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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nothing here was given.
Every loss means something more.
It reminded us that victory is never granted.
The world tested us.
Now they know who we are.
The champions are made in North America.
Everything here is up to you.
Not giving.
It is a playoff time here in the North American League today.
We send two of our four teams to the Esports World Cup as we continue our journey through
crowning a champion in stage one of the NAL. Welcome back everybody so glad to have you with us.
I'm Jonas Willinger alongside Mint and Laxing guys. If there is anything that we have learned
throughout this week, if you watch the EML spoiler alert, G2 does not make EWC. I mean it's proof
that anything can happen. Yeah just go so. You can have a very pretty group stage but that does not
mean you are going to have a pretty playoff by any means. Now none of that matters. Right now
into the best of threes. This is where the actual good teams prove themselves.
The actual good teams prove themselves. I like that. That's true. What we had, what I would like to think was 10
good teams in the NAL throughout the group stage and they gave us quite a
contest but now we see our top six because that is what our focus will be
on for the next two weeks. Of course it's M80 at the top who went nearly
undefeated throughout the group stage only dropping a single map on the very
last playday of the stage dark zero wild card 100 these will be in the top of the bracket and SR and
four fun e-sports round out the top six Kyle any surprises for you here as we finally get
our complete playoff picture SR maybe I mean not in the top four that caught my eye at least yeah
I mean the rebellion being in fifth place I think would surprise a lot of people with the talent
that they have on the roster right they have a super team and they just came in second place
during SLC. So of course you would want to see them be in that top four in the upper bracket
and give themselves two chances. But this is uncommon for SR. We've seen even during
kickoff they were able to make a run in the lower finals. So it is a bit of a surprise.
We would have liked to see them, but at the end of the day, not really.
I don't think it's too much of a surprise for me, especially if you watch kickoff. I mean,
it was pretty abysmal their start. But once they got into those playoffs, once they got
into those best three, I mean, it definitely was once they got into those best of three,
I mean, it was just completely different ballgame. And that's what I'm expecting going into
to play us now right it's all about the best of three territory as we say
goodbye to the best of one round Robin we now shift gears into a double
elimination bracket where these teams will have a chance to fight it out like
you said in best of threes all the way through here's what it looks like today
and eighty hundred thieves they'll start us off up above dark zero and a wild card
they will round out the top half and sr and four fun esports they'll be sitting
down below waiting for the losers of these opening matches.
But we thought it'd be fun to kind of leak the script here,
I guess, and walk through, step by step,
your predictions on how you guys think
this bracket is going to unfold lacks,
just starting with our opening matchup.
It's N-800 thieves.
Who do you think is going to take that?
Of course I'm sorry, and I'm probably
going to get flack for this, but I
have to look at the stylistic matchup.
And when these two last played each other, it was week two.
And we argued that 100 thieves was in control of that series.
And now we're in the best of three.
Brandon, M80 has looked really good,
but 100 Thieves has showed a lot of potential.
And again, just due to stylistic magic,
I have to go with 100 Thieves.
Oh my god, I'm so glad he said that.
I'm so glad he said that,
because I was gonna be completely biased here,
and you were gonna call me out for it.
But the fact that you also take the Thieves,
okay, well, we're not going to my brain today,
we're going with my heart Thieves.
Okay, so 100 Thieves, they move on,
taking down the best team in group stage,
a bold prediction to start.
All right, Kyle, how about DZ Wildcard?
What do you think's happening there?
DZ wildcard we saw JJ have or not JJ we saw spiker rather have a fantastic call on that last round
He ends up winning but we're earlier in the game. Sorry the cafe. They won the 7-5 on that cafe
It was a great. It was great prep, but again, I can never root against easy. I'm going to pick DZ here
I think they're a machine they move on I have to disagree again, you know, we highlight how well spike has been playing
We highlight the prep that the team has and I agree with the best three
And you're already looking at how Wildcard prepped against easy now. They have a lot more time a lot more ammunition at their back at their back
On it's I mean I gotta go. It's not all prepped though
We got to see one of the most stacked teams in the area maybe they did all right
Well for the purposes of filling out our bracket here
We'll say that we'll go Kyle's prediction that dark zero will move on in the upper bracket
And they will have a chance at playing hundred thieves in that upper bracket final
But let's look down below because SR will now play M80 in that lower bracket matchup to determine which of those teams will go home and which will claim that third eSports World Cup spot.
This is a tough one. Honestly, like I said, the best of threes, they're a belly and they're a completely different roster.
M80, again, we haven't seen what best of threes look like, so I'm just going off of peer intuition. What I've already seen from SR, let's go with SR.
Apologize to M80.
So you're telling me M80 go from being the best team in the group stage to losing back to back best of threes?
I'm not saying it's gonna be a blowout, but I just I know what's expected out of the SR when it comes to best threes
We have yet to see what I made he looks like and again. This is all a prediction. This all this all good change
It's like G to see I mean that would be unfortunate that is like God
I mean that's a hard match up to predict. That's arguably like a great game there. That's hard enough to be a great
SR is inevitable. I'd probably go the other way at laxing on Twitter, right?
Oh, dear God. Well, let's let's give you to the other side of the lower bracket. Of course, predicting that SR will take down M80 there. So with four fun eSports and wild card, this one feels like it should be a little easier on paper.
Yeah, to know, Brian, or you want to say four fun, right? No, we're going to go wild card here. I think we know. Don't you mess with me right now. We are going to go wild card right now for fun. They haven't gotten over the hump yet.
over the hump yet, I think this is wildcard double.
Okay, so then SR and wildcard, they'll square off.
Does Shopify Rebellion have what it takes?
No brainer, they take it?
No, they take on an amazing.
They don't take on wildcard.
Okay, so wildcard wins.
I like to put them down.
Spike is the truth.
So Spike is the truth.
We'll take out Shopify Rebellion
and say goodbye to the major runners up
in the lower bracket.
So that leaves us now looking back
towards the upper bracket.
That means we have a contest between
what Dark Zero and 100 Thieves squaring off.
How about that one who moves on to the grand final and who has wild card in the lowers?
Look at the look thieves. I rode with you
We got you into these sports World Cup a dark zero. I set up for their machine dark zero to the finals
I'd agree
Okay dark zero then to the finals wild card would then play hundred thieves in the lower bracket final lacks
Give me a prediction there wild cards just hitting that much higher and above the above the belt
So simply simply wild card for that one. Yeah, okay, then to crown a champion
It would be between dark zero and wild card. It was card
All right, and if you ask okay fantastic simple as that
We're not gonna see any any crazy surprises there, but I like that you guys are split when it comes to dark zero
Here's what's happened. I'm just never I'm just getting shit for the M80 the double M80 prediction
So here's the sorry not in the final spoilt. What here's the script leaked for everybody watching right now
Now, here's what could happen in the playoffs ahead.
Wow, what a bracket, dark zero.
Looks like they might be continuing
that potential Salt Lake City success.
If, well, I said wild cards.
Yeah, you said wild cards.
Well, maybe it's Kyle who's continuing to vote
with his heart on all these picks.
I just learned to never pick against easy ever again.
That's fair, that's fair.
Why would you?
Well, let's dive into the action.
Let's start things off today.
We have, of course, M80 and 100 Thieves.
One of these teams will book their spot in the eSports World Cup right now.
And a story that Kyle, I know, is near and dear to your heart.
So you've cooked us up a little treat.
Hot and cold was dropped by M80 and now has a chance for some revenge.
Let's take a look.
You had a major winner just about half a year ago.
He is now an inactive member of M80.
Matt, you said it yourself.
You woke up to the news you'd been dropped.
You seem just as surprised as all the rest of us.
The first thing I do is run to Twitter to see if that's true.
Cotton got dropped?
I should just read that.
Hey, Matt, when you're up and available, can you give me a call?
I got bad news that I need to share with you.
Patient back to the site, same with rival dropping down the hatch.
Adam's ready for it, and so is the rest of 100 thieves.
Seven to four on-layer for our last game of the day.
A full three points.
Players of firms, one player by top rock.
It can't quite land the prefire.
In case it gets a bow, a little bit of a 90 degree flick there to finish things off.
And the third, he saw Gomez's 12 kills and he said, not today, Jr.
Gomez gets lucky number 13 to steal the deal.
Did a plate, was able to do quite a bit of damage and they all just fell apart.
100 thieves able to close this one out.
No overtime is required.
But Destiny awaits him playoffs against MAD.
Well, all thanks go out to Kyle's editor, DuckDuck, for putting that one together.
But a true story here of Matt coming into the stage,
having been dropped by M80, picked up by 100 Thieves.
And now, I mean, has the opportunity
to really get revenge, to send M80 down to the lower bracket
with a spot in EWC on the line.
Yeah, that's the point right there, revenge, right?
Of course, this is the story for me,
Hot and Cold versus former organization,
because this is a tale that has been told many, many times.
Matt, people are done playing with Hot and Cold.
They throw him off their roster, and what happens?
He always dusts himself off,
good joins a new team,
and arguably has even more success.
Now, it could be hard to top what he just had,
but the M80 guys obviously winning two majors,
but he goes to a team that was struggling,
clearly missing a leadership figure in the team.
Well, what do they do?
They obviously get hot and cold on the line
and immediate success with him joining the roster.
He now takes them, makes playoffs,
and then now he has a chance to go against his former team,
who just threw him away and prove himself
that maybe he shouldn't have got dropped,
and what a better game to kind of set up, right,
to make EWC, right?
And I know as players, we like to talk,
like, any game's kind of the same, right?
You go into every game the same.
But I know, Matt, I've talked to Hothold many, many times.
This is the series he's wanted the entire stage, right?
He wants nothing more than to go against his M80 boys
and knock them down to losers.
Well, M80 are the behemoths of a team.
the team to beat this stage,
it's gonna be a lot easier said than done,
especially because of the addition of Savage,
not just an incredibly capable IGL,
but an EWC champ who's coming up with victory
with Team Secret just last year.
Yeah, I mean, that's the bigger headline,
especially for this MAD roster,
outside of just being able to qualify for EWC.
It's that man right there, see,
lifting up that trophy,
putting it actually in the trophy itself, Savage.
He needs to be able to defend that title
once they get to EWC, if they get to EWC,
because you don't want to go to a major event,
a big event like this, and not to be able to fight
against your own, you know, your chance
to be able to fight for the title.
So respectfully, Savage needs this one.
He needs to be at EWC to defend that title.
And then just a caveat of bringing the team with him,
being underneath a new banner,
allowing MAD to flourish as well,
and see again if they can bring home
that E-Sports World Cup champion title
to the home of MAD.
Yeah, I almost, maybe a quick shot here,
but I almost wish Savage would have received the invite,
maybe instead of Secret that we might be seeing of.
They make it was just secret.
They got the invite.
Well, it's just a savage buy.
Yeah, that'd be interesting.
Well, this is, of course, a big opportunity
for both of these teams, right?
And maybe to do have some success
on the international stage with Savage,
but for a hundred thieves to come into the siege scene
for the first time this year
and to potentially make their mark
by making the eSports World Cup Kyle,
they have an opportunity to do that right now.
Yeah, and obviously they would have wanted to do that last stage
that last stage when they picked up that team that we all were kind of hyping up to be a competitor,
but they didn't have success. They didn't get a single win, but now with the changes that they
made, they have a chance to not only get their first win this stage, now we're in playoffs,
but now they have a chance to make an international event. And Hunter Thieves,
it's a giant organization for them to come into stage and be able to make these international
events and kind of cement themselves in the NAL as a top competitor. I think it's very,
very, very good for our scene.
Well, Lex, you talked about how this is an opportunity
for these teams to really, I mean,
it's revenge for hot and cold.
But tell me, I mean, how much this means for MAD as well.
Yeah, I mean, I think it's about bearing the hatchet
for both sides of the corner.
If you look at the argument for hot and cold,
yes, he shouldn't have been dropping MAD.
He was their ideal.
They also made that change with Kino.
There was big question marks going across the board.
Now it's a situation where if hot and cold wins here,
it's great for that side of the argument.
Then everyone's like, we proved you wrong.
Hot and cold should have been there.
You guys made the mistake.
But on the side for MAD and the argument
to be made there, they made the change with Kino,
then they immediately made the change with Han Kolt,
and they believed that that system needed to change.
They needed Ash, and they needed Savage
to create the early game success,
to be able to fundamentally be a stronger team
than what they had with Kino and Han Kolt.
So it's an argument there that whoever wins this series here
really is gonna walk away for those arguments to be made
to just have that one up over the other,
and be like, we were right, you were wrong,
this is what's gonna be.
So it really is a big rush match in that regard.
Yeah, I would pay attention to Twitter, probably.
Oh, I would pay attention to this match.
There could be a lot.
Better hundreds or something.
Well, let's take a look at the bands to see where this one is headed right now, of course, best of three territory for the first time. So not one, maybe two, but potentially three maps to go all the way. Kyle, talk to me about this. We got labs, bank and layer. We'll start with labs. Do you think this is a good pick for a hundred thieves to get the upset here?
I mean, I see what they're thinking right? It's the best of three. So you're going to go to a map where I mean mady
Hasn't shown this yet
This has been one of the maps that they have been banning a good amount
It's the second most they've been banning so they haven't showed it hundred thieves thinking they have the edge because it's the best of three
What does mady's map will look like so overall for just taking vibes? Yeah, I think I do like this pick
And it's interesting one because again even for a hundred thieves
I mean they lost it to dark zero, but again the sample size for both these teams
It's really not there really is a big toss up and then you look at a map like saying that's another big toss up
MAD hasn't played it yet.
And what we know from historically from Savage,
he was one of the best creators of this map for Secret.
But it's that last map layer.
That is the biggest one that I'm looking at.
I do think inevitably we do end up getting to where,
on the side of MAD, they are 3-0.
They're flawless on it.
And the only team to beat, I mean,
100 things on that roster was MAD,
where they are 2-1 respectively.
So that should be the one we are looking at
at the most if we get there.
Yeah, I think the bank tick is also really a shame
from M80 because you that's a great point that Savage is very comfortable from his former
team calling on bank. And also the fact that Matt doesn't like back. I mean, it was one
of M80, but when he was on that team, it was a map that they struggled against even losing
to cruelty. Yeah, I just threw that out there. They did lose to cruelty, right? So yeah,
it is a bit of a struggle. So it's kind of funny that they're picking into that. And
then like you said, Lair, both teams love it. In fact, Hunter thieves never banned some
and they played on it earlier this day in a game that both of us were saying
how did they shouldn't have lost right they were in control of that game to
then he just a monster right he was a monster can he do that again
probably I think he's the best flagger in NA but hopefully not today for our
prediction well your prediction as you said was 100 thieves in the pre-show and
it surprised me that you kind of both were leading that direction because of
success that M80 had but like let's talk about the group stage they had ending
loss and how that could
actually be a positive here.
I mean, we talked about this
a lot with Savage as well, how
they didn't have a loss all
stage. They didn't really have
anything to learn from. Could
they take some some lessons away
from that 8702 loss? Yeah,
absolutely. And I think Savage
said it best. You know, they've
rather losing groups. They've
been losing into playoffs and I
think that's a perfect mindset
to have. I think just as a
former player, that's where you
want to lose first, not come
into your first loss into
playoffs because there is a lot
you're going to take from that
game that you did lose against
Wildfire, especially with
against Wildfire, especially with how close it was.
I mean, there's a lot of things that you could probably nitpick.
I don't think they played a bad game by names,
but it's the small things in Siege that really crippled
the bigger teams.
And I'm sure whether it's misplayed of an operator,
maybe they could have used a different operator situation,
even just the teamwork of just fundamentally playing
in certain positions better, that
is going to be more critiqued and look at possibly going
into the future of these playoffs,
and then extending possibly into an EWC.
So you're saying there's a chance, because who lost that layer?
There's always a chance.
Who lost that layer?
It was 100 thieves.
So he's saying they did a little bit more learning for this series. I like that. I think I like that.
Well, Kyle, real quick, we talk a lot about how best of threes and best of ones are a completely different dynamic.
You've been in that fire as a player, as a coach. How does that dynamic change, right, from best of ones to best of threes?
How can a team like M80 or G2, like we saw earlier, right, be so dominant in best of ones and then potentially falter in best of threes?
like what is the biggest change that players experience?
Well, I mean, your map will get tested a little bit more.
And I think that's kind of what it was for G2 a little bit.
They were doing a little experimenting.
But I don't want to talk to them.
Might have a video about that soon.
But yeah, best of ones.
I mean, you're able to ban four maps.
That's about a lot of maps that you can ban.
You pretty much know what map you're
going to be playing the week before.
So best of three, you're a bit tested here
as we're going to see what that made,
going to a brand new map for them.
And we're going to see how that test kind of plays out.
All right. Well, we got M 80 and 100 thieves going toe to toe for a spot in the eSports World Cup.
The winner will go to Paris in just a few weeks.
So to get things started, we'll go over to Gus and Xenax to start the day.
Hey, boys, Verizon shine. It's playoffs time.
And as mentioned on the desk as well, Gus, these matches today matter significantly.
A spot at the eSports World Cup on the line.
and as we've seen in other regions,
well, you want to take all the chances you can get.
Yeah, absolutely.
You do not want to find yourself in that dangerous zone.
You want to get locked in today.
What a grudge match to start up.
Proceedings, 66% in favor of M80 strongly against the desk,
who think that they could go out back to back.
That would be quite the shock for the team that
did so well in best of ones.
Yeah, I don't know about those predictions for me.
I kind of go with the socials. They made 66% favorites. I'm going to back them in. They looked absolutely
Amazing throughout the stage, but of course the discussion that the boys were having on the couch really was round best of once now into best of
Threes how that potentially changes and well, evidently, we do go to a couple of apps first off nine haven labs that
Typically, we haven't really seen played as much throughout this stage cause pick from 100 thieves
But neither of them have won it this year
I mean, it's not like I'm
not going to be able to do
anything about that. Zero one
record for both teams coming
into this map. This feels like
the unknown going into the
Haven labs as we head into the
fans. For me, though, still am
80. Just etching out his
favorites, but that is not to
discredit 100 things. Yeah,
totally great. Three maps
expected in this series and
they're not that they could
expect the quality of the
and a lot of adjustment over the course of this series.
And that's what makes best of threes so enjoyable
to watch this level.
Kaid, Bennett, Monty, and Grim the Bands
for this first half, M80 on the side of defense.
But I totally agree that this is a little bit
for the wild card map in the sense that
I'm gonna really know what to expect
because there's such limited data.
Both of these teams so frequently batted out.
would be remiss to not talk about Ashen does I think it's pretty safe to say
he's been the best player up to this point so through group stage through the
best that won Ashen with a 132 EPS next best was newest with a 117 that's a
golf that's a massive gap averaging in fact within the NAO region Ashen is the
only player to average over one kill per round with a 1.07 KPR
League averages typically do see one or two players respectively at the top and then that's it, no more.
So he's been the best in NAL. We'll see if he can continue that now, heading into playoffs best, the three.
He's going to be the one to watch for M80 for 100 thieves as Gomez has certainly been performing to a very high level this stage.
Adam is rated sixth throughout the league. Gomez is 12th.
So still really good quality for both teams when you factor in Gavin is also in the top five.
There's no surprise with these two teams having such a good group stage,
they have a playoffs, there's high quality everywhere.
As we get underway, it lacks M80 on the defense.
Let's get this one underway.
I'm expecting some really high quality seats though,
really in both of the theories that we have today.
I can sell early on the board, will be avoided.
They're active from Gunner and active from M80 to just trying to lay my team for being open
the 100 thieves should get it, and they will.
Yeah, the absence of the Kai in the band at the expectation that we'll see pretty high frequency of the mirror on these primary hard breaches is a form of wall denial.
But well, navigated there by 100 thieves.
And so, coming back quickly to Ashen, the highest cost of the league is only 4%, but not really too far behind hot and cold 100 thieves against this former organisation.
and the storyline and grudge match heading into this particular head-to-head.
And we know the impact that he can have on that team,
and whilst obviously he's fragging, that was not going to be as high, it's not his primary role,
the influence that he can have inside of the server is going to be certainly felt
over the course of this series.
So very excited to see the adaptability from their side in this particular matchup
as we eclipse the midpoint of the round of the Dayside Circle con-side and Gomez gets a freebie.
Yeah, free being teeth. That's the best way to put it Gomez with the opening kill. Remember this fight in NAL
slightly favors the attack
Remember last week when we were on the show cuz we had a night Haven Lambson
It was quite intriguing to see the
Statistics of the sides kind of flipped around from what we usually will see in other regions
It's under a minute left 100 days down with the extra player
damage goes down so it lets the information available for the defense as well.
Losing that hold to the safety brace right now for M80 is the fact they have
diffuser getting that kill and he does still have a nitrosault through gas
gas babes as well for Ashen so they do have the utility to bring this round
back but right now it's the guns that are doing it themselves. Gunner gets rid of
spirits so that forces KC to push into IT but he loses Adam and Halton Colt now
suddenly the only one left but he too gets one on to Gavin and we're down to
an early 1v1 20 seconds left between defuser and hot and cold defuser does
still have a nitrosol but there's a decent distance between the two as hot
and cold go for the plant he then gets off swings beautifully played from hot
and cold 100 these take the opening round and that's the brains on display
there from hot and cold couple fakes and able to catch out defuser here was
trying to close that gap maybe bring the nitro into play but by doing so left
himself in an extremely exposed position and from that point hot and able to find a pretty easy
swing kill credit to the rest of the team bringing it to a 2v2 the 1v1 with a good trade
because defuser actually was in a good position to salvage this round back
Savage got caught obviously at the beginning of the round and then defuser fought back on that con
side of the map but the IT flight ultimately from 100 thieves was sounded caught with a couple fakes
defuser forced out it's always nice to get a little 1v1 despite his theories just to
shake off any minutes yeah not only that but you think about these kind of best the threes and
well certainly you're going to have swings of momentum you know throughout three maps of
siege typically that's the way things go teams will get in a roll on a certain map they might
string three four rounds together ultimately where a lot of the best teams are typically separated
and and that being really the international event in this instance with these two teams being so
out of quality it's those moments it's those 1v1s it's those close rounds it's the clutches it's
those big plays that will ultimately make the biggest of differences.
You think about there's a fair chance this could come down at, you know, map three, going into overtime.
There's little rounds here and there, add up across a three map series.
But again, a reminder that when it does come to top four, Nighthaven Labs command server,
it does have a 56% attack of win rate, and in the North American League does.
So for all intents and purposes, that's kind of job done for 100 Thieves,
whereas usually if we were in APL, where it's close to the 60% defensive win rate,
we'd be saying that's a travesty for M80, but not to be here.
Transitioning down to below then for the second round.
A very info-heavy approach here from M80, bringing the pulse, the stolus and the balox.
So, with that triple nitro alongside the warden, that again the ability to potentially gather
really good mid-round information that they can then look to play off, and again with
the kind of split they're playing with a couple of players up above, fashion storage as well,
that information can be leveraged nicely.
As we see Gunnar over towards Electrical, with eyes onto Spirits who's down to play
first floor, Hunter Thee is looking to posh horizontally.
directly targeting this top floor clear for now.
Okay, so I'm just going to payload Gunner's weight.
Of course in a position though where he is able to answer that.
It didn't mean I'm under these, I'm like all the way to extra pressure on defuse up.
There's only one player at the moment in basement, although admittedly for M80, they can get some quick rotates in.
Clearly for 100 Thieves, they're just testing the waters, just poking and running around the site.
They're clearly not wanting to play into any kind of roam game.
You know, case is sending out these payload calls like they're just candy being thrown around.
He doesn't care, he's not abiding, he's tying with those.
He just wants to keep M80 active.
Spirit Stone does take a large chunk of damage, but Gona found the opening kill.
Trade was imminent from Gomez.
3 vs 4 keeps the defense slightly in favour.
Heading into the final 50 seconds,
MAD have an opportunity to bounce back in this second round.
Still double nut, Chris.
Still got the pulse.
He got half-heat center to get the information.
Triple-stack push now for 100thies into basement
does also leave Savage on the solace,
getting free intel from above,
as Gaffin finds the pick on to the Blackbeard falling.
A part now for 100thies as MAD's basement
looks absolutely rock solid.
Here's your bounce back.
And here's Adam to give it a shot.
He gets a double headshot, 20 seconds low on health and still needs to find the kit.
But suddenly makes it a 1% chance and that's better than nothing, Gus.
Yeah, but getting this plant's gonna be tough with Savage above control. Adam surely will not be able to stick this.
I'll tell you what. No, he won't. Oh, small margins indeed.
I mean, I'm not sure. I mean,
I'm not sure. We're counting
gets over covers job done for
M 80. They arguably should have
probably locked up the round a
little bit sooner. Had him just
throw a little spanner in the
wrench and that's, uh, Well,
one one. And hot start and so
far 100 these proving that they
want to try and play their game
to me that that's kind of how
the round played out. They
didn't want to buy into what M
80 were doing. They just wanted
good sign for 100 thieves. Yeah, they went for the path of least resistance trying to
hit direct from X. So, uh, so can navigate the Romeo fortune. I think was they weren't
able to clear diffuser on the site. It allowed them for MA elsewhere to reposition pretty
effectively. Had they even eventually wrangled site control with the source above as well,
that plant condition was going to be tough. So I think M80 for the vast majority of that
roundabout in a very strong position and they weren't either then forced into
rotations or to play the pill maybe as aggressively as under these low trying to
make them do so. They can be fairly pleased M80 with that response. I'd like
him to go back above here for the third round as opposed to storage. Yeah that's
intriguing. So control storage within the North American region six at a
70% defensive win rate. That's the sight that in this region teams struggle with attacking.
Now we would usually call it the tertiary sight and it doesn't get anywhere near as well which plays defensively
within other regions, but how many are going to give top floor another crack?
In terms of the changes forward in this round, there's actually only one gun.
So they drop the pulse, they bring the Wamai extra catch and certainly a little bit better on-site defense.
But they also now lose a bit of information as for 100 thieves they bring the exact same lineup here for this third round
Yeah, they're gonna back themselves in with the anchor play here in 80
So if you'd of course will take mental note of round one where he got caught on the con side lurk
And he would show that he's positioning is not as exposed this time around
I'll be sure you guys are to see where that catch is utilized. It could be in A for the rafters hold
For instance, that's where you can expect all of the U-Tools to be done,
top top blue, but even consign me, it's honestly a case of just being reactive to where the push
actually does come from. Of course there is a kind of player off of here from underneath,
that's a rough one. One of the U-Tools down here with 80 flashbangs in the corner.
In this final. Still a while away from working through that part of the checklist though,
just centred on the external hard breach for now which is more rather straightforward.
range as well available for Gomez as they start opening up Conn.
He mentioned all of the flashes available for 100th,
he was probably a good reason then for Savage to bring them alive.
Get these discs out.
Certainly top floor, you don't need the pulse, the pulse is
nice if maybe you want to work first floor, get intel, play some nitrous salt game.
That's a good early win for him, he had no range, hard breach remains and that mirror is still
standing Conn, so some good counter play there presumably the impact of Savage despite that
Wow, they still get a fair speck, 100T.
Yeah, they lose the Azami towards Rafters.
That's going to weaken the hold now for M80.
Does this force out of play?
Will the force establish to drop the hatch and go for a rotate?
And Ashton's going to hold over towards the Rafter's entry point.
No kills yet from the NAL number one rated player through the group stage.
As the time starts to dwindle, the push now for 100T is fierce, inevitable,
but defuse the find to quick double.
On to Morton Cole, the case, and as those two fall,
three now remain for the attack.
Defuser, how about three?
Sticks overall, and there's a fourth as well.
It's not quite the ace, but it's his round.
And M80, bite back on the top floor.
Oh, Defuser was put in a great position
with that con wall failing to be opened.
He was able to hold there and did a great job
against the IT swing, especially looked threatening.
That was a key fight to win. The others were a clean follow-up to win the Trout 4M80 additional
bands to beat the Mirror, which was used for hard breach denial and the Ace, which has
been used at range on a couple of occasions so far by 100 thieves. Very much of a game
on the hands. The win was good to win the throw, and I think a good response from M80
to return to that second floor before storage and to actually lock one up.
We'll look back at the highlights from the rounds.
We started off well for 100 Thieves.
They were able to get that open kill and roached importantly onto Gavin, playing the Asami.
Really solid opening pick with the fuse.
It just plays the mirror window perfectly.
They're not going to have access to that now, banned away by 100 Thieves along with the
Ace.
A bit of hard breach eliminated.
Ace was played in all three of the opening rounds.
a play twice but that was only on the top floor we do now head control storage for the
fourth round so first line seeing this side and so far I think we've we've kind of got
what we either expected or wanted from this game guys one multi-killer piece you know one
open kill converted a piece two one score line it's closed we have the 1v2 from hot and cold
in the opening round that round in particular was the most dominant round that we've seen thus far
one alive two alive then four courtesy of the four killers from defuser definitely has that
element in the air that says this could go either way and that was the expectation coming into a
map like nine haven lives every round is going to be so crucial
Just like the only ingredient we're missing in the mix right now is Ashen, just a bit
quiet on the start here.
