France. I'm Zoe and here with me is the... it's Danny. He's mesmerizing. He is mesmerizing.
He's a good friend, he's playing with the audience, he's doing all the things and Johnny is also here,
our favorite co-worker. Guys, let's talk about what went down because we have back to back to back
to back. We had eight matches. It was so much action. It's a little recap for those of the people
at home who might have missed a game or two. Who stood out starting with Group A? Well,
Starting with Group A, I think the story is the EMEA teams.
I think the EMEA teams have been fantastic.
We highlighted them going into this tournament.
And we now have a realistic chance that all three EMEA teams
could advance to the playoffs along with some Korean teams, of course.
But I think in Group A here, our twisted minds go ahead
to head against Virtus.Pro today.
I think that's going to be a fantastic matchup.
And if you can secure a number one seed going into the playoffs,
that's just going to give you a way better chance
come the final matches.
Bad news for you.
We actually have to wait for that one.
That one will be played tomorrow because I know I know me too
We only gonna play two of the upper bracket matches today and then four of the lower bracket matches
So we have a lot in the water elimination on the line
But yeah, I know twist of mind obviously team that you watched out for they they delivered fan service as well
Danny definitely definitely the match of yesterday against T1 was very entertaining
I've become a quartz fan over the years
I love them great player and also yesterday's match was even more peak because TV and T
I'll play the drums at the end if you guys didn't see it. Well find the clip
And that's all that you need to hear, which just wants to be entertained.
No, but the team's really delayed, I think.
One team that I wanted to see more of was Dallas Fuel,
so that's a team that I will be looking out for today,
because, quite frankly, I know they've run up against a good opponent,
but I want to see a little more push back there.
I mean, with Team Falcon's form, their opponent,
we were thinking like maybe Dallas Fuel have a real good chance here,
but Dallas Fuel, they've fallen kind of flat at these major tournaments.
They may have been this fastest game yesterday.
Yeah, it was a bit poor from them, and we wanted to see more.
So maybe an opportunity for redemption, $4 skew that played a pretty unique play style
with their double flex support look.
But look at me now, they didn't have a great DeLore game.
It couldn't find that space against Team Falcons yesterday.
So we want to see more from them against Team Liquid.
I'm absolutely.
We might have a little bit more chance because they're going up against Team Liquid now.
Yeah, I mean, if history repeats itself, right, looking back at the NA playoffs for stage two,
but yeah, we're getting ahead of ourselves.
Looking at Group B and what happened yesterday there, obviously Crazy Raccoon, they look good, but shaky.
What's going on there Johnny? Are we holding back strats? Are we fumbling? Do we need to warm up?
No, it's fanservice. I honestly think it's fanservice. I consider Crazy Raccoon as the people's team.
You know, they're the favorites to win and they know that. That's why even yesterday they pulled out a lip at the end.
Uncle Lit came out, he came on stage and was like yeah, let me play a map, you know?
And everyone loved it.
He used to go to get what everyone wants, he used to go.
It's true.
Play some games, get them in.
Maybe what made them look a little shaky, maybe out of sync?
Because they are not really practicing with Lit that much.
Was it the domino?
No, it wasn't.
It was the domino.
The domino went hard.
I don't know.
No shade on that one.
I still think Chris or Coon, even though they slipped up on New Junk City a little bit,
I still think they're one of the favorites alongside set of 100% in Group B.
And so I'm putting a lot of respect on their name.
You shouldn't really into individual point losses on New Germany.
Okay, no overreaction.
Couldn't be us, overwatch fans, couldn't be us.
Wow!
Okay, then looking at the matches today, as I said, we have two upper bracket matches,
two lower bracket matches.
That means elimination on the line for many of those teams.
So I have your personally, if you're looking for our Sony story of today, you've got to
look at the NA showdown because it is a repeat. It's a grudge match for both of
these teams. Team Liquid going up against Dallas Fuel, a chance of redemption
for Team Liquid which got knocked out from the playoffs in A, but also they
were the one knocking Dallas down into the lower bracket for that run. So like, who has more of a grudge here?
Well actually I would say that you know Dallas Fuel coming in there's the higher seed.
You'd probably say that they are the favorites, but I actually think that
Team Liquid's playstyle translates better here on the major tournament. So close
to beating way beginning yesterday so for that matchup I am actually looking
out for Team Liquid to come out on top. I'm also looking out for Team Liquid I
although they lost yesterday Trees performance and Cassidy was very
entertaining so I think it's gonna be a great match. I always Trees put on his
big boy carry pants today like they're in for a treat now I'm sure we all are
because these teams came to play not just to win the midseason championship
no they also want to get those club championship points and for more on that
Ginny is standing by with a special guest.
Ginny here and I'm joined with Nikita, the head of East Point's development for Virtus Pro.
You guys are competing in Overwatch, but in general you have a lot of rosters over at EWC this year.
So I'd love to hear what the goal is for Virtus Pro and the strategy coming into EWC.
Yeah, well, the goal is always to win, however we all know how hard it is.
Anyways, we are doing pretty well so far.
Week 3 just ended last Sunday and we won the event in PUBG.
So we are in the cool and standings being second right now right after Navi
and yeah we all know that it's really hard with all the big works same like us
Falcons, Vitality, even Liquid coming second last year in 0.24
AG, Aurora, all those heavy hitters have many teams to actually compete for these titles
we have Rainbow 16 coming here next week hopefully they can score some points
maybe win the event, who knows.
Overwatch team that come this week,
they finished fourth last season, last major,
so we all know how well they can perform actually.
So for us, the goal is again, always high.
However, we want to make sure that every player
does their best to go as high as we can, as they can.
Because you guys have such a high goal
in terms of like achieving,
and now I would say maybe a bit of the pressure
has taken off, because you know you get,
You need to have that one win to actually qualify to be able to lift that club championship trophy.
Does that make it a little less pressure on the rest of your rosters?
Yeah, for sure.
So now we are past that point again with the PUBG win last week in 2024 and 2025.
We've never actually won the title.
So for us, that was our first title and now we know that we're eligible for the win.
And we look forward with a smile on our faces.
Do you think that there has been a difference maybe in your approach to this year or is it still the same?
I think we always try to improve. We always want to make sure that everything we have has a bootcamp before the EWC.
Now it's in Europe, so we have our own bootcamps in Europe. They can prepare it.
We have all the analysts, all the staff that is working with the teams on the back end.
So they have everything they can have to actually be a title contender.
Also, when it comes to Overwatch, Tidal Contender is pretty realistic this time around from what I'm hearing.
Are you looking forward to it? Are you hoping that this is another Tidal Winner or do you just think we've already won that one?
We'll just take it slow.
Yeah, actually it's a hard question because we all know that in Overwatch we met the Shifts basically every month with all the new patches coming from Blizzard.
And yeah, we just won the Stage 2 in May, so we kind of come here as Tidal Contenders.
However, we'll see how it goes. I don't want to jinx anything here.
But yeah, I think our team feels really strong coming into the next match with the STM.
We know them pretty well from our EMA clashes all over the past year and a half.
So yeah, hopefully it will be a great match for the audience.
All right, I'm looking forward to it. Thank you so much for the time for the interview.
Good luck with the Club Championship point. That's it from us.
We're going to be heading over to the best voice comps from yesterday, just so that you know what you could expect today.
I'm getting it. Sniper, Sniper, Sniper, Sniper! It's fine!
Fills soon, kills soon.
To what?
Can I? Can I?
The minigun's going that way.
I think, I think, I think.
I have no idea.
I'm on left, I'm on left.
Come here.
I need you as a win-go.
Yeah go go go go!
Mag along, Mag along!
Catapin!
I see you, I see you.
I see you!
I'm out! Hop hop! Hop hop!
Hop hop hop!
You're going, you're going. Mag on.
Sniper, Sniper, Sniper, Sniper, Sniper, Sniper!
Yeah yeah, we catch, we catch.
He's over, he's over.
Care one, care one.
Lolo, Lolo, Lolo.
Now back in back slot, back in back slot.
K, 7, East.
Trader, Trader, Trader.
D-Mail.
D-Mail, D-Mail.
D-Mail, booster.
Close up, close up for Oak.
Yes.
That was Virtus.pro toping off a big win last night over 9-Z.
Today though, we start off with two other winners, Crazy Raccoon
taking on space station gaming as Sugar Free and Crew
are looking for another strong performance at EWC.
Today we welcome in Zoe alongside reinforce. I'm your host Chris Puckett and Johnny
I'm excited because we've got sugar free in action today. He's been a star
He's got fans making signs for him already and now it's time to really perform against one of the league's best a crazy
Raccoon expectations for this matchup
Well, it's an opportunity for SSG to really impressed upon us that they actually have what it takes to stay competitive
With some of the best teams in the world crazy Raccoon
They should be the clear favorites today, but sugar free has been a star player for North America
I hope of the region so many times before but he's got a coming plus today to stay competitive with price record
So I see Tracer his top hero. She's been one of my favorite to watch. We've seen a lot of
Jetpack cats and that's allowed some more bastion play. Yeah, I mean also sugar free wanted to escape the
Symmetra prison. He's not quite there yet
I think one foot at the door, but they still have to rely on that one too
Then space station gaming just played kind of what we've seen from them in this past stage
So they didn't really show us anything brand new or different per se, but they definitely do have their own style
It wasn't it wasn't the most convincing victory though. That's it though. It wasn't for crazy raccoon either
So perhaps there's an opportunity and ultra violet joined us in the studio Johnny
He mentioned that they're still kind of warming up
This was nice to get their first match under their belts now
They can really focus going into day two yeah 100% and they know their game plan like so is that they have their style
CJ of Dallas Fuel put it best in the North American playoffs when they said,
hey, they're Sky News one tricks, but they're a good team doing so.
It's a quacerakoon. They know what this is you are going to pull out today.
It's going to be the Cassidy. It's going to be the Jeffback Cat.
How does quacerakoon adapt to SSG's game plan?
Am I looking at lethal, sugar-free, who's leading the lobby when it comes to eliminations tonight?
Oh, it's got to be lethal. Lethal is so important for this.
So good.
The Cassidy, the Sky News, like I talked about,
but also being able to just take over games.
We're seeing Cassidy's with some phenomenal performances in these past couple of tournaments.
So letho even though we talk a lot about sugar free
I think letho is to go to player three but letho may have the best highlights
But it was sugar free who we caught on the mic before the match. Here's what he had to say
Thanks guys. I'm here joined by sugar free sugar brawn wu-tang man of many names
Greatest player in SSG. Do you agree? Yeah. Yeah
All right, I mean you guys you're just about to go up on stage to play your match
But before that I just wanted to hear from you. You did get your first win yesterday and either you see how are the vibe right now?
for SSG. I think the vibes are pretty good. I think we finally got our first win as a team on land.
So I think we're pretty happy about that. And I think the vibes are willing to be forward from here.
Yeah. I mean, you are definitely going to be needing that vibe because today's opponent,
I feel like it's going to be a challenge for you guys. I know you guys have faced crazy raccoon
before in other, I guess, international lands as well. How are you guys feeling going into this
matchup? I think we're feeling good. We'll see how raccoons are feeling as well. I think they're
they're going to be scared if they don't sub in lip. So let's see.
Are you are you confident?
Do you let me go in and you have to be confident that you could win against them,
right? Prediction. Well, how is SSG going to be beating CR?
Is it going to be a two to one? I'll say two. I'll give them one map.
One map. Love it. Sugar Free. Thank you so much. Best of luck.
His smile is just glorious.
Sugar Free has some of the best highlights in the game.
And we all witnessed that in past EWC's this year.
He's playing with space station gaming and he's got a tough opponent in the groups crazy raccoon
The toughest squad to come out of Korea or where do you rank them right now Johnny?
Yeah, I they gotta be number one after their success at champions class and they look might be impressive now putting a
Lot of effort into he sang Symmetra here playing the Dominus well a tank hero
We haven't seen it too much of so this is the crazy girl who team that is building on their playstyle under composition
I thought we twisted my plate
Exactly, and that is so scary for the MIA teams.
Now, of course, Rokun, the best team in the world,
they're going to beat us after opening their own style.
That's pretty scary stuff.
You can see Symmetra is devastating.
If you're looking at the team as a whole,
though, this is success across the board.
Where are they at their flash here?
So if they're going to make a statement against SSG,
how do they get it done?
I mean, it's just a general.
The team just consistently performs well,
and individual players do as well.
That said, though, I want to do, I'm going to do him dirty.
Max. No, you had a big moment yesterday with the 5k we showed.
Yep. We didn't show what happened after that 5k.
That way, we got to clean it up. Okay. We got to clean it up.
There were some pretty egregious, like all timings in there.
And like just generally, they were playing with their food, maybe a little bit.
Maybe they didn't take it too serious. It's a blip in and what not to do.
Choose when to hit your cue a little bit better today.
Alright, keep your eyes on Max. Keep your eyes on Crazy Raccoon.
but also we had to check in with the fans to get the vibe in the venue.
Who do they think is going to win the big game?
Hello, everybody.
Day two of this season's championship is just about to start.
People are lining up, which means we got some free time until the match is start.
Hey, great time to start your pickups.
You can play with us.
Join in on the fun on the EWC app.
All right, we're going to be doing pickups for the first two matches,
starting off with the first match of the day, SSG versus CR.
Crazy raccoon.
Guys, I think, to be honest, it's going to be an easy one.
I think it's going to be CR2Oing SSG.
You also think that?
Absolutely.
I think SSG looked a little bit inconsistent
compared to Crazy Raccoon.
And I feel like it will be too much for them.
They'll get overwhelmed.
Absolutely.
There is a chance that I feel like SSG could take a map off of CR.
You know, yesterday's CR.
CR likes to have fun, right?
You know, maybe we'll see Lib.
Maybe they'll try some wacky stuff.
What do you think?
Yeah, well, I'd love for SSG to take a map. That'd be great, but I don't really think there's a chance that they'll win the series of a one.
Very realistic.
I think they'll be quite lucky if they did.
Okay, what do you get, that 2-0?
Yeah, I think it's probably a 2-0. I think it could be a 2-1, you know, throwing a max map here or there, but I just don't think SSG's got to end them.
Yeah, all right, 2-0. You know what, I'm going to say 2-0 as well as TR getting the win.
Let's move on to the second match of the day, and it's going to be, oh, this one's also going to be very good, Webull Gaming versus Team Falcons.
I'm gonna go with team Falcons getting the win 2-1 over Weibo. I feel like Weibo is a great team for team Falcons right now with Merit coming back, you know, and playing for as the DPS hitscan, I mean, he looked fantastic yesterday. What are your thoughts?
thoughts. I think merits look absolutely insane. I believe he came back from an injury with his
finger. Maybe that's just enhancing me. He's come back sharper, more ready to win. And I believe
that's going to overwhelm Weibo. And I think it's going to be very good match over to Wanda.
To Wanda, certainly. Anyone seeing Weibo's going to win? I'll go the other way. I think Weibo can
take this too. I think, you know, factors have been looking at great. Why even with merit back in,
like and you know wave of good good with both Sun Tzu and Gushui in so they got
maybe multiple looks. I am a huge Gushui fan but I said Falcons but I think
there is a chance for Wavewood to win as well how about you? Well I said I said
the Falcons would win 2-1, well Mary's got money on the line so he's gonna be playing out of his mind like so yeah
they looked really good yesterday and I think yeah I think they probably backs
their own form. 100% agree I think both of them matches today are gonna be
the insane Walt. Let's see how it plays out. Thank you, Danny. And shout out to the man
in the NYXL jersey. I actually have stock in that company once. It made out $0 in the
end. So let's talk a little bit about who is going to be making money today, though,
as they guarantee a spot in the playoff bracket. Are you going crazy raccoon or SSG?
Pressure raccoon. It's going to be a 2-0, and it will feel like a 3 or a 5-0.
said what you said indeed 202 oh I think we get a game three let us know in the
chat what you think as we get it started on the stage
we have got regional champions world champions rising contenders established
giants all of them want to leave Paris is the top dog at the halfway point of
the season
I'm cut on the slack, my body's a five in
But he ain't even really speaking the most
We can hear, we can win it
This is the end, like a life sentence
Who like the general, keep it consistent
Don't let them off, until they are finished
We're going in and up and back for vengeance
Teaching is rising
And just like that, we're back.
Let's just take a quick look in the rearview mirror.
Day one of the Overwatch Champion Series 2026 mid-season championship.
here at the eSports World Cup had absolutely everything.
Bonjour tout le monde, bonjour Ian.
Bonjour.
We did everything.
We've had the best players in the world,
the best teams in the world here on stage
because that's what EWC is all about.
We've got long series, we've got fans from all over the world.
On a des long match, très disputé,
trois maps et des fans qui viennent soutenir leurs superstars du monde entier.
There was one thing missing yesterday
that I absolutely adore about the eSports World Cup
and that is the key crushing.
That changes today.
Now we start off with a couple of winners matches and then we move into Elimination Territory.
Woo, Elimination Territory, I'm absolutely excited because, yeah, before that you would lose, you would get a second chance,
but we don't do second chances anymore.
Effective, it's a bit like the world of the Bizzounos, you lose, you play again tomorrow, but there are four Elimination Matches waiting for us, and I can't wait for it.
Me too, that is to come, but we start today with the teams that picked up a dub yesterday.
Let's welcome the first of them on to the stage.
It's Crazy Raccoon!
I love this organization's name. I adore it.
They arrived in Paris as the overall number one seed,
and yesterday they looked every bit the team to beat.
The Champions Clash winners opened their campaign with a clean 2-0 win,
advancing without dropping a map
and reinforcing their status as the standard the rest of the field is measured against.
And it's always hard to stand strong against the favorites, but space station gaming!
They don't care. They can do it. The North American pillar is resilient and a borough
consistent. L'expression même de la constance de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique
as now the new test moves to the international stage but now can they
face Titans and can they be the new Giants? Sugar Brom always smiling with a
scene behind him crazy raccoon wants to continue their run assortment favorites
SSG wants to show the rest of the field they're a genuine championship threat
Let's do it. Crazy raccoon and
SSG taking the stage. This is
day two. My name is yours joined
by moxie to lead you through this
next game. SSG moxie with their
first win on the international
stage yesterday of 2026. Yes,
but not a dominant one. It went
So there's still a lot of question marks for this team, especially because they have one strategy, the desk talked about it, the players talk about it at length.
This team relies so heavily on that capacity to be able to win them fights for lethal, crazy raccoons though.
You look at the evolving composition strategies from this team, it feels like we're just seeing the very tip of the iceberg from the crazy raccoon camp.
We had Jumbin on the Domino yesterday.
He sang started picking up the Symmetra as well.
Okay, there was a quote one time said by me,
that Domino was not good.
Johnny remembers all too well.
Do you want to keep with that or will you change?
My tune has changed slightly.
I think Domino's all right, Domino's all right.
I think we saw a lot more than what I expected at least
in terms of heroes being picked
in the tank crawl the other day.
We also saw lip and max come in for that. Yes, some could potentially I was about to
say that I'm not sure we're going to see lip here, although I would love to trust me.
Yeah, I think the lip service might be put to bed in terms of getting to see him play,
especially with how close that new junk city did go down to as we can have a look and see
will be controlled for us up
Nepal on the cards as we have a
Diva ban and a bastion ban. So
SSD still free to rule the
skies with that cat Cassidy
wants more. Best of three here
in this match as well. Yeah
fashion being banned. So
eventually we will see the cat
I mean, I actually have to know that this cat Cassidy will be targeted by Crazy Raccoon.
They also have to expect something like Dive at some point, right?
Jumben, like we said, he played the dominant yesterday on Village.
There's a chance that Crazy Raccoon want to run that composition back yet again, since
it worked out really well for them.
Giving a tank gun, letting them shoot, put more pressure on that Cassidy and the cat
does do a whole lot of good, being able to box them totally out of just taking spaces, also takes a lot of the pressure off of Hishang and Stalker, right?
You don't just have to have your DPS dealing with the other teams, the DPS frees them up to be able to look at things like Fork and that backline when Ultraviolet is alone.
Alright, we're getting to see Domina locked in early on for Junbin.
I don't mind it here, Nepal I think is definitely a map that Mauga serves quite well. Village
especially.
There is an absence of Kasti, so Space Station off.
Nope, you lied.
As I said it, there we go. I was trying to say, you're changing your tune in regards
to the dominoes that Space Station remains static with the Kakkas.
It's just so good though. We've seen so many nice plays already, a lot of highlight clips
you saw in the intro a little bit earlier on. Domino for Tundin. It's going to be tough against the
Malga. Domino's shield, obviously, can be broken apart individually. Those small little screams,
of course, you'll see it here. Very easy picking to score the Malga normally.
Oh, well, we've got Admiral already split, actually. Admiral got lead one to the high ground. Now he's
playing the off angle. Yeah, on the high is exactly where you want to be. They've actually
forgotten a lot of this space. It's crazy. They're trying to pick off Horde first and they've done
so very well. It's going to be a flip for SSG of course, but look at this, Dominic. Dominic,
a certain Dominic in the front line. Yeah, I mean, this is great for Crazy Recurrent, right?
Dominic just provides the shield for Sorka to be able to hide behind, then goes, puts the pressure
on to lethal, forces him to totally back off at the fight. So, Spray Station got a flip,
but Crazy Recurrent's flipping back just as fast. Can they actually just make this stick? I mean,
look, they're trying to put the cast in, if it's just breaking, succeed again. Nice little flashbang
in. Watch your own slide, but a better boot there from Hussain gets the trade.
Great concussive from Hussain and without lethal space station, pretty two-plus in this
fight. They'll go for a point flip contest at least, but crazy racoon won't give that
up easily.
Look at the shield dance as well from Shunbin. Orcs gonna fall too. He only just got back
to the battle. Although crazy racoon, he will end up getting, whoa, sorry, space station,
They only end up getting 13% so it's a quick fight there for Crazy Raccoon.
I mean you get 4% off of that flip, the Crazy Raccoon gets more than 4% off of the kills
they were able to secure with the Pharah outside of the point itself so that's a very valuable
trade as yet again Space Station wanting to rely on this Cassie to open up the space
but Leif has just been denied the time to be able to build up the ultimate.
You just have to get the Cass into position and hope that you can take them out with your
primary alone.
Can Ups 1 available for Junbin?
They got this OC as well, they've also got Rush, they've got a whole use of tools that they can use to win this fight.
Junbin's going to try and just force walk away from the point already and look at that, that's almost a double boot, they're getting him out of the way of UV and Admiral seals.
I mean Junbin's just also not in position for lethal to be able to farm off of, so we talked about Space Station being so reliant on this one strategy and crazy recruits have denied any time to be able to build it.
lost by territory, this is the first guy noon they've had.
Yeah, since she have space though, they've got the high ground at least, Lethal even more so, elevated to the skybox.
But look at the entirety of Graze of Refuge is hiding away, almost baiting them in.
Lethal suspended outside of the map, headshot onto Stalker, about a quick reposition there.
Is the Pan Ops gone straight on the point, it's high noon, she's just way too late, even gets moved away.
There's two seconds left on it, a couple of bodies on the other side of the point, with the fight already done.
It feels like Sugarfree with the spree ends up getting one.
They get shut down instantly by Stalker and there's no one left for SSG to try and contest.
Great play from CrazyRakoon. Like only allowing one dead-eye to be built up the whole round,
hiding to force the Cacastee to flank all the way around the side of the map.
The moment you scout out that you start taking some of those pot shots from the easel around the side,
you just ignore the Cacastee and walk point because the point will give you all the cover
that you require to be able to hide away from the impact of that dead-eye.
You drop your rush, you burn your off-banks, and yes, you find trades, but you still have your soldier up with that overclock.
The moment that they run out of resources to be able to try and survive it, you're running the cat, you don't have the Lucio to be able to provide the sand barrier, it's just done.
Crazy Raccoon looking just as dominant, and as we said, they're changing their strategies off as opposed to Space Station, just keep doing the same thing.
Even more so, I'd even argue, I mean, look at that hawk not getting a single limb in that last round on the Malga.
Okay, now we're changing things up as we head to Sanctum, Ultra Viola on the Luoyang Churrongs actually going to match him, so poke for poke.
That is not still funny, I hate to portray the sign, it is not still funny. We've moved past that little economy.
Hawk on the Orisa now, but still Jhin been holding this high ground to win.
I mean, the Dominus shield really is just so large here.
Yes, you can chunk through the individual sections of it, sure,
but Lethal and Hawk are just taking so much poke damage
by the time they do actually chunk through it.
Jhin's gonna reposition, but oh my god, Lethal sniped out of the sky.
They get trade-off, and he sank, sure. Point at locks.
Crazy recruits are making it impossible for space station guards
to be able to clearly work around the Stormy Shield early on.
I don't know.
Decent damage from April 2. I mean, look at this rush timing for SSG. 20% away.
Jesus.
Okay, I'm not gonna test the mental versus GG just yet in that small room.
Couple of players who'd be waiting on the wing, and waiting in the wings too,
healing up Sugarfree when he needs it.
Chorong at this same though, however, Sugarfree now eventually forced away back.
He sank. Twice the dust already.
A crazy recruit is waiting for that timing.
If they can find a pick up of a plank, or if they can build up that rush to get to Mach Admiral,
only then will they commit to this fight.
Space station just punishing their hesitation.
Well there's the rush, the match is going to get matched as well.
Now Sugarfree can take an off-hanger if he so chooses, in fact maybe he can go for a flank here too, through that mega health back.
Jumbid trying to force his way into the engagement, UB takes a headshot from Natureland, he ends up going down as Jumbid has to cut back 10% away from the pan-opticon as well, but Hawks is running and gunning.
Sugarfree out of the mix already, but SSG remaining control.
There's a tier title for him, but he's saying what is this?
Straight to the backline, but Innocent Zuzu from Apple makes sure he doesn't end up falling on his back.
Chorong also falls to Flip came through, sure, but CR, they got no bodies to fight this with, it feels like.
Yeah, that's so split.
At this point too, Chorong just doesn't have the title blast to be able to survive the survivability.
What is my risk doing here?
Well, that's the second time he's taken that route.
That's a little fine.
He's got a Terrasurge in his back pocket too.
He's had the Terrasurge for the last fight as well, that's why Crazy Recruiting had to go for that crazy rotation from there, side of the map, all the way on to point as Space Station will just prep the presence of that Terrasurge getting too close, not having the Suzy to react.
side of last and shouldn't be this time mixed with a spree as well just
invincibility almost how do you deal with that if you're anybody that's not
Kirikou yeah but you hit the suju that's it but there's only like half a second
of improbability like good luck this is final fight now versus G. Yeah space
station proving to be much more fluid with this composition might not align
that dominance we have to set up defensively as possible territory but space
station has gotten the choke. Karan gets the touch on the cat's gonna have to go
for it yet again, but should we be ending with a bite?
Little dash away from lethal two is unleashed the OC.
Stalker shuts him down as the point now
has to be contested by CR jumping straight the back.
Stalker has a nice little two piece,
taken out ultra fighter as well.
Hawke from across the way, snipes he sang somehow,
but still the fight is contained in this small room.
Oh, Admiral, has the rush built up?
The space station down both UV and choker three
want to hold off on using it before the team regroup.
He sang Genji? At this point? Okay, a big switch-up from he sang.
I mean, it feels like he's just going to try and run at them right, Jumbins.
Most static, you have to allow the Genji being able to put the first on the off angle instead of your tank.
Yeah, the cat's airdrop human, I guess, but better follow me to the point here with the Genji, that's for sure.
As the dash into the front line walks are used as Spiritskin, but it's pretty low.
A brief stun, lethal dies. Jumbins still playing in this front line, holding at this front door,
so the rest of SSG can be picked apart one by one.
Beautiful denial, actually. He just jumps into the rush vs rush and holds deep left.
So, nothing space station can really do.
If they try to take advantage of their rush, all of the damages get punched right back at them.
And Crazy Raccoon holds.
Firmness round on his head almost. Crazy Raccoon drops his 70% already.
Yeah, that was the rush fight too, that if your space station was your big try to get through these choked moments.
Now he's just been looking for a pick early from lethal, but you'll deny those angles talk
It just gets to hold you at the door
I mean they've been looking it out by the fight
Let's just you're taking so long as the sugar free doesn't getting cut up tear
He's put into line of sight at the rest of crazy raccoon
What a pick off and stalker follows that with a triple. I mean head shots lethal straight up
Well, this looks so good for SSG, but that's gonna fall through the final hurdle on this control point
This no one left alive walk spawns the doom, but it's too little too late crazy raccoon a
Comeback on sanctum. That's a 2-0 on control
Yeah, we just see that dumb composition being so good at holding the ground holding those chokes especially right every time
Space station try to just retake
Walk out of their side of the map into those wider angles
right on main, and at that point you've also been able to build up all your perks so you get the opportunity to reposition your shield once every cooldown, which is a huge game changer for Domino.
One of the main criticisms of this tank has been how static that that shield is, how easy it is for players to just be able to walk right past it without a care, but once you are able to get those repositions, it becomes so much easier to be able to shut down any opportunity.
live tire reaction. It's my favorite part of the show so far. I'm going to be honest with you.
I will say this is good for space station. They put up good fights and we're also seeing them
move away from surely the cat Cassidy. It's definitely a better look. I spoke to Christopher
and a couple of the guys before they jumped on the stage this morning. Got the usual chit-chow
the way about how bad flights can be across the world. But he was saying that well under no
illusion that this was going to be an easy game. They know it was going to be very tough. Obviously
you're facing crazy raccoon. Of course it's going to be difficult, but still have a level of
confidence coming in and especially after yesterday being able to take a win like that.
They're not beaten down so early and you can see how much of a fight they're already putting up
against CR. And I don't imagine we're going to see any changes here in substitutions. I
think we're going to just continue to see Junven playing, same with Heesang, Stalker,
of course.
Yeah, I would imagine Crazy Raccoon will keep the same players, especially if of how close
Sanctum went, like one fight territory for Space Station. It was, if they could just
get their foot through the door, they got so close that Catnap is so brutal on Two Sugar
every 92% to Spree. They're able to scout out the Shion flank, pull him out of position,
and everyone jumps on him from Crazy Raccoon. Like, that's the coordination that these teams
have. The moment a catnap comes first. Boom! That, like, jump is so good at drawing.
I hate to interrupt the point, but...
It's a brilliant plan.
That is incredible. Banana peel.
I'm sure we have plenty of
banana peels actually in the
green room. You got through a
whole bunch of bananas. Mario,
you're playing at me. Well, we
have to see a Winston. Got to
get that potassium in in the
morning. Yeah. Winton,
Winton. See another good one.
I saw you stubby. We've got to
get a little montage at the
end of the event of all the
big size. I'm sure if Kellan
has his way, feel for sure
to break out the win. The Winston is coming eventually. Although I don't know if they
do it today versus Liquid since lower bracket run, Winston pretty large risk, but that is
a later match. They've been getting it done though. Jumping
to the defensive kill, and as I always will. That's how they've been getting it done in
North America is the Winston. It's their own style of play. They've been not even forced
into it. They're just happy to kind of take that. Was that a handcrafted rematra? Pachimaru?
People are too talented. Here's what I'm going to put them gathering here. Oh, damn. Wow,
we have people who are artists. We have people who are brilliant at sewing, apparently. And
we have the best of the best when it comes to playing Overwatch. And Crazy Raccoon, they
are currently the best. They have the title to prove it. They're defending that champions
clash first place finish. They're also having to defend against the performance stage two.
Like they beat Zeta, they got that curse off of their backs, and then instantly back to
stage two, Zeta start taking wins. So it's an awkward position for Crazy Raccoon to find
themselves in. They have to look for it again and yeah, there we go. It's Atlas. PMS have
played domina not just crazy raccoon attack was trying to play a whole bunch of domina yesterday
actually which was punished crazy raccoon they'll target out that jetpack cat they're more than happy
to remove it they know that that leaves ssg without a lot of engagement opportunities it's not just
things like the dead eye that they were using the cat to get people into position with what we saw
on the ball, they were literally just dropping lethal into high ground angles so that Crazy
Raccoon had to spin all of these different plates, right? Keep the point, look at the tank, try to
find picks on the back line, not lose someone early to an angle that a castee is suddenly
on top of, where you have no opportunity to be able to react to it, and with how wide
the game. And the most
popular. The most popular
second match point is with the
amount of hallways and doorways
and peak positions. It's just
so vulnerable. If something
slips past your vision and he
will instantly be punished.
Christopher a moment ago there.
You saw just behind the gang.
Making sure they're all locked
Well, would you go to a batter against German? No
Anywhere Jim because I bought I feel like Alice is just like
The greater of the evils of the flashpoint maps at the moment, right?
But you you avoid the worst ranking ball
On Sir of assa you just want to stay well clear of that
Yeah, no domino so this is a look
I didn't kind of talk about this backline there. No jet pack cat. You can still run things like we ain't to I like that
Kiri we ain't com so I really do especially with the she on it's a pseudo tracer in a way where the she on especially without King
Yeah, getting there. She's not only protected with the title boss, but then not keep us in to kill them
Like there's a lot of engaged potential. It's just not as fluid as it is. No penitent
that's the only way to get
the ball out of the back line.
With the tracer. The tracer
obviously can just manually kind
of blink. The she only got like
the dash, but with the old can
then like triple dash into the
backline. So a little more
set up required, but I really
like how much the we can create
a lot of value to especially to
be fair. If you look at the flip
side, if you're crazy raccoon
playing it against someone like
Oh yeah.
Trying to set up on those angles that the Wu Yang is able to sort of cover for as we'll have a look.
No Wu Yangs, just Kiriko and Lucio, both teams looking for engagements now because this has it done.
Is the difference, Naked, Crazy Recurrent, Heesang.
On that Symmetra, allowing Crazy Recurrent to very quickly reposition on top of the Space Station.
Yeah, the TP, but Heesang, it feels like it's going to be more of a disengage than an engage.
You've got so many people that can kind of do it themselves, Jim, Charon. Even Stalker.
I mean, it's like Vigilante gets a hold onto that Suzu too, right, instead of having to burn it on Stalker and Hawke's Slam.
Nice little bike connection there onto Stalker, but this backline unfazed Vigilante and Charon, just vanishing up those wounds, and Hawke goes way too far deep.
Look at that little turret that was lasering in the back as well. Nice little early kickoff onto the tank.
the tank. Great STEMTP as well to go put pressure on the high ground that Leeper can't sit there for free, look for an exit trade.
Just got crazy recruitment from holding close as they'll be able to cap first. They do lose the Jalan T-Bone.
That's a very good pick up from Leeper before he falls.
No pick off surely? Got a lot of mobility. Oh, they're trying to get him.
They should be surely going to get out. He can hear the Lucio, it's already still here. They're on a different point.
point yeah we're playing on a different point guys first still still has to be
locked as Hawks are ready threatening that person's space station seeing the
absence wanting to try to find an in but Chumbin already has the first downpour
ready to go. No sugar-freaking here everything that's going on right now but
isn't actually a factor in the fight until he pops his head around this corner
gonna look for an execution but a damage first given that the other person inside
there is the downpour of Stroud and Hawker again who's kind of trapped in this
more corner wants more ultraviolet going into the rescue but quickly shut down
stalker again on fire. I mean great pick from Crazy Raccoon right, identifying
they're doing way more damage to wall patrol, to a pilot will be able to
translate into a much faster rush charge, so aggressive downpour, totally ice-lead
out the Kiriko, force all of those cooldowns then jump on top of UV, get the kill
and allow you to have the rush match. Here he comes again, sure on looking for
yet another pick off on to sugar freak. We're just gonna get capped in the meantime,
a little bit over an extension there from Crazy Raccoon, Sambara does hit
of hitting 4 though, it should be a means to an end for these fights. Space station with
no beat of their own and has jumped in with a trip.
Yep, crazy return, just aggressive time barrier, also violent before he can even re-acts with
the rush, you lose Admiral, and Hawk, he's had enough, he knows the matter of it, not
getting value, no slam setups believable to be able to take advantage of stuns, to be
able to build into rail charges, instead it's onto the Rematra. Good way of slowing things
down trying to allow leafland sugar free the opportunity to find these pics.
That's crazy Raccoon, do you have to worry about double support or fight from safety?
Oh, little sniping he's saying before the fight even really started, same achievement,
that's a very good opening pic. Sure you burned the OC but you're still happy with that even
though you know, should friends have gone down, sure. Ideally you're not losing anybody
else who's crazy Raccoon, they're getting corralled like sheep currently.
The Shepard trying to push them back all the way over towards that.
Very nasty edge, if you're against a Lucio player.
Apple taking a fair too many shots though.
The sound barrier, narrowly helping him escape.
Yes, that barrier forced actually.
Later rush, but also by a sub-bam.
Well, the quiet rush jacks there,
but they're able to utilize that one-to-ever.
This really early fight went from SSG,
and they burned Spree too to try and win.
Space Station tried to do so much
to guarantee that they've got that first point cap so they can just sit, play slow, stop Crazy Raccoon's engagement.
Because if they disengage with the SimTP, Space Station still have point control, right?
They're still folding up. That 100% is Jumbo.
You're doing a little bit like Winston, just jumping up onto the roof top.
Looks like old Doom, just like, stalling out on the roof.
Sugar free, actually.
Stopped onto the Tracer so you have that pinch potential.
goes all the way around the side of the point, pulling creative attention,
allowing space stations to navigate through these chokes.
Still not on the point though, is the issue.
Yeah, another downpour, so as soon as they come in, the downpour's gonna connect.
It's a tear as old as time.
Gonna try and get Hawke out of position first.
There's the downpour, and it connects.
Hawke is still nemesis-formed though, but Admiral Cork unawares,
that violently connecting straight with the stone.
Oh boy, oh boy.
moxie this is all falling apart for SSG. It's just cut and dry from Crazy Raccoon at the moment right?
