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Welcome to day 2 of the 2026 Overwatch World Cup finals coming to you live from beautiful

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sunny Anaheim, California. We're at BlizzCon back where it all started. I'm Zoe and I'm

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joined by my good friends, not colleagues, not coworkers. They're my actual besties.

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That's a yeah, that's a little stop at Johnny. Let's stop at Johnny. But yeah, we're so happy to be back. We had a fantastic first day of action. Matt, have you ever had this combo before? I don't think so. No, no, maybe the last time. Yeah, it might be a little bit.

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The only way we were getting silly out of bed this early is if it was all of us together.

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Yeah, we promised to entertain her this morning.

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I'm literally the first one up every morning, so I don't know what you guys are talking about.

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That's crazy.

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No, we have a lot of great matches coming our way, a lot of great performances on stage as well.

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Of course, more panels and whatnot.

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It's blissful. There's just so much going on.

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The crowd is still just filling in, so we're going to get things started a little slower.

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They're more quiet here, but we have a lot of things to discuss.

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Yeah, I mean, the coffee line is long, right?

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So we're going to let the Mozi on in here.

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You know, get it kind of started because we have some sick games today, right?

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We do, yeah.

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And first, though, I want to kind of revisit yesterday and what happened.

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It was a day of domination.

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We saw a lot of very, well, dominant and one-sided performances.

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And the energy was up in this room.

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Let's talk a little bit about the matches and which teams really stood out to us.

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Ash, what comes to mind first?

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I think that's a good point.

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Dude when it comes down to that

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first match between KSA and

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Spain, that's one I kind of

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think back to seeing Spain

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get so excited after winning

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out on Route 66 with a what

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three minute hold right a

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couple meters left from

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capping that point. That was

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just insane to me. They

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showed that KSA were able to

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bleed. Yeah. And of course we

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all predicted Sweden to take

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I'm talking about Matt, don't know.

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No, well obviously Sweden came to play.

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They looked extremely dominant.

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So did France.

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They came with the same kind of energy

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that we saw them rock up with in Busan.

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And then of course the dominant finish to our day.

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South Korea.

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South Korea.

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Yeah, completely dismantling.

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Teen USA, Danny.

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Like I was very surprised.

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Like we all thought, you know, I'm sorry,

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I want to applaud this to everybody.

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I applauded some scrim bugs,

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but it wasn't true.

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Guys, never buy into the scrim bugs.

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On top of that South Korea they were ready they were on fire and like they just like locked it in and that I feel like this

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Is the South Korean team that we all know and love and I was just so excited to see them

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I don't know if you guys saw there's a clip where I infected join one of the co-streams and he's like do you wear on fire bro?

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I think we're gonna

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That does not look awesome right now

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Those age particularly well

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Man, I do love how this took up though, because now we get that rematch from Korea and France.

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It was France that took them down in Busan, so Korea wants their revenge so badly here as they definitely do.

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And with their performance yesterday, you are expecting them to be bringing that heat into today here as well.

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I do not think that we are going to see a Korea that's going to slow the roll.

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They're going to continue to amp their way up and get into that Grand Final.

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Yeah, I mean we've seen this before right where you know, South Korea will lose to a team and then they kind of see them yet again

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They're gonna be out to try and embarrass friends today. Like they're not gonna try and just beat them

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They're gonna try and like you know really just clown them

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So I'm worried about friends because when Korea is that kind of yeah, when they're in that type of mindset

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They're really difficult to beat but at the same time like France looked really good

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They look really solid and and they you could tell that they're like oozing confidence, right?

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Even on stage when I was talking with Kronos, we're like, yeah, no, we got it.

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Like, we got it in the back, doesn't really matter if it's going to be USA or Korea that we're facing.

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Like, we're ready for them.

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That's the thing, right?

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Like, you beat them once and they're not very long ago either, so like, surely you can just do it again, Ash.

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Okay, wait, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

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Just do the same thing again, right?

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Yeah, wait, you predicted it.

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I just remembered.

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Okay, I see what's happening.

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All right, all right.

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Do you see what's happening?

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we're getting a little early into our predictions here, Danny. Okay, come on, overall. We're just

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pre-baiting predictions. Actually, let's take a look. I actually want to talk a little bit about

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the hero bands we had, because obviously heading into this very event, we talked about the patch

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and how it might affect the hero bands and the performances of those individual teams,

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with Demon having been so very dominant in Busan, and also, of course, the jetpack cat.

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We now see Kirika at the very top of the leaderboard. Demon still considered a massive threat here as

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as well. It hasn't changed that much. I mean, even when Kiri is banned, like Nerf, right?

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And then like, we're still seeing her played a lot of the time. And then look, Jetpack

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catch is kind of enables Demon and Cassidy to do a lot of things they wouldn't typically

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be able to do. Very similar meta to Busan, which I think is a little bit surprising.

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But I think the patch came in so late that teams, they had scrimmed, they had gotten

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ready. They're not going to change up everything.

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Yeah, I mean it's why throw the entire playbook out of the window we saw yesterday, right?

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Teams like Franz still heavily riding on that demon look and he works so well for them.

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It does look so good for them.

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I mean again when we talked to Crocs, he was like this hero was made for me.

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It's so good when it comes down to his play style and it works so perfectly and I feel like it's not just that.

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It's the fact that the back line is so good at supporting him as well.

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Well, I wish Zoe would have told Team USA not to throw out the playbook.

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I mean they have Luke Amino who's like tremendous on Gypsy Cat. They didn't play it at all yesterday. They're like, oh, yeah

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We have we have something else figured out obviously didn't work

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But yeah, I mean France has been just kind of riding, you know, really

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I mean crocs on the demon is unbelievable, but like FD got on yes really kind of empowers that as well, which

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They're not changing the thing, you know exactly how they're gonna play today

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Yeah, I mean again if it's working why change anything, but I'm sure they came prepared

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Maybe have something else in the pocket as well and they have to bust it out today

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We're playing it in a single elimination bracket first two three is still at the way to play

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So, you know, they got to bring their a game on every single map now

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We have a great day of action ahead of us starting with our semifinal between KSA and sweet and then afterwards

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We're gonna get that awaited anticipated rematch between team fronts and South Korea and then it's gonna get loud in here

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We have incredible performance on stage here at BlizzCon from Yaw Sobi and for everyone at home

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You're unfortunately missing out on that, but don't you worry. You got a treat for you as well

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We're gonna have some expanding overwatch lore for you at home

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And I want everyone to stay in chat participate stay in game and participate as well because you can cheer for your

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Conference and get drops on top of the drops you get for simply watching so

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Drops on top of drops, drops on top of drops, drops on drops, literally all of them, all of them.

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All of the drops are dropping, dropping in this particular area.

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That was a great sentence Danny, thank you Matt.

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You get great to speak, can you believe that, that's crazy.

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But yeah, obviously we have the different conference skins here Matt, any favorites, any preferences?

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I mean I'm a sucker for every skin.

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I'm kind of a, I'm kind of a, yeah you know.

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You're just a cosmetic star.

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Yeah, they talk about those whales.

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I mean, I'm out there.

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I'm buying them all.

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So I do like the EMEA colorway, though.

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And I feel like I am one with the EMEA region at this point,

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because I've casted it right now.

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I feel like we're better.

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No, we don't.

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We don't.

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I don't think so.

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We're claiming you're out.

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As a representative of EMEA, we will not claim my umbrella.

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You're an America's guy, and that's OK, Bob.

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OK, that's fine.

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That's fine.

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I love your confidence on that.

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I'll say being an honorary Australian,

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What's going on?

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Hey, don't say that like you didn't shake my hand when I asked you to dab me up for context for context

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Danny wanted Matt Morello to dab him up and Matt just gave him a really

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They sealed the deal that day. It was beautiful to watch. I want to circle back to co-workers and friends

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This is good. I like that full circle

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Guys, let's talk about our... Are we considering players or coworkers?

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No.

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Kind of, right?

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Yeah.

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They're here frequently while we're working.

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Yeah.

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Okay, our distant co-workers.

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That's what we're going to be chatting about right now.

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Exactly.

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Okay, we're getting a little parasocial now.

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Those cousins that are not invited to the wedding, we're going to be chatting about them.

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Let's talk about this first match.

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Sweden came in hot yesterday.

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Honestly, they looked flawless.

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It didn't skip a beat.

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may have underestimated them a little bit here, Ash.

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And I don't know why, because we talk all year long

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about just how people like Kevster

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are completely taking over servers,

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our on the top of their game.

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Why didn't we believe this week?

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I don't think it was so much that we didn't believe in Sweden

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as much as how good Journey have looked,

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how well they've grown together as a team.

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Being very much so led by Aisnam,

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who was unfortunately taken out by his teammate

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in Kevster yesterday, who has been completely lights out,

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It feels like Keppzer has not slowed down whatsoever.

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He's been absolutely incredible.

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I mean, this team is like really, I feel like, you know,

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when you look at some of the teams obviously left,

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I feel like they're a little bit of the underdog, right?

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But they shouldn't be like, I think they have a real chance

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to be KSA.

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I mean, it's going to be a very difficult game,

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but I, they've been really impressed with Sweden

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from online to the groups.

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And then now here at BlizzCon.

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It might be because like it's a team

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where people are quietly really, really good.

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Not Kevster, Kevster is loud, he's very, very good.

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The rest of it kind of goes under the radar.

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We talked about the backline a little bit

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with Skyline and Admiral yesterday.

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Like, they're really, really incredible,

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but we don't really talk about them that much.

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Will, it's just dancing on stage like rocks, right?

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So like, I mean, yeah, it's a team that's like all business,

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right? They just kind of show up, they scrim,

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they do their thing, and they come out

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and have great performances.

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I think Admiral's a great shout.

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I mean, been a really strong player for a while now.

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Kevster really gets a lot of the love on this team,

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and like deservingly so.

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but a lot of really talented players stop the bottom.

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Absolutely. Now, of course, when we're talking all business,

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we have to talk about KSA.

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KSA, they're grinders, okay?

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Like, they do not ease up.

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They're not playing around.

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They came here to lift that trophy once again, Danny.

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Yeah, I mean, like we talked about yesterday,

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they are still the superstars, right?

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And also, they were the champions in 2023.

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But we're talking, we're looking at course,

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he is, I do agree with what everyone said,

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like they, I think he is the best sit scan we have.

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That's a hot take, Danny.

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That's a hot day.

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That's a hot day.

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OK, guys, get him.

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That was Matt Rallow.

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He was getting it.

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It's not the best hit that we have in the overall World Cup.

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I believe, and on top of that, there's just all superstars,

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and they have that synergy, right?

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Yesterday against Banshee, they lost the map against it,

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but I feel like that's probably more or so

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because it was like their first match going in,

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and also they were probably tweaking stuff.

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And I do believe that this is still a very strong team.

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Quartz has been the best hit scam for two years now.

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maybe even more.

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The one thing that I would be slightly worried about

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if I was KSA is we haven't seen them play Dmon like at all.

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They just kind of like, okay, well,

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if you just keep Quartz alive, we're gonna win,

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which is a pretty good strategy.

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I mean, they won World Finals basically doing that.

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But with how teams are playing the Dmon so aggressively,

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the one thing about KSA is their backline

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is really kind of untested, I would say.

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We've seen them obviously play at a really high level,

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but not in the OWCS, not playing competitively,

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really that often. How can they hold up against the aggression of a team like

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Sweden? Yeah, I mean so far they've not really been pushed at their say, right?

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I mean they did lose them up against Spain. We expected to see a bit of a

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cleaner performance, so maybe, maybe there is an in here for Sweden, but can

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I say it, should still be considered the favorite. Let's look at our predictions

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here, Dani. Javi, be all the way. There's still a little cortisol. TVNT is

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waiting back and watching us, and I am fully channeling his energy. I'm going

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I forgot what I thought honestly. I think it was 3-1-1. I'm giving that one map for Kevster because he said

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He was like hey like when I interviewed him yesterday was like hey like you know they look a bit shaky

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I think it's gonna be a good match. I am giving that one map for Kevster

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But I think ultimately it's going to be KSA winning the match. Yeah, I went 3-1 KSA as well

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I could see this being a game 5 though. I could see this series really. Oh, I did got a 3-2

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I was like I knew I was either gonna go 3-1 or 3-2

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but 3-2 KSA, I think this goes all the way to the distance.

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I think Sweden is that good.

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They are really good so far,

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and unfortunately though,

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I don't think they're good enough to take the match.

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I did also go for KSA with this one, a 3-1 for me.

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I'm with you, Danny.

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Let's go.

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All right, I think we're all aligned here.

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I also had to go with KSA for this one.

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It's just really hard to bet against them.

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I, too, gave Sweden a map

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because I think Kessler is just one of those players.

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You can completely take over a server.

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I was very very impressed with the synergy in that team, even though they're just thrown together and they don't have the pre-existing synergy

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Felt like they were all on the same page, but KSA is also always on the same page

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They work as a unit and as much as we're trying to find and in here for some critique

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We'd like the backline being on test that overall they should be considered the favorite to win

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But we'd love to be here and see Sweden prove us wrong now

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We get our opinion of who we think is gonna come out on top on day one

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We actually had an opportunity to chat to all the teams and hear who they think are the teams to watch out for

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Who do you think is the one player that we should be watching this tournament outside of your team?

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Kevster, because he's back on Flex DPS, I want to see how far he can take Sweden

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especially in these big matches.

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I think Luke Mino can play good.

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He had a strong performance against us,

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so I think he can shock like him.

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I want to watch Luke Mino.

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Yeah, Luke's hand on Cat especially.

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We'll see how the cat changes.

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Maybe Lapta. These days he usually plays Sitskin,

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but this tournament he's playing with Quartz,

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so he's going to play more of the Flex DPS,

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but he's been really good on those as well,

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so maybe he'll play for Lapta.

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I'm kind of interested in Labda.

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Now playing with Quartz, he's picking up the tracer and the she-on.

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Labda was an extinuit of mine, and I was always impressed how fast this guy could learn new things.

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Like, any high pressure situation,

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third year hero at him, third year job at him, and he would figure it out.

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I think any of the tanks at Crocs, Willis?

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I would say Willis.

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He's really good. He's been proving himself in other UCS.

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He came back up recently. He's a really good player. He would go very far.

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I think it's hard to not say Quartz.

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Everyone already has their eyes on Quartz.

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It's gonna be courts again.

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you

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you

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you

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you

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you

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Look no further than courts.

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KSA are returning with the trophy.

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The question is, will this team be able to take that trophy

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from their grasp?

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On the other side of the stage, after 3-0 in Germany,

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Sweden are looking like a powerhouse once again.

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Let's give it up for the team Rockin' Yellow and Blue

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featuring the great hamster, T. Sweden!

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What a run man put on.

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What a showing they had through the stages during the number one seeded fall in

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Jeff Short, Sweden, may be the toughest opponent for Tassay yet.

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Can the underdogs pull off the improbable?

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They're three maps away from moving on to a grand final.

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The match is running.

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The players are ahead to their stages.

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And the fans are excited to take their seats.

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Blizzard Arena makes a noise one more time as we get a first match of the day under Red.

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Time Sweden graced that podium, Johnny, in third place. 2017 and standing across from them,

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Team Saudi Arabia, just three years ago, 2023, held that trophy high and they're looking to do anything to defend it.

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It's Grand Finals Day here at BISK on Overwatch World Cup 2026, but before we get there, we have to take part of the semi-finals.

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And Sweden for them, it's been a long time coming here now. Like you said, 2017 was the last time.

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I believe they beat up France in the third place match, that time around.

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And of course now they get an opportunity to face off against Saudi Arabia,

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the reigning champions here at the Overwatch World Cup.

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And a stacked roster looking to repeat.

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Two veterans on the Swedish side as well, Kevster and Abril leading the charge for...

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not unknown rookies, but compared to how long Kevster and Abril have been around,

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their tenure in the Overwatch scene.

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It's very much them kind of leading the charge against Saudi Arabia, who have just been no surprise

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dominant thus far, although had a small hiccup, I'd say, against Spain. Everybody thinking Saudi

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Arabia, they're going to take this one 3-0, but Spain gave them a run for their money on that Route 66.

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Yeah, if you're looking at the form of these teams and reviewing yesterday's matches, you might say

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to yourself, well, Saudi Arabia, they struggle a little bit against Spain, and meanwhile,

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Sweden just dominated Germany with a clean 3-0, which might make you believe that Sweden's got a pretty good chance in this one

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But it has to be Saudi Arabia on paper favors. Just looked at the rosters themselves

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Quartz, of course, one of the best hit scamp players in the entire game

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Won the world championship last year with twisted minds in OWCS

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And of course Lada has been a standout on the flex DPS role alongside him flexing over to those more

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That tracer she on type of heroes rather than playing is typical hit scan

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And I think this Saudi Arabia also on paper needs to be the favorites against we that despite yesterday's matches

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Yeah, it will be the courts and Kevstar show that is the two players

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I think that most people have scared off even in the interviews with the with Gavin that we saw a moment ago

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South Korea were like there's two teams on there and then there's a single player

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naming Kevster by name is the

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Swedish kind of powerhouse that is going to lead them to victory.

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Well, you saw it even in the gameplay itself.

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Sweden, they play so patient compared to some of the other

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Demon teams we've been seeing, like we talked about France,

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and we don't talk about Spain going into this yesterday's matchup.

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They're so aggressive with the Demon,

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and because of Jetback Cat, you're allowed to be that aggressive

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because, you know, you can always have someone helping you out, of course.

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But Sweden, they take a bit more of a cautious approach.

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By their time, they wait for Kevster to flank around on that tracer

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and Sorrow been playing to Freya, which we haven't seen from a lot of other teams as well.

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So this is a very patient Swedish team.

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I'm just curious to guess to Saudi Arabia, Osir,

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will they be able to get away with playing this flank heavy patient approach

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over Saudi Arabia to dominate the point instead?

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Yeah, that is their own look to the meta, which is,

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I wouldn't say still evolving.

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The patch changed a few things, but not anything substantial,

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where it just knocks Cat out of the meta, knocks Demon out of the meta.

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But is the Freya kind of the tipping point?

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because Saudi Arabia, if they're seeing the Freyja being loaded into lobby,

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it's like, sure, I mean, courts can play the Sojourn,

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and that matchup normally goes Sojourn's way.

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Very easy to pick the Freyja idea with a railgun.

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Yeah, I can't wait to see the hits again, Jules,

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because of that reason I learned,

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both store-run Quartz,

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they'll be kind of waiting for each other to peek a little bit.

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We saw yesterday Quartz, he's so happy to just take these flank angles

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to round the corners and look for a couple of headshots,

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and then he finds that pick in the opening fight.

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How many fights yesterday did Quartz just find a pick before the fight even took place?

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And that's a five versus four scenario. You don't even want to take an engage at that point.

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And so both Sorrow and Quartz will be looking out for each other in this hit-scan duel,

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and obviously the ramifications will be significant.

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Yeah, even the Cassidy too, to be fair, against the Freya.

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You take that one. You don't even need to peek yourself a lot of the time.

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You're waiting for her to updraft, and then you're just kind of standing chill and waiting to,

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you know, double tap him in the head. All good.

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lot of Swedish fans in the crowd already joining. Saw something with your jersey on a minute ago as well?

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Yeah, I also reinforced jersey. Love to see it.

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Yeah, a lot of Swedish fans making a trip over here to Los Angeles. It's a long flight.

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It's a long flight indeed as we get ready for the first opening map. It's going to be Nepal.

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Once more here. Tracer band from Saudi Arabia. That tells you everything you need to know.

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Man, I just thinking back to the group stages in Busan where Kevser just rocks up,

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instantly on Nepal, Sanctum gets three, it's like okay, maps done, job's done, all good,

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Goheim 3-0, no problem, like Sweden looks so good and they will continue to look good too.

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I think this is one of the strongest kind of amalgamations of Swedish roster that we've seen

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since 2017 when they went down to France to finish them in third place in that podium.

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Yeah and obviously we have to mention that Admerall is a big reason for that as well,

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coming in as the main support player for this team and Admerall, needs to be mentioned,

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is Estonian, but because of the breakthrough program here in the 2026 Overwatch World Cup,

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if you have an underrepresented region, you're not really able to form a team within your country,

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then you get the opportunity to play for a different country. And Admiral has been such a

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perfect addition to this Swedish roster and been an amazing Jetpack Cat player that really

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rounds out the squad. And it feels like it has to be said, Sweden, I don't want to say lucky,

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but this is a perfect timing when it comes to the meta. They've really flourished in this

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and just like that. Final day of BlizzCon here. One chance to find yourself in the

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podium finish. A win guarantees you at least third with only four teams

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remaining. Sweden looking to take down the Kings of the Overwatch World Cup.

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Saudi Arabia they want to defend that Cup Johnny and earn themselves another

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star on their jersey. They're looking to compete with the very finest. We talked

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about South Korea as the clear-on favorites. You would say usually in

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contention for that as well. But in recent years Saudi Arabia really

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established themselves as one of the best nations in the entire community here.

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Let's see what Saudi Arabia is going to cook up here. Removing that tracer is going

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to mean that both squads will be less reliant on those flank angles. Kevster,

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we've been seeing some Xi'an come out in scenarios like this one.

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Rosaro on the M-Ray too.

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Skyon no surprise.

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Little Ana action on this map.

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Serma Shed only even playing the Kira Ko pretty much as for the time being.

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But with those Suzu nerfs,

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Ana is definitely going to be a little bit more pronounced in these fights.

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Yeah, definitely going to look out for those biotic grenades now.

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Could have massive impact.

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Already dispersed here. Socks, quads.

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Get cleansed though.

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That left end up winning the duel versus Kepster. Both of them kind of backing off now and this is something we saw Sweden do the other day too. Admiral Kepster on the flank.

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But Kepster ends up going way too high up. But Wilderman on his face there is he ends up going down first.

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Yeah, the knockback, just put him in a pretty awkward position and that's going to be the disengagement from Sweden. Four versus five, you don't want to take this engagement at all.

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You want to wait for Kevster to wrap around that flank, Gaggle,

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and then look to combine on that.

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Soon on as well, they have to be aware here, of course.

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Playing this fast in the third form is so lethal.

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That is definitely a coup d'oeuvre you want to play around.

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Okay, round two.

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Kevster, Admiral, trying to do the same thing again.

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The Skyl, doing the majority of the healing.

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Look at the Atlantean, but Kevster already dead again.

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Nano boost onto Willis.

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There's a hard task here to open this up,

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but that might just do it.

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Cap Bastion down, a triple for Willis!

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Okay, Sweden are online.

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So very decisive engagement from Sardio Radia,

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and they get rid of Kevster,

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but that just leaves so much room for Willis

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to operate in the front line,

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and Demon is a very capable hero in this meta.

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Sardio Radia already looking out for Kevster,

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looking to take him down to star player early.

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It's on the flank angle alive,

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Abra not with him right now.

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Just Quartz looking for a cheeky knave bounce.

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Does it actually get a hit marker?

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Oh, he's up using the arrow, a little nade to Skyle should be fine.

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They're going to back off, but they're going to have granted themselves some space.

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Even more so now with the rush.

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A good sweep, but Winnis is ejected from the mech really early on into the fight.

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And still, the large mass of Ziad in the front line means Swin cannot approach the backline of KSA,

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giving them a free fight win here and the cap.

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Yes, we don't really look at combined over the cap that from Admiral,

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But the Unbreakable, the Unstoppable from Seat as he overran into the front lines there needs to follow Arabia

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Could get away with a pretty clean engagement

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Cage flight for Zia too and Socks has got Catnap. So this corridor of death now

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So that will it's just trying to approach. It's gonna be rather nasty and there it is Cage goes down in the met history

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Although Sorrow ends up getting nano tier

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Straight blocks the old Sorrow machine and takes over the back and Sorrow takes over the end completely

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KS is not really sure what they wanted to do in that fight. They ended up using the

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cage but not expecting the tag team ult with the nano. Quartz has managed to do a little

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bit of damage. And KS, they still control the point. Averil is going to sweep in, trying

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to get that last bit of percent and Sock sends up going down. The supportive backbone of

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Sweden capping the point. I'm going to be honest, Joss, I don't even know if that

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nano onto Sorrow was intentional. It looked like maybe Skylar was trying to get it onto

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Will is there, the cage fight from Seat came out, but it worked out, Zoro with that extra damage application,

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this devastation with the override protocol. So up over to the Freya here now, so look out for those

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bolts there to capitalize and secure a couple of kills. All right, they're gonna do the same thing

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again, just use this artillery barrage, try and pick off Skyle, nice little tether on Seanna,

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saves a lot, fight thrown in, now comes the spree, Zoro hit from downtown with that fight

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in in Seattle. It's an easy pickings for the Malga, even in this close range.

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Sweden needs to get a clean engagement here now. 82% force on Arabia. So much

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else going to have this get to Russia. Sweden need to find a win condition.

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No, some shares are going to want to win this early. Looks like Sweden are going to try

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a different approach. But Kettering is going down early. Okay, it's a 4v5 this last fight.

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The Russians are coming through and now Sweden have to make a decision. They've got to get in.

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Admiral with the catnap on the point to trigger OT,

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does manage to finish off Zox, but is there going to be a trade?

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Another sleep as well.

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It's going to hit the front line, but Sweden cannot capitalize on it.

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Admiral got the touch, he got the pick on to Zox,

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but it's not enough.

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First round, to KSA.

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KSA, they got some of the best vibes here at the Abortion World Cup.

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All smiles, laughter after that opening round.

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Got to say this approach from Saudi Arabia.

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Can I favor them there on Sanctum?

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You can play aggressive with the Mauga and combine with the Kirigas well

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So you didn't build less room to operate here on Sanctum

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With this all another time the same line of sight and when you do commit forward means that they usually see how it's going to be in rage

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Ask me to go get the Surreal here

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There's tons of damage here

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It's just a nasty amount of damage with the mana of the Esurglide protocol that splashes crazy and even hits the

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Direct on the cat too real nice stuff. It's difficult to catch a cat doing this guy

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around. All right. Big wrap around here from Sweden once more. Forfeiting this high ground,

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they want to take a slow approach here. Work the flank angles and see if they can find an opportunity.

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Get an opening take. Will is under pressure. Yeah, Admiral is playing on the periphery too.

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His style this time is going to team up with Kevster on another angle. Much better for the

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honor in this spot obviously. Got the headshot perk too for the additional damage. Real nice

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stuff. Now Zoro. This is the point where Sweden can take over the game with these bolts.

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And this is the one of the big reasons to play the Freya against the Katbashnikov Johnny.

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It's very easy to land those take games, but they do trade. Skyle down. Yeah, it doesn't look like

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Sweden has had the cleanest fight here. They're going to Kat the point, but I'm sure they're

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starting to read it. Pretty good opportunity here to get back into things. Seattle is slow.

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He ends up popping someone to keep him alive there.

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Kade Akoba drive in play still though.

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He ends up going to the back despite him being what?

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Sub-100 HP?

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He has one.

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He is dead, sure.

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A teleport from Sermosh head, but yeah,

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this fight is not exactly going the way of Sweden.

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Just spite C out going down.

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And it feels like Sweden had everything going for them.

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They got the appropriate flank angles.

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They invited their time.

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They just couldn't get enough value,

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so it couldn't hit the ball.

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Kepster couldn't land those eliminations.

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So it was a pretty good setup from Sweden, just not able to capitalize on it.

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They're not going to give them the space.

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It's phenomenal respect here.

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They're just popping the rush. There's the wheels mode from Quartz 2.

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It's going to be a hesitant push and even with the nano on Willis, it's just too much damage.

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Good headshot from Sermon, she had crossed the point in this fight.

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All but over now for Sweden.

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Sorry, Rainbow, looking mighty comfortable here.

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Oh, it's actually going to pop.

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Labnus are going to do the same thing.

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It's a barrel in the kitchen.

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And Kevser just knocked on the head with a pan.

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KSA kind of shocked, I think, there that Sweden invested so much.

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Sweden will have to find something here that works for them again.

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Like Skyle is having quite a difficult time finding cyclines here on this honor.

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Obviously, Admiral will be really busy trying to help Willis in the front lines

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on the demon but also take care of Yana. Make sure there's not too much pressure on to the

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support.

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Kili Raju is quite much. Merely a space creation tool at a time. Dead in there too. You see

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of course can get an angle with this cat Bastion. Although Admiral might be in his sights. Again

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kind of separated from the rest of the team now thanks to this cage. Ziaz ends up dying

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short, Sermosh head now in trouble. Limit break is going to be good, but Labder and Siegel have already come up a kill.

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It's just up to Willis now in the front line to try and hold it down for the rest of the team.

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Another reach rig over overtime here as he dashes into the front line, but Labder is not going to give him the opportunity to get the kill.

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He's all on his lonesome now.

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Abra with the Catnap's got nothing left in the tank either. Barely going to get back to the point in time as KSA

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starts off with a map win.

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They're feeling real good seeing as you'd like no need to pay the demon.

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Mauga has proven to be a pretty good hero to actually deal with demons.

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Fights really well in that brawl and with Kemster not able to maneuver the tracer on the opening map.

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Sweden struggling to set up the fights, struggling to combine and secure those picks instead.

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It looked like Saudi Arabia really confident just playing the back and forth brawl with the Mauga,

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with the turret form from the bastion and not feeling like there were under too much pressure at all in that opening map

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Yeah, maybe that was

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Maybe coming down to the tracer ban too from Saudi Arabia and not having Kevstar on that

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I mean, that was huge. That was a really important ban

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That was Delta in the opening map and that's going to free up Kevstar to play tracer for the rest of the series

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Which will be a big boon here. So

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Saudi Arabia, they can be quite comfortable to fight their up 1-0s already in this series

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But because you dispersed that tracer band it was almost like a must-win map here

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I think if you're Sweden, you gotta be pretty calm still

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This people starts real fast. Yeah, I mean look at that only eight and six

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I mean struggle straight across the board for Sweden that

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So definitely what couldn't find their groove really I mean

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It felt like they had a couple of good positional fights

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But just like Willis in that final fight you have the limit break

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But like what value are going to get with the limit break like Saudi Arabia is not going to present themselves in front of you with

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That limit break in hand and so they're going to fly their bastion around

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See the artist going to overrun all over the place and really make it difficult for students to get on top of things

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It was really only that one fight where will it's got a 3k, but it was pretty clean for Sweden

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Yeah

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I mean look at this fight to the one in the previous clip

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See I've got slept on bridge and willis is

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getting de-mecked on the other side of the fight and the rest of the team cannot just run over the ad, like run over the

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Malaga, the Malaga is going to sit there and basically stop on your head or like you know

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just turn and just gun you down, like it's a really tough spot for Willis to be in. I spoke about how Kepster,

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April, the veterans on the team need to kind of push the team forward, but if it's on Willis here to hold this down as you

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normally do as a tank player, Johnny, you know all about that, it can be very tough when you're going up against a team

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that they were so damn drilled and prepared for this for this one. Yeah it's so difficult if you

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will it's to pick up on your timing to engage because sorry Arabia they're pretty cool down

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reliant of course we talk about the bastion the turret form how important that is because of that

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extra damage bastion is able to deal but also mauga relies a lot on obviously the unstoppable

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when you use their overrun but also the cardiac overdrive helps so much with the sustain to keep

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keep that Mauga alive. And you can't just simply biodecrenate the Mauga because

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Sir Majed will always have that Susan hand ready to dispel that effect. And so

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this Saudi Arabia team, they're really good at playing around both the third

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form cooldown, but also the cardiac overdrive from the Mauga. And it makes it

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real difficult for Sweden to find that opening like, okay, when do we do a

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decisive engagement? We can set up positionally. But when do we actually

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commit to a hard engagement? When is it favorable for us to go?

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If you didn't take a peek on the screen already from under Sweden players, then you know that

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now.

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Flashpoint, could I have seen that one at all?

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I mean, Flashpoint's been a bit of a rare pick so far.

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Yeah, we've barely seen any Flashpoint whatsoever.

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So, we're looking to roll things out here.

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No Tracer band this time around.

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This is going to utilize, yeah, for sure, going to utilize those flank angles.

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And this also means you can probably protect that as well.

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You don't really have to protect them for the tracer of course, but you can protect them the demon as well

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Get rid of a tank perhaps and you're guaranteed to play both the demon and the tracer if you want to

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See how cat reliant they feel here on Atlas

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How do you feel if you're in the comms right now if your team's reading what you're trying about I

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Think you're pretty calm still as the curicobank gets deployed. All right. It's going to be more of the

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on approach it. I think if you're really calm if you're Sweden because you knew

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that the opening map, obviously Saudi Arabia, they have the opening map pick, they

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have the first hero band and they deployed that tracer band. So if I'm

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Sweden, okay I'm looking to win map 2 and 3. I don't need to win the opening map, I

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don't need to get ahead early in this series. If we can, we don't even have to

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win the tracer band map, like we can win the later maps in this series, we still

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got a really good chance. So I wouldn't feel too defeated if I'm Sweden

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in the back stage. I've been talking about it a little bit in these tournaments as well,

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It's so comfortable if you have something that works for you as Saudi Arabia decides to get rid of the demon here

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In fact as the tank wasn't protect bad. It's so nice to just feel like okay. We want the first map

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We know our composition works like we know the Mauga and the Kiriko works. We have a recipe for success

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We're not scrambling to find something that works for us

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We're feeling pressured at all to make a certain composition works because we know that we have what it takes already

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ready to take down teams here and so that age you know they're comfortable

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feeling you can see they're laughing they're having a good time on stage

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they're not stealing the pressure of this semi-finals moment

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when we added Merlux to the game next hero I mean there's the there's some

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Merlux back on Hadamura remember that? Oh yeah that's true

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So, I guess they're canon. They're canon? Yeah, that looks like canon in the Overwatch universe, of course, of course.

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Alright, Alice is the map pick from Sweden.

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And Janne, they can play Kepster on the Tracer.

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This is what I think people really wanted to see. I think Kepster just farming on Tracer.

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He was built in Sweden, so I have to play Overwatch, I mean, play one hero, except me, well.

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Against the very best that Overwatch has ever produced.

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and I'm expecting big things from Kevsey and I think the entirety of Sweden too, I mentioned

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at the top look they have not had a podium finish since 2017.

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Let's take a mathematician to say how many years that is.

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Got a lot of rosters, a lot of different players representing Sweden throughout the years but

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this roster in specific has really found something in the 2026 Overwatch World Cup.

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the distance with USA in the group stage, just narrowly losing that one, but coming

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into this tournament, don't take it from us.

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The teams themselves, they talked about Sweden as a potential dark horse.

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They talked about Kevster as one of the more mechanically skilled players in the entire

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tournament that they fear to face, right?

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And so Sweden, going down early in this series, but they definitely have what it takes to

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make a comeback.

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But this is where we need to see it, Jaws.

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This is their first map pick.

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This is their opportunity to play their style and their preference.

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Now they really need to capitalize on this.

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They're really putting a lot of eggs in that Tracer basket.

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Now with Sermajed on the Arnav, but he's not exactly unfamiliar with the hero.

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Let's just say that.

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Pretty scary Arnav player.

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He's a veteran.

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Fucking hard to veteran and see an experience.

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20-23 Overwatch League.

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Oh, yeah.

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Florida mayhem.

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Sermajed has been there, done that.

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TP out, Quartz on the cast.

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Here we go.

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Zianna Willis on at the diva.

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No at Dmon, first point.

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And of course both caps still in the mix.

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And the players of Highlight here, it's going to be Ciad actually.

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Another young prodigy here for Saudi Arabia, one of the best D.Va players in the world.

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See what he can get the job done here against Anana, and a jetpack catback line for Sweden.

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It's going to be tough, kind of one-to-one matchup as well if it's alright.

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Against Quartz on their Cassidy.

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All eyes on the tanks right now. What a great star hit 3. Zoro is gonna get one thrown to rate towards him

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But luckily swooping to the rescue comes Avril but it's Kevster that goes down first again

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But this time at the hands of quartz quartz is not going to miss when kevster does appear on that flank angle

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Quartz is going to give him the toughest of times and so far Kevster just hasn't found it in

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Then Quartz can basically babysit Sermajed.

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Like sitting on top of your armor is going to be number one priority here for Quartz.

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Well I guess number two if you think number one is just shooting the empty team.

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Voidcapped by KSA.

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Willis is going to force Ziad down to his level and now he's trying to trade places.

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Sermajed now in trouble.

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Matrix completely two.

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No chance for a sleep dart but Quartz has found a double kill already up to Willis again

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to be the speed head of the team.

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It's a three on three.

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Horses with a nice little head shot though,

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but now has to deal with his matrix,

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but has the backup, but there's no health on Willis.

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A self-destruct to get the redacted.

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Kepster gets two tapped.

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Like, it doesn't matter how good you're on Taser

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when you're facing a Cassidy like this.

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He's shooting.

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Oh, Sauron narrowly escapes to the slide,

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but this is KSA's point, surely.

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Kepster's dead.

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I mean, that's the round.

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They're gonna touch.

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Ooh!

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Catnap goes wide.

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They do get another chance of victory here on this first point, but Willis is out of mech.

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What do you involves? They're committing here.

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They're involved here. I mean, Skyle gets busy with the nano.

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Zoro gets a desuit, Shawbar a high noon, kills Willis, a good headshot, but from Zoro, but there's no touch.

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Just narrowly missing out on the pointer.

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What a movement! Obviously!

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I mean, Admiral eventually takes care of the demon that is quartz.

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So, Michets, in the 1v1, looking for something more, but yeah, you won that fight sure, Sweden. You didn't win the point.

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Can't feel good about those frags after you missed out, stepping on to the point of contesting the objective there.

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Sweden, they got a couple of things going for them in that fight, but it matters not.

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Skynoon available here, let's see what sort of thing can get done with that.

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But in this day and age, especially with the deep on the field, the defense matrix, I feel like teams are so good now at playing around with Skynoon.

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It will be difficult for Sauroth to secure some value with it.

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Yeah, so look at this Nano. Where is it going to be placed? Looks like Sia.

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Definitely a preferable target. High noon for Sauroth. Sky noon, in fact.

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No one in sight.

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Willis, Salomec, ready. A bit of damage. Where's the follow-up? Nope, the healing just too damn good.

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KSA's backbone living strong. And that is going to be camp.

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I mean, this is just a Sauria rabie roster. That is one step ahead.

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You can see that Willis is combining pretty well with Chabster, they're coordinating these dives.

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Storo is having impact on this Cassidy.

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But Sorya Arabia, they're just better.

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Syod, tremendous D.Va player.

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The proid, the nono there from Serma Jettin.

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All that enhancement, means we get so much value.

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Khorz is just hitting Hedgel's left and right.

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This Sorya Arabia ulcer, just looks unstoppable.

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Now time is ticking.

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Ah, oh well, I mean the catnap can be quite devious on this point.

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I think Willis is going to try and set up on at the point now.

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Chase Ziadon, there comes the Sky Nune.

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It's spotted Willis for the time being,

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but just kind of on the pedestal now on this high ground.

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Laptor's got the spree too, so Willis's met is just history.

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And KSA, they managed to sleep Kadsda, hits the recall,

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But he's so down low, Sox is going to go for the chase, but it might not even matter, the front line is just being demolished.

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Sweden lose Zorro, and now KSA in point winning position.

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Gonna try to go for one more touch here, the cadnap in phase.

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What if they get the touch?

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The surface is so damn good though, but can they follow other kills and go for a retouch?

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Willis can't overexert himself here and overextend to chase that cat.

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Admiral on the other hand doesn't have going down, kept a shot in the back of the head.

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Quartz puts him to rest, it's the rest of Sweden they're gonna follow at this point.

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That's gonna be two, I'm for KSA now, as Quartz just keeps dancing on him.

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Sweden really struggling to find any kind of momentum in this series so far,

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and this is where you need to take a moment if you're Sweden.

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Just reflect on what's going wrong, what is working for us, what isn't working for us.

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So far, Willis has been under so much pressure in this front line, has been setting up with Tepster sometimes in Coordinated, but

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it feels like Willis is under so much pressure early on, loses the armour, and in the middle of these fights, Sweden lose their tank pair, they lose their make.

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Skynin, Esai starting Zoppa, what a sleep as well! Good Matrix, good sleep, nothing is going wrong for KSA right now.

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They're gonna clean up this one as well. Get the opening cap.

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Two-0. Clean as you like so far on Atlas.

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And they're very much looking like hands-on favourites here at the Overwatch World Cup.

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Sweden, Dark Horse and everything. Who can step up big time?

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We talked about Kevster as a star player, but hasn't come through so far.

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You can see some big moments from him now.

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Holds bomb in hand, no Kiriko on the field. What can he come up with?

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Kevser needs to come alive with this tracer.

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They have to hold the execution, the stink doesn't connect.

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And still got recall, so can't get busy.

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Unfortunately though, Willis is taking a large print of the damage here.

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Kevser recalls the execution, but Sarmashen is down.

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Self-destruct for Willis to try and find the remake, and now Quartz in Kevster's sights.

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Sky, although on the flip side of things, ends up falling.

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And their trading here are, Sweden, but not well enough.

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Quartz is in the sky, hits the silver bullet on Zorro, and this is Sweden going down, more of a whimper than a roar coming into this series.

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One final stagger onto Willis, going to be a terrible spawner, 85%. Kepster has to be the man to touch, going to a 4 vs 5 scenario.

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What can we do?

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Sky New reports to...

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Slept out of the sky, okay. Kepster's on the point to get the touch. A lifeline here as Quartz ends up going down.

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Nano on Cesaro, but hot pursuit is the ad right now, looking for the mark.

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Sermosh yet falls and in fact, Kevster's still keeping this point alive.

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A spree onto Abril is going to be good and there it is.

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Lavda slays Kevster, Willis on the hazard.

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It's just not enough.

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Nothing is enough.

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KSA finishing that one off with a 3-0.

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I mean, that was brutal.

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We talked about Saudi Arabia as the favourites going into that one, but okay, a 3-0, we're

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putting a lot of respect on Team Sweden, the momentum they're coming in with, they dominated

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Germany yesterday, they have one of the best damaged players in the game in Kevser, but

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they don't have any answer whatsoever for what Saudi Arabia is bringing in this one.

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There, Kevser just couldn't get it popping, it looked like, it was shut down at every

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kind of angle, whether that's quartz, just two tapping him on the Cassidy, so I'm a jet

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here in the sleep. Even hitting a bionade is normally good enough to force the tracer

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to recall. And then after doing a little bit of heavy lifting there too, holding the executions,

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just waiting for Kepster to kind of peak his head round, basically buying time for Ziad

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to run over their frontline. I mean, Ziad 17 and 1 on that.

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Exhaust 12-1 too, I mean

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both are only coming up with a two deaths

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But this is what I talked about this on the desk yesterday Goss

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It's like yes, we didn't they were able to deploy this play style of theirs of really combining with chemistry and willies

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And we saw that from kevsters POV a couple of times on this map where you're waiting in the wings

01:02:25.020 --> 01:02:28.300
You're trying to set up this dive right, but then you jump in there and Saudi Arabia

01:02:28.300 --> 01:02:33.660
They're so ready for it will is already half health on the neck once you get in there through the combined with chemistry

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And it's just like Saudi Arabia. They just have a read on this playstyle of Sweden

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And at this point you're thinking

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You gotta try to change something up here if you are Sweden

01:02:43.160 --> 01:02:46.960
Where are we allocating our resources? Who are we trying to dive right on trouble?

01:02:46.960 --> 01:02:50.900
Because Kevster is not finding the value trying to look for these picks in the back line

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Maybe you want to pay a little bit more attention to Seat in the front line. Maybe see what you can do against Quartz obviously

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I am sure in Eirut, all of them I am sure in Eirut, I am in Hasseini, Hasseini

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I mean on the flip side of things like a Sweden you can pray muted right now they

01:03:10.580 --> 01:03:17.040
want at least that podium finish on it they want to release hell yeah at least

01:03:17.040 --> 01:03:22.160
get that third place and of course we're sick we got some good ones this year

01:03:22.160 --> 01:03:27.500
god damn I saw I'm not I saw some world of work of cost per se today yeah you

01:03:27.500 --> 01:03:30.640
know you can sit like markers they're like moons and crosses yeah and they

01:03:30.640 --> 01:03:36.640
have those so they walked around with like more of that yeah I love that.

01:03:36.640 --> 01:03:43.200
Hoseplay is always so good at BlizzCon. One of the reasons to come honestly.

01:03:44.200 --> 01:03:48.640
Yeah very happy across the board here.

01:03:49.240 --> 01:03:53.880
Sweden now kind of attempting to lock in. Oh looks like it's gonna be root. Thank

01:03:53.880 --> 01:03:58.880
Thank you for the brief cheat there.

01:03:58.880 --> 01:04:02.880
That's a very fluid motion.

01:04:02.880 --> 01:04:04.880
It's a great wave.

01:04:04.880 --> 01:04:07.880
Here in the robot of the clubs for sure.

01:04:07.880 --> 01:04:10.880
All right, Route 66, pick Sweden.

01:04:10.880 --> 01:04:13.880
It's been kind of the go-to

01:04:13.880 --> 01:04:18.880
between Junkertown and Australian Shambhali Monastery.

01:04:18.880 --> 01:04:22.880
Yeah, it's really been a really good map for this matter, obviously.

01:04:22.880 --> 01:04:29.740
If you're on a you have the long range sight lines a lot of great verticality big skybox if you did that cat as well

01:04:29.880 --> 01:04:34.040
Yeah, it allows you to sit back. You can protect your supports

01:04:34.760 --> 01:04:38.480
White a bit and Sweden obviously feeling comfortable picking this map now

01:04:38.840 --> 01:04:43.040
Also, you get to avoid junker town potentially, which is a method. Sorry, baby. I look really good on

01:04:44.000 --> 01:04:48.720
Especially with Sir Majed who's really flexible. We saw what he was capable of on the honor just now on Atlas

01:04:48.720 --> 01:04:56.880
But this is a team that is now backs against the wall, not only down 0-2 in the series,

01:04:56.880 --> 01:05:01.200
they need to find a little something special to try and get back into this series.

01:05:01.200 --> 01:05:04.640
What will the answer be?

01:05:04.640 --> 01:05:13.280
I felt like Saudi Arabia as well, probably went back, looked over the VOD, moved that

01:05:13.280 --> 01:05:16.640
route against Spain.

01:05:16.640 --> 01:05:18.960
I was a 3-1 series, Norma was really expecting me.

01:05:18.960 --> 01:05:22.600
You know Spain really had a lot of gumption, a little spark.

01:05:23.920 --> 01:05:26.280
They showed up in a big way.

01:05:26.280 --> 01:05:27.840
And yeah, okay, all right.

01:05:27.840 --> 01:05:30.160
It's just gonna happen at some point, man, come on.

01:05:30.160 --> 01:05:32.720
It's undeniable, yeah, it's undeniable.

01:05:32.720 --> 01:05:33.640
That leaves a moment to play.

01:05:33.640 --> 01:05:37.240
So even if it wants to match solo on the fray,

01:05:37.240 --> 01:05:39.840
I wouldn't be mad to see that either, to be honest with you.

01:05:39.840 --> 01:05:41.880
But there's no other hits down to it.

01:05:41.880 --> 01:05:44.600
You bastion to, but there's no other hits down.

01:05:44.600 --> 01:05:49.880
It is quite as efficient as Kassadin's shutting down Tracer and Kassadin's going to have a bit more room to roam here.

01:05:50.540 --> 01:05:53.880
Ana ban from Sotaria makes sense here, obviously we talked about the sightlines that...

01:05:55.600 --> 01:05:58.200
You are able to take here on Route 36 though.

01:05:59.000 --> 01:06:01.700
Ana makes sense here, probably going to be more careful play because of that.

01:06:02.500 --> 01:06:03.000
Oh, 100.

01:06:03.000 --> 01:06:05.100
Senyatta, we saw some Senyatta gameplay yesterday.

01:06:05.100 --> 01:06:06.100
We did.

01:06:06.100 --> 01:06:07.300
The Goat Symbols.

01:06:07.300 --> 01:06:10.000
The Korea, they just came out with like a Senyatta, we don't make the defense.

01:06:10.000 --> 01:06:12.300
What are they cooking?

01:06:12.300 --> 01:06:13.800
What is Moon cooking?

01:06:13.800 --> 01:06:15.800
What are they cooking?

01:06:15.800 --> 01:06:16.800
I loved it, man.

01:06:16.800 --> 01:06:17.800
It was great.

01:06:17.800 --> 01:06:18.800
So, look.

01:06:18.800 --> 01:06:22.800
Sinkball, like hovering on the Senjata, like twisted mines, like.

01:06:22.800 --> 01:06:26.800
Dude, funny, Astro has been saying for a hot minute that Sink was the best flight support.

01:06:26.800 --> 01:06:29.800
He's got his teammate, obviously, but still, they won the World Finals.

01:06:29.800 --> 01:06:32.800
Look, he's saying he's the best in the world as well.

01:06:32.800 --> 01:06:33.800
Like that.

01:06:33.800 --> 01:06:34.800
Alright.

01:06:34.800 --> 01:06:35.800
He's really got it.

01:06:35.800 --> 01:06:36.800
He's got it.

01:06:36.800 --> 01:06:38.800
Astro is probably speaking the truth.

01:06:38.800 --> 01:06:42.800
2-0 for Saudi Arabia here.

