Oh, oh, get to me
I'm gonna say goodbye, get real
Oh, oh, keep it movin'
Side of my body up
I throw what they say in this room
There's a girl for your eyes, tell me can you see right through
I think, I think, I think, why is he not that blind
Rocking experience
Welcome OC to the Jason Rogan experience
You're the long line of you're the next in a long line of North American
Oppers and marksmen coming on to the show
I'm I guess I'm just looking if you look back in the history of North American Counter-Strike
What are your big op influences is there anyone that's really piqued your interest?
No, no, no, no, really. Yeah, there hasn't been a whole lot of good oppers coming out of the region
Yeah, I mean kind of suck
What is it about you that makes you such an intriguing cypher for the team?
Like what was it about the weapon that first got you interested?
Nothing, it was actually just no one else wanted it.
And when I first joined my team, or first open team, they were like, yeah, I don't want to op.
No one else wanted to op, so I was like, alright, I'll try it out.
Yeah, that's fair. You know, I'm back in the day, way back in the day.
I was somewhat of a marksman myself.
I quite enjoyed picking up the big green, running around the map.
I had great form. I was shoulder straight back, you know, perfect posture. Yeah, perfect.
But can you show me what you look like when you're? Oh, man. I don't know. What have you got?
Yeah, like a little bit of a lean to it. Yeah. So your shots probably flicked to the left a little
bit more. Yeah. I mean, my back has definitely been feeling the past few years playing. So, yeah.
I think that's one of the things most North American operators doing over to Europe where
where they have that perfect posture is like that, that little lean that you've got going
on that throws you off quite a bit. If your fundamentals are off, once you get to the
big leagues, it's going to be tough.
Oh yeah.
What do you think about the problem? Like, what do you think if Valve actually brought
a bow and arrow into the game with Counter-Strike, especially for North Americans? I could feel
it can be, it could be a huge benefit.
Yeah. I mean, it seems like us being on the same playing field or level of with the Europeans,
It doesn't help, so we need some sort of advantage over them, you know?
So maybe a bow would help us.
Right, we know how to handle a bow.
Yeah, we got some experience with that.
Yeah, I think that could actually be the move that makes
North American Counter-Strike come right back into the map.
Yeah, I mean, it would be exciting to try out a new gun.
I mean, not even a gun, just a bow and arrow, yeah.
Yeah, pin people to the wall.
It'd be great.
Jason Brogan, podcast, check it out.
Hey, Jason, rocking, experience.
Count us like my days.
Jason Brogan, podcast, by night.
This is an interesting one.
How easy is it to tell something is off with your team?
Because I was talking earlier about how it's such an intimate thing
with the five players plus the coach when it's live.
But you can tell with a player's tone of voice or lack of communication
or something that something is wrong with an individual or the team.
How quick into a game can you be like, oh, shit, they're not in it today.
Or this guy, he's not, something's not clicking.
For you, that probably doesn't happen too often at the moment.
Ah, it happens, no?
Yeah, even another time, I guess, Parry vision, some maps at PGL Cluj overall.
Even though we did the comeback, but we found a solution to the bounce back as a clip.
But it happens, yeah.
Like, I remember at the end of the quarterfinal, for example, against Aurora,
and Cluj, okay, we won 2-0, but we felt something was wrong.
We won't Inferno, but it was not that close, but it should have been closer than that.
And we had to talk between maps, like guys, we are not the best right now, we are not playing super well.
It's just a bad day, or what are you chalk those things up to?
There is stuff, like I don't know, maybe it was also after four or five days I think, for the quarter final.
And we needed to eye-pitch, basically, because it's still a cry of final, and you have to
make sure you have to close the game, and it was a bit special, and we want some stupid
ones, to be honest.
And yeah, you can feel it, basically.
We have a team, when you have a game leader like Dan, he wants energy, he wants to feed
the guys.
And after one to buy one, I can feel it, it's something is wrong.
With the energy, especially.
Does his energy ever dip?
Like, sometimes, especially the second half of last year,
his individual form dipped a little bit,
and then he was taking more risks to try and like,
it looked like he was trying to force things, right?
Because maybe the team wasn't doing what he wanted them
to do or something like that,
but is his energy ever different?
Yeah, he also felt something was wrong, you know?
Some of his players' energy was different or less confidence.
We had one or two maps.
We didn't feel comfortable individually,
like train, for example.
And those maps, I don't remember those maps.
Maybe it was an infernal bit this time.
What about now?
No, I cannot say anything.
So yeah, you can feel it.
The problem you can have done sometimes is yes, when you feel something is wrong,
you will try to force move a bit more, a bit more, a bit more.
We have to do something, so it's the moment you need as a coach to write,
and now we need to be something together.
Because the problem with players, when they lack of confidence, they will try to do a hero play, but individually.
And not a good timing, etc. So it means they are losing the confidence of their feelings, so you need to adapt instantly and try to do something together.
I let him.
Get on y'all!
Mr. Sorrentus, the rumours I've heard in the community are all true.
Your knife is a beautiful float.
And each of your skins is more lovely than the last.
Can I interest you in some coffee or a beverage?
Thank you, Mr. Saranthus, but no coffee.
You being a North American eSports enjoyer with ties to many a Valorant Pro,
one would be safe in assuming you have some soy milk?
I may.
Then it is only right that I indulge in your soy.
Mr. Sarantis, before we begin, I must admit my conventional English is a little out of
practice.
However, I've been led to believe that you speak Zuma quite well.
I do.
Well, I kindly ask your permission that I may conduct this interview in Zuma.
By all means.
Okay, Ankh.
Obviously, you're washed, but am I relevant or irrelevant to you?
Still really.
Double you. And you've heard about my little side quest out here in Sweden?
Gaven's got you running down wash fallow players.
Shout out Gaven. If there's one thing he fucked with less than Counter Strike, it's Valorant.
For real though, why are you here? The half-breast me nine months ago, it's all good, they found nothing.
Facts, these files have been run through, but I've got to grind them out again.
Well, say less.
Now, when Project L hit, there were four orgs in this area,
all sticker farmers like yourself,
100 thieves, C9, EG and NRG, or is that CAP?
No CAP.
Look, you are cool to hit my bait.
Bet.
Now, clocking these receipts, all sticker farmers in the area have been
unalived except for NRG, which means they've either dipped,
Fallen off or they're fully mask on?
You heard anything, Susie?
Only possible cap.
I love possible cap.
It often reveals big facts.
Give deeds.
Well, again, possible cap.
But I heard they were chasing Gat in Spain.
Ohio.
Spain.
Valo does tend to attract more Gheat.
Yeah.
Now how would NRG Vibe wear the same T-blank?
You survived for real.
Had some mutual fan at the liquid ghost town.
Well, that should do it.
Some more soy before you go.
Fuck no.
Stunner, you peeped what the NPCs are calling me out in Sweden?
Yeah, but it's kind of cringy. I'm not gonna lie.
But you have peeped it. Spill the tea.
They call you the CEO of Mewing. Facts.
Before he was washed, oh god.
He didn't believe me when we found his name.
But why would he hate the name the Geek-a-Monger?
It appears to me, he did everything in his power to earn it.
Me on the other hand, stand my title, because I've earned it, through hours of grinding
Mastic's gun.
Monk.
It is that feature that makes me such an effective leader of the Muse.
You see, unlike your average dev, I can think like a mouth breather, where they can only
when you think like a common Lux Max or more precisely, a gigachat CS player.
Consider a hot man the world a Valo iPad kid lives in.
It's an L-world indeed.
If a Valo player were to waddle into your crib right now, would you dapp it up?
I've been to Crash 4 God on the whole thing.
Precisely.
But has a Valo player handed you any L's?
I couldn't.
Say less.
You're giving some real floss for energy right now.
You cool if I hit my vape as well?
By all means.
Now my hustle dictates that my bait is pull up and sweep the addy before you pass the vibe check.
Deadass, anything's wrong, it's back on site.
No cap, skins straight cooked.
However, you come through with any deets and we may be able to prevent harm to your account,
Or more importantly, your inventory.
Your low-key sheltering enemies of Counter-Strike. Are you not?
Nah.
Don't count.
I mean, not Loki for real.
Haiki?
Haiki.
You're not clocking it, are you?
You're not clocking that I'm standing on business.
I'm assuming by the fact they're American,
they've understood every word we've said and have long dipped.
Rather, point out their setups.
Accounts? Inventories? I bids you. I do?
We've got to speed up, he's way over the limit, this dude is spinning!
Calm down little man.
Bigger pig, please try.
What, we're just going to let him go?
What, we're just gonna let him go?
We've got movement.
You are late.
Sorry, I had to get away from the team during crack.
You've got the stuff, right?
I have a few snap tabs if you're interested.
Say, you got any more of those...
...jump throw?
A-list of slain arms?
You must be joking.
Do you have any idea how difficult those are to find these days?
Fuck it, I'll take some nubbites. Give me a couple nubbites.
Fuck this, please, hold on!
Get down on the ground!
Get on the ground now! I will not ask you again!
So, just get on the ground, sir.
Sir, please, just get on the ground.
He's gonna find! Look out, he's gonna find!
Why didn't he get on the ground?
These people have no honour, no code, they do whatever they want to get ahead in life.
They're not ready to face the consequences.
There's that guy again, spinning. Let's go get him.
He's done enough for one day. Let's just let the kid have some fun.
Officer down, I repeat, officer down.
He just said that simple is like an energy you have to just kind of direct as opposed
to change.
Zawu's obviously a comparison to a simple and you both coach Zawu.
Is it the same?
Is he more coachable?
Can you change his energy?
What's the go with Matthew?
Who wants to go first?
I mean, I can go first because I had him a little bit earlier.
I think he has also developed a little bit since, but for me,
Matou Saibou, in terms of how great he is, it's easy to coach.
But then, but, but he is also extremely stubborn.
Okay. And he has his opinions.
It's tough to change it.
Um, I, when I had him in, in, in 22, I got a bit frustrated with him
because we were not doing that well.
I mean, it was the first time.
any of us tried an international roster and I will have to also say when I joined Vitality,
this is probably one of the best decisions I've ever done as a coach. I was told before,
do you want to keep the assistant coach Matt? And I said yes, because I wanted someone on the
French side, because now we're going to be Danes in French. I needed to understand the culture,
the way do they respond and I kept Matt. But going back to Saewoo in 22,
I felt that he was the only one, obviously with Apex as well, who really put in the hours.
Every time we lost, he was sitting in the practice room, playing. This is fine.
But every time we lost, he was, it's fine guys, we're going to win the next time.
And then I was complaining to, for example, a match against an entrepreneur saying,
we have to play more. And they were like, yeah, you've been our coach for six years.
We'll be playing fine, we don't have to do that.
And I knew that as soon as Saewoo would go out and say,
guys, come on, I'm wasting the best years of my career, step up.
Then that would be challenging, like that would be challenging the other players
and they would instantly listen to him.
So I remember at the end of 22 we had a meeting where I told him that you're wasting your
career.
I need you to be harsher.
be a little bit more like Sascha. I wanted him to have that if I asked him about the
competition with him and Sascha. He was like, I don't care. I wanted that individual mindset
of, hey, I'm going to beat this guy. I'm going to be the best player of all time. So I needed
that, you know, he was a little bit, not lazy, but he just, he was just, he reminds me a
bit about, I don't know if you follow soccer, but Ronaldinho in football, he was just enjoying
the game, smiling all the time. If he lost, it's fine, it's fine, you're all good, we're
gonna win next time. No, I wanted more passion from him. And so yes, I think he's easier
than some of the other star players out there, but he don't underestimate his, he could be
stubborn enough.
Okay, all right.
Oh, special day. We don't get many guests like you in this studio. Hank Hollywood, agent
of the stars. It's good to see you. Good to see you. I see you've got a new studio as
well. Loving what you've done with the place. Thank you. I was in the bathroom earlier and
I noticed you had that iconic photo of Guardian and Semla together. Yes. The duo that never
came together they never did and you know it might have been too strong i
decided to put that in the bathroom because people were so excited about
those two guys casting together just literally ship themselves so it just
felt like a great place to get people in the mood now listen i'm a talent agent
and when i wanted to sign those two guys i realized that these guys this is the
the prospect of the future this is my golden goose
sure as it were but yeah creative differences egos clashing never happened
but man they would have set the bottom fire you've actually done a really good
job getting involved in esports you've been part of some of the most well
managed organizations over the past few years. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've kind of bring the
kind of the Hollywood culture to eSports as it were. So I've been running the seed agency
now for maybe two or three years. We started off with the influencer marketing and now we
realize there's a bit of a gap in the market to maybe siphon some of that lovely money from eSports.
So we're trying to do that. And yeah, we've been working with different organizations,
different players, and so-called talent as well. Yeah, your philosophy is that great work at EG
as well. Evil geniuses.
I heard about your work over at Astralis as well.
I've been there for three years now. I've been in their public relations.
Kill them.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And of course the Falcons as well, just kind of managing their spendings
and making sure they make the best possible decisions in all of their moves across eSports.
They've had incredible players coming through there.
They have.
They have. It's been a great time. A lot of money involved there, Jason. A lot of cash
available.
And you're very, like, you're very holistic with your approach to the A-hole agency thing.
Like you said, you do everything. You have PR, marketing, you sign the players, you do
all the negotiating.
It's an all-in-one solution, I like to say.
I handle every aspect of the professional players,
the organization, the talent,
everyone involved in esports.
They don't have to worry about anything.
Have you got an age in yourself?
I don't, you know, I've spoken to a couple over the years
and I always just felt like I never found the one
that I really connected with, you know?
So I've mostly just kind of been going on my own,
just kind of doing it by the seat of my pants
and learning a few things along the way.
That's where you've been going wrong.
I can see you've done okay for yourself.
all right but let me ask you this one thing yeah what's the most important thing in the world
uh well i mean obviously this is things i got i've got a daughter back at home i've got a wife
two dogs so my relationship with them uh spending time with them i'm gonna stop you right there that
that's all wrong most important thing in the world is money and that's the kind of business i'm in
and generating it money is an energy and it's always flowed very strongly in my direction so um
maybe to give you a bit of insight i can show you one of the contracts i'm working on right now
the kind of what we actually okay yeah I actually brought some like documents I
thought I could show you like what we're all about um this is like our standard
contracts for the industry this is what I offer my professional players and okay
if you're interested I could probably bring you in some of the sort of deal
let's check out a couple of you can see this is pages two pages that's all it
needs if you do more than two pages you're fucking idiot is what I say so
two pages of our philosophy at the esports talent management of
Hollywood eSports. Hollywood eSports Talent Management LLC. Oh yes, we're a registered company. Yeah, yeah.
Okay, so this is a five-year contract. Starting from five years. Like a long-term deal, we want to
make sure that you're in here for the long haul duration. Yeah. Okay, and renews automatically
every year. That seems pretty standard as well. Absolutely. Yeah. Okay, and unless you decide to
cut me loose, which obviously wouldn't be happening. Why would I do that? So the players that you sign
obligated to play Counter-Strike professionally for a minimum of 16 hours a day, time off
is considered a breach of contract.
Look, there's a lot of legal mumbo jumbo in there.
Sure.
Stuff that would probably go way over your head.
But yes, I expect my players to turn up, grind and stream as soon as they finish their
professional shift, they want to be online, generating clicks, generating views and making
sure that this whole movement comes together.
You can see with our payment structure, it's very different than the other agencies.
I like I said, I handle all the finance adjacent. I'm there. They don't have to worry about a damn thing
I will be there to handle their finances
I take all of the money and I distribute it amongst the players amongst the organizations salary players received 25
25% of total earnings from tournaments and sponsorships remaining 75% paid to Hollywood talent management for administrative
Yeah, so as I stated a lot of legal stuff in here essentially we pull all the money together
Okay, imagine a club where you could join and it's free money for everyone involved
who the more people that join the more money we generate and
That's what we're trying to do right now
We've actually created a structure called Hollywood coin where sure you don't have to like I've got a document here actually
So you have a look at that you can see
At the top of the structure as myself that's Hank
Hank Hollywood at this stage
Then we have the influences the professional gamers and the e-sports talent everyone working together to generate as much
as much money as possible to then put into the pool and essentially everyone gets rich.
Can I just, just a, probably a minor red flag?
Oh yeah, sure.
Well, if you look at this diagram, I would say the shape of this is a...
Right, it's a strong shape.
Relative to the lid structure.
Yeah, like this whole, you know, that concerns me.
It looks relatively, dare I say, like a pyramid?
I can see where you're coming from.
It's not a pyramid.
That's a triangle, famously one of the strongest shapes on the planet.
Yeah, that's true.
Structurally integral to the backbone of the industry.
Near the grass Tyson told me that.
Stronger shape of nature is the triangle.
Exactly.
That's what we're basing this on.
That's the philosophy here at Hollywood Industries.
We want to make sure that everyone gets a fair slice of the pie,
especially the people near the top.
The influencers are number one priority, professional gamers,
then the eSports talent beneath that, and it's...
Oh, sure.
Hello.
Hugo, how are you doing?
Right? Okay. Well, I did tell you, if you want to make it in this industry, you are going to have to make a few sacrifices.
Now, commentating Valorant isn't the worst thing that can happen to you.
And I suggest you do it because otherwise you're not going to have much of a future in eSports.
Yes, yes, I know.
Right. Well, let me ask you one thing.
Do you want to be rich and famous or do you want to have respect amongst your peers and colleagues?
Hugo, there's only a few people in this world that have both.
And let me tell you, my friend, you will never be one of them, except the fucking dollar
and deal or expect to never work again.
Yep.
Okay.
Goodbye.
Sorry about that.
I like how you handled it.
I like how you handled that.
I mean, some people just need to have a little stern talking to someone.
Some people just need to be have reality spelled out to this guy.
He thinks like he's hot shit.
He's done a couple of big events and now all of a sudden he feels like he has to be working
every month.
Not really my problem.
No, I got him there and got his foot in the door and he will do what he's told, like
good little boy he is otherwise he's gonna be in a lot of trouble financially if you know what i'm
saying i control the money i'm pulling the strings and if he wants to actually make it in this world
he's gonna have to do what he says but he's happy you know he's doing well from the contract he's
gotta be happy he's gonna be happy for five more years jason pro game experience
And it's here in Georgia. I am Atlanta 2025 is here and we're having semifinals four teams
left in contention. But when I look at this bracket, I see no vitality. Where's the best
team in the world? Michael? Well, that's the thing. We start off our quarterfinals with
a absolute headliner. I mean, Navi versus Vitality. That's a team that Navi have not
been able to beat in coming up on three years. So for them, facing them in that quarterfinal,
they had both the crowd on their side and a world class wonderful to boot.
Yeah, and absolutely it makes sense what Blade said after the game, that it is,
it doesn't matter what circumstances we beat Vitality in, we need to beat them. It's good for
the confidence, it's good for the storyline and of the major.
But they know that there's no cakewalk now that they're the favorites to win the tournament. I mean,
I mean, in the other side of the quarterfinals, we had Gamer Legion that had a very powered up squad as a whole.
Snack seems to be leading that team quite well.
And they're on a collision course towards Legacy, the team that actually pushed Na'Vi into that quarterfinals game from the groups.
And we have to highlight a couple of names here, because when I look at Gamer Legion, I see individual trio of Hypex, PR, and the rest all carrying really, really good numbers and, you know, kind of like stomping their way through this bracket.
because it didn't start that well, determined for them, lost to Senors, and then lost to Navi overall.
You know, it's really nice to see these resurgence in game religion, and I think they can push it really deep here in Atlanta.
Yeah, I mean, there are no guarantees here in Atlanta just yet. This is Navi's tournament to lose,
but they'll have to face a Betboom later on today. But before we start getting into all those games,
let's hear what Yanko, Jason, and Chad have to say, because they love talking counter.
C is going to take this fight for a three second flip.
Last two rounds, our match is going to start as you all three are safe.
And this is the last you've ever seen.
And he's not content with just the Nexus kill.
He's going to get back down.
GD!
And it's all done!
I'm going to play!
Unbelievable move, winning four in a row victory over Classic.
And they didn't get in the blackout.
The Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta 2026 is brought to you by ESL in partnership with Intel.
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Alright, welcome back everybody to the Intel Extreme Masters. We're over here once again on the DreamHack floor.
We're at the Intel booth. Plenty of counter strike going on. Everyone's here playing.
Let's hear playing we've got a little bit of a situation here. This is me showing up for the BYOC event
What are you here for? I'm not quite sure but I want to impress nice as much as you anchor and you really want to impress
I'm trying to oversell my company to a venture capital firm. Okay, perfect. That's what we like to hear
plenty of countersweep obviously the semifinals today
But we wanted to talk a little bit because we were gonna talk about this before the vitality lost yesterday bit now that we have
Established that vitality is in this era
We wanted to touch on the fact that so many errors over the years have come and gone
But very few of them have actually been beaten like no crown has been taken from anyone right most of these era teams the
IP87 and L roster changes caused them to fade away
Fanatic the Olafmeister injury they faded away
No one took those crowns and I have same with the straw list as well with covert kind of break and see I thought we're gonna come in here
Hard we're gonna do the hot taste and come in the vitality era. It's over
No more vitality may cross the changes number you bang on right we've always had these dominant teams
Well, not always. We've had a patch of dominant teams over the years and when eventually it all ends you sit there
It's always in the post-mortem, right? Well, we're living in it. It's a bit hard to judge and see how things are going to unfold
It's just from a day to day, you know, I've been facetious about the vitality side. I don't think this is the end of their reign
I think they're gonna win more titles. They're still my favorite for the major don't worry about that
But the fact that they have had a loss, right and it is to Navi and there is that confidence
You have to start asking the questions. What does this mean for the future?
And maybe we're living in what could be the changing of the tide. Maybe not, but it's always a tough one to gauge
Well, I guess right now would be the time if anyone thinks that they like saw something or if anyone thinks the vitalities are gonna fade away
Now's the time to say that you believe that this was some kind of
Defining loss not to say that to you guys just anyone in the public if you truly think this loss has some detrimental effect
Like now's the time to say you believe vitalities done. Yeah, I think it's more that
The added confidence for Navi now we have Navi and Falcons as the two teams that were able to beat that
Maybe Spirit, or Bat Boom, because they beat them.
But that makes it more interesting in the major conversation, because next time they
play Navi, we'll have the experience, alright, we've done it.
We've beaten them in the quarters, we've beaten them in an important game.
So we'll see, I think for some of those early teams, when you go back, that mental aspect
really matters because NIP for all their dominance lost the first three or four major finals that
they were in.
only when they were actually at their weakest is a team where they managed to
lift the one major and even no matter how dominant you are maintaining that
mental edge is super important. So I guess that brings us to now talking about
is there a way to do this? Is there a way to age out of an era gracefully without
kind of hitting rock bottom? Like I said we wanted to talk about this before
Vitality lost last night. This is a good plan. But now that they have lost, I guess the
conversation is if it keeps going south, where do you take it so that you don't
just descend into rock bottom? How do you make the switch? I think the thing is
right there. Their only comparison in my mind is Australis. And Australis, if you take a look at
the end of 2019, they won the last event. It was like a blast event, like global final. I don't
know the naming back then. But then they go into 2020. It's the, well, I don't even remember what it
was called back then for blast. But it was their studio event in London. They didn't win that one,
right? And then they go into Katowice and they get eliminated by Na'vi with simple electronic
that team and then the pandemic happens and we never know what was going to
happen for Astralis in that point onwards. Online Counter Strike we all know
the players don't want to get out of bed for it the fact that the world was
thrown upside down and then Astralis slowly piece by piece disintegrated and
that was the end right yeah we didn't really get them oh okay now they've
been conquered now yeah it wasn't that type of an ending for them so with
vitality unless the world decides to shut down again
Everyone praying for Hunter virus to be a real thing, so we see vitality is downfall.
But this is it, right? I kind of asked myself the question,
if I was the management of vitality, who's already been very aggressive with their changes of players,
obviously Flamety is one of them right there.
At what point do you as an org see a downturn of results and then make the decision we're going to change?
Because this is arguably the greatest Counter-Strike team of all time.
But that's the question. You half activated my trap card, because do you think if
Donk was on the team instead of Flimsy, they win as much or even more? Or do they win less?
What a question, Hades. What a wild trap card you just brought out.
Because the premise is, it's not just obviously they have skill, they have plenty of skill to go
go around, but it's how they mash his personality,
the players.
Yeah, you can argue there's a better anchor out there
than Messi, there's a more skilled, you know,
entry aggressive rifleman than Flamesey,
but how will they mash for the rest of the teams?
They have the same type of personality,
they have the selflessness that's needed,
like the dynamic that they've been able to achieve
in vitality is very unique, and it's very dangerous
to try and mess with that, exactly.
When Donks never had to play in that situation,
where he's not the guy getting everything needed, right?
he plays pretty hardcore of I'm the one going out first I'm the one with the
resources so that would be an interesting person I guess my angle to
your question would have been from like the reverse side which is how much time
do you give a team to refine itself if you do see the downturn you know how
much time has this team earned now yeah exactly and I think if it was me this
is my opinion it's not even what I think that Vitality would do I just think
that I would let this team write it out yeah and again we're not talking about
about because of the result here.
We're talking about results in the future.
I don't expect them to disappear anytime soon.
This event, we know they didn't practice.
We know they're not in their best form.
They didn't look themselves.
Everybody knows that.
And if people are not bringing that
into the elite's qualifiers
for how they're passing this event,
then I don't think they're doing themselves
or the counter-tracks basically service.
But at one point, they won't be winning everything.
And then when that happens,
I think let the team run its course
until someone goes, now I'm out, right?
Let it run its course.
Let us see what happens.
They've earned themselves the good graces.
Or someone on another team pops off to a degree
where you're like, we have to look at this guy.
Like this is a player we have to look at.
Close off, has huge impact in a specific role?
Maybe someone is having a downturn of vitality.
You say, well, this guy might be worth the conversation
or the glance of what's possible to bring him in.
So I mean, there's that angle to it as well.
Or do you try and keep it running, right?
Because we know that they've now started
this academy team.
So do you wanna try and take players from there?
Do you wanna, like you're saying,
You want to grab someone else's on the market and then at what point you made that choice, right?
We're living in a land right now with this conversation where there's so many variables and choices that you could make but
Vitality because we've seen them be aggressive before with roster changes
It wouldn't surprise me if the management does the same thing
But how long of a period of time is a bad period of time in modern counter strike six months a year two years
I guess it'd be a major cycle right which is about five six months
I guess now because the VRS if you're starting to fall out of contention you have to make changes
the results would have to be worse than what they were the second half of last year, because
they were still making top fours, so you would have to sort of start not making the playoffs.
Or start losing to some teams you're not really supposed to be losing, right?
It would have to be a significant fall-off, which first of all at the moment you have
a hard time seeing happening, even if they don't win everything anymore.
So yeah, I think it's still going to be a while away solely based off the fact that there's
not really outside of Apex anyone obvious to replace to make the team younger, which
is what they did with the free change and then there's no one who's unhappy on the team like it
was with Spinks that you needed to make that change was almost forced on you so yeah I think
they'll be writing it out for a while yeah I think so too I mean this has been the most I mean I
don't know if I've ever seen a team win as much as they have in the past year and a half even the
Astralis team didn't win this much you know like the amount of trophies that Vitality's wrapped up
is just crazy it all gets tough out there right with this conversation because the Counter Strike
world and has a short memory. It's one of you on for us lately, right? And okay, they
lose their top four streak in this event, right? There were 21 consecutive there. I
hate them for 22 if they won that series yesterday. The concerns I had about yesterday's game,
I can just wash away. But in the context of the match, you could see that they weren't
as ahead of the players they normally are, right? Like their rotations were a little
bit slow, although a gamble sacking incorrectly. And they, they, you could, it didn't like the
You've been able to tell for two weeks they haven't been practicing.
You didn't even see it.
That's why I think it was also a really smart veto from Navi at the very end
because it came down to Mirage Inferno, right as the final map.
Navi had the last ban.
And you know, historically Navi Mirage is their playground.
It's the worst map statistically for Vitality this year, but they went with Inferno.
Vitality hasn't played it since Rio, they only played it once.
We haven't played it at all in the US.
You have no practice, you want to lose for Apex, you want to lose the field a little bit for...
How does this map work in the college?
They were just a little bit behind it in some of these rounds and now it took full advantage.
Okay, well let's take that perspective too because that's obviously a rough win for Vitality,
but not going to be too much of a dent in themselves.
But I think for Navi, this is a massive win.
For guys who are giving interviews saying Vitality's not our biggest competition,
we are, ourselves are our biggest opponent that we have inside the server.
This is a huge mental hurdle get over first win in what like two years against this team
And only one like one map in the last year and a half like it was a crazy one-sided rivalry
So for now be just going into the major. This is massive, right? It opens the conversation
I think brought a yank obviously talking about the Falcons earlier in the year
We're gonna have to I think they will need to train
I've tried to see that fury
Yeah, but that's the only match of theirs I've seen at the event so far right the time zones
I haven't been friendly to us. They're in the grand final tomorrow
But I think my point being the contenders it used to be vitality here and then again and then everyone else now
I think it's vitality here
And there's like three teams that I'm hoping that we can have a conversation about now the falcons and spirit and
The mental edge for Navi by winning that match
They understand if people read the blade interview they understand that they weren't practicing they know that but it's the fact that they can prove to
themselves, we can do it. And even when they were practicing, now we were slowly getting
closer and closer. And they were the only team who were saying the entire time, we want
to play Vitality, right? Like we want that test, we want that challenge. If you win a
tournament in Vitality's in there, it doesn't matter, right? So like they had a very good
mindset about it. And like you mentioned, like regardless of the state, it's a huge event
for them, huge confidence boost. And yeah, maybe it does something really significant
for them going into the mage.
What if they lose to Betboom today?
If Navi loses to Betboom, it's all the positive
they just can't go away.
Boom, it's just a green reaper,
and I take everyone down.
If you're Navi and you're right in the side,
finally beating Vitality,
and then you just get trucked by Betboom today.
It's a very mouse move.
It's very mouse kind of thing.
I don't know, I don't know how you recover
in the post-game time for the team.
Here's the thing, the reason why Navi was able
to beat Vitality was their guys stepping up,
like, wonderful, I don't know how he was in series.
And being more consistent because to be the best like your ceiling is determined by the players your players need to do well
Macaasic has been having a great year wonderful being more consistent and then you have this usually as a third guy
You know finding impact being the veteran presence, but also those players are known to be inconsistent
So if all of a sudden now because you're riding that high of the vitality of interest like mouse did in Cologne last year
And you fall into that trap and you start having a bad game and it pops up like there
definitely is a possibility for them to lose. Yeah, I think that's gonna be a
very fun game to be honest with you. I hope Naby continues it. If we switch to the
other side of the bracket, Gamer Legion taking on Legacy now. It's a brawl.
You know watching the Gamer Legion game yesterday gets pain. Both those teams were
so content to just like play default Counter-Strike and just play everything
stand. There wasn't a whole lot of like, there were some aggressive plays but not a
whole lot of like Chaos and a whole lot of teams try to do something creative or
change the map. It was just default standard counter strike. Legacy doesn't play that.
Yeah, I will change that today. I'm just not going to get to sit back and just play standard
counter strike. So how they handle that is going to be everything in today's game.
I think it's fun though for some of the individuals like your PRs and your resists.
Highbacks have been very clutched. You get to play heads up counter strike in that fashion.
Should be good fun. So look, I think on paper that series has more excitement than the second one.
The name value is in the Navi game, but the expectation is also in the Navi game, right?
So look, I'm hoping that we get a three map up and I'm hoping that the counter strike isn't as odd
I want to I know we're pivoting back for a second but that vitality Navi game the first two maps the pace of that was so strange
Did you feel that it wasn't mega entertaining? No, but it was very
Tactical and it was gritty and it wasn't sexy but most importantly for Navi
They were able to get it done right and I even said this on the desk
It's like I know it wasn't mega fun to watch but actually winning in that manner for Navi is even better
That is you know, it was some highlight moments. I don't know. They just outplayed them
But my my with it with the legacy game the game is gamey talking about my thought process changes from okay
Whatever happens at this event, you know, that's the easy side of the bracket one of them will make the grand final one of them
Will play in the third place decided that's gonna happen no matter what it's does this prime those teams
For us to consider once we get to the major which is only two weeks away that they become
Conversation for a stage three team but playoffs seems out of the breach
But do they become a top 16 team of the major now game legionary in stage one if you look at the field
They have to be a top three team in stage one if looking at the field stage two
That's where legacy is spirits there as well
Right you need eight names to make it into stage three of the major has that has their performance here
Elevated them enough to put them in stage three contention
For me it has from the eye test because they've been real solid right and most importantly yesterday
They were able to win a game on the stage, which is where they struggled even though usually they meet better teams than pain
The snacks effect they met falcons a bunch that yeah, it doesn't hurt man
Like the veteran presence let us it's the same thing getting art in who's a veteran player did it before for a long time with fear like it helps
Probably some of these younger players just leading them guiding them
Even Kyosuke is talking about Carrington and like what it means, you know, so like you never underestimate the impact an IGL can have
And I think that was big for them to sort of unlock some of the individuals a little bit on game religion
And that's why having two more games here no matter what it's huge for them going into the major
And I think the legacy performing well also because they hit that slump like after kind of the run in Austin and some good events towards
The end of last year like they've been very quiet. They're very momentum based that team
Yeah, it's the silent counter strike they play right always pushing in your face
Tom looks like they play two T side sometimes. So yeah, it is gonna feel momentum base, but when they get it
Damn, it looks fun. It looks good. That's the thing, right?
I mean what teams are playing out of the box or like off-matter. I think it's probably the better brand for it is
It's fun, but it's not consistent. So you kind of have to wait out where it's not via gone the route up
Let's make sure we're consistent and then we can have fun. Yeah, and they're getting to have fun now
So it's quite a contrast, you know yesterday
We were talking about how there's these two tournaments on at the same time and having to measure it
then how do we read it and what does it mean?
But it's just good to see teams getting in these reps
before the major to kind of just,
even just for an individual perspective,
to see who's looking good, who's looking sharp,
because I don't imagine that's gonna change
too much in two weeks.
No, but it's like, it's like,
it's like, it's your exact question of like,
are these guys, did we ought to open up the conversation
about them being a stage three team?
Well, we've opened up a conversation on two teams
who weren't talking about a month ago, you know?
So like, there's the first step for them.
And how many times do we go to a major
and see a team, team play themselves through the stages
and get better as they go, right?
So that's the kind of potential you're hoping for and for those momentum off meta counter strike teams if they catch the momentum in the right event
They're really scary for that one event. Yeah might not be consistent event to event
But if you catch that fire in that one isolated week two weeks in play
Like you can do some real damage in that tournament. The one about is the most of the major
I don't think everybody knows that so it's about peaking at the right time
It's a perfect time to start that peak for these teams too
Yeah, and we're still trying to navigate this whole VRS situation the way that the TO's are planning the events and the run up and
I think at the moment, obviously we've seen Vitality with a good balance.
The only one you'd say is a question mark is this one,
but we all know why they signed up for it, right?
In case you didn't win the grand slam.
Yeah, that was a vacation.
No, I'm sure that they, I'm sure that them having a loss here is a great little kick in the pants
to be like, that's that horrible feeling that we haven't had in a long time.
You know, let's make sure that that doesn't happen to the major.
I mean, that's obviously never a goal, but I guess if it's going to happen,
this isn't the worst thing in the world for Vitality to just have that bucket of water splash on their face.
saying into the lead into Austin last year they were like yeah it'd be good to
get a loss right yeah and I think it was Dallas was it that I think it's also you
know they wouldn't have taken the major for granted if they won the trophy here
but in the back of your head you know it's just gonna creep in it's like what
will it take for us to lose like we're showing up to tournaments with no
practice rusty you know and still swelling to a trophy and beating the
second team in the world on the way to it so I think it's good just to not get
too complacent right like just realized all right you can't just expect on its own we're going to
keep winning no matter what well they gotta wake up call yesterday against knobby knobby taking
on bet boom in the semi-finals legacy taking on game religion our first semi-final of the day
we're out of here pre-match start now and we'll see you in the games
Hey man, hey welcome to the seven finals. You get a taste of audience yesterday. Are
you surprised how many people are here? They're actually cheering for you?
Honestly, yes. There was much more people than I thought and I also think they were
louder than I thought as well, so it's really nice to see.
There's something in the water for you here in N.A. The MVP of IMO Clan 1985. How's the
Snacks actually mentioned yesterday that you were a little bit sick under the weather. Is the game better?
I mean, yeah, maybe a little bit. I think we all were sick at some point this event, so I think it's just been spreading to every player.
And I'm the last one now, I think. But yeah, I feel like I'm going to get a little bit better. I'm not 100%, but I will, I for sure give 100% of the 10% I have, you know.
Another Brazilian team on the menu. What is the vibe ahead of this game?
of this game, because it was messy yesterday, you can, I think, admit it, and do you expect
somewhat of a close brawl today as well against, against Brazilians?
Yeah, I think, like I say, it's a, I mean, it's a team that is difficult to play on stages,
I think, because they're making all these, like, smoke plays and, like, risky plays and,
like, they're taking time, you say, everywhere, and, like, they're playing with the sound,
and I think that's going to be the hard part today, and we just need to be aware of, like,
every possibility on the map, and I think that's the way we're going to be done.
The way you're talking about the game I can see you're locked in already, I love it, and
good luck, see you on the serving.
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Hey Lato, what's up? You're having a lot of laughs here. What's happening with the team right now?
Bro, I think we are in good shape in this tournament. Everybody is playing so well.
And yeah, I think we do some damage here and let's go if we can do in the Grand Finals as well, in the same finals, sorry.
I mean, this is wild contrast to you compared to I am real, right? What's been happening this past two weeks? This was like a completely different team.
Yeah, I think we do some changes inside the team. We changed our coach and our analyst and we changed our mindset as well.
And I think it's the most difference between the teams.
And also, your win against Navi, who took down Vitality, obviously yesterday, there was a big talking point.
I want to ask you, this feels like you are the next big threat to put them down.
Do you feel the same? What does this do to your mindset? You just mentioned it, so I'm curious.
Bro, I don't know. I think we only go step by step. We don't think about the teams and we only want to show our game and show we are growing up in the game.
And I think that's it. It's step by step for us and let's see if we can do it.
Gamer Legion, we're actually taking down your Brazilian fellows yesterday. Pain. Is it time for revenge? For pain as well?
as well? Of course, we need to revenge our friends from Ben and let's go.
Yeah, vamos, see you on the server.
Legacy, take that fast pass to the playoffs.
And today they get to make their Atlanta Sage debut.
We welcome you to the arena for the Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta 2026 by we,
I mean myself first beers, Yumi and YNK.
Yumi, we had a great time yesterday.
The crowd was certainly showing up.
I'm so excited to get stuck in today.
One thing I know about Atlanta is that they cheer for good counter-strike.
You can win them over so long as you win the game as well.
It doesn't matter what part of the world you're from, they can rally behind you.
Also, talking about that, the good games that are happening,
I'll say for a game agent, they've had a great tournament so far, right?
Like they've stepped up.
I think winning a game in the playoffs with the crowd is super important
with the young players that they have.