You get the downpour onto Hawk, Hawk's just shut down completely, can't do anything but watch as
Crazy Raccoon blow right past him, hit that vulnerable backline and Space Station yet again
have no chance of putting Percent on the board. Match point now to Crazy Raccoon to close out
this series is space station just flipping through the hero book at this point sugar free trying to
work out what do I need to do to give my team this in he thinks far and might be the answer
just like anything at this point you're down the two rounds away oh look at the beat it was almost
disrespectful at this point points not even unlocked yet with sound barriering in like come on
well he's thanks about to have symbol right so you can't even punish the lack of sound barrier
with Leifel's overclock. Something that Space Station were able to punish last time by getting
that early pick up on Heesang at the start of the OC. Otsovila at least takes Forka down,
so Space Station don't have to worry about walking into an OC before Admiral has beat,
but you do yet again have to walk into an established hazard.
Alright, Leifel on and off angle. Immediately checked, has got Admiral.
by his side. Hork wants more trying to pressure point, but Jimbin's not having any of it. Just happy to take the 1v1 when he's got that spike guard up.
He'll put better defensive tool there, doing damage while you're holding the block.
Admiral does end up falling, just spiked that rush coming out. Hork trying to make his presence known in the backline, but
only presence now is 10 feet under, shut down by Hisang. And the fight just about over, and maybe this map and series too.
series too. Crazy racoon with
overclock and down pork. Can't
imagine that they'll play all
that defensively right 25%
left with how quickly flashpoint
burns out at the same TV. You're
just looking to catch base station
before they can set up lethal.
Get a big touch. Jumping down
poor Hawk on another hero is
back on the hazard this time
down port. Not sure who it connected with but it doesn't really matter. Jumbin's already
inserted himself into the conversation. Taking to the sky, Lethal, snipes out Stalker, might
just be what Space Station required to get this flip and at least hold for more than
20% or so. Crazy Raccoon. They're going to come back for the sound barrier.
Yeah, it comes at the cost of Space Station's whole old bank. So right now they need to
fix and they need them now. Crazy Raccoon going low but not low enough. No deaths to dissuade
sure wrong from just sending the team forward with one side of B. Yeah, I mean it feels like
an inevitability here that space station they're just gonna get flattened. This B is gonna be too
much. Everybody carrying right now, space station on this high ground, they're gonna get a nice little
wall there on Jumbim, but B connects with him. Green over health dissipating now as Orc is on
the pursuit, but Lethal's already dead. Orc needs this kill desperately and he's gonna get it,
but meanwhile this team are falling around him. Apple down, Lethal to follow, like crazy Raccoon
is still in this. A stick on the back of Orc, downpour of his own is gonna connect with the
the point but Hoots are actually managed to secure. Jumping back on the hog, maybe to
make the big difference, but it's all stalker. A Snipebunters sugar-free, OT is crazy, Raccoon
secure the point, Ultraviolet out of resources, out of time, a Space Station, lose control
of not only the map, but of the Series 2, a 3-0 on Atlas and crazy Raccoon. Come up with
the top. It's the same issue as on route 66. Like Crazy Raccoon, they're so good at just
keeping up that pressure, keeping up that tempo, forcing you to have to take fights when you're
not ready for them. And putting the pressure onto Ultra Violet as well, understanding how
close he was to that rush, forcing the overtime so that SSG have to burn all of the Trace
of Utility on just holding the point so you don't have blinked, you don't have recall
to be aggressive and try to find kills on crazy raccoons backflying. In the meantime,
you just watch as ultraviolets help our tanks. Yeah. Like I said, Christopher and the rest
of the team under no illusion that this was going to be a tough game. A little did they know
what kind of beast was waiting for them behind this door. Crazy raccoon. They do look like on
another level. They want to claim this trophy here, ideally at the midseason. I mean, going into
this year, you're expecting this team to be incredibly strong. The DPS lineup, even the
lip not having the best of showings yesterday is still ridiculous. It's still crazy raccoon.
SSG were the ones that needed to really level up this tournament and level up the rest of
the year. I believe they're on that course, but can they continue? Crazy raccoon. However,
they're going to move on in that upper bracket. We've got Choombin actually down on the stage
with Ian for a brief interview.
Thanks guys, you are right, they're all on it,
and looking as impressive as we expected them to,
coming into player 2 here.
I've started by with Jumping and Maddox, our translator.
Jumping, coming into this tournament,
it's always tough as number one seed,
because there's high expectations from the fans and yourself.
Do you feel any relief to have locked in that playoff spot nice and early?
I'm curious if you can get into the playoffs as a player.
Well, I think we can get into the playoffs safely.
I think it's going to be a tough game from now on.
Let's get ready.
Looking further, I think there are going to be a lot of tougher matches ahead, so we'll prepare for that, for sure.
Yeah, plenty of mods to come in this tournament. When you look at your own performances here, a champions clash with a tournament MVP.
Do you want that again here at the Esports World Cup? I know that your fellow teammate Chorong says that he wants it too, so is there a little bit of competitive rivalry there?
I heard that you want to get MVP in this tournament. Do you have any competition relationship?
I don't have any big desire, but I think it would be hard to get the main player. I think I will get one of the dealers.
I don't really have that much of an expectation about the MVP, but that being said, Chorong is the main healer, so I don't think he's up to a full-call for MVP.
I think one of the dealers, maybe, one of the DPS will get the MVP.
Okay, interesting. Now we saw a lot of Overwatch played yesterday. You saw all of the teams compete. Who do you think some of your biggest threats could be here in Paris?
I think the current meta is slightly towards the European team.
I think the current meta is slightly towards the EU, so I think EU teams like Trusted Minds are still the biggest threat for us.
Absolutely, they looked incredible yesterday. Just finally, can we get a message for your fans here in the building and all around the world?
Thank you to all the fans who came to support us.
We will do our best this time to make good results.
I
Thank you very much and chambers congratulations to jump in and crazy raccoon and you two in my analyst booth both
Called the two oh, so we who shine the brightest for you a match number one of the day. It's a team effort
I mean that team no sitting on the fence
It's not possible
They're a unit. You don't understand.
The pressure this team puts on any other team, the relentless aggression, the way they move in, no one being left behind.
It is the hive mind. Honestly, they move as one. Today looked much cleaner. That's what I wanted to see yesterday.
Johnny, is it not John Bin and his beautiful Domino play? Who are you watching in this one?
He's saying it looked awesome in the first round. What do you see?
He's saying what awesome in the first round.
What do you see?
I mean, honestly, the fight to get away playing Domina at the highest level
and teams like SSG are struggling to adapt against it, it's just mind-boggling
because it's just that here we haven't seen being played at the professional level.
Can you explain this? Why does he make it work when none of us can in matchmaking?
Well, first of all, they're playing maps that cater kind of to Domina
and so here on Village of Off, like everything is so close cornered
and so you have a lot of room to get a lot of value from you're pushing enemies
or enemies into the wall, whereas some of the maps, you know, there's more room to operate,
you can play longer side angles, that's where Domina isn't as good, but Chris Raccoon fitting
Domina in seamlessly here, and also there's Symmetra played, has benefit in nominal pocket,
and so this is a team base, really scary, SSG, I don't think there should be too upset though.
What I've been most impressed by is the fact that all these players are able to rock the wedding
band while gaming on a keyboard. I don't know about you, but I have to take it off when I get
on there Johnny otherwise I'm clicking keys too loud jumping was clicking a lot of keys
he was on fire for I believe 72% of this match it felt like so he doesn't matter he's on a hazard
if he's on the domina he's making things look easy on the other side sugar-free looked like he had
a tough time was trying his heart out didn't have the right character it seemed most of this game
yeah they couldn't quite stop the aggression there from crazy ricula but as Johnny already said
It wasn't their swim so they should be upset about that like every team going up against the Korean team will feel the same way
Especially against crazy raccoon. I mean if you look historically as she has never even taken a map off of a Korean team on that
That is the best phrasing ever it wasn't theirs to win space station gaming is going to drop down
They will fight against the winner of a GL and vero that will be an interesting matchup of regents
Johnny who do you expect to power through as that will be our third match on the day?
Look, honestly, I think Varel should be the favorite tier against all gamers.
The Japan scene is on the move, but then space station, pretty good news, I'd say.
They should actually be coming out on top against Varel, I feel like.
So even though you think I lost her early pocket,
they still have a good chance of qualifying for the playoffs.
State is getting set for the second match of the day.
We will see you for that on the other side.
In the meantime, congratulations to Crazy Raccoon, our first team into the playoffs.
We'll be right back.
This ain't no way in the thing, came for the breeze, you know what I mean?
You see my game of the night, then if you play my shit, then I'm dead.
Lot of people are haunted by their cars. I'm inspired by it.
They're not just playing for themselves, they're really playing for their entire family.
They have defeated their demons! They have crushed the cars!
He thinks he can come in here and play my game!
He knows nothing!
Let's go!
Tyler, why?
You're done.
This is my ladder.
You can't climb it.
It's better than me hard-sucking masters.
You're going too far now.
Your eyes, bloodline, your elbows, ashy.
Is that an airlock?
That's an L-airlock.
Somebody better hold me!
Okay, yeah.
Come something.
Raw, raw, raw, raw, raw, and then see how you're gonna blow it out now!
These are pranks. You look short.
Everything's good.
Oh, right.
Okay.
Do you really need the wraps? Yeah, it feels like an overkill to me.
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Team Falcons run last year at the Esports World Cup was led by their Overwatch 2 team.
Their winning Overwatch was with sealed the deal for Team Falcons and winning the club championship in 2025.
That was last year. This year they come in to EWC somewhat a shadow of their own selves,
but still with championship expectations. They did not qualify for a first event of
the year, the champion's clash, and are here in Paris thanks to their amazing performance
last year. The loss of stalker has been huge, as he's moved over to Crazy Raccoon who have
been a powerhouse to start the year.
I haven't contacted them since I moved to Korea.
I was a bit close to them before,
but now that I've moved to Korea, I feel like I'm not doing well.
We welcome in the most eligible Junkrat in Paris to the studio, Jake Rat.
Are you excited for this one, Gushway versus the Falcons?
I think it'll be interesting.
I wonder how much we'll see Gushway in the lineup.
This has been a wayball that has kind of transitioned to be playing more of these off-tank-based
setups, and I think that's going to be important in this match, because they're going to have
their hands full. Falcons look mean. They look about as good as they've seemed all year,
maybe even longer. We just saw a Domino. We just saw a Hazard. Soly. The tanks have been out. But
when it comes to the DPS, what are you looking forward to? We have the Falcons facing up against
Weibo and what could be a high elimination matchup? Yeah, I mean, Weibo has been heavily
investing, of course, in the Xi'an, like most of the Chinese teams. We saw Reaper in the mix
there as well. So I expect them to do pretty much more of the same. There's no real reason for either
of them to change it up. As we take a look at the matches yesterday, Wavell
matched up against Team Liquid from North America and Trian Crew. Well, they felt
the wrath of shy and leave. There were good moments, but at the end it was Wavell
walking away with the W. Jake, what did you see in the intro matchup for out of
Wavell? I mean, Wavell was able to adapt. They do get it over the line against
Liquid, but that series was probably one of the closest we've seen so far here
at the Esports World Cup. So, you know, to barely sweep the win over Liquid,
Honestly isn't an amazing sign considering how good Falcons are they look to be in key form
I'm looking at weibo as an extreme underdog
I think this could be a real tour de force of the falcon extreme underdog
If you're watching that game, of course we will have to come back in the control and then so we they were able to take this
Third game talk to me about the the key players though in the matchup on the other side for team Falcons
We know weibo is going to be dangerous, but the Falcons are the favorite to win the event right there's a returning chance
Yeah, they definitely had a heavy favorite, especially after the performance they had yesterday against the Dallas Fuel.
That was their road over them and much of that was thanks to Merritt and Checkmate.
I think they played phenomenally yesterday. Just firing in all cylinders also.
Every time you talk about Team Falcons, you have to talk about that backlight.
Fielder and Shio are just so, so solid, untouchable. They just don't die.
There is a look at someone he is one of our favorite personalities in the game
He is going to be in the tech matchup against Gushwe and in a moment
I'm told we will be taking a look at Gushwe behind the scenes. Let's get to that now as he is there with Danny Lim
What's up everybody I'm here joined by Gushwe from Weibo Gaming as you can see he is the myth the legend the man himself
This is the correct height. Mr. Translate and I are very short, and he's very tall.
Anyways, Gushui, thank you for taking your time to do this interview.
Very important match. You guys are going up against the defending champions, Team Falcons.
What are your thoughts on Team Falcons?
message before you go up on that stage and face the Falcons.
Big thank you to all the fans who have supported us and to my teammates and friends as well.
Well, we won the games this day, we're on a bit of a roll, and we're feeling pretty hot right now.
And I'm sure that we can win this and go much further.
I believe that as well.
Gush, fighting!
Wait, Jio! Jio, let's go!
Gush, Wei and Wei both so hot right now, but on the other side, you're matching up against the Falcons.
They are a fan favorite here, and if you take a look at some of the percentages,
91% of the fans are taking the Falcons.
Everyone's been laying in on EsportsWorldCup.com and of course the fan favorites are returning
not just as club favorites but winners here for Overwatch.
Jake, have they shown you enough to give you the same confidence as the community?
I mean seeing Merrick back in the lineup, it's a complete game changer for the Falcons.
This guy is one of the best hitscans in the world.
We were talking to Landon yesterday, he was telling us about the importance of this role
in the current meta.
You can pump a lot of resources into a hitscan but it's up to them to actually deliver the
Good merit though ice in his veins. He's so calm so effective in these clutch moments
Yes, we were a team that can put a lot of pressure on him
But I think merits type of player who can rise in an occasion and still deliver an MVP worthy performance
Now I saw a split on his middle finger. So what does that affect like zooming in on the mouse hand?
Look out of injury was merit dealing with I'm hoping he's not playing with the splint
I mean seeing him like he has to be taking that off but it might be to the point where hey like afternoon tree has progressed
It's still good to wear this plane
It can still be maybe healthy healing process
But you could take it off the play once you're cleared and having their clear back into the lineup
I'm sure he was following the pressure of that injury because the team without him
They didn't seem the same and it's been checkmate are phenomenal players
But they seem so much better when they're able to be in alongside mare rather than instead of him and for those of you
Who called it a road rage injury and chat you are wrong we checked behind the scenes
It was actually muscular or tendons involved.
Was that a word on the street?
Throw grade incident, yeah.
Apparently he...
I don't think Merritt has ever raged.
He's more of a thumbs up kind of guy
if you've read him behind the scenes.
Can that man even be angry?
I don't think so.
So, let's take a look though at the Falcons
a little bit deeper.
We mentioned that we love watching someone,
but this team has had so much success.
What does it take to get to their level
and what have they shown you over the last two years?
I mean, I feel like all of these players individually
have just never really stopped performing, right?
They always found themselves at the very upper echelon of Overwatch eSports ever since each of them has broken into the scene
They've been able to perform on a tier one level in a tier one team
The competition obviously in Korea, especially it's very very steep. So that's good practice. Jake
We got 30 seconds before we throw it to the stage. So give me players to watch on that screen from the Falcons
I think everyone is taking them to win this matchup. Who is gonna lead the way?
I got to give a lot of credit to Meribie. We're talking him up a lot
But I think so he's right fuck about Chio and fielder the two of these guys together
This is a duo that has been together for years and years at this point. They have lifted trophies together
They're looking to do so again. We're speaking of the strength of the teams out of Korea
We talk a lot this year about EMEA with that region really rising to compete with Korea
But it says it speaks volumes really that Falcons wouldn't have qualified out of Korea right there here because of the previous title holders
But there are that many strong teams from the Korean region that Falcons wouldn't have even made it on the merits to the qualification of this
So I mean that's a crazy statement of strength and that you look at the name value on this team
You wouldn't be surprised the end of these players lifted trophy
So maybe the Korean teams I think are back to to show a bit of a dominant performance here with all of them looking strong
Esports World Cup 44% of the field Korean players or players originally from South Korea now living elsewhere
So sorry, let's talk a little bit about the players representing China if this is going to be anything like Street Fighter where we see crazy
Upsets in the opening rounds of a tournament
How does China get it done? Is there a player that you're looking at?
Is there a team play or play style as we get 30 seconds to the stage?
I mean, it's gonna be on the DPS to perform once again leave and shy
We know they can get it done. They're just like really high-calibre players
But I think the backline of this you might get a little bit of use here
especially with how aggressive the opposition is playing.
I'm going to kill that mosquito for you.
I will shout out to everyone here in the crowd.
It is bright and early in Paris and they are already loud
and it's not even the weekend.
Lock in its overwatch here at EWC
and we're getting ready for match two of six on the day.
We're already back here in Paris after a quick game, because even though we've been selling
you underdog stories here in Paris in Overwatch, it is very clear that when it comes to upper
brackets, favourites are in the driver's seat.
It's not just in the driver's seat, they've got their foot on the gas.
Crazy raccoon with a crazy performance to kick things off here on Play Day 2.
And now they get to sit back, relax, put their feet up and observe their competition.
Because we're going to welcome two big Titans onto the stage before the elimination match.
Shall we get it?
Let's do it!
Wurstave, madames and messieurs, ladies and gentlemen, the favourites, the kings of the region.
It is...
WEBORG GAMING!
They already have two domestic titles under their belt, but they come hunting for more.
Here on the international stage, they could come and get their first international title
here in Paris, because if the Chinese people are unplayable at home, it is still
to prove it internationally.
And their opponents, Team Falcons!
One year ago, Team Falcons lifted this trophy and stood at the summit of the mid-season
championship.
Now, since then, the road has been far more difficult.
They entered Paris to the title defender place, searching for the form that once made them
champs.
yesterday they took the first step today they hope for the next huge leap
is weibo gaming versus team falcons china's number one versus the title defenders starting now
there we go second game of the day here falcons taking on weibo gaming and they've met
a couple of times in the past, and don't underestimate WebberGaming when they face specifically Falcons.
They've been to two matte fives for this team. They are finally looking for that upset here.
Yeah, we'll see if they can find another upset. As expectations, I think for Falcons,
off of yesterday's performances, they've liked to start with these bands onto the Mauga.
They won't have this opportunity unless Weibo defer the ban, since Weibo are coming out the
higher seed. They get the opportunity to ban first unless they defer it, so expectation from their
end would be going for a tank ban, potentially that Rematra. That we've started to see Vulcans
really leverage their composition around for someone to not just take it out of the hero pool,
but also save the Malga for Gushwey to be able to play.
Okay, what are we looking at? What are we looking at there?
Yeah, I think a lot of people's mind is going to go to if weibo or even like
gg gaming is this China's year to really make a big splash on an international as well.
Oh, hello. That's not saving the Malga.
In fact, that's removing it from play.
So China, we've always seen them rely on Mauga on control.
They play it on control, they play it on flashpoint, they play it with Shion, the Reaper,
some teams play it with the cat, where we've seen the dive variant of the Mauga to set
up the spam on the black line to instantly force like Suzy, teleport, get a pick off
very, very quickly.
You've seen that with the Lucia, so just be able to run at them directly with the speed
boost.
This is the first time that we'll really be seeing a Chinese team play control with the
Mauga out of the way.
Yeah, they found that one.
Straight up!
And the Sojin as well, taking that away from Shy.
Good work from Falcons to be said.
Now, Kusui, it's starting in the roster here today.
Hmm, sort of a sub or so yesterday from Wayvo.
Yeah, so Sunzo is the Sigma player. If Gushway's in, it tends to be the Mauga or if they're banning it, the Rematra.
As the shy will continue with destroyer, they try to win the play yesterday, lost a fight, had to swap him very quickly onto the Reaper though.
We'll see how it fares, how long it stays on the field.
Spalken's running Merit on the Bastion with Checkmate on the Simps, teleport him right.
Such a nice map to do on as well with the sim.
Very easy to traverse this giant crevice in the center of the map.
Someone setting up really early, very forward position.
It's up to Waybo to kind of poke, prod, and then hopefully Shai gets an open pick with the faults.
There's the teleport strap, the high ground trying to make a nice little flank angle for themselves,
but Waybo expecting this, already tops up to full HP.
Steve Valken's taking the front of the damage as they lose Chiyo first.
first. Yeah great rotation from Wayvo, perfectly kiting out the Bastion form. Although Gushway
left behind gets hit by the lock and someone vulnerable taking down. Wayvo gets the cap,
but how long can they hold the point without attack? Yeah not too much longer. Another teleport
and they're just catching them off. This is just expert play from Checkmate so far,
TPing into such good spots and a lot of body blocking there from someone too, just making
sure Gushway can't get healed. Yeah we'll see how our Wayvo can disrupt the Symmetra's
teleporter as well. Now that Team Hawkins are in control of this base, it becomes much harder for
Weigur to be able to play that port pressure as you're already losing players. But Guixuei
actually closed up the distance. Just nemesis-form pummels right through Hawkins' front line.
Enough to wait though. Tensively for Merrick to get out of that turret form.
Now he can move on to the point. Someone's going to be a tricky
sigma to deal with. Although eventually with this flank from a lead, it should be enough
to get off the points. Well, there's a, there's a bonus that connects with someone.
Shite managed to beat that over the shield and making sure he couldn't move anywhere.
Good pick up from Lebo as they now get a flip.
They're totally boxers, Vulcans, right into one main lane, one main choke.
Lebo do have to watch out for, yes they have Mac as rush, but someone with the flux
can totally disrupt any momentum taken from it or feel that can just match as
Merit, he's on to the Cassidy. He's seen how aggressive Waiver wants to play.
He's going to try to slow things down, punish if they try to get aggressive with Gushwai with the Flashbang.
Lee Sumit on his own though, but it doesn't seem to matter. There's the Flux, Lee Sumit.
He's fine. Good Susan from Marker. Now the tide of last comes out.
Pops on himself, goes a little bit, aggression straight to the back, and that's a knockdown.
That's a double in fact.
Sam Barrett from Shio's going to help Merit stay alive for the time being. Same with Fielder,
But checkmate doesn't have getting run over by Lee fashion back now a spring is back pocket
But Falcons have the numbers no supports and labor gaming so no chance for Lita make an impact
Would be a waste to pop this up to as a blip
So far way up to 66. Yeah, they just say fielders watch they rely on someone with the flux to match
Mackers
Well, actually see Maca. Yeah, just going for a very fast roll. I providing speed boost of course walking back onto the Kirikou
leave with the spray but Fulton should be able to just teleport out of the way of it if they can scout out where that
Shion comes from
Okay, give me this, uh, those carrots first. Thank you.
Well, that hit the ship. Um, lucky Shion, pretty hard to do it the best of times. There we go. Gooshway's in.
Teleport away, there's the wall. Checkmate is walked off the edge of the map. Okay. Well, checkmate, unfortunately my son, we caught that in 4k.
You're just gonna go down league to follow who's where he gets a tissue it is back to
Watch that rock. There's the annihilation and wave of gaining run over falcons. I mean, what was that?
Do you know I have his teleport keep on maybe we have to check checkmate some glasses
As
Vulcans at least will have that dead. I it will be relying right Merit with the high noon
trying to find these pics of someone can flex them up or you can just run the
teleport the teleports used to just get my soul. Nice TP, again they're just so so
decisive. There you go he's made up for it. Good teleport. Oh Lee sumim down. There you go
all right okay 95% play the game and they know they just have to int onto the
point get this fight over with. This is close though it will come down to a
a whole ult on the fight.
Volkans, they can last this out too.
This can truly be brutal as Wave Oak have to take a little bit of time.
Maka not yet with that rush.
If they push too quick, Volkans will punish.
He's been so close to his title boss as well.
Nose Teleporter is down, so he can play a bit more of an aggressive angle.
There's the rush, blocks 2, trying to protect the facts.
They've managed to secure two kills there.
Mark and Lee have already dead, Bowler's kills merit, but now Chiyo pushing people forward with the Beats.
Kusui, Foulters, crumbles to dust, Team Falcons have the point, and they've got the round.
Yep, Ultracken, just perfectly on point for Falcons.
Understanding, TP down, you're going to be vulnerable, that's when they'll try to make that move, use the rush,
Hip burst, hip fast, use your ultimates, guarantee you get the kills, take the Kirikou, I'll
pass the sign barrier afterwards, the pack is already out of focus, there he goes, that's
so dirty from Pog.
That's perfect from Pog, what are you talking about?
Oh, poor check mate.
I want to see that in slow motion first.
You want to see that in slow motion?
You don't, you hate overlock, you're going down.
Wow.
behind us as well, Moxie. So I need to twist the minds of that drum. Team Falcons fans have
it as well. Let's jump on to the second round now. Someone still on sick. Merit, Cassidy.
Same kind of situation here for Weber, but Lee's zoom in on the cat, making use of that
aerial verticality now on this point. Yeah, on the cat. Going to have to go up against
Merit on the Cassidy though. That hits down will make it very hard for Lee's zoom in to
move around this map. A lot of high grounds defense though to be fair to kind of counteract
that point. Realistically though you dipping in like this is going to be dangerous at least
who knows it, at least who takes halfs it. I'm good. I'm just going to go back to the
rest of the team. You can safely deal with your team but the moment you get aggressive
you have to hope that the cast is looking the other way. Oh shy, you're so moooong.
Same with Marca, you've got to be careful. Mary's just kind of walking forward and taking
kills oh my goodness oh they're super fully got changed recently a little
nerve on the castle you look like madame you can't you can't really tell it still
does a whole bunch castle still one of the best DPS in the game currently and
Vulcans will be able to sweep that first fight to secure the first cap now does
Leecemen swap or do they try to stick with the cat no there we go
Best than the Zuki, but because this walk is narrow, you don't have the Sanctuary pre-brought to be able to absorb the impact of things like that, Dead Eye.
You do at least have the chain to be able to bypass someone's shift. Adds more damage from your post.
Oh TP, look at that, Lee Soon-Nin on the hedge almost.
Shio though, near to life, look at that, Vortex ends up killing him off, but Shai does take a bullet to the head that hand cannon from Merit is hitting.
Teleport as well is going to put him in a good spot for the Flots to connect to a Gooshway.
That's going to signal the end of the fight. Look at those assist tooth.
The entirety of the team shooting Gooshway out of the sky.
Yeah, but that's two ults committed from Vulcans.
Hence why they're taking so long to take Makka out of this fight.
They know. Wei, though, exhausted nothing. They just walked on to the point.
The Falcons only picking up 37% have to look for late kills to be able to get past halfway
Now you're looking at that I bet here comes Waybo approaching all of their olds to be able to walk forward
Dooshway with that annihilation one-sided rush to focus on the perfectly kindness
ATV Marcus managed to get out though a quick teleport forward again Waybo now looking to push on to the point with the Oaks
However high noon cost of war like you can't really play around this if you ever you have to wait this out
It's tough. There is the bowler doesn't hit anybody at all shy taking it off angle now
But leave is trying to do the most to spree to the back line but merit their rules backward cool
Calm collected on the cast team falcons running away with this man
Oh, who's trying to hear a moment though, and he's dead
Here comes the panic swaps right you lost your players so late. Someone has to go to the point to touch
to go in. It's so sad. Oh, the
proof of the internet and put
down. Lisa means going to get
back to with a sanctuary in
just 2% but. Oh, Moxie. It's
all over overtime. Sure. It's
here. Ain't going to last too
much longer. Very does end up
falling down. Sure. And they
got the sanctuary to play around,
but as soon as that disappears,
absolute slaughter on this round, 100 to 0 as shy and mucka are finished off.
And it's going to be a 2-0 to team Falcons to start off the series.
Yeah, and Falcons not relying on the Malgoban to be able to do it.
Way though, exhausted the Malgoban from their own side.
We're starting to see what happens when some of these teams don't have access to the strategies
that they've drilled practice for hers for so long I think they wanted to take it out so they weren't predictable
especially like when you know that Vulcans will be relying on strategies like the Symmetra how
viable is the Malga you'll just be able to teleport out of this land engagement strategy but
it looks so clean from Vulcans especially that second round like when you hit your stride when
when you have all of those perks, and Merritt hits shots like it's that!
That was freakish for Merritt.
Oh my god.
Yeah, Vulcans.
I mean, yesterday they were humble.
They said that they did not feel like they could go all the way to lift that trophy up again.
They wanted to see how far they could go, but when you're having matches like that,
you're not.
Just a contestant.
You're a challenger.
Oh, and he's just a, he is a stone cold killer.
I urge you to look at the player cam as soon as we swap over to American POV, he doesn't, he feels like he doesn't even blink, he's a machine.
Alright, Lavo, chance to choose a map, they want to take this to 3, they want to win the series ID, otherwise you're going to get knocked down to that lower bracket where you again have to fight for your life with the playoffs on the line.
Will it be neon junction is the question because they looked really drilled on it versus liquid, right?
They were able to cap with almost three minutes
Blasted through first point within first fight did not slow down second did not slow down third
Very quickly lost the first fight on defense just as quickly lost all of second
But they were able to totally still light liquid
holding on third for so long, some really clutch moments that they were able to find those picks off with a rush from Macca, then getting to play that defensive positioning, making it so hard for you to be able to find that backline.
The caveat though with picking the on junction is that falcons have shown that they have a very strong the on junction themselves
In fact, they were the fastest series yesterday, although they full hold versus the fuel on that very map
We'll see always gonna be the classic we just go to a flash point. Oh, we go one. No, sorry. We go to Atlas. Yes
They're no other flashpoint maps.
There's only one flashpoint map.
They seem like one.
That exists.
Substitution.
Yeah, suns are.
Okay, so we'll be playing some Sigma then.
Probably Neon Junction.
I would expect.
Yeah, I mean, no shot would go into Atlas with Sigma.
No.
Possible, but not ideal.
So then, yeah, expectation would be
Neon Junction.
This is sort of a good curveball to pro our teams. It is still a precious map in the pool
People still trying to work out strategies around it making it very easy
I feel for teams to pick up tempo especially on first fight and second
Do they try to target at the Symmetra would be my question now
Don't mind the man
I would I would quite like to see a sim back like the same wall the teleport to be able to set up merit to take
So many of those angles deny the engagement opportunities that way both were looking for as well
Plus just like 70p to escape out of alts
See if Sunzone can be the difference maker
Falcons look very warmed up after that first round. It was 100 to zero on the next
Obviously the best spoke about it, but they are the title defenders coming in at two midseason a one last year
You saw that B roll footage of someone sparkle jumping around with that trophy. They're ready to crush some more keys
Yeah, different team though
Is the thing they they lost quite a few of those players from the 2025 roster
And they lost merit for a whole bunch of time for their region playoff stages as he was
Out of commission due to that injury
Recovers comes back in feels honestly like he was never there
like never absent is fitting in so quickly. Just coordinating with this team so well.
And speaking about coordination, we have band chance from the audience.
Vulcans, they have a lot of bands.
They're always showing up on fours. They wouldn't seem to take the trophy again.
Of course they do. Even with the different pieces on their team. Doesn't matter.
Still holds the reputation in Overwatch for being one of the very best teams to do it in OWCS.
See is that a different drum to the TN drum?
They're keeping their chairing the drum.
No, they brought their own one.
Drums are not that expensive.
I don't know.
Is this the thing?
Imagine trying to walk up to your airport and be like,
Yes, I would like to get my drum brookly.
Well, you put it on your, you know, the bring on is carry on.
You can't put it under the chair.
Do you risk putting it through checked?
People put guitars through check all the time.
just have a good case. That has to be a whole lot of bubble wrap to make sure that drum
does not get pierced. Yeah, it'd be hard. Not sure about transport instruments are not
a instrumental kind of person. Yeah, true. Wait a second. I'm spitting. Get that guy
on the stage. He's been where were they in Tokyo? Not able to qualify. Also, as we said,
the game. They're not able to
qualify for the traditional
regional playoffs. They are
here because they are defending
that title. Wow. They look like
a fresh new team. The thing is
Jake said on the desk, though,
it's like, okay, they didn't
make it short, but the level of
talent across multiple teams
like, come on. They're still
well, be as they still well.
trade in that region. It's so difficult to be like, okay, I'll need three of you guys
could make it.
Yeah. Puckett's been saying it, right? 44% of players competing have been from that
region.
It's like, oh yeah. Wow. You didn't qualify for your region playoffs because you're
qualifying in the toughest region. Crazy racoon. Zeta. T1 Zeta.
Neon Junction!
You were right.
As expected, the prophecy comes to pass.
We swerve, there's the smetro band.
We swerve a second map of Atlas.
I'm sure Atlas will be on the cards rank 3 if we find out how to go with that.
And that is an if.
We've seen Neon Junction from both of these teams as we said, Waybo, we're able to full
cap.
Like, that is achievement.
We have so many hybrid maps which is so hard to be able to pull push, neon junctions up
there.
Being able to push for a third, once the defense wins one fight, it's so hard to get into position
to find early pick offs and that's something that we've seen Polkens doing a very good
job of just totally denying Weibo the opportunity on control.
Just not allowing any chances for those picks early on for Weibo to be able to control the
the second map. I meant you
before it was a preseason boot
camp and also last year, A W C
slash midseason championship
that way. But took Falcons to
five. Mm. Well, you know,
but I wasn't 20 25. Don't
worry about that one. That was
a three. But Oh, hey, look to
your favorite. They're back
You should see serve us there are a 1 million of them. It's true. It does feel a little bit like you just sort of like broke open a lot of red and
Summon the birds Prod trolling. Quick pause. Don't worry about it.
to make sure that you can't go
for that double flex, put a lot
more hook pressure through.
Taking away as well the resources
afforded to something like a
she on and a tracer.
As historically we saw Webo
literally take me on Junction
20 seconds.
Also it took them to be able to
to be able to overpower liquid
on the first fight. Holkins held
their ground, though, the whole
time quickly resetting the lobby
right now. Bands were
incorrect. We'll get those
sorted. And then we'll jump in
don't want any mistakes. And
then we'll get locked. Very
easy problem to fix all
good. Not a problem. Simple
yet effective. Let's go
Falcons.
Let's go Falcons. A lot of the scarves, jerseys and everything. I'm surprised you're wearing a scarf, I'm gonna be honest. But, you know what?
It's fake, it's still pretty hot in here.
Do you know what I identify with that sign? I'm so happy someone else is just as bad as drawing as I am.
Oh my, is it cat? Is it an axolotl? It's perfect.
Yeah, see, what do you think? Cat or Axolotl?
That looks like...
...an Axolotl.
Yeah, it has the fins.
It looks perfect.
I don't know the official term. I feel like Zoe, she knows so many random facts.
She was watching...
The official term?
17 nature documentaries on the plane while I slept.
Yeah, you had the same flight. You just slept the whole day.
Except the whole time Zoe was...
...locked in.
...binging watching nature documentaries.
She's cooking for the facts.
She does. She throws us with some amazing animal backs.
Let's get onto it, though.
The vans are correct this time around.
The vans in the lobby, that is, the teams have not changed their vans.
It was just the vans in the lobby itself.
Sin banned for Weibo as they start out on their attack.
Falcons banning that Wu Yang don't want to have that extra pressure from the poke.
As they lock in Shiyou with that Mizuki for the defense.
Yeah, Weibo showed this before having that really good damage.
the poke. Why they really are trolling you. Jack cast means that we get a million. They're
everywhere. They'll find so many. I know chat at the moment will just be spamming. Let's have a look
at this defense though as well. Chetmate on the May. This is going to rely on leave and shy,
getting an opening pick to make Sonzo's life a little bit easier on this Sigma and something
like this might just be how they crack this first point open. Far off the lead, shy Friar.
Yeah, Far is so hard to shut down for both the May and that Mizuki, right? Chiyo being
able to try and hit chains on Leith, a much harder task than trying to catch them onto
Sunzo or Shy, so a lot of pressure on Merritt to be able to hit these shots, as Far off the
way though, onto point they go. Sunzo takes one million damage as he moves two feet onto
to the point, sure, I mean that's gonna be the big problem, again, you're relying on
Shai to pick up kills, look at that old Charger ready though, 70% or so, honor the Freya, but
it's Lee Soo Min that goes down first, the eventuality of this comp cannot be understated
especially with checkmate on this main, walls are nice, gets a double.
I mean that's Simba, right, just stops Wago from instantly putting that EPS behind all
He opens on the off angle on the high ground, so I've checked Nick Merritt to just shoot for DPS when Shiro
Chainsunzo the moment he's on that point trying to create space for Shy and he needs to work with
Shy has more than ultimate up, but there were no kills off of the back of it
So Wavo can't even go through a fast push when they know that's falting to weak
Kilda's got a rush too already, like look at that, that's how much damage Shy's been doing
He would all the way up by Fielder
Polis in the hand, or Pola in the hand, of Shy, getting an angle on someone again, gonna be tough.
No one's really beating him, don't wanna over swing or anything like that, cause you will get one tap by Shy and Lee.
Now, checkmate checking again, Shy drops a sub 50 HP, but pops the flock of the mate really early on.
Very early pop of the Suzu too, but Mark gets lifted high in the sky, can't quite save himself either.
That's a solo kill from someone with the Flux.
They're still going to use this rush on the point as the Sanctuary from Shio could be what they need to kind of patch up the wounds here.
Checkmate Govon, lead shy.
They're going to crack this one open.
Wave-O gaming now can push on the point.
Yeah, the Falkens pushed back with Rush.
Is that even possible to win this fight there with the Rush?
They feel so.
That's way over eager.
I mean Sanctuary to absorb Barrage.
Wave-O just hold me like that.
They've got two, they've got sanctuary now, yeah, Chia's gonna use it.
They've only got two tips, so maybe there's a chance here, but Lee's waiting in the Wings
Garage straight on top of the head of someone.
He's so down low.
And yeah, using that grass to absorb all those missiles leaves him pretty vulnerable.
It blizzed on the point for Checkmate, but it is Team Falcons.
They're throwing in ults and then making it work.
Checkmate feel the end up coming up with kills, but you've got to deal with Sundo eventually.
They're off point as well, so if you're Waybo, you're happy that you drew those old type of Vulcans
towards the tail end of that fight, right? They don't have them to be able to shore up their resources.