If he's able to find a way to activate and tap into that BL1 form we've seen over the
last month, that could make things very, very interesting.
It goes about saying that that shortfall has been more than made up for him as the diffuser
of particular double-cages has been put in really strong power positions he is delivered
even the team is required to see how this particular round plays out again and maybe
looking to bring the info into the round with the Valk and the Pulse combo and that will
open up potential play from basement but that's already been accounted for here by
100 thieves. Adam with quick entry with the soft breach and maybe I'll just be patient
for the mid-round here in anticipation for any play down below.
So that's not a major concern at the moment. Gunner is second for
Electrical in support of Gavon Rafters. Ashton also have no command side as well,
so a 3-2 split from M80.
I think it's pretty clear. 100T's want to try and get this IT control at some point.
Boogie Auto breaches open on the floorboards and from there go for a storage plant.
But, I also feel like Gomez on the solid snake is almost like a failsafe, can he maybe get also a backside control?
Established on the state, lurk entry, first floor through cafeteria, the 60 seconds left, you know, pending what happens up here towards IT in this battle,
he could then infiltrate towards control, action gets caught towards IT!
A little careless considering the breach was relatively open by that point, it's three down for M80!
Hunter Thieves don't need Gomez at all. Apparently he did find a kill on the savage, but they
ripped M80 to shreds inside an IT. We never even saw the site. The battle above was one,
and apparently that was all that was needed. Hunter Thieves bite back themselves, and
we are tied two to two.
Yeah, they laid an insane amount of pressure on IT's side, and I think M80 were pretty
eager to end the round there, either in their favour or against Hyper-aggressive, looking
take those fights wanting to maintain rafters control especially in the face of the Blackbeard
sensing if they lose that they might not have been in the greatest of positions to actually
try and peel back towards the objective so it was a dual die approach really there from
M80 particularly on defense but 100 these were able to you know get the job done and attack
there nice work good presence of mind we're able to react accordingly and not get caught out by
that type of regression through the late round there's Ashen falling Dumber off screen in the
in the meantime, Gav tried to play Tucked by T, but at that point, it was basically over
with the user also in degrade and Savage getting pressured on site by Gomez, completely fell
apart.
100T is pretty pleased with that result.
Yeah, their vibes have been good so far both times that we've been able to hear the underground
columns basement we go.
time out this also got quite close. I mean this is really what you want. It feels like
two heavyweight boxes in the ring landing blow for blow. I mean the first two rounds,
both close rounds, both kind of clutch rounds on a piece. Then the next two rounds, both
dominant rounds, four on life for both and a multi-kill for either team and their respective
round wins. So we've kind of had a little bit of everything to begin inside the opening
four rounds, two to go in this half, it almost feels somewhat destined for three, three,
and maybe this is a glimpse into the future as to what this series could provide for us,
all three maps. Well, I wonder, it almost feels as if it's going to be a given with
the way things have started, but as we know, things can change quickly.
That's a good early drone from hot and cold. Is there potential here for an expedited hit
from 100 thieves. It'll just be the double smoke for now. Maybe let's just draw attention here
from the defense while 100 thieves look to clear above. Yeah, faster arch on that top floor. They're
not going to find much though, sandwich towards meeting the closest target that they could run
into, but he's probably the best one to avoid them, can get the information already back through
con. Gavin falls to Adam. Well, this is one area 100 thieves have really dominated. They've now got
four of the five opening kills on their attack side of Nighthaven Lab so they
are more consistently in these 5v4 advantages. Emady have had to overcome
this a couple of times, only succeeding once thus far. We'll need to do it again
and it's also Gavin again. It's his second opening death.
Yeah, it's been there, Achilles heel so far for M80 and once again finding from the back
foot, 60 seconds now on the clock for 100thies as they were to confirm the clear above.
Still 2-3 split here.
Oh, lobby!
A close one!
Oh, they needed Savage to stay alive as well.
I think he got a little spooked by the blitz dropping down on him.
Now he got smashed and his...
Asher gets a much needed kill at that moment in time, can he find another?
Goma's forced to gun up.
Well, maybe Top's on there for M80, looking for the reprieve as they send body back above to get some...
Some fights to go their way, because they were losing the first few.
3v3, 30 seconds. Gunner's vulnerable.
But the Fuse is in a wonderfully tucked in position at the breach, as his position even known.
I doubt he gets cleared. Also could be my triple nitro for M80,
and only 20 seconds on the clock for the attack.
If Hot and Cole pushes forward here,
it doesn't check this properly, that's Kit on the ground,
and it indeed will be.
Kit is outside breach, Spirit's pushing through
in the backline on the blitz,
but it took Sal doesn't connect on to anything,
Kaston falls to the ground, it's on the Spirit's left,
Pistol gets one, but no time now remains to get Gunner
and M-A-E-D hold on for dear life on Basement.
Wow, that was a big effort to recover that round.
I really thought that when Savage tied Lobby's side, they'd be able to roll that momentum
forward on the side of the attack, but good disruption vending side, the peel vending down
through Exo was great.
Love the close position as well from Defuser, who ultimately was able to drop that kit.
And that was the win condition in the end.
He bought a little bit of additional time beyond that, but because of the Defuser got
stranded outside, there was no way for Hunter Thieves to redeem it, to get it back in their
hands, to get it back down on the ground. Here's that moment, great position, very close
with discipline, put a little bit more time there, I mean you could maybe make an argument
that Spirit's dashing for the rares and then the defuser that either way Gunner was above
so he wasn't getting that stuck in red time. And M80 back in the lead, it's funny a given
just how dominant 100 days have been in that open kill department conversion for them has been
a little bit troublesome so far.
Chance to breathe for a second. Well, it feels like the opening six rounds this first half has
been an absolute flurry. Back and forth it feels in nature despite the reality being
technically a made in three of the last four rounds now going their way but that's
just a funny old way of kind of phrasing it it doesn't feel like that
actually is the case it's still a 2-3 scoreline and as I said earlier at the
start of the fifth round it feels as if 3-3 surely is penciled in as we had to
command server for the final time this half can 100 these not this one over
again, one to one on this slide, both have won it. Successfully, under these, these very
good in the early battles, four or five opening kills have gone their way, but now failing
to convert the two of those, where they have still been really dominant are the multi-kills,
Spirits with a 3K, Kason with a 3K, Hot and Cold, back in that opening round with three
kills as well. So they do show that they've got the ability to put any of the players
on the roster to pop off in any given round.
Very much feels like we're splitting hairs between these two at the moment as they go
two to two in the first half. It's been incredibly close. M80 on the narrowly ahead. The A-span
I'll lean into the banana for range high bridge to the con and spirits will play frontline with blackbeard
Triple nature again here from m80 seeing if maybe they can pluck some early damage or even
early killer
Keeping this attack at bay for now first will be deployed if that won't land
Washing careful
Under these starting to prep
Long range frag grenade by a hot gold.
That's feel like 100 days are a little bit slow down here.
I mean, 50 seconds 5v5.
This is now the slowest round that has developed in this 9v5.
Just falling short again in the killhouse.
But a second one that was maybe spirits was not expecting that.
He is down but not out.
Can get revived and will.
But now lower health goes as a black bead.
The viewser just has to fight an elbow shot in 30 seconds too.
Not a lot of time, he pushes through the window, shot guns out and that's gonna force spirits in.
Needs a little bit of help, needs the company to arrive and they've lost two straight away.
M80 lighting up electrical!
Hundred thieves knew that they were running out of time in this round and just had to send it in,
but it's flawless.
Talk about the most dominant round from M80 to close out the half.
Oh, 4-2 right now, M-80, they've got control.
That last round especially, the most dominant one yet.
What are you seeing right now, Mint?
Yeah, they're in control, but I think we were talking about this too.
It kind of seems eerily familiar to the last time that these two matched up, right?
100 Thieves for me should be up 4-2 right now.
I think there was two rounds specifically.
It was that top floor attack with diffusers on the mirror with a warden.
Yeah.
We're listening to the comms.
It's a great call.
commit to the flood and I think that's a bit of their problem right now right two
people pushed it died with the fuser looking at him and then he was able to
turn around onto the mirror and get the other two pills and then the last
basement round as well I mean they got two opening picks which they are
dominating in this game I believe they're four and two on the opening pick
I'm not sure what that last round was but they're dominating on the opening
picks but they're not able to capitalize again they get those two picks
and then they're flooding the the last remaining roamers back to site they
know exactly what they're going to do and then everyone just kind of falling on
on the on the cut. So yeah, just for me again, a hundred
thieves coming up short. Great job by M80 though. But again,
with those comms that do want to mention, we do have a clip of
even like their first round a little bit, but their vibes are
high going into this game. And that's the most important
part for me. They were able to expect exactly what M80 was
doing with the double C4 onto the IT wall. They're hitting it
with the EMPs. Adam's asking, oh, am I him? Am I him? Right?
So the vibes are definitely there. Yeah, I think we have an
example that to show you. So let's take a look nice. Yeah, then again, I think that's
the little things that people don't pick up on again, that double C four play onto the
mirror. Normally it's one and then you bring the Thatcher, but there was a double C four
there from MIT, which was a good read. Hunter Thieves again reading into that. That's that
leadership. There's hot and cold that we're talking about. Yeah, absolutely.
And then even for the side of MAD, I mean, I really like what we've seen
even in that last round. It was great pressure on the player trying to come
in through electrical that black beer. They just doubled up on him and they
just weren't. I mean, there was no headway that spirits really could make.
And it's nice to see spirits having a good game because we know he's really
been struggling. But what I am curious when we get to the band face for the
side of MAD, what are they going to ban out? I think given the pressure that
the mirror was giving the side of 100 thieves, I think they alleviate that
right away. Maybe they get rid of the cave. Maybe they get rid of the band
and then it does fall into that secondary wall to now,
but I would preferably see maybe like I said.
Okay, they're doing the same thing.
They are going the same route.
I am curious then if the mirror event is gonna be shown
and then they're gonna have to deal
with the exact same,
because honestly a hundred thieves,
they were struggling with it.
We even heard them in the comms.
Why can't we get these mirrors?
Why can't we open up these windows?
So if they don't struggle with being able to get these windows,
then I think it's, I'm honestly gonna paint
a very good picture for them.
Yeah, that's last, right?
It's story of getting the IT wall open every single round,
but the biggest thing for me and maybe we got all the shields up available savage probably the best one of the best
Shield players hit right we have right now in the air now
He's gonna hop on Monty and I feel like we're gonna see a lot
Yeah, dangerous here for a hundred thieves as we go into the second half guys
Yeah, I mean hard to say I think four two at the moment is a kind of position guys where
For me M80 feeling in a pretty good spot based on NA stats
Going into their attack half now for this map, what we've seen from other matches, other regions, other teams.
I think they're in a pretty good spot. They certainly closed out the half in the more dominant fashion.
We're kind of speaking about all of the rounds being closed, and at the most part they were, and took the very last one.
And then that's now four of the last five rounds. They've been able to control the game despite losing the opening kill.
so they're doing well in that sort of mid-round, even their 4v5, it's easy to do that on defense though.
So now my concern is, if 100thies keep getting these early fights to go their way,
that's going to make it quite difficult for M80 on the attack, so that's certainly one area
where they will need to find better form heading into the second half.
Hard to disagree.
So, IT wall first half of the boys on the desk were discussing key point of interest here on labs on almost every side.
The attack would be eagerly to open up these walls and there are axes that denial in the absence of the bandit and the kaiyuu.
They're hundreds of thieves, unfortunately for them this time they're unable to really deal with the safety of hard breaches from M80.
80 so props to the attack for dealing with that in a timely fashion two minutes to go
And they haven't had to take much risk in achieving that early goal
National still with two Reteros as he lurks gen side
Maybe looking at clues on site you should most notably be its army and his key
Actually aligns as well on the objective
Devon you get to work on vert on the ram
And then discount gunner as well with that Dima and handing chocker and again for you to clearance it feels like
This composition for me may be is well thought out
And of course can layer that utility
How did they try and get the fuse a close to sight or savage water only killed onto spirits
Good use of the can dollars
This can get them a bit of space and maybe can pull things back a little bit
They don't have to keep rushing through you've still got one minute on the clock
Try maybe force out some utility
But clearly Gomez still trying to play active towards Rafters, not just killing back on
the reforce off, and that's exactly why Goods Gling from Gomez catches out the fuser thinking
he can just flame him out.
No, a couple under the head as Hunter Thieves get active on the defense despite losing that
opening playover.
Gunner keeps it around alive for M80, but it's slowly slipping out of their grasp, speeds
on over to control, but Gomez already there, ready, and waits, swings the door, it pops
the keeper barrier, defends this now.
seconds time running low for M80. Ashen and Gunner also don't have the kit either Gus,
it doesn't seem likely now for them, especially with Gunner falling. Or unless Ashen can get
another clutch but shut down. That is a strong statement from 100thies, very clean defense,
their hold above was firm. And unfortunately the key pieces of that attack for M80, whether
whether it be the cap, the usual layering, or the follow up from Savage once he got CC
stairs controlled, that didn't quite connect the way they would have liked to get Gomez,
good freedom rafters, the clear electrical side, etc. and that part of second floor
of the world server as well was lacking.
And Hunter Thieves played it pretty well.
Good swing there from Gomez.
Savage, I think trying to push forward with Choc-Bone as well, really limited his options
some of the range encounters that he probably then faced off-screen and
you know that diffuser then stranded up above the pretty much no Wink on the remaining there
towards the latter portion of the round.
A hundred beats beating that one I think too after a decent little streak of rounds going
the way of M80 to close out the first half that had it got to a 2-5 scoreline and that
Street continuing, I think it's pretty normal to think maybe the map is getting away from you.
But they went out in control storage, we now go top floor. Keeps the scoreboard close to three to four.
Get a reminder as to what's on the line for this match here in the upper bracket semi-final.
Kicking on playoffs here. You win this series, you win this best of three, it's pretty simple.
You're going to EWC and the upper bracket final.
I guess the reward for both of these two having a very good group stage by finishing in the
upper bracket as you get to play in this match, both teams clearly not being separated at
the moment.
Sandwich goes on to the Monty.
The first time seeing the Monty as well in this game goes, so a change up in strategy,
of course they're maybe only just now starting in the second half, second round, but we didn't
see it from 100 Thieves in the first half they were more prone to playing the Blackbeard even
brought out the Blitz once. No Savage is prone to playing the Montaigne and they'll go double
stack shield too with Ashen on the Blackbeard. Fortunately for 100 Thieves they do have three
Knife yourselves and will it face a large impact that is insane from hot and cold a long-range
Snipe
And it's not just the fact that he gets to kill but it's straight up to savage playing the Monty that it's a huge opening kill
You really cannot ask for a better start that was absolutely sick lime
body cold hits the perfect line up and
pressure is now starting to seriously mount on M80. IT breach looks compromised, I don't know if Gav can traverse through that.
It means that Ashton, now on the solo shield remaining, is going to have to try and extract value.
Training that top 4 down into his army, the top 1 on site is going to be mightily uncomfortable for M80.
This is such a difficult position. A bit of a duty remaining on gunner, but...
I think you just have to try and brute.
Someone has to just make the heads up for a splatter that you just have to take it upon yourself to find something
desperately scrambling for a kill here
The views are lurking on the first floor. He's also got
And the way that he's positioned here putting pressure towards blue they might cover a double pinch
They can do it asher, but it's at the moment
Spurred out spirits also does still have one gas paper available
Alex to use it and even now Alex to slide on down the stairs the flash from
defuser is standing back up wants to do the barbed wire spirits made his way back
down with Ashton's pushing through the gas pipe. Nick's spirit's got a little uncomfortable.
Sly having some help towards this blue wall way. Gomez good swing, good kill, Adam falls,
but Kason recovers and so there's hot and cold. We're tied. Ladies and gentlemen it's
about to be four to four. No matter how good a stage it has been for Ashton he's
not winning that. Make that two in a row for 100 Thieves. These two cannot be separated.
That was such an influential nitro there, hot and cold.
Putting his team in such a strong position, it forced the big pivot call from MA-80 trying
to double stack on that blue side. And whilst it did need to kill, Gomez actually was the one to
to then step up and find a snappy trade, left Ashen on an island and the rest of the push
IT side broke down.
Here's a replay of that nitro, perfectly aligned, BANG!
Landed straight on his head, Savage can cast him down and out for the rest of the round.
That is such a good nitro.
And another nitro to wrap it up, that one outside might be the best one I have seen
this day, that was an absolute back up.
Yeah, and it's kind of interesting too, I was talking about the fact that they brought
double shield and then I was talking about the fact that well 100 days bought triple nitrocell and then immediately after that we saw
the how play
So a little tech pause here how fitting at four to four all tied and gives us a chance to just sort of reconvene a little
Breed that how are things developing? How have we got to this point?
Clearly
What we've got guys is a an APAC nine Haven labs and for those unfamiliar means very defend decided and attack will struggle against
North America clearly doesn't have issues usually on this map with attacking but maybe a case of two
teams that don't play Nighthaven Labs as much it's not in their wheelhouse and so they almost
naturally default probably to defense favoritism. Yeah certainly I mean it was the discussion
point heading into this one when we saw the Vito and you look across the the map preference rank
for both of these teams, which sort of takes into account how frequently they ban it, how often
it's banned against them, how frequently it's played, etc, etc. It's eighth out of nine for
100 Thieves and for MA it's not much better at seventh. Both teams in the double digits banned
four heading up to this particular playday. They just haven't really wanted to touch this map.
It's gone largely hidden 100 Thieves with the showing against DarkZero 19 days ago, 37 loss.
plus M80, you have to go way, way back and it's really not relevant at all at this point.
It was funnily enough actually I lost a Wayboe back at SI, so such limited data and vision
heading into this one and yeah maybe that is why it is training a little bit towards
the defense but I think it has also very much enabled as you would typically see investor
threes and you made this point earlier where it has just been a handful of big moments
in this matchup that are determining a lot of round outcomes.
saw the nitro from hot and cold, we've seen a couple of clutches elsewhere, defuser on a couple
of occasions as he pops up has also been highly influential for the side of M80 so it's been a
real bout so far and it's incredibly challenging to foresee where it goes from here, 4-4 scoreline
during this tech pause, a game crash I believe, for Ashen and so an opportunity to kind of just
take a little bit of a breath and reset before we resume proceedings. I was going to ask you the
question of and it's the old standard. Has it been a case of the defense from both has been just
really solid or maybe a lack of ability to attack? I feel like the easy answer is for it to just say
a bit of both. I think that's always just naturally going to be the way that you'll end up framing
this sort of match thus far. But in saying that when you look at eight rounds of siege played,
62 split in favor of defense, the only attacking rounds that we've seen so far have actually come
come from 100thies in the first half, now admittedly M80 haven't had to be the opportunity,
it's only the two round play, but at a 4 to 4 scoreline where this now sits, is clearly
defense has been favored and with 100thies on defense, you can kind of put two and two
together with where I'm going with this gust. I think 100thies now clearly sitting in the
better position if M80s don't show they've got the ability to win these attacking rounds.
There's a jumpback in 4-4 at the school line basements like also just to reaffirm the point
that attack has found it a little more challenging than the baseline here for NA also far of
the three rounds that the people have not been converted, each of them has gone to defense.
So we haven't quite seen the attack have those same problems in terms of conversion.
We're part of the defence in having those problems. They've been able to reverse fortune
through the mid-round whereas the attack on a couple of occasions has been tough. I think
the part of that has been some of the util layering, maybe not quite as precise as we
would come to expect. Honestly, a lot of it has been really good anchor work with both
sides on defence, playing our positions and finding a kill or two to bring back a deficit.
Right bridge proving to be a little bit of a complication here to begin for the diffuser.
Again, the mirror in flight and slow down the progression of M80 naturally and probably
safe to assume that much like the first half, the mirror is likely to be down after this
round.
So far the revenge to a 4 hot gold has been pretty good here on labs 8 and 5
2-0 in the entry battles that he's been a part of
Of course basement the site is ground. 100 thieves though showing a lot of presence
Top floor first floor only in fact hot and cold that sits basement currently
And I made it getting a lot of this information really putting the focus into that drug game
clear. Slow entry from Gala, Gala now on the top floor. So the Deimos and the Snake both
combining to gain that intel, drone through, push through, get the information, try and
force these rovers back. And it's Ashton, funnily enough, that gets the open kill onto Kassad,
aided in the fact that that pressure's coming from the Snake and the Deimos. Ashton's able
to slip through, defuse it, take the battle towards storage. Gonna go for the Rotator,
Adam falls towards cafeteria. This is the statement from m80
Yeah, I'm just gonna double and triple down push vending side
Capitality could be a real difference make but a tough position caught in a pinch 60 seconds and now the death mark
One for one trades not gonna come it still down to players for the defense
Surely won't come down to hot and cold to maybe take this round away.
Well, if he's gonna do it, he's gonna have to now do it from a 1v4.
It's not gonna happen.
M80 indeed show they have the capabilities to win on the attack of labs.
And with that puts the notice back served to 100 thieves as we go 5 to 4.
M80 now take the edge again.
But that's probably been the premise of this story,
that. It's just back and forth.
Both teams are not giving in.
Yeah, we'll install a little bit
of confidence. I think that.
That particular site basement
really does favor the snake in
the demos combo and maybe look
incredibly comfortable with that
kind of composition the map
control that they were able to
take within the first minute,
minute and a half. Found the
opening kill courtesy of Ashton
ready for the re-aggress, 100 thies, understandably instead just kind of
totaling and waiting for the round to be taken away from them, took it upon
themselves to re-aggress, but that was cut off so nicely because of Gomez as well
isolated Capacury. They just did really good job there, made it suffocating out
that defense. Rewarded it to the round again and we prepare now for storage round number 10.
Additional fans of course now in play as theorized the mirror now
unavailable. So, IT wall especially is now going to be tricking under these to defend
Nomad an interesting band from under these selected on just the one occasion so far
in the half but again maybe wanting to enable that mid-round aggression, like
round rotation of the bike. And with that basement attack win as well because we're
actually in an up at a position where we've played 10 rounds of Dark Haven laps.
So, and both teams, it doesn't matter which team it is, every single site has
been won either by defense or attack at least once. Not by both teams but at least by one
or the other which as I guess shown at this point I don't think there's an overwhelming
sense that we'll be going to certain sites such as say control storage which right now
has a 1-1 split. Counter-thefts want to attack in the first half and then want to defense
in the second half so if anything clearly M80 have not won this site yet but every
single side so far has been proven to be more than attackable. It's gonna get a very early
opening kill. Two minutes twenty. It's the fastest opening kill that we've had so far
in this match. Ten rounds in and M80 stormed the building.
Fourth opening death as well for Kacin. Just to note quickly, he hasn't won a single entry
battle and unfortunately it could put M80 in a very very strong position to sneak up to that point.
0-4 entry yet 7-5 KD I think highlights that when he goes down their chances of winning
rounds clearly do falter. I'm looking actually at the opening desperate case of M80 round win,
M80 round win, M80 round win, 3 of 4. Will it be 4 from 4? Clearly, the young star has quite a big impact for 100 thieves.
They have not won a single round where he goes down first. They need to buck that trend right here, right now.
As M80 make their push, shield be shield.
That bit awkward. One's a little bit more controllable though.
I mean, this is so much pressure being mounted at the moment. Can't hide the team sustain it.
The point's to double. They've got the numbers. Once they lost Gomez, Adam then falls.
Completely outnumbered in the hallway. As Samus goes from the plant, it looks like M80 will make it 4-4 when they get that open kill.
Oh, it's a casein. Spirits. Well, here is a shield, but we didn't see much of the clash at all.
And M80 have got map points on that Havenlabs.
a quick little double round win on basement and first floor and just like that they now go six four up back to back attacking round wins
Yeah, that was a brutal round from M80 that goes down as one of the more dominant we have seen so far and
It prompts the one and only
Tactical timeout available 400 thieves. They'll leave it to the death
an opportunity to try and recompose here again not certainly not the kind of team
we look to to be overwhelmed or stressed in these kinds of scenarios I'm
purely anticipating this to just be a quick refocus and a tactical call for
what's up next the tempo from M80 last couple rounds there if you're looking to
find it it kills Gomez pulling not too far after then they could lean heavily
into the black beard from Savage for safety they did a good job in the
Second, never getting the clash, which had little impact in the round as well.
Just a weird, a really well-drilled attack there from M80.
It's back to back in that point.
I do wonder how much of the case and opening death into the M80 round
win is either coincidence.
It's only four rounds or if it's clearly a big reason for the
success of M80 getting rid of high quality player who's shown that he's had
impact in rounds when he hasn't been that opening death. You know so if you go 0-4
entry yet you've got seven kills which is second highest for 100 thieves I think
it's pretty easy to suggest that when he doesn't die early in a round he's gonna
go on and have an impact in the mid-round in the late-round etc. It's quite
important that he doesn't really go down early. What has also somewhat flipped
Now, when we kind of look at the bigger picture, guys, is four of the last five rounds,
their medium actually got in the opening kill, failing to convert only once.
So you think back to the opening five rounds, it was the complete opposite.
Four of five went the way of 100 thieves.
So no surprise to see that over time, as they've wrestled that momentum,
they've found the success, now have two opportunities to close out the map.
Don't forget, this is 100 thieves' map pick.
I'm actually going to look back at Payson's entry of the course of the stage every single round so far, he sits at 50%, but the interesting thing is there's actually quite a handful of rounds where he dies, yet they still go on to win the round.
So I think it's pretty fair to assess that this is an abnormality at the moment to have seen every single death go the way of a loss.
And again, that's not the pin blame directly on him, but just taking note that it hasn't really been a trend over the course of the BO1 so far.
so far so a point of difference and and maybe to their credit are punishing successfully so far
well it's not even a blame it's crazy anything oh my goodness gonna jump scare from spirits
well that was hot and cold hot and cold with the yokai under the barricade fed perfect info to
enable that opening kill jeez i mean that kind of scared me a little bit gunner i think absolutely
would have gotten a fright. So we'll need that one. Absolutely. On the top floor you get rid of
the total payload so they're not available now from the dock of your gunner. As he enters the grave
you'll just have to step back and watch this round and that increases absolutely the chances of
100 thieves getting this to five sticks. Opening kills have been largely converted.
So far only three rounds have not been converted.
Well we haven't seen anything.
Two of those three were 100 thieves.
Not a single attack has been won
off the back of an opening death.
It has proven to be very challenging for the attack
to fight their way back from these situations.
Oh!
Right on cue, Ashen catches Adam.
Well the timing on that is just absolutely impeccable.
Does he sort of make that point?
Bart, Spirit trade down.
Okay we're just trading.
It's a trade game here on the top floor.
One for one to the leads just now equal.
I'll tell you what, if you're M80 you're a little happier with that than being down a player.
You do still also have the time.
Ken slow things down if you so please for 60 seconds left.
But, got to factor in, you're playing against the Echo.
So time is something that 100Bs do want to see diminish.
Okay, some falls to Gavin though, below indeed from storage with the Vendetta.
And against M80 the lead in this round, surely they couldn't do it after having the opening
death that's not been done yet on this map. Savage blow-hull holding electrical waiting for
this wing from Gomez and he does. Empherson slightly as hot and cold falls, the echo goes
down and forces Gomez forward but only to his death. MAD closed out in Nighthaven labs.
Three rounds straight to steal the map pick of 100 thieves. They now find themselves one map
away from EWC.
I
Thieves map picked to start off this best of three and things just got a whole lot more interesting now and potentially
Dangerous if you're a hundred thieves, but m80. I mean this seemed like they had control of the pace of this map
It did get tied up there in the middle, but m80 they took the lead and they didn't look back
Yeah, they have to do it. It's looking bad for our predictions currently right now
I mean round three was just a great round from the fears are great has a plate understanding two players are gonna be able to
Push him from my tee he doubles up on those then he goes in the connector and then end that with a quad
But the bigger picture for me, especially once they got that attacking side for a matey is they understood what a hundred fever is going for
They were playing for those trades
They were going on the aggressive and round nine in particular is where that that everything kind of turned everything kind of
Makes sense for a matey and they were figuring out is how can they single out players in round nine?
They did such a good job finding the roamers attacking them to go in for the site and then even furthering
extending that into round 10.
It was really just about finding players
that they could double up on, go for the pinch,
go for a flank, and just constrict the defense
and not really give them any bit of headway,
any leg into those fights, into those defenses,
which is why they were so dominant on their attacking half.
Yeah, it was beautiful to watch.
I mean, and maybe on the attacking side,
it's probably been the thing that has impressed me the most,
what Savage has been able to do,
and I think it's probably what we've talked about the most,
the biggest change that we've seen.
And I mean, look right here, Gunner, Ashen, and Defuser,
They're all the star fraggers on that M80 team.
And I want to really highlight actually the gunner and diffuser,
because last time that they played against Hunter Thieves,
it was Gavin, the former teammate of Hot and Cold,
that was able to kind of steal that game away from him.
And now gunner and diffuser are doing that up against,
again, their former IGL.
They're definitely showing out in that department.
And not even that, I mean, the last round, again,
it's so fun listening into the column sometimes.
And we got to hear them.