They struggled to do that last year when they would make the playoffs
at some of these events and yeah legacy absolutely there's a reason why they're
straight in the semi-final taking down Navi in a 2-1 affair and we'll be
looking to sort of go even deeper here in Atlanta. Yeah before we kind of recap the
brief history of legacy I think we should take a look at their results so far at
this tournament because I think you're totally right Yanko that was a very
impressive showing versus Navi either way they were guaranteed to make it into
the arena but that's no small team to be taken down even in that situation. Yeah
also considering the context right the loser of that game was going to go and
play vitality. So you really didn't want to lose that series. It's not like maybe some
of these other seeding games where, you know, there's not as much on the line. So yeah,
I think they've done a great job here in Atlanta so far.
Yeah, but they've had some struggles, right? They've definitely had to go through the
ringer and put themselves through the paces because adding art is not something that was
super easy for them. You know, they started off with Krakow at the start of the year and
they didn't do great there. And that just immediately after that, they kick him and
they move in with our and pearly and it made top eight. And so that's like kind of a very promising start. They have to continue building. But from event to event, it felt like they were limit testing what the capabilities of the roster were going to be. And as you could see, the things get things out of a little turbulent with them. But they saw the downtrend starting with that that Lux in game leading swap over to art. It has recovered the roster.
When we talk about, I guess, the lackluster results of legacy so far, you're totally right.
You made that switch up.
It's always going to be tricky when you're bringing in a new IGL, but Rio as well.
That was why I'm so surprised to see this other side of legacy, because, I mean, Brazilian
teams on Brazilian home soil, it just never seems to go well, but theirs was exceptionally
bad.
Listen, Fran, there's too many distractions.
I'll tell you that.
As someone who coached Brazilians on a Brazilian team in Brazil, there's so much going on
when these guys go back there.
spent so much time abroad so all your families are there all the media is there you do a hundred
interviews every day right like there's it's very difficult to just focus on the counter
striking then also we heard from Lotto a little bit you know they didn't have the best mindset
that makes a changes to the coaching staff and I mean it's been a resounding success from that point
on yeah no I mean there's been a lot of compliments I think we can offer up to legacy in terms of how
they've adapted their game plan there was a time where it was very pain-eskin a way when they had
Lux, who served on that roster before. It felt like he was walking in his footsteps,
but now there's tactical versatility, there's pace changes. You still have hard getting
up to his shenanigans, but they're actually more calculated than I think they ever were
before. Can you give me an example of something that you've seen that has been most impressive
to you about this switch up? Because I think we used to tell Art as maybe a little bit
overactive, you know, over those to be getting into. Crazy, you can say it. He was crazy.
I think I can just say it like that. And I feel like he's tempered himself a little
that where is this kind of works out in legacy? I mean, the maturity, I think, started from
flux. So he's working with younger pieces in some respects, but then he moves into a legacy
that actually had once some events moving out of last year. So for him, a lot of that success in
terms of his individual impact has been on that CT side where he can still be quite aggressive.
He's still trying to set up his teammates, but he's become less self-sacrificial than I think he
once was once upon a time on that T side where, yeah, you would see him just running through
smokes and sending it down mid with an SMG and hoping that their his team could
sort of bring him out of a bad situation. I think he just got humbled with this
time in fluxo right like he went from playing with K Serato and Eurion being
on the best Brazilian team and always playing these tier one tournaments to
failing to qualify for them you know and having to play Brazil lands or online
counter strike right it's not as fun so getting this opportunity in legacy which
also by the way came out of nowhere I mean it was a shocking move in a way and
especially a shocking addition, right? I think he understands like this is a
massive opportunity for him and you need to be able to change some things, change
your philosophy a little bit. Of course he's always going to be an aggressive
player, but you don't have to be crazy. You can just be an aggressive player.
You don't have to live and die by the sword because you're 24-7, right? I don't know whether we can bring that graphic up
once more because it was an interesting numbers between CT side art versus T side art.
What are you reading into with those? Yeah, I think that's where you know it's
going to be more difficult obviously on the T side, right? Like you sometimes
going into the unknown your goal is only to create space for yourself to get
traded for your team to be able to get into the bomb site and then city side it
can be a little bit different you can catch opponents of guard you get some
more support and we've seen in some of the games some of these new games that
they've played on city side like they don't give their opponents any space
like what you're not gonna get to secret even if you try to we're gonna get
lobby in exchange right and then you you can never sort of go through your
motions on the T side when you go up against legacy because their whole plan is just to
disrupt you the entire time.
I think from the CT numbers though, let's temper our own expectations.
The type of impact he's had so far in this tournament has been substantial.
He's getting a lot of success.
80% in that CT side opening gunfights is not something that is sustainable, surely.
He's got other pieces on this roster that have been able to step up to that plate before,
and I believe that's where most of the heavy hitters should be coming into action.
If Archand finds those crazy impacts, then power to him, I guess.
He's done it again somehow, for the first he had Keisaratu and Nuri, now he has Dumao and Lato.
You know, I'm flying the flag for these boys, but it's going to be five years now, so hopefully they can start, you know,
achieving their potential in a way, because you know, there's only so much you can talk about.
That's a few things, get some medals to them.
Potential, right?
Right.
Maybe this is the way, but we'll see, you know, I think it's always been, can't ever build the right roster.
It's always all one or two pieces are sort of falling a little bit behind or you're struggling to find the proper
IGL and and all of this that's probably held them back a little bit
So you're really hoping like the this roster they can unlock that
Potential and then and make some deeper on it does feel like the South American region is slowly like a lot of these moves
You would have anticipated to happen to maybe three years ago
But it feels like there's this been this exodus of players that actually are sort of
that's a good thing. I mean,
it's building big teams within
the South American region right
now, whether that's a nine Z a
legacy, a pain. I feel like
they've gotten high prospects
acquisitions that should make
these teams better. Speaking of
Art, welcome to the semi-finals. I want to ask you what is happening with legacy? Because
from struggling earlier in the season, you are on a pretty decent run. Eight match, win streak,
what's happening? Bro, you just fixed the group, fixed your playing for each other,
and also the individuals are shining a lot, the chemistry is good, so we have been a good run.
What about the coach though? Because you promoted your assistant coach, right? Like three weeks ago.
I want to ask if he is playing a certain role in this kind of like
uptick of performance that you're having so far?
Yeah, they are definitely helpless, he's been with the team for I think five years with the guys,
so he's he knows the way we like to play as well, the way I like to call, so he helps me a lot.
You had a luxury of a day off. What were you doing? Were you watching the games?
Because obviously there was this Vitality Navi game and everything. I wanted to ask if it's your advantage.
Because you're playing in this game region, they already play quarter-finals.
Sometimes it's good for them to have this momentum coming into the semifinals.
Do you think this is advantage as well?
A little bit. It's a trade-off. We could not focus on threatening because we want to watch the games.
So the football game was insane and also the title game was very crazy, so we lost some time there watching the games.
But after that we just prepped and I think that's a trade-off. They warm up a lot more and we prepped a lot more.
This is the beauty of Intercontinental CS, right? You have to watch every single tournament.
There is not even the one you're playing, but I have to say, in this matchup, I feel like this is true 50-50, kind of like a coin flip game.
It's so close. If you would have to make fans cheer for you in the arena today, what would you say to them?
them why would they cheer for you? They like CS, they like the way you play, they want you for us,
otherwise you go for a game of legion, hopefully for us because we love to have the crowd on our
side so hopefully we can get some good clutches so we can, you know, get the crowd up, yeah, yeah.
All right. Thank you and good luck and see you in the semifinals.
I think I'll have to figure that out, that's certainly the key to winning the fans' hearts here
in Atlanta. I do just want to touch upon the fact that as Nico obviously said, no official match
yesterday, just from your experience and perspective, Janko, how would you typically spend that day?
Like, are you watching your potential opponent play live? Is that something you go back and review
in a demo? Like, what's the most efficient way to do that?
I think it depends very rat as a team. If you feel like you need more practice on some apps,
you probably try to get some scrims in there. You're not going to have a complete day off.
There's no point in doing that. You don't want to lose the edge that you have and then the momentum
that you had, right? So, whether you end up watching the game live, you know, or you just go
go back and rewatch it and do your prep like you do for any other game that depends.
It allows you, if you want to throw some curveball in the Vito, you have that extra game, let's
say one of your weaker maps is also a really weak map for them, and you can get two, three
scrims in, add a couple of things for your opponent and maybe surprise them in the Vito.
Yeah, I mean, the best case scenario is you're saving yourself a night of prep when you get
that extra day off, because you don't know who you're going to be facing in the next
round anyway, I'd imagine, right?
So, yeah, I mean, I think everybody understands that there are, this is a fairly open tournament
as well.
So, especially with Vitality out of the equation, everybody should be working extra hard to
get the extra bragging rights of attending a tournament with Vitality at it and still
being able to take the trophy.
Particularly when you look at that game, Legion vs. Pain series yesterday, full three map
affair with Pain actually started off by taking Game Religion's map pick.
Just some initial takeaways from reviewing that game.
What are we looking at for Game Religion in that?
a real live game. I think that was the difference on that first map, you know,
putting like his first stage game with an ace. What more could you wish for?
But I think the quality from game religion shown through in the end. And I
think it's even more impressive for them the fact that they came back in the
series and were able to close it out. Like I was really impressed with them
this tournament because the ITES, you know, seeing how they play very good on
the T side, they have different ways to attack you, sometimes with set rounds and
faster pace, sometimes even with defaults and just playing slower and they
just make less mistakes than they used to, less self-inflicted injuries and
that's been the reason, the main reason why they made it all the way to the
semi-final here. And they've got an AWPer. I mean, game religion for the longest
amount of time had struggles finding an AWPer that worked with them and worked
with the system and this high-packs that we're getting coming into the playoffs,
loss this guy I mean I might be the best opera in the tournament if maybe not for also incredible
wonderful on the other side of the bracket and this guy called I will but dead now he's
gone he's gone in terms of a high back to what we've seen from him so far and see as
you me said some beautiful cultures coming out and really important moments would you
compare him to any kind of all those gone by and yes you have a particular signature
to start at the moment or is he still figuring that out?
Yeah, I don't know.
I think a lot of these new uppers,
like they're just very versatile, you know,
because you have to be.
In order to be good, you have to be,
you have to be able to have impact
by being aggressive, finding opening,
just understanding where the opportunities are,
where the advantages are in the round.
You have to be great at positioning.
And also sometimes, actually most of the times
you have to be calculated and not get carried away
and be overly aggressive,
which is something we see with a lot of these uppers,
But the young AWPers are sometimes repeating too much, like you already gained an advantage
for your team, you can just chill and let the round develop, but they keep going for
more.
So I think I've fallen into that category, as you're even seeing from this reel, you
see some of the aggressive moves that you also will see sometimes in just sitting-ticket
with the AWP, right?
Like, because that's what you have to do, and in order to be a great AWPer in today's
game, you need to be able to do it all really in a way.
Especially when everybody thought that the AWP was just not as strong as it once was
outside of the top four AWPers we had in the circuit, everybody was struggling. So it's not
just being about being versatile. They also have to be capable on rifles and be able to read the
game and play pasty in some of these clutch moments that HyperX actually delivered.
A small part of it is the AnimGraph update. I mean, we talked to Malbz the other day on the
podcast and he said something interesting, which is like, it's not so much as you can predict and
see how people are moving. It's like you can better predict where they'll stop, where the model
will stop. So like for AWPers, like, you know, and you're just holding an angle where someone is
going to swing at you like it helps a lot having that and you know sometimes it's also just a mental
game you know just placebo and you're like oh yeah this is going to make it so much easier for me
to play the game and then you just do it just magically happens um in terms of high-packs and
his kind of tenure on our game of legion as well only a second stage in the game of legion jersey
as well and he was laughing up the crowd he was making him hype for some of his glitches as well so
i'm so excited to see what he delivers today i just love how much energy the game of legion players
in general do seem to absorb. Sure, there's some conduit players like Hypex or, you know,
we even saw Reds sort of basking in the moment, I think, when they came out on stage the first
time, because they understand they need to be able to win a tournament. It's not something
that Gamelit should have actually been ever really been able to properly threaten because
of some of the other teams at the event. And with the more recent rise from 2025 into 2026,
everybody's living in the shadow of mouths, falcons, and obviously vitality. So this is,
I mean, a really good opportunity for those guys to not only build that extra confidence,
but show that they have a winning formula in moving into that major.
I think it's important, like, the mix that they have now of experience and youth, right?
Something, something, it's the big peach and sex is hungry.
Like, he's back on a 2-1 team and, you know, like, he is...
feels like there seems like the perfect fit for this lineup, because he has a calming presence.
He's obviously a veteran player, he's won it all in his career.
and when you look back to last year and when Game of Legion did fall apart at times or especially in the playoffs against these better teams
Like there's just too much an inexperience. It was only res right and then everyone else is sort of young and and then doesn't have the
Same level of experience so getting snacks in there, especially as the IGL because he gets to control everything in a way
Right like he's the one who's gonna tell you in the middle. Hey, I want you to do that
And then the player doesn't need to
worry about always coming up with a play on his own and making decisions all the
time on his own like sometimes you get guided a little bit by your captain and
that can really help alleviate some of the stress and you can play with more
freedom. Yeah I guess the problem we've had is that as we've started to pick up
more and more young players because it was a while in Counter-Strike Global
Offensive where that just didn't happen we wanted to recycle older players
because they didn't want to have them crumble on stage and as we've adopted
new, uh, new rookies. Some of them have been exceptional, but others, yeah, they need time
to build into those tournament wins. And yeah, it feels like right now I would agree. Snacks
is able to stabilize the ship of what had been a very turbulent time for, for game
legionnel, all those rookies.
And they've had to battle through some, uh, I guess, lower tier events in the process
as well, which is why it's such a relief to see them finally managing to make a big stage
and take down some of those big names in terms of the other individuals that are helping
out though. Have to give it to Pierre and Talzin as well for showing up incredibly consistently here.
Yeah, I think Talzin especially because it was sort of at the midpoint of last year where
some small role changes happened and he just took over. Like he sort of became the
highest rated rifle, the best rifleman on the team when they were struggling through some
different periods and PR. Yeah, I mean ever since he came on to the tier one scene came over from
the mouse academy roster, like, he has been incredible for them as a player,
a bit disappointed in the transfer period, perhaps giving in to the...
I thought maybe something would happen, but I guess I'm sticking around.
But obviously with the addition of snacks and them playing their Counter-Strike,
you know, as a team, it allows for himself to shine a little bit.
It's also just a positive influence when you're thinking about those CT sides,
there are anchors on separate bomb sites, and both of them have usually been able to find a
a lot of success across their map pools so it's I think reinforced the capabilities of players
like snacks to be a little bit more tricky and get some advantages or fighting for aggressive
mid-controls a lot of the times on these maps as well. I'm just thinking about that you know
graphic with you know splinter and the ninja turtles but I don't know what res is in that
like if if snacks is splinter what is res for you. There can't be two. I was gonna say the older
one but no snacks are old. Yeah they're old bruh. Well let's cook on that once we hear from PR
Oh, that's your sticker.
Save.
PR is here with me, ahead of this semi-final.
I have a question, because this is another tournament,
another deep run for game religion,
and you are at just 18 years old,
gathering all these valuable experiences.
Can you talk us a little bit through the emotions,
what you're feeling, a little bit nervousness,
maybe a little bit of jitters?
I mean, I would say the nervousness
got better, like it's getting better.
Like, especially on the stage, I can feel it,
the difference last year and if I have to compare it with now, it's way better and I'm
just happy that I can feel the experience this young and it's going to help me.
I mean I don't remember what I was doing when I was 18, I was probably playing some CS but
not at the level that you are obviously.
Legacy should be a little bit of a way more dangerous than pain, at least on the paper.
When did you do prep against them?
Is there something that there's some strong side?
Rez mentioned actually in the Vibecheck before that there are smoke pushes playing this annoying
kind of CS.
Do you feel this that way as well?
Are you ready for it?
I'm ready.
I was watching yesterday and we can smell a little bit the Brazil Vibe.
I love Brazil but they have a kind of specific playstyle so we saw it.
I think Paine is the only team that are playing different than Brazil Vibe.
on Team South.
Alright, the tournament itself, it didn't start that well, obviously you lost the map
in Senors, which was your opening map, then you lost to Navi, but in lower bracket you
were pretty much stomping everyone besides that overpass game where Piriah had like a
life game against you guys yesterday, so how are you growing into this?
Is this something that you feel stronger and stronger with every game that you play?
Uh, I was not, sorry.
Well, like the overall start of the tournament was pretty slow, but now you're like growing
into it and you're just stomping everyone?
I mean, me individually, I have always like a hard start on events.
I noticed that actually.
Yeah, I'm trying to figure out why, why is that, but yeah, after the first map usually
I get into the zone and I feel way better, so game by game I feel more comfortable and
it's better, yeah.
Any words to the crowd?
I think they're on your side actually.
Is this Snaks effect?
I think it's a snack's effect and it's insane.
Thank you guys for sharing for us.
Thank you and good luck seeing the semifinals.
Great work, Sampia.
As always, we did get to see the map.
Puto flying on in at Ancient, Mirage, Inferno,
if we do so require it, makes sense, Janko?
Yeah, for the most part, I think game religion,
it was between Overpass and Ancient in that case,
but their Ancient has been really strong at this tournament.
Obviously, the 13-1 win over Navi happened.
And for legacy, like if you look at the stats,
it doesn't look too bad,
But all the wins are against Brazilian teams and mostly at their regional lands and they're lost to any European team that they played.
So I think they just see that as an opportunity to play more towards their strength,
game religion than try and go and punish, especially how overpass went yesterday.
Unfortunately for Legacy, their best international results map is Dust 2.
I mean, if they haven't actually allowed teams to get more than 10 rounds on that map when they've been able to play it.
for, you know, it just feels like a bad matchup, unfortunately, against Gamer Legion, just because
I'm Gamer Legion's perma-band, so it's a tough veto, I think, for them.
Obviously, you get to see Gamer Legion, well, they have to start on the T side,
eventually, but that didn't seem to be a problem for them. They actually chose to do that versus
Navi. Yeah, absolutely. They've been really strong on the map, coming out with a lot of pace at some
of these maps. It works in their favor, so I don't think they'll have any problems with starting
T side, eventually. Yeah, I love the explosiveness. I love the firepower that they often bring
forward on these types of maps, and there's a lot of open opportunity for playmaking on
ancient. I've been able to catch the flair of someone like PR or Dumau on this map before.
It's going to be a brawl though. I'm expecting these guys to try and go band for band.
Well, we've got game legion and legacy ready to take to the stage. So there's only one
Let's do it. It's time to officially open a semi-final Saturday
Hello Georgia, how are we doing this evening?
Oh, we've got some great counter strike for everybody today.
This crowd definitely knows greatness.
And while North America might not be in the server,
we are definitely in this crowd.
This place is loud.
And you guys are doing an awesome job.
Give yourselves a high five.
All right, so here's the nitty-gritty.
Yesterday, we got rid of Apex and Vitality.
Can I get a hell of you out here?
Well, if the players in the server feel the pressure, you are most definitely doing it
right Atlanta.
Who gets from the northeast?
That was alright.
It's kind of mid.
Northwest.
Anybody from the Pacific Northwest?
And the Southwest?
What about the Southeast?
Yeah.
What about the Southeast?
That's what I'm talking about right there ladies and gentlemen boys and girls it's semi-final day. Let's go live
Atlanta, Georgia! Welcome to this stage! Your semi-finalists, Gamer Legion!
I think legacy, they're a solid team. Of course, they're really strong hitters. They're very good individually. They shoot really hard.
Maybe they don't have as much experience as other teams here, but still they should never underestimate a team like that.
They can destroy you from nowhere, like you would have expected.
They are particularly different teams as in the way they play. They have very good and different strats.
I see them bring random things, like gimmicks. That's the thing that takes them apart from other teams
and maybe that's the reason they're the playoffs. So they're a good team, but they have a lot of resources.
There's no time for it, it has to be elimination!
Oh!
That's incredible!
We are playing really, really good Counter-Strike, and that's when we can beat teams.
Stand goes down, perfectly played, perfectly played!
Try it.
Come on, about two!
We do mouse, pull it!
Son of a gun!
Wow!
Do you know how it is?
Time is light, he's one, no kick!
Do you know how it is?
He's touched!
I'm going to pick him up on the ground!
Atlanta, Georgia. Snacks is back!
Now joining us on the stage representing Brazil, it's legacy!
But they finally provide the keys to unlock a trophy.
Janko, do you think there is a clear favorite coming into this one?
I don't think there is, Freya.
I'm expecting a very exciting matchup here.
These are two teams that are on the rise, and there's a lot on the line for them.
Not only the grand final of this tournament, but the VRS points that are up for grabs,
right?
Moving forward so they can have more of these two-bond invites, more opportunities, and
I think legacy with their aggressive style, they're going to make some fireworks today.
the game religion have such a deep set of fraggers on this squad and with how good
high pecs has been how clutch he's been so far in this tournament already it's
hard not to think that they might rally with that crowd as well in terms of that
aggression that you feel like legacy are going to be putting on the server young
here how is that going to be translating into that first map of ancient I think
they're just going to be super paroling right even if you don't see them go for
that mid-fight if they see that they're losing space they're always going to
try to take real estate from you somewhere else right like they're very
dynamic very active on the CC side when you have guys like Art and Dumau on your
lineup those guys can't sit still so for gamer legion if they don't play a lot of
sad fast paced rounds like it's gonna come down to a lot of being able to react
on the fly in the middle understand where aggression is coming for where
there's space to be taken in return I'm fully expecting a star in this game for
there to be a lot of pace from both squads whether they're on defense or
offense there's really going to be an assertion that's made that whatever plans you come into
this game with they're going to try to actively disrupt that 100% I mean if we're looking at the
side of game religion and considering their reputation on ancient as a play any particular
individual that you look into have a really lightning hot start I need it to be high facts
I need this guy to continue to bask in the moment and absorb that energy that the crowd
just keeps on bringing over to Gamer Legion. They love Oakland, they love snacks, they just wish
for snacks, but was hungrier all the time here in the Georgia Peach State.
Poland hasn't had an upper world class on the big stage since Asher Bicep's friend. That's a long
time ago. They've tried, they've had Hungary's second best hopper, they've had a French hopper,
not named Zybel, but Hypex is the one. It's time to officially get this semi-final stars.
Game Religion vs. Legacy.
An opportunity presents itself here in Atlanta for two teams trying to get back into the conversation.
Two players trying to re-enter the conversation.
Legacy have art.
A Ling game leader who took a hiatus away from top-level play but has come back reinvented
and with Legacy looking better than a long time ago.
We've now got a Game Religion who has snacked suddenly back from his G2 tenure with a second crack at Game Religion
and a chance to get into a grand final.
Big names at the helm for both squads,
but it's the supporting cast that's blowing things up on both sides
in the map, two-mout, and Lotto.
Every single event seems like they're building towards that potential
we know they've had.
Taliesin, PR,
Hypex, big mention.
Rez having a resurgent year in his career.
Firepower on both sides.
And in these semifinals, we're going to find our first grand finalist tomorrow.
No vitality, the best chance you've got.
This is for the Grand Finals, semi-finals, the Intel Stream Masters at Lanta, kicking off here on ancient.
This round goes live, we've got legacy defending on the CT side. We've got Gamer Legion attacking into them.
Hypeback, Smoke, Flash, Flash, and Molotov on Taliesin, and a lot of bodies headed towards that B bomb site.
Rez crossing middle sees nothing and there's going to be a timing on this
hit. Lato and Art going to be defending cave. So the bomb site is open and Rez
going to take his first steps in. Crossfire with Doolies to deal with. Yeah
this is going to be tough to break apart. Lato and Art both position with
Churpo Reddies and their safety they can hold this position. They don't have to
worry about the B bomb site. You can just hold on to cave, hold on to Jaguar and
and set things up for the retake.
All right.
Triple run is unleashed.
First, it's Ark with the first two.
Lato, picking up Rize.
That's the bomb dropped as well.
It's over.
Yeah, that's the last pitch effort here from Towson.
Coming up the ramp, he does drop Ark.
And Lato now moving out,
trying to make sure that this is over.
Allowing a single chance for Gamelision
to fight their way back into it.
Oh, that would be a really, really tough loss
if you drop this.
Okay, there's one mistake.
Dumal goes down on the flight.
And I just want to try to press in,
and Lato, he recovers nicely.
You know, if Lato goes down there, you got a 2v2 with a player in cave,
Hypex trying to clutch up, it's sad to prevent it.
And that will be legacy to take the pistol round.
Such a strong starting cave, it was so difficult to flip that back,
despite a good effort from Gamer Legion.
I just kind of a blind loss, right?
The tactic you call out a spawn is just countered completely by what they called out a spawn.
No real movement by Gamer Legion.
This round of trying to figure out and probe the defense before committing to it.
And yeah, the bomb being lost in that scenario makes the round so, so difficult.
So Legacy get a start on the positive note, gain a little bit of momentum, get that economy established and without a bomb plant, without even really any kills.
GameElegion sit back with no upgrades to the pistol, it's unarmored Glock, so an easy time for Legacy's defense.
We got Dumao, who's moved through elbow. Like Yankee was just saying before this game went live, if you've got Dumao, you've got already two players, can't sit still.
We're going to be getting aggressive even in rounds where it's ill advised, right?
You shouldn't really be pushing blocks as heavily as this,
but Doomow wants to bring some attitudes, some confidence in the early rounds,
trying to farm away.
There's blocks.
There's like a mentality thing to it, like push down and let them know right out of the gate
that they're just not going to get a whole lot of room to work with.
That's kind of my thought process coming into this match was
Gamer Legion yesterday played a very chill, very slow, kind of defaulty style around the map,
not doing anything super crazy, a couple pieces mixed in there,
in there but legacy is not going to let you have that comfort and both sides of
the map they like being aggressive they want to disrupt what you want to do they
want to take away your first option so my first test for game of legion on this
series and this map is going to be can they actually stop that aggression can
they negate it and put it back so that legacy maybe loses motivation to be like
that to play in that style
Well, this is Tate Talcinoite, and now the final player of the R1.
Who has picked up the MP9 earlier and has dished out a little bit more damage than they would like.
Send the rifle in, the replacement of the reinforcements, and that will be a 2-0 lead for Legacy.
Yeah, really clean start here. Plenty of money built up for the Legacy side.
AK-47s and weapons coming for Gamer Legion, the first gun round.
We'll see how Snax wants to play this one and how they want to address the mid situation.
When we heard Freya sort of highlighted the fact that Game Illegion have quite the reputation
here on Ancient, getting it in the first map of the semi-finals, so definitely a plus
from the squad.
But going down 2-0, at least Legacy have a decent style.
Let's see if they can continue it as the rifles do come out here for Game Illegion.
Ooh, Snacks found a little sneaky path to dodge all the flames, so no sound cue to let Legacy
know that he's actually moved into this position.
He himself listening for footsteps to start piecing together what the map looks like
No one attacking or regressing in middle really from either side
Legacy not even really having any eyes on it whatsoever a very passive set up there with sadzen tucked in
As all the defensive emphasis that's a great shot
Nice and goes down just jump spotting. He lost to take early a five on four and that's a weakened defense
I think I got Dumal moving out through a main. Rez was watching this, but the timing to look away.
He comes right back, but this time, surprise, Dumal's in his face, and a 4v4 as Dumal hunts it back.
And now you can see Legacy's defense thinks that's going to force Gamer Legion into make their move,
so defensive smoke deployed to disjoint the attack. Right as that kill comes out with Dumal's aggression.
There's a strong setup here for the defense, and Legacy, three players at the B-bomb site.
Art of the Cubby snacks trying to get out of game the smokes are up
They're gonna step in front of them sats and trying to help his teammate
But now art is completely isolated from his teammates. He severed off from the support
But so what is that inside of the site and no longer is they set up super strong for legacy
They've lost a member. They're now down a player for the retake. It's his heart to see how legacy are gonna pull this off
You don't get a kill pretty quickly as these three legacy players
You might want to start thinking about saving you've only got one kid as well on Lotto
So if he falls that diffuses gonna be really really tough without a smoke
I don't see how they get into this
I don't just waiting the snacks peeking into the open Lato to die. Now you've got sads in a doom out
Just having a filter away save these weapons and game religion to fight forward for their first round way
Yeah, that's I mean all off the back of PR. That's a really dirty shot
To hit on a Nissen who's just jump spotting for information down B ramp and catches a straight bullet to the dome lovely work
Not gonna get that kind of opening each and every time but well done from gamer Legion recovering the situation after res go down
Res goes down the map shrinks you're running out of options and PR gives you the escape valve
So first round for gamer legion
And that'll put the money in legacy in a very weak position nasty
Shorts men this I'm gonna be disappointed about that
It's up for art as well
You can see him I mean between two minds especially when those smokes come up really good job game religion was good with utility
yesterday in the quarterfinals big reason why they were able to overtake
pain and win that series to earn themselves a semi-final birth now
there's set pieces are very strong when they decided to go for them got Nades
coming in from missing just trying to catch snacks that's a little bit of
damage to it but here comes some aggression from like you see flash
play trying to be disruptive and that's gonna be missing with the first snacks
to train it out with a wall bang feel very happy with that coming away with the
advantage without even having to see his opponent yeah there's not just reaction
from rice that's there's that disruption we talked about with the defense from
They're not going to sit back on their heels, so Reds has a little bit of a play, but a gap in that smoke, sadds it all year, and real trouble.
I can't believe he's gotten away with it all.
I cannot believe he got away with that one.
That's ridiculous. Well, Legacy, a good job of being disruptive. You're completely breaking apart a plan A here for GamerLegion, forcing them to try and find solutions.
And you know, if we talk about GamerLegion being a set-piece heavy team, loving those executions, relying upon the utility,
You need to be in the position to be able to throw that utility and be able to move in as a team and as a unit
If legacy or just pushing you down the ramp killing you you miss a crucial piece of utility for execution
Then you've got to react on the fly and that's why that's what I brought up kind of at the start is if you can't handle what
What legacy is going to bring to the table?
I don't think game allegiance going to get options to run their playbook all that frequently since Allison
It's able to cleave one off still has three to find and then caught from behind do now with another lovely push
You know, you know, like, it's not going to bring that style of your game, but how do you combat that?
Like, how do they, how do you force them to respect you so that you can get that space to play your game and set up your execution?
Well, they might be able to negate some of it. Again, yesterday they played kind of slow, far back in the openings.
They didn't really do much on the maps for 30 seconds.
The hard thing is you want to gain control of certain portions of ancients, so you're kind of forced into this.
They knew aggression was coming, right, with that smoke down towards double doors.
That's kind of the giveaway, especially how shallow it was.
was just a nice timing to find a little bit delayed from legacy before they pop
through smoke down towards elbow though open trying to give some vision here to
high packs are prevented from moving forward beyond Jag
we'll have to sit behind the fire for just a couple of seconds but you know he's gonna
start moving as soon as that fades away
legacy is also a very momentum based team when they start having these
successful fast aggressive plays they just keep going back to it and they keep
getting stronger. Good spot for Mark. Sees a little bit of information, a little bit of
damage on the res with the spam. And GamerLegit just now, a minute and 12 seconds on the clock
starting to make their first move out middle. Bomb is on its own in aim aim on the back
of Towson. So they're going to try and meet up through Donut. Sads in and two mouths to
defend and they haven't had a whole lot of attention, a whole lot of love sent their
way yet in this map. First real test.
Fax missing the opportunity, and then Dumal peeks up. He gets away with two.
That's huge with Dumal at the red room. Now PR at least sending one shot back, but here comes the next move.
It's R walking out, back turn to Snack. That's a free kill on the Deagle.
And luckily there was a secondary player behind him in Lato to make sure Snacks can't get more.
So Towson 1v3, first is gone, second batter, and all of a sudden a chance, because he's got the info in Lato.
Exactly where he last spotted and so he's gonna move over towards this a site that's up for a lot
Oh, he's gonna take his time over towards mid sprinting towards doughnut now. We're gonna catch in it's all on Towson
Going for the reload crossing into the open
Now where does he think lactose gonna come from?
He's got the read. He's looking towards donut. He's got the right idea. Lado coming in slowly
Comes down to timing will Towson look at the right spot
But in time, you better believe it, Will!
Towson steps up with a stellar 3K.
And that can get Gamer Legion going in this first half.
Oh, they needed it.
And we saw it yesterday.
That was what kept Gamer Legion in the games,
was the clutches from Hypex.
Now you've got Towson delivering the goods.
And this round was so perfect.
Everything looked so good for Legacy.
Up until this moment, the double swing
feels like textbooks should have been great,
but a three-on-one dropped.
and Taliesin gets game a legion fired up.
That's what Janko was saying before this game.
You know, talking about how Taliesin showed glimpses last year
of him starting to step up and hit another level.
Getting a C Taliesin shot, but an important game like this
is going to make game a legion so much more deadly.
Oh, just those, these clutches and these moments
while Snack starts getting this offense up
and running it online.
It's such a nice luxury to have.
And look at what it's done to the money of legacy.
Now it's not all the M4s.
Now it's not all the pop flash peeks
and the aggressive smokes for pushes.
He played with MP9's epistole, very light on maids.
Gonna be a tough round for Legacy's start to finish.
Tough start here for Ruzz, who's down to 39 HP, getting spammed down.
Here comes a reaction from Legacy.
He's gonna be going aggressive towards A-Man, coming towards Talston again.
AK out, do mouth, close slides.
MP9 in close quarters, combat.
Talston doesn't want to get involved in that fight.
He's letting Hypex come beside him.
It's interesting, Satsun isn't coming back at all from the A-bomb side to help out, despite the fact that Dumau's been spotted.
Molotov takes away the fight he was looking for, but good negation with that smoke.
Dumau's controlling this situation very well, along with an MP9 against two AKs, and he's winning it out.
Excuse me, two rifles, an AK and a Galil?
A lot of that's happening, we're seeing more players in Gamelidge and getting positioned towards Donut, right?
So Dumau's gonna start dropping back, but Gamelidge gonna put three players in Donut, ready for this ace play.
First contact coming through Donut, they're blocking each other!
Satsun and Dumal, a little bit of confusion and they're both gonna die and that's the A-Side wide open.
Yeah, that's a huge mistake. I think Dumal's thinking that they're gonna stand and fight.
Satsun wanted to back away, but they had to make a decision on either Donut or A-Main.
Dumal had controlled the situation, but with an MP9 he can't stop everything.
They just get stuck between two decisions.
And this round looks real rough.
A great composure from Game Illusion, soon right for those A-Main players to keep Dumal distracted.
Keep him pinned, but don't offer up your life.
Let the doughnut players get in position and let them take first cartel. You see how confusing it was for the defending players
Yeah, no one took it and no one to control the situation from the legacy side, but so in sadson and do now nobody made the call
So tied up at three
Money's gonna be gone for legacy. They'll bring this m4 mp9 and 5 7 into the next round
But that's basically gonna be all they got sadson and do now they'll have to figure out if they want to invest afterwards
mentioned legacy being a momentum team with the last two rounds of surely taking that momentum completely away from them
And scoopy the point where GamerLegion starts to turn up the heat on the T side.
And all of this ignited by Towson's 1v3, forcing a timeout now out of the defense, burn one early to talk things over.
First conversation with the coach, trying to figure out how exactly they want to work out of this scenario.
Not a whole lot to play with in this round, I think they'll have to sit it out, they'll have to look like GamerLegion is going to take a small lead before they can fight back.
I haven't seen the op-out on the CT side for Legacy quite yet either.
So we'll see how that changes the defense or changes the way Gamer Legion moves around
the map.
But really, this slow style from Gamer Legion is going to be really, really effective as
long as they have control of the economy, because Legacy will be forced to play a passive
without a whole lot of resources to execute any of their ideas.
Let's put them in the driver's seat now.
7
Look what you've got if your legacy you got sands in our usp two miles on a p250
At least you've got them for here for missing but that's gonna be the winning piece and they're on the right side of the map
They stack P and here comes tells you're charging it trying to open up
That's the right foot going down first trying to get their hands on it is black so he's picked it up
He goes into the open but he's out of bullets and now out of life the snacks takes two
That's the site overwhelm the gamer leech it's a little scary for a second because they're running into the stack
This design to deal with them, but they batter through it. That's a nice change of page
That's just a vibe call from snacks feeling like out of the time out take away whatever they're discussing
We do it felt like with the way that they were positioned and stacking they were gonna move into some kind of a play to be aggressive towards length or Jaguar
Obviously with the B rush, you don't get execute that idea
So sad to the hustle in with the USP the last one to fall and he will
Game religion take a four to three lead here on ancients opening map of these semi finals in Atlanta
What are we working with here, that's rock and roll.
It's having a lot of troubles, it's having a lot of issues, I don't tech.
Oh, it's a scout, okay.
Didn't miss much.
Oh, I'd like to see, they've got their play back out, and look how quick Gamelizion are
about this now.
They've got to pep in their step as they move out middle.
Actually really cool to see only M4's Lotto's got pepper this step to here's one of those aggressive plays
Snacks already get a push for take a risk. He heard the footsteps pull back a little bit of action
He's in a backstab position now. This could get even worse for legacy
Where does he decide to go all snacks you got runs who's just looked away at the wrong time art steps out into doughnut
look at this position from snacks and anybody decides to rotate back to the ace
I wish they will do because the bombs coming over here and
Snacks is in the perfect spot now arts about to walk right into him that snacks taking the frag and now
No shot whatsoever for legacy to do anything in this round
Yeah, that's I think snacks calling the opening there and kind of taking some intuition when he sees those kills cannot towards the
B bombsite isn't why don't I just walk through this smoke someone's gonna have to rotate and it's usually the mid guy
Who's the first to go takes a risk and gets the reward eventually bomb goes down and
Nothing legacy can do about it. So out of the time out two straight round losses
No, game religion plate this map twice so far that I am Atlanta 13 one win versus Navina 13 8 versus trawlers
Both good ancient teams right so very impressive results at the moment from game religion on this map
Yeah, legacy planted once in Atlanta against Navi taking an 8 to 13 loss in a series that they ended up winning
But this was the map they dropped in it
Snacks looking to take some guns away right at the end sadzen tucked into the corner good shot from snacks slides into the angle ruthless
From the in-game leader of gamer legion
Yeah, that house and clutch just put this completely right here
It felt like legacy with a bit more confidence very disruptive
Suffocating game religion almost off that clutch four rounds in a row. Yeah, you can just see the attitude
Every early kill is going their way. They're just charging out with confidence and decisiveness.
Well now that also the game religion has control of the map floor in a row,
have control of the money, advantage in weaponry pretty much every round,
those kind of like fast aggressive natures of legacy we've seen at backfire now twice,
game religion is going to be much more comfortable handling that now that the M4s and all the utility,
all the Molotovs and Nades raining in are always there.
Reza has the angle, almost doubles up, Dumao's got a back away, recovers the M4 but nothing
you can do.
Legacy brings a little bit of investment and danger into this round just to see if they
can pull off a miracle and already on the back foot with the player down.
You could just slow things down if you want, Gabriel, you've got Talisman such a good spot
up in the red room.
He can cut off rotations, he can start a flanklet into the round.
so many options now available true to his position.
PR walking up to the top of the ramp, spotting on Sazik.
He rising PR taking the two kills in the B site.
