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Hi guys, I'm here at the Artists' Valley with Fofi and she has all these great agents
and also she has wingman, we have stickers, we have a lot of cool things going on in this
stand.
So I actually want to ask her what is her favorite agent to design.
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How long ago?
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remaining this agent for a year now.
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Mucho gracias por la entrevista.
This is all we got for it now, but back to you guys.
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Welcome to Master Santiago, where we're down to a stacked Final Four.
NRG, Paper Rex and G2 will look to burnish their credentials as the most consistent teams in our scene.
While the only one seed left standing, the upstart, Nongshim Red Force are here to take names and build their own legacy.
Mimi and Kukuga joining myself over on the next today.
What are you guys most excited for as we're really getting to the pointy end of things here?
I'm excited by the styles that all these teams have.
We went into this tournament,
expressing it to be stale double-boolest
all the same every time,
but both G2 and NRG,
I think have broken off and shown their own style,
trying to run against that.
Whereas it's been an option
who's fully committed to this neon idea,
and it now sets us up for this really interesting valorant
in the last couple of days.
And to me, this is one of the most interesting days
of a tournament because we've all had a break,
we've already seen some teams making some adaptations,
changing some things around,
and have opened with the tournament.
So today will be the time to see if all those changes are good up for the test.
Today's is a pretty decent amount of space for these teams who are trying to get the edge on each other.
And I'm excited also much just about this crowd.
We're half an hour into the game starting.
We're on a Friday and there is still so many people already here.
So many people already cheering.
It's going to be amazing.
Yeah, I can't wait. It is hard to hear myself up here on the desk.
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Now, let's have a look at our Brackengeard Masters Santiago,
Top to course by these four incredible teams.
Who's the biggest surprise so far?
Because earlier on Mimi, you said this feels like a pretty reasonable way.
The bracket is shaking out.
I actually think the biggest surprise for me is NRG,
which might sound a little weird because they're the world champions
running into another event.
I thought they would be good.
I didn't think they would be at this level.
The counters that they've had,
the way they've grown throughout the server,
the calling that Ethan is putting up right now,
I think they've leveled themselves up even beyond expectations
and have a chance now to do something no one's done before.
Yeah, I think that's completely fair, especially like after chance you might still have your doubts,
but as you're saying the way that they've changed and adapted in their own ways,
I think that we also need to look at their opponents.
Yes, they had the first seed that has been cursed for a very long time in Masters' events,
but seeing an onshin that was able to re-ascend into VCT and is completely flawless this year,
on their way to the first grand finals of that event is also an amazing story.
Now, as Master Santiago reaches his crescendo,
I kind of want to take the chance to appreciate the incredible fans here at the Espacio Riesco.
Thank you so much for all your passion and energy. It's truly been a blessing to share this arena with you throughout so many memorable matches.
Now, Mini Kukuka, do you guys have a standout favorite moment from what we've had at this event?
We're 11 days in, I'm sure we've seen a lot of action.
There's been a lot. I really like when we do these check-ins and we see all the art that we have.
But to me, it was really heartfelt when we all went on the stage to celebrate International Women's Day
and how warm everybody was in that moment here at Riot Games.
We have so many incredible women working not only on camera, but also behind it.
Seriously, the most amazing human beings and hardworking people that you've ever met
are behind the scenes and making this show possible.
So for me, seeing the warmth and seeing everybody cheer for us,
it was a very nice moment to spend that day here.
Yeah, it was a really sweet one. I don't know. I just love watching the crowds reception overall.
I also think Valorant as an esport has a lot more women who come to these events and
anything else. I feel like half the time it's like nearer like a majority, but
Shout out to SRG, that one yesterday. That was awesome. That match was crazy. Mine, I think, was the
amount of cosplayers here. There's always great cosplayers that jumped international events, but
the stuff that the fans in Chile have put together for their cosplay is frankly incredible.
I mean, look at the detail, that vice to the right of millions of people.
I was fast-tracked by the vice. I was sad next to it.
I was like, oh my god, this cosplay is so good. I can't even look.
I can't just, I didn't want to feel like I'm staring at them.
The prismatic effects they have.
So sick.
The Keto that was next to YouTube, Bayer.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was insane.
Like every level of detail, every single addon that you can think of that the agent had,
they've had it. And seriously, it is boiling hot down in the pit.
So the fact that they're able to stay in full costume. Do you know when you think oh, I'm going to cosplay?
Let me like order something. It's like now it's it looks like nothing compared to what we've seen here
Yeah, incredible work cosplay. I said put it in. It's great to see put on display for me
I'm just glad to see the moves get put on display. That's right
Obviously Cantor has been you know on the announcers roll down there in the arena and he has managed to stir up a heck of a lot of
Trouble for me is the conga line this one went on for far longer than any conga line has any business doing so
I was hoping to see, you know, it may be stretch all around the venue in its entirety, but it was great in-between maps
Definitely gave a festival feel to what's been going on. It's been like that every day
Listen, there's three more days we can we can still push to make a bigger conga line
You know, check it really
Oh, I'll ask Kato, so we can make it happen. But now though, let's head down to Belina who is hanging out with a couple familiar faces
Hi guys, I'm here with Latam streamers Soipan and Suya and I just want to know how has your
state been in Chile?
Are you liking Chile?
Do you like the crowd?
What are your thoughts?
Yeah, I've been here for only one day but it's been really good.
I really like this food and I want paperx to win today.
It's been really good.
How much do you think it's going to be?
The 2-0, 2-1?
Uh, 2-0, 2-0.
I want 2-0.
Okay, let's see what's gonna happen.
I know that you're also supporting Paper Rex, right?
So what are your predictions for the today's matches?
So the first one is long shim against Energy,
and the second one, you know.
Energy is winning 2-0 today,
but Paper Rex, it will be 2-1
because it will be hard.
We are, like, used to suffering a little bit in lower bracket.
So today's Paper Rex winning, but it will be hard.
Oh, let's see what's gonna happen.
And I also know that you are gonna be an IGL for the show match.
match can we have anything can you tell us anything no comments oh so you guys
gotta stay tuned to watch this so much remembering it's Sunday but that's all
for us thank you very much guys for this interview back to you in today's
MasterCard fan poll we did things dead simple who do you think is taking home
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involved in the discussion and hashtag a veteran masters or hashtag VCT we want
to hear your voice now moving on long she might be the only number one seed to
survive here Master Santiago if anything they surpass their expectations so far
but energy might be the toughest test yet can they take down another America's
team to punch their way to the Grand Finals with their current form it seems
possible this nonchalant team had to start this year by wanting back through
Ascension proving that they deserve to belong to remain in the Pacific League
They win that haven't lost anything since they've been on this dominant run through their region to become the number one seat
Have shown up to their first ever global event and where so many other number one seats with fresh ideas failed
They immediately hit the ground running and performed better than they did in Pacific to me. That is the biggest difference
I think that we can draw comparisons to for example
what happened in Bangkok with T1 having also a double duelist and something that fit them very well.
But to me it is surprising the fact that they can do this flawlessly,
that they've been going up against a couple of top opponents, mainly that's not made so much.
But I think the G2 put up a great fight against them and they were able to bounce back within the game.
The best choices in the series can get though that 14-12 in overtime, but still they did prevail.
Let's check him in the eye with all his thoughts on this upcoming matchup with NRG.
We've got him standing by with Gem Lee.
I don't think we've prepared anything special for this game, and we're just going to trust our flexibility in the game, so that's what we're going to do.
We didn't prep specifically for facing NRG and their style and our point today, our focus today is to be more fluid in game and play our own game.
Well, sounds good Ivy and good luck.
Thank you.
Now in fairness, in that G2 series early on, things were looking pretty grim for Nongshim with some of the fundamentals that feels like getting exposed or at least lack of fundamentals.
What do Nongshim need to do to tidy this up before facing NRG?
I think they just have to double down and be fighting and aggressing together.
That's what they did in the rest of this G2 series.
It's a great effect.
But this was the outlier of the tournament.
There's a miss against NRG for them.
Where it felt like, or rather against G2.
Where G2, in so many of these rounds on their attack side,
was hauling, baiting out this aggression
and did a really great job of punishing Nongshim for these hyperadripples
They got away with against seems to relax ready at the end of the day to do like that experience of going to global events and
Playing against different opponents
I think that's actually the way the G2 play how they like to push and pull the fake in a little bit
They're forcing you to make that kind of make that kind of decision work for them on a base
But they were also at the same time able to bounce back in the rest of the match very quickly
No, I'm sure don't run fakes. We really rarely see them do this
What do you think about their macro in the context of this kind of games?
that? Is that a hindrance? I think that it works well for them because they're so excellent
with those hard exeges, where I think their macro fumbles more is on the defensive side,
both against G2 in that game and in their game against Mates. I felt like they constantly
got into the trap of over rotating and only later in the half were going for mid round
aggro and flanks to actually fill that space instead of leaving it. Energy's going to want
to play slow today, force them to rotate, play with their heads, and I think that's where
Nongshim's defensive calling looks quite uncomfortable.
And a little bit of concern, right?
Because Ivy was saying, oh, we're not preparing specifically for this.
Maybe you should have, we'll see on the stage.
Because as we're saying, as Mimi's saying,
energy is going to be incredibly threat for this.
I think that they did a great job against PaperX
and how to battle up against them.
And I think that Nongshim is going to be no different.
However, always easier said than done when Dambi's on the stage.
Francis, as we remember,
was having a bit of an up-and-down game against G2.
He struggled on a bit, so I think a key component
by that map looked pretty bad for Nunchin, but eventually he was able to draw up on his inner reserves and had some key moments later on in the series on Corode on Split.
And I feel like by the end of the series he was a really defining feature in their success.
You have to bounce back. That's the important thing. I think that map 1 was very, like, he was struggling a lot, but to me in this team, if Dambi is the engine, Francis can be the switch power, you know, the switch factor.
because I do it whilst I think that of course the Dambi is swinging on to do
it's very difficult to go up against if Francis is on the other side making the
rest of the things that he has to do control and we saw the operator place
catching their rotations and being a nuisance is the difference like look at
this numbers of this not not looking good but as I said for the rest of the
other two maps yes Dambi looks way more flashy the things would not be possible
without Francis. The second two maps are even better to me than Francis looked
Pacific. I wasn't particularly impressed with this guy. I had him towards the bottom of my ratings and
your new players going into this event, but he totally stepped up here. And that's after that
map one where he was visibly upset after the loss. Look incredibly shaky in his play, proving
that he can bounce back after that and perform to this level is exactly the resiliency you're
going to need today against a team like NRG who has won so many close games, so many over times,
where that resiliency is everything. I think we should be celebrated honestly for getting this
far without like talking about Dambi but it's time to address the infernal level from in the room.
Let's get some insight from the neon demon himself. He's Dambi in a HyperX player moment.
I don't think it's a good idea to play with Neon.
Since there's a lot of play with Neon,
I'm looking forward to playing with him.
It's been a while since I played a game with a big team.
I think it was really fun and it was really fun.
First of all, I hope you'll support us a lot.
Please support us. Thank you.
Even though how to deal with him. How do you stop this guy? Yeah, I actually think that what he's bringing up there are good answers in the micro
Right shotguns playing close to jokes means that you're shutting him down before he get up the Odin is also by the way
It's very
The other key besides that I think is good micro wise is the Odin you can
and try and get that bullet tag to slow his movement.
These are things that are solid micro.
I play up, buy cringe guns, try and beat him at his own game.
But I think even that we saw in the G2 game doesn't always work,
because he was shutting him down defense side of split
with those exact ideas, only for him to change his pathing
in the last couple of rounds, get a 2k,
and then another multi-kill to send Doverton and win the match.
Yeah, it's very difficult to go up against him.
I think that you need to be one, extremely careful about your position,
position to us you're saying being ready to deal with the shot campaign shop
guns yourself saving your utility as well and maybe and just maybe this is
where I look at energy trying to counter and take them where they're the
weakest and that that's when they overheat I want to stay in this
discussion about how dummy can be stopped because G2 looks like they are
with some moments you've touched on it slightly is there like the concept of a
plan is there an outline for a blueprint that energy could build on from this
series I think that kind of round that we just saw from Valorant is a great
For example, here as well, where he's getting inside of this front flight into that fast
life from the neon and getting ahead, you kind of have to beat him in his own game.
But what I'm actually interested to see from NRG today, I expect them to institute these
microideas.
Do they try and do anything macro?
Do they change a comp?
Because I think there's something to be said of picking a deadlock or a sage, an agent
that has hard CC utility that you cannot just slide through and intentionally trying to
shut him down.
they had time off to prep that.
And I think that for a non-shim,
it hasn't really shown a naturally,
had to hard counter something like that.
It would be a really interesting idea
to try and diminish the success level, right?
See if they can be at that level.
Right now, maybe are you in your comfort zone
because there's no team that has actually figured out,
like, yes, G2 brought up some ideas,
but at the end of the day, your resilience put it through.
I do credit also the amazing supportive utility
that we've seen.
We saw some clips from Corode.
And just because the timing of the fade utility
of the Viper wall just segmenting the way,
they were able to make those plays.
To me, I do look a lot at the coaching staff from NRG,
knowing when those walls are going to appear
and where you should be positioned yourself
to not be at the end of that judge or fucking judge.
Yeah, you asked earlier, Mitch, about the macro
and how that'll fail for non-ship
if they're just sending it every time
and that gets shut down.
That hasn't had to be really tested at this event so far.
And I think if NRG come in with a game plan,
maybe a counter-comp, maybe some of these other ideas
we're talking about, then that will force him to go back to RB's mid-rounding, which
I don't think he's looked up to the same level of how excellent Ethan has been calling on
defense. I think that's really the win condition. Shut down Donbi and expose their macro.
I love how you oppose his lays to it. There's the coach macro coming into the game and then
we have to look at IGL's in those mid rounds. Let's switch our focus though to NRG properly
here though now and set the scene. Let's have a listen to Mato and he had some interesting
things to say about the matchup, probably is what he expected to encounter.
I think that Zombie is probably the best neon that I've ever seen from one
duelist to another. I've set my hat to him, but overall, I don't know.
I don't really have much of a read on how they play as a team.
I kind of just, Zombie kind of steals the show to be honest when you're
watching their match. So when I watch back the games, I'll know more.
But like I said earlier, it doesn't matter too much about their
It's all about our game.
They play Mada, you're not paid to think.
You're paid to sit there, click heads and look good.
And you are three for three so far here in Santiago.
This NRG team have been the team that have been poised
to answer the question, right?
They wanted to be reactive, responsive,
play the counter-conf, play the double drone set-up
to force all players off their line.
You saw this showcase here, BBL, for example.
Certainly feels like an auction bed for us
for us through a different beast, but let's hear a little bit more.
Gen Lee had a chance to stand by with Scuba, so let's have a listen in.
Whoa, you hear that Scuba?
Very loud.
Oh well, Gen here with Scuba of Energy.
Scuba, you can study Nong Shin, but you will still be tested on stage.
It's what people say.
So what is your answer to stopping Nong Shin and Dambi's Nyon?
Right now, the plan is to send Brocadam with an Odin
and see who has the best gun.
No, but seriously, it's a 5v5 game, balanced 5v5,
and so a lot more goes into it than countering one player.
So it's not like five ordnance for you, right?
No, no, not right now.
Thank you so much, and good luck.
Don't knock it till you try to scuba.
NRG got their revenge on PRX, of course,
after losing to them in the Swiss.
What were the adjustments that NRG made
for that opponent that ended up giving them the dove?
And is anything from that relevant to this game?
Yeah, I think that one of the things that probably is very good when you go up against
PaperX, especially the second time around, and that will serve them against not noshing,
is learn about the things that you can match and the ones that you do not want to match.
For example, for today, you cannot match Dambi.
That is not the angle for here.
I think that they understood the weaknesses in also the overheating from PaperX and how
to measure the distance with them and how can they strike them for their other weakest.
Energy got thrown two new compositions in this series against PaperX, including a curveball
for both teams not pulling the bind. That was their entertaining. Yeah, what they really impressed me about it though was how quickly
NRG seemingly figured out the win conditions and the theory behind their opponents new composition and thought that next layer ahead of how to play into that.
They had a timeout after round two to do just that on bind, right? That discussion, and that is where I've been so, so impressed with NRG's leadership.
because I think both Bonkark and Ethan, in this meta that is so fast, doesn't give you a lot of time to think,
have always come into these matches with excellent ideas of how to counter out their opponent,
what the theory is behind their composition, and how they can get a leg up.
That's why I think they're the favorite for the tournament right now.
Okay, and you have to focus on control. I think that Scuba, you know, although he was very shy,
and then how to be a get-in and speaking about the audience, I do look at him at many of the moments
where you need a more calm and collected player. I think that he can feel that.
Now energy they found value in the double drone composition, especially against teams that wanted to play like an op on the extremity for contact.
This seems like a pretty good answer against a double duelist meta, but is it relevant against a non-ship red force who kind of want to use their neon and run at you?
Even though Francis really picking up the op when possible.
I think it's very map dependent. I think where the double drone comp is especially great is on their attacking sides. It's good for, let's say, your non-ship.
You go for an aggressive extremity play at the start of the round.
What NRG is going to do is absorb that,
re-clear with the drone, and then get a forward in back.
It forces your opponent to put players forward to contest spades
and contest the drones because there is so many tools to re-clear.
It won't one-for-one shut down aggression,
but it will deal with the consequences of aggression.
Basically, when you're looking at this match
and when you're looking at Nautium, it's going to be very fun.
It's incredibly fun to watch five players doing what they're doing.
But for the other side, they go for kind of like the anti-fond and it's like shatting all of those things down
Focusing on the control that you can have over the map to when it's time to make a decision is the most favorite one for you
It's time for us here to decide how this video is gonna play out. We've got our be taking on
Mada and I think there are probably a couple of maps that
We're considering that a base for energy is also what's really good
And it's also that one map where we don't see don't be playing me on yeah, yeah
Yeah, we talked a little bit about how we were wondering if Energy would maybe change the comp.
I'm very curious about the Abyss that we're very likely to get in this series for the side of Nonship.
It's the one map where Dumbie's not playing the Neon.
It's the weakest map, both regionally from what we've seen and at this tournament thus far.
I'd really like to see them come in with a new look, put Dumbie on that Neon, change it up and show us something fresh with the time you have.
I also think that we've seen Mata a lot playing with the Operator even when it comes to the attack and some of his rounds trying to shut the sides, you know, all those pieces.
I think that when we're speaking about a non-shim that struggles a little bit on the defense, that can create a massive gap and a lot of winning conditions for NRG.
You talked about the other rotations from non-shim. They don't respond well, being pulled around the map sometimes, because it definitely feels like something with Ethan's mid-round and they're going to try and do.
Yeah, what I really want to see Namshin go for here is instead of going for super hard rotates to 100% of the time go for a full flood retake.
I want to see them doing more of the mid-round, repushing on their haven. I thought it was a good example of that, but they started pushing down mid as a reaction instead and going for a lot of these flights to condition that, hey, if you're going to hard execute, you are losing the rest of the map.
So right now what we're looking about, I think that that sums up in discipline, right? We need to see discipline coming in from Namshin.
We know that that style and what you're bringing into the tournament is working.
But when you're faced against a team that is going to do everything in their power
to make you play their game and not be faced about all the aggression that you're going to show,
can you show that you can match up onto that?
Yeah, like we've talked about, G2 face Nongshim, they absolutely want to take them to a base where,
like we mentioned, Dambi wasn't on the on.
Let's see if Energy are going to go for the same approach here in his map video after Mada wins the skirmish.
Okay, so we're starting map selection for energy against NS.
This priority was chosen through skirmish.
So energy won skirmish and start choosing between mayor team B.
Team B.
So energy is team B, NS is team A. So NS starts spending a map.
Forbidden.
Pemper.
Pemper.
Perl.
Okay, band for energy.
Microwave.
Coroute.
Okay.
METPIG for NS, SIDE ON BIND for ENERGY
ATTACK
ATTACK
METPIG for ENERGY
ABIS
ABIS, SIDE ON ABIS for NS
ATTACK
ATTACK
Next set of vents, starting with NS, you'll have BREEZE, HAVEN and SPLIT
Then breeze breeze less than for energy you have haven or split band splits then split so Haven is a decider
side on Haven 4 NS
All take sorry. Oh take attack. Okay. That's it. Do like have fun
Yeah, it was only the second map in the pool where they've tried that double duelist.
back to our previous conversation. Now, if there was a map where NRG wanted to change
their comp and counter something out, it would be Bind. When they banned the Corode, I think
they could have very easily assumed that this is where Nomchun would have wanted to take
them, because it was strong regionally, and it's a bottom of NRG's map pool. I'm super
excited if they do have that plan. It's important, right, the context, because, yes, we have
not seen Nomchun play in it here, but regionally, they picked it a couple of times, and they
look very, very confident. NRG going 2 for 2 in changing compositions around it. To me,
I think that Mata was incredible on this map.
As I said, picking up the operator from the attack,
doing a little bit of, sometimes they have a lift in,
hit the ground, by the way, I was listening in,
I'll give you a little tea.
This was on the spot.
This was not a set round, he's like, oh, I'm gonna,
no, this was a reaction to the Harbor ult,
and all the utility that was coming in,
he ends up going into CT with the operator
and still has the impact that he has.
I think Mata has the best decision-making
of any duelist player at this tournament.
He is so good at, especially when he's in that Euro,
finding the best way he can get value going for something crazy like that for pushing spawn or even when it was not work for you if you do it at home.
Yeah, probably not. But even if we're talking the more normal rounds, the way that he is scaling into these sites on the solo duelist map and getting so much value will still always be in a position to trade.
He's just so intelligent in the way he plays beyond just having some of the best mechanics here.
Earlier on we asked you who you think will be taking home the trophy in our Mastercard fan poll and the results are in...
Thanks of course for your contributions. PRX with that. That's crazy. Pacific fans on Twitter would never imagine that.
63% of you at home, like PRX are gonna get there. And then Okshima and then RG with a pretty even vote split.
I mean, it would be a very interesting journey to follow because of course, their paper X to win, they have to win today, play again tomorrow,
and then another best of five not having the bands and everything. But if there is a team that can give you that kind of upset historically, it has to be paper.
I do want to touch on how important this match is today because of what you're saying.
Double ban advantage in this tournament is going to be huge.
I think every team left in this tournament has at least one, maybe two maps where they
really don't want to go to.
If you win today for either NRG or Nonsham, you get to ban away two of your opponent's
best map.
Come in favorably with more prep time.
It is such a big advantage to be that step closer to the trophy.
This match shaping up to be an absolute banger.
see which way our predictions from our talent team are leaning briefly. Standouts here of course,
we are pretty split down the middle between in G2 and Paper Rex, but there's only two
Nomchim believers in Achelios and Paper Thin. No surprises, guys, we all went for the same.
I went for the Americas on today. I love the adjustments that G2 have made, speaking about
that second series. And I think that they could have an edge. The second time that you play Paper
Rex apparently is a little bit easier than the first one. I feel similar calling it to this game
that as I did when Nomchim played against G2.
I think that Energy as a team has excellent preparation
and will have a good game plan for how to deal with Dombie.
In the G2 game, I felt the individuals were going to be the difference for Nomchim.
And they were. Dombie took over those last two maps.
But I think what makes Energy different is they have players
that are so good at going bar for bar in these chaotic late-round games.
They have that resiliency, that experience on stage.
That's why I think they're favorite today.
But my God, if Nomchim doesn't, no one can counter.
We've got from underrated NRG, despite being world champions, you guys had about ranked 6th on Plat Chat there.
Yeah. Do you want to defend that?
I thought it was reasonable at the time, but this NRG team has stepped up even beyond what we expected.
Where was Nonshim?
Nonshim? Yeah. They were high.
They were high? How good are they?
I think they might have been. And Nonshim though, they've lived up to those expectations.
They were lofty for what is an ascension team at their first tournament facing the world champs.
It's the 11th day of Masters Santiago and the world champs are in hop pursuit of back-to-back global wins.
They fear no man, but that thing, the Mion Demon, it's lying in wait and it scares me.
But fear is made to be braved and a place in the grand finals awaits.
So let's bring our teams onto the stage.
It's Noxium Red Force versus M.R.G.
And here we have one team that is determined to play their own game at all costs to become
The unstoppable Red Force!
And NRG, the hell-bent, I'm picking them apart,
thread by thread, to answer the question, to solve the problem,
to be the foil to this hyper-aggressive cop
that plays around down the...
a champion of tomorrow, perhaps, but today, he still has much to prove.
Either team making this final is something fresh.
For Nonshim Red Force, it would be an ascension squad
Going undefeated on a run to a global final at their first ever showing.
Prenarjil will be standing up to the champion's purse.
No other roster that has won that biggest title in Valorant has gone on to keep their roster,
to perform, to show us something more.
They have a chance to do that, to defend their title, have an opportunity to actually go back to path.
And we've been praising everything that Notch and Red First has been doing throughout the entire year,
not just in this tournament.
It might come off as a surprise, but at some point you might think they might be stopped.
Will NRG be the team that turns their biggest strength into their biggest weakness?
And if they do so, have they learned something from the people in G2?
Have they learned something also from the rest of the tournament?
Or will this come and just accept that some things cannot be stopped?
Last year, it was Ethan who brought three fresh players out of Tier 2, brought them to the global stage and brought the absolute finest play out of them.
Now it's RB with that same task, joining this core of three players that have been together since playing in Premier, taking them to these new lofty heights.
A huge opportunity for either of these. What's a huge advantage to win this game? Avoid the lower final. Have that day off.
Steaks couldn't be higher.
The audacity of Nongshim Red Force to pick the map
where NRG was successful on against PaperX after having not shown it at all here in Santiago.
They kept it in reserve and domestically they're undefeated.
13-8 against RRQ, a strong 13-2 win against Paul Sents.
It certainly forms a part of their map pool and they haven't had to draw upon it until now.
Yeah, but then we look at the other side, we look at a base at that second map
and even though there were flawless on Bind and Abyss, it has not been the same.
Is it just the fact that Dambi is not on the Neon?
Like, how uncomfortable can you be?
Like, does that make or break your composition?
Can you win a trophy like that?
And surely that's what they were focusing on.
That's what they were looking at in these last few days to find that solution.
I certainly need it today.
Energy more than any other team at this event has been resilient.
Think about the amount of games that they've taken to overtime,
that they've been disadvantaged.
They always have that next level, that next call from Ethan, that next clutch from someone like Scuba, to keep them in these games.
Nongshun haven't had to show that depth yet. Here's their opportunity to put it on display.
Yeah, and as we look in a bind and we're speaking about the possibilities and whatnot, we saw in the map selection every single team wants to start on the attack.
For obvious reasons, right? If you're an NRG, you want to maybe set the pace a little bit for yourself before finding that thing on your face.
We got a sneak peek here, and we're not going to see apparently surprises coming in from the side of NRG at least as we were saying
Dambi
Dambi he's trolling. I'm gonna play the neon surely
NRG they displayed this come for the first time against
Yeah, it is going to be the neon yeah
I love watching Tommy on the stage the way that he carries himself the confidence that he has the way
give it to his opponents. All eyes for energy is on can they be the first team to shot him down.
A match this big deserves an epic and I can think of no but a buts to tell the tale.
Pansy and Hypo, the bike is yours.
Thank you so much and yeah this one is going to be an absolute barn burner of a game.
I think we both predicted the same way but I have no faith anywhere.
Yeah but I'm not confident about that at all.
No, not whatsoever.
This is two teams that are so committed to different ethos right in terms of the approach currently to the game
Buying being the outlier to that. So I'm so happy we're starting here
It is gonna be
Such a great series as you said dedicated to how they approach the game
They found their style. They're iconic in what they do be with a judge and Odin
Any way you want to cut this it is a brilliant game to watch that one being finds
A little into the unknown here to an extent.
A little bit. Obviously I haven't seen it in such a long shim.
So, certainly looking for them to bring the same approach.
We're expecting many surprises in terms of switch up a playstyle.
See if the NRG is going to be up against it.
See where the shim is.
Just waiting for contact somewhere.
Three sitting playing, rotation in sport.
It's going to be made here.
There's going to be four players to deal with here for NRG.
Kiko wanted to be taking just the further steps.
But you look at the amount of bodies here, right?
That is four players waiting in the smoke.
What comes in there?
It's going in!
Chasing them!
And he's been sent right back to spawn!
But it's not just down me!
He's got his boys by his side!
And Mada has to go huge.
Not going to have the notion with a brilliant, brilliant start.
You want explosivity?
There it is!
The fact he's in there so quickly, though,
is that there's no hesitation at all.
Exactly what we want to see today.
Look at that.
NRG giving an appetizer of the aggression.
Chima looking to double down with once more.
Francis is so good for the cleanup there.
Three on the pistol for him.
The scope coming into the next year,
nothing invested on the side of NRG.
I've been really impressed by Francis as well,
because it's very easy to get kind of consumed by Dumby's
brilliance and how well he's been playing.
It's hard to shine alongside a player like that.
But France is finding that footing was such a lovely addition to the mix.
Now, I found Ivy.
I still think a bunch of her OK for now.
She has to be a little bit careful as that's an upgrade for Kiko.
But again, there is no shields around this.
It is only classics.
So you're hoping, well, they get a plan.
That would be quite spectacular.
Now, whatever they take the team, you're not in there.
Let's get the drift back towards showers, actually.
Maybe try and catch somebody repositioning on site here after a moment of silence.
Confirmation of the power there, but it's pretty shallow, I think.
We're still going to explore towards short.
I think Ambien will be considering that now.
They've given themselves a wind condition here to Francis.
If he gets caught out, unfortunately for him, he's not being caught out until then.
Right, and aren't you making something or nothing in this?
They cause those rotations with that sound of silence, the TP comes in, not surprising, Dambi's there quick.
Not helped, but X-Rus holding that deeper backline is fantastic, making sure they contain NRG.
Again, Marta does have an upgrade here, much of a chance, he's already Dambi's client. Sight, stunned away, leave that in, charge, a proc,
but well, a judge trying at him is going to find its value. So a little bit of threat made there, I like what NRG were trying,
but well controlled in the end by Nongshim.
