you
You
getting here but now it is time. Okay because we know we got game one ready to go.
2v1 situation here, the answer is called, gate trade shot, but Paul will not go down without a fight.
They win game one with ease. Hand that repeat, game two is here, Peterbot not missing a shot.
Viko might be able to try and shift things up but he's going to need to pull out all the stops here
and it doesn't look like it'll be enough as Bolt finally going in for the closing shot.
We're one of the best dealers in the world, so nothing's gonna stop us.
Game 3 ready to go.
And the cube is going to be the first nightmare right now.
Four in a new field, it's Sandeep.
One fine, but Sheena is one of the most insane things I've seen.
Scroll with only two builds remaining.
Can't even find the closing shot.
Just need to get that max hit off the kills.
Reload of insurer and love.
Can't do it.
You just want it out.
And that's gonna be game 3.
We just went around and eliminated everyone.
Game 4 is ready, something to jump right in.
He's trying to get everything in front of this game, but it's playing to get picked at.
He's trying to call it down, it's going to be game-less, but he cannot find the shot.
Sky's going to pick him up, nothing's going to fall down, and it's going to be scary up from the higher ground.
He's going to find some final elimination.
And let's hop in five already.
Acorn loads up, try to drop out high, but that is his demise.
It's all solos left alive here, and this is Perk!
He's the last game of the day, the zone is just eating foil live, one tick after the next,
he finally makes his way in, but it doesn't last long, Harri and Kami, clutch out, take
six.
I mean, Fortnite fan, how can you not be hyped?
Welcome to the FNCS Major Summit.
Yesterday we sent 25 teams through to Championship Sunday
and 25 fell into the lower bracket
and no one wants to go home today.
And they won't be fighting it out alone
because they're joined by this incredible crowd here
in Dusseldorf!
CHEERING
And they definitely don't want to miss out
on the chance to compete for the first ever FNCS Major Summit title.
And of course, this incredible Thomas like Rosie this crowd, my friends, is detachable, but we don't know who is going to be wearing it yesterday was such incredibly tough competition and today is going to be all about heartbreak.
So let's head to the desk to see what he has to say.
I have to say Frankie is I am excited, but equal parts nervous.
This is the lower bracket of the summit.
This is it for many of these duels.
Not only we have the bottom 25 drop down into this lower bracket, but there's already 25
duels waiting for them to show up and they've watched everything from yesterday and thought
one thing.
Now we know what you're going to do, but you have no idea what we plan to do.
Welcome to the FNCS Summit.
This is the lower bracket.
That's David.
That's Levin2K, boys.
I'm nervous.
And it's good reason to be nervous.
Zeke, listen, day two out of three here for the summit.
It feels bittersweet because it's like, listen, after watching all six games
yesterday, I know how fast these six games are going to go today.
And then after that, we're already on the last day of the summit.
going to fly by so fast, but
I'm super excited to get in all
the action today.
Yesterday was a hit.
Today's going to be a smash.
I mean, some of the teams, some
of the players, when you look at
some of the names we've dropped
down into Lowers today, there is
going to be plenty of revenge
that we had.
The fans are amazing.
They've been showing how the
energy is alive.
So today, it's going to get
fun.
Absolutely, man.
Just think of all of the jewels,
right?
High profile of jewels.
Jewels had fought to the nail
to make it into that upper
bracket.
bracket. Man, we had some big
names drop down again having to
fight through 25 new dose. You
had a plan up and up a bracket.
You thought to yourself, hey,
it's all good. I'll end in the
top 25. And now here we are. We
find ourselves in that lower
bracket. Obviously, you know,
let's we have some stats lined up
for you guys. So I wanted to
bring some of this up. We wanted
which regions qualified.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
I'm glad you guys got my request.
You want to go ahead and keep your games off?
Yeah, I mean, no surprises.
Europe, leaving the way.
Leaving the charge.
13 of our two-world label to sneak their way in.
And I'm not surprised by that.
I mean, that's what I was expecting.
I think that's what everybody was expecting.
I mean, you guys didn't have 20 teams playing yesterday.
Rise up 13 out of 20.
I like the way NA is looking over there as well.
of course, we had seven men
essential. We know cannot. It
was feeling good as well.
Talking about how he's carrying
the region on his back. So fun.
But we got to see equal
representation across the
board, right? Every single one
of the regions of making it to
finals, at least from the upper
bracket. It would be interesting
to think how things kind of
switch up after today. I love
that man. And of course, if you
guys were watching at the end
of yesterday's show, not only do
we have an amazing day one,
there was some announcements we
tickets he had right. Renew dates for nature to last chance. The announcement of globals
that dates the location. Pre-registration of tickets. And if you checked out that blog
power rankings on real and also happy community day hopping apart. I played double it to be
rewards. Fantastic weekend for Fortnite. Man. So as we kind of turn attention back to the
competition right here right now. Yesterday, we knew we had to make it to top 25, right?
That was kind of our path forward. Today's a little bit different because today we can
either earn ourselves a victory royale. And if we do, that means we're done. We get out,
we get to walk away from the stage and start thinking about tomorrow or we need to end top
19 today. The lower bracket is scary. I mean, for a lot of these doers that kind of enter
of the competition entering into the upper bracket.
You got to be feeling all of them felt confident
in their ability to go ahead and clutch up top 25 yesterday.
I'm sure a lot of these teams, they even feel
like they would be playing today.
But then on the other side of the lobby as well,
the other half, they knew they were going to be playing today.
They feel prepared for the format
that's going to be playing today.
So I'm wondering if that's going to play a factor.
Yeah, I mean, we are all familiar with that win
in your in-format, right?
We can take a look at the point formatted teams
in first place.
We'll get 1,000 points.
But we've not get to see that on the land.
I think this is a throw-in.
We're getting to see people have to get off the stage
after they win the game and leave their hotspot up for grabs
for the rest of the lobby to take part.
Yeah, exactly.
I think in terms of format, like, yeah,
when you take a look at it on paper, it's like, oh, wow.
Now, first place gets 1,000 points.
They automatically qualify.
But that was kind of the same thing yesterday.
We feel like any team that kind of won a game
had already secured enough points to get top 25.
So even though the format's kind of changing,
it's still going to be the same aggressive style
going for those wins because they know that exactly how they're going to get
into finals, but I like the point that you're brought up. Those teams are going
to be removed from the lobby, which means there are going to be opportunities for
everybody else playing to land where they were landing. It's going to get spicy.
Yeah, a lot of moment to moment, you know, adaptation, right? As we bring up this
lobby list, again, some of these things you watched play yesterday, right? But
now these 25 duels that made it through second chance, they're waiting.
I mean, I think the fun thing about looking at this list is there's so many surprises, but for different reasons, right?
You have in the bottom left a team like Cheena and Pablo
They're surprised because you'd never expect a second place EU team to actually fall down into lowers
There's guys who actually didn't even make it through the major qualifiers and have to do it in the second chance
Qualifier that you never expected to have to go through that route, right?
All these different teams all these different players even though some of the other regions, right?
a team like Kean Faisal.
We all usually just expect those guys
to make out of Brazil super easily, right?
They have to do it through second chance.
And so so many different teams with a lot to prove today.
Absolutely.
I'm kind of looking towards like Epic Whale and Pomp
over there on the Western region.
They had to qualify for that.
Second team to qualify as well, which
was a big surprise, kingling and craze as well.
But at the end of the day, they did make it here to the summit.
And they've got to show up on the stage.
They only got one opportunity over the course
of these next six games to prove that they
deserve to be in finals.
Let's start this off. Let's start talking about some of these duos Akira and Karama also with the recent birthday happening. But now we have to have a form of plan. We need that VR. And I think do we think that they will hit a VR? We think maybe they want to wait, kind of get a couple of games in the belt and then maybe go for that VR.
Well, immediately the thing that you mentioned there is the equals that they have to formulate a plan
Well, let's take a look at where they're gonna be landing right off early in these games
Northside of battle would we know that there's a team sky and scroll who just qualified yesterday who have done super super
Well playing for 90 general from that spot. So surely these guys have so much like
Video to watch of how they can do well from that spot not just video, right?
These guys obviously came through the second those qualified when they were playing there
They landed north side that would they were being coached by Sky and scroll and they won three games in a row
And so right this any team in this will be who you should feel confident about their chances moving forward today
It's got to be a Kirin Karama quite frankly again another example the team who I think if you ask most EU fans
You would have never expected them to be in this situation
You have to think they were a team that was good enough to make up a bracket and qualify straight for events
Of course, they had troubles being surprised coming the Grand Finals over here though. I don't think they have to worry about that
I think it's a good idea to
get into this game. Mm hmm.
Okay. Let's talk about this
other duo shadow Virgo.
Obviously, babe, you're a fan.
Talk was about them. The talk
of the town. I swear I had my
eyes on shadow and Virgo lead
it into the major one finals
and forced him to not get to
see them there. But going into
it, I was so impressed with
this do I feel like their
ability to find eliminations
is really what surprises me.
And I think it's also
important to know that these
guys are also doing well in
other game was regularly we
have the reload series that's
are doing super super well, but the spotlight obviously goes to Virgo as it currently stands.
I don't think anybody in the world of Fortnite has had their stocks go up this weekend more
than Virgo. I mean, everybody is giving in his props and rightfully so because he has
been the creative demon this weekend. He's been destroying people all over the place.
And I mean, we will care about what happens in Battle Royale and reload, but the streets
I mean, it's pretty cool, right?
And that's kind of one of the
best things about being online
is bringing the players together
and kind of say, oh, I haven't
seen you in person.
Let's just possible one be one
see how things are going.
What is that experience been
for like for you guys?
What have you guys seen?
Oh, I mean, it's been super,
super clear.
What is the guy's like
undefeated, right?
Obviously, you were kind of
talking to it, but it's just
super, super crazy because it's
one of those names that nobody
kind of expected kind of coming
into the weekend to be winning
those types of games.
So I mean, it's been a
great experience.
It's been a great experience
the game. You know, the
the game. We're going to be
winning those types of flights
against the names of what we
have in the mix like Peter
by is beating them over there.
Shark was getting put down as
well. Like it's just crazy. I'm
not going to. I was glad you
did well yesterday because
they were kind of cooking us
at times and some of the
creative matchups are very
going particular. So you know,
usually looking at the little
creative. We'll keep the
outside of things go. That's
what the big money is. Okay.
Well, listen, I mean, he put
I'm not worried, right? Right, right, right.
Uh, now, like I said, these guys were doing well.
They were doing good while leading up into the Major 1 Finals.
They did well over, uh, you know, the reload elite series.
So, no, they should have this. I love that.
I love that. Well, Frankie is standing by right now with Virgo.
Let's hear from him.
I am. And Virgo just said to me before this week,
I didn't really even play creative. Is that right?
Yeah, I mean, I just really play comp mostly,
but I guess I'm good at playing creative and reels and stuff like that.
So it's a hidden talent.
Yeah, how did this even start happening?
You were basically taking everyone down in the playroom.
Tell me who you took down.
I mean, I... I five-oed Marius, five-oed Rax.
Literally, just every EU fighter you could think of,
Chino, Shark, all of them, I beat him.
How did it go against Pete?
We played 3-1, and then the servers got a little...
...flaggy here, so we stopped.
Do you think Pete had a word with someone?
Probably.
want to get shown up by the newcomer except you're not a newcomer because Virgo you did play with your
teammate shadow back in 2024 at GC and now you're back together what does it feel like this time
what's the difference yeah I mean that last one in Texas I was my second grand that I qualified for
so I was really inexperienced and pretty nervous but I feel like with all the 1v1s here it got my
nerves down a lot like it helped me control them and I'm just really confident now if anything
What's interesting, though, is you're one of the duos that's actually uncontested itself.
Bridget, are you kind of desperate for a fight now?
Are you just going to be going off and third-partying duos?
I mean, I feel with this new victory format for the lower bracket,
I just want to play one game and finish, you know, keeping nice and simple.
So I'm just going to do whatever my ideal tells me.
So basically, you're going to follow Shadow's lead
and you are going for that end game, no holds bar.
Nope, just playing my game, whether it's low ground, high...
I mean, we're good at everything stuff. Well, you know what? No matter what happens today, we've seen you become a star this weekend, Virgo.
So good luck to you and Shadow. Let's head back to the desk.
Viv, that's the confidence I like to hear. One game, right? One game. But listen, if this was back home, if this was just in AC, maybe, maybe, but contextually slightly different.
to be your first. You know,
11 EU messed up by letting this
guy even jumped to the creative
server. You heard him. His
confidence went way up. His
nerves went way down after how
well he did. Guys are done for.
Yeah. We might mess up. I'm
really a lot of players come to
these events and you are feeling
nervous. Maybe you haven't had
that much time on the stage and
just that opportunity to actually
loosen up and go if those are
I'm looking forward to seeing
what they do on the stage today.
You know, I think there's a
maybe a duo that the fans are
probably really excited about
seeing here today. It's Mr.
Savage. It's bellow. You know,
we had a chance to catch up with
Savage and we're like, Hey,
man, so what do you think you're
going to look to play some games
going to maybe play for that
VR. He's like, I might just go
ahead and get a little W farm
some aura. I don't know. Yeah,
Mr. Savage is definitely got his
eyes focused and on the wind. I
I personally have my eyes focused in on the fellow and the reason why I want to go ahead and point out fellow in this specific scenario is because the summit is very unique in the sense that we did have that second chance qualifier would actually allow three total players that are going to be playing today actually never play in an FNCS grand finals and
is going to be one of those players.
So we just had the opportunity to go ahead and talk with Virgo.
And he's talking like, yeah, you know what I mean?
Not a lot of experience on LAN.
And he feels a little bit more comfortable.
But what about somebody like Velo,
who hasn't been kind of jumping into creative and showing off
and beating everybody and has never even
had the opportunity to play a grand finals,
let alone on LAN?
How is all this going to impact him?
It's going to be a big test of his character, right?
Everybody's been hyping him up as a talent.
We know what Mr. Savage is going to do.
Come on, and he's good.
He's good.
We know he's all right.
Bello, though, this is the best mob he's ever played at.
The biggest stage he's ever played on.
The only stage he's ever played on.
So again, we've seen some players
crumble at that opportunity.
We've seen some players use it as a step up.
I think when you look at his personality,
he's a very big personality.
And I want to predict that he will step up to the occasion.
I love that.
Well, we can actually hear from him right now,
because Frankie is standing by at Mr. Savage.
I just spoke to Mr. Savage and I was like,
ah, you guys, you're uncontested at East Squibbling.
You said, I've got bad news.
Can you give it to me?
Yeah, you know, we heard some rumors in the prac room.
Um, yeah, it's not looking good.
We'll see, we'll see how it turns out, though.
Have you got some names?
Uh, I'm looking at some Asian players,
maybe some other people.
We'll have to wait and see.
Have you been practicing your off-spawns with Elo?
Yeah, obviously. I think you can tell as well.
Velo's been primed of spawn, you saw the last NA Div Cup what happened, and you know, that was against Peterboss.
So you've only been playing with Velo for a couple of months, why the pick up?
Well, I think Velo is maybe not now, but he used to be one of the most underrated players, you know, he's qualified for every single Div Cup in this chapter, so yeah, I think he's kind of thrown under the radar for other players that were looking for a duo, but I'm happy, I'm happy that happened, because now I got to play with him.
And how do you feel about being in the lower bracket today because you've got a form of getting through these last chance qualifiers
Yeah, I mean last time I was in the lower brackets with the deal back in I think it was 2023
We ended up winning so hopefully we can repeat that today. Who's more likely to go through today between you and the deal?
I'm gonna have my vote my boy the love, you know, I hope he qualifies. We hope you qualify too. Mr. Savage. Let's head back to the desk
I'm not worried. This is Mr. Savage. We're talking about. I'm sure we'll see that VR. I mean, and again, top 19 still going to be difficult to make it through. But this is Savage. Come on. I mean, listen, I'm a little bit worried now, right? I don't think he 100% knows what's going to be happening on the spot, either, but it sounds like he's going to be prepared for it.
Yeah, but we've seen how quickly these games run out.
We've seen people who were way more prepared
have their own struggles.
And so again, I hope the experience of Mr. Savage
can allow him to guide himself through.
And hopefully Velo again just has the performance of his life.
And you know, they get it done quickly,
one and done out of the lobby.
Then big focus on tomorrow, right?
But another big player in the lobby yesterday was Viko.
And we're going to stand by right now to get his thoughts
on what led him to be successful.
That's right.
I'm here with the big Viko.
the number one Eliminator from yesterday.
The best fragger from yesterday.
Aviko, you tweeted yesterday that you were nervous
going into the day.
Yeah.
Well, are you sure?
Well, I mean, I was kind of nervous going into the games,
right?
I was kind of nervous I will underperform and stuff
like that, right?
But like, going into game one, everything calmed down.
My teammate was giving me some nice ASMR in my ear.
And yeah, I was just ready to dominate.
I was feeling it, you know?
Yeah, I want to show a clip as well from yesterday.
You were singing.
You were singing to go to game five.
What were you singing?
Well, it's a song called My Chest is Hurting.
It's like a song out of my Spotify playlist, you know?
It's a fire song, you know what I'm doing?
It was a matter of not singing.
It's just not a matter of you hating on me.
You were hating on my song.
What's going on?
So let's have a look at your best game from yesterday.
This is your second place.
Now, I want to talk about this sort of seven zone
you had right here.
You guys were down at the bottom of the map
in this absolute mess.
You get a max full seven zone.
what's going through your mind at this point
as a fragger in this thing?
Well, from my POV, right?
I was just thinking, like, okay,
what's Mali gonna think here, what we can do, you know?
Cause like, if you look at it up here, right?
It's like, this is pretty much a dead site right now, right?
And then like, there's a dead site right here, right?
Yeah.
But like, we can't go through this, right?
Cause this is all congested.
Like the middle area is like all congested.
Everyone's gonna go through there.
So we had like, I had like a med-miss in my inventory
and I was like talking to the man like,
what do you think we can do, you know?
And like, I just realized I had a med-miss.
come that medmiss and we had chugs you know yeah yeah so we just we built up
one floor we popped the medmiss popped some chugs and then you know we hit a
little dead sabotage you know I went all the way around you know got a nice
little position boom well let's see what you did because of course it was a
really difficult road step it's this massive hill in the way how do you sort
of navigate that now of course I suppose you're looking for an elimination
you're looking for a way to get here as well yeah we got we got a kill nice like
a nice little one common picture right there for me you know sadly we didn't get
with his body though would have been nice because you know you see after the
kill I don't get any of the loot you know Mali got everything but yeah I mean
we got the nice little medmister you know play some nice jokes here and now
you can see you know I did I do the dead side rotate that I just said you know go
through all the way right now get a nice little bunny hop here's roll a little 50
thank you for the kinsat that's all you know that's important right now you get
to a point here end games are about problem-solving at this situation you've
got 16 builds yeah take a look at Malibu because he's got 27 you're not hard
I mean, I was looking at, like, two POVs, right?
I had, like, Cooper right here, and I saw it was, like,
a solo or a duel, you know? I was thinking, like,
okay, maybe we can shoot those kids, but then we also had,
like, these guys all over here, right?
We had, like, Reason, Marys, Eyedrop, King Cringe,
all those guys over there, right? So we had, like, a choice.
So either we, like, focus on the middle more,
and then we can, like, shoot Minori, Darko, Janis, Cooper,
and all of them, right? Maybe get an elimination there, right?
Or, like, we focus on the right side, but...
I mean, I think we're going to be able to do that.
I mean, we're going to be able to do that.
the game. You know, you're
not going to be able to do
anything. You're not going to
be able to call them maybe
get an elimination day, right?
Or like the folks on the right
side, but you know, as a
fragger, I always go with the
easiest picks. I decided to
focus on Cooper and didn't
work out. Yeah, it didn't
work out in the end, but you
still managed to make the
roads here work. And again,
you guys are really, really
good at games. You're always
trying to stick together as
possible, right? This
situation, though. You kind
of were a little bit split.
You're a little bit solo. You
have to make a solo play
important in this matter in
the game. 100% especially with
the matter. How does it
all that, you know, get a, you gotta be able to solo cut, you know, trust your teenage
sometimes. And I mean, yeah, I mean, we got a lot of practice for that in, you know,
yeah, you had zero builds at this point. So like, how do you manage this? You're just
trying to go an old build. Yeah, I mean, I was just trying to like, you know, figure
out where I am, you know, I saw the zone pull back as well. So I was like, wait, we got
all builds, you know, I
like everything, you know, like you can see folks that pizzas, chugged up everything matters
to play solo here as well. It could be like no math, right? So we were just doing anything
to stay alive at that point and yeah I mean now you know it's up to my soul
touching abilities
damage tries to kill me as well you know boom little 110 tags get the
illumination right there get everything you know now I'm in a tough
situation you know feel mad in there and now it's just like yeah I'm rough you
know it's rough out there I used all my meds yeah there's a high ground I could
have won that maybe if that's it's 100 on both but well it worked out for you
overall third place, of course, qualifying through now to tomorrow's grand finals. What does today look
like for you? You're here, of course, watching the game. What are you actually going to be doing today?
Well, I mean, we're going to be voting a lot. You know, we're going to be looking at all the teams
in lower bracket, especially the good teams like Flixy, Klicks, all them that didn't qualify from
Uppers yesterday, you know, we're going to be taking a close look at them. But also some other teams
like Mr. Savage and Bello, you know, just talked about them, you know, we're going to be taking a
look at all those teams and I'll see what they're doing, what I can steal from them on strats for
I'm going to be rolling up
with Mali. And yeah, otherwise,
you know, I'm going to keep a
look out for my teams that I'm
coaching. I'm calling coaching
Liam and Jace, you know,
calling Alex and reckless at the
gas station right south of
Sandy Strip. So yeah, yeah,
well, best of luck with those
guys. Thank you. Watching the
game today. I will wait to see
you play tomorrow in the
ground as well. Can't wait as
well. Thank you so much, Miko.
But for now, we'll go back to
this. Hi, guys. 50 tag for the
for the kids. Shout out to the
big ego. Thank you so much.
Again, we love we kind of got
to do this yesterday with
then all right. Always love
hearing from the players kind
of seeing and understanding
what they are seeing helps us
and kind of get into mindset.
Right. So so cool. He did kind
of call out though there clicks
and Higgs right a team we saw
drop into lower bracket.
I think it may be a little
unexpectedly right. We have
these practice games we see
game. We see clicks like I
would go to go wonky starts
kind of beating chartini off
spawn. Game one, Viv, you know,
it's a super long drawn out
power thing like how's going to
go. Then it just very quickly
went downhill. Yeah, now it's
time to start having some rough
conversation about some of our
teams that we're going to be
re seeing here today, right?
Those that did not successfully
get thoughts when I clicked
today, the force being one of
them. I won't lie there. I
felt I felt kind of that maybe
it's a little bit of hope him
that they did pick up that 15 place. When they were going for 15th, they sucked with their strategy that we saw on major one, right?
Where they like to go in for high guns. So they still kind of feel confident in an environment like this to go for high gun.
But I also think that they showed their ability to go ahead and switch it up over at wonky. They started to leave in the later half of the day.
Trying to try to look for new strategies out of the POI.
You and me guys know how to talk good, you know, because you're saying they're like, yeah, they figured out a new strategy.
I mean, they got bossed off sport, that's what happened.
And hopefully it doesn't happen again here
against King and Fever.
Oh, yeah, that's a tough duo for sure to go up against.
But we'll have to see.
I know right now we're preparing an interview with Higgs.
So we'll have to see if maybe his mentors are all ready to go.
Frankie, why don't we find out?
Yeah, I'll ask him straight away for you, Zeke.
How are your mentors, Higgs?
Great, they're absolutely great.
You know, yesterday does not matter at all.
It shouldn't matter.
Have you recovered from being pickaxed by Shark?
We've really done this.
We serious.
OK, that didn't even happen.
That was a nightmare last night, all right?
This is day one.
You know, there was never even two days.
This is the first day.
This is the day that counts, because if you don't get through
today, you do go home.
Have you had a word with Klicks about maybe getting
too focused on rivalries instead of the trophy?
You know, a little bit, but you know, the rivalries,
they don't matter, you know.
The only thing that matters is winning.
How are you gonna win that Osborn though
against King and Phasers today?
Eliminate them both instantly.
Every time you're gonna fight?
Yes.
Okay, I'm slightly concerned for you.
Come on, 2023, we saw Klicks go out of the lower bracket.
Hopefully it doesn't happen to you today.
Let's head back to the test.
Will not!
Guys, I can't lie, I'm a little nervous.
That's not the higs I'm used to seeing.
I feel like the Mentals may be a little in shambles,
but look, this is clicks and hicks, okay?
It's fine.
We just need to have one really good game
and everything will be okay.
Sounds like they still have got about fighting, right?
So they're gonna be fighting every single game?
Yeah, I mean, these stats on our screen right now
are not encouraging for me.
She know Pablo didn't have the best day.
The second place team in the EU finals.
Just wanna point out that also, you know, ages and rich
with the second place team on NA also had a rough day.
Maybe the second place curse going on here.
I don't know what's going on in EU and NA,
But for these two, what I was hoping vivid was that even if things did go bad of spawn with, you know,
Kanada and Victor V there and Mini Boyo and fruit from there,
I thought maybe if these guys drop into Lowers, at least the off spawn situation will be better for them.
And so they could just go right back up into the final.
They are contested again by two teams again and Sandy Strip.
And another NA West team has snuck their way up into the POI in Sarko in a minute.
And so I'm at a point where I love those guys.
That's one of my favorite heroes in the world.
But I just don't know what to expect going into today.
Well, Lev, we've got to move because we got Frankie
sitting by with Paul Gido right now.
Let's hear from him.
Thank you very much, Zeke.
OK, obvious question is first.
What happened yesterday, Pablo?
Just a lot of small mistakes.
And the all-spawn situation was very complicated.
Well, it's going to be complicated again today
because you're expecting to be triple contested once more.
What have you been working on to get past this?
I mean we just took a decision last night that we're just going to run everybody down
who's coming us and that's just what we're going to do today.
Is this impacted by the fact that if you win a victory royale today you go straight through
to Sunday?
Not really, we're just going to run them down because that's what we didn't do yesterday
and it didn't work.
You did struggle in terms of elimination, do you only had an average of one elimination
yesterday?
When you were able to slightly make it Osborn, what do you think was the problem there?
I mean we were just scuffed from the Osborn and then we did like some mistakes that we're
going to be working on yesterday and it'll be changed up for today have you
been studying the lobby at all and just looking at the other duos and ranking
yourself against them having been making myself against them but I've just been
looking on like what's going on around us so failure is not an option for you
guys today you're gonna be running it down what is the one thing you learned
from yesterday that we should just play like us for our strengths and just fight
everyone we see like an up you I amazing well guys I hope you're able to find
that you can do it. Let's head
back to the desk. I don't know
if you saw in the background
right? Uh, Pixie was there
chilling. You know, I do. I
would not have expected to be in
the situation there in. Obviously
some. Some external factors
playing into it possibly, but
Swizzie and Pixie is the next
to wanted to highlight. Yeah, I
have two big bits of information
here that I want to throw your
way. Love it. One is good news.
I'm glad I'm here.
All right.
Let's start with the good news.
Swizi should be on a full night's rest.
We know yesterday, unfortunately, had the fly-in earlier, so he should have gotten a little
bit more sleep.
Maybe he could be playing a little bit better today.
Ready for the bad news?
Uh, no, but, Hit me.
They're contested.
No.
Why?
Not again.
I mean, look.
If you've been paying attention to this duo this year, the overarching narrative has
been, it's not been as impressive as what you'd expect when you look at the two names.
Generally speaking, they seem to just start really bad in tournaments and sometimes end really well if you look at the major finals
Day one they were contested didn't know how to handle a tour. They got absolutely wiped
I think they were 47th of the day one day two
They have a generational performance and they able to make the comeback happen and qualify to be on the stage today
Contested again, you'd like to think that they again they had that experience in the major finals
you know, we even come out to
really good players. I think
Suzy and Pixie should get it up
though. Okay I like that. I
like this sentiment, right?
Let's see it. Frankie. It's
with you and Pixie agree. All
right, then, Suzy. How was it
when you found out you were
finally going to make it to
land? I was happy. It was
like last second. We can call
it last second because if I
didn't get the visa this day,
it would go over for me. I
think it's a good thing. I
this day, it would be over for me. So I'm happy that I'm here. Thank you to Blaster,
the games that allow me to come to play.
We're really happy to have you here. Pixie, what was your reaction when you saw the tweet
from Swizi revealing he was making it because you didn't know during the rehearsal day and
I showed you my phone and you went, what?
Yeah, I mean I was very happy. Can call on.
But this has kind of set you back a bit guys, because you have missed out on practice time.
Do you feel like day one was a practice day for you?
No, it just didn't go as we wanted to.
I had some mistakes, some problems.
I also had no sleep.
You had no sleep.
Now you've had some sleep, right?
So, you are contested at Dark Dominion today.
What's the plan?
We don't know actually if we contest or not.
If you contest, we're just going to beat them as always.
I used to it.
If not, we're just going to play as always.
Well, here's the thing. You won the last LAN.
You came second. This is a duo that can eliminate
and make their way to tomorrow.
So everyone, better watch out, Zeke.
I couldn't agree more, Frank.
You're right. That resume looks really good.
And again, based on the format,
we either need a victory or end in the top 19
through consistency.
I think that's cool.
Interesting, the couple of four wins and, you know,
Swizzys sort of talked about it.
They used to it.
They know what to do when contested.
They know to take the fights to your opponents.
I think they got a good shot today.
We need Swizzys in the finals.
A finals at Summit.
Without the rain global champions from Trio's,
it just wouldn't feel right.
Well, we'll have to see, man.
It's gonna definitely be an uphill battle,
not only for them, but for so many other duos.
It's gonna be close.