The first fight, second, Merritt has the dead eye, but Lee Sinman can perfectly react to Sanctuary.
Just absorb all of that pressure. You don't have to save it to be able to lift room of Blizzard or the Flux.
Play the Sanctuary on the corner to keep him in an aggressive position.
Yeah, if you can catch onto someone's position to build the Healing of Spasigma, that's really...
Not exactly faking them in the release wave, though, not kind of falling to this push that could result in them getting cleaned up by this Jedi from Merrick, on his own little angle here with Fielder.
I mean, he's getting so close to rush, actually.
There's Builder, off of just the punk that they're taking.
Oh, checkmate.
He's not gonna kinda spot this guy out, guy just,
okay, just goes to solo kill and shy.
Sure, he's on the high ground, completely isolated and alone,
but no one's checking him.
Nice little blocks from actually stopping Sunzo from moving past that wall.
That's huge from Polkens, too.
They just got early pressure on Delissu,
and then forced his entry, just for the base healing alone.
not to absorb the pressure of things like that dead iso, Hulkin's in perfect position to totally bleed out the time back Wavo had available.
Double support ult, Mako will have rush, Sunzo ahead on that flux, but Wavo, they're going to leave onto the shield and they want to have that flank potential.
Oh, nice rock. Terminal Velocity there straight towards Sunzo and there's the Sanctuary.
Clux is going to connect too, but he's going to slam back down and instinct killing someone.
An aggressive push, Faulted here. Falcons, they used Sanctuary to try and get one up on Weibo, but
Sunzo again kind of standing tall. There's been a big difference maker so far.
Guixue stepping out and you can see why they want to have him on Sigma on this map.
Yeah, Shite here will be fresher for Falcons. Have to deal with Falcons though.
more ultimates in the fight, Waybo have to respect the fact that Falkens will be able to regroup before they find that cap.
It's all about what Shai can get done with this prayer ult.
Yeah, Mark is spanning the boost head, he's making sure everybody knows that Rush is available.
Same with Kildo though, he's gonna pop on that Elm and unfortunately, yep, Chiyo, caught in the wrong place, wrong time.
Oh, the high noon, he's gonna get too much.
Oh, not why. Nice dancing there from Sunzo.
He's got his tattoos on. Straight to the face of Merit.
In fact, like when you sub different players into tanks, you can have a specialist, right?
And Sunzo just makes that Sigma absolutely sing.
Perfectly cycling the cooldowns, absorbing any opportunity for Merit to use that dead eye as we head to third.
But this could be where we see the domino impact of losing time on second.
This is the time that we see Lee fight the angle that Falkens aren't expecting.
Absolutely dominated.
They do trade though with Shy.
It does give Wave a chance to push on, and just hold in this choke point.
It's so crucial that you keep that tempo too.
If you let Falkens win one fight based on that backline,
Wave won't be able to touch them.
I don't know what they got left.
Some go not too far behind.
Lizzie, for checkmate 2, again, finding it off Fango has been his fourth aid,
for the time being.
Vulcan's just playing full preventive at this point.
They don't want to oversell their position when Wavos can punish,
more than happy to let the time burn down
and just clear the lanes that Wavos tried to take.
They didn't play in the NA game.
If you come to us, we'll wall you off, no problem.
Oh, high ground from Marek.
He didn't quite check that angle, but he put down a sanctuary anyway.
A double sanctuary in flag lead.
Trying to find an angle to actually do damage,
but Marek just dropped straight on his head.
Gumber stops him.
Brilliant sanctuary from Chia as well.
Fully absorbs the pressure from the screen.
On leaves end and waiver, yeah, they lost that fight on third.
Now you lose the tempo, you still have to walk to the placid.
Now you have to walk into the flux, the dead eye, and the rush.
In cycling, those ultimate spots should be up to complete a halt.
It's rocked.
Flux is gonna hit too as well.
Someone absorbing all that damage with the grasp, it don't matter.
Sunzo unrelenting for frozen straight up.
A good dead eye, Blizzard combo, halts this push.
They traded the Sigma, Silver bullets from Merit are still hitting on the side, but needs to get a little bit closer.
A little bit more effective range there, required.
There's now Falcons, they used the Rush to stabilize the fight again. 40 seconds to go for Wave-O to complete.
Yep, Rush buys you time for someone to come back into this fight. Merit, fight side!
You can't fight here! Oh, and he gets a second one as well!
That's for it all for Wave-O, that might be Mast.
He's just so clean.
He's back. Oh, no. Oh
Lake you can't leave me too much makes it away
But can anyone from way though actually make possible to one point the chains kill it
Someone's gonna touch way boat. You're gonna get your moving shoes on you gotta run
They're gonna try with venture all the body block two seconds to go the body block the body block the wall not quite
The payload regressed enough, but the fight is broken down and falcons
Just hunting their prey
a good haul of good defense no extra rounds are gonna be acquired it feels
like neon junction might be the new Havana
allow impenetrable the third point it's like look how hard it was because not
only do you have to worry about walking through main where you can't see the
backline you also have to worry about those high ground angles that merits
right so when you work for a main the Cassidy just there to be able to play off the chain
tempo. I want to just real quick in that double merit not this one but the one previous.
The way he puts himself up against the wall hits the roll so his crosshair doesn't move
and it's just like he just he's so into it with Cassy or just the gameplay. It's the
min max right it's making sure that you have as little time as possible between taking
those fights so that you don't get traded because you're taking a one versus two.
There are two players who have an opportunity to be able to kill you, but
those late picks from Falcon, it totally stops any opportunity from Waybo's
regroup. Like it forces you to have to go on to Venture to be able to try to get
past the team holding at choke. Then we have the Ice Block, Body Block,
followed by the Maywall Block, and then your Venture's utility, it's all burned.
No one else from Weibo is in position to be able to keep that overtime going.
Merritt, not on the Cassie just yet, seeing if anyone from Weibo peaks a little bit too far forward on the winner,
but first swapping right back to it, and top one actually on the rematch,
so Falkins will try to just run at them.
Yeah, no one's fallen for that since 98, so we're not going to see that.
Never again if there was one, although never say never, Violet from Playbook T.
Alright, well, they're going to try and take Statue Control first.
Yeah, Weber Gaming play a little bit different defense pushing way farther off than Falcon's
game.
Yeah, wanting to play a little bit more open space as well, just to checkmate on that me,
having to be very careful about where exactly they take this fight, not wanting to have
that tank totally cut off from his heels.
Oh yeah, don't wanna mess with that.
Shies off HP, besides yet, not today, not gonna die randomly to Merit.
A blood trade, look what happened, the air-cooler explodes.
Yeah, trade denied, someone just trying to find any kill.
That would allow Falkens with closest bombs to run at Weibo when they're one player shot,
forcing them to have to hold a little bit more back behind the point,
and allow Falkens to take that space to set Merit and checkmate up.
But that strategy totally denied, Falkens back to the drawing board,
back to trying to find an opening pick.
But now that Weibo have the chance to defend, they're not making it easy.
Oh, rock to the back.
Checkmate almost going the way the Dynastore's there. Has to put the block instead.
Chiyo though, the one to explode. Again, another two player mission to try and get a flank angle on to the Sigma.
But it's just not happening. Wayvo, their defense is strong.
Yeah, Sunzo's been able to blow up the flux too, so killed us one-sided rush.
Look at Sunzo.
I just you told you to take me down.
He's blind on the statue right now. T-Falcon's gonna have to use this rush to try and get past it.
Flux from Sunzo's good.
Marriage dead, someone's 1 HP.
I mean, there's not really much they can do from here.
She's also dead. This is an unbelievable,
look at the remarkable defense from Lebo playing this far up.
I mean, Sons of living as well versus the May.
Like, Polkens are trying to do everything that they can.
Wall them up when he's setting up that position
to be able to flut-stop the rush,
but they can't find the kill on tank.
And Lebo, meanwhile, just taking Polkens' fishes to absolute town.
Last fight, still a little bit away,
so Falcon's more opportunities, but at the moment it feels like Wave are just impossible to unseat.
I know Abril's somewhere pumping his fist right now seeing Sun-Zo playing,
but maybe it's Sun-Zo. I'm not entirely sure to be honest, the way he's playing right now,
he might as well be. Nice kill on to Marker, however that Sanctuary's gonna prove a quite a
top situation for Marek, but apparently not so much. I mean, he's sitting against his head,
ripped off, and that is Wave against Defensive, eventually failed. A good team kill, but Falcon's
still with a lot of time drained off of their bank and the true difficulties we
know still ahead for Fultons to have to deal with I do like the filter swap on
to Juno it allows someone to be much more proactive about running towards
Wavo speaking though about proactivity checkmate unchecked gets the war
onto some so yeah rock doesn't matter too much there yet some day with too much
too much a kind of deal with palkins and someone playing on the remarks of
being able to just run at people it's the car this is the bread and butter of the
the main is the war for Ramaracha, Runzirya and Yedem.
Yeah, I mean you just get speeder-ing as well from Builders and everyone to be able to run in with that nemesis form.
Soon Balkans will be equipped with the Orbital Way as well to run directly at Weibo.
When there's no flux, no sanctuary to be able to absorb the damage to this as Balkans revolve because of the fight.
Weibo has to find kills to shut it down.
WDPS ult for Weibo, great tough to get this spree on an off angle though.
Although saying that, Fielder, went pretty low. Instantly, the WHOA LEAVE!
I double on the backline, the last just usage of the spree ends up getting both supports straight after Fielder used Wraith.
Yep, and split from someone as well. He was playing low ground. Fielder, Chiyo, they were all stacked high, trying to find a drop onto Weibo to hit their backline with that Wraith.
a reset and a change of calm.
Yeah.
I mean, Suzu for flux has to be right.
Alright, Merrick still on a heater.
It feels like getting here something to put them right now.
There's nothing.
Oh, someone's going to be off on the train tracks.
We see him in teleports away.
Good hedgehog to shy sense in Brailing.
There's the flux dashes out the way.
Yeah, oh dearie me. Again, Maipo looks so damn strong when they can play their own game, when they can utilize Sunzo to the best of his ability on the Sigma. They look like a completely different team.
Such a late kill on someone as well, Lee Suman has been doing such a good job with the chains on this Mizuki, so they have to stop Falkins picking up the momentum.
momentum. The engagement totally denies that we're having to find space for the DPS to work with, but Paul Kim's last time there was right first with the outcome fight. Now we'll see if they can break second with it too.
Blizzard? Checkmate? Tendo's on the long side of the fight right now and teleport in. Oh! Teleporting to his demise! Marker tried to save the day there. Asunzo separated thanks to that long range yeet to the Blizzard.
I honestly would have preferred to see a hold of that rush as
Mark, there's no way yeah
You're just running loose here to be able to speed everyone from way though
I just want a little bit faster try to get one more fight crammed into second the fully head first
All the high new for merit is gonna make this rather tough
Sanctuary is gonna come in to two meters to go and now as merit is looking for people all and look at that
Fancy footwork on leave and shy he's gonna clean up with the bowler
someone get a rocked even in that annihilation it's gonna be a team kill
for Waybo with 40 seconds to go final fights
yeah look at this
connected with Merit's hate
yeah and then just dances on that back line no one's looking at him
totally uncontested prove that fight
Falcon's ball and we go to last fight territory someone's on the right they
We have 20 seconds left to try to get through Wabo and onto point.
Nisumin couldn't be more 1HP.
My goodness, he is critical health right now and has to rejoin the rest of the team.
Shy by the way, yeah, that's another bowler straight into the back too.
He's gonna force the blocker into chain, maybe they still need to manage to make it to the point.
Three seconds to go, there's the spring in the small room, a lot of that shield is gonna eat it all up.
But...
And they don't even touch...
Wabo gaming...
with an immaculate defense on Neon Junction.
They're taking us to a map free.
As Chinese overwatch back,
this feels like the most competitive we've seen this region be for a very long time.
Flavor's first seed for a reason, Neon Junction, what a great map.
A risk for sure we talked about.
The fact that Vulcans defended perfectly yesterday.
But they're able to find the full push, and then they're able to hold on second, bleeding timeout
that's cemented for a band coming in absolute clutch to make it so much harder for the DPS
to take those angles to instantly put the pressure on the back lines.
Sansa does his job so well, as well.
You can see how much it means to the players too.
every win the way they know they can go all the way against Falcons they've done
it before they can do it again a map number three come in your way in just a
moment but first a quick jump down to the stage before we lock in cheers guys
yet we're going to mat 3 Paris how we doing
You've got a good crowd out here, Lou.
Yeah, yeah, I'm actually really pleasantly surprised.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very important question for you.
I have a very important question to ask you.
Who is here to support Weibo Gaming?
That's good.
What about the title defenders?
How about Team Falcons?
once again and one more time we're all wondering who's gonna get this not three
and lock their spot in the playoffs is it gonna be we both good crowd good
crowd but the Falcons fans have drums so let us hear you is it gonna be TV
I'm not sure, you know, I feel like the Weebo fans are maybe a bit more numerous but it's
true that the Falconbirds have been doing an amazing job. Ian, who's taking it?
Oh, that's, you're putting me on the spot. The answer I have is we will find out. Of
course, one of these two teams will put their spot in the playoffs. Let's find out.
Alright, map number three coming up.
one more map to decide who advances to the playoffs, the 2-0 record.
Gooshway in, Sun-Zo out.
This feels like Atlas.
This feels like Atlas hulking too, losing that neon junction, get the opportunity for
first ban.
This I feel is where we see the Malaga ban from their side.
I feel could punish the fact that way about banned the mauga themselves on control
Yeah, especially the goose ray like where do you pivot if your goose ray?
Ram
Probably but that plays perfectly into falcon hands. That's what they've done yesterday
Mauga ban force Ram mirror win the Ram mirror. Yeah, someone's winning that nine times out of ten
And that one might be the miracle that Waybo needs because they can take them all the way.
It's always been the tipping point.
It's just the hurdle you need to overcome and a heck of a hurdle it is.
Simban's gone as well.
Is the issue for Waybo.
Like they were able to deal handily with Falken, stopping them before they could get DPS in
problematic positions.
But you can't do that anymore.
And I don't see fulcrums differing, Ban. I feel like this has to be a Malga Ban.
Yeah. There's no chance that Waverill have the opportunity to take pro's ban, save a tank, defend against the Malga.
There it's been hit into. Kasti's been so powerful. It's just still such a good hero right now, especially with how
prevalent Cat and Bastion is.
Well, there's the MTC. That's gonna be Gushways in just a moment.
I'm going to be joining the rest of the team. Let's see where we go, but your bet is on
Atlas, my bet is on Atlas as well.
Yeah, I think like for Falcons, you're probably punching the air when you saw that band draft
on control, like, oh, you'll take the Malgo away yourself. We don't have to burn a ban
on it, so if we drop map 2, we go map 3, we get first ban, we can still target it, perfect.
I mean, if you're Webo though, you have to be expecting this.
You have to know, Simran likely the composition that Falkens will try to force you on too.
How well can they play versus it is the question.
They struggled versus the Sim on map 1, they banned it out map 2 so they did not have to
deal with it, which means they still have to find an answer.
that come in the form of new hero picks do you try to just push forward with
something like a vendetta potentially a hazard to be able to disrupt the
Symmetra teleport I mean have we seen good way on the hazard yeah I mean it's
not an uncommon pick but against that sim it's still tough yeah Symmetra does
break the game in a way where it gives heroes with almost no mobility like
infinite mobility. But it is on a timer. Yeah, it is on a timer. Same issue as Cat, that at least
tied to a timer and also tied to, hey, you have to go through teleport, you can break teleport.
Cat lifeline just is endless unless unless you kill that Cat.
Yeah, there's not too many edges to check, like the war coffee, though, this maps.
You're really just going to hop on that poor guy. And that's not going to be in the replays
out for this series as it will be.
Oh check and mate to production team I feel too.
Ops team specifically for that one.
People aren't going to complain.
That might be my favourite keyboard.
Hold on.
We're cooking.
Translucent Pink P-Cams.
Yeah looks good.
Heck yeah.
Wave over like there's so much pressure on them.
I feel like Chinese Overwatch has been out of the scene for a very long time.
There's so much expectation, so many of these players, we've seen them through the years
for so many different matters, and then we lost sight of them for a little bit of time.
They came back. The game had evolved, had moved on, played faster.
The question was like, these are old players, do you still have that reaction time?
Can you still keep up with the young blood?
Yes.
Pueblo, there's so much on the line, it's not just about proving that Chinese contenders
can still hang with the rest of the regions, it's also proving that you still deserve your
spot as a player on a roster.
Oh, yeah, you're tired of Atlas?
There we go, I'll do the translation of that sign.
What did you say?
I'm tired of Atlas in French.
When we get to the first of 3s, that is when we'll see human mass, little deviation in the game.
I love that production, I was so surprised I could do the live translation, I just got a, you speak French?
Contextual clues, your biggest friend?
Well no actually, I did 6 years of French.
I actually got an A in it, so if you don't know the the British education system, it is actually
fully mandatory that we have to study French or German when we're in primary school.
And then when you go to high school that continues. You have to do a minimum of three years. I took
took an extra year of it, past within eight.
Came back to France, found out, yeah, my French,
not up to scratch, correct me.
If you're not practicing a tonne, it's difficult
to kind of keep it popping, you know.
Just waiting for Gouchouay to set up.
Shouldn't be too much longer on the Gouches
and at the end of the day,
we want to make sure he's in fighting form here
for this map three, going all the way again.
that. The good news for
Weibo is that this is still
upper bracket. We're not yet at
the matches where a loss means
key crush right and dreams
crushed as you are sent out of
the tournament that that we
reserve for the next four
matches that will follow this
one. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Lot of
key crushing today. Some people's
nearly about ready. Just a guy under the table making sure the computer is plugged in. I'm not sure
he's doing it or not. I'm just assuming. Ah yes, the true pinnacle of tech support. Have you tried
making sure this turned on? Is it switched on? Then I don't know what your problem is.
Turn it off, then turn it on again as the problem is solved. It solves so many things apart from
maybe or kick it winning a series that solves not many things i will argue doesn't make you speak
quick it doesn't make you i don't know like growing up on countryside no router like we we had to slam
the router a few times what when when was it today yesterday no me growing up oh growing up scottish
country side were you getting like 100 kilobits a second oh it was worse we we
got 15 minute sections of successful connection using those AOA AOL free
trials it's no no like exaggeration it took me a straight day to download games
off of the disk drive wait how's okay how is that possible it's right the
read the right speed of a disk drive it's not that low that's not bad at all you
made your own disk drive your own optical drive at that point well we had to
run up a hill if we want to run up a hill yeah that was the only way you must
marble yeah the first time that I walked into an actual city I was like
Wow
Has it's from the 1200 be like when they transport to the 21st century
Yeah, my home actually is a historic site
We had a Celtic settlement
Actually in our backyard
They excavated it to thankfully the audience we are just about ready. Yes, we can stop digging through my past
I can start sipping with the trolleys.
Digging through Weibo's past now.
They've sent you three map 5s versus Balkans and maybe even just toppling them here.
Gushwe is about ready to go.
He lied to me.
He informed me.
I've been lying to you for the last minute straight.
He should hopefully ready to go in just a moment.
Well, you're one map away from Weibo pulling off a what, third upset versus Balkans this wippy?
Well, they've been 3-2ed by Falcons twice now in mid-season last year and in the pre-season
in the camp.
Well, you know what they say.
Third time might be the charm.
Third time is a charm.
Oh, headsets going on.
We should be heading into match fairly soon.
I would imagine.
Just a reminder, if you're joining us, this is Upper Bracket, Webo gaining versus Vulcans,
map free, everything on the line.
And probably, Atlas, we're yet to see the map selection, we're yet to see the Bandraff,
we're expecting Malga to be targeted by Vulcans since losing Neon Junction allows them to
pick up that first ban, Webo don't get the opportunity to guard against it, now what
they could do, they can't ban the Sim.
could go for the cast of it, more than they actually, but probably the cast since if the
send's available you're playing some cast.
Yeah, so two people, two refs behind douche waver, it looks pretty locked in, so where
those key there on your screen won't be crushed after this series, after they get down to
lower bracket.
where the danger will lie. He crashed in ceremony. Oh, he's a good one. The player's
face is, I think, was he last year? Someone, I think, had some incredible, we have some
incredible clips of someone. Wait, when he was crushing keys? When he was crushing keys?
When he was crushing keys were crushed. Yeah, when he was crushing keys. I was about to say,
if we're enjoying watching players, just like their faces crushed. Oh, no, the other way
around. The other way around. Okay, I had the totally wrong end of the stick. You were
We're taking so much enjoyment watching checkmate walk off the map, I'm like...
Everybody is enjoying it all the time.
Wow, Jack.
No, someone's face when he pushes the key button or like two-hand play, I just...
Oh!
Yeah, the childhood joy of shiny button go...
Burr.
Burr is slowly getting on Gages' Keeper.
And Lodping just slowly gets shredded.
That's great.
It's a fantastic time.
So are you doing a Crab or Crab, thank you, So?
still waiting. We'll have to ask them to see her in green. Yeah, sadly you can't see the
Zoe crap. You will later, she'll do it on the desktop. Yeah, she'll do it on the desktop.
You can't actually hear me right now. No, like now on the spot, we'll text her in the chat to tell
her that she has. We just expect her to do it and she won't and then we can go, where's the
Crop Walker? I did just hear that lobby music in my ears goes, so I'm hoping we get into the game
in a moment. Looks like they've walked away and it's go, wow, it's going to be a Colosseo pick.
No more Atlas, Colosseo is the map pick and the fans, Shion and Kirikou.
Yeah, first Colosseo, actually. First push map, actually, of the whole tournament so far.
I'm excited to get in.
Kirikou Shion, now they're still available. Kirikou being targeted means that you can't
the way that a lot of these teams do like to pair with that now go. But the cast still
there, and actually that is something to talk about. Vulcans with the first fan, not going
for the tank. Instead prioritizing safe guarding the custody. They lock the DBS role with the
she on this path.
Here we go. The drums are getting louder, the crowds are getting louder as well.
The Falcon Chants are here to stay the pending champions here at mid-season EWC.
Webberganning once again taking him to the edge of one and one in this first to two.
No draws here, don't you worry about it.
Well, theoretically, if no one pushes...
It is possible, you know.
It is possible.
But highly unlikely.
You have to literally hit checkpoint, and then it'd be just a ridiculous circumstance.
Yeah.
Okay, Falkens, what composition will it be?
Someone not on the map for rolling out the Sigma merit on the expected Cathie, but no
cat to lift him up.
Fielder prioritizing sustainability with that Baptiste Chio, the speed on the Lucio.
I was not believe about damage
towards Shai just then. Yeah,
they want to play a range here.
Ideally they know Mary. It has
to be the one to kind of force
the issue. The damage onto
shy, but he's just lifted to
safe. Mac on the Anna as well.
Yeah, he's just lifted to safe.
He's mackered on the Ana, as well.
We'll make it pretty hard for Volkens to be able to run down Gooshley.
It's all about Merit finding these opening picks with the SimTP set up great rock.
But no kill off of the back of it.
What Volkens do have right now though, is objective presence until Wabblecrestamire.
It's much tougher for Shy really to be an impact in this fight,
because the Roof is fairly, fairly short for the Bastion.
You can play on the outside, that's to shoot inwards, fish rate very low, has to pop, no misses thought already.
Yeah, Merritt actually has a dead eye, off of all the points that he's been able to steer to the Bastion Cat.
Leave, abandon's the spoke, moves to the main lane, shy though, he's trying to find that flank angle, get some anti-Merritt.
They're just not letting the Bastion Cat pass.
Yeah, they're still getting meter-rich, although insignificant, realistically at this point in the game, only 16 meters on the board.
Kills like Weibo are going back to fishing for Nanogust, since they can't get anything done with this cat bastion at this moment.
Vulcan's more than happy to respect it though.
What is the record for no kills on Colosseum?
Well, that would have been about 2 minutes 40 something back when we had Shogun's first release, and we didn't have all of the plans.
Yeah, it was like, yeah, I think it was almost 3 minutes.
Yep, because it was literally just one first-
Sojourn of Railgun.
Waiting, yeah.
Well, it might change this time around.
There's a nano-boost on the bash who's going to swing forward.
Whoa, straight into the window.
It's going to be dangled there all too long.
It's going to use this ultimate though, although it looks like a very easy kicknap.
What a catnap from Lee Soo Min.
Ah, use it like a malgus land.
Right through the middle of Vulcan's Hall team.
So many players.
Just knock down versus that artillery strike and play both find the moment
the opening that they were looking for so good will see it again.
Oh, the perfect center. That's the duo you want in your ranked games.
Encouraging catastrophe.
There's the swinging again. Filled us so low.
Teleports aren't going to get them out of there but they are losing ground.
Blocks from someone. Looks like Gushre's got other ideas though.
On the high ground, changing way, checkmate, two different fights on two different angles, lead goes down,
Sambarra from Chiyo pushes in forward, Gushwe, gonna fall too soon after.
There is the push, 45 meters on the first one for Waybo.
You can see how much value Balkan's place in keeping Merit alive in this fight.
Sambarra is forced because Merit was going too low, they keep the cast alive,
now they get to try to flip the tables versus Waybo before they can set Gushwe up to run up the team with that annihilation.
Fielder about to hit the amplification matrix as well.
Wave are going to have to be very careful.
That's dead eye from Merit.
Just a large Vulcans to just push more space.
Hello, teleport.
He's going to the high ground there.
Look at that.
They're going to tell you to know, oh, Gooshway hit by a rock.
Please zoom in.
Dangling shy, straight above Merit.
Though asked to go on the retreat.
Same with Fielder.
Doesn't have jumping, gashing away.
The wall's going to come out.
Shy tipping on the other side of things.
Gooshway running forwards now, trying to separate team Falcons
from their own wall.
Crucial though, Wave are one of Vulcans.
with annihilation before Falkens can pull away with the distance lead, and Weibo are still
finding more as the fight wraps. Falkens deny the green disengagement, as Leesiumen actually
drops Gushui outside Falken's own spawn. They have to contest with their Rematra on steps,
which allows Weibo to start leading more distance. Falkens are 40 close to the checkpoint,
four ults for Weibo though, and almost at the checkpoint as well. They're off the cast too.
The first fight, they felt so much more in control, but the fact that Merit now is off
the Cassidy onto the Bastion, trying to just burst Wavering down before they can try to
fish off for some of these really heavy-hitting ultimates, is showing that they're very unsteady
at now dealing with that Bastion cap flyby since Merrick gets mobility up with a 70TP,
but Shy gets to take these off-lane spikes and put pressure on Gilda.
Yeah, Cassidy much more, like, well-equipped to deal with the Bastion in the sky rather
than the Bastion in its own.
There's the teleport onto the high ground. Swing for shy, straight in.
Kilda going really low. Lap already popped two.
There's the catnap from Lee Soo Min. Kilda lead trade.
And the healing up of shy is just not there.
You need a double support, pocketing the bash of that put.
But Lee Soo Min just dives in, cat scratches Merritt.
Gets the kill anyway.
Yeah, Falcons though, still present on the objective.
Waybo will get one more fight before Falcons starts to eclipse that lead.
Do a straight drop stand before they can find her.
Yeah, no checkpoint garnered either.
Huge turns away though, Gleave now actually onto the tracer so he can detach from the main fight.
Go put more pressure on Pilda since he's having that lamp boost so early by the flybys from Lee Seung Min and Chai.
Yeah, a lot less to worry about too with Merritt on the bash than rather than the class.
Still deadly for the tracer, but much easier to navigate around.
There's the nano boost to someone, canceled out of his own and Chai boofing people down from high ground as well.
This nano bash is just so devastating.
and T Falcons have to disengage again.
It was a great ante from Macca as well.
Falcons teleport up onto Waverose High Ground trying to catch the back line.
Macca, ante's the ground, hits someone, falls flat, and someone's on line.
Somebody's on the line now.
Fully hitting emergency buttons.
There's three and a half minutes to go.
Someone's going to be able to get out of shore, but look at this.
Checkpoint, more meters high ground.
Like, what's the ante here from Falcons?
Oh, come on. He's been dangled off the map.
They're going to clear this high ground now.
They're going to push him all the way back.
There comes the mortars.
And now the punishment of this ram,
and Falcons just trying to swing through their own wall.
He managed to take down someone.
Lee Soo Min eventually fell too.
Checkpoint in at the hands of a Wave-O gaming.
And with only three minutes to go,
Falcons, they're looking to be perfect.
Oh, they get merit.
Blade, though, which means that Falcons,
They can push, they can try to find more space on this objective, but they won't find Distance Lead and they won't be able to stop Weibo from having a fight fast on Main with Gushwe swapping to the Mauga now that someone's on the Rhine.
No more opportunity for Falcons to run away both, they'll take the fight first.
Gushwe on the Mauga, very flexible here for Weibo gaming.
Where's the post on from we as well? Like there's no Kiriko, no Susie.
Yeah, good connection, could end it all.
Gonna try and elongate this fight.
Leeb already looking for an opening, looking for a chance to pop something.
Teleport.
Make sure they can't go back.
There's the cat now.
We should be able to try and drag somebody.
Oh, the Atty is massive, but the P is better here for Chiyo.
Mark gets into the wall there by someone.
As Goosequake takes an alternate angle to try and punish them.
The Stomp is good.
Leeb takes down Fielder.
It's a dirty little trade here as Team Falcons.
They need a clean fight.
There's only two minutes to go.
And a clean fight is not what they'll find.
Mac has been so brutal with his anti-nades that Kiriko van knows Susan's.
The both, the Pulse Bomb, but the Nade as well, and Weibo dispatch Falken's lengthy fight too.
Falken's won the last one. This is the cruelty of Colosseo, right?
When you start having that distance lead for these other sides.
They're able to just set up for the next fight.
You take so long pushing the objective through Mane that they just push it a little bit more
remain force you to have to take a fight on this one angle that we're looking
just trying to write pinch you with there's the teleport the shatter and
add to someone to leave trying to look for another entrance here however these
targets gonna be a little bit annoying for it look at the mark only might all
leave takes down shield people someone to the end of using the shatter here it
looks unwise this is just way of our phone in control like Maca has been so
efficient with these mates, someone on the line has not been able to block enough of them to
stop Fielder from being forced into using immortality field in reaction. And without that cooldown,
the Baptiste and the rest of his team are just too vulnerable. This is last fight territory, Jack.
Wave 0-1 fight away for a Chinese team to continue ending up the bracket.
Can't go down, there's my Sotash, to the mega health pack.
One more fight, it's all that way, no need here.
25 seconds remain, leave with a pulse, there's the wall to open things up.
Someone already kind of dissuaded here by Gushwe, who's lingering in the back line like a tracer right now.
Where's the simtp? Gushwe waiting for that simtp, knows once it's burned that cage will find value.
No, the cage is gonna come soon, you gotta imagine it, it's gonna come in, a nice little slam there from someone,
but the cage is going to come in regardless.
Leesu Min looking for action, however, looking for somebody.
Shai takes down Meru with the artillery parades.
Leesu Min lifts him to safety, but Boushwe Maka already dead.
One fight for Volkans to be able to try to find this Leesu Min.
It's only Checkmate on the point, gets annihilated by Shai,
and now it is all onto someone.
The tag team duo Shai, Leesu Min, finish off the fights.
Shiyo, a last-ditch attempt, but it's just not to be.
They've done it.
Weibo break the curse.
They take Falcons all the way to three
and knock them down to the lower brackets.
The hopes and dreams of Chinese Overwatch
rests on the shoulders of Weibo Gaming.
and they continue in the upper bracket, emotions on their faces, pure adulation,
that they were able to complete that match. The Kiriko ban, able to keep the Mauga,
Maka had some questionable performances, I think, in the past, but that map on Colosseo,
he is a hero, those anti-names, made it almost impossible for Volkans to be able to start the
They've gone all the way two times before two, five maps in the last year.
They finally get it done versus Falcons.
You can hear the crowd. You saw in the cameras too.
The Chinese fans who always also come out in force to these LAN events.
And they can stand proud, advancing to the playoffs,
beating the returning champions in Falcons.
Huge for Weibo, means that you avoid a lower bracket run-in with some of these
really strong teams. Gives you a chance as well to be able to survey your
opponents.
Leave it down on the stage to give us some words before they advance to the
playoffs with Ly.
Indeed what is showing from Weibo, congratulations Live Gongxi. You did
Amazing and I think your fans are very happy here. You were facing very experienced players players that sometimes you have faced
Previously in your career, so how does it feel facing you know familiar faces maybe friends and do you wish to Falcons to qualify for the next stage as well?
leave首先恭喜你們成功晉級到了
就是後面好戰賽然後呢你們打對手拼法文子也是
I'm very proud of you guys. You guys are very familiar with the game.
Do you hope that the Falken team can also advance from the bottom?
What?
Do you also hope that the Falken team can also advance from the bottom?
I don't want to say that because they are too difficult to play.
It's perfectly honest, not really, because Team Falcons are a very strong team and we don't want to face them again.
It's better not to have to face them again, I think that's a very good answer.
First question, did you play against very experienced players? Did you know them? Did you already face them?
Do you still want Falcons to join the playoffs?
To be honest, no. I don't want to see them face them again because it's a very good team.
And we've seen all other Chinese teams knocked down to lower bracket, one game away from elimination.
elimination but you guys at Weibo you're already in playoffs chilling 2-0 two wins so what's
different about you guys what makes you the best team
I think it's just a high level of water, not exaggerating at all.
And our coordination is very stable.
We can play against our opponents if we want to do this.
being able to qualify should be very natural thing for us.
Yes, that's for sure.
And the same question.
All the other Chinese teams are in the loser bracket at a game of elimination.
They are chilling in play-off.
What are they doing?
What are the best in the region?
Well, clearly, we are one of the best teams.
We are a top eight team.
We just need to make sure that we remain on point,
that we don't let ourselves be overwhelmed by our emotions
and that we remain very coordinated.
And it should be done.
And last but not least, leave.
You know, it feels amazing, I imagine,
to be on the international stage, you know, seeing the fans and stuff.
So what do you enjoy the most about these international tournaments,
getting to travel around the world to play Overwatch?
I think this is a million times, so I think this goes without saying, but you know just
being in an offline tournament here with the crowd, with all the fans cheering for us,
hearing that cheers, it is the greatest motivation for us.
Of course I think it's the best feeling that an eSports player can feel indeed.
Thank you so much for joining me, thank you for the translation as well.
It was a pleasure having you on stage as we're moving on to our next step, elimination matches.
go anywhere. Thank you very much Lou and congratulations to Wabo and more
importantly the entire region of China look at the representation they just had
on this stage going up against the Falcons 91% of the fans chose the
green team 91% of the fans were wrong so we even thought it was gonna be a 2-0 so
So how did Wavell pull off the upset?
Who shined today?
I honestly, I mean, the obvious answer would be glazing that front line, right?
Leaf, shy, they did so much for the team, but I really think who stepped it up today
was the back line.
I felt like the back line was the weakest link yesterday.
Not the individual players of it, but they got picked up so, or rather off so much.
I feel like they fixed it today.
The compositions, they played really good too.
So yeah, I'm very impressed.
Jake, we wanted to talk a little bit about some of the compositions you saw through
out this match and the growth throughout the series. What did you see from both sides and
do you expect to see Falcons again later? Yeah, I mean, I don't think this is the last we'll
see of them yet. You know, I still think they're one of those teams I expect to see qualify. But
of course they wanted to do it here and now they wanted to just move on to the playoffs. They didn't
want to be fighting for their tournament life. So Falcons certainly going to be on the rocks in
that regard. You got to get a lot of parental waybo. I mean, pulling it out on neon junctions,
sticking with their guns in that poke style cough, leave and shy, really trusted and just pouring on the pressure.
Falcons, they tried to go to this brawl look and it very nearly got the job done.
I think if they get to third point, they will close out on Neon Junction, but they just inches short of the line.
And then on Coliseo, Weibo goes with a very modern Overwatch style to play the Cap Bastion.
And honestly, I think Falcons should have matched it or should have tried to bring at least some level of mobility.
This bunkered sim style just didn't work out for them at all.
Maka, Chai tore them apart from the flanks on that Ana and Bastion respectively.
Yeah, those Nades were filthy.
I think they opened up so much for that team.
Again, like Maka really stepping it up.
Nisumina also just very great positioning on that cap and repositioning off Chai there as well.
As we take a look at some of these highlights, the big sweeps, the Anties came out.
Ana, is she going to be a main stay or just for push?
I think it's probably a hero that we're only going to see when Jericho is banned.
But the banite is perfectly placed for Coliseo, right?
Without the ability to cleanse those anti-nades, we saw it in the highlight, right?
An insane five-band anti for one of those final fights, forces an early beat out of
Chiyo, and the rest of the team are able to clutch even as Ana falls.
She did her job in that fight.
So, I mean, I give it, I give it, I give it a lot of credit to Weibo.
They get the lead, and they just constantly pick apart Falcons on the re-approach.
They let Falcons into their territory, find the pick-offs, play for the win.
And that's where, you know, to your point, Zoe.
I think you got to give a lot of credit to the back line that the cat put Bastion in a position to succeed time and time again
That's lose to men and then credit to Maka for always finding those big anti-nades
Like you drop in for that play and it doesn't go well, right?
It looks like a complete failure for the team, but hey full confidence
They trusted they make the plays and if you're able to shut down fielder and Chio, you were doing something right massive plays shutting down
Some legends on the Falcons backline. Let's take a look though at game number one because there is one player that I think we're gonna see
plenty more highlights from.
He goes by the name of Merritt and he was popping.
Let's take a look here at some of the Cassidy play.
Shy on the other side, breaking out the Freya.
We saw a little bit of the crossbows.
Are we going to see more Tracers, more Freyas?
Are we going to see Cassidy?
What is going to be the ideal duelist moving forward
in the hit-scan role?
I mean, both Freya and Sheehan are really, really strong
options right now.
But Cassidy has a fantastic matchup
into both of these heroes.