Absolutely recovery from them gonna
Recover the majority and on CXL score a sheriff behind this they're gonna be able to spread the wealth a little bit
Francis still saying you're 2100 regardless
You need to catch on short
Jump off onto the box here
Certainly a chance
To maybe stick the landing there but energy gonna be happy with the plant at least yeah Francis early on to the operating
really early. This is round three coming in. He's had a 4 to 1. He's had a melting start,
hasn't he? So that really adds a punch to the bonus now. Driving their way forward.
Down the space control as well. There's going to be a problem. They have to do it to clear
this. And Francis beat the proactive player. That's just perfect. Instantly dropping Modder
who is such a scalp to claim. This guy has been outrageously talented so far. But already
a good statement made by Nong-Chim that they're willing to not just play in Dambi at this
pace, it is throughout the team.
Here's here, 4, Nong-Chim RG now headed towards the B site, again they've got to be so conscious
of every single round, even on the by-rounds Dambi being here with a judge, his ability
to control the long entrance as well, based on the second player to potentially anchor,
could be huge.
I think this position is pretty solid as well, gets a lot of C contact, C's out, and then dummy once he feels it is, oh it's gorgeous, look at this again, such a lovely made plan, very in control, and DUMB!
There you go! Just goes flying in, it's a one-form trade, but information's there, rotations are being considered, you can really see the position, you can see how Ive been cleared, Bronx created an opportunity.
30 seconds left. 2v2 now.
Not going to be able to get a safe plant here inside.
I still have Molly, but 38HP for him.
Scooby still pretty healthy on the other side of this.
Francis has to break back in with an operator here.
You can get played into.
Brock's going to be pretty cautious about this.
Narby's timing.
No, he's not got the drop there.
So it's going to be Francis in the 1v2.
As far as I've looked, Barrel's showing he's seen it.
And he's just gone to the pistol.
I guess that's one way to do it.
one V1 now for answers up against scuba and scuba spin nuts at being the backbone of this team.
Francis is faster. That's not true. That's the impact this man can have.
Another 3k for Francis here early on. The Red Bull Clutch to seal the deal on a bonus round where NRG
nearly recovered here. I mean it's only really done be getting shut down in. What is that beautiful
set piece on the seas.
I want to highlight X-Ross as well as players who facilitated that first pick.
The seas comes in, these guys work so well together.
The synergy is in the right place and Francis just book ending start and end of round, stunning.
7-1.
You can call it cheese when you look at Dambi, you can question mark the judge, you could
do the same with Brock and the Odin if you want to, but it's not a one man show here
today.
It's so marvelous to witness this is just poetry emotions and to do this to NRG who are informed Ethan who's gone
One of the best reads I think of the game currently and they're punishing them like this
So to maybe offset that towards shower
Before the TP they're down be up close to personal here scoop is gonna get actually does get the better of him
great isolation from scuba that was so good that's the first time we've seen
them problems solve that space at least he's liking playing up close and I don't
know why I do that that unnecessary they still have control and space maybe
that greed getting the better of them as Francis now in a spot of bother has to
fight it forward misses the shots and gets manhandled energy given an
An opportunity that they're not going to let go off.
No, absolutely not.
For Sieg, last man standing, Mada.
You'll find the operator shot.
They're feeding in a little bit to...
Maybe they expected him to be set up the way they were,
but Scuba being the one on the other side,
they don't read this as a solo lurk.
Of course, he walks the sort of play of it.
Walking to his...
God, he's going to punish you.
It's a little overzealous here from both Ivy and Derby
beat on short great adjuster there from Marta on the shot don't get hard to go at that this guy
i think he's still one of the scariest players we've seen here honestly the highs are second to none
so at this point let's see what he can do a found operator and a better shot francis
figure what he could and what he had i mean the trade off there yeah Marta does 10hp
and the Y is not here, scuba again creeping onto an angle.
I'm gonna have to kill Zumbi, very quickly into showers here but I don't think it can
really prevent this from happening.
Oh gee, should be able to get some nice stability in this post-cord.
Toughness fight, trying to draw utility out early if there is some, force a check.
down is not getting much play here though. It's only really Kiko staying up close and you can already see him back meddling away.
Transil on the deeper here, does get 1-1 traded, but again you look at the numbers and the weaponry, this should still be an NRG round unless something goes insanely wrong.
For now, not the case.
This will farm up for Mada, X-Ross parting shot for that to LB. This is better now, bit of, I don't know, settling in here, sort of period for an RG.
Let's apply here from Longshim.
Back from the buyback in, but, RG, the back of the success in the last two rounds.
Four ultimates. Only missing a nightfall from Ethan.
So the other side still fosters that early.
Garage of kills, two dimensional drift, but nothing else available for Longshim.
RG, you're already doing well to slow down some of these rounds.
It's going to be a much of a deterrent for not well not now. Yeah
But Francis now gets into a really awkward position to a degree
Mike potentially he goes absolutely unaware he does polishing him
That's a big find here, but you can see the rotation coming in Marta ended up towards that B-side of the map where there's three players
There's one was four there at one point
They continue going towards the stack. This could be a miss read from NRG and a really good gamble stack from Nungshim.
Classical TP here as well, so...
Back of contact here, we'll be able to get another player in place very quickly.
NRG setting up here with smokes, it looks like they're gonna commit.
Where's the playing? There's the Util. You're not gonna manage that try against Mada. Just makes it look too easy.
As now, Longshim and the other squad are bother.
Yeah, because NRG are going to freeze behind this, and I'll be considering the rotation, but it's about...
We're going to stand off here. Still plenty of time left on the clock.
NRG to let this pressure build a little bit.
Bronson on the other side.
Wilcash further.
Yeah, these are individual efforts, so it's not going to pull the extra player over.
They're going to stay kind of cut like this, right?
It's regrouping with the three.
Ethan still wants this B-side off the map.
RB head top down, finally swings down.
Not Shim, their patience worked perfectly
in a lovely switch of pace there too.
Aggression, yes, but then you look at that diligence
to stay disciplined, right, didn't feed in too hard.
They had a good line held by Francis, picks Mada,
and then they held that lovely crossfire on the B site.
There's nothing flashy about that round,
but that was just good, clean ballerine.
What's key is to see not Shim win out in a round
where NRG are leaning into the overrotations.
trying to capitalize on being a
little more active on the
defensive side. Continency in
place here and RB does really
well to keep this under control
early time out here for energy
around seven still on a by
technically I mean keep going
seeing him on for a bucky right
now but showstopper in hand for
him to see a bit of investment
come through didn't amount to
anything as well but still
to come out of this. Yeah. And are you seeing anything really is that coin-based wind condition?
That would be for NRG. It's going to be based around the off-way to being repurchased.
Scoob has got the pit as well. They can get themselves into a most fun.
Really, this relies on Kiko maybe opening up this round. He's been picked up a couple of times
first, but can't fault him in the situation that's happened. Francis happy to go forward
repeatedly this first six rounds here on bind even now Dumbie that's gonna be
picking up a rifle for this yeah I'm kind of liking what I'm seeing from
Francis the fact that they're having to be so careful with how they again if
you're in RG you don't get to kind of double pump or run late because you're
gonna run out of that utility to force away the operator so Francis can just be
such a nuisance. Again, you saw it late into that previous round, but we get Mada.
Rounded in not as root for free, but he was just on a nice line, hard to push him off if you don't have
Ethan there with you. So, you're starting to see him get a little bit more freedom,
but he's got these early picks, which are risky, but he's been getting the job done. This time,
loses out. Mada puts life on the line for it, and they get the man to the good,
and they are making no sense of this, like, they are going for this one.
I mean, I think he could be dead this. Oh, yeah, Kiko just shoves him in the grave.
Ify still in between but broke very heads up on the clear lovely site take
Crossy Patees got in the eyes and in reality Dumbie just can't get close enough
It's X-Ross to try and take on four, but energy keeping it simple, but very robust
I've already posted up deep here X-Ross gonna get
Mother does really well to bait out here happy to challenge Francis on some of these earlier lines
I mean, it's a really weird spot
here gets stuck. There's a smoke
here next to default, but he's
just isolated by the showstopper.
Didn't really cast the kill on
Tiki go.
Again, he's the pivotal player
for non-shim in this situation.
Maybe find a response. Maybe
aggression here to watch the
fight.
in this situation to maybe find a response, maybe aggression here towards short.
It could be a crunch as well, looking towards Uther, this is, yeah, they've got to be on
red alert, they know something's coming and it's dummy, barreling forward, but look at
the positioning, look how deep this all is, it's outrageously far in their spawn, we
are fighting in spawn right now, and it is messy.
They've got a spike now, that's a control of the spike.
I'm not sure if you can get it back.
It's your energy, you're scrambling here, man.
You've got to try and get some space back.
Well, Mother is behind all this.
You've got a chance to maybe find some of these.
Kind of free up scuba.
Francis is aware, though, he's looking back towards hookup.
Ooh!
That missed shot!
A key one, too.
Now they should be keeping an eye on Slip in that net,
but Kiko finding a way forward.
This is all a mission to recover that spike.
could slip away here and reset towards all the sides.
Yeah, I mean, Dambi's going to stay off, obviously.
It's Dambi.
Yeah, why wouldn't you?
And again, he's got a stinger.
He's being a problem.
He's being a nuisance.
But at 40 seconds, you're already seeing energy.
You have to clear this.
Another power set.
So when they do sit deeper on these sides for Nongshin,
they are going to have a great time.
They don't have to worry as much about this utility.
So even with that spike in hand,
NRG are going to be running into this.
And Nongshin are already here.
Yeah, already got players set up for us.
Don't really have to contest this.
Abbey's going forward, though.
Yeah, Abbey.
It just gets clear on the corner. Made to look too easy to handle, but Francis has three players.
Going to find the one that he could see. Ivy then strikes. Nonship, brilliant together.
It's all on Marder in a 1v2. 10 seconds. He's darting around and Ivy has had enough of his games with Nonship.
What a sick round. Beautiful set piece here. And again, it's the spike being left a little out of spawn here
that allows Longchin to really set up and it takes quite a while for NRG to even make a decision here.
Yes, they went out over towards A with a pick, but at that point we see Longchin make the right decision,
give up that space, leave Dumbi to basically play info, right? He's the one that enables this
three-man rotation back towards A, winning out here, even with NRG finding the entry to site on the back of that.
We've seen this one before, but France is not getting the same sort of play.
I think they've kind of gone on to what's been happening here.
RB doesn't know that it's my god, B.
There is a little bit of freedom now given over to Marta.
And he gets a drop on RB, but he doesn't quite land a shot.
So now RB does get to stay alive.
He's allowed for a lot of pressure here.
Does NLG now work off this towards that A site?
A ton of information here, gathered by Marta.
Nightfall gonna be posted.
And Cp taking this.
Exhaust to tuck in.
I think they do. Francis has
made it here in time. Nrg
being herded around this map.
They're going back towards A.
I'll be and I'll be.
I'll be just to the Tp. I'll be
now left on the line and it
doesn't have to pit, but it's
not been invested just yet.
It was almost too late to do it.
Oh God, he's going to be
I mean, no good choice here.
He's going to give away the
position on Trybox. So I think
at this point they're gonna know where he is but the rotation is coming look
out for the Gumbies here but he's been warded away he's trying to find at least
a little bit of a corner to play for the plumber front he's gonna find Marta and
now a 5v4 swing from Ivy can't find it scuba good reaction good shot back
and they're waiting for TP in case you try and turn tail and run but Duffy's
not running anywhere it's X-Rus on the swing from Heaven sending a message to NRG
The one V1, Brim V Brim.
Arby's position is unnoticed until then.
Broke great information for the peak.
Arby, oh it's Broke!
Sharp as ever for the Red Bull clutch.
And NRG staying in this one.
This is taking such a cerebral rotation.
It's just so fascinating to see NRG's reaction
based on some of this information.
Again, you feel like at least
No, she get themselves back into
the right position here, but a
couple of gunfights not going
their way and Brock able to
recover this. I'll be even
reading there that maybe the
TP's taken to catch another
rotation back towards B on the
side of NRG, but able to convert
that A site post plan. I've been
solo endeavour here, anchor the A site. I don't need a classic, I don't think he's gonna be anchored.
No, I think he's out of there. I'm pretty much feeling the lack of resistance. They should be
looking behind them now. Scoob has just turned, but again that's just a sticker for him.
He should be overwhelmed, he's done me. I mean, you thought he might have had the drop on Scoob
for a second, but able to get back to the action needs a little bit of help here potentially,
as RB getting close to the wall, and once it's just got forked at the same time, suddenly
Hong Shim had numbers to the good here. Suddenly this isn't as simple as it was before.
Maybe more to be done about this one.
Ethan, Kiko and Mada need to keep themselves locked in on this. Mada's position now noted.
Oat's gone in. They're trying to clear this now. Mada! Get out of my RV!
Beautiful from him, but time is ticking and Ethan's still standing.
Hear that clock getting faster and faster. Ah, it's Ethan!
Ethan, of course, the one man to stand his ground.
Absolutely insane round from Ethan.
The Red Bull clutch back to back for RNG.
Nongshim, I mean there's so much threat in this round.
Every time there's a kill, every raid.
Yeah, it's just an insane exchange back and forth here.
timing of that he is going to re-swing and have a little bit of a look but we
should see where NRG are grouping. Four players here for Nunchin. Right read.
Right place. This is the right time NRG decides to go on this now.
Oh B! Spray some praise! And this time someone answers he's got two already.
He's still going! Oh B! It's just his name in the kill feed!
It's just waiting. RB will fall, but there is a firing squad backing him up. Every single
player is having their time in the sum. Vintage throwback there for RBS. Yeah, it's staying
round. The full force of NRG towards site here. There's the cats here with the orbital
strike as well on top scuba with just a few options, RG walking into the blender. There
is RB. I don't even think I caught an assist there. No. All right. We have four players
from under walking, a short, and Francis left to control B. This is his side of the map now.
Then the one man pulled back the entirety of NRG. They're pushing all the way outside of A
I don't think Francis can do anything. He had to get out of there, caught the flash, he saw the prowler coming through.
NRG have got sight, but his flank is fast. It's here, quick, dummy, and the speed of light is behind them, and he is there for it.
Takes away scuba, and now NRG needs to be on red alert.
It's split course long as well. These two players can not be long here for Nunchin.
They are surrounding NRG, they are closing this gap. NRG looking for a bit of safety to play for me towards Elbow, leaving the two on the site.
But they are being just tested here.
Now, finally, look at that! Explosives ever! Duffy with four, leaving Kiko in a while to trouble.
That was insanity for Nongshim, but look at those rotation fighters.
They're so willing to go forward time and time again, and NRG just get pinched in this post-plug.
Can I help you, sir?
Here's the bill from the dealership where I got my car,
and I'd like you to beat it with a better deal
on one of these fine cars.
Not how it works.
Guess you're not as cool as Verizon.
Bring in your 18-tier T-Mobile bill
for a better deal today.
I
No, no, no.
No Shim!
And where are the fans of ENERGY?
Very good, very good!
Let's see, join me!
No Shim!
No Shim!
Very good, very good, very good.
And now, energy, energy!
What a serious sound!
Again, no, yes, we want to hear them!
Now that is a damn good sight here. What a great game we're getting. 7-5 hard to split these two blocks.
It really is NRG initially looking as if they could handle some of these rounds that Nongshim just loved us
basically spin the wheel right?
Couple of times here and NRG able to navigate through treacherous waters, but Nongshim just look
explosive hot to the touch
And it hasn't just been the damn these shows. No, no absolutely. It's playing in Francis
It's RB having explosive moments. It's great support of work from XROS.
It's all aligning. And on the other side though, I mean,
Brock had a moment or two there. That lovely little 1v1.
We've seen Marta having a go toe-to-toe blow for blow with Francis.
And now on the side change. This is when you keep your eyes on long.
Should we know that Pace is happy in their hands?
They like to go quick on these.
Trying to equal. Let's see how they get the seed ready in time.
Speaking about timing, Pace Dambi is on the hunt.
Trying to find a man to drop, but it's Scuba.
Tonight, Marffy had Scuba again!
How's he gone two there?
They were flying at him.
That's just three now for Monship.
The four-life for an RG here.
Francis looking up trying, counterbalance that.
It's a pressure back here, but Ethan's still controlling his face.
Yeah, he wasn't really willing to fully let it go.
It's Kiko's name. He's going to catch X-Ross.
And now they know about Francis.
NRG put together the pieces
and look like they want to get four standing on the way out of this pistol.
Francis with 20 HP.
You ain't got a thing to do here by lovely work, and I'm amazed that Ethan kept his head up.
Yeah, I mean, Ethan looks like he's way ahead of the curve in terms of anticipating Gamby, right?
But it's Scuba. I believe he's caught with the Cs here, goes down to 1 HP, still finds a second.
Watch this one back.
First cut. Yeah, there's the Cs.
Beautiful work.
I mean, if you look at here, Proul is flying at him, Cs stopped, players literally jumping at you.
very, very diligent. And again, Scuba, what, he's 8 to 11. It doesn't seem that impressive,
but I feel like a lot of that round was in his shoulders.
Yeah, he was doing work in the first half of the game in terms of isolating Dambi early
on, finding picks elsewhere on some of those slower rounds from NRG. I think you're giving
many... Oh, is it the Michael Spodger?
Scuba's got to be careful, he's going to get caught here. Dambi's on a mission, and he's
got him this time. Noneship of Clared. Marder fell towards Long at the same time, and they
So I see a man advantage as well, with two Bulldogs and a Spectre coming back in for NRG.
Oh, but caught there, Kiko gonna put down into bed. That's where it ain't gonna happen now.
X-Ross, RB, try to find it as X-Ross goes above the site. Kiko with the trade. Good stability made it from NRG.
What are you doing?
Ethan so low. 22 HP. And they're
trying to look for him. They've
got to know now. Oh, so Ethan
to get that kill as well. How
is it Ethan man? This this is
what I'm talking about though.
You can't place similar
positions like that. What I
was about to say is you're not
going to get many slow rounds
in this half to the fact that
Look at the way he moves, man.
This man marking out Scuba in that round.
Like, oh, you did that the first round, sick.
Try and do it again.
Try me.
Run it one more time.
Again, birdie.
He's a little stressed as well.
You've got him.
I mean, calling games like this
has just got to be a nightmare with,
like I said, Enronchy's ethos is around structure,
right, controlling your enemy.
Basically mitigating the whole risk
of some of these compositions.
We've talked about how nonchalant
are the epitome of this approach.
Ethan's got to put in a shift today.
And he has been.
Yeah.
If you roll your minds back, there were a lot of pressing questions about Ethan's in leadership.
You saw kind of that transition into the role and how that might have affected him individually,
could you lose a lot of that punch that he has.
I think he's walked away genuinely looking like one of the better IGLs there is as it stands.
One, not even playing to that current meta to an extent, playing their own style of game,
against one of the best quality teams using these sort of compositions and
again it's that just cerebral approach a lovely ethos that they bring in and it
works for them. This is a unified front from NRG right? You've got 11, 10, 10, 10
all down the board just Google on eight kills it is everyone on the same page here.
On the other side Francis and RB lead the way by quite a decent margin but you
gotta feel that Damley's gonna be catching up in this half of the garden.
We'll have the judge to bring in here, following the time-out.
The scope for Francis as well.
The other side, obviously some gaps,
sitting on the damage down in the previous round,
so real chance here for Munchin to deny this bonus,
himself on the board here in the second half, off-bind,
and looking to press it towards Ethan once more.
His blends play right on the edge as well.
So, we managed to make it away in that first pistol round, it's, let's see how he fares during these fights, Vox. You can imagine that, Vox. Yeah, it's here behind.
I'm just trying to do this, you don't want to conceive this space fully. You're a long ship.
Again, the pressure point almost comes a little further forward. This is other more traditional teams.
Spike wasn't committed early on here, so mostly at first, at the back of this pressure towards long, but...
I think Francis has really got deep enough to confirm
Anybody's location on the side of NRG is now
Four members of Longship set up here to challenge potentially Mada and Kiko
Yeah, and again you just want to avoid Kiko and Ethan really
To those ballgogs, the rest are on pistols with Mada
But he's got a prowler and lumps it down, Dambi
It's just brute force, it really is
It'll take the one-form trade, it'll open it up for you
this approach yet, ball in the prowler, draw the eyes and everybody else can just come filtering out of this smoke.
Oh gee, I'm actually behind this.
Yeah, I don't think they have any idea this could have happened.
And there's a bit of a surprise in this now because you keep in mind how far away Ivy is.
It is technically a 2v2 towards this side of the map.
But Francis does have the Outlaw to catch this cross, so it makes it really tough.
Ethan almost tried to pre-fire him on that corner, just forced him away to a deeper angle.
And Scooby getting spotted.
Support system's made it in now, we have three here.
And France's sliding will keep them at bay.
Losing two, not the end of the world.
Again, they are happy to sacrifice Dambi to this.
That's great found as well for France's, so...
Dambi's gonna continue with the judge.
That's what I'm talking about.
You can see the more traditional space around
in terms of holding towards short.
Yes, the buyer's a consideration here,
but just as an example,
if Dambi's able to slide right behind a prowler
and there's someone on the other end of it,
it's the first domino to fall
It really plays into Numshim's ability to capitalise on this sort of composition.
Yeah, let's slow around though here.
I think it's not old.
Nice to have a back pocket, I guess.
Scoober then tasks to do with his A side of the map here.
It's A side, they just play a different way.
It's a shallows.
It's 1 minute 20, Dumbi is controlled.
Deeper hold coming up from NRG, creating crossfires on the back of the side of France.
still back here is it noted it is now the rocket just flying out of he does get Kiko down but still
what fun trade leaving numbers super good for NRG rotation from Longshim they're on towards a B site
I mean you get out of the pond here I don't think it's fully confirmed that the site is empty
we'll trade out here I'll be gonna get the orbital strike here for the post plant
Do you have a model as well?
Still got a snakebar.
I'm angry.
But I like seeing Mada, and I think he's with Scuba, I imagine, kind of working on this
backline early, right?
If they're going to play for the post-plomb, we need to kind of break the backline.
We can't let them play the time with RB.
Let's get to work.
So they need to pick up the pace a bit here, and they have decided it's towards long.
So this is going to be tough for NRG to break down.
So yeah, time is really the biggest concern here.
Because if the snakebar goes down early, they can't throw out the clock.
There it is.
Pretty sure I just saw it, is that on? I'm not sure if that actually missed.
This could then put Long Shim to the limit of false confidence here, as Ethan does get control of this.
Yeah, I mean, there's still a chance if Ethan's hunting down, but the round is long gone.
RB soak in the time-up exceptionally well, and Ethan's options became zero.
The fact that they actually have to shift walkers deep as they know, because RB's unconfirmed.
They don't know if he's sat in the elbow.
see on the back side of that is Ethan posted up watching towards elbow very
deep in sports there's no pressure coming towards site I think right didn't
even know where the snake bite ended up but I just I don't think I saw it on
early yeah there was yeah there again wants to see his catches yeah exactly
yeah great play from long shim after walking into dare I call it a trap play
on back side. It's maybe just knowing that they're going to want to go for those kind
of like flood sites, you know, play towards back in try box. And that's that's a brutality
of this is though you might have the right mentality to start around hell you can even
get the first pick. But then you look at that late round layering from nonchalant they have
plans that they can bank on. They're not just a one dimensional approach. It's it's brutally
hard. And as I said, this could be a mentally taxing game for both IGLs, right? Coaches as
as well, I'll get him going through. Right now, this is NRG's timeout.
Maybe just to get on the right page. I don't mind that backside hold.
No, I don't. And really, the only adjustment on the side of that is if Nomshim
decided to double down with Dambi, with Dambi, that's his pullback
to fall in line a little more. Yeah.
Like I said, what's key here is the space that NRG's happy to concede and give up, right?
What the next step to follow...
See here, four players positioned towards B. Obviously, a line to purchase here, Kiko, and Brock.
I'm in a bucky.
Scooby-to-invest as well, but
Longshim, the way they're set up right now, probably going to send out a couple of probes.
2-1-2, RB to control the middle of the map.
Anticipating a switch up coming out of the timeout here.
Rightfully so.
We've seen so many teams port off in these round-torping lanes, the stacks.
just sloppy anti-ecos. I don't think Longshim really falls into that in my mind. I want to see him keep it for a day.
I don't know if NRG can maybe change any of that outcome.
A little bit of contact on his prowler, but on the other side there's nothing.
Now, Borgs-Asslee. Maybe looking to just get into a smoke there with the bucky.
We're close to minute mark
now looking to regroup with the
spike probably head towards a
waited out that initial TP
timer so happy that they do
commit here they're going to
have the lights outside of NRG
and they're absolutely correct.
quite frugal on the investments
until now just that horn
remaining for X-Ross otherwise
it's going to just guns out
like can they find Brock who's
A little bit slippery here.
Maybe into the smoke. Something new you considered.
So I imagine Nong'Chim R as well.
I don't call it hesitation, but they're playing this very, very side.
But look at the positioning from Ivy, for example.
Ah, there was kind of a one-trap. I thought might have scored something.
But Nong'Chim, very diligent.
This is, again, the control I love seeing from this team.
Yes, high tempo, yes, high pace, but you have this.
I'm just loving what Ivy's doing as well.
Reading into the fact that NRG are going to go forward
going to go forward and pressure with some of these slower rounds. We've seen
doing the bi-rounds, saw the lurk previously towards B site. Absolutely
pivotal in terms of reading the map here for Monshin.
I think NRG are going to be giving it a low. I'll say that. Exhaust look at the goalie a little further forwards, give one away, give the crowd what they want.
I see no back and away from that
He goes one down
I think that might be time to pull a wraps and get him out of there
but look who's on the way
look at Ivy's positioning
I don't know if you'll get there quite in time
But again, I like that from Ivy
This is still, yeah, I mean he made a go of it
It is where it is
But it is just that overall consideration
that I don't think we see
you know, if you go top to bottom, even in this tournament
I love seeing what they're doing
they're doing it is that perfect control of chaos they again play high tempo explosive but then they
also be very well fought around I think when you look at the approach of nonction these are the
sort of games especially against a team like NRG you think oh well you know it's gonna look stupid
if they can't frag out and play high progressive and stuff so the fact that they are controlling
the slower rounds yes it's an anti-ego yes there's a heavy stack from NRG it's almost teed up for
for them to succeed and have a dark rep. It's just a huge positive. And obviously for the series, to then go to Abyss, it's also another consideration.
What was Sauros's G2? It's over the firepower question.
Who's next?
That's the option to set this up. Three players, four players, NLG right place.
Stuber trying to find his position to play from, but this is for our Ethan and Francis!
He's found his man!
Taylor made poison to the feet of Ethan there, but can they scale up behind it?
Energy of numbers?
Should they rotate?
Keep him back for Lada.
He's here fast, but Francis hasn't fallen back.
He stayed around.
Reading this as a rotation here.
Kiko, that's 21xp.
But Dombie! Look at Dombie's position.
Surely no, Kiko!
He found him!
First of all, back, Francis! He can't get away from this man!
He is everywhere at once, and now, Brock! The next victim!
Francis is a nightmare coming to life!
As Barber is being hurted by Ivy,
this is sophisticated dominance from Longsham!
They are in complete control!
Francis has come alive once more for Longsham.
Another multi-kill for him.
Up to 11 now.
in everything falling into place, the stun here to set this emotion for Francis as well.
You see just the instant reaction to some of the information in Longshim's ability to capitalise
time and time again. Previously the prowler for Dambi, here the stun being set in motion.
Absolutely beautiful to watch them operate at this tempo.
They've kept players like Martin quiet, which is something to be s-
WHAT?!
WHAT?!
DILAND'S AGAIN!
Can't be sly, dude!
Takes it out beneath them on the back pillow!
SCUBA!
Putting in some shots to the smoke and just getting a reward!
In the meantime, Ivy's far away from us, he is not in the equation yet.
Denied the pit though, the pit will fall here.
There we go.
In a position, SCUBA!
Again, catching X-Ross.
Spike noted as well. Now RB will be spammed through the wall. It's just Ivy now.
Spike down behind enemy lines.
Yeah, second. I mean, yeah, guys, come on.
Being nice, they can't hear us. No. They're not talking to them.
It's the thing I've loved about this crowd though, that they cheer for everything
and they just want action all the time. Yeah, it's great.
all the time you both don't care go for it from exits exits
40 seconds you'd have to be 30 seconds ahead of finding people right let's start with that
i don't know how you break a three man crossflights try and get to that spike
i don't think he does i don't think you do yeah
Yeah
While this kind of fizzles out
I think it's I've been kind of waiting for that penny to drop of it's not just as one guy make sure coach and it just isn't I
Everything in order
Yeah, I don't think you can ever doubt how good NRG are
They are training champs. They only want to potentially come in and do a double in international, right? Unseen form.
But when we come back to the point you made earlier, right, in terms of the questions about their approach currently here, the word question is a kickoff.
So for them to come out and kind of reinforce this sort of approach has been a huge positive.
And in terms of the teams here at Santiago, they are the team that almost is the direct shadow to this sort of approach.
The fact that nonchimic on obviously buttoned up a lot of the prep coming into this series we could see it
So obvious in some of these rounds
harder looking to
Take the fight back to nonchim
response round was found
Frans is seemingly aware though
I see he is insane today
Absolutely insane
It's a big-stage player, man.
Just gets better the deeper they go.
That's a man to the good about the minute mark.
You can start manipulating the map now,
see if you can get the right rotations,
draw an extra player away.
This then puts Ethan right back to work, right?
You've got to try and keep tabs on this approach.
They have a very favorable engagement here towards A.
Kiko.
Yeah, I was going to say,
brought here to play a little disconnected does have a chance to make use of this utility.
As Kiko and Scuba...
I'm gonna get closer. Kiko's kept this space the whole time, but Scuba finally makes it through.
Spots out Francis later.
But that's brilliant on the play he wanted to be tussling with, but Scuba's got something to do here.
Dumbie to the right, Francis to the left.
This would be huge, and I think they're just toying with their dinner.
Dumbie! The eventuality to strike!
Three kills! 12 rounds!
Nonshit looked locked in.
Just to come back to Francis again, the Mada has looked sensational here in Santiago.
Oh, God, yeah.
And to put up this sort of performance, to be the one to really challenge 1v1 to Mada
in a lot of these scenarios.
Hell, even first half.
Yeah, it's just a spectacle to witness.
Mada sitting at 11 and 16, which is just, you don't see it.
You don't see it.
Go, go, go.
Here.