And that's the site wide open as they move through.
Again, they're around, but really had nothing in it for legacy.
It seemed like there was, I mean, there was an idea, right?
Dumau had the double swing with an M4 on the first player.
Dumau had to recover after he goes down.
The big thing was they were kind of delaying it with a pop flash
Resid already gotten into the corner tucked in safely and things are just rough at the moment in every sense for legacy
Game religion so in some peer superiority on the map early on doubled up the scoreboard and it's six to three
You mentioned as both teams trying to re-enter the conversation and both teams that have had some slumps that have had some lineup
changes that have had some periods where they've struggled and it feels like at
this event yeah that is the kind of the goal re-enter the conversation and they
have both interesting teams are playing very well having legacy playing very well
up to this up to this matchup they haven't dropped a series here in Atlanta
at all wins over M80 Astralis and Navi came religion as well snacks has this
team turning around they've shot up the rankings throughout his tenure here losing
to Navi early on but liquid Astralis and Payne have been their victims on this
path, pain in the quarterfinals, eliminating them and now meeting their fellow countryman
legacy in this battle.
Second time out used by legacy to discuss things because it's going horribly wrong, but for
the first time we're going to get the op of sadzen in play.
And we'll see if that can change the way this map goes.
We'll see if he can have influence and slow down gamer legion because this onslaught right
Now, Snacks feels like he can do whatever he wants on the map.
Let's see what legacy he can do, what they can change up.
They're trying to give themselves a little bit more life in this first half.
Out of the last time out, Snacks called that very, very fast B rush.
This time taking a different approach.
Gonna try and activate resin middle.
Smoke breaks open, Satsons up, not spawning any targets.
Yeah, I think this is Russ crossing yet again, so gotta be careful of how wide you swing that in the middle when that smoke blows open, but Russ now making his move.
Moving ever closer to red and it's gonna be snatched, just annihilating Art on the other side.
And that opens up the avenue for Russ, he was already making his move, he gets to keep going, this is a really nasty timing to hit.
Lato and Nissan coming over to control the situation, but they can't.
It's so quick, and also a thousand spin back, no chance!
Absolutely none.
Legacy getting destroyed on ancient, and Gamer Legion showing us why they like to go to this map time and time again.
They're not even in it at all here, Legacy.
I mean, this is surgical.
This is Gamer Legion using a scalpel and just finding everything they want.
Just exact moves, perfect moves at the perfect time.
And...
And Sansen hasn't even been able to fire this op yet.
Hasn't seen anyone for the first time he's got it in the field.
I mean, Gamer Legion have the opportunity to be ruthless.
Still plenty of time in this bomb tunnel, and you can see him sliding across the map.
They know it's the op, and they want to take this gun away.
And now they've located it.
And now they've got it.
Nothing for legacy in the next round.
Gamer Legion has just been absolutely, comprehensively dominant.
6th round straight.
You know, we're asking who needs to step up for game leaching coming into today's game, and
Hypex was the name that you made throughout that, but
just the rightfulers right now that are doing the work.
They're not needed on the T side of HNT at all, that AWP, and
when you get to see the strength of game leaching, they do have a great
core of rightfuling abilities, and here's Rice just charging out Elbow.
elbow. Arch gonna die first and all that space in mid is given over it.
Dumont doesn't want to let it go for free. He's challenging, he's trying to get
involved in the fight. He will beat out Towson, will do damage on the high pegs,
but Rez again coming out of elbow with a headshot the result. Yeah, Dumont never
knew he was in the corner, thought the second player was in the smoke. Look at
this smoke fade. Okay, right next to Snats, he spots the shoulder.
This one tries to slide through and starting to feel real desperate for
legacy. This half is completely unraveled for them. 3 out of 4 to start, but now 6 in
a row and looking like it's going to be 7 in a row. Snacks going to hold on for this
push, finds Lotto, and B bombsite is open for them to waltz into.
That sads in to come in right back over the 5-7, but it's going to get a perfect scenario
to play out in front of him. At least they're kind of low, so I guess 1v1 fights, but it
It doesn't matter even with that 1v1, Stax comes out on top of it, it's a 3k from Snax, 11-6 at the moment as we head into the last round of the first half.
I think NAF went home, dude.
Five round lead. I think at this point of your legacy, you've tried so much, so many different looks with kind of the pushes and aggressive natures.
I think you almost just sit back and play this one static.
Just play a standard round, see if the game religion can actually push up and beat you.
You probably feel like it at the moment, but the aggressive stuff certainly ain't working.
Satsunite is up yet again in support over in middle.
Alright, this is Al-Elbo again.
Here's the swing.
Rez gets one.
Art and Latto's aggression this time, panning out.
He gets two kills, open things up for legacy.
4v3 to try and convert upon him.
damage as well but here's Talcun. Yeah, this is the move. You know there's so much attention over
middle. Hypex is there, he's saying they're throwing nades. There's at least two in middle.
You've seen a player pop out of cave as well. You have this map kind of a little bit of a vision
of what it is and sliding into the A bomb site. The defense is extremely weak. It's going to be
Lato who's got to come over as the first defender to check out what's happening.
The open art. Pick up Talcun, so preventing fail safe. Now we got Hypex stepping out under the
the open 50 health because of the grenades.
Latto seems to be arriving at the perfect time to catch him up.
And even then, Hypex wins that headshot.
So it's still doable here for game elites and somehow,
especially with PR coming over through middle.
I like this.
There's time for Hypex to just back out of this bomb site
completely and let PR play next.
Oh, art has been spotted.
PR, can you move up on this?
This is a shame.
He gets to it.
Oh, you can't let this one go like you see.
This would be back breaking.
Spine shattering.
Finally, Sadzen gets a chance though.
He comes over, but he's blocked by the smoke.
And just at the perfect time as well,
as Gamer Legion starts to arrive towards the bomb site.
I feel like that was risky, but it's a play with it.
Sadzen going over towards Temple.
Nissen crawling in as well.
No kit.
Bomb planted, Hypex and PR both get a backup
and play doubled up in donut.
Only flashbangs for Hypex.
The only utility in play in this clutch.
If Gamer Legion win this, it tells you exactly how this half has gone.
This should have been a legacies round all day long,
day long but somehow a 2v2 a winnable situation.
Gamer Legion going into the openness and wins the draw so it's got to be Hypex, he's been
clutch all tournament long, he has to get to the defusing player but he's got that headshot,
he's pulled Zapsen off, he gets to the kill but the time is the question, the Hype 5s
are coming in, they believe there's time for this, they're going to hold it all the way
and it's down to the wire but pulled off as Legacy secure a fourth round right at the
end of the half for Gamer Legion are in control.
I
Well gamer legion put legacy on the back foot put them in their back pocket even they were dominant in that first half ran over
Them anywhere they wanted on the map we switch sides and legacies got a recovery mission
We mentioned they were an aggressive momentum-based team gamer legion never let them build up any of that
So it's got to start here on the T side on the offense where they get to dictate the pace and they get to dictate the action
What is our haven store for us pistol round is live
Tilly's on Hypex, Nate Flash on Telsen and Snacks.
Sands in with the full kit of utility, and Legacy's heading towards middle in the A-bomb site.
And they're coming out towards Donut where you got PR and Rez and Snacks to be the early warning system.
So now they know Rez turns to fight, but he takes 99 damage on board.
He's a 1HP and then Art and Dumal send kills across the server,
and there's another one picked up here for Legacy.
for legacy. This is crazy. This Pissarum is actually really weird. I don't even play in
Gamer Legion for getting absolutely deleted. I don't know if that was all by design or if
it just worked out so nice. Throw in the utility at the A bomb site. You kind of fake that you're
going to come out A main. Donut defenders kind of turn their gaze for just a moment. But then
legacy sinks back as if they just wanted to sense it like it was going to be a hit. Everyone got
pulled out of their positions from Gamer Legion and just picked apart. That's actually really disgusting.
One tries to swing out out of Jaguar and gets eliminated. One in Red Room gets eliminated and Donuts wide open.
We got Art already out, Max-Man's swinging. It's going to be Ryze who ties, they pull off his down as well.
And a good start here. I think initially in the first half the game plan seemed to be looking like it had legs to it for legacy.
for Legacy, right? Getting in Gamer Legion's face, the first few rounds didn't feel like
even there was still a chance that Towson just takes it away as it was starting to get going.
Yeah, they never recovered from that, which is unfortunate. I don't know if you guys can
tell from this round, but it's going to be a little bit of a different flavor in this
half. We're going to see a lot faster pace at the openings for Legacy than Gamer Legion
had in their own offense. Arc just running out mid with the Mach 10, now taking their
time with the two-man advantage knowing they don't have to press the issue anywhere. They've
They've got all the advantages in the world.
Ooh, a shot from Snaks.
Dropping back into the cave in behind the smoke for the time being, but PR is coming up next!
Ooh, he had a chance, but one second longer and he had a really good opportunity to take another kill after Game of Legend.
Yeah, Lada wasn't even considering it, but Dumalad is out on a swivel. He swung for that as if he knew someone was going to be there.
Everyone coming up the ramp now snacks that decals got to do way more. There's one. Okay snacks
Finally getting taken down by the Maxine
Some stylish shots, but this isn't gonna unravel the round completely here
So like you see that's back to back halfs where they've won both the first rounds unless
Towson once again can steal this away from them. It's not over yet
Yeah, flash goes out Towson on the 570 got 1v1 fight
But do mal confident steps into the opening and let's out of yell as like you see have a good start in both of these halves
Now the gap is just two rounds.
Doomow and Art are gonna have a lot to say
in terms of how this half goes for Legacy.
Both of those guys are the top performers for their team.
Doomow 12 kills, Art 11 kills in this map so far,
but the kind of plays they decide to make,
especially with Art kind of moving quickly,
the kind of space they take,
I think is gonna give a signal
of how this Legacy team is playing
and how confident the squad feels inside the server.
One more round of a little bit of an easier competition.
It's unarmored pistols for Game of Lugia.
Do buy up the three Deagles.
giving themselves a chance. PR heard the footsteps of a lot of legacy players
coming over to the A bomb site so there's gonna be four defenders here but
again it's only the pistols. He's got some great shots immediately in the bomb.
Unfortunately for Gamelige, there's ART who has the great shot immediately. It's
snacks getting taken down at the temple. Apex trying to find its eagle on the ground
there. They want to pick it up. The damage is good from the ranks. In fact, he gets the kill and then suddenly Gamelige erupts with three frags. ART having to fight on.
takes another bit of damage, but Ark is doing everything!
Four kills, finally dead!
And Telsen again, stopped so close,
but not enough for Dameron Leachon,
but all these rounds looking very difficult for Legacy.
Yeah, that's a message.
GameReligion has stepped ahead a little bit of information,
and they get a lot out of it.
Great shooting from PR.
Done incredible damage to Legacy.
Forces plenty of rebys.
They're going into the first gun round.
Legacy's money is on an edge. Res gets that first kill, but the Deagle's from PR.
So, so nice. Everyone's springing. That's a beautiful shot for Art. Even the jump, giving away the information.
But it gets so much more tense now. Legacy felt like they were starting to cruise and build up.
Slows him down at the very least.
And now you get the AWP out if you're game-leaching. You get the AWP for Hypex on the CT side.
No challenge over on the T side in that department. All rifles AK-47s out for legacy
That one hurts my man that one hurts all your friends saw it
A little bit quicker again here from legacy got missing just trying to get out towards elbow
You told us through and they're out they use a lot of utility to get out through elbow big part of their game plan
And they still take a death. Yeah, it's what the smokes up tons of chip damage and reges. That's it snatches one away
All right four versus five who's gonna be the one to recover at Satsen creeping a little bit close towards red room behind the mall
It's off
Smokes fading in mid Satsen does find safety
It's an op on the other side of this peak and an easy kill for height backs
Quickly once again legacy playing with two men down
Bombers dropped all the way back at elbow so at the moment they're looking to find some success something with the space they've taken
But they're always gonna have to go back and get the ball
That's a tough part in the Lato being blocked
Stacks is falling back trying to draw attention and set up Towson for this kill hoping that if Lato is to stroll into the
Jack he's not gonna check Towson's position
I'm going to be preoccupied about snacks just on that right side.
I think he actually does get past.
I think it's his idea to go get the bomb so he sees no reason to be the aggressor.
35 seconds.
I don't know.
Okay.
They don't realize.
They didn't realize that mid was this open.
Res standing back turned.
Well is that the first little hole opened up with 25 seconds left to maybe try and get
through this window of opportunity but it's still going to be tough.
You've got two defenders on both sides of the map still.
The bomb is going for an A finish.
It's Nissen next because they doubled up and Dona noting Satsun can wrap in.
12 seconds now on the clock.
Smoke is going to fade soon and Nissen's behind it.
Janna's ready for the fade.
Now Hypex going in to address the issue of the sighting overtake him and he gets spammed
out by Satsun, spraying away, trying to get a second.
He's taking some damage on board but that fight is all important for PR, putting Satsun
in a 1v3 with 21 HP.
Steps out of the smoke.
kill is good on PR. Now they know where he was last spotted but he could go
anywhere into the donut. Bombs not plated for donut he's got to be careful
he doesn't have an angle flip and now he's got a Molotov. They don't have smokes here
at least for GamerLegion and into the opening go for the peek and he's dropped
out by snacks so GamerLegion recovered around PR with an all-important
fry against R to that site and it'll be GamerLegion confirming the round victory.
And the real nightmare is now due to the damage in the previous round with the
P250s with the Deagles at the A bombsite the stack that GamerLegion was able to
put in place the four kills they were able to get. There's no money for Legacy to
continue their effort to continue this campaign. Three in a row and you're kind
of in a situation where you have to save or go for a really really rough force
buy. Tough decision for Legacy to make. It is their third and final time out. No
chance for them to stop the action and take a breather later on. And they are
gonna shove all in. They are gonna buy up here. Tech nines, full utility, Nissan
goes for the Khalil, one rifle for legacy in this round 17.
And a win here for Gamer Legion gives them a stranglehold on this opening map of the semifinals.
Off they go.
Straight up into the B lane, you've got Lato trying to get in behind the flames.
behind the flames, the smoke used, so he can get towards Jaguar early and throw down the Molotov to prevent some aggression from the CT side,
but Talcin, gotta be careful, pulls out utility, now gets the right fall, and then run them down, he sprays away and he only gets the 1 kill,
but stepping in his rest, he gets traded as well, and like I see was some success getting into the B bomb site.
Those are some critical trades that Dumau gets, really nicely done, otherwise they're stuck behind the smoke and getting mowed down.
is going to try and get a wider angle.
Dumau has fallen low HP, Molotov forces him into the open.
Snacks gets him all.
No need for a retake.
Oh, Snacks got away with that.
Like, one player came in through a jagged.
It looked like he was dead to rights, right?
He's focused on the site players.
Snacks is able to not only react to that player coming forward
into the cave, but also the other two in the site.
Yeah, great awareness.
All that experience as well.
Snacks is very comfortable.
Smoke pops.
If Dumau doesn't get that trade,
the round's pretty much done.
This one's a thing of beauty as well before Res can survive.
opens up the opportunity for danger.
And Snacks just understood the situation the whole time.
No one had shown from Cave, no one had shown from Jaguar,
so he knew there was going to be at least one.
And much like the first half,
Legacy just so quickly run out of resources
after a couple of losses.
Oh, desperate, faster play from two now,
charging out of oboe, and dying at Thodun.
We got Snacks getting aggressive as well
to try to slow down this Keysight attack through me.
And really stole it out now, but Art trying to get it going again.
He's found a headshot on PR through that smoke break at Donut.
Hey, Medumal both died for 16 kills.
Hypex can't hit the flick.
Not too concerned at the moment, they just saw one,
but Donut was pressured.
So Talcin's gonna feel a little uncomfortable
as he pushes in towards Donut,
and now the defense, or the offense, excuse me,
wraps around the map.
Snacks is gonna push up and meet them.
Bitch, spray away.
It's gonna be one from Snacks.
Art to trade it.
And only 2v3 as somehow legacy have got the advantage in this situation, but he don't have the best of weapons.
He's still got a lot of time though.
No, but this is perfect. You have to slow it down because the strength of this round right now is the positioning of Nyssen.
He can gather information for you, he can backstab, he can cut off someone just kind of wandering through,
not realizing that he's made it, that he slipped past the defense.
Only issue is, he's only got a glock.
So he better be damn good when he gets his opportunity.
And it's gonna be Taliesin stepping forward first. He clears it though.
Nicely done, Taliesin.
Right, clear. Now, into the site.
Art has given them a chance with a 2K in this round.
Maybe he can get even more, but only on 5 HP.
It's unlikely.
He steps into the open, but he actually makes it back around the corner
and gets information on Towson.
There's some utility available here for Game Illusion and two kits.
We're going to start tossing out that U-Till.
Art's going a long way around.
He's hoping they take a few seconds,
but they're getting into position immediately.
That defuse is tapped, not being committed to until this point.
Smoky's up, Cloud covered down, sticking it all the way, Art is arrived, but he won't peak out in time.
He won't chase the outcome of this round, despite a decent effort.
And it won't be another one through GamerLegion, pushing them closer and closer to Rounding Outmap 1.
Yeah, GamerLegion just handled every single situation that's been thrown at them.
Any little piece of trickery, any great sequence from a legacy player, they've been able to recover and respond to all of it.
Again, good starts in both halves for legacy.
Three out of four to start the first half, three straight to start the second half.
But from that point, it's all Gamer Legion. Guns come out and they're just the superior squad.
And that's all there really is to say here on Ancient Sofar.
Drew Mal. This is trying to get out through elbow, but GameBlock, so great utility here from Gamer Legion to just slow them down to the choke points.
Flash is coming through, really trying to combat this, but I guess he's not able to get any situation where they're able to drop a member of Gamer Legion's defense.
Right through the snark, Snax just continues, smoke fades in red room, there's two defenders here to challenge, Dumao steps up to the plate.
He's gonna give it a good go here towards Red, but Rez is in a good spot in that corner, peeking out, good reaction from Dumao.
He was anticipating a swing from the potential player at Red as well.
He's gonna back off, 30 HP left to his knee.
Then at 5 on the clock, Snax is just having a masterful game right now.
He's just moving forward, 20th kill picked up, Towson at PR at Tandem, and that's it, cleaned up.
Gamelidge in a rich map point, and despite legacy winning both pistol rounds,
it's not enough to keep them competitive for any real structure this game.
Gamelidge has been so good, even if legacy gets some kills and you create an opening,
I mean, Gamelidge has been so good at dropping a smoke, dropping a Molotov,
Molotov comes in, holds him at bay, so at that point you're not getting a whole lot off of the frags that you're gaining.
And then Gamer Legion is just kind of stepping forward in themselves, you know, taking the fights.
They're taking the initiative. Wild Legacy is frozen on the map.
Five chances for Gamer Legion to win the opening map of this semi-finals.
Hypex scope is out and ready. Art gonna get boosted up and quicker shot from Art.
Hypex nearly got to the angle but couldn't quite.
And now they're sending utility over towards the site, that NAVE is going to land right on top of PR.
Half his health gone over half.
In fact, but the bomb is ready for what is going to be a B-plight, which means pressure to Snacks has been fantastic.
Old map long. Now, if he has a big performance here, it'll close the map out.
Yeah, and they can't go through that smoke. It's too deep. It's too hard to find a clean fight on the other side of that one.
So I think they're going to be held at bay.
Meanwhile, this is giving time for Gamer Legion to figure things out. Start pushing towards middle.
middle, orchestrate how you want to play the mid-round, going to shrink the map a little
bit and they're going to understand when any utility flies into the B bomb site, Snax
is now playing retake to survive.
Talcid and Rez will be really tough to deal with on the flanks.
Rez fighting Dumao range but not able to connect the shot so it is like you see to pick up the
advantages required to try and get into the site.
Can Snax step up?
No.
The answer is he gets taken down, and PR doing what he can through the smoke, at least one frag.
But there's no way a legacy can see this.
You get a prolonged play.
Great fight win from Dumau. He's the one that puts a stop to Res on the flank.
And Talc's not even motivated to step forward and test it. They've got money behind them,
but it's going to start running low, so prioritizing the weapons and the economy,
legacy stay alive by themselves another round of play 12 to 8
and some of this is legacy kind of playing themselves into the game art has
19 kills do mouth has 18 those guys have been stellar starts to finish everyone
else has been a little bit quiet kind of like we saw it when we saw the game
yesterday where hypex was carrying them through some tough stretches legacy
right now it's art and do now trying to keep them alive in this and hoping your
off of sadson can wake up hoping Lato can wake up your top performer of this
event so far if you're on the legacy side you're looking for them to start
having impact if you want to tie things up and force it over time and time I'll
take in from gamer legion their final buy before money is really in a weird
place so a conversation how they want to play this how this is gonna be set up
And probably emphasizing the idea of saving a couple weapons if the opportunity is there.
Don't let everything get taken away.
Legacy's taken the first of five steps.
Coming back here on Ancient, their map pick is up next.
That would be Mirage.
But at the moment, not done fighting on Ancient.
The problem is, to Legacy, even after winning a round, we've still got a mountain of cash to fight against.
So Gamelige has to purchase up, and it's a good buy, but there's snacks going down first.
Much better here from Legacy. Fantastic openings.
And now Pjarnjil are getting caught in the open.
They're hunting there, but they're walking right into the AWP, so the trap was laid,
but that's information, two players towards Gona, and how do they react to that?
I'm surprised you mouse swung so aggressively on that end of 5-on-3, especially with no one else at elbow following it up.
He didn't have a single teammate there to attempt to trade any of those kills, so Gibbs won back, and Lato has softened up.
Game religion not out of this fight just yet, but like I said, because their money is gone now,
this had to have been the conversation in the timeout.
If we get beat up on the entries, if we find ourselves in a disadvantaged situation,
Set up one of the bomb sites so that we can just save there.
You see Hypex and Towson doubling up over towards B.
If PR senses the chance, he's going to slide over as well,
and they'll just say, if you finish here, that's great.
We have a chance at winning the round.
If not, we save, and we have another buy moving forward.
So if Art and Legacy don't change their mind,
they're going to waltz in for another free round, a ninth round.
And I let, I apologize.
I never checked with you guys before this all got started.
Can I just get a sense of this?
Is the crowd out there rooting for Gamer Legion?
Is that who you guys want to win this one?
Yeah!
Yeah, they get it very clear.
Oh, Cameron Legion, definitely looking like they're eventually going to round this out.
But great to see Legacy finding some life yet.
I'm just rolling over and letting this one close.
Mirage is up next.
So, Legacy, if he can play themselves into this, obviously expecting to be a lot more competitive on that second map.
You know, it's great to see Art committed this team and actually performed with Legacy.
It was a huge question mark, right? Like, how was he going to change?
is this place are going to change. It was interesting from both sides too because legacy,
their initial rise was like marks by Lux joining that team and taking up the in-game leader
duty so it was kind of surprising to see that change happen. It kind of came out of left
field that felt from the outside.
In 1CAC, they got through another final group arrest where they nearly were able to take
down Aurora. So there was a lot of positive signs about this legacy squad. Obviously, it
went downhill towards the end of the season and starting off 2026. But, you know, for
legacy, I thought this might be a move that would just be a sideways move. It's actually
somehow kept him competitive if not better so at least got him back to this
competitive nature yeah so it's great to see that and we'll see if they can
continue it here in this series 12 to 9 not done yet but here come game of
leech and still able to scrap together a good buy here I guess he's gonna be
challenging out mid do now charging out fearless as he gets towards the bottom
boxes okay who step over the smoke this is a good shot for a kill he are a little
It's a little bit cheesy, but he's got Doom out down.
That's the main instigator for Legacy.
18 kills, no longer in play.
And neither is Nism. Snacks again through the smoke.
Had a lot of those in this half, hasn't he, Snacks?
A wall bang, a smoke kill.
And now Legacy fighting for the light here on this map.
They're trying to come back into it.
Artin's adding a decent job, but they've got a deal with Bres.
And Bres is still standing, looking to round this map out.
This map out in favor of Gamerly's race, and he fought both of them!
So easy for Rez, a 13-9 win for Gamerly on this first map, and she continues to beat her strikes.
I
welcome to the Jason Rogan experience as a man obviously who's very obsessed with what
he puts into his body being that my body is a temple. I'm excited to have you here because
we obviously get to talk to someone who's been so good in terms of not aging. How have
you managed to stay so long as the young veteran?
I mean, I think I put a lot of effort in my health and keep my face really young as it
is.
I can tell.
Yeah. So I think a big part of it is probably my resident here in Sweden, living in Sweden,
to stay away from the sunlight as much as possible, staying indoors, playing a lot online tournaments,
like I don't try to go out ever, almost. I stay inside, keep away from the sun to keep myself
young. It's an interesting strategy too, because a lot of people try and qualify to stay in more
events and go deeper in tournaments, but you're sitting there like you can you can lengthen your
career if you just don't go deep into the playoffs. Yeah, I don't understand why people don't focus
more on this. This is like the most important thing in life, I think, is looking young. And
and they're putting a lot of mileage on their bodies.
A mileage you obviously don't have to carry with you,
which is great.
Yeah, I think this is the most important part of me.
Like this is what defines me.
Can we talk about diet a little bit?
Cause out here in Sweden, obviously you guys have,
you guys have this beautiful land
and known for your most meat.
That's an important point actually.
I think I usually go on weekends
for after we play our online qualifiers.
I used to go out hunting with my friends.
That's a big part of like keeping my body as it is.
Right.
Now talk to me a little bit about the whole,
the whole fish thing. You guys have this fermented fish. I imagine that has to do something
with keeping the skin clear all that fish oil. You don't even take the supplement. You just
get it right from the can. No, I go to the sea. Really? Yes. I fish straight from the
source and I eat it raw. That's beautiful. That's perfect. Okay. I like it. Now, I would
say like for me, have you ever looked into like stem cells? For me, like I'm really
a big fan, a big proponent of stem cells and big proponent of the ice bath in the morning.
You're talking about the moose meat. I've had that as well. All of this seems to just
do great stuff for for keeping the longevity of what you're of how you're
looking young which is something that you've been able to accomplish stem cells
I don't believe in that that much I would say I would say it's probably just
the the Sweden Swedish atmosphere is all you need now one thing one thing that
I've heard that this is this has been a little bit of a conspiracy but one of
the I wanted to talk to you about it you've you've been and you were in the
NIP roster for so long while Swedish Counter-Strike was struggling to bring
in new players and new people now I've heard that there's that you have some
kind of a thing going on where you actually kind of take the the power the life force of the younger
Swedish players coming up to the scene to make yourself a little bit more powerful and longevity.
Like I when I play with young players I try to always the first thing I look at when I get a new
young projie in my team is like how do they keep themselves young. And if you take that away from
them then all of a sudden you will get to reap all the rewards. Yeah of course that's the I think
I think that's the point of everything and for my cure.
Well, that's beautiful.
I think you've done a great job.
Thank you. Keep going.
Keep it up. Stay young.
I will.
Legacy with a valiant effort to be opening up this series,
but the solid results for game religion on ancient just keep on coming snacks and towels and they were truly coming alive during the game
But who else could it be Yanco other than res to close this one out?
Yeah, definitely so and I think even the game was more dominant in game religions favorite than the store showed right legacy winning both pistols
That's the only reason why they were and they were close
In this game and when it came to the gun rounds game religion just much much better
They were very well prepared. We talked about the aggression that was going to come in from legacy
and you could tell they knew how to counter it and weren't caught by surprise by any of the moves the legacy was going.
You also just saw the contrast in how things were going for them on that CT side. Sure, Gamer Legion were losing rounds.
Legacy were coming back into the game, but when Gamer Legion were on that attack, they did such a good job of actually shutting those rounds out before Legacy could even really properly consider retakes.
They're either getting gunned down on the roadside or they just felt like they had no
Assets really to get a foothold back onto those bomb sites
Game Legion on CT almost always had a way back into round
And when we look at the team side to begin with the game Legion as well
Seven in a row totally to eight to close things out
You mean you kind of in for a bad time if you like I see off to that
I mean this it was just there were a lot of these high impact moments that occurred through the game that you know
Have they gone the other way maybe legacy would have been more convincing on their gun rounds
but they just seemed a little discombobulated.
They didn't seem as though they wanted to actually actively fight for mid
as much as Gamer Legion did in so many of their defensive rounds
that it did sometimes feel as though Gamer Legion had their way with the rest of the map.
They're playing with a lot of swagger right now, Gamer Legion.
I think they have a ton of confidence, right?
Like that even if things go wrong, they're off to a slow start.
Like the playbook is there, the answers are there for them to come up with.
and also the players just individually, you know, going for plays, taking initiative,
not being scared, and they're delivering in crunch time.
Should we go back to the moment where they kind of began that streak of two side rounds?
We've got round five, what are you looking at here?
Yeah, I think it was huge, because as we said, legacy one, pistol, right,
they lose the first gun round, but then they get the reset on game religion,
and this is their final buy, highbacks with the AWP, Dumau finds two kills here, gets traded,
So still a 4v3 for legacy in good position. You can see snacks in Taosun only have pistols.
Snacks doesn't even have armor and now after these trades it's just a 1v3
4 Taosun, right? It looks like okay, they have it unlocked. He does have the bomb
Here you can see him get rid of Nismd and Sazin unable to get the trade and now it's a lot of in a 1v1
A really tough one because he's so out of position and he does have a smoke in a kit
But Taosun isn't gonna let him
use that right and wins the round in a huge moment which flips the half and the economy on its head.
You've got such an audacious position in that spot as well, in the 1v1 open to everything but also wanted to cover everything and just knew as well that he could have nestled himself away into a corner
and Lato is going to have to consider that as an option too.
You know the casters were talking about the two for the side of legacy. I mean Art and Duma are a great job but where was everyone else?
And when you see, you know, Sazin and Lato or Nisman Lato in that round, you know, you're thinking,
man, you just have to get that trade, you just have to do better.
Even the final round, how is he alive? How is he not dead?
How is Lato just getting him, you know, on the AK and you can talk about tactics and everything a lot,
but if you're that much off in your aim and just your individual level, like, you're gonna have a rough day.
It's also just totally different to the win conditions from Legacy before.
I mean coming out of the group stage, you know, you didn't see the missile on those trades. You wouldn't see
Those failed opportunities in the same way. I I do think that that 3v1 rattled legacy in a way that
We didn't get to see that type of I guess underperformance from them so far this tournament
I mean, I kind of don't blame them right because you miss that trading opportunity in mid and they say okay
It comes down to a 1v1 that arguably should have never been like that's enough to kind of tilt you
But if you're talking about legacy you would expect them to have somewhat of a bounce back in that first half
and it was just nothing.
Well, I think we also free-faced it before the series, right?
Like, their ancient stats are...
It's worse than the stats show, right?
The wins come against lower tier opposition in Brazil.
Like, they struggled against teams in Europe.
And I think this is the benefit of being the high seed, right?
Like, you get your opponents map first,
the ancients was always going to be tough for them to win,
and they get to warm up a little bit.
Like, if Saad's in, Nissen continue to play on this level,
you know, on Mirage, I mean, legacy are done.
But hopefully this was enough of a warm-up, maybe get some of the nerves we're playing on the stage out of their system, right?
It's been a while for them where now they can go into Mirage with more confidence to sort of show us
some of the level that we've seen from them in the group.
In some senses as well, you could give them a bit of a pass because this is also the map they've 13-1 Navi on,
you brought that up before.
It was, you know, we might actually have to start respecting the game of Legion ancient as, you know,
one of these pocket picks that they can go to when they really need it in this deepened series.
And it feels like every time we're bringing up Gamer Legion, it's always a different individual to be popping off this time.
Obviously, Snacks was having a share in numbers as well, but Tausen as well, obviously, in this clutch moment that really turned the tide of a game.
He was just firing off this map.
That 1v3 was worth its weight in gold, right, because in these moments on stage, like, it's very important to stabilize.
It also gives everyone something to cheer for and be hyped about on the team, right?
It's just such a momentum changer around like that and it really added fuel to the fire for Gamer League.
He was also getting so many of these kills supplementary to retakes, to the executions, whether or not it was the actual entry or not.
His impact was felt and kind of reverberated in these rounds far more than some of the kills that Snax got.
I think he had a few more empty calories, but Snax is always going to demand a certain level of respect.
respect and he actually coming with some big rounds individually just towards
the end of the game. It's not an empty calories name a better deal.
He's still out there, he's still doing it at a great CT side as well with some
multi-kills you know from cave dancing around it, right a huge uptick in
performance on this map compared to how he was doing at the Holy Land. Well hopefully
a better duo if you're just a fan of you know Marathon series could be legacy
and Noraj. What's the story of these guys on this particular map why have they
voted into the series. I think it just suits their players more, right? Like there's more
opportunity for playmaking. It isn't as constrained as ancient where you know there's a lot going
on in terms of these early smoke fights, fighting for mid, you know just reactionary plays. Here
you can take your time a little bit more, take away space from your opponents and then also change
the momentum, right? With some hits that are for sure going to come in from the side of legacy.
There's also the perspective of as they've built into the season, this is a map that they
They have heavily tested Na'Vi on it pro league, they, I think, re-encountered them at Bucharest
as well.
They beat Paravision at Bucharest, rather, as well, on this map.
So, in terms of reputation and their ability to punch up into international competition,
Dust2 is definitely their best at that, but Mirage is not too far just in a second.
Okay, so you're telling me that there is hope that this could still be a competitive series.
T side start, though, for legacy.
What do you want to see right out the gate?
I just, sometimes they would get away on anxious, like they would start to play two
individualistic, like in some of these 3v3s, 4v4s, right, go for gaps individually instead of trying
to play a little bit more like a team, or at least, you know, use some utility to draw attention
to a certain part of the map, create a gap for a player to utilize. So I want to see them play a
little bit more as a team, and also I want to see the individuals step up. I mean, the way Nysim and
Zadzin were doing, like they have to step it up. I want that slower tempo, some more executions.
That's what Art was supposed to have brought to the table with this legacy roster. So how we
seen the team morph and bend when they are playing these pressure positions. You can't always rely on
your rookies and even if these guys are stars, this type of stage is not a familiar environment
from them. I want them to simplify things so that they can just do what they do best, go and frag out.
Well either way, game leading with another strong performance on their chosen ground of
but can legacy change that tune it's their choice of mirage coming up in just a few
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How hungry are your snacks?
I mean not much actually, but I can take Brazilian barbecue yesterday actually.
I reckon they need some foreign fire there after it, so it's fine, it's fine today.
Well, Snax may have had Brazilian BBQ yesterday, but it turns out it might just be all you
can eat, Jason.
Yeah, two days in a row, Brazilian BBQ.
That would be an absolute luxury.
It's looking good so far, but we're switching over to the second map in this series, switching
over to Mirage, which is Legacy's playground.
A lot of the strength this team has, the ability to play with momentum, the aggressive plays,
All of that is going to be much easier to execute here at Mirage.
Where at Anchor they really struggled to pull it off.
Gamerly was able to put them in their pockets, slow them down, take away their game plan.
It's going to be a much harder thing to do here.
And Legacy must have this.
Art, Dumau and Lotto have to show up here in this second nap.
Elimination is on the line.
The Grand Finals of Atlanta are on the line.
Well, Art and Dumau showed up and we are asking one of the other players.
Mirage, Janko, we're sending us more well suited to the individuals of Legacy.
We're expecting them to show up, we're expecting them to deliver and actually get in to the semifinal.
If they don't, and Game of Legends could perform, then it's Game of Legends
heading into the grand finals of the entire Extreme Masters here in Atlanta.
We'll see if Legacy can put up a fight.
The
Live into the pistol round the legacy on the road map pick starting on the T side attacking into the defense
Must win that for the Brazilians
Insta window smoke chucked out and legacy is gonna head a lot of players two towards the halls three towards middle
This I'm gonna join up with Saturday lotto. They want to attempt to split this people on site
Smoking con smoking window room so the avenue is available to them
They're taking it slow in case there's any kind of aggression.
Here's the utility to show that they want to have some deep push.
Actually this is all going to be a fake.
It's going to pull the defense back in middle and Saks steps through the smoke and this
one's got that kill.
Yeah, Saks checked, but we've got Resnick sort of the site here doing what he can.
He's got a second elevator.
His team is also stepping up and Miss Charleston Ward eventually bringing Resnick down and
and long range with those triple runners, PR comes out on top.
So leaves Art in the clutch.
He'll be a 4K if he's able to pull this one off.
He's got over a minute to play with.
Yeah, 1v2, he's got all the HP.
The issue is no armor, so once he gets into these engagements,
it's going to be really rough.
You can see PR finds himself a safe position over towards ramp.
No way for Art to spot it out.
He's just got to take a risk, plant the bomb.
Actually, PR even pushing towards CT spawn,
so it may feel like it's going to be a finish at the B bomb site,
but he'll be wrong.
Well at least securing at a minimum the four-spot in the next round but Art getting flanked out from the ramp at the moment
Look at the amount of positions. He has to worry about and PR now coming out of the ramp. Art has actually tucked himself away
He's safely hitting. He might think he's being sneaky, but PR knows he's not ramp
And he's clearing he's getting closer now considers what might be and season just poking around that corner
So Art no chance to win out the clutch and I'll be game-religion picking up the pistol
It's a little bit different from the first map as well
We see legacy when both pistol rounds, when both second rounds.
This time they're going to start on the back foot,
but at least with that bomb plant, Art's able to secure them the fourth spot.
Yeah, scary prospect.
You got ran over when you had hot starts and growth halves on ancient.
Now you don't have one here on Mirage, so you're going to have to grind it back.
Interesting idea.
They're the kind of like fake execute in the B halls to let the short players play first,
but those USPs at a range, Res does an awesome job of getting kills.
Legacy could never actually scale into the bomb site.
I think running that's the late smokes and mid faded as well. There was a crossfire at distance into the bomb site at 8
So they'll try again with the bomb plant scout in the hands of heart
He's got a tag taking damage himself, but brought snacks down to 39
This is moving up to the window for naked to land upon it
Advantage siding with game of legend and damage done to art
That's a really risky way to try and find an opening and a round that you're not
bringing a whole lot to the party. That's one of the rifles you brought in
lost in fact. Oh Towson gets greedy that's one back and they're gonna go with
it right through the smoke. Trying to get out towards Reds who keeps his head
tucked away. The flash is coming through, dodges most of them, but he can't dodge
Dumau. Who just goes again at this time on snacks? Great second kill from Dumau.
That opens up the bomb site and suddenly the round is wide open for legacy and shut for game
Allegiant and they have to back away and save their weapons exactly what do now is doing on ancients
And he's brought it back here into the second map
That's a disgusting second kill to secure the ground three kills for do now overall and
Legacy after losing the pistol get it right back
And we know do miles are great player
But the reason that we talk about him being so deadly is because he usually comes as a package deal with Lato, right?
It's that duo that you always talk about with legacy that keeps them competitive that keeps them a threat
Lato was missing on that first map
So you'd love to see Lato get into form here in Mirage and you have that one-to-punch of do now Lato
Popping off there for legacy is going to be a very different story especially because you've had Lato throughout this entire
That he's the third highest rated player statistically
I got such a taste type for second with Kevin and Zai Wu 1.27 rating
So yeah missing a piece of the puzzle
that's been there for you every step of the way up to this point.
