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One thing I always dreamed of it was just to like lift the trophy
I wanted to win so badly
Viko Nalabuka, you are the champions!
History has been made!
The whole community was cheering for me to win.
They all wanted me to win, and I felt like we could win.
I'm Taylor Petrek Gatsulhofer.
I'm also known as Viko in the Fortnite community.
I'm a professional, very, very big, and I'm 19 years old.
So I was originally born in Austria,
and then I moved here to Hallezale.
I've been living here for the last 13 years now.
I started playing Fortnite because of my friends.
I took a good liking to Fortnite.
Part of it very interesting, right?
Because there was so many different mechanics
that you have to do and so much quick decision making
and all that, et cetera.
I love the game because Fortnite was the actual first game
that actually challenged me.
I kind of realized I'm way too good for the average player
and tending more to like a semi pro or pro player.
I always took small goals and small steps, right?
It was first to get my first earnings,
to make my first majors, make a land,
first ever LAN, which I always did in 2022.
Travelling across the Atlantic just because of a video game,
you know, I never could have imagined I'd actually make that possible.
2022, imitation, top 18 for my first ever LAN performance.
I showed how much of a fragger I am and how capable I am as a fragger.
Looking back at it, I don't regret anything.
In 2023, I fell up in Hagen. I called LAN back to RAC.
I played with Pink because I saw how the improvement compared to last land, but I felt like there was still so much more for improvement.
Going into it, I didn't even expect to get close to top five. I felt like looking back, we could have won 100-1.
At an official food tournament, that was my first ever victory royale. Everyone cheering me on, but I felt like there was still so much more for improvement.
for improvement.
When I turned four, global championship, I was in Texas.
I played with Flixie.
It was right after I won my first major as well.
I think a lot of people had us to predict,
like predict second or third,
somewhere in the top three, or even get a win, you know?
Just got four if I got so close to winning pretty much.
It felt disappointing because we knew we could win,
like so close to the trophy, right?
I wanted to win so badly and wanted to prove that
I am the greatest flag of all time.
It's kind of hard playing against Prime Peter Vaughn, Prime Poil.
You know, getting fourth was still good, and it motivated me even more to, you know, be better.
The Global Championship in Lyon, the 4-man was 3-0, so it was a major change.
I played a veteran Flixie. We were predicted to top 3 as well, again, once again.
And now Miko and Flixie are out of the running!
We could have done way better than we did. It was a very hard-breaking performance.
Just to fall so far down, you know, it was kind of hurtful.
But then, duo's got announced again.
And then, you know, luckily, I got a DM from Malibuca,
asking me, yo, you want to play?
And I said, I'm so down, bro.
And then, ever since that, I mean, yeah, history.
Going into 2026, I had a lot to prove.
Summit was the first LAN this year.
I was in Düsseldorf, my home country, obviously, Germany.
Yeah, it was my first tournament playing on LAN
with Malibuca as well.
Land is always a different thing to online.
And I feel like when it comes to land,
me and Malibu are just the greatest.
We stick to our original plan, you know, and it worked.
He gets the R. He gets tagged up.
Go, 12, HB, score.
He's down.
Sky is down.
When I saw Sky and score going down,
my head was exploding.
There was so many emotions, so many dots, right?
It was very hard just to stay calm.
Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm, stay calm.
Yeah, yeah.
It was the greatest feeling ever.
Like, I accomplished something that I thought I'll never accomplish, you know.
Especially because of how many times the players they are nowadays, how many great players they are, you know.
I think what it will prove is that no matter the circumstance, no matter what place you are in a leaderboard or whatever, you can always win.
I think there's way more that I can prove. I think I have reached my peak.
Last year, maybe even one and a half years ago, I would have said,
My emotions always take the best of me.
Nowadays, I use my emotions as a motivator.
I think the mental game in Florida is one of the most hardest mental games, honestly.
But I like to take an hour of my day, you know, enjoy the sun, I meditate, I relax.
I take my dog for a walk right after.
It's pretty much like my emotional support dog.
I think the goal right now is to just go back-free back and lands, you know.
If me and Malibuca would actually win the Global Championship this year in Belgium,
I think it would prove that giving up is just never an option.
I don't care about being the greatest individual player to ever touch this game.
What I'm more care about is being the greatest duo to ever touch this game, right?
I just want to set a record that can't be broken.
just to make it to the stage.
Every single game, every season, built up for this weekend.
Now we get to see how it all unfolds here in game one.
Two favorites already taken out.
NA seems to be in the driver's seat.
Curve and Higgs finding this first victory royale.
NA, we're safe.
It's Toyota and Yuma against one of EU's best teams.
And they make it look easy.
Asia gets their part on the 2026 global championship.
Darm, Demish, they have just been eating off everyone.
But it's not going to matter.
Brando, T-Rex, put their region on the map.
Yota and Yuba, these guys are looking unstoppable.
Can they bring down Viko or Malibuca?
And they train for Yota and Yuba to victory royals.
2v2 situation, NA versus EU.
Viko's going to fall.
Hicks and Curves have done it again.
Shark and Tini, eight eliminations.
They've just got to find Twy.
Shark and Tini have been waiting for the moment to strike,
and they find it in game six.
Yesterday, minor regions became major players.
North America struggled to keep up the pace,
and Europe had to wait six games for a win.
But with six games remaining,
anything can happen on Championship Sunday.
Antwerp, are you ready to witness history of the making?
Welcome to day two of the Four Night Global Championships.
Thank you so much, Frankie.
Four Night Fam, welcome on in to date number two.
This is the Global Championships today.
We looked to crown new champions,
Maybe some might even put the title again.
I don't know.
I don't know.
All I know is we got six games ahead of us.
And of course, we've got Killing.
We've got the guys.
Day number two of Globals.
How are you feeling?
I mean, after day number one, how could it be anything but
excited?
It was absolutely insane.
There were some expectations that we kind of saw coming
into it, like Viko and Malibu absolutely dominating.
But who could have predicted Yuma and Koyota not getting one?
But two victory royals.
It was absolutely electric.
Everyone was screaming in the audience.
And I can imagine we're going to have just as much hype today than I mean,
no matter what happened in those games, no matter what the leaderboard looks
like right now, I feel like everybody at home, myself included, everybody in here
in the arena can agree on one thing and happened all too fast yesterday.
And the same exact format here today, right?
Just six games separates us and crowning a champion, a global champion.
It is just going to happen all too quick.
And I love the Jacob, right?
And some of the day we kind of saw them kind of call back to what he said
yesterday about how these do as they work all year for an event like this.
And the fact that it happens in the blink of an eye,
these players, they really got to lock in because it's just six games remaining.
Man, it's yeah, we got to really kind of cherish every moment we have, right?
Because this is going to be some peak fortnight now.
As you guys have probably seen on social media, we'll maybe have some announcements
later on in the show.
More on that when that time comes up and also hop to the shop.
check out. Championship focus is in the shop right now. Sorry guys. I need to I need someone
put that on my account. Please. Thank you. What are we getting started though? We're
going to talk about today. Let's begin with the prize pool. $400,000 to the do that walks
away in first place. My favorite part though, Kelly, is that everyone will walk away with
something but wow that price pool. You're at $8,000 for even those that get zero points
in the tournament over the weekend. But of course, we're looking towards the top right
there for $400,000. But I do want to reiterate what I talked about yesterday is that we saw
how close these games could be. We had a tiebreaker during the day yesterday for
first place so any decision a single elimination can make or break these
teams that could be the separation of a hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
Yeah we're definitely gonna be focusing on the first place throughout the day of
course but the battles amongst that leaderboard will of course matter but
the battle towards the top is going to be the one that is of course the most
important because only one duo gets to take home that trophy. I know Zeke was
love in the fact that we got to see Vico and Malibuca kind of crown themselves with that trophy at summits.
It's crazy guys. We got to set up this interboard. Let's take a look and remind ourselves just after those first six games.
Weird things and vivids right Vico Malibuca in that number one spot. I mean Kelly
We're seeing that the treble is there right this could go on to be the thing but look at the rest of this list
I mean, yeah, we obviously need to talk about Malibuca and Vico
But just starting from the bottom to have one of our Brazilian teams Romero and Lua just doing such a good job
Currently in 10th place and then of course as an NA representative
I have to talk about our two NA teams Curve and Higgs and then of course Golden and Ozone a team where at the start of the season
We didn't even know if they were going to be playing together
But to see them doing such a good job right now it just make fills me with so much hope for North America
Storylines continue to develop here even at the global championship
I mean, the fact that was that, you know, fourth all the way down to 10th separated by just 34 points of this place.
We were talking about the prize pool starts to change up by tens of thousands of dollars.
But he ends at the top then and the fact that it's so close right now. It's crazy.
You called it the prize pool yesterday that started the show, right?
Even a single point from first to second, hundreds of thousands of dollars of difference, right?
So we'll have to see how all of this moves on and goes on to unfold.
But man, we got to start there at the top, right?
We got to start with Viko and Malibu.
If you didn't know, these guys won the Summit Land earlier on this year,
walked away with a win at EWC.
If they can walk away with the title here, Kelly, they go down in history.
Oh, easily, without a doubt.
Has there ever been someone to be?
I mean, we've seen people win back-to-back FNCSs online,
but land to do that and to do it in multiple formats would be absolutely insane.
But if there is any duo that could do it, it has to be Viko and Malibuca.
win this season started. We saw a lot of teams trying to change up their strategy. Maybe they're
going to stick to score. Maybe they're going to rotate early, but a team that has never doubted
what they want to bring into the game. It is Viko and Malibu. And that is exactly what we are
seeing here this weekend. The strategy coming into mind is not something that they wanted to
try to switch things up. But however, in game number five vivid, things did get a little different
for them. Yeah, I mean, it's not the opportunity to kind of watch over some of their game dish.
So they all six of them. And I was kind of looking at their early games. I was focusing on,
and I was like, all right, what are you guys doing?
So Vika always lands at Liftee Lodge, like no matter what.
But it's Malibuca specifically that I want to talk about
where he's actually landed.
Games one through four, it was pretty standard.
He was up there, he was at Liftee Lodge as well.
There's like game five, Malibuca himself.
Vika was still at Liftee Lodge.
Malibuca himself landed at a completely different POI.
He landed over by Chop Chop and went ahead and took the fight.
We'll go ahead and break down that game in just a minute.
But then game six, he kind of continued with it
over our team didn't land up by Liffie Lodge, actually landed down at the island to kind
of cut off one of the other split loot routes of one of the other teams to kind of start
to pick up some of those, you know, some of the damage numbers, some of the eliminations
early on.
Let's go ahead and take a look at this game number five, though, because this is crazy.
I was watching this and I was like, am I, am I watching the global championship right
now?
Like did I enter the wrong game?
Did not.
Malibuca in game number five landed at chop shop and went ahead and took the fight to Yanis
and Rax.
Now he didn't necessarily make anything happen here.
Of course he does do a little bit of damage, catching them off guard.
retreats out and then unfortunately for an unsuspecting epic whale Malibuke kind of runs into him picks up this
Elimination real quick here and then Malibuke is like yeah
I got to go on and get the heck out of here and he spends the next three minutes
He's so far away spends the next three minutes swimming all the way back up north to get back with Vico
I mean that is high risk high reward and we've seen some other duos try it out through the
a recent addition where you can reboot your teammate if you gain enough gold and
so maybe that's something that they were thinking that they could do maybe
Malibu goes out and try and Vico stays behind he's the one that's gonna make
sure that he gains enough gold if possible. That global championship and an event like this
your pull-off strategies that we usually see and like some cash gifts or something
shout out to Vico and Malibu. I will say though they were having kind of a
soft start and then if after those games is really when they started to turn
things up. I know and we got to see that special Vico we like to see right high
but why don't we check in right now with the vibes?
Because, frankly, it's standing by.
I think the vibes were quite serious.
You haven't got smile on your face for once we go.
Are you slightly nervous about the next six games?
No. No, of course he's not.
Malibuco, how are you feeling?
Good, I think, all right.
So, what happened then during half-time yesterday?
Because in the first three games,
you seemed to struggle to really find your place in the lobby.
Second half, though, of the day, you were on fire.
What did you discuss?
I mean, we just worked on some small mistakes
mistakes that we had in the first few games, you know, a bit of zones. Also a bit of RNG,
you know, on our side, but overall, you know, we just less thinking, more doing.
Yeah, you can't really blame the zones too much because you didn't manage to end up in
first at the end of the day. I know you're not going to tell me much, Malibuca, but when
you decide to drop at Chops yesterday. I just decided to do it on a spot, like, you know,
I just, you know, I just pressed spacebar and the seat.
Vico did Malibu could just say by the way, you're on your own. Oh, yeah. He said by the way, I'm doing that
So have fun just live and then what's your reaction when that happens? I said, okay
Yeah, sure. Just let me know when you then we also saw in the final game of the day that you got a bit cheeky
And you stole the Pac-Man Island boss from Josh and Dionso. Does that mean that no Jiro is safe from you guys in the early game?
Obviously, yeah
Obviously, and you're going for the treble today.
How confident do you feel about lifting the trophy
at the end of the day?
I mean, I said it earlier on stage yesterday, right?
We're the best team in the world, so, I mean,
this is an expectation, right?
Well, you have set those high expectations for yourself.
So good luck today, boys.
Let's head back to the desk.
Man, I think one of my favorite things about Viko
is that even in the situations where he's trying to be,
like, extra confident, like, I'm not going to let you know
anything going on,
the real vehicles are to bleep through a little bit and you're like this guy's in
the zone he knows what he's about you know that's crazy though deciding yeah
I'm just gonna hit space yeah okay Malibu how do you do with that?
I don't believe it for a second that was definitely something that I had planned
for sure right kind of just like planned it up but I love to see something like
that hopefully you know they might pull something like that out again here today
I wouldn't imagine it would be at the same field but maybe somewhere different
and it wasn't even just that Malibu landed over in the Pac-Man Island he was
actually bush camping as well once again high-risk high reward to forgo being
able to farm and just hope that if you know that Josh and I am so spent that
entire time pretty much having no one try to counter them whatsoever is such a
smart but risky play I don't know if we're gonna see the same level of risk
but I do feel like we will see the same level of confidence because Vico
Malibuca ended the day with the most placement points and the most shotgun
damage just goes to show how well rounded of a duo they are yeah there's so
much pressure on them obviously we want to see the treble want to see how things
go in game number one. Let's talk about the duo in the second place. Darman Demish coming out strong
as well. Holding down. I mean right now they're the ones looking to maybe stop this this runded
Vico and Malibu who are on. I guess the question is after a night to kind of vaudevue take a moment,
get some sleep. Are they in a place to do that? I definitely think they do Darman Demish. The main
concern that I had for them was their drop spot situation over in Sunken Shores. Going up against
the likes of Randu and GRX. Maybe people didn't think that they were going to have too much of a
situation. As far as off spawn fights, it doesn't seem to be the case, but the fact that both of
these duos from the same POI are able to have a successful in-game is absolutely mind-blowing to me.
But if I'm going to talk about a successful game, we have to talk about game number three,
with the double digit eliminations coming out of Darm and Demish. They were playing
absolutely wild, but it wasn't about the early game. It was all about the in-game.
They ended up with 13 in-game eliminations. The team with the next most was just eight.
And actually, day number one with the most eliminations as well.
They're up there with 26, I think Viko and Malibu are right behind them as well as our
Toyota and Yuma with 25 on each one of those duels.
But for Dharma gamers, I actually think they had my personal favorite interview from yesterday
because we were kind of talking about it.
It's like, where have Dharma gamers been all year?
So frankly, I actually just went ahead and asked them, like,
dude, what's going on with the guys all year?
And they were like, well, actually, we felt like we were kind of hiding some stuff
that we didn't necessarily want to show before Global Shami.
We kind of talked about time and time again, like, what,
what any of these teams actually do something like that?
Garm himself straight up said that that's exactly what they were doing absolutely worked out for them
Incredibly well in day number one and they repeat that type of performance in day number two
I hope so another big thing for me about this duo right here
Is that they have been able to prove that they can solo clutch when they need to we know just how many times it does come down to
A solo situation like we're seeing here with Demis being able to carry on even when you go down and being able to take down
Someone like French a low ground demon is just so impressive for me to see and that is why they are currently in second place after day number one
it looks good right guys it looks good to see them walk away with that title
would be absolutely incredible we got to keep the ball roll you gotta talk about
possibly my favorite duo from yesterday it's none of them then tell you and
you but that's right these guys were incredible vivid to victory royale's
on land incredible stuff from this I mean it pretty much had everybody
shocked and everybody rooting for them as well like oh my gosh can these guys go
go ahead and actually go ahead and take home this global championship watching back their
games from yesterday. There was pretty much an overarching thing. They had three games
that they did well and of course there were there's two wins as well and they got one
where I think they got like 13th or something like that. Right. So three games where they
they're three best games. There was something similar about every single one of those three
games though. And basically what it was is that they actually took a flight in the early
game and picked up two early eliminations. Now of course they're going to do well in
those types of games when they are able to get those early eliminations because they're
doing well in the storm surge category at that point and we're gonna go ahead and
see some of those flights now but the thing that concerns me Kelly is that I
mentioned it this happened three games thing that concerns me is that it
happened on the same exact team in all three of those games it was always
against Seito and Monzi. We also saw yesterday kind of a weird switch up at
one point where it looked like Izzy and Nozif might have been switching up drop
spots so obviously this plan in mind that's working out for them already has
some players potentially gonna throw a wrench into their plans but Toyota and
that so well. And what really impressed me was that Toyota ended the day with the second most shock on damage in comparison to someone like Viko who had number one. But overall he had the most damage out of anyone when Viko only was fifth place. So to see
see Koyota being able to not just do incredible shock and damage, but also damage from afar,
making sure that he's getting those tags, making sure that whatever situation, whatever's
in his loadout, he is going to be able to bring that to the table is incredible.
I think they prove that they can without a doubt perform in the endgame.
Again, like I said, whether or not they can make it there.
They figured out the formula that requires them to win.
Find those early eliminations.
The only thing I'm going to call on Koyota and Yume here today is that they need to come
up with a different strategy, right?
They can't necessarily rely on Seito and Bombs.
They kind of just roll over every single game.
They need to find another duo or some other bit of a strategy
where they can go find those early animations.
And if they do that, I think they'll keep the ball rolling.
And there you have it, the damage numbers.
You can see Coyota up on top.
And I do hear some cheering.
And I know that's because Rex is up there as well.
But we'll say that that's the cheering for Coyota.
That's right.
That's what I believe in my heart of hearts.
Guess what, guys?
We have an interview right now.
Frankie is with the duo!
Thank you so much, guys. Koyota and Yuma, what a day you had yesterday.
What's it like making new achievements for Asia, winning those two VRs?
I didn't think I'd be able to win a big game, but I'm happy to be able to do it.
How do you feel right now?
It's the first time I've been able to win a big game in the world, and I'm really happy that I won twice.
I need to ask about the game plan.
What happens if Monzi and Seito decide to drop somewhere else
because part of your game plan is getting those eliminations
against them?
So what happens if they're not there?
I'd like to ask you about the game plan, but I think it's probably the game plan to cover Monji and Saito.
You can take the kill, and then you can do the storm surge.
What plans do you have if these two go to another place?
If the other team goes to another place, how will the game plan change?
Well, basically the same thing as doing it.
Well, I think it's better to stay safe than not be.
I don't think it's going to change anything.
And I just was like I'm gonna hop in the elevator head on up and
You was there and I was like I had a double-tailed Yuma. What? Yeah, you did awesome. He's just all smiles like hey
Thank you so much like I'm so excited to see them today
If they could make it in the top, I if they could win at the over the moon
I'd be over the moon. Yeah, we have to talk about more do as though a duel looking to possibly
Find themselves a second global champion title
the top five. We're going to
see a lot of people. Swizzy and
pixie. Obviously fans really
excited to see them compete. We
saw them maybe start a little
bit slower than I think maybe
we would have thought they
would have. But here we are.
They're in the top five. Yeah,
it was a bit of a mixed bag for
this duo yesterday. They got
top five and three games, but
we did see them go down 40
second in game number two and
more of a mixed bag for me is
seven elimination so having the great pop-off games, but it seems like they're just not able to find their footing to get
Multiple of these kind of pop-off games vivid. Yeah scares me though, right?
Yeah, I mean twizy and pixie obviously coming into the event
I feel like they are the duo that I saw towards the top of the you know most of the predictions list that I kind of
You know got sold put out there by some of the members of the community
But for swissie and pixie
I feel like they did start to kind of find their footing towards the second half of the day
Which was kind of great to see and honestly the best game for them from what I saw personally was actually their game number
maybe like where you talked about they got 12 place in the game they got one
elimination but the thing is that Swizzian picks he actually had a height
control in game number six and as we of course know it's breezy is their coach
you kind of imagine there's some probably some impact there but the fact
that they had control of the higher ground on six plays they couldn't
necessarily hold it because Peter Montclyle actually went up and hit some
great shots against them but the fact that they were going for the fact that
they had control of it and they can kind of keep that strategy and going
throughout the day and actually make it work I think they're gonna start to fly
off the leaderboard even more. Oh man well guess what that's right Frankie is
city by right now with them. Thank you very much. Pixie, how did you find mid
games yesterday? Because I feel like so many jurors were struggling. It was hard, like,
where to improvise a lot. Like, our strats were like, it's not really, like, easy to,
like, use your strats good. Why? Because everyone has played so much. Everyone was, like, so
good with everything, you know. Did you find that people were particularly prepared for you?
Hmm, not really. Okay, I mean, can anyone be prepared for Swizzy in full flow state?
Pixie has told me earlier this week that something happens when you're feeling end games and you
go into boss mode. Can you tell me what happens? I'm just starting a journey a lot, taking it over
if I see something, and if I'm feeling my game,
we're probably winning.
Is that something that would ever happen last year?
Yeah.
OK, so why didn't you want to IDL?
Why did you make Pixie do it the whole time?
Um, when I chill, my brain is not working,
but when I'm fragging.
So, basically, feed him some frags.
Pixie set him up for success,
as we know you can do good luck today, boys.
Let's head back to the desk.
Oh, man. Oh, Swizzy, you're so funny. You're such a funny guy, uh, man. When I'm not, when
I am an IGL, my brain doesn't work. That's so funny. But I mean, we've seen this duo
do so, so well. Swizzy is already a global champion to get a second title, to be the
first player to do that would be absolutely incredible. I wanted to quickly talk about
of the predictions you guys made top of top of yesterday.
Cringe twi right now, Kelly, is in fifth place.
I know, amazing, you guys can thank me later.
But Cringe and twi right now, the least amount of time
in Storm out of all 50 duos here,
spending just a total of four minutes
over the course of six games.
And although their spot isn't necessarily central,
it's not necessarily on the edge of map,
for them to make sure that they're doing
these early rotations and to make sure
that they're able to get storm surge tags
while doing that is incredibly impressive.
However, they did have one bad game.
They went down to 47th place,
but that was in game number one.
To have a bad game at the start means so much less
than to have a bad game at the end.
I think we'll go ahead and help make your point though,
Kelly, because you're kind of mentioning,
yeah, over the course of 60 minutes,
pretty much, they spent four minutes in storm,
but does it actually mean,
actually five of our top 10 teams right now
have at least an hour spent in storm
over those whole big games?
The fact that these guys only have 4 minutes, there is clearly a complete difference in strategy for Quinge and Ty.
But they're making it absolutely perfect. You're kind of mentioning Stormsriders as well.
They're doing a great job, because they were actually the team in top then that has the least amount of times that they were actually struck by Stormsriders.
They've only been struck 2 times, and that was actually only on one of them.
So they are doing a great job of kind of tackling some of those rotations, not necessarily relying on the storm, and then tackling that surge as well.
the top five. I think we should
maybe take a look at our leader
board one more time. There is
another duo that went ahead and
decided last game of the day.
Let's go and pick that one up.
Shark and Teenies sixth place
Shark and Teenie are the two
everyone seemed to go on and
believe. Hey, this is the duo
that will walk away. Global
change is going to happen.
I think we should maybe take a
look at our leaderboard one more
champions, and of course to kind of close out yesterday,
we had kind of a rough start,
yet we're in sixth place, we closed it out with a V-O.
Yeah, I feel like every time we looked into Shark and Teeny,
especially in the early and mid game,
they were just stuck in storm, time and time again,
but for them to kind of have this rough game
and to be able to be so mature
and to have their head on straight,
to go into game number six,
to grab that victory Royale, I don't know,
I think a lot of us kind of thought,
oh, well, this is it, this is gonna be the end of their run,
but they're showing that even though they might be down,
not out. The leaderboard was showing it right there, but they went up 15 places with their performance in game in number six of
Of course that win with nine eliminations
But the thing that's scary not for us at home not for us up here on the desk
But what's scary for all of the other players, especially those towards the top of the leaderboard is that if you were to ask anybody that is familiar with
Sharkantini, hey, is a victory royale with nine eliminations the best game that sharkantini could have at the global championship
I can almost guarantee you everybody would say no
We have not seen the full potential out of Sharkantinia and that kind of scares me so the fact that they have started to pick up momentum
At least in that last game yesterday going into day number two
Start to get worried. It's crazy. You're fine like, you know, four nights gonna do a fortnight's gonna do
We have no idea how this is gonna go now. Normally we would interview Sharkantinia
But guess what we have kind of a little mix-up here
We have an interview with queasy a previous global champion who is their coach check this out
potentially queasy could do the double as the coach this time at a global
championship queasy what did you want to work on with the guys last night I mean
just like everything around their POI because like the POI is like very
difficult to play it's an edge spot unlike center so we have to get ready for
like surge and footmax pulls unless we get zone when you were preparing for
this event did you ever consider potentially moving to a different spot
No.
So, were you expecting to have these issues going into the global championship?
Yeah, of course. Of course, always.
So, coming over to you guys now, I mean, you are in a great position.
Sixth on the leaderboard.
Do you think it's just a case of sending it and getting those high elimination end games?
No, not really.
What do you think it is?
I don't know. We'll have to figure it out.
Are you going to figure it out with Creasy right now?
Are you going to have to figure it out in the next six games?
In the next six games.
the next six games. Tini come to me. Is that true? Because obviously Shark is following
your calls. Surely you've got some kind of variation on the game plan today.
I mean, no, we do.
And is it a winning game plan?
Definitely.
Okay. Well, I take this man's word because he just looked me solidly in the eyes and
I'm slightly terrified.
You know, it's okay, Frankie. Listen, cameraman, keep zooming in. Come here. What we're going
to do is we're going to keep coming. Boop, boop, you need to send them the signals,
that they could possibly walk away with the wind.
Boop, are you doing it?
Are you doing it good?
All right, sorry about that.
That doesn't matter.
You didn't see anything.
Shark and TD, obviously,
meant a very few words that really allow their gameplay
to speak for itself.
Yeah, and that did in game number six.
We saw them have a great plan in mind for that.
And going on the aggressive,
we know that they can take high ground.
We know that they're doing fine on the low ground.
But we heard from him,
and we actually saw from not even just Golden Grove,
but a lot of those Eastern teams kind of having situations
where they're trying to rotate into these far polling zones and just everyone is standing in their way.
We got to see that from Boyle yesterday, and we unfortunately got to see it from Sharkantini as well.
And I know also in game number one, they were kind of trying these lurk strats, which didn't really work out for them,
but it seems like with Queezy in mind, they have new strategies to play out.
Yeah, I mean, we can't forget. This is a global champion. This is Queezy.
We're talking about, right, full faith in the duo to see how they perform in these final few set of games.
set of games. Let's also talk about NA's last hope. Okay, all right, we got a little bit of an
NA pious currently with the desk here. Golden and Ozone, please. Oh my gosh, please. They are
currently in the top 10. This is our last hope. This has got to be it, right? It was a little
interesting. I actually got to run into Ozone yesterday after the tournament was done. And
I was asking him, like, why are you going to straight into Storm and where everyone else
and he was like, well, that's just the best way that the strategy that everyone's trying to do isn't working. And it is working for some people, but that's something that we actually like to talk about in the tournament. It's not the meta of the season. It is the meta of the tournament, and it is constantly evolving because people are keeping
strategy secret. People are going to be pulling out these strategies as the gains develop. So for
Golden and Ozone, they had the second least amount of time in Storm. They towered themselves up on
this nice little plateau. And then they didn't really have to worry too much about Storm surge
because, well, hey man, I got to see everyone making their way into zone. So I'm going to get
some free tags onto you. Yeah, so I have to reminisce a little bit, right? These sort of
strategies, right? Just kind of build these towers in the center of the zone. Kind of reminds
us of last year, but of course the changes, we don't really usually see stuff like that anymore.
but Golden Ozone still kind of in point it.
You can see where they are struggling though is those eliminations.
Just 10 eliminations, the least by far out of any of the teams that's actually in the top 10 right now.
But the strategy they're doing right now, working out great for them of course they are in the top 10.
But it's just so funny because Golden himself individually as a player,
we actually took a look at the damage dealt leaderboard early on.
He's 30, he's got like 3700 damage dealt. He's doing so much damage.
He's got three eliminations. Like how is that even possible?
I also asked I was on that like how you guys in seventh, but you only have ten eliminations
She's like we should have more like that
It wasn't like they're just trying to get tags and they're not chasing anyone
He's like no no no we should have more so maybe that's a question
They need answered as well another question
I have answered is is there possibly another duo from NA that could save the day it takes its curb
We saw them get the first VR out of yesterday, and they managed to pick up a second one as well
Man, I have to believe right. I mean like this is Hakes in curve
This is another duo from NA that could look to put all of NA on their backs and get us a top five a win
You know, it's actually kind of interesting
I'm just thinking this right now
But the the rise of curve kind of reminds me a little bit of the rise of pigs where they kind of have this this veteran player
Pick them up and kind of show to everyone how good of a player they are even though back when he was that man
Who didn't playing with rapid they still had great performances
It wasn't really until a known veteran picked them up that they really got the recognition that they deserve and now
the start of this year where we have
Kerr get picked up by none other than
Venno. And what do they do? Well, they
win that major. Obviously, the Summit
Land did not necessarily go the way that they
wanted. And when Higgs and Kerr kind of formed
back up, I was a little bit curious about
that. It seemed like an interesting choice
from majors one to major two, but obviously
it ended up working out in their favor. Both
of them can bring in that fragging mindset
because we know that Higgs has that ability
enhanced. But to see both of them being able
to just run the low ground right now
I'm not sure what's going on
in these last hopes. That is
what I need to see. What I
need to see is for curve and
Higgs figure out whatever that
happened between games 234 and
sick because as you can see
here, of course, we do know
that they picked up those two
victory hours from the high
grounded games one and five.