Let's have the dimensional drift to sheriff rifles elsewhere for NRG again looking to go forward once more
Maybe to step out the steps up here, but the flash play through and prowler
That's the part but I be deep up. That's quite spot-out martyr though
It'll be Kiko landing the shot foot in the same time. They could see the site
Yeah, they've had to give it up and Kiko just a blind
All comes in mother trying to hurt them keep those paint shells there. This is just brutality to 3v4
Number's good for NRG. Spike is down for now.
Watch him look into that answer back.
I get a plant on this. I get something building.
My ex was behind this, though.
And that, Pawn didn't find him. So that is a very late surprise.
Coming back through. Is there any awareness from Ethan?
I don't know if he doesn't even mind. That could be the dagger in the back.
That could be the first domino to fall, Ethan. He looks.
Oh, how are you checking this?
Maybe that silence is becoming deafening.
And Ethan off the leash, taking down Dambi.
And now X-Ross noted, there is life still in this team.
NRG knocked down and not out yet.
Ethan's so heads up.
I think you nailed it.
It's the silence here that really causes Ethan
to consider the impossible.
Great catch here.
Again, Marta challenged previously in showers.
and it's Kiko to provide some support.
Pankshell here to land on top of RB.
You know, like NRG, we're going to be able to recover that situation,
especially when they concede the entire site,
but Naution, a little late to the punchline.
Kit available here for them on the drink of a few more ultimates.
So maybe invest here and round 22.
getting soloanky here, barred up, just off on the shot.
Now, I want to say it, the floodgates are open, they got front sight, they got the plant.
They got time on their side in a 5v5 post plant. Bikers bit on top.
That's brutal. One more kill, RP will have all the strikes as well.
We're still again looking to balance this towards showers, but actually look at all the way into cave here.
here scooper is a million miles away from this this is wild there's been so
many fights on so many fronts here france is trying to hold his nerve
trying to wait and keep that space secure fight on the back lines breaks out
it's scooper to win and Kiko clearing cramps but there's still three here
Ivy is still by time and Dabby still has that judgement and box the old he wants
this done but scooper is answering back boom for boom Dabby are you closing this
With an H right now, give me everything he can, for the 1v1, it's too little, too late!
NRG 4 at the hurdle, it's not in the shim.
I can't believe my eyes, the perfect balance of controlled chaos, causing nightmares for NRG on map 1.
It's 13-9, Abyss is up next, don't go anywhere.
In the in-sports history books, it's finally here.
And they fall, and he returns yet again!
He snaps up to the plate, and he can knock this one out of the park!
And they shot the engraved alongside the brakes!
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Thank you very much for the interview.
Back to you, guys.
I'm here with Coach Stilkin and of Nongshim, our coach.
Coming into today, Ivy was telling us that you guys chose to focus on yourselves rather
and specifically prep for energy, but it seemed like you guys had an extremely good read on your opponents today.
RB was giving Ethan a huge challenge in terms of the battle of the IGLs.
How much of that was down to preparation and how much was it just RB on his own?
When he saw that the opponent was responsible, Sang-min got into the early phase.
We studied his bot queue and studied his tendencies, but we quickly found out what Na'Vi had to bring to the table today
so we talked about how we should be fluent and be able to play our best game and play at our pace.
All the cost that RB was making in the server was mostly up to him.
Well, it's great to see that RB is doing really well, leading the team really well.
So best of luck on a bit.
Welcome back to our expert desk on the other side of what can only be described as a bit of a reckoning for NRG.
Insane stuff here from Nongshim Red Force from start literally to finish off this game in me.
It's tough to keep up with what we just saw.
Yeah, it looks really good from Nongshim.
I think my number one takeaway is that this was not a Dombie takeover.
The last round, that was all Dambi, but most of this game was Nonshim coming in with a really good game plan,
and I think eviscerating this slow style from NRG, mainly with Francis' off.
Yeah, exactly. He did right off the bat from the beginning.
After round three, he gets the operator in his hands, he manages to close up this round,
and time after time, he got the opener, put himself in positions that sometimes for other players,
might be a little bit controversial and difficult, and Mada was constantly trying to even up.
going in for this pushes that we thought energy were going to be
to a certain extent ready for and he just kept one up in and one up in every player.
Does the double duelist style actually have the tools to deal with this op from Francis?
It does but I think it's really tough the way that he's playing it.
It's not that he's holding lines and you're swinging into him.
If you watch most of those fights where him going through a deep and taking a fight swinging forward
he is taking the timings of when he's engaging.
He's never letting energy pick, and that's exactly what energy struggles with.
They're amazing when they can clear into you, take their time around the map,
but when you're testing them left and right,
it makes it so much more challenging for Ethan to find a solution.
So DoubleTron wouldn't have mattered here realistically against this playstyle from Francis.
I mean, the only thing you would have seen is the player holding the drone being killed by Francis.
But in many of those situations, he's very loud, as we're saying.
Taking the TP, we see maybe not utility in the back, but you, as we said,
not playing in an off-hand goal and just holding the stance
where it's you have an operator that you know has been pushing you before,
maybe not the best situation.
And for N and G, I do think that on the other side, and when we swap sides,
they wanted to be aware of everything that was happening on the map, encountering everything,
but just didn't have time for how things were working, actually.
Yeah, what I also really liked that Nonshim are doing was
it would be some rounds like that where it's just the off-hack growing.
You'd see other rounds where they were full-standing with Dombie.
I think of that eco where they're literally running into their spawn,
and full fighting there. They constantly had these slight variations in how they were testing energy,
but I think even if they had that drone comp, it would have made it very challenging for Ethan to get the read he wanted on the map.
Let's take a look at our HyperX reflex moment of the match from Nunchin Red Force with a strong starting, you guessed it, round number one.
This pistol was gnarly.
The reactions were just excellent out of Nunchin in this game. I love this call in particular.
You're coming in hot to a pistol you hear energy going for this pivot and immediately four players sending it in
They were ready for Dombi for the rest of nonchal is there to clean up
These are the rounds her notion
Excels when they get to pick the terms of the team fight and get to brawl together
They just look excellent the plan is so good like you're all you're already on that side of the map
You can all just chase her after the the TV after all using your utility
You know that if you want to stop them, this is your best chance of doing so
Let's hear what Bonka has to say ahead of map number two after rough start with series.
I've been forcing you guys into uncomfortable positions and forcing you guys to play by their pace.
So what was the biggest challenge for you on buying and what adjustments can you make going into this?
Honestly, the biggest mistake we were doing was to play kind of passive all the time,
especially on defense we're just giving them way too much space and also on attack we didn't really
do what we prepped for and we didn't really execute on the game plan so hopefully we can
bounce back and play our game on a base. Thank you so much and good luck.
Surprising to see our world champions Falta in the first of these very important maps here.
Bonka says we're too passive we gave them too much room. I think that's exactly what we're bringing
up with the operator, where they're sitting back, getting swung into, and it was Nongshim,
the entire time dictating that.
Yeah, and I think that Nongshim was also different in this map.
At least it felt to me that they were way more aware of the opponent that they had in
front of them, and when NRG started struggling, they just honed and took advantage of it.
What changes now, if we head to a map like Dami, might not be playing the Lyon?
I think the number one thing that it is going to change is that there's less of a threat
of hyper aggressive plays of the same style there was on hard. Of course, you can still
go for aggression when you're playing this way like, but Nungshin just looks a lot less
comfortable going for those kind of risks with this composition. I think that things
stay the same though, are still the threat of the Francis off and energy having to figure
that one out. But I think with the composition they play on this map, they'll have more tools
to deal with that. Yeah, but are there are the tools going to be enough? And if they're
playing that that passive, are they going to be able to set the pace? Are they going
to be adventurous and be aggressive.
I think that as we're saying,
if Francis is given the performance from map one
into this one, I think this could be a very,
very important factor.
He started the year with a wrist injury,
even coming into the event that showed up again,
probably, you know, we had some,
paid a toll for it on the previous encounters,
but now he's feeling way much better.
Zombie was hovering the neon for the second.
This is already a comp change from Nongshim Red Force,
bringing the Cypher into the picture.
Energy likes to play a lot of slow rounds
on their attacking side,
players embedded up into mid and really work around this map.
The Cypher is great for maintaining that information,
letting you play the retake.
But I also think that OG Style is solid to deal with those tools.
All right, well, there you have it.
Folks are going to jump right back into a bit of a variation
at the Nongshin Red Force on their composition.
Let's head over to Pansy and Hypoch for a miss.
What's a situation we find ourselves in?
Not the strongest map in my mind for Nongshin.
we've seen all those win conditions are. This one didn't line up for me. Now NRG though having
to play from a map behind here and with a stark wake-up call of we need to just be more aggressive,
take the fights. Does that work here though? Because again this isn't the same launch in
the scene with that Neon. No it's not and obviously there's the discussion here around the
composition shift at NRG particularly in controlling
but in terms of mother yes he's very self-sufficient we've talked about him time and time again doing the work of two duelists this will potentially be one of the bigger challenges he's faced and struggle massively in map one just in terms of those war gunfights not necessarily in under performance for him but when Francis is hitting the way he is I can't really take much away from that
My own point is that actually Francis being this on is going to change this map for me
because I wasn't born a way before and I do the very good route.
I'm going to Scoobo but I'm trying to make this happen and I do just call both of them.
Again the preparation, the understanding is just paramount.
Mike, how are they seeing this so easily?
Both. They see it getting caught off guard but Mother does live.
Well, not for long, X-Ross. A shot in the dark.
The gods are smiling on Nunchin today. Ethan, bye-bye.
What was that? Ivy, the star of this round was perfect.
They're getting shot through smoke. Everything is working.
Ivy had a much quieter one in terms of his role.
He opens up the second with a 3K.
NRG obviously looking to take the fight to Nongshim in the pistol and get them to switch up here with Ivy on the sideflap.
Certainly a consideration to tend to controlling that early space. Very passively right, it enables Nongshim to make really solid decisions on the back of that.
Bork might have the bodies headed his way early.
It's going to feel that pressure but again you're looking for small victories here if you're on the NRG side.
It stands, I'm sure.
I made the right choice for the right side of things, so it will be off coming through.
Chip down the chop is on the way.
Well, just a little off, I mean, that can't be, you know, this is the considered shock
darts.
We're in here, Francis, mate.
Ah, the first hit, can't be just chomping at the bit.
I think they thought Scooby was dead.
Francis!
Gonna make sure.
This third, performing towards the alt as well. If you're Borg and Marder, you don't really want to give that man many more opportunities to build this area.
No. We've got it. What do you get on round three or four on bond? I can't even remember now, but...
This is Confyworks on top.
We give it up to R.V. in the game, basically. You should clean second round here. I mean, a couple of threats, sure, a little bit to pieces, but it's full, standing at the end of the day.
the day. This is smooth sailing.
We've got themselves off to start
you'd want here. Here is the
seat and RGs approach here for
the buy round. Not really
enabling much aggression in the
previous. It's just pistols.
Once more set up outside a
though. Walk to control the
space early on in the back of
this Utah for sure, but.
dropped out, so deny this plan if they're in here early.
I'm a little worried if they're fortunately left on this island, so it looks very reminiscent
of what we saw at the start here.
ID!
Not going to get away with it too many times there, Mada ready to punish and with rotation.
This is better pacing from NRG to meet what Monshim want to do.
Down to stays, push onto the spike there and once again there is connection.
Mada down to 42.
Mada's not across yet, despite being a little bit hesitant here and rightly so, this is
A dangerous position, good information, but Dummy's waiting for this.
If they get too close, if they tried to shut that down,
it would have been death to be had, but this is still sitting pretty frain, aren't you?
Five players, they've got to get going.
X-Rus tries to get involved, just takes a...
Oh, my God, Francis!
Four?
No, absolutely not any more.
Scuba, the one to try and do some work back here, but RB with the ball, though!
Dummy with the stinger!
Milkship, look, untouchable!
Another bonus conversion for Nongshim and that's even with you can see the focus applied towards Ivy and mid and this is the sort of thing you really gain from having a Cypher.
Wouldn't it would not surprise to see me to see a timeout this early on.
Because again you can see NRG's early intentions here.
Again Mother's able to slip very quickly into Venn.
Yes, on the back of that, but Borg unfortunately can't slow it down.
You have to respect the other front line of Nongshim on approach towards A site.
Already Foss is going to have done an internal drift here.
We've seen him scope in hand, not on operator yet.
You can see a very early purchase previously on bind.
Already here, Longshim handling NRG very comfortably with a bonus conversion to Coinbase win condition for NRG coming out of this.
The pie is not going to be there. You don't have Ultimates just yet, but still maybe get a feel for this early round.
I don't think there's going to be a switch up from Longshim. To be quite honest with you, Ivy is tasked with controlling the mid lane as best he can.
And maybe just a nice wake-up call for him even in a loss of life there to martyrs. I okay, they've identified the super early
I need to be ready for pressure. I don't get that free break on door. I might get walked by too
There is gonna be a checklist there for him, but for NRG they need a solution and need it quick because I think last time we saw
Longshin here, I just
Maybe we didn't see Francis hitting like this
But still I saw a joke we're talking about potentially a risk injury earlier on the event. Oh really Francis, so I mean
That seems to reveal itself pretty quickly by the looks of things.
Hitting their stride at the right time, I think, is also just terrifying to me.
This Longshin side looks like the sky's at the limit, but it's an early start.
Right, there's still early days here.
A little bit of a switch up coming out of the time now.
I want to explore the other side of the map.
And this time the stack is in the right place for NRG.
Yeah, I think Longshin may be relying on some of that conditioning early on here, but NRG...
Not acting upon it just yet.
Yeah, we're probably still anticipating Vongshim reading into that. Yeah, gonna have a ton of bodies here.
Pulled to a close.
Okay, this could be scary for Francis, and I think he's read that this is a trap.
Oh my god, it is an absolute trap, and he's still standing his ground.
Dump is gonna get eaten, but they need to be scarring across the rest of the map here.
Ivy with a great sub in middle, but Kiko, catch the timing.
Vongshim, did you forget this is NRG for a second? They will make you work for this.
I mean, look at the HP, scoobers on a HP here, and now suddenly they run. They have to get moving here. Nonshim want to lease the plan.
We've got the Hunter's Fury on the back of this, but Ivy has a very deep trip. Ivy's a problem. Yeah, all the way towards Link, so...
So they don't know where the hell this man went.
They know he's been in middle mostly, but it's like, okay,
where's he waiting?
Is he in our spawn?
Is he still in the middle?
Is he by the site?
Is he rewrapping?
It could be anything for them to try and figure out.
They've got to go fast.
Yeah, it's an awkward plan to deal with here.
And as I said, Hunter's Fury available here
if Nongshim fears if this might slip through their fingers.
So deep on this, though.
They aren't leaving this very much.
I mean, it would be a win here for NRG
to draw out the Hunter's Fury, right?
Maybe find Ivy and he's disconnected here. It's an open plant so difficult kill to find
Again silver lining at this point but
And Ivy takes their life
Just gonna do the dance in the air with broad but it is lovely from nonchim
But a little sort of life from energy that they're still having to pull out
It's not even keep go hitting some shots. Sure. Yeah, but nonchim
Don't necessarily read the stack as heavy as it is and it almost goes
completely completely alright especially with this kill here from Kiko and then
there's X-Ross from the Spyper he's like well I mean I can't police the guns now
have to give it up again the Bipolic of Ivy being on the side of here is can make
plays like this now and it feels a little more comfortable than the Bipo right
you're lurking around basically have to clear every corner Ivy has a little more
more freedom.
Spots out, they use two, I didn't imagine.
Damby, gonna send it in.
Francis, does take his way out of there,
but they're now scaling towards site.
Modern Ethan on the trade, still trying to hold on space.
Spike, you get to scale up as well,
but the rotation's coming through.
You've got to look at the position
and coming up from Kiko here.
Francis, maybe aware, but Kiko's starting
to heat up as well.
Warming into this one, as Noxium,
don't get the same sort of security
on this side of the map.
don't have anywhere to sit back to in a post plot considering Kiko pushing up
the other part will be considered to come in here a little bit utility to
follow up as well that's a graphic back towards Kiko
again the broad just needs to play his life would be a little bit careful
oh what the shot oh my god damn he looks on it for the second as well he's
getting out of there but he's at least illegal to turn the pressure they might
be able to go for the plot now catching Ethan there is wild they knew it was
Kiko down there earlier, it's Dami-Sion patrol, that's why he's still here.
Might guard that then, goes for a little bit of a brawl and then looks back for Brock.
He's doing the best he could, trying to make something out of nothing.
But now it's on X-Ross in a 1v2 position, will he be noted?
Viko should be on the close there here, Brock flies in!
And it was an extended fight, not ship looking for any potential win-con.
And NRG make it through the storm.
Just a little off-kilter there with the recon and Dambi being caught out in no man's land. He's so insanely active
this entire exchange
He could does really well to play his life here in the back lines feeding into Dambi too much
Yeah, I mean yeah, what is going on. Yeah, I mean one to four first round on the board for them
uphill battle for them the entirety
I feel still in hand here for NRG.
Alphand Marder.
He's setting his expectation towards middle.
I think the NRG reading this is going to go back to that A piece, but it is still heading towards B.
This time it was only Marder here. No one else to play with.
They've all left the side of the map, so if he gets caught on this, he could be in a real spot of bother.
Trying to keep his composure.
Oh, he's screwed. He has to get out now. Good work for him to just get out with his left.
with his left. Yeah. Oh, but I've said that. Dambi goes so deep to find it. They're not
letting him get away with anything. Again, middle's still not feeling great because you've got
an idea on this. Oh, he's in a- Oh, he's number one! Again, they keep getting away with these
brilliant wincons. Keeping numbers on their side. Good identifying of where these players are.
Oh, trying to set something in motion, though. Joined by Ethan here. He goes
go spotted on the back lines by Dambi.
Reposition, quick pop flash, Francis.
Spots out two, Schrockler comes in, NRG.
It feels like the goal is in place.
They can't make it back on this side of the map here.
Nong Shim, they're going to answer back with a round of their own.
It's going to be five to their name.
And NRG are behind the curve.
Absolutely.
Shim really showing massive improvements
from what we saw versus G2.
I mean what do you do if you're NRG?
I'm sure they would have brute-forced their way into a site once more.
The flank comes through so early on but it's like Dambi is so active in terms of taking
early angles to just fend them away, a great catch on Tamada.
As you said as well, I've even just gone one for one here.
Makes it so much harder for NRG to consider this retake.
I think he's pretty nuts on the side for two.
Got to say, he's being such a nuisance in middle.
And I feel like the calling right now is just on Long-Gym side.
They are out, kind of positioning NRG.
Yeah, the initial voice for NRG felt pretty flat in the first few rounds, right?
But after that early time out, that's he called a switch up here in terms of approach.
Another task withholding mid.
This is the pressure from Ivy if they get maybe a little bit of a look towards RB, but
we do see X-Rus investing the outro, but Ivy again is just bullying Mada.
He's got neural things as well.
We can invest this here and really set this round in motion.
I have a response down there from Brock.
I thought Brock would have had him on that, but he found a little bit of a window of chance
in there rotating.
They're already on the way.
They've got the info.
They now know that there's only one here, Kiko.
does his paranoia, just reinvested that smoke,
but they're already through, and look at Ivy,
still being a problem.
Brock's gonna find down here,
that keeps some control towards the A site.
They can still fight for this.
Francis is on only 37 HP, and he goes,
and the smoke, gonna get one, go down for it.
Now Brock comes out swinging.
2v1 and Francis is off the leash.
Look back in that place, NRG.
Find the round, but it's hard work here,
none of these feel easy.
comes down to a couple of really key engagements that NRG are able to win out. Obviously Nongshim winning
out in terms of the information game. It just doesn't feel like, oh, apparently they're just
ever so slightly off there. Again, these are such closely contested rounds.
He said it comes down to NRG committing. Nice. Nice, please. Let's go.
towards Nongshim's approach, really being dictated to in some of these rounds.
I'm going to switch up here.
I'll be to maybe support a little bit, but it's an open place for Marder.
My help is.
Oh, slog in the middle, smoked off on the B connect side.
They do start to make a little bit of progress here.
Showing no fit.
Oh, my God.
This is terrifying.
He can wait on this and he's going to hear these rotations and pull this out.
It's hard, but he's a couple of seconds behind the drone.
Yeah, he could have had that.
Yeah.
Dead to rights.
On this side, it's Ethan and Scuba.
And I will always give credit to Scuba.
When he gets into that zone, the guy is great at controlling space.
But he's got his work cut out again.
Ballplayers here.
They have to help.
Come through some ball.
The result as well.
Taylor made target here, Scuba!
Couldn't see a thing!
Dambi gets let off, gets to go into the side, open it up, and instantly get a man to the good.
The TP here from R.P. just to plumb the seed of doubt as well. Ethan's still here, he's still fighting.
Brilliant fight forward from Ethan though, just to reclaim that space, but now they're left in a really weird predicament.
They've pulled the rotation. 30 seconds left. Look where Dambi is. He's 10 HP.
Oh, they haven't seen each other! And Ethan won't see him because he's dead now.
Look at the flags, look at middle. There is layers to this. There is problems here.
There is a flank behind these players in the form of Ivy.
This guy could be an absolute gut punch to NRG.
And they start trying to build towards the side.
Francis sees that first layer,
ready now for Kiko, takes the fight back,
and they may not even need Ivy in this.
He finally makes it there,
but there's only one remaining!
Non-Shemmell playing NRG like a fiddle.
Ivy again, man.
You see the commitment towards this approach.
faith in his teammates to create that chaos and open up the map for him to just run rampant.
He was there so long, biding his time, waiting it out, and the time he strikes they're herded for
everything knowing. You know what I'm just saying, have a little to work with in terms of positives
or information early on in the round, and this is actually a little more tempered from Nonshim
in terms of the approach he had to site, in terms of the aggression.
I mean, I've come back to the same thing. NRG are being dictated to by Nongshim here. Time
and time again. When was the last time you saw Marta
seeing on two kills? When were you last seeing Ethan unable to really get a grip of the opponents?
They are one of the greats at this quark at MVP almost consistently and as it stands they can't quite get the beat or nonch in him
Here we'll be delayed a little bit, but that's a fury on the back of this
It's still Ethan and scuba defined
And honestly probably want to make use of this time as best they can
I'm going to give it up here, no attempts made here, a flawless round for Nongshin to find 7.
And you're seeing a little bit of a look of frustration there, I want to say towards Ethan and kind of this very flat.
Yeah, you see how stressed he was in map 1 as well. It's the same thing again, just so many curveballs thrown out from Nongshin, really leaning heavily into that hard to quantify approach.
I've just never seen anyone nullify this roster, how this team is.
I genuinely am quite surprised that NRG are in this predicament.
They are so good at problem solving, they're so good at activating their players.
But this puzzle, this conundrum, is yet to be solved.
The pace is unrelenting, Grog is screwed here, tagged up.
He's trying to fight his fate here and stays breathing.
45 H somehow. I don't know why I lost it. Well, back connection for the X-Rost.
I told you, it feels like they're favored by the gods today. There is no escaping it.
Pick already above a minute and hold the rotation. Look at the minima. Look at what is happening.
Marder still here towards the side, but he's going to have to go absolutely nuclear to
prevent.
Oh my God.
Oh my God.
Marder, there are four players here.
Make it just about three.
He did it slowly.
He's screwed.
Dope, he's got him dead.
Setting him down to the depth through.
He likes it or not.
They still have a man up here.
Still having to re-clear middle.
At least in five.
They could be working on that back.
Still having to re-clear middle, at least in line, that they could be working on that back line.
But they are behind the curve again.
Numbers, time.
What you hear?
Score line at this point.
Ivy's re-wrapping mid.
Of course he is. Of course he is.
N'RG here on the approach, but a paranoia to Tarantula's birth pass.
It's going to be mitigated here immediately.
N'RG held out the front door.
They're struggling.
And that's the key to opening the door.
Kiko, scuba, still trying to make something happen here.
RB spins on a dime, but it's down to Kiko in a 1v2 and Ivy's position yet to be known, but he's come back to the side.
Kiko trying to throw it to the middle, but RB is just outdoing them. Nonchalant, untouchable. It's a round.
There's anything to consider here in the last few. NRG have to pull out all the stops.
X-Ross with the catch here on Brawk, the salt in the wound, but harder.
He didn't just caught. It's been a rock and a hard place.
Again, you can't really fault him. Trying to go forward and find something.
Again, you look at the mini-map. Like I said, he has to go huge.
So he makes the right decision, but just caught on an awkward timing.
Then we're asking for miracles from this guy.
Because everything else is going right.
I was pipped towards a, and look at the distance of patience from Long Jim, they're feeling those going to be a play then.
Of course you're being, there is a gap towards mid-peacock, just giving up the space.
See, Borg now, I mean look, your 20 seconds is around, you're already looking back towards your spawn.
Try and hold, yeah, just try and hold onto this space.
You see Long Jim haven't made much progress yet, but the TP sent forward here.
I'm going to get it.
This is going to take top mid.
They're going to know that this space is no longer theirs.
This map doesn't feel good right now, but they need a pick.
They need something to be on their side.
They literally want to disrespect this Viper's pit.
Scooby is on an island now.
There was a huge gap.
It's all he's got to play with.
He's got three players now on the other side.
Smoking towards site, they are going off this.
Dambi, 0-5. Doesn't quite find him in this one. The parallel goes in and they're not
going to start. They want 30 seconds. It's now getting a little bit weird and wonderful.
Nongshim, oh my god! It was a blind shot and he gets it dead! Bro, tries to save them!
But this feels like an eventuality! Everything is right for Nongshim. They have every answer.
to have a say in this. To get
online to be the difference
maker. We know he can be able
to find Francis, but this round
is not recoverable. Absolutely
not. Absolutely dismantling the
A site here with the bit in
place of the joke. Again
creating enough pressure and I
have a question mark that they
Goober on an island. You just can't control the space well enough.
At the moment, as soon as that catalyst in the round occurs, the stars align for Nomshim
once more.
I think a couple of freebies here at the end, but NRG will come in here, three ultimates,
Ethan, Mada and Kiko.
If we had to muster together a purge, it's like, I mean, it wasn't comforting by any
means.
You see here, look at the killfield.
It's like, Warfines 1, and there's like Boom 4 kills.
Look at the stress. Look at that stress.
This man has been in champions finals. Hell, he's won them.
Right now, he is finding it hard to deal with this team here in front of him.
Really in mind for the game currently hitting a brick wall.
Marta, hell, he was in the trenches to try to keep that right in the last round.
But they're in the right place, but they've already started the rotates.
Well, NRG looking to be maybe just in towards main, but post up here on a high low, I believe on a site
And still a walk in support that I mean he has to just stare towards top mid
They have the three players here
Stacked side of the map here
Again Francis can just handle this quickly
I think that thing's that deep inside it's like, the downbeat, the Hunter is gonna go looking for our disivvy,
Stonic Clearhouse, the Paranoia misses, but Kiko doesn't!
And now X-Ross in the 1v2, a lifeline for NRG!
What a round from Kiko, just so slippery, hard to pin down, we'll get NRG just a third on this first half.
3, 2, 1...
BOOM!
Nooooooo!!!
Noooo!!!!
Nooooooo!!!
Noooooo!!!
BOOM!
Noooo!!!!
Nooooooooo!!!
BOOM!!!
Nooooooooo!!!
Red Bull gives you wings
Noooooooooo!!!!
Noooooooo!!!
I think it's someone who doesn't need a presentation.
We're here, from the house, and I wanted to say,
first of all, that you're all here to chat a little bit with the team.
Okay, yes.
How are you, people?
Hey, I wanted to say thank you all for being here.
You've done a lot of things.
I'm grateful, I'm grateful, I'm honored.
I'm really angry, I'm really angry, so nothing, really,
I hope you all don't talk too much, because I'm not the best master until today, really.
So, nothing, now I wanted to go with a...
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut!
Let's go!
Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile, Santiago, Larga Vida al Rey!
As it stands, we're at a 9-3 score line.
The fans are still up for a fight.
My mind wonders if NRG are up for it as well.
Three rounds, Mike, is all they got to claim.
Gifted a final one by Kiko, digging deeper. I mean, he gave them a chance.
But is it just gonna be a death rattle at the end of this?
non-shim look untouchable. They really do and again it's another situation we see NRT just behind the curve
lacking some ideas in situations where they usually excel out. They are
typically the team to outclass teams. Everyone. Yeah in terms of their adaptations
but here just haven't seen it. And non-shim on the aggressive here round one. They are going to send a message
They want NRG.
Jed's Dambi is on the hunt.
Look at them! They are blood thirsty for this!
They have just chased down a two-time champion winning player.
They are just turning this game on its head.
Absolutely. And NRG will take the V-Site here,
but the roles are reversed and Ivy, as you said,
ever lurking in the background.
Unorthodox, yeah, unorthodox plant position here.
They have to consider the pressure from behind.
Yeah, they are sitting in the score.
Look how disconnected they are. They've cleared deep
because they're this paranoid about that man on the other side!
And there's a reason why!
Takes the head of Kiko.
But the screw is in, it's clear now.
A second glance. Can we work from Mada?
Give them a 3v3, but he's getting much more sight.
Brack breaks back in.
Stops clearing house.
X-Ross on the trade.
Plant is still taking away RB.
I mean, that's a real too far here.
He needed to act trust, probably done, NRG getting down and dirty.
The Kimmel was missing versus G2.
Long Shim were extremely active on the defensive side,
but they were just sloppy and approach here.
Look at the shift in focus, the investment of Yutel
just to remove a player early on.
NRG able to win out.
To the sidehold there.
Come on!
Harder desperately trying to rally.
That was needed. Not just ended, it was needed.
Doesn't necessarily give them much freedom anyway.
It's only the fourth.
Watching again on a walk out.
Try and persevere.
This team just shows no fear.
Abroad to heal by scuba
Gonna go down fighting on this
Modder continues that making sure they tame
Francis knows this round
Way to go
energy
Start the long road back
The early intention shown here from long ships. I don't have NRG's prep
some of what we saw versus G2 certainly a consideration now but Longsham for me
have satisfied the other side of the coin today. Turns out there's slower more
methodical rounds. You don't want to see this spiral out of control early on here.