So Falcon's concept of dumping maximum possible
resource into the Cassidy is I think a very sensible one, this MTP from mobility, the
Lucio and the Kiriko to ensure that you're always on the move and very, very hard to
lock down.
There's a lot of good arguments for that style, but the fact that they just can't quite get
the job done on me on Junction, they're still trying to force that same look without the
Kiriko on Coliseo, and we see its vulnerability to Ana, I mean Cassidy really struggles like
you get anti-nated on Cass.
All the resources in the world, they don't mean much if you can't receive an healing.
We are now done with our two upper bracket matches for the day, Crazy Raccoon and Weibo
Gaming, our first two squads through and if you're looking at Weibo's run, Zoe, they've
done it through two game threes and we're going to move on to even deeper series in
the next round.
Yeah, I think it comes as a very big surprise.
The Chinese Overwatch region is not ranked very highly, I think a lot of them, they just
kind of fell flat the last few years, especially on LAN.
So for them to make it this far, even though on paper they're still, they're now in the
top 12 for something. So it doesn't sound like much, but for this region, this means the world.
Salgan's got more work to do, and they'll get an opportunity to do that tomorrow in another
elimination bracket. For now, though, we turn our attention to AGAL. They're taking on Japan's best
and Verrill, don't go anywhere. It's the Esports World Cup, live from Paris.
An embody was built to move.
Not trying to test, get one singular posture for 12 hours a day.
It's time your chair evolved.
This is Secret Lab type ego.
The economically engineered for you.
Gamers.
Hybrid workers.
Artists.
Back in your every move.
It's time for Pickles! What's up everybody? Alright, we're going to be predicting the next match,
AGL vs Verrill. Yes everybody, get out your EWC app and join in on the fun. So, I'm gonna start off
guys first. I'm gonna be honest, I'm a big fan of Verrill. I love TopDragon. I wish, I hope they
win. I think they have a really good chance. So I'm going with Verrill taking the win to 1.
What are your thoughts?
Yeah, I'll probably say the same. I think they got a pretty good DPS lineup. I'll do that KSG, it's definitely a good player.
They were looking pretty good when we watched them yesterday, so yeah, I reckon 2-1 as well. I think it'll be a close game.
2-1, 2-1, what about you?
I could 2-1 as well, 2-1 Varyl. They've got a good backline as well. Hopefully Slay doesn't repeat the allureo from last CWC.
Hopefully, hopefully, alright. And you?
Yeah, I gotta say 2-1 as well, 2-1 Varyl. I think that was a good deal.
High five everybody, 2-1 team for Veral. Alright, hope you guys also had 2-1, maybe not, I don't know, we'll find out soon. Thank you.
What's up everybody, I am here at the STC Arena and I've been talking with a lot of
the fans and it feels like they have a lot to say, some spicy opinions.
So I thought it would be fun if I asked them for hot takes.
Name?
BB.
Hot take.
Vero is gonna win it all.
Vero is gonna beat Crazy Roku and beat all of these great teams and win it all.
Yeah.
If you want a hot take, yeah.
That is very hot.
You're welcome.
Thank you.
Name?
Oliver or Sam.
Shored.
Hot take.
I think Team Peps are gonna win China.
Let's go!
Peps are overrated.
you
to get away with these
greedier back lines that they so often like to run. So Top Dragon definitely needs to have a big game, but he's a player who's consistently delivered it.
And it's been a great one to watch.
Yeah, and I think for the side of all gamers as well,
you got to look out for the cat players in this one.
Either of these teams,
they like to play the cat compositions.
And we just saw at least a man was capable of
playing for Waybuu Gaming.
And so in this one,
I'm looking out for players like Linkza,
looking out for Slay.
What kind of impact can they have
dragging around their bastions, their castities,
putting it on in a good position in this one?
There's a look at Vero on the other side of the matchup.
We have AGAL and I'm told there's some birthdays out there.
The coach is going to be celebrating his,
as is a player.
So Jake, is it good or bad to play on your birthday?
I feel like for these players, you know, it's about the win.
I mean, that matters so much more to them
than the birthday, right?
For these guys, this is something they've worked for
for months and months to be here at the East.
So you don't believe in birthday luck?
No, not at all, man.
There's no luck in this game.
I do, fuck it, I do.
You're right.
Yeah, yeah, surely faith has, you know,
good things to do during your birthday.
You wake up, the right music is playing,
the birds are smiling and singing songs your way.
They're so cute.
I love it.
There's no luck involved here.
You gotta earn this win.
Nothing is given for free.
Blow out the candles, pop some bottles,
and celebrate here in Paris with us.
Who is moving forward and staying alive?
And who's hopping on the airplane and going home early?
Well, 79% of the fans think AGL will survive,
and it'll be Vero headed back to Japan.
We got 13 seconds.
Make it quick, Johnny.
Where you going?
I got all gamers in this one.
I'm gonna go with Vero.
I think Japan has risen to be a serious competitor.
They might be able to topple China here.
Jack, do you agree?
let us know it is time for match three on the day.
All right, we've seen our first upset of the day here with the win of Weibo.
We saw our first upset of the day with the victory of the Chinese against Falcons.
But once again, we want more and we're getting to the crushes.
Yeah, it's about to get really upsetting.
We might have seen an upset.
There's gonna be tears on stage now because we're moving into the elimination phase of the tournament.
But the next four matchups will result in keys being crushed live on stage
alongside the dreams of the teams that exit the tournament.
I've ever lived in this trophy here this year.
That's going to be very excited and it's a very, very important day today for our first contestant.
It is AGAO!
It is one of the players, Langsa and the manager, Jung Shin, first day today.
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Langston Eugene, happy
birthday to you, and what a better birthday gift than a win here in Paris, Ian, what
do you think?
Unfortunately, there are no gifts at Esports, welcome, let's welcome their opponents, it's
It's VAROLE!
Japan's champions have spent years building towards moments like this.
A stable experience roster that has won almost every stage in the history of OWCS Japan.
And already produced one of the region's greatest results by defeating Crazy Raccoon in Asia.
Yesterday, they could not deliver.
Today has to be different.
Their experience brought them here to Paris. Now it must keep them alive.
Are the VARAL4s going to deny the first-day gifts for the AGAL squad? That's still to find out.
AGAL are here because China has depth. VARAL are here because Japan has a dynasty.
It is one though that is not recognized internationally.
And this match is a big part of that team continuing to kick themselves on the map, Matt.
We did not see much of a showing from Barrel yesterday in fairness, it was quite the uphill battle.
Althea, against the team and Zayac, they pushed to the limit before.
Was it an underperformance or a Barrel simply warming up?
I think it was kind of Zayac obviously playing to their potential and I think we'll expect to see Barrel play much better.
This is also right loser. This is out here in this lower bracket. Yeah, we're starting to get you know
Crush those keys, which is always an exciting thing at the east sports world cup
I I would say that barrel probably is the favorite going into this
No, I took them to bounce back from their performance
Yesterday, and I think it's a team that a lot of fans even have expectations to go much further than just you know double first round it
now
A.G. can beat JDG domestically. They can also take maps off Weibo, but they are, as it stands,
that third string team from China. So much in the same way as Team Liquid face this conundrum,
they have to find a way to distinguish themselves. They have to find a way also to raise the
estimation of their entire region with the win here, but the stakes are about as high as it gets.
No more reason into games.
They also think you see the difference like in the last series between Weibo and like AGL, right?
Right? Like, Waybo, like, sure, they can drop maps.
We've seen Waybo drop maps to, you know, everybody at events.
But then they also have the highs of beating a team like Falcons.
I don't know, BGA, high as those highs just yet.
True.
As for Varel, they've certainly monopolized Japan, right?
They are so good, in fact, that they don't bother
screaming Japanese teams.
They're just gone.
Yeah.
They had to look further for a quality practice.
It's Nepal.
This has been more than a quality practice in this series of course.
First map already having been selected.
Ram Lucio Band, interesting.
Yeah, I guess a Lucio Band with control map,
something we do see every now and then.
We've seen teams just pivot over to Juno Kiriko in the past
to still give themselves the ability to create that impulse
via a speed boost, but it's something that I saw a lot in NA.
I haven't seen it in a little while.
Yeah, well, I know the games of Beatcast,
we haven't seen Lucio out, right?
We do see a lot of Lucio Kiri just kind of across the board,
So I know Juno here is an option. It's a little bit easier to kind of like expose the Juno as opposed like Lucio
For instance, so maybe that's something they're going for
Can barrel make their authority visible outside of Japan I
Don't know if this is even a game that convinces us fully offer
But it's their last chance to show their quality here in Paris
I also am looking at easy hard and top dragon there to Korean DPS players playing as foreigners in their region
looking further afield for their shot. So they got the Paris, that's all well and good.
There's only one route deeper into this tournament, that's what it is, through this match.
The key crush is quite a visceral experience, adding insult to injury for a team.
Also, you don't want to be the first one, man. You don't want to be the first one that has that,
your key walked over there and go underneath that press. I mean, that is brutal.
So, I mean, look, obviously Jeff Hackett stole the elbow here. I know that kind of makes it
through. With the Rematra gone, I think that opens up KSG to kind of safely play this Sigma.
Kenny GL play this aggressive style of play well enough to get past this shield and make barrel
sweat. Lizer on Slay here Matt as well. The MVP from Japan stage one. Coming across,
joining this team with TopDragon, taking them to fight Unseen. Slay in the map is also going to
to try and do the same for Nico.
MCKSE should have been a pivot here, but Nico will be afforded a pretty bizarre off-fangle
because of that connection with the Jetpack Cat and Top Dragon is already sniffing here.
Easingham's gonna be able to dash forward that evade off of some overshield, but Barrel has
outrotated AGAL here.
Yeah, they just kind of get that Sigma out of dodge and now all the cooldown's gone from AGAL.
It'll be Barrel here, they'll have Top Dragon can test the point.
It's not exactly where Barrel want to fight this, alright?
They want to take these long angles, poke with the Sigma.
Don't want to just kind of get on the point, fight the Reaper in the Sheaun head on.
Outside of the Jitpack, rescuing people, there's not good way to disengage.
Niko's just found that out the hard way. Apparently the Scythe and Blaster is...
...you're not going to be enough to save him in the matchup against Alpharic.
It looks like Easyhan had an involvement in Elimination as well.
KST trying to be a center focus here, but frankly, there's too much damage taken in.
And then across doesn't quite ease up that joyride motorbike.
Yeah, it can only survive under that pressure for that long
with the Sheehan and the Reaper in the mix.
So 15% quick leap for Barrel.
We'll see if they feel the need to make any changes.
They've been using the Jetpack head
to get me going, the MRA up in the sky.
Now, that's what Spurge's damage potential
is like a Bastion, per se, but there's really good consistent
damage output.
Also, Slade doing a nice job of even kind of moving around
some of the other players, right?
just getting the Sigma in advantageous position.
Niko though could only really just poke.
At some point you want to full commit here
and TopDrag was kind of part of that play
and the recall by Takunai that sends him packing.
Right about though,
I think there's a fine connection with the grenade.
ASG thought he might have had an opportunity here,
but it's being repositioned.
Barrels still need to capture the point.
That's the problem,
they're sitting up in that high ground,
they're poking, that's fine.
They're ripping, they're tearing,
Alphari, those found Niko and ACAO are very hard to shift.
Yeah, you do find Alphari here. It's going to be in Rabbidic Flux.
Oh, nice shot.
Actually, yeah, the charge rate, so Mog obviously becomes indomitable during that charge.
They're doing about that, so the flux goes for nothing.
And we've got a Spree here for EZHARN.
Should it be a required top-drag and a strong-look-so-clock deal?
Will it get she on here? It comes!
Spree! Big damage though!
Coming down, Niko at long range is able to get EZHARN rather out of the game.
Now he'll try and drop to the point, there's more work to be done.
Lancet has fallen, now Thari, sitting out in the open, it's a Suzy that had to be used by the Rekal,
he was in right walk, so some down he lost there by Rekal, and yes, he's overrides, problem.
We're gonna have to bring Niko down though, but Top Dragon's gonna have to flip the point and the matter eventually will succumb.
Yeah, but I do think you're gonna be able to kind of flip this though, if you're AGL, right, it's just kind of,
that the winning at the end where you have the Reaper, you're not gonna contest and Lancet staying alive,
On the Jetpack cap is enough for AGL to get control and get again as
Cane's fight death blossom, a little bit of a cat classic combo here for AGL
So now you're going to see the D.Va come out here to try and get a little bit more aggressive
Now, Aparri really values keeping control of the point here
He needs his right fork to contest it for a brief moment
Or a bit of a trock in terms of barrel ultimates
Especially with a switch of KSG over to the D.Va now
Aparri wants to get down to the higher ground but this is extremely telegraphed
He may as well have said a strong new word, let it to Nico at that point.
He will be dragged up there and Top Dragon is down yet again.
He's just not found success on this tracer.
It's again, Miss Recall picking him up and a cage fight on KSG is well worth it.
Can I any sort of remake opportunity?
And AGL are already north of 90%.
I mean, Regal has had a great map, right?
Getting all my different kills here.
Now finding Cloud and was able to find Top Dragon in numerous different fights.
We'll get to 99, he's still out of contests here, pulls bomb from Top Dragon, not over just yet.
Finally, Pop Dragon's able to get something down, but he is very much alone in this endeavor.
KSG finally back off Respawn now, but D.Va has arrived, and they stall.
That's really the only option for the time being for Barrel. They want to stall without losing any players.
And so far that seems to work out. Yes, ladies here, can't happen or so.
Gotta be available at just a moment. An HAL of the ones that are forced to concede point control.
I mean, a great job to just kind of touch it for Top Dragon for a period of time.
KSG then jumps on it, Slay as well, and you're able to get everybody back in the fight. That's unbelievable there from Varyl.
Slay, looking for his next victim. I have no doubt.
Now Farry spotted, and yes, can't have him to try and get that rebutt.
He's held in place for long enough to be picked off, but Slay doesn't need to get out of dodge quickly, and he's just much bigger for Varyl.
If AGL lose this one, I mean, that is, uh, this would be a rough round to lose. It looked like they had this one.
Seal the way, it was just Top Dragon there for an extended period of time.
KSG coming off the spawn was there for a little bit and then slaying.
They allowed everybody to just get back into the action, so...
Really brutal scenario here for HEDL, as they move away from that Maga in Reaver.
They'll go Tracer, D.Va here, trying to pull it out at the end.
Miko switching off the Emrax through the shield.
Might have done a little bit of something here for Varel.
Top Dragon are going down, he's got a bit of a fighting connection with the Moserbikes.
KSG is now going into SPREEEE and Niko caught behind the pillar.
KSG catches him out and the lancer has fallen.
Even with the continue rupture in play, it's far from guaranteeing the upgrade.
Cloud, he's out of the mixture.
KSG low, has a rematch, and scores this out if it's sequenced correctly.
In fact, no one's really looking at KSG right now until Ligo doubles back, self-destruct here.
Can't clear the room.
Yes, KSG's able to get back in there now and Ligo is rather low.
This is going to be AGL forced to take a back seat, get again, group up for this fight.
Both teams are now at 99%. It is HAL in control though. It's Slave has fallen.
Now Lexi can double back, get some healing. Katnap attempted. Top Dragon taking down Watsmore and Varel.
Running out of gas. A competitive round to be sure.
But no cigar for the team from Japan.
Man, it's HAL. They barely hold on there.
That got way too close for comfort for them at the end as Niko is getting very close to the spree there.
for Varel, but doesn't end up building up to it in time. I also think we talked about
a highly re-fall on some of the really nice things he's done before the HAL.
Top Dragon had a little bit of a rough go there in round number one, definitely finding his mark on Tracer.
I don't think there's a part of victory that doesn't involve Top Dragon playing its peak potential via map.
He has done just that for Varel in your entire road tier.
Going AWOL, for a round is acceptable, for a map, for a series, absolutely not.
It'll be SIG here again for VARAL-AGL, they're gonna not play that Moga off the rip, we'll see a break.
So, maybe this is the answer to some of that extra aggression, right, that they probably thought was gonna come out with like, Jace or Xiong.
Yeah, I think they're expecting Xiong here.
Nikodo going back always wants to trend back towards some mid to long range hitscans.
So tough a link to the keep a shield intact now against this sojourn who is
getting a lot of value for shooting at it finally some incentive to shoot
shields. They'll get back behind that pillar. You guys trying to make a bit of space here?
Not gonna really break up the healing. Now I was on top for a second. He's certainly been
buried. Hey only point flip here timing not quite there for ATL but KST is very much
He's living on an island, he's here bat, and very cool has the Susie, stays alive.
And it just takes a little bit longer for it to develop, or AGL, right?
Because you don't want to just have that debuff consistently on the point just standing there with that SIG in play.
So there'll be AGL, ends up flipping it.
So they kind of have to like work the outside angles, right?
You're not going to just kind of take that SIG head on.
KSG basically takes the point solo.
As that happens, it is Liga who ends up finding Cloud, which opens it up to allow him to put the point back.
This switch though allowed KSG to play off of Top Dragon a little bit more.
Just giving up an element to this guide core.
As Top Dragon might have been hoping maybe that Hazard would have turned up there.
More mechanically demanding role I feel for KSG now.
And nice Suzu, good stick though!
And the Suzu having just been used when I finally knew the way was clear to get a big stick onto Niko.
It's a trade no doubt, she ended up eliminating each other.
It's posthumously the pulse bomb still does its job.
It's right here, gotta be careful of the D.Va, yep, talk to break that line of sight up, and EZ Han has an easy clean up.
Yeah, it's much harder for Slay to play that aggressive right with the D.Va out there, as opposed to the Maga.
See Lee Gable just gonna chase him down up there, and then, you know, I think the switch with the Hazard, so Slay now goes over to Brigg.
Brigg is obviously really good historically against D.Va, right?
Uh, I know, uh, Hazard doesn't have as much trouble against the Brigg, right?
I mean, Hazard has, you know, pretty good mobility, but then, uh, also just like damage reduction and lifesteal up close.
Yeah, it's also used as fun with Choska free off the beaver, and if you perk into an extended
Inspire duration, you just get more feeling over time, more reliably.
Thanks, even the Rattles.
I don't love stacking the support ults here for AGAL, right?
It's just me, kids, you never had to use it on the other side.
Now they've burned both.
I think they saw a support switch from Barrow and felt like it was safe to do that, considering
that they wouldn't be losing out in ult economy because the Brigitte just been picked up by
Slade.
And we are 60% off and counting, it's not a terrible proposition, even if it's a bit
Ah, that must crap me a bit.
It's gonna be everything used here by Varel. It's gonna be the downpour used by KSG.
Top Dragon desperately trying to find the kill on the EZion.
That's it!
EZion able to stay alive, get that execute elimination.
And you recall Deep go down, but it took him an absolute Eon to fall.
Varel is still running in numbers here. Looks like they're in good shape.
Liga that was able to win mech will get back into the fight.
And AJL still prefer to regroup.
Yeah, without Easy Han, though, you're not going to continue to fight this.
It's been so difficult to kill the She-On. I think this is going to be a change.
We see Hanzer here as well. No, it'll be Moga.
Alright, so hey, you essentially need to win one fight,
a cardiac overdrive, a stomp, maybe even on top of sleigh,
right into that rally like charge,
and then you're able to just use cardiac overdrive with the She-On and the tracer,
and you are just about unfilmable at that moment as Moga, so...
The Protagon is a Pulse.
Knows that dropping it on the Brick Shield is not the way forward as she can simply drop the Shield and drop the Pulse Bomb at the same time.
Needs to stick it to her body itself.
Okay, Leegett knocked off the edge. There's the Pulse, yes!
So he brought down by Althari. Meekorn a bit of a flank angle, but HAL are able to respond and rotate, but Barrel have been gaining Capture Percentage this entire time.
They are down to 4 now. Stay also fell with a rally intact.
So this represents a window to get in, but Niko, uncontested, the cost of that,
a fiery is put down.
And now AGL with only three players, two perhaps, in a moment, are gonna struggle.
Hot Dragon, full flow, charges there, Slade, yep, finds himself the Rally,
stun on Liga, disrupts him, but what's the damage gonna be to take down the Malgrids?
Just not there.
Now a 97% and counting AGL, or in prime position to take the round away.
And a spree, Brizzy hard around the corner, might be the nail in the coffin.
KSG trying to maintain some position here, the charge through, it's never up from Cloud,
Slay is out of the game of course, and here's that ultimate for EZHON, is there an option?
Yes, it's Cloud, just Runaway bullets from this spree, enough damage here on the KSG
to ensure that the Mauser is no longer a problem.
As Lee gets finished with the job with a shoulder charge, that's all she wrote for Nepal.
EZHON, the joyride comes in from EZHON, makes a connection, Danes ends up going with the
three just finds one with it and honestly this way ends up using that rally
it's a consumer Russians use on the other side and then I mean you're not
challenging Maga inside of the rush right I mean no damage reduction with
the charge being had that offer cool down faster cardiac overdrive they kind
of get nothing with the rally and even with the rally rolling they just get
pulled it off of the point by the mug in the rush but I mean you pointed to the
layering of sportsman from HALB way through the route as it turns out they
still had a Kitsune Rush to match the rally when it all came around.
Every now and then, what's crazy is that they lay its four ultimates, which lay had like
44% of that rally, and they still have a match Kitsune Rush to later on.
The backlight, the backlight is actually legit.
Yes, and Molaga is just a battery for support ultimates, right?
I mean, once he starts rolling his snowballs down here pretty quick, on the Maga, I wonder
if that's a, you know, if you're looking at Varel potentially trying to get rid of that
here going into the next map.
So what's it going to be Varel?
It's tough staring down the barrel of elimination in a match like this, losing control, certainly
makes you feel like you're on the back foot.
This would be a brutal loss for Varel as well.
We were talking about how great they've been, the expectations as we move into international
events and then even when we bring less teams to some ROWCS events, even the possibility
of them sneaking into one of those, you know, two and done here at EWC with Peebrap.
It's brutal.
It's been a rough year for them in general.
It's pretty unsatisfying, dominating a home region and then when you get out to land,
they denied those opportunities.
Here's the history of ROWCS.
In Asia State 1, they beat Crazy Raccoon, Baron Square, 2-1.
They took Saturday vision to a map 5 and lost in that game.
That was up a 70s and ultimately they can't play in Tokyo.
They're not part of the Champions clash.
That's a tough kill to swallow.
For a team of Japanese players who have played together for many of them 5 years.
Yeah, 5 years.
5 years for these guys.
Like ASG, Cloud, he's got like a long time.
And then come out here after dominating Sage 2 in Japan, 7-0.
It's like a 4-0 Grand Finals. It's not much to write home about. So they qualify here to the mid-season championship
Then the first two opponents are Zedah Division and then an AGL team who surprisingly are scrappy
And are demonstrating the depth of China as a region
Already. Yeah, look, I think it would be an extremely impressive win for AGL, right?
I know especially off of the back of Weibo just beating Falcons, right?
Maybe China starting to come alive a little bit more than we expected at the international stage
It would just enter a lot of questions for Varel about like okay, where do we go and how do we move forward from this point?
Yeah, when you face with a prospective returning back to Japan and just trying to do it all again next year
But what of top dragon in sleigh?
Are they gonna start thinking perhaps?
We should
Pay the piper and head back to Korea Shambali
So this is they probably want to continue to play that sick that they tried at the start
It'll be a Curie band and it will be Bastion gone here.
So honestly, HAL didn't seem like they wanted to play that much Bastion here at the start.
This is a band that protects against Varel, playing Slay obviously going to play the Cat.
Playing Cat Bastion there with SIG, which would be pretty nasty to deal with.
You might not be a Cat Bastion team, but when Shambali Maastri gets locked in, even the
the most ardent feline haters are going to be tempted to kind of map where you feel like
if you don't have that in your pocket, you're in trouble.
The Kiriban does hurt the Moga a little bit, right?
Moga and Kiri work really well together, the Cardiac overdrive, you know, with the Kitsune
brush and being able to kind of have those Moga cooldowns available more often really
kind of makes him untouchable in those types of situations.
You know, you can play Ana, right?
We've seen teams play Ana.
Whenever I see a carry ban, I do wonder if the team is trying to lean into anti-heal.
Ah, I think it's like, I think it's probably more that like, you can play, let's say, bat
Mizuki's SIG, right? Like, that's the shell that we saw at Champions Clash pretty often.
You can play that and you take the carry away, it's not really going to bother you that much at all, right?
right you kind of play that baptized with the Mizuki a really strong
combination with the Sigma very good at keeping the Sigma alive for as long as
possible so we come to some Bali monastery crunch time or crash time as
it were for barrel I expect better than that worse yeah I mean they show all
All you're doing is setting up set a high standard.
Yeah, that's true.
That's fine.
That's true.
OK, so interesting.
Varel, who tried to play a lot of seeding at the start there
on Nepal, they come out with Ramatra.
We may end up in a Ramatra head-to-head here,
like it could have been where they think that, you know,
Lee Gaye's going to go over and play the Ramatra early.
You don't want to kind of fall behind,
so you're going to come out and play the Ramatra,
and then you're going to end up matching.
It'll be Yana here, or Varel, with Nico and La Freya,
we've been seeing getting a lot more playtime now than really, you know, almost several
before since her release.
She's looking much better.
Also, yeah, we saw a lot of it from Weibo just now.
Okay, so AGL's attack side is going to feature a frayer of their own.
Still under the bridge.
It is a bit of a length, so special.
I will say.
Here is how placing the frayer cops or anything, it's like super long range or poke-oriented.
It's pretty hellish to try and play the bridge through that, but she obviously saw
so much when your opponents are actually forced to stand and fight that it might be worth
just grinning and baring it.
It's also like the break is a pretty natural fit alongside Juno, right?
Like Juno's path would be really weird, you know, Juno with the Mizuki, not exactly that
great, then Juno's path, you know, fine, but like Juno with the break seems to work really
well together in combination, you know.
I already feeling some pressure now as AJL with a pretty high mobility composition, they're
They're trying to go upstairs, but Slay's about to find E.T. Han off the rip.
Quite clear to see why Barrel wants the jetpacked cap with or without the Bastion.
That has reset things for A.G.A.L. once more.
Very passive positioning here.
I mean normally, you see a few players with the tank up on the high ground, but top-dragged.
Sort of chased off Barrel.
I wonder if Intograger are playing their own game over there on the side.
Whoever's the winner, obviously going to have huge impacts on the fight.
They spit their own languages, Tracer mains.
Encre locating with each other.
What's Sleigh looking for?
Ah, easy hunt, obviously a floated target.
Pretty easy one for the jetpack cat to pick up.
No perk into the slash yet, so...
Not quite as a lethal weapon as the otherwise would be.
Interesting rotations here for AGL.
Yeah, Leigh is trying to double back.
Nigel is going to ridiculously wide off angle.
And Klaus is not able to be pressured down.
That does of course use this Sleigh
for a nice fire energy on our party.
Means there's no health for him.
Yeah, and it's just a really weird spot here for HAL to play from, right?
They try to like, uh, you know, flip the map so to speak, and they get that, but then they're gonna get pinched.
They set themselves up and they're gonna get a pinched, uh, you know, barrel here on defense.
See, you'll be like, gonna get, you know, uh, top dragon over the top here with a pulse bomb.
Ooh, that one looked wide.
He's kind of out in the open.
Top dragon has no choice but to stand and fight low on blink cooldowns.
And no recall, he is basically committed to this.
And I think Liga is definitely trying to help out. Good peel from AGL!
Yeah, I mean really deep from Top Dragon.
It's no choice at that moment in time, right?
Gonna have to fight in that situation.
Bomb there.
How far are you trying to catch?
Niko on the way up, does not connect.
Niko gets a nanoboose here, full shot, through the...
I'm fucking it, Kiyota Liga.
They think it's clear, but Liga always had him caught up in that corner!
Somehow!
Slay down to get him out of dodge.
Now it's time to break down a little bit here for Farrell, Annihilation in play
to try and put a lid on things and Farrell are gonna be out of force
Liga away. Liga does not have an answer to this ultimate and Riko gets caught by
some flailing fists right in the back of the pack.
Jens Leia actually kind of connects with EZHOM that the catnap just drags them
right into the annihilation at the start of that so you lose a lot of like your
damage. No, Hitscan, Telfari loses the tracer battle on the opposite side of
the map as this has been a really rough offense so far for EGL.
45 seconds left.
Heads up, map selection here for Varel.
The Shambali Monastery picked so far as panned out well.
Walking into a situation where AGL have already kind of made use of a lot of those
incredible ultimates from the previous sprites.
This is going to be raw source for both sides.
That's our top dragon's independent pole spot.
No one's bothering with it. Must be nice.
Top dragon sitting up in that high ground, waiting for an opportunity.
They'll know that EZHARN is looking to try and wrap around, so Cloud and Niko
Instinctively just pull a bit closer together.
Well, 40 seconds left man, between AGL, one more fight.
It's actually, Tartra going to get slept there, that's massive.
BIO to finish off the job, that is big.
EasyHarm, that's going to be forced out of position.
June, oh, the sleep comes in!
But follow up, Klaas is putting himself at harm's way!
Okay, Afar is going to be able to pick him up, but EasyHarm does go down.
Tartra is going to return to the fight soon enough with a pulse bomb to spend.
And where's the touch supposed to come from?
League on the card recall switch go to the jetpack cap rig composition it furrows the brow
But it might get the job done stick it
Falling it just doesn't get much better than that's how links us has to chill bats for to try and get the touch
Recall all over the card. It looks like a jail's run here on Shabali is done
Oh, I love to see the replay of that. I believe that stick actually goes on to the diva and then as I
Lee is flying away
Takes out Alpari there. That is a rough one as that offense got absolutely nothing
I mean you're relying a lot of like that tracer head-to-head like on the flanks like open things up
It's just never really materialized
Yeah, quick, baby
The way of life around a place
It's a tinkill you hate to see it
So that is pretty much a blow out there in round number one.
Talk back in this casualty speaking Japanese by the way, legend.
Four deaths, four barrels, the entire half.
Really, I think like AGL's offense, she felt really disjointed throughout all that, right?
Like, it never felt like, you know, you never got the vibe that they were trying to set something up that was pretty effective.
It was just kind of brawling all over the place.
They got that D.Va comb, right? And it looks like EZ Han is not linking up with Lige so much.
I also think that Cloud and Niko just sitting with each other a lot like
Arnaz on these beard off angles because Freyja's also there. Yeah kind of
creates a strange dynamic. Cassidy for EZKhan does not want to let sleigh rule
the roost. He got to lose you here as well on defense from AGS so let's go.
And you're gonna just be playing this with the you know Moga obviously. The
The immortality field's still really good for the mage to play inside of.
Carol's gonna switch over to Sieg, this is kinda what I thought they would have wanted
to play, some Sigma based comms during this map.
If you're, uh, Malgrin, you see the Sieg walk up, do you know you have to save your
shoulder charge for when a creation was wound up, and you probably have to charge away from
the Sieg.
These are very interesting.
Yeah, attack to take the League, uh, I've been playing healing, they took the Batista
out, so immortality field's gonna give you that window, regenerate first, obviously breaking
a pinch, but those resources that people have been working through in there is the fire
on League 8.
Yeah, I mean bio connects there the immortality field just gotta get deleted instantly
I didn't know why we're playing I didn't want to play now
The way you carry is bad and your flutter has already shown they want to play on it
I'm not shutting down a cardiac overdrive. They heard you now because they're back to D. That's too late
That's right. This is they very lost. They very lost the first fight as
You know
This should be a yeah, this should be free but these these switches are just great for battle right?
They can now have slay go over play break break on it here a great combination
With Sigma so it's it's very strong like I said free with shots is free real estate the other world
They get a good but troubles and because you're playing them all get early on he goes able just in a farm explosive shots into the Moga
Already gonna have a bowler here
For what very well could be the last fight
I mean, Vince may have just said nothing to mitigate accretion as well, so you just have
to like run, make sure your boosts are cool down to all that you've disclosed, or we could
just not touch, that's also fine, yeah we just got time.
Well they listen to you, they said hey we're gonna run, but they had to run too.
Listen, I'm gonna throw up, that's fine, not a long time, so alright, that's one of the
ways a map can end ball time, we had one fight and then they just kind of kept walking back.
What are you guys laughing at? What was so funny until until the game ended? All right, so okay, so I do think that
I'm trying to play for fantasy points. Maybe
Fantasy yeah, I will suggest though that
It's the same issues that we saw in the attack side. Yeah, or a DAL is a very disjointed
So I mean like trying to like stall card is hard. It's only card as Diva versus like
Sigma yeah, brick not look great
Let's see if you can do this.
Did he get like Whip Shot back?
There's so much to this, there's so much to this place you get.
Ah, yeah, okay.
Appreciate it.
Yeah, Whip Shot.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, and then the game's over.
Ah, and nobody is, I guess like Tracer'd already used Recall over on the opposite side
because we're seeing Nico put shots into him, but yeah, that's one way for a game to end.
Is that right?
Yeah.
I'm done.
Huh?
Not me?
That was basically us, bro, too.
Is that you know, we get a third a final map between these two teams is that as a certified yada yada moments
Where does a GL want to take this this point, right?
Diva
Moga seem to be the strengths thus far
You know we've seen rematch or banned do you want to play new junk city like all-out rush, right?
You can play just really you can go back to play I reap or she on there if you want it as well
I could give the nail on the head just mentioning that the Margarh is going to be a key part of the strategy
Margarh carry. I think if you can build a composition, choose a map that really orbits around those to you
You're going to find yourself a good shape. Now currently if I'm wrong
Margarh is still available to be banned by barrel
Ah yes, we've not seen a Margarh ban
So like I think if you're AGL right, you could ban SIG here potentially
Really depends on map choice
Uh, yeah, Gaga, a true competitor in his own right.
He's got a lot of time at the highest levels.
You should put himself in and play some ball.
Yeah, give me the Gaga.
That's crazy.
Ah, man.
Good times.
Yeah, I've seen someone who I would say his name was up in lights there, maybe not Gushre level.
That's how you know we're getting off.
And we've casted coaches who have played maybe 30, 40 games.
Yeah, Yongjin?
Yeah.
Yongjin with the legendary C9 on Dorado.
Yeah.
Man, look at that. I think someone posted some content with some of the most egregious C9s
and other Belgium stores number one on that one.
You didn't ever hear half of them, probably.
Yes. That is why my mental status is often in question.
Oh, I was going to say that, but your hairline keeps going back.
Every time you get a C9, it's full of killer warfare out here.
Yeah, so I think it makes sense for them if AGL, they want to go back and play some of
those rush comps, right? You can, like, New Junk City is great for rush style play. Yeah,
I guess that's kind of where I think they've had the best advantages throughout the series.
What about Atlas for that sort of matter software? It's good. It's good. I mean, there's always
like the thread of like another team playing like ball on Atlas and like a little funky with it.
Atlas is also pretty good for cap fashion, which like, you know
New junk city has spots for cap fashion
But New junk city has a lot of the flash points that have like a clear cut like roof like so there isn't like infinite
Verticality they're inside right you can kind of take all these outside angles. So like it's a little safer. I would say
Right now this
Selected here for our flesh point map. Are they pumping you into the AGL comms?
You're gone there switches you're gone their maps
Could you do the bandsman to they've been sick? No, okay?
No, they let the Moga okay
They get rid of jetpack cat which slay is obviously been tremendous, but that opens up the Moga band on the other side
Yeah, yeah, I gotta go for I'm a little surprised. They didn't yeah go for Moga protect here. I
Mean you player mantra you could also play a reset. Well, they were also like
They're also giving slice and troubles when they go in over and played
I do think it's tough to find them constantly. Conversely, obviously it's tough for the Freya when you're up against the Cat as well.
Like a lot of those, like splitting your comp into airborne warfare.
Lige Dufus would be the Doomfinger.
Totemo Atsui desu.
Let's see if we get that.
Now you can certainly play the Hazard into this.
Interesting enough, Barrel has not shown really much to Tim,
Which is really the only time we see vendetta so I accept top dragon to switch off of this and go back to tracer
See if that is the case. So yes fit in the spawn they will trade they'll play the vendetta
even with no
Sim on the other side, so I also think barrel playing a slate on the roll
Damage here, but we are in there
The Vendetta, how far are you threatening?
I mean, basically, just got a group of stuff like the barrel to get to the backline.
Well, the Vendetta's pretty good if you were expecting, like, the sick on the other side, right?
Because, like, the Vendetta obviously doesn't care for the kinetic grasp.
So they go in deep, no way, they can keep Nico alive here.
I'm not gonna lie, I really like AGL's copies.
I do think that, like, they're gonna have to have this hypermobile backline now.
Couldn't be flying anything but Tiri-Lissio with this, I want to suggest.
Yeah, can't see how many hold legs in place. In fact, there's no good targets for the Roboter to go off to.
Okay, I don't know what this was to do to you.
Yeah, I mean, I wonder if you see Varo switch over and play D.Va here potentially? No, it'll be a reason.
So yeah, definitely felt like a tank change was in order.
Don't drag it, he's just trying to stay out of Liga's reach.
You drop back to the point, it's 27% and you can't see, I mean, make the perfect sense to go over those erasers.
You need some actual disruption in your frontline against this. Something to divert the very aggressive dive towards your backline.
But, KSG can't be everywhere.
Well, KSG slipped the point. The issue is, he stares up towards the high ground, his teammates are just falling one by one.
Now he's just getting countered by the rest of AGAL.
A really up-tempo style here from our Chinese roster.
Oh, that's a good look. Nice little pulse from there.
Links are caught by that.
What in the... Liga was low enough.
Barrel have kept it competitive here, but it's a quick flip back by AGL.
Yeah, Barrel will come back now with a Reaper, right?
So, gonna ditch his scan altogether.
Um...
How do you feel about the Reaper against the comp that will be able to outstrip him in terms of pay?
Well, I mean, now it's, uh...
