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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Prep Phase,
weekly show every Tuesday and we are also live which means I'm checking what you guys are saying
in the chat. Sorry to start. We have your eyes our eyes on you. Well my eyes are on these three
yet again joining us on the show Leo, Blacksing and first. Jess how we doing today? I missed the
memo. I missed the black t-shirt. I went black pumps. You know what I just realized with that is
that you don't look as good as you think in the mirror when you sit next to Blacksing with the
the black t-shirt I'm completely honest I've always loved this button-up shirt
thank you every time whether you wear it land whether you're wearing it now
let's wear it kind of that's kind of what I was getting the follow-up I'll
say can I have it after I'll give it to you for the end of the month what can you
actually miss you being on the N.A.L. no it was great we had a great time I
mean we had a great in general I have a better time with you than I do with I
had a good time with you too I had a good time with you it was it was all
being cheered on everybody wants a bite of laxing honestly very relatable my
friends we're here to play a game and actually two games for today I'm gonna
use those to talk about what happened esports wise in Siege and our first one
is a spin on a game that I can't really mention fully in name it's about if you
can guess who this player is and I don't think I can use the official naming
for it but I have up to five players we'll see if you can guess it is gonna
be an outline of a player and I got some hints in case you can guess it so
Let's let's not Billy down bring up the first one. Let's see if they can guess this one our first one
Tell you our second Leo tapped it first. What are you doki?
With us sure with those thin arms
I know no, but I knew he's like me like we don't have we just don't have to build you know like we have really thin arms
You can I think the dead giveaways. He's underneath the frame
All right, all right now. We're just taking bullets. I think they're back. I love that. He takes half of the sleeves. That was my objective.
Oh, yeah. No, no, you've noticed. You know what was bad? He was saying the player and I was looking over here to see what was good.
I was looking at the logo. Well, you guessed it. It's Doki. Very good. Full five points for you.
So we need to match our size. Yes, same. Yes. As hard as you can. Can I smash his size? Oh no, I'm not getting that sentence out of my head now.
on my head now. We got Jim DeMar. Well, some people would pay money for it. Anyways, here's
what Doki was up to last week. He actually aged substantially in one specific game,
the opener against GK. I'm sure you all three remember this and look at this man. This is
like Hercules jumping into the stakes. 50 years of aging in one go. On top of it, pixel
count. Yeah. You got a pixel count check for Doki on the interview because my God, that
Internet really? Yeah, he was he wasn't that I didn't say it was bad last week on the interview
I will say that was when he played pretty well and they won. Yeah, he played but he played pretty badly yesterday even though
They had this reaction even more
I mean it definitely you know when you go from a really good game with two maybe a not so great game
It definitely ages you a little bit for sure. I mean, I probably have like 10 gray hairs
I'm pretty sure you can even see yeah, and he's almost the same as just you as well. So, you know, how old is he nice 27?
Yeah, I mean he's 65. Yeah
Skies so many rounds. He was baiting to get kills on IQ. I still remember it to this day on Oregon that
Oregon
Good days back in there
Our second player a spring up on the screen for everybody seeking you guess back at home who is this?
Why does that look like doki-tooh just taller? No, that's what everybody would look like. Oh
Ooh!
Oh!
Ah!
Leo.
Breedy?
No.
I know, I see what you mean.
Because his back is like this.
Verofen stands like this.
His is carrying everybody.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
His shoulders are feeling the weight of ten years of carrying.
Do we get any hints?
Well, that's the point.
Yes?
Pashon?
No.
All right, I'll give you a hint.
Place an EML.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Pasha.
No.
But I see, you're thinking broccoli hair.
I'm honestly, yeah, let's put up the head.
Played on a lot of French teams.
Tchaikov.
No.
No, I could see it though, kinda.
Played on a lot, is he French?
Close.
He played on a lot of French teams.
Oh, oh, yes.
Yes, yes.
I did way too late.
If I said Swiss, it would have been immediate.
Yeah, but yes.
The hair was really triggering me,
like it was weird.
It felt like another half-state.
I thought it was a show, I thought it was Pasha,
thought it was going on the right, bedrock.
I'm thinking curly broccoli hair has that hair.
You really don't give me a mouth.
Well, you should have a money in your mouth at some point.
I'm just going to throw it out there.
He should be in my mouth.
Why not? I think it'll be fun.
So here's what happened with that shot specifically.
This ace that was beautiful to see for that shot.
Really taken down GK.
It was great.
Their day one versus Verna's pro that now go well,
so at least they too felt better.
Do you know what else happened with that shot last playday?
He had another ace.
Well, it's crazy.
He dropped 20 kills.
My god.
But he wasn't doing this back in the day on Shifter's BDS.
What happened?
Well, maybe if you give a player enough space to perform, he will eventually perform.
And I think also being put on a roster where you have to perform to win is very often a
good motivator.
Very good.
Could not have.
I'm not a US player.
I just not along.
I have been my whole career not along next to this guy.
All the time.
Can confirm.
I do agree with what you just said.
Yeah, thank you guys.
He's ready for E&L.
I just wonder what happened during E&L.
They just, like, you stare at each other and say they agree with you.
Basically, yeah.
Yeah, I made a point. Lux said I agree. Lux said I agree.
I said I agree.
Confirmation.
Can't wait for the next one. Then our third player.
Let's bring it off for everybody to see.
Can you guess this one, those at home?
Yes, diffuser.
Oh, what?
What? I was interested.
Yeah, I was interested.
He looks like the Schuser.
Looks like the Schuser.
Gunner.
No. I've got to tell you, this is an EML player.
What?
Sampen.
No.
No.
No?
No, no, he's slinkier.
The splint of the...
The hair.
Cut in half.
The speed of the hair.
I'll give you a hint.
Let's pull up the hint.
Italy.
Dora.
Dora.
Very good.
Yes.
He said it before.
Yeah, I was ready to tap.
That was the second night, but soon as I saw it.
For Dora, we got two big things.
First of all, Cat.
I'm just going to leave it at that.
Let's play the clip, because there's a cat on it.
This is after the celebration against Team Secret.
Huge win on day number one.
Of course, they lost to G2.
Come on.
We should do a show that's just pets of EML.
We're going to have to do that one day.
Did you see Doki's got a cat as well?
Yeah, it's good to see him.
It was like a year ago.
Oh, OK.
I saw it.
Why do you keep looking at that?
Five different regions, but so far it's been three EML players.
We're getting there.
Are we?
Well, I can't give away too much.
There are five regions, and we've
went through three from the same regions.
So mathematically, I'm not a big mathematical guy.
But the math guy.
Or yeah, yeah?
Not English guy, either.
No, not English guy.
Not big English guy.
Stand in front.
The magnetic.
I'm not getting the magnetic.
I'm not a guy from math.
All right, doesn't work.
I'm not a math guy.
I'm not a math guy.
I'm not a math guy.
I'm not a logic guy, as far as I would say.
Anyway, three players, same region.
And we have only two players left and we have four regions that we haven't covered well
Don't worry. We can't do all of them at the same time. So we're gonna
You could have done players that have had three regions
We're not doing retirees. Okay, that's what EML is for anyways player four. Let's bring them up on the screen
Can you guess this one? Well, that is a hard one. I can tell you it's not EML. Thanks
it's a weird hair hair shape not gonna lie we gotta talk to your barber yeah
what's my hair?
Aiden, no but I can see where you're going
that was a good guess
that was a good guess
final use chance for a point likes come on
no no okay give us your hand
thank you thank you thank you for that thank you that's better okay so what
we're thinking what is it?
Hamba.
No.
Finalist at Charlotte Major I will add.
Oh, so he didn't win.
Hyper.
No.
Week 1 went 14-9 in NAL last week.
J9L.
No.
NB?
No.
No.
No, he didn't play.
He didn't play at Charlotte Major.
Last week he went 14-9 in two play days.
His first play day was way better than I thought.
Two play days.
first play day was way better. We watched it. It was on siege is what
entero would say. I'm just going to say it's forced. He said next day he said
day two I'm gonna suck and that's exactly what happened.
I'm sorry about the hair commands, man.
It's just that the offline was not helping you.
I'm going to say.
Dude, we all worked the LL.
Yeah, we did.
That is a testament to nothing.
Got to throw another AML player.
Is it harder or harder?
Honestly, if you can guess the last one.
All right.
I can't promise.
We'd like a challenge.
Let's go to number five.
Come on, chat.
Help us.
OK.
So it's Fabian.
No.
It kind of looks like Fabian to be fair.
I see what you mean.
a coach right yeah but it's a not saying it's someone has to be involved one
right call out it's someone involved in regions that's all I'm saying how is that
the referee no okay so clearly there's hair but your thing is involved yes
part of a team yes okay so it's a it's a staff team okay super no no I don't
I think it's part of A team as we know it, like not a protein, a talent team maybe or like.
Ah, okay. I think there is something there.
Oh, London.
Ooh, wearing a jacket like this.
Oh, actually maybe not. That could be anybody.
That could be anybody. We need to give us hints.
Alright, play the hint.
Jake. No.
Rolf. No.
You just come in from the wall.
No!
James?
Thank God, he stepped more in the end!
Oh, the final effect is...
Sorry! Actually, if you're wrong, you're wrong.
It's Pengu's co-cast.
Do you know why? Because he was wearing like two layers.
He was even a little bit wider than he is.
He's very clever.
I totally agree. I think Rob, Jake were solid choices.
I will say, let's play the clip because something was revealed over the weekend.
Look at this.
Oh, he's a reptilian
You might think he's just checking discord. Well, it's not
Yeah, I see what's going on here. Yeah
APL clocked him or he's just a robot
He's just he got tired of waking up at 6 a.m. Every every
That was like, you know, could be do you know what one of my hints was and I think all of you would have guessed it
Sorry, I'm sorry James. I'm gonna I don't know if he's passing today or not. I honestly thought it was Jay
has one more question at the end of this already late meeting.
I would have got it from that one.
So, for the context for the viewers who aren't in on this inside joke,
whatever we have talent meetings, we get to the end of it.
Well, you aren't talent.
Sorry, on our crew meeting.
On our crew.
And Dev raises his hand and has about ten more questions,
and we'll just have that like, yep, yep.
Definitely a straight A student for sure.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Actual points.
Because on the other side, you now have bearded pengu.
there's a lot to kind of make so who won together I didn't get out he gets
dopey so he gets a lot of points you know what if I was five years to me and
me I think we're drew yeah if you get it without any hints you take it yeah you
lose I'm following it to know cool I accepted it once we were already four
down coming back I'd say very good but also not great because none of you could
guess Devon tell her you literally be fair he was like that I was thinking we
ever say at some point I'm thinking they're gonna say Mandy before they
Can we bring that picture of him back? Yeah, cuz I mean just it's just I want to see this is a
Silla what face games chat and he has like a jacket on that makes him look a lot wider than he was
Okay, put up put a picture five again. Let's just be clear before we move on to the next game. There you go
Get it. He's still big. That's why we did him get a silhouette of Jake and Rob guarantee
You wouldn't be able to tell which that's what you're doing and showing in that silhouette for death
Well gentlemen, that was game number one. Hope you have fun. We still have a slide picture. I mean
What that was a slide pitch from me new word no sure where the slide picture
If you want to gain if you want to gain a quick tip if you want to gain easy points with Pengu
Just say Sly Cooper to him with a thumbs up. He will love it forever. Thanks. You know what to do next time
You ask for a picture. Yeah, Pengu. He's he was wearing the t-shirt real. Oh, gee anyways
Our second game for today and it's Calypso casino
So we're gonna call it Calypso guesser because we're gonna see if you guys can guess
where these rooms and what they're called in-game. Of course, Calypso Casino, or
brand-new map in our latest operation, it is not in professional play, right? One
of us here, yet, one of us here has had multiple pieces of content, videos, and
everything prepared around it, and how to plant, how to set up for defense at all.
Well, that's where it gets complicated, because today, not only are we gonna go
this and be three steps ahead of the professional players and teams out there in guessing the
rooms. I've never been that far ahead. But we are going to also give the specific call-outs.
We're going to make up the call-outs together after you see if we can guess.
You're going to have to be a bit clearer than that. My colds look like server.
So green one can you guess the in-game?
The first focus boys first bit is can you guess the in-game callout?
Yeah, okay, and if you do or don't regardless we're gonna show where the position is
Yeah, and then we're gonna see if we can make a call out on our own because pros and pro teams specifically each have their own
Callout okay, okay?
We're gonna be we're gonna be ahead of the curve. That's what we love
No, you can work together on this it's okay. It's a team effort heaven on the first guess if you can if you can tap forward
Sure, you gotta be I just want to win. He's already won. Well two of us were competitors. It's just not awful if you weren't
That is fair. Let's
Let's put on our first position
Here we go. Can you guess like that blackjack?
I mean
He's pretty straightforward, that's Blackjack.
Okay, that's the name of the room.
Very good.
But I'm gonna call it 21.
Okay, cool, plain and simple.
You've originally drawn a short call out
for a pro call out, 21.
Let's give the zoom out, yeah.
You can go to green.
So this entire room actually, in game, is called Blackjack.
Yeah.
But what would you call specifically
if there's somebody sitting on or around the table itself?
I think you have like a DJ booth on the right side.
Correct.
And then there's an exterior world to the left.
This is the bar, there's DJ booths and other set.
I can't see it from this distance.
It's two DJ booths, that's the problem.
So if you call one the other, it's confusing actually.
And then you have the balloons.
So you have balloons and DJ booths.
And then you could say stage for the left side
because there's this like light thing on the side.
But the table is also on the top.
In and around the table.
You could do table.
I'm in table.
Table.
That works, yeah.
Fair enough.
We start off easy.
All right, you want them to be nice and easy.
Easy to say, easy to remember.
Although there are some callouts
that I would consider very suspect,
but that is a question and a show for another day.
Our second one.
Let's put up on the screen.
I actually have eight prepared for you today.
That's this one is a classic.
That's the secret room now.
Exactly.
Tap next time.
So yeah.
Secret room.
Very good.
It is secret.
That is a second location.
I met a very tight inside room.
I was like, wow, it's just a secret.
Yeah.
There is only a window leading in,
and that's about it, because the rest, well,
you're going to have to breach through the wall
to get into Blackjack.
So I think we're all agreeing, though, that we'd call it
secret.
Secret awesome.
You could cool it.
But specifically where I showed, can we show picture 2?
Yeah, I mean I see what you're saying.
Just the base one.
What does checkers mean?
What would you call specifically?
Game checkers.
Is that chess?
No, checkers are two different things.
Ah, through the dawn, no.
Exactly.
Okay, I had the French version of that.
Ah, okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
What would you call specifically this location then?
Within secret.
Well, that's the call-out.
That's the window jump in, no?
No, that's on the other side.
Can we see the top-down version of that again?
Pull up the top-down.
Thank you.
So it's like, web is where you are.
Ah, okay.
That corner makes no sense.
Like, that's a white screen.
Like, no one is going to be there.
I mean, I think it's what I'm saying.
Like, you guys are in teams.
When it's pro callouts, you would do areas that are like...
I mean, you have to consolidate it.
You don't need to consolidate a full room.
You'd probably just have a window in secret, right?
Yeah, exactly.
Okay, yeah.
Makes sense?
Maybe somebody's peeking you from there.
Secret bite.
Borska's tonight.
Very good.
Alright, we're in agreement.
See, we're out of the curve.
Number three, let's put it up.
Let's put it up. This one. Oh, uh, betting. That's betting now. Very good. Yeah. Which
why didn't know I just because Jack, Jack has to say it. He was nice. I'm phenomenal.
So here's the room. It's ruined my five. I'm nothing. I was buzzing. Oh, I forgot. I
was just like, and he just said betting. I was like, Leo, I'm sorry to tell you it's
you're not been. I'm not allowed to play. I'm not allowed to play. I see. I see. I thought
It was a club or something. I don't know. I thought I thought we're I think in the beginning it's not
collaborative. Once we go over the protocol exactly. Exactly. I was very getting
Let's let's go to the location again fully on the zoom out. No, no, no.
So specifically around where you have that little
I guess showing of the hippodrome. Yeah, what would you call that because it is on a race
Race? Yeah. That's good.
Or horse?
Horse is already a call out on other maps.
Usually we try to do...
Like horses?
Yeah.
When usually we build maps, well like map call outs as pro players, we try to reuse existing call outs from other maps.
90s most common one for sure.
Yeah exactly. 90 or like sometimes we have like...
Zulu?
Yeah Zulu or any craters that Z shaped.
Yeah it's just easier because you already know this call outs.
What's the most Zulu one that comes to mind?
Cause mine's Oregon.
Oregon yeah.
Yeah, I had the same one in the classroom.
Top floor layer.
There was also one on Villa as well.
Yeah.
The bottom right main door.
I never understood that one.
Well, obviously.
No, I get it.
I get it.
So that was location three.
Let's go to four after this, which you just saw.
This should be easy to guess.
Looks like we're left.
Ah!
Go on, Gabe.
No, Gabe.
Gabe, go ahead, Gabe.
No, it's not.
No.
Looks like it.
No, it's.
You know where it is?
No, I actually don't.
It is the main lobby.
Very good. It is open lobby. Let's zoom out. Look at the ceiling. Oh, that's such a cool detail.
Let's go POV shot. That's such a cool detail. It's super cool. You know how I got it? Because I spent so much time for the content.
Trying to shoot like a cinematic of going to the ceiling and I was failing it every single time.
And I spent like one hour trying to get this shot. I ended up cutting it because it was ugly because I was shooting it, but I loved the ceiling.
Yeah, cool. It is beautiful. Harking back. And I even put in the POV there just to be clear.
What would you call the specific bottom of those middle stairs if somebody's in there?
Yeah, that's called main. Did you do you usually uh, all bottom main?
What I mean, did you call it? Did you have like a 0.5 when when we had that like I think I remember with snetic
We had that on staircases. Yeah, the bottom of the staircase. You just yeah, then 0.5 is halfway through or like we stop top of the
We had done G2. I can't remember what what did you call way of it was no no
But like the staircase were like red stairs main stairs or something like that
But like I'm saying like even like on Oregon. Yeah, so like back stairs like did you call like what did you call that like T1 T2 T2
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but so like Villa right so you say like red stars right had red stars upwards and red stars downwards
Yeah, you have to need to educate those call-ups
We just had like bottom red or mid bottom red or top mid red and then we'd say zero
Uncifled mid is the half red mid and red bottom fair enough fair enough location five. Let's put it up on the screen
It's always interesting to like see like how you see this is tough. We're getting tough. Wow
Absolutely correct. That is cool. So this is the thing why it's so difficult because this is not actually an accessible location
It is right there below the painting. Let's go to POV. You'll see exactly what it is. Sorry. It's my 4-3 aspect ratio
But that's the only way that's the one where there's the external wall, right?
Exactly, the general rule is on the right side.
And you can get on that stack on the right, right?
Exactly, and one cool thing by the way about this is as you can see so the metal door you cannot actually go through that, it doesn't move.
Yep, one thing you can do though with Denari is that you can send a trap in that super smoke in between the ghillie.
And you can hide it behind the pillar that you see inside the vault and it's indestructible.
Does that mean you can put valkyries in there?
You can put valkyries in there, you can throw gadgets in there.
It's part of the map.
You can even hide an elamine if you want.
That's cool, huh? There you go because I let that on Oregon. You know on Oregon basement you put the vault come through
A little bit wait is it Oregon basement?
Yeah, yeah, you're thinking of Oregon. Yeah through freezer. You're talking at the bottom
Border you put the welcome inside the CCTV room. Yeah downstairs. That's cool. I've never involved you can do that
Don't take it out. You've never done that. No, no
No, I do that, but I don't folks do that on Cicino.
Gentlemen, I have three more left, six, seven, and eight.
Let's go quickly through them to see.
Number six, pull it up.
Here's what we have.
This is a shout out for all our technicians
that work on all of the events.
No, could it be not here?
Like one of the DJ booths, so like a poker or a...
Because it kind of looks like an XLR.
Yeah, exactly.
I'm gonna out myself here.
I haven't even played Clipster Cicino yet.
Whoa.
I haven't.
I spent a few hours.
Honestly, I wait for the season to settle so everyone gets their rank, so I avoid all of the try-hards, and then I can slowly ease into it.
Smart. Smart.
I'm giving myself a little bit of time, but you guys obviously have a little bit ahead of you.
So what is that? You've got aux cables. We have a lot of them here, obviously. They're stacked properly in the Blast Studio.
This is actually CCTV. Let's, John.
Hello.
Is this location?
It's the same thing.
No, it is no, but the CCTV is not server.
Yeah.
That's the actual call out. What would you call somebody? Let's go to POV specifically around this area between the two doors of the Toronto play around
Yeah, I'm just trying to see if we go back we can go top eyes in front of the weapons door
Yeah, he's at the L shape. I would call it L on the left side. No, he's just behind the desk in the middle
See where they are. I can call Tetris
On the left side in that corner you usually have a rotate to the bomb site you could screens very good
Yeah, good to know. That's our ideas. Number seven, then our next location second to last. Can you guess this?
Oh, I know where it is. It's the entrance on the ground floor.
How do I call it? Post is crazy. It is. It's a double door entrance. How do you call reception? Close.
It's a but it's another name. Close. Yeah. Yeah. Registration. Let's go top down.
That's the entryway. It's where you go in, code check and everything, make sure you're registered and then you can
You can actually move on to the casino itself. What would you call because it is the part right there on the desk behind the desk?
What would you call it just desk?
Nothing desk. That's probably not it's all over come. Yeah, yeah, good desky simple easy and flyers for the first one on the right
I mean you probably just say is in registration and say if you need like specific location
You just say desk very good. Very good. Okay, no need to overthink it. Oh, and now we go
This is POV again just to make it clear for everybody where it is again. Sorry for the 4-3. I'm old
So let's go to our last one. That is number eight. Good luck. It's the entrance of the
Where is this? I think it's the entrance of the drone hole at Main Lobby. No, it's another one
The drone holes on Club Soxena are really unique. They are really unique.
You go basically through the vents. So it's like super cheeky. You have like a lot of them at random spots
It's got the kind of I've the tower house. I was just sorry. They connected in the way
The power was by the best policy on the top floor
I think it's middle
Okay, I have no idea. No. Yeah. All right. Let's go to POV. Oh
It's the one that falls. Yes behind the DJ booth. So is that in roulette or very good? Yeah
Yeah, that's in poker. So there's blackjack and poker both rooms next to one another
This is a hell of a sneaky hole. No two ways around. Let's take the second POV
Just show everybody it was actually shown in the trailer. I understand just to show you where
So if you're playing vertical you can use your drone to shuffle it down and see if there's anybody
Actually holding the bottom of the stairs so you can clear for your teammate
What would you call that specific spot behind the DJ if there's somebody hiding in there?
What do you think DJ
Broom, is that the only drone hole in the room?
Hole in the house. They're not just saying on the drone. Oh, yeah on that desk behind the desk
Yeah, it feels like I'm kind of like it is pulling to it is unique
I mean because that'd be the only there would be no other location anyone would think of if there's the
That's the only drone hole there then you're just gonna say drone. It's the messed up drone
That's the 300 IQ drone hold up gentlemen game one. I think
I think we have to keep guessing, maybe I'll come up with something else at some point,
but we're going to play it around.
Game 2, what do you think about Glypsum Casino kind of thinking?
Because you're saying, oh, maybe in the future it'll be in Pro Pool.
You think it's ready or does it need some more?
No, I think it's viable competitively.
The main thing is like the middle floor is huge, and so a lot of people have complained
about the size of the map.
If you just took the top floor in the basement, they're actually very similar to some of the
of some of the existing maps I feel like in terms of design and yeah I think it's
valuable. I'd say it quite often is that I think once maps have gone through a
pro rotation, a round rotation as well. Yeah but once the pros have figured out and
you've seen an established meta on the map, you know think about United Haven,
they are adopted because the pros have started and set what the meta looks
like, showed that the off-sites can be viable. Currently on Clipsoccasino people
are playing the top floor all the time as the first site. I don't actually think
stronger site for example. So I think even when it comes into pro play that will prove it out.
Gabe, I'll take you back to Fevella when it was just added. King George said
that it would be a great pro map. Can't wait to see it. Are we saying the same here or?
I mean obviously Villa got a lot of changes to it compared to what it was when it first came out,
but I mean I think the map has a hold to the layout of it. It does work, but I mean as you're
talking about there's a lot of open space in the middle floor area, so it's really about just finding
in equilibrium between it, but I think if we just tweak some changes to it, I think it easily could be in the map pool for sure.
But I mean, some of the way he said pro players have to figure it out for a little bit unique.
I hope we had more unique features.
Yeah, absolutely.
Loving the pool.
The pool stock, right?
So we had that with Stadium with the friends to the said walls and everything.
The unique features.
Anyways, gentlemen, thank you very much.
That was our second episode of Prep Phase.
We'll be back next Tuesday and the one after that also and the one after that because we have a lot to cover next week.
I'm torturing all three of you mark my words got torch. I think that's all you know player until then in 15 minutes
I'll be the start of eml. We'll see you with an in here and just a bit and see you on Tuesday in it
I
Welcome to the 4th day of the
to the fourth day of the email group stage, and you know it's going to be a great day
because we have the top four teams playing against each other. My name is Annel, be your
host for today. And joining me in the studio, we have Fresh and Alphama and Fresh, you said
yesterday, we really have been blessed by these fixtures.
We have been blessed by the fixture gods today. We are blessed to be here. Watch EML, watch
the top teams play. Teams that are so close to each other in this damn age that we've
got to also play for, cannot wait to get today going.
I think you had the best expression yesterday. You said you called it a six pointer a day.
And I think it's really what it means, because not only are you taking 3 points, you're taking 3 points away from your direct rival,
and that makes every single game interesting for different reasons, but I guess we'll jump into that a bit later.
Yeah, of course, we'll have to review our day from yesterday first by jumping into the panorama as we always do with our 3 categories.
Starting off with the monster, player that snuck their way into our previous panorama as the moment, and now once again as the monster, deadshot.
He snuck his way. Oh, that was a snake.
Oh, I see, I see.
Boom, one tap, SMG11.
Oh, I see someone.
Oh, one tap, SMG11.
Sh, sh, sh, ooh.
I see someone else.
Boom, same shot, by the way.
Still, kitchen hash, and then another one.
And then to finish it, another one.
It feels like a frag movie.
Look at that.
It's beautiful to see.
And honestly, yes, I was saying that it was because
of the DMR on his first aid, but at this point,
no, he's just got incredible aim
and playing against a team that is super-desert.
I'll tell you what to say.
But, still, you've got to hold the hit just those shots
and he did it perfectly.
I was like, can you not mention the fact that the team are giving him absolutely like three reasons he's getting away with it.
But what I will say is Deadshot exploded onto our scene.
He, when he joined the Walser, I'll say, and he really did so well.
And he was looking like a big promising player, and it maybe tell off of the last can of 12.
I think that would be first.
He's turned alive, Deadshot did.
Yeah, and I think it would be first to say, get himself on for Nasiq, and he's really coming alive.
He was really, really good in that first victory when they played on bank against, was it GK?
And then, was it GK?
It doesn't matter. When they put on bank, he came alive in that game and he came alive yesterday against Heritage.
Fnatic now have six points and it is massively... You know, he is a huge part of them.
He is and we'll have our moment as well from yesterday. A player that died to a frag grenade in the big 26.
But why? I want to focus on Anne. It's the beauty of that. Look at this.
Striker sends a grenade on the left side and then he aims to the goyo and pops the goyo at the same time.
The poor guy, he's stuck between the fire and the grenade and he makes the wrong choice.
had you walked through the fire, you would still be alive.
But he went through the grenade too late.
What a way to win a 1v1, by the way.
It's beautiful, only in Siege.
It's a great execution of a 1v1 clutch
and a good round for a secret
in what was a very difficult matchup for them
in the situation yesterday.
And then our must see,
the match so you need to keep your eyes peeled for it today.
And well,
we had to pick all of them.
We had to pick all of them.
And here's the reason why.
We said the fixture gods have really blessed us.
And the fact of the matter is,
the fixture gods have blessed us
because every single fixture, these teams are so close to each other.
Now, I've color coordinated it because Leo, I know that you like different colors.
The green...
It's too dumb to understand.
Exactly.
And there's your green, orange...
Green, cool.
The green, green are the teams that are doing well so far.
But look at the differential.
We've got first, playing fourth in VP against Swiss and Mines.
We've got third, playing second in Falcons against G2.
And these are the teams that are going to be fighting it out
for ultimately the top four.
The top four is important because of placements inside the playoffs.
Most importantly, exactly, the placement into the playoffs.
So it's not only making the top four, it's maybe taking the first and second seeds
so you get an advance bracket and you go straight to your pre-breakage in playoffs.
Now, if we look at the team in orange, the fifth and sixth place game,
this is the fifth sixth place team, one place differential,
fanatic shifters who have aspirations and dreams of the top floor,
but really just want to secure that first place
because they want to go to EWC, come to the end of the stage.
And then you've got the two games in red.
Now, these are the teams outside of the playoff places
that still have dreams of making the playoffs.
And this is why it's a 6-pointer, because not only can they win and get 3 points to advance their progression towards the playoffs,
but they can also deny the over-team 3 points for their progression towards it as well.
And if you looked at three of the four teams that were there, you had Geeky, you had Heretics, you had Rebels,
you had teams that had either Bayley made just their debut in tier 1 this season,
and so it's not only about fighting for their first playoff spot.
I know we were early in the season, but it's also the very important moment,
where you're taking points away from the direct rivals for relegations as well as FVD teams.
And so it already has impact. It took us three players because I mentioned it yesterday,
but now it's the relegations is important and these games right now carry just as much weight as
the ones at the back end of stage two. Exactly. Because later on you'll think like, oh, what if
we won that game like, you know, back on playday three stage one, right? But we can talk about
the implications of these matchups for days, I'm pretty sure. But what better than to let them
and fall right in front of our very eyes with the first match starting very soon. We have
Frodo's pro and Twisted Minds. Now both these teams have won their matchup yesterday. We got
to speak to both of the coaches and there's actually quite a lot of history between these coaches.
What I'm going to play against Dark, he's my friend from Brazil. What I can say is you can expect
a great game with fast plays and fast counter plays because it's more like our style.
Yeah, Lidel is a big friend. Many, many years ago I was a player, Lidel was my coach when
he started being coaching C. For sure, this is going to be a good match, finally we play
against. No trash talks at all, he's my friend, just going to be a big match. Let's show
a good C tomorrow, right?
It's how to cookie crumble, sometimes you find yourself on the same page and then all of
a sudden in the email against each other as the coach is off to turn top four teams.
Yeah, the double coaching C was really nice to find out their friends, they were on the
the same team and they're both coaching phenomenal teams inside of this, instead of this region
that have aspirations and expectations of going to events. And I think the wave of Brazilian
coaches generally that we've seen across Siege, they're absolutely everywhere. They're
in North America, they're in Brazil as well, they're in Europe, they're in South America,
they're everywhere because the Brazilian brand is Siege and they just produce coaches that
have such a mind for the game. And you can see the impacts they're both dark and little
have had on their respective teams.
It's given more depth to both of them and elevated the overall playstyle of both teams.
And if you just look at the top four teams in the ML right now, G2, Primalio, Fartens, Julio, VP have dark,
and obviously two simulants have little.
Now the cool thing is the president coach Derby, between the two friends,
they're friends in real life but they can be enemies in the server.
And I think it's an extra motivation for you to be the opposing team.
Yeah, now there's one roster that will have to have an extra look into the overall because to it's mind,
today are playing with a sub.
We won't have Dove in today's matchup will have Key.
Surely that's going to impact things a little bit.
We talked about this roster be being like a six men roster
and Kiko for whatever it was,
but this is going to impact it for sure.
Yeah, I think so.
I think especially having in Key, you know,
they these the one thing that I will say about this core
and this roster is that actually they've got Key,
they've got guards, they've got Dove.
You know, there's lots of these players
that have played together for the longest time
with each other in terms of they know how the system operates
and they play quite a fluid system to know
They can slot a piece in and out, I would say, a lot more ease than a lot of other rosters can.
With other rosters, you take a player out, a new player in, it's been a big weakness.
Even though they've changed the player, I don't expect to be too much of a nerve to twist your mind.
Although we tend to say that I've added a layer of fundamental, classic game and methodical game
to the playstyle, I do think that's still one of the most free-flowing teams.
And like you said, I think Dov also, from my understanding, Dov was first in his studies
at the same time I was playing. And so he might still be in exams, and that might explain
what he needed to miss all like cities so if that's the case it's also a team that is used to
screaming with their subs yeah so you know if it's not guards or blazing doves it won't be the
other twin this time it will be K but I think overall if there is one team that can you know
get adapted to having a sub come in yeah they've chopped and changed they've played with math skills
a lot for example as well you know it happens with and you know what and they're super good if they
lose they have an excuse it wasn't the main five players you know that makes sense I mean I want to
I have a look at the map feature too because as little saying as well should be a very fast-paced game. What's the counter shredding?
How are we going to see that on fortress though?
I'm not surprised to see it one to see that one because if we look at VP, it's a team that was flawless on that map
They absolutely love it one of the first early adopters and if you look at Winston mines
It's also one of the favorite map. In fact, they only lost it to shopping for a brilliant except for this
I think they're on a five win streak except for that one loss
So they're looking amazing on it and I just as a reminder
Remember after we interviewed a little after the victory against Rebels yesterday, he said
I was disappointed that Rebels did not pick Fortress and we ended up going to the other
map because he wanted to play the map.
Well he got his way here.
I think our European teams have really started taking to it.
I would say we're slower.
Doctors of Fortress, I think NA specifically right at the start were bigger doctors of
Fortress.
Now European teams are really getting into it.
And actually one of the things that I wanted to approach with these two teams is their use
the game. We're going to go
into the game. We're going to
talk about the use of shields
because we see shields be a
massive factor on the map of
fortress, and I'll go into that
in just a second. But you can
see on the left hand side of
your screen there. That is pro.
They have had shields in 100%
around that shield has been
available. That has been more
often than not on they could not
always, but more than the not
on they go, and they've got a
phenomenal win rate 62% when
shields are available when
they're playing the shields
twisted mind. So when we spoke
a little about it yesterday,
the game. The reason why
shields are important is because
the middle of the map, the kind
of horse area. The bathroom
area is so important to take.
That is so much easier to do
when you're on a factor when
you've got a shield on the board.
So yes, Fortress is good for
twisted minds, but how will
they react to change now that
player and their main shield
player on this map? So we
actually don't know how well
they will play the shields today
with key coming in as a
replacement. On fortress
specifically. The reason
their main shield player on this map.
Looking at the statistics, Fortress was one of the maps that were the most
difunderstited going into a city and it also explains why we have so many
chalk points. A bit similar to what Sky's Reaper used to be in the map pool,
I think in a certain way where you had a lot of natural chalk points across fires
and that's why it shows us how important to break those chalk points.
Now, going back to that interview where Lidl said, what are we preparing for that
game against the other players? He said a lot of aggressive, fast-paced plays,
trying to surprise them. If you can do that with the Blitz, then I'm gonna have fun.
Yeah, I mean at some point somebody's gonna have to right verse for being the only team that has gone for also far in points
Collecting nine points from all the three games. We talked about them solidifying themselves inside of top to you
You talked about how important the top two was as well. So points. Somebody's gonna have to stop them, right?
Yeah, and this is the real first big test for these guys and they stated also as well when we asked them the question
They said so far we've played teams that were maybe a little bit weaker than us and teams that were not playing for the same
Play of spots as we are at least not any for the top four
This is the first real match where they're going to get tested by the top four teams and
Realistically get tested by the one eml team that went a further into the furthest into the solo xcd major
So I think if there is a moment where they can prove to themselves that they're the best eml teams right now
It's against a top four team like twisted minds and I think they won't underestimate them
They they will know the style of play that's coming into the massage very often. You know the style of play
It's what's in mind. They're gonna hit you if they're gonna be aggressive
They're not gonna let go of key power positions
They're going to be kind of lucky here. Sean, the guy on your screen there is going to be in positions that you know that you should expect
But even in the moment you don't expect it and he's really going to test your limits and your patience
Well, that means that you kind of double drone everything
You've got to have a big sanity check when you play against them. So it does represent a tricky
Opposition for burrs pro but with what we've seen from them at the major what we saw from them in kickoff
What we've seen from them specifically inside a stage one so far as well. They look more than ready up to that test
teams have an answer for everything. They've got the firepower, they've got skies on the kind of
background on that cutoff roll that's very very confident in that. They've got Naikwo on the
Blackbeard, everything seems to come on the Blackbeard on any shield actually for that man,
not just the Blackbeard. Everything seems to come to get them nicely for them, but if they can
overcome the Twisted Man test that will be huge for their mental as well. Yes, it's funny how we,
I think we sometimes tend to forget that this team is still such a fresh and young team,
with them only really getting together just before kickoff and then already doing this, you know,
making it very far in Salt Lake City if it wasn't for the fact they only played against
EML teams as well. I think so far it's stable steps, stable growth. I think that was the initial
honeymoon of kickoff and where a lot of teams usually have that moment where the honeymoon ends
after two to three months and then they start to stumble on the first obstacles. I'm still waiting
to see that from Joseph just pro. I think we've seen a ceiling, somewhat a ceiling in the playoffs
of kickoff and then we saw that at Salt Lake City where they couldn't really get past and go to the
main stage and I think that there is that one ceiling that I'm waiting for them to shatter
and I think it needs to happen a during the playoffs of EML on this stage by being convincing
and by taking either the email crown which would be insane or at least making a top two but then
I think at EWC I need to see this team compete with the best of the best at top international.
It's not signs that they've already started to break that ceiling for you?
Not yet, no. I don't think I've seen enough from them. I've seen PO1s, I've not seen...
Yeah, obviously, yeah, BR1s, but they've come through every challenge they've faced so far.
I suppose the main count of that is the opposition that they've played so far.
Exactly, yeah.
Maybe not the top four level inside of the ML, but that's why today's so massive.
Yeah, and even then, I will still, like, even if they win, I'm still waiting for two things.
I think I'm waiting for a BR3, and I'm also waiting for a Twisted Minds that's full line-up,
and that is, you know, is with a lot at stake.
Because realistically, all of these teams right now, they're all expecting to make the top 4.
And the only big difference between them is aiming for the top 1 and top 2 spots
so they can get to the upper bracket in the playoffs.
And that's the main stake.
Our top 4 spot, yeah.
Yeah. Well, the game, I'm sorry.
At Dubai that you get when you get into the upper bracket.
Well, the game is almost ready, the lobby is almost ready,
but we'll extend this discussion with our casters who are joining us for today.
I think that's going to be a
very fast paced game. Full of
counter-tracking. It's funny
because probably a year ago,
you would understand that about
verse pro versus twisted minds
game, right? Like obviously
that's changing awful lot these
days, but it's probably way
better. But I think it's
just in minds is still a little
bit quicker. Either way,
explosive game. I think the
map might slow both down a
little bit, though.
I think the map might slow
both down a little bit though.
Classic. Yeah, that's it.
Classic. I wonder if it's on
our side. This would be really
worth it for you, Tim. I'm pretty
sure it's on him. He's definitely
again. Is he doing it again?