Scuba comes up two in the previous. Again he's pivotal in terms of controlling
some of this deeper space what is it please stay away from this that's just
nobody go there I mean Francis with a the high octane exchange there but look
at the spike and look where it's heading this is still gonna be an odd sheet
trying to test the waters here pull those rotations do the diligent checks
that they have to that's all it's actually on this and down he's going dead
Beats it to the punch there, keeps control towards B.
She's coming back through Mute here and Anagi don't actually get through the choke just yet.
The time storm launched inside.
Now we get a confirmation and a spam from Ivy will connect, Kiko will fall.
They can't afford this, they have to be really competitive.
Even in these rounds!
Scuba, the backbone again, still trying to keep this in hand.
But Ivy's chomping the beat, you see that temptation.
Dambi's gone in, sets him up.
There's Swing, the one-two punch, as he's left to rot.
That's it already!
Nongshim, they can feel this now.
Final response here, denied the bonus for NRG,
preventing early snowball from developing.
I mean, Scuba, the early work here is one away from the pit,
but nothing else in terms of ultimates here across the board.
I see a timeout to follow here for NRG.
Big timeout.
Long shift, like I said, already showing intention.
Bonka just wanted to take an early opportunity here.
I mean, not much of a margin for error to follow this.
Really coming out of this, and Scoob is the only one within reach.
Feasible here.
Chesney-Cornbase's wing condition will still have rifles.
Still a fighting chance here in the fourth round of the second half.
The other side, it's only really Ivy who's done some damage
under his progress towards the neural effect.
Now, do NRG slip?
A little deeper here, look to control this aggression.
They're going to resort towards a more direct approach on the back of the body.
You can see he's desperately trying to plant the seed
the flag for an RG with his
previous round towards B. What
will be the response? After
this, I mean, they do have some
funds, but it won't be a full
purchase. They're going to be up
against it. They can see this
the talent, the capability, the lack of fear from Nongshin might just get him across the line.
We ask for Nier on flawless form from NRG as Nongshin, again! No fear!
X was going to find Ethan who has just been bullied around the map.
Bullied, consistently. Harder here. It's easy, orb. Have to try and find a recovery here.
And RG finding a couple of 4v5 conversions on find, but with this tempo, can you ask the same of them?
We might win out here in terms of a 2v1 towards B but actually RRB will retreat, provide some
support and they can spread a little more thin to find that first blood.
The really Kiko's scale up, yeah, Xros is ready for this but the Paranoia's really solid.
Great catch from Kiko.
Bigs him out of a bit of a tricky spot but is there a recheck?
He knows where he's gone. Expecting the swing from Scythe, but the spike's on the way.
Awkward timing here for NRG. And that's a conceding a little bit of space here to stack up.
This man is just outrageous, but good trades coming through NRG, digging in their hills.
They cannot afford to lose this round. Launching with their confidence, feeling like nothing can stop them here.
Oh, dear, that's hardly gone.
Just pokes his head out on top of the pit.
I don't know what he was hoping for, and there's still the camera clear a little bit here.
They could potentially... Yeah, they found another pit!
He's on the edge again!
This team shows no fear!
It's 11, and NRG might just be shattered off of this!
That was the big win con to get to a post-flop, get the pit down, and secure a site hold.
And Nongshim, they don't care, they do not care.
Pekaboo here from Mada is the first domino to fall.
And Ivy catching Scuba, getting the ping.
It's just the nail in the coffin.
Look at the bye.
Look at what's remaining in our G.
Watching this game slip between their fingers.
And for Nongshim, it is a dream come true here.
To turn it around in these moments, that player's like Ivy, elevating beyond belief as Francis
wants to make a name for himself here, feeling brave.
Just be feeling like it's time to fall back, ready to set the tone, set the tempo,
willing and up for a challenge, Dambi, really relenting, but Kiko again gives him a chance for murder in No Man's Land!
Found by Dambi, and it's gonna be a bloody battle, whichever way you cut it.
Kiko's tb'd up top again.
Kiko, trying to be the X Factor, but Francis is waiting.
They are just on the other side here.
No spray.
Who's your hell?
But Ivy gets to get the ult, gets punished by Kiko,
who has been an X Factor, who is still finding value
for an Archie who's got down, but eats them on the train.
There is life for him yet, but this is what it takes.
Kiko's had back to back rounds now,
where he is just going against the grain,
digging so deep to follow up in the paranoia
the previous round here is the one to just go forwards chasing Dambi down this is what it takes
to flip some of these rounds versus a Nongshim that is in form the Leicester by converted here
by NRG there's Nongshim now to feel the pinch Francis and I'll be both ultimates in play
I can't watch another one like that I actually can this feels like a hot
that game from start to end. Now, Brock's got early info. Somebody's falling. Somebody's
falling off. I'm telling you. What? Oh my God, I think CC is deep on the minimap.
Okay, it's all good. Everything's fine. Everything's calm. NRGF, right over the map. They have
better buy.
Look at the pump producing.
My oldies were done with me.
Oh god here we go.
This is where it can all go.
Topsy-Turvy.
Darby's got him.
Barvis sends him away.
NRG will not lose here.
They are putting everything they can into this.
50 seconds they still want to plant.
They still want to get that time on their side.
Not even chomping at the bit though.
They want in on this.
I'm trying to find a response here, round 18, NRG fully resetting, back of Ethan Stahl potentially.
Oh look, initially, they've got a half.
They've got a half, they've got a half, but it's five players.
There's five players here to review till, five players no problem.
Why don't I just keep having these feelings that you couldn't go to everyone?
I'll beat them.
I'll beat them.
You're done.
You're done for them.
You're done, it's fine.
I mean. Not yet. Well, he's
not gone yet. Yeah, you see, it
was sticking around for a second
there. All right, talking about
the way energy again. This is
going to be a long. This is going
to be one of those long games
they're going to have to feel
every second of.
The hard work here in terms of
It's a 9-3, it just still feels so fragile.
I guess the team is front, well, volatile as a longship.
Not a costed any three-beats here.
NRG on the approach.
Ultimate here from Mada and Kiko.
The other side, it's just a T-B for RB.
So, advantage here, NRG.
I said he had to put a shift in today and it's not the one that will be represented
numerically but he's got them back to 7 to 11 here. It's not over yet.
They're severeing for one minute. I'm getting one play now.
Oh yeah, we'll get the confirmation still.
I didn't tell you much, really.
I mean yeah, because Kiko's got TP and it's scuba, right?
Yep, but it has encouraged Francis.
Francis could be behind the wire. There's awareness of what you saw the eyes turning towards that
But he's got good timing on this. They've got three players on the right side of the map for faith
In Ivy to hold down that a side. I'm just gonna be here so quickly
Can it clear side diligently? There are three players in motion on this side. The odds can come down and get try make this work
Can be stands his ground. Oh
Actually the Hedge ball great treat again from Kiko. We're just getting better with time
It's the downfall of NRG!
Four kills!
Just slicing through the back of them!
What a day for Francis!
This is none other than NRG.
To be piecing together rounds like this.
Absolutely sensational!
Back to the top of the board for Nonship.
12th round post-iff.
NRG licking their wounds here to buy broken rifles across the board.
And you've got to go back to business.
There is no rest for the Wicked here, the high tempo.
Never going to really stop Jambi.
Will he try and stand ground there?
Kiko's at the weight.
He's going on this one, he's at Jambi.
Martyr's on the site, you can at least feel the pressure up from the rafters.
The spike is yet to cross through though.
They're still fighting on this one. X-Ross going point for point. They are just unwilling to relent. RB wants to stand this.
He wants to keep this.
He's actually holding this.
Face it! Brock! A miracle gifted to clear RB like this.
And put him in a 4v2 for answers down over this time. Ivy.
This can't happen twice in a row.
Pause on 8 HP.
A lot of this has to be on the back of Ivy here in terms of the approach. Back from behind NRG.
Nard sitting on NRG's side. Ivy's position now becomes so predictable.
The smoke goes up. Back away. NRG piece it together to make it up to 8.
This time with obviously that fatal number against them.
They now cannot afford one single mistake.
I don't know what's going on here.
The pace change here. This looks beautiful for NRG.
Brawk finding the shot. Dark Hill really to secure this.
I be has a single on a match over this item.
Oh, curious if they do decide to employ him differently.
Yeah, when's that switch up? Yeah.
Yeah, necessarily for as if it's been forced just yet.
in there was a Francis up. Yeah, Francis down to a HP. So I'm
confirmed but really that's what sets things in motion for
NRG and looking a little bleak in terms of coach booth
reacts in there rightfully. So it's it's hard time but they
have at least humbled the money but wouldn't this be the most
down the way to close out a game to get yourselves in a
grand final.
and then the Buckeys,
but they've been here before.
teasing NRG with a little bit
of aggression. It's still
threat here. I mean, I think
here to cause some issues for NRG.
Three on the site here and Exos still
controlling towards top mid.
Does have a hunter's fury.
Francis just one away from an ult as well.
The quarry's in my mind about this.
They are going towards three players.
That's the one I'm worried about.
That's towards two Buckeys.
Now the tools, they're going to try and clear this.
They don't get the infrastructure, they don't know what is awaiting them.
You don't make it out of this alive, apparently we're to slow it out.
Ethan, that's my Francis, but Dumbi still waits, so does R.B.
They're trying to do the shot-down to the smoke, they're trying to clear these corners,
but there is the one that worries me, X-Ross on the swing!
Scuba, great trade! Kiko's there! 13 seconds!
They've done it with time to get the plant down.
Ivy is slowly making it over here, and he's made Mada look like Nymph's feet.
Look at the HP on Kiko.
He's down low. Ivy poised to strike.
Heading his turn.
Scuba on the side.
Kiko paranoia, now he knows.
Ivy helping him, given much of a way forward here.
To find that player on the side is going to be the biggest problem.
If he does, it's game on.
And it might be game over as Ivy now closing in.
Scuba again!
I'd ever ice-cold rid it, a safe pair of hands for NRG.
Solid as a rock in those sorts of situations.
Paranoia posted here, but Kiko then just has to back away, fully retreat.
Hanbi just overwhelmed here.
Ethan happy to lay his life on the line to get the job done.
It's a late timeout called here from Nongshim.
Now goodbye here to the Hunters Fury Fences. Now has the Dineshaw Drift to boot.
It does give a moment for NRG to discuss as well what's coming up. They've burned both of their timeouts obviously.
So this is actually a nice opportunity to check back in as well. Get a little bit of a grip on this.
Trying to help out their team of going through. They're at 9-12. They have persevered.
This has been pushing that folder uphill. So far they haven't slipped yet.
credit in my eyes scuba and kiko but this is the burn of the time after munchin they have tools and
they have to buy this is another big round almost roll your minds back to the previous round where
the pit became available on the nrg ultimately were teed up to convert
see elsewhere progress sure but whether or not we even see it it will have to take
I'm on a round or two potentially.
You can see how Ivy starts at this.
Because you can see...
Yeah, I mean, they're there.
...they need to dribble it and stack the same.
Yeah, coming in towards a full retake here.
I guess you can.
Look, they're not anybody at the expo towards mid.
Because if anyone's playing on the other side of this,
we've seen previously,
or whether or not they just push out immediately.
Kiko has been a marvel for the team, and they are pushing it. Kiko's going to be careful to not fall here.
If Anonji may want to dead it, they can hunt him down. That would be a dream come true.
They see nothing. This is so indicative. It's so telling. And they are still working this out.
They're still fighting forward. Kiko has actually gone for the swing on this. He might be screwed.
Oh, he's still got one, but X-Ross on the trade.
And look at this, from non-ship, unbridled aggression
to turn the screws on NRG.
And now down to one.
Scuba has to face the music.
Or does he fight?
Is it just a white-sorg and a funeral?
He's still going!
Scuba makes it a lucky one.
Leaving the pack for NRG.
They're being slowly hunted by X-Ross.
He's got both rockdarts.
It's going to be heartbreaking here.
He's going to have space and time to play with though, Lauren.
It's just waiting out a sound cue for the plant to come through for Scuba.
And Scuba's still got time to go forwards.
30 seconds left.
I couldn't get tense up in this.
They can't, they can't post.
Scuba, the control has been moved, it's a comfort line.
That then draws it, X-Ross.
Coming closer, Scuba with the weight.
5 seconds on the recall.
Energy survival on his shoulders.
What can one man do?
Everything!
Scuba, the start and end of this.
The exception to the wall.
And the one to get energy to 10 rounds.
Not even three minutes ago, we said solid as a rock, ever the safe pair of hands for
NRG.
Nongshim shut down here in a rounder.
They had absolutely no right in losing.
Another Red Bull clutch here, bringing it within two, and the fire is broken for Nongshim.
focus up folks. If you weren't paying attention before, now you are. 10 to 12, Nongshim are
one round away from getting themselves to a grand final, but NRG showing perseverance, grit,
and inhuman capability from some of their players, and pushing Nongshim to their absolute
limits here. But it takes one mistake, it takes one error, one player to have a round.
and the two teams.
the two teams.
Still Ethan with ultimate
still Ethan with ultimate
Brock and Mada both two points
away now.
said we need to see a couple
said we need to see a couple
more rounds and we're going to
see them online.
here with a huge advantage in
here with a huge advantage in
terms of.
Inventory bringing in here
here Mada looking to apply
further pressure.
I'd be able to do sidestep it.
Rotations are coming. Stingers, Guardians.
Sheriff or two.
Right about moderate, yeah.
But a 5v5 post plant, it's still not safe. Doesn't get the shot he wants it. Now he's under pressure.
Could be pushed in that smoke but he tries to stand and keep some security for NRG.
Shock dart after shock dart. He gets taken down.
down x-watch with a connection.
It's a 4v4, NRG, backing on Kiko in the back lines.
But Dabby's still there, Brock with one another.
It's on x-watch and a 1v3, blinded.
We are now so close to overtime.
This is Calibur.
This is class from NRG.
And this is a capability I did not see coming.
The resilience is insane.
We talked about even so early on in this series the facecams the reactions from
NRG still Kiko what is that between Kiko and scuba it's just I am blown away
blown away by them I think I'm starting to believe now and this could be the one
where it goes wrong longships time both of those timeouts burning both down in
this half, feeling suddenly human after what was a now untouchable first half. Three rounds
is all the energy you have to work with, and God have they worked with it.
That's with Nathan, so we have a couple of ultimates to bring in here. We've seen Francis
throw with the idea of an off-weight on the other side, though, three ults available. Yes,
Yes, it's the new old theft, but Francis and Gambit can really have impact here in the final round of regulation.
How does Francis play this now? Curious to see where he sets up shop.
I've seen the adjustment here. I mean, I've seen the previous round where I'd be investing you two and pull push out on B,
be, but operator doesn't really lean into that. It was hyper aggressive on bind.
There'll be a spanner in the works here in round 24.
And Arjun set up as four towards the B site. We might be a mid exploration early on here for an
to make moves, dumby right place, and you can see this, an NRG pulling no conscious,
optically slowing down, spikes on site.
The final ultimate now becomes crucial to their success, Kiko is going to post up here
here with a paranoia on the back of contact.
Here comes the ult from France,
it's time to put it all on the line.
Ult comes in trying to stall out any sort of split here.
France is trying to lead the way in for Dambi.
Ethan, Sector packing, Enarchi, still alive.
But RB's response is perfect.
It's a 3v3 and Brock might be overwhelmed here.
He's got two players to handle.
X-Ross will split through Heaven.
It's a fight on two fronts
and Nogshim are winning out so far.
The time here, they know how to reset a little bit, but Mada, they can't pin down a kill.
Look at the time of the clock.
Oh, here you go. No, Shim. It's all down of Mada. No, Shim with a meteorite rise. The time.
Oh, they've got it. 13 to 11. Push to their limits. They chase their dreams. The grand final.
Now we're waiting. This is the stuff of fairy tales.
taking down NRG, the team pitted as the ones to go against the grain playoff meta, they put up a hell of a fight here, but Nongshim able to close out 2-0.
The back of Francis in map 1, Ivy, throughout the entire series, Dumbie, ever the threat, six openers for him in this second map.
An NRG will fall.
I am amazed at the resilience from NRG, but the innovation, the creativity and the capability.
ability. Do not back down. Do not think it was done to persevere up against the reigning
champions is something to be revered. They are now the team to beat. The question becomes
who is their final opponent? I mean, just to come back to some of the points
made early on here, Nungshin. They're never going to stray away from this approach. You
can see the preparation from NRG, but man, just a cut above. They have really, really
elevated today.
It's in that DNA, it looks like. They are looking so comfortable, so talented. It will
be hammy over for the Verizon post match into UT here for the players themselves.
Santiago! One more time for the Nunchi!
And here we have this game, directly to what is going to be that great final.
RB, how are you?
First I want to ask you how has it been to lead this game, being this jelly with all the experience
and what was the obstacle that you had to go through during this whole phase?
So now, RB, I just want to know how can you deal with this amazing squad you have going on.
You're the IGL, you're the captain for this squad.
I also want to know what was the biggest obstacle or challenge so far until now.
I'm really happy to be able to start IGL this year.
I'm really happy to be able to participate in the International Masters.
I think I'm proud that I can go to IGL from here.
Well, this was actually my first year actually deep diving into taking over that IGL role,
and to be able to make it to the grand finals that are masters and one of the international events,
and to be able to prove myself, what kind of ideal I can be,
I'm just extra extra very proud of myself.
So now also you have been undefeated for a whole year, also in this tournament you haven't lost one single match. Apart from Dumbi, what's the thing that makes you guys so good?
I think our last ascension, we just had a little bit of tough love situation going on where we were able to play well last year.
I think our last ascension we just had a little bit of tough love situation going on where we were able to create that kind of a strong bond
So after having that experience we talked about how we should be taking care of each other and each other's mentality
And I think being able to do that as brothers here
The following day now talking also in the comment that last year in ascension finally made them stronger
They went through so many things that they ended up knowing how to deal with those problems
or how to deal with those difficult moments.
And that's why today they come so strong at this stage.
Now I have a really quick question. Any words for your next opponent?
Next, would you like to say something to your opponent?
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Welcome back to day 11 here in Masters Santiago. We have sent one team now to the grand final.
Now it's time to send home a legend. It's PRX versus G2. Well, I guess I could describe
as our lowest semi-final winner. Obviously, advances in the tournament. And for the loser,
that's it. That's Raps.
Yeah. Opener matchup for both of these teams at this tournament. Paper Rex, what got the
And it's been in fact quite a long time since G2 has been able to beat PaperX.
I believe the last time was in Champs 2024.
So of course it's a very, very long stretch.
Today has the same.
The second time that you face them in a tournament, if you're lucky enough to face them for a second time before you go home, different story.
Yeah, you can see the success that both these teams have brought.
And for a long time, it was PaperX who was that best team to never win a trophy.
They finally got over that hurdle last year with their trophy in Toronto.
But G2 has yet to achieve it lose that close final in Bangkok never make it back to another final last year
And again, they're in the top four they're deep in a tournament
And the question is could this be the tournament where G2 finally stay alive and make it to a final lift the trophy
But it's such a long road and what not is what's not listed on that graphic is the fact that it was
PRX that sent G2 to Lowers both in Toronto and in Paris last year
at PRX so constantly have been playing spoiler to this team.
So to say this is a grudge match,
might be understating things.
Yeah, I think that for the side of PaperX,
always in the region, they've been the hot topic.
And in every single international event,
they've always been one of the hot topics,
especially with this meta and how the year was shaped.
If PaperX was able to survive all the years of valorant,
implementing and defining what a W
and very aggressive playstyle is,
This technically should be one of their better chances.
Yeah, it certainly should.
And the talking point we always take with this matches,
it's the ultimate stylistic clash.
It's G2 slow holding against them.
But it's so different now.
We're going to see a match today where we might get a map
where G2 is literally stolen PaperX's pump,
is playing their style.
It's such a switch up from the past.
But for G2, it's also about stopping
this golf of wins against PaperX.
It's been four in a row that they've lost to this roster and now a fifth chance with elimination on the line
And I think also that the narrative has changed a little bit in the fact that we have seen a paper
X that is still excelling in the things that they are we don't see a great switch
Changes in their place. They prefer the side of G2
I think that's especially this event with the micro changes that they've been making here
They're with how different some of the opponents that they've gone up against have been they really have stepped up their game
Can we cast their minds back then to the most recent time that these two played that was in a Swiss at this very tournament where PRX came out on top
Is that a relevant basis to work from what are the takeaways that we had from this game?
I think it's the game from which to measure the rest of G2's tournament off of because this was a really rough game for G2
The corrode in particular highlighted how poor their micro their coordination looked
It was Jawa missing every alt with that Iso up and failing completely.
It was a Paper X who looked excellent in bowling them over.
G2 has improved massively since, but it is still a huge test against Paper X
who dealt with them so handily last time.
It was a bit weird because at some point it was like G2 had forgotten
that this is the Paper X that they played against so many times.
In that encounter, most, and I mean most of the openers won on the side of G2,
but those reflexes were constantly there for the side of Paper X.
You can never count them down.
That game was the catalyst in my mind.
G2 came into this tournament having stomped America's
playing the PaperX style, stealing their comps,
going hyper-aggressive.
They looked great regionally, but they showed up.
They tried to do it to the kings of that style,
and PaperX knew exactly how to handle them.
Since that game, G2 has slowed it down.
They've gone back to more of a structured system.
Looking a bit more like their old self,
well, still playing some of these aggressive comps
and aggressive styles.
I think this is the game that G2 learned so much from that propelled them to make it to this point in the tournament now today.
So that's how G2 had approached this meta, but for more on how PRX are handling things in the game of Alarm right now, let's check in with something.
In general, keep the same mindset as we did versus other teams and as we did versus G2, every single time we played versus them, just sleep.
And more like adjusted them because they every single game we played this event seems like 2024
It's always something new from different. Yeah something different
You know, so just like you need to adjust on the day something
Such an interesting quote
It's never the same matchup every time these two teams go ahead to head and it feels like they're both
I think I said that in that segment willing to reinvent themselves in order to find the edge
But we need to talk about the double double star right with the PRX
I looked really natural here, right? The matter is simply just broken in their favor in a way that seems to have suit to them
And they don't really have to reinvent the wheel
No, I don't think so chaos has always been through the way of paper x and even though something in jink did not have this stellar
Entrance to this event. There were so many maps where they were just missing
They are not missing there in this place. He didn't every single shot. I think that's specifically
something. I know that last match against Shrimp, there was a little bit of a blow that
gave us something going on on the stage, but if that is what's going to prompt him to
have this kind of performance, I hope the G2 doesn't follow the same route.
Yeah, PaperX, they've had the common theme of how they want to play, and it works perfectly
in this meta. Tons of team fighting, almost every map playing the Double Coolest,
wanting to brawl. But what's been different is that they've changed their compositions,
shown more unique looks than pretty much anyone else at this tournament.
That last game they played against NRG, where they just barely lost, showcased two new comps, two new looks.
I think what separates PaperX is their willingness to constantly make a slight adjustment,
find that next little bit, and then roll from it, because their base level of coordination and micro is so high
that they can last minute switch a comp and find success.
Now, G2 have been approaching them at a different length in NRG.
Instead of trying to be the anti, right, to cancel out the meta and play the opposite style,
they tried to find a middle ground between this slower game style.
Remember this more up-tempo, double-joules look.
Is this a sufficient answer to PRX?
It doesn't seem like they're trying to be the antidote to Chaos G2,
but find a niche that suits them best somewhere in between.
Yeah, I think that if we take a look at the things that they have been changing
and adapting to throughout the tournament for me,
it's important that they keep their plan clear.
Like, that is the way of going against PaperX.
Never count them down. Individuals will always shine.
But I think that that could have been the same case against BBL.
individual prowess is the name of the game for Turkish Valorant.
The fakes that we saw during this game, the understanding of every single one of
BBL's winning condition was shining in every single round.
Yeah, the preparation was truly excellent. It looked like
they knew exactly what BBL was doing and I mean to their credit,
BBL was playing practically the same way. For G2, I think if you're
looking at this team and thinking about how they differ from NRG,
NRG plays a lot of comps that I think are obvious counts.
I think the double drone stuff, you know, sacrificing that second dual, things like the vise on split, yeah.
G2 does some of that. I think that their composition on Abyss is a great example,
where that harbor shuts down the fast blood from double duelist teams.
But a lot of the maps, like that Haven we just watched, they're mirroring, yeah, they're still playing the chaotic stuff.
I think where it differs is their approach in the server, and how they want to play that composition.
Being more willing to slow down, play the macro, and wait for their opponent to make a mistake,
instead of feeling like they always need to be dictating the pace to succeed.
I think that they're very good, they have been very good at spotting the witnesses.
We are showing some of the things in BBL, we were talking about, oh, garage and how Jogimole
loves to go in that part of the map and how they're going to do this, this and that.
Breeze was the same, going against BBL on Breeze and doing the things that they were doing,
had they were adapting, how they had almost no tails to go by on the attack,
was something that not many teams can do from one day to another.
But for Valon and Josh, I think today is a harder task, and that's because PaperX more than all these other teams
is very willing to change their compositions, change their styles, do stuff on the fly.
This is not a BBL that you will see them come in and go for the exact same rounds, the exact same game plan as the last time you watch.
Today is a lot less, I think, about the pre-prep and more about how you can adapt to what PaperX throws at them and how good their protocols are to deal with the chaos.
It feels like Valon and Forsaken kind of defined the fragging IGL role.
It feels like there was a time when we gave people a pass for not performing in game because they were calling.
That era came to an end, I feel like with these two.
Are they the best fragging IGLs we have?
I think that for Forsaken, there is not a single game where he doesn't have one or two rounds
where you think literally no other player but Forsaken can do this with any agent that you've given.
But from the other side, when we're speaking about all of these changes, with Valon going on the harbor,
with how many difficult situations they've been facing up again,
I think that he is the only one player, maybe him, and Leaf, that I have not seen for the
NGPCs, hands down at any single round in this tournament.
Yeah, he has such a strong mental to stay in it, to keep his voice in that.
And to your question, I do think that these are the two best fragging IGLs.
Forsaken for me is an obvious number one.
He was the most impactful player in Pacific.
I think he was also the most impactful player throughout their Swiss stage run to qualify
to the playoffs.
you look across the server and Valon, domestically,
he's the guy who brought them to the ball,
played so well in that America's final.
These two are incredibly impactful,
not just as leaders, but individually as well.
Gonna jump into our skirmish now
to determine how our map veto will go.
Let's jump in and waste the time.
Fun little tip here as well.
This is a coach battle between Wendler and Josh RT.
Wendler used to work on G2 as an assistant coach.
In fact, he's one of the players that came on board
to help them develop their initial approach to a piss.
When that map burst came out, you'll also see them frequently stacking together in the gud stack, having Vent Silly tilt at them for about 3 hours straight.
It's spectacular.
I start playing ranked with Vent Silly, but they're locked in for it.
I'm sorry, Vent, I'm kidding.
Joe, I'm still mad by the way.
Yeah, for this one, I think that they even announced on X that it was going to happen.
And it looks like Josh is having the edge over Wendler for this one so far.
The video is very interesting where these teams want to take it because yeah, they have a super clear promo band
Whereas paperx is always betting this at this. It's a great band and to G2
Especially to this tournament I would say yeah, who's excellent on that now
You look at a G2 who I think there's a lot of ways they could go
They looked good on the breeze in there in their match before they could ban out something like the split that's been good
They could also ban the clone where they tried it twice
I just don't know where they're heading. I think this is a very tough veto to predict
I do think that's a bit of an advantage for G2, especially if they win the skirmish get that second ban
I wonder what PRX think about this harbor on a base and whether they want to interact with that fight removing from the
pork so he had split and corrode
Certainly gonna ban the best they've been banning it pretty much all tournament
They're not comfortable that now and it's just a happy time when your favorite map to then is also one of your opponents best
Let's see how our picks and bands unfolded now with Joshar T being a considerably ahead winner in our scrimmage.
Hey everybody, we're going to begin the map selection process. G2, since you won scrimmage, you get to choose team A or team B.
PRX with team A.
Bannabiss.
Okay G2, what's your band?
Band Split.
Band Split.
Okay, PRX, what's your first pick?
What's your first pick?
Pick Haven.
Pick Haven.
Okay, G2, what's your side on Haven?
Defense.
Defense.
Okay, G2, what's your map to pick?
Pick Freeze.
Pick Freeze.
PRX, your side on Breeze?
Go defense.
Defense.
Okay, PRX, your next ban.
You have Bolling Crowed Curl.
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I mean, I think we're out.
Bandbind.
Bandbind, last map is Perode. PRX, what's your side on Perode?
Defense.
Defense.
Okay, so as a recap, we have map one is Haven with G2 on defense, map two is Breeze with PRX on defense,
map three is Perode with PRX on defense. Look everybody, look.
So the only map present in this video that we saw between these two last time is Corode and that is the last map of the series if we even need it
We've got Haven interpreets, maybe. Yeah, it is a pretty surprising video for me
I think for two reasons one that G2 had the choice to go to bind where paper it's just lost energy
I've only showed it once with that new company or Corode where they've lost pretty roughly
Dude, that's about enough. That's surprising to me. I saw them. I saw the Vi there
I thought of corrode and I thought of the last on the paper explain that map
I'm good to see that it's going to be the decided because I would like to see if we get to that if
G2 has learned a lot from the last time that they played again
Yeah, or if maybe they've changed their column with the with the two days off
I think that would be pretty interesting to see as well breeze for a choice for G2 is also a little bit interesting
It's been great for them. No doubt the last game we watched in particular. You were highlighting how good they were on that map
However, I do think that's a map that's still solid for PaperX, where their individuals get to absolutely shine.
We saw what they did to Furia.
This is a... It's pretty surprising though that this has gone to me.
I mean, these first two maps of the series, G2, played against BBL, and were quite strong in those two.
So that at least should be a positive sign.
But we've seen these G2 iso-way-leg composition on Corode, and it just...
Domestically, it looked really good. We were super hyped about it, but here it's fallen flat.
I am honestly happy that Haven is the first one, like to see the mirror matchup of this
competition.
It's so cool.
We didn't get it the first time that they played against each other because if I'm not
mistaken, G2 banned it.
They did.
And you know, that made me a little bit sad because it's always entertaining to watch
now that we're in such a flight state of the game.
But I do think that Breeze and the point that you are making, the way that G2 was playing
into BBL and the way that they were structuring their attack is very to go up against the
individual brilliance.