We'll see if Lado can find his way into the game.
This is an opening provided by Talston
just being a little bit greedy.
Really wanted that AK-47, thought they'd fallen back,
thought they were done with the spanning.
That angle for Rez is just way too hard to deal with,
but that's the thing at beauty.
Duma ready for every fight.
But not even the classic Duma yell.
He realizes so much work need to be done here.
He's gonna go down into the underpass.
You see the damage he's inflicted single-handedly.
You've got snacks on a D-Gall.
Towson on the same with a 5-7 out for Ryze.
Yeah, but that buys a little bit busted for Gamer Legion.
A little bit of a trap set though at the top of Khan.
Four players for Gamer Legion.
It snacks alone at the B-Bombside playing short.
Headbacks PR and Towson.
Right at the top of Khan and res in the window smoke.
PR is coming down.
So Dan, Art and Sadzi, we're going to get a couple between them.
And finally, it's legacy makeover. Clean up time doesn't go against them.
Now you've got a turn towards connector and they do. They deal with it.
Now they know what Towson is.
Miss him, slips down into the site. He's got some cover and some time
to let his teammates come and split on Towson,
making this almost impossible for the Dane and he will drop.
So two to one lead here for legacy, despite losing the pistol.
That four-spy works out perfectly in the second
and they're able to follow up with another win.
So two rounds in a row and game religion out of money to fight here.
Nice thing for them, Hypex sitting at 3400, so he'll have the AWP in the next round.
Give Dumao a couple more sequences like that, you'll start here Dumao, look out to you.
I mean you can just see the importance of that ball and plant from Art in the pistol round as well.
The fact that he's able to get that, that's why I like to see him out 2-1 up.
You get enough money to get Dumao on a Khalil.
Yeah, it's a huge change isn't it? It's a nice extra tool to have.
to have.
You know, you're just going to take a 3-1 lead because 2 SPs and 1 Beagle.
Yeah, I got another trap set up by Gamer Legion over off to the B bomb site.
Four players are here, a little bit of a boost up.
The rifles will just end up being too strong when they get into this.
So, I mean, it's a weird situation now with the way that this is played out, with the
Pistor on 1 by Gamer Legion, like, Lexi doesn't get it, but now you can say after converting
the second themselves, they go back to getting that start that they had.
the good start that they had on Ancient.
It's not better, right?
They can get themselves that nice 3-1 lead
a full eco here on this side of things.
Good turn from Art.
Trapper's late, but there's still plenty of players here,
so a better weapon available.
And Kimmel is gonna be happy to pick that up.
Art's fine with that though.
I mean, you spotted two more players,
you get two kills and you spot two more players.
So you know, at most there's one defender here.
Now everyone's hustling over.
The M4 is gonna be a little bit late to join in
and Snax will want to prioritize keeping that.
Yeah, the Paulson Connector is actually giving time to the game of League of Legends to start rotating a couple of these pistols over.
Deagle hasn't been able to do much. The USP desperately trying to upgrade.
And as they step into the open, Snacks actually gets a kill with that picked up rifle.
Yeah, now it's time to just back off and let Hypex do his own thing.
If you want to fight more with the Deagle, go for it. Try and shave off one more kill.
If you want to try and recover that weapon, it's all you.
Snacks actually shifting over towards Short to maybe grab one more kill down the stretch.
But it will be a third round for Legacy regardless of what happens.
Hypeback's gonna rely I think on the bomb to blow a gun into his direction.
Koken and Brody is gonna hop into the window actually.
Kosen goes forward and realizes that's the move he's trying to make.
Defense that weapon from Koken in the hands of Gamelige and Satsen.
Successful on the hindstop snacks from getting his free gun as well.
So that's a three to one lead for Legacy.
We'll see immediately coming into the next round.
Highpacks is invested into the AWP.
So that's going to be coming out with rifles around it.
And remember back to the first map.
It took like eight, nine rounds before we saw
Sadsen with an AWP.
It was deep into the first half before he was able to pull it out.
He's got that out right at the start.
So both sides playing with the sniper.
Round five begins.
Everyone's got the buy they want.
Sadsen with the AWP is going to head over to the 8-Bomb.
So he wants to pick towards the ramp and drops the bomb.
Maybe misses the timing as Snacks has already crossed over.
So Lado in a prime position, this is him getting towards the end of Palace, Sads and Covey with the AWP, lovely pick, do they want to build off it?
Legacy happy to stay composed and Paul's in their positions looking for the reaction.
And I got so much time and a luxury of a man advantage.
No legacy, a lot more comfortable, playing out these mid rounds of mirage as well.
Smoke up to the window, blocking the vision of Rize.
I mean, legacy hasn't budged towards the same bomb site.
It feels like this round is always designed and destined at the moment to finish here.
to the right. To now, now,
working through the underpass
Art at top middle is going to
swing out and slowly start his
crawl up short. There's a trap
here. Legacy could lose a lot.
Art moving up high packs going
to catch him. So they have lost
the advantage for the time being,
but do now might just be behind
them. Great quick headshot on
Tolstin. This is the Molotov
backs away into the underpass. Now
you need to rely upon the hit
towards this A site 30 seconds
They're kind of continuing this attack actually with do not being locked out the way he was
Combining together breaking apart the defenses and res can do nothing about changing the outcome of this role
So it's gonna be a full one lead for legacy find a way to make it work those are solutions
They didn't have on ancient they were struggling to find them good flashbang good aggression as the smoke breaks and res backs away
Now plenty of money for legacy to go hunt this down
and you can see them on the minimap, all those yellow dots moving to the other side.
So Rez is gonna have a fight just to keep this gun in his hand.
Now starting to push in.
Legacy want everything to be as easy as humanly possible.
Taking the gun away, force the rebuy, force the money even lower, break it entirely.
I'll get caught at the end. Res 1 kill traded.
They're doing such a good job at hunting these rifles down as well.
Not letting anything go for free here.
Legacy have really made this such a difficult start to the half for Gamelidge
and who don't have a lot of money here. They don't have enough to get a full buyout
and it's Doomow again. Griff for shot, misses the Molotov here
and obviously makes it a little bit awkward but he combines with Lato.
That's the combo you mentioned just at the start of this map
That starts to get going that one-two punch. This makes a very scary half start to look very real for legacy
Let's see if they have that legacy they're doing exactly the game
We should do to them which is just kind of outplay them and pick them apart make this defense move make this defense
Never know what's coming and look at the change of pace again. Now. We just have a contact slide up
I spotted one and he's got both
The recoil gives him a gift a great workout for art
That's the site completely taken yeah bombs drop back in T spawn still so it'll be a little bit of time meanwhile legacy
Happy to keep being aggressive, making sure they can control this side of the map.
They could pick from Art again, moving forward a third of the round and taking any damage on board either,
which usually is making this economy look very pretty for legacy. They've got so much cash left over.
It's going to be a very tough half for the remainder of this for Gangrelige, just to get into it.
And Art is fourth. Why not go for the ace?
It just looks so much more comfortable on this map, sliding into map control, gaining a little bit of space and then being able to kind of hold on to it knowing where the next rotation is coming.
This T-side is looking real nice so far.
Archie goes for a snack, said Art's going to take everything away.
That's an ace, well, yeah, the anti-eco ace, well done from Art.
It takes every single frag in towards the site and 10-4 start from Art.
I mean, continuing this good performance, you had a great first map even in the loss, right?
Yeah, you've mentioned a lot of being absent on that first map.
Always the one who picked up the pieces there. Him and Junal were in the two-man army.
Just not enough to make that competitive in any sense.
But here, doing a good job of being the engine.
Five kills in this round. Just picking them one by one.
And a timeout is called from Gamer Legion there first, because obviously they're stumped.
AWP is going to come back out from Hypex.
I will see what Art wants to do with this lead in a timeout.
Right, we saw Gamer Legion on map one.
Every time legacy called the timeout a little bit of a change of pace and uppercut rush towards the deep bomb site
Does legacy want to do something similar? Are they just saying game of League just to figure out how to beat us here?
Congratulations
See pipex is all construct to make the difference for me. We talked about it really being required over an ancient
This is where you do want some CT side off barrage
It takes the first bit of damage as well from the utility down to 73 HP, but we're going to see a quicker pop perhaps from legacy towards B
Two players in middle three towards the apartments
Smoke takes away the vision
Con smoke not breaking completely
but now it will and Hypeback, so we cannot adjust in time,
sads in an awkward position.
And he doesn't like the danger he's feeling,
the sense of danger in this position,
so Art slides in instead.
Taliesin steps out in behind Art,
whose head is turned,
but the B push has come in a do-mal,
rapidly chasing that trade kill.
He's got it on Taliesin.
Hypeback stepping out, he's got the angle,
but he's about to be blocked out by Smoke.
You start to feel helpless here if you're game of legend.
You can't hold onto the B site.
and you can't just see a world and once you get back into it and now Doomow has pushed again
taking the all-poor way and it's now in a position where you don't feel comfortable to go out and go and get it back.
Yeah, Saxon Resid already called for the save when all that went down. Legacy just doing a great job.
This is Art pulling everyone towards short, opening up the B-Bombside Avenue.
Gamer Legion looking flustered here. They don't know what a position. Players, they're three steps behind now.
I've come in with a great
mirage here like you see a really strong T side. They've lost the
pace on, nothing else.
You can see why they brought it here, obviously very comfortable.
Haven't seen Gamer Legion mixing any kind of aggression towards
I haven't seen any pushes up mid.
Haven't seen any pushes through underpass, palace pushes.
Might be time for them to mix some things up and see if you can create a play that slows legacy down, slows this attack down, or at least get yourself to play around with an advantage.
Haven't had many of those here on Mirage.
Oh, quick utility in the middle here for Legacy.
Hot mid smoke, window smoke, all put in place, and they're going to start sprinting into the
connector.
Look at him out already here, PR.
Handles that pressure, Les won't go.
Argo that second layer, and now that he's trying to get it through short to the B-ball
side, the smokes are breaking open, revealing kills for Legacy.
Spraying away, Snacks staying.
Oh my god.
Snacks out the window, they're trying to position, Snacks gets into it.
It's absolute chaos to kick off this round.
Snax is doing what he can, but he's barmed out of the window and forced into the underpass.
I almost can't believe that he's alive.
Only Snax could do that and still come out on the other side with a chance to fight.
Towson, everything's new in the open. No trade. No trade!
Towson with the double!
Now, flashed to the skies while Towson trying to save his team. It's gotta be Lato.
He's been quiet the whole time in the semi-final, but this would be a great time to get loud.
And he's got himself a second chance to reach Snax!
And now suddenly a 1v1 for Lato.
He's got time to stay composed, to take a breather, but he's trying to fight.
He's looking for it.
And going for the reload.
PR in the open, and Lato stuns!
Legacy can do no wrong, and finally Lato with some impact.
Putting his name on the semi-finals, it was a little bit haggard.
Rough around the edges.
Snacks causes a lot of issues in that round for Legacy,
but they still managed to come out on top.
A huge clutch for Lato.
The read on the flank.
It was a 1v3 for Telsen that ignited Gamerlutian on ancient the first map.
Now a 1v3 from Lato is going to let Legacy continue to dominate.
From the Gamerlutian perspective, you got to feel like you can't catch a break on this ET side now.
Hit the fight so hard to remain competitive in this round that Telsen steps up.
This side of the people, this side of Lato just rips it out of your hands, you think snacks is the insurance policy coming through the apartments as well, but Lato reads it.
Well, legacy and the traversy completely. I don't mean the change of pace is now they're throwing into the mix. It's going to be much more difficult, it still gets harder for Gamer Legion.
Satsen, light shot on the highpacks a little bit quicker.
Gonna double up on the T side.
They've taken out for a spin and Satsen are not having to go.
I think they're hoping the upshot in the middle would maybe make some of the A bomb side kind of peek out and slide into Satsen's ult.
The Latos slid out towards Ketris.
He got Ryze waiting under the wood. He's about to get mollied out here by Nissen.
And that just forces Ryzen to the peak.
He gets traded by Dumal.
Here's PR stepping out into the open.
Climbing behind triple.
Hypex coming over to try and help him.
But PR was so committed to trying
to win the fight against Dumal.
But he's just so razor sharp right now.
As Dumal wins that fight, too.
And credit to Nissen.
The support flash is coming out of Palace.
He's been excellent miss shot.
He nails it.
Sadzen takes one down.
And OK, that's close.
Art hunkers down.
Molotov towards CT.
Hypex and Taliesin now 2v4.
bomb yet to get planted, but it just feels like this round is
unusable for Legacy, especially with Satsun landing shots and now looking for
the follow-up. He knows exactly what Satsun is, it just tosses out a smoke and
starts to back away. Already, Legacy are out, they're trying to hunt him down,
Dumail sprinting to the other side of the map to try and cut him off and it's
Satsun that moves forward, switches out to the right for to take the kill and a
3k out of Satsun
Finished by the right fuel who'll go back to the AWP and now game religion in a really tough spot because they don't even have
Money to get a full buy out here. No, this is this is terrifying
Legacy is just having their way with you at the moment another brilliant trade from do Malzies steps in good job making himself a tough target
Here's the supportive flash from Nissan coming out of Palace saves the day allows do not have that extra kill and really opens up the bomb site
And right now legacy is just flowing
Game Religion can do nothing to stop this.
Good start. The eagle of Hypex rings out onto Art at Palace.
Okay, that'll put you on notice. That'll slow down the pacing. That'll slow things down and make Legacy reconsider.
There's going to be no intentions of going fast considering where the bomb is.
It's a very good shot from high-packs.
The bomb's still all the way back in T spawn.
Dumal plants his feet on the snacks trying to peek him and challenge.
Dumal has done so much damage eventually finishing off snacks.
So that advantage no longer with the team legacy starts to move up through mid.
Well, I'm still dropped in T spawn. It looks like that'll be Lato's responsibility.
And at the moment, they're not concerned whatsoever.
Still just looking for a few kills before they decide where they want to finish things up.
Well, sad scene. He's heading out towards spawn now.
He'll back all the way. Towson's moved forward.
This is a play he likes to make on the CT side.
Let's see if he can get past the gaze of Dumau.
Oh, Dumau spotted him. He's holding for it.
And nothing going the way of game religion at all.
Dumau is so locked in.
I like the way he's not afraid of flights either.
He keeps spotting it and like just stepping into the next fight as well not concerned. He's very very confident at the moment
My pecs misses a chance
These Deagles shouldn't really have a whole lot to say in this moment turn of the corner one kill. Lato's gonna spray him down a
Ninth round now for legacy
One more remaining in this fur to be two more remaining in the second and this first half
9 to 1 lead for legacy. I mean the timeout coming through and
It's actually like you see it called this time. I'll chase it. They want to make sure they get everything remaining round available in this half
I'm not against it at all. I mean again your semi-finals you're looking you're looking to force that third map
It would be inferno as a decider. It looks like we're gonna get there
But yeah, hit this pause button make sure your boys aren't feeling too confident still a very critical round
You don't want to lose these last two in some silly fashion then start seeing them claw themselves back in
Keep them in their place keep them beneath your boot
legacy up by eight as the timeout concludes all for hypex
4 and 4s around it, but nothing has been effective for this game religion defense
It was a pistol round victory for game religion it feels so long ago and nine straight rattled off by legacy
Well, Ryze, Lumblyz with a flash coming in towards Ramp, he can't win the fight.
This is how his head turned.
So the flash ineffective towards him and Hamplow's business against Ryze.
He's going for another one here too.
Even the aggressive plays forward here from Game of Legends aren't all that successful.
At least the grenade from PR will get the trade.
Yeah, they've done a lot of utility to find that kill, but at least he got it.
So the AWP has left today, Ramp.
Badzen swaps out to an AK, Art has his over in Palace.
Just look at the off-fanger looking for someone to rotate into the crosshair.
And Legacy changed their position of attack.
So much attention towards a rep.
Bomb is picked up now.
DuMal going to start sliding into the underpass to join up with Lotto, who's going con.
The real issue is the bomb isolated and alone.
If you can't get past PR, it's a huge issue for Legacy.
PR goes into the open, sats in, has fallen, so yep, it's looking open here for
Gamelidge. If you don't win this one, what round are you going to win?
R goes down at Palace, leaving two now on his lonesome. Only coming through
connector now. All of his teammates gone under 30 seconds left to play with.
Look at how much slower this round is compared to most of the legacy rounds
when they lose that first player, right? Oh, okay, there's a tap. I don't think
there's enough time for this, but let's give them some chance. The style points
maybe. High tech shuts it down before it can even begin. Double kill for the
Gamer legion AWPer. TR with a triple in the rounds.
Two now, I guess one more kill there. It can really affect the buy here in the
next round of Gamer legion, but they do have enough just to scrap out a really
strong buy. But last round of the half coming up, Gamer legion, three rounds is
the best they can hope for. It's still gonna be so tough to see them come back
and have to be strong enough T side, but I'll not put it past them. We'll not count
out yet. That's one legacy called the timeout in the previous round to try to secure all
the rounds available in this first half to maximize their chances of seeing Inferno.
Heavy towards middle. Four players coming out through top mid for legacy.
Could be a little bit of a fight here. I don't think Rez has seen these numbers too much.
Might get surprised. Smoke not broken open. That's too mild. Just stepping around the
the other side of the smoke, the rest falls with ease.
Window smoke to completely control the middle of the map
it forces high-packs to be aggressive
to clear out this point of attack.
PR has slid over towards ticket.
Flaps out, collapse in for Talcyon.
And 5v3, a great start to this round for Legacy.
Nice shot from Sadzane.
The flick up, PR stood no chance.
He stands no longer. The only player that can do anything about this round now is Snacks.
He's hitting away.
And behind the bench.
Highpacks at least getting one kill. He can make his way over, but it's gotta be Snacks that deliver if there's any shot at this third round.
They know where he is. He only manages one.
So Highpacks will be on his merry way over through CT spawn.
Arriving now at the market.
The legacy getting defeated 13-9. It was a comprehensive victory over on ancient for Gamer Legion.
We said legacy would be more comfortable here on Mirage, but this is on another level.
We'd love to secure double figures in the first half of play.
We're starting to get ready to load up Inferno. It's that third and final match because legacy are going to leave this half with a huge advantage.
The Brazilians are back and they're playing the carousel. We've seen for them all event long.
pretty much from that point onwards, it was Legacy dominating the first half of
Counter-Strike Cura Mirage. It's great to see them show up, it's great to see them
actually play the way we've seen them all event long, and now the difficult
challenge for game releases is trying to come back into this game somehow, and
they've got to do it on the T side. And they put Legacy in the same position on
the first map so you can't really complain. Maybe not quite this bad but a
similar kind of, oh we have to come back and we're out of class.
Atlanta, are you still with us here for the second half?
Alright, let's see if Gabriel Lidget can come back into this, or if Legacy send us to a
third map in this semifinal.
We've got some utility here for Satsun and R, and this one's got the kit, so keep eyes
on that on the mini-map.
Well, a heavy lean towards the B-bombs there for the defense at the start.
Three players are here to handle any kind of a rush.
There's two players coming fast, but it doesn't look like it'll be any kind of a commitment.
There's the flash play.
Newsome doesn't want to commit to the fight and okay, he's gonna get one regardless
Talisman goes down five on four and there's nothing game. Allegiant can really do they're spread around the map at the moment
Really tough loss to take in a situation they were just kind of looking to force a rotation for some movement
Maybe force a reaction
Bit off more than they could chew. Mama's gonna have to be recovered at the tail end of the halls
and I guess at the moment it looks like game religion the idea is to try and
execute kind of an improvised mid-round split through middle to short and into
the B bomb site resin PR and halls hypex and snacks in middle
smoke fades away at the window R receives some multiple actions towards his feet
He's got high-packs going into the ladder room, but they don't see him.
They don't check to Mal because of the distraction set up from his teammates.
And now PR and Ryze are also falling towards the apartments.
It's not only a pistol win for Legacy, but it's a dominant pistol win.
They do not lose a single player at 11-2.
And we might as well start loading up in Forno.
Yeah, the legend of DuMal. Triple kill in this pistol, 17-8.
He showed up to play today.
Excellent on the first map and a loss.
Excellent here in the second map.
It looks like it's gonna end up being a dominant victory. There's no chance in this pistol round
It's zero chance of getting anything done. Two miles just nasty
Well no bomb planted off a game of leeching
So no force by available here
They can save their money and give it one last good go in the next
But this is going to result in legacy heading up to map point on Mirage
Watch.
Do it now.
First bludgeon on.
Stats in.
Up next.
All the legacy players just rushing to the kills.
Wanting to get this one over and done with.
And settle things on map three.
For Gaming Legion, it's the last pie here.
Well, 10 round lead.
I don't really know what to say.
Nothing to sell you for here. Let's see if game religion can maybe wake up and give themselves something positive to talk about between the maps
Otherwise, it'll just have to be a complete reset of the mental game
Smokes around potentially the only chance with guns on this second half
Those snacks good start opening kill on sadsy
He's under a lot of pressure, Snax has got another one, PR filtering in, just two players
left here for legacy.
Lato doing what he can, back from CT spawn, but bomb now being picked up from Telsen,
a lot of it's worth the A site, Lato being dived, getting spammed and finished off by
Hypex.
Yeah, they would never let him get out of that situation alive, it was really aggressive
and poor Nism, nothing to do over at this B-bomb site, MP9 on hand, crossing his fingers,
hoping they end up here, but that ain't the case.
So bomb planted, Gamer Legion, get another crack at it.
It's really just scraping together this third round, but a nice one there, picking up art
in the window and just scaling with ease.
on today we have the other semi-final in action we're looking for our first grand
finalist here in this one Navi and Betboom gonna grace the stage this
afternoon I get a feeling you guys are really happy that Navi made it there
I think they're more happy they beat Vitality to be honest are you more happy
that okay well let's try this are you more happy that apex lost that sounds
about right? Yeah. Apart for the course here in America. Nine round lead for legacy. The
question is what are you going to chant now? That's the question, right? We'll find something.
There's some creative people out there.
I guess you could just do that one too. The old classic.
3, 2, 1, go!
Now it's a slow way, but you're coming there, you see?
Yes.
One step at a time.
Alright, we're at 12-4, so let's do 12-2, yeah?
Alright, one step at a time, they're saying.
Ryan's gonna turn the corner on contact. Good kill from Dumali.
Doubles are somehow, but no one else is available. Lotto picks up the pieces.
3 on 2, very quickly to the round. It's Snaks left alone with the bomb.
Quickly, Hypex is shifting over, but Snaks doesn't want to dedicate himself to this.
Oh, it's going to be very tough to win this 2v3.
Snacks coming out of the ramp, now needs this headshot.
He does pick it up, takes a lot of damage on board, but Snacks is gone.
So it's got to be Hypex.
Haven't really seen him have that big clutch moment today.
We won't see him here on Mirage.
A great performance from Dumau.
His delivered legacy, a dominant Mirage victory.
A 13-3 as they send this semi-final to map 3.
Inferno decides who's going into the Grand Finals in Atlanta.
It doesn't matter what day you're joining us.
This is the Intellect Tree Masters in Atlanta, Georgia, 2026.
Mike Chegg, one, two, one, two, you play video games, man?
So violent for no reason.
Hey, yo, what's up?
Y'all anything about counter-tracking video games?
You know about counter-tracking?
Yeah.
Tech fencing team. Tell me what crossroads there might be between counter strike and fencing.
You know, a counter striker in a clutch situation was kind of the one-to-one situation of you and your opponent fencing.
Just going in for the last stab or that last quick-skill up.
Alright, bet. That was good.
What do y'all think about people playing video games against each other competitively?
Oh, I love it. I like the smack-talking they do.
They're not the hot-gonna-dumb men!
Who are your favorite Counter Strike players?
I gotta go with an OG Kenny S.
What would you say to Kenny S if he was watching right now?
You're my inspiration.
I think about you every match, but I'm fencing.
What do you think about that?
Kenny S was never my favorite, if that's what you're thinking.
Y'all play video games, buddy? Chance?
Oh, he didn't even realize it.
I mean, Jacob, when you rolled up here and you saw this mic,
you said, oh, I'm gonna bike a little bit faster now.
What do you think?
I thought I might as well get as far as where it's possible from you.
As fast as I can.
Do you have fun with me today?
I had a blast in media days. You did what? You had blasted media day?
Just kidding. No, no, all right. Bye.
No question who was in the driver's seat in this one. We wanted that signature Brazilian pace and
And that is exactly what was delivered here on Mirage.
Exactly what we wanted to see from Legacy as well.
And on the inverse, it made Game of Legion and Co.
feel a little bit flat on the second map.
Yeah, definitely so.
I mean, they did look in the pistol
even to kick off the game.
But that was it, really, for them.
On Mirage, it feels like Legacy was
able to turn it around immediately,
played with more pace, individuals stepped up.
Everything we asked for after Ancient, it happened.
And Game of Legion now will have to do some soul searching
their own. Yeah, those anchors, I wanted to praise so much coming into this matchup. They
struggled to find the right position to sit in to alleviate any building pressure on these
bomb sites. You can get those pop possible even in that second half pistol that's showing on screen.
You know, they just lack said they sickle clears are not clearing angles properly. See head in
hands after that pistol as well because I know they're the ones that made the mistake there.
It did seem like they understood as soon as that happened. Game was over. And that's the thing. It
It feels so tough after coming off of what was another impressive show on HMW, felt like they had all of the correct reads.
I thought, I guess you're so impressive from the side of legacy, if you come out this hot, this fast, game leaders couldn't handle it.
Well, one of the things, Fred, that differentiates, you know, elite teams for good teams, is the map pool, is the depth of your map pool, right?
Like, there's a lot of teams out there that can be incredibly strong on one or two maps, right?
And if you play them on those maps, like, they can challenge almost anyone in the world.
But what happens, how good are you on your fourth best map in the pool?
The fifth best map, because you're going to have to play those at some point,
depending on matchups and what's not.
And I think you're seeing, when we have these teams,
they're outside the top 10, and I know it's a semi-final of a big tournament,
but still this is where you see why they are outside the top 10.
If you go on a map that you're not super confident on,
Omuraj is one of the most played ones per game of Legion,
but with varying degrees of success,
and then legacy for them, it's a very strong map.
Like things like this can happen. We're just get blown out of the server
It's also game religion just didn't ever find the conduit that actually found them a win on ancient as well
You know stacks was doing a great job on that map
We had Talisman doing great things as well. Everybody was pretty
Pretty poor in fact on the map and I think you know especially with how much praise we were giving him coming into this series
Where where is the high-packs that actually stole the the hearts of I think a lot of people in the audience here?
because we're not really getting that same impact on stage.
It's a very good question.
Maybe he gets to show up on that side of Inferno.
Maybe.
But we're getting hype from Dumau, right?
He kept it going.
And early on, right, he was the deciding factor, really,
to give momentum to his team.
We can jump into some of these rounds.
And I know Gordon Gekko said greed is good,
but not in Counter-Strike.
And you'll see gamer Legion pay for that fully.
Towson is actually going to do a good job of battling
with this early aggression, him and Rez.
You know, they get the kill.
Dumau now, Lurg Stausen.
Mmm, I hate this from us.
What's over there?
What's this?
Ah, I'm dead.
And Dumau just bounces immediately.
Like, they just capitalize that.
They're 45, they have no control.
This is their best bet.
Some nice flashes here.
He gets the better of Rez.
That's the second entry.
Boom, snacks.
See ya later.
Third entry, and that's the round.
Dunlin' Dusted, really, from this point.
Like I said, that was huge, right?
Because they were struggling.
You know, even on Asia, they struggled in gun rounds.
They won both pistols, so here to be able to get another strong start
I think was crucial for this T side that they had.
Yeah, it wasn't as though game religion didn't get into some winning positions within this game
But there was always someone that responded as well
There was I mean not as many kills or not much impact from Doom out there or rather from lasso
Compared to Doom out but Lato had a very big moment as well on that T side that could have
Potentially been the way back into the game for game. That's the thing, right?
And when you're looking at the hesitation time, I guess from legacy in this one
It felt second to none, right? They made a decision and then they went full force for and I paid off so many times
Yes, certainly, you know that it's really important as well in counter strike
You know a great call can turn into a terrible call if it's executed two seconds too late
Or if you hesitate, right? Like you have to be decisive. You have to trust the call
You have to you know trust your instincts as well
You're not always going to be right, but it's much better
You know if you have a bad read, but you still go for the round, you know with the decisive list
It has a much higher chance of success than you have the best read but people are doubting
They're a little bit slow. They don't trust it's a hundred percent like it can go horribly wrong
Let's look at our trusting an instinct in this one as well
Yeah, this was also just indicative of the field that legacy had for the rounds
I mean, this is against an eco
It's true
But the fact they're taking a risk by fully contacting out ramp where there could be a deagle there could be a scout or something
posted on this angle and for art he gets away with absolutely bloody murder here
because he finds a little ahead of one accidentally kills the second guy as well
from the spray and he just instinctively knew that he could continue to press the
attack he understood game religion wanted to make something happen in around
like this where you have so little and he called them before they could even get
started this is just art relapsing a little bit for you know it happens like
he's different now but every now and again you know the old habits they
start pooling on you right like could have been a scout in ticket could have
been so many different things he just decides to contact walk out ramp against
pistols but this time he gets an ace. Old habits very hard I guess Jason will also
assess to that one as well let's move on to a moment where game of legion felt
like they might have had an advantage and then a 1v3 comes in. This was sort of
the final nail in the coffin even though it was early you know but but exactly
because of the fashion in which they lost like when you're losing these sort of
It doesn't matter which map it is, right?
When you lose 5-4 against pistols in the second round.
When you're losing 3v1s that, you know, you need to close out.
Like the game is getting out of hand at this point.
And a bit more pace from Legacy with this mid-control, mid-fight,
turning into a B-split, flashing through the smoke.
PR still gets the kill.
You know, a lot of chaos going on, smokes being broken.
Fights taking place back and forth.
Flyable's a nasty shot from Nysim.
then snacks, rolling back big ears, just playing around the smoke, staying alive,
finding a kill, what is our doing, get used to it, just another day in the office for him,
but actually, Towson in this whole chaos, once they actually go his way towards the B bomb site,
he's going to do a great job of finding two kills, staying alive a little bit up until the very end,
where he oversteps slightly, but it's difficult from his position, he's unsure where Lato can move
and Lato just does a brilliant job here at managing the angles, his awareness is also incredibly high
after having contact, waits for this push from Snacks, gets rid of Irm and then against PR
it's a bit more brawly, it's not as pretty, but he kept his composure and closed out the one with him.
How much is that game of legion misplaying this situation as opposed to Lato doing amazingly,
not taking anything away from his reads on that, what would you say?
I think if you're going to nitpick, like Taosan just should shoulder peek, he's
He's peaked too wide, you know, being behind the wall, you never want to get crept on as
your shoulder peaking and die like in a food that makes you feel silly.
But seeing how it's a 3v1 and Snax is on the flank, he just needed to stay alive.
So even if he dies like that, he's bought enough time because Lato had to push up, creep
up, then probably Snax is in a much better position to trade him, or at least to close
out the round for Gamelidge.
That was probably that temptation because he caught Lato actually at first, and before
the one B three even got started
did like half of his health and damage and then just thought well, there should be an easier fight now, but
Then the one B three happens. I mean if you're game a legion all that you can do really is move swiftly on because you have one more opportunity
That is inferno, which is going to be a really interesting one if you want to look from the legacy side first of all
This was a map that by the skin of their teeth. They managed to take down Navi, right?
What did you maybe take away from what we saw there?
Yeah, I mean the big thing for legacy in that game was that they were trailing towards the end of that in
that in inferno and actually were able to string five rounds together and a lot of that came off of
individuals locking down bombsites because Navi do a really good job of pulling you the wrong
direction during misdirection at you that's the the blade in Alexi effect really but I'm not sure
that Gamer Legion are going to have as much of that sort of push pull dynamic and when the if
artens his his coach are able to sort of get a better read on on what's happening here for for
Gamer Legion I do think that they are going to out muscle them but when it comes to defending
those bombsites. I figured it out Freya. It's gonna blow your mind. Camelige need better starts.
They lost three out of the four pistols and the one time they won pistol they lost the second round.
So it's just been really hard. Always had to play from behind in that sense.
On ancient yeah they did a great job and they were very dominant in gun rounds and Mirage
okay it was a struggle they got stomped but in inferno it's going to be a bit more of an
even playing field, right? So if you end up in another situation where you're giving this momentum
to legacy, and for legacy especially, there are teams that likes to be aggressive, you know,
likes to get in your face. Well, that's much easier to do when you have 4 or 5k in the bank,
and you know that even if this round that you're going for some aggressive play doesn't work out,
you can still buy. Inferno, you need the utility, right, to be able to do really anything on the
map. So the economy plays an even bigger part on this map. I think it will be difficult for
the game. This is a very
very, very important point for
game religion coming in is that
they're very prep heavy. We've
seen how they benefited from
that from in their previous
series, But I think legacy of
actually been doing a good job
from map to map, changing the
way that they're attacking. You
know, in one game, I'll watch
their heavy, heavy be attacks,
rushes, heavy util sets, but
against not be. They really
tried to put pressure on that
long side and forced some kind
of overreactions from Navi in
that game as well. So I'm not
sure if there's going to be
something special cooked up
given it's the decider map in
was rolling back the years, you know, on this map yesterday, he was absolutely
lights out and I think at the end of the day it does come down to the players in
some of these clutch situations to deliver, right? It's going to be hard
to out call completely your opponent. Rez is one of them PR, this is a map where
he had, you know, early on that put him on the map, no pun intended, but playing
the T side for maps and then all of that was able to just be really really
obnoxious on the lurk right so that's where you want to see their guys deliver
so you're saying it's gonna be game of legion heading to the grand final no I am
saying not that you're saying it's legacy going to say that either what are you
saying you don't fail like I don't need to say anything but I think it's gonna be
like a job to say something well thank you for that yeah what about you what about
you I'm legacy all in that they're playing exciting aggressions you're in a
I'm not trying to pander here. I'm choosing them because art's on a redemption arc.
Well, anyway, maybe we should translate this chaos into the server, though not before we had things to a very short break.
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2 dominant map victories back to back, ancient and mirage, but it does even things up with
game allegiance and legacy deciding who is going to the grand final here on Inferno.
It's off to predicts the teams being so dominant on each other's maps.
Their picks have just been no question of who's the better team.
we go to Inferno and even a fair for these teams and how well they played on it
recently and I think with the playstyle that legacy has with the way that they
played Mirage that overwhelming momentum of that kids going if that engine gets
running properly gamer Legion is going to be backs against the wall real early on
the start of this game is oh so important
A feeling of helplessness on map number two, dominant display from Dumau.
But for Game of Legends, there is now hope on Inferno.
We know they can perform better on this map.
We've earned both teams from an even ground, right?
It's a handshake to close our face, to decide who is heading to the grand finals
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We know a lot of great bests of threes and on Inferno.
So why don't we go there at Lantern?
Let's find out who is heading to the final.
Both these teams battling to re-enter the conversation as dangerous teams as teams who've been challenged for the trophy with vitality falling out on the other side of the bracket.
Both these squads have to be thinking this event is up for grabs. They can beat whoever comes out.
Taliesin with... Oh my God, that's quick. That's so fast. One tap. Barely saw it.
I made a great start from Taliesin. Can't be bad to that if you're game a legion.
game. Allegiant know and you love seeing that aggressive from a team who's been a
little bit more calculated and feels throughout this throughout the series so
far a great effect on the first map not so much the second on the CT pistol
Mirage game. Allegiant lost the force by the next and from that point onwards it
became a dominant T side from legacy still a 4v5 it's
recoverable here for legacy as they head towards an A site with a passive setup
yeah especially because they're going to the weaker bomb site right I mean this
is this is kind of game religion expecting with the man down you're
going to finish at the B site.
Reza's going to start moving now with the information.
Doubled up in pit, and if the Molotov lands
in the right place, they're in trouble.
Same with the bullets.
Well, high-pack speaking out into the open.
He's got himself a good head shot,
but sad's in to make quick work of it.
A 3B3, as legacy of Flether, way back into the round again.
Yeah, and there's some time still left
on this smoke going up.
Bomb planted.
Art takes a ton of damage from that HG grenade,
but the retake is going to come around through lane.
Well, time is an important word, a key word, in fact,
in this retake, because there's no kit available
the three remaining players nor any utility is gonna be so difficult to flush out the
T's in time but Doom out, caught inside of the site, they know what the other one is
too, inside of the bomb site, Satsen has to hide in pit and buy time and pull attention,
Orn is so low but he still gets a head shot, and Satsen, that is stylish in the pit, that
has fired him off, the Brazilians break through and win the pistol.
They should be fired up, you notice how important that kill is, that's huge, they actually got
put in a disadvantage on that retake. Everyone kind of looked elsewhere. It didn't look comfortable.
This is how it started.
This hits the dirt like that and you get a little bit worried.
But a gleam take on this double performance and pit.
Two for one trades for Legacy and then Sadson closes it out.
Alright, another good start for Legacy.
What can they do with it on the T side of Inferno?
That's going to pile on the frustration, right?
You never seen game of legend get into map 2, right?
They've never seen them play themselves into Mirage, so you come in, you get the advantage
early here on the pistol, you start to feel like maybe you can climb out of the hole straight
away, and then this happens to you.
Setting up a little bit of a trap.
Art talked about this in the pre-game interview, he's noticed they like a few gimmicky things,
they like to do little tricks, throw those into the mix, and now there's going to be
another one, but he spots it early enough, they can actually call this off.
They have the advantage of weaponry, so Sylda's going to press forward, who cares?
They swatter them all!
Well, that's the confidence that Legacy have right now.
It's okay, right? There's a stack here, we're aware of it.
We do have the better guns, and let's just go in and kill them.
They had no option to go into the archway because they have their own smoke up,
so piloting through that, they don't know if they're going to get caught on the other side.
Two-zero lead for Legacy, game religion getting into the Byrons, now straight away.
No wallpout yet for Hypex, of course, it's just going to be rifles.
First look at how legacy is going to approach the banana portion of this map is going to be really interesting
How aggressive do they want to be in terms of taking it pain yesterday preferred to be a bit more passive at the opening
Sitting far back kind of letting game religion just kind of play a standard setup
After you feel like at some point legacy is going to change that you're going to see that aggression focus on that part of the map for now
With these map 10s, it's up middle and through the smoke
They just gonna come charging through okay, right is that the ready though
Two skills in the sweet, not bad at all.
High-packs over run over well, but the right-force just keeps coming,
player after player, available for Gamer Legion.
And another one there, just not ready for it.
Snacks is out with a big two-row, is good,
in strength of numbers for Gamer Legion to get their first round win.
To read of the situation for Gamer Legion, probably did a little bit of prep.
Legacy's been running things like that for a while now,
and knowing it's a little by, knowing there's still Mac 10s in play,
Gamer Legion was set up to make sure there's no room to operate with.
I think for Legacy though,
I think they're still feeling like that's a win coming out of this round right part of that round is meant to take kills
Keep the money low put it and really tenuous position, which they've accomplished with three frags in the round
So you set it up to be even more punishing if you can win this one
Sats in all the way up towards top middle searching for this pick.
It's a cross five between Rez and Hypex and Hypex taking first contact and also taking
the first kill.