That's the time in 24 hours.
Oh, it's inside your own
remix thing, mate. Hey, there
is. That's definitely Tim.
That's 100% Tim. So what were
you can. I didn't cut out some
things. No, to move away from
the excuses and move towards
our native folks about really,
really matters here. Um we
talked about this being a
really good day, right? We
have the top four playing
against each other. A lot of
really good fixtures for you
guys, any much in particular
that you're really looking
forward to later today. Oh,
uh, honestly, it sounds weird
to say for that shift this
because I think that would be
I think that's a good thing.
Yeah. And while I still do
should come away as the higher
team come the end of the stage,
if it has to get a win today,
that I make things really
interesting. The ecologist
both of these here. We agree
with that statement. It's kind
of difficult not to say G two
Falcons, isn't it? It's just
such a classic match up now.
They've both had a little bit
of a wobbly start over the
first few players. So yeah, I
think Falcons because they
also. That really is going to be a good matchup, that one like today as well.
I mean, the first time they played each other since the huge Shaco, that's a big one.
Shaco. I'm a bit sad that the first time they played
Shaco is only a B1. I would have loved to see a B1.
We will see a BF3. That's not where we don't see a BF3 with those two teams.
The amount of G2 Falcons that we've watched from last year, I already know it's coming.
I'm just still waiting for that. You know, like we've been thinking of these new teams
with their new roster changes, and those roster changes aren't new anymore. Like they're
three months old, and I'm still waiting to see them face each other.
a little bit of a delay. But
you're coming in just now, and
you're seeing the screen behind
us with the schedule. Like, Ah,
six. The game should have
started by now. We have a bit
of a delay because some players
are unable to join our lobby so
far. So that means we get to
talk a little bit more about
this play. They in general this
this match coming up. What's
um, what pops you mind, Leo? I
was just what goes on in the
mind of alpha man. Yeah,
I was really impressed by your football skills yesterday, mate.
I was like, they're watching the loop.
I'm like, mesmerized by it.
You're right.
I thought he'd done about 700 kick ups,
but it was just beside it on a loop.
He was going for about an hour and a half.
I could have faked it for all you know.
Maybe I just did only two and we just looped it the whole time.
I thought locked in, I was like, surely he can't keep going.
I ended up watching him for about an hour and a half
before I realized it was good fun.
I don't know if you guys maybe didn't see this yesterday,
But Leo kicked a ball whilst we was live in the studio.
And as we came back, it was the camera we came back to,
and he nearly completely just took the camera out
with a football.
It would have been an all-time moment.
For reference production, this is a complete lie
and a complete joke.
It never happened.
I was never on...
He fully sent it across the studio.
I would never dare do that.
And I would never dare risk material like this.
And then you thought it was a great idea to do it again?
No, me doing it again?
Never.
And you know, the guys have said it.
I have incredible football skills.
I knew exactly where I was aiming at.
No, I never actually took a shot.
3 inches left of the camera is exactly where you were aiming.
Exactly, yeah.
This is just a waiting room for the French.
If we have a talent kick around, I want Leo on my team.
That's all I'm saying.
I would be done.
I played football for quite a number of years,
but I was always terrible there, yeah.
I will be honest with you.
Don't worry, mate. Me too.
Watch me when I play anymore.
Oh, that's just me, man.
Oh, that is pretty hard.
No, I'm just gonna go west.
Sorry, the French football team now.
They should be playing quite soon.
Yeah.
I can't wait for the Leo Meltdown a few hours time and they lose to Stereo Gal, it's going to be absolutely amazing.
Did you think my Meltdown yesterday was...
I was about to say, speaking of Leo Meltdown yesterday, did you think that...
Was it right or was it not right?
What, about bands or...
About the first and foremost, Bandit and Kade.
There were many Meltdowns yesterday.
Bandit and Kade on Krabas in Big 2026, when you have so many tools to get rid of them
and you're gonna face so many...
There was also the bank band meltdown.
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah.
Not banning Bandit, not banning the banner ace.
They ban ace, and then they ban one shield.
And I was like, either you remove the whole group of shields
or you remove the whole group of French Harbridge.
You can't do half and half, it's not gonna work.
And then there was the meltdown in the fanatic game
for Heretics and how they were attacking
because there was one by one, and they set up as well.
At 212, you had five guys in the same room.
Here we go again.
I don't know. They were, they were
saying that weeks to be French is
what I'm hearing. As I say, I'm
glad we get to relive this while
we wait for the players to join
the lobby once again. We should
have a really good match up
coming up very soon between the
current number one and the
current number four inside of
the standings. The players are
still joining our lobby. So
we just let you guys see there's
currently nine players in the
lobby. So we are like we are
literally this close to
Not close for the entire time because players ask you to hop again.
I'm not a big maths guy, but I think we're 90% close to launching the game.
You're a caudule if you're not.
Yeah, you see. I've always been when you wanted.
Are you trying to throw into a break right now? Are you being disruptive from throwing into a break or...?
No. No. No, what? What do you know?
I was terrified. I was just gonna say, we've got some positive players.
We're back in a few minutes. Once we got into the lobby, I was like,
no, don't throw into a break. Don't do it. Don't do it.
We've got ten players now, so it won't be very long.
So we're 100% ready to launch the game, guys, just in case.
Okay, should we make sure that we we try and
So no player could drop out from the lobby. All right. Well, we have the lobby together. The batch is ready to start
So please take us to Fortress
Thank you very much. I
Have missed our normal end of the ul podcast back in like 2020 and 2020 once in that felt like a little bit of a
Revisitation of the old days. Yeah, it was a vibe wasn't it? It was uh, good old days
I think it's fair to say so far
based on performances here in
EML the very top, of course,
with Virtus Pro and then a strong
contender in Twisted Mines
currently sat in fourth place.
I believe they're going to be
fighting for that. Come the end
of things, but good stuff being
shown from them so far. Can they
that's the question now. That's
we found out, isn't it, Tim?
Look at our bands. First and
foremost, Monty going away.
Please ban a second shield. I
don't want to start up and
meltdowns already. We want to
reserve those sweet, sweet
French tears for about four
hours time when the inevitable
happens in France. Have an
awful start. The World Cup. So
we'll see the field go away
first. The guy on the other
side. We've actually seen like
a Goya form pairing come out
as a band a couple of times.
It's sure enough. It's going to
follow through here. It's going
I think it was Niko who was
clearing top floor with Blake's
and they were just doing it so
well. And then there was kind of
this half out about. I'm like,
Well, what do you think is going
to happen? It's just going to
bring back being there because
you've got to commit to it. You
got to see it through and kind
of say now if you're versus pro,
you're saying right, we're going
to play one. We're going to play
three rounds. We're going to
play, you know, the first bit
of this. Maybe with the black
We're going to play three rounds.
We're going to play the first bit of this, maybe with a Blackbeard coming regularly.
And then after that, we don't have to deal with it.
And I think you really need to commit to it unless it's a specific target,
unless you know that they use Monty for this specific strat
and there's a reason it's Monty and not Blackbeard.
And so, yes, you're impacting that specific thing.
Otherwise, I think you do need to look towards the groups.
You know, it can be the Dock of the Day or Snake, Banik.
You know, I think you've got to have some coherence between the bands to really get the maximum out of it.
For sure. And also, not of course, for getting the, as you've heard from speaking about, you know, key stepping into play in place of Dove.
Dove is the shield player. I would have imagined that Key is really stepping into a similar spot and playing shields.
So if you know there's someone who has been a bit out of practice again, these guys are very happy stepping in for each other.
We saw them be a seven man roster for the longest time with Dove's twin guards also playing.
I think everyone remember him from Salt Lake and the show that he put up.
But if you're looking at Key here and thinking he's been out of the game a little bit here, you'll probably be okay on shields.
take those shields away from him, try and force him to be at least a little bit uncomfortable,
but truthfully, I don't think it's going to rattle him all that much.
Drone blockers out. Not something that we see too often in pro play to be honest,
the old drone blockers. You see them in ranked occasionally, but we've just got a bit of the
area being kept under wraps there. That manages to take down your lads, so that's going to leave us
the ball. And the other
players. So the other players
made a five versus three.
Just reminds not even in the
building realistically yet.
They've got P nine underneath
on the Dermos, but that's about
it. And that is pro at the
moment. Very capable of
matching any sort of aggression
that comes out with demands in
round one.
I see it. I mean, I think they
lost two players and towards
the north side here and also
we're trying to attack into
water. How side site. So you've
lost a couple of players out
We've had Pinois spending a lot of the round downstairs.
It's been really here since the last one.
60 to 80 seconds or so,
just hoping that an opportunity presents itself,
but nothing has been given.
I think Trix has been sat on his window
also for the majority of it.
It's not been so pretty.
It looks like it could even buckle up to be
a flawless first round by Berluspro,
who defended great, but it also saves Mr. Mines.
Didn't really have any teeth in this round, Tim.
No, not at all.
Why is it that it's just, like,
there's been kind of a lot of floating around windows,
just trying to, you know, hope versus pro-strength
you're going to have to go
across the window and give them
an opportunity much like this.
You know, have a look in through
there. See if they give you
anything granted. Now you're in
a one V five, so you're hoping
to give you something, but they
were almost playing like they're
in a one or two V five at the
beginning of the round, and it's
not like twisted minds really.
And losing out to early aggression
is something we would expect them
to be benefiting from not losing
out to. If you sit down on the
breach of death, you know, no
good for them. No good for them.
We will have to hope that they
the game. We're going to be
going towards horse. Not going
to do any good disguise.
Managers forget the kill on the
denari and that is going to be
our first round to Virtus Pro.
And I will also beg you apologies
because I'm not one I said we
were on the south side site.
We weren't. We were instead up
towards command and office, but
look obviously what was playing
out down there. There was so
much focus on the south side
itself, and I think that
honestly comes from Virtus Pro
reading into how twisted minds
of attack this map previously.
They played this map a lot.
There is a lot of tape on what
to be a switch out during this prep phase because I'm thinking they've struggled to get
in the building, they've struggled to close down the gap, struggled to get into those
gunfights and what's going to help you in that situation on the attack. A shield is
going to help you in that situation. You can go in, you can force your entry a little
bit more, you can take a bit more ground using that shield and so let's keep an eye
on tricks through this round, bringing that black data on. Does that help them establish
themselves inside of the map and also to grab some ground? That's what I'd like to
to see them doing this round.
I think it looks like it's heading towards the,
I want to say, south side of it.
We'll see where he ends up.
But I'd like to see, currently in dorms and games,
I'd like to see it kind of coming through the office side
and working with that roam clearance
that we see from Shields sometimes.
I did see a Shield come along
and everyone tries to play it in behind it.
It's the crucial one, right?
Well, not everyone, but your team tries to use that
as the main spearheading around.
It's collecting information, it's applying pressure,
and you try and make plays off the back of that Shield.
that is playing separately elsewhere around the map as that pressure builds up. Looking for a backstab.
And we saw G2 trying that a little bit yesterday on constant with four players all focused on Alamow on the Monty,
where Benj, you're trying to do a little backstab in on through the other side of the map. Unfortunately,
it did get shut down, but you saw the intent was to have that shield soak as much attention as possible.
And speaking of shield soaking attention, Tim, look at this.
Naquah on that clash at the window, letting his team know everything that's happening outside on the breach
itself, and that means, Mr. Mice, got to be very careful here, unless they get swung onto,
but disguised to swing on one and get rid of key. That's the hard breach offline.
Big loss with the Hibana gone. We know how much value there is, not just in hard breach in general,
but Hibana. Got that DMR, got a lot of value lately. Do you see the clash? Do they have a plan
for the clash? That's the other question. I'm not really seeing anything apart from the Rateros that's
going to help them deal with that. The Nades are gone for Blackbeard now, so how do they move that
the game. It's not going to
clear that clash when it comes
down to it to retire. I was
left so it now becomes a big
choice. Do we clear utility or
do we clear flash? Pasha is
going to clear too many too
many ash words there. Pasha
is going to clear out your
lad. Not anytime soon is going
to clear out. You like that's a
great kill for her. Sean, though,
goes up the stairs, manages to
take down Rory one minute left.
The problem between the minds
at the minute is they've still
got one outside the shield is
I just don't feel like they've got enough control at the minute to do too much here.
The thing is, Neko gets line of sight onto tricks, but tricks is basically pinned down
and can do absolutely nothing, just constantly stuck in that state of recording the shield away for himself.
It is horrible. You can do very little about that.
So as long as he stays standing, this is going to be a real headache for all the attackers to get in and make anything happen.
But they are certainly trying their best.
This is where Neko should be able to step on forward and put some pressure down, but no.
Tricks will be able to stick this one that's not going to be able to get any pressure in.
and he's still standing Tim.
We've seen the magic that he's
worked throughout this stage so
far. No counting out just yet
going to force himself in
towards the black being tricks
ready and waiting for him all
trying to face him into this
one, but he's going to be
careful about the swing off
towards his right and sure
enough there it is. P9 in
perfect time. What a piece. Yeah
well played from twisted minds
there in the shielded. You
know, we discussed that the
beginning there having that
impact particular the end of
the round, but he's still
You know we discussed that the beginning there having that impact particular the end of the round really played well
Just so you say kind of baiting passion with maybe there's gonna be an opportunity. I'm a lower it
Oh, no, I'm not lowering it and just waiting for his teammate basically was outside of the breach needed to hop in through the window
Get to that door and then he was there to support him
So really well played post plant from twist the blinds and the way, you know, I said at the minute mark
I'm not sure they've done enough here. I'm not sure they've really, you know, they were 3v3
to be able to do that. They
didn't have really any control
inside his eye and I thought
that versus pro walking pretty
good, but you said it the best
yourself. I think just slowly
massaging. They just move them
around and they created the
space that needed inside of
side to put that the Tuesday
down. There was very little
versus pro could do about it
realistic. So it's the man's
level things up. It's one one
and not going to bother
repeating that site here and
get themselves back into
to make a good start to the
game and just keep going.
Keep going. Let's keep going.
That's where we go. This is
always a really interesting
side to watch, because we very
often seen the tap being the
same thing, right? You try
pushing towards waiting room is
one of the main two way on
towards better, sorry, one of
the main two ways that you step
in and from there you're the
coming on the south side with
the shields come from top side
courtyard with the Russian
towards it. Normally got a
mirror where they don't have
got a contest that sat there
inside of waiting room. This
was lots of things that you
have to play this dance around
to hit this site and it can
get a little bit scrappy, but
verticals end up being a big
hanging around inside a tower. He is the only one upstairs. For me, well, I've
continued that away for free and I'm also looking at TM lineup. Not really much
in the way of political destruction, Tim. Maybe they're going to try and go lateral
and say, forget about top floor, but it's going for it.
Quite often the case, when attacking onto the start, we kind of see the two methods
and the horizontal push is a popular one because the vertical, a lot of the time,
it doesn't really gain you too much. If you're wondering why that is, you can get
your verticals and it may be great in rank. You know, don't ignore the top floor
just because I'm saying it doesn't gain you much here, but at pro play they won't play many players if any actually on the site itself
For these things there's so they play them a lot deeper because there isn't any vertical onto that deep area
So they play back in there and hold the long angles rather than playing
Oh dear we do see pro teams using the hatch sometimes to try and get a plant down underneath
But again, it's reasonably straightforward for the defense to deal with so not too much to be gained
Snake does go in, just going to force them back, P-Nambo.
And it's just to level things up after that opening kill from Dan.
It's 4 vs 4.
Natural goes out, not going to find its mark.
you know, it's not a lot of
time for him to try and hold on
an awful lot of time here. It's
kind of lost himself in a way.
It always kind of pin back there.
Couldn't go through to charge the
black bead if he was going in for
a plant, but twisted minds play
for the kill and they get away
with it. So really outside of
that first round somewhere it
felt like just in mind, she sort
of froze up and didn't know how
to deal with the early aggression
being shown by bird as pro.
Otherwise very largely taking
control of that first quarter
with two attacking rounds on the
that blackbeard and we see much
better performances from them in
round two and three. So it was
logical to me that we would see
them versus Pro Double Down on
their bands so far and say, yeah,
we'll finish this off. Away goes
the last year. If you want to
sure it's going to have to be
fused, which isn't ideal. So, you
know, let's play it like that.
But they haven't instead they've
gone for the day mosque. Even
that they have it back up to the
top floor. Of course, we have
seen the day mosque played very
powerful on fortress because
there is a lot of verticality.
Operator ban, I spoke about this a lot over the last couple of weeks and the the meta we're currently in requiring a
Mandating that you bring along a good number of trap operators to help you control large parts of the map even when you haven't got actual
Operator presence there you can see that how it's translated across the first part of my life
They've only really got the Fenrir here on side that serves that purpose
Otherwise anchors coming in the DMR the Aruni no big surprise there and this army still feels like she must pick when you aren't
Slinger band away
to get that breach open to apply
a little bit of pressure onto
dorms. They know that there's
going to be an extension out on
that side and we've just
inverted pro not completely
get away from it. Dan is still
playing around all towering games,
but the player who was inside
of dorms at least has had to
give that up. And Dan is as
well just going to play a little
bit deeper as he heads back into
briefing or store is covered
again, twisted mines, there's weird like, I'm not saying they have to like, dive into the map and rush in.
It's just when you're a minute 15 into the round and they're not inside the map, it looks really slow for twisted mines.
It does, doesn't it? Yeah, it's the thing we used to see in just flying through, but I think that having the black bead on side is certainly part of that.
In fact, the desk even references a little bit before the game was when you had the shields band away, like typically it can be a bit harder to be able to push in towards that briefing area, the bathroom area in the middle of the map.
So there's a degree of this thing of trying to take things a little bit slow when you haven't got the shield on side, but,
You know, look at that and say, well, why not?
Why haven't you brought a shield though?
What else are we looking to do?
And looking at the line that they've got along here,
it's a case in which they're trying to squeeze their way through
all the Sparplies and brought along by the other side
with the Ash, with the Flores,
making the use of the candles and the smoke,
as and when required, to start their hit.
And also, no doubt those Grimbeast
may be a big part of the execute at the same time.
They haven't lost the entry here, though, Tim.
They've got themselves down to the final 60 seconds or so,
and there's still only really one or two players
actually inside the building.
Exactly, very, very slow from Twisted Vines.
Can they find themselves a pick here, at least early in this late round phase?
Skaz is going to find himself down, but not out.
Unlikely to be rescued. Who is he unlikely?
No, Fash has got in there to try and pick him up.
We see a little bit of support coming in from the Azami as well.
Love to see that from Virtus.pro.
Really nice teamwork on the defence.
Opening kill comes through from Dan.
He's going to take down Jolad.
No great loss of utility there, but to us, the man should have still what they need.
Dan manages to find another take.
that's the ace gone P9 Fats
back with the trade, but the
damage may well already be done.
Two versus four becomes quickly
a one versus four and it will
finish it off. That's going to
be versus pro taking that same
start again to level us up to
two. Very weird round overall.
It felt like from twisted
minds. I can open speaking about,
you know, paces and absolutely
everything here. They haven't
got to move fast, but that felt
like a very lackluster twisted
minds dare say it was very, very
slow. They were approaching
around was sending one man
only two of them were inside the building at one point it felt like as
well it was just a little bit scrappy and a little bit messy maybe not the
most coherent overall but that may well speak to the prep work being done by
Virtus Pro with that they bring us up to two apiece my natural worry comes down
to the fact that Virtus Pro have only worried only one commander bathroom so
far they've now got to go to the two sides they have yet to actually win one
of which is going to be dorms and games down towards the south and then we'll go
back down to waiting in cafe in at round six
last time around we saw a pretty direct approach from Twisted Minds. It was the Blackbeard playing
on the breach for a lot of the round, just looking for opportunities. Playing on an ace
breach like that is particularly good for Blackbeard because it covers the feet,
which is, you know, one of the primary weaknesses when you've got a shield extended.
So they're just there as a constant pressure because players inside, as the defenders,
they know that that shield can just drop down and they can survive. They need to be very
careful not to kind of take their eye off it and it's just that constant candle I often say it's
like blowing with a wasp in the room it's just having that constant distraction that constant
awareness of is that thing there that could sting me and so I think we'll see similar from the Black
Beard this time I don't think there'll be a rush to I wanted to see maybe this off his side clearance
and clear crossing force the Romans out but I don't think they actually need it to do that I think
they can play it patiently on the breach and you know work from there by as we saw slowly bullying
and massaging Virtus.Pro around inside of that.
Absolutely well, they've got a lot of things to worry about here.
Things have kind of tubs on side,
really trying to slow the game down even further.
Not too many tools either to help chew their way through it.
Probably be the big one I'd look at.
One thing I want to see is,
sounds like a real super thing to focus on.
And there I say it's because he's been replaced.
I'm a fan of his team, which is really annoying.
It's key stepping on his desk up.
He was the entry in the first open three rounds as well.
And while this team has still managed to win two of those three rounds,
really good effort to win those 4v5s repeatedly. I think if he keeps himself going it's a little
bit longer here, focus on playing more around the team, they can probably get a little bit
more out of him. He has got to get himself involved, but I think he still speaks volumes
that they're at an even scoreline on the attack inside of Fortress, giving their play an essential
part for player down.
Hebrew Barricade out to slow things down on horseback, but he's just going to be replaced
before being taken out by our tricks, but he is playing that sort of area that I expected.
to make sure that he's not
going to be able to do that.
He may well actually try to
push on in here behind that
lady still kind of thinking
about it on the door, but the
breach up to a guy is just kind
of over his shoulder as well.
So depending on how the rest
of the team is doing what
progress is being made, he can
certainly change around, but
no, we are going to see him
chasing down those Romans
looking to clear out that
extension. I think that's
just saying up slightly
differently. Pasha just
unaware that gets caught out
too busy watching a different
the challenge five versus four but only a minute left on the clock it wasn't a
problem for them last time are they able to do it again I mean while I'm
looking at it that they've got the electrification down to that breathing
wall and you spend so much trouble out to play behind they're sort of countered
on twisted minds being slow and their entry towards the top side of the map
they're slowly work their way down the best starving them out on the clock I
feel you were down to 40 seconds they still haven't got full braking control
only now is the wall being opened up yes they'll be on the door of sight they
to make things a bit easier for
them.
The long angle there. Virtus
pro have played really well as a
team in this round. We saw the
support as the Blackbeard came
on to briefing door. The smoke
went out to slow him down. What a
shot coming in from Niko that
manages to get the last
brilliant store. Virtus pro
called it out three two and that
is going to be just one more
defense for them to go. I think
Secure a 4-2 half
that. I mean, it's just, it's
just, it's just, it's just, I
think you said after the first
round doesn't feel like they've
got the same bite as, you know,
maybe they normally do. You
know, we see twisted minds
generally coming in and
punishing teams very, very
quickly, but I think it's
just, it's just, it's just, it's
just, it's just, it's just, it's
just, it's just, it's just, it's
just, it's just, it's just, it's
the final defense. It's going
to be the third choice site. And
again, much as I said, we see
versus pro setting up almost
everywhere, but site. A lot of
the positions, a lot of the
players, what are the power
spots that they wanted to keep
hold of? Are away from the
specific. Site rooms themselves
because there's so many
verticals that can be played
looking across the side of two
players. And again, as I said,
the side of the map and give Virtus.Pro players something to think about.
Elsewhere it's a charm, still doing a charm thing, Tim.
Just speaking about him playing that, they said earlier on, like, you know that he's
going to be there, but you don't always need to check in a moment and then he's put his
issue for it.
Here he's come waltzing his way down eagle and has got a freebie as he enters onto the
ground floor.
That's their entry on towards down, he's been a big part of this part, she'll land into
a second.
This is looking much better for Virtus.Pro's mind.
Yeah, Virtus.Pro's own movement here is causing them real issues.
to keep bringing into these lines of sight.
Completely caught out there, Oric.
He's got the detonator in his hand for the Nitro.
It's just the easiest gunfight
that Sean's gonna have today.
We saw this last time in a-quart insight
with keeper parricades and not much else he can do.
Tricks finds the final kill with the Blackbeard
and it's gonna be a 3-3-1.5.
Yeah, that's exactly it, right?
I think a 3-3-1.5 is massive for them.
Again, given the fact they've got a sub-stepping in
to have three attacking rounds against Virtus.Pro, brilliant.
Let's hear though, what I guess thought about that first half.
Yeah, thank you guys. Despite them having a sub,
they still have a lot of Shia players on that roster.
And it's something behind that as well.
And it shows again how important the shields are in this match.
Yeah, specifically tricks on the shields.
I thought, you know, they played four rounds of shields
to Twisted Mines. They won three of them
when they had the Blackbeard in play.
Of course, there was the Monty and the Blitz band out.
Twisted Mines VP decided not to ban
the third shield of the Blackbeard in round three.
Feels like a mistake.
The first clip you're going to see here
It's a plant position that you can only get to through having a Blackbeard,
through forcing your way through the breach into the site and into the took spot to get the plant down.
Any other operator, they get covered by a line of sight.
So that's how they win the very first round in terms of this, but it does continue as well.
They go through and they carry on playing it, and we did know.
Would it be Dove? Obviously it couldn't be Dove, because it's not playing.
Who would step in into issues? It was Tricks.
You see here, in the next round, Neko is trying to get the clutch done,
but the Blackbeard is in his face, it forces movement, it forces aggression.
And the same thing here, you can take so much space without being able to open up the round,
and that's what they were using, that's a big part of why it's a 3-3 half.
And it's useful in two ways, right?
First and foremost, they get three Attack Queens on Fortress with a Serb, I think on the weak side,
I think it's a big one.
I think the second thing, and you say it best,
I think that VP had an opportunity on that third ban.
You ban Montagne, you ban Blitz, so theoretically, you know, you're in a position where you can get the third shield away.
And they remove Deimos.
And I'm not a big fan of that, because I think that with the current meta, Solid Snake is a perfect replacement.
You can even play Grim, you can play the KAB, I mean, realistically, you're quite controlled peridots.
You have enough, it's gonna be hard to ban the whole pool, right?
And so I really don't understand the Demos ban.
I think the third shield would have been very strong here.
And I like also speaking of the bans, what Twist and Minds brought, the trap-operator bans.
Because I think it also allowed them to make the room significantly weaker,
and to really make sure that these initial phases into the round, where the shields were super important,
actually played out the way they wanted.
Yep.
So have a look at these operator bands then.
Do we expect shields to come out here?
You'd have to. I mean, Neko has been probably the best shield player inside VP.
I would assume it from now we're going to see more things.
And again, VP, they like to get rid of that clash.
They know that whenever Neko will be on a shift, because there will be one available,
ultimately whether this is Blitz or Blackbeard that follows, there will be one available.
It is the Blitz that follows.
You don't want to be going up against a clash, because a clash of course is a direct counter to the shields, so VP get rid of that a lot.
And this time they have the opportunity, VP does, to actually go for the full three shells ban in three rounds. We'll see how it goes.
Yeah, there we go. The Blackbeard immediately being selected though. It is now Verunas Prousterns with the shields in second half.
Thank you very much, Anne, and the guys over on the desk. Indeed. Lots of shields. That makes for a very happy leotin.
I think it's a solid like to
right now. He sees break. He's
very relaxed with so 8 p.m. 9 p.m.
If you're in Europe, we might
see those stress levels rising
a little bit. We'll see. See
what happens. So we get on to
the defense for twist about it's
going to be up towards that top
site office and bathroom as
is where we'll begin as we would normally expect.
Vensive line up, we've got the Mosey on there,
so just trying to cut down a little bit of that intel utility.
Keep the drones out of the way.
Do you know how the Venky's going to be the one
playing the expansion down there?
Is it?
It looks like it's maybe Hisham on the sentry,
but or maybe the two of them kind of in combination together.
So if they can keep the drones out of there,
keep them off them.
It is going to be helpful, of course.
You know that VS Pro have to go in and face check, have to be looking for those gunfight
wins. Nitro on the window. You need to be careful here because he's just going to wait until
he hears some noise. They can be as aware as they like of the window. Everybody's aware
of the window because it looks onto the breach. But if they don't specifically know there's
somebody underneath there, they might take that kind of, um, absence as safety. And that
that could be a real problem. The fish drawn doesn't care. There we go. And we've got him.
They should be, oh, I was going to say it should be dead to the right, really, but
just manage to move quickly enough for Sean there to very barely keep himself alive.
Again, this is the kind of thing BP have got to be very conscious of in the desktop about it.
That particular race is the same. You know, he's going to be there, just double drone it to be 100%
sure. And so at least they have been proven on that one. Otherwise, it could have been a preview
coming out. They thought, yeah, no, I'll be here. It's the other side of the map. We can open this
wall, it's no problem. Psyche had been a free kill going the other way off the back of it, no doubt.
Still, I imagine that Sean won't exactly disappear back towards Psyche and wills the
whale happily. Keep on playing out around the map and looking for other kills that he can get.
I heard a pre-placed report a second ago, which I can imagine will be waiting to be ripped. As
soon as we see Birdus Pro stepping in towards the mid-part of the map and working their way through,
halfway in, not bad progress, but now you've got another layer to undo.
I don't think that naid was quite as effective as they were hoping, I don't know if they were
looking for a little bit, I'm not sure what they're doing.
Ah, sorry, the observers have just hit me with a little bit of intel and this is absolutely
crucial for the reason for the Nitro, sorry the grenade and it was the Nitro that was
pre-placed underneath.
So great intel there from Berthespro and well dealt with it, did exactly what it needed
to do for it.
So now they've got themselves inside of Raven, which is the crucial part of the map that you need to come into walls at final 60.
They need to find a kill from somewhere. Sometimes they're going to tick all the damage so far, but I'm quite in a spot where they'll finally finish off, and Key's still looking to challenge on down.
The map is the stuff. So there we've got the DMR, hoping to take the head off that block here as soon as that shield drops, but he ain't giving him the chance to get away with it.
And sure enough, there's a map from Rorik, who seems to get rid of Key. P9 drains it back elsewhere, and Rorik's taking full control here inside of Hallway Tim.
Yeah, and you just see there's a couple of players on the side of us,
so they could come online yet that have been quiet.
Rory, Pasha, starting to put the numbers up a little bit.
Not so much with Pasha as P9 does manage to find the kill onto him,
but it could be another danger on the way for Twisted Minds.
Plant is going down.
Blackbeard up in the face of P9, very unlikely he can do too much about this.
Is Dan managed to find the kill over the top of his shield?
That's going to be Virtus Pro taking their first attacking.
Got to say, it was fairly comfortable if you're a Twisted Minds fan.
I'd be a little bit concerned here.
Just a tickle, though I'll also say it's the first one.
We'll give them time because of course we score across those first three rounds.
The Twisted Minds walked away with two attacks.
It sounds weird to say you can afford to let your opponent get ahead a little bit here,
but we saw VP recover it.
There's no reason why we can't see Twisted Minds try and do the same,
but it was a more passive style, I guess that Twisted Minds is more playing the map
than it is like playing the team if you get me.
On board yesterday it was kind of demanded that you play the team,
aggressive they had to be looking outside the map run out do you name it here you
don't really have the same chance but they were trying to I guess transform it
onto this map with things like the free place so far at least DPShore they can
attack pretty damn well in round seven and they pull into the lead
it's gonna be the lowest height of the two now if you will not the lower floor
but the outside that they will be going to games and dorms
Let's just bring me to attack on two, twisted plans, continue with the rotation, switching things up.
Let's have a look at the attack as we've got the ace being switched into.
We can get that external breach, which was taken away.
They've, I think, recognised that there's no denial that's going to prevent them from breaching realistically.
They do have the mute, of course, which can help, but in all honesty, Mutes Gadget was stronger in other areas
in terms of, you know, straight-up wall denial has lost a lot of its power over the last few months.
Sure, let's see how this initial start goes out. Rorick has taken the role that we saw coming
out of a sham previously, running around on the stake. You heard the desk guy in the conversation
about this, you know, the Deimos band, like, you've got a snake that can kind of do the same job.
At risk of drawing their ire, I'd say I somewhat disagree because Deimos,
as you and I were alluding to in the broadcast yesterday, very good for the vertical threat
that he's provides and Snake obviously does not provide that because his gadget only works
with the floor that you're on. So Daymos probably arguably gives you a little bit more versatility.
Snake is more safe because you can see more around him but you can scan out two or three
players at once if you get yourself into a good spot and know exactly who's playing
where. The lead out of that info to your team is far beyond what Daymos would be able to
offer to you. At least here he's trying to make his hate and get through the building
nice and safe and so far he has done just that. July going to be the first point of
a challenge though, ready and waiting for a swing to come inside of office, as yes,
no one quite arriving but there was a challenge off towards blue, not finished off, but same
as last time round when it was a shot, a little tickle of damage, otherwise everyone's
standing.
I just feel that the net is closing in at the minute, no Virtus Pro just getting closer
and closer to these power positions, more and more aggressive P9's going to hold his
position, expecting the push to come in. She'll add actually, it is the damages to
to find Naco, Black being taken down,
but Rorik having a great game and it continues,
a big double, taking two off the board.
Leaving us now in a four versus three versus approach.
It's taking a minute to consolidate.
We've got Pasha on the drones, Rorik on the drones.
They just wanted to get that picture
of how things have changed there,
who has rotated where, who's covering which spots,
and now the plan is formulated.
We'll start pushing through to try and take more ground.
Yeah, he got time to consolidate, not loads time granted.
He's still got to deal with the fact that Key's out here
looking to be a little bit of a nuisance.
The kind of jokes earlier, it was like a four and a half
man team at this point,
because Key's really got to start getting something
for his team.
And as he stands, okay, he gets one through flash.
I take back everything I was saying to him.
That's a pretty crucial kill.
It gives his team a solid chance still
at being able to fight the way through the round
because that clock becomes a sixth man for the defenders.
The attackers start getting forced into having to push
into areas that have a drone, maybe they've had things a lot.
Probably being alive is certainly gonna help on that front.
He's going to be careful about off-torses left, though, but Spring's round trying to go for the one.
Off-torses left, right idea, catchment of down.
Two kills, all those collected, the third.
And now it's all to Tricks.
A 1v2 against Rorick in skies, with 15 seconds on the clock, Tim.
He's going to be holding this angle over the Keever Barricade.
Can he hold them at bay?
Got to come from somewhere, but they're going to plant in the other side.
The rotation is made.
Gives himself options that he's had a really well-tanned clash though.
the man. I said the clock
becomes the sixth man in very
much has there to come the
second teammate that's helped
him out because it forces them
down to one be one. They can't
pull off the diffuser. They
can't correct the mistake of
losing the man going to the
and this time it was to focus on the planter.
I said the clock becomes the sixth man,
it very much has there.
Jockeum, the second teammate that's helped him out
because it forces them down to a 1v1.
They can't pull off the diffuser.
They can't correct the mistake of losing the man going for the plan.
Really well played by Tricks.
Like you said, really well placed Flash.
I thought he was honestly screwed
because he tries to round through the rotation.
He's being watched.
He swims round towards where the Flash is.
Guess what he full white screamed.
He looks screwed in that moment.
I'll also give it to Keaton.
I'll call for a little bit more from him in the round.
those two kills that you got there towards the end, instrumental in letting
Trix pull it off. Really an end to the ref there as you see. Look, yep, there you go, like Trix.
It just took his chances, he knows that there's one way of winning that round and
it's unlikely, I guess I can take the gun, as he goes across, but I think he just
wants to focus on, I'm just going, shift W to get across this door, I want to get
across it and then I'll worry about it once I'm over that other side and lucky
for him. The pop was just
inside of the door there. Had
it been anywhere else, he
probably doesn't win that round,
but it was and he did. So,
that's all that matters. 4-4 on
the scoreboard and this one
continues to be a close pair.
I had almost described this
game in what ways this is.
It's like a slow burner. It's
like it's kind of started off
with those few rounds and
twisted minds looking like
they were struggling a little
bit and having that same
level of regression and it's
just, it's heating up more
and more as we go.
mind, looking like they were struggling a little bit and having that same level of regression
and it's just, it's heating up more and more as we go.
You get the first half out quite, just what I'm looking for here. It's quite pedestrian.
It was quite as expected, but it wasn't even too flash or mental going on in this half
though, or at least especially in that last round we've had quite a bit popping off which
is always good fun and potentially a way to inject a little bit of mystery as to whether
and obviously overtime on the way.
Jack will show you can just a moment ago say
it could be a long one today, could see 75 rounds.
And I was like, look, I like a bit of overtime
as much in the next round.
But about 75 rounds on a playday.
Though those of you who collect impacts may well disagree.
Either way, that was the additional game
be that close and that decisive.
This should be the one really with a sub-stepping in
that shouldn't be so close.
It should be more decisive towards Virtus Pro.
But fair play to twisted minds.
They are holding their own so far.
Holding that vertical looking to get an angle down there if you can knows that there's somebody present I think so
That's as pro needs to be careful here if our extra is too far
She's just been missed the drone
Allows the movement
It allows the kill warwick managing to find one from below five versus four
I'm at 30 left to go so plenty of time on the clock as at the minute
the game. It's not going to
get a lot more aggressive from
versus, bro. Absolutely again.
They've got that man advantage.
We've already seen them bleed it
away once surely a two man
advantage in 60 seconds on the
spot. You don't need that one
falling away from you. A lot of
utility with which to work as
well. Dan, of course, running
around the glass. You've got
the smoke. You've got the
candela still terrain on
You don't see that one falling away from you.
A lot of utility with which to work as well.
Dan, of course, running around in the glass.
You got the smoke. You got the candela still to reign on through.
You've got a shield. Like, there is just no reason
they should see this one slipping away
unless something absolutely magical comes out.
That ain't quite what you've got to talk about.
I'm afraid the shot was down to a two versus five.
And Virtus.Pro all will wrap this one up.
In comes the pressure.
Key finished off towards the right.
Good for the team play.
And P9 has got it all to do against five.
Don't see this one going this way, I'm afraid.
No, I'd be very surprised. Manages to get one, but the plan was going down.
It's going to start going down again, Niko. I think came off just to be okay.
It's a little bit there. We'll get this secured this round.
Heiting continues from P9, but not only is he no better than what he's fighting
against the clock as well. Pasha up on the table there finds his man.
Only third killing the game so far for Pasha. He's been having much bigger
players than this previously, but there is still time yet.
the first half of the game.
We've got a little bit of a
difference between the five
four to Virtus pro as they
once again get themselves the
thinnest of advantages. Well,
it's an advantage, and that's
the important part in most
crucially is actually mirroring
exactly what we saw back in the
first half as well. We've had
two attacking winds inside the
first three rounds with amount
C2 defensive Brown wins and
then attacking around when to
close out the half. So maybe
we'll see the same building up
here. But twisted minds. You
the right-hand side. You know
could help them get back into
the right headspace. I don't
think there's like huge shifts
that need to be made here. I
think it's a very close game.
So you know you want to be
careful that you kind of if
it's not broke, don't fix it.
But yeah, I think that you say
maybe just a bit more of a
mentality. You know,
confidence boost. We can do
this. Stick to the plan. You
know, let's get this next
on the whole. There's just
the slight difference. And this
is the marginal, you know,
gains that we see in Siege.
Virtus pro have got. Couple
of players on 10. And then
they've got an eight or four and
three in terms of kills, and
it's that skies on eight kills
for me. It's making the big
difference and also Dan being
up there on 10. So they've got
that second and third player,
whereas at the minute.
