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I found my own home, way without home,
Without you, blues by my side.
I found my own home, way without home,
Without you, blues by my side.
I'll dance then, dance for my life
Let me raise my hand, start a fight
On the third dance, I'm gonna dance
You'll start it, but I might, but I might
Get it off my mind, get it off my mind
Get it off my mind, get it off my mind
Get it off my mind, get it off my mind
My mind can't get up, my mind can't get up, my mind can't get up, my mind
If I'm thinking about you, are you thinking about me too?
Some day your sweet embrace is all that I want
The way it feels is something real and heading for us
I need it from the heart
I wanna see the light when it gets dark
Right from the moonlight until it's all right
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You can't have no wonderin', if I'm thinkin' about you
But what you thinkin' about me?
No time to think, cause we're already in
Yeah, we're in the rush
Too late to change, make a mistake
Just give me a touch
I'm meaning it from the heart
I want it to be like when it gets dark
I don't know what you done to me If I'm thinking about you, are you thinking about
me too?
I keep falling for you can't help wondering If I'm thinking about you
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Oh my god, I'm never gonna let it stop you with us
I'm supposed to be sad, I'm supposed to be bad, I'm supposed to be sad
when I pull up
can't slow me down
like a chumble ride
I can't stop, I'm not a man
I can't stop, I can't stop
I can't predict what I'll be doing
I'm not a man, I'm not a man
we should go
I'm so bad
I'm so bad
I'm so bad
I'm so bad
I'm so bad
I'm so close, I'm so bad, I do the same
I don't know if you've been somewhere
But I've been saying that to play my role
Got an argue breaker for the stakes to low
Like you say right things
No, that I got a hand in, I got a back in the engine
And it don't matter where I know how I'll protect you
Call me, I'm here with that
I'm so ready, then why am I five this bad?
So that I got a hand in, I got a back in the engine
And it don't matter where I know how I'll protect you
Call me, I'm here with that
I'm so ready, then why am I five this bad?
All you think you're so, I think that's all I need
You can keep on looking, but can't find it
Why are you lying to me?
Got to run a bunch of wild press and L.A.T.
You know I love you and you saw my work and got a name
I can't do no little back
I need 3 mil
Tried to come in before the races and let go be real
I've been enjoying it
To be lucky, make it 3 mil
First place, run it out
Carry my way, feel it
I have everything in me
I have everything, I have everything in me
I have everything, I have everything in me
I got everything, I got everything in me
I got the hands and hands, it's all about the way
When no opposition comes on me
I'm here with no doubt
So baby, they won't move by this bed
Cause I got an anti-calculation
When no opposition comes on me
I'm here with no doubt
So baby, they won't move by this bed
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When I run around the gamut, but I could never find it
I keep on breathing when I run it
You, you, give me a piece of your heart, you, you
Easy when I'm tired, but I have two heroes
That could be nothing, baby, jump in
Keep your eyes on me
Keep your eyes on me
Keep your eyes on me
Me, me
Keep your eyes on me
Keep your eyes on me
Me, me
Keep your eyes on me, keep your eyes on me
Yeah, keep your eyes on me, keep your eyes on me
In the time you hook a butterfly
You keep a switch, keep a stick
But let me come inside
When you run, you run again
But you could never find it
You keep on breathing when you're in it
I can't stop
If you give me a piece of your heart
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I can't apply
My terrain is sharp
Can I see it from the start?
Baby, it's my superpower
I'm not used to what somebody call
Tough guy, they shout, boy, I said, run back
I'm jealous, she's here, gonna fight
I'm out of faith
I got your strength, I got just the warm
I'm a forget-fake
This is what you're, bandit
Get up in the ramp
You can't change
Living as a player B
You can't A, but a pain of a champion
New champion
Bro, yeah, I'm nervous
What's my time?
Let's get on the stage
I'm forever
I'm never free
I'm never fly
I'll sacrifice
When you're beautiful in that hour
Take my superpower
Alright take it okay
Alright, you're ready to shine
And now stand back down and so out
Your body knows. A sense of victory. Sees when mind, movement and gear ignite is won
Now, step into your zone. Designed to win
Hey!
Hi Tom
Ah, ourちょっと's looking for you by the way
Really?
Yeah, you better get out of the way.
Okay, now go check.
Have a break.
Have a KitKat.
Tom.
Baze.
You can't do it, fun.
It's my turn.
Let the kids you wings
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It's ticking away
You're masking away
It's not a second away
It's ticking away
away
I'll give it one more try
I'll give it one more try
I don't know why
But I keep coming back every time
I want it more than my life
I don't know why
I'm looking at myself around you
Why am I playing you?
I'm just sticking away
Just sticking away, away
And that's no why
We are far away
It's not a second away
You should just stick it away
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Take the shot
to be the last one to win.
You can't take me down. It's
elimination day today as the
lower bracket run is officially
starting for teams fighting for
another day of survival as we're
going to be bidding farewell to
two of the teams, which means
the heat is officially on full blast on the server though not outside good it's cold af here in
berlin i'm jenny your host i'm joined with kairou and me kairou welcome hello how's it going yeah it's
just good to be here man i'm excited you know they told me that i needed to bring up the average
height of the analyst desk you're off the desk already security wait that is the only hydros
if you are allowed for the season.
The season?
Oh my god.
At least you didn't say IQ.
Yeah.
I'm out of time for it.
No, he actually brings it down.
Yeah, all right.
We're off to a great start, but also for those of you at home,
just a quick little reminder.
This is the last week for the alpha versus omega challenge.
So make sure that you lock in.
You do need to play three ranks to qualify.
Are you participating?
You're asking the wrong person.
I know that I'm on Team Viper.
I don't know which one that is though.
The hashtag Team Viper.
Yay! Like, maybe Kyrie, are you taking part in this?
Yeah, of course, I'm always taking part, I'm always playing games, although I'm-
Which team are you on?
I'm the opposite to Manium, Team Bramstone.
Oh, so you've got a rivalry on the desk today as well.
I love that, but it lets the jumps back to last week.
You weren't here?
Yes.
But I'm still gonna ask you questions, but I'm gonna start with you, Mini, because
BDL, gentlemen, are in that upper final!
Yeah, I mean, this is crazy.
I think that like if we just talked about this over and over again and to be like it's just such a good story like
To hit it just time and time again like BBL our team that two years ago were essentially a premier team
Go into Turkey win every single time couldn't quite make it the first year second year make it here
And then like I'm like, okay, they'll do okay. They should be good
But they just come out guns made it's almost like destiny for them at this point. Yeah, just this good. Oh, I like that
Yeah, it's like destiny. Yeah, I agree with many as well
like these kids have been at it for the best part of like doing this journey for the best part of nearly
like a year and a half now right and it going on to two years by the end of this one
they started that split to ascension run way back in 24 so yeah like I love to see the story I love
to see everything they're doing but gentlemates and the rebuild that they've been able to do
the other the other hand right they've picked up a tier two coach of Paco who everybody said like
the way that he's coached this
team, the meta read, everything
about it excites me.
Yeah, and to really put it into
perspective, we're showing you
guys the bracket because it
means that they haven't lost a
single game. That's the reason
why they are in that upper
bracket. That's why they're
chilling for the rest of this
week. They have a chance to
look at every single one of the
games that are happening. We
have the middle bracket
tomorrow, but today I want you
guys to look at that lower
bracket. Caseyfoot Pacific
O. Very interesting from my
side when we're looking at
Pacific O because those are the
Those are the two organizations that have recently qualified here through Ascension, but Casey Foote as well
I mean were you expecting them to be in the lower bracket?
I think for Casey no, I think for the other teams like it's not too much of a surprise. On paper
I had Casey as one of the teams that should actually be fighting deep into that middle bracket in my opinion
So something's going a little bit wrong there. Oh, yeah, that's for sure
Yeah, I mean that can disagree with many
I mean that's just the way it is but at the same time though like I think this lower bracket day will be exciting right because a
Lot of these teams I would say at some point are pretty evenly matched
Yeah, I think the other thing is like I don't think it's like previously. I think the level keeps increasing
Yeah, despite this is like a lower bracket elimination game
I do think the levels increased so it's not like we're watching like some of the muddies
But I don't know what I like I do think there's still a lot of hope and potential
I'm hoping to see that as well
because today is kind of the last day
for both of these rosters to really
showcase us what they've got,
why they've made the decisions they've made,
and what they spent their off season on.
But for those of you at home,
a little skirmish is of course going to be happening
between 11 and zeroes,
and that's going to help them decide
who is going to be go picking the Mapito first
and where they want to go.
So we'll head into that later.
But first, KC is on the chopping block today.
And as I already touched upon,
this is a team mini that you expected
to be making a deep run.
It's a team in general that had a lot of expectations around them, but it feels like there is just something not clicking here.
Yeah, and I mean we say this a lot with KC, I feel like with these angry builds, just like on paper, I like a lot of the things that are happening, especially here we got those who are coming over from APAC, who is like a really good player.
We had Aves and Saigetsu, like those were very strong players for them last year.
They felt like it was like coming together quite nicely and something that I could get a little bit of hope behind.
They've had some close games, but ultimately I don't think they've delivered this kick off in my opinion.
So far.
Yeah, no, I absolutely agree. And I think that's something that I would also like to get your opinion on in Chiro.
Because in regards to KC and their performance, where did you have them in your expectations?
I would agree with Mini and like even maybe, I don't want to say like deep into the upper bracket,
but definitely like thought they could challenge those upper teams right and what we thought on paper would be those upper teams.
But we're getting to a point now with KC. We're on a third rebuild, right?
Like, when do we start to now look beyond the players
and challenge the theory and what's been put in the server
and the preparation as well?
Oh, you can say it, the coaching.
All right. You have to walk in our trails here.
But we do have an interview with Assistant Coach Zage,
as well as one of the players, to see what they think
has not been clicking for their side of things.
Thank you so much, Ginny. You guys are doing a great job on the desk.
Zej, Aves, thanks for joining me as well ahead of your game today.
Pretty important one because we're sitting here in the lower bracket.
I thought we'd have a conversation with the both of you about what is happening in KC right now.
I think it would be nice to have the coach's perspective and then we'll come to you, Aves, after that and have a player perspective.
So Zej, what's going on?
So we have completely new team, right, like compared to last year we changed three players.
So you always go on a new base and when you are a new base you need to build everything up.
And right now we are struggling to reproduce what we are doing in practice since like two or three months.
It's not in terms of gameplay but more in terms of like, you know, like taking our time, not doing like small stupid mistakes and stuff like this.
and we're struggling to keep our calm in voice-comps especially,
so it makes chaos in a lot of really important moments.
We saw it against Liquid, we could have won the game easily on Split, even on Breeze.
We lose 4 vs 2 into 5 vs 2,
and it makes us just lose the momentum of the map,
and when you lose this type of round, it's super hard.
I know that people are going to say that we have the same mistakes as last year,
but we have a full new team, so you have to review everything from the scratch.
And I really believe when we're able to play like we do in practice,
I'm not talking as we winning everything and stuff like this,
but I mean about fundamentals and how we would like to play the game,
the system we put in place, we're going to be really strong team,
but right now we're just struggling to do this.
Okay, that's a fair analysis.
Aves, would you agree with that as well,
or is it maybe a little bit different from your perspective?
Yeah, Tibionis I read everything he said. I mean, I think we need more time as a team to get more use to each other.
Other than this, I really believe in R2.
Okay, well, when we're looking at time specifically, it's not really something you guys have, because you're now in this lower bracket.
So does that worry you or are you more like, okay, it is what it is, we'll move forward to the next one?
Tibionis, I'm not worried because I see improvements every single day, official by official and scrim day by scrim day.
So that's why I have a lot of hope and I feel like we are going to improve a lot.
And then from your perspective Zeish, because you kind of talking about the comp specifically in-game and it being a little bit chaotic
What is it do you can do from the coach's side to make sure that that is something that gets worked on?
So what we're doing is every time that we lost
The official we insta review the day after like two three hours review like to watch everything
We tried like to even like implement our performance coach
which also we make the players take moments that they feel stressed and stuff like this,
so he can watch it with them and see what happened at that moment, why they felt that
way and stuff like this.
We're really trying to improve that point because, as I told you, and as you said also,
we had really a lot of improvement between Na'Vi game and Liquid game.
We could see it out of the score, just the way we were playing, like first game we just
not connected to the server at all, and second one we were super competitive.
And even though, as I said, we trolled the game, we've still been playing super well,
it's just like we did small mistakes, but overall, as he said, I would never lose hope
if I see improvement.
Even if it's 1%, I would never be mad or lose hope, because we just need at some point
to see the right way.
When you're a competitor and in every aspect, you have to see the small stuff and how you're
not the income of it.
If you only focus on winning, anyone you're a competitor, you don't win always.
Even the best team in the world doesn't always win.
You have to take what the game gives you and what your team gives you and just make it
with it.
Okay, that's a really great mindset to have.
But again, Aves, I'm going to come back to you because you play against today and it
is an elimination match.
And they against Fnatic, also, you know, first game that we saw them, I'm not going to say
anything.
But the second one against Fnatic, they were able to get quite a few rounds and push
to OT and go to that third map.
Are you worried about that today, or do you think you are in a good space already as a
team to be able to push onto the next?
I'm not worried at all to be honest.
I think we're gonna pull it through this game.
I think we're gonna win.
Even this week in practice, we're playing very well, so I really believe that we're
gonna win this game.
Okay, that's positive, and that's what I'm looking for.
Anything specific that you did differently to prepare for today's game?
I would say we put more pressure on ourselves in practice so we can get used to it.
I think under pressure even in practice when we're getting pressure by coaches or by like anything
We kind of trying to understand how to deal with it. And I think it's working pretty well. It needs more time
I agree with this, but I think we're ready for today. Okay. Well, thank you both so much for your time ahead of the interview
I really appreciate it. That's it from us for now. We're gonna be heading back over to the desk
Not really a desk more of a coffee table, but thank you, Ginny
And quite a lot of insight as well that we were getting from this interview
I think I would like to start off with the philosophy behind how everything's going.
I think needing more time.
I have a question about that.
I have a question about it being more of a newer team.
Like how much really is there?
You know, I mean, I mean, I'll be honest, I like to have as this answers about improving
and that kind of mindset is all good.
I think that I take issue with some of the issues answers about how it's like these little mistakes.
Because to me, I saw on paper last week, the teams got lots of firepower.
They're winning a lot of clutches.
And so to me, that's team liquid making a lot of mistakes.
So it's like to me, it feels like a little bit of one of those answers where it always seems to be those little mistakes from Casey, but I don't think that was the case last time.
Do you think it's more of the bigger mistakes?
Well, it's like if you're winning three or four clutches in a game, on a breeze game, it can't be the little mistakes because you're getting rewarded for their little mistakes.
So there is a bigger picture problem here, and I don't know what that is, but there is something else going on.
Yeah, I agree with money. I don't know. They're talking about the rebuild, right?
And that they have to implement the ideas once again.
This is the third IGL that we've seen on KC.
I cannot make just rebuild, and that's pretty well.
Yeah, there just is a lot of questions in regards to KC,
but also we have to talk about Foot here because they are their opponent today.
And this is also a team that we have questions about.
It felt like a bit of a fall from glory here, Mini,
because this is one of those rosters that I mean,
one of the orgs back in the day was very much like this is that top four spot
gateskeeper but now it could be the first one out. Yeah I felt like last year it
felt like they were kind of on a downward trajectory and now they kind of
rebuilt their team a little bit but it feels like almost like a watered down
version of what they were trying to do in the past and right now it's just not
hitting it so I feel like firepower wise the team doesn't have enough to take it
over like against Fnatic last week. I don't think Fnatic playing very well. I thought
had that game to win, basically.
But it was just those little bits of firepower
that are missing to just not be able to take it over the line,
in my opinion.
Which is crazy to be saying that about a Turkish roster.
Yeah, yeah, and that's the thing, right,
because we have, what, 23 Turkish players in the league,
12 of them haven't registered a win.
That's an insane stat.
And on top of that, we look at Fu...
Zeus is doing OK.
He's having some good performances here or there.
But the other four on the roster,
they're in the bottom 12 for ACS.
We need to see them upgrade the kind of performances from the other four players, not just Zeus.
Yeah, Zeus has been pretty good. The other thing about Zeus is he's been picking up the operator a lot more.
In a map where I think the operator is really strong, Zeus wasn't that player at risk.
So the shining light on this roster right now is Zeus. If Zeus doesn't show up, then...
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So is it an implementation thing, do you think?
Or do you think it's just like comfortability,
like in terms of the game plan?
Yeah, I think we also have to highlight
is that's what did end up deciding to pick second.
So then they were able to ban out Abyss,
which you don't want Midi after what we've seen last week.
I think that's right now.
I mean, it's very funny, the foot picked Abyss two weeks
in a row, and now they're banning it,
which is a bit of a bad sign for them at all.
But I think it's absolutely the right decision.
I think KC would have picked a bit since then and KC would have been one down off into the series.
Yeah, because it was hurtful. It looked a bit silly, but I think it's a good choice.
Absolutely. Then I want to go over Haven, that being the first one as well.
I mean, KC picked it against Na'Vi.
It didn't look great, but the fire was pretty low.
Like the Phoenix pick, I didn't see, I didn't see an action in that game.
The other game times looked a bit slow and a bit strange to me.
So hopefully looking better this week.
Yeah, I mean, the players are looking pretty comfy in those Razor chairs and they're ready to go.
the last two weeks. So they're
now it's now part of their map
pool now, and they've left it to
a third map, which is like
usually if you leave it open,
you'll then ban it second. But
the fact that it's now in their
map pool that strong is kind of
interesting to me. Yeah, it's
bringing quite a bit of
potential to the next two weeks
of the game. So I think it's
going to be a good start.
to me. Yeah, it's bringing questions in regards to whether or not they have something cooked
up for that map specifically, but in general, I feel like when we're looking at case being
we saw some of those funny things that were a little bit different, I guess.
Well, for a map you can play Phoenix on and they like Phoenix, so maybe it's just Phoenix.
Maybe it is, maybe it's not, but Haven then is what I would like to say is sicked a little
bit further because when we're looking at foot specifically, we haven't actually seen
them on Haven just yet in this kickoff, so what are we expecting from them?
I don't know. I would really love for them just to go simple, right? Just go the simple Haven comp jet breaks over like home and cage
And it kind of go down that route. I know that we can see Zeus go like the neon
That's obviously been a big strength of his but to challenge KC and the wacky stuff that they do
I think if fruit just keep it simple, Turkish Valor and like they know they can and like that would be great
Yeah, we're going to see whether or not we're going to get the wacky stuff from Carmen Coriapi,
and it's there, Yoru's there, so nothing too crazy, but foot then is what I would like
to highlight here, I mean, because we're seeing the Fae, we're seeing the Wele.
I think to me, I disagree about the Breach, I think Breach is so, so weak in this method
that I think we're past that on him.
So Flutters are going for a more traditional comp.
The Wele here is strange, usually this is a Neon or Yoru, so I'm very interested to
see how this composition would divide her culturally, works with the Welle specifically.
Welle is a very old-in kind of agent and she doesn't have that much support in the composition.
So to me, Isus is going to be able to find his value, especially on that attack side,
by going in without the support as the question.
Yeah, and what have Carmine Coe changed in terms of how they want to play the map?
The fact that we've seen the Phoenix being brought out again, we saw in the Coach Confessions
the last time that this was played that Carmine Coe would try and play even differently.
And to be honest, it was still weak when we saw it, so I'm really hoping that, again, there's been more work done on this in case you have a better game plan.
Yeah, starting on the defensive, I don't think they got to play, get to play that much defense last time.
I think for me, on their comp, it's just all about the Orbs.
Flaming can't use that orb and can't put the Nive up.
And what about Leaven specifically on that your orb?
Because again, we kind of highlighted it a little bit already when it comes to being a pillar of aggression, it's just a pillar of case.
I mean, I just prefer I'm on Jett at this point.
Honestly, like he was like the one last week playing the jet. He was 300 ACS on on his VLR page
He put up ACS. His jet is far more impressive. I don't think he looks comfortable on his other agent
And I think just simplifying it for him is better. So I think this is a big game to see
His level 11 duty things that Casey won.
Well, we'll figure that out as we're ready to head into our first knob today
We've got Haven coming up next, but are you guys excited about this one next time?
Well, very excited to see the proving ground for London down on that stage, but on the
other side for foot, coming in with those two rookies, we talked about identity issues,
it's sort of been the theme of kickoff for them, and it looks like they haven't got anywhere
to come in a new face down on that stage.
Yeah, I'm nervous for this game because I like a middle ground of flashes.
And on one side, we have a team, the correct myth I'm wrong, has one flash.
It does appear to be true.
that's Mr. Farland's Parano, which I fairly call a flash.
It's a near sight at best.
And in the other side, we have loads of flashes.
They also have the near sight, but they also have
your flashes and Phoenix flashes.
So to flash or not to flash is the question
we're going to find out which is best.
Two very different answers on that stage.
Let's see who ends up prevailing.
Coming into this, Tom, I think talking about favorites,
you know, foot pushing fanatic for a lot of people
will have them thinking, well, that's foot heated up,
Looking good, pushing one of the best at distance,
but I think a lot of people looked at that
as fanatic underperforming,
and we still haven't seen Foot hit their stride.
No better time than up against KC,
who also have had those stumbles recently.
Yeah, I really wanna see what Foot
have got planned on this attack side,
because I feel like you're gonna have to run very slow,
and your executions are gonna have to be very direct,
because you don't have a lot of utility
that's gonna come back to help you later on.
Like, when you're out of prowlers, you're out of prowlers.
Like, there's nothing more that you can do,
So going through versus a combat has a load of flashes
when you're running with a double controller is quite scary
because they can just burst out your utility.
On the attack, you get to set the pace a bit more.
Well, a lot of players spotted here.
Saketsu decides to stick around,
hold his ground with still a trap on the site
but steps back in the other direction.
Baja has claimed a small amount of space
but really he needs that fight
if they're gonna go to that B site.
There's the player spotted, but the shots don't lie.
Info for Shadoff, he's like, it's a flash out of Abes,
but he's caught in the cosfire.
A lot of damage done, and it will be cleaned up.
Thought with one alive and a 1v4 this round,
very quickly seems to have been decided.
Now where else would he get a J to go?
And it's Shadoff with a triple to start things off.
I thought it would be the dossier being the hero of the round,
but the IGL stepping up to the play.
And I think that's another sort of interesting talking
point for a lot of his matches. You go back to their previous match and I thought he had
a pretty good game. I think Sugetsu playing the Astro fair bit. Crazy Clutches. He had
a pretty good game. It was kind of the rest. And in their first match I was looking at this.
They're having some insane performances. I'm looking at Levin. I'm looking at Shados. Shados,
he's got the IGL like excuse. Levin, I need to see big things. Exactly. I think that even with
with the excuses for Shadoff.
He hasn't needed them in some of the matchups.
I think his teammates needing them a bit more
than themself at times.
And I do agree.
There was a narrative that Mini gave us on that desk
that this is a proven ground.
The Wetter 11 can do the things that Casey wants him to.
Sure, we'll talk about later those different roles.
For now, paranoia.
That's going to catch all five if it was sent through.
But those pistols will be very close.
Those who stays inside that smoke, but they invade.
And an easy trade to start this out Seketsu, making a kneel out of it, and even trades, this is not good enough for the defense.
Oh yeah, that's actually, well there's currently one rifle in play, and it's on the attack side.
They've managed to retrieve it. What is left on the other side is not great.
A Marshal will be decent in these moments, a Judge needs to get a little bit closer.
An effect is fine, but you need to get into position.
Good work from Abbez at least to clear one up.
It does mean like they have a lot less to lose in these moments.
And hey, they make it look easy in the end.
An upgrade to the rifle, only other than that was a pistol.
And of course, the Marshal that's lost, it could have been a lot worse.
It definitely could have.
You saw a couple of headshots landed there with classics and completely different reality
that they find another pick or two for KC.
They stabilized after, I have to say, a bit of a bumpy start top.
Playing with a phantom inside a smoke.
We didn't need to swim like that.
When you know there's players there, and they've got lots of pistols, it's a big risk.
It's kind of a crazy risk, and not what I want to see taken again.
Luckily, as you said, that recovered rifle didn't end up stealing the round out from under Casey's feet.
And so a two to zero start at foot, pulling out the rifles here though.
Yeah, this is where we kind of expect a little bit more of a...
The break back for the operator on the other side for Levin having that early investment
into another one of the criticisms I had was he would go for these fights but not escape
before the TP.
This time he lands a shot straight out of there.
No risk overstaying his welcome definitely was a facet of saw last time back has gone
walkabouts here breaking the trap of least but doesn't over extend doesn't give away
the pick.
second trap as well, waiting on middle so a lot of
Sygetsu's utility can be removed. We're still at the
minute point as well. There's quite a bit for foot to
work with here. It looks like the idea will be to move
towards this A site. At least for now, leaving Yatash
behind to try to cause some serious havoc later on.
I mean, he's going to leave that trip up for a while just
so they're not worried about it. When he breaks it, he
needs to pounce almost immediately. Yeah. The tough
thing here is that for foot, they're probably going to
a little bit worried that they don't have Zeus anymore because it was mentioned on the desk like
you don't really have a lot to follow him up if you don't have him at all 30 seconds left
then getting in can be awkward but they have to hold it up retake will be in play and again
that there's a couple of very close range weapons that they're going to have to put into position
but with the flashes that they have it shouldn't be too difficult to get in the decision to play
super slow here from foot makes sense if they telegraph the too much that op will be waiting
Now, the AWP has to be used on the retake.
It's already been given to Shados 11.
Will he move?
Well, I'd say leave the charge, but Shados has already taken away some of the remaining players from foot.
A very nice shot on the AWP, and although the Nanna will delay, that flash and Paranoia lands perfectly.
But only good for one, and yet a J.
A spray down of dreams needed with 11 on a 3K.
He certainly did well. I can swap it over that AWP.
KC, they're gonna steam into the lead with four players alive as well. That's a big moneymaker round
About as bad of a start as you could hope for in both rounds having at least seemingly a little bit of an opportunity the last one especially but
this one
Losing two picks the operator the second one seeming just like a silly mistake
Yeah, if anything and then well the fact that Levin's able to clean things up with a specter
It's
3 and 0, they said it in the interview earlier, I just felt like they were doing well in there, they're scrims and just had to try and translate that, and for foot, well, they're no stranger to getting banged out on a first map, but I don't think after now banning their previous two-time choice, they would have hoped that this map maybe goes a little better.
Yeah, I mean in a stewed observation from you there Tom a 3-0 start probably not in the game plan for foot
I wonder if a 4-0 is because pretty sure we're about to hit that and again last time he saw this round two from KC
They were up against pistols. They made some risky moves
And they spammed through the smoke not quite as risky
It's already found one for KC and they can play this so passive and so patiently the only
Really? What a concern here is just look at Segetsu. The guy is completely by himself.
For sure he's got the cam he's seen two now. Back up his cover. How do you get out of that corner?
You gotta start inviting. That's at least a trade. A good start for Foot that turns into potentially a great round.
Those rifles are recoverable too Tom.
Yeah. Zeus and Yedagé. Definitely the two you talk about in terms of that star power for this roster.
Been able to make this one look interesting.
interesting to do so, so I'm looking to get really
crass to deal with it.
Find himself a triple in the end, Baja, with a wonderful
little distraction to make it a bit easier for a star
dualist than just as we were starting to get worried
for the side of foot.
They spring back with a huge 50 round.
And again, it's a mistake, Tom.
I mean, that certainly wasn't, but this position
from Segetsu, they had lost garage 30 seconds ago.
They'd given it up completely.
I mean, at that point, I get the cameras great
for the information, sure, but what are you going
gonna do from that corner. If it's a buy-round fair enough but here you know
they're gonna run it down together they're gonna look for trades and those
trades were offered up on a silver platter. They took the round but you
have to ask how to what extent were they giving it? Two mistakes against low buys
KC is still able to invest. Maybe this can end up being a benefit with the
economic reset. I don't know what Baha was thinking there but I don't think we'll
Let's see that one trying to get on the night of sweet dreams.
Look at you only got one.
I am around 20 seconds into the round.
We've already lost half of the foot members just to fight
on, fight on, fight.
Deader J. That's the worst reveal I've seen.
Need to be a hero in this round.
And Spike down.
He's also going to lose an individual fight up
against Avis for Kristalli.
There really isn't a whole lot he can do from this scenario.
the spike down spotted.
And in a one versus four.
Wouldn't be the most exciting into the round,
but I think saving the gun might be the right play.
Yeah, I think it's about the most impact
that you could expect to have at this point.
They couldn't even cross to get the spike back.
You know, the attempted haunt to push Levin off the angle,
but it bounced back and ended up in the garage.
So it really feels like foot tripping over themselves
in some of those fights that you have to wonder on a short.
seconds left. You know, your killed was going down, taken
space, but that walk through the wall. I think I've saw that
the barrel of the rifle for a good second before the wall
came down. Then you go to garage as well. The blind play
through. As I said, I think they're honestly lucky to only
lose the one on that up against the judge. They thought they'd
done enough with the prowler pushing the player back, but
didn't clear that close corner mistakes here for foot. And I
honestly, at this point, especially with the four one
like that's a pretty harsh reset to get hit with early on. I
wouldn't be surprised to see a pause coming out just to really steady the
ship there's been some mistakes yeah I think as well like sure going into
split there they definitely had a better performance army and brother you're not
winning that fight I don't think you're one of that ranked
they don't want to let this one get too far out of control early on you're so
Oh, cruel. I love you, man.
Everybody maybe is looking for the guy in the smoke, but having to be his teammate.
Could be. Yeah, yeah. If somebody were with you, I got you.
I got you. Yeah, that's a good teammate there.
Well, 4-1.
Investment is back in.
Convergence path available in 11.
He's just going to walk abouts already an aggressive push coming through from him and a teammate.
And even more aggression coming out from Dosia.
Looking to get right up in their face, of course.
We saw Aves go down, but that was only the running back.
It's already a two-man advantage in Baja, but he's wary of every angle, but
those he has just taken the jiggle pig to get info. That's a really nice bait
setup as well. Usually when that Phoenix runs it, you don't expect that second
player to be hiding around the corner, and your own Viper wall on that attack
ends up adding to the confusion, just giving that little bit of extra space
and Fog of War for Doja to play around. That timing awful for Leaven. It is still
being watched though from further back. A second player alongside Shados will be
He's popping that smoke up and wow, again, I mean it feels like the smokes are his enemy.
He's being wrecked by a one way that, I mean he did see coming.
Yeah, I think just trying to catch a timing but it's definitely not worked out and it
does feel like a lot of domino effects are through in these rounds where it's like you've
lost the opener and the fight back in is reckless.
Or is it or?
They're midding.
34 is low.
And that reckless fight's just become easier and easier for the side of KC.
25 seconds.
Nice shot onto the first teammate, a little bit farther behind them, it's only going to be the 140, Dosia with three in the round, KC's lead extending.
Maybe we're going to retrieve themselves, the operator.
Nice shot.
This is it, right? You take down that initial, Ola came out from Avas, you try to hunt him down, thinking he must be in the corner, must be close, we can put the pressure on now.
They're on now. And Doja's waiting there. And this is it for KC. I feel like everything
that they've set up here are the, again, they've given opportunities away with those aggressive
plays of time. But when it, when it comes to the rifle rounds, rifle V rifles, it feels
like they are calling a better game right now. And a big part of that shade us taking
up that IGL Madsel, but he's a man that has been to the top of the top a long time ago,
working his way back there as a leader now. You'll have to see.
It feels like a lifetime ago, 2020 was five years ago now, but the fact is managed to
make it far in those international tournaments. But if you look over at the foot side and it's a
different story, but one of more regularly making it to those international events more
regularly, yeah, and more recently. And it's whether or not they're going to sort of miss
out once again, the 2025 definitely wasn't the year for them. They made those changes. They
look to rebuild this roster with rookies and as of right now it seems like the
pieces are not clicking. We need to see more Zeus. He's had his moments, no
doubts. Yedajay I still have faith but it's whether or not we can start to see
what foot saw when they signed these couple of players. Whether or not Mr.