It was a 3v3, and both diffuser and gunner are dead.
But what are they able to do?
They're able to make really big comms on the drones in that 3V3,
which ultimately led them to the round win.
And what do they say immediately?
Thank you so much, Savage.
Thank you for teaching us how to watch camp.
So did they actually say that?
A little bit of a dig at hot and cold there.
But he's showing out too.
I mean, he should not be dropping double digits.
He's obviously here to play.
But he needs his fraggers to show up most importantly.
Where's Adam?
Right, 3 and 10, not the numbers that Adam wanted to put up.
But you said like this is not the winning formula for 100 thieves hot and cold is a good player
But he's not supposed to be top-fragging leading the team statistically. He's not right. I mean IGL we kind of know this
I mean me there's a lot great. It's great. Sure. It's great
It's a bonus, but you have fraggers on your team for a reason again
We've talked about how Adam is kind of that glue piece for the team. He's Mr. consistent
He's like plus whatever 24 I believe like leading the team by far
He's he was the kill leader at one point, but again three kills not good enough
Kason had a great attacking half, but where was he on defense, right? He kind of disappeared completely
Gomez and so the rest of the frags and it just in general like we need to see more
Into going into bank, which I'm glad you highlighted Kason because again, we've talked about case in time and time again
Obviously, it's his first stage ever and I would say it's been pretty decent stage so far
But it's been kind of a little hot and cold in some situations where we've talked about
We need him to have early game success to be able to you know, carry that momentum through the series
But what we're seeing in this matchup particular and on night having that is he started out strong in the attack half
But then immediately once he gets that defense and that's where you've seen him struggle where he highlighted him
He hasn't been able to hit that same success and arguably we've talked about this as well. He's in operators
He's on operators. He's in positions where he should thrive where he should be able to just collect multiple kills in these areas
but he's not able to contribute and especially in the best of threes we need to see that
contribution happen a lot earlier and carry on throughout the series because if you're
just going to be dead in the water and the defense when you need them in most especially
even in that last one like you said on the 3v3 the weight isn't there and it needs to
be there.
So this is also something that Gus and Zenai highlighted on the cast talking about Kacen
and what was happening to 100 thieves when he was dying first how those opening deaths
were getting them in trouble.
At the same time, though, 100 Thieves, especially in the first half of that map, they were very successful with the opening hill.
And when they weren't, like, M80, they had to find their way out of a hole, and they were surprisingly successful in doing that.
How do you feel about Bank now? Moving into this next map, it's M80 territory.
I mean, what is the dynamic here that 100 Thieves need to change if they want to get this win?
Well, on the defensive half, this is a map where you can find yourself in no man's land quite often,
and find themselves struggling on the opening pick.
So, for them, I'd like to see them maybe try to bunker up a little bit more,
but don't be afraid to get aggressive at the same time in those mid to late rounds.
MAD is so good in those beginning rounds of trapping players and getting picks.
I think kind of let them have what they want a little bit,
but then get aggressive on them before those executes.
That's what I would want to see on a map like that.
Yeah, bigger picture for 100B is definitely being able to bunker
and not finding yourself alone,
because that is where MAD is punishing you the most.
All right, with a win on their own map pick of Bank M80,
would guarantee a spot in the Esports World Cup.
They have a chance to do that right now against 100 thieves.
Well, I don't think it's going to be that easy, though, Gus,
as we head into Bank Clearly from what we saw in Night Haven Labs.
These two, not a lot separating.
It just kind of felt like M80 got hot towards the end of the opening map,
but it was largely back and forth, really, up until those last three rounds.
Yeah, this is such a close contest.
It's still very challenging to envision M80 walking away with a 2-0.
A third map feels fitting for this one,
but M80, they'll be looking to lock themselves in right now.
So, 67% on the social prediction.
I think it was 66% on the opening map of Night Haven Labs,
but now we head to Bane, which is the map pick of MAD,
fresh off winning the opening map, where they of course won rounds 9-10.
and 11 to close it out seven to four.
So I mean, yeah, as I said, like four, four tied.
The game was in the balance at MAD.
We're able to just win out the last couple of rounds.
Felling we're seeing that picture painted many times
low, but as we do head to bank, it's going to be the Monty
and the Kai E first banned out.
And looking at some of the statistic when it does again,
come to bank in the North America region,
it's pretty 50-50.
It's also the most planned,
actually, I should have phrased this better.
It's also the map with the most plans 18. The next is layer with 13. So pretty big golf between those two maps
But yeah, for all intents and purposes, this is a genuine 50-50 sort of map in terms of attack and defensive win rate as the echo
And the black bit also to advance that means double shield ban to begin in his first half
And that'll leave off the range hard breach. So that would be
Pretty impactful when it comes to those top floor attacks and allow more flexibility
ability lobby side. So something to note when that objective is to ultimately be selected,
but you're on an even map here in the NAL and expecting this to be another seesaw battle,
where key moments are really going to matter. We saw a couple of those on labs. Ultimately,
it was actually, though, probably just the overall team play prevailing for M80 as the desk
highlighted Fulnian Agreements with them. Their ability in that second half in particular to one
one, tamed the re-aggress from 100 thies, and the two isolate picks and find 2v1s across
the map was a huge strength of theirs. So we'll see if that's something that they can
employ here on bank. Focus on defence up first for M80, and it's based on the cars and as
expected. And with a bit of a setup top 4, or pardon me, first floor here from Defuser
in a position to potentially peel down hatch, presence also from Gav Admin Gunon,
elevator, so looking to take the fight to 100 thieves early.
Interesting we see the ram also get brought to this ground considering it is basement,
kind of just says it'll be top down clear from under thieves, deal with this first floor road,
get clear out positions like tellers and archives from above,
even if there's not anyone necessarily playing in those positions you can get that information
same with stock you know it's a good position to throw out those Pugyono breaches so expecting
Gomez to use all three of these early on could save one potentially if he so chooses to
use all three early on it's going to be the plate.
Oh, oh, okay to walk that is an incredible swing from Gavin.
That's so dumb for the defense you're more than happy to just find that early advantage and drop back down to site
That couldn't have gone any better for M80
It's high risk from the defense right when you're playing just the smoke for the default deny without Goya without a chanker etc
You lose that early pick or even if you were forced back on the peel in a 5v5, arguably still in favor of the attack
So for it to have gone that way, pick plus peel with the advantage now
MAD will be very very pleased, the rest of the team can settle the being strong positions and this is going to be a tough fight back from 100 thieves through all that great info in the demos from cold 20 of Harbridge skills available.
Because they look to probably cost you here for an eventual default finish.
Resplink Russian for a smoke-soaked silage, Nacho Gav, there's a lot standing in their way between them and winning the round, as you mentioned before, bank very plant heavy here in NAO, but at the moment that win condition seems very unlikely.
Those are like the factor for M80, they didn't still put anyone towards blue stairs.
There's no point, it's 5v4.
You've got that early advantage, you don't need to delay any longer.
You've still got three gaspapes available, you've still got a nitrocell from Gavin.
The play here for 100thies is looking a little bit grim, they know they don't have garage
control either, there is one over there flashing towards red.
This is late as well from Adam. Very late. There's only 15 seconds. He will need to sprint this to really provide aid to the rest of the team.
He will get a freebie though, on to Gunnar. Opens up that gara push. And MAD is starting to collapse towards the site.
Their best friend right now is the time they need to deny the Warped Bolt. The Nitrosol doesn't make its way over. It does!
Oh, that was huge from Gavin!
But a big missed opportunity for 100, these to not shoot that out because if that plant goes down, they win that round.
Yeah, that millimetres in it.
They had the read, but just unable to shoot it out in time, perfectly positioned.
Certainly credit deserved there for the fight back shown in that round from the attack, losing a play at early into basement, 4 vs 5, the line on good info.
And the garage creep was always super high risk. I mean, Adam here, so late to the party, still had
impact and found that trade best of the team was able to push off the hatch drop. Defense was boxed
gold side. If it wasn't for that nitro, they wouldn't have had the means to deny that plant. So,
ultimately, really, really well played. Certainly, though, a nail biter to open up bank M80 with
the 1-0 lead at the top four. I saw a lot of those sort of rounds, didn't we? I might have even
lands. They're sort of nail biting rounds. There's something that finds the round.
Accredits to 100 thieves. Again, they almost kind of got themselves back into it. Yeah,
Locus and CCTV basement on Bank is not easy when you lose one early 4v5.
Losing the WAM at that point probably doesn't actually matter that much anyway in terms of the
operator, but you're losing a body. You're losing a high quality player in Gomez. That's where the
the loss really would have hurt for a hundred thieves, despite that it was pretty close to
almost them still winning the round. So if you're M80 it's more of a sigh of relief sort
of moment, despite a lot of good being done early in that round to get the opening kill
for that place that I'm going to be down, it's still got a little too close to the counter.
We now completely switch up and go top floor second, floor here on the second round. Go
Govistar finds himself on the Carly, can't count a...
Honestly, cancel out a couple of these defensive operators of M80.
And the sends two ball-spirits does kind of lead a belief that the RAUs are going to play a big factor in the plant potential of this round.
Yeah, luckily we need you to lay here for the CEO plant. That would be, though, into the janitor set up here from M80.
It's critical that they have a means to deal with that mirror and that land successfully
there, not to bring the capitol for the posh out of the crowd control.
And you see these savage posh string in that position, Jan at the moment.
And he'll relish in that kind of playmaking position with the opportunity to deny that
plan.
As we saw just a moment ago, that mirror window is still standing currently.
And again, the hatching place, they've got a really nice, fast establish at the moment.
I think he's looking to try dump utility, MAD, not biting.
Hatch is just sitting and praying that no one sort of rushes into him.
I just saw him from south, and I was like, okay, it's him.
Ken fell back, at least, to Janitor, but as I said, that's no brief second of walking out.
If he gets timed on a swing, he's probably dead.
I'm reloading.
Kateson as we switch over to his POV, 60 seconds in the round, he'll go scout out towards
stock. This one's a little bit slow.
Who that benefits will have to find out.
Oh, the chisel gav- none of them have connected due to the, well, my magnets have gav-ed and
that leaves the stock reinforced in terms of the, the wall, which provides a little bit
of safety still towards this hallway if you're M80. That's a big moment in this round.
They had no flushes left to dump that position. Neither player had flushes. The mirror window still standing. Jannis set up here from 100 Thieves looks very, very weak.
This is going to be incredibly challenging to trade out. M80 have all the power position still in play.
I look at it as more as the setup for M80 is still intact and hasn't really been dealt with. Despite that, it's the opening kill that goes away with the attack.
Pop-up from Asher, but only good for one. Adam 2-4, 2 vs. 2. Heading into the final 10 seconds, huge from Savage.
playing that hallway leaves it down the case then how about this for the rookie in a playoff
match one versus two into sight it's being given over he doesn't have the kit there's nothing he
can do. Asher says lol how may he get the round win they'll make it too straight to start on bank
and maybe for the first time in this series worry starting to set in for 100thies because
that was a round where nothing literally nothing went their way.
Yeah, it confidence inspiring for the defense, but for the side of the attack, one of those
ones where it's going to be a real head scratcher and it actually goes as far as prompting
the attack time out.
And they probably the right call.
And when we reflect on that last round struggling to deal with the Jan mirror window, we then
saw the triple catch catch them out, I guess, for lack of a better word, over towards stock
made that hallway clear a challenge.
was running right on site, keep barriers and help keep him up and he was then able to play
a good on site anchor role late. Savage as a result of all of that utility not flushing
him out earlier, he repositioned and had impact late round as well. So the utility game from
100 Thieves proving to be very costly, that's the weakest util game that we have seen from
them so far this afternoon and can only assume that that would be a talking point for them
and obviously they'll be more than aware of that better than anyone else and looking to tidy that up now going forward
We'll see what they can do out of the time out
Oh, thanks, suddenly it starts to feel as if it's getting a little serious doesn't
Yeah, you're free shot at EWC
Has almost come and gone because M80 are now five rounds away
From looking in their position at the event and forcing 100 D's down to that lower bracket
And it's not an easy task, in Senkola Bracket, either goes for either of these two teams, whoever it may be.
And so while there's still a decent amount of time to go here on bank, in terms of the overall series,
we've gotten to a point now where we've played 13 rounds, and it's 9-4 in favour of M80.
That starts to gain quite a bit of separation, so very important.
out of the timeout. Again on a 50-50 sort of map, staff in open area is calling and it feels
almost must win behind the thieves.
The failure to convert out of attack timeout as well will I think only compound that.
It does feel like a very pivotal moment in this series, 400thies to find a response.
Open area hold but not for extension by the events of the Navy to facilitate a fireback
castle.
Catch me again from Staffage having some influence early here and don't discount the mozzie as
well in trying to strip away some of the info gathering potential here from the attack.
At least it's not far the initial util layering here from Hunter Thieves as being something
more successful than at least the last round.
Stock exposed and some of the class barricades dealt with on the console side.
I want to turn this defense too much into a user-wins that fight, you're like kidding
me.
And he didn't even take a bullet until just then by spirits.
That's better for Hunter Thieves, they stayed active, it wasn't just a one solo swing from
match and they had a lot of players involved in that little push a little bit
of a 3-2-1 go moment 400 these goes their way four versus three
Jock down top main stairs now for spirits hundred these have got themselves second floor controls
and they've got the verticality established in this round plus the extra player
to their advantage. Although when you kind of look at the lineup that they've got
I don't know if they could flash out Ashen and Savage from this Tullar's Archives position.
It's not as if they're caught in a bark or a ram, open up the floorboards, flush out
and set to position.
Oh, it's a great drop.
A great drop indeed, and that's a freebie then for Ashen.
A hundred dees turn their attention to the sight and so far so good.
Savage into one versus two.
Pushing out at Archives, Hot and Cold and Spirit seem like they've got a pretty good idea.
They're going to go for the plant inside of open area.
has then got the cross. This is a pretty safe plan, but Omkole getting out of this position
is not safe. There's a fair chance this could become a 1v1 if Savage is quick to getting
this kill, but Omkole talk about a timing as he pops up. First round on the board,
Off-Bank, 400 thieves, and boy was that desperately needed out of the tactical timeout.
Yeah, that was clean. The U2 early was great. It didn't deter the defense as much as I
probably anticipated, but they were then able to make up for that with some good
trade work early. Put themselves in a good position. They went a somewhat high
risk there, but it's pretty well calculated. They had a decent read on the
horizontal extension there, so elected to go for the direct drop, and whilst
Ashton was able to keep pace for the first, eventually Hot and Cold was then
able to get planned down. And off screen, we could kind of just see the
outlines of the side spirits was actually repositioning to go up there
towards stock so even if Savage had have found that pit which you could argue
that maybe he deserved it. I got a little lucky in terms of timing would have been
story-challenging to win that against the third angle late so ultimately good
work on the attack. The trade work has just been really fun to watch so far
between these two and a good pop-up there at the end. So we return down to
Basement Success for M80 on their first attempt defensively. We'll see if they
back that up in terms of the additional bands as well. I'll say the bands are in
complements of the taïed and some of the range hardware it's dealt with is
currently available.
Two to one, it's actually I think the way we started on the OP map of labs indeed
although it's just a slightly different order of things back on labs it was
the first round of the 5th round 100 days. The NM 81, 4th and 5th. It's time for 2 to 1 split.
There are 3 more rounds to go in this first half.
And 100 Thieves, you need to play off of that third round and carries to momentum for a little bit.
They probably haven't had too many momentum moments across the series, only once if they
They won back to back rounds, round seven mate on labs.
We've seen far more of these sort of round streaks
from M80.
They've clearly shown they've got the ability to gain
and carry that momentum.
Time for 100 thieves to try and do the same
in this first half.
Follow up from that round.
In terms of the overall two maps that we've played,
numbers, it's hot and cold that leads for 100 thieves,
14 and 10, okay?
It's only on the other one with double digits
across the two maps they need more out of added they need more out of Gomez
sense and fast rush spirits on the blitz through square and electrical case
they got tagged up through the ROU it's actually that falls first good defense
though so far from the fuser but surely lights out no not just yet stayed alive
a little longer and enough then to buy time for the reinforcements the cavalry
arrive for M80, the fast push, unsuccessful, for 100 thieves. Adam now on the 1v3.
As he grabs the case, he's now going to make his way down to site, by himself, with Savage, Gavin and Ghana all waiting for him.
A fair play to the diffuser and stalling out so much time.
And then Savage able to backstab in support Adam needs to find three picks to equalize this scoreline looks incredibly unlikely
Sound cue given
Important now that they made it is to don't feed ones into the DMR. We see it time and time again
Plant faked
Nitro not good work from Gav and overall a well-played defense from M80. There was so much pressure early in the round
I mean that pocket play with the the electrical kit ROU straight into open may have initially caught defuser off guard
But you just saw that so much time
That was good really really well played
In terms of the contest you don't see this the hole from the defense you'll see but the way that hundred thieves kind of read into this
Playing and no okay the gunner defense starts open area. They want to play that denial
Let's try and wash them almost as if it's decided itself
That's actually a really good play from M8.
Yeah, he's the thing that won V1 directly into the Blitzford.
About 8, 9, 10 seconds, which is phenomenal.
And given how much on M8 they've worked with their trades so far, that's more than enough time to enable the support.
So they've done a good job there.
And 100 Thieves, I'm sure, will be disappointed that that shot called didn't pay off.
and again it means 400 thieves is another moment in the series that they've
not been able to go on and win two rounds the only time once they cost the
two maps that's not to only be in the difference maker and maybe again get a
two-round advantage now only four rounds of weight putting hundred thieves
into that lower bracket and securing that place the eSports World Cup
Another way.
Of course, the M80 looking towards redemption.
Redemption is probably the key word for them after what happened in kickoff.
Now lost the wild card, lost the Shopify rebellion, and you know, interestingly enough, you think
about now here at the stage one, well imagine if they do lose the 100 fees, they don't have
to play Shopify rebellion again, the old ruins get reopened up.
I don't want to even question that as a thought.
The ace man down from the Cabana available and so Kanto wall is vulnerable.
The denial from M80 in the mute will ultimately not be enough to prevent the wall from being
opened up, can they be held from lobby repelled, contain players over towards that elevated
portion, main stairs etc. Another impact EMP to follow in the wall there if I would be
confirmed. Gunner in an aggro position front desk, we still haven't initially chased the
bridge but he'll fall back and make a more calculated position of play. But the setup
here from 100th is more lobby centric than maybe what we've seen previously, the doosel
have that utility belt cap in the sense to go direct sight later on and notably
defense not bringing the mirror on this occasion for the drone hold. And also
notably three rounds straight the opening kill has not been converted much to Demari's
or 100 knees. Now I say it and we'll see if that follows again for a fourth
straight round. Gomez shuts down Gunner, deals with the Demari, finds his first
kill on bank. Talk about a timely one. Odin Gold pushing up, spiraled, 60 seconds left,
Where's our elevator? The fuse is sitting front desk. Could get double swung from both sides, could get pinched, goes to the pistol, worked for him in the last round, works for him in this round.
Where's that second player? It was often called a little delayed, but he does get the kill. The trade is successful.
Now Ashen has eaten one of the jugger payload calls from Adam.
So much may have seen him, but as you know, he slipped in. Yes, he has. It's suddenly a 3v2 on a window.
Gomez eats that shot gun for a second time as Savage sits him down.
Adam in the hallway, by himself as they're made on the verge of making a 4-1 lead.
It's another 1 vs 3, it's another round at 100 thieves, just feeling inevitable with
losing.
At the very least, Adam will not go down to that razor bloom, but the bullets are still
coming his way.
All to one. It's really starting to feel like M80. They're establishing a bit of dominance
in this series now. They are looking very comfortable. And yet again, another round where the opening
kill will not be converted. Gomez got the kick on repel. That weakened front desk. So
Hunter Thieves saw that as their trigger point to push forward, but then savage in particular
with a big standout moment over towards airlock. Shut down hot and cold, he's been pretty good
inside of the server today, 4-2 so far, and seemingly very eager to get one step closer
to defending his crown at EWC. Make it four strong rounds now, again the opening kill has not been
We converted three of those, unfortunately, full with 100 thieves.
They've also only got the plant successfully down once.
I referenced at the start of this map as we head into the final round of this half.
It's the best map in North America when it comes to teams executing by a plant.
And 100 thieves have only managed it once.
We've also, strangely enough, not had a single multi-kill round.
a very even spread lobby, unfortunately, and I don't really mean to highlight our Gomez,
but he is the outlier at 1-5. Everyone else is between 3-6 kills. It really highlights
there hasn't been an overwhelmingly dominating player, but Adam finds his fourth kill. This
one onto the user, it's another open kill for 100thies. They're going to end the half
winning out the opening engagement statistic 4-2, but they haven't converted on any of them.
While the curse continue here, it will be a sight for sorry eyes if they're unable to convert
another opportunity and a 5-1 scoreline would put them in a massive deficit heading into the
second half. See if the fight back from M80 is sharp and on point again, not just off of
Ashton archive through to the main repel will not land
As Gav gets called on the second floor to split currently from the defense with
Good information on offer from hundred thieves with these three place burns
should give them confidence on this here and
Decent readers to what that split formation is at the moment
We'll see how they go about looking to break this down
I think it's safe to assume that they may be not going to want to forfeit this 2-3,
although they'll probably play for their lives.
And Spirits will be potentially cleared.
Well, I mean Spirits brings the Blitz very helpful at clearing out, you know,
a strong Janitor, etc.
But he's going to continue to go very, very deep during a catch-out.
Gavin gets that kill.
And Spirits is in.
Hunter Thieves will end this opening half on a much better note.
A second round, almost seems inevitable.
Finally, success goes their way.
Finally, it seems as if they will capitalize on that early advantage created by Adam.
The one thing in this series we haven't really seen much of are these sort of 2v5s and 2v4 comebacks.
The outnumbered players, typically 2v4 without much of a fight, has gone in the long versus 5.
An anticlimactic end to the half, but not if you're a 100thies fan.
It's a pulse, it's a sign of life, it was a much needed round win.
It's still though 4-2 in favor of M80.
M80 is still with all the control right now, but one round back in the right direction for 100 thieves.
They still seem to be struggling though, Kyle, what are you seeing?
Yeah, they are still struggling and it's kind of going back to what their problem was even at the beginning of the season where they're so good at getting the opening picks but then they can't convert.
I mean, here's a round right here on round two where their plan a doesn't work
They couldn't go windows because there's a mirror on the wall. They couldn't clear so they go for a plan B
They try to do stock, but he threw three H charges and there's gab eating them all up right there with the whamai
I mean, it's just it's too free. They go for plan C, but savage going out on top against hot and cold
That's the really the kill that kind of won that round for yeah, they're definitely just going a little too slow
And it's becoming really really telegraphed. I mean the fact that they have a floor is that I could have just eliminated all of those
will my this they get open that wall they don't have to go to plan see but
then you go to round four I mean again very slow I mean arguably bank is
the map right yeah I mean it looks like you just bomb look up had this bump
and boom but again on a map like bank one thing you have to start off with is
your drone to give you the information of how then you can approach the map but
they were taking almost a minute to understand where the defenders were
which they typically are on the first floor and then they just meet headway
the far to telegraph yeah that another round on the top floor again where they
They have like main advantage, they're just not checking close savage, okay great play.
He gets into that rat spot, they had absolutely no idea, he lets hot and cold pass, banana,
doesn't shoot at him when he wasn't going to get the kill.
Then he secured the kill, kills the guy on the windows again, like.
I mean, thankfully we chose MAD as our prediction that they were going to win this.
Thank God.
I mean it's important.
But however, starting on their attacking half for MAD, I think they just need to do the
exact same thing that they did in Night Haven Labs, is find out where 100 thieves are and
find out where those players are if they're roaming.
both mean you said we would rather see them turtle up rather be able to bunker play with each other
but if they are going to go out on a roam I want and maybe to absolutely expose them for it I want
them to make sure that they're walking away with the opening kills because even again once again
a hundred thieves had the majority of the opening kills but we're not able to convert them somehow
someone on a hundred thieves has to realize once they get that pick to just slow down and bunker
up play together you can easily do it on a map like that it's so it's so unusual this pattern I
I just want to highlight it. They have the majority of the opening kills, but they are down for two right now
How do they break that pattern? I mean it's anti bleeding protocols that we talked about before right slow down is usually the big one either
Slow down or go fast, but you got to do it together, right?
A bad plan is a good plan as long as we're all doing it
We haven't seen that on labs that we had some people going fast some people going slow
Yeah, we need hot and cold to really reel them in
We're making these bands here Lex
I mean obviously for the execute alone removing the smoke is going to be very vital especially for a map
I mean a round like CEO or even decide open just getting rid of that a zombie alleviating that pressure is going to be big
So you can clearly tell that maybe wants to go for these executes once they get to that late round
Depending how that first beginning initial round looks like yeah, I'm just worried again
Well, we watch them play this map and maybe was savage
It looked like a lot of that old secret stuff and and what was he really good at it was blitz
We got rid of Montane which is a key shield, but I'm expecting a little bit more blitz or blackbeard from savage printer window jumps fast plays
Really good coordination from them
I'm kind of scared of them
All right
Well, they are two rounds down right now and m80 after missing out on the Salt Lake City major are three rounds away
For making the eSports World Cup
Three rounds away, but to be completely honest because it could still be a mile away
There's two scenarios. The M80 crossed that finish line largely without any issues or we
see hundreds create a headache of issues in this second half on their own defense and
just keep this chapter going a little longer and then who knows if we get to that third
map it could be into the trope territory, the trope territory. M80 want to close this
out as quick as possible here in the second half of bank. Yeah I'm really interested to see if they
continue to have issues on entry conversion as the boys on the desk said it has been an issue
stage long after things bring 7. Well I thought I'd say a 7th and the league is 65% conversion,
M80 second, 77%. Now we'll see if that again transposes over here to defense bank. There was
a big concern in the first half and we'll see if it carries on here. As the guys mentioned,
Savage expected to play shield heavy in this half of the blitz or the Blackbeard, which will maybe hold with the tempo, get a map clear and establishing footholds of pressure around the map.
Change of this defensive hold at the moment, small extension of ours, but fall off an editable.
In case on Q we'll drop down red, Lee's Gomez in elevator alongside Adam.
inside Adam. And maybe failed to convert one opening kill on labs and so far only
one here on bank. Usually pretty good for the round if they can get that early
pick. Right now spirits maybe thinking he can get it to Adam. I want to go on that
forced out spirits to almost blow himself up towards beepers. Running forward into
the nitro but he really wanted to get over to top floor which is quite intriguing
of course the site is basement. Halo call on to Adam. They're trying to pressure him towards
Ronin. This needs to be a kill if you M80. But Spirit jumping on down and saving the
day and Adam then gets the kill on to Savage. The round goes into disarray for M80 but the
activity on the defense for 100 fees will pay dividends. This is the perfect way to start
the second half. Yeah, they've played a really positive brand
of siege and there's opening defense.
A lot of the double stack elevator, the re-decision from spirits.
And whilst Adam falls, the round is still very much in defense and favour.
Let's go to the side. Please, just go back to side.
Yeah, we'll go back and pitch a tent. He'll be chilling.
But it is the two best gunners on the side of the M80 still standing.
We'll see if they can make something work.
I've only got 30 seconds.
And the case has been reacquired. Shocked and thrown out from Ashen.
I just want to get that one into a better position.
Check's over towards Garage. No one lurking there.
On the main stairs, Kason didn't need him.
Gomez had the longer angle and seems as if we should get a hundredthies round win
to start the second half.
Basement not really cited until the final 20 seconds.
Gavin pushes out of Alameda's into the lobby.
Lovely swing from case and 100 these will make it too straight for just the second time in this series
They go back to background wins
Could this be the launch pad? Could this be the sign of momentum?
Yeah, that was a fun little
adaptation there from 100 these I I don't think that they initially were all that eager and holding on to first floor
I mean, maybe they were with the double stack elevator tricker to say
I mean, it really saw the PV in how they were kind of playing that position if it was just for the contact and fall back.
But either way, they found that pick, and then Spirits just guns it up to the top floor, helps him support Loan late.
He was then able to get back towards the objective, and by that point the damage was done.
Here is catching that as Spirits help his cover, Savage gets double teamed.
Yeah, two versus four a little time, a lot of utilities remaining on site, so there's very little opportunity for Ashton and Gavison to combine that, ultimately while played by the defense.
Just the kind of start you need in a matchup that hasn't quite been going your way today to be authority in your first defensive round has to be a nice feeling.
Basemen's proved to be difficult by a team so attacking 2 to 2 is helping one successfully
treat the 3 of them.
Up floor, couldn't do anything.
I don't want to get attacked by a hundred thieves in the first half, they may now get
a go here in the 8th round.
We'll see how it goes.
An operator that certainly is not shy on bank.
The first time that we will see it in this particular match and Gavin will be given the
license.
Six smokes as well available too to try and feed and layer that utility for Gavin to play
off they're gonna have no issues in opening up this top wall like we saw in the first
half from 100 thieves. The good news though 400 thieves is they have the ward on the board
important for Adam to stay alive towards Chattanooga. What they didn't bring this round though is
a mirror.