Twisted minds are a little bit
are a little bit reliant on P9 here.
He's up at the top of the scoreboard and then below that,
everybody's kinda similar,
everybody's chipping in a little bit,
but they just need that few extra kills.
Even from one person, you know, if Pricks,
you'll have to just get themselves a couple of rounds
and maybe have a triple kill, triple kill,
and get things going to test the quality
on the back of them.
It's gonna be a big difference maker.
Right now, Dan and Skye's are being the difference in this match.
That's it. And you know, it's not at all spotty shade on key steps in here to fill a role for Dove, of course, but Dove has been a standout player for his team.
He's been absolutely phenomenal throughout the stage so far. We saw his brother. There's something in the blood as well between those two, because they cannot between the two of them allow to be that good.
It's unbelievable. Yeah, we're all saying ours as guards now step back into the main line-up. He's really, really good at Salt Lake. He impressed everyone.
And then Dove's like, there's a reason why I'm in the line-up, boys. Don't worry. And he showed us what he can do over the last few play days as well.
Unfortunately, they're not here. I do think they're seeing that hole though, and they're having to try and adapt to fit around that, which is why you're seeing a bitch to look at twisted minds.
Otherwise, honestly, coming into today, I had twisted minds predicted to win this one. I thought they would have, although it would have been a good game and a close game, I still probably gave the win quite decisively to twisted minds.
As it builds up here, I really can't tell you which way it's going to go. I think OT, though, feels like it's going to be here, but still twisted minds can course correct and get something out of the next couple.
very much a possibility.
Drones are going to start going in.
We're going to see a very different approach from Virtus.Pro
on attacking this third-choice site than we did generally
from Twisted Minds.
We spoke about them attacking it horizontally,
not using the vertical.
Virtus.Pro have got the ram,
and they I think will be looking to get in there
and open up that floor and try and find some people
downstairs trying to use that verticality.
As Leo said, not great map for verticality.
I've spoken about it as well.
You can get the lines of sight into sight,
But it's just that a lot of the players won't complain. As you can see, Bruce will look some miles away from sight.
They're not actually underneath these verticals that are getting opened up.
So you can do it one bit. It doesn't necessarily get you killed now. What this can do is create space for you.
So it means that the defenders aren't going to want to head back into sight underneath those ceilings that have been opened up.
So if you can then find a little bit of space to nip in there and start putting the diffuser down, that's when these can really pay dividends.
What's worth noting as well that I think this is the first round we don't see a shield in the verse pro line
I put all yes, the blackbeard was banned away
But sometimes seen them at least historically turned towards a few to an alternative
But instead I said now forget that get the game also inside bring along the round here more flexibility in their standard line up
But still looking to play behind that glass they've ran for the last couple of rounds
They're getting on side not gonna help them get as much control maybe in that sense
But with what we're going for here, so they're looking to flood their way for the smoke from the now to cover off the door
As the glass lies down, Naco is ready and waiting and sure enough has given his freebie
on towards P9 and these two are just heading straight towards the bowels of the map against
him. He tries to do what they can find.
Yeah, not messing about at all. It's on the back of that intel coming from the Solaton
radar. Joe Admanages to get one, but Pasha finds himself a double asset. There was a
possibility that he started coming online. He does start to do exactly that. Knows that
he's chasing another one as he's instant-aided. Knows where they're going to be. Surely finds
the game. The game is going to
be a great start. And this is
man three in the round scars
elsewhere versus pro head on to
match point. Yeah, nice and
commanding, and I like this
something you wouldn't have seen
old Virtus Pro doing, and this
is what's really worth
commanding. I said it at the
very start of the game,
twisting minds that playing
aggressive. New Virtus Pro
also likes playing quite
aggressive at times, smoking
outside the corridor, getting
the glass down inside the
spoke and having the other two
players not sit back and wait
and see what happens as you get
killed. Is he not there off
deep into war site. So it's very good opportunity spottings and then the furthest probably wouldn't have done historically and they've paid dividends for them.
They're up to six and four. Two match point opportunities.
This could be there so they win here Tim, here and now.
It definitely could be. I think this is the key now, getting it locked down.
But, twisted minds have got an opportunity to stay in. They've got the top floor sacks so they're going to be heading up there.
And, you know, that gives them a chance at least.
These are the better two stars, generally speaking,
for those who are here to see on Fortress.
So that's something that plays, you know,
in the Twisted Man's favour, at least a little bit.
They've brought along a couple of sets of barbed wires,
so we've got four barbed wires over all bulletproof camera.
They're going to make it very difficult to play in from old tower
and around there, a lot of utility, and I would expect a player
in and around that area.
We saw a Rorik playing at the top of the stairs,
I think before it was somebody similar.
I think there's going to be a bit of an extension from Twisted Man's.
given the number of reinforcements that are going on out there, they are certainly going to commit some bodies out towards the office and bathroom side,
which I like it as well. It takes the pressure off a little bit, you can like it off there, just go up there, just on top of you for the whole round.
So they're going to have to go for that clearance.
Absolutely, well, they're not slowing things down, Tim, it's another round, they're not running a shield, as Thresh pointed out earlier,
they played it every single round, they possibly can this stage.
And that last round was the first one where they haven't played a shield at all, this will now be the second.
But still looking to roll out a few things here to make their life a hell of a lot easier the lion to deal with the aggression out of twisted minds
Looking in towards the sense and I always say you tend to bring a sense along when you have a game plan in mind
There's nothing about it not being good both those who execute operator will be something like shall I when you're trying to get
Ivy window blocked off for example, no doubt bird is probably have an executing mind. It's about getting there safely
That's what the lion exists to do
Asha looking to move through and take a little bit of ground
this round. This way, and he
I think at this point, we've
got the every European. I'm
playing on the one I think the
one's going to be significant
pressure as this round mounts.
But for the time being, it is
coming towards the breach. We
see some of those light
screens cleared out, but this
is it. Pasha's taking his
opportunity to come through and
game there's he just lights things up at the end he's sat on eight and six now make it nine triple for
pasher dan gets in on the action and surely that is going to be all it's a flawless round not quite
a flawless performance but still a very good one from versus pro has been with the game and takes
three points from twisted binds yeah really warming into that game it's a war to get in
pasher especially came alive team three kills in the final round three kills in the final
I think those players will show they can do this with or without shields, it is no bother by them
extra play from them on fortress, and as you say, a very well deserved 3 points
What does the rake? I'll be good by the count of deaths, I'll break it down for you
Pick up the race, ain't no time to waste
Hey, give me the code, breaking the break in the zone
Before they tell me it couldn't be done
You know you can, you can ask it
Yeah, I can, yeah, yeah
We want to ask it
Place, let it kill, kill
Give me the action, we want to ask it
I
And that is yet another three points going the way of Virtus Pro.
And therefore we get to speak to them as well.
A little bit of a chat with Neko.
Congratulations on another three points.
Neko, you're the only team so far that has collected all points.
How proud are you of the team?
Yeah, I mean, yeah.
Just every game we play good.
So of course I'm proud of us.
I think we improved a bit since kickoff and major, so yeah, of course I'm happy with this result.
Nico, I just wanted to talk about yourself on a personal basis. I don't know if you know this,
but all three games that you've played so far this stage and then including today,
every round was on the shield until all of them were banned away. Yet you've still got
actually incredible stats across the stage, looking at the KD as well. So do you think that
Shields is the only thing inside your game because you know you play pretty well on the glass as well
No, no, no, I think people are not ready when the she met I will be gone because they think I'm
One trick shield. Yeah, but I'm not the honest. I'm just playing it for the meta
I don't feel like that gameplay, but I'm just like I train on it so much because it's the meta and I think I'm good on it
So I'm just panning it because you have to you just pay the meta
But when the she will be gone, I would be the happiest guy on the planet
Do you think, because it was the first team today in terms of Swiss demands that banned all three shields away from you,
do you think more teams will follow that pattern across the stage?
It's possible. I think, I mean, Twisted Fate is not the first to do it. I think GQ did it first.
I mean, whether it's in Scream and, I think in the Major, not in Kickoff, but probably in the Major, they did it.
So, I think some team will do it, but not everyone, because of course if you ban three shields,
Then you have like every, every like a yin, glas, if you ban warden, mute for example, then you have yin, glas, solid snake, dokaid, demo, so...
Some team will do it because they think maybe I'm the most annoying guy on this ops, but not everyone.
Or maybe they will trigger Neko and Ashe like last year, going crazy with Genji.
That's what I say to my team, guys, you're not ready. When cheats are done, just give me Ashe, trust me.
Don't worry, I remember. I remember a SKS3 game, where you got 3 new players.
I guess going back to what you were saying at the beginning of the interview, I mentioned this also before the match.
I said, you know, with a team that was just formed up, usually you have like 2-3 months where like,
honeymoon period, everything goes well, you progress, and then you hit the ceiling.
And usually, that's where you hit the slump. And I just think that I've not seen that from VP.
And I guess it's kind of defying the odds, in the sense that you had a really good kickoff,
you had in my opinion a really good major. I know you didn't make it to the main stage,
but I think it was just like you could see the progress there, right?
And I think at the beginning of the stage, I was expecting somewhat of a stumble or something
where the ceiling appears, and I think today was supposed to be the test because you played
the top four team in the ML, and the attacks were absolutely amazing, and you guys have still
to find that ceiling. Do you feel like you guys have consistently progressed throughout the season,
and where do you see that ceiling go basically?
Yeah, I would say we kind of progressed throughout the season. I mean,
like every team, I think there was some moment already when we were like, I don't know how to say,
but average. Yeah, average. So it was hard to improve, but it's not like it was not lasting for
a long time so maybe like maximum one week or like three four days so and after we just
back to work on stream and just improving improving so yeah for that part I kind of agree
that we keep improving and for the sailing I don't know I just I don't know what's our sailing
I want to test it I want to go to win everything so we will see the sky's a little bit as you
could say for a few guys before we let you go there you go since you said you train a lot
on shields, right? Given the current meta, is there anything like any big tip you need to give to
people out there who want to become just as good as you on shields? I mean, don't focus only on,
I mean, I'm my GL, so shields are very good for me because I can full shot call and play at the same
time and being safe. So don't focus maybe too much on thinking you are a shield, you will get
It doesn't work like that. Shields are heavily, I think heavily, like, teamplay-oriented, so yeah, I would say, if you want to play shield, don't think you're gonna kill 10 people. Just play with your team, someone behind you, killing everyone, you just bait for them, and yeah, that's it.
Alright, awesome, wise lessons, thank you, thank you for your time Neko, and good luck next week.
Thank you guys, have a good evening.
So what's that we said in an interview?
interview yeah no it's actually really simple if you play shields and you've got
Pasha you've got Rorik, Owen Sky as well and you'll do pretty well I mean if you
said it best I think as the match started you said every player is in the
right role and it seems to just click the right way yeah and when I look at this
attack that's exactly what I'm seeing I'm seeing the right players in the right
positions I'm seeing Rorik in roles where he's able to entries able to run
clear is able to play Thermite as well the roles keep swapping in between
everyone, and whenever they don't have the shield scratch, Neko is there on the
glass, he's still able to shot-call that round was especially dominating, like
that was a pull on almost flawless rounds, so quick, so well executed, and it just
felt like today there was no stopping VP, and I just I'm still waiting to see
that moment where they're gonna hit that wall, and I think playoffs during
kickoffs were that wall, and I'm just you know maybe expecting that the G2, the
Falcons games in BO1s, that's where things will really get interesting for them.
That is going to be the case though. That closes out our first match of the day. We'll
move on to Rebels and Secret as our second game for today. Now, for these two roster,
you're speaking about it, you know, when Rebels was playing inside Challenger Series, they
were still like Team Secret Academy. And then somehow they find themselves above Team Secret
inside the standings, com stage one in EML. That is just one player on the side of Secret
who's trying his absolute best to change that.
And that player is Noah, the one and only, the one player who drops double digits every single game.
Look at this guy and his babies. Wow, that is, that is kind of, kind of curious. I'm not gonna lie.
I don't know what happened to his, to his hair. He just, he just turned yellow.
But yeah, that's, that's the truth. Obviously it just jokes aside. I think the thing with Noah is that,
that he's played every single game with Secret
and dropped double digits every time
and was the best-rated player every time
and was the one pulling rounds every time
and the end result is the same, Jack.
Secret is the only team in the ML
who still does not have a single point after three playdays.
And I think once again,
they, it appears they've tried to do things in the right way.
They've tried to have variation of map pool,
variation of strategy, variation of roles
and really just spot themselves in.
But I think we've seen now something on an individual basis,
the guys that made the step up,
maybe haven't had the performance
they were hoping or expecting
for, you know, drills Oscar as
well, especially, you know,
they're looking like they're a
little bit like fish out of
water right now. Um but they're
trying to do things in the right
way. I think eventually secret
going to show us a performance
and show us their talent
ultimately at some point. But
until then it feels very much
like it is nowhere trying to
carry the torch. Yeah. We'll
talk about their opponents as
well because they've had a
pretty rough time as well when
the greatest, but I think we can also say easier times are coming because they've already played some big team.
I think so. I think it's worth saying, yes, Rebels have looked a little bit here-miss.
I think they came out of the blocks, going up against Valken's. Play they won off the back of some really dominant defenses and gotten over time victory.
And have then struggled. Two 4-7 losses.
But when you look in the context of who they've played, Valken's, into Virtus.Pro, into Twisted Minds, and they've won one of those games and gone 11 rounds.
You know, 4-7 and loss on the balance of things isn't bad against the best team in the league in Virtus.Pro.
isn't bad against twisted man's when they're hot and they're playing border as well.
I actually think for Rebels, their stage, their season starts now.
You've got three of the best forked teams out of the way.
You are now playing the teams in and around you and below you for the rest of the stage
and can start building that momentum. That could start today against Team Secret,
who are dead bottom of the league, and then continue through Super Week next week.
And I think that's the most important thing with the three-perius fixtures,
that they've made it close every time. Not as close as they would have wanted to,
But still, I think fighting, you know, fighting getting four rounds and even some rounds were even closer than that, you know, a couple of mistakes and that's it.
You know, maybe it's another time against some of the big teams as well. That has to be, that has to count for their confidence.
And I think this is the opportunity for them to finally put some three points on the board.
And we say this and then they play G2 on Monday, so it's a cycle all over again.
But at least for this game, there are possibilities.
If we'll focus back on that by looking at the map veto to see where the series will be taken to, Shallay.
I mean, I think he's going to
be a great player. I mean,
I think he's going to be a
great player. Yes we are going
to go to Shelly and to be
honest, Secret have already
played at this stage. Um they
did. Of course they've lost
every game, but it was
probably their closest
performance in terms of
round count. They made it
at least close enough. I
believe it was a shift as
they play. Um and Noah, you
know, we talked about him. He's
going double digit. Yeah, that
was the game where he was
really one man. I mean, I
think it was winning rounds on
his own. Shelly has been
always been a secret map in
terms of old secret as well.
Twisters coach, envision on
it as well. So I could see
I also believe that it's a map that is quite streamlined in a sense that, you know,
it's a bit like Clubhouse in a sense that it's a map that is quite small,
that's been there for a long time, and you know all of the different ways to attack it.
And in that sense, you know, I think the overall tactical level might be a bit shallow,
and I think that if there is one map where they can bounce back, where things are easier
and it's good to go into the basics, it's that map.
I'm just waiting to see a different win condition than Noah.
The one big thing for Rebels as well is they are very dominant on their defenses.
defensively. They're going to
be a lot of defensive defenses.
They will be starting defense
on Shelly, so they'll be very
happy with that. Lobby is ready
so we can see how that's going
to go out. We'll set it back to
ace and this. Thank you very
much. And indeed, it feels like
a bit of a grass, a glove of a
grapple, a scrap or whatever the
words you could think of at the
bottom of the table here, Tim.
Who have you got taking this
one? Um, yeah, it is. I just
can't back secret at the minute.
you know, I think it's a good
opportunity for secret. Maybe
if a couple of those other
players can step up, you know,
and really start chipping in. But
at the minute until proven
otherwise, I was actually
considering with spoken about
fantasy teams couple of times,
and I was considering no effort
except that he just keeps putting
up such big numbers. He's such a
focus for seeing secret. But
there's a bit of me as well that
feels like. You know, I think
the game. I'm not going to
go into that. I'm not going to
be able to discuss for team
secret. But there's a bit of
me as well that feels like,
you know, he's gotta miss at
some point. There's got to be
a player there where maybe
doesn't quite deliver big
numbers like that. And yeah,
I'm just concerned that maybe
this will be the one. Also a
little bit nervous because one
start that we don't really
speak about all the often is
actually banning history for
these like teams and what
they go to speak about map
preference. For rebels. This is
the team. But that's not the
reason that they're going to
ban shall I want. It has always
been banned the way against them
across all 10 veto, say being
part of it's always been taken
away from them, which tells you
the teams know something about
rebels on this map that I don't
think we do. And I think you
might see rebels come out here
with a very, very white, hot
performance. And even those
secret have got a good record
on this map. Historically
where the desk say it roster
to change the law of all lot
struggling at the moment. I'm a
little bit nervous. It might
be about to work. Walk into a
map preferences to a degree for for secret the minute because the changes have just been so significant when I talk about a few players
We're talking multiple changes in short spaces of time for one and also, you know with savage going agile leaving
I think we just can't really say at the minute
Honestly, yeah, you know, as an old quicking off than it was previously
It's a much more kind of circuit and see situation at the minute with team secret and just see what we get on the day
But we've got the denari set up coming in from rebels if we focus on the game at hand
I like it. Very clean did that just really nicely well done straight line
So I'm gonna give a nine out of ten for denari's there
So that's a solid nine out of ten
When I like perfect 90 degree angles, it is very scientific.
It's like it's actually a form of art, you know.
We used to draw in a map a bit back in the day, you know, how effective were they at drawing fine art on reinforced walls.
Now it feels like it's the Nari.
Wow, look at it!
Beautiful!
You've got the contrast in this. They're little like lasers to measure the size of your house and all that.
Look at what's going on.
I love that.
Beautiful stuff. So, for the time being, we've got the Blackbeard of Oscar on Solar Repel.
to be joined by flexi. So this
gives us a big heads up as to
where the attack is going to
come from 14 secret just having
a quick look through the
window and bathroom window
covered off from the roof. Back
by no one. Be careful and but
one in trophy. Yes, all very
much so aside, there's not too
much at all going on over
library or main lobby. Of
These four kids, carrying a very, very creepy picture that I won't lie, guys.
Okay, look at that one. Fair play to you.
Your mind works in unique ways.
But it was 15 and 7 in the game that they lost 4 to 7 against shifters.
Last time they played on it.
You have a chance to get a couple of kills, but just a classic C-Strike moment
as he looks away, someone makes the cross, and just as he looks at the second window,
what a just about get tired of it as well, so there's some fortune.
In other words, feeling a very different conversation.
Now ask the first four, there's no good stuff, inside is cold in here,
Martin training at this one back and now he's swinging his head out, just goes full balls to the wall out of the wide swing, gets to the one.
Oscar starts to stabilise at least a little bit and it's 3v3.
Fight screens go out just to provide a bit of cover to get inside the bathroom.
Denari trip connector will be triggered but it doesn't matter because Oscar manages to get that diffuser down, kills come in one after another, flexing.
No way, it's all up to Linku, manages to find the first but he's got two more and one of those is a Blackbeard.
It is definitely hard work for him, let's get one surely not you can't throw this away, secret what is happening right now?
Why is it always Linku?
Why is it always secret?
And that also too, but I don't know what it is, I feel like every time I've cast Linku so far at this age he's always been less than a 1vx.
You look at that maybe and say oh he's baiting his team then, maybe so, but he's also wickedly brilliant in these clutch situations.
and it's going to look at the number that he's got so far because it's definitely more than a couple that was a wonderful play
Yeah, brilliant stuff. It was just that shot on to the black being. I don't know. I want to see that again
I don't know whether maybe we will on the retails, but we might not be able to see it in enough detail
My question is I don't know if Oscar started to drop the shield
I don't know whether he's had a slight advantage and been able to hit the shots above him
Or whether he starts to drop the shield because they are two very very different situations
situations. Just having a look at this. Now, Oscar's nearly full health and it is a headshot.
I think it's more the angle because I think Oscar's kind of leaning behind his shield.
And as he kind of strafes a little bit, it trusses Linky the angle. But you've got to
be completely squared up to him there. You can't give him any opportunity to find that
kill onto you. Initially I was worried he'd started to drop the first shield. I don't
I think he had done was going to say that's crazy. You've got a player in solar who can make the swing.
But look, yeah, really not good there. And again, you know, the second player in solar makes the swing on to the door.
I mean, I'm looking at that. I'm thinking, you've got that. I don't want to be overly critical because at that point, you've got, you want to be one, you've got to make a player, you've got to do something.
And I think taking the gunfight on your terms is at the end of the world. But again, you're thinking, oh, you know, could you maybe at least force them to think of you or...
But there was a rotation out of the side of him, so it was very difficult to hold that.
But well played, Link, who, you know, he's got in a difficult...
I really didn't think he was going to do that.
Difficult situation, and he's caused that out brilliantly.
I'm trying to put the numbers down so he just tells how many punches he's had.
It has been a couple, so far, it was three now.
I'd say it was more than a couple. That would make it number three.
But it's certainly not the first time this stage.
Going to play a couple of games until now, as well.
I can't tell you the story, though.
You just keep finding yourself in those spots and just keep on delivering.
By the way, secret, turn a book up your ideas and lock in.
Can't find ourselves giving this one away to use to be in a buffet.
That is a great spin from Fernando though.
Very impressive spin, sends in the previous round as well.
He ain't scared of taking those kind of good fights.
Drills off the board, Snake.
God, not an idea that starts by any means.
No, we're taking a lot of damage as well,
but it's will following up on to the rooftop,
but he manages to get out of the way.
We'll be unsuccessful but the minute rebels are defending pretty well. The defence isn't really the problem for rebels.
We'll see, you know, their real challenge comes in the second half of the game by Nicol and to the attack.
I'll just say, I don't know if anything changed yesterday, I still have a look, but for the time being,
what beard is still causing problems here, Oscar is certainly keeping himself square at this time
and he does get himself an
extra 2-4 versus 1.
As Benno goes big, much better
round from secret, so long as
they win it, or versus one.
Like I say, Benno will just swing absolutely
everything, like, I don't know,
he's just literally told them apart there.
And it was another spark, okay, now I shot my
movie fanplay, I'll give you that one, I'll give you that one,
but there are three more to find. It's a little
difficult to be able to recover this round.
But I think after the shock and the scare
of the previous round, that was
well, I can't say that they are
not really able to do that.
Well, that's much more
convincing from rebels. Your
secret. Maybe as you saw for
a couple of teams yesterday
showed a bit of their stuff in
the first round, but now you're
going to find rebels getting
very, very comfortable across
the next few.
Well, there we go. Bit of a.
Bit of a brick roaring start to
that one. We come out a million
miles an hour with a big clutch
and then secret just try to run
through things, but not really
and very confident and comfortable for them.
Yeah, that's good.
I mean, the first round of it to me was a bit more chaos, right?
It was one the secret shouldn't have lost
outside of a crazy push coming out from Linky.
That one was more from Nintan, like I say.
It'll be against Holygold.
Now we go in towards the off-site,
which is not going to be downstairs in the basement, Tim.
It is going to be inside of Kitchen and dining.
And I think it's many of us who watched the better shallow before.
Similar to what we saw back earlier on,
you still have to attack in towards the top
and get that cleared out to secure the vertical angles and then you can try and go for your execute.
Come in a few ways, you can approach it but normally a dumb thing is opening up on the south side to get
control of the lobby, open up that top office wall, you can see all the way through towards office,
you can open the main wall into wall site, you've got a couple of them above there, no one can play
inside of office itself. It's a lot of fallout, it's a path but it's far more comfortable to get it down.
Alternatively if you get full top floor control, that is where I think the secret might struggle
a little bit given the confidence we're now starting to build into the Rebels game plan.
to lose right off the grip. Thirty seconds into the range. And right now, secret are
reeling.
They're starting up the good kind of area, and they're out there fishing, I'm afraid,
Tim.
They're not catching anything if they are.
They're catching owls, Tim. They're catching owls. It is not looking good. Either way,
you've lost the entry, there is still room to recover. The problem is, can you find one
time to do that and to show that the player's got the ability to pull that off of the group?
I think what's kind of like a sad to see going away, if you look at the actual players, they've got, you know,
Fiddle's also being a rock-key granted.
You're the four of all gods here on Experience, who simply have some good games to start with, you see?
You know, Moby and Noah, they don't need any introduction, they of course wouldn't EWC.
There is quality on this team, it's just not, it's not jelling together quite yet.
I'm not going to say Noah dying there was down to a lack of jelling together, of course it's not.
But it is a bit perplexing, the secret of managed to lose every game so far.
I'm not sure what's going on with Rebels there, so the wall from the fireplace into
sight was left soft, as we can see. They've used the ace charges on there. They do have
spare reinforcements by the way, they would have had enough to be able to do it. The plant's
going down now, they've been able to walk in and get this done. There we go, it all falls
apart. I'm just clearing that because the summer charges go on, these players are above
I mean, it's it's just called
looking for this opportunity inside.
26 seconds left to go needs to
get a move on it. Rebels have
actually played this really well.
They were debating more into that
line of sight from the vertical
Martel finishes it off inside a
kitchen. Really good stuff from
Rebels three zero on defense and
looking very comfortable.
Extremely comfortable at this
point. Yeah. Yeah, it's weird.
I see him. Hopefully being the
last one less alive and around
like one thing I've really
praised mode before when he
I was in his biggest fan. I like him as a person, but as a player, I always had concerns that he would always be a mile ahead of the rest of his team on the entry, would always be the one getting picked off too early on, or his team would then try to always play catch up with him.
He looked like he was trying to play a different game to the rest of his team. And coming onto secret, my big worry about him was, will he be able to adapt into a system where he's got to play a little bit slower, play more as a unit?
the team. I don't want to say
that. I don't want to say that
the team. I don't want to say
that the team. I don't want to
say that the team. The unit and
the answer was, yes, I twisted
got into that point where he
was playing brilliantly. Now we're
at a stage where at least in
these last couple of rounds, he's
been kind of playing at the back.
He's been the far more passive
player for his team. I don't want
to say let's go back towards
old mogul. But when you know
that you and Noah the two main
standout players in the scene,
the ones of course of one. E WC
I would like to see him really
involved in making things happen
and just not getting these
that. We're seeing quite a lot
of these kind of two nil three
nil days. We saw it yesterday.
It was two zero when the tactical
time out was called the team
secret losing this time. It is
three zero. So let's see what
to us. They can do here. It's
going to be a lot of work to be
done. If I'm honest, secret
feeling really off the pace so
far and shall at least on the
of four and zero so 11 and three between the two of them inside three rounds that's that's some crazy
going you know if you make that 12 we're only one kill short of make that 12 and between the two of
them that's like three kills of sorry four kills around between two of them that's madness really
so yeah that's something that secret need to be dealing with is this freedom that rebels are having
to get those kills. Okay we've had another band come on through they're taking away we're might
taken away, was played by Linku in a couple of those rounds and we had a attack timeout, so
let's see if Twister can have the desired impact and get them back on course.
Now go things down into the basement though here Tim, so this is one of the one of the rare maps
that we've got in the pool right now, that you can play all four sites on the map,
very commonly we do see that come out as a thing. It's definitely the most versatile in terms of
site ordering, what sites we actually play, one of the nice things about trial and overall,
but it does that mean there's even more the sleeper has to work the way through,
because they haven't seen a defence of this right yet.
And I don't think you're always expecting to see the Timber's form be coming out,
but Algoz-Marzo arguably two or three seconds too late there,
otherwise, yep, go ahead and self-adjust.
Yeah, I love the aggression from Rebels.
They have a 3-0, they know that they've got a good half, no matter what,
they will be expecting to pick up another round or two at least,
but I think, yeah, set a little chance, just really, you know,
just really put Team Secret under it, just to force them to be under more and more pressure.
Don't let them breathe in again, don't let them get back into it, so you need to keep watching that,
I'm sure, but I don't think you'll see them popping out again, and have the electrical taking out,
so I can wonder if they're just going to be sure.
Don't need to, and let them hold it off for long enough, the activation on the electrical is quite long,
so the confidence of that, get that opened up, and can start burning through some utility inside.
Good early progress to the team secret.
Yeah, certainly not bad. That memory is being opened.
It's endless pressure. You can't understand the middle of sight at that point.
So you're restricted towards blue and playing inside of wine.
You get pressure coming in down that backside or anything coming in through trench.
It starts to feel a little bit ugly. It starts to feel very, very claustrophobic.
Especially if dining control is also lost. So secret here.
I'm not going to worry about rushing things through.
As long as you get these crucial bars for in a good spot.
And that is a good way of doing it.
Instead of out getting more up in the front here, having him be the ace gunner that he has been for a long time.
time, you guess the entrance of FEDO has been a nightmare to deal with so far.
Just holding in standard a little bit aggressively here, just inside of wine rather than out by a pillar
and that's exactly why Asser manages to get one, can he get himself another surely he's not going to
continue being cheeky and going around this corner, he knows that one's down I think outside of Trench
so it's just emboldening it a little bit, Flexi does manage to get one, 2v2 although now it's
to fall apart. It's all
reflected one v one drills is
down and won't be collected. I
don't think or is he going to
be they are going for him now.
Yeah, he's going to that's a
that's a good move. I think get
the second one on the board.
It's winnable. But we are
just ready to back in that one
was the same and round he goes
has got rid of one off for the
second. But who goes where
ring around the roses? V drills
versus Marso and V drills is
that's why you pick your teammates up the drills down for the longest time, but they made the time made the effort to go and get him collected. And then he wins out the one V one at the end. Otherwise it would all have been over at that point. So team secret get themselves
the other side of the map.
You can just attacking around
something to build on for them,
at least a positive to work
with. And it gets them going.
There's been a full site
rotation as well, which is one
of the things that I do love
about shall a as a map is
everywhere is viable on this
map. And we tend to see maybe
basement played a little bit
less than the others. But
yeah, generally speaking, you
can go absolutely anywhere and
They will head back out imagine up to top floor master was their starting position
It did come down to a 1v1 at the end. So, you know, there was a little bit of risk there a little bit of jeopardy
I think they actually defended
A little bit better. So, you know, who knows that's open to them as well. Maybe they go there
Listen to Vdros thing that's a crucial one to win like
No, it's one of the other members on rookie step into these big leagues as well. It can be very very
Nerve racket. Yeah, the same thing applies to Smith's over on fanatic
You know, we have the first game against furthest pro
The pepper three of those photos suddenly jumping all over my knees playing on classroom may stay as I was like this four guy
Man, she just come up to tier one
He's in these interviews only been playing for a year or so as well
Which is crazy that he's got to this level so fast really nice guy comes across to be as well from that interview
But that was a very bruising start and I think the rookies to get a little bit of confidence
You can go with the best is it's a big confidence builder. So I'm really happy to actually get that one done
Still a big hill to climb mind you shall is definitely one of our more attack-asided maps a secret really to find at least a second in this half
Yeah, I would agree with you. I think even with rebels attacking wars being as they are
It's not gonna be enough just coming away with a 33 sorry, like, you know
three, three, four, two, three, three, four, two, three, three, three,
magic at this point, but a four, two is not going to be ideal.
Five, one, forget about it.
So, holding the angle onto the window here, Feno just preventing any pressure
coming into solar.
Secret decided to dip away from that fight up onto the top floor.
There was a lot, it's a lot, don't worry, there was a lot of pressure
came from the solar side last time.
I mean, it got them into position, it got them a plant down.
I'm just having a look and they do seem a little bit more spread out the secret
So I think we're gonna see pressure coming from both sides this time
Absolutely, we fennos still happy to play aggressive
He comes to the tail and manages to get the down on Swastka
It's a good attempt, they have cover coming in with two sides
I was gonna say behind the outside shots coming in from and from the solar windows
But he still managed to kill the shield and not yet finished off
We'll need to be at some point if our devices support is very much on the way
there we go finally finished off his feeding information back towards his team
but they've got two kills from Oscar and Mobley gone not a good start for secret
Capitaine Blackbeard as well off the board you've got to focus on utility it is a huge loss and you know
Yorker now who's gonna be the one to brute force in who's gonna create space
inside of sight to allow for a plant and you start really struggling Linko
manager to take down Noah. Found ourselves now four versus two. Looks like a choice of
far gaming. Might just be the right one for them. I think we're aware they would be going
coming into this and they've gone to what I think was the best spot so far. Ace is going
to open with that long angle through from double door into library. But right now, Rebels
are sitting pretty comfortably. 30 seconds left to go.
Yeah, don't f**k and you've also got acidity and information with the poles from below.
know every single movement these last three players are taking or it's going to take you to step into
the line of sight and it will be a free kill going to the way but the brain which backs away here
just one that was left inside of sight though a lens managed to pick up feed drills flexi the
poor sod he is all alone in a one versus four a lens wants his kd give it to him no wants a flexi
round will be over though that'll be four wants a rebels is the secret this is looking a little bit
scary tim yeah couple of meaning those skills there at the end impactless as it's still going
to be a round to rebels. And
like you say, if you're a
secret fan, starting to look
a little bit scary right now.
51 half. I won't say is
catastrophic. That will be 6
0, but it is certainly getting
up there towards it because
you just look at anything.
Rebels are surely going to be
able to find one site that they
can attack on to and that they
can get the job done. So a lot
of work for secret to be done.
And I would put this down round
six as now an essential win of
I'm not worried and the thing is that I sometimes the fun will enjoy going off on teams that are playing like crap and just being like
What the bloody hell like the last six game yesterday?
Don't get me started
It was a painful game on the exact inside of both them and the other side it was yeah, not great and had a bit of fun with that
I feel bad
Going off about secret here because I don't feel it's it's apps like yes
They're playing poorly. Yes, they're losing players fast and easily nothing's really going their way
It'd be so easy to see and be like, wow, these guys are ass, they're not playing well.
But it's sad to see that downfall again, especially the two players on the side that we've already seen win at AWC.
You know, how close they came back at SI.
It's crazy to think they were that close just a few months ago, giving us some of the best performances that we've seen in an SI final.
Yeah, as it stands, they're very much a shadow of the form themselves.
And I really want to see them get back to the way they were because I know how much hard work Trist was putting,
put in a lot of mobs, being never
a foot in with the rest of their
team over time. Obviously now the
team is going to be just burst
and Savage has gone over towards
NA, G-mapple has gone off towards
Fowler, there's a lot of things to
change but it's just a little bit
sad to see. It is, it is, and this
as you say a lot of work, it's to
be done. There's no better time
than right now to start it. Pete
comes in, no one manages to get
his man. You're not going to get
away with that, I like that you
should know better. Nitro comes
out, no chance to pull the death
and air on it, so no one manages
to get a second and that's
second and that's going to be as to taking down but team secret cannot keep relying on this yes they
are now in a position to win this round but it is again on the back of a no a double kill how many
times have we said that need to be getting everybody firing everybody fighting and winning these
rounds so currently three versus five this is now even more I said at the beginning that it was
as it must be found. It is essential that they get this one done.
Right, Kata, destroy.
I think you need the breathing room, don't you, really?
There's one disappearing.
Now, Noah's gotten you into a five versus three.
He's done great work in the early parts of that round.
I know, again, this team is still trying to gel,
but this is a crime opportunity to say,
cool, we lost Noah here, but he's done the hard work for us.
We've got ready two players on the other side.
It's a 4v3. We've got a shield on side.
We've got a damos on side.
We've got tons of utility, but you can sit behind like,
Surely, surely.
You can see this one over the line.
Just taking the peek around the corner, the Blackbeard getting aggressive.
Mowgli manages to find the kill on to Linko.
Port Mato, back, not before a trade.
This is good from secret.
Playing as a team, they're looking to get those trades.
They're impacting each other's deaths.
They've got an opportunity to put the diffuser down as now,
which they will take.
Oscar secures that.
Mowgli with the final kill.
Feno taken down.
That's going to be a 4-2-1-2.
it was essential that secret got that round. They've dug deep and they've brought one back.
It's still a lot to do, I think, but we'll see what the desk thought about that half, guys.
What did you make of it? Yeah, I think the tone was very much set in that first round here.
A good half from Rebels, that's one thing to say, but with that clutch in round one,
as we said, the tone was set. Yeah, I think it's like you said,
the biggest difference between a 3-3 and a 4-2. Yeah, and I think it highlighted a few things
that we saw throughout the rest of the game here so far
is the lack of trading and the lack of collision from the rest of the team.
It's a 3v1, the bomb is planted, we have one player taking a 1v1.
We have another one that is moving too much, he gets his head as an angle.
The trade does not come from Flexi, he misses his shot
and then he loses that gunfight too. Honestly, it's perhaps too lingo, he isolated all of the players.
But I think it just highlighted a couple of things that we saw throughout the rest
was yesterday's credit is making mistakes, but Rebels are forcing them to make mistakes,
Maybe being extremely aggressive. Yeah, and I think the aggression secret that just they kept they don't have the cohesion to face
It there's a really romantic side of me that thought this was gonna be the game in a secret
We're just gonna come alive and they were really gonna set themselves up to get that plant down in my one
I'm thinking this is it this is it
To lose that clutch in the nature that I think set the same they managed to somewhat recompose they got you know
Two rounds. Yeah, like you said, it would have been a free free but for that clutch
I think there's been times where they've been some painfully obvious lack of refurks from the side lack of team play
and that's why they're in the position that they're in, but they did get a couple of rounds all the same.
Yeah, there's one player though on the side of Red Bulls who's absolutely been stopping up we could say.
Yeah, I think so. That's going to be Feno on the side of Red Bulls.
You see he played a lot of Denarii, there was some really curious Denarii stuff that was going on across the Shelle amount.
You know, 1.5KD on the defensive half as well.
He's really come alive for Red Bulls on the defense specifically across the whole stage in particular, not even just today.
For me, it's the amount of kills and deaths across six rounds.
He died every single round, but he got super involved with the gunfights.
And it may be funny, but I think he was one of the main stakeholders of the aggression on the side of Rebels.
Because so many of the defenders are extended holds, he was the one leader that got them super aggressive and got those six.
One small positive, I will say for Team Secret, is we showed a bit of a meme about how Noah's carried them the whole stage.
I'm really trying his best.
I think that's the one of the two senior players that remain on the side of Team Z.
That was the one we were waiting for, right?
They really needed him to finally come out of it. We know he's a quality player.
We've seen him do it at so many international events. We've finally seen a small step up from him.
It hasn't necessarily been enough. They are still too far down attacking on the Shelly.
It's not great, but at least there is something there.
Mirai, Grimm, Azami, Deimos, anything crazy there?
I just think all the bands are really used like the usual ones
I don't think we're also facing two teams that have huge shields main players as well
The only thing with the the Azami Meriband is really really good. Well, it's good for two sets
It's good for the top floor. It's good for the basement
But it's also good for the top floor bar because it means you yeah, especially for the top floor
It means you can't extend out to the library side
So this might be a reason why secret I've chose to go to dining kitchen straight away on that first
Well, defense was the sign. We're a secret. All those players still force that combo go against shifters. What can they do in the second half?