Barlin can lead them back to one of those international events. That's the thing, a
big challenge leading those rookies and I think right now really when you look at
When you look at Crisali, it's they're not scratching that at a cap than that cracks itch that I have for this squad
I'm not playing chaos. I you know, that's also an issue. I suppose. Yeah, I love to fix the comps, too
I think that was more to do with cracks
And his ability or inability to flex but I would go with the I mean he had the ability to flex just not very well
It was better than my pants. He's reliable for foot new compositions new looks but identity crisis
It hasn't been solved just yet. A five on score right after a timeout though
They've gotten themselves on to the B site even with those weaker weapons
And it is against the weaker weapons that Casey had been making most of the mistakes. Oh, yeah, the thing is nightfall was used
seemingly
To take extra little bits of space
I thought might not have invested much in terms of weaponry into this round
But they are investing into the ult and they are not hitting they haven't managed to connect them and then Levitt's just gone in with his own
And they can tune out with a shorty!
This was meant to be a fix for Foote!
Instead, it's looked like more problems, but they managed to bring it back to a 2 vs 3.
The ults are gone, though.
Everything that they invested into this one is gone.
And actually, if Barha had the plant there, that would have been his ultimate online.
Instead, they've gone a different way, and while that different way leaves Yatterjai 37 health,
and yeah, he's going to get wrecked by 11 as well, 4 kills for 11 in the round,
but it does feel like the two ults that were thrown in by foot just,
wow, they were thrown into the abyss, they didn't even plan that map.
Very much so, like the fact of the convergence path going through,
they're not holding the space that they're pushing those players out into
with the convergence path, so they can simply step out of it,
and oh look, there's the guy who just activated the ult, I can just kill him.
No one's holding that space, and we're using our counter exec,
we're trying to fight them while the Yorra ult is just about to run out.
It's a lovin' us a chance to just strike from back there a second or two later
And I get it because you think the Orals about to run out there for they're about to come in
Therefore we're about to hit them with the old and that's a great idea
If we hit the old where they would be coming in, but they were already past it
I mean, this is a timing issue. It's a synergy issue and coming out of the timeout
That's not the round I want to see my team playing big mistakes for foot man
And we're eight rounds in KC not breaking a sweat
No, this has been
comfortable but maybe not in necessarily the way we expected I had came into
today thinking okay one of these teams needs to dominate if we're gonna see the
make-or-run through the law bracket KCR dominating
already most prowlers has gone to sis looking to try and take the space solid
utility revealed at the back of the site but I'm able to capitalize on it just yet
Holding it across fire. Lockdown put into play. It was built up in the previous round. Flaster is nice though
And again, they're looking to deny that pun and that's exactly what they've done
They've just got to now get out of there before they're caught by the O and they will
Oh, he didn't cancel. Good thing
Mr. Fallen was waiting there
Still is. Catches one. TP over. I like this great reposition
He might just have flown under the radar. That's another for Mr. Fallen. The snake by fighting time in Shadall's with no
No chance! Finally, back on the board and it's Mr. Fallen to lead by example, a second round for foot at last.
Yeah, some individual brilliance. There's no doubt about that.
The TP Ruse that made them think he was up top in the smoke caught one completely off guard.
And then I was worried for them, especially with this sort of like pre-take coming in.
It was really nice from KC, but they just lost that one man.
And that one man managed to dance his way around the site
and clear out the entirety of the KC roster.
Yeah, it was definitely scary at the start.
I think the second you see the flash come out for Aves
and a player on the other side waiting in the smoke,
you know it's done.
This is going to be a really fight towards A, KC,
walking through the smoke to take the challenge.
Zeus and Kristalli cleaning up.
And for KC, well, this round's already done, essentially.
Even Dozer's been spotted in the one half.
Not shocked, but he's revealed and dealt with just like that good utility right round for Kristalli.
It's a get-so-yeah, he has no choice. Honestly, they probably would have saved it in the 2v4 if Doja wasn't so far up already.
Although he is creeping forward. Is this for exits? Is this to make it costly or...?
Yeah, surely. Just containing.
Just trying to do some damage. Obviously, there's only a couple of players surviving in the last round, so if he can catch them as they escape.
But I would be very surprised if foot aren't going to go in the other direction
But yeah foot this round it's just patience their opponents try to make the same play through the smoke they had done in the past
Abbas I don't think he flashed out of that smoke though. Did he just step or am I mistaken?
I
Think of the round before I'm be I on a long here. Yeah, I think you did just walk
Maybe there was utility from further back
But to my eye it did look like a bit of a contact with a three-man push-up
You can see yeah
Audacious to say that seems like the whole time
It was just let's see if we can walk out of the smoke and not die
I guess it was there the surprise factor
Yeah
Well the energy certainly good on the other side of the stage there for
Feeling confident perhaps as they've started to put those rounds together
And they're also straining the economy of KC towards the end of the game
We could get an eco out of them in the next to allow for that final round by hey
This was an awful a truly awful start for foot, but
They still have plenty of time left to stabilize. They've got back into the game. They've got plenty of time
They've got back just in time
Again, we've already seen them in the first map of the last series get absolutely battered and then
play probably about 50-60 rounds from then on with that.
That was the tied record, I believe, for VCT, longest games.
Just someone told me.
We'll get someone to fact check that.
I don't remember.
All I remember is we've had a lot of rounds before.
My goodness.
Yeah, they've showed they can bounce back.
If they can do it a little earlier in the game,
that would be very helpful.
11.
Just going to go out for information.
So respotted.
It does leave his teammate a little bit out and dry.
Again, we've seen this quite a lot from Zeus.
He's managed to stomp one of them up.
TP into the corner. Is it going to be checked?
Dosey has done well. Managed to escape.
And slow them down quite a bit. I think that's a team flash.
It got him out. It flashed the guy.
It shows all it has to do. Unfortunately, Dosey still follows.
The shot from the high base though, proving to be clean.
Group screen enough to get them to round with the TP from Mr. Fallen.
Over to the sea site. They'll find him very quickly, but nothing is taken care of about that plan
They see him go towards long as well, but he's fake that time
He's walked towards long to let that extra pulse of cyphers ultimate
Reveal him and then tucked away in the corner the one way as well. This is
Beautiful it really was but how they know
He's the one to get caught at the end.
It's the Red Bull clutch from Mr. Farland.
That's two rounds. You can put down to him completely.
They're crazy rounds on it.
It was a 4K and then this one here.
They really looked like they were in trouble.
Aves lighting up those players.
They were in trouble.
They were in trouble.
They were in trouble.
They were in trouble.
They were in trouble.
Abes lighting up those players as they came through the choke point, but he got lost in the sauce there, man
It looked like both players
I really wanted this
You know this the timing a little off the comms, maybe a little off too
Honestly, I just hope the the minis getting the Telstra after this one
I think he's gonna have so many rounds to hyper analyze
Yeah, that jump around from ava is he keeping up the positivity from last week
I know he was trying really hard to be positive last week. I
Don't think you can get more than a week out of that
Surprise it if you made it to the end of the week happy strong
six to four
Casey came in leading with a commanding lead in fact in almost every round it looked like foot
They couldn't answer up. They couldn't find anything and now there are weaknesses in play for KC
What's not this words there, but
The momentum is back in play for the side of foot
We've bounced back individuals looking better Kristalli starting to have a lot of rounds where he's heated up
Just as we criticized mr. Fallen to eight and seven but two massive rounds that really have turned the tide the timing here though
If he goes up through long, I think he might be dead to avas avas crept into this corner with
Okay 30 seconds. The timing gifted from the gods doesn't get him anything so now a 2v4 retaking foot
Oh, they're only up against the bulldog and a marshal so it should be a very easy one. Yeah, it's one of those rounds where
Obviously you don't want to give too much over in terms of orbs, but your opponents aren't particularly close
You've got nothing to lose in terms of weaponry might as well give this one a go
Might as well try and see if you can find a gun for yourself or at least remove some of theirs
Ultimately, it's not going to affect too much unless you can actually steal the round away in the energy
Even takes down Shados leaves it all on to just to get to him
But he's just decided he's going to be the Ray boss the other three hiding back towards long playing for the post
That's not going to be six five from a six one damning scoreline. I'll be honest. I was already looking at the next map
We might end this off 6-6.
I mean, again, the reality of how we got here being that KC on the two anti-ecos looked kind of shaky.
They made mistakes, they over-aggressed, and when Foot were able to group up and hit, it worked consistently good.
The fact that we end up here, the fact that in every buy-around KC looked dominant, they were shutting them down.
We had moments where sure there were mistakes on foot, but it just seemed like the mice weren't plugged in.
plugged in. Somehow we could be neck and neck leaving this half, but Bunny was saved over
by KC. Invested into an AWP, it's been blocked off, so gets you, traded. In that initial
fight, but Leven is going walkabouts. He's got a gate crash. He can get out of here.
So he stands his ground looking to take one shot, one player down, and leave this site
with an advantage. The Old Seas three, and now four. They know the hit's coming in Old
I can't see, the counts are all used just to try and slow anybody towards the spawn.
He's managed to get behind them but he's smoked off and now Aves already taking space.
He's just pulling one down!
That's a little bit of help and he's even going to pop his ult just to flex at the end.
But after a 6-1 start KC are at least Mitch going to go in with the lead.
Now listen, I've been confused before by the convergence path.
It didn't just speed boost Aves, did it my guy look like and he ran in with a Molly in
Swing and wide looking phenomenal what a half by KC but 7-5 in the end a close one
Let's hear a little bit from Levin. It's been a big part of this first half for KC
In my opinion we have very good connection between each players. I'm always feeling this in-game and outside game
I think this is the making us different between other teams. That's why
About Shadows, what can I say? He surprised me a lot because he has really good aim power and also his game style and understanding how to call about IG link.
I mean he surprised me a lot. I didn't expect this to be honest. But first of all in this team everyone is too funny and laughing every time to be honest.
Every person is so good. About Sugetsu, Dima.
basically if I can put his one word it could be a confidence because when I
see Demo is playing clutch for I don't know when we three situation two with
three situation when I'm watching him he's always giving me confidence my goal
for this year last year was going very good for me it was my rookie year but
some bad things happened and we lost a lucky way so this year I'm hungry than
because I mean how you say I couldn't reach my goals properly and this wasn't my expectation from last year
But this year I'm feeling full confident especially with coach staff with players
I mean everyone is giving me very good support and they try to improve me outside a game in game as well
So yeah, I'm feeling very full confident. So everything will be different my opinion, but we need to see how it goes
your body knows a sense of victory sees when mind movement and gear ignite is one step into your zone
designed to win welcome back folks seven to five for KC you've heard from Levin there during the
halftime break and well he certainly seems to be feeling at home over on that roster looking a bit
better here today as well. A 10 and 6 start. There's been some criticism around him not
playing that jet and his performance on those roles, but at least for now, things seem to
be shaping up well on Hayden. Yeah, like I think a lot of it was that defensive side
operator being able to get himself into position quite a lot of the time, but I want to see
how he's going to work on the attack because that's the synergy between him and Abbas.
That's where I need to see them working well together when they get in for those executes.
And also I want to put a highlight on Baja, because now moving on to that Killjoy defense,
he's again going to play a big part, but I kind of need to see a bit more from the numbers.
Well for KC, going to attack side, slow shift towards this A site.
Levin a little further back, they've done the work early, the turret though, plays as the second man,
and at least secures the information for foot.
Sallie pulls back to site, Baja rotates in, the two rookies on that defensive side.
What do they know? They've got a big challenge coming their way, the entirety of KC and one
of the problems, that flash that's going to be a play for Adas, they can get in that
smoke and they can fight their way out of that one way, especially with the wall up.
So difficult to dodge that blind. Yeah, I was about to say that the wall, it would actually
have helped them with the one way, so I'm glad to see that the Bible went back down
again. I guess just being toggled by the other side.
AC have decided to go back towards Long because of that one microstali in the
corner already left completely blind, but they haven't managed to get in in time
about that point. He's already able to see again eventually.
He's cleared up, but now Yettish is in position. Mr. Fallen, he'll go down as well.
His pistol's looking very good unless Yettish can play spoiler.
Hiding within the smoke first, goes his way. He's able to duck back out of there and all of the players
He goes down, he goes, whoa, and then the trade is there!
From Yenice, him and Zeus combined, and Foot had a pistol from a 2v4.
Oh, a sensational round.
That has got them back in the game.
I mean, their Foot was in the door after that resurgence in the first half,
but now, well, and truly locked in.
They should be back to neck and neck.
And the thing is, individuals were not there.
You know, your highlighted shirt, my house being a little shaky,
but seeing Zuzzi and Yenice pop off like this again,
Kristallis have a lot of rounds
to watch the end of that first half.
They now feel like all the momentum's there.
Look how loud they were getting.
Finally, getting to hear Yenice scream again.
For KC, he passes.
No chance to really disrupt this at all.
Foot have gone in for a heavy investment,
but that future proves them so long
as they don't get caught off guard by a blitz
out of these free weapons.
This has been the worry with KC so far.
Like I think back to their breeze versus liquid. They're winning these big rounds. They had crazy clutches
I was like, okay, they won three three v fives in a row. That's ridiculous
And then they started losing and they never came back like that that was it was like the momentum shifted and that was the game over
And it was feeling like the momentum that's already shifted here
They don't give a damn he's gonna run straight through that utility and blink and you miss it for a level again
That's the other thing about a team like foot, you know, the reality is for Mr. Fallon leading
to rookies, it's going to take some time, but once they do hit their strike, they've
got the good core three there that has an incredible amount of experience under their
belt.
Those kind of teams, they're not easy to crumble worse for KC, and it feels like that's sort
of their...
It's funny though, too.
They're the ones that has more tenured players, like players that have been around longer players
Yeah, yeah, sure they haven't been together, but
You kind of expect maybe a little bit more resilience we'll have to wait and see maybe this is where the time will turn
Of course, you can lose a pistol you could lose a second
But on a map that for Casey has always been pretty good and a lot of it is down to this man in his Phoenix
expectations
But always gonna be there and
The buy well, they didn't lose many plays in the last round Mitch. It's just a foot very happy to play the SMG's
He's a few spotted, but Abbas gets the ballie down in tiny, won't be crunched in the corner,
but will come out, swearing it from garage, knocking over a few before falling the damage.
Still gonna favor that defensive side, even with those weaknesses in play, 11-1 shot,
even to Kristalli with that sheriff who now is grouped up with Zeus looking to move towards
the sea side to get to the man holding the line. The shot's good on both accounts.
Mr. Fallen, he's led them to victory a few times. This time Stinger in hand. The player
tucked in this close corner. He knows he's there now as well. It should be in 3-D for Levin as it
proves to be. KC, back in the lead. They don't give it up for long. Yeah, it was one where I think
this round definitely would have been a lot more dangerous if it wasn't for Segetzu because I actually
You don't think there's a swing there was basically bait the pistol try and get the trade
But it was just too clean with those initial shots. I like the initial strap
I think dossier does well to just sort of deny too much of an advantage and
Interestingly, it's gonna be KC. It looks like to take a timeout
I will say KC
I think the only team in the league that makes me question whether it's them calling a timeout because that happened
Well, I think it was the last game as well where there was seven one in the lead one
Yeah, I called the timeout and then almost lost every second
And now they've they've won themselves this round I will admit it wasn't the cleanest and I also think even just the reactions from
All the headsets coming off, I think he's just been blasted with noise, okay, that's what that face is
It's gonna say if you if you're proposing a strat and your
Coach makes that face.
He's just going like, right guys, okay, we need to do this.
Like, that's like, bruh.
There's an ideal change coming, like, mid-match.
It's about to go take the mouse off you.
Thankfully, that wasn't...
That's one of my favorite reactions I've ever seen.
That wasn't a response to a coach...
That was like, if you just, what did you eat for lunch?
Was it just eggs?
Ever say that again.
Well, the timeout from Casey clearly is one.
I will say that, you know, I agree with you.
I think they're looking at the last match up.
I think that seven moments on breeze as well, wasn't it?
That they went up the same game.
They call a timeout, they crumble.
I do think that here I agree with you.
And this makes more sense.
Like it's eight, seven.
They won the round.
They lost to win.
One is all.
Also like Shados' reaction.
I was so like like him swinging his arm up in the air.
It's like, I mean, it had to be it had to be Doja
And what's the gets you're getting really nice to K's a really quick Pacey double kill if that's a trade
Which a lot of the time from what we've seen it would be you lose that round and foot steam roll you in this early half
Run away with the lead and with the shoe on the other foot like that
We know that often that is gonna no pun intended that is gonna favor the team that finds that momentum late
But
So yeah timeout I think makes perfect sense for KC taking that moment to steady up now
They're coming up against an all-point seed, they've avoided it, and Abbas's ult clears a lot of space for free towards this back B site.
They'll get a plant out of this, almost without a doubt, but a pick!
I didn't think they'd get away with that.
No, that was Mr. Barlin, maybe not expecting him to have enough range on the ult.
For the remaining players, this is already starting to call into question if this is what it's going for.
You've got an operator on the retake, you've not even made it back into the actual site yet,
And what they don't realize is their opponent's not even playing it.
They are all in the post-front.
This is all time that's being wasted.
But then to get back in, and with the wraparound already coming through, I bet it's gonna
kill him straight up with the molly, the hardhands does the work.
They managed to get a couple back, but even still, getting onto this is not gonna be easy
in saving the operator becomes the point of call.
It's KC to immediately extend their leader a little bit more.
well the remaining two will at least hold on to their guns now that's your
round lead now foot being put in their place losing those back to back rounds
the timehouse with a round after it a breath of fresh air for KC the hot
hands kill is just ridiculous use expecting him to swing at any moment
but it's a little too low for those kind of shenanigans that's boss
There he goes. There you go. The pace is ice.
His foot now called their own timeout.
That's somebody's pace here, run away with it.
With the initial pace.
Yeah.
And then him going nice pause. I know that's a good thing.
Yeah.
Timeout for Furt.
They fought their way back into this game, but a big round,
a decent call coming through from the side of KC
has put them with a little bit of space between their opponents.
And the main problem now is just the economy, but you don't want to invest too much into this round because then
If you lose it, you're basically out and you don't have enough to go for the rifles
But the more you wait the more chance you're gonna have around where you don't have the operator
And then that's obviously a big part of their game plan having Zeus in on the sniper
Which is not something I thought I'd be saying too much of he was never really one for picking up that gun
But in the current matter
Something you kind of need to have yeah 100% I think yeah once we've seen that
initiate the utility peel back more chances to post up more chances to get
that first shot off they do have a lot of fun thank you they have quite a number
on the KC side for now at least that's translated to rounds in their favorite
nine to seven off in the hands of Zeus a rifle free at a J for the rest are
left with pistols the paupers who fight alongside the prince and the driving at
least in an early fight, a nice connection by Baja, but a plant seems inevitable for KC nonetheless.
Still that damage could come back to haunt him.
Well that seems like if you effort first you do succeed. Still try again.
We have gone for the same take into the B site. This time there is a flint coming through but it is
incredibly slow from Chris Valley. I'll be honest with you, if he keeps at this pace the round
will have ended by the time he gets there and he also only has a classic so he definitely has the
element of surprising managed to get it to half and actually never mind he might have just timed
it to perfection mr. folly heads of defusing and christalie gets two in the classic
bolt smash no none i'm good i'm just gonna wait for the replay so i can
experience this round without an out-of-body experience in the middle how
the middle sticks does that guy get away with that the slowest flank of all
time with nothing but a classic I mean happens to get the angle on the two
players whose sole job it is to stop the defuse to win the round getting them
both
Well, hey, how about the game?
Clearly you should buy the foot classic.
There you go.
This is going to be the advert.
That's all foot need to run from now on
is you can win rounds in VCT with just a foot classic
and Mr. Farland defuses.
Come on, speak to Mr. Farland.
There goes Levin.
Shut down within seconds.
This game has been a back and forth,
but it hasn't felt close, if that makes sense.
Like either times, one team has been dominating.
And I wonder if this is the start of Foot getting back to that sort of streak once again.
Well, they've got the pick, but...
In case he spread the net as a response, 50 seconds left.
Noise made towards B, flashes, wall, volley, hot hands, it's all sent through.
But Foot aren't moving, but they're not, but they're not finding it.
And now he comes on to his fury, the true intention now revealed to-
Oh no!
What has happened here?
One of the worst reveals back-to-back from Crystalli in this map, but then he gets two
after a massive whip and gets much Crystalli!
It's somehow holding the line!
He fell flat on his face to start this round, but he has a 3k under his belt.
There's only 15 seconds for Shados to get to the site, plant the spike,
a generational bumble needed and Christali catches them all.
He's on his feet and foot are on level footing with KC.
I don't know what I'm watching.
I really don't like the reveal and that spray from Garage.
I thought, oh, well that's the thing is,
so his nightfall was great.
Yeah, sure.
Then he gets blinded.
So he completely whiffs.
Don't you dare play out of the blind.
He's touching.
We can see where the roof falls.
It's panic sometimes.
We pick easy items here on the stage, you know?
It's fine.
It's fine.
It's fine.
It's why you immediately triple tapped E when he passed.
True thought.
The thing is, you would have done that.
I got zero kills, so.
Oh, but that is...
I would have hit the reveal.
I would have hit the reveal and hit nobody afterwards.
No, that was unbelievable.
Crystalli, again, I came in today.
I said behind Crystalli, they're not scratching the itch.
Well, now I only have one person to report, because Crystalli looks unreal.
You're really on your, like, a hater, uggd.
I'm just being honest. I'm just being honest.
I have always been a massive out-of-cap that found that,
so you, like, you have huge...
I know it sounds weird with this comp, but in general,
you have huge boots to fill.
Yeah, and you can only fill them with a foot.
Well, here comes the execute.
And towards the A site, and Zeus is already gonna be blinded off.
Now they don't know that actually there's a change of direction.
Flash through on B, and yet is a...
Only just about makes it out with his life.
Paranoia will steal his vision.
He gets it, steals his life with a new ball
following the guardian of the B site.
And he's letting nobody through that smoke.
Finally Zeus steps in to shut him down.
And the spike skill hasn't been planted.
The presser's still on 11, holding from far back,
giving them a chance.
And one that they won't soon relinquish.
Casey still with the lead.
And the madming rounds continue.
It's just nuts. The fact that they were all revealed off the back of it, and that Sugetsu just almost with like a miracle spam
Manages to just wreck them all through the smoke. I don't think he expected two to be anywhere near that close.
We spoke about him and his hero rounds. I feel like you're going to get to the end of kickoff and maybe look at his overall statistics and go,
The Sugetsu's fallen off. If you actually watch the rounds in which he's winning for them
You definitely wouldn't agree with that Zeus is gonna go walk about early flash dodged
But it can't correct quick enough, and I believe that was the only gun they had
Yes, indeed. That's my eyes deceiving. I see lots of pistols on the ground not too many left in the hands of
players and the only crystalline
4k previously, was pretty impressive but so what I need to do is I need to throw this horn into a wall
Yes, and then get an ace. Yes, if he can reveal himself
And then he should be fine. That's what we've seen so far, but look if he finds this ace
I think we'll just forget all about cracks
Take his picture off the wall
Well at least I remember him when Kao is played
Here we go.
So close.
In-zone flawless.
Again, I said it, there's been a lot of rounds
where it's felt like this game hasn't been particularly close.
The start for KC, the streak of rounds for Furt.
And now a back and forth of two rounds a piece.
And this one, in-zone flawless in its fashion.
This is where Furt will get a buy back up.
And hey, if the pattern's anything to go by,
they're about to win two rounds in a row.
They will lose the map 13-11, unfortunately, as the script is showing, but...
MIT sent you an invitation, Tom.
Pattern recognition off the charts.
Yeah, unfortunately I can't read, so I wasn't able to tell.
Good, good RSVP.
You can see after a huge lead to start this game off,
they may be set to just take this across the line, but there are definitely challenges.
No undersfaring online for Shados.
Meanwhile, you've got to lock down for Baja, so a lot of potential to play retake into sights.
Unlikely to be the A site, considering the pit's already been put into play.
The only problem with this is that you have your pit up, but you still need to commit those two players towards that A site.
And just let them walk around you.
At least to start, there's some pressure put on towards the A long, but I mean it's just a decoy.
Got a drone set.
the drone set, then the ult, okay, now we're starting to signal a bit more that we're really
looking to pressure the A site, but the TP's taking, and we're all the way to the C site.
I don't know, it's gonna run out in the open, he's gonna stick on site, and flash deep,
but no follow up, they just take it from map control, that's fine.
The running back was kind of already cleared everything out, so no reason for him to TP
anywhere else, Baja setting up ready with the lockdown, which will force them off the
site but they have a postpon that doesn't necessarily need much more I'm
looking at the night for which could make things awkward levity so trying to
stick around let me get one and escape no there's no escape method he was just
looking to try and do damage and damage he has done so get to just about
getting away with things here and his luck's gonna be important they're running
through to try and deal with the night for mr. Farland tapping it halfway but
it's out as he kicked off the round he'll finish it and Casey just won away
from taking the map that if you looked at how they started maybe they should have done a while ago
yeah you would have thought we're on map two already if you tuned in for the first quarter or so
and yeah love him that didn't have a gate crash he had no way out but he realized
i can disrupt i can make this costly i'm finding two is all he needed to do even if i best goes
down there though so guess who is in gallant and is about to swing in so there's that extra
layer to it as well not all the eggs were in that one basket let's keep it rolling yeah unfortunately
for foot, they were. That was a lockdown, a vipers pit and 9-4 all used. They didn't manage to take
the round. In fact a lot of ultimates were used in that last round and then they also have the
economic troubles. A judge, a couple of guardians, in fact light shields on everybody other than
the Netege making this sniper the equivalent of an operator. Leavitt's managed to get himself
quite far now he does obviously have the gate crash on the other side but he's
waiting to see okay so I'm gonna jump spot water it's all gonna look for
information they are on his side of the map they won't walk about some found
avas look how close Levin is he could catch him on the run back he's holding
the end there it is spreading the net wide that's a big catch with
Kristalli down the double back there we go not there in the end for
So get to the A site completely gone. That's the other thing with Chris dally down
You got one guy to watch two angles and you include the flying kids three never really gonna happen
It should be
The end of map one and foot having to bounce back on split even then they put up one hell of a fight
With elimination from takeoff on the line
I'll fight every battle that they're offered a 2v4 and 2v3 now. It's looking doable
Yeah, it's not a bad start.
Yeah, Tijay walking up is all about to fade, but that leaves an opening!
A big opening in fact!
And now that leaves just one!
Dosey up versus Yedijay.
The man coming over from Pacific to take them with a lead and he's hit the hitch!
But he's not!
Managed to get the kill!
A 2v4 that keeps foot alive.
Again, we said it earlier.
The squad certainly won't be given up until that final ball is wrong.
Going to the buzzer and Mike God, what a set of shots coming out of the energy.
It is. It does feel silly, though.
Like Leven being that far forward when you know that the Viper all is up
and there's someone watching it from a deeper angle.
Like that just seems like silly mistakes coming out of the side of KC.
We've got a timeout called for that exact reason,
seeing those mistakes be made.
And I think we saw some signs of this from this roster.
Again, if you look at the discipline up
against the anti-ecos in the first half,
a lot of aggressive positions, a lot of one and done,
or corners that you're stuck in, you've got to go big or go home.
And those risks are taken again here.
It's just the game play on KC needs to be tightened up a bit.
But the game plan in general seems solid.
They're coming in with different ideas.
The people that we've criticized obviously love him. We have that whole conversation, but Abbas as well
He's had his ups and downs and on the Phoenix there is an argument for control and how oppressive the utility can be as well
But really if your Phoenix is you know
15 and 22 something like that. We're gonna have expected that little bit. The funny thing is is like the take
It was great like that. They had the early aggression then the reposition from level was fantastic the wrap-around
around. The Ken in from Zugetsu was perfect. The post one just left massive gaps and like
what especially when you you basically close the back. Yeah. If you just like I think with
Shados was just holding too deep an angle, but that just needs to be communicated. 11
takes two steps back. He doesn't die there and that never happens. I think the thing
is for Shados as well as that new IGL coming in. You've got a lot to learn and I think
that is the hardest part because in those post plans because they're the least rehearsed
in sort of you end up in that moment. Okay. What utility do we have? What positions do
We have one map control if you have to give up.
Where are they fighting?
You have to answer all these questions
and then come up with a good plan on the spot real quick.
He's busy doing that.
And so you end up dropping an angle or something
that you would be watching if someone else
is doing that thing.
That will change over time with experience.
For now, those are the things they have to contend with.
But we can see that those more rehearsed parts
that executes those plays of giving players
a little bit of space to thrive.
That part of the game plan is being executed
pretty flawlessly by Casey.
two chances to lock in their map pick.
And again, with the stakes being this high,
you had so many chances to fall and falter,
but now down to just one,
this series will send one of these teams home.
This is KC's two chances to make sure it isn't them.
I think as well, like KC's expectations.
Okay, go ahead.
A huge fan base, but also just the players
that were brought in, like Levin.
It's definitely up there as one of the best work he's of last year.
Dosey made a huge impact over in Pacific.
This is getting late on the time, 25 seconds left and while the run-through has found nothing,
it's all about the push from the other side of the map.
I'm getting a little bit nervous about that convergence part.
It's already being put in.
It has missed, but even still they're going to try and bypass the player at the back of
the site.
Everybody now set up and ready to go.
seconds and they need to get that plant and they need to get it in now. It's being stuck, but I don't think it's gonna match her anyway, Zeus.
It was irrelevant how much time was left. He's managed to take the ball down, and Casey just too slow to get in.
That's an 11th, and that's now an opportunity for Boots to take us to OT. I don't know, have they played in the OT so well this tournament?
No, I think probably not experienced, but that's sort of standard right, Tommy?
It'll be tough such quick
Maybe we can ask them
If they've seen the planting at T's
They started planting after four seconds
Unless I've misread that twice
I'm 99% sure they had no time to plant
I thought you could only count for three
But I saw the number three
Okay, I understand
I was like, hey, that's the number I know
So yeah, there was a few embers there for sure
And now Shade of the Undyne
And our best, tagged HEAVILY on the spray for Christopher.
Oh yeah, well you can actually ult and heal himself up properly, but...
And now use the Blaze.
Or the other way around.
Use all your utility.
Maybe let's focus on the ult before we waste our wall on healing?
Nah.
Who needs a wall?
Casey and Mann down already.
Shados being, I mean he was two away from Hunters Fury coming into this post plant that could have completely turned the tide in their favor.
and now there is one last wading through this yeah what a way fantastic
they're picking resin maybe he'll get the orb of the plonk
there it is they're running back putting the play look how far back foot are
they've learned their lessons it was mr. fallen who got caught out by this
before that's basically in the same position but my time to jump has a
little bit more to fall back and now kc the ones with the pressure on their
shoulders they have to find a pick here they're a man behind in the post plan
Oh no, we didn't know there was a second player, Barhastain, that springs to life, Dosia!
And Tugetsu!
They need to try and win themselves a 2v5, they almost lost it on a 2 vs 4 and they will end up in OT!
A nice attempt from Dosia, but it is for streaking rounds together.
I've said it multiple times, it felt like a one-sided game but at different points of the map and we've now ended up in overtime
It's actually unreal as well that even with the headset on with Tom shouting with gunshots there
I can still hear Yenisei shouting
But yeah bass rotate here was so key and the fact is that should have been checked
Right, it takes you a quarter of a second to spin your mouse around and see is there a dude behind me
11 came in there like a horse with blinkers on it was like he was in one of them really pumped up and then guys like yes
Oh, he's like we should be no team. So I mean regulation, but yeah, that was a
Bit shaky to say the least KC 12 to 12
Again a look at foot is that the side favorite not just because you know momentum the fact they bounce back from a man
They know men's out on but nothing
It seems like the momentum has flipped at least five times in this game.
But I think the main thing for me is the fact that Kristalli's so on top frag is the guy
who's looking unbelievable to rookie.
He's stunned again.
Ah, they're going to find him.
See you later, Sugetsu.
Shadoff's trying to hold the line and he's looking at the goal.
He found him.
Not quite enough on the third, but he's done well.