Now, so like, the Reaper obviously is low, kind of, returning some of the pressure onto the, you know...
The backline and even you know obviously giving you the hazards in trouble right like we birds one of the damage
You're just gonna come through the hazard, but now with you out there. It doesn't feel as nice. That's my ability there from sleigh
I also think though title blast breaker is pretty sick
I suppose just give you a more reliable delivery, but the extra durability something really can make more use of to give himself a
Window to heal by that light skill sundering blade available here and sound barrier. I like everything
They got every map. This is dangerous. Here's the beat from Langston.
Hanabas is going to be used in our lane. So, spots Cloud picks him up.
Slay dies. He was in a self blast. Okay. Sometimes you're going to take matters into your own hands
and Slay's trying to spend some time poking KSG though needs active healing from the Wooyoung.
Slay trying to drop all the damage in healing aspects of Wooyoung's kit.
Unfortunately, it doesn't result in enough throughput to keep his tank alive.
Yeah, and I mean the Vendetta obviously being very difficult to deal with here as well.
big changes yeah interesting if they go over to the same why does that I feel
like actually makes what a GL doing is better better okay slay gonna go over to
Juno now it's hovering the Mizuki I actually would have liked to play
potentially right he's gonna get to the skybox I mean that's just gonna happen
right you're gonna try and play the same into this and get up the vendetta like
peace on the Simcon. I mean, if the Deep Minds are worried about it, like, and they're playing
Sim, you should most certainly move away from it. Yeah. And they're playing Team as well.
It's very odd at read here. Look at his pressure on the throttle. Okay. KST, again, switching
to something that doesn't have that disruptive capacity, can't do a whole lot if Lige wants
to die due to the Fari. Rematcher here puts him in a bit of an uncomfortable spot and see
why Orisa doesn't feel like the option though.
Top Dragon heads up, the Vendetta starts to spin the wheel in the backline.
Top Trunks, oh Top Dragon talking, he had it!
Liga gets two with that bomb and that should be more than enough.
I tell you what, I think it's a don't,
if Barrel doesn't make like any like comp tunes, like in a serious manner,
I was gonna say this is gonna be a runaway here for AGAL, so
now the Shion coming in the mix.
4-barrel.
I feel like the way to play against this would either be to match the aggression with an aggressive comp,
or just try and play like one of those SIG-coms, like a back-tease Mizzouki,
that you can try and just fade all their pull-downs in, keep that SIG alive, and then just keep the damage rolling.
Off-drag and she-on, is it anything to look?
Is that running headlong, getting to the vendetta?
We'll find out how to navigate that scenario.
It's sooner rush use of a GL and a little split
They definitely feel the pressure. There's got to be a touch here on the point with up with KSG in a compromising spot
Close to two annihilation. Can he be bought enough time to make use of it though?
It's another question entirely hot dragon flattened air by Alpharian
Frankly, there's not enough alongside KSG to save the day. He couldn't even get a point flip brutal stuff here for a GL
Even with a Malga band they've got depth enough to craft a powerful cop
Yeah, I'd like to see them try, like, you know, SIG, Mizuki,
I know whether you play with a Kiri, whether you play with a BAF, and then,
I know we've seen teams play that with, like, Mei, right?
You can play something that can, like, be really disruptive,
try and slow the pace of the game down,
because trying the actions for Barrel has not been pretty.
This isn't an opportunity, though, right?
Ray, Rush, Annihilation, nothing on the other side,
and Cloud is just dead at the beginning of these fights instantly.
That's also going to be the orbital array used here in AGL, get out!
Alright, there's the annihilation here for the Rabatra.
KSG, my family's easy-hired in that side room.
Spredo developed now for that Shion.
And here is the first point now, unlocking.
KSG has the lumber back in that direction.
Fire, of course, Alfari.
A little bit under pressure as his ligates.
And the healing is not really where it needs to be for AGL right now.
Meryl has done a good enough job disrupting.
Finally, they get some control.
They have to be perfect from here on out, right? One more Flashpoint.
And AGL will walk away with this series.
We'll get our first key crush as well here.
For Overwatch, IEWC is...
Senbaru packing is...
Yuzi Han with a screen here. Can obviously be protected by...
Bluey game, but they do end up losing recall early on.
Slade falls on the other side. Let's get a force that can continue to rush out.
Pulse bomb up now for top dragon Lige out of mech though. This is good. This is a resurgence now for Varel
There's been some chopping and changing that DPS. It looks like they finally found a formula
Well, they also got molten it's too which helps right? Yes. Well, so a footnotes and asterisk
The I mean the the worry here right is you're gonna have B rush
Just about everything for your very AGAL
You've had that all done, but if you these fights are Varel just to be able to get that point
Alright, the screen here for EZHARN, looking for a way into the backline.
Is it quite fair to you? Because now, frankly, quite disparately spread across the map.
Here's Niko, though. Oh, the protocol, not enough to find more than one.
EZHARN, with that ridiculous mobility up the screen, can climb, gain altitude, and remove that threat.
Now, with a 99% now, losing EZHARN on ideal for AGAO, but they're still fighting for it.
There's a self-destruct back in next round. Barrier here.
Now for Linkster. Cloud has fallen. KSG has to go for this annihilation.
It's now or never, unless you want to take a back seat and I don't think that's the style of barrel
We get trying to break up line of sight as often as he can has to frankly leave the point for now
Overtime though still in play, AGL still with a chance at this and a sundering blade is in far away
Hatch combo, Nico is absolutely flattened, Apharii with a quick double Q hit, Derrim pink to kill and Slay is sundet
Oh that is nasty work there from Alpharii. I mean I have no idea
Yeah, I mean I would have said like hey you're better off holding these ultimates
gonna get another fight, you know, you have another flash point coming up.
They end up beating to get the back in mech.
Alphari is like off cam like one HP and they somehow are able to turn it with those players tremendous.
Yeah this is pod racing baby some serious, seriously tight team fights.
Top Dragon's noticed Lenzer, who then notices him in turn and quickly exponds.
Bit of a fight in the high ground now, Lige cannot challenge KSG head to head, needs a little bit of help.
There's Alphari, just when required, Miko's picked off yet again and Top Dragon does controls this space.
Of course from here you can really even things up and it all got a ray beams on down, looks like an exterminator strike from 40k.
Recall a little bit low, speaking of which the Top Dragon hitting E Alphari is picked off and now Lige has again to try and avoid KSG as long as humanly possible.
Yeah but they're not going to go for Recall here and they're going to get a rush.
Yeah, Rekh old on bike if he talks. Oh nice vortex of the high ground. That's great. He'll press your butt the backline
Feral it's gone
Thankfully, they've got big bodies and they're happy to hold their ground
Wow, what a flash point feral barely hanging on
Hi, JL almost pulled that one out as well as we moved our next flash point
No changes here. Okay, AGL. They're gonna ditch them in debt at this point. They're gonna match that treacher
We'll see how that pays off. Vendetta seems to be working pretty well, but maybe you're
kind of now with the Sojourn on the other side, maybe wanting their tracer with a little
safer ways to close that gap.
Pop-Ferragni is hard in a couple of big moments. Okay, Annihilation! This is rather preemptive,
and KSG just wants to make sure they're able to complete their flag early. Niko's been
pipped up by the Spree. Fenecihan, maybe he doesn't have a joyride available. He is not
able to slip away. But it's a 4 vs 4, and until the annihilation was really able to sculpt in this
engagement for Varril. Katsune rush here for Clouds, self-destruct on the high ground for a
re-nec for Liga, another sound barrier used by Lakeson to make sure that was possible at all.
The Liga has dropped low again, dropping down into the nemesis form. It's a difficult challenge
for the D.Va. And so Varril have priority now, and they've also got the only tracer on the
mind. The dragon ends up ending himself. Varril, they're still in a good position in that early
point take. Now you're gonna want to see HGL even make more tubes after this right? Slay now going
over to the Mizukiya, obviously a real nuisance to the Diva. You see a little bit of a fight and chain
coming out just stopping Liga in his tracks. You can cleanse that obviously, but recall has a
ton of other targets that might meet Sujui at some point. Liga trying to double back here.
Hathari on the flank, doesn't want to die instantly, the cloud though so needs to stay
at higher health than he currently is. It's just Liga needs to switch. I think he's really
struggling in this front line matchup be really nice they had the mage available
right now surely that doesn't come back to hold them in at the side of map
surely well I mean you know they're just resetting here in 70% on the pulse
yeah everyone's gonna group up the AGL goes up to low
flashpoint and then now finding Varyl obviously making this comeback AGL
They're backs against the wall here
The momentum is definitely shifted in this map. They have annihilation map. I am terrified for AGAL's prospects of ending the map here
But hey Morong, what's that about thing? Apari?
Oh, there's KSG. There's annihilation. Apari has no cooldowns to get out of there.
Pretty dumb to show you a papyro on this fourth flashpoint
And now without any of their DPS, AGAL surely have to conceive here.
They'll give it a crack and they'll give it a flip, but Lee gave down and recall being chased off
That's all she wrote. We will go to a decided flesh point on the outside of map. Yeah, and it's it's not like the hazard has a much easier time against the Mizuki, right?
Still a lot of the same issues that Diba runs into. Maybe a little bit, you know, you're kind of just playing those like instagill potentials, right? The violin leap being able to kind of get in
on top of the target there with the vendetta. But this is barrel making a insane comeback.
Final Flashpoint is about to unlock and the Romantic composition has given Varel a lot of mileage.
Lige better hope to have the flexibility to fill those shoes now on the hazard.
Niko backs out overclock at the ready here. Looks like the Kekai Sanctuary was made use of by Slayno and have to keep Cloud alive.
There was no hurry, does anybody care about projectiles being blocks or intercepted?
He will dive on in low enough that Niko could have found him there, but a great jacket wall breaks it.
LOS up by Lige and ATAL get off to a good start on this decider.
And the one thing that's really good also about the Vendetta,
we talked about, you know, I heard a lot this tournament that we've seen more play,
is yeah, you see Slay switch off the order of the Juno.
Mizuki's ultimate, the sanctuary, does not matter for the Vendetta.
He consistently finding their like moral win almost matches up with the actual like space.
There's obviously like, was it gonna take healing, but it's not that significant.
No, I mean, that's why we've seen teams play like Reinhardt against Mizuki, right?
Because all that damage still exists.
Wow, look who in the Kanko century is now.
Play those in your face brush, start cops.
It's by the Mizuki, he's on the opposite of Slayze, switches off,
realizes that the kid doesn't often nearly enough,
outside of a chain.
Alright, here's a spree for it, as easy hand rather, and Slayze picked up,
but the goose lead game, okay, finally barreled.
How would a break back in, a firing miss, a rock out of the pole spot.
I don't want to circulate, don't at me.
I don't get 60% break back in.
Well, Liga has the downpour.
I would not be surprised if he'd been trying to play this D.Va again,
and especially with Juno, Freya, on the other side.
And then you're probably gonna get a use of this downpour
and then potentially a swap.
We have more overwatch to play after that.
Okay, downpour to trap the backline,
stop Cloud from dashing away.
Problem is the win condition for Lige.
And I let you know it's a problem.
IGL puts a point pressure down,
will over edge swing, KSG does a new punch,
can he damage from that?
How far is he gonna dodge away?
Jax is weird, see if he's being consumed,
No, pick a fish to fry, apparently.
Lige low will even have the chance to make use of this downpour.
That's when he's trying to stay alive.
The damage mitigation on Spiteguards working overtime,
and eventually he falls.
That's a big one.
AJL get caught slipping now,
and Alphari's picked off by a ball.
Shot, apparently, that connected directly.
Now, Farrell are on the home stretch
after winning map number two.
AJL, it's do or die.
I do not like the way that AJL just played that last fight.
Now you're pretty much stuck on this hazard.
He could have made some swaps and took that fight earlier.
Niko's staying clear of EZHAR if at all possible, but the Tracer now has to deal with Top Dragon on the point, so the early recall forced out.
Kitsuna rush active here for recall is going to pop its friend away from the annihilation, it's a bit of a problem.
It's a slight wrinkle in the plan.
Downpour holds KSJ in place, they can kind of away from the annihilation.
In that window, Niko is picked off.
Sanbury in Alphalensa, active.
Four players on the field for AGA, but Top Dragon has a pulse, but it's not afraid to use it.
These two very nimble backliners, it has to be careful of those kunai.
Varril in control of the point still.
Overtime is active, a top dragon is pacing himself.
Rekall flattening the front line.
Riga's gonna eat that pulse bomb now and go low,
but Splatguard's gonna help keep him Hale and Hardy for the time being.
KSD though wants to push a bit further.
Overhead's win coming in from Al Fahri, but Riga is down.
Slay is fallen!
And finally, outside of the Landlord Rising Sun.
Varril stepped the authority.
Svang-Ai is here.
And AWC.
And as always, it's emotional!
A region, a team fighting for recognition,
have downed what a China's best.
HAL is up 2-0 in Flashpoints there, in our third game.
And then they just can't figure the adjustments after that.
And they had a lot of success early on with that bandetta.
You know, it was like barrel searching through a lot of that game.
Michael over and trying to play some sims. Sly play in like four different euros pretty much throughout that math
and then they finally figured out at the end and then
AGL just kind of all falls apart man
I mean that is a brutal way to lose but obviously says a lot about Varyl coming up in the clutch right backs against the wall there
In the final game to this set make a clutch to end up stealing it and they're willing to make those swaps
especially their back line. Remember that Mizuki was looking a little bit haphazard for them over those last couple of points.
Realizing that against that dive comp, the hazard and the vendetta, it needed a better option.
Lormatra play was simply spectacular from Varel.
That's a tough call to swan, some real veterans of the game on that 80 AL side of things.
We're going to head down to the stage with Lu and KSG.
Thank you very much. I'm standing by with KGKG. Congratulations, Shori. Congratulations.
My Japanese isn't perfect at all, so please take your time and answer. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
This match is a tough one, but it was a turning point. What do you think will happen?
What?
Do you think it will happen?
Do you think so?
I was trying to make sure that Top and Slay were doing what they should be doing in the end.
I'm glad. First question. What are you proud of? Because it was a difficult game you guys managed to come back, of course.
So yeah, we had scrims against very good teams and once we managed to win, I was really relieved, of course.
The next question is about the speciality of the play.
How do you feel about this play?
When did you start?
I know it's going to be bad, but I'm sure it's going to be okay.
I'm glad he's not in the same position as me.
His position when he's playing is a bit special.
So, like, is your back okay? And when did you start doing this?
I know it's not like a very good position for my back, but as I'm getting into the game,
I'm just leaning towards it, but I have no, of course, problem with that.
So, we're also very relieved to know that you're okay.
And it's going to be the time for the keycrusher.
It's time for the keycrusher.
Let's go together.
Here you go.
I can do it. Thank you.
I'm glad you're going to get to smash the key from AGAL.
KSG is going to break AGAL's key here in Paris.
Ladies and gentlemen, can we make some noise please?
Please, for the Varelle player!
KSG!
Who's crushing AJ L.Ski here!
In Paris, in front of his fans, in front of the Japanese, the Korean fans, everyone!
Wow!
Let's go back to the game.
In the next game, we will play a game called Space Station Gaming.
What do you think of the American Overwatch region?
Do you think it's weak?
I'm sure we'll be strong in the last game, but we're all very strong, so we'll definitely win if we play as we do.
Do you have confidence?
Yes, I do.
Thank you very much.
Next question, you're going to be facing Space Station Gaming in that next game.
How confident are you feeling?
Do you respect the region? Do you think they're strong?
Yes indeed I think their region is really strong because we have faced them several times but I have insane players in my team so I'm confident we're going to do our best to beat them.
Arigato Zaimate. Tsugino Shai mo e gamba te kudasai. Merci beaucoup. See you for the next game in a few seconds.
Huge in Japan. Shout out to Lou. French, English, Japanese. What can't she do?
Johnny, I know you speak Swedish and English a little bit of Korean and picked up on any French way
But nothing like that. I mean that was so impressive. We got to work on some language swing
We'll go home Jake. Yeah, we actually
You're good. We got to start prepping Johnny. You know, there'd be some good life
We just learned for this game. Oh the title is with her
Merci beaucoup for the enjoyment here of a game three
Verrill after being down to flash points takes it three two in the game three
They will survive in the bracket as we say goodbye to AGAL. Can we start with that game three Johnny?
How do you come back after losing the first two points on a decider game?
I think it was a really impressive adaptation by Varel in the end because the aggression was so fast by
AGAL but instead Varel they sat back they by the third time they waited for the overextensions and then they punish AG
It was really well played by Varel. And Jake if I'm getting swarmed the way they did
Is there a comp I need to bring out in my own game, or what do I need to switch up the way that we saw them handle the GA?
I really was impressed that Barrel was able to match the aggression, right?
Like consistently, AGL was finding pick-ups with the aggression, but once Barrel started making trades of their own,
like, willing to give up Niko or Cloud at times, but still coming out with kills of their own, coming out with victorious fights,
I think that's what kind of changed their fate, and a lot of it comes down to KSG on the Rematra.
He was getting in there mixing it up in the brawl, and I think he lived for like the last three flash points consecutively
I mean they just could not deal with the ram
They didn't have the answers and I mean to come so close that has got to be brutally painful for a jail
But their key now crushed eliminated from the eSports World Cup
He is she quite the entertainer Johnny who had your eye though in game who is the most entertaining player to watch
I gotta say well like Jake's
If you're like a Ramatra, you're essentially free-farming against that composition because like Jake said like no one can really kill you
Ramatra has so much survivability, and it's definitely the hero that I'm looking at right because I just want to let you look
Looking at the rest of this bracket as we take a look at this feral squad. Where is their strength?
What do they need to work on if they want to survive as you can see here in group B?
We're done with the opening matches
We just started with our decider match and Vera will be moving on to play
space station gaming who felt a crazy raccoon to start the day Jake it could be winnable for
Verrill I think that's going to be another tough match those space station gaming have shown a lot
of versatility here in this tournament yes they dropped the crazy raccoon but it's not a really
result you can take to the bank as Verrill crazy raccoon are one of our tournament favorites so
no surprise that they've already advanced to playoffs Verrill still has more fight to go if
they want to match that and get a chance in the playoffs which frankly for Verrill would be a huge
win for them. If they could survive to be in the playoffs to hit top eight like that would be an over
performance from this team. Yeah, that'd be a big success on the week and Johnny expectations for
you. Yeah, I mean, it's gonna be two cat teams. So I'm gonna enjoy seeing a lot of sky noons. I'm
gonna see a lot of enjoyment out of the flex supports ultra violet has been a super standout player
now on team USA here as well and obviously cloud on the side of Varyl. So I think it's going to be a
matchup of similar styles, which we don't typically see a lot when it comes to these cat noons,
etc. So I'm really going to look forward to space station versus vow. We'll look forward to that matchup when we come back
We've got another great showdown on the main stage team secret fighting for their lives in the battle against JDG
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We just crossed our first overwatch team key up next we have another elimination battle
as we get to see for the second time JDG taking on team secret let's start with the team secret
squad here so we you're an international fan and there's no team better to cheer for than
this squad. They have representatives from all over the globe. If you haven't met them
yet, who are some of the favorites to look at on this squad?
I mean, the favorite is going to be, it's going to be Kafa, right? Everyone knows him.
Everyone loves him. And he's kind of leading this squad, which consists of the two representatives
from Thailand to representatives from Singapore, all of these representing their respective
countries in the Overwatch World Cup as well. So they're well known faces taking the stage
today.
I mean, just a year ago, Kafa was one map win away from taking down team Falcons in the eSports World Cup in 2025.
That just tells you the experience that Kafa brings to this team.
But also, I'm looking out for high vision in this one.
It's a name we're not quite as familiar with, but so much hit scamp potential there.
And if they are to get away with the win today, high vision will have to step up.
Team Secret definitely invested in Kafa and his crew.
They're looking for some club chips, and if they can get through to the top eight, they will earn them.
We talked before the match. Here's what he had to say.
Thanks, guys. I'm here joined by Kuffa from Team Secret for a pre-match interview.
Kuffa, before we talk about your today's match, I want to quickly talk about yesterday's match.
That was your first game. You guys, you know, didn't have much luck
because you guys had to face Crazy Recruit. That was a tough fight.
Was there anything that you guys learned from that loss?
Yeah, absolutely. I think it's just like getting people comfortable on stage.
I mean, I'm not really worried about it, but these guys haven't really played on stage that much.
So getting them warmed up with it, the first map was pretty rough.
We didn't have a warm scrim, so it went straight into it.
It wasn't a good start, but I think we had pretty good footing.
I think overall we're pretty happy with how Map 2 went.
Obviously we're not expecting to go remotely close to that team,
expected to lose very easily.
So yeah, I think there's a bit of a confidence boost for the rest of the team.
I think we're pretty confident in what we can do and hopefully the cards play out.
I mean, let's look at it, look forward for a bit now.
you guys are going up against JD Gaming. What are your thoughts on JD Gaming?
I feel like it will be a much easier opponent compared to Crazy Rakuza yesterday. What are
your thoughts?
Yeah, I mean definitely. You look at the players in JD, obviously they're good players, but
compared to CR, there's nothing compared to CR. So yeah, I think it will definitely
be a lot more of a comfortable match. I don't want to jinx anything, I don't want to say
anything too bad. Yeah, I think like on paper for sure, it should really be a much closer
match.
All right. Well, that is it for the interview. Koffit, thank you so much and best of luck.
on paper a lot of people are saying that team secret is the favorite Johnny I
want to start with you here you heard from Kafa a little bit relieved that
the roster easier than crazy raccoon but where should we see his team secret
have an advantage over JDG well I think they're really well structured I like
the compositions I like Kafa as a player the Ramato is really solid but also can
bring out the hazard if need be because some Sumitra might be played in this one
And then the hazard becomes crucial.
You can pull down the wall on top of the teleporter,
prevent people from entering and exiting that.
And so I think Kafa is really an instrumental player for this team.
And I think that could be the edge of today's matchup.
So that is going to be the edge for our team representing Secret.
On the other side, we have JDG.
What do we need to know about the challenger
that is considered the underdog in this fight?
Yeah, I think this is a team that consists of, you know,
some veteran players that we've been knowing for a long time.
We have Monk, of course, there in the backland.
alongside you two formerly known as Evo Tall formerly known as whichever Pokemon was there.
Xeria, so thank you.
Gizmoe is just going through the ranks of it, yeah right.
Cypher!
Yeah and then Konecki as well.
Like so these are well-known players not just in China but we saw them already play in the Overwatch League.
So definitely around town.
Now I think Pineapple is definitely one of the players to watch out for for this team to make some big plays.
Oh I mean this is sorry this is really just like the best of the rest in China.
Like Weibo Gaming we just saw them take down three Falcons.
These players, they're not too far behind us, so you gotta put some respect to their name button.
Are you playing for a spot on the top team right now, if you're JDG, or is this a growing roster
that you think could eventually challenge Wave-O for the top spot?
No, I think you use it of motivation, saying like, we are better than these guys.
They rejected us, they didn't pick us up, instead we're gonna craft their own narrative,
our own team here. And I think they're playing fired up. They've improved stage after stage,
and they might be peeking right here.
The storyline coming into today was that Shido was considered the weaker region.
Well, Wayvo headed Falcons a loss at the start of the day, a major upset, which means that already
China has a representative in our playoff bracket. Will this team survive to make it there? Only time
will tell. If they're going to power through over Team Secret and pull off the upset, what is their
edge if anything's going? I mean, what they need to do in order to take Team Secret down is shut
down the aggression, because I think what we saw from Team Secret yesterday, what made that last map
against Crazy Raccoon so close, was that they relentlessly went in aggressively. They saw an
opening and they used it. This is the first time we actually saw Sierra making mistakes like that
and Team Secret were quick to, you know, abuse us. Yeah, I gotta go back to the damage purses
while Pineapple and Kaneki, the veterans, they've been in the Overwatch League, etc. And so they
got plenty of experience on their belt, they're great compositions. I'm really confident with
those guys 30% sorry 82% that is not a three that is an eight 82% of the fans
are going JDG Johnny final answer how many games are you going with we got 20
seconds I got JD gaming but I think we're going three maps I think we're
going to business I'm putting some respect on secret what he said I'm going
team secret I believe in cuff if you watch them last year at EWC he is a
tank to witness enjoy the glory on the stage it's time to get started here
with match number four on a six match day.
Alright, so now you know the deal, when you lose your elimination match here at the Esports
World Cup, you don't get to exit quietly. Your rival gets to take your representation of participation,
your key and crush it for the world to see. It's tough, but it's what we've got to do.
Yeah, and Ian, it's brutal because not only your opponent, but everyone hears it. So you're going
backstage, picking up your gear, disappointed after losing the game, then you see that noise
and you hear that noise that makes the stage tremble. Man, that's brutal.
It really is. Let's do it again.
Hell yeah, let's go.
Let's welcome on to the stage JD Gaming!
China's second seed arrived in Paris with a result no other team from their region had managed since its return.
They were the first to break Weibo's gaming, their domestic stranglehold.
Yesterday, they showed that same danger against SSG pushing the series to all three maps but they fell short.
Here in the lower bracket, close is no longer enough. They need to finish the job.
Please welcome Team Secrets!
They are the Pacific champions.
The veteran roster who doesn't mind at all being underestimated.
Are secret teams able to create surprise here in France?
The questions everybody's asking is will we witness another upset today Ian?
Well what we know for sure is the lower bracket doesn't forgive mistakes win and
you live to play another match lose and your tournament ends.
Oh it's my favorite day day two when the keys finally get crushed we've already
We had one team go home moxie. Now we get to see a second one.
Yeah, four teams total today. We send home four keys crushed as it will be team secret
versus JDG sets.
You sound unhappy about that. Why are you unhappy about that?
I do sound unhappy about that. It's sad, you know, walking past players like they were
talking about on stage. It's not just hearing the keys crushed. It's seeing the dreams crushed
that is. Sports summer wins,
but at the same time someone has
to lose one of these teams will
go home today. And JDG despite
being the second seed, I don't
know here if they're more
competitive than a G. Since
of the Chinese teams, they have
been the most reluctant to play
towards that Malcolm playstyle.
How much of an impact you think
that's going to play here,
play here, though, against
cover. It's fairly easy to
track what JDG's tank line
will be right off of the fact
that you have to substitute
Belisraia in. If you want to
be able to play like the dive
or pivot towards the Malga mid
game, we'll have to see if they
start with Belisraia to go for
that Malga as Roxy tried to
play it. Yes, steak on some
Well
Yeah, that a deeper tank pool required at this time in the game
Cuffer on the other hand at the desk how they set it up there. How cover almost on the edge of
Beating some of the top Korean teams last time he was here
He's a household name at this point in Overwatch eSports over in the West normally
But this time playing for a Pacific team is going to be a good showdown here
I'd say really evenly matched just quite the family. Yeah, I think like the flexibility
Gives team secret the edge especially when you sort of like look at Roxie's hero pool
The diva something that JDG were trying to play around yesterday before they were forced to pivot to that Malga
Will struggle into team secret if we see that continuation of the vendetta pressure that crazy racoon
the game. We're put to the
test on New Junk City. That
vendetta. We were talking about
high vision being one of the
standout DPS players, but that
vendetta was no slight as well.
Yeah, but this has been just
really good in this matter. Not
every team is kind of pulling
the vendetta out. Not every
team has a vendetta player on
their roster either. Is that a
Where's the end? There's the end.
Oh, look at the Philly jersey as well.
That's a blaster on the past.
I still recall maps on like Icon World,
where you saw a soon tracer, back cap, payload,
all the way through seconds.
Oh yeah. Now he's on the French pork gas as well.
So it's been good to see him back in it.
Full circle. Don't be too scared.
See him. You got this.
You got this. Looks like they're finished sorting out.
It looks like Kinecky, maybe a couple of issues with the PC, but it looks fine to me.
Should be underway in just a moment.
Neporla, once again, starting us off, kind of sabonossing a bit more Busan,
but Nepal, kind of a fan favorite.
Malga and JetBatmanCat, bang!
Yeah, not surprised to see JDG remove the Malga.
As we said, when you compare, like, their comfortability with the Malga in play
when Roxy is in for the team, so different in comparison to the rest of the CN teams.
Like they love playing that Mauga. JDG, they'll play it if they're forced, but they don't
want to. Jetpack Cat Ban as well to make sure that you can't play the Kiriko and that cat,
which has started to be a very default backline for a lot of teams. Just airlifting things
like the Kasti into position, especially if Secret want to be able to play things like
that vendetta she on or Tracer style play, taking out that cat makes it a lot easier for their DPS to be at the clocks on top of JDG's DPS line.
Alright, it's load on in team secrets and JDGaining on their final lifeline. Still first two, still the most brutal of formats down in the lower bracket.
No first of three, no mistakes. Meaning, yes, you have to pull that lever of the priority
bands very early on. Normally rewarded for it with not only maybe a map win, but also
momentum in the series.
I mean, JD Gaming, they did have a free map series. Went the distance until we got to
that last flash point. Then it very much was just struggling into the Kasti, the cat,
the Mauga, despite trying to play that Mauga Lucio Curico Shion Reaper style that has become
the default composition for a lot of these CN teams. But as I said, JD Gaming, they
like to go their own way on control. If Roxy is in, they want to be able to lean onto things
like that diva. So I'm sure Secret will be so happy at the prospect of being able to
absolutely tear through defense matrix like it's absolutely nothing maybe there's one drum going
around that's what i'm saying maybe there is just a drama in the stadium somewhere and people are
just finding it we'll soon find out let's get it napal mat one jd gaming versus team is secret
first to two with a key crush at the very end of this road who will march to the beat of their own
to be able to make it home after a deep run of this tournament for JD Gaming. What is
the answer? Bellisray actually will be starting for the team, so no Roxy being able to lean
into things like hazard, wrecking ball at the moment, rolling out on that line. If he
commits with the spawn doors, no, there's the pivot, Ramatra, wrecking ball. Bellisray
has more flexibility, and I think that is a good answer to be able to try to keep up to pace with
Kappa's changes. Yeah, Bellasuri is wrecking ball though, is his best hero for sure. All right,
Kappa on one of his better heroes too. Loves a little bit of dive just Kappa, but no, not too
scared to pilot the Rematrum. Very quick roll out, and it looks like Team Seekra, okay, they're
going to make the call, they're not going to try and fight this high ground, but Bellasuri
are quick to react as we're going to hear this one coming. Kappa taking a lot of damage there's
as the ball disruption.
It's gonna get a knock-up on the Lucio brief.
Leave it for him. An annoyance so far.
Pineapple connecting with a just a right-click.
Take aim shot on Pali's head.
This where this cop kind of falters, right?
Where you're trying to make the transition to the point.
Double kill from Pineapple to kill Songi too.
High vision with a couple, but his days are numbered.
Yeah, JD gaming.
More players on the point able to dispatch Seeker
and there are the swaps.
The rematcher versus the wrecking ball, Bellas Ray will just bulldoze his way past, hit the back line, look for the pole drive so that Pineapple has the pullover, swaps to the hazard instead.
Will we see the real emergency glass button be pulled? Do we get a Mizuki on the field to try to chain Bellas Ray's movement down as you have to push out, you have no way of pressuring Pineapple.
Yeah, no way to pressure the Frey that also has a Polar in the back pocket.
Oh wow, that was a long range.
Actually, I think that hit High Vision on the tail end of that play.
They get Mewtwo though.
That was the target that Secret was wanting to watch.
Okay, there's the Reckon Ball, nice little counter-boot though by the Lucian.
Slammed down, Bella Sreer.
High Vision in his sights has to roll back to the Mega Health Hook,
but now straight back into action.
There's JD Gaming.
Just stopping Team Seeker and making this cross. Good solo kill by Kinect.
Team's such a good job to have totally isolating Karthus so that High-Vision does not have the hazard
to be able to create space or hide around.
Without having that body to shield, JD Gaming can just close the trap on the DPS line.
Yes, they let Seeker walk to point, but where's the rest of the team to actually be able to finish out the fight and yet again, JD Gaming hold.
Yeah, and Bellacher's got mines, they wanna try and get to that point.
Yeah, me too too, a tidal blast, you put onto Tracer, all right from me.
Either one's good, at this point.
Bellacher with a slam, then the tidal blast, then knock out, then kill, like it's, it just
lights itself.
Suzu already used two, cuppa dam, he's so damn low.
Blast on Kineki looking for the Lucio.
He got a little tagged down.
He's got a cover, a small stump, but he shrugs it off.
Secret having to wait for Sionbar to push out of side room.
So much damage, though.
Winter's already used this rush, too.
So time is ticking.
Tiki Krasili touched the point.
They're going to get a tag 4-0, T.
But Winter's already dead.
The late Sionbar only hits three.
Soggy not getting it, so has to play a little bit more force.
She's on the tracer.
High vision under a lot of pressure
is that bowler, the direct connection.
with the tracers just too cute. I mean, Pineapple is just so free on this player. And that is
the round to JD Gaming. Is he a secret just not putting up a fight here?
Yeah, it feels like JD Gaming more than happy to just run secret for a wild goose chase
after the Luoyang. Like, me or Teal's like, okay, you can run at me. You can get the kill
on T, but you have no chance on Pineapple left from these raze loads. No one's looking this
the whole part barely drops and he just continues to drop players from secret.
Time and time and time again.
It'll change something up here if your team secret.
Oh, big smile on Konecky's face. Happy about that win.
You will be 100 to 0 like that.
Yeah, I mean my-
And Apple didn't die, Monk didn't die.
Zero deaths for one of your supports.
Zero deaths for your main carry TPS.
Pineapple 2, only really 3000 damage but good damage, translated into pixels, okay here we go.
First, view of Winston that we get this tournament.
Kappa goes for the Winston to be able to match JD Gaming's dive opportunity.
This is pure comfort for Kappa for getting immediately bullied by the Freyja on an off angle.
Belisria pooping the Winston, forcing the bubbles to come out early as well.
I mean you get bullied by Mewtwo as well, with poke before you can actually commit forward onto a jump
to be able to just get to play alone, but I'll get to follow through.
Yeah, I mean, look at the position here from Team Secret, they want to dive as 5,
and they're going to succeed in it.
Alright, Pineapple's finally dead, first death of the map.
Now it's just the cleanup required to Team Secret, as the point is unlocked.
Do JD Gaming react? Do we see any former counterdive,
or do they feel comfortable just playing for Ultimate?
Looks like they do.
Secret, especially if they have to commit 5 people for 1.
JD Gaming could just walk with players or spread thin.
Oh, so low already.
Yeah, it needs to get back into a better position there,
because there were two players trying to corral.
Just to send on his position.
I'm not full.
Again, barely contested until now.
Oh, what?
Holding up the ult.
That was a bit of a weird interaction there.
I think the Lucio ended up booping Bellasria straight into Soggy.
And so that grapple ended up just connecting with the tracer.
That is a little unfortunate.
Yeah, I like JD gaming. It's got a holder in the fight.
It totally closes it out too. No trades.
Secret yet again, we'll have to look for this dive on the pineapple,
but now that JD gaming know the target will be the fire, they can just play the kite.
Disrupt from Bella's Raya.
The high pineapple, the opportunity to find these picks,
forces Secret actually to have to take these long wraparound rotations to hide away from the first position.
The pineapple already just slinging take aim shots.
There's a Sam, a little bit of this, a little bit of that, but that's about it.
Okay, there's the ball through now, and now, Final 1, can I be looking for an opening?
There's so much to lay though from JDGamer.
Yeah, they're gonna out the rush, so at least are themselves off.
In a good way, Team Seagrow, she's the sound barrier.
There's a selection of mines on the point from Balasrack,
and now a title, a blast in the near future for Mewtwo,
but gets taken down before he's able to earn it.
Leaving a double kill, maybe for Soggy, but Mung still comes up with a kill.
high vision, luckily going for a big trade, in fact, gets a double kill for Team Secret
as they win the fight with a team kill.
But that was a slow flick.
The secret investing time barrier kills don't come through off of the back of the feet,
JD Gaming still had the fight 54% picked up.
Now you can push back into this next one.
If Secret tried to dive in, he just dropped the rush to other title blasts, so have a
look at high vision defyking straight through mumps.
Turns on the pineapple before looking at that wrecking ball, but JD gaming can play fast here
Dispatch out Cotten is trying to hold up that primal to stand in JD gaming's way
Yeah before they can even set up look at this museum prior for he did
Secret doing a good job of dialing up the tempo
Understanding if JD gaming get the opportunity to hit the ult and use them
They'll get bold off of that point faster than you can blink
That was small for JD game
There we go, now Kaneki's time to shine. He's gonna get a lot of support in this fight.
Huffle with that final though.
Yeah, he's gonna be able to make a dive in. Soggy's already in the backline too.
lineup was gonna dash away from the find being there is the Spree from High Vision.
He's already super low HP. Tired to blast off the U2 himself.
Little bit of self-sustained there for the Wu Yang. Here comes the Spree though in return.
High Vision holding on to that last dash into the very final moment there to kill the U2.
Primal Rage fought Kappa as well. A disruption, a big one in the front line.
It's gonna get booted around a little bit by Belisraia and now the pick comes through and the flip for JD Gaming on top of that.
Yeah, but map not done just yet.
Secret, more spikes, all potential edge of trade to Belisraia, but no, also on the touchless, no pick up on the back of it.
But if you're secret, you want a fast free group, you want to be able to walk with that rush when JD Gaming don't have a great answer to it.
Belisraia at least with the hand and mines, can you get the difficult for Secret to hold that ground?
Yeah, let's see about this winter rush from a team that's secrets
Me too on scouted. They do not know
Is he looking to boot them into my door?
Maybe so already been spotted out though, but still a tough time gets taked down covers in hot pursuit
However, you do wrong side of the fight my guy
It's pretty low Wow cost allowed you to to escape now just healing himself up with his aura heal connected to come for a pulse bomb engagement
Fax turned to him as well as Team Seeker just move on forward.
Sam Barrier hits five players, but his mind's tough to deal with now.