As with the three appearances for NAL top floor bank so far this stage 33% win rate but it's
kind of operated it can help open all the space and lay a pressure on it, they play
more advanced positions than you would otherwise be enabled of course it's sufficient with
two smokes in hand.
If he's playing a risky game here at the Lord's top square, then he's able to open both sides
successfully with his Exo, so that's now job done in terms of his primary hard breach.
If he's in the hands of Savage, do they try and find a way to incorporate a shield plant
potentially into this?
It's certainly risky.
100thies go searching for low.
Oh, and then my fight is actually ready.
Ashton is not ready.
Case and wonderful headshot of the plant going down up
on towards the side from Sandvich.
It's not responding to the moment from 100thies.
Well, I may have found the open two kills in this round.
The plant was successful.
And as you said, the nitro doesn't connect.
Sandvich has even gone its way over to square.
They can play the post-plant now with the smoke,
still up on defuser, with then the combo of the glass.
30 seconds.
100 Thieves need to be quick.
The rappel angle and the skylight angle here could be slow challenging to contest. There's nothing really that they can do.
Down against the freebie and then the best will fall damage. Adam will have to stick.
He cannot get off it, but the angle was there and M80 will steal the round.
It's a snatch job on the top floor.
100 thieves got beated into the fight down below with Ashton and while they found the
two kills they gave up site control. It wasn't worth it. A crucial round for M80 to deny
100 thieves the ability to win three straight.
There's the nitro and I was just about to pose the question as we only caught the tail
end live. Would that have been enough to deny the plant and whilst even then the monster
Very close, I'm pretty confident of Wudda, if he gets denied there, I think the round likely
plays out very, very, very differently, so that is super unfortunate for hot and cold.
Just a slight miss for Olin.
I hope you can probably say that's a round win for 100thies at that point,
because it would have been, well, 5-0-2, kid in the open.
And it would have been a 4-4 score.
That's devastating, that's a big blow for 100thies.
I'll give that half in terms of ramifications for playoffs in general.
that small moment. There's a hundred these as well. Now it would have been three-tracks.
It would have been one to close the first half, two to open the second. They would have
had the momentum. But now it's M80 that are two rounds away from the Esports World Cup.
One Munich but they didn't get the chance in Salt Lake City. Looking for that return
to the international level.
Of course the NSI that probably
wasn't up to par either. They're looking to redeem, but it's about getting back there first.
Now two more rounds and only one really needed for at least over time as a security blanket.
And this is the pressure round now if you're 100thies. Round nine.
This is how the pressure starts to mount for 100 thieves already.
They're playing it down within the first minute of the ninth round.
They don't lose these rounds, their matey don't have that same history as 100 thieves.
If they get that advantage, they hold onto it and take it all the way to the end of the round.
Five versus three, Kaston, the rookie, a lot on his shoulders.
Towards stock, forced back in, loses that shield.
Now, no longer has the cover, he'll be forced to drop, play the sight.
Lays that razor-bloom shell at the drop of the hatch. Could that have a play later?
If he ends the call, he will.
I can't be more still available on the dock be those for Ghana
There's just so much time afforded to m80 so they'll use that to drone
Use that to lay utility ensure that savages in the right position to get value on the blitz post range
There's just so many good
Pc the puzzle that's the trigger point to drop and they're all just fall so quick the razor one did get one, but it wasn't enough
six on the board for m80
one more needed to get back to that international level hundred thieves
it's been a decent stage so far here in stage one but it feels as if it's lower
bracket territory on the cards they need three straight and guess what in this
series across both maps they have not managed that once
They are absolutely now backed into a corner, the question will be do we see fight here
from 100 thieves as the Hibana will join ace in ranged hard breach out of play in the ward
and also to be banned.
So that's going to potentially open up a big util dump set here for this basement site,
so we'll keep that in mind and monitor if that's something MAD ultimately look to go
for.
the tension continues to rise M80 that had to put in a lot of hard work to
return to this position in this form and they will absolutely be going to confirm their spot right here right now.
I mean I think for a hundred thieves it's going to be the kind of series guys that they ultimately walk away from thinking,
jeez we did a lot right. I mean even here on bank, talk about this straight from round four to round eight
They got all the opening kills. That's five straight rounds. You got the opening pick. Only converted on two of them.
They've had the only multi-kill round and the only floorless round. It's one to one in plants. A lot of the numbers, when you look at the trackersheet,
if you were to just take away the overall scoreboard, you'd say 100 these are actually probably winning this game and yet they find themselves three-six down.
You wouldn't be able to tell, or at least it looks very close in terms of just the raw summary for the players that's in this matchup.
It's just being, again, the very small moments, the 1% is where M80 have just been a little bit better on the day.
They've been able to so far show that the map pulls well for them, they've been able to flex their muscles a little bit.
Now comes crunch time with the pressure rises and once again M80 sharp in the early round
it opens up the garage path before Adam falling on the Arriny.
Back to back, open and down to for Adam unfortunately, back to the three opening kills that M80
have got since the opening round have all been on him.
And again, M80 in this series, they don't throw these rounds with these early advantages.
Savage, deep, early towards elevators, they might want to end this one with a flurry after
getting rid of Gomez.
The defense is starting to get surrounded.
Spirits encased in answer back with one the piece, but they also then lose casing to the
Baylif.
As Holt and Cole, against his former team, needs to clutch off the one versus two.
Savage and Defuser can take their time if they're so pleased.
You can use the drones, you've got the Kuanhive launcher, get the information, but they've just acquired it through the shield and savage.
The views are put to the end to it.
Well, not the greatest aside, after being the Munich Major Champions and missed out on Solid City altogether,
but they're back, baby! M80 are going to the Esports World Cup. That global stage is calling M80.
I'll hit him there!
I like that I like that all right I'm ready let's go
Yo, this is Raid, C9 vs SSG, Sounds of Siege, let's go!
This is like a gadget?
I don't know if I can say it, but...
Oh, you can say it.
I just, like, think...
Oh, I'm not doing that.
I'm just gonna put that.
I don't know, just think, like...
Oh, we're telling them.
Yep.
Nice, rival!
Oh
This is so hard because there's no category like the grand bus exceeds that a good
That might have been a giveaway
I didn't even see it
Flashbang.
I'll agree with this or that.
Wait, give me really two seconds. I really have a great road play.
I'm starting the road play now, okay?
Let me do it again, let me do it again.
That's the best I can do for you.
Flashbang.
Let's go, Rival. Per usual, Rival's the king.
That's Rook Armor.
Can I see him?
Can I see him?
What are you doing with two hands, dude?
Like, what is that?
Frostmite.
Oh my god.
and we've got the defending champion of the eSports World Cup standing by Savage is ready
to go.
Savage and M80 take the win.
How are you? I mean, congratulations on securing that win.
You now have a chance to defend your EWC title on a completely different organization.
Tell me what this opportunity means for you.
I'm really happy. This one felt good.
You know, I think maybe with our whole team, the qualifications were taken for current 1000 points.
It's just so strong. We were there out there here that it was really in our mind that we wouldn't qualify with this team.
We did a really solid group stage, but I still didn't take it for granted that we would qualify, so I don't know, it just felt better.
I think as well, like the fact that I was against a Viva's, my former coach, as well, like, you know, something to prove a bit more.
It was nice.
Well, Savage, I want to say congratulations. We didn't doubt at all after the week course we predicted I made it win that game.
I just want to know, I just want to know, I believe Gunner, the rest of the boys actually
have never been to an eSports World Cup and you are a champion, we heard Gunner actually
scream, he's like, oh my god, I finally made it, I finally made it, is there any difference
in preparation kind of going into it as the champion that you need to prepare, like, you
know, diffuser, Gunner, some of them that haven't ever been to an eSports World Cup?
No, it's the short of tournaments, I mean, I guess, I mean, I'll say no, but maybe yes,
It is a shorter tournament, there is a lot less room for mistakes, you know, like two games you're out, you need to go in confidence, I presume, you need to go in, you know, not doubting anything, do a really good strong prep, because it's not like SISI, most of the teams that normally win, the teams that grow to the top and the right teams that lose, and then they make it up from there.
For us, an EWC was completely different, right?
We didn't lose at all.
And he's come up, so I don't know.
I guess there'll be some in the prep to talk about that.
That wasn't something that I thought about yet.
Just focus on qualifying for us and then we get from there.
Well, Savage, congratulations on being the first team
to qualify for UWC on top of also being able
to defend your title.
Two questions.
One question being, how does it feel to just bury
the hatchet of all the question marks
that were coming into the stage?
Obviously, wonderful group stage.
than to be the first team to qualify for EWC.
And then on top of just that, I mean,
are you, I know you say you didn't take it for granted,
but just at how fast in the improvement
and even the loss that you guys came to at the very end,
were all those big steps of being able to qualify today?
Yeah, I mean, we, we improved a lot quite fast
throughout the, like the prepping to the stage in the stage.
We also, even every, every victory we took a lot from it.
So I just think like, like we've had a great mentality,
like into the stage, going into the stage and in the stage
to not be just fixed on our defaults,
not just fix on to our things.
You know, even we were winning, we were switching things up
and like the rounds that we were losing,
we weren't just like ignoring it.
We were like trying to improve from it,
especially the World Car Game was, you know,
I guess not a wake up call in the sense,
but like just bring us back to Earth.
I think it was good, our display office,
putting a, just to keep us working,
even like exposing like some witness of our club
was in specific and maybe just our gameplay there.
We just like looked at fix every time.
Like I'm just really happy with the mentality of this team
and how fast like the players have been improving
onto my season themselves.
Like just over every game,
there's some great performance individual and everything.
And that's like what we aim for.
Thank you for your time as always we look forward to seeing you out there in Paris right. Thank you guys. See you. All right. Well we of course see Savage also down the road later this week we'll see next week as well as you play for the NAL title but and maybe their eSports World Cup
found Hunter Thieves just could not touch them.
Two maps, clean and simple, open and shut.
Yeah, it definitely wasn't the Hunter Thieves
that we were kind of hyping up leading into this match.
Even when we were listening to the comms,
there was a lot of miscommunication
in many different areas.
I think, again, being telegraphed in some areas,
I don't know what some of the issues were, honestly.
I mean, it felt like the comms in some areas were there,
and then in other times, it was just a misunderstanding
of where they needed to go, lack of direction.
And to come into that with the playoff on the line,
I mean, it's nice that they have the cushion.
But again, it's not the position
that they really want to be in right now.
Yeah, I think the problem was they just kind of ran
into a wall with M80.
I love what Savage said there with how quick they were
able to pick up his seed, right?
It was so, like, I don't even think he expected probably.
How quick, I mean, when you transition in IGL,
it's just a big learning process, right?
Normally, that is something that takes time.
You're completely changing up your style.
So to see those guys now probably contenders for EWC. That is how good that I think M80 does look
Yeah, I mean I'm just excited to watch those guys
Yeah, so they have M80 will move on to the upper bracket final and 100 thieves will catch them tomorrow as they take on
Shopify rebellion with their second opportunity to make EWC so double elimination bracket
They will still have a chance but now against SR
it is a whole nother beast.
It definitely is a whole other beast,
and they have a lot of issues to work on.
Not to say that SR doesn't, because even in their match,
I mean, they relatively was close in some of their series.
But again, SR has proven once they get to those best of the
reviews, you've said it, Troy's inevitable, and making events,
it really is going to be another hurdle
that they are going to have to get over,
especially given the performance they have today.
Yeah, I'm just going to be honest.
They play like they did today.
I think SR is going to kind of give for lunch.
So I'm a little bit worried, but there's time, right?
You lose a game like that.
the entire teams that you're going to get out of that team speak.
You're going to go into your own team speak.
You're going to have some honest conversations right now about what went wrong.
You're going to be watching that VOD back.
You're going to be studying and you're going to come prepared and hopefully give
your best flight for tomorrow.
Right. There's time at 24 hours.
Right. It's not that much time to actually turn around and improve.
But we get to move quickly to our next matchup of the day.
Dark zero and wild card go toted.
So also with an opportunity to qualify for the eSports World Cup.
These are two teams with quite a bit of history against each other organizationally between these rosters
And we have so much to talk about about that
But spiker the man who leads this wildcard team well
He's known for his spot on calls and we saw one of those calls in their last game against them a take a look
Bro, I might just like drop kitchen randomly and just hit side. I'm not gonna lie
There's nobody can I grow bro. I'm going to make noise
Hey, just get your job kitchen with me. Okay, let's do this shit. Are you guys ready?
I'm gonna like I'm gonna walk box three. Okay, three
two
one dropping
Can I done
You're done
Yeah
I mean just a big call from spiker there seven seven match point and where did he get it
He puts on Twitter with that clip right where did he get it?
He learned it from hot and cold at the slc major so that was the dagger that was able to actually beat and maybe unfortunate friend
for Matt he wasn't able to take them down today, but
But, uh, Spiker, Spiker, Spiker was able to in that last playday.
So really impressive and obviously, Spiker, he just deserves his flowers, right?
Absolutely.
All roads really do lead to Spiker in this matchup right here for DZ.
Not only is he the IGL, not only is he involved in the game prep with LeGote, as their coach,
right?
But also he's something of a rarity here.
He's one of the bragging IGLs that we actually have in our scene, where he's able to put
up numbers.
No other IGL is.
League right now actually in the number.
So, fragging IGL, able to call.
It all comes down to Spiker.
Well, DarkZero, Spiker now has to go up against a team
that has to be the most well-rounded team
we've ever seen here in North America.
I mean, it seems like in every position, in every role,
they are the best in what they do.
Yeah, I mean, they have all the key components
for a successful team.
It's the reason why they won SLC.
It's the reason why they dominated the way they did.
And especially when we're talking about
what's on the line here at EWC.
I mean, that is the big thing when you compare the old SSG,
now Dark Zero, and with the new Dark Zeroes,
they didn't have that before.
They had the Ashen, they had the Benjamin,
but it wasn't enough.
They didn't have the Kino, they didn't have the NJR,
they didn't have the structure.
And again, this is a team that,
even when you look at EWC, they placed top four.
And now with these two,
they could easily win the entire thing.
It's just getting over that hurdle
of getting past Wildcat, but again,
it's the components that this team has
that no other team currently NA has right now.
I noticed mint has gotten up from the chair because he's over by the
telestrator coach mint is spotted.
Tell us why DZ are just this good.
Well, I'll let you know why they're just this, just this good coach mint here.
And I'm going to break down why exactly DZ is having such success.
These guys are machines and we're going to see right here how synced they are in
their last game versus cloud nine.
They spot families, you the thorn, it's going to be the big call from the ride
jail of folks.
And at the same time, they're going to send newers as floor as drone in at the
same time as the Buck of J9O underneath, the Thorn's gonna have to make a choice.
Do you want to die to the Buck or the Florez drone? Unfortunately for him, he's
gonna choose the Florez drone. And then what happens after that? Well, Cloud9,
they are going to start to press against the DZ take, which is really normal. And
this is gonna be a little bit of a gamble play, because what are they giving up?
They're actually giving up the Aqua side of the map, but you're doing this
against DarkZero, and DarkZero, again, they are going to have the Reads once
they get the information. So C9 they're going to go for a little bit of a power. We're going to see
Clash walk in and this is a good play on NJR. The problem, well that's going to tell them there's
two players and Smoke is going to tell that there's three players on this side of the map.
We're then going to see Foltz with the ace charge onto the wall and he's baiting that they're still
doing that take. And what do they immediately go into? Another trap. In almost no time they're
going to have Newers taking the Aqua side and holding the Raptor player from running back to
through the rotate. Kino is going to jump through the window with a flashbang and at
the same time they're going to have the ace walking through the rafter door. And of course
J9O from underneath, he's got that buck so what's he going to do is buck up from underneath.
Almost nothing Monk is going to be able to do and we're going to see it being executed
flawlessly from Dark Zero. So again they get that pick on the rafters, Neurs is inside
of Aqua and he is going to easily clean up the rest of the round. And I got to just tell
I mean, this is also without Kino on shields, right?
There's a whole nother layer of this Dark Zero team,
but man, are they just so fun to watch.
Yeah, I mean, absolutely.
It's something that we've highlighted time and time again
with the team is just their flexibility and versatility
that allows them to thrive and be so successful.
And not just even in Kino, not just even in NJR,
it's the entire team can switch up their playstyle
depending on the team they're going against,
depending on the site that's in front of them,
the operators that are banned.
There is really no right way
in how you want to approach Dark Zero,
you're wildcard however, but with that being said they do seem to always be prepared for whatever
is in front of them and they can switch up at any given moment. Yeah, what I will say wildcard
kind of does have the blueprint because they were able to play Park Zero earlier in the stage.
They love playing against the team. They love playing against them and against them,
Spiker actually has usually the head to head against them which is actually great. They have
good prep against each other, both really good prep headed teams with the goodness and call out
the team. We're going to have
to figure out what maps are
going to go to. And then once
they do is the double shield
band going to be the blueprint
because that's what we've seen
used against them on cafe. The
double shields being banned out
not allowing Kino to kind of be
the forward press and be the
entry. Then they layer back.
They play off the C fours. We
saw that same game plan in M 80
on cafe as well when they were
able to seven oh them where
they double shield band and
then utilize the C four. So I
want to see them go to maps
where they're able to follow
maps where they're able to follow that blueprint.
All right, well, let's take a look.
You brought it up.
Let's give our map bands a quick check
to see where this best of three is headed.
Consulate is going to be our first pick.
And maybe the first time we've seen this map,
this stage, we'll see it as the first map of this best of three.
This definitely is the first time we've seen this stage.
And it's the first time that Wildcard has been allowed
to pick it.
It's banned on them, but 90% of the time, respectfully so.
They are very strong on this map.
Something I've always highlighted
is just the way that they play their defense.
They play very trap oriented, especially when you use an operator like Denari for example, especially on the top floor, you can play back into exactly what you're saying, play back into those layers.
They give that early aggression and then they fall back into those layers, into those traps, which then forces their opponent into losing situations where that's really where they exposed DZ.
They understood the playstyle that DZ was going to have.
They actually on their defenses wanted them to turtle so that they could push and pull the defense around and then collapse onto them.
So at least for their attacking up, that's almost what I'm expecting here is to be able to push and pull around the defense and then
Expose the gap and then go for the site executes. Yeah, it's great master both teams conflict
You just highlighted that is the map for the blueprint to work right shall a for DZ. It's their best map
They took down phase on it and SLC and it was previously their best map
It's all gonna come down to that third map lapsed and
Inclusively all right
We will dark zero and wild card of these teams love going ahead to head
We see it all the time and the story between these two teams. Well today, it will continue to build with an eSports spot online
Well, I have to agree with the boys over on the couch
Guys, I think this one has three maps written all over it just based on the map
You know based on the way things that seem heading into
Consulate the first time getting to see at this stage and certainly even across all the regions currently in the ecosystem
It's got to be the least played map.
Feel like I haven't got to cast this in quite some time.
Dark Zero, heavy favorite with the socials,
at least going into the first map of the series.
But it is wild card pick,
and this is not a Dark Zero map at all.
So we'll see what happens.
Yeah, excited to see a little bit of console.
As you said, it has seen a very low frequency globally,
really at this point. And for Wildcard specifically, a map that has been tucked away and sheared
in a way for a long time, they've literally banned it once over the last few months. Against
them though, it has been banned on 25 occasions. So Wildcard have been very much waiting for
this moment to show it. And as boys on the couch are saying that the blueprint, the way
which they kind of look to take down maps, generally speaking, as an overarching theory,
It's probably going to be pretty compatible with cons. So yeah, it has all the hallmarks of being a free map of what the world can see of course, how this series does eventually maybe there is another two zero on the horizon.
If there were to be another two zero on the horizon, do you kind of just base it on who wins this console and maybe not so much who wins this console.
this console will be considering Chalet, the map to follow for Dark Zero, Fall Zero,
Record, it's their second map preference.
Yeah, like, I mean, if DZ do take Consulate, they can upset Wildcard on the opening map.
I feel like they're more likely to win this 2-0 than probably say Wildcard.
In terms of who's most likely to take it 2-0?
Well, yeah, I mean, I feel like Wildcard certainly could win Consulate and then into
chalet to drop there as well but when you kind of consider that neither of these two have actually won this map and well
obviously for wild card yes this has been a map that's been against them so often
they did show it against base lost it that's the only result we've seen from them this year on
pancillar kind of getting to the thought process that if dizzy could steal this map get the win here
and chalet looks really really good for them as well
The vans as well have concluded, double info on the slide of the attack with Solid Snake and Daemons unavailable,
and a double hard-reached denial with the kite and bandit benched for defense.
So that may ruin it on the massive extension of the AWP, the basing, etc.
Darnering that information and it's going to make the drone even more valuable.
They're there with the kite and the bandit, both banded out, that may alleviate pressure
for the top four, Harbridge and Basement.
Fox finds the open kill though, strong start for DZ, and it's the striker taking out a
play for Wildcard.
Yeah, and I think getting these three people on to LH is going to be quite a long day.
You're going to probably see at least on this map, and honestly, Shallay as well.
So the first two maps in this series, a lot of this sort of entry battle, a lot of these
into the nose, he's fighting in the windows. That's going to be quite a big part of his
theories for DZ and Wildcard. And Bayes finally able to get a little bit of
comfortability on top of Spyro.
New as falls to Spyro.
So he's wonderful clip on Cloghouse during the
intermission. We'll go for the plane side of Expo.
Keeno probably the closest one and even he's not going to be able to get into a
position to deny bait does go down 3v3 post plant plant successfully down for
wild card really quick adaptation mid-round sees them into a really solid
position now cance it outside same with Adrian there's a lot of presents
outside of the building the dark story need to go deal with they're not ready
for spiker still down below the bottom of spiral
Kina's breaking up to jump long arm this but I don't think that's gonna be
possible directly below still is spiker he hits the headshot spiker is active
early inside of the server. As Wildcard now looks very likely to take this opening round,
one from below, one from above. They're everywhere. Wildcard on the board.
Yeah, had them sandwiched in there in the post. And again, Spiker playing a huge role in that
round. He for me has been one of the most exciting players to watch over the course of this stage
and he's really peeking now towards the back end of this stage right at the perfect opportunity where
If he finds an opportunity and has the ability to make a heads-up play he backs himself in and
His ability to execute on those plays is really enjoyable to watch and a great job here
And it's down below with both Kansan and Adrian second four
Definitely no hope for NGR device good in the wild park here early the basement for round two
Spiker, the best planter in the business. Kino's actually the second best. I
hazarded a guess in this series that we're probably gonna see quite a few
post-plant situations play out.
Again, first time getting to see Consulate this stage for NAL so there's no
statistics at all as to where it currently sits as of today and really
as of this stage. And I don't really see too much value. You can't go too far back.
Things always change states to states.
Clearly a map that, I mean, ever since the three introduction a couple of years back,
it probably has started to fall out of favor a little bit.
Anyway, we actually had a quick look back at just how long Consulate has been in the
pool and it was a bit of a shock. Time flies. It's been nearly three years since Consulate
was reintroduced.
Labels new consulate as well, even though there wasn't a whole lot of changes, but yeah, it's definitely in that weird position now where it doesn't have the new tag really at all anymore.
It's days may be numbered, till it gets reworked again, we'll see.
It's cans and bones here.
You open up the vaults though.
The vaults are there.
Yeah.
You take that.
Easy.
Two for one.
They split the site and they split now the warrior here for wildcard.
See the zero in plate.
They're trying to get some information.
Dark Zero for mine I think. A little bit better off now between the two teams. 4v4 heading
into the final 90 seconds of the round. Still got the nitro cell with NJR. Impact, couple
of gaspaves, so decent utility. Bay's going to go searching towards yellow. Actually slowly
makes his way up. There is actually one in piano. That's J90. This could be a crucial
one versus one. They could deal with this. That eliminates that first wall pressure,
Bay is not going to be able to work over to his position. Jane, I know he's now fully aware
that someone is aggressive on his location. He's in a bit of a pinch, but catches Kansan.
Bay want the position to try and immediately get the trade. Could be on for more here. Jane,
I know when he gets the sack and that's job done. Ultimately traded. Neu was now in position to find
Bay and does so. This has been good offside play from DZ. Adrian will sneak forward, but
One versus three.
I was going to say Adrian clearly aware that there was that really aggressive, maybe numbers not quite to the inside.
So he's just being able to push up, but NJR does not get jumpscare all that easily.
Okay, so dark zero able to get the second round one for one.
This is kind of how things started in our first series if we kind of draw our attention or our minds.
If you were back to the M80 100 these matchup, you know, it's kind of one for one, little bit back and forth.
Eventually that arm wrestle went the way of M80 and certainly then to close labs then into bank
It was all M80, but it started off as the arm wrestle a lot of close rounds
Maybe not so much as super close around here, but a big round for Jane
I know defending his position on his first force to get towards Gano where he was pretty much buying style gets to kills traded
But then newers eventually arrives in time to then get the third kill
Yeah, decent round. Defending basement on consulate, one to one.
Yeah, certainly a good effort there from DarkZero. And again, given the data driving this map,
I think it's very much just an opportunity for DarkZero to try and get a free punch.
I don't think there's a ton of expectation for them to go on and find success.
As we've been saying in the desperate terms, the three maps does feel like a pretty likely
outcome in this matchup.
And so that should just alleviate any kind of pressure for Doxer in this matchup who
would back themselves in and play pretty default to see that, you know, maybe they catch Wild
Card off on a bad night, that that could be enough to give themselves a lead in the series
potential.
So what we're just waiting to see is this map develops, could end up being a bit of a
grind for both teams as we head into round of three split site we'll see what
approach wildcard to go for a positioning would indicate a map cleave
potentially all the way from top down spiker can drop yellow on the blitz and
play the front line trying to get as much info on this map as possible
doesn't so far coming on very well by the way on the top side of this again
This could be fast paced from Wildcard, Spiker has come from the roof to the basement, all the way down yellow stairs.
Yeah, it might be top down, they're gonna immediately hit basement and it's just full of stairs.
Well, they kinda keep dizzying against him on a split site where they obviously need to still defend towers,
but Wildcard going more so to the basement site.
Darkseer are very split, second floor, first floor.
Tony Fox, that's really kind of defending basement at the moment, he's gonna be able to get a lot of information,
but can he get the intel that the plant's going down?
Down below inside of Service, Blacker will not get that plant.
Neuers was able to deny for the first floor, had the angle on the blitz.
And therefore now, Dark's Neuers not only denied the plant, they had that extra player.
That now, no longer. J90 falls to Baby Shark, finds his stack and kill with this game.
Well, I can't recover the defuser.
Now, if they want, they can start to push up Service there,
so that's exactly what Kansan has constantly to do.
Gets rid of Neewer's, Blatt will be successful.
I love this pacing for a wild card,
and it seems as if it's going to work out
in the third round.
Split should be theirs, only NJR.
But with Kansan down, maybe a 1v2 is still possible.
We'll need to pick up the pace as he converts
onto Kansan, goes for the kill.
Oh, lovely headshot, onto base.
And it creates the 1 versus 1 against Baby Shark,
Chris Lipsnoy the Vs are yelling PING ANSWALKER NEXT, NJR with a HUGE CLUNCH!
It doesn't get any better than that from NJR!
Wow!
Haha, 1 HP!
The eyebrow raise and not even a reaction from DarkZero.
That's just everyday at the office for them with a clutch.
I mean that's just another good example of a player who knows he's in such a small percentage.
He has such a small percentage chance of winning the round, but he commits, he doesn't hesitate, he goes for the play, and was able to catch the timing.
Shame for Baby Shark, he tried to find the vert, then I think he repositioned, obviously trying to protect his life, but caught in the middle ground.
And NJR just so cool, calm and collected.
That's a big round.
This is a map where I expected Wildcard, even in this early stage, to have probably been a little more dominant than they have so far, so...
A yellow flag raised early.
40 seconds, NJR was...
The bait out the first with a good long arm.
And the baby shark right here goes to impact, so tries to find Vert.
And it lets to...
Jump out, go visa side, there was yellow ping information.
Baby shark.
Lofty and they just can't believe it.
How deflation.
was that by the way because that I was kind of referencing regarding console trying to find as much information
It really just don't want to get played except for
Yeah, I mean there's not really
Anywhere that it's overwhelming
I'd say for the most part looking at a lot of the numbers it is
We did see even back in
kickoff, we only saw it one time but it did lean defence too. So I mean I think the best
case example of what I would go for in this off is that fall 2 split that we kind of talk
about. I think that's going to be what Daksura are looking for. Get to the 4 rounds on defence
as a minimum. So far, not too bad. I mean you've got 2 locked up. Dockery ban and the
Boioban and the Adria opening kill for Wildcard. One thing though, that's been very noticeable in this first half.
The pace from Wildcard has been at an incredible reach level.
2-2 split now for the opening kills, but these opening kills have been early and these plants has welcomed us.
Minute 19, minute 15. So keep that in mind here as we head to CEO meeting for the first time and this is the site where you can plant quickly.
And the DZ are certainly looking to try and aggress early in these rounds and as I've noted
on a couple of occasions now Wildcard have been able to have a read and punish that.