Whatever they make it to the
end game, they have just won
those games. But in those other
four games like what's
happening, I'm pretty sure it's
storm surge, which is really,
really funny because we
actually take a look at the
damage ratio so far of the
first six games curves
Higgs is kind of getting you know tagged up a little bit more than he should be in some scenarios
But whatever they need to kind of figure out in those four games where they went down before they even started to pick up
Placement points because in four games they effectively got like zero points. There's reliant on those two wins
They could figure that out and kind of have a good performance over the course of these pull all six games
I'm gonna fly up a leaderboard
I mean you gotta think if these zones are pulling for far to the southeast and they're gonna have the likes of ego
Malibu to kind of contend with as well as swizy pixie Beno ages
There's a lot of teams just kind of around them that are great mid game fighters that
that could potentially be the
cause of their situations.
But if anything, they're going
to be looking at that after the
Bob reviews yesterday and maybe
changing up the rotations just a little bit.
Yeah, I can see Levin over there.
He's just kind of hitting these.
He's like, Zeke. No, not them.
OK, 11. All right, it's fine.
Like it's fine and they we still have hope.
We still have six games ahead of us
in which anything and and will happen.
We guys, we need this.
We need this so bad we need that.
We need NA to win so bad now.
We don't. We need the best team to win.
the best team to win.
Oh, Kelly, we need an A to win.
Oh, actually, Koyote and Yuma, that's right.
I'm cool with the best team to win.
Obviously, as we get closer to kind of kicking things off,
is there a door you guys are looking at?
Oh, wait, what's that?
I'm sorry.
I'm getting word.
Frankie is ready right now to bring in some players.
I'm ready, but Antwerp, are you ready to meet some Fortnite
players?
Oh, that's not bad, that's not bad.
But this is Championship Sunday.
This is Day 2 of the Fortnite Global Championships.
Are you ready to meet your team?
Keep that energy going.
These players are going to need it.
Just six games remain.
We crown the champion.
They might be low ground warriors,
but today they're fighting for the top.
Welcome back, Skye and Skrull!
It's Golden Ano Zone! Consistently, have been keyed so far in their success, but now they need to push their limits.
Another day, another opportunity!
But in every set, there's still six games to go for Ponzi and Seino!
And sub-stage one needs a rest of the lobby better watch out because Grinch and Lucia
are ready to come back.
It's time to enter with only one day left.
These guys are looking to leave their mark on the global stage.
It's not yet true, with only one day left, these guys are looking to leave their mark on the global stage.
One day to life day one, and we might be looking at some bullish global chance.
You're bandimish!
It's King and Craze!
They shocked the world into some Atlantic getting here, but now they have to do it again!
If one lobby can be that good, then imagine the results with several baskets together!
It's time to fight back!
It's Honey and Fishy!
I'm here with Ethan and Golden. Golden, did you expect to be the best performing team
from North America on day one?
Yeah, I was really confident in this.
I knew we'd probably be top three or top five,
but to be the best is going to be awesome to see.
And why do you think everyone else is struggling so much?
I just think our game plan is the best over everyone else.
And our strategy is really simple.
Everyone else is making it more complicated than it needs to be.
Yeah, the strategy is so consistent.
The last four games of yesterday were incredible.
But can you win a global championship
based on consistency alone?
Uh, I believe we can win off consistency.
I believe anyone can win off consistency, uh, yeah.
And so not spending barely any time in the storm.
Are you surprised that other teams are following that example?
Yeah, I think if you're laying in the middle map
and you're taking it to the five-tick,
you are, uh, a little bit crazy in the head,
but I think everyone should not be taking zone
as to laying on the edge.
Well, let's see if you can keep up the momentum today.
Thank you so much, boys.
Levin is next door with Darman Dias.
Of course, we got a chat for you boys.
We spoke yesterday.
You guys said you had something cooked up.
Clearly you did.
You got anything else in store for us today, Dimas?
Yeah.
What, what, what, what, what?
You got planned anything you can tell me now, is this the door?
What?
Anything you got planned so you can share?
Yeah, of course.
I mean, I'm not gonna share anything,
but yeah, we got something planned.
Dom, you guys are in a race against Viko and Malibu.
Can a couple of the teams are in it?
What makes you think you guys are gonna be the team
that leads the trophy today?
I mean, made the best team wins.
That's what you can say. Nothing more.
Nothing more?
All right.
B-Mesh, obviously you have a lot of fans here.
I know the Polish fans, the Polish coach streamers over there.
They're showing you a lot of love and support.
Anything you want to say to your fans before today?
I love it, guys.
You too?
Er, I'm sorry.
Anything you want to say to your fans?
Wolska Górum.
Wolska Górum, over to you, Frankie.
Thank you very much.
I'm back with NA on top.
I know yesterday didn't go your way.
What was going on?
Uh, we just can't get damaged.
And why is that?
Because you're one of the best raggons from North America!
Everyone's just in a big base.
There's just no one to find.
So what do you need to do now to manifest those eliminations, Chris?
I think we just need to get more lurk plays
and have our eyes open a bit more.
Are there any duos on this stage that need to watch their backs?
Yeah, these rookies are just learning this game.
I know this game like no one else.
Well, let's see if these guys can put on an NA masterclass today
because we've got even more duos to bring out to the stage.
It could have been better, but it could have been worse to pay the new chance for Kami and Hari.
The Tots fill in rage, sir, now's your chance to seize the day!
I drop in, Gonzo!
Represent the ladies, counting in, 27!
With the fans up against the wall, they have no choice but to show up and show out!
Get out of the ring, and Cooper, the controller king, and the former champ, are here to take over day two!
They're not just running it back, they're going to be running teetown!
This lobby better watch out for Thomas and Focus!
Ball seven times!
And got eight!
There's still time to play catch up for Pink and Aurora!
The true kings of Antiquan are looking for a close comeback and Zephyr will end up home!
Randoo and G.O.R.X getting a win isn't easy but they prove they can do it with their region behind them, nothing can stop them!
All you need is one fight in front of the other.
Step by step from that leaderboard.
Shark and teeny, you're climbing.
How can I not talk to Cammie and Harry?
Cammie, yesterday we saw some issues
issues for so many teams including your own in the mid-games. What's going on for you?
I mean I think the soldiers are just so bad and like the game is just so RNG like football is on
the loose and that's all I can say. I know that zones have been hard for so many players but
but Harry I know you've got Polish fans over there. I know that you can frag out for them. Is there
anything you want to say to them? Thank you guys I love you. And Camille same to you. Your fans are
for you, they've turned up there around the arena as well. What would you like to say?
Thank you and keep going below. We'll focus on them. Let's get a post of Gorham for the guys in
the corner. Thank you to Polen for showing up for Kami and Hari today. We know that you guys
can bring it out. Where do you think the limit is for you Hari? Is the sky the limit for you today?
No, I hope we are going to do better tomorrow.
You will. That's the sky.
But I guess the trophy's the limit, because that's the purpose.
You can go and you can go all the way today.
Thank you so much for talking to me, Kami and Harry.
Levin, who are you?
I am here with IJOP in London.
Fourth mile's here, fourth mile job.
It's the first day for me.
You're playing with a young star who, you know,
playing on this first land.
You always have a lot more experience.
how do you pound day one? What was your feelings throughout day one?
So basically I think the game plan was right. We played well. We executed like some game
for us but we made some small mistakes. Didn't get enough search so today we'll be looking
to get some more search early game and then we'll just try to play all the games out.
Gondo, of course it's your first time playing and you played incredibly well but a lot of
people wondering like what did it feel like playing at your first time? What was more
difficult you know playing at home versus playing here?
Uh, I'll be honest, I was really nervous at the start,
but in the end, it turned out fine.
Maybe absolutely smashing that night.
Get it off of me, sir.
Frankie, over to you.
Thank you very much.
Reed and Cooper might have thought they won the lottery
when they got the middle of the map uncontested,
but does it feel like you're lucky now?
Um, honestly, it's a lot.
I mean, we have to get through it every game.
We have a bit of positioning,
but things just haven't gone away so far,
but I think we can bring it back today.
I think you can bring it back,
but what did happen yesterday for you, Cooper?
What do you think we're from honestly? I think a lot of a wrong guess there was on me
So today I'm gonna come over prepared. Hopefully we do better. And so what did the preparation look like? Can you tell me anything?
So they've got to get the game time going to the day one
We're gonna switch it up a little bit today though
Obviously seeing what teams are doing around us triple con reality kind of make things a little more difficult for us
But I think we're both prepared and the thing is with these guys
They are monsters in the in game all they need to do is make it to keep your eyes filled for reek and Cooper as we bring out
even more teams
and some fresh strats might bring things back.
Assault the ant-sazers.
No matter the day one results, you're both incredible players.
Let's see what you got, champ and blixie.
Viva La Frens!
It's Antion and Nong-Sim!
With an atomic punch, return them on!
This is their time to shine and fight like the stars!
It's not on time you start, but now you're finished.
For come out and watch, I'm looking for a strong finish today.
If they can lock down consistent team, they'll lock in a top slot.
Rex and Giannis.
Oh, Gino, you'll be unstoppable!
Okay, let's end rapid. 16th on the leaderboard.
You have got a chance of winning this one. All you need to do is lock in, right?
We're gonna lock in another day, another player, so we'll make it happen.
And when you get the high ground, which we saw you do a couple of times, you've got to keep hold of it.
Why do you think you struggled yesterday?
I think it was shame in some games,
but we're going to have every game
that you're going to see me fix it.
I can't wait to see it.
Well, I did see an interview with Ron and Lacey Clicks,
where you thought it was just bad zones.
Man, Ron and Lacey, their interviews
are a little bit next level, but, yeah,
zones were not in our favor, but they, too, zones.
They talk about it.
And you cannot moan about zones if you lift that trophy.
I mean, what would it mean to bring the trophy back home
to North America?
I mean a lot, honestly.
And what would it mean for you and your community to pick?
It would be a good spot for sure.
It would be a very good spot indeed.
Talking of spots, I think that Levin might have found himself a gentle mate.
Oh, absolutely. And I can hear him all up there as well.
They don't make no efforts to hide who they are.
Rat, Janice, it's a pleasure to speak to you, Janice.
You have so much experience. You've won FNCS in the past.
What went so well yesterday, man?
I feel like you surprised a lot of people in your performance.
I feel like because of that, we're better
and we're not here to play for Top 5, we're here to play for the win.
What's going to be the key to the win for you?
What's going to be the key to the win today?
Just take those small mistakes with it yesterday with 3-0 point games
and I think we just don't make these mistakes.
We have really good chances of winning tournaments.
3-0 point games, you don't want to let that happen today, Rax,
but you played fantastic with me here at your first man.
What does it feel like to be playing in front of so many fans? You just saw you so much before
It's amazing. They have all the gentlemen from here and the Titans from home some from here
It's just amazing
It was amazing. They're gonna keep doing all day, man. So played with them
Franky we got on the side of the stage
Pablo and I've got birthday boy Gino
What's it like? The third 19?
That was a good championship.
That's amazing.
Yeah, I don't know.
Pablo, did you get Chino a birthday present yet?
No, I didn't. It's coming soon.
It's potentially a trophy, maybe?
We'll see.
The first game, the off-form versus McIndergar,
I didn't go your way, but from then on, from the second game,
you adjusted, how did you find the fight and bring it to them?
Um, it's just all about composure and having a teammate who knows we can do it if we want to so and you are a
Fantastic team as we've seen time and time again. Good luck today guys because right now we've got to get more passengers for the battle bus
And H.O.R.S.
We don't crush your big diamonds for Shadow of Urno today.
They're looking to shine brighter than ever.
Middle of the pack, but today could be their breakout performance
in diamonds and scary.
They can do it again.
Regardless of circumstance, they keep surpassing all expectations.
That's the whole expectation!
Bridget's wide!
They are just up next!
They're up right now!
Day 2 meets new opportunities!
To modernize that being exactly what they need to rise to the top!
The claimant thrive under pressure!
Top 10 shows they can rise up!
Argentinians, Leyva and Romero.
Polen, let them get straight!
Vincent Byers still have today to move on up.
HQ man is prepped and we know what they can do with a second chance.
But here on day two, this is their last chance to make it count.
I just think we never got ourselves down off the side of the tourney. We started slow and we're gonna start fast today
I was gonna say that's how you took America by force earlier. You were literally W. King everyone. Does that what you got to do today?
Yeah, we're gonna run everyone down. I know you're gonna run Twizy and Pixie down because they're listening to this interview
I don't like breathing people probably not. It wouldn't be breathing though because you've got to do what you've got to do to get
That surge and go for the end game. So have you got any other targets planned?
Everyone's a target. We're going for everyone.
All right then. I can't wait to see what happens,
doing it for both Europe and North America.
But right now, Leven's finding someone who's doing it for Belgium and the UK.
Absolutely. Frankie, look, we're going to remember.
They know E-Rex and A now. We don't claim them.
But I've got two brothers who absolutely will claim the UK.
Why? The atmosphere in here is crazy.
But you guys are still delivering.
How are you doing so well under these circumstances right now?
I mean, I'm just playing with the best player in the world,
and we're going to keep going.
Grinch, he says you're the best player in the world.
How do you keep delivering on that today?
What has to go right for you today to move from fifth into first?
I mean, we'll just take every game out of the cons,
and we'll see if we can win.
Obviously, there was a lot of question marks
about what was going to happen between you guys
and Kanada and Arc, and, you know, that whole dynamic.
You're smiling a bit.
Things seem to be going your way clearly.
I'm pretty sure he got scared another way.
Ooh, he's a runner, apparently.
So I obviously, when you guys are playing with each other,
you know, both of you, you had that experience from major two
of being really close to women and having that slip
through your fingers.
What is going to be different about today?
I mean, I'm just going to eliminate everyone,
and nothing will stop me.
UK on top, man.
I'm believing you, boys, man.
Frankie, who you got on your side of the stage?
Got a couple of fighters.
We've got Lora and Gramerick here.
Yesterday, your last three games were incredible.
What were you able to fix in the halftime?
I don't know. I just think like today, we're going to win.
You're so confident, and I can understand why.
Why are you guys such incredible fighters?
What does it take?
Let's go, Ciena.
Ciena, Ciena, Ciena.
He said it really just the energy of the crowd and the support of the fans that is getting
to them and fueling them up.
And as long as they keep doing that, they can keep performing.
So many fans watching you around the world in Argentina.
And I've seen so many flags around the arena too.
So get behind Lua and Romero and let's get to more duels on the stage.
They need a huge step up today!
Now just ready!
The front is as low as Peter Fong and Paulio!
Measuring their potential would just leave the glass overflowing!
Yes and they think today's all you!
They shot the ball on day one and hope to close out today with a win!
The Undistributed Bastion Angel for Yona and Yuma!
Day 1 for the Nerds!
Day 2, the Fresh Performance!
Hello and Dinox, you can still bring this back!
Sweats the end, Wagers!
The first lands usually growing pains,
but it never hurts to experience something new!
Two victory owls on day one, put them in the conversation, but if they want to be the main
talking fuck they need to pop off, it hangs and curbs.
From N.A. West, it's Phoenix and Runcho, they might have to back up against the wall, but
that's what makes them so dangerous.
Sometimes we can help to pause and reflect.
Fast by crusades, how will you adapt?
It's M-Shorie and Salvador with the prime middleies behind them.
They never backed out of fight and don't expect anything less.
I think we need to fix up on our
Oscar one situation and then
we'll be fine. And in terms of
reality is very are you happy to
still drop there? Yeah. Okay
well, we'll keep our eyes peeled
on that. P. Y. Thank you so much.
Good luck to you guys today. Let's
head over to 11 because now we
have a lot of people who are
going to be in the game. We
have a lot of people who are
going to be in the game. We
have a lot of people who are
going to be in the game. We
Let's head over to Leven, because now I think Belgium's going to be especially happy.
Absolutely. Look, global championships came to Belgium.
We had to speak to the best Belgian player.
Velo, not quite the start you would have wanted to have,
but how are you going to turn things around today?
We prepared, we looked at, like, the mistakes that we did yesterday, and we're ready.
Vinox, I spoke to you a bit earlier. You said you ain't nervous.
Even with how things are going, is there anything you're worried about at all today,
as far as finding some more success?
No, we're just gonna play whatever game.
But I wanna give you a moment here
to chat to the people in the arena.
Anything you wanna see to the fans supporting you here
in Belgium, what does it mean to you
to be playing here in front of the home fans?
I'll say it in Dutch.
All the Netherlands are fans,
and you're saying,
it's coming best though,
no matter how big the card is after it.
There's even an autograph, we got a boom!
I don't think I'm gonna say that any better myself.
Frankie, take it home.
Thank you so much, Dank.
You love it, guys.
I mean, you were incredible for North America.
Higgs and Kerr winning those two VRs,
really what you need to do is find consistency, right?
So how are you going to do that?
Yeah, we're going to do a lot of things differently
than yesterday.
We're just going to make sure we don't
bad before end game.
What we got?
That simple, though.
It seems like a lot of the viewers are finding that quite hard.
But what is it like to be the new high gankings
of North America, Dank?
Um, to be honest, we haven't really played high ground as much in, like, other tournaments,
but this tournament, everyone, like, the vibe felt different, so...
Is it because you just feel like people aren't fighting for it enough, and it's basically
free to take?
It's not even a high risk to go for?
Yeah, every time the zone pulled, like, towards us, no one was on it, so why not just get the
win?
Now, you've been coming to global championships since 2023, VIXX.
You even used to go by a different leg.
You free-branded yourself, and now you've got a shot at the trophy.
What would it mean to win?
Oh, I mean, it would be insane if I won.
I'm gonna be honest, so yeah, we'll see.
And it would be especially insane if you won
in your first ever global championship.
Can you imagine that happening, Kirk?
Uh, to be honest, I have imagined it happening.
It's the dream of so many players.
In fact, all of the players on this stage.
So, Antwerp, please show them your appreciation!
Your players!
that. I think that's a good
idea. Oh man, I really respect
that answer out of curve, right?
I have imagined that how many
of these players are thinking
the exact same thing. I need
to manifest this right now here
on day number two. We've got six
games ahead of us. Kelly seeing
all the players seeing all these
interviews take place. There's
one consistent through line.
Yeah, it definitely seems like a lot of our teams, especially those that around 4th to like 15th super locked in.
However, I feel like between Viko Malibuka and Koyota and Yuma, they actually seemed very relaxed.
They seemed very confident, obviously locked in as well.
But I do like the fact that they are not adding extra nerves to themselves.
In fact, as far as strategies go into the day, they don't really need to change up too much of what they were doing.
As we do see the gentle streets up there, obviously the crowd was playing a major factor in some of those walkouts
It was really funny because we had two Titans and that last group of players kind of walking out
And we hit Peter bottom player who of course were there as well and the crowd I was like oh my gosh
This is the most excited. This is the most loud the crowd has actually been but of course
We closed out the walkouts with a Viko and Malibu got themselves for a force and first place
And that was the moment the crowd was actually the loudest
So it's actually very, very close between Vico and Malibuco, of course, in first place.
So I think the fans here in the arena believe in them.
But still, I think there's some belief out there for Peter Vaughn Poglio as well.
I'm just trying to think, right? Even just like if we isolate Vico and Malibuco right now,
just imagine the immense pressure on them, right?
Everyone's got eyes on them. Everyone's looking at them, thinking,
hey, hey, you're going to go ahead and win, right? Yeah, it's just so easy.
Go ahead and lift that trophy. Go ahead and get a treble. It's easy, right?
Now under the lights off tape to with only six game that window so small Kelly they have to be going
Listen if we see Vico not dancing that's what we can be concerned about right now
I can still see that happiness that relaxation. There's there's the nerves aren't there
Or maybe they're just hiding them really well regardless of that
They came into this global championships with a plan and they have been executing on that plan so well
Yes, there is the added pressure the fact that they're the back-to-back land winners, but now can they do it again?
Oh my gosh guys, I am so
Incredibly hype Belgium are you guys ready to get to day number two of the global championships?
Then you know what it's time. Let's kick it on over to your casters for the first game of the day
This is it. We are here today to such a special occasion we get to crown a global champion
and of course you guys get the big three here on the desk.
Listen, Jacob, we saw what EU was doing to this lobby in yesterday's competition.
Obviously I needed a little bit of backup so I'd call him big bro obviously.
Yeah we're gonna keep the commentary as unbiased as possible of course but we have to pick it up.
We have a big day here and it all starts with game number seven.
We are here the continued start of a journey game seven where where you finish
yesterday honestly plays a huge role in how you get to play today further down
the leaderboard than you would hope if you want that first-place spot you may
need to get busy early. If you're Vico Malibu, Kuyota, anybody else do the top
of the leaderboard, it might not need to change much.
Checking out though whether or not some of these offspons are actually going to
remain the same. Obviously players are going to start making some of those
adaptations because day two, if your day one did not net you the points that you
needed you're still trying to climb as high as possible for the leaderboard
contention not only that though a quarter it's going to be so the first
touchdown Gino
but they're going up to a great start. Pablo's got a gift coming for him. It better be a big day, a big performance. That is exactly what they need.
And they really started with a better day than I think many people would have given them credit for.
Certainly needed that one given the fact that day one, first lobby, don't open up the way that you could have hoped.
But keep it in mind, they won the next five right after that.
It's all about seeing whether or not they translate that to solid placement in the end game mode.
So look at that here.
Koyama.
They're so spawned, so contentious, so difficult to call it at times,
but Koyama's here with the ones that took the edge,
and they're going to need to keep that edge if they want to continue to have a good day.
And this is exactly what Vivid was kind of pointing out.
We didn't see it necessarily too much on the broadcast itself,
but Malibuka came with tricks underneath his sleeve,
moving away from their POI early.
Remember, on top of Lifty Lodge, they do have that launch pad.
They have the ability to kind of rotate around the map even if they don't get the shockwaves or the sonic ball
You can step it away though from their back-to-back land performances and those championships that already secured
Viko Malibukev and ruffling feathers all year long and that's just being exacerbated here on the global stage
Yep, and you kind of see in these kind of contested fights all around the map a little bit of a slower start in some occasions
They're not necessarily kind of just trying to get their spot on contested,
fight that team, get them out.
They're just playing a standard game.
Levin, you got to talk to them on the stage.
It doesn't seem like they have too many drastic changes.
They're just playing their game out.
Oh, this is a drastic change, though.
And this is a big, big worry for me.
Cream's already down.
Why?
Left to fend alone.
And that was the problem they faced in major two of EU this year.
They started so incredibly well on day one.
Day two, they were contesting.
to be on day one, day two, they were contested and it completely derailed them.
It's an entirely different beast when you're dealing with these two day formats.
And not only that, but they've got all eyes on Mark and Kanata.
The least of their expectations was going to be Mshari and Salva.
So that little dagger could end up coming back to haunt them.
I think that's why we have these two day competitions.
You're able to bond, review, make some changes.
Not only at halftime in the days, but between the two days as well.
Golden and Ozone and this is going to be an interesting thing while everybody's
changing up trying to play more consistent they've already done just
that coyota and Yuma here one of the teams that I think everybody has wearing
at their sleeve on their hearts they want to see them perform well the entire
region coyota and Yuma I turned into an Asian fan see I was there like I mean I
need an FNCS win from this region and both you getting it would be amazing my
Biggest concern though, they ran out a lot on some of those old school fights for their early surge.
But if there isn't going to be a factor that plays into their favor today, that could completely slow down their charge.
And even building off of that, when you actually look at their overall placements, it was very much feast or famine.
They either came out on top or somewhere in the middle and underneath the lobby,
and that's just not going to cut it if they want to remain in contention for first.
And this is where you see some interesting things.
Maybe not a fight breaking down here, but pink and blue are actually rotating to try to take control of the battle with vending machine
Much sooner than we've seen almost any team take it yesterday chap
Clixie just trying to get some cheeky damage onto king and craze and honestly that's gonna be interesting decision king and craze
They're not necessarily playing how they would hope coming into this event
So I thought maybe day two they may play a little bit more aggressive four points for elimination
That's the easiest way to catch up. I think a lot of people have an idea of which green hill teams
teams expected to come out and
perform.
It just completely was flipped on
its head.
A lot of people weren't expecting
much out of.
Like in Nebs and Nathan, for
example, actually managed to find
a bit more out of the day.
Yesterday, whether that remains
the same today, though, we know
how these two days' formats go.
It's never the same.
Hey, we still saw moments of
greatness out of Nebs
specifically, and if we can
anticipate that they're going to
be able to close out fights in
the most critical moments, they
might be able to just carry
through with some solid momentum
Sazer's on the other end though.
He's got to be careful which bush he actually checks next.
Looking around for the chest, but it's just
Nebsi's going to find him and think of it.
It's him during the match.
So that's like one of the only times in Fortnite
you could do nothing to defend yourself.
And that's what Big Nebsi does.
He doesn't miss those shots, always on point with his aim.
And you can see just how much they prepare.
They know the loop roots.
They know exactly where they can catch these guys out.
And that's some of that day one to day two preparation coming into play.
But what makes it even more awkward, though, is we're having those pregame
interviews with the likes of Kingling praise.
They're saying, we just can't find anyone yet.
Nebs and Nathan, they don't seem like they're having the same kind of worry.
So where's the difference really being found inside of that Bob reviewer?
Well, the question should have been who's the coach and they've been
tracking you for three.
I mean, that's what it's all about, especially at a spot like this.
But there's so many different people from different regions landing there.
You have to be your preparation.
especially in certain situations where teams are honestly at the global
championship I know vivid Kelly all kind of talked about it on the desk is you
might go in with the thought process of how games will play out how the meta
kind of looks and then it shifts during the day on day one so they're kind of
learning on the fly I think science is feeling some of that here by himself no
scary insight but it isn't bad outside the materials but when you flash back to
the performance that we saw out of the Spaniards during Summit.
It has just seemed like a complete 180.
Sia isn't scary, have yet to really bind their footing on this lobby,
and they need to step it up a notch, Levin,
because it's only a matter of time before everyone else overcasts them.
Absolutely.
I think you look at the way things are shaping up.
You've been far before to let the games pass you by now.
It's make or break.
Even if you have to rip things up for top of the planet,
You just start to adapt to what you see there in this lobby.
That's what it's going to be, the play for some of these teams.
It's good to see cringe and fly both up as a duo here,
but the recovery starts now.
And with Lowe and Romero hungry to up their damaged totals,
it's not the most optimal situation whatsoever for the two UK boys.
Yeah, you already see the shields getting cracked.
Storm, surge, pop, cringe is already down.
The angles, they're just pincering them
until they get both of those eliminations.
Last we saw Lua and Romero, they had over 400 damage on the threshold.
They took maybe 40 and got two full eliminations.
They got to be sitting pretty especially since now the zone is moving over towards Wankyland.
The quick stack kind of set it all for us.
Laila and Romero are the only team that hasn't been tagged by Serge throughout the course
of day one inside of that top 30.
And if they can keep establishing some of these big elimination moments, that makes it easier.
Uh-oh, I saw it in the feed.
I didn't want to believe it to be true. H-Cube and Encrypted have taken down Viko and forced Malabuga on the run.
And we knew they had things cut off of Spawn early on. But how much of that ends up becoming a distraction?
I mean, Viko and Malabuga meaning they like to get free, meaning we know they like to antagonize the teams around them.
But H-Cube, Encrypted, they will not just be pushed over, and this is already a major, major change up in how we see this game going, this day going.
Malabuga and Viko have to recover now.
And this just might be the start, too.
Right now, it's HQ been encrypted.
But how long until it becomes Josh and Yonzo as well?
There are just so many other teams
that might be looking to kind of throw a spanner
in the works here against the likes of Viko and Malabuka.
This will not be a walk in the park.
And that day one master strategy
might just be completely thrown on its head.
Definitely keep tabs on what Malabuka is able to do
to get Viko back in the game.
But their biggest opponent right now, Darn Demosh, they need to sit tight and make the most of any opportunity to catch up.
And that's gonna not be the usual situation when you look at what's going on over here at StoneSankton.
Plenty of different teams in the vicinity, plenty of different ways you can end up making a mistake and Darn find themselves in someone's line of sight.
Not where he wants to be whatsoever.
three, four teams made position over Stone Sanctum,
Mini Peele, Facoon, Darm, Demish,
Cringe, Lucia, Firen and Pigs.
They're all crowded around the spot,
which maybe one or two teams might not necessarily
be the worst thing,
but four players have to continue to rotate
towards the north.
You can kind of see it there on the map.
They have quite a distance to go.
And this might just be foreshadowing
for how Darm and Demish's day is about to go.
Even in yesterday's competition,
by the end of it all,
when they started hitting the bodge,
when they started looking through what went right,
what could go better.
These two finally admitted to the fact
we had a normal day of Fortnite.
They finally got to see their true strategy
play out everything they've been dealing
throughout the year, coming to fruition and board game.
But now in today's competition,
that might not be the case.
Let me tell you something.
If Shark and Fini had been concealing any strategy,
they better start playing them out now.
We wanna see these guys rise up to stand as we talked
about their big game potential.
We talked about how talented these two are,
but until they start getting more than points on the board,
it's not gonna mean nothing still though.
Within touch and distance, a big game from them here
could be enough when you put them back into the running.
They've already spotted their next prey,
need to be careful to position exposed.
Position exposed, but to who?
Resigns, Tinka, they don't really seem all that interested
to get up close in person, at least not just yet.
Call it in 27, looking like they were dealing
with surge woes of their own.
But Viko Malabuka, they've had a trek
all the way back to their starting point here
at Lifty Lodge, and they're still not over.
The real trouble that's been brewing in the horizon for them
might even just be HQ been encrypted.
Three bit, doesn't look too bad for them.
A lot on surge.
You know, Malabuka, obviously a lot better on materials.
Viko's gonna need to get a bit of a load out,
maybe three farming, he's got some farming to do,
but a workable situation,
the worst it could be considering the circumstances. Yeah, and on top of that, if you kind of look
where Malbuco Vico kind of entered into that fight, it was on that low 9 where the Pac-Man
Ghost Boss does spawn, it's for its own taco. Obviously it depends when that ghost was initially
taken down, but this is around the time in the game, it does respawn. They can take him out again,
get a little bit more loot, but we knew the fight was brewing on this side of the map.