Senses pressure with utility coming towards him.
This does make Rez a lot weaker when he doesn't have his teammate.
He goes too far into the open, extends and allows Sads and that kill in the off.
Yeah, there's a tantalizing crossback.
I think this is some spot of a gun barrel, so he's going to call one in pit, one in the bomb site.
Legacy, although it's covering the off-air, Sads and Lucky to be alive.
Snacks didn't want to commit to the fight.
Yeah, just go for a minute on this clock.
His legacy now around the corner at long.
Smokers down from Moto and Library for the time being.
Lato getting closer to him.
He's spouting back at Hypex, giving the information over how close Legacy really are.
But all that's going to do is make cameo legend feel more suffocated as Lato moves towards the archway
PR tentative and speedway the timing for him to peek out as good
He catches Lato, snacks he's out helping him from library, and snacks takes two headshots
Slopping the bomb and winning the trail for game religion. I think legacy just got caught there with no options
They kind of got trapped on wrap side not wanting to push forward into the smokes
I don't think they had a plan from that point on and just trying to improvise the walk in towards CT spawn
But there's been so much pressure on that part of the map for so long that gamer legion just sets up for it
They're just well prepared for it and legacy do exactly what they expect exactly what they want
Great kill as red slides out for the fight free firing for an offer, but this is just better from PR and snacks
Trap later traps prong sadson gonna save the all for the next rounds
At least getting that luxury to carry that over but
At this point, Gamelige would be happy to actually start getting into the game.
I mean, it's been a while since we've seen that.
And that's then outlasting the kind of early, like that tug of war that they want to...
Oh, okay, hello.
Well done. Congratulations.
But yeah, it's definitely a hotly contested over the first couple of rounds here in Gamelige.
And even in those rounds, it looks touch and go for a bit.
But they come out on top. Like, legacy half that hole put their economy at a weak point.
But with that loss, theirs was as well.
So they're the ones who get broken first really in this round all you have is satsons off the player rounds
And we saw an ancient what happened when game religion had the advantage of a comedy when they had the weapons and utility constantly
Well, I can see couldn't figure out a breakthrough an ancient should be much better gear to do it here on a funnel
Satsons on the 78 HP. I'm sure the only play that can do anything in this round is Satsons
No secret about where it was all paced.
It's going to have to be a slower round too.
It's just the glocks and only two smokes to work with.
They want those smokes eventually for an executive.
Sadzen can help lead them close to a bomb site.
So waiting out the CT utility of the choke points until they get some clear pathing.
PR commits himself on top of the half wall.
Oh, it's a perfect nade. Great damage onto Sadzen.
It's the Flick up, but PR to drop the AWPer with the AK, so Art gets to go with it, but
PR is starting to bottom him.
I'm going to kill this time on this, and he'll retreat back around the half wall.
And you've been waiting this whole round for that smoke at the bottom of Banana to fade.
You lose your AWPer, you lose a second player, and even though it's recovered, another smoke
replenishes the choke point, so not even able to find any good looks with the AWP.
We're talking about all the time. Inferno, the AWP on wheelie except in support of fashion.
So enough of the rifles to create the space for it. This is kind of what you see.
Yeah, just completely stalled out. Trying to get through the fire, wanting to die before the time here.
Final 10 seconds that the launch charge in, wanting extra money to play with in the next round.
And PR will provide them with that. That's a 4k from PR in this round. He's up to 5 and 2.
You do want to see the rifling engine come on line of game religion. We see now in a big way for legacy, right?
We started up Mirage saying all right do not art
We're good on the first map with even spot a loss got to see a little bit more from the others
Especially Lato and we did we got to see that from legacy and we also see them out continue the strong performance
But for game a legion who disappeared on map to you want to see that form return from the likes of Talisman PR and Reds
Well, someone's name we haven't had to say a lot throughout this throughout the series
He wasn't necessarily needed too much on Ancient, the Alt didn't have to have impact, so here on Inferno, when he gets that, I don't know if he can get it rolling, can dictate a lot from the CT side of the map.
Now we're seeing a bit more aggression towards Banana for Legacy to open up these rounds, too. Mal hiding inside the smoke.
Some retake utility to slow this down, change the timing.
DuMile steps through looking for the counter push.
Oh, it's a beautiful swing.
Yeah, DuMile's not going to slow down either.
Once he smells blood, he's going for it all.
High packs though.
He mentioned everything.
Comes out with a big double here and P.R. at the back of the site
because a lot more comfortable knowing that his teammate is
just thinned out the herd like that.
Art is gone.
Satsun and Nissen, the last two remaining members here
of Legacy, and they're held at the door of the people.
here not getting through high-packs is shut them down in this one and Satsen has to march away once again around that legacy
Just don't get into and I think this is this is the rough side of
Legacy style is when you have this kind of momentum base swing
They're super aggressive. They're looking for fights constantly do now gets that kill
And I mean you have the option of just kind of backing out hitting the pause button spreading out across the map and playing the mid-round
But they sense that weakness they sense that kill and say okay. We've just taken one of the defenders away
Let's all continue pushing just get annihilated not expecting that third player of high-packs to be here already
He's swinging out. You can't stop him to malcant react in time and PR still ready and waiting
Honest stylistically in this round and as the timer comes to a close sadden once again will have this off
It's been brought forward in a save about three rounds straight legacy. Just cannot find the winning recipe
For a row for gamer legion
Yeah, look at that money.
It's a wall for game religion.
So much cash being built up.
So even if you win this round,
if you do the hard part,
you pick up around victory,
you're still going to have to deal
with a strong buy in the next round.
So it's an uphill battle for legacy
for the first quarter of this game.
It's not like they have all the weapons
to play with either.
Right, look, they've got Tech 9s at the Eagle,
P250, and that same AWP that's been
unable to get into the game at all.
All right, well, here we go. Shots in! Okay, both offers miss.
Neither one wanting to follow that up with another peach.
Nades around the corner over the half-hold they go, and they do land towards PR.
They'll soften them up a little bit, making more susceptible to being dropped by these pistols.
But PR, he's still carpeting.
He's still balled as he goes in for the fight.
Snacks take it a think off, going down to 9 HP.
No kill, though, for Legacy.
That should be it, I think. I mean, that was the powerful thrust. That was the initial play that Legacy wanted to make.
Now that they don't get any success off of no kills, they haven't opened up any avenues by spreading the defense out.
So, should be a relatively textbook clean finish for Gamer Legion.
I mean they have three smokes left so you can get an execution of some time, but the
lack of flashes should make this quite easy for game agent to hold on to, especially with
a delaying smoke of their own coming in.
You're going to have to go through that, I think.
You just use your own utility.
I think you just have to pop through.
Going to go quietly step into the smoke, drop one on the front of the bomb site, and here
we go.
one smoke left on R to try and close the space down a little bit, but it's still
going to be tough to get onto the site because Russell just spammed down and
says that ballpoint sound comes out and then P.R. moves into the open,
snacks as within, and once again Satsen trying to save the AWP. He does get a
shot this time, and he'll drop all the way down banana, but Towson is there to
try and prevent the save from happening. So Satsen readys himself, Towson
waiting in middle, and Satsen showing a little bit too much, he does get past the
angle.
Well get away as well.
Towson now is his chance and he doesn't want to repeat in anything.
So the offense brought forward yet again and even though it's been here time after time
round after round it hasn't found anything for legacy.
He hasn't given them any chances.
But at least he's still got it.
AK-47's coming out.
Dumau, Nissemin Lotto, Galil on art and utility but now lost five rounds in a row.
And they need somebody, they need something like Dumau. Now also the issue is you're not getting that Dumau performance that you had on the first two maps.
Even in a loss on Ancient, he was really really strong having good impact, finding you kills, laboring at the moment.
They don't have that momentum you mentioned from that first map, right? You said that they were a momentum based team. They definitely had a mirage.
They do not have it at all here on Inferno. Someone has to deliver it. And Dumau all the way towards top of that.
He's got some space to play with already.
Yeah, he's forced a lot of counter utility out, early Molotov to be dropping, Smokes as well coming in, so he's at least chewed up some of the utility at this B bomb site if they want to re-aggress it later.
Last couple times they've come to this site, they've been stalled out and had to execute through Smoke or wait for Smoke to fade, forcing one out early like this might change that fact.
Flash is out there ready to be thrown into this B bomb site.
You got to deal with that PR, Snacks Convert.
It's been so strong.
It's just a molotov that Snacks can deploy to delay things.
And while Flash goes up, will that be effective?
Snacks not peeking out just yet.
Hiding away.
The second Oranges goes into the peek eventually, just the one.
The rotation now arriving, Ryzen, Highpacks getting over to a CT spawn, but they're already in the site.
Fall Planket to be coming through.
A retake required of Gamer Legion with one piece of utility left, a single flashbang.
Yeah, but because of the utility, Legacy could never get comfortable in their positions.
Now, good kill from PR. That's the advance he's now picked up for Gamer Legion.
Sanzin now looking down towards Highpacks, waiting for that overextension of the flash. Effective.
Lotto takes the headshot and Ryzen, Gamer Legion has to get a move on,
but they're losing members every time they step forward.
And so it's really difficult to see how Legacy are going to let this one go.
Lacto with a great headshot down towards CT spawn,
and Hypex committed into church.
There's no falling back from this one.
Nissan's at the ready, and Legacy finally getting themselves another round victory.
Much, much needed, and this one is just...
I mean, they got in before Snaps could even drop the Molotov as well,
starting to get way more aggressive at the B-bombs.
Like, Dumas had a couple of those cheeky kills with the Tech 9,
and then the AK-47 later on where he caught a few players off guard,
I think he's feeling that that's a position he can flex.
And even though he doesn't get kills,
just supplying the pressure still has impact.
But a lovely round from Lotto with the triple kill,
he gets up to four frags total in the first eight rounds of play.
And game religion, even though things have been going pretty good,
five rounds straight, not even losing,
only losing three players during that stretch.
Plenty of money.
Winning that last round for legacy at least keeps the dream of the competitive first half going right it felt like if they lost that
It could have just been a super one-sided half coming in from game of leeching
And we haven't seen that yet in this series both teams have been so comfortable and dominant on their own map picks that we haven't seen
Any kind of back-and-forth affair we haven't had to see these teams kind of deal with the pressure of a map slipping away or a team coming back
Or just a team keeping it close even
Razz, 66 HP, all he's got left here.
He's now trying to backtrack you, we're all in.
Plans a shot, stretch with that smoke.
So it's PR, come on.
Now he's done well to get the opening, and then it's not for free.
He does take damage from the utility.
Yeah, but it's a sketchy play when you're trying to dodge Molotov's and HE grenades.
They're going to hit him to get back.
A little bit of aggression from Razz.
He wants to swing Molotov out.
Okay, defense in, getting harassed, and backing away behind the sandbags.
sandbags aren't still here and Hypex has shifted over as well. The unexpected third player arrives.
Oh, Art in the open. Dead at the hand of Hypex. Now Snacks goes. The Dumao ready even for that.
Down to 30 HP. Finally someone dealing with Dumao, but the bomb's gone towards top mid.
They have to go now. That's everyone except for Taliesin. They know all their locations.
Might be missing the window of opportunity. They needed that kill. Hypex arrives. They turn it into
2-1-2, but Lotto's still here.
Yeah, so Rez, it is.
Last through top mid.
Satsen reads it.
Ready for Rez.
Stepping into the open, a quick shot.
A slight gap through that boiler door,
and Rez taken down.
Legacy, still in this.
Getting into Inferno finally.
Yeah, this T-side building up to a nice place.
I mean, they've got the jump task as well of grinding up
an economy of game religion that just seemed insurmountable.
But finally they forced them to buy everything. All the money they have to spend.
Gamer Legion's gonna be at a breaking point.
If Legacy can win this round, they might just leave this half with a lead.
Oh, it seemed unthinkable that they'd be able to get themselves into this position.
And Legacy arriving at just the right time in this first half.
All that attention towards B for a number of rounds. Now, legacy switches things up.
All five players are here. Four players in game, a legion in position as well. It's about
to be a bloodbath over on this A site. Who's blood will spill first?
Snacks waits in the cubby. Kronik goes in, dropping him down to 46 HP. Utility has made
that Hypex cannot help him out. Snacks is gonna die here. Surely not gonna be able to do much at all
because the grenades are coming for him. It takes a while, but they get rid of Snacks. Hypex avenges him.
But he can't get a multi-kill because he's held back behind utility.
This is awkward from Legacy. A very slow hit. Oh, they could find it. That was a great look for Dumau.
And now Legacy wants to back away to the other side of the map, and they got a hustle before.
Gamer Legion figured it out.
It's a very quiet map from Towson, but that's a very important kill to keep the numbers ahead here for Gavieli, June.
He got the rotation for PR, having to come back to this B site, but will he get there in time to do anything about this?
There's one smoke on missing for the cross.
Flash comes in, it's a desperate attempt to try and slow them down because he realizes he's out of position, now spamming just a little bit too early.
So he's not going to be able to connect to anybody as they move away into the site, and the fire will make things uncomfortable.
Oh my god.
in the open, will PR step in for a goal.
Just misses out on the chance, but now he needs to stay alive.
He needs to play his life because his teammates are rotating over.
Game of the Legion have the player advantage, but they've got no utility for this.
One kick.
Like you see, playing for the tied game.
Satsang, always get a stat bar.
Two towards CT, spot a third from Satsang.
And he stands up because there's so many frustrating rounds for that orb.
Couldn't get into the game, but if there's crucial points towards the end of the first half, it's sad same with a 3-chain.
So patient, bringing that up forward and forward and always getting stalled out. What a good return on your investment.
This game has changed entirely. Legacy now demolishes the economy, takes the money away from Gamer Legion. Why does they tie things up?
Two rounds remaining in this first half.
And Legacy have battled back three rounds in a row.
They have the advantages now. Looking to leave this half with a lead on the scoreboard.
So patient, the double-nade as well. Knowing Snaps was there, not panicking, not trying to swing, not being overly aggressive.
And Sadson just punishes them on the retake.
Yeah, 10-2, he really has started to commit to his own here on the third and final map.
Great to see this from Sadson.
That's it.
For so many rounds, we just felt like he couldn't get involved.
He bided his time, and that all does enter the feed.
All right, stacked to the B bomb site for Gamer Legion
around that bring only pistols.
They're trying to scrape together everything
they can for the final round of the half.
Three in a row so far from legacy.
It's been half of streaks.
And you know, they did a good job.
It's done a good job of hitting both bomb sites.
So, I mean, it's not easy for Gamer Legion
in a round like this to pick which site you want to stack.
Maybe you think it would be great early on because you've had some of that deep
pressure we've seen the aggression pick up as this half is worn on from Legacy.
At the moment on the wrong side of the map. Yeah the Nades starting to come
through as well. The only player here for Game of Legend is Towson with a P250.
So the third time Legacy has run this kind of rap tactic around the A bomb site.
But they're not gonna commit. They're actually gonna wrap through CT spawn.
This is what game religion wants, right? They want you to try to come up with this B site.
They just don't want you coming through CT spawn. The edge of the AK-47s in this wraparound
is going to be really, really strong into the bomb site.
At least you've got the numbers here. Will it be enough? Try to block them, slow them down.
The stack is here on the B site.
Can you bail out? Yeah, you can throw this off.
You can send two Mal forward, but he gets taken down by Ruzz, and now you really have to go back to this A site.
30 seconds left. What can Towson do?
I mean one kill would be something special if you just pick up and find art for some reason smoke is gonna block his vision
So he's buying his time staying patient and maybe they'll expect that all five were at the B bombs
So this like is coming quick though. They need to handle this situation right now while they spotted Towson's head
It wasn't down so the clock just gets rid of him without issue now saddening pit once he buried himself in here
It's gonna be so tough to get him out of there
You all got the ready the right falls in the site and there's just no way you're letting this way go
Okay, Legacy, High Pass also falls short, and it's 6-5.
It is Legacy in the lead of a game.
Yeah, a few stumbling blocks there and that round,
but Legacy works their way around all of them.
And one chance for Legacy to extend this to 7-5.
And Gamer Legion looking to tie things up.
Looking to recover that staunch defense
that had for five, they had for five rounds straight.
Three men start at the B bomb site for gamer Legion.
Hypeback's gonna peek down middle and nobody's swinging wide on his position.
The clash is in Banana and it's Sanzin again.
That great turn for Sanzin.
Snacks dropped a core early on.
Again, this all provided impact, a 13-2 half so far, and it could get even better for Sanzin.
Oh, I think they're just gonna find the timing to go back to the A bomb site, hit an uppercut.
Well, Towson's had a really tough half.
Hasn't been able to deliver the usual impact.
Here he is now, though.
That's too much better from Towson on the line up.
That's unfortunate because Legacy gave up Alder standing at the B-Bombside to come back to join up with that attack.
It goes a little bit early and they have no chance of combining with it.
Three players defending A. One inside of the site in high packs.
Rise at library and in the pit, Towson stands.
Legacy will put some utility in place, smoking out the library, flashed to force Rez back, giving some space for Legacy to play with at the 52nd mark in the round.
A pursuit of 5 rounds in a row here, Legacy.
Oh, they're gonna boost up, but Rez is wrapping around from spot. Oh, that's a good find. That's a really good find, but can Orc get away? He's got the bomb.
Well, Ryze just nips out at the perfect time to make sure the trait comes in.
Art in a tough spot if they can find Hypex, then it's back all over the bomb coast.
And it's got to be Satsun 1v3, 25 seconds.
Satsun dropping Hypex. Smoke up, has to get to the bomb.
He can. He's recovered it.
Satsun's had a stellar half, but this would be a superstar clutch.
Satsun waiting in the site.
Not going to go for it straight away. He fakes it, he pulls them into the open.
No way, Satsun.
Seven seconds.
Comes for the commitment.
Saps in, off it is!
To the right, by P.O. Wands the head shot.
An extra round, grabbed by Gamerley, can run at the end.
A tie half here in Inferno.
It's still up for Grapp, for both teams, heading to the Grand Final.
Both these teams with surprising runs into the playoffs into the semi-finals here at
the Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta and both of those runs could just fall by the wayside
with a loss here.
Impressive from both these teams popping off here at Atlanta but one final half of
Counter strike one of these teams goes to the grand final one of these two teams goes home neither of them wants to be that guy
So let's get it on inferno this last half to decide our first grand finalists and legacy has switched over to the defects
Almost a decade ago snacks got into the grand final in Atlanta
He's looking to do it again this time calling his way to it
Game religion now on the T side and going quite quickly up through the middle all the way to the archway wrapping around long
Long, Satsen detecting them early on.
Can he connect any shots though?
That's the different question.
And he hasn't been able to do anything just yet
until now.
Headshot land, Dumau getting involved this wall.
But eventually Gamer Legion will overwhelm the site
and the bomb will be planted.
They're really strong positions as well.
Hypex has just got up in the halls,
PR over in the pit at the broken wall,
and snacks inside the bomb site.
Really hard to clear up all three of these positions.
But it's Dumau and Lato.
It's the duo, the pairing on legacy,
that they lean on to bring them through these moments.
Stepping in.
Chulparod is not finding their target yet.
She has to look how close Dumau is getting to the pit.
P.O.R. there's a surprise.
Dumau's right in front of him.
Now moving in, Lato's got the head shot,
all of a sudden it's Hypex having to win it here
for David Lee Chit that defuses happening.
Hypex has got to get to it, it's not planted for it
and the pistol's out, goes down and just about.
Oh, it's done! They got it! They go off!
And Hypex won't go down, so there we go.
The ball blasts off.
Arell picked up the pistol, won, and Game of Legion in the last second.
That was so close through the hot swap.
As he runs out of bullets with the Glock, what great finds from Dumal and Lotto.
This running out of bullets, one left, swaps out to the USP
and manages to find it right at the end.
Yeah, just a relief on his face as he leaves back in that chair.
being able to pick up that clutch last second because that suddenly became
around that legacy had no shot at winning and then they were on the
defuse of getting all the essential kills. He had that last second clutch
yesterday as well in the quarterfinal he's just been clutching hell on these
playoffs. Right out of the wire as well. Incredible stuff from highpacks again.
Alright investment in the second round though for legacy so they're not done
fighting they don't want to just relinquish the momentum and control
early on. When I wrestle that back, I'm now trying to pop off his chest with
retake mana utility. They're showing that smoke as if they want to play behind it,
trying to keep them away from the B-POMP site as long as possible. Funnel them
towards the stack.
Yeah, frustrating for legacy to come so close to that.
No one's shifting yet and no one making a move.
Now they realize as Dumao goes down, the bomb set is compromised.
Oh no, not a trade.
What a spin from Rez.
Lack of head armor undoing art and now we just walk into the B-Bomb site.
Yeah, Lato trying to do something about it with a 5-7, but it's not going to be enough to do anything worth talking about.
Spam back, damage done towards Lato.
Yeah, and if you're legacy, you just save these pistols and armor, the MP9 on Sadzen, and you just call it.
Look at Sadzen, he's 17 at 4 on this third and deciding map.
Unfortunately for him, this is the map where Doomow has been a little bit more quiet, a little bit more contained.
Nobody else in double digits for the Lucky's legacy side
So they regain the lead legacy right at the end of the first half aren't able to extend it and
Game religion grab it right back a couple rounds later in the pistol
Eight to six
I can't understand what they're looking for here, game allusion.
I guess they're going to have some belief in themselves, obviously, with the way they
were able to come back in that first half.
It's like you had to give a second swipe with a hand as well.
It's like you could stop at the edge of the mousepad.
Here we go, round 15.
Mp9 and Mk10 on the rest and 5-7 is coming out.
So, you know, there's definitely a chance in this round for legacy to be disruptive,
or game you're leeching, very likely they head up to 9-6.
These are the kind of buys that get Art in some hot water on the outside, criticizing, you know,
you can make the argument that buying here while the rest of your team has some money built up,
you're going to be missing a weapon in the next round, and is it really worth it to spend the cash?
What next round is the bigger priority?
Let's see if we can do it on the main side.
We go to the jump shot, Taliesin ready for that kind of play,
so let us the head shot no issue against Art
and they'll drop back here, like you see with the player deficit.
Yeah, not worth it.
We figured that one out quick.
And still no slide to the B bomb site going to trust in the utility of Dumau
to hold these guys back as long as possible.
Now we're starting to see it on that final smoke.
All the pressure behind it that Dumau senses
Miss Amato and Sadsen are rotating over.
Game Religion at the moment feels pretty committed,
but there's 50 seconds on the clock.
They don't have to move forward.
And Game Religion will stick to this,
so it's gonna be a clash.
Four defenders, five attackers with advantage
of weaponry and utility.
Yeah.
But surprises on the side of legacy.
Exactly, a chance for legacy to win a round here.
This could be a difficult round.
Snacks going in with a Mactan, time's starting to become very limited.
It's getting spammed out through CT and the site, even numbers.
But in the end, Game of Legends finding the important frags.
10 seconds left and the cover of the fountain will make sure that ballpoint comes in.
Lato now steps into an impossible 1v3.
They know where he is, just behind the coffin.
So it's PR to attack him with a headshot.
And another round collected here, four game in a lead,
two nine to six into the lead.
We'll see legacy start to bring together that by.
So, Sadson's going to get you all up out.
The damage to arts economy, you can see that.
He's going to have to play with an MP9,
but the rest of the players will get the rifles they're looking for,
and plenty of utility here for legacy.
I'm glad that we see legacy kind of forcing and prioritizing
Sadson getting that all thought because, I mean, let's be real,
you lose this one.
You don't really have a whole lot of opportunities
to get back into the map.
So, very important gun round for legacy.
Sazen's AWP is going to be at the A bomb site, joined up by Nissemin Art and Defense, Jumao and Lato to defend the B bomb site.
Alright, so Gamelidge is going to get a couple of players into the bedroom.
Bro, he's hopping up there with PR.
And Jumao wasting no time being aggressive on the CT side. Sazen misses the timing because get away!
They're a great flashbang to get Satsun off the angle, giving some space on over here for Gamelige.
It was a one for one as Nism does walk to get at least one pick, but look at this.
High-packs, filter it through the backlights, or if not ready, uncomfortable, it goes down.
You need Satsun and Grinch shot! Fantastic flick up on the balcony.
How much could you ask of him though?
You have to ask everything, and you just can't deliver that.
So Tau-Sun with a follow-up headshot, Gamelige in again with the advantage, and this time they're in the A-bomb site.
Yeah, it's I mean you see the op and the op is the problem but instead of attacking it directly
A gamer legion is able to find the kills of all of his supporting elements all of the teammates that are meant to keep him safe
And keep some space between him and the rifles they go down and there's nothing for him to do a
10th round for gamer legion
Marching towards those grand finals
Yeah, I'm not counting legacy out just yet just for the way that they were able to flip it in that first half
I look like they were down and out through the starting of that game
We had five rounds in a row picked up from game religion in that first half and then let you seek all the strength of the road
To become competitive again. We're gonna have to try to dig deep and find that resolve once more
And I mean the issue is you just don't have you're in a position where you won't have the resources
You'd want to get this started these two M4s are nice to have I
Think we'll see a time out of the legacy to talk over the money because that's probably the biggest issue
That's probably the biggest obstacle they have if they want to keep fighting back first time out called by legacy
So plenty to burn if they can make this comeback happen if they can get it started
But you're right on the edge and if you can force a buy out here with some dropped weapons over and
Legacy is just gonna go for it six to ten
They will not have the AWP but they've got four M4s in the MP9 on art
If you're Gamer Legion, you're loving this at the moment because you've got your whole
team firing all cylinders, res delivering for you, Towson as well, Hypex and PR, Snacks
as the caller has done a phenomenal job in this second half.
Yet to lose a round, four straight to open it up.
So Gamer Legion is here and three rounds away from the Grand Finals.
Yeah, we know they're strikes on the T side of Inferno, and there's some great set pieces
here as well. It's going to be so tough for Legacy, but see if they can find it in them.
Good damage here towards Highpacks. 25 HP left on the AWP. And the round has just started.
I'm going to tell us a new banana. I don't see anything else. Not seeing any further
utility or any challenges coming in from Legacy, which is quite often the style that we see
from them once they get going on the CT side, right? We'll see if you now get aggressive. We'll see
them really challenged, but they don't really have that luxury at the moment to play their usual
style. You also have the weight of the moment on your shoulders, and no one wants to be that guy
who makes a silly play through smoke to die when you're down by four on the verge of being eliminated
from the semifinals. Obviously in this round specifically, they've got one player on the
B-ball, so that's Dumal alone, which is freeing up the four remaining defenders to play in towards
the A-bombs side, hoping Gamerlutian come to A, and that's exactly what's happening right now.
You've got this crossfire.
Sands in with two teammates on the opposite side, but it doesn't matter.
Game religion coming through, charges through middle, and they've got the three first kills.
This impact, deliver anything.
And the stack of the A-bomb site is gone.
Game religion in, 11 rounds to six, and surely a huge step closer to that grand final.
And you had everything there.
That's the exact fight you wanted, the exact rounds you wanted, if you're legacy.
And that's got to be a terrible feeling, a sinking feeling in your gut.
That even when you have everything you want, you still can't win a round.
And Towson eliminates two Mal to take everything away.
Oh, there's no money as well here for legacy.
They don't have the resources to compete against game religion right now.
I think they're going to buy. I think they're going to go for it once again.
They have two more timeouts if they want to use them, just perfectly played.
Satsun spotted out by Res Molotov to force him into the open, make it a clean shot, and there's no way Nissan's recovering gap.
Well they have invested not everything, they've left somebody over but not a great amount.
They've got the AWP after Satsun, a Max 7 for our MP9, 5-7, and one single M4 here for Legacy.
It's been a great event from them, but this might be the end of it.
Game of Legion in search of series points.
Nismans adds an aggressive in a holes on the defense just peering down deep
Nism can have a fast like all the attention at the moment towards banana
double made on the position of snacks so an advantage found and with a bit more
presence deep down banana from legacy game religion might be forced to
address to the A-bomb site.
Taking the time moving through top mid. This time a lot less resistance than in the previous round for game
Malaysian to deal with. They've got Lado now stepping out of the archway taking damage down to 19
and he'll fall away behind smoke cover.
The aggression for R jumping around the corner you need to train and do mouse got it
Okay, well here's Lotto waiting for this play through smoke PR is gonna give it to him easy kill with the 5-7
Yeah, they've been whittled down
Real miss shot from sadson, but he recovers the situation now. It's right
Miss shots going past him
As the grenade on in
Well, we've been talking a lot about rice haven't we about how
Oh, this would be a big moment for him to prove it, to take that step to series point.
Rez looking for the clutch.
They're coming at him, but Rez, that first head shot, so good.
It's now just two now, and Rez back in America, playing the best counter strike he can,
and Rez has taken game religion to a map point in the semifinals.
That is the kind of clutch that makes you believe that it's over.
Best start to the year Rez has had in his long long career and still delivering now that we're in the playoffs.
So comfortable looking for the confidence he is just jumping into the fight not slowing down whatsoever.
Once he gets back please that shot out long and he has all the time to compose himself for that final kill against Dumau.
There's never a doubt Rez is going to go off to win that one.
It's all gone wrong for legacy here in this second half
Their defense has not been able to stop anything
They shall move back to the first map in this series where gamer Legion just picked them apart piece by piece
and
One final desperate switch
Legacy's defense the double-up setup coming out art with one sadson with the other
trying desperately to find that spark to reignite him.
He needs to be perfect just to force overtime.
Satsang, dead first.
Snacks with the opening kill.
One step towards victory.
One step towards the grand final.
Two-mile dead in smoke.
Against Legacy, it is the Legacy players of Gamer Legion finding the impact to open up this final round.
Res and Snacks into a 5v3.
And they've got all the time in the world.
Legacy is going to have to get aggressive at some point to figure out what's going on in the map.
Nissen doing everything he can to find something.
Art just lies in wait.
He goes into the open, he's going aggressive,
living and dying by the sword.
Art going for the aggressive play that he hopes can pull it back.
But it won't, he'll make it alive.
A-Telson have delivered and it's just Nissen left.
Snacks on low HP, just about getting away from that grenade,
but it doesn't matter.
Game of League, Jinko through the formalities.
But they know, they know they're in the Grand Finals of the Intox-Tree Masters Atlanta.
Almost a decade on from Snacks playing in the major final in Atlanta.
He will be there again.
first Grand Final of this quality as tiered Grand Final all year long.
Everything is worked out, bringing snacks back.
Hypex has stepped up for this team and they look scary in it in the Grand Finals.
It's been a great run in the USA.
First in Texas, that's where they first surprised us out in Fort Worth.
They've kept that momentum up.
They came in with a positive attitude, new confidence found for their offer.
A spot they couldn't fill for a long time, but Hypex has been clutched.
He's won them so many important rounds in the playoffs so far, and now they go all the way
It looks even more confident than they did yesterday in the quarterfinals
That team is building up into a new strength
Harg's on the legacy side
You can see it doesn't look like they're too broken down 2-4 Morn
A tough loss to take
Stylistically speaking, but it seems like they're going to be content and happy with the progress and the danger that they've shown here
And now it's about finding ways to activate that more and more as the major looms around the corner
I think coming into 2026 we started to forget about game religion
We were positive about them last year and 2025 especially at the start of the year
But they fizzled out with results dropping off
But they've come to the US and they've come to Atlanta and they have reminded us why we should get excited about the future of these
Young players there's so much rightful in talent and now they've got an experienced in game leader
Who is leading them all the way to a grand final of an ST event and how much experience he's got he's gonna be so good
It's so strong, DiMala.
I take my words back.
A little bit broken up.
The nature of that loss had a very quiet third map
after the first two, so dominant.
Another chance that he slips out of his fingers
to lift the trophy.
For Game of Leisure at Grand Final,
we'll see who their opponent will be in a little bit later on.
But for now, it's time to celebrate.
They're down on the stage after the win.
Back and forth across ancient mirage,
non-starter for Game of Leisure.
We can't lie.
That wasn't there.
Stressful map 3 of Inferno, no doubt.
Let's talk about that second pistol.
How stressful?
Very fucking stressful, bro.
Are you crazy, man?
Come on.
Yeah, I am a little crazy.
Sazen's on a tear.
How did you guys respond?
You obviously had to come together to make this work,
so talk to me about how it went in the server.
Yeah, I was a bit worried, like, when
we hit the T side of Federal, because normally our CT side
is stronger, but we managed to close it pretty perfectly.
This, I think, is fair to say is a gamer-legion crowd today.
Would you agree I will fucking agree I love you Atlanta
You've got snacks you've got res
You've got the game religion that's quote-unquote firing on all cylinders as people like to say
Is there anything you want to say before we get you out of here? I just love you guys you amazing
Thank you very much. Oh, yeah one last thing bedroom or not. I don't care
All right, fair enough. Hey, let me go ahead and let me get you to sign right here, but
Game religion with their eyes on the prizes
They are the first team to be locked and loaded into the grand finals and they will help that on getting there as quickly as possible
On that two-side of inferno
We do indeed have one of the heroes of one of the last rounds. It's Reds joining us here up on the desk
Congratulations, tell me what's going through your head right now. Thank you. I
Can't remember last time I was in a grand final. I guess it's a great feeling also happy
Yeah, you had a I mean you have really big impact players on your team
You know you have a PR that can lock down bombsites tiles it as well
Hipex has been the best player until maybe this game actually struggled to get off the ground
Do you think that there's like a responsibility from you and snacks to step in those moments because you frequently do when they have their struggles?
Hmm, I didn't feel that animal struggle to balance this game or this event at all
I can feel like everyone has been stepping up and in every match we play
I feel like everyone has their moments like maybe Milan has some rough game
But I still feel like he had a lot of impact in the rounds like you can as long as you contribute in
Like in the team playing all this it's that's matters, right?
I think he really did that.
I think for Gamer Legion last year, when you guys made playoffs or had some good runs,
things would maybe fall apart a little bit.
There were some mistakes.
It felt like you guys were losing games more than the teams were beating you.
It looks a lot different now.
You look way better in the mid-round.
You look more composed, better organized.
What is it that's changed this year with the addition of snacks that's causing this?
Honestly, I think it's the experience that we've got so far.
I think going this deep into tournaments has given all of us more experience,
like Hypex and PR, like they're getting more time on stage in all this,
and I think it's really important when we go up against good tier 1 teams,
and I think everyone is starting to be able to control their emotions more now,
and I think it shows in the game that we're more disciplined than before,
like when we're starting to choke a lot on stages,
I feel like we have a composure now and we understand what we need to do in crucial moments.
But yeah, of course, I think Snack's a big factor to all this.
He brings a lot of calmness and experience, of course, and he helps us keep in check at all moments.
Just as you know, can you talk to me about the season as a whole?
Because you guys, I mean, start of the year are playing frag Miami.
There's a lot of smaller LAN events we're attending and you're not always beating the teams that feel like
like they should be beneath you in the rankings. Was there a fear making it to the tier one
events again or making it to Cologne for you guys because of the travel schedule you had
to go through?
Yeah, honestly, we are exhausted. We need a long break after this and then we have the
major of course. But yeah, like when Snags joined us, we won like Park and Wright. That's
the reason we got and that gave us a lot of confidence of course. And yeah, I mean, I
I think in recent games, we only lose to Na'Vi and Vitality and those guys, right?
And obviously that boom back in rivals as well, like those are the teams that we are struggling against,
and I think it's fair to say that, I mean, we're not really there yet to beat those teams,
like we're still lacking a lot of experience, and like the overall identity of game religion,
like full gameplay, like team structure and all.
So I think going to like the Vitality level and Na'Vi level, it's going to take time, of course.
more time together and like that's why this is so important for us because it's going to help us a lot to
get to that goal faster I think. We're not going to talk about Mirage but on the maps that you did
end up winning right you had really good t-sides and it seemed like you were just very well prepared
for the aggression and the moves that legacy likes to do on the ct side was that the case from your
period? On Mirage? No on ancient and infernal. I mean that's the main topic maybe it was in the
prep against them like these are the guys that they're gonna push the smokes when
you least expect it they're gonna just swing you or like be behind you and
never like anytime on the map but we were expecting that and I think that's
why we lost Mirage as well I think we struggled really hard to like get
control of the map and like figuring out what they are and where they are because
I feel like that is a map where they can really like take advantage of this
place but yeah going into your farm I think it was much easier like if I think
I think it's an easier map to like shut down this place and like it's very much, yeah.
That's why I think we've gone so easy, boss.
I mean you were making things look incredibly easy.
I think we should dive into your clutch at the tail end of the inferno.
We'll get up on the screen and you can kind of walk us through this because this was a,
this is just sublime from you.
How are you making these, how are you making these reads?
I mean, I didn't hear them too long.
That was my team is calling it out.
I used to make some career, like I wanted to create some chaos with my smoke so they can have to figure out where I am.
So I can isolate that one-on-one duo.
And the last clutch, like I know this position is really hard for CTs to like...
PQ on, because you have the headshot angle, you have left side swing, right side swing,
and they have to just like walk up and PQ, and it's really, really hard for CTs.
So I just did a full surprise middle, used a bit of wide swing, and I think it's kind of a free kill from there.
It worked beautifully. Final question from my side.
Towson said he doesn't care if it's Nabi or Betvin, Samore.
Do you have a preference if you'd like to face?
You said both these teams have beat you recently anybody you want to get revenge on I want to go on channeling the most
I think we've been we've been close to beating them and I think this is time we can do it
Lovely stuff for us. Congratulations. We'll let you get anywhere and get the preparations underway for that grand final tomorrow
Thank you. Congratulations once again. You can maybe head to on the desk
Anywhere beautiful stuff coming out from game allegiance amending themselves in that grand final as Rick said
In a while since we've seen them in a grand final as well
Well, I'm so excited no matter which opponent they're going to be facing because they've been putting up some stellar counter strike
I mean you just talked about it right working on those two sides making sure it's more cohesive
And we so saw that at the tail end of it for no
Yeah, like we said the eye test is there for gamer legion right and it's not gimmicky. It's not cheesy
It's not all we have all these like fast rounds and if we do that it's great
And we have this one-dimensional style like they were great at the more slow measured approach on T side too
I mean they really controlled T side on both the ancient and inferno especially
like punishing as we're pointed out some of those moves that Legacy likes to do
being able to close out rounds and you can tell that the players are just a
bit more confident at the state of the tournament.
Yeah there's a tactical versatility to them you know there was a time where they
were just seen as the anti-strat team. When you looked at the the previous
version with Ash it felt like there was a lot of restrictions on the squad to
some of those individual plays and right now I feel like those players are flourishing under that a
little bit of extra freedom. They're not, they're still on a leash I think in a few of those moments
you know but snacks is trying to play a kind of a hybridized style between what we see sometimes
from legacy for example but then also what we used to see from old game religion. And I guess that's
where you put the shoe on the other foot if you're looking at legacy and going okay game
lesion come up with an amazing game plan to count your CT side and you don't really have any more
answers to give to you, right? That's what you were a little bit worried about coming
on to this when you're not exactly playing your best map, you don't have tons of things
to be working with, kind of showed the legacy. Yeah, the moment still lacking some depth,
right? Obviously Mirage was great and then they were able to dominate, but on Inferno,
on Ancient, in some of these moments, you're relying a bit too much on individual plays,
right? And you're guys stepping up and delivering hero moments or clutches, right? You just
need to have some more layers to your game, right? Like put your players in more advantageous
positions where they don't need to always sort of claw for these rounds and also just
try to develop a little bit more on the CT side, like figure out how to play when you're
not mega aggressive or mega gambling with some set ups, right? Because you could tell
how easy it was for game religion to deal with them in this series.