As Carthage is just trying to clear them off of the point.
Gives enough time as R2JD Gaming to stabilize.
No more Sam Barrier means that they can go in for a big engagement.
But with Monk dead, their time is really limited here.
Team Seeker already picked up two picks.
Kineke dives with a pulse bomb too, so there's no tools for them to stay in this fight.
Pineapple at least with this.
Sorry, could be the hero maker.
He's going to try the very least, but yeah, double spray in, make that the third one, but shut down by execution, high vision, and that is OT running out round three next up.
Oh, but here's where it gets tricky, playing into the wrecking ball. Sanctum. Sanctum the only sub-map left on the pole.
I think we're going to play Paul.
True. We could just get to see Rematra to run at these teams,
especially because JD gaming, if they want to be able to shut down this dive, deal with the Winston take away a lot of that mobility.
the other team.
Pineapple as well, like on Sanctus, if you can just play outside of the main fight itself.
On the side lane, he can get so much done.
Winning one for a fight setting Pineapple up into position 3 fire, could just allow JD
game to totally walk this point.
As well as Rair actually, opts for the Arricid, we do get a rematch if he can cut the side.
Secret wants to take tempo, JDGaming trying to double up on damage, so much fan pressure for both the Sojourn and the Barra.
Yeah, it was like an El Clasco this one with the Barra on this map.
Low ceiling, whoa, I was, okay, low ceiling spot, actually not really.
I mean, the Barra's got a lot of places to hide too, and if you're grouped up like this, getting a lot of healing from players like Mewtwo,
like Mewtwo, you already have found a pick-on to Soggy.
High vision as well, Team Secret tried to go for this all-in rush, but shut down.
I mean, JD Gaming can just play from afar.
Break the shield of the Ramatra, Kuffa has no way once a town of mitigating that one,
Secret has to play with respect.
To the amount of damage that Paphara and the Sojin can do so quickly, so we'll see a swap.
Here's the expected vendetta.
As JD Gaming don't have a great shutdown to stop Soggy just going aggressive towards that backline.
Oooh, Velosteria? Okay, what's he going to be able to do from this position?
Oh, he's looking for that javelin spend to push someone off.
Oh, cover one HP.
That's to pop that nemesis form too, really early on from cover. It's a big cooldown used.
This is great for JD Gaming too, like they're so spooked about walking towards the Orisa with Bellicare having full fortified Javelins, but so much fun.
Yeah, he's going to back off though, they managed to get him out of that little corner he was in.
There's the fortified to keep Mark Winter with a 180 kudai shot, but gets deleted by Pineapple.
Connecting to this guy, actually teleporting too.
Now my vision in the 1v2, Monk shuts him down.
That's a team kill for JD Gaming.
He's going to let the first round all over again with Team Seeker and not able to find a leg up.
Yeah, Secret is spending so much time building up that rush to have match to be able to finally walk past Velis Raya, but JD Gaming much more value.
The potency of Pharah and Sojin playing through the cure for us totally shuts down Winters.
With Headquads final fight territory, Secret take that time. They don't have ultimates.
They're sort of annihilations to be able to deal with it, but JD Gaming, they've got so many to fight comfort.
Oh! Belisria needs ult from Pali.
It's a booping off the edge.
That is one big tool removed now from the arsenal of JD gaming.
I think Anciestrape are high vision.
This is a big overinvestment here from a team secret.
They've managed to not only kill Belisria super early on,
but they've used the annihilation.
They've got one fight in them now.
I mean Belisria is back.
He tries to rejoin the fight fast on the DMFes since Mute used the rally.
They showed that Secret Reinvesting 2 Ultimate's thought that the rally would be able to sustain the team long enough for Velothrae to rejoin
does not happen, so it's back to the Arista.
Now we have the Lucio as well, so JD Gaming can funnel themselves through the Chucks and get Pineapple into position due to OC.
So we're trying to find the 1v1 there, but since the Lucio is going to met Swiftly with Pineapple's Railgun,
the OC being ripped already, Soggy just jumps to the health pack,
I managed to pick up a kill on beauty. Anyway, just goes for the trade so no speed boost available
But they've got positioning on the point. Yeah, I can't go about that annihilation
I mean come on
High vision going down to a concussion blast like that, and they're gonna get the flip to yes
They do right underneath the most of teams people
cover
Kineke with the just
unbelievable boops
JD gaming
You can't be losing plays that
early after you get a trade on
the Lucio, especially when they
have all right, especially when
you have high vision with that
spree. You give up the
positioning of point. Even
looking like the javelin spin
from Bella's right followed up
by the concussive from Kinect
just to make sure that you get
past that one. You're going to
you get past that blue mitigation tanks have. Wow, yeah. The L-classico, the flying
outside. Yeah, look at this. Javelin's fit, body block to Rematra from being able to contest
the flip. Concussive. Okay, that's funny, because Kinecti got the, but I was very happy about that.
I mean, if you're JD gaming, you're really happy about that, right? You got that first
the game. We're going to be
going to the next point when.
Let's jump down to the stage
though for a club championship
points updates. Cheers, guys.
Jenny G getting off to a good
start in this elimination match,
but we're just going to switch
our attention to a different
topic. I'm joined by one of my
great friends, genie of friends.
Yeah, I said friends. All right.
I'm looking at it. Now, of course,
these players and teams are all
So anybody who's watching who
might be unsure of what it's
all about. Tell us more. Yeah,
I mean, this is the trophy that
you of course get per title,
but then there is the club
championship trophy, which has.
A shared prime school of $30
million dollars again. What's
no $30 million dollars again?
I don't know. I wouldn't go
shopping with with you because
I think we spend it pretty
quickly. That's a good point,
but first place does get 7
million in 2024 and 2025.
It was Falcons who were able
to close it out and overwatch
specifically is the one that
the one that carried the weight of last year, because it was the only title win that Falcons
got and you need to win to even be able to qualify and to have the right to lift that
trophy.
We've seen some like emerging teams that you might not have expected at the start of
the tournament as well. Falcons that you've mentioned, struggling a little bit, right?
A little bit is the next way to put it. Yeah. What's going on there? Do you know?
I don't think anyone knows at this point. I mean, the fans are out here. I do feel like
of course the move to Riyadh has maybe shaken things up a little bit. They have about 20
titles competing so they have a very good shot but when you look at them they're the
favorite in a lot of the teams that they're competing in there unfortunately not really
able to get as many points so in my opinion the pressure is on this week especially for
Overwatch because you are the title defender and because they need those thousand points and they
really need that win. I'm such a big fan of the club championship just because all of the teams
that compete in their individual tournaments is so passionate about winning their trophies
But I think it does bring like another element of like playing for the patch. Yeah, they do love
their orgs and you've seen from the players that you speak to, they want to do it. Absolutely. And
also from the org owners, when I've spoken to some of the CEOs, it's become a very big discussion
about quality or quantity and how can you make sure that you're setting up your entire organization
for success? Because of course, it is a big price pool. Yeah. Well, Genie has been buzzing around
this huge arena. There's this arena, there's like four others. I'm pretty sure there's plenty of
games but you'll see Jeannie all over the place she's doing a magnificent job as our
club championship reporter and hey I'm gonna put you on the spot and you're doing a magnificent
job as a stage host I just gotta get in there I know you're not used to compliments I'm not oh
maybe we have friends who do you think is gonna win the club championship can I ask oh with the
amount of teams competing if Falcons can get a win I think they can do it again okay good stuff
I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I
think we can get back to the
final. We got a lot of
trouble with that. You've got
quite a lot of trouble. Thank
you so much, Genie. Let's get
back to it. Thank you very
much. Well, you know what
Falcons can they do? That's
the question that we did you
have someone say about the
earlier on today. Let's jump
back into this series, though.
GD gaming up a map first to
two. Final lifeline here coming
through. I mean, look if your
team secret right now, you know
being sent out of the tournament, and your key being crushed live on stage by your opponent.
A merciless victory ceremony.
But, JD Gaming, we have talk about it, like we talked about the fact that backline, DPS,
those could be the stars to watch.
It's the flexibility of the tankline that really allowed them to start taking the lead
on Nepal.
I would imagine we won't see substitutions. I think keeping Bella's right in just allows JD gaming to keep the options much more open
Yeah, I want to pick up what cut cut that was saying
What for the game with Danny about how a lot of team secret players?
They don't have a ton of experience on stage cut that does he's been to multiple lands before
that's going to be a lot of
more international ones and
more regional ones as well. So
that might be also playing into
it like this might be one of the
biggest stages you've played on
in your career and being in this
brutal format. It's going to
weigh on you a bunch just
calming those nerves, making
your car for feel like the
leader of the team being able to
inspire some confidence in the
rest of the squad. Yeah, having
to rally your players right
Nowhere near as stressful as playing on your last life, lower bracket, one map away from
being out of the tournament totally.
Especially since we're headed to Flashpoint, so these fights will be fast.
If you make mistakes, if you over commit ults, if you overextend to try to push for more so
that you're better set up for the next fight, you can very quickly feel that tempo totally
turn against you, and it's a very tricky slope to navigate, trying to slow down once you
start feeling yourself slip.
A lot of JDG fans in the audience as you can see, a whole lot of signs being passed around
too.
New Junk City is going to be the map choice, so we're going to a non-Atlas flashpoint.
Yes, Malga banned from one side, Lucio banned as well, so that we try and take away that
tempo push of the Lucio being able to speed boost.
Heroes like the Remat for forward, if you want to be able to play that ram, it will likely
be paired with the Kyuriko and Juno instead to give the speed ring and simulate that engagement
potential.
We could see Sigma, we could see a little bit of Akiriko Mizuki start to come into place,
Symmetra also still available and open, secret, I feel like this was them, feeling confident
on this map of how close they were able to take it versus Crazy Raccoon, trying really
to let Sogi and High Vision be able to carry with that tempo push, the constant pressure
of having to deal with the DPS breathing down your neck.
It's exactly what Zoe said on the desk.
Just being able to deal with how quick JDG wanna play.
Well, that's rewrecking ball, yes.
No, not the quick one.
I mean, surely not.
With the Lucio, without the Lucio, I don't hate the Wrecking Ball at all.
Yeah, I like the Wrecking Ball, especially since Secret did not play the Mizuki.
in the Zuki. Before you know that Secret are going to want to try to play engagement
off of Juno's speed rings, Bellas Rare being able to totally disrupt the starting wheels
of Secret's plans could very quickly cause everything to fall through for the Secret.
Yeah, Soggy gonna plan an off-angle on this Reaper, but Bellas Rare is gonna make his
life a little bit more difficult by ignoring completely and just jumping on the front line.
Monk already really low on this low ground, TP's away, pineapple front out, and Monk in
Thanks. Go down to Copper, okay? You just WM1?
Sure.
Yeah, it's a fairly easy mathematical equation.
Plus one Juno speed ring. Plus one Rematronemesis form.
Minus one whole team of JD gaming.
A little bit quicker than I thought I would have. I'm gonna be real quick.
That's great, the secret as well, because like now you can scout where the wrecking ball plays for.
You don't have to worry about the disruption, totally taking away the engagement potential of your team.
Fnap on the shim. Konecki actually on the traces and they want to really try to overrun Secret.
Yeah, it's Fnap trying to get through solo kill. Winter already using that Suzy.
Got Fancy Fillware, but not Fancy enough apparently.
Fnap is going to look for another one too, forces that Wraith form from the Reaper.
And now taking an off angle.
These supports are in a tremendous amount of pressure, even Munch's getting up in there as well.
I mean, Monk teleported to Pineapple's side, actually, since Soggy was forced totally out of the fight, had to burn the Wraith on early.
You don't have to worry about him jumping on your backline. Pineapple's just one-by-warning!
Does eventually pay the cost for it, trying to play close in the pocket to a Reaper at shotgun range.
That was a crazy amount of value Pineapple just got there. Just solo operator.
Secret though, they stole that for 74%. One fight went away, one rush, to be able to engage away from finding the split.
Winter just has to survive to be able to bold the ultimate.
Hell of a reverse flank. Uh oh, there's the Tide of Blast, which is now pretty careful now. Good Suzu timing, but Pali's already dead. Winter booted off to the sky as well.
Not enough cooldowns to stop all that damage being flung at ya.
Team Secret, they end up using their rush too to try and stick on the point to just get themselves back in, but now Copper is being staggered out.
Oh yeah, that's brutal. JDGaming already found the cliff, so they'll just leave Copper alive as long as possible, taking us to last fight territory, not allowing Secret to set up as well.
High vision could not look for an angle, and they'll also be able to disrupt the full secret from Reaper and try to walk point.
Yeah, goodbye.
That's just a perfect stagger.
You know, even if it's onto someone like a tank, like Kappa can't do anything in that angle.
He's so low, like even with the Nemesis 4, it's like, you're not gonna do anything.
Pre-rotation though from Team Secret as they grew back up again, all the way on the point already.
They've got four ultimates at least. Everything minus that rush, Kalei at least,
with the orbital ray trying to stand up to the presence of Monk's rush.
All eyes though, on high vision currently.
I was going to have to dodge that bike, that was a very slow moving one, couldn't get the
speed limit.
Nice headshot on the two Connecticut forces, the recoil but here comes the rush now, Monk
using that close to that point, Velociria is pretty low, Pineapple posturing up for
a spree as well, but everybody a little too far away from it for the time being, Hydrogen
force to now slide back, mines deployed on the point.
So far no cap though, for both teams a very slow fight, JD Gaming only having this one
free to be able to rely on and Secret get the cap that they trade couple for it.
Final matter, yeah, look at that Spree from Pineapple. He's just always in the perfect position.
They double from Pineapple as JD Gaming makes short work of Team Secret.
Yeah, JD Gaming, more than happy to give up what? 18% of that point to guarantee
secure Pineapple's entrance with the Spree onto Secret's whole squishy backline.
No chance at reacting and now JD Gaming just apply early pressure on that before Secret can
get on the point. If I force ultimate here, that's a huge win for that defense.
Yeah, company. The only thing you can do right now is just get on the point.
You're just trying to chase somebody, of course. You know what really you can lock down on this
here, a nice ravenous vortex. Yeah, but that means that JD Gaming's DPS couldn't take whatever
angle they want. Oh, that pulse was filthy. Suzu, though, from winter, is going to help save the
day. However, now JD Gaming have got this title blast. Yeah, but secret flip.
JD Gaming disrupts, no kills, lose point.
Nice foretaste, good dash, pineapple out, cover really low, uh-oh, Cobb's now in trouble.
There's the Tidal Blast round top of Winter, but another Suzu well timed, but there's too much damage,
and he was so far pushed up on that point, Pineapple again! My goodness, cleaning house!
Zyka, it feels like they're just being baited to look one way.
They have ult, they have the point, and then one of them goes too far.
Like Topper, they're trying to chase Pineapple yet again, leaving the rest of his team.
Defenseless. When those pressures start looking towards the point.
Oh, sorry. We're getting the action again, shall we? My goodness, they're taking a fight outside of the spawn.
You two, a little wave to push Cuffer back, who's now on the Winston chasing after the Wu Yang.
He picks up the kill, but what is left in the wake of him?
It's going to be a lot of his teammates being torn to smithereens.
OT is here too, and they're not gonna be able to touch it all, but it's a 2-0 for JD Gaming now.
Yeah, opening's free for this next fight as well, the pineapple secret.
They have to find an answer, a response to be able to deal with JD Gaming's aggressive dive,
and it will be a turn to break.
Inspirations, you're going to be fighting so stacked up, good bashes,
whip shops to deny JD Gaming's entrance for that dive.
But really if you want to win at this fight, it's a huge one.
a showdown between Spree and OC.
Good slam from Feliz Rea. Look at that.
Already Wintersen incredibly low.
Soggy's dead. High vision trying to find targets to shoot at,
but JD gaming, they are not giving him an opportunity to shine.
A post-bomb for Kineke, however, and there's the Spree too.
Just assault after assault after assault is unrelenting from JDG.
15 player kill streak as well for Pineapple.
Yeah, I mean, Palace Rea is pile driving as the wrecking ball and the rest of JD gaming are pile driving on top of Team Secret.
Kinecky finding the opportunities with the Pulse bomb, Pineapple the follow up with the spree and Secret yet again locks out of Captain Frost.
Point having to walk into Hand and Climb, having to walk into a fight before they even get to see point.
Oh, good kill on Kinecky though, okay. Now High Vision's getting in this.
in this. Winter down low to month, not a good start, Elisraeus is going to have those mines
and get back to the point as Mewtwo, yeah he's in no man's land right now and enemy
territory is super far away from the rest of the fight.
JD Gaming just stops Secret from being able to find the flip as well. Elisraeus is like
okay well we might be missing the Wu Yang, but we've still got point off those hand
mines. Secret have to find the flip here, they've got the ultimates to deal with, but
with JD Gaming's 73% plus, if you could get all of your ults here, they just take a dry
They went into pressure that point the whole time, the mines faded away naturally.
Neither natural causes, not sure Team Secret are going to get the same honour though sadly.
There's the rush from Monk putting them on the point now.
Every deep group dark, U2 in trouble, one clip from Soggy.
A blink smack, Oaks bombing his back pocket, forces the Suzu,
high vision across the map though is going to do a lock to the frontline.
Pineapple down, OT, Team Secret's hopes and dreams relying on this point being capped.
budget win, and that was required for Secret to be able to stay alive in this series.
Great backflank from High Vision and Soggy, just flanking into that backflank, putting the pressure
on the supports. They have to do that, and then some go. As JD Gaming, like you've got the title
Blast to engage with the Tracer or your Sion, Secret, she's going to go to Rally to be able to
sustain. We have to see something out of that DPS now. Cubs got a final race there,
Down there with it, but Kineki has got the Tide of Blast rally.
Oh, there's the boot, and Kofa ends up going down with a Primal Rage.
He was stunned, so couldn't use it.
But this race is going to have lines, too.
It's all falling apart for Team Secret.
A good stun bash from Pali, but is it actually going to be enough?
Pineapple again, separating the team with his spree,
and now hunting for more.
Kineki gets a couple.
Winter trying to hold on to.
Kofa gets back with a Primal Rage, but it's all Pineapple here.
JDG.
They're crushing the hopes and dreams of Team Secret, and their key is not far behind.
Chinese Overwatch, Jack.
We might be oh-so back here for 2026.
JD Gaming survived the lower bracket run,
And that dive, it looks so devastating.
We're starting to see the discipline from Bellasraria as well.
In the past, he's been a very aggressive player,
very easy to sort of like bait and punish when he's too far forward,
taking down the tank,
then turning your attention to the rest of his team.
We're starting to see him holding back though,
tempering that aggression,
using it to set up the rest of his team,
on the ground. Honishing the
expectation as well. And then
for New Jump City, the
wrecking ball and macula. Yeah,
which is a dismantling of Team
Secret felt like. J D G. Second
Chinese team here to win
alongside W D G. Team Secret
going to go home, although you
know, showing up on an
is going to get crushed. This is going to be a time that JDD are going to remember.
Let's jump down onto the stage in fact with Pineapple in here.
Thanks very much guys. JDG get the dub here. I'm standing by with Pineapple and our wonderful
translator Jin. Pineapple, you're still alive. JDG lives on. How did you recover from the
loss to SSG yesterday how did you regroup?
I'll say the main reason for our loss yesterday was that we were too tense and the result was
and us just not performing as for normal and today we are much more calm much more relaxed so we definitely played a lot better
when you saw webu gaming
advanced to the playoffs earlier today did that motivate you further to get the win here
uh
Of course.
And...
I want to say, let's take a good step and make a good match.
Absolutely.
But for ourselves, we have to take every step as it comes
and be able to do our best through each single step.
Time up, you can see over your shoulder here
that the key crusher is being revealed.
Big smile on your face.
Are you ready to crush a key?
Now that we've recorded the Niaji behind us,
You're here. Are you ready to crush the key to the other side?
team secret carried a region to
Paris, but the pressure was too
much. Becky will be crushed.
They are eliminated from the
midseason championship.
I just got one more question for
absolutely loving it. Let's stop here.
It's Chinese overwatch back.
Yes, we're going back.
JDG, congratulations on a big win.
We'll see you as you continue that lower bracket run.
We'll be back on stage shortly. Thank you.
I just became a fan of Pineapple and I think Jaws, our commentator, did as well.
Let's take a look back at some of the highlights, his DPS duo Konecki also in some of the highlight
reels but, Zoe, this seemed to be kind of a dominant showing.
Kuffus crew team secret, unable to hang.
Yeah, it's a little sad honestly to manage who lives unimpressed with everything.
But yeah, it was a complete dismantling.
I actually really expected to see a little bit more pushback here from Team Secret, but no, this was a JDG coming in with really, really good comps for them playing their comfort zone.
Like they weren't really breaking this with.
Johnny, are you surprised to see how many fans have shown up for Wevo and JDG because they have been loud all day long?
A little bit. I'm not alone in that, right? I'm a little bit surprised at how many people have heard of us.
I was curious as well.
Chinese fans always show up. What are you saying?
I think back to Toronto they always show up for like big major tournaments, but they're showing up
I've been here every single week, and this is definitely one of the better crowds
We've had for an early Wednesday Thursday performance. We're not even to the weekend yet
And it's gonna get louder here in Paris
JDG looking to make more noise if they will it's probably gonna be high in these two once again
But the whole team performed Johnny how strong is the squad right now? What did you like about their gameplay?
I gotta say this is my favorite type of robot.
Like it's just pure chaos.
Pure chaos control.
The tempo, Tracer, Xeon, and this new addition to the Overwatch roster, it's just so much
fun because the pace is just ridiculous.
You get a wrecking ball just whirling around the point trying to keep the point from passing.
You get a woo-yang just firing in water projectiles from everywhere.
They just pick teams to get it apart.
I love to watch them play.
And honestly, that ball performance from Belarus was immaculate.
It was actually so well played, such good positioning, so much disruption coming in.
And that they did against a team that was really aggressive yesterday, but today they
just couldn't find their footing.
For team Siegfried, you're going to go back to the drawing board.
As you heard from Kuffa, it's the first LAN, first major event for some of his teammates.
What do you think they learned from today's match, what can you take away from your time
here at EWC?
Well, this is super valuable experience, because being on stage for the first time, it's frightening.
setup is not like you think at home and so just getting the experiences crucial for under their
belt but obviously I think this is the best Pacific team we've ever had represent the region and so
this is a region that is moving in the right direction yes you move you exit the diverse
first round here pocket but I think some of these players you know kappa he's been around
his experience veteran but for some of these other players this has been an amazing tournament for
them they can come back stronger next time it's good to see that pineapple and I have the same
high five game we take a look at our bracket and this one is done for the day JD gaming is moving
on and they will play the loser of GKE sports or Zeta division tomorrow. In the meantime,
we got to move over to Group A, Zoe, because we got a big matchup feature, one of our favorites,
T1 and our favorite Poco. Poco Bombs could be in the building today. Listen, T1 has to advance
for the stories, for the T, for all the spicy stuff. For the Falcon T1 match. Yes, exactly.
That's what I want to see. It's not going to happen. No, not the Falcon T1. No, it will be.
Okay, never mind. It will be decided because I just somehow my brain expected
Falcons to go through the up and down. We will kind of cause some problems.
But yeah, it's going to be spicy in the lower bracket. T1 has to make it.
Yeah. Unless Hydron has something to say about it.
He does not. He might be noisy. We'll have to find out. Stay locked here at EWC.
Don't go anywhere. We have two more matches coming your way on day two.
The Call of Duty Warzone competition is taking place here in the Kidea City grid and we have
the lovely glitter to give us an update because this is day one, things are starting.
Right, we literally just dove into the competition and this is how it's going to work. We've got
two days of group stage, then we go into survival stage and then we have our match point finals.
So pretty standard for Battle Royale, but this is gonna be really exciting because for Warzone,
CC teams are massive in this lobby. I think we have eight different CC squads,
but the ones that really matter when it comes to storylines, we've got Defending Champs and Twisted
Minds, but they've been really inconsistent over the last few lands, so they might not be able to
close this one out. A little bit of a hometown buff here because Gentlemates are back in the
building for the horizontal zone, so that could be a big deal. We saw how crazy it was in the early
portion of EWC and then of course we have Falcons they have you soak up best player in the world at war zone and Falcons are the
Favorites to win this so is this the one they finally get for her base four times already this right? I know I know so far
It's not living up to the expectations, so we're gonna find out whether or not that's gonna be the case
But thank you so much for the updates. I appreciate it. That's it from us over to you guys
Play is in our DNA
Whenever we let it out, it becomes our superpower.
Now imagine an entire city being built to supercharge it.
Kidea City powered by play.
Both of you played against T1. You guys are a good start.
Yes.
The solo bow in the middle and all faker.
Yeah.
That was crazy. How did that feel?
I mean that for us to have our new mid laner who just joined our team just a few months ago be able to solo kill
The goat was an amazing moment for us. And of course it was 4-0 for a second
I thought like my dreams are about to come true and everything but then of course, you know T1 and faker being faker
They went didn't make it through but we're happy to see you guys here. Yeah taking down
The goat, you know saying that's was crazy actually because we lost again them
Pretty bad the way at me side. Oh, yeah, it was like a nightmare
zero three and you're out and this time it was like that's a dream you know in front of our fans our crowd
It's a dream. Yeah for real
It's the mid-season championship here at the Esports World Cup, overwatch players from
around the globe all collecting here in Paris to find out who truly is the best.
So far we've crushed two keys and sent two teams packing, it's time to find out who
is going home from Group A.
This is an elimination battle featuring 9Z and T1.
If you're just joining us, well, we started yesterday
with a jam-packed eight-match day.
Johnny, what did you learn about this group?
About this group, the favorites started to advance.
The MIA looking really strong in the upper bracket there
with Virtus.Pro and a twisted mind.
So that's what we're going to look out for.
Two wins and you're through, two losses and you're done.
You already hold one L if you're 9Z and T1.
Let's take a look here at T1 and talk to one
of our favorites, Jake.
Poco is back in the building.
Poco, can you hear us live?
Yes, I can.
Poco, it's great to hear you.
One of my favorite French content creators
and of course pro players from the Overwatch League days.
I watch you season one, season two.
But who are you more surprised to see
on the mics this week?
And Jake, reinforced, soon or been best?
Maybe it's gonna be soon.
I don't know, he's like surprisingly good at it.
He's just natural.
All the French people are like, don't speak, I think.
They're just good at everything they do.
I love it.
Yeah, it's great to see.
And for you guys, for T1 this weekend,
it's going to be an interesting one, right,
with taking a loss already.
It was an incredibly close affair against Twisted Minds.
You'd think this would be maybe an easier match for T1.
But how do you think about the tournament ahead for T1?
Is this going to be their year to finally notch
a significant result on an international land?
Yeah, I think so.
But I mean, again, Twisted Mind was really good.
It's always a very difficult opponent.
But yeah, I think the guy goes through the lower bracket
pretty easily now.
The guy beat 9-Z 2-0.
And then Falcon is going to be a bit tougher.
But hey, I believe in T1.
They have to make it.
It's their land.
And T1 fighting.
Poker, what's the pep talk like?
You know, the players are preparing ahead of the game.
Do you barge in there and give them a pep talk?
like how does that get established?
Oh, hell no, hell no, hell no.
That's not my job at all.
I just do both teams.
I just do fun French jokes and stuff.
I let the players, let the coaches are very smart,
very talented.
I don't do anything about it.
Just you guys, you do you and no better.
Speaking of me doing you, I want to do the polka style
with some polka bombs.
We saw yesterday I can do that in game.
But if I want to eat like polka in Paris,
where do I go if I want to learn from the French?
just go anywhere. Like a little French bourgeoisie, you get a little bread, a little croissant
and everything is going to be good. You can't go wrong in France. The food is amazing.
The people are lovely. Maybe not in Paris, but they're lovely if you try them out.
Poco, final opportunity to give a shout out to anyone who's been supporting you. I loved
watching you as a player. It's great to see you thriving in 2026 as a co-streamer.
Yeah, I mean, of course, shout out to T1 for bringing me again in the family and shout out to the French Redance.
There are so many people. I'm very excited for this weekend and shout out to you guys.
You are doing an amazing job keeping the hype and yeah, thank you for everybody watching.
It's great to see you, the male model doing his thing.
That is Poco. You can watch his stream in the meantime.
We got to take a look at his team. It's T1. They're here in the elimination bracket.
Jake, this is a tough spot to be for one of the favorites in the tournament at least if you're looking at
EWC and across the board
T1 are some of the big hitters here to win a club championship
Yeah, this would be a huge opportunity for them to do it in Overwatch to not a significant placement
But this team has kind of been on the outside looking in they haven't been able to really
Broach those top spots and they find themselves now in the lower bracket that being said this match against 9z
should be a bit of an opportunity to catch their breath,
get their feet back under them
after what was a tough loss, two twisted minds.
I mean, I don't think that limits their potential
in this tournament.
TM is one of those squads that very well could win it all.
So losing to them isn't necessarily a death sentence,
but I want to see a very strong
and decisive victory over 9Z.
I don't want to see them pulling their punches.
This needs to be a team-
We're never round.
Firing on all cylinders, exactly.
They should make this one quick and solid
because frankly, 9Z,
I really don't think that they have the caliber
Let's be honest here at the bottom tier of our competition board Johnny. Where do you have T1 right now?
T1? I still think they're real competitive.
I get some point that Poisson is gonna come home to roost for this team because we keep talking about the potential
That joke went right over your head, but we've been talking about the potential for so long now that you're just kind of like waiting
Okay proud like when are you gonna show up and just dominate on the world stage T1? They haven't done that yet
Speaking of proud he showed up backstage with Danny Lim. Here's what he had to say
Thanks guys, I'm here joined by Proud from T1 just before heading into his match.
Proud, let's start off with yesterday's match. You guys went up against Twisted Minds.
It was a very close match, but you guys did lose to them.
How is the team feeling right now before going into the match?
Yesterday's TMI match was very close, but unfortunately, you lost. How is the T1 feeling right now?
I think we can do it again with the UF press. I think we can win the rest and go up.
Overall, the vibe is actually not that bad. It's another opportunity for us to prove ourselves and take another step.
Just win this one and take it step by step. We have another step in front of us, but if we win that and we can just continue on.
So the whole vibe right now for the team isn't that bad at all.
Talking about your match that is coming up very very soon. You guys are going up against 9Z.
How do you view 9Z as a team?
Next question.
What do you think is the team that you personally think is going to win against 9Z?
Well, I think it's going to be easy for us to win.
I feel like they're sort of a similar team to us T1 because we use similar comps such as Romatra and so on and so forth
But I feel like we are the better version of the two
So I feel like it is going to be a pretty easy win for T1. All right, that is it for the end of me proud
Thank you so much. Good luck
Proud trade a flex on him and if he can he will make the fans proud
Let's take a look at our fan base poll 95% of them have faith in T1 Johnny
this is the most lopsided we've seen yet.
Yeah, it's going to be pretty one-sided as well.
Unless Hydron can do something about it.
The one thing I'll say about Hydron is,
just gonna keep making plays.
Always stay aggressive, always go for the big fight.
So I'm hoping to see if he can do something about it.
So he's just gonna take out the support line and they can win.
Yeah, just run them down.
Kill both.
Just run them down.
So we kill five.
And that might set them up for a team fight victory.
Honestly, I think 95-5, maybe understates how dominant this is gonna be for T1.
I mean, they almost got it done over twisted minds
who put incredible pressure on every team they face up against the Sim.
I think Proud is going to be pretty happy to have a much more stable match on his hand
and something where he can really sink his teeth and do and show what he can do on LAN.
I think this is one of the more exciting up and coming hitscans.
We got to throw it into stage as we do. Who are best? Me, Johnny or Ian Chambers?
T1!
The Legend Club, one of eSports defining organizations.
Their domestic pedigree isn't questioned, but now they are leaning against the wall.
Can they do it or will they be flying home tomorrow?
That's the question we're all asking us.
Is he still able to continue in this new world bracket run in Paris?
Their opponents, many never expected them to be here.
I'm going to gas them up.
It's 90!
Latin America's representatives were not handed a place on this stage.
They fought through the face-it league to win it.
Yesterday, let's be honest, it brought a difficult opening defeat.
But underdogs are defined by what they do when the path becomes its hardest.
Today, 9C face the biggest opportunity in their Overwatch history.
Eliminate T1 and create one of the stories of the tournament. Go on lads.
The underdogs versus some of the Koreans' favourites. It starts now!
One team is trying to keep a championship dream alive,
And the other is trying to create a moment its region will never forget the opportunities for South America.
In Overwatch to put themselves on the international stage are few and far between.
And if things don't go right, this might be their last chance here in Paris.
See, it would be a moment everybody doesn't forget, not just their region, I mean, this would be just an underdog story here.
All right, Mike, now we have never seen if Nines is able to pull it off, but T1 come in, most certainly to have you favorite.
For T1, I think they're still probably stewing a little bit on yesterday's result. Frustrated about it, but yesterday's frustration is today's fuel.
This is a match for T1 about confidence, polish, and plenty of the mess from yesterday.
They are representing a proud region. It doesn't matter if they're the third seed. They're from South Korea.
They're expected to go deep, but we're from Poco, right?
They're expected to go through this wall or bracket.
Their opponents in winning keel against 9Z would be Falcons,
which is always a fun matchup against the team
who is struggling.
We focus on this one because 9Z didn't come to participate.
They didn't come to collect the $200 PASCO.
They can't even compete.
And this is...
I found as good as I see it.
This is competition now.
Yeah, exactly.
I feel for T1 in the sense that even if you win this, it doesn't really do anything much
in terms of the fan or the public perception of us, right?
Like this is to be expected, like T1, we expect them to contend for the championship here
and at internationals, right?
This is just a prerequisite of that.
As Hydra on good to see him back on the stage here with Nines, you know, as the desk was
talking about, you're going to need, you know, what is even beyond heroics, right, from high ground to really make this a game.
We've witnessed many moments like this, we're on paper, we have these very David versus Goliath-esque matches, and there are moments,
there are moments in games of Overwatch where you can overcome experience, regional strength, land pedigree,
but not for the whole course of the series, that's the concern here.
When the C9C come out and show us something that we've never seen from their region before.
Now, obviously, this is a roster that is very much bolstered by Hydro and Clear.
That's LAN experience. These guys have been around for a long, long time.
It's going to have to do some Olympia-level lifting against the squad as well-drilled,
as long-lasting. T1 has this longevity in their core, and they get frequent, frequent practice reps
against the best teams in the world.
It's like, also, you kind of, uh, you're riding this belief in the core of T1.
And eventually, that belief, you know, if you don't get these results at international,
then within your region, it's going to a road, right?
And going to kind of conceive into the players and the team.
So for their sake, you hope they're going to escape this one.
I know kind of getting through the series pretty comfortably,
and then to go prove themselves into bigger teams.
Of course, it is a key crush game and a first two.
So the margin of error is pretty darn slim.
T1 are a proud org, with a lot of fans all around the world, like Matt kind of succinctly put it.
Excellence is not simply design.
T1 doesn't get into games to participate, right?
They get into games to be the best win, legendary organization, finishing ninth doesn't.
And so it is an organization that expects to get by teams like this is a clear
His mouse is the 9v guys pretty comfortable there on the stage. Yeah, I mean, that's good
You want to bring that energy that's a little high-trump to me
He's always been able to do is bring a sense of levity now into teams that he plays with he competes at an extremely high level
Of course remember that you know early OWCS era, right?
I mean this guy was certainly so we all had our eyes on have the ability to take over game
on the hit-scanner role pretty frequently.
Sojourn was a great fit.
I was gonna say, Sojourn is like, I'm the one here
you really think of, uh, Hydra,
like, this ability with, like, overclock,
and just, you know, raw damage out in the right field,
and really, I know, put together some good games.
I would be worried, like, if you're T1 and you,
they win the series, like, Proud doesn't, like, dominate, right?
I mean, Proud should dominate this series.
Yeah, I also kind of like what we saw from T1 at times,
where Zest was able to pick up some of those, uh,
sort of offpicks, go for Vendetta, for example.
I think T1 would benefit from trying to play up tempo in a matchup like this and dictate the pace because they don't need to build their sea legs.
I don't know if they felt like they got a huge amount of exposure to competition up against vs pro.
I mean they definitely had exposure to a top team, but time on that stage, time to settle in, time to get comfortable.
That time, they all be running out.
Yeah, and it will be interesting to see what we have in terms of map selection, right?
I think when we were peeking on one of the players' screens, it was Samoa, potentially.
Is the map we haven't seen that one? I know me and you have not seen it.
No, we haven't.
We've seen a lot in Nepal. So we'll see if Samoa is that a choice.
Do you want...
Can probably accept the result from yesterday, all things considered.
It is the reigning OWCS World Championship that they fell to.
And, thankfully, they haven't beaten Twisted Vines since then either.
and they played in the pre-season boot camp.
The right though, Matt Samola is gonna be our first map
and is a Jet Pat Pat ban from 9Z.
Junker Queen, Junker Queen's gonna be banned.
Interesting, so we'll see,
no, obviously if that kind of plays into this at all,
we have not seen much queen.
Obviously we've had tank representation across the board here,
but has not been a tank that's been a mainstay whatsoever.
Recently, she has received, I would call it,
quality of life increases, but yeah,
I hope you're seeing area either way,
and I don't really know what T1's plan
in the grand scheme of things is with that particular band.
Let's lock in everybody.
Heading over to Samoa.
Remember, T1 certainly have a lot to prove still as a team,
coming out as the little brother from South Korea.
I got to say, you talk about having something to prove.
These guys have got it all to do,
but frankly, expectations for this team aren't that high.
feel like taking the underdog feels nice and I think if you're T1 this simple
path here is to just play aggressive run on through them right I know you're
able to play there's some of these vendetta comps you know don't hack me
you can see and play the fall we saw some tunes this the other day and really
just kind of bulldoze through 9z so they come out Maga vendetta yeah she on a
really high arc team comp. I love the tempo that T1 released. Signaling here.