Shark and Teeny, they look to be getting a little bit more aggressive, they have those two eliminations,
and it looks like they had a good amount of damage on their opponent.
Call it N27, they're on the other side.
They're still having to factor in though, what might take place with any sort of third-party endeavors.
Teaney still looking to try and get the other piece of the pie here.
27 might be eliminated in just a couple of seconds.
Short Teaney though, not the response they were expecting.
Short completely dropped even on his last legs.
27 still playing a bit of spoiler here for the both of them.
Tini now trying to look to see if he can catch the refi but 27 he's still adding pressure.
Trying to hold onto the covers letting the zone do the rest of the work big save by Tini and Shark.
And Tini showing that better experience that fits out of him. Shark is still a young fresh talent of course he's had such an amazing year but Tini
he's been here before and he shows that here leading the charge not overextending exactly what he needs.
Yeah, not every situation is looking good, though.
And that's the interesting thing.
We get to see what these players are going through.
We know they're below the damage threshold as focus goes down.
On the other side, though, Darman and Demish,
they might not necessarily see it.
They hear the shields crack, and now the same thing
has happened to them when it rains and pours.
Mid and field are coming here to take down
one of our top teams in the game.
Demish is already out.
Darman's doing what he can, but it's not going to be enough.
They're both going to fall.
That frustration so evident Minifio and Fuku and they immediately seized the opportunity to close out on that elimination sequence against Darm and Demish and that impact now Malibu Kaviko despite their early troubles they're still up in the running.
the running. Not the start you want to have whatsoever. And I'll speak to Vividen and he said
he was concerned about Damondinus for that reason exactly. It just felt like their games
between consistently had one big game here and then a couple other games that weren't quite able
to match that. They're gonna have to find some more of them here. See I'm on the other end of
that because I feel like a team that's able to still capitalize on top three positioning
despite not having a true victory royale. They did have healthy well the laminations
and I think that those points, they can always make up for after the fact.
Yeah, this is just a tough situation, though, for Viko and Malibu.
Even after the reboot, we saw them at one point above the damage threshold,
but that's how tough this lobby actually is.
They don't want to give up those free rotations, and now they are below.
They have some time to heal up.
After two weeks to get damage, even elimination there from Viko.
If you got flicked, you would have missed it, but there goes Epic Well and Pump.
Is this the script, or is this more greatness we are witnessing here?
from Viko and Malibuza, every time they need something,
it just feels like they find it on an FNCS stage,
and that continues here.
A big moment for them in this game.
If this one is the one that could be the one
to give them a bit of separation,
give them a bit of breathing room,
moving into the next couple of games,
we might see Viko start dancing on the stage.
You might get that title size back from him.
And well, whatever the case,
Swizzy and Fixie are certainly still looking
to be impact members on this lobby. They eliminated there onto Gonzo, but I'm right there with you left.
Maybe a little bit of plot armor coming into effect there. But for Geek on Alibuka,
they know Yuma Koyota are just as close as Darman D'Amish last foot.
You got to be careful not to take too much attention on this side of the map. In fact,
they're doing the opposite. 77 above. No real reason to peek, but they realize 77 is not a
like feeling of comfortability.
They're looking towards the back.
They see teams like Shark and TD, fellow Sinox.
This is their opportunity to try to pad that storm surge.
You could already see them,
and they went from 77 to 56.
That's how tough it actually is.
And this is the test of a true global championship
within team.
How do you think, sir,
when it starts to get a bit uncomfortable
and everything's not quite in your favor,
can they find the bit of damage they need
just to put them in a more comfortable spot?
We know Hicks and Krasler,
and you can make sure that throughout the year.
and a test now.
It's also in Ulysses Lane.
They're looking at the same super teams below there,
even to this form.
He's not doing himself any favors.
Vynep's already down.
He's got the things he's gonna follow soon soon.
Just able to make a make-and-know.
And it's not even them that get the credit.
Vynep's will be the one that benefits from that one.
It's a tough situation because they still need damage.
They're above for now,
and 13 players need to go down before it turns off.
They do have enough to outheal
He doesn't necessarily want to pull out of your bag of tricks that early.
Peterbot and Poyle in the feed.
It looks like King got a back-to-back to send them both back to Lobby.
Pink goes down as well.
We are finning out the Lobby quick.
We're down to our 25 team shot, but now Placepoints will start to come in.
And hey, that might just be exactly what Tini and Shark are after.
If they can secure these eliminations like that last one onto Shadow,
keep their serve in a healthy position.
They don't necessarily need to fully depend on those storm tank methods.
I think he's the best controller player in the world and he is playing like it right now.
Sending a talent in this lobby that will certainly question him.
But if he keeps this train rolling, there's not many people who can get in their way.
This team might be able to and one good rotation here might just do it.
Such a free one as well. No pressure from the rest of the lobby.
I'm just kind of looking at zone right now.
I'm like, please don't go east.
Please don't go east.
Yes, it will end up on land, but it goes over open water.
That's going to be a scary sight.
Birthday boy, Gino, Apollo, looking
toward the backside of zone, taking down King.
There goes a big elimination.
But more importantly, that's the refresh to keep him going.
Check out where Muzz and Ryzer are currently at,
sitting just underneath Viko Malibuka,
trying to do their best to trail from that backside of zone,
But with this next pool, all of these teams that are stuck inside of the congestion are now going to have to try and make their way through where some of these other bodies are typed over and picks these swizzy being one of them.
They're not looking to make it easy for Geno and Pablo.
Yeah, and it's not understandable why they're looking to force a refresh here.
This rotation's not going to be easy. How they make it.
And do they make it unscathed, and do they have to shield to recover if they don't?
That is the biggest pressure for the team. They'll start their pursuit, they'll run underneath height.
Just trying to find themselves in a spot that nobody really can take shots at them.
Nobody really can slow down their rotation.
But once again, hags and curves. Start the day up on height, looking for another win.
The problem is, they're still sharkin' teeny in the lobby.
And as long as those two are still kickin',
height will never come for free.
Swizzy, Pixie as well, already making their way
to that frontside position.
They're looking to be the cutoff
and intercept, curb, and hasten their tracks.
Yeah, and Coyote, Yuma, yesterday,
we saw them go for height as well.
They even took down Klicks in rapid,
in lieu of winning a game.
They're not afraid.
They really pushed themselves to the limit.
Cammy and Harry better be careful.
Almost trying to break into the box,
but they slip on out.
and it goes to show the risks they're willing to take.
Many of risks being taken now.
The players chop down the side of the hill
just to try to find a bit of breathing room.
Shark and Dini, they'll stay elevated.
And maybe, just maybe, like you said, Sacko,
they'll look to make a high play.
The materials are running thin,
so a refresh will be needed first.
Yuma don't left alone, Koyota goes down.
And a big question, a big challenge now for Yuma.
It's got a lot of placements to go and Vico might be the one to shut him down.
He might not even realize that's one of his top contenders.
Now on the ropes here, but Vico, he knew he landed that first shot.
He was ready to follow up with the second.
Nowhere left to run for Yuma.
A lot of their tough competition has fallen right before our very eyes,
but they still have yet to look up.
And it's funny, because they set it themselves before the day started.
We're not even a high ground team.
We don't even want to go for it, but if the opportunity presents itself, they will take it.
The problem though right now is that Pixie and Swissy, they're still terrorizing these low ground layers.
They're making it very difficult for Curve and Higgs up above Polp has fallen.
Three eliminations in tow, but for Curve and Higgs we saw Higgs needed the materials that Curve had just picked up.
Teeny and Shark's similar position.
You're many top doctors still up in this one. Eventually they must collide.
And we might be moving closer to that moment.
He and Shark fall down into a really uncomfortable position.
And then looking for options, then looking for a way out,
then looking for a find.
It's Rizzy and Pixie that will find it.
Shark has no man left.
And if actually these guys are all just gonna run into each other,
and it's gonna be about the Shark guns,
and it will be about the Shark guns.
It's not looking too many like Shark kids right now.
He will hit the shots to stay alive.
Uh-oh.
High Brown, a whole other team.
Vico and Miles, who's also gonna take matters?
into their own hands.
Down goes Curve.
He's still trying to float around.
He gets a elimination up his own.
Trying to stay alive with the Siphon.
But the team in first place, they have taken their spot
on top of this fountain.
Looking down, there's so many teams,
but nobody can reach their limits.
But if Sharpe just has a little bit more shield,
a little bit more time,
he might be able to carve out his own entry point.
Still has a good amount of material to compare Zendipico.
Sure, they might be a fully intact duo,
but this is still a bit complicated
and muddled underneath, Pixie doing his best,
but he won't be able to withstand it.
He's now lurking, picks up 100 saw people,
where's Shark after all of it?
Right in the middle.
Tells the story, Viko Manny sit above us,
everybody crushed below, they want this first game,
they want the win, they wanna extend their lead,
and that is exactly what they want!
Zero, zero, Viko Manny, Viko Manny, Viko Manny!
All day long yet today,
It was a gap social meter, there's CMVCO dance, CMVCO do push up, there's CMVCO taking out on the stage
and honestly, on the type that says whatever works, it came out hot here to start the day.
It was just a matter of time, boy, before you got to VR.
I don't like the perfect game. Did anything go wrong at any point?
I mean, I died early, but we came back up to the best, you know?
So, Malibuca, when Vico does go down early game,
do you ever panic and think it's not possible to bring him back?
Obviously, I know. I saw that you can get him up,
whatever station we're in, we can just steal him back and win.
Do you not get slightly annoyed, though, that he's gone down?
Maybe a little, because I thought he was going with me,
but he went out of sight, but it's fine.
Did you listen to him? Did he tell you off a little bit?
Of course. I always listen to this guy, you know?
Otherwise, he wouldn't be winning right now.
The question is now, though,
Can you not go down early game?
Can you pull off an even more flawless victory
in the next game, Malibuca?
I'm still here. What's your answer?
Basically, could you win the next game?
Uh, no. That's a miracle on this one.
OK. I just hope to get, like, two multipliers and a two.
All right, he's not aiming for the next game win,
but he is aiming for the trophy.
Antwerp, please, give it up for Vika Malibuca!
That's all right.
And I don't know how to feel about it.
You're not used to losing.
Getting beaten?
Not like this.
These players are just so locked in.
Could it be the milk?
Ah!
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
I'm not making it.
I'm not making it.
Stay there.
Oh
Oh my god!
Oh my god!
Oh my god!
Oh my god!
and pick up the first game of the day.
Game seven overall, Kelly Link.
Kelly Link, my little hummingbird heart can't take it.
I'm going to pass out.
This is incredible!
You really need to go to a doctor and get that checked out.
But no, Viko and Malibuca from the start
was having such a good game.
There's a little moment there where they did this deep rotate
into Wonkyland, into Storm,
and stayed there for quite a few minutes.
And I was wondering how they're going to make this rotation out.
But fortunately for them, Zone did go to Latte landing.
It wasn't too far of a distance for them.
And then obviously high ground didn't seem to be too contested in day number one.
But that is not the case for day number two.
Viko and Mali running that mid ground.
But when it mattered most stealing height away to get them that victory royale.
An 11th zone steal from Viko and Malibuca.
And maybe it was just happenstance, right?
But I would like to think otherwise.
I would like to think back to yesterday where Malibuca and Viko were up against Higgs and Curve.
That was game number five.
And pretty much the difference there was that Higgs and Kerber went down to the 2v2 up against Viko and Malibuka.
And Higgs and Kerber came out on top.
This time Viko and Malibuka were not letting that happen.
Instead they went for it earlier, they did not let that 2v2 happen.
They took out Higgs and Kerber, at least off of the higher ground for, you know, Higgs still kind of stayed alive.
But Viko and Malibuka adapting to what they learned in day number one, approaching it differently.
That's why they secured the victory royale.
I love emotionally too Malibuka, especially when I used to watch him way back when years ago.
It was a very reserved, very calm player.
But it seems like obviously Vigo being this boisterous player.
It almost feels like they're kind of switching roles a little bit emotionally here.
Vigo just is like, yeah, whatever it's a win, Malibu is the one that's popping off.
I love it. We actually have a listening from the duo from that last game.
Check this out.
Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him!
I killed both, I killed both, I killed both.
Yeah, I said I killed both.
Maybe go for it, maybe go for it.
I killed both, I killed both.
Yeah, 3, 2, 1.
TXT come! Come here!
Check! Check! Check!
I got it all! I got it all!
I got it all! I got it all!
Come down! Come down!
It's a humble job!
They have me up there!
Wait, wait, wait!
You can self-shot!
I'm fine! I'm fine! I'm fine!
I'm fine! I'm good later!
Wait, wait, wait!
careful high speed
We got
Yeah, I killed him kill him kill him
Just get him get him get him
Also no more, I have no more
I can go up I can go up
Yeah yeah yeah
Wait up wait up
Get it you want to be the first one
Okay
Okay
What's up behind us
No, no one's gonna go up, no one's gonna go up
What's the guys
130
I'm on 30 wide 30 wide 30 wide
Oh my gosh. I cannot believe it's happening. Look at the smiles on their faces. The almost
duality, right? Remember just yesterday we saw a game where Miko Mali, you know, Mali
had a solo clutch and even coming in the top four of that game wasn't enough, right? It
was like it's the win or it's nothing. You see they're starting to kind of get in that
groove that rhythm. They're thinking the same thing. We're all thinking, are they going
I think we just got our first mid end game listening where Viko asked for Malibu to adapt him up.
This guy is right mid end game. He's like, yo, give me Knuckles dude. Like what is going on?
These guys are just feeling way too confident. But take a look at this leaderboard. There are some developments here that Viko and Malibu come in.
Obviously there is a giant lead for them, but who's hot on their heels?
lead for them, but who's hot on their heels?
Dun-uh, dun-uh, dun-uh, dun-uh, dun-uh.
The shark is jumping up the leaderboard by four
placements with Tini. Absolutely incredible.
At the start of that game, it actually kind of seemed to be the Tini show. He had four eliminations
on low ground, but I did not think that shark was going to be laying down. No, he said,
just give me a few seconds, and gets back-to-back eliminations going
absolutely crazy and they've been just so close to being able to claim that high ground for themselves.
Being able to claim the win for themselves. But unfortunately it did go down to a solo.
Shaff and Flix are like what the heck just happened like oh shark happened.
1-66 straight to their face back to back there like kind of telecalled out a little bit of a solo
clutch needed to go ahead and pick up that third place but third place eight eliminations are
going to be quite happy with that. Definitely open the door keeping open that possibility
for them to go ahead and continue on trying to pick up on like the emotions right there are for
these guys I didn't really know I don't know if that was like a happy reaction right there he was
like oh my gosh I could have got more that's a the most emotion I've ever seen out of shark
in any context period he is definitely feeling himself Kelly and there's still a hundred points
behind but that's a scary place to be right there they're alive they're here they're ready to fight
the momentum is all that they're looking for what I was looking for was the changes
in their early game strategy and they came out around zone six there with 300 damage above
storm surge whatever issues they were running into with the golden grove rotations seems
to no longer be a situation for them but that's game number seven Zeke vividly still have a few
more games to go. Hopefully whatever strategy that shark and teeny brought into that game they can
do for the remaining five. Absolutely I'd love to take it back up to that leaderboard talk about
more of the developments even just after the first game wanted here to highlight swizzy and
We had a moment of them earlier on in that game where they were well above surge.
Now, obviously they're still in that fourth place.
They're holding strong.
Look at the tiebreaker against Toyota and Huma as well.
And we did watch in that game, Vika Malibu, who were the ones to eliminate Huma as a solo.
But look at this, Swizzy Pixie still holding on strong.
They can still make things happen.
Yep, without a doubt.
I mean, very, very excited.
Actually came in today, right?
We were having some conversations backstage amongst ourselves.
But I was like, I think we're going to have a three-way race between Vika Malibu,
Malibuca, Sharkantini, and Swizzy and Pixie at the end of the day.
Of course, Vika and Malibuca might be shutting down that conversation early
with how much of a lead they already have, but I still think they can kind of happen.
I think those three teams look the best right now, especially towards the later half of yesterday,
which is why I kind of believe that, but then, yeah, Swizzy and Pixie doing great right now.
They didn't move up on the leaderboard, but they did kind of catch up in points
to keep themselves in contention for that top three.
And once again, Pixie coming down to kind of a solo situation.
only a few placements were game but those placements add up so much more when
you do get into the end game and then of course getting even just a few
eliminations as a solo can be so valuable when you are this close to the end of the
game but when it comes to swizzy and pixie they seem to be they look good
obviously they made it into the final three but they did not seem like a
confident low ground run that I was watching them there but they still have
five games to be able to change anything that's the beauty right we still have
time that was just the first game if you told me hey that was games well I'd be
Yeah, man, I believe you understand, but that was just the first game.
I mean, and other duels as well, who were performing so well in this, but to see Higgs and Curve.
Remember, this is one of the two duels we called out to be.
Some of NA's last help we saw them at on height for a little bit, but, you know, they kind of got put in a situation where then suddenly Higgs has to kind of solo clutch, but they're still hanging on, right?
We get, again, we still have five kids.
I called for one thing today and that's that I wanted to see Higgs and Curve
You know I wanted them to have six good games over the course of the whole day
But heck if they just make it to end game, I feel like that will naturally happen
So back that I kind of already happened in game number seven here
I'm looking forward to seeing how these guys kind of play out the rest of the day because I really do believe even though
I once again these guys are like 270 become elder for like three nines 120 points
I personally I'm gonna be a believer here
maybe a little bit of hope, but I think Cates and Kerb could catch up to that
first-place spot depending on how you go now with the play. And even though they
were able to take height here, it was a bit of a rough height take. They kind of
were taking it in like two separated areas. They had to connect. They used
them a lot of builds, and then they had to hold it for just a little bit. They
weren't able to hold it all the way to the end of the game, which is kind of
what we saw from day one. Not too many people trying to contest height, but when
they did have a team jump on top of them, Higgs took a few extra seconds to
kind of disengage, put himself into a safer spot, but I'm sure if we see them
once again get into a high ground situation where maybe someone tries to
steal away from them that they'll be able to disengage that much better and
that will help them towards the end of the game. I feel like the vibe of day
two is so different compared to day number one. Obviously day number one
those first six games kind of feel their games. Everybody knows kind of figured
out but day number two so many duels even the ones we have in the time to
highlight here are coming in with so much more confidence. So many of them have
seemed to really take him tonight or last night rather and gone hey this is
important. We need to come in tomorrow that much stronger. I mean again I talked
about the start of the show. It is not about whatever the meta for Fortnite is
when you lead up into this. It is about the meta that develops during the
tournament. You can only make so much practice, so many predictions into a
lobby that you do not know what everyone is going to do. That is the
inherent nature of global championships. It does not matter how good you do in
your majors. It matters how you are able to adapt to everyone else today. About it
out I mean Viko and Bella Booker also already shown it there in game number
Jacob kind of thought that right another little bit of the early game strategy that we saw kind of a point encrypted has been
The most likely target for Viko and Malibu get most of their endgame
So we did kind of see them return to form in that sense
But just those early fights are helping them so much right now
Taking a look at Yuma and Toyota right now, and I do have a bit of a concern for them around zone six
They were only 60 damage above it if I'm not thinking baby
You were talking about how they were one of the only teams that barely took any storm damage here a little bit above though
But still you know that they want to go into this confidently in fact watching them free game seven
They were all smiles. It seems to be that their mood has maybe shifted a little bit
David and you can actually see right here
We didn't of course get that watch their entire early games to come see how that went but going into this end game
They only had one elimination
I called on for you to do but they needed a different strategy the games that they played best yesterday was when they got two
early eliminations and like zones one is zone two they didn't get to early
elimination this game of course and they fall through a little bit right the
storm search charts to come into play therefore Coriota and Umi so I still
think they could do it they just got to adapt a little bit to the lobby and how
it's playing and I'm sorry we're talking about jumping up obviously we're
in talked about curve and Higgs but Romero and Lua also jumping up right now
into seventh place I mean there's just not much of a world where we could have
imagined into day two that an Asian and Brazilian team are beating some of the
best names in the new and they have EU. I think what's speaking of going up we
got to talk about going down Darmond Demish down three placements after this
first game right think about the context we started the day we were in
second place now we're way back where we are it's gonna speak to so much of how
these games are gonna go I think you just you just said it earlier vivid the
fact that like even in bad situations you still have to put points on the board
If something goes wrong, you get eliminated.
That means you cannot earn more points.
And it's like, yeah, it does, but in context,
everyone else around you is the moment.
Think about it.
Think about it.
Look, if they fall early in this next game,
everyone else has a chance to catch up.
Darman Demish in this game, it bit them.
Yeah, but that catch up, it started
to slip, though, for a bunch of the lobby.
I mean, when you kind of saw it, right,
I think it was takes and curves who
was at fifth or sixth place around 270 points.
And then after them, it jumps down 236 points.
And then in like the 10th place, it's 226.
So it's like, who's at top of the leaderboard,
like the top, like six,
I think we're gonna see some great battles there.
Then after that,
we might see some great battles for like seven through 10.
That's a lot of prize money, right Kelly?
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, it's the difference of hundreds
of thousands of dollars and a single elimination.
Obviously, so much can happen and so much can change,
but as these games do develop,
those opportunities dwindle game by game,
but Zeke right now, our players loading into the battle bus.
A lot of that relaxation,
a lot of the smiles all of those people be like all not nervous. I feel like I'm starting
to see that window lots of more focused ritual in cold. Another potential for North America
as well. Yeah, going with the side eye. This guy is too funny. I always love the kind of
seat called at these events and I feel like this is actually a duo that's doing a little
bit better than maybe everybody at home is kind of recognized. I think they ended yesterday
around like that 12 displays block. And even with that game right there, they bumped themselves
up into 10th place right now. And because I already mentioned how close the points actually
are between like 10th and 7th place.
The difference is like 8 to 10 points right now.
Really, Colton Ristow could easily find themselves
in the top 7 before we even know it.
So these guys are actually playing quite well.
Interesting stuff.
I'm getting word.
We had a little bit of a simulation we ran.
Now, keep in mind, this is before we just
saw this crazy game.
But we kind of did the simulation,
so who could walk away with the best percentage chance
to win Pico Malibuco 39%?
I think it's so interesting. Again, just that context of one game.
And that's what I want to frame for you guys at home.
One game could make such a difference.
We saw even just Dormand Demis, I could talk about, right?
Hey, Dad, it's such a great percentage.
SharkoTeen was only down 10%.
Now they completely swap places.
Listen, you can hear the cheering.
You can hear the roaring.
You can feel the emotion.
But that's all talk.
We need more Zeke.
What a fan.
Belgium, I think we know what you are.
You want more games, right?
You want to get back into the action, right?
It's time.
Caster's over to you.
We are so ready to jump right back into the action.
If the rest of the game's today or anything
like that first one, we are in for a treat.
Now, we definitely are.
Honestly, yesterday, we kind of saw
how close the leaderboard actually was.
And today, it's continuing to be so.
Next game is ready, so let's just jump right into it.
Another game here we have five more left on the day before we clown our global champion,
which is huge right now because of Viko Malibuca keep this streak alive, it will be the first
team in for that competitive history to win back to back to back major lands.
Swear you can put this lobby tension with a knife though and Viko Malabuka,
they know exactly what's at stake.
They are on high alert currently.
Fully wary of the fact that HQ been encrypted might continue to try and
pose a serious threat, but they're looking like the main characters.
Absolutely.
Let's talk about it, Coyote, are you much in the thick of it, and you are doing the job,
doing the business, Sato and Monsi will have no opportunity in this game, actually so quick
I missed it.
One of the only silver linings though, for those two, is knowing that at least the team
that's wiping you off spawn is someone that's in the current leaderboard top three position.
It's a big thing to realize that U-Lang Toyota have just been on fire this series.
My big story is that Saintsville Mums, he works, he's gonna roll over and allow these guys to just keep winning.
Off-spawns and just keep having these good games.
Something is gonna have to switch, something's gonna snap.
I just don't understand. I can't get my head around it right now.
Yeah, something's gonna have to change for them or Toyota and Yuma are just gonna continue to eat good in that early game.
Because we talked about it, that's how they're getting their early game surge.
But this is a team here, Shark and Teenie.
We asked for some changes, especially from day one to day two.
Shark is actually looting up his golden grove, but did you see how far Teenie was
away from him?
It's not unusual to see these two playing a bit separated at the start though.
That's just how much trust they have in each other, because Teenie
needs the backup, which he likely doesn't, given just how
He's been throughout the course of this weekend.
It's just natural.
Yeah, you see what he does there.
You know, he wraps up, he's able to get a 60 tank.
It's not much, but it's almost working on you, the business.
See something new here?
Do you guys see something new?
Mac and the Gras left.
The Stonehill's sank them.
Which Michino and Pablo got a little bit more freedom,
but easy and no zip have just become a little bit more
crowded, but shots are still firing in.
There's down, not, not out in this fight.
And there goes a big shot.
Again, Izzy and Noseph are just landing.
Hey, Maker, it's after Hey, Maker.
Pretty well, that is a big and important shot.
It's not gonna be enough.
He was gonna be the first one to go down.
Izzy and Noseph, box to box after that.
It's all good and well-leaving.
A drop spot, but wherever you decide to contest,
you have to be ready to win a big challenge now
for Matt to stay in this game.
And it's impressive too for Izzy and Noseph,
because these are the types of moments
you can't even initially plan for.
You never know when that contestation is going to surface,
but for MacIngeta, despite the new scenery,
it's looking like they might wind up with the same result,
and they just cannot afford to keep missing out
on those ending opportunities.
But that's just not a possibility here in gaming.
Unfortunately for our French fans in the building,
one of their duels isn't quite able to win off Spawn,
but at least the other one is able to hold on
and keep the train going.
20th place is where they sit now.
They're going to continue to make that climb.
Yeah, I just got to wonder what the overall surges for them
so they did take some big shots, but they dealt even bigger ones.
Garmin, Demis, we kind of saw this in that last game.
They don't necessarily fight for the entirety of their P.O.Y.
They split it with another team, but they're quickly rotating on out.
And one of the things that I talked to so many players and teams yesterday
is the preference.
Do you rotate early, get Pio in zone, or do you sit back?
And that's the thing.
It works for some, not for others.
So it really goes to show that it's up to the teams
and the players that decide their destiny.
It depends what the players around you, right?
And how they are moving,
as far as just finding opportunities to build damage.
Even if some dumb struggles for search in that last game,
my biggest worry, are they gonna be able to find anybody
with whatever strategy they go for?
So I can be me.
What a fight they say, this is a 2v2.
A dream 2v2, a lot of people
will wanna be watching right now.
And look, Genie, Shark,
They're certainly looking to settle the score up against Peter Bodd and Boyo.
We know the wrong both have been taking place on socials,
beat himself, claiming a, we can still maybe make a top five running,
but first you gotta hit the ground moving.
Hey look, we got the original Peter Bodd.
Potentially against the new Peter Bodd, some people have been crowned in shock.
He's got to win some championships though, if he really wants to claim that title.
for now, looking to bait that
he left, will P employee fall
for it? I'd like to think
not.
Be careful, honestly, no matter
who wins this fight or disengages
first, because you can see clicks
in the distance. That's going to
give Shark a teeny kind of bird's
eye view to see what's going on
around them, but they can't
take shots because they'll give away
their position and that fake play won't
going though, you see Peter Botton Pollo kind of stuck underneath in those
cones. They have to assess and really make that decision. Do we rotate out?
Are they above us? There's just so many questions that they have unanswered.
Just based off how we last saw Pete and Pollo looking out, they're not taking
that bait in the slightest. They know it's a trap. They're not looking to give
up their positioning. They feel like they can still hold things down from
where they're currently situated. And that's just gonna foreshark in
Teenies and they don't necessarily need the surge. But do you really want Peter
by employer trailing you.
I think most people in the lobby would say absolutely not.
Heaney, we know just how much he loves a left play.
And so keep it on this, Thacker.
I think after they are full search,
he might just be willing to play the patient game.
They still need a bit of time to make their match a bit more
solid, especially growing into a deeper end game.
I think there'll be more than fine
to just sit and wait for Pete and Poyle
to make their next play, make their next move.
ball is definitely in their court that search threshold just continuing to take
up and up for them in comparisons where Pete Emporio might currently be sad at
they don't necessarily have that same luxury they were here clearly looking
for a fight but after those big bunches out of Shark and Teenie that's just not
going to be a possibility they look at a chance of disengaged but for nebs and
Nathan head first against Kaling. I could get big Elim right there opening things up
Doesn't come without sacrifice though, Nathan does go down, but not out.
There goes a heroic save right there, not only to get the eight points with those eliminations,
but keep his teammate from getting rebooted.
So, back-to-back fights, not over just yet.
He actually did end up going down, but it's not because of King or Craze.
It's Gonzo and Idrop that actually third-party in Green Hill, so we know how proud this fuck can actually be.
The problem for Nebs and Nathan is that that fight just didn't dissipate quickly enough.
You make those big shots, you're bound to draw attention.
The third-party intervention now by Eyedropping Gonzo and a short-lived victory for Nebs and
Nathan.
What makes it even worse still is knowing that they just managed to surface on the leaderboard.
They was hiding, missed the shot, but they found them either way.
Eyedropping and Gonzo narrowly missing disaster right there, but they pick up that second
elimination wipe the team and they get all the loot towards themselves and they
struggled during the mid game of game number seven this time looking far
stronger far better set up to be able to make it deeper into this game and
continue that climb that I was talking about you said he was confident he said
he knew what he needed to do and he showcasing that right here
still got a handful of teams to work through though. Volko and Fent not gonna
make it easy trying to size up I drop in Gonzo but these two recognizing it's
better you just got to move on try and stay ahead some of these later
stragglers if they can get a better position deeper inside the stones that
might just put I drop in Gonzo in an awkward spot but they got the vending
control. But I lack the priority it's gonna really really hurt them look at Epic
well and pump, Chap and Flixy based up wardens of the Green Hills zone.
Getting past that is going to be very tough.
They just got Higgs and Curve just out in the open.
They went around Viko Malibuka, Kami Har and Josh Yamza.
They say, yo, you guys can take the land. We'll take the sea. Rotate on over.
And look at their loadout. Two Chug Jugs, Cole Loadout. Got a magic curve.
Very, very similar. He has the medkits for the Justin Case.
And if you look at where they're aiming for, the north side of Wonkyland, maybe you can count two teams actually there.