And you had Art as such an engine from the group stage to the start of the series really,
for him to actually peter out towards this inferno.
It showed that there were limitations
in the amount of options that they could pull together.
They couldn't find clean opening advantages.
They were walking or running through smokes actually
and just getting chewed up when they went for attacks.
So yeah, no, there's definitely room to grow
for this legacy, but I also think
if they got a home crowd advantage,
this is the type of squad that do feel like
they would ride with that energy.
You know, when they're in the group stage,
they hear Doomow screaming his lungs out every single round.
You don't get to hear that quite as much, it doesn't have the same effect when there's an audience also cheering against you.
Well, speaking of the individuals, it is indeed time to check in with our DHL MVP.
Who will be the DHL MVP?
You decide.
You can participate in the DHL MVP vote as it happens.
Make sure to be tuned into the Twitch stream and be ready to have your say.
Yes, indeed, it is time to be having your say over in the Twitch chat, because you get
to decide who potentially may be taking home the DHL MVP at the end of the tournament.
From this particular series though, Taosan definitely a name on the radio anchor.
Oh, for sure. He had a lot of moments at different times. It felt like a true team effort from
game allusion on this one right this one v3 on the first map absolutely monumental right to deny
that the early advantage for the side of legacy has been really rock solid for game allusion
over the course of the last year or so yeah i mean it's a pretty well i guess recorded sentiment
as well that a lot of people would have rated the move initially but he's flourished under the
sort of versatility that he offers up shuts down bomb sites and also clutches out rounds
the man that we just had up on the desk, Rez, is your second option for your DHL MVP vote.
I think, after seeing that beautiful clutch coming up, he might just have my vote, Yumi.
He loves America, clearly.
He does.
Whether or not we're referencing the legendary Oakland or not, he seems to really ride the momentum.
And he even, I mean, he very plainly breaks down the way he wins a clutch like this, but
he comes up with some of the most important rounds for game evolution when it comes to these
later and later playoff games. Yeah, and especially on a map like Inferno, he's had a lot of impact
for them yesterday, today as well, and one of the main reasons why Game Religion is doing better,
like you guys pointed out, they have an offer, can play, right? Like they haven't had that for years
at this point, and Hypex did some work on the rifle as well, and had a quiet series, honestly,
up until Inferno, but picked a great time to step back up and deliver a good game. Oh yeah,
Yeah, I mean the clutch on the pistol round as well in the second half was really no bird
He did get there in the end. So I mean it's good for him
I mean he's been coming up with so many clutches for this team just throughout this entire tournament
Hey in the one time the Emile Luton had a good start. It was the final half of the series
They waited they waited and then they bounced and then they literally won every single round after that
So all they got to do is just win the pistol and convert Yanko. That is the key
So they're moving forwards, though. Obviously, Ryze was saying about it.
Navi, Betbun, a lot of history between both of these teams.
I mean, I think it's fair to say that they've probably done a bit more of a chance versus Betbun.
That might be a bit more of an even affair, but I'd be really excited to see them tested,
even just in terms of the map versus Navi as well. That would be a really interesting one.
Yeah, and also, Ryze was talking about getting experience on stage and playing against tier
one teams. Grand Final is sort of the next level, right? Like, when it comes to that,
it's a different sort of playground and obviously Nabi is a team that has a
lot more experience than them at that stage but it will be a great test and
they would be an absolute underdog no pressure on them which is a great
position to be in and whether they've been or lose I think it will definitely
it will be a great learning experience for the future. I just want to see if they
can play spoiler to Nabi that our favorites pegged to win this
tournament. If they can beat Vitality, if they can beat one of the demons in the
closet, lifting a trophy where that is such a massive flex with that vitality was in attendance.
If there is any disruption in the storyline, I mean, the game of Legion 13.1 on Ancient,
if they can get anything close to that, I mean, that's definitely a level up that they're
looking for.
So that would be quite something on this very stage, while with game of Legion being the
likes of Legacy, that does mean the end of the road for the Brazilians here in Atlanta.
So let's get a few closing thoughts courtesy of Dumau.
Tumal here with me after the loss. Obviously I love doing interviews with you, but not
after a loss like this. Can you share a little bit what happened on the server today?
Today I think we have to work more on ancients. It's bad when you have a bad start like this.
I think in an arena it takes a bit of your momentum. But after we just lost, guys, never
mind, we've got the experience now, we can just go and have fun. We did a good map but I think
when it comes to iron it's always the tales, it's always about a queue and a trading and going
forward some bad decisions can affect all the team and I think we just have to work on that and
economy, it's not the economy you know, in those moments the economy makes you worse but yeah
I think that's it but it's not that complicated for us I think. It seems like from the vibe I'm
I'm getting is that you're not putting too much, you know, like thoughts on the loss
because obviously you're not out of the tournament, you're out of the contention for the trophy
but you still have a third place decider tomorrow, so does this change the mentality within the team
that you have to not actually think about the loss but refocus for the next game, which is tomorrow?
Yes, I think that's the most important because we have more tournaments, we have a game tomorrow,
even losing and it's a great opportunity to play for the people and get experience for major
and maybe CEC now, and I think we just have to keep improving and not head down because
of the loss, because it's a true one, it's not that hard, you know.
And I mean, size M-real, when I talk to you, it's very better now, it's all there.
I actually remember when we spoke after your I-M-real exit, you told me that you have so
much more potential and you don't know how to unlock it.
Is this the event where this was legacy much closer to the A-game that you know from the
practice, for example?
Yeah, but I think there is more room yet for a game.
I don't think we are rich.
We read sometimes, then we go down to see a game,
and we're not reaching to the game.
I think because of the emotions, sometimes we go too aggressive,
and we lose focus and momentum,
but I think since we had the conversations after losing our winning,
we can receive this information and do better after, you know?
So I think that it's just about time.
There's nothing to do.
Thank you for all the answers and save that A game for tomorrow, okay?
Thank you.
Yeah, lots of insight coming out from Gmail. I would echo that sentiment of a definite improvement post
IEM Rio, but perhaps not the A game of legacy reach just yet. Yeah, that's always the key for some of these lower tier teams, right?
Like finding the consistency, like how can you raise your floor, right?
So you're more consistent and then hopefully pop off here and there, right? To have some of these deep rounds.
And sometimes all it takes is one tournament where a player has a good pop off, you know?
It's not too long ago Nyssen looked like the worst player on this team and then started to grow into his own sort of clutch player in some respects
You know, he has individual rounds and when they won CACs
He was the MVP by far and just how much impact he provided, but it does take a bit of a ramping up
It's clear that confidence in the massive thing for these guys
And it's good to see that at least in that interview
Dumail seems to be taking it in stride and noting that improvement
And so it's not a deterrent as such and the third place decided it will call a lot of weight
For these teams, obviously the points are still hugely important, getting another win under their belt,
whether that's going to be a bad one or hopefully not a Na'Vi, because that would be a tougher not to crack,
but you have to be able to just refocus, because unlike other teams who would be super disappointed by not being in the final,
for them it's still an important game that they need to try and win.
to try and win.
And I'm glad that he's saying that they want to get as much on stage experience as possible
because obviously that third, fourth, 30th side of tomorrow, you mentioned CAC as another
iteration of that coming up, then they begin at stage two of the major.
If they make it to stage two, there'll be more stage experience there.
So they've got a lot coming up considering the major starts in a couple of weeks.
I hope they're not going to meet you fatigue coming into it.
Yeah, but there's a debate around this at the moment because what is legacy ceiling
of the major?
Right?
Realistically say stage 3 like anything about that would be a huge surprise. There's a chance they don't make it into stage
Street so long term for legacy as a team like CAC is important like to go to and to have a deep run like they can accrue a
Lot of points there as well. So they're now in the invite bubble for next season, right?
There's this tournament that will see which teams decide to attend in China is doing the player great, right?
But that that's also like something that can determine. So yeah, we'll
So would it be better if they could just rest and then have a long bootcamp and go into
the major?
Sure.
But even with that, what would their result be?
Exactly.
What do they actually need?
They're probably benefiting more from going to CAC, playing that as well, hopefully having
a good run.
And then at the major, you know, who knows?
I was just taking a look at the bracket.
They've got NRG, as their first opponent at CAC.
That's doable.
Then probably Maus and that's Tyloo make a crazy upset.
It does seem like liable for them to make a dent in that tournament.
I will say just in general, the stage one teams do feel like quite a few of them are
actually ramping up towards that major in a way that I probably wouldn't have expected.
You know, there are some teams that probably sit on the bottom end of that table that you
just think, you know, maybe a month ago, there's a good way that they could have just been
winning tier three lands and that's about all that we could really talk about, but we
are seeing a bit of development across the circuit, whether that's either here or, uh,
that they can be. Failed by so
many of these teams beneath
them as well. So yeah, there
there's it's going to be
stressful on their calendar,
but they're not the only ones
it's quite a few teams that are
also trying to just get extra
reps in out of the main on the
other side game. Allegiant. They
won't be falling to the likes
of legacy and will indeed be
locking in a spot in that
best of five Grand Final, but
I think it's time we find them
and opponents coming up next.
It's going to be Navi taken on
coming up next it's going to be
Navi taking on Betboom. A lot of history between a couple of the players on each
respects in roster. It's going to be going down after this.
Hey Flamos, can I catch you for a word?
What's up, man? You are in the first big playoffs like this, but it's special for you because
this is the first time with the audience, actually, right? It happens as a standing,
kind of crazy timeline for you.
Yes, I mean, completely agree. I'm happy that this is happening, that I got a chance to
play in front of the crowd, and I hope the game is going to be amazing.
This is a little bit special tournament for you because you're trying to show yourself.
You mentioned this. This is your big test before the transfer window, which you're hopefully
they couldn't get to some different team.
So there's this line between team play and individual play.
Are you happy with where you're currently standing
with the current form?
I mean, you always can be better, but yeah,
I wouldn't say I'm sad about my form.
I was playing not the best CS on this tournament
in terms of team play and my individual form,
so all good, yeah.
Any preference if it will be the next endeavor?
English speaking team, Russian speaking team, any preference?
I have no idea to be honest, I don't care, I just wanted to be a good team.
That makes complete sense, I'm just poking fun at you.
I have one last question, which is when you were watching the game between Vitality and Navi yesterday,
what was going on in your head when you were watching it?
Everyone was talking about it, did you secretly cheer for one team that you maybe want to play against someone?
I didn't care at all, and I still do not.
This is perfect mindset actually.
I mean, it doesn't matter who you want to play, it's just our work to play the game.
If we play good, we can win both teams, if we play bad, we can lose to both teams, so it doesn't matter, to be honest.
And, I mean, maybe it's just better in a way that it's just like more interesting to play, not against Vitality again,
it's just we play against Vitality, now we'll play against Na'Vi, it's just like more experience, more fun to play, yep.
I'm really feeling the energy coming out of here.
We're excited to play this semi-final and I wish you good luck.
Deco, let's do what happens!
Got a mixer!
We are back!
Come on, come on!
Look, Alex, I've reviewed your department financials.
It's a disaster.
I'm sending someone to conduct an in-person audit.
Dora-ha-ha-ha!
Meltdown!
Alex! I'm here for the company audit. I want to see it.
What is that thing?
She's part of the team. The employee of the month.
Your department is operating at a massive deficit.
His fears? Or is she?
And what exactly is all the fans?
I want myself ready.
I'm sorry, Alex. Head office has instructed the immediate closure of the division.
You've got to be kidding me!
Defeat our junk!
Our livelihood is on the line!
Hey, what are you doing?
You want me to bust the case?
Is that a case?
No!
I should have closed the case years ago.
So usually like the first thing that I do is I go to like FPS mode just because I like
those defaults I do reset all and then sometimes with these bars you can overclock them so
anytime I can overclock them I overclock them.
Okay what benefit are you getting out of that excuse my ignorant questions?
It's just a little bit smoother. So even if it's like I feel like you should always want to play like the max hurts or doesn't feel as good
Okay, I don't know like the details, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is
For black equalizer I do 12
Color vibrance I do 8 because also everything is so colorful these days. Little blue light to 10. This is for eye health
Just feels nicer
Brightness I do like 65. Yeah, sometimes I mess with these aided settings just because like this is how you can like change the
Yeah, because sometimes you actually
There's like a bug in CS where they'll like the stretching is like off
So you have to like change this and this can sometimes like fix it
Where you like underclock it? Okay, but you shouldn't actually do that if you're not having that issue
It's just like a specific issue. I like you have to you have to fix. What about dyakin stuff?
I guess it's just whatever the default is on here. So it is on. I don't know if it's pre
Yeah, so I have it on premium.
Okay.
I think that this feels good to me.
Yeah.
I never kind of mess with these because I think the FPS settings are perfect as they are.
Oh, okay.
So yeah, that's pretty much it for the review.
Cool.
Yeah, so I actually changed a lot.
So always restore defaults just so you have everything normal.
And then I always put the slider to performance.
And I've actually learned about some new settings here.
I have locked in.
For ambient inclusion, you can do performance.
So you probably should try to find all these things
that you can do performance on.
And sometimes I even forget exactly which they are.
Yeah, so this one is in it.
For this CUDA thing, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be
preferred no system fallback, and someone way smarter
than me told me about what this does.
So I just fall, I'm just like, okay, sounds good to me.
Yeah, so you don't change that.
OpenGL, so this is another thing you can put
preferred performance on.
And then for this, I mean, it's gonna be just
graphics card, doesn't really matter.
Power management mode, prefer max performance.
This also doesn't matter,
but I just like to put it there anyway.
Sheer to cache size, you do unlimited.
And again, a way smarter guy told me to do this.
So that's what I'm doing.
Okay.
High performance, again here for this texture filter
in quality, and I believe, yeah, that is it.
I think they're, no, none of these other ones matter.
So, and then here, I mean, actually on LAN,
I'll put my actual resolution on the desktop, but at home I don't it looks a bit nicer when you leave it native
Yeah, it does and I hear digital vibrance. I usually do around 65 to 70
Because I mean, I don't really like when it's super super vibrance and then perform scaling on GPU
And that is it. Okay, nice
One thing you would change now in CS 2 one thing
Mechanical or any you can change you can remove Mindo from Mirage
I would remove or pass okay
Like forever. Yeah, okay
Dream I would remove you from it's not just about the map you can remove whatever you can move me
No, no.
I can just play towards the end.
No, I'm joking.
I would remove maybe...
Maybe Deagle.
What?
Wow, that's controversial.
You don't like it?
No, I'm liking it, but lately I'm waiting with Deagle, so...
I don't like it.
If you'll leave, is it okay?
We need to delete the game?
Yes.
What about bullets?
I'll bullet myself.
What about you, mister?
What do you mean, mister? You cannot remove a player though.
Pickers advantage? I would remove. Like, not remove it totally, but just...
Don't listen to him.
Next year's go, next year's go. Just more better.
Okay.
Really hard to play with up sometimes.
That's true. You're forced to go into aggressive picks with the help.
You're just staying and not for picking you.
Like he was, yeah, even doesn't matter what, for example, if you're holding angle,
or if you're picking you 90% you probably die.
And when I'm kissing you, it's really hard to catch him.
You need to be, to place your crosshair perfectly to catch his thing.
But I think he's, sometimes people not thinking and going like on the shirt, you're fucked.
Yes.
Actually wait, I could agree with that.
I could agree.
I agree with that.
Just remove all.
Just go AK.
You'll be short on my Astros.
I will remove the pink red.
Listen, listen, I will remove.
It's the window above the door on you.
Oh my god.
It's the fucking door.
You don't like it?
I mean, at least it makes it easier for like flashes, smokes, coming on Naysay like so hard.
Right.
Because I wanted to say just remove the whole windows but then it's not like how to enter the A site
Not just from the bottom
True, but it moves just the windows above the door
Wait, if they remove the windows, all the windows, imagine I could play two ops on the door
Like on A site, like double ops, on A site, one door, that's it
Auto snapper, NGG
Just go back to 1.6
You were from when it can be top of the seat
I've never been there, like never
I saw clip so I should be above holding door. What the hell?
You'd add that yes, it would be crazy crazy good for city. Hey
Dream your entry a site on T side, right? Yeah, how would you clear lucky to get through?
I don't know. It's gonna be hard, but now it's usually he doesn't enter like in the pants
He's entering here. Usually he's dying outside, bro.
Yeah.
It depends also if people...
But yes.
But yes. I agree.
Totally agree.
checks and Zoe
well someone boy dream how are you good for you thank you very much for asking
This is the first time someone asked me bagging.
Yeah, I'm a good guy bro.
I wanted to ask with vitality out of the way.
This thing got a little bit too much easier for you guys, no? Do you feel the same way?
I mean, always like every game that we play versus LAM it always make us stronger because always like we have a lot of points
and we just cannot close versus LAM. I don't know how and we are happy that we closed this LAM.
But this can be a trap as well, right? Maybe Ula, your performance coach gave you some words about this.
about this being overconfident. Can you share a little bit what was thought in the team discussion?
No, I'm not the hell, I mean I'm confident always. For myself I don't see that I'm sometimes over,
but of course like people can see others because we cannot think everybody's same,
but I mean we have two players and we beat them. I mean I'm not playing the best CS because of
I would say but still no excuses. We are here to play and let's show what we are capable of.
I'm gonna step right back since you said you're sick.
It's fine. Last question is that maybe that legacy loss was actually a destiny, right?
So you can meet Vitality in the quarter-finals and beat them in the best of three.
Do you feel like this could be the way where you could finally lift the trophy like this?
No, I think also in the final we had a good chance.
Yes.
Yes, because last time we were doing 11-0 nook, 11-1 after it was some bad situation from E and T side nook.
They make comeback after on second map on Abyss, 11-8 winning, they make comeback.
It's just, I don't know, it's just vitality things, I think.
To other teams I don't think it can happen.
Was it even possible to fall asleep with all the adrenaline after that game?
I can tell as a player that it is impossible, so tell me, with the jet lag as well?
Bro, to be honest it was hard to sleep but the most hard thing it was like after nook to go outside from PC.
When I went outside I was like just smoking 3-4 cigars like no stuff you know like I was so fucking mad you cannot imagine.
I can feel the energy coming out of you as well so good luck in this semifinal.
The stands are getting packed out for our second semi-final.
It's going to be Betboom taking on the likes of Navi,
and it's going to be myself for her spears, YNK, and of course, Pymf,
joining us for this second match of the day.
And it's two teams that know what it takes to beat the world number one for Navi.
It happened just yesterday as Mikaze was alluding to time and time again.
They fall into the world's best, but yesterday was the exception to that rule.
And Betboom on the other side of Team Shaker, managed to do it in the group stage,
which set them up for what was a miraculous run his top four.
Yeah, they've been easily to me the biggest surprise so far
of the tournament, the fact that they find themselves directly into the semifinal.
I don't think anyone had that on the bingo card for Betboom, not even themself.
I would suspect they believed that would be possible,
especially considering you're playing with a bit of a stand-in with Flemers coming in.
But what we've seen so far for Betboom in this tournament has been very promising.
They played good counter-strike, Flemers seems to be slotting in quite well within the team.
So in terms of them showing into the semifinal
and having hopes of remaining competitive against Na'Vi, I think that's more than realistic.
Yeah, one of the most shocking, if not the most shocking result of the year.
I mean, the bad boon being able to take down Vitality,
ultimately, I think mostly it was because of the maps, right?
The wins came on Anubis and Nuke.
Anubis, something that Na'Vi was able to beat Vitality on
and Nuke had heard it from the horse's mouth, you know, the struggles recently,
especially on the T side, that's what we already had in the bad boon game too.
game too so props to them for being able to get it done right one the seeding
game against Kane as well and now they're in the semis going up against Navi
and you know I love about the spet boom arc at the moment is the potential
redemption story for boomage we've been kind of on the edge of it happening
before but this is a guy with a hell of a lot of history and counter-strike and if
you can do it again with the sport of young guns I mean I think it was you
Jacob you put it in the way that this is a proven ground for him to show that he
can get back and compete with the very best.
Honomous in the approving ground for Bumich.
Obviously, there's, as you said, a lot of history between him and Navi.
I could be didn't end the way that they would have liked to.
Neither of the two parts, so to speak, back then.
But ever since, you know, Bumich has been on a bit of a glimpse in Agassi's set.
He hasn't really had the full breakthrough just yet.
Obviously, he had a bit of a stint in cloud nine, where he at certain times
did a good job with the team.
And it was a bit weird, though.
It was a bit weird, you know, and that was never really worked out the way it was
opposed to the name value at the very least looked to be very promising.
But he has actually faced Navi twice with Cloud9 and he's won both times, you know
So he's on a bit of a win streak, you know going up against his own organization now
Obviously the Navi back then and the Navi today two different rosters
But in terms of having the upper hand and in that hit to hit well, it's boomage right now
He was the IGL when simple finally got his right finally got his major or in stock home
That was bits breakout here too, right? So
Familiarity with him and blade I think that's the most important one right because
played of course the meta changes and we're in a different version of
Counter-Strike now but his philosophy about the game does not change and
there's a lot of similarities about how they're playing out or how they played
five years ago when it comes to the main principles of the system right and
perhaps that's something that Pumich can utilize that knowledge to translate to
his players and sort of get them well prepared to understand what are the main
triggers in this novice. That's not something I was going to ask you because it's always
kind of a supportive that we use when you play it on a team, when you play
in a game either when you play with the coach then you might have a upper hand a
kind of anti-strattling versus them but how realistic is that considering a the
amount of time that's being between when boomage is on Navi and right now and be
it doesn't maybe risk you playing yourself into a hole if you're over
anticipating what they're going to be doing it's true you have to be careful
about not relying too much on any sort of anti-strat whether there's
familiarity or not right but I think just from a broader standpoint of the
macro game like he understands what it is and now he's trying to achieve in rounds and how they want to you know get
To the end of rounds right and a lot of it is going to come down to timing and understand alright
Like at this moment
This is the moment for us to make a move and this is the moment for you guys to not do anything because right now
They're just sitting there waiting for us to make a move to punish us right. That's what the whole round is about so not
Play your entire hand based off of that, but you know sprinkle a little bit of something in there
Yeah, I mean you can always have a bit of a tendency, you know, reading into it as well.
The way Blade is conducting himself in timeouts, as you said, sure thing, over the years he's
probably developed, you know, new things that he likes to do.
I think he's also getting accustomed to a new version of Nami and dealing with different
personalities than he dealt with back when he had Bumich on the team, but whenever you
see the games, and if we ever were going to see a game that gets close, you know, you
have a scoreline that is 11-11, you take a tactical timeout from Blade, you know, Bumich
probably have a pretty good idea of what his tendency is to do after a time out
like that. So it can be a favor but as Janko also said you know don't rely too
much on it because it can also be the other way around. This is a big achievement
for him as well. I mean just as an IGL you know it was weird because talking
about spirit and some of the struggles in that department like you know Bumic
was a name that was floated around is why don't they look at him. I mean the guy
is a proven winner. He played with Navi during that run obviously went through
some changes of his own, right?
And he's now grinding it out with bad boom,
like you're going, you're putting maggots
in this completely new role and everything.
So I don't know what's going on there,
but if Boomage can continue to deliver with his team,
let's not forget, they're playing with a stand-in.
As well, actually two stand-ins really in a way,
they've just had to commit to one because of the major
and how their road to Cologne has looked like.
That's pretty impressive to be able to put it all together.
Well, speaking of Boomage,
let's hear from him ahead of the semi-final.
Get a chance to talk with Boomage ahead of your semi-finals against Navi and it's them.
Is it kind of personal right now for you?
Does it affect you because of you know, old steam?
No, I'm already playing Cloud9 versus them and it's just very interesting to play versus
Blade that's all.
I mean, I found it interesting that you are on this tournament yet to win the opponent's
map pick.
How does the map pool is going on in bad boom right now? Is there a punish pick?
Because it's pretty brutal to play every game where you kind of struggle on opponent's map.
And I think actually they picked Ancient against you. Did you expect that?
Yes, we expected that. You know we are mixed with Flammus, so we don't have a lot of days to practice.
So every map can be shake here or can be picked for us, so we just don't care.
You think generally your map pool is ready for Navi today?
We will see.
Okay, I like the answer and speaking about Flamos and the stand-in situation
I spoke with you in Barcelona
It was like a month ago at this point and you told me it's incredibly difficult to call
In a mixed team like that with a little practice, but it's been some time
So did you you know get into the gears and are the guys sorting in a little bit making it easier for you to also?
Perform not to micromanage everything
You know, it's a lot of space for creating some new calls because we are mixed and can do like every round, every map, script and script and script.
So this is like a good opportunity to me to be the free caller, you know, and a lot of guys in our team like Magnus and Zord,
they're trying to help me like what they can do and then like structure the call under his mousse, so everything is okay.
It's okay, we already played three tournaments before and this tournament, so we're trying to be better, that's all.
And weirdly, all of those tournaments that you played, you have pretty good results.
Even now, Top 4 finished already and we're looking to get even better.
Is this standing buff lasting for too long?
Are you actually a generally better team with Zorte and Flamos on the team?
It's really hurting because we're practicing with one roster and playing tournaments in the second roster.
But we really don't understand what's happening.
But we have the opportunity to win some tournaments and we're trying it.
So that's it. Really.
I love your honesty. Not understanding. Yet it works somehow.
So good luck in this server. Let's see you on the server.
Yeah, it probably helped out when you've got a man like Flamme spitting off numbers like he has been doing.
I mean he's the fourth highest rated player so far in this tournament and has been playing
lights out and finally starting to show some of that promise that we saw a couple of years
ago when he was a sought after talent.
You know, the room was about him potentially going to G2 when they were lacking a player
and then for some reason they were really worked out in VP a little bit of a stint on
Marie.
Yeah, a lot of good reasons.
I would not have known that he would see.
Not a good reasons if I didn't work out in MVP shout out to James, but who G as well
to some extent couldn't really find his footing and now he's coming into the team with seemingly
he's not saying will and as said you know being the fourth highest ready player at IAM Atlanta
whether you're standing or not that is super super impressive. Yeah for a lot of these young
players it can be a matter of the right fit you know cut the veterans culturally whether it's just
the style of the team whether it's who the captain is you know and I think Flanders has shown that
he's talented right and that he has the potential but I think he's one of those guys that it needs
to be the right fit for you to get the most out of that. Well when we're talking about their opponent
on the other side of things. I just wanted to try and quantify Anko. What did that Navi victory
over Vitality actually mean for these guys at this point in the season as well?
Everything. It was proof of concept. It showed them that they can be the best team in the world.
You know, they had some close games and you're like, you're already telling that to yourself,
if only we didn't mess up this or didn't mess up that. But now you've done it. Like,
and you were able to grind it out. And, you know, Blade was saying in an interview, like,
in whichever condition Vitality is, it's a huge benefit for them, and I absolutely agree,
because that flips the switch in the players' heads too. Like now, you're seeing it,
you're seeing that you could get it done moving forward. Like obviously, the worst thing that
could happen is for them to fumble now at this tournament, whether it's here or even in the
final. Like they're a huge favorite against Gamer Legion, goes without a doubt. But if not, it
takes care of business for the rest of the way. All of a sudden, you're going into the Cologne
major with a lot more interesting story line when it comes to who can challenge right now.
That's who I'm praying for. Please don't be a mouse, please don't be a mouse, please don't be a mouse.
Back in Cologne, 20 to 25, because that was like, oh my god, you've overcome your final boss,
it so it seems, then you just fall flat. Surely Navi don't do that today?
I mean, never say never for you, to be completely honest. I expect Navi to always be a game too.
Yeah, but to be completely honest, you know, they're going up against a bedroom who got nothing
to lose and that is a dangerous prospect. And as I said, boomers have beaten Navi twice as well
so they can also try to build up their own cases why they should be able to beat Navi. But as you
said as well, it's super important for Navi to get the job done because at the end of the day,
sure thing, you showed that you could beat Bartender in this current condition, but if it's
not good enough to win the tournament, then it doesn't really change that much. I want to believe
you, Jacob, with this bad boom thing. But when the guy is saying, I don't really know how we did it,
but here we are, it's hard for me to feel confident that they can continue upsetting, right? I think
This is just where, you know, the clock hits midnight and Cinderella turns into a pumpkin again or whatever goes on there
I don't remember but you know that they've done an amazing job to be at this stage of the tournament, right?
But like Wumich was saying with the stand-in and having to call and you know
You're practicing with one lineup to go to a tournament with a different one like there's nothing worse
That you need to do and the only way they can win this game is if they just
just snowball maps and play from ahead the entire time because if plan a doesn't work
there's maybe a plan b after that it's you know say a prayer and and free for all. Well maybe we
should hear from the other side of the coin in that case it's Eme with Steco. Another interview
now with Eme but this you know stage is kind of good for you right you lifted the curse yesterday
can you turn it into blessing I feel like audience as well we're cheering for you or maybe against
I'm not sure if it was for us or if it was against Vitality, because like sometimes we feel like, obviously there weren't everything so far and then people want to see someone else winning and then I think it was no matter us or someone else, they were chief for that team, right?
but obviously we have a lot of fans and the crowd probably is going to be again towards us
and I don't know, it feels amazing to have this crowd in back.
Now BedBoom is against you and your coach played and also Bit, they have a history with their captain.
Did they share anything with you and insights like how he likes to call for example, what are
his tendencies, you don't need to overshare but obviously something that you have to be
be really careful about when you play the game?
It was a long time ago, let's make it three, but obviously we have some tells and we'll
try to make it in our favor and then we'll play from there.
I just spoke with Bedmume as well and they're like having this stand-in situation and playing
really loose.
Is this something that you're maybe more comfortable to play against or less comfortable?
Personally, you don't need to talk about as a team but for you, Ima.
What do you think?
I don't think we or I care about this.
We basically play, or what they played, obviously we beat Vitality, they beat Vitality and we
should not underestimate them overall and then we should also not think that, okay, we beat
Vitality, we won the trophy because we have one or two games ahead of us and then we just
need to focus on those.
That leads me nicely to the last question, which is you said in the interview that the
biggest opponent for you is you.
Can you elaborate a little bit on that?
I mean, it's just the worst, like, obviously if we gonna fuck up our situation, we gonna lose more rounds.
And if we gonna play how we play over goal, and then if we play how we know we can play, we have a better chance to win every time.
Maybe that this winning against Vitality can lead to certain overconfidence, which is sometimes, by the way, as dangerous as not...
Yeah, right? So, what do you think about that?
I hope so, definitely, because it was our curse, our captain, I'd say, and we managed to beat them,
and then probably we will have some confidence out of that, and we'll just have to see what happens.
Let's ride the wave, let's ride the momentum, I will see you in the server.
Okay.
You got ready for this, Koto?
Yeah, I love that, Peno on the question coming out of Siko there, because it's so true, right?
Right, EMA probably feels like in a lot of those situations against Vitali,
they were just losing to themselves.
Yeah, and I think it's a statement that a lot of different players
and a lot of different teams have used over the time, you know,
that we are our own worst enemy to some degree.
And there's always a bit of truth to it.
But I think in Navi's case, it's very much the case, you know,
especially when you consider who's left in the tournament.
As Jango said, it's very hard to build a case of them not being
the heavy favorite going into the semi-final.
And if they were to play game or leave in the final as well,
even more so when you consider the history of Navi as well,
He's always been a team that is struggling with the body language, with sometimes losing control over the game.
Seemingly, as of late, they've gotten control over it, so them being their own worst enemy, I definitely buy into that.
Yeah, well, we'll have to see, right? I think they're just unlocks something with that win, because also it's important against a team that you figure out how you want to play against them.
This is how we need to play. You still need to execute that to do it, but it's much easier than when you just lost and are unsure how to approach that.
I don't think in the meto there's really any surprises for Batboom. It was either Nuke or Anubis. I guess they decided to go against Anubis in this one.
Ancient for Navi makes sense. The high swing rate on that map last three months, right? It hasn't been the best for Batboom.
In terms of which side you're going to have to start on ancient is one where it's not as bad starting on this side
Quickly Jacob any surprises here for you in terms of maps or as expected as expected
I'm just happy that now we didn't stay away from ancient
Obviously they had their game against game or leaving where they got absolutely smacked to be completely honest
But then the one against legacy and they very much trust in the agent
You know, maybe there was a one game off where nothing really worked out against game or legion
But in terms of bringing it into the semi-finals and for the rest of the tournament seemingly they have no problem
Well, by the way, it is indeed time to get our second Sene final rolling. It's Navi taking on Batman
Buddy how we doing out there Atlanta there we go Atlanta. Hello everybody. Good evening. How are we?
You know, the Intel Extreme Master is one thing, right?
It's one thing to do it in N.A.
It's another thing to do it here in Atlanta with you all.
It's a very, very special treat.
So give yourselves a round of applause.
You guys have been awesome throughout the duration here.
One of our competitors in the semi has had their share of hardships, but as of yesterday,
put one of those demons away.
But both of these teams enter the stage today trying to look their best for that Cologne
Major ahead.
So is it going to be, is it going to be that boom?
What about, is it going to be Navi?
No, no, but surely somebody said that boom, right?
Nobody, nobody.
But Navi.
Well, the tension in this building has certainly built up in Atlanta.
You've been awesome.
I need you on your baddest behavior because it's time for our next match.
Atlanta, I need you to make some noise!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
At this moment we took down the Vitalis, I think I was really shocked because we were
We were playing with Stendin and we were practicing for four days.
I'm just standing in, just trying to help the boys out.
I'm here to show myself that I'm capable of playing on a good level.
For the game, even against Vita, I was checking their map pools.
It was thought that they can beat Vitality because Vita was not practicing.
Of course, they did great job, they played well. It was not that surprise.
I really want to face Navi. I think the community knows in the story.
To face Navi? It means everything for me.
Our first semi-finalist takes to the stage. Make some noise for Beth Boone!
Atlanta, now joining us in the arena, your second semi-finalist, Navi!
Well, the crowd clearly have their favorite, but can that translate into another victory
today?
For an arts man, you'd also be siding with Navi for a laundry list of reasons, but Jacob,
sell me on the prospects that Betbun continue their underdog run here on the stage.
That's a tough task to give me for her to be completely honest.
There's not a lot of signs that is pointing in that direction, but if anything, it's
It's the whole notion of going into this game with nothing to lose.
You can play it freed up.
You have had Flamme so far having a great tournament.
You've had Magnus as well being the sixth highest rated player.
So in terms of the individuals, in terms of the firepower, I think there's a world where
BedBoom can in some occasion match Navi on the server, but I'll be completely honest
for you.
The best BedBoom ever winning this game is if Navi is not turning up today.
So for me, it's kind of out of the outings.
And the key is not only good starts, but also maintaining poise, right?
They were very vocal about in the group stage, everyone was calm in that game against Vitality
or Nuke, the decider, they didn't let the comeback happen, they always had faith that
they were going to be able to close out the game.
Now it's obviously a different environment, you absolutely need to maintain that point.
If you're going to have any chance of challenging Navi here.
And I don't have any doubts that Navi are able to do that, right?
We heard all those words coming out of Mikado, which is rare in itself, Jacob, the fact that
they finally managed two best Vitality.
I don't have any concerns that they won't continue that momentum here today.
They should be able to. They even get to start on their own map pickers.
The ancient map they've been very strong of, you know, speaking of Mikasa as well, heading into Ancient,
he is the catalyst behind this Na'Vi lineup.
He's the guy that is always attempting the opening kills.
He's the guy that is always at the center of attention.
His T-side rating on Erich on this map is 1.50, which is outrageous for a player like Mikasa.
So if you speak about, you know, certain individuals from Na'Vi that can really do the dirty stuff to bedroom,
whom I would first and foremost look at Maccasio. And he did have a quieter game yesterday against
Vitality but this is exactly the sort of an opponent where he can have a field day, right?
And all eyes will be on him, bad-bombed, complex care, right? They have to try and take the game to
Navi, be aggressive no matter how prepared Navi will be for that, like you can't go into a
tactical back-and-forth with them. Bimic not only versus his former organization but versus the coach
who led him to major glory, but this, this is going to be a tough battle in Atlanta tonight.
A tough battle indeed. It's an unlikely matchup for a semi-final. Both teams defeating Vitality,
the world number one, the one to beat, and one of them even sending them home yesterday.
Na'Vi, clear favourites for the title and Na'Vi are aiming for a fourth final this year.
The loss here could tarnish that victory yesterday.
It needs a whole lot more if you go on to lift the trophy.
Cat-Bet-Boom continues their giant killer run.
The Rich wants more of that Navi jersey, he says it means everything.
Now he's up against them on that playoff stage, an opportunity to continue his Grim Reaper,
knocking on the world number one and two store.
Is there something, are the legs to this semi-final, or is this just going to be a run to that final for Navi?
We're going to find out.
It starts on ancient.
Navi's pick.
Two star for Navi.
Some of their worst ancient loss ever with this roster.
Little bit over in the tournament.
It's game of legend 13 to 1.
We're now quick to this right out mid.
Straight out mid.
Oh, and the cut.
He's caught a bullet.
Big boom.
That's what Yanko was looking for to take some chances, take some risks, the mid-reagress
perfect and the shots even better.
is Alexi in game leader left in 1v4. Not a lot he's going to be able to get away with in this
one. So the bomb not going down. We'll talk about that when we get there. Can he kick up any fuss?
Jill Brett is up close in siren. Doesn't see all the deal right there but that's the information.
Can now be bringing the level of intensity required. Take on a team like this and that's
the best way to kick things off isn't it? He's actually going to be playing middle on the CT
side alongside of Siren or Zordy, depending on the setups. And that means he's going to have a tough task here.
It is just peppering the smokes, couple of bullets, spammed on through him, Mikazi goes down,
and that's going to be equal on the other side, which is strange. Right, an in-game leader taking on
the space take up. Zordy with a couple of nice ones as well. Okay, eco to come in from Navi.
Deagle for wonderful. The rest is just going to be, ah, and Emerc, excuse me, has to be on the blocks.
I think it's interesting. This
stand in conversation.
Flamuses played 45 maps with the
team, so it's not your standard
standing. I've played an awful
lot of maps together, right? That's
all this year. It's that gone the
way that we would have hoped with
some of these visa issues,
and he's the type of guy who in a stage game, I think he's expecting to do some of his best work, right?
He's this extramotor personality. He gets fired up. He plays flurry counter-strike and in your face.
I think this is the
type of domain for him to do some of his best work.
If you can get him and Magnet just firing all cylinders, that's a firepower right there.
Here you go. Delwitt 2-0 stuff for Betberman. Now we can get into the guns.
You wanted to see aggression, not playing scared, Magnajez using that MP9 bonus round with some aggression to immediately give his boys an open kill.
There's a type of map for it, isn't there?
Nature can be an absolute brawl around middle and lane.
Count some more time for Magnajez to get him low, that might be enough to kind of humble him back to site.
Look at the amount of nades that you have remaining here for now, B, we've got a minute and 20 left on the clock.
A jump from B, nice fire, controls the strain onto the head of Zorty.
It's been juggled. Matt has just been himself into a rifle.