We'll see how they now look to exercise their advantage in this round fight versus 4, having
to cross, very tired breaching, plenty of util layering on off a late, on the inclusion
of the glass as well in the sub-spiker. Again, the smoke's in pocket, he's off-sufficient.
They're in a position now where they can even consider console slide,
but clearly the admins I take is the first preference at the moment. We'll see if that
changes at all with the classic plate, and oh, Spiker falls. So NJR plays under-yellow
in the highlight, and Spiker presumably just not expecting him to be in that position.
It feels like they've been in another nerve-wracking round.
No newers, no Spiker. Spiker at four-star hot.
He got his three kills all in the opening round.
Boy, were they impactful, as that's the only rare wildcard who's won so far.
60 seconds. Not a lot of time left now for wildcard that early pace that, again,
they tried to show has now been stalled out but there's a real lack of explosives here as well
into the clash no frag grenades remain and just the one Grimby David they are completely starved
of utility for the final 40 seconds of this bush and that bush is probably gonna have to be on where
they flood together and hope that they can hit some really good shots and that's gonna mean the
vault on the clash shields up. Kanzik will talk about a really good shot but Kino finds the double
with the SMG. And suddenly a 2v3 when you've still got to deal with this clash and the Shameika
launcher of NJR could certainly make that floor lava. Snowgastbeam's left the Keener,
so he'll just stay shotgun, play the close angle. He can swing at any time it holds his nerve.
A little shoulder peek, it goes the way of Kansen, needs to hit the next shot rather quickly,
but he's so low, Dinnoplate will do the job from NJR. One second remaining and the 1v1,
Baby Shark just doesn't have the time to close the gap. It's another round for Dark Zero as they make it three straight
They go three one up
and
It's three different sites as well
Wild card are really pushing the limit here
They're doing so much right, but they're just not getting the reward and they there for a call a tactical timeout
Now, it's certainly a respectable effort from Wildcard to wrangle that to 1v1, to clash
still up and literally 0-2.
This entire push is completely dependent on positioning and trade.
This sort of clash initially starts to sweat a little bit.
There's a good clear on the Kino and Kansan was very narrowly close to dropping NJR as well.
If he hits that spray, obviously the bound goes completely the other way.
Wildcard show good fight in that roundage and generally are showing good fight here on
Concealed so far but it's small margins, it's 1% as it's a classic tale of a close best
of 3 where they are losing out and DarkZero with 3 rounds straight are making a little
bit of a statement on a map where I think there was very little expectation on them
showing up on so this has been a strong performance from DZ thus far and well the owners is a
wildcard to invest heavily in that tactile map which they do and clearly identifying that choose
fourth score line as being a target. I kind of look at the time now more as in relation to the
fact that it's three straight for dark zero but it's also from wildcard's perspective in my
opinion I think they're doing a decent amount right but they're just not able to you know get that
Execute point down Pat
Take a little bit of a breather talking over two pretty important rounds
Still to be played against your map pick
It's never a nice feeling you do find yourself a couple of rounds down, but I do have the expectation this
Should favor defense, but it's a game of two halves. We won't know maybe don't see we've got some things hooked up on their own attack
And with that timeout now used by Wildcard well, they're not gonna be able to
I'll stall out any momentum later in that second half, so I really do need to close this first half out on a positive note.
One thing that's been very detrimental, though, I think for Wildcard is just losing spike for various points.
There are three rounds that have played since the opening round.
Head back down to Basement.
interesting to dark seriously they will skip expo piano after what happened in
the one round the wildcard one I think that's the smart play and of course
considering the play rule four of the sites here on console it's another one
for wildcard again but it's it's DZ that it's dictating that playing
ultra aggressive false as well then caught out it's better for my car
Well, they've been in play to clear wild, but Dark Zero has just set up kind of a thing
that allowed this to happen and played into it.
Well, they have to dunk now.
There's no point anchoring in this position.
They will look to try and make more aggressive plays now.
And I hope that they can get this round back, but it's a low percentage.
It feels like the NJR 9th Fusel is probably their way back into this round.
I need to get something from below.
Even if it's just one, then it's a 3v4.
Well, suddenly you know, you know, Ultra outnumbered towards the execute point of the round.
So, I think he could have been played down.
Cano. Here we go.
Oh, is he good?
No, he holds it.
I'll be fair, he blew that immediately.
I don't think he actually gets the guilt.
Maybe some damage on the radius of the explosion.
He does retrieve.
It is the rounds that Wildcard have to be winning.
Otherwise, it becomes a very strong point for them here on this map.
Damn that thing, if they go a 4-1 down after a 5v3 advantage, post a tactical timeout.
Incredibly demoralizing.
And Hanson will rip the 4-4 top. 50 seconds.
Next kill, baby sharks. That's not...
He's been pivotal in this fifth round out of the timeout.
40 seconds. Wildcard largely doing a good job at containing this defense and holding both.
spiral in the back push and it could well be flawless 30 on the board it's
the most dominant round that we've had so far on console it they may even be
flawless if ngr doesn't hit this shot through the hatch you get spabies
shot down to a very small health margin as the plant is successful you can put
this one in the book wildcard will win the fifth round a really solid round
from them excellent first floor clear
Taksir has just got outnumbered pretty quickly. Spanker on the blitz didn't go down early.
That nitrosol, which was held for quite some time, still does not have any say in the round.
Flawless, wildcard, much better out of their time out.
Yeah, doing a good job in containing that aggression. Again, a lot of, a large reason why the average entry kill time has been so early in the round
is DZ continuing to aggress off-site, sometimes then doubling down. And whilst it's been actually
for the most part pretty well contained by wildcard that first initial pick,
it's been the delay trade or the mid-round aggression where they have had some struggles so
far. So a better job there and I get to illustrate that particular point round five. So successful
conversion, maybe should I get to see if there's been two other occasions both in rounds two and
that they got that opening kill, they were fighting them the first minute of the round and then they went on to lose.
So maybe that was also a point that was discussed during the attack timeout, something that was identified and relayed,
and they put it into action there in the fifth, so a solid response from Wildcard, they reached the benchmark,
and have now both positioned themselves to potentially equalize the half.
Yeah and what we do now as well we go to round 6, Xpro back in round 4, Dark Zero, we
have to sort it back in the opening round, leaps the door ajar now for Wildcard to make
it too straight, tie things up 3 to 3.
But also an opportunity for Dark Zero to respond on this site which they did lose in the opening
ground, that was the 1 minute and 19 second play by Spiker so that was a very fast paced
round for Wildcard.
Now looking at the lineup it is going to be an incredibly different lineup to
close out half on this side. They bring the stands, they bring the Sophia, Ace, the
Nomad, the Twitch in fact is the only operator that is remaining from that
opening round. So they're gonna cook up a second strategy on the flip side for
Dark Zero. They themselves will bring a couple of different operators. They drop
Don't come here for your own sake, drop two of them, but they can not bring this way, and they don't bring the castle.
So this time you get to bring the Azami and the Mozzie.
Spike has watched you to be the initiator in this round with the defuser and the ROUs on sense.
We get Spy Trofe from below!
Wanna play from DZ?
This is a bit of a game, but what we've seen, some good nitro cells, people say.
Can't stay mines back to that first, there's a hot and cold on that one, there's no one.
Over the one missed, they arrive and they have had influence, they've been massive so far this evening.
Midpoint all the round while it's hard looking to pressure site now directly.
Yeah, I mean the directness of this round from Wildcard is going to put a lot into the hands of Baby Shark,
hands and can they hit shots? We'll talk about Newell's making the impact to close out the
half. Two crucial kills. He got rid of the stands and now he gets rid of Baby Shark.
A two player advantage for Dark Zero leads them towards the light in closing this first
half for the defensive. J9O tucked in nicely. He could be good for one and that one will
be converted onto Bay. One and done from J9O but that was all that was needed due to the
earlier work in the half. They find themselves now looking for that fourth round. Flash into
bathroom. Good clear from Adrien. As Adrien and Kanzer will need to go together. To close
out this half, they would need to win a 2v5. They got one but four to go. Not expecting
no indeed. Adrien was expecting full of the play close at Yellow Stairs. Hang on a second.
Is there one last twist? Indeed there will be. It's suddenly down to the man that started it all in this sixth round and he may just end it.
Kanzo will get off the case and Nuerz will indeed end it. Two crucial kills to start the round and two very crucial kills to end the round.
4-2 to DZ.
What a way to finish that half Dark Zero,
snatching one from the jaws of Wildcard,
4-2 a perfect example of the close rounds that they've continued to win.
Yeah, I was gonna say, even if you're seeing this as a 4-2 half,
if you're actually watching this game, these rounds have been so close
for one gunfight, swings in the other direction,
and then we're possibly talking Wildcard in a 4-2 half situation.
How many even for the fact that they almost brought that back today God for the heroics here from newer to be able to convert that into a quad kill
But again, this game has been relatively close. There hasn't really been a clear favor for me
I think both teams have been doing an extremely good job whether it's been on their attack or defense
I like what I'm seeing from the side of wild card like I said pushing and pulling the defense around finding some gaps
Finding some players trying to isolate them. They're right their second round. They wanted a very good job
And then for Darkjeer, I mean, it really has been a lot of heroics from these players
that are keeping them in the fight here.
Yeah, I'm watching this game, and what I'm seeing is the mayor is in town, of course
he is.
You know, in this round right here specifically, this was one of the rounds that Wildcard
should have been able to close out, and as they're listening to the comms, they actually
thought they should have had five attacks, and, you know, I'm not going to say everything's
going to go your way, but this is a round you're going to look back and you're going
to wish.
I mean, Bay, the weapon, the storm, whatever name we want to call them, how we're feeling
that day.
He was with him big time and then here there's no calling. He's not aware. I guess that we have some mayor walking upstairs
It's not even that round is the top floor round as well
He read into exactly what they were going to do on that CEO round
They're gonna go for the long desk play and they're gonna rotate a guy to yell skylight. Where's the mayor underneath skylight kills that player
He's holding a position for spiral. He clutches out with the Chalker his favorite operator
I mean these are looking good today, but you are correct
I mean, this is the most defenders that I'm after we have in our pool
I think Wildcard still pretty happy to get two rounds. No, I definitely think it's still in good position
And I think again, it's a situation
We're now there on defense and some that I highlighted going into this series or some that I really like that they do on defense
Is they play into those trap over as they use that denarii?
They use those go-yos for late round at for late round when people go for executes pop those but again
It's that early aggression they get that first pick and then they fall back into those layers
I'm hoping they don't deviate off of that and they're not deviating off the blueprint that we've
just talked about earlier in the segment, how did they beat wildcard? It was it was mainly on this defensive half and they get rid of the shields from
Kino. We're gonna see them get rid of both. They are. They're actually the Montane up, which I like. Those are the aggressive shields.
Montane's gonna be available. So yes, Kino. Look at that hopping right on that instantly.
They're still gonna be able to go for the full like the normal full clears, but it's gonna be slow
and they're going to still be able to utilize the rest of their game plan. Yes, Valkyrie ban, great job
on the side of DZ, but they're still going to be able to use the Solas, they're still going to use the Force, and I still expect a lot of vision from them.
Absolutely. Alright, well Wildcard down two right now, but on the defensive half to see if they can make this comeback happen.
Yeah, and I guess the confused Wildcard fans got, it's not as if it's the comeback of large proportions.
2-4 half now go on defense. I think they'll still be pretty comfortable with where they sit and
interesting here is one from me in terms of the comms where you know while I'm probably thinking and to be honest like
I somewhat agree with those. I don't think then being on two rounds is where they should be based on the overall general play.
Yeah, again, I like what I'm saying. It's just been a couple of key moments in a lot of these rounds.
where a gunfight goes one way or the other and that could be the difference maker.
There's some volatile moments in that first half. I'm really intrigued to see what does the pacing
look like. It was quick in that first half. I was actually devastated by the defense, but what does
it look like in the second half? Dark Zero, the Monty anticipating them to go first or what map
clears while Karthus is being trained to translate here into this match expecting
if you like to trap heavy and stall out heavy, so if easy, don't rain in that pace, or at least a cognizant of that.
It could potentially be costly, so we'll see how that does develop if it goes through this half, and again,
is there's going to be a super quick pace, but the better, there's going to be more tempered, and I think tempered is the expectation,
if wild card are to be pretty contained here, and we can play into the later.
And over here, console it's the kind of map as well, where you can play aggressive or defense.
And speaking of the plant, it's a straight in plant towards Piano for Kino.
He's gonna sit in this gas pipe and he shouldn't be having any plant success with the down, but he's not gonna get up after it.
So he gets the plant down, but they do lose the Monty.
4 vs 5 means a wild card as they find that opening kill and don't need to deal with the shield in the post plant,
but it's still a post plant, never the last. Michael gets straight on it, immediately straight off,
but if he's eliminated quickly by fault, Nuis was down finished off by Bay.
Given that time of ticking down, they aren't just gonna start to throw bodies,
but on close, Bay able to defend Adrian will not be denied a present.
He sticks it the whole way through for Wildcard.
Well, they're not gonna allow Dark Zero to do to them what they tried to do to DZ in the first half.
That quick play, that quick plant, it didn't quite work.
Unfortunately, Fakina was never able to play the post-plant, but he did make the right play
in just sticking the plant and entering the post-plant.
Unfortunately, his team just couldn't do the job 4v5.
That was a chaotic round. Certainly didn't anticipate DZ to try and execute so early into
the round, whilst ultimately they were able to stick. I think the post-plant position
ended up being a little suboptimal. Fee play stuck in the outer, no one able to play for
for a late sweep top floor that then opened up the opportunity for the counter-diffuse
and then at the top of the horizontal took it real nicely by the rest of Wildfire Defense
made it tricky for DZ to hide from the other side or fight from Lobby.
There's just some difficult crosses to navigate and ultimately it opened up the window for
the counter-diffuse to be a success.
A good work from Wildfire.
There's always a nice feeling I think early when you're able to play out of posts like
that because they're very chaotic.
There's a lot going on, companies be clean, everyone needs to be on the same wavelength
and I think some of the people who see positionally there from Wild Cardiff is very much the case,
so credit to them.
In sustaining the pressure of that first DZ attack into the air to go to the top floor
and this operator line up from DZ is pretty tantalising.
There was a very early replay probably indicative that it will be added inside the barriers
for gates.
traditionally will be used to help cover those lines of sight, they just kind of comp that
inverse tile so don't be shocked if they do end up going console direct here
then you have to walk out again to withstand this pressure and
it does come down to a mid-round play, we'll see if they're able to deny it this time around,
they do have triple nitro and that's a chunk of score out
We've seen four plants in the seven rounds of siege. That is a very high volume.
We'll see if that continues.
Although two of those rounds, out of the four plants, they were counter-fused anyway.
He'll have a lovely entry. Talk about that entry into bathroom.
It is successful. Headshot onto Slyker.
Another opening death for him in the last couple of rounds.
But the trades are coming back from Wildcard and then looking away knew it wasn't expecting the push from Canton and Wildcard just clean up
Well, that was devastating
Make that three of the last four rounds for Wildcard don't get attested this game's tied up
But they've got all the momentum because we were saying at four to two at least I mentioned it and there's mid pointed out from the
Communications of the team Wildcard felt like they should have been leading this game
Well, now we're tied and now we're going into a dark zero timeout
Yeah, it's clearly been a sub-optimal start to the second half of DZ wild card dominating
At least in that eighth round in the seventh probably not too far off having a similar label by winning it in a post plan
So clearly there's a been a breakdown from DZ earlier
They tried to go for that heads-up play through bathroom and
There was just a bum trap operator up from the side of Wildcard in that particular round,
but the Razer Bloom was hugely impactful.
They then weren't able to get value from the console repel.
It was a little bit all over the place there from that attack, and Wildcard doing a good
job in staggering it.
60 seconds eclipses.
Not a very long period to talk about such a complex game, of course, but we'll see
if DZ are able to capitalise and rebound.
And that was the flawless round as well.
Keener gets to stay on this Monty for one more round, because how much of a factor is
that too with what we're seeing in the first two rounds?
We know that Monty ban is going to follow after this round, so you will lose access to
the Monty.
Does that make it harder for Dark Zero, or maybe pivoting away from the shield plate might
actually better suit them going then into the rounds after the ninth round?
The enemy device has to reactivated.
Temporary improvement.
Climbing to ground!
Watch out!
Enemy device nearby!
It's starting to get the impression that again, DZ, you might be looking to go pretty correct.
I think the expectation earlier was with the Monty on the board that we'd see...
Enemy device out like alive!
...probably more map sweeps from them, but...
I haven't really been the case so far.
Reach over to Kino, planting again early.
Yeah, quick, very quick, again through Kino.
I might just tell, did get thrown out, but it doesn't stop Kino, that's the main factor,
but they do get two kills regardless for Wildcard.
And again, just winning these early battles on their defense, it's posing to be the problem
to TZ, while they can get these plants down, they just can't seem to then be in a position
to defend it.
They've been completely swept up, down to just J90.
Adrien's on the case.
And he just didn't even really need that much cover, all five stay alive.
It's the second time in this match that Wildcard will go flawless on Basement.
They make it three straight, four of the last five rounds,
and clearly now looking very, very confident to take this map of Consulate.
Yeah, it just, it doesn't really feel like there's a lot in the tank here
for these DZ attacks into Consulate.
potentially we're now at the point where their lack of experience and
comfortability on this map is being a little bit exposed whereas for Wildcard
again they've only literally banned at once it's been firmly banned against them
and they're flexing their muscles here in the second half even after that
tactical time out for Dark Zero unable to be successful it's now their second
direct attack facility by the Monty plant that has gone down but has
completely fallen apart where the Monty then unable to have huge influence in the
post and then the rest of the system is breaking down. Wildcard have done a really good job
in fighting back in both round 7 and 9. It is pretty infrequent for post plans to be
successful for the defence. Of course it is fairly circumstantial in the sight, the round,
the man count etc etc etc but they're showing good fight on both occasions and I think truly
deserved of winning both of them. So credit to Wildcard, three-round streak,
tech pause called, and Dark Azuri will just stew a little bit after what has
been a bit of a shock to the system in the last few rounds.
Yeah, the tech pause probably aids them a little bit more I think with the
current scenario at play. It was interesting after the round ended and
immediately we went into the pause, a half a second thought, wait hang on are
they getting a second tactical time out? But obviously can't communicate during
during the tech pause. Yeah, I mean, I won't lie though, this is one of those, I almost
don't even really want to use the word comeback in some ways, because it was only a 4-2 half
to begin with, so it's not like, you know, it's not like Wildcard went down that significant,
I mean it was even 3-2, so it wasn't even a 4-1 comeback either, and pretty evident
by a lot of the statistics that yes wildcard were two rounds down in the
first half but they did so much right and they were looking I think largely the
better team they just couldn't close out certain rounds in the clutch
absolutely that's where I think in the first half dark zero were far better
well so far we've now played three rounds in this second half no clutches
at all from dark zero so you take away the clutch you just now seeing a little
bit more domination from wildcard and in these post plans too like we don't see
at that often certainly two out of three rounds to get the plant successfully down but then lose the
post plan and that's not common territory and so I guess in some ways you could say for dark zero
we're getting the plant down but we're still losing rounds but in none of in either of those rounds
they never looked likely they immediately lost Kino both times essentially and then everyone else
was falling so quickly because wildcard were very active in making sure that they brought the pressure
in the post plate as soon as it began.
Quick update for everybody due to the OBS crash, we have been required to remake the
lobby so Bear with us should only take a couple of minutes to get the players back in and
input the history so I don't think it will be too far away from resuming proceedings
in terms of a bit of a snapshot, the players are performing so far inside the server cans
leading all comers 11 and 5 over 150 EPS. So he's been having a great day at the office, also plus
2 on entry and critically 100% cost as well, which is a metric that very few players will typically
have. Triple digits so deep into all matches is very very impressive. So credit to him to
contrast that against DarkZero for instance, NJR and newers the only two above 100 EPS at the moment,
NJ are going 6-4 yet to have an entry dual new as 7-6 and has had some pretty impactful moments
over the course of the map so far. It certainly has to be said 2-2 on entry for him, but those
cost numbers in contrast are much lower for DarkZero. The highest on their team is at 50%
shared across four players. So they're individually having pop-off moments and certainly having
influence on the matchup but it hasn't quite been as extensive as consistent as Wildcard and I
can't help but probably shake the inclination that the last three rounds and Kastron Wildcard
have looked defensively has probably helped skew those numbers in their favor. Yeah, Kansen this
stage rated 15th which for the most part is pretty high up there especially when there's 50 players
in the region. 15th is quite solid for Kanzin but he's playing above that level in this match as
as he kind of ready stats, easily being the best player inside of the server.
Hang on, the flip side, if you kind of look towards Dark Zero this stage, don't forget,
Nuis was the second best player throughout group stage.
J9O, the third best player.
NJR, the seventh best player.
And J9O, four and eight, vaults, five, seven.
So, I mean, for the most part, I think probably J9O is the only one for Dark Zero
that statistically is not maybe performing to the level
that we saw from him during group stage.
Looks as if at least based on what I can see
in the background, I don't think we're too far away
from getting back into Consulate.
Apologies for the tech pause.
I mean, look, I don't think there's much of a history
in terms of technical pauses really changing games too often.
too often. I mean, we've been around the block a long time because if anything,
tech pauses will always have more of an influence. Tech pauses, you can't really say anything.
You can make the argument and it's very valid that, you know, technical pause probably hinders
the team with the momentum, but it's not as if you're sitting there and you're in your dark zero,
skewing in your thoughts, feeling all that good about what's been happening. If anything,
that can make things worse, you start to always doubt yourself even more. So it really just
is entirely dependent on how you crank things.
As it stands, it's now round 10, and it's three of the last,
four of the last five rounds to walk up.
They've really amped up that domination that we saw in the first half,
where they just weren't converting into round wins.
Well, now they are, and now they're two rounds away from
taking console.
Five seconds left.
And as this found, it feels critical for Dark Zero in trying to break this momentum.
I don't know what the approach will be, so they bring the sense of the capital they could give the benchside plant.
They haven't shied away from playing through to practice so far.
Last time it was a straight fold.
They hit it to piano.
Planned successful but faltered in a post and Gjard is joining off the back of the last round
which was another direct hit basement straight through garage.
Planned a successful post once again, fractured.
So what do they do this time around?
Do they invest its influence above?
They have again the tools to do so, the ranged half-reach of NJR.
Now they're looking to deter those above because with the solo stream play, getting this plant down is
It's really not impossible, there are some blind spots but it's tricky.
Wildcard have shown such good ability even with the plate secured in briefcase.
And I think that that is going to make Darkseer just a little unnerved at the moment.
A little unsettled.
Just want it down my mark.
And KinoVs, yeah I'm giving a very keen eye on it as well.
143 is the latest opening kill that we've had.
And we don't beat it as Neweer sneaks in a 147, kill on to Adrian.
We keep the fast times going here in Consul.
Out of the tech force, a rare opening pick for DZ, but not so rare for Neweer.
He's actually got three straight now for his team.
And of course, without that Monty ban, it means that Kino can still play the shield.
Neweer's searching.
Oh, one did present.
Don't let them get ready to the next kill.
I'm unable to find this next kill for newers.
Dark Zero have not had success in this half
when they've gone for the plant.
I think it's actually better if they just go for the kills.
This is seemingly where they're finding war success.
Baby Shark falls running towards the yellow stairs.
Two player advantage.
Minute left.
Muff win for DZ.
Lovely position, Jane. I know.
to, as their defence flushes with the rotate yellow stairs to get that free 2 player advantage
at time on the clock for DGZ and Igloz.
And it's really only the gaspaves left in terms of U2 available for the defence, of course
Kansan can get some information as to Kino as we're about to ward C.O. Now the drop in
towards Piano, they should be aware of this, May gets the kill on default, R.O.U. Shield
green goes up from the stands of newers as you know finds his plant position will it be safe again
there's no utility so no knife results no impact only shots from below would have been the play
that doesn't happen Kino gets to now play the post plant for the first time it's a third plant
successfully in half of the z but Spike keeps things interesting and with Kino down it's a
two versus three surely Wildcard couldn't do it again looking for their third counter defuse
Two stack above here.
For busy.
Well the two stack above is fine.
They've got the vert. And again, there's no utility.
So I don't have any problem with this.
As long as they throw a die, they should win.
The two stack above was fine.
NJR did go first floor, and there's the pinch.
Spiker now knows.
He's got one, pushing from yellow.
He still needs to deal with Neewers.
But Neewers was always in the best position.
Tyrun's out.
We're 5-5, we're tight here on Consulate.
Oh, Dark Zero shaped the curse of the poster plant.
It was a much slower tempo clear.
They used the Monty to flush them down those stairs, J9O with the cutoff.
They afforded themselves the two player advantage.
Then able to go for the plant.
Solace not below, Nitro not below.
They went for the spray and missed and then they entered the poster plant which has been
so unbearable for Dark Zero so far but they invest two above.
Nice, boy!
It's just me and my girl Monty milked her.
We have to keep fighting that.
It's the kill of the round.
This is the interesting thing. So you ban the Blitz, you ban the Blackbeard, and then you ban the Clash.
You don't ban the Monty.
And as we know, Kino likes to play shields.
Kino's shield plays when you kind of look across this stage.
He largely is towards the Blitz and Blackbeard.
The Monty don't get you wrong, of course.
often it will play it, but Blackbeard blitz is where you will typically see him shine.
The Monty though now left available, yes he did get rid of the glass, and yes it did
feature for a round.
One round.
I mean, whereas the Monty now is about to feature for the fourth time, could this end up being
a potential error for Walker?
Round 11, 5-5.
What question will be now, can they build that into something bigger?
Round 11 break point.
Oh there's a high pressure situation as both teams eagerly try to get to that map point
first.
It's DZ shape up admin side, maybe with a split below here.
All fault in this floor.
That's from Zed here.
Opportunity doesn't present itself for a pit while Cards doing a good job to not overplay
their hand.
Yeah, but he gets a bit of space getting into lobby like that rather than being stalled
out.
He's back down again, Jnano towards Balgidys, Odo canisters a little late.
I can't open up.
Odo canister will delay any potential push through but I don't think Jnano was ever just going to go for a quick entry.
This is actually going to be our slowest round officially here in Consulate as we pass 143.
5v5.
We are in uncharted territory because no round has gone this late
We're still all ten players alive inside of the server at round 11 5 5
I mean you couldn't ask for a better round. It's the old meeting both encounters that dealt with Kira clearly wanting to go towards
that default plan inside of
meeting
Pressure from DZ on the first floor with new is the skeleton key can certainly have an impact in this round
And no, he doesn't even need it, he just gets Baby Shark.
Free kill.
Surely not thinking about a plan already, because you've got a factor in potential nitrosalves.
The bomb gets rid of cancer, that's a huge kill, because that's one of the two nitros.
You're down to the Shamika launcher of the Tachanka and the Nitrosalve of Bane.
As Kino goes for the plant, they have the cover, the cross, and there's no utility at all.
thrown his way. A successful plan from Kino. And with Adrian falling dark zero, now marks
towards map point. The enemy desperation from Wildcard at this point, but there's so little
they can do. The most difficult post they find themselves in and it's still a two versus
five. Twenty seconds. Fault's close. Kino kills. Spike it down, bait trades, but he too falls
And that, for me, has got to be the best round that DarkZero have played so far on Consulate.
Loved the map clear. I loved the X factor of the buck below.
They knew they couldn't just go for a one-dimensional slow push into that trap heavy and denial-heavy lineup.
They would have been bled out by the time.
The great work from Neuers. Solid initiative there for Kino as well.
That was a massive hit.
They have good angles, good utility coverage as well, but the fault was on point.
They were just...
They were fault-lossing that round, that was really fleeing from dark zero, and they have grinded their way to map point.
Incredible, considering where things were looking.
looking. The job's not done just yet. It's a single map point. And if this goes to OT,
then there's the reprieve for Wildcard. Wildcard are gonna switch up a little bit here in terms
strategy. They're gonna completely double down on a combo that they've kind of split up throughout.
So the Solus has never featured with the Vigil and the Pulse. Now the first time that they'll do
that they're gonna just bring all three. We've seen rounds where they bring just the Solus with
a bit more of a bunker and then we've seen rounds where they go for the aggressive Pulse and Vigil
and talk about an incredibly crucial opening kill. Somehow Kino's dead. Bay finds the Monty of all
players on the opening kill of this round. Basically a spawn peek. No Monty
whatsoever. Critical opening kill or wild card. And information available for
cancer opens up the barricade, nitro cells, lovely teamwork, NJRs, never saw it coming.
Even with the radar, you ain't seeing that one. It seems as if overtime is all
but certain unless something changes quickly from dark zero.
It's already hanging now!
I have to start, but elsewhere newest falls.
And Jane I know now upflow shotgun fire.
Freebie for Kensen and Routine outback it's fault to the 1v4.
Good response from Wildcard as this match continues to heat up.
and it's not going to get any
more, not with Canton that
close. Okay, let's go OT. More
rounds needed and console it
because you know what this map
we haven't seen this stage so we
need as many rounds as possible.