You are gonna be a little fun here. We got a bingo card line up. I know okay
Let's take a look at this bingo card. We'll see how this all kind of plays out 10 plus elin
1500 damage in a game 40 points solo punch interesting stuff
All right, I can see some people doing that
I'm on EU and a CT wins the game. Okay, you think that you got a team in mind for that one maybe I know
I know you're a big
King and phaser guy. I think I'm gonna go with Yuma and Cuiota
We're watching some practice games they won game number one of those
So I feel like they got to be feeling pretty good in that regard. I'm sticking with my boy. Man. I'm sticking with my boy
Heal of fear. Yeah, these are the standards
I mean the one I'm excited about the most from that list is seeing the M8 fans do the Pusner
That's coming to that. Oh shoot M8 fans. I don't know if you guys want to give us a freebie right now
Maybe I think you need to see the teams on the same. Oh, yeah, it's fair. That's fair. Well, we'll let that happen
what that happened. Um guys, you know, we're getting closer. We're getting closer even to
bringing the players in. It's on the happened board that battle bus. How do you think they
got to be feeling, you know, like I'm sure for some of them, they're thinking it's fun.
Not worried. Others thinking, dude, what do I have left in the tank? Yeah, exactly. That's
what it's all about for 25 of these doers that are going to be coming from the upper
bracket. What do they have left in the tank? Are they going to be feeling a little bit
disgruntled a little bit down the men play? But I feel like the lower bracket players
players who are already kind
of expecting to play today for
sure. I feel like they're just
coming into this. They have a
game plan is going to be set.
They got to be well rested. I
feel like I feel like they're
going to be the favorites here.
Yeah, I think a lot of them you
look at the situations they're
in. It looks similar to similar
situations where they've been
successful in the past. I think
the big difference maker, which
is even an unknown for me is
just how much changes with the
teams being taken out of the
game, right? Will people be more
willing to just out of
desperation really switch things
I'd like to think so. Yeah, you got to think right. We're tomorrow. We're playing for $250,000 to do the walks away in the first place. A beautiful trophy. Dude, I'm going to take every single advantage I have, right? Oh shoot. This P O I was on con triple con, whatever someone made it through through VR. Maybe that's my in right, especially for some of these teams that maybe don't have the points that they need to be in top 19.
you know, you know, you know,
you know, you know, it's super
scary that we know for my
players. They love to feel
comfortable and landing at a
different spot than your user.
That's going to be feeling like
a big risk, even if it does
feel like it's guaranteed to be
uncontested. You don't really
know the area. It's just going
to be all that a little bit more
uncomfortable. Yeah, I mean, a
lot of question marks. A lot of
question marks. I think the big
thing for me is making sure you
are in a position to just
right? Yeah, you know, the game, the next game, it looked a lot better, right? And making decisions like that are going to be the key to being able to play tomorrow.
Woo! Strangely, someone's going up again. It's fine. I'm trying to contain myself, but for now, it's time to bring on our players. So, Frankie, over to you.
Thank you very much, Zeke. Yes, 25 euros will be going home today. They're playing with a trophy in the centre, a constant reminder of what is at stake.
They've come from around the world to Dysador to fight out on this stage.
Some of them playing for the first time today after qualifying through the last-chance qualifier.
And this is the most stressful last-chance qualifier of all.
So Dysador, if you want to bring these players on,
if you want to see them fight for their play-divide competition, make some noise!
It's Mons and Speeds. They might not have had the best day fun, but with a bounce up against the wall, it's time for a lower bracket run.
A big hello to Pigs and Ghosts. Their newly teamed up with their synergy so strong, they look like they've been here before, so can they keep it up?
All the way from OCE, Patsy and Daemon. They think of all this way to go home now. This is their last chance to make it count.
Looking to adapt and overcome, it's what's stroking and prepared.
They're ready to lock in their spot for finals.
From Argentina and Brazil, it's trying to achieve all maps.
With their entire region feeding them energy,
they're looking to speedrun their race for finals.
The finals.
A brexter like Modestine and Xenom, they fought their way on a sum of battlebills, but will
their next stop be finals?
Representing the Middle East, Availant and Brexter, with their fast sum against the wall
today.
It's time to show the world what they got.
So close, but still so far in day one, now it's time for Jargu and Carillion to go the
full distance, overcome the competition.
Here comes Sky Jump and Mom Z, the friends do a little clip at the top of the summit,
and they're not pulling these back.
Better than never, and for Swindy, and we've seen yesterday really lost just the warm-up,
now the real show can begin.
After such an epic day for North America, we had to come to these guys on day two because
Marsden thinks, I know you want to join your friends on Championship Sunday, so what happened
yesterday?
I mean, we just made some small mistakes.
I remember Ned, friend, off-spawn, like four games in a row and just like we're bad to
another team and not fight us.
But I think we're locked in, we fixed our mistakes, ready to go, ready to get right
on the team for landing off.
I'm sorry, are you blaming your failures on the British?
Yeah, I mean, you know, I was an American, you know, it's kind of like, we don't like
the British over here, you know what I'm saying.
Oh, okay, well I don't like the American over here, I'm coming over to you, Maud, because
you're Australian, I feel safer with you.
What do you need to do today to make it happen and to get your hands on that trophy tomorrow?
I just need to start following things properly and we need to just eliminate nefs as quick as possible off-spawn.
Okay, so Nathan and Nefs, I think these boys are coming for you. Let's head over to 112K with Fast Roky Repairs.
Thank you very much, Frankie. For Stoky Repairs, it's good to see you guys on the stage.
Repairs, you have had a fantastic year in Fortnite. After your grand performance, you have been caught on the map.
A lot of people know how good you are. What's been the key to your success this year? Your rapid improvement.
I mean, I think looking at the game differently, like bonding, having a coach, taking it seriously
made me, like, good.
The perforation for this event, what's that been like so far?
Have you found it a lot more difficult than preparing for EU Grants?
I mean, of course, it's been difficult because I'm with a backup player.
I only got to find out, like, three days before, but we've been preparing, so I'm ready.
And let's speak to that very experienced backup player for Strowkey.
Every time I see you today, you have the biggest smile in your face.
You have a lot of experience in Grants, a lot more than a lot of the people on this stage.
Do you think that helps you in this lobby today?
Yeah, it definitely helps me.
I mean, I'm like experienced.
I played those lobbies before.
I'm not really that nervous right now.
Like, I'm confident, and I think we can do it.
Well, good luck, Hop Sworn Boys.
I'm going to send it back to Frankie.
Merci beaucoup, Levin.
I'm joined by Seto and Podesai.
Very quickly, Seto.
Who is it?
Yes, sir.
Bienzia.
He is ready.
Seto, tell me about teaming up.
Sorry, Podesai.
Tell me about teaming up with Seito just one day before the last-chance qualifier.
So it was after the grand final, we both did bad.
So obviously, Seito and me was the obvious choice.
We teaming up one day before and we did well since today.
Are you worried about being contested off-spawn by Marius and Eyedrop today?
Not at all.
Not at all. Interesting. Well, let's bring out some more teams, I think.
Crazy and oh, Sid, all five for the Summit Land
was just the beginning.
These guys planned to take it all.
Summit Middle East bet, come on and controller.
With the second chance at life and the lower bracket,
they're ready to make a count.
Baloozi and Zangy, the Italian stallions,
take their first half towards the Summit.
Let's see how far they can get.
Second chances are earned by the second chance, but for now they're ready to put the ranks
to redemption with no remorse.
Another day, another opportunity, only this time, none of them set up are ready to make
it count, and it won't be their last.
Welcome to the board!
Take that!
Let me push!
They came first to the second chance, but now they've got to be some of the best in the world!
They are the future!
They are Josh and the outsole!
With a perfect mix of experience and firepower, these guys are looking to lead!
Here's a goal!
Make some noise for Chad!
Let's beat!
These guys don't make the same mistakes twice, so everyone has better watch out!
All right then, I had to get Tate and Danikrish because you guys qualified in the last chance
qualifier in the Middle East on 100 ping. Just how hard was that?
That was pretty hard, but I mean coming into here from 100 ping to 0, that's a quite upgrade
and we are glad that we have the opportunity to come and prove the world what we have got
in essence, all the things we've practiced in there a couple of months.
So do you think that that was your hardest challenge or is getting through the lower bracket
today going to be your hardest challenge?
I don't think it's going to be that hard, but we'll see.
And what do these other teams need to know about you guys, as this is your first LAN?
What should they watch out for?
That we came here to win, that's our job, and that's what we're going to do.
I can't wait to see you try.
Let's head to Levan.
Thank you very much, Franke.
And with the Italians, Dallion, are they ready for the challenge?
Will there be a challenge?
You guys might be consistent.
You might not be. Are you ready regardless?
Yeah, well, maybe if we're going to get contested,
we're going to see 0-0, and we're going to win today.
6-0, I like that prediction, but Lucy,
I feel that people always underrated Italian 49 players.
Are you happy? Do you have something to prove today?
Yeah, I think it would be easy for us, no problem.
What happens in a scenario where you do get contested?
Have you prepared for that event, Trelly?
Well, we're prepared for everything.
We prepared since we qualified for one month's trade,
so I think it will go fine.
Well, if it does go that way, good luck.
I'll spoil my friends.
Back to you, Frankie.
Upregard 11, I am joined by Newtie and Gabsira.
Newtie, you are uncontested right now.
Is that how you like to play things?
Yes, it is.
So, I feel like, you know, we stereotype the Brazilian teams
as being people who like to fight.
Are you going to play today or are you going for one of those victory royale passes to Championship Sunday?
Now we're winning, we're winning again today 100%.
Oh, we've got to watch out for these guys and you know what?
Gabzera, I know you've got loads of Brazilian fans watching back home. Have you got a message for them?
Gabzera, I know you have a lot of fans at home. Do you have a message for them?
Yes, I do. I'm a Brazilian who's third in Brazil.
Not only for me, but also for the general team,
they keep positive energy,
which can be our best team.
So they say to all the Brazilians, not to cheer just for them,
but for all the Brazilians,
that they're going to try to do their best and dominate it.
I'm afraid I don't know much Brazilian Portuguese,
but I do know VAMOS.
Let's bring out four teams.
It's not about how you start, but how you finish a Virginia land bottle.
It's time to un-re-challenge on his lobby.
Say hello to Stare and No-Sig, but the chance for finals on the line
is not limited to say goodbye anytime soon.
From the user with Nathan and Gabs, being contested is never easy,
but with a fresh start and some surprises, they're ready to put in work.
Visuals of brains have weathered enough plans so no things can change at a moment's notice.
Now it's their time to flip that sprint.
It might be their first land, but savers and Xavier are throwing punches to make the whole lobby see stars tonight.
All right then, havee, and then it's welcome to your booth, boys.
This is your first FNCS LAN. How did you find day one?
Day one was just kind of unlucky, I feel like.
There are two teams that like stole our loot, got the last, so...
That's fortnight, Happy. People are going to come for your loot, aren't they?
Yep.
Let's see how you fare today.
A minister, an analytical guy, can you break down what you think went wrong yesterday?
Yeah, I think we really prepared to be either uncontested or single contested,
and we really prepared for the triple contest.
But I think we should be in a good situation today, no matter what happens
So are you expecting to be uncontested or have you just been practicing those off-spawns all night?
Yeah
So if I imagine we're gonna head over to Levin
Thank you very much Frank. I'm here with the pride and joy of UK fort now
We got nebs and Nathan in the building
I don't know if you look over here with what mother things were saying about you guys
But if it was me, I wouldn't let it slide. What happened yesterday don't me yesterday. We kind of split humble
I don't know, like, I think we should be fighting more than this.
Is that what's going to happen? They sounded like they wanted to fight him.
Yeah, I mean, it's kind of how humble is one team lands one side,
the other lands the other side, and yeah, we should fight him.
Well, Nebs, you are usually very humble, like your drop spot.
Is that going to be the case in game today, fighting them off spawn?
I hope so, yeah.
Okay, okay. Obviously, there's a lot of fans watching.
You guys represent the UK.
What do you have to say to all the fans out there supporting you today?
Thank you. Thank you. Uh,
thanks for support. Uh, hope
you call boys. Come on the
boys. That's you, Frankie.
Thank you very much, 11. Now I
feel like I'm standing next to
a record breaker because Jace
has never played in an FNCS
major final, but you qualified
through the last chance. What's
it like to now be here at your
first land? It was great. Um.
Oh, have you been watching much of Oceana, Liam?
I have not been watching much of Oceana, no.
Do you not care about who your opponents are?
You're just that confident you're going to run them down?
I've heard they have a good track record,
but we beat them off squad multiple times
and we're confident for today.
Interesting. Well, I think we need to bring more teams
on to keep that heat coming.
That's not heat coming.
All the way from South America, it's King and Spacer.
One of the most dominant duels in their region,
and now they're ready to test it against the Global.
This duel is for the challenge of their own teams,
and King, against all odds, can never count these guys out.
Asia's never been one to back down from a fight
and you, my ex, Coriola, won't be to come out swinging
if they want to survive today's matches.
It's Valorant Jonas!
Four points separate these guys from finals
and the Valorant bracket.
Today, they look to close the gap and take it all.
You can't appreciate the eyes
without Valorant's attacking Valorant!
I drop bad money as it's time to show the world
what you're made of!
The crash from an A-Wrestle, Epic Whale and Pog.
It's not their first rodeo and they don't plan on making it their last either.
Brady and Gawd who are absolutely ready to throw them down.
These guys will never back off from a fight.
from the English, it's X-Pong and Doxy.
They crushed them to final gage or FNCS to get here.
Now they have to clutch up the same today.
Taking the scenery crazy, Katelyn.
Your gameplay's brought you this far,
but now it's time to kick it off a notch.
The people's champ plates and air,
and they'll pop down today.
Hey, you bad? We'll either have drinks or night hairs tonight.
X1, Doxy, it's so exciting to have you here with us on land,
qualifying through NA West.
And tell us how you qualified, because it was epic.
OK, so we got grieved at the 11th game,
so we dropped all the way from third to ninth,
and then we won last game.
And this is the thing, guys, in this format, if you can pull off a victory royale like you did in the NA West finals,
potentially you booked yourself a spot in Championship Sunday. So is that what you're playing for today, X-Con? Just the victory royale.
I mean, yesterday I was coming on to the weather, today I'm just going to go out and show what I can do.
Yeah, so, feeling 100% now?
Yeah.
Okay, and I just want to ask you one last thing before I let you go, because your dad is the reason you're here.
Yeah.
So tell me about your dad quick. What did he do to get you through?
He drove us 30 hours to San Jose for zero things.
And that is parenting. Let's head over to Levin.
Thank you very much Frankie. I'm here with the two people everybody wants to hear from.
Yesterday wasn't your best hits. What has to change today?
You know, today we're very confident and yesterday's not matter at all.
Are your mind complete?
Yeah.
I don't want to bring it up, but last time you in the lower bracket, you know what happened.
They didn't end well in 2023.
What have you learned from that?
What's going to be different today?
Well, I got a different duo.
I got Higgs IGN.
So the difference is going to be Higgs.
He's going to...
No more epic well.
Come on, man.
I got epic well a bit.
When Higgs makes calls for you guys to potentially leave wonky like you did yesterday, do you
Do you have poor belief in his decision-making?
Do you completely back him no matter what?
Yeah, any decision Higgs says?
100% factual, I gotta stick with it no matter what and play the game.
Higgs, the crowd is very loud, they're not loud for you.
Do you let that get to you?
Do you just have to block them all out today?
No, I don't care.
This guy don't care about nothing, man.
You know what, Frankie? This guy don't care about nothing.
What do you got going on in real time?
I think Higgs might care about Epic World
because they feel like there was a bit of a rivalry there.
What do you think of Higgs?
I'm Higgs?
That's my word, come on.
We don't think much of Higgs, apparently, in this boot.
Epic World, this is like your fifth land.
You're so used to this.
What made you want to play with Pumper
after he played at GC last year?
Yeah, I mean, if you just look at his placements,
he's just the best-west player.
He's him.
Are you him?
I am him, huh?
I'm playing with Will.
You know, he's a veteran in the game,
so I'm not really worried about today.
You shouldn't be worried about today.
guys it is so exciting to have you here joining us in just the door I think we
need some more players for you to play with
there is Q and the X here
but they're not here to play around
It means you're ready to start the fight to the dog.
O.C.F. is outlets and right place.
They have the power to qualify today.
They just need to show up and show out.
The spider must finish the kickoff summit.
Maze and his chair are out to prove
there's the plenty of dogs left in the fight.
A brand new day, razors and ritual.
Our contestant has never felt so good.
Marzine, that's not gonna show no mercy.
What's the problem?
We're gonna go on a parade here.
And then, the problem is the gentlemates
are in the building and they need business.
You're gonna race down on cam and the big chains of beef
by some nanny competition from us.
Show us what you're made of.
It's golden and old zone, major one with just the warm-up, with everything on the line this weekend, it's the real test.
I had to grab some of our newest representatives from Oceania.
Unfortunately, boys, you found yourselves in the lower bracket.
And Gerard, I spoke to you before the competition kicked off.
You said, normally Australian players, Oceania players, they play scared, but how did you play yesterday?
Well, we didn't really have a drop, so we're just going to different places, but now we know where to learn.
So you're prepared this time?
Yeah.
And what was the best thing about yesterday? What did you learn from day one?
Don't fall no dogs.
Don't fall no dogs, OK, so what's the plan today?
Well, there's six footballs.
OK, and for you, Jared, have you been a humlord at all by your experience yesterday?
What do you know you've got it in you? You're the big dog on top.
Oh, it's definitely very different to host here, but I think we can call it.
It's not impossible.
You know what's not impossible?
More German players in Championship Sunday.
Levan's got a treat in Soap, you twistled off.
Yes, I do, Frankie.
I've got the team that the crowd went crazy for.
What's the deal with you?
The deal.
We have seen this season so many times in formats
That's where you have to win to qualify, you come so close, you have second up, the second up, the second, what's going to be the key to victory for you this time?
I mean, I'm the best player right here, he's going to carry me this time, so yeah.
Jude, you are top player, we know that. You quit the game and then you came back.
What a bro, I was about to quit but then, I mean, the line got something for you, you know, never give up.
here on this stage, the deal, these fans are going crazy for you now. Do you have anything
you have to say to them before the games get going?
It's been a small voyage. Thank you for the years. We're exactly best.
Thank you guys.
Absolutely crazy.
Good deal. Good luck today. You got the support of the crowd. Back to you, Frankie.
Thank you so much, Levin.
First of all, Karama.
Is that the new team? No?
I don't think it is.
Well, apparently, I don't speak French.
I was asking him if they're the best team,
but he's not sure.
I'm sure, though, you've got some fans behind you
who know the answer to that one.
Akira, Joy's anniversary.
Happy birthday.
Would it be the best birthday present
to be able to qualify today?
It's the best gift for my birthday
It will be winning this time. Do you think you've got it in you? We can do it
I think after your performance in the last chance qualifier you've got a good shot
Why do you think you became one of the strongest teams in Europe at that event?
I mean
We've got experience
We play too bizarre since a long time was a chemistry and I think we were just the best
And you know what, awful saying. Have you got anything to say to the Gentleman's fans?
Gentle! Gentle! Gentle! Gentle! Gentle! And there you have it, this could be the best birthday
ever, but we'll have to wait and see if they're back to the best.
Oh, man, I am so hyped.
Dude, if you told me this was finals, I would believe you.
The quality of this lower bracket,
so many incredible players, and the fans go in a wild two.
But, Viv, Lev, I guess the question is,
we've only got room for 25-0.
Who do we think potentially could make it through?
Man, it is going to be extremely tough to see who's going to be amongst the 25.
Of course, new format today.
If you win your end, let's take a look at my personal predictions for
who I think is going to be winning a game today.
As you can see, little shots to see the likes of like Jocelyonzo in the lobby here today.
But I think they're going to be taking home game number one.
I feel like the drop spot is just too good.
You guys are familiar with it yesterday.
They had some players that they're used to kind of watching over on that side.
Mr. Savage and Bill, I will say that I went ahead and threw them up there for winning the game before I knew they were going to be contested today.
Although, I still think they can kind of make it happen.
Big favorites of Shadow and Virgo, I've already talked about them a bunch.
Agers and Rich were going to have the opportunity today to be uncontested.
I feel like they've got to be a shoe in for getting a victory Royale.
Cheetah and Pablo, triple contested.
I personally still believe and then of course
We would just round the day out so nice if we saw it swizzy and pixie get that last win
I
Like the pics. I think we have a lot of similar pics
We take a look at mine now because there's a couple names that I threw in that don't think you had the first one
The deal went through man. I asked the deal if you've been watching you if you're watching some of the last chance
This qualifies, this second chance qualifies, this guy just comes second place off the second base off the second base, it just feels like a pattern with him.
I think on the stage, with the backing of the fans, the first place is coming, Akira Paramba, the birthday boy, I would like to see them get that bang.
I'm not going to lie to you though, again when we're looking at like the Swithy Pixie, Shadow, Logo, Josh Ionzo, they are players who we can agree on.
We can expect them to come through in this lobby, get a win.
a win.
Clicks and Hicks are the first thing I wrote down though because I think of all the teams
in this lobby, regardless of the Oscaron situation, they are the team that has played
the most experience winning games in set lobby finals.
Right, I feel like of all the teams we've seen on this stage today, they've probably
done it the most of anyone.
And I don't know if you, maybe I'm reading a little too much into this, right?
You, I don't think that I had a moment to talk with Clicks and Hicks and, is it just
me or is Hicks maybe on his Venom arc a little bit?
He's on his Venom arc a little bit.
like I'm a turn he I'm a turn villain. Let me just see what that feels like.
I think it's true. I really do think it's true. And you know what makes it better,
dude? It's believable. Like I believe him. He says he don't care. And when he says this over,
it's up for everybody. I really do believe him. And so I hope Clix again has that same
belief as well as just following every decision he makes and delivering the goods.
And this has been actually a continuous conversation. So I'm happy you guys kind
kind of brought it up because it seems like it's completely
flipped in terms of the mentality for both of these guys.
I feel like going into major number one,
it was just all about medication.
They really felt like they had a super good chance to win.
And they did.
Then after that, I feel like hitting the Sojos
and hitting the Streams for these two,
I kind of feel like they got a little bit more lax
and lost a little bit of that, hey, listen, we're just the best.
We don't care what's going to happen today.
So I'm not entirely sure I talked about it yesterday.
I'm not trying to show that's a good thing
how the kind of performance can happen in the server. It's going to be a bad thing during the lower bracket.
So I feel like so far it hasn't worked out, but maybe today we'll see them a little bit reformed.
I want to see it. I just got to see a VR on it. So, John, come on, man, you know,
that would just up that confidence through the roof. Saddle up nicely for tomorrow. This is still
right. Let's get out of it. I would be super, super stoked to see him to adjust in the finals.
I mean, obviously, he's better in off the game.
He knows exactly what to do when I walk in like this.
But picking up those players that are a little bit less experienced than Josh,
we were talking to Yachton just a little bit earlier.
He's very, very confident in Josh's ability, right?
He's like, yeah, maybe he's a little bit nervous.
But I did see on socials that the first player in the practice room this morning
was Josh himself.
So he's been getting ready all day.
Day.
I like this sound.
It looks so good.
Sounds so good.
Hey, what happened?
And don't forget though, venue,
if you'd have that bingo card,
why don't you see if you guys would maybe help us out
before we even get into game number one.
Fans, I mean, look, we're looking for the pause in here.
What do we think?
Can we maybe get some help from the crowds?
I would like to hit it early bingo.
I mean, you're the only one that could be out.
I mean, look, the MA fans,
they were just bouncing right now.
I think if Akira and Kurama win a game,
there is no doubt in my mind
that they will be stood there celebrating,
jumping up and down,
in the postman. I would like to see so much from the kid in
Karela. I think they will win a game and so you might not get
to see the most from them today. Man, we're not getting word.
The games are ready. This is the lower bracket after taking away.
Thank you guys. Everybody out there for joining us. This is
day number two and Alice broke it down. Perfect. What is truly
at stake? They even have our predictions there on the table.
I know I have some favorites that I'd want to see but they're gonna have to earn it taco
It's just the fact that when and more it in you can chase that victory royale
You can focus exclusively on it, but just in case you don't top 19 the consistency metrics still playing a key part
So let's see what happens here in game one
We're already anticipating that things could potentially get very spicy at a few key parts
of the map, Jacob, but for some of our duos, they might not be expecting that at all.
Yeah, this is kind of how you feel in the moment we've had already some players switch
and shut their drop spots.
We've had others stick to what they said,
coming into this major one-submit land.
You got wonky land, contested.
Riptides contested.
So many spots on the map here.
But for Seidou, you're already contested as well.
Marius and I dropped right out of the gates
a little bit of a split drop.
Both of them getting their respective floor loot,
but neither one of them wanted to make that big play.
And this could be the moment,
but Pote size so far away, they have a 2v1 taco.
Let's see how much of that pro-doxy coach assistance for Aydrop.
And Medias in the player lounge pans out this week,
because now it's their opportunity to showcase exactly what they've learned.
But Otisite, Seydal, they're not trying to fold over anytime soon here.
Medias, Aydrop still applying a bit of steady pressure.
It's all about finding the first opening shots.
Both of these two loaves don't really have much shape.
It's gonna be Aydrop who actually exchanged the elimination onto Otisite.
Seydal is left scrambling.
He's got to try and bail out.
Man, that's just so unfortunate.
Potasai moved on over to try to help Sato take the 2-2-1,
but Sato had different plans.
He immediately shockwaves out just to try to survive.
And now he's going to be stuck in this game as a solo.
And it's not only Marius and I drop
that he has to worry about.
It's Shadow and Virgo.
It's Oh-Sit and Scare.
It's Josh Niamh, so Golden and Oh-Zone towards the top
of the mountain.
There's so many threats around this lobby.
But it's definitely got to feel great to put into practice
real-time application what you've been practicing all week and for say though he has had the opportunity to at least try and
Build up the shields. He's looking to try and escape it
But actions always taking place on the map and yet it takes down and through
Waiting for the finish to come through and it's just that easy
Yeah, not a player kind of just getting stuck as a solo here early on but at least it's not over for them yet
They kind of know that to be true and playing in the upper bracket yesterday, even though
things don't go your way, you've got to look at the flip side of things.
You've got to realize that now you have more experience in person, playing in front of
a crowd, playing with those nerves.
And for Chapin Fixie, I feel like they've got to be one of our teams in that top 19 consistency.
Top break, Dan, of if you're a controller and Hamon, but at the same time, Fixie and
Jeff probably very happy knowing that they're not gonna be as contested for
this starting point. They were dealing with Lewa and Romero, I believe, who
already had their success in the upper bracket. So here today, it's time to stand
out. Yeah, and that's the interesting thing about, you know, the upper bracket
in the lower bracket. You have teams just like that, Lewa and Romero, they win
the fight, right? They're going into championship Sunday. As of now, they
might be uncontested, but it's gonna be up to these guys to really prove that
they belong there. Gino and Pablo, we can do probably one of them as well.
Sandy's trip, it went from double contested, triple contested.
And at one point we saw the whole lobby, but Seito trying to run away.
And this is what I thought. You have to worry about so many,
but Josh is down. Yamsa's in the 1v1.
Seito's not going down without a fight, but Yamsa with a huge HP advantage,
has some extra shield and the quick heals.
He's going to disengage, try to get the revive back on the Josh.
That's going to force Seito to make a decision.
Do you pressure not let him get the revive or disengage and survive?
Sano just didn't want to take the risk.
The fact he was even able to bring down Josh Raleigh in the first place is a incredible
scene and he could see already what took place.
The lurk, the flame making opportunities that Sano's trying to bring to fruition.
But of course, Chino, Pablo, right back to it for Strokey repairs, trying to see if they
can hold out.
Pablo's ready, just smacks repairs straight for the first elimination and now it's all
up to Chino to see whether he can up those things out.
He's not finished.
He wants to see if he can take out the strokey with an insurance.
Two big eliminations to start the day.
Perfectly played by Chino and Pablo there in that situation.
They realize that fast strokey lands over towards four fields, which is a contested fight.
They've been staying alive.
They just went on over for loot and they just got caught out of position so many times
in almost every region that sandy strip jump that surprises so many people catching them off guard.
Let's jump on more King and Phaser over towards the side of the knot.
They already have that first elimination and it looks like they're trying to chase down the second
chance to actually look back and see what took place.
King and Phaser just running straight into her.
Say no, I was hoping that he could have yet another success shot to bring things down.
But unfortunately, it all crumbles right in the speed.
Phaser King, that's just a week out.
The mission north are not directly fighting clips and hicks.
Jesse, I hope that might change later on today.
Yeah, definitely blue as the games go on.
Where you're at on the leaderboard,
you really play a role in how you get to play off
the rest of your game.
But it sounds like the fan favorite,
Radil and Jew roads aiding in the second zone
relatively early.
But if you look at their load up,
they're maxed up on materials.
Their load up in terms of fields is as best as it can be.
Mine is being a chug chug,
so they have nothing to worry about
for the next couple of zones.
Meanwhile, on the whole southern side of the map,
Brando's already down.
GRX is trying to decide what loot he needs to bring with him, and it's a 1v1 against Chap.
And the problem right now for Chap is that he was not expecting to be without flixing, but everyone is just creeping around these building corners.
It's as if everyone's just playing a horror game of Fortnite right now.
Yeah, you kind of saw it in the beginning of the game in the fee again
This was take our did take down brand new in that exchange in their all-span fight
You're actually trying to stay alive just like anybody else if you have at least 500 gold
You don't even need to pick up that reboot card
You go straight to the reboot van and you can buy your teammate back
And that's why you see so many players shock waving away from the fight before their teammate even goes down
We try to give them a chance
the first place was receiving
that initial coaching from Sky
and scroll. They likely got a
solid strategy for how they want
to play through this website
position of the P O I but at the
same time, Jacob, when you're
depending on so much storm play
opportunity, you have to expect
there's other teams so waiting
around two teams that are looking
for stuff. That's what their
baby line is going and we're
going to have to wait until
That's what they're making one is born and night trying to see if they can find chap in the mix of it all and chap
Really can't just push them back. Yeah, you can kind of see a whole new sense of
One god gonna regret that one later
And now it's time to un-thish the bees chap trying to push in get pressure push night back
And you see him backtrack for his rebound and he's letting him get away with it
And this is big because Flixie was already rebooted once and now with a fresh body of loot from God, they're back into the game.