Thank you very much, Al. Not that we've fun at some point, Tim. If we do that part of the show, and then the guys cast the next three rounds from the studio.
Do you think?
Yeah, they're going to say go to bed. They're not talking about it. Oh, that's innocent and Leo.
and she's also got the game for a few rounds.
How could that be?
20%
Oh, let's get into it then.
Team Secret now on the defence.
We've spoken about the Rebels' attack at win rate.
I did check it during the half there.
This is coming into today.
And it's an interesting start.
So obviously yesterday we spoke about with Joe Sartland
being the 10th best in the league on attack,
which would of course make them the worst.
They had the worst attack at win rate.
They've got a couple yesterday.
and the only one below them is the secret, who are now intent. They've gone down to 22%, so that's actually a bit of a positive for Team Secret in an indirect way, because they've over-performed on the attack.
attack. They're the ones that have come out and put numbers on the board. It's 20%, we
wouldn't expect them to be getting two rounds if they had stuck to that pattern, that value.
So by getting themselves two rounds, it puts them more up at Canada 33%, so they have improved
that attack on Winrate with their performance here on Shallie. Now that means that Rebels
have to do the same. He starts things off as he needs to go on finding one on the board
and then V-Jills. It's right, it's two, sorry, it's two easy, that's not...
Hang on! Whoa, whoa, hello? Is this 2018? What the hell is going on?
Alem's just popping off, he's about to get an Asian thing to carry on.
This is ridiculous. Nor is that, and he's got the eye on Swim.
He's down to a single point in 8-B, but no, no one denies and reminds him.
And reminds us all that it is still 20-26, I'm afraid.
Alem's nearly got an ace from the double window, I'm just going to leave it at that.
I'm sure it's going to be probably a rough one to bounce back from, leads them five to down now. And this could become a bit of a speed run if this carries on like that. That's going to be a tough round for them and I'm sure going to be probably a rough one to bounce back from.
them and I'm sure gonna be probably a rough one to bounce back from. Lease them 5-2 down now
and this could become a bit of a speed run if this carries on like... That happens. These two can't now.
Those two particularly can't happen and they must know that it's a Nomad. At some point they
must have been a call from what you can hear. They know that's Gun Sound. I'm sorry I'm
ended up in Vance here. All that's guns now is so unique there's no way that you don't know that it's
no man so how are you just running out at that point? I thought you were just so much running out
but how are you getting caught out by the air jam on people? Like you've got to assume that it would
be there you'd be able to hear it you know that it's no man. Yeah, tough round, I think so.
Yeah, those are the current rounds we can let go and say okay each had a wonderful round but as we
We often say to him, for one player to pull off the plate,
I've got a lemister to hit, the other side has to make the mistakes,
giving the windows and the gaps to be able to get away with those kind of plays.
And that's really what he's got away with.
Yeah, at this level, we comment on teams and say the ones that are lower down the table
are typically the ones that have small gaps in their gameplay.
They have, like, missed timing.
One player will swing for one strike, the other will swing two seconds later.
You get the play that you're trying to swing all the time in the world.
Not about to start together, the two.
But again, coming back to that point, like, when a lemister's getting kills,
couple of seconds apart like that and he can read everything that's coming at him.
That's really on you trying to be too reactionary rather than trying to set up
a play in the first place to deal with what you know the threat it's gonna be.
So it was a bit of a sting of a secret but starting out with two kills here and
getting yourself into a 5v3 surely it can't go any worse from the mere thing can it?
Surely, surely! Positive start for Team Secret you know.
Last round is gone, you're actually off, you've got a nice double kill there.
Oscar finds it with a Nitro, breaks down the solo-sided push as well.
really good stuff. It means that Rebels have to go back to the drawing board and with a team,
like Rebels, they'll have to put them on the attack. This is actually really valuable for
team secret because, you know, even your best attacking teams in the world, when they lose
two bodies early on and it's your ace in your capital, some of your key utility, they're going
to struggle to find, you know, how to adapt and how to get themselves back into the round. So Rebels
have probably got even less chance. So they'll pick up a fifth kill from that double window,
the first one. And that's
going to be a four K for Oscar
in the round. And team secret
get their first defense. Can't
look at it. Lems the same.
Whatever you can do. I can do
to as I mentioned, you can
forgive when the individual
players have big rounds in
particular. Often it is
enabled by the decide somewhat,
but we've got a big round by
players and I decide now. I
want to see a team round coming
out out of the side. So you
really want to see him balance
it out as a group here as well.
So keep it on the other side
and keep it on the other side
and keep it on the other side
and keep it on the other side
So keep it on and how the next round plays out and see if they can keep on being competitive.
It is a very crucial round, the one that we often speak about, seeing when we're at this
five-three score line.
The secret get of the win here, they're back within striking distance, they're just one
round behind and you can see how it's plausible that they can play catch-up, whereas if Rebels
win, it's six-three, they've got a three-round advantage and have two out of three rounds
in the half being one, you think it's hard to see how secret can play catch-up.
I guess that'd be a question for secret, really.
I guess I'm curious to hear your thoughts as well, really.
If people can't get their win here today, where do they find a win throughout the stage?
Well, that's the problem, isn't it, when you start looking at the match-ups, you can kind of...
They've lost to Herosix, they've lost to Shifters,
they've lost to Pagans, Grantsome and Fultons.
There's only Falcons that are like the big team, if you will,
I'm not downplaying anybody else.
Shifters, like, you know, I keep telling them, they're going to be fighting for top half.
But you look at it going through, they've got Twisted Binds,
top 14. They've got furtive pro top 14. They've got g2 top two team, you know,
verus probri top two team as well. And so yeah, you then look into a fanatica
geeky at the end of the stage, there's being teams that maybe they can get something out of.
But there's a problem with that because how much are they really going to develop and learn against
those top teams or the next three players? It's probably going to be limited because it's going to
be very, very difficult for them to just compete. So it then gets to the point where you'll ask two
games might actually be too late for you to do anything about where you are in the league.
Yeah, it feels a bit too little too late then to be able to claw your way into sixth place and
get in towards playoffs absolutely. And again, I think all these guys know what's on the line.
Now, only the top four teams that come out of this group stage, rather the whole
league are the ones that make it to EWC because, I mean, it's too fair, Tim, the funny thing is,
secret don't need to make playoffs. And just remember, they don't need to make it because
they won it last year. So they also qualify back to EWC anyway. So they have one of the five spots
I'm sure it'll go really well for him when they get there at this rate.
When they get phase in round one, I'm sure it'll go really well.
But at the minute we've got Winko or health more clear, as well as taking some damage along the way.
I'm still going to be working up these stairs with that shield.
Just taking out the player on my knee.
that shield. Just peeking out the player on me. He needs to be careful. I'm not sure he's got...
Oh no, he is off the spawn. I'm not sure he's got any kind of direct support to help him deal with that,
but they have the angle. Mum's taking a lot of damage. He lems. Managers to get on his head.
Oh my god.
Surgeons these Oscar rounds. This is a lems, isn't it? We're going back to Gly,
Team Secret and BDX the lems here. Absolutely flying through the master managers to get
on to flex it and it's going to be all down to Oscar. Yeah, the era of the last rounds,
he's going to do it all over again and won't even be given the chance. It's a flawless round for
Rebels. I said at the head of things, if they get to the 6-3 scoreline they are now, it feels a bit
too far away for Secret to play catch up. And unfortunately that is the way it's going. I guess
they can kind of see this whole like group stage now as a boot camp for AWS thinking about it, Tim.
I thought I was the overly positive one.
What is it to say like you're taking over my role?
There's you're taking over my role.
I would care.
I think this is not going well.
This is not going well.
Rebels six three up at the minute and secret really struggling
to find themselves another round here on the defense.
that I'm not sure how many
players can do this. I think
the best thing about this
defense could all be over in
this next round bar and
gaming will be decided that
they are heading to what a
secret do here differently. Um
you know, It's difficult to
pick one thing, isn't it? I
think maybe if they could at
least work together a little
bit more like this, then when
you play in that sort of
work together to provide a bit of cover, really. They're going there, needed somebody inside
a library looking to support or maybe somebody top blue and pushes down to that double door
and then they can put a bit of pressure on, they can present Feno again in the angling,
somebody inside of office maybe, with that threat onto balcony so that Feno can't concentrate
in that way to try and get that kill. So maybe Team Secret could increase that a little bit,
maybe work for each of her a little bit, create some crossfires.
Hit my help.
Surias, in place.
It might.
it might. See I can be positive too. We swap back. It's that freaky bride here. We've got our bodies back and the positive one again.
Well, they're going to end it with a rush jump. Here we go. They're getting themselves to the window by the next minute.
They want to get in there nice and quick. They're taking notes that they see the plant that you can get up now rather than going into the corner right
against the wall. They're right up against the desk on the water. Left hand side. We'll see if they go away with it.
Now Noah, he's up stairs, he's got a lot of his play run, he's playing home for the best.
Okay, no, never mind, he only got a chance to get away with it.
But though I was challenging him, because we've got a chance here,
I figure it's a step for the player outside,
he nearly missed every single shot, but it does not matter.
The plant is down, however, it's a five versus three,
and Noah, he don't want to lose here and now.
They managed to bring it down to a three versus one.
Feno has got to hold on all by himself.
Oh, it's very, very difficult when your man count is down there.
to the left. It's a very
difficult to get into the
right side. That's the one
that is one of the sites that
you think this is actually
winnable. There was a bit me
thinking when it gets to one V
three, then all my innocent
with this because it's very
difficult to challenge onto
the outside there, but a
beautiful shot is hit as he
comes around that angle and
they managed to get straight
onto that diffuser as well to
put the pressure to force
Venor around. So a good final
20 seconds there from teen
secret. A good response to
that diffuse going down. I
the team. They were able to
thrive in the chaos there, so
well played credit where it's
due. It's been a rough game
for them so far, but they do
pull out around there to keep
this one going for at least one
more round. It's now 64. Yeah,
I suppose done by what I said
when it's a six three scoreline,
it's still probably a bit much
to try and recover. But that
was to try to pull the fast
one. They try to get over the
fast plan. They tried to get
overwhelmed and with a textbook
that tries to overwhelm them with a textbook kit.
We've seen this million times at this point,
it's going to be fair.
Now, like I say, he won't take him up one line down.
Quite literally, he's got himself under a couple of big kills.
He's really set his team up to be able to recover.
Now, it's a question for me to do two more in a row.
I don't think they can, but I'll happily be surprised.
OK, back to...
We go over to Maser and Office.
That's going to be the next defensive start.
Secret, try and hold.
We've seen them hold it in round eight.
The real estate tester is one of the two defensive sides that they've run.
So they've got something to build on here.
The Diary comes back along as well.
We will see those long connectors.
Usually you can see one running from fast up all the way down to piano
just to prevent anybody hopping in through those windows.
And we're going to have immediate...
We've seen this consistent every round where attackers have been attacking
onto this top floor site.
start it has immediate pressure onto solar windows and we've got that again.
Okay, let's get away with it then. It's more about trying to keep yourself busy the thing and
keep rebels busy in the early round like don't give them too much time to get yourself established
inside the building and setting up crossfires and everything else. The problem with this size
I think you can't afford to play that at least for a while and so you flood in towards this top floor.
Get yourself on the surround, you're ready with the gadgetry, a lens to the spot again where
Hopefully you don't see the 4K being warped, it's a little bit cheeky as it ends here, but that's what I mean, I'd like you to try something.
Localists are going to go down as a resort and finished off by Feno, who calls him honest out of the fire.
Feno finished off, 2-4 on the side of Rebels, oh no, it's Feno against him!
We saw earlier in the game, 15 and 80 steps up Sue, Oscar 1, back with a C-4, 2 vs 2 comes through, as Feno hits the 3K, it's in the Marso against Flexi.
Oscar's been a bit of a demon with the Nitros, I'll give him that at least,
But, yeah, Fennel comes through, makes him another one.
A phenomenal finish there from the door, could be showing the value.
Just hitting shots with the SMG.
And that is going to be Rebels.
Was it going to win on Shallow?
And Team Secret's wars continue.
Yeah, absolutely.
Two rounds there, where I thought we could show a couple of flashes,
a brilliant show from individuals, more than anything else.
I feel for Rebels, it was a pretty dominant affair.
And also, showing they can in deep play,
Shall I tell you maybe this is a good reason why it's always been banned away from them?
However, we'll also break when we come back, Cardes.
Break it down for you.
I'ma keep it going till there ain't nothing left
I'm breaking next to the party now
For my earphones stuck in my money now
Cause I came to get down for this funny love
I'ma keep it going till there ain't nothing left
It's going till the end
Rebels steal away the full 3 points from this matchup and that means we get to speak to
the winners who speak to the brains behind this roster as we have Kizzy on the line.
Congratulations and good evening.
3 points Kizzy, you must be very happy with those.
Yeah, it was a good game for us.
I'm proud about our attack, like we're getting better every week.
As you guys remember, last week we just won one attack and that's pretty sad, but next
week that week we worked hard, we changed some things and if we count yesterday and today
we got five attacks, so we're getting better.
Just picking up on that because you said that you were working on the things, what things
What did you work on in particular? Because the attack flow was very strong today, there was a lot of multi-kills for example.
Yeah, I mean, because I think we're talking a lot during scrims about fans, you know, like about what-up we should abuse, like what type of the play style, you know.
And I think we got in sync because like before we didn't know each other, so we kind of mixed
our ideas and got to get better every day, that sort of go every day.
And I think it's working, I hope it's working.
I feel like watching you guys today, I feel like I can see some kind of identity coming
up with you guys.
And I think we saw that into the game in the way that you were especially in defense trying
to be extremely aggressive, trying to fight early on into the map, trying to not let them
settle.
Was that purely a game plan against Secret, or is that more your global playstyle that
you're going to go with using the strength of your players?
That was the game for today because we kind of know, because we have a lot about them.
So the game plan was just to scare them and be aggro.
And also, I think that's our playstyle, I think the team is going to realize there, but we are ready,
like we had a lot of play styles on defense too, but like for this specifically game, we choose there, and I think works.
Do you think that the fact that you guys played three of the four best teams in EVML in the first three play days?
It's crazy, bro.
Yeah, you guys had such a hard path into Stage 1.
So do you think it actually helped the guys think that they had it in them?
Because, realistically, they did Falcons.
And then, even the two games that you guys lost,
like, if it wasn't for the attacks, you could have won them, you know?
And even these ones, every time it was a 7-4, it was kind of close, you know?
It was not a stomp.
So do you think it actually helped the team figure out their identity
and also give them confidence that they had it in them to actually be a great pro team?
Yeah, of course bro, like I was sad about the game yesterday because I feel like the
games were in our hands, but whatever, like we learning from this, like every day, if
you lose and you don't learn anything, like you're doing something wrong, you know, so
I think, I think, yeah, that's it, like about, we're saying like about the hard teams, I
I think that's good for us, but we cannot expect we're going to win the other games
because we did a good job against the good teams, because the next game is going to be
more easy, like easier, and we need to keep improving, like work hard, you know, and yeah,
that's it for us.
But yeah, definitely, this is a good way for us.
Yeah, we were talking about that as well, we had some hard games to end the game today,
And then, well, next Monday you're playing G2.
So once again, thanks for your time, Kizzi,
and best of luck with the shoot week next week.
Thank you, thank you.
See you, G2.
You, bro.
Ooh, I like that, yeah, there are, I mean,
with this, the way this game went,
and especially the improvement that we're seeing
on the attacks, it might be an actual fair fight.
Yeah, I'm just looking at these clips.
I'm looking at the highlights here,
and incredible multiple, and I'm thinking that G2 game,
which is gonna be all about TDM, look at this.
Like, we see a 1v3 clutch.
We see this in pretty good role in about the years here by the way.
Yeah, that has to be one of the quickest 4Ks in the MLD stage.
Like the amount of kills that were just thrown at their faces.
And then look at the rest of the kills here.
Multiple triple kills on the side of the LMS after that.
And then there was the round here.
Like the one with Fino with AldoKB.
Wow, just wow.
Fino just that.
I think the big thing for me is we expected Rebels to be strong on defense.
We know that. Kizzy just said we're working on our attacks.
We've been working on our attacks,
and they managed to get a couple over the line free,
over the line to get the job done.
What I will say, actually, is that the start difference,
I think, was the pace.
When Rebels have been on the defense,
they've been annoying.
They've been aggressive.
They've been playing flanking constantly.
A lot of movement, creating a little bit of chaos,
a little bit of confusion.
They started to bring that on the attack today.
We saw quick plants. We saw the doka bean.
We saw people just in places that you didn't really expect,
and it was all in coordination and all instinct as well.
Yes, other than the lurch, you know, four people peeking him on the double window, that round aside,
every other attacking round was pretty good and pretty fast paced from them, so I hope we see more of that.
Yeah. And for players that have made a step up to this league as well, we've seen some players make a step up to this league on other teams that have really struggled.
The guys on the side of Rebels don't seem to be struggling in the kills department as well.
They've definitely got what it takes. Now they've got that little bit of confidence in them.
I think they represent a tough task for any team.
Slowly but surely I'm starting to think that if they continue on that path, especially as it will get to play easier teams quote-unquote
They might just be in a position to make it to playoffs and still that away from a fanatic from a shifter's
From teams that are really close to getting that six spot. I think rebels right now
I wouldn't put them in the need of miracle anymore in materialist because I think they have that level
All right
Well that seems very very good and very positive for them
But those players that you're mentioning of course what this whole stage one is about is for the teams
teams to qualify to EWC. That is what we're playing for here inside our players. Find
that very big tournament. Obviously it's a two million dollar prize pool. It qualifies
you to the Sixth Evotational if you win EWC by August. You know you're competing in the
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So, see you, Jackson. Good games. Discontent.
I don't see why you shouldn't.
And I've been there before. It's at Port de Versailles,
so I live there for three years, actually.
So I know the space really well. I can tell you this is going to be amazing
because this is where Paris Games Week was being held before that.
So you're going to have a lot of space for activations.
You can do casual games. You have food and beverage.
And all of that should be experienced, you know,
different sports titles every week.
I think the cool thing is, honestly, also,
there is some kind of pressure for the players
also representing their orgs there.
In reality, when you see the amount of cash price
that's available for organizations
playing EWC across multiple titles,
organizations such as G2, such as Falcons,
it means a lot for their organization.
It's the big chunk of their revenue that partner program.
Yeah, with the club, the standings, everything,
but just to speak, see it specifically,
that winning, getting that ticket to the Sixth Invitational
the first team to qualify.
Undoubtedly, you would be there
from being the UWC champions.
That makes it absolutely massive.
Teams have already taken this event
so seriously, like it was a major.
The last couple of years anyway,
and even now, you've got a tantal benefit
at the end of it, that you will be there
in the sixth invitation on the end of the year,
which is huge, because like I say so often,
that is the first call for any team.
They want to make sure they're at that event.
Yeah, and as secret as we just saw,
has already qualified for an event
due to winning it last year.
They already have that security
security of making it to that event for our next game.
Then we'll talk about Falcons and G2, big contenders,
to make it to EWC eventually.
And I feel like this is a long awaited matchup.
We finally get to see Shaco against his old team.
You know, so much history between Shaco and the core
of that Falcons roster.
I'm excited.
Super excited, to be honest.
I've seen Shaco since the rebuild of that team.
As Team BDS, when he wanted to get Ridae on the roster,
He had to wait a couple of years to get Ridae initially.
And then after that, he had to wait another couple of years
to get Liquefac.
And that core together stayed four years.
They won one major together.
Jhon Chopin in 2022.
And ever since then, they've been completely unable
to win a Grand Final outside of EWC.
For these guys to face each other,
they can see it typing with a smile on his face.
They're already there.
I can see it.
They already know what it feels like.
And this is going to be a brother in arms facing each other.
It's going to be a weird one.
So remember it.
you know, it was the
Thunder out in Paris with
Shaco and three day there as
well. And of course this is
Shaco going up against his
former team. We've got a couple
of pictures to show you. We're
going to hit you in the
nostalgia here because Shaco
here he is on the right hand
side of your screen back in
Sweden back in 2022 lifting
on while he's not looking at
but he's with the squad
lifting that major trophy. He
went all the way. And then on
the left hand side of your
screen is maybe where it
hits in the fields a little
this year. This is the final
game. This is after the final
game that Shaco ever played
with this roster with his
brothers, you know, ultimately
and yes, he has moved on to
different things and yes, both
of these squads might go and
they might win silverware in
the future, but they'll have
never have got it done together
with Shaco with three day, you
know, especially in terms of
six in the national when it was
supposed to be in Paris. So it's
huge that he's going up against
these guys. And ironically, I
matchup, it's on Falcons. They are the ones that initiated this move. They are the ones
that initiated Chico going to G2 eventually. They are the ones that wanted to get Jume.
And so in this kind of matchup, when Revenge is served cold three months later, in reality,
Falcons need to win that to prove that it was the right play.
Yeah, it's a big task from both these teams. A big one for all of our viewers as well.
Two big teams, a big breakfast as well, we're hoping to see for this matchup, especially
given that these two teams are inside our top four. We say these are the contending teams
that we expect to make a two international lens to win silverware as you so beautifully said,
but let's take a look at the map V2 as well. I want to see where the series takes you.
We're going to our concert. We've seen this map from both teams.
We did. I'm just looking at the final two maps. There couldn't be
even a way more different, you know, border all about the fact that we didn't end up going there.
We ended up going to Consulate. Now, both of these teams played Consulate yesterday.
Different set of circumstances, I would say. G2 arguably should have lost it,
They got themselves over the line in Big Franks due to Benja and Alma.
They played it yesterday and really had to show everything.
I think for Falcons they played Team Secret there yesterday.
It was a pretty straightforward game.
But it's a good map for Falcons.
It's been one of their home maps for a very, very long time there.
The real pivotal point here is 4G2.
Because like you said, they should have lost yesterday.
And why should they have lost yesterday?
Because their attacks were really good, but their defenses.
Their defenses were horrible.
And Doki said that in the interview.
They've had less than 24 hours to have basically a huge rework on the defence side.
It's supposedly a defence side of the map, and they're going to have to start attack,
which is fine if they can develop their playstyle like they used to yesterday.
But realistically, the big thing they need to change, you know, they've only had 24 hours to change it.
So this is going to be the big one.
Any predictions before we go into the match?
Because the lobby top is ready, you whooo!
Nicks it in this rest of one.
I'm predicting a lot of match, I'm predicting a lot of chat either way.
I think on the balance things, I think Falcons have probably looked better across the stage,
but in games like this, honestly, Form goes out the window with two top teams
who can raise their level and raise their motivations.
I think in general, history tends to serve the revenge plate or meal the right way,
and I think in that aspect, I think G2 might have the upper hand just because of the mental warfare.
Ooh, this matchup has it all! A frag of star quality!
against the former team, and
it's ready to go on console it.
Indeed it is and probably
arguably everyone would say
game of the day showdown between
two of our top four teams here in
Europe seven. I think this may
deliver the best teams we're
going to see today. Who walks
the way is the winner? I can't
tell the audience can't. Can
you? Absolutely not. As I said
I don't know. I feel like G2
maybe on a date. Falcons on a
rise. Falcons. Historically,
you know, I've done well against
G2, so. I do like them for it,
but it is absolutely anybody's
is this matchup. It's going to
be an absolute classic. I'm
hoping that we get a bit of a
bomb, but that we get plenty of
rounds out of it, and we don't
have somebody was sitting it
before between these two
are somebody kind of just
to the back of the game, but
hopefully. Hopefully that's all
I'm really bothered about. It's
let's go to the distance. Let's
have plenty of good stage between
these two and just see who
comes out on top. Not seeking
to be a hater and saying this,
but either see this being the
kind of game that you say is a
bomb. Burner. It goes really
close or G2 just don't show up
in fine form and Falcons walk
away with a. Let me say easy
win, but a comfortable win is
the best thing probably put it.
stop them all the way through but I think it's also fair to say for both
teams they've maybe not been as decisively dominant as you maybe would
have expected coming into the stage and G2 had that scare against GK on day one
Falcons of course have lost them out the stage as well I think both are still
fighting to have that crowd atop their head coming in at the stage given VP
currently are looking like the ones who are going to be in that commanding
position and it's one of our main top four versus top four goals today
I think this one carries an awful lot of weight to how this stage could conclude
Let's get into it. Falken's up on the defense.
Jitsu are on the attack. We're kicking things off here on the first floor.
Now inside a piano and into the wall's expo. Now, as you probably expect,
it means taking that top floor first. There is a lot of soft flooring on Consulate.
So you need to have top floor control tonight. The defenders are playing through those verticals.
But you also better worry about potentially someone charging around downstairs.
Just impulses, just control the screws. You made it.
Tell you what, Doki's looking at skills.
They're very close and may well lose it still. No!
I'm going to go to Leakey Facts one finish shots and don't forget to see him with the first kill of the game.
Yeah, Leakey Facts got to win that one, especially coming and getting somebody whilst they're in that repellent animation.
Yes, Doki can still fight, but it's a little bit more tricky. Leakey Facts really got to be winning that one for his team.
He's got to be right, guys, in the Intermittent Troll.
Yeah, you wouldn't know when I see that. It was certainly a full move, shall we say, from Doki.
but look, it's paired dividends.
They've got themselves the open, it's five versus four,
and just the full four versus four is dream manager,
to take down Stompens, so,
against Falkens, underway as well,
and I hope that the rest of the game is as back and forward
as this first minute has been.
Then a break, next speed as well, really.
Two kills within the first minute, brilliant, still pop.
Just had a look at the head-to-head between these two,
when Falkens took over the roster,
back in 2025, just after the Boston SA,
And it is 5-2 in favour of...
Falconskins.
Yeah.
Very, very dominant in this match-up.
And then they'll...
If I look before that as BDS, I'm certain that I'm right,
that it's the third or the third.
Yeah.
And then Doki's definitely spoken before about how tough these guys can be to beat.
They just always seem to beat them, is what it is.
They always seem to beat us, is what he says whenever you ask him about it.
Obviously, he needs to try and flip the scripts a little bit today.
They've made their own changes.
They want to prove what they can do.
Benjy yesterday certainly put himself up there in the lead of order.
He's currently top rated for G2 throughout the entire stage as well.
He's been having a brilliant time so far.
And here he's trying to bait out a plant as he knows the falcon has had this upstairs control.
G2 haven't bothered in trying to go for the full top floor.
Clear, but Alomar hits the deck.
That's not an ideal start.
Benjyros took a little look at that as he realizes it's not safe to plant just yet.
Performing trio!
Shits the second.
Benjy is to recover his captain.
It's a three versus two.
Jume continues fighting here, getting aggressive.
He knows the chance to set pines to Benjyran.
to get to the end of the
round. I'm going to make it
three in the round over all
talking trying to get more
funny. He's got the track on
for users takes a lot of
damage. Sure. It's a matter of
time. It's actually Jim who's
going to back his teammate up
for the round. Brilliant
starts. Yeah, really good
start. I mean, it was a great
start for G two as well. Doki
getting yourself a couple
getting themselves in their
position to go for the plant
and the execute. But I think
it was them and things started
to see things thrown to the
wind then as well. If he was
on his feet, he can cover
Benjyroff on the flank. You
don't see that push coming in
from June, ultimately decided
the outcome off that round. So
it's very back and forth. It
turns to momentum throughout
the round overall, but on the
Falcons managed to hold on to
good first round by them.
I've been G2, the Q
dissuaded though, given how
well they started out in that
round.
The users in June show that,
of course, June wanting to put
up a good performance today,
going up against the player
that he replaced.
generally like a heavy road team. We've certainly seen it more from them recently. In the older versions of these rosters, they would be very kind of sight and turtle based a lot of the time.
And we have, like I said, seen Leakey fact getting out on the road a little bit more. Maybe Jume has opened that up, Solotov. So they are, you know, certainly paying a bit of an extension here.
Solotov, Leakey fact is still up on that top floor. So G2, full map clearance required.
Yeah, back in the old days, the BDS,
Rebecca and Lems are still around,
always the only way that you know they're roaming
is when Lems is playing on the balcony.
Everyone else was playing turtle operators
and not wanting to leave site.
It was ridiculous.
And we said this when we merged with, of course,
the two boys from Eminem in Usus and Solotov,
but it gave them a little bit more of an expat
and they could identify a gap and step into it
and they would happily do that.
And Solotov still plays that very aggressive style.
This stage in particular, Usus and Solotov
and LikaPap be the two aggressive players on the team
and you've had Jume sort of fill the midline for the team.
He's been the one covering their retreat back towards site an awful lot
So they have three day and uses as your back lines. They're very much established the more I'd say standard set up for a team
It feels like they have that optionality now, which is really really important
I think in the current age of siege so it's good to see and it also helps that I saw yesterday three day and uses are
Terrifying as a backline. Here we go though
We already found out we're doing getting one up to five kills inside just a couple of rounds
Leak if I collect the second get solid something for a third and that's it then we've completed the trifecta and their three front liners
got to kill. G2 so far, having no luck getting anywhere in ESI, at this point to remind her,
it is a basement site. All the fighting is going on, on those top two floors, Solotov gets one,
Leakey fact taken down by Alamoys, somehow G2 are swallowing this round, they're still in touch,
there's a minute 15 left on the clock and they've got Stompin' alive on the Blackbeard, so that's
a real good bit of utility for them to be able to use to create some space. Alamoys gonna try and
get down onto that basement level to join him as well, as I said there's been no real pressure
on to site G2 are going to try and find that now with the yellow stairs approach.
Alamo moving in from the back so there's very much a split push between them but they're
going to be getting some damage done there to Alamo.
You need to be careful.
There's some diamonds in green, I think someone tagged it, yeah he stepped into the line of
firing, just literally lost half his HP, that is unfortunate.
Stomping and sending in here on the back, they've got to find a kill on two others somewhere
and it's simply not arriving.
Alamo's down to 1 HP, Solisov will manage to get him, yes down in the process.
But that's three in the round for Solotov another solid one out of Falcons
Yeah, it was I mean the top two for the first two kills up on the top floor were
phenomenal
Well, one was mid-floor June got shackle in piano and then they got leaker back up on a leaker back got dorky upon the top floor
And it was just they were they were just really good solid kills
And it just makes me look at Vulcans and this is what I was sort of thinking might happen coming in
They just look really on their game today
They had a good game yesterday, and they've dialed it up a notch with Steven Hill from Lake of FAT now as he dropped the hatch at the same time, hitting him on the fade away.
Beautiful stuff, and yeah, very, very solid, and G2, they need to wake up very, very quickly, or they're going to be 4-0 down before the 1.
It may be much worse if we find them losing this one too, Romario steps in for an attack timeout, because, as you say, they sort of need to get themselves into fighting form pretty quickly.
to be going into that second half five one down it is gonna suck so let's see
if you can turn things around here as we step onto this top floor site and of
course to dance around it for the most part until now but in a spot where you
get something done you'd be forgiven for not realizing that second man was down
in the basement because as you said during the round team all the action
was happening everywhere else there was never really much going on with the sides
itself until the very end of it we had Alavar trying to work through a little
bit of a backstab and stomping charging down through yellow so it's good to see
really well played by Balkans so far. And you can see why there are fours here on this
map.
Yeah, they're just very very good here. I like how much of the map they use, you know,
the scope about this difference between extension and playing a more turtle style of playing.
The way that they extend here and how much of the map they use, similar to any I said,
makes Falcon very very difficult to play against because you have to spread yourself in
to try and deal with them.
Breda is going to look to get not too aggressive but he's in a position to attack if needed
to the closet breach there that has been opened up.
Draw goes out to Bucky.
He's not getting quite as aggressive into admin this time.
What's actually clear, I think you will have seen the head
as a player on a copy of Windows, a copy of Windows.
So he's just going to be careful about getting in there
on the repair.
It's quite a nice repellent to go into, actually.
This isn't a proper label.
It can be quite handy to zip in through with Omari,
because you can dab behind the file and have it
kind of take you back, so you need to.
In comes a repel, though, talking about zipping on it.
That's going to be all of my missing a few shots there.
Pulse, Pulse, stick down, gets the pistol.
Liquefac, June one apiece, three versus three
as the Nitro goes out.
They survive that stomp and comes out big with a triple.
Liquefac might be just to close him down.
It's 1v2 still.
Let's calm down now.
Let's not let Liquefac clutch up.
Doki has got the diffuser.
Going for a plant in the other side on A site here as well.
So Liquefac's got a choice, try and hold
and hope that Benjy swings all turn round
and deal with the diffuser.
I don't even think he's heard it going down here.
Now he'll be forced into action.
It's not on G2 to make anything happen.
Steps across, baits out the swing from Benja,
but doesn't quite have the angle on him.
G2 will be careful about this one.
I say that, as Doki holds the angle,
leaky-fack putt in the mud.
A good recovery, and from Alamau especially,
that's what opened that round up.
Gets the down onto Breidae inside a meeting.
Didn't quite finish him off, but gets the down regardless.
That opens up for Doki to go for the plant,
but then starts applying pressure immediately
in towards the other site.
And off the back of that,
G2 does have so much room to work with,
a really good play from Alomar. Yeah, perfect timing really for G2 to pick up the round there.
It's been a tough start for them. Falcons have really put them under pressure immediately.
They've come out of the gates at 100 miles an hour of Falcons and it's been tough to kind of
keep hold of the court tails, I think, for G2 just to stay in touch. But we're going to see those
last bands come out. It's going to grim and thorn. Not too much of a surprise either way. We're seeing
far more for thorn play recently since those changes for anybody who doesn't know the trigger
time, particularly on those
razor blooms was reduced. So it
makes them much more of an
entry denial tool where it's
used to kind of be what we
would call more area denial. So
it was maybe about, you know,
stopping somebody being able to
plan. So it was quite easy to
move away from them, whereas
now a lot more tricky. So
thought it's going to be rising
in popularity recently to one.
It is then to Falcons and we're
going to be going to piano
All right, so much things that we saw back in round one.
It's about playing that dance.
Really trying to deal with the top floor.
G2 did ignore it last time around,
didn't try and go for the full clear.
And if they tried to bait out a plant with Benjago in,
that is when the ceiling started opening up above them.
So they've got to be respectful of that.
If nothing else, I'd like to see them actually get up there
and try and take top floor first.
They're having a stretch on side,
they're certainly pointing into walls there.
And the butt coming along for Doki.
But there's also a reference back in round one.
You can even find yourself playing under these
with a pulse or a soloist.
That's exactly what June is doing in this round.
So he could be a bit of a nuisance for G2 to deal with.
Watching for that main door of run out.
G2 just being cautious here and no surprise
with the level of aggression that Falkins have been on so far.
And June is doing exactly that here.
The question is, G2 might have been watching main door,
but are they watching the wall?
Are they watching everywhere?
That they're going to be punished?
Rob, Made goes into bathroom.
See right, any utility there.
This is quick progress here from G2.
They're not messing about. In goes the Blitz, and Alomar is going to be looking to chase away any of these top floor roamers and key to establish.
Nitro comes out, gets shot out of the air, I think there, solid tough. Does manage to find one with one from below.
No leak if I come to Alomar, and despite the aggression coming out of G2, they really wanted to take it to Falkins in this round.
They are still finding themselves behind. Three there, we'll be taking out.
Leaves is now three versus four.
You take that every single day of the week, those falcons.
Yeah, your electroclaws are already down.
BDA's cut, I believe, is committed to C4 as part of that too.
And is it a spot where you kill one, but in return you're taken off the blitz
and you've got rid of some of the vertical destruction?
That's the dream, it's like I said, back in the second round.
Like, they're playing around them up, they're looking to burn resource
and ideally players away from G2.
They've done a wonderful job of that so far.
They're now left with very little to actually work with G2 except for time.
That's a great job, like, okay.
All right, okay, it's all good, it's okay.
It's fine. Don't worry about it.
Well, we've just rolled back a few years to think of LMG.
Um, that's where we're at.
So, Benjamin manages to get solid top and it looks like it's going to be another round going in G2's favour.
However, Leak of Act might have something to say about it.
It takes down Shackle. Old teammate is removed.
That's going to leave us now. 1 vs 2 doesn't have the best gun in the game.
It's fair to say to be doing this with, but has at least given himself an opportunity.
the same. You know, the
the same. G2 don't have to use
the hand at the minute. That's
one question that.
The call, though. Unless you
get some of the vertical is
ridiculous. It should be too
much of a bothersome step across
the pick that up, though. Yes,
it went down inside of these
things. They surely. One they
can get right now trying to
slip the leaky back and
Benjah. Well, his nose is keen
and it gave him his target G2
off the back of that Chicago
2K on yellow. Snatched around
a new one with the slides. You
opened up a couple and I think
the you know, League of fact
maybe just thought, No, he's
going to come back to that one.
That's the better angle. Um but
after a couple of seconds didn't
really pay any attention to the
new one and did lose his life
from there. But certainly not an
easy thing. Tactical time out is
going to be cold and I would have
really thought it would be G2
that would be doing this before
anybody but no, it's going to be
Falcons after G2 have come back
at them with two rounds. We are
getting the back and forth that
we dreamed of from these two as
the moment. It's weird in the
way, because I think Falcons
have actually played this really
well so far. I guess when you've
lost two rounds on the bouncer a
little bit like right, okay,
this has got the potential to run
away from us now. Let's slow
down. Figure out what we've got
to do to cause correct a little
bit because they started out.
Okay, as I said, they've dealt
with the initial aggression
coming out of G2 in the majority
of these rounds. Round one
admittedly maybe not quite so
successfully from leaking back
on his first winning through
what's happening, but they have
made G2 have to work for it.
It's just because we started to
chew our way through the round,
the things that then started to
look worse and worse side.
So I think Falcons have
the way through the band. The
things that then started to look
worse and worse. So I'm going to
be really careful here and make
sure this will turn into a fast
bleed on the side of Falcons.
You to get one more than I can
imagine that we're very happy
with three attacks on Consulate
Tim. Yeah, I would have thought
so definitely. I think that's
certainly not about that. That's
that's a hell of a bottle of
water there. Um, it's we've
already seen this before. I'm
Is this what we do it now? Is this just like for every hundred likes we'll make the bottle of water bigger? Is it that kind of thing or what are we doing?
You'll just be drinking straight from a fire hydrant at some point I'm sure.
Yeah.
It'll be ridiculous.
Well, man's staying high basically. Reminds me of having a nice little drink of water.
That's for that nice iced coffee here, some of all the things.
I don't do coffee at all. I don't actually do caffeine at all.
Um, but yeah.
Can't imagine what you'd be like. You're already a nightmare without caffeine in your system.
The attackers are heading out.
Yeah, I don't do any caffeine at all.
Bats off the walls.
Not for any like real purpose or specific reason. It's just I guess I don't like tea and coffee
Don't say too lightly, I might take my passport off me for not liking tea
But as a Brit, of course
So I've never really drunk any hot drinks like that particularly
And then I'm going off a wild tangent here
I get a lot of new ideas
I've got a friend who's diabetic, so I just naturally buy a zero for when they're ranked
So I just don't, I don't really consume anything
Let's get back to see. We're back into round five. It's 2-2. We've come out of the tactile now.