Playing Vite, B-Ranows, because he takes this space. Wonderful, and Birt are going to head back through spawn to join this.
Now, I mentioned the U2, just to smoke in a molly.
That could be easy.
That's enough to smoke offshore and molly towards Long, then par them to the side, get the bomb down,
and with that loss bonus building, that'd be enough to keep them in contention of at least a little bit more of an interesting purchase.
I don't think that Ramsmoe's going to change the par-thing here. If anything, it's actually an invitation to start searching around it.
Makase throws out that short smoke and they're into the site unannounced.
3 CTs towards the back of Q, but Makase is going to flash him in.
Nice deep molly, flamethrower.
They get the space, they can even see by the plant, and wonderful falls away.
They get them off the bomb and the frag comes in from Makase.
So back to a 3 on 3.
Nice headshot, Makase is not done.
Two kills deep, and now that bomb planted courtesy of wonderful.
Good play from Makase, he's allowing Pumich to flank.
Yeah, he'll cut noise and just pause his boom, which starts to cook.
Oh, HP on Wonderful, he's gonna have to hit the first headshot with that AK-47, or Booms got him.
And he nails it! Clean for Wonderful, and that should be round!
And they have been a bit of a crowd favourite here, happy to see them send home Apex.
on will go off.
Fanger, just will retain that
AJ 47. Wonderful goes down with
the ship. He's been in MVP level
form.
That's ready player of the tournament
and looking to keep that up. He was
masterful yesterday.
So they're on the board now.
Can it be consecutive?
That bonus situation there is
that. Yeah, it's huge, right?
The fact he pivots into this in time.
Very well done there from wonderful.
I think. Alexiom with a Mac 10
boomage and SMG. You don't
remember. He's going to be
tussling in middle. Magnet just
came. You're going to hold up a
second.
Coming over, but it's this A
play from Alexiom because of
the interest me. So I've ever
says, All right, they're
pressing me. They're trying to
find you're going to live out
and take some room. A lot of
room and that's exactly
there accelerating. Yeah, it's
going to be leading the park.
Mac 10 already into the site
well ahead of sorties
scheduled.
Site taken.
The farmer's does win out. That's a big overstep from Mikauzey.
And the bomb's not planted yet.
Oh, it gets all to it.
Might have to call this off.
Yeah, retreat.
But you need to find some space.
It needs to try and take some room out middle and quickly.
That drew a massive rotation.
So Beppin know that they're against.
They have to be wary of the lurk in towards Donut, towards Red.
And they're going to try and clear this out together after the fate of the flames.
They're all now backing off.
Okay, giving in the room.
How do you respond?
He's going to spin a little bit around the smoke, pushing little jumps and gets info.
He's lost the bomb. This is a audacious magnetize.
He's going to get a lick from Emma.
Good push from Bermature.
Yeah, he's going to be helped by Wonderful though.
It should be the end of the ball.
That was correct.
Finds half help onto Wonderful.
So they still have the man advantage.
It's tough to piece this together.
Bit's going to play late towards Red.
Emma and Wonderful are going to group up towards B and they have even less utility this time.
Just do flashes nothing to cut off the choke points
So who plays first let him a wonderful take contact then be activates or does he try and catch them off?
It's 20 seconds. They've got to make a move
Move they shall flamas is the patient
So into the site still fresh mean with magnetism in the back
They can't find it
It was going to be able to find immediately five four three and that's round
Zorty
to go. It's not enough time.
Individuals from now. They seem
to be firing because they
wonderful. We've seen little
climmers of individual prowess
wonderful as well. They haven't
been able to translate into
rounds. Gold gold gold.
Look, this is tough. You're in a
skirmish so the final even battle back to the bomb down it would have definitely
helped them out a lot more going into the next round of play I think that's
gonna feel like you probably could have gotten a jazz there
whoa hey Salvo then G to shredding through the RV
this that's the progression be laying just absolutely destroyed right now and
flawless that boom four to one that was way too easy understand it was just the
the game. It's going to be a
playtime out. I just want to
give them another round of play
before he jumps in on the mic.
There it is. I'm not messing
about. It's going to jump in
and whether this is just out
trying to bring a bit of the
intensity. We've had this
before with the mouses of the
world. You take down vitality
once upon a time. You think job
done tournament one. Uh uh. This
is karma strike in 2026 might
not be a household name. These
boys can shoot. They're going
This boys can shoot and they also feed vitality so the stakes weren't the same
They showed you it was possible here in Atlanta
So there's the 32nd seed blade trying to get rapid all the words out of his mouth before it subsides
Yeah, you have to and it is a real mental challenge to remain as
Thirsty for the win as you were first is vitality because these the guys who are putting you away in the grand finals
So they're the ones that you have in the toughest time.
They're the ones with the big target on the back.
This should be a team that you feel you would take home any day of the week.
OK, couple of glu's in the mix again.
This time, not going to miss for me at that moment.
They're giving it over.
Wow, it's HG's done great work, to be fair.
Because they're walking wonky, 44 to work with for him.
Already with Siren pushed up a name as well,
as early beacon of info, the Canary in the coal mine.
If they do choose to try and find a path to A.
It's also going to be a bit tougher for Blade to be able to anti-strap these boys if they're more puggy.
I'll hit.
And this is quite quick into an A-split, so if it knows that A-main could be a bit of a problem.
It's a really good call.
You can see the boots are not in the right place whatsoever.
Let's just smoke CT.
I mean, you've got Siren and A-main and they know that there hasn't been cleared out.
Other than that, Lexi's cut rotations. It feels like the rounds are ready over.
At least the bomb will go down.
It'll be a bit of a brawl right now, they still have to...
I'm siren. How's he done that with such long range?
He does find the purse combined for the earlier aid damage.
Ampistic.
Okay, Flamme, surely you're a dead man to Alexi here.
Yeah, back turn. Nice headshot.
I'm ticking.
Favourite Na'Vi, Magnajez is going to try a little flash over the top for the temple players.
Bit with the counter flash.
Everyone's blind.
Wonderful a-tip. Does go down to 40.
3 on 3. This is not a lock-in.
Alexi V onto Magnajez. That could be the difference maker.
High impact round from Alexi, his first two frags.
And now you've got what? Xorty and Boomb.
No time for the round, where you're going to try and take a couple of extra kills.
Xorty does that. Three kills deep.
And then the wins out the 1v1. Na'Vi take the round.
Yeah, Na'Vi's going to go down with the shift there as well.
Everybody dying in that once of the buys.
It's going to be patchy for both.
They've been doing an awful lot of damage there.
They've got more cash to splash.
Even Na'Vi, they convert the round.
It is going to be a bit more touchy to go.
I'd have to be mainly Galils across the board, and we're talking about Bedboomb with an AWP, M4s and the U2.
Even a kit for good measure.
Decent output here from Siren under a lot of pressure.
Alexi on the lurk.
Plus this one down to size. It is, it's in. Four Galils and one AK.
And then look at the nades.
After the opening nades, they've got very little for the finish. Two smokes and a flashbang.
Be there to trip you up if you walk in elbow. You're dead. Oh, yeah, and that's exactly where they're going
Zorty kind and
See
Live as well. Wow a deflated ground for Navi
What's a bit meant to do with this 25 seconds left on the clock all this middle and lost bonus into the next
Only 1900 so the fact we've had this back and forth in the team really able to build out too much of a loss bonus
and that's going to hurt Navi a whole lot more if that didn't keep all five alive even four
It's great an outcome
Love how safe flammas is playing this as well just intermittently between the two gets the info does lose his head
I just have to be the safe for bit. Yeah, there's no other option. All right, we'll call it five to two
It's a good sign of life for Betba, who sorties in this kind of form.
You need to rop her online in that great opening kill onto MacArthur.
Yeah, he was fantastic on the pistol as well with the double kill.
If you're able to find output with the AWP on this map, that's a great sign.
It's a bit of an easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy run now for Betba.
My understanding is three-run gap, but it's the finances that I'm keen on.
They save the AK again.
It's the second time they've carried at least one rifle through, but the problems are kind of further down the road and the frustrations of bit.
Being shown.
He's going to try something.
Trying to serve himself into the mid-plane, edging the smoke, has vision.
Sound cue given away.
Nobody close.
Oh, bad, sorry.
Boom here, excuse me.
Another one from Zolte on the smoke break.
This time he just sets himself up, they left him an extra.
But Clancy finds Magnetjes from the Cape of Gress.
So uses Bitt's rifle, of course, unarmored now.
They're returning to B, Flammus and Siren.
They're staying in limbo with this aggressive position.
Saulty rotates over as well, so reading the situation, not that bad.
Flammus is just so well-positioned on the bait.
Oh, you're going to fall for that.
You're just going to get mowed down, Flammus on high alert.
High alert, Alexi not clearing his corners,
he's been a trigger, miss a pitch,
shreds them!
Love that!
Flamme starts two, he's just doubled his kill total,
short, eco barge, say what you want,
it's a sick round for Batburn.
Ah, it's gonna look to reroute, I can't.
So towards middle, back to B, and now,
the map is his moisture, he's got 45 seconds left.
Another kill would be great here,
just to limit the finances of that boom going forward.
The image is tasked with making sure there's no plan on A.
And now that he's tucked in donor, there should be his.
Oh, what a feeling.
It's cool with your melee foul.
Okay, this is going very well.
Do we get another blade timeout?
He's tempted.
It's a 2.7 K for bit because of that safety. Okay, and this is tough
It's a whole different type of a mental battle
The one against vitality you got past
Atlanta's got some serious artists
And some haters yeah, well hey
Yeah, we've got to be accountable.
Another bite.
Another bifanavi that doesn't have everything they need, right? Another Galil and this time a Tec-9, Alexi will take that off a bit.
Again, going, Navi.
Space for him, that distraction's late, that smoke break not gonna work out for Flush.
What's that push they made again? Uh, this CT side, it's very dynamic.
Ignite!
Solid!
They have really utilised their HE, she's very...
I think Siren just bought as well, he's gonna walk on this.
This is beautiful.
It's really nice.
to be able to do it. This is
going to be agonizing for now.
Be a figure time here. The
backs are turned on. It's just
the way twice. Yeah, siren
golden opportunity. Does he go
for the double just rushes into
it for him? He's the bomb.
Info flows bits. I have to be
concerned about this. The fact
that's all he's done it too.
Wait. Oh my God. The orp is
perfectly positioned. Yeah, this
towards B, Makaazi, leaving Red and Zorty now coming over for that info.
Zorty, there was Makaazi on the jump, but that's info as well. He was trying to go B.
Flamas informed, Magnajes as well. Zorty could be caught out, but it keeps them contained with the flame.
That's going to force them up the ramp where Zorty goes.
Ooh, that jump stop gives them a way out. Do you pivot? That's the conversation Navi are having now.
You've got one smoke, one flash.
But everything's a mystery. You haven't taken any map control. You've still been in your side of the map so far.
Smoke, Flash, Molly, they're able to execute into this site.
Farmers and Magnetjes are playing retake.
Just trying to catch a timing spam.
Flash gets bit across the site. There's the spam. Magnetjes finds one, could find two.
Bit on two points of health.
Oh, there's a map with the clock.
Important for bit. Transfer not there.
to Boomer and Alexi. Two captains locking the wands in a 1v1, fading. And the smoke from
the order ball peeks into Alexi and he knows it. Okay, and point for the captain. Stays
calm with that and he's in tough rounds. Bet Boomer everywhere and nowhere, always in
the back line. You're not certain what's the setup looking like and they've gotten through
with their third. Nothing's coming easy. Bet Boomer have another five. Let's talk about
Two players pushing main not contained and just Zorty in limbo. What a nuisance
The way they're playing this though, you can see it's designed to frustrate Navi
Main extinguish implies aggression early
Ram, go in contact
Zorty scoped up and
OOAH! How's that?
It hits the headshot that opens up the avenue into the site, Magnigez tucked on capesite
I don't
That's enough of a distraction
Siren swings on in and catches bit just looking towards the cave sides on the mccasey look
Oh, you're right, but it's only a man 10. He can't really has to close the gap quickly and push it
Magnet jess have got the frags now it's up to mccasey. He can look at looking back
That's the financial back break up that's worth the freebie
Oh, it's crazy he controls and finds the head shot there. That was a full HB Magnus.
This first shot, beautiful from here. We know he's a headhunter, especially being onto the hook.
They then deal with Flamas. They know he's the round-plot. Magnus has to be around in cave.
He was considered the rotation much faster. Bepper just moved to the site.
So the clutch is getting them fired up and they're bringing them back to reality.
You've got to work hard for this.
is that eco to five sevens two P250s and Zortie and on a USP.
The control taken earlier Lexi has laying bit is diligent on that a push this time round.
Looks like they've been able to pick the gap out mid into Donut.
And Alexi does see a little bit of ramp progression.
And Aleksey has just waltzed into an empty A site.
So that boom, damage isn't really even a name of the game right now.
If you can pick up a rifle and save it into the next, I'd say that's the best case.
Wonderful, should be able to get that bomb down, but not before Aleksey's presence.
Now they know they've lost the site.
Climax falls, the kills just keep on coming.
Aleksey with the double and it's Syrup.
Last man standing, but now Vy is making a one round game.
Good pandering on the sides right there.
It's a strategy.
Yeah.
Wally's watching.
The crowd not just going for the underdogs. Like a big brand, Na'vi. Can they tie us up
before the halftime break?
Oh, it's melting.
There goes the extinguish.
Necessary, Mikaze wants to find first,
pull out, and then just...
Look at this! Heavy fights!
It makes put Mikaze down.
At least he finds Siren though, but it's put them in an awkward two on four, right out of the gates.
So, Bume and Shinko have won out the mid-fight.
I love this as a bit of a momentum breaker.
It's three straight from Navi.
It's a great job with the Bat Boom with the pistol,
like it's conversions, some cheeky rounds with the aggression.
Wonderful, had an incredible day of play yesterday.
As did bit.
See if there's any legs to 8-2-4.
You can just see in the way that they're clearing everything, right?
They're expecting Bat Boom to take every chance under the sun.
Lovely start, Flamme is court-claring.
It does inform Magnajez and Boom on high alert. He wants to go for a little peek, actually.
This is ballsy for Magnajez in an advantage, trying to find that peak up to a bit. 30 seconds
using every moment they can on the clock.
Smarter.
Yep, info.
Bomb on the radar, Zorty rotates through. Magnajez up to sight.
On the top wall, thwart his immediate reaction.
Not clear and long.
They're playing an aggressive CSR, they found 10 out of the 12 possible
openings on the CT side and the setups they just kept on changing and main
aggression. Focus, focus, you see it, get it up, could a bit of a match, like you took
five rounds, it's very good. He's right, it is gonna be a tough match game on now,
even with the lead on the half, they're not here to be tourists, they're here to
play for that grand final spot, came a legion of weight, cause they've got company.
Oh my god, it's a big fight on middle, here we go, flashed in, they're all doing the
Siren was anti and he profits two clean kills.
It's nice from Imaq. Chips in on Taboom.
A 2v4 goes 2v2.
They're wonderful pushes down the B ramp so we can get info, at least from range.
Siren smokes off towards Red. He's going to borrow in through the door.
It says he want to keep on pushing. I feel like you should play to contain.
Imaq, he's jaunted over towards that A site. He's going to take this control as well.
A head to head available.
That's going to be him at...
By me.
...versus Zorty in his blind spot.
Boster's good!
Zorty's better!
That's the bomb noted.
Wonderful.
It's on the other side of the map,
but he still doesn't know where Siren resides.
Oh, it's a really tough one.
I was in great form yesterday.
This one is going to have to be...
another absolute banger from Wonderful.
But they're both on donut as well.
He'd have to hit the insane adjustment.
Look in the wrong way.
Zorty, down!
Another fight!
Siren hasn't found it cleanly.
Could it really be another Narvi clutch?
Clutches on clutches, not this time!
Alright, denied.
Bring around the rosy possible antenna right there.
That was always going to be tough.
Right round out of Siren.
That kind of worked nicely, it's played.
He said this is going to be a tough match.
Already used two of his timeouts, excuse me.
Well, they will be gone for the force by here.
That flash, right here.
Dying on, Siren playing anti.
All the ready for that.
And delivers what he needs to for the team.
Javier going to cheer Pien Wonderful with a scout, two SMGs with Tegel and a 5-7.
Still in this one away.
Jojo into the force by wall, starting to become an important factor.
Remember this is Nabi's map choice.
It's Newcombe next.
Dust 2 if we need it.
The form we seen wonderful and you'd hate to see him just drop off a cliff.
Such large ramifications for Na'Vi if they are unable to convert this force by back.
Yeah, the pressure around there in this one.
So, because you're returning to red, this is a fake utility.
Trying to get players to rotate over to assist.
Well, Magnetgers hears this.
They're really going to clear and go through this in K. That's risky.
They're pivoting.
Ratchet on Emma.
Yeah, good funneling of Nabi right there, right? The fact that they're able to just smoke off
K. So, hey, you're not going to be executing onto this B-side, at least not through multiple
choke points and then Mikazi on the D. Time's against them. You're scrambling at the moment
if you're pep. So, they've had some clutches. Now they've had a forced by win. That's going
I'm gonna get the fire started.
Not even started, raging now.
Contact walk towards Ape.
So I'm with the CT smoke lined up.
Wonderful.
A lot of pressure on his shoulders here. Supported by Mikaze.
He can let Mikaze take contact.
Yeah, that's the setup now. It's quite potent.
They've just gone a few of this out.
So apply the pressure, force of rotation.
Ignavi's comms.
a lot louder. Let's see if you
can manifest a couple of gaps
right now. Because he's tasked
with middle in the supporting
wonderful and they get him out
from behind the big box. Here's
one of those gaps we're talking
about. So now eyes more passively
on middle. Well, I bet boom to
Waltz on out.
Wonderful. Macaulay partner up
on a
That the jazz doesn't start to make it interesting
By removing two on the donut side, but the bombs under Alexi B's boots and siren a mile away
It's counting on his teammates surviving a little longer now. They're gonna be found by big
Now though, he should be tying up the game here. A, A, now a big good reaction from that boom right there
that boom right there. Understand
the mid aggression. They take the
space on a they make it somewhat
interesting, but it's aughty's
death. It's a tough one. Here we
go again.
Tough luck luck out there today.
Well, the purest of the goes up.
Michael Jess is going to get a
single flashback. At least there's
something that's not towards
game as well. So $500 worth of
investment so much you can take with you
here's the flash you wouldn't hell of a flash if you get a bomb plant out of this
good luck
I think that Navi will really start to stride into a bit of a lead.
This should be their comfort zone CT side on their map choice.
Certainly the expectation.
We'll see if it's met.
Kaze holding his mid space, flashes Kashin, Lexi, but he's got support, doesn't need much help.
But Kaze and Lexi win it every two they take!
Down goes Wonderful, nice one back from Zorty on the clawback. Siren does extend play by surviving.
It's bit hiding out on site, he's going to be overlooked here.
Zorty's got his back turned, perfect!
Now just siren. Nice well placed deep smoke to completely nullify his venture towards Lane.
I see some of the similar issues that Navi had in the first half when they were just saved 1-8.
That's if he's allowed. Look at this. Mokazi and Ima both push through. Elbow to cut him off.
Alexi and Bitter over towards the doors. They're even smoking and making sure that there is really no way out.
He's going to try and contend for this if he can't soften them up, they've got 4 AKs right now, if you can make sure they can't carry all of these into the next, but you will be opting in with the partial.
The shot sounds off, a bit looking firm, and RB in the lead.
And there's a timeout.
A little bit too late as this one will just have to be the light by.
But Alexi, you can see just using their own smoke against them,
aware of the flash opportunities.
The fact that he's able to cover off Heaven means Mikazi gets to focus firing towards Elbow.
and they make that look way too easy.
It smokes and flashes with these tech nines being invested upon and you would love to get away with saying poppy, right?
This is where if you're able to catch them off with the timing, you could swarm them with the tech nines,
but Navira team who should have their anti-force protocols down,
He's out in the middle, Mikase turns behind the Dono smoke, get to support it with his
smoke break play.
And he's found a headshot, completely obscured that.
In the smoke was boom, doesn't stop it from delivering an opening kill.
will start to fade shortly.
He'll dip back.
Because he actually elects him to block Donut, doesn't want to have to contend with multiple
techneines running at him.
They set up nicely for this down RV.
Shave one off early.
They use all their nades so they have a little bit of space, sure, but you don't need to
squirm too much.
It's not the same as if you're versing AKs on the lurk and crunching you in.
This is just going to be the pistol, and that's going to be confirmed.
Nice jumping from Magniges confirms the orbs.
This could be a tough clear, Mikaze.
Does that go all the way in?
I could have gone down with that little move.
They are starting to split today.
Yeah, it's just Mikaze here.
This grounds for excitement.
If they can find Mikaze here.
Drops here, finds Flamme, steps back, spots the advance of Siren,
becomes a buy-in as well.
It's clean.
So, who does get out of his awp?
Wouldn't that be a difference make-up?
They're setting up sorts of without smoke break.
At that first aid she came very, very early.
Oh, lucky.
Just trying his luck, because they bring some down with ease.
Didn't even need him as help, half in that sportive flashbang, but a damage for Alexi off the cage, Nate.
Another opening for Na'Vi, he's a blow nicely.
Oppressive smoke spouts.
That first half in terms of openings was very difficult for Na'Vi.
10-2 in Betbombs' favour.
a tiny bag could have been nine plus rounds. This one might be spotless. Emma might be able
to join the boys with an AK going into the next as Zorty. Thirty seconds remain wanting
to retain his AWP. Again, Max loss bonus for the rest of the team and that's where the
plan in the previous really does help out Batboo for another five. We'll catch this
again. So close wall player, the flashes come over, dodging him just spamming the corner.
They want him and they're going to take him.
Wonderful will remove the possibility of that save.
New start playing with him now.
Running out of opportunities damn quick.
It is falling apart for background, the wheels have come off.
Definition of insanity at this point, you keep trying to fight middle and every time
It's the same result because they get to multi if he doesn't there's in there
Silled into that red room
Plamas wants him
How good are his players here in a staying active on the line?
Wonderful in tone up clean with it finding plan us
And that's round, folks. This one is going one way and one way fast.
That's nine kills in the last seven rounds of play. That's it.
And they all have sin to come after the round was already done, right?
It's all just consolation frags at this point.
A real tone shift from that first half that felt competitive.
Navi had to wake up and realize this one was going to be a battle.
And now that they have, they're the beast that we knew they could be.
But you're right about those clutches. Gave the the Navi boys the splash of water on the phase to poke them up.
And the second half had to start with them with the force by wind. They even lost the pistol.
It could have gone real wrong real quick, right? You lose that. You have to take the eco, the guns come out.
It's not the best to buys. At that point, Betbum are in double digits. You're in strife.
And right now you have a four-round lead, just one to the name, and it's done.
It seems like somewhat of a platitude, but when you are a world beta, when you are a world number one, world number two in Navi's case,
Winning those second-hand forces, winning those compromised buys, that's what defines and makes that team so great.
You've got to be able to win the rounds you shouldn't.
Now today just put him away here with a landslide.
Yeah, is there anything else? Is there a twist or a turn to this story?
Macalse catching early-nade damage is a good start.
At least they're not just running out mid into him. Let's say their time on this one
It's batted by Galil's mainly Mac 10 and an AK and they're just going to try and contact
in towards A but couldn't be a better weapon for the job waiting on the side.
Wonderful Zorb in temple.
His support network is far away.
Getting further.
Yeah, if he misses that first shot and they scale in, this one could get a little bit
tough.
Might not be 8 straight to close.
And Util will keep Mikaze's attention on middle.
Deep donor smoke as well, wonderful.
His reaction to that is actually to play within the donor.
Interesting choice.
Through the smoke and ready to fight.
Nice fight! Couches magnetized!
Oh, an important trade! Alexi right back there!
Couches boon before he could find cover.
They're into the ace side, but they're actually going to play for the fight here.
Siren and Flamas on this fade. Can I have Mikaze to deal with?
Barrel spotted. Oh, he lined up for him nearly.
Trade from Siren, bomb ticking. Yeah, Bits could get the sound, he's over to Waz Dainot.
They need a way for him to rotate into this. That smoke. Oh, it's bruising. All the chaos. There's no HE.
Oh, you've got an incendiary. No, not like this.
Horrible sinking feeling for Betbroom here.
Already the Betfew is coming through and it's Navi's map after all.
a very one-sided affair in our second half.
Eight straight rounds to close,
every single one of them with the opening kill,
and that's how it's done from Na'Vi.
Punch in their ticket, one that mapped close-up to the grand final.
I
Come on, come on. Show me red.
One more.
Big B.
Franky! Hey!
Great B. Headhandshow the all-CNI.
Please don't call me that.
Look, Alex, I've got a question for you.
Are you sure you're not going to answer?
No.
I'm going to ask you a question.
call me that. Look Alex I reviewed your department's financials. Oh good! I'm sure
everything's in order. Alex it's a disaster. I'm sending someone to conduct
an in-person audit. All right, right, great. Sounds like a great initiative.
Good luck, Mr. Richardson.
All right, everyone, gather round, okay?
We've got a big one.
All right, deep breaths, everyone.
Keep cool.
We've got a visitor today from head office.
It's just a formality.
That's what they said last time.
It's no biggie.
It's just everyone being normal.
Normal.
Define normal.
Don-ha-ha-ha!
Milka-man!
Coffee.
Wilkeman coffee Alex I'm here for the company audit I want receipts
Excuse me. What is that thing?
Oh, you mean Mikaela. She's part of the team.
And what does Mikaela exactly do?
Mostly admin, bit of morale. She's actually an employee of the month, see?
Fine over matter, fine over matter, fine over matter.
How long has this been going on?
About three hours now.
I haven't cleaned once.
Step back.
And Miss Pierce, where is she?
Oh, yeah, Freya, um, she's actually taking some much needed time off stretching her legs.
I want a holiday!
What might sound?
Then why do I see five streaming subscriptions on the company card?
And what exactly is all the fans?
It's not a win-or-lifte-wild this weekend, I want myself dressed...
What about this guy? Does he have financial access?
Hugo! Oh no, he's a sweet boy but barely knows how to answer the phone.
Good. Skip him.
Talk to me, Donna. After careful review, there's significant discrepancies in your accounts.
Your department is operating at a massive deficit.
Right. So, I mean, deficit, that's not normally problem.
I'm sorry, Alex. Head office has instructed the immediate closure of the DHL Esports Logistics
division. What? You've got to be kidding me. These are our jobs. Our livelihood is
on the line. We're not going to be able to pay our bills.
You are ruining lives right now. And this is not going to go down this way. You're not
just shutting down the country. What are you doing?
Let him go and get him like this!
We're gonna fuck this up!
Hey, you better be calling him!
You're the first to take him.
You have a face.
Very nice.
Oh
This is it. I can feel it. It's that track!
Someone once said, good luck, Mr. Richardson.
It turns out, luck is the one thing I never run out.
Oh. Yeah, we should, uh, we should totally stop doing this.
Yeah, we should uh, we should totally stop doing this.
Back and forth in the first half, but once we switched to the second it truly was all coming up Navi.
It's not to say they didn't have to put in the work for it.
It came down to some individual heroics that we will get into very shortly.
But ultimately, Janko and Navi do stabilise on that city side.
Yeah, it's after a rough start. It was a little bit dicey there.
I mean, Betboum was taking all the boxes,
winning pistol, getting the early reset,
being really aggressive, playing in Navi's face,
you know, not allowing them any room to breathe.
But then, as you said, a couple of clutch rounds from Navi's players,
they stepped up, were able to stabilise,
and then you could tell in the second half
and had to play from the T side is where they're going to start to struggle.
Navi was struggling finding any openings in that first half whatsoever.
She said it was Bedroom taking all the boxes, one thing is winning pistol converting,
but even in the buy rounds, even in the gun rounds, it felt like they were one step ahead.
A couple of rounds where Navi seemed a little disjointed,
a couple of rounds as well where Navi would win a round,
but they would do it only surviving one player.
Next round they would have a weaker buy than Bedroom
and be forced to walk out middle with no utility, etc.
So it really did feel like Navi were playing on the back heel for the vast majority in that first half
And I think if anything it was good that they got away with five rounds because that was probably a little bit more than you could have expected
I totally agree with the openers. Yeah, Navi may not have had but closes. They definitely did, right Anko?
Yeah, and I think some of the rounds that we have to showcase that it's also the sort of rounds that
That won't really counter for it to lose. Yeah, this sort of a matchup and what sucks is they start off by doing really well
Look at this aggression, this was looking incredible.
Maybe they get somewhat unlucky on the timing,
that they can't get more kills here.
Siren, just one and done, then Zorty is close by as well.
But this is what you wanted to see from badminton going into the game.
You can see the money is tapped out from Navi.
This is a reset round, so 4v3 here.
Zorty a little bit overzealous, pushes too much, 3v3 now.
They go for the B execute, some nice kills here through the smoke,
Bit switching to the block like this was huge to get the kill
Flamme to Flamme and Alexi in this one we won against Boomer
just goes for a ballsy play through the smoke and is able to secure the clutch
avoid the reset for Navi. It was so important you know such a key round as
Janko said had they lost that one no money no nothing it would have been a
bad situation fast forward to the next one as well around that where they
trade pretty well bit comes up with a nice multi-kill then against Seren
coming in and evening out the round and it felt like as I said Navi were playing
on the back, you'll throw out the vaspiria of this game, can win these
tools and then you find yourself in a 1v2 and then Mikasa stepped up, I
spoke about him as an impact on the T side, this time around, not in the opening
kill department but in the closer role, there was such a pivotal moment as well
because yeah, you won round nine, but had you lost round ten right here, you
would have been back to square one, no money whatsoever and Betboom would have
run away with that first half. Do you want to speak of being screwed in the
money because I think there's no better example when we go into the second and
Betboom win that crucial pistol, but then what happens next? Yeah, they need to have
that momentum right especially on the T side and here it was a little bit
chaotically through a fake actually they end up going towards Ima who is on his
own right Magna is cutting off the rotation but Ima does a great job of
getting a kill buying time Magna doesn't end up doing too much on from that
red room to cut off rotation he's still on for now we just ran past them and
were able to overwhelm the bomb site and this was huge right because we were
saying T side is gonna be rough for a bad one playing with a stand and practicing
with a different player, you know, the playbook isn't going to be really deep, so you have
to win these easy rounds.
So how's it looking moving on to Nuke?
This is Betboom's map pick, but do you think Navi can do it right here right now?
I think the fashion, Navi ended up winning on Ancient where they run away with the game
and BitBoom doesn't get anything done whatsoever for seven or eight rounds in a row, is not
going to be a pretty look heading into Nuke, starting on the T side as well, against the
Navi team who definitely knows how to play Nuke, who have been stepping up on the map
as of late as well.
I'm afraid that that's it for Bedboom, but I would love to see them come out swinging in.
As you said, they were ticking all the boxes, win the pistol, convert.
Don't make the same mistake you did here on ancient in the second half,
and then maybe you can have another competitive map, because the scoreline doesn't do justice.
I think that was a much, much closer game than 13-8, to be completely honest, but I'm afraid Nuke won't be.
Everything is in Navi's hands, really.
If they play just a standard game, I think they have enough to shut down Bedboom,
but the approach needs to stay the same.
You need to be aggressive, you need to get in their face and just hope that this time around you win some more of these crucial rounds.
Navi, certainly the favourites coming into our second semi-final of the day, but can Betboom change that tune moving on to their map pick?
They're going to need to do it fast. It's Nuke coming your way in just a few.
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I'm on TP!
I'm on TP, I'm on Settler.
I'm on C.
I'm on TP.
I'm on C.
I'm going behind, I'm going behind.
You can still go, wait.
One more short.
Three in, blyat.
Coming out, I'm down.
More.
They're going to window.
Window.
I kill window
Go go go
I flash up
I can take the smoke
I'll help you
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Two down up
I'm defusing up
On the box guys
You're trying?
Come on
here on the floor at the Intellecture Masters Atlanta. We're here for the Colex fantasy team.
Yesterday we met our team, Jason. How's your team doing, Nico? Well, just pretty, pretty crap,
Jason. I'm not gonna lie. It's not great. I picked three Vitality players. Vitality went out yesterday.
I picked two legacy players, but legacy went out today. So not doing great, Jason. You've got one
player remaining. I got one player alive. I had three Vitality players and then I have Dimao. He's
obviously gone, but I got Mikaza and he's still partying here in the 75. So I'm winning. That's
That's all I'm taking away.
By the skin of your T-Jays, you're winning one single player.
But if you had to pick a game-relagian player,
could go back in time, who would it have been?
Raz.
I would pick Raz.
I would pick P.R.
P.R.?
Yeah.
I like it.
I want to go for a thousand.
Red's a good shot, though.
He had some sick games, and now the grand finals
just up in the air.
Yeah, well, there's also high-packs.
He's been clutched.
Yes.
So let's see how it goes down.
We don't have a spirit here, but let's go.
We know we've picked on, but he's not here.
Semi-final Saturday, we continue here live from Atlanta, Georgia.
The crowd's been great. They've been enjoying Navi picking up the first map of this semi-final.
Bet, boom, and Navi, both teams that managed to beat Vitality.
No Vitality. You're going to be lifting that trophy. Navi made sure of that.
that. Now for the path to
converting it now the pursuit
of getting another grand final.
This would be their fourth
grand final of the year.
For that boom. They were
outclassed by now the second
half of ancient. You saw those
clutches. The death saying
perhaps a scoreline deceptive.
It was, you know, a real
opportunity for that boom to
put the one foot forward
coming into this semifinal.
Good at a stronger first half.
Could have a stronger second
Number two and they were in with a shot, but now I couldn't imagine a worse side to find yourself. Sure. It's your map pick nuke
And it could be overpass right these tea sides on these technical maps is a long way up
And you've got to start the tea side of your pick nuke
strategy heavy
And this standing alleged standing and we you've highlighted flammers with a lot of reps with the bad boys
He's been still lacking polish perhaps
Will it be a once into the ground final for now? Is it going to be casual as ancient felt in that second half?
Oh, but Boone got what it takes in order to make this competitive in the second map of our semi-final here
Individuals are on, the form hasn't gone anywhere, a bit wonderful, Mikaze
All firing. You need to match that up on the other side of the server.
Ives on Zorty, been packed for all the mapper on the spot side, especially on that CT.
Travis, though, on the team, he's going to have to find an impact.
Try to put himself in that shot window. Let's get it on!
CHEERING
Love me, some Luke.
don't play this full of times to mainly success the big one being that vitality result
It's been a smoking habit with that one.
He has.
Karzai's got a 2-2 contender win and Inna is perfectly positioned.
So casual with the clicks.
Three headshots in.
Run it out, yeah, you got nothing.
Eight straights to close.
Ancient will throw another one on the tally.
Let's see how long it takes before Betfum are able to draw blood.
No plan, yeah. This is the thing you're considering. Okay, well, we do have a stand in your map choice being new to technical map.
It's always going to be tough, but Emma, clean clicks and Alexi just braves. He's meant to be making the space.
We'll have them there as we get on the way with round number two. This one should be easy.
Let's see what the Famous spots Magnetjez over towards red.
It's already up on Sala, but without any digs it's very difficult to have any form of excitement in this one.
That is the win. Extra 600 bucks for entry player. Well, you're going to take that, but
you're unlikely to find a frag that refuses come through. That's the two zero stuff and
RV. I think they'll be a little bit remiss that they gave that one away, but at the end
of the day, it doesn't cost them too much. Just means that that boom are going to have
a stronger buy. Everyone will have the AKs with the full sets in AIDS. So it gives boomage
the option to call whatever he wants. The only thing lacking in this one would be Zorty
with an AWP.
This one looks to be yard centric.
Finish up on silo.
Three on the low ground, siren holding the lobby push.
It's going to drop down. Has plenty of time to make it towards secret because they're just throwing the smokeball now.
The fly. Looks like it's going to be... Magnet there's just off it. It's not wonderful.
He's better.
Masterful control of the M4A4.
He saw the eruption there. Those smokes thrown relatively impromptu, right? Not set ones from spawn.
They lobbed them out. Emma's just charging. Biggie, you might be able to catch the timing before they're crossing red.
They're already in his face so they get the opportunity to get a kill but wonderful from the heavens delivers a beautiful double and now the man disadvantage
This will not be easy because they cash out and look in the wrong way
Very well timed and now with attention drawn wonderful drawn the line of the satellite is catched
in the clutch. The one versus
four certainly doesn't feel
realistic. He tries to drop
down towards be bits already
there so boomage. I could
squeaky. A bit of a timing is
wonderful turns around on a
second. I'll isolate because
he's on a nose days at the
It would be the end.
Smoke on the side might open up an avenue for a plug,
but McCarty could spam or he could fake.
Time!
Not enough surely.
Boom in the clutch.
Just enough time to get away.
This would be one hell of a way to introduce that boom into Nuke
and spam denies its bit.
A valiant attempt.
Fair play.
Falls it into the 1v1.
Bit ruined to the fun.
Yeah, good effort there.
Lots of damage done.
down. The bomb goes down.
2900 loss bonus into the next.
They can get out another buyoff
of this if they'd like.
See you go for the clear trying
to make sure he has that line
aside, gets caught and bit.
He's the man to catch him through
the smoke. So around that gets
tight. But it felt like they
were in full control. So now
11 straight
Boom by back in couple of galils around the AK 47s. They got the utile again
See what boomage obstacle this time around
For all a difference maker
The roadside I could find himself in
All these key positions this time. It's more lobby centric the bomb on Zorty grouped up in radio
It was the hero of the last to find
final blow
He's dropped down towards B. It's gonna be wonderful the line from elbow
Kazi trying to solve the puns over there flashed out round
Still holding that cross towards the rampside
Three kills shot down Flamerson McNeage's to try and turn the tables
Well, last round got close. Why can't this one still a minute on the clock?
Yeah, Magnus has looks like he's gonna be found by Alexi.
Oh, and a quick adjustment from the fin finds the head shot necessary.
Flamus the unknown entity, but look at him.
He's got him booked. Flamus away!
So away, okay.
That's the 1v3 or 1v2 bit.
The only healthy member of this squad.
4-0 V.
I'm ready to pipe off that fin, but we'll go down again.
Okay.
Can the farmers find the clutch that eluded Boon?
Doesn't give away his position.
No kid on these two.
He gets uncomfortable fast.
Wrapping back around towards the squeaky door south.
He's trying for himself.
But they're not going to expect that either.
It's a 10 second defeat.
It has to be hot.
That's what you'd assume.
Comes through the squeaky door.
10 seconds stick.
Now they know.
He has to run out.
Alexiov, the bar cover is there.
Again, it's Bet that finds the impact.
Frag denies the clutch once more.
OK, these dicey situations.
Beppen with another plan, and the Max loss bonus can go again.
But maybe take themselves a bit of a tactical time
out to have a conversation before you march into the next.
And this is the confidence.
Right, getting the first, great.
But the confidence from Wonderful just
appear out for not only the second,
but the third.
You think the round is done and dusted right there,
still keep me in contention.
frustration starting to be
visible. Slow start your T side
and as you've been keeping track,
they probably feel the same momentum
from ancient Colorado and sure,
they are our ramp stretching their
legs bit and I can see the space
just going to get across from a
school opening headshot because
he finding the yard player gives
him a way out.