So they're gonna get a relatively
Uncongested, uncontested side of the zone to call their own.
Today try not to get lost, but see a lot of the way because so many teams are fully
aware of the fact that a lot of duos have been prioritizing trying to tank up some of the search what storm takes early on but
Curve and Higgs, they certainly hit the drawing board, love to see whether or not that plate actually pans out.
Hold, Ritual, still other teams looking to make up for lost time.
Peterbot and Pollo, definitely one of them.
This fight against Shadow and Franco could be everything, and Pete already answering back for how they'll measure up in today's competition.
Yeah, I know they don't got the most loot that we typically see the map on, and they've been having to fight for it all weekend long.
But right now, with a big advantage, shadow already down.
They don't necessarily know where Virgo's at.
That's why they're playing essentially a full box away,
just trying to spray their way in, take no risk.
And you see Virgo is lurking around.
He's not necessarily trying to go for a lurk play
on a Peter Bottenpoil.
He is just trying to survive.
He knows the zone is not too far away,
so if he just has that one opportunity, he's going to take it.
From one N18 to another, both teams
leading a big day here.
And this PEE employee, they really
putting their best foot forward to actually find some rhythm and actually show us just
how talented we know they are but once more still in this Golden Grove area still with
Shark and Tini lurking around Berger has no protein is right on his tail and it's gonna
cost him.
That's the primary problem though.
This is Shark and Tini's backyard and just like that Bergo's run has come to an end.
I'm just wondering right now with how much noise they actually made. Peter Bottenboyo here, everything that's going on could be an opportunity for a third party, but you see they're also above that damage threshold, but it could be that opportunity I'm speaking of and also could be the risk winner or lose the fight.
They could take too much damage.
He did say it. With how long that engagement took earlier, there was always going to be a chance that PMPOIER would stay on their trail and we'll see just how prepared they are for it.
definitely not the team you want to be waiting for you in the storm but we'll
need to be out there to have not seen many people out there see me and I think
the employer realizing our best chances are closer towards the face of and look
we've had a lot of emphasis over what's been brewing by Golden Grove but you
can't forget about the sights over at Lifty Lodge Malibuca and Vika though
seemingly having a much easier early gaming comparison to that opening
lobby on day two, knowing that they actually have the chance to really dictate how they
want to rotate from this current position. And it's very likely they're just going to
keep trying to trail around that northern edge wanting to ensure that they catch that
dead side.
Let's do well. We saw them cook up a lot of interesting shots yesterday to get damaged.
Sometimes a straightforward up to the best armed beamers, they decided to take fight
That's how they're getting their damage in.
I'm pushing for Thomas.
Darmus feeling it right now.
Yeah, it's going to be a dangerous team
to continue to go up against, especially
if you're in no man's land in the open and straight 2v2.
But it just gets worse for Focus.
Even with Thomas down, he's below that damage threshold.
Every seven seconds, 25 damage.
And he's already down to his last heel of that chug jump.
Could be a good shot, but a failed shockwave.
Actually, save in Darm and Dima's for a moment.
That would have been a great chance for Focus
get damaged but now the table's turned yet again 2v1 situation and that active
serve this is a battle that focus needs but for Dharma demons they don't want to
take part in it. And that's why the focus is great trait he is such a great fighter
doesn't give you easy opportunity to get damage on him and that delay is so
frustrating if you're Dharma demons you've already got a teammate down just get the
soldier out of there he's wasting enough time to just make it frustrating for them
but they will get the damage they need. But now it's time to see if that's going
to have a ripple effect on the rest of Darm and Demish's game plan. Yes, you're able to
find eliminations. Yes, you're staying above that search threshold, but are you able to
translate it into moving past teams that have already prioritized better positioning inside
a zone?
Become a better positioning, human, queer, art. The benefactors of a successful off-sport
takedown, and we haven't watched them in-game, but I'll bet you, they ain't had to do anything
else.
200 damage, maybe one tag here or there.
They have been cruising through this game.
Look at the materials.
This is setting up to be another great game
for Asia's main representatives here on the global stage.
You can already see they're positioning for that high ground.
They're not necessarily chopping that build up in front of them.
Just kind of assessing is their team up there
as they realize it's not so close far away.
You can see them go right back to work.
They have decisions, decisions taco.
They could shock wave over, use the wonky wheel,
but each of them comes with its own risk.
I'm humongous Toyota.
I'm just letting Picks and Fire do my dirty work for me.
You know there's another surge based on elevation.
You know they'll be able to apply pressure,
and not only that, but Picks is swizzy.
And a bit of a rough spot here currently,
they definitely have the means to tank up through this surge,
but you never want to find yourself in this position
using everything in your loadout just to stay standing.
Yeah, this is looking a little scary there,
for Higgs and Kerb.
They shock wave further and further away
from where they need to go.
For the right reason though,
they're just trying to go ahead
and get a little bit more damage.
It is gonna shut off for now,
but only for a second,
and now you see both of them.
Swizzy, Pixie, Higgs, Kerb,
below the damage threshold.
And it's not a low amount.
You almost need a full elimination here
without taking any damage.
It continues though.
There's Shockwave over on the racks,
and Yanis, this is where it looks to get difficult here
because they're losing control over their own game here.
Crusades, Phasma underneath as well.
They get separated by a shockwave.
Now Phasma's getting a bomb down in tension,
but Swizzy just lets him move by very, very swiftly.
They invested their time to try and find comfort
to save their game.
Swizzy doesn't find it.
He comes up short.
And that puts him in a very tough spot.
He's forced to look for a fight on the rack.
And the racks don't give it to him easy.
Such a difficult position he now put his fuel up.
Everybody's just holding their walls also.
Chad, Flixie, no openings in sight.
Pixie and Swizzy just continue to work against the clock here.
Every second counts, though.
They need to connect a shot, and it has to happen.
Ace-Sap, because Swizzy's about to be out of this.
And this is the problem of leaving LA.
You find yourself knocking on doors,
and there's no answer to be found.
They'll look for one last chop down,
and they will find some damage in fact.
Ari, giving them a window of opportunity
that they will jump right through.
And Arc, even in it, personally, is landing a healthy hand.
He gets it down on the one, but in comes Rax, that crashed the party.
Luckily, I think there's so much chaos going down, he can't push him again if it's somebody else.
But Rax actually cleans it up, you're saying it goes along with him, they get both of those eliminations.
You might have timed that exactly when Fixie's player game, that frustration is so clear.
And the reason why it sticks out even more on day two of it, is because we know it's not like the first day,
where you have a fresh competition to still tangle through.
They need every single one of these lobbies.
They cannot afford to fall behind.
And yet here, they're stuck waiting
to see the results of gaming.
To show is to show how close the leaderboard actually is,
almost at any given moment, one mistake, one time going down
that early.
Because it is top 26.
There hasn't been a single placement point granted
to this lobby.
The only points being given out are those three eliminations.
Look who's coming, Viko.
Well, the main character syndrome, old truve, Darwin, Demish.
On their last legs here,
Darwin barely managing to get just a little bit of shock.
He said it doesn't matter!
He's taken out the lobby-focused blue problem.
Maddened by fish-y-ets,
nonetheless, Wonkyland just posing such a huge problem.
This won't be his way, since that's mad.
Titans fall in, still the player counts so high, and they see the frustration in all of their faces.
They notice how close they are, but they need to find space in this one.
They look for a Higgs and Curve. Might just be our next to topple over.
Curve will search and hide, he'll look and find, but nothing is there.
Higgs won't really benefit too much from it either.
And so eventually, you've got to think you'll start to run out of steam.
We're watching all these teams that are struggling with the surge.
What's taking place with Yuma and Coyota last we saw?
Those guys were in the perfect position to really take over in this lobby.
Instead, it's Buddy and Fishy Eggs who have stamped their name on the high ground.
Tini and Sharp, for what it's worth, Tini might be able to make something of this lobby,
but the fact that he's doing it as a solo is crazy.
And he gave the only solo that we were asking about, Viko!
My Lord, no!
I don't want to eat!
He's always insane!
He's trying to stay in this game right now!
And if there's anyone that can do it, it's got to be him!
He turned and burned down Cooper!
And the Siphon goes to Izzy, but he's the one reaping that reward!
But first, the Big Pond does get bad, canceled,
thankfully, yes, the Chug Chug in his bad pocket.
Right now, it is almost a hundred point lead at building!
How he survived that situation, I will never understand!
This man cannot be stopped right now.
All right, he turned this back into a word.
Possible timing, Viko immediately seizing that opportunity.
And you asked how he did it the first time.
It's just that natural player instinct.
But Viko, just like that, Koyota has finally found his mark.
And Viko, Mount Booga, they go down at around 18th place.
They didn't even get half of the placement points
for their efforts.
So for Shark, for Tini, for Koyota, and Yuma,
This is a big game, a high ground being contested.
Sia's in scary.
They want to take it all.
But first we got to figure out where Coltett is next.
He might be able to pose a big threat here.
Scary as Sia's though.
Definitely throwing Fishy and Huddy for a bit of a loop here.
They'll be forced to drop.
Spaniard's on top of it all here at Wonky now,
but will they actually be able to remain?
They don't have the material count to actually stand tall.
Oh for Hyde, it's what we expected more of
after that first game.
Nobody looking up, but I'm looking down below.
Koyota and Yuma, can this be their game to ascend towards the top?
Will Tini be able to catch up enough boys to keep them fighting in the race?
That are the questions we are trying to answer by now.
Dias and Scarey will sit up on high without much challenge from now as Hati and Fischi
figure out what it is they want to do.
Yuma and Koyota know they're just so poised to strive.
They're doing a great job.
Pressure application directly underneath that managed to keep their layer consistently below.
We're Fischi and Hati, you're RAT.
They're avoiding a lot of the pressure right now, but from Pygra,
finally, Psy is in Sia's and Sia's gonna take note.
But Yuma Koyota, they've already started transition.
It's front side of zone that they're after.
AC cold at the bottom as well, gets his med kit canceled by Sky and Skrull.
They clean up that elimination.
Yuma Koyota's got five eliminations, two of those off spawn,
but they are looking strong.
Not even fishy.
From the backside of the zone, they go for it and it fails.
They get taken down, but Sia, they give up Pygra
while all that goes down.
So even though they were no longer contested, they still give it up.
And Scythe and Scythe may be a team on high,
but Scythe doesn't feel like they have control.
It's up for the takin', but who will be the ones to do it?
Koryo and Lukin went for a shot, couldn't connect,
and he's one of the few players left with enough map.
It's gonna be Scythe and Scythe.
They assist them to the top, they see their opportunity,
and this might just be their game.
It feels like I'm watching one of the online majors right now, Scythe.
And Scythe's finally answering back.
So many miss Pauls in yesterday's competition, but Coyona's been taken out.
Sky scroll immediately looking for Trob, trying to dodge it, and a more dash would be underneath.
And they started the entire global championship triple contested.
When was the last time you seen that man there?
And they turned it into this, a position up above, final 14 remaining.
They all have their duo by their side, but Sky and Scroll, they're in the driver's seat.
The best spot in the house, and that's on high ground.
You can see, though, whether or not Clicks, Rapid, one of them is going to have to surface
eventually.
Sky and Skrull are looking to try and smoke them out of this one, but Twine is still stuck
behind everyone else.
A lot of these pre-existing builds, though, are getting some nice coverage.
This is exactly the type of game Sky and Skrull needed to have in their pursuit to make the
impossible possible.
and they are exactly that type of team.
Skydon's called the Landy State.
Pretention from the major to summit plan
were there in first place throughout the majority of the day.
Now triple contestants, they proved it to be zero problem here
and they are now a true contender for the global championship.
Stand up boys, you just want to be,
you've got to stand up and let Antwerp see you.
You've got to stand up and let Antwerp see you.
Squirrel, you didn't look like you wanted to celebrate then.
You looked like you just wanted to breathe a huge sigh of relief.
So how are you feeling right now?
I'm feeling great. That's the only thing we need today.
Just to prove them. Now we're ready to win, yeah.
And how's the adrenaline after that final fight?
So, hi. Nice to see you.
Yes, hopefully you can keep the momentum going.
Sky, you knew you had to switch things up going into day two.
Just how hard was this victory way out to find?
I had a talk with Skrull after game one. We never had to change some stuff.
It stopped being so passive and this game just came to us easy.
And what's fantastic is also seeing both of you get that victory royale together.
There was no clutching. You were both there at the finish line.
And that's something you've been working on?
Yeah, something I've been working on since last summer.
But I think we've shown it both today and yesterday.
You've definitely shown that you are back in the running and the question is can you keep this up now?
Okay, can you keep up the wins now? Can you do this again? Yeah, for sure. We'll just try out this
Well, let's see more from you sky and scroll some of the favorites in the competition showing why they are not to be
underestimated more after the break
and I don't know how to feel about it.
You're not used to losing, getting beaten.
Not like this. These players are just so locked in.
Could it be the milk?
Mm-hmm.
Pfft.
Mm-hmm.
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Scale out.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
games kind of fly by in the center your screen you look at wait is this guy in
store they alive yes and then they're gonna go on to win the game game number
eight seven eliminations on to sky and scroll I mean to me that speaks a little
bit about a kind of what we've been expecting from them obviously sky and
scroll we're winning majors one and two and we have a lot of expectations from
them going into the BWC really lead series finals and kind of just had a
a lukewarm performance and it kind of seems like a lot of people kind of lost their confidence
in Sky and Skrull and then after day number one, you know, Mini wasn't necessarily looking
too good for them either, but it is better late than never.
Sky and Skrull grabbing the eighth victory royale of the tournament and to do it with
such ease in this final 2v2 where they just simply drop down and get the Elums.
I love to see it.
Yeah, absolutely.
And if you've watched the last Sky and Skrull, which I'm sure a lot of us have, we get to
see a lot of them because they make it far.
We don't often see them up on height, right?
It's not necessarily the area in which they typically operate in,
but I was botting them all the way back at the beginning of the year.
I'm surprised I can even remember this.
But they were playing a lot of height at the beginning of the year
when we had those early majors, when we of course had season one,
where we didn't have an FNCS, remember?
They were looking at playing height a little bit more as well.
So that's what makes this team so great,
because they can play low ground.
We know all about that.
But when it comes to height, they can perform as well.
All the way up in eighth place right now.
up nine placements overall.
Wow, again, what one game can do for any of these duos.
One game.
Now, Kelly, I think we got to talk about Koyota and Nuba right now
because they are the ones that were kind of, we thought,
maybe because give Viko Malibu go run for their money,
kind of put in a unique situation in this game.
I mean, this is a great place to start because I was a little concerned
at the start of the day how they were going to be handling their storm surge.
And it looked like in game number seven that they might actually be a bigger concern
than what we saw from day number one.
number one. But then we get into this game where they are 400 damage above
storm surge, not needing to worry whatsoever. And then of course, by having
that confidence, they can go into the endgame, into this low ground that we
know Coyota loves to be put into, this mid ground specifically where he just
gets Elam after Elam. This is exactly what they need to keep them up at the
top of the leaderboard. Yeah, these guys look like the real deal right now, right?
At the end of yesterday, I was sort of setting up like, right, how are they
going to approach day two? What's their confidence going to be like? They
They haven't necessarily been in this situation too many times or at all before, and it was
a big question about sort of how they were going to manage these end games, because this
is a perfect opportunity for them.
Remember, we saw Viko and Malibu could go down a lot earlier there as well.
Shark and Semi went down a lot earlier.
The floodgates, the barn door, if you like, was open for these guys to have a good game.
What was it?
Sixth place or something in that last game, so that allowed them to leak from a lot of
those placements earlier on, and gain on the teams that are up above them.
So that sort of answers my question from yesterday.
Do they have the metal?
have their wits about them when it comes to the big stage and when the lights
of writers on the final day and so far the answers yes and it definitely seemed
like they set themselves up for success they had this early rotation in fact it
seemed like a lot of our top teams were kind of going for this early rotation
onto wonky land but they did such a good job especially with it being this kind
of northeastern pole by then landing on the southeastern side they just went
all along that coastline and no one was able to touch them even the teams at
Golden Grove did not seem to focus too much on Coyota and U.S. so again not
just an incredible end but from start to finish they come out with such a game
plan and then they're able to execute it time and time again. So sick I want to
continue to see more of the duo we've got to talk about some other duos who
made some waves in this last game clicks and rap and looking to show up in this
last game that's kind of what we have been calling for them is to see how they
can make it deep into these zones they're starting to put those pieces
together and you know friends we saw four more games to go so momentum
is starting to build. We need to just follow through with that. Yeah, plenty more to see from these guys for sure.
When Frankie was speaking to the beginning of the day, a lot of the conversation, the context around those conversations was hype.
They were playing a lot of it yesterday, and it seems like they're able to also play low ground really effectively as well.
They're not just fully gunning for hype, because remember, this is a wonky land zone. The team that were already up on a hype,
they were holding onto it for a long time, and then it was getting turned over so much.
So for Klicks and Rapid to have that ability to say, actually, you know what? We're not gonna try and full send hype here.
we can play low. That's going to be really valuable for them. That mindset switch from
just psychoing high every single game to actually be able to play those mid-drone layers and
understand we don't need to go over height, especially when a lot of the top teams are
going down as well.
That was still a risky game for them. There was a moment there where they just had so
little health that they were able to kind of disengage, stay in store for just a second
and to heal up. And then to be able to re-enter the conversation, re-enter that fight and go
all the way to second place, we saw their mats, we saw their loadout. They did not have
a lot. To be able to do that, that's what I'd love to speak on. It's not what you do
when everything's going right. It's how you're able to handle it when everything is going
wrong and Klixen Rapid handled that pretty rough end game so well.
Absolutely right again. That's momentum, right? That started to build. Let's just keep with
that. Come on, Klix. Come on, Rapid. We need you. Now, obviously, Viko Malibuca currently
still holding down that number one spot. And of course, that comes off of the back of a
that last game, but we called
it out earlier on in the show.
Every single point matters,
right? We need to continue even
in these situations where we
can't make something happen. We
need to make sure we're getting
something so everyone we can kind
of keep them off as much as
possible. Yeah, and that's what
make this Joe so great. They have
the ability to squeeze out all
those extra placements and limbs
from these games, even when it
place was just as numb as you say yeah this team are really consistent but
because of the fact they're both so good individually I mean Viko in
particular here just absolutely popped off it just really helps that was
unreal by the way. I don't know even how he did this as I was in the back of his head
and then this little sneak play on Reap doesn't let that adrenaline get to him
maybe old Viko here is trying to jump in trying to not take it slow but he's just
shown how much he's matured over the years and here looking really like a
global champion again. I mean going down in 18th that's rough but the fact that
Malibuca went down potentially 20 second or 23rd and he's able to just get those few placement points and then up top of the
Illumination stop right there bar then told me around 20 points
And that is going to help them solidify themselves up at the top because although they do have a big lead
Zeke you can see that that lead might start to be dwindling ever so slightly
That's right. Chargatini in this last game managed a ninth place in that game
So they're trying to close the gap right the moment they see that in the elan feed. Oh he goes down
We need to press we need to put the foot on the gas and push this as hard as we can
Because we can't let them get away with these games continuing to to fall away
You have to make sure again. You're getting every single point that you can and now you're thinking think that's of course
That's the way this works. Yes, but you got to think there's there's 49 other duos. You're fighting their situations
Where is the zone going? What are you? Are you shambles? Yes or no? There's so much more to this
I'm not sure what he's doing
right now. He's doing this. It
definitely is. And I want to
shout out to me right here. What
a solo clutch from him as well.
We sort of spoke about the go
just there. And of course, a
lot of the eyes on this duo are
on shot. Fracking ability young
new to the scene. He's the one
that ever announced their eyes
on that teeny is here to play
as well. I love that, guys.
I'm getting word we're getting
ready to jump back into more
not shaking up in the stand, isn't it?
Are you in?
We're going to see a bit more of Jacob.
Yeah, definitely are going to see a bit of shake-ups,
but if any team wants that top spot,
they need to figure out a way to get Viko Malabuka down,
and this is the game that it could happen in.
and I'm going to show you how
you can do that.
Let's go.
Look, it's obvious that Vico and
Malibuca clearly had a backup
strategy for if things were to go
south over at their POI.
left to play catch up because realistically second and third place while they have been
closing in there's just still such a big gap 59 points doesn't seem like a lot until you're
actually the one trying to acquire it and for Viko Malibuka you got to watch your back how long
until shark teeny yuma coyota decide to just take matters into their own hands what does it drop on
That is the biggest question, right?
I mean, one thing for sure.
I've watched a bunch of Asian format to see
just how good Koyota and Yuma are.
But I don't know if over there we have that same culture
of people landing on first place to win Tourneys
like it's become as popular in Europe and the N.A., of course.
So even in those situations, Jacob,
a lot of times it's about the separation
between second and third as well.
Yeah, we'll see.
It continues here because Koyota and Yuma, just like you were kind of saying,
they just been dominating Elf ball, but this time there's third party shots.
I believe that's Izzy who gets the down.
Yuma is going to fall.
That is a heartbreaking moment for Asia.
That could not have come at a worse timing because Yuma and Koyota,
just as they were really beginning to close in right as we were seeing them,
begin to enter their flow state.
France strikes back indirectly.
Horrible time to have a zero point game.
And I leave the window of opportunity
to start creating that separation I just mentioned.
Foreshark and Femi, to try and come back.
They will remember.
I guess the other non-EUNA region team.
I didn't want to call them smaller region
because the Brazil players, they've been pumping off
a lot of time.
But they're a team in that fight trying to prove they can hang with the top dogs.
And for Mally and B-Cov, back to the same old business we saw from yesterday,
giving Yonzo and Josh problems.
Yeah, it's kind of pushing them out of their POI.
Yesterday, they got the actual elimination.
They were actually able to steal away the Pac-Man ghosts.
And that's what gets them a bunch of extra loot.
And I think Yonzo and Josh are kind of making that heads-up decision.
We got everything that we can want out of this spot.
Let's just continue to rotate in.
It's better to stay alive plus than be greedy for more.
But for Josh and Yamzo, they were anticipating
that Viko and Malabuka were going to come for their island.
It's just incredible to think that for all
of their fighting caliber, they're not really willing
to try and tackle the beast that have been Viko and Malabuka.
Have you seen those guys fighting that?
I've played.
I've played.
It's fairs, but it's just crazy to think
that Josh and Yamzo aren't willing to really try and take that fight.
Look, you can't think about this when it was the other way around, when it came to West
Lifty, right?
We didn't think Viko and Mayabruca were going to look and try and W-key and run down Higgs
and the card.
There is that level of respect, and I think if you're Josh and Yamzo, you have to have
nothing but respect for Viko and Mayabruca.
They are not a thing that will world over.
Definitely not.
I think there's a few of those in this game still.
cringed five could be one of those teams you talk about coyote yuma kind of
having that zero point game that can hurt a day fit in that same situation so
they need to figure out a way to not only come back into this one start to
build that momentum again but take down Viko Malibu but even if it's not them
getting the elimination points I think it should be in their minds they hate
there's an opportunity if we see him that's at least pressure that direction
but it's easy to be all smiles though after that day one performance but the
The momentum has seemingly come to a bit of a halt.
They're for cringe and twine.
They've got to get the ball rolling.
Otherwise, they're going to keep falling further and further
behind.
But what better opportunity than when
you see that second place position being eliminated
off the leaderboard?
They're still in striking range.
You know, suddenly a team that can do it.
Even when you look at their major two that sort of went
awry, they did start to figure things out a bit more
towards the back end of the day, right?
It was just a bit too late for them to stay in the fight,
day in the race. Hopefully this time around he can start to again get that
full rolling like you're saying Taco. Just a bit quicker.
Ooh.
What does Peter and Pollo have cooking up here?
Oh, Mollus Cotton. Man, it's like either way the shot is going to connect.
He used that Sonic Ball to get all the way around trying to cut off the path.
You know Pollo is going to put pressure on the other side.
They like to follow these players exactly where they want them and so far
are finding more than just success.
Fischi down to just HP.
Pollo continuously putting down pressure.
Does it want to let him deal for free?
Huddy was able to kind of backtrack,
reunite into the same box, but for Pete and Pollo,
they have exactly where they want every path put off.
It's all about creating that space,
blocking off the path like he's saying.
They can sit here and continue to pressure
because there is no electric path for Huddy and Fischi.
They just have to fight.
actually a pretty heads-up play there from Pete.
The moment he recognized that Boyo had more than enough
offensive operations to work with,
he started closing in the trap,
but he still got a deal with Udy and Pyshe.
As low as they might be,
Lehua and Romero are definitely lurking.
It's almost my turn into a no-win scenario,
depending how long it actually goes.
So Boyo will wait for a moment.
Peter Bob put down pressure on allowing for Boyo to heat up,
and now they enter in from two different sides of the box.
The first one is going to get dropped.
Fishy just nearly trying to stay alive.
It's the shot over the top of that corb.
Forcing both Peterbot and Pollo to back up.
And now Leia and Romero are closing the distance.
They're literally just one box away.
They know.
I'm not sure they're aware.
One mistake here.
Finally, Pollo created some separation.
And eventually they will.
Take a second, but they're not the only team there.
Fishy ends with go down.
But how many times did this sheet break their shield, feed, and pull you?
What should have been a very concise and clear cleanup just turned into a whole mess of problems?
Because it's not just Leuangromero that got invited to this third-party section.
Another team is pulling up into Wampiland at a rapid rate, and Leuangromero, they got to make sure they don't get caught in the middle.
No, they think they're the cleaners right now, but slip-scene wages have something to say about it.
something to say about that.
It's firing even further behind them as well now.
Everybody swarming like sharks in the ocean.
They sent the blood, they tasted, they smell it,
they wanna get involved in the action,
they desperately need the damage.
Oh, Gary, me, Romero.
Forklift him.
And they're trying to help his teammate
to get some space where it put them
in a precarious situation himself.
Yeah, I could easily have felt like a jump scare there.
in that moment, literally just being forced to disengage.
With Peterbot and Poglio now entering the mix,
we talked about how many teams were actually over here.
I just didn't think it was gonna break out
into such a chaotic fight just like this.
For a moment, I thought Peterbot
were interested in trying to slip out the back door.
Instead, they're running headstrong,
right back into the mix of it.
Leuann nearly getting a nice shot there onto Peterbot,
but the disruption has caused everything
to sort of come to a halt, teams recognizing
Everybody's been getting tagged up along the way.
There's no real winner just yet over at Wonky.
Yeah, and this is one of them situations
in the player where, you know, you take the initial fight,
you realize, OK, wait, there's a team knocking on us.
Let's chill.
Then you're like, hold on a minute.
There's another team.
OK, wait, there's not five people in here.
Why are we just going around like that?
All right, that's that play, though, for Peter Bottenpoil.
They're trying to take control of all the covers around the vending
machine.
And because one of those walls was wagers and slips,
They had no choice but to rebuild, try to protect themselves.
Unaware if they actually knew they were there or not,
but all positions are now going to be revealed.
Four teams still here in their wonky land,
but most of them looking to disengage.
But as you see in the minimap, there's another team
kind of venturing up, and you see the edge of the zone.
It is right there, so we could have a northeastern zone,
but the fights continue all around here.
Also, and Josh would look like maybe they're getting
their get back, maybe Fiko Malibu could chase them
around the map.
Either way, the fight for the beginning of the game
will continue and with Josh feeling a lot of that pressure from Malibuca here.
From Malibuca and Vika, they're gonna have to close this one out.
The longer that they're caught up at this engagement over by Lifty Lodge, the more likely
it'll begin to spill over into the rest of their loop path strategy.
Malibuca has just been dropped, Josh and Iyamza, they finally decided we're sick of taking
every single bit of all of your aggression.
We're finally looking to throw her out right back at you.
This is the worst possible time for Viggo Malibuco for Josh to remember who he is as a fragger.
He's taking the fights of them now.
There's a third party coming in as well. Josh is on the clock. He has no extra HP.
That third party is Hades and Curve. This is a monumental moment for them in this tournament
with a chance to take down first Viggo. Palabruca finished the fight but there's another team.
There's a third team still rolling in. It's not gonna end anytime soon, Taco.
That elimination beat is working against them.
Viko, Malibu, no matter how many shots they land,
teams just keep stepping right back in.
But Higgs and Curve, they decided to separate.
H Cuban and Cryptid, now my pick up were the forefronts.
And every time they're batter against the wall,
every time they think it might just be the end of the road,
Viko and Malibu just come up with an answer.
You mentioned the elimination beat,
playing against them.
They might have just worked in their favor.
their hicks and cards the second they made us wait a minute it's Viko and Malibu
they've recovered their creatines face to creatine boxes maybe this isn't the part
you want to take willing cryptid and hq be a bit more ambitious though it seems
like it no damage onto Malibu and so now straight to v2 they can't see their
chances but I don't think Viko and Malibu will be too worried about these two
they will handle any handled worse
Viko and Malibu are just knocking down these natus like dominos at this stage
and HQ and Cryptid, they don't want anything else to do with it.
They are going to retreat.
Those shots, enough of a warning scene.
And Biko Malibuka just get everything they wanted and then some.
I hate to use the words, but it is just over.
I mean, just go away.
You take a fight against these guys.
You're putting on a newsmaker couple of boxes and you realize,
you know, actually, we just don't want to smoke.
We don't want to fight these guys.
the counter damage is too much.
Especially when you see in the feed
that they're actually winning those fights, staying alive.
And with how long it actually took for HQ to equip them,
I thought maybe they would disengage out
with Shark and Tini going right back to work
by going to growth.
They know the zone is over here,
so they're not necessarily pressed for time
to kind of move out and get into a safe spot.
They're taking advantage of all the stragglers
towards the outside,
and there's another big shot from Tini.
Shark on the other side, finishing up the damage.
That one's going to connect.
Now they have 27 on the ropes before they get the nod to the McAllen all by himself.
This is the Shark and Teenie we wanted to see.
There's always at least one, it feels like, in the land environment for the pickaxe nod.
And that is a tough blow to witness for Pertini and Shark.
Also a team that is bound to be noticing what was taking place in that elimination feed.
And they have recognized the fact that if they're going to close that gap, they need the eliminations too.
shaping up to be a big game and one that they desperately need an opportunity for
them to move into second if they can overcome some of the struggles they've
had in the end games to assert their dominance after duo right now though
wait for the patient game to try and find out that he's gonna move out of the space
I don't get a couple types out of it as well, and that does not help his chance to stay in alive in this game.