Dosier into the corner.
Yeah.
Uh-huh, has an idea of where his opponent will be.
But in the meantime, his teammate has retreated.
Bear in mind, Yateshe has clearly been dinked up.
10 health.
And he's making the steps to see if he can pull someone
into a fight with his teammate while he goes and gets
to the spike down, which he will get down.
There is no one on this side of the map.
At this point, you know, one away from the Viper's pit.
Now we'll lock it in, but getting it done here, yeah.
You're going to do it.
Why not?
But it might equal the odds at best.
The thing is Baja knows he has to take a risk here.
I'm going to be sitting in garage, beautiful.
Now we go deep towards the spot.
Baja has that little bit of extra space
to maybe fall back into, to maybe play into.
He'd normally maybe play behind the wall though,
but he can't play behind it because it's so spammable.
That's the problem.
There's not really any safe space.
Him to play into, Baja tried his best,
but now he had to change.
Hiding outside, yeah, 10-H, three.
It's one bullet needed.
KC, I feel like a foot ever taken the lead in this game.
They brought in level plenty of times.
But each time KC reclaimed the lead
the second they level it up.
Yeah, I actually think you're spot on.
I don't think they've had the lead.
It's constantly been a game of catch up for a foot,
and then they fall behind the second
that they get sides of the coattails.
And KC, that was a nice flip back from Shados.
You can see him putting the pieces of the puzzle together
as well.
He's TP'd, smoke up top, baby's there.
Wait a second.
One hell.
spins to his back and yeah for Aves one health was enough to survive that shots
traded but yeah that extra HP KC another chance to close out this map move us
on to split where they'll have two chances to send foot home send them out a
kickoff maybe out of class as well sorry for always come back when they're a
deficit so no need to worry if you're a Turkish fan
Oh, Zeus is about to come under a lot of pressure, though.
The trade's back effective.
Aves doing the work once again.
That could be a...
Sugetsu.
He's caught a massive time, and he's heard rotations,
but this is the problem they had before.
If heard rotations from one player,
you haven't heard rotations of the second.
Does Baha even check this angle, though?
I don't know why he would.
No expectation of Sugetsu to be there.
And you almost have to wonder,
do the other players start to question,
okay, do we just go back to B?
It doesn't seem like it,
And the drone is not seen either of them.
Look at the freeze from KC now.
They saw nothing, but they made noise with the drone.
They think players could be close.
They could rotate in, they could push.
Foot could be confused and wonder where they are.
Well, now they found them.
The snake's waiting in the grass, and it's a big bite from KC
as they take a map away from Foot.
Their pick under the belt and now two chances to knock Foot out of kickoff.
That's all crazy, crazy game, and we're going to go over to the sideline interview with
Dosia.
Okay, Dosia is here, still high-fiving his teammates, but I have a quick question for
you, really great individual performance, momentum going back and forth, how are you
going to make sure you don't overheat going into split and you stay grounded?
We just trust our staff that we trained for a long time, we just fixed the mistakes that
we had in previous matches and working on our strength.
So yeah, now it's going in the right direction, I would say.
Maybe.
So let's see the next map.
Excited to play.
Yeah.
All right, well, thank you so much.
I'm going to let you go.
We're going to be heading over to a quick break,
and we'll be back with the second map of the series.
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This is the first time we see Foot on Haven this kickoff.
What value are you looking to get out of the Walei in this comp?
We make sure Walei is a bit aggresive when we are on attack side and he is ult so strong
so we put the inside of the neon so that's why we pit.
I guess yeah.
Did I say wrong?
No, no.
Yeah.
Little bit.
Thank you so much for that inside and welcome back everybody to VCT EME a kickoff
We're gonna start things off immediately with that whaley. Do you feel like they've got the value? I
Don't know if it was necessarily that they got the value of the whaley
I feel as if those food very different ideas with how they were playing with the comp with the viper like killjoy on one hand
And then the whaley on the other where they want to play aggressive like I feel as if there's very contrast and ideas there
so I mean they clearly didn't get a value because they didn't win the map.
Yeah, but you know, whoa! See, back in a bin, it's the short answer. I love the explanation.
But I think, I mean, for both of these teams, this was such a back and forth and it was down to
Foot having great things, and KC, you know, making these small little mistakes as well,
that Zaysh has highlighted already earlier, and they capitalized off of it.
Yeah, there were a few rounds that was a thrifty early on, and then a few of these clutches where
their foot looked like they were winning rounds because of KC's mistake.
And that was something that was highlighted before, and that's something where KC going
forward, they want to make a run, is obviously something they need to work on.
But it seems to be a recurring theme with KC.
So to me, something needs to happen where the coaches are going in there and really
stopping these things from happening, because they are pretty basic mistakes.
You shouldn't be losing for me too.
Oh yeah.
You shouldn't be losing to V1s like this.
Like the 2v1, they were just jumping around, it was just a bit silly, you know?
Yeah, and I think it's real, to kind of talk about that.
And the practice, the case he's had, they played in Project Blender in the off-season, right?
I know, like, it's in off-season 2, you can see what you want, but there's official practice in there.
And I didn't really see those issues off the top of my head back then, so is this something that has just started coming about since we've got past Christmas?
I don't know but yeah, that's on stage. Yeah, exactly, but yeah, I don't accept that as an excuse
I think at this point as well like you're in this lower bracket
This is do or die for you
It really shouldn't be these tiny mistakes being made because a lot of these players not all of them
They have that experience already so it's not in that sense
You know we can't really go back to it
But players specifically that we've highlighted coming into today was Levin in terms of like operator in terms of being able to play aggressively and
Did he feel like he did too an extent capitalize on that?
Yeah, absolutely. And getting that off by on round 3 specifically was huge for me because they were into that kind of bonus territory.
I think if Leven didn't pick up that operator early on that they probably wouldn't have won this game.
And we can highlight his Yoru versus Jett. Like I said that maybe the Jett would be more comfortable.
On the defense it seems like Leven's very comfortable. I think it's when you switch to that attack side where a mixture of the IG yelling and mid-rounding
and then also playing Yoru on attack is a lot more difficult.
So going forward into the series, I think there's a lot of value on that defense attack side is where, you know
Yeah, I think as well
there's comparisons to last year to this year in terms of
Levin playing under a first-time IGL right like Shados being a first-time last year you had like a very
Direct and I guess arm over the shoulder kind of coach like pal does Engens ish
Kind of give that same support to Levin in terms of supporting them
I mean, it seems like when Levin has a good start, he always kind of carries that momentum forward.
Yeah, it's something that we're gonna have to look into, but also we had a chance of a coach's confession from the side of KC,
so let's hear what they have to say regarding Matthew, though.
Are you left pure open now that I'm buying and for the later for the shoot in Mapo more recently?
Ah, no.
But no, there was nothing happening, it just like...
Ah, stop, we should not...
No, we should replay now.
Ah, really?
Yeah, there is nothing happening. It's just like we need to work on our maps and like as you can see they banned the Abyss
So like we have other options and we just need to show it like because if we lose today and we didn't practice it like before the next season
It means it's bad. So yeah
Agree
All right, it's really is the point where we are gonna be trial and different things for those of you at home wondering what the question was
It is in regards to the map veto and Pearl being a permaban and now it is the decider
I wish we had a couple of questions about mini actually coming into this
We're like, oh that means something has to be really good because you don't want the insider to be a weaker map
But first things first though splits coming up next and that is a map that foot played already
But it yeah, I mean it's a very close game against fanatic
I think the again the story for this map is that yet a J plays whaley
Which is very strange like the first composition they played Haven a very cerebral composition
but then with Zeus going in by himself on Wele, now he's going to have that double
Julius angle. And now he's going to have the neon. Neon and Yesuche, neon and Wele side.
So a lot more of a traditional foot approach, like they can go very aggressive together.
They're going to have that support with each other. Makes a lot of sense.
Yeah, I totally agree with Manny and like you've got like utility there to help control the
chokes through the dualists as well, like through that relay ball, the stun, and the
kind of slow from the, from yeti tree. But overall, like, foot would be an aggressive
last week against Fnatic, and I think this comp actually supports that idea.
Yeah, the only thing is he's yet to chill with it, and I'll be honest, it's not my
favourite though. And then to go on KC's side, it's all about Levin again, in my opinion.
This composition, Levin hasn't had that much fun so far. He's got a lot of utility around
him to go in deep and aggressive, but so far on the way, especially on those attack sides,
It feels like he's been going in deep and just dying a lot of time.
So this was one of those maps where I think the jet was an easier fix for him.
But let's see if they have fix those little issues with the competition.
Yeah, well, let's figure it out as we're ready to head into our second map of this matchup.
This really is do or die for a foot.
They have to win this if they want to push us to the side or otherwise they are going to go home.
But we have our lovely casters, Mission Tom, to break it down.
Yes, do or die time for a foot, but they're on their pick, Tom.
Where's your confidence on the lack?
Cause look, it started out horrendously,
but it was a close game on that point.
Much to the surprise of everyone involved.
Abbey, honestly, my confidence in both teams is pretty low.
I don't think this was piqued my interest.
I said, if a team is going to make the lower bracket run,
one of them needs to dominate.
Neither of them dominated.
They both dominated at different times.
Sure, okay.
Well, if they both could dominate and then swap tarps
and then dominate in the same half,
one of them wouldn't 13-0.
Okay, we need consistent dominance.
Yeah, I need to see a big performance and so far there's been a lot of mistakes, a lot of silly moments.
For Foot going in, I agree with Mini. I've actually spoken to the assistant coach about the Yetege, Wele.
I think you take one of the best Sentinels in the region. I know that we've moved away from the Sentinel meta, I understand that.
Putting him on Wele, sure, he's got good aim.
But I think that if you're looking for a dualist player in Turkey, there's quite a lot of those.
And I think you could have had him and maybe the Viper, for example, with his excellent tack.
And that'll make a lot more sense. And especially we haven't seen the best of Barha so far.
So I want to see why he's in the team and why he is taking a role that I would rather see Yetejay play.
I mean, again, it just sticks with the narrative that we've had for foot throughout the entirety of kickoff,
which is identity issues, figuring out how these pieces can fit together, what that puzzle actually
looks like, and that has really been the trouble for this side of foot. Over on KC though, Tom,
like this is a squad that had the lead concretely. It was in their favor, hands on the reins, and it
looked like they weren't letting go, but they passed it over to Foot as well. What do you think's
missing on KC's side? Because again, we talked about Foot, their issues, the rookies, and the
the identity and everything like this. But for KC, in terms of the individuals they have,
I think Dose is probably the one that will have the least eyes on for most of the scene
and yet still has been delivering massively. So it feels like there's no shortage of individuals.
There's no shortage of individual experience as well on that roster. And yet they find
themselves here fighting for survival. It's funny because I'm kind of on the other side
of the coin in the fact that Dose might be the one I'm looking at most just because of
the crazy performance he had in Pacific last year.
Sure, yeah.
Like, this was one of the most exciting pickups for me,
but I agree with the sentiment of like,
I expected this team to come in and be like,
maybe top six, but I expected them to be challenging
for top of the players,
challenging to make it to the event.
And so far, they've struggled with
what I would call the basics.
Like, oh, we can't hold on to a 2v4 post plant
where players are rotating from the other side of the map
because we forgot to check an angle.
Like, these are silly, silly mistakes
and I think those are things that you can fix,
but it's also more infuriating when you go,
okay, if they could just get through all of that stuff
and actually just look at the actual setups
and ideas they have, I think they'd be all right.
I also think as well that you've gone into a meta
where Yoru's super important, Wayle's super important,
and you have one dualist who plays,
or Flex that plays a lot of off-beta stuff,
like plays a lot of Phoenix, and okay,
you can play a decent raise,
that raises and even that popular in the meta right now.
And then you've got Levin, who, on jet, is a superstar.
And even on the last map on Euro is okay.
But also the guy that left your team
was one of the best Euro's in the region.
So there's a lot of big shoes to fill
and a lot that I need to see before I'm starting
to get on the high train for KC.
The fact that we're going into a map
where they lost to Liquid and lost to Navi
doesn't necessarily fill me with confidence.
and a lot of the problems arose on that attack.
So, again, can they set up Leven properly?
Can he take the space that's needed?
And Marley can put, stop them and survive.
What if I'm most surprised if the fact
that Teo not really played too much here, KC?
Already taking advantage with the early push towards the top
of a ramp, Leven's found the opening on the zoo.
Cinerchase is almost dead.
Well, the pace pickup seems to have halted here.
A minute 20 on the clock as the attack side
have an opening pick and have control.
They have no need to make any further pressure.
Foot have rotated in, but sooner or later,
they have to send players back to clear all those gaps,
or send players forward to confirm the forces are still here.
Oh, flash.
Alongside utility, nice counter stun and achieve,
aha, has managed to bring this back once again.
Shados, puts it further in their favor.
Yet, as you're checking the other side of the map,
Just in case that he'll eventually look to wrap back around and the heal will make things a little bit less dangerous
for the side of KC
They're gonna walk spawn
Yes, the smoke
All backs players brought up for mr. Fallen and he runs to the A site
He's got backup here and yet is a has already rotated in that heaven position perfect for his 10 HP
Nicely tucked in the corner
It's a set-up from foot and trapped it strong perfectly to put one zero on the board
That pistol round a very valuable step in the right direction for this defensive side
Yeah, I think what the the main point I'd make about
This series as a whole as I think that the set-up
Like their initial plans the mid-round calling from Mr. Falling is way better than what we're seeing from KC
Because like, the early start there, they killed out Zeus, I think Zeus ends up stunning his own teammate, and the other Jail almost dies.
And then just the adaptation to have a decent piece of utility in place, a crossfire that worked well, and a reposition from Mr. Fallen,
was far better from a disadvantageous position for Fer.
So one of the things I was going to say is like, for Casey, bringing in the Teho, this is, I'm pretty sure the only Teho that we've seen.
Okay.
That's for Mr. Fallon, eh, will he go fresh?
But we don't really see talent play when it comes to this map,
and it's kind of surprising to me that that's the case.
When you think about how many closer little angles there are
for players to rat out in, and how effective it can be
for clearing out, not just with the salvos.
Obviously the post-plank with those is huge as well.
Put your drone that goes through, think of the ultimate,
and how many almost inescapable angles there are, how much pressure
you can put players under with that on this map in particular
where everything boils down to a laneway that's essentially a little too small for that ultimate so the overall is covered
It's a very effective agent
And I'm honestly surprised to see that no one else has picked up that said unless a mistake and they haven't won
With him. Yeah, any of the times because you play three times in last all three with it
Yeah, an in zone flawless coming in for foot and we'll give them a nice setup in terms of the economy
But again, they use a lot of SMGs in their second rounds, which makes it a lot more likely
that they'll get something, but then in these rounds, they need to pull off a lot of the
slide through, but those two don't want to hold the line.
The rest of the team are making their way through towards Mr. Fallen, and this time,
his spam won't quite be enough, and in fact, as possible, we go from one end zone flawless
to another.
on the other side of the map.
KC looking like they're gonna get onto the board
in clean fashion.
Yeah, Port Dozier is left on 5 HP watching the flank
while everyone else gets healed up.
He's been robbed.
And now he's given the spike.
Yep, it's okay though.
He got a heal.
He went from 5 to 7, so they saved that little bit
at the end for help, which is nice.
It's good to feel respected by your teammates.
The priority's here.
But either way, it is only one player,
player and he's I think just being spotted by Shadoff.
Well that certainly appears to point in that direction.
All shots to Crustallia.
I don't think he's getting anything done.
Damage will be nice.
Everyone has a rifle here.
He's burning utility.
Absolutely.
Yeah, listen, the cost is running up.
There you go.
Working here.
That's at least a sprinting defuse.
He's being flanked on.
Now the player behind is very low, but that's a nice one.
It's not going to be too difficult for Dosia.
The 2-1, a relatively clean round in the M4KC,
and what was a fantastic start from Dosia.
You're seeing that individual brilliance,
that war aim that he has.
And as you sort of mentioned, you could see the awkwardness
created by those salvos, forcing players into awkward fights.
This is it.
I feel like we'll see foot, though, when they go to the attack
Just off how the series has gone so far, that's where they can find the most advantages in terms of playing off of those mid-round calls,
pushing and pulling KC's defense, but on that attack, where things are in KC's control in terms of the pace and when they go for those executes,
which are often on split, you know, you've got to get through those choke points, but this is an effective way, that's where they can put that rehearsed game plan at this point.
They're doing it on B as well with other U2, they've put the orb all the way into the back of where Mr. Farland likes to stand.
So in one of the first rounds, we see him go for those early spams,
but now he's got an orb literally sat at his feet.
So the second they look to go around that angle,
he can't fight anymore, because otherwise he's going to take the decay.
And not be able to see which wouldn't be ideal.
The dog's gone through.
Player confirmed to be in position.
And it looks like KC won't be deterred.
Course, they've got another dog, so to speak,
but that drone will be sent out after.
A small margin that both Salvo sent in to play.
Mr. Fallen having to move gets his one lay up, pulls back the smoke though.
And Bahan Yenice are here to play, found themselves massive advantages in the late play-up by Doja.
It's going to be watched at this point.
Foot have got boots on the ground, and sure, Doja gets the kill.
But he's left on 8 HP, as Spam will be more than enough to take him down.
Player standing.
He's caught in the open.
11, alone, saved with 20 seconds. Seems like the most likely play, certainly the most economic.
I do wonder if those direct hits are going to be difficult for Casey if they're pushing into
the Mr. Farland setup, because even though they made things very awkward for him,
the fact that he can have a gravel, I think a snake bite coming in from heaven as well,
it just means that you're running in vulnerable and you're being pulled back and you have players
holding onto the cross so I do think KC are going to have like the hits not bad I think you just
need to force a few players there maybe fight in the middle maybe go for some of these other
peaks because it's almost seemed a little bit too easy as they ran into the side.
You know agreed. The foot not really finding themselves into pressure and again when you look
at how Mr Fallon was dealt with there they had a first piece of utility to push him back then
Then they had the salvos to me he couldn't even play behind the smoke and yet
Support was there, and I think that's just a matter of Casey having that bit of a mid-play to
Oh my goodness. Okay. I was thinking slow mid-play work that control
But they come in swinging and falling flat in the face out there's out of the round and a 5v4
Look, you'll trade that mid control for a man advantage any day. My bar has been great so far
I said I want to see what he's got to sort of take that Viper away from Yedijay
but the snake bite in the last round, the crossfire he created and then the other
optioner in this one.
Cross-mictive Viper going to be thrown through, it's mainly whether or not you'll see that utility burst
and it's meant to be a bit of a ruse, the ruse has worked out but the trade backs are good.
Mr. Fallen still keeps the advantage with his squad knowing that the others have
likely crossed in. He's taken quite a lot of early space and definitely has to be a
a little careful of the potential flash.
It could come through the divide,
but he'll just wait back.
Oh, the flash was used there.
Now in terms of utility, KC only have a snake bite
and a bit of heal left to work with.
They knew Cosmic Divide was up,
so they play on the backside to reveal the snake bite,
everything thrown through by KC.
It was the snake bite in return,
but Zagetsu walks in and they're just holding it,
waiting further back.
Shade us up close. He's gonna go in for the knife. He hasn't landed it halfway already. He's failing to stop the defuse
That cosmic divide not quite as close as he expected it to be
And ends up looking a bit foolish while foot push up to four
Yeah, I think it was put in so that you could just about see that they were defusing
But it means if someone goes around the edge, you're not close enough to knife them
And then I'm off. I think he knows that Chris Dattley's on the other side at least manages to bait him up
I like a lot of the sort of re-engraption we're seeing out from foot
Amazing amazing camera angle. I want a good reaction shot
Listen fall there's no idea what's going on here. He's got his back turned while a blade's just swinging at him multiple times
Lucky to survive but
KC not feeling so lucky down on that stage four one down
They were the ones to start the last map with this kind of confidence now look the good thing as you pointed out
So you can see that momentum shift several times in the last yeah
But this is foot's choice for now at least it seems to be hard to detach their foot from the pedal down below
It's nice all gas now breaks. Thank you
Yeah, I'm a little bit more nervous for this attack side because I feel like we've seen that the sort of set
execution from KC. They clearly have a lot of plans towards the B side of the map and
okay we're going to put this U2 here, this will force this person out of here and they
have been, but then Mr. Bones is gone, okay grab well, okay snake bite and then they're
just slowed. Even the pincer in that round was so delayed because they regressed towards
mid that the two players never made it out of main. I feel like at least faking out a
bit of that U2 needs to be a point of call but it seems like they're going to go right
back to. There's a very direct hit once again. Yeah, trying it in a different
spot, why not? This is a round to experiment. It's not the round to give
the AWP an angle like that. A gap in the wall that's come back to find massive
value four foot and the AWP keeps on going. Three kills from two shots.
Naves and Doshia, they came into this round to test out that A hold. I don't
know what they found that they can look to exploit in the future.
Well, it should seal the deal.
It's only one go. Zeus is coming in with his classic dirty move.
Yeah, that's the problem is the on one side of the map, you've got Mr.
Fallen and the Viper, you two.
And on the other side of the map, you've got Zeus.
And honestly, for me, that's perfect balance.
So you've just got you've got to either fight the most skilled player
in the server
We're gonna buy the smartest and right now it seems like Casey have a an answer for neither of them
Of course this round wasn't much
Expectation my worry is I feel like we see this is a trope for a lot of teams where they go for a heavy a execution on the eco
Round it doesn't like you got that in work
And then you go back to what you were doing before and so every buy around has just been be aggression
Which is now gonna be worse because there's also a vipers pit
Yeah, and now the double dualists was on the other side the map gives probably mr.
Father's gone, but they've got to change something up here, right?
I think the reality is you know that middle control was
What case he needed to solve like coming into this round you think that the direct a direct beat doesn't work
The B splits haven't worked because of the mid control. It was too pacey last time
They have to try to work that control
They have to try to catch those players off and in the realm where I think they're starting to realize that you've a pit in play
And what do you do about that now? We have to look somewhere else and it looks like a fake will be the idea
Moving towards the B site. We've already seen the dog put through what an opening from Segetzu
That should fully sell it seekers sent in noise being made
But the A site is still held with two numbers are still here for foot
They haven't fell for the vape. Yeah, and he's still got nightfall in play
Timing is gonna be everything
Goes through and that will already catch one
The Viper's pit is still needing to be cleared if Sugetsu is going to join the action.
In fact, the Abaha is walking to the edge of it.
This is a very risky position to play and he's going to walk out.
Just gives the game away.
Maybe he wanted to try and see if there was anybody mid, but now they go back in the other direction.
That spot is clear and leaves a massive opening.
Yeah, Deshaet.
Waiting on the edge of the smoke.
Salva is being expended.
He's going to have hurt everything behind him, but
Clearly locked in on the other side of the map.
Chris Alley's done well, but this flank coming in so late,
so little time, just trying to clear the map,
but the hold is enough.
A nice shot from Dosier and Mr. Farland.
On the wrong side of the map, it looked like for a moment
the stars were gonna align, but a walkthrough of the pit
ended the round.
Yeah, it's not a play I can get behind most of the time,
but here I honestly feel like less so.
Mr. Farland's in a one versus three after that shot,
but time has gone.
It has to be and wide swing confirms it triple swung to close the round.
Yeah, man, I mean for Baja, the way these rounds have played out Tom,
there hasn't been many rounds where Casey don't have that player waiting in mid.
And the only example I could think of is the one where they were eco full playing
a other than that is always that way.
Look, it's either a direct play right at the start or very, very, very slow.
And the fact that we want to take off, take off this game,
opportunity for them whether they're going A or B to rotate back in the other direction,
opened up so much map control. I think that was just a tiny mistake that's come back to
potentially cost him heavily, but yeah. Still, that was a small mistake in a round. That was
five to two on the board. Still a strong lead for foot, a full buy on the back of it.
An off and play for both sides. I feel like the attack side off,
it's much harder to get the value out of it here, especially with the comp through against.
It feels like a lot of the time when Casey have tried to break ground, there's always a smoke on the other side, and with an off it has, that's going to make that quite difficult.
Oh, oh, okay. He's just walked up. He's just walked up, killed Barha, and lived to tell the tale.
I'm amazed to have been given 11, sorry, he's gone away with so much.
but this position could be interesting. Yenisei doesn't have any exit strategy but will they
have expected anybody to be here. The problem I worry about is does he get more than one
and with the rest of the players now going back to the B site, even with only two here
at mid, these two have been annoying to clear. Yenisei, oh that timing, he's gotten around
This could be the flank in the century and all the time it comes out of his actual form and he does it
Now they're wrapping up behind his Mr. Fallen tries to delay but they've broken through the gates to fall and it lovin' his in
Clean straight out from him.
Christali and Mr. Fallen on the ground, but here's Yenisei's chance.
This might drop a double already and he stands in the ultimate and nail in the confidence he can take MS down
But instead the plant is found and time as low as it was no longer a factor
It's chosen its side and it's on KC with Zeus and up in hand
There's no way he goes for the 1v3's already backing off to spawn KC
That one was a nail biter, but they've gotten away with it
Yeah, really nice round from Levin like the almost sheer disrespect
Like we heard him at the end of the last calling for the operator get me that operator
But then he also did stellar work on the execute into the site as well by being able to leave the players stunned at the back
I believe that was his ultimate the convergence part that left them completely screwed because of the lack of angles that were created
With all of that utility coming out of the tail
I'm after a blitzing start
It does seem like the tactical pause that came out from Zeish is a sort of made the difference
They have immediately found responsive. They immediately found gas.
And yeah, that's just filthy.
Yeah, I really shouldn't have gotten away with that one.
And they died in this.
Onto Mr. Fallen, his third.
Just as ridiculous.
And this is a player that we talked a lot about, as you said.
Last map felt like a real vindicating moment for him,
where we've seen that Yoru, he hasn't looked comfortable,
but it kind of came in thinking,
man, does Levin just have to play jet every time?
But the order looked better last time.
Now we're getting to see the Wailay as well.
And he's certainly looking more and more comfortable.
I like this.
And it is one of those things where I think we come back to it.
Sometimes it just does just take time.
But there's the stats.
Look how much better those stats were for jet before this matchup.
Yeah.
And it's crazy stuff.
Like this is him going into that map of a baseway.
He was just running right, having a great time.
And they obviously dominated the series.
And it's something that we spoke about a lot last year.
It's like the simple fix to a lot of the problems that come with the BBL or maybe KC was okay.
Let's just put this guy in JNC if he can just dominate.
But the fact is it seems like the goal from KC is to go the long route.
Like get him comfortable, get him competence of it in the future.
They can run a lot more compositions and I think it's important.
Like we are in a matter where Wele and Yoru are incredibly competent, incredibly strong.
If he's not able to play those, it puts them at a disadvantage.
Now, in this series, he seems to be doing well, but I worry more when he comes up against
a tougher opposition because, well, one of these teams is going out in last place.
Exactly, right?
And again, it comes back to the conversation from the start of the day about if you're
going to make a long run, if you're going to win the five games after this, you've got
to be dominant here.
You've got to look clean.
It's a clean opener, at least, for foot.
The thing is that, you know, this B site's the only place there's a threat.
know they get that a pressure but can they hold on to be well there's been no
exit off the back of it there's now three players towards the B site and
heaven controls back under the possession of foot and the dive out from
wayla gets nothing so we're really we're we're a step back from square one
We're near to his line
Still where are you going here?
Salvo's being sent through that's the kill on Tabaha he's being caught out has been a
big issue and a lot of these rounds Levin able to clear out another in the back
The site is gone. Nobody left to tell the tale
where the Viper's pit in play, but also
Levin bike planted quite an aggressive position. He's not going to be healed up, but
Leaves a lot of space
potentially
The foot to try and clear well Zeus has taken the off which might look strange
Retaking with an off against the pit, but there it is the old is going to be activated the stuns already hit the spray
doesn't get anything down to a rifle he goes 11 30 HP, but knowing that he
holds on, he's not risking it. Strong connection from Zuzminz against those guys.
That pit will not fall until it's a 1v1 and now Levin, great big hit to the corner, holds the hope of KC.
This attack side keeps climbing back five to four now.
Especially with the opener, especially with clearing out Dosia.
Like you mentioned all of those late lurks, this basically forced them into repositioning.
Like instead of seeing Aves go with the squad, he ends up going up top just to try and hold onto that ground.
But it mainly came down to just too getsy.
Like these couple of kills made this possible.
Gave a little bit of extra space, there's only 7 HP that ends up being the difference.
Around the foot might look back on it.
be a little bit upset about but ultimately it's the one that's broken their economy and potentially
Leads KC to level the score. Well, that's it
And that's three in a row now as well for KC as we said at the moment of yeah, which inside wind direction
Keeps on every round. That's where the momentum is
Yeah, building off of it seems to be impossible if its tails is for
It's the opposite of heads
It is indeed a broken economy four-foot
pistols
Love and taking a bit of a risk on that walk up with the outlaw
But it's well. Yeah, that was an unfortunate situation for yet. Is yeah, I don't know
It looked like a smoke was up and he got spammed through it. I think I think that's the case. Yeah, that's tough
But the at least it's only happening on the pistol. See what Kristalli can do
He's up close with a stinger and a different meta. Maybe what about a chance, but right now?
Hey, come on. It was very impressive on this, but
Of course enough you touch him off. Yeah
That range he was never gonna win it
I'm really coming into his own on the last few rounds of the big clutch in the last a
Multi-frag on an execution the round before
This is the guy we kind of wanted to see the KC. We're gonna make that climb back through the low bracket
Man on the other side
We're PZOOS, but anything in this round from this stage should be almost impossible.
They're just playing for the exits.
So they still expect here on Split to look after them better on the attack.
They're numbers there.
From those weaknesses of the newly built IGL, we'll shine through that little more on the defense.
much like they did in post plans in those discipline heavy moments on the previous map for now though.
Scoreline equalized and it was foot on the last map who managed to constantly climb back but never took the lead until the final hour.
It was the same old story.
Where did they delete it all actually last map?
I don't believe they did.
Actually, I think, yeah, they might have been behind the board level.
I think every time they brought it back, they then lost the previous round.
Well, it's their chance to give KC a taste of their own medicine.
A 7-5 half still possible, but this is what's going to decide it for Foot.
Big investment, putting all their credits on the line, getting an off-out as well.
They haven't got the ulti's, and I mentioned Aves.
The utility that's brought to play, zero assist, so bad time to mention it, but he's got his ultimate.
And this could be a very very dangerous ulti here on split.
Already.
Zeus.
There with that open up.
So much utility being placed onto him but Barha has moved in to try and placed up and tried to
Help him out a little bit motherfuckers!
Definitely helped him quite a lot.
maneuvering his way back out of there the salvos haven't been able to deny him
anything at all but despite the top you almost need a miracle play and the
prowler has given away exactly where avers plans to go still should have
himself a 1v1 but teammates coming and even the stun up that's helped quite a
bit leaving the clutch for avers okay I mean should have been dead to right a
It's a long, long time ago, and eventually he will be.
This week from Baja, a 3K from him, another high impact round,
and, well, for at least guaranteed level of the half.
That round in the half.
Yeah, Baja definitely coming into his own on this map,
as I said, last.
It felt like that was Kristalli's arc.
Now perhaps it's Baja's moment.
Roined it.
And we kept by foot, again, as these scraps for KC.
It is not a consistent answer for them and how to get into sides.
And I think again, we can see the ideas behind this composition, behind Tal, but they're
a one on A.
No, I don't remember the plan to get in.
I think it's all been about that B site late midfights.
And it looks like that's the game plan to end out this half round 12, especially with
the ult.
Yeah, it's got to be.
Actually, I'm kind of surprised to see Mr. Fallen sticking around on the B site. Yeah, he's backing off a little bit now
It definitely seems like they were slow quite a bit though the fact that Leven is
Already used
Our frags
Get out of there. This is what I mean
There's nowhere to stand, the retake setup put into play, energy done well, nightfall connected onto a multitude of players and Cosmic Divide put into play to try and make things as awkward as possible but speaking of awkward, that fight has not gone to plan.
Drone on the other side of the aisle, Crustelli hasn't been shot in the face as he dipped in to the Cosmic Divide. I don't know, a wonderful shot. Zeus gone from above.