There is nothing worse than thinking you have every advantage.
Bono and Knight knew that Chapp and Flixie were hurt. They knew it was a fresh reboot and yet they still couldn't come out on top in that situation.
The momentum shift, it can swing that rapidly and now you're left to wonder what's Knight going to do? Where's his recovery going to take place?
They got that one elimination off Skvon floating around, they probably heard the reboot and
all that actually going down around new sanctuary and the way this side of the map works, new
sanctuary is like in a canyon down below and you got all these mountain ranges up above
and they're using that to their full advantage to try to get damage, storm surge that allows
them a lot of mobility and freedom throughout the mid game.
a little bit worried though for their search strategy. They spent a lot of time investing
into playing for that reboot, right? They just absorbed a lot of damage in the process of that
first escape. So the way it's going to take place next, but bellow and savage.
Squiggly shores, contested, uncontested. It's all up in the air right now. You can't expect anything
to stay the same, not with only six matches to work with. And obviously because of the Victor
in a royal format here, Jacob.
Teams might just send the hell Mary, Sphinx, Muzz.
Make that interview was all a distraction factor
because these guys are creeping around squiggly right now.
They're trying to figure out who's gonna be the first one
to encounter in these buildings.
I hope that looks spot on the mount.
He's in that surge tower.
He has the bird's eye view.
I know he saw, but he doesn't necessarily get to see
but Sphinx and Muzz are closing the distance.
A good opportunity to at least get damage
to Mr. Savage and since his teammate is so far away they can try to go for the
Elam 50 shield of God just like that and now they're trying to push in Savage
trying to extend his distance away off the top of that surface a shockwave
Velo's trying to make his way on over and bring it to a fair 2v2 immediately
Velo doing everything in his power to try and reunite with Savage he wants to
make sure that Mudd and Sphinx don't have the opportunity to just dive bomb into
where he's locked up and Savage he's not interested in the fight whatsoever
Whoever hasn't necessarily taken that many search tags in the process, so they can still disengage here
Yep, perfect play for Sav just especially without separated him and bellow were initially again bellow using that search time
We just wasn't able to spot out for work from us and sphinx. They really make it happen now
Lou rainy over towards riptides
Epic well pump towards riptides as well and pump is fresh off of review
Epic well forced to stay alive and get his teammate back into the game
But now they're just getting approached one step at a time.
They're getting closer and closer to trying to fight him.
A big momentum swing here too though for Jace and Liam.
One elimination apiece tells me that they got the better energy exchange between Daya and Bobby.
And it's always going to be a rough start.
But Liam, Jace, whether or not they actually managed to find one of those original painted palm streams,
You could be left to say, but at the same time, your Jacob, it's your first land, right?
It's your first real appearance, and yet they're playing like there's no pressure at all.
Yeah, playing like he's at home, I bet you got his shoes kicked off, pockets empty, and
just kind of feeling himself.
In that interview there in the free game, he was feeling confident, as Yana's cheating,
staying around such studios that is a vending machine nearby where they are going to use
it to either buy some med kits, patch up, or any shields that they do need it, so they
They can extend their stay here inside of the zone versus some of the other teams on the outskirts,
including the one they just got tags on.
They don't have that same luxury.
If they've been keeping an eye on the elimination fee, though,
investing some time in Storm here at SOS could definitely work in their favor,
because that initial off-spawn over at Brick Tines,
it's so easy to third-party commit to but for Chap, Flixy,
they've also been largely just trying to play for the leftovers after that initial pick-up off-spawn.
And now, Flixie Chep, they might not realize
that these endings are already still being camped out.
Yeah, and you see them kind of staggering their medkits.
First, it was Cheetah and Janice ready to hold the wall.
And then Janice was able to do it as well.
Chep and Flixie know they're there on the other side.
Probably got the audio visuals of the heels,
but they're 200 above.
They don't want to force a fight and force
themselves in a bad situation, like minute in Southo here,
154 below.
Their material count is not good either.
So it's almost in a situation here
or they have to win this fight because if they just engage,
they're going to be left with stress.
And he could have already called it out though.
They're looking for the win outright.
If you find it, man, a little bit overexpones here,
but he could still have to push back.
Now Salco's going to actually be the first to fall
and just like that, Minit and Salco find themselves
eliminated from the lobby yet again,
no chance to see what's actually going to pull from them
in the remainder of this lobby,
But just a great opening from Tiggs doing an excellent job.
They're really catching up off going.
Yeah, they were so worried about that.
Because they just lost track of Tiggs who had control of all 3C
back-to-back shots to take them both out of the game
and can start to build that confidence, just like Kix and Hicks
here, even though they were contested by King and Phaesar
over at Wonkingland, they didn't want to fight it out early.
They're just sitting straight to their strategy
on the other side, though.
Fresh off the reboot means you're likely below that damaged
threshold for Epic Whale and Pump. This fight is everything for Game 1.
They're just running out of time. They don't have the damage. They barely have the heels
for it. Nalu and Rainey are just continuing to stall us out and Pump. Easy thing out for
the count entirely here. Nalu and Rainey, they'll also have the benefit of the Siphon
now taking over. They've got more than enough pizza slices too. And Jacob, we're gonna toot
it. This situation just is so compromised right now. That initial off-spot fight for
We're wailing pumped. It's just not voting well.
Man, you see pumps trying to go for a quick shot.
Needed a miracle. Doesn't get a dollar in rainy.
They're able to win that one.
But they have about 50 or so seconds
to make it to the zone.
You set it yourself.
By now, it is going to be a two tick.
But once this one closes, we're going
to be moving to a five tick.
So it doesn't matter how many heels you have,
you don't want to have to expend it early
before you reach the zone, before you reach this end game.
Definitely a little bit more pep in their stuff, though,
after finding those two eliminations.
maybe the surge damage will help them overcome.
Rest of the obstacles still left to deal with here.
Sky's up in Momsie, very scrappy French duo.
They've got Sphinx and Muzz in their sights currently,
but the face will cut that line of sight.
Still, maybe a little bit caught
if they decide to clash with the Kirin Karam.
There's no guarantees,
but the way that they were kind of trying to set up
against Muzz and Sphinx,
it almost seems like they need the damage.
And sure enough, 42 below on Surge.
Just one tag.
Yeah, you don't want that Surge to activate really
force in your hand.
Omzi, because more than that, it's
a nice shot on Akira and Karama.
And out there below the damage threshold,
and this is the back and forth you see,
whether it's rotating through the bones or in box fights
like this, it's just a tough way to kind of go out.
And he's feeling the pressure as well.
They were over 100 above the damage threshold.
Last time we seen him, and now he's falling 157 below.
Clicks is gone and now he's forced to clutch up here in game number one.
It's incredible though that Higgs is even in this position in the first place.
157 below, but look at where the zone is pulled to if wonky.
You would think this would be ideal, but the fact of the matter is as a solo
Higgs has to really dig deeper if he wants to manage to make it out for a solid placement.
Yeah, 10 teams need to go down before him or Velo are granted any points and
they're both below the damage threshold.
fellow not so much he needs one shot whether it's the AR the shotgun to land
without taking much but he gets tacked up again above right back down below
fellow now has to be perfect with these hills so moving in and I think this is
the end of the road for fellow in game one just didn't have any other options
here and Higgs might need a similar fate he also needs damage but he also has to
stay moving trying to see if he can get up himself somewhere else in the lobby
trying to build up to buy great fortune only going to drop just in the nick of
time here but he's still getting lit up by the search that meant get a shield
potion decent amount of materials he might be able to turn this one around and
just like that the search thresholds are just teeter-tottering above and below
but he's still trying to see if you can wait things out yeah 184 essentially a
full elimination worth of damage but where this zone goes either gonna help
open or hurt him. If it goes up the side of the mountain that's going to give him so many
shockwave opportunities to get damage and hits. He has to earn it but he was just blessed
as the zone moves up the side of the mountain but he peeks. He takes a lot of damage but
he's going to show how chaotic this end game is going to be.
Excellent looks right now though for Pablo he's just been on fire in this lobby. Three
eliminations. We're going to still add more to it but poor Higgs man. You just have to
think these are the moments where you really cannot afford to panic but not only that even
If you know this POI so well, you also know that when teams are already established on the mountain face
They're looking straight at everyone else underneath the moment you open up that wall teams already trying to apply pressure
Force to drop force to try and make a play but it's he's just got nowhere left to run to everyone else
He's already left the vicinity
He's just too late to the party and the search will take care of them
Yeah, with no other nations not inside of the top 25 that one's going to sting Jews gonna be by himself
25 at least above the damage threshold, 11 players need to go down and we will no longer have Storm surge in this game.
So he has two different options here. He's popping off like he's doing, or he could try to outheal it.
He has more than enough of those HP heals in his inventory, but he's just waiting for the zone to push everybody from the backside of the zone forward.
That's when he's going to get the green light to go, but he falls 87 below, so not only does he have to rotate, he has to find damage.
He also had to invest practically all of his hard materials to protect himself,
but he's now straight looking at breakfast and Alex.
Some great tags there.
Going to commit him to be just 21 above, but Gino,
Bob this after has shrunk.
Maybe they got a little too braggy with the Gino still hunting for more,
but he's not gonna be able to find it still.
Five eliminations, decent amount of points, just for game one.
I think everybody out here is feeling that feeling of deja vu from day one
with a lot of these zones going towards the top side
of the mountains.
That first one, it was steady.
Now we're going towards the back side of those mountains.
It's going to be hard for players to survive,
especially the ones with no material.
And it's a solo drama.
Needs a miracle to happen here.
Some sort of siphon.
You need some sort of help.
And right now, it's not what he wanted.
It's the complete opposite.
They're pressuring him out.
He didn't even spend everything he has left.
The one silver lining is that the threshold for search
He won't be coming into effect.
We've already had enough players get eliminated.
So one big shot could be the difference maker here.
He's going to need to find the perfect opportunity, though.
And he doesn't necessarily have time,
because the longer it takes him to get into zone,
the more established other players
are going to be looking towards that backside
as a Jargu and Carilio to ultimate low ground.
They've been sitting behind the rest of the pack.
And look at Matty is now trying to make his approach.
But as a solo, how far can he really go?
Yeah, with no extra shot waves, no real material to build up or protect himself.
He's just crouching, trying to hide the audio and the visual so nobody can sneak up.
But now the zone's going packed up over the top of the mountain.
He could try to recycle builds, but it ain't gonna be easy.
He's using it to get it down onto one.
Pinks is gonna fall, but he's not going to get taken out.
Team mate saving the day there as Marius lands a shot in the Virgo.
That's a huge warning of where he's positioned.
Man, is he still wishing that that would have just been the one to give him the full knock?
Then he could have had that elimination, but way up up top,
Josh Reilly has managed to overcome the mountain face.
Still swizzy, pixie, hunting for more, looking down at the team struggling to try and scale their way up.
Major's all by his lonesome, but we know exactly what he's capable of.
He's trying to see if he can bring a refresh into the picture, but instead, it's gonna be Tiggs and then he goes making things
Oh, so complicated for everybody underneath.
One of five solos left down below,
and Christian Tiggs all the way from OCE.
This could be their moment to shine on the big stage.
They still gotta go to Pixie, Swincy.
These guys are here to make a name for themselves
on the international stage like they haven't already.
Pixie, Swincy, they're still being challenged
into the box.
Those get taken out.
They are part of the global champions for a reason.
Not only that, but they're one of the only
fully intact duos left in this lobby.
Virgo, Rangers, Solas underneath them.
Josh is falling, though, four eliminations.
Decent placement to boot.
Ticks, then he goes.
They start dropping.
They needed to get those siphon materials.
Now they're going to ramp back up.
Ticks trying to see if he can provide a little bit of air
coverage here about Pixie and Swizzy.
Our two men on a mission.
Pixie trying to see if he can connect.
Needs one more.
Needs the siphon mats.
He knows that he can't afford to keep taking those peaks.
He knows that the angles are in his favor,
but Rangers cut off in the process.
Birdo's still following his Swizzie.
Pixie gets ages of two versus two to try and round things out.
Nine eliminations already.
This is the chance to get your spot on the bingo for it secure.
But that one gets ripped away.
Tiggs from up top, take it down.
Half for the Vovals champion, but it is going to be a 1v1.
Pixie gets his get back.
It's him versus Tiggs.
No shields at the current moment for each of our players.
And he's trying to put pressure down from above.
But Pixie is able to go to the sidelines, finds a crevice,
gets the shields off.
And this is it, Taco. It comes down to who wins this game.
It's going to finals.
To those, he's got to get up close and personal.
Pixie doing his best to try mental up, mental forward.
Pixie nearly comes down.
Oh, my God!
Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack!
Swayze and Big Bear!
They've got the balls, but Swayze's really beating him, because they are done for today!
There's one for the other, you don't poke the bear, Frankie!
Don't poke the bear, indeed!
My word, Pixie, you as a solo, up against Pix in the 1v1.
What was going through your head there? It was a cat and mouse game.
I mean, is that one of them? Is it one for me?
You aren't noticed one of the best fraggers in EU and for you Swizi watching this man make things quick and easy for you in the lower bracket
What was that like?
It was really easy
Got my rest, we win. I said like we're gonna reset tomorrow
We also wanted to go high but this zone we couldn't.
I was gonna say that was such a difficult
Mountain zone for you. How did you manage to make it to the top and get out of that sticky situation?
I mean, we learned from our mistakes yesterday and we took priority on our rotates, so we
fixed everything that happened yesterday and now we won the game.
While you get to leave the stage in just a moment, boys, what's the plan now to get
ready for tomorrow?
Get on the gun, get our swords, and probably take care and don't die.
Take care, don't get eliminated.
It's really something we can all live by.
Let's head to the break and after that
Okay.
Absolute cinema!
Let it get on with!
Let it go, sweetie!
They did it!
Oh my gosh.
tell them to post the stats now.
All of you opportunists that were hating on Pixie and Granz,
post the noia stats, post them now.
My boy went crazy.
Swizzy, sitting back watching all the belief in the world
because when you have a teammate that is flying,
that Pixie was there, hitting every shot he needed,
all the composure in the world, man.
And again, this is why last year,
everybody vivid was saying,
this guy is the best flagger in EU.
because of moments and performances like this clutched up on one of the biggest stages of
fortnight has to offer not only that a lot of talk right swissie and pixie didn't qualify
through the upper bracket man can they make the run to the lower bracket game one that conversation
is already finished and i was worried coming into the day because i mentioned our global champions
of last year. Weezy, Moustache, Swizzy. I was like, there's no way we have a final
that summit without any of them. And Swizzy shot me up real quick, clutched up game and
number one, they're going the finals. Hey, vivid. That's one for one on the prediction.
One for one.
Man, congratulations to them. That's the Swizzy. It picks you. We kind of expected to see yesterday,
But again, it's all good.
They now focus on tomorrow's finals.
We will not be seeing them compete again today.
But that's OK.
A big sigh of relief for the duo.
That's all it takes.
One good game like that.
We see them rise with the standings,
make it all through the finals.
Absolutely crazy stuff.
Although there is a team, right?
We were kind of expecting a big performance out of the duo
there.
But there was a team on the high ground
for the entirety of that end game.
But I feel like we did not expect a second place out of it.
it didn't look like they were going to win the game at one point. Danny Kressen, Tiggs represent in the Middle Eastern region.
We were kind of worried that we were like, man, are we going to get any of these smaller regions to qualify through finals?
I mean, we had a handful come through the upper bracket. Is the lower bracket going to feature any immediately a second place spot?
Yeah, they didn't get the win, but they put them in such a great spot on the leaderboard.
I mean, pickups to Tiggs. Watching the highlights here, we see so many players with it.
Some of the best players this game has ever seen in situations like that where you've run out of match, you run out of everything, you just need a refresh.
I've seen prime Peterbot need a refresh at times, and he maybe just can't quite get it.
Every single time at the end of the ticks needed to get there, he managed to just find the loop, he needed to keep him going.
Super unfortunate again, not winning the 1v1 there, but still a great game for these two.
Hey, but check this out.
Let's go down this little bit further right now.
So Josh, ages in ritual, them NA names we're used to seeing.
I love seeing their in that final game.
We actually saw them be eliminated.
But Yamzo and Josh took that fight to the high ground.
You know, Levin, this is so exciting to see them finally have that moment on stage.
We get to see them in game.
And I love that they're fearless.
I mean, this is a special day for these two.
Because really and truly again, when you're talking about some of the best teams in the NA vivid,
these guys are up there.
Josh in particular, his story is unbelievable.
The fact that this guy is playing on the stage next to Klicks
because he got a PC from Klicks.
Like that in itself is just madness to me.
And a big start on the day showcasing why this guy is seen
as the next Peterbot in NA, the next big talent,
the next big thing.
He doesn't even look like the next big thing
as far as talent lies in NA.
He has just been the best right at times, right?
He's had so many great performances
and did cups of late.
Ionzo, we know what he can do.
Seeing them do it on the stage in this first game,
was special, man.
I'm really looking forward to seeing them continue to cook up.
Yeah, I picked up some solid points, as you can see there.
And I got to take my hat to do it,
because early on, off-spot, obviously, they are uncontested.
But in early push, towards their way, they overcame them, man.
They got the elimination there, and it snowballed into the late game.
Obviously, we saw where the zone ended up.
It did pretty much land where they do land in the early game.
But obviously, sometimes these games are not easy to play out.
They made it look easy.
Can lie, man.
I'm excited.
Ager's ritual.
I'm looking.
I need these guys to qualify on through, right?
Seeing them already have this run.
So remember, big reminder, the format today
is you got to get the victory out.
You win and you're in.
That's it.
You don't have to play any more games,
or we need to end in the top 19.
This is a very strong first start for the duo, Biff.
Absolutely.
you can see early off here.
He was kind of left alone.
And I feel like the story throughout the weekend,
at least in these early couple of games,
has always been the fact that there are just so many solos
left alive in these lobbies.
And making the most out of it is going
to make the difference right there.
As you can see, after he goes down,
just feeling, you know, cool, calm, and collected.
Hey, foot bumps all around, feeling good.
I don't worry about these two at all.
After when you look at the talent, the experience,
the quality.
I think these guys, wherever they win a game,
whether it will be through consistency,
I think these guys will make it back.
I think the biggest worry for me is just I'm just looking
to Sunday and looking to see them in a position
and can test it at latte.
We're not gonna learn much from them today
because it's gonna be a completely different situation
if they're able to qualify.
And so again, hopefully we can see them continue
to play their game and just warm into things a bit more.
Double duos there though.
I'm a little worried about RhymerSaw, Clicks and Higgs,
ball of the sport, Kira Kurama, I mean, you know, look, again, it's just game one.
I don't want to worry too much, but it was really a five more games, right?
We need that VR.
We need to be in top 19, very, very tough.
But it's all good because we've got game number two ready to go.
Whatever happened in game number one doesn't matter.
Every game can be a new game for these two.
So let's get ready to go up into game number two.
One thing I can't help but notice here, though, Jacob,
is the fact that some of our duos that weren't able to actually have that standout performance
in game day number one have managed to succeed here in game day two. So the best benefit
of that, you know, duo like virtual ages, I think that you have to remember they're
already high up on the leaderboard. Now, if you want to put through on consistency,
one more performance like that, and they're in it to win it.
They're basically locked and loaded and typically at this point in time, I'd be like,
If the team wins, their drop spot is open.
I'll tell you more about that in a second,
because game two is ready.
As I was saying, usually a drop spot opens up
when a team wins a game because they're no longer in the lobby.
They advance directly to Championship Sunday.
But if you look at where Pixie and Swizzy were landing,
it was kind of a triple contested fight.
So it's not going to get easier game two.
Yeah, they already had plenty of company,
but they managed to move out.
They left everyone else behind.
They'll worry about that for tomorrow.
Vazen and Gerald, though, intent on contesting Epic Whale
and Pump here at Rip Tides.
But all that's going to do is extend
an open invitation for the third-party scenario
all throughout Chapter 7.
any teams that have been contesting each other at riptides almost always results in both of them
just getting wiped after the fact because it's such an easy position to get their party. Yeah,
especially with everyone around them uncontested but clicks and hags they're going to go ahead and
take that long glide strategy. They're going to go and get the top side of wonky land. You kind of
saw there in a second on the map. King and phaser are already down there on the south side of wonky
already trying to loot up and give them a little bit of a timing advantage over
clicks and hicks so if they get a load out in theory taco we can see them play
aggressive but I dropped with one elimination but y'all don't notice
Marius is down. Some unfortunate stuff but sometimes the bus path does happen to
work against you and for other players in the lobby they're always gonna be
looking up the moment they touch down trying to lock in that early surge
a really trying to deliver a lot of fight here at New San
Shui. This southeast portion of the map is so active because
even over towards the southwest, Epic Well Pump, they're still
trying to see whether or not they can even start this
engagement with Gerald and Bason.
Yeah, you're talking about other players moving on over.
That's going to be Nathan on the top side of Riptides.
He's forced out because Muzz and Speed's ready to get that
first elimination on the next round.
He's forced out because Muzz and Sveed were able to get that first elimination on the nebs,
but that just kind of puts Epic Well and Pump in the middle, distracted by two different
opportunities.
The main focus is going to be the OCE town down below of Bayeson and Gerald, where they
have to watch out for any learn plays.
They move side of them.
That could be the end.
It's always hard to keep track of where exactly the lobby is moving towards, but for Yanis,
Chitin, any time you see that flow in this grenade, you know there's a duo surrounding
it.
Xavier and Cezars.
First time on the big stage, but they are still looking to try and pop off really make a name for themselves with those gray loadouts
Not exactly what you want to be rocking up against some of EU's finest
Yeah, we're already seeing some teams switch up drop spots not necessarily going toward dark dominion where swissian pixie
Just qualified out of we're seeing them drop at little points all around the map even Yanis
Cheating taking a different approach to this game instead of saying that stuff studios to get their e-lives
They immediately are moving on out.
Skyjump, Momsly, they find themselves in a pitball against X-Pawn and Doxy.
2v2 situation, and X-Pawn's gonna get that first knock on to Skyjump.
He needs the elimination for the Cypher.
HP is dwindling, but he has a couple of seconds.
He has his teammate by his side.
Momsly's gonna spray through the builds.
He's gonna free fire to get that Elim.
Even Momsly would no choice.
He has to run and disengage for a second chance at life.
Normally when you see players lose like all of their HP,
you expect them to just pull back.
X-Pawn is having none of it.
He said, if you want to step up to me,
Longsy tried his best, threw his name into the half,
but he just wasn't ready to witness his duo fall.
Just bring back to back to back,
and that is really all it takes for X-Ball
to bring down Skyjump.
They really had him pincered two different angles.
He is literally just throwing haymakers to stay alive,
but you and Bagheel, 18 points from game one.
It's not where they have hope to land on the leaderboard,
but it's about slowly, maturely building up that confidence.
When we look at consistency, it's gonna be the top 19.
They're just outside of that as of now.
The King and Grace, they're looking to advance
on the Chief and Flixie, first elimination.
That one's gonna be easy.
Chief was left by himself.
You can see King and Grace just dissected the Anas and Flixie
to get the eliminations, say Chief, sorry.
Crazy and King Lane, they'll still have more work cut out
for them, but two eliminations, round things off.
That's always a nice little confidence builder.
granted those two definitely have plenty of it even heading into today's
competition. Velo and Savage though checking back in on what's been
building over near scrappy shores. Not surprised to see Velo in the search
phase and ages with another elimination here on to the most ritual.
It's got to be feeling very good about what his duo has been able to bring
forth here today. Yesterday things a little bit shakier, a little bit more
difficult but even with Asia's being a bit under the weather this gameplay here
today isn't looking like it. Yeah especially being uncontested you play
with a whole new freedom knowing you got the entire POI to yourself with one
elimination they know Jonas is gonna be by himself 2v1 trying to attack from
both angles jumping up and down not trying to let him heal not trying to
let him get a breath of fresh air and another shot from Asia's gonna connect
tried to spray into the box not enough to get the knock but him and ritual are
side by side they're working together to make sure that their both don't take too
much damage but their stone position is clean up this elimination and what's wild to think about
is rich on ages they're fighting for their spot to try and get that rematch up against
re and cooper in tomorrow's finals ages we're trying to see if they can finish what he started
here and sure enough ritual is going to get the cutoff points there on the Jonas two eliminations
now for this duo and a lot of wiggle room here because lots of landing is wide open yeah and
And this is a team that you don't want to see get heated up because when they start going they are hard to stop
And now that they got their early game served with those two eliminations, they're gonna go back on over to Lotte Landing
They have plenty of heals
They have a good enough amount of gold where they can use that mending machine
Which allows them to overstay their welcome and use that long launch pad towards the back
Oh, you can see it coming Pablo waiting for the piece up and sure enough nowhere left for Minbiel to run
One, it pops in and Chino, the other half of the duo standing out here on his own accord,
a great set of eliminations for these two.
Yeah, all it takes is getting caught off guard.
One simple second, and that's what we've seen, you know, for the past couple of months,
a lot of these lurk plays come into action, especially when players with these new search
changes, they're kind of just boxed up.
They're in their towers, they're at their POI, and they don't expect to get snuck up on,
and more and more continues to work and find success here in this game.
But just like I was talking about ages of rituals, long launch path,
Josh and Yom so have the same thing.
It takes you further, it takes you farther.
You throw the fins in the mix and you can across the map,
Xavier, Sazers are trying to sneak attack on the Liam
and that first one looks like it was gonna work, but Liam turns,
he burns him down, leaving Xavier by himself.
To be one situation, they were positive before the game for a reason.
This is the nightmare scenario now
because that should have been it.
Liam though, he might still wind up being knocked here.
But he's not careful.
Xavier is still just fighting.
Maybe even to restore a little bit of pride after that one.
You think that you get the sneak attack instead?
It's 180.
Jason's instantly dropping that fizz bomb.
They're not in the zone just yet.
So HP, you can see them trying to get the elimination.
Save it for the siphon.
But it's getting a little bit too risky.
Liam, one shot away from going down by Xavier.
So he's instantly trying to pop that chug chug.
and they're not necessarily pressed right now to move quick.
They're outside of the zone, not taking damage,
and they have about 20 seconds before the zone forces them in,
but they have to be careful.
Another team in the distance, that's gone at night.
And they've already switched at their drop spot.
They contested Chap and Flixie,
they eliminated them out of this game,
and now they're ready to do it again here.
But if you're Liam and Jace,
you don't have any reason to leave anytime soon.
You know that Xavier is a solo.
You know that you have more than enough white heels
to actually extend your time inside of the storm
and not only that, but why not get more surge if you can?
And isolated solo is going to be your best bet
for another points opportunity off the elimination.
Xavier trying to see just how much time he can really find here.
But Liam, Jase, they are feeling very aggressive.
And I can't blame them.
I mean, try to sneak up on me.
Yeah, for Liam and Jase, though, I agree with you.
At first, when it was a 2v1, you got
to kind of take the fight, but the longer this one goes,
the taker is actually landing shots back.
So even if they get the Salvation Taco,
what does that do to their surge plan?
Especially since Bon and I are still waiting
just outside of this fight to beat anybody
that breaks through those builds.
So Liam and Jayce, they have to make a decision
and they have to make a decision quick
if this fight is worth it.
Could be possible for them to just opt
for a further east rotation.
You try and avoid where going
at night are actually situated.
Sometimes you have to look elsewhere
somewhere that has opened up just a little bit.
It's going to be dark dominion,
but it is bumping as ever.
So many teams already in this P O I for
Toyota and Yuma.
There's a lot of questions up in the air.
Are they going to be able to have some of that
practice game success?
saw them collect at least an extra bend though off of delivering a victory royale in that
performance. But this is the best time to do it. I mean, you want to be in the finals.
Yeah. And typically we kind of look at these guys. So when it comes to these international
lands, they usually have some tricks up their sleeve. They're probably trying to save it
from finals. But boys, we got to make it there. This is going to be your best chance as we
go back on over towards new sanctuary. The M&Js, they're still busy off the side of the
But Southwell Minnet have now gained the attention of gone and knight inside of the new sanctuary and Minnet Southwell went down last game
Because of storm surge they're not trying to make the same mistake twice
But he overpeeks night lands a good shot punch after punch
They're just taking too much damage before Southwell answers back with a shot of his own
That's going to be enough to deter gone and knight
Waiting to see whether or not they'll be able to actually continue this conversation
conversation, but there's still a decent amount of fighting
left to be done here at New Sanctuary because even the
situation a little bit further southeast has seemingly cleared
up and I have to expect that that was very likely Liam and
Jayce finally finishing that elimination onto Xavier.
Now we can see if it's worth it and we tune into them.
Storage serves pops up at the Quail Pump.
Even without that elimination at riptide,
you see them immediately trying to rotate out of the zone.
They know so many players usually do rotate
around battlewood through riptides
and even towards the North Pumple Hills,
and they're just trying to get as much surge as possible.
But just like I was talking about being the Jason,
that fight, if you keep training shots,
not getting evens and not getting the better,
you're gonna end up in a position like this.
You're above the damage threshold, but only by 49.
It's really just the damage ratios
that have been at the peak storyline for this weekend
because teams that are just eating as many shots
as they're sending out,
it's difficult to try and stay even.
But right now, Clif's pigs utilizing everything they can
off the map itself over the campfire,
trying to get some health restoration here.
They've got pizzas, they've gotten that kids.
And it looks like they're fully intending
on trying to make a dead side approach
or they might be looking to see if they can find pigs
and go to are known for sticking around
and serve faces deep from toy box docks.
Yeah, 186 damage.
That's good for now, but as the game progresses,
they're gonna need five, just a little bit more
of Southville minute.
They fall further and further below
that damage threshold.
394, essentially two full elimination tier
are gonna be needed by the team from NA West.
We don't minute.
He's a good fighter, Southville.
He can lead the pack, but right now,
it's cold time because when that storm surge activates,
they're gonna be on the box
and trying to get some damage for the elimination.