01:06:42.800 --> 01:06:51.480
in a extremely tough spot requiring a reverse sweep hoping praying maybe just

01:06:51.480 --> 01:06:55.480
to get back in the series Kevser has looked in a little mute and the rest

01:06:55.480 --> 01:07:00.200
of the Swedish team not like them on another page to each other just feels

01:07:00.200 --> 01:07:06.800
like Saudi Arabia have kind of the ideas of how they want to topple Sweden they

01:07:06.800 --> 01:07:11.640
are not playing Sweden's game they plan their own game they have played with the

01:07:11.640 --> 01:07:18.040
can't come for so long. Sermige can play. Ana, Kiri, don't matter. And we know Quartz

01:07:18.040 --> 01:07:24.960
is just the consistent hitscan pressure that you need in this kind of meta. You need to

01:07:24.960 --> 01:07:28.320
just put casting. You need to be just hitting shots over and over and over and over again,

01:07:28.320 --> 01:07:33.800
just protecting your backline. Making sure Zox has a more free time. Zed has a free time.

01:07:33.800 --> 01:07:40.640
We know how consistent that would be too. Kings of consistency, I can't say.

01:07:40.640 --> 01:07:43.760
This is just so impressive the variety we're seeing from Saudi Arabia.

01:07:43.760 --> 01:07:48.440
They're so fluid in their hero picks, the way they play the game in meanwhile Sweden.

01:07:48.440 --> 01:07:52.600
I mentioned of course very fortunate to come into this tournament, the Overwatch World Cup,

01:07:52.600 --> 01:07:57.040
being really proficient at playing the demon, playing the jetpack cat approach.

01:07:57.040 --> 01:08:03.040
But Saudi Arabia now playing spoiler, showcasing that they know how to deal with that playstyle.

01:08:03.040 --> 01:08:05.760
And how are Sweden going to respond?

01:08:05.760 --> 01:08:07.760
will they pick here in these dire moments?

01:08:10.560 --> 01:08:12.560
Okay, here we go.

01:08:12.560 --> 01:08:15.440
Kev's Tracer is alright. Now this is a comfort comp here, sweet.

01:08:16.880 --> 01:08:20.560
It is indeed, and especially with that Kev's to be gone now, forced out of Arabia,

01:08:21.120 --> 01:08:25.120
will he have some more opportunity to play that Tracer? That being said though, like,

01:08:25.760 --> 01:08:29.440
who do you really harass here if you're Kev's there? Like, yeah, you can force out the teleport,

01:08:29.440 --> 01:08:34.240
Asusia from Sir Majed towards going to be pretty unreachable here. Maybe a bit more of a favorable

01:08:34.240 --> 01:08:39.200
duel against Labda, but Kevster's path here is coming to be quite difficult to fill.

01:08:40.640 --> 01:08:45.280
And following up on the balls is nice. Labda taking little damage, little bite,

01:08:45.280 --> 01:08:51.760
little dash, all good, Kevster's a great one already. He's safe. You can kind of just get back

01:08:51.760 --> 01:08:56.080
to the point, no problems. Skars right behind him, same with Abru. Looking for Zorro to land a

01:08:56.080 --> 01:09:00.640
take-a-shot and then Kevster move on forward. Looks like that's going to happen now. Quartz

01:09:00.640 --> 01:09:16.640
And Sveta probably feeling like their hand is forced a little bit, feeling like once they're hovering around that payload, their health is being drained, their resources quickly fading and they have to go for that commit.

01:09:16.640 --> 01:09:29.640
So Kepster blinks into the background of Sorya right there, Willis quick to follow on the Diva as well, but Soro can't find the picture to the line of sight and Sveta just feels like their hand is forced a little bit.

01:09:29.640 --> 01:09:31.640
Whoa, whoa, whoa!

01:09:31.640 --> 01:09:33.640
How can that happen?

01:09:33.640 --> 01:09:35.640
Look, headshot from the sky!

01:09:35.640 --> 01:09:37.640
Quartz dies!

01:09:37.640 --> 01:09:41.640
That is very unusual having the Bastions die that early and look at that!

01:09:41.640 --> 01:09:43.640
Can you see it backing out?

01:09:43.640 --> 01:09:45.640
That is a really damn good mindset there.

01:09:45.640 --> 01:09:47.640
We know we lose the Bastions back all the way up.

01:09:47.640 --> 01:09:49.640
We've got another chance to go in.

01:09:49.640 --> 01:09:51.640
They can't just fling the Bastions back into the front line.

01:09:51.640 --> 01:09:53.640
And Sweden can't get this cap for free.

01:09:53.640 --> 01:09:55.640
Just too direct for a certain budget though.

01:09:55.640 --> 01:09:57.640
You have to be aware of the turrets from Quartz here still.

01:09:57.640 --> 01:10:01.640
Okay, Quartz has already used the tariff wall, so now maybe waiting on the rush.

01:10:02.640 --> 01:10:05.640
Now they're gonna pop it on this high ground, take it one for free, although,

01:10:05.640 --> 01:10:07.640
Sweden is jumping under the girls now.

01:10:07.640 --> 01:10:09.640
There's the catnap, but the suju is good.

01:10:09.640 --> 01:10:14.640
Sub-shut doesn't going down though, with socks managing to pick off sorrow with the catnap,

01:10:14.640 --> 01:10:16.640
but it's all lagged during the kill feed here.

01:10:16.640 --> 01:10:21.640
They're gonna let this point go for a little bit longer, but it's only Willis left alive.

01:10:22.640 --> 01:10:25.640
And with a minute and thirty left, Johnny.

01:10:25.640 --> 01:10:31.580
Dire straights for Sweden what a great spree that is by love that doesn't commit to it too early once we don't still

01:10:31.580 --> 01:10:36.700
Has their matrix they still have their susu in hand instead wait for the fight to go on a little bit

01:10:36.700 --> 01:10:42.580
And then all that damage from the spree love that capitalizes finds the pigs necessary and now Sweden

01:10:42.580 --> 01:10:47.720
Just 80 seconds remaining here backs against the wall down o2 in this series. They need to come out

01:10:47.720 --> 01:11:00.720
I like this swap up as well from Skyl. A lot more frontward damage and the window can clear out this high ground relatively easily.

01:11:00.720 --> 01:11:07.720
There's the artillery barrage but there's like too much hit. Now will it's on an off angle.

01:11:07.720 --> 01:11:13.720
Spots labbed her, hops on the bike. Skyl labbed her, end up training but you're now only down to Abra with the heals.

01:11:13.720 --> 01:11:19.000
They are going to be pushing the point here, but a quick recon test comes in, Quartz dead

01:11:19.000 --> 01:11:20.000
vote.

01:11:20.000 --> 01:11:25.920
So a three on four on the point, and Kevster finally comes alive, wins the 1v1 duel.

01:11:25.920 --> 01:11:32.880
And here is Sweden making a statement, not going down, not at least not yet.

01:11:32.880 --> 01:11:38.240
Trading out the damage players, Opsalia Arabia, they're going to take that any day of the

01:11:38.240 --> 01:11:39.240
week.

01:11:39.240 --> 01:11:43.320
Skyline are over onto the spot, received a couple of buffs here in the midseason patch

01:11:43.320 --> 01:11:48.600
just a few days ago but it's desperation for Sweden now as they look for

01:11:48.600 --> 01:11:52.560
something that can work their way

01:11:53.320 --> 01:12:00.840
what's on the M-Ray okay the easy defensive push in the KSA to get themselves

01:12:00.840 --> 01:12:06.400
out of the cave oh well override protocol gets popped here from Zoro no

01:12:06.400 --> 01:12:10.000
nano Boussali it is time to back him up a lot of those shots just getting each

01:12:10.000 --> 01:12:15.400
straight up by Ziad. Good tracking, but Sermosh yet actually is the first to fall.

01:12:15.400 --> 01:12:21.000
Once again, they're left without this Kiroko healing, on to Zox to try and sustain for the rest of the fight.

01:12:21.000 --> 01:12:28.000
And Kevster again is in the kill feed. A two-minute time bank left for Sweden.

01:12:28.000 --> 01:12:31.000
But KS is still with a chance to defend on second.

01:12:31.000 --> 01:12:35.000
It's a really good override protocol from Sorrow, because at that point Saudi Arabia,

01:12:35.000 --> 01:12:39.000
they find themselves in the middle of the battle field in Ziad, can't utilize the matrix to block the damage.

01:12:39.000 --> 01:12:42.040
blocked the damage and they find themselves going down to extra damage now.

01:12:42.040 --> 01:12:45.240
Sir, we're good. We've got Kitsina rushing the hand here. Adro, looks for an early cap now.

01:12:45.800 --> 01:12:50.440
He's going to get one as well, and Korts has been taken out. No chance to come back here.

01:12:50.440 --> 01:12:55.880
Stile. Is he going to be able to get lifted? Oh! The save from Adro. Okay.

01:12:56.520 --> 01:13:02.440
Adro does end up falling short, but they've saved the back. Zox now harassing the Batiste.

01:13:03.000 --> 01:13:06.200
Ends up picking up the kill, but the payload is still moving.

01:13:06.200 --> 01:13:11.800
Not sure Zox is going to get there in time, but Ziad is going to challenge Kepster on the point.

01:13:11.800 --> 01:13:16.600
And he could eat from the Neva too, as Quartzjo is back into this fight.

01:13:16.600 --> 01:13:21.080
I think that's the third close one from Kepster so far in this game, and no value secured.

01:13:21.080 --> 01:13:24.200
Ziad on top of things with the Matrix, once more here.

01:13:24.200 --> 01:13:27.320
Minute remaining for Sweden now, as he looks to get it set up once more.

01:13:27.320 --> 01:13:29.000
No real open, it's available either.

01:13:29.000 --> 01:13:33.400
Need to find an opening somehow here, but so difficult in a position like this.

01:13:33.400 --> 01:13:43.400
Just the payload is so down close as well, Kev's there, every opportunity, trying to just touch the point, but ends up losing his life.

01:13:43.400 --> 01:13:49.400
There now with only one attack remaining here, 45 seconds left in the bank, two more casualties can be afforded.

01:13:49.400 --> 01:13:52.400
And it's already a difficult composition to approach with.

01:13:52.400 --> 01:13:57.400
Style obviously, this Baptiste is going to be one target force to get in there with the Divak.

01:13:57.400 --> 01:14:01.400
Watch now, past this override protocol as well, set up comfortably on the high ground.

01:14:01.400 --> 01:14:06.400
It's going to be a heroic effort here from Sweden if they're to find an advantage in this upcoming fight.

01:14:06.400 --> 01:14:11.400
Double TPS ult as well for KSA, it's so damn scary. Quartz is going to open this one up.

01:14:11.400 --> 01:14:18.400
Long range shot straight over to gas station and Zoro gets sniped instantly despite the lab being thrown out too.

01:14:18.400 --> 01:14:22.400
Skull goes dangerously low in Seattle, big tracer and that's another one down.

01:14:22.400 --> 01:14:29.400
Quartz on the high ground, just sniping. It's just so damn easy for him.

01:14:29.400 --> 01:14:33.000
There's only a couple of seconds to go. There will be an overtime touch here.

01:14:33.000 --> 01:14:41.000
Zorro, an override protocol, just sent to the wind and Sweden, no chance to get this second checkpoint.

01:14:41.000 --> 01:14:49.400
KSA, a very familiar spot for them to be on a Route 66, but they're bringing a brand-new beast to this series.

01:14:49.400 --> 01:14:58.680
So only really a couple of errors there for Saudi Arabia on that defense first of course

01:14:58.680 --> 01:15:05.680
getting picked on the opening point allowing Sweden to secure that opening capture.

01:15:05.680 --> 01:15:10.520
But from there on out I mean Saudi Arabia still so solid, Seattle doing so much work

01:15:10.520 --> 01:15:15.400
in the front lines as Diva providing all the room necessary for course to shine.

01:15:15.400 --> 01:15:18.920
But still, if you're Sweden, you gotta take this.

01:15:18.920 --> 01:15:22.640
There's going to be no easy points at the Overwatch World Cup, probably not feeling

01:15:22.640 --> 01:15:26.480
comfortable at all here having to defend this second point now to stay alive in this tournament.

01:15:26.480 --> 01:15:30.320
So, you gotta be safe here from Admiral.

01:15:30.320 --> 01:15:34.840
But you gotta find a way to win these kind of maps if you want to become the Overwatch

01:15:34.840 --> 01:15:35.840
World Cup Champion.

01:15:35.840 --> 01:15:37.840
That is so cool.

01:15:37.840 --> 01:15:42.240
It's helpful now that it doesn't auto-tether when you're over a death plane, but still

01:15:42.240 --> 01:15:49.360
really nice save from Admiral. They got the cat players out there though. Keeping that in mind.

01:15:49.360 --> 01:16:02.740
No Tracer here for Capstone, actually was on the sick. Very standardised defense. Up to

01:16:02.740 --> 01:16:10.440
Oshastan. I mean look. I think with how KSA looked to play, she's going to be forcing Willis to use

01:16:10.440 --> 01:16:14.120
use that grass, push him off the high ground, and then take control from there.

01:16:14.120 --> 01:16:19.520
Probably going to be the game plan, as soon as they clear out this forward hole.

01:16:19.520 --> 01:16:25.760
It's going to be a real difficult defense for Sweden here.

01:16:25.760 --> 01:16:30.200
One extra good thing I suppose about dealing out this passive ban here, is you don't have

01:16:30.200 --> 01:16:33.200
to be worried about the sky and you can turn around this opening corner.

01:16:33.200 --> 01:16:36.880
See a little bit, both back and forth, see I'm actually going to go down here, so it

01:16:36.880 --> 01:16:40.560
to make your ultimate generation here for sweden will it

01:16:40.560 --> 01:16:45.440
can't i far forward here cannot look thing for that opening contest of the payload to

01:16:45.440 --> 01:16:50.880
see if you can contest the payload multiple times but will it clearly goes down pretty early there

01:16:50.880 --> 01:16:54.560
and this is going to force swedish to withdraw as soon as sardio arabia get back to the fighter

01:16:57.440 --> 01:17:02.160
yeah they don't lose anybody else and that's the most important thing here oh oh caps goes up

01:17:02.160 --> 01:17:03.960
Oh, that's terrible news for Sweden.

01:17:03.960 --> 01:17:07.120
Uh, although, Zock said they're going down, so actually,

01:17:07.120 --> 01:17:10.200
not the worst spot to be in, if you're Sweden right now.

01:17:10.200 --> 01:17:14.000
You've lost Kev to Shaw, but Zoro, alive and well, healthy, kind of.

01:17:14.000 --> 01:17:18.440
And a DMG onto Ziat, so slowly, but surely, sweet.

01:17:18.440 --> 01:17:22.040
They're grasping the hold of this game with their two hands.

01:17:22.040 --> 01:17:23.800
They need a little bit more, though,

01:17:23.800 --> 01:17:26.720
as despite some deteriorate, Willis taking down.

01:17:26.720 --> 01:17:30.080
This is just going to be one last kind of contest here for Sweden.

01:17:30.080 --> 01:17:35.120
And Willis, obviously going down just then, will be really difficult to get back in timer, so,

01:17:35.120 --> 01:17:39.200
Saudi Arabia will be set up perfectly with this Bastion as well.

01:17:39.200 --> 01:17:41.440
It's going to be a difficult contest for Sweden at all.

01:17:46.400 --> 01:17:48.800
No, Kephs is going to be there on Tracer, so it's a little bit, no problem.

01:17:50.240 --> 01:17:51.120
Not that they're slow.

01:17:51.120 --> 01:17:55.200
In the south shot, there's the Catnap, they're going to try and track the Bastion off the high ground now,

01:17:55.200 --> 01:17:56.880
but Kord says, yes sir, no problem.

01:17:56.880 --> 01:17:59.820
I'll now shoot from down here, especially on this rush too.

01:17:59.820 --> 01:18:03.240
Kevster's already found lab for those, so a tough spot now for Quartz.

01:18:03.240 --> 01:18:06.800
A lot more heavy lifting required here, but Kevster gets another pick!

01:18:06.800 --> 01:18:09.440
This is what you need. This is what you need from your saw plane.

01:18:09.440 --> 01:18:10.440
Two picks from Kevster.

01:18:10.440 --> 01:18:11.440
God, Kevster!

01:18:11.440 --> 01:18:13.120
A fight from Sebastian there as well.

01:18:13.120 --> 01:18:15.800
And now running right here against Saudi Arabia.

01:18:15.800 --> 01:18:20.200
Two minutes away from the time back of Saudi Arabia, and Sweden stepping up to the plate

01:18:20.200 --> 01:18:24.720
now.

01:18:24.720 --> 01:18:32.720
at me. 145 now for KSA to attack this first point. Kephse's got both, Sora's got the

01:18:32.720 --> 01:18:41.520
override protocol. Getting the pasta matrix, gonna be tough, but it's doable. Kephse's

01:18:41.520 --> 01:18:47.680
gonna go in again. He's trying for somebody. There's the override protocol from Sora. He's

01:18:47.680 --> 01:18:51.960
trawling the iron there slowly off course, but Lacta and Twillis is like a good cat now

01:18:51.960 --> 01:18:54.800
from socks is going to make sure that mech is history.

01:18:54.800 --> 01:18:57.880
Kepster, post bomb, they can get a pick once more.

01:18:57.880 --> 01:19:01.800
They're going to get chased out, now fight goes in, sent to the back, Missouri gets a

01:19:01.800 --> 01:19:08.080
kill on to Ziad, they're going to try and make their final stand here, that is dangerously

01:19:08.080 --> 01:19:12.800
low but so is Kepster, still managed to pick up the kill though with two meters to go, they're

01:19:12.800 --> 01:19:17.000
chasing down Quartz, minute left in the time bank here.

01:19:17.000 --> 01:19:21.600
Can they stay alive? Contesting this payload with everything they've got.

01:19:21.600 --> 01:19:24.800
Kevster's gonna have to come up with one more pick at least here.

01:19:24.800 --> 01:19:28.800
They need to find something. They can't just keep sitting on the payload.

01:19:28.800 --> 01:19:30.800
Kevster's trying his hardest here.

01:19:30.800 --> 01:19:33.800
He's trying his hardest, Johnny.

01:19:33.800 --> 01:19:37.800
The catnap comes in from Amru, doesn't find a single target.

01:19:37.800 --> 01:19:41.800
Surely Ziat's Matrix is gonna run out at some point.

01:19:41.800 --> 01:19:45.200
Skyo now down, unfortunately. Kevster with the post swap.

01:19:45.200 --> 01:19:50.000
He's gonna connect that one, but Quartz, he gets a double with the artillery barrage.

01:19:50.000 --> 01:19:53.600
God, even his nightmares crawl back under the covers.

01:19:54.400 --> 01:19:58.720
As KSA, they're gonna cap this first point, with time left in the bank.

01:20:00.240 --> 01:20:05.200
Palgro Sardar Arabia rallied together, avoid getting picked in a scenario like that,

01:20:05.200 --> 01:20:09.680
kept the running riot on the tracer, and still Sweden can't find the opening pick

01:20:09.680 --> 01:20:12.560
required to really hold firm on that defense.

01:20:12.560 --> 01:20:18.720
Now, 2 minutes 30, they need to hold here, but already getting picked they are.

01:20:18.720 --> 01:20:22.560
That's an unbelievable catnap from Zara there too.

01:20:22.560 --> 01:20:29.600
Stunning a couple, and now forcing a reset while they get through the toughest point in point 2.

01:20:29.600 --> 01:20:33.360
Like getting it past this giant stretch, taking this high ground control.

01:20:33.360 --> 01:20:38.160
So we're just going to swap over to the Bastion here, looking to mimic what Saririb is doing so far.

01:20:38.160 --> 01:20:40.560
But it's so difficult to get any kind of positioning here.

01:20:40.560 --> 01:20:44.960
You want to poke away, see how the Willis doing a good job of stabbing Heigrond here.

01:20:44.960 --> 01:20:48.960
At least Sorrow to get out of the bastion and now you can play the turret mode to cool down.

01:20:49.960 --> 01:20:54.960
Already down to the right round is Willis though, is the bastionist and Sky High.

01:20:56.960 --> 01:21:00.760
That's got the artillery point on the rocket perk here from Quartz.

01:21:00.760 --> 01:21:02.960
It's Admiral Bites the Dust, same with Sorrow.

01:21:02.960 --> 01:21:06.960
Slowly but surely here, Sweden are being pushed to their limits.

01:21:06.960 --> 01:21:14.120
pushed ever closer to the jaws of the feet KSA are just walking all over them

01:21:14.120 --> 01:21:20.360
the hero for Sweden the last man the last touch here for Kevster has to come

01:21:20.360 --> 01:21:27.880
in he's gonna triple blink but Avril shut down Kevster 99% the post bomb but

01:21:27.880 --> 01:21:34.640
they are shut out KSA brick by brick building their empire as they find

01:21:34.640 --> 01:21:39.760
themselves yet again with a spot in the finals.

01:21:41.360 --> 01:21:48.240
What a joyous moment for Saudi Arabia. The 2023 Overwatch World Cup champions

01:21:48.240 --> 01:21:52.800
once more get the opportunity to defend their title in the grand final where

01:21:52.800 --> 01:21:57.640
they will face either South Korea or France later today. It was a dominant

01:21:57.640 --> 01:22:01.880
showing throughout. They came in ready today. They came in prepared for

01:22:01.880 --> 01:22:04.380
everything that Sweden had to throw at them.

01:22:10.500 --> 01:22:14.600
Another star on the jersey is wanted by KSA.

01:22:15.560 --> 01:22:19.600
Korea have three, they are slowly catching up.

01:22:21.880 --> 01:22:26.500
Sweden going down here, doesn't mean they're out just yet.

01:22:26.500 --> 01:22:30.960
However, this is a KSA squad.

01:22:30.960 --> 01:22:39.080
that. Honestly, Johnny, looking no different from 2023. A dominant showing a close grand

01:22:39.080 --> 01:22:46.920
finals to be said. But still as good as ever. I mean, the mechanics, their team play, they're

01:22:46.920 --> 01:22:51.760
morale, like the way they're just playing so confident, so happy. It's so very impressive.

01:22:51.760 --> 01:22:57.240
And what a clean 3-0 for them. Like you say, team Sweden, they get another opportunity going

01:22:57.240 --> 01:23:02.160
down to the third place match where they again will face the loser of South

01:23:02.160 --> 01:23:05.800
Korea and France and you talked about going into this match nine years ago

01:23:05.800 --> 01:23:12.040
2017 it was them picking down France in that third place match so still an

01:23:12.040 --> 01:23:19.440
opportunity to fight for a medal but this moment to Saudi Arabia 302 I mean

01:23:19.440 --> 01:23:24.560
Sweden they still got another opportunity here but everybody in the

01:23:24.560 --> 01:23:30.400
bracket doesn't matter who you are are going to be scared a KSA a 3-0 victory

01:23:30.400 --> 01:23:34.040
after only losing a single map yesterday I think they want to make a

01:23:34.040 --> 01:23:37.480
statement Johnny they want to run this all the way to finals or maybe not even

01:23:37.480 --> 01:23:41.300
drop them out there it's going to be looking like one of the craziest grand

01:23:41.300 --> 01:23:45.920
finals in history too I think if Korea make it if they can defeat France of

01:23:45.920 --> 01:23:49.680
course will be a will be a heck of a storyline too but yeah

01:23:49.680 --> 01:23:54.960
Congratulations to them and Sweden with a chance at that podium Johnny.

01:23:56.160 --> 01:24:00.680
Yeah, obviously when Saudi Arabia won in the 2023 edition, they then

01:24:00.680 --> 01:24:02.760
reversed with China in the grand finals.

01:24:02.760 --> 01:24:05.760
They didn't even get the opportunity to face South Korea in that edition.

01:24:05.760 --> 01:24:10.600
So given that South Korea, they're three time champions 2016, 2017, 2018.

01:24:11.240 --> 01:24:14.120
You know, it would be very glorious to Saudi Arabia to repeat getting

01:24:14.120 --> 01:24:17.700
consecutive titles against an opponent like South Korea, but my proof

01:24:17.700 --> 01:24:18.440
France, you never know.

01:24:18.560 --> 01:24:19.320
You never know.

01:24:19.320 --> 01:24:23.000
I mean, look, if France can do it once, they can do it again.

01:24:23.000 --> 01:24:25.640
I know the crowd's been back in them a whole bunch as well.

01:24:25.640 --> 01:24:28.800
Speaking about vibes being high to the French team.

01:24:29.720 --> 01:24:32.400
Have you seen a happier French person in my life?

01:24:32.400 --> 01:24:33.400
I don't think so.

01:24:34.040 --> 01:24:36.240
Yeah, I mean, it's it's going to be a ridiculous one.

01:24:36.240 --> 01:24:39.280
That's the next semi-finals coming up after this.

01:24:39.280 --> 01:24:42.920
Although I think we've got a special word down on the stage with Danny.

01:24:44.360 --> 01:24:46.920
Thanks, guys. I'm here with Sir Roger.

01:24:46.920 --> 01:24:50.700
Let's go from team KSA 3-0 victory against Sweden

01:24:50.700 --> 01:24:55.940
You guys did an amazing job and you guys are moving on to the finals so much. How do you feel right now?

01:24:55.940 --> 01:25:02.500
I feel amazing to be honest. I appreciate everyone that came here to support us. I think thank you. Thank you

01:25:03.700 --> 01:25:08.160
Very happy. Hopefully we can defend the champ. We win versus

01:25:08.680 --> 01:25:10.680
Korea or France five

01:25:10.720 --> 01:25:15.780
Korea Korea or France like who do you so much like want to like personally go up against three finals?

01:25:15.780 --> 01:25:21.100
I want to meet Korea to be honest. I want to beat them any specific reason

01:25:23.460 --> 01:25:25.460
They're just really good

01:25:26.220 --> 01:25:30.420
It's gonna feel great to beat them. Yeah, I'm very excited and also quickly

01:25:30.420 --> 01:25:35.180
I mean this one was you know, it was a blow. I feel like you guys are just too good

01:25:35.180 --> 01:25:39.420
All right now KSA is looking very strong right now. How did you guys prepare for your match against sweet?

01:25:39.420 --> 01:25:41.420
Did you guys do anything specific?

01:25:41.460 --> 01:25:42.740
to be honest

01:25:42.740 --> 01:25:46.180
The main thing we just fixed a lot of mistakes yesterday

01:25:47.900 --> 01:25:49.900
Just to be on the same page listen

01:25:50.380 --> 01:25:53.340
Play cool, and you know that's what we did today

01:25:53.340 --> 01:25:56.100
And we won and you won that is correct, right?

01:25:56.100 --> 01:26:00.780
I'm gonna let you go because I know you have to you know get ready for the finals. I'll surmise that everybody

01:26:00.780 --> 01:26:02.780
Thank you so much. So we back to you

01:26:05.860 --> 01:26:08.780
Thank you so much Danny and with that

01:26:08.780 --> 01:26:14.460
We now have KSA as our first finalist of the Overwatch World Cup 2026.

01:26:14.460 --> 01:26:19.420
Let's talk about how they got it done and have Matt and Ash joining me here to break it all down.

01:26:19.420 --> 01:26:25.180
I mean this looked near flawless, it really was just onto Route 66 where Kessler tried to turn it up,

01:26:25.180 --> 01:26:30.860
but unfortunately it was just not enough. The one-man Kessler show did unfortunately not cross the finish line.

01:26:30.860 --> 01:26:33.740
I thought that was going to be a much closer series.

01:26:33.740 --> 01:26:35.740
No with how Sweden looked yesterday

01:26:36.500 --> 01:26:38.800
Coming in obviously, you know KSA is

01:26:39.620 --> 01:26:42.720
Extremely strong, but I mean this is a statement game

01:26:42.720 --> 01:26:46.460
It feels like right where KSA just kind of showing there a level ahead

01:26:47.100 --> 01:26:52.000
Really right up there with South Korea Nino even kind of a coin flip on a day

01:26:53.620 --> 01:26:57.020
We knows two of who's the best in the world at overwatch

01:26:57.020 --> 01:27:03.100
I know we thought that it was going to be a little bit closer in some kind of regard here for this matchup

01:27:03.100 --> 01:27:07.540
But at the same time after yesterday's result losing that one match to Spain

01:27:07.540 --> 01:27:14.260
I think we also had that expectation that KSA we're gonna come into day two of blizz condo at the overwatch World Cup and

01:27:15.400 --> 01:27:21.600
Absolutely look to clean things up. They were not gonna let Sweden make things close

01:27:21.600 --> 01:27:28.020
And we saw that even on 66 where Sweden come out with that cast ban there as well really trying to target

01:27:28.020 --> 01:27:32.180
I think what they were struggling with in the first two maps, but again courts

01:27:32.180 --> 01:27:34.860
He's just too good on any of those hits.

01:27:34.860 --> 01:27:35.860
He's just inevitable.

01:27:35.860 --> 01:27:38.500
Like, final boss for sure.

01:27:38.500 --> 01:27:42.980
But like, generally, I also just like to see that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

01:27:42.980 --> 01:27:45.060
that they really switch up too many things

01:27:45.060 --> 01:27:48.020
if we're comparing what they're playing right now from Busan, right?

01:27:48.020 --> 01:27:49.700
They're already playing into their strength.

01:27:49.700 --> 01:27:52.420
Having Seod on their diva is just such a boon for them.

01:27:52.420 --> 01:27:53.300
Keep it simple.

01:27:53.300 --> 01:27:54.100
Exactly.

01:27:54.100 --> 01:27:54.740
Keep it simple.

01:27:54.740 --> 01:27:55.460
Win games.

01:27:55.460 --> 01:27:58.420
Seod on diva or maga,

01:27:58.420 --> 01:28:00.020
quartz on a hitscan,

01:28:00.020 --> 01:28:01.860
all the supports stare at quartz.

01:28:02.180 --> 01:28:05.580
And you end up winning a lot of games that way.

01:28:05.580 --> 01:28:07.620
There's no reason to over complicate it.

01:28:07.620 --> 01:28:09.500
No, there definitely isn't.

01:28:09.500 --> 01:28:11.620
And overall, I think that not just that,

01:28:11.620 --> 01:28:12.780
we haven't even seen TNT.

01:28:12.780 --> 01:28:14.740
And Sermajed was talking about how few would probably

01:28:14.740 --> 01:28:16.540
be the best D-Mon player ever.

01:28:16.540 --> 01:28:19.420
So maybe they have some aces up their sleeves still.

01:28:19.420 --> 01:28:22.260
But now landing in this grand final here,

01:28:22.260 --> 01:28:24.460
they're right back where they were in 2023.

01:28:24.460 --> 01:28:27.780
And they win every series in Busan 3.0.

01:28:27.780 --> 01:28:29.860
They drop that game to Spain and then they 3.0 here.

01:28:29.860 --> 01:28:35.420
I mean, they're on just like a tear through the entire Overwatch World Cup format, right?

01:28:35.420 --> 01:28:39.020
Just dominating groups coming here, I mean, looking as good as ever.

01:28:39.020 --> 01:28:41.020
They got a championship title to defend.

01:28:41.020 --> 01:28:42.260
Appian Fire, too.

01:28:42.260 --> 01:28:45.220
They want to bring Gold home once again.

01:28:45.220 --> 01:28:49.660
And the teams that could be in their way are South Korea or France.

01:28:49.660 --> 01:28:54.940
I love Surmajet's answer here, saying that really they want to face South Korea.

01:28:54.940 --> 01:28:58.620
Being considered the best teams, especially South Korea is the banana for scale here.

01:28:58.620 --> 01:29:01.260
If you take them down, then you're a really good team.

01:29:01.260 --> 01:29:02.940
And that's what they're trying to prove here.

01:29:02.940 --> 01:29:04.900
Of course, having France though,

01:29:04.900 --> 01:29:08.380
you know, like throwing a bit of an upset already in Busan.

01:29:08.380 --> 01:29:09.740
Big question is, can they do it again

01:29:09.740 --> 01:29:11.260
and actually make it to the final?

01:29:11.260 --> 01:29:12.860
I don't know.

01:29:12.860 --> 01:29:13.700
I know why it is that.

01:29:13.700 --> 01:29:15.380
Why do I always go to Busan when I'm like,

01:29:15.380 --> 01:29:18.580
but Ash, because you know, I love to talk about France

01:29:18.580 --> 01:29:20.340
and I also love to talk about South Korea.

01:29:20.340 --> 01:29:22.620
I think overall though, when it comes down to

01:29:22.620 --> 01:29:25.340
how South Korea we're looking in form yesterday,

01:29:25.340 --> 01:29:28.020
I just don't think it's gonna be happening.

01:29:28.020 --> 01:29:32.020
France just plays with such like a delusional confidence though.

01:29:32.020 --> 01:29:33.020
I know.

01:29:33.020 --> 01:29:38.020
Like where it's like you kind of start to buy into it and you believe a little bit.

01:29:38.020 --> 01:29:41.020
And I mean, look, they're going to have a chance in this series.

01:29:41.020 --> 01:29:44.020
It's not, I would be shocked if it's like just kind of a,

01:29:44.020 --> 01:29:45.020
they're going to roll over and die.

01:29:45.020 --> 01:29:47.020
And Chris is going to kind of run through them.

01:29:47.020 --> 01:29:50.020
So, I mean, that would be a while that I mean,

01:29:50.020 --> 01:29:52.020
France has had a historic like, you know,

01:29:52.020 --> 01:29:56.020
really kind of space within Overwatch Esports for a while with some legendary players

01:29:56.020 --> 01:30:01.420
There's just never really gotten close to winning an event like this, where this feels

01:30:01.420 --> 01:30:02.980
like maybe the time to do it.

01:30:02.980 --> 01:30:04.820
Hey, it's definitely possible.

01:30:04.820 --> 01:30:08.980
You kind of call back to Busan, and it's not just the wind, but it's talking to Crocs,

01:30:08.980 --> 01:30:13.540
hearing from the team, and the fact that he typed in chat and went, do you guys believe

01:30:13.540 --> 01:30:15.540
in the reverse sweep?

01:30:15.540 --> 01:30:19.300
And the fact that he's able to just continue to bring that energy, that's definitely their

01:30:19.300 --> 01:30:20.300
secret power.

01:30:20.300 --> 01:30:22.540
Because I want to believe, and it's probably not the case, but I'm just going to steer

01:30:22.540 --> 01:30:24.140
drama for absolutely no reason.

01:30:24.140 --> 01:30:29.140
I want to believe that France might be living rent-free in South Korea's head right now.

01:30:29.140 --> 01:30:32.940
No, honestly, maybe a little bit of a way here.

01:30:32.940 --> 01:30:40.140
I feel like we all want to believe, but we also always have to support South Korea because it will be delusional, not to.

01:30:40.140 --> 01:30:41.640
And that much is coming up.

01:30:41.640 --> 01:30:49.140
One of those two teams will find themselves in our grand finals facing off against our reigning champion, Team AKSA.

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Who do you think is the most aggressive team at Worscom?

01:37:22.980 --> 01:37:25.780
I mean, I think it's France.

01:37:26.220 --> 01:37:27.420
I think it would be France, wouldn't it?

01:37:27.500 --> 01:37:28.540
I would say France.

01:37:28.620 --> 01:37:30.380
Tournament, Falky.

01:37:32.140 --> 01:37:32.940
France, sir.

01:37:33.020 --> 01:37:34.220
France because of Drogs.

01:37:34.220 --> 01:37:36.820
Because they're, of course, like leading the team as the tank.

01:37:36.820 --> 01:37:38.020
Fronts, right?

01:37:38.020 --> 01:37:38.820
Yeah.

01:37:38.820 --> 01:37:39.820
Yeah.

01:37:39.820 --> 01:37:41.220
Yeah, also fronts.

01:37:41.220 --> 01:37:42.220
They have crocs.

01:37:42.220 --> 01:37:44.620
Who has the best mechanics?

01:37:44.620 --> 01:37:45.820
Okay, on three.

01:37:45.820 --> 01:37:48.020
One, two, three, quartz.

01:37:48.020 --> 01:37:49.220
Hello?

01:37:49.220 --> 01:37:51.820
I thought you went there to say a team.

01:37:51.820 --> 01:37:53.020
What about mechanics?

01:37:53.020 --> 01:37:54.220
What do you think about?

01:37:54.220 --> 01:37:55.620
No.

01:37:55.620 --> 01:37:56.220
Saudi.

01:37:56.220 --> 01:37:57.220
I'm Saudi.

01:37:57.220 --> 01:37:58.420
I'm Saudi, honestly.

01:37:58.420 --> 01:38:00.020
I don't know how to speak Saudi.

01:38:00.020 --> 01:38:00.820
I don't know.

01:38:00.820 --> 01:38:01.420
I don't know.

01:38:01.420 --> 01:38:02.620
I don't know how to speak Saudi.

01:38:02.620 --> 01:38:03.820
I'll teach you then.

01:38:03.820 --> 01:38:04.820
I don't think so.

01:38:04.820 --> 01:38:05.820
Yeah.

01:38:05.820 --> 01:38:07.820
I would say Sweden or USA, maybe.

01:38:07.820 --> 01:38:11.820
I think it's hard to deny that it should be South Korea.

01:38:11.820 --> 01:38:12.820
Three, two, one.

01:38:12.820 --> 01:38:13.820
South Korea.

01:38:13.820 --> 01:38:14.820
South Korea.

01:38:14.820 --> 01:38:15.820
Definitely not us.

01:38:15.820 --> 01:38:17.820
Yeah, that's what I'm going to say.

01:38:17.820 --> 01:38:20.820
Who's the most underrated kid?

01:38:20.820 --> 01:38:22.820
I would say Sweden, personally.

01:38:22.820 --> 01:38:25.820
I think they are really good.

01:38:25.820 --> 01:38:26.820
Germany?

01:38:26.820 --> 01:38:27.820
I mean, that's the B.L.S.?

01:38:27.820 --> 01:38:28.820
Yeah.

01:38:28.820 --> 01:38:30.820
It's not that team.

01:38:33.820 --> 01:38:34.820
Maybe us.

01:38:34.820 --> 01:38:36.820
I kind of want to say Sweden.

01:38:36.820 --> 01:38:39.820
But I think there's actually a good chance that if any Saudi, they could win that for sure.

01:38:39.820 --> 01:38:42.820
If your team doesn't win the World Cup, who do you think it will be?

01:38:42.820 --> 01:38:47.820
Korea's highest probability, but both Saudi and US have a huge photo zone.

01:38:47.820 --> 01:38:48.820
Saudi.

01:38:48.820 --> 01:38:49.820
Saudi?

01:38:49.820 --> 01:38:50.820
Yeah.

01:38:50.820 --> 01:38:53.820
We'll go to Saudi.

01:38:53.820 --> 01:38:54.820
Oh, it's Korea.

01:38:54.820 --> 01:38:55.820
Korea.

01:38:55.820 --> 01:38:56.820
Yeah, South Korea.

01:38:56.820 --> 01:38:57.820
Korea.

01:38:57.820 --> 01:38:59.820
I'll go with Charlie, right?

01:38:59.820 --> 01:39:00.820
Yeah, I'll go with Charlie.

01:39:00.820 --> 01:39:03.820
Team Sunday right now are the favourites to win for me.

01:39:03.820 --> 01:39:06.820
I'm talking about the unpredictable maybe fans

01:39:06.820 --> 01:39:07.820
that are going to win.

01:39:07.820 --> 01:39:09.820
Man, I was absolutely ready to go.

01:39:09.820 --> 01:39:11.820
Yeah, I'm probably sad.

01:39:13.820 --> 01:39:15.820
Welcome back one and all.

01:39:15.820 --> 01:39:17.820
This is day two of BlizzCon.

01:39:17.820 --> 01:39:21.820
Day two of the 2026 Overwatch World Cup finals

01:39:21.820 --> 01:39:25.820
coming to your life from sunny Anaheim in California.

01:39:25.820 --> 01:39:31.700
and Matt and Ash are joining me for our second semifinal to determine which team will be

01:39:31.700 --> 01:39:37.740
meeting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and have ran a final to try and get that trophy out

01:39:37.740 --> 01:39:38.740
of their hand.

01:39:38.740 --> 01:39:43.420
They are the defending champion and a favorite to win it all, but you know, in this semifinal

01:39:43.420 --> 01:39:49.020
we have a team that is kind of unexpected, I believe, for a lot of us.

01:39:49.020 --> 01:39:55.540
I don't think we had France making it into the top, but they're coming so eager, so enthusiastic,

01:39:55.540 --> 01:40:00.540
So confident, even you call it delusional confidence.

01:40:00.540 --> 01:40:01.820
You gotta have a little bit of that.

01:40:01.820 --> 01:40:03.300
That's true. That's true.

01:40:03.300 --> 01:40:06.660
Yeah, they're coming into this hot and South Korea once revenge.

01:40:06.660 --> 01:40:08.180
We're here for a revenge match, Ash.

01:40:08.180 --> 01:40:10.780
I love a revenge matchup.

01:40:10.780 --> 01:40:12.820
I think that it's gonna be such a fun one.

01:40:12.820 --> 01:40:17.060
And we saw, again, Korea up against Team USA yesterday.

01:40:17.060 --> 01:40:18.700
They were lights out.

01:40:18.700 --> 01:40:20.700
That was a clinical match from them.

01:40:20.700 --> 01:40:24.460
And we all expected it to be a much tighter affair.

01:40:24.460 --> 01:40:30.060
and that tells you about the energy that Korea are bringing to the Overwatch World Cup here for the playoffs.

01:40:30.060 --> 01:40:33.820
I mean, it wasn't like Team USA was throwing punches back, right?

01:40:33.820 --> 01:40:36.460
I mean, it was completely unsided there.

01:40:36.460 --> 01:40:43.420
But I look, I mean, South Korea always shows up and performs at Overwatch World Cup, right?

01:40:43.420 --> 01:40:46.380
And you also think about like the last Overwatch World Cup we had, right?

01:40:46.380 --> 01:40:48.060
Where Finland was able to take them down.

01:40:48.060 --> 01:40:50.460
Like, this is like a little bit of like a redemption over the year.

01:40:50.460 --> 01:40:55.600
The reverse sweep that France pulled off in Busan against Korea was unreal.

01:40:55.600 --> 01:41:01.460
I mean, in Busan, like able to get it done, like, the last map though, like, they almost got full of help, France.

01:41:01.460 --> 01:41:04.860
Like, it was like, it was like a really scary dire scenario.

01:41:04.860 --> 01:41:08.460
So it wasn't like, you know, the last three maps were dominant in France's way.

01:41:08.460 --> 01:41:11.160
Korea should still be pretty confident going into this game.

01:41:11.160 --> 01:41:19.960
Yeah, and I'm sure they will be. Historically, of course, they are at the top of the leaderboard with their medals for the Overwatch World Cup.

01:41:19.960 --> 01:41:26.200
KSA also having one of those medals from the 2023 France has never got the gold medal

01:41:26.200 --> 01:41:29.380
So they beat the team to like win it all this time around

01:41:30.460 --> 01:41:32.460
Yeah

01:41:32.500 --> 01:41:36.900
Gold medal like any matter I think at this point they're almost playing with house money

01:41:36.900 --> 01:41:41.420
I think they made it this far and they're so close to getting a medal and a blitz conash

01:41:41.420 --> 01:41:47.540
It's so close for them. Just honestly, I feel like especially with what we've heard from this squad it to them

01:41:47.540 --> 01:41:55.180
They believe it's just within touching distance, right? That's how much confidence that we continue to talk about they're bringing to the table

01:41:55.540 --> 01:42:00.440
Overall this team France they're gonna look to definitely clap back. I feel like

01:42:01.220 --> 01:42:08.000
What's insane about this matchup not just it being the rematch from the group stage is also the fact that both squads

01:42:08.180 --> 01:42:14.660
France and South Korea have so much national pride standing behind them as well within those fans and

01:42:14.660 --> 01:42:21.160
Crocs is for team France one of the players the player that's been definitely driving. Yeah, he's like the French infects it

01:42:21.160 --> 01:42:28.420
I guess it's kind of crazy lots of aura on that stage and quite frankly both of these teams France and South Korea have been

01:42:28.420 --> 01:42:36.200
Really really smooth in the quarterfinals like they really didn't give the opposition any opportunities to come into their respective matches

01:42:36.200 --> 01:42:39.080
And France they play at such a fast pace

01:42:39.600 --> 01:42:44.200
Nobody has been able to really punish that that's what you're looking to see if South Korea can do today

01:42:44.200 --> 01:42:48.400
take the smile off of Crox's face because Crox, you know, just get, you know, air

01:42:48.400 --> 01:42:52.440
dropped into the back line by FD God and just caused so many problems. And you see

01:42:52.440 --> 01:42:55.480
a lot of these games that Crox will finish like they're like one death, two

01:42:55.480 --> 01:42:58.880
to three deaths. Like you cannot allow that to happen when the tank gets dropped

01:42:58.880 --> 01:43:02.640
into the back line. And that's who you got to look at for South Korea to make

01:43:02.640 --> 01:43:06.280
that adjustment today. That's the crazy part, right? The fact that he's just

01:43:06.280 --> 01:43:11.560
living in those situations. But again, FD God, it's not just like the positioning

01:43:11.560 --> 01:43:18.200
for him. It's the amount of just overall impact that he's had in the server and the support

01:43:18.200 --> 01:43:23.640
that that backline has been giving to Prox. I love the resurgence of FDGOT, if you will,

01:43:23.640 --> 01:43:27.880
right? Because he's always been around. He's played for so many different teams. We've been

01:43:27.880 --> 01:43:33.080
part of his journey for such a long time. To see him excel, like Jetpack gets released,

01:43:33.080 --> 01:43:39.960
FDGOT picks it up, it plays into his sometimes maybe too fearless of a play style. But you know

01:43:39.960 --> 01:43:41.600
It's working so well for them.

01:43:41.600 --> 01:43:43.920
It really supports Crocs' aggression as well.

01:43:43.920 --> 01:43:46.040
I don't even know if FDGod's that same type of player, though.

01:43:46.040 --> 01:43:49.240
I think the knock on him early was so aggressive.

01:43:49.240 --> 01:43:51.560
It was like, oh, man, what are we doing here?

01:43:51.560 --> 01:43:53.880
But I think he's really kind of like toned that down.

01:43:53.880 --> 01:43:55.680
And I think to your point, Ash, the Jetpack

01:43:55.680 --> 01:43:57.280
really suits him well.

01:43:57.280 --> 01:43:59.000
He's able to kind of get in there with Crocs,

01:43:59.000 --> 01:44:00.960
also get Crocs out of trouble.

01:44:00.960 --> 01:44:03.840
And FDGod's another player that just feels like stays alive

01:44:03.840 --> 01:44:05.360
so long for Fran.

01:44:05.360 --> 01:44:08.320
So those two players have really been kind of what's

01:44:08.320 --> 01:44:09.880
led this team this far.

01:44:09.880 --> 01:44:13.320
that success. Yeah, it is. And yeah, having a player with so much

01:44:13.320 --> 01:44:18.440
veteran sees with so much experience on that cat who has just an incredible amount of map

01:44:18.440 --> 01:44:24.280
awareness and game awareness and sense. That's what you want, right? On impactful heroes such as

01:44:24.280 --> 01:44:28.520
the Jetpack cat. Now on the other side, of course, we're talking about a stacked roster for South

01:44:28.520 --> 01:44:33.240
Korea like Front to Back, like they're all like absolutely in the top three of their respective

01:44:33.240 --> 01:44:39.080
roles. It's really hard even though they got reverse swept. It is extremely difficult to go

01:44:39.080 --> 01:44:43.960
against that team and consider them to underdog and literally any series they will be playing.

01:44:43.960 --> 01:44:48.040
I mean, like a South Korea B team would probably be a top 2 team.

01:44:48.040 --> 01:44:49.320
Exactly! Exactly!

01:44:49.320 --> 01:44:52.520
There's so much talent coming out of Korea for Overwatch.

01:44:52.520 --> 01:44:56.120
And, no, for me, I really love watching Simple playing.

01:44:56.120 --> 01:44:58.760
I know a player who plays in EMEA and OWCS,

01:44:58.760 --> 01:45:04.280
but I know seeing him play to Zen yesterday, some Zen Widow, that was like a throwback.

01:45:04.280 --> 01:45:07.960
It really was. I feel like, I was talking to Jack yesterday about it,

01:45:07.960 --> 01:45:13.360
He had told me that funny ashrow mentioned that he thinks that simple as the best Zen player in the world

01:45:13.520 --> 01:45:18.720
So seeing and pull it out yesterday. I feel like that moment was when we knew that game was gonna be over

01:45:18.880 --> 01:45:24.040
Yeah, I mean if you're looking like at each individual there's just so much good things you can say jumpin is an incredible

01:45:24.160 --> 01:45:28.600
Flexible tank player and speaking of flexibility always have to talk about that stalker, right?

01:45:28.600 --> 01:45:33.040
So Jen is gonna be in the starting lineup for them and he was the top performer yesterday in the two maps

01:45:33.040 --> 01:45:37.280
said he played. Yeah, played a lot of Endete yesterday. Endete obviously gets a buff coming

01:45:37.280 --> 01:45:43.240
into this event. So you see the numbers there for such an absolutely dominant out there.

01:45:43.240 --> 01:45:47.800
But hey, don't sleep on Keo in number two. We were talking a little bit in the series

01:45:47.800 --> 01:45:52.440
of me and Mitch casted. Keo does a really nice job of dealing with the aggression that

01:45:52.440 --> 01:45:56.920
Jeff Patcant and a demon can kind of put in your face constantly. Like you see a lot of

01:45:56.920 --> 01:46:01.280
times ash where like the it's so like, I mean, it's obviously he the moment the Cassie's

01:46:01.280 --> 01:46:04.040
throwing the hinder and swen the demon is right in like the face.