Not a single bit, but it's pushing further and further below the actual damage threshold.
Charcuttini, man, they're eating good this game.
Better watch their backs though.
I believe it was Velo and Xynax that might be creeping up on these two.
They're a little bit more preoccupied with trying to see if they can secure an extra elimination.
Now they'll finally get their move on, crossing paths only momentarily, vellow Xymox they want, nothing to do with whatever Shark and Teeny are getting up to.
But another note though, Darm Dimish, they have been having a fair amount of struggles throughout the course of these first few lobbies.
They've still managed to remain just inside of that top five positioning, but with every early departure, they find themselves sinking one, two spots lower, and they still need to ensure that they can manage to hold on to the lead if they start to build.
Good chance for them in this game kind of sticking to the strategy a lot of teams are using
Overstate you're welcome in the zone, but they've got to be careful sky base is there from sky and scroll
They know it sky and scroll know it
They're gonna burn through some of those materials as they make their way on out there another zone going over it towards the wonky land
You're seeing how congested the southwestern part of it actually is it's gonna be hard for any of those late teams to find their way in for sure
Yesterday, I was in one zone up towards the North Beast yesterday,
but already, it's happening to us that's how they're putting in this lobby.
And it's firework in game.
And I can promise you, the thing is going to be even more firework to fly.
I'm getting exactly needed.
Just a little cheeky fuckshot, get my search above, and I'll be on my way.
way. That's actually so evil for giggling though because he was left in such a weakened state.
Didn't even have a chance to even bother looking for a response. Instead he'll have to take that
time to try and heal back up but will the opportunity even present itself to him on the other note though?
Pixie yet again struggling solo scenario and they are just on the cusp of breaking into that top
but Vixie is really going to have to dig deep in this lobby.
There are still so many players left standing.
Yeah, he can see.
Teenies in the stand and by himself, shark has gone down.
Trying to get the most out of those splashes,
get the most out of those builds,
but he got spotted out as well.
He didn't resign.
He now starts to land shots,
making it hard for him to find his way in.
And it's another end game.
We have to watch Vee solo it up.
And this is just a wild time for it.
It's just such a big game for them and it's always a big game for Tini here, but he has to do it alone.
It's just so tough though, especially after witnessing Viko and Malibuca kind of just bossing things up and Tini stuck as a solo might be able to turn things in his favor.
He can finally one-on-one refresh illumination, clear some space out because he likes a big zanker.
That opportunity has just slipped on by Tini.
We'll just have to hope that they don't decide to come barely after him.
He did well to get past them. They were sort of blocking his route into the zone.
And unfortunately he might have made an enemy.
He seemed adamant to the shaft and ruined his game.
And now he has an even sharper rotation to make across the rest of the zone.
Kind of seeing everybody line up.
Kind of assessing the situation.
If you're on high ground, you already have that bird's eye view.
If you're not, you're trying to peek around any of those corners.
Some teams just got a max pull.
It's just a different game.
It feels like these guys are playing,
and now we start to ask the question,
can anybody capture?
Is there anybody on these guys' level?
Every other team we see get put in tough situations,
and end up crumbling at the strength of this global lobby.
My Lebrouk and Heiko just feel like when their backs are against the wall,
that's when they cry, that's when they ascend.
and it looks like they're gonna do it again here.
Never has a duo seem to embrace the pressure better than these two in a land environment.
And if they can keep empowering themselves off of those tough situations, Biko and Malabuka,
they might just start running away with it.
Somebody has to drop them within these next few placements.
They don't want to let them build up too many points along the way, but they were looking
rather set on controlling that frontside position height to be what's next he's
still doing a good job pressure application as he makes his debut trying
to make sure that he can at least stay tackling the higher layers even as a solo
it'll make it easier for him to rotate staying alive up until here's very very
good for teeny kid now he's inside of the top 25 placement points are going to be
awarded for his efforts of course elimination for grand plus four and you
You can kind of see there are seven total solos running around this lobby.
He is one of those teams, but he's also the only player slash team in this lobby
that is less than 100 points away from trying to catch up Viko and Malibuca.
Everybody else, there is such a massive gap on that leaderboard
that they need to figure out a way to overcome.
And the only way I could think of Taco is to take down Viko and Malibuca, which isn't easy.
But hey, you can't forget about Sky and Skrull.
I think that's what we're trying to be reminded of
was their presence in that last lobby.
But can Sky and Spurl actually get the job done?
Pixie's still making things happen.
A bit of a miracle that he's still somewhat intact,
but really get the opportunity to heal just up ahead.
Hari looking to try and prevent him
from going any further forward,
but it's just not enough.
Pixie's squeezing out every last bit of placement
thanks to that medkit acquisition,
but Klicks and Rabbit,
they've managed to tackle a high ground,
but just how long can they maintain it?
We've been waiting for a big test game.
They might just be coming.
Up above, you can see Rapid communicating,
making the pools, to ensure they keep the high ground.
Hemi, would have been one of the biggest threats
that I have sought for in life,
but right now he's trying to find anything
to just be in the game.
Doing more than just that,
he's overtaken Koyota and Yuma
as we speak at the new second place team.
It's still Viko Malibuco
that you have to worry about, but he's a troll underneath the bridge.
He's going to find his path.
He's going to try to survive, but it's everybody else that needs to figure out
a way out. They're going to come back in this one.
He's fighting for a second.
What's going to happen to the team that's in first?
Fiko and Malabuca just refusing to fight.
Fiko finally under a little bit more pressure,
but the lobby just not able to take him out.
No material.
It has to.
His body goes down, but it just doesn't help him.
Every single time, Biko meets him at him, he seems to find him, and down to barely any HP, he will get that refresh, and the Scytheman will come in some time to use some shield.
Oh, the game is both changing, we'll go down, the captain keeps on getting wider.
Right now, Malbuka is finally falling, but is it too little, too late?
Biko is still putting on a master class performance by himself, and he's literally six points away from getting a hundred-voice lead against everybody else.
Crusades and Pazma, they're having their own sort of trouble up on the high ground, they've managed to force Glitz and Rapid to drop.
But whether or not they're actually going to be able to leverage this position, only time will tell.
Skye, Skrull, really starting to build up here, already crossing over 309 points.
They've got one elimination, but they don't have materials, they need another refresh.
They chased the win earlier, they're looking for another, Biko will finally be taken out.
Cringing twine, looking at the rest of the players above them in the standings and thinking
we can have you lot.
And it's going to be about moving towards that front side of the zone, a place they're
very familiar with, a place where they're at home, and about flushing out everybody
else in this lobby who stands in their way.
When Viko Malibuca went down there's more than half of the placement points left on
the board.
But the eliminations are to what's really going to turn the scales.
Big one by Skye trying to keep himself moving forward, but he can't cash in.
None of that loot actually goes to him.
He cringed, trying to go ahead and play these heal-offs with the Mending Machine.
I feel like one of the only duos left alive.
Fat but Crusade, Acorn and Bolts underneath.
But Acorn and Bolts, were they able to scout out the fact that Cringe is just up ahead?
One roleplay shot could be the difference here to Skye.
Drop to just 41 HP, trying to do what he can to stay moving forward, but it's just not enough.
They'll be brought down through stage getting credit for it.
Boltz still sitting back, making quick use of some of the deals that he can apply.
The Grinch with the Lurtz takes out Hutt! This might be the one for them!
Plus four more points for him. Acorn still alive. Healing off not too far away.
He's trying to turn the tables. The shockwave messed him up,
so he's not going to get too big of a chance, but that's the shock that matters.
He's going to take down Grinch. Acorn staying alive here,
but he's won a two solo's left in this game.
The angle has been quite right,
but for Thasma to save, it will be an opportunity
to win a game here.
Down to Thasma, can Acorn do it?
He's going from the outside of the zone,
shock waving in the last-ditch effort,
a miracle play right here is all he has,
and both of them are actually weak.
One shot can actually win this game,
but that was just gonna be a scratch,
back-to-back from Acorn.
He has full control, a couple more builds,
Shockwave's coming in from Crusades, but he's not going to be able to reach out towards the High Grail!
And it's not going to matter!
Acorn have both gone out here on Day 2!
I feel like I just witnessed Day Shabu!
Acorn in the clutch!
She's coming up big time for an A!
Acorn, both!
Stand up!
You've arrived!
The hit lap with that Victory Royale!
We know how well you can play those end games, having to do it at the solo there.
What was going for your mind?
I mean, it was only a 1v1 at the end. It wasn't really anything special.
I mean, it was pretty special because you guys, you haven't had the best luck so far.
So what was motivating you going into day two?
What was motivating me was my coach always poppy, always making sure I have a great mentality.
Obviously we're getting terrible zone RNG, but thankfully I still am playing with one of the best teammates
and the best player and, you
know, he clearly showed it and
that's all that's right there.
So after a victory Royale, how
is your mentality now, Acom?
Going into that game, I knew we
needed a big game for the half
time so we could beat the
mentality and we ended up
winning.
So what's the plan for half
time now?
Take a mental reset and come
back, win three games in a row
and win the entire thing.
It's possible. It seems like
anything is possible here in
Antwerp. I asked you yesterday
what it would mean to raise the
I'm going to ask you again now it potentially could be a reality again.
I mean obviously it would mean a lot. I just don't know if it's possible.
I'm going to try my best. We'll see what happens.
Keep it in mind, it's there behind you. Everything is on the line for all of our team.
They're going to take a quick break. We're going to take one.
We'll see you on the other side to break things down.
And I don't know how to feel about it.
You're not used to losing.
Getting beaten?
Not like this.
These players are just so locked in.
Could it be the milk?
Hmm
Stay there
Oh
Oh my god!
and
and
what you got to say that many mother how we got to say that
Sorry, what? Oh, that's fine. I don't know. Yeah, sorry about that. Anyway, Acorn and Faltz!
A solo victory royale from Acorn. And honestly, I can't lie. That was such a clean solo clutch at the very end.
The edits, the way Acorn is moving. I mean, you know, obviously not the strongest performance back at EWC.
And I think because of that, Acorn's like, yo, I got something to prove. I got bolts by my side. We need to show it big here.
Listen, Acorn and Bolts during major number two had such an incredible run.
Obviously, we already got to see an Acorn solo clutch during the qualifiers of that major.
And how can we forget? These are our reigning champs for major two.
They are the best in 18 coming out of the last major. Obviously, like you already said, Zeke,
they did not have the EWC performance that they wanted. And obviously, many, this is a little
bit later than they wanted to start climbing up the leaderboard. But Acorn and Bolts
are such an incredible duo that I cannot imagine that it stops here.
Oh, absolutely. This is only their second time in the top 10.
Their best game previously was a 7.
So this is a real great opportunity for them now to take this latter half of today
and hopefully find a little bit more success.
I think it was always going to be difficult for them.
Nobody quite knew how the Ospawn situation was going to go.
The party potential teams from the other side coming on over and causing them a few issues.
You never quite knew what was going to happen with them.
And it looks like they're finding their success now, which is great.
Absolutely. Now, obviously.
the first game of the year.
The Vika Malavuco still in that
number one spot. But first, why
don't we hear from an interview
from their manager to see the
thoughts on that? You will.
Thank you so much for going to
talk to me. We're talking
actually just after Vika Malavuco
of one game seven. What's the
feeling like seeing the success
of these guys on stage? It's
amazing. I mean, I knew the
first game is going to be
really important for the
mental and they know people
might land on them. Uh and it
We couldn't have imagined a better start.
I'm more nervous than they are, I think, but they're doing amazing.
I'm always nervous for them in particular, just because the potential is there.
And you saw that potential back in 2025 when you signed Biko to the org.
What kind of stuff did you initially work on with Biko and trying to getting him ready
and helping him as a pro player in his career?
Well, first of all, I'd like to go into why I think I signed him.
I think he's obviously a super talented fragger,
but I think a lot of things are important away from the game.
He's extremely passionate.
I think we all know he's probably the most passionate player the most emotional player
He loves the game
He loves competing and I think a lot of pros that have been here for a while have lost that love for the game
So yeah, I think that's why we signed him and I mean we're just here to support him outside of the game in the game
And make sure he has whatever he wants to be happy, you know
And what's it like working with both Viko and Malibu can now because what I'm hearing is Malibu is quite a goofy guy
And I don't know if we always get to see that in interviews for example
Yeah, you guys definitely don't get to see the Mali that we see.
They're so funny.
They have so much fun around each other, which is one of the reasons I think why they're
so successful as a duo, why they work so well.
Yeah, there's a side to Mali that a lot of people haven't seen yet.
Now, the guys haven't lifted a global championship trophy.
Just what would it mean for them and also for big as an organization to see them lifted
today?
I mean, for all of us, for big, for big, for Mali Buka, for our friends and for our family,
would mean literally everything.
They won Summit.
People said it wasn't Mickey.
Sky and Skull should have won it.
They won EWC.
It's a format where, like, match point format.
They won.
They're lucky.
When are people going to stop saying they're lucky?
They're in first place.
I don't know how many points in front of second place.
At what point is it not luck anymore, you know?
They would set a record that I don't think
it would be broken ever again.
Well, let's see if they can achieve it today.
Thank you so much for talking to me, Frank.
Thank you.
Go big or go home.
Honestly, fantastic.
Maybe it's some really great points to raise at what point does it stop becoming luck?
I think what's so insane about this last game is what happened.
I mean the fact that we had kind of like this crazy we started the game down by pack man
Kelly and then we're like okay actually let's cruise back up to Lodge and then you know Malibu
goes down because of the solo clutch but still locks a revive in like at what point Kelly
at what point sorry I almost broke the death.
I mean, I'm not sure if he's
going to be able to do that.
I mean, I'm not sure if he's
going to be able to do that.
Oh my gosh. Wow. That's so hard
there. We can see a little bit
about it with Mali yesterday,
where he was kind of doing this
off spawn strat where he would
go to a different P O Y
potentially be able to be
rebooted by Vico. But this time
around, it was both Vico and
Malibuca that went to Pacman
Island, which is typically
where Josh any arms or landing.
It didn't seem like there was
too much of an engagement right
from the start. But then we
started to go back and look at
other teams come back to Lippy
Lodgin. Well, now it's Josh
and he also that's fighting
the third party. But how quickly
they were able to get the
reboot or the revive up, and
then they were able to four
Higgs and curves plan is what
allowed them to go all the way
into the end game. Scary stuff,
right? That's you. You're like
something. Hold on. We're
getting third party. That's not
the situation we want to be in.
And then somehow they pull it
off. Now we're at the halfway
point. Our players are taking a
beat here to kind of figure
things out. So why don't we go
on over? Frankie is standing by
with Viko Melbooko right now.
Thank you very much. Off to
now. Thank you very much. After winning game seven Malibu you said you weren't confident
you were going to win another victory Royale but has the plan worked out over the last
few games? It works out good so far. Obviously we didn't have like crazy good eighth game
but it's more expected in this matter so we still got like 30 points and we had good
last game so we're on the pace to win. The last game was crazy but if we go, Biko sorry
what was going to see I've lost my mind. What was going on on the low ground? It felt like
miracles were occurring in front of us. I mean what can I say I'm just trying to
win I'm giving them all you know I'm going 150% right now and yeah I'm
just seeing some very nasty shots and I'm playing my best. And I know you've been
doing some VOD review over on your laptop just across from us at Malibu because
there are a lot that you need to change in order to secure the trophy. Not really
something to change it's small so we can keep doing the same like I'm just
making sure nothing can stop us. Well if you keep doing the same as you say
anything can stop these boys. Thank you so much. Good luck. They come out of the
gift. They're so focused. They're so focused. You know, I want to see the
Viko that's just being silly and goofy so bad. But I know in this moment Viko
knows what's at stake. Viko can literally see it right there and it's on
them both to move forward and claim this for themselves. I mean Kelly, there
are a hundred points ahead, right? And with three games to go, you could argue
Yeah, it's over. It's over. It's it's not it's so far from over. No, I mean we we saw literally in that last game
How close it could have been and they said it themselves that game number eight obviously was not the game that they wanted
Viko going down and sorry Malibu going down 4-0-9 and Viko with literally no build
But still somehow able to get elam after elam even when everything is just gone and out anyone else that would falter
He just stands strong. Yeah, and I think what I find most impressive about these guys
We've sort of seen it with previous global champions that end up going on to be
the game. You know, it's
been a really good game. It's
been a really good game. It's
been a really good game. It's
been a really good game in
previous years as well is that
they understand that you don't
need to have a really good
game every single game. We
heard it from Malibu for in
that interview. Yeah, Game A
wasn't the greatest, but you
don't need to have that. You
can't do that in this matter. He
was saying they got 30 points
from that game. And even in
that very last game right
there, Vico after the game
wasn't necessarily their best
game. They're still going for
the high five. They're still
keeping the vibes high because
they understand that you
don't need to have every
single game being perfect
it becomes very impossible, very difficult, almost impossible to stay consistent.
So that's the makeup of the global champion,
and that's why they've won two lands before,
because they know that mediocre is sometimes okay.
Yeah, man. Now it's about holding on, right?
Three games left to go. They don't need to win.
They don't need to come out and get a victory out.
They don't need to put double digits.
They just need to do enough to keep everyone else away
and build on that momentum.
Let's bring up that leaderboard.
We have time here to kind of break down some more things again.
Our players are on a bit of a break here, no problem.
and we're going to have to
play a little bit more.
Cringe and why the moving up a
place. You know, Kelly, we've
been really excited to talk
about this duo. Three points.
Three points aren't sharp and
teeny. These guys are now
trying to fight and say, Can we
catch up the Viko and Malli at
this point? Once again, doing
such a good job on the low
ground and actually the team
that was able to take down
Viko. Unfortunately, Viko had
no match. They weren't able to
get that refresh. But when it
comes to twine fringe, they're
not really looking too much for
and the game is just so
exciting. We're going to be
absolutely incredible. We do
know the outcome of this, though.
Acorn was not going to let that
happen laying down cringe.
However, though, I mean, this
end game entirely just had such
big names in it. We had cringe
and twice sky and scroll acorn
and bolts all as do was kind of
in that zone 11 moment, allowing
these kind of bigger teams that
may not have had kind of the
notoriety that sky or that you
know, be gone. Malibu or
right? Yeah, I know that
came from both sides, right
from to try even on the
inside Acorn, which by the way
was giving me cold vibes in
that right hand peek right
there. But pretty cool stuff.
Of course we have to do a
check in with prison twice.
Frankie, what you got? But
these guys are only a few
points behind Shark and Tini
twice. You know what's the
focus for the next three
games to secure the trophy.
Keep our head down and just
keep playing how we're playing
right now. And so for you
the next game. What do you
think is holding you back in
the end game? Is it just a
case of lock? Um, yeah, I see
that is keeps up in twice needs
keep killing and hopefully be
meant. And what happened in
game one for today because it
was uncharacteristic for you
guys going out 47. Oh yeah, we
ended up getting locked on
because I wasn't aware, but I
fixed that now and I'm ready
for the next games. So what
happens if someone looks on
you in the next game? Well, we
don't fall for the same thing
twice. So if you want to look
on us, come get it, and you'll
So for you now, seeing the names that are ahead of you, Sharkin, Tini, and of course,
Viko and Malabuka, what do you want to say to anyone who's underestimating Cringentwine?
Just watch.
And for you, Twy?
I mean, you'll see.
I think we will see.
Good luck to the guys from the UK.
Thank you for talking to me, Cringentwine.
Let's head back to the desk.
Chandling a little bit of leather there to say.
Let's see.
Don't worry about it.
You'll see.
We'll see don't worry about you see
Guys obviously this is the halftime of the show which means now is probably a pretty good time to talk through
Some announcements that before we get into the now to themselves wanted to highlight for you guys the roadmap for the rest of the
Year now obviously here. We are at the global championship
But we still have a few more things on the way solo
FNCS as well as the mobile series and then solos reload. What the heck but
But Zeke, what's going on with 2027?
Timmy, Timmy, I, okay, all right, Timmy,
let's come on over here, let's talk about it.
So obviously in addition to our global championship,
we're gonna have a few more things.
First, we'll have the Fortnite reload championship
returning in addition to that.
We have something brand new,
Fortnite Arena's Fight Night,
which is gonna be like a new weekly series based thing.
So if you have power rankings,
Make sure to move those on up.
All right, get in the game, play.
And finally, a reload zero build championship.
What?
Yeah.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, so many questions in just one mind.
There's also a spot there we wanted to,
of course, you know, we've had a little bit of a vote.
Duos or trios for next year.
Well, we're gonna have to wait a little bit longer
for that one.
We're gonna have to go ahead and wait.
Come on, come on, we're gonna have something
the show on. But of course we've had so many of you go in to
Legislating and vote. Thank you so much for that. We'll have
that result toward the end of the show. But yeah, I mean, next
year, zero build. Here we are. So many incredible things line up.
How are you guys feeling about it? I mean, as a zero build
player, I'm very excited for myself. I cannot wait to jump
into it as well. And not just the fact that zero build but zero
build reload. I mean, just having just a wide variety of
the next year. Yeah I'm a big
fan of reload because I go down
a lot, so I need to read the
reloads and reboot. So yeah,
excited for that except for
zero build possible and
arenas. Really excited to see
how that sort of shake things
up as well, especially with the
power. Yeah, absolutely man. So
much is going into that. So
guys, we hope you were excited
about 20 27. Now really
quickly, obviously us getting on
the land. We get to be around
the players and kind of put
them through little goofy fun
content pieces. So check this
Not that confident.
We play the game like all day.
I mean, yeah, we play this game.
We better be.
OK, that's like a burst rifle.
That's a gun.
Oh my god, why?
That's a shotgun.
100% that's a shotgun.
This is like some pub weapon, bro.
It's a pump.
Shot dead.
Charge in.
Shot dead.
Shot, shot, shot.
It's the start of a Chug Splash.
It is.
I think it's the start of a Chug Splash.
You would know that.
Wait, is it?
Splashes.
That's Splashes?
Yes.
Jeez, dude.
What do you play on 150% audio?
Glider.
Gliding.
Something like the Glider?
Glider.
Glider.
Glider.
Glider.
Glider.
Glider.
Glider.
Glider.
It's a it's something swinging. It's a sword. This might just be like OG mongrel chapter
one Excalibur sword. That's my final answer. They try to outsmart me. They can't do that.
It's infinite. It was in my head earlier. Shockwave. That's a shockwave.
Oh, the other one, what's it called?
Over there.
What is that?
I'm literally going to set it to the same one.
It's actually the same as the Infinity Blade, son.
It's not the same sound as the Infinity Blade.
No, don't get baited by it again.
It's a Rift.
It's a Rift?
It's a Rift.
It is, like you hit it in the...
It's a Rift.
Oh my god.
Rifting.
Oh no.
Stone closing whoa
That's like the the zone like ticking like the timer counting down
What yeah, you're a nerd dude. What are you talking about?
Is it blind he lives in the game that's a zipline. That's a zipline. Yeah
How is that even possible? How did you get that so fast?
It's the tactical pistol.
This is a zipline.
Oh my gosh, zipline.
I mean we were the best.
We were the best ones.
Definitely couldn't have done that.
I put like, is it this?
I think we did the best out of everyone in the Marko line.
When you put two of the highest IQ people in the same room,
and the tallest,
you kind of just get the best of everything.
than DG's?
DG's.
Yeah, she's not it's just, no you're a nerd, that's crazy, shout out to Arc for that.
Man, of course again we are currently at the halfway point of the competition, our players
have had time here, they're kind of going back, you have 30 minutes to get in, get themselves
food, do whatever they need to do then come back and play.
Let's take a look at our session summary out of just today man, already three games down,
three more to go.
Guys, Kelly, damage, health and
eliminations all over to Vico.
Yeah, as you know, I'm reading the top of those lists.
Oh my God, not a surprise, not a surprise.
Whoa, clicks and rapid with the most AR damage
and the most builds place.
And we saw how they did with on high ground,
having a good game there.
And then also in game number eight,
surviving all the way until the end,
this is the clicks and rapid that we were hoping for
from day one.
And to see them being able to dominate against some
of these huge names is incredibly impressive.
I mean, those eliminations are damaged numbers there from Viko.
It's just what he does. It is job.
That's why this team are in first place.
And it seems like every single one of these lands, he turns up.
He is the one that's getting all of those eliminations.
I think there's always questions about, like, can he still do it?
Is he still at that level?
And it's always, yes, every single time.
I honestly don't know how he does it.
I suppose it is the dancing. It's the push-up.
It's the singing method, I suppose, because it just seems to work for him.
And maybe we'll start seeing other people do it.
Yeah, it's always funny going on social media and being like,
Here's what he goes doing now after that game like he's on the ground laying on the ground. Sure. Why not?
Oh, it works apparently now, of course as we get ready to move back into the games
Let's bring up that leaderboard
Let's kind of start to remind ourselves set the final stage for the last three games before a new
potential duo champion is crowned
Vico Malibuco sitting in that number one spot. It's a hundred points ahead of shark and team
But Kelly, even in this last game,
Shark and Teenie still pulled off a solo clutch.
Teenie by himself, 13th place.
He's still holding on.
He cannot just let them get further and further away.
No, actually, this was a really good game,
and we got to watch a bit of Shark and Teenie
in their kind of early rotates,
where they were tanking Storm
and doing a lot of storm damage,
and they were only 50 above for that storm surge,
but they get this incredible fight against,
I believe it was one of the Middle Eastern teams,
and they go from 50 to 450 above,
and having that security of that form search is what allowed Shark to actually go all the
way until sixth place right there, making sure that even when you do go down into a solo
situation by having just a little bit of padding, a little bit of security, you can go into
it so much more confidently.
And that's the identity of this team really.
They find themselves in difficult situations sometimes, they're not the perfect team, they're
not playing perfect for every single game, but they have the firepower, they have the
ability to get themselves out of those situations as well.
And that's exactly what you're talking about right there Kelly, we're seeing it here on
the global stage as well. I want to talk about Fringe and Swai as well because those guys
just had a really good game. Of course, Fringe couldn't quite make it happen in the end game
to take down Acorn, but I'm excited now. I'm excited to see what they can do because if
you look back at the last major, of course, they were first or in a second place after
the first day and they didn't have the greatest second day kind of a little bit. There were
reasons for that, of course, internet issues and stuff. But I want to see now what they
can do, what they learned from that position where they were up on top. They were in the
upper echelon of the leaderboard and things didn't work out towards the end.
Now they're in that similar situation again. Third place, second half of today,
what are they going to be like? What have they learned? Can they keep their cool?
That's a big question from me. And you know, Cringe and Twy talking about teams lurking on them
and I'm sure that that was at a different point of the game, but Cringe, if I'm not mistaken,
you worked on Bolts as well in one of those final moments there. So maybe lurking isn't
necessarily out of the equation just yet, but try cringe. You know, I have them in my
fifth place spot to see them still doing so well, especially when you come down to these
final 2v2 v2s against some huge names right there, even when they are in shambles, they're
still holding strong.
Yeah, it was really cool to see you put them in your top five and shout out to 11JK for
not doing that and not jinxing them. I do know you're the real reason why, but of course
11 is like, hey, make sure you make, give me a shout out here and there. Okay, 11, we
do it for you, big dog. Obviously, you could kind of start to hear and you can see some
players trying to make their way back into the stage and start finding them their seats.
Now the question becomes what have we taken away after that 30 minutes? Was it just a quick reset?
Hey, maybe don't look at anything. Don't bother you. Maybe there was some very deep water view.
Maybe time with coaches, time with family, friends, wherever they may need, because now becomes the
comes the three hardest games of the Global Championship, the last three.
free. That's a difficult question. And you know it's a question that cannot necessarily
be answered by anyone because when all these players go back into the player room they
start strategizing. Well so is everyone else around them that strategy that you are building
around being like well we know that this team is going to be landing here maybe we can rotate
around them. Well maybe that team is like oh well we know this team always rotates to
us so maybe we have to go this. You can never truly know what everyone is planning so this
isn't about coming in here with a solid strategy. It's about coming in here being able to be
adaptable. What are these zones going to pull? What are these other players going to do? And what do they have in their back pocket?
Well, it's teams like Viko and Malibu that are prepared for any situation.
And you have to be like that. You know, if you want to be a top team, you have to almost be a sponge in those environments.
You have to understand what the other teams around you are doing. I was speaking to Kanada yesterday, and even from the practice games,
Fringe was trying to follow him around and try and figure out what's he gonna do when it comes to the game day.
What's things gonna plan out like when it actually comes to the actual games?
And you also have to think outside the box like you mentioned Kelly
Some of these teams will try and have counterstraps to your new strats
It's like you almost have to think completely outside of the box and from different perspectives as well
And a lot of the great teams that we've had in fortnight duos and trios of past as well
They've been really really good at looking at those vods and adapting their play style depending on how the lobby's playing out
So for the teams at the top they need to make sure they spend that time wisely
I mean vivid talked about it at the start of the show
how Malibuca landed chop shop and Pac-Man Island yesterday. Now we have both Viko and Malibuca
changing up their drop spots or at least rotating early to try and stop Josh and Ionzo. And who knows
that seems to be two of the teams that are kind of landing closest to them. Maybe they're going to
be targeting someone else. It's a possibility that no one can really be certain of just yet.
Yeah, you got to even think about with Viko Malibuca, right? Is someone going to look to
land on them, right? We've seen that happen almost every other time. So not only are they going to
going to have to adapt to these other strategies.
People adapting to them, now they're
going to have to have in the back of their mind,
is someone going to look to land on us?
Now, even if we just go, hey, let's go back and just
chill at Lodge, is there someone lurking there?
Yeah.
And I think that's really the question
that they're going to have to answer right now,
because honestly, that's the only way
I see them getting stopped.
You see a lot of the teams around them
and teams on the leaderboard.
We've seen Yuma and Coyote fall a little bit further down.
That was always a big question mark.
How was that Osborn going to go?
For me, Viko and Malibuke, they seem
to have those strats unlocked.
They seem to have almost a clear pathway, particularly in that early game situation.
Things have looked a little bit different for them this time,
but they seem to be able to get themselves out of there.
So if any team, Shark, Teenie, maybe another team, Grinch, Twy,
if they want to maybe overtake them, they might have to do it.
They're just that good at getting out of that drop spot.
It definitely seems like a lot of our teams at the top of the leaderboard
are starting to kind of solidify how they want to be able to make their way into the endgame.
But a team that unfortunately went down very early in that game was Coyota and Lima, unfortunately.