Falcons need to switch up the momentum because G2 have got themselves back-to-back attacks,
even though Falcons had a big man advantage in round four.
So they're going to be kicking themselves to drawing that one away.
I think it was three versus five at a point, and G2 have brought that back.
Three versus four, there was a crossover of Breeder kind of being downed.
Three versus four, and G2 managed to get it one.
so Falcons need to make sure that this one doesn't start to slip away.
Absolutely, well we've had the tat-timeout like say so hopefully they've got a little bit of
course correction in the system and they should be able to get back to winning ways here after
losing the last two. It has a little more concern, it's a little more careful especially from G2,
I think they were also expecting some shenanigans off the back of tat-timeout. There's also a lot
of map that you've got to work through in defending on the downstairs, it is a full map clear coming
on through here, go Shiker hunting down his whole team, going two kills this down so far in this
This game were on yellow stairs, they were big and powerful kills, the bad saw his team
getting the round over the line.
You'd be wonderfu-ing kicking to second gear at some point too.
Vertical work is being undertaken, hopefully an entrance being undertaken upon the top
floor with the basement site and it's because Falcons have been holding the entire map so
G2 wanting to make sure that they can't play anybody in piano and it's, there are some
angles that are like three floor angles as well not the end of the world, they could
He's got to be prepping for like a serious post plant if you get the diffuser down round about red car you can actually hold it from top floor so it can be wasting awful lot of time to go up there and try and get the kill and it's a difficult angle to fight so there could be a little bit of that in mind as well.
But yeah G2 now able to get into piano benches in there he's dropped down and he can start that proper vertical work down into sights.
Stamper on the thermite tells me that it is going to be a main breach approach and right now Falcons are just kind of waiting for their moment
Tia Solotov is going to drop himself back down to the base when he was playing with that idea of getting up onto the first floor
Our my manager to find Junu was doing the same thing
So Falcons decision to make now you five versus four do you leave leak if I come up here or not?
that's a serious rescue attempt
coming in from users one versus
three hits two with the pistol
and then manages to keep himself
out of danger. Beautiful stuff.
I want to say that'll be a fun
stat in there somewhere about
the number of multi kills that
users picked up throughout the
stage because as I say, he has
been unbelievable as a reliable
backline player for his team
throughout the stage so far.
Course, as we've already said,
Falcons, maybe not up in the
most consistent. We want to see
I say he's definitely been up there alongside Brede in terms of consistency.
Now can I make it a 14?
Only one way to find out, I think G3 are feeling a little bit legged.
If I'll get another round here and make it a 3-3 because their attacks have been good.
And that round came down to a 1v1.
It shouldn't really be a 1v3 that uses to walk in the way the winner of.
Top floor final defense for Falcons.
It's been their last choice aside.
And both rotations have spoken.
The spoken bounce up floors a little bit yesterday.
and I think it's a point given that we start exercising it.
I'm not saying that I've been saying this for years,
I've been complaining about cafe top floor for years,
but the reason kind of spreads to some other top floors,
and I look at them and I think it's no surprise
that we are starting to see this kind of shift
to teams not really favouring top floor sites
and using them as their third choice, whereas otherwise,
they've sometimes been a little bit higher in the rankings.
Piano historically has been the third choice on console, for example.
But the way I explained it yesterday, for me looking in, I look at top floors and I think it limits you a little bit as a defence because it's difficult to play verticality upwards as a defender.
You've got maybe Solis, maybe Pulse who can do those things, but even then they're a little bit limited in the way they can do it compared to, say, a book who we've just seen there.
And so I think with the top floor sites, you're limiting your extension, you're limiting your roam capability, focus, playing in basement, they've got players on mid-floor, they've got players on top floor, G2 have got to clear the whole map.
When it comes to top floor, the attackers can often just focus directly into site, whether that be Night Haven, whether that be Consulate, whether that be Bank, whether that be Traffin.
And I think because of that, we are starting to see them slip with popularity.
I was curious to go look at the numbers ensuring our fuses is right up there, couple of 3Ks,
two 4Ks, now he's had two 1B3s that he's won out as well, there's been absolutely enormous
of Valkans throughout the stage so far.
I've got no doubt that it will continue either way, we're about halfway into the round at
this point.
Valkan finds us slowly being pushed further back into wall site.
There is no game us onside to go fishing around under the 88s and move players around upstairs,
There is at least going to be the foot from Benji that can do a lot of the same stuff.
Open the front desk here, he's down next, the push up through Spiral stairs a little more deadly.
You see he's prepared behind it, but that's very very quickly patched up by leaking back with the key of our air.
Stomping just drops into Spiral stairs, so that's going to mean that there's only Alamo left outside of the map now.
He's with the roof drawn in, feeding Intel into his team, close the shopper for next Solotov does find the challenge.
that is a big one for Vulcans, leaving Solotov in place, but Alamo is there for the backup,
manages to find his man from the skylight and then he'll get caught out as well there as
Preda swings around, toxic babe in hand, only takes one bullet and is pretty fortunate that
that's the case, 50 seconds left on the clock, G2 not quite in enough control, excited yet,
but Alamo gets another from the same location, Leuka Fak could be kicking himself there for
versus 3 35 seconds G2 need to start getting some sack control next they've
got the numbers advantage absolutely but as I said during this game early the
clock becomes the sixth man as it wears down to those final 20 G2 can't afford
to make any mistakes I'll certainly try the very best but no, B-A-B should down that, that is a big one for them, into a second, they're predicting him and Shiko gets the diffuser down,
I think both teams have had
their moments and I'm already
going to say I will not be
surprised whatsoever to see this
one go to overtime at this rate
because both teams are playing
brilliantly. Well, we'll see if
it does him. But first I go to
our desk, guys. Would you make
team. We're going to have to
play for the team. We're going
to have to play for the team
over time at this rate because
both teams are playing
brilliantly. Well, we'll see if
it does him. But first I go to
our desk, guys. Would you make
it? That one. 33 at the half
time. I'd say for G2 is good
recovery because let's be honest.
It didn't start that easy for
them. Yeah, I would say so. I
think it's been very balanced
actually, as you would expect
from these two teams, the U the
I suppose the tactical approach
the utility aspect of the game
is all nice and balanced. And
clutch as well. But I think realistically, Falcons on the defense, they're always going
to have that utility advantage. They present in multiple problems, a lot of different operators,
a lot of key powerful positions. When G2 were attacking kind of slowly in a more default manner,
that's where they were coming unstuck. When they somewhat circumvented the utility and went a little
bit more direct to site, that's where they actually found their success.
Potential, like that game plan on their side is very obvious, because if you look at the
the band. They get rid of the snake, they get rid of the kaidi, so they're trying to get rid of the,
I guess, the faster, aggressive playstyle of G2 and box them in to perform some utility. Now the
thing is, it's not accounting for Ilemao's style, which is a little bit iconic. As you can see,
he doesn't really care about the utility. He wants to circumvent that, so he's going to draw the
connector window on the top floor of the site, and as soon as he spots an opportunity, one player
here looking at the yellow window, for example, then he raps over him just like this, and so Stonben
gets aggressive on the meeting player supporting him here, going straight from the breach into
meeting. And so Alemao is just there to try and distract him as much as possible, he's eventually
going to abandon the smoke and take his own gunfight. Eventually Falcon is ready for it,
and they trade things. But I want you to pay attention to one single detail, and that detail
is not a detail because it's Stomping and Stomping is a king. And you're going to see why. All of
this was triggered by Alemao to grasp the abstention of everyone. Alemao is running in the bomb site,
he's shooting everywhere, and everyone is focusing on him. Bride in meeting, a player in yellow,
another pair in CEO, all of them all think of Alemao there.
And so look at Stompin, who's quietly getting into meeting
and is going to get his first gunfight, he's going to injure Brede.
The second thing, Solotov is spotted on the main side, he dies to Stompin who's holding him.
Third thing, Jume, who was spotted initially into CEO, will be able to get spotted
and is turned by Stompin, who goes and kill him as well.
Instantly getting a triple kill from Stompin.
So they're just creating an alarm and Stompin can just abuse that.
And then in the end it's beautifully played, you know, it's a 2v1, they played perfectly,
they get a good crosshair, they plant. But the most important thing is, as soon as they find
the gap, they're just incredible at finding that opportunity and closing the round.
Hi, I remember looking at the bends here, we're seeing an Azami, Soul Snake, I'm seeing a
Soulless and a Monty, anything in particular there?
Yeah, particularly, I mean Azami is never a surprise, Azami's utility is crazy good on every
single site, inside of every single map to be honest, not just in Consular. The Soulist ban
is very, very important. I think Falcons are one of the teams that still recognizes that Solicis is one of the top defender of players,
particularly for attack in denying the plants as well.
Yeah, it is. So we'll have a look at how to second half on Volsus. We send it back to the guesters.
Let's carry on. I'll stick with some coffee and enjoy in that.
Thank you for the breakdown, Leo.
And I think of something else, and it just goes to show what we all know and have heard about GC for a long time.
is there all winners at the best times and when they're all on bloody hell are they hard to stop
you know out of nothing especially after his first playday he had a rough time he was two and nine
since then he's only got better seven and four on the second playday 17 and nine yesterday so far
today he finds himself at nine and four something has happened this stage because he is a little bit
ever gonna oh it's hydrated isn't it that's it he's keeping the war bottles that's it he's keeping
himself well hydrated you know maybe there's a correlation there size of water bottle number of
kills so we're going to the second half round seven gonna be top floor to kick things off so
definite contrast here for g2 where tokens will leave in this top floor site to the end of their
rotation g2 have taken it as their primary choice we did see i said before g2 came to the pioneers
of the defensive, the visa side of this, the visa stairs, admin side in behind the vending machine,
using trip connectors, you know, all that sort of stuff that makes it difficult to push onto the
side. A lot of that has been done by G2 to begin with, so it doesn't surprise me to see them still
carry a lot of confidence for this top floor site, but I would imagine they're going to come under
a lot of pressure. Now, so far, we often look at the entry conversion. There's only been two
the way of the entry kill and I
think this could be another
one of those if Falcons are
able to get that first kill
G2 may become under more and
more pressure and struggle to
hold on whereas if G2 get it
they're going to be very
difficult to break down.
I know you remember the
tournament very well Tim
when Benjah had been on G2 30
days when tournament was
pretty mental.
But the fun thing about that
tournament was he had twice as
many explosive kills as the
person in second place.
36 to 18.
It was ludicrous and what
and what operates in the play a lot at that tournament, a lot of play, a lot of mute.
He's won him out of the years and still showed that he can do it even without being able to cut nades.
Just get a kill, used to see him there for the trade, Turkey then trades,
James Schiker elsewhere gets the kill, the team play between these teams so far,
she's been brilliant, the trade play has been phenomenal.
James is just going to go seeking, he knows that there's one inside a coffee somewhere,
inside a coffee somewhere but he just caught quack at the angle on it and
and I predicted maybe the entry
kill would be decisive in this
round and it's looking like it
still could be the case G2 3
versus 2. 25 seconds of plenty
for Falcons to work with.
You can fact just need to get
themselves positioned here.
You miss low health so certainly
not ideal for taking fights or
perhaps like raise a boom straight
example. However, we can fact
gets perfect position on the
and the two V3 you coming up against the Gremlin line just again the punishment they can give you
stand still you're screwed you move you're screwed and it really capitalise on that to bring it to a
two V2. June with work to do a nice attempt at the C4, the obstacle striker to one side,
link it back left, up against the self-team mate and against Alomar, more of the last two you want to
face up against. Choco collects in both of those final couple of kills and G2, they pull ahead.
They maybe just didn't think that Benjo would be coming through and swinging it so aggressively.
But I think, honestly, I mean, it's something that G2 have done really well today is play with that aggression.
They've been happy to take the facts of Falkens. They've been happy.
After those first two rounds where Falkens kind of had the run of things,
I looked at it thinking, you know, I don't know how G2 are going to fare in the gunfights today,
because June particularly was just absolutely on one solid of as well.
But it's really died down for Falkens.
G2 have been able to kind of beat them into submission over the last few rounds.
Ten seconds left.
It was a big conversation you and I had the day before the stage got started.
We've got a little bit of a matter on the last few days, saying, you know, for Falcons,
this is a stage where they slip down to third, fourth.
I'd be shocked if you could go much further than that to be fair,
but down to third or fourth, not quite on it, you know,
no one that I spoke to, have 15 of the coaches or players that I spoke to
at Salt Lake, I said, you know, who are you, top three, two-minute?
No one said Falcons.
Right.
It's just taking a little bit of time to adapt with Dume on-side, I think, and that isn't at all to blame Dume for that.
It's just a little bit of a system change that's come in. They're not quite playing the same way they did back when Sharco was on-side.
And I point towards that, but we leave the fact in solitude. I've taken more of those entry rolls, while Dume is quite happily sat in the middle.
Which is weird, because he was the entry for Secret, of course, for a long time, playing brilliantly in that position as well.
Outtimes have changed, and they're still trying to figure out exactly what that system needs to look like.
But, if this would light that way into this game, there's a reason why that falls here on this map.
We'll see how they carry on a threat this half, and especially across the next couple of rounds, see if they have an open count of a positive non-bank.
But at least we're going to have one off towards the left-hand side of Long Desk, inside of that corridor.
He needs to pinch onto him really before he has a chance to escape though.
Well, as we both inch G2, there is always support from other teammates nearby.
Two of them is down here.
Yeah, looking to try and get a little bit of presence in bathroom, certainly at least holding that angle through,
through, cutting off any rotations one side to the other. G2 will have to go through sides instead.
It might just be a little bit more access to be found to yellow stairs.
No, there wasn't any damage to that, actually. I thought they really had caught the player who was running across bathroom door,
but they got away with that late rotate. They are still 5 vs 5 at the halfway mark.
Nitro is in hand, ready to go for Benjari. Always love a pre-pulled Nitro, just ready to go.
You don't get that rip down there, and sometimes it can just catch them on a wedge, but with the opportunity
I just have to go back into the pocket and onto the go
I'll find you guys
I mean, part of the Warriors, Harkins have been staring at the same windows and the same entry points
and swore some out for the last one
Minute and a half or so now almost, it's not looking good
Julian's trying to take matters up his own hands, he starts right towards the middle of the site
and got away with a 3D pen, he should have no way of just coming from
but the smootheverse track is sure enough yet again
there is a trade waiting
Doki's out to swing on it. It's another three versus three.
55 seconds, so there is time now for Falcons to work with Jumas,
but then that essentially, with that aggressive push and taking a little bit of space,
so how do they think about getting this diffuser down?
Breda is in on the flicks.
Diffuser in hand.
Game is lost, Breda.
G2 are just holding back for the attack, being Shaqo manages to finally give back.
Can he do any more?
Danity knows that the push is coming from lounge.
breathing first kill of the game is to pick up shot cut and we're going to see a down as well
dorky finished off by slotted off the 3v3 becomes a one of v2 stomping and has the vertical load
there's he has the height advantage can you stop them putting exactly that knows where they go in
15 seconds needs to stop the plant they need to be able to get inside there's a problem he can still
have another handle he might be able to work and see he's assured and no guess what he needs on the
back of that one stomping about to clutch up big doesn't need to do anything let him try and plant
and then come off the back of it. Sure enough, he's got the vertical angle, knows there is no time,
but he's missed it. You've got a man in pixels, but he's still found the man! Stomping comes out
with a big clutch, and that'll be G2, going on to five and three. There's absolutely no
panic in the man as he goes, and he can't find the diffuser going down. In most people's minds,
you're thinking, have I missed him? The diffuser's going to go down. There's a million things going
the
defuser.
I'm just going through their
stomping.
Cool as you like.
Just finds this kill, goes down
and disables the defuser. Easy
as that.
G2 hold on well.
It was a good push from Falkens as well.
3 vs 3, they managed to find a couple of kills.
They get an opportunity to put the defuser down.
Breeder, I've got to ask a question a little bit.
That movement inside of sight with the Blitz.
I think he gave the opportunity to the player with the post.
Say what? You might look at Stompin's stats so far throughout the game and say,
oh, that's not really been great. He's not playing super well versus the rest of his team.
But that's it.
He's not a great measure of a Stompin, guys.
Is Tokio okay?
Reloading.
I'm not 100% sure he is, but ask yourself that question every week.
But to come back to the point, I know Stompin's stats ain't getting big,
As Leo pointed out in that first half, there was one round where he was instrumental to getting it over the line.
You've had another just now where he's one out of clutch, yet he still sits in 4 and 6, but two of the five rounds they've got,
I can very largely put down to the efforts of stomping.
Great stuff so far, G2 looking good, they've got two rounds on the backs now, Tim.
Alcans are probably going to start feeling very, very worried. They haven't got a tacked timeout, they can make you stop.
They used after round four when they were down at two and two because G2 went two attacks back.
They're on their own here, they're going to figure this one out.
to find the kill on to Bencher.
That's going to be the century
gone and a lot of utility with
him. Absolutely. I mean, that's
at least small side relief for
Falcons. I guess okay. We've got
the entry. We've got the
Manifantis. Surely we continue
pushing off the back of that
Convertible, but it's going to
be a lot of work for them to do
down from the point that they've
taken that initial entry, but
solid off is going to find the
We continue pushing off the back of that convert from here
You two still looking to be aggressive into was lobby don't want to concede that away too early on Shaco
Still standing here and ready to fight. So is that big question that a lot of teams will probably ask themselves is okay
We've lost one do we potentially lose another here or we get back to site and just try and cut our losses and see how we can play
I think the recognition from G2 being
5 vs 4 on site and just back away now and give Falcons all this time to be able to focus on getting ready for an execute
They're probably going to be able to pull it off. You have to continue being aggressive here
Sharko just hold he's gonna be a chance. Is he gonna take it?
Of course he is he always does manages to get the kill onto solid top and that's his signal to drop away two minutes
Wait a minute and a kill to boot as well great stuff
Breda is pressuring with the blitz those got himself into yellow and it's just needed Intel back into his team and also just
Opportunity spotting is anybody gonna pork their head into a ball
Oh, is anybody trying to take a rotate whilst Leak effect starts getting that work done at full Nitro is placed
It's gonna be more of a pre-place than an instant detonate. I think he's just waiting for that noise
Is he gonna get the opportunity though the foot comes in as David drops down into the smoke shackle against one stompin another
Boots, Vulcans, five, back, guys!
Tume is just dropped into the middle of a war zone there and come away with a couple of kills magic
Now it's Doki's turn. Can he?
the ball. I'm sure the
no he cannot. June completes
a brilliant round for himself.
Three kills in it, Balkans.
You can literally see the
relief on June's face there.
They've got a round back. It's
angry to be a 63. They can
still fight their way through.
I'm not sure what the level of
Intel was for Doki there,
dudes. I'm sure there was a
ping in main garage. So I
think that's where he was
sprinting towards to try and
take that challenge. You know,
I don't think there was a full
read on what was going on inside
of sight. He had no idea about the
day. My son is left. So just got
caught completely out there and
unfortunate for cheetah. It wasn't.
It was a pretty winnable one V2.
There was a possibility. You know, if
doki holds his angle, then there's a
bit of force is a bit of movement
from the attackers. Somebody might
have presented him with the
opportunity. They might not have done.
You know, I'm cold light of the
a way of wanting to pressure that initial.
Jonas, though, a little bit more health as well.
Just wanting to pressure that initial bit of intel
that he'd got, but ultimately,
Vulcans did well, they take the round,
and it leaves us now 5-4 still in G2-2.
But that crucial one, whether only around behind,
it can still be recovered.
But there are three in a row,
well, not three in a row, but three more to play out here,
where Vulcans need to win two of them.
It does feel like it's a big ask
on the attacking side of Consulate.
Now things have gone so far on this map,
G2 managed to do it in round 3 and 4,
but in back to back attacks,
that's why they've got to do it here,
and then of course in our third round,
all they've got to do to back to back,
is to still have full order,
and G2 have put up some pretty good defenses so far.
Let's see how we fare up on this top four.
Here earlier on, it was G2,
shut out a big strike of 3k to see the close,
Benja getting the entry as he has done
in two of the three rounds in this half.
the entry being secured by the attackers first and foremost, because the Falcons need a good spell.
Straight away onto connector window, we've got users.
And we're gonna have attention towards
a closet wall as well. Not gonna be open though.
And half-reach, charge is still in pocket for a solid, obviously, it's gonna look to support with the Grimm on connector window.
It is the top floor start. G2 won this back in round 7. G2 now are going to be hoping that they can follow the same rotation and get the same outcome.
So it's top floor, which they won in round 7, and then it's piano, which they won in round 8. If they could do that, they win the game.
It's 7-4, job done, but I've got a feeling this one has got a twist in its tail before it's done.
Falkett's going to be looking to make another mistake, but leaking back, taking down. That's a big loss underneath.
it creates a lot of security now with the book off the board. Benji getting that early pick up.
G2, five versus four. Yeah, Benji, three and one in the end shield is half now. That's pretty impressive.
Given again, you're playing a more slightly defensive bowl, I guess I'm playing with the
Mute. You're trying to play behind this with fours that you've got. Really looking in towards
Shiko, in towards Doki to be the ones that go aggressive or I don't know. I've got the bit,
has been showing that he can do it all as well. There's very much strength up in the front of
a lot of these rounds and it's causing chaos in the Falcon's ranks. Take him rid of the block
I mean, they can't get underneath and do any work from there.
Alamal taking dangerously low as Falcon starts to get their
foothold inside an admin.
It will force G2 back into wall sighting,
but I think they'll be very happy knowing they're in a five versus four here.
Can just fall back and get ready to play their crossfires.
So, that's just holding that angle, hoping somebody gives him something,
a little bit of a rotate, a little bit of a movement,
but I don't think G2 will do at this point.
Very aware of exactly where that pressure is.
Beautiful nitro, it's as easy as that.
Let's just have in a real, not just having a real day,
he's having a real stage, phenomenal stuff.
What a pick up he has been for G2, coming back into them,
just gets more explosive, more utility work done,
and leaves G2 now, four versus two.
Doesn't matter that he's been taken out,
he's done his damage for the round.
That's it.
Like he has solo run around for them,
and this can happen time and time again.
If the Shikos 3K earlier stomped his clutch,
to win garage. I can't see G2
taking us to the splits out of
archives and tell us. Falcons
have already had their tactical
time out. They had it after
round four when G2 reeled them
back in. They started 2-0 and
G2 got them back to 2-2. That
brought out the tactical time
out. So this is all on the
players to figure out now. There
will be no involvement from the
coach. Beautiful C4 that just
again. Tell a little bit of
which just predicts it beautifully, Benjamin.
So, G2, they're just playing with confidence at the minute,
and you can see it in every gunfight they go into.
They kind of go into the gunfight,
knowing they're going to win it.
If only they had nothing to siege,
that will often be the difference maker.
6-1, G2 just need one more.
We go to piano.
Finally get to overcome that.
Nemez, what did you say earlier?
Was the last seven times they've met Falcons 1-5?
5-2, yep, 5-2.
And it is the last five consecutively, I think.
Yeah, I'll double check quickly, but I'm pretty sure it's like the last five consecutive, or at least the last four.
I might be there to fill in. Oh, yeah, it's the last five consecutive. You are absolutely right.
Last time GTV, then was in stage one last year.
It's quite a long time ago. It's taken so long, but we're back at that point where they're about to get the win that they have been looking for.
And as I was speaking about earlier on, I feel like beating Falcons, giving our GTV players so far, probably puts them on course to lock in a top two spot.
you're going to be able to
get to the next two spots.
There's obviously still a lot
of play days to go. There's
five more yet after today. A
lot more teams to play, but if
you've got a winning against
one of the top four, better say
you're picking yourself straight
up. Every real is cool coming
in just a second. Norse
guys will see if we can get away
with it. Checkers the admin now.
He decides no.
We will see. There we go. We'll
see, uh, there we go again.
Everybody out of the lobby. I
was just going to see with
say we'll see and just wait
we'll get everybody out. We'll
get everybody back in as soon
as we can. Shaco's word,
unfortunately, is not law in
Rainbow Six. See you may be
very good, but he doesn't get
to call the shots. Why do
look at me speaking about
Chicago for a second was we've
kind of seen in growing in
confidence in all chat. I think
it's fair to say he had a
really brutal shutdown of one
of the APAT teams to forget
who it was. It was talking a
bit smack in chat and he
stepped up and said something
and it was a proper
everyone to shut up moment. I
was just like, Oh, yes. But
before you very, very rarely
So at least that side of it started to come out more.
Maybe it was kind of building into the energy of G2.
It's kind of one thing you and I have often,
you know, we've had the pleasure of casting a number
of the finals that Falcons were in.
And unfortunately, fell just short,
always coming in second place,
four tournaments inside the space of 18 months.
It was heartbreaking for them.
We'd often say, you know, headstrap,
it seems like comms go very, very quiet.
I think at least on G2,
you're going to see that energy always be
that little bit higher.
And hopefully of course the Falcons, too,
moving forwards, their energy stays higher.
Because both of these teams have the caliber and quality
to be able to compete for
trophies and dare say hammers.
I don't know who this technical
pause is going to suit the most
really, of course, players can't
communicate at this point. So
just left with their own thoughts.
Does it allow Falcons to kind of
regather and recenter a little
bit or is it start playing on your
mind the position you're in? I
think personally, if I put myself
in that position, I think I'd
that. You know, I think it's
not going to be a good time.
You know, having to have a
pause. It's not necessarily ideal
for anybody, but if you can at
least do it in the comfort of
knowing we've got two rounds to
the good year, you know, I
think it'd be a much more chill
um period of time rather than
having to sit there and think
right. What do we need to do?
What do I need to change kind
of questioning your own
gameplay? Is there some way that
I can step up? Is there you know
how are we going to do this? I
think it would be much better to
the back. So, um, they really
are up against it at the minute
Falcons, but either way, it's
been fantastic siege. We've seen
big performances coming out of
doom, solid off. Leak of back
as well, all doing really well
on the side of Falcons. Very
quiet from Breida today. I did
question that decision making of
the Blitz play when they were in
the two V one and stomping was
able to find the kill on to him
and a couple of, uh, it was
the game. I think he's a
smart player. But just seeing
something. I don't know a
little bit off the last last
few players. And then on the
side of G two is open. Benja
Alamo Shaco's getting in on the
action as well. 30 kills between
those three. And you know, 9,
10, 11, Shaco Alamo Alamo
and then on the side of G two
is open. Benja Alamo Shaco's
getting in on the action as
well. 30 kills between those
the bottom of the line. So
get to just that little bit
above at the minute in terms
of depth. I think it is
really, you know, the other
players on the side of falcons
not quite stepping up to the
same degree. I think yesterday
may have flattered them a
little bit as well. You know,
Breed, it went 12 and three
yesterday looks absolutely
phenomenal. I was like, Wow,
you know, him and uses top in
the kill leaderboard. They look
brilliant. They were against
secrets also worth remembering
a little bit earlier air quotes the hero plays to often speak about with G2. They've got various
players that can step up and just drop an absolute nuke in the give and round and win it from an
unwinnable position. Outside of uses this 1v3 that he ended the game down to winning on the clock
against Alaminer 1 versus 1. G2 have won every round that they've walked through with a multiple in
so far and of course had Stomping's clutch. The same thing applies to Falcons, the two rounds
that were at the very very start of the game was down to a June 4k and a solid stop 3k. It just goes
to show that that star power the genes we're commanding right now is just a little bit extra
beyond what Falcons can offer and sometimes that is as simple as it comes down to who's flying
off on the day that does then somewhat ignore how those water kills are coming about we saw
Stompers earlier on the play that he made off the back of the crazy entry coming out from Alomar
that also set him up for success in the round but again Falcons need a hero and who is it gonna be
Definitely going to help stomp and take down Lika back by versus four sledge off the board
This is not gonna be easy. They're on a garage attack and they've just lost their verticality
And it's heartbreakers Lika back feels what more can I do?
He was praying that where stomp and step was gonna be but twice stomp and a stepped out
I've got a tag on some more than without taking a single point of damage himself
That's gonna be a little bit of a tilt her and now all Lika back can do is watch our
I'm like, yeah, but I think the team is going to be alive and be a good off throughout that round, admittedly, so at least here you can't call for the team, but it is a very valuable gun, but...
They must try to act the same time by the way.
They're really trying to make life difficult for him, but
Alamo is there, manages to get a kill onto the docker,
being back in up his teammate by versus three.
G2 could be on the downhill here.
So looking good, is it?
They need again, so once the step up would go big for them here,
but I don't think G2 will give them a single chance.
So what's up?
Holding off around Levy right now, knows he's pinned it on a couple of sides.
Is it a lot of risk?
And Shiko steps round, gets one, gets two, and Alamo's in for another.
The more dominant defensive half by G2 in a solid performance,
sees them bringing down their rivals in Falcon's.
Yeah, a great outcome from what has been an exciting game of siege between G2 and Falcons.
G2 overturning those recent run of results against Falcons and getting the win this time. Big three points.
Passively massive, the pilot himself puts the waltz on top of the leaderboard as well.
It's Demons first time to draw a little bit clear off the rest, off the back.
We'll go to a break before we come back on desk.
We'll break down what was turned out to be a match of the day.
See you in a few.
We want the axes!
Lights! Lights!
Kill! Kill!
Give me the axes!
We want the axes!
winners. We have Elmao on the line to ask a few questions. Good evening and congratulations
on the victory here. Elmao, would you take five points from this week? Are you happy with that?
Yeah, yeah, we're happy with that. We knew it was going to be probably the
maybe the toughest week. I'm playing two tough opponents and I'm glad we came out with five points.
Hi Carl, congratulations on the victory. I want to show you a quick clip that we saw of Doki
during the game. Oh, I can't wait to see actually.
He's not a great match.
Um, we don't keep on said to us a couple of weeks ago in the interview
that when you guys are having fun, when you're having a lot, you know,
a lot of fun and the vibes in the team are good. That's when you play the best.
Do you think that contributed to the game today against Falcons?
Yeah, I think we're having a lot of fun.
And I think one thing that is working quite well for us is actually starting an attack.
We kind of like warm up a little bit more our brains because like on the other hand,
when we start defense, we started a little bit too slow.
So I think today we actually work out for us that they pick defense and we actually we actually
could have one more attacks though.
I feel like we could have one like four or five, but it was a good game.
Was was there much talk in your camp about Shaco going up against his former team?
Or did you guys not really mention it?
I mean we didn't mention this stage I think but like he really wanted to play against him
But now during the kickoff we couldn't we didn't have the opportunity to play and Samite, but like we're actually quite anxious
To be honest, I might have gotten $200 actually like I said the MVP would have 200 euros
So I'm actually curious who got the MVP if wasn't your Avenger. Ooh
Maybe maybe we can check for sport
I was actually gonna ask you the question because I was shaking your individual stats and I did a comparison between week one and
and week two and so let's just say that you had a game where you went to a nine in week one so I
Will say that it was a great improvement and I'm just looking at yesterday. You dropped double digits today
You dropped double Jits again. I think so what's going on?
You know like it's not supposed to be rural and then suddenly we're back to Friday Mao from like three years ago
It's just random of Hama. This is actually another concept. We've been working on the team like the methods random stats is random
Everything's narrative, focus on the wins, that's it.
Yeah, and rattling in connector window at two in the round on top of the side.
It's completely random.
Played Maverick, like pistol kills, what up?
I felt like I was watching one of your streams where you just do something super randomly.
Oh, we have the comparison now.
Okay, so you're like, you were almost at 30 kills from the win.
And then right, alright.
Alright, so, but like, more seriously, like, is there any reasons or do you call certain
things in a way where you can actually explode and have like a role where you can get frag
heavy or is it usual that when you play more traditional I see you more on the shields and
you're on the back line there is not really an opportunity for you to get into the field and
really get aggressive and get your frags but sometimes you just find a gap and I feel like I
see you like from two or three years ago really able to play your game style. Yeah I mean I feel
it's like on the first week the game against was GK I think right the one that went like two and
Like, I think it was probably the best game that I gel, I think, during the stage, and we were losing like 6-3, and then we had to clash like 3 rounds with the Monty.
I didn't even got any Qs that game, but I actually helped the T-Block to win with the cows playing the Monty.
But what I say is like random, because like, yes, against shifters, I was playing the Monty doing like pretty much the same role as I was doing against GK,
but like, because they let me get some Qs, I got some Qs.
some kills and at the end of the day it is random like so I guess like all your
teammates and your team can really know like the effect you have in your team
like it doesn't matter if I kill a lot or I kill like less like I still gonna
have a great impact on a team and I think that's also for the other teammates
for every other player and every other team so yeah that goes into the critics
yeah the haters focus on winning I think if I honestly if we look at the
attack stats they they're still one thing that we can look at to prove that
you're a good AGL though. Because like if you look at it, Consulate is historically
different aside. And you guys have had some of the best attacks we've seen from any team
on that map, you know, like I think we can still look at that and feel like, okay, that's
a great proof that you have a way to cool. That's first and foremost unique, but also
that works and pays off.
Yeah, and I would say like us, like we've been winning like some big rounds, like the hard
rounds are the ones that we're winning more, like the ones like we stop and then we think
about what to do, and maybe I say something, maybe other players say something, and we
do a plan during the mid-round, and maybe we were not even supposed to do that from
the beginning, but we adapt and we change a little bit.
And it's something we don't do on scrims, right?
On scrims, everyone just shows, if you are on a 3v5 on scrims, people just start running
around, nobody gives a shit.
So it's something that we don't even practice, and we have to come on the game day and perform
and call good, so yeah, it's definitely something we're doing great this season.
All right, well all this talk about stats that you said were random and I yelling aside a production did confirm to us
You were the MVP so anything you want to say about that? Well, Shaco owes me 200 euros
Well, I mean it was a fun game guys. Thank you for the support. Thank you for the production everything was enjoyable
Awesome. Well, if I were you I would go and speak to Shaco right now about those 200 euros
Thanks for your time all about and good luck next week and thank you. Thank you. See you
I guess anything that makes
them happy. I guess anything
that makes them help winning
out this game here because
three points against an opponent
like focus in this case, super
important in the long run. Yeah,
let's bring it back to the
context of the overall league
is that you want to end up in
the top four. You want to end
up with the best possible
advantage in the playoffs to
get yourself to the blue sea.
G2 have just taken a massive
leap by doing that by beating
out one of their direct
tribals in a six point game
for those positions come the
final league table. And I think
I think they did it with. Yeah, I think I would just agree with Carl's assessment. I think something attacks slightly could have been better, but it gave them a good start. Free free half attacking
Consulate is no, you know, no means even though they feel they could have done better and then they kicked on from their defenses and it was same again. You know, Alamo was playing really, really well again today.
I think actually for the most part, most you two players played pretty well across the board today as well, which is one thing that we've been looking for them to do is to have quite a consistent team performance.
They put that together to that.
I think we've seen a consistent story also on the side of G2 of being aggressive, being proactive,
whether it is an attack, but also in defense, which is something I cannot always see for Falcons.
I felt like Falcons had the game plan of playing behind utility and playing quite passive in defense.
And in the end, that gives a lot of room for G2 to try and, you know, poke around,
find gaps. And when he came to defense, they had two very different styles.
G2 didn't stop. You could see them in the highlights. They were swinging hard. They were doing extended holes.
They had a lot of roamers, they were willing to take on the fight.
And I think you can see that in the facecam as well.
On the side of Falcons, everything was serious, they were focused, they had a game plan,
and it was strategy and they needed to win.
On the side of G2, we have Doki saying 6-7, 6-7, and we have someone that's, you know,
they're taking it to have fun.
And I think in general, from my experience, when we were like that in a team, we won.
We play fast when you play lose.
Exactly.
Confident.
When you play like in a scream and you're confident with the rest of the team, it just works out.
It does.
Another over halfway point off the table.
But the standings once again, not only just to show the context of where we find ourselves now with this last match, having played out just there.
We see G2 currently in second, Falcons in third.
But it also has implications on our next match.
We have Fnatic versus Shifters, right?
This is the prime example of a 6-pointer game.
game. When we talk about the
potential fifth or six spot
going into playoffs, either of
these teams has a very solid
chance of them. Yeah, and it's
obviously changed slightly
because of some of the games
that happened earlier, but at
the start of today, so that
taking a shift is was fifth
against six. Now that's
absolutely massive because
both of these teams have
aspirations of being top teams
of going to events that both
partner organizations and they
want to be there to do that.
They probably need to break
the current established top
four inside of the ML League,
and that's what makes this
game so big because both teams
have had pain points in in
recent history and not quite
history and not quite achieved those goals so I think the fact that they're
against the opponent that's in a similar place in the standings that are
shown both good and bad things makes it a massive game fill. And both of these
things they have historic reasons to try and make it for the major I mean on
one side you've got fanatic huge organizations who made enormous force
of changes at every single season and always disappointed if they can finally
make it to an event without being invited that would be huge and on the
side of shifters it's a team that used to to be at every event before that when
the coaching staff was with Wolves and that then had to recreate an entire team from scratch,
had to follow the steps of the previous BDS roster and are looking to at least be a top four team
or contender that goes to all of these events. And realistically with the new hierarchy that
set up with EML, it's a tough one for them to try and break in that top four. For both of these
teams this is very important. And for some of these players it could be very personal as well,
this massive ride we spoke to Citizen yesterday about having to go up against his former teammates.
I think it's a good thing.
Yeah, and he said it's going to
feel good when I beat that boy
citizen about me in the
interview. Obviously these two
guys and we can see it from
not for the longest how much I
think is actually surprising
how little they've seen together.
But in recent history, they've
tuned together a lot. You can
see the history between the two
players. They were on dark zero
together. Most recently, team
secret. They've now gone their
separate ways. They've gone on
to fanatic and they've gone on
to shift us and both players I
think you know with the stints
in there, they didn't quite go
well. It seems secret have now
quite well, respectively, and I think a little bit of rivalry between the two is, you know,
I like it.
Yeah, I like it.
And there's one player on the Sanophonic as well who you have to talk about in the situation,
because we already highlighted him earlier today as our monster in the Polyorama, but
if anything, Forthly Nekdashal has been instrumental.
He's been the main win condition, really.
I mean, when one player goes crazy and drops two aces within two play days, who continues
to go step by step and get other material kills. I mean, realistically, it is a great thing,
but also I would say a double H sword in the sense that if you start to relate too much
on one player going crazy to win your games and not on your team play enough, then whenever
he does not show up, what's your win condition?
That's going to be the question for this game. One more question we'll have. Before we can
send it into our game is where are we going? What map is selected for this matchup there?
I mean tonight by an outclub
house and make sense,
especially given they would
probably have to start attack
and we saw it didn't go to well
last two times they played it.
They're going to play law,
which is one of fanatics
favorite maps. They won it
twice and kick off. It was
basically where the winds came
from and for shifters as well,
it's learn number one map
preference. So these two teams
in similar standings in the
league table going to the
number one preference map. I
think it's all to play for.
I like that number one
preference for both these
teams, but the format all the
day is ready to go.
it's a little bit up and down.
It's fair to say, but it was a
solid in the server performance
either way from fanatic. We got
a 7 to win very, very comfortable
other than that, it's been a
little bit up and down for them.