01:46:04.040 --> 01:46:05.380
There's nothing you do at that point.

01:46:05.380 --> 01:46:08.520
He was able to actually just kind of like ditch the demon and pick that jet

01:46:08.520 --> 01:46:09.820
pack hat out of the sky.

01:46:10.320 --> 01:46:12.920
And Kyo's going to need to keep that performance up today if they're going to

01:46:12.920 --> 01:46:13.480
have a chance.

01:46:13.480 --> 01:46:14.440
He definitely does.

01:46:14.440 --> 01:46:17.840
And I feel like that's also just so well synergized with the fact that you

01:46:17.840 --> 01:46:22.320
have dip on the other side, alongside cross kind of getting in the face of the

01:46:22.320 --> 01:46:26.320
other team so that he's able to kind of pull back and get into those positions

01:46:26.320 --> 01:46:27.360
where he can be more comfortable.

01:46:27.360 --> 01:46:31.360
Yeah, I think we're both like the DPS lineups in both of these teams.

01:46:31.360 --> 01:46:34.360
It's going to be so much aggression, so much just go, go, go.

01:46:34.360 --> 01:46:37.360
But France, we talked about the tempo they bring to a game.

01:46:37.360 --> 01:46:40.360
They are going to be wanting to set the pace for this one map.

01:46:40.360 --> 01:46:42.360
But will South Korea let them?

01:46:42.360 --> 01:46:45.360
They can fall down 2-0 again.

01:46:45.360 --> 01:46:49.360
I mean, if you fall down 2-0 here, if you are France, there's a good chance.

01:46:49.360 --> 01:46:54.360
We're clearing off the stage pretty quick and we're kind of getting ready for our performance.

01:46:54.360 --> 01:46:58.440
I think France needs to kind of keep that aggression up that they've been showing the entire time.

01:46:58.440 --> 01:47:02.120
I look, they can fall back and play some things like the Orisa like we saw yesterday.

01:47:02.120 --> 01:47:05.680
We see Crocs play like Maga, but it's not what has really gotten France here.

01:47:05.680 --> 01:47:08.600
They need to play that really up tempo pace.

01:47:08.600 --> 01:47:10.000
But South Korea knows that, right?

01:47:10.000 --> 01:47:14.280
I wouldn't be surprised if we see Dmon bands, Jetpack cap bands, things in that, you know, overline.

01:47:14.280 --> 01:47:19.040
I think that is the main thing, though, is this is a rematch from just a couple of weeks ago.

01:47:19.040 --> 01:47:24.840
For the side of France, it was a situation where they really caught these teams off guard during the group stage,

01:47:25.220 --> 01:47:28.520
especially South Korea, but they know what to expect this time around.

01:47:28.560 --> 01:47:33.920
They do indeed. I mean, generally, like obviously there's just so much experience on both of these rosters.

01:47:33.920 --> 01:47:38.160
Might not just be Overwatch World Cup experience, but general competitive experience.

01:47:38.160 --> 01:47:44.840
I mean, FDGOT has been in so many Overwatch World Cup stages and in the qualifiers and group stages.

01:47:44.840 --> 01:47:47.920
So I think that really is going to be a boost for both of these games.

01:47:47.920 --> 01:47:49.680
There's so many professional games in general.

01:47:49.680 --> 01:47:51.840
Actually, true, true.

01:47:51.840 --> 01:47:55.680
He's been around for ages, where you look at the rest of France,

01:47:55.680 --> 01:47:57.480
not really that much experience.

01:47:57.480 --> 01:48:00.240
I know it was very on, you know, probably the second most ten-year player

01:48:00.240 --> 01:48:02.240
on like France when you kind of think about it, you know,

01:48:02.240 --> 01:48:04.480
in terms of their starting lineup, where a lot of,

01:48:04.480 --> 01:48:06.920
but even a lot of first races on, you know, South Korea, right?

01:48:06.920 --> 01:48:09.400
Like, Simple, like Team the World Cup, Sun Jun as well.

01:48:09.400 --> 01:48:12.320
So really kind of a, you know, FD got it.

01:48:12.320 --> 01:48:13.400
It's really weird to think about it,

01:48:13.400 --> 01:48:14.800
because I feel like a few years ago,

01:48:14.800 --> 01:48:16.320
Zoe and I were talking about him as a rookie

01:48:16.320 --> 01:48:17.680
and then time just went like that.

01:48:17.680 --> 01:48:20.920
And now he's the oldest 10-year player we have.

01:48:20.920 --> 01:48:22.720
We talked about that for Team Germany as well, right?

01:48:22.720 --> 01:48:24.360
But I assume that he's now the veteran,

01:48:24.360 --> 01:48:25.800
but we literally just like praised him

01:48:25.800 --> 01:48:26.920
as an up-and-coming star and rookie.

01:48:26.920 --> 01:48:28.240
We met him two years ago.

01:48:28.240 --> 01:48:29.440
Exactly, pretty much that.

01:48:29.440 --> 01:48:30.880
But yeah, this is gonna be a good one.

01:48:30.880 --> 01:48:34.200
Obviously, these players, they want to lift that trophy.

01:48:34.200 --> 01:48:37.560
They want to get some medal into their hands.

01:48:37.560 --> 01:48:42.040
And they get an opportunity to do just that enough.

01:48:42.040 --> 01:48:44.600
single elimination brackets, everything on the line.

01:48:44.600 --> 01:48:45.960
Let's chat predictions.

01:48:45.960 --> 01:48:47.920
Matt, starting with you.

01:48:47.920 --> 01:48:48.880
Are you believing?

01:48:48.880 --> 01:48:50.880
Are you a believer?

01:48:50.880 --> 01:48:56.080
I believe to an extent, but I went with Korea in this game.

01:48:56.080 --> 01:48:57.600
I wanted to pick France.

01:48:57.600 --> 01:48:59.720
I really, I thought they had a chance.

01:48:59.720 --> 01:49:00.480
I'll get the move.

01:49:00.480 --> 01:49:01.480
That's fine.

01:49:01.480 --> 01:49:02.480
That's fine.

01:49:02.480 --> 01:49:04.640
Look at them in the eyes when you say that.

01:49:04.640 --> 01:49:05.920
Say it to their faces.

01:49:05.920 --> 01:49:07.600
Yeah, yeah.

01:49:07.600 --> 01:49:09.800
I mean, look, I picked Korea 3-1.

01:49:09.800 --> 01:49:11.120
How do I think about that?

01:49:11.120 --> 01:49:16.120
I would be thrilled to see a France win, right?

01:49:16.120 --> 01:49:21.120
It's a country that has really had great overwatch players throughout its history.

01:49:21.120 --> 01:49:23.120
Really kind of deserves a moment like this.

01:49:23.120 --> 01:49:25.120
We are in Paris. The French fans are going crazy.

01:49:25.120 --> 01:49:30.120
We have a team there where I would love to see them get it done here at BlizzCon, but Korea is too good.

01:49:30.120 --> 01:49:35.120
Yeah, guys, you know, I normally love to vote for France,

01:49:35.120 --> 01:49:38.120
but the Korean enemy has to go with Team Korea this time around.

01:49:38.120 --> 01:49:46.600
overall I just think who asked you as well yeah I'm cool with the imbued guys

01:49:46.600 --> 01:49:52.120
it is what it is my apologies team friends I do think that they can make it

01:49:52.120 --> 01:49:57.680
a close matchup but overall when it comes down to South Korea how they looked

01:49:57.680 --> 01:50:03.400
yesterday knowing what they're bringing into the sort of the energy as well they

01:50:33.400 --> 01:50:35.400
Get that off the screen! Get that off the screen!

01:50:35.400 --> 01:50:39.720
No, I mean, honestly, like, I wish with all my heart for France to take this one.

01:50:39.720 --> 01:50:41.120
I really, really, really do.

01:50:41.120 --> 01:50:45.200
Like, again, French and Overwatch go way back, sort of, for real.

01:50:45.200 --> 01:50:47.360
But that doesn't matter in my sentence right now.

01:50:47.360 --> 01:50:50.520
It's just, South Korea were playing lights out yesterday.

01:50:50.520 --> 01:50:52.240
They're coming with a vengeance.

01:50:52.240 --> 01:50:54.520
They want to get their revenge.

01:50:54.520 --> 01:50:58.320
That, you know, they, France make them lose in front.

01:50:58.320 --> 01:51:00.720
France make them lose in front of the home crowd.

01:51:00.720 --> 01:51:02.520
They, they ain't letting that rest.

01:51:02.520 --> 01:51:07.720
They ain't letting that rest if there's anything you know about Koreans is that they're very stubborn

01:51:07.720 --> 01:51:11.240
Yeah, and they're very prideful speaking from personal

01:51:12.880 --> 01:51:14.880
So you didn't give a map that's

01:51:17.200 --> 01:51:19.600
You're off the desk next there, I just say you know

01:51:21.200 --> 01:51:27.680
Now we we obviously expect a close match even though that may not be the score that we predicted

01:51:27.680 --> 01:51:30.080
But like we hope for a close one because quite frankly yesterday

01:51:30.080 --> 01:51:34.240
It was a little on the one-sided side of the spectrum, which was surprising.

01:51:34.240 --> 01:51:37.600
I generally, like, looking at the matchups we had in the quarterfinals,

01:51:37.600 --> 01:51:42.640
I low-key, I key, thought that we're going to have one actual, like, roll,

01:51:43.360 --> 01:51:44.720
and everything else could be closed.

01:51:44.720 --> 01:51:47.280
And the one thing that I predicted as a roll was KSA Spain,

01:51:47.280 --> 01:51:49.520
and Spain was, in fact, the only team that fall back.

01:51:49.520 --> 01:51:52.640
So, yeah, I guess our predictions mean nothing, anyway.

01:51:52.640 --> 01:51:54.720
Yeah, the only thing competitive so far has been the rule set.

01:51:54.720 --> 01:51:58.720
I mean, play the maps under the series have been all blowouts,

01:51:58.720 --> 01:52:03.000
But I mean like I think if France gets off to a hot start, right?

01:52:03.000 --> 01:52:05.160
I think they obviously have confidence momentum

01:52:05.160 --> 01:52:10.760
Like I think they believe and that can start to really kind of infuse that team with a lot of confidence like move forward

01:52:10.760 --> 01:52:14.560
But I find it hard-pressed that like South Korea is not going to be

01:52:15.040 --> 01:52:18.680
Extremely prepared for the way that France plays the way they beat them in Busan

01:52:18.960 --> 01:52:24.120
They've been hearing a lot of the talk about how they big have beat in Busan where I think they're gonna come out for blood

01:52:24.120 --> 01:52:30.420
absolutely all right let's get this one started it is the rematch that we wanted

01:52:30.420 --> 01:52:35.120
to see team France going up against South Korea

01:53:24.120 --> 01:53:31.720
Welcome back BlizzCon, how are we feeling?

01:53:31.720 --> 01:53:41.120
It's time for your second semi final as you find out who is moving on to play KSA later

01:53:41.120 --> 01:53:42.120
on tonight.

01:53:42.120 --> 01:53:48.120
Introducing first, please make some noise for the fan favorites they've done it once.

01:53:48.120 --> 01:53:50.120
Why can't they do it twice?

01:53:50.120 --> 01:53:52.120
Team France!

01:53:57.120 --> 01:54:02.120
France has looked incredible out of play and at boots off there they were able to take care of business.

01:54:02.120 --> 01:54:07.120
And as you all saw yesterday, they dismantled the Aussies.

01:54:07.120 --> 01:54:12.120
France coming in as the underdog according to the polls, but if you're looking at recent history,

01:54:12.120 --> 01:54:15.120
they should have the confidence they can do it again.

01:54:15.120 --> 01:54:24.160
But my empty got on support the veteran is looking to lead this one to their first podium appearance team friends. Please take your seats

01:54:32.680 --> 01:54:37.820
And now for the team we've all been waiting for they've done it three times

01:54:37.820 --> 01:54:42.340
And they have won a bronze medal with the three golds.

01:54:42.340 --> 01:54:46.740
Welcome back to the stage, the greatest team in World Cup history.

01:54:46.740 --> 01:54:48.740
It's South Korea.

01:54:48.740 --> 01:55:05.020
The best part of this is the team working in the confidence that Trump's with it.

01:55:05.020 --> 01:55:08.460
According to soccer, he's gonna hand you a free rail.

01:55:08.460 --> 01:55:10.100
So I believe him.

01:55:10.100 --> 01:55:11.420
Do you wish to stop?

01:55:11.420 --> 01:55:18.780
South Korea taking the seats.

01:55:18.780 --> 01:55:22.500
It is time to get your second semi-final underway.

01:55:22.500 --> 01:55:25.220
Ladies and gentlemen, one more time before we get your game.

01:55:25.220 --> 01:55:26.580
Make some noise.

01:55:26.580 --> 01:55:29.020
We are live in Anaheim once again.

01:55:29.020 --> 01:55:46.820
against the rest of the world they've been perfect every hit France has taken has come

01:55:46.820 --> 01:55:51.180
from South Korea every hit South Korea is taken in this World Cup has come from France

01:55:51.180 --> 01:55:57.740
including humiliation on home soil today only one of these teams can make it to the

01:55:57.740 --> 01:56:00.140
The other watch will count grand final.

01:56:00.140 --> 01:56:02.180
And for fans of the Korean squad, I mean,

01:56:02.180 --> 01:56:03.740
gold is the standard.

01:56:03.740 --> 01:56:05.540
It's the expectation.

01:56:05.540 --> 01:56:08.260
There's a ridiculous weight on the shoulders of this team.

01:56:08.260 --> 01:56:10.220
But with three stars on the jersey,

01:56:10.220 --> 01:56:12.180
they've proven that they can shoulder it,

01:56:12.180 --> 01:56:14.620
that they can stand under the weight of that expectation

01:56:14.620 --> 01:56:16.820
and rise to the occasion.

01:56:17.900 --> 01:56:19.820
France, though, put up a stiff fight.

01:56:19.820 --> 01:56:22.300
They're wanting aggression in the group stage.

01:56:22.300 --> 01:56:24.780
It put Korea on their heels.

01:56:24.780 --> 01:56:26.380
Still, a lot of people have been saying

01:56:26.380 --> 01:56:28.740
That moment awoke something in this Korean squad,

01:56:28.740 --> 01:56:31.380
showed what they needed to become

01:56:31.380 --> 01:56:33.420
if they wanted to take gold here in Anaheim.

01:56:33.420 --> 01:56:36.060
And so far, they have bloody swap.

01:56:36.060 --> 01:56:39.460
They cut through Team USA is still hurting, personally.

01:56:41.340 --> 01:56:44.460
It's a pretty impressive statement game to come back of.

01:56:44.460 --> 01:56:48.100
And for France, they've made the top four twice now.

01:56:49.100 --> 01:56:51.060
Every time they made the top four though,

01:56:51.060 --> 01:56:53.620
South Korea made sure they went no further.

01:56:53.620 --> 01:56:56.660
In 2017, they lost to South Korea in the semi-finals.

01:56:56.660 --> 01:57:00.140
In 2019, it was down in that bronze medal match.

01:57:00.140 --> 01:57:01.500
So this French team are reaching higher

01:57:01.500 --> 01:57:02.420
than they've ever gone before,

01:57:02.420 --> 01:57:05.340
and South Korea are simply stepping back into territory

01:57:05.340 --> 01:57:07.300
they feel belongs to them.

01:57:07.300 --> 01:57:08.860
It certainly did.

01:57:08.860 --> 01:57:12.500
But it has been years since South Korea

01:57:12.500 --> 01:57:14.980
have held aloft a World Cup trophy.

01:57:14.980 --> 01:57:17.380
They are the most impressive dynasty

01:57:17.380 --> 01:57:20.620
in the Overwatch World Cup, but that's ancient history.

01:57:20.620 --> 01:57:23.500
New faces and a new mandate to get back to the top

01:57:23.500 --> 01:57:28.140
starting on Samoa Jake and we did notice Sonjun is in the lineup here for South Korea.

01:57:28.140 --> 01:57:34.020
We've already seen a bit of that vendetta play that frankly this was pretty devastating to a lot of teams have gone up against.

01:57:34.660 --> 01:57:40.980
I think France at least are going to bring a very different look than we saw from Team USA yesterday who wanted to slow the game down.

01:57:41.380 --> 01:57:44.500
For the French that does not seem to be the case whatsoever.

01:57:44.940 --> 01:57:46.660
They constantly start fights first.

01:57:46.660 --> 01:57:50.940
But will they be able to do the same against players like Sonjun and Jeonbin?

01:57:50.940 --> 01:57:54.220
These guys have been leading the aggression and with ball and vendetta

01:57:54.220 --> 01:58:00.940
It's a style that just about no one else in the World Cup would dare to play and yet these guys make it look unbeatable

01:58:00.940 --> 01:58:04.660
It feels like we saw Tim your sale most crying and keep tempo with that cop

01:58:05.020 --> 01:58:09.800
Only on on Samoa in their series. They realized that just wasn't reasonable wasn't possible

01:58:10.400 --> 01:58:13.680
We did see Jim didn't play a couple of different tanks over the course of that map

01:58:13.680 --> 01:58:18.220
But crucially that it was like a you know hazard was targeted by France when they played Samoa right?

01:58:18.220 --> 01:58:23.020
they had a game plan they wanted to play the up tempo style and I'd suggest they

01:58:23.020 --> 01:58:27.140
want to play the mirror but we know we talked about it. Jumbin doubled down on

01:58:27.140 --> 01:58:31.420
that demon play to make sure that he wouldn't get caught off guard by that

01:58:31.420 --> 01:58:37.580
pick again. She's been tweaked slightly still quite powerful does need Jetpack

01:58:37.580 --> 01:58:41.700
Kanna I think to sort of really supercharge her mobility. Jetpack Kanna as well has had

01:58:41.700 --> 01:58:46.420
some touches but it's still been highly played here at BlizzCon. Speaking of

01:58:46.420 --> 01:58:50.300
these critical heroes for France. I can't help but be worried a little bit about the

01:58:50.300 --> 01:58:55.640
band factor in a series like this. Korea has shown ridiculous flexibility in this opening

01:58:55.640 --> 01:59:00.980
band. It strikes right at the heart of what has been so successful for Team France. Crocs

01:59:00.980 --> 01:59:05.780
in the center, the thick of the fight, diving in on backlines, somehow getting away with

01:59:05.780 --> 01:59:10.180
murder time and time again. Korea aren't going to have to face off against that key threat

01:59:10.180 --> 01:59:12.780
at least in map one.

01:59:12.780 --> 01:59:17.740
is going to be the second band. You've actually seen Cheyenne Tracia looks from this Zabre and

01:59:17.740 --> 01:59:22.060
Rostric in this particular configuration, but it seems like France, while they're aware

01:59:22.060 --> 01:59:26.780
that Song Joon can go over towards the vendetta, they don't seem too bothered by it. We've also

01:59:26.780 --> 01:59:31.020
seen Crocs play a bunch of Marissa, a bunch of other looks here, certainly not by any means,

01:59:31.020 --> 01:59:35.100
Tethered to that Vimon, and for the rest of the series, if he wants, he'll be able to play it.

01:59:35.740 --> 01:59:40.460
The question is though, what do we see on this map, the first one in this series, because

01:59:40.460 --> 01:59:41.900
Because winning control is massive.

01:59:41.900 --> 01:59:46.940
If we go to five maps, you get that map selection for the decider if you win control.

01:59:48.280 --> 01:59:49.300
The crucial map to win.

01:59:49.300 --> 01:59:50.840
Also to set the tenor of the series.

01:59:51.500 --> 01:59:56.380
For France, a win here to open the series, it's going to start to make this Korean squad

01:59:56.380 --> 01:59:59.740
tremble just a bit, thinking, is it going to happen again?

01:59:59.740 --> 02:00:02.900
Could we lose again in a shocking upset?

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But Korea, though, I mean, a straightforward opening ban on the demon.

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You know, it doesn't exactly take a genius, but it's a powerful ban.

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It's been the bread and butter of war France.

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I love the Xeon band in response though,

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because yes, as good as the Vendetta can be,

02:00:15.540 --> 02:00:17.420
there's no hits game that can keep up

02:00:17.420 --> 02:00:18.780
with the pace that Xeon brings.

02:00:18.780 --> 02:00:21.020
Sojourn is a close second maybe,

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but honestly with the style that created yesterday,

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I think Xeon is more important than the Vendetta

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who could be replaced by a tracer.

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I'm starting off on the sunny sands to open this series.

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Simple was someone who's discussed pretty at length

02:00:38.540 --> 02:00:40.100
by the Desk, right?

02:00:40.100 --> 02:00:42.500
And someone on the Kiriko is probably one of the best

02:00:42.500 --> 02:00:46.060
to do what we saw in Zemnjada briefly on Route 66 yesterday.

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That was impressive.

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Korea and France, when the medals come out,

02:00:50.100 --> 02:00:52.140
France in the past have faltered.

02:00:52.140 --> 02:00:55.100
They want to find their way into the top two in South Korea,

02:00:55.100 --> 02:00:58.300
simply returning to what they believe is home.

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BlizzCon, let's play some Overwatch.

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Similar comps here, but Korea go with a lot more

02:01:07.020 --> 02:01:11.560
individualism on the hitscan roll dip. It's going to have his work cut out for him. Not

02:01:11.560 --> 02:01:15.620
easy to stay alive on Bastion against these two enemy DPS.

02:01:15.620 --> 02:01:20.040
No ball is interesting though. German doesn't want to start in that way. Tartarier have

02:01:20.040 --> 02:01:26.540
a different lead on this French outfit with Dimon Band. Tartarier opt into an Orisa mirror.

02:01:26.540 --> 02:01:31.940
Korea also playing pretty long range hitscan here or just some long range pressure. Maybe

02:01:31.940 --> 02:01:36.180
War of Attrition is what they're hoping to play into now. The jetpack cat of FD Gods

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He's already making some moves, Stork is getting pressured down, the Siphon Blaster though, and Caps is very uncomfortably, and Crocs has to dive deep for that elimination, it's just a trade down in numbers between France.

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War of Matrician, absolutely the right call, but Stalker forcing that desperation TP from Zeria, finishing the kill himself, it basically ends the fight in the opening moments.

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Jundan untouched on a Risen, it's going to take first half.

02:02:02.180 --> 02:02:08.180
Jumbinaus having to push up a little bit more. And that creates space for Saundra to play like this.

02:02:08.180 --> 02:02:11.180
He's past the line of scrimmage in the middle part of the map. Get some early poke down.

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It's hard to build towards a bowl of shot that could be highly disrupted to a backline.

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Crocs is being ferried into the action now. Will be allowed to try and compete for these flank angles,

02:02:20.180 --> 02:02:24.180
but he's already made by a javelin. As is Jumbin, knocked down onto the point.

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And as spacey as for Crocs, my ability connected his backline.

02:02:27.180 --> 02:02:30.180
Keo on the cast. He did crucial big headshot. Can you find more?

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Stalker's on a break line of sight, Keo with a grenade downward to affect Junbin, but that's easily shrugged off by the Orisa.

02:02:36.180 --> 02:02:40.180
Shonjun might be making his move now, no one's paying him any attention, Keo might be a little too late.

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It's gonna be a Suzu drawn out which Junbin is gonna be very pleased about because there's nowhere for Keo to go.

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Brantz just run down on the extremities and with three players down, the spike is done and dusted.

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Strapping the capture flip though here is gonna mitigate South Korea's progress.

02:02:55.180 --> 02:03:01.440
He's under the big problem right now for France. I don't think they feel like they have an answer to it

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Especially again with these push-ups early in the fight by jumping

02:03:04.780 --> 02:03:08.280
Tundra gets to sit on a flank angle find a lot of poker. Look at empty God's help

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He needs to carry to double back to kill him up

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And the Korean team sitting on a full bank of ultimates. It's gonna be a tough spot here

02:03:16.800 --> 02:03:22.640
But you know for the top those guys grab one. He's on Jun doesn't have the ability to dump out the cheap and get away from that sky

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Sky Noon and as simple as he disappears, Fox having to find the finishing blow and Kyo doesn't really have to move too far from this position.

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It's simply clean up for you now for France. They get the opener Jake, but it's off the back of that Sky Noon.

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They have to concoct a bit of a win condition and South Korea are still sitting on a lot of these ultimates banks.

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Ton of discipline from Korea, not committing to a losing flight, still with a ton of ultimates to come back in for the retake,

02:03:46.640 --> 02:03:51.480
for the retake, but France have bought themselves a new lease on light. Even economy is going

02:03:51.480 --> 02:03:55.600
to come down to the ulti trade. Here it goes in the spotlight right now.

02:03:55.600 --> 02:03:59.440
It's on to the switch off. Doesn't really want to contend anymore with this Cassidy

02:03:59.440 --> 02:04:03.560
Cat combination. See if we're going down early. It's far too late. They're taking the tempo.

02:04:03.560 --> 02:04:07.560
And take that first pick. Considering that it's simple, it really means that South Korea

02:04:07.560 --> 02:04:15.560
have to take a sidebar for a second consecutive fight. Couple fights now where France find

02:04:15.560 --> 02:04:19.020
the weaknesses not scared to get aggressive in their trademark style

02:04:19.020 --> 02:04:23.000
working even against the Koreans for tending well for their future in this

02:04:23.000 --> 02:04:26.880
match but a lot of overwatch left the play there's been a patient couple of

02:04:26.880 --> 02:04:29.560
fights between South Korea still holding on to those ultimates

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Kiyo, time to pull up, get another dead on, this could be dangerous

02:04:32.280 --> 02:04:36.560
Stalker flaccid, Zerio's never to find the finisher and no one can contest this high ground

02:04:36.560 --> 02:04:40.280
Sunjun has to go the long way to get up there and up in the air

02:04:40.280 --> 02:04:43.920
Crock-Stitch popped, he has it fortified, the Terrasurge comes down so he shrugs in

02:04:43.920 --> 02:04:49.440
off to jump in, caught out on the point, and France, a slow start, but now they're willing

02:04:49.440 --> 02:04:54.720
to really caught up on this round. And every time we come to Kyo's camp, he has demanding

02:04:54.720 --> 02:05:01.040
respect on this server in the company of legends, but perhaps building something, a new legend

02:05:01.040 --> 02:05:04.800
for himself. And with the Sky Nune, this last fight looks scary now for Korea.

02:05:06.560 --> 02:05:11.600
Stalker with an override protocol. But it was the Sky Nune that looked at things up for France

02:05:11.600 --> 02:05:16.720
Previously there's a game just for stalker. He's got to get out of that line of sight very hastily, but Gio's gonna

02:05:18.120 --> 02:05:25.320
Stalker walked into a trap of his own design now at 99% South Korea have to make a big play with their running out of options

02:05:25.520 --> 02:05:29.480
Simple as fallen by the wayside now if you got trying to get back to safety then do it so

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Do not I South Korea an easy pick up

02:05:33.600 --> 02:05:37.760
It was a slow start for France this time you're up to the races early

02:05:37.760 --> 02:05:44.860
crucial first round for France so many questions circling around this match

02:05:44.860 --> 02:05:49.460
was it just a fluke in Busan is there any chance they could do it again and

02:05:49.460 --> 02:05:54.380
with Croc's signature demon banned out here on Busan it really took Kyo going

02:05:54.380 --> 02:05:59.340
to the next level in that first round stalker a rare negative scoreline for

02:05:59.340 --> 02:06:03.780
him that's a shock to the system for Korea one then they'll need to adapt to

02:06:03.780 --> 02:06:07.460
quickly but with Jun been hovering the wrecking ball everything could change in

02:06:07.460 --> 02:06:14.660
second round. Dark Korea wanted that Orisa Mira. They're ultimately undone by the Cassidy.

02:06:14.660 --> 02:06:22.300
Son Jun's got quite a varied hero pool, but sometimes simple is best. We'll see what the

02:06:22.300 --> 02:06:26.940
look is now. The Bastien in tow. It looks a little bit more standard, a bit more classic.

02:06:26.940 --> 02:06:30.740
France are going to reciprocate a similar look on their comp. So no tracer for the French

02:06:30.740 --> 02:06:35.100
squad. Son Jun though will maintain that on South Korea and he sees they're already trying

02:06:35.100 --> 02:06:37.100
to wrap around and link up with Jungbin.

02:06:39.100 --> 02:06:43.100
Asians from France here, they know the threat of Jungbin's lob and he fights his time.

02:06:45.100 --> 02:06:48.100
People getting dragged around here. Jungbin wants to try and pressure the Bastion.

02:06:48.100 --> 02:06:52.100
Oh, that could be a dangerous proposition for Storker's having to take Dip down.

02:06:52.100 --> 02:06:56.100
Well, he is entirely obsessed with the idea of getting rid of Jungbin.

02:06:56.100 --> 02:07:01.100
Good exchange and good target acquisition, I think, for the Korean Bastion player.

02:07:01.100 --> 02:07:05.100
Now we have an early South Korea take.

02:07:05.100 --> 02:07:09.100
Great punish from Stalker and Choron.

02:07:09.100 --> 02:07:12.100
And the French, they're getting cleaned up here, but this is just precious seconds,

02:07:12.100 --> 02:07:14.100
slipping away from the round.

02:07:14.100 --> 02:07:16.100
No possibility for France to bring this fight back.

02:07:16.100 --> 02:07:19.100
Every extra second South Korea can buy is worth it.

02:07:19.100 --> 02:07:23.100
See, Jun been there just taking beat before eliminating Xerion.

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And again, pushing up.

02:07:25.100 --> 02:07:30.100
It's a Malga switch here for Crocs.

02:07:30.100 --> 02:07:40.100
A lot of players like the matchup here, into the wrecking ball, cage fight can be powerful, but with 30% already in the board for Korea, it's a long way back to get towards these ultimates.

02:07:40.100 --> 02:07:42.100
France need to pull something out of their hat here.

02:07:42.100 --> 02:07:46.100
Cage fight could be nuked out pretty quickly by Bastien in tank mode as well.

02:07:46.100 --> 02:07:54.100
Easy artillery strike from Stalker, Pepperen at high ground, forcing France to drop down, and now Sunjin has to pressure them for their backline.

02:07:54.100 --> 02:07:56.740
Kiyoto is sharp, but he's having a war to chase her away.

02:07:56.740 --> 02:08:00.980
Skokor also under some degree of pressure, but deep as the trade-outs of both bastards have been handled.

02:08:00.980 --> 02:08:05.140
It does self-susage for Serian desperation for the carries he carries to stay in the game.

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But Sunjin will not be denied.

02:08:06.980 --> 02:08:10.180
This pole-spot might be well apportioned on the bulky frame of the Malga,

02:08:10.180 --> 02:08:13.700
but Cox has to be respected. South Korea give him some space,

02:08:13.700 --> 02:08:16.660
and Afro to trip himself with, is eventually he's brought down.

02:08:18.180 --> 02:08:21.700
Oh, Korea just looked different on these barcamps.

02:08:21.700 --> 02:08:29.700
The aggression Junbin and Sanjin demanding so much respect that Stalker is getting all the space in the world and he just keeps finding dip.

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I mean, constantly the first pick on this bastard.

02:08:33.700 --> 02:08:35.700
Always pressure from Sanjin.

02:08:36.700 --> 02:08:38.700
Junbin, he might want to try and catch them in the choke.

02:08:38.700 --> 02:08:40.700
He's hitting on the line. Kyo is going to deploy that straight away.

02:08:40.700 --> 02:08:42.700
He's hitting on the right hook out from Zerion.

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And he's got Sanjin on the tracer. Kyo is downwind.

02:08:45.700 --> 02:08:47.700
And that's the distraction of the Casterly already off the table.

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It is a one-sided affair.

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South Korea barrel in the front, they're trying to get their ducks in the roof.

02:08:55.080 --> 02:08:58.320
Cage find out coming late in the fight for the helpers, he's not there for Crocs.

02:08:58.320 --> 02:09:03.000
He is down, his legacy, the Cage will also be broken through.

02:09:03.000 --> 02:09:06.800
We're looking at a fortified 100 to zero in our second round.

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the stops.

02:09:10.240 --> 02:09:17.720
Maria are wasting no time pulling out the stops, showing the style that has made them

02:09:17.720 --> 02:09:20.760
a unique foe in this event.

02:09:20.760 --> 02:09:23.840
So few players can play the wrecking ball on Junven's level.

02:09:23.840 --> 02:09:25.160
Honestly, nobody can.

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I mean, this guy is the best in the world.

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I'm willing to go on record with that.

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The wrecking ball, absurd at this level of play, and Sanjani slotting in so incredibly

02:09:33.720 --> 02:09:35.200
well to this team.

02:09:35.200 --> 02:09:39.760
Tracer was felt really massively in that round. Stalker a resurgence from him as

02:09:39.760 --> 02:09:43.600
well. Getting a little bit more space and this time it was the French who looked

02:09:43.600 --> 02:09:49.160
flat-footed. We asked the question what do France have outside of these demon

02:09:49.160 --> 02:09:51.840
compositions. It looks like they're pretty heavily indexed into this

02:09:51.840 --> 02:09:56.960
Orissa. Cassidy-Bastien combination but it doesn't cut it on our second round.

02:09:56.960 --> 02:10:00.080
They're gonna run it back with this five. Jönbjen will move to the Malge. There'll

02:10:00.080 --> 02:10:02.680
also be a reaper in the mix.

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All full of grass in Korea trying to push the base, but Stalker's brought down.

02:10:06.680 --> 02:10:09.480
So I'm just gonna have time to get to a relevant position at the start of this fight.

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Perhaps here though, we can find some value.

02:10:11.680 --> 02:10:15.480
Kira was brought down by the Hellfire shotguns, and Krox could be in danger,

02:10:15.480 --> 02:10:17.880
but it's a fight he'll take any day of the week.

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And Rieker gets torn to shreds.

02:10:21.080 --> 02:10:23.480
This one could get tricky.

02:10:23.480 --> 02:10:24.880
Respawn's gonna come back in.

02:10:24.880 --> 02:10:28.080
France, they would love to grab this cap for free, but German's almost back.

02:10:28.080 --> 02:10:31.600
That's Marga's pretty quick on his feet plus the jetpack can ferry him into the action.

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Some poke here first though. Grenade's exchange as Stalker takes a glancing blow and Jimbin needs

02:10:37.920 --> 02:10:42.720
an oil change here. A little bit more health before he commits. Getting actually peppered down on it.

02:10:42.720 --> 02:10:46.320
Diff doesn't want to give him a chance to recover. Pushing in as Stalker's direction but this could

02:10:46.320 --> 02:10:51.360
be an overreach here. Stalker finds that great connection but Diff attacks the Diff. Here's Jimbin

02:10:51.360 --> 02:10:57.520
with the stomp. Been anti-climatic for the Marga. Zondre again finds that late fight involvement.

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But it's too late to make a difference.

02:11:00.080 --> 02:11:03.080
Fajr with two and a reform.

02:11:03.080 --> 02:11:05.080
I mean, he's gonna go down here, but...

02:11:05.080 --> 02:11:06.080
Oh, no way, okay!

02:11:06.080 --> 02:11:08.080
Come down, that'd have been ridiculous.

02:11:08.080 --> 02:11:09.080
Still a chance.

02:11:09.080 --> 02:11:10.080
Powerplay, 14th career.

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If they want to keep this fight going.

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Terrasur, a cheer from Crocs.

02:11:13.080 --> 02:11:14.080
Holding on to what you're thinking.

02:11:14.080 --> 02:11:15.080
Gonna be stunned up initially.

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Stalker has a lot of space here.

02:11:17.080 --> 02:11:18.080
And he connects to the nice little Raga.

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Headshot, Terran has to duck out of the fight as a result.

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Here's the artillery strike.

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Stalker dances amongst the shells.

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And Keo is picked off.

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Stalker doing the most at the moment.

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DBA and he gets lots of map already.

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Sondra ready to break it down.

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Korg's already so low though, it just might not be necessary.

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And we know South Korea love to bank these ults for a rainy day.

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Sondra getting so much fun on the reaper here.

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Truly a master class, pulling attention to himself.

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And that's attention that the French just cannot spare.

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Stalker, fight, kill after kill in that fight.

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62, plays 7.

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Tatlory here wants to dig in, settle in, cage fight could be instrumental but it's

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something that Crocs can just walk out of. Needs to be better connected for

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Jim Gidding, in he goes, cage fight before he gives it away, outside looking in.

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Katnab catches the Bastion, cuts the DPS short, Pachorong can't over extend.

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Jim Gidding's cage actually is destroyed pretty quickly so it does that

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for himself, he's gotta be forced away.

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Heads up, Javelin's been there for Crocs to take the Reaper out of pole

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position and a comfortable flip back for the French.

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Resilient front line and Crocs displaying true confidence here.

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Seeing and getting that energy in the player cam it's going to be infectious

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for team France and they're on the verge of a map win here.

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Overclocked for stalker is really all I got the hang they had on.

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A potential sky noon could stop that ship before it gets off dried up.

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Here we go. Overclock time, but all of France's respect is in the CC.

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So I'm just trying to get a light of sight, but Q-Map, you had to punish this stalker.

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Try to hide!

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And Chorong getting caught instead.

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Jetpack, cap, the beating heart of this competition has been dealt with in an hour.

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South Korea are down to four.

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Perfect javelin there for Crocs.

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Cap stalker out of the fight entirely.

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He needs to go looking for a health pack.

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Because Chorong's not going to be able to heal him.

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Terror search now could be dangerous, but again,

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there's respect in the game now.

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Head sets off already.

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Frantz stopped the series with a stifled win on Samoa.

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Hugely consequential to take map 1 in a series such as this.

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Momentum for a French team that loves to bring the pace.

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The signature demon band should have been a dagger to the heart of this team,

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but for Crocs, it's barely a scratch.

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Not a risk of gameplay.

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On round 3 was Immaculate shutting down the early Bastion vibes,

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pushing away Saundra's Reaper. Really phenomenal play here from the team

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France frontline and that's a win that stifles momentum for Korea. We're coming

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out of the back of a hugely dominant 3-0. It is just no shortage of heroes to run

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it down with at the end of the day. The brightest spot for South Korea was when

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they could play that Wrecking Ball unfettered. Interesting though, we are

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all sad. Apparently no substitutions in the fine-fine year for a team South

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Korea will keep an eye on it. It will be interesting to see them invest in another map here for

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Son Jun keeping him around. But I think this tells much of the story. We took about Stalker,

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struggles on that first map, really has a nice little bounce back and ultimately finishes

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with a reasonable scoreline. But somehow, this French roster is built for Crocs to simply do as

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he pleases, pops the damage scale, looks comfortable in that Orisa mirror. This round one come back

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for France really set the stage for them to start off the series with a

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competitive round but one in which you do bring it home. Reminds them that they

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can win this series. They have won this same series before. Under the bright

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lights though maybe never before against this particular opponent.

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Saundra though, I'm not surprised he's staying in the server. He looked

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phenomenal in these aggression. The Achilles heel though, fortune South

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Korea has been that sometimes German is just getting poked down at range, Kyo and

02:15:09.800 --> 02:15:12.820
Deb working together really well on this round three to just break the

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front line in so many to set up. On top of that the Sky News uncontested from Kyo.

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Yeah. Stalker doesn't go towards that look at all through the mouth and you

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kind of wondering why I mean he's phenomenal on the heroes he does play

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but that really does feel like a crucial strategy in this meta with how

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powerful Cassidy can be under the assistance of the Jetpack Cat. It does

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feel like there's not a lot of counterplay to it right now and it can almost win you the fight on

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the spot. Now there was some discussion I think the South Korea was obviously very map dependent

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how they make their substitutions. I have seen Sunjin and Jungbin both stand up so I mean he's

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saying and Max are going to come into the lineup. King Franco happened to take advantage of this

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moment also take stock of the situation because this is not a situation they thought they would

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beat him. I think this stat line tells a lot of the story because Crox cannot play the way he

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does without some serious healing throughput. And then with Kyrieko, the healing offer to travel

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speed has been reduced so that max range right so it's a little bit harder to squeeze all the

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juice out of that hero but Serian and FD God are both really set up to heal Crox as much as

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It's just humanly possible to make sure he actually has the freedom to play in a way that other players would probably just consider awfully audacious.

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I mean, it's not just being one and two, it's the margin of being the top healers.

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I mean, these two are putting out a ridiculous stat line, and that's not just for Crocs, right?

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That's letting Keo and Dip really turn the screws, get aggressive, keep that spear sharp.

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And where the map went on the board, I mean, you got to put some respect on the name.

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They are going up against some of the goats in children and simple, but it's their names on top of that leaderboard

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Yeah, I'm gonna want to point out that graphic is not cumulative. It's healing per 10

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So it's average over you know over all the time that they played so to have a lead of almost

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10,000 healing per 10 is like a 33% increase over the next team's backline. He's absolutely insane

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It's like it's a gift that gives back, you know, you you empower crocs. Let him go forward

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He makes the space, you stay alive longer.

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You do more healing.

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Your uptime, obviously, is superior.

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Speaks to the trust between this French team.

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I often think when a team starts to get desperate,

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they start to worry about whether they can win the right way.

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Players look for hero plays.

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They look to overcome and do something incredible,

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which in fairness is sometimes called for.

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But when a team is relaxed and confident,

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players stay in their lanes, supporting one another,

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the support role is often where that's expressed

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most clearly pumping that many heals, it's farming a ton of ultimates, and we've seen

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what Katnap and Katsune Rush can do. I think it's really a well-selected strategy in the

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current meta for France. They're getting a lot of what they want to succeed with. And

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Korea, take us to Route 66, where we got some spicy cons in that match yesterday against

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USA.

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Yeah, first time, and I thought at the time, the only time we'd see Widowmaker and Zamyadar

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on defense on this map.

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Clearly a blast from the past.

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They are running a back right.

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Again, I think we discussed this before coming on air, actually.

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And you feel like it's a setup that requires the right conditions.

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A Kiri and Tracer ban was what you felt like allowed South Korea to go for that,

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given that Kiri would be a potentially better option for a back line,

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and Tracer has the ability to pressure both the Widow and the Zinnyada.

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So that also begs the question about what kind of bans we see coming into this game.

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South Korea have subbed out the 2026 Champions Clash MVP in order to take a different look on this map as well and get Max back into the mix.

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I mean it makes sense if you want to go for these greedy or back lines, if you want to look at the Widow and the Zen, maybe the Ana.

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Max is an expert on the D.Va, slowing the game down, stymieing aggression.

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And for France, that's been their signature look, but so far there's been really no teams that have been able to slow them down successfully.

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successful. You can maybe match that pace, you can maybe take the brawl to them. We saw that in map one.

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But trying to slow the game down is a risky proposition as we've seen throughout this event,

02:19:10.780 --> 02:19:16.300
Mitch. You can get punished for that. You yield a lot of control to the enemy team. You rely on

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perfect execution from the back line. France have proven twice that they can beat South

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Korea or World Cup. But they're never proven is that they can actually beat them when there's

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medals on the line. It's been the same story. They're winning groups. They look

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honestly dominant there or when they get out onto the stage, be it a BlizzCon or

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any other venue, they get beat. For Etty God, he experienced the 2019 situation,

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beat South Korean groups and then the bronze match, they got swept. Same

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scenario this year essentially, right? Now that there's a medal on the line. New

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generation of French players though. Maybe here to chart a new course. This is

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their time to set the record straight and right what they may feel is a wrong.

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I mean, it's a nation that has punched above its weight historically in

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Overwatch.

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A lot of great historical players from France and now a team of five and a

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lot of relative unknowns on this team.

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Right.

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We look at FD God as a really experienced player, but an event like this,

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the performances they put together so far at the Overwatch World Cup have put

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these players on the map.

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I don't think there's a professional coach out there.

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that isn't looking at a player like Crocs and taking him a lot more seriously than they might have

02:20:29.420 --> 02:20:31.820
when he was pulling out the Roadhog 24-7.

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Yeah, honestly, Crocs has been on some of these OWCS teams in the last couple of years,

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but none of them would, I would say, be the most notable, right?

02:20:41.820 --> 02:20:49.820
Do we remember New Age, the sixth, seventh place OWCS EMEA team from last year?

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He's not the only player from that roster on the stage right now.

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It's funny to me that like wall cup is really catapulted this player's stock profile and also that of his teammates

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I think I don't need an introduction in

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Paris

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Place was full of French fans. They were cheering for a team that wasn't even there

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They were cheering for the 52 and oh team peps that just played face-at-master and had a flawless run to make their way back towards

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OWCS

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The fandom is there the French apparently travel quite well drag because they've been quite raucous in that corner of the arena

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We see you out there. I

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I think that energy is being felt opening ban for France. It's gonna be the diva

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So he's actually yielding ban control choosing to go second choosing to respond and while the diva ban

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It does take away one of the most significant threats from max

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If there's a lot of options in his pool that can replicate a similar effect

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Korea ban the curicle they think that's maybe even more important, but for simple it doesn't have to be the zen

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I mean, he was phenomenal on it and it's exciting to see a hero that we rarely see in current professional play

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But by taking the Kirikou away it opens up a world of options

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And as good as Xerion has been and the stats don't lie from him and FD God

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The Kiri has been a linchpin of that. They really don't go away from the Kirikou a test for Xerion now

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How can he perform against one of the goats in the Flex support role in contrast to the last time?

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We saw South Korea on root CC6 tracer is also still available. That's someone then Keo

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notably from the Gormand roster 1 dip versus 100 guerrillas. We'll be out at

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you have a chance to run that tracer up in a potential mirror on this particular

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map so that also is a factor and also might be invalidating for the Zen idea.

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You might not want to bust that out when you've got the potential of being run

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down by what we know is a world-class tracer player at this point. But this

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lips the script and what we saw in Busan. In Busan South Korea started that

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series strong. In fact they swept the first couple of maps pretty comfortably

02:22:45.480 --> 02:22:49.480
It wasn't until we got to New York City, where France started to come online,

02:22:49.480 --> 02:22:53.480
started to really find their footing, and then they slowly, it was slowly,

02:22:53.480 --> 02:22:59.480
raced the series back into their control. They didn't start well at all in that game.

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And frankly, they finished barely getting past South Korea on Shambhali Monastery.

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It was a shocking upset, but it was a very, very close game. A game of very thin margins.

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And that was a game where South Korea were like, yeah, we were just completely unprepared for the impact of the demo.

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We, you know, at the time that we put in was allocated incorrectly to the wrong places.

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We weren't prepared.

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Noone says it was a wake-up call for the team.

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They're not getting upset by France twice.

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Not in that fashion anyway.

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If France are going to beat them, they're going to now do it against the team that has full awareness of what they're capable of.

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Excuses, Mitch, they aren't worth much on a stage like this.

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A win puts you in gold medal contention.

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A loss since you found the third, fourth match where you're fighting for scraps.

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With this Korean squad, that would be unacceptable.

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That's the standard that's expected of them by their fans.

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By the country that sent them across the world to play here in Anaheim.

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And for the French, it's hard not to feel like they're playing with the house cash here.

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pretty much universally accepted as an underdog in this series, but seeing them on those player

02:24:11.120 --> 02:24:17.080
camps on the French coach, I'm feeling pretty dang good. The confidence of Croc seems to have

02:24:17.080 --> 02:24:23.480
spread to the team around him, building that energy. A map win makes it undeniable. There's

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no reason you can't do it again here at the Overwatch World Cup. It was Max that was getting

02:24:30.240 --> 02:24:33.360
set with his audio. Just maybe having

02:24:33.360 --> 02:24:35.280
been explained to him how the headset

02:24:35.280 --> 02:24:36.600
was intended to operate. We have ready

02:24:36.600 --> 02:24:39.040
checks that are being undertaken now for

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both sides. So it shouldn't be too far

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away from jumping into this game. I think

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France have made it pretty clear how they

02:24:45.840 --> 02:24:47.320
want this map to play out. They do not

02:24:47.320 --> 02:24:50.120
want to have to contend with that potent

02:24:50.120 --> 02:24:51.920
mobility of D.Va if they're going to be

02:24:51.920 --> 02:24:54.560
you know trying to play this demon. They

02:24:54.560 --> 02:24:55.840
want to try and make the battle as

02:24:55.840 --> 02:24:58.480
ground-born as possible. Not by standing

02:24:58.480 --> 02:25:01.120
jetpack cats influence of course.

02:25:01.120 --> 02:25:03.840
Route 66 was a bizarre showing for South Korean terms.

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The cop that they picked was deadly effective.

02:25:06.200 --> 02:25:08.840
They hold on first against team United States.

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They have a retake behind this transcendence

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that lets them get back into a strong defensive position

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even though they slipped up in the previous fight.

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So this team, not afraid to take risks

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and if they make mistakes,

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they usually can fix them on the fly.

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That's what's so terrifying about them.

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But France want to force them.

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They want to force these areas

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by playing that up tempo style.

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But South Korea have thrown a two fifths

02:25:32.600 --> 02:25:34.680
different roster at them now.

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It's a huge pit stop for them.

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They've retooled their look now,

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with he saying in Max joining the fray.

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This time though, for these two young players

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coming in under much different circumstances, right?

02:25:46.720 --> 02:25:49.080
Down 1-0, having to turn around the series

02:25:49.080 --> 02:25:52.240
that has started in a way that you did not anticipate.