Southville breaks into the box.
good damage on the gun.
He gets saved five minutes, but only for so long,
before night trades on that down.
So it is gonna come down to a 1v1.
Minutes look at the play aggressive
and it's gonna be worth it.
But he might not even get to reap the benefits
of this survival because the third party
has already decided to play an entrance here.
Minutes, scrambling, trying to see if he can escape,
but so much focus being sent his way now,
having to also deal with the surge itself.
He doesn't even get a chance to try and heal up.
They get one knock, they get
another e-limp back to back from
minute, but they still 229
before. That was just disaster
waiting to happen. And this is
what I say. You just got to take
as much control of your game plan
as early as possible. I think
from the online majors to here,
we're seeing more and more teams
rotate to their zone early on so
they can get the position and not
have to get that maximum.
It's always just a little bit
rough when you do finally win such a drawn-out battle and then if it's not the third party
fully clearing you up, you still have to deal with the likes of Serge, but these are the
sorts of adaptations that players just have to naturally try and overcome here.
Nathan, he'll at least have a little bit of Serge to work with, but the clock's ticking.
He's got to make it into zone two, and there is a decent amount of traffic in front of
them.
Yeah, he's just barely above, and honestly, that's actually pretty good for what Nathan
And that's been through so far in this game being above the damage thresholds a little bit of survives
But a pleasant surprise at that drama and Akira again, just barely above 73
That's not much that shot is surely going to put him below to your wreck surprise attack out of nowhere
You're always going to get the shot from the side, but even though they get that elimination
They're now still below the damage threshold and there's other players pressuring in this direction
Not wanting to let the debtful HB and shield
want to see whether or not they'll have an opportunity to try and take out how
many of them but instead they're fully aware of the fact that there is some
action taking place just a little bit right from where they're currently
faced up Josh and I am so though find their first elimination onto golden they
are above on search it's really just about finding the perfect moment you
don't want to get lobbied on your next rotating yeah this team right here is a
is a little bit of a full circle moment of Josh and Ionzo years ago.
The Ionzo kind of being that fragger for rise in the mix,
getting close to the FNCS championship.
And now Ionzo is that IGL picking up the young fragger in charge,
who honestly has clicks in the banks for pop series clear to those clicks
who got on the PC and really started his whole trajectory.
So for Ionzo and Josh, this needs to be a big day.
Pablo and Chino trailing just a little bit behind.
They're going to ox for a more low ground position currently, definitely doing a great
job at avoiding one person's lobby.
That is until Mason and Gerald finally spot them out inside a little sewer opening here
and now that's an open invitation.
Everyone else in the lobby looking their way.
Yeah, kind of going from uncontested finals to here Pablo and Gino just having a little
bit of a struggle here in day one and kind of breaking through the mold in day two they just
get a little bit more consistency but the old juice ain't being 26 points 118 above the damage
threshold relatively close to it turning off but a couple of quick tags there is going to put them
right on the line 32 damage above but making their way into our zone is not going to be hard to
find a spot there but the next zone is really going to be everything because if they get a max
good luck to them and their search plan.
What to everybody in this lobby just about there is so much congestion that
is already pulled on this edge of the zone but the deal I find his own way
forward here clicks and Higgs they took the scenic route to make it into zone but
they're having to deal with so many search issues and clicks people won't be
able to make it out that is just another sour ending here in game two now
But luckily for the format up today,
doesn't matter where you're at on the leaderboard,
all you need to do is win a game.
And as Frankie said, that your golden ticket
directly to championship Sunday,
with the pressure, it could be felt all around the arena today.
When these players go down, you can feel it, Taco.
The passion kind of playing out with Mary's and I Drop,
they're feeling it as well, it's well below.
It isn't much, the storm surge, you don't go down.
You get straight eliminated out of the lobby and with no heals left you have two ticks you can take.
Less than 14 seconds, eye drop has to make a play but he gets to die.
He just did not have enough HP and it was, I don't want to say impossible but it basically was Jacob.
At least he did the best with what he could.
Still, they need to find more after the fact but for everybody else that left this lobby,
They came in second in Game 1.
They're obviously trying to see if they can secure that win.
They've been feeling very confident from 100p to 0.
Now is their best chance to strike as Bellow working his way in.
I'm excited to know everybody looking in his way though.
He doesn't really have a whole lot of options and he'll be picked off before he gets the chance.
Yeah, Biggie in the note for Bellow and Jude.
That's their third elimination of the game.
game that's 12 points straight off of their aggressive ability and now they're
inside of the top 25 placement points are starting to come in with each and
every team that calls they start to cascade further and further and of course
you get that 1000 points for the victory Royale and it goes to show that
looking at the leaderboards yesterday I saw a team qualify this Sunday it's just
three decent gains but it doesn't feel like that in the moment.
Neil and Gina really did best there though it was frontside of zone and they cleared a path for themselves
Everyone else is going to have to run straight to them and they're doing a great job
It just me keeping that edge of zone. They were at the Lucy's and you will have a lot to overcome
They want to make it in but it seems like disaster has struck. We look away for one second Jacob
And all of a sudden it's been deal by himself
He at least has the pizza box to work with but for stroke he repairs boyota
They're all making their way forward and for what look like a solid spot to be in now might be
the worst case scenario of a deal.
We've seen this all the punches before.
Yeah, and it's only four players that need to go down.
You can attempt to outheal this, but Chino,
he doesn't have the amount of heals needed
to survive this storm surge.
For now, it is gonna be the med kit,
but this onus also moving in,
but he gets a little bit of a comeback.
Extra time to work with,
and it's time that he desperately needs,
because he's in our clock,
and that clock is running down fast.
Three more ticks, that's all he can take,
less than 20 seconds.
Chino has to make a move.
Nobody's falling top of four players and storm surge is no longer a worry.
And Gino is trying to get shot but he won't make it.
A player lying in wait.
Will go down but the deal's still keeping the ball rolling here.
187 above, one piece of slice, one overdrive grenade.
Lurking, crouching, waiting, hoping that he can find another big shot.
Everything at this stage waiting to see if he can deliver
Another big win here by Akira and Kurama.
They've at least found Liam,
and that'll be enough to buy them some good time.
It feels like they're not forcing fights
or the donations, they're kind of letting the game
naturally present itself,
and they've got another one on their back.
Back to back as they take down Bestroki as well,
but it comes with its own sacrifice.
Akira is gonna fall.
All the pressure now onto Kurama's shoulders.
You look one way, you gotta make sure you're checking
the maximum of details.
It's down, bitch, that's the exact sort of pre-press
that he's hoping for, every little bit of siphon materials
that help catapult him forward.
And now he's feeling confident enough.
Why not take another layer up?
He's trying to see if he can make it through on that secondary
height position.
Not only that, looking downwards,
trying to see if he can gauge whether or not
there's a play here more in Tatters than him.
For him to try and eliminate, he'll drop down.
He's got some movement effects waiting.
But no options just yet.
And all that's going down, down below,
What does that get to fall on?
Nothing, it got set up.
They went ahead and shop-waved to take the high ground.
There's a new team high up in the clouds
that everybody has to worry about.
Cut through the middle.
It is going to be King and Grey.
They're trying to take position on the frontside of the zone.
Meanwhile, Fadil and Karama are doing their best at solos here.
There are one or few solos actually left in this game.
As long as they can stay towards the frontside,
they might be able to make it out.
But Ritual and Ager is now frontside low.
They'll have the best opportunities out of everyone to see who is more scrapped than them.
Ritual only has one field remaining, but McDeal, he's got his target and he won't be able to bring it out though.
And that's going to be the end of the run here.
Craze and Kindling though, still making their way forward.
Yep, now he dapped Harris.
He's not letting anybody down below.
Feel comfortable especially for those players on second high as Virgo,
looking to go big, lands that one shot, a beam by yourself.
You have to play a little bit careful and a little less loose down below those eliminations get steamrolled by king and praise
But again, it all comes with a sacrifice now praise is gonna be left by himself
They have five elimination
They're trying to push themselves into the top five and every single point matters with ages of ritual
They're gonna get that elimination, but again it cost them as well
Ritual and ages thought they had that frontside control, but you just can't afford to look away now Virgo
They're trying to send it on to Hykerama has fallen.
Virgo won't make it out.
Nudi and Gabsetta might just be fighting themselves
in the finals.
Battlebush Jacob, all they need to do
is seal the deal here up against Ritual.
Hey, he's gonna take the fight.
That's a shot play!
Oh, my God, that must be Nudi and Gabsetta!
Big clock shot and take the game back!
Let's celebrate this win.
What an incredible performance from you, Nooti.
Talk to me about those last moments.
You did it at the duo.
Yes. I said that we were going to win, and we did it.
You absolutely did.
You had so much confidence when you spoke to me at the duo.
You did it at the duo.
Yes. I said that we were going to win, and we did it.
You absolutely did.
You had so much confidence
when you spoke to me earlier and you only told me the truth.
Gabzera, you're going to Championship Sunday.
You're representing Brazil.
How does it feel?
Gabzera, you won.
Let's represent Brazil in the final as you feel.
I feel fulfilled.
I'm representing Brazil again on a giant stage,
which is the FNCS.
That's it. Let's go, Brazil!
I'm so happy I'm so accomplished right now and just let's go Brazil
Let's go Brazil. Would you like to hear the crowd and just a dog duty?
What would you like to hear the crowd what they think of you here?
All right, then just a dog. What do you think?
Bring us to the Brazilian back to back. We've got Brazilian fans behind us
We've got Brazilian fans watching around the world
Congratulations to Team Gatsera.
We'll see you tomorrow, and we'll see you after the break.
over here after that big W.
And of course, for the duo,
this is such a big moment.
And this is why this format is just so great.
Coming from the upper bracket,
of course, yesterday, it's incredible.
When you take a look at their match history yesterday,
they had one good game, which was a sixth place,
which of course was not enough
to kind of break them into that top 25.
Outside of that sixth place game,
they didn't even break the top 20.
Like it was a complete fumble from them yesterday.
And then you come into today,
the first game from them was pretty good.
They got 10th place.
Obviously the highlight for them is going to be the second game where they held the higher up won the game
Yeah, I really like the way they took height as well a typical height take for this mess
So they of course went into the storm use those overdrive can is combined with that miss easily took high off-poda sign
Say so who just had to give it up at that point and it's not easy from here on out
Especially when the bit when the zone pulls back through these old builds
It can be really difficult for that height team to not get caught out, but some really nice shots these guys
Absolutely, and I'm not gonna lie of ritual obviously get to a knock right there in the one you feel
I got to be careful because I almost lost my voice absolutely scream there made it scary for gab zero and a new team
But they obviously ended up clutch it up super super excited to see them go straight into finals
Yeah, man, you got to think about that interview super early on of this sort of show like I was gonna say hey look
I'm looking to represent Brazil. I'm gonna do my best and sure enough game to victory roll. Yeah, oh
Man, I cannot wait to see what they bring tomorrow in the finals reminder
we're not going to be seeing
them for the rest of the games,
right? They got their cards
straight on through for everyone
else. They're playing for top 19.
Yeah, nice to see. Did you have
them in your predictions? Maybe
OK, many really? No, I did not.
Yeah, one for one. We're looking
good. Yeah, I actually had them
in my predictions. We just didn't
show it. Oh, yeah. Sorry, man.
Yeah, I like this format, though.
I really like the way that, of
course, they can walk off the
stage. All the fans right next
to the coast streamers. They
were showing them so much love
to that fear they must have had
right there is unreal. Exciting
to see what happens at their
drop spot right now because that
that area down towards the south
uncontested fellow Brazilian team
gone a night maybe they move over
there will they have that same
success because of course they land
just next door that our contested so
maybe they'll make the switch I'm happy
that you're still kind of talking about
those smaller region teams I remember
yesterday we saw us that that that
flown it was like in game number five
it was like oh yeah like 64% of the
time and NA team has held the high
ground the other 36% of the time in
EU team has held the higher ground we
need to run that set again right now
It's completely flip for sure. I mean we saw tigs from the Middle Eastern region kind of control the higher ground in the first game
Right here. We got Newtie and gab's here both small regions in control in the high ground. I gotta see that stat
Mmm. I agree. I agree to it. You know what in that last game obviously ritual placing second dude, Richie was
Shmoven at the end. I really thought yo wait Richie hold on you're in your flow state
You're gonna make it happen. Obviously just didn't have the HP to work with but they're doing so well in consistency right now
Yeah, they are really important game for these guys. Yeah, they didn't win. Yeah, of course, it was a second place. But in terms of consistency, they're gonna be looking really, really good on that leaderboard.
I feel like Richie doesn't get enough credit for his ability. I feel like a lot of NA doesn't give him enough of that credit for his fragging ability because he's solid.
I mean, making these plays really, really consistently in the endgame, finding those eliminations 1v2 against Hype right here. He gave it a good go, though.
Super, super close. It's the clean shot right there. Unfortunately, the return shot just made all of the difference right in here.
Look at him. He's upset. He's like, dude, I was so close.
But yeah, after Agers goes down, who is often pointed,
it's kind of like the fragger of this duo.
He was able to pick up those 1v1 situations on the low gun.
Super, super faint.
I'm not going to lie.
As we were watching the game, and both of these guys
were kind of healthy on the low gun,
I was like, oh, yeah, they won.
Agers gets knocked.
Their initial stuff puts up a great performance.
They pick up second place.
Well, I want to take a look at these standings, man.
Remember, we're trying to beat top 19 inconsistency
or walk away the victory out.
Look at this.
Wow.
What one star is mostly EU dominated.
Not no more shadow Virgo jumping up right there, but look not that far behind right here a drama up 10 placements guys
It's starting to heat up great game for a cure and chroma kind of come back there
You can see they went up 10 places
I think so some crazy stuff kind of happening off spawn for them. Unfortunately, so I mean obviously it's not you know
Hultering them too much to make this at the end games as it currently stands drop it down
Remember at the end of the day mini we have to be top 19 because we already have six teams going through victory Royale
that's what we're talking about.
Yeah, that's absolutely right.
I'm looking at Chino and Pablo
Wingu just on that border right
now. A team that a lot of people
looked at potential champions at
the end of the weekend. Difficult
offsporn situation for them. That
whole POI so many teams coming on
in, trying to get some refarming,
trying to get to those vending
machines. It's just a little bit
awkward for them off spawn right
now. I'm sure they'll be
navigating that in different ways.
Potosign Sato there on that
leaderboard, just breaking into
that top 10. They went up. Was
it 38 places there? Unbelievable
stuff from them. And that's what
That is all it takes, but right now game three is ready, so casters over you
What's going on everybody out there game three we had to bring one of mine and tacos duos mind for the past
Of west yours in EU to come to join us on stage great to be back
I was getting a little sick of the guys on the desk
You know so I had to come back to my home turf here at the casting booth and I'm ready to get started here
Yeah, I mean things have already been getting pretty rowdy at the start of day two
And I'm sure that the action is just going to keep delivering because game three right on the horizon and I'm sure
So let's see who takes it
These games are moving quick two of them already down third game of the day after this one will be at the halfway point of
day two where it really shows where you are on the leaderboard and what you have to do.
Big things coming to mind.
I mean, we had some surprise cons with Akira Kurama and North Boulevard and same thing
that actually happened in the EU Grand Finals leading up to this event.
Also now with Newtie Gabzera already having qualified, maybe another Brazilian duo will
take over their spot.
We're going to kick things off in the frigid fortress and it's not going to take long.
Now, Portisai just barely made it to the game, but he retreated tonight.
He hasn't finished in for job four.
I dropped Seito and Portisai just cannot withstand the practices really paying off big time here.
Now, he's fine, he's just getting wild.
Yannis again returning back.
It's not going over towards the studio this time around.
Contesting on top of the rock.
That's what you gotta do sometimes, but it is gonna be a 1v1.
A 1 that Yannis won't win.
He already touched enough big.
Great way to close it out.
gonna pick up this teammate there as we move on over to the other side of the
map. It's gonna be Muzz, Nathan, Nebs. There's a long battle going.
Muzz and Spinks were looking for the fight. They made that very clear. But when you
tell your opponent the game plan, Nebs, Nathan, they might have actually cooked
something up for it. And at least for right now, even with Spinks having
gone down, it seems like Muzz is going to at least be able to play for the
revive and Nathan nebs they'd rather play a little bit more passive and
prioritize controlling the actual POI. Yeah it almost makes you feel like they're
not even the ones that got the knock you'd almost be certainly sure that
they would chase over try to get that even but hey when the dust settles at
least month things get a second chance here to go back on over towards rip
tight something that we saw in that last game we saw a little bit in the first
game between epic well and pump and Bayeson and Cheryl on the other side it
starts off as a little bit of a split but as the game goes on we typically see
third parties come in. It's not peaceful for memes though with visuals and
braves on their backs. Quick eliminations getting picked up. Not a fun
start. This is a duo that originally was going to contest Pixie and Swizzy. Dark
Dominion we saw how that ended in game one. Now getting Elim'd off spawn they're
gonna have to pick things up for the second half of this tournament. And it's
not too surprising to see teams willing to try and mix it up especially since we
are technically at the halfway point for the day. If you don't find yourself with a victory royale,
you can still try and bank on at least being in that consistency metric for top 19.
See so many early game fights. A couple of players who's trying to disengage using the
shock waves or the gauntlets to try to create space, but it doesn't work. Craze actually
chases somebody underneath. You not only get to Elan, but you saw that little kind of new thing
you don't see very often the unstable molecule.
Now you're gonna get access to a rare chest
in the middle of that.
Good deal.
I already hear the excitement out of the crowd
and he's just looting.
Hold that thought though because Chino,
he's just getting started.
Quick knock.
Pablo now disengaging and he's almost cracked.
Has to be careful as teammate fell completely locked in.
Gonna give him a bit of time to feel on up.
Salco, it is now looking good for you my friend
as Chino continues with the push.
But Chino and Pablo,
they are just a powerful duo to contend with
and knowing that you've already lost on the initial exchange
and with another duo crouched creeping up behind
and Shadow and Virgo looking to take full advantage
of what's been kicking off here,
Salco is finished.
No opportunities left in this match for that team
but Shadow, Virgo, they still want more.
They wanna see if they can take out Jin on Pablo with it.
Yeah, especially with that elimination on the Salco
probably didn't net them much certain that exchange
but they're gonna continue to get aggressive.
One up below, one on the wall,
but Pablo can be the X factor here in this fight,
lurking around, trying to get a shot from a cloud,
and there he goes, a master paymaker on the shadow.
Pablo, Gino, they have to turn the fight,
and Pablo gets back to back shots
to change the ties of this fight.
There's a reason Pablo and Gino are some of the best on EU,
as they do have to be careful
that with the third party coming through,
I mean, Shadow Virgo,
some of the most confident fighters in North America,
But the tables, they just turned too quickly.
The problem with that though,
Chino and Pablo, they didn't have a whole lot of materials
and yet they just got an absolute root llama
because Shadow and Virgo were stacked.
So even with one of them escaping,
you still gave plenty of a refresh
for Chino and Pablo after the fact,
but now clicks, pigs,
a little bit of a rough time to kick off the day.
But the scenes can change at any moment.
And when you know that there were duos fighting
against each other, light bombs in Sky Jump,
Well, Ix and Clicks, they're willing to try and send some shots their way.
Yeah, especially since you kind of realize what caused their downfall in that last game.
And throughout the game one as well, it's just a lack of serves, lack of that early game damage.
I think Venom kind of spoke about it when he was doing the Telestrator.
When you're sitting in the same spot month after month, tournament after tournament,
teams start to take notice.
They don't traverse through that side of the map anymore.
They can harder for teams like Clicks and Higgs to find their early game serves.
really forces them to go on the hunt for it.
Even though it's Higgs trying to third party this fight,
just get any damage.
He's not necessarily looking for a full elimination.
He's just looking to see what he can get.
Yeah, the issue is, if we look back yesterday
at the upper bracket, Sharktini,
they won three to one in the off spawns against Klicks Higgs.
And it's interesting, because all the fights
that Sharktini were doing,
they were finished them incredibly fast.
Whereas the one Klicks to come took a while.
Let's take a quick look at what
that he put some Tiggs are up to
with Shadow ultimately falling.
I think it's great to be more proactive.
Shadow Envergo had the right idea.
It's really just about the execution.
When they found that first component of the elimination
onto Salco, they just got a little too greedy with it.
They didn't fully know what kind of position
Chino and Pablo were in in terms of HP differences.
But that might have been enough to at least thwart him
for many fields to try and pick up after the fact,
because that elimination feed showed Chino in it.
Yeah, it's just a tough way to things boiled down to what we're seeing in that last game.
Multiple, multiple wipes of full duos.
We've seen four eliminations and it kind of led the team still being below the damage threshold.
The longer and longer fights go sometimes when you continue to trade shots.
It's not necessarily the best of the situation, even if you get the eliminations.
But you see how it all played out.
Gino's trying to run underneath.
The cocoon was able to get that elimination, catches him, sneak it.
And now a whole nother team, Repair to Fastrokey,
are gonna take down Pablo next.
This is not what you like to see
if you're a European fan for Pablo and Chino.
On the other end, I mean, Repair is actually playing
with a backup player for Strokey,
so they haven't had as much time
to kind of build that chemistry as a duo.
But, I mean, looks like so far this match
might be that turning point for them.
But even as a new Repairing,
for Strokey is still a veteran at the game.
He has so much experience
in these kinds of environments specifically,
And that sort of leadership can definitely extend himself
into a positive direction.
They've had a decent day already,
and they're just looking to try and see whether or not
they can circumvent the rest of these games,
find that victory royale and close things out,
make it to finals.
That's such an interesting stat right there
that popped up.
Akira and Kalama are the only team worldwide, by the way,
to win three games in that second chance qualifier
just to make it there.
And this is why we're always talking about warm-ups,
being tested right now. Sometimes those are the trials and tribulations you need to go
through to get better at the end of the day.
100% they also have a favorable zone here and another duo that has a favorable zone is
Yuma and Coyota. Now if you're Yuma Coyota, game one was a miracle for you. Having the
team that's contesting you instantly qualify and be good to go now and you know that freedom
of the drop spot issue is in terms of points not looking too great. Hopefully they'll be
able to turn it around.
Part of their struggles are still trying to contend with the other duos that are making
use of those collision quarters though it's very difficult to actually try and take over
what's above ground and what's below so that in mind human coyota they've still got a lot
of work cut out for them but ages and ritual night and day difference from how yesterday
went for these two they've already basically done enough in terms of the consistency metric
but it's more than that for these two they want to make a statement they want to find a win
I'm going to say that exact same thing, a night and day difference from ritual and
ages.
Hey, the wonders a good night's sleep can do, especially for your one of the most prepared
teams.
Day one, sometimes just double.
But it's not about how you fall, it's about how you pick yourself back up and ages, ritual,
they're doing that perfectly today.
Yeah, I mean, not only sleep also, now being uncontested, right, that latte going from
being calm to on-con definitely helps a lot.
And you can see what they are truly capable of when they can execute on their original strategies and plans going into this tournament
as John Traillie and the Ops though are going to take their rotate.
I dropped Medias. Started off this match with a really nice off spawn cleanup onto Protossi and Seito.
And will that be the catalyst for these two? Because we've seen them at least making it somewhat into the endgame with the placements.
There's still more left to be desired.
They're actually going to squat out.
Yamsa and Josh Bradley on this rotate a bit brutal year
for Josh and Zo because they were
hoping to discourage by a notice.
Yeah, that's preparation at its finest.
I'm honestly thinking for them to look up.
We got that point of view of Josh and Yamsa looking
to launch pad.
And as I'm thinking it, they immediately know it.
And that goes to show they prepared for this moment.
You don't just qualify for the Summit Land
You have to do everything the same that takes to get here.
You have to walk up even yourself in a competition this big.
And that's why you see more and more teams
trying to rotate to the zone early, which
leaves a lot of freedom inside of the zone.
And that's why a team like Scare and Olson
will be able to benefit from this position.
Yeah, also Scare and Olson.
I mean, they have Shadow Virgo directly south of them.
And having them already been taken out of the match.
They have a bit more freedom on this rotate.
And Scare and Olson is pulling the more towards the start.
The minion, they don't have to make a long rotate.
They have a bit of time to get extra mats, extra loot,
and prepare themselves for that end game.
Muzz and Spanx, a little bit of a hiccup in the early game,
has not seemed to deter them too heavily,
loadouts decent, fully aware of the fact there is,
certainly it's just up ahead.
Whether or not they know that it belongs to Neves and Nathan,
it's easy to make that kind of estimated guess,
but more importantly, Muzz and Spanx are not a duo
that would have ever anticipated even being in this position
to begin with. And even now, Jenga, four points only at the half way measure.
Yeah, just one elimination. Haven't been able to make it in the top 25. But hey,
as this format permits, sometimes it's just one game, one victory for Yau.
They're going for a little bit of lurk onto Nathan and Neves, but they do get
spotted out, Neves. Catches a couple of shots onto Muzz, forcing them back down
the side of the mountain, which is honestly, in terms of rotation, is it
necessarily a bad thing for Muzz and Speaks? They can go around the Southern
I mean, good news for Muz and Spiggs though, despite having low points, all you need is a VR.
If you get that win, it will automatically qualify you to Sunday, so they've got three more chances.
I mean, we'll see if they can make it happen. Quick replay on to what happened to King and Fazer.
Not looking too hot.
They just fell into the class they've seen as flytrap of pigs and ghosts.
These two love putting you around five point box dots.
Four teams that are specifically hoping to play for the reboot.
You think I'm so deep in the storm.
There's no way anyone else is going to still be out here.
And then there's picks and goes to do it.
I love this duo.
If you think back when they were starting it off on EU,
we had a ghost playing with Payson,
picks playing with Mercedash.
I mean, legendary names in the EU region.
Didn't work out for them.
So they kind of had that last minute synergy built.
And you know, now they're looking quite strong here in the lower bracket.
So hopefully we can see a big match from them.
and picks, as you remember, he's already watched his former trio make Garmin D'Mesh make it through, and not only that, but first place on day one overall.
So when you pair that sort of ambition with the ghost, I think that you can definitely anticipate those two to continue moving their way up on that leaderboard.
I see night and gone right now.
They just outside of the studios.
You can tell just by the loop they have on the ground and even more so in their inventory,
they're able to get as much as they could out of that mending machine.
And you guys all know there's only a certain amount of actual med kits and heals and even usages for those recharges in those mending machines.
They went ahead, grabbed all that extra, moved it to the mine of the zone.
So that way, when it continues to pull further, moving into that five take, they have more time and space to work with.
work with. So you know the team that fell short in the upper bracket yesterday
they only want a few points one elimination is what they needed having
diminished on the other side we've got Alex reckless representing OCE now with
566 above surge they don't need to fight here they just need to knock that
crap. Fortunately they do have so much surge like you just called out to Cota
that they can just take a moment or I agree but Alex shut down one of the most
difficult aspects of making it a little bit later to that edge of zone is trying to avoid
those shots from the players that have already situated themselves along with other teams
that are also a little bit late to that extension point, but reckless now going to have to do
what he can. Two chug jugs though to work with, so at least be able to take these out for a bit,
but that big bumper zone that they built up on the cert threshold just disappearing so quickly.
and they're not the only ones going through struggles though you see on the
other side clicks and the Higgs below the damage threshold again they don't
really get to play out the game in which they wanted to time and time again
when you're below you kind of have to force whatever situation presents itself
clicks and Higgs jumping on the eye-dropping areas it's now or never
they need damage not necessarily the elimination but you could take what you
can get now out of heels Higgs on a timer here 25 damage one more tick he goes in
trying to sacrifice himself for damage.
A much needed one, four clicks, eight disengages.
This was not a win for them, but instead a win for Marius
and I drop.
Left one as a solo, quickly falls short.
Those clicks and hicks, once again,
continuing to try and find what they can do.
Good news, I mean, halfway through the tournament,
I can see them coming through from a VR,
but through points and consistency,
it's going to be tough.
You say that, but Takata, I'm so sorry to have to cut you
short on that, because all I'm thinking about
right now. It's probably the same thing Klicks is thinking about.
2023, he was in the lower bracket and he didn't make it out.
And yes, I understand there's three games left to work with
and so finds himself exiting this lobby with Josh.
But Takata, it is difficult to overcome some of the mental battles here.
And I was talking to Levin Vivit.
They think if anyone's going to be able to win a game, it's going to be Klicks
and Higgs, but it hasn't been looking good to kick things off.
Bello one of three players to have not made a major finals, but qualified to a LAN
Let's see what you're capable of and honestly the last divisional finals in NA central by the way
It was Bello sign-offs player not here that took on Peter bot and boy oh and depending on how you look at it
Three to one three to two they took the fight to them
And now you can feel that even if they make it through into the finals are they gonna back down?
I don't think that's going to be the case.
Definitely not.
It's Karama, Akira.
They've been playing through from that north side
of Battlewood Boulevard.
Good amount of points already built up
on the day for their leaderboard position.
But what they've got to do right now
is try to prevent the rest of the duo,
or rest of the lobby from collapsing in on them.
Mr. Savage and Velovo checking back in with these two.
We have seen them transition into top five performances
when they make it to the end game.
But it's one thing to have zones in your favor.
It's another to actually have the moving zones go your way.
Yeah, luckily for them though, 400 above the damage threshold
takes a quick shot there.
But they reunite together in the same box.
Pizza's being dropped.
They're going to heal up to give themselves a fighting chance
as we continue to rotate over from sus studios
towards the edge of Battlewood Boulevard.
And that's where you see Chap and Flixie.
They're just waiting for that perfect moment.
The zone is moving slower on their side versus on the north,
So they have much better timing here.
Good news is they're also on the unconscious side,
but they can't take too long.
If they wait, if they struggle, if they stagger,
those teams that go to the head aren't gonna look back
and take their shots just like you have to do.
And sit down and go,
whatever the other though, but you know,
but you know, every time that these guys are on screen,
you can expect the heart of Germany to follow with it.
Now it's all about ensuring that they stay together
in some of these end game moments.
Nabs Nathan though, what a great position,
trying to see if they can take over a height.