Already? Yep, there's the dive! Look at the lights!
And there he goes. There he goes.
There's Estab, with a chance on him, and then with Donkaku, it's a very high mobility composition.
I'll see Proud as well for Joyride to be wherever he needs to.
The first test for 90 is going to be one of composure.
Can they deal with this style of fight, this dive?
make the adequate responses. And I mean, dude, Vengetta is so difficult to deal with, right?
I know you we say that and you're also dealing with a Maga Slash that follows up that stomp
as this is going to be T1 pushing in to the 9Z spawn. It is actually light and clear who
do get a back half here. It'll be short lived percentage for 9Z. I'm just going to put that
one back pretty quickly. G1, this round so far has been a series of relatively well coordinated
dives onto one of the softer parts of 19's lineup. Wett certainly has to have his wicks
about him. Hydron usually will be able to keep his distance more than his dive, but
the rest of his teammates you've got to be concerned about. G1 also draw the line of
scrimmage pretty darn deep and he uses to break up line of sight, but there's light
fighting crowd that ups T1 down to four players. Don't have to have to slope this down to Hydron
and the hitscan from Ninzee needs to put himself in a more impactful position.
Is that T1's gonna back up here?
Giving some space.
Over to Ninzee is there trying to put this point on back.
A few members low here for T1.
It's pretty good for Ninzee.
Yeah, don't be shabby there. T1, middle around a little bit
and frankly losing proud takes some of the bite out of their back.
Donkac makes a quick exit from the fight.
Ninzee will retain control, have a remake opportunity for clear
clear and a Kitsune rush to leverage.
We'll see if Zyne Z can hold on. I have still a early round here.
Zyne Z1, they will have that Kitsune rush right really strong with Maul guys we talked about throughout the day.
And then also the Vintetta.
Great combination. Can they find a target to collapse on as light gets dangerously low?
Look at this engage from Zyne Z. This is a very nimble comp.
This is why this composition has to come to like gold stance in this era of a watch.
Everybody has an escape.
Hot pinned them down, he comes to continue rush now, Zes looking for his next big deal,
but he's having a long hack getting a fight up close and versatile with clear butt, and
continue rush really assists in that regard.
Oh, here's a spring in the back line and Hydrone frankly didn't really have the tools
to escape.
This crowd here would have been happy to go down, but no, he won't hold on and hold
on to the second.
It's actually a tie game up until that point though, that's pretty good for 9-Z obviously.
You know, a point for what they got early to get some percentage, like about 15, and then a slight win.
We'll see if they can use this soundbar. You'll have the soundbar on the other side.
Zesla with that sundering blade could just kind of rip all that overheld off.
Just kind of make it all good for nothing lightest, but some pressure on the point to clear there.
Just trying to draw T1 back a little bit.
I'm going to reiterate, this match for T1 today is about polish. It's about being clean.
trying to avoid the, you know, the
get patient to become scrappy and just to throw
courses within every occasion you have.
Oh, the South barrier!
Not enough from LCS!
Hydro also picked up at the same time
and Zest is flying free down there on the point.
No way to go for Ninesie.
And he mentioned it was a tied game up until this point
but the airmen flowed tempo and Overwatch
is such that I felt my T1 never truly lost their nerve.
Now, assault destruction thrown in here for clear.
for clear, trying to get a mech back, gets taken out before you can get back inside and
that is a pretty commanding win there for T1 in our first point.
I was kind of wondering what the broader objective is, you know, as a team like T1 coming into
a game like this.
When you're already expected to win, there have to be some spectatory objectives outside
of you, including the video game.
I kind of want to see if any of those should get exposed to us as spectators.
That's nice there from Dongha.
I see Malga has slightly higher spread on those trained guns, but that range you are not
seeing to me that much of a difference though in terms of Malga's play rate throughout this
event.
So the fact that you can cycle those cooldowns more quickly in Kitsune Rush basically makes
Malga rush killable.
It's going to be like going back to Tracer, so we're going to get a mirror match up here.
from these two teams
See if they can kind of stop the progression from the desk and proud is
You know proud now playing like a traditional hitskin right playing the she arms
She under them a little bit more range than some of the other flangers though, so
Kind of fits in a few niches for your right. It's obviously mirrored back lines for both these sides
Those heads that's ever find proud here. It's a pretty good look
Do you want now or have to derive the wind condition with those four players?
I think Zestis is going to play a pretty sexual role in this early burn of the Suzu.
That's not bad. That's going to be barked out to the rest of T1 to try and capitalize on.
And Webb couldn't get away. Even with the swift step Suzu combo used, the Kimiko is down.
Zestis got some real staying power in here behind this deflection, this damage mitigation.
He can shelter inside the point here. He won this legitimately one with four.
Well, I mean, Zest didn't have to use any of his movement cooldowns early on to get on the web.
So, as soon as that Kiri TP's out, you have the world win, you can also throw your sword to get right into the mix.
Available for Zest to just kind of close the gap, you have the Mogestump on top of the supports as well as they kind of timed it up really nice.
What a point! You still need to put the work into having good positioning with Vendetta, even if the kit is built to allow you to cross the map through the ease.
Same concept I guess is Tracer loving being thrown into back lines with all the cooldowns up because of Jet Fracat.
This was able to chase and chase that Kiriko.
It feels like if you don't get rid of it and get it early in these fights, right,
and she starts to build those onslaught stacks, it becomes, you know, lights out.
She's hitting too hard, yeah.
She's hitting too fast, and frankly, she gets even more nimble off on Grisong.
She's also hitting target like a diva, right, who can't really avoid her
outside of just gonna, like, running away completely.
Alright, there's his flattened air to dive from T1.
Most of his S leading the charge here.
That was my question.
Question, can 9z handle this pace? Can they handle them down a constantly? Disrespecting them? Running up on them like that?
And now there's a question of whether they can get their ducks back in the road to have a wheelie.
They want, they want this DMX so bad. They're gonna get it. That is huge!
Cleo though has a quick way to make a quick exit. So off the map he goes, but this is poor stagger.
The more time it is, there is not, you know, you make that clear exit off the side. Like you said,
LCS gets sent for a ride.
You don't have a lot of time here.
It looks like it's double back, and they think that there's a player behind, they're going to all run for the tracer.
Oh, that is devastating for Light!
You don't even think about using the pulse from there, it's a matter of survival.
I mean dude, the fittest to survive.
I know you lose LCS. You have Blade, I mean it doesn't really matter, right?
I mean you have everything here available for T1.
That Polish I was looking for?
Yeah, it's like a mirror sheen in this round back 98% and counting zesta and clear exchange for one another
And I don't think that benefits 90 whatsoever. There's a suffering screen over the top
And that is that folks know a wrapped up in a cute little bow t1 stamp their authority
They think obviously expected right 90 in a in a rough start here in their series against t1
But obviously they have the you know map selection coming out first fan
So the issue is there's probably a lot of stuff they would like to never see again in a series here
With a T1
Only one choice. This is Overwatch guys. Yeah, I don't know what to tell you as ants
Brown even getting his like what if we can ban the Shion and the Vendetta?
I hope we just get a little too. Why don't you go play Overwatch Classic instead?
What are we doing?
We've doubled down here.
Let us, you know, we'll make it to a third map.
We'll just not ban anything.
Just give us two bans for the next map.
OK.
You all like that.
Banking a ban for Light of Man.
Not a fun format.
Just put them all, they invest them all here.
He's a T1.
Great performance from them.
It's to be expected with this roster, especially, you know,
Nyanzee, obviously, coming in a pretty heavy underdog,
even with some experience on that side.
So, we'll see if T1 can kind of continue that hot play into our second map.
Here, 9Z, can you avoid some of these naps that you can play really hyper-expressive on, right?
Are you trying to avoid, like, games that you can play MAGA?
Are we looking at, like, a Shambhali Monastery, or...
Now, obviously, you have some of the, you know, I guess, weirder maps in the pool that we haven't had in ages.
I mean, we haven't seen Junkertown, I think, at all, right? That's a possibility, though.
Bizarre map as well. There was a time where you're not playing vendetta on Junker town. No
Yeah, probably not, but it was a time when that was like a wrecking ball we don't make a map
I mean, but that like also is not a great thing where you like don't have to play the ball if you wanted to go there, right?
No way
Yeah, you know knowing uh, you know us speaking it into existence
It'll be like an atlas pick with like a cat man. It's just like ball. We can't be
Yeah, we'll see, illegal. Where 9Z decides to take us, so...
Let's see if this T1 team still bears the legacy of SoulInfernal, a team towards the late era of Overwatch League.
And also, SKU is one of the most decorated support players that you will find.
You will find. Obviously he was on the solve as well, but had a still on the Los Angeles
gladiators that really took him from, I would say, obscurity to Stardom as a player.
One of the, I'm going to say this, not with irony because it wasn't during the Goat Spinner,
but outside of the Goat Spinner, one of the most incredible brief players I've ever seen.
Yeah, very talented, right? I think he's kind of the, you would think almost as like the
leader for this T1 roster, at least in the server.
They kept it in house a lot this team.
For example, like Zest played for T1 before Solid Fertile.
Yeah, yeah, and then went back to T1.
This isn't, what I like about that,
it reminds me of like SK Gaming in Europe
and how they handled their teams,
as well as that these guys really,
like entrust their fate in a quarter of a life.
Well, T1, they're parent, Oregon Overwatch has always had
like, you know, a pro team, then like a tier two team
right at time, right now, obviously kind of coming in one.
New Junk City is the map selection.
What do they ban?
So they ban the Vendetta.
I mean, yeah, okay, that thing is nasty to deal with.
And then it's the, the ever thrown in Mercy Band here for T1.
So.
Big respect to Hydro and Pharah.
Okay.
Or they just need to ban something.
Don't heck with the glow up.
I'm just gonna throw it out there.
I remember when he was a fresh faced youngster
on Atlanta Rain.
And, yeah, didn't really find a lot of success there,
honestly, and was,
uh, pro pippies.
Subjects is an extremely high expectation.
His teammates on that roster had some huge shoes to fill with the vendetta gone
They can maybe play some sim if they would like now you can play sim with
Whether it be diva whether it be rematra
Don't hang I think is like, you know prime to play the mage yet again
You can just sub out the vendetta for like what tracer you play tracer she on
If you want we seen teams know any a me a go and play she on reefer here
I do feel like Shion has really broken that dichotomy between having a hit scan and having
some sort of flanking.
Kind of do a bit of bulk at times.
I think you certainly can just play Tracer so germ, but it's a little outdated at this
point and having access to that Shion who really gives you these moments of burst damage
that Tracer can't replicate outside of pole spot with some degree of her mobility seems
It's like it's a hero really just purpose made for competitive overwatch.
Yeah. And a big check, baby.
That respect.
Shout out to Finland, baby.
Shout out to Cladi.
You know, they're they're they're in so many.
I've never been to anything where we've seen so many signs for a team that's here.
Nothing says overwatch fandom more about loving the underdogs or loving the teams
that start making.
Just aren't here.
Yeah, one-day peps will be a pen in it.
Yeah, I mean that club is fanatic.
Oh, I mean the French Overwatch fans, I mean,
it's always been awesome, right? I mean,
they've had some legendary teams throughout the history,
just not really, at least this year.
The Paris Trial, yeah, legendary.
I mean, even before that, team Melty.
One of the first competitive Overwatch teams, primarily French players, many of them, all
of them have moved on to other things, they have real jobs now, but that was the team
that led the way in the early Overwatch era and were the best by a long shot.
Took a long time to address the Europe, let alone to catch up to them.
You can think back to the origins of Overwatch, like the strength of Europe, right, you know
AMEA at the start and then obviously, I know Korea has been extremely strong
obviously ever since but when OWCS it feels like all the other regions obviously
more consistent regional play that was I started to get much better that was
what champions class meant to me it was that there were so many other regions
that all of a sudden drew themselves a seed at the table right it was obviously
Europe won champions twisted vines there were still questions there's a lot of
questions about where China fits into that where NA fits into that where
South America fits into that I guess now.
We're still looking for our answer.
We saw Zes play Venturi the other day. It was Route 66, right?
No.
It was an option to have a bit more staying power.
I think they were on defense.
I don't know if it's going to the mixed team, but we saw it.
It did happen.
We saw Winston here as well.
Shut that cover.
Yeah, I don't think we're getting like a
like a Tomathan video on Winston here.
You know.
It doesn't just do highlights.
All right.
So, 90.
Secret Science does still resemble
their sort of cool, cool look.
It's just not a tracer for light here.
Yeah.
And I've always loved Zest's flexibility.
Back in the day, with a bit more of a Genji-efficient art,
but now he's really, you know,
even that durable bit more.
Brown here.
Sends a phone by God in, draws a Suzu out,
and then all he has to follow up with a bit of a charge
just again is that uptemp I look here for T1.
But Hydron knows just how to navigate him. Dancing around finds Bliss on the fight away.
Yeah, you do still have those skewed alive with a large source of healing.
You're going to get clear as well, so you don't have that tank.
No way you're going to be able to stand here and fight for 9Z.
So, starts off OK, 4-9Z, but then in the end, you lose your tank.
You end up losing a support as well. You're in a really rough spot, so...
See if they can regroup here, and they don't get a fight rather quickly.
I'm trying to get a go on that.
Oh, blank.
Blank.
He's getting some Okada, so it looks like he's enjoying my wet for the time being,
but they've attracted a lot of attention.
Good Suzy timing to prevent the lockdown, though,
but the rest of T1 are all piling in.
Don't have to do any healing, though, so 90 have done fairly well.
Yeah, this is really good.
Just drawing the guy down, they've braided T1 in,
and they've handled that.
Honestly, with a confidence, they wouldn't expect him to see.
Oh, on T1, this is an over, it's going to be a continuing rush here.
It's over.
On the low ground and then it's gonna be a continued rush in response from Gwed.
Hydron, POP-TOC gets down to the point.
This will deal with Zess, so 9Z.
That was a really nice fight, right?
They kind of like, have Senna Hydron on the flank.
You kind of get some shots into Dunghack.
Everybody goes for T1.
And T1, you can kind of see from the health bars on the top of the screen.
They were so weak at 9Z.
Pretty much fully healthy.
Pretty impressive T1's able to drag it out as long as they possibly did.
Yeah, Dunghack wants to put himself in harm's way.
only if he's able to knock everyone down with that shoulder charge and stomp.
But when it was Suzu'd off, I'm going to get a little bit more than he bargained for in Reprisal.
So, a fight not quite featuring the Polish that T1 is being expected to provide.
Nineteens make the right decision. They make the play. They take the pace.
Here, just putting some pressure on Skiu. That's going to get the TPL, not the Kiri.
We'll start, okay? Clear? I respect it, but T1 are able to get out of line of sight.
However, this is still constructive for them.
Donghae very low, Clear's gonna run him down,
Wedd, credited with the elimination.
Brown has a spree.
Surely not the moment for that.
Light though is gonna be picked up for Zest,
so perhaps an opportunity now to four versus four.
Clear is gonna try and maintain point control
as Zest was trying to backcap his low though.
We'll leave you to get away and get back to some hell
that's a one-for-one.
Proud Spree catches out, Wedd,
but he's traded out by Hyde,
and Zest is sitting on a tectonic shock
and had better make use of it sooner rather than later.
Yeah, I mean, Dong Han gets back in the fight, and because you're down the here, you're gonna have to use that sound barrier here to push on forward.
Where's the beat for Bliss? He needs to build it right now. T1 wanna be able to hang in this fight.
Disengaged there for T1 now. Zest needs to get away, and a flip on the point.
Means that T1 can now take their time a little more. They've had enough.
And they have beat. I mean, that's huge.
Enough to build the beat. Exactly.
This is gonna pop that straight away. Dong Han's gonna charge in, and Hydro is already taken down.
Like, but it's up to Riki's free. But only if he got his in his way.
It's a Malga! Too much to cut through now, the cardiac overdrive giving more healing than they even needed.
The 9Z get a sniff of the cheese, but it's D1.
Who is the second mouse?
Man, I feel for 9Z there. They played that really well on our first Flashpoint.
We take a look here, crowd to POV on the flames. That's gonna be the what?
the Lucio, and the Soldier in there at that moment in time.
Two massive kills.
OC available here for Hydrons,
and maybe you can make a play.
Stopp Dogak, and luck is caught out.
Kai's by being set on now as well.
Oh, Kai, community gear is interesting.
I thought they were pretty favorable in this fight,
but perhaps not off the map.
Player's gonna be denied the mech though.
Skewed, ignore him until it's time to take that
maybe deeper out of the game,
until you wanna get a solid point control.
and I believe it's still on, they have Hydron here as well, so...
Hydron's gonna stagger out for a while and that is a... it's toonay rush that's been done from WED here, so...
Gonna end up using the rush here, then you just have WITE here as well, I think.
There's two foxes inside of all of us. One of them says Press Q.
Looks like WED was gonna listen to that one.
Yeah, it's uh... I mean, you do not have D.va anywhere close, you just lost your soldier, and...
You were 2v4, I think. It's a rough one.
Alright, that's just welcome to the other stage.
No, that wasn't a Flank, you said you had a Flank.
Yeah, that's a rough one, man. I mean, now you end up losing light, right?
So you can just keep staggering out even longer.
I don't get it, I think that this fight will be staggered basically until 90% now for NiteZ.
Can they get away?
Wait, really? Okay, at most, I mean, maybe...
Okay, so going back to that rush,
Maybe they actually think that clear is going to end up coming back into that fight because he's coming off a spawn
You would he kind of like would have dove down anywhere
It may be a hydra and they think he's able to live up on the high ground. There's a lot that kind of goes into that
but still I mean
Rough because you haven't really forced you want to use much of anything these last two fights, right?
And bliss verge you got a big to match that of LCS is
dangerous
Well, they're looking for the lucio as well. They all tracked. I think well CS was getting close to and they pick him up
It's a one more chance here for 9z.
I mean, it's gonna be, uh, T1's gonna have all five ults, right?
I mean, they're gonna be in prime position, like, back over to the Shion, trying to spawn there.
As Tracer didn't really find the best results, now they're gonna go over to Reaper, so, look, I mean, you're trying to deal with this smog on you,
for sure, bring some nice knock of the, uh, the Venture.
Of course, but it doesn't matter, I mean, sound better use aggression pushed in.
Uh-oh.
Alright.
crowd getting pre-all charged they didn't need. When Shion gets the
major where she gets all the roll passes between them it's a brutal
brutal scenario. I think Clearless used self-destruct there to try and get back into mech.
Yes it was a trait to T1 but definitely favorites him that they got the baby
D. But yeah self-destruct way better. Oh tectonic shock. I think the sides of
the grass man is about to give a couple readings here's an early Suzu
to be laid over the top of it here.
Lanez knows, and it's the time, they've got to hunker down.
The lights are already been picked off, and Zest is now looking for that soft underbelly.
And their composition will simply throw some potshots over the clear.
It's going to be a continue rush now coming out from where, but the case was a problem.
Hydro gets the overclock to break it open, but the rest of T1 are still topped up and healthy.
Hydro knows what's coming.
Zest is the specter that hangs over him in this round, and he has to back up even further.
It won't matter, the back flight is down.
T1 is 63%, there's a back cap happening.
And it's gonna be a short-lived victory lap there as Light has to saunter away.
Yeah, I mean, but Light backcaps, we get 9%, but that is all T1.
The way they're coordinating these Magistoms, right, the borough from the venture coming in.
Just hopping out of that, the damage then wants to stomp and then also proud rolling on through the fight.
It's been too much for 9Z to do with all series.
The last chance for 9Z here at the mid-season championship.
And LCS already has been staved off of the point.
Oftentimes been triggered and in fact there was a flip.
And I'm not the back, but 9-0 at the moment.
Point out it's a clean with the back up.
Okay, how do they group up around this?
That is an early swift step there from where that I think Donghack has realized it.
Lance been picked up here, clearing out Spidey for his life against flissable people.
There's a sound barrier.
And already, should it be required?
But it might just be for a bit of a celebrate-trip dance here.
Turning up the beat for the victory lap now is P1 have done it.
9Z dispatched and their sights set squarely on evening a regional rivalry
What a diamond showing there from T1
9z great story, right? They're qualifying in
Just uh
I don't know why so much serious
I don't know why I've seen that one is uh
uh
The Hydron digs a little bit of a...
But he's just trying to rinse the stink off that game off of me.
He's about to melt it right away.
I don't think any of T1 is going to get close to you now that you're saturated.
I would love to know what the T1 guys think.
Like, is he just sweating that much on the side of his stage?
What is going on there?
But he looks a bit.
Yeah, so...
No, look, obviously Ruff go 4-9-Z,
but I think T1 just shows you the level of play they can get to.
Yeah, and again, I asked him for polish to clean up after yesterday
the frustration of a loss to your current world champions.
And it looks like they have been able to do that big shout out
to Alpha cast by the way, first friend of mine.
He's going to ask the senior.
Is he playing?
Why am I alive?
I'm probably up to these days.
Give yourself a busy, again.
T1 now know who waits for them.
It's going to be Falcons, but I'm curious to hear their thoughts
out of this match.
Let's head down and hear from Skewed.
Me too, guys.
Thank you very much.
T1, stay alive.
Skewed is standing by alongside Maddox as well.
our translator, Skewed. I'm sure that that was a series that you expected to win, but
with this being an elimination match, did you feel nerves when you woke up this morning?
I was a little nervous but I wanted to do what I had done.
How did you change coming into today?
Sorry about this, come on here Maddox, you can just share this with me.
will work on that as well.
Absolutely. Let's do some business back here.
Can you see the key crusher revealing behind us?
Shall we go Krush?
Okay, let's do this.
Let's go and Krush another key here on day two.
I've overwatched the Esports World Cup.
Please join our key master over here, Skewed.
It's part of the territory of being a winner here at the eSports World Cup.
And of course, a loser too, because that marks the end of the road for 9Z.
They represented an entire region on the world stage here in Paris, but today,
that run will come to an end.
With the hands of T1.
You can make a big loud noise and that was an explosive keycrush, I've just got one more question for you, and it's about mentality, because you are now deep in a lower bracket run, you need to have a strong mentality to continue through it and your next opponent will be team Falcons, how do you feel about them?
Last but not least, since there's a lot of work to do, you have to walk on a difficult path, but right now, the broadcast is in the 8th floor.
So I'm wondering how you'll feel before the 8th floor.
I don't think I've done anything wrong. I just think it'll be fun. I think the poison will burst.
Honestly, I'm not going to say much of anything, but that being said, it's going to be a full dopamine rush.
I'm really excited for it.
Full dopamine rush, I love that.
All right, Paris, make some noise for our winners here. T1!
Scu, congratulations. Maddox, I'll get you a mic next time.
You have my word. Thank you very much. We continue through the process.
One more to go.
And we are back with the highlights. Let's take a look at these Jake fantastic moments coming out of T1. A fast and furious 2-0 victory.
Yeah, it doesn't get more dominant than this. It's an ignominius finish 4-9-Z. I mean, maybe to be expected, given the stakes in this matchup for T1, rather, this is the top of the list.
He must have lost a bet. I mean, this is like what is going on here?
Couldn't make it happen in game, unfortunately.
But I want to give a shout out to those guys who are not leaving us, of course.
So, Hydron, couldn't make it happen.
We'll be back with more Overwatch live from EWC in Paris.
As promised, a little Street Fighter update as things progress,
Falcons seems to be knocked out, but DT is joining us to tell us exactly what's going on because there's another Falcons win.
Yes, the Falcons have just won in the upper bracket. It was Mickey this time who's managed to get to the next phase.
Obviously the upper brackets in the groups.
Well, the big story was that Xiao Hai, last time you guys were over here, was playing and now he's no longer in the competition.
And that's the winner from 24 and 25 in Street Fighter.
So that's a big, big story.
And Team Falcons losing one of their main players, which is a big issue for them considering they really need to recoup some points in the moment.
Alright, well thank you so much for that update, that is a little bit unfortunate for Oplotkins, but that's just how things roll. We'll keep you updated, of course, as things progress.
Hello everybody, we're on our final match of the day, DallasFuel vs Team Liquid.
It's gonna be over soon, I actually know because it's pick up time, yeah, let's predict who's
gonna win.
All right everybody, it's on the EWC app,
so download it, join in on the fun.
We're gonna start, I'm gonna start actually first.
Dallas Fuel versus Team Liquid.
I'm gonna go with Team Liquid
winning two to one against Dallas Fuel.
Yesterday, Tree popped off under Cassidy.
I think if he brings that again,
I honestly think Team Liquid has a good chance.
What do you think?
I might have to disagree.
Okay.
I'm gonna go for Dallas Fuel 2-0.
2-0, okay.
I, you know, Tree, Tree's a great player, but I think Dallas Fuel have got it.
You know, Sonjun's been doing great, and just, I don't know, I think Fuel have got it.
Okay, 2-0 for Dallas Fuel, alright. I'm going 2-1 for Team Liquid, how about you?
2-1, Dallas Fuel.
I'm the odd one out, I'm the odd one out. Okay, what's your reasoning?
Look at Sonjun versus Zero. Sonjun's the bad player.
How about Tree, you didn't see, you didn't see the match yesterday? Tree popping up on Cassidy?
I did see the highlights but like I'm a flex DPS player. I respect the flex DPS matchup
So Sonja did insane things during stage one and stage two. I think he's gonna bring great bikes with you
I'd honestly feel like whatever the outcome. I think it's gonna be an interesting match NA versus NA, you know, it's gonna be good
Thank you
I'm standing.
What is up everybody?
Matt Mr. X here with CJ for our Lenovo Key Setup.
CJ, I gotta know what you do to play at the best in game.
Let's start with the monitor.
How close are we?
Are we tilted there?
What are we doing here?
Honestly, I like to play like very close.
Like I would probably like move it up to here.
And also since I'm shorter, I'd probably like lower it a little bit.
I have the same problem.
I also do tilt it like a little bit.
Let's tilt it back.
That's not a bad one.
I think it's just like, for me, it's like easier just like see everything.
If it's like tilted more this way instead of forward, like forward.
It's like the top is closer to you.
But I think having like the bottom closer, just like as you're all closer,
you're cool down, just like see everything better.
Oh, okay, that's an interesting one.
I never would have thought that.
I'm gonna steal that from my setup.
Mouse, where is it at?
Like, are you doing, what's your DPI?
What's your settings on that one?
So, DPI normally is like 1600, and like 2.25 in game.
I think, yeah, like around here is probably
where I use my mouse.
The only different thing I do is like the keyboard.
I probably, like I play on an angle for my keyboard.
Oh.
So I'm just playing like this.
Okay.
Like, yeah, like a, what, it's like 45 degree angle.
45 degree angle on my keyboard, and then just like, yeah.
Roughly around here is where I put my mouse.
Do you have anything different that you do
in terms of like keybinds?
Like, you know, some players obviously change
some of the abilities, anything different that you do?
Honestly, not really.
I think I keep most things the same.
The only thing I have different is,
I think this is mouse five, I have my crouch.
My crouch is on mouse five inside the control,
but like everything else is the same.
Why do you do that?
When I first walked to PC, it was like hard.
Like my hands weren't long enough
to hit the control button.
So I just started using Crouch on the Mouse.
And then headset, gotta ask you how much you crank
in the audio?
Honestly, I'm not really cranking it.
I think like my audio is like pretty loud,
but I like to also listen to music when I play.
So I make sure it's like a fine balance between the two.
And are you a push to talk or an open mic?
Oh, open mic for sure.
Yeah, open mic is the way to go.
There's too much work pressing a button
and I've been talking like letting you go, just let it talk.
Nah, let them hear conversations
you have in the background and who cares, right?
Chair, are we seated high, are we seated low,
are we leaning back, what's the vibe like?
I think this is like fine, it's like a little lean back,
but I think if I were to,
I'd probably like make it a little bit tighter,
or like a little blister, like a little bit,
just so it makes me like in the zone,
but yeah, I feel like this right now
was like probably about perfect.
Keep that posture right.
Yeah.
Well, CJ, thanks for walking me through your setup.
I'm gonna steal some of this stuff at home.
It'll make me a better player
and hopefully makes you guys better players at home.
We'll see you next time, later.
It is the 14th match of the group stages here for Overwatch at EWC and we're about to see
Dallas field take the stage taking on a very tough opponent and team liquid speaking of
liquid we've got a watery smooth man who goes by the name of Iraq attack join us here in
the studio rack welcome in are you excited to see your team play I'm super excited I've
been waiting, you know, since yesterday we did close out that, uh, that close loss to
Weibo, but I'm super excited to get back in it. Now, last time I was here, you were
a fill in, you were playing on the main stage this time around, you're streaming. So tell
me about your experience so far. We have the first two days in Paris been like for you.
Uh, tons of fun. Actually, I was able to stream and go walk around. We actually went to the
Eiffel Tower, mean affected another one of the players bit of sweet time. Lots of good,
nice fans, good food. Jake, this is your turn to ask questions.
I'm just curious how you expect this match to go.
I mean, this is going to be a big one for Liquid,
one that is not unfamiliar, right?
With these two teams fueling Liquid clashing
throughout the regular season, throughout this year,
and even in the last one.
So is this a match you're thinking about as a scary one?
I know Dallas is a very unique team in North America.
I mean, we have butt heads a lot with them,
as you know, like every single stage,
we go head to head with them.
But we did see them lose to Falcons recently,
which did lose to Weibo.
So I think by some type of osmosis,
us losing a way boat, we got that win.
So when you look at these two teams' play styles,
I think Liquid likes to play some of the Brawl compositions,
but then you look at the team back Dallas Fuel
and regionally, they like to play around their opponent
and kind of like pick them apart.
They're a little bit of a different style.
How do you think those two play styles translate to LAN?
I think definitely having a strong suit like Dallas A
is really hard to play around
because they keep throwing curveballs
and curveballs and curveballs,
but we have buckled down,
We were in the Netherlands for a few weeks, bootcamping.
All our Koreans are doing a lot of like English lessons
and they're getting like really centered as a team
and they look really good.
I love how much work you guys are putting in as a team.
Can you tell me a little bit about the fan base though,
because I saw a number of ladies rockin' team liquid jerseys
here in the venue.
Are there some moms supporting the players
who's all here in Paris?
Yeah, so we got actually a huge group of moms.
So we got my mom, we have Vega's mom and dad,
Infected's mom and dad, Chisaurus,
our coach's mom and dad.
We got a huge group Vegas. I mean, yeah, we got, we got a lot of moms in here.
I love it. There's a whole bunch of families out here supporting their players and what
a great city to do it here in Paris. Let's talk about the match in particular, though,
if we're going to see team liquid take down Dallas fuel, who has the most pressure on
them today? Which role do you have the microscope on?
Honestly, I'd probably put the most pressure on to the DPS. I mean, everyone knows them
tree and zero are just they've been dominating it on team USA. You know, they took out chronic
but Chronic is, he's been popping off like a lot recently, so.
Chronic has definitely been a player to watch.
On the other side of this matchup, we have Dallas,
Phil and Jake, we have to talk a little bit about the team
that used to be one of the favorites in the Overwatch League.
What are the fuels showing you lately
and who do they bring to play in Paris?
You know, I think a player for me to watch
is really CJ on this team, you know.
He is the one who's often put in the position
to get away with some of these really greedy flex supports
to make a lot of those individual plays happen.
He's been a really interesting player to watch, you know, his history in the game, really rising out to along among the top players in North America.
So for me, it's the support line of Dallas Fuel that puts the pressure on that plays these unique styles.
The question is, can they get away with those plays against the Liquid DPS, who are going to be bringing the pressure on them?
I'd actually love to ask Rack of Tech about this, because Lukimino struggled yesterday to support players for Dallas Fuel.
And, you know, we hired the Team Liquid logo here for a little bit.
Put yourself, you know, support player in the shoes of someone like Lukimino,
who plays more flex, kind of like support heroes.
Can you make that work at a land like this, or should you just play the hits?
Play the more comfort, regular kind of heroes?
Ah, I mean, for him, you do see like an off meta.
We do see the Alari, a lot of things you don't usually pay on,
but that's like, that's his strong suit.
I remember watching the game and I was like,
this is like a really random character.
But I was like, I'd love to see Lukimino go Moira.
He went Moira instantly won the game.
Like he's a type of guy to pull anything out and make it work.
We're gonna talk more about the match in just a moment, but first let's hear from the players
We've got one behind the scenes before this match kicks off
Thanks guys. I'm here with Sunjun from Dallas fuel
He is getting ready for the final match of the day Dallas fuel versus team liquid now Sunjun
You had a pretty difficult match yesterday against Falcons for now though. How is the team doing?
I am confident. I feel like all of our teammates are always confident. I do want to say the Koreans on that team are worse than the Koreans on Dallas.
on Dallas Fuel. I love that answer. I love that confidence.
Sanjun, thank you so much. Best of luck. Fighting.
Calling out the former Korean teammates, no opponents in this matchup. Let's talk a little
bit about your team Liquid Squad and the expectations against Dallas Fuel. We got 45
seconds before we get to the stage. So how many maps does this go back and who wins it?
It's got to go map three. I think super good opponent from Dallas Fuel, but we got to take
take the win.
Look what you want.
Johnny?
Look, Dallas Fuels should be favored,
but I've been a team liquid apologist all of stage two.
And so I got to arrive with them.
I got to stick with it.
Jake, 27 seconds to the stage.
Who wins this one?
Who are your players to watch?
I'm kind of feeling team liquid right now.
You know, the Dallas, they fell flat yesterday.
And in some of these tricky styles,
I feel like they can kind of be a struggle on land
under huge pressure.
And I think team Liquid are gonna be putting
on that pressure today.
Well, Raggedag, we have an awesome group of fans,
some incredible production crew,
and they brought over this fantastic sign for your mom.
Bring this over to Mama Rack as we send it down
to the stages, the final match of the day.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to find you for the last game of the day for the
For the moment, we're eating very well.
and lifting this bad boy high in the air, alive and well.
And who better than a young British boy
to welcome the American team?
Shall we go? Absolutely.
Please welcome Dallas Fuel!
MUSIC
Dallas Fuel, the team to beat in North America,
lives on stage here in Paris.
They've got high hopes in this tournament.
despite a setback yesterday and they need to maintain composure consistency and confidence
if they want to stay alive composure consistency if they want to stay alive that's also the case for
team liquid fresh blood a young nurse american roster that is still writing its history
For Shuki, they are here to impress, and it's a great mix of American and Korean talents
capable of high level upsets.
One team, lives to fight another day, the other watches their key crush, it's all an end,
it's the final match of the day.
First, they fought for control of North America.
Now, they're fighting for the right to keep representing it.
North America's one of their most compelling domestic rivalries at least has followed us to Paris.
And now, one of their flagship teams will be going home.
Oh, and you know, these two teams are rivals, right?
I mean, like in North America, if one of these teams won the event,
And the other one's key would be in the trophy crush, right?
And somebody is going to get it to do it to the other on day two here at EWC.
Dallas obviously comes in with a lot of hype and really good in North America this year.
It's been great to kind of have them back in the scene.
But Liquid, very tough opponent.
I mean, these two teams, they have not been hiding anything from each other.
They know exactly what's going to be on the other side.
Yeah, all from the world.
Liquid probably came out of day one, frustrated by how close they came in that way of a matchup.
Dallas left day one, looking for evidence that they'd even arrived.
I mean, that showing against Falcons, I think, was vastly below expectations.
They got taken to task, and now they make one more chance to show their quality,
show what took them to their top spot in North America.
Liquid forced them to evolve in the NA stage two playoffs.
They came back for the rematch and won, dominated after getting 3-0 swept.
Who do you think feels better coming into today after yesterday's results between these two?
I mean, for me it's liquid. I just don't think, like, you know,
you know Falcons are a quality team, but you also know that they've been getting
beat up by everybody else. Right. You are the best team in North America. You are the standard.
You are the ones that are supposed to be carrying the flag for your region,
and you stumbled against a team that wouldn't have been here if they hadn't been good last year.
And a game like this, right, obviously has huge ramifications for our second part of, you know,
really the third stage in OWCS, right, like as we go back home,
they start playing those online games. I mean, who knows if these roster's even the same at that point.
It'll be a diva and a cap band here off the riff as a Nepal begin number one
On its way from jumping in our first match in this series. It is of course a key crush match
the line
Downsfield would like to leave Paris having shown a bit more of their quality a bit more of that depth
They carry the reason for trophy liquid all they carry. Honestly, he's the memory of sweeping Dallas on the way to it
Well, today we're going to find out which one is more important.
Attack showed us a lot of Xayah in the game against Wimbledon.
Looks quite good in certain comps. It looks like it.
Is there answer to the malibu?
Yeah, it'll be Amaga set up here for Dallas.
Fuel.
Sheon, Tracer for both sides.
I really like this when we saw it from Team Liquid yesterday, right?
They were able to kind of use those bubbles.
On the Sheon, in the Tracer, then get aggressive with that Xarya.
Macto's not getting any charge for free.
He's got those bubbles, until they're absolutely needed.
Got it, they get the Suzy.
Right timing there from CJ.
He's standing, that could have been arcling with the Shihana, Chronic.
Proud to be caught, he's up on top of the statue.
Does that ever deal with Kibbus?
I mean, it's incredible that CJ is able to hit that Suzy, right?
I mean, now Chronic kind of moving his way up to the high ground,
and it hits him in motion.
You don't connect on that.
Chronic is most certainly dead, and this fight goes way different.
fronic with three to kick things off such a funny comment as Sonjin makes in the pre-match
that our careers are better than their careers. You see that even though both teams are representing
North America, that's not regional rivalry. All I know are the American players are bad
equal but our careers will be better than yours. That's the difference. Well so far it's been
an old American player standing as authority on this game. Sonjin though gets involved in
Kivis is again the first candidate to be liquid, they are struggling to get the Jericho alive!
This is not been a good start for Team Liquid.
Hasn't even really got like a really great fight.
CJ already, just the healing he's been able to build up to without Shizune Rush already.