02:25:52.240 --> 02:25:54.880
I think Korea coming into this match had to be confident,

02:25:54.880 --> 02:25:57.000
had to be thinking, we've righted the shift,

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we've fixed all of our wrongs.

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And it balanced to their flexibility there,

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covering a very different look.

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One that could be a surprise between France.

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South Korea said we'd learn a lot from that game in Busan.

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But that doesn't mean France have just been sitting around

02:26:14.340 --> 02:26:16.280
twiddling their thumbs for a couple of weeks.

02:26:16.280 --> 02:26:18.220
They've also made their own advancements.

02:26:19.180 --> 02:26:21.300
So now we're here to take the measure off them.

02:26:21.300 --> 02:26:23.100
In verse three series,

02:26:23.100 --> 02:26:25.660
our after-roof 66 with South Korea on the attack side

02:26:25.660 --> 02:26:27.980
Crocs will get his demon mirror.

02:26:32.620 --> 02:26:35.060
They test for Crocs here on the defense.

02:26:35.060 --> 02:26:37.340
France, they look amazing when they can take the fight

02:26:37.340 --> 02:26:39.940
to their opponent, but on Route 66 first,

02:26:39.940 --> 02:26:41.660
can be hard to get aggressive.

02:26:41.660 --> 02:26:45.100
In Korea, they look so ready when Crocs comes to those peaks.

02:26:45.100 --> 02:26:47.780
Interesting that it's the max of the demon win

02:26:47.780 --> 02:26:48.740
by all reports.

02:26:48.740 --> 02:26:50.780
South Korea have had Jun been really starting that role

02:26:50.780 --> 02:26:53.180
half, and both of them have had to pick it up to stay,

02:26:53.180 --> 02:26:54.940
can't stay more at all.

02:26:54.940 --> 02:26:57.640
And there it is, Storker takes the head, clean up deep shoulders.

02:26:58.240 --> 02:27:01.540
Just snaps him off there, a critical shot to the vine without the tracer.

02:27:01.640 --> 02:27:03.640
So hard to keep this part of his detention.

02:27:03.740 --> 02:27:08.540
Objective marching forward and France straddling to avoid being routed here on the defense.

02:27:08.640 --> 02:27:11.440
This is so huge for simple fans as well, Pucille is going to be chilling.

02:27:11.540 --> 02:27:15.140
Safe in that backline, limited pressure there as Crocs couldn't quite get to him.

02:27:15.440 --> 02:27:18.240
Kier, there's got a pretty safe angle to play from here.

02:27:18.540 --> 02:27:22.740
Doesn't get the dynamite detonation, find some extra damage on Max, but Crocs will also be slept up.

02:27:22.740 --> 02:27:36.740
Force was making himself back up and get back to work. Maxi with a bayonet, as he's trying to go quite deep, but Choron gets there with Kim, and Kia was dealt with. That Ash, as time goes on, could be a real threat. She's been dealt with, but Dip has re-returned to the fight.

02:27:36.740 --> 02:27:41.780
Nano on line for Syriot. He's gonna pop in here both of the clutch. Krox empowered, but he's already low.

02:27:41.780 --> 02:27:45.700
Korea still fighting mid, even in face of the ultimate. Krox was looking for a mega health pack

02:27:45.700 --> 02:27:48.980
and couldn't get it. The nano ain't bad either, but he's looking for the bio basically straight away.

02:27:49.620 --> 02:27:54.900
It means that the nano risk is no offensive value for France. And Korea get to keep dictating the tempo.

02:27:55.460 --> 02:27:59.940
Stalker gonna feed Kira, takes his own medicine with a Sky Noon over the top there and he hinders Grenade

02:28:00.660 --> 02:28:06.260
into the catnapping FDs. God, could have been a problem with Stalker. Just gets too deep there. That's dangerous!

02:28:06.740 --> 02:28:09.500
Crocs are about to fight two eliminations out of that, and Saab Korea!

02:28:09.500 --> 02:28:12.340
But Gikki missed it, just as they were hitting the fight!

02:28:12.900 --> 02:28:17.140
Looked so good for Korea, I thought for sure they could dive in and get the clean up,

02:28:17.140 --> 02:28:22.220
but Crocs had done so well in the fight's previous to have a laning break online,

02:28:22.220 --> 02:28:24.620
and he just cuts them in twain here.

02:28:24.620 --> 02:28:26.340
Now it's time for Korea to come back in.

02:28:26.340 --> 02:28:28.980
Huge economy advantage, they've got to close out first point here.

02:28:30.100 --> 02:28:31.300
Gioca another site spot.

02:28:31.300 --> 02:28:34.980
This time, Bobby's deployed defensively, I'll suggest.

02:28:34.980 --> 02:28:37.140
Jorong's down on a pulse, but no one doesn't seem to matter.

02:28:37.140 --> 02:28:39.740
Frogs have come up in the Guts regardless.

02:28:39.740 --> 02:28:42.420
The stalker out of the fight is essentially no coming back.

02:28:42.420 --> 02:28:45.820
And Kyo's going to play it up for aggressively to make sure Max is staggered out.

02:28:45.820 --> 02:28:48.420
Just long enough.

02:28:48.420 --> 02:28:50.900
Long, starting to run dry.

02:28:50.900 --> 02:28:52.500
But France have nothing left in the tank.

02:28:52.500 --> 02:28:55.340
It was huge for them to catch Korya off guard in that last fight.

02:28:55.340 --> 02:28:57.620
Actually gets a couple of key ultimates out.

02:28:57.620 --> 02:29:00.860
But nonetheless, Korya coming back with a cat nap.

02:29:00.860 --> 02:29:03.180
Satoriku's free, and even the limit break.

02:29:03.180 --> 02:29:05.180
France has to somehow catch them off guard again.

02:29:05.180 --> 02:29:08.180
Rangers fought for Zerion to be and he's so far forward there!

02:29:08.180 --> 02:29:12.180
Still has to trade though, have to get to make sure that they didn't lose anything for nothing.

02:29:14.180 --> 02:29:18.180
Trong and Zerion have to play back here. South Korea feel like that was a false start for them yet again.

02:29:18.180 --> 02:29:23.180
So they'll just have Max play up on the corner and give France the chance to get Zerion back.

02:29:23.180 --> 02:29:26.180
This branch of Gresh and they keep producing something for nothing.

02:29:26.180 --> 02:29:30.180
I mean, you would have thought that would be impossible against this Solvort Korean team,

02:29:30.180 --> 02:29:32.180
but France are doing the impossible so far.

02:29:32.180 --> 02:29:35.520
Oh, coach comes for Keo. He's gonna get out of dodge pretty quickly.

02:29:35.520 --> 02:29:38.320
His back's just descending at a rate of not, but he still comes at him.

02:29:38.320 --> 02:29:41.580
Keo has to get 10 with everything. The Catnap even committed to make sure

02:29:41.580 --> 02:29:45.120
that they could execute the Ash. Still a croc, nothing more than better.

02:29:45.120 --> 02:29:49.720
Fies his way into the back line. The Suffolk Ricky's spring extracts Serion from the equation.

02:29:49.720 --> 02:29:52.820
Franco are fighting on fumes, but that might be enough for them as Crocs

02:29:52.820 --> 02:29:54.920
doesn't need a whole lot to get the party started.

02:29:54.920 --> 02:29:57.220
Luma Break throwing out. He was hoping for a mega health pack there.

02:29:57.220 --> 02:29:59.380
It just doesn't appear what he needs it to.

02:29:59.380 --> 02:30:04.500
Can't quite catch, he's saying there is executed, and South Korea finally break through.

02:30:05.500 --> 02:30:08.580
And DGOT gets one back, but with the cards so close to the finish,

02:30:08.580 --> 02:30:13.300
surely the Koreans can get it over the line now, but France, a massive hold for them,

02:30:13.300 --> 02:30:16.460
running the clock, nearly bone dry on this first point.

02:30:17.820 --> 02:30:19.300
And now we reset the table.

02:30:19.860 --> 02:30:22.300
LBL with a shorter time bank for South Korea.

02:30:23.660 --> 02:30:26.540
My eyes are on the sky noon potential here for Stalker.

02:30:26.860 --> 02:30:28.860
G.O. is switched over towards the Cassidy.

02:30:29.380 --> 02:30:37.580
Neither casting nor you know ash has incredible mobility, but perhaps it feels like the great role combination might be what he needs to get on out

02:30:38.620 --> 02:30:40.860
Follow somehow after you'll have to get behind that

02:30:41.380 --> 02:30:44.780
Captus and avoid it and it may pull us like they used to Jake

02:30:45.260 --> 02:30:48.260
Incredible dodge and now has to come up from Kyo in response though

02:30:48.460 --> 02:30:51.700
Just holding the position of the car keeps moving forward the box over the top

02:30:51.820 --> 02:30:57.300
But get it on this back line and Max gets the nano simple immediately jockies back knows he's gonna be under pressure after the fact

02:30:57.300 --> 02:31:00.340
Dip just slips away though. Where is Max supposed to be?

02:31:00.340 --> 02:31:03.900
There's no valid target room to find and the pulse bomb gets stuck now all of a sudden.

02:31:03.900 --> 02:31:06.940
The tide to turn against the demon. Kiyos ever to roll away?

02:31:06.940 --> 02:31:10.620
Can he avoid the questing blade of Max? It's he saying that's the real problem though.

02:31:10.620 --> 02:31:14.940
Max will be topped up, returns to the carp of Crocs has been committing his own kind of

02:31:14.940 --> 02:31:16.940
deviousness in the backlight of South Korea.

02:31:16.940 --> 02:31:19.820
Fortunately, it just won't hold up against what we see.

02:31:19.820 --> 02:31:24.820
The attack side here. Have the momentum. Crocs is knocked out of mech and eventually down.

02:31:24.820 --> 02:31:31.300
Can't help but feel mentioned that this French squad, they just, they thrive in the chaos.

02:31:31.300 --> 02:31:36.580
Korea are just trying to stabilize this match, play in the kind of controlled style that is

02:31:36.580 --> 02:31:37.860
the signature of this country.

02:31:37.860 --> 02:31:41.500
But the French team seem to have just figured something out about this matter.

02:31:41.500 --> 02:31:46.740
Still, Korea stay on the test, one minute left, a crucial fight in a very difficult

02:31:46.740 --> 02:31:47.740
retake for Team France.

02:31:47.740 --> 02:31:52.260
Now, these are heavy tolls that South Korea are having to front to get into the map.

02:31:52.260 --> 02:31:56.260
Sio, over the top, this could be huge for the defenders, just one pick, just one.

02:31:56.260 --> 02:31:58.260
There it is! Soak it down!

02:31:58.260 --> 02:32:01.260
Oh, he's right above Simple. A brilliant sleep dart.

02:32:01.260 --> 02:32:02.260
Dazzling work.

02:32:02.260 --> 02:32:05.260
But Kier's gonna pick himself back up and it looks like Croc's joined up with the miss.

02:32:05.260 --> 02:32:07.260
There's still fight to be had. Max has had to double back.

02:32:07.260 --> 02:32:11.260
This is very disruptive for the attackers. They're gonna have to regroup off this.

02:32:13.260 --> 02:32:17.260
Just getting out of that door can sometimes be a challenge. French do it once better.

02:32:17.260 --> 02:32:19.260
Diving in deep sleep is out Simple's in huge trouble.

02:32:19.260 --> 02:32:21.560
Trouble. Oh what a shield coming there for Kroxen.

02:32:21.560 --> 02:32:23.960
Nooo! There would be a flashbang coming.

02:32:23.960 --> 02:32:25.960
He's able to stave it off comfortably.

02:32:25.960 --> 02:32:27.460
This has to wreak his free.

02:32:27.460 --> 02:32:29.460
What's an interesting decision for Nisa?

02:32:29.460 --> 02:32:32.460
Tracer's a lot freer than he is now. He's going to come for the OT touch.

02:32:32.460 --> 02:32:34.060
So relief. Okay.

02:32:34.060 --> 02:32:36.060
Max falls back.

02:32:36.060 --> 02:32:39.060
Tracer in the mix now for South Korea just to keep them going.

02:32:39.060 --> 02:32:43.060
This is not how they envisioned this series happening.

02:32:43.060 --> 02:32:48.060
France somehow look even stronger than they did on Busan.

02:32:49.260 --> 02:33:10.820
It is a shocker in Anaheim right now.

02:33:10.820 --> 02:33:14.660
The Korean squad have to be reeling.

02:33:14.660 --> 02:33:19.420
The signature aggression from France, what brought them that reverse sweep, surely Korea

02:33:19.420 --> 02:33:24.220
thought they'd solve the puzzle, reviewed the VODs, figured out just what they needed

02:33:24.220 --> 02:33:27.540
to do, but clearly they're still looking for answers.

02:33:27.540 --> 02:33:30.540
Crocs seemingly in total control of this match.

02:33:30.540 --> 02:33:36.180
A winnable defense though for Korea, don't want to cut your chickens before they hatch

02:33:36.180 --> 02:33:38.780
against the squad with this kind of firepower.

02:33:38.780 --> 02:33:41.540
Two deaths for Crocs on defense.

02:33:41.540 --> 02:33:44.480
A switch to Cassidy for Keo is on the money.

02:33:45.520 --> 02:33:47.820
Couple of dead eyes, really even the playing field.

02:33:47.820 --> 02:33:51.700
In fact, give France a chance to squeeze South Korea

02:33:51.700 --> 02:33:52.780
for another map win.

02:33:53.740 --> 02:33:56.120
Now we put South Korea in the ironic position

02:33:56.120 --> 02:33:59.100
of having to reverse them to advance.

02:34:03.140 --> 02:34:05.540
Tracking scenes here in the round.

02:34:05.540 --> 02:34:08.140
A defense that feels freighted with meaning here

02:34:08.140 --> 02:34:09.460
for South Korea.

02:34:09.460 --> 02:34:11.260
You've got to stop the bleeding now.

02:34:11.260 --> 02:34:18.220
cannot let France go up to zero here to put your team at risk of potentially

02:34:18.220 --> 02:34:22.900
being out of gold medal contention. The drought has been too long for the

02:34:22.900 --> 02:34:28.260
Koreans to let that happen. They need to fight back here and now and you have to

02:34:28.260 --> 02:34:32.780
start to wonder will that pressure get to them? This is a very different defensive

02:34:32.780 --> 02:34:35.940
look than we saw from South Korea against the United States. They don't

02:34:35.940 --> 02:34:40.540
have the confidence to bring the widow stand in, not in a tracer world.

02:34:40.540 --> 02:34:43.780
That's very much a standard composition.

02:34:43.780 --> 02:34:49.580
Tracer-Castley, simple on the honor, and Kio is insisting Kio on this widow.

02:34:49.580 --> 02:34:54.300
Pressure from Axe, I suppose, is going to deny that deep defensive setup.

02:34:54.300 --> 02:35:01.780
No attempt of a risky spawn camp here for Korea, they choose to play the corner.

02:35:01.780 --> 02:35:05.220
Two fights is all they'll have on this first point defense, they need to make each one

02:35:05.220 --> 02:35:06.220
count.

02:35:06.220 --> 02:35:08.220
It's a difficult point of return.

02:35:08.220 --> 02:35:11.220
No easy solutions here, they've got to fight to crack.

02:35:11.220 --> 02:35:14.220
They do have a high ground to play off of though, and Crox is using his launching power

02:35:14.220 --> 02:35:16.220
to potentially get back behind the billboard.

02:35:16.220 --> 02:35:19.220
They've begun with Crox in tow.

02:35:19.220 --> 02:35:22.220
Now they're claimed to be the top of the girls.

02:35:22.220 --> 02:35:24.220
And yes, Crox will be willing to fight for it,

02:35:24.220 --> 02:35:26.220
but only if he can see the favour of his shield is cracked.

02:35:26.220 --> 02:35:29.220
The mega health pack though, is available to him.

02:35:29.220 --> 02:35:31.220
He's going to keep him in the fight for the time being,

02:35:31.220 --> 02:35:32.220
now the longer the fight, the better he'll be.

02:35:32.220 --> 02:35:35.100
He said, up with his head.

02:35:35.100 --> 02:35:38.940
Croc's might lose his mech, but this might have been worth it.

02:35:38.940 --> 02:35:43.140
Pressure on the back line now, severely mitigated for France.

02:35:43.140 --> 02:35:45.380
He starts to get Zerio playing a bit more aggressively,

02:35:45.380 --> 02:35:47.380
a bit more impactful, he gives these bios,

02:35:47.380 --> 02:35:50.380
and yes, that exact thing gets dumped on simple.

02:35:50.380 --> 02:35:52.380
Four up for France here still,

02:35:52.380 --> 02:35:54.940
and Max might be forced to play safe for the time being.

02:35:54.940 --> 02:35:56.940
He's Hank, a pick here would change everything.

02:35:56.940 --> 02:35:59.340
He's here in trouble, he's slipped off by Max,

02:35:59.340 --> 02:36:00.780
the limit break is online.

02:36:00.780 --> 02:36:04.100
Korean's looking for the clutch, and Max, maybe he's done enough.

02:36:04.100 --> 02:36:06.380
Max out of mech, but that's still not bad.

02:36:06.380 --> 02:36:11.180
The issue is, is that he basically needs to buy these time to get the suit back.

02:36:11.180 --> 02:36:14.420
He can't just charge off the map and have to walk all the way back into the frame.

02:36:14.420 --> 02:36:15.900
He sinkles down.

02:36:15.900 --> 02:36:19.340
I think he overextended there, into Chiyo's spot on that high ground, Jake.

02:36:19.340 --> 02:36:21.620
Oh, this is terrifying. Power play for France.

02:36:21.620 --> 02:36:26.220
Every ultimate in the tank, Korea need an absolute mastery to bring this one back.

02:36:26.220 --> 02:36:27.780
Stalker forced to the low ground of Sky.

02:36:27.780 --> 02:36:30.660
Noon comes in, and Stalker is picked off again.

02:36:30.660 --> 02:36:32.660
There's no counterplay to it.

02:36:32.660 --> 02:36:34.260
No way that a diva in the map.

02:36:34.260 --> 02:36:37.860
Kyo's making the malicious use of the absence of defense matrix.

02:36:37.860 --> 02:36:41.140
Maxi's trying to play on the point, trying to avail himself of the health pack for the time.

02:36:41.140 --> 02:36:42.180
He just doesn't line up for him.

02:36:42.180 --> 02:36:45.700
He's going to be forced out of that corner, carved out of that defensive position.

02:36:45.700 --> 02:36:49.220
The Katnack comes alive in the draw, and it's a pretty timely pulse bomb.

02:36:49.220 --> 02:36:50.900
It's shrunk up by Crocs.

02:36:50.900 --> 02:36:53.540
He has the limit break to make sure he stays in there.

02:36:55.220 --> 02:36:58.660
And a first defense that falls short of expectations.

02:36:58.660 --> 02:37:01.780
A couple mistakes from South Korea here,

02:37:01.780 --> 02:37:04.460
uncharacteristic of the pedigree of this team,

02:37:04.460 --> 02:37:09.420
but we've been characterizing him as Wanton with his aggression.

02:37:09.420 --> 02:37:11.020
But that was calculated.

02:37:11.020 --> 02:37:13.220
He knows the reputation he's built for himself.

02:37:13.220 --> 02:37:16.020
He's pulling massive aggression from the Koreans.

02:37:16.020 --> 02:37:18.940
Pretty crucial 1v1 for Storkin' 1v1.

02:37:18.940 --> 02:37:21.700
No one else on France could intervene.

02:37:21.700 --> 02:37:24.580
A small window made extensive use of.

02:37:24.580 --> 02:37:26.780
Now, it is that South Korea is settling

02:37:26.780 --> 02:37:28.060
to these defensive positions,

02:37:28.060 --> 02:37:32.060
And in theory, get Stalker set up on a safe high ground, close to the choke.

02:37:32.060 --> 02:37:35.060
3 minutes 30 on the clock.

02:37:35.060 --> 02:37:39.060
For France, that first gap is crucial, but where do you go from here?

02:37:39.060 --> 02:37:41.060
It's just FDGOT's catnap.

02:37:41.060 --> 02:37:44.060
Can't be hard to make use of sometimes in these attacking scenarios.

02:37:44.060 --> 02:37:47.060
France are now fighting the shade.

02:37:47.060 --> 02:37:51.060
They serve themselves with that high ground, but in the meantime, Max died speaking to the backlights.

02:37:51.060 --> 02:37:53.060
There we are, a party gift to the biodecarré.

02:37:53.060 --> 02:37:56.060
Might not be enough there, but Charles got a little bit too close to the sun.

02:37:56.060 --> 02:38:02.400
Get down and bring it down and Max gets be suited and all of a sudden France bounce back after losing the first pick

02:38:03.560 --> 02:38:09.280
That is wild stuff. Chorong just barrels too close to Max and gets caught. That's collateral

02:38:10.140 --> 02:38:14.060
Korea they try to take the fight to the opposition, but France even losing one

02:38:14.060 --> 02:38:18.880
They're ready for the counter punch great peel from Crox and that he got getting back into that front line brawl

02:38:19.040 --> 02:38:20.360
and now

02:38:20.360 --> 02:38:24.920
Only the slimmest of margins for Korea and they're up against the sky knew and it's been there a colleague

02:38:24.920 --> 02:38:26.920
Achilles heel so far in this series.

02:38:26.920 --> 02:38:29.920
Maybe the last fight of the map.

02:38:29.920 --> 02:38:32.920
They're building into big banks themselves in terms of ultimates though.

02:38:32.920 --> 02:38:35.920
Can they hold off for two and a half minutes?

02:38:35.920 --> 02:38:37.920
Kyo starts this off with a sky noon.

02:38:37.920 --> 02:38:41.920
It's more of a zoning one, I'll be honest, but Max has his shield poking straight away.

02:38:41.920 --> 02:38:43.920
Goes for a limit break to try and stay in the fight.

02:38:43.920 --> 02:38:45.920
Xerion under some pressure in the back, landing falls.

02:38:45.920 --> 02:38:48.920
Did though, finds a polecloth connection on the stalker and the cast of the other game is huge.

02:38:48.920 --> 02:38:51.920
Now with impunity, Kyo can go looking for these key targets.

02:38:51.920 --> 02:38:56.920
Max though, what's the fight with Crox? He faked his a bit of Archie Farsi, but Crox bats out one to the mega.

02:38:56.920 --> 02:39:02.920
Max will also regroup here. Both teams, gentlemen's agreeing to come back off to reset the light of scrimmaging though again.

02:39:02.920 --> 02:39:07.920
Crox is chopping at the bit to get this fight done, but a pulse bomb might delay things.

02:39:07.920 --> 02:39:09.920
Is that all on mine?

02:39:09.920 --> 02:39:13.920
Whoa! It's hitting again! It's freeing!

02:39:13.920 --> 02:39:18.920
The most disgusting sleep I've ever seen! Stopped the dead eye and it tracks!

02:39:18.920 --> 02:39:22.920
We're talking about no counterplay, but clearly they've not met Xerion.

02:39:22.920 --> 02:39:25.920
And with that disgusting display,

02:39:25.920 --> 02:39:29.920
Frantz of Dunghouse, he's going to be out of the game.

02:39:29.920 --> 02:39:32.920
You've been married with Xerion.

02:39:34.920 --> 02:39:37.920
You're not going to fight for Black Death anymore.

02:39:39.920 --> 02:39:40.920
Wow.

02:39:42.920 --> 02:39:45.920
The question we were asking was, can they find a reverse sweep?

02:39:45.920 --> 02:39:47.920
Can they do that again?

02:39:47.920 --> 02:39:50.520
Maybe it'll just be the sweet this time, bitch.

02:39:51.920 --> 02:39:54.220
A completely shocking turn of events.

02:39:54.220 --> 02:39:56.320
Team France come out with the vengeance.

02:39:56.320 --> 02:39:58.120
It's not just the croc show.

02:39:58.120 --> 02:40:00.220
It's Kio showing up on map one.

02:40:00.220 --> 02:40:02.120
Huge fights from him on the Cacity.

02:40:02.120 --> 02:40:08.320
Xerion to close out Route 66 with one of the brightest individual moments we have seen in quite some time on the map.

02:40:09.820 --> 02:40:14.020
He fires up that sleep dart and fights back behind the billboard and is greeted by a hit marker.

02:40:14.020 --> 02:40:20.020
Probably the most impactful hit marker of his entire career.

02:40:20.020 --> 02:40:23.020
Five damage, Mitch, but emotional damage.

02:40:23.020 --> 02:40:24.020
Cannot be calculated.

02:40:24.020 --> 02:40:26.020
Maximum. Cannot be calculated.

02:40:26.020 --> 02:40:30.020
And this is a shell-shocked South Korea.

02:40:30.020 --> 02:40:33.020
Sat there in the reality of what just got done to them.

02:40:33.020 --> 02:40:35.020
There's war crimes.

02:40:35.020 --> 02:40:37.020
Crocs with 12k damage.

02:40:37.020 --> 02:40:38.020
Three deaths.

02:40:38.020 --> 02:40:41.020
He dies once on the attack side.

02:40:41.020 --> 02:40:55.020
It was great to see his perspective on that first attack on first point, taking bigger roles, but you know the aggression, if it was Watten, if it was Wilde, he would have been diving into that backline over extending, getting punished, but he just takes the peek.

02:40:55.020 --> 02:41:03.020
He threatens the possibility that he might go too deep, pulls a massive response out of the South Korean team, and then he falls back and stays alive.

02:41:03.020 --> 02:41:09.020
For me, watching this, this is not the sign of a player who knows only one style, has only one look.

02:41:09.020 --> 02:41:12.020
To be honest, against South Korea, that would not take you far.

02:41:12.020 --> 02:41:16.020
We discussed this in France's game against Australia yesterday.

02:41:16.020 --> 02:41:24.020
It's that even if France play into a demon mirror, in every exchange, they're always eking out just a little bit more value.

02:41:24.020 --> 02:41:30.020
Even when Max in Venice was being proactive, looking to be the one that starts the fight, he finds the first pick.

02:41:30.020 --> 02:41:36.100
the first pick. He runs after Zerion, picks him up. Crox always seems to get more when he

02:41:36.100 --> 02:41:42.260
himself heads to the opponent's backline. How do you win against that War of Attrisha when

02:41:42.260 --> 02:41:46.740
six times out of ten Crox is getting more value than you in so many of these fights.

02:41:46.740 --> 02:41:50.020
Max looks good there, I think he had the right idea going after the correct targets.

02:41:50.900 --> 02:41:55.540
But there's a moment that when Chorong follows, Max Impus gets blown up by Dick instantly.

02:41:55.540 --> 02:41:59.540
It's a really volatile game when you have to get past that in a mix.

02:41:59.540 --> 02:42:01.540
The game conditions have been changing in a second.

02:42:02.540 --> 02:42:03.540
Oh, never forget that.

02:42:03.540 --> 02:42:06.540
I don't think I've ever seen a sleep dart like that before.

02:42:06.540 --> 02:42:08.540
I don't think I'll ever see it again either.

02:42:08.540 --> 02:42:10.540
That is a thing of beauty.

02:42:10.540 --> 02:42:13.540
Reads the counter straight from Chorong.

02:42:17.540 --> 02:42:19.540
Oh, it is silent.

02:42:21.540 --> 02:42:24.540
They see that French team. They see what's going on.

02:42:25.540 --> 02:42:29.880
And at this point we've got to admit Mitch we have been underselling the French

02:42:30.460 --> 02:42:35.340
They are so much more than we thought they could be pulling up a shocking upset in Busan

02:42:35.340 --> 02:42:38.840
But frankly it was easy to call that a fluke a one-off

02:42:39.620 --> 02:42:45.980
Maybe the Koreans slipping up maybe with a bad metal read but here in at a high at the Overwatch World Cup

02:42:46.660 --> 02:42:48.460
in a game that

02:42:48.460 --> 02:42:50.700
Holds the fate of the gold medal in its hands

02:42:51.300 --> 02:42:54.860
There can be no denying what the French have accomplished so far to zero

02:42:55.540 --> 02:43:01.140
Perhaps we were blinded by history because when it's come to the BlizzCon arena,

02:43:01.140 --> 02:43:04.820
South Korea have always found another gear, they've always stepped up and in

02:43:04.820 --> 02:43:09.700
France's case specifically, they've always beaten them in those matches of

02:43:09.700 --> 02:43:15.740
consequence, in those elimination games, the medal matches. Now if they want to

02:43:15.740 --> 02:43:20.060
pull that off again, they will have to mirror, reciprocate the reverse sweep

02:43:20.060 --> 02:43:24.820
that France dealt them in Busan and I'm gonna take a moment to be real. They

02:43:24.820 --> 02:43:27.980
I don't look like the kind of team right now that can do that.

02:43:29.980 --> 02:43:33.500
And Mitch, we talk a lot about the Korean substitutions,

02:43:33.500 --> 02:43:35.180
the time it takes to get a new player in.

02:43:36.940 --> 02:43:39.900
You know, as much as that stalls things out here on the broadcast,

02:43:39.900 --> 02:43:42.100
for the players, it's a long time to sit and think.

02:43:42.100 --> 02:43:45.780
And when you're winning, we talk about all the other team must be suffering,

02:43:45.780 --> 02:43:47.820
wanting to get into that next match, not able to.

02:43:48.820 --> 02:43:51.260
Now it's a self-inflicted ruin for the Koreans,

02:43:51.260 --> 02:43:53.300
thinking about the state that they find themselves in.

02:43:53.300 --> 02:43:56.800
As a player, that's almost the last thing you want to do in a spot like this.

02:43:56.800 --> 02:44:02.300
You can't be thinking about the paths that came before, about the distance that is ahead of you.

02:44:02.300 --> 02:44:04.300
Should a reverse sweep be possible?

02:44:04.300 --> 02:44:08.300
It has to be one map at a time, one moment at a time.

02:44:08.300 --> 02:44:14.300
You cannot get ahead of yourself against an opponent that is proving themselves undeniable now in Team France.

02:44:14.300 --> 02:44:22.300
And while the players have to be fixated on this moment, this next map, we have to think about what's to come.

02:44:22.300 --> 02:44:27.140
The wearer of this game moves into our grand final to take on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

02:44:27.140 --> 02:44:34.580
France versus Saudi Arabia in a final? I would have thought it impossible coming into this year

02:44:34.580 --> 02:44:39.660
of the World Cup. These guys aren't just the fun whimsy team that likes to joke around and

02:44:39.660 --> 02:44:44.580
you know, hand-random reverse sweeps to South Korea. They're the real deal. Some of these players,

02:44:44.580 --> 02:44:49.180
not undiscovered, but definitely not thrust into the spotlight. The French scene as well,

02:44:49.180 --> 02:44:53.180
So in Overwatch eSports, has that moment, has that individual players that have maybe

02:44:53.180 --> 02:44:58.180
been able to step into Rosses, but as a collective, they've been like a good for top four team.

02:44:58.180 --> 02:45:02.180
But in 2023, they got swept in groups. A horrific year for them.

02:45:02.180 --> 02:45:07.180
Mitch, when I woke up this morning, I would have said, OK, France versus the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

02:45:07.180 --> 02:45:12.180
that's not looking good for them. But as we said here, too well in the series,

02:45:12.180 --> 02:45:16.180
I started to feel like that could be a competitive grand final.

02:45:16.180 --> 02:45:22.780
The French have figured something out in this meta. They've made it their own, bending other teams to their will and

02:45:23.740 --> 02:45:27.380
for Korea to ban Cassidy is remarkable.

02:45:28.700 --> 02:45:33.420
So also though for the French banning jet-bag cap, a shock to me given how well

02:45:33.740 --> 02:45:36.980
FDGOT has been performing, how good this style has been for them.

02:45:38.900 --> 02:45:42.420
It does make the question about how you're supposed to derive

02:45:42.420 --> 02:45:49.200
maximum value out of Demon, if we get it on this map. It would be ridiculous if

02:45:49.200 --> 02:45:52.660
Croc simply opted into an Orissum era to try and win the series or something

02:45:52.660 --> 02:45:56.460
similar. But the Castile Duthex been a problem. These Sky Dunes are virtually

02:45:56.460 --> 02:46:01.020
uncannable, especially in games where D.Va's banned. Keo looks to be more

02:46:01.020 --> 02:46:07.220
comfortable there. He did have a stint on the ash on Route 66 and you know it

02:46:07.220 --> 02:46:09.720
looked like he struggled a little bit but that was because it was a jetpack cut

02:46:09.720 --> 02:46:12.520
on the map, fairing the demon and taking the high ground.

02:46:12.520 --> 02:46:14.040
That's not gonna be effective here.

02:46:14.040 --> 02:46:16.040
So there might be a chance to run that back,

02:46:16.040 --> 02:46:17.940
or do we just buy a Sojin mirror?

02:46:21.320 --> 02:46:23.360
A lot of unknowns coming into this next map

02:46:23.360 --> 02:46:24.400
with Kat off the field.

02:46:24.400 --> 02:46:26.240
It feels like it changes everything.

02:46:27.800 --> 02:46:30.080
That's why I'm so surprised to see it from Team France.

02:46:30.080 --> 02:46:32.040
You know, you would have thought in a series like this,

02:46:32.040 --> 02:46:33.160
you don't wanna change too much.

02:46:33.160 --> 02:46:35.560
You kinda wanna keep the momentum rolling,

02:46:35.560 --> 02:46:37.720
force Korea to be the team to respond

02:46:37.720 --> 02:46:39.200
and change the narrative.

02:46:42.160 --> 02:46:43.880
Have to imagine, Lucio is gonna come out

02:46:43.880 --> 02:46:46.880
and as good as FD God is in the Lucio,

02:46:46.880 --> 02:46:48.560
it is Chorong on the other side of the field.

02:46:48.560 --> 02:46:52.080
It's a player with one of the greatest pedigrees ever

02:46:52.080 --> 02:46:55.800
in the main support role as an individual,

02:46:55.800 --> 02:46:59.480
as a leader of hugely successful teams

02:46:59.480 --> 02:47:00.920
throughout many years of Overwatch,

02:47:00.920 --> 02:47:03.240
incredible veterans for him.

02:47:03.240 --> 02:47:04.800
I think it's a bit of a gift to the Koreans

02:47:04.800 --> 02:47:07.040
to take Cat off the field here on Esperanza.

02:47:07.720 --> 02:47:13.720
No cat, no Cassidy, no Sky Noon, high Jinx, no Nonsense, still.

02:47:13.720 --> 02:47:17.720
He's brought to the kind of map where high ground is relatively scarce

02:47:17.720 --> 02:47:20.720
outside of that neutral zone in the middle part of the map.

02:47:20.720 --> 02:47:24.720
That begs the question, did France have the architecture to keep Crocs alive

02:47:24.720 --> 02:47:30.720
with this ridiculous healing throughput that dwarfs that of other teams at this event?

02:47:30.720 --> 02:47:34.720
And have him play the demon anyway?

02:47:34.720 --> 02:47:36.720
Loves the two buttery.

02:47:36.720 --> 02:47:38.720
Game's too good.

02:47:38.720 --> 02:47:40.720
I see it over in three.

02:47:40.720 --> 02:47:42.720
France have got other plans.

02:47:46.720 --> 02:47:51.720
For Korea, I think they're going to be quite happy to pull out this look, especially in the support line.

02:47:51.720 --> 02:47:55.720
I think they love to put their individualism on display.

02:47:55.720 --> 02:47:58.720
But for the French, it's going to be all out of question.

02:47:58.720 --> 02:48:01.720
Maybe more than we've even seen on the last two maps.

02:48:01.720 --> 02:48:03.720
This comp has no breaks.

02:48:03.720 --> 02:48:10.400
This comp also has pretty low healing throughput right tough to get bursty along crocs off. He takes a face ball of damage

02:48:10.400 --> 02:48:13.640
It's difficult to remediate that in a pitch

02:48:14.840 --> 02:48:16.840
Or off to the races anyway

02:48:17.800 --> 02:48:21.760
Some centers a little break functions like a sound barrier

02:48:22.280 --> 02:48:25.800
Crocs should need it. We've seen it used against pulse balls to keep him in neck

02:48:27.040 --> 02:48:31.480
Come here though. Yeah, very very different look stalker on the ember

02:48:31.480 --> 02:48:36.480
And his Arnawuyang promises good poke. Pretty high healing output.

02:48:36.480 --> 02:48:39.480
The Fyonite attempted it from simple. Krox is already in trouble.

02:48:39.480 --> 02:48:42.480
You can see how slowly that health bar is cooling back up.

02:48:42.480 --> 02:48:44.480
Perhaps he could win these fights early.

02:48:44.480 --> 02:48:46.480
They don't win, but this can't be a war of attrition.

02:48:48.480 --> 02:48:52.480
Kyo gets one, but the cost is high. They lose Krox back and Syrian.

02:48:52.480 --> 02:48:54.480
He's just clean up now for Korea.

02:48:54.480 --> 02:48:57.480
Max recognizes there's no one who could stand in his way.

02:48:57.480 --> 02:49:04.480
Again, a consequential first fight on a map where controlling this critical high ground is often decisive.

02:49:05.480 --> 02:49:13.480
Even also when you've got Emra to abuse, like extensive use of that sustained damage output from a safe perch.

02:49:14.480 --> 02:49:18.480
Yeah, she's gonna get pretty annoying. You've got a comp that, like I mentioned, doesn't do insane amounts of healing,

02:49:18.480 --> 02:49:23.480
even less now, with Kiri's offensive speed being reduced, and you're constantly dealing with Chorong Poukenu down.

02:49:23.480 --> 02:49:27.160
Falsely dealing with Embra, tearing strips off you at range.

02:49:27.160 --> 02:49:29.200
France have got a position very carefully,

02:49:29.200 --> 02:49:32.360
and stay out of line of sight for as long as possible before they engage.

02:49:32.360 --> 02:49:36.480
Crocs exepided from that high ground, but again, just can't really hang at length with Max.

02:49:36.480 --> 02:49:37.680
They will need to look elsewhere.

02:49:37.680 --> 02:49:40.320
Is this push spot already made its way through the underpass?

02:49:40.320 --> 02:49:42.600
Frontline trade almost not an option here.

02:49:42.600 --> 02:49:44.680
Crocs struggling to stake in the mix.

02:49:44.680 --> 02:49:47.480
Stalker taking the fight to him, and it's all Korea in the feed.

02:49:47.480 --> 02:49:48.160
Yeah, looking good.

02:49:48.160 --> 02:49:52.360
Pulse bomb there, unsuccessful for Depp and Zyriam knows the fight is essentially over.

02:49:52.360 --> 02:49:54.700
They bottom like a quick exit now and be done with it.

02:49:54.700 --> 02:49:59.320
So this is South Korea, they're looking at at least 60 meters off progress.

02:49:59.320 --> 02:50:03.580
Potentially that checkpoint now in France cannot answer quickly.

02:50:03.580 --> 02:50:05.440
We have a Sierra switch up in the Bacchio.

02:50:05.440 --> 02:50:08.200
Mitch, I gotta be just keeping a bug with you.

02:50:08.200 --> 02:50:10.200
This comp is terrible. What are they doing?

02:50:12.200 --> 02:50:16.360
This, you know, playing range for simple intro run, these are some of the best players in the world.

02:50:16.360 --> 02:50:20.440
And you're trying to gap close with the Lucio speed. It feels outdated to me.

02:50:20.440 --> 02:50:23.440
Tira has had an increase in projectile speed.

02:50:23.440 --> 02:50:28.440
Even if the damage of each shot has been reduced slightly overall it feels like a buff.

02:50:28.440 --> 02:50:31.440
Max here, here with the right click, just Geo finds the risk there.

02:50:31.440 --> 02:50:32.440
We're going to connect that.

02:50:32.440 --> 02:50:35.440
Tile blast on the high ground though, and he's that chaser's area on down.

02:50:35.440 --> 02:50:39.440
Also, look at the stun on Geo. They're all seeing two easy-to-be South Korea.

02:50:39.440 --> 02:50:42.440
France have had one pick in this map.

02:50:42.440 --> 02:50:47.440
Maybe more, but they've barely been on the left side of the kill feed.

02:50:47.440 --> 02:50:48.920
I think you've got the right tallymage.

02:50:48.920 --> 02:50:52.520
I mean, and this is wind in Korean sales here.

02:50:52.520 --> 02:50:54.280
A team that was struggling in this series

02:50:54.280 --> 02:50:56.400
gets a new lease on life.

02:50:56.400 --> 02:50:58.080
And for the branch, I mean, you've got a lot of time

02:50:58.080 --> 02:50:58.920
in the clock.

02:50:58.920 --> 02:51:00.000
There's a chance to run this one back.

02:51:00.000 --> 02:51:02.360
And you have gotten towards your support ultimates.

02:51:02.360 --> 02:51:04.640
Really the link pin and the success of this style.

02:51:04.640 --> 02:51:06.200
Three consecutive team fight wins,

02:51:06.200 --> 02:51:08.040
and yet just a single adept there for Stalker.

02:51:08.040 --> 02:51:09.840
Soundbarry is going to be employed now by France,

02:51:09.840 --> 02:51:13.280
as there's a nano on Stalker inside this override protocol.

02:51:13.280 --> 02:51:14.920
Big damage here from South Korea,

02:51:14.920 --> 02:51:16.520
and it cuts through the overshoot.

02:51:16.520 --> 02:51:18.840
Like hot knife through butter, stop the hip,

02:51:18.840 --> 02:51:22.360
bams off the assailants and moves back to the push button.

02:51:22.360 --> 02:51:24.120
As another dominant fight for South Korea,

02:51:24.120 --> 02:51:27.320
Harold's disaster for France.

02:51:27.320 --> 02:51:29.360
They're gonna clean this up or they should,

02:51:29.360 --> 02:51:32.000
but they're even losing Crocs' mech suit,

02:51:32.000 --> 02:51:33.280
Stalker staying alive late,

02:51:33.280 --> 02:51:36.160
and they got massive push during the duration of the fight.

02:51:36.160 --> 02:51:39.240
So for Korea, it's a back and forth trade,

02:51:39.240 --> 02:51:41.040
but one in which the objective continues

02:51:41.040 --> 02:51:42.320
to march forward for them.

02:51:42.320 --> 02:51:48.620
But now, France, not used to this, this series, have to fight from behind.

02:51:48.620 --> 02:51:53.340
They're staying on this sort of Sierra Juno look now.

02:51:53.340 --> 02:51:57.300
Definitely this Cassidy Jetpack exclusion has made it look pretty uncomfortable on this

02:51:57.300 --> 02:51:58.300
map.

02:51:58.300 --> 02:51:59.660
That's a good pick, though, to make use of this.

02:51:59.660 --> 02:52:04.580
He's had, blew a little bit too close to one of the most insane amours.

02:52:04.580 --> 02:52:08.460
We've got in the French scene, he goes to repulse there and eventually accounts for

02:52:08.460 --> 02:52:09.460
Max's face.

02:52:09.460 --> 02:52:11.340
So this will be some free real estate now for France.

02:52:11.340 --> 02:52:14.980
They're working their way slowly but surely back into Esperanto.

02:52:14.980 --> 02:52:17.380
Gonna get some progress on the back.

02:52:17.380 --> 02:52:20.180
The expenditure of ultimates from South Korea in the previous fight.

02:52:20.180 --> 02:52:23.180
The cost is significant now.

02:52:23.180 --> 02:52:25.180
Xerion holds onto the Kitsune Rush.

02:52:25.180 --> 02:52:31.180
That crucial opening kill on, he's saying, actually traded with significance in a match that was looking dangerous.

02:52:31.180 --> 02:52:36.180
Now William Pope continues to come down as Chorong is close to another title blast.

02:52:36.180 --> 02:52:39.680
Proxl, looking to be attempting to fight for that high ground.

02:52:39.680 --> 02:52:43.020
The healing throughput's a bit better for France now as Julo sustained that hook.

02:52:43.020 --> 02:52:45.420
He's now looking for a chase, blood or blast.

02:52:45.420 --> 02:52:48.420
Not gonna be effective in the end, he allows, he's saying to go a little bit deeper,

02:52:48.420 --> 02:52:51.520
but a continued rush for Zerion might have been octalated with him against this kind of thing.

02:52:51.520 --> 02:52:56.820
Max is down though, Crox might be soon to follow as the shield put on a cap for the pulse bomb.

02:52:56.820 --> 02:53:00.020
Zerion is handled as Crox is ejected.

02:53:00.020 --> 02:53:02.580
MVP performance from he's taking that fight.

02:53:02.580 --> 02:53:08.520
It was looking so good for Team France, but he's a, just creates so much opportunity.

02:53:08.520 --> 02:53:18.020
Korea retakes control, not only of middle map, but crucially of the high grounds that let simple and Chorong really show why this comp is so effective with Kat out of the mix.

02:53:18.020 --> 02:53:20.020
Over to the soldier now, for Kyo.

02:53:21.020 --> 02:53:23.020
Perhaps some more reliable mobility.

02:53:24.020 --> 02:53:26.020
Instable potential off the rail gun.

02:53:26.020 --> 02:53:29.020
But it's been mystery heroes for France for most of this map.

02:53:29.020 --> 02:53:30.520
Still plenty to play.

02:53:30.520 --> 02:53:32.020
Four and a half minutes.

02:53:32.020 --> 02:53:34.520
Once again, Crocs as usual find themselves right at home.

02:53:34.520 --> 02:53:36.940
Looking all good Max a nice little limit break connection

02:53:36.940 --> 02:53:40.760
As he wants to search for the max cut and nano boost to keep them fighting fists

02:53:41.260 --> 02:53:45.800
Don't reassert dominance of that overpass before looking once again for his opposite number

02:53:49.360 --> 02:53:51.600
You're gonna play within this this could be a little bit tricky

02:53:51.600 --> 02:53:56.740
It's gonna limit France to the locality of the orbital rain, but if you're not using to get Max out of bed

02:53:57.920 --> 02:54:03.720
Slowly calling into the map once more, but it's a pretty expensive fight. We saw rush shoes just earlier right here

02:54:04.520 --> 02:54:07.520
And outside of that, France are clean behind the ease.

02:54:07.520 --> 02:54:11.520
The healing throughput of the Juno has honestly changed things quite significantly for France.

02:54:11.520 --> 02:54:14.520
We talked about that to open the map now.

02:54:14.520 --> 02:54:22.520
Crocs with more resources to work with, and we see a little bit more of what has put France at the top of that support leaderboard in the Heals per 10.

02:54:22.520 --> 02:54:27.520
And the sustain is paying dividends, but there's a long way to go to make the comeback here on this map.

02:54:27.520 --> 02:54:37.520
High ground out for France as they push for this first check point, get themselves into a butt scratch as Max is on the wrong end of a pulse form ejected from neck.

02:54:37.520 --> 02:54:39.520
He says he doesn't want to be zoned but it might come a little bit too late.

02:54:39.520 --> 02:54:41.520
Pulsar torpedoes!

02:54:41.520 --> 02:54:46.520
That is a dirty slide off the pulse form, but it's too little and too late.

02:54:46.520 --> 02:54:47.520
We've hit that checkpoint.

02:54:47.520 --> 02:54:50.520
France are continuing to move into the map.

02:54:50.520 --> 02:54:56.520
He's saying no, earns his key for killing the curico, takes all the bags out of this board with a crash in.

02:54:56.520 --> 02:55:02.020
It's going to be hard for them to hold this position. They're trying to refuse to back down. It's a risky play, though.

02:55:02.020 --> 02:55:06.520
Just one pick. That's all they're looking for. But Crox has had a lot of pressure. It's going to be now.

02:55:06.520 --> 02:55:11.520
Kiyo up to the high ground. Can he draw a B on Max? He's going to charge straight at him. But Max has been enough for that he could chew.

02:55:11.520 --> 02:55:18.020
And he got his down. Kiyo found Chorong as well. That is massive. Essentially a true for one. And yet it's not enough.

02:55:18.020 --> 02:55:20.520
The joyride connects with Kiyo.

02:55:20.520 --> 02:55:25.020
GTA virtually is peace saying now we'll be able to handle Crox.

02:55:25.020 --> 02:55:30.620
There's some delay, but the bot will move back to the center of the map.

02:55:30.620 --> 02:55:35.020
It's gonna be a wall that before France are full 5, ready to fight for it.

02:55:35.020 --> 02:55:37.020
But this is progress.

02:55:37.020 --> 02:55:40.020
Back to the Lucio for France, we'll have to see if this pays off.

02:55:40.020 --> 02:55:45.020
Maybe offering a little bit more juice when it comes to the Gassune rush.

02:55:45.020 --> 02:55:47.020
For France, they have to get desperate now though.

02:55:47.020 --> 02:55:51.020
Korea in control with a significant pressure lead.

02:55:51.020 --> 02:55:56.940
And honestly, another Nanna built by Simple, who's been in heal pot this game, 7k heals,

02:55:56.940 --> 02:55:58.940
well ahead of anybody else in the server.

02:55:58.940 --> 02:56:02.940
I don't know what Max sort of do, is he please just get it in here?

02:56:02.940 --> 02:56:03.940
Oh my goodness!

02:56:03.940 --> 02:56:07.700
He's saying just emerges in front of Xerion and he already had that right click held down

02:56:07.700 --> 02:56:08.700
for the boys!

02:56:08.700 --> 02:56:13.660
Chorong's been picked off now, Max desuaded despite the Nanna used in the fight, Simple

02:56:13.660 --> 02:56:16.980
cannot keep his front man in the fray.