It's more importantly still, when they actually
make their move towards front side,
they want to be able to stop anybody else from challenging
them while they go forward.
302 above the damage threshold.
A seven players need to go down.
Storm surge would no longer be a worry.
They're just building up.
Just a little behind the high ground, but scared out of nowhere.
Trying to give a little bit of a chunk scare to Neve,
but he's able to deal with that problem quickly.
No time loss, only a little bit of heal.
Sam did not get tried in, Velo in the feet,
they'll have gone down.
Mr. Savage is now left as a solo.
Good news is, he still has a bit of maths,
he's still got a jug as he gets on ahead.
He just has to be careful that he doesn't get caught
in the dead of a duel.
Savage is one of the most wiggly players though
when it comes to a solo's environment
and he'll be able to at least restore back to 200 feet.
I drop on the other end.
Great elimination there, onto Golden.
So much time has just been bought
because of that refresh.
Now we have to start moving his way forward.
Backside and zone, but Lucian's either up and savage, still bumping off!
Brazen's been claimed!
Visuals knows that the spoiler-ina was taking place, and he's the leadest duo behind!
Yeah, Mr. Savage, realizing, hey, I don't want to let this one go for free.
That's a good amount of loot that I need access to.
You can see him watching out each corner,
so he finally solidifies that elimination.
And now he's a little bit more stacked than he was before,
giving himself a little bit more of a chance.
Top 21 situation here as a solo.
This is a daunting experience, but if you're able to stay alive,
you can steal away points from players all around.
Now or never, Savage.
You started this end game with four points,
already almost at 30.
This clutch means everything is true
and a similar situation takes out God.
Second elimination, racked up,
but he is running low on mats.
There are so many players still surrounding him,
you can expect that there's a lot of paranoia
following Super, but Lucy and Zangie,
as scuffed as they have looked originally,
they've managed to work their way up onto height,
but the material count is just so low,
They're going to have to drop overdrive grenade,
trying to see if they can remain towards that frontside.
What a big surprise!
The elimination onto Jardu delivers the exact kind
of a serial count they need to keep things on the high ground.
It's king, it's craze.
They want an invitation to this party,
or they're going to crash it themselves
onto the high ground they go.
It's not just them, but Lucy's saying to you,
I'll be in minutes.
There's so many players down below,
realizing this could be my chance.
High ground wins games, and we want to go to the finals.
You continue to move on forward, you have to be careful though, only four bills, one big shot, it's what it's going to take.
No more materials left to work with, you have to be careful, it is a full duo, you've got the pressure from above, you've got the pressure from below, what are you going to do?
You're just narrowly managing to avoid being eliminated himself, but now stuck.
You might be able to pick up the pieces though, Especwale has fallen, but you don't know that he's scythe through the teeth, and rather than post the telephones off the wall,
And Chew will find himself at his end's move with Daymo now.
Going up for his bonzie sky jump, clearing out the low ground best they can.
Only two solos left in this game and a rope full of duo's caddy down below.
He lost Daymo. Chaps fully eliminated out of this game.
And we're down to our final two.
Raluci and Sangy, they're the ones down below.
Moments ago they lost their high ground to King and Prey's
and they're ready to take more than just that.
King and Prey's first eliped. That one's easy.
Second one, that's a wrap!
And after a dead elimination game,
what are we witnessing from above?
They made it look easy, playing it by the book.
You can see little shoulder movement
sweating off the players.
What a clean cleanup.
Guys, congratulations, Kingaling.
Did you know you had it in you to get a Victory Royale today?
Obviously.
Obviously? What about yourself?
I was made for this game.
It looks like you were, but you had to go through the lower bracket in order to do it.
This morning, what was the game plan?
Was it always like, full send it every single game?
If we go out, we go out fighting.
I always play everything by ear.
I mean, whatever comes my way, I just find it.
I treated it like a div cup.
You guys went for height quite aggressively,
and everyone wanted high ground in this game.
What was the strategy?
When did you know the time was right to strike crazy? Just the best I do to touch this game
Exactly when to take it. He knows exactly when to take it crazy. Where does that come from?
I mean, I got the best creative player in the world on my team. We're just gonna play Zell Wars
Every single game every single game these guys are just gonna have an absolute blast
We're going to head to a break when we come back, we'll be talking about the first three games.
I
The demons will thaw.
And so now, certain hands they have for the future of mind,
the rest of them will be given a day of freedom for the will.
But the problem for all is that she is very superior.
And they want the bed.
It's the demons' blood on their own.
What is the problem?
And they want to take it, of course.
They all know something is wrong here.
It's all over.
get that much more difficult.
We are now kind of at the halfway point.
So we give the players a moment.
They've kind of gone back.
They're going to have time to review,
to talk to their coaches amongst themselves,
their families, loved ones, whatever they need to.
Because when they return, they have to have something happen
in three games.
Yeah, obviously kind of the spotlight right now
for us, Kingaling and Craze, a duo that doesn't have to change
anything.
Those have to actually return to the stage at all, right?
They're done for the day going into tomorrow.
I got to say, the conversation that we kind of
So I'm going to say that I'd
also like to talk about the
game that I had with that
many not really really like
because it seems so obvious
for both of them to talk about
their respective doers and
their respective roles like
phrases like that. Man. I mean,
I kind of just like play like I
have the best creative warrior
in the game. My team is Yeah,
he's got me kingling is known
for being very, very good and
creative. And then kingling on
the other side, it's like, dude,
got the best idea on the game
with my team. I'm just going to
follow those calls. It's easy.
Yeah, it's the perfect
complexion, and sometimes it
can be difficult for these
the game with seven. And
Kingling had two, so I don't
know. They might have the
roles mixed up. Maybe I mean,
it's nice for them, though. It's
good to see. Of course, that was
a low bracket only team, so they
have to do it today. And I think
it's nice to see this confidence
as well from some of these teams
to start taking high for me,
but I think it's nice to see
that they're going to be able to
do it today. I think it's nice
to see this confidence as well
from some of these teams to
We're gonna see more of this now for the rest of these games. Those shopways those those
Those physical days at the back of zone are gonna be so so important. They're so good
I gotta say so far lower bracket has delivered on multiple fronts
I feel like the regional just break down that we've had over the course of the three games
And we've had a different region when every single one of these games obviously we kind of started out with you
We went to Brazil and now we have an NA C team but I remember getting all we really are right for night
always delivers. These players are really putting on an amazing show for us. We have a listen from
this last game from Kling and Kray, so let's take a listen.
Here come look at I with me, come look at I, when I edit, I'm gonna edit when they shock, yeah.
30, 50.
Okay, nice.
Dead.
Nice, nice.
Grab it.
Okay, right.
Okay.
30, 60, 90.
81.
90, right.
30, 80, correct.
Back, back, back.
30, right, 30, right.
60, right.
Dead, dead, dead.
Dead.
They're jumping in, they're jumping in.
Yeah, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up.
What do you like?
Alright, got it, got it, got it, got it.
Nice, good job.
Dead.
Nice.
40.
Dead, I see, come on now.
Not where I am.
Great stuff from them, right?
Big smiles from both duos, man.
to be a little different, right?
We still have three more games
to figure out the Rs and top 19.
And then we also have the top 25
for bracket. A lot to figure out
where many of these duos, but a
certain attention to these
standings. We got to see how
things are going in the lobby
right now. Agers and
players are going to be
going to the top 20.
So we're going to have to
figure out the top 20.
right now. Agers and ritual.
They're holding it down.
They're leading the pack right now.
Yeah, nice to see from ages and ritual.
You'd like to imagine that they pretty much done enough here,
right, to qualify on through.
So it's going to be a pretty interesting to see how they actually
navigate the rest of these games.
My focus here is on fourth place, Zangy and Belusi.
An EU team that are moving up in the standings here,
as well as moving up in the rankings in terms of EU prowess.
We know about these guys on EU.
We know they've come through.
They've had a little bit of a rocky performance
the first time I've seen
the first time I've seen the
first time I've seen the
first performance on both ends
coming together. And now, of
course, performing well on the
big land stage. Excited to see
first guy to maintain that
position because they're a
team that I want to see in
the grand fund. I'm happy
that you're kind of talking
about teams that have surely
already done it. I went ahead
and I took took a look at the
upper bracket yesterday. I was
curious, right? Because
remember that that sweet spot
throughout the day is going to
be top 19. So I was like, Oh,
where did you have to get? How
many points? Why did you have
to get to be top nine yet top
game. We've got a lot of
players that have been in the
game before. Okay So you know,
I mean, something for us to kind
of think about as these games
continue on. Okay Maybe
somebody seems might even
look to say, Hey, I know that
number looks good, but we got
up that right. We were playing
for a ton of fries money with
$3 million tomorrow and shot to
auto qualify. There's a global
champions. So crazy as well,
but so many players perform
super well now. Asking, you
the game. I'm not sure what
the stress is just through the
roof. Absolutely. I know one
of the do's that I feel like
every single time they're on
the screen actually I do for
fact every single time that
they're on the screen. I don't
even have to look at the screen
to know that they're on the
screen because the crowd lets
me know. Yeah, of course, it's
going to be the deal and do.
Yeah, the deal and you a crowd
fan favorite here in Düsseldorf
and for good reason. They're
fantastic team as well as of
that second chance to qualify and that last chance to qualify for the for the
Grand Finals in Major 1 and he couldn't quite find the victory way out of course
going down here in this game left it all up to Ju and I mean this is a team that
have done so much already today of course Ju doing fantastically well getting
inside that box nice to see that Ju can also solo clutch as well. I can't lie
though I specifically remember the interview that we had at the start of the day
between Vanille and Ju. I remember Vanille saying listen I'm looking
over towards Ju I know this guy's gonna carry me through and as you can see the
solo clutch right here.
We've picked up enough points to go ahead and do just that.
I think they added right there with 114 points.
So if we use that kind of metric from yesterday
as an idea of where we need to be,
only 20 more points we're gonna do,
and we'll see them in finals.
It's not terrible, right?
Three games to try and get 20 points again.
That's if that 134 stays the way that it is,
but even so, you can't get comfortable, right?
Like you have to keep pushing,
because anything could happen.
And even just think that if we could get a player
in the top 19, that's only gets a big real pool,
the whole leaderboard up and maybe you were outside but you were thinking oh no I'm not in wait I'm in suddenly right like
This will come down to the final game to kind of to see how everything ends up happening
Yeah
I mean tracking the points when we do have these types of formats is super super difficult because those points kind of
Disappear from the leaderboard once one of these teams went right that was a point that mini was kind of making earlier that yeah
If any of these top teams do go ahead and pick up a win
They're gone all those points kind of disappear and it kind of change up the threshold as it currently stands right now the mini
you know, it's like, you know,
it's like a great game. It's
a top 19 looks like a 64 points.
Yeah, it's getting close,
though, isn't it? I mean,
looking at say, too, Poda side
right there. Monzy and sky
jump another French team way up
in the standings right now 35
places up. I'm sure a lot of
the French fans and he'll be
very happy to see that. It all
comes down to one individual
game. You know, it's like, yeah,
we talk about getting a win and
you're in into the into the
grand files. But what one game
you're getting into the latest
stage of that game, even if you
don't win, it's still going to
be a really good benefit for you
because you can move your way
into that top 19 like we've seen
those guys do. So even if you
don't win here, you have to sort
of think about, are we going to
be a win team? Are we going to
be a team that's going to try and
take high, give it up a little
bit, but claim those placements
and then try and get in through
consistency. And even if we're
kind of one of these things
outside of that top 19, maybe
we're thinking, Hey, that win
might even be enough. I don't
even need to be topic. It doesn't
matter because even if you have
zero points, you get the win and
You get the win and your in vivid. So literally so many very fluid ways to try and make it tomorrow's finals. Absolutely. And yeah, I feel like I like the one that you kind of brought up about the high ground to be able to hold it.
The entirety of the game. You to pick up enough points to kind of justify it right now. The winning from the does appear to be coming from the high ground almost exclusively with this break.
Captain right now and team strategizing. I'll be cursive. High ground changes up at all. Interesting stuff here. I'm getting word. This being the halfway point, we got to check in with our team in first place.
players. And I'm going to
talk to you about that.
I'm going to talk to you about
the age, yours and ritual.
Frank is setting by with them
now. I am standing by with
them, guys. You're on an
absolute tear today, leading
the lobby in damage. Currently
sitting number one inconsistency
on our leaderboard. Is it due
to the fact that re and Cooper
qualified yesterday and then
no longer contesting you?
Well, I was a little sick
yesterday. I don't think I was
playing the best, but now
they were on time. Games are
in the load. I can imagine.
Richard, what's it like now,
feeling refreshed, feeling healthy
and knowing you have the motivation
of making tomorrow? I mean, it feels great.
It's not the route we wanted to take
to get to the finals, but we got to go through it
and we'll pull through tomorrow.
It's great to see you guys showing up
the consistency we know you on for
when you're playing back in North America.
What's interesting to me is the teams
that are getting through, they tend to be
contesting for high ground. I don't feel like
much from you at the moment. What's your plan? What's your preference?
Um, you know, if we have the Fizzbombs, we'll go high, but we tend to like mid-ground and
low-ground. You know, I've always played that through my years of playing, so that's like
home to me.
Well, you look at home. Is the A-note to actually get that victory royale, or do you prefer
the safety of knowing you're going to qualify through consistency?
Uh, I think we're going to just play the games out and not focus too much on the win and
just try to fight all the teams that we can.
you're looking really comfortable.
Number one of 19 for consistency at the moment,
but say tomorrow you're facing that
offspawn battle against re and Cooper again.
What's going to happen?
I mean yesterday was 3-1 and you know,
we're both under the weather.
So if we're both max health,
we'll probably be 6-0, 8-0 tomorrow.
Somebody get these boys some vitamin C
because it looks very likely we're going to see
that offspawn battle tomorrow
and we want to see the best fight possible.
Let's head back to the test.
you. Thank you so much,
Frankie. Obviously, you know,
hoping that they recover very
quickly. They can wake up
feeling refreshed tomorrow for
those finals, but they are
currently in the number one
spot inconsistency, right? I
think that's a great way to kind
of view it is I'm out in front.
I don't play the games out the
way we don't necessarily need to
win. And for them, this is even
a good chance to get practicing.
Yeah, absolutely. I'm so jealous
many because you know, we're
interviewing all of these
players throughout the week,
and they all seem so confident
I think they'll cause missed
out on an opportunity there.
Yes, they qualify for it. I'm
going to take a quick moment
right here because we were kind
of watching that interview and
it's so funny to me because,
you know, we've talked a lot
about the players that are
already qualified through
finals and one of those players
of course is Acorn. We started
the show and Acorn was kind of
in the back of the interviews,
making all these funny faces
and everything like that. The
guy hasn't moved like we just
did an interview right there
with ritual nature and he was
still sat down, seemingly
reviewing games, everything
like that. So a quick little
sneak peek into the practice
room I saw right there from
I'm a little worried for everybody playing tomorrow. Well, then what's funny is we can actually see a big one is still there because
Frankie is standing by with shadowed burger
I am and these guys are discussing what happened in the last game because apparently shadow you grieved it
Yeah, I kind of got key or we key them and then kind of died, but it's all good. We got next year
Well, this is the thing it must be quite hard because you know, you've got this amazing fragger in Virgo
So surely sometimes you just want to say W. Kear go and eliminate everyone. I mean, yeah
I mean, he's like the best fragger in the world.
I could just IGL him.
He could just solo clutch whenever.
So it's fine.
Yeah.
It must be hard to keep you on a leash sometimes,
I have to say.
Virgo, the first two games though,
placing third and fourth, looking incredible.
What do you think is the key to those consistent placements?
I mean, honestly, we just have our whole game playing down.
We know what to do early mid game.
We're quick on everything.
There's a zero nurse, because we're just so confident.
We prepared so well.
I mean, it just feels really easy, honestly.
Well, here's the thing.
that's not going to happen.
So we're just going to win. Um
yeah. Well, I hope that's not
famous last words. You're
currently fifth out of 19 for
the moment, so it is very
probable that you'll get
through, but anything can
happen in this particular
format. But you were saying to
me before we got into the
interview, Virgo, you think
you're going to win the next
game? Yeah, I mean, we can
get through this. We're going
to get through this. We're
going to get through this.
We're going to get through
this. We're going to get
through this. We're going to
get through this. We're going
to get through this. But
I mean, we can choose when we want to play good and when we want to just have fun, you know,
I mean, we're on a hot streak, so we just had to calm down a little bit.
But I think next year, we're winning.
Okay, that means you guys aren't going to have fun, but we're going to love every minute.
Let's head back to the desk.
Thanks.
Thank you so much, Frankie.
And yeah, folks, don't worry, we see you too.
Man, I like seeing the confidence out of the duo.
You know, do you believe that to be true, though, right?
They're thinking, hey, we can kind of have fun watching.
We play hard for Wheel of Two.
Now we're going to come in and get a VR right here,
right now.
Is that possible?
Dude, I feel like we have to believe them,
because throughout, you know, we started off today
kind of talking to Virgo.
We were kind of curious as to how
it was going to be kind of a feeling coming into the event.
Only a couple of lands under his belt now.
He was like, dude, this and after playing so on creative,
I feel so confident.
I feel like we're seeing just that.
I mean, the duo looks really confident to me in game.
They sound confident out of game.
I got to believe that they're winning game number four.
you're going to be able to
play in the final. That must
be hard, though, when you're
Virgo to have a lot of
expectations on yourself coming
into it and then going into
that practice room performing
incredibly well and then
everyone sort of piling on
saying you are going to do so
good this weekend. You're
incredible. How good are you?
You're amazing. So he's actually
carrying that really well. Of
course, second place right
now today. Interesting. What
happens there drop spot as
well when they do qualify
through to the grand finals
hero and fks, landing their
course in those grand finals.
So will they be contestant
and will they be moving around?
also voting, keeping their eyes on this lobby as well to see how the Oswold situation is
going to get.
It's so cool, man.
Seeing all this kind of unfold, it makes me think of the Global Championships, which
reminds me, don't forget, yesterday we announced some things, we have a beautiful graphic here
lined up for you guys that may have missed it, but FNCS 2026 now looks like this.
We've got the Global Championship happening September 26th and 27th in Antwerp, Belgium.
What's up?
Major 2 has new dates, July 18th to August 2nd with that last chance from the 3rd to the 14th in August and obviously
don't super know what that FNC is. So little online thing might be in October. I don't know, not sure.
But keep eyes out because more information will follow. We've also in the blog announced power rankings.
And guess what? 11 was a little video for us. Check it out.
This weekend, the best players in the world are proving it on the stage, but competitive
Fortnite is bigger than one weekend.
It's every cup, every finish, every performance that pushes a player further.
Introducing Power Rankings.
Your Battle Royale and Reload tournament results will build towards your individual power ranking.
Up there in Weedree, you can track your global standing, share with friends, and follow your
favorite players.
the game, but it's just like
a game.
Shout out to big man 11 to K
for that video. Yeah, power
rankings. What's really cool is
this was built for the players.
We have we got to show them a
little early when one of the
rehearsal days. Hey, this is
power rankings on the way. And
man, it's so cool. It's basically
just like a player's competitive
resume, right? Just be able to
the game. We're going to be
going to be behind the scenes
that of course work hands on
with this. We're throwing some
great ideas around like
obviously these power rankings
can be used for tournaments
that fortnight themselves kind
of put on. But then there was
this great idea also. There
was like, well, it doesn't
necessarily even have to be
for an exclusive right? Some
of the creators that we know
and love can kind of use that
list for themselves to also
put on some tournament stuff.
There's so many possibilities
with power rankings looking
looking forward to it. Yes,
you're going to be able to
get into the game. You're
going to be able to get into
the game and try and learn and
try and find teammates on your
skill level and improve together.
It's going to be a really great
way to actually find those
teammates instead of people
sort of be like, Oh, yeah, I'm
ready to do the game. Then you
find out it's not the case. And
you don't gel, but it's like,
yeah, I've got the stats to
back it up now. I've got the
power ranking, and I want to
see if I'm going to be higher
than did it in life. Oh,
crazy stuff. Well, I know that
I'm definitely not on a list,
so that's okay. But yeah, like
we said, this is a great way
for the players to see and
What's cool, too, is with the players all being here, they had a moment to save.
How much they respect each other? Check this out.
It's one day, eight games only, a lot can happen.
There's so many conchenders, there's gonna be a lot.
The Saker would definitely be experienced being able to consistently perform under pressure.
So you've got it or you don't, and we happen to have it.
These are the best of the best, but I think we're ready to compete against them.
I'd say the biggest competition is probably Sky and Scroll.
Sky and Scroll.
This is Sky and Scroll.
They've been the most consistent team by far.
I think the average players for the past season is top 10, which is just insane on
a year.
They really get team play, especially in endgame, just has them apart for everyone else.
I've known them for some time, but then they just suddenly are the kind of players they
have the best control chemistry.
They're probably about a doubt they can play 12 games in the hardest region to make every
endgame.
Biggest competition. I mean I'd probably say Sharkantini. Maybe Sharkantini to be honest.
I mean it's gonna be Sharkantini now. Sharkantini, just two very good individual players.
They were conned last grand. We didn't get a chance to really see what they were about.
One can't take it. I would just be contenders to win and if they can't I would hope to see them in the top five.
It all depends on how you react. I think Kervin Vino has a unique playstyle.
I would love to see them competing against the best of the best.
Vayner, just when he's locked in, he could just do anything at this point.
I think the way to keep up is just be a lovely game and wanting to be better each and every day.
One of the most underrated teams here, I would say is Victor V and Kanata.
I could see them easily sweeping a top 10 or even maybe a top five.
Surprised, maybe us even. Maybe us.
Josh Rayleigh, he's up in front of him.
Just his fighting ability, you know,
like people call him the next peer,
but so I think that he'll really impress a lot of people.
Koyota is like definitely out there.
Maybe he will surprise the five.
From Asia, Koyota, I think they'll do good.
I definitely looked up sevens to Savage.
It's cool knowing that I was like watching him back in like 2019.
I was just like not even good at the game at all.
Now we're here.
Well, Summer's HG, he's still going and so looking like a very good team right now.
I used to look up to him a lot, but I think a lot of things has to go in his favor for him to win.
I was like, I guess the face of OCE obviously I've got a lot of pressure on me.
I'm proud to represent you, I think it's the best region by far and I feel like we keep showing it.
The most important thing, I want to make my Middle East region proud, and hopefully I can do it in this tournament.
This is all I ever wanted, you know, since I was 13 playing, trying to become the best, but it's not going to be nothing if I can't take it home this weekend, so we'll see.
What's super interesting about that video is when you kind of look at the kind of like breakdown of all these OG players who all these players looked up to,
to. And now those players are still in the stage, but then the people that were looking up to those players are also on the stage and they're all kind of battling out.
Crazy things could happen in Fortnite. Live changing amounts of money happening tomorrow that could change the lives and trajectory of so many of these players.
I mean, Fortnite is, well, Fortnite is.
Fortnite is crazy, man. Obviously, there's a lot on the line this weekend. I know there was some regional love coming out of there as well, right?
the players kind of playing
this weekend. It feels like
for their region, right? They
want to represent there. Also
love the last little tidbit
or being like, listen, man,
like I've been playing this
games. And I was 13. The only
thing I've ever wanted to do is
to be the best, but he feels
like, Yeah, I mean, we all look
up the code. I think he's
literally like one of the best
players in the world. Probably
like top five, so he's pretty
much like done that, but he
hasn't won on that. That's what
he wants. And that's what these
players are like. They're
always striving for that next
big goal. It's like even when
they win is I want to get all
the game. You know, it's
a lot of players that they're
like you're saying, Zeke. A lot
of sort of old players would
all do players. I suppose like
23 playing with these newer
talent players as well. We're
speaking about that a lot on
EU. It's like, you know, someone
like Thomas HD, a play that
played at the World Cup had
such incredible longevity
teaming up with someone like
focus and newer player coming
on through. We're not sort of
like shedding away a lot of
those older players, which I
think is what makes for that.
Such a fantastic game. Someone
like focus can use the
experience of someone like
Thomas to really carry him
through these games and give
to go on and do great. Thanks. I love that. And shout outs to Thomas. Happy birthday.
By the way, don't think we did not know Thomas. Happy birthday. Um man, such a fantastic
time. No, obviously we've got three games in our belt. We're still during the halfway
point period. So why don't we look at some stats and see some of the categories of these
players are currently leading in eliminations going over to Zangy 13 damage dealt. Atchers.
that's pretty much why we're
seeing them in first place. Yeah,
I mean, no surprise there. We
kind of talk about the dynamic
between rich one ages, usually
taking on the role of the
fragger right there. Super
courtesy built place by some of
our teams as well craze with
over 1200. You could kind of
imagine that you know with
kindling on the team, maybe
crazy kind of taking the lead
there kind of building for the
duo. Yeah, you can see that
and that's right there. When
Mr Savage of course leaving
his, you know, a lot of those
and it's really nice to see Mr. Savage actually playing one of these end games as well. One of the problems that they were having in EU was Mr. Savage was actually going down too early in these end games and of course leaving his teammate, Virgo, to try and solo clutch as much as he possibly could.
So, or Velo, I should say, solo clutching as much as he could. So it was a difficult situation for them, but now they're seemingly coming together now and having a little bit more success in those end games.
And I'm happy you're kind of talking about solo clutches right there because we saw that last that 60 solo clutch points for Virgo.
I mean, what a better storyline, right?
We were kind of talking about him all week as being this player that just seems so mechanically glifted and creative and he jumps into a lobby.
Instantly is showing off that individual prowess. Love to see it.
So sick, man. What a fantastic. Interesting.
I keep thinking like, man, it's been already so much fun, but tomorrow we also have a finals, right?
tomorrow after eight games, we will have a brand new duo with a brand new title, Summit champions,
crazy stuff. The players are currently starting to make their way back into the lobby. We'll get
ready. We'll get them back on that battle bus here shortly. Why don't we check in with our bingo
card, see how things are going after the first three games. Turns out we've got a couple of these
already ready to go. Let's hit them with the staff. Boom! Pan elimination wins. Swizzy,
We've got a double stamp that
one. 10 plus elimination. Of
course, we did have the Swizzie
and fix the game, but we did
just see craze and kingling.
Also go ahead and pick up a 10
plus elimination game as well.
Yeah, we also had, of course,
the non EU or NA team and new
together there. They've got the
victory rallying game number two.
That was great to see. I love to
see the sort of smaller region
fans coming together because
there's some here. We have, of
course, the viewing part of the
the game. We're going to be
together because there's some
here. We have, of course, the
viewing party streamers that
are watching along as well. The
vibes when one of those teams
wins because you just know how
much it means for them. So
super happy for those guys.
Hopefully we get some more
smaller region teams in their
grandfathers. Absolutely, man.
I love looking. I love this is
like obviously, you know, as a
fan and we're trying to have
all the cameras watch the
player faces, but we get to be
right here right down in front
to see them walking back in a
many more super focused back up locked back in. They're thinking all the same thing, you know, David, we have three games left to go. What it even in just 30 minutes, that's time right? That's time to take a step back to kind of reassess. What do you think? Or maybe just some of the things they may have prepared or changed up?
I'm trying to get a read on some of the players kind of walking around.
It's hard sometimes.
I'm pushing.
Yeah, it is.
I see Ritz from over there.
Maybe he's taking a set as soon as I set his name.
So he's still in confidence.
No reason not to be, of course.
But yeah, the opportunity to go ahead and take a break, obviously the players kind of
go back to the practice room.
You very, very quickly have an opportunity to go ahead and get a snack and do anything
that they kind of need to do.
can you possibly kind of look
at it? Just 30 minutes when
claims themselves almost 30
minutes that you kind of
help out the second half of
the performance here today. It's
optimization. I feel like it's
not something that we speak
often about because we're not
in these situations about in
enough, I suppose, but like
being proficient in the full
night replay mode as a
pro player super valuable. It
is genuine skill gap because if
that information way quicker
than some of the teams and some
of the players that maybe aren't
as proficient at it. Uh I mean
vivid. If you're of course an
expert player, if you're not
having as great of a day at the
beginning of the day, do you
then change things up now in
this sort of format in the
second half of the day? Do you
mix everything up? I know 11
is a fan of just ripping
everything up and throwing it
out the window. But how would
you approach it? No, I
actually mentioned myself
yesterday. I was like, no, man,
don't rip it all up. I
personally listen. Always went
into tournaments absolutely
prepared, right? I usually
perform pretty well. So usually
So usually whatever I was doing was working. So I just usually see you never in the situation
Never never bad turn
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh my goodness gracious. Well as we continue to load them off onto the battle bus
Let's keep reminding ourselves, right three games left to go the standings will tell us all that we need to know
The bubble is top 19. We do still have three VR's on the line right now though, babe
the game. They're holding on.
They're holding on. They are
holding on this. I'm going to
go back to that first favor.
I saw something that we didn't
have the opportunity to go ahead
and talk about, which is
absolutely crazy when we do
make our way back there. Go
ahead and bring up my point.
Alex and reckless have actually
been top 19 throughout the day
so far. It looks like after
game number three, they did
unfortunately drop outside of
that. I was looking towards
them because the big
conversation throughout the
day so far has been those
smaller region themes. Quick
comment here on King and
the top 19. The second half
of competition now for these
guys is going to be so, so
important. We spoke about them
a lot yesterday. A huge team
in EU coming into the major
finals. They didn't really show
too much. We didn't get to see
the best of Chino and Pablo
Wingu. When it came to the
finals, it was a great
experience. And it was a
great experience. And it was
a great experience. And it was
the game. They were so
strong, but they didn't win
the whole thing. If it wasn't
for Skynet Scrolls, excellence
of spawn in game number 11. So
now they're going to need to
have almost that in a more
condensed way. They can shut
up at the second half of
major one. They're going to
clutch up in the second half
of this competition, and of
course, they've got three more
games to do it. Thankfully,
though it's not down and out.