It was, you know, there was a few
rough moments yesterday against
aerotics. Still got the win, but
still question marks there, but
we've got to remember, you know,
there is a definite newness to
this roster for fanatic. So still
we need to afford them the time
that's not going to be too much
of a surprise, but it's
something fanatic need to be
aware of the very, you know,
very strict to work together
well as a team and fanatic are
going to have to do the same
and they're going to have to
break that. I did actually drop
in the message earlier and kind
of said, Oh, you know, I
think things are going because
from the outside of things look
amazing. She was like, Yeah,
you know, I'm not going to be
You know how she thinks of going because from the outside things look amazing. She was like, yeah, you know, she's feeling very very
Optimistic is like our early rounds are great at the minute
We're still working on developing out the mid-round as a team as well
But I think overall like from what we've seen start to finish has generally been pretty positive for the side of shifters
Doesn't mean there isn't work still to do and clearly behind the scenes
There's still more to do hopefully here on layer
They can demonstrate that they're only going from strength to strength and I'm sure for now to get very keen to prove the same
that is become a day two teaser, then they absolutely fag out on day two of the week. Who knows?
It could be, it could just be all the even number games. So you don't want to play them on game six
or game eight because you could be in trouble, who knows. But let's get into the layer straight
up to the top floor. It's going to be shifters starting on the defence. The last ball will be
on the T'Chanka. That's going to be the main plant denial plan for shifters. He will likely play
himself. It could be a couple of places for the T'Chanka. We can see it kind of in the double door
between the two sides. So he's got the angle to fire onto the default plant spot or it can be.
Sometimes the player behind desk gets a little bit of aggressive to the T'Chanka there. You can
end up losing them from there. So a couple of kind of deeper positions are often preferred.
Absolutely well for now, of course, it's about getting inside the building.
Ops, there's always one of the go-to points, especially for this top floor.
You've got to worry about the mirror window, obviously,
potential C4s that are coming from below.
So you have to make sure there's no one downstairs, which is why you can see
one of the players is currently hovering around downstairs on drones,
making sure that it is 100% clear.
Also, please confirm that it is.
But now, I'm not going to break their way in, but this is where a shield normally comes in handy.
And Smith, that's where the extension turns towards him.
Start applying pressure on towards Blast.
Just gonna have a little swap there as Robbie on the AS Army decides to take over the mirror window
and he's gonna be finding himself under a lot of pressure straight away and there he comes in.
This is why he's taking over it because he wants to be able to just close off that with the keeper
barricade to provide a little bit of a safer avenue out of there. He doesn't manage to do too much
damage. Deepak's taking a little bit underneath on the game host but not gonna be the end of the world
and he should be able to continue on that way.
That's a fact.
A lot of frag grenades being brought along in the round, by the way.
Eight. It's worth stressing. In part to make the mirror move, but also to get control of rockets.
Cross-stain to there, force the player to run down, or...
find the cells in the dangerous spotlight.
You're gonna see now how to get the cells back out of their pretensions,
to the waiting arms of windows, but no.
No joys you found just yet. However,
as long as you still keep on holding around here,
for now they could yet find the cells through the pit.
But anyway, as soon as it's in, they haven't yet managed to secure that entry,
quite committing a lot of resource is getting control.
Haven't got the entry, but have got some map control.
They've got themselves up to the inside of the default plant spot, as it is.
And we have citizen now charging forward, trying to get aggressive.
Told you guys it'd be so useful here.
Yeah, exactly. They'll see so much.
Scam for the entirety of site there.
We should have a good idea of everybody's locations.
This isn't nearly loose as his life.
This is really good again.
Gibby's made so well this round to make players move,
that this one finally rewards him with a kill.
Coming out of that last 30, mind you,
and Blast is still in a pretty dangerous position here.
He can do a lot of work.
Citizen's got one.
You must tell the Blast to subscribe to our team
because that's fake.
They make it into another last one.
At least gets one back.
And it is citizen to fall.
Trying to look for a second.
Outcomes the fire.
But in a four versus two, surely this one is over
and done with.
Blast, let's see the rock in a hard place.
Whistle with the close.
It was a very slow control round for Banana Tim,
but an excellent one.
They take round number one.
Yeah, I like that from them.
they didn't get ahead of
themselves. They just step by
step. You know, went in. They
weren't concerned that they
didn't have the entry kill. They
were happy to just take some map
control citizen, then using some
good aggression in towards
bathroom and that's all it's
unscanned to just really open
things up and it all went
perfectly from there. Really
fanatic really good first round
to walls that there was nothing on the side on the defenders there are shifters to deal with it
it was no yager as you probably come to expect or am I sometimes you see who am I getting picked up
in that position but there obviously wasn't a concern for them so very much free to toss nades
wherever the hell they wanted to to try and force players back we'll give it to shifters they were
good at stepping back into position and dodging these angles that were being held the fanatic
hope players would be forced into of course it came up until the display itself and yes one
looks a little bit slow and controlled and not necessarily an explosive fratfest of fanatic
charging on forward and over. Well done shifters. They did so by playing it like a game of chess.
Really good stuff. We head downstairs onto that first floor and we'll see if Fnatic can have a
repeat here. It's going to be another take of the top floor I expect and we've got the mirror set
upstairs. Which means shifters, as we've seen already several times tonight, want to make sure
they control the verticals of that site. Finds an eye of Fnatic away. I guess the question for
Fnatic comes in, do you want to try and establish top floor control or ignore it and rely instead
He's just waiting his time outside of there something they need to be aware of because with the top four holes
We know how vital it is that you keep those positions
Particularly that are up above where the plant spots would be so you can't allow yourself to be forced deep back to mask wall
For example because you just can't control sight then you can't do anything that you need to do
So shifters needs to make sure they're digging their heels in here. I don't want to be pushed around a minute
They're doing a pretty good job. I
I do like this citizen has been lots in play in the state by the way across these first few rounds
I've you've seen in clips on social media that he's very much see the IGO making a lot of calling for them at the minute
Him having all the information we're in call out where players are and then construct a plan based on where his teammates are
Ideal person to have that info on side
They're sure of course joining up with that. They gave you so we make life hell for the defenders too
But nobody on this round. It's gonna be quite harder than to slow fanatic down
to get in there and get
destructive. It could be
perfect for them. Deep right
managers to pick up Robbie, one
of the big players for shifters
yesterday. Robbie and Freck
had a great day. Oh, it's going
to be the other one dead, dead
your managers to get him, and
that's going to be five versus
three for nothing starting to
gain that top floor control
now blast taken down taken out
and that leaves us with a
taken down, taken out.
And that leaves us now with only Nate and Lastmo left alive.
Smith takes a lot of damage, but it's nothing to do with that.
Because then Josh just getting everybody in his point.
Lastmo manages to shut him down,
but it is still 4 versus 1 in favour of Fnatic.
It's Lastmo also being left in that 1BX.
I would be shocked if you just don't call an attack timer,
because they are getting battered here.
Even if Lastmo cuts you up, it has not been a great round for them.
He's got three to bring down.
They surely have the coordination here for Natic to see it over the line.
to play. He's got one AP to
his name. Single bullet will
be enough for sure enough says
and finds him in the back. Great
round by fanatic Tim. And like
I said, maybe they're gonna stay
to Andy's. I don't know what it
is, but they're really good in
those thirsty rounds. Yeah, they
really do. Great. They just need
like, say the even numbered
players, but yeah, good start
from them also getting, you
know, the attacking win not
only on top floor, but on that
mid floor side as well. Now it's
to get the diffuser down, but
finding the space, for example,
to put the diffuser down, we see
players a lot of the time teams
trying to play in behind sensual
smokes is takes so much utility.
And if you don't get that top
floor clear right, it's usually
for nothing anyway. So yeah, good,
good second round win for
fanatic and they are certainly
as the players roll by starting
to convince me little by little.
I think what I'm really enjoying
seeing today that was missing a
it was missing a little bit yesterday was the the blind spots in their attacks
based on information was really singing of a point, missed earnings on
towards things not playing as a team players going out of turn whereas here
if there's a start moving on forwards no one kills spirals into two spirals into three
they really ride off from the mentor of the gaps they start opening up by getting
the entries. I have to say I really thought shifters might find themselves in for a solid attack time out there
hopefully try and course correct and get things turned around and you believe
and then get it done back up on this top floor again not massive changes away
in terms of what they're playing, the mute is part, the mirror is part, the
his army is part, the champ is part. The strong point towards them believing it's
their approach to the game that is their problem and it is so much the operators
they have on side and that's a good start, it's deep-hecked to fall down.
Where's the Stomper Touch?
I'm not a hundred percent sure to be honest, it was, I mean if he's going in on the
Dermast it'll have been underneath and so I would expect it to be, last time he
went in through weapons. Yeah,
he's been going towards it looks
like it may have come from rocket
door and he's been taken down.
So it's a little bit easy for
fanatic for shifters rather
fanatic of gotta be more careful
and I'll take it.
Obviously, the need to do well.
It's been very much up there in terms
of contribution throughout the stage.
Same with Fred catching those
with the top for multi kills
and also top towards EPS as well.
The results have been having,
you know, of course,
the still waiting to see a shift
really compete to be a top 14. Those two have been instrumented to that point. Here we go, a set
piece play coming up, and for that I can get no doubt it isn't calling a bit of info for that
state, and in we go. In the up towards the wall and their step C4 comes up, but doesn't get rid of
this mess. He's going all that inside the shield, but he can't quite find a kill. It's a double swing
and they get away with it, with a pop by a frack elsewhere, but it's a bit of a turnaround still
to achieve. Nathan blasts the final two. Shifters finally on the board.
that's why they've gone back
there. It's their number one
side choice. It's where they'd
expect to be getting round
wins. And they've done a much
better job that time of getting
it over the line. So it just
means they're not too far
behind on the defense here. They
can look still at a four two,
but I think they're going to be
aiming for a three three at the
least now. No surprise to see
solid snake taken away. Yes,
they're going to be aiming for
a three three at the least now.
the game. I mean, it's a
lot of fun. Yes, that has been
the big extra thing that's been
winning these rounds for
static overall. I'm curious to
see what we now see and step
on. So I can only imagine it
will be another interoperator
yesterday played today. Master
couple of times when they have
the snake on slide, which is a
bit strange. It's like, well,
six available. They must quite
offer the same amount of
information collection speaking
about this early round. Yes,
can only see the same floor,
but it's more the fact that he
can see everything all at once
previous round, but they'll pair it up alongside with the KB. So in all three rounds of scenes so far,
they've had two mental operators that is carrying on dead just here without the Deimos.
Yeah, no surprise the same citizens switching cross onto that particular operator. Again,
just an absolute nuisance at the minute. They will continue trying to have that same sort of
impact with it. So shifters, takers on the defence, down to basement finally. This is the first time
We've sent them down in lab and again just having a look at their presence around the map
They've got three on that first floor at the minute the vertical hole didn't really serve them too well
When they were in books of briefing, so they're gonna be you know, obviously needing to improve that this time
They need to think be aware as much as possible. You know, where is the pressure coming from for fanatic?
They've done a very good job of this here
So, where is the pressure coming from? They've been in the position ready to deal with it rather than getting caught out, which they did a couple of times when they were trying to hold back top floor.
Absolutely well. Now, you probably see us slightly slower around, more like we saw back in round one. Yes, there is no mute on side, but as mentioned, the staple mean.
That's a bit more cautious, but at least a bit of course early on. Not forgetting that we're actually down into the basement. This is up on top floor.
top floor. Just want to make sure there's no cheekiness coming out from the players on the side of
shifters and they're right to be cautious because Robbie and Blazer are the ones who are currently
holding around Armory looking to be a little bit of a nuisance. So the Natic needs to identify that
and force them back down. Got the solid ping on at least one player so that's going to give Fnatic
something to work on. They're getting themselves inside of the map confidently now. They've got
first floor. Not under control, but they've got a lot of presence there. So in the next 30 seconds or so,
we're going to start seeing these gun tappin' shifters are going to be pressed. They are going to have to
react. Who comes out on top of that? Who's going to have the numbers advantage when that moment comes?
This is very weird. Like, they don't have a large part of first floor control on those three players.
The second they go on shift is also the lobster already looking to waste a bit of time. It was at
the large drops away now, except for the one who was still dancing around. Even he now is
I was falling back too, so shifters all back on site.
That's it, you've got a minute and 15
with which to work out an attack here.
I can hear that door could be cold coming out,
so that's going to tell them that there's at least somebody nearby.
I think you would be expecting the presence on here.
I was just well aware of that one, all off to his side.
It's one of the few that you can get a head shot through
as a drawn hole, but that's just going to be watching
for any sort of pressure that you're trying to make there.
does step up, does take a little bit of damage, but elsewhere,
Brett has managed to take out that shot, Deepak though.
Just walks into sight, there's a trade there, Robbie.
Deepak get each other, four versus three, 40 seconds left to go,
and it's not looking good for Pettatica,
Smith is taking down as well,
last more makes it a double as he finds Citizen,
and it's all up to Wizard.
He does have the book above,
I was going to say he can open himself up some new angles,
but he just won't get a chance.
Final kill comes in, and it's going to be doo-doo,
shifters of walking up. Just a little bit limp there I think, Fanatic. It was almost
like waiting to be beaten and I've long said this, if a team is too sorely attacking side
of the defenders at some point, World has come out and try and trip you up. If they
get the idea that you're starting to get set up and starting to get cosy, that's the best
time to go and stab them in the back, rip a couple of players out and just completely
blow up the round. We saw it when they got the spawn peak onto the day, we also saw this
weird kind of flip attack that came out from the side of Fanatic. The good way to disrupt
them I think is to get up in their face early and while they weren't super early in getting
aggressive. They turned on the aggression at the right time and Fnatic just fell apart from there.
Very much to see that right now feels they benefit from structure. Just when all five players look
they look good, but as soon as they start losing players, that's when Fnatic seem to really start
floundering a little bit. A few more defences to go. Back to bumps and briefings. We saw this back
in round two for Fnatic. The win, the top floor hole was not successful from Schifters.
going to have to be a focus for them. Just having a look at the utility that they've
brought along and I'm wondering what really helps them hold on to this top floor. They've
no deployable shields. They do have a couple barbed wires that they can use to at least slow
down or gain a bit of intel on any possible approaches. They've got the keeper barricades
and then other than that the mirror windows but no other traps or anything. We're not seeing the
And you know we're not seeing anything like the lesion the L that have all become very popular recently
I think really could have helped them hold on to this top floor. Maybe a boy or just
Give that area denial
Before you shoot out the window and get an impact out there as you saw normally to plug it away
But they miss you still hear the exponent go up even though Frank tried to trick it away
And that means they've got giant access into war site
You can't play behind the pillar.
A little hard as an iron towards the main green door plant that we see coming in so often.
So this game on the skill is certainly going to be the focus of that plant going down,
but I feel for this to work, they need a little bit of presence elsewhere.
You can't just rely on the main breach as you go,
so you really need to be established from top floor control to it.
Yeah, you absolutely do.
It's like you said, it's not a one-dimensional attack.
There's a lot of things that need to go right on this attack.
Top floor control, either presence in green,
Maybe if you're going to work in through the breach, you need that utility in place.
So it's going to be a smart canister. There's two in the hands of Smith.
He's going to be the one who has to go in with the Monte Shield.
They've got the cap tower as well to provide a bit of smart cover.
And it's about creating confusion inside of sight.
But step one has got to be that top floor control.
Well, Freck has just realised middle of sight,
maybe a little bit too dangerous and has got himself away.
For an A to have one could fire through to try and make something happen.
So I think he's going to be pulling off a marker here,
but you never know keep your eyes open.
Where's it in September to blast us the miracle
and off and the C4 disappearing with it at the same time.
Now going in strong at the plant,
but it can see him too.
He's not fully covered by the smoke.
This one, it's pull off here as well.
It's going to try and spit,
but no, Nave guard quite hit the shots.
He'll commit, pros don't fake, I'm afraid.
A 5-2-3 for Banalik and a post plan
that shifters need to rescue.
Yeah, Nave was the win condition there
and missing his shots may well just cost
shifters the round, being the soulless.
It was up to him to spot that plant,
whether it was in smoke, whether it wasn't, he knew where the plant was, he just couldn't find
local, it's always tough fighting through the floors like that. Outcomes the utility to try and
back up the dermal, it does manage to get the kill onto Citizen, so that gets something going for
shifters on this retake, but they've got seven seconds there, I just don't see anywhere that
they get this done now. Fnatic fighting well to just waste as much time as possible. Final two
the game. They're going to be
going to be a round four
fanatic. That was it was good
from them, but they did give
an opportunity for me to put
that diffuser on the deck if
you'd have been able to find
those shots. And then it
becomes a little bit harder to
recover for sure. Yeah,
shifters in a level that may
be not quite as aggressive in
their defenses. They could have
been honestly expected when
they were in position to start
charging onto the fuse. I
thought we'd see two players on
the side of fanatic explode
into the top because normally
that's the game plan. Someone
the game. You know, it's
really hard to keep on top
floor and try and contest the
players that are looking to
play through the vertical. But
even though it was left
untouched, still couldn't get
away with what he needed to
three to put out them on the
attacking side. They must say
that's pretty good. So far,
given how difficult some of
those facts and what looks
yesterday. Yeah, I don't think
it's, uh, don't expand it. Oh,
especially with the opportunity
to finish it out for two. I
think if I get a four to
attacking half year on where I
would really favor them to take
because they're always too hard, so if you like to stay and shifters may well find a little bit of extra energy,
but right now it just feels like it's not really working for shifters.
You know, the ideas that they've got for that, they can even take top floor off them there,
and normally, as I said, it's a little bit of a death sentence, and it should have been, they've had the line,
it's just difficult to find those shots, and right now, if you've got the answers,
then it just feels like one of those boys were for shifters.
No matter what they try and do, it's just not coming together.
They just have played this map it was a secret a couple of months ago and they came away as the winners seven and five and
Just bearing your mind that was when savage was still around when Nathan's citizen were on sides
It's different secret they're playing against anyway
They were lighting a lot of those rounds on getting the diffuser down. It was a very objective focused game
But it also relied on a lot of more details coming in
Brett got three of them throughout that game and every single round where he did they managed to walk away with the round wins
So they're gonna be alert turning towards him and no doubt others on side last one
one is really putting up numbers so far. When we get into that second half to keep them going,
either way, as you said, they're going to have to feel quite emboldened by this, especially
if they can get a full feeling here. They get away with three feet, no they're not.
Let's get this wall opened up and it's another case where Shifters have failed to deny a wall
being opened up with a mirror window on it. One minute into the round, just the entry's been
very, very even so far. I was wondering how that was going. It's three, two in favour of
and every single round has been converted, by the way, in the direction of the entry.
So, certainly something that is worth paying attention to.
If he's going to head down those stairs, just trying to relocate a little bit on the thorn,
I think maybe just provide a little bit of a surprise presence underneath.
Prevent the day from doing too much work.
EPIC is going to be in range at the minute.
We'll look to get full. Just take a little bit of damage there, but wins the fight.
Oh, that is just the story of this game so far for me.
Shifter's doing the right thing, trying to challenge those power points,
and still just can't get it.
Dumb Deepak finds the kill, and now it's going to be the monty bully in Freck at the minute.
He does pick up Wizard, but that will be all of Smith's finds the kill.
Might he stay a good trade.
Taking down the mute, creating a bit of space.
Three versus three, those Blast finds Deepak, and that loses their underblow presence.
to be a trade. A one B one
citizen coming up against Robby
both the two and four. Someone's
going to break that spring. Is
it going to be time will tell
citizens and doors to put the
diffuser down on the ground. Is
he going to stick it? He sent
up the smoke. Try and create a
bit of cover. The opportunity.
because everything that Fnatic is trying to do with their shields.
Yeah, well, we can see what they're trying to do.
How many times have we caught a Fnatic game gone?
We don't know what they're trying to do.
This time, they're trying to use the shields,
particularly just to try and force movement,
to try and get reactions.
First and foremost, Smith's playing on the Blitz,
but it's chasing people all the way back into the site.
Then he jumps on the block,
but at this time it doesn't quite work well.
Try to jump in the display window,
a double jump in as well as I was with it.
Does get C4, does get taken out.
But again, the shield, what does that facilitate,
It facilitates his teammates playing around him and forces enemy movements and then in round five
Decisive on the finastic actually won shield plays against the building the shield in Smith gets the plant down
Unfortunate, I would say from the side of the ship that they didn't deny that plant
But even then gets active with that shield gets himself out there. It's good to see finatic sticking to a game plan getting behind it
Playing the shields yes, Smith has only gone free and free
But he's having huge impact in every round they play in to whether they win or lose it
And that's the big thing that Fnallik was missing. They were missing someone that could play towards the meta.
Someone that could be constantly playing on the shield.
And let's take an example at round 4 where they don't play with a shield.
And let's take a look at how static they are.
Look, it's taken them 2 minutes to get initial control on the base with bombsite.
They need to problem solve the blue stairs. And look, he is playing on the Hibana.
He forgets it as a flashes. He brings out the bridge charge in the middle of the gunfight.
They lose one of the players there. Ying has to jump alone here, completely isolated on Kandela's that were not effective.
And effectively, they've lost the plot here. 4v3, they don't have control.
And so that's the biggest limitation to their playstyle right now.
They're crutching on the shield.
But there'll be a lot of people looking at Fnatic,
last year looking at Fnatic have kicked off and going,
well, what's the improvement? Why have they got six points?
Why are they looking similarly really competitive and 1v1?
1v1 away from the 4v2 half, which would have been a really, really good setup for them.
And that's a big reason why it's not perfect.
It's not polished right now, but it is developing.
I'm seeing experienced players in the side of DPEC, of citizen, of deadshot players that have that experience and have the talent.
I'm seeing Smiths who can play on the shields. It's good. It's promising for Fnatic.
Now, four shifters. It's their turn to be the ones that are proactive.
And as we say this, we see the first, mountain band going.
I understand anticipating the double electricity band. For that map, I understand why it makes sense.
It also means though that they're gonna face Mira, they're gonna face Azami.
Azami up on the top floor behind the desk is so tricky to fly against.
by the way, one single ban outside of the Shields ban means that whatever happens, Blitz, Blackbird, it will be open.
It's a fnatic game and so far we've had no crash out yet from our Ember's desk.
No, it's great.
I'm super happy I can't wait to watch the second half.
Yeah, just don't go and check the football score, Lea.
We won't say any more. We won't say any more.
I won't say any more.
I don't want to get upset.
You've dropped that one in there, we will just leave it at that.
I think we can't expect it is a little bit of a low key one to watch. You know, obviously, it's difficult when you've got G2 and Falkens on the ballot to focus anywhere else really, but we knew that this one could be a close pair and so far it has been.
We knew that this one could be a close affair and so far it has been dramatic three
It's shift is three and we go from attic on to defense now
They are gonna take top floor to begin with and see whether they can improve the good
I think is it's going to be a tight finish. I would imagine I can't see either one of these teams going for a five one
Half at the minute they're very close and you know in terms of skill in terms of now stopping four to a good
test. So I think we're in for a 7-5 at the least. Maybe you're going to bit of overtime
and we'll see how it plays out. Can't it very good defensive win rate so far? There's 71%
of the players today.
Well, hope they keep on building high. It's the first nothing yesterday. I'm probably
only surprised their attack form wasn't quite so hot. I believe a few questions should be asked.
But the thing is, we said yesterday both teams are pretty good in the defense. It's neither
could attack. That's always going to help the stats overall. But today's a new day. It's an even
He's been played a thing, you should be sure that you see crime at time, fanatic.
You can see that I've three attacks on five.
That can only set them up for a good defensive half-dead shot.
The miracle man yesterday, about the only player to not get one ace, but two aces in this stage.
No other player has collected an ace yet inside of the ML.
Want to try and make it a third.
Deep up with a great reverse, hanging on towards Robbie,
who was trying to work a bit of magic underneath on the Daymoss.
It's certainly not about one to pick off, because now a lot of that verdict is going to be eliminated.
just manages to get the angle down onto the Selma there.
You can see how it was a little bit of a risk
because you're kind of leaving yourself exposed
for that time from the breach,
but it's a difficult breach just when that wide
while keeping yourself safe.
So it was calculated risk and it came off,
got probably out of it then on the Demos.
So not going to be too much verticality here
as we've seen from DPEC.
It's usually the Demos that goes underneath.
That might mean if Deadshot makes a choice here
and gets himself back behind that desk
that fresh talk about, he can't just forget,
what, or just kill people.
If he gets himself back behind the desk,
he's actually gonna be real as well
with the keeping points and everything
because there's no verticality to play onto it.
You know what, I'll try my best,
but spraying through the floor with a rifle
doesn't really sound like my idea of fun,
so they'll be there all day long.
Gracie forward, it's a big double coming out for Wizards.
A wave of the wand, and that pretty much is this round.
Wraps up, blasts.
And a one versus three, it's a lot to recover.
And let's get a feeling, Tim, that it's going to be impossible.
They'll dig back, they'll play behind the C4, two smokes, play behind.
This is not going pretty for Blaz, but if he can pull it off,
well, they'll be a magic man of his own.
Blaz just holding the angle, hoping somebody's going to give him something.
I tell you what they try to, wisdom moves the cross on the Valkyrie,
needs to be careful, does get away with it, doesn't take any damage whatsoever.
Thirty seconds left to go, so Blaz needs to start making a move.
you're going to be a first
successful defense for fanatic
and this is the problem. Shift
as I said, 71% defensive
win rate for fanatic coming
into today. They continue that
trend. Get themselves the first
lockdown and shifters find
themselves on the back side.
You're going to be able to get
into the next few minutes.
You're going to be able to get
into the next few minutes.
You're going to be able to get
And shifters find themselves on the back foot
This is where they'll be really challenged here shifters
They've got a shot on the attack inside that they can adapt
and fair play to whispers
It's a wonderful drop away and the need to get away with that's before they really shouldn't have happened
You'd hope that they're going to catch you on a flank drone or anything along those lines
But no, there's the damage and hands in that deathly blow. Four three down to the base that we step
Venatic, I can imagine looking at their longer parades and we want to play out around them up here
waste a bunch of time choose with drones ideally pick up the ram or the sledge
they lose the ability to that vertical destruction once again either way
don't sit back inside and tell the entire round of owls Leo will lose it
can't be having that today I really want to know if he actually went away to go and look at the score and then
as you read it and then we'll just slide through you guys
I bet he was fuming
okay here we go let's continue on with fanatics and defences four three they lead
And they're taking his head into the face.
We've seen much more kind of standard rotation
from Fnatic, top floor basement.
And then it'll be the points and the green things around it.
Out.
We've got Ella on side for Citizen.
It's an exact sort of operator for him to use
and just get a little bit loosey-goosey
around that middle floor and get active.
And you just know he's going to get some success.
Deadshot on the floor is pretty terrifying as well.
He's playing right up on the top floor.
So Fnatic just walking shifted us to waste
as much time as possible by clearing the hall map.
The entry...
This is kind of what we were saying, if an addict was to get out there and waste time, then fantastic.
But losing players out on the roam is also not going to be a great idea.
A comeback to what we were saying when we had G2 and Fowler come play on Consulate.
When G2 lost the entry, they recommitted to being out on the roam with three more players,
to try and get a response back.
But look, it's just going from bad to worse.
A second one found by Nathan on the front door, as Whistler tried to rejoin his team.
In a 5v3, surely Shifters can't see this monster through their fingers.
So much back and forth in this game, it's...
One team or the other just seems to come out and win rounds consecutively, and...
It's not so difficult for them to get any breathing space between the two of them.
I look to, he knows that the Blackbeard's coming down the stairs.
Doesn't matter as we see him taking out, but Robbie does manage to get as in as he drives the double down on that too.
versus four, it stands Robbie and Nath both.
I wouldn't say quite low health, Nath's about just to put half,
whereas Robbie is low health, Deimos track comes in.
He's maybe not going to be too keen on chasing him down
because one bullet through a soft wall would likely be enough
to take Robbie out of this, so it's more going to be,
feed that information into your teammate
so that they know exactly where Deepak is located,
but they know about Smith.
No, they do not.
He drops the defuse, but he can't get the second.
No, the third.
Blast manages to cut him down.
That's a good trade. Three versus one, an opportunity to put the diffuser down.
Look at the health on the side of shifters though.
That's it. Okay, okay, we've made two or three shots and maybe could have got away with something,
but shifters aren't going to let that one slide through their fingers.
If you see a 5B3 inside 60 seconds disappear, you've got major problems.
So I'm glad they managed to pull one back here and still keep it competitive.
Now as it stands, spoke about the success rate that we've seen from Vanadik on defense.
The first one was really, really good. That second one then,
you can't be losing the
soul is that early on either,
but it was well done by
shifters to get in there so
quickly. Be aggressive and
punish the Rome game. Well
for it stands then as the
shifters get around on the
board and the back and forth
continues from round four
onwards. It has been one round
about each team just winning
them alternatively and keeping
us guessing as to where this
one is going to go. And.
Gonna have a little bit of a
tech pose or we'll just get an
the defensive side. I think
it's going to be a good way to
attack the top floor. So I
would just get an issue
worked out for that. It will
continue on the defense. I
think they're going to take us
probably back up to the top.
Sorry North. It's the third
defensive round, so it'll be the
Bunks and briefing site this
time around almost certainly
just thinking about how
shifters are going to deal with
that. They haven't had too much
success with the shield there.
I was like the shield for getting
in and clearing roamers and
extensions getting up close
the game. We're going to be
back into the game. We just
need to get was more a little
bit more activated on it. Sure
quick tip. Paul say we get
these little issues behind the
scenes. I'm down. Believe it is
on fanatic side. So when we get
back into game. Hopefully that
doesn't come up again, and it
is for citizen is also been
told by production with all the
flash is on his face. It
normally is a sign that
something is happening on the
computer, which is always a
good thing. So imagine getting
the menu. You don't tend to get
those. So hopefully we will be
back in for too long. And just
looking the entry battle has
continued as well. We so far
only had one round that hasn't
gone in favor of the entry is
five three in favor of fanatic
on entry, and it's that one
round that has kind of flipped
it so that we have a 44
the game. I think that's a
good point. I think that's a
good point. Again, dramatic
having the better of it and
can just continue doing what
they're doing, especially on
the defense. I think, you
know, just puts it isn't on the
yellow last time around. He was
on the thorn round before that.
I think just keep doing that
same thing, giving him a bit of
freedom along with dead shot.
Let them to go and cause
problems. Deep X Miss and
wizard luck to kind of keep a
the game. It's it's a lot of
really slow games. As you
can see, the soloist with last
round in dead shot wasn't being
sensible, but you're getting
picked off that early on, then
wisdom being clamped down on as
you tried to treat back towards
this team. You can't really
afford that to be happening
because the crazy thing was you
just were also pushing into the
top floor, but it was down on
the first floor where we saw the
soul is full. So maybe a little
bit too soon to be leaving our
players there, but you'll give
it to them. It's one round. The
first one was very very good.
We'll see what happens as we
day. We cast the day tomorrow.
We sat here in the evening just like what do I do outside of watching England play?
Of course, at nine o'clock, that's going to say, you need to be careful about teasing
Leo today, really, because it's our turn tomorrow and we're not broadcast tomorrow.
Therefore, it's OK. No, no, but it could still be in the group chat.
I it's on mute.
It's on mute. I've got a problem.
I've watched a lot of it.
I like that.
And I know that.
I'm going to disappoint when it comes to football results is ever present.
So we will see what happens.
It'll be medics who's giving it the biggest losses, of course, with it being Croatian,
not the playing, but, yeah, obviously that one got some work.
Oh, yeah, well, welcome to Guru J, happens every time there's someone's country play,
someone else's country, the stick starts getting rolled out. Like, Xenox supports Everton weirdly,
as an Aussie sports Premier League team in Everton, every time they play, are we playing them or you
play them? Pretty well-played, isn't it? It is pretty one-way, they are basically a free punch
We've got the warning, we've got the sawless, we've got the smoke, brilliant stuff really, plenty of shotguns to get those holes open if you need to switch them around.
That's a great read by the way there from Statism. Look how much damage he's done to Lasmor on that Blackbeard, he's just going to completely back him up now.
He's going to have to be so much more careful, I said I'd like to see shifters take the shield in to go across this top floor clearance.
And sorry, there's actually dead shot you went around there, just the prediction that it was going to be the Blackbeard straight with the shot at feet level.
Really like that.
Nice, looks to get some good chip damage down, with a single C4, a couple of impacts, it's proved to be enough.
And oh, would you look at that, that's exactly what they've got available through them in a bad pocket, or equally, the deep pet smokes could also work a little bit of wonder.
Now, as always, this top floor is going to be the entry point for shifters who want to get in here and try and force players back,
because you nape off in the distance, waiting outside sight on that thermite.
I'm going to get rid of deadshot again. The entry death two rounds in a row here. This time falling down to frack rather than Robbie, still not going to complain about it because he could have been there to not all late into the round.
Yeah, that's one of your big win conditions that you've just lost there. Really not ideal for fanatic deadshot. I think the play initially onto the black be fine, but pulling on that second out of the breach.
I think, you know, given an operator, given an operator like so, it's the dead shot who's going to want to get aggressive.
You're really risking losing that win condition for the late round, and that's exactly what has happened.
So, fanatic of maybe got a problem to solve later on should that diffuser come in and start going down.
So, four versus four as it stands, Miff's just kind of hanging around at the minute.
He's got the diffuser in hand, he's waiting for his moment, he's waiting for the signal,
signal, but it is top floor that needs to be dealt with. And LASMO has been significantly
slowed because of that damage that Deadshot did.
Let's do it, but here he is.
Oh no, I dust off for a second. He might get away with it, but this is the risk of not fully clearing that top floor.
We saw Fnatic almost pay the price for it back in the first half, and maybe it's the one ironically in the reverse spot on the Solace.
He couldn't stop the plant going down, but here, he won't even get a chance to get the plant down.
That's a piece of down in the middle of the site.
Freckin' for a team kill, not great, gets his team out of the way through.
So they've got rid of one and lost two in the process.
Smith picks up yet another kill in the round as well.
he's going to be able to do
well. Robbie left one versus
three feels like fanatic are
about to pull ahead yet again.
Information on top floor cannot
find his man will now have his
fight. He's going to take more
damage when he feels out final
kill comes in. It's going to be
deep with the shotgun as he
moves across the door and look,
I think fanatic of I was it got
away with one next. I think
in the first half of the
game. We're losing dead shot
early in the round. That should
have been a real. Positive
for shifters. The soulless is
gone. You've got an
opportunity if that diffuser
goes down where it's maybe
going to be difficult for them
to tell and then it just all
felt a little bit limp that
that pushing to site. If kind
of goes through it, and maybe
there's a gap, but there's not
there's no smokes down. There's
no real coverage and top
floor is we're seeing today.
Basically what happens when
you don't clear top floor? We
haven't seen one successful
of a plant going down so it tells you everything you need to know.
That's it, well that's what they call an attack time out, Tim, the loon stepping in.
See if they can get the team back on track because it's been a bit of a weird one overall.
It's been a very chaotic game, I think.
Almost like to a degree, Fnatic are kind of pulling them into this game of unpredictability
and so far, Schifters aren't being able to play the game, they've been able to play it against other teams.
Which is good game control from Fnatic overall.
you know, it's a little bit
complex. Yeah, I would agree
with you. I think you know,
perfect time for a tactical time.
I really not knowing all the
answers. They came across a few
sticking points there, uh,
despite getting the entry
unable to turn it over unable to
get anywhere near that top floor
clearance. I think it's
something that a couple of teams
need to be looking at because
we've seen it, you know, in
other regions, but I think it's
the last couple of months.
Actually pushed away out of
that area. And you know, I've
a real opportunity without
utility and bullets raining
down on you to put the
diffuser down on the grounds.
But I think we'll continue 71%
win rate on defense coming into
today. It's been a little bit
different. I think it's a
bit different. I think it's a
bit different. I think it's a
bit different. I think it's a
bit different. I think it's a
bit different. I think it's a
it's a bit different so far it's
two and one so the game to about
60% if you get this one and we'll
be back up to their customary
70 plus it's going to be top
floor they won this back in
round seven and if you get this
it's too much. Well, let's see if
the shock and spin it on the
other side here and get an
early storm. He's certainly
looking for it. Is he ready?
Almost gets hit on the reverse
I believe it was because one of them the reverse is unfortunate if you get pulled off by that one
But at least that shot walks away with his life
Claymore could be placed to prevent any run-outs. We don't tend to see too many run-outs on layer in fairness
It's quite a rare occasion that we have somebody completely outside of the map. They are bathroom jump-out
I guess at times we're being the only one but they will certainly be protected from that
I don't think for the position
he was in on the repel, but
doesn't matter because we're
here. It's getting shot out.
So fanatic will lose that bit
of utility from citizen without
any gain from it at all. So
Lisa, I think it's probably
the call that's coming from
Lili and his get a bit more
patrol in the early round here
like when we find the entry was
team that we can build on top
of it. Players team and trying
for the players back pick up
one or two kills that we did
back in round eight. It gave us
a lot of success. I think it's
Back in round eight, he gave us lots of tests.
Los Mises is already being ennosed in this here, even just inside of Oaks itself and keeping them at bay.
They've got to try and force them back. Robbie's underneath.
Again, as he has been several times over.
He falls out a couple of times while trying to do this, but no one on the side of Fnatic appears to be down there,
hunting him out in return either.
I was surprised. They'll know exactly where he was, but it's just an absolute in-point accuracy
but Robert is then able to use to get the kill through the floor without that track.
He knows that he's roughly in that area, but he can't be anywhere near so specific.
The clash is going to be forced to dance the little dance,
to try and get away from these nails that keep coming.
Yeah.
Now, Smith is keeping himself well positioned.
Breck does manage to take down Wizard.
That leaves us five versus three.
And I think it's going to become very difficult for Smith soon.
He's going to be getting pushed aggressively anytime now.
Real quick, Steve.
Needs someone ready to help him if he can try and take on the Blackbeard.
Again, his Blackbeard sets from the core, if he's getting zapped,
his shield is constantly bashed out of the way he can't shoot, he can't do anything.
Needs a little bit of an assist to come in in that position.
However, we're down to nearly now 30 seconds left.
That can always be a bit of a nervous time for the attackers.
It's a 4v3, with that clock recording, he's the sixth man.
He starts to force errors out of the other side.
He can so far play this round really well, but Neyv hits the death.
Freck stepping in, trying to see what he can possibly find here.
Can he get René Puppas well and then look to go for the plant that Smith finds?
One more, Robbie's in and looking, but it's all for the bar, it's Deadshot, does what Deadshot does.
Two kills for him, two for Smith, Robbie less alone in the one versus three, but Asik
is going to be up to match pointy, it's in. They just didn't really have a plan to deal with the
clash, I think it's helped them up massively. Smith got a kill as well, as we see time ticking
down, shifters lose the round, and beyond those couple of nades, there was no real plan for the
that. It's not like you're
going to be able to do that.