So I hope that that is the reason why they chose it.
This video reminds me a little bit of the Paper X versus Energy rematch, where that
bind got left open, new comps thrown for a loop.
These rematches, it seems, always want to get creative.
Find that gimmick, that leg up, especially when you're so familiar with your opponent.
Four times in a row, the G2 have lost to this PRX team.
This fifth chance with elimination on the line, they're taking a risk.
And we didn't have time to talk about players like BabyBae.
We're speaking about the Double Jewel list in one side, but in the other, I think that
A little bit of a roller coaster of a tournament for him.
Great performances lately and here in the playoffs,
but today, of course, the opponent is different
because the confidence is never missing for Paper X.
It's crazy we get through a pre-match
when I talk about duelists,
but there's just so much to discuss here.
And if you are a fan of VCC history,
you know exactly what Paper X versus G2 means.
These two have given us some of the most memorable matches
this game has ever produced,
and today, they do it again with everything on the line.
With your one match from the finals,
Luz and his goodnight, goodbye and a very long flight home.
Please welcome both teams to the stage.
That's what it feels like to be in G2's twos.
A team still looking to scale the heights to receive the recognition, the accolades of
champions.
But for Paper X, just one trophy isn't enough.
Just one victory in Toronto.
No.
World domination starts here in Santiago in this dual die game.
G2, this team who has been underrated, they thought that this was the time where the squad
was over.
So close last year to lifting that trophy.
And then it's a further from their grasp, a fat champions,
a huge and controversial roster move to bring in Baby Bay.
But now they're back in this position where they failed before,
where they've fallen in the top four with another opportunity
against the foe that's bested them so many times.
And starting on a map where they've stolen their composition
is such a poetic way to watch this pan out.
They have a stolen it, but can they beat them at their own game?
I'm also very happy that we get to do this year in Santiago.
The crowd is going to be absolutely insane for both of these teams.
There is no stage in Valorant where any of these two would walk in and announce
and the people would not be incredibly happy.
It's so true. PaperXD looked at different class when these teams faced in Swiss.
It was a G2 out of shorts dominated 2-0 in that game.
But that was the point from which G2 turned this tournament around,
themselves started getting these wins making it to this top four the question
is if that learning is enough but Mimi you have to remember something we were
speaking about a paper exit yes did get the win capitalized on every single
mistake the G2 made but Jing and Forsaken were not Forsaken sorry something
yeah Jing and something were mostly missing during that switch stage now
there's five four and they've gone up against some of the best that the world
has to offer. This Haven map is going to be quite compelling. Again for G2, they're undefeated
on it. So far here in Santiago, Winsor gets a Shilai gaming T1 and PBL respectively. But
you mentioned it, they've stolen the PRX composition on this map. PRX, they've stolen their analyst,
assistant coach of yours, so I guess we'll call it even. That it is. When these teams
were playing last year and they played a ton last year, it was G2 who was playing solo
Duelist head to head, Perma Jaws stuck on that yorub.
Now they've changed and it's this cool return
to the Duelist head to head,
where we get to most likely watch Jaws
against Jin on Phoenix.
That was the head to head that was absolute lightning
in Los Angeles when it was Dogamo on EG
who deprived Paper X of the trophy.
When we thought that Jin wouldn't be playing again,
now they come back again on brand new roles
Such an exciting match in front of this incredible crowd and survival is on the line as we're saying havin is going to be the first one
We have seen them throughout the tournament. We you were saying oh this Max or so g2 playing against bbl
We saw the same firm from paper X 3 and against you
So there is a lot of tape. We expect to see the mirror matchup here
My face goes to I mean all of the head to head here are top tier probably the best that we are going to see
Yeah, it's a sign of respect from D2 that they look to pay for rex for inspiration
But now they're testing their medal against the genuine article in a series like we've said then on the other side
It could be a quick trip back to the United States or a big step further in this playoffs
It's such a cool
IGL heads ahead both of these guys understand the theory of this composition
Intimately one designed it the other
watched everybody was influenced by it took its strengths and went with it now
they'll have to adapt on the fly in such a high-stakes match it's bound to be
incredible Achilles play the team you've been casting paper race games for years
to please and likeness do they have this one in the bag or will key to have
their revenge I'm trying to remain impartial here Mitch I'm just hoping
that we get a banger and with these two teams that is almost certainly going to
occur especially now that we have this head-to-head coming through the chamber
the Phoenix on Phoenix G2 looking to try their hand at this once again, recreate that success,
we saw them bring out versus BDL.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, both teams are fearsome on this composition, on this map,
really showcasing how oppressive these two last two lists can be.
But what is crazy about this matchup, these teams have faced each other so many times at Killios,
this is the first time at an international where it's elimination on the line between the two.
So this is the biggest of a classic matchup.
This is from the crowd.
As we count things down, get into the first pistol
of this elimination series.
A couple straight shots up from Trent,
but no connection to be found.
Shift's over towards Seward Zone.
That is where four players are at from PaperX.
They'll tuck back, clear of that haunt.
Now the push, getting ready to come through.
Contact about to be made here on the side.
The blind is out, Ballon gonna be struck down as Indy finds the person with Leaf.
Still here with that Bandit! Zittle delivered to his own!
He's trying to kill something down so very low, just 10 health remaining.
Some space open up the field for the plant in play.
Icework there by Leaf, TP's in, does a ton of damage quickly.
Off of that initial contact,
Paper Rex pushing the whole way.
With something down to just 10 HP.
To be extra cautious, Joggle with that Frenzy won't take long to deal with the Orr.
Sees the gun barrel, the swing out, looking for that shot.
Going wide, but baby may now getting in on the line.
The curve ball coming through.
To buy, getting caught.
Now something eliminated.
It's all down to the buy.
The blaze wall gets set up.
Jump peek, a tag on the jogger mode, the abuse, held to half, chamber on chamber, the slope
out, and DeVy to find the head shot and gets the Red Bull clutch.
The kick, start the map.
Oh boy, I mean
So much of this match the last time these two teams played
Especially on split came down to some crazy clutches
Dubai had one of the best in a 1v2
Versus baby Bay and Trent and this time even though it's a brilliant curveball
Jogamore backs him off able to take down something
Guy who has been phenomenal on chamber when he's been called upon to play it for paper rex steps up when they need him
No buys inside here for G2, sometimes they will play around with those stingers.
Just the bandit for Leith.
It's the only extra purchase to speak of at all, but take a rex, got something that's
getting right by the, that's the clone.
No it's not, no it is not.
Okay it's not.
We're gonna see that one back.
I think Trent might have just been tucked away, not seen otherwise he was trying to fake
it.
Either way Trent finds that opening kill.
going to be a Marshall now in hand for this fade.
He's going out.
Paper Rex.
Shifting position, but a footstep made there.
Leaf certainly will have heard that.
Levi, does he read this presence?
He does, and he's able to find a shut down leaf now on the floor.
And it may be recoverable for Valen
if he does go pushing forward towards Wendell.
Doesn't tell you a ton yet as G2 just seeing Levi
since a lot of times he's going to be out on his own on the map.
So now they're starting to make their commit,
now they're starting to make their rotate.
Shots shot there, Ging.
Now he just...
He's hacking low, plays well set up, can get some healing and cross.
Back up towards full, baby, this time able to find a headshot.
Puts down the enemy Phoenix for second gone.
Envy will appeal that kill on the trunk, but now he is dead,
and there's just a buy once again.
Now in a 1v3, a 1v2.
Both players will die instantly to this Marshal.
He's got to make it go, but he cannot, and just like that,
G2 tied up one-to-one, this time it's baby on his feet.
Absolutely.
Well-deserved, it's a great headshot there
to really open up that round, but it's tough.
Four paper wrecks.
But what happened at the start?
Yeah, we need to see what happened with that.
Well, I guess we'll have to see it.
I think he just walked right by him and a trend.
I was watching it on the map, and I
I assume it was the clone because Trent just let it walk by and then he turned again. He's like wait. That's a real player
That's kind of how this match goes sometimes were some thrifties in there for sure the last time they played
Just a warp collection here Jane to away from having that run it back online
It's been correct gonna see if they get to pull their own little thrifty here
Yeah, it's another big kind of point of interest of this map is going to be those
Phoenix's and how they're collecting orbs. Who's going to be able to take a little
bit more control in that regard?
Tacker side.
Spot out. Some damage on something. Put some of the 65. Bolly just going to be
layered forward.
Quick clear of that haunt. Should be telling Paper Exid that door is closed.
No access granted.
Seems like they want to think about some kind of entry and something gets the shot.
Oh, not he does, but okay. Leaves for the fade away.
Doesn't manage to find something. Jing now gone. Baby Day with two.
Checkers all down with that headhunter. Takes that round to be back over to back pot.
Keeps himself safe.
Leaf refills the space.
Looking apart for Saken. So once again we turn our sights to the side to try to see if we can find some additional damage here.
Or if it's going to be...
Fairly clean up. Fairly clean around here.
They clean up for G2 as they look to take the lead.
They sweep around the back as the jump hits the kill.
25 seconds remaining, the spike's still a whirl the way.
Debye just gonna look to just chuck that Guardian out of there.
See if he can maybe headhunt a little bit more.
Noiseplanee being made, Piggy Bay on that line, eats some damage,
but it will be Lee collecting a third of the round.
Now one away from that dimensional drift is G2, taking 2-1.
Now let's see now, we're gonna get into the full buy.
Four paper wrecks, maybe an early opt for something.
Scott at hand wants to try to contest that chamber a little bit earlier, perhaps, see if they can get baby bait unsettled.
He's looked really sharp so far. 4-1 on a scoreboard.
Paper Rex, what are gonna be your map ideas here?
This is the side of the map where, you know, this comp should be doing pretty well.
A G2, absolutely obliterated BDL.
Is that off? They didn't clear the haunt again.
No, they don't and something immediately down on the floor.
Looks like a very early conversation might need to be had here with paper X.
But even how this round does end up turning out.
But for now, it's a five-foot forward, Vance, the G2.
It's definitely been the met up for the coaches this event, hasn't it?
Just call timeouts early, try to get things stabilized
if it's not going your way. Don't let that snowball start.
Swing out by a damn clean shot. Obviously it does get taken down to 10 HP, but that is a hell of a pick up.
It feels pretty comfortable now about progressing forward. They cannot chamber, they're often left to their own devices.
That's over to Jank, get that ultimate online.
He's going to try to use this proactively or in response, but now it's just going to be something back over towards Sewers.
Maybe wait for the rescale up G2.
G2, well, Divide, looking for the catch here on that operator.
Not gonna be caught by the Molly, but Jogamo to swing the corner,
jumping around in with the Bulldog, puts him down.
Now, once again, numbers his advantage for Paper Rex,
as Jing is trying to find something of that all.
Cannot get sent back in, gonna be good for Jing now, Jing.
Keeping them into an advantage, but Jogamo's fighting back.
His own run back in play, Jing shuts it down, swings the corners,
trying to fish him out.
Three swing in, the dink and the 4K, Jogamo.
A massive round to keep J2 in the lead,
three to one, another Red Bull clutch.
Unbelievable stuff here.
We're looking at this Phoenix versus Phoenix matchup
and right now, Jogamo is winning it.
He's hitting some great flashes, making some great plays
and Jink can't get a read on where the run it back came from
quick enough to try to smother the angle.
It gives Jogamo the opportunity, and he's got the 4k, and there is going to be that timeout very early.
As you alluded to, you need to talk about this a little bit, but again, I mean it's kind of these problems with PaperX that creep up on them,
especially in this event where they don't clear a piece of utility, it gives a reveal, and then they try to make the play off of it,
Bar off to the not it ends up failing instead of them trying to reset and regroup
They try to see if maybe they'll think we did it on purpose or something and no
No, it doesn't work like that
No, it does not
Very rough now for paper X economy broken down here in the docks jing
Springboard that stinger but now doesn't have that ultimate. So how's this coin base win condition does round out?
Here's to see PaperX can pull a rabbit out of the hat in this round.
They do have that Tour de Force online.
Could Kovit-Tan-In have a bit more oomph to this.
I'm for sure.
We just got to see if DeVy can keep it up, get some big kills.
Seen some just brilliant stuff from him with a Tour de Force in hand.
Steady Sniper.
Usually when you're talking about PaperX, you're talking about something but
DeVy is just as capable in some regards.
Maybe not as flashy, but certainly steady operator for baby Bay leaf has a judge in garage
Gonna be set up over towards the front of the
Use the smoke here try to get the angle favorable and get the orb for sure
See if I can guess correctly. No, okay. It's not gonna wait it out. I don't want to try to challenge just yet
We're gonna take their time spreading the map. This is something that paper X has started to do a little bit
But as the tournament has gone on, as their kind of age catches up with them a little
bit, they're willing to slow down the pace at times.
They're not always that crazy WTK team, but trying to work the map a little bit, sending
some false info on the A side.
He's trying to, but the fact that there's no clear for that prowler for Indy, they'll
tell them a little bit, perhaps.
So now you see the duel is starting to scale forward towards that C side, but Leaves don't
look at the truck, push forwards, go out of space, has that judgment hampered for a second,
strikes in from behind.
Catching him off guard from garage.
Their advantage now, the plant gonna be coming through.
Paper racks looking to really seal the deal on this round.
He's in peak.
Late lurk.
Trademark still in play, baby.
Not yet gonna be struck down, but Indy's still able to find Trent at range.
Jogamo's counter spam down to 29.
Wild looking for the reveal, Helen arriving in mid.
Able to find Indy, but forsaken again.
Blinds himself a second, Jogamo now struck down.
He's here behind the place, Wild. He's instantaneously locking on.
Locking on, looking for the 4k, but he cannot find it, maybe now.
The 1v2, but the time very much getting away from him.
Will just recover the operator and sprints his way out to safety.
Paper Rex, off the back of the timeout, secure the round.
See a thing, and chase him all the way down.
He is beelining it.
Try to just outmaneuver him, but this is just a great round here.
Just put up a smoke, grab the orb, work the map a little bit, send a fade.
Prowler over, it bought enough, it delayed enough.
Envy's then able to tuck in, go for the counter-lurk.
Forsaken gets three with the Stinger.
It's beautiful stuff from Paper Rex,
and I think this is probably the part of the map
where you're going to want to put some pressure now,
is on this C side.
So you're going to have to worry about that off,
and you're not going to have one yourself this round.
So looks like they might be thinking back to A,
but especially with this composition,
Might have an opportunity with the tour de force popped here for baby day in beta.
Yeah, double up.
Who's next?
I don't think it's difficult for them, but Dimensional Drift's gonna be used from something nice and early.
Clone out off the curveball divide, tucked around the corner, the trademark gonna be popped.
Further scaling, maybe seen off the back of that one, so we're gonna be able to find that punish.
Nightfall now going across, connects on the tube, Ballon and Treadbolt gonna be caught by it.
Deceased as well to hold them at bay for the moment.
Ballon!
He came all the way down, still somehow finds one of BVV! Cleans up another, Ching gone!
He's taking up it over the top of the box, simplifying to kill in exchange, BVV gone.
He is being held attract by Lee.
Turn of the flash, looks for the double face forward, he nearly has him lined up.
It's Ballon to 45, but that is the round over, surely.
Something is so far away.
They're looking for him.
This is like his way through, get this kill clean on the ball and he's going to stay tucked
at that A connector entrance.
This should beat G2 absolutely maintaining the lead.
Certainly thinks so.
G2 so fast react, baby bait gets there so quick.
Got that two out of fours into play.
30 seconds left.
Checking to heaven.
First contact fight would be against Trent there at long.
There's the swing, there's the spot.
They know where he's at
The ways it goes for the drop
Sees now and but cannot take him down five HP
G2's IGL stands tall as G2 still out in front four to two. Yeah, I mean I'd like to see
Continue to Greshan more on the other side of the map here
Can't you have a dimensional drift you have that night ball next on the two Valin?
Just before his health was starting to come back up, he hits a crucial headshot there to keep paperwreck stymied.
Individual prowess, you can see this G2 team. A very different beast than the first two times, the first time they played at this event.
It looked so much sharper. They even took a map off of Nome Shim by the way. Something NRG couldn't do earlier today.
Maybe they're playing forward.
The board's taking damage.
Just a bit of an info game there as Jing, once again, trying to collect these Orbs.
That makes it run it back online, but it's been on Struggle Street so far.
He ends something.
Not yet being activated.
Now that trick's been moved over into this garage position,
so a little bit of an early warning system for Baby Bay.
They can't connect again.
Unable to find it, something jumps across the gap.
Smoking over here in their face, and they have to try to push past this one.
Down the backside to try to reinforce Pop Flash.
FLY CONNECTED TO BE! They again!
Blinded up, still finds the kill!
Shogunow storming forward.
Z-Storm into Back Plank.
Vagabond to begin for one, but for taking Struck Down, and he's gone.
And just like that, is a neat grinder.
The Paper Racks have fallen into once again.
This is crazy stuff. They're great flashes from Paper X, but an even better shot from Baby Bay.
Malik's not happy with what he's seeing. I think this is the right idea for Paper X.
I think they do a lot of things right initially, but oh, he flashes himself too.
Or gets flashed by the Ori one of the two, and then Jogamo can just swing in. I mean, again,
G2 is so fast. They're being so proactive on these rotations to get into position,
to slow Paper X down in their executes, not really giving them much of a chance.
Kind of set up for the off-peak, but it's going to be dodged by-to-buy.
Indy as well, holding the back line.
I wouldn't mind seeing Paper X just be a little bit more explosive here with this running back.
Hell, that's what they're trying to do.
Mollying up and over the top, not going to be able to get a catch.
Chang is buying space here for the team.
Baby bait, looking for a cheeky shot.
Jogamon, easy!
Maybe shut down on that one, fouled around the back, see who'll find a buy.
Right as big bait gets traded.
Now into a 4v4, the drop down for Sake,
desperately trying to escape, apparently makes it around the corner just in time.
Turn of the flash, Jogamon, scaling in behind, in B, no idea.
Ends up getting caught off guard for Sake, and now falling as well as Jogamon.
Continues to tear them apart.
Shing trying to hold his own!
Comes away with three, looking for that fourth, but Trent will be able to take him down.
noise made, and something there with this smoke,
peeks out, catches him off guard, and Paper Rex.
That is a rally back for another round win,
but still a two round lead for G2.
Yeah, it just, it feels like G2 wants to come in here
with confidence, wants to give Paper Rex
a taste of their own medicine,
so they are gonna push the tempo,
they're gonna push the pace, they're gonna keep coming
until Paper Rex proves they could stop him,
and they barely do, and it's,
Jingu just gets that reset in time.
Nicely played out of the smoke there by something waiting for the sound cues
So you're gonna be a stinger for jog this round. I'm gonna have that up for baby bait
Guardian for forsaken though a little bit weak on the purchase for paper rex even after that round win
Oh the push down that would be a gun barrel spot and leave seeing the vie
They flush him out
Looking for the peeking indy's out the open and leave. Oh, he collects it every single time
Just no idea why he's playing out in front alongside that trip rather than behind it.
Haven't seen him go for that since the eco.
Cross him dearly.
Recall on that rendezvous, peek of the corner to the right.
Get the spot out here looking for the kill,
but tagged down the 23 has to relocate.
Now a leg is spotted and Jogbo will collect it.
A two player advantage for G2.
Something trying to open things up here on the site.
Looking for the one that's going to be leech striking again as Jingle can take it down
to Flash, connecting something absolutely dead to rights.
A flawless round for G2 to collect a sixth round win in the half.
Their flashes are so on point, so well timed, you can see that one of the struggles you're
going to have with this composition on the attacker side versus the other is just the
layers that you can throw into the mix here.
Divy, yeah, just not quite aware of his positioning that it could be seen.
Makes it easy.
Let's go, baby!
Let's go!
Leaf and Jog have been incredible.
Jog in particular, 13 and 5 right now.
And you're going to see the second time out already.
Down paper X.
I mean, this is just something that they didn't really encounter the first outing back during Swiss,
which was G2 in form.
We saw them very much struggling to try to get those bounds together.
together and I mean for context I think across both those maps maybe they had a
really rough go of it was only able to collect 17 kills he's already basically
halfway there yeah we're not even halfway through this map well everybody
just looks sharp on the side of g2 right now whereas on paper X they look a
little shaky the aim looks a little off and that can kind of be paper X I mean
you could argue that's what we saw with them against AG where it took them a
map to get warmed up and then all of a sudden they kind of get to the second
half of the second map and they're a completely different spot they just run
you over and who knows if that's gonna be the case but you can't get G2 these
opportunities it's food experience the players here have been there done that
where you don't have that with AG they were a brand new team to the global
stage so every one of these rounds so crucial here on this attacker side and
Alex knows it because flipping over you don't feel like it's gonna get any
You feel like it's only gonna get harder.
I don't have, but you also just don't have your map pig as that map too.
One more difficult for you is baby bait.
Look at this angle, into A mains.
Continuing to swing the spot, they're on a mistake, it takes a shot a little bit too early,
and actually gets pressured out.
Divine, the fight with that headhunter, meanwhile fouled out again.
He can take the troll around mid, to be able to find something.
Another backpot, the full blind connecting there on the jing, still just striking forward with that banana to hand.
Look at anything that you possibly find, but it's going to be trans sliding in from behind,
catching for second and in the off-guard.
And already that early advantage that Divine was able to find.
Feels like it was a lifetime ago.
Jing.
He's able to find a solid shot, but it's Jogamot.
Okay, okay.
Jogamot did not get the kill, it was like...
Who's going to say if that works?
Let's pack it up.
The off and hand, make plenty of noise, quick scope from DeVy, we'll be able to find Jogamo.
So nothing else, maybe some more damage dealt but doesn't rebalance position on that 90
degree angle, G2 ensuring that they will have a lead at the half potentially a 9-3 one if
they can continue their role like this.
Yeah, I mean I think for Paper Rex, you've got to start continuing these C hits.
The A-side is just unbeatable right now.
The way that they're able to get there and just shut you down,
and Alex probably saying, I just told you not to do something
in that timeout, and you went and did it anyway.
Sometimes they just kind of have a mind of their own
due to the Paper Rex players.
It's that and a little bit of flavor text around it.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
Right now, yeah, he is right to be frustrated.
Rex not looking like the usual selves on this map.
This jing pushes into this smoke.
He's going to be absolutely screwed.
Ballon going to go disrespecting that.
The Vi is ready for it.
It's not a clean up.
Good adjustment.
They're coming from every angle here.
Paper X going to be ready.
G2's taking complete map control.
It's only something forward in garage.
Now Leaf, here on the wall, but the curve ball does come in.
And listen, Paper X, they've read this damn well.
Tp now over towards back flat, maybe they nearby enough.
Try to shut it down to the shot ends up going wide to get up on the head shot.
So paper Rex going back into the body able to find themselves a fourth round
win in flawless fashion.
It looks to try to make this five to seven half.
Yeah, it's a good little adjustment here for paper Rex.
Just make sure the Valens dealt within mid.
Oh, whoa, oh, oh, my.
Nice flick there.
Great awareness so starting to get a good read on how G2 wants to play
They want to turn the tempo up so they can slow it down. They can hold the line a little bit from their side of the map
Punish G2 now they're going back to A. This is I
Don't know
available for G2
Should be came into this one. He's trying to look at Orpid maybe can find something off a kill you the nightfall online
same for Indy
We'll have to get that spike and get the knife, uh, got to get there.
Okay, well, they're improving. Somebody shot the ha.
Ha ha ha ha!
So, just some progress being made.
Clear the prowler.
Rampole now at the ready for Envy.
That prowler to connect and it dies.
Face your fear!
And it's down, tucked away into the corner.
Not gonna be caught by the Nightfall, but it does get caught by the Jinx Flash.
He can't find the follow-up, the strength will be able to sit him down now.
His Nightfall is gonna be online, something there at Hell.
Able to find one, Envy gets a snap back on Dogamo.
This is back over to the connector. Meanwhile, Leaf, a scouting mission behind to see what he can spot.
Go into the 3v3, but the spike's still in hand, now stranded at hell.
Envy needs to fight his way out, and there's no way for anyone to come to his rescue!
Jogamo's him down to bike, and now find the flick this time!
And now it is all unpresaken!
The noise it made, the first one found.
There's the fake, the TP, the re-swing in, Drogamo spot, it's swinging, and pull, oh my god!
Hits the transfer, he gets the 3K Red Bull clutch against all odds!
How does he keep doing it?
Time and time again, it should be over, it should be 8-4!
Absolutely unreal, but if it's that kind of play from Forsaken that can get the rest of PaperX aligned,
I don't know but we're gonna go to the halftime break and we'll see what happens when we come back with the second half
Red Bull gives you wings
It has been a contentious have so far here on Haven.
G2 coming away with a 7-5 scoreline from that defense.
Now ready to go on the attack.
And you can tell how much of a vibe it is in this arena.
The fans show up in droves.
Watch some damn good valorant.
Hey, Rex.
They have their stumbles with the cheats, too. That was widely clean.
Very.
I felt like the game plan here for Paper Rex is very one-dimensional on that side of the map.
So, you're on the defender side. Is this just going to be a comp thing, where it turns out that
These comps are really good, defensively against each other because you have so many flashes, you have so much stall potential.
They push out here again, G2 loves the 4-1 on their pistols.
So once you have contact, you can't make it work.
I cannot escape.
He's slowing all that around him, he's going to be somebody, leaving some curveballs, continuing to fly.
And Pitch is coming in, and he's just going to be overwhelmed and struck down now.
A two-player advantage to G2, we see look for this pistol.
I should have this one well in hand.
Trying to find something here from Kallin.
Go to the drop down, can I get the dragon boss instead?
It's gonna be Jogamote coming away with three.
Now just something slowly creeping his way forward at Sewers.
He will fall.
Four players surviving.
G2 scoop up the pistol.
3-round lead for them and Jogamo fast-tracking that ult.
Jogamo is absolutely ridiculous right now.
He is tearing this match apart.
I don't like the protocols here for Paper X.
Almost all of G2's pistols are 4-1 splits early.
So once you see that heavy stack, once you see that contact,
I want to buy out of there instead of trying to challenge,
because you're going to be coming into an angle density of guns
that you are not favored in.
Said he tries the challenge and then paper X is slow to react and
Jog him, but you can't give Jog him all opportunities like that not with the form he's in today
He's just barreling on in there. The flash is to clear checks of some angles diligence
being due
We're gonna be running into the very least here the strong side for paper X
Some shotguns in the mix on the other side of the map though Forsaken does have a shorty here back of sight
the box. Just gonna be fake. Taking spotted on that jump heat. Well, Proletta just counts
out that cubby tough there from Indy. Sees looking for the grab. Trying to take him down,
leaving him in the charge. Playboy will get set up. And Summers now maybe in a fall, but
Trent is there as that second layer. Chin armor. Enaction him up as best as possible,
It's still fairly low on health.
She too not considering a rewrap.
Still play this out forward into the safe side,
but something is now arriving.
It does have that Bucky as for second.
Swing in.
He'll be struck down.
Swings forward.
This is going to be something dead to rights.
There it is.
Faves off that onto the app facility gorgeously.
Lines the kill and now just divide to try to see
get some more damage in.
Now onto the plant.
Nice planted.
Look at the skate.
This is a smooth forward chest shot connected.
Look at the follow up that leap.
Will hold his own with that bandit.
9-5, another day of the office so far here for G2.
Is he looking out for a bonus conversion?
Yeah, they're so smart man, the way that they wait this out.
They know that eventually PaperX is going to get greedy for that, Marshall.
They've got layers to it.
They kind of fake like they might be rotating that pulls divide off the site
That little pause they take
gives them
Really nice positioning catches paper X enough off guard that they could work the extra angle get something for free eliminate the bucky
All those little things they do come off the back with just a little hesitation and it works an absolute treat
Paper X is going to stack up
Lot there let's see smally, but they're able to avoid it
He's out for a second, now pressure babybang, forces him back, tagged into 16th, while Envy forward scale, who's on red, he's jogging a little bit by surprise.
Really kill found as well as that early damage, Piper Rex, decent to deny a bonus conversion.
I'm curious, probably doesn't get anything on the other side, but it looks like G2 wants to commit to C.
He directs, going for the hard read here so far with Divy able to still control sewers.
He beat the trip set up just in case they pivot in that direction.
I'm thinking now they're up and going.
And after that, they'll ball out something in the hold down collage and he's dead on
that entry.
Now G2 very much held the bay trying to open up this B side a little bit but something
swoops around the back and clears him out.
Last two aligned as well, and he will.
A 4k from something, a flawless anti-bonus for Papal Rex.
Exactly what the doctor ordered.
Putting some pressure early into long eight.
That allows Envy to scale forward.
Jogamo was just considering swapping back to his gun and got caught pushing out.
Nice little protocol there, off of the clear of the trademark.
Mark to swing in the mid.
Make sure you deal with that player.
So OK, to start for Paper Rex, but still some work to do.
Three rounds just to catch up to Ty.
It's going to be the operator there, four baby bait.
Couple of half armors in the mix.
Spot out.
That's a super ending.
Glimpse of that operator.
In the no.
They're just trying to read a tendency here.
Saw this a lot from G2 when they play this map well is that they start to try to put some pressure, use that Phoenix on the B site.
They're trying to find that flake.
They're just shy of the mark.
They're going to massive punish.
Big opening kill to be found.
He's going to have a looting of a mount.
G2 getting stacked up once again.
Four players working their way towards this B site.
Just going to be clearing that prowler with a knife.
Any time, Jink.
Peek down mid.
Spots anything but one's at home.
I'll jump back over now.
It's gonna be two players of PaperXie trying to slow down this approach.
Stem to hide, he's gonna be already gonna be spotted out.
Flash flying, sees it's not going to connect.
He's gonna be shut down, jog him over, does get tagged down to 30.
Backpedaling the plant for now, not able to come through.
His fight, once again, X-Ting back through!
Sue is jing!
Looking for the third kill, cannot find it.
Treadman just shut him down.
Only 30 seconds remaining.
Now all four players of Paper X are settled here on this A site.
Going to split 2-2, maybe leave just for a second there.
Eyes going to double check B.
This is going to be a save, yeah.
They also have an operator in hand. Want to carry that one over.
It's a Paper X.
Stringing together. Another round trying to close this gap.