He's a 60% leader, getting closer to 70%, a huge gap.
Team Liquid needs to wake up, bitch. I mean, this has been a really rough start for this map.
Yeah, they are asleep to the wheel.
But he was able to get into a flanking position, but noticed immediately by Cromack and forced back.
Got to get it come forward and there is the stop. This time it's Vega picked up still a support.
First half of the rank in terms of elimination. What a quite a nice stick.
Kimus again just gets... But that was Kimus' rush!
Yeah, well, you know, towards the end I feel like I think it came in really late when he was like stuck.
He took the already fricked road back to spawn.
Yeah, I mean, I guess. Sure, why not?
Yeah, you'll have a grab here, 14, and you'll be quick.
But the HRB lane.
Yeah.
You know, you only meet, you meet more than one person for that.
He was the only one alive.
It was like a next time.
He's quite good for the lore.
The $3,000 fine straight away.
Okay, yeah, hold over if you do that.
Liquid need to get some prize money before they think about playing near Feinstein.
3 is down, a chronic sweep.
Causing a grab.
Is this too late in the day?
Attacks have an alternative to one elimination.
At least Buck Dallas will be back with a vengeance to the point.
A kill and has a cage fight.
and a score to settle.
With Mina trying to stay safe,
attacks not to be able to get out of the cage though,
but he is gonna get runnin' down.
Keeps it there, oh it seems to be.
This time, Luke keeps himself off the right side
of the kill feed.
For now, attack, nice and healthy.
They wanna push up, down the spill, folding back.
Kellen realizing he can't hang.
It looks like they'll concede finally.
The chance for Liquid to get on the ball.
I mean, tremendous shot by the Luke and CJ.
They keep killin' alive on through there.
He backed up.
You're gonna be able to get another Kitsude rush here.
Rather fast from CJ.
Sunju with a pulse bomb as well.
It's just backing out there for a quick second.
Might allow Dallas to be able to use his Continuous Rush.
Flip the point back.
Take round number one.
Continuous now from CJ.
Talon really is going to revel in the cooldown reduction
that he's going to get.
The patch's not clear.
Not bubble available for him.
Got Suzu and a bubble coming for Lately,
but it will early enough keep him alive.
Still, we got a point clip though.
It's Dallas' hat control.
Loops have a review of the attack now as Continuous Rush
This one at least had teammates alive to benefit from it.
Let me know, take it down by three.
Who is on a locking spree?
A massive comeback there for TL.
That cage, the rush used there for Dallas.
You see the amount of pressure that Kellen is putting on attack.
Both bubbles, like the Moga just kind of blows them up and then just goes for a stump.
Just trying to deal with that Zarya as fast as possible.
And he does end up getting attacked, but ends up at what cost, cost him his life.
Another grab, or attack. Yeah, Pulse Bomb as well.
That's a mighty strong combination. CJ will be hard pressed to get back.
Suzu down in time.
Attack might be trying to play around that cooldown as well, we'll see.
That's the reposition here.
It actually moved all consponses and opportunity crab into the choke.
Sound barrier that prescribed response from Lutmino and Chivis is down.
Hit the Pulse Bomb, clearly not a factor.
CJ was able to find the Suzu in time and Favre is down.
Disaster for Team Liquid, completely outmaneuvered by Dallas, an attack where for a panic graphic just didn't stick.
Getty Kellen just pushes right on through it, right? He ends up getting to this entry by the third in the fight as well.
65% there, 14 Liquid, but it does feel a little bit more lopsided than that in favor of the Dallas Fuel.
That's first frag, I don't think. Passage of play.
Oh my goodness. I don't even blame the kid for that.
What are you doing?
It's a low light for your forgiveness, that is.
Biabolical. Zaya offers the same value proposition as she does in direct games, obviously.
She offers some bubble utility. She has high damage for a tank, however.
Opponents are coordinated and they can use their sound barrier.
And protection suzu on the right timing, the chromatons surge is hard to force through.
And then MAGA is not as threatened by the high energy Zarya as maybe some other tanks, right?
I know with how good MAGA is and the damage output of MAGA just in general, right?
So, just kind of breaks the bubbles and doesn't even, you know, not even phase.
Stop coming on in, joyride right after it, suzu used there, so everybody on team Liquid.
Okay, keeps their health bars fully stuffed up there and healthy.
Okay, Taka's above himself there.
Kellen just falls to that bottom.
Ah! To no one! It doesn't have one to work with!
That is so elegantly navigated by Dallas!
Kellen is traded out for a go.
So tank for tank.
Now, are we going to look at how effectively the healers can keep their DPS alive and chronic?
This gets cut off from line of sight.
Liquid with a scrappy exchange at the start of the round.
the round, and the Gino will be advised not to stay too close to this.
Well, they thought both supports alive, and Sunjin, not Sunjin anymore, as he just finds
that kill.
Now I think they'll try and get out of dodge here, as the support's going to back up towards
the show.
Looks like they would have tried to maybe contest that, keep it going a little bit.
Players coming off a spawn for Dallas, but now Team Liquid able to control high ground.
It's built up to a continued rush, just that one fight, a pretty easy fight for him.
Dallas probably want to play on this point as much as they possibly can.
With limited opportunities for energy generation for attack.
Try and make sure they don't get poked down as they make their way to the objective.
If this has a continue rush, you're gonna let it go straight away.
That's his tripling for win in the first fight.
Almost dropped so that was a little bit dangerous.
Tree, looking for a way to wrap around here, but all Dallas have kept themselves at a healthy distance.
We're at the exception of Chronic as there are bears down upon him with the pulse pistols.
Sodom's gonna blink away.
Every call used ever since you know he ends up using a pulse bomb tries to maybe catch somebody
Coming out of that animation, but this has been a great start for team liquid
They end up using that continual rush everybody on Dallas separates. They kind of isolated target there
Which chronic not able to get out of his legs
So now it's aggression from team liquid tree with the joy ride right around the corner of that slick little slide
And now they're gonna try and compare the shoes for Dallas sound barrier deployed
Luke hasn't quite been able to build his kit.
In liquid, don't turn it necessarily into a kill opportunity.
Those devices call back the killings at the cage.
He wants to fight on the point, but the rest of his opponents refuse to acquiesce.
There's Luke down down to the screen.
Inside the cage we go.
Tree only has eyes for CJ.
Dangling like forbidden fruit.
He'll deal with him, then send a message.
The cage might use their sooner rush as well.
That seemed liquid.
I mean, Tree does a nice job with the screen, right?
Just going in, getting one.
Obviously, it's the benefits of those Zarya bubbles and the damage following it up.
It's Luke Amino with a sound barrier for this round, completely dominated.
5-0, nice job getting the bead off in time.
Yeah, interesting grab, but didn't hit anyone initially.
I think Luke actually charged into it,
he's gonna bead off probably for Kellan's sake, if anyone else's.
Liquid don't know how to turn that into elimination,
so Dallas are on the point.
Dangerous game, Luke is playing there with that boop around the corner,
and always gets punished for it, that Chronix has a spree coming up very shortly.
Probably may not need to use it though, Suzu does get deployed.
Chronics happen to take a back seat, but they kind of laugh for a flick in Liquid's favor.
That would be devastating.
Awesome, Sunjin.
Finds Tree and guarantees to fight me.
Sunjin is low, gonna use the recall.
Not gonna end up taking the fight there against Zera.
At that moment in time, but finally Dallas, they're able to get a hold of the point.
They get control of some high ground here.
I think this is a massive fight that's coming up.
Dallas.
They have their scree, they have their Katsune rush, they'll be matched on the other side.
And if they hold on, attack already very charged up.
Ooh, I like the mechanics there from the attack.
Trying to close down quickly.
Look down first.
Three down on one.
That will be an H joy.
The Katsune rush is going to follow, but TJ can't keep telling me live.
Why are you committing to this?
Go away, chronic!
He's got to go for it.
Liquid, of course.
We'll take the round if it's not a Dallasville fight.
We unfortunately, it's just too little.
It doesn't come at the right time.
Chronic holds onto that ultimate.
So his teammates are already falling.
How about their maples, folks?
We got a really competitive map, what?
Man, I don't know what.
Round one, kind of pretty comfortable
in favor of Dallas.
Round two, the complete opposite direction.
In favor of Team Liquid.
Yeah, Chronic has to use that ultimate.
Yeah, he might have played the end.
He has to make something happen.
I wonder if we're going to try and just stall and try something more passive, but they don't play a deeper composition, so that gets harder and harder.
It would have been very difficult, I mean.
And also, you know, you're Shion with the supports, you don't know if it's Tracer kind of darting in and out, maybe.
But Shion doesn't have that level of mobility and survivability, so...
See if there's any huge changes here.
Killing into our next round, you see that Zarya damage really ramping up, therefore attacking Dallas.
They'll pitch that Moga. They're gonna play some sick here Lukamino on the Wu Yang for a little bit more hope.
Yeah, Luke sort of teased at this in an interview recently with OWTV says I really love Wu Yangs for one of my favourites and we're a team that likes the clays of unconventional styles.
So it's kind of a folk competition on a control map, which is only really a recent development in the game.
But once we've seen the Sigma, we've seen the Domino on occasion, that's the issue that we're talking about.
Well, like, weaing. Like, the damage is really good from weaing with the poke, but it's only really good at range.
Like, up close, the damage is like pretty, like, it's kind of funky to land shots with the weapon.
I also feel like you want to feel minor perk online as early as possible, because that healing increase to your sort of nominated target,
lots of the back view doing damage is really important.
Well, the damage also doesn't really start to ramp up until you get a major with the 3 orbs, right?
Yeah, triple orbs.
That's true.
So it takes time. Like at this range though, like this is where obviously Luka Minos can really be effective.
It's just like a tree and Zerigah close to him. That's gonna be tough.
Constant boat damage though is a bit of a problem for Zyra.
Yes, she has two bubbles that she doesn't want to use too frivolously.
And O last forever. She doesn't have a static shield that she can use to close the gap, so...
Because Zyra to take space, she has to use her three valuable cooldowns.
Like a boat comp could be a punisher in doing so.
Oh, win.
No, win's an overwatch.
I was gonna say I would I would really like the diva potential to switch here
You know for attack, but let's let's see some winded overwatches
That accretion clearly not meant for attack
He drops on it
Going off see the beneficiary that it healing from the slam of which you know weeks in use
He obviously the go-to tax really just about every situation be a title blast you use here on the subject
Okay chasing down the shield dream of down but on a high ground hurts the coffee punished
Somehow he's ever stay alive, attack don't have to fall in, tree still alive, but chronic was going by 0,
it was a sick pulse bomb, Sonship the ultimate flex as a tracer player sticking another tracer.
Turns into an even fight, Gellar's gonna drop down on the point now, gonna be relying on Sonship to do some work,
the tree is aware of where the tracer's coming from, a liquid prevail in a very scrappy affair.
I mean tree being able to live there is massive right, the title bias comes in but he's on the high ground,
you actually can't get that line as safe.
Lucavino now, gonna go over to Brig with that Winston in play.
It's dead, it's going to hurt!
What happened to Wicheltz though?
Yeah, we'll see now if you decide to play the choke here if your team liquid.
Obviously not an easy dive target now, right?
Like it was the Guion before, Brig.
Not exactly what you want to jump on into.
We can't play a poke-cop against the dive-cop, man.
Everybody knows that, it's Overwatch 101.
Lucavino shield, absolutely cracked.
He's caught in the corner.
Speaking of the cracked, here's Tree.
We continue to run rampant and down skill are going to be bundled out of the chain we get again
They get pushed back you'll end up having team liquid here take the lead
And they can't lose something has to be able to live that he is so deep
Pretty a lot of cool. That's just staying in the game
And if he falls now that is brutal. Oh dear primal rage here for attack
In a back leg chronic under a lot of pressure
But get the old clock clock that has to respect that wall damage outputs
But it's still gonna deal with chronic with a lazy backhand
The second kill for him now, fighting Luke and Mino.
Well, Tree and Vega might be out of the mixed team. Liquid are still in a solid position. They still have the tack.
But he still commands respect.
Yeah, Sundin just trying to play off all these health packs. They got a force of recall there at Azera.
Sundin's somehow able to stay alive.
Dallas running at a time!
Yeah!
Okay, 80! Oh, attack! It's a nice 50-climbing effort. Give us...
Those are improved drastically over the course of the pull.
87% and counting. What did Dallas still have to hang their hat on?
Zondra needs a pulse bomb, needs to build a quick Xera, they're gonna throw one of them, sort of falls away from it.
Zondra knows he's getting an opportunity here, but elsewhere it's attack going a little bit low on the point.
Kivus trying to keep top down now as the bubble's throwing down.
Suzy used just to help attack me, that frontline.
He jumps away from the pulse bomb.
Zondra starts not connect.
He's forced to recall now.
We have a flip.
69% of Karnic for Dallas Fuel, they get control back with Liquid-Armed, done fighting.
Rally.
Shield bashed onto attack.
Kivus is gonna get a constant eruption play though, and attacks gonna benefit drastically from lower bubble cooldowns.
He'll keep throwing them into play now as he gets up on that high ground.
It's Liquid, flip the point back.
Givus is rushed.
Very well apportioned in this moment, but now it's expired.
And Kellen gets down and dirty with the Kiriko.
Dive up for attack.
He's got no support left.
And Dallas Fuel will continue to burn here on the pole.
They have a forward fight win at the cost of many big ultimates,
but they're still in it.
Yeah, you're going to get another fight here, though.
Four team Liquid.
Sunjin forces recall yet again.
Vega getting closer and closer.
If you shoot this out, Mario, most likely you get a Primal Rage here to extend it.
Somebody needs to get a touch though.
Oh, the whip shot here potentially.
Oh, Xero's not gonna be able to get a touch, he actually dies.
Anybody else? Yes, attack 7.
Get on there, but Vega got picked off!
Oh, Dallas Fuel!
Wait for the game to come to them, and Team Liquid have been found wanting.
Attack has to buy some time here with a Primal Rage,
and then environmental kill Wisco and Miss Eater,
but there's no help.
Tree down.
I hear the dead eye getting popped by Chronic.
An attack is finished off by the Cassidy.
Right click there, just to put the fear of God in Vega,
and Dallas! What a scrap fist! They've taken our first map!
That one goes down to the wire. The huge kill on Zera. Right, he's trying to work that outside,
being able to go get a touch. Key balls. They end up losing Vega, who's close to the sound barrier
at that time. It's probably the two worst players they get a loss in that situation and
that ends up allowing Dallas to take the map.
I think just the raw level of individual skill on display there was astonishing great trace of play
I love the move over to the Winston to answer what was looking like a pop-com
But ultimately it is not gonna hit the shot on Cisgross from Zondre and the guy has come such a long way of the last couple of years
Remarkable finish here for Dallas being pushed to the limit as only liquid seem to know how to do these guys regionally
We're gonna head to an Evu key. We've got lose standing by with some very special guests
Very special guests indeed. I am joined with Isla and Hoid, proud Liquid Vegas parents.
Even though the boys didn't get the first game, I'm sure that they come back in the series.
I wanted to ask you, because we know how complicated it can be, you know, to be the parents of a professional or someone that wants to go pro in eSports.
I want to know how long has been Vegas passionate about Overwatch and how has it been, you know, handling all this at home?
Hi everyone. He started very very young. I think since four years old he loved his iPad, played Minecraft and from there
As soon as Overwatch came out, one of his best friends told him, hey get the game, get the game
So we bought the game for him and from there it became his passion. I'm thinking about 10 years ago
That's when it happened. So he's been playing since then and that's that's his love
That's an amazing story.
So first question, how long has it been since Vega was founded in Overwatch?
When you managed it a little bit at home,
since the age of 4 years, he was an iPad kid.
He played games like Minecraft, etc.
And as soon as the game came out, his best friend told him,
you have to play the game, you have to play the game.
We bought the game and it was a complete passion.
Now Roy, I'm turning to you because, you know,
now you get to travel around the world,
see your son playing on the biggest stage,
with 100,000 people watching him.
So how does that feel today?
Amazing my boy's fallen his dream this dream is a dream for a lot of the gamers and I tell the parents when I meet them everywhere
Believe in your kid. Let them live their dream and it could be very rewarding
And I love seeing my son travel the world and we get the chance to travel with him family and friends and a lot of fans
And a lot of fans of course what a what a beautiful thought
Go team liquid
The second question, you can come here to Paris to see your son play in front of hundreds of young players.
What does it do to you? Well, I'm so happy to see my son live his dream.
When I meet parents, I give them confidence. Your children leave their lives to their dreams as well.
Beautiful trust from the parents, of course, and let's get back to the game to see if Liquid boys can get it
Now if you feel the same as Vegas parents your faith would not be misplaced this team
Have certainly caused no shortage of upheavals in their own region
They also got very close to a win over a win over a game in China's a very best it would be
Frankly devastating to see I did these teams bow out of composition competition rather at this stage map
but we are here at the midseason championship.
The competition is cutthroat,
and the margin of error for these two teams
has gotten very slim.
Yeah, I mean, it's awesome to see the support
of a lot of the parents of the team, Liquid players,
but they want to be here at the venue
for a little bit longer, right?
They don't want to be kind of wandering
or exploring the town with their players the rest of the week.
They want to see them compete at the highest level
and see a little bit of a run back here in this series.
I thought they were pretty good at map number one, right?
I thought it was like, pretty competitive back and forth.
New Jump City.
The map selection here for Team Liquid.
I'm curious, okay, so the Moga Band and then Lucio gone.
Lucio doesn't seem to impact, obviously, Lukimino plays Lucio a lot,
but he can also launch the flex over by other different things.
The Moga Band feels like a...
maybe a little bit of a tell, like they want to continue to kind of play that Zarya,
and maybe the Moga is just too nasty against it.
other options I think you can you can play, you know, I think you can just play Rematches.
Yes, I feel so. I mean Rematches is going to be able to take that space on the Zyre and
again it's going to be about pressure in the buttholes. That's a whole team effort, right?
That's not something you use the Rematcher player constantly thinking about. I think
though that Lucio Bands on Flashpoint maps are very interesting because it makes the
losing the first fight that much more punishing if you don't have a way to speed back into
the fight. It can be hard to make rotations as well. So your first decision gets wasted
that much more heavily when it comes to setting up for a lot of these engagements, it does
also allow for the Mizuki to creep in.
Yeah, obviously Mizuki is very strong, I think the healing obviously is somewhat underrated
on the Mizuki because obviously you're kind of using your hand player to player, but just
like the aura around it does a lot of healing.
because in a rush cop map you are basically full like healing or a charge at all times.
It's very easy to hit those shots. Well I think it's interesting right Dallas is playing like we
saw a decent amount of comps like this really with like a built around like no Sigma, Mizzouki at
Shambion's Flash. I haven't seen them much here. Yeah. Team Liquid going to be playing the Mizzouki
with the Ramatra in play. Okay so Liquid do want to circumvent this like elongated neutral fight
if they can against a Sigma. That doesn't suit them.
I think the sim is heads up here.
Galaston have the best ways to like dive that frontline if they wanted to.
Ratsunjan obviously will be looking at pressure Zera down.
Getting attacked in position.
Hatch is sharp to the point and nobody is there with him.
Is there like a TP involved to that?
They throw a TP to the side.
They think it's taking them to rotate around towards the open side.
No off the point and nobody uses that.
I don't love that.
Yeah, just kinda, yeah, yeah, attack just doesn't sound like a point, nobody...
I mean, that's one thing, like if you're gonna, yeah, play the Mizuki, he's gotta be pretty close.
Right now, gonna be able to kinda survive, just kinda, stick my damage with the, uh, the Shion and the, uh, soldier.
Yeah, Mizuki, obviously, primarily a proximity healer, obviously, your healing cast does bounce,
and you can take perks to get more bounces, but you really do want to be the epicenter of your team formation, if possible.
Tony, continue rush here for Kivis. He's just gonna let it go.
And why wouldn't you? A tactical buy-binding chain into the creation combo.
That's one of the biggest selling points of this Sigma Mizuki look.
Kerlin speculates with that groupie flux and catches two plays in it.
Attack and three are reeling after that.
And Dallas keeping the pressure up.
They've lost Chronic Code.
From a tree you're out of the picture, they're still able to find success on a flip.
Yeah, they do get some... not able to get away.
There towards the end it was a sanctuary used by Vega a little bit earlier in that fight as well
It ends up paying off CJ and Lukimino though
You're gonna have everything but the flux here fantastic opportunity probably two three fights to be able to flip it back
The 40% the liquid now
Can I something so you'd be concerned about trees gonna use it straight away, but is anyone gonna give him an option?
That's what it looked like, yes.
He said they're looking a bit uncomfortable there,
as if Liquid now had to bear the brunt of his overclock from Chronic,
and he's in a safe spot.
Sgt. Jun as well is going to command the tension with the spree,
and all of Liquid are forced to rotate.
They've got to see him, they can make these tricks on a dime happen.
There's Sintmore now, something they can try to do by dancing.
Look at that, Sgt. Jun, who feels a similar purpose.
Attack though inside the Sgt. Jun,
he's still a big problem with his annihilation, forcing Dallas away.
And Sgt. Jun finally gets his sit-down with Sgt. Jun.
Accretion hit the tag, but he don't care. Liquid have done enough here to get to 93 and change.
Dallas still have to desperately throw themselves at the point. Connix going for a backflank.
Solo effort here now. Ease 1v3, that was never going to work for him.
And now at overtime, it's desperation for Dallas. They're ultimately going to be snuffed out.
Great comeback here from Team Liquid. Both of those support ults that we talked about for Dallas.
use their sunken and move away from the she on here going to go over to may and
you saw it like I know when Luke Amino drops the sanctuary on the point the
healing is not strong enough through the annihilation like the she has to get
out of there to just kind of dodge just being inside of that now it's going to
be something going back to tracer maybe here now in combination with the
woo-yang you feel like that's going to be good enough the maze has application
that are high fears about the neutral performance, especially up against Lee Cassidy.
Alright Luke, once again we're going to see this Wooyoung look.
Something I'm going to be delivering that title blast if it comes to blows.
If I could just get picked up by Chronic relatively in the neutral.
See, Liquid have to top themselves back up and allow for an early capture and hope not to lose any more players.
And this is where, you know, other teams, right, seeing this kind of...
They're SIP on the other side, we pivot to something maybe like the vendetta, right?
But it doesn't seem to be something that Dallas feel comfortable playing at the moment.
Flux here. Oh, Flux hit on my tree! Lines up Sondre!
There was a great big Flux amidst all of this action.
Unclear if it really caught onto too much, but Dallas at least had Kellen turn this into elimination on zero.
With down on four versus four, the tree is a loose end.
One that Dallas haven't really been able to tie up so far.
This is still Dallas in control though, they've gotten to 50% amidst this fighting and I wonder,
the commitment there, it's huge of this annihilation, Luke was able to find two kills before finally
being brought down by Tree and Dallas are still a fighting force here, 64% in counting, Tree now
brought down, attacking Nord, during that annihilation, wasn't even able to flip the point.
Losing Kellan though is a problem and Sorenson can't afford to get too close for Dallas,
had doubled their point total, just by cutting away.
That's crazy, if you were watching from Tree's POV and if you were just watching now without the
the scoreboard, you would think that Team Liquid's running away with the point.
Dallas though, getting up to 80%.
Early on, you're gonna have a title blast here, maybe for the tracers here.
So you didn't get on top of the Cassidy.
It's been such an issue there. Team Liquid obviously tree popping off on this last point.
So with those in between, Nemesis falls off that long, it's like 10 seconds.
Chronic there sees the threatening TP and has to spend some overclocked shots on dealing with it, but it's gone.
Nothing with the title blast there.
Yeah, Sondra though still has some follow-up in the post-bots, thick, nicely done,
3-0 down but still it might have been up in this fight.
Sondra can only look on and hope that he's done enough but frankly,
that's not the case, being liquid a rapidly chasing the point total for Dallas now it's 68%.
They've got numbers, they're swackling into some support elements too.
Yeah, I mean you end up using the overclock that now has the sim wall
coming in there from Team Liquid and then trying to make a play with the title blast
doesn't work out at all, that's a nice collapse along the tree.
Now, team number Songjun to take out the Cassidy and Liquid though still want to fight.
They still know they can get a Flashpoint win here. Who's gonna touch?
CJ is down. Presumably Songjun went to try and get this overtime going and threatened to flip though it was Kellen.
Right.
Well, it gives his team in the Flashpoint but no one's really here to help Kellen and this is gonna put DallasKill in disarray for the time being.
Are we flexing?
You better believe it. Annihilator you gotta be the answer though. And how's Luke gonna get away from this?
Attack still helping. Give us quickly.
Tends to his wounds. And now 99 each.
He's a flip for Team Liquid.
Where are the fuel?
Up on high he's killing.
He can drop down eventually, but a Kekai sectoring means
that that is more than just required.
It is absolutely mandatory.
There's three. Nice and a double off the dead eye.
And out of the hole she wrote.
Team Liquid. Bounce back late in the fight
to take their second flash point.
And they are keeping this series interesting.
Yeah, they look awesome here.
Ramping the pace against the Dallas fuel is...
Dallas they get rid of the Lucio and it's kind of always even a lot this kind of composition here from team liquid play in this
Mizuki
With the curie and then also just kind of protecting tree at all costs giving the cat see the mobility around the map nice chain
They're from Vega connects. They actually do a chronic with it. Yeah liquid here
See the rematch or switch into them. They must be satisfied about that feels like a concession from Dallas
We haven't been able to make any of these other comps work attack here now realizes
There's no fight to be won so we'd like it the other two steps ahead of the shield instead of continuing to dance it
We'll get to start on labs. Yeah the point
Although they do kick off the fight when a kill there to from Sunjin
Lukamino contributing in the kill feed there with the woo young damage and then
And it'll kill and pop that nemesis form all the damage that the tracer and the wooing
I'm pretty down it's followed up by that for a mantra
So it'll be Dallas getting control of the point here first
Simwall is going to be massive here, right?
Tail blast on the other side, overclock as well.
Simwall from Zera.
At least he knows to put all the bits to work with it.
This time, it could be quite huge.
On a blast, watch out for this one.
Sunjun is amidst everybody.
Blast comes down, knocks Kivis low, but Sunjun is chained
and dealt with.
Not a good look to start this fight for Dallas,
but they can do it.
They already got to 50%.
After staggering Team Liquid out.
So a good start, it gives them some buffer,
but now it's a matter of landing the plane and staying alive.
Flash for it, what a shot!
Zerath didn't hit him and three the next to fall. Pimba yells Chronic and finds two of the most important picks you could ask for.
Dallas could actually take the flashpoint here, but I've got to contend now with this annihilation from Attack.
He's used it to get Kellen off the table and they'll be chasing some more on these eliminations.
Dallas gets to 90% and still counting. Attack stuck with the bomb and he's able to mitigate some of the damage by putting up the dukes.
Chronic poking at him constantly, but Liquid will be allowed to flip.
Bro those shots from chronic were nasty. I mean you could just see it like a loyal thought
Upset Azera his head on the objective and he just rips a right off and then connects with tree on the side and yet not enough in the end
All right, I sort of just gauge away
His vortex disrupts the shot a lot of a weeping throne at Dallas here comes faker charge forward
Jane already used they are gonna shove them on out if they can help it tell them they're with the unilater now
That's a little bit scary Dallas look at a reclaim what was dead the dead. I attended by tree, but shut down cut off
Interrupted and otherwise I'm able to complete it Dallas now will be still tall on this point
And then finally get a foot holding the liquid kind of
In that previous fight the one that we just watched we'll talk about in a second as we take a look at the end of it
Where the annihilation from Kelly and it's just too much right just they kind of fly us through the entire time
Liquid ends up using the Kitsune rush like basically with the sanctuary right on top of it
And then that's where Dallas like I don't kill him just backs up puts the dukes up and then I know ends up popping that annihilation
Seals the deal to that flash point
I look me not chained up five Vegas
Not the staff at Dallas few that we're looking for not exactly how they want to continue to build momentum
Reverse sweep with this map soldier that down, okay
Trees might get us even harder for Delos to set up, this is gonna have to be a full disengaged in a few.
This is good for Team Liquid, it is.
Gonna build up to maybe 50% of the objective here, right with Annihilation's Simwall coming online.
See the choke just being heavily contested here at the moment.
Look at me, I was trying to find these off angles, right?
It's gonna be the title blast here, we'll see if you can find anything.
Oh, that's nice!
Surf's up, buddies! Right on top of Tree, and then I also think the blast from the title
one is actually a kid is there as well, so a little bit of a two-for-one there with that
Wii on Ultimate. I'd love to see that. There's one way for Dallas to break back into the
game. 50% is all that stands between Team Liquid though, and an Equalizer. These picks
from Luth though, I mean, it's very difficult to play this hero, especially with the aggression
the mobility that Sim provides and the other team is maybe the overclock here
doesn't really get anything as Team Liquid they kite it they're gonna rotate
back trying to make their way towards the objective. Sim ball here is pretty big.
Chronic's gonna have his impact drastically limited but look at him playing some fangirl here is
looking bats! Liquid held in the choke no way to get through and Chronic just
pounds the 0 and 3, Givis all picked up for a crotting with a 4k. Yo he's
Chilling in that window, but he's absolutely hanging out with their boys.
Look at his positioning.
Damn!
Little collat there.
If you'll forget that those vials didn't penetrate, Merritt showed us that on Colosseum with that 3k a couple years back.
It's chronic, pretty healthy the entire time on through that, not taking any serious pressure or damage.
Oh, we're chilly?
They're not gonna make it, and even worse, they've kind of moved up.
You used some pull-downs to try and make it.
Now they're gonna stuck here.
Same liquid, surely.
Surely this isn't where it ends.
How's it really working up in this map?
After switching to liquids, I don't think they've revived.
Five ultimates though, for Team Liquid.
To open up our final flashpoint.
Sportament lies on the line for TL.
Oh, it doesn't matter!
It just doesn't matter!
What a pulse bomb there!
Liquid are gonna hit you, you better believe it!
But how are you gonna come back from this?
First it was chronic, then it was Sunjit.
Individual DPS players taking these fights over and Liquid are gagged!
Sanctuary, SimWall, Enkitsune Rush used there.
Rush obviously used from CJ to match that Rush on the other side.
Pulse Bomb just, uh, yeah, fine. It's good.
Sunjit with two, that just kind of ruins anything that Team Liquid was trying to do.
They were at that bank of ultimates, they're now over to the tracer here.
trying to mark Sunjoon, maybe also put a little bit more pressure on the loop
right, kind of close the gap with that woo-yong. The annihilations are always
at an element of volatility to these fights.
Okay, a lot of us are somethings off, Tree respects it, Sunjoon died, there goes Tree
respect it as much as you like, it's gonna come for you either way, beer and
headlights was Tree and he's brought down and Sunjoon there he's on a running
riots, straight after Zero he goes, chronic with the KS, and that's uh I mean
You end up using your annihilation there. Kivis is gonna have to jump off the side. This is so bad for Team Liquid at the moment
They get gonna go over to the cat
Probably just even try and get close to get a touch right. I mean
This is brutal here is
Three three has to be so careful. I was a help from the tack really one HP. Nobody on the chase. It comes back
Okay, salvation comes on four pours apparently.
Dream is still able to find a kill on Sonju, by the way, they end up eliminating each other,
but we need a touch.
Liquid have to go through their last charge, and so far they've been frozen stiff.
Vega picked off as he tried to come in and salvage the fight, and now Liquid are on their
last breaks.
Can they get in on to this point?
Can, if they find a elimination, Kronik is comfortable sitting back and not being pressured
whatsoever by attack.
He's been forced out of the affair.
Zero now trying to stay alive, but Dallasville will keep the flame alive for North America.
An unfortunate team kill, but also a reminder, this region belongs to us.
TL got to a hot start in that final map, but some great adjustments from the Dallasville.
Something's so good, right? Getting massive value on the trace of those tail blasts, constantly
On top of tree chronic when they needed the most OC's over clocks
Railgun shots coming in massive
The tough way to go out there for TL right almost battle back in map number two map number one pretty competitive as well
They got to say it probably feels
Really bad to also lose sweet team from your own region right a team of liquid
Dungeon's going to grab the whole trophy, he won't let's just do it.
Sorry guys, it's more than just NA at this event.
Team Liquid forced the Dallas Fuel to evolve.
They asked them some uncomfortable questions in the NA playoffs, and Dallas searched, and searched for the answers.
That was more than just an answer, it was a revelation for this team, catapulting them to dominance in their region.
Bear in mind, they're still not the best performing NA team here.
We see SSG currently still in that upper bracket.
So, I'm quite sure there's a chip on the shoulder, but you know what else is about to come? Chips?
Team Liquid's team. Yeah, Team Liquid are off to a rough start, I would say, in this season.
For the OWCS, obviously, roster changes, different things going on here, but Dallas Fuel,
they look great. Let's head to the stage to hear from Lukamino of the Fuel.
Thank you very much, guys. The winners of the American Debbie today are Dallas Fuel.
Congratulations Lukimino of course. I wanted to ask you because you are used to facing these boys
domestically so I want to know if you feel like something changes when you guys are on the
international stage. Whether it's the crowd, whether it's like within the gameplay and stuff,
does it feel different? There's definitely a lot more pressure on us you know we can see the crowd
we feel the energy so. You also feel like you have to win because you know like you're the champions
in America? Yeah, I mean we definitely have something to prove especially after that Falcons loss.
I mean I was about to tell you about this.
So the first question, you often face with a team that you are in the same region.
Do you feel like there is something that changes when you are on the big international scene like that?
Well, indeed, I feel that we have a lot of pressure on our shoulders because there are fans
who are there and we obviously have something to prove after this defeat against Falcons.
Talking about that loss against Falcons yesterday, it was looking pretty worrying and I mean
Pretty much everyone, the analysts, etc. were arguing that it was not normal that you guys
didn't maybe win or weren't that good on that game. So I want to know like how did you manage
to recover because today was quite with a fashion. So did you get yelled at by the coach or what
happened? I think we definitely talk with each other a lot. We needed to figure out our thoughts
because also yesterday was definitely a lot on me because I wasn't sure what you wanted to play
but today we really locked it down. So yeah, props to you and your team. Of course,
Congratulations!
So what yesterday?
Defeats against Falcons, a little worried, everyone says it's a lie.
It's not necessarily normal how you managed to come back.
Well, honestly, the defeat of Jair is for me.
I admit that I wasn't very confident about what I was going to play, etc.
So today I have Lock-In and that's it, we managed to go looking for the victory.
frisky crush let's let's get going our lovely our lovely white tech is gonna
help you and walk you through that EWC epic moment crushing your opponent's
key and how could it feel better than a regional opponent someone that you used
to face. You're used to beat. This is Team Liquid's key. Getting crushed here in Paris.
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. Look at me now. I'm going to bring you back towards the stage. For a first
key crush, that was pretty solid. I'm not going to lie. You know that a lot of teams are going
have their eyes on you regarding the following of the tournament, who do you feel could be
a big threat for you in that tourney?
Not sure, my team said that we should be more scared of TM but I'm more scared of VP but
I don't know.
I think I want to play versus VP tomorrow so we'll see.
There's a little bit of the debate between the team but you'd say VP?
Yeah, I want to play versus VP.
Fair enough.
We'll see, of course, if you manage to do that.
So against who you want to play,
or in any case, which teams could be threats for you,
well, we're not necessarily all in agreement.
In my team, I would really like to fight Virtus.pro.
Thank you very much for joining me, but can you know,
congratulations again on the win.
And that's it for us on the stage for today.
Thank you for following us once again,
and we'll see you tomorrow for some bigger matches.
See you tomorrow.
So, domestic order has been restored here by the Dallas Fuel and it's a pretty big bounce back after a lackluster showing it's Falcons yesterday.
Check the BNF ends. A lot to look forward to, I think because this is still a region that's trying to place themselves amongst the global hierarchy after a top couple years.
Yeah, it feels bad though for Team Liquid right to be that first North American team out at the street like you talked about still in Dallas Fuel.
obviously get the better of them today. Lukamino and CJ some great place from them in the back line and
you know obviously, Syngid, that final map coming up, it's a massive moment with the pulse bomb.
I was, yes, and that was for me represented a huge step up. But down the step, put together a
game plan over those two consecutive fights that were so effective, so devastating. That
That bodes well for the future.
Honestly, weighty in this group, a bracket, are some pretty terrifying teams here for this cool roster.
Obviously falling down there, getting a win against Team Liquid.
These decider matches are going to be very spicy now, so we're still waiting for that upper back of the decider.
Luke wants Virtus Pro.
Falcons T1 are going to be a banger.
Oh yeah.
I also think like Dallas Fuel, they probably want VP because TM is probably going to play a lot of
sim and like they don't play much vendetta they don't do things like that right so it's going to be a little bit harder
to potentially go against that type of style but you know vp has had tm's number towards you know the
stage two a little bit later on but no i thought it was pretty impressive that twisted minds able to get past
t1 in the fashion they did and as we head over to group b
no gk versus zeta is going to be a really good game as well so
ssg versus barrel hey i actually think you know ssg probably
I know has a I would say they're the favorite going in there. Yeah, there's a party to pass for them. Absolutely
barrel obviously
You know stay alive against a jail
Look pretty impressive, but SSG are the real deal and they're obviously looking over it, you know, that's a group I going
Okay, well, we've got a key place with Dallas fuel here
We've got to run this for and make it to playoffs the loser
Of course of our second half a bracket game is gonna be curious DK versus Zeta for me a compelling matchup
Yes, and then the loser facing up against JD Gaming for survival. There are a ton of barn burners still in store for us
Yes, still some really good games ahead of us. I think I know GK
No, maybe they may not be able to beat Zeta Division, but I think they'll definitely catch a few people off guard
No doubt about it. A lot to look forward to this year
Among that tournament bracket and over the coming days has been a pleasure of course to cover 8 of C so far for you guys from Paris
We'll see you come on
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