And it wasn't even down to mom's and say don't know that far western bus path allowed the teams that were landing in that cluster area to
Izzy actually was able to eliminate Toyota out of the sky and then Yuma did go down to mom's he so I mean
How how much can you really prepare and predict when players are able to eliminate you before you even hit the ground?
This is what global is about you know human quite a welcome to the top of the leaderboard
This is what happens to you when you have these situations
They've now got three games to try and make it happen because yeah, you can play perfect fortnight for the first day
you can plan all these hours going into the weekend and have a really solid strategy.
But like we just broke down, you have to be adaptable.
You have to be able to react to things going on around you,
not even just in the game, but also literally in real life in the practice area as well.
So, Yuma and Koyota, hopefully they've been able to adapt to that position
that they find themselves in and find a little bit more success.
I can't even imagine, man, like every single...
What's crazy is that these last three games are going to be scrutinized so heavily.
After this competition ends, everyone's going to go back and look at,
hey, here's this duo, here's the decision that either went on to win them a championship,
cost them a championship, help them move into hundreds of thousands of dollars,
life changing amounts of money, every single interaction we see moving forward
will immediately dictate how this all thing goes.
Can you adapt? Did you make a mistake? Did you happen to just peek out a window
and suddenly your headshot is like, hey, our whole plan is just gone.
And now after the halftime show is done, our players have sat down.
They no longer have that opportunity to bot review to go back to their coach,
talk about what they want to change.
This is it now.
Whatever discussion they had over the last 30 minutes,
hopefully that was exactly the discussion that they needed to make.
Those teams at the bottom of the leaderboard,
hopefully they're going to shake things up to climb up.
And those at the top need to keep doing what they're doing.
Hopefully for Vika Malibuka, they can stay at the very top.
You know, they've had experience of being at the top end of the leaderboard.
But remember, back at Summit,
They weren't necessarily leading the day. It was sky and scroll that were in that position. So even though, yes, they won the summit.
Yes, they won EWC at both of those events. They won the leaders going into the latter stage of competition.
So even though, yes, they have all of that experience, that pressure, the history, everyone's talking about it.
Three-time LAN winners, two-time FNCS champions at a global stage in the same year.
Yeah, that pressure is going to be huge for them. So I think they're not out of the woods yet. They still have a lot to do.
Yeah, man. Again, I'm just trying to, I can't even put myself in that, but I can't even imagine or fathom, like, what that pressure must be feeling like.
We get nervous when we see a timer, right? Two minutes before I'm live, I'm like, oh dude, my heart's racing a little bit.
To be under the under the lights in this context, go three more games. You've got this right here, right now, to forever etch your name in the history of Fortnite.
How every single player still not it's not just Vico Malibu good. It's every single duo
I mean, there's so many teams that we keep looking to keep talking about the top five
But this is everyone's story still you can have a team that was all the way down in last place
I mean fast man Crusades. We were all freaking out when they jumped up at the height and they stole it
There's still these stories that can be developed still be built acorn and bolts going from winning major 2 to having a poor performance
the EWC to now coming out here and grabbing game 9 victory Royale. Those are the stories
that I am still here for. Yes, I want to know who wins, but still so much can happen and
develop over the next three games.
Yeah, I'm really glad you mentioned Crusades. It was actually on the very first day I was
here. I was actually sat next to Crusades on the first, having a nice chat. Really lovely
guy by the way. And he was saying, yes, this is sort of first FNCS LAN. He's, you know,
feeling a little bit nervous. And it was really interesting to speak to him from sort of
an OCE perspective because I was sort of asking about like expectations coming into the weekend.
Like how much can you realistically expect of yourself right smaller region coming through?
It's a different level of competition to maybe what they're used to and I think he had a really mature way of thinking about it
It was like realistically
It's really great for us to be top 30
You know if we can aim for top 25 top 30 and just have a few good games build that confidence in each individual moment
That's gonna do them a world of good for future lands for future FNCS as well
It's like how how important that is for these OC teams is great because they're not necessarily looking for top 5 top 10
They're also realistic. So I was really happy to see through say and his teammate up on height right there because it seems like what he planned
What he kept himself calm is actually coming to fruition right now, which is really great. So yeah
I think that's such an interesting take right because I think what what could easily be done is becoming a global championship
We go. Hey, you're here who won and then forget everybody else
Well, that's not the case right these are the best players from all of the regions
Representing here on the stage fighting each other of course we are fighting for a title
but these are still the best players in the world.
They have fought to fight here in front of this audience
for everyone back home for their family,
their friends, their orgs, whomever.
These are the very best players.
Of course, we still want to know who wins.
We still want to have those moments.
I still need more rep from NA, please.
It's not over, but these are still the best players
in the world.
So we have to make sure to give all of them their flowers
for even just making it to this stage.
I mean, we're talking about rep for NA
I'm not mistaken on the top 10 leaderboard cold and ritual actually jumping up there as well
Which was a little bit of a surprise especially a day one's performances
Not necessarily the standout that we know that cold and ritual can have but vivid also called that be like actually they ended the day
And well why aren't more people talking about this now three looking back onto it currently sitting in ninth place rapid and clicks actually sitting in 10
Hold on hold on one second. That is three North American team. We did it. We did it. We did it
We can go ahead and shut the whole thing down. We go ahead. We won. We have more teams, right?
Oh, that's like nice.
Love it to K. Look at that.
Got more, though.
How many are you and four up the leaderboard as well?
But still, no, it is great to see. And I'm really happy to see Cold and Ritual, of course,
you know, having a great day too, as well as we take a look at the second page of the leaderboard.
Gina and Pablo Wingu as well. It's all been very reflective of their entire year this whole weekend.
It's kind of been hot and cold, off-spawn situations, struggling for them.
And they haven't really even throughout this entire year,
maybe the first major they were looking at.
OK, but just haven't been able to find that form.
So this is always happening now on a micro level
here on these two decks.
Three quarters of the way done.
And Fasman Crusades jump up nine placements.
That is tens of thousands of dollars of difference.
And they still have three more games to go.
That's what I'm saying.
It doesn't matter if you're not in the top.
It doesn't matter if you're on the top 40.
Keep playing.
Keep going.
That is so much that can change.
I mean, you saw how close those points still were, right?
This again, one game can change everything.
But guess what, it's time.
I'm getting word, we're getting ready to jump back
into the action, only three games left before
we give out the new title of Global Champion.
Castors, over to you.
Look, it's always hard to try and tell the future,
but with the way Viko and Malibuca
have been playing so far here today,
it's almost looking like nothing can slow them down,
but more importantly still,
throughout that entire half time period.
When we first saw the interview,
we'll get more on it later
because game 10 is ready to go.
The only thing I really wanted to highlight there, fellas,
is the fact that Biko and Malibuca,
they just looked so calm,
like nothing was going to be able
to break through the surface.
They had their eyes just looking off.
They were answering questions,
but their minds were clearly preoccupied
and they weren't the only ones, cringe and twine.
Very similar element.
Yeah, and honestly, even during that half-time break,
you know, I'm scrolling social media,
seeing what the streets are saying,
and I saw a couple posts about why aren't teams
trying to take down Vico and Malibuca.
They are trying to take down Vico and Malibuca.
It's just not working.
Vico is playing phenomenally surviving situations that any normal player probably wouldn't in those same scenarios
Yeah, I was a little bit of a scrawler myself and all I was seeing is people saying Vico is the best to know
You certainly playing like it
How you will go down?
no on Romero
Continue to give these guys problems at the one key now
The biggest thing here right now for the Argentinians is that they're not trying to just be an afterthought in this journey at the very start of today
They are Romero made it clear that they wanted to carve their name into that top by threshold
But things are just going to continue to mount as problems here at Costa coach
Say no Monty now looking to get a bit more of a strike back here
Is he a no-sir handle their dirty reform in that last lobby, but Toyota and Yuma they've had the opportunity to bounce back
Yeah, the biggest difference major has to be that chug chug that Toyota just found
I thought he was about to go down.
I thought Seito and Mom's we were going to take another fight here,
but this one is kind of stalling out just a little bit.
And we hadn't seen it kind of start off the tournament yesterday.
There was drawn out fights, but that's where Koyota and Yuma.
We're still able to get the best of Mom's and Seito.
So hopefully Koyota, you continue to dig deep.
Their first place opportunity is on the line.
It's going to be a rough go though,
especially with so much attention already being drawn towards that southern portion of the map.
Sato, Momsie now feeling a bit more healthy, a bit more ready to strike.
Can never factor out any kind of third parties. Trying to have some kind of impact,
a little bit of their own influence. D-Mesh-Darm over by Sutton Shores.
This has always been their starting point, but they have not been able to start anything on the day.
And it just been a tough time with so many other teams just kind of cutting them off.
Yeah, they've not had the best of days.
And we've seen that a lot from them this year in the EU.
It's why we were all so impressed by how they started their competition.
And it's just gonna be a big indeed for those two friends and clients.
I need to beat them to beat.
This is a big moment.
This is one of the two teams who might just have something to say about who
We lift this trophy at the end of game 12.
And a nice little win here on the phone
will do them wonders in the pursuit of that trophy.
Yeah, Coyote, you're still fighting it out for Income's
Shadow and Virgo as well.
You must stop, knock up against the wall.
You see him trying to reform as many builds as possible.
Get out of there altogether.
That big shot that he landed, essentially saving him right
there, but it's not necessarily someone down,
Shadow and Virgo.
They're still pushing up.
Shadow's putting down the pressure that way Virgo can heal up.
Shadow definitely recognizing the fact that Koryota and Yuma have kind of been on the back foot throughout the course of this game 10 starting period
And for Yuma and Koryota
Have to take refuge inside of the buildings, they're just stuck
It's not the game they were hoping for, especially during that break, right? You're hoping, alright
We're gonna land off-spawn, we're gonna wipe them like we have done in previous games and get them all rolling
Yes, it doesn't feel like progress, it doesn't feel like regression, it just feels like they're stuck.
And ultimately, they will have to get out of the spot. There's nothing for them there.
What do we have here?
Chart and Tini making a quick rotation to the north side of the map.
There's three games left. I think mathematically agreed, Vico and Malbuca need to have support performances if they do want to catch up.
up to it. These people even what might they have underneath their sleeve.
When you think about the way that Viko and Malibuka have been playing a lot of
their early game strategy, it has depended quite heavily on just sort of
going back and forth across that northern band of the outskirt of the map.
And so Shark, Tini, an absolute mastermind when it comes to the lurk potential,
if they could navigate Wonkyland, they might actually be able to stop Viko
and Malibuka in their tracks. During that break, you would have had time for
The rain and global champions last year in trios.
Someone who understands what it means like to be in a fighting position or a trophy from behind and holding onto a lead.
We'll see what he's instilled in them during that break.
But you're acting like we look different. Clearly an adjustment, clearly a change in pace.
And they're hoping for a change in fortune.
This looks like they're not the only ones they have to worry about.
Fishies still up all the way at the north side of Wonky.
That's what you see there.
So it's not just them and the other team at Wonkyland.
It is kind of funny to think about though for Shark and Teenie after how the years started
off for this duo over at Wonkyland, the fact that they now find themselves trying to staple
their future on a potential big outcome at this POI. It's a tough place to be in.
A place that they're very familiar with. Somewhere we've seen them fighting out all year long,
map to map, season to season. Again fishy. Yeah, against that same theme as well, yeah.
that one Keenan has been a place of refuge for them.
Take your mom's eat.
Cuiota and Yuma still at the cluster post.
Now there's a fourth team coming in from the North.
We always talk about how drawn out it actually can get
and the effects it actually has on a lot of other teams.
Yuma's taken a lot of damage, shockwaved on
by that whole team which is talented.
And 27 surprise attack coming from above
It's not slowing down any time soon.
That's gonna leave me with the pressure
from the teams underneath.
Sado does go down though, so maybe I was wrong there.
You gotta watch out.
Every single inch here has a team occupying that space,
making it hard for anybody to find any bit of comfortability.
But for Yuma and Koyota, they're answering it pretty well.
After that first shot, they not only healed up,
but they repositioned themselves to fight back.
But this is still already so disastrous
for Koyota and Yuma.
They've already had an early exit earlier on
in today's competition, but this stall out,
this complete stoppage of their strategy,
they're gonna finally look for the opportunity to bail out,
but how much space can you really generate
when there are still several other teams lurking about
in Cluster Coast and Cuyota and Yuma fully understanding
the type of dire situation they have now landed themselves in
because there is no escape from the coast
the moment they try to head towards the water.
Someone's bound to be looking out.
They're just trying to see if they can stall long enough
for other teams to lose interest.
Well, Missy, still need to reach some benefits
from the coast, right?
That early damage we talked about them benefiting from
with your spawn fights.
They need some tanks and need to catch someone out flipping.
As we can very much see Sergeant Thenia trying to do,
they will wait patiently.
And I think they know Romero has left their perch
on top of the wheel from Waukeland and they inch themselves closer. They're making sure to stay
right underneath where they was actually at so we cannot go directly down and spot them out.
This could be a potential opportunity where Romero will fall. It really all depends about how they
truly plan to rotate this out. Are they going to use the wheel? Are they going to use a shock wave?
That's really, really indicative of what will happen here. No builds. No audio. Romero and
and Lewa are purely depending on some activity taking place at Wanky, ideally a solo looking
to play for the reboot, having to fall back into the storm, tank up some of those early
takes, but Teenie and Shark, how long are you willing to sit and wait?
They have the heels to work through it, but that's not the problem, it's them not trying
to cause a commotion.
I don't know how ready these two will be for a king to just be underneath, right?
That one's been scouting.
He'll be aware of things going on around.
Finally spotting out Romero, fortunate enough to speed up.
That could have went sideways.
Now be careful though.
Fishing is duo still towards the north side.
Algonquilin, I don't think anybody knows they're actually there.
at least not just yet, but the team in first place,
a hundred point lead with three games to go,
Vico and Malibuca, and very, very different
than some of the other games you've seen so far.
Look at this, they pulled zone early on.
The one silver lining for at least three out of the four
other teams currently in the top five though,
is that in past finals, we have seen them
drop 100 plus point matches.
So it is still technically feasible, but when so much of it hinges upon Viko and
Malibuca getting put down super early and then you see these guys chilling in a
surge base, that just makes it all the more unlikely that they're actually going
to be toppled.
I mean, that's theorycraft, right?
Let's think about it.
Who's taking them out?
Who's taking them down?
We've already seen all the NA duels, all the NA challenges that land around them.
They've had no luck.
Is anybody else going to get involved in the party?
Twy and Krim's going to decide on, you know,
we're going to land them in a tournament.
I don't think that's a play they're going to make.
It's shark and finny going to do it.
Are they going to really go all or nothing in that moment?
Again, I'm not sure.
Will it be Coyote and Ewan?
Again, not a scenario we've seen them in.
Not a scenario I think they've had to face, really,
when you look at how much they've been able
to dominate in Asia a lot of the time.
It is just really shaping up
to be the treble for Vico and Malibuca,
but will they buckle under that pressure?
They haven't all year long,
but this is the biggest moment
they have faced in their careers.
But that's where Sky and Scroll
might just stick out like a sore thumb
in the eyes of Vico and Malibuca,
because if anybody can sort of cause a fuss
currently instead of that top five,
just think about how quickly Sky and Scroll
were even able to play catch up
After their position concluding day one,
the fact that they were able to recover it now
to being in a stage here in the top five,
potentially even contending for top three and onwards,
it's always one of those things that's an afterthought
for so many of these players once the land concludes.
If I could make top five, I could have been top three.
If I could make top three, what's stopping me from first?
Just one of those situations
where it's all on the line and positioning actually matters
And you're kind of seeing teams that were rotating very, very early to zone,
not necessarily doing that.
Swizzy and Vixy, who have been overstaying their welcome inside of the zone,
which is how they've been capturing a lot of their surge that gifted the zone
pulled this time.
So they switch up their strategy just a little bit to make it a priority.
They want to break that streak, clean a line of sights, and they have
visionals for the world.
Oh, no.
Anybody that was hoping for an Asia
Global championship win will be sat at the edge of their feet, say Koyota, left to fend
the loan.
It's the Inosif underneath, putting pressure.
Got to imagine they're the ones who fed to that elimination.
Onto Yuma, they do got one, and they are grabbing away some of that loot.
Now the decision is theirs.
They're almost 300 above the damage threshold.
They already have that elimination.
Luzon is pulling them towards the north, and it is going to be a two tick.
So if you stay, fight, try to get the other elimination,
or you instantly try to be lighted to zone,
because you don't want to be one of the last teams there.
Coyote has just got nowhere left to run.
Hardly any material to work with.
Easy and no-sif, also.
A very sound amount of white heels that they can utilize.
They're still giving chase towards Coyota.
We've got the opportunity to look back
and see what went south here for Yuma.
Hicked off earlier long, just two separate angles,
really clean entrapment there out of Izzy and Nocid but this is a bit of nasty work currently.
So tall spot to be in. This is just one of those situations where they get the zone pull
and they got to be able to kind of utilize it. It's a two tick zone like I mentioned before. We
are going to be moving into the five tick but talk about look how close they actually are to the zone.
They can either launch pad off, make a shockwave off,
or they can use some extra material
and just build straight off that mountain.
They have no reason to move.
The world is their oyster.
Viko and Malibuca can do whatever they feel like at this stage
because there is nobody close enough to try and stop them
in their tracks, at least not yet.
But the fact of the matter still comes back to haunt
every other duo in this lobby.
Viko and Malibuca refusing to botch from their perch makes it impossible to take them out.
Yeah man, like, let's just pull Zlorn onto their hill that like, they're just out on sugarclaw game, man.
It's just, like, what the fuck? Hold on.
He didn't time it. This is a five-take. He didn't time it right.
Viko did not time the medkit right. We were thinking another team needs to push in.
We were thinking somebody else has to take them down. Right now, in this game, they seem to be their own biggest enemy,
but the refive is going to be achieved. The splashes are going to come out. They may have
got to use resources that they didn't think they would, and this could be the opportunity for every
team below them. But it looks like Viko and Alabuca, maybe even a little bit intended there,
from dealing with that fall damage, search, look like it went a little bit miserably more in their
favor still Malibu and Viko they didn't want that pause in the action they wanted to control
exactly how they were planning to make their way in and these are definitely going to get
interesting for those two but for Koryota just too much in Andalya cluster. The dream feels like
it's fading feels like it's slipping Malibu and Viko are trying to make things interesting for us
Clearly, but I don't know if it's gonna be enough.
Sky, Skrull have made a late ascension,
but here in this game, it's gonna be up to Sky
to solo it up.
We've seen him doing before,
but this would be a big one to do.
Trying to bring Shark and Teenies to a live in the game,
and so we'll be closely watching
to see what impact they can have.
gonna be interesting to see where this zone pulls. You've got to see so many different
elevation changes that can possibly just track this one. And we're pulling off over a little
bit of water. There is some land on the other side, but at least we're getting away from those
Mountain Swizzies and Pixie. They're using this as an opportunity with Siaz with his back up against
the zone to try to pressure him out. Chap, Pixie peeking at the perfect time to slow him down,
but Pixie, Swizzie taking no damage for this one. Right back to work. Build an extra layer,
make sure the team can't target them out and go right back to focusing on Psyas.
Swizzy and Pixy though, they cannot afford another mistake. They have to make sure that
they see things through in this lobby. It is just too critical at this point of the competition
because the timing is just so slim. You only have a couple lobbies remaining to realistically play
catch up towards Geekle and Alibuka and their score is already so daunting so
for a duo like Swizzy and Pixie every single point couldn't matter more.
That's what I'd like to see out of them though because while they were trying to
stay back on that mountain you said it yourself they were above the threshold
but not necessarily in a confident way they made a mistake and now look at them
probably back where they belong only six players need to go down so ritual cold
have to make that decision do we have enough heels is this an opportunity for
us to outheal it but I don't think it's gonna be a possibility because it's not only storm surge
it's the storm itself eating ritual alive he's just unable to get off that mountain and guess
who gets the points it's Viko and Malibuca getting at least four votes
let that thing chop her up i'm not even angry it's being comfy and that is such a scary prospect
for every other duo what angles is matter if you could work in this game to get this one
I mean, all of them.
How you got time to tap up your duo in the middle of a match?
What kind of confidence are these two working with?
And can anybody else even consider trying to shut them down?
Swizzy, pixie.
They are fighting for their lives in this lobby, meanwhile he called Malibuca.
Hey man, looks good.
Nice job.
Hey, can you look easy?
Swizzier Pixie will look to do the same.
Up on the high, a place where we were used to seeing them play from a lock last year.
It's often been the mid-ground this season, but here in this game they sense the opportunity.
And then eat, but with cereal and vestiges.
And then tease, to hold on to high.
Oh no, Teenie, breaking into the box.
Titans on, Titans, Shark and Teenie are trying to catch up.
That's eight more points with those eliminations.
A couple more points with the placement as well.
They're crawling away back into this,
but they still need to take down Rico and Mali.
Tough break there for Skye.
Has been taken out as a solo,
but more importantly still, Shark and Teenie.
We need to say them be a duo through this endgame.
No more one after the other.
It has to be a together confidence effort.
Otherwise, they will not be able to hang tall
with Malibuca and Vigo.
They look like the only duo right now
that really stands at chance.
2A Grinch will look to prove me wrong on that.
They are sitting very close behind.
Grinch picks one up.
Why? Looking for more himself.
Who may be able to find their destiny, Will?
Trying to cruise their luck up in there, looking for more!
So I wait to shock them and see which being, where he picked up doubt!
Doesn't go to the monsters, yet wait for his moment to cry, give it up then!
Gotta give Yamzo all the credit in the world.
Josh was firing the shots.
Yamzo was throwing the splashes down,
learning from mistakes of the past, previous major,
use of Marluzov, but Vigil Maddly getting pressured yet again,
to back up two of the nations, they are all literally answering every problem tossed their way.
He's saying that it's pressure now, but people are out of puka.
This just looks like it's a natural environment for these two.
They are fully in control of where everyone else around them is headed.
They still have a good amount of material to work with.
Oh my god, someone like that could immediately drop.
Not even gonna stick around to see what happens next.
He's still looking back, trying to secure even more of the nations.
he knows just what kind of a problem he's been in this lobby.
The elimination on curve comes in just in time.
Vico staying alive, but I'll make this so long.
They still get a top nine.
Over 30 points of placement in this game.
They don't find their way up the hill in time.
And that leaves the window of the kidney.
The shot continues to close the gap.
But look at Swizzy and Fixie.
They're not the only ones feeling that necessity.
8 eliminations in comparison to Teenie and Sharks 2.
But Teenie, Sharks, they're still making a collective tag team effort.
Sharks though might be finding himself on the receiving end of this lobby.
Focus, Teenie, now I'm going to try to take up the defense.
Doesn't block his back in time and it costs him a lot of HP.
Time now to recover and time to set up their next fight.
Will Swizzy and Pixie's chop down, be their demise?
Will Cooper and Reap steal it away from them when they desperately need this game?
Two separate 2B2s essentially going on.
Two tears, tears up above.
Pixie, Swayze gonna get the first knock onto Cooper.
Re-down left by himself until Chino does take him out.
Final three teams remain.
Pixie is in the driver's seat.
Shark and Titi down below.
They pound through one.
They're trying to get the other.
But Shark goes down.
All that effort right out the window.
Because Swayze and Pixie, 10 eliminations.
They're looking for another one here.
They're looking for over 100 points.
And that's Karen!
20 and Princess Eugis have just released!
And what they've needed is most!
They've finally answered the call!
They've been hunting this lobby!
This monumental moment all day long!
And the fact that they've finally managed to find it here in Gate 10!
There's been a life right now for a second!
My word, boys!
You kept us waiting so long for that one!
What does it feel like to finally take victory here in Antwerp?
It feels amazing.
We finally got some good zone for us.
These three games before was tough.
I mean, it's been rough for so many of the duos here.
Pixie, how have you kept the faith?
How have you kept hope while you've been struggling at times?
I mean, we just got bad zones,
but now as soon as we're full, we're in some of the games.
And so now I know it's a case of hoping for good zones,
but even if you don't get those good zones,
do you feel like this momentum can carry you forward
and get you the points you need?
Yeah, it's definitely gonna give us some more energy for us.
And you've literally got the leaderboard open in-game
in front of you, Swithy.
You can see where you are currently third place.
How far do you think you can go now with two games remaining?
We will still depend on the zone, as I've said before.
If you get some good zones, you might win it.
Well, keep your fingers crossed.
Praise to the Fortnite gods during the break
of your vandals, Wizzy and Vixy.
Attlethe, please, show them your appreciation.
Two more games, we'll see you after the break.
And I don't know how to feel about it.
You're not used to losing, getting beaten?
Not like this.
These players are just so locked in.
Could it be the milk?
Hmm
Stay there
I
Oh
Oh, my God!
Okay, okay, I'm not even gonna say anything vivid. I want you to tell the for my fam what you told me
Not that long ago before everything phrase you've kicked off before we started to show all that stuff
you said it was going to be a race between three duels. What was one of those
duels?
You got Malbooga. Okay. The other one was Sharkantini. Okay. The third one was
Fizzy and Pixie. Wow. How did you know that? I mean, you saw the same
things I did, right? We were kind of watching the VODs from day number one
and they just looked like the three best teams. Of course, that's not necessarily
what it showed on the leaderboard after day one. They just looked like they
were the three best teams. Yeah, I know you're right. I think it's the teams that
have experience at this stage, the teams that are expected to do well, so can
and carry themselves in that way.
And it's nice to see that sort of coming to fruition here
in that last game.
Pixie and Swizzy, though.
This is the Swizzy and Pixie that we were expecting
to see at the beginning of the week.
I was hoping that we'd see more of this throughout this weekend,
this height combination, this ability
to play from this position so effectively.
And it's a position we found we've seen themselves
them in for so long this year.
And they have had glimpses of success.
They've had some glimpses of not doing so well as well.
So it's actually nice to see them coming here
And speaking of those glimpses, I mean remember we were kind of you know before the show even started for the game started today
We talked about game number six yesterday where swissi and pixie they were actually on higher. Yeah, of course
I got taken out
But that's what I kind of called on the steward to do again here today
They figured it out here in game number 10 two games left me if they do this back to back you heard it from swissi himself
He feels like he can win it shouldn't be a surprise right?
We're looking at the reigning global champion with a good place player
the last global championship, so we should expect these guys to be playing like this and it is of course really important
They took down teeny here at the end of course important some of the other teams did fall a little bit earlier
So they're able to get up on top of the leaderboard as well and get towards that upper stage of it
And it's gonna do well a world of good for their confidence
Look at that from swizzy there as well
Just so hype at the end of that game and this is the sort of thing this team need
They're a little bit of a momentum momentum team sometimes as well
I wouldn't be surprised to see them on high again next game
I mean like obviously we got to hear a tiny little bit there a little bit of that pop-off reaction
Why don't we go dive a little bit deeper with this listening?
Nice nice nice. I'm full boss. I'm full boss. We're killing okay. Yeah
Okay, you're much yeah, just shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
What's the way?
Back, back, back, back, back, back!
What's the way?
Under us, under us.
Under us.
No map, still no map.
Spring, bro, spring.
You see?
He's watching me, he's watching me.
SING!
Congratulations on so many eliminations as well.
I want to go right to the leaderboard.
We've got to see how things are unfolding.
That was game number 10, rather.
We have two more games to go and currently look at that third place now after that game 425 points
and yet Viko and Malibu are at 521 100 points still ahead holding strong and he helped him.
That game was a little bit crazy for them, right? They continue to have these like crazy early games.
Yeah, I mean, I feel like sometimes you tune into Viko and Malibu and there's a little bit of slow
And they're like are they gonna get enough points this game to kind of hold on the first place
And then they always seem to kind of pull it out like for example in that game
We saw Vico have a little bit of a stake in the storm didn't get the meds popped off soon enough
You're like oh my gosh is this thick because then they got a rotate in the zone every is gonna be standing ever
But no they make it work
They still get enough points to kind of make it happen and they have what is that like an 80 point lead still
Feeling a little bit comfortable for them with the two games left that 80 point lead can disappear very very quick
We've just seen it shrink a little bit remember it was pretty it was exactly 100 points going into that game now
It's more like 80. You cannot let things slip. I feel like although I was saying earlier on yet
You can have some decent games mediocre is okay
I do still feel like one of these two games has to be a sort of top-five
Have to be right. I think they have to just keep themselves there even from mental side of things as well
Just keeping themselves in that position keeping themselves confident because we know what this team are like
They play through that confidence. It almost comes through Vico a lot of the time and that's going to help him find success here
This is good, but it can be better. They've been in this position
We keep talking about how Vico and Malibu get they've already won two lands this year, right?
This is a position. This is it's the type of things that they have already experienced this year
But I couldn't imagine anything other than being nervous setting up there on that stage, right?
You have to be just two games separate you from lifting another trophy this year
even though it is so familiar to them, it's still got to be just a little bit nerve-wracking.
Dude, even just look at everybody else right now, yes, Viko Malibuco, obviously, they're trying to close this out.
They're trying to make sure they walk away as global champions, but there's still other duels that could even be fighting for second place.
We're talking hundreds of thousands of dollars in difference.
We're just going up even just a single placement on the top end.
Yeah, great game for Shark and Sini there as well.
That's the sort of team that we'll be looking to try and push Viko and Malibuco as much as they can.
And it was of course teeny in the final few moments in terms of a little solo clutch to get them that second place
But really like the way they played this as well
I mean look at this the synergy the way they're able to get in the same box at the same time and even later on in the game
Right here. I think it was just before this
They still have like 10 12 Chuck's flashes to use up vivid which shows that they're not just dragging out right here
You can see only three eliminations in this game
But they're able to be really efficient with their heels as well so that when they find themselves in this position
They can squeeze all those placements out.
I'm still looking forward to one of those pop-off games.
I want to do opportunities like, of course, Shark and TD.
They're going to have to be fantastic, right?
The chase is on for them right now,
but we kind of talked about it earlier on in the day.
We still feel like this is a Hesiat,
the kind of show, their full potential.
That win with 10-plus eliminations.
How much would that change up the leaderboard
if they are able to go ahead and live up to the expectation,
to live up to how good we know they can be?
But then the problem is we have two games left, right?
There is so many eyes on the duo.
There's so much pressure from so many different, you know,
space areas within the space of Fortnite,
and they're all looking at Shark and Teeny going,
deliver, deliver, deliver.
We expect you to win, win, and with two games left to go.
That's not where I want to be.