You're going to be able to
do the clash. No real plan as
to how to dislodge him. Smith
had his footwork down, moved
around, just got out of the way
of those explosives and then
kept himself in a very
difficult position in the
problem for the attacking
side shifters. There was that
it didn't allow any pressure
then to come in from that side
on to site. So as long as
Smith is there and saying it's
all right, I've got this
lockdown. I've got current. I've
got our security. It's all
that's what they've done. Great
success there from fanatic on
the defense. She's just
probably feeling a little bit
beat up by now is why you've
had the time out to try and get
things back on track, but it
just simply hasn't happened. The
people thing is it started out
so well. And I feel for Nate
because that's probably the
second or third time this game
now where he's tried to do the
right thing. He's tried to get
in to make a plan happen
downstairs last time around
when that's the holding
upstairs in this round. It was
trying to get into the breach
there. He gets the ball and
he's trying to get into the
in this round, it was trying to get into the breach there.
He gets the play with it and gets into the fourth spot.
We're probably having a different conversation,
but that risk of going in through the mass breach,
arguably is what's causing them to get round to Oxside,
plants inside the wall that way round.
I think we're probably looking at something a little bit
different in terms of an outcome,
like an out-of-the-get, into a retake scenario,
and have to do their very, very best to fight their way
back through, but we're just interested in taking it away.
Sometimes it's the small decisions like that.
You look at it and say it's a mistake now,
and obviously in hindsight it is,
but everything being so tight,
you think you get away with it,
simply didn't. Sometimes that's how the cookie crumbles.
Yep, not crumbling in the favor of shifters so far. They're
going to get themselves into top floor. It's a basement
defense, but they know that they've got a whole map clearance
that they need to deal with. Nobody from Fnatic actually
bought that very top floor at the minute. But by taking
control, it can at least offer a little bit of pressure. And
there's the threat of that sledge up above you. And wizard on
the Benrea just looking to get a bit of aggressive.
the window there and a little bit of a mixed approach here from shifters you've got a few
going straight into warehouses two of them robbing last more looking to get straight
on in there and then I think elsewhere you've got freckin blast that are going to look to
work in get that mid floor control and get the sidechannel swinging so they can get some
verticality in play but we'll see how well that appears off for them because at the minute
near sight and moving very quickly here.
Let's not forget about top floor control, forget about ground floor control, we just want the sight boys.
Only worries we've already seen before, they've ignored it in time past and NAFUS has been gunned down from above as they've tried.
However, I guess they have got quite a lot they can work with here in terms of smokes in the back pocket of the cap.
Power fire to keep people away, flashes to throw in deep, and of course, docket be called to help out at the same time.
Here we go.
Don't you think he's being tossed in here as well, made that with the fire?
When do they say go to him? They've got to make it up and soon, because they're true to that,
you two listen piece by piece.
The problem's the solace up above, Deadshot's just going to be watching.
He's got impact notes to open up as you can see, he's just opening up every angle that he can.
And that's really what they need to deal with, maybe a docker be called could come in at the
time that the plant's going down and just pause there for him to choose.
But as Mo does think about going in, we'll go for a second time, start holding onto this.
Where's Deadshot? This is his job. He's the win condition.
It is managed to find his man, Nerf taking down beautiful from Fnatic.
How many times can shifters pay the same price of not taking above?
Apparently Tim and Nuff times see themselves losing the game.
Blaster, the 1 vs 5, Fnatic. Take three points away from one of their rivals
to make it into playoffs with a fantastic performance here on Lair.
yet Fnatic just proving that it can be an up and down stage
but they've got some real performances in the back
as they get that long done full three points
they're gonna become very unpredictable and very hard to do
with a number of teams moving on fours but that's all said and done
let's go for a break let me come back
I guess we'll break it down for you see you in a few
and that is yet another 7-4 that goes in favor of Fnatic. We get to speak to the victors.
We have Deepak on the line. Good evening. Congratulations on the three points as well.
Deepak, you've been with Fnatic from the very beginning and now you've won the last three
games in a row, nine points must be an amazing feeling.
Yeah, I mean, the only reason we won this game, because when the
league saw that the email leak, I saw Frank say in the intro
video, he said, I'm the best battle explainer. So I think
that personally, so that's why we won. That's the only reason
I owe you an apology. The person that wrote like nine is me. I'm
so sorry. It's not Frank. I'm so sorry. I don't know as well.
Yeah, I mean I've been watching the interviews and you've been doubting Fnatic a lot so
You know anything you want to say to him about that?
It's fine. There's many haters and doubters
So we just play our game and show how we can play I think you know why it's because he's just he I need to balance him
You know what I mean like he's just pushing you so hard that if I know the one that are pulling you a bit down
We don't have an objective. I'm just gonna serve a small muffin. Yeah, we don't have an objective view on it
There's a lot of people pulling us down, but we just pull ourselves back up. It's fine.
You can say whatever it's.
Well, putting the things in context, like from an objective standpoint though, like a few things to note.
Nine points in a row. That's a good thing.
I think a second thing that I'm seeing in the game is a lineup that actually works.
Like I see a player that is dedicated to the shields in a shield meta.
I see a lineup that has a perfect balance between experienced player and rookies or young players that are hungry.
Like I see a lineup that is looking much more cohesive than the previous versions of Natick.
Do you agree with that statement, especially you who've seen so many adressions?
Yeah, definitely. Our main problem was always these fundamentals. We couldn't cut them down.
We always relied on these crazy stuff. If you want to be a top team, it's impossible.
You need to have these fundamentals down and then we look at the crazy stuff we can do after.
Do you know what, Deepak? I had two questions for you. The first one was going to be how does it feel
a little bit, attack still not fully figured out on that map yet. But how do you feel your map pulls
sitting against some of the top teams? I feel like our map pool is pretty strong. Last week we
couldn't even play there. It was our worst map. It was our perma then. Really? Yeah. So we are coming
there. We just haven't been a team for a really long time. So we're just really happy with all
the points we're getting and the practice we're getting in. So we're just trying to be
be the best team on any map possible.
I like that.
It's a big improvement as well.
And I guess with what you're saying there about the improvement
that you're making for this new team,
where do you see yourselves really like it?
Stage one, maybe stage two as well.
What's the perspective?
Oh, it's going to be hard to say, because I feel like email,
any team can beat anyone.
So we're just trying to improve by the week
and just see how far we can come, even if we win or lose.
Like, I'm already really proud, but we just
I want to qualify for the Major and EWC.
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
I'm not very proud of the team.
You should be.
Nine points is a good achievement for you guys
from these last three games.
Thanks so much for your time and good luck in a super week.
Good evening.
Thank you.
I think there is one thing I take away from that
is that they were able to just pull out their perma-ban,
work it in one week, and have it ready.
And that is something that they could never have done,
had they not had the right team and the right chemistry
to learn a map within seven days.
because that's something that takes a lot of time
when you don't have the natural chemistry.
And I think that's a good point, actually,
because this team, the old Fnatic,
this map was their most successful and kickoff,
but obviously different, lost a different way of attacking,
like we've said.
We've got to get the fundamentals down
before we get the crazy stuff down,
and maybe we've got that wrong in the past.
And I think we're really starting to see that.
There's a clear intention behind what they're doing.
Everything they're doing is for a purpose,
and there's real progression.
I said it at the halftime, I still believe it now.
It's not polished, it's far from the finished product,
I think maybe a better team than
shifter's maybe a top team in
this league would have maybe
beaten Fernandes on this map
today, but they managed to get
the job done. They get the full
nine points and that's really
all they can ask for the full
nine points. The full three
points today and nine points
in a row. That's really all
they can ask for. I think the
additions of dead shot and
citizen into this roster across
the last two stages have been
really, really good. I know
scoreboard shows the peck on
the top today and Smith as
well, but I think it feels very
balanced. The pick on the top
They peck on the top today, but also the previous days, like, honestly, I've just seen
they peck stats at kickoff, and then at the beginning of the stage, it's like, actually,
like, if you compare that to 2025, where he was the back line, and honestly, you could
not blame him for not having the best stats, because honestly, in the position he was in,
it's tough.
He's actually, I think, the most consistent player on the lineup from kickoff to here.
Maybe that shows the passism, because he had this incredible amount of kills, but I've
been very impressed by the resurgence from that player, and I wonder just how much of
that is on the back of a team that actually has great cohesion and the
comes that we've heard as well we're really good so there are a lot of good
signs for Fnatic we just need to see that consistency in the long term. I like it
I'm very happy that they're proud of themselves as well especially if you put
this in the context of the standings right because that's how we start this
whole matchup there are fifth and six going into this one the fact that they
do get the full three points off this now puts them third yeah that's actually
incredible if you think about it in the context of you know making it to play
Make it a TWC, make it to a major like Deepak was saying that their goals eventually will be, but even for a final matchup today, right?
We're talking about Geekay, we're talking about Heretic's 7th and 9th prior to this playday.
Now going up against each other, that's also going to be big for that potential 6 bottom playoffs.
Yeah, it's a tough one because we said before, you know, what was at stake for every matchup, right?
And for that one, I'm starting to ask the question of the relegations already.
that's the reality of it. When you go into the stage and you have heretics were probably
on paper, one of the weakest teams because of the number of rookies because of the results
at Kikov, I think it's important. And that's actually crazy to me. Why is that crazy to
me? Because I look at GK, I look at their experience on the roster, I look at their
imports, I look at the players that they pulled in, and look at all these ditches. This is
every single one of their players at an ST event. And particularly the two guys in the middle,
Ask and Groobie, supported by the guy on the left, Jogger, who have played a lot of ST events,
you know, six imitations. That picture of Ask is from a major grand final. So the facts that
we're in a position right now, early on in stage one, before stage two is even played, thinking,
hey, this team hasn't quite been at it. We're talking about maybe then being in a relegation
6.0 already, it's kind of a little bit crazy right now.
Yeah, it seems like they haven't found their identity and that's the problem. We're trying to
merge so many different play styles with so many different backgrounds. Is that so far,
they seem to rely hard on those lurks from Sark's on some massive place from Yuga. And I'm just like,
okay, cool guys, but like, you know, that's not consistent, right? And I think that eventually
they will find their groove. I'm just wondering like, it should not happen too late, because
eventually that will catch up to them if they're not, you know, if they're losing points to teams like Airdex, for example.
There's no doubt in the talent on the roster what's left.
No, it's big difference in experience though, if we compare them to their opponents for today.
I mean, we see it not just in the S tier events, but also in the way they're playing, right?
There were some mistakes that we saw from the roster yesterday.
Yeah, exactly. We've got heretics on the other side who are that traditional kind of storyline of a young hungry team,
who really haven't actually ever played an S tier event.
you've obviously got Acre and
Lolo who did it back in. What
was it? 2021 on SI where they
qualified with with makers and
realistically, all of these
players combined probably have
less experience than ask or is
on in terms of their tier one
matches, you know, so I think
you've got that youth hunger
element and yes, raw around the
edges. There's no denying that
kickoff didn't go well, but
they qualified this league on
merit and they have shown
improvement in this league in
stage one on merit as well,
and they deserve to be here,
but they need to keep
improving as well. Improvement
is the biggest thing we've
It's now the moment where they're facing a team that it should be a little bit easier to beat.
And so, I think now is the moment for them to prove.
That's it. That's the big moment where they're looking for the three points.
And where are they going to prove it?
What map is selected for our final match of the day?
We've had seven fours only.
Night Heaven Labs is our final match of the day.
Now, finally we're getting Night Heaven Labs in the ML.
You've been waiting a long time.
I'm pretty sure it's the first time we've seen it in the ML from the whole stage.
Right, I'm just about to.
Yeah, I'm just even wondering, like, kickoff, I barely remember watching it.
We're going into the unknown, completely, Geeky, New Roster, 3 roster changes, never showed it before,
completely no clue how they played it.
Our only information is that they've banned it a little bit, and that they've also not banned it a little bit.
So it should be in the middle of the map, like it's halfway through.
And for the side of Heretic, it's something that they were willing to play quite a lot,
but never were offered the spot to play it, so it's also the unknown, never showed it at the general level.
I think you care going to be
happy to be sat on the defense.
I think that's massive. If you
looked at how heretics played
yesterday on their attacks, it's
really where fanatic found their
success. Heretics looks a little
bit lost a little bit
disjointed a little bit
uncoordinated. Now night Haven
can play out very similarly to
how close can play out about
breaching as well, taking map
control in his heart,
executing very, very often. So
the fact that you can look at
clubhouse from heritain and
applied that to night Haven, I
think is what they're going to
be forced them to execute and
the game. I'm not sure if
you can get that. It's not
that. My help them going into
that unknown, as you said, but
our final match of the day is
ready to go. Thank you very
much, and what a map to end it
on Tim. We often say labs is
one of our favorite maps to
cast and given this is kind of
the battle here really our
days that I don't want to say
the last chance to loom, but a
serious opportunity for these
two teams to make us make us
they can say we can climb the
table. We can fight for a
player spot. I feel the winner
of this game is going to be
I think this one is. I would
put it into the bracket. Fresh
mentioned it earlier. A six
pointer. You know, these two
teams I would expect to be
fighting for similar places.
Come the end of things here.
Maybe fighting over that sixth
place. But GK a little bit
behind at the minute. Two
points short there on one.
Team Erics are on three as it
stands. But yeah, if you get
three points here, not only do
the next round. You're going to
have to be on the same position
yourself. You deny your
opposition that three points
that they could be getting
towards chasing that same
position, so it makes it quite
a big swing to beat the teams
around. It's always nice to
beat the big boys up at the top,
but beating the ones around you
will always generally be more
important or influential. So
we'll see who comes away with
the win on this one. But yet
the mystery team of GK, not knowing exactly what we're going to get from them round to round.
We will see how they play this one. They're going to start things on the defence,
so it's going to be them initially playing the set-ups and forcing the hands of heretics.
Ah, shit. Francis scored 10 seconds left. Leo will be happy.
I'm not. That has ruined my evening, well and truly. Absolutely ruined it.
Well at least that's conceivably there Tim. The one thing I do want to see changing this game compared to what we saw yesterday from Heretics was the attacking.
I think it's pretty fair to say, and we'd all agree, attacking yesterday on Club from the Bospinatic and from Heretics was pretty disappointing.
Though we're not far off getting tied to the very very start of this one. I'm not going to get a bit of a heartbreak if you're going to go away with that one.
I want to see them attacking better. And equally on the other side, Yogg did drop like 17 odd kills, but I think as Fresh pointed out all but like six of his kills were impactless kills.
They lost. They were three kills, three cases he was collecting when he was stuck in a 1 vs 5, for example.
So, I think we've really got to see if you can work better as a unit and heretics.
I've just got to see some competence on the attacking side.
Alright, so I doubt whether they have that competence or not.
Competent drone, and at least as they check meeting,
and they can then start pushing on towards Connector to take that space.
I'm not sure if it's actually
working underneath. We'll be
able to get some success with
the day most is going to
be careful because the hatch is
open. Of course, he doesn't
want to find himself falling
follow that. Have some last
minute trip connectors put out.
Watching that jumping. I quite
like that one because they're
laughing. Let's be drawn. I
have absolutely no idea. It's
there. Well, that's true.
that might be stacked up as long as global shields being taken out at the same time.
Obviously, some question marks will turn towards the mirror.
They don't really have any tools to help deal with that.
No twitch on side, no ash on side, the usual suspects to help clear those away.
So for heretics, what's next is the big question. You've done the early part, you've got the walls opened up,
you've got yourself in and taking away a bunch of utility with the Rateros.
That's really about as far as you can go.
Probably what you're looking at now is after getting in underneath and starting to force players upstairs to move,
to move, hopefully into the waiting hours, but a swing coming into the warden. That was a very
questionable good fight, but it's one that Ypra comes out on top of. Great start there for GK,
just holding them up, preventing them taking electrical and just such a key location. If
you can get playing on that door, you really do start determining the outcome of the round with
the pressure that you put on around Pillar. Riaz manages to find Yoggidor. Yoggador, big baby of
The other day, one of the kills is going to be hoping to emulate that.
I'm sure it comes in, just forces them back a little bit,
but at the minute, it's not really making too much progress.
Making a lot of noise out of connector,
trying to get something going from underneath.
Here's the opportunity, but no.
Just dance this his way back into a little bit of safety.
Yuppa continues to fight downward.
Brilliant. Still feeding when tracked.
Groovy manages to find the kill onto Dora as well.
Three versus two, 24 seconds to go.
Yeah, I could really gotta do more there, groovy, a couple of shots in the back at least going slightly lower, but nowhere near enough to see him finished off.
They know that he's here, but they've got nothing to make him move, if I don't call maybe.
Look down, goes right as he's left all by himself, drops on towards one.
Two more to go as we get towards the left.
Oh, that's another! Surely you don't give him the whole lot! No!
You put with a big round, but a 3K collected.
He wins in the first round, but my god, was it closer than it needed to be?
Yeah, got a little bit dastier at the end, didn't it?
you know, I'm not sure if you
can get that done. I mean, there
is a second there where you
thought, well, all might just
be able to get that done, but.
He came. I managed to find the
answer. You put closing it down.
Always going to be difficult
when you're challenging into a
shotgun very one dimensional
push. That's my problem there
for her. It takes you spoke
about, you know, attacking
capability and it was all
meeting. It was a jump into
electrical and there was
nothing really beyond that. I
you've got to get something going on to turn those defenders around as it was. They were all just stacked up waiting for the
fights, you know, and then you sort of have the kind of late effort there towards the end that maybe turns them around, but it just
wasn't really coordinated enough for me, and it was, yeah, a bit too on that motion.
Okay, well that's the other fair attacking unit downstairs. It will be to a level somewhat more or the same, vertical players to
to involve, but rather than going bottom up, you're going top down, which is why you have
the ram on side, it's why the sledge is also coming along.
Yeah, I don't screen it, I want to get myself in control of the upstairs first and work
their way through the entire, the map before looking for an execute.
I don't really know what does, on the side of the GK the question mark then turns towards
you.
Do you want to play more on site and dig in deep or do you want to play aggressively around
the map and pick up a couple of players early on?
Yeah, when we've got a couple of players currently playing up on the first four, in fact four,
then we're up there right now.
They want to take the fight towards Harris,
because they want to disrupt them
and not let them get all five players ready for an execute.
Exothermic charge is good for doing the work on Animus Walls.
This I like much better.
They've got multiple avenues of attack there.
They go through the main wall, they go through Animus Walls,
so GK don't want necessarily which side the push is going to come from.
They've got an option now to clear out the rest of the map.
They've got plenty of time, 40 seconds left on the clock.
you know, anything other than a breach in the first 30 seconds is almost unforgivable if you're going to use your bands on Bandit and Kaid, you know, Leo somewhere talking about the bands on Kaid and Bandit, I can guarantee it.
But yeah, you've got to at least be making sure that that's done. And heretics have.
Yeah, it's the only starting point, this is where the pressure starts to mount.
A couple of sides digging above, Castle Barrakay, so there are, of course, trucks in the way for the defenders to
be able to play a bit more safely and retreat back towards site, now taking out an aqua,
which means Groovy's going to have to find an alternative way back.
The problem being that he's being pinched from the north side as well.
I do want to put one of these as you per steps up and get rid of one.
A bit of cover, that was around Bennington. The other side of this ground floor is Rea.
Still trying to look for this first kill to come on through.
Heretic's getting a little bit stuck here, but hopefully Tora on the shield can unstick them a little bit.
Slow down the push on forwards, but...
Yet to really force anyone on the GK back.
Come on, from one.
Gonna try to take the challenge, doesn't work out, as Sark's comes away with the kill, both on the second there is there and...
It's gonna be five versus three and Heretic's need to start getting a little bit direct and forcing things here because...
I'm not looking good now as
they're down to just Dora and
Lolo. The fact that there's a
blackbeard is going to help.
But the fact that Ruby is on the
flank is not going to. He's
just going to disappear off. He
can do that to just waste time
and it just keeps them checking
over their shoulder the whole
time. 50 seconds left to go and
again, one dimensional here from
heretics. GK know exactly which
side they're coming from. They
can just front it up and they
can just wait for their
opportunities. Lolo does have
the back side. But you can
put your hands up. He's got
some of the game's low. Well
does find socks. He was just
trying a little bit of a flank
there to get on the backside,
but you can put your seconds
left to go. They are holding
on nicely. Very comfortably as
well at that. Yeah. I don't
want to dig into her and take
too much here, but I will at
least a little bit to him. I'm
being a little bit of yesterday.
It looks like in that round
they were trying to do far too
much trying to control all the
first floor at once without
trying to make a little piece
play as a theme to crunch
down onto a player that maybe
They're trying to control the entire map and the problem with doing an entire map Clare is you need to make sure everyone is invested in doing that with you
You've got to move a good pace still so you've got enough time to hit site
But by the time they have players actually down in the basement there was only two of them left
They're very much chewed up and spat out. They didn't really manage to make anybody move on the side of GK for the longest period of time
It's a little bit limp. It's a little bit lethargic
We've got to see a little bit more venom in there. It's actually they're gonna get anything out of this half
I don't think they were opening those because there was some big plan to, you know, like, use that space.
It was, well, you know, we found out the things so we can get the breaches, just, you go and get the breaches.
And it seemed much more like that than, ultimately, the, you know, the pushcups with both players in the same location.
Again, similar to how it was with the first match. I really want to see them splitting up here.
It's something I'm going to watch more specifically. Who is where in the map?
How many teams of them are there and, you know, where are they putting pressure?
At the same time.
Not many bros are trying to play too much,
but the last time around, I was just...
No, go, go, go!
There's goes three, whatever's necessary.
For the top floor, you can all work together on this one.
And then, a little bit, you're coming from a couple of crucial sides.
IT note out being one of them,
and start forcing the defenders away.
Keep it up, though, on one GK.
Drop away from that second floor.
For now, it's the two of them playing upstairs,
not the end of the world.
My eyes naturally gravitate towards Jog as well.
He's down in the basement.
Of course, we're defending on the first floor.
But when a hit does come on through,
or, you know, it's happening,
he's gonna be feeding information upwards,
potentially sending a C4 up there as well.
That's it, he's the win condition for that plant that I'll should it come to that.
But top floor is going to be where heretics need to start first,
who then manages to find Dora.
That's going to be the term I have to point.
Not the end of the world here if I see he's already been open,
but could be problematic in terms of my power as Starks manages to find Rihanna trade.
Four versus three, three versus two as Jogger puts that C4 to good use.
She called it this, and he delivered.
It leaves us now 3 vs 2 with only Zara and Lolo to get it done.
They do have... No, they don't have top floor control.
Actually, Sarkz is still up there on Aqua Stairs.
I'm wondering how much they're aware of that.
They know this through that as well.
They know what a game plan is going to be.
Recover the diffuser, try and do something with it.
The round going down at least gives the way where Lolo is.
Zara maybe they don't know where he is yet,
but will do no doubt very, very soon.
He's now starting to ask the question aside, Dolby.
You've just seen Sarkz run straight upstairs to him.
He'll be above him with a shot going hand.
to get potentially deny this, Yogg keep on feeding information over as to where their plantings
are and gets pretty easy, but not too bad. Like I say, the issue you've got is Sark's
is ready with a shotgun above and Yogg can feed information from below.
If they can get the kill there onto Yogg, then they might have a little bit more to work
with instead they've decided they need to get one of them basically, they can't leave
one on either side of them. So they go up to challenge Sark's, 45 seconds left to go,
they did exactly that one again, but I'm not taking the challenge, look at what's happening,
Ooh, I was just going to say look at what happened.
I thought Yaga was going to get that kill,
but Zara manages to overturn it.
Diffuser in hand.
It's all up to Sark's 1v2.
Do they know where he's going to come from?
It's a game of cat and mouse.
Now he finds the first.
That's Diffuser down.
A little bit too easy.
1 versus 1, and the risk now
is if you try to put that Diffuser down.
You are defenseless.
I tell you what, I think Sark's probably overplayed
his hand a little bit here.
He's spent too long trying to do this.
That'll be Diffuser going down.
is he's not. What's going on?
What are you doing? What are
you doing? Don't fake it. You
should have stuck in the whole
way through now. Let's go to
try again. We'll be able to get
a little bit of a safe hang on
this one. You know exactly
where it is. He sees him.
Lola afraid to bottle that on
my friend that was her as its
best chance in that first
quarter to get around and
instead, he's less starts back
in. I think you just heard the
movement above him. It can be
really tough when the sound is
it can be a little bit tough to
judge just exactly how far away
is where it is. And so I think
he he is socks moving about up
there. Panics a little bit and
thinks I need to be guns up here.
I need to defend myself. He had
the opportunity to get it down.
There's about half a second a
second left on that. Sox wasn't
in position. I don't think we'd
have been able to react quickly
enough. And yeah, he really
should have stuck it, but I'm
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt on that one, but Sarc's actually played that
really well. He was up and down stairs at different times. You know, got himself into
the right place, the fight is over, and then made the choice to get up there to deny the
plant. It was really nice stuff from him. Yeah, about a second left on that.
I really felt like I could have got away with that as well. It's a shame.
I would. Yeah, he would.
He's got the fear of going in, but get what he was trying to do. If he pulls off that
looks like a genius, but you have to be so precise at that timing. Now it's rude to start to definitely
after a bit too long, but I stuck it, didn't, GKR up 3-0, Karatek's still looking for that first
elusive attack. Granted, it's also been two clutches to GKR 1. Uprim round 1 with 1v1,
start spinning out about 1v2 there. It's been close. Granted, they have another 10 seconds in
a round, very possible characters could have gone away with a couple of round wins here,
But, they should work at the entry in every single round.
They've been very, very slow,
they've been very, very tedious working their way through the map.
They've tried to do too much sometimes,
but others, not quite enough.
The balance just feels a little bit out of whack right now.
So they've really got to pull themselves together here in round four.
Yeah, I think what you say is exactly right,
and it's actually part of the problem, isn't it?
You know, yes, it's been course,
and we can look at that as almost a positive for heretics.
You know, they're really nearly there, they're nearly getting it done,
but it's the fact that they've thrown away two rounds of the matches,
a 1v1 and a 1v2, you know, these are rounds that they should be winning,
they have the man advantage, they've almost got the diffuser down on the ground at these points.
And so, Heretic, they really need to be causing,
they're not going to get too many opportunities by the looks of things.
So, when they are presented to them, they need to make sure that they take them.
And I think maybe, you know, they just weren't playing as a team, were they ultimately?
Sara on the Nomads just kind of running into storage with the diffuser in hand saying,
I'm going to go on plan to just the assumption that sarks was still up above I think and you've got to play together
I wouldn't expect sarks to complete that full 360 at the whole map basically
No would I, no would I, but you've got to play together in a 2v1 like that one so that you can cover while the plan
Closed down because it becomes a 1v1 and two
It's just standard teach you have to be in a position to create your teammates death if you're in like a 2v1
You have to be that's how you guarantee the wins and it's those basics that I think
I really like their line-up for it. I think they've got all the right tools to get the job done.
I'm a little bit nervous about Yogg on the flash on the other side.
But everything else I thought they brought along looks perfect.
Having the Capital to help the Catwalk, the shield's going to take the ground that you clear out.
Yaced, naturally you've got to hard breach things through.
And then it will help you not get flanked and to help build the flash.
And after building underneath on that block, I'm going to put him on the other floor.
But he's got to fix you so you can see how good his died to Dora.
At least the trade is there. They still need an answer to the flash, mind you.
Yogg has got himself saving me on a couple of Keyboards.
But the partiality can make use of where we've seen so many teams internationally fail at this point in
is the only focus on ice man capital can it's not quite enough control
Where is the backstab coming from?
Last manages to find Riaz and again picks up Zara
3 vs 2 now Yogg completely wasting all the time up on that top floor
as they continue trying to chase him down Aqua Stairs
But the plant's going down there, how are they getting away with this?
3 vs 2 looks secure in it! Have they managed to pick up a kill? In the post plant as the reactions come in, Sartre does however find Lola, it's holding the door, it's holding the door but he does have the shield.
I think we might break the seven four streak that we've got going on today to be honest every game has been seven four I'd be surprised that this rate to see this one get there.
It wasn't a bad day for them yesterday, 7-4 against Furterspro, certainly not a bad result.
I think we might break the 7-4 streak that we've got going on today, to be honest.
Every game has been 7-4, I'd be surprised at this rate to see this one get there.
But who knows, maybe Heretics will find a little bit of a fight back in that second half,
but as it stands at the minute, GK are well and truly in the driving seat.
Again, I like how they dealt with the situation at the end,
Just the patience to say bring your grid on the clash.
Like three acts, once that shield is coming down,
once the shield break is in effect, feeling that stuff.
What I will say, the big thing that really upset them in that round,
I said coming in, I love the line-up, I think it's good,
they've got all the right tools for the job here.
Actively underneath, no matter how they deal with the clash,
and also to make sure you aren't getting flanked.
What happens, they get flanked.
Ask, just walk through control, comes to the warehouse stairs,
kills both players that are inside the warehouse.
One, you would hope at least there'd be a drone somewhere.
There was one inside lounge that I saw which actually was starting from the way to the side that he was dead.
You'd hope that there'd be something there to watch, but if not, that's surely an air job somewhere to stop that kind of thing happening.
And these are kind of the basics, you know. You expect to get flanks at some point.
You expect aggression to come out of GK, but they're paid the price by just not keeping tabs on their flanks.
And ultimately, although it came down to a very, very close close plan, I'd say without asking away with that 2K,
that probably is going to be a heretics round for sure.
So small things are costing them time and time again.
Let's see if they can do it. I've said that five times now.
Let's see if they can do it in round five.
Well, I am going to say, given what we've seen in the last four rounds,
that they cannot. Maybe they'll prove me wrong, who knows.
But yeah, they're not winning the situations that they should be,
and that's the point. When they're getting themselves to the end of the round,
it's probably one of those teams that are kind of doing well for 50% of the rounds,
keeping themselves competitive, having an opportunity at the end of things,
end of things and just not being able to close it out so heretics are going to have to switch that up but they've only got a few minutes to do it and then they go on to the defense but the big problem is that the B will close the doors two rounds.
Verticality will start, and we'll look to just place those without those getting the movement.
They are attacking into basement, but for the time being just looking to clear out that first floor.
If we have a lot of them around, one out of five GK players, okay.
Yeah, not the same as the last time, right? They just try and waste as much time as they can.
They won't move until you make the move, and that means you need to get a couple of kills.
Aqquietly starts for now and gets rid of Yupa.
Star is another pretty good game so far.
Aqquiet less though.
But with that done, you've probably got a couple of players start to pull back on the side of GK
because you're now going to worry about the side itself.
And sure enough, you've got As down there, Yog is down there.
Star is in Groove, he's still working their way back down towards X at the same time.
So some pressure's still upstairs to worry about.
Star is probably the one that will stay up here and try and cause the spot to bother.
That's why having a doctor be on side is certainly going to be helpful.
But this is for the first time, dare I say.
Heretics looking like they're in a good spot.
I just got to build on it, er, and the next kill is gonna be the one that is important.
Just think twice about shooting that Vulcan cannon, it's a good decision, they don't want to lose the Blitz.
There's one on the bus, oh no, it's the bus, I've got to be, er, switching that, switching it.
There we go.
I just said the next kill was gonna be the important one, and then it's a kill after kill after kill for GK.
Okay, okay.
And Zara's managed to get himself a double level B, so I've got this range just crazy.
Alright, good.
Zara gets a...
Oh, come on now.
That's what it's taking from Heretic's pull.
Is it going to be another situation, Des?
They've got a 1v2, they've got an opportunity to put the diffuser down,
but they haven't dealt with the solo super buff.
Is there no other plan going down, though?
Does he have some problem now?
Now I'll get the idea, but you're a little bit late, it's from a fraper.
No, never mind.
OK, they came up with the plan and they get the kill.
Hooray!
Heretic's pull off an attack.
That's what we're looking for.
It gives them a least of a bit of breathing room in the second half.
Maybe they can snowball it into a second.
We'll be optimistic here, Tim.
They almost bottled it, if not for Zara's big 2k there towards the end.
It was much better. It was much better. I will say now. I think the...
I think it was for a time.
There was the bit in the middle of the round where this bit, where it was wildly rocked,
and then Zara went in.
They get flanked.
Again, they get flanked. You don't learn your lesson.
Zara goes big inside a sight, and then there was a moment where you think,
ooh, they're good. But no, you know, Zara had that cover.
I think that was absolutely fine.
Grimby was a little bit slow on the...
I think he was just trying to...
I think it's probably straight
on the scanner. Just confirm
exactly where it is and go
straight there. But even then,
I think the boys still loses
that so well put heretics
they managed to get themselves
around up the line is one
four. Honestly, two fold in
absolute steal. This is
going to know it's been
close in a lot of rounds, but
heretics don't deserve two
rounds. If you ask me at
two rounds, if you ask me, they've made too many mistakes in those late rounds, they've
been flanked too many times, they haven't, they haven't shut them down, so yeah, I think
it'd be an absolute steal for them to get that.
Okay, are they gonna get flanked for the third round in a row when they have a man advantage?
We will see. There is a lot to look out for in this round because not only have we got
the pulse on side, but pulse has got the foul tree coming along at least.
Alright, so it's chosen to step back and brought along the IQ on the other side to help them
deal with the threat of those gadgets. Pulse can see the pulse when he's making use of the
gadget at the same time, so she's going to put this fellow around, he'll be down there.
They've already guided the pulse once and he's playing downstairs and basing through this site,
so hopefully there is a lesson learned there and they adapt to what they've been before.
Hattie has been opened, so that's going to please prevent some of the top floor movement.
And I like this, again, heretics looking to move closer, looking to take the ground,
They get themselves up to catwalk drones, come back out and they can start pressuring across.
They've got somebody inside of electrical and Yupa decides it's time to drop away
and that's going to leave just socks on those stairs.
So Heretic's doing a good job of clearing this top floor pretty quickly.
They are ready. Let us wait for them to get a little bit comfortable before they'll start throwing explosive skywards and hoping to catch out on at least a couple of them.
Yogg of course getting the full read on the scan. This is not where the trap finger playing the stage is going to hurt you at the same time.
Of course, it's only the last where you can only see people on your floor. You can't see what's downstairs.
It's going to be awkward when trying to trap players on the stairs themselves, but it's going to be a little bit more difficult.
playing the stage is going to hurt you at the same time.
Of course, it's only the last where you can only see people on your floor.
You can't see what's downstairs.
It's going to be awkward when trying to trap players on stairs themselves,
but Sartrex is going to fall.
That's one C4 offline and one going down.
OK.
Another?
OK, just looking good.
Yeah, they're not looking too bad at the minute with you put down.
I'm not sure that there's going to be an opportunity to collect him.
So effectively now four versus three.
As I say that, the risk is taken.
And we've seen the value in picking your teammates up.
One of them won the round earlier after being collected.
Vigil's it was who got that one done.
So, keep an eye on you, Pussy,
if you can maybe achieve the same.
So, Tom Radar is gonna give the details.
On to Doran, again, it starts turning over again.
They let the man cancel it.
Oh dear, great C4 as well,
but doesn't quite find a man.
Thought he might wrap around and find him,
but no, ask finding another for himself.
Just put it in look to be going,
but it kind of is the story of the half.
points and several of these rounds have been like, yes, they're good, they've got the
Saucers good spots, they need to control, they need to walk away with and then it just
all crumbles off the back of that. They have left it all on versus four and it's only goes
one waybender, 20 seconds left on the clock, it needs a five-one-half for GK. Now the big
question is, can they attack effectively and see this over the line?
Well, that's it, isn't it? It's all well and good winning this first half, but like you
see, you've got to be able to do it on the opposite side as well. Just having a quick
I think they're going to be
able to look at how GK are
currently doing on this. I think
they want you to look. Let's
go to the desk. Five one half so
far in our final game. And as
the cast were saying, this might
end our seven four straight. But
this game is going. Yeah, it
could do. I think we expected GK
to be really, really dominant on
their defenses, and I think we've
seen that there's been a couple
of times. I've got a great
ram that want to show you
actually worth. They may be
the game. We're asked there.
So you're going to spend the
guy leaves sarks in a one
versus two and he manages to
find the first kill. And then
as the players fountain, he
decides to jump off. He leaves
it all the way till less than
one second left and then jumps
off the plant and ultimately
satisfies the job done. I think
that goes to highlight that
both teams are still a little
bit. You know, there's a lot to
be improved on specifically
first had of heretics, but
also for GK still a little bit
disjointed at times because
that was a massive rotation for
but get away right now.
And even the one round that Heretics is winning,
realistically it's only because you have Zera going crazy inside the basement
because everyone inside of Geeky is running around looking for a gunfight.
And realistically that is such a great example of the whole game plan for Geeky here.
Geeky thought we are more experienced, we've got better players,
we're just going to bring the game into a TDM game,
we're going to play our defense by peeking super aggressively.
Look at that last round.
You see the stage looking at Sargs down the vertical play.
Sargs is quick picking in for like 20 seconds.
He doesn't care and eventually he dies, but it's okay because then at the same time grubby gets aggressive
And what the whole game plan as we are like is like they know heretics is slow
They know they're a little bit scared the clutch I wish him from Lolo where he struggles to plant and then gets all of it
I think is a test the testament of their nerves and they're getting hot punished for it
Yeah, it shows the difference in experience that we talked about earlier today now going into the second half anything
We need to see from either these teams. I I think from DK yesterday when they play bank
I think they looked not disjointed, well no, I don't know if they looked disjointed but they looked so solo, you know, we were sacks below, it was kind of yoga, getting some kills but separate from his team, it was very very very separate and I think even though they're against the team in heretics who are still developing and struggle on their own attacks, they still need to be better, like GK needs to be better on their attacks, that's what I want to see improvement, I want to see the fundamentals on lock, no mistakes, no errors, absolutely on lock and then the executions the team played the coordination, they're going to be on lock.
That's where I think we could see that improvement.
My gut feeling is that we're going to see the same playstyle as we saw on Banklist today,
which is they remove the Cade and the Bandit so that they can open the walls really quickly.
And effectively, as soon as they get the walls open, if you just take a look at the top floor bomb site,
you'll see them get IT control, get Garage control, and start pushing either from Aqua, either from Connector.
And we'll see that same spread out strategy that they love to do, the pinching.
I just need to see them act on it together.
And of course, we say it very often, if you ban away a Cade and the Bandit, you're then going to have to play into a mirror.
I'm in the family and a clash. That is obnoxious.
Alright, well the second half is about to start.
So, one more time guys. We'll send it back to you.
Actually, no, no, we're not.
You said earlier today you wanted to listen to us casting.
Do you mind if we join you?
Absolutely, get in there boys, come on.
All five of us, we're already here just over here.
Have you ever done a penalty cast before?
I know, that's what we're doing!
It's a fur, it was looking for a year now, we're innovating.
I was going to play with a mega cast.
Yeah.
That sounds far better, to be fair, you've been up until.
Gordon, Leo, come on, fresh it on here, you're not supposed to spawn this far.
And then Ann can take the play by play for this time.
Oh yeah, great idea!
I'm serious, come on, I'm not saying anything else, I'm just going to leave it around.
I mean, realistically, like, the main thing for heretics at this point,
er, forky kids, sorry, at this point, is that,
exactly as I said, as they've removed,
a gate in Bennett, their goal is to open the wall as quickly as possible.