02:56:16.980 --> 02:56:21.960
Respect to the three God the boob on stockers NATO is free actually critical

02:56:21.960 --> 02:56:26.320
there I believe that keeps multiple players alive a tiny detail but it makes

02:56:26.320 --> 02:56:29.480
all the difference in the world the French need to keep their numbers alive

02:56:29.480 --> 02:56:33.920
this is gonna be there maybe their last best chance with 90 seconds on the clock

02:56:33.920 --> 02:56:39.200
forward spawn reachieve though for France that's reinforcements that much

02:56:39.200 --> 02:56:42.960
easier limo break on crosses strong is

02:56:42.960 --> 02:56:47.920
Lanking on Woo-Yang. Yes, he's looking to try and work his way in from the side, Julien.

02:56:47.920 --> 02:56:51.280
France are really struggling in this part of the map. Can't get a foothold.

02:56:51.280 --> 02:56:55.120
Max's dealt with sure, but that was an acceptable loss for South Korea.

02:56:55.120 --> 02:56:59.040
France get run, rush shot over, and Crocs may go be sad.

02:56:59.040 --> 02:57:03.680
Julien just refuses to back down and take a defensive posture,

02:57:03.680 --> 02:57:06.080
dominating the map control without Woo-Yang playing.

02:57:06.080 --> 02:57:10.080
He's saying, finding so much, France need to get a cheeky fight out here.

02:57:10.080 --> 02:57:16.080
Looks like Roxas with control! Absolutely dirty!

02:57:16.080 --> 02:57:19.080
Kiyoko out by a royal guard and France are going to have to back away.

02:57:19.080 --> 02:57:22.080
The sustained damage output has been extremely compromised

02:57:22.080 --> 02:57:27.080
and they're going to have one more chance to make a clean sheet of South Korea.

02:57:27.080 --> 02:57:33.080
He's saying he's been worth his weight in gold this series.

02:57:33.080 --> 02:57:38.080
Now in this map coming alive with some miracle kills.

02:57:38.080 --> 02:57:40.720
necessary given the resurgence of this wrench game.

02:57:40.720 --> 02:57:43.000
Kiyo picked off yet again, no idea.

02:57:43.000 --> 02:57:44.320
Lipper break here from Crocs.

02:57:44.320 --> 02:57:45.520
He's got to capitalize.

02:57:45.520 --> 02:57:47.840
Max under extreme pressure with the way it comes out.

02:57:47.840 --> 02:57:50.320
From the woo-young here in Crocs, he's realizing, I think,

02:57:50.320 --> 02:57:52.520
that he can't push any further forward.

02:57:52.520 --> 02:57:55.000
He was deeply committed to fall away from this now,

02:57:55.000 --> 02:57:57.400
but needs to be able to keep overtime going.

02:57:57.400 --> 02:57:58.720
And that's just too dangerous.

02:57:58.720 --> 02:58:00.720
Here's a title blast now for Hicks saying this could be

02:58:00.720 --> 02:58:02.400
devastating and knocked out on Crocs.

02:58:02.400 --> 02:58:06.200
After the sleep, Broke and Bailey play the game.

02:58:06.200 --> 02:58:09.560
Hands off the keyboard, but not in the way Crocs normally would like.

02:58:10.200 --> 02:58:16.120
As France crumbled here, the final hurdle proves to be just a little too high for them for the time being.

02:58:16.520 --> 02:58:22.600
Weird comps on Esperanto in South Korea, capitalised, and Kana Vaneeksh out in this series.

02:58:24.760 --> 02:58:26.760
Mitch, it's just one map.

02:58:27.080 --> 02:58:31.480
It's just one map. There's a long way to go for the reverse sweep, but this is South Korea.

02:58:31.480 --> 02:58:35.960
Players were talking they've been they've been real quiet on the camps in the post game in these last two and now

02:58:36.800 --> 02:58:40.080
Now it's all possible one is infinitely more than zero

02:58:41.680 --> 02:58:43.680
Grand determination on their faces

02:58:44.720 --> 02:58:46.720
They're thinking about map 4 and

02:58:47.160 --> 02:58:48.680
map 5 as well

02:58:48.680 --> 02:58:53.200
This one may have started with a bit of a stop a bit of a roll from France

02:58:54.320 --> 02:58:57.120
It feels like these have changed with this map win

02:58:58.560 --> 02:59:00.320
the difficulty

02:59:00.320 --> 02:59:04.720
With having to reverse with your opponent is that you eventually run out of

02:59:05.240 --> 02:59:10.420
impactful bands or so it feels there's only so many axes that you can target the capacity look from

02:59:13.360 --> 02:59:18.840
France have obviously made great use of those in this series, but obviously look check on a psychological level

02:59:18.840 --> 02:59:22.000
This has got to feel good for South Korea Chorong as well with

02:59:22.600 --> 02:59:24.680
Disgusting that a damage up on the course of this map

02:59:24.680 --> 02:59:31.680
Chorong is right up there with match and stalker, undamaged. Just pure damage stat.

02:59:31.680 --> 02:59:38.680
I mean, the Wu Yang giving so much done, those title blasts on He-Sang, allowing him to really have free reign.

02:59:38.680 --> 02:59:42.680
So many clutches from He-Sang. I feel like you can't take this guy out anymore.

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Like what he just showed on this map, he came alive from the team when, frankly, South Korea needed a hero.

02:59:48.680 --> 02:59:50.680
They needed somebody to make the difference.

02:59:50.680 --> 02:59:56.680
And for the French, I look at this, this is rough, this does not respond well to what

02:59:56.680 --> 02:59:57.680
we are bringing.

02:59:57.680 --> 03:00:01.680
The Lucio just can't quite close the distance on a map that is so long range.

03:00:01.680 --> 03:00:05.680
We're going to look back on this ship, Pac-Catban, and if you're a French friend, you're going

03:00:05.680 --> 03:00:07.680
to feel like that might have been a mistake.

03:00:07.680 --> 03:00:08.680
You've got to least chore.

03:00:08.680 --> 03:00:12.680
Let him move over towards his Wurrung here in fairness, it's about the pretty plays into

03:00:12.680 --> 03:00:17.680
his kit, and yes, Wurrung needs to be constantly doing damage in order to empower his passive

03:00:17.680 --> 03:00:33.680
but still, 7.6k is a little excessive. You can't get rid of that happen. And if you're trying to play, Alusio carry, he'll cop into that, where your opponent has a third DPS. Not remotely enough.

03:00:34.680 --> 03:00:43.680
Just no margin for error. You know, once Krox takes that first burst of damage, it's hard to bring him back into the fight. That's been so successful for Team France.

03:00:43.680 --> 03:00:47.040
team France. The French are going to take us to New

03:00:47.040 --> 03:00:50.640
Junk City for map four. This is the best chance to close

03:00:50.640 --> 03:00:54.000
off the series. If Korea can pick up another, the momentum

03:00:54.000 --> 03:00:57.280
is fully left the French. You gotta win here. You gotta win

03:00:57.280 --> 03:01:03.840
now. New Junk City was the inflection point in the series

03:01:03.840 --> 03:01:07.920
between these teams in Busan. It was a third map up until then

03:01:07.920 --> 03:01:11.600
South Korea had been taking France to task. Something

03:01:11.600 --> 03:01:16.680
happened on new junk city it was a three to two in terms of flashpoint a very

03:01:16.680 --> 03:01:20.920
close affair and I do think that moving over this map likely will necessitate

03:01:20.920 --> 03:01:27.320
you guessed it from substitutions here from team South Korea makes sense to me

03:01:27.320 --> 03:01:31.480
actually to be honest coming to new junk city feels like something like the

03:01:31.480 --> 03:01:35.760
vendetta the saunas has been so comfortable on opportunities for

03:01:35.760 --> 03:01:40.000
to have been to come in and play these aggressive frontliners they are

03:01:40.000 --> 03:01:43.040
are theoretically quite strong on this map.

03:01:43.040 --> 03:01:45.960
It's also scary to be pulling in players

03:01:45.960 --> 03:01:47.840
when you're just trying to put together a reverse sweep.

03:01:47.840 --> 03:01:50.440
But for South Korea, they've refused to back down

03:01:50.440 --> 03:01:52.760
from this ideal that not only do they

03:01:52.760 --> 03:01:55.440
have five incredible players, world-class talents, who

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can charge towards that gold medal.

03:01:57.760 --> 03:01:59.920
They have 10, 20, 30.

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I mean, how many Korean players could really

03:02:01.720 --> 03:02:04.600
be confidently standing on this stage more than just

03:02:04.600 --> 03:02:06.280
about any other nation in the world?

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That's an easy sell.

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It feels like such an appropriate face-off for a semi-final.

03:02:13.280 --> 03:02:16.360
Coming into this game, 46 maps have been played

03:02:16.360 --> 03:02:20.440
between France and South Korea in their World Cup campaigns.

03:02:20.440 --> 03:02:23.680
Every single map, obviously, lost by one another

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is to the team in front of them.

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It feels like a very appropriate conclusion,

03:02:28.640 --> 03:02:30.880
a way to cap off this really strange rivalry.

03:02:30.880 --> 03:02:32.760
Again, a rivalry that sort of existed in the sense

03:02:32.760 --> 03:02:34.560
that South Korea win the medal games,

03:02:34.560 --> 03:02:36.600
France beat them in groups, get our hopes up,

03:02:36.600 --> 03:02:37.800
and then it faltered in the past.

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But this series has started unlike any other from France.

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They get off to the races early.

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I want to throw it back to our desk, right?

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So he is a Francophile.

03:02:47.920 --> 03:02:49.440
So she loves France.

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She is a 3.0 South Korea predictor.

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Even though South Korea were beat with sweeps,

03:02:56.820 --> 03:02:58.800
by France and Busan, the belief is that

03:02:58.800 --> 03:03:01.080
these guys never underestimate opponent twice.

03:03:01.080 --> 03:03:03.160
They never get beat down the same way twice.

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And it was true today.

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They got beat down even worse

03:03:05.640 --> 03:03:07.600
at the start of the series.

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So for them to come back is going to take a level of grit, a level of, honestly, psychological

03:03:12.880 --> 03:03:18.320
solidity that in the past many South Korean teams haven't had to draw upon, haven't had

03:03:18.320 --> 03:03:25.000
to display, and certainly not in their run in this tournament.

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The world of overwatch has changed dramatically from all those years ago.

03:03:29.680 --> 03:03:35.880
Here in this World Cup in 2026, so many more countries have fielded truly impressive competitive

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rosters. Even nations for whom the professional scene isn't a common

03:03:40.000 --> 03:03:45.280
expectation. Players have risen to the call of this moment. A lot of young guns

03:03:45.280 --> 03:03:49.920
on Team France. A win here would, it's fair to say change their careers, change the

03:03:49.920 --> 03:03:53.400
rest of their life perhaps. Certainly as it pertains to the Overwatch

03:03:53.400 --> 03:04:00.400
universe. World Cup has been a huge turning point for many players over the

03:04:00.400 --> 03:04:03.880
history of competitive Overwatch. Even the best coaches with the best scouts

03:04:03.880 --> 03:04:08.840
can't always canvas the more far-flung regions of the world. Even France, even though it's pretty

03:04:08.840 --> 03:04:14.040
ubiquitous in the world of Overwatch, we're still seeing a number of these players being thrust into

03:04:14.040 --> 03:04:18.360
spotlights they'd never thought to command. But I mean, one of the examples I use all the time is

03:04:19.240 --> 03:04:25.320
back in 2016, Team Thailand features a player called Mickey, who is very charismatic but also

03:04:25.320 --> 03:04:30.840
incredible at the game. He ends up in that first cadre of Overwatch League players, makes a real

03:04:30.840 --> 03:04:35.080
name for himself early on and if not for that World Cup performance if not for the chance

03:04:35.080 --> 03:04:40.280
to show himself on the world stage that would never have happened and it's not the only one.

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Damage mitigated per 10. Here's a leaderboard of which it's the Koreans taking the top slots.

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I mean Max earning his subs in here. Junbin as well. Incredible blocking from them but look who's

03:04:56.760 --> 03:05:03.680
just the hair behind you. How is he? Yeah, obviously this stat can be misleading because if you get,

03:05:03.680 --> 03:05:08.680
I mean, if you get your cheese clapped, sometimes you're going to have a lot of damage mitigated

03:05:08.680 --> 03:05:13.400
because you take a lot of damage in general. And the fact that Crocs is on this list, sorry,

03:05:13.400 --> 03:05:16.240
I'm making this about the Frenchman, even though the South Koreans at the top of that list,

03:05:16.240 --> 03:05:22.360
but having such an impressive damage mitigation number while also being able to be such a damage

03:05:22.360 --> 03:05:26.800
as well. It's a tough balance to strike as a as a demon player. I mean it means

03:05:26.800 --> 03:05:31.320
that you are striking the balance right go too far die quickly you're not gonna

03:05:31.320 --> 03:05:35.440
have impressive stats in this regard. It's those players who pulled the

03:05:35.440 --> 03:05:40.360
absolute maximum attention to themselves who lead the team taking those risks

03:05:40.360 --> 03:05:45.440
perfectly calculated and yet staying alive to tell the tale. We've seen that

03:05:45.440 --> 03:05:49.040
from Crocs many times in this tournament despite his incredible ability to find

03:05:49.040 --> 03:05:53.520
those windows for aggression. He's also shown in this series, especially in those first two maps,

03:05:53.520 --> 03:05:59.280
that he can make those reads with near perfect accuracy, backing down at just the right moment,

03:05:59.280 --> 03:06:04.000
pulling just enough attention to himself, and yet somehow making it back to those trustworthy

03:06:04.000 --> 03:06:09.440
supports. And the French open with the Maga Band. I love this. We've seen this be for the

03:06:09.440 --> 03:06:15.360
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for Team USA. Be a go-to. A hero that, in theory, could have a good response

03:06:15.360 --> 03:06:23.200
Do the demon and this time it's Korea's turn to ban out the cat really does call into question

03:06:23.200 --> 03:06:27.760
the choices on that last map because now Korea I think they're they're very happy to be slowing

03:06:27.760 --> 03:06:33.360
down the mobility for crocs we've seen how good him and fd god are together yeah a very curious

03:06:33.360 --> 03:06:38.000
decision in that previous map it's after we are good to play a series with one more get packed cat

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ban than they otherwise would have expected it's up to come before bands so frats are informed

03:06:43.600 --> 03:06:49.000
that Junbin is coming back in. They can choose to target his hero Paul. A potent

03:06:49.000 --> 03:06:52.200
tool considering that Junbin and Max are sucked out basically because of that

03:06:52.200 --> 03:06:56.000
specialist status. But a targets band, a risk is always an option.

03:06:56.000 --> 03:06:59.600
We've seen from Macha played on this map pretty extensively.

03:06:59.600 --> 03:07:06.560
Dimon is still on the table. We saw Max play on Route 66. Like I said that all

03:07:06.560 --> 03:07:11.000
the interviews that teams out to Rear Cave said Junbin's our Dimon guy.

03:07:11.000 --> 03:07:17.000
You know, he after that loss, he extensively studied the hero, got in the lab, so to speak.

03:07:17.000 --> 03:07:20.000
And he had three outings for FD God.

03:07:20.000 --> 03:07:22.000
Wow, we talked about this a lot.

03:07:22.000 --> 03:07:25.000
And yeah, at this point, there's not many people that can boast the same thing.

03:07:25.000 --> 03:07:28.000
He has seen every era of French national overwatch.

03:07:28.000 --> 03:07:32.000
In 2019, he beats out career in the group stage.

03:07:32.000 --> 03:07:34.000
He got swept in the bronze match.

03:07:34.000 --> 03:07:39.000
2023, France were a factor.

03:07:39.000 --> 03:07:42.000
But they never really made the impact, not like this team could.

03:07:42.000 --> 03:07:48.000
But the desk was there, we used to, we talked about FD God as a rookie, young, hot-handed, aggressive, all in.

03:07:48.000 --> 03:07:53.000
We watched him grow up in this game. We watched him mature as a player,

03:07:53.000 --> 03:07:57.000
and also now someone who takes on a leadership role, veteran voice on the team.

03:07:57.000 --> 03:07:59.000
He's kind of seen it all.

03:07:59.000 --> 03:08:02.000
It's a voice that's critically needed in a moment like this.

03:08:02.000 --> 03:08:06.000
You came in with such incredible momentum and for an aggressive team,

03:08:06.000 --> 03:08:10.000
That's the perfect kind of high to be riding towards a victory.

03:08:10.000 --> 03:08:14.000
But when you get stopped in your tracks like what happened on map 3,

03:08:14.000 --> 03:08:18.000
it takes a veteran presence to try to retain that confidence,

03:08:18.000 --> 03:08:24.000
to try to rekindle the fire that brought you already and still so close to a series victory,

03:08:24.000 --> 03:08:27.000
so close to an appearance in the gold medal match,

03:08:27.000 --> 03:08:34.000
a high watermark for your nation, for the family assuredly watching with pride from home.

03:08:34.000 --> 03:08:40.080
And yet the opponent sitting across the board, however the score, maybe favorite experience

03:08:40.080 --> 03:08:45.120
for now, up against South Korea, you can take nothing for granted.

03:08:45.120 --> 03:08:47.680
You must earn every single moment.

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just around the corner for what could be the final map in this series but the

03:09:07.800 --> 03:09:11.160
jetpack cat band certainly raises questions it means that we don't see

03:09:11.160 --> 03:09:14.840
the Sky Noons being abused as aggressively by Keo it also means that

03:09:14.840 --> 03:09:17.880
Crocs has to do a little bit more legwork and I mean that literally to

03:09:17.880 --> 03:09:23.440
actually get into the fray to find purchase on these backlines that does

03:09:23.440 --> 03:09:27.880
mean that five will feature jetpack cat one way or another

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It really calls the tank pick into question here.

03:09:31.880 --> 03:09:36.880
Demon is available, but so far we've seen her so often in coordination with Jetpack Cap,

03:09:36.880 --> 03:09:38.880
fitting in incredibly well to that style.

03:09:38.880 --> 03:09:42.880
But how well does she function on a new young city without that vertical mobility,

03:09:42.880 --> 03:09:45.880
which is really what she's missing in her kit,

03:09:45.880 --> 03:09:48.880
like her critical weakness that is in some ways solved by the Cap.

03:09:48.880 --> 03:09:51.880
Maybe a straightforward rush nearer here,

03:09:51.880 --> 03:09:55.880
but for the Koreans I think they're going to be happy with anything

03:09:55.880 --> 03:09:58.320
that forces the French out of their comfort zone,

03:09:58.320 --> 03:10:00.960
that forces them to go deeper into the Euroboard

03:10:00.960 --> 03:10:03.920
because in that regard, the veterans here in the Korean squad

03:10:03.920 --> 03:10:06.400
has to give them the air.

03:10:06.400 --> 03:10:10.160
France are on the precipice of going further,

03:10:10.160 --> 03:10:14.960
going deeper into a World Cup than ever before.

03:10:14.960 --> 03:10:18.320
Team South Korea come here with the expectation

03:10:18.320 --> 03:10:20.480
that they would be amongst these teams.

03:10:20.480 --> 03:10:24.120
The expectation at stand amongst the podium

03:10:24.120 --> 03:10:28.120
and has many of their fans thinking it was only right for them to stand at the top.

03:10:29.120 --> 03:10:32.120
But France stand in their way with a one map difference.

03:10:33.120 --> 03:10:34.120
New junk city beckons.

03:10:35.120 --> 03:10:42.120
The Sight Root all began in Prussia when France slowly rested control of the series back into their favour.

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Now they wish to use the map as a springboard into our grand final.

03:10:47.120 --> 03:10:52.120
Chorong, here's performance from him on the previous map, rolling out with the Wooyoung

03:10:52.120 --> 03:10:56.720
again. What can he produce from the support role for the French? They have to catch these

03:10:56.720 --> 03:11:00.560
Koreans off guard. They have to take the fight to the opponent.

03:11:00.560 --> 03:11:04.200
We have the Wooyoung again for Chorong. It's after we allow for them to be able to get

03:11:04.200 --> 03:11:07.360
out of this player and hero combination on this barrage when they're going to lean into

03:11:07.360 --> 03:11:11.480
it again. It carries its own vulnerabilities though.

03:11:11.480 --> 03:11:15.120
France would look to exploit that if they can. They're on a curilucio background so

03:11:15.120 --> 03:11:18.720
but it will be susceptible to sustained poke damage.

03:11:18.720 --> 03:11:21.160
France want quick fights in and out,

03:11:21.160 --> 03:11:23.120
punch in, punch out, honest work.

03:11:23.120 --> 03:11:24.480
South Korea want to drag it out,

03:11:24.480 --> 03:11:27.600
make it excruciating, and eventually win the war at Trishen.

03:11:28.760 --> 03:11:30.080
Great rotation from Keith Rance,

03:11:30.080 --> 03:11:31.920
but now jumping in onto the back of the line.

03:11:31.920 --> 03:11:33.320
It's the branch who fight first blood.

03:11:33.320 --> 03:11:35.360
And Jumbin, without a jet pack out in his own,

03:11:35.360 --> 03:11:36.520
is his no man's land.

03:11:36.520 --> 03:11:37.760
There's so much of that engagement,

03:11:37.760 --> 03:11:40.560
and still the blade drinks blood.

03:11:42.040 --> 03:11:43.200
Crocs now, de-suited,

03:11:43.200 --> 03:11:44.920
We'll try to jump in down at this level.

03:11:44.920 --> 03:11:47.480
The behind all of this, France are able to get

03:11:47.480 --> 03:11:48.540
the first point cap.

03:11:52.480 --> 03:11:54.140
The French in these closer quarters,

03:11:54.140 --> 03:11:57.520
Lucio Kiri able to fight much more effectively.

03:11:57.520 --> 03:12:00.200
A tough first point, 14 South Korea,

03:12:00.200 --> 03:12:02.600
but this is a comp that scales well

03:12:02.600 --> 03:12:05.240
into the surrounding points of the map.

03:12:05.240 --> 03:12:06.520
So for team France, it feels like

03:12:06.520 --> 03:12:08.460
he must win start for New Jung City.

03:12:09.560 --> 03:12:10.640
Chorong here again,

03:12:10.640 --> 03:12:14.720
Operating is a bit of a sole traitor on the map.

03:12:14.720 --> 03:12:17.400
Crox is aware of Junbi, but doesn't see what a fighting is.

03:12:17.400 --> 03:12:19.360
Who thinks there's something else?

03:12:19.360 --> 03:12:20.200
A backliner?

03:12:20.200 --> 03:12:22.560
Yep, he'd love to disrespect Junbi if he can,

03:12:22.560 --> 03:12:24.040
but he doubles back and takes the fight.

03:12:24.040 --> 03:12:25.720
Kyo, big damage, look at those health bars

03:12:25.720 --> 03:12:27.000
on South Korea's Supper.

03:12:27.000 --> 03:12:29.360
It's a limit break from Junbi that claims their D-Governor's

03:12:29.360 --> 03:12:30.640
gonna take more than that.

03:12:30.640 --> 03:12:32.920
Fortunately, Sojun delivers on the tracer,

03:12:32.920 --> 03:12:34.800
finding his second kill off the fight.

03:12:34.800 --> 03:12:36.840
Krasda down to Dik and Crox alone,

03:12:36.840 --> 03:12:39.280
and Alasa needs some patching up.

03:12:39.280 --> 03:12:45.120
more health here on Korea crocs making his final stance getting low you believe

03:12:45.120 --> 03:12:48.480
it a little break it's true the fight don't think that get these suitable crocs

03:12:48.480 --> 03:12:52.240
still is low on health that's still an issue France have also stalled out long

03:12:52.240 --> 03:12:55.840
enough now that they need to win the fight to claim the flashpoint crocs is

03:12:55.840 --> 03:12:58.960
ultimately de-suited it's a big commitment of an ultimate to keep

03:12:58.960 --> 03:13:01.380
him relevant in the fight but it's Chorong falling empty got up to the

03:13:01.380 --> 03:13:04.460
The last France to win the fightouts.

03:13:04.460 --> 03:13:10.380
Sonjun was dangerous, but put to bed, and it's a 1-0 score line.

03:13:10.380 --> 03:13:13.060
Both teams looking for the clutch.

03:13:13.060 --> 03:13:14.060
It's Korea.

03:13:14.060 --> 03:13:17.380
Come out the loser here on that first last point.

03:13:17.380 --> 03:13:19.380
Now with some more space to work with though.

03:13:19.380 --> 03:13:21.380
It's Hufford Test for Team France.

03:13:21.380 --> 03:13:25.380
It's FD God's sound barrier that has to be perfectly played here.

03:13:25.380 --> 03:13:27.380
Korea with few defensive points.

03:13:27.380 --> 03:13:31.500
sound barrier that has to be perfectly played here. Korea with few defensive

03:13:31.500 --> 03:13:34.320
tools if their backline is compromised.

03:13:34.320 --> 03:13:35.780
Dropping on a pressure, who's gonna help the guy?

03:13:35.780 --> 03:13:39.220
Sounder in out for France to let them go that much further.

03:13:39.220 --> 03:13:44.620
Zorka stays off the tracer with some rail gunshot, but Junbin is completely besieged.

03:13:44.620 --> 03:13:47.940
Nook, do you want to start the fight? Korea still want to commit to this, but that seems

03:13:47.940 --> 03:13:51.860
inadvisable. Title blast knockdown, looking for RFC Goddard founded, but Sunjoon can't

03:13:51.860 --> 03:13:54.260
stay in this fight.

03:13:54.260 --> 03:13:56.740
career of spectators to start the next flush point two.

03:13:59.900 --> 03:14:01.980
Brands fighting their footing back with some signature

03:14:01.980 --> 03:14:05.140
aggression, showing that they may not need the cap to make

03:14:05.140 --> 03:14:05.980
their style work.

03:14:07.580 --> 03:14:10.020
And once again, what's range aggression? This time we catch

03:14:10.020 --> 03:14:13.020
a soldier off guard. This configuration of South Korea

03:14:13.020 --> 03:14:16.180
doesn't look comfortable. In fact, they look shaky. German's

03:14:16.180 --> 03:14:18.420
positioning is looked at all this with the rest of South

03:14:18.420 --> 03:14:21.780
Korea. And far from making that worse by being decisive, taking

03:14:21.780 --> 03:14:26.060
fights and driving a wedge between the front and back lines. They're already half-weightable

03:14:26.060 --> 03:14:28.780
with the second flashpoint.

03:14:28.780 --> 03:14:32.780
Supposing out the series here feels more than possible now for the French.

03:14:32.780 --> 03:14:37.180
Jürgen been trying to get in, pulling attention to himself, but Team France lays their focus

03:14:37.180 --> 03:14:38.180
on this enemy backline.

03:14:38.180 --> 03:14:41.780
They're doing this with a Kimi Lucio setup. It's beyond control now.

03:14:41.780 --> 03:14:45.780
Satoriki's free, claims one at least. Kyo eventually brought down, but Stalkerello

03:14:45.780 --> 03:14:47.780
mixes a big blow.

03:14:47.780 --> 03:14:49.780
Ditch steps up to the plate, tries to pressure.

03:14:49.780 --> 03:14:51.120
Empty God pass for them.

03:14:51.120 --> 03:14:54.520
That's simple. The nanoboost for Jun been letting him go further than before.

03:14:54.520 --> 03:14:57.320
But France have already gotten up to 94%.

03:14:57.320 --> 03:15:01.520
They're okay with this exchange. In fact, they're trying to get Korea to commit more.

03:15:02.360 --> 03:15:04.960
Oh, and the Russians. Syria going all in. They're in a great mess.

03:15:04.960 --> 03:15:07.720
Well, France going for a wild budget with this one.

03:15:07.720 --> 03:15:11.120
Korea, maybe they didn't see it coming, but the reaction solved so far.

03:15:11.120 --> 03:15:13.520
Crocs is alive though. They've been out of getting him back to safety.

03:15:13.520 --> 03:15:15.360
They've got to keep him up, and that's going to take time.

03:15:15.360 --> 03:15:16.760
Crocs is still low.

03:15:16.760 --> 03:15:19.800
Sunjoon finds Kiwoo across the map. It's an easy pick-off.

03:15:19.800 --> 03:15:24.280
The healing resources of France are being tested to their very limits here.

03:15:25.800 --> 03:15:30.440
It's hard enough to look at that. It's been a hubris from Team France.

03:15:30.440 --> 03:15:32.920
That was a fight that they had no business retaking on.

03:15:33.560 --> 03:15:37.000
They go for the rush. They go for the limit break. And in the end, what did they get?

03:15:37.000 --> 03:15:40.520
They already had 99%. This doesn't move the needle for them.

03:15:40.520 --> 03:15:45.080
It just drains the resources. For Korea, another gift, another chance,

03:15:45.080 --> 03:15:47.640
back into this map and into the match overall.

03:15:48.440 --> 03:15:52.360
Vital Blast for Chorong, then Zanjin can get deep here and find a big knockdown.

03:15:52.360 --> 03:15:55.320
Might not be necessary though, because he already accounts for deep.

03:15:55.320 --> 03:15:57.480
That is a straight up one versus one.

03:15:59.480 --> 03:16:01.240
Zanjin getting comfortable on the server now.

03:16:02.120 --> 03:16:03.880
Looking to turn the tables on the French.

03:16:03.880 --> 03:16:09.720
Jumbin taking a bit of progression, but just holding space for his deadly supports in the backline.

03:16:10.840 --> 03:16:13.560
That's two nanos built in two fights for simple Jumbin.

03:16:13.560 --> 03:16:17.360
going to get it yet again gets his jab and is off to the races and to go once

03:16:17.360 --> 03:16:23.000
the pressure show up in the back line he has the time of Boston so how I miss you

03:16:23.000 --> 03:16:28.000
old FV gone back in the flesh still defies him with a railing down and

03:16:28.000 --> 03:16:33.800
punishes that aggression parting gift predict one that he is eager to return

03:16:33.800 --> 03:16:39.120
but that off to be the next fight Korea pick up a flash point in routine

03:16:39.120 --> 03:16:42.000
France, any mistake is pastly.

03:16:43.920 --> 03:16:46.400
It's a pretty enlightening exchange there

03:16:46.400 --> 03:16:47.800
on that second flashpoint.

03:16:48.840 --> 03:16:51.600
France have to bring the Juno into the mix.

03:16:52.600 --> 03:16:54.240
They've also gone across the Bastion.

03:16:54.240 --> 03:16:57.920
Pulsarcio, a rather deep, doesn't find connection.

03:16:57.920 --> 03:16:59.560
Drobink's been forced to fight for space

03:16:59.560 --> 03:17:01.800
in the Chokin' Keo now.

03:17:01.800 --> 03:17:04.280
Gets in a wheels mode to stave off the demon.

03:17:05.920 --> 03:17:07.800
Little suspicious of this Bastion,

03:17:07.800 --> 03:17:10.800
good match up for the soldier and the back line supports from Korea.

03:17:12.800 --> 03:17:17.800
Okay, liver break game, you, Zerion, staying safe off of that high ground as Crocs is gassed with a biotic grenade.

03:17:17.800 --> 03:17:20.800
Franco over to back way, but it's been a flip for the point quite yet.

03:17:20.800 --> 03:17:23.800
So the high ground is in his power form as otherwise it would be.

03:17:23.800 --> 03:17:27.800
It's a safe place, sure, but it doesn't advance your game plan.

03:17:27.800 --> 03:17:32.800
Crocs sees Jim Bin, some free poke here with a curved up shot, and out of the back line he goes.

03:17:32.800 --> 03:17:36.800
Pressure is on, liver break, an option, and the rest of the game is still up, and it's interrupted.

03:17:36.800 --> 03:17:40.800
Cooks put the slate that he met as K.O. falls to Sanjian's pulse bomb.

03:17:40.800 --> 03:17:43.800
South Korea are putting the pieces together.

03:17:43.800 --> 03:17:46.800
Aw, simple. Holding that slate though was amazing.

03:17:46.800 --> 03:17:48.800
Why, they'd still lose a suit for a chunbin,

03:17:48.800 --> 03:17:52.800
but in exchange they're getting some significant stagger to kill Sanjian,

03:17:52.800 --> 03:17:56.800
even denies the escape from Syria with love and additional finer to FD God.

03:17:56.800 --> 03:17:59.800
But Juno, a little too slippery and stalker oversteps the mark.

03:18:00.800 --> 03:18:02.800
Finally an opening here for France.

03:18:02.800 --> 03:18:05.800
The question of whether it could be exported or not remains.

03:18:05.800 --> 03:18:08.200
Jumin's out of mech though for the foreseeable.

03:18:08.200 --> 03:18:10.600
France have a window, but they've got to make use of it now.

03:18:10.600 --> 03:18:12.920
He's spamming it up so fast.

03:18:12.920 --> 03:18:14.440
He's giving me back into the suit with a fight.

03:18:14.440 --> 03:18:15.800
Artillery strike.

03:18:15.800 --> 03:18:17.800
Cold comfort in a fight such as this.

03:18:17.800 --> 03:18:20.040
Kyo, focusing on the frontline pressure for now.

03:18:20.040 --> 03:18:21.720
There's the wheels mode forced out by Jumin.

03:18:21.720 --> 03:18:25.640
He doubles back to the rest of his team as Joron keeps the pressure on via this poke damage.

03:18:25.640 --> 03:18:28.920
Tidal Blast also just spent this one for Jumin.

03:18:28.920 --> 03:18:30.600
He goes for these, looking for the Bastion Kyo.

03:18:30.600 --> 03:18:31.720
They're knocked, knocked over.

03:18:31.720 --> 03:18:33.160
Joron keeps him standing.

03:18:33.160 --> 03:18:34.200
Xerion's forced back.

03:18:34.200 --> 03:18:36.260
Good step, not available by the looks of things,

03:18:36.260 --> 03:18:37.760
and somehow he's still alive.

03:18:37.760 --> 03:18:39.340
Still, Frost is struggling, bleeding out,

03:18:39.340 --> 03:18:40.180
there's health bars are low,

03:18:40.180 --> 03:18:42.600
an empty goal over the way, could be crucial.

03:18:42.600 --> 03:18:44.340
Troll, though, eventually is found.

03:18:44.340 --> 03:18:47.220
Front, bend, but they don't break,

03:18:47.220 --> 03:18:49.020
and they'll get their chance

03:18:49.020 --> 03:18:51.180
to get a second flashpoint themselves.

03:18:51.180 --> 03:18:53.140
And in contrast to the previous flashpoint,

03:18:53.140 --> 03:18:54.580
it's a phenomenal decision

03:18:54.580 --> 03:18:56.420
regarding the ultimate economy.

03:18:56.420 --> 03:18:58.060
They hold onto their DPS ult,

03:18:58.060 --> 03:18:59.620
they've got to rush as well in tow.

03:18:59.620 --> 03:19:01.700
Now it's time for the Koreans

03:19:01.700 --> 03:19:04.560
to siege this defensive position for France.

03:19:04.560 --> 03:19:05.920
Little low on tools.

03:19:05.920 --> 03:19:07.520
Sanjoon's fourth one could be huge,

03:19:07.520 --> 03:19:09.840
but it could just as easily go by the wayside.

03:19:09.840 --> 03:19:11.520
Apillary barrage here for Kyo.

03:19:12.560 --> 03:19:14.320
Grave, I'm trying to starve them out.

03:19:14.320 --> 03:19:16.440
Draw these ultimates away from them.

03:19:16.440 --> 03:19:17.960
Now they respect the artillery barrage here.

03:19:17.960 --> 03:19:21.240
Let Kyo create that bit of space.

03:19:21.240 --> 03:19:22.640
Holds onto each of those mortar shells.

03:19:22.640 --> 03:19:24.280
Just long enough, the South Korea

03:19:24.280 --> 03:19:26.520
have to give every extra bit of percentage.

03:19:26.520 --> 03:19:28.480
Dip, pulse, you're gonna hit those.

03:19:28.480 --> 03:19:29.680
Simply they're gonna fall back around the corner

03:19:29.680 --> 03:19:30.520
on back, safety.

03:19:30.520 --> 03:19:34.240
Jambini's in there like swim mail with a limit break to boot.

03:19:34.240 --> 03:19:37.840
He'll swing and Keo will collapse.

03:19:37.840 --> 03:19:39.200
Fraza down to three now.

03:19:39.200 --> 03:19:41.040
Zerion does commit a continue rush to the fight

03:19:41.040 --> 03:19:43.280
and Crox is going to go deep for the limit break of his own.

03:19:43.280 --> 03:19:47.040
Suzy for Zerion trying to stay alive, but he is cut into.

03:19:47.040 --> 03:19:48.080
Stalker's found by Crox.

03:19:48.080 --> 03:19:49.600
He's going to come on back to the point now.

03:19:49.600 --> 03:19:51.680
South Korea down to just four players,

03:19:51.680 --> 03:19:53.880
but still very much in fighting shape.

03:19:53.880 --> 03:19:55.000
Crox has been de-macked here.

03:19:55.000 --> 03:19:58.000
There should be a simple task for South Korea

03:19:58.000 --> 03:19:59.320
to get within striking distance

03:19:59.320 --> 03:20:01.400
of their second map in this series.

03:20:01.400 --> 03:20:03.560
Kyo's an issue, we'll be respected,

03:20:03.560 --> 03:20:06.280
but eventually he'll capitulate too.

03:20:06.280 --> 03:20:08.400
Simple, providing overwatch from range here

03:20:08.400 --> 03:20:11.240
makes this fight nine on one of the four of the French

03:20:11.240 --> 03:20:14.880
and Korea will close it out on the cusp now

03:20:14.880 --> 03:20:19.240
of forcing a map five of threatening a storybook revash.

03:20:19.240 --> 03:20:20.080
There's no way.

03:20:20.080 --> 03:20:21.480
Reverse sweep or reverse sweep,

03:20:21.480 --> 03:20:23.800
it's starting to feel like destiny.

03:20:24.720 --> 03:20:26.320
Not even Shonda Rhimes would have dared

03:20:26.320 --> 03:20:27.800
write this kind of storyline.

03:20:29.320 --> 03:20:31.320
Here comes South Korea.

03:20:32.320 --> 03:20:33.320
Pulse bomb.

03:20:34.320 --> 03:20:36.320
We're being grasped for Songjin.

03:20:37.320 --> 03:20:42.320
The front start with point priority here. You'll notice here that these demons trying to get towards backlines at the top of the map.

03:20:42.320 --> 03:20:45.320
You're just going to find his way in at just a moment, but Cox has already struck gold.

03:20:46.320 --> 03:20:49.320
Anyhow, he'll find another one. That backline had nothing to do.

03:20:50.320 --> 03:20:53.320
The most powerful heroes ever to touch down in Overwatch.

03:20:53.320 --> 03:20:56.320
Crop shows us how good she can be.

03:20:56.320 --> 03:20:59.320
That's Song-jin! Headbutt's a bullet, mid-flight!

03:20:59.320 --> 03:21:02.320
That's a big fine for Crocs.

03:21:02.320 --> 03:21:07.320
Song-jin and Cho-won were able to stay alive in that position. They can continue providing a lot of resource.

03:21:07.320 --> 03:21:10.320
Now Cho-won alone is just going to be run down by Crocs.

03:21:10.320 --> 03:21:13.320
Give him an inch and he takes a mile.

03:21:13.320 --> 03:21:16.320
Better enhance your Crocs. Looking comfortable.

03:21:16.320 --> 03:21:18.320
That's a kilometer to you, sir.

03:21:20.320 --> 03:21:22.320
Limber break here on deck.

03:21:22.320 --> 03:21:26.820
And Krox will continue to take liberties. Jimbin might have to double back and respond with that deep opening.

03:21:26.820 --> 03:21:30.320
Oh! One click. Felt like we were getting there.

03:21:30.320 --> 03:21:34.820
Sutton spends the recall though. Will take a back seat for a moment.

03:21:34.820 --> 03:21:38.820
But last now Sutton can go that much deeper. Pulse bomb should be an easy stick here.

03:21:38.820 --> 03:21:42.320
But he finds himself in the open! And Kyo is able to find him!

03:21:42.320 --> 03:21:45.320
Dear power, but got great use out of his pulse bomb.

03:21:45.320 --> 03:21:50.320
Frantz now hightling towards that magic 100 to take us to a decided flashpoint.

03:21:52.320 --> 03:21:54.320
Finding a bit of momentum now.

03:21:54.320 --> 03:21:56.320
It's been the techspark.

03:21:56.320 --> 03:21:58.320
Four crocs. Now he's getting low.

03:21:58.320 --> 03:22:00.320
Can he punish fourth? The back to the sports he goes.

03:22:00.320 --> 03:22:02.320
The bin? They're going to keep him in the back.

03:22:02.320 --> 03:22:04.320
They've got a nanowim in the Ximple. Let's it go straight away.

03:22:04.320 --> 03:22:06.320
There wasn't a limit break available to Jungbin,

03:22:06.320 --> 03:22:08.320
but he's going to save that for a rainy day.

03:22:08.320 --> 03:22:10.320
It might be about now, because Cox is having it again.

03:22:10.320 --> 03:22:13.320
He's got him in the cookie jar, and no one can stop him.

03:22:13.320 --> 03:22:15.320
No healing left for South Korea.

03:22:15.320 --> 03:22:18.320
This seems impossible for them to avert.

03:22:18.320 --> 03:22:21.320
They get a flip. It is just Jungbin.

03:22:21.320 --> 03:22:24.440
sat on the points as his team was cut out from under him.

03:22:24.440 --> 03:22:26.040
Sojourn now is coming back into the fight.

03:22:26.040 --> 03:22:26.920
Keyleth was handled now.

03:22:26.920 --> 03:22:29.120
Crox though quickly snapped into attention.

03:22:29.120 --> 03:22:31.040
Friar's confessed in the point of Crox with a gun.

03:22:31.040 --> 03:22:32.160
Sojourn down.

03:22:32.160 --> 03:22:33.880
Djembe now forced a fight for this face.

03:22:33.880 --> 03:22:35.960
He actually back-capped earlier.

03:22:35.960 --> 03:22:37.880
Limber break comes through, but that overshilder's cut

03:22:37.880 --> 03:22:39.720
through rather fast as well.

03:22:39.720 --> 03:22:41.120
Five up for Friar's continued rush.

03:22:41.120 --> 03:22:42.280
Now being committed to the five was there.

03:22:42.280 --> 03:22:43.840
And the Crox is put to sleep.

03:22:43.840 --> 03:22:46.520
Somehow amidst that ultimate, Djembe now can fight.

03:22:46.520 --> 03:22:47.840
He can look for the back line.

03:22:47.840 --> 03:22:49.800
Shilder's thrown up though, and he will be surrounded.

03:22:49.800 --> 03:22:52.380
It's a de-suit. Franz in control of the point.

03:22:52.380 --> 03:22:54.140
Crocs has to give up his mech as well,

03:22:54.140 --> 03:22:57.420
but Xerion gets into the fray and deals with a de-suited.

03:22:57.420 --> 03:22:59.300
It's Franz back in the game,

03:22:59.300 --> 03:23:01.220
backward and striking distance,

03:23:01.220 --> 03:23:03.220
as they snatch the Flashpoint away.

03:23:03.220 --> 03:23:05.980
Korea's showing that you can battle them,

03:23:05.980 --> 03:23:09.620
but they will not give up until the bitter end.

03:23:09.620 --> 03:23:12.940
But it's come to that niche, a decisive Flashpoint.

03:23:12.940 --> 03:23:14.940
What's called upon here for both teams,

03:23:14.940 --> 03:23:17.820
for the French, a win here ends the series,

03:23:17.820 --> 03:23:19.900
puts you in gold medal contention.

03:23:21.380 --> 03:23:24.860
And for Korea, a fall to the third place match,

03:23:24.860 --> 03:23:27.920
almost unimaginable for a team of their strength.

03:23:28.780 --> 03:23:29.780
You'll start with the overclock here.

03:23:29.780 --> 03:23:31.100
Kido, he's done it!

03:23:31.100 --> 03:23:33.260
Chorong take it down, another brilliant start.

03:23:33.260 --> 03:23:35.500
A dream beginning here for France.

03:23:35.500 --> 03:23:37.740
One at the side of Flashpoint.

03:23:37.740 --> 03:23:40.500
And Junbin is pursued by rail gun shots.

03:23:40.500 --> 03:23:42.700
He'll be de-macked and forced to make a quick exit

03:23:42.700 --> 03:23:44.700
to avoid the stagger.

03:23:44.700 --> 03:23:53.700
This is still the perfect beginning for Team France, especially in a fight where they're still building up their support ultimates, it feels so free.

03:23:55.200 --> 03:24:00.700
Pulse Bomb being titled blast, playmaking ultimates, which tracer can find more?

03:24:02.200 --> 03:24:05.700
For the French though, the clock is now in their favor, holding out point control.

03:24:05.700 --> 03:24:09.700
Jumping isolated, look at the benefit of the title blast, takes it to Crocs.

03:24:09.700 --> 03:24:10.900
Stop knocked down though.

03:24:10.900 --> 03:24:12.660
Dip gonna try and circle, find another post problem.

03:24:12.660 --> 03:24:14.420
And now he's left out.

03:24:14.420 --> 03:24:17.060
That is on the face indeed.

03:24:17.060 --> 03:24:18.260
Chorong somehow stays alive.

03:24:18.260 --> 03:24:20.820
As simple as just pumping him with those heals.

03:24:20.820 --> 03:24:22.340
Fran's gonna have to give up a point here,

03:24:22.340 --> 03:24:23.460
whichever way you slice it.

03:24:23.460 --> 03:24:25.060
That was a brutal fight for them.

03:24:26.620 --> 03:24:29.940
This map has been knife lawless from simple.

03:24:29.940 --> 03:24:33.020
I mean, an honor performance for the ages.

03:24:33.020 --> 03:24:35.420
And one that feels necessary,

03:24:35.420 --> 03:24:37.900
given how close the match remains.

03:24:37.900 --> 03:24:43.180
for Korea they need a win to stay alive here but in point control this honor

03:24:43.180 --> 03:24:46.780
but we ain't can really dig their heels in and play the space comfortably

03:24:46.780 --> 03:24:51.060
Chorong's having another map where he's putting out DPS level numbers in terms

03:24:51.060 --> 03:24:54.460
of damage there's that man I put you in simple for building him constantly there's

03:24:54.460 --> 03:24:58.140
just no escape you think how did you get out what a slide

03:24:58.140 --> 03:25:01.900
dream in doesn't want to sort of pursue him but he gets the orbital ray out

03:25:01.900 --> 03:25:05.860
that's a good result for France here's the fight

03:25:05.860 --> 03:25:11.260
Now Stalker's able to jump away from the limber break, though his dip is dealt with yet again, having a dark spot here on this tracer.

03:25:11.260 --> 03:25:15.160
And it might be too late to save the map now, but Francis Stalker is on that hook!

03:25:15.160 --> 03:25:17.060
And it is up to his name!

03:25:17.060 --> 03:25:25.460
Even Grock's kind of costume for long enough that South Korea have determined to give its maximum of a watch in this semi-final.

03:25:25.460 --> 03:25:30.460
Korea, they split across the map, they know dip has to touch for this overtime, and he's already confound.

03:25:30.460 --> 03:25:33.960
Game they can go! It'll be that hard, he in the round!

03:25:35.860 --> 03:25:52.580
history has such a funny way of coming full circle this time to a little quicker than

03:25:52.580 --> 03:26:00.300
we would have expected in Busan it was dominant South Korea into a reverse sweep by Franz and

03:26:00.300 --> 03:26:05.300
In Anaheim, it is the exact opposite so far.

03:26:06.540 --> 03:26:10.180
So you need to win three maps to win the reverse sweep.

03:26:10.180 --> 03:26:13.020
South Korea though, have gotten themselves in position

03:26:13.980 --> 03:26:15.360
to do the unthinkable.

03:26:18.720 --> 03:26:20.380
I mean, what an embarrassment of riches

03:26:20.380 --> 03:26:22.700
in the flex DPS department for Korea.

03:26:22.700 --> 03:26:26.220
Ki Sang and Saundran going blow for blow,

03:26:26.220 --> 03:26:27.780
band for band in this series,

03:26:27.780 --> 03:26:29.900
putting up back to back, map wins.

03:26:30.300 --> 03:26:33.700
brick by brick building towards a reverse sweep.

03:26:33.700 --> 03:26:37.420
And to be the team coming into that map five with momentum,

03:26:37.420 --> 03:26:39.780
yes, impactful bands may be off the field,

03:26:40.900 --> 03:26:42.940
but it's undeniable the change

03:26:42.940 --> 03:26:46.480
invites the emotional tenor for this Korean team.

03:26:47.540 --> 03:26:50.500
As they look now, unthink for the win

03:26:50.500 --> 03:26:53.100
rather than trying to escape that loss.

03:26:53.100 --> 03:26:55.140
Jack, there is a certain pack of them in the room

03:26:55.140 --> 03:26:56.500
that needs to be addressed.

03:26:56.500 --> 03:27:02.500
Sondruun has the lowest depth on his team with 7. Has a great tracer game in general.

03:27:02.500 --> 03:27:08.500
Dip dies 12 times on the tracer. Gets exploited. Ends up having a really tough map.

03:27:08.500 --> 03:27:13.500
One of which he cannot express himself to the level we've seen over the course of the series.

03:27:13.500 --> 03:27:19.500
The pulse bombs weren't hitting. In fairness, he didn't have the title, the title blast help.

03:27:19.500 --> 03:27:23.500
And each strike was, gets caught out in the open, gets slept. It's just top level play from...