They're not all the way down
at the bottom of the leader
board. I think that kind of
the game. They're not down and
out. They're not all the way
down to the bottom of the
leaderboard. I think that kind
of would mean they need to try
and go for a win. But then they
can continue to try and play
their game. Keep an eye out for
them off Spawn. Exactly. Well,
really, no matter where you are
all at the leaderboard, it does
not matter. You can all the
fine. No matter what game
number it is, as you can see,
Mr Savage finally taken a C.
Listen, we were watching these
players kind of walking on. I'm
not going to lie. Mr Savage, I
think was the last one to make
the game. He's got a lot of
play in the game. He's got a
lot of minutes of preparation
spent right there. He sat back
down and instantly got focused
started to communicate and talk
about something. And I'm happy
to kind of see them planning
because it feels like they do
need to kind of have a different
approach. He is currently
outside of that bubble. Yeah,
he is. And it's a team that
everyone wants to see, of course,
in the grand finals. A lot of
people have questions about
fellow, of course, picking him
up as a new coming player. This
is a team that we were talking
about earlier, the old God
pairing up with this new
talent, and it seems like the
up to the plate. But for now, this is better than ever. This is the time to step up to the
plate. The ultimate test in these final few games. Can they find it through a win? Will
they need to stay consistent? It's all up to what Mr. Savage has discussed and looked
down this break. Mr. Savage has been getting a lot of love from the crowd. Somebody else
has been getting a lot of love from the crowd when he walks out. Clicks along side Higgs.
I think a lot of us had big hopes for the duo coming into the weekend. Honestly, kind
of expected them to do better in the upper bracket, especially after game number one,
I don't want to say a man, but 44th place on the leaderboard right now. We spoke to them 11 spoke to them at the beginning of the day. He said in this little format, the lower bracket, you haven't had the great success. Think back to 2023. He also clicks. What's different is different? It hasn't been working out for them so far. And I think a lot of that off spawn situation. They've been struggling in the early stages of the game, right? They haven't been able to make it to those later stages to show what they can do. I think they're one of the better teams.
I think they're one of the better teams.
It's not the best that hasn't qualified through
and caused all the way down in that last page of the leaderboard.
So they still got more to get.
Like David said, it doesn't matter what place you're in.
You just can get a victory out.
You could be seeing that battle bus
heading on to the finals tomorrow.
Game number four is ready.
So when I've been locked in, Tasters, take it away.
For some of our teams, the dreams are still going,
but for others, it could end here tonight.
Obviously, we are still looking to try and figure out who's going to secure these last few placements for the victory royales and bring it to tomorrow's preparation.
Yeah, this being the second half of the day, where you're out in the leaderboard means so much, you might look to get a little aggressive, you might have to get one of these victory royales.
Let's let this game begin, because it all starts here.
This is where you start feeling the pressure halfway through the competition three more
matches to be played out.
We've got a lot of teams that are looking more for that victory royale than qualifying
through consistency and they are some big names.
One big thing though to keep in mind is that the players did have an opportunity even if
even if it was just 30-40 minutes to try and get some form review and you have
to wonder where some of the players already in the play last trying to out him out as Yanis,
Cheating an unsuccessful off-spawn finish there.
Gia-Dex and Ran do very happy to come out on top.
Yeah, interesting decision here for Yanis and Cheating to continue to contest the top of that rock.
Yesterday in game one they were contested but they were going over towards South Studios.
King and Craze had already qualified out of so studios.
So I thought that would have been an overrated,
but a whole other team takes into the mix.
But back to a fight that we've seen game after game
after game near.
Poe to side.
He's going to try to go as far out as he can.
Basically, they've been Sado by himself.
I drop Marius.
They're above the cutoff currently now with a 2v1.
Can they pick up this free elimination or is Sado
going to be able to escape?
They have the choice to play it safer,
loot up, get mats, but it looks like the aggression
might come through.
and I drop no that they need
to try and capitalize on this
opportunity. It's one thing to
be Tato and Poteci off the
Ospawn, but it's another to find
those additional eliminations.
They're sitting at 88 points.
They don't want to miss the cut
off when it comes to consistency.
Yeah, I like their decision to
instantly disengage with your
Tato and Poteci. You said
yourself 64 points. That is the
line as of now will continue to
but you want to give yourself a fighting chance just like Klicks and Higgs here.
This has not been the tournament they thought they would have but there's still three games left.
North side of Wonky it has been looking incredibly tough. Now they had 30 minutes refresh mentally a little bit.
You had your little halftime preparation now. It's not a full day like a two-day competition
but we'll see if there was enough for them to find something.
Well, what I was really trying to get at is whether or not players are actually going to be able to see if there were other teams willing to assist them,
because you might be trying to set up someone else to contest an opponent in finals.
And I think that that could actually bode at a different sort of issue for tomorrow's.
for Zangy and Belucey though.
They have new intentions here.
Little bit of a surprise that Nathan never saw it coming.
Still barely managing to stay alive,
put on a speed with the reaction time,
but it's just not enough.
That's too far away to actually close the gap.
They'll be forced to disengage.
Zangy and Belucey though,
look at they just chased this one out.
That was big for Zangy and Belucey.
Nathan and Neve, they're so used to going up
against Muzz and Sphinx.
They probably saw them go elsewhere.
They thought they were free,
but it's that one second of letting your guard down
that all it takes to have a team like this play aggressive,
get that first elimination here.
Now they're trying to secure too.
Nebs is now in danger because now Xangy
is just dunking on the top side of that box,
trying to get to control.
Nebs is back enough, lands a good shot on the Belusi,
but how long can he stay alive?
Not only do they have the upper hand,
but the tables, the beginning to turn,
you have to be careful as Nebs is not missing a single shot.
Xangy Belusi forced.
to step back and take it slow.
I get it.
It's super tempting whenever you've got a solo
to not fix it exclusively on running them down,
but these are still all global contenders for a reason.
And Nebs is ready to step up to the plate.
Yeah, and I think what's going down right now,
Lucy and Zaggy are so far up the leaderboard,
they're trying to push Nathan and Nebs out.
They're trying to push Muzzins' feats out.
And that way, if they make it to championship Sunday,
they will be uncontested.
It's gonna take a lot of work,
But I do think they are right on the money.
June, the deal, same thing Tricky said for them.
A phenomenal performance in that last game.
All they have to do is have at least one more repeat.
Crowd is cheering for them.
Audience is roaring.
We know what the dealings you were capable of.
And so far, they have been putting on a show.
But the job is not finished.
114 points.
It's not going to be enough.
Could be problematic as well.
Dealing.
The team already stopped in a search base.
But King finally clashing head on Clicks and Higgs.
This is where they really got to turn it up
because it has not been a very great day for these two so far.
And the Crouch sneak up onto King.
Those are the kinds of plays that we were sort of anticipating.
We've been waiting to see when are Clicks and Higgs
actually gonna choose the pounce.
They've tried the split direction.
They tried the long glide intentions,
but where they might just need to trust entirely
is in their fighting capabilities.
Yeah, just kind of during that break,
talking a lot of the co-streamers as well.
Even the chants kind of all agree
they need to play aggressive.
This is like a shell of how clicks and hits
have normally played in the NA central reach.
They just need to find that comfortability.
So many others have already, including Ju and Vidal.
They know their game plan
and they're sticking to it every step of the way
and they understand that not everything's going to go perfect.
It's about how you handle it.
Careful though, Epic Whale has been knocked.
It was Gerald.
Gotta be careful with the 2v1.
Now you don't want to overextend.
We saw what Nex was able to do earlier on
with the advantage and pump no shield to work with.
It's not going to be long until one shot is connected.
Both angles already covered.
Initial does not connect for the second.
Well, two eliminations now for Gerald and Co.
That's a bit of an upset.
two, four epic and pump.
But Carolyn Mason are sick of having these long drawn out
fights.
They want to be able to establish control of brick
tides immediately.
So it starts just getting a great opening shot.
Epic whale just immediately maxed pump there.
And there's just no opportunity for Paul
to really try and recover off of that.
Yeah, lost track of his opponent, a little sneaky lurk.
Clay really made them pay ages in ritual.
One of our top teams on the day,
They went through a contested fight yesterday against
Reaton Cooper, who already locked in for Sunday.
Now we all knew it.
Whoever might lose that battle if they want,
will be uncontested in day two.
And you're seeing what it does to a team
to have so much more freedom in these games.
A to the ritual, playing much like themselves
on how they got second in their NA central finals.
With that, you know, comfort from leading the lobby,
you could start to think, okay, you know,
pretty positive. I'm almost already qualified. Now they can start thinking of the surrounding
areas. What are these teams that might contest me if they make it through? What players do
I ultimately want to go against on Sunday? How can I stop that? As Liam does pick up
a quick ULT. That was exactly what the deal in Ju were trying to avoid. They saw repairs
potentially losing a bit of a threat there, but also bearing in mind, Minnipio, and all
All these other teams in the surrounding areas are teams that you don't want to try and get caught in the mix with that you can avoid it.
Jeff Lixey, they started things off not looking good at all.
36 plays, 47, but in the last game in a single match with that fourth place they already bumped themselves right to that borderline of qualifying through consistency.
They no longer need that big match. All they got to do is keep it up.
to get anything going 34 points
currently and they still need
to try and really pick up the
base. The options are largely
just going to be about the
victory Royale at this base
unless they can have a monumental
come up with the Elimps and a
strong placement. Yeah, this is
a beam and Cameron is one of
those teams where they had
marked in the lower bracket
there many over towards our
Dominion Swithian Pixie and
They didn't have the performance that they thought.
So now Aviv and Cam thinking they were uncontested.
End up with a big fight.
Mostly for them.
The opposition is kind of out of here.
More and more teams making their way on over.
Chargu, Carillion.
They have breakfast.
Kind of trapped down there by himself.
Alex seems to be already out of this game.
And now the decision is theirs.
They could take all the time they want.
They could disengage or they could just wait up here
for breakfast to try to move out of here
here and get Alex three good part and that's when they can strike they want
to overstay your welcome the deal you also close by
no the fight is it something they want to bounce on the zone is continuing to
pull further and further the clock is ticking don't know if this is the right
decision and they felt that exactly as they start to disengage whether or not
they even knew that the deal and you are on the move it doesn't matter they
don't need to stick around to find out they already got the search they were
after a same case scenario here for Zangie and Belusi.
Two eliminations trying to see whether or not
they can come out on top.
They've been so close already on the day.
They've definitely done a strong performance here.
But Seito, they need this.
Policies haven't been playing.
I chapped and Flixie now puts Seito back into the sticky
of whether or not he can actually escape.
But luckily for him, Flixie chapped.
All they wanted was damage.
Yeah, sometimes all you need is that break
in between games three and four,
but look at this peculiar loadout here.
Six flashes, two different slaperoni pieces,
four shock waves, and no, it's not an iron pump,
it is a purple pistol here, and even a gold loadout.
So they realize how hard it is in some of these games
to not only get served,
but make it through relatively healthy.
So now they're having a change in their game plan,
hoping to make it work here.
Coming from the fourth place though,
was wondering after the half time,
will that fire still be burning hot?
and it looks like it is with the amount of elimination
they picked up.
We talk about a hooker staying here.
Welcome to deal two, waiting for that reboot,
extra bit of elimination, plus four points on the corner.
And the ground roar is supporting.
And Dusseldorf, Germany.
I like this move, Drew and the deal.
Whether or not they actually choose
to continue the pursuit up against me field,
the damage has been done.
And he's going to have to just keep trying to see how much space
he can actually create between himself and June the deal.
But they don't really have to wait for me.
They can choose to just try and capitalize on the fact
that he's a solo, not let him go for another reboot
opportunity.
If they keep trailing him, though,
that's just going to make it impossible for MiniPO
to really bring this one back.
Yeah, just the scenic stroll through the zone,
They're looking over in that direction.
They know he's somewhere around the vicinity,
most likely the closest reboot van,
but they want to make it as fast to zone as possible.
They'll worry about that later.
There will be second opportunities as Baser King.
They're pulled back up and standing after the Ospawn fight
over towards Wonky Land,
but in order to get that reboot, they had to move south
further and further away from where the zone looks like it's going.
Despite King having gone down in the early game at Wonky,
They're still 200 above currently they know they are going to need more though. They're playing that sneaky route will it work out
many snide out though
They've been doing a great job
Handling their off-spawn situation up against both I and say though, but now how will they fare because the likes of muzz and sphinx
They're already trying to see if they can establish priority control of these boxes, but so far no good
knew that on the top 25
qualifications due to a tie
breaker that went down to
average play spent and it
wasn't keeping a full place
that separating them and the
upper bracket mother speaks
to see why they're playing so
aggressive here in this
situation.
And there is a lot of
pressure on the team.
They are not going to get
the ball.
They are going to get the
ball.
They are going to get the
ball.
They are going to get the
ball.
They are going to get the
Here in this situation 281 below the damage threshold half of their HP already gone
You can see the desperation start to click in active surge. That's gonna hit space before Marius
Eventually takes him down even must by himself and he's about to face that same fate
Marius and I drop 1100 above it with two eliminations now
There's only so much you can do you're 300 below and the opponents on the other side of that wall or over a thousand above the
the threshold they have all the time in the world and that's exactly how they
played it out. Chino and Pablo on the other hand recognizing Seido trying to
crash his way into where they're currently boxed up. Likely another solo desperate
for some surge but he won't get the chance to try and recover here. Chino and
Pablo still they're gonna need a lot more on the day they really want to try and
finish strong it's okay first half but let's see what you got for the second.
Yeah, but this is the type of game we're needing to see at Pablo and Chino a little bit more aggression
Get up early on that storm search leaderboard
It's been the primary thing that has been taking them down causing distractions in their game plan forcing their hand when they might not
Want to and I feel like a lot of other teams are gonna start to feel that pressure here
It's gonna go from a two tick zone into a five tick zone
So if you're not already down below that damage threshold
You need to be lining there because that's a lot of damage coming your way.
Great job from Osa and Scarey though.
Not getting shot, not getting cracked at all on their rotate in.
Issue is 21 below.
They have the many duos in the surrounding area, so there will be opportunities,
but they cannot take any damage here.
Scarey and Osa though, clinging on.
As long as you're above, that's all that really matters here.
But Shadow and Virgo, they can really just have fun with it.
But what I want to see is them back up the talk that they just administered in that player room during Frankie's interview
Are you really gonna win it cuz they told us earlier today Jacob? They were bringing home game one
That's why I don't like it when you try to call your shot and sometimes you just gotta play it out
You never know when the lobby this stack how hard it can actually be
This is the talks on EU is it a new era or these new players gonna be the ones that are surpassing legends legacy
like Mr. Savage is one of only five players to have qualified both for the 2019 World Cup
and also this Summit Major. This is a big match for not only him but also Akira Kourama.
They're already in that cutoff. They're very close to being qualified but they are 197 below.
They have not done enough damage. They've taken too much. The Storm Search is already picking the pressure. It's on.
Once overlining though, this is a duo that can afford to have some missteps.
and for Akira, things are looking a little bit grim,
but even still, Scott's so much fighting spirit,
left behind them, spots out, Bayzen,
tries to get bigger shot in, but recognizes
he still has to just keep trying to make it into zone
to begin with, but that'll be cut short.
Kazzie Able to take him out.
134 points is what the cutoff was yesterday for 19.
They're not there yet, but they're close.
That's what we'll be looking at here.
We got a few games left, and if any of the teams
that will hop onto the leaderboard
but definitely kind of open up the gap down below,
but Savage is going to go down,
Velo is by himself,
and Taco to Kata, there's 31 teams still up,
six of them need to go down
before placement points are even a thing.
But now is the time here for Velo,
he's got a solid loadout,
and he can pull off some form of huge solo crawlers.
This will be his best chance to try and shine.
He still happens to try and make his way into zone
to begin with,
Overdrive Grenade going to send him forward,
still forward left in the stack,
but now the lobby closing in, locking into his position.
He's trying to cover up every single angle
while sending out shots himself.
27 below, he just needs one more.
Show us what you can do, fellow.
Show us what the new era of EU Fortnite competitive
is capable of.
84 below, you've lost your teammate.
You've got an elimination, but the job is still
far from finished.
Getting cracked forced to pop this chug-chug of pressure.
It might be too much.
And I think Josh is feeling that well.
Yamato's already down over 300,
although the damper's threshold,
no extra heals, he has to go,
and he has to go now.
Koyota's there on the other side,
trying to block him out, and Josh goes down,
and that was a big one for Koyota and Yuma as well,
because now he gets a chance at the rebound,
and much needed surge.
Plicks and hits on the other hand,
trying to see whether or not they can tango
with some of these other duos just behind them.
This is the first time we've really seen them
try to be a little bit more proactive with the off-spot,
And while that did net them a general success
with that verse elimination,
it's what you can do with it after the fact,
but they need a big time end game performance here.
They need so many placement points to play catch up.
Getting you in the front side of zone,
it's not going to be easy.
See how destructive this on that layer.
Clicks taking a ton of that damage,
but still positive elimination on the Agers.
Much needed as well.
Siphon's gonna get to the HP,
everything else could go through,
regenerating his shields,
and we see how he found that MLM,
And the limit of ancient ageers actually bossed up Klicks,
and he made him pay.
What a shot if you're going to take out anyone.
It's going to be that number one team
on the consistency leaderboard issue is.
It's all up to Higgs now.
Klicks has gone down, dropped the storm surge
to only 11 above.
It's now active as well at any moment.
Higgs could drop below.
He has to be careful.
One consistent narrative that's taken place all day long
for so many teams in some of these end game moments.
It's just a backpack.
It's short-lived victories.
You find one elimination.
You think the refresh is all yours for the duo to share.
And then somebody else just takes you out along the way.
Chappellixie hoping to try and change that back
as they continue to make their way forward.
But the way that the zone is pulling,
players are going to be able to send it on height.
Some of these connections can be difficult
to keep track of and predicts and goes.
They're looking to see if they can actually take over.
Yeah, from where the zone was to where the zone is at now,
there's a little bit of a hill that they're having to go up.
That's where you're seeing a lot of shock waves coming to play and an opportunity to try to steal away the high ground
But for Gino and Pablo Wingu, they're just taking what they can get. This is one of their best games so far on the day today
They really need to continue to make this one count.
Pigs falls, Ghost and Pigs look at Bright up in the clouds continuing to rain and down above while that chaos unfolds below.
He's still up. The solo clutch continues. He's got 43 builds. He's got enough rotations, heals.
He's got everything he needs. It is all on you, Velo.
We've seen Virgo get 60 points off the solo clutch. Now, Velo, trying to see if he can take it one step above.
But it's going to be difficult with so many other contenders still in the lobby.
Visuals finds a refresh, trying to see if he can send it for the team on height.
fight, doing a great job at limiting his options, fourth try and box up, but immediately gets caught
out by Nostim. Whether or not he survives it is another story entirely, but Flixty and Chep,
they are fully in control of this secondary high layer, a little bit isolated, trying to remain
directly underneath the team on height. Also looking to take advantage of the other duos
surrounding them, Alex. Reckless going to have some issues here as Flixty and Chep refuse to give
up front side. And some out bellows lived by unnoticed up until now. He gained the attention
to Flixy, chapped as well. High ground now, putting pressure. He's out of build and needs
a miracle here to survive. Because he has no extra heals. 63 HP. His run will come to an end.
But for Chappin' Flixy, this is the one they were looking for. It's just getting started already,
pushed up to 112 points. They started off the day with nothing last game in four that now once again
And we're seeing them to continue thriving in the end game.
Meanwhile, Shadow Virgo, they called it.
We're winning next game.
They said it's going to be easy.
Let's see if they can make it happen.
Was it a pre-fire or was it just straight-up reminiscent?
Shadow Virgo trying to make sure that they can bring this
right on, but they'll have to deal with the sorts of
Fleecy and Chep.
They are really building so much momentum right now on this
frontside layer.
Seven eliminations in total.
Still trying to track down more.
Every single edit opening up leading to shots sent into other players and nobody is anywhere near chest yet
But can they make it over this next flip face trying to make it as calculated as possible fizzbomb going down
They have their eyes set in the clouds high ground we go and you can even attach to some of these trees
They're gonna go you have to try to take the high ground
Chalk gets some good damage but in comes a third party shadow and Virgo they watch some of this fun
They get the Elimination on to Flixie, drop him down further and further into all that chaos.
Chap, he's now the only hope for their team.
Issue is, he's left us a solo, five elips on the board.
Can he continue racking it up?
Back and forth he hits!
I should not have made it, but Shadow Raker continuing to raise out from above.
The issue is, it's a full new up on Low, Pablo, Gino.
Can you make it happen?
This is the moment they've been waiting for.
It is their best position on the day.
still more yet to come.
Pitch just on the other side of the wall.
Pablo trying to find the opening shot.
But Pitch is just so incredibly low.
Finally, Gino will bring him down.
Gino and Pablo have the world at their feet.
But it's all up to whether or not Shadow and Berga decide
to actually shut this one down.
Shadow goes up.
High ground control still heavily in their favor.
And Pablo's finished.
It's all up to whether or not Gino can actually
bring this one back.
But he only has a sliver of HP.
But it's still Gino returning fire and Berga
They're fighting the final shot!
They call their shot!
They said, we are qualifying for Sunday,
whether it's consistency or a victory royale.
They have kept their word.
They have showed up and showed out here on the big stage.
It's bad that I am speechless,
but you made a prediction before this game
that you were going to take the victory royale.
Berger, you just said, what did I say?
You said you're going to get the victory royale.
What was that last moment like?
I mean, we just went for a power play on high age.
Shadow just said, missed off.
We went up, eliminated them, and we just won the game from there.
It was pretty easy.
You're always keeping your eyes up, Top Boys.
How are you keeping calm in those last moments?
Like I said, we're the best team,
and I knew we were going to win that game the way it was.
So yeah, when we try, we lock it.
So you've definitely locked in.
Obviously, you're through to Championship Sunday.
There's just eight games now between you and that trophy.
Do you really think you don't have tough competition?
We definitely do, but I think we can compete with them.
But why does it feel like this is your year?
How are you guys managing to be so confident?
The fact that you just called this victory Royale
is something else.
I mean, it really is just all practice.
You know, we are the hardest-grinding teammates.
Like, we play all day.
We both moved to Dallas.
We went away from home, and it all paid off.
Well, you know what? We could never have predicted this back in 2024.
You guys are the duo placed 30th.
Now they're looking like they could take number one.
More games after this break.
Oh, oh my god.
Oh my god.
Oh, no.
Woo.
I got you.
the next game. How crazy as an
idea keeps zooming. Keep going.
You understand? Oh, I can see
more. That's good. That's good.
Production probably hates me. My
gosh, shadow and Virgo. What the
heck? They are built different.
You again. At this level of
competition, the cottage. If you
like, yeah, man, we're really
good. We're going to go ahead.
I can confirm they do not lie. You've got arguably the best in the world and creative Virgo
IG held by shadow. I mean they called it they did it and they did not disappoint. I really like the way they did it
as well
I think when you look at a lot of the height taking so yesterday
It wasn't as crazy wasn't the type of height taking we're seeing from the majority of the season where you had people playing really deep in the zone
And looking to try and make these shot planes upwards with this
is this time around. Shadow goes flying up. He hits the bang. And that's exactly what
we've seen them do in NA all season long. A very impressive game from a very impressive
doing a duo that again, even though they were here in the lower bracket, every team in that
Sunday final has to watch out for these two.
Scary stuff. I just can't get over that. My mind is blown to call for that victory out
and then immediately come on stage and do it. Wow. Shadow and Virgo, they will definitely
be a force to be wrecked with tomorrow. And I feel like this is kind of one of those situations
where if I'm a team and I'm maybe even considering doing something like contesting them, I'm thinking
like, chill. They just pulled out. Oh, shivers. I'd be scared. I mean, with the amount of confidence
they have in those creative like situations, right? When you're taking a clean to be to
no third party involved, no other teams trying to join the party on invited. You don't want to go
against shadow and Virgo. I got to see the standings. I got to see things right. Let's do it. We got to do it. We're
can't do we have two games left to go at the top. Agers ritual still holding on ignore the minus one. Don't worry about
this means another team moved on up to get themselves a victory Roy out Pablo and Chino. Oh my gosh. Suddenly
seven place up 18 places.
Dakota, this is what we say man.
One game can change it all 11 for them.
That was their game.
Absolutely.
Speaking of players saying things before the halftime break
or during the halftime break and delivering on it.
I asked you, I saw it in the corridor and I said,
yo bro, what's happening?
He said 11 man, we just can't get to end game.
I don't know what's happening.
We're feeling good, but we just aren't able to get there.
This game, he told me, look, we're going to look to continue
to play the way we've been playing, focus on our strats, carry some more medikits so
we can play in Storm for longer. And look, they're in the end game. They have the game
that we know they can have. These are the times of games they were having on EU when
they did incredibly well in Grands, where even though you're looking at them here,
they don't have many builds to work with, but they stick together. Both of them playing in the
same box, shot them in hand, and they're always going to hit the key shots that they need. These
are two of the best individual players in this region. I mean, they have the experience. They've
They've shown they can perform online.
They've shown they can perform at international competitions
with the best of the whole world.
And it's been surprising that, you know,
it's even taken them this long to get a big match like this.
But I'm excited to see how it continues.
And that's a great game.
The timing of that game is so crucial.
Because you mentioned is the two games remaining,
it's crunch time.
To move up that rapidly there, it
will be a big boost for their confidence moving forward.
And that's what gives me hope, right?
Not even for just them again.
I'm gonna keep thinking about all these duels, right?
We only have 25 spots.
We get through on a victory out, which means that we're done.
We don't have to play any more Fortnite today.
We could just focus on tomorrow or Tokata.
We need to play out these games.
Try and end in the top 19.
So many of these other duels are well outside that bubble,
right?
They're thinking with two games left,
maybe we can't even get points enough.
Maybe we need to strike and try for that victory out.
Maybe that's our only way in.
Yeah, I mean, the pressure is on.
There's two more spots left, but for the teams like Picks
and Ghost that are in fifth place on a leaderboard
after jumping up eight positions.
I mean, it goes back to the narrative
I was talking about in game.
On EU, a lot of our veterans are legacy talent.
I mean, two of our global champions
didn't even qualify to here.
And now we've got players like Ghost,
this up and coming rising talent.
I honestly thought, Lev, I thought they were gonna win
this game, but Shadow Virgo, they were too good.
They haven't had much of an opportunity to showcase the type of time they've had playing together, but we've seen it in burst when they've been playing with other people.
Pix and Ghost, Pix in particular, right?
Yesterday we saw a great day for Polish Fortnite as far as Darn and Dibush, Kami and Ari doing as good as they did.
Pix looking to try and add himself into that career as well.
And for player like Ghost to have this day to really get used to the feel of the stage, get that experience from the players,
you know, 11 to case Woffin in
your ear. You can hear in the
speakers right? You can handle
that. You can handle anything.
It's tough, man. It's definitely
tough. We saw another duo as
well. Captain Flixie popping off.
We've already seen any time this
duo comes up. The crowd goes
crazy. Man, I just keep thinking
man, two games left. We need to
hang on. We need to make some
changes. We need to go all in. I
mean, for Chaps, Chappan Flixie
We got to stay the course right lever or maybe it's that time. Maybe go crazy like I mean
I don't know like
Are the chaplain flixie fans doing the building? I mean it's a bit quiet for the choppy thing when they walked out
It was loud
They need that support going into these last couple of games because again
We know if you've been watching EU their performance is happening consistent
But more often than not see when they need to get it done
They do just enough to push themselves over that line.
When they kicked it off too, the fire, it wasn't fueled up, it wasn't roaring, but
after that third match, they got the fourth place and you can tell how quickly it turned for them.
The motivation, the confidence, it was instantly back to where they're in their own element.
Another top five placement now jumped right up that leaderboard in literally two matches, Zeke.
Yeah, some of these players are players that they're not going to have come out and just have this crazy pop our performance
There's almost like a period of heating up
But Tokata, I'm scared man two games left to go
Check out that standings. Let's see who is in currently in that 19th place
Coming back to it. Tokata right now 90 points. GRX Randy look up 17 places
But again, we've got two games left to go
If you're not there you need to have it right now
I know the French fans are scared as well.
I mean, we've got 18th place.
Momsie Skyjump dropped down eight positions,
right kind of that cutoff.
Right now, 19th is at 90 points.
Yesterday, if we look at top 19,
it was around low 130s, that bubble,
but will it be the same today?
Mr. Savage and Velo, sitting 24th,
not the spot they want to be in,
but we've been touching distance
of being able to push themselves above.
Still so much talent on this page who's yet to do it.
Nathan and Nebs, big names there.
Harvey and the Minnish, again,
a fuel that you would expect to be able to have made it through.
We have the likes of Sato, Hodesai, Epic War and Pump.
I mean, for some of these teams to not make it
would be a big, big upset.
I'm scared for Havi and the Minnish too.
I mean, yesterday, they were like one elimination
of qualifying and now once again,
they're right outside of that bubble.
I know they're feeling the pressure.
the game. Man, two games left
to go. It's now or never, Duos.
We need to put the pieces on
the table because after this 25
duos will be going home. Castors
second the last game. Take it
away. I think at this stage of
the game, I've seen so many
third parties. I have to
continue the third parties
Well, but I'm excited we've got two more games of competition so many big teams that are actually outside of that top 19
Let me really excited to see what happens, but so many teams that are also just so close. I mean the striking range
It's right there. It's visible, but can they actually
Find out here in game five
the game, but number five, the
ultimate chance for our duo to
make their way into the grand
finals. A huge game for so many
of our teams outside of that top
19. For those that are in it, it's
just about staying. And it's
surprise that yet again,
Mettias and Eyedrop are looking to try and see whether or not they can win out on
Oswam battle they've been dealing with all day long, but more importantly still
Jacob, whether or not Podesai and Seito are going to be able to have any sort of
comeback potential because we are in game five.
Mettias and Eyedrop are nearly there and it starts right here right now.
She and Yana is so committed to this rock fight,
but it is just sticks and stones for both these teams.
Yana's gonna depart first of all,
utilize except for that bush tick
to avoid taking any kind of fall damage,
but the damage has been done.
Both of these teams definitely injured.