They have to do it in very clean fashion as well. Just Ching as the only casualty.
goes into the next one with that run-up back available as well and this time you
know it's Jing who's able to step up with some really nice sights curveball
some good flashes that completely smother G2 out of this hit maybe Bay I
don't know how that misses my man this is a great one right here catches to
completely blind Trent tries to do something but those two kills right
They were already flashed once before he even threw that second curveball.
He just nullified that just like we saw at jog.
So that seems to be how these two comps are gonna fare on this map.
It's gonna come down to some of those flash timings for the defenders.
They're real difference makers.
Oppen Devai's hand.
Baby Bay.
That swing.
Devai.
Closer and closer.
approaching on this position, but baby,
now it's going to be my able to find it a little bit faster.
Yop going to be recovered.
Leave now.
The elbow, the elbow, and the fight gets another.
What?
Leave it just pulled off the angle for a split second.
It's a pain in the iron price.
Big critical skills down here.
Something is coming out, Fallon.
G2 trying to find something again around B site.
Still not trademark.
Post it around the corner and still the eye.
Frag it, finds himself a third, trep out.
Trying to see if he can get some damage,
with the leg shot on the chin.
Will he flush out, but trying to be another flawless
from Paper Rex.
Look at the heels of G2, just one round separating.
I mean, Divy here. The first one, okay.
Just sees the shoulder of Baby Bay.
The second one, he just swings and gets him.
That last little reposition from Lee.
Yep.
It's a costly viewing.
Off the back of that, you two are
going to be calling their first time out of this map.
Not wanting for paper racks to catch up.
We know how momentum-based both of these teams are.
Absolutely.
And I mean, the first time these two teams played,
for about a map and a half, it was a great back and forth.
There was some great mid-rounding adjustments,
some great changes of directions,
some better ideas.
I wouldn't be surprised to see G2 come out of this
and just slam C.
Just try to just make that work.
You can't get Long A to go.
You've got to try the other side of the map.
And then you can maybe rethink some of those Long A ideas.
You've got to be worried a bit, of course,
that Paper X is going to move the off over to C.
DeVy looks very comfortable, very calm.
He has been the star for Paper X so far, 16 and 11,
keeping him in the mix for sure.
Plus, you have a couple of all-it-sports.
Phoenixes are going to have to run it back.
But he's loving these white-painted transitions.
Feels like I'm watching these speed racers from 2008.
Love it.
It's all signed to the audience, saying,
you stop the block abuse.
Well, right now, well, this happened.
He's a little bit the same.
He's OK so far.
We're a little concerned, but we're not at Defcon 5 yet.
And a pack of elbow to jog him out.
There's an at-barber.
Double-op setup here.
Four paper-recks.
Ryan can't be looking for that push.
Leave the Eats and out that flash.
I just tucked him for the bottom spot of the 1,
trying to get the flick.
Has to make use of this shot.
Even though he stays!
He sticks around a little bit longer.
He's able to find the kill.
He'll leave!
Cover all the push.
Still able to find the kill though.
Tracing back a 1 for 1 in the end.
Zelta's been interrupted.
Now look where something's gotten to.
All the way forward.
The pink is getting ready to come in.
Take down Ballon, gets his, and gets the hell out.
It's a huge man advantage now.
Four paper racks that could spread the map a little bit.
Got to wade out G2.
They have to find, they have to work for that space.
I'm going to try to contest garage.
Feeling like maybe that got left open.
It's one of the parts of the map with this comp that often is.
Something just gonna come down to a timing almost it feels like now
Check back over to the long
Potentially if you check score it again this way comes in there it is jogging up by the perfect timing
You'll found the plate to come through with the second switching forward catching draw completely by surprise
Back into
position. Nightfall online. Friend want to commit that. Yes, he absolutely does.
Sends it over, connects on the 2 and babygates. Kill intercept on the 1.
Back at the ultimate. Jing, losing that out. If he's spotted, dead. Babygates finds that.
Kill another one, B1. Jing at 87, crack at 46, and it catches Jing. Hop it up.
Back on his fate in G2. Again, maintain that lead. They denied Paper Rex from
tying it up once again.
It's nice ideas for Paper Rex, but you
need to try to challenge Garage there.
If you're not going to watch that angle,
something knows.
It just came down to a timing.
He was watching it.
Indy oversteps there.
I don't know what he's doing.
He's getting stuck at that corner.
And then Jing, the worst timing boss.
I mean, it's just a couple really awful timings
for Paper Rex.
Gotta get that seize, Molly, and it does work this time!
Yeah, works a damn treat.
Don't go dead.
Something does get taken down.
She's there on the B site.
She's on the balcony, and also going to be invested in I, snapping back with the rendezvous.
Keep arriving at back site.
Smarining out all these players from Paper Rex, but the Spike's still gonna be committed to.
Paper Rex have their forces in the right position.
Paranoia cross, not gonna take you on the lead, but if he's right in Central Flash,
He gets caught by Jingle and timing, swing out, Trent gonna be good for one,
but then immediately falls to Persakian's hand.
Maybe they witnessed what a force.
Trying to be a turning point in this round.
Will be able to find another one, Persakian dead through the smoke.
Swap of the weaponry, looking to try to hold this one up to half.
Maybe they're trying to be the hero of this with a push from Dubai.
Shuts him down, keeping him protected, going through the body part.
Oh, no!
Goes absolutely nuclear with the shared mid-hand!
Another Red Bull clutch!
Another round!
Just swept out from underneath the paper X's feet!
How does he do this?
It's just G2 who's got the clutch, and he comes at a perfect angle!
The Banshee's aim training on the Minimum Elimination Match.
He's got the clutch gene today, it's going to be something with an op, DeVy on his all
tour to force so again, double snipers in play, Jing already had another run it back
here.
Smile on that scale 4 and once again, trying to replicate that success here outside of A-Lommie.
One on the 1-Mill and leave, able to tuck away, avoids the shot, looking over the kill.
The Auxin is trying to go for timing, pass the back off.
Space now, so rendered to G2, which means that Indy has to pivot across, join in, reinforce that A-Side of the map.
They got a spot under Forsaken there before the power came out.
They're trying to watch for something, not able to find a shot.
Tree now continuing onto the C site.
Trying to work his way back in, given the opportunity to be so damn difficult.
Jay, get him around the back, and they're able to shut down the ultimate.
Game off Forsaken, they're smoking it again for one, looks for the second.
Spoked out this a bit in the hall reveal coming in something a little potchagro, but not before his Elman falls
Swing in jink, get shred, and clean up for your damn good here for Paper Rex
Quick exit play for another Rosie. He's just around the corner and leave
Give him some party, give kill
The eye will have the final stay in this round
Put some stuff in weapon 3, player surviving Paper Rex
Can I map point from G2?
Yeah and now is one of the rounds where I wouldn't mind seeing G2 try to re-establish some presence at Long A
because Paper Rex has got the read. They're able to post a buy up so deep early that they can lean to the other side of the map.
Some of those early shots don't go their way but they're able to recover quickly and fork any hope that G2 had in that round.
Forsaken gets up close and personal, denies Val and quickly.
it looks like it's going to be just Trent on his own, Faze be Fade.
Something.
He's found it.
He can try his hand at this one, yet he can't see if he can double up any time he
leaves.
All present to him, it's Jake finds himself another two kills out in the mid.
Toms the ball, he gives himself, he'll back up the full and now it's just Trent with
the classic.
What the hell he can do?
He longs to away from that old taking point.
This execution.
He's just let it.
He'll be tied there to bail him out.
She protected, so another flaw is for Paper Rex.
Once again, single round away from tying this up.
Okay, getting back into the buy, getting Baby Bay with the off.
Kind of curious to see what their methodology is.
They're just gonna let Baby Bay try to control Long A by himself
or if they're gonna go for a big hit.
I'm wondering how he wasn't able to find that kill.
Big side of relief from Jin's mother there in the audience.
Jin Q have done so well.
Beating back, paper X, every single time.
They're on the cusp of time to score.
Paper X is just pushing the map everywhere.
Runs it back as well as the Cosmic Divide available for you.
I'm trying to find it!
You're the best!
Both are gonna be invested immediately.
Quick little exit here from Forsaken.
The Overseas welcome, but it's supposed to be all the way east of FAC towards the spawn.
Meanwhile, Qing.
Just catching Zhong upon through the alt.
Treadmark is still set up though, watching this back angle.
Passed it.
Passed it, he's in the Cosmic Divide, actually against them.
Slipping the net for now, but Fallon turns back around, catches it, glitches as well, up to Vi.
Knows that it's that double-flank coming through.
Fallon holding here, the rest of G2, eyes focused forward to Vi, now Dad Jing gone as well on the site, something kind of exited and he cannot!
And it is just in me, and he's only gonna be cut for one once again.
G2 denying Paper Rex.
As they move up to Map Point.
Tremendous map awareness here.
Valin turns around at the perfect time to check the flank,
because Forsaken sees another player up on flat,
so he's not ready for that close angle,
even though he sneaks past that backline utility.
But we know that he's gonna go for stuff like that.
That's a great read, great awareness from your IGL.
And that basically forts that round.
Paper Rex, I think, doing a lot of good things in that round
in terms of trying to make a C counter play.
But they're outdone.
G2 even better.
Yeah, see, this is what I want to see.
Be a little bit patient here.
Wait out that C's Nade combo.
You try to make your way forward towards long A.
Establish a little bit of presence,
but PRX already kind of ahead of the curve with something so far up on C. Covey.
Alright, again, alone for a moment, shot, not going to be connecting.
Trace your fear!
Tralvo to start scaling forward, then I'm going to go across, can't get him, just under the by.
Meanwhile, their owner, right fall out of response, and the by!
He's going to find a straight shot, they're on the leaf.
While in the, so far, they're going to hold down the angle from Sears alongside.
Shane could give you training up, and in the he's good for his second.
Despite now on the floor, BabyBank finds himself in a 1v4.
Sorry to damage.
He can pull off the clutch, it would be such a monstrous 1v4.
First flick attempt, that's towards Heaven.
Not gonna be found.
He'll be denied.
Put him down.
Paper Rex.
One away from tying it up again this time.
mean OT. Now think back to how important that round the Forsaken won at the very
end of the first half is. It might end up being the difference maker here
between going to OT and not. Obviously it's a difference maker because we're
still playing the map.
Divide up to 22 kills. Rock solid and it's gonna be timeout for G2. Their last one
going to be used in the last round of regulation.
Coming into this one, Jake here,
economy at the moment, leap just a bucky in hand,
the Bulldog Fertogamo, half-armors,
pretty much across the board.
Not going to be having that operator in the mix anymore.
And then he can talk about the cheat,
two to three, to seal the deal on this map right here,
right now.
This is going to be one of those rounds where you think B hit.
You haven't really been able to establish that.
It might be something, you know, you have a set playoff of a really quick hit off the rip for G2.
Again, it's something that they're comfortable with. We've seen how annoying they can be with that Phoenix on that part of the site.
Of course, the problem is, is you're going up against the Miracombs, so it is a little bit wonky, but kind of...
That's what I'm thinking in the back of my head as G2.
Going to that well, you haven't tried yet. See if you can catch paper racks off guard.
See if they don't really have a great answer themselves, they're going to be going double operator with Forsaken.
See how it plays out.
Somehow not the most surprising thing.
It is quite a piece.
It is quite interesting, that's been their methodology for a lot of this defender side, it's double ops.
Try to slow these G2 players down that range.
This looks, this smells like B all the way.
Always made of the manly spot out these two players at least a little bit more
They crash gonna be cleared
Thanks it up to heaven
It's in their spawn
Alongside some things
Finds a timing no leave he finds the kill
Take me back though and Forsaken finds the backstab and shut him down a one-for-one
but that's a run-it-back out of the equation now.
This is gonna be a concern about here.
Get your cheat too.
Let's push forward, get some self up the lumber, Forsaken, teleports, just for the man who
has to cross the joggle, has the spot, and has the kill, mows him down.
Another flash out of Trenton, he walks back over to B site, finds Indy, opens it now,
And the play can come through.
Is it 2v4?
The Paper Exit are trying to push this into overtime.
Loose G2 taking away their map pick.
And Jogglewell, he's going to be a managed here, you would think.
And he is!
Something dead now, just all on Dubai.
Just have to haunt with it, just playing so damn elusively.
Jogglewell relaps in through the seaside.
Now back towards garage, Dubai, completely surrounded.
With no real hope, needs to find some kills and find him now, but he cannot!
Jogobo gets a 3k! G2 get the map win! 13-11!
Another great back and forth between these two teams, but G2 has just a little bit extra in the tank.
Having that last time out, what a call they threw at the end.
And now for PaperX, it can very well all come down to Breeze.
G2's map pick, they need to find the win there to push it to Garode, otherwise G2 will eliminate them from Master Santiago.
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Here with JoshRT of G to the congratulations, Josh on a Haven.
Just wanted to quickly ask you what you decide to add to your game after the last Paper X
series.
I mean, because besides a few missed operator shots and that score line, the way you were
controlling the pace of the game felt like you literally had them in the palm of your
hand.
Yeah, I mean, you said it, we just added back some of our old style of just controlling the phase, making sure we're more disciplined.
I wish some of those rounds were clear, but that's how it is against BRX. They're going to win some, we're going to win some.
And finally, some fell in our favor this time. I remember like nightmares of 1v3s, 1v2s, but now we got one, so hopefully we keep going into map 2 like that.
I know they're still scary on Breeze, so, you know, pick your poison kind of thing.
Just a quick question about the Operator. Are you concerned with what happened on Haven or no worries?
I mean, things will happen. Like people with shots, I'm going to talk to Baby Bay, but I feel like his confidence never gets lowered.
And he knows like there's going to be bad games and the shot will definitely come.
Alright, I'm going to watch him sneak. Thank you so much and good luck.
Thank you.
So I very stern talking to you, Mr Dre, about those op shots.
To be fair, this was one round where like four people had the op and all missed their shots.
I think it was flawed.
A faulty weapon, like the one at the fair, right?
At the fair, yeah.
Round one, it's a 2v1 baby they whips, they lose. Round 12, it's a 3v1 baby they whips, they lose.
It could have gotten bad, but it didn't, and you know he has the confidence to bounce back, like Josh was back.
Bro, his spirit is unquenchable. Let's talk about what we saw on the defense side of the G2
because their flurry takes work.
Excellent.
Against a team who's going to disrupt you like PaperXG2,
who are able to execute their game plan
and stick the landing in a lot of these important rounds.
And thinking back about what Josh was saying of controlling the pace,
this is one of the things that we could see right off the bat.
And it's the fact that when those executes were coming in from the side of PaperX,
the rotations were incredibly quick from the side of G2.
Everybody was ready to go into the side and prevent that from happening.
And Humeir was not on the side.
Example, clear example.
He was ramping and running across them out being in the position and being a new sense for paper X
Yeah, these exact kind of rounds
I think is where we saw most of the failures for G2 in the first game they played against paper X back in Swiss where during the team
Fighting it got chaotic
They started taking solo fights and it looks really bad here was completely different John particular was an absolute
Highlight in the value. He was getting out of these Phoenix flashes
The space he was making for his team on the floods and you talked about it perfectly
How quick and active they were in this defense to always be in the right place to flood. It was very nice.
Joel is 0-5, first kill, the first death, but he's 24-7-8 out of the map.
He did struggle on the second half a lot.
I only wonder what would have happened if he did it because his numbers would be astronomical, probably his best performance ever.
But seriously, there were so many instances where he was going for something crazy,
and I saw a star on the floor, and I see Valin also running from the other side of the map,
and I'm like he's onto something like I could not I am stressing just looking at this
Let's have a look at a horizon a high-speed moment of the day
This one does go to Jorga mode. It's ridiculous performances. This one was no exception, Mimi
Yeah, look at his movement in this clutch dodges out on the off shot
And then immediately jumping past the flash to destroy the player with the operator there in divide and then on this retake
He just plays it so perfectly flashes to the right for that angle
that's hard to judge, gets a refresh on it,
and the ult to go into this one-on-one,
and just absolutely hit a nasty shot here to win.
It was an incredible performance from JAR.
And in the Swiss stage earlier in this tournament,
he was the player that felt absent from G2's lineup.
You see his stats today in comparison.
This is playoffs JAR, this is big game JAR,
stepping up the way we know he can.
And do not forget, this match has started
with a lot of KO's, like PaperX manages to get the pistol,
then G2 bounces back on the second one and they start sitting at this space.
So this round in particular, knowing the chaos that was already happening on the side, on the side, sorry,
one juggernaut was barely getting there for him to be able to win that 1v2 at the end.
Absolutely insane set the pace and the momentum for the rest of the half.
Now I'm curious, I know there were some glum faces in the coaching booth for P.O.R.X,
but I'm curious to hear what I hear. Alex has to say ahead of map number two.
Here with coach Alex of PaperX now Alex individual heroic rounds from PaperX players wasn't enough to get you across the finish line on Haven.
You had to call two early timeouts and first have a loan of what was going on with the team and why was it difficult for you guys to get a read on them?
Yeah I think I came out with the wrong game plan so we had to adjust in the middle and so everyone was a little bit tense.
I felt that they should be spreading around a map a lot more and we couldn't do that until maybe like halfway through the facade
So there's more game blending anything else
Yeah, it is
Alex had to intervene pretty early there on haven and it wasn't quite enough
We're gonna cast a rise over towards this breeze side of things now where the cops are relatively similar
but feel like, you know, G2 with good shape on this map.
I think the showing it's BBL should give you some confidence
if you're an America's fan, yeah?
Yeah, the way that they put that was really nice.
I loved in particular how they were constantly fighting mid
and that really cooked BBL.
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
My eyes go towards Lee, even though we're looking at baby Bay
when he's kind of doing, but seriously,
with those fast executes that they were doing,
Lee was saving his wall on the attack every single time,
just to have a very explosive hit
and not have any tells at the beginning of the round.
So there's not really a standard way that they were approaching the map so the your opponent cannot adapt on to it and trying to fight some of those holes
However, it's paper X. We expect to see a little bit more of the aggression a little bit more of like oh you see you're gonna go
Mid okay every single round I will go in the hunt for you
This is a something gen maps definitely expect to see him step up to divide was quite on the off of the previous map eight to one
I think was his head to care of its baby, babe. Yeah, yeah, absolutely
I think that those are the players that we have to look at and we cannot forget for a second on the Euro
But that round 12, the last one from the first half,
he has that insane clutch.
He's definitely bringing in the numbers today.
G2's now that team who's been in so many top fours
and ended in disappointment in this position.
Paper X was that team in the past.
A loss here would return to form,
would be a step back from that Toronto trophy.
Strap into map two, folks, right away.
Take it away. Killio's the paper fifth.
Don't mind if we do, map two.
G2 are looking to go ahead and secure this win, move forward, play again tomorrow,
eliminate Paper Rex from Master Santiago.
Paper Rex, it needs to be a reverse sweep from here on out, a victory on Gries, their opponent's map selection.
And then a rematch, final showdown on Corode.
See if they're going to be able to deliver on that.
This is a map that G2 has not lost, I haven't played it a ton, but
They have looked really really solid. They have some good ideas how to get
Jogamo into space, create some bad match-up, some mismatches. They're looking
push through a early now. There is a decent stack here from Paper Rex. They
like to do this. They did this on Split against them where they set up a three
player kind of high low but, Oxyx Green and other Util gonna cut that off. Jing
pinged out there as well.
And what was that was, where did he go out?
Well, it almost feels like they took a page out of what G2
was doing to them on Haven and just going for the flood
retake right away.
Jog good to get one, but everybody else just
sharpened on point.
Coaches, the G2 already scratching their heads a bit.
I like the decision making there from Paper Rex.
Wait it out, you've already got your strong stack in place.
Catch them before they can really get into some beat post plants.
He going for a 4-1 split here.
Meanwhile, he's in the mid.
Just trying to make some noise and puts a pressure on the Vi.
He was all on his own.
It was just a share of that.
I know that he could do some damage against the numbers,
as they all are.
It's going to be a little difficult,
but he's still able to find the one with the spike down the mound.
Vi's going to be connecting now for safety for the rescue.
He joins in the fight, Jogamoth.
Hell is Trent, falling out of his hand.
He's at cross angle out from mid.
Oh, man.
Whoa!
But Lee, quick taps coming through.
Still gonna be forsaken.
Providence comes away with a third.
Baby-eight will shut him down.
Damage is gonna be dealt with.
Indy with a clean tap.
Bring this round to its conclusion.
And Paper Rex will start things off 2-0.
Well, it's a lot of damage done, though.
Some good flashes early from Forsaken to help out DeVy a little bit here.
That was really nicely placed.
Long range for that last one.
Leaf, really good with the bandit today.
He's had some impactful kills.
I'll tell you what, G2, the vibes are good right now.
They're having fun, they were hyped up.
They were walking out on stage, they were jumping up and down.
They're bringing the energy today.
It's gonna be on the paper X to start to match to find their groove. You're a team that they start to get a little bit silly
They start singing in the comms drawing hearts on the walls
That's what they're at their best, but they haven't had that mojo just yet
Mother Paisley hit potentially here is again
By why the alone snake bite that sides of druggable be aware of his position push that wall. However
However, those end up losing his life.
It's going to be an immediate rewrap from G2.
Back across the join in with Valen.
She's been staring at that B site.
Nothing spotted.
Caused a full rotation.
Something however, trying to get a catch.
He'll be able to get the double shot across.
Leap now, struck down.
Two player advantage with Paper X.
He looked to convert this bonus.
That's massive because it's going to buy him some time now
to get back into positions.
Trying to do some damage to deny entry.
denied plants.
Maybe they're fishing for anything in mid,
but all of Paper Rex now leaning towards another flood retake
here of B, or at least a stop and another double kill,
double shot for a kill.
Just go ahead and seal the deal on this.
Back it up nicely with a bow on top.
Plant unable to be committed to quite just yet.
Just a tap here from Trent.
Now loses his life and forsaken.
We'll mow down the final two for a flawless bonus conversion.
3-0 start for Paper Rex.
What an answer.
After winning a pistol to start map one
and then losing the anti-eco, Paper Rex
converts their bonus here on Breeze.
Looking really rock solid.
Chogged there just a little bit off as he's swinging.
By a little bit quicker to the punch.
See the crosser just dragging up towards him.
And now, another dose of early timeouts here at Master Santiago.
Take your medicine.
Time.
This feels like a very necessary one as well.
Feed back to the map draft and how
things played out.
Aperrex electing to go to defender's side first,
which is not something that they can typically lean into.
Off to start off on this side, having a very good understanding
of what she too is going to look to be doing on this attackers
half.
So far, it's been looking great.
So 15 seconds left in this win condition, you'd see.
It's going to be a thrifty attempt here for G2.
Something that they've been damn good at in the past,
but right now it feels like Paper Rex have their number.
Yeah, it's pretty interesting.
Paper Rex has been really quick to rotate right now.
They feel like G2 is able to get into some post plans
pretty quickly against BBL, so they
want to try to thwart that before it really ever
comes to fruition.
You've been watching them on the map.
It's been fast rotates kind of part of the meta right now.
You have to be matching pace with your opponents
in these double duels.
Scenarios and Altei is going to be a stare for Jog.
So Sheriff sleeps with another bandit.
He does have no armor here.
He's going to try to kick down the doors.
They're going to leave Divy all on his lonesome.
And A, once again, is there.
Same setup here for Paper X Widely.
Goodbye, make the call. You can TP, join in from Forsaken.
Try to push back, the force is up G2.
Start not gonna be fighting anything, pop-lives.
Took down all the corner from Forsaken, he's gonna turn away from that one, but cannot escape.
Does get taken down now, weapon upgrade, gonna be grabbed by Jogamo.
Handled in, and this fight gets planted.
Disadvantaged.
Shockdark, lobbed him.
Not gonna be able to find...
Catch Ultimate, they've been chained to the hill, give him a take down lead,
off that final 5 HP.
Take this forward alongside the box, the pain coming in.
But with the cover 5 from Enby, looking good.
He's able to punch on the open, Ballon finds Warrant in response.
The chef bringing him out, but now Jing gets himself a second.
The tap of the defuse and Ballon, alone here in Main.
Buying some time with the grab, Warrant, but Jing right back over onto this one
and something runs him down with a shorty.
A 5-0 start for him on the jet.
A 4-0 start for Paper Rex on the map.
Yeah, so one of the biggest changes I noticed in this round versus, say, the Pisco
was that G2 swings the smoke together.
They're creating this extra angle here with Jog.
So, Lee goes out with him.
Might have been Trent, but they want to get a little bit extra pressure.
Don't leave Jog out on his own as that duelist.
Have that extra layer when you're swinging out to counter Paper Rex
before they can get into that flood.
It's just a little timing thing it felt like there.
Still though, PaperX have the firepower and the savvy to get the round to go.
Something calling out Valance, aim there.
Fighting him in the rear here, but now the back and the board to the cusp.
The relay both gonna be long, they quick that drop to the side.
Slide for him from Jogamo, he's gonna find one of the big day, gonna be on the exchanges for Sake.
Can see what's on him as well. Just out there in mid.
A little bit more, just basically shoulder to shoulder alongs that Jogamo.
So, he was way quite far forward there in elbow, but now Prasakian able to strike immediately throws on the dimensional drift.
Will be able to scout it out.
Bottom of the line, he's just trying to stop them, oh man!
What a ball he played for Prasakian!
Get himself a 3k.
Now, on the approach here from the back of Ballon, Will be able to note it.
You want to fight!
Finds a shutdown, calls it a five,
and they call it immediately from ballon.
Do they anticipate this second layer
in from behind another?
Do not divide, able to strike.
Paper Rack is going to be continuing with the win streak.
So pass this over, the defuse likely to the hands of Divide
to try to get that pit online.
What a call here from Forsaken to keep scaling in towards mid,
catches Leaf a little bit off guard,
And this opens up an extra angle, even though somehow
Valon's able to turn the flash that Forsaken throws through the window.
Like you mentioned, that extra layer of Divide catches him off guard.
And that's huge.
You get that Cosmic Divide away from them.
Will be an eco with the overdrive in play for Jog.
He's just going to try to sell a bit of a fake.
Oh my god.
Oh my goodness.
OK.
Like how it's before him, Joshua T is not happy.
The lucky is hearing what he is seeing.
The GQ's out of the stage right now.
Again, it can be going to the Coinbase win condition.
Instead of another militia buy, it's just anything that they
can kind of script together alongside this overdrive.
See if they can find a spark, work some magic.
It's going to be tough.
That round, Paper Rex shows you a very different look with that mid-pressure, trying to put some players into elbow,
then Forsaken skicks around, able to use that ult brilliantly, still the Hunter's Fury for Envy as well coming into this next one, so...
Something to think about here...
This has been crazy to turn around for Paper Rex, F3, just neck and neck, Haven come out with five in a row,
After a tough loss on your map pick, on a map that G2 has been stellar on.
Again, we haven't seen it a ton, but still, 2-0 and they've looked really strong and
not really able to get much going.
Chagamo is the best with three kills so far here in five rounds.
They're taking his nine.
This is a 3-2-1 countdown.
Across the players with G2.
on the side of Shaw, 5 players stacked up now, this year going to be Laird InterVindy looking
for that catch.
And he has caught them indeed.
Plenty of damage.
They don't find the elimination, but Ballon and Biggie, they both chunked 45 and 20 on
the help bars.
Completely stemmed the tide.
Like that.
If they rip that overdrive quick, you're right in place to shut it all down.
Use that recon to confirm their presence.
Get the damage, get some value.
Another pause.
The floor.
You can't see anyone scales off of that.
The clone will go through.
Spots them out in the meantime, the rest of the players.
He's trying to go on the push.
Clear the clone, and Jay will be flushed out.
Trent as well, he will find a buy.
Suddenly, G2 is suddenly alive and well here in this round.
No regard to expire, but now in the default.
Binds balance point, they take it down in forsaken.
Not reading the position. Suddenly it's just something alive.
He's got to make his exit.
The second time out in desperation.
Looking to work wonders here for them something.
Snappy shot.
He is still a force to be reckoned with.
Surely.
There's no way to try to play this one out.
He'll just be a lurk and a linger.
An attempted more damage.
into a save on this operator as G2 get themselves on the board for the first time here on Breeze.
Yeah, it's just this again an extra little pause that they take the clone, Bates Jing,
he reveals his position. No shots hit. Baby Bay, should have collected anything. Something to be
ready for it. It's a thrifty, a MasterCard thrifty, or G2, it's all about that pause they take again.
We saw it on Haven that really kind of confuses paper X where they're just not quite ready
They're not able to really read that it's a pause they have to go exploring some of the map
It's caught running out divide it doesn't even look in towards that fast lane
There's like three players walking down the middle of a fast lane device looking for something to go the other way
Catch them off guard
Unchecked corner for forsaken or didn't check it hard enough
There's the potential drift from Baby Bay through mid-doors.
Well, he's gonna keep the over, Big Bay having a spot in the chain.
Gonna be taken down once again.
Jogamo's able to find him.
It's a bit of damage, but he's gonna sell himself alive.
Further from that Hunter's here, he's gonna be found with the plant now to come through.
Jogamo's sliding his way alongside the wall here in mid.
Indy, however, snapping it up, he's able to find the kill.
He's gonna be invested.
Leafs setting that up and make this E-Sci completely unassailable.
Sake and Sivil in 5-1, maybe they're gone.
Back across some strange spam and obviously this pit does not cover the plant.
Leafs just locking off the doors.
The poacher on the back, Envy having contact, Trent now, taking down Valon to try to re-swing in.
Sivil to find that flanker.
But the numbers simply sit down, but Leafs pushing forward, finding the Viper, Sivil now gone.
And once again it's something...
Trying to get a rise out of them trying to find that flick but he cannot he will
suffer his first death as G2 get back to back round wins.
It looked like for a moment it might not go but here Paper Rex rips the pit early and G2
plan all along is A so the forces of Paper Rex aren't really into place not to mention
on top of the box, gets spotted early, gets taken out quickly.
Valon on the back line, so reliable here.
4G2, so aware of PaperX trying to go for these lurks.
PaperX going to try to shore up the defenses a little bit.
Three players under that area.
Lead Ilya, had a lockdown mid.
Underneath the B site, highly undefended.
Maybe just see if, you know, G2 was thinking A, most of these rounds.
We need to make sure that we deny that.
Definitely need a little bit of retake otherwise.
Don't keep there.
Take the last spot, I believe.
On the baby bay.