03:27:23.500 --> 03:27:26.980
Plays like simple and troll that make it so difficult for them

03:27:28.180 --> 03:27:32.980
Where a son turn gets to spread his legs spread his wings and cause a heck of a lot of headaches

03:27:34.060 --> 03:27:37.140
Keo still firing on all cylinders this map

03:27:38.340 --> 03:27:41.940
But I think it's only fair to talk about the challenges did based in that map

03:27:41.940 --> 03:27:44.460
I mean son should found him first in the 1v1

03:27:45.140 --> 03:27:50.160
way too many times in this map way too many opportunities created for a South Korean team that

03:27:50.160 --> 03:27:56.160
needs little advantage to close out these fights and now the series the

03:27:56.160 --> 03:28:00.120
pass and fades away there's only one more map left to play one that will

03:28:00.120 --> 03:28:06.240
decide the fate of these teams every time we spoke with our French players in

03:28:06.240 --> 03:28:10.440
the lead up to this tournament they were convinced it wasn't just bravado I'm

03:28:10.440 --> 03:28:14.640
certain it wasn't just for show coming out of Busan they truly believe that

03:28:14.640 --> 03:28:20.040
they would be the next team to hold the World Cup trophy loft but now now

03:28:20.040 --> 03:28:22.760
Now the doubt starts to creep in.

03:28:22.760 --> 03:28:24.800
All that bluff and bluster you've walked into the arena with,

03:28:24.800 --> 03:28:27.560
there's been enough time for that to dissipate.

03:28:27.560 --> 03:28:30.640
There's been enough of a drought since a map win.

03:28:30.640 --> 03:28:33.160
You start to question whether this really

03:28:33.160 --> 03:28:36.800
is the series belonging to you as you claimed it.

03:28:36.800 --> 03:28:39.960
A hugely consequential decision right now

03:28:39.960 --> 03:28:41.880
between these two young men.

03:28:41.880 --> 03:28:44.440
Who will be the ones to carry the flag into a map five

03:28:44.440 --> 03:28:48.640
that can either live on in vaunted memory

03:28:48.640 --> 03:28:53.600
You're one that you remember all too often as you go to sleep.

03:28:53.600 --> 03:29:00.740
South Korea, a 2026 defined by a reverse sweep loss in groups into a

03:29:00.740 --> 03:29:06.040
failed reverse sweep at the World Cup itself. Well that would, I think that would

03:29:06.040 --> 03:29:10.080
leave a scar that on a cold day would certainly twinge many years into the

03:29:10.080 --> 03:29:14.200
future and it wouldn't be a Team South Korea series if it weren't wholesale

03:29:14.200 --> 03:29:21.400
retolling the team in between every map. Looks like Son Jun and Jun Bin are stepping aside.

03:29:22.760 --> 03:29:28.680
Team France, it is map five, but they will have map pick control. They will be able to set the

03:29:28.680 --> 03:29:35.560
tenor with bans. However, the, I mean, banning against Korea, how much mileage does that really

03:29:35.560 --> 03:29:40.440
give you, right? You will see Max coming in, knowing, okay, maybe you can attack that girl,

03:29:40.440 --> 03:29:42.440
But the D.Va is protected now, crucially, right?

03:29:42.440 --> 03:29:44.440
You use that for the win under 66.

03:29:44.440 --> 03:29:47.440
Well worth it, right? You can't argue with a map win.

03:29:48.440 --> 03:29:50.440
But on Ikebald, it's a very relevant pick.

03:29:50.440 --> 03:29:52.440
One that could be highly consequential.

03:29:52.440 --> 03:29:55.440
By the same token, is there any other map

03:29:55.440 --> 03:29:58.440
where the Cassidy and the Cat can do more?

03:29:58.440 --> 03:30:00.440
I think the Korea has to mirror that.

03:30:00.440 --> 03:30:03.440
I really, we need to see a big game out of Stalker.

03:30:03.440 --> 03:30:06.440
Because, you know, for me, has been the better Cassidy this series.

03:30:06.440 --> 03:30:09.440
Stalker may be showing more depth down the stretch,

03:30:09.440 --> 03:30:13.040
feeling very comfortable on options like the Emory and the Soldier.

03:30:13.040 --> 03:30:15.840
But Kyo's Cassidy on the ice as it's more than those high notes.

03:30:15.840 --> 03:30:19.120
He's producing kills of a singular variety, right?

03:30:19.120 --> 03:30:20.160
Headshots out of the sky.

03:30:20.160 --> 03:30:22.640
Those are few and far between for many other players,

03:30:22.640 --> 03:30:23.760
not for Kyo in this series.

03:30:23.760 --> 03:30:26.560
And he's been doing it honestly the whole time out here in Anaheim

03:30:26.560 --> 03:30:27.840
in the matchup against Australia,

03:30:27.840 --> 03:30:32.080
where Kappa was basically filling up 85% of his monitor for the whole game.

03:30:32.080 --> 03:30:33.600
He was still able to find elimination,

03:30:33.600 --> 03:30:35.120
still at least trade his life,

03:30:35.120 --> 03:30:37.760
even when a demon was barreling straight towards him.

03:30:39.440 --> 03:30:45.440
in France at the hold on, trying to land the plane, but all of a sudden things are getting a little shaky.

03:30:45.440 --> 03:30:49.440
Still plenty of energy and the French contingent, though it's great to hear.

03:30:49.440 --> 03:30:55.440
We're being reminded now exactly why no one wants to count South Korea out.

03:30:55.440 --> 03:31:00.440
Exactly why our desk all felt that even though they were beat in Busan,

03:31:00.440 --> 03:31:02.440
they would come back with a vengeance.

03:31:02.440 --> 03:31:05.440
But I'm not sure if we expected them to have to dig so deep yet again.

03:31:05.440 --> 03:31:09.220
This time they do it with the knowledge of they know exactly who this French team are

03:31:09.540 --> 03:31:12.100
They faced it once they approach this game with respect

03:31:12.100 --> 03:31:16.240
Maybe some degree of reverence leads appropriate for a top four stage at the World Cup

03:31:16.240 --> 03:31:22.940
And they are having to use seven players to answer this tour de force this French outfit

03:31:24.460 --> 03:31:29.060
So far these last couple of maps they've had the answers what I wanted to raise this again

03:31:29.060 --> 03:31:31.800
I brought it up early in the series in order to reverse with your opponents

03:31:31.800 --> 03:31:38.800
To win a map 5, you have to do it without access to bans that let you attack your enemy's

03:31:38.800 --> 03:31:39.800
strengths.

03:31:39.800 --> 03:31:40.800
You don't have a cap bet anymore.

03:31:40.800 --> 03:31:42.300
You can't go after the demon.

03:31:42.300 --> 03:31:43.800
Cassidy, forget about it.

03:31:43.800 --> 03:31:46.040
Those aren't options.

03:31:46.040 --> 03:31:49.600
So now France don't have to deal with the woes of trying to play a Lucio-Kiri backline

03:31:49.600 --> 03:31:54.960
and struggle against poke comps, need to win fast fights, have to take bigger risks, have

03:31:54.960 --> 03:32:01.400
less of a buffer to come back after taking big burst damage or losing a player.

03:32:01.400 --> 03:32:11.400
We can't at least get to go out of this game one way or another playing what got them here in the first place without outside interference, without fans compromising their ability to play their game.

03:32:12.400 --> 03:32:26.400
Conversely, I could say the same for the South Korea team. They got one chance. They put their best foot forward. They show us the very best of the undeniably best region in Overwatch ever since 2016.

03:32:26.400 --> 03:32:29.440
Now you have to make their statement and say we still belong in the head of the table.

03:32:29.440 --> 03:32:32.880
We belong in that top two game. We deserve a crack at Saudi Arabia.

03:32:32.880 --> 03:32:38.560
A team that evaded them in 2023. They never really got to have that sort of grand finals

03:32:38.560 --> 03:32:45.040
match up against them. In fact, they languished in a third, fourth place game where Finland went to town on them.

03:32:50.000 --> 03:32:54.240
What is Moira's sideways? Don't ask too many questions.

03:32:56.400 --> 03:32:58.400
Just take it as it comes.

03:32:58.400 --> 03:33:00.400
This board is freighted with meaning, Jake.

03:33:00.400 --> 03:33:03.400
We really need to see a drunkard queen come in on map 5.

03:33:03.400 --> 03:33:05.400
I mean...

03:33:05.400 --> 03:33:06.400
Well, Winston?

03:33:06.400 --> 03:33:07.400
Nice to see you in Australia.

03:33:07.400 --> 03:33:08.400
Can I tell you I've read?

03:33:08.400 --> 03:33:09.400
Good to see you in Australia in the top four game.

03:33:09.400 --> 03:33:11.400
I can't be the only one, man.

03:33:13.400 --> 03:33:15.400
France made sure of that.

03:33:15.400 --> 03:33:18.400
Both these teams were squeaky clean

03:33:18.400 --> 03:33:21.400
against everybody else in the competition.

03:33:21.400 --> 03:33:24.400
And again, they're pitted against the only team to take maps off them,

03:33:24.400 --> 03:33:26.540
maps of them and they're doing it again.

03:33:29.040 --> 03:33:33.040
So Hunter, he's one of the few members who doesn't come any now.

03:33:34.540 --> 03:33:39.280
Who is called upon to show up in every map, who's been through the losses.

03:33:39.280 --> 03:33:41.800
Now on the wins, on the way back to this map five.

03:33:43.840 --> 03:33:48.280
Hard to imagine more pressure on a hitscene role that is star studded with

03:33:48.280 --> 03:33:49.840
talent in this day and age.

03:33:49.840 --> 03:33:55.360
I mean, what players can do at this level of competition, it beggars belief.

03:33:55.360 --> 03:34:00.800
And for Stalker, he's called upon to show no less than perfection in this final map.

03:34:00.800 --> 03:34:06.520
We've talked about this often, but for this Korean squad, the gold medal is the standard.

03:34:06.520 --> 03:34:07.520
It is the expectation.

03:34:07.520 --> 03:34:11.680
Those stars over the flag, they don't give those out for free.

03:34:11.680 --> 03:34:14.960
Those are earned, blood, sweat, and tears.

03:34:14.960 --> 03:34:21.480
And of course, over long periods of time, 10 years of Overwatch eSports, we're celebrating

03:34:21.480 --> 03:34:23.600
that with the Widowmaker Mythic skin.

03:34:23.600 --> 03:34:27.080
Certainly one of the most iconic heroes in that early era.

03:34:27.080 --> 03:34:33.000
One of the heroes responsible for some of the most astounding moments in Overwatch eSports.

03:34:33.000 --> 03:34:35.160
Perhaps though, that's what you can take it by honor.

03:34:35.160 --> 03:34:39.360
I thought we saw a root 66, but hit that QR code and check out the Void Dancer at Widowmaker

03:34:39.360 --> 03:34:40.360
skin.

03:34:40.360 --> 03:34:41.360
Looks fantastic.

03:34:41.360 --> 03:34:42.360
Great way to celebrate.

03:34:42.360 --> 03:34:45.660
We've been doing this for ten years man. You as a player, then as a caster.

03:34:45.660 --> 03:34:51.020
Ten years Mitch, a decade of our lives and I gotta be honest standing here today

03:34:51.020 --> 03:34:54.180
wouldn't rather be anywhere else in the world right now.

03:34:54.180 --> 03:34:59.820
It's around about a game we love, people we enjoy, but I beg you, if you come up and say hi

03:34:59.820 --> 03:35:02.500
don't tell me you've been watching me since you were a kid.

03:35:02.500 --> 03:35:06.020
I feel all the time. Lied at me. Lied at me. Just lie.

03:35:06.020 --> 03:35:09.320
I like to think I've been doing this for two, three years. Max. Max.

03:35:09.320 --> 03:35:16.960
The lines on my face tell me otherwise, but I like to think if you live and breathe e-sports, you haven't aged today since 2016.

03:35:19.160 --> 03:35:21.040
I'll tell you that to your face. I'll lie to you if you want.

03:35:22.480 --> 03:35:25.120
When you start castling Soldier 76, that's when you know you're in trouble.

03:35:26.480 --> 03:35:27.560
So, I've got questions.

03:35:28.920 --> 03:35:29.760
Why I've got one, really.

03:35:30.680 --> 03:35:37.040
Who in this room thinks that France are going to go all the way and step into the grand final here in Anaheim?

03:35:37.160 --> 03:35:38.000
Make some noise.

03:35:39.320 --> 03:35:47.140
There's believers in the heartbreak, it could be done, and there's one thing more satisfying

03:35:47.140 --> 03:35:51.720
than the reverse room, it's the heartbreaker to stifle that reverse suite, finish it in

03:35:51.720 --> 03:36:00.240
the fifth, but who in this room feels like South Korea will return to the throne they

03:36:00.240 --> 03:36:09.160
carved out in 2016, and he's South Korea fans in the room.

03:36:09.160 --> 03:36:14.760
is a reason. They have been an institution in Overwatch eSports since its inception.

03:36:16.360 --> 03:36:19.960
And the fans have turned up in force today. It's great to see we are moments away from our

03:36:19.960 --> 03:36:26.600
Kiro Bands here in this last map of the series. We've come to a fork in the road. Only one of

03:36:26.600 --> 03:36:31.320
these great teams walks out of this match into the grand final against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

03:36:31.880 --> 03:36:37.720
I can fold it. It will be our final battlefield at Ana, our first band. Gotta put some respect

03:36:37.720 --> 03:36:42.440
on simple's name. That sleep on Crox's limit break in the last map.

03:36:42.440 --> 03:36:47.160
Maria, they're going to respond by taking out the ERISA. Crox was masterful piloting

03:36:47.160 --> 03:36:51.400
that. And it does limit some of your options on that first point where ERISA can really

03:36:51.400 --> 03:36:56.560
close the gap, swing those corners with huge threat potential. Still, it feels like cold

03:36:56.560 --> 03:37:01.080
comfort, right? We more or less know what to expect out of Team France. It's Team Korea

03:37:01.080 --> 03:37:05.480
who need to show us the right adaptations to get us through. And I can wall the map

03:37:05.480 --> 03:37:08.840
The twists and turns recently reworked.

03:37:08.840 --> 03:37:10.920
Hard to think of a better battleground here

03:37:10.920 --> 03:37:11.840
for these young players.

03:37:11.840 --> 03:37:14.440
These newest generation of Overwatch talent

03:37:14.440 --> 03:37:17.680
to show us just what they can do under the lights.

03:37:17.680 --> 03:37:20.960
The path to the podium is fraught with pitfalls,

03:37:20.960 --> 03:37:24.200
traps for the unwary, and South Korea,

03:37:24.200 --> 03:37:26.560
if they want to make their way there yet again,

03:37:26.560 --> 03:37:28.680
are gonna have to show us that they can beat

03:37:28.680 --> 03:37:31.720
the best look from Team France.

03:37:31.720 --> 03:37:33.960
They can beat the Cat Cassidy, the Daemon.

03:37:33.960 --> 03:37:35.240
You name it.

03:37:35.240 --> 03:37:45.240
France have access to their full suite of tools to try and deny, avert, stifle this reverse suite from South Korea.

03:37:45.240 --> 03:37:48.240
Not a position. They often find themselves in.

03:37:49.240 --> 03:37:51.240
That's what the scoreboard reads.

03:37:52.240 --> 03:37:57.240
Arisa and Arnaband. South Korea set up a defense here with the diva in their composition.

03:37:57.240 --> 03:38:03.680
Gonna try and play this defensively, but with the Bastion and the Cassidy, that is a monstrous

03:38:03.680 --> 03:38:07.800
amount of DPS throughput for Crocs to have to worry about.

03:38:07.800 --> 03:38:12.000
He's managed it well through the course of this series, but perhaps a new level of challenge,

03:38:12.000 --> 03:38:14.960
and with Max on the other side, it won't be a comfortable mirror.

03:38:14.960 --> 03:38:18.160
It'll be one in which France have to take the aggression.

03:38:18.160 --> 03:38:23.480
They have to find the kills, because the clock in these long fights will be against them.

03:38:23.480 --> 03:38:28.480
right away, right beside themselves to the bridge over the overpass.

03:38:28.480 --> 03:38:31.480
They're lying south through the chance to push up under it, but they've got the flexibility

03:38:31.480 --> 03:38:35.480
of Max, who cannot afford to fight Crocs for any length of time.

03:38:35.480 --> 03:38:37.480
Another matchup team is going to win it.

03:38:37.480 --> 03:38:41.480
And Zarian just naturally has been able to pluck Stalker out of the mix.

03:38:41.480 --> 03:38:43.480
Now South Korea got no choice but to go forward.

03:38:43.480 --> 03:38:44.480
No choice but to commit.

03:38:44.480 --> 03:38:47.480
But this Bastion damage is stifled by the shield of the demon.

03:38:47.480 --> 03:38:50.480
He's saying fight himself surrounded on all sides.

03:38:50.480 --> 03:38:54.680
Deep on the vengedor of all things, hurdles forward into him.

03:38:55.680 --> 03:39:00.580
A spam kill from Xerion, injects a breath of life into the French one.

03:39:00.580 --> 03:39:05.880
They'll be happy to take breathing in deep now because a fast cap like that and I give up.

03:39:05.880 --> 03:39:09.080
Here's a rarity, Korea gonna fight for it though, won't give it up for free.

03:39:09.480 --> 03:39:12.180
Free damage though here, but Deep trying to card strips off Stalker.

03:39:12.180 --> 03:39:15.080
But Stalker's gotten back into the fight, and empty goddess full of other ways.

03:39:15.080 --> 03:39:24.080
It's Crocs though. It's always Crocs. Simple and stalker. Handled comfortably and Crocs will fall back to the point to be tucked up.

03:39:24.080 --> 03:39:28.080
France will not be denied this first point.

03:39:28.080 --> 03:39:31.080
Love the choice of depth to bring out the vendetta here.

03:39:31.080 --> 03:39:37.080
Calling some question into Max's hero selection. The demon mirror is going to be the response.

03:39:37.080 --> 03:39:41.320
where he's sitting on this Bastion, he's got to find damage, he's got to be able to

03:39:41.320 --> 03:39:45.640
crack the shield of Crocs, he's been mitigating that damage so effectively

03:39:45.640 --> 03:39:51.800
so far on this tournament. Dead Eyes has just been erred by Gio, he's gonna be used pretty

03:39:51.800 --> 03:39:54.880
instantly to clear the rune, drawing instantly, dumped out the dream, he's

03:39:54.880 --> 03:39:58.080
saying it's caught up somehow. Gio though he's gonna be the trade,

03:39:58.080 --> 03:40:02.280
France go one for one, trying to get into the map, the Cassidy though is still

03:40:02.280 --> 03:40:05.920
gonna be a problem for the high ground even in the absence of the Bastion.

03:40:05.920 --> 03:40:13.920
But Croft is happy to get any attention. He's happy to draw Max down, fight him out of the bridge, out of line of sight of South Korea's back line.

03:40:13.920 --> 03:40:21.920
Croft with a faster limit break, huge threat here, dip pushes far, pulls the attention of the team, but now it's Marcus turn to the noon over the top.

03:40:21.920 --> 03:40:27.920
France mostly keep the hatches back, keep the heads out of the game, with Zerion Kant denied a second shot off the peacekeeper.

03:40:27.920 --> 03:40:30.600
Keeper and stalker is free to do as he pleases now

03:40:31.600 --> 03:40:34.000
Trade on both DPS have gone down here for Korea

03:40:34.400 --> 03:40:37.200
Empty got it still in the game still able to keep it popped up

03:40:37.200 --> 03:40:43.180
The cast being unattended for the time being as a cat that comes through and that big God catches simple out dangerous

03:40:43.180 --> 03:40:45.360
But the fact this guy but he had help

03:40:45.800 --> 03:40:50.960
Team backs him up and there goes the Kiri into the drink potentially key of four trucks with no escape

03:40:50.960 --> 03:40:53.500
Get him, just get on the jump pad, if you're kidding.

03:40:53.500 --> 03:40:55.500
Tomorrow, we just wrecked the map for him.

03:40:55.500 --> 03:40:57.500
He made that change.

03:40:57.500 --> 03:41:01.000
It's the wrong side of the bridge, and Croc knows exactly where he's brought his butt.

03:41:01.000 --> 03:41:04.000
And he's back in the game of the bounce pad.

03:41:06.600 --> 03:41:10.060
Huge fight for Team France, now barreling towards the end of second point.

03:41:10.060 --> 03:41:13.600
Korea have to pull something out here, but it's looking so grim.

03:41:13.600 --> 03:41:15.800
The Chokes are put on the sundering plate over the top.

03:41:15.800 --> 03:41:17.840
Sparkle from behind, can he do something? No!

03:41:17.840 --> 03:41:19.640
They're stumbling, faltering,

03:41:19.640 --> 03:41:21.960
Stork kept trying to do it on himself in the backside,

03:41:21.960 --> 03:41:24.760
but Dick comes in and cleans him out.

03:41:24.760 --> 03:41:25.920
Max from the Mech is done,

03:41:25.920 --> 03:41:30.000
and this is a monumental time-bake for France to leverage

03:41:30.000 --> 03:41:32.240
in their campaign to get the map done

03:41:32.240 --> 03:41:33.600
and get into that final.

03:41:34.840 --> 03:41:37.400
Swat's gonna drip down the Brown now, Korea.

03:41:37.400 --> 03:41:40.160
Third point, they have to make a final stand.

03:41:40.160 --> 03:41:42.760
They need a better defense than this.

03:41:42.760 --> 03:41:45.120
France with a ridiculous time-bake to work with,

03:41:45.120 --> 03:41:47.320
but aren't the most difficult push of the map.

03:41:47.320 --> 03:41:49.620
If you're not trying to stay safe to the back, that's really a tough one.

03:41:49.620 --> 03:41:51.120
They could shoot their rush in play.

03:41:51.120 --> 03:41:54.820
Derriott, cool under pressure, keeps the offer to coming.

03:41:54.820 --> 03:41:56.220
And there is a cat never tempted.

03:41:56.220 --> 03:41:59.120
He's saying get caught out, and it's not coming back from that.

03:41:59.120 --> 03:42:01.620
Crush, double dicks.

03:42:01.620 --> 03:42:06.220
The South Korea are a smear on the carpet.

03:42:06.220 --> 03:42:08.620
One last chance on this defense.

03:42:08.620 --> 03:42:11.720
Four minutes, you cannot allow the French a margin like this

03:42:11.720 --> 03:42:15.620
in the first round of this ultimate map.

03:42:15.620 --> 03:42:19.060
Cots playing close to the choke, in the face of Francis.

03:42:19.060 --> 03:42:21.540
Sky News talk is trying to get up into the game,

03:42:21.540 --> 03:42:23.260
protecting on the defense matrix.

03:42:23.260 --> 03:42:26.100
That is stunning.

03:42:26.100 --> 03:42:29.820
And of course, a fan in the hammer for a bit of flair.

03:42:29.820 --> 03:42:32.620
Francis quickly repelled.

03:42:32.620 --> 03:42:35.860
And they got time, Jake.

03:42:35.860 --> 03:42:37.340
It would all serve.

03:42:37.340 --> 03:42:40.020
And at the same time, there's a point, Mitch,

03:42:40.020 --> 03:42:43.100
where I've seen those timetables drip down.

03:42:43.100 --> 03:42:45.700
I've seen those five minutes bleed to nothing.

03:42:48.140 --> 03:42:49.900
Nothing guaranteed here for the fence.

03:42:49.900 --> 03:42:51.540
They've got to earn this.

03:42:51.540 --> 03:42:52.940
The limit break for Crocs.

03:42:54.420 --> 03:42:56.300
It's been massive so many times before

03:42:56.300 --> 03:42:58.300
and the dip able to connect on the vendetta,

03:42:58.300 --> 03:42:59.300
it could be huge.

03:43:01.660 --> 03:43:02.780
Here's the can of barrage now.

03:43:02.780 --> 03:43:05.340
It's very under some pressure,

03:43:05.340 --> 03:43:07.460
but it's mumbling up to avoid the shrapnel.

03:43:09.340 --> 03:43:11.700
There is a catnap though for Chorom.

03:43:11.700 --> 03:43:13.700
You have to know you're walking into this, it's quite disruptive.

03:43:13.700 --> 03:43:17.700
A knock back there is a pain drawn, trying to line up that ultimate.

03:43:17.700 --> 03:43:20.700
The All of France respect the wheels mode, oh my goodness!

03:43:20.700 --> 03:43:23.700
There comes Kiwet, essentially nowhere, and picks off Chorong.

03:43:23.700 --> 03:43:27.700
This has got all the makings of a winning 5G from France, but they still have to stick to the landing.

03:43:27.700 --> 03:43:31.700
So they're taking their time, conservative approach here, to the final stretch.

03:43:31.700 --> 03:43:35.700
Big Alts coming up for Korea, they're digging their heels in, stalling for time.

03:43:35.700 --> 03:43:40.700
With each second they come closer, he's decisively skidding over the top, and there's no deal to protect!

03:43:40.700 --> 03:43:45.260
Stalker's building these ultimates very quickly and he's happy to dispense them with impunity.

03:43:45.260 --> 03:43:47.660
Another big dead-eye kill on the Kios.

03:43:47.660 --> 03:43:49.660
He's been waiting for his chance to build another carry.

03:43:49.660 --> 03:43:51.900
Why are we committing ultimates here? This is so aggressive.

03:43:51.900 --> 03:43:54.780
Stalker getting picked off. France want the win and want it now.

03:43:54.780 --> 03:43:56.220
But it's going to take more than that.

03:43:56.220 --> 03:44:00.540
Tori and Sympa are sitting back on these support ults and France have not been able to force them out yet.

03:44:02.060 --> 03:44:05.740
Seeing this a couple of times in the series, a risky gamble clutch for the French.

03:44:05.740 --> 03:44:09.100
They need to close it out now, but the bank is completely against them.

03:44:09.100 --> 03:44:13.200
Korea holding to the corners here playing so slow can the new change anything

03:44:16.500 --> 03:44:21.520
I'm talking about get a trade of castings, but he's that is an issue the backseat is still at large

03:44:23.020 --> 03:44:26.420
He's Mr. Fixer, but this is more than just the DIY project

03:44:26.980 --> 03:44:34.500
Me to get to the end of the map. It's always blown his mother in by the micro rockets in France. Well, I can be sent back to Lumbridge

03:44:34.500 --> 03:44:45.460
This is so brutal, France, throwing away two key ultimates and the absolute streak through

03:44:45.460 --> 03:44:51.020
the first 95% of the map, but here at the final hurdle, under the pressure, it's the

03:44:51.020 --> 03:44:52.700
Koreans' worst day in McTaharl.

03:44:52.700 --> 03:44:55.140
There's only 90 seconds left.

03:44:55.140 --> 03:44:58.340
As usual, Cox hurdles forward.

03:44:58.340 --> 03:45:02.420
This time takes forward, FAMASITY, Barkin, Fodor, Max, Stepan, forcing back, Sundering

03:45:02.420 --> 03:45:12.100
blade as dip waits in the wings to make his grand entrance. Time continues to drip down.

03:45:12.820 --> 03:45:16.020
Max trying to reposition Alistar. Sundering blade being called upon. He's

03:45:16.020 --> 03:45:20.420
sitting! It found him! Tron picked up by Kyohochon. Diff over extend,

03:45:20.420 --> 03:45:25.060
go dangerous in the stalker, but if he goes, have it a turn into a trade. 55 seconds on the clock

03:45:25.060 --> 03:45:30.580
and Korea have got to do a bit by bit. They need a touch here from Max. The crocs is hunting.

03:45:30.580 --> 03:45:37.140
Blood in the water and he's hungry. See simple. Two slashes get the Suzy for the Bastion damage is too much, but his shield has got a backup.

03:45:37.140 --> 03:45:41.300
Dead Eye, Sky Moon again from Stalker finds one, but it's again an instant trade.

03:45:41.300 --> 03:45:47.220
Cox is low, do we need help? He's deep hiding in the light. Suzy came in too late from Xerion, but the Kitsuna rush is in play.

03:45:47.220 --> 03:45:54.260
Self-destruct, Liz will rune for a time and now Dim trying to get in there. Max takes a ton of downadaptory rematch, but there's no help for the Vendetta and Frans.

03:45:54.260 --> 03:45:58.420
Again, a force to step back. This time will be the last time.

03:45:58.420 --> 03:46:03.260
time and time again there above can this moment be different max pulled in but

03:46:03.260 --> 03:46:07.540
saved by the rest of the team Korean now surging forward finding advantage

03:46:07.540 --> 03:46:11.500
will they come to evict the French from this final castle 10 seconds from the

03:46:11.500 --> 03:46:14.940
clock they choose to play it slow but simple squash how can you beat it if

03:46:14.940 --> 03:46:17.740
the gods had to go over to lose you're here to get into the fight quickly enough

03:46:17.740 --> 03:46:20.700
get through there I've got to be tough crocs nose it and still he commits

03:46:20.700 --> 03:46:34.700
He'll be taken to task, Keelan McDaniel, a clean fight for South Korea, and a man to your mental for the defenders, holds the hauler back at the breach.

03:46:34.700 --> 03:46:46.220
Oh, it's been a tale of great joy and great sorrow here for the French team.

03:46:46.220 --> 03:46:50.420
One of the faster pushes through this first two-thirds of the map that I have ever seen

03:46:50.420 --> 03:46:51.420
on Iconbomb.

03:46:51.420 --> 03:46:56.420
One of the fastest possible, virtually untouched in these first cases of the map.

03:46:56.420 --> 03:46:57.420
Oh, he was saved.

03:46:57.420 --> 03:46:59.420
He was saved by FD God.

03:46:59.420 --> 03:47:00.420
No, it was a bounce.

03:47:00.420 --> 03:47:01.420
Yeah, able to dash over.

03:47:01.420 --> 03:47:02.420
a bit of a dash over.

03:47:02.420 --> 03:47:03.860
A bit of a Columb B maybe.

03:47:03.860 --> 03:47:08.900
Get back out and it automatically latches you if you're over a pit.

03:47:08.900 --> 03:47:13.420
It could have been a bit of both there, but either way, I'm asleep.

03:47:13.420 --> 03:47:14.420
Oh man.

03:47:14.420 --> 03:47:17.700
Can he ask some damage for he's staying here?

03:47:17.700 --> 03:47:18.700
Stalker as well.

03:47:18.700 --> 03:47:19.700
Putting up the numbers.

03:47:19.700 --> 03:47:25.140
I mean, in those fights, it just feels like Max and Symbol could not go down.

03:47:25.140 --> 03:47:29.220
Even able to find a ton of kills the other way, France, starting off some of those fights

03:47:29.220 --> 03:47:34.520
so effectively, seemingly on the cusp of completing the map that they worked so hard for, but

03:47:34.520 --> 03:47:38.320
Max just holds onto that self-destruct, backs into the corner.

03:47:38.320 --> 03:47:42.960
Korea using that strategic depth that the Icon Wall 3rd Point spawned to great effect.

03:47:42.960 --> 03:47:46.760
It's a place I've pounded myself all too many times before.

03:47:46.760 --> 03:47:52.520
But for Korea to battle back and set that marker on the map, they have cleared the way

03:47:52.520 --> 03:47:53.840
for a win condition.

03:47:53.840 --> 03:47:58.600
There will be no draws today on map 5.

03:47:58.600 --> 03:48:03.640
last chance to earn your way to the gold medal match for the French. It's got to start here on

03:48:03.640 --> 03:48:09.800
first point. And they're sticking to this diva look. When the France tried to ban earlier in the

03:48:09.800 --> 03:48:14.520
series, they're certainly aware of it. But at this point you are going to be exposed to your

03:48:14.520 --> 03:48:21.880
opponent's best look one way or another. It's map five. Again much the same way that France

03:48:21.880 --> 03:48:25.000
approached. You take that bridge control. He's looking for a bit of a fight. He might not be

03:48:25.000 --> 03:48:30.040
ready for you to pop the Milsmoat instantly. He's saying, takes a face full as well. Both Jetpack

03:48:30.040 --> 03:48:35.160
can have wisely pulled their charges out of the fight. Cops is having to get back just,

03:48:35.720 --> 03:48:39.720
back around the corner, healed up. It's going to take a minute, and that minute is what Korea

03:48:39.720 --> 03:48:43.480
want to make use of now. He's saying no, he's got to be careful, took big damage up in the sky,

03:48:43.480 --> 03:48:48.680
but Crocs is trying to hold that space. Here's Dip, Milsmoat now. He's saying wisely plays that

03:48:48.680 --> 03:48:51.480
The dip is blown to pieces.

03:48:51.480 --> 03:48:54.480
Tucker gives his life, but it's well worth it.

03:48:54.480 --> 03:48:58.680
The French now, round it on the retreat, staying alive to support.

03:48:58.680 --> 03:49:01.680
As well as Crocs, there's a retake possibility here.

03:49:01.680 --> 03:49:04.480
Dip on the Vendetta could make it a reality.

03:49:04.480 --> 03:49:06.480
Max takes a bit of damage.

03:49:06.480 --> 03:49:11.480
Crocs will eventually be allowed to get the touch, but he takes perhaps too much to keep himself in the game.

03:49:11.480 --> 03:49:15.480
Still, France in this fight. 95% out counting on here.

03:49:15.480 --> 03:49:17.480
They come up with something here.

03:49:17.480 --> 03:49:21.260
simple and he's hanging out with the mature on out of the game they have done

03:49:21.260 --> 03:49:26.480
it's trans fighting back in the final seconds and this is valuable time

03:49:26.480 --> 03:49:31.280
they're bleeding off the clock we are 90 seconds into the round and South Korea

03:49:31.280 --> 03:49:36.920
still haven't capped a the Rubik's fun vendetta to bring that one back some

03:49:36.920 --> 03:49:42.760
critical kills from Kyo all of them critical to success and it has turned

03:49:42.760 --> 03:49:46.560
what would have been a crippling loss on first point into one that is

03:49:46.560 --> 03:49:50.000
respectable on a defense but can they win another yeah the ultimates are

03:49:50.000 --> 03:49:53.280
completely stacked against them Korea have every advantage coming into this

03:49:53.280 --> 03:49:54.960
next board

03:49:54.960 --> 03:49:59.600
start with a cannon barrage here for he says sky noons for both cast cities

03:49:59.600 --> 03:50:04.440
is every all got course that you cannot afford soccer fighting a second year

03:50:04.440 --> 03:50:07.520
Kiosk and a lot more work to do if he's gonna salvage this fight he's hunting

03:50:07.520 --> 03:50:11.600
looking for stalker just a little too slow this is the point of fight the

03:50:11.600 --> 03:50:16.360
grenade connection so it stays alive amidst this in South Korea come

03:50:16.360 --> 03:50:24.640
back to complete the job. He sanks Bastion, proving to be a real problem, putting out

03:50:24.640 --> 03:50:29.320
so much damage throughout Crocs, struggling to show the trademark regression that has

03:50:29.320 --> 03:50:36.880
brought France to this point. There's an array of damage now lined up against him, and Max,

03:50:36.880 --> 03:50:40.640
playing his mobility with great effect. Playing like a demon, frankly, gets up on the high

03:50:40.640 --> 03:50:45.480
ground, big knockdown there from that catnap, and it converts into two big eliminations.

03:50:45.480 --> 03:50:49.000
Max, sure, he's throwing into the breeze, but the damage has already been done.

03:50:49.000 --> 03:50:54.160
Truck's trying to hold this spice, but that backline is being so black and blue.

03:50:55.520 --> 03:50:58.360
And it's a mere commitment of Ultimates from the French.

03:50:58.360 --> 03:51:01.760
They throw both support Ultimates in, Korea route them.

03:51:01.760 --> 03:51:06.560
Gonna take full control of this top castle now, moving the cart as much as they can in the interim.

03:51:07.560 --> 03:51:12.240
But now, the Dedekin struggle is a lot of open space, open air on this point,

03:51:12.240 --> 03:51:15.520
where he's thinking, put his deadly damage to work.

03:51:16.280 --> 03:51:17.880
This D.va play is marvelous.

03:51:18.280 --> 03:51:21.280
Max has ever hold his honor against Francis Comfort.

03:51:21.280 --> 03:51:23.480
No other team really could answer, including them.

03:51:24.680 --> 03:51:26.360
This time, those things seem a little different.

03:51:26.360 --> 03:51:28.160
On this map, anything can happen.

03:51:28.840 --> 03:51:30.160
Thundering Blade being held onto,

03:51:30.160 --> 03:51:32.160
and it's probably in the best spot he could be,

03:51:32.160 --> 03:51:35.400
but still, Subject just stored his pressure from below,

03:51:35.400 --> 03:51:37.800
and now, above, as the skidon comes in,

03:51:37.800 --> 03:51:38.880
ultimately unnecessary.

03:51:38.880 --> 03:51:39.800
Kira's going to be brought down,

03:51:39.800 --> 03:51:41.840
but Thundering Blade doesn't find any connection in the end.

03:51:41.840 --> 03:51:47.520
Hampton got his low, barely alive, has to give up some of that higher ground space, but the Cardi is being contested.

03:51:47.520 --> 03:51:52.040
Croxel's got no help, he's in deep trouble, trying to get away as the cannon barrage pursues him.

03:51:52.040 --> 03:51:55.440
Eventually, he'll be dragged out into the center face, gentlemen.

03:51:55.440 --> 03:51:58.240
The match would love them to stew in it a little longer.

03:51:59.840 --> 03:52:06.640
Stagger hurts, double French players still out on the map. They choose to regroup to their teammates rather than fight on in desperation.

03:52:06.640 --> 03:52:11.740
but desperation certainly the only way I can describe the French in this moment.

03:52:11.740 --> 03:52:15.780
Korea, full map control, taking every position they want.

03:52:15.780 --> 03:52:17.140
They look sloppy on the drop though.

03:52:17.140 --> 03:52:18.500
Max gets low because of it.

03:52:18.500 --> 03:52:19.780
Yeah, somehow I'm gonna stay alive.

03:52:19.780 --> 03:52:21.700
He doesn't have a remake opportunity should be required.

03:52:21.700 --> 03:52:23.940
And he's having to still fight elimination despite it.

03:52:23.940 --> 03:52:26.100
That is marvelous.

03:52:26.100 --> 03:52:29.180
Derian with a rush just one at a time to get to it at this rate.

03:52:29.180 --> 03:52:29.980
And dead eye for king.

03:52:29.980 --> 03:52:30.980
Oh!

03:52:30.980 --> 03:52:32.500
That's the end of the game.

03:52:32.500 --> 03:52:36.060
And the three pieces complete with simple's head rolling.

03:52:36.060 --> 03:52:43.020
Again, it's individual heroics that keep frauds in the defensive effort, the slimmest

03:52:43.020 --> 03:52:47.140
imagines that held South Korea off at the gates.

03:52:47.140 --> 03:52:51.860
FD God and Kyo pairing together to keep them alive.

03:52:51.860 --> 03:52:58.020
It's been these two who have put them in position here on the cost of potentially a gold medal

03:52:58.020 --> 03:53:04.900
contest for Korea once again, the economy, in their advantage, and peace and opens up

03:53:04.900 --> 03:53:07.580
onto the gas, it's dire strength for the French.

03:53:07.580 --> 03:53:09.140
I felt so free for him.

03:53:09.140 --> 03:53:10.620
Kido had teammates up there.

03:53:10.620 --> 03:53:12.900
He's saying he would avoid getting taken down

03:53:12.900 --> 03:53:14.220
by that catnap.

03:53:14.220 --> 03:53:16.260
Dips have a fine stalker, but that doesn't fill enough

03:53:16.260 --> 03:53:19.500
against this title wave of South Korean aggression.

03:53:19.500 --> 03:53:23.020
Locking at the gates this time, they're not being denied.

03:53:23.020 --> 03:53:25.540
They will breach into the final phase of the map

03:53:25.540 --> 03:53:28.580
and fight for their spot on the podium.

03:53:28.580 --> 03:53:30.340
He's sitting back in his catnip garage.

03:53:30.340 --> 03:53:33.140
That's scary to play into in his next phase of the map.

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He's under no pressure, flourishing here from the back line.

03:53:37.500 --> 03:53:40.820
And France is trying to find every second they can,

03:53:40.820 --> 03:53:44.340
every moment they can hold South Korea off.

03:53:44.340 --> 03:53:45.740
They'll hope to make you stop.

03:53:47.380 --> 03:53:50.940
And this is it, two minutes and 13 seconds for the map.

03:53:53.980 --> 03:53:55.900
The expectations, the hopes, the dreams,

03:53:55.900 --> 03:53:58.700
two nations now, hanging in the balance.

03:53:58.700 --> 03:54:02.540
One to be disappointed, one to fight for the throne,

03:54:02.540 --> 03:54:05.140
the ultimate prize at the Overwatch World Cup.

03:54:06.420 --> 03:54:08.460
Here's that cannonball as we talked about earlier.

03:54:08.460 --> 03:54:09.700
Dangerous now.

03:54:09.700 --> 03:54:11.500
Look at those big hits coming in.

03:54:11.500 --> 03:54:13.220
France have to withstand them for the time being

03:54:13.220 --> 03:54:14.260
a scoreboard to come forward.

03:54:14.260 --> 03:54:15.780
A skynoo could be a problem.

03:54:15.780 --> 03:54:17.660
But Q's having to get back around the corner.

03:54:17.660 --> 03:54:19.260
Oh, get out of here, both guys.

03:54:19.260 --> 03:54:20.580
Here comes South Korea.

03:54:20.580 --> 03:54:21.660
Crocs out in the open.

03:54:21.660 --> 03:54:23.980
He's dancing here for a limit break and gets stalkered,

03:54:23.980 --> 03:54:25.500
but he needs more than that.

03:54:25.500 --> 03:54:26.980
He's not gonna cut it.

03:54:26.980 --> 03:54:28.260
Now he doesn't wanna be staggered,

03:54:28.260 --> 03:54:29.300
but he might not have the choice.

03:54:29.300 --> 03:54:32.340
This is where South Korea's cold, calculating him calm.

03:54:32.540 --> 03:54:36.540
I'm going to put the thumb screws on you, and they are close to the end of the map.

03:54:36.540 --> 03:54:39.540
There's a dead Ikea for Keo, but it is mostly malifite.

03:54:39.540 --> 03:54:44.540
And DC dot Max, though, is something you can work with, but Crocs is also looking to suffer the same fate.

03:54:44.540 --> 03:54:49.540
They've done enough. One pick. The Diva is enough to have Korea turn tail for now.

03:54:49.540 --> 03:54:56.540
Discipline the difference here. Max holds the self-destruct, chooses to save it for what was very likely the final fight.

03:54:56.540 --> 03:55:00.540
Now the French, though, battle back into a position where there are many ultimates in play,

03:55:00.540 --> 03:55:04.540
Dipp with this sundering blade in an enclosed space, could be devastating.

03:55:04.540 --> 03:55:06.540
Korea has so many threats to worry about.

03:55:08.540 --> 03:55:10.540
Snorkel though, no dead IPM, G.O. just uses.

03:55:10.540 --> 03:55:13.540
It's gonna be a story of backline ultimates in this fight.

03:55:14.540 --> 03:55:17.540
Catnip could be crucial, it comes to the consumer, rest of the start, things off.

03:55:17.540 --> 03:55:20.540
He's saying, the white brick throne, pay the way forward to a grand final, perhaps.

03:55:20.540 --> 03:55:26.540
Zerion taking down, Max ever to bring him out of the fight, and Dipp is going to be dragged away into the sun.

03:55:26.540 --> 03:55:28.540
The answer, Max for the self-retreat.

03:55:28.540 --> 03:55:34.060
Deep is done with, Crox is gonna touch, it's always Crox.

03:55:34.060 --> 03:55:37.660
Comes forward now, simpler under some pressure, Stalker was low.

03:55:37.660 --> 03:55:41.580
South Korea have to take a beat, Stalker is down, here comes Ranz,

03:55:41.580 --> 03:55:43.540
forcing them away.

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Truly last chance to lose now for South Korea.

03:55:47.100 --> 03:55:50.100
Crox has to avoid overextending here.

03:55:50.100 --> 03:55:52.460
He's laying by the door, this could be dangerous, Jake Keoh.

03:55:52.460 --> 03:55:54.460
A flanking dead-eye, but he's got no options.

03:55:54.460 --> 03:55:58.100
Now, they're doing the old-fashioned way, fight simple as a trade.

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Don't carry, after he goes out of the mix and clocks and looks for the best in this could be risky, he's off the card right now Jake.

03:56:04.100 --> 03:56:07.100
Dead eye here for Stalker, he's actually up to protect it.

03:56:09.100 --> 03:56:12.100
Stalker, he's on the left side of his side.

03:56:12.100 --> 03:56:16.100
Perilla is every moment of his school.

03:56:16.100 --> 03:56:23.100
Revealed you down high, and Stalker's the only great champion back to the World Cup final.

03:56:28.100 --> 03:56:39.100
The pressure of the Roman, opening up fissures in both teams, both squads pushed to the absolute

03:56:39.100 --> 03:56:46.980
brink, but Korea, from the deep doldrums of a 0-2 start to a series, with that reverse

03:56:46.980 --> 03:56:54.940
sweep in Busan playing in their mind, they somehow find determination to claw their way

03:56:54.940 --> 03:57:02.180
way back through. A long three maps of battle. France contested every step of the way. But

03:57:02.180 --> 03:57:08.580
it seems like destiny now. The gold medal match between the veterans, the legacy, South

03:57:08.580 --> 03:57:14.660
Korea and the hottest new kid on the block. The current Overwatch World Cup champions,

03:57:14.660 --> 03:57:18.700
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You don't want to miss that one.

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rivalries on multiple levels to be played out in our grand final here in

03:57:23.620 --> 03:57:30.020
Anaheim. South Korea never had the chance to face off against Saudi Arabia in a

03:57:30.020 --> 03:57:34.060
match where they felt they could show what their nation was capable of. But here

03:57:34.060 --> 03:57:38.540
in 2026 they will have it. And they reached that game in the most poetic

03:57:38.540 --> 03:57:42.940
fashion possible and flipped into France when they themselves were forced to

03:57:42.940 --> 03:57:50.100
enjoy on home soil in front of a home crowd in their own backyard. This is going to go

03:57:50.100 --> 03:57:56.400
down as one of the most legendary World Cup series we've ever seen from insane sleep

03:57:56.400 --> 03:58:04.320
darts from Xerion against the flying high noon to a wild scaffold at the end of Iconvolder

03:58:04.320 --> 03:58:11.760
where the cart ultimately is left behind France, pure passion, pure instinct at the wheel in

03:58:11.760 --> 03:58:17.960
those final moments of the South Korea with composure and with the caliber to

03:58:17.960 --> 03:58:24.540
convert and find victory in sign stuff. Maybe another star to be placed on the

03:58:24.540 --> 03:58:29.200
jerseys after this one. Well for Korea, Saudi Arabia, it will certainly be that.

03:58:29.200 --> 03:58:34.080
And for the third-fourth match, two teams that need to write a sinking ship,

03:58:34.080 --> 03:58:38.680
right, for both teams taking painful losses. Another huge test of a squad who

03:58:38.680 --> 03:58:43.960
who can pick themselves back up after a crushing defeat of hopes squandered to

03:58:43.960 --> 03:58:47.680
now come back into a third fourth and still show that you are here that your

03:58:47.680 --> 03:58:52.000
country deserves a place on that podium a ton to fight for still for France and

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Sweden. We head down to the stage with Danny Lim for some words from our

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victims. Thank you very much Mitch. I am here joined by Toro from Team South Korea

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after their victory. Ladies and gentlemen give it up for Toro and Team South Korea.

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Amazing stuff!

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So I know you guys wanted this victory, you know

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The funny thing is you guys got reversed swept by France in Busan for the qualifiers and you guys reversed them today

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So how do you feel?

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It was definitely interesting because in my professional career, me getting reverse sweep was the first time for me and me getting a reverse sweep on the enemy team was definitely the first time as well.

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So it was very fun to play and I just want to say Team France was definitely definitely a great team

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And now you guys did get the victory. I feel like you guys really wanted this revenge

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I feel like I talked to you guys yesterday too and you guys really wanted that revenge and you finally got it

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How did you prepare for this match against France?

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You said you wanted to win the French Cup and you wanted to succeed in the boxing match, but you finally did it. How did you prepare for this match?

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I think we did a lot of research and talked a lot about the game, so I think we got this result.

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We sort of used that as a counter and sort of came up with our own solution and also with that

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We really wanted to focus on the bad picks and because we were successful in that

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That's how we got our win against team France. All right, Chorong, one final match you guys are going up against KSA

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Can team Korea do it? Can you guys win it all?

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I'll make a very interesting match for you in the finals.

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Please watch it.

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France and we couldn't have scripted it any better. No I encourage played unreal

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those last three maps than that final fight I mean we've been giving France

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obviously so much props for how aggressive they play. You can go too far

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it seems is that's that's one that'll stink for a while there for France.

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you

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We're at Blizzcon Day 2 and we are getting ready to crown some champions here with us.

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We have Jake, we have Ash and they will be setting the stage for our bronze medal match first.

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absolute heartbreaker we just got to witness between France and South Korea

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they played it so close but South Korea did the funniest thing and reverse

04:11:50.640 --> 04:11:54.640
swept them in turn little revenge match there you got to cast it Jake how are

04:11:54.640 --> 04:11:58.520
we feeling after that yeah I mean some beautiful textbook revenge storybook in

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fact for South Korea that'll put them on towards the gold medal match but for

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now it's a test of resilience who can stand tall enough to reassert themselves

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to get back on that podium. There is still one medal remaining. It may be bronze for

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both of these teams that have come so incredibly far this year with historic World Cup performances.