Well, I can't know that this is
not going to be free in OT. And
they also know and probably
where they might maybe just a
little bit more stress guys is
easy either. That's a solid map for Dark Zero. Dark Zero right now have the chance to still
take Consulate in overtime and go to their more favourable chalet. Why can't they need
this map?
Yeah, but they've been shy away from the fight, hitting that run. Great initiative early and
Attackers have discovered a location of a barge in that positivity on display.
The sides will not swap for round 13. We'll look hard to continue
their rally on defense and DarkZero will try and break that on attack. Down the basin we go.
It will be the second appearance on this side.
because last time we saw a direct approach from Dark Zuri, they tucked and got the plant near the breach,
capitulated in the post, they bring them on to it again, but with the ram in a play, that would suggest
that there's going to be more emphasis offside, and a greater emphasis on establishing first onto that objective.
Well the first four rounds, the opening kills were not being converted, but that ends up
being the outlier.
Since Dan, only one round has failed in conversion, opening kills have mattered quite a lot.
And J.R., I was wondering where is he even getting shot from?
He has taken very low.
That must be so frustrating.
Not only do you waste a bit of time trying to open up that breach here for basement,
which is the site, but then you get taken very low
and he needs to be cautious
because they need those exothermic charges
and don't have secondaries,
they don't then have another option.
That could have been a disaster
to Dark Zero to start overtime.
It's already bad enough as it is,
but it could have been far worse.
The round is ready to go.
He can at least play more passive now, I'm trying heavy.
He's cautious in protecting his life for the late round.
Fog Nitro in this round from Wildcard, and two still in play for Sniper and Kansan with
the pulse available.
He'll be able to look to counteract the potential here from DarkZero.
actively gain information currently spot a player up above oh my god nope what he's
thrown it on a hard surface he identified immediately that's why he didn't blow it you
could see on his face as he threw it an error was made can't take that one back now I'm
clear well I mean as a minute left at both teams and probably not really had to round
with light. Couldn't get half breach open dark, blown nitrosol gets nothing in fact
well four nitrosol in this round that you kind of pointed out earlier cousin.
But they only got one left. 60 seconds still 5.5.
Mid-strike one star O.T. probably has some
bollocks to strip as well as well. Back in regulation.
They're gonna revisit main breach here now that they've finally dealt with the
shock wire batteries. Here's the exothermics of NJR that are still up
because he stayed alive. As Boltz gets the OP kill he's then traded quickly
and the trade game now begins.
Andrea will open up that bridge.
The one and only Nitro left from Spiker,
but he pushes up Spyro,
so he's actually quite a distance away,
and that push forward.
Keto, what a pistol shot!
The entry, Monty?
And at least Spiker, well and truly,
away from the site.
Same with Kansan,
new as one level headshot,
a solid read,
and he gets them both!
Match...
Well, map point, again,
is at...
is there for Dark Zero,
But I am not thinking this one's done. This probably needs all 15 the way this game is going
Wow
I think wildcard would probably be the first to put their hand up and say that there were some critical errors made in that round that
ultimately proved costly
Getting no value from the nitro cells in that round was a bit of a disaster the pulse had
limited impacts
in terms of the read that they were able to gain in that round and then I mean
the late-rounder completely fell apart while a car were understandably left in
a position where they had to send to above to try and contest the first Adrian
gets plucked up pillar and basically a line through their name then around 13
they're played to dark story they have with ultra-competitive here on console
We're now one away from securing a 1-0 lead in the series, and if they are able to do that we could have back-to-back 2-0 best of 3s to determine the first two teams from NA to qualify for EWC.
And we had to see a meeting as well make the first half wild card if not win this fight
On their attack
It was only played once so they've only got to see this once and it actually came down to the 1v1 with NJR winning to Dark Zero
I still have a feeling another rounds needed here on console and after this
with the way it's played out so far. 7 to 6, dark 0, getting on the chance.
Couldn't close it out at 6-5, can they now close it out at 7-6?
And we had the re-host which also got rid of unfortunately a lot of numbers,
but right now Nuerz and Kansan both tied at 14 and 8.
4-3 on the entry for Nuerz, 2-0 still for Kansan.
And his cost has now gone from 100% to 85%.
Newes is the...
Newes and NJR, the only ones going positive at the moment for DarkZero, and yet they have a chance to win this game.
It's just been that sort of match.
Another ping for Kansan here.
That position vacated before he's able to capitalise on the break clear.
This bitsy DarkZero have elected to peel back, they have the Tachanka and the Smoke in play
in combination with the Fallen and the Allon, even to Browke and Officer Letutile as well,
so again the time is going to potentially be the biggest enemy for Wildcard if they
aren't able to find something down below on the vert, if they aren't able to start teasing
out this utility early. They like to put that buck below smoothly to what we saw from Neuers
Newer's previously from DarkZero, but Newer himself is actually there to get a chance to catch a timing note.
Kansan's speached on.
And getting those opening kills.
Kansan's also very big Wildcard's best to talk about the battle of the two best players, I think in this match.
Critical for Wildcard.
And Jano will fall to bay. It feels like that round 15 will be required.
One kind of worry, seeing off one, one map point, it seems like they'll see off a second
unless Foltz can win 1v4.
He brings it to 3 now with that kill on to Adrien, the plant goes down inside a meeting,
Foltz creeps up through the long desk into the hallway, knows there's one to the left
side, but also knows that Kansen's pushing up, serves and that plant successfully goes
down 15 rounds required on Concealed. It may be the map picker wild card, but it hasn't
felt like it. But they get to once again go on defense. That was an incredibly good shot
from vaults. And Jab will just place him. He sees the kit. It feels like it's in breach,
but it's actually not. With Ganson below and Baby Shark able to also push close by, he
never had the chance, never had the chance at all. Seven, seven, and for the final round
of console that we go.
Yeah, this has been sweaty palm stuff on map one. A real back and forth between these two
teams. Well done to Wildcard and being able to break that site down, Kansan was fundamental
in that again, it was similar to what was previously renewed from DZ with the buck below him clearing
that and he achieved that role. It's a fair play, then help him open up the side a little
bit more, give him freedom, clock just less of a problem and the denial of utility had
less influence. Moir card would be pleased with that result but immediately to lock
Back in over to Expo for round 15 of the Roll Swap once more.
I'm here to go prepared because we've seen both teams be able to win
an attacking round in open time in fact four of the last five rounds now have
actually been in favor of the attack dark zero winning three of those so if you
kind of go of recency bias your answer probably would be dark zero they've been
more than comfortable getting plants down they still have access to the Monty
I think the map clear we saw last time out on this side was back in round 10
so they start contrasted the direct approach that that map clear they did
to cross last time was really strong and I suspect they might go for something similar here
and that makes me a real nervous block. How do they try and fight their way back because again
they got cut off by Jane on early stairs and they tried to kill. They didn't get the source
activated, didn't play garage, didn't have the direct plant in us. I mean there were definitely
things wildcard could have tidied up on that occasion so you see if that's the case this time
around I think if we see a small round play out the owners is very much going to be on wildcard
to be the ones to tidy up their defense.
It feels like as we've entered Overtime, the pacing has also just slowed ever so slightly
as these rounds far more critical, far more on the line.
Shelly to follow after this, that's a guarantee.
What's not a guarantee is Nighthaven Labs, if Darkster will win this round, we may not
see Nighthaven Labs with their pick to follow.
I don't think it's going to be a flat round. I think it's just going to come down to who wins this two-game.
2v2 with Pulse low, a lot of pressure onto NJR, Bay over the wall, it's vending, swing,
head shot, NJR lost his battle, Foltz needs the 1v2, baby shark and Bay just need to hold
their nerve and Wildcard will get out of Contoleta alive, well over until they hold their nerve
they get back first floor, there's 60 seconds but if Foltz can get this kid he does give
himself another avenue but it's so low on health, guys, surely not possible, it's gonna
It's like a monster effort.
Yeah, and he's going in blind just to the site
while I could have successfully peeled
west corridor lounge respectively.
So they have ice spiral.
This is tough for Fodds.
This would be an all-time clutch
if he can pull this one out.
At least has a bit of info gathered,
but it's not a whole lot to work with.
He spots one, needs to hit a quick head shot.
Now knows where the second is.
He does actually have the information
as to both players position.
Can he get a plant position?
There is an impact, that impact if it connects?
No, you should just open up a line of sight.
We will get the plant successfully down.
Nice, there's a headshot, he won't find it.
It's four, for me, it's wild card.
That will win three of the last four rounds.
They moved the game round 12.
They saw off defeating regulation
and they went too straight to claim
their map of Consulate in overtime.
1-0 up in the series and 1 map away from the 8 sports won't come.
I
It's baby short I'm playing for white card and this is
That's my game the game I fell in love with
But I wanted to sign the contract and tell myself, okay. I did it
One month ago, I was not even pro and one month after and literally like qualifying for a main event
in front of one of the biggest crowds in the world,
the best thing that could ever happen for me.
Always good to get a little insight
into the backgrounds of our players and their histories.
We had that good piece on Kino a while back
and we got another one apparently
with Baby Shark coming up.
But alongside Bay and Kansan and Spike
or the whole crew, Baby Shark and Wildcard
have led the way to a map one victory.
A very competitive start in this matchup.
We knew this series was going to be close.
This has map three written all over it,
but eight seven back and forth map one, perfect start.
Yeah, absolutely.
It's a good testament for both these teams,
especially we haven't seen constantly yet.
I like the way constant was played from both teams.
However, wild card knowing that the eSports
was on the line in that series, they did get it done.
And it came down to that big 3B3 in the end
on that top four where each individual one
everyone really was gonna, whoever was coming out of those were immediately winning that series.
Yeah, they come down to that.
And it also, you got it right here?
We do have it right here, yeah, this is exactly, I mean both me and you were kind of like standing up,
like who was winning these 1v1s once they found the 2v2 with the player coming in from top,
Spyroll going to Long Gas, and then the other player fighting from French out of Homicide.
Yeah, once that fell into Bay's hand, he ended up inevitably putting into a quad.
And that's another thing, that was a big highlight point that we were talking about with the side from Wildcard.
The fact that they had 7 multi-frags in that entire series, whether it was Triple Kills,
whether it was Quad, it was big heroics from players dropping bombs in some of those rounds.
Yeah, they needed the heroics, right?
I mean, DZ were putting up a ton of heroics on their defensive half, so we needed to see
Wildfire kind of do that.
And for me, the game came down to information.
DarkZero were banning out a lot of the information operators on Wildcard for their attack.
But what did they do on their defense though?
That is what Wildfire does.
rely on their information. DZ got rid of the valk, but they were still able to abuse the Solas and
the pulse. And I think we have a couple clips here to kind of show you somehow they're using
information, but starting on the CEO round, which I think we're going to see first. Oh nope,
that's actually the last round we're going to see first. This is going to be using the pulse to
counter out the solid snake. So yeah, NJR, he knows they're there, but so do they. That is why
Wildcard prefers to use the information on the defense because they're not banning it even out,
They got to get rid of the shields on Kino, which we highlighted earlier, and they're going to abuse that information extremely well
It might be the best in the league at abusing that information
Where I questioned wildcard just a little bit for their strategy was they did ban the double shields
But then they banned the glass third and when do they win a lot of their defensive rounds?
It was when DZ went quick, right?
We seemed DZ go for a roar a play on top CEO and they were able to kind of figure out where it was
They brought the right operators for the job on that the tube route to counter out the roar of the thorn to counter out the yellow side
And then on the garage they use the pulse they use that information operator that I was talking about
They're able to use the pulse and kind of see where the rush is going. That's where wildcard itself
But when they got rid of the glass
They left the montane up the entire rest of the game and that is when we saw DZ start to slow down
Go for their normal clears and that's when we started to see DZ
I actually try to bring that game back and it got a little scary there
So I question it just a little bit, but at the end of the day Wild Cards,
that's their home turf and they were able to get the win.
I mean, I will say, I think it's something for them to be exposed to,
to realize in the future, maybe that's something they do look into to get rid of.
Because, yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right.
Once the Monty was actually able to be utilized,
that's when Dark Zero really started to find their footing.
They were able to play on that tempo and then use that momentum to carry him.
So I do think for Wild Cards, it was important for them to realize
maybe we stick to that game plan, we force them off the shields,
force Kino onto a more traditional style support player
where he can't be the head point,
because then we all would also see newers come in and then carry those rounds in the later half.
Alright, well we go to Chalet. This one is Dark Zeros map pick to find out if we are in fact going to that decider.
Dozen, Xenox, take it away.
Well, we kind of came into this series because probably alluded to the fact that Wildcard win consulate Dark Zeros.
They're maybe likely to win Chalet. Do we still hold the same feelings now with the fact that Wildcard did win consulate?
And we do head to Charlotte with dark zero needing to win it. Yeah, I think that's a pretty fair assessment still at this point
Right, it's like wildcard completely stomped map one obviously none of the numbers have changed since in terms of charlay and the strength
That are expected from dark zero on this second map
So for me a third is still likely but you know wildcard did seemingly do have an ability of a pretty long period of time now to
Really show up in some of these big moments
So there is a potential here for them to achieve the boil over and a two-way walk away from this could be quite something
Well, let's see what's gonna happen
The social prediction was favoring dark zero for the first map but babies again for shall we although I think this time
It's a little bit more fair considering the record that we have seen from dark zero on a shallow
Really from the start of the year. They're undefeated. They have not dropped this map
map. The first January, what are we now, the 10th of July, at least here in Austin, not
too sure what it is, over in North America. I think it is actually a little dark. I don't
know. Either way, 2-3 record for Wildcard, fifth preference map, you know, it's not as
if they've never played this map before. In fact, the last time they won, it was against
Falcon 60 days ago. So, clearly a pretty solid performance there over in that solid
City with dark zero their last win was only 27 days ago against by fears etc. Still I would rather back in the team
That's undefeated on the map
Bands play outcastle mirror so very utility heavy focus there from the side on dark zero
And as expected what our pigeon hold into the little shield bet on to Kino
Excited to jump back into the side of the server though that first map
It was really tantalizing. It was certainly a couple of moments where I felt like either team had the opportunity to maybe pull away.
But it didn't eventuate all 15 rounds where they were required.
Our cards scaved through with an 8-7 victory.
But the numbers are certainly much more in favour of DZ on the second map as we've outlined.
I'm sure they'll be eager to bounce back.
I wonder, I actually do wonder what the assessment for Dark Serpent would have been on that first map
Would they have been pleased to push it to 15, I guess they could have been but to the same extent
Probably sensing that they may have been able to just, you know, scalp it in the end as well, so
It's really interesting to stay in this series, you can see how it develops
Um, information, massive talking point on the desk and we're going to see a fully fledged team from Wildcard in this opening defense
both the solos and the Valk in play and also to note the Izami available. It's pretty
atypical on Chalet for it to make it through, but of course a compromise with Castle in
the Miraband instead.
There was a very fast paced Concealer. I'm not expecting Chalet to slide down all that
I can see that pace translating to this map
After those that just tuning in
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of this series as the stands might be dark zero, but they head to their map pick of
charlotte's slow start here in the opening round, so I can fortune that there's still
be alive with the solace one HP, they drew an office we haven't really seen just yet
in the opening 60, 90 seconds, 90 seconds now to go.
Off way through this first round.
Yes, standoff at the moment, both teams with counter-intelligence.
Aquino!
Yeah, get it on the feed.
Good for me not to age.
Yeah, Leviated from shield due to his open round,
then he comes up clutched with a sharp shot for the entry.
And it's hanging aboard our remains.
I'm a little bit of follow up work to be done, but it seems as if that's now coming to fruition
for Dark Zero NGR with the LMG, gets through the Azami, Spiker low, they still got two
Adrenal Surges, yeah this is a clean start for Dark Zero, Nealus then goes and gets two
towards Mezzedine, Spiker has to quite literally answer this call as he is on one HP and they
Well, I was gonna say more calls may be coming his way, but no, it's Jade I know and it's dark zero flawless start on
Chalet
Yeah, we'll see if that is
indicative of what's potentially to come here on map 2
I'm gonna jump the gun too early though. It isn't the first flawless round that we have seen between the two tonight
They were in fact two back on Consulate and the first round in isolation was a wild card
attacking round win and then Darkseid bounce back so again it hasn't really been too much
of an indicating factor as to how the map may eventuate but certainly a positive take
away.
Can you know you could eye for a little lucky there I don't think he necessarily had first
contact on like five but still hit a shock shot.
And Fairplay to get the entry for his team.
The rest of the push was as soon as the bar card wasn't really able to leverage the information as much as they would have liked.
In and over again.
Deception dining, next sight of choice.
And I do wonder what point of any we do end up seeing the Monty integrate here from Dark Surro.
Maybe it's not as comfortable with selection necessarily for them here on Strangely comparatively to other maps in the game.
And then banged against them on one occasion. Most teams actually opting to bang and out for the snake and the slits
Against DZ but wildcard opting to throw that blackbeard into the mix
So that's another checking point back on console
Keynote to fill that role in the second round. We'll see what kind of influence that may have
and again DZ off into a double info with Deimos and the sword snake to try and make this roam more of a challenge for Wildcard
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I'm the Xs, if it's not so bad for you, I'm the Xs
double stacked
on this first floor for Wildcard
no dark zero, it can hit with pace as well
When he's slipped through garage, this one over towards Glassman's desk, that's Baby Shark,
he's on radar.
His position is known, but no follow up from anyone else for Dark Zero.
Newers would go himself on the solid snake.
Baby Shark gets the intel, there is one that's pushed into basement, no surprise.
Nitrocell in this round, but only one of those is on the first floor with baby shark
Kino makes his entry now towards the message and he gets rid of Adrian
Darksera going for the mess yet in through piano
To clear out the feathers that are on this top floor which now baby shark has made his way solar to provide a little bit more of a defensive support
That leaves spiky to now go basements like a little bit vulnerable cancer though has dropped. He can play the nitrocell
Vakino is just lighting up on the clasp!
Maybe him playing Monty back on Consulate was a mistake after all.
What kills to start in the opening two rounds, Vakino?
Playing the doccabee and the clasp and he's hot!
But 5 vs 2, if flawless in the opening round, it might be back to back flawless!
Spike had the only one left!
Indeed it will!
to be able to do that. Well,
you couldn't get a better start
here on shall a and to think
that on the opening map of
console that it came down to an
87 victory for wild card a 2v2
cars could have easily been a
map win for DZ into back to back
flawless wild card a very
fortunate they have that first
map map up their sleeve
straight away into a tactical
timeout. Fair play to Kino in
Great opener.
And then relaying the cons there for the bathroom here.
Now you try to progress.
That big shark on an island.
You had to try and pop up and make a play, but Kino was clued in ready to go.
And again,
and again, Spiker got isolated on the other side of the map, so...
Looked very, very positive start for DarkZero.
Their game plan is working absolutely perfectly at the moment.
And I do wonder if this tack time out is going to prompt a bit of a radical shift here from wild card again
Opening two rounds. I've been playing heavily on the the Solace valk meadow trying to gain information
Maybe trying to enable nitroes and it just hasn't worked really at all. I
Don't think their inability to read the push has been the problem. They just straight up
Losing these mid-deep to long-range gunfights positionally. They're being outmatched
We'll see if that time out again pumps a change in philosophy going forward so the book will persist
They switch out, the soul, the soul's spike will be freed up onto the warden instead
and they introduce the Echoes, so Kanzan will be in a position to play that information
in Yokai's, of course you can position them above, you can play a little bit more proactively
off that and you also then have fight denial if you're able to play an anchor roll late,
but I'm pretty skeptical that plants are going to be a main win con here for Deasily,
Very comfortable, money map control and looking for the cool connet stuff.
Oh it's early days, it's only two rounds in but back to back, flawless.
Into a tactical timeout, yeah maybe does have that inkling that this one might go to all three maps.
But shall we get a tank side it?
Certainly it is as well in this region.
You know, well, he goes straight back onto the Monty.
If that's not a warning sign to suggest to not play the Monty here on Charley,
I don't know what is, because Glass and Darkaby worked far better for Kino in the O3 2 rounds.
Immediately hopped on the shield, dead straight away.
away. Fortunately for Dark Zero, Newe is able to get a kill back onto Spike who starts 0 and 3,
the Warden down early, which is not a good sign for the defensive wild card. Don't forget,
out of the timeout, they're definitely looking to try and get on the board defensively here at
Kitchen Dining on a repeat attempt. Baby Shark can get pinched here, he has to be really careful
low blow news across held west main as well. Good timing, good comms, good connection there
from dark zero, running back in advantage, NJR taking low in the meantime, but he'll survive,
but only temporarily. Unfavorable fight there up above against the burden, that's the advantage
for Orca in this position, still three players, holding above on the second floor, presumably
Kansan still has Yokai's up two, yep you can see at least one being flicked through, plus
spulky info so there's a lot the wildcarts work off here
the best of positions for ducks are at the moment
these are devastating you can have the yolo pings and you can have the verb
but if you don't actually hit the shots it doesn't really accomplish a whole lot
Oh, he just catches the spray of Adrian, one bullet, Wilson, and Volk comes in to try and save the day.
Can he win the next battle? No, babe, with a double pitch that does allow Noah to go into dining and go over the plant.
No one actually going to tonight. This will become a post-plant.
If he can actually get away from the vert position safely and play the horizontal cross, he actually drops into wine.
This is an intriguing move from Noah's.
well wildcard expect this position right now based on the way that they're moving
towards the side the answer to that is no but as they get closer to the kit it
will be the only option but to be honest cuz the time is slowly running out
someone's gonna get on that kid not just start to clear out the close angle near
the kit but not below it as soon as Noah sits this next shot that's it
Round's done immediately round is now over that drop does nothing dark zero make it three straight
What a wonderful heads-up play from newest he knew that both of them were above got active got the plant down and played the post plant perfectly
Yeah, he commits to the plant in such a strong position well thought out and then discipline down below
Naturally taking wildcider a long time to get back towards that diffuser
living themselves with no margin for error and Nua was able to capitalize and
again putting on display why he is rated one of the best in the region.
3-H Star for DZ doesn't really get much better than that highlight package of the
last round. It's like Nua's evolved through the mid-route right here that
brought the advantage and brought the round on their terms and inspired a
like a vertical control. He was eventually able to slip through. Not the plan. There's nothing that
they could do without hitting an immediate trade on an off angle. So that's the tactical time
out burnt for the old car. They're trading by three and things not looking pretty here on map two.
Yeah I mean we kind of expected this going into Shelly didn't we? We sort of touched on it
really even the start of the series. So far it's following the script. I mean,
Consulate probably didn't follow the Consulate script, but the series is following the series
script. You know, 3-0 to Dark Zero, their attacks have been really clean. I think this is the kind
of game where we're pretty happy with their performance. Thus far, Wildcard called attack
timeout didn't work. Okay, nothing's really working for Wildcard. They finally got him open
to kill. Finally had a decent start to the round. Adrian had a good round. He picked up three.
See Bargames down for the first time. Wildcard is just
going to try something a little different. Move away from Kitchen Dining.
Seven and zero for Neuers. I mean, I know it's early on here, running the three rounds into
chalet but kind of combining concealer and chalet yours goes to 21 and 10
the only player above 18 being on 21 full for entry so even though he's plus
zero there he's active and engaged he's the only player with an above 1 KPR 1.17
which is actually really high if there's an MVP of the series so far it's
been newest. The Valk being pretty hard counted in this round.
Oh, that's a desperate, desperate play. Things aren't working out, so when things aren't working
out you try something a little different. Canson 04, Wild Card lose, another player early.
It almost feels like we have the white flag territory in the first half.
At midpoint now, the round to Dyke Zero have a strong handle on this map so far.
They'll look to just dot their eyes, cross their T's and work their way through the rest of the checklist.
As clear off next, fault with the U2 belt.
The wire cut spring into action. Base, spiker, lurk, blow.
maybe some flank potential but it's pretty limited as dark zone just kind of
walk up to take free real estate just drops oh at least gets caught though
need it that next one Adrian probably have to win the battle past lock now
they're all just falling apart Spiker finally got one the only kill that he's
had so far but it's for nothing dark zero we are into speedrun territory on
on a charlay for straight attacking rounds three or four opening kills
They've had two flawless rounds. They had the one and only clutch go their way
They're winning in the multi kills cuz I mean this is just dominant. There's no other way to put it
They've done nothing wrong so far dark zero. Yeah
Yeah, it's always funny how best of three can play out where
there. One or even two of the maps can be quite one-sided, just the way in which the
Vito may develop it. Probably expected that a little more so as well on Consulate, obviously
not for the guys, 15 rounds acquired, but it's shaping up here, Hap 2, Chav Leg, DZ.
I think it's fair to say that you have a bit of a speed-run effort at the moment. No sign
slowing down.
Night Heaven Labs though, the third map is required in this series and I'm seeing likely at this point.
Probably won't be the same case. That should probably go back into the realm of the 15 round.
Hopefully there will be a close conclusion for this other back at match.
EWC slot on the line.
Join M80 as the first two teams qualified from the NAL.
The wildcarts continue to get desperate. It feels like they are trying everything they can, throwing everything they've got at dark zero. Nothing is landing.
I think they would have always felt like Shalai was going to be a difficult ass.
But maybe not even this difficult. As you said, nothing's working.
especially after how close and competitive console it was both teams
looked evenly matched there was nothing separating them but yet now you go
shall I a simple map difference and talk zero just look otherworldly comparison
the wild card what it's worth night haven labs would be well it looks like it
will be the ultimate map to finish on a floor two record this year for dark
zero and a three one record this year for wild card pretty similar stats as
well so it gets us probably then back to another even map between the two teams
shall I seems to be so far the outlier now things can change in the second half
trap around two more rounds to go until we even get there dark zero look like
They're on for a 6-0.
Ace has slowed down a little bit here though.
Back onto the top floor.
Or wildcard.
This is now officially the slowest round that we've had in this half.
I don't know if that's a good news situation for wildcard or if Dark Zero is just planning something sneaky.
trying to find a one isolate bay but doesn't quite work out as false gets
bounced upon that speed that I thought you know to lay true to 60 seconds on
the fuck mind you saw it on the other side of the map it's gonna pick it up
should be able to get this kill on the debate oh my goodness Kino that's not
the spray he's been pretty much perfect this game but not that moment not that
round. Wildcard will get one and one then can potentially lead to two and if it
does, two defensive rounds on Charley. It's a 55% attack-assided map in North
America. So two defensive rounds would still put Wildcard in an okay position
if they start one the next half and the next half is coming up very very soon.
Round six suddenly becomes ultra important for both teams. Wildcard's
ability to get a second and I think for DZ they just want to get to five and get
back to winning this comfortably as they were up until about a minute ago.
Yeah credit to Bay in that round his bar stock hold was great opposing side of
the map but either a miss read or a miss time or maybe a little bit of both.
False jump D9 contested and then Kino tried to creep for the trade but got the
jitters then opened up an opportunity for another kill up through library.
And bay every close
I wish him those teams saying he was scared and didn't really play him
I mean you've got like so early to hunt you down, but he did a really really good job
And it has set the stage now from around where they can at least remain competitive
They must win this
If it goes 5-1, I think yeah, dark zero
I just close it out if it goes 4-2 it's
Well it's a game that's in the balance and that's where for wildcard being 4-0 down to begin with
They would take in the balance while they're truly going into the second half
Dacus I did that get you two defensive rounds. Okay job done. What can we then?
Going through in the second half on our own attack. That will be the question wildcard will ask themselves
so kitchen tiny again it's the third attempt the wild card on this side
you couldn't ask for two polarizing plays of this light a flawless in the
second round followed then by the newest one be two clocks and then dropping the
acts of playing from wine
Wouldn't be any closer
How is this one going to pan out?
It's first time to be attacking this site without the snake find you so they
exchange out the snake unavailable for the green
To combo with the cockabee for info gather so to see what kind of influence that may have
As expected the IQ will persist though
Anticipating the Valkyrie in a correct call echo as well
So NGR will suddenly want to value his life in this particular round.
Hoping and providing a motor J9 over shock drones.
Three places as well in position here from Dark Zero.
I'll straight at the moment for potentially
solar side slash trophy early looking to cut them up in half.
Keena gets the way off that half breach.
I'm looking to drone forward. In terms of the split from the defense this round, it is
true to one. Those two below, both with nitro cells, spiker and bait, and they'll be relying
on the Infect Gathered from others to try and facilitate that.
I mean, if I'm wildcard, I'm thinking in the next 20 to 30 seconds, do we find an avenue
to actually get aggressive ourselves here? Try and count off Dark Zero before they get
into their set play, which they've been doing really a solid job of in this half. You know,
Think about these little jump-ins towards solar and trophy. Well, there you go.
Adrian gets active.
Overwars, Mesenin, though, of all positions.
The cantsmere always gets rid of the Grim.
Nielsen was sensational this half, but two deaths in the last couple of rounds leaves him vulnerable.
Baby Shark both kills.
He'll go 0-6 throughout this opening half.
Losing the solace as well is not good for Wildcat.
Leap over, Kansan!
Well, he gets shot mid and for Kino.
But the nitrosolphal spike, and suddenly an explosive end to the half.
2 vs 2 with 30 seconds left.
Spiker, full out.