Yeah, unfortunately enough, Yana's the down,
that they were able to get on top of that rock.
He has a chance at the revive.
Interesting enough, he's not necessarily
gonna go for it just yet.
Just trying to drop down and keep pressure.
He does have a blue advantage here,
and his teammate is down below, so yes, he is going for that revive.
So, Yanis, you're definitely on the timer here
about how many decisions you can make.
So, what's Yanis going to do right there?
We're going to have to wait and see as we move on over to a team
that had a fantastic last game.
Pablo and Chino all but qualified through,
but they need to make something happen here at Sandy Strip
in order to stay in this game.
It's a big game for the attacker.
First things first, they want to get rid of Mini Pio and Pupo,
and they are sick of having to deal with being contested,
and they know even if they bring it back
in today's competition and make it for their seat
on that battle bus in finals,
they still have to deal with victory in Kanata.
So it's not like the off-spawn contest
is ever going to let up.
It's about ensuring that they don't have those small little
mistakes in the next stage.
Yeah, and at least they're getting a good amount of practice.
I say that loosely because we're in a live tournament
on land across so many teams from around the world,
but at least they're playing a little bit more
more like themselves in each and every passing game. I set it during the action in that last one.
This is the best we've seen them play so far and I want to see more of our teams, especially the
ones that might be a little bit further on that leaderboard than you would expect. Get a little
bit more aggressive. Take control of your destiny. This though a bit of a fight here. Alex reckless
down. Alex is a solo. Liam and Jace having to close on in here but taking it very, very calmly.
playing off on the barbers, Jayce drops on down, Alex looking for the revive on to Reckless,
not quite going to be able to find it, the pressure keeps coming through from up above,
Alex trying to do anything to find that additional shot hit, and now you're all but not quite
connecting with the shot and Reckless is able to get finished there as well, so huge moment here
for Liam and Jayce to close out this fight. Alex just stuck between a rock and a hard place though
and dealing with the likes of Jayce, Jess too healthy, the HP advantage working against them
entirely 160 points.
Liam and Jace are just freaking the confidence right now.
And they have good reason to do so,
but Clips on the other hand,
it's all going to come down to a game six performance.
And it's not even about consistency.
It's not about a strong placement.
They have to win.
That is absolutely insane.
Going down, they gave up the maturity of wonky land.
They try to push a whole another team
But that's been Ghost and Pix's strategy all day long.
They want those teams to go out there and feel a little bit too comfortable.
So that play, they're waiting in the shadows, they strike and take them down.
They move one step closer to Championship Sunday, but you can see the drops continue to move around.
Minute and Salco, that was one of our three teams landing at Sandy Strip.
Now they go back to the spot where they were landing in the upper bracket.
Yeah, back to the basics, back to what they know.
And it's going to be interesting to see now what happens to Clecks, of course, in that final game.
There's a player that can rise to the cage, and if there's someone that's going to win that final game, it's going to be huge.
A little bit of an opportunity here. Their Q, what's been going down with Chap, and Gannis unfortunately won't be able to withstand the pressure here.
Excellent usage of their time though, just trying to make sure that they take out anyone they might be able to stumble across the deal.
The deal and you very much a similar mentality though. They definitely like a little more eliminations
But they're really just looking for consistent placements. Yeah, and you can just feel the arena cheering these guys on I could close
My eyes have our turrets which there are POV's and I'll know exactly when they're on
We deal you every single time ritual ages looking to continue to get aggressive as well over towards frigid forges
They essentially already have their spot secured, but they don't want to just take part today
They want to take over. This is a huge warm-up opportunity for a team like Agers in Ritual.
Huge fight though for Acer and Scare. These guys 52 points outside of that top 19 threshold.
So we've got two ends of the stick right here in Agers and Ritual. They're already qualified through.
They're more than happy to take this fight, but for Scare and Ocid, this could be the fight that defines their weekend.
Will we be seeing them tomorrow? This is such a huge fight for them to win.
Scare knows it also know that they have time working against them because even if they're able to draw out this battle
It doesn't bear them any better because they still only have 52 points
Even if you take out the duo that's contesting you you you're still gonna need so much more heavy lifting to be involved
Plexi and chapel the other end though
They are just happy to try and keep things through and through
But it's true and the deal that are on the receiving end of it this time and chap
He's just not letting up.
Maybe even a little bit of violent underneath them,
Breeze and Gary open and trying to cheer on his former trio.
Maybe he wants to see Chad in the finals
and Chad might just be able to do it
if he keeps playing the way he has been.
Super aggressive.
They get the elimination on to Drew.
And with Drew and Vidal going down,
you see them in 11th place on that leaderboard.
They're high up, much more high up than top 19 for now.
But what they're doing is they're inadvertently allowing teams
at the bottom of the leaderboard to get more points because the top side of the board aren't taking them away anymore.
Yeah, tough there. German on German violence. Really difficult for this crowd.
He's sort of had a bit of a weird reaction. It's like, do we see it? Do we do? I don't know what's going on.
But for a team here in Bello and Mr. Savage, they are outside of that top 19.
How do they approach this? Are they going to try and go for that?
Are they going to try and make that crazy high play in endgame?
We've seen them have a little bit of solo clutches from Bello.
We've seen that throughout the season as well from these guys.
It's been one of their downfalls really is those end games haven't been together.
They haven't been consistent enough in those situations.
So they need to make it all happen now with two games to go.
This could be the end of their weekend.
They don't make something happen quickly.
Definitely want to give Dello his flowers, though.
He has been left in a couple of very difficult positions and still managed
to come up with some form of placement points through it.
But now all they really need to do is synchronize.
If they can make it through a solid end game here,
that could be the separating fact of between outside of top 19 and making it
in just unfortunate I see nevus just in the water swimming along he's hoping to
go towards the north so that way you could try to get the reboot back on the
naven but then here you have it sky jump mom so you trying to make alert play
happen on the ghosting pigs if this one breaks out in the fight that'll be a
blessing for naven but if it does not you just have two teams that still float
around the shots are gonna be fired out you could see what they're after two
empty item slots for the sky jump inventory just picking up bandages so you see they're just after scraps.
Yeah, they gambled a lot on that play right there. They were hoping that one of those guys
was going to go over to that chest and they could catch them off guard, make a little sneak play.
But because they didn't make that play ghost and picks, they're now a little bit behind sky jump for Momzy.
They didn't get all that damage that they would have wanted. They didn't get that refresh.
So for now, it's just about playing catch up.
Nems might be far out enough in open waters though to avoid the peripherals, at least from fix and ghost,
the game. They're not going to
be able to find a conclusion
in ghosts, but actually bringing
back to see me will be a whole
different slew of problems.
Ocid and scared, though they
have not been able to find a
conclusion at this exchange
over by Virgin fortress, and
this is starting to become a
worst case scenario because the
more time invested, the more
materials invested. It's not
like they're having great
opportunities to reform all of
it. They essentially need a decent game here to keep them in
contention of consistency because if they go down or even plays
some more of this game out and don't really get much to show
for it, there's going to be another team on that list that
needs a victory royale going into our last game of the day. But
as the dust does settle, age is the ritual, probably get poured,
they go one way. Ocin and Scarred use this as an opportunity to
finally disengage. For the majority of this hurling game,
they haven't been able to loot up. They haven't been able to get
materials so they are so far behind the curve has been their problem especially
when you get the south zone like this it becomes very very difficult to then
continue to try and catch up with the rest of your game Liam and Jayce you saw
them in that fighting against Alex early on in the game that was a difficult one
for them they couldn't close out that quickly so for them right now they're
looking for a little bit of alert play here brilliant in the argue
what are they gonna do they're gonna wait for us in the storm so that's the
damage is taking taco what player they're gonna make and yet there's gonna
away from going for it.
Liam and Jayce aren't in any sort of rush,
but an opportunity is an opportunity.
And if Carillion exposes himself for one second,
too long, or jargou, even, Jayce and Liam
make a lot of the shots.
It's great opener.
Carillion completely flushed out here.
But Jayce, Liam, will they be able to fully close it out?
The delay has been set in stone.
Jargou with the backup measures means that Liam and Jayce
force the pullback.
Yeah, and I like that decision right there,
because it's easy to feel like you got the green light to go.
just over a hundred damage they're already weak to the zone but they are also weak they're one shot away from going down themselves
So they make that smart IQ play to go ahead disengage heal up and then make it to zone QnDX and fans and trying to do the same thing
90 points they don't need a massive game here again
You just need to stay in contention and making it possible to qualify through consistency in last game
It's a really awkward position to be in where they are right now
They could need a win going to the last game if this game isn't quite as good
They're not so far into that top 19 where it makes it so that they can just play out their their placements really really awkward for them right now
As you know, Pablo Wingu in this fight in front of the storm as well
You can see the distribution of teams here. Gino and Pablo Wingu in seventh place team
They're fighting all the way down in 43rd. So a huge fight for
both teams here
You know how they look like they're gonna be rotating
Altaya and Vobia are hoping to do is try and dissuade Pablo and she never wanting to follow up on that engagement
But really and argue they've now seemingly caught themselves in a fight with chap and flixie
I'm feeling Jack and flixie were likely the ones who tried to start this one
They've been picking fights the entire lobby so far and they don't seem like they have any intentions of slowing down
Yeah, what in either chap and flixie the way this day started
was it necessarily the best they even got surprised contested in one of those
games going down off spawn but since then they've been putting their foot to
the pedal and speed running their way through this lobby but now Southall admitted
they want some of those fights but when immediately get shut down by champ a huge shutdown is going to back to them taking down Southall as well.
Huge huge huge from champ and flixie right there showing why they're one of those
in these sort of lobbies that you can rely on in those big fights.
They do it in EU.
They're doing it on this big stage here as well.
And that's second place right now,
so could they move up into that first place?
Really important they got that fight done quickly as well.
There's another team lurking,
so the speed at which they finished that fight
was absolutely crucial.
Jargon and Carillion are also probably very happy
about the fact that Jeff and Flixty
were so distracted by Minnet and Selko,
but teams just continue to try and aggress Liam and Jay.
It's also getting a little fraggy with it.
epic whale and palm on the other hand. They've really got to do what they can to try and
scope out the rest of the lobby. Rip tides has just been so back and forth. There haven't necessarily
been a whole lot of opportunities for them to even present themselves in the end game just
because of dealing with that contest. Yep. All you need is that one big game to spark that fire.
And then from there, there's no looking back. Chino Papa here in this day is a huge example of that.
Jason Liam as well. All you need is start to build that momentum. They already have six
Elimination to the bomb Chino Pablo. I wouldn't have shot their way
I wouldn't have gained their attention because they're all but qualified almost nothing to lose and they're looking to get aggressive here
This is two more of the nations eight more points once that goes through the top of the leaderboard
That's apparently down trying to get the ball. Liam bites off a little bit more than he could chew
She don't make the play to take him down that fights in one of the best fights
six teams in World of Fortnite. So that was only gonna end one way when you add
Nechino like that huge elimination for him. 460 above the damage threshold as
well. And you can see them in these games. They get so many of these
elimination summits. Damage early on in the game and you can see it just
to the rest of the lobby. That's what they're so good at.
Respect the hustle out of Liam and Jace, but unfortunately, Nechino and Pablo have
already determined who's going to come out on top in this one.
Jay takes yet another big shot and that's going to do it.
Pablo finds them elimination there.
And now these guys will be able to move forward,
no problems whatsoever.
That last lobby really seems like it started something big
for Chino and Pablo.
Yeah, each and every second that passes in this game,
it feels like they're just moving closer and closer
to the promised land.
Fazer, King, we saw Irvion, Klicks and Higgs go for a fight
towards the top side of the map, which means Phaser and King relatively uncontested over
towards Wonkyland. And we looked at teams and you're uncontested, especially when at
one of the best POIs in the game, you have to make these games count.
This is now or never right now for Phaser and King. You don't know what Clecks and Hicks
are going to do in that final game. It's going to be so, so important for them to make the
most of this game. Likewise, think so much. You don't know what's going to happen in that
sort of off-spawn situation. They struggle today. Taco, looking good in this game though,
about the soles of threshold.
All Muzz and Spinks were after at the start of this day,
but seeing whether or not they could actually
find quick conclusions towards that off-spawn.
But Nathan and Nefs just haven't provided it.
They seemingly counter-streaded exactly
for that circumstance.
And even with Muzz and Spinks trying to go them
into the engagement, they just weren't taking the bait.
And I can't blame them because it's a complete start
difference of the two dynamics between those teams.
And it's left them in a really rough spot, but they're not the only ones trying to see if they can fare for better weather here.
Medias!
Tough spot.
Really, really tough spot. Definitely not home and dry right now.
And Marius, known as one of the best fraggers in the world,
haven't really seen that from him in the EU for a little while right now.
What better way to solidify your spot, not only in the Grand Finals,
but also as one of the better fraggers in the world.
Reclaim that spot, all that height that was surrounding your name has to now do it as a solo.
He needs to break into those plays some points just to propel himself and I drop into that position
This course is not gonna be easy for them Jacob, but this is the player that you want in these situations
Yeah, it's definitely going to be needed because again, he doesn't need to win
He's at 108 or so point
He just needs to get as close as possible to that threshold and then again perform well in game number six
Clixie chap
541 again the spark has not gone out from these guys elim after elim
They're just getting better with each and every passing game.
Now they're just looking at the back side of zone
because they pulled it everybody else on the North End.
That's a max pull.
It's almost like everybody kind of just forgot for a while now
that Jeff was heavily regarded as one of the best.
And now he's trying to showcase exactly why.
His fighting abilities are just still at the top here.
Glixy and Jeff waiting to see whether or not
they can actually pick off some other pieces of pie here.
the way in, but Chad realises
lost track of one of the teams
on high ground will pay the
price, but he's still up and
running, so that's going to at
least keep them going forward.
Huge refresh for them. Epic
Whirl and pump shaping up to
look for that early high ground
right now as well. This is a
team that desperately need a
good game right here. You want
to take as much pressure off of
that last game as possible.
They're in a really nice
position. Zero elimination so
far, but above that threshold
as well. So they're able to
keep a lot of those skills. You
can see it by their inventories
They really need a big game here to solidify this one.
Yeah, we've seen so many teams with plenty of eliminations,
but they haven't fared well on storm surge
which ultimately caused the downfall in their game.
It's the opposite here this time for Epic Well and Pump.
Zero eliminations, but more than enough storm surge.
That cramps a little bit of a freedom, a flexibility
to move through some of these games.
A Sky Jump gets a big elimination onto Nathan,
sending him and Neb back to the lobby with one game left.
The problem is, Gaijin got that elimination before he managed to tank any ticks of Storm, so he doesn't actually get the health cycle behind it.
He's going to find himself still, incredibly low before he heads in, but nebs.
This is how the first part went down. This is why Nathan just folded immediately a great awareness check.
Really, really important for them right now, as well as King of Phaesa.
We mentioned that these guys need to have a solid game, but look past this town and how all that Storm surge threshold 239.
They're getting hit as well, Jacob. They need to try and take as much damage as possible without the TN dealing.
Enough as well. This is absolutely huge for them. Hopping inside of the box.
Trying to get some shots away, but there's angles from different areas for attacking them up.
But he's now down to a solo. He needs to clutch up.
Yeah, in that moment, it's kind of far above the damage threshold. Only one player needs to go down, and it won't be at where you're in.
But right now, it's active. One more tick. That's all he can take. He needs to find damage. It doesn't get it.
Faiz or King, they go down and they have one game left.
Everybody else here in this lobby right now really has to make this moment better.
And nobody's really claiming the high ground yet.
Savage moves his teammate, you see him scramming around only a hundred bills to his game.
He's just trying to break through a wall. He needs a miracle right now.
Is he gonna get granted?
Mike Jess, Chad still looking to see who else he can take out.
Unfortunately, the player threshold has fallen low enough.
Savage won't have to worry about the surge damage, but he's still at the content without the plays in the lobby.
Trying to do what he can, breaking through all of these pre-existing builds.
They're just slowing him down, course the play through that back side of his own,
but they'll at least find a moment to pop the last bits of his chug jug.
Whether or not he's going to be able to escape the eyesight of the team ahead of him though, that's another issue entirely.
He's got to stay low, out of sight, out of mind, looking for his opportunity, but it's just not going to connect.
Savage still needing just one more, a free throw should be everything in this instance, but no one is permitting it to go through.
He's looking for something, trying to find anything to get those builds back up, of course that HP as well.
It is now or never to miss the Savage huge moment before hit to solo clutch.
Drew, why you are the IJ industry and Drew, why you have the most experience in this duo as well.
Placing, lurking back side of zone, looking up at height as well, not gonna go for it, hasn't got the builds.
And he looked up from so many other players as well, Jacob.
This is being difficult for him.
You have a blast in this moment.
The Fizz missed down below, getting some shield.
He had the low ground effect.
He's trying to move his way through, gets a flank on the one.
Misses a crucial shot, but Savage has not given up just yet.
Bison is closing in.
He knows he needs something big here.
A poor duo to his left.
Waiting for the peek out the box.
Shockwave sets up flying.
A lost opportunity there.
The window is closing.
No Sif is inside.
They're trying to put pressure.
He's Shockwave's over.
They're just taking away every opportunity by escaping from Mr. Savage.
But fortunately for Savage, there's the other players in the lobby wiping each other out.
He can't make through that last metal wall, but he still managed to secure a decent amount of solo placement points.
Every little thing helps, and we'll see just how Game 6 shakes up.
But for right now, Akira, Karama, straight to the tie, but it's Bantam and Q&E.
Look at them play spoilers of that.
They're waiting. They're waiting in the wings, Q&E, and some fans of Akira and Karama have to now drop on down below.
Q and the X and Phantom, the duo from Middle East,
claiming the high ground, looking on down,
and the rest of the lobby, but here is Robert.
They're working and fighting strong, and take down Phantom.
Huge elimination, huge knock.
Can they fight Q and the X?
Look, here on down, it's all up to Gorana, up on high,
versus Q and the X, what's he gonna do inside the Muffin?
You and the X as well, huge refresh.
Top five position, make it top four.
Place the points are flying in, but no symphony.
on the high ground, they use everybody's bone and up distraction.
Fair to take it for themselves, they're one of two duos left in this game.
Teyuz and King are gonna be down below, we know Karama's still alive.
He's a solo that's trying to run rampant here.
He has the build to take control of the front side of the zone.
He's all the way down below, but no syph is there as well.
Karama though, he's excellent in these types of situations.
He's a solo clutcher through and through, there's only 11 builds to his name and
the duo is directly ahead of him.
And they look to challenge it's not the one you're digging up though
It's from Brahma, Groobie, why?
He's still able to escape, wanting to be in a dream
But he's not going to be able to fight through
No sin, Terry to take all of the credit here now
King is weak, but can he close it?
Can he close it out? No, he's just down to a solo here
Use moments, King up above, he is
Close down, all the way up to tears up on high
Move through now as well, as well as no sin
It's another FNCS
This is essentially what we're going to see later this year
Fukun making the plays from up above.
But Teyus, he's in the driver's seat.
Elimination's down below.
It gets him stolen away.
Fukun is trying to use the Scythe to stay alive.
But there's no build up.
Teyus, shockwave, the only option, tries to go up.
And there's a forehead welcome to take you to Scythe.
Fukun needed that, but so did Duzan.
King VR and the fact of the matter is,
they're the ones who really strut in some of the closing
hours here on day two, perfect timing, perfect solution, and we'll see them in finals.
And King, they're on the other side of the arena, but we've got to celebrate Mr. Soudar!
We've got to hear it to translate. Oh my working. How insane was that final moment?
I'm very happy. This game was bizarre.
I was very close at the end.
if you hadn't got this victory Royale, what did you guys talk about in the player break to make this happen?
They just talk and say like let's stay focused. We still have a chance to test three matches left and they managed to get it out
You are the second Brazilian duo to make it through the lower bracket today
You are gonna be in great company tomorrow
Do you think that Brazil can win the FNCS major summit?
King, you think Brazil will win?
Well, this is Summit.
I think there's a chance, just believe in it.
We've been grinding for this for many days, so I think we can do it.
You say we just have to believe it?
We have the potential, we have to believe it, and we can make it.
This or that?
Do we believe in German, King?
We're gonna head to a break when we come back.
It's just one more game until we solidify the ground for Nenuzlovi.
Oh
100!
I got hit, I got hit
I'll probably imagine
Wait, what's this?
What's this?
Wait, did you have this?
100!
Oh my god!
Now, Sati comes a handful, looking to align her as well.
If you've got the luck, you know, thought I would.
To the fight for all, if you see it's going to survive you,
and they want the best, it's my fault.
Now, what is it for them, and they want to take your life?
We'll split all the ups, and the first one to get it's all over.
got to break into that type top like you or get a victory royale maybe that was
that was the second last chance to try and get that VR no yeah I mean it was
exciting the fans were excited what I'm thinking they were landing south
battle with boulevard if we look at the players that have qualified from there
you got Venom curve you got sky scroll above them so I'm curious now that they've
secured that position what are they gonna do tomorrow man I'll be honest you
mentioned some of those calls when the cast has made that call for certain players of hey
this next game you have to win or that's it for you nothing else is going to work that's
until that my spine it just gives you the sense of urgency the point we're at it's why king and
tails is win is so so impressive as far as again stopping them from having to deal with that whatsoever
a lot of people refer to the smaller regions right and they say EU in any central and in every
other regions a smaller region I've been saying to you for the past year guys you can't include brazil in
that you gotta take brazil a bit more seriously as a region because not only do they have so many
people who play but the quality of the players as well is impressive they have two wins today they
might get another one who knows it's a it's a great day to be from the brazil region they're getting
wins they're holding height longer than MA and EU I mean are they really smaller regions what do we
win this in today. Did I don't know it's just something different in the air. This is the summit.
It's kind of a sneak peek at what a global could look like but again only a single game left to go.
I'd love to start taking a look at those leaderboards right. Ah man with a single game left to go.
Remember if you're just swinging in first off you've missed a ton of Fortnite. You've missed five
incredible games. Go back watch them with one game left to go. This is the lower bracket. We need a
We need to end in the top 19 if we want to proceed to tomorrow's finals or the summit run is done.
Epic Whale in this last game finding a bit of a moment, right?
Some momentum to kind of maybe try and piece something together.
But guys with only a single game left to go, you know, it's going to come down to that wire.
I mean, I even see other names, Mr. Savage, Epic Whale is close above visuals, Brace, Marius,
Iotrop.
I mean, these do not look like names that shouldn't be on the cutoff.
I mean, Epic Whale and Pump specifically, Epic Whale.
This is one of five players that qualified both to the 2019 World Cup and this major
one summit land.
Issue is the only player that's qualified so far is Thomas HD.
Then you've got King from Argentina, you've got Epic Whale, you've got Mr. Savage.
All of these other four players just have not made it yet.
Every single one of them outside of qualifying range and all they have is one more chance,
one more shot in this final game of the day.
Yeah, I think when you look at a lot of these guys that you've sort of mentioned there, right, we have guys like Clicks, Mr. Savage, King, Epic World, these guys who we love them for, all the amazing memories they've given us, but we bid them up for their longevity.
When it comes to longevity, you want longevity of doing well and doing good, right, and so the pressure is on for all of those players because you know that they're more than able, right, it's not a question of ability, it's about their execution.
And ultimately a couple of those things we'll just miss out.
I don't even see what that maker is.
So it's about making sure that last game counts.
That's right.
Well, really quickly, before we continue the talk,
we actually have a blast from the past, brother.
It's a vivid master class.
Oh, he still does those?
What's up, guys?
Yeah, I'll just say, Yamzo going into that game
was sitting 20th place, a little bit less comfortable
than I'm sure he wanted to be.
Let's take a quick look at what their game plan kind of looks
like.
Obviously, they're going to be laying
that we see Acorn and Bolts do, right?
We know exactly how this drive spot kind of lands.
The powerful thing about this drive spot
is of course the ability to use the launch pad.
As you can see here, these guys are gonna be able
to use that launch pad to just come all the way down here
and land directly in the center of the zone.
That is such a good spot.
We've seen Acorn do it.
We've seen Yamzo and Josh be able to do that.
Every single one of the games so far today.
The problem right now is not necessarily making it to the end game because they have been utilizing that launchpad very, very well.
They've also been able to keep themselves above the storm surge very, very effectively as well.
The only kind of thing that prevents them from even breaking into the top 10 right now is potentially some decision making around when they do get put on the edge of the zones.
As you can see right here, they are still technically in the next zone, so they're going to actually opt to go ahead and stay.
but the problem is actually going to reside with their decision to not just immediately go towards
the center of the zone right now as you can see right now if they did it right now they could get
it completely for free but instead what they're going to want to do is they're going to go ahead
and just take shots and kind of prevent all of these teams from entering in by them but what makes
it very very hard to maintain this position and make it still as effective as it is is it's you
You can't, as a team, prevent all of these teams
from sort of making rotations around them.
Later on in the game, that easy rotation
towards the center of the zone that we just kind of looked at
is going to be cut off.
So I feel like that could potentially
be one of their hardships.
That being said, I'm kind of judging their game plan
as it currently stands.
That last game, they did perfectly fine.
They got 12th place.
And they're looking good going into the last game.
We should look like I did more of those.
You know, we're drawing closer here.
about to get ready to kick off the final game of the lower bracket boys. I kind of want to get your thoughts
really tough spot right after this a bunch of doers are going to go home right and others will rise up
and start preparing for tomorrow's finals where game plan has to be a bit different.
Any advice anything you want to see. I don't know if the words advice. I mean it's more how I'm feeling
my emotions because I look through this list and I look at all the legacy the champions the names
that are not currently in that bubble to qualify. I'm honestly just I'm surprised. I mean the
the area of fortnight competitive it's it might be changing. It's a big moment. You said it's
going to be time to go home, Zeke. And I think the saying goes what go big or go home. Yeah.
For a lot of these teams a lot. We've seen them have success over the years, but none of that
I'm not as, unless you can do it in this final game.
Whoa, I'm excited.
These are the games we live for and for now, right?
Ultimately, a lot of these players,
we won't get to see them pass today.
Yeah, and like obviously, I feel like in this situation,
I normally would be like really like more amped,
but part of me is sad, right?
Like these are some of the very best players
from all around the world.
They've flown out here.
They've really given us everything.
They've left everything on the stage,
but some will be going home after this.
So I think for all of us here,
We just need to keep cheering on those teams,
whoever it is, if it's a Savage, if it's an Epic Well,
whoever that may be, cheer that team on.
Right, anything can change.
This one game can be the difference maker
for every single duo out there.
Some might be the top 19 right now
that might fall out.
Others might rise.
People at the very bottom of the league
were to get a BR and everything changes.
The top 19 could see if you are pulling everyone else up.
They're so, it's so complex.
It's so unbelievably complex.
that. I'm gonna be a little
bit more. I could do if we
don't get a message that you
I'm going to freak out, but I
mean, I also can't I can't lie.
Guys, I'm a fan favorite of
Muzzins things. If we don't see
them make him on through either.
I'm gonna I'm gonna lose it.
I'm gonna lose it. I'm not a
loss for words as well. Zeke.
I mean, some of the names you
can see like Muzzins things
one of more opportunity, one last chance to prove what they're capable of, rather it be a legacy
veteran team, whether it be new, up-and-coming talent, now is the moment to show what you're
capable of. In the case of Muzz and Sphinx, this is the duo that consistently has just had so many
doubts, right? But they've been able to overcome hurdle, after hurdle, after hurdle in this long
that is this season. If they stumble at the final two hurdles, they only just reinforces
the narrative surrounding their ceiling as players. They have to push through that now.
Yeah, man. I feel like, you know, looking around the room, some of these players, those
Mentals are fractured or or on the cusp. I mean, with so many different names out there.
I mean, even someone like Akira and Karama, right, trying to fight through. We saw for
for a moment last game they had height and you know what Kira goes down,
Karama left the kind of solo clutch, they end up with a ninth place finish there,
but still job's not done.
Job is not finished, you can hear the M8 fans cheering them on.
They were so close to making it happen.
The good news for this duo is they have wrecked up a significant amount of points.
They have been performing well and now in this last match all they have to do
It's keep playing like they were in these previous matches.
Yeah, I mean, Karama showcasing why a lot of people in the EU have been hyping them up this year.
That's why it's just been able to stay in the game, catch up some extra points, what do we do now?
HB.
Just go on a little bit of HP, regardless, a successful game.
And I really didn't think that was going to be the game, that was ultimately there.
So you see the fans, they're very excited, very happy whenever these guys pop up on screen
and understandably, they've had what has been
a somewhat turbulent season, you could say,
but the performance today has showed us
that they are still a threat to the rest of the competition.
What I like about this duo is I feel like
we're seeing a new level of Akira and Karama.
We see them make it to finals.
We see them always make it to these competitions,
but they haven't quite consistently got it.
Those top, top placements, and now's the time
to show what you're capable of.
Yeah, you just want to send that message, right?
Here we're coming out.
But we're bracket, we're heading up into finals.
You want to try and make some moves against us.
Rotate on over third-party.
Yes, don't try it, right?
Don't try it.
I want to go back to those standings, right?
We got to keep taking a look at the bubble.
Those points are way too close right now.
Obviously, the top, top 10, 162.
Keep that in your mind, Fortnite fan.
As we go into this final game, that's top 10.
Absence stands right now.
Remember, 20th place.
Tied with 19th, by the way, is 112 points.
And even if we rolled on over to the next page, 110 points, 108,
108, 100, right?
Like, Cucada, this, if any of these teams in that top 19
make a mistake and they fall early, everyone else
will immediately enter a frenzy.
It's way too close.
And not only that, you can look at the duo that's
number one right now in the consistency standings.
After the start of the day, their first matches,
they only had 12 points.
And in three games, they've jumped
from literally the bottom of the leaderboard to first place
in the standings in three matches.
So it is definitely possible to make that comeback happen.
But you got to pop off, Liv.
Zeke, I want to quote one of my favorite for the analyst.
Vivian.
I think he said, I feel like it all comes down to this.
One more game remaining.
Legacy's on the line.
It's the part where I take off the headset
and start going crazy.