They'll just wait out.
You want to fight it!
He's cosmic divided.
Just a minute, that's all they needed!
Just a centimeter extra.
Leaven's now spotted the flank as well.
And in fact, they're going to pull him on the other side of it,
but they forgot to the Parkers' Valley!
They're going to fight two quick kills!
Well, momentum shifting in this round and this round alone.
Leaven left into a 1 vs 2 scenario.
It was looking good, but 13 seconds there is no way.
10 seconds left.
out of this one alive. Crustalli completely repositioning just waiting and with five seconds
he'll be the one to take the fight loses it but Baja is gone.
Well it's seven to five in the end folks but they don't relinquish the lead. We end up with Casey
climbing back but still trailing at the half foot looking to claim their map pick but you know what
It's time for the half-time break, but let's take a look at Yerece talking about his new teammates.
I guess no, it just makes us more like happier because there is like 23 or 24 Turkish people in
the league right now and that's just crazy. We like it. Yeah, we have Baha and Cross Study this year.
Baha is a smoker and Cross Study is a flex and also a shader. For Cross Study, I think he's the
next generation of our Turkish history because he's really talented and I just
believe in him so much. I hope he will do better and better like every year and
we'll go to the top tier more than tier maybe world one because I know this guy
is so crazy and so funny and for Bahar he is really good smoker and also really
good friends. We're really happy to have you here because we tried so many people
and he was the one who just flipped the sets.
We just want to go every international event.
We also want to do some really big eschewment on the EMA this year.
We want to see a final and we just want to make our fans more happier than the last years
because we know the support that they give to us
and we don't just want to do any favor against them.
So we just play for each other, we just play for our fans and we will try to do our best for this year
Hey, hey Tom, Alberto is looking for you by the way. Really? Yeah, you better get away. Okay uncle chap
have a break have a Kit Kat
Tom face you've had your fun
it's my turn
You've had your fun.
Your little kick cat.
Now it's my turn as we get back into the game.
7 to 5 foot right now in a very, very strong position indeed.
And there's that last round.
We have the spike out.
Shados comes up the plant, the spike,
and well, Christali comes through the wall.
Christali, again, this map has been,
has highlighted as well some really big rounds from him.
But this series, it's hard to take your eyes off Christali.
He looks so much more comfortable there
than in his first few games.
Yeah, well, but again, it's similar to the last map where we saw an early sort of blitz out of a street back from KC's and some decent rounds from 11 again.
I think he's been having a good game thus far.
And this is where, if anything, I expect things to get better for him.
Like, if he can get that defensive side operator, get those aggressive peeks, that's where Wailin on this map really does thrive.
For now though, I'm sure they'd love a pistol to even things back up.
Yeah, even as they don't end up taking the lead, but...
Crisalli! Always jumped in for two!
11, wants to fight his way back into middle, no shots landing.
The side of KC and the lead for foot extended to three.
That's a big pistol round for them. We know how important this map is going to be in general
and definitely having some struggles when they play mates over on that attack side.
anything they can get to start things off would be a huge help.
I'd like to see if they can keep this one nice and clean though. Again, one of the
teams that you normally see those sort of like rifles invested into at least on
a minimum but they're so happy to play the SMGs that it does mean these second
rounds are normally quite a bit safer. Think about it this way man, Viper's
second most played agent globally in VCT and Viper used to be so much stronger
not just with the toxin pools being able to be active at the same time or you
could have said I should know for again no hold on now what I'm saying is to all
of the teams who didn't play her actively when she was in a book say that
you feel stupid now but I hope there's no more nerfs on the way I feel like
She's in the perfect spot, you know.
Get a J, not in the perfect spot.
Oh!
Fizzy falls back into the salvos, set up by Aves.
Well, that's a bit of an exaggerated way to show that the utility is solid.
They've got an opening pick with classics.
Yeah, oh, bad start whatsoever.
Again, they've completely lost the A site in Barha.
It's just going to get aggressive into the spawn.
It is a shooting range of Barha.
He's going to go down to Sugetsu, but I don't think he's going to give it down.
Coming in with four extra orbs.
And around where you only invested into the martial pretty much pays for itself and whatever
extra was kept through into this round.
Not much loss.
Nine to five.
And this is where, if Casey is going to make a stand on this map, it needs to be now.
Yep, yep, we are running out of runway quicker than a Fast and Furious movie.
They don't run out of their own way at all.
Mitch believes in the comeback is what I'm getting from that analogy.
Absolutely. Hell, if that plane could stay on tarmac for that long, I believe in anything.
It's time for double digits for Foto, for KC to mount that bounce back and avoid Pearl being the deciding factor.
And whether they get to stay in kickoff or be kicked out of the league very early on to start this year off.
Until stage one.
Well, yeah, until stage 20.
They do come back.
As far as we know.
True.
Not true.
What's up?
But, yeah, for foot, looking for the double digits, a pistol in play for Baja, some SMGs.
It gets a mixed bag, but this is around that they're going to give themselves opportunities.
Players holding the extremities, three players full focused around that mid control.
You just want to deny the util, deny the map control, deny the information that Casey are putting out.
But one way to do that now, it would be to take down Lava, he's tucked in that corner, and baha.
Yeah, he's got his work cut out in that regard.
Got the gun for it. Mr. Fallon's done well.
Stunned up, so get souped.
Back to reposition, he's been caught as well, and he's got to be careful where he moves from here!
But Mr. Fallon's putting utility down, still in the open!
What's going on there? IGL lasted! Shaders!
Oh, he's got two kills in the first half, he got three kills in this round.
I don't know where that's coming from but I don't know what I've probably missed a violin.
I feel like this series has had more moments where if I saw my ranked teammates do that I'd be screaming at them.
You know, than any series I've seen. I wonder only a half and a half in.
What was he thinking? The worst part is, his opponent was marked like a bloodstained.
I mean the hunt just saw him. You knew someone was there and you stand in the open.
That's a very silly play from a very smart player, but you know a blip on the radar perhaps foot
Nine to six still have quite a lead to play with
But the credits running quite low
Double digits still evade them the one thing they need to be careful of here, even if it's a loss
So they make this costly for KC, but the problem is
is the ego probably coming up next.
This could be Casey's way back in.
Early doors yet, but foot need to be very careful.
And you can see it.
Look how passive this attack side.
So we've seen them play the default,
where like Baja was walking up to the wall.
Then you've got a player sitting outside middle,
a player sitting inside main, super passive,
and then a three stack up on A.
They don't want to give away any advantages,
but they very nearly did.
Yeah, I think they are just nervous playing against the tail.
The salvos have just caused them so much issue, even if they're on fairly passive angles,
that they're just waiting to see.
Again, a lot of contact spots, Leven taking contact with Dosia, and the same angle he was
in the previous round this time, he came out on top.
The worry though is the time, 35 seconds, but there's not a whole lot of control over
Heaven.
Now that's been given up fairly freely, and KC clearly have the idea that this is a B hit.
Well, they saw the information of it right there were players there. There was pressure and the control was taken out now going to site
They're gonna hold this together
But we're going down and looking to defend what is a difficult position with 12 seconds on the clock the time forces foot forward
Sands leaving the hourglass office still inside this book runs out of ammo because of that
They may actually get this plant
It's a one versus one for Doja!
He's isolated it to a single player.
Yetejay tucked in on the site, but Doja has no idea
every angle to be cleared, but the same goes the other way.
Yetejay has to be worried now about his opponent
walking down onto the ramp, but they're moving
towards each other.
It's Doja, who catches the timing.
A one versus three.
KC continue to climb back in.
Well, that should put some wind in their sails.
Fantastic round from Dosia.
It's absolute madness what he was able to do in that moment.
Like such quick reactions.
It's all done.
The guy on site barely a pixel showing,
and that was enough in to take over the round.
I thought they might lose it just for time individually.
That was all it really came down to, but the first shot,
and then the immediate clear onto Baja.
Just nasty stuff from Dosea.
And as you said, that was the backbreak around.
That was the round where Foote had a chance to put daylight between them and their opponents instead.
They now have an eco, they have a bucky, they have a singular ult, and they're up against a sniper.
Get a J down.
Good, so I'm out of here.
Zeus on his way in, Leathercat.
Why'd he die, Charlie?
He's in the saddle, almost for more!
11! Lighting up the kill feed!
What a round from him! I mean, shit, there's weak! This is in play for Foot, but...
He's just styled on them there in middle.
About a creeping up. Great round from him in the previous, by the way.
That double-spray down he found in his spawn was as clean as could be, but...
Yeah, there's nothing to be done about this one. Mr. Fallon alone and...
You sort of look to the next round, it's going to be chaos Tom Foote, so close to having
almost all of their ultimates online for KC, they're not that far away, but it's really
the convergence path that's going to have to hold off against the assault and onslaught
that's going to be coming their way.
No where he is, there is no escape and in his own flawless for KC right after a big clutch
round.
economy goes trickling back into their pockets and it's an immediate response. That was nasty.
That was quick enough reactions, otherwise he was getting bucky.
And then also, yeah, again, it's when it's your...
I
That reminds me of the you know the first time
Yeah, guys has learned I think he's got some
Advice for this physician about returning to this role. So I think during his break
He went up into the mountains with like the the monks
And now he's just them
Kill Bill arc like he's exactly he's done his training over to go. I love I've not seen the breakers wet once
It's true. It's true
I saw that man get light headed from standing up once after a match up and now he looks fine
Yeah, he's just like
The funny thing is that first time also works both ways because that means I can look at having a record of
Being on tough teams. I'll put it that way tough tough teams
nine to eight
Foot's lead is disintegrating in front of their eyes and with elimination from kickoff in the last place
The outcome if they lose this map or the next
They have definitely got to dig deep they've definitely got to have got something done with the pause now
Alt wise they're not in too bad a position, but
They need to get to a point where that like this paper comes value
11 is walking out immediately. You can see he's feeling confident.
Well, I think you can definitely see that last round with the outlaw.
Even holding as close as he was in events before running through Salvo's Doja.
He's not ready. He's trying to stay to be that close.
Now the Cosmic Divide should get them through to the site, snake by stare to delay them.
And in fact, the old send in by 11, but he's hit by the hinder as the Getzu falls.
Can pull them out of this deficit, and it seems to be nobody a pit online if needed
Well ever mine
Really good pre-spam coming out from Zeus. Yeah, I had an idea that somebody might try and make that play
Viseados
Just have to be a save right you're not gonna attempt the 1v4 with your economy
But in a bit of a shaky spot Levin were wanting a purchase into the next round, so
I think that's either 3 or 4 times in a row. First time he lost the battle versus Mr. Fallon, next time it's the exact same angle, he won the battle. This time, Yadajay basically prefires the angle because you know he's going to be there.
to fall in next time, it's the exact same angle, he won the battle.
This time, Yedizhe basically pre-fires the angle because you know he's gonna be there.
And like, I get it, you want contact then you pull out your Util, but
if you're even slightly caught off guard, it's a free kill onto the opener.
And everything else then from KC is reactive, we have to use this ult, we have to use this piece of Util.
And that's where Foot can just go, we have the advantage, we can just be a bit patient.
We don't have to be over aggro, we can kinda just wait.
And there you go, that's the exact angle I'm talking about, he has played there a lot.
Well, issues being spotted.
And a timeout has been called.
It's KC to take a moment.
I thought that could be the turning point there.
Ava is up close if they were to get back into it,
but they were watching every little angle.
No mistakes allowed on the side of foot as they find a combo breaker.
That was three in a row from KC.
They were really heating up.
Even in the rounds that they looked certain to lose,
players like Dozier step up for that big 1v3.
But a timeout now called is they can very well
see this slipping to a map three.
That advantage they worked so hard for in the overtime of map
one.
Completely disappearing at the late stage.
They also come into this round, which not a lot in terms
of ulti's, but they're putting their credits into it on KC.
So a little bit more to bounce back on,
a little bit of a safety net.
Economically, the key thing is convergence path
the attack side and we talked about how important the Teho ultimate can be, how annoying it can be,
but we've seen on both sides the potential impact of something like that. For foot,
it would be a big round to win putting them up to 11. Yeah, I think especially like we've
already witnessed how impactful BSA executions can be with that ult, but it just creates
a few positions to stand in. But yeah, it does look like potential early middle control.
Old here and then straight in with the neon.
I see some more normal round. I would have loved to see it though.
I think...
Conventionally you're gonna see Sugek too blind on that left side anyway though, so it's like,
if he spams you, you're just gonna be tilted.
Like, it's gonna be a pure tilt round that's gone through the orb.
But there you go, almost! The catch!
Doesn't quite get...
Oh! You could catch everybody! It doesn't quite work. I think it missed one player.
And that was enough for Yerteshe to capitalise. He's taken a lot of space. He has to spike though.
And he is completely alone.
Sure, his teammate of Barha is not too far behind, but he doesn't know what's clear.
He knows that there were two players around the vent, so you can have an educated guess.
But Leven at the back site is someone they desperately need to get rid of before they
can go away.
And now they seem to just be waiting for Mr. Fallen to get into position.
Look at where Sugetsu and Doja have gone.
They think it's a B hit.
Standing completely alone.
Lonely as a cloud.
Leven has got to take down so many players but they haven't spotted it yet.
Clearing it.
Not in time though.
And his dash out gets him to safety if you want to call it that he's got an idea the right idea ships in the night though yet
Ishey clears his back and a 2v2 with this post plan as a convergence path on the side of foot
What was cosmic divide for doja?
Yeah, also the the defenders didn't move because he'd only seen that one player
So there they was thinking this was maybe a rude like this was a fake to try and bait them into a rotation of B
So the other two are only just making their way into heaven and think about that think about how long
But though also don't realize they think they're right on them
They're they think they're just around the corner, but they're only just making their way into the site
It's kind of a
Different parts of well yet today is the one that ends up closing it had a bit of a quiet again individually
But this round was massive for first
Yeah, I'm really excited for this replay cuz that stone goes down
Zeus isn't caught up close, but yet EJ was and still manages to get the weapon out
He thought about putting the convergence path down, but didn't have time and thank God
Sets it up for this ends up with another kill
Turning is back in the player, but spinning just in time and then catches the double walkthrough. There's a reason
He's on his feet. He's banging his chest. He's just single-handedly put foot
potentially on the map three that was a massive round for them and a lot of
chances now to close this out
I'm blinded
Viper screens crossing paths
Angle will go through first they had the salvos ready and raring to go but the
problem they have is you might be able to force a guy out of an angle but if the
These screens go up, countering it's going to be difficult, Levenstone while though that's
already yet as a hero of the last round gone, Zeus is tagged a bit as well.
Seekers, the three players towards the A side are about to be detected, but all this tells
him is that Heaven's being taken over, case he don't know about Mr Fallen and he's getting
himself embedded into a nasty little angle, good potential for him to find a pick and
Bas doing just the same smoke though.
There's two sides to it.
He can't watch them both.
The timing will be everything.
Shandles does walk through it.
The foot seemingly with no idea of where they want to take it.
Just yet 30 seconds on the clock.
Mr. Fallen now wraps around.
He's going to the backside of B.
They're going to try to play this wrap.
Actually, this might work perfectly,
especially if noise is made from mid.
If those players give it away,
Mr. Fallen should be able to stab them in the back.
A beautiful work.
Not so beautiful of a spray, it was 12 seconds left, he might just have done enough that reveal.
It is perfect.
Yeah, that's all they needed.
We've had some criticism of the Crystalline point so far, but...
Map 1, they sucked on.
Map 1, he didn't know what he was doing.
That was definitely a good one. An important one with the judge on the other side.
And while the defenders do still have three standing, Shados has full-blended himself as he makes it round the corner.
Salvo's out, they haven't cleared the angle. Mr. Fallen tagged Lobo. He's got to be a little bit careful here, but Baja, another backstab, a second layer could be so problematic, and Cristalli's done well just to slow them further.
Jadals needs to find everybody, and he's surrounded 12-8. Foot continue their streak, and well, KC need 4 in a row if we're going to overtime again.
time again. This is what I was expecting out of foot when it comes to the attack side. Being
able to find those gaps, the reality is for KC they've got a new IGL and we've heard
even recently from Angel about Shao in a similar position. How much there is to learn. The difference
is for Shao, he's fitting into a game plan, a game identity that they already have. When
you come to this matchup, it's not quite the same. And on the defense, that's where teams
are able to make those gaps. They're able to push you out of your comfort zone. And right
here we see one of those gaps ripped wide open by the IGL on the other side.
Masterful mid-rounding for Mr. Fallon.
It has made this purchase a little bit awkward.
I saw Dosea during Project Blunder play quite a few shotguns but a lot of that was because
I believe he was still in Kamzokstan and was playing with 80 to 100 ping.
So that made a little bit more sense.
Fair enough.
it right now. It's made less sense, but it seems like he's given that over to get to
the bottom half blast. It's just taken out 11 immediately. I'd like to retract everything
I said about Baja earlier. If we could delete that VOD, that would make me feel a little
bit better. I really, I came in today thinking like, okay, everyone here, but Crystalline
I don't understand the pickups map one. Kristalli was great. I still critical
He's really showing up
Yeah, now he's gonna be taken down second I praise him by Shados is really at a struggler of the game
Oh, here we go
Inside they go hot flash
Their minds is still quite a lot of utility to expand
Mainly looking at the salvos and looking at the annihilation, but it's not you're gonna go through
They're waiting to play the retake instead, not going for Plon Denial, which has bit them a little bit in the past.
They are taking their time. Only just getting into position now, the clock has been burning.
Armageddon's coming, here it is, it's back side, it's already been cleared!
Christali stood in front of the ult, they were ready for that play!
Chris Alley's double proves it on fantastic showing from the rookies on the side of foot.
They have claimed their man pick and bought themselves one final map for one of these
teams.
It's the end of kickoff on Pearl after the break.
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I've got the feeling
Come back to me
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team. We're going to have to
get to the top. We're going to
manage to equalize the score
and push us all the way to the
side. Welcome back, everybody.
It's VCT. EMEA kickoff one one
so far, both of these teams
both winning their respective
map picks. This one was a lot
cleaner from foot than what we
just seen earlier. Yeah, it was
and I think like for the most
part like actually convinced
me that you know what foot can
have the firepower that they
need and the support and cast
Yeah, I think Crossily was very good at map 1 and he continued that one into map 2.
Like I think he was the highlight of this map for me and I think that it's like a really
nice sign.
Like I've been a little bit maybe pessimistic, a little bit negative about what I consider
maybe like a version of Foot that maybe seems a little bit weaker than Historic Fate but
honestly if this is just a slow ramping up for these new VCT players then they could
be good signs in the future.
Do you think this is potentially a slower ramp in a hot like are they getting closer to what you were hoping them to be too?
Yeah, I mean they're doing better. I think that reality-wise they're in the lower bracket plan in the first round.
So I think that there has to be some measured expectations, but ultimately I'm seeing signs of life, which is good.
Yeah, that's what we ultimately want to see from Foot and Grisale also coming through with 210 ACS Cairo, but they have a big man job there.
Yeah, he's doing well, you know. Playing on the fade as well is not a bad thing to have a high ACS, especially when you've got Zeus and when you've got YetiG who, on the waley, I know many of you were criticising it, but for overall, I think it gets pass marks for this map.
Yeah, he was right.
Absolutely, and I think as well, when something you wanted to highlight specifically was the setup that FOD was able to get.
Yeah, so what I was really impressed with in this game was essentially the way that
Foot came into this with a game plan. Because Zeus is now using the operator more, it allows
them to explore a deeper game plan. So here Foot is on the defense and we're going to
mostly be looking at the Neon and the Fade towards A-Set them up. So you're going to
see at the start here, the Neon is waiting here for a potential way they dash with the
operator. So if we play this out, he's just going to be waiting. And then what ends up
happening is Crossily on the fade is going to set up the Neon into a deeper position here.
So you see this, the fade powder coming in to set up Zeus onto a deeper angle and eventually
he's going to go down even further. And this is really important because KC are using this
Viper wall here and that means that the Neon can get in front of it and take a deeper line,
get all the information and then Foot can rotate the other side of the map very easily.
and this was happening every single round. Every single round, Zeus had the operator,
every single round, Bay Prader was coming in and he was getting deep information.
Basically a very good game plan and anti-strat against this white for wall.
So we see here Zeus sets up, he's got the deep line, you see the rotation is happening here
and at this point, you know, in case you're setting up now for a B here,
and foot already have three players here looking directly at this choke point.
So what looks like a very easy way of like foot shutting down this exec has that foot behind it.
They're not just randomly looking there and able to shut it down. It's because of that deep setup from
Prostily onto the Neon that allows them to easily shut this down. So yeah, so I was really impressed
here just by Foot's game plan and approach and Zeus, Ooping, isn't just about him getting frags.
It's also a new layer to their game plans potentially. Yeah, and that's what we need to see
and we also want to see from
every single one of these rosters,
even though you're in this lower bracket,
this is, as we already touched upon,
your opportunity to show us what you are made of.
And for foot 13 and 8,
it was a great game from their side of things,
but now we're heading onto Pearl.
And Pearl is what I find really interesting, Kyra,
because when we're looking at KC in the past two weeks,
that's the map that they would immediately ban
when they had the chance,
but now it's left open, and Zeish saying,
yeah, we had to leave it open because we're not good at it,
then, you know, like, our map has to get better
better than what are we doing? Yeah, I guess I somewhat agree, right? Like you can try and
expand your map though, but is it the best idea to try and expand it, as Munny said, in the
elimination game in round one of kickoff, right? Maybe KC, like as a team, have decided that
they want to try and use kickoff as a way to kind of bond and mend the team together, but I don't
know if I'm fully buying into that, just to be honest, considering that like you look at how
how this team's built, it has firepower, it has players that should be ready, like Levin,
who have experience in VCT. I think if anything, I would maybe allow that excuse for FOOT in
terms of the fact that they have rookies on the team.
I think to me it's a little bit worrying that you go from promo banning a map to suddenly
introducing it into a series. It kind of means that you don't have too much confidence in
your map pool, but at the same time they could be a positive to some respect because you're
basically adjusting to what the reality of the situation is. Like Karmacorp aren't in
that good a spot so adjusting their map accordingly might be a good answer.
Yeah you definitely hope so or maybe they were like permabating it on purpose that
teams would pick in and then they have something crazy up their sleeves but the
matter of fact is in the reality of the current situation that we are going to
pearl we are going to this decider map this is the last map for one of these
teams here at kickoff, which is
crazy. One of these teams are
going to be the first one to be
sent home. Yeah, and I think
like for both of these teams,
those things that we can draw on
from the series that we've seen
so far, right? And both the maps
played for foot we can talk
about is just his op and the
ability to op on peril and how
he's going to leverage that. And
the other aspect of that,
something that we know about
back when kind of her always, I think it was like what 2023, I saw like a few Phoenix and
Tier 2 and stuff like that. So will they bring that out? Like you can draw on that and and
see how the game plan will work for either team.
What do you what do you think they're going to play? What comps do you think are going
to happen here? What do you want to see?
What do I want to see? Like obviously I want to see the Yoru like on either side, like
with an operator behind it.
Not the jet?
No, I think Yoru is so much better on this map. I like and it's so in meta, but I don't
I know it truly depends on comfortability and so far, we've only seen the jet on one map for KC, so what do they want to do here, like Levan, Spioru and Haven got placemarks as well, so yeah.
Yeah, it just comes down to attack side, I think if they're starting defense with the Euro it should be pretty simple for them, I think the attack side is where the questions are at.
And then on foot side, I think the composition, I wouldn't be surprised if you see that Teo, you were referencing it earlier, the last young pro that it was one of the kind of innovations they had and they were looking quite good with it.
with it. And I think it's actually, I think Pro is a map where having double in a share
is actually pretty strong to be honest.
I agree, and I think as well, if you look at KSC side, there's a lot of, like, the geometry
of the map kind of supports the Phoenix use, with the fact that there's 90 degree angles,
those curveballs can hop round. I'm thinking towards mid and how KSC will try and leverage
that control, and especially towards the east side of the map, right, where it's a lot
more close quarrels.
Yeah, I think it's another map where Phoenix on paper makes some sense because the orb control on A is
Able to be go go go on both sides. Yeah. Yeah, personally, I'm not the biggest Phoenix fan though
I'm not gonna see it. No, thankfully you're not gonna see it so you don't have to worry about that.
We are gonna see the tail and it's coming out from KC side rather than the foot so
In passing here, I really like this KC composition to be honest with you
I think that having the ability to have two drones on this map with the fade and the tail
means that you're able to take a lot of the map that otherwise I also want to
highlight the chamber because we have been talking time and time again we're
wanting to see the chamber is this the right composition and the right moment
to put it yeah I really like it actually because obviously they've been
trying to get yet to Jay into positions where he's playing like the second
jewelist but he's playing I guess a little bit more comfortable and a
sentinel that is still like I can be kind of be that pseudo jewelist I mean I
I didn't even notice if Teo fade on both sides.
I think this is a very strong approach.
The chamber for me is, is he going to be able to avoid
the amount of drones that Casey has for him?
Yeah, those are all questions that are going to be answered
in this final map of the series.
The last gents for either of these rosters
to compete here on this stage during kickoff here at VCT EMEA.
We're going to hand it over to our castors, Mitch and Tom,
who can also give us their great opinions on chamber.
Nine days of competition and it all boils down to this.
for one of these teams, kickoff is over.
And how they might not have a chance at class,
they might have to sit and watch all these other teams
play out.
Well, they get a nice break, a vacation.
Who doesn't like a vacation?
Competitors, these competitors.
Nobody wants to be the first one kicked out of kickoff,
but it has to be KC or Flick,
and it all comes down to Pearl.
Yeah, it's a map where we've so been waiting
to see both of these squads play
In the past, historically, I always enjoyed a Mr. Fallen pole, but he'd be put himself
on the tail in the past, and I'm looking forward to see what Crustalli has in it, because
he's been very, very good today.
And while seeing Yetejay, he's sort of on a Sentinel.
He's pushing all the way after a very quick rotation.
Available 4K, see the spam.
There's damage.
Eventually, they have to duck out of there, and then back in they go, 11 with one.
He needs more, finds more, three already.
And then just looks to try and escape.
Doesn't want to overheat.
Wants to join up with his team.
Wow.
Play the advantage.
Really nicely played by 11.
A chance for KC.
May well be.
KC's beating hard, but get a shake in that corner.
Snooked in just in time.
Does he get curious?
No, waiting his turn.
But Aves swings in and turns him to mush.
It's only Mr. Fallen and he'll find
the same fate awaits him!
Love him!
The 4K in the pistol has given KC the leg up.
Yeah, what did we spoke about in the last map when it was Breeze
facing off against Liquid, the amount of 3D5s there able to win
had just added another to the tally and a lot of it
came down to this round, right here at the back of the site
able to move in early, took some early spam damage
and then from pretty much the rest of the round
he was just ripping heads
One to zero, an important pistol.
There you go.
Last bar match with a 14-12 victory.
That's beautiful. Both teams last playing Pearl against each other stage one last year.
Now, you get to bring it back.
It's up against the same squads they faced previously.
As well, these Orcs have a lot of history, but of course, for KC, entirely different rosters throughout the years.
The last year's coaching staff.
So, I'm looking at level of field. That's an easy pick up.
What this is to start it.
All these pistols, classics across the board for foot.
They're not getting anything done, but it's kinda what you expect.
Oh, it's against you just running it down.
and in zone flawless for KC the perfect start with a lot of weaponry to take
through into the next round maybe even a chance for Dosia to add a rifle into the
mix if he so chooses now he's bought a bucky we'll see it sticks with that but
this has been the case with both squads I especially coming into the bias like
there's not been a whole lot of rifles there's not been a whole lot of bonuses
played in sort of like the three rightful two pistol laser that you can do
more in these sort of rounds and yet there's always been moments where you
felt like it was possible. I have to see if Dosia has any Mr. Fallen magic with a
Bucky on this map. Instead though they've got to push it off Nali for all control.
I like this early aggression. From Dosia you can see how annoying it is. A main
completely under his control. Even just with a Bucky in his hands. A team like
Foot knows just how dangerous the bookie could be on this map to press Mr. Fallen certainly does my arm still hurts from that play
We come into round three very very slow approach from the attackers
But they are now grouping up the shadows is found out and he's gonna give up control over art
His foot slowly claim that look at the shift from Casey very much expecting the a hit with a gay crash towards B
They can make that little bit of a gamble
I'm not sure if foot are going to commit though. Look how far behind Yenisei is.
They might take this back if they spot how many players are here.
Law of the utility thrown out. The Zeus made it pass. There is the Bucky.
Formal needed. And he didn't get it. Spams away. Not doing as much damage as they'd hope.
And the juggling rifles haven't worked out. It leaves just Sugetsu remaining.
One versus three doesn't least have the range, but it's only gonna be the one a decent amount of damage for KC
But for foot more important that they're onto the board off of the races
This is where well, we wait and see if they're gonna be starting off the street
There's your second to follow up on the back of it
I guess coming into this marathon it's been so long since we've seen it
Let's go!
And the way that the game has gone so far, I don't think anybody will be brave enough to pull out predictions.
I certainly won't be foolish enough.
So I guess it does just come down to compositions, and I suppose that's where the question sits.
Are you liking what you're seeing from Furt? You like the chamber that's coming out?
Yeah, I have a feeling that both of these teams...
I'd expect more on the defense.
Like I think where we're gonna have that aggressive chamber lots of delay lots of info getting
For that defensive side to take map control
And I think the attack is all gonna be about breaking through that a lot of pressure put on to both Levin and Zeus
But also once you get that defensive side operator this that becomes a lot smaller
favorite one very difficult but
For now, he's early, he's early, he's early.
Dozier has managed to dodge all of those bullets,
or most of them at least.
While hindered, yeah, they might've thought he was gone,
but they certainly don't know.
Now, Shados, he's tripled up,
and one was to spray through the smoke.
I go for another, a few shots through.
Now he's waiting with Dozier,
and while he gets his reward in the end,
not quite the ace, but the rounds around
at a 4k for Shados, speaks volumes.
KC three to one no chained rounds for foot. I think we're seeing it again with just
irritation that can be caused by
that tail utility on the defensive side just
Slowing the initial push enough like especially when you have that sort of solo duelist you want to almost like
Explode in towards the side, but they're never really able to because one of them is then sectioned off
Of course, Shadoff's being able to shut things down, but
Realistically, I am looking at Yerizhe here, because I know that as a lurker we can see
high impact from him, but with what is basically just firepower as your utility, I need you
to be getting numbers off of the board.
Well no timeout for foot after going 3-1 down, now they're on pistols.
the next buy round really with the line in the sand has to be drawn. Remember we start
this series out you think about who's my pick it is the future maps and all this but but
now all of those questions don't seem to matter anymore. It's a elimination time of the foot
every round that goes up in favor of Casey. Just another straw on that camel's back and
we don't know how far it can go. Don't know how much weight they can take how much pressure
They can stand tall, under for foot, trailing by four to one, seems inevitable, but they
have got a lot of space towards the A site.
There's not a massive stack up.
With a headhunter and a sheriff, they can get some damage done.
Already ground being taken and Shados, does he stick around with Avis or do they give
it up?
They're looking for the fight after finding them with great success.
Yeah, a lot of damage done on the initial sprays, the Cs also slowing them further.
It makes it so difficult to break through these A-side chokes, but when you've been running it over to B you know there's going to be an operator, the homing in on you, so getting through that chokes going to be difficult.
I think the main thing I want to see now is how they put pressure on some of that mid control in the other direction.
Do they take lane? Do they sort of make that B-side a little bit more awkward?
I feel like so far Casey has been able to have minimum two, but in most cases three players on A because there just is no pressure on Belong or that link position.
Yes, and this is one of the things we talked about for foot on the attack side. The experience there in terms of those calls, you expect that to be where they find those gaps right now.
No gaps being found. Casey plugged it up like they've got too many planks and seed thieves and with another round lost here for foot, they'll be almost forced into a pause.
But for now, confident that they can find their way back in, we saw Mr. Fallen quick to dispense
some words after the last full-by round loss.
Eneshae's made it across with the AWP.