Adrian still with that natural stealth that if he pushes down the stairs,
NGR was watching! What a vaulting from NGR!
That double kill for Dark Zero!
To go to 5-1!
Smiles on the faces of DZ as they know!
Now, two rounds away from sending us to Nighthaven Labs,
what a way to close the half.
The mayor with a clutch to close it out, Hopson Trophy destroys Wildcard, as DZ seemed to be doing on Chalet right now.
It's 5-1, it feels like DarkZero can do no wrong. Newers is leading the way. I mean, it's a beautiful show from this team right now.
It really is a beautiful show. It's a great display of how well they are on this map. I mean, they're currently flawless on it, and it's for a reason.
reason I mean their attacking half in particular have been so strong but
Newworth in particular round three was just so good and Newworth I'm kind of
surprised they got caught off guard a little bit by Newworth given the fact
like not only does it create ghost pressure but he always lurks around the
map and then in this round three it was such a heads up play to be able to drop
the hash plant the diffuser where it was because there was no long arm in that
they had to take that gauge and maybe a little bit of a blunder of the Valkyrie
dropping but nevertheless I mean just great overall plays from Darkseer but
specifically numerous yeah I'm so glad you wanted to highlight because I was just thinking
Is he like not top three in the NAL right now like he's got he's got to be in the
conversation at the moment because I really feel like he's been so good for this team
specifically now that he's on the lurk role for dark zero the roles have kind of freed up a
little bit he's always hitting the backstab and I mean 14 and 10 14 kills though I believe
or something he sees he's top-fragging up there don't worry about the stats guys stats are a lie
That's that's our myth. Let's not believe that but the impact is obviously happening in the server and Dark Zero
I mean they just look really decisive on this map and it just shows how comfortable that they are on this map
I mean in that ball around the clip you're watching a bit earlier if they were once they got the top floor
There's no step B. Let's not do vert. Let's not figure out where they are
Let's just hit the site right and they just hit the site and they just trusted they're done
So yeah, I mean right now Dark Zero they just look so dang good on this map and double shields were banned on Kino
I don't know if this is maybe a map that you don't want to do it on maybe bigger maps
But Kino also is top-fragging for this team. He only went Montaigne. He only want a shield once so far on attack
So I mean yeah, they're just looking way too good. I will say like regardless where the ban girl
There's one thing I really like Dark Zero does on their attack half when they ban the defenders they get rid of that castle
It's not really a normal ban her traditional ban
and you see some teams do like you'll see the Azani go away.
You'll see a mirror go away.
You'll see a wall down.
But it's that castle that I really am.
Okay.
It's that castle that I really do enjoy
on their attack half.
Cause when you think of house strong castles,
especially on those top floors,
just being able to deny piano, to deny,
I mean, deny bathroom, deny piano,
deny any of those top floor windows.
I mean, it really puts a lot of pressure on defenders,
which is why like I feel like it helps their attacks
really flourish where we're going more traditional bands
here.
So I don't know, I'm not too surprised by these bands,
But I do like the man specifically coming out of the side from Dark Zero on their attacking
house.
Alright, well Dark Zero, they now shift over to defense and wild card, they're the ones
who have to make something happen on attack because Dark Zero two rounds away from sending
us to map three.
Well, I love you Laxmi, you just spent a minute talking about Castle, didn't get banned,
didn't get kicked, and so far from what we've seen in this entire game it hasn't been played
at all.
what you're waffling about. Hey, maybe we'll see it and then you'll look stupid. I'll
speak to you soon.
Well right now we might not get many rounds to actually see it. Five one up, Dark Zero
go defense, looking to close the south center so they're not having labs. They've been pretty
much perfect. I mean, the one saving grace Wildcard is going into their attack now. Can
and they emulate what we saw from DarkZero.
A darker side of the map through the region,
but Zero kills from Kansan, Zero kills from Baby Shark,
and he goes into the second half,
two as well from Spiker.
Not really filled with a lot of confidence.
No.
I'm reloading!
So they're not the most confidence-inspiring
half from Wild Harbour, maybe their attack
can shape up differently if they have the same conviction
from DarkZero as the other guys in the desert.
Big staying up on me,
has their ability to hit the site correct.
I found an opportunity, no messing around, no hesitation.
And I find the opening kill of it in round 7, keeping Kino at bay.
We had the license to not play shields in all but one round.
That was actually pretty good with gun in hand.
I'm warding this round, taking out pretty early on in the piece.
It's souls like structure at the moment from Wildcash.
Spike with kit.
He has just gained really good info.
Smea across Incaside Red ping now available but it's straight on the newest.
You just spike any ping they're beautifying the double make it three.
I think we can wrap this one up pretty quickly.
Neuers clearing the B-horn and Shuttle.
This is going to be a little bit disappointing though if you walk out you know what they
lose the map, but it's another thing to just get completely demolished.
Oh, it's like he's by himself down one versus four, facing the prospect of being six to one down,
and Nine Haven Labs is calling. And we're not too far away from picking up that phone. Five
map points for DEC. And to think and conceal it, it came down to a two versus two in the 15th round.
And to think that Dark Zero had three round chances to close that map out, and had they
done so in one of those three, they'd be on their way to EWC, instead, they're on their
way to 9havenlamps.
Yeah, it's remarkable how much the map can change up and match up and head to head.
And the Red Coffadee Z here in Shalaya is great.
And they really just look at home and it's super comfortable inside of the servo.
Five opportunities to close it in regulation, it's a negative bullet at this point.
Labs is calling, it's knocking on the door and...
Docs are eager to jump into that third and final map, which all the numbers suggest should be a real banger of a final map to close out this series.
still got to officially get there though and we've got a bit of a job
I think Baby Shark had the uh...
France woke up game on this match and shall I?
That's quite a bit of a victory
Yeah maybe he was thrown off by the...
I think there was a save penalty or something for what I said
I don't know if something's happened still
No, nothing has happened to it
Ah, still 0-0
Oh, it's not 0-0, come on
Oh really?
He's France leading now. Where are the last two?
France at one. Okay.
Well, you can look back in.
This is also not a World Cup stream, so I don't care.
And also, yeah, that's what I was kind of alluding to.
Going into Night Heaven Lab, so Baby Shark might enter the server now.
It's not distracted.
There it is.
Unless Wildcard can win five straight and get us to over time now.
Is that a possibility? I'm not so sure.
Nothing is impossible, whatever.
It would be something. Dikes do look so good on this map.
I'm still a sensor up here, a major.
I have protection for the jump out, and Jeno does get caught with a pinch from Kanzan,
who's being a little unlucky in a couple of key moments across this map so far.
He nets his best guilt.
There's a little pressure from Wildcard early in this round. A spiker scout site,
and we know how much he loves calling a heads up play. We'll see if that table will translate into something.
You know it's interesting as well with that opening kill, I was about to mention it before
it, but that is the one error, Wildcard have been very very good at the obvious map, there's
only been 3 opening picks for DZ, they've won a lot of these rounds for 3 or 4v5, they're
going to have to do it again here, match point 3 vs 5, we'll have to go down for Spikers,
not a lot of success here on Charlotte, but it looks like at 6 to 1 Wildcard are fighting,
going to get around to go their way in a very convincing fashion. Last time they won, was
on bedroom and office in the fifth round of the first half. Gendane here, round number
eight seems like we'll also go their way to give them round number two and just give them
a small sign of hope. I think we're past the point of gas phase four. The town is about
to end.
They'd be sure just keeping him trapped towards trophy stairs, longer angle for Kansan, Adrien
had the cut back up towards solar covered flawless, well played for Wildcard, but the
reality is he's still going to now win four straight.
It's a start, but will it be a journey?
Oh, we're seeing smiles, so I mean if anything they could try and keep their spirit tight
and ensure that their fundamentals and the comms are in check, there's no harm in giving
this map what you've got and just trying to play some good siege which may help
bleed into the third map if that is ultimately to be needed. Good last
round though from them. The introduction of the sense was intriguing. Ultimately
it wasn't really needed, good pinch mezz, a spike with good info slide and then
they're able to rally themselves into the objective with some pretty simple cutoff
top four so credit to one card. Park zero to rotate over to bar four.
It was that when you get these kind of six zero six one sort of stuff you know score lines
that sort of round kind of just brush it aside inadvertently yeah incredibly well played
flawless, did everything right, opening kill, got the plant, literally couldn't have played that
round any better. And yet the overall match says it doesn't really matter. We're all just going
to hold in bay of breath that we're going to Nighthaven Labs and that is where this series
will be settled. But for every comeback it starts with a round and the second round and then the
third and it takes three or four rounds until we feel finally convinced that the comeback is on.
One round of the time mentality needs to be installed for wildcarts.
They got everything to gain and nothing to lose.
And as I said, five of the last six rounds, they've got me open to kill.
They've got the only advantages. They just have failed to convert all three of them.
So they've had good looks.
As we head to bar games, DZ wanted to close this out quickly.
Interesting, no hold actually inside a library from DarkZero.
It's vicar, aggressive, supports the deployable shield, deals with that one quickly.
Nuis goes down, Baby Shark has found a second.
Nuis can't believe it. It's another open kill for Wildcard.
Baby Shark was in another postcode, they don't know how they've been disorting, but they shut down the danger man.
You took out top floor and Gino, no flushed out.
Hang on, we're not done on Shelly yet.
Boltz has taken low, but he did at least find that kill on to Baby Shark.
Well God, in a very good position here to get themselves to a third round.
Although they are out of the ROUs from the Sen, so they won't be able to play Shield
Screens for the actual Execute, and when you factor in the Shamiko Launcher of NJR, you've
got a match to solve for Kino.
Alts can still get some kind of information.
This is not impossible for Dark Zero, although losing Faults certainly doesn't help.
Oh, oh, Kino!
Oh, that's a freebie.
Hang on.
A place for more info.
No, the timing is Adrian just gets off.
He now then has to force that kill.
just keeps on sprinting to try and make up the crown.
NJR, good kill on to Bay towards the big window of games.
And as Kansan falls, it's only down to Spiker.
Wildcard have thrown away that advantage.
He's stuck outside as well in his only 30 seconds.
Oh, wonderful play from NJR.
No funny business here on Chalet.
All three maps are indeed required.
Night Haven Labs will be needed after all, just as we expected when this series began.
We expected Consulate to go in the way of Wildcard for Chalet to be Dark Zero's employee,
was it? Let's hand to Night Haven Labs.
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Well, Dark Zero come alive on Chalet and they dismantle Wildcard on Dark Zero's map pick
and now we go to map 3. A very different feel on this one, Kyle. It was not the back and
forth competitive game we saw on map 1. It was well open and shut, and it was dark zero,
absolutely steamrolling Wildcarts.
It was. It's almost like a normal best of three, right? And they're winning their map.
I wish we would have saw that in your series, but sometimes that's just how it is. Yeah,
I mean, Wildcarts should have probably ran away with their math a little bit more than
they did, but ultimately they ended up winning it here. Easy. This is their best map. Chalet,
and they were looking really good.
Well, a huge difference between map one and map two,
not only in Dark Zero stepping it up,
but in Wild Card struggling a little bit,
we saw Kanzin, a 17 kill performance from him on Consulate,
and oh, what happened here on map two, three and seven.
Yeah, I mean, it's definitely a big difference
going from 17 kills to nine, then to three to seven,
and it's not just on Kanzin.
I mean, the entire team was getting dismantled left and right
from the side of Wild Card.
DarkZero just had the game plan.
They understood exactly what they wanted to go for
on their attacking half, and again,
they really showcased it there.
However, you would think, being in deficit that way,
not looking too great, vibes would be down.
It's the total opposite from the side of Wildcard.
Yeah, we heard from them after a round win
that actually the vibes are pretty decent right now.
Take a listen.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Guys, I'm on the board.
Two Jails at a time.
Ha ha ha!
I mean, you like to see the spirit still up.
I mean, that was after what?
It was like six to two at that point
and they still had that, like, that's good sign.
And then they got clutched on.
And even if you remember in the last round of that series,
they pretty much just full scented in games.
They just wanted to get the game over with.
They didn't want any other head scratches going on.
They wanted to keep that mental there.
And that's so important in a best of three,
which these teams know this, these players know that,
that it really does come down to the mental,
because it is a long series,
and as long as you can get to that last map,
you can have the best mental going into it,
it really can set you up for success
going into that very last map.
Yeah, I'll tell you, that's a team that I want to be on.
A team that's gonna have fun even when you lose.
I do not want to be on a team where everyone's kind of
just whining and like, what's going on
and things like that, right?
So, yeah, things are looking on me up and up for Wildcard.
I'm happy with that.
You're happy with that performance despite the mess there.
I'm happy with the attitude.
I'm happy with the attitude.
Absolutely because we are going to go into a really good map map 3 right?
We're going to be talking about night haven labs and
That's a map that I think is in wild cards wheelhouse a little bit shall I look throw that out of there
It's a best of three that starts here at best map. We tried we tried our vision game
It didn't work against them. We tried our shield bands. It's not going to work on a map like that
But night haven labs it's a little bit more step-by-step
So I feel like they can kind of go back to the game and if you look back even in the so see when they did play it
But DZ won and typically when we see those matchups go back to back and you go and revisit
that map, typically the team that loses learns the most and does end up implementing those
mistakes that they make and they fix into the next series and they do inevitably win.
Not saying that's the case, could be.
We talked about how like the DZ puzzle that they put together, like just the best possible
components, best every possible category at what they do.
What can Wildcard do here to kind of match that?
We've talked about cans and baby shark.
What is what kind of needs to take charge here and win?
I mean, I think for us, since we were talking about it kind of earlier, I think it's Spikers.
I think Spikers needs to step up a little bit here for the team.
Again, we don't want to stat watch, but this is kind of that graphic we wanted to talk
about and how good Spikers has been.
This is all of the IGLs across the NAL and really look at the EPS, right?
It's Spikers with that 1.34 KD as well.
He not only leads an EPS, but Katie, across all IGLs.
And we typically talk about IGLs.
We're not supposed to get frags, right?
Look at some of the IGLs at the bottom of the list, right?
Canadians down there.
And it's typically talked about Bino, Trevmak, JJ Blizz.
But again, Spiker, he's breaking the mold.
And honestly, I think it's something that,
it kind of gets overlooked.
If your IGL is able to get frags like that,
it does free up a lot of the rest of the team.
And I think that's kind of what they're missing today.
But even that's something you even highlight
going into this series, I mean even their game versus M80s.
Spiker was the one that was carrying the momentum,
carrying the team, made the big call to make that play,
got a big 3K on that SMG12, which was insane for the Leaf,
but we haven't seen that same level from Spiker
throughout this series.
And if there's any time for a player to come alive,
it is in this last map with EWC on the line.
So 7-7 match point.
Spiker with the ball again.
Yeah, basement, he drops out.
That's what we want to see.
Well, that is, it feels like what we're headed towards given how close that first map was, but let's not forget,
Deezee are carrying all sorts of momentum right now, including NJR, who has been clutching left and right.
You have to imagine that also plays a pretty significant role here.
Yeah, I mean, it absolutely does, but again, on some aspects and some levels of it, having that momentum is great going to the last map,
but it also can be a very scary thing if you start losing that momentum, because then you regain or you refill that other team up with the momentum,
and they start walking away with it.
So for them, it's going to be very important
that probably wildcards will be more aware of,
especially the lurking from newers.
They aren't going to try.
They aren't going to give them that opening
to be able to expose them.
So it really is going to be easy to be paying attention
to where those gaps are and kind of where
DZ's move, I mean, where wildcard is moving around the map,
because they're definitely going to be a lot more
vigilant of those flanks and that ghost pressure
that newer supplies.
All right, it is Night Haven Labs
to decide our second spot at the Esports World Cup.
take some momentum into this third final map, but both teams statistically actually run pretty even on on labs.
Yeah, that's the thing that the numbers suggesting that these two teams are strong on labs and thereby evenly matched.
And yeah, sure, a bit of momentum, but I mean, as the desk showed some of the clips there during the break,
I don't think that the spirits of Wildcard were all that crouched though, still very much up and about.
kind of just that second map in stride. I'm sure when the Vito played out and they planned for it,
it was very much a case of unlikely at best to get the win on Chalet. So the third map felt
likely and that's where we go. Both the bands play out double hard reach denial and double hard
reach itself. Vendor, Kaijig, Thermite and Havanna. So that'll get the mirror up for denial and they'll
and they'll be reliant eventually on the map as well
in helping get that IT all opened up.
Excited to jump into this one.
Our second time seeing lamps today,
of course played earlier today in the M80 100th series,
and then it ended up winning that seven to four.
What have you got for this one guys?
That zero zero third map,
how do you look at this from a prediction standpoint?
If you have to, how's it against a wild card
starting on defense, that's the information you get plus the bends, which way you're leaning.
It's a really tough choice again, all of the data really does point towards this game,
such an even match up right, like both teams are low 50% in terms of attacking win rate,
high 50s defensive win rate, there's a plethora of maps played 6 for DZ, 4 for Wildfire like
the pool of data is pretty strong. I guess somewhat important to note, 57 days ago these two did
actually take battle on this map. It was the last time Wildtark did play labs losing 4 to 7,
so there's a slight precedent to suggest that DZS have a stronger team heading into this one,
but my opinions are mixed. If I had to pick a team, if I had to pick somebody, I'd probably go DZ,
but expecting this to probably be close and I wouldn't be shocked if we see another OT.
I was looking back at that game as well, the 7-4 that you mentioned, incredibly attack-asided to Dark Zero.
Oh sorry, not too dark as well. I think I won the map, but yeah, very attack-asided.
I should also note though that funnily enough, the last time I actually won this map, also against Dark Zero.
So I do, again, it's impossible to predict this one.
Newer's getting the initials out of here.
Spiker better return, serve from Kansas as he collects the OP to kill.
J9O will finish off what newer started onto Spiker by returning, serve, so one for one.
They both land an early blow.
J9O taking a bit of damage towards storage as Baby Shark continuing to contest from this top floor.
This top floor is the site.
But a very late opening of IT for Dark Zero has been long had been able to play this vert
game without worrying too much about a potential push-in through IT and that's going to benefit
them with that kill from Baby Shark.
And that really now protects that server position where the buck can be so powerful
and flushing out close angles and Olivia it's a pressure electric cool and start allowing
the attack to think about the route towards pillow for the plant.
So that's a massive kill, and prior to that is watching down the lurk from Neuers, which
is a powerful trait for DarkZero to be the lion upon back on Shallay.
As the desk alluded to, one party better ready for a better pair of tackling it.
He's gonna last DarkZero trailing three players to four. Make it two.
NJR gets caught. Lovely kill from Faust to get rid of Bay, opens up Rafters, but still down a player.
forcing out the first of three gaspabies from Adrian to still remain.
Volts is actually going to roll, okay, the open wall is blue. Still so much utility available though for the defense.
Well that's a catch.
The take away, the nitrous cell of the baby shark, if he stays down on that floor, now currently a two versus two.
The flash actually self-reflecting Kino allows Kensen to then swing and leaves it all down to Volts.
He's got ten seconds to try and find the one versus two.
He can't even get through the doorway.
Wildcard will get the opening round on Labs.
Perfect way to start on map three.
Well, we saw the head-to-head Kansan.
The Kansan, map one, was very successful.
He won consulate, but shot down much like the rest of the team on Chalet.
But he played a pivotal role there, opening round Labs,
but pushing forward and disrupting any trade potential there
from Kino Rafters, he was able to essentially confirm the round for his team, bring it into a
two versus one that was always going to be very, very tricky to clutch up.
Attackers have discovered the location of a boss.
It's all played by him, over to Storing for the follow-up.
I would be like to please the fact that I'm going to see them headgambling into
this heavy info game, which we've seen them tease a little bit over the course of the series.
We saw quite a bit of pulse flame back on ponds
Chalet as well not shying away from the souls of felt
Combinations, so it's gonna be a little bit of a hybrid between the two
And on a site like storage which offers plenty of opportunities to deny it the potnitra
They've got five feet rich poor
She can also then rotate below for plant and all etc pretty versatile line up here from the defense
I love the quad-contra game, walk on up to the storage and in control.
As it stands, no one's currently basement, but I feel like at some point they will get
surely someone down there, whether it's going to be Spyker on the pulse, you can certainly
gain information.
Now we're course defending IT as well, which Bay, Baby Shark, around IT and rafters.
They are testing these helmets for faults.
Here comes the aggression from Kino straight to the vending down the stairs going to basement
but no one's here.
You would expect Spiker to be here but there's no one here.
Sometimes no info is good info.
At least not queer.
Space can be retaken though.
the only downside. Oh, almost close. Oh, and indeed will not be retaken from Kino. What
a read from Wildcard. Well, they're out of star of the Dark Zero. They go for the basement
clear, hoping to maybe try and overwhelm a player like Spiker. The Policeman will typically
sit in basement, get that information with the heartbeat sensor, play the nitro cell.
Spiker was never down there. That was the demise of Dark Zero. And half passively from
Kino wants to poke his head back up instantly, flooring it apart by that nitro cell.
Huge round for Wild Card, do nothing, start!
There should be flawless here from Wild Card returning serve after getting dominated on that too.
Starting out strong here on Labs.
Game time for Dark Zero, torn to shreds. Beautiful read from Wildcard, nobody from the
defense getting isolated on basement and then as we see Dark Zero try to
transition that control up cargo probably then sensing they can start
you know thinking about sight they know there's no nitro threat down below they're
gonna get Kino in a playmaking position it never eventuated and for what feels
like at least the second time in this series a very early tactical timeout
called by the trailing team this time around though it's dark zero to initiate
the chat yeah and look I know this is just a fun little silly stat it doesn't
mean anything the team that has won the opening round has then gone on in one the
entire match does that play both wild card and white seed
The teams have started well across Consulate Chalet, they've pretty much gone on to do some
good things.
Although Consulate was a weird one, it technically was a wildcard first round win, I don't know
why it's not technically, it was a first round win for Wildcard, but then three straights
to Dark Zero meant they did go through one up and then from there Wildcard kind of go
back into the game and it was close from there on.
So anyway, tactical timeout will expire and I think it's pretty evident DarkZero are not
happy with the opening two rounds, especially when you get flawless down on storage control,
they go for the clearing basement, it doesn't work, there's no one there and so maybe either
miscommunications, misinformation, maybe followed the strat book a little too close and didn't
adapt to what was actually happening in the round.
He didn't actually go and get some info first up.
I wasn't expecting them to be honest to win top 4. I still look at command server really as a defensive side of the side.
I know NAL has some different side of statistics on it, but now we head to basement.
A third different side. Bugs are out of attack time now. This feels like it's quite pivotal early on.
Yeah, the heat is being applied to the defending major champs at the moment.
DarkZero are a supremely talented team, though, and can find their way back into this matchup.
I'm sure that that tactical timeout will be able to formulate a plan going forward.
Identifying what's going on so far and looking to refine.
It's the zero in play for NJR this round so a massive poker pick that has a decurse that the zero pick rate is
Extremely low but a very versatile operator you can gain a lot of info with the August launch you can even clear utility as well
But you need to be alive. That is a key nitro that may unhinge the entire
Attacking plan. Yeah, I'm starting to get a little worried down for dark zero three straight rounds wildcard with the opening kills
The Blue's NGR and Wild Hunt just looks switched on.
They're just playing really good stage here on Labs.
They're being in control on three different sites.
Nothing for DZ's working, just called the Taktai amount.
Two players down, Neuers, no success on the Snake.
And how impactful Neuers was back on Charley.
You look at him going 12 and 4, well at the moment he's down 0 and 3.
So if we had the Canson picture between games 1 and 2, right now you could display the newest
picture.
And it's not great viewing if you're a Dark Zero fan.
They need to get themselves back into this round quickly.
As Kido slipped by on the Monty, it does feel like overall in this series the Monty player
has not seen a lot of success for Dark Zero.
And while it may not be the Monty at fault in this round, it's again included where Wildcard
have found success.
only now the Monty remaining and that's what you don't want. You want the Monty taking contact and
contact he finds but at the very end of the round from Kansan he's back so a wild card.
Three straight and that timeout did nothing for Dark Zero. Wild card a four rounds away.
Never a nice feeling when you take a tactical timeout and you fail to convert. We've seen the
numbers historically your chances of winning typically in most settings will be increased.
Thanks for being tested here and Wildcard are playing phenomenally well. It's the mirror to be
banned out alongside the Grimm. You commented on the Monty before I've had to look back at some of
the numbers across this series. It's been essentially a mixed bag. It's very close to 50-50 in terms of
the Monty's success rate. It's difficult to comment too thoroughly as to just how much of an impact
the Monte Hasel hasn't had.
This is a stupid fact, it's really funny.
When you're losing to nitros like that,
the early pick to nitros like that,
it's rough.
Zero unable to gain a lot of information
or clear utility in that round.
That was the third time Zero has been played
in NAO for this stage.
Second.
Why this dark zero team?
Oddly enough, it was the second four laps in their match
against SSG.
It's not a straight one to one replication,
But either way, while Carter in a commanding position at the moment as we predict launch,
can they get forced straight, that would be a devastating blow and would essentially
then mean that they can hit any kind of benchmark or a position which they can salvage this
map easy, but then have to hit the next two, so pressure is well and truly mounting right
now.
The pressure is already being applied and maybe hitting that maximum point.
Three very crucial rounds coming out for Dark Zero, otherwise they face the threat of the
low bracket.
4 fun esports awaiting the loser of this map and while the loser of this map does something
fair they will be the dead set favourite to get 4 fun esports you just don't want to see
what happens on the day.
JR finally gets an opening kill for Dark Zero, their first one here on Labs.
Maybe a sign of things to come for them as they shuck down Baby Shark.
No water, that gets eliminated, a big operator, no longer available for the defense of Wild
Cards.
But most importantly for DZ, it's just a clean start to the round.
Now you get the extra player advantage.
Get a bit of information through IT, stretch that defense, it commenced serve as a good
It's like, typically for defense, but once you go down to four players, suddenly covering every avenue of the entry,
it's not as possible. You get a bit stretched in, you can't quite defend.
Rounds of blue, electrical, car meeting, the start is dull.
You can get overwhelmed quickly.
This is a big round for DZ. Let's see what they can do.
It's Neuers, hits the headshot onto Adrian. Well, that was unexpected.
And then Kansan, he went for the double down, well this is a classic, they're falling apart round for the defense where they just keep squeaking to try and get the round back on their terms and it doesn't work.
Dark Zero should be able to win this fourth round.
Viper may be the nuisance from below inside of lounge, but even he can't find his kill and it's flawless for Dark Zero.
That's better. But it's still a tall mountain to overcome that deficit that lays before
the second flawless round so far. So one apiece per team. There's a big open kill from NJR.
Didn't quite spot exactly how he netted it, but dropping the ward in early is great. Even
if that round had eventuated into a 5-4 execute, when you don't have the warden to post up
close electrical it really makes the the pill plant very vulnerable ultimately
while a card but the dictator is not even allowing that situation to
eventually is alluded to they gross they get the gas pedal they tried to get
run back on their terms trying to catch a flank or catch a multi and fortunately
for them DZ were more than including an average like that every single attempt
It's made out of desperation there from Wild Bud.
It's got a 1, 3, score line.
Right, so they're keeping their head above water, back down to storage control.
5 seconds left.
Logi in first.
False foot rounds there if your kill has decided the round thus far.
It wasn't the case on Shelly. Shelly was a mixed bag.
Consulate started off as a mixed bag and finished very strong.
15 on console and there was only one round that wasn't converted so when you kind of look at the series overall all three maps every single round
Yeah, it's probably around that 70 to 75 percent mark as usual
As we go through the drop storage it should be dependent similar
previous round for wild card with a heavy influence on this top floor
It's a 3-2 split though, which is probably about right.
People Microsoft.
This time, Swiker again will not go to basement on the poles.
It's not needed.
It's not done every single time either.
I think personally, I'm more intrigued to see what angle Doug Scarrant looked at taking
There's more traditional lighting across, I'll get it, I'll get some rafters.
Oh, this is ultra aggressive. Another nitro.
It's a thing that's kind of round.
It's helping vaults.
Well, vaults are just running away, Jedi don't die as a bay.
This is very sloppy from Dark Zero.
And vaults ended up just dying for Adrian.
Is this just the miscommunication round? I'm not sure what's happened.
He knows how to get aggressive, what...
Backed into the corner, eventually goes down to the gas bay.
That leaves the case in a horrible position.
This is a nightmare of a round for dark zero complete capitulation
This will not I don't know to remember I would love to know what the comms were for this round
Maybe the the guys in the couch could give us some insight because that just felt like a
Solid ground for dark zero and credit to wild card for capitalizing and punishing
Yeah, they did a really good job target prioritizing there. They didn't set their sights completely on Kino
They're able to isolate the rest of the attack trying to support the shield and then ultimately strike when Kino was vulnerable
I'm here for Nuerz, but not a lot of info, of course, D
Try and sneak plant, but needs a couple of kills and not presented that opportunity. That was well played by Wildcard
All right, there's four. Four is typically what you want on defense labs. Now it gives
one last chance to dark zero to get to two two attacking grounds and a free swing a free
hit for wildcard to see if they can go five one up and it's five straight in terms of
open a kill conversion so that means that's right 4 to 1 in favour of wildcard that's
where they've just been so dominant 2 to 0 in terms of multi kills are you kidding
that's that it's that side why are we going to kitchen cafeteria in a playoff third map
that's deciding who goes to EWC.