No, I'm not doing that.
I mean, it's just like, yeah,
it really is that right? We
highlighted some of these
legacy players who have had
great moments. They need to
have a big one here because
ultimately see some of these
teams go home without get the
chance to really fight for the
trophy tomorrow. It would be a
disappointment. Not just us
here on the desk, but I'm
sure to a lot of the fans, so
they got to pull up the goods.
Yeah, man. Did I just keep
thinking about clicks of eggs,
right? Just as one of the
duos who is trying to fight
Again, we have this one game right here, right now.
It doesn't matter how your day has been going.
It doesn't matter what your off-spot situation is
or what your rotates are in third part.
Nothing matters.
Right now, you can get a victory out of the outside,
that top 19, and change the trajectory of your duo's
FNCS career moving forward.
Suddenly find yourself in a final tomorrow.
Suddenly you're winning the summit like anything can happen.
Mr. Savage, Epic Whale, Klicks, King.
There's just too many names that are outside of this bubble.
And with only one shot left, the pressure is on.
It's time to show what they're made of.
Right here, right now, one final game
to close out the lower bracket.
For the last time today, casters, take it away.
I can't believe that Levin actually hit us all
with the bait and switch.
We were ready for the height man moment,
but maybe it's just something he's trying to say for finals.
After all, right now, we're just trying to see
who's locking in for that battle bus tomorrow anyway.
I think the game carries that hype
going into this last one.
So many big names.
We talked about it going into this second last game.
It was like, hang on, there's a lot of big names here.
They need to clutch up.
Again, it's now or never, Jacob.
Even more so in this game.
Yeah, and Dave won.
You kind of saw the spark that turned him in.
Well, forget what I was about to say,
because the last game of the day is ready.
Who goes to finals? Let's find out.
Last game of the day, and you really see the difference
of the flow of how these games went from the upper bracket game one yesterday,
where I think we had 85 or so alive when the first form search hit.
It's getting less and less as each and every game passes here.
There's 88 up here in this game, but I think with everything on the line,
a victory royale, a must for some, or high elim games for others,
we're going to see this one speed through.
Already a different change of pace here, though.
Kaneson cheating.
They don't have to fight it out, not for this final lobby,
but more importantly, still a Jacob.
I think the big thing is that we're witnessing what could potentially
be crash out nation because there are duos whose only option is to get a victory royale.
There you go.
Could be happening right now.
I drop.
Sato taking down one.
Marius the only one left.
They have the HZ advantage.
Marius and I drop are out.
Kodasai and Sato survive.
That is tough, but for Kodasai and Sato, this is the moment.
This is the moment that was talking about dreams can come reality is it be
Surprise contested in this last game over towards sus studios randuin gr
Rags they chose to stray away from the fight of yannis and she in bringing the fight on over towards this side of the map
And they already got that elimination onto cam
Sorry, Jacob. I'm just still not over what we just witnessed
and I jump with winning that off spawn all day long, but they lose the one they needed most still not completely gone here for DRX that isn't
until a V puts him into the dirt and a V knows just how desperate he is for this one to vote in his favor because he cannot afford to lose out
but it's all over. Rando is going to be the sole survivor here at the studios.
What a clutch that was, that keeps them in it and we've needed it, but sorry those guys, but look who's here, we've got a third party, it's Cheetah and Yanis making their way on over, what will happen there, but another team that needs a big game, it's Muzz and Sphinx, and they take down Nathan.
Hey, to start the day, Sphinx say these guys have been running for our mum, they went ahead and finally caught up to them and get the elimination again. These are the games that truly matter.
matter. They started this one with around 66 or so points. They get those eight because
of these two eliminations here. That first one on the next, he was out of position by
himself. Muzz strikes him down.
Remember Nathan Muzz outside of that qualification now so they will not be qualifying through
to tomorrow for Muzz and Sphinx. They're still in it. The dream is a lie.
Just giving a moment of pause, clicks and hicks under a lot of pressure right now. Sandwich
in between Savage, Velo, King, and Fazer by Higgs.
He's trying to see if there's any life left in his eyes,
but fortunately, Higgs, they'll look for a backup moment here.
Savage, Velo, though, they're just so healthy,
they're looking to try and steamroll through Clicks and Higgs.
They want to shut down Hexen here in the final hour.
Savage and Velo's going for now,
but it collects with the turn around.
Who likes to smash into their corners?
Are you right now?
The death one.
He needs to go! He needs to go quick! Skyjump and Momsie heard those noise from so far away
and now they're starting to go on a chase. Good job, fellow, but how far can you stretch this moment here?
Skyjump and Momsie, they're surely on the chase, even using the zip line to try to cut the distance as fast as possible.
Heidem seat novello is his first land. What better moment to announce yourself to the world stage?
Can he clutch up here? Can he keep evading the attention of skyjumper momsy trying to be a little bit sneaky here?
Hiding behind the trash can he's been very very careful because he knows what skyjumper momsy capable of has he done enough?
You can see them still just looking on over trying to find this elimination trying to find it
That elimination though those eliminations on the clicks and it's literally on the five leaderboard puts them on the spot in
Side of the bubble fellow right now
Really needs to dig deep to figure out how he's going to get out because it's not only about leaving that position
It's about moving up and getting savage back
But look what's taking place elsewhere must in Spain sure they might have struck first at humba hills
But the leftovers of other teams' desires really taking over in that moment.
And no one's means that screens has such an uphill battle waiting for him.
Jack Flixie hanging out still behind Dark Dominion.
But Jacob Minney, one thing I can not but notice,
Velo stuck behind the dumpster over at Squibby.
He knows that Mumsian Sky Dump are trying to chase him down, but more importantly still,
there was still Kazi and Devo off in the distance.
And if they go near that hill base that looks directly into Spudley, they will see Delage.
They have to be so, so careful.
And as does anyone that gets in the way of Chap and Flixty in here at Dark Dominion,
they're a team that have already booked their spot into the grand finals tomorrow.
They're going to be looking for a condition in the rest of the lobby.
Yuma, Coyote are a team that we haven't seen enough of today.
They need to make it all happen in this final game.
Remember, this is a team that knows drops what well.
Well, they have that advantage. It's a huge shot to Chapp already trying to close in on the distance as well
But Chapp's able to find the heels. You must try to find an angle as well
But Chapp is able to find a position of healing. Flixty looking for another angle from a different walk and he looked down
From Coyota, Coyote can't quite find a way through either. Chapp's trying to find a response
But it's just a stalemate right now. Yeah, from Coyota, the big shot to open up the fight
Unfortunately enough, the ground able to really follow up on it. Big advantage over Chapp
half of Flixie's even dropped down to just one HP before he's eventually knocked by Scare.
The third party comes in. We knew the sloppy was going to get aggressive quick, but it's
happening at a much faster pace than even I am. Antipotate anticipated as Koyota and
Yuma, they need this here. They got some early damage, but they don't want to be a part of
this mess anymore. They're used to that part of party and they're getting out.
They need to get out of dodge because so many other teams already work in their way over
towards the Arctominion, Jaff as a solo, but you have to remember he's already done what he needed
to do on your points, safe and secure inside of that consistency metric. It is a matter of
he goes down, but can he play spoiler to scare and osid? They're looking to take up the fight,
they know that this is an injured solo, but how the further can they push him and finally they
get that elimination. Hoyota and Yuma though taking their lucky stars that they didn't have to continue
that exchange, but it does suck in the end because they didn't get the opportunity to
properly loot the bodies.
Cheating, remember, Uncontested Osborn, they're going to have to try and look for the damage
elsewhere, of course, already found that early elimination, they'll be happy with that, but
the rest of the game needs to go their way. 34 points, the win is going to be what they're
looking at right here, Jacob. It's not going to be easy though, we haven't seen enough of
them today, they haven't performed at their best, but two players with this caliber, you
You just expect so, so much more than they do now.
Yeah, unfortunately for Yanis and Cheaton all day long,
they're essentially at a 50-50 drop spot.
You either get the loop, you get the weapon, or you don't.
And they've been on the receiving end of a couple losses
in some of those games, but the one that matters most,
they're still alive.
Chino and Pablo, couple struggles to start the day for them.
We've seen it yesterday as well.
Triple contested does do things to you at the end of the day,
but they have been finding their stride to close it out.
And now they're at 190 points, and it doesn't look like they're slowing down anytime soon.
Gino and Pablo are ready to settle the score.
They were hunting Minifio and Fukuun because they are just way too close for comfort.
Pablo and Gino are sick of it being a triple contested situation over at Sandy Strip.
They wanted and guaranteed that it would be just them versus Victor B and Kanata in tomorrow's competition.
Still, Ocid's scared.
They're doing everything in their power to just put themselves in a best-case scenario
to try and win out in this lobby
because that's what they need.
They need the VR in order to get
into tomorrow's competition.
Here on the other side, Scare and Ocin need these limbs.
They need a big game.
You can see very close on the standings at the moment.
So for both of these teams, it is of equal importance.
And that's why we see him on right here,
trying to look for an overfly for an A to way.
But oh no, no, Scare and Ocin, they are scary right now.
They are closing on through.
The arm will not get away that easy.
just needs to try and find the final few shots to take him out. He just can't hit them here.
They're still chasing him on through. Spend this much time though. Pursuit of one individual.
Scare and Osid are lucky that they haven't encountered anybody else along the way. They
were beeline in form and finally they'd be able to cut him off. So Scare, Osid, they add yet another
elimination that's five in total and you could be right. It might just be a go big or go home
instance, maybe the Victor Royale could be in their sights, but it could also just be a lot of points off the eliminations and a strong placement finish.
One of those teams right here, Mini Pugh and Fulham Devon, kind of going under the radar, I told that last game, almost had Pugh, Turen, Amon, they already got the Victor Royale,
Now, they're gonna have to see the banshees, the themselves, the children, the Tigers, the Atlantis, the Jenkins, they know it's not just the victory rounds, the eliminations, because if a lot of those teams, along their path, in and outside of the bubble, do go down, that gives them a chance if they get enough eliminations in the high scoring games where they might not need the victory out.
A little bit more of a long shot, but it's definitely possible.
I didn't see it worked. He wasn't. Seeked, if you like, as Velo confined the reboot onto Mr. Savage, keeping them in this gameshack.
But of course, their entire game plan, they're now going to be behind. They took so much damage there in those previous fights.
So, they're going to try and find enough damage to make that happen. Epic Well and Pump, a re-solid game from those guys in that previous one.
They need to make something happen. Here is Wobbler. No, no, no. Savage's down again.
Savages never got the chance teams are looking every which direction the moment the audio cue sounds out another player is looking to close in but even still
Bello at least has won silver lining
And it's it's it's a it's a reach in the dark. It's a long shot
But with the way that the lobby is thinning out so rapidly excuse that last reboot that just took place though to bump it right back up to 60
They might not have to worry about sir threshold
but first and foremost, Velo has to escape.
He needs to just find a way to position himself
and make it into the zone to begin with.
It's really interesting.
He moves on over towards riptides,
but doesn't know they're overstaying
their welcome on the side of Epic Will
and Pompas and Mr. Savage.
Another reboot opportunity.
Now he went down to Momzie and Skyjump
and you see him the mini-map in that moment.
That's when Velo had no choice.
I can't continue to be the hero when you have no mood, but he is going to get another opportunity here.
So we're right there, 70% of that points. So being from solo, that's the story of this season as well.
So, Velo needs to make it all happen right now, even if it is a solo situation throughout the rest of this game.
Really putting themselves under it right now, because they've got to make it all happen at the end of this game.
It's even though Tako ages of ritual experimentation, trying different things, playing back inside the storm.
the next couple of seconds and it wouldn't make a difference.
They have secured their spot for the summit finals.
But now, Seito, Hodeside, they're also looking to take control of their fate and make it onto tomorrow's battle bus.
First, they'll have to contend though with the team let go over at Wonkyland King and face the next round.
And they'll have to make it to the next round.
first they'll have to contend though with the team left over at wonkyland king and
phaser but they're not interested they're just trying to play this one out
second time in the squad maybe mr. savage can you survive yes you can
but for how long a little bit of HB Matt kids being passed they have absolutely
nothing to their name and in two tick zone they're not gonna have a lot of
time to actually loot up and get the load up that they want.
So they're just going to be strapped in their way through the end of this game.
But at 116 again, they were that team that is on the line.
If they could somehow make it out of zone to start scoring some placement points,
they should be okay.
Two takes zone though.
The storm is moving in.
It's going to get increasingly more difficult for them to get on in here in a good situation.
Maybe if they even make it in.
The nominee, Luke.
This is something that doesn't have anything.
So if this is going to happen for them, they're doing it in style.
Even when they make it into the zone,
though, they'll have that constant looming threat of storm sickness.
We haven't seen too many duos threatened by it throughout today's matches,
but this would definitely be a circumstance where I could see that taking over
just because of how much time Velo has had to position himself inside a storm
to bring Savage back. Sky Jump and Momzy, the devious start chasing down Velo
from the beginning has now left them in a position where they've got ample surge
and they're looking to make the next move.
You see them inside of that bubble, but they are not safe.
They still need to perform decently well in this game to secure that spot.
That's also an absolute nightmare situation for them right now,
but how are they going to handle it?
Overdrive grenades go through, they just decide to white-line it here.
Can I go the easy way through?
Get on top of this hill, an important position for them to find themselves in,
as the rest of the lobby also try and find their way on through.
Where will they position themselves next?
Every single move they make here Tako has increased importance for breeds and visuals. They might find themselves a little bit cut off
It hesitant to try and move out initially. They knew that what I'm doing was right next door
They didn't want to be at risk of losing their shields
They're gonna opt to take a little bit more of an isolated path here wrapping all the way around
for some of their pre-existing builds even but
So far so good
Nobody's holding down that hill still just ahead of them and so they will be able to work their way into this next edge of zone
Give or take three
For visuals and grades that's how close this game actually is as fellow and savage end up in another scuffle
Facing the Gerald on the other side. I think them there's 74 above they get tagged up yet again 35
Quickly falling they pressed onto them Gerald ends up in the whole box
But they're just trying to backdrop in their stuff.
They don't want to give it up here.
There are 196 above.
Surprisingly, look at their loadouts.
And he almost would have never guessed they went down.
He takes a big shot, but he fires one back.
Gerald goes down.
That little bit straight from all around.
25 makes me as they lose control and go down.
There are no winners in this exchange, though.
Jacob Bazon might have won it out initially,
but he is still inside of the storm.
Everybody else in the lobby looking his way,
waiting for him to try and make his entry point,
but Zazers, Xavier, everyone else,
just looking to shut him out.
Modusseye, Saito, had a really good offspawn this time.
They need to make this game pal,
but no, with Saito going down,
Modusseye follows, Gino and Pablo continue
to find their fighting prowess in these lobbies
to again solidify their spot in the grand finals.
They're having fun.
Yeah, you see 14th place, 18th place, both of them down.
And this is just one of those moments
where you have to just sit and wait.
Pray nobody passes you on that leaderboard.
And maybe even cheering for a team like this,
for Chino and Pablo to take out your competition.
But they're at 194 points.
They've been on fire as of recently
and they don't look to slow down yet.
But as we move in this zone,
we're going up towards the top of that mountain.
So this one, if you don't have enough builds,
aren't prepared for the deep elevation changes.
you farewell. 12 through 14 though. Those duos have already been eliminated from this lobby.
The cutoff range really appears to be where Josh and Zoe were last seen in that 11th place position
and it's going to be very close here. Great visuals. Still trying to do what they can to
play Lee Krogg in the final moments. Last rookie repairs. Looking to play for that height right
now. Gino lost Pablo down to 6-8 speed trying to hide away but it's not gonna matter. He's down and
But they'll be rocketing themselves all the way through to the grand finals tomorrow. What a performance from that
He and it's trying to go ahead and shockwave trying to grab some of the boot
But unfortunately enough he ends up on the backside of that zone
Having to figure out a way out of that position, but for Alex and breakfast OCE's best
They got four eliminations a hundred and sixteen points
Not sure what that threshold is now, but you see they're just outside of that bubble one elimination one placement point
And then one team goes down, they will take it.
Alex was saying earlier on, he's the face of OCE.
You want the face of OCE in the top level of competition.
Epic Well of Pup here.
It was a find a little bit of blue here of Karama.
That's going to be huge for them going into this end here.
Of course, the zone's pulling back into that way as well.
So they can extend into that zone.
But oh no, they're getting knocked on the door.
There's another team spraying at them here.
It's not going to be easy.
And the deal under so much pressure right now,
which is barely going to be above the CERN threshold.
Still, he has to try and pick up whatever points he can because it is way too close for Colby.
124 points, only teams time to the same margin.
He could not afford to go down any time soon.
He needs all the things that he can build.
Maybe some eliminations go with it.
So many solo budget this season for Ledea.
What big a time to do it for him right now.
We saw it in the last shots more of Iron Maiden 1.
He came so, so close to winning out the game.
All he needs to do now is find a few more of these placement points.
Getting into those, it's gonna be so, so vital for the fast-roaching repairs.
Reclaim that high ground as well, and looking on down to the rest of the lobby.
And look at that voice shaker, they need this win.
Yeah, and they're putting themselves in the best position possible to take it.
You know high ground wins games, you know low ground might win a championship.
It's about qualifying to Sunday, but if flank comes in, high ground gets contested.
Fast-roaching goes down, it's all up to repair, seven HP and a dream.
But everything is crumbling right underneath them.
Too many teams looking his way.
Repairs still managing to drop.
Avoids the front of the damage.
Currently, Yuma and Toyota, they are all or nothing at this stage.
They want the victory route more than anyone in this final moment.
But they don't have builds.
They're trying to fight.
They're trying to find that refresh.
It's all a bit of a frenzy right now for Toyota and Yuma.
They're not able to find this hide hold successfully.
It's absolute chaos.
Toyota goes up onto hide.
They're still trying to hold it.
But they don't have the bills.
Yeah, they just try and cause havoc.
Let some of those chalk people know
that you get the wage from the deal.
You said it yourself.
Haunting up again, 148 points.
Sunday, he can taste it.
He has tried it there.
He doesn't even need to do much.
He just needs to continue to stay alive.
Half of the placement points in the game
will be granted into the top 10.
I think that's the marker he's looking for.
The minute goes down.
Toyota, humor, they lose their high ground.
Ticks.
I've been trying to make this sexy,
mature creep ones right now.
But the deal you leave him by himself,
and yet he looks like a duo they can tend with.
Want elimination, they kickstart things.
But just like that, the scenery could change
so quickly, but the deal, unfortunately,
is not at all fixed underneath this.
We're gonna be able to prevent him from keeping
anything else going.
Still, I think well, try to change his fate.
He missed out in 2023, in a similar 4-fet.
He's not trying to do it again.
3 elimination already as a solo, they had catapulted themselves in his game, he still wants more!
8 bills for everyone getting knocked to the door, so many different angles, takes down through 3.
Now they find this refresh, he absolutely needs it right now.
Another 4 teams in this game, this is huge for everyone in these final moments,
they look like they've already qualified through, but why the win?
Yeah, he has the medkits in the back pocket, I'm not sure how much form he's actually tanked at this time,
but that could be a second win condition, but up above, uncontested, nobody able to look up,
and the only duo left in this game at 180 points,
Javi and Minish, and they're firing down onto Epic Will.
These are two teams, they don't need to win.
They're almost already qualified,
so it really goes down to ozone.
This is your moment.
Can't you clutch up this Javi?
Minish, they get the elimination onto Epic Will.
He has more than enough left on the chug jug
to get himself healthy before getting up for half an inch
to clash between Titans on an essential.
Hobby and a Minish, 192 points.
Can Ozone do it?
Because up they go.
A Minish, hobbies.
They don't want to just take part in day two.
They want to take over.
Ozone, they're far and so.
No, Minish, let Hobby and a Minish take over.
You can definitely feel the rhythm of the panics
starting to build up there.
But Minish, you found one shot that matters.
The clone's out, and they will make it
into tomorrow's battle bus.
Harvey, it's not bad for your first land.
Are they getting a victory royale
and getting yourself through to that final?
Oh, I'm so happy, man.
All the time I put in, all the work,
I thought we were going to qualify yesterday.
We done it, but we made it happen.
Be a medical criminal, Nick!
I think all of Mexico just hurt you, Harvey.
I mean, as I spoke to you this morning,
you said there were small mistakes effected.
How did you fix them?
We were just uncontested.
I'm not going to lie.
Other than when Chap and Flix, you tried to grieve me,
but it didn't work that well the last game, you know what I'm saying?
It didn't work that well, but you might have to see them again tomorrow
because they've definitely qualified to looking back to the major finals in your region.
A big problem for you was managing that storm surge in the mid-game.
Do you feel like it might still pose a challenge?
I think we'll be able to figure everything out by the time finals comes around.
We have 12 games, we just wanted to get some extra practice
and today they see how they'll play out in the finals.
Absolutely, just eight games now, boys.
Do you think NA is going to come out on top?
I'm going to come out on top, not NA.
OK, then. It's going to be NA.
It's going to be Mexico.
I can't wait to see how you do.
I can see a Mexican flag over there.
Please, just one more time.
Harvey in a minute!
Let's turn you back to the deck.
APPLAUSE
Oh, man.
Shout out for Harvey in a minute.
Dude so many things to unpack in that last game at first of course we have to shout out the winners
They get themselves a free on its pure themselves a spot to tomorrow's finals
But what does this mean for the rest of lobby for them? Obviously they get big hours are thinking all right prep begins now
Exactly that I mean not only do they have to go through this excitement. I love to see you
I mean, the representation globally.
Howdy messaged me yesterday, actually, sent me at the end.
He said, Tokada, how do you have more earnings than me?
I said, howdy, don't worry, get through this weekend,
prove that you have what it takes.
And I think we're not going to have to wait long
for him to pass it.
Tokada flexing his earnings there for everyone, by the way.
Good on you, good on you.
Yeah.
Good on you.
Look, Harvey and Amish, they have been working so, so hard.
Every time I've been in that practice area, I have seen them
rod reviewing with their coach, T.F. Chattat, to him.
Look, it wasn't a smoothest of days by any means,
but what a minister, as far as using all the gains
to gather as much information,
gather as much experience as possible
to take into tomorrow, and they deserve to be there.
They are a great win in a game that was so heavily contested,
So many people giving their best final swings to try and make something happen in that game and these two did it the best
Well, it's crazy too. I don't know if you saw the point threshold right before we cut away there
They're up there. They're in that top 19
Which means they will be pulling someone else outside of the top 19 up to fill one of those spots
These things are going to go crazy
But once again shout out to them and you're just tuning in you have missed some crazy
easy fortnight action.
Here's a look back at the game winners.
And as a reminder, every dude who got a big Royale on this page,
they went straight through to tomorrow's finals,
depending on where they ended up.
They didn't have to play anymore.
So last game, it's fine, hobby diminished, they got it.
And that's what they'll be playing for, the trophy.
But boy, so many crazy things.
And I'm getting word, the standings are ready.
Let's go ahead.
Let's see what this starts to look like
with so many big names having these big pop-up performances.
And in this last game, Adrian Richel go in as the number one seed.
Guys, I want to turn attention to 10th place, Epic Whale and Pump Epic Whale.
So, Kata, you and me were like, wait, this is the old Epic Whale, what am I seeing?
What year are we living in this 2019, 2018, 2020 Epic Whale at one point?
I saw a flash from the past when he was looking unstoppable,
winning every single FCS back to back on NA West and now paired up with Pump.
We are back at it again at the major one summit land.
They have qualified themselves to the Sunday finals.
Epic will when it matter the most stepped up.
He was right on that threshold going into this final game
and he did not leave it to chance.
I mean, you already said it.
He was moving, he was flying.
Still plenty to figure out as far as tomorrow goes.
But that is what we wanted to see from the veterans,
the experienced ones.
Well is one of only three players who played in song a one cup do a one cup and every single FNCS land
And so for him now to be making the final in this one
We were talking about players who maybe got to play twenty-twenty freeze up a lower bracket format and didn't make it through
Defailed last time around here in 2026. He makes it through the lower bracket and avenges himself from the past a great performance
To do it as well. Oh my goodness. Let's take a look remember
We need to be in that top
19
We were following his perspective and in that moment dude again
It's like this is the blast of the past getting these these long time ocean players showing off massive left. I was getting
moments where he has been down as a solo and just having to stay alive in the game to keep
his dreams alive and he does it here today.
When it mattered most on home turf, the deal did not disappoint.
The solo clutch was unreal, racking up elimination after elimination, but all that matters is
we will see them tomorrow at the Sunday finals.
They looked so clean.
He was actually talking with players
that so much factor is critical.
And finally, obviously the team in 90th place,
Alex, Ratcliffe, we're going to be saving you in finals.
The OCE dream stays alive.
The champs of Major 1 in OCE have not had this universe of days.
But again, like we said, when it mattered the most,
they stepped up and thought the result they needed.
This next page though, is where things start to get sad.
I mean, some of the good vibes we're having to give
to some of the players who have looked up the stage now,
the likes of Seaton and Podesai,
Christian Braves, Mr. Savage and Velo.
I dropped in Marius.
Marius was one of the players on the global stage last year.
He was fighting till the very end,
giving freezes with him and stash a run for their money,
and he won't be playing into the finals.
Janice and cheating.
Again, a legendary German player in Janus,
not gonna make it through.
Toyota and Luma, the Asian P2P.
We all wanna see these guys playing in the final,
but the competition peak is so tight at the top.
I mean, you saw it there,
being fans of all these, so many Duos,
Picada, it breaks my heart, right?
I'd love to make sure every single one of these players
got the prize money, the beautiful trophy,
but at the end of the day, this is a competition.
We're fighting to see who will be the best duo
and earned the title of Summit Land Champion.
It was very refreshing to see as well
so many of these OG players and what kind of force
in these solo clutch situations,
firing on all cylinders, clutching up in this game,
when the pressure's on, think about the experience
they've already had.
They've been in these situations before
and for just that brief moment,
they find that close day, they go,
hey, I've been here before, I'm gonna tap into that.
Now it's time to clutch.
And the issue is, though, it's just all of this experience, too.
We're seeing a lot of these legacy players that have been here before.
They were just not able to make it through.
But it's that bittersweet moment where you have players like Klicks and Higgs
who didn't make it.
But you have also up-and-coming rising talent showing what they're capable of
on an international stage.
But what I'm thinking, too, I mean, a lot of those wonky land teams, Klicks, Higgs,
This means some interesting stuff for tomorrow.
We can't just move past this though man.
Clicks and Higgs.
The start to the year this duo had, all the hype was on Higgs.
People highlighted how amazing he was as an individual.
The momentum from last year's trio success.
Everybody believed it carried over into the duos.
And even when people tried to build these guys up as a duo,
we would be able to compete and fight to the very end.
It just hasn't been good enough.
And this result might just be the shock this duo needs,
because I think we can all sit here and reasonably say
both of these guys are more than good enough
to be playing in tomorrow's final.
We love seeing them together.
They're a fun duo.
Whether you like them, whether you don't like them,
they are a fun duo.
They bring entertainment to not just a me,
all of Fortnite, but it needs to be better.
And today, just not good enough.
Yeah, absolutely, man.
like you're saying. We need to shift focus. It needs to be a wake up call. We
have major two. We have second chance and they were going to Belgium. We don't
have a ton of time left here to try and secure one of those spots, but
ultimately we still need to give all the teams that made here their flowers
right. Many of them fought through major one, then last chance, then second
chance to be here on the stage of Fortnite family. Even if your favorite
duo didn't make it through, make sure to send them some love. They still fought
it out on this stage. They brought every single thing they had. Unfortunately,
didn't work out but that does not mean they are not one of the best players in
the world if they weren't they would not have been competing on this stage
obviously boys sad moment over because we got to shift focus tomorrow finals I
think the great thing about summit as an event is usually we have these
conversations with teams at the end of the year when they fail yeah have the
globals that they were hoping for for a lot of these teams a lot of these
players I reckon some of these guys are split over the course of the year but
for a lot of these players, this is the shock they need.
So that if they are on that stage at Global's,
they can remember this feeling.
Some of them are in the back listening to me right now.
Remember how you feel right now.
Make sure that doesn't happen again in Antwerp.
Boys, what do we think?
Tomorrow finals, we now know the duos are competing.
I'd love to hear your expectations going into tomorrow.
I think we have to obviously remind ourselves
the plans are mostly, so many of these duos,
Some made it through, they were thinking, hey, upper bracket,
that's, I'm just having a plan for upper bracket in finals.
Some had to find a third way back through lower bracket,
and we can't forget tomorrow's eight games.
It's not six, it's eight.
That changes, even just adding a handful of games,
changes so much.
I'm thinking back to 2024 Global Championship.
Our winners, Peter Bot and Boyo,
we've seen a lot of E representation, a lot of NA,
a lot of what people call smaller regions,
but with King Fazer clicks Higgs out of the game,
These wonky land duos are no longer looking so strong.
We know how Peter Vattenpoio like to play.
We know that they can perform when it matters the most.
So I've got high expectations for them.
Look, tomorrow, we're gonna get absolute cinema!
It's gonna be strong, girl, I'm telling you!
Look, let's dust off the tears, wipe them down,
forget all the sadness.
The players who are playing tomorrow
are gonna put on an absolute show.
That is one thing I can promise you.
That's right. Well, before we go,
before we start taking the camera,
I do want to get production production.
Give me that graphic.
Don't forget, we announced a bunch of things
like the new global championship dates,
where we're going, Belgium,
a solo event, major two, the last chance.
There's a blog.
If this is the first time you're seeing it,
go check it out.
I think come on Twitter, find the blog,
read up yourself.
There's brand new power rankings
that led me to video on.
There's an Axel van Real.
It's community day happening right now.
Jump in, double XB, typical gamer, got an eye, Toscan.
There's a lot, and we have finals tomorrow
where we compete for $250,000 to come out in first place.
And the title of Summit Champ, I'm out of breath.
Fortnite fam, lock in tomorrow.
We run it back eight games, and it is going to be a movie.
Until then, we love you.
Keep yourself safe, we'll see you on that battle bus.
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