He doesn't know there's a player tucked in on the left, and here come the salvos.
He's just about made it out of there alive.
I really like that.
the the special delivery to destroy the trap to keep the bait going keep the
bait that there's potentially not someone close again though they're falling
into the same trope back to the A site they go
for the umpteen climb in a row 9 full 6 room
I like the cosmic divide off the back of it but the counter utility is already being thrown out drone to go in
of course spam's not possible unless they go on the other side and there's the
Continuous utility put into place to make sure they can't make a move
This will be the first time we actually have to see a full-on retake out from KC
They've got that flying protection from about half miles away
But still it starts to play that flash doesn't quite land as intended Zeus marked in the corner gets one
managed to get the ult off
That's a disgrace for KC. It should have been a shut down. That was their way back in a trade at least
but so much time, they've got to run, they've got to sprint, and all of a sudden,
but that's alone, how has this happened? They're blocking it, the defense still up your way.
Casey, they fumbled, but they did not falter. A ridiculous round, and honestly,
if there's not a timeout after that, we won't see one old game.
What a chaotic crowd!
They used everything, nightfall, cosmic divide to take the side convergence part to slow them down.
He even is throwing in the tailwater at the end and they just kept past all of it.
This final shot as well had to be lightning fast for Babbage.
I don't know how KC made that work. They were fighting against every ultimate that was possibly on offer for Fur.
And even when they used all four of them, nothing.
I know it's a Kleece atom, but I genuinely, it was a 4 vs 3 post plan.
I, I genuinely blinked and there were three things in the top right on the kill feed.
It was a 1v4 in a split second.
That's ridiculous.
And they haven't called the timeout.
Footer, they're, they're happy to go.
I get it on the first buy.
You say, you know, I noticed some problems.
Here's how we fix it.
Let's move on.
That last round though, I almost want a timeout just to breathe it.
Now the drone didn't spot, don't you?
It's just walked right past it.
And it's a low by round for foot, so it's whatever,
but these little mistakes, they're gonna add up.
Surely a timeout after this one.
They're also just gonna hear a thing.
These are things where you go like,
well, I don't know how this has happened.
Like, I don't know how I've died here,
and that frustration is definitely gonna start building
because the last round is the sort of round
where you go, that's unloosable.
Like, you can't use two ults to take the site,
and 2-0, it's in post, and still lose.
And still lose convincing, yes.
Five and a half seconds and three plays standing.
Like that.
That's just not good enough.
And Casey almost had to be laughing.
We'll see.
Can there be some damage for Yamagy?
Yes, there can.
Sugetsu not expecting it in the corner.
And this is around, they definitely shouldn't be winning.
But now, with a total force of that one remaining, oh.
And two players up against, look at the guns.
It's an operator and a judge.
It's chalk and cheese on the retake.
I don't have the advantage, but Yetege stepping in.
The angle shot landed!
And now Doja alone, a pistol and a judge, a tour de force on the other side.
I don't know how foot have gotten away with this round,
but somehow it seems to be there.
And that easy shot from Mr. Follick confirms it.
A thrifty for foot at 5-2.
And you give Yerige an inch there, just that small gap that they left, he filled it in right away, gorgeous shots.
Yeah, that's why you put Yerige on chamber, like, because the raw skill is undeniable.
Nice!
Well, from an unloosable round to an unwinnable round, flip the script, all the way round, doesn't make sense.
I'm not gonna try and explain it, we're moving on. Still a buy up for KC.
Hedgay now has that operator in hand once again.
The problem is, again, you kind of sit there and go, is that just a flash in the pan?
I think, I'm assuming Levin thought that was gonna be shot for him.
I guess so.
Alright, there's a parallel coming, and it's gone, and it's gone, and I guess I'm gone.
Zeus has already put so much pressure on him!
He can't get away!
He managed to make that little crunch and now changed direction.
So what's the B site?
Gaincrush is in position, Levin can rotate very easily.
There will be three players on B.
Those steps are heard.
Here comes Levin, any second now.
He's down here.
Walk down in play buys more time.
Fifteen seconds on the clock.
Doge in the corner.
corner, landing a doll, and another to the tally! He's in a different dimension and yet
still he's not dropped finally! Put in his place but buried alongside him is Yetege and
with Bahat 1v3 spiked down in the open. Only two players on the side can pull these angles
into individual fights at least and he has been very reliable but it's not to be this
time course correction from KC right back to winaways. Yeah, I don't see it just again dancing
within the madness. Again, that's got to be an annoying one. Just being caught.
And nobody checking that backline. I guess again, you see the old go down, you go, oh,
retakes it up. Okay, they're all outside the site. They've got four players. Maybe they gambled the
other way. And yeah, oh, I don't see a wave into them. Probably questioning how nobody
check that back angle. Six to two. Finally time for a pause. I feel like it's been coming,
but that yet to say sort of like huge round from him, maybe well put a pause on the pause.
That's the other. Well, yeah, I think coming out of the round way and hitting a little pause would
be a little crazy, but now definitely time to get back to the drawing board because it's just been
I mean, two rounds of madness for them,
whereas the opponents I think can get a little more confident
that they're going to hit those reliable wins on the board,
keep that lead and building and faltering
at the final hurdle like this per foot
after the bounce back on split.
Really, really solid showing from them,
from the rookies as well.
This is no time to take your foot off the gas.
The funny thing is, obviously the meta has sort of shifted
so that you're running more double controller,
a lot less sentinel play.
And don't get me wrong, like I think Sugetsu's still been putting up numbers on the controller.
The thing that is upsetting, and similar to a couple of players,
like I think we saw Benji have some decent performances as well.
You put them back on Sente, and Sugetsu's just like, ah, breath of fresh air, ten of four, top of the server.
He's just been having a great time, and I don't know, it is sort of the meta versus comfort, but...
I wonder if they might look to put him on a little bit more Sente.
I mean each team is obviously going to have their optimal play foot geared up to challenge
to get to an after salvo.
A lot of bodies coming around that corner only good for the one and trades and around
like this where foot come in with so many weaknesses especially because they can potentially
recover the weapon.
Trains are all that you want on this attack side at least in those initial fights.
Now they were thrown in the side. All of this mid control, down towards water, even their own spawn.
Like, take a look at this position, it has to be watched. Shadows has to come back to clear this, so they can't come in through the spawn.
Basically anywhere that they go now, is a 1vx flight.
Yeah, 11 as well. I wonder how much time he's got left on his TP. The answer is gone.
This yeah, he has to go somewhere the angle he was in was only good if you have the gate crash
He has to reposition and that's a decent reposition, but he's a cop
That's an operator down on the ground the cross being held by shados
He's not able to connect the shot push coming in as well on the other side Zeus
I'm not sure how much rotate that was being sold. He just tried to catch rotators and now well
Chris galley only that standing and shados will get the job done in the end 7 and 2 half guaranteed as said
I expected stronger defensive halves, but I do think this is getting a little bit too far
Well, yeah, I mean if it continues in this way the gap is going to be a little bit too big
for most teams to even think about coming back into
And the reality is for KC, you know, they're not showing any signs of slowing down this miles in the coaching booth
I don't know what he said, but neither do they, but those is definitely getting confident.
KCR in general contrast that face that Aang's making the one earlier on, albeit it might
have been the, his ears being blasted by sound, but the vine looking great down to that coaching
booth for KC 11, gate crash, not even halfway gone.
He'll stick around here for quite a while, and I think they're going to give him a challenge,
But he has to get out.
Oh, it was close.
And actually, Shadeh's bites a bullet for it.
That ain't been over the top.
It's a good start from Zeus.
Desperately in need of attack-side rounds.
Oh, yeah, Tijé.
Other than that singular round, I haven't really
seen much impact from this chamber,
playing the other side of the map, looking for space.
But I feel like he's been isolated.
I like the idea from Foot, though.
You get that early fight.
Then you just sit patiently, wait for your opponents to go hunting for information,
wait for them to use all of that utility.
Timing here...
Not the best, but because he stayed in the corner, that could actually create more of a problem for Levin.
Does he now go back in the other direction? Now, does he have the expectation now?
He's caught our bar. He's levelled things up once again, and in fact, the attacks that were 30 seconds left,
they're gonna try and move the other way, but there are still two defenders here.
That's the thing after you find the first how many more do you expect customer divide goes in with those is out and now they have no idea
What's to get to he strikes a little too early?
They know that he's here. Mr. Fallen cleanly connects the headshot puts them ahead by two
I would have
Yet as I didn't need to swing now perhaps a chance
Everybody in individual fights, but they'll look to swing together as they do Levin finds another but he's all alone
Oh, it's getting dicey. It's getting close and he'll find himself a rifle 14 shots still in the magazine wraps around
But they're set up to swing this together and he has no chance when they do the third found four foot
And they can still bring this back to seven five at the half. It's not too far gone just yet
Yeah, again, I feel like the actual setup
from KC wasn't a bad one. They didn't fall for the bait.
And it was just the not waiting for the device to be fully up and not realizing how many players were here.
And then also, she gets you just unable to find the point. They get them nowhere to go.
Like, you had to just stay and fight. And when it came to the important, kills us around, foot found them.
And this is enough to, well, just look at the economy.
Look at the money that's on the board for KC in this round. There's going to be pieces missing.
I'm likely going to be fighting for the next one, but we've already seen a fair amount
of individual brilliance, so I wouldn't say this is a guaranteed round for third.
Well, anything but...
It comes down to numbers.
Take a look over this side of the map.
Just how many people are here?
We've got four.
Two and a half.
I see three.
Two and a half of us.
That's because Shade has used the haunt already, so he's only half of... and a prowler, so
half his belt left.
Oh yeah, it definitely wasn't because of the circle.
No, you need a bigger circle, man.
I knew I should have done the click to stretch,
I dragged the stretch, but...
Oh no!
Oh, that's cause, he looks away from the angle
for half a second, and that leaves the A site
wide open for business.
Singular rifle left, pistol force to get to,
gotta be a little bit careful facing off
against this man with the sheriff at hand.
Actually, okay.
The Verges party's fairly feeling there was a need to try and deny this retake, and deny
it has been.
Yep, it's not like they have a huge ultimate online for the next round, but they nearly
do.
I mean, in terms of getting in, finding that space, Convergence path is obviously going
to confirm this round, get rid of any possibility of individuals taking over, and then coming
into the next, we potentially have the Armageddon ready to roll for Crisali.
Oh yeah, I guess the Infants as well have an In-Zone flawless, making sure that you have everything for the next round
and your opponents don't get to get anything brought back home.
And especially when you are, as I said, you were down quite a few rounds just con-farming,
but that's not going to get any more dangerous.
I think that was the main reason for Foot throwing that in.
Seven to four. Seven to five half. I think especially the position they're in, Foot can be very happy with that.
Pistol round may even bring them back level, but
dimensional drift.
There was no one even close there to shoot that one, so I think he was just hoping that
someone would face him on the timing, but
not this time.
Well, his gatecrasher is being sent out, you can see him moving towards spawn, and it will be taken soon.
That's foot now put the pressure on towards this A site.
You must have tried it!
Osmick device already gone through, and it's going to be an initial fight.
They bring foot to big pickups.
Are Casey going to go through? They are!
And Leveny wins the fight as Decoy serving us a little bit of cover there.
And although the plant comes in, an Armageddon is online.
Crystalli very low as the fallback to main, picks up and off, but now the time's on their side
and Casey need to be quick to bait this ultimate out, they need to get on that spike.
Mr. Fallen on a long flank.
They do have the turret, but it really just depends in what direction he goes.
If he cuts back a little shorter, which is exactly what he's done,
he's going to be able to get past already the utility, then I'm going to risk it longer
and now he strikes from behind.
It's where they throw in the ultimate just to make sure that anybody on it is in trouble
It leaves just to get to the remaining wonderful post part coming out from foot.
And from what looked like an impossible deficit, they end at 7-5.
They're really fighting for this tooth and nail with elimination on the line.
Another 7-5 score line.
One half left in this matchup.
One half left and kick off for one of these teams.
We'll be kicking out a team after the break.
Red Bull gives you wings.
Well, it's almost the end of the road, but for who and we're here to answer that question
is the timer ticks away top Casey leading by to now mount the attack side.
The last time we saw pro play last year, stage one, and it was these two teams, but the stakes
this time, a little bit higher.
Yeah.
This is going to be one of those pistols that really could just turn this game, in case
they could get themselves further into the lead, extend away from their opponents, or
foot could begin to start things off.
One of them is going to improve their percentage significantly as well, versus the other.
Both on 40%, both 1-6, lost 9.
Clearly a lot of parallels between these two teams and I think that can be felt within the server as well.
The one about to be eliminated last and the other, don't marching on in the lower bracket.
It almost feels unfair with how close this has been.
Yeah, it very much does.
Whoever wins this has a five series, one of which is a PO5.
In a row needed.
Making the Santiago.
They start out, Zeus dropped here in the pistol, a sneaky pull by Levin gets another kill in favor of KC, but these pistols, they always seem to point in one direction and then a big individual play turns it the other way, a start for Yenice, it could be the same old story, but they'll stuff him in his tracks.
And Kristalli, the last man standing, a frenzy, not the gun for the job, everyone relatively healthy and well.
They were stacked up and ready for that, a veritable firing squad awaiting him.
Another round on the board for KC, leading 8-5. How far can they take it?
Yeah, that's exactly what they needed, that extra little boost to kick off their attack side.
and seems like maybe it's played towards me just based off the weaponry that
they're purchasing going in for the outlaw going in for
vandal a guardian a lot of long-range weapons with pistols to back them up
potential that they'll go facing into the one real danger in this round which
is of course yet a J only a few bullets left a few bullets he could afford he's
It's going to be challenging early and it's a dry peek out.
Okay, 11.
Hands in the initial kill.
Headhunter being offered another pick up as well.
Doja playing with fire, but he will back off.
No problem here, look at the decision for Foot to leave completely.
I mean, just now the drone's gone through Abbe's spots once, still a mass exodus from
the A site foot are gambling it even after seeing that utility towards a many teams would rotate back, but now
Four players on this B site. They will match the numbers of KC
But can they match the firepower with classics and a single bullet left in the headhunter?
I was gonna say was that tail utility
That's already completely gone. They had multiple salvos
30 seconds.
And it seems like they're really second guessing themselves.
30 seconds left.
They had things bang on.
But after not seeing anything, they're immediately going to start rotating back.
One player left within the site and it's a good luck.
The missed a fallen.
Very likely his call to move away.
He's just going to try and hold in the back line.
Something they desperately need to clear.
Maybe expecting a swing and Abez has made sure that any more worry should be gone.
A singular bullet left in the headhunter and I almost wonder if his wife is going down to the spike.
The only thing, and it's something that close to our opponents can't know, is that everybody is currently holding a rifle.
I think that's how it might stay.
Well, they don't know where Zeus is, so maybe if he just waits going down to the spike or making it costly on exits if they do come his way.
If anybody pushes that way, they've lost their mind.
Without a doubt.
As long as the safe exit and that is where KC are going. The right call made. Zeus will go down to the spike and
Foot will go down at nine to five a big resurgence needed, but that didn't stop them in the past
Thing is we are now running out of time
So Shados had a rifle he did yes
I was about to say the really good thing for KC is that they kept well it was the rifles and of course the
outlaw in play and so you didn't actually lose anything because I saw them all laughing
at the stage seemed like good vibes so
well the staff panning on the other side yeah it's been called out
nine to five double digits is what KC is looking for and if they find it here it is pretty much
at the beginning of the end. Foot need to stop them here and now, and it has to be more than a speed bump.
We need a full-on barricade. A blockade as they keep pushing further and further into the lead.
Kacina set their sights on B. Nobody anywhere else on the map. Full dedication to it.
And yet, Ajay's Alp's already being pushed back. The next wave of utility might take him out of this
Hold all together he's been revealed!
He's naturally!
He didn't even start this round with shield!
He survived longer than expected!
The utility dump leaving him with...
Nothing!
I feel like this is round over.
There's no way the fuck can hope to
break back in on a 3v5.
This is going to be an opportunity for
Dosia to go from just having a ghost
at the beginning of this round to potentially having an operator.
Look at the utility here!
Look at that! They used everything!
There's nothing left, of course you don't know that!
a very direct play as well. You assume there's some little bits left in the back pocket. But that
was a full dump coming out of KC. They knew at that point like, okay, first bit of utility,
gets us down long, second bit gets us in the site, and there's nothing they can do but give it up
and play retake. Well, Foot didn't do that. They stuck around a perplexing choice. And I think
usually Yaneje would already look to recall back, snap his fingers and get out of there, reverse
Dorothy, but the reality is he couldn't because he already did and the position he held was just
It was greedy, but it was kind of necessary get a pick get out
But once that utility comes that's get out time and he missed this this time and this is window. Yeah
I thought that was the business. He was hit by
And then just hit by everything why there was no escape at that point
It was almost too easy. It looked like Chris Dally was almost trying to give him a helping hand
But there was no survival a lovely execution from Casey and that's what we talked about like this team in terms of their
Initial plans and hits have been great. It's the late round, but they didn't need a late round
It already won the round if you lose the late round calls versus a save then we have a major problem
Look Lee that's not the case here
And if a case eat double digits on the board weakness is there for foot
But they do save over those three weapons
They do put themselves in a position to buy back up and to fight for it here
But this is again that line in the sand a loss in this round might as well be a loss in the series
It might as well pack your bags for a big old break before stage one. Baha. He's got the angle
He spotted Levin, but he wasn't ready to shoot. I like it though playing passive
Popping the smoke calling for backup
Look how spread out KCR though
They've got a net spread across this and the only real danger is that yet is a could walk up right behind them
It does leave a bit of a gap in mid, obviously you've got the trap there but if it was broken
it would put Yeti-chan in a pretty awkward position but there hasn't been any pressure
on that side.
Oh Reginald, that's a huge pick.
What's he?
Mr. Farley just taken out.
His 11 operated it, they definitely knew he was there.
He's managed to find an opening.
Nice shot from Farley, needs a little bit more and he does.
A second kill and she gets to desperately low.
Post-Farley available and a late lead coming in from Dosia.
But an even late alert coming in on the other side
and they don't even get the plunge down.
Zeus has done well.
Yeah, it was a nice hinder, thrown in alongside the salvo,
pushes the player into the open, all forces their hand.
for an early death. That spike 14 seconds needs to be planted and Yedizhe's got the round in his hands.
Nicely done by the chamber. As he said, the only real danger in this round was that Yedizhe could just walk right up behind him,
and eventually that comes through, playing with the time if it much takes. I feel bad for him there.
Yeah, I didn't understand how he died. Looking at it from his perspective and seeing in the second time, I still don't.
That's unlucky.
Shoulders a bit too wide.
Oh, they're back on the board.
Love that thing.
He's got his operator back.
Oh, the one he bought in the first round
has a second one in his back pocket as well.
But again, Yetej having a good half is gonna be integral.
Just look at the setup they're currently going for.
Three AMA in early, one player mid, Yetej AB.
If they can kill this guy off as they did
in that initial bonus round and this hold is going to become impossible.
An immediate rotation, Kristalli is going to spot out Dosia, but that tells a different
story than their pushing this way.
It tells them that they're likely not.
You have a look at the play towards A-Main.
Zeus about to round that corner.
There's two players there.
As the smoke fades, Liven's good for one, but it's no, no shit that there could be a player
creeping around behind them.
He's gone now!
Waited too long to strike and now the play is coming in towards me, but that AWP is still there
And yet a J is just biding his time
To the good position
That was getting from this spot though
Dimensional drift becomes so important. This is
Classic but playing aggressively with an operator. I don't know how again. He just seems to be surviving
Hiding within uses a distraction of all the trades back and forth or enough for a second in a row
some unorthodox gameplay for me at a J
But I got the job done
Yeah, yeah, I think a little little spooky there seeing Shade
I was hit someone with a prowler and then jump into a smoke that he saw the guy with the prowler in with utility out
I wasn't sure what I was witnessing quite in that moment, but
But, uh, that is a survive as a result, ended up trading blows later on and second round
in a row.
Maaaas!
Then we're going to see that late pass be resolved by a flank.
It seems like a lot of space being given to foot when those executes are coming through,
foot reading those timings and getting the flanks just when they need to.
For KC, time to pull those holes.
They've got two timeouts.
This is their first to be used at 10-7 and Zeiss knows how close they are to starting
that run.
Again, after this, you need four BO3s and a BO5 without faltering against teams that
are trickling down from that little bracket.
The competition getting harder and harder as it goes.
I think from that mistake, it's heretics when you play after this, which sure, looking
at current form, you could go close in this matchup and still be able to take down.
If they reach that same kind of form that they've been missing last year's form
Then yeah, you're right. It could have been short after this case realistically the teams that can drop down
You got Mason BBL at the very very tip top still one of them's immediately gonna be making it through
Then you've got Navi fanatic vitality GX in the middle bracket and then waiting in low around to you got heretics and liquid
So it doesn't really get easier from here. I'll be honest like this is probably the easiest match I decided to get
Yeah, after heretics, it will be either Vitality or GX you face, you know, it's either one of those
Seems like a pretty tough matchup. And then there's a few more after
Yeah, then maybe a Navi maybe a fanatic
Then maybe a Mates or a BB
It's rough. It's a long way back, all right
But that's what happens when you immediately lose two games
Well, normally you go out of the tournament
Yeah, exactly
You know, second piece of life.
You have to be here, but we're twisting.
One of them's luck is about to run out.
And although Casey and the lead have started to...
Wow, they're looking for their third life.
Maybe last just that little bit longer.
For now though, again, it's similar trait as the opposing side.
I want to see a bit of pressure put into that link.
to that runway down to B break the trap make it more awkward because that trap
sits there pretty much the whole round and it means they could just do this
leave one player on the other side of the map to hold half the map
reveal gone through that's not one of the just yet my brother has landed it's going through
they seem to lay a moment and that avoids the initial burst of utility now they
look to take that site with a clean plan out of shade also avoiding all of the
Salvos coming the other way or the Spams as well and now the heightfall goes through but Mr. Follin
runs in on the back of it completely catching them off guard foot now with a mad advantage they set
their eyes on those spike shots landing from main and the late play from Doja with a star that's
well not in the normal position but it has still delayed it's bought time Doja can strike from
the side but he is being watched he was being watched as the stun goes through more time
Eating away from the clock and a nice shot from Doja!
They're set up for success.
It should be the end of the round, the end of the play.
It's not even half!
Doja, expertly playing this late round,
and Casey, just a few steps away
from this lower bracket run commencing.
Again, by a superb initial execute.
It made things so awkward for the players,
forced all the way to the back of site.
Mr. Farling definitely threw a spanner in the works budget,
running at them while hit by the nightfall.
I don't know, maybe it doesn't know that they can still hit you,
but it seemed like you didn't give a damn.
But then Dosia, just the final piece of the puzzle,
the late play, the final free throw.
And that's going to put them two rounds away from sending foot packing.
It's definitely not been an easy road, but if they complete this match,
they can at least start getting ready for the next one.
A monumental task ahead of the victory, with a disappointment that comes with defeat, but
the end of kickoff.
And Foot, they're not far away from that reality, coming true in front of their eyes, Zeus emerges
from the smoke as Doja waits, beckons him in.
Soon to show foot the door as KC12 locked in now for foot 2v5 that they stand practically no chance
I've even coming close to winning till the postman. They've made that realization
Toward a force that's been wasted here
Well, that's the thing you might as well
Go for some damage. I guess it's just what are you gaining? Yeah, your opponents have enough credits to buy anyway and
Maybe he doesn't want to give over a norm, maybe to get to a lockdown or a dimensional
drift.
I guess that's the argument.
Yeah.
Dimensional drift on entry as well?
I think that's been the scariest thing for...
Okay, that was a choice.
He did then go and died 11.
Yeah, that was a choice.
I am now immensely perplexed by what I watched, but...
That was basically the worst of all.
Yes.
Joy has been sent to get the pizza, I mean that, I can stand here another 5 minutes,
I don't think I'd be able to put the pieces together of what neurons were firing at that
moment.
Unlucky.
Unlucky.
I guess for the person that died.
Unlucky for them.
12 and 7.
I'm not sure what went on there, I just get that over in the end and we've already seen
that when KC have an ult with their executions, they have been so hard to play against, like
they have just had an extra little piece like in that round, you see it, the Armageddon thrown
to the back site, a stun put in the one place that would have been safe, and an easy opener,
in fact an easy double opener, 11. Now he has his ultimate in play to just make this as awkward
as possible for Yenisei, they already know exactly where he is, counter-knightfall thrown out by
to try and slow this push as much as possible, but there is level with the backstop.
The energy dead.
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What do you think are your biggest strengths?
Our biggest strength is like, to be honest it's hard to say because we're still trying
to find our own strengths and right now we're just in search kind of but of course we are,
we're following adaptive I would say but we are willing to learn I would say, you know
we are easy to learn and we're learning from our mistakes. This is our biggest strength, I think.
In terms of individual performances, I think we have a strongest player also, so there is like
clutches. Yes. We were clutches. It's not only me today, for example, it was Nostan. He was
winning the rounds and I was happy. So yeah, I love the stuff. Yeah, when it comes down to these
clutches, when it comes down to the wire, what do you think is the reason behind that? We spoke
earlier to Zeish and he was touching upon the fact that there were small mistakes that are
being made by the team do you think that is why you guys are in these positions continuously?
Yeah of course of course it's like I feel like right now it's a very good experience for people
right now in our team because one guy was coming from the park for example and just another guy
just second year as a rookie I will say as a Kazem so for them it's just very important to just
keep keeping in kind you know and just take this energy and just go step by step.
And for you as an experienced player, how has it been playing with these individuals that are
coming up into the sea and kind of like learning the ropes? I mean it's always hard to play with
rookie players because you know you was playing for example with a rookie player before and you
kind of teach him stuff and after a game some rookie player coming and you need to again teach
him stuff and this is a little bit annoying but this is part of life I would say so part of the
game and I'm happy. Yeah happy with the win as well. I mean you guys are now in this lower bracket
So you have to do the miracle lower bracket run. What was your first opponent your next one is going to be heretics
Do you have any thoughts about that game? I mean
Keuretics as they show the good team right now. They're a little bit underperforming
I will say because of maybe new player. I don't know maybe not adaptive, but anyway, it's like gonna be good match up
I think and we are excited. Of course. We are always excited and it's good for us
That's the good spirits and for those of the fans that are watching at home from KC
specifically that have high hopes for your teams or anything you want to say to put their minds at
ease. I mean I would suggest keep practicing and just it is what it is. It is what it is. Well
thank you so much for your time for the interview and congratulations once again. We're gonna be
heading over to a quick little break and we'll be back with our second match of today so stay tuned for that.
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and the roster changes happened as well, especially for Pacific, but this is a situation to find yourself in after your debut in Tier 1.
Yeah, and the thing about Pacific is obviously they were forced to make changes. It wasn't if they had to make the changes themselves.
All for the same thing with the two substitutions. Both have had a bit of a rough Stage 1, but overall, like, I don't want to say there's
because they are in the first elimination game but like I do have all yeah I
think the hope for me is that off when they they they don't have the full roster
and I'm sorry every time I talk about them this one that we talk about but it
is the reality of the situation you have two players coming in last second yeah
and the two players that are missing I think are some of the best players like
they are that good so when we get to stage one I'm gonna be hyping them up
again so there's hope in the future and then for Pacific side I think the
reality of this team too is that like it's a little bit of a leftovers to me
like it's it's the kind of rag tag group of players and I think that you
expect in those moments for the team not to perform as well but there have been
like some shining lights here or there and there's been potential it's not
like I said earlier like I don't think that the weakest teams in the year like
last year where it was like a little bit muddy like I still expect a little bit
I'm up today, but it's not as bad.
Like teams are getting better.
Yeah, the overall bar is raising,
the teams are keeping up with it, which is a good thing.
But unfortunately, it's not the start
that either one of these organizations we're looking for,
but they're here, they're in this lower bracket,
and this does give them a chance to prove to us
whether or not they will crumble under this pressure.
Discourmish as well that we had earlier today
could kind of help with the map veto.
We'll see that.
Oh, there we go.
We had Ninja versus Auta, okay.
Do we want to throw in how we think it's going to go?
I would probably favour Audaz on this one.
Like, Alec, Ninja's great with Utility and stuff, but in terms of raw firepower, I think Audaz has that over him.
Ninja's a curious choice. He is more of that supportive role right now.
He hasn't been popping off like some of the other players that you'd expect, like Urseven or Alaronpe to be that kind of player.
So, maybe that's...
Okay, we'll see about that later, but first we're going to have to dissect specific a little bit further.
it comes to this roster that
they're kind of a collection of
you know, players that we didn't
necessarily expect or know how
they're going to work out together.
But so far, I mean, they do find
themselves in this lower bracket. We
have seen some shining lights. We've
seen some sparks of success, but
the question is, can they consistently
bring that here today, Cairo? Yeah, I
think it's a best of the rest in
terms of tier two. Like it's not the
hot prospects, but don't like this
We've spoken about Allerante and weeks gone by about how he should have been in tier 1 long overdue.
But I think as well, right, Ninja was a player who was playing on Team Liquid Academy
and who was widely regarded as the next player to actually get that chance at tier 1.
He's fulfilled that at the first opportunity, and Cupid's come along as well.
I mean, just turn 23, not that long ago.
Another player that I think is an IGL, considering we've had an IGL crisis for what the longest time.
Does he have the chance at tier one to at least like I don't know if he had trials or whatnot, but I think he should have been here a long time ago
I don't know if you disagree. I think he's a very good IGL for playing on like an underdog team
Yeah, yeah, like I really think that he's like wacky comp approach makes a lot of sense when you're a team that is
Kind of a little bit more of the leftovers like yeah
Your expectations are quite low coming into this year
And so if you play the same as everyone else then you're probably gonna lose
So I do quite like the fact that that kind of slightly off kilter approach that often that's our approach that keeper brings
I think makes a lot of sense. Yeah, and hopefully that's something that they can play to their strength of today specifically
But unfortunately again, there is the situation when it comes to the head coach position as well for a specific which a bit of an
Unfortunate one to find yourself in especially in this elimination match
But the end of today, you know sometimes that's just how the cookie crumbles and there isn't really much you can do except head into this with
full
confidence and motivation, Cairo.
Yeah, that's it.
I think as well, it's going to be interesting to see,
like, with the direction, right?
Like, with Cooper, and you were talking about, like,
the wacky comps and the stuff that he likes to do.
How does, um, think he support that as well
in terms of pinstepping into, uh, the head coach
is, uh, for this match?
So, yeah, I'm wondering, like, what the,
the preparation and stuff will look like coming into it.
I mean, it should be basically almost done in my eyes,
in my eyes, considering what was announced, like, yesterday.
I think that in these situations, you don't have time to reinvent the wheel, so I do see...
I imagine Kupra is the biggest voice in the team when it comes to that kind of side of things,
so I think for Thinky, she's kind of slowing it.
Letting Kupra do his thing.
And then we have to talk about the strength specifically.
I want to hammer home what we should be really looking forward to,
or maybe Holy should really be looking forward to when it comes to this specific roster.
CNET being a very decorated player on there as well.
Yeah, so Sinead's coming into this team again, like I think his stocks have started to fall just a little bit
And so that's why he's now seeing himself in a little bit more of a rag-pack team
I think though that one of the things that we're highlighting here is that over his career
He's been known to be a jet player and it's the same kind of narrative for Leaven and in that last match
I'll be honest Leaven actually did yeah some good signs on that
Euro melee there, but for Sinead I think that the struggles were even more obvious
Yeah, and so there's even some maps like breeze where they could very easily slot amongst that jet because they have a yoru
Elsewhere and they're not doing that
So I think there is almost this tension between cupid's idea of like playing slightly off matter approaches and at times
Just the matter approach and seen it maybe not being comfortable enough to do that
It's almost like cupid's like trying to change him and yeah
Yeah, can't teach an old dog. Yeah, maybe
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You can I'm a believer you just have to be a believer too. You know, if Billy was on this desk
She would have your head for it. I know she loves
Bro, there's no we were mentioned belly right now. Come on like leave her elite. She's she's on an off-day leave her be
We're not summoning her
I think kind of like going through with this discussion when it comes to the agents that we are seeing specific pick and then the agents that
Potentially some of these players are more comfortable on playing
play, dissecting their composition as well as something that we're looking forward to
today, specifically Mino when it comes to Breeze.