This is very strange from Wildcard.
This is not what I was expecting at all.
And maybe it looked down,
so it might not be expecting it either, but...
Well, I mean, they probably are expecting it, right?
So if I look back at that last best of three they played,
Wildcard actually opened up on this side on defense,
played it a second time in round five,
and it was a 50-50 split.
Wildcard defended it successfully on the first one,
but presumably Wildcard with a read on the reattempt,
but then everyone went back.
So what was that that was gonna be back in kickoff? No. Yeah, this was kickoff. So and well this stage
It's been played four times
For a 100% attack of win rate across the four times defense has not won this site
And all this stage wild card say yeah, let's give it a try
I also feel like the record for us watching this site overall is probably like a 90% attack
for win rate.
Of course.
What is the cost for all of these or something?
I also love the fact that Kensin's 9-1 after what was evidently a big struggle on Chalet.
He's now up to 29, one away from 30, new as two away from 30 on 28.
Slow and steady right now for Dark Zero, they probably sense the wild card are up to something.
Why else would they be sending them to Kitchen Cafeteria?
A-Joon's in such a precarious position, face-to-face with Kino.
He hasn't got really useful to help himself against the Monty either, but I mean the quick
reposition to why- Oh no, he's going for a more ship.
Oh well, he's just- Okay, Maidrin is dead, Kansan also fell with him, and my ultimate
as to the side choice guards is thankfully, for at least myself, going to be validated.
That is a strange decision of all decisions you could make from WildCut.
They give a free one over to DarkZero, it's four to two.
They get that 4-2 split they were looking for, maybe added a 5th round there, but what we're
seeing from Wildcard right now, we've talked so much about the utility game as far as information
goes, and how much that is helping a team.
Talk to me about what you're seeing in terms of explosive utility, because that really
is leading the way.
It is leading the way, and it's a theory that we actually call at the high level C4 maxing,
or basically the more...
I've never called that.
Okay, here we go.
C4s you bring, you can end this in real status,
like a grand triple on Twitter, who's got great analytics,
used to be a former DZ analyst.
But yeah, the more C4s you bring on defense,
the higher your defensive win rate is.
And we had two straight rounds where Wildcard
is bringing four C4s in the lineup,
and another round where they brought three.
And it's not only just kills, which we've seen a ton of,
that was a great C4 montage there.
But they're getting so much damage onto the montane
that they left up coincidentally,
and they're just chucking these C4s,
they're using their smokes for the utility
It's kind of finish off Kino as well.
And again, it's not even just the kills,
but even the amount of chip damage
going along with the information game.
Now they know where everybody is coming from.
And no one on Darkseer really has a chance to fight back.
Yeah, I mean, we also were seeing a lot of the information.
We were seeing the Valkyrie,
we were seeing the Pulse come into play.
I mean, again, wild card.
Fantastic job on the defense.
I mean, we also heard Jake ask us,
you know, what were the comms from DZ on round five
and then around specifically where Kino stuck on Raptors.
And the comms were actually pretty good from Dark Zero.
But the biggest thing was Kino was trying to figure out
how we can get support from his team to help with the player on rafters.
The players on him.
And yeah, I mean, taking two C4s, taking Smokernakes,
but Wildcard again had a very good plan.
Bay was keeping him distracted.
They were going for the C4s on Kino.
They ended up killing the player outside rafters door.
Smoked out rafters door.
And they keep applying that pressure.
And then, well, we saw NDR come into rafters
and to immediately be met by a C4.
So I'm like, that's the game plan from Wildcard on their defense
in half was great.
Now, I could argue that last round was a bit questionable.
There was no C4.
Shoulda coulda went 5-1 here.
Back to the matter is they're happy on a 4-2 half.
Now it's their attacking.
DZ probably happy as well.
They don't have to deal with maybe the same threats,
the C4s that they have to deal with on that first half,
but they still have to deal with Kanzin,
who between map two and map three
has kind of found his stride again.
And I know after that first, second map,
we said, all right, Kanzin not doing so hot.
So it's only fair that we highlight him again here
that now he's performing a lot better
So far, better than his entire map 2 performances in the half map.
Yeah, we were talking about the comms,
we were talking about, you know, the mentality,
and, you know, he made a joke, he finally got on the board.
But this is the canton that Wild Cart needed,
especially from what we saw in the first map.
I mean, he dropped 17 kills.
So to go from 17 to 3 to now 9, and we're now switching halves,
he can easily have another 17 kill game on the board.
However, we also need to see a little more from Spiker,
because that's another player that we highlighted.
So Spiker can start to find his foot in here.
Looking grim for Dark Zero.
Interesting to note on the bands that we do got the bandit mirror going out.
And this is kind of rare.
We're actually going to see a...
Oh, we got off the cake.
Okay, we got off the cake.
But we're going to see that at least the tube, which is going to stall that IT while opening up.
And maybe we'll see some C4s onto the Mico, onto that wall.
We'll see C4 Maxx.
It could happen.
Wildcard now, sits over to the attack.
They have a two-round cushion over the major champs right now.
The winner of this match goes to Paris.
Do you think we're gonna get some C4 maxing, Gus? Do you want to partake in that saying? Or maybe just leave the boys on the couch?
I like it. I like it. I'm a fan.
Oh, you like it?
Yeah.
Stealing that one and taking that one back to APL. And the two nitros, though, at least, for this defensive round.
You can see that the IT War battle with this band set is really intriguing.
Trade not initially selected for the opening round but we optionally are on.
Two ground for stall available though here for round seven.
Double primary hard breach up for wild fatherling into both the exos.
There mate, pellets on Hibana.
I'm not sure for any clearance that may have been required or there shouldn't be too much of a problem here.
This guy's trying to self-enable us.
Retrieving state.
Just like even at this point in time.
Exterior con, can we fill it up here.
Fight IT, wildcard just chipping through to check this.
For the most part, wildcard should be very happy with that first half.
in the game with 3P over to DarkZero closing on Kitchen Cafeteria outside of that. They've
definitely been better with the two teams on Life's Thus Far, but I get the sense that
this is going to be defense sided. Just have that feeling. It was an APL, although it wouldn't
even be a feeling. It would be more of a known quantity, but in any case, it's a little different.
I think something's been opened up by the X-Cyrus wager here.
The lathe and the Zodiacanister are false. Still has two more, but still top right off that wall opens up.
It's a route.
There's some sort of casing from Wildcum, but also very efficient.
You know, command service is not all about quickness.
In its approach, it's all about doing the due diligence, go through the checklist, clear out a lot of utility,
get some of these positions like Electrical which is usually going to be quite defended.
JL tries to time this Nitro style, it doesn't quite work out, needs a bit of help towards
Electrical. Big battle in Snowing and it's a lovely double clear from Wildcum. Love that
push from Adrian and Baby Shark to combine, they deal with the warden, they get Electrical
control and now the defense is under an immense amount of pressure.
Yes the same list with Ixero is going to be incredibly tough and not even in a spot
Now we're trying to re-aggress,
could be as well for Spiker on drone, 40 seconds,
and she'd be a pretty simple trade-out for the Wild Card.
All the chance for Spiker.
It's a great way to put the nail in the comfort
in this seventh round.
Leaves the door slightly ajar for Kino and J.I.N.O.
Cancer continues the pressure of this Galatin key.
What a lovely shot onto Neweth as well.
Breaking up the floorboards,
breaking up both defenders.
Wild Card, that is clinical.
What a way to start the half.
flawless for wildcard and a bit of a statement as they get a very very early attacking round
then they gain further separation on that scoreboard closer now to EWC
it didn't even need the trade out in the end cleaning clinical with the vert element late had a
whole plethora of flashbangs also available for the clearance and
a well synchronized push there facilitated by the double clear electric side that was really well played
Like the element there, the Thatcher on Roof, I didn't quite catch if it had direct influence
in the ground, but still a nice consideration.
The air jab though is absolutely devastating.
As you can see, the push to the Thatcher was so successful, there's the burnt element
plate.
G9 out.
Nothing you could do when Wildcard had pumped up 5-2 the scoreline.
It feels like a longer way back now for Dark Zero. Probably needed to take out Command Server.
Also 7 rounds and still 100% on the opening kill conversion.
Highlighting Wildcarts dominance in that area, but also we've had three flawless rounds on that so far
We also had three flawless rounds on charlotte, and we also had two flawless rounds on consulate
There's quite a lot of flawless rounds in this series, but for what's been
Largely close. I mean consulate was close 8 step and charlotte certainly was and right now lads has proven to be all that close either
The strange old series
to make a new floor. Well they do get the feeling that we're not quite done yet. There's still
a ways to go, but a big round now. In fact, probably a big couple around for Dark Zero.
Storage and control.
Successfully defended both times by Wildcarts in the first half of the week, almost in one,
four alive in the other.
I'm going to go talk to Woody.
I'm about zero to get active early.
They need to start getting these opening picks.
They've got to stop playing as a 4v5.
Maybe they have to start three more nitrous
towers as well as just the one,
but this particular element in play
when they take top floor here by a card,
the keynote.
Straight up, guns right onto the cans.
Drops the thermite.
Cans has been on fire.
For map three,
Adrian, set your cards reach.
which will be destructive. Baby Shark though with a delayed response on defaults, he too
though gets caught. So it's advantageful for DZ at the midpoint of the round. A 2-2 split
in terms of their structure. Kien is probably eager here to try and fall back. He is certainly
done and J9 are now on an island.
NJR inside a storage of Archer style, as Adrian pushed through IT, he could have been a little
susceptible, but he was able to push through and ended up finding that kill onto J and
I, I know. NJR didn't pull the trigger on the Nitro. Spikro, the window of three kill
onto Neuers! He half-checked that! He didn't give it the full look! And it gives Spikro
the pre-kill! Two versus two, and fifty seconds is more than enough time here for Wildcard!
Has they got IT control as well?
NJR and Kino need to play together.
I like this position. This is a tricky position to read for the attack.
Should be a free kill. Indeed it will be. That's Kit as well on the floor. Adrian
has to now make his way out of IT. All the timing.
NJR gets away. Escapes. Kit acquire. 20 seconds.
Lovely swing. What a power play from NJR.
Yeah, that really just exuded confidence love that position inside of warehouse
He would have been very unlucky to have been cleared
And as he pushed forward was then able to reposition into useless and catches a good timing on the final swing
These he desperately were searching for something to hit on that scoreboard finally
I mean I say finally they've been seesawing rounds it was really that
three-round head start though for Wildcard that's put them in a strong position as DZ
continued to play catch up they go down to basement. Finally now see that play brought
in to play complimentary through the tube of rail and parcels as well to be deployed here so
Expecting parts of barricades to be distributed for the horizontal clear first floor
Anticipating DZ to look to contest a little bit here and not necessarily for foot
Complete that control across to the attack. It was going accordingly with the man
Spike as well on the snake this round. So he'll play a pivot of all
Again information
One on the side, both for blind and blinding.
That was the...
closest round that we've had this game.
In fact, they broke a streak of either 5 alive or 4 alive,
from round 2 to round 7, girls.
3 flawless...
and 3, 4, alive.
Wow.
That's why this series feels a little weird.
Now it is a fun video.
None of the rounds have been close up until that point.
Adrien gets taken low early. First time seeing Bank this high, so only one time in the opening
half as well. And still at 100% conversion, it's green ticks for 8 rounds straight.
Which has made bad news for Dart Zero that they didn't fully convert onto the line of
major in that he stays alive it gives one card a chance they do double down at
least from one night through the previous round to two so they will
increase the C4 maxing out look into the night round by an extra nitro
all you okay spot out spiker and just eliminate that threat for the game's
work as well as well or one of those night cells not connecting one more
available from NJR Adrian left side wasn't expecting J9O to play that
aggressive I hope he didn't kill the Dark Zero
J9O wants to stay for long and he's still got a couple of gas babes
Why not? Stay and defend the position.
I don't know what the end point goal is for Wildcard here. Do they try and formulate XO?
Options are pretty limited for them at this point in time. Nitro is still up for NJR. He hasn't burnt that yet.
He can lay us tomorrow.
This as well is still flicking every guy's first floor. He's going to have a perfect read as to what Wildcard can't posture for, can relay that to the rest of the team. DZ in a really good spot.
Halo calls available for Baby Shark. Secondary Heart Breach from Bay. Again they do still have three smokes available.
But out of Boogie Auto breaches, so no more damage really to the floorboards. Wow! Chuck from NJR. This Nitro gets shot out though from Spike up.
But they lose the doc of E
And then JR is just not missing that shot not the way he's playing at the moment
We got a four versus five on the scoreboard only one round separating these two teams
It's three of the last four rounds to DZ from two five down to four five
It's been a strange strange old series
And the thermal to join kaiid on the bench, so that's going to further limit the heartbreak potential here for the attack
As in the meantime, our car will extend discussions by taking their tactical time out
Probably just sensing that DZ
Having a pretty good read so far in the second half they maybe need to look to make a couple of adjustments accordingly
DZ in that last round specifically really loved the utilization there the echo first floor it meant that
They had a very strong read onto the final pivot and posture for the push and JR did his job as required in contesting
vert and breach
Good damage done earlier on in the round with some
Pretty aggressive forward positions held from the likes of Jane. I know catching
Wild card off guard
And maybe that has been a bit of a theme for them so far.
DZ positionally just maybe being a little more proactive than what I've been able to read into.
I do catch the tail end there with the 9th round.
Essentially, I've filled his role beautifully well.
Bucks are essentially concentrated on the top 3 return to top floor.
and it's looking like the kai band out and both the nur and the band of course aren't available
it might be a more aggressive IT poll here from DZ or the ball at least half way through the initially
maybe looking to contest that in aggro
I see the Monty here from Spycar.
First time bringing Shield in this second half of Wildcard.
Shieldplay in general has been on the lower side for the Rock Island series.
You have to, I think, if I'm reading this right, you know, all the way back to the second round of Consulate,
which was the last time that we saw Spike of Play Monty.
It's been a long time.
I think ultimately it was fully reinforced, but it's straight forward to open up even
with the mute selected by DZ.
There's so much versatility in the lineup for Wildcard, like when you think about the
Sands and the Capitao that you know, they can clear rafters with that immense amount
of utility, but then also, you know, the con meeting side, you think about, you know, even
towards electrical.
So they got options with this lineup that they're not set on just one play
It looks like that says will be these places they want to fall staying I know away
Then take that space
I mean the flash has been pretty good initially roughly now vacated minute 30 and the clock spiky has not been affected by
Nitro cells and raised blue
Later in the round
It's a positive start from where our cardkey is to keep the attack at bay momentarily.
And notably all candellas used by adrian already as canzen falls.
The sign if you want to keep following the stats, 100% open to kill conversion.
Will that follow again here under the 10th round?
It goes the way of dark zero.
are you out from bay through IT?
Trying to break up some of the vision.
Volts though connects immediately onto the Montagne.
Olms, Fyker, as J9O falls for Baby Shark.
Desperate times here, now for the attack of Wildcard.
Baby Shark converts onto Volts, but they lose Adrian.
He was down, now finished off by Kino.
Two versus three with 30 stacks.
They still need to be reacquiring the kit,
as Baby Shark done nearly grabs it,
but he pushes forward, deep command.
Goes for the plant towards the bomb chassis,
and there's a decent cross here with Bay.
This will be a successful plant,
and a double stack push over towards Blue.
Bay can watch that angle, but he gets off it.
That allows for Baby Shark to get the kill onto Kino,
and JR will clutch this stuff as the only one left alive
for Flurry of Trains.
Go the way to Dark Zero.
We have time at five to five.
Yeah, that was great discipline from DZ at the end there.
If they got unsettled early, Bay had the perfect cross.
The RAU covering the opposing side.
It could have gotten messy and I guess in some ways it kind of did.
And maybe Bay catching an unfortunate timing there in the post.
But either way, DarkZero able to trade out with that play or advantage.
Look back at the end of that round.
Bay's attention was caught elsewhere.
Maybe SharkLane got four.
Nice the floor for Bar for the Billcams.
One-to-one trade left, and JR the last man standing for Dark Zero.
It's now three rounds in a row for DZ.
I'm starting to look like a consensual wildcard.
Defender side of map, Defender side of round, it's going the way of Dark Zero.
Winning the opening kills now, and everyone fall to the last five.
We did hit the bingo in that round by the way as well because it's a rare one.
We got every major category stat covered, plant, defuse, multi-kill and clutch.
So an action-packed 10th round sets us up, all tied into the 11th.
Tron's story about the first floor.
Wildcard know at this point that they're gonna need to do something a little desperate.
They go double shield! Double shield!
You should see how that multiple gets utilized.
How much of that will be for the top floor clear as opposed to direct pressure in towards the objective?
I wonder if it might be a fake out right so you maybe shark could go top floor and wrestles with the blitz
Not quite gonna match what we saw in our opening series today
And it's like it will then look slip in in fact. No, they both
It's just it's literally just double pushing the story from both the blitz and the blackhead newest goes down the opening kill for wild card
I am successful by a split second
Kira got the kill, but it was quite literally one second too late.
The plant goes down.
This becomes dangerous for Dark Zero.
You still have the blitz available in the post-plamp, but the numbers aren't with the
defenders.
Hey, you got the long cover.
Keep a barrier, it certainly does help.
And then throw bodies to maybe smoke some bullets from the spanish too quick.
That's lovely from Adrian.
Well, that was their only hope. Time expires round.
His son, Volstra, gets on it.
But it is not going to work out for him.
Or Dark Tiro as Wild Carb will get match and series point.
6-5 up, OT secured.
It's an old classic rush into sight.
The double shield works.
They got planned down by literally about 0.5 of a second.
couldn't be closer and now DZ needs to win to send it to overtime. Our adrian is
absolutely the MVP of that round not only what he was able to achieve in the
post but I can only assume that the Thatcher utility successfully landed
down to the Nitro denial attempt. The loud spike it to stick. Desperation from
J9 over the key, but barriers, but against the DMR, never stood a chance.
Beautiful from Wildcard, that was a very clean attack, that was well-executed.
Now they are just one round away from EWC.
Yeah, it's been a really fun game of my day of collapse between these two.
But an 8-7 overtime on Consulate, maybe we'll be from that back here on the last third final
map of this series end of today's broadcast.
Why not?
Why not one more overtime?
Still a hundred percent as well on that opening kill, I keep referencing it every single time
And at some point expect to get to both sides and it has not
Double plant and interesting the last two rounds back-to-back plants
They're the only plants that we've seen this entire map
So then in two grounds of half where you've seen shield play from wild carpet switching it up here as we return to basement
There he goes, well there you go, there's the opening kill, wild card, get it, Dark Zero
now need to do something that neither of these two teams have done so far on this map and
that's win around to 4 vs 5.
As Janno falls, the hopes of Dark Zero falling with him, NJR had to get up and close and
personal, only got the one and now there is only one left, it's false, he eats the call,
and not deny the plan to get Spiker.
After three straight to Dark Zero,
Wildcard have responded,
and with that they find themselves
headed to the Esports World Cup.
They send Dark Zero to the lower bracket
and book their place
to one of the most prestigious events.
What a result for Wildcard.
They must now beat for fun e-sports Wow, I mean one a grind of a performance for
wildcard especially bouncing back against that map to performance and the
momentum built by DZ on the third that was very very well deserved victory and
for the major chance they'll need to recollect themselves in that little
bracket check yeah certainly well alright let's set this one back over the
the voice on the couch. What a window for wildcard.
Thanks guys. What a cast tonight. What a matchup. Wildcard
are headed to the Esports World Cup. Something they have not
done in their career as an organization. Something Spiker
had never achieved, but here they are. They take down the major
champs and lacks on that third map. It felt like it could have
gone either way, but wildcard those final few rounds, they
just took that control.
Yeah, I really think it was the round prior to that, the jump of the stores, that diffuser being sent, and them just holding it, holding the position, getting that round into their favor.
And then honestly, I never thought there was a true script that was ever written about this game, but we walked in here on that 6-5, and they had it on the board here already 7-5, and then we were just seeing the numbers trickle down for a few minutes.
Inevitably Wildcard wins it. I mean overall great series from both of these teams. Wildcard like I said when you go back to those math
Tubs where we said about easy deep them before wildcard would then lose then this back and forth typically
They end up the team that ends up losing ends up winning that was the case here today
Yeah, I just think it was a good amount for them to kind of utilize the game plan that they had against dark zero with
This with the C4s with the vision would be was strong
Yeah, you tell the game was strong on the defense half and then JJ with the call earth JJ
Spiker went to calls on attack. Why am I saying they did it in the last place?
Spiker went to calls on attack and he said he highlighted that one round with a quick bomb plant.
Even the round fire was a really good call with the sense of play that that was almost something that kind of happened here.
And this post plant was a beautiful skill.
They take down the major champs and they do it. Here like you said Kyle, the final few rounds, you saw the energy coming out of this team lack.
They wanted it so bad, every single round in those final few huge reactions, and a baby shark and a spiker, I mean that energy that they carried in from map 2, it really pushed them through the whole way.
Which, that's what I said, it's important to focus on that mentality, yes DarkZio got the win, they look good, but still on the side of wildcard they were having fun, they were making light out of the situation and then they immediately going in the half were arguably,
Arguably it possibly could have ended into a 5-1 maybe done a little better
But fact is they kept the mental right the game's got a little closer than they needed to but then wild card immediately
Transition understood how they need to approach tack win for that fast take got the momentum to carry it over into the very last round
And then they just isolated every player on dark zero went for the solid execute flawless in the end
And that's why we love best of threes absolutely it tests everything everything how deep your map pool is yes
they got destroyed on Shelle but yes they won their map pick and they had a
chance to play that best of or the actual best of three the decider on
Nighavin Labs and a map that is really close back and forth you already
highlighted DZ beat him on that map before but yes they did a lot of learning
it was the best of three to qualify for eSports World Cup where normally these
guys are battling through the lowers I'm sure Spiker is gonna love that.
Well it's an event. Exactly. Spiker is standing by as well so we get a chance to talk with him
after this victory.
Spiker, you can breathe now.
You can relax.
So nice.
I mean, what a ride this has been.
And you guys qualify for the eSports World Cup
by taking down what seems to be your favorite team
in the entire league to play.
Dark zero, they go down to you guys yet again.
I mean, talk me through your emotions right now.
What are you and the guys feeling?
I mean, it feels great to qualify for another event.
It feels great to not have to do it in a do or die situation
once again.
I just get to watch the chaos tomorrow, but you know, before we move on to EWC, you know, we want to win NAO.
We felt like we should have done it last stage, we lost to JJ, so, you know, we still have our sights set to NAO, we're not skipping to EWC, you know, we still have more work to do next week, and that's our thought process.
Well, luckily for you, Spike or JJ, is not your path this time.
Yeah, thank God. We streamed them yesterday, oh my God.
Oh, they're looking good.
Wow.
I've never seen JJ flow through a map like that.
Good to know for next stage.
Okay, I'm curious the game plan you guys are kind of the creators here of the how to beat DZ blueprint and
You know pretend I'm a four fun scout for a second here
I'm kind of curious on your bands for that first map you guys banned double shields
Which we've seen going back even into the best of one on cafe
But then you chose to ban the glass instead of the third shield. I'm kind of curious where what was the thinking there?
It was just kind of we didn't feel like Monty was doing too much to us
It's kind of the way we felt it should have banned Monty and hindsight
But you know hindsight is 20 20
But that was kind of our thought process. I wasn't thinking too deep that I was like they're probably gonna try to change what they're doing a little bit
Yeah, and so that was that's what I was thinking
I think on the third map right there
No shield bands coming out and instead we were C4 maxing as I like to call it you guys are running
So many C4's is that just a bait for Kino to go shield so you guys can utilize the the utility on?
I mean the walls on labs are just so like prevalent simply the club like the walls are just so important like the majority of teams ban
Ban our breach
So, you know we can ban shields too if you want to but that's just kind of the way we we felt like the game was going
We didn't feel like the the shields were impacting too much in the first two maps
I know only one of them was up but still
Normally it caused more trouble and today it wasn't wasn't too good
Spike right. I just want to congratulate you on yet again making another event arguably
I'd say one of the best IGLs in North America could argue me also is is a Adrian close to you or did he walk away
Could you grab him? I actually want to ask him a question. Oh, oh, hey D
Adrian I want to say congratulations, but we asked average this now
I want to ask you how important is it for you to be able to make EWC and the fed on your title
I don't think it's important
Just to go anyway, like it's a super tournament even if it's like in Paris
Although I would prefer to go to Saudi instead for the place but like you said
It's important to kind of defend it like kind of even if we're all separated
I think it makes it actually more fun now. Absolutely. We have Seekra
Vivas on a hundred thieves. He has the chance tomorrow
Those M80 like it'll be it'll be cool to see if any one of us actually takes it
And then just just a follow up question
we haven't been able to talk too much. How nice has it actually been to just focus on
this team, not have to take a break, not have to worry about someone stepping in for you
that you've actually just been able to gel into the team and now you've qualified for
UWC?
No, it's been good. It's been good, like you said. They don't have to play with two people,
I don't have to watch from the sidelines, so we can actually work on stuff and it kind
of sticks instead of it goes out after a couple of days because we're now able to work on
it progressively and I think it's showing like we're kind of improving every every day it shows
those mistakes everywhere uh that we work on but um yeah it's I don't know it's just all about
whenever I'm together always I think absolutely well that's all that's all I got for you I just
wanted to pick your brain because obviously you are the defending champion at EWC thank you very
much I'll give you that vision yeah give us back to Spiker so we can thank him yeah Spiker thank
Thanks for sitting there awkwardly drinking your water the whole time.
No, I didn't know what to do.
I didn't know what to do.
I was sitting here.
I didn't know what to do.
I didn't want to sit here and just stare at the camera.
I didn't know what to do.
I think you wanted to be in the camera.
You could have got up.
You could have gave him your seat.
I mean, I could have, but I didn't know.
I didn't know.
Nobody communicated if I was done or if I needed more.
That's on the line.
That's on the line.
We should have said, get out of the frame.
Don't talk to me, bro.
In fact, I could have said, talk to me.
That's on you to step away.
Come on.
Yeah, that's on lag.
Hello, and up to that spider. Congratulations on making it up. You see we will see you next week as you guys chase that NL
Time I think what a way to finish wild card they close it out the energy from that team
We've got a glimpse of it again. Oh, that's the one. Oh, there we go. Yeah, at least we got one prediction, right today
Boom wild card. You did it. I mean we we both said I'm any are we recapping that? I think we both said I'm any we both
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, at Wildcard, they work their way into the Esports World Cup.
As Piker said, their focus will also be on winning the NAL, and that will happen next week.
We'll give you a recap, though, exactly how the day transpired.
If you didn't catch our first bet to three of the day, here's your result.
It's M80 moving on to the Esports World Cup.
They move on and face Wildcard in the upper bracket final, 100 Thieves and Dark Zero to the lower bracket.
They go.
they go. We have a double elimination best of three brackets. So now in the bottom half
of the bracket, hundred thieves and Shopify rebellion. We'll go toe to toe tomorrow. Dark
zero have four fun eSports as their opponent there. Both of those matches kick off at two
p.m. Eastern tomorrow where we will send two more teams to the eSports World Cup and for
the first time eliminate two teams from contention here in the playoffs.
Yeah, I'm honestly a little worried for the side of a hundred these given the performance we saw today.
It certainly was not what we were hyping it up to be.
It's not what we were seeing with the progression.
If anything, they regressed a little bit and then what we already highlighted with SR.
They've always or Troy, however, has always been inevitable.
So that first one should be a very, very good series.
That's that.
To send one of those teams home split.
That's just how competitive the NAL is.
We just have to get the best games.
Well, four fun eSports Dark Zero.
Maybe it wasn't the wild card game that was predicted there.
We know that they've pulled off crazy things in the past.
Four fun eSports, they're never afraid of any opponent.
They're not, they aren't.
Should they be afraid of Dark Zero?
They should be.
Yeah, they should be.
They're very fair.
Absolutely.
Whenever Dark Zero loses, they always come back
10 times harder, and to be on that receiving end of that,
probably is not gonna be fun,
especially in the best of three territory.
But it's also good for four fun eSports
to be able to flex their best of threes
and see how they can fair up against them.
Yeah.
It's just fun.
I mean, you're right, it's Dark Zero,
and they're not gonna have fun.
They're not gonna have fun at all and I'll be for them to even make an event though. They have to be a juggernaut
That's what we're talking about. It has to happen at some point. All right. Well, hopefully for them
It could be dark zero tomorrow. Hey, you never know take down major champs make the eSports World Cup could happen
Well, we we will see how that transpires
Tomorrow we started 2 p.m. Eastern with two more games that will send two teams to the eSports World Cup
Thanks so much for tuning in tonight on behalf of our entire studio crew for a minute for laxing. I'm Jordan's willing to
Thanks for watching. We'll catch you tomorrow