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There's still a lot to fight for.

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Yeah, now of course the big question heading into this is the mentality for both of these

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teams because France just had to play and it's a heartbreaker. If you're playing a

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serious disc close and you end up losing, based on some pretty egregious mistakes right

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There are the very end when things get hectic now you have to recover you had a half-times worth show

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Basically to get ready like leave that behind you and dip into this match Sweden

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They got kind of flattened in their previous series of mentality wise Jake which side would you rather be on here?

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you know I think as as

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Painful as it is to suffer a reverse sweep in the end you still put up an incredible fight

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that may feel a long way away from the French squad,

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you know, having been so close to a chance of the gold medal match.

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But the proof was in the pudding, right?

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Kia was putting up huge numbers.

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Crocs came together, the sport line was fantastic.

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So for France, there's a lot of great things they can build on.

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For Sweden, though, they've had some time to recover,

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and that might be their advantage.

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So it's kind of hard to say who's got the edge coming into this third four.

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Yeah, Ash, if you're looking at Sweden's performance as far,

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obviously, they've been great throughout the World Cup,

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but KSA, they made them quiet real quick.

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It was Kevstar, of course, trying once again to save the day in that last map,

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fighting back, but it was not enough.

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No, it wasn't. It's so hard to, I think, get a read,

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heading into this matchup, considering the fact that for Sweden,

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we didn't see as close of a game as we were expecting.

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We thought that there would be a little bit more bite back,

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but it was so clean out from KSA.

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We knew that KSA were going to want to have a very clean sweep,

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that 3-0 for Sweden.

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The bounce back is going to be key.

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And you also have to think about the Willys on Team Feb,

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and he's going to be going up against his squad there

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within Team Peps here versus France.

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And I think we can play some mind games there.

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He's going up against his fellow tank and Croc.

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That's right.

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Like, are they playing for the starting position on Team Peps

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now in this one?

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I don't know.

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I'm just throwing it out there.

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It will be really funny.

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But if you're France, obviously, again, heartbreak.

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I saw them outside.

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They took that loss really, really hard.

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Jake, what are you focusing on heading

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into this match now because surely you're still gonna stick to your playbook with such a short turnaround.

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Yeah, I think both teams have to stick to their guns, but honestly for team France,

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they've got some things to worry about as strong as they were up against Korea.

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I think Dip started the struggle down the stretch. Now he's going up against Kevster,

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no reprieve on the flex DPS roll. From the support line, I think Admiral is going to be a key performer

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for Sweden. The question for France is can they find their composure? Their composition,

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their whole style relies on getting this perfect middle ground between incredible aggression

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and the perfect moment to pull things back and keep things in control. Will you be able to

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ride that line under this kind of emotional stress and pressure? Only the match can tell.

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Those were the cracks that we were seeing in that last matchup up against South Korea. The fact

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that that over aggression, you could see them desperately wanting to close out certain, not

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even just maps, but points at times too, really rushing into things that are mental reset after

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an emotional loss is going to be so important for France.

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Absolutely. Now, I had a really hard time predicting this one. Not going to lie. I feel like, honestly,

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there's a lot of great things we can say about both of these teams. Both have

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some odds stacked against them. Jake is starting with you. If I go for predictions,

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who did you take for this one? You know, I maybe have cooked a little bit on this one,

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but I actually had to go with Team Sweden. I'm sure the French fans and the crowds aren't going to

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be too happy to hear that. But ultimately, I think Sweden are the stronger team on paper.

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and I think the French are gonna be reeling from that loss.

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I'm worried about their ability to stay focused down the stretch.

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And on the other side, I think the veterans of a player like Kevster

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is gonna be worth its weight in gold in this kind of a crucial moment

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fighting for a podium finish.

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Did you hear that Ash?

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Jake Overwatch got booed.

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How does it feel?

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Yeah, how does it feel to be one of us?

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Oh, you know what? I'm no stranger.

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I've been in this game a long time.

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Fair enough, fair enough.

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I am gonna have to oppose you though, Jake.

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I'm gonna go with Team France on this one.

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I think the emotions run high for this squad and they're going to want revenge after last game.

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I am with you on this one. I went for Team France. I think they want to redeem themselves.

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Little mistake there at the very end, but they played it so close against a team like South Korea.

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Men, if they can play this one so close, they got this one in the back against Sweden.

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I want to see a close match, but we will find out what these two teams bring to the table for the bronze medal match.

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But before we get into the action, I'm hearing we have Gavin down on the floor with a very special guest who you have with you, Gavin.

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Thank you, Zoe. I am here with Sally Amaki, the voice of Kiriko.

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Hi, Anaheim is under my protection.

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Inaka konnichiwa! I'm Sally Amaki. I'm so excited to be here.

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How are you doing?

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I'm very good.

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So, how has your BlizzCon been so far?

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This is my first time. I see so many Kirito cosplayers and they gave me badges and ofuda and I feel so at home.

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That's amazing. So, Kirito definitely has been all over the floor with our cosplayers.

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As well as in the game, we've seen tons of Kiritos played in almost every map that it isn't banned.

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Who has been your favorite Kirito player?

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I gotta say, Kyle from Sweden.

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He's been treating her well, don't boo.

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The France fans are better, they don't like that very much.

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Yeah, he's been treating her very well.

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Okay, well, so we have the match coming up.

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It's going to be France vs. Sweden.

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Who do you think is going to win?

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Who should I say?

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France? Everywhere but France, yeah.

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Okay, the France fans are definitely going to appreciate that.

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Thank you so much, Sally. And we got to get this game started. So Zoe take it away

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Thank you Gavin. Thank you, Sally. But the Frank Fons are ruthless. They're booing. Here we go

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That's wild guys. That's why but you know what? I appreciate the relentless support you guys have for your team

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Ash and I are with you and this one take the loan over there

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But you might be the one gloating at the very end of it. The proof is in the pudding though

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So one more time

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Are you ready to get our bronze medal match started?

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All right, so are we.

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So let's see Sweden or France.

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One of them is going to bring home a medal today.

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very different scenarios in the semifinals and now we find ourselves in a third-place match

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with a rematch from the 2017 Overwatch World Cup. That time it was Sweden coming out on top in

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four-two fashion. France looking to claim the bronze medal here today. So I was going to do the

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first map here as we dive into the game in just a moment. In the whole second, France, I mean look,

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is Jake correct, Johnny? Is like the power and the energy that everything that went into that

04:20:36.100 --> 04:20:40.660
map 5 series against Korea, is that going to be their downfall here? Because Sweden, they have a

04:20:40.660 --> 04:20:46.900
relatively quick match against Saudi Arabia, being a 3-0, very different levels of temperament in

04:20:46.900 --> 04:20:51.940
both series. France have definitely been the aggressor. They've made their reputation playing

04:20:51.940 --> 04:20:58.500
this demon composition to a tee. But playing in a match to the very final teamfight, like they just

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did against South Korea, it just drains the adrenaline. You just feel fatigued afterwards.

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And similar to Jake, I worry about going into this match now.

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Can you find that energy to once more, keep going aggressive,

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to find those picks where you really need them?

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Sweden, I think they've had some more time to prepare accordingly ahead of this matchup,

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and that could be something they look to abuse now, that experience preparation.

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Play has a lot to load already on the stage, and we see a Freyja band straight away.

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France getting that away from Zora.

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Yeah, this has been Sweden so far, this tournament.

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patient play and then the fray out navigated by sorrow of course it's been a potent threat

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landing a couple of boats together opening things up and then kept their following up

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on the tracer in turn so that being removed especially a target ban towards sorrow hoping for

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more capacity or bastion play for them. You can hear the french crash already

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And that's still got to give you a ton of energy, the boost that France maybe need to

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finish on that podium.

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It was 2017 the last time the Swedes managed to make it there.

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Beating out France like you mentioned in 2017, a tale of two teams with one ending chapter.

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France or Sweden? Who is going to emerge? The heroine.

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This is one that gets added to the resume. You build your legacy in Overwatch,

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Esports, Kevster, a superstar household name. Can he look to claim that bronze medal

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for him and his country here at the Overwatch World Cup? Crops, dip, can they step up?

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big frown crowd in this one

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Have they got the energy to continue I imagine they do

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Kevster force a prequel very early

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Then he got a half a clip off in chase still down

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He means still super low for HP Manchester scurry away

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But crocs turns his life towards or who is left?

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I'm styling Avril playing so much attention to Kevster

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They're trying to keep up their superstar trace that they forgot about the cast he weighing in the wings

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as France take an early position on the point but we're still in this one pretty

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neutral fight so far. Skyle with an incredible biotic grenade on top of

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FDG. That's a critical blow. It's going to be France catching the point but

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Sweden getting the picks required looking to turn this teamfight around

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and become victorious. Skyle was doing the most thing. See how many tags he got just

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people trying to look at the point, get some damage in. He was popping everybody.

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Zora takes down FDGOT, and Kenny basically only just came back from spawn, and look,

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Apple's all charged now compared to FDGOT.

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70% already on the Crap map versus 44.

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Yeah, it's going to be a duel between two very competent Jetback cat players, Adgro.

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It's been a standout for Sweden so far, and a big reason why they've had the success.

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Kevster, close call in hand here.

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No characters on the battlefield, so can't be soothed.

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Can he have an instant impact here?

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Jib's going to try and do him one better, only 10% away.

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Willis is getting bullied off the point now, just for all fun to assault from France.

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He's going to get Lele for the time being.

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Crocs, oh he's got the...

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Well, little break up, here Willis.

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And that post ball on top two, that means that Nano was basically useless for Sweden.

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And now it's Crocs' turn to get in the mix.

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A quick jump pad for Zoro.

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Bumped his little head, that was a little unlucky from the Swede.

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Only 40% percent gain from Sweden, not too bad on your first assault.

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That was a heavy investment from France.

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Yeah, France do a great job there of just absorbing all that pressure coming out from Sweden and dip them

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combining with the pulse bomb on top of Willis.

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That just kind of halts the frontline for Team Sweden, and France are able to turn with their own momentum.

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Never break Willis coming up. Sky noon too from Zorro. We know how this chapter ends.

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Oh, Serion. Chased down. Catnap comes in. Steals away Willis for the time being, but Zorro.

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Nightingale shining armor. Takes care of the cat.

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So far, there are really even between Sweden and France. These are two teams who have flourished, playing this team on composition.

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First at the group stage in Busan. And now here in the playoffs as well, looking to wrap things up.

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Well, it's here has a limit break, but really difficult to get the value immediately going to the point here actually on top of course looking for a pick early

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What a sleep though. Uh-oh, Kyo getting shot on the side looking for the honor Skylar taking down for the post with FDGodden

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Oh!

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A little two for there for France. Should be a fairly easy cap now as Kyo is just dominating this frontline

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Meanwhile, the fight though, is Admiral and Willis are trapped behind France, behind enemy lines.

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Oh, okay, Admiral, he was cooking.

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He got away too.

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He did get away.

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There's definitely something you can do in this meta, you can wait out for a little bit.

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You can try to stall out and then look for a couple of combinations in the backline.

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Not necessarily five man yet, so to speak, in these teamfights.

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But that time, we can just get staggered a little bit and now,

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Looking at a potential last fight scenario here for France. Crocs is building towards his limit break.

04:26:28.780 --> 04:26:35.100
Mislead, good mate, though really quick. Like decisive aggression there from France.

04:26:35.100 --> 04:26:39.900
Throwing Crocs in early and then putting Xerion in a ridiculously forward spot as the honor.

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Yeah I mean this is the aggression we've been talking about and Crocs here finds the first

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pick required. Sorrel here has to sky noon but needs to find a good angle for it. Here he goes.

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Sky noon, swinging in, sleep dart misses, but that dead eye did not.

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Xerion now down, Sweden go on the pursuit.

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Wanna try and make a saga here come to life?

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Crocs is on the point, currently pressuring Kevser, forces the Regal.

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Has the limit break, sure, the sneak's gonna come in.

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Oh, and FD gone, goes down!

04:27:09.900 --> 04:27:11.900
Crocs dashes into the cat.

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82% of building, Sweden in the lead almost.

04:27:17.100 --> 04:27:19.820
Crocs then trying to peel away to try and reset.

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But FD got killed in the process here. Kiyoto has to sky-dove. This is a great engagement tour for France.

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Sweden knows this is coming, though.

04:27:28.820 --> 04:27:34.820
Nano, Catnap, available, Willys backing out slowly. Skull deletes the shield and there's the nano-watcher's aura.

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You mess with the best sometimes. You're gonna die like the rest.

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Skull takes down Krog's FD god as well. This backline for Sweden. Hard carrying them right now.

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Now, a disgusting round for the Swedes, as France take him to 99.

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Yeah, that's right, the back line doing tremendous work for Sweden so far.

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Doing a good job absorbing all this pressure from France, Kevster finding the upper hand against Dip, a few times there.

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Just finding the smallest of edge means that they get away with the first round capture here on Samoa.

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No crazy changes here for Sweden. Second round off the very first close close one teleports

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out if on Tracer Kevster to match okay mirrors coming in and we see Kevster being dropped

04:28:39.700 --> 04:28:41.700
I

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There tries to hear on the teams have the potential to have a lot of impact in this one

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Captain forces that we call early here drop dropping low

04:28:53.380 --> 04:28:55.860
This is going to mean the retreat for France already in this one

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That was a really good health pack camp there from Kev said dashes onto the health pack begging dip to come in

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I mean look at it up and look at him. Oh determined to go for this one view on force the recall on dip and he says

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You know what chops done chops good

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downtown late from Skyl, now Zeryl and now Sweden in control.

04:29:15.020 --> 04:29:20.420
Kevster securing that pick by the way after all that hard work.

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Going to be Sweden to an early lead here and typically we'd say of course Kevster

04:29:26.140 --> 04:29:30.260
is the favorite he is the superstar here for Sweden but they you know did

04:29:30.260 --> 04:29:34.940
tremendous work against South Korea just moments ago here as well so this is

04:29:34.940 --> 04:29:37.500
actually going to swap over to the Bastion here this is the competition we

04:29:37.500 --> 04:29:41.780
all from South Korea doubling down pink both the Cassidy and the Bastion we've

04:29:41.780 --> 04:29:46.980
seen this one all those yes teams like twisted mines as well giving them

04:29:46.980 --> 04:29:50.580
options always important Kevster already really low forced recall early on

04:29:50.580 --> 04:29:54.340
that's been the thorn in the side

04:29:54.860 --> 04:29:57.820
no need over the top no problem for Diff's gonna get healed up in a moment

04:29:57.820 --> 04:30:03.620
gonna get healed up in a moment anyone heels all right a free kill for Sweden

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Hanada can just let me break straight on top of good sleep, but Kevser doesn't want better.

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I mean Kevser is just running amok so far in this series.

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He's free.

04:30:13.920 --> 04:30:15.320
He's being the difference maker.

04:30:15.320 --> 04:30:16.320
100%.

04:30:17.120 --> 04:30:18.320
Oh, FB God.

04:30:18.920 --> 04:30:20.320
Why he's trying?

04:30:20.320 --> 04:30:21.320
He should be good.

04:30:21.320 --> 04:30:22.320
He should be alright.

04:30:25.620 --> 04:30:29.120
France desperate here to find a way back into this round now.

04:30:29.420 --> 04:30:33.120
Plenty of ultimates available for them, but even if you go for a sky noon here,

04:30:33.120 --> 04:30:37.080
Sorrow might even play like an anti-air sentry with their own dead-eye

04:30:41.960 --> 04:30:45.620
So the skull on the cat Kyo's looking for a both cat

04:30:46.120 --> 04:30:47.720
End up going down to dead eyes

04:30:47.720 --> 04:30:54.360
But dip is gonna get a better all the front line in the fashion sorrow down should be a France cap

04:30:55.920 --> 04:31:00.640
It's just interesting how this composition from class it just changes the dynamic of the game of course

04:31:00.640 --> 04:31:05.860
student has to be so wary about that sky noon and all that aerial threat but

04:31:05.860 --> 04:31:10.260
meanwhile dip in that turn for the bastion has so much damage out with

04:31:10.260 --> 04:31:14.340
on the ground as well so willis has to have a lot of responsibility to try and

04:31:14.340 --> 04:31:20.940
get on top of this bastion make life difficult for both hits camp players

04:31:20.940 --> 04:31:25.900
It takes a small shot. I'd say a small one. He's at 100 HP.

04:31:25.900 --> 04:31:28.300
Man, it boosts me. Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, Kevster.

04:31:28.300 --> 04:31:30.380
That looked like he was supposed to go on Willis, though.

04:31:30.380 --> 04:31:33.180
Yeah. Johnny. That was a missed opportunity right there.

04:31:33.820 --> 04:31:37.740
And Sweden has to reset. Keeps the percentage building here for France.

04:31:37.740 --> 04:31:39.660
They can generate some more ultimates as well.

04:31:40.700 --> 04:31:44.380
Serion has 48% here on the Ana, but we know how quickly

04:31:44.380 --> 04:31:45.820
you can generate that in Ana boots.

04:31:45.820 --> 04:31:48.300
And that will obviously be a critical tool here as well.

04:31:50.940 --> 04:31:57.940
France's best hope here. There's really two great teamfights here. First, it needs to be Crocs getting Valley with this limit break.

04:31:59.940 --> 04:32:06.940
I think I'm feeling some point first. This is really low on the side. A good cat map. Straight into the dash and CLA adept.

04:32:06.940 --> 04:32:12.940
FD gots going to do hit the same though and straight into the trink. However, Swede has been...

04:32:12.940 --> 04:32:17.940
Johnny, they do cap the point. So this thing a little bit of percentage away here from France.

04:32:17.940 --> 04:32:24.580
As we see April, yeah, alright, straight into the water, 96% so that little bit of percentage

04:32:24.580 --> 04:32:27.580
there is going to give them kind of another fight, maybe a half a one.

04:32:27.580 --> 04:32:32.060
And crucially as well, if they capture the pointer with 96%, overtime needs to be triggered

04:32:32.060 --> 04:32:34.300
right away from France.

04:32:34.300 --> 04:32:38.140
But France, they got a good ultimate bank going now because Estigo secured so much value

04:32:38.140 --> 04:32:39.140
already.

04:32:39.140 --> 04:32:44.700
Limit Michael Ray, super early on from Willis there, oh the post from on dip, Kevster found

04:32:44.700 --> 04:32:45.700
the bastion.

04:32:45.700 --> 04:32:54.320
And now, he's gonna get taken down by Zerion, and unlikely kill feeds there are not entirely sure.

04:32:54.320 --> 04:32:59.920
Kevser was expecting all that damage coming through from the Arnav, and now in front in a winning spot.

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Skyrim on Aura! Again, Zoro takes down FD, got Keo, who's gonna do the same thing to Aura,

04:33:06.600 --> 04:33:11.260
but Zoro, because he fell on the ground, kind of easy pickings for Dick, and now he boosts up,

04:33:11.260 --> 04:33:16.060
where he chases down Kiyos, straight onto the health bag and now back to the point to

04:33:16.060 --> 04:33:23.500
keep his team alive in this round. He's so damn low and 180 kills Dereon, gets the call,

04:33:23.500 --> 04:33:27.580
gets it done. But Frantz is still holding the point.

04:33:27.580 --> 04:33:31.100
Admiral can buy some time here, Soros back on the Shion, needs to be the digressmaker.

04:33:31.100 --> 04:33:36.780
Admiral's in, the Shion is dead, it's up to Admiral to get yet another touch. Dip, lying

04:33:36.780 --> 04:33:42.260
in wait waiting for the cat so once again go in for another one I mean it's

04:33:42.260 --> 04:33:49.140
just too little too late for Sweden. France ties up on Samoa. I mean these

04:33:49.140 --> 04:33:54.700
teams are neck and neck this is unbelievable and FD got with a critical

04:33:54.700 --> 04:33:59.660
catnap there to buy France some extra time. Forced that final fight when they

04:33:59.660 --> 04:34:02.860
had built up all those ultimate Sierra on finding that pick on the Kevster as

04:34:02.860 --> 04:34:09.180
well, truly individual paymakers making sure that France get an opportunity here to stay

04:34:09.180 --> 04:34:12.500
alive in this Samoa.

04:34:12.500 --> 04:34:15.420
Making a look at the scoreboard early here.

04:34:15.420 --> 04:34:20.220
Kevster always stands out 14 and 7, but it's a team effort from the rest of France.

04:34:20.220 --> 04:34:25.340
What is the damage from Willis too?

04:34:25.340 --> 04:34:26.340
12k.

04:34:26.340 --> 04:34:30.180
I mean, he's doing a lot right now.

04:34:30.180 --> 04:34:34.180
They're listening crocs or essentially doing the exact amount of impact.

04:34:34.180 --> 04:34:35.180
Yeah, perfect.

04:34:35.180 --> 04:34:37.180
They're just equaling each other.

04:34:37.180 --> 04:34:39.180
It's crazy how well matched these two teams are.

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They've even got change too coming into this.

04:34:44.180 --> 04:34:46.180
A couple of days ago, like it wasn't that long ago.

04:34:46.180 --> 04:34:49.180
Still just pumps out so much damage.

04:34:49.180 --> 04:34:51.180
A big DPS.

04:34:53.180 --> 04:34:55.180
Alright, we'll swing in from there.

04:34:55.180 --> 04:34:56.180
No problem.

04:34:56.180 --> 04:34:58.180
That's Oracle's down first, okay.

04:34:58.180 --> 04:35:06.180
It's chance for Sweden to kind of react, but they've reacted a little bit too hastily. It feels like Willis dashes in, gets instantly naded.

04:35:08.180 --> 04:35:22.180
Crocs, so good at finding early impact in these fights. Has developed sort of great sense on this demon to know when you can make a hard commitment, when you can really engage with the mobility the demon has to try and find those opening picks.

04:35:22.180 --> 04:35:27.180
If you can get on top of Sorrow on that Cassidy, you should have a good time fighting an early pig.

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And Crocs does so, time and time again.

04:35:32.180 --> 04:35:34.180
Crass and FD got a little bit.

04:35:35.180 --> 04:35:39.180
As soon as FD got felt pressure there, he ended up backing out way to the Bastion.

04:35:39.180 --> 04:35:44.180
Although Willis is unfortunately quite low, so he can't manage to take any space.

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And Crocs can take prime advantage of that.

04:35:46.180 --> 04:35:50.180
Free real estate for him. Walk straight up and now Willis is out of mech.

04:35:50.180 --> 04:35:52.580
I mean, Willis is getting dominated so far in this round.

04:35:52.580 --> 04:35:56.020
Sebastian too fights in a row that there's just too much damage for him.

04:35:56.020 --> 04:35:58.980
And when that front-laner is gone for Team Shooter, they just buckle.

04:36:00.340 --> 04:36:02.580
I mean, Dip is playing like, well, Loone's tower defense,

04:36:02.580 --> 04:36:05.620
he's sitting up on the side ground, just shooting Crocs as soon as he comes in.

04:36:05.620 --> 04:36:07.060
Yeah, they've been uncompressed so far.

04:36:07.060 --> 04:36:07.560
Yeah.

04:36:08.420 --> 04:36:10.980
If you're Sweden here, you can't play the damage trade.

04:36:10.980 --> 04:36:14.100
You need to look for these coordinated dives, and Ketster trying to get something going.

04:36:14.100 --> 04:36:16.180
He recalled already. Doesn't seem to matter, though.

04:36:17.220 --> 04:36:20.020
Confidence at an all-time maximum here for Ketster.

04:36:20.020 --> 04:36:24.740
Keo dead, no Pogs bomb needed either I'd imagine, although DIP is naff now, it's still pretty scary on the wheels mode

04:36:24.740 --> 04:36:28.020
All the bomb is dead, OH KILLS THEM! He gets dragged off the map!

04:36:28.900 --> 04:36:31.940
DIP ends up getting the kill, the kill credit with the name

04:36:31.940 --> 04:36:36.180
and Alfrant sitting at 70% while Sweden are forced to reset

04:36:38.740 --> 04:36:43.460
Will is contesting here on this D.Va, I need to wait for the rest of the troops here

04:36:43.460 --> 04:36:47.140
Sweden has a couple of ultimates, if they can just wait for their troops to get back in this one

04:36:47.140 --> 04:36:52.880
Sky noon and the bride, I mean, come on, this isn't fair!

04:36:52.880 --> 04:36:59.480
Basaro still takes down Kier when a D gone, despite Dip also using his ult.

04:36:59.480 --> 04:37:04.120
Sorio, I mean, that's dirty work, you've done enough, you deserve a rest.

04:37:04.120 --> 04:37:05.140
Leave the rest to Kepster.

04:37:07.200 --> 04:37:11.620
But it's such a heavy position to be in France, 99%, and

04:37:11.620 --> 04:37:15.120
Sweden have to be perfect from here on out if they want to get away with

04:37:15.120 --> 04:37:21.320
a map win here on Samoa. Kevster and Willis now look at the combined Deva and the Tracer.

04:37:21.320 --> 04:37:25.560
Can they find the picks required on the Keo, on the Xerion in that backline? They need

04:37:25.560 --> 04:37:27.400
to be the first ones to land the opening frags.

04:37:27.400 --> 04:37:32.000
Oh, I mean that.

04:37:32.000 --> 04:37:33.880
Are you kidding?

04:37:33.880 --> 04:37:36.040
Just cannot happen.

04:37:36.040 --> 04:37:37.040
Mistake.

04:37:37.040 --> 04:37:39.160
I mean, are you serious?

04:37:39.160 --> 04:37:43.400
Crocs is painting a picture right now and it is a masterpiece.

04:37:43.400 --> 04:37:46.000
France have already capped the point, I mean, that is it.

04:37:46.000 --> 04:37:49.080
That is Crocs all day, every day.

04:37:49.080 --> 04:37:51.000
Get to another one too, off the back of that.

04:37:51.000 --> 04:37:52.920
Zorro down, FD got high in the sky,

04:37:52.920 --> 04:37:55.000
dipping the 1v1 versus the tracer.

04:37:55.000 --> 04:37:58.280
And unfortunately, Kevster has got the backup.

04:37:58.280 --> 04:38:01.040
Scar takes him down, the sleeve dart on the Crocs.

04:38:01.040 --> 04:38:03.240
I mean, surely, surely he's done enough

04:38:03.240 --> 04:38:04.960
for France to win this fight.

04:38:04.960 --> 04:38:07.000
He's so down low, the limit break,

04:38:07.000 --> 04:38:10.440
Gims up missing Kevster, he dashes out the way.

04:38:10.440 --> 04:38:12.560
This is Sweden's field thing alive here.

04:38:12.560 --> 04:38:15.760
Looking to build this, Deadlight asks well for potential sky note.

04:38:15.760 --> 04:38:19.760
France keeping things contested for now, but Frida's hopes restored until now!

04:38:19.760 --> 04:38:23.720
Cross gets yet another, and FD got an ult in a minute too.

04:38:23.720 --> 04:38:28.920
BoTB at down, and oh dear EV, FD got finds the mech of Willis.

04:38:28.920 --> 04:38:31.400
He's trying to get out, FD got this to reload too.

04:38:31.400 --> 04:38:35.080
Surely Scar can't be kept alive here.

04:38:35.080 --> 04:38:37.560
Zoro is in his own little battle too.

04:38:37.560 --> 04:38:40.960
It's a 1v1, v1, v1, v1 across this map.

04:38:40.960 --> 04:38:42.660
France get the flip again.

04:38:42.660 --> 04:38:44.880
Kevson can touch.

04:38:44.880 --> 04:38:46.600
Stalling for the time being.

04:38:46.600 --> 04:38:48.840
Meanwhile, the Jeffery Ketanon are getting back for Sweden.

04:38:48.840 --> 04:38:50.000
Kandavine at time.

04:38:50.000 --> 04:38:51.560
Didn't recall two.

04:38:51.560 --> 04:38:54.040
Maybe this is a fight France don't want to win.

04:38:54.040 --> 04:38:55.920
Full reset, full regroup.

04:38:55.920 --> 04:38:58.000
They're still at 99%.

04:38:58.000 --> 04:38:58.960
They're going to swing in.

04:38:58.960 --> 04:39:01.560
Zorro gets the shot off.

04:39:01.560 --> 04:39:03.640
Eventually kills Keo.

04:39:03.640 --> 04:39:06.520
But they still have a long way to go.

04:39:06.520 --> 04:39:09.000
How are Sweden still in this one?

04:39:09.000 --> 04:39:15.480
Facing overtime, time and time again, and there's still in control of this objective.

04:39:15.480 --> 04:39:19.080
Franstall, so many ultimates on the board here.

04:39:21.080 --> 04:39:24.600
Sky noon, Nano boosts across the side as well.

04:39:24.600 --> 04:39:29.400
Kio, oh it's just not even fair when the cast is Nano-tier.

04:39:29.400 --> 04:39:33.640
Another shot in Skyle's life, that's all you really need, surely.

04:39:33.640 --> 04:39:35.560
Willis is gonna try and go for a trade.

04:39:35.560 --> 04:39:39.180
Serrion down, the cat comes in, the double flashbang does connect.

04:39:39.180 --> 04:39:42.760
Avril, a little bit too slimy, slippery, gets out of the way.

04:39:42.760 --> 04:39:45.660
Kevser with another touch, the self-destruct comes out for Willis,

04:39:45.660 --> 04:39:47.260
but the baby Eva is dead.

04:39:47.260 --> 04:39:49.660
The pulse bump on the mech, a crocs.

04:39:49.660 --> 04:39:51.460
He does get ejected, sure.

04:39:51.460 --> 04:39:53.760
Numbers still in favour for France, Avril.

04:39:53.760 --> 04:39:56.960
Does land a nice little catnap, actually, on FDGOT.

04:39:56.960 --> 04:39:58.060
They're gonna do it again.

04:39:58.060 --> 04:39:59.160
Ends up killing crocs.

04:39:59.160 --> 04:40:01.960
Surely they don't hold on yet another time.

04:40:01.960 --> 04:40:04.160
Sweden refuses to go down.

04:40:04.160 --> 04:40:08.320
They just find pick after pick, and once more they recap to the objective.

04:40:08.320 --> 04:40:09.920
Sub-Sat!

04:40:09.920 --> 04:40:15.400
A ridiculous round! I mean, this has got to be one of the longest rounds of control of all time.

04:40:16.400 --> 04:40:19.760
But they used so many ultimates to get there.

04:40:19.760 --> 04:40:22.400
Everything they got in the hopes of staying alive.

04:40:22.400 --> 04:40:24.200
But this is last fight territory now.

04:40:24.200 --> 04:40:27.440
Kepster recalls force early. Crocs with limit breaking in hand.

04:40:27.440 --> 04:40:30.680
Who can make the difference? They may break a small dash away there from Winnis,

04:40:30.680 --> 04:40:33.680
but he is vulnerable, susceptible now to Crocs.

04:40:33.680 --> 04:40:39.640
He finds Wander, and the sword much more mightier than the pencil here.

04:40:39.640 --> 04:40:43.800
Sweden, they're going to get a couple of picks of their own, and still in control.

04:40:43.800 --> 04:40:46.240
Dip getting chased out. Kevster, couple of blinks left.

04:40:46.240 --> 04:40:47.760
Get straight back to the point.

04:40:47.760 --> 04:40:50.360
D-Vertus' scenario, Corkspine's a pick of the style.

04:40:50.360 --> 04:40:52.080
FDGod's got the catnap as well.

04:40:52.080 --> 04:40:54.320
Kevster goes down, the pulse bomb still connects.

04:40:54.320 --> 04:40:55.520
Is that enough?

04:40:55.520 --> 04:40:57.040
Is there another toucher?

04:40:57.040 --> 04:40:58.240
A rugby ball.

04:40:58.240 --> 04:41:00.480
Of all things, Willis gets back.

04:41:00.480 --> 04:41:02.120
Zoro's in the fight as well.

04:41:02.120 --> 04:41:04.560
A cabinet that FD got might be all they need.

04:41:04.560 --> 04:41:08.920
They're going to drag the ball back into their net and score.

04:41:08.920 --> 04:41:11.000
France are in control.

04:41:11.000 --> 04:41:14.240
The Sky Noon, the final nail in the coffin.

04:41:14.240 --> 04:41:16.240
Sky Olden is back on the Moira.

04:41:16.240 --> 04:41:17.840
Surely this is it.

04:41:17.840 --> 04:41:20.720
Surely France make this work.

04:41:20.720 --> 04:41:22.920
It's Kevster versus Four.

04:41:22.920 --> 04:41:25.480
But even the greatest can't get it done.

04:41:25.480 --> 04:41:39.320
France finally get the job done at the very end going the distance on Samoa and it's laughter

04:41:39.320 --> 04:41:47.080
from France recognizing how absurd of around that was what they finally get across the

04:41:47.080 --> 04:41:55.780
finish line secure the 1-0 in this third place match. I mean that was so

04:41:55.780 --> 04:41:58.480
impressive I feel you have to stay alive in the first place and give themselves a

04:41:58.480 --> 04:42:03.680
chance to really hang on to that map but it felt like every single time it was an

04:42:03.680 --> 04:42:07.080
uphill battle to start getting picked repeatedly France finding the openings

04:42:07.080 --> 04:42:11.360
and then that that I from Keio it's a big difference maker I mean look at the

04:42:11.360 --> 04:42:21.560
that's 17k damage from Willis. Krog sitting on a clean, cool 20k damage. Next closest

04:42:21.560 --> 04:42:30.080
is Kyo, 16k on the cast as well. That map, Johnny, felt like this series France just

04:42:30.080 --> 04:42:37.840
had versus Korea. It had the same energy, the same cost, the same kind of vibe. And

04:42:37.840 --> 04:42:39.000
That was only three rounds.

04:42:39.000 --> 04:42:41.960
They desperately just want one easy map.

04:42:41.960 --> 04:42:43.640
Can we get a full hold going somewhere?

04:42:43.640 --> 04:42:44.480
Can we get a full hold?

04:42:44.480 --> 04:42:46.000
If we're France here, why does it always

04:42:46.000 --> 04:42:47.640
have to go to distance?

04:42:47.640 --> 04:42:49.280
And like you say, that might have been one of the longest

04:42:49.280 --> 04:42:52.960
Samoans we've ever seen because of how Sweden so well

04:42:52.960 --> 04:42:55.240
delayed the inevitable in that one.

04:42:58.360 --> 04:43:01.880
No team leaving two dejected after that one,

04:43:02.800 --> 04:43:05.000
trading back and forth both teams

04:43:05.000 --> 04:43:06.640
having their moments in this one.

04:43:07.840 --> 04:43:12.560
That goes well for the future here for Sweden. Don't feel like they have to win 1-0 immediately.

04:43:13.440 --> 04:43:15.440
They get the preference of map choice now.

04:43:15.840 --> 04:43:18.240
Even though they are the losers of the very first map.

04:43:18.240 --> 04:43:21.240
They get to choose the first van as well. Who do they want to get rid of?

04:43:24.040 --> 04:43:27.040
Some of these demon players are just so chaotic.

04:43:28.040 --> 04:43:31.240
And the amount of like trading of the cacks as well in the sky.

04:43:31.840 --> 04:43:35.240
It was a little silly, we got enough highlights for the to roll the whole thing if there was like...

04:43:35.240 --> 04:43:41.240
Really nice from FD God and Ambrose. I mean you picked up on Ambrose at the start of the series.

04:43:41.240 --> 04:43:46.240
I think the Desk was kind of chatting about it too. Ambrose Cat is just so good.

04:43:46.240 --> 04:43:50.240
People have gotten better and better and better with the Cat, especially the Cat now.

04:43:50.240 --> 04:43:55.240
I think Gephti God had the more impressive Cat in this one.

04:43:55.240 --> 04:44:00.240
And I feel like Gephti God has just been so good at playmaking when it comes to this Gephti Cat.

04:44:00.240 --> 04:44:04.240
Like it's a big reason why Frans are so successful.

04:44:04.240 --> 04:44:08.240
Because obviously Crocs is thriving, kind of this really aggressive demon.

04:44:08.240 --> 04:44:10.240
Finding the right opportunity to go in and get those picks.

04:44:10.240 --> 04:44:12.240
But it's all built on the backbone of FD God.

04:44:12.240 --> 04:44:16.240
Being such a great support player, managing the back line, managing the front line.

04:44:16.240 --> 04:44:20.240
Putting both his demon and his cast to be in a good place to sleep.

04:44:23.240 --> 04:44:25.240
Are you scared, Jo? Are you scared?

04:44:25.240 --> 04:44:31.760
A small sense of frustration there. It felt like despite him letting it rip

04:44:34.600 --> 04:44:35.800
Hey

04:44:35.800 --> 04:44:42.360
Times of all people were doing battle cries war charts everything, right? That's just Francis in 2026, you know watch

04:44:44.160 --> 04:44:45.640
It creates

04:44:45.640 --> 04:44:50.360
Very motivating energy like the rest of the team can easily rally behind that feel comfortable

04:44:50.360 --> 04:44:53.640
I love what Cox is doing for this team.

04:44:53.640 --> 04:44:58.360
It's a Vibes guy, but he also is sick on tank, which helps.

04:44:58.360 --> 04:45:04.560
I think with, like you said, having a leader like that really kind of pushing yourself

04:45:04.560 --> 04:45:08.920
and pushing the rest of the team to really build up into something special.

04:45:08.920 --> 04:45:15.400
And that has been the tale of France, throughout groups, reverse sweeping career and even in

04:45:15.400 --> 04:45:16.880
that career game just now.

04:45:16.880 --> 04:45:22.080
They're coming off a map 5 heater, and they're still putting up numbers.

04:45:22.080 --> 04:45:24.280
They're still putting this level of energy in.

04:45:24.880 --> 04:45:26.080
What's going on?

04:45:28.080 --> 04:45:29.680
So happy for Kroxuas.

04:45:30.480 --> 04:45:33.680
Found the right meta, the right hero that works for him so well.

04:45:33.680 --> 04:45:37.680
A player we were kind of introduced to back in 2024 in OWCS.

04:45:38.680 --> 04:45:42.480
Making it all the way through the open qualifiers to competing

04:45:43.480 --> 04:45:45.680
in the greatest global war G-sports circuits.

04:45:45.680 --> 04:45:53.040
And now here is fine found a home playing the demon for France and generated so much momentum for his team in this country

04:45:58.320 --> 04:46:03.060
Sweden juicing is going to route 66 man. We're seeing a lot of root recently

04:46:03.760 --> 04:46:06.640
I'm not complaining honestly like I've ever used it and

04:46:07.760 --> 04:46:11.400
Sweden gets rid of the demon. I mean, I think that's a free

04:46:11.400 --> 04:46:38.400
I mean Willis abandoned the demon there towards the end of Samoa, recognizing that Crocs is having so much impact and especially if you have to face the Cassidy and the Bastion composition like that level of coke, you saw Willis has to just go over towards the D-Vine stead, you can utilize the matrix to mitigate all of that damage coming in, you're better set up maybe to go for some of those dives combining with Kevster against a double hitscan composition.

04:46:38.400 --> 04:46:43.040
as you just don't want crocs in your backline have the ability to go so

04:46:43.040 --> 04:46:48.400
aggressive that it just did. France banning at the honor on the

04:46:48.400 --> 04:46:56.480
flip side. Okay. I mean, any of that? I would say, what would you say? I'd say

04:46:56.480 --> 04:47:02.280
this matchup, Syrian would favor the Kiriko, where Sweden favors the honor

04:47:02.280 --> 04:47:06.600
a little bit more. Yeah. They're very competitive on either of those, but just

04:47:06.600 --> 04:47:11.480
the slightest of difference I think France are more comfortable as displayed by this fan of course

04:47:11.480 --> 04:47:16.760
playing the Kyrie though that's we don't have security look at their performance was great like

04:47:16.760 --> 04:47:22.840
he was he was finding insane early picks on the Kyrie like ridiculous headshots yeah the Q9's

04:47:22.840 --> 04:47:29.880
cost map to pick off like he sang a little bit like that's I mean they were taking it to the best

04:47:29.880 --> 04:47:35.960
pairs in the world yeah that's crazy right oh yeah it's definitely a step up for both of these

04:47:35.960 --> 04:47:42.960
these teams honestly. Some of them been playing in. Basic Masters trying to qualify for OWCS

04:47:42.960 --> 04:47:48.960
to begin with. But both of these countries, they've really rallied together. They're making

04:47:48.960 --> 04:47:52.240
so much progress playing this Demon competition. It's really worked out for either of them

04:47:52.240 --> 04:47:58.560
and they find themselves here as two of the four best teams in the world.

04:47:58.560 --> 04:48:07.200
a podium finish on the line as well taking that bronze medal that third place here

04:48:07.200 --> 04:48:12.500
there's your boy cargo walking around making friends big man like so many of

04:48:12.500 --> 04:48:18.360
us at this time yeah so I'm making enemies on the stage

04:48:18.360 --> 04:48:20.360
No, no, no, it's all off.

04:48:20.360 --> 04:48:21.360
Yeah, yeah.

04:48:21.360 --> 04:48:23.360
It's all good games to have to, exactly.

04:48:23.360 --> 04:48:24.360
Yeah, yeah.

04:48:24.360 --> 04:48:25.360
So GG.

04:48:25.360 --> 04:48:26.360
This one.

04:48:26.360 --> 04:48:28.360
Small hijam.

04:48:28.360 --> 04:48:29.360
All right.

04:48:29.360 --> 04:48:31.360
France on defense first.

04:48:31.360 --> 04:48:33.360
Sweden on the offense.

04:48:33.360 --> 04:48:34.360
Come on.

04:48:34.360 --> 04:48:35.360
Take a leaf out of Korea's book.

04:48:35.360 --> 04:48:37.360
A little simple zen.

04:48:37.360 --> 04:48:38.360
You know?

04:48:38.360 --> 04:48:39.360
A little window maker.

04:48:39.360 --> 04:48:40.360
I'm hoping.

04:48:40.360 --> 04:48:41.360
Come on, Crocs.

04:48:41.360 --> 04:48:42.360
Do it for me.

04:48:42.360 --> 04:48:43.360
No, no, no.

04:48:43.360 --> 04:48:44.360
Come on.

04:48:44.360 --> 04:48:45.360
What are we doing?

04:48:45.360 --> 04:48:46.360
No, no, no.

04:48:46.360 --> 04:48:47.360
What are we doing?

04:48:47.360 --> 04:48:57.640
play the hog. Come on. Everybody wants to see this. Come on. The roadhog. Okay, pigs

04:48:57.640 --> 04:49:06.560
can fly. Here we go. Get ready for some roadhog action on Route 26 defense. He said in Korea

04:49:06.560 --> 04:49:13.280
he would play a blizzcon and here it is. Here it is indeed, buying for a bronze medal.

04:49:13.280 --> 04:49:20.280
to the left. The back rocks

04:49:20.280 --> 04:49:25.280
brings out the revered road

04:49:25.280 --> 04:49:28.280
over this. See if you can get

04:49:28.280 --> 04:49:30.280
the job done. They're like, oh,

04:49:30.280 --> 04:49:31.280
wait a minute. Hold on. He's

04:49:31.280 --> 04:49:32.280
a voting. He was just the thumbs

04:49:32.280 --> 04:49:35.280
up a motor around the corner.

04:49:35.280 --> 04:49:37.280
No honor. Sorry, buddy. Yo,

04:49:37.280 --> 04:49:39.280
okay. Whoa. Straight over the

04:49:39.280 --> 04:49:41.280
top. We're getting a little

04:49:41.280 --> 04:49:44.840
Come on, you're a little wide all good. No problem. Take a breather real quick

04:49:45.480 --> 04:49:50.960
All right now. What do we do? He just stands up the game. He just said the patch doesn't come in yet

04:49:51.800 --> 04:49:53.800
The new roadhogs not in yet. Nice. Oh

04:49:55.080 --> 04:49:57.080
Catch the down

04:49:57.280 --> 04:50:01.480
If you got is gonna get traded those Sally's area on you got a TV buddy

04:50:02.080 --> 04:50:07.480
Unlucky you're good. I can hear himself though. Okay. Well, look just like in rank the road is still alive. That's for sure

04:50:07.480 --> 04:50:10.640
Yeah, the support is dead for the roadhogs in life. Now. It's a matter of

04:50:11.280 --> 04:50:12.880
How do we win this new fight?

04:50:12.880 --> 04:50:14.960
It needs to be an opening pick.

04:50:14.960 --> 04:50:16.760
See when I crouch at the roadhog around the corner,

04:50:16.760 --> 04:50:19.040
and yeah, the life of a roadhog, sadly,

04:50:19.040 --> 04:50:21.520
after the hook is unsuccessful.

04:50:22.720 --> 04:50:23.560
Nice kill, Sonsoro.

04:50:23.560 --> 04:50:26.360
This is gonna be a quick swap from Croc's side of magic,

04:50:26.360 --> 04:50:28.480
but it was from Malatlas.

04:50:28.480 --> 04:50:29.320
There it is.

04:50:29.320 --> 04:50:30.160
We tried.

04:50:30.160 --> 04:50:31.720
We can say after that we did try.

04:50:33.000 --> 04:50:34.760
Going to be the Orisa here instead,

04:50:34.760 --> 04:50:36.000
which has been the backup hero

04:50:36.000 --> 04:50:37.480
for some of these tank players.

04:50:37.480 --> 04:50:38.720
We obviously saw in the previous series

04:50:38.720 --> 04:50:41.740
the crotch has pretty good performance on it.

04:50:41.740 --> 04:50:43.220
France looking for the recon path here.

04:50:43.220 --> 04:50:45.700
Keo could build this guy new.

04:50:45.700 --> 04:50:47.300
Would be such a great tool now for France

04:50:47.300 --> 04:50:48.860
to look to engage.

04:50:48.860 --> 04:50:50.180
And they're straight in with it as well.

04:50:50.180 --> 04:50:52.140
Every dipping under big girls.

04:50:52.140 --> 04:50:52.980
Uh-oh!

04:50:52.980 --> 04:50:53.980
And Keo straight down.

04:50:53.980 --> 04:50:55.340
Oh, not quite.

04:50:55.340 --> 04:50:57.180
Flashbang's good for one though.

04:50:57.180 --> 04:50:59.020
Skyro calls, and you know what?

04:50:59.020 --> 04:51:01.460
France might be able to hold this one.

04:51:01.460 --> 04:51:06.460
Even that kill onto Keo shouldn't be too difficult here.

04:51:06.460 --> 04:51:08.020
This is winnable actually for Sweden.

04:51:08.020 --> 04:51:13.520
Three versus four scenario, but they got the matrix to get us to a new, if they could just buy enough time, they could re-engage here.

04:51:16.020 --> 04:51:25.520
We're going straight over the top, that's got to get away, straight in the caves, my word, I'm surprised he didn't pull the trigger earlier on, and that is a lot of damage on Crocs.

04:51:25.520 --> 04:51:27.520
Not until you build up, and yep, that'll be the cap.

04:51:28.020 --> 04:51:35.020
That'll be the cap indeed, as we get this payload moving forward. Really good job, they're staying alive as a trio.

04:51:35.020 --> 04:51:43.500
Utilizing the defense matrix from Willis they buy enough time and then go for Soros we engage all of France troops has to disperse hide away from that that I

04:51:43.500 --> 04:51:48.720
So potent and now Sweden four ultimates on the board here. They get to set up accordingly

04:51:55.660 --> 04:51:58.580
It's just like you said so many ults I

04:51:59.180 --> 04:52:03.260
Think it's gonna be again up to FD got to really open this up with a cat nap

04:52:03.260 --> 04:52:06.260
It's exactly what he's going to do for most white mists.

04:52:06.260 --> 04:52:09.260
So now they're going to try and bandage that wound with a rush.

04:52:09.260 --> 04:52:13.760
That space has been doing so much to deny Kevster of any space of damage.

04:52:13.760 --> 04:52:15.760
And now Willis is separated from the team.

04:52:15.760 --> 04:52:19.760
A self-destruct in the back pocket there, as Crocs tries to pick him out.

04:52:19.760 --> 04:52:22.760
Unfortunately, a remake comes in.

04:52:22.760 --> 04:52:27.260
And hopefully there's people in the momentum going here, really pushing deep and keo.

04:52:27.260 --> 04:52:29.760
Usually, I can know all these things to get the pick onto Adminov.

04:52:29.760 --> 04:52:31.760
It should be France cleaning up here.

04:52:33.260 --> 04:52:38.780
What a kill on to Skar, they do lose Keo but still good, taxi's coming in.

04:52:40.460 --> 04:52:41.420
Where did my Uber driver go?

04:52:44.860 --> 04:52:49.020
Sweden gonna look for the re-engage here, having to put a lot of those also. Now you really have

04:52:49.020 --> 04:52:54.220
to take your time here, you can see them navigating throughout this left side trying to put pressure

04:52:54.220 --> 04:52:57.900
on towards the point. Willis going for a deep engage here, force the teleportation carry on.

04:52:57.900 --> 04:53:01.900
This is also established for citizenry early on here and Sweden doing a good job at it.