Yeah, so for Breeze, like I said before, it's just that idea that there is that obvious
approach they could go with for Sinad.
I think like Sinad on Wale here, this could just be a bit...
On other maps though, it's a bit more complicated.
It's going to be this kind of tension between Sinad's comfort and Keeper's idea of the
game.
Kickoff for them is actually, they're one of the few teams that I'm going to give them a bit of a pass on.
Because I think kickoff is one of those moments where they can kind of go back to the drawing board
and kind of re-look at how they want to do that.
Like, Ibrahim has this very direct, this very distinct vision for the game.
And kickoff is the chance for him to kind of figure out, does the roster make sense in terms of that approach?
How to be balanced those two things.
Yeah, and something that like, in a recent interview with Alaranti, like, kind of done by GP Sports,
he said that like K listen guys the way that we are viewing this is that we have a plan on how we
want to change it might not happen kickoff but for stage one we should be there and I guess like
that's where you you look at this game and you say right well if your win condition isn't actually
winning like what is the the signs of improvements that we're going to be looking for map to map in
terms of the compositions in terms of the implementation in terms of even if it's getting
seen in comfortable on those other agents that isn't yet yeah that's a question that we're
we're going to have to wait and see what they're going to answer to. But I think also having
that mentality of like, all right, we're coming into BCC this year, we're going to start things
up with pick off and then not shying away from trying new things from figuring out what
works for them and what doesn't. And that's a kind of the identity conversation that we're
having around a lot of these teams that we're finding in this lower bracket today. What is
their identity and when will they actually be able to find it seems to be the overarching
theme here in this conversation. And I guess for a Pacific today is they got to show us
whether it's like these wacky comps or maybe they go back to their comfort.
Yeah, I think that's exactly it. And I think that like to hit the reason why that is is because
there was a massive patch change before this year. Like I think that kickoff is a tournament in which
you don't get, you know, you get more chances than last year, but you don't get that many games to
figure it out if that makes sense. Like this has probably been the biggest patch change that we've
ever had in Valorant in my opinion. And so it's not a surprise to me that teams are trying to find
in their identity in a matter where it probably doesn't even suit them as a region for their
strength.
Ooh, I love how the excuses are already coming up for each national player.
Oh, maybe you're ahead of the curve, I like that.
But Alarante is someone that we've already touched upon in terms of the philosophy and
just the mindset when it comes to Pacific, but as a player, what are we expecting from
him today, Carl?
I'm expecting him to be able to frag out like he normally is.
Honestly, one of the headshot kings that I am from tier 2, the guy's headshot percentage was right up there,
but it's not as if it's like, oh he has small jewels, right?
You can put him on a site by himself and you know he's going to hold it down.
Yeah, I think for me, it's been a long time coming. I think this guy should have been in VCT in 2023.
He was a player actually that I was trying to get in Fnatic in 2021 or 2022.
to. Unfortunately, he had school, so he rejected us, but we can ask him later whether he regrets
or not. But yeah, like he's a player that's been on the radar for a long time for a lot
of teams. I'm surprised to only see him now. And since then, he's had a huge role change
now. He's like a Sentinel player back then. He was a bit of a flex player. But I think
that suits him quite well. Like the Sentinel role right now is quite open and diverse.
So he's able to fill the spots that Hupert's wackiness kind of means.
Yeah, so it seems that in terms of cohesion on paper, it shouldn't work.
And we should hopefully see something coming out from Pacific today, but then we'll start
to strip the conversation to OLD, because OLD is another roster or team organization that
has just joined VCT and EA this year, they qualified through Ascension, and they were
absolute beasts in that tournament.
It was scary looking at them compete, and they are finding themselves in a position
right now where they are already on the chopping block, but they have definitely giving it their
all with the resources that they currently have available. Yeah, they have a bit of a slow start
to kick off and we asked them to relax a little bit, you know, except the conditions they find
themselves in, which again is having two substitutes. And I think last week, although it was a 2-0 loss
to Heretic, there was glimpses of hope. Like the core itself was playing very well in my opinion,
that you're going to see during stage one. And it just feels like to me, I don't know if this is
But it feels like they're just kind of here to get the reps for stage one when they're back in their full power
Yeah, and I think both teams are well
Considering that we already spoke with Alaranti had said about Pacific
I think like the both of these teams find themselves in the exact same position
Then if it's like reps get themselves comfortable and obviously whoever wins this gets more reps, right?
That's the other aspect. Yeah, maybe already highlighting the 4-3 when it comes to their matchup against heretics
And just in general, that's what we're hoping to see again today because the heretics, if anything, they're also in the lower bracket.
So, you know, my very match, actually, no, it's going to be liquid.
Yeah, I'm just like visualizing the bracket real quick. So that's not happening.
I think it could happen eventually.
Yeah, who knows?
But yeah, I think the game for Ceratix, it started off slow, but honestly, there was a lot of resilience, I feel like.
And just a lot of that kind of Turkish turning around those rounds randomly.
Um, so there, there, there definitely are some moments and I don't think I think coming into this matchup, a lot of people expect Pacific to win.
Yeah.
And I expect that too.
But I wouldn't be surprised if we had a close game here at all.
Yeah, I think anything is genuinely possible and if, and if the first match is an indication of that KC foot, KC coming into this is the favorite and Futs did manage to find a map.
They did manage to push it, push KC to their limits and that's a testament of how even though these teams are in this lower bracket Cairo, it is still a close matchup.
and it is still possible to make that miracle run.
Yeah, and I think as well, like, for these two teams in terms of miracle runs,
I'm not saying it's completely out of the way,
but I think it's possible in terms of the fact that if we see Pacific right, if the ideas work together,
but for Alph, if the firepower works out, like the two subs, I don't know.
Yeah, I feel like that's how it worked for Alph specifically during the session.
It was that insane firepower.
Panpoca trying to distract me. They're doing like Fortnite dances or something. I don't know what's going on.
You know, when they are casting you should go into the cast, but they might do the exact same thing to them.
But for those of you in chat, that actually don't want to participate in these dances, we do have a little vote up.
If you can let us know what you think is going to be winning. Because if you're like at this point on the desk, neither one of you is like being too clear-cut.
You just said Pacific.
I think Pacific. Yeah, I think Pacific. I think Pacific as well. I think as well. Like I've got a back.
Okay, I've got back Kupo and Ninja, you know that?
Oh yeah, because you were flirting with them like five minutes ago.
Listen, just because we're friends, no, actually it was Alarang and then Kupo, then just...
Friends?
Yeah.
What was that?
Friends.
And between us, no.
Oh, you have great protection.
Ah, you're getting it.
Hey, listen, the compliments came through, they look like they're in the great mood,
and that is absolutely what we need from both of these rosters to be in today, because
It is as much as, you know, it's, we put it into perspective,
their third match here in BCT EMEA,
and it is a match that is elimination.
The pressure is absolutely huge,
and of course it's not going to be a testament
to how the rest of their year is going to go,
but there are a lot of eyes on them
in terms of the expectations that they have from them.
Yeah, I mean, I think they're like,
to put it clearly for Pacific,
7's been phenomenal, and Alaron's been very good.
They're both players, I think, in the top 10,
maybe top 15 ACS right now,
despite being that lower bracket.
If C9 is able to find comfort on Jules, that's three players.
Maybe Jet or maybe Q-Pert can change him, who knows.
But that's three players right there who can absolutely pop off at any moment.
And that's a scary prospect. Ninja is coming in, he can be developing as a rookie.
I feel like that's his spot right now is just to get that kind of comfort on the stage.
And then you've got Q-Pert running the show, so I feel like there is hope for this team.
I don't give them as much of a free pass as I would for all, give them context for all.
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Yeah, we both said Pacific, and Pacific won, you know, so, you know, maybe we will secretly
win even harder now.
Or if you look at it, like Casey lost to Skirmish, and they won, yeah, yeah, that's
Skirmish curse.
Oh, someone needs to do some analysis of that, if that's actually real bad.
I have no stats to back it up, but I'm kind of fit balling here.
Alright, then I would like to head into the Mafitos specifically, because obviously it's Pacific.
They did manage to win this, and they start things off with going second pick, banning Haven.
Yeah, so the ban on Haven here is a bit unfortunate for Alph, because Alph actually picked it last week into heretics, which is a very bold choice.
but and it looks alright but Pacific have a proper amount of paper so yeah in
this kind of matchup I think the Pacific have more control over the Vito and are
able to go to places that all of the money goes. Yeah this is as well coming
through nothing surprising for Pacific they always want to go to this map. Not
necessarily something that maybe works in their favor or not but still they're
comfortable on it. Yeah they're somewhat comfortable like I find it interesting
as well that like we've seen that breeze come out that you were talking about earlier right rather
than the bind that we've seen Pacific have success on so like the fact that we we find that as a
third map is also one that maybe like we've seen Pacific do work for. Yeah so let's jump all the
way to our first map because that's what we're going to be looking at it is going to be split
we've seen split from Pacific it was a loss against GX 10-13 unfortunately but yeah I think I think
for me this pick from Alph is like they could go almost anywhere and I think they picked a weakness
I think here I think the composition from Pacific was a way like a which is very strange on split
personally like so I think that that might be a very targeted idea I don't think Alph really had
anything that was like they don't have a map in the pool right now it's an obvious pick it might
have been haven it was banned so I think it's now going into like countering maybe specifically
going to the Lester of Two Evils in that regard.
So when it comes to the agent select, it's ready now as well.
We've already touched upon what we saw last time,
composition-wise, from Pacific.
It doesn't look like they're changing anything there.
Yeah, so that means that Alph are going to be able to look into that game
and really, they should know what specific they're trying to achieve with this composition.
Are we liking the breach?
I don't like the breach.
I think in terms of actual comfort and the way that Alph wants to play,
I think it makes sense in setting up the way they, in this match, I don't think it's particularly strong,
but it makes sense for them comfort wise, I feel like.
Yeah, I guess so, but like, is that, I mean, I guess, like, your comfort's great and all,
and especially in this position where you're trying to get the reps in as we've already spoken
about for the core, but will you have, I'm not saying a free hit, but should you not try and maybe
go out of your comfort zone a little bit when you do have that free pass?
I mean, you are on the chopping blocks, so do you really want to put your neck out at this point already?
Do you want to try and stay in the run for as long as possible?
I think realistically on this map, Double Jewels is really strong.
But the thing is, I can't really run that with a composition.
I think Pacific in the long term, I'd love to see them just put 7 on your room sometimes,
and just go for that Double Jewels.
But yeah, for all of us, it's going to be all on Wellith.
Can all of this setup actually work?
Because we saw it on Casey's bed, it was looking a little bit better earlier.
like that kind of approach. Yeah, we already was aside from Foot as well on the Haven and I was
a little bit ahead of me so I would look forward to see how they can handle this.
Yeah, it would just be a fancy to meet someone that we'd like highlight is having a little bit
of problems here but yeah this is now time to do it. It's like you know we're dying at this point.
Yeah I think as well like Demo from what I remember like being in Theatre was always a little bit
hot and cold, right? But for him, when I see him on the waley, I don't recognise that as his agent,
well I recognise it being much more traditional in terms of jet and rays, and I mean, a rays here,
I think would have been decent it is, but after all, rays works, but listen, we don't know exactly
what's been going on in the preparation. Yeah, we don't know that, but we do know that we're
ready to head into our first map of the series, Oaf against Pacific, going up here in this lower
bracket with our caster's high cost defense. Thank you so much and yeah look
Mike's been looking forward to this one I know it's been kind of I guess weighing heavy on your
mind is do we see CNED being more than a sky dog this game? I mean hopefully sure, yeah definitely
the intention, certainly something that I'm very unhappy, very unhappy, deeply displeased.
to come back to kind of the expectations here.
I'm on week one saying that Pacific have a high ceiling, right?
Yes, they do.
We've seen some positive tips.
I mean, last series, again, obviously seven looking great,
but Alavante also wants to step up to the players.
Another player that we were talking about has a lot of potential,
but I mean, they weren't going insane last week.
So even to come back to start off kickoff
while we're talking about some of these teams,
yeah, Pacific, for me, need to come out and have a clean win today
for us to kind of then believe in the longevity of this roster, right, seeing it certainly
being a eloquent in the room for this roster, but that's not a new discussion.
No, it's not.
I feel like we've been here every time.
Oh, could he adapt to this?
Could he maybe find some footing on that and it never quite comes through.
But again, I don't think we've seen it so poignantly until this roster.
Two of the words out, up on the other side, that's all you can do.
And that is a brilliant beginning for them.
likely to walk away with a pistol here, see that, chasing this down, we'll get it. Nice.
Stuffing up great here.
There's some courage there, he's on the other side.
We're all gonna be teed up to succeed, this is clean, ninja.
Ah, normal bullets to play with, and he's caught.
Ah, he's standing.
Split between decisions, it was hard to make the right call, maybe frozen in place, could've
maybe tried to wrap that up, but see that, in a 1v2 this could be a lovely way to deal
with our worries and woes and he's got the first start the second back in a
fight as they're going to try and be a little tricky
still very much here though and that's time another missed opportunity
44 I threw up both about 40 hp here but
bring it around a lot easier oh that's the one to close it out with a 3k pistol round
on the board for Ulf certainly an opportunity here but
Ken with a kill falling up to I believe up towards rafters on A
Exactly the same time that Cuba takes this contact to the kill feed both
potential times here just one enemy remaining is the green light for all to follow through here to beat
And just certainly with an opportunity here and that I mean does probably more than you expect in that situation
Oh there you go they they answered the desk
I'm glad that we were able to distract us earlier.
That's why I've been seeing so many coaches go.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Who's your favourite coach so far who's gone up for it?
You asked me this last week, pal.
Did I?
Yeah.
Actually, Milan put up like actually made a bit of a show of it.
Yeah.
Milan certainly takes it.
Yeah.
Round two here.
Pacific stacked up.
Toxins going up.
Sturn really gonna be feeling too much pressure here
I'm just thinking I'm gonna go hunting
Of course it's good, but I'm against the trade so
Still three healthy members of specifically fast B-side fall in
once more
Seven's gonna be the earliest here, but I'm the honor classic
And again kind of been the
light
really seven thrilling player to watch but
get to really get going this is super early see what you can maybe make happen however
how to clear mail room will make this difficult and basically you have a possibility his neck
you get a farm too and just seven left alive now not too many options obviously
that is your shoulder it is Fabian there just fine two zero comfortable stuff nothing
reach right home but handle the threat early. All good.
You're already Pacific. I mean even if you're a pistol here, looking to get very proactive
on the defense, then that trend will continue here now that rifles are in hand. I mean,
you've never seen that. You're already with the...
With good progress towards their ults. A couple of kills here would certainly make that feel
even better for Pacific going forwards, but a very well invested bonus on the other side
of things for old spread very thin once more and Pacific this time there's gonna
be a challenge on either extremity see it towards mid now events seeing keeper
and Alarante trying to hold on to that b-side potentially testing it but
there is still a split on ice I don't think it'd be too quick just yet they
will only show a little bit of presence and we'll just catch rotation.
Well that's so far.
The control of ramp will be filtered over to the hands of O.L.F.
pulling in three players in reaction.
That sounds really ready for how many of you here?
Nicely done, lovely flash timing with that ward going through as well.
And sevens, just so happy to set up plays like this.
We saw so many examples last week.
They've just seen three players and they're going into it.
I mean, just thinking that the fact that it's Sturm that's fallen, I mean, Pacific have basically misread this now, Ninja.
Gotta stand his ground.
That was a bottle coming through.
The city's actually perfect.
Yeah, exceptionally good, but no way to punish off it, but it stalls him out for sure, so that does buy time to maybe make up for that little bit of a misread that happened earlier.
The utility's pretty low, barring 7s that should be just about in CT now, so you're kind of looking at what's remaining.
He can maybe instigate something.
Everyone's on site for Oph as well.
Yeah, no one stayed towards Ramp. A little surprised on trying to play off potentially.
So that knife's gonna be lovely. At least one. Oh, actually only one. I thought I might get a little bit more.
This will be clear. 3-4, 1-2, slow things down as well, right?
Tons of Utah files to put back here.
They're all going through CT, excluding Cnet. I'm a little surprised they're all trying to flip through this plane.
I don't like it at all! I really don't like the squacing either!
They've made a mountain out of them all Hill and now Ninja can barely do anything.
I don't think you're gonna break this one mate! Have a go!
And where did D'Amor just go? He fell back for a second, he's made it look almost possible!
Not to be in the end! Oh! Capitalise on what looked like a messy retake!
Maybe just another misread here in the situation, they're looking to isolate the one player tag
by the night back through from ramp in the Pacific and a little disjointed here
if I mean time obviously a huge factor in this situation as well but bonus
conversion for old off to a flying sign this first half rolling thunder
available here now for Fabian.
A bit stunned we're already seeing this. I know there's been issues with Pacific and you know coming into it I just don't expect to see them that flat at the very start.
Alarante's at least been again another name to put up there with seven. You know again even Kupo kind of complimenting some of the calls he was doing so his reeds he had out there.
there. This feels a little out of sorts but again, early days.
A ton of info for an item there but in the weaponry, certainly not going to enable any aggression here in round four.
As I say that, I'm going to try and follow Stern back out towards the side.
That's a lovely little bit of time there and a little bit of an attempt on Cooper who does go down swinging, taking away orders with him
within but the sights now secured I much prefer that space and that looks way
tighter going into this but still controlling a lot of the space in
middle to seven a ninja now in both well upgraded pistols but a 2v4 we're just
gonna settle for some exits here
potentially both kill 7 or 4 and 4 on the board now for all building up a bit
of a cushion as well, it's another round where force survive, obviously everybody fell on
the boat at Spurtcoff. That's actually catching on to Alarante there. I'm sure maybe you thought
he was a little tight to the pillar but...
I'll try to in hand now for CNET. Obviously you're hoping for a response from Pacific early
on. This is certainly the round you want to see it. Issue being one away from the pit,
Heavy is still going to rolling thunder to play off.
It's only an opportunity to hope to continue this trend.
My eyes are on CNed here.
He was having some misses before and it was with the operator.
I feel very negative about what I'm saying.
I think we were not like this.
This doesn't help.
And we know how good he can be.
That's the problem.
We've seen the jet arrow.
We've seen the highs.
I feel like that's one of the lows there.
However, 4v4 certainly not done yet.
The site is very much under Alts control, especially with Demure here, that's a lovely spot.
Just to hold from giving them a little additional security.
Good amount of Utah left over on Pacific Stone.
See, it's playing for Brawler.
Ah, I still got a flash.
And well, the Alts are going to make it...
Ewww, the trick is they can at least challenge from that CT side.
Two players here, potentially going to be isolated as well.
But I'm dead, I'm up to 5 by Cooper.
In the meantime, I'm fine as the other.
Oh, he suddenly just turned on his head, hasn't he?
to try and clutch up at 1v3.
I slates the weaker off the three,
but now the two to go, I'm going to go down without a fight.
There we go, seven, all good in the end, but...
Operator?
I'd say, yeah, keep it now.
We're going for a three for now.
Headed off.
Yeah, both sitting on, but...
I mean, the start of that felt like an absolute nightmare,
but recovered.
This is the second largest conversation.
The comfort factor for CNN is always,
hey, where can we put him on an operator, right?
Talk about obviously switching around agents and whatnot.
I can't see that
Still found comfort throughout these different different compositions is with an operator in hand
I'd like to see you, baby
I found just yet obviously operate the back in hand for him, but it's another one of those instances
It's I mean, it's all for the timing where that happens while I'm literally mid conversation about it
You know, you feel I'm in that regard, but
I'm not sure what you're thinking
about. Why is the time to stop?
Silence. Kit Kat has fallen over
the studio. The time being. And
maybe just a little issue to
look into. But come back to
that discussion again. It's.
It's always so difficult because
I think seen it as a player
where the expectations are
still just so high. Yeah, I
never really tailed off, did
that the highest level that we've seen them at which I still I still think is
fair. I think a mouse issue, I don't know, we haven't had a mouse issue yet.
No, not in a minute. What do you go issue earlier but I still think it's fair to apply
that same logic to see that and again even another discussion on this that
there are still instances where it's like well why not put him back in the
comfort zone right? Yeah it is always that right there and I know that
technically you've got to hope that your jewelers can be a little bit more versatile and maybe you
see the concepts of what they want to do with that new agent but it's so stark if it's so night and
day you think give it a go wouldn't you I mean maybe the elimination game a little bit too heavy
to do it but still I'd love to see them toy with that idea but well okay my response to that would
be do we see Pacific going all the way here in the lowest in which case I'm all four trying it
You're going to play anything even remotely off-matter.
Why not just continue with that?
Why pour something else in?
No, I think it's a fair comment.
Again, I'd love to kind of have a sit-down chat with them
about, get that ethos check-in, see why they're not
doing it, how he feels about it.
What's that roast chicken on this desk?
I think it's just tissues.
I've got really confused.
It's sort of roast chicken, do you?
You know what I mean?
You know what this is?
You know, it's like uncooked chicken.
You know what I mean?
No, it's not a roast chicken.
No, yeah, look.
A chicken pre-roast.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
A pre-roast chicken.
Okay.
I think it's just issues.
It's been a long time.
As soon as we get our, well, let's...
It's a lot of time.
Mmm.
You've had some DPI issues recently, actually.
issues. I'm going to be honest, I don't know where you're going with this. It was nowhere...
What you're referring to, right? Like, you know, you're trying to move your mouse. It was all messed up yesterday.
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. You could help them out. On the premium setup. Yeah, we've become Neanderthals
with what we've been trying to do to play games. While this carries on, we're going to just, yeah,
Yeah, for a second, I guess hopefully in this picture, but yeah, no, we've created some incredibly janky setups
There's been like steam decks with about 400 cable extensions out of it like our hotel room is is looking
Pretty rough honestly yours. Yours looks a bit more respectable until we started to adjust heights of things
Now
I refuse to accept
I'm a little why did we see people reclined now? Well, they've not set up have they
Yeah, I don't appreciate that asbestos kind of added this whole life between back and chill things
I like normally used to be a sign of like this is gonna take a while now. It's just like I'm trying asbestos
The weed weed we lean back any opportunity
I mean now they do it it may not even be a long break, but in my head I'm now seeing it like oh
this could be a long break or it could just be a short one. I don't know. I can't read it anymore.
Alpha is probably going to be number one for that in the end.
He needs to stay really stationary in his chair.
Do you remember when he used to stand up and just curse the entirety of Fnatic?
I miss those days.
I kind of do, because you'll see him stand up nowadays and then there's that little look of like,
like it would just occasionally drop.
Oh, don't you? Don't? Don't?
We you guys try it production. Are you trying to? Oh
Oh, this might be a little bit longer because
We might have some features for you Alberto who is our producer by the way
You might have noticed him in the lovely Kit Kat advert being mentioned
Alberto we heading over there now, are we just chilling out for a sec? You want to go for it?
I'll introduce you guys properly to Alberto at some point. He's a very special character
He's got, we were discussing with him some interesting phrases at the start of the day.
Michael might treat you to that later.
But while we wait for the game to resume, we are going to take a look at this delightful
player feature on 7.
I obviously don't want to put too much thought into it.
I just want to be the same player I was in Tier 2.
Just put it here and transfer everything that I learned into the Tier 1 stage because I
do believe that it's not much different.
And I do think that I'm able to be able to prove that.
For kickoff, it's hard to set expectations because we're so early on, but like obviously
still when I win a couple of matches, you know, I do want to like get some good punches
and I do want to win and get some good teams and even if I'm not like completely even confident
in winning this entire thing off kickoff, I can assure you for split one, split two,
like we're going to be so, so good and I just really want to like kind of get to that point,
but we got to go for kickoff first.
We've had one of the most like productive weeks, like I've ever played in my entire
I'm on this team and we can't always keep that kind of you know pace
But if we do keep it up, you know, we're gonna be very very good
So I do think that we're gonna be able to surprise the people
There's been quite the character hasn't he since kind of coming over to the side of things and maybe not on everyone's radar
But you certainly should have heard about it. Yeah, absolutely
I mean this is that again with a very decorated tier 2 run as well and again to come back to kind of the the composition
We obviously see Yoru here for a ton of playtime on other dualists as well.
Very versatile.
Yes, certainly very versatile in terms of being able to probably put up similar performances regardless.
And we're seeing it on the KO as well.
We saw how aggressive he's happy to be, set himself up for plays,
but also to coordinate things that we saw on ramp a couple of rounds ago.
Was that really, this round a couple of rounds ago?
Seems like so long ago.
But a player I think that's impressed beyond the surface level,
which is always something you look for for newcomers, newcomers obviously in birthday commas but
obviously new to this stage here and probably this audience in terms of EMEA. So certainly
willing to cut him a little slack in certain regards but also I'm so excited to see the
development of Seven throughout this year. Yeah for sure and it's again hard to ignore him to
agree because he is such a personality too right but he does have the gameplay to back it up which
is the part that kind of really catches your eye. Now we do see the stage return to normal,
we are getting ready checks.
That's a positive sign.
It's the first hurdle we must get past.
The music's the next hurdle.
Yeah.
They're moving in game a little bit.
I'm seeing a little bit of movement in game.
The clock is still on four.
We're zooming in.
We're zooming in.
Still four.
Three, we're good.
We are absolutely good.
Never going to have an issue again.
Four lies on our answer here, in mid.
And we do have an approach on Botox.
Now, we're going to try and find something.
I don't see it was noted here.
Obviously, there's pings on the other side towards Ulf.
That was good, but I think A-connection,
but not too much damage down here.
CNET, the one to take the brunt of that down to 27 HP already.
Yeah, a little bit of a scrap on the extremity, but...
doesn't really reward too much beyond this neck he gets a little bit more room
to try and build through middle then the isotonic to it's a really early
rotation from Pacific reading into this contact here and the real thing there
are big punish on seven then tried to maybe close down on towards stern yeah
I think he's just drawn his attention back but it's Fabian so close
2 for 1.
Zened's got the spike down as well.
That is a bit of a dream.
Just missing.
Catching Ordas here.
What?
What has got both of those?
Oh, I need to see that with a little more build-up time.
A ninja just making it
towards stairs.
Plant's going to be there. He's got one in the seas, but
Sterg's position is tough.
Yeah, I don't think he's going to see that in time.
Okay, off back where they left off, really.
that is all does you kind of turn that one back around that I mean it felt
disgusting from upstairs but I don't know what his POV looked like for that
crucial to find a second in this situation obviously noting CNET's
presence
times. Now don't get me wrong, it felt like that brown flipped back to old
Slaver, but in the beginning I feel like there was they were very much in
control and seen had got them back on track with that double. Luckily had and
hard to repeat so as it stands, can I check it in on Ordaz and he's been kind
of the quiet, I guess, top of the end for all in their earlier series and their
earlier games and look this team once they get that five I can't stop saying
it they're a very different creature we could start paying a different amount of
attention to Mars 24th, Mars calendar. Yeah for sure. I mean initially before that we are just looking for
and again this isn't even to be a dead horse. The expectations are very low but I'm still
willing to be impressed by some of the individuals on this roster. Yes, Bon I think that's a fair
way to put it. CNET has only a 60% off impact rate. What do you feel about that? I feel like
That's probably accurate. I don't know what we're measuring impact rate by. Yeah
The clock stopped. The clock has stopped. That's a scary sentence to say, by the way.
I also saw, I think it was, is this how I run to your mid? I think it is. Moving his mouth,
like left or right. Help me out. I'll tell them what happened with the cookies. I'll tell them
what happened with the cookies Michael I will tell the people at home
well like a broken record we will let you know once we know anything I am
seeing Alarante either spin-bottling in mid or testing his mouse out
we're told it was a different issue I'm just saying it doesn't look like a
different issue. No, it doesn't. Something is is off with said mouse. Yeah, see, see, come on.
We are the professionals. They don't light me, Alberto.
A cupist giving us a wave. It's like a spirit. Actually, he's been taking some flat
grease and they why everyone thinks he's like pushing 30. Yeah, he actually did stop me earlier
in the corridor. I was like, I need you to do me a favor. Okay. Okay. Is this him reminding you?
Okay. Yeah. What do you say? I need you to let people know that I'm not nearly 30.
How old is he?
I think he said 22, 23.
Can we get a snap check?
I mean, you or Will?
Would it be accurate?
Ah, true.
Even where do we get ages now?
Uh, I'd like to go Wikipedia.
Oh, I've not got a keyboard, sir.
Oh!
I'm not even meant to put a keyboard, sir.
Get me a touch right now.
I need Cuba's date of birth
and some form of legal identification because...
I don't I don't think he doesn't he doesn't look a day under 28
He's come up to you as a really really like you're the worst person
Why did I stop you? There's no way
No, I mean, yeah, or maybe I go some mini or
But yeah, I mean basically, well, I'm also asking chat and Twitter now to
Welcome Cuper to the region, I'm making it feel a little bit better, obviously it's getting to him.
Yeah, you guys need to stop being horrible. Agest.
Can't be having that.
Oh my god, how do you?
Yeah.
He probably came to you for the un-puking things.
Seven's literally pulling cable back.
Don't you need a mouse?
Oh no, he actually is, though he actually is. What's he doing?
What's he doing?
That looked like a Kettle-Eed.
No, don't unplug it.
No, go back.
Change the camera back to him.
Yeah, go back.
Come on, producers, though.
Look at him.
He's trying to figure it out.
Is he joining the admin staff or what?
He's got a classic power pod.
The mouse works.
He's starting yanking cables out.
Yeah, we also talked about how he made our games work yesterday, the lengths we've gone
to, to try and play video games in the hotel room.
Good Lord.
Yeah, it's a five-to-one.
Hopefully those league officials are done investigating.
What do you think the issue is? Let's go for it.
I'm fairly certain it's either a 7 monitor issue or an Alarante mouse issue.
I think Alarante mouse, but I'm going to say sensor problems.
Oh, okay.
Not even just like a DPI issue, I think a sensor problem.
No, we're not tossing to AD, because right now Q-put's kind of serving, you know what
I mean? He's put on a show of his youthfulness.
No, we're not tossing to the right yet. I'm keeping you hostage Alberto. I'm lucky. I'm looking at all around. Hey
Is that a backup mouse? Does it change color? I can we can we have a look?
It looks like it might Mike you've got better eyes than me. Oh, it's too high too much headroom. Where's Leo third?
Where's Leo telling us to lower it down? No, it looks like a different mouse color
I swear his was just like a neutral normal like, you know black ball. Sorry. That's my swear. It's a different color
I'm seeing green now
I was happy eating my chicken wrap, I even wiped off my lipstick, but here we are.
We still have some great information actually that you brought forward and you're like,
Oh, shoot, we should have talked about that.
We didn't, so.
That was the kind way that I said it, yeah, 100%.
But, you know what you didn't like?
It might nonchalant, like, talk.
People know me, people know me, you know?
They do?
Yeah, but the point, wow.
Really?
Really?
You started today with a high joke.
Yeah, well, that's true, that's true.
But the point that was being made was the fact that,
like, Demo did actually sub-in for Team Liquid Academy
for Cooper and Ninja with a way back, yeah well not for both of them, but playing with them sorry
way back when in North East when I think it was like split one, split split two, I don't know
keep it when it comes to me but the point being is there is familiarity between these two and
I mean different times right here too, different competition but I'm wondering like
Demo would have had that experience of playing undercuper, his calling style, his wacky ideas
as you said before, so I wonder if maybe he would filter that back to all four or whatever.
Or even just sometimes if you get to see behind the curtain a little bit, you just feel like,
oh I kind of couple with this.
Yeah, you couple.
I know you humanize your opponent a little bit, so maybe that's that.
Because Demo is having like a good team.
Like a game so far.
Yeah, so far so good.
I mean, we even requested a highlight package that we would play once the game is over.
So, uh, spoiler alert, whoopsie, whoopsie, but, uh, in general, also something that I found really interesting is when they were playing the seven highlights,
he specifically mentioned that there was no difference between, that he doesn't think there would be a big difference between tier two and tier one.