He's got the operator two.
Seems to be some kind of mid consideration.
And the lean in towards A.
Stack set up in a gatecrush.
Just outside of bridge.
They're worried about a player at elbow from mid top.
So I'm going to use the toxic screen, set up their pathing.
It's going to be a crunch.
All right, we're ready to try to slow this down as that's
why he extends it.
Shalom one damage.
Not going to be counted.
It has to be respected.
Another paranoia off the back of that.
Spam through.
Shit.
Taking Jogamo down to 35.
to eliminate that entry power, still is going to be standing for the time being, so we will
connect.
Stunned on the divide, stop some from pushing, clean up the pyramid, then in the end, ends
up splitting the difference, jog about collecting the kill.
I have to get them to come through, the late lurk, into mid, leave potentially going to
be able to find a catch.
Something's getting under that angle, Cosmo on the divide now, going to be called in,
as Jake stales forward, looking for the follow up and cannot find a balance, holds his own.
3B4 now, double base comes in, Dubai only gonna be good for the 1, something again with that operator gonna have to go on the safe.
And G2, they are starting to come alive, they're starting to figure this out.
Three rounds out in a row, this Leaf, for that potential punish on this operator.
He's been lurking for a while, he's waiting in mid throughout that entire round just to see
If you catch anybody from Paper Rex, you're going to get a chance here.
The adjustment noise is making noise.
The shot will be there.
Something will be able to find the kill.
But already, the Nive's online.
It's not much going to be gained from it.
It looks like if you keep getting closer and closer, Paper Rex are going to be calling their own time out.
Yeah, I think you just overcommit a little bit too much.
You get too tunnel-focused here as paper wrecks on those mid-doors.
You let G2 take so much space at A main,
and you're not really contesting it.
So it makes it really difficult for those defenders that are on site
to kind of hold the line and not get pressured out.
They give up a lot of space, and they're not kind of fighting that way that we saw
when they were running those five rounds in a row
where they're waiting for those club retakes.
They're being a little bit patient.
Like, if you're going to give up space like that,
they would kind of pull back and wait for their moment.
And now they're trying to contest G2 with weaker numbers.
It's not going their way.
So certainly Alex's going to have something to say about that.
A lot of A. They just commit a little bit more towards A main.
Make sure you've got that under your control.
Maybe place that operator there.
That was G2 to try something a little bit different.
Now you cannot do this in this space.
No.
Think back to what happened.
G2 up against T1.
That 2 to 10 half on Haven.
They managed to take it all the way into overtime and close it out.
Lock up a 2-0.
Keep press.
Trying to avoid suffering the same fate as the Pacific Brothers.
I'm on call to try to see if we can get some more rounds from this defender's side.
Up and raise starts being considerably weaker now for Paper Rex.
The operator in hand is carried over to something.
It's half-armors across the board.
Jumping back from Forsaken.
Trying to play them in.
Recon gets cleared before getting hit on the floor.
Shot going through right between Valon's legs.
A critical punish, Mount Sheet 2, half the B site opened up.
Got Baby Bay watching from behind, and for that lurk player.
He's being made this way, you have to take it, trying to find Trent, and the off shot
ends up going live.
If he's taking it, he swings the corner, finds Leif instead, and then he's being made.
And B-Bank, he's just counter-fleshed, gets that late lurk that he was looking for, as
The game will fall.
Clear advantage though, establish for PaperX.
They try to go for this plant, Fallon.
They can encroach the bomb and then be swinging in from the back.
Ooh, it's barely hit.
Find that kill.
But now Jog'emote dead.
It's all on Trent.
Out in the open for something to collect.
9-1 on the check.
6-3 on the board, PaperX.
Breaking this minor win streak from G2.
Yeah, kinda going back to something that had worked for them
A few rounds previously, they put a lot of pressure on top of the elbow, force G2 to respect it,
then for Zakin just keeps walking down there, heading in towards Cannon, takes players along the way.
Oh, Dubai, through the wall there. Absolutely ridiculous.
Just a little bit of a change up, and yeah, Alex this time, he's not angry, so he likes what he sees.
This is some fairly similar reactions between the coaching staff.
Four ultimates now for Paper X.
Long and one away from an overdrive.
Doesn't have that vandal.
Exchange, post it up.
Just go ahead and give the ult in depth.
TP across the side.
Clear out on the drone.
For now, G2 realized the door at A is shut.
And this is going to open up some space.
Four forsaken to wander through something as well,
to create a bit of a crossfire here, potentially.
That door opens.
Just keep these out.
Just gonna climb the lead the way.
Something not biting on it.
Colt's the angle, maintains his composure.
And it's blinds the follow-up!
What a nasty flick!
Fallen dead.
Now the spike.
Being lushered to eye, I don't know where.
Trent's got money.
The rest of the team, not so much.
Something 12, 1, and 0.
Geez.
Someone call the ambulance for G2 on that one.
There's a hospital flick in there.
30 seconds left.
Absolutely ridiculous.
More for Trent to do.
For I to survive.
His next 20 plus seconds.
However, nearby enough, on the prowl.
Love to take his weapon out of his hands.
No recon trying to scout this position for now.
Hing's coming down,
reading that there's going to be a player nearby,
and Trenn is dialed in on the right angle,
and should be favored for the kill.
The Swing to come in, and in B to win it out!
A flawless round for Paper Rex.
They lock up a lead.
potentially look to make this a nine and three.
And it's little things that they're doing.
Jing goes high again.
He crossed once.
Slow down.
Slow down more.
Yes.
Oh, there it is.
It's just crazy.
Night and day differences, but it's a little bait and switch
again.
You know, they tried to tee up something with a bunch of Util.
a jump peak this time it's a TP to try to fake that they've left some presence open in mid.
This looks like the ball on commit towards a B hit, Divy ready with the stick bite.
Trying to try to check around towards Galbo, sink fight to the lay, Hunter's Fury is available,
but for now Jogglemon just a silent side forward.
Now the overdrive is going to be blocked, the dragon costs, Divy cannot track him down.
Maybe they'll be able to find Ching and suddenly G2 looking to pull off another.
Rifty is in the work down to 7 HP.
Swing of the corner for second says hello to second off in play.
That very much, there's a chance of being able to get this retake going.
Rives to be popped.
Missed him.
Ties the turn around.
Something does he read it.
Yes he does.
The slice in the dice for Snake in the spot out.
Goes for the exit.
He's out around the back, minding Valid kind of behind himself in no scope.
get punished and in he will fall. G2 still fighting back another
MasterCard thrifty up their sleeve. It's been something that
Plague's Paper Rex is giving up these thrifties but
Chagamot able to break through just a little bit. I'm not sold on
this double operator stuff today for Paper Rex. Thank you better
off just leaving the one. Thank you're hampering yourself a
little bit too much when you have to go for these retakes.
Not giving yourself those safe kind of options to be explosive and creative.
Let's see if they don't have the money for it this time.
Just be the one.
Half-armors rotation coming through and there's something is just dialed in.
So something we've been waiting to see all year from him when he just can take over with
the operator.
I really haven't seen the consistency we've come to expect.
Since the playoffs started here at Masters Santiago.
Yeah.
He's really starting to hit another level when Paper X needed him the most.
Watch your fighting!
Watch him, man.
Causing the fight to call through.
Bones exchanged on either side.
He can reveal onto the divide, back side, but something just peeks back in.
Bites off a little bit more.
Meanwhile, Forsaken, the late Linger on the inside.
Baby Bay completely caught off guard.
Now on the trend.
Well, that's reeling.
Trying to get this walk going through, but push out of the smoke.
Defined the enemy IGL, it is once again Trent.
An ace clutch, just to make it a 75 scoreline.
Being revealed on a forsaken, but he's going to be out favorite blinded up and taken down.
Another flawless round as Paper Rex.
Make it 8-4.
That was something special with the operator.
Really a big difference maker.
15-2 forsaken as well.
16-7.
G2, need to rally back by in that second half pistol. Jump start the engine once again, otherwise it's looking likely that we go to Corona.
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This is gonna fail us. Set up their escape seats, but incredible.
It's also been incredible. The duelists here on this map with paper racks.
The way they're playing off of each other is so good too.
Like the way that Forsaken will tee up something or something, you know,
just holding the line by himself. Forsaken doing some crazy stuff out of dimensional drifts.
Looking really well thought out here. Looking really confident.
Again, it's just like they're a completely different team, map 1 to map 2.
Are they going to be able to keep it up?
G2 have something special in store for them on this defender side
to give them that ticket into that lower finals to face NRG.
We go Corral, I will Corral!
Who the hell knows what happens there?
We're actually able to find the win the first time out.
time out. They destroyed him on it, got the second G2, and they learned plenty from it.
Little peek over in towards B, nothing gonna be spotted, so they're just gonna cut some noise.
Back across the map, regroup within B. Trying to push forward towards this A site.
Players here, but it can't crash. Now it's fired actually.
So don't have that initial fast rejoin from Baby Bay.
Yeah, it's a good read from Paper Rex.
We're going to have the weak side over here.
Just looking for early contact on the other side,
and then the idea is to just ping-pong over.
See if you can set up.
Disrespect the smoke here.
It's all quiet, too.
This is really nice.
Completely silent until the recon now flies.
Shotguns are ready for Trent, trying to get some early damage in.
This doesn't end up connecting onto In Beach.
Just a pitch shy of the mark.
No early tags to be found, something backhuddling into Amali.
Give some stuff a little bit of damage.
Still dialed in.
Face forward.
And spread out push here from G2 to try to get the retake started.
Replayers working their way now through the double doors.
Something, there's some space there.
Pyramids, but doesn't get caught.
Couldn't find the punish, meanwhile.
Gingon to be good for one.
Gets himself a second.
He'll back away as the ping reveal comes through, trying to look into that trance, really bad second kill, but he cannot find it.
Jing will shut him down and he holds the line.
Four kills, the double up is kill count.
This carries the pistol for Paper X.
This is just incredible confidence from Jing.
There's a good paranoia there to try to tee up something, but there was an extra layer for G2 behind it.
behind it, and then Jing just goes to work.
Oh, what reactions, too.
He's right on top of Baby Bay when he pops into that smoke.
And he even got him to stand up.
My word, Jing.
He was a little quiet on this map.
How did he eight kills?
Granted, it's something in Forsaken's show.
He gets involved.
Gives Paper Rex real good opportunity
They're once again finding the open side.
There's absolutely nothing to be found here.
Gamble stack over on a just read after read.
The other side of the door, the pain's coming down G2.
Believing it for now.
We try to clear it.
Same time, something is arrival.
You're they going to be spotted out.
It will be the plant in the hands of forsaken halfway up to the conventional drift now.
Spongebob Leaf does come through.
Being a triple wrap around the back here.
Tanks.
Tanks flying.
Something trying to take down Leaf.
A little bit of a wider swing, but Envy has fallen.
Didn't kill to be found.
Elbow position as well.
A concern.
They have four forsaken, but the Vi!
Tanks have a limb from limb!
Just the one casualty.
on casualty, Paper Rex close out that anti-eco,
and they hit double digits.
Starting to look good, starting to feel comfortable.
A lot of players starting to hit shots on Paper Rex,
catches the jumping ball and immediately transfers down
for two head shots.
Oh, Lish!
Oh my God!
Oh my God!
Oh my God!
Oh my God!
Oh my God!
Should be used to seeing it at this point.
He's pretty nasty with those shares.
Or a headhunter.
I think it's the gunslinger.
He's all up and over the top.
They have a Malaysian sensation, man.
He's just incredible.
Look at this.
I was going to go on a bit of an explorer through the doors.
They're pinging out that position that Baby Bay was in,
so they have some awareness.
You can see a player by that pillar.
They're also pinging out right where they're expecting leaf to be,
so some good reads.
That tail went ready.
Oh, up-trapped over the top!
The second pill's in space.
Time to kill.
Switch!
You are on the side, and my not going to be able to track that one down.
Jogamo does get the better of him.
And the last one.
Near by enough.
You're trying to make a play half a gear on the side.
That's just for sake of my surprise.
Jake quickly traced it back.
A 3v3 now.
Despite not yet planted, it's been rerouted.
He's going to have to rescale the wall.
40 seconds in this round two-man wrap towards main
We'll go for the back side plants it would seem or at least happen trying to see
To try to hold that line at B main
Unable to get the better of jing
Take it down and have something flush against the wall.
Instantaneous with the shot finds Val and Joggenbilt.
He does manage to push forward, five of the one to slide in, but in me to hold his own.
Paper Rex storming their way through this map.
They are looking to take us to Corode.
They convert the bonus again here on Breeze.
And it feels like that may have been the backbreaker beautiful from Jing there.
Keep scaling forward, takes out Baby Bay, not going to let Jogamo accelerate there.
Snides right in towards him.
Really got saying thank you Jason for following up, puff my dash.
They've been so good in tandem on this map.
Here we go, some pretty good running.
Ping reveal, spotting him out.
Only one kill found for Trent.
Goodbye, he's trying to make that sniper sing that he can not,
but he still manages to bait Ballon forward.
Kill found all the same.
Trent and BB now.
Two V4 to try to prevent the correction,
getting up to that point, but there goes the Sova.
And now, it's just baby bait.
All alone, finds the first need to help a lot more
and will be caught with you two in hand.
12-4, paper wrecks.
Steam rolling their way through Breeze.
They're just feeling it.
It's hard to imagine after that haven
that it was going to be an absolute flattening like this.
Oh, my god.
It's just disgusting.
They're feeling it now, man.
The heads look like beach balls to him.
Sniper's dream.
Hunter's fury.
Only ult available for G2.
They need an 8-lound run back to take this into overtime.
Hunter's fury out, however, from Envy.
Fishing for a target spotting down.
Taking it up low with down.
Still able to drag across.
Spotting for second head with that Bulldog.
That was insane! What a turn from Balan!
Knaing him, the shenanigans!
Spot out!
MVP!
We'll find a bit of damage there on the Jogamo for now.
Going down.
G2!
We've decided to leave this team around.
However, still on the approach.
Here are the double doors.
Gotcha!
He's beating it back!
I said not to beat it cancelled.
I don't think anybody had spotted him.
He's always heard the reposition from Jogamo.
Spot out!
trend I think he said it as well. Something he does get the turn? How? Probably got his
lead favored every day of the week. Something I think you're trying to draw their attention
to this position but Indy still will get caught. Try finds Jing and now it's all something
which is 17 health. They cannot find the follow up. Still yet some fight remaining in G2.
Find another but they need seven more off the back of that. It's gonna take a lot. You're
Gonna have a couple of ultimates here for G2, but...
Whoa-ho-ho! My God, Valin!
It's pretty nutty. That probably saved the round.
Your smoke's alive, Trent.
Some good shots. He's been so good for G2 this event.
See what they can do. I mean, like you said, G2...
...shown you things in a half that looked like it was map over and...
...they came roaring back.
Count them out just yet.
It's a noise made in man.
It's a double stack.
So I'm on 40th already.
Declaring.
Setting up for that late clone.
The clone didn't make it through the door.
I hasn't set it yet.
Oh, your idea hasn't set it.
Shadows.
Waiting on it.
There it goes.
Sending through the smoke.
Make their exits here.
Look at the quick retake, though.
Look at the quick, re-clear space from G2.
Wall is ready, so it wouldn't be, I'm just gonna pass this one, but I think it might have been within only a range of Allen
Might just have been able to hear those, this little bit of the footsteps
Maybe they're holding close
He's gonna back him up the back side, but does just have that spectre in hand
They may have to make his exit to swing in and leave his table to find one
They can be down for a second lead for a little bit more and he does get it
You'd be good out gone, track opens up with a hunter's fury, something's on the floor, swing in from hall, divide, find the kill
He's looking for an answer, he's looking for anybody else that he can possibly give, but it's gonna be BabyBang.
Look at the rest of the wall and take him down.
Chicken out completely surrounded and Corrald will fall as G2 continue to fight.
Yeah, they read that like a book.
That clone they knew was a fake the whole way.
Leaf on point with the Spectre.
Tees up Tread for the Hunter's Fury.
Fury. Now you're getting into these alt cycles, in particular 4G2. You're gonna have an overdrive,
you're gonna have Valantau, you're gonna have Leafsalt, Estabai as his, something as his.
Gonna be a bit of a weaker purchase. Finally, he's able to knock Paper Rex down a peg.
He's gonna be able to keep this up, keep this momentum going.
The knives pop the pit in place. He's locking off B site, looks like Jogamot.
Quickly gonna make his exit over towards that all
Second out done in the however able to find a head shot through the smoke now. I'm gonna be struck down. So in the end a one-for-one
Something still looking for that engagement
Jog him around the back
Is able to find him gets the reset
Going forward, the Peek coming through, and Day2Day finds the shutdown, back on the relative
safety, is now the Dimensional Fifth going to go in play, trying to find and flush out.
This Viper has the spot, but then makes his exit, this Peek coming through to Vi, going
to be taken out of the pit, now Fallen and Invy, alone at back sight, trying to clutch
this out.
He tries to separate them, but he cannot, Leap holds his own, and G2 continue to march
towards OT.
I think you're going to need to stop this as Paper Rex.
I think the coaching staff probably
going to want to get involved here.
It's getting a little readable.
Again, it's just that solo lurk up
mid from something.
Good awareness to do a jog, but having
that dimensional drift, getting the spot on two devise.
He took a step out to take a peek.
And he can just spam him down.
No, he's stuck behind that pyramid.
Really well thought out, really aware.
Got to keep this G2 team in check coming into this buy for paper Rex.
Can't let the snowball go the other way.
Currently in the dip here on this roller coaster.
See, paper Rex will start to climb or this track goes lower and lower
towards the ground.
11 to the buy, full purchase, coming into this one, G2 is trying to feel it, they're
trying to build that momentum and they've been cycling these ultimates very wisely.
One at a time for the most part, committed in the previous, but getting rid of that
Piper's pit from the buy, who's out the round so they've been very well piloted thus far.
Now suddenly that cap is a hell of a lot closer.
Yeah.
I think the considerations here for Paper X
are on how to clear yellow on the back of A.
I mean, that crit container has been a real problem for them.
Not being able to deal with Trent or whoever's behind it.
They're talking about how they can layer maybe some
of their smokes a little bit deeper.
Try to cut that angle off.
Maybe create that mid-approach a little bit easier
if they want to go for that.
But here early, they're leaving the spike behind,
and they're just going on, they're going hunting.
They found a prize already.
Unbelievable.
They were straight.
Walk in the elbow, unassisted, and Ching just outpaces him.
There's a critical find.
Here for Paper Rex, it's not the double face, not a P name.
Just be that one for one, but it's still a player
advantage for Paper Rex.
Down, drifting back deeper into the A site alone
here for the moment. Pass over on that spike.
Okay, sending off the drone, it looks like in the end,
Paper Rex, do you want to try to get this plant going on B?
I certainly feel like finding two kills over there.
Should have made that the weak side, you throw a drone,
but actually G2, not fighting.
Great forward, some foot steps being made, Jogamo.
Slot on his way into elbow, looking for the catch here.
On the end of B, does manage.
You go through the corner of the wall.
That's about a 52 in the end, and now Trent, as they hear the backpedal from the enemy Neon,
he's just gonna sign forward, catching him and be completely off guard.
The overdrive down in play.
Joggenbeau finds some early damage there on the jing, hits his feet.
It's a fight for now.
It was a back of sight.
25 seconds remaining.
Aperrex gonna be running low on this clock.
So, how does it still have that Cosme Divide available for the retake?
Trans into the open, Jogama on the swing, finds the buy, suddenly just 12 seconds left.
Grab one of the- One side and Jogama with a slide out!
Takes James, head off, and he finds four in the round!
Jogama once again!
Looking to be the demise of Paper Rex.
This is- This- The next kill after this is unreal.
Nuh-uh! The fade-away headshot!
Ridiculous, Jog. He has been an absolute difference maker at times.
Now you're starting to believe it's G2. Now you're starting to have that hope.
You'll be able to get that in a 4v5 conversion after losing Pay-to-Pay off the rip.
It's a massive performance from Jogamo.
He's helped build up the bank as well for G2, so breaking the economy from Pay-to-Rex.
Really, any kind of option here is forsaken again.
Going to be dead as he goes to TPB in the back side.
Leave it, just holding it down.
Finds a second.
It's not getting brushed aside.
Everything that PaperX has been trying to throw,
these last four rounds, absolutely nothing has stuck.
Three more to go. G2.
Still in it to close this out in 2-0 fashion.
They still got Cosmic Divide to hang on to.
Inb will find a cycle into another Hunter's Fury.
Baby Bay is going to scoop up another operator.
This Bay extremely pivotal here for Paper Rex.
They want to give G2 any more hope, any more momentum.
There's nothing more. There's no more timeouts.
No, it's just...
It's all just all in the players.
Well, we're starting to run dry for Paper X.
It's under the hive mind now.
Someone's going to have to come up with a call.
The identification of that early-mid pressure, but Paper X here looking to once again set up an A-split.
Let's see if they end up committing to this, but anticipating, you know, with all this space that G2 will take early.
early. They read it pretty well in the previous round, couldn't get the post plant to go.
Stack three actually, clear this back part of the site.
Oh sorry the graph well, trying to slow down the approach from the double door side.
Something has fallen Trent, finding that opener there at a name.
Sankin' forward and Orange jumps back.
Frank, I don't see him.
Once again, the clock starts to dwindle.
35 seconds remaining.
Leaf now on the approach, working his way forward.
And at the moment, no one from Paper Rex is registering this.
Second gonna be able to find one.
And he had a quick check.
It's the one with the spike in hand,
but Sankin's able to find Leaf.
Dubai gonna be struck down at the same time.
Now a 3v3.
Spike brought forward.
The plant to come through.
15 seconds remaining in the round.
the base forward, it's forsaken and he finds one apiece.
Eventually drip the scout him out, baby all alone.
Here's the exit.
Needs to find him and he cannot.
Paper X they put their foot down, 13 to nine.
They send us to Corode.
All right.
You wouldn't think that between these two teams
it was gonna be over at two, oh did you?
The paper X has been eliminated from a Masters with a loss on Breeze all the way back at Kalpenhagen.
And they are not allowing it to happen again.
They send us a distance. This is anyone's game.
probably PRX is gonna win 3-2 in the final so that's my hot take
Dinosaurs are gonna rule the earth once again. We're coming for everything all three trophies and it starts at Santiago
China didn't do as good as I thought they were but they're honestly better than the show this time
My hot take is que después de este evento van a nespera, Neon
Neon is horrible. I know you added anodin. I don't like it
Neon, you know Neon. Neon is a little overrated.
It's like a pilot
For the only way to win, it's to get into the face of a mosquito and that's it
I've seen with thing the paper X is gonna win it all
Energy is going to be the first team to win champs and masters back to back.
Energy and GT will reach the final and I think energy is going to win this time.
The team that wins the tournament is either going to be Nongshin Red Force or the team that stops Nongshin Red Force.
The crowd is so amazing.
Jalan fans are crazy, you can hear them right now.
They're so high.
Vale Vaporix!
Jalan back at the Rueros!
Let's go, head up!
GT! Lelele!
T-Rex!
Yeah
I'm in love with Santiago. From the city, from the completos, from the people. It's beautiful out here. Thank you so much.
To all the Chilean fans, we love you. You guys have the most morale, support ever. Because of that, thank you.
And to all the fans outside of Chile, thank you guys for watching. We're excited.
It's a bloody battle!
He's going in dead to right!
It's a fucking hit! What is he doing?
Now, Fredman, you're not going to get this done!
Burning alive!
As G2!
Look untouchable!
To all the doubters that are here,
watching us, wherever you are,
you come back. We're going to be at that grand final again.
We're going to be at that trophy again.
Well, if that reality is going to come true, there needs to be a bit more work put in by the G2 engine in the Decider Map of this series.
Welcome back, the floor of the Esparcio Riesco.
Hi, Mubi, with your desk to break down what was a pretty brutal second map for G2.
It's not a good start, and frankly, it doesn't finish in much more sterling fashion either.
It is not every day that we see a coach asking for the close of the timeout before round five.
I think that was already very telling of the stress that G2 was being put under for that race.
Yeah, the way that Josh put it in his coach interview was that he had to pick between two evils with the bind or this
Breeze for the map in the pool that they were going to go to and I do think that going into the breeze
It's a little bit interesting because it shows to me that a you have a good game plan prepped up and be that you feel
Like you know head-to-head against paper X on a map that is dominated by the office dominated by the Lewis
And what we saw this game, I felt like, was Paper Rex looking apart above in the team fighting, in the individualism, which led to it being such a song.
I mean, we love to see, but we kind of know that Paper Rex will bounce back individually from map to map.
So it's about something that from map one to two, we're going to be like, oh, they're completely disconnected.
No, but I think that there were so many unforced mistakes on the side of G2 when they were rotating, not being very aware of the space and the angles that we were being left open.
left open and on the other side we saw something as the player that was taking
advantage of every single time that this happened being incredibly aggressive
towards them. There were like a couple of rounds where it looked like the PRX
double-off setup was exploitable but in general something was just farming and
15 kills for the first half of the map he was really dominant. The last time that
G2 played this map against VDL I thought they did a great job of on their
attack side prioritizing getting constant mid control and threatening a split on
either side. Here it was something who owned mid for the majority of that defender half.
He was so good at picking the right times to go aggressive. I can think of at least two or three
rounds where he's picking Lee Khrushchev to hold against that space because he's just pushing
so much deeper than anyone expected. Really an incredible map for something and it reminds me
just of that Furious series as well where you know the breeze gets picked into paper X and
something's having a little bit of a lord have and then he just comes alive and takes this map
over and gives inroads for PRS.
It's very different from the haven that we watched,
because G2 was playing into the chaos
and it was thriving.
This time around, PaperX reminded themselves
that they are the chaos.
Like they can bring it any single time
and so many rounds were a little bit too much.
Do not get me wrong, I think that maybe G2
found out how to play with the neon
and actually how to utilize the wall later in the half,
but it was already too late.
Maybe some of us already on the side of PaperX
and they were already thinking about the roads.
That second half, I think that players like Trent had a lot of impact in trying to keep the game alive.
I still think that Valin is having an amazing day, like so many rounds.
I see his impact, but at the end of the day, we are going to Corode.
Can we address the elephant in the room as we head towards Corode?
Because it's another difficult map for Baby Bay to really get going.
Yeah, it's been a tough series for him as well, I think throughout this one,
has not looked up to the peaks that we've seen from him in America's in some of the earlier matches here.
G2 is really interesting to me though.
This is the map where we saw that ISO composition from G2.
They played against PaperX, looked dreadful in that.
They absolutely...
Fine dive for this!
Yes, and the next time they go and play,
I'm like, okay, let's give it a benefit of the doubt.
They're going to change teams up there, going to have a fast fit.
They get ran over by Gambit.
It does not look good again.
So my question, G2, do you have a new comp?
Do you have something fresh for Goroad?
Because if not, this is a questionable direction in the map, Bita.
It is literally now or never if you're going to change things around.
And for the other side, we can also speak about a PaperX that struggled a lot against all gamers.
I know that the Vice said that his PC was lagging a bit, but he was doing no excuse.
He was playing the flatline Vice.
And lags that hard, okay?
I've been growing up with like two megabytes of like the entire city.
I tell you, no PC lags like that.
Hey, it was tough to watch, right?
Obviously, Divide was playing ahead of a lot of his utility,
playing quite aggressively on those extremities, especially on the defense side, but it does feel
like something that we're able to temper over time. The fact is though that this map is kind of
shaky for both sides. They never figured it out on defense though, and I think that's that's what's
key. I do wonder if they're going to go back to that same place comp, or if PaperX as well wants
to change something. We saw in their series against NRG, they had two fast fixes where they
changed their purl and their bind composition. They ended up losing that series, but both maps
were very competitive, 12 compositions looked well thought through. I wouldn't be surprised
if we go into Corode with two brand new talks. Yeah, I would really like to see that and also
speaking about the individuals, someone that doesn't matter what he's playing, if it's the controller,
if it's the duelist or whatever you're giving, Jink is also bouncing back super, super hard.
And I feel like in Corode, he has not yet shown me like a bad performance for me to be like, oh,
this is, this is not it. I think that Jink could be the decided factor here. And now,
Now, Pepper explain the double controller composition with the Wailai, nothing overly offensive.
We'll see if they mix it up here, but it's about the same.
Yeah, that's a change from Jitsu there, finding the Iso-Kamp last time.
They go to a Neon, you're a double duelist with a vice in the mix.
I think that vice is a great pick up on defense against a solo duelist team.
But with the Wailai and the Omen, those are two characters that are very good at actually fighting past that.
Well there you have it folks, the final map of this series.
Botic for survival, once again, it's PaperX and G2E Swords.
It's head over to our castors and dive in.
Thank you very much, Desk. It all comes down to this.
A final map of Corode to determine which team
will be advancing forward into the top three
to square off against NRG to have a chance to make it
into the grand final.
Which one been making their exit from Masters and Santiago?
Paper Rex, coming alive, long breeze, destroyed G2.
The first outing all the way back in the Swiss stage here on Corode.
But now G2, they make a pivot.
They move away from the ice so that was not finding value.
They bring out this neon.
The hands of Jogba, we know how deadly he can be.
No doubt.
I mean, we've seen it today that Jogba has been one of the best
players 4G2 overall.
Change of ideas here from the last time we saw these two teams.
A pistol or something, good for one.
Go find that first blood, setting up a saturate.
Francis Feet finds another Jogamo, eliminated.
Go back, pedal recovery on the spike.
With the hands of Leaf.
But widely not, even how much damage found.
It's just something tagged to 74.
It's only Baby Bay, still with full health, 4G2.
Front on this peak.
On the top, but it's not actually surprising.
For sake, it doesn't come away with the kill.
No shot should have been able to find it there.
Jing and range, he'll find some damage.
Need some in reply.
But backs off, plays it wisely.
He plays it patiently.
Sleep now, down on a rival.
A third kill for something as his reign of terror continues.
Trying to pinch Jing.
Wall to fall in mid.
He's sedaneous with that shot.
Put some in with a shout, maybe they can find another, but at first that spike has to be recovered.
Trying to bait him a little bit.
Some players in the ball front just now working his way over.
He's doubled up on this angle. Ghosts in hand.
Honk will go out, double face away, gets the spot on the tube, maybe they can flip jump one for Sakin.