They're looking for him.
McCarthy's going to bring the fight.
Good, ready!
Advantage, Batboo!
Heav'n control!
Quick from the legsy!
It's an uncomfortable fight,
but gets caught by Sirenau squeaky.
Open the van.
It's not where you want to be
with an AWP.
An info on another.
Catches him, Matt.
Money's not great.
Yeah, money's not great.
I think about the casualties.
It's wonderful.
We're just going to give this one over.
to get the ball. Broken case of
emergency, but sirens already
trying to cut him off at the
pass. I think that ramp right
now. Wonderful. It's going to be
able to retain this. It doesn't
look likely. Science should have
intended to write to me at 100
siren will take him. Are they
going to pick up that or did they
want to get their hands and
Zordy couldn't get there in time.
Finally better on the board after
what was a close patch, and that
was really good counts, right
fast into what's ramp that have
bit having to deal with it from a tough angle. I like this right there.
Understanding there's only two options available to McCarthy out the window and
he's going to get up towards heaven before he's going to try and wrap back around.
Otherwise he'd be caught in no man's land.
So making a lot of space within that one pepper.
And now you know you have the Nami money on the ropes so this next round of play is worth two.
We win this. Nami will have to take the save before they can bring the guns out again.
You
Oh, they got this.
Yeah, okay, I like this.
He catches the deep, the silo line.
Never mind it.
I'm squeaky door already.
The hotline don't even get a chance.
I don't know.
Flamas looks like he's going to catch that nade in.
Oh, he's coming through.
Coming for core, the reload.
Lexi builds a boomage.
Oh, what?
Saving Claren.
Contastrophe for Red Boon.
The chance is very low.
Just sortie with zero,
frags gonna have to have his round here on that AK.
Magnajez trying to sell something,
but they already know it's fakery.
LXB should be set to collect with this MP9 on the low HP.
Sortie's just parked it outside this vent.
Likely gonna fall foul to the wonderful orb.
Oh, spotted.
Attacked through the box, down to 41.
Magnajez starting to take space over that orb shot,
so is Alexi.
You might see it on the camera here. Look at this parthing.
Oh, it's a lazy clear. It's a lazy clear. That's what it is.
An inner profit.
It doesn't go deep on that.
And then the scramble in the topside.
You're up against this lighter by, and you've played into A.
Now there it is on the rocks financially.
Zorty with the AWP yet to get going in the frag department.
Well, in a start to progression into the mix on the yard side,
it does look like it's going to be yard centric.
Wonderful holding for the silo peak.
Gonna get a clash here.
Boom, double zoom.
Whistles one past.
Zorty lives on.
Imma up close. They're barbing their clearing and opening kill for Magnus.
Up and over. Mikaze wants to fight. The flash deters him.
Trust the man.
Zorty's managed to find Mikaze on the outside. They have got a golden opportunity here.
One back from WandaFloor. Catches BOOM.
They need to get this bomb. It's still outside of lobby. I understand they have the space.
But they need to get the bomb and get into that A site.
So what's he understandably concerned about safe passage of the bomb, worried about a
push towards the trophy side, looks like he's got the green light.
And now he's already considering a save.
It's up heavy to contest this.
It's just if Bit gets anything, they might give it a go, and he gets a bullet between
his eyes.
So I think that's locked in.
Boom two, Narvi five.
Okay, well, Alexi is now going to have a look.
I'll never mind. It's just for a upgraded VAK-47,
so it results for the lesbian game leader.
Min Maxing.
And back and forth in his last punch around.
So, again, that boom in a nice little breakpoint situation.
Wonderful. We'll be able to drop an M4.
It's only 1400 into the next. It is going to mean that...
Well, not the best device again, but it didn't seem to cost it last time
and turn some aerobics or gymnastics or.
Get your back broken.
I think that's Pilates actually.
He's reforming.
Imagine Alexi to give the AK over to Makanzi outside or maybe even in towards main.
It depends on what type of setup. Maybe they want to go for this yard boosts again to see if they can catch swords.
He going for that same type of crawl that we saw him to.
The elevation should give wonderful the line he's looking for.
Second tactical timeout very early from Blade.
Oh, he's talking to...
No one there, and this is life, right?
That was a reaction from Blade after that fell apart.
Don't want to get complacent.
Try and make light work of this CT half.
I imagine it would be hard to grow complacent with Blade as a coach.
I think he's going to constantly be there to remind them of what's at stake.
Well, he's got one more of those opportunities, right?
So, third two within the first seven rounds of play.
And they are leading five to two. He knows what happens if they lose this next one.
You've already managed to convert one of these.
Stop for the break.
This is actually a better bike.
Yeah.
AK-47, thanks to Alexi Scavenging.
A couple of empty nights.
Don't for an aggressive ornite sort of thing. Scoping up a flashbang and he blocks him.
You might get another MagmaJazz Macaulay flash.
A media smoke break. MagmaJazz not going to be revealed. Wonderful. Starting the orb towards
secret. So another avenue for this yard control might catch someone red.
What? Yeah, he spots him. Tax him. Magnetges down to 32.
What's the reaction from Beppum? They know the orb is under.
Still trying to fight a bit over towards Ramp,
knowing that the AWP likely out of the pitcher can't be on that line,
at least not for now.
He's rotating back as Magnetges takes that space.
It looks like Wandaful is going to be in the right place once more.
Great dynamic, Orpiz.
The field.
The leap fall for the bait. Will it run in?
No, Wandaful catches Sorty.
They're looking the wrong way. Bepp profits.
Two-man advantage for Navi. Flammer's walking through the smoke. It's all too easy for him.
He gets an upgrade delivered to his front door.
And they have a pretty good idea where Magnetjes is.
Yeah, but the bomb is in lobby on Siren with an orb.
It's so uncomfortable now. He can just receive, tucks into the vent.
Lexi do look like he's destined to collect this one just with that z-axis.
The advantage he has on that... Oh, he just fell out.
So another jump scare for Lexi on the repeat.
He's going to be. So I'm
unable to hit the quick scope.
And yeah, what's Magna just
supposed to do? He's round
started by catching a bullet
through the red container from
wonderful Zorb.
It's cool to see as well. Wonderful
knowing the comms are going to
flow as soon as he pulls the
trigger. He was quick to run.
This is it. You want your
open been dynamic, right? You
need him to keep moving.
He's picked up that all. I'm not
over towards ramp. So Magnet just saves. They get 2400 as the last for the rest of the team so they can buy again.
So they have been able to stay threatening Beppu.
They're not in this top position. They're having to get partial into full.
And again confidence on display. The fact he's sweeping into the end, though, he's peeking after revealing his position
and catching Zorty unprepared.
Well, you should be after what he did yesterday.
I understand it was the whole team from now on,
but it felt like every time Wonderful was pulling the trigger,
it was taking down Zaiwuk.
I think it was like 14-7 in terms of head-to-head duels
between the two of them.
If you were drawing a line in the sand for T-side Nuke,
what's Batboom's path of the course?
This is it. If I was talking about taking the name plates away
and I was going to do this traditionally,
we're talking 9-3-8-4.
But in Batboom's case, I'm probably looking for 5.
Yeah. Okay, so it has to start here with what is compromised.
Just running away from them very quickly.
And that double up. Wonder if that's going to come into play here.
I think they're fortunate that it is up against another, quote, unquote, gun round.
But if this was against a lighter by the technology, you'd have some problems.
One of the issues you will have, though, is if you lose some space,
the retake is going to be tough.
So you might want to play ahead of losing the sight.
In a sense.
McCarthy's got a lot of work to do on the gun position, stuff to spam from the main.
Okay, Jess, audible.
Attentual. McCarthy doesn't even take a lick. Oh, he gets the second on the swing.
Flamme has gone, bit points to collect. Boom, peeks that in. It's leisurely.
They keep five alive. Already so compromised, siren and sortie.
Because it hasn't gone anywhere. And he's going to find another.
of the last 17 rounds of play.
Condemning statistic.
Yeah, because he wants one more.
He's going to take it.
Slash out as well for him.
That's cheeky.
The little jiggle bait gets your eyes on the prize.
And then your screen goes white.
This is the time when Pepin are going to have to set that partial.
And they've left that secondary AWP in the previous.
So just running with the stand and set up on the CT side.
But I don't even feel that bullying.
I think this is just Navi being a cut above, and that's the expectation.
I think we should be happy to see this level of Counter Strike on display.
Amalige awake tomorrow.
We've already seen them go toe-to-toe on the event so far, and that was an odd game, especially when you factor in Ancient.
The site is there, bomb planted courtesy of Boomage, wonderful in heaven, and bit wrapping
back around from the mini-access.
Audible.
He can smoke off door now.
Kurt, he picked it up.
He's gonna nullify MagnaJazz.
Flash for Siren.
Wonderful.
Profits off the distraction.
Gonna drop in.
Big fries the headshot.
This is winnable now.
Doesn't have a kit though.
Maybe I take that back.
MagnaJazz all he has to do is hit the headshot.
But it's got him.
There's just simply no time.
time. Yeah, that's a bit
frustrating. Plenty of cash for
a kid. Oh, you're right. So
a lot of money on RV that made
that a possibility, but that
one, they got lost in the
source. They get the opening
kill on the spam. Alexi even
grabs another towards the
heart. It's the fact that a
play out magnitude is able to
get past Mikazi through that
main smoke. So that one's a bit
of a frustrating round, but it
stops the rock and causes a
bit of a ruckus.
with the form you show, and I think that kill onto Mikaze just making sure he gets nothing
is a big one.
Well, Blade, if you don't laugh, you'll cry.
Why is it more scary when he's playing?
Whatever he's having fun with it, Flammus is out!
Flammus!
Straight out, Tuck's vent.
It must have been religiously breaking this squeaky smoke, but it's not going to be exposed,
and maybe going to catch a time off the flash.
And this guy surely books him! Flamme a sentry frag, Boomitch on top!
And topside's theirs!
Macarze gets nothing on the smoke break, just sets himself up, exposes himself to Siren and...
That's gonna be a comfortable clean round for that boom.
Very important patch arounds. The five is still available, and now they know that they're saving.
The hunt can be on, try and rip these guns away.
Think Bit knows he's gonna have to fight for this.
Protect the president.
the first place. We're getting
tacked up heavily from planers
using that elevated position.
Does very well. Taking all the
guns away as well. Very important
for the campaign here on new
that before they will be able to
buy again. And of course they're
going to shove. It's going to be
the final round of play coming up
next, but it's not going to look as
good as it could. So now we're
I don't think played wants to take another time to go time out in this first half of play
This is the CT side after all
But a recovered half. Yeah, and look I think if now V you can see multiple moments
They've titted and this will be the third time now. This isn't a money break situation
Let's just put them in a tougher buy for the final round
down the ramp.
That's wonderful. That's found it. Down the vent though. So, space taken by Siren. Lots
of room for him to work. Now they go ramp. Wonderful is going to have a scope on the
It's alive. Oh no, great flash work.
It's aware of this.
He's looking for him in the vents.
Siren, now he knows.
He's been noted in a freed up drop in as well.
The B site, to finish this half, will
Pet Boon be able to reign supreme?
Find a fit.
Looking good.
Pet Boon finding Mikaze early on the door site.
So what's he called?
Planting.
Does get it down, but Bit will bring it into a four on three.
Advantage in RV, and the retakes only just begun.
OK.
Again, okay.
Brumich got a lot of work to do.
That losing team is left to my sirens gone down.
Flemish has to hold this position, unable to do so.
Just Brumich.
Can he couple off the clutch?
No, he cannot.
Navi will end on an eight.
Looking good, looking sacked to collect.
Ed Brun, five though, is workable.
Bistal could change the narrative.
I
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We've got all the stalls all the fun and no fun for that boom four rounds second map that pick
And we're swapping sides and RV go to the harder side, but already eight in the bank
T side and a load of utility for this one
Phil serviceable with four but again
This is quite a point on x team over there but been regardless of the fact that they do have
Flamers playing a truck loaded maps with this team
I mean, I think now V, look at the
Nades, they've invested upon three
sets on a pistol round. This one's
going to be technical door blown off.
Flash is changed together.
Wait for that smoke reaction.
Now in the goes.
Caesar has an invitation.
Bitz fell siren on heart.
Boom, it's tracking nicely flying.
Block, Delexi brings down Magnetjes.
And they have already broken in.
Not rushing this plant.
Anticipating reactions.
Flammas versus wonderful.
Catches in, nice find on the USP, Flamas is equalized.
Sortie, around, overlooked by Mccasey, comfortable on the vent.
Up to bit, can't handle it.
Good shot from Boomich, just a Lexi B.
He's got Kev, he's got 35 points of health, and he's got three to find.
Here's that defuse, calls the bluff.
Goes for a second look, and catches Flamas looking the wrong way.
Headshots there, but Boomich trading.
Three kills in the round from their captain.
Couple of messy moments there as well, easy, wonderful.
trying to hold the ramp push,
gets shunted off by the ladder,
doesn't really have his feet planted as he would have hoped.
As soon as he gets his second kill within that round,
he's going to need to be instrumental
in the second half, right?
You're rotating, you're all per,
needs to be in the right place
to help shut down some of these plays.
And that technical maneuver,
it looks good to start with.
They do plant the bomb,
which does mean there is a force by coming through.
Unless he gets that one cleanly,
then he probably gets away.
Boomage was worried about heaven.
So working back into this,
that boom. You win this one, they will have to ecote.
You can start to bring it back in contention.
It gets an AK, Emma in with the Galil, pistols for the rest.
And Alexi will be the man to have to throw out the smoke wall's yard.
So door blown off, low smoke in from Emma.
I think something you want to do against a team like this is really make them question the rotations.
I keep the comms flowing. Try and create as many potential gaps as possible.
I don't use in this smoke wall.
That's going to be it as far as cover is concerned.
It hasn't forced the rotation down to beat.
At least not yet.
Gaze dropping in. Close vent, the first player. Nice from Flirimage, setup to succeed and the MP9's red-navig out! Hang on!
Wonderfuls, double Degas gets us interested.
Bombs on the back of him, that throws it across.
Just a galel, stunned by Magnajez.
Flamers coming in from Heaven, delayed by the flame.
It's a wonderful clutch with an MP9.
What's he got? Maybe the Degas!
Another headshot from that before!
Heaven!
Oh, nearly Heaven lead.
He nearly did him dirty.
Okay, team ace.
That boom, hold on.
Great output there.
Sure, they had to scrap back into it,
but they keep the intensity high.
This could be the moment the play takes the final time now, just because only one survived, they're going to have to drop guns and they can only really hook up with one and four.
Everyone else is going to have to buy themselves, which means they're going to be lacking in either the armor department or the U2 department.
And now they can keep the pressure on. They get the bomb down. Obviously their loss bonus is not great, but okay, it looks like they're going for a mixed bag between the two.
to the left. It's a hero, A K
for wonderful who did a lot of
damage. And some pistols to
compliment that so they can keep
this pressure on even if you
don't win this round as long as
you take away a bunch of guns.
Keep some pressure on the economy.
Sort of love about the first
half. Let's try out the lurk
smoke and then blows off the
It's time they're making waves outside.
Let's see what the smokes are going to get at the ready. They are going to try and take the room off of these.
And the Jez is going to cut out for it.
I guess that attack dual, and down goes the rifle with empty hands, wonderful, unable
to find the pick.
Inna will scoop it up and get across, Inna just breaks the smoke, puts a glimpse of
Mikaze, and it's actually Inna using that rifle to create success.
Mikaze up close, Magnus just running out of bullets, he's got to find this cleanly.
Oh, Mikaze nails it!
Able to rectify though, despite the number disadvantage, all that lost space, Kanbet
Boom, find a way back in.
This is nice from Na'Vi, they're not rushing it after those frags.
They're taking their time, they're taking a lot of room.
Siren's about to get a face full of something.
He's on high alert for the potential ramp.
Kaze, good reaction here, nice reaction.
Drive by headshot, Flavours.
On to Alex, see it's a 2-1-2, thanks to him and that rifle work.
Time becomes the problem now and the bomb needs to be picked up.
25 seconds.
Get on the radar, Siren.
Holding.
physical through the corrugated iron, loss of damage.
Tagged up, now the Tekkenite chasing him down, Bitman hoppers you,
catches him with nades, outmessy from Bit, just in time finds it.
And if Boomich goes up the ladder, he's spotted Bit surely not.
An MP9 could have had some ladder accuracy, now he's stealing away.
And in the mud right now, Bebbe.
Oh, wow. And you think with the opening kill onto the hero rifle,
you think they've done the hard work.
A really good round there from Emma. Lots of output with that scavenger scum.
And Magnajez is going to be kind of salty about the way it went down with Mikaze here.
This final shot, bang.
Under so much pressure, Magnajez just wants to get that one kill, even if he gets traded at that point.
And Scantrig, a very messy nade.
Siren under a lot of pressure there, and then Bitt.
Too easy.
All right, fourth spot from Betburn.
Sire for a leaf on Navi's faces.
And this is where the game gets away from you, Betburn, if you don't win this one.
Navi should look to close.
Loomage noise you're going down the bell. I don't think anyone was close enough to hear that
Still I mean you say they're going to come out this look at what they're trying to do it with nice to our start
Oh great start to sequential shots hit with the scout
Takes down the cars a and they'll boom begging them to try and commit secret. He's got the CZ up close and
Enables magna gesture fall off. It's a great tooling back to loads lobby
I don't have any idea of plans that pushed up in the hot radio squeaky
managers up the Fendi could just re-block this looks like he intends to
could come into lane is to deploy now spider flash saw the lag of in that
The hard sound, buddy.
He's got a 5-7 though, headshot provided by airman.
Siren able for one.
Zorty Scal still doing things.
Finally put to rest, it's a 2-1-2.
Boomish towards main, gonna be smoked off,
dumping their UTL, buying time for the plant.
High alert, high tension, high stress.
Boomish is baiting for this.
Thomas, down, great awareness for wonderful.
This should be easy now, you know exactly where he is,
and the gun he has, Boomish on the CZ-75 in a 1v2.
There should be nothing here for Booneh.
OK, M4 is going to try and pick up.
Red the minds of the Obsie right there,
so now he has a gun to give it a go,
but it's to save the better option.
Lexi beat up the time and equipped himself with the AK.
Wonderful on site.
A county hit the heaven.
Ah, but Lexi nails it.
OK, he's going out for Beppin.
They're in trouble.
Slipping through their fingers, it feels.
They've been shorted around the group to get themselves into the semi-final, but none of those series came with ease.
2-1-2-1-2 went against Fade, Vitality and Payne.
Navi on the other hand, losing that seeding game against Legacy.
Put them in the cauldron, hot seat up against Vitality in that quarterfinal yesterday.
Whoever won that was going to be tournament favourites.
And Navi playing like it, taking care of business now.
This one feels imminent.
They're fine from the crowd as well.
They appear to see Navi win, but just watching them go through the motions.
That boom will have one more game to play regardless.
That's frustrating.
I think my car's air counting for the open yard push.
He's managed to remove Magma Jazz.
And now they're going to crunch into him.
And he can rack himself up some bonus frags.
And actually, he denied by a USB.
Hang on.
I don't imagine that's going to be too costly, especially
not with bit and wonderful having all that ramp space.
So long as they don't run into the Sira P250.
This is the thing.
With all the ramp room, the names that you have,
they're weapon advantage.
If you head over there, you smoke off single door,
you molly in towards double.
You should just be able to get in, plant the bomb and round to be done.
Just don't need to overcomplicate it.
Flemish is the man down towards B that you have to get past.
A chance for Zorty's Desert Eagle.
Goes awry. Wonderful. Good for the headshot.
Just Flemish to get past it.
5-7, it's good range for it.
I imagine we'll see some diligent players though from NAVI.
Akazae's got the bomb, but will still be...
Ah, okay. Not overlooked.
Not clearing, but how?
bit taps his head off
Na'vi to secure the 11th just where to get past the
Zeus I have to admire boom it for investing in the Zeus up close hot. It's a powerful
Well, but even more powerful now it can recharge
But I don't think it's gonna win in the 1v4 and trying to be a cheeky here
But I love that right the fact that they go to the side
They don't actually deep clear and bits just waiting for it
So the awareness on point for Na'vi is boom just gonna walk in his demise because he will secure that and the only casualty being game leader
Alexi V
Just two more rounds
I see the resemblance
He's an animated fellow mr. Bean ask isn't it we love it I
Imagine that was a reaction to that exact shot as well booms lovely double dink on the USP
And now Blake gets an extra 30 seconds courtesy of Fizz.
Obviously the last full bike that Beth Boomb have.
And what are Beth Boomb talking about? What's the narrative here?
That's not a good sign, is it?
Well, you knew you were up against it coming into this one.
Legacy away in that third place to side up.
Game of Legion in the grand final watching on.
Tassen.
I'd like to play now V it makes
it more deserved for us to win.
Looks like he's going to get his
wish in just two rounds time.
That's the five tomorrow.
Wonderful.
That's a miss throw in the top
I leave the jump didn't quite
play into the mix.
Have a jamming scroll wheel.
play into the mix. I have a
jammy scroll wheel.
Wonderful by flying this line
onto Flamme as he dares to
launch. Do so at your own
peril young man,
and head visible. Wonderful Traxxas Scope.
What's Alexey cooking with that smoke?
You know progression smoke?
Could be for lockers here, a bit of a heaven hell wrap available.
You know, remains responsible for lobby, but everyone else from Narvi congregates outside yard.
The red pole position from Zorty still has to be considered.
And Mikaze is.
It's okay, top main, smoke after all.
He's looking for Zorty, tugs on the red container, Mikaze, diligent on the clears, impact couple.
Anyone else want to peek if you can do so?
Precision because he'll snap your neck!
Mokaze free!
Takes four!
Stunting on him!
Just textbook!
Mechanics of Mokaze going in the history books.
And Atlanta, left some note.
This flicker, crazy.
Very well done for this space take-up.
Does more than that. Secures the round and final one in play. Wonderful opens up again.
This could very well be it, folks. Aggression, a lobby crunch.
That boomer from caution to the wind.
Alexi B and Emma in all positions to try and rectify.
Flamasko looking the wrong way. Quick double front together.
Sortie, he's done well. Alexi B does better!
That is how it ends!
Flying AK shop to the dome, 13-6 in Na'Vi.
They have taken care of business.
It was a simple day at the office.
The hard work was done yesterday.
This isn't cruise control.
They were made to work for about number one,
so dicey moments had to dig deep in the clutch.
A forced by victory.
And this is Na'Vi booking their spot in the grand final
tomorrow, taking on Gamer Legion.
On the eve of the Major, Nafi looking to set their sights on a trophy lift. A statement.
Number two team, they were already in the conversation.
But now that they've seen Vitality bleed with their own two eyes,
picking this one up is a confidence boost.
That boom, they will be playing in that third place game tomorrow against Legacy.
We will see them on the stage again.
to be able to get. Now be. This
was just about going through
the motions, not being
complacent. And they've been
able to handle that one with
ease at two. Oh, victory. 13 to
eight 13 to six. And this one
How do you feel about that one?
Thank you. It was convincing.
But the start on Ancient, they really pushed us back.
I'm just glad we won the Antiforce on the CT side,
and after that I felt like we were in control of the whole game.
You know, you switch over to Nuke, you pick up where you left off with CT dominance.
Tell me, what is it about the Navi that showed up yesterday that needs the show tomorrow?
I just think it's confidence.
I think that all the individuals are feeling their moves.
We have individuals playing great.
And I think that we gained some valuable experience how to play on stage and we're playing some of the moments perfectly
Now this Atlanta crowd may be just a little bit split tomorrow. It seemed like there were game religion fans. There are Navi fans
How would you go about getting them on your side?
Yeah, I think the game religion is there deserved. We practiced them even before the playoffs
And now we're again playing against each other on finals. We played in two tournaments in a row
They really want every bench, but I think we just we understand how good we are right now
And we need to trust each other and trust ourselves and I think
Tomorrow will be a good day. I'd like to be thank you very much. Can I get you to sign the camera? Thank you
An emphatic end to this semifinal from Navi, and now their eyes locks firmly on that trophy.
It's Alexei alluded to the individuals truly coming alive. It was a story of Makazi on
ancient. It simply was wonderful doing work on Nuke as well, Janko.
Yeah, definitely. So Navi, as we said, taking care of business, right?
Like it was obvious they were the big favorite coming into this matchup
having just taken down Vitality yesterday and, you know, Lexi obviously having a
really clear picture of how the match went, right? Initially on ancient,
got a little bit dicey, but it felt like from that second half they were just in
control. If you tell Blade, didn't lose a step, right? Two timeouts in the first half,
even though they had avoided being reset, had a great CT side and were able to
close it out in the second half. Yeah, a very solid performance coming in from Nami,
good for them to make sure that they wouldn't pull up a mouse, you know, who I
guess were the one question we had whether or not, you know, beating Vitality
would be a bit of a sleeping pillar for them. I think we got a clear answer today
that Nami is here to win the trophy and Nami is here to continue down the great
form they've been showing as of late. A team that's shown stability, a team that
They've had an easy task almost, you know, beating teams beneath them, but have had that one issue, you know, about beating mentality, but seemingly that's not an issue anymore.
Winning against a team like Bedroom, not an issue anymore.
Sure thing, certain moments on Nugas' world, there was a couple of rounds that maybe could have swung away at Bedroom when it was 6-3, where you think, OK, we may have a game on our hand, but every single time it just got a bit dicey, they would shut them down.
But you're really grasping at straws, as I just said, and there might have been a few opportunities occasionally that shows just how dominant Nabi was in the semi.
Yeah, and the losses outside of seeding games, which was one loss to Legacy here and one to Furia,
and outside of that, they only lost to Vitality in the last four tournaments, which is pretty
impressive. All things considered, they got over that hump here and against BedBoom, especially
considering the state of BedBoom, having Flamos as a stand-in, even Zorty for Artforce was only
because that's how they qualified for the major and they can't change two players. So far removed
for what their original roster is supposed to be and under the circumstances, I mean they performed
admirably even in this series, right? Like it wasn't mega close but they've had their moments and
unfortunately the form of Navi at the moment is going to be very challenging for any team to go up
against them. It's also the individuals from Navi, right? Because I feel we've been having those
conversations for a long time that no one is really questioning the system of Navi, the calling from
from LXB as well, and how well they prepare for games, etc.
The one big issue that I've had has been finding consistency with Wonderful
and then activating Mikasa to a level that he's playing at now on.
In this game, we've got Clemson's Lover as well, Mikasa on Ancient,
you know, stepped up massively on that CT side.
You mentioned yourself for your wonderful here on the second map as well,
you know, being massive in opening duels and just getting the job done.
So, not only do they have this structure, not only do they have Blade
and a very clear way of approaching Counter-Strike games,
but now they also have the individuals in order to
Sometimes just brute force against opponents, which wasn't the case just half a year ago.
Which surely makes them still a pretty heavy favourite, moving into the Grand Final tomorrow.
Without a doubt, you know, we've heard both game a legion players,
Navi players, all these teams talk about experience and experience of playing on the stage
and everything and that's where Navi has a big advantage, right, going into tomorrow.
Especially Grand Final, when we're talking about those.
I have to remember, this is still four of the five players with the team of their year in 2024, right?
That won the major in Copenhagen and had a lot of success, so really familiar with this sort of an environment.
Yeah, I very much agree. It's hard to make a case right now, you know, as to why a game
where you can shoot walk-ins at that game and expect to win it, but I think the way they've been playing
so far in this tournament, also being battle-tessers now on the stage a couple of times,
the way they came back against Legacy today as well and really got the job done in a convincing
way on the third map as well. I think there's a case to be made for for game leading that
they're playing the best player in the counter strike. They're having a very long time now.
Whether that's enough to remain competitive against Navi, I think we have the same scenario
as I kind of, you know, alluded to earlier today. That depends on Navi. That depends on
what Navi shows up tomorrow. Because if they're playing like they did today, it's going to
be incredible tough for game leading.
And I think when we consider the fact that it's a best of five as well, like the map
full depth for the game of legion. We've seen evidently that isn't there. That's not to say that
they can't pull off an upset if they're preparing really hard tonight, but it's going to be a lot
more leg work for them to be putting in, right? Yeah, but it's not going to be the worst in the
sense of how they match up against Navi in the best of five, right? Like Navi will get through
the overpass, which is not something game of legion loved necessarily, and then no dust too for
game of legion. And then the one clear weakness is probably a newbis, like that's where you give
a big edge over to the side of Na'Vi, but they will have their chances.
Angels has been going great for game lead and obviously they beat Na'Vi 13-1
in that series in the group stage, so we'll see. I think they can make it at least a
little bit interesting. If we're going to talk about individuals on the side of
Betboom, obviously we've been talking about the whole situation and the
stand-ins, just to make the major even work as well. We will be seeing Flamme
stepping in there. Just from a personal side, I was chatting to him on the media
day and he was saying, I know that this is a platform obviously to get Betboom
further and further, but this is also a platform for me to display that I'm still relevant,
that I'm still incredibly hungry, which by the way he is. So it is a little bit of a shame to see him
go out with, I guess, a little bit of a whimper, just in terms of that individual form.
Yeah, it is disappointing also because people are always going to compare us, so in the play
house is where you dropped off, right? And in the groups it was so strong, but that's also
somewhat unfair, right? They're playing as a mixed team, more or less, and also you're going up against
Na'Vi, right, like that it's just going to be more difficult to make plays against the team of that caliber.
I think he did enough in the group stage to showcase to the rest of the team.
He did a lot, you know, coming into this game. As I said, he was the fourth highest rated player in the tournament
and there's no small feat when there's so many world class players showing up.
So in that regard, sure, it's a bit of a stinger to go out on, but that was as a team, you know,
that was as a bit boom squad that couldn't really go toe-to-toe with Na'Vi.
I won't fault Flemish for not having a great show today.
Well, speaking of the players that did end out on top in this series, it's time to check in with our DHL MVP.
Who will be the DHL MVP?
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Make sure to be tuned into the Twitch stream and be ready to have your say.
Yes, once again, an opportunity for you guys at home to have your say down on in the Twitch
chat.
We have three options for you to be choosing from right here, right now, and if you're a
fan of Ancient, I feel like you're probably going to be going with MacArthur Jokin.
Yeah, he really stepped it up in the second half and had a monstrous round, round 14 on
Ancient who kind of kickstarted the entirety of Navi's game today.
So for MacArthur to come in and have a great show on the stage in a semi-final of this
significance is always going to be great.
And he is without a doubt becoming more and more the heart and soul of this Na'Vi roster.
When he's playing well, when he's fired up and when he's involved in a lot of stuff,
Na'Vi is also a much, much better team.
You also got another option coming your way, very shortly.
And it won't be surprised to know that it's another play from Na'Vi.
This time, it's a bit of it.
Yeah, doing great work in the series.
I think honestly you could pick whoever you want from Na'Vi.
It's more of a flavour thing in the series, you know, it was just between 28 kills and
33 kills between the lowest and the highest amount three of the players had 32 kills so talk about the team effort and everyone
Delivering and then pulling their weight. This was a great example of exactly that and then bit had a couple really high impact rounds on you
Love it when bit reaches this close day our final option for you the third and final that option is for a DHL MVP
If you like a bit of warping we got wonderful for you
It's becoming a bit of a trend for for wonderful to be in contention to be the match MVP every time he plays at the moment as we
he's spoken about, he's found consistency, he's finding more and more impact as well
and he's finally shown to be the player that we knew he could be.
I feel like it all kick started during the Budapest Major where he had an amazing tournament
and a couple of back and forth tournaments but as of late, you know, in particular at
this very tournament, he's not only the DHL MVP lead candidate in this game but also for
the MVP of the entire tournament.
Would you agree with that sentiment Janko, he's leaving the charge right now?
Yeah, I think so, you have to look at that.
You almost want to weigh more the quarter-final than the final for that MVP because of how important it was for Navi to be able to beat Vitality.
But we'll see. He's been having a great tournament and yeah, one of the reasons, like we said, that Navi has had this uptick in form in the last few months.
Well, with Navi Poreling, that doesn't mean that Bermont do fall here in the semifinal.
So let's get a few closing thoughts, Karzy Absorty.
Thank you Zorta for the interview, I'm sorry about the loss obviously, but is it too hard
to put into words what just happened?
It feels like you got pretty outclassed by them, if I say so.
Actually it's not a hard loss, I mean before the tournament we didn't have such high expectations,
we just decided just to play the game, to try to have the best performance as much as
we could.
I think now I feel that we just have not enough experience, you know, like we're playing but
some situations that just like we have a better communication in some round and the game just
lost, for example in Ancient, there are lots of round here and actually it's not tough but
before this game it's felt that we're capable to do that but in reality not.
In some games you've shown A-game and you were kind of owning as well, whatever opponent you were facing.
And Flamens actually told me before the match that if you're going to play that game, you can beat anyone.
But I think it was pretty clear coming into the ancient as well after pretty good start, this is not your A-game.
Is it correct assumption?
Yeah, it's correct. I think we have enough individual level to compete.
But I think we just have a lot of gaps in our strategies and how we understand the game and how we play under the pressure, you know?
Because in some moments maybe it's just like we are mixed and we just lack of strat-book tactics and it's hard because we had to prepare something just like to, I don't know, mix our rounds.
It's really hard because we just have some habits inside the game, we just have to do the straight line and actually I feel it because they did prepare it and I feel it.
It's also hard to perform individually if you have this kind of a puggy style that you're going for and I can talk about you specifically, ancient, pretty good even though that's not known for all pink paradise.
But then on Nuke you were struggling, so do you feel these kind of inconsistencies in your own game?
I feel like it just depends on the map, because on Nuke I had one duel and that's it, one on nine.
So basically it didn't disturb me in bothering, I just feel that we go to the city and if we had a good start,
maybe we can snowballing them and maybe it will be good.
But unfortunately it's not, but I don't know.
I just feel that I have enough experience in the division level to compete.
It's really important for me, because this tournament is important for Na'Vi too.
I just played this game and I didn't feel that I had some experience or an individual.
I clearly understand everything, but there are some moments in communication that just outplayed us as a team.
Obviously, you're not out of the tournament, you're out of the contention for the trophy.
Tomorrow is a third place decider. Excited for at least that one.
How much does it affect you as a player that you still have to go for this third place decider?
I don't know, third place. It's kind of awkward for me to be sure, but I think it's just important for
Bad Boom because it's like points and everything and stuff. And I think it's just one more game for
Flamos, for example. It was the first game in front of the crowd and it just
I think it's a good experience and it will be fun.
You need those experiences especially ahead of the Major, but thank you and good luck tomorrow in the third place this season.
I very much appreciate Zulte's honesty in that one. I totally agree with his first answer as well.
The fact that making it to top four is an achievement in itself, something they should be so proud of.
And then you add on, it took Ambatali on the road here.
That's also something that not many teams can say they've done this year.
Now there's something they should be proud of and I think he's right when saying that it wasn't lack of experience today
They just faced a much much better team and there's only so much you can do if you're if you're bedroom
One thing is is beating vitality and I very much agree with that and people will say well
It was a vitality without practice group stage game seeding game
What not but at the end of the day the points don't lie in terms of the VIS ranking
They're getting from beating vitality and from potentially beating legacy tomorrow as well
Just looking at it right now if they stand to winning its legacy
They get another 32 points to the name and we're talking about a bit boom that is desperately needing to get into more
Tier 1 tournaments and get invited into more of the bigger ones
So if anything sure playing a third place designer may not be the most sexy thing
But there's a lot of points on the grasp and that could help them for the second part of the season
You can put it this way
Pat Koum had their full lineup and a month-long boot camp before this event
You still wouldn't have to make top four so this event is a resounding success for them
And regardless of what happens in the third place desire they can go back home with their heads held high
100% and in Zorte also saying Flammeus not having that much experience playing on stage
He's going to take these opportunities when you present them to themselves
They're beginning in stage one at the major as well just in terms of some of the other teams that we're seeing them there
Has this put them maybe up when your estimation moving into the major anchor?
I think it's going to be a matter of sort of on the day which bad boom you get like on a good day
They can definitely make it into stage two
They played better counter strike here than some of the teams that are going to be there
but also catch them on an off day, like we can see some of the lack of coordination that you get from being on
They still don't know they're gonna have to play with flamos or dillard is like they're still waiting to see if he's gonna get a visa
So all of that is going to make it sort of awkward for them going into the tournament
What we do know is exactly what happens in the playoffs bracket
We can check on in with that to see exactly what happened earlier on today if you missed out on that
That was game legion versus legacy Pimp you weren't up here for that one any takeaways from I imagine watching that back at the hotel
Yeah, I'm just just happy to turn your bike. Yeah, I'm just happy to see gamer Legion continue to play well
I think they've had a great tournament so far. It was in a game. They played they've been competitive
I know a lot of close games, you know the two one versus pain gaming the two one versus legacy
The one lost the hand in this tournament was against Navi in a very competitive series as well
So they get to produce a bad game of Counter-Strike and I hope they continue with that tomorrow to play well
So we get a competitive final we can also bring up the schedule to see exactly what is on the cards for tomorrow
going to be starting a little
bit earlier than the usual
playoffs matches for that third
place decided between that boom
and of course legacy and then
beginning at quarter past two
if you're joining us in the
American time zone, that's going
to be Navi versus game Legion in
a best of five grand finals. I
think all is left to do is say
thank you gentlemen. Thank you
to everybody who joined us at
home and also in the venue will
see you tomorrow for the
of 2026.
There's no stop at all
I can't hold it down and dance
It's no one better than
Gonna be Lato in quiet the whole time in the semi-final
But this would be a great time to get loud
He's got himself a second chance, he reached next
And now suddenly a 1v1 for Lato
We are in the open and Lato's done it
Gonna lie down in the sun and stay
No, it's Rez, such a good man on end.
Rez looking for the clutch.
They're coming out of it, Rez.
That first head shot's so good.
It's now just two now, and Rez back in America,
playing the best counter strike he can.
And Rez has taken game religion to math point
in the semifinal.
Everything has worked out.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I can't wait to try to start this
There's no one better
Cause we live for the moment
The smoke, the Majorna pole
Picks him to a laxity, nails it
Okay, and pull it from the captain
No one ever pray
Cause we live for the moment
Making moves straight to the top
Just getting started
His undemolated trade does connect and the flag's been also been there like...
I'm the Ice Age!
Hey!
I'm the Ice Age!
It's perfectly precision, so casual with the brakes!
I'm the Ice Age!
I'm taking it all!
13-6 and now they, they have taken care of business!
We're going on the same!
One, two, three, thank you.
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Rafa, really making history. Absolutely phenomenal.
And Ace is the champion of the Intel X-ray master.
You're the final.
Sturks still not quite done.
He's gonna take this fight though.
Three seconds left.
Last two rounds.
And he's gonna start it when it's late.
And this is a massive new business.
But he's got quick attack with just a nexus kill, even with a shotgun!
She is the enemy!
And it's all done!
I'm trying to break it!
Unbelievable road where they force their own victory over classes.
And they do the death in the black belt!
It's my own move!
Give it up for your Ganto Extreme Master,
Oh, oh, yeah, do it.
I'm the biggest man in the world.
Oh, oh, yeah, do it.
I'm the most man in the world.