So, Minnie, I'm kind of like asking you this question, you know, you're smiling already, you know what's coming, but it's like would you agree with that?
agree with that do you think that maybe coming into DCT he could have like
underestimated it? I'm gonna be ego inside never fit in tier 2 so I wouldn't have to personally know. I think the I
wish I know to be honest with you like I think that the reality is is that if
you're starting to play those really big things and that's gonna be a huge difference
like right now today it might not feel as much of a difference because he is
against essentially what was a tier two team last year.
Correct.
But yeah, as soon as you're fighting against those big opponents that are going to be making
it to Santiago, I think it does feel a lot different.
Yeah, exactly.
I mean, play against some of the big dogs who are on form, right?
Vitality when everybody's on it, like, like, oh, I felt that the first time that they played,
right?
And, and yes, it's a bit of a tough one.
Seven though has been performing well.
Maybe the jump for him specifically isn't too bad.
I think it's like almost like a confidence thing where he knows that he can be one of the players that can compute that
Yeah, but realistically there is a bit of a difference. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just gonna have a different as well
I mean as he was a player that we already highlights a little bit in regards of like the experience that he's had of playing with these players
But also we do have the highlights ready. So if some of you has tuned in and are like, whoa, what did we miss? Well?
You missed clicking heads really
Yeah, I mean, Audaz is definitely a, like, this is the, the, the memory before we kind
of threw through the game the first time, when we had the conversation about the court,
or I had the conversation, started conversation before actually being able to shoot and maybe
the fact that stop, and that we're missing wasn't too much of a big miss.
I look towards Audaz, I look towards Favi and like these players who can go and like
And I've seen it time and time again. You don't get through all the way through Ascension, the VCT EME on two star players.
No, that's not what I was expecting.
No, I know that, but that was like one more.
It's like, they do have those players, they have a very well-rounded team.
Yeah.
But the kind of, their identity is this, I couldn't be the old death group.
Like, they would just go as a group and just charge at people.
They honestly made BBL look kind of slow.
So like that is like the level we're talking about and the spearhead of that was often soft
So I mean I just think like identity wise and both firepower wise we're looking at different
Yeah, so far so good like when I was talking about the breach maybe making sense for them
I think it's about that aggression like they really like to take rest of it
But right now they're struggling to run double-trilists much it looks like so the breach kind of is that kind of
secondary option
And it's looking good so far.
Yeah, I mean so far no complaints really if I remember, I mean the score is 5-1 so very much Ulf is in the lead.
However, we're no strangers to seeing teams being in the lead early on on the maps.
We've seen it with almost every single map earlier today with KC against Qhuz.
So also there is some peripheral issues obviously because we are, I mean it's on the screen.
It's not me.
You're welcome.
Wow, I thought I was so smart to say that.
But yeah, there are some fertile issues, so of course, I can bring them to question.
Are we going to see a little bit of an upgrade?
I don't really know.
But what's also really interesting is the fact that when I asked you both, if there is
a certain favour coming into this, both of you are such a fun Pacific.
And I saw the votes as well coming through from chat.
They also were very heavily Pacific favour.
So you're a Pacific fan right now, Kyrie.
Would you be a little worried considering it is a 5-1 start?
I guess I would be worried in the sense that it's been a very slow start for Pacific, but
on the other hand it is an Ulf's map pick, that's the copium tape that I would say.
And the good thing about this tech positive benefit that Pacific is going to get is that
momentum that Ulf had at the very beginning of the map is going to be completely face
quark.
I think for me it's about the fact that because of Pacific's wackiness, I guess combat isn't
the wackiest in the world, but KO on this map is very strange. So to me some of these
ideas are just going to miss, and I think that this for me is a plus. I think that KO
on split, just for me, doesn't suit this map, so I can see reasons historically why you'd
want to pick it, like you can use the knife to disrupt the viper, especially around middle,
but I think right now the map is a lot simpler, it's just a lot of just explosivity on this
map, and I think that you're going to miss some of that with this composition. Gameplan
why is it seems like pacific came out with this idea of controlling b main a lot yeah and I think
that offer did a really good job at shutting it down off laughing their heads off right now
they're having more fun than I am oh so this is not fun is it because this one is it because it's
Cairo I mean I'd rather not be a friend what is that why am I getting thrown at the bus also
panseel hi fucker also booing you right now yeah I know you're the panseel
Maybe they should like join us on the desk here
It is
Mike needs to get his steps in oh
Art whoa
How about you get your steps and you walk up there?
If you want to I'm used to being up there
You're usually a caster. Yeah, why you prefer you prefer the caster that's over us
Well, I mean after many seeing that he doesn't like me then yeah
He literally did not fail.
I did not fail.
Oh, this is getting personal.
I feel like this needs to hurry up
before there's actually going to be a fist fight between the two of you.
Oh, no, I was fist fighting.
I'll put my money on me.
Money doesn't even have the reach.
I put my hand like that and it would just be like swinging.
I found a shore of people and just...
That's terrible.
I did hear that.
I would like to bring back
the conversation to Valorant instead of...
I like that my last point was like a tactical kind of like, yeah,
like being in control here, game plan and all that stuff.
Well this is what happens when pan-box in a building.
No, actually isn't it crazy though, we've had more tech pauses in six rounds
that we've had in like an entire three-map series.
Yeah, that's true.
I'm not a believer in curses, but...
Funnily enough, right, I will back them up here.
Someone did a graphic on who had the most tech pauses.
It was last year, the year before, and Hanpop weren't the most.
It was Mitch and Tom.
Wow.
Mitch and Tom had the most.
Mitch and Tom.
See you later.
Wow, they're so happy.
Yeah, they're buzzing.
How much did they pay you to say that?
A lot.
At the same amount, people paid high-pop dimension as age, so.
Where are you going, there?
I thought it was just going, so I honestly, I don't even want to know.
Because instead, I would like to hear your opinion on the KO.
Back to Valorant, we go, boy!
I'm like, do you know what, right?
It feels as if Pacifico's trying to fill the gap of flashes, right?
Like...
Oh, you've got saved the whole... the lights went green again.
We're ready to go.
Yeah, that sounds so good.
We're good enough.
We're good enough, yeah.
Every giga back to Pendian High, fuck, before they screw things up again.
We're catching blackout here.
Oh, saved by the bell there.
Yeah, legit.
My guy had never even thought of talking about KO before.
Yeah, so like, talk about KO, like, actually, right?
I've really wanted to deep dive that point get back to the desk. Yes stick around for an hour of a monologue on K
Oh here specifically
There will be and yeah, I need to refocus as well. It's it's it's it's all good. Everything's good. Everything's fine
Mini's an ankle biter. We found that out one three one start here seen it in the one V1
forced off the angle
start but it's mid, it's working out and Arthur just swinging today man.
Now the little tech break here, taking the fight to Pacific.
We'll slow down now, I think you put the one to anchor B but he's only got to judge Ninja.
Is that a tag?
Yeah, it was a tag, yeah, down to 78 now.
Oh, well, you put, bounce through the door.
Geno's Traveling.
Not gonna let him in too easy.
He has to be...
Ah!
I thought he might have an extra second.
But the pace that Alfa coming out with,
I don't know what's gone into this side,
but they're just there to go and take a bite.
They need no appreciate.
Let's take break.
No.
No, they're gonna make up for that time.
They're on a timer.
Ninja and CNET.
Player standing.
There's no CNET there.
It's all very individual,
and while CNET you'll be lucky to live at this point.
I think he's gonna at least get out of initial danger,
but I think Alfa just have that W key pressed down.
Might just see that death ball that Mini was alluding to.
Full effect now for the rest of this half.
It gets a consolation here, but in further damage done, 52 HP.
They've got some decent bank to work with too, obviously they want to keep that sitting pretty, but...
Someone howling now.
Yeah.
We've started.
I think that's definitely from the offside of the stage.
Yes!
I'm sure we'll see that.
I want to see if we can get confirmation on this one, but yeah, again, it's just blistering
patient, these boys, confidence looking there and something about actually, we roll our
mind factor kind of ascension times, I'm going to impress us a lot for under that 45, what's
the equation, what's the pace, what's the, there we go, thank you, appreciate you guys,
there we are.
backs do they do nice nice for she go ish ish yeah it's not even close no it's
not in the game I've written no feral creature mini on my notepad that's as
much as I've got my god you've got another shotgun good for one surely
right? Surely. Seven of us are saying a little deeper, but we're certainly going to have
his hands full as that's it. Second member in the form of Fabian here. Again, there's
been some aggression on that side of the map from Pacific, but I'm still happy to let
this default read at the start of the round. Yeah, maybe try and feel out if there's a
It's a bit weird, I actually don't mind taking a little bit longer, but there is obviously
that time of the run I started getting curious at, seeing Ed gonna get noted off the prowler.
Oh, he's got no idea.
Yeah, and walked on.
And I'll just pull those on him.
Oh, I just found one on the other side of the map too, so this would need to be Clutch
of the Year.
30 HP.
Sheriff.
Need these two.
They'll get 30 seconds later.
30 seconds later.
30 seconds left, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1.
Off stretching their legs a little bit now, 7-1 scoreline.
Obviously they're a map pick here, but Pacific, a long road to even make this doable in the second half year with how in control of a bloke.
They're happy just walk smokes, these very easy contact plays that look like.
Very very comfortable for them
You've been so stern finding tons of value in this lurk outside
Here's an example of something we want to see from off right playing with freedom is they're playing with house
And something really good actually kind of the positioning we were impressed with this guy
up just yet and now to see him get to live.
I want them to shut him down yet.
He's losing teammates and that kind of puts a stopper
on this round.
Unless you can bail him out.
Something marvelous if you can.
That's not bad, OK.
Leaving just seeing that alive.
And now, do you want the op?
Can you keep the op?
You're going to have to fight to keep that op.
I think he's getting off this angle.
It does stop, but still is it still?
The one to win out here.
Overgoing that as well.
Yeah.
And the gap increasing.
So howling.
Except what?
Certainly a big buff for them.
Yep.
We will certainly start to find this feat as well.
Looking way more comfortable in some of these solo situations to go forward and
find value time and time again.
Knowing they've got Pacific up against the ropes here.
Starting to play into that heavily.
Ultimate's here for Pacific.
No command and the pit but you get to see the superstar 7 really get off the starting blocks.
He's gonna blind you.
He's gonna blind you.
Oh there you go, you must have heard me.
Yeah off those time blocks now.
That's the one on the hand, he has a swing.
That felt brave at the best of times.
And he gets caught on it.
So back down to a 4v4.
That was gonna know Kupus' progression as well.
And he needs to get out of there because Necki was fancy and he goes these guys are flying up today.
I was just playing hyper aggressive it looks like.
Big risks and getting big rewards. I thought he was getting away.
Luckily, Kupert catching him in the heels just before he was able to get around the corner.
They have no idea about Ninja's progress either.
No. Ninja playing into some space here, but really it's going to rely on Kupert once more
to potentially catch wind of this. He did.
And he's going to cross up the stairs, yeah.
Yeah, that's pretty solid. This should. Ninja just keeps this space. Should be good for it.
I'm hearing a lot of this too. Maybe a little bit worried there's someone split from the pack, but no, we know they're both together.
He can hide this robot's plant.
Please be careful. They don't try and take some further control over towards B-man.
I think they know it's probably got a player off towards it, but all does.
We're teaming up paranoia. It's coming through towards Heaven. Still some utility for OV, but a 2v3 ain't gonna be easy.
That's not really there for them. Back to the wall. We're gonna hear the drop down now.
is the plan. That's gonna do it. Oh, and I thought he was on for the follow-up, but now all that is in a tough spot here.
Gonna parachute that smoke down.
Double swing and get some nice for Pacific. Be remaining. A little bit of hope.
I'm gonna give them a little more progress towards some other ultimates. CNET, just two points away.
They'll sit on the pit, and we won't command as well, and seven.
Again, I guess Valor criticism is trying to do a little more here just to get them some
sort of win condition.
Again, I guess the longer term discussion of that is then the agent for what do we put
in my fit?
We're going to rely on...
Nice!
...individuals.
Better.
Nice!
I'm so good at the game, man!
I like you, but...
How can you not?
I don't know.
I'd never say it's above the age of, you know, 30.
Ooh, the pressure on the side.
You can see it now.
Oh, didn't like what they just saw.
It's done to the mouse.
They just go in.
Hell bent on no mercy.
That was...
Where could you miss it?
120.
It's tight now.
3 down.
Cooper and 7 just left on the other side of the map.
Pacific just gets swept off their feet.
Again, the penny has to drop really about.
A number of times they're caught up by, I mean, there's Utah early on in the round and it basically makes it impossible to recover.
I switched up from all, though, because this feels like a little more invested.
That's your step up in place as well.
Beautiful set piece.
And all that again, two on the entry.
So it's starting to find his feet.
Just that synergy.
of doing bits for them to those those very little you could do to actually hold from the site itself
So again, you can see the look as much as it is really tempo. It's really aggressive. It's well set up
It's it's got you know covering all of the aspects that the Pacific instantly put back down just these two rounds
There it is. Do not just really set up
beautiful beautiful except and this was again
all that's on that line is is
I mean, yeah, you see, that just throws hands up.
Second time, a little bit of a cursed position for him in this first map.
And we'll come back in with, well, I mean, it's just down on a bucky, but.
A decent buy here in round 12.
Of set up once more outside beat.
Well, soon have yet to live.
Yes. OK.
It's just these recalls are shocking.
They're like he was actually on something there, luckily Ninja's still around.
All that's can't quite connect this time, and they've actually sent them back.
I'll get through, I was going to say, if Stern finds something here.
Necky able to slip away.
Now into a 1v4.
Everybody from Pacific here, and I'm going to say 47.18.
We've got to recharge and we'll find they get a 93 potentially an opportunity for them to claw their way back into this first map.
Potentially. We will find out how this goes as soon as I do stick around. Let's get this one done.
your body knows a sense of victory seize win mind move it and gear ignite is
Now, step into your zone, designed to win.
I think we are seeing someone that original sort of DNA behind of the girls quite excited
by the prospect of coming up here. The foundations are still there. Yes, they are. And you see
it in these moments, right? And look, had a really hard start. They haven't had easy
But there aren't particularly easy opponents when you get to tier one. They shouldn't be now the issue is specific
Has looked really behind the wheel here. This is not look solid for me
I think we can speak honestly and also this is this is a bit of light because they got God. I mean
Beaten into dust by vitality to start no respect shown and just run over but this point onwards
Maybe we start seeing him just get a little bit loose again also just talking about bigger picture-wise. It's almost
most, dare I say, a benefit to lose out in such a way to a big name once you step onto
the stage is like, okay, guys, pull out all the stops.
Now, I don't want to say nothing matters, but we can play a totally risk-free.
Yeah, yeah, I think there is some benefit to that.
I think that's why we're seeing this sort of performance now.
Yeah, and for Pacific, obviously, I don't say higher expectations, but there's certainly
a higher caliber of player on this team, you might hold to a higher standard.
Now, let's see how these executes look.
Now, I like what we're seeing here, already that slip back towards CT.
I think that was from Necky, yes it was, so it kind of understanding that piece,
I was never going to be held in that moment, so slips back and waits for a retake to get started.
Still, I mean, a little bit of chip damage done, but crucial engagement here potentially.
If I didn't actually manage to escape with his life there.
It should come through, Kupa will fall immediately, but it gets there before he fell.
7 needs that get zip any more one-by-one you're gonna feed in the air
That's a little bit disappointing really I thought you were on the same page
Apparently not, Pacific gonna get the first round in the second half here and that's building blocks
9-3 certainly makes it doable but a ton of work to do to get to the second half
Yeah, Cuba asked us really well to even get one in that situation.
See how much pressure is coming his way in seven.
Swing things back in their favor.
Man, one time at a round, one time at a round.
One time at a round.
Nice!
That famous race.
That's how you have to approach this.
I'm going to ride that one down.
Iconic from seven.
We've never seen anything wrong.
No, never have.
Never will.
Don't you dare let the thing, um, now terrify, and it's going to be
calling, but CNED actually going in fine, and Scythe shouldn't be too much of an issue,
very direct in approach. I'm only seeing classic, so I'm really to worry about it.
I'm not seeing Pacific shy away from the pace here, certainly a positive
potentially get themselves rolling in terms of this comeback and don't think
all we're gonna go for anything here you give this up maybe try and catch
somebody on the outside the spike going off but opportunities here I mean
and I'm taking stay late on this potentially Cuba as well protect the
rest of the inventory. Good opportunity here for the bonus as well.
I want to establish a bit of a cushion early on and the old progress is going to be lacking
a little bit.
Probably looking more towards round four on the rebuy but...
I see how things lie here in terms of the purchase.
And you really really the upgrade for all around take
Much different place to start with our deep they'll say I'll run take I think now Pacific anticipating the same sort of
Pop the offer been relying on a couple of times here
Yeah, it reveals his hand a little early here, actually.
Yeah, and Billy caught on that knife, so DeMorne needs this.
Ah, gets out done, Allerante's starting to fire up, too.
There's a lot of firepower on this Pacific team.
That's something that we were waiting to see activate really, because we saw it from off.
Well, we certainly saw it last week with Allerante.
Like I said, I play with high expectations, but I haven't really seen him clicking just yet.
I think he was going, what, blow for blow with seven, basically.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And they're both very much on the money, and they're just like, okay, who else is going to join them again?
So, you know, a third added to the mix.
But down to four.
Well, do have three players on the right side. Good timing on the smoke here, and they walk on through, and Necky is in the right place.
Good parler as well.
Good identity, but Xenia has made it towards site, so they can eat great track on this.
They're lovely crossfires on the way in, and that smoke timing could not have been better. Dreamy stuff for all.
Xenia just getting caught here.
On the dash in looks initially like he's gonna be able to create a little bit of space
Get out of the choke point, but
It's so free to swing back out
It's looking very comfortable into the hole here
Not enough disruption might you said as well already having three bodies in the right place
They can take a couple of risky trades ahead of this site here
Still a good guy to get in here hold on that was very fast speaking of pace look
you just turn it up again lose out on the first day but maybe this was the
concern the Pacific had when they're playing super deep and cautious because
we know that will get aggressive doesn't work out for them this time they're
gonna have to be on red alert now
we're feeling like they have an opportunity to obey the shadows traveling
The density mid is well pacific now, maybe calling the audible, Fabian.
Gonna be called upon, only have a Guardian.
I'm gonna clear this game with Alarante against one, but, heck, he quick for the trade.
That should be everything the Civic needs to make a decision here.
Yeah, it's, but look at Fabian's walk, look at this timing.
They gave up mid, yeah.
They gave up everything.
He's cleared so far.
All that has just needs to live for a second, they've seen enough.
Surely, surely, surely, surely, he's on for it.
Oh, it's outrageously good! Unbelievable! Fabian walking middle, like he bloody owns the place!
They could not have got the timing better there. Simply could not have.
I can. I said I had all the information to make a decision here, but...
I don't know if we're just waiting on call-downs or something.
No contingency. Somebody guarding...
Maybe it's to prevent Fabian from just taking absolute liberty.
AHHHHHHHHHHH!
It's a vast 11 on the board now, but hold.
The buy is still there for Pacific, yes, but not a lot left behind this.
Now let's see how Demildo does, because we were seeing the Sena's kind of struggle from this spot,
getting away from it, getting caught up by it.
Let's see if that continues here. There is a one-on-one action against Sena, funny enough,
but that might take some time to develop a one-three-one.
Stern, there was a moment where he almost got caught by vents a couple rounds ago.
Very quiet so far.
So that's the blast down here!
Beautiful cover move for once more.
Man, these reflux might...
They're lovely.
You don't get to rest on your rolls against this team.
Sina just needs to go out for a fight, have a bit, have a go.
Remind them who you are.
You're one of the greats at one point.
And yeah, there is a flight coming later on.
Just a little quicker.
Arante now, found Necky. 85 HP.
Should be able to retrieve the Spike here, but still lots of question marks.
Plenty of time left to play with though.
Issue being demo's basically got the budget up.
Ain't no shields on Arante now.
30 seconds left.
left. Start moving at an issue being Audaz's. Very happy to help him just play audio. 18 seconds
of NC Allerante is going to have to reveal his hand. That paranoia was just perfect as well,
Well, Alarant tape, hoping someone would make a bit of a mistake, but so far they're not.
Oh, that'll do it. That'll do 12 to 5, Mike. This one might be wrapped up.
Yeah, I'll just be able to take control of this half once more.
I'm so on point with some of these experiences.
The timing's been there for them, and I guess the contrast is the Pacifica.
Wapping as diligent in terms of map control and awareness.
We call a timeout here in the 11th hour.
Again, on the brink of ultimates, they're not going to have anything to bring into round 18.
Vi will still be there or there abouts two guardians in the mix.
Meanwhile, actually, Gamil just one point away from having a rolling thunder.
and then they're going to
play in the middle of the
Thunder. A huge sort of they
want to continue playing
aggressively and punish this
default early on. Yeah and, uh,
I want to say just looking
down the board of just score
line. Everyone from off stand
up today. Yeah, I've on it.
It's not just been that one
man show. It's not just been
your jewel. Let's go kill or
anything along his lines. It's
been everyone kind of put in
their way and conversely
We already talked about seven and inability to do as much as he has done previously
Which again some of these rounds is down
Don't really had the opportunity
I don't think you get a look in some of these just not on the right side of the map basically comes in super heavy
Have fun
But 5 to 12 this is this is a heavy loss for Pacific here potentially
Obviously a bis would be their map choice and it would be up next, but this will certainly sit with you
It's not done yet. One time at a round or so they say.
Let's see if they can get any more.
Casey up for his round by C. DeMille on the point.
Gets out of danger and goes back in for more.
He is on it and seen it once again.
Just caught out in law.
I'm really putting it on the show here.
I'm 33 AP.
You're in the retreat, Fabian.
Let's see if he wanted to address that Valorantie.
Remove his head
Or I think the plant coming through from sewer so if you click on these
I would love ramp control
Gonna get it
You kind of feel like it might be a passion for but it wasn't Bell around a three position is rewarded
Making the second is still on this three kills this round 33 HP. It's all freeze
and it's down to one, seven the last to four, and 13 to five will be the school line, Mike.
This is as one sided as you're going to get.
Very impressed with Alphageddon. Playing with house money is the overall headline here,
just looking very confidently in these sorts of situations. Pacific really struggling to
get anything going.
Yeah, they're going to be happy with that one. We'll be back in just a sec.
All right, DeMurrer.
Guys, congratulations.
No, you're good, don't worry about it.
I'm sure we can do one too.
Hey, sorry.
So let's talk about the fact that Cairo mentioned earlier
that you were on Liquid Academy
against two of your opponents today, Ninja and Kupert.
Do you feel like more comfortable in that sense,
going up against people you used to be on the team with
or does it not change anything?
I mean, to be honest for today,
like I'm not even thinking about the enemy.
Like it's just like we're just playing our own game.
So, yeah, I don't really think about them.
Fair enough, I mean, you look absolutely locked in.
What are you going to do to make sure
that you keep this consistency going into the next map
because it is their pick?
I mean, we have a really good game plan for next map,
to be honest, and it's going to be fun, to be honest.
OK, well, I'm looking forward to it.
Thank you so much for having it up.
Good luck.
I'm going to let you go.
We're going to be going to break,
and we'll be back with our second map of the matchup.
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on Split and how that feels in today's identity you are trying to carve out for yourself in PCT.
I mean, we really like the agent, we had some theory on it, we just really think that just properly,
it's not easy to play and that's why probably many teams don't run it, but for us it was really working,
also Seven is a really good Keio even though he didn't sign today.
And in practices, we were feeling comfortable and there's nothing else to say, really.
We just like the aggression from 7, you guys can see it, like red click flashes for me,
he's one of the best in the game to do that, and yeah, that's everything.
Alright, thank you guys so much for the insight and welcome back everybody to VCC EMEH K-Cov.
The KO, a house top of conversation on this desk because Mimi, you were so happy to see
that asians locked in and you were like jumping up and down and you were like yeah!
What I'm happy for is that Cairo is going to give us an hour or more to look on why
he does or doesn't like it so go ahead Cairo.
We can fully bust the later right but I don't want to take up all the beat or all of the
game chat.
One thing I will say though right is that the Pacific seem to be very keen on using
the KO and we can see that Seven is comfortable on it but I'm going to add more for you right
because you're the theory man, right?
You're a smart ass father, and then what?
And then what?
Ah!
But like, we've seen other initiator players
actually move on to like playing Yoru as well
in terms of like, we've seen Yampi play it,
we've seen Mimi play it in game changes.
I think we've seen Seven play it.
Yeah, so why are they so like,
like into play?
Yeah, I mean, I think that would be my point here.
In this series itself, we're gonna see Seven,
if it goes to map three, say Yoru anyway,
something he's kind of comfortable on,
I think this bit is a map where, traditionally, that kind of double-jewelist approach is the most easy to run.
Even there, you could have seen it on the chat, you could have seen it on the Euro.
I think that would make more sense going forward.
I think Alph did a really good job at identifying this as a potential weak map for the Pacific.
Even though they got 10 rounds last time, I still think that it was like,
okay, okay, we can just overrun this.
Yeah, and I think for Alph's side of things, it really did play out.
out and even like speaking earlier with the MIR where he was like yeah we're
just focusing on our own games and low-key hyping up next map as well when
it comes to the fight that that is a map that Pacific has picked up I think
Oph is in a really good spot here Kyro they look confident they have a game
club that they're sticking to and everything seems to be falling in
place. Yeah I really like what Oph is doing and I think this is probably the
most similar we've seen to them playing in the way that they did from a friendship
it was it was two things it was both in the game just like death-balling a little
bit more I'm not more confident yeah even when they went 4v5 down sometimes
because the entry wasn't yeah getting picked apart sometimes they were still
then as a group collectively just just doing what they do best and then you
see how much fun they're having on stage yeah that is what I saw as such was
them just having a lot of fun just being very comfortable and cocky so both
things here looking very good for all yeah and as we were looking at individual
players as well that played really well, Audaz is someone that we've already talked about
a little bit earlier when there was like, tech pause after which you told us you were
going to do a monologue, so how about you do this monologue?
Well monologue, about Audaz. About Audaz, I have been able to-
Hype him up, sell him to me! This is the reason why I just receded him
in the tech pause, the reason why I thought that like he's going to be the guy to like,
not necessarily the guy but one of the guys that could certainly give a pause to the result
I'm definitely like a big clutch player back when I remember him through the first Challengers
EMA Tournament that I saw him in.
And yeah, I think honestly, like one of the top prospects from the Turkey region, like
since we've seen this new age of Turkey kind of dawn in VCT EMA.
All right, that was a good idea.
I agree.
Yeah, I agree.
Thanks.
Well done.
See, I'm not just a pretty face.
I mean, we can put a question mark on that one as well, but to be fair.
You just like picked up the shovel earlier today and you're just like...
Hey, listen, listen, I'm usually up there, I'm not usually down here, so...
Oh yeah, you keep saying that.
Yeah, I'm trying to get myself an excuse, please, man.
Stop giving yourself excuses.
Lock in.
Locking in, though, both of these teams have to do it, specifically the Old Pacific now,
because this is their map, big.
What's coming up next?
Abyss, that's where they want to go.
Yeah, and the irony here talking about the KO, looks really good on the best.
I'm a little bit more of a fan of it here.
I think it makes a little bit more sense than on the sport, a lot more sense than on the...
And a map where Pacific, you know, got people like Sliggie out there saying that they think that
he thinks that this is like the best theory on the map right now in terms of what Pacific are doing.
So high praise from a smart man there. Pacific look very in control.
But what I like to hear in that interview, Gabe, was that there is a game plan coming up here.
So they may be identifying some of those penances from Pacific with that post-pant comp, I would say.
Yeah, and I think the only thing that I would see about that is if we were going to draw comparisons right now with Pacific and other teams,
again, Team Liquid Academy comes up because Cupid was at the helm for that.
They played almost, if not the exact same comp, right?
And Alph have beaten it in the Blender with a full five, maybe a bit different with the two substitutes.
But there's a real comparison to be made here, and maybe, I can't believe I'm going to say this,
considering what I was seeing at the start of the series, I could maybe see myself favouring
Alph if it continues the same way, and performance wise from Splat.
What is it specifically about their performance that has made you sway your opinion?
Because of course, Abyss is Pacific's map pick, so you'd not want to sway for them?
I mean, yeah, normally, if this was the first time Alph had played against it,
But this isn't, they know what they're coming up against, they know how to play against it and win.
And as we've already heard from Demo, they have a game plan, so is it similar to what they played against,
what they did last time against Team Liquid Academy, different team, etc.
But listen, there's some real things to be taken away from that game.
Yeah, and we don't have to really ponder any longer, because we have the agents ready.
I mean, nothing crazy from Pacific Start of Things, the game is still in there,
So hopefully this time around they'll be able to capitalize on it a little bit more
But Ops composition is what I want to have a look at so Lynn here reach server
Jaan whaley we're literally just sending it and starting on that attack side. Maybe this is what the game plans about. It's just
Let's just go kill over. Well, these these execs are gonna be so strong. They got double dive here
They got the recon coming in on the stone. So a
very maybe one dimensional approach in terms of what I expect from an attack game plan here
but it might be enough to just overwhelm Pacific here completely on the defense.
Yeah, and I think most interestingly enough it's like Fabian moving on towards the Waley,
who's normally the breach player, that's his comfortability, right? So, I mean,
I can see it, now I can start to see where certain building blocks might fall apart for
Alph, but I mean, if Pacific can live with the heat that Alph has, then I guess that's a big question.
It's going to be a big test on the defense here, the attack side from Alph should be strong.
It is going to be a test to Pacific whether or not they can stay in the competition because this is do or die loses game and you are done until stage one with it and you can push it to the third map can they do it is the question because Olds got their number.
We're ready to head into our second map with our casters and the high five.
Thank you very much. Now, do you agree with the conceptual kind of work of Pacific on this map being one of the strongest?
I think that was kind of what was being alluded to with these sliggies mentality that many would be very nice about, very strange.
I mean...
Yes, I do. I think we've probably been clouded a little bit by individual formuses from Pacific, so let's look at it, right?
So they BBBL and they are dropped versus Giant X here on a base.
Yes, I think the theory is there. I think maybe it's just clouded a little bit by particularly previously. I mean the performance of
Allerante and seven which someone who talked about yeah previously that last series for me all those rounds just kind of lived and died by their input
Yeah, hang on. I'm with you there. And this is a good test, right? We've got off on the attacking side. We've been hyper aggressive very
Oh my god, see Ned's having a go and he's back out of there. It's Ninja to draw first blood on Necki
So they do mash to hold side here seven
He'd soon as forget that that's quite foul actually and it's a bit of a brawl to say the least ofster
Pre-standing no surprise there. No ninja somehow. Well spike in the name B clearly
Made it around the side. Apparently no one saw it and they're weirdly extended fight now as they go one by one
Then decide the Allerante needs to clutch
They're howling again.
Yep.
They're howling.
Well, I mean, certainly, this is the sort of round you expect to see here.
Ulf just taking a ton of risks and very chaotic pistol, even with the first blood.
Not in their favor.
I mean, just absolutely snaps on 70.
That low sense.
I think now, you get to start to see maybe an off day for him, Ulf is still in time.
to see. But certainly some of the deaths we're talking about feeling way more
comfortable. You think back to week one we have Fabian desk slamming win round
by going their way. A massive contrast here. And you can kind of almost
understand why if they're so used to kind of living and dying by the sword
right this hyper aggression they want to get in your face they're willing to
pull that you know mechanically for a team if they're having a really rough
time it's going to be hard to recover but yeah hold on and see. So sit
you're on the spot here
Fabian trading out. It's just two left now for Pacific
Ninja in seven
Self
An opportunity to convert the second here Fabian might just
He's up again he's up again back in a flash
This game is weird, man.
I mean, it was really good start.
In the trenches, by the way.
Oh, oh, really?
Good luck.
I'll do it.
Don't do this.
Oh, don't run.
Please, my glorious Charles, coming to come back to me.
Returning to glory.
I hate saying it, but we're seeing so many more examples.
Well, I'll go for it now.