I don't want to do it in the final last two games.
I don't want to put everything on a dice roll,
like with every possible way things could go.
Bad zones, bad loot, suddenly a rotation goes wrong.
We get landed under so much happening.
There's so much.
There's so much that can go wrong.
There's so much that can go right as well.
Think about it for Viko Malibuco.
If they win this game, it could almost
be mathematically impossible for anyone else to catch up to them.
I did not consider that.
And you know, this is an opportunity
as much as anything for a team like Viko Malibuco.
Shaq and Tini are the ones that are probably
going to be nervous here.
It's like, well, yes, we could have a fantastic game,
but it could not be enough.
They could play the best fort I've ever played,
and it might not mathematically be enough for them
to actually win here.
He's talking about the gap towards the top of the leader
We did kind of open the show to talk about how much the differences mean in the top ten
Let's go ahead and see if we can see any of those gaps that feel like they can be kind of closing in
She know Pablo jumping up in the six-page right now. They're on
360 points after like shark it's either right if they kind of falter they're only on
440 themselves so that gap I feel like that can also be closed as well as a bunch of the other spots
But for Pablo and she is going up just five places there and game number ten if they continue to play like that
They may have just offered this one game secure themselves tens of thousands of more dollars. Oh, and it's so great for them
This is textbook Pablo Wingo Pablo Wingu and Chino. This is absolutely fantastic. And then this is what we know
They can do and whenever I watch this team
I almost get disappointed I get frustrated at times because this is what we can expect from them every single game
They have it in their locker. They have it hidden away and at times throughout this year
You've seen them almost uncover it give you a little bit of a glimpse a little bit of a little peek at what they can do
But we haven't seen it as consistently so if they were able to do what they just did in that game throughout the entire weekend
We might be talking about them as potential global champion
So I hope for them they can have the good last two games and hopefully push their way up as well. Oh
My gosh, I'm getting you know, I always always happen to me. I get nervous
I'm getting nervous like I'm a player like I'm playing like I'm part of the team and I'm not that's okay
Obviously we it's not just us here. That's calling all the action. We've got a bunch of co-streamers here as well
We had a chance to catch up with none other than mr. Savage
Check it in with Mr. Savage here up here from the Street Boots, first and foremost dude, how are you enjoying Belgium?
Well I mean it's sick, I think the tournament is going great, you know obviously I wish I was on the stage instead of on a booth, but you know I'm making it work.
So coming into the event, who were your like favorites to win it or something that you were supporting the most?
Well in my top three I had Shark and Tini, Viko and Manabuka, they're both in the top three right now, so it's looking good.
Kyoto is really surprising me and sky and skull being in the top five. Welcome. That's nuts
Let's talk a little bit about the future real quick your preference. We haven't talked about it. Yeah
We haven't revealed the results, but would you prefer duos or trios?
Well, it has to be trios, please bow. I love trios bring it back
Let me agile a trio and I swear about that since he has titles coming home
So your plans for next year if it is trios you're calling it now you want a title
Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people, you know, I've been hearing from all the other pros, you know, shark and teeny didn't say they wanted to trio with me. So, you know, if it's trios, I'm in a great spot.
Savage, we love to see you up there on the stage. Unfortunately, you can't be up there, but thank you for coming out to the events anyway. And thanks for giving a little bit of insight. Any, any last words for the fans at home?
Yeah, I mean, thank you guys for showing up and thank you guys for watching the streams, of course. And yeah, let's see the next games from Hyped.
I'm back. Wow. Wow, David.
Great teleportation skills there.
Obviously, we will have those results not too long from now.
But yeah, really cool to catch up with Mr. Savage as we kind of focus back in on the game though.
Again, only two games left to go.
What are you guys feeling? What needs to change?
What do we need to do here in these last two games?
Some of the teams, they got to keep doing what they're doing.
Again, Viko and Malibu, if they keep playing like they're playing right now,
they do not falter, they will win without a doubt.
the other side of things, right?
Sharkantini, the team that we kind of keep calling
that is on the chase.
They also need to kind of keep doing what they're doing.
Unfortunately for Sharkantini,
they are in a position where it's kind of relying
on Viko and Malibu could just kind of playing worse
than they are.
And depending on how much, quote unquote, worse
that they could potentially play worse than they are,
then that gap can kind of close.
Sharkantini, again, just keep doing what you're doing.
For anybody else, hey, if you want to go up the leaderboard,
maybe you do got to switch things out.
Yeah, definitely.
I mean, Sharkantini was sort of lurking around
that wonky land area again in that last game as well.
So honestly, I can see it where Sharkantini
starting to look a little bit more on Vika Malibuco as well, maybe making their way over to that area,
because just how good Vika Malibuco are, it's really difficult to overtake them as well.
Crimson Twight as well, you know, they're up on the top end of the leaderboard there as well,
looking really, really strong, really happy for them, of course, a little bit of UK buyers in there,
of course, as well. But I'm really happy for them, you know, speaking to both of their mums as well,
and they're both lovely, they're great at supporting them as well, of course, as well. That's so
important to have on this stage, you know, just being able to sort of feel so supported both in
the game by your teammate, by your coaches, by the fans, but also the support system around
you at home is so important. They have a great one there as well. So really excited to see
those guys doing well. And I just really hope that they can have two really good last games
because even if they don't win this global championship, it's going to do them a world
of good, even a top three. Absolutely. I mean, I'm thinking of even other duels, right? I'm
still looking at Toyota at you. I want them to end at least in the top five for the Asia
would be such an incredible
feat to VR's the first time we
see the VR two of them now to
end in a top five to go ahead
say hey, you need to stop
sleeping on us. We are the real
deal. Like there is so many
tools that like again we're
trying to point out just point
you know focusing on one or
two who have lots on their
shoulders. But again this is
going across all of these
duals. All of these duals are
feeling this pressure and some
of them will buckle and break
right with two games left to go.
The nerves are through the
roof. It's going to be it's
It's gonna come down to who can bend but not break. Yeah, I mean listen events like this
They're all about history as well
We always use events like global championships to kind of talk about how well players have done over history
And I think a lot of times we use the top 10 metric right like oh listen you've got top 10
Yeah, and an event like this
Then yeah, you did well so even for the players that are outside of the top
Then of course we are focusing on those towards the top leaderboard
But for those outside of the top 10 if you want to go ahead and have one of those numbers that we can kind of look at in
the future and be like, wow, this net player got top 10 at this global championship. Still
a lot of work for those specific players to be done as well.
Well, it could be a catalyst on it in your career, right? You know, if you don't wait
the global championship, only two players here get to. But it's like if you can get
a top 20, you've never made a global championship before. Maybe you get a top 20. It's like,
wow, this is, you know, it's just given me so much more confidence now to go ahead into
the future, maybe find better options as well. But duos or trios potentially next year as
well. So it's like, how, you know, how important is it for those lower teams as well on the
it's still is absolutely vital and I can't wait to see, you know, how those teams may be a doubt that they're gonna try and play
Hi, are they gonna try and disrupt some of our teams at the very top and show us what they can really do because maybe the
Sort of chains are off for some of those teams right now
Maybe the dream of winning, you know the things that they've been preparing for the hole in that trophy lifting it high
Maybe those are fiddled fizzled out now, but they can be a little bit more realistic
Let's approach things as they are. This is where we stand. How can we make the most of it?
Absolutely again going back to you just a prize money, right? You got one placement
You're talking life changing amounts of money man like you cannot give up until the final game until everything is
Said and done and we see this literally every single time. It's a major
It's a land whatever it is for night do does well for tonight will do and it will come down to the final game to kind of
Determine everything this isn't a runaway. This isn't like you know
Beekamabuga 500 points ahead the tournament's over like this is still so winnable and as we focus back in on Beekamabuga
There's still a chance somebody could look to try and stop them someone kid
Look to get in their way and again if they're starting to bend if they're starting to buckle under that pressure
One thing could go wrong could be enough to break them
I hope that doesn't happen because I'd love to see them win
But that's just where I'm at right now and that's what this game is about isn't it?
It's about those individual moments those micro it could be 10 seconds of a gap, right?
that just dictates your entire event that sort of summarizes your entire year.
Yeah, we have some solo events and stuff, of course, at the end of the year,
but this is the sort of final sort of bullet point, right, for the FNCS duo.
So it's like, end on a strong point, end a good note, end happily,
end how you want to end.
And I think just staying hyper focused here in these situations,
Vivian, is absolutely vital. You can see that with V-Code Malibu.
Yeah, obviously, listen, if we talk about kind of the landscape,
these players are kind of dealing with for V-Code Malibu,
you can see their eyes are kind
of making contact with at some
points, but kind of like
focusing just on the game and
trying to go ahead and blurs
some of that out has to be so
difficult for them to do. I
mean, what better team to
actually go ahead and conquer
something like that? A team
that's been up here on the
stage multiple times, who's
already won a trophy like this.
I mean, that's why everybody
is just favoring the echo
and Malibu because so heavily
right now outside of the lead
itself. Yeah, and obviously
it's still not enough. Right.
We still have to go ahead and
go ahead and go ahead and go
ahead and go ahead and go
have two more games to go. We still have a job to do. I love that you call that out though because
the thing about this is if this is the context of an online major, I'm at home, I could get up,
I could walk away from my PC, I could walk into the next room, I could just do so many other things,
but right here in this moment, the context is so different. But guess what? I'd love to keep talking
about more because there is so much to dissect and break down, but game 11 is ready for us. So for
For now, casters, over to you.
We are here. It's game 11. There's only two chances left for these teams to try to claim
that top spot, but there's also over $2 million in prize money for these teams to go after.
So if you even don't find yourself in that top five, in that top 10, there's still a
life-changing opportunity here.
If Viko and Malibuca actually accomplish the three feet on land though, Jacob,
I'm just going to say it right now, Viko, let me hold the band, bro. I like you.
It's too rigid, that's big. He's got thumbs to spare. I'll tell you that, Max. Of course,
jobs are not finished. In this panorama game, we have seen things get wicked over the years in
in fortnight and it's up to these two to hold on to the lead they have over at Wonky.
More of the same, Lera Romero versus Hattie and Fischy in a messy, messy off-spawn battle.
He has to get 13 here in the barrel.
You can try to see it.
No choice but to try to hide.
Unfortunately enough, he is built in wood as you see Lewa at the distance trying to
roll on over.
Even if he goes down, giving up that sight for the material on over to Romero might be
the answer here.
shots they know where he's at he's forced to go ahead and shock wave away
he's moving over towards the south which might be good to get out of wonky but
we know so many of the teams are already there. Ritual and cold looking to be
some of the newcomers to try and capitalize off of the chaos that was
building up over at wonky land but where I really want to focus in is
Coyota and Yuma. They have been stopped in their tracks throughout this second
day of competition and whether or not they'll finally manage to muster up
That bounce back opportunity.
Finally getting a chance to touchdown.
No third-party intervention. No shots from afar,
but that's only for the time being.
We'll see what happens when both these teams
glue up and decide it's time to scrap.
It's definitely gonna be...
...a favorite career.
And you, my far more often than St. Thomas,
you, they are just trying to get points on the board
at this point.
Just a bit of self-pride.
Cole's, Richard.
I haven't quite been that sick of B2. They would have been hoping for Eva.
Yeah, it just kind of seems like trying to take matters into their own hands.
If you can only control what you can control, and you see them moving over instantly,
even with like a whole POY to themselves, but not necessarily after the loop.
They could have stayed and done that at latte. They're after elimination. They're after damage.
We all know at this stage especially at the global championship storm surge damage is like currency allows you to freely move around the map
Without too much worry, but when you don't have it in your below you almost got to fight the first team you see
And for creams twy they've been stuck in a messy fight already
But I'm sure I'll be the first to fall a nice four elimination points built up
If they can get it out to the facts why falling incredibly low shield has been cracked
But he hasn't been taken out of this one chest yet
to get the loot. But Pollo is there man.
And this is the problem. You fight these guys and Pollo, they come in to clean.
Fringe and twice, it's so high up in that leaderboard that any slip up now would be catastrophic.
And even in the last Lobby's end game, we saw cringe and twi.
They were trying to build up some momentum.
They were looking a bit desperate though, got too overly ambitious to find those
eliminations and found themselves getting snothered by the lobby congestion and pressure.
So that's why we see them trying to take a moment to sit back.
They've already secured one.
They've got a bit of an advantage.
They know that the venues are at stake and they continue to play those out to maybe
stall off Pete and Boyo.
Yeah, there's a 78 point deficit between first and second place.
Sharp and Tini, kind of sticking to that strategy of that last game.
We saw them move over towards the wonky land.
They stayed there for quite a while.
Sacrificing a little bit of opportunity at Serge,
but it ended up working out for them overall.
But they spot out a solo that's from Mero by himself.
We already know they walked down,
and he might look to join him right back to the lobby.
What an elimination quick, smooth, seamless.
But we know they can do that.
They've done that plenty.
The question for Shark and Teenie is,
will they play a factor in who lifts that trophy?
Is there anything left in the tank for that?
The issue is they're not the only ones.
Swizzy and Pixie are right there, neck and neck
with Shark and Teenie.
And we were kind of flirting with the idea of, you know,
What would it take to see a three-way run for first?
Obviously, we know Vika and Alavuca
are going to have to reconstruct that player error
from the last lobby.
And ideally, it would happen sometime
before placement points actually took over.
But the Swizzy, Pixie, Sharp and Teenie,
imagine another first and second place finish.
White, that's the story.
You went in there.
Pixie, Swizzy, there's more to be written
in their story here at the Global Championship.
They have to figure things out here at BattleWide.
Kanata and I are looking for cause and some problems.
Some other NA duo still in the PY as well
when ages and vent out.
They will make things that much more open as well.
I like the idea here.
Pixie did get spotted out by Ark
at that last second through the build.
He immediately turned right back on over towards
his building, the Sky Bay,
so they didn't necessarily capitalize
on any opportunities here,
but it's good to know that even with their position
on the leaderboard, the pressure isn't getting them.
They're willing to risk it to make these big plays.
And look, I know we're spending a lot of time
factoring in what's been taking place
with those teams inside of the top three,
inside of the top five, but keep in mind,
Flix and Rapid, they've been looking
for a second day comeback.
They are still hovering inside that top 10 range and not only that, but Pablo Chino, our
six plate position team on the leaderboard, has been eliminated already.
That is a wide open avenue now for rapid and clicks to really find some strength in the
final hour and maybe look to even conquer where Skye and Skrull sit.
Just because there's a gap at the top, you might forget and be mistaken about what fits
below it.
So many of these teams now in that top 10 just a tiny bit of place between them
And so these next two games so so pivotal in what that final fan things look like
And I just like to see here sky and scroll while we see an end charry salvator kind of line reality
We see them rotate towards the north Peterbott boy
Oh same thing for them rotated out to break the sky and scroll out of that triple contested realities rain that we thought we were
to see all weekend long is the only team holding their ground. They parked the bus and they have
not moved, which honestly is great because I think that's what leads to their success. They're
sure of themselves. They're confident that with anything going their way or not their way, they
know how to handle that pressure. The fact that Sky and Skrull didn't even fall that far behind in
day one, despite being triple contested throughout the majority of it, it just says so much to the
actual team play skill level that they have been operating with all year long and I know it's so hard
to ignore Viko Malibuca you're back-to-back land champions but sky and scroll when you think about
their year overall their record is just as impeccable it's not even marginally better. I mean when you
look at just the raw performances it's been unbelievable. I speak to many coaches and analysts
the best team in the region all year long and rightfully so.
Vico and Manabruco, they hold the silverware and to many observers,
that is all that matters.
But if Demian shot, one of the teams looking to take it out of their hands.
Interesting to see them go all the way back towards their golden road.
They have to know where a lot of that extra loot is.
They do have balls to buy stuff from that vending machine as well.
So it might not necessarily be a bad decision, but it really all depends on what their storm
surge currently is.
Because if they continue to pull further and further away, the zone goes farther and farther
towards that left side, it's not going to be easy finding a comfortable spot inside
of the zone.
Some of these quick stats are just too interesting though.
I mean, Shark, Tini, getting some coaching assistants out of Greezy, and yet they spent
Partly any time on height, now Swizzy and Pixie,
they've done an excellent job at beating
a big part of the reason why there is no
height control presence coming from that duo,
but everyone here clearly trying to factor in
what's going to set them up for the best possible position.
It's crazy because let's get a shark and teeny have been.
It hasn't been a typical shark and teeny performance
if you're an idiot and enjoy if you watch them
throughout the year.
That tournament just looks very different.
Like you say, even before the PZ Influence,
there was so much high ground dominance on that duo.
And barely any, with the greatest
to ever do it on height,
along there, you know, coaching, what a sock.
I mean, it's even more wild when you think about
how often they would go for those height takes very late.
It was always an afterthought to those other teams
that were sitting on height.
And it was very obvious too,
inside of the EU region, nobody ever felt safe.
Because as long as Shark and Tini were still kicking,
you could never confidently say, hype belong to you.
Are you going to Yuma?
It made their way out of the clustercoast.
You can't see them going closer, closer,
towards the sunken shores.
And I do like this switch up.
Typically in the past, we haven't seen them say,
a long time inside of the zone.
Of course, clustercoast, if you don't get the pull,
that might be the only option.
And as games have progressed,
has been the same reason for their downfall.
And I think they're trying to switch it up here
before it's too late.
These are last two games, and they themselves
are still in the running.
Made a call to it earlier on, though,
in today's competition last three and squad.
We've seen them kind of start to figure it out
after the fact.
They look like they were really starting
to understand how to deal with that day two pressure.
And here, one more time, is it too little, too late,
So will they manage to find a monumental performance?
From short cringe and fly, we hope next year we have some one day final format.
Because two day finals have just been such a pain in the backside for these two.
Being successful in day ones, dominating the play, having to go into day two contested out of nowhere,
it must be so frustrating, but it's the reality of this format.
Just what happens in those moments where everything is working and everybody else is
vod review and changing up their strategy and if they don't fix it, it's just probably
the struggle.
Just being that good on day one with Swizzid Fixie.
Just like Viko and Malibuka, Viko and Malibuka might have more damage but both of them are
almost essentially on the line when it comes to storm search.
They're going to stay next 17 above that damage threshold unless they take damage.
You know, Cole the ritual still rotating in.
We saw Kami, Hari, Swizzy and Pixie are going further and further away, which might put them
in a much more riskier situation later on.
But this might be much more problematic for Swizzy and Pixie in comparison to Viko and
Cole solely for the fact that if you're trying to tank up the stormtakes and make that later
rotation, you still need surge damage to go with it, otherwise you'll attack and disaster
Oh, no!
They are on their last bit of life here!
Shark Man can create some space for Oyo and Fearbite!
They are running him down!
Shark and Fearbite!
On the floor!
We have the bad life!
But we are going to throw out the game!
But when you're not at the most big beat,
come through and spoil the party!
That might have been one of the biggest
Moments we've seen on the weekend so far with shark and teeny going down
Yes, we still have swizzy pixie and the run that they've been on which is phenomenal
But there's even more of a cat now coming into this game Peter bottom point for the nation's a we've talked about
$2 million
That's what Peter bottom point are playing for the first time today
that we have seen such a big smile but it comes at the demise of Shark and Teenie
an absolutely gutting conclusion to Game 11.
And he knows just how devastating that is to their chances of lifting that trophy.
Viko and Malabuka, a good game here, could be everything for them.
barely above on Sturgeon, so it's not the most comfortable situations we've seen them in this weekend,
but it's much more workable.
They have to go down now.
If there is any hope for Shark and Teenie to remain in the running,
Bigo and Malibuca must meet a similar fate,
and they're already struggling.
Bukka fully aware of the fact there's a team currently postured surge base up ahead a port and bolts
Might just be that separating factor between success in this lobby
We're trying to tank out some of these stir takes they're hoping another team comes trickling in after the fact
They can get a bit of a surprise jump on but Nathan
I don't know he's gonna be the one to really allow especially not with curving eggs knocking on the door
Yeah, and even though it's not a lot of damage to get above that threshold
They are 38 more concerned about this max pull that they're gonna have to face right after it is active surge
Now the pookah is gonna fall down. If you want to get game 12 to matter, this is that moment
But Bico, how many times today have we seen him answer the call?
No matter the pressure that rests on his shoulders, he has managed to deliver a lights out performance
But a year one more time, he finds his fate at the clutches of Nathan,
a fellow E.U member might be the one to get the chance to kick him out of the game.
No more!
First and second place are out of this game, giving a miracle chance.
Swizzy Pixie, Twyton Fridge, even Asia's best Yuma and Toyota.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our game 12.
Smithy Pixie.
This is such an important game for them now.
They will continue to rack up points,
close that gap,
and fight the Mr. Trophy.
That sequence of events right there, those two eliminations.
I understand.
There's action taking place right now.
Twi, Branch, and other numbers still trying to keep their hopes
thick in the running here by 18 below.
Twice just got the whole lobby working against him.
Whether or not he can even make it in,
he won't get the opportunity to do so.
And he knows he's been cut short, but 11, Jacob.
The reality currently stands.
Bixie and Swizzy.
They look like Viko and Malibuca in that instance.
What is happening to our leaderboard?
First, second, fourth place are now out of this game.
We talked about a gap.
This is the chance for Swizzie and Pixie to close it.
They already have those three eliminations.
That's 12 points before placement has yet to set in.
Two teams falling, then those points are starting to add up.
This is exactly what they needed.
They couldn't have prayed for a better situation than this right here,
but they have to deliver now.
The pressure is on for Q players who have done it when they like to bend the brightness.
for this lobby will not roll over they have to fight their way through it and
we'll see plenty of players now realizing in the business end of this
tournament that so many points are up for grabs. It almost seems like history is
going to be made. Viko Malibuco the back-to-back-to-back or
Swizzy with the back-to-back global championship wins. It's not going to come
easy though. Like Levin already called out. This lobby is still trying to fight it out.
Everyone looking to throw their final hair marries into the mix before gaining 12 hours
is upon us. And you can never forget about Clicks and Rapid. The aftermath of that destruction
inside of the top five. It's now made it very clear to both Clicks and Rapid that this is the
optimal chance they will not see a better opportunity to try and over take on that leaderboard clicks from summit
You can write it off entirely. He has done so much here
Reckon as best as he can a
Swithia pixie continued up to the tiny
Yeah, and this is one of those moments right here where they continue to drop down there all the bills in the word and you
You can see how far above that damage threshold they actually are.
They just need to make sure that they don't take too many big risks if they don't have
to.
And as I say that Swizzy gets damaged up just enough shield goes right out the window.
We're now getting a quick check in right now, Okoyota and Yuma.
But last we saw from Swizzy and Vixy, there were so many gaps in the loadout.
They have clearly encountered enough of a problem.
And the problem, the issue is they can't continue the SP.
They have to just keep moving forward.
They have to be so reflexively proactive and keep this lobby under their thumb, but most
de-missioned to Armelaue, Koyota has lost Yuma, everyone's starting to find their second
win.
Koyota, a big solo cost-meaning, esteeming and sticky situation, none more difficult than
this.
This is one of those situations where Koyota not only had the entire region, but Yuma
watching his back as well, and he's burning through his materials, it's Swincy and Pitsy
that are causing this amount of chaos.
That is up until the emission dom decide to throw their names back into the mix.
Swizzing pixie, they might have frontside low, but hardly any material to work with.
They're going to be forced to drop everything looking back, possibly a free-edited opportunity,
but they need a refresh, and they need an exit.
and hardly any material to work with,
they're gonna be forced to drop everything,
looking back, possibly a free-headed opportunity,
but they need a refresh, and they need it expeditiously,
because Skye and Skrull are way up above plenty of material,
and an opportunity now to try and steal away
the hopes of Swissy and Pixie
from taking over that first place gap.
And it ain't over until it's over,
and Swissy and Pixie have been through the ringer so far
to get to where they're at, but you gotta say the same about Skye and Skrull.
Now there's Boots sailing up above, big damage onto Darm.
Unfortunately, they cannot clean up that elimination.
Swizzy and Fixie are trying to steal it away.
Look at their materials, look at their research.
They're almost fresh out, so this is a necessity.
Next, Deep in the storm, Skye, shot down a light.
They need the points.
Fixie and Swizzy also, that's really fetching, that's really looking.
And they're not just trying to have a genie, but they can't get caught in just one fight.
They have to think about the win here.
Swizzy and Pixie are both aiming a great job toggling their aggression.
Looking back, looking ahead, another body is going to be added towards the loop file,
but for Quicks and Rapid, they are still here in the running.
This could be a standout performance for these two to truly overtake.
Swizzy, Pixie though, will they fall or will they take the mount?
They need this more than ever.
He's literally one shot away from going down.
Now they're fighting outside of the zone.
They need the siphon.
If they're looking to be healthy, there's one HP.
It's not going to be enough.
Skrull actually gets put in for that elimination.
They see it.
They're talking about, get up.
Kits and Bracken are rising to the occasion.
But for Skye and Skrull, you can never faster them.
Mouth clicks on the other end.
They're looking to take this one.
And they never talk.
Nothing inflates.
They're sizing this lobby up.
This might be their first victory royale on the weekend.
It is only to get us stuck on the long-grab.
But the moment he comes up, the moment he tries to shout out,
the pitch gets his win.
What a great hit in everyone else,
knowing exactly what it takes to be a winner and man.
I hear the E-mote in my ear.
Clicks, fans rise.
Clicks, fans rise.
They get the big win.
They boast themselves at the leaderboard with one game left.
I'm not going to ask you to repeat what you just said because it wasn't safe for Brawl
Cards, but can you give me a summary of how you're feeling right now?
I feel great.
No zones upon RPI at all.
We just made a win out of it.
It's not about luck, is it?
It's all about skill at the end of the day because today you were showing up and you
are on form.
I guess it's easy.
It clicks the go.
I mean, he's obviously following your calls.
You are managing to lead him so well.
Have you got any words to your IDL?
He's the best in the game for a reason.
And when you guys tuned up, I imagine
you didn't necessarily think that you were going
to find the success so far.
But now, you're in the top 10 with that victory royale,
with some of our front runners going down in the mid game.
You have got a chance.
Can you send it in game 12 clicks?
Last game.
Let's see what we can do.
Anything can happen.
You are the best performing North American team.
That must mean the world to you right now, Rapid.
Yeah, it feels great.
We'll lay him out, Luca.
Oh, really? Okay, everyone, keep your eyes peeled on Lifty Lodge after the break,
because history is going to be made.
It's anyone's to win here in Antwerp.
And I don't know how to feel about it.
You're not used to losing.
Getting beaten?
Not like this.
These players are just so locked in.
Could it be the milk?
Mm-hmm.
I
Stay there
Oh
Oh, God! Oh, my God!
of the
No way!
Vivid, vivid.
We started a day.
We started a day thinking NA, where are we at?
I can't believe it. What is this supposed to happen?
How do we need to step up? We need this moment.
Clicks and rapid.
Pull off a victory out in game number 11.
No, I know what you're thinking, Fortnite 10.
Dude, that's so cool. Zee, yes, Tenny, you're right.
But now this moves them up to fourth place.
We and they are in the top five, baby,
Baby, at the back of Klicks!
It's so funny because the focus, obviously for us,
is that fight between first and second place.
So what are we watching during the end game?
We're watching Swizzing and Pixie.
We're kind of tuning in to how they're doing.
And then we blink, it's like, all right, you know,
Swizzing and Pixie, they're down now.
What's happening with the rest of the lobby?
And then it's like, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Klicks and Rapid are alive.
Klicks and Rapid could win the game that they do.
And you can see just how much that means for Klicks.
The emotion out of him,
How excited he was for this.
Absolutely awesome to see.
Couldn't be happier for them.
Honestly, could not be happy for them.
And the way that they played that end game
was really, really nice.
It looked as though Skynes scroll
were going to be able to take them down for the place.
They clicked on a rapid right now of the game number 11.
This is huge from these guys, because I've always
associated pixels having a really good start to tournaments.
And then later stages, it kind of crumbles a little bit.
But today, they're the sort of team.
Look at this.
They haven't had a placement outside of top ten, apart from one time.
Their very first game was the worst game, but the rest, top ten.
Over the 11 games, kind of like snuck in here,
but I took a quick peek at their average placements.
Clixen Rapid actually have the best, or not the best,
the second best average placement out of all the teams.
They're actually only beat out by people in Malibuca.
So, yeah, those placements have actually been flying in
for them across the whole entire tournament.
Clixen Rapid, one more game to kind of hold on,
potentially even go up to third, depending on how a shark.
See any kind of do? Crazy stuff.
I am just, I can't believe it.
I, this, this is incredible.
I am so in awe of what we've just seen,
but remember we still have one more game to go.
We have a trophy and thank you production
to giving us this view.
Viko looking for Malibuca,
trying to remain focused in this moment.
They're currently in the number one spot.
We did see though this last game didn't go well for them.
And that actually gave opportunity for everyone else
try and close that gap. Now we have to go into this final game. Not only knowing, hey,
everyone is on our heels right here. We could look to see someone even try and lurk on them,
contest them, off-bump. There's so many more factors at play, all because of this one game.
One game. And we said it before, go into it. One moment can make the difference. And so
then that slipped through their fingers. Remember, it was Shark and Sine that went down earlier
of the game right that was an opportunity for Vico Amalavuca we were
saying the back yeah Vico Amalavuca surely now they go ahead and win this but
now they put all that pressure on them right now if they want to be taking this
trophy home at the end of this next game they need to lock in now and just
get the job done. We saw the frustration from Shark himself as well when he went
down fully knowing that going down in the later stages of this competition when
they felt like they were so close to the first base blood all because of this
a little bit of a play from Peter Von Boyer. They were just hiding away in the bush.
Sharkantini, unfortunately, stood no chance to a play like that. So a little bit of a slip-up,
but I kind of saw them at right. Sharkantini were of course kicking themselves when they went down
here, but moments later, Viko and Malabuka went down right. So Sharkantini were like, oh my gosh,
we had the perfect opportunity to kind of catch up. We didn't go down there,
but they're probably kicking themselves even harder now. So difficult for them, right? We speak
missed opportunity. This is
almost an even bigger missed
opportunity as well. Just to
put that pressure onto Vico
Malabuco in first place. They
need a big comeback now. If there's
any team that can do it
absolutely they can do it. They
can take height. They can get
huge amount of eliminations, but
can they realistically do it
now on the stage? Guys, we can
ignore as well. Squishy pixie
the game from them. The moment
There it is, went down, it instantly became their show.