He potentially hit the back corner, but now doesn't take it.
Something has an ace!
What a way to kick off the final map for Paper Rex!
He is unstoppable right now.
And it's a change of ideas from both teams
on how they approach the pistol versus last time.
It's a 4-1 split again, but Paper Rex reads that it's going to be mid.
Last time it was an A hit when they faced off, but then they rewrapped mid.
This time it's kind of mid all the way.
Paper Rex reads it nicely, doing a little bit of homework.
The judge around the corner makes it immediately.
Found another kill, Joggleau dead.
It's not too late now to find a catch.
Again, that patience, showing that restraint.
The Paper Rex aren't particularly known for.
Just waiting for G2 to come pushing into that.
Swing out.
Forsaken, finding himself a second kill, finding himself a third.
And as well, runs out of shells, but it's gonna be Forsaken backfilling.
They find a 4k.
Lawless round for Paper Rex.
Looking to once again get another bonus conversion.
Ho ho.
Let's swipe there.
to the flash, readjust, and he's got him lined up.
Like that!
I don't think G2 liked it.
We're going to try to go A, and look at this.
Keeper X has the read.
We're going to try to play behind.
Talk to the stream.
This could get very messy very quickly.
ball. It's a firing squad here from Paper Rex. Three players immediately gone.
He's just found it. Tried to try to hold their own to hold onto these weapons.
Now we can only find one. Tried to back away. Over the minute and nine seconds
remaining. How in the hell is he supposed to retain this weapon?
It's going to be Forsaken first to check the angle, make sure that he isn't trying to cut through mid.
Trent being patient, seems a little bit of time to work with, but just letting that judge scale further forward.
Just going to hold the line, swing, connect.
I love the back of that.
We know that they still haven't corralled.
Trent wise enough to know that this mid position
is going to be occupied.
They're going to have him boxed in.
And so knows they are not going to let him live.
It's forsaken, we'll find it.
6-1-1 for him, 3-0, paper wrecks.
Third up post conversion in a row.
It's unreal and again it's just a hard read from Paper Rex.
They use the toxic screen right at the perfect time, right as G2 is getting ready to try
to turn the corner.
It's all smiles in the Paper Rex camp.
Another hot start, 7-0 for something.
He's gonna keep with that judge Odin
Posted into Indy's hands mid
Little bit of delay on the utile try to catch G2
Further out and leave okay?
Coming away with that kill absolutely massive against the Odin
That means you have to fill this space with an extra player
So something gonna be shifting over but then have the judge to guard this top mid position
G2 wants to try to bait some of that impatience out of Paper Rex here.
Take a pause mid-round, you've got some control.
See if you can catch him.
Slipping just a little bit.
Sakin.
That forward walk.
Brawler, call to the corner, still cleared something in the meantime, holding down top mid.
It's forsaken.
He wants this elimination.
Swing forward. Trent will sit him down.
Weapon recovered.
20 health and 30 seconds remaining in the round and something again.
He's shifting over the judge at hand.
Swings to the corner. Takes him down.
4-0. Caperex.
Off to an absolutely roaring start on Corode.
Well it was after the bonus that we saw Josh take the time out for G2
He's gonna let this go a little bit further or God is the real question
Maybe he has a little more confidence that
You know the defender side of the map is really where they want to do their damage here, but
They couldn't even win around on the defender side last time paper X just won on an absolute tear
Yeah. So invested here out the main. No one at home though.
Prec just took back. This time they're going to post up something at a and let him try
to take space. This time here on the floor there for now.
They can either get a damage meanwhile change.
Got a cross. He go towards that main side and leave, and some losing his life.
He positions once again.
He's going across, making some noise though.
Pushing forward at something.
Dialed in! Catches him on the jump peak over the break stack.
Meanwhile, Qing now, and even deeper in mid.
That's the back away into the do so in my innocent being jogging will have to forsaken pause
For V2
Bricks are looking to build up yet another massive win streak off the rip
You take that contact here inside the connector the paranoid goes across connects bottom both
Boarding depth for now, the Pay-to-Pay rides the wall, loses it.
This Jink, which is hunting for Powell,
and eventually will be able to find him a 3K for him.
5-0 to start for Paper Rex G2.
They need to pump the brakes.
They need that coaching dimension.
We're gonna get it.
I love the way that Paper Rex could just get contacted,
every part of the map.
Now, the only player who loses out was Forsaken early,
but they had the extra layer there with Divy.
They're just, and again, Jin playing really patient here, too.
Not overcommitting to anything.
Waiting for that contact off of Invy, throws the paranoia,
swings out, gets one, doesn't try to overcommit.
So I'm seeing, like, much better mental from Pay-for-Rex
than, frankly, we're kind of used to sometimes,
that overheating that we way too often see from them
isn't there so far here on Corral's like they're playing really disciplined really smart
Feels like they're gonna be grasping at straws going to this point these win condition. What are you meant to do? What are you meant to find?
Decent
Pulling off those thrifties
That's all it takes
These players once again find their footing at the moment. They are on struggle street
It's tough because you want to get in fast to one of those sites.
We saw that immediately.
The Vice Util was in their base, slowing them down on the B, so that's making it really
difficult for them to accomplish some of the tasks they're going to want to on this attacker's
side.
They don't have that Omen.
They don't have that kind of extra layer of TP to get past some of that utility or the
way lane.
Things like that.
And that's exactly what Mimi was highlighting.
Coming into this one.
Coming into the way lane.
Oh man, he can live ass so much of that when they do shift over to that attacker side.
Oh, you have his Deore.
Black player stat, something.
Getting on the line, shrugging that off, in B as well.
He'll find one for the smoke, Jinx.
Backbilling and covering as Jogama will fall.
And G2!
They cannot make it go over, they cannot catch a damn break!
There's another flawless round!
6-0!
12-0-1-2 on something!
Oh!
He...
is just absolutely feeling it with the operator.
Love the decision-making here from Envy.
Throws the haunt on one side, immediately has the shorty ready in case he tries to push the smoke.
I think...
Everything is going PaperX's way here.
Something's really got double the kills of everybody on G2 right now.
That's absolutely bananas.
This round has to go. You've got ults, you've got weapons.
Climbing shot, it will find the clone.
Source go out, converting paths, intercepting the rest of the team.
Oh, what?
Kallimount's still able to find one.
She eliminated, crossed the way at yard.
Exit. Dimensional drift scene at the site is free for the taking. Like now in play,
Gunbarrel gonna be spotted in me. However, I'm not the overwhelmed. It's picked apart.
G2. Finally in a firm position to close out around. Grab up the C's, dog them out.
In this spot, sides are crossed, C's forsaken. This goes a separate way.
for the views interrupted by the Gravwell.
Revealable but not looking to invest that here.
Try to get the push for it.
Just taking finding one.
Shabai getting another.
Something now.
Piece of the pie.
Spot check.
Trying to get protected and forsaken.
Kneeling into the find.
If a Jogama will be there to get them over the line.
Around to win for G2 at long last.
I don't know how this convergent pass maybe didn't hit Jogara if he just hit a one tap
He got past it was in the bag.
Ah, he got past it.
Pass on the entry.
Pass those thorns.
Damn, if it still wasn't a laborer in effort here from cheat 2.
But he's still going to hurt their economy.
They're not going to be able to come in with a full buy into this one.
Particularly though, you have that overdrive.
I have one of these to deliver with it.
This time the pit going to be invested outside of B, the overdrive now in play.
You're the clone from King
Decisions to dash forward this overdrive is no expire great patience
They're gonna try to clear this pit
One of the harder ones to clear there's only a couple spots the viper can really post up so paper X wants to help just in case
G2 doesn't favor their odds to have steel garden
Have the cause of provides a lot of post plant you till here as well as an execute
That noise in the middle smoke to be tackled forward something now
Down a warning shot
Minded this weight them wants to force them over the other side of the map, but
Has worked
Doesn't have the TP so can just join in on that B site reinforce it
G2 will be able to find back-to-back.
This is one of those rounds where G2 actually able to fight their way out of a bad situation.
Yes, the skill garden helps, but there are shorties there, they don't get the kills.
I think Paper X plays this pretty decently from a macro perspective, using that Wei-Li
Util and the operator shot to dissuade them into the strong side, but just barely, Valin
in particular, fights tooth and nail to get through there.
They'll find their second round.
I don't think there's going to be too much more contact.
You've got to be worried about that economy as G2.
They're really going to be keen to go hunting.
Let's see if this just keeps rolling or...
There's going to be any intervention.
It looked like for a second to die getting that double.
It was going to be curtains.
Somehow, some way, those shorties just kind of go wide.
The bullets just bypassed Valin, frustrating, but still okay.
The economy is still flush.
You still have enough for another buy here as Paper Rex,
because you're able to stack it so heavily.
We're going to stack the main.
Got him.
Thought about an Odin did in me, but he switches back
to the Phantom at the last second.
Something trying to tee him up with the op, and he gets a shot.
Right back to it.
Another opener, smokes, down, G2 already far enough forward, just happened to get into this one.
A small pop, rest of the team delayed, goodbye. Look at the kind of clear amount he has, Jogamore now dead.
It's a sealed garden, looks to just take the weapons away from all the other players, placed forward.
The corner from Envy, held into position, but the late-linger outside of A-Main able to fly and jump, forsaking Will fall.
There.
Well in the back, something rare whiff here in this series.
I think he'll stay alive for the moment.
Devy spotting out Leaf.
Trying to back away, but already something.
They try to corral him behind, divide on the repeat, finds track, the spike now has to be recovered.
He's got a 1 here for his troubles, but now baby they go on and leave.
About to walk into the open arms of something who's not gonna miss the follow-up.
15-1 and 2.
7-2 on the board, paper wrecks.
They've already secured themselves a lead at the half.
And you're seeing how important it is for G2 to try to find the site that the vice isn't on
because it stalls them out so, so much.
The Vines at the beginning of this round
just corraled them, and then DeVy wins a huge battle against Jog.
That was maybe their timing that they had
where they could have exploded into the site
and done some damage, but DeVy holds the line on VICE.
And then they're able to just slowly smother them out.
15 and one, something.
And it's the second time out early again
in the first half for G2.
The last ditch effort, the last time out for them here at Master Santiago barring this somehow,
going into overtime.
And with G2, they can't have that activation, they can lock in, they can get something like
that, a reality.
Right now, it's hard to see, eight seconds left in this timeout, the Coinbase win condition,
it's not looking great.
Valin, not much money to try to put together a pie.
See what he ends up landing on here.
For now, it's still just a classic in hand.
So he's suspected a bulldog is thing
or something that effect has to come through.
This is another one of those pivotal rounds here in this map.
They were able to get the last one to go,
and they had some ults, they had the guns,
and the economy was on the brink of collapse.
It's going to be a specter for Valon, his old go-to.
He needs to scrape a weapon together in one of these buys.
If you lose this one, it's going to be tough.
Amain is where the presence is being shown.
So as G2, you might start to get the read that where the amain
control isn't early pushed for is where the vice is.
They're going to try to challenge it potentially here.
They're just trying to bait the utile potentially.
I'm not sure if the thorns got popped or not there, I don't think they did.
So that was the intention, didn't work out too well, but here goes some players out.
Oh, Jing!
That's just leave dead.
Scouting, Pallin, loading that position.
Paranoia flushes him away.
They're going to take this further forward, this deeper spacing.
Let me damage, gonna be dealt with if he moves their lives, a 3v3, something already wrapping
around this eight side halls.
Let's go, pin, cuts down in half, despite collected in the hands of BabyBang, which is 30, health,
Jogamo, Neil the weight building on his shoulders, he might catch Forsaken a bit off guard, all
All fair.
Thanks for sakin' interested in that angle.
Something now again.
Eyes across.
Yard side of the A site.
Jogamore can make for a tricky target, try to hit, especially if a relay bolt will connect.
Also here, the plant can come through with him on, locks in for it.
Shorty not come up with the goods, but of I absolutely will.
It is another timeout.
thrown into the abyss as Paper Rex continue on their warpath.
They're just playing the map so, so well.
The idea is here.
So well thought out.
It helps when Jing is swinging and winning.
He didn't even get the head shot there,
but something the whole time knows
that they have to try to go through Main again.
Forsaken has that wall deep mid this time,
so he can focus B Main.
He will turn his attention over.
I don't even know they can lean A.
Unbelievable.
This is just amazing what this team has been able to put together on this map.
Envy now again with the Odin is going to opt into it.
Something on the other side with the op.
Trade of U-Till baby they goes into the drift.
I see a little bit here but the thorns just delay.
He's trying to spam, to play and play with that O to forsake an inflight.
One to Vi again with another two on that entry.
Joggingo has the Bucky, he's trying to make a go of it.
Find three for his troubles, picks up that spike, four bullets remaining in this.
This Jing will not give him the chance.
Nine to two, looking for that ten to two half.
protocols here just so good for paper wrecks use those thorns to delay off of
the dimensional drift fortify your defenses at the choke even though Jock
gets through it almost pulls off one of the best plays we would have seen if he
could have won this round just one HP there for Forsaken so any bucky
Bella that connects gets him but Jane good for it again he has been really
clean on some of those slings and setting up something as jogamos dead 17 and 1 my math
is correct 18 and 1 yes it's dancing on them
He was an opportunity to catch here on up a segment down to my push that pause,
find himself another two critical kills.
There is nothing more to be done.
10-2 paper wrecks are tearing G2 apart.
G2's already come back down from a 10-2 before.
Do they have it in them to do it again?
We will have to see, that it has to start from the pistol.
Payback's can find that.
G2 may as well make their way home.
We're going to divide the audience a little bit.
You know, from here to my left, they're going to do the alpha.
You see me, right? You know?
And to my right, they're going to do the omega.
I want to see who screams the most.
Where are the alphas?
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
Por favor, ¿qué es esto?
Se van a dejar ustedes.
¿Dónde están los Omega?
¡Yeah!
¡Woo!
¡Alpha!
¡Alpha!
¡Alpha!
¡Alpha!
¡Alpha!
¡Alpha!
¡Alpha!
And there was ever a time to absorb the energy from the cloud.
That time is now for G2, an eight round deficit here on Corode, staring down the barrel of
elimination from Master Santiago and something is the one holding the gun.
An ace in the pistol to start off this map.
Maybe he's got another one in him.
This is quite a different look.
3-2 split trying to bait a little bit of attention.
Something how?
Unbelievable.
Nothing over on a scouting mission.
Nothing gonna be seen.
He's still a fracked out.
He grabs that orb.
Kallin here connector able to find one, but changes, restwinks in.
Vengeance found for Forsaken.
And look at they immediately turn their attention, looking for those fast rotates.
Something G2 was really annoying about on this map on their defender side.
They tried to mirror the pace.
The PaperX brought.
He's looking to run around, frantically just being in the corner, but trying to still able to hold his own finding a second kill before falling.
He needs a real chance at this. He's leading some damage.
He makes an eye, taking the fight against Babynake, as he's dead, as he finds Leaves,
11-2, another pistol, paperwrecks, two rounds away from advancing into the top three.
Oh my goodness.
Just brutality.
Divy again with the sheriff.
Puttin' G2 in jail, Paper Rex has had to be in jail fighting Americas throughout this event.
They still may have another one looming, but unbelievable that they've been able to stand tall so many times against such a good region.
This is a Viya, as you would kind of expect here. You know this is coming as Paper Rex.
That's the big, he's swinging the corner, headshot on the jogger moment, definitely needs to
better himself, finds the exit but for sake of being able to find him, he's down with
that full gone trend tag as well.
God, he's connecting on all four players, there's just no way to try to scale off of
that.
And now, Geryx gonna be held in position, down the office divide, watching for a peek,
waiting for them to get itgy, waiting for them to get impatient.
I just could jump here as Valon trying to corral him in.
This way up through Valon, we'll be able to find the kill.
That's going to be weapon upgraded.
Now the player managing the hands of G2.
It's going to be a monster swing round for them.
It's forsaken.
I'm sure he's going to be anticipating.
Believe me, it's not.
The singer is continuing to excel G2.
We have the upper hand.
That default reposition for the plant, Jing, up and over the top on hot, drops down.
Plant it.
You're gonna have to go crazy from up here.
That's a lot of suffering.
It's limiting the options of where Paper X could be.
Now ring it down, swing the corner!
He'll be somehow, he'll define two-ching now,
something in the 1v1.
The weapon advantage, Lee's trying to poke it, Prad!
He takes the fight!
He wins it!
Just barely, just by the skin of their teeth.
They are clinging to the edge of the mountain in Santiago.
Fingernails.
But they are trying to pull themselves back up.
And it's going to be Leaf with another Stinger special.
The G2 calling card gets them the round.
And oh boy, it did not feel great.
So it's going to be four Bulldogs and a Spectre,
couple bandits, well, one bandit and four sheriffs.
Quick change of mind.
We do some damage here.
Yeah.
There's a bay out in front.
Weapon's gonna be heard near B main.
Correct.
Walls in for B for a long time.
Wee!
With that Rowler, you do nearly fine, baby bay.
It makes the worst strength for the orb.
Here's a Hawke's who sank into the low.
Able to find one still.
Jog him up.
Juggling the weaponry.
That's a man in a second layer, but it's still a ways away.
A little bit of utile still here to clear some angles, so jogger, definitely under threat,
potentially starting to get the reed that he's holding.
He do.
He's damaged through, something tagged up to 49.
He's moved down on the floor and not yet recovered.
They're going to give him the space and Paper Rex actually going to take a pause of their
own here.
I want to try to get that extra angle from something.
At least maybe try to clear the flanking player,
but I think for now, tucked in.
Considering pushing out, looking for a little bit more.
30 seconds remaining on the clock.
Paper X. 30 seconds left.
Start pushing their way forward, and they shout.
See, he's not the connect.
Welcome all quickly peeling back over to safety.
Something on the approach, looking for the pinch,
but it's the baby bait in from behind.
Might be able to find a massive backstab.
This push, nothing better to track.
Dogamon bottom of first, something gone, big make.
Still arriving, the plant coming through,
and he can interrupt this one.
He can win the round completely on his own.
Nothing more to be done with these players
when Paper X do it, he needs to die.
Die, they shout, separate of eye.
They go running away from him.
Push forward, and okay, Trent actually does him a service.
Giving him the death.
It's great protocols from G2, just giving them that space, don't overcommit to anything,
don't give them a chance to overwhelm you.
Dogamo really well thought out in this round.
Give me a lot more of that.
Paper X wants to talk about in a timeout.
Gotta be aware of those quick lurks.
Gotta be aware of those quick flanks.
Could have been a different round.
He's got to have eyes in the back of your head against G2,
because somebody is wanting to get in there.
And that is something that at times kills Paper Rex,
because these players love to just fight you.
They want to take that square up, just fair fight,
that fair duel.
That ain't how the game works.
The television can be deadly.
I'm out called, he was a seven-round lead, two away from eliminating G2.
Question is, does this reopen the door for G2?
Does this allow the Charter team to put together a solid enough structure on this defender's
side?
I think honestly, it's looked pretty okay for the most part.
pistol is just kind of Paper Rex doing something pretty smart in their own regard by creating
that extra angle to come from B and opening up some space and obviously something winning
that opening kill with the classic arrangement instrumental.
I think overall I'm pretty impressed with what I'm seeing with the fact that layers,
good ideas.
They're not giving Paper Rex anything for free, anything easy for the most part.
So I think Paper Rex again wants to go back to that idea like they did on the
pistol. That deep smoke early. And as you're curious, especially with the...
Is anybody gonna clear this off please? Okay.
Forsaking continues to scale forward.
You know what maybe A is?
He's losing it a lot of y'all.
That problem there confirms presence.
He's trying to go mid, but...
He'll snag a top mid.
Devise and trouble.
This should be him dead. The rights as the swing comes in.
He tries to get the transfer. He can't go up and check as well.
What if he can't go up for a second?
That B finds him on the A site.
And now, the exact comes through on B. Joggle well.
Immediately out of the back pedal.
Narrowing crashes across.
The area of that flank, losing track of Forsaken.
He's just running all the way back through B main to join in with the teams and now player
advantage.
Paper Rex is spotting from something, the kill coming through.
Eventually found.
Knocked down top of HUD, the saturate locked in.
Fog'em all.
Into the corner, signing board, able to find the one but the enemy's got the covering fire.
The double face!
The double kill!
Paper Rex!
They're up top!
They're up to match point!
And it's huge that Divy even finds one up here because it's the Vice.
He knocks out of the round.
That means that when that paranoia hits there's no safety for the rest of G2 to continue to
try to scale.
They have to go slow.
And Paper X could just post up at some of these deep angles.
They can't delay.
Let's go boys!
Let's go!
Let's go!
And Ilya has been outrageous today to save a least.
25-4, but now the desperate bid from G2, the overdrive available, maybe they just with
a bucky.
The Guardian for Leif, this is the last stand, and it needs the last for eight rounds consecutively,
but already the leader has fallen.
Jing able to find Val and the Flash to save them all for now.
things all.
He's at the ready.
He's still guarding, he'll start.
He's locked out, maybe around the corner.
The TP pass, the turn around to his death.
Kitting Mergent Pass now invested.
And something goes diving in.
Jank finds a third.
Look at Bernice, the f***!
The Miles come to kill, but it's just Tread left.
He finds another Baruch Ball.
J2 trying to take Paper X down.
Looking for an ace to finish it.
The might will skip the kill, but it's just Tread left.
He finds another Baruch ball.
G2 trying to take Paper Rex to school.
But the professor never showed up.
They cut class and skipped their way to the lower final.
It's once again a master class on Corone for Paper Rex versus G2.
And what a bounce back after a neck and neck haven.
Paper Rex stormed their way back on the back of something
who is once again, lighting up the international stage,
lighting up G2 and propelling Paper Rex
to another best of five globally.
Back into the top three, the Paper Rex,
Rematch to be had and best of by fashion tomorrow.
But as always, unfortunately, commiserations to G2,
who continue to be excellent on the global stage,
continue to qualify to make these deep runs.
But they're not be able to make it over
those last few hurdles.
PaperX today, something in particular,
is operating on another plane of existence.
They now have NRG back in their sights.
And it's just...
Boone's turn up to bat, is it, for Paper Rex.
This team is so deep.
There are so many cracked aimers top to bottom.
It was Forsaken to get him here.
Forsaken with the late round heroics.
And now it's something again, the duelist, who has struggled so, so much.
And now it's his moment to shine.
Let's send it down to Molina and hear from Paper Rex at the Verizon post-match interview.
Paper Rex and one energy and this is not the end of the world, I can't hear you!
And now I want to talk to you something.
Sorry, you can take the picture later, so you have been standing up, screaming, being really happy on that stage.
Do you think that that's the source for you individually and your team, all that confidence you've got going on round by round and match by match?
I mean, I keep doing that because team needs it, you know, I keep calling, I keep doing some moves, because I mean look, in few days I play like, like shit.
And then in the playoffs, I'm just like, all in, you know, what's gonna happen if I play bad? Nothing, because I already play badly, so yeah.
Okay?
Yeah, but I'll be on the show.
And basically, I'm going to talk a little bit about what
is cricket, just being happy on the stage.
I ask you if that's the confidence of your team.
And it says that it definitely needs to be there,
to be there, to be there, to be putting the emotion
for the team to be up there.
Obviously, at the beginning, it didn't play the best,
but in the end, the team really ends up appearing.
Also now, I want to know, that first map was a little bit rough,
but you guys demonstrated your experience
and your resilience in that stage.
So, I just wanna know, what could you guys
done differently in that first map to close that series 2.0?
I mean, the first thing, at least say,
just like play our game, drop the heaven,
it just like start from zero to zero, let's say.
And yeah, we just start to play our game basically,
and then we start to hype each other even more.
So yeah, that's it.
And well, let's talk a little bit about what Kaden wanted to know.
What could have been different to close this series?
2-0, he says that they simply have to play their game,
they have to think again about what could be done in that Kaden too,
but definitely keep playing their game with that confidence that Loas does.
And thank you crowd, you guys are insane.
Yeah, thank you everyone. See you guys tomorrow.
Rafa and Oleg, well, talking a little bit about what that third match against Ecuador
was going to be. I ask him if he had any message for them and he said that hopefully they
can be playing them as well as they did on the second and third map day, which will
definitely be an incredible match. I also thank him for everything, this is all I have
for the interview. Thank you very much, something you're free to come and take some pictures
with the fans. He, Nosotros volveremos el día de mañana con este lower bracket. We're
coming back tomorrow to see who's gonna apply to get to that grand finals against Nongshun.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, Belina. We are here at the Desperate course with the victorious
for sake and how are you feeling? Thanks for joining us.
I feel really great and awesome because we've been against it again. So yeah.
He said that he kind of felt like every time he went up against G2 it was different.
Every series against them was different in some way.
Do you kind of feel similarly?
I think a little bit, yeah, because, like, different in terms of the way, like, I don't
know why every time we fight against G2 now, we're just, like, really confident.
Yeah.
And we don't think too much, we just shoot them, you know?
Yeah.
This is now your eighth time in a top four with K-PREX.
That's more than any other team in Valorant at a global event.
Why do you think KBWX is so consistent? How do you make VC plans every time?
I think because I believe that in our roster, like all of the players,
Individually I think really talented, maybe the best.
Individually so fine in our team, so we just have to fix a little bit of like the team work and stuff.
I think it will be like perfect and also yeah.
You're going up against NRG in this next match, it's a big game, it's an important one, a long series.
What were your learnings from last time you played against them? Obviously a tougher series for you guys against them.
For me, I think last time I just considered it as a bad day, I would say because even
we play really bad, it's not like us, we still like lost, so maybe for energy we learn a
lot, like we just need the 5, we just need the positivity, so that we can have our way
back, you know?
Yeah, you definitely showed that today.
I want to ask about map 1 of this series, you got to play against your own composition
that G2 had stolen, what was your impression of their rendition of your comp?
What was it like to play against?
I mean, I think the first time we met them, they banned it, but now I would say because of...
I think they win on even against Aprogat 2, but their confidence is back, and they might figure out how to do it.
It was similar like us, we know what they want to do, but we never adapt to it.
You felt like you had a better read on the comp going in because you guys have played it so much?
yeah now you guys if things go well you're up against nong shim red force in the grand final
who has a better understanding of the meta who is a better team built for this double duelist meta
i think us and evidently if i if we met against nong shim again final after energy i think we're
gonna beat them italy because we try every time against them one scream even stuff we only ask can
feel dumb you know yeah you've never played them in pacific right never played them in pacific
If you make the final, it would be the first time.
He said only we can kill Kandami. Is that what you're saying?
Yes.
So far, nobody. That is for sure.
I'm looking forward to seeing if PRX can do it.
Here is your bracket as it now stands,
with PRX advancing to that lower final up against NRG.
That means, of course, we've been a front-bare weld to G2
and in the wings.
Dungeon Red Force will be waiting for their charts to lift the trophy.
Yeah, the last time you guys played against this NRG squad,
was very different right the bind got left open you had two new comps for them
this will be the third time this tournament you're playing energy the
first time in a BO5 what can we expect from that match is there gonna be more
changes more ideas how does it change playing them so many times in such a
short notice I mean actually we just trying some stuff against them because
we maybe kind of underestimate them before but now we cannot take it
seriously but I think this time if you play Ben again I'm gonna be the one who
Okay, finally we finally have the Infinity Gauntlet completed. I can't wait for a second.
Our grand finals day will be revealing Valorant's newest agent in a show match before the finals
will also be debuting a new game mode called Knockout. The show match teams will be captained
by TCK and Suga and will include two very special guests, Megan of Cat's Eye and Bunso.
Be sure to tune in for that. We love our show matches. That's going to be a great time.
I can't wait to see what this new agent has to install for us. But for now, folks, we're
We're going to see you tomorrow, same time, same place.
Thanks for watching, and we'll catch you tomorrow in our lower final.
But fear is made to be braved in a place in the grand finals awaits.
So let's bring our teams under the stage.
It's Nongshim Red Force versus Ed RG.
This is the place under the squad, Ethan and Francis.
Should they rotate, keep you back from Arda.
He's here fast, but Francis hasn't fallen back.
He's fall back.
Francis, you can't get away from this man.
He is everywhere at once, and now, Brog!
The next victim, as father is being hurted by Ivy.
This is sophisticated dominance from Longshim.
They are in complete control.
Find the bloke who's here.
Francis is the downfall of Enouchi!
Four kills!
I can't hit him bro, this way they all broke.
We have to write Mike's uppercase,
we're thinking one thing about time,
I promise you that's all it is.
Scuba, has to face the music or does he fight?
Is it just a fight song and a funeral?
He's not going, Scuba!
The one man do everything!
Scuba, the star and end of this,
the exception to the role,
and the one to get in, oh gee, to 10 rounds!
They can't be down a kill. Look at the final point.
Here you go. Noxsham. It's all down the corner.
Noxsham with a meteorite rise. The time.
Oh, they've got it. 30 to 11.
Push to their limits to chase their dreams.
The grand final now awaiting.
This is the stuff of fairy tales.
These two have given us some of the most memorable matches
this game has ever produced.
And today, they do it again with everything on the line.
the line when your one match from the finals lose it is good night goodbye in a
very long flight home please welcome both teams to the stage
hey great even if you get one kill I want you to stand up brown he is dead and
lose just a by once again now in a 1v3 a 1v2 players would die instantly to this
marshal it's gonna make a go of it and he cannot adjust like that G2 tied up
one-to-one this time it's baby on his feet maybe they try to be the hero goes
for the push with the mind, shuts him down, keeping him protected, goes for the body block!
Oh, no!
And goes the absolute nuclear with the sherman and the ulti be found.
Elbow position as well, concern there for Forsaken, but the vine!
Oh, Nish!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
15 seconds remaining in the round.
The face forward!
It's Forsaken and Indy, find one apiece!
Here's the exit, needs to find him, and he cannot.
Paper X, they put their foot down, 13 to 9, they send us to Corode.
It's here, from the last time we saw these two teams on the pistol or something, good for one.
No, but that first block, setting up the saturated,
he's on the edge of the lane, he's leaving now, down on arrival.
He potentially, into the back corner, but now doesn't take it.
Something has an ace!
What a way to kick the third, looking for an ace to finish it.
The Vitals come to kill, but it's just Trent left.
He finds another but will fall.
G2 trying to take paper X to school.
But the professor never showed up.
They cut class and skipped their way to the lower final.