It's interesting they brought FATCHER, I'm expecting that's for the execution, but
what they want to do here in the first like 40 seconds is they want to get IT control,
they want to open a connector site or electrical, and they want to get this control as quickly as
possible because like Jack's day, look at this guy, you have the Fenrir gadget, you have the Clash,
you have the Mirror windows, and the Azami. All of that will burn a lot of time on the side of
Gike, so they need those walls open as quickly as possible. Feels like Ruby's going to be very,
very very important for this execute. He's playing on the day mossy. He's potentially going to look to try and get himself in below
to try and get some kills on the best quality move the flash out of the flight, move via his army and find some kills there
because that feels like the only real alongside the cap on the only real execute operators that they've ever gone to.
And look at the lineup. No rumour here.
Yeah, and time is going to be an issue as well because it seems like a bit of a rotate coming in right now and moving over to the other side here.
I just did like their main condition is getting the bridge up and quickly and they suck.
Yeah, I think we will be able to re-upload that one, it's very clear to see.
That's alright, it's just, it's okay.
Is this how it happens when you pin the cast? Like you just wait in the game all the time?
So that's what they call the cast of Curse, Derek, right?
Yeah, it absolutely is, mate. Yeah, well done, guys, you broke the game.
Yeah. Yeah, I was lost in front of that, by the way.
Yeah.
Honestly, I was so hyped up for the Ann play-by-play to close that round.
I'm so good that I'm not gonna hear it for a while.
It's gonna be it's been like five years, I think. Yeah. Yeah. And it's also like, I'm not sure you guys are probably related to this as well, right?
If you haven't worked like, you know, a siege for a little while, like say a month or something,
if you always have to get back into it, like the flow of war isn't everything as well.
So like imagine not having done that for a couple of years and then just being put on the spot.
There was a time, was it during kickoff when Tim dropped out and I filled in like two rounds and I couldn't remember how to speak about the game.
What? So I was like, inside of a house and said, I was like, what is going on?
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Don't let your stream go a little bit behind, mate.
No, I'm watching BBC, mate, the spam refreshing it.
See what's going down? Yeah, it's 3-1.
Better play, nice try.
I would say that's a pristine decision to me.
Someone has a smug smile on their face here.
Yeah.
Oh, there's no change there, honestly.
I can't talk about it.
Look at me, I am a friend behind the best Boston in the world.
Yeah, that's Leo all the time.
I just, can we put back Salkscam just for a minute?
Because I think there's an element
of decoration that I've been following throughout Sark's journey.
On the Sark's player cam.
Yes, on the Sark's player cam.
That's been there forever.
Look at the amount, look at just how soft that couch looks like and the amount of pills.
I think that it's been something, like ever since Sark's debut in Trollic, he's had an
enormous amount of pills on that couch.
What's that on his right side, on the right side of the screen?
The hand?
What, the light?
No, the thing in the foreground.
Like the box, whatever that rectangular object is.
With cardboard inside?
Yeah.
Is that pizza boxes?
That's what flat-pack furniture or something that's been just a load of crap then to throw away, I imagine.
Maybe.
And they do an interview, can we ask him if he wins the game? Is he on the interview?
No, it's Scrooby.
Oh, Scrooby.
Yeah, Scrooby or Sara, if we would interview.
Which to be fair, you know, for her it's like, there's a lot of work to do if they want to join us on the interview later today.
I hope we get to see... Well, you know, I would have been excited to see Doros Ket again.
But I don't think we're seeing that today.
But if it is Zara, we can ask him about his headset.
True.
True.
Oh my god, that cable management.
Ooh.
So, actually, we got...
Just as we get up into this...
Leo and Zara's headset.
Just actually, I got a little story in my BMs last night from Boomsy who was previously
on Wild Talking about Zara's headset.
That when he was playing ranked with Zara last week, or a couple of nights ago, one of
of the earpieces in his headset just completely fell off. That's how bad his headset is right
now and every time Leo sees the cable he's almost vomiting.
I'm just sad because you know he's wearing the Heretic's jersey, he's got a car branding
on his jersey but he doesn't have a headset branding. So they could have sent him something
but it's not there. It's unlucky, right.
This is what happens when you do a Pentecostal. He had all the insights on play stories and
everything.
It's a nice filling on the tech house.
It does look like we will be back into the game now.
Completely different from the site,
but they have a different site.
And in fairness, I think that's actually fair enough, right?
Because obviously it's taking a little bit of time.
You've been able to see the stream, the setup, the whole thing.
So I think changing the site, it's getting away from it.
It's probably the right thing to do from the side of heretics.
Smart move to move away from the turtle site
and just go in a full extension
and try to bring the fight to the side of the GK.
Oh, full off of your shot as well.
Yeah.
Probably weren't expecting this to happen.
Helm for a roam, I think, because you see the run for the vertical,
play you second to K, be on the line, and then take limited control.
I like that from her.
It's like you've got to use everything
that you have after disposal to win.
And realistically, this tech pose is a stop of GK's momentum.
If you can reset your mantle and get into the gist of, like,
bring the fight and the gun play to GK,
you can turn the tide of the game.
I'm enjoying this podcast, I'm a little about you.
I don't think I've had a voice arrest for a while.
You speak your truth, what do you want to say?
Speak your truth.
I'm enjoying the ease of water.
I'm just hoping this breach goes off.
That's a very effective fire boogie so far.
of that. One barbed wire removed. Let's go. Fantastic.
Oh, this job. In all seriousness, the new fire might ask has now got the job done on
three walls within about 20 seconds. He opened up the main wall upon the top floor on the
IT breach, and then he opened both site walls, obviously the cave and the bandit van coming
in. No one will get that done. That applies site pressure and it allows his team to also
Look look at this floor at the same time with the doka be it's a direct hit
So she's gonna hit the bomb site at the same time
But ask is doing it and then you point grubby can get aggressive on the rumors. I really like this
You get an action again. Oh, no not happening. No. Yeah
This would be a really crowded if you don't play by play. It's all I'm saying
No, okay, it's pressure, but so it's nearly on the bomb site though knocking on the doors all meritics
See find themselves down on the XO Street holding some angles trying to approach
Torre says side as the players are still outside enemies as well. This could be a big moment if he finds a peak at the right time here
But Doran seems to be aware of what is going on in the meantime though
Groovy taking some damage somewhere on the other side of the map, but yellow pinks coming out
They seem to be aware of the sneak take that's what she's planning
All the sneak take I like that one Tim. Beautiful stuff
That was it. Doran continues to hold on to this angle on the door. We're gonna see Groovy taking down elsewhere
He's gonna be down, but not out.
Aqua manages to get out there, finish him off.
Five versus three in favour of heretics right now.
There's a little bit of aggression onto the door,
but GK thinks it's better of him.
They don't want to overcommit to that.
They certainly can't be losing any more bodies.
45 seconds left to go.
Diffuse is going down.
I'm not sure they're aware.
There's nothing that they're gonna do to stop it.
A kill does come in onto Yaga.
Oh, boy.
That is absolutely such tight timing.
Yeah. Socks, nickel.
I'm taking
Candy do though he cannot a quad kill broccoli they got counted if you surely in time here
That was interesting right we saw a place getting killed outside
The point of that strategy actually works pretty well, so remember what we said about like using which strategy GK
heretics like the point is to say I'm going to carry on with it no no no like
the fact they use the tech pose as a mental reset and we're like let's
actually change let's go aggressive let's do an extended hold and let's bring
the gunfight to them actually worked I wanted one thing for GK I wanted a
round to look cohere and it didn't you part died in Narnia while Starks was
trying to hit the bomb site whilst other people were doing whatever they were
doing while staffs was planting in the middle in the middle of nowhere I'm sure
had an overall plan of a 3-2-1 but it certainly did not play out like that. You know, Heretic's
had a good idea that Sark's might have been doing exactly what he was doing, and two kills outside.
I think, yeah, that was not one of the best rounds from GK's point of view. They will now
be going back up to the top floor, however. They will be facing exactly the same lineup that they
previously would have been, and facing probably the same problems. They've got to deal with these
armies, they've got to deal with the mirror windows, they've got to deal with the class who is of course
very mobile as well. They're not going to bring a fracture this time, they're still going to bring
ruby on the daemons, presumably going in below. The dopequeer has actually been seen to be an
effective counter against the clutch, being the fact that he can call or she can call the clutch,
and she can use the MPs to then push and then the clutch gives you an opportunity.
No, who's taking the play by play this round? Is it you, Leo?
I have no idea how I'm doing that. First and foremost, I was not familiar with your game.
That doesn't buy fire.
And only if there's defaults for a cast.
I think, like...
I can do that.
I think, like...
I can tell you what, me and you, French, if you can do the colour and Leo can play with
me, how's that sound?
There's no way how...
There's no way in the world I can do that.
Like, I will stand all over the world.
Do it in French, do it in French, please.
Do it in French.
Do it in French.
I'm gonna get banned by Rainbow Six on Twitch if I do that.
Because only English is allowed on this broadcast.
Why don't you just do it in French, Leo?
And I'm sure they'll forgive you because they'll appreciate how good it is and it'll be there
No refrag stand is where was it there? I'll take garage. I think yeah. Yeah. He was just outside the breach
Facing a mirror window as a twitch
Yeah, and I'm a window a clash. Sorry not a mirror window as a twitch on his own. Um, yeah
Yeah
You look at whether try to tap from we've got a couple on meeting side as well one hanging off the roof towards meetings
you can see there's a big presence out towards this east side, they want to get
meeting two with this being open. It's not a bad spot to get in, but of course Lolo's
gonna try and take Lolo. Lolo, I like that name for him, Lolo will take advantage of
that one and attempted C4 up over the top on towards the breach, but nothing to be
found. Jog steps on forward and we were speaking a bit about this yesterday Tim
and Jack against everyone else as well. You want to see Jog being involved in more
impactful kills, helping them get the round over the line, wouldn't have been the
bad spot to do it there, but Lolo has taken a step back.
I'm gonna go, I was just gonna see how this engagement is gonna go.
Sarge my push his way inside that.
Might as pick up a kill, as Ask finds a double kill.
Absolutely nowhere on the dog fee, over to you Leo.
Dora, no.
Dora is just about to...
Look, he's about to fall on the criticals, he takes the kill.
He's at a 2v2.
He's back, Zara is back, a 2v1.
Now, in a very complicated situation, the only one on the BP who recovers the diffuser
He has to isolate one of the gunfights that he won't be able to plant
It becomes very complicated for him, he isolates the smoke with his call
And it's up to him to start the plant
Oh, now in Dutch or what?
Dutch friends!
Oh, excuse me, I just want to be with you!
And now you can get used to it!
He is a defuser, he can go before the plant, but for 15 seconds
He also knows where the last enemy is, because he is also dead
Wait for the next one. He has to do something in the phone.
Go do something with the other guy.
And he goes in the way of heretics.
This was very very wrong.
Okay I excuse everybody who is just sitting at their PC right now thinking what the hell have I just heard.
I've heard three different languages.
My ears are bleeding. I understand my sincere apologies.
But I think there's been enough. I think we need to take a breather
We need to allow a little bit and yeah, I think I will pass it over to you guys. It was fun. Thank you for a little bit
I was so ready for fresh start doing his casting in Chinese as well. It's a shame. Oh well, say Magnifique Leo and I'm not gonna lie
I think the book's casting just sounded like English with a really funny accent. I won't lie
But it is what it is, because he the round was being won out by Heratix
That's a critical one for the other one, TK would be up six and two, and while the game wouldn't be far off over at this point.
Not exactly that, there was one bit of casting there from Leo that I particularly enjoyed and picked up on, and I might, because you've recognized it,
I might, well no, there's a few bits, but I might integrate, and that was a plant.
I lied though, when the plant was going down, that's, that's gonna stick around.
I might have to nick that one, he goes for it in the plant!
That's gonna stick around.
I'm not sure if we've ever had
all five games have exactly the same
score line in the night before,
but it could certainly be a first
as it stands at the minute.
GK not anywhere inside the
game.
I don't think we're going to see
a continuation of those seven four
scorelines, but saying that
right over too far away was shaping
up for I'm not sure we've ever had
all five games have exactly the same scoreline
in the night before, but it could
not anywhere inside of building only 30 seconds in so not the end of the world
but heretics just need to continue this momentum that they've got themselves here
they are going to be attacking on to storage and control this time so it's
going to be yet another fight over that top floor trying to get everything going
speaking about a potential seven four score line team hang on a minute we've
got to see GK win a round on the attack inside first
across the first couple maybe in the third if we consider this air quality
off by Akwi once again dancing forward on this clash always straight into trying to deal with that's
going to allow it's got to put a bit of challenge down around maybe going to throw it away here maybe
the attention instead is going to think ah not a push in that deep not we're trying to open the
floor but sure enough he reveals himself steps on forward and now they're in a spot of bother because
they can't get full control of IT.
We're just going to get in the connector wall opened up so it's time for these defenders to
start thinking about exactly how long they're going to be sticking around for. Plenty of
keeper barricades for the Azani to play behind, but five versus four as Yupo has lost his
way and lost his life on the floor. That's going to be Ratero Trunks lost as well. However,
many were left in the locker for him. And it's essential GK get the next kill here.
They need to bring that confidence back that they were playing with in the first half.
So it only seems to have been tempered by heretics over the last few flashes come in
making it difficult for the Barber Star right!
Too easy!
It's time to double five versus two and heretics are cruising on the defence, particularly Zara!
One another for Key!
It was awful.
They can't let him get away with it, Tim.
They cannot let him get away with it.
I think the clash honestly just scared them off enough that they didn't have enough information in that part of the map and Zara, as you say, has just been pretty terrifying overall and very difficult to control in this half and honestly, throughout most of the game as well.
as well. I've got the stream on my mother's screen and people are just like,
Lord French, yes, they're loving it, it's brilliant. I like it. I honestly best
to say Leo kissed me, that French captain was sexy. I've listened to him that whole time, that was brilliant.
Like, come on, it's like, my bro's floating, he's floating.
Yeah, he was in a floss there, wasn't he? Just one after another, 15 could have
I mean, it's just got one afternoon after another. So we go down to the basement now for heretics, three rounds in a row, GK unable to secure an attack. I did look at those attacking stats that I said I was going to do at the half and honestly, coming into today, it wasn't terrible for GK, around 40% just short of that.
So, you know, it's enough to get it over the line when you only need two rounds.
It's certainly not... It was middle of the table. I think it was sixth place overall.
So, you know, certainly not at the bottom of the table.
And we're just struggling to show it as the day here on... On that every match.
I love how there are two kinds of people in chat.
It's great. Those that absolutely loved that casting others ago...
Uh, this is an image...
Come on now, come on now.
That was a good bit of fun. We've got to try and see how many different like multi-level people can get me lost in there and he can do about 10 different languages.
If you can just do 5 rounds back to back in different languages.
It's just all me lost. It'll be absolutely excellent.
Roll it off and yeah, maybe we can make that happen one day.
But that hasn't got himself in. I'm fresh with speaking about the speedrun to open up several breaches.
We'll do the same thing again. We've got our main breach opened up here.
So ask the side card to my part and can now step back get back on the drones
That is your reward for being a good boy and getting those walls opened
Maybe I'll have to do one in full northern English one time
No, the world doesn't need that. It's another don't you right?
That's when you'd see how much I've done my accent down for you all
So far, this is fine. After the first minute, Ram is going to be providing a little bit of verticality down there.
Younger has been much more quiet today. We have had the re-host, so he's not on zero.
He's on two kills for a bit, but much more quiet than he was yesterday.
And like he said, maybe just needing to get a little bit more active, but in that team's sense,
and where he can be able to support his team in a bit more.
For the time being, we have got GK taking that lip-flow control.
And we've got Zara up there.
Are they okay?
No idea.
No idea that Zara's here.
This is going to be an absolute freebie.
He cannot keep getting away with this.
He can't keep getting away with this.
It's like an old angry man shouting at a cloud.
What the paper ball was, obviously Groobie knew
because he was opening up that wall as well. There must be something else going on around there.
There was Castle Barricade scattered around, but they'd let him get away with it after the 3D against some of the good news here.
Shogunori had the runs down, so the floor has been opened up.
They're still GK that are down. A player here to get one, but there is an instant response, and here goes...
He's feeling the same position! How has he got away with two?
It's a 3v1. Sarc's to do it all by himself, but they have opened the door wide.
They've welcomed heretics in, said, please, Barbies, take any of my belongings that you wish.
They are yours, my lord. It's about to be five apiece.
It's going 20, isn't it? I can just see it going there, Tim.
I know, yeah. It could be seven, five, but we are going to break these...
Leo, how long will it stay? We're going all the way to 50 in French.
Please tell me I'm watching that bank.
15 is San Conte. I don't know the rest of it.
It'd be like nuisance in one minute.
Yeah, it should be.
Yeah, I'll wait for Leo to sort us out there.
I want a plant to go down. I need to turn around and go,
I'm not surprised it's taken
this long to come to be honest.
Um five all now as heretics of
really rained GK back in and
it's no surprise. The thing is
for GK on the attack at the
minute. Just just nothing is
working. They started taking
me to the there. It's just a
complete lack of attention to
detail. I feel if Sarah's
I mean, there's just a complete lack of attention to detail. I feel if Sarah is going to be able to stand there on the opposite side of the wall you're breaching, you're giving him the line of sight onto you by the way, you can't do anything until you open that wall.
And he's just able to pick up two kills. The first one. I don't forgive because again, you should be aware of his presence there. You should know that he's in that position.
But okay, mistakes happen, first one goes down, but like you said, for the second one, you know, to occur from him in the same position and still no attention having been paid to him, that's unforgivable really.
So, GK, I've got some big problems to sort out in this tactile mode.
Hmm, how does this translate?
Uh, yeah, so Leo's giving it to me and I'm convinced he's trying to troll me.
I think, can you, can you translate that? You can speak about French to me.
I've got a translation of it here, but I don't know if it's what Leo's told you. Where is it? If you can send it now.
On the just- just about this in match round 15.
I have no idea how you say that.
We got another expertise!
Answer me!
That's definitely not tied at the end, that's guaranteed.
Easy Air Observer comes on and just goes what the F? Yeah, me too, bro. Me too.
That was not bad, she said. I've never, I've never tried speaking to it.
Seems like a really hard language. I got told a lot of naughty words by Easy
once we share. They have a wonderful way of doing insults where they mix like the
name of a disease and an animal basically. It's a really interesting
combination. I won't say it in broadcasts, I'll get in trouble, but there are some
really interesting insults. I can say in English they say things like
cancer doc but translates into Dutch and that's a bad word and I'm like you
could say that in English would be like right that's a weird insult. I don't know.
Languages have got some really really weird and wonderful things about them.
That's nice.
I guess that's okay, they're inability to attack I guess.
Hey, they've got an entry, good start, let's go.
Yep, that's at least something for them to build on after the tactical timeout.
You know, there might just be a bit of that attitude going on having taken Zara down.
5 vs 4 will be leveled out though, as Riaz steps up and manages to get Jogger, goes for a little bit more, doesn't find his man,
but it's just gonna slow things down if nothing else.
I don't trust these foreign words that are being sent in our group chat now, I'm not gonna say any of them.
It's the dodgy game, isn't it? It's the dodgy game to be saying words you don't personally understand on the broadcast.
I only trust Anne, because she's too nice to not get me in trouble, I think.
Ah, yeah, I only trust them. I don't think Leo would get you in trouble either.
Ah, Leo'd be okay. Easy, I definitely don't trust him.
Trash of Entra, of course. He only speaks English, so I know what he's saying. Anyway, it's mine.
Either way, as it stands at the four versus four,
as far as I know she stepped out and got the second that he was looking for earlier.
Different conversation about having it right now.
As it stands, with Anne's that last 50,
and I'm getting a little bit nervous as you say,
this felt like the bomb number two to get in the entrance, to get something.
the game. I'm going to go
into the window. There is no
punish. There is no swing. Come
on, man. Come on, man. At least
they can defend well. So I'll
give her a six that defend
attacking has been shocking. This
game. Fair play. They can both
both of them can defend well.
Yes, they certainly can does and
honestly, I've got a feeling that
just get one attack. I think
that's very possibly what's going to happen.
We're going to be going to storage
for our next site, I would imagine,
unless Heretics decides to completely
switch it up like GT did earlier when they
went to the split site. They might go to
Kitchen, who knows, but, yeah, I just
don't see that GK are going to turn
anything around. They managed to get the entry
that time. It's actually the first entry that they've got
on attack. They took, so I was down in the number
one player for Heretics, and then everybody
else just stepped up and filled
We found out the extra fight
We can't again rather than H
I'm taking a language class over here to another stage on but language learning right now. It's really important to me
I've developed a certain passion in the last ten minutes
You say the word
mean? Why are you shooting at a train specifically?
Very difficult.
I don't get it. It's in Korean.
It's the famous French, those sounds at the back of your
throat are very difficult to make, because we don't have any of
those sounds in English that you go up for.
I don't need you to realise how daft their language sounds
right now. If you have to explain to someone, you make
this sound by sound like you're choking on a train. I don't
know what to tell you.
Is it a GKOK?
I've got to ask, a GKOK right now? You're just following
I don't know if you've ever been
asked as he heads up the stairs
waiting for the wall to be opened,
you know, there's maybe,
is there any drawing to be done
or you know anything else maybe?
He's there, ready and waiting
for the boogie drone to go into.
We'll have to drop down because
the lock is in from everything,
so the boogie drone wouldn't
have got through, but it does open up
the lines of sight that they need
yet. Looking at the top floor, we've still got Zara and Riaz and Aqui up there, for each
and every day. I don't see a platform going down whilst the mouse is down. There's nobody
actually down in placement despite Dora being on the pulse. So, look, who knows? They've
got IT control. They could technically plant in behind the pillar, but I'm not sure we're
going to get the opportunity. So, I'm just going to take it down, Lolo, big start.
Yeah, again, they had the entry previously and then found themselves dropping players
with the round progress. So, let's try and hold on this time, yeah, boys. You've got
advantage we've only got 60 seconds to play so granted there's not tons of
time to work with me there's a very fair chance you get found out by someone
like Dora with a C4 playing on that pulse
well they stepped on a couple of shots come on through right after that it's very
shaking but at the same time he's tried to do it
you perv and then got a kill behind him it's ring around the rosy what the
Nora is going on either way three versus four
heretics on the back foot as the plant is now going down
I'm going to be secured. There
we go. Ask does manage to
three through four versus two.
It's honest of this is going to
four. This is one as Acquie
manages to get one back onto
socks. Pleases now with about
25 seconds left room to find the
one be three. I get the feeling
as he comes around this corner,
We really are going global today, aren't we?
We really are.
What can I say, Tim?
We've cast a lot the last week.
It's the last game. It's been interesting,
which for those who don't know, I was working on this for a number of years now.
Wow. When we are cast to say the word interesting,
it's a very polite way of either saying it genuinely is interesting
or it's not so great, but you've got to be polite about it.
You say, yeah, it's been a really interesting game.
it can mean one of many things is the most versatile word in a castle's dictionary.
Let's see who can be the most versatile in overtime. There's...
You've got a game on our hands, that's a classic one.
We do. Heretics, we do have a game on our hands, right?
Our heretics are on the defence and that is a big opportunity.
The defensive halves have been 5-1 either way.
So heretics have got a real chance of getting this done.
they can go to their preferred sites. It's going to be tank and assembly to start with.
Should they win this, I think we will see them up on the top floor for their next offensive.
If we get there, they might have a successful attack. Who knows.
History doesn't suggest it'll be the case, but who knows. You know, maybe they'll get one, maybe
they'll get a second. If it gets there, sure. It feels like the kind of game where
around 50 is all but guaranteed, so prepare your Frenchman, you're going to need it.
Because the allows take that so far,
the team is so dominant in the defense
you'd expect on the primary side,
so you should get away with the win,
but going to an offside slash tertiary,
it's not secondary.
Whatever way you want to rotate it around,
it could prove to be quite interesting.
I'm just waiting for a round 50,
see how you see what's interesting there.
It could be quite interesting.
Does that mean it's going to be a good round
or a bad round?
I'll let you do it aside,
Ruby, in with the entry.
There's Lolo who's going to be the first to fall,
so we are very much where we were
back in the previous round,
with GK starting out strong,
we need to see them translate that.
that. No. Yes. Yes. Two. Not
bad. Four versus two. Surely,
Tim, they can see it over the
line, but look who's still
alive. Zara, as you've already
said, it's an electric
throughout this game. He could
yet be the expat that keeps them
in this round.
They must try to welcome in ask
managers to fight. How have we
got here? They can't get an
attacking round until round 12,
and then they come in and
absolutely dominate two in a row.
two in a row. Asked the managers to get the diffuser down. Zara knows that it's going to be a tough one,
not exactly where he is. He's going to try to move down stairs, takes a ton of damage there.
He's going to get all the way down to the basement. I think he knows that it's not happening,
so he's just going to see if he can maybe get an exit kill or two. 21 seconds left for him to kill
four and disable the diffuser. It's going to be a big task. It is. And Big Ask is actually
It's actually only the teams, to be honest with you, Tim.
These other teams are about to win.
Yes.
They are in a 4 versus 1, and this looks unrecoverable.
For GK to fair, I think what's really helped them
is carrying on that attacking side of things,
where they've warmed into the half a little bit,
they've got a win when they really needed it
at the very end of things.
They've rolled into OT, carried on the momentum,
and got themselves another one.
I'm a little bit concerned now about switching sides,
because we're going to have to see heretics
after not playing a tap for seven rounds,
figure out what needed to do right here,
okay, what worked for us earlier on in the game.
that. I mean, I think it's
really important that we're
going to be so focused on our
defensive side. How do we pull
the attack out here and make
this work? More importantly,
what I want to know is where
the GK choose to take us.
That's that's the real good. I
mean, the one everywhere, so
not a major problem. The only
one that they lost was down in
basement, so that would be this
is not often that we see. This
is a late overtime tactical
time out. That's going to be
I would expect it to be anywhere other than there.
It is possible to leave the attack time out
until this late in the game, isn't it?
You'd imagine it would have come out a little bit sooner
when you probably could have secured the win
and got it over the line and done.
But instead, they've pulled on through, fair play to them,
and have managed to get themselves right up to this point.
Heretics need something big in this next round.
They need the attack in round win.
Otherwise, it'll be GK walking away with the eight six,
and they're set at the head of the game,
Whether wins this one for me is the only one really left with a shot of being able to push for our top six outside of a
Generational collapse by all the teams above them, but it feels unlikely GK. I think need it more
They're down on one point at the minute heretics have got three
If you curious about what's it's above them it shifts us on four rebels on five twisted minds on six Falcons on at seven
I said it's the end time signs for a fanatic print third place with nine points and three wins in a row
It's still bomb is the part absolutely bar me to see in the table
that. We're going to have to
move on. We've got the denari
being brought along, so we've
got the trip connectors when it
is possible. I just want to
have a look at how that went
down to them previously. The
one twice played twice. Didn't
turn or they did bring the
denari in round one didn't
bring it in round four. So we've
got kind of differing strategies
coming along. They did have the
mirror available in the first
two straps, it was the clash that was brought along in round four.
That's not going to be the case here.
Jaeger instead, Ella's the difference as well.
So, quite a mix up here.
I like this one, GK, rather than repeating
what worked previously for them.
The group check's intact, Tim.
Are you ready for your translation if it gets there?
Yeah, I can see that.
Leo's sorted you out. All right, all right.
I'm counting on you, I'm counting on you.
I can see that, don't worry.
You've got also Cowan Harris,
who's going to be able to win the attack,
which is where the main challenger thing is going to come.
That's probably more difficult to achieve here than you pulling off the translation,
and missing a shot.
I think you can pull the seconds.
There's means three minutes of perfection to see over the line.
Now to start things out, we've seen it a million times over.
There's starting things out, opening up all the reaches
and getting themselves focused on having angles in towards the site.
Well, this will get a little bit stuck back in the first half on this side in particular.
We're focusing very heavy on IT and on Catwalk,
not really giving themselves other angles to hit them from the flank
or from different directions,
to give them a bit of a back stab as things move on forward.
I'm not wholly convinced we're going to see much of the same building out here as a lot of them are focused on this south side of the map.
Well, well, just going to be holding that angle through I.T. for the time being.
I thought I think he's going to get too aggressive.
Just looking to support his teammate with the push on.
But it's not looking like it's going to work.
The Platinum's going to be taken out back through there.
Despite the pressure that was put on him, there comes the response.
Zara manages to find it, 4 vs 3 though,
Yaga goes big, we've been waiting for it all night,
finds himself a double, and it looks like GK
are gonna do this in 14, you put him in to find Riaz,
and it is now all up to Aki, he is on the day,
must be working his way up, can't walk stairs,
but they want him down, they want him back,
and GK, get it, they take the win,
it's gonna be 8-6, a 2-point victory for GK.
The game took us out of the ward and took us all the way through to overtime.
Sadly you won't get to hear Tim and his friends, but I'm surely going to give us a good one on the desk anyway.
Let's go to Anna Boyce now to wrap up the show.
Thank you very much guys.
Close game, we saw that in the end.
It was really a game of two house, right? Five on, five on.
And then in the end, finally, we see the touching round being won.
It was key.
It was a game of two hearts and an open time.
I don't know what was going on.
was going on. GK finally managed to string it together going into the final round in terms of 12
to get the attack done and then the first one he did over time. It was one of the most defender-sided
night havens I've ever seen. I wouldn't say that's because of the map. I would say that's because of
the two teams and how they were attacking it, if I'm being honest. I think liking the fundamentals
of like any single trade potential, like literally like the amount of engagements lost would like
there is no possible trade because they're all spread out because they're not working as a team
and that worked like honestly that's that worked for both teams and it was just a matter of who's
going to win the attack in overtime it happened to be Geeky and they could just close it out.
There's a time in the second half where I want to say it was Geeky on the attack
officer, Geeky on the attack. They went to punch the mirror window in Catwalk and the guy was there
on the external doorway from IT side ready to trade the play swing in and there's only Pete
He don't kill the guy catwalk, got back in. He don't kill the guy on the door.
That's everything that's happening very, very often.
I think for both of these teams, obviously, defence is always going to be dominant
whenever you've got the army, when you've got the clash, the mirror.
All those powerful operators that we can talk about, and you can cause problems
for the other team in terms of them solving that from the utility.
How are they going to play into it? Around it, are they going to go direct, rush, whatever that may be.
But also when those teams are kind of not together in terms of the way they want to play,
It only has to be a second or so of being disjointed, and that's all it takes for defendants to capitalize on it.
Let's just think about the only attack round won by heretics is on the back of Zara, going absolutely mental with this Twitch.
And on the side of GK, it was very similar, like on the back of one or two individuals that go crazy and some great multi-kills.
It's all good and well, like you can see they're getting hyped and you can see that everyone is willing and has the level to put in the work and the multi-kills.
But it's just a little bit annoying when you know that you need to rely on someone doing crazy to win
and you cannot win strictly based on your team play.
And I think both of these teams will rue the fact that they didn't get it in regulation.
Heretics had a great chance, yes the first half was bad, could have got the comeback,
maybe should have got the comeback and then the Senfa GK, you know the fact of the matter is they
were in a very very dominant position going into that halftime and actually we probably hold them
to a slightly higher standard with their experience and we would expect a little bit better team play
And they maybe escaped a little bit fortunately to be getting a victory inside of this game
But should have maybe got three points from the first half as well
It means a good thing for us though because for the first time this stage we get to speak to the winners
Well, we get to speak to GK. We have Ruby on the line congratulations on your overtime victory here
But that must have been an intense game for me you guys aside
Yeah, first thing. Hello. Yeah, I mean it was intense game kind of for us
but we do a bit of trolling as we show up against G2 first game as well so for us it's a kind of
sort of a game, not even a decent game. Groupie my friend, congratulations, a long time on the
speak. I think Dario asked what's going on, is it just the fact that it's some new players into
the team and you're still finding your rhythm because you've shown us some good stuff and you've
shown us some not so good stuff as well I would say. Yeah I think it's like there's three things
that they obviously show up for us, like we are a team basically for two weeks I would say,
like that we are actually fully slimming with each other, so for us going to T1 again with each
other, blah blah, it's kind of hard to road for us because everything that we have to find out,
we have to do it on the official game, so it's like we have to find it the hard way.
The second one is I think it's like we manage to play well, we manage to control the game,
like we are controlling the game, we know what they're gonna do, so we counter them well, but
But I think when there's like the match point comes to us or like when we are close to close the win, like we are getting closer.
I think there's a point where the hesitation in ourselves like starts to show up.
So he has the state of our movement, like the stuff that we are doing.
So, you know, we become a bit slower team, like it's a little bit faster and like keep rolling over them.
And yeah, I think the as a station party is like the most important thing for us.
And like it shows up that we cannot like we kind of lose it, you know, when we are afraid sometimes to even play the game.
I would say which is not really true because everyone is really good and we are obviously not scared
But like you just like you can imagine that by watching you know. Yeah, I
Think a group looking at a lineup. I think I reject like I see the amount of experience on that roster
I see the skill in those players as well
Like we just had a pregame segment where we were looking at the amount of like S tier appearances on your roster
And it's insane like you've got a huge pool of players that have so much experience as a major grand final
yoga who has attended so many SIs. And I'm wondering like you have all these tools, but also you have players that come from like very
different backgrounds that speak very different languages. And do you think that is in one in some ways like hindering your chances at like building the fundamentals
really quickly because you have so many different backgrounds from all of your players?
Yeah, I think for us like I don't think it's like any any issue with like with which players we got for us
I think it's like we're all really experienced as you said, but I think we need to understand how to use the experience in the new team
You know how to manage like how to manage Sark's play the game how we make yoga play the game
Yeah, like it works all the way around that and I think it's like something that we have to learn as a team
Maybe the hard way may be the easiest way
Maybe like we'll find out soon and I think this is the most important thing that it's fine to have the experience
But again like you can have the experience on the paper
But it's about how you use the experience to make your teammates play well, you know
And we also like you know, we change kind of some roles like we change the IGLs again, blah, blah
So, it's like, yeah, we are finding out that hard way, you know?
I mean, we should be happy that we won, and I guess, hopefully,
and I hope so, that we can win the next game, you know?
Like, you see, it's the goal for us, right, as a team,
to show up in games like this.
Yeah, because I just look at your roster and I think, like,
you used to IGL, Joghain used to IGL,
ASK USE TO IGL, like, at some point,
is there a way for you to prevent the too many cooks
in the kitchen problem that many teams have had before?
I think we do have some kind of like issue of that which is like it's a easy fix for us
But like I wouldn't say it's a big issue for us because I love when people talk
You know even though they love like when they talk too much
I think for me it's better when the guy speaks
More than less because you can make him speak less rather than you know if he doesn't speak
You cannot force a guy to be a vocal player, you know, for example
So I think it's a good good habit for the players that they talk a lot
but it's about how you make the comps good for you,
like how you manage to play with that amount of comps,
or how you manage to control those comps,
like how it looked in the game and everything,
and there's so many little things that I could say,
why the game looked like this today
and why we didn't win seven months, for example,
but it's like, you know,
this part is for me to use another excuse
or something like this.
Makes sense.
Also, Gurbie, I wish there was more time we could talk to you.
I think we could ask you many more questions
because you give us really good insights as well
on every process inside the scene.
So I think we're gonna have to manifest a win for you guys
in the next week.
So we get to speak to you again.
Thank you for your time and good luck with the shoot.
Yeah, thank you guys.
See you guys.
Have a good night.
See you next week.
That's very joyous.
I've missed you so much.
There's so much information on everything that's been happening
behind the scenes really for this new roster
and the new iteration of GK.
One of the big things I picked up on then is,
instead, when we get to five, maybe six and a half,
we do have a little bit of a mental.
I'm not gonna call it a block,
because I don't think it is a block.
Speculated it happened maybe against G2
when it got a bit real,
because obviously that comeback happened from then.
Got a bit real today, but they got over the line.
So that's something to welcome,
but they've got a lot of experience, like he said as well.
I think they will work through it.
I do expect them to get better, even if it's not, you know,
that wasn't a great performance,
but they managed to find the points today.
I think so far we've been spot on the issues
that were obvious on paper with bringing a Brazilian player,
bringing an American player,
bringing two players that were from a different core,
and then bringing one to an Italian player that used to play for himself.
Like the nationalities problem, the fact that they have different cultures,
the fact that you have multiple previous IGLs.
So like who's taking a decision then?
Like all of the issues that we clearly saw when the roster was put together,
I think will be things that they have to fix.
And the realistic problem is that they had two weeks to fix those.
So like obviously you can expect them to perform really well early on.
However, we're already four play days in now.
I mean, there is no leader. We're almost halfway through. So like a reaction needs to happen for next week
Let them cook let them
They might need some time, but hey with the super we coming up. There might not be a lot of time
Let's have a look at our results though from the last day of week two of eml stage one
Unfortunately for the last game broke our clean at seven four record for the whole day and overtime
I'm glad we got to see it there because we we had to display day as to be very big six-pointers games
the game. I think it's a
really important. In regards
to the standings. These ones
are going to be really
important with the top four
playing against each other. And
did it play out the way we
were kind of expecting it to
see us think I think it we
expected it to be close. I
think the top apartment was
very, very hard to call the
winner. And I think the facts
of the matter is all of the
games are close. Even the
seven falls couple rounds go
different ways on the
overturned about different
results. And it sets us up
for a table that I would say
team. They've been there, but
based off a longer period of
time for Africa, the team
currently in third place, which
you wouldn't maybe have
expected at the start of the
stage. The fact they've gone
on three winds out of four so
far. The other teams inside the
top five you would expect. You
would expect VP G two Falcons
twisted man to be there having
been at Salt Lake, and then I
think it's posed nicely all the
way rebels all the way down to
that are that standing to really like see. Yeah. Is that consistency of them getting
all the all the momentum of those wins is going to last. However, we did kind of, I
mean, not just to make this about the fanatic show, but we did say that their challenge
might be divinate the playoffs after the last year. Where are they? Are they trying to make
in the playoffs? Looks pretty sad at this point in time. Nine points is a good baron.
They've still got a couple of the lower teams to play to get themselves into that. And Leo
has seen a fixture that he loves. Yeah, it's exactly what I mentioned. Like the first
is gonna happen at like 6 p.m. next the next baby and it's gonna be really
interesting for geeky as well like to play shifters this is this is a door
die in my opinion like for the playoffs he gave us the shifters like your
chances can be buried at this point not every match can be a six-point match
Leo we have to sorry for putting some stake in our matches
I was like well actually yeah basically we go super week which means we have a
three play days not just two so there is a lot of state for our teams right we
We just had four play-days nicely spread out over two weeks and then you get three play-days in one week and you have to show up
Otherwise, it's it's over like you miss out on playoffs. You have a serious chance of getting relegated at the end of the year
It pressure will really put we put on this players next. Yeah, it feels early doors
But at the end of next week, we really will know we will have teams confirmed in playoffs
We'll have teams confirmed out of playoffs and we will know really where most of our teams are at because we'll be 70%
More than 70% done with the league. Yeah
Luckily though, for all of us, we have so much seeds to keep us entertained with before we get to next week's EML Super Week, there is still APL, we have NAO, there's CL, there's SAO, there's so much still for you to watch.
Still many ELs. Sorry?
Still many ELs, I was thinking.
Yeah, but we're not taking these ELs here because we're watching seeds, we're enjoying it, we're getting our packs as well, we're getting our drops super important for that matter too.
This is our week 2 of EML ends. We thank you so much for your time.
We hope to see you again next week with our super week.