Yeah, it's off on attack.
Hold on, we'll have to save those for maybe post round,
because they are inside 130.
You've not seen someone who's been spotted.
Look at this, though.
Went a little too far.
Got a little too big for their boots and stirs.
Still dropping some bodies, but they were hell bent on that again.
Up middle, though, is Ordaz.
Last man alive.
I'm trying to make some moves, I won't catch anybody in rotation here if we see Kupa positioned
over behind A site.
Gotta be careful, Kupa, we'll find it.
First on the board here for Pacific and certainly the stronger aspect of the Abyss so far has
been locking down A site.
I'm just talking about how I'd say that and putting work in.
Nice.
I forgot that third.
Yeah, I've already seen the indication here that we just need to side by side of the
Howl and then Cupid's gap, snap.
You know, maybe it's bigger the more rounds you get.
Take flag.
Round four.
Mickey.
Shadow is traveling.
In another position.
You fell previously, Fabian.
Right up on this smoke already, actually.
Cube attacked up.
Mate, there is no fear in this team.
You can see why.
Zero fear.
He's not meant to be doing this much.
This was one man.
One man and maybe a dart.
I was going to say no way he snaps on that, seen it, does shut him down, part will come
through here, Pacific will be left in recovery mode here.
3v4 retake.
See if our neck he just does not want to die.
Yeah, no.
First contact I think would be all downs at this point if they do actually try and split
towards side, but I mean his shoulder in this he can buy a lot of time.
corner, yeah next body, and they're just not getting together on this, it's so
individual, can't quite scale in, two meter handle, but one and lost by the
start there, Fabian walking in and just destroying. Yeah I mean another one of the
question was when we saw a hit to this at Ascension which was Fabian kind of flexing
on to different ages, he just looks so comfortable, whatever you need him to do.
Again, showing why. You can put some faith in him. Ultima's already starting to come
online for Ulf. Having an Audas to more just one point away in stern, two away from the
rolling thunder as well.
Steen is on the hero rifle, here we go.
And this time, all in, all together, all towards the A site.
And all struggling to make it out, there we go, Necky the next in.
I mean...
I mean, you two look great, it's on the place and they're on the way in.
But also, it's just so hard to scale against these guys, they fight as five, man.
You do at least have Hordaz keeping his head down.
Seven's checking, he's got an inkling, but I don't think it's going, Hordaz is on for a sit-up.
That's got him for seven unable to really get the ball rolling and for Cupid surely
I don't know if he's got anything else nearby. I don't think so. So I think it should be
He's waiting for a smoke he's made some TP plays today. Yeah. Yeah
Enemy remaining
There we go, let's smoke
That's my plate, it's RG, he's coming.
Three left standing, snowball already starting to develop, four off, just one point away
from a full house here.
So happy we get to see it, like I don't care if we go three and off lose at this point,
now I hope they don't for their sake, obviously I'm not really rooting for either side, but
I'm just so glad we've seen.
With the way this is panned out already, you've got to lean now heavier towards, off just
closing this out.
Yeah, but it's just that we're finally getting to see this team impressed us that kind of gives like cool
We've got a really aggressive explosive team coming up into EMEA
We're starting to see that here
And I should maybe it be that lack of fear now that you know do what we can see how it goes but big info off the knife
rotations instantaneous
People gonna be forced off fear by Fabian's ultimate as well the site gonna be on a platter
And plenty of tools to invest here. I mean
He's still just one off the punches fury fight planted
Civic might just miss the market
Look at that is stunning stuff really get see that much impact, but that is gorgeous
We're going for this one. Okay, and look look
Turn away! Guys, this shouldn't be close. There we go! Pacific, you did so well!
And you did close out the round.
Yeah, the Hunter's Fury gets ripped just to buy a little bit of time, but all it has...
That was clean.
Yeah, too many targets. Maybe he could have taken his time there.
This is so nice.
That's a fantastic combo here from Pacific.
Except with all those tools as well, they could have potentially missed the mark a little bit.
If Ulf went up to reset.
Come on! Come on!
Nice!
Very, very well constructed retake.
Costly for sure.
On both sides, that's the Ulf.
Using basically everything but the rolling thunder.
Lots of info, lots of pace.
Trying to sign down, trying to hunt them down.
down Fabian is just unstoppable. This guy is everywhere. Ninja's trying to hold Black
Bear back the flood, but at this point it's already a 4v2. Who's going to try and fight
this through? An underhand flash and a bit of hope. 8 HP. It's not going to happen,
Cooper. It's still in middle.
It's a 1v3 now, paranoia, sure, but it's all looks wrapped up from both sides.
already holding this angle. Again, it needs to be clean on the first two to even stand a chance.
Yeah, and it's not ready. Down to 10 HP already. Cover going out.
I have to let this one slide. Another round posted from Ulf and another pacy hit is to knock the wind out of
Pacific after a huge positive in terms of that round previously on B site.
I'm a little bit surprised we didn't see a timeout, even after that lovely round, the
Pacific just did, maybe a timeout just to get on the same page of how to deal with these
super-paced hits.
I was going to say, you probably get one or two of them before.
You have to adapt.
I wouldn't surprise me at all to see one after another example.
This can spiral out of control very quickly.
What is that for two more?
I mean, what was seven, eight HP or something?
Yeah, yeah.
Just to catch that.
And as we said, alluded to.
Tarnark called by Pacific.
Again, they have to get themselves back in a position
to find a response.
See about Fabian, obviously a talking point already
so far in this off with the switch over here to Wailate.
Putting up impressive numbers and impressive rounds already.
And I love a player that can kind of
I think he's going to be like
the breach of the previous and
then you go straight in here and
he's tip of the spear for all.
Yeah, he seems quite a selfless
player in the way he's approaching
this. As you said, you can be a
role filler at times, but seeing
the kind of like. Impact he can
have top of the board. I think
I was just looking as well. Again,
recent playtime across breach
way, a chamber, Viper sky, raise
and jet. So very, very versatile
pool. And again, I think he's
obviously. One of the more
across this year, I want to see Fabian really find his feet and create an identity for himself.
Yeah, I mean, you feel like he's going to be a dream player to have in a team as well, right?
You can get lots of options to play with him.
What a stark contrast to the other side.
We've seen Sena could have put onto that way lane.
It kind of be quite stringent in that approach.
Would you want Sena to be on breach?
Like Fabian?
Yes.
Yes.
Some Sena breach?
Yes.
Obviously.
Awesome Sena.
But the way lane, I'll take anything at this point, mate.
Definitely.
Don't you dare.
I take back my staples.
A little bit of a probe sent out by Pacific now.
Concealment!
Okay, they've gone away with a couple of kills onto Necky previously.
Having an on-the-hunt once more able to avoid detection so far.
A loss of space for him to play into here.
Yeah, whichever way you kind of cut this, he's gone.
I mean, sorry, just go ahead.
What I don't want to see Pacific do is concede a lot of space.
Oh, but I like to be fighting back elsewhere on the map.
You're not dead. Still alive, still alive. How is he alive? How is he alive? He is alive.
He has the boy who lived. I don't get it. And they're now a player up to the good.
I was just saying, I didn't want to see Pacific. Conceit of the Spaceship.
Now off to just take control of the map. And yes, there's a very proactive play outside.
outside B but can't pin down to moot. Now in a position where it's 5v3.
Oh man, 30 seconds left. Eventually trading out but it's a 2v4 now.
They're already calling it on this. Yeah, have to. How do they not close down?
I mean, they can give you SPOV of how he's got out of that one.
I feel like that first smoke, how do you not just get spammed?
There's two of them on the angle.
There's the up-chaft as well.
Yes!
I think he even played into Stan's fault line.
I'm so confused.
And that's after time-outs and everything, you're kind of hoping things start going a
little bit better, but even just rolling our minds back to the fact that Fabian was able
to not get that early fight like he's had in the last couple of hours, but the space
taken, the manipulation on the map there.
And the cynics seem very passive in this.
They're not having that same sort of say on what's going on.
Yeah, they gave up map control and they did find extremity, but they then looked scared to commit to it
You know somewhere in between you caught someone that's what you wanted just quickly the issue being obviously talking about
I don't want to see pacific start considering all this space now. They have the issue of the economy
The finance is just gonna be a little off kill to here
Really yeah, I mean it's it's a fairly awkward engagement on both sides of the coin
I couldn't hack it, I'm rearing that after the round.
This might be worse than hearing Yampy Bark from the opposite side of the stage.
Oh god.
Folks in chat, get a pole going.
Yeah, no you're right, we should.
Yampy Bark, off how?
Right!
I'll keep track of the outcome of that one.
And a tempo change here, still some opportunities for Pacific, but hard to get a good beat on
what they're facing round by round because that versatility is there for off.
No big ults to bank on this time for the off boys, but on the other side three to work with, so some good potential there.
No probes sent out this time, but...
Conceding the choke point at least here, and I'd say...
I'm feeling his way back across, just as this unitil comes through.
Babby ain't gonna pave the way once more.
Nobody contesting this here.
Double walkthrough mid though.
He's already has in this map already been isolated, so should be any good position to handle this
Already damaged their aggression there. They're just
Eating them alive at the end zone flawless and Pacific are not in this game right now
5 rounds to the good, oh olf
They hit another one that, the knock on effect like I said before they're not going to have the benefit of ultimate and the finances being in line because 2 saved in the previous now we're going to have a broken purchase
Come back into this and olf just starting to run away with this map
An in zone flawless here
You can see Pacific heavily discussing sorry
I'm sorry, I was going to say discovering, but it's disgusting.
Triddle.
Oh, dumb.
A triddle straight into a diddle.
You can't be doing that.
Oh, gosh.
Keep up.
Okay.
Keep up.
That's a young and sprightful play there.
The new weapon, so not the 30 year old trendsetter.
That's it.
2v3's manageable as weapons to be picked up to.
They both got upgrades out.
They didn't know where the second went,
but it's just going to be Alavante.
Only smokes here for Cuba, only 30 off a second,
but Molly and an ultimate here for Alavante.
Big tag as well.
Steer and up to 5 HP.
There's a smoke. Are they gonna just walk it?
Of course they are.
I mean, it's not a bad shout.
It's not a bad shout.
They can depend on the utility to do the work on the side.
Oh, I have a shot.
That's Stern gone.
2v2 now.
2v1, maybe some opportunities.
Alarante, look, this guy's an aimer, but this is not a fun post-plot.
Needs the shot.
Oh, it's clean, but it doesn't make a blind bit of difference.
of continuing to hunt them down like animals, Pacific kept on two.
Oh, forget, just brilliant read,
the anticipation of Pacific getting aggressive once more.
And I'm happy it's leaving nothing to chance him to play on that shorty.
It should be around there, I mean at least we'll be able to get a grip on a full purchase,
but it comes in round 11 when they're trailing by six seen it now operator in hand still ultimates to play with
You know side though, Neckyan Fabian both have theirs
It is so all in Fabian dives even further forward finally stopped in his tracks by seven
Tries to take more space, but they got smokes to fall into one not in yet
The more not stopping yet either seven now seen and seen it in trouble
This is a tough one. They are gonna go looking for him as well. Look at this
Yeah, he's having a look course. He'll have a look
See Ned cleaned up
Summing up this half for
Maybe even making an improvement from map 1 and finding a 10-2 here.
God!
Yeah.
What are you meant to do?
Give up the sight, you just can't hold it!
God!
A blistering pace on this way here from Holt.
Again, something we were maybe alluding to in map 1.
7 just hasn't had a 7 day again.
That is not.
Which is unfortunate, because we've seen his highs.
And they love me to watch.
See them say this, Alarante?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
But it's such a lovely aspect to have in your team.
Like I said, last time on Ibiza, between him and Alarante,
they were having bailout rounds for Pacific.
I've been seeing even an opportunity to...
Get out of my way!
I mean, you're not even getting into recovery mode in some of these.
The rounds are just over, necking out.
Over in this one up.
Seven more, four, seen it.
You're going to find the first.
really calls back to the waiting arms of Ordas.
Ninja and Allerante. Yep.
2v3. Ninja's still got a bit of kit, but it's an individual effort for Allerante and his work wonders.
Finally Ninja's here now. Up towards Heaven, but Allerante's the one on the site doing the work.
Fabian has to apply, he bounds in! 30 HP though, he's down insanely low.
So, come to it, Ninja.
Gonna keep them, I don't wanna say alive, Michael, but there is barely a pulse.
This is how it ends.
you
you
you
you
you
He's banished to live.
Yeah, surely not, right?
He's alive.
He's alive.
He's...
Surely not.
He gets a kill.
I'm tilted.
Okay, thank you.
He did that for you.
Yeah.
Hope you know that.
3v4.
Alarante.
Sheriff ready.
Oh, Sheriff gone.
Okay, hold on.
Max Pacey.
That's not quite connecting.
And Orders in a 1v2.
Got to clear out the tent.
Orders.
Orders.
Oh, he jumped into the twirth side.
He's...
You're going to find it.
You're gonna find it they're still posted now
Chance to get themselves on the board in the second half
On this at least numerically delivering here
Which steps into the last class I
Mean it's it's what Pacific needed
I don't think the Pacific knows just how close they were to that kind of coming apart. Yeah, the seams. Yeah
And further
Andusted yeah, I would no sweat about that in zone flawless
Most old point there for seven at least
Rifles in hand now for all
So let's let that one really really breathe
Last player
Bamf on it
Just bamf for a little bit
What?
Guys, why are they not looking at the map?
What?
That's like with Twitch out this hits the question marks
Oh guys, let's get on the chat
Weird they can't
Okay, so kind of just an extended bonus here ish
you know, I guess a normal bonus, but you look at the weaponry, it's pretty solid.
Just that Stinger really standing out with seven, but he's going to be the
sacrificial land he goes in. Second string to the bow is Ordaz, looking
towards that smoke, and he's caught, he's probably dropped in the form of seven.
Sinead doing well, however, Ordaz is holding the line, looking for more. If he got there
just a second earlier, he might have tried to dive that.
Oh, it lined up my second. Oh my god, Sinead, okay, third play Sinead, a little bit of a vintage.
look stern and favoured what are you meant to do now well first real
advanced in situation we've seen this would be dream stuff for them
genuine steps now come get out of that one stern set up for the first but
finally the second two we've been credibly hard now
they're not gonna happen ninja doing I see track that up in the version oh you're
right and see Ned getting three still life left this roster that's why my neck
is just constantly in positions where it's forced to brawl if I line lands out
beautiful shot time out
for alpha. You didn't even jump from up again. No, they're buying things. You could say what
did you call the mid thing after the riddle? Diddle. And then the siddle, the single middle.
of course. Yeah, to see it
quiddle. That's the one I'm
waiting for. You could have it
here. That's good. That's not
saying it's gonna happen, but
you know, it's chance. The
chances specific have made one
here really, and I feel like we
haven't seen off get into the
mix of things yet. It's been
kind of dictated to them so far
Not feeling too much resistance back yet, seen it, starting to, you know, warm in a touch too.
One time at a round, very well done, like that guys, see what you're doing there.
Pacific's longest round we've seen.
It should be their slogan.
Six, one time at a round.
Yep. Put down the jerseys.
Just, just sevens jerseys actually.
I kind of love that.
I think I, uh, look.
Look.
Get the merch coming.
What does the other jersey say?
He's a hot-sumper, for all it's his.
Maybe.
How many in middle?
Oh, Michael! Michael! Michael!
Paying attention now.
I got it.
I think it's too far away.
Yeah, it's doesn't move around the side down.
Full Triddle, lad.
Yeah, and the Triddle's still strong.
Z-Ned.
I'm trying to escape with it.
It's just down to 36 HP.
Nearly finding...
The first blood here but oh very quickly retreat back towards 8.
Pacific is so cautious on approach yet.
This is the sort of round where you expect Alph to try and set something in motion.
We absolutely sniff it out.
Again it'll be stern called upon in this situation.
I'm still unsure how much they've cleared or how much they've got.
That's a shot!
Seen Ed, seen in the cross now.
Stop!
Bro!
What the hell?
How did you get that second?
30 seconds left.
Now it's a 3v5.
Also upgrades available and bodies to the good.
All that is actually has a bucky here.
Yeah and there's two shields still up.
Stern's got one and Necky has another so you can get them on players with light shields.
It's the timing on Stern's utile. I think fault line is back up.
That's it. Two huge upgrades to find. There's still plenty of time left to play with.
There we go. Gonna have to wait to use this though.
You're knocking us.
Trying to set things up too. Forcing them away from sight itself.
They're all sitting pretty close by. If this gets noted,
and now the numbers start to become an issue, too many to handle,
and this is how it goes wrong.
Number seven can step up to the plate.
Stunning! Brilliant work from seven!
There he is!
What? Kill any time! Works out well this time for a Red Bull Clutch and hope for Pacific!
Huge round after a quiet series overall here. The Red Bull Clutch. Just when Pacific needed it.
After a round that looked like it was coming apart at the seams for them.
Crumbling before their eyes. Beautiful stuff. There he is.
Could that be something to spur on Pacific here, to take us to Breeze?
And that three, so a long way to go just yet.
Ooh, the spacing!
Seven, you can see that confidence is still there, and Orders!
Did you forget about it?
It just took down your first man forward, and you thought he'd fallen away? Absolutely not!
Confidence is in line!
Demiol sat back a bit deeper, see the barrel of Ninja should be called out, but Orders is down.
Three kills, make that sight hard work to take.
Leaving Ninja and Allerante with all to do.
Very isolation from Ninja as well on the back of the missed hop shot.
But still plenty of bodies left.
You're gonna eat that.
That's not doing as much damage as I expected.
He's had ninjas around the corner a little,
but he's denied the plump, got them nice and close.
Utility for this, Fabian still got a touch to play with, Stern.
I don't know how long for that stun to fully come back on,
but in we go.
Gonna spot our Alarante here, ninja stun they'll take away Demure, that's down to a 2v2.
They've made this work again, can they do this again?
Oh, they absolutely can! Pacific never tell me the odds!
Just one more round to find a tied game here on map 2.
Ultimus started to come online as well from Pacific here and...
Oh, you thought all that did enough?
Definitely.
was it? 2v4? Yeah. That's nice.
So the first time Ninja Stunner certainly got ahead now.
Let's go!
Atop of the port of the Pacific.
I've not seen Stunner that animated in a minute as well.
Genuinely, that is huge for them.
Sheriffs are out.
Triddles out.
And he got close last time.
Surely not again.
No, come on. Pop to you.
We know secrets about this on the way in for Pacific.
I flash from 7 looking to go hunt it.
Ooh, shot from Necky.
It's a bit of a reminder, isn't it?
Don't forget about the flank here.
If I'd been told this for a second, he might know about Ninja.
I think Ninja knows about him.
And he certainly does know about the kill.
That is the Warry, and there's the shot.
Now the map is going to be cornered in here.
They can try and push him together, 7 getting active,
taking space back away.
He was always saving the four. He might have to do it again now on 1v2.
Flash in the block in there getting a little nervous here.
Seven.
Get that space to go right so you're going to get punished.
Oh, he can't do it this time!
Down to 50 HP.
Putting a corner still finds the first but Fabian here to find a conversion on the thrifty.
Double digits now on the board Pacific.
Not gonna feel the pinch just yet, it's under the funds.
Now we got a bit of a game here, Mike.
Yeah, certainly have.
Things started to come together for Pacific.
They cannot stick in the landing on this previous round.
Could be a chance for Ulf to capitalise now.
Operator in the hands of Fabian.
Coming up with a big ult cycle, actually.
See, rolling thunder.
One furthest away but plenty of tools at the disposal on the other side of the Pacific.
It's a big ultimates of their own.
Nothing to be done here.
You're in a lot of trouble.
He might be dead.
Does he get a live?
Okay.
He actually is just holding on this and this time around.
I don't think he's got the support quite lined up and seen it.
Tried to go in.
Oh my gosh!
Just holding like a turret.
Turned on a die and caught quite the hell with Alarante but damn he did it again.
They're baited hard, Orthas just letting the first pass, serving his teammate up.
I thought, I thought, I thought Orthas was there. I got baited, but as I swore, it wasn't just one.
It's just letting them in to punish the second and third player. Beautiful stuff from him.
Aranty now left in the clutch.
Invest the ultimate, let's try making everything else.
Does he get a chance? I think he's been seen. He's made it to the 1v1.
And now Fabian on the hunt for this, it's on the money, Fabian there!
And off, having to dig deep though, I'm just so happy we're seeing a game between these two now.
Certainly now, Pacific matching the pace and aggression that old f**k have certainly been in charge of so far.
It's just insane for Gordas.
Oh, flash! I didn't see the white.
I thought he just let Cnet in to try and bait the rest of them in, but the flash catches perfectly from 7.
And it ultimately is their downfall.
That's a mad replay.
11-8. I mean, bloody hell.
Didn't expect to be enjoying this series so much.
It's really come alive here, and it is a matchup.
Yeah, exactly right matter of life and death between these two as well the opportunity to keep going to stay alive here and kick off
And they're giving us a great game. I was worried we're gonna see some really messy work
Off of absolutely elevated from where we saw them and Pacific show
They've got some grit behind them as well some real spark to bring them back alive, but
That's why he's closing in now
And not many more chances obviously
the back side of this round, I mean 7 and Q put gonna, sorry Q hasn't even bought yet,
he's going to be struggling in this round to even get a shield on this, not much behind
this purchase Lauren, this could be about all that's left in the tank.
This is tough, there's three ults in the pocket of Ulf as well, gosh, Demure I think
going to go for the knife straight away. When everyone's to I guess. Uh all through middle
is the early best man. Are you going to take a bit of space over towards B? And taking
a lot more space on the A side. Did you put? No, you didn't. Oh god. I mean what a shot
I thought he was dead to right there if I'm honest, but luckily enough, he's still breathing.
Yeah, he's got the player out of bed, surely.
Keeper got it back away though.
Got a confirmation here, but Keeper's still close enough to hear this.
They're reading us, though. They're absolutely reading it.
I mean, if he cancels, he's dead.
Having a look at the site though. Too many targets to handle.
Favio with a missed shot and the tempo in the read right now from Pacific is good.
Hunter's Fury not gonna find his target.
This is two of those ults, so they had it pocket invested.
Actually three I think, but at this point Demure's still alive.
And then, okay, this is where I get scared.
Well, he's gonna call the mid-lock here, but he's gonna be able to run rampant in the back line.
How much can he do beyond this? He can do a lot.
He's taken on a cuper, but Alarante with a very fast shot.
Necky's been waiting for this and Ninja's putting Batheal to your scene on that but it isn't 2v2 as well
Yeah, adding inside to injury away we go
Seen it needs to stand tall on this one easier said than done but the operator has to be perfect
It isn't last trade there Necky up against Alarante. No Mollie
To get involved he's sitting so deep Necky try those for this one
How have you done that?
Necky the player has been battered in some of these early rounds delivers a clutch year
to put a hold on map and series point here great trade from Alarant to heal from Bladestorm
again they just can't stabilize find a recovery oh Necky is so quick with that second tap
8 to 12. Whatever can be bought will be bought. This is time to try and dig deep, do whatever
you can. If you want to stay alive, Fabian didn't get, I think, early checked on this
before so he might have a real chance. Yeah, he does. Drops a body, can he get away? Oh,
he can as well. Seen it on up though, feeling up for the fight on this. Stone stone. Well,
seen it the one straight back. Fabian still standing on the side though. The tempo and
still sitting way better with off.
And the 4v2.
Xenad has to come up with the goods here, but they're circling each other.
Xenad can't quite get to Fabian in time.
And it might be all she wanted for Pacific here.
Xenad, the last one standing.
Need to get close to a miracle on this.
And he's just being hard-ed.
You can hear it, you can see it.
I feel great and determination to turn around their performance thus far Mike. I am impressed very very impressed with old Fuji
Alex said it just feel like they pulled out all the stops right playing with house money
Something else in a couple of times this evening. I think this is so fantastic to see on the side of Pacific
Like I said, I mean I still rate this roster. I think the ceiling is still there
just haven't seen them kind of fire a lot of pisses something still not clicking for all of them to go to the same page
Yeah, you're bang on with that right is that all that potentials there if everything comes through at the same time in the right
Way, you'll see an incredible team. So I want to see what they look like in the future now
I think that's I'm I'll keep my eye on to see how well they blend speaking of it
Actually this outcome now makes the next series even more interesting because going into liquid
I'm more concerned about old versus liquid that I would have been Pacific versus liquid
I think, oh, for a much harder team now for Liquid to handle.
God, yeah, and it wouldn't be the first time that Liquid have struggled with highly explosive teams, very aggressive teams.
The concerns we've seen from Liquid.
Yup, so we will come to that at some point, I'm sure, but now we take a moment to really give it up to the team who have surprised all of us by rolling back some of the performance that we haven't really seen since Ascension.
We'd seen that capability, we knew they were coming in with some constraints here, but today they played outside of that.
I'm still very excited for this
roster throughout this year.
Certainly here. We've seen some
highlights from me seven and
all around say certainly wants
to keep your eye on. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. Even the
calling is off of Cuba. I want
to add in there. I know it's not
always landed, but maybe once
everything gets aligned and
they're all kind of on the same
page, they could be quite an
interesting team to watch and
I'm not going to say that
of on the same page. They could be quite an interesting team to watch and I'm really looking
to see that slot into effect is what is that development process like with this team. Obviously
kickoff is brutal. It always has been very, very hard for these teams to get stability quick.
Even here with a triple bracket, it's not necessarily any more forgiving. Certainly not
many opportunities when you know a map goes wrong here and there, basically set into a position
where you have to recover. But yeah, certainly for me, there's enough positive here for me to not
I'm with you. I think it's kind of just understanding limitations were in play and they weren't able to get around that. No one able individually to bail out today, for example. So again, is what it is. However, a treat for you guys at home will be handing over to the post plan with the Mura and orders standing by.
and play.
There were a lot of congratulations on this very well deserved win.
What was the routine coming into today?
Because this feels like the different off.
We haven't seen this in a week one or a week two.
So Damir, I'm going to start with you.
I mean, for myself, last two weeks, I was just burned out.
I was just playing ranked.
Like I was just spamming it.
My coach told me to just stop playing ranked, stop playing the game after the game.
I just went out.
Like I just went for walks even though it's like minus 10 degrees.
Like that's really cool.
And we were just chilling and I was more focused this time.
It was good, yeah.
We had a set play, like set game, and it was all good.
For me, we don't have anything to lose right now.
So I was really, really comfy about that.
And I was good today.
And I was playing the game.
It was good for us.
Yeah, we could tell that you guys are feeling it.
Some of the clutches that we're coming through
or just the fact that you guys are all going in together
as a team. That's what we really wanted to see. So are you, is this kind of like what
we're going to be seeing more of? Do you feel like you are now in the right spot where you
wanted to be?
Now we more feel like a team. Like last few weeks again, we are trying not to lose, to
be honest. Like, and this week we focused more on like just trying to destroy them.
Like Arcord just was telling us like, you're going to win this game, 13, 5, 13, 3. I don't
know the second game score. I don't remember, but like, it was just fun. Yeah, we just enjoyed
How do you guys now feel with this game behind you, a positive performance?
You guys look like yourself, you look like, how I remember you from North-East, Emma.
How does that look like now, thinking about your next game up against Team Liquid?
I mean, of course it gives you confidence to win a game that gets my first VC team in,
and it's his first VC team in as well, so it's just a new experience,
and now I'm getting used to playing on the stage, so it's just more fun to be honest.
Like I was stressing last week like buying game. I was like full shaking like on the stage. It was bad
No, I feel good though. Yeah, I think it's good. I guess we're gonna win the quit
It will be not easy probably but we're gonna win in the end
The last the other games like with it and
Heretics, yeah, there was ex ex uses for us
We can tell about that that was
Yeah, so many problems outside the game. It's unfortunate for us, but I think now it's gone and I think you're gonna win about Liquid and I think you're gonna do a lower run.
Okay, that's what I like to hear, the lower bracket run, the confidence. Cause I feel like at the end of the day when we are looking at you guys as a roster and just often generalize it as an organization,
organization. I feel like that confidence to be able to just go in and shoot your opponent,
take their head off is what really makes you so successful. So to hear that you feel confident
is a really good sign moving forward. So, Oda, as I would like to talk about your individual
performance today as well, because, you know, you're popping off both games. How does it
feel to be on the stage, VCT, you're on tier one, and to be able to put all those great
performances forward? I think in the beginning I was really stressful about that. I think
they're gonna be like like apex they lose a 0-8. I think I was so scared at first. But
now I think it's really comfy here. I'm feeling the game. Today and yesterday I was really
good. And you have one win so you could not be like that? Yeah. So that's good. Do you
you feel like a massive relief now for the both of you?
I mean, to be honest, I didn't want to go back to London without a VC to win, so I'm
there to win us now.
Even in this weather, you would take it down.
I get it.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
I mean, we've already kind of touched upon the future in terms of like, who you're going
to be playing, Liquid and your expectations for that.
Want to bring up the bracket as well, and that would be really nice from your perspective
to hear.
In terms of the teams that you've already seen here at Kickoff, is there any team that
you are looking at them going wow they are doing really really good. I think BBL. Yeah okay yeah I
think then they're really playing good right now. I mean for me like of course BBL and they've been
playing for like two years now so to be honest I wasn't expecting this much of a domination from
like tier two to tier one like they're still dominating it's like really impressive and
Gentlemates as well they're new like they're a new roster and they're just playing really good as well
So I think they both deserve to be on like upper final. Yeah, I think I think as well like to talk to you guys
I think you're probably the experts on BBL, right? You've played against them like last year as well
Yeah, like what is it that like you think has gotten them to this point, right?
And what do you do you think that you guys like have anything that you can kind of do the same like that because obviously like
Both come from that like tier two Turkish Turkish scene
I think they are not scared to peek. They are always hungry for kills. They really hunger that.
I didn't play against them, but I watched them and their individual skill setting is just so high.
Basically, teams need to play like us today. They just need to take their fights and try to win them.
Otherwise, I think it's really hard to beat PBL.
And they're more family than us.
Yeah, they're family. Like family.
And it's a good thing for them.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, they trust each other on the server. They're confident as well.
But I feel like now you guys are getting the time to gel together as well as a family.
Do you feel like it's getting better with time too in the server for you?
I mean, yeah, of course. Like, we are putting the time and the scrims.
Like, we're playing scrims after that. We're like going out, eating together.
they're just spending time together so it's more of a like we're being a team right now like last
two weeks three weeks like they're almost doing their own thing but like this figure is just like
hanging out all together and like everything is good okay let's get to here yeah do you do you
have a maybe favorite restaurant that you guys go to or favorite activity that you do together
I think just walk I love walking at night okay at night yeah wait it's like minus 15 at night
What do you think?
Are they good?
Yeah, refreshing.
Yeah.
Today we saw the sun for the first time in like two, three weeks.
It was actually sort of like...
Like five seconds bro.
They took like videos of it.
Like it was really funny actually.
It really does point into perspective of the weather here in Berlin.
But again, congratulations to both of you.
Thank you.
To the whole roster for winning.
You're now making that little bracket run.
I'm excited for it.
Okay, you guys hype this up.
Yeah.
I'm gonna keep you guys on your toes.
Gonna get this expectations straight.
But thank you guys as well so much for watching.
We're gonna be back again tomorrow.
Same time, same place with that middle bracket.
We're gonna have Navi against Natig, Vitality against GX.
So, should be pretty good.
We're gonna leave you with the end of day razor highlights.
I hope you enjoyed those as well.
I don't see you tomorrow.
Bye.
Bye bye.
It's Elimination Day today,
and the lower bracket run is officially starting.
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Second ball is bound!
He gets two after a massive win!
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Let's see it through and let go of its own in the spell just let it out go over through the past and
Take it higher is your heart rushing the way my heart's rushing when you take it all in
Baby, this is what we call my life
Do you feel it? Take the world first or just you and I
You and I can't believe it took so long to realize
When we come alive to feel it, take the world by storm
Just you and I can't believe it took so long to realize
What makes us, makes us, makes us
This is what I call the life
I need a day to take the world by storm
Cause the king's coming
I need a time so long to realize
This is what I call the life
My speed is like a coin, I'm a band