Will they fall early?
Will they make the mistakes?
Can they hold on?
And instead they said, watch us clutch this.
You thought the competition was over.
You thought we were gonna let Viko Malibu go walk away
with this and now the point threshold is margins
when you consider how many points are available
in a single game.
Yeah, we were watching the game, right?
And as soon as Viko Malibu went down,
Viko's like, like, like, Swizzy and Pixie,
how many points do they need to be trailing
by going into the last game?
probably like 50 to 60 the margin that they were able to bring this within it's
about 30 points as it currently stands even better than I was kind of hoping
for for them to get my realistic chance that is gonna be a two-horse race
without a doubt going into game number 12 I like the way to conduct themselves in
that game I think they knew I think they saw in the feed I think they knew that
the situation was we need to have a good game here to close that gap because the
teams above us did go down and we're talking about players that have
experience in this position. Swizzie, last global champion, Pixie, second place of course at that
global championships in 2025, so they know what to do in this position. It is so close.
Dude, I just even looked at these, dude. I mean, 4-3-7, 4-17, 4-13, 4-12, 3-88, even
somewhere like 3-70 from Dima Shaddam, who still makes something happen. We have a single game left
to go for tonight. I am stressed out of my mind. Yuma and Toyota there in seventh place. They did
the game. I think we're going
to get. Unfortunately, drop
down to places, of course, for
most of this competition, we
were kind of talking towards
it was like, Oh my gosh, it's
possible that we could see them
when I think they have
unfortunately fallen a little
bit too far down the leader
board for that to be
realistic. But for me, I was
kind of thinking about it. What
would they want to be? Heck,
they would take a top 10. I
feel like they would be happy
with that, but it's hot fly. I
want them to aim for that right
now. And what I love about
that team, right? They haven't
had a great day to in
comparison to their day one.
They came out the gate
swinging yesterday, and I think
a lot of people would have
level. But after each of the
games that they haven't had a
good one, they're still
smiling. They're still
keeping the vibes high, which
is super important because I
think coming into the
competition with slightly lower
expectations means that, yeah,
instead of the place is like
you thinking about yesterday,
it doesn't sound that great,
but coming into it, we would
take that right for humor and
coyote. So I think that's what's
keeping them going right now
and what's likely putting them
in the situation right now going
into game 12 where they're a
little bit more calm maybe
compared to the rest of the
lobby. So it could produce
results. A single game left to
go. And I just remembered we have an announcement. We, Fortnite fan, you have gone into legislative
lighting. You have voted for the format of next year, duos versus trios. We have to go
ahead and get those results right now. Thank you. Belgium, Fortnite fan, with over half
a million votes. First off, thank you for that. If we look at just yesterday, the voting
you guys did, the difference was 2%. The 2027 FNCS Battle Royale format is Trios!
I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Over half a million votes for my family, someone
who had the pleasure, the honor of getting to work directly on that project. Just thank
you guys. Thank you guys so much. Viv, Minnie, we're going back to trio.
I'm pretty sure that's the
right time. We got to talk to
a bunch of the pros. Some of
the coaching was right. I
literally just talked to
Savage about it. He was like,
it's got to be true. So I feel
like a lot of the pros, a lot
of the fans at home and of
course everybody that voted,
the majority was in the favor
of trios. I feel like
everybody's going to be
pretty happy about that. It's
exciting. It's a change. It's
a big change and I think you
know, it kind of changes how
we think about this global is
now as well, right? Of course,
next year being trios, things
going to be a little bit
different. Who's going to fall
with who? Very exciting guys.
Obviously I'm excited. Thank you again Fortnite fan. Thank you all so much for your votes and your passion
But we have one game left to go to decide the title of global champions
Lock in it is game time for now passers over to you
What an exciting time to be alive what's more exciting trios game 12 of the global championship of Vico Malibu
We have ourselves a show and we don't have to wait any longer because game 12 is ready to start.
Are we clear? Are we clear?
I think we're about to get all right.
Hold on, let's try that again. Game 12 is ready! Let's get right into it!
Kuba, Miro, Foyo and Piobot, FNCS duo global champions.
One last chance for CuraCy at that table.
Obiko and Madabuka, they would sit at the head of that table,
but they do have challenges.
Shark and Tini want so desperately to make it happen.
Lift that trophy and feel the victory.
Swizzian Pixie, one year removed from their global championship.
Once more will write the story in who lifts the trophy.
But for Vito and Malavuta, they reached the summit,
they conquered remote, and they are one game away from completing Fortnite.
I've asked you before, and I'll ask you again, are you ready?
No!
I'm too old!
Oh!
Team, let's go!
And it all comes down to this one final game game 12 out of an intense
Weekend you never know going into it. We had so many different favorites, but by the end of this one
We will crown a
2026 global champion and when the dust is finally settled
Only one team can remain at the top of it all
Malibu
Swizzy and Pixie, Shark and Teenie,
every single one of these teams,
realistically with a chance,
although some greater than others,
Swizzy and Pixie have to be the front runners.
In terms of whether or not we will see
the fall of Vico and Malibuca.
Almost a year long journey for all 50 teams
have entered into this lobby for the last and final time.
This is the moment, game 12, where everything that they've
done comes down to this.
And we're already seeing something different.
It's what Malibuca has been doing all weekend long,
turning the page and trying something new.
And can you blame them?
Every single part of the lead up to this event,
people are defending them.
If you guys are in the league, come Game Talk, we're coming for you.
We know just how much it means.
And even if you didn't need to take this precaution,
it shows just how tapped in they are.
Public enemy number one.
And two, technically speaking, for Vika and Malabuka,
but still important to realize that there
are other teams contending for that prize pool.
And Yuba and Koyota have seemingly managed
should get the upper hand one more time at Cluster Coast.
It was scrappy, but it's getting even scrappier still.
Kring and Twi coming out on top against Kanata and R.
That was bad blood between Kanata and R.
Kring and Twi.
And now Peterbot and Boyo are here as well.
They almost ended Shark and Teenie Dream in that last game.
And they're looking to do it again here to Kring.
And Kring is still alive.
Errors come to an end and then we just witness one.
Boyle has been outstanding this year, but here at the Global Championship,
they have struggled and their struggles of seep through to this final game.
Cringe will stay alive and a chance to recover this game.
Ice cold the whole way through, Cringe's eyes never seem to lose sight of one elimination
after the next just wrecking them off and knocking them down despite how much everyone else in
this lobby has been trying to take them out early on cringe we'll have a chance to get twice back
in this not charcutini though after that blunder of that last game they're not switching things up
too drastically continuing to move on over towards the north oh my god this could be it
Kami and Hari are waiting right there, literally just meters away from Malibuca.
But Kami and Hari, do they know whether or not it's actually going to pay off at the end of it?
They've got a decent loadout for a bit of a brawl here, but Malibuca just skirting away.
My heart skipped a beat. I fall right there. It was it, wrapped up, signed, sealed, delivered.
But their intuition takes them away from danger.
Shark and Teenie, they will run towards the firing,
sitting back out here in the middle of the ocean.
And almost begs the question, Shark and Teenie,
are we about to witness crash out nation
because of the results that they had in game 11
when they feel as though they've got nothing left to lose?
They're just going to full on send it.
And this run down right now against pigs and firing,
That just might be the starting point.
Hey, some people play for a little bit of money.
Other players just play for that first play spot,
no matter the circumstance.
This is how Tini was able to get that first elimination
on the pitch.
He's trying to free leg the boot on over.
He did not see it coming at all.
Look, Mika Manabika don't die.
They ran it down.
We saw what was their worst game last time around.
This time, if you want to overtake them, you have to do something crazy.
Shark and Teenie, we know they have the ability to make a game like that happen.
And nothing more dangerous than when you see Shark and Teenie feeling like they've
been backed into a corner and having to fully send it on their own natural
abilities, but rapid and clicks.
What an impressive tournament here at the Global Championship, an entire region
just completely ruling them out, not even considering for
even the slightest moment that Klixen Rapid would be one of the few teams
from NA actually carrying the region on the leaderboard.
I mean, look, he said it was Klixen's best shot at a great global championship performance.
And clearly, he didn't let the hype get to him.
Rapid has locked in and has led them so diligently into a position where they
They could finish the day in third place if they called their cards correctly.
They could finish higher than that if they really shoot for the stars.
An excellent performance already, but the job is not finished.
Yeah, Garm saw it in the feed.
He actually went down really early on in this game.
So Demish has been feeling what it's like to be a solo for quite some time now.
Seito as well.
They got pushed off again by Coyota and Yuma.
So similar stories all around.
Viko and Malabuca.
They pull the zone in the 12th game.
We've seen this before.
They played well and were able to extend their lead.
Is this a feeling of deja vu?
The script is nuts.
Where will it fall finally?
Who keeps putting it towards NICB?
That might just be it for the rest of the lobby.
Give them the trophy now.
There's 25 seconds remaining till we find that out.
But Godness, a great position now for Viko Amalibuka.
I just want to know what happened to Hari and Kami after the fact.
Sure, we didn't see them actually get that opportunity to fully kind of just close in
onto Malibuka there, but bound to still be lurking about.
Doubt that they're the only ones and with every single one of these competitors
also recognizing the fact that this zone is pulling very heavily in Viko Amalibuka's
in favor, sky, scroll, it is now their only chance to try and find an early response, but
they got nobody anywhere near them in sight.
Oh, they're not the only one reaping the reward.
I was going to think Swizzy and Pixie as well from the battle would as Malibuca.
They're taking these risks all weekend long.
And sometimes it's a little inch of that matter that puts you so far ahead of the threshold.
And right now they not only got that split drop that pack man towards the north.
They actually went back to lift the end, it's a rare drop.
What makes these two special is just how winning they are to take risks.
In this 12 game, they don't want to take too many risks, right?
There is always that thought in the back of your mind, no matter who you are.
And that might just be what often we've seen that in the past in many finals.
Like, oh, we're themed.
It's like they want to play that 12 game safer than usual.
All of a sudden you're down on search, you haven't done as much damage.
It hurts you in the end.
If we were looking at a game seven or eight even,
I think Malibuca decides to get involved
with some of the action that was taking place there
between Venom, Agers and the sort.
But here in game 12,
with such a slim lead separating between themselves
and Swizzy Pixie of all teams,
they just cannot take that chance
because every single risk has to be perfectly accounted for.
Otherwise, the reward might not be worth it in the end.
And you're kind of seeing the pressure all around the lobby.
I was thinking of Grinch as a solo, but what about Shark and
Teenie taking matters into their own hands?
We've seen them in multiple games.
Move up towards Walkie-Lan, get eliminations, and
kind of stop there.
This time around, they're going all the way.
Look, if you ain't gonna land on them, this is the next best thing.
We'll Viko and Malabuco be aware of the threat that awaits them.
Nice little return fire there. Small bouts of damage, exchange between 13 and Malibuca.
But Viko heads up awareness there, watching, adamantly, but just Malibuca now, and he tries
to go up to the opening shot. Malibuca now forced to play the defense, but can he climb
up this quick face best enough? He's going to need some help out of Viko.
It's essentially a play for first place.
And Shark is not giving on it just yet.
Tini getting back down.
Just HV left.
Balabook is trying to buy time to heal.
Shark is putting down pressure by Tini all the time
in the world to heal up.
But he has to get back into this fight.
And now they're hip to him.
Now this is first place.
This is third place.
Going out of here with implications.
With the winner could potentially get the global
championship here.
Waiting to see whether or not Shark and Tini are actually
be able to close this one out before the rest of the lobby decides to close on in.
Teeny Sharp looking out, starting to recognize that there is some trouble surrounding them.
Malibuca and Viko have forced a bit of a stalemate here and Malibuca able to recuperate his shield,
but that doesn't mean that Sharp and Teeny are through with this just yet.
Oh, Teeny with a flank. Teeny caught Malibuca slipping yet again. They thought they were disengaging.
It's a fish shark! It's a fish shark!
It's a fish pike!
And another hooker!
Now leaving Fico!
All by himself!
They're playing for an all or nothing situation here!
And Fico's forced to lurk around!
He doesn't really have control!
And there's another team over towards Liffey Lodge!
So he might think he's safe!
But his hands are down below on the mountain!
They're not!
Why does our Fico get out of this alive?!
He has all felt this much pressure!
I told this year, Willy Buckle up there.
Or will he be able to stay alive?
If the work bills remain and the pressure will continue,
how much more can he have on?
Can he do it, Mito?
It'll be impossible many times before.
Can he do it one more time?
He just might.
Oh, no!
Shut your mouth, you bitch!
No, we'll take it!
Before we tell him who did it,
they must be in first for Will it actually hold on?
To be the best, you must be the best.
And not you won't talk to TV about it.
But can they do more?
Can they take my place?
They need more points.
Peter Bottencoyle, I've already taken down Shark and Teeny once.
They spin it back and forth by all day long.
You got hate to curve over here.
You have Feno and Agers, and you have a little bit of a lead
that still needs to be overcome.
So even though Shark and Teeny took down Viko and Malabuca,
jobs not done. The lobby is just starting to cannibalize itself at this rate though and for
short, teeny, this is going to be a fight that they cannot choose to run from. They have to meet
this energy head on because they need the refreshes. They spent so much of their material,
they invested so heavily against Biko and Malabruca to lose it here right after getting over the final
Hurtle would just be so daunting.
Nobody has felt the pain of dealing with the purpose of ending the year with these two.
They reached my point in the reload championships and couldn't close it out.
This time around, they don't want to leave into chance.
They want to control their own destinies.
Swizzing Pixie has to be smiling ear to ear right now, just watching the feed.
But Teenian Shark know they still need to overcome roughly 60 or so points.
Yeah, they could simply get the win, but Swincy and Pixie are there.
They need eliminations that continue to try to close the gap.
They're talking to the table, on the lead, and the F.
He's in the mature, taking a five.
And the F gets lost on that side of him, right back to the lobby.
Well, we've been seen, and our star, turned into a legend.
Shark, call me that the best in the world.
And he is proven a hero at this stage!
And you would initially think that Swizy and Pixy, yeah, they might have been licking their lips,
but Shark, in that elimination feed, proving with his back against the wall,
he is still open to seizing the throne.
And with this next elimination onto Shadow, he might just make it a reality.
Only so many points separate them from Swizy and Pixy, but Shark is unstoppable.
We are witnessing a master class performance here in Game 12.
They're at 475 points.
They are roughly 46 points away from that top spot.
But they're still not even in second.
They still have to go through Swizzy and Pixie.
They're looking to be the lone survivors here at Liffey Lodge.
They'll offer a bit of a wrap around.
They're going to avoid the front of the focal point
for where those rest of the competitors actually sorted out.
Keep in mind, there were so many duos that it sort of trickled on over,
and that elimination Figo, and as crazy as it did,
bound to draw even more competition to the area.
But think after all that, there is still such a job to be done.
If you're Swithy and Pixie in this lobby,
they would have been smiling A to A, seeing Figo and Malibu go down.
But watching Sarkin team, his names in that B,
must be creeping just a bit of fear solely you wonder are they coming for us now will they overtake us
and then them will do them so much good and they both sit in great search positions taker both these
two are now in such great positions to have good games yeah great positions on the map overall
shark at td actually pulled zones tie and scroll still getting eliminations as well but even with
With that elimination, you can see there's still seven below the damage threshold.
When Storm surge activates, that's going to be a scary sight.
Sometimes you can just see it though.
Sometimes you can just feel it in the way that a player is starting to make their move.
Shark and Teenie, while they might have the upper hand temporarily,
Skye, Skrull still looking to try and answer back.
But you just have to imagine every single one of these players
that's trying to posture up for some better positioning.
You, like Toyota, have fallen, remaining inside of the top 10.
Still a possibility here, but it'll be tough.
You're looking up to me.
How much firepower, ritual, and coal
continue to happen in this game.
We've seen them get aggressive late in this entire tournament
here on day two.
Chino and Pablo, 374.
We talked about the placement from this.
A different amount of money you can still win.
And that's what Chino and Pablo are essentially
playing for 149 above the Dems threshold. Just preparing for this next rotation.
Both duos fit, parts make to each other. And I just have this gut feeling that both these duos are going to want to fight for height.
But this might not be the lobby to do it, just how messy things are going to get.
With all the different duos left in this lobby, you are still fighting for the highest spot on that leaderboard.
Wouldn't it be too chaotic? Wouldn't it be too much to handle?
Hey, it's obvious Clixon Rapid, they're not interested in slowing down either.
Chino, Pablo, still looking to take back a top five position, but again, with Swizzy
and Pixie, Shark and Teenie just so close to the other, they might not have an option.
They might be forced to clash head on, and that could dictate everything for this tournament.
18 point difference right now between third and second place. Both of them still have a little bit of a mountain to climb,
but as you can see, their position box to box as of now.
Sharp and Teeny. So is he pixie rotating in unison? I'm not sure they even got a clue though.
Sharp, Teeny. Can we won't get a chance? Another elimination going to be added to the count.
to the count. It's only a matter of time before that zone takes care of candy altogether.
But shark and teeny, even with the credit for that elimination, the points are closing
in. Pixie and Swizzy also trying to get active.
Clicks and Rapid even moving into the top four. It goes to show how close the leaderboard
actually is. There's small gaps here and there, but everything is so stacked together.
If you look at Clixen Rapid, down to the bare minimum,
less than 10 builds each.
They're having to rotate through this cave,
and on the other side of that one,
it is gonna be Hexing Curve.
And they're willing to sacrifice some HB
to try to make this rotation possible,
but it's not gonna be the, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Pixie taking them up Tini,
the Pixie, the Tucked Up Tini!
The Pixies want Swizzie, at the end of it all,
Shark and Twizy realizing now that their backs are being eliminated,
now leaves each of their duos to try and take over.
Shark and Pixie are solos to try and overtake Viko Madabuka and win the Global Championship
for their duos. He hasn't done so much of the great work this weekend, but Shark can really
He'll earn his name as a young star if he can continue the work he has done so far in this game.
So much pressure riding on these next couple of zones.
The most important game of all night he has ever played.
But can he hold on? Can he push past the limit?
He also runs into a fight and I might just be some extra elimination for these looking to do anything to catch up.
He needs it and he knows that he's fighting for it.
Shark, he's really got the other on the run with the desperation turning back against him.
He's got to be desperate for it.
The Alps are being brought down now, means another four points to Shark.
Mika Malibuka, they've got to be feeling physically sick
because the point, the separation.
Pixie only needs one more to tie it up.
And then from that point on, Lates-Mitch could be the separating measure.
One more elimination for Swizzy and Pixie.
Shark still has some catching up to do.
But he looks relatively healthy.
Now that he finds a whole nother pile of food, not enough to get him up to tip top shape.
But he is definitely going to try.
Up above is a whole nother team that's still trying to change their own destiny.
500 and 23 points.
We have a new first place team.
Squintsey is trying to now defend his global championship.
And you can never count out short.
The youngster making an entire name for himself all year long.
Now, look at him, he's been fixing!
He's finally down to the last 12 HP!
He doesn't have a means to recover it!
He's gonna have to fight his way through!
She's on the other end of the road!
That's the way he's on the air!
Oh, Sean! That's the chance of a lifetime!
12 points! 12 points away!
That's placement! That's elimination!
This is possible!
In this first global championship!
Sean! Sean, hold on!
Trying to push off!
He's shot! The most important one of this life!
Can he stay alive?
Just three bills remaining and the second of call.
The minute will be popped.
He knows he needs a bit more, 521, for Prince William to push him further.
But he needs a couple more points, just a couple more seconds,
just a couple more placement.
If he can do it now, he can't get out of this tunnel.
He needs to survive.
He's taking away.
But will he get in the placement?
No!
No!
No!
Are you kidding?
What are you doing?
Shark and Teenie staring down the back.
Swissy and Pixie, we are looking at our first ever back-to-back global champion.
Pixie finally getting a chance to claim the throne after last year's devastating defeat.
This is though still playing for this last and final win here.
They could still switch swap a couple of placement points on the leaderboard.
Yanis by himself down below.
There's only one full team left alive.
The other solo here is Slepsi,
and he's just trying to break his way into the box.
They're changing focus here, and for Slepsi,
he's just trying to be the one furthest down,
so he doesn't get that much attention
from the duo up above.
Fatt and Volko, they're just spraying down
with those ARs, just making sure that they cannot breathe
and think about this scenario as Fatt drops down.
Slepsi goes out.
Yanis by himself, and it looks like his back
It's up against the wall.
Fade and fuck off.
We'll win the final game of the game.
But it's Swissey and Pixie.
All eyes on them.
Everyone is going absolutely ballistic in this venue,
and for good reason.
Swissey, you had to fake it, come down to the wire,
game number 12, and you finally secure your crown.
One separate round with Pixie right by your side.
This is the big moment for them.
Swizzy, a global championship back to back.
Secured by Pixie as well.
They have done it.
Your efforts, you global champions!
The first time ever in Fortnite competitive history, we have a
Back-to-back champion in Swinney.
Boys, come around here for me.
We need to see who the world is watching.
Swinney, day one was up and down.
Day two was a master class.
How did you manage to do it again?
I don't know. I'm just saying it's the best player.
And when you two got together,
did you imagine you'd make it to this point
first in the competition first
at Fortnite Global Championship?
I mean, yeah, we got he goes first and I got second, so it's obviously we're gonna win.
You just had to go one step further for you.
You beat so many of these lands before.
What does victory finally taste like?
It's just so nice.
This is like the main goal.
And looking at the two of you, though, it felt like you didn't know who won.
Could you believe it in that moment?
How long did it take to sink in?
We thought we lost, like we were 100 to be lost.
But then we saw there were so many cameras around us.
was nothing at all. And when you thought you'd lost, what did that feel like? What? When
you thought you'd lost in that moment, how were you feeling? I was at the end. I didn't
know if he lost or not. I was feeling it. And then you saw the cameras. So when you
realise what was going for your mind, are you the best tracker in the world? Back to
back. Back to back. Back to back. The only person to do it, I think that might mean
You could be the greatest of all times with you. Congratulations.
Pixie for you.
First year is an idea. What an incredible achievement.
Please, boys, take your place and enjoy it in front of this crowd.
And, Angela, one last time, please, give it up for your 20-26-4-5-4 champion.
It's Swensley of Pixie!
I cannot believe it. But I tried to tell you, Fortnite fam. Fortnite does what Fortnite
does. All three storylines going into the final game. And let's just think back. Let's
think back to one year. Okay. Swizzy wins a title. Pixie comes in second place and decides,
You know what, let me go ahead and partner up with another DenSwizzy and come back to win.
Guys, congratulations. It's good to see you again. We were here just a year ago.
How does it feel right now?
Bro, it feels amazing. Back to back, like, we struggled all year.
All year we struggled, but we are here.
And it's ours. It's ours, Brian.
It's ours!
How are you feeling? You came in second place last year and then you come back the next year with the previous
champion and then now you've got your own title. It feels so good bro. I got the second last year
and then we got like second at DWC. Like we lost the left game and now we win. It feels so good.
Incredible stuff guys. Listen, I gotta kind of focus in on day number one right. Coming into day
number two after those first six games. Swizzy. Did you think that there was a chance that
you could walk away with a trophy after that day one? Yeah. Yeah. You guys had it. Fix it.
How were you feeling? You think after day one you guys could have poised that trophy?
I mean, we're combating so much in tournament. That's all. Delay. We could do it now again,
you know? Perfect. I want to think back to that, right? Remember the beginning of the
year, major one, day number one. What was it, 48 something like that after day one? Day
You guys had an incredible comeback and again this weekend incredible comeback first of all pixie
How do you actually manage the team in those situations?
How do you make sure that you put yourself in the best position to actually come back because you guys seem so good at it?
I mean it's much easier to prepare when y'all are to have the lovely company like you can take the old replay
So much easier to prepare
Yeah, and Suzy for you as a sort of frang it here
How how much pressure do you feel on the second day? Do you think it gets a little bit easier because you've done that comeback before I?
Didn't feel any pressure before last year
Oh my gosh guys, I mean for both of you, you know both of you have had
White the year. I love you. Maybe to try and take a moment and just reflect on the year and now think about now
for you how is your year been and what does that meant for you now that you
have just said hey that year doesn't matter because look where I am right now
just keep playing just keep doing your stuff that's it what about you fix it
yeah fan bro thank well listen guys look at this crowd they all went crazy the
moment that you guys won I'd love to give you guys the floor I'll start with you
you can shout out whoever you want to shout out say whatever you want to say
I want to shout out to the fans first of all, thank you all guys for supporting us, we see it all in the socials and everything, also here, also thank you to my org for helping me with my visa stuff, because it's really hard without them, and thanks to all my friends,
My family, my close people, are for us.
I like that. What about you?
Same. Thanks so much for everyone to support me like Twitter, fans, like I do everything.
Try to like as much as I can as well.
Thanks so much as well to my family, friends to support me, especially my parents.
What does it offer here? It's all good winning.
Amazing guys. You can go and toss your headsets off, take your trophy, get out of here.
Edgeworth, one last time, make some noise!
Arturizio Pitchin!
I just cannot believe it once again, Fortnite fans.
The stories, you know, every single step, not only them,
but Sharp and Keeney, Deco, Malibuca all took in that final game just the tiniest of margins,
you know, how quickly they can rise and fall and just a nail-biter up to the very, very
end of that game.
We obviously had the first half of the year.
We knew exactly what happened.
I'm not even sure if it was Swizzian, but you know exactly what happened in that game
where Sharp and Keeney, if they don't want to happen, or Deco and Malibuca know what
What happened in that game specifically to have everything pan out exactly how it did.
A four point difference from first to third place.
We ended up with a three horse race in the final game of the global championship.
Of course it's Swizzy and Pixie that ended up coming out on top.
But I as a fan of Fortnite was so entertained throughout and I couldn't be happier for the
guys.
And it's such a great story right.
guys throughout the entire year. It hasn't been smooth sailing whatsoever. I think of course coming
off the back of such a great year. A lot of people in the EU region of course were thinking we expected
so much more from these guys at the beginning of the year. We weren't getting the pixie and
swizzy that we expected. First and second at 2025 global championship. They had to fight through so
many doubters and so many problems that they had in each of their games and each of their tournaments
to get to this very point, so for Pixie, first-time LAN winner, how does it feel?
That being able to lift that trophy in person, of course, done it online,
and for Swizzy to get through all those doubters, to get through all those difficult moments,
and come back, keeping that motivation as a team, just speaks volumes about this team,
and honestly, such worthy global champions.
And just think, right, I love that you point that out, because at the beginning of the year,
you're right. We all kind of look at that, okay, hey, this year's done, go ahead and lock it up.
Yeah, and then it wasn't that for a while and it's so easy for a duo to look at their performances and go
You know what? This just isn't working. Let's I'm gonna go do something else all this person reached out
I'm gonna go ahead do with them, but they didn't they stayed together and now a back-to-back
Swizzie becomes the first player to have two global championship titles and then takes second place and last turn say you know
What let's go ahead and get you that title now. Absolutely incredible stuff
It's also very very cool to kind of watch back the highlights and what they actually went through here today because now we know
Of course everything's played there. They're only one by two points
So we're watching these highlight backs and we can we can kind of recognize each elimination each placement point that they got
That was the literal difference maker and we speak so much on this desk about experience about being in these moments
Previously how much of an importance that really has on these players other times it seems like maybe that's not that valuable
But these guys have proved Hixxi, of course, being in that position so close, could almost taste the 2025 Global Championship
and for Swizzy to be in that position of lifting that trophy.
He doesn't want to let that trophy go to anyone else, right?
He wants to be lifting it again.
Once you taste the sweetness of success, you want it every single year.
So I think that's going to be the crucial thing now looking forward for these guys.
It's like, yeah, Hixxi, two-time Global Champion,
I'm sorry, two time global champion, Pixie now got that on their as well as well.
The sky is the limit and that experience is going to be huge for them going forward.
We have to of course take a little walk back to the plays that they've made.
Shout out to Hot Toys.
Let's check out the Hot Toys.
Hot plays of the day.
We're just going to roll some highlights from the duo because they look so good.
Just kidding.
We already did that area.
I wanted to see more again in production.
One more time.
No, I'm just kidding.
What I did want to do though is go ahead and look at the standings.
Yeah.
Obviously this came down to two points from versus second and second and third some other developments that happen as well
Hey, and then we did it
Glinks came out. He made fourth place. Um, I don't even know
What to say about that? I guess clicks and
Clicks your new lucky numbers four. Okay, and that's lucky. No, thank you lucky number. Yeah, you're right
You're right a new lucky memory out
But honestly, to have to come into today and think, dude,
NA is not looking that great to have Klixen rapid,
not only get that victory out and then rise all the way up,
hold onto a fourth place is ridiculously impressive.
Incredible stuff.
Obviously, we want to tip our hats to Klixen rapid.
I will say, I got to go ahead and give a little bit of love
to Sky and Skrull, because what a comeback
that they actually had in day number two as well.
I mean, pick up a top five for them.
Absolutely incredible stuff.
I know many, you were written on Twy and Fringe, right?
We were watching you, like, oh, my god,
I would love to see these guys against top five.
Ended up six, lost that by one point there,
but still an incredible performance.
This experience, it's huge for them, right?
You know, we've seen them have these moments
where they haven't been able to form
when the lights are bright.
We saw it, of course, in the last grand finals over in EU,
things didn't go well for them day two.
This is gonna be absolutely huge for them
because it's gonna give them that boost of confidence
going forward.
Humor and coyotes are as well on that list,
eighth place there in second.
So, so happy for those guys.
And honestly, like throughout the entire weekend,
they proved that smaller region teams like Asia
can win on land. Not only that, multiple times as well. And also, when things don't go well,
still playing with a smile on their face, those guys I'm super happy for as well.
Well, guys, that pretty much wraps up already. I know. I know. I'd love to maybe just really
quickly give you guys both your kind of closing thoughts. It's been a year of Fortnite. It's
been absolutely incredible throughout. I mean, every single time Fortnite delivers, the players
always battled out into the very last moment, whether it be regional FNCSs or on the global
in the year and then obviously you got to see pick up next year so uh yeah and of course thank you all so much half a
billion of votes on over the trio so next year all these duels are starting to think
well we need to add one into the mix from myself from the rest of the casting crew from the crew who
helped put this on from you the fans to the players to the family to everyone involved thank you so
much for making Fortnite what it is. Until we see you next real soon, we love you, keep
yourself safe, and we'll see you on that battle bus.
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Let's go!