04:53:01.900 --> 04:53:05.740
nice it was done there on top but went really low well it's probably low most

04:53:05.740 --> 04:53:09.280
the mech that's terrible news though really bad news and a pulse bump straight

04:53:09.280 --> 04:53:14.560
on top of the dying mech is in a free kill onto the baby leader now they're

04:53:14.560 --> 04:53:17.760
hoping to finish this route using any extra alts that's both support gone for

04:53:17.760 --> 04:53:24.440
France though yeah Kios gonna have to be the light at the end of the tunnel for

04:53:24.440 --> 04:53:28.080
France but looking pretty different right now takes a bike to the face

04:53:28.080 --> 04:53:30.080
He's one HP!

04:53:30.080 --> 04:53:34.080
He's got his eyes so desperate to heal this high ground.

04:53:34.080 --> 04:53:36.080
Oh, and FD got guys!

04:53:36.080 --> 04:53:39.080
The Sky Noon sent to the ground, sent to the grave.

04:53:39.080 --> 04:53:41.080
Pio 10 feet under.

04:53:41.080 --> 04:53:44.080
A Sweden take control of the point.

04:53:44.080 --> 04:53:46.080
His crop is fell.

04:53:46.080 --> 04:53:49.080
That was a really impressive fight from Team Sweden.

04:53:49.080 --> 04:53:52.080
To establish that advantage, to begin with,

04:53:52.080 --> 04:53:55.080
wrapping around, finding the picks onto the back line

04:53:55.080 --> 04:53:57.080
in a scenario where they had no ultimates.

04:53:57.080 --> 04:54:01.660
Ultimates and that means that they can capture this payload and now getting into the third point

04:54:01.660 --> 04:54:09.540
They have so many ultimates available at their disposal. This is the perfect ultimates back out to them to try and capture a really difficult third point

04:54:10.120 --> 04:54:12.120
Has it gaming now for Crocs?

04:54:13.420 --> 04:54:16.200
All right now happy with the Eryssa and have been there as well

04:54:16.560 --> 04:54:21.760
Get that Diva heavy engage basically Lord of Diva just get straight in there

04:54:21.760 --> 04:54:23.980
And that's exactly what has happened.

04:54:23.980 --> 04:54:29.500
Admiral, FDGOT, I'm gonna try and trade places here with these catnaps.

04:54:29.500 --> 04:54:32.420
FDGOT Manchester's sneak Willis away, however,

04:54:32.420 --> 04:54:34.820
self-destruct still in his back pocket.

04:54:34.820 --> 04:54:37.820
Kepster down, 4v5 for France.

04:54:37.820 --> 04:54:43.660
So, you're looking to hold on here, see if they can find an opening pick.

04:54:43.660 --> 04:54:47.100
We're going to choose to withdraw here instead,

04:54:47.100 --> 04:54:50.300
have to deploy a couple of ultimates there, and because of that,

04:54:50.300 --> 04:54:52.940
France now able to set up more comfortably on the defense.

04:54:56.540 --> 04:54:59.820
A lot more hazards than I thought we'd see, I'm going to be honest.

04:54:59.820 --> 04:55:03.420
Both of these players are very happy playing the hazards. Then go to here, survive at least

04:55:03.420 --> 04:55:06.380
time here. An honorable match up. Okay.

04:55:06.380 --> 04:55:07.980
Those things being used on top of each other there,

04:55:07.980 --> 04:55:10.140
Will is going extremely low. The rush is going to come in though to

04:55:10.700 --> 04:55:14.220
kind of help him out in the frontline. The increased healing there coming through from

04:55:14.220 --> 04:55:18.380
both Darion and Skyle. That increased attack speed as Zora moves around the payload.

04:55:18.380 --> 04:55:20.780
Ah, and an easy kill with a dead eye.

04:55:21.420 --> 04:55:23.940
Alright, now Krox is trying to get busy.

04:55:23.940 --> 04:55:26.740
Trying to find an off angle to make it square.

04:55:27.500 --> 04:55:29.260
There's the spree from Kepster though.

04:55:29.660 --> 04:55:32.980
Picks off Serion and the payload can get on moving again.

04:55:34.660 --> 04:55:36.900
Fran, so bad thing until the very end.

04:55:36.900 --> 04:55:38.100
If they got in Krox, find them.

04:55:38.100 --> 04:55:39.220
You gotta find this flank.

04:55:39.580 --> 04:55:40.940
You gotta follow their picks.

04:55:40.940 --> 04:55:41.860
They do get a pick.

04:55:43.740 --> 04:55:44.700
Yeah, Q is already back.

04:55:44.700 --> 04:55:47.540
Nice little silver bullet shot on Tizar.

04:55:48.380 --> 04:55:53.980
And realistically now, we didn't have to play pretty cautious because we didn't, or France-Retter found that pick.

04:55:53.980 --> 04:55:59.780
It's a great job by France there, finding that extra pick earns them this defensive positioning once more.

04:55:59.780 --> 04:56:04.280
Now with Ole Miss, downfall coming in as well for Crocs, which is not far behind.

04:56:04.280 --> 04:56:08.080
Here we go, trying to take an aggressive angle once again is a dip.

04:56:08.080 --> 04:56:10.880
I mean, they're all pretty close to Oles. Downfall is going to come in.

04:56:10.880 --> 04:56:14.880
Oh, catch, they get dominated. Keo gets two, sure.

04:56:14.880 --> 04:56:23.380
But they've managed to trade. It's a three on three. Two Swedish supports still alive as Willis can only get sustained from one of them.

04:56:23.380 --> 04:56:29.380
Gets walled in place. Gets up to the high ground though. No problem and leaps away to safety.

04:56:29.380 --> 04:56:36.380
And now Swinnen is looking to push the gas pedal. They're looking to push the momentum, but as soon as they go too deep, Kiyo will look the capitalized.

04:56:36.380 --> 04:56:42.380
Now it's going to try and swing in. Oh, the wall is kind of frustrating. Quick, break the wall!

04:56:42.380 --> 04:56:45.200
Gereon does full though and oh!

04:56:45.200 --> 04:56:48.300
Sundering blade there from Diff ends up killing two.

04:56:50.800 --> 04:56:55.440
Sweden's struggling here on this third point came in with a good time-bang,

04:56:55.440 --> 04:56:58.820
but these crucial swaps from Diff over onto this vendetta

04:56:58.820 --> 04:57:02.640
procs onto the hazard has been so meaningful.

04:57:02.640 --> 04:57:06.680
Time-windling down and Willis makes the swap over to the Mauga.

04:57:06.680 --> 04:57:14.180
10 seconds to go. Cart at a reasonable distance here to get the touch. This is actually the

04:57:14.180 --> 04:57:19.720
first to fall. Not expecting this Malga mentality coming through from Willis. And this backline

04:57:19.720 --> 04:57:25.440
engagement here from FDGOT and DIP is going to get way late. FDGOT is going to be able

04:57:25.440 --> 04:57:30.120
to get out. DIP too by the looks of things. But Sweden are pushing. DIP has to go for

04:57:30.120 --> 04:57:35.320
a touch and Willis takes him down a high noon as well to make sure they can push forward

04:57:35.320 --> 04:57:40.200
with immunity and this rush is good, but still Willis playing behind the payload.

04:57:40.760 --> 04:57:44.920
Charge can come through at a moment's notice as well as no kills have been up here.

04:57:44.920 --> 04:57:49.720
Scree into the backline a perfect by-section of the DPS.

04:57:50.120 --> 04:57:54.440
Crocs is just so damn low and Dip on the Reaper gets one, sure,

04:57:54.440 --> 04:57:56.680
but you're dealing with the Mauga.

04:57:56.680 --> 04:57:58.840
Ain't no chance, ain't no way.

04:57:59.240 --> 04:58:02.120
Xerion down, full cap for Sweden.

04:58:05.320 --> 04:58:14.840
Well listen, Sweden get the job done with that last second Malga swap, finding a good

04:58:14.840 --> 04:58:18.840
opportunity there to get a couple of kills onto France as they were pushing aggressive

04:58:18.840 --> 04:58:19.840
in those dying moments.

04:58:19.840 --> 04:58:24.360
I mean, that was how I involved the ended in the previous semifinals matchup for Team

04:58:24.360 --> 04:58:25.360
France.

04:58:25.360 --> 04:58:27.440
It's really live and die by the sword.

04:58:27.440 --> 04:58:33.960
You just got to keep going aggressive and that time France again getting picked in those

04:58:33.960 --> 04:58:41.220
Final stages means that Sweden clean things up in a five versus three scenario a single death for Willis as well on the tank

04:58:41.620 --> 04:58:43.620
Do a great job of staying alive

04:58:44.220 --> 04:58:46.220
24 and one

04:58:47.820 --> 04:58:52.700
Not talking the damage me there Johnny you're talking about bronze damage. She was sitting at number three

04:58:53.980 --> 04:58:56.180
But still yes staying alive on the tank there is

04:58:57.540 --> 04:59:03.620
Just slow down the point and a quick swap suit to really make use of that last one like 15 seconds or so

04:59:03.960 --> 04:59:08.060
switches to the market to deal with the hazard they pick the hazard boom momentum

04:59:08.060 --> 04:59:12.600
shifted I mean Willis just essentially sat on the payload for most of that yeah

04:59:12.600 --> 04:59:16.200
putting pressure on that payload but then the rest of the back line from

04:59:16.200 --> 04:59:20.320
Sweden they withdraw they shy away from this very aggressive composition from

04:59:20.320 --> 04:59:23.720
France but once they've been there has deployed a lot of those abilities once

04:59:23.720 --> 04:59:27.960
Brooks finds himself into that backline and haven't got the picks required then

04:59:27.960 --> 04:59:31.560
they are a little bit more exposed and that's when Sweden turn things around

04:59:31.560 --> 04:59:35.820
capping things out on roof is a really good achievement by Sweden here they

04:59:35.820 --> 04:59:41.160
should be favored now to establish this map with on roof 36 but they got to

04:59:41.160 --> 04:59:44.260
maintain control now off this defense.

04:59:44.260 --> 04:59:46.260
You need to do it again Johnny.

04:59:46.260 --> 04:59:51.260
It'll hazard action, do a bit of data, it'll rock to the face.

04:59:53.260 --> 04:59:57.560
We've been seeing a lot of teams do this early on from this payload try to buy some time

04:59:57.560 --> 05:00:02.800
And then you can either choose if you want to get away like we listen

05:00:04.120 --> 05:00:06.120
Admiral are doing right now

05:00:06.240 --> 05:00:10.340
Be careful don't give it to him. Oh body shot bandit

05:00:10.840 --> 05:00:17.500
Yeah, it doesn't quite find the headshot. He decides nice little dragon. Hold it. It's gonna push with his back in

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Good, good, good.

05:00:22.500 --> 05:00:24.500
Crocs now finds himself pretty deep here.

05:00:24.500 --> 05:00:26.500
France, looking to round this corner.

05:00:26.500 --> 05:00:27.500
That's a minute of the timers.

05:00:27.500 --> 05:00:29.500
We done doing a good job just now.

05:00:29.500 --> 05:00:30.500
Contesting the tailo.

05:00:30.500 --> 05:00:31.500
Buying time here.

05:00:31.500 --> 05:00:32.500
Looking to build ultimate.

05:00:36.500 --> 05:00:38.500
Oh, Hexas is really low there.

05:00:38.500 --> 05:00:40.500
Now it's Crocs' time to act.

05:00:40.500 --> 05:00:42.500
He's actually spotting out Admiral, making the call.

05:00:42.500 --> 05:00:43.500
Switching to Sigma.

05:00:43.500 --> 05:00:45.500
Hasn't got the Jagged Wall not just yet,

05:00:45.500 --> 05:00:48.500
Just yet, but Willis is in the corner, taking a lot of spike guard damage.

05:00:49.940 --> 05:00:52.340
Slowly, but surely they march on forward.

05:00:53.020 --> 05:00:53.580
Take the wall.

05:00:54.220 --> 05:00:57.500
Now the rush is going to come in too, after he got way too close to the blender there.

05:00:57.500 --> 05:00:58.500
There is a three versus five.

05:00:58.500 --> 05:01:00.660
Yeah, that's not a rush you want to see.

05:01:00.660 --> 05:01:01.860
Absolutely not.

05:01:01.860 --> 05:01:04.460
I mean, he ripped that basically the same time Q went down.

05:01:04.740 --> 05:01:05.860
Little unfortunate.

05:01:06.620 --> 05:01:08.860
But it was almost like he was premeditated.

05:01:09.380 --> 05:01:12.740
He was so close to building that T-Tooter rush, but once it came alive,

05:01:12.740 --> 05:01:14.500
like the opportunity just wasn't there.

05:01:14.500 --> 05:01:20.980
That's a crucial ultimate now from Serion and they can go forward again. They've got flux too.

05:01:22.100 --> 05:01:26.100
Sweden feeling way comfortable here now five ultimates on the board.

05:01:28.660 --> 05:01:33.060
Skynet is going to be one quick teleport going on dropping into the tunnel.

05:01:33.060 --> 05:01:37.700
Oh he's got one there's the recall. Oh a little bit of damage. Not too great though as well as

05:01:37.700 --> 05:01:44.020
this is going extremely low. Kind of a hard fight there for the Sigma in that small corridor. Ended

05:01:44.020 --> 05:01:49.480
up using the flux as well. Skyle now down two, Zoro's still holding on. It's got the

05:01:49.480 --> 05:01:51.360
heels to match, but I'm full.

05:02:14.020 --> 05:02:16.080
you

05:02:44.020 --> 05:02:46.080
you

05:03:14.020 --> 05:03:16.080
you

05:03:44.020 --> 05:03:46.080
you

05:04:14.020 --> 05:04:16.080
you

05:04:44.020 --> 05:05:04.820
That demon is so important to their style of playing, they like to be so aggressive.

05:05:04.820 --> 05:05:08.340
And so this was Sweden's map to win.

05:05:08.340 --> 05:05:12.340
Losers pick, you get the opportunity to pick the next map, you get the opportunity to remove

05:05:12.340 --> 05:05:17.620
the first hero get that ban in and Sweden they were favored going into this one but now it's

05:05:17.620 --> 05:05:20.900
France turn where do they take us next what heroes do they get rid of here now

05:05:24.420 --> 05:05:31.380
yeah swithering shred back to the demon all right gonna be the demon here on out i imagine for

05:05:31.380 --> 05:05:36.020
France as Sweden showcases that they can hang on pretty much every other tactic here now

05:05:36.020 --> 05:05:45.060
They can hang on the SIG even the hazard too and that's the problem when these series go

05:05:45.060 --> 05:05:47.060
really long.

05:05:47.060 --> 05:05:52.660
Your time kind of runs out if the main thing that's getting you in is the map picks and

05:05:52.660 --> 05:05:53.740
the bands.

05:05:53.740 --> 05:05:57.980
You see how France kind of respond.

05:05:57.980 --> 05:06:04.380
I think banning out Tracer is always going to be a high priority against Sweden too.

05:06:04.380 --> 05:06:09.980
definitely like demon I'd say Tracer those two for either team is like

05:06:09.980 --> 05:06:16.220
priority number one in the first couple of maps at least so we'll see what

05:06:16.220 --> 05:06:20.380
France want to do Esperanza is the map it

05:06:20.380 --> 05:06:25.340
this has been such a reliant map for them not in the previous series but when

05:06:25.340 --> 05:06:29.180
they did beat Korea in the group stage this was a map they established

05:06:29.180 --> 05:06:34.020
dominance on really good to play the demon with the jetback cat to

05:06:34.020 --> 05:06:39.060
jump in between these big high grounds, then find an opportunity to get back into the enemy

05:06:39.060 --> 05:06:40.060
backline.

05:06:40.060 --> 05:06:46.740
I mean, I wonder if Sweden here, you can ban the cat Bastion too?

05:06:46.740 --> 05:06:51.940
It is an interesting one because Sweden, they want to play the Ana like we discussed.

05:06:51.940 --> 05:06:52.940
Yes.

05:06:52.940 --> 05:06:55.260
And this is a great Ana map as Peronso, of course.

05:06:55.260 --> 05:06:58.100
It's been almost like a reliant home for all Ana players.

05:06:58.100 --> 05:07:00.500
I remember like Twilight on the Ultimates.

05:07:00.500 --> 05:07:06.700
I would only come in for one map just come in for Esperanza. Make that your preferred play style

05:07:06.700 --> 05:07:10.500
I did that. I know for sure. He's like, okay, Twilight come on in get on in

05:07:11.100 --> 05:07:13.900
Get in the honor chair and go to town

05:07:17.020 --> 05:07:23.420
But I'm curious to see how Sweden decide to navigate this one now with the second ban because they can pull off their style here

05:07:23.580 --> 05:07:26.700
You're gonna have to essentially opt into the demon jewels, right?

05:07:26.700 --> 05:07:31.700
maybe they feel like at this point they just have to play more of the diva

05:07:31.700 --> 05:07:36.480
based on what we saw in Samoa earlier on they want to shy away from that way of

05:07:36.480 --> 05:07:42.700
playing. Whoa that is a sick megan.

05:07:45.780 --> 05:07:51.660
Yeah I think that's yeah I'm picking up what you're putting down Johnny. There we

05:07:51.660 --> 05:08:00.540
go love it we say every cast just like the cosplayers are just so insane every

05:08:00.540 --> 05:08:04.500
blizzcon to every single one of the cosplayers was so sick cross all titles

05:08:04.500 --> 05:08:09.580
to there you go there's the tracer band from France

05:08:09.580 --> 05:08:26.140
We're really not that scared of the rotom the jokes aside here with the rotom band

05:08:26.140 --> 05:08:31.660
this tells you that Sweden are really comfortable playing the game they don't

05:08:31.660 --> 05:08:37.100
feel the need to get rid of some meta hero they want to opt into this matchup

05:08:37.100 --> 05:08:42.580
now against France even if the Tracer is removed here for Kevster. It's going to be

05:08:42.580 --> 05:08:48.940
Xion now from Depp from Kevster which still the introduction of Xion here

05:08:48.940 --> 05:08:54.180
maintains some pretty high tempo for the flexibius pair. A lot of opportunities

05:08:54.180 --> 05:08:57.460
to have impact we just saw Kevster with some really well timed sprees of course

05:08:57.460 --> 05:09:02.060
on Route 66 as all hope is not lost here for Sweden going into this as

05:09:02.060 --> 05:09:09.660
France. But I still feel like it's still Sweden here on the back, but they're the ones who

05:09:09.660 --> 05:09:14.620
have to deal with what is going to come their way. Yes, they just want to root you to six,

05:09:14.620 --> 05:09:18.140
but they need to take down France playing their own game.

05:09:18.140 --> 05:09:30.140
Man. Obstructing right this event, I'll tell you that. Putting in shifts, Johnny.

05:09:30.140 --> 05:09:41.060
Drops all the animos. Shout out to the obstructing. Now this is what we kind of saw previously

05:09:41.060 --> 05:09:47.460
from Tweed and Johnny. Even with another team playing the demon, Willis is like, okay,

05:09:47.460 --> 05:09:55.860
I can still play D.Va, it's a very different style of play we saw on the first map of Samoa as we did once again on the Vendetta.

05:09:56.860 --> 05:10:03.460
Kiriko for Skyl, Zarya, sorry, Skyl on the honor, Zarya on the Kiriko.

05:10:03.960 --> 05:10:06.960
And this is Franz, very much knowing now what Sweden is going to throw their way.

05:10:06.960 --> 05:10:13.460
They're expecting to D.Va to come out and Vendetta, such a great character with that sword to get up close and personal with that mix.

05:10:13.460 --> 05:10:19.580
So it's just a matter of other patience now for Sweden. Recognizing France's composition

05:10:19.580 --> 05:10:22.660
here. How did it deal with all this skin-bound aggression coming their way?

05:10:22.660 --> 05:10:30.260
It is the double sword comp. The fury warrior comp, if you will, with Vendetta and Devon.

05:10:30.260 --> 05:10:38.020
As he got down though, really early pick from Zoro. A beautiful look so far for Sweden.

05:10:38.020 --> 05:10:42.180
We'll see if France can kind of settle the score. Looks like Div is going to make a mean

05:10:42.180 --> 05:10:48.020
go over here but has to retreat in the end. And Sweden are edging forward here taking it to France

05:10:48.020 --> 05:10:52.980
but they're still expecting this dive to come through at any given time. Oh dearie me. Pets are

05:10:52.980 --> 05:10:58.340
going way too deep. Cute. Grips his head off and Frantz have managed to come back in this fight

05:10:58.900 --> 05:11:03.700
even though SD God went down early. Yeah it's almost like France set a little bit of a trap there

05:11:03.700 --> 05:11:09.540
the health bar dropped really low which kind of tempted Sweden to push on forward try to go for

05:11:09.540 --> 05:11:13.580
engage but France they stay alive in that room they peel for each other and

05:11:13.580 --> 05:11:18.840
then explode out of there with this getting that opening pace as you get

05:11:18.840 --> 05:11:22.020
this opening high ground they're just way ahead when it comes to the ultimate

05:11:22.020 --> 05:11:26.220
Serion already with Kitsuna rush ahead of the nullaboo that is a huge

05:11:26.220 --> 05:11:29.820
discrepancy in all of us since you were taking so much damage and you lost

05:11:29.820 --> 05:11:33.220
someone you're doing the only healing right

05:11:33.220 --> 05:11:36.420
see if Willis can get on the point now

05:11:36.420 --> 05:11:40.020
I'm gonna shove Drogs back into the rest of the team, but there's the only rush.

05:11:40.020 --> 05:11:42.420
Sweden can't do anything here, they have to back off.

05:11:44.020 --> 05:11:47.700
They gotta think better of it, and France earns some extra meterage, but

05:11:47.700 --> 05:11:51.860
the Kitsune rush is spelled here. There's a big tool for France. Next up is Sky Nune.

05:11:51.860 --> 05:11:56.900
So hard here. Sky Nune over top, you have to flee and it's just easy piggins.

05:11:58.260 --> 05:12:01.700
Styledons. Now they have to deal with Kyo. Well, maybe not.

05:12:02.420 --> 05:12:05.860
He's just been flown away, and Willys loses his life.

05:12:06.420 --> 05:12:08.420
Another sharp shot there.

05:12:08.420 --> 05:12:10.420
Checkpoint for France unlocked.

05:12:11.420 --> 05:12:13.420
And France is starting to go away with the meteorite here.

05:12:13.420 --> 05:12:16.420
They're starting to build a lot of progress.

05:12:17.420 --> 05:12:20.420
And it all comes down to them essentially having the earliest ultimate back here.

05:12:20.420 --> 05:12:22.420
So Sweden, look at the contest in this one.

05:12:22.420 --> 05:12:24.420
The point of their life, none of them can swell up to Willis.

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It's good on to D. God, at least you get one kill with it.

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Zora's still gonna have to be fairly careful.

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Nato on to Willis.

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Takes care of her mother.

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Still if your France in this spot, 0-1 close to 0 meters for Sweden.

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You have checked with this early, only 3 minutes in.

05:12:41.420 --> 05:12:45.420
Well that's a little unlucky for Willis, that's a very quick reset.

05:12:45.420 --> 05:12:47.420
Going to take a little bit of time.

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Still have a lot of mobility here and crocs down for France as well.

05:12:50.420 --> 05:12:53.420
So both of these tanks should be able to get back to the next fight

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by the grenades followed by the Susan from Syria here as both teams are looking to trace for a little bit.

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a bit. Sweden's going to have the inferior positioning once more as France able to establish

05:13:01.660 --> 05:13:02.660
this high ground.

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Very subtle, Willis there too, because he didn't lose neck. They could have fought really

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early. France had the priority to spawn there because they already kept check point. Straight

05:13:10.060 --> 05:13:11.060
over the top.

05:13:11.060 --> 05:13:14.140
Thunder and Bane here for Dim. Oh, straight through the wall. Looking for Zorai. Looking

05:13:14.140 --> 05:13:20.780
for somebody. And Admiral. Sent off the edge. Thanks to that flashbang. And FD got takescara

05:13:20.780 --> 05:13:26.460
Willis. I mean, this is a slaughter right now.

05:13:26.460 --> 05:13:31.180
really running away with things as Admiral couldn't capitalize with that

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Catnap and France now edging towards a hundred meters already on Esperanto just

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four minutes in and they have a dead-eye they have to consider us they could

05:13:39.580 --> 05:13:46.660
keep going dead-eye straight to back oh yeah what do you do there a hundred

05:13:46.660 --> 05:13:52.260
meter advantage now at four minutes in you tell me how winnable this is for

05:13:52.260 --> 05:13:58.020
Now Willis is dead. Sure we've lost Keo, but the bot is still moving.

05:13:58.020 --> 05:14:02.980
124 meters. We're eventually gonna touch it if you sweet, but you got no tank.

05:14:02.980 --> 05:14:06.340
Nate comes in, hits two, the bot is still going.

05:14:06.340 --> 05:14:10.180
You have a question from France. They're just never going to waver.

05:14:10.180 --> 05:14:13.860
You've got to keep pushing the bot here as Sweden now desperate to hold on.

05:14:13.860 --> 05:14:16.980
They're gonna have to deploy the ultimate wheel early just to stay alive in this one.

05:14:16.980 --> 05:14:20.980
Willis is alive. Hager backing off, crops lifted to safety, the nano boost.

05:14:20.980 --> 05:14:25.980
You have to get kills with it. Oh, and the limit break is just dirty as well.

05:14:25.980 --> 05:14:34.980
And therefore, the bodies, Sweden just being run over, as Dick places them in the guillotine,

05:14:34.980 --> 05:14:44.980
and lets that blade slice them in twain, front, with a speed run win on Esperanza, Johnny.

05:14:44.980 --> 05:14:52.180
And that is the joy in their faces that you want to see.

05:14:52.180 --> 05:14:55.300
What a back and forth from both of these teams.

05:14:55.300 --> 05:15:02.060
I mean, I can't believe how quick France just ran away with that one.

05:15:02.060 --> 05:15:05.660
It felt like they had one wave of ultimates, and we were 60 meters, we didn't fight back

05:15:05.660 --> 05:15:12.900
all in a bit, and then France essentially go from 60 meters to 135, just like that.

05:15:12.900 --> 05:15:17.640
in five minutes just taking control of Esperanza and if I'm team Sweden I'm

05:15:17.640 --> 05:15:22.540
taking a moment it was like what just happened? I think that happened like we

05:15:22.540 --> 05:15:26.340
lost the opening engagement they had ultimate advantage and then I was over

05:15:26.340 --> 05:15:31.900
didn't really have a chance to stand their ground on that defense the

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aggression with the Kitsune rushes with the dead ice it was just too strong from

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France and now up up to one here pretty early in this third-place match obviously

05:15:43.020 --> 05:15:47.180
the stats aren't going to be pretty here for Sweden of course zero deaths for

05:15:47.180 --> 05:15:54.620
Zerion too you smile in that one yeah just swing kind of crumbling in front

05:15:54.620 --> 05:15:59.660
of France I think Kiyo 12-1 is the one that really stands out for me there yeah

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I felt like every single sky knew you're getting that opening pick whether it's

05:16:02.980 --> 05:16:08.180
Skylon, the honor or on cancer and it's a five versus four scenario like Sweden

05:16:08.180 --> 05:16:14.300
Just keep have to retreat right and so it just makes it so we suffer France if you can reliably just get a pick with a

05:16:14.300 --> 05:16:16.300
Sign there, but then you're gonna win the map

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There's like a mini chapter in this story Johnny a tale of two fights

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I'd say the mid fight where they got Sweden got baited in after they killed fd god baited into close quarters versus

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the demon oh and of course the vendetta who is more than happy to fight you there

05:16:33.000 --> 05:16:39.000
and then the second fight where Willis lost mech I think Zerion ended up

05:16:39.000 --> 05:16:44.160
throwing a kunai at the very end hit the mech got the desuit Willis had to jump

05:16:44.160 --> 05:16:49.440
off the edge and then France had forward sports so they got back to midfight

05:16:49.440 --> 05:16:52.960
they got on high ground if Willis didn't lose mech there that is a very

05:16:52.960 --> 05:16:54.960
different midpoint of the game.

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It sounds weird to say, but I don't even think that Sweden

05:16:58.960 --> 05:17:01.960
realistically have to change anything on the back of such a

05:17:01.960 --> 05:17:04.960
dominant defeat on Esperanza, because their way of playing the

05:17:04.960 --> 05:17:08.960
game has been to absorb that aggression, sit back, wait for

05:17:08.960 --> 05:17:10.960
France to commit with that aggression, and then look to

05:17:10.960 --> 05:17:13.960
capitalize on France's forward positioning.

05:17:13.960 --> 05:17:16.960
But at that time, it just was the smallest of differences that

05:17:16.960 --> 05:17:19.960
meant that France got those opening picks, and then France

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And then France dominates from there on out.

05:17:21.960 --> 05:17:26.660
So if I'm Sweden, I'm just looking to clean things up, the tiniest amount, and then I'm

05:17:26.660 --> 05:17:30.560
looking to stay competitive throughout that map.

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So no reason to abandon what you're doing just yet if you are Sweden.

05:17:34.000 --> 05:17:40.680
You've proved on route 26 just how good you can be against a team like France.

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And you banned the hog that last map too.

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So you didn't exactly, I would say it's a bit more of a throwaway ban, so something to

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reflect on now.

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Could you have done something there to make life a little bit easier for yourself?

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Maybe, yeah.

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Well, that's reflecting on the past.

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What has been.

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Small break for the players.

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Just quick little bartering break.

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And how quick that was, I'm like, just get on with the fourth map.

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Just a running back.

05:18:18.880 --> 05:18:20.940
you

05:18:48.880 --> 05:18:50.940
you

05:19:18.880 --> 05:19:20.940
you

05:19:48.880 --> 05:19:50.940
you

05:20:18.880 --> 05:20:20.940
you

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you

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to get third place.

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All smiles, no crowds, never.

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Hey now.

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I want to see some more Cuban from FDGOT too.

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He's kind of a wizard with the Rubik's Cube.

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We like him to series, what do we think?

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I think they're enjoying it.

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Yeah, it looks good.

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Everybody's enjoying it, mate.

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Especially the French right now.

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Like I said, that French collective very loud in the front of the audience.

05:22:15.880 --> 05:22:17.880
many flags are being waived right now.

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Let's have a look.

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Cassidy ban for Sweden. Okay, don't hate it at all.

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This is kind of a ban I expected earlier on.

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So now Kevster gets to play Free Tracer.

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And a Malca ban for France.

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Thinking maybe, you know what, Willis,

05:22:31.880 --> 05:22:34.880
if you want to play something that maybe can counter the demon here,

05:22:34.880 --> 05:22:36.880
get better on that, let's get better on a flash coin,

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take Malca away.

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Force to play the diva or the demon.

05:22:40.880 --> 05:22:43.880
That's right. I like the way you think there, the Malca.

05:22:43.880 --> 05:22:47.480
They're so good at dealing with D.Va if you don't want to opt into the mirror.

05:22:48.200 --> 05:22:52.280
Probably going to mean here that Willis might have to shy over to something like a D.Va,

05:22:52.280 --> 05:22:55.640
but I think at the same time that could be quite exposed to a Vendetta on this.

05:22:55.640 --> 05:22:59.240
Yeah, that could actually be a matchup that maybe Willis doesn't want to take in this one,

05:22:59.240 --> 05:23:03.160
to favor France. And so maybe at the end of the day you feel like, ah, well,

05:23:03.160 --> 05:23:06.840
don't really want to play D.Va here. Maybe I do have to play D.Va after all.

05:23:06.840 --> 05:23:10.120
And suddenly France, they found an end, they find something they can lean on,

05:23:10.120 --> 05:23:12.360
maybe a matchup that is to their advantage right now.

05:23:13.880 --> 05:23:18.880
But it's going to be both teams here having valuable bans deployed.

05:23:18.880 --> 05:23:23.880
But as Casady gone, it's going to free up Kepster to operate freely on the tracer.

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And given that he is such a superstar player on that hero,

05:23:26.880 --> 05:23:28.880
it could be the opportunity to be the difference maker

05:23:28.880 --> 05:23:31.880
for Sweden to get back into the series and tie it up.

05:23:31.880 --> 05:23:45.560
Diggin' deep. You've had some rest at 3.0 from KSA. Long gone. Well, it looks like

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we actually have a special guest with Danny. Let's check in with himself and Les Seraphim.

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Jack and Johnny, thank you so much. Yes, we have a special guest. I just wanted them to

05:23:55.960 --> 05:23:56.960
say hi to everyone.

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Hi everybody, we're the Seraphim.

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We're so excited to be back here after three years.

05:24:03.960 --> 05:24:07.960
And we're really rooting for everybody who is playing today.

05:24:07.960 --> 05:24:09.960
I heard there's been a lot of good games.

05:24:09.960 --> 05:24:11.960
And we're also going to be performing tonight.

05:24:11.960 --> 05:24:13.960
So please look forward.

05:24:13.960 --> 05:24:17.960
Yep everybody, the Seraphim will be performing tonight.

05:24:17.960 --> 05:24:20.960
And if you want to check it out, go check out their YouTube channel as well.

05:24:20.960 --> 05:24:22.960
You can see it over there. Thank you. That's it.

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Jack and Johnny, back to you.

05:24:26.960 --> 05:24:37.960
Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Danny. And let Sarah Phim look forward to the performance a little bit later on. It's going to be a good time after some good overwatch. Perfect way to run at the night.

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We're going to practice our dance moves.

05:24:39.960 --> 05:24:44.960
Yeah, what should we do? What did you bust out on the floor?

05:24:44.960 --> 05:24:46.960
I mean, I like the Winston a little bit, you know?

05:24:46.960 --> 05:24:48.960
The Winston?

05:24:48.960 --> 05:24:50.960
I've always been the Winston dance move.

05:24:50.960 --> 05:24:55.960
I heard they moped you specifically doing the Winston one.

05:24:55.960 --> 05:24:57.960
Yeah, you know

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Not in front of cameras. No, not what I'm working

05:25:00.760 --> 05:25:06.860
But at home at home. Yeah, I'm busting out the way stuff. Yeah, I heard Matt could do the worm very well

05:25:06.860 --> 05:25:08.860
So we'll see if you will be uh

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Busting that out on the stage. Yeah, we'll make a we'll make some kind of golf that you revealed. Yeah

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Get it posted on the social

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All right

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Johnny here we go Atlas match points for France

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I was going to keep doing it.

05:25:29.960 --> 05:25:31.960
Just straight chilling.

05:25:31.960 --> 05:25:34.960
Straight chilling on up this.

05:25:34.960 --> 05:25:36.960
Very comfortable spot.

05:25:36.960 --> 05:25:39.960
Until the point clips to your side of the map and then you're like, ah.

05:25:39.960 --> 05:25:43.960
Nah, they're agnostic, they don't care about the fight going on.

05:25:43.960 --> 05:25:45.960
They're just chilling.

05:25:51.960 --> 05:25:53.960
It's all fun and games here, France.

05:25:53.960 --> 05:25:57.260
France up to two.

05:25:57.260 --> 05:26:00.600
Catch the Tracer, we're seeing their cat passions on either side.

05:26:00.600 --> 05:26:03.140
And Willis force into this demon head to head.

05:26:07.220 --> 05:26:10.840
Had a bit of a quiet moment here, but it's all action now.

05:26:10.840 --> 05:26:12.480
We are going aggressive here.

05:26:12.480 --> 05:26:15.280
Toto finds the opening, takes on to them here.

05:26:15.280 --> 05:26:19.080
With their life on the line, they need to call themselves back into this series.

05:26:19.080 --> 05:26:20.360
Let's see the look to open things up.

05:26:20.360 --> 05:26:23.360
Oh my goodness, that was close.

05:26:23.360 --> 05:26:26.360
They were sweet and kind of confused as to what was happening.

05:26:26.360 --> 05:26:28.360
It doesn't end up getting slain, eventually.

05:26:28.360 --> 05:26:30.360
Quick elimination there from Zara 2.

05:26:30.360 --> 05:26:33.360
Drops down, there it is. Point cap.

05:26:33.360 --> 05:26:35.360
And this feels great if your team's feeding now.

05:26:35.360 --> 05:26:38.360
You just took an absolute beating on Esperanza,

05:26:38.360 --> 05:26:40.360
but you're already practicing action here.

05:26:40.360 --> 05:26:43.360
And you got the third point cap going for you.

05:26:43.360 --> 05:26:46.360
Now, to keep this up, can you mirror this aggression

05:26:46.360 --> 05:26:48.360
coming out of the corner?

05:26:48.360 --> 05:26:50.840
new, mirror-reversed aggression coming out of fast.

05:26:50.840 --> 05:26:53.080
Crogs, he's going to look to get a grip on this one.

05:26:56.600 --> 05:26:59.800
Man, they are just going at it right into some of Crogs.

05:26:59.800 --> 05:27:02.960
His R-HB, respect the Bastions are at fault.

05:27:02.960 --> 05:27:04.080
On either side, in fact.

05:27:04.080 --> 05:27:05.640
Both of them in the middle.

05:27:05.640 --> 05:27:07.520
Similar times, they're made around the corner.

05:27:07.520 --> 05:27:08.680
Here's Crogs make their move.

05:27:08.680 --> 05:27:11.120
And this feels like a team shooting we haven't seen so far.

05:27:11.120 --> 05:27:13.360
This level of aggression, holding the corner,

05:27:13.360 --> 05:27:15.120
always jousting in the front line.

05:27:15.120 --> 05:27:16.960
Tester now, angling for the flank around,

05:27:16.960 --> 05:27:18.240
looking for the backliners.

05:27:18.240 --> 05:27:20.240
Rush as well, it's going to be deployed at the moment there.

05:27:20.240 --> 05:27:21.920
Skyle just kind of setting up for it.

05:27:21.920 --> 05:27:24.240
He's going to try and trade places right now.

05:27:24.240 --> 05:27:26.400
And it's Jim Hendrick coming down to a false bomb.

05:27:26.400 --> 05:27:31.360
Meanwhile, point, cat, 70% for Sweden, but France sneaking away.

05:27:31.360 --> 05:27:33.840
I think he's got 80.

05:27:33.840 --> 05:27:34.800
He's out of the point.

05:27:34.800 --> 05:27:36.880
It's basically three players for the point right now, Johnny.

05:27:36.880 --> 05:27:37.520
And there it is.

05:27:37.520 --> 05:27:39.200
Nice, it was usually a telephone as well.

05:27:39.200 --> 05:27:41.600
Oh, the living wreck is good, but Crocs de-mecked.

05:27:44.960 --> 05:27:45.920
De-mecked, indeed.

05:27:45.920 --> 05:27:48.120
And Sweden's are getting back into the fight.

05:27:48.120 --> 05:27:51.040
having to deploy a couple of ultimates, 70% and counting.

05:27:51.040 --> 05:27:54.080
Franzter earning the capture point.

05:27:54.080 --> 05:27:55.360
It is going to mean that they probably

05:27:55.360 --> 05:27:57.640
should get another fight going here as well as both Kiyo

05:27:57.640 --> 05:27:59.920
and Effigort look to stall things out for now.

05:27:59.920 --> 05:28:01.800
Sweden though, they want to pounce early,

05:28:01.800 --> 05:28:03.040
they want to go aggressive themselves,

05:28:03.040 --> 05:28:06.040
make things difficult for Franzter to establish the system.

05:28:09.040 --> 05:28:10.720
They're trying to put a bit of pressure now.

05:28:10.720 --> 05:28:12.400
Oh, Sorrow, good to do.

05:28:12.400 --> 05:28:13.840
It's a really good two to one dip.

05:28:13.840 --> 05:28:15.360
Actually Kepster goes down.

05:28:15.360 --> 05:28:16.280
They were trying to combo there.

05:28:16.280 --> 05:28:21.340
And with Kevster coming in with a flank, a nice combo again, the Katnap with the artillery

05:28:21.340 --> 05:28:24.420
garage just did with the line up.

05:28:24.420 --> 05:28:28.340
It's just such a nasty combo, you just can't move and it's just an instant kill on the

05:28:28.340 --> 05:28:29.340
map.

05:28:29.340 --> 05:28:31.300
Really nice stuff there from France.

05:28:31.300 --> 05:28:35.100
And honestly a little bit of indecision there from Sweden, Kevster was deep in the backline

05:28:35.100 --> 05:28:40.380
early and then the combination from Soro, but the Sousa was good enough for France.

05:28:40.380 --> 05:28:45.260
But France able to get back into that fight and now 52%, they could very easily just secure

05:28:45.260 --> 05:28:50.720
this initial point after sweeping the word the dominant one early on all right

05:28:50.720 --> 05:28:55.960
let's have a look now Keo can play kind of not on an off-fangle surprising them

05:28:55.960 --> 05:29:00.740
with the spree gonna send the Viking first because he's very revealed

05:29:00.740 --> 05:29:04.820
they're gonna try and push in but they are hesitant to do stuff waiting for this

05:29:04.820 --> 05:29:09.360
turret bomb to get offline first although a postman from Kedsa starts to fight off

05:29:09.360 --> 05:29:15.240
well with a dash kill on to Sarah that should realistically be it although

05:29:15.240 --> 05:29:20.240
With Willis out of mech, anything could happen, but Crocs is in a 1v4.

05:29:22.240 --> 05:29:28.240
France, of course, will enclosing things out here rather. Kevster, with a great show on there, with the post-bomb.

05:29:29.240 --> 05:29:34.240
But that needs to be the standard now. Kevster needs to be the impact player.

05:29:34.240 --> 05:29:39.240
They spend time and time again for teaching them if they are to get back into this one.

05:29:39.240 --> 05:29:44.240
Diff swaps over to the tracer, but it should not matter. Kevster.

05:29:45.240 --> 05:29:51.240
He needs to be the one to sneak up on these flanks forced to recall early and create the win from this and sort of defeat them.

05:29:52.240 --> 05:29:59.240
There's the rush out of the bridge. Before the point unlocks as well, so we can have a chance to get back in, although maybe not anymore.

05:29:59.240 --> 05:30:04.240
Good front-load if you're damaged there, it's worth a smack, eject it, reset it.

05:30:05.240 --> 05:30:09.240
Just getting a little bit caught there with all that damage coming out from France.

05:30:09.240 --> 05:30:14.240
You could argue that it's an individual mistake that earns France a relatively easy fight just then.

05:30:15.240 --> 05:30:22.160
And now again it's back to the drawing board for Sweden here as they have to joust in this positioning the tracer duel trying to find an advantage

05:30:22.160 --> 05:30:25.160
A couple of ultimates online though, they can't deploy the consumer here

05:30:25.160 --> 05:30:31.160
And FFD is always trying to drag someone away, being dragged in the wrong target completely, it's alright, end up taking him out of the sky

05:30:32.160 --> 05:30:36.560
And Bennett can't map two from Sweden, remove the tank from the equation

05:30:36.560 --> 05:30:42.120
That's more like it, Joss.

05:30:42.120 --> 05:30:47.320
Kitsune Rush, you find the value, FD God trying to make a play with the catnap early, Rikmaxing

05:30:47.320 --> 05:30:48.320
that.

05:30:48.320 --> 05:30:50.720
You can't really stand up to the Kitsune Rush if you're friends, so you want to go for

05:30:50.720 --> 05:30:51.720
an early start.

05:30:51.720 --> 05:30:52.720
You want to try to find that thing.

05:30:52.720 --> 05:30:53.720
It does not happen that time around and now it's waiting back in control.

05:30:53.720 --> 05:30:54.720
I think if you have to find Zora, they kind of know where Bastion is.

05:30:54.720 --> 05:30:55.720
Teleport Wraithing, so you can't really see him.

05:30:55.720 --> 05:30:57.720
We're back in for Paul

05:31:01.720 --> 05:31:04.720
I think if you have to find Zara they kind of know where the Bastion is

05:31:05.720 --> 05:31:07.720
Teleport away from Zarya. It's going to keep him alive

05:31:08.720 --> 05:31:10.720
Limit break, POTS on the point is Crocs

05:31:11.720 --> 05:31:15.720
Guarding, holding that shield almost behind Willis to make sure he can't get any healing

05:31:16.720 --> 05:31:19.720
Hevster gets one with a Pulse Orb, that was a nice Tuzu from Skyle

05:31:20.720 --> 05:31:22.720
Can they actually finish this fight though?

05:31:22.720 --> 05:31:25.360
By being really easy now without deep harassing the back line,

05:31:25.360 --> 05:31:27.280
as Krop fends for himself.

05:31:27.280 --> 05:31:31.600
FD gots going to join the party, and unfortunately for France,

05:31:31.600 --> 05:31:35.040
a quick reset is in order, but they've at least got one more opportunity.

05:31:37.040 --> 05:31:40.240
They need to recover their troops and try to go for one more contest here.

05:31:41.120 --> 05:31:43.280
But it does feel like Sweden, they are in control for now.

05:31:43.280 --> 05:31:46.080
They're doing a great job playing this competition we've seen so far.

05:31:47.840 --> 05:31:50.880
A swing in and a quick hide away, no problem there.

05:31:50.880 --> 05:31:56.480
Yeah, Willy is part of that shield on style so low, but they traded Kirikos in the chaos of it all.

05:31:56.480 --> 05:32:01.680
He also got artillery strikes right on the point, and yeah, not too much damage there.

05:32:01.680 --> 05:32:06.680
He's gonna buy Kroxom time maybe, but not enough time to get healed all the way back up again.

05:32:06.680 --> 05:32:12.680
Tim now is gonna have to chew through a lot more than this tank in the frontline here to try and turn this one around.

05:32:12.680 --> 05:32:17.680
Oh, and stick from Kepster's good. Disgusting work from the Tracer.

05:32:17.680 --> 05:32:25.040
If he's just so difficult to take down, even chasing Dip away, and he's going to keep having

05:32:25.040 --> 05:32:26.040
this level of impact.

05:32:26.040 --> 05:32:29.360
He knows the touch is going to come in from there, looking for the tracer desperately,

05:32:29.360 --> 05:32:32.520
forcing him to have to recall.

05:32:32.520 --> 05:32:38.720
Another touch, another touch needed, Dip forced to recall, there it is, and here we go.

05:32:38.720 --> 05:32:39.720
We have FD God with a catnap.

05:32:39.720 --> 05:32:47.120
He needs to hit it, both support holds available, FD God keeping the point alive, Rush difficult

05:32:47.120 --> 05:32:49.920
to fight on if he's Sweden, but 64% for Frasen.

05:32:49.920 --> 05:32:51.600
They can't give up a little bit of time here.

05:32:51.600 --> 05:32:54.680
Katnab comes in, Skyl has been stunned, dragged away,

05:32:54.680 --> 05:32:56.320
but it is solo.

05:32:56.320 --> 05:32:58.040
That ends up going down anyway.

05:32:58.040 --> 05:32:59.080
A team that comes to win this,

05:32:59.080 --> 05:33:01.280
and now one more fight here for Sweden.

05:33:02.120 --> 05:33:03.480
But this is actually going to be difficult

05:33:03.480 --> 05:33:04.480
to get back in time.

05:33:04.480 --> 05:33:05.960
Kester doings his phone wave here,

05:33:05.960 --> 05:33:07.800
but it has to be someone else who's such admirable.

05:33:07.800 --> 05:33:09.600
Now needs to be the go-to

05:33:09.600 --> 05:33:11.360
to just keep this overtime going.

05:33:12.560 --> 05:33:13.400
Not just...

05:33:13.400 --> 05:33:14.760
They just don't think they're gonna go for it at all.

05:33:14.760 --> 05:33:16.520
Recognizing that there is bound men.

05:33:17.120 --> 05:33:19.760
have to wait for their troops to spawn in France,

05:33:19.760 --> 05:33:22.600
tie things up with that Rathas, get a feel like Sweden,

05:33:22.600 --> 05:33:25.080
failing there to capitalize on a really good start

05:33:25.080 --> 05:33:26.080
to that second point.

05:33:30.640 --> 05:33:33.640
Crocs Willis square enough that once again,

05:33:33.640 --> 05:33:36.040
we're starting out with a Baxiano.

05:33:36.040 --> 05:33:37.520
It's gonna block a little bit of that damage

05:33:37.520 --> 05:33:38.960
to the Cat, ends up getting swung in.

05:33:38.960 --> 05:33:40.760
Skullpots that rush.

05:33:40.760 --> 05:33:42.560
But the old Fated one ends up going down.

05:33:42.560 --> 05:33:43.840
The Crocs are from Kempstra, it's gonna be good,

05:33:43.840 --> 05:33:46.480
but even better, Suzu there from Serion.

05:33:46.480 --> 05:33:50.120
Keeps the front line alive, and yeah, the pocket is just so nice.

05:33:50.720 --> 05:33:54.800
Getting that position with the Bachelon, then pushing up and bare.

05:33:54.960 --> 05:33:59.280
Ketchers forced to react, forced to try and go for a Pogsbomb, but Zerion has the answer.

05:34:03.200 --> 05:34:05.520
France now in control of this third point.

05:34:06.720 --> 05:34:09.080
They want to close things out here and now on off.

05:34:09.080 --> 05:34:11.400
They secure that bronze medal for themselves.

05:34:12.320 --> 05:34:15.200
They're linked towards it, gets to the right, which is devastating in all its own.

05:34:15.200 --> 05:34:19.320
Okay, Coffinie and Cat Noises now as Apple drives Crocs over the edge

05:34:20.680 --> 05:34:22.680
It's a good target. It's the perfect one

05:34:23.280 --> 05:34:26.000
It's a good option to wait you are yet to leave it

05:34:29.160 --> 05:34:33.080
I'll never hear you on how something to say about it. Okay, 25 HP because of the trace

05:34:33.200 --> 05:34:35.200
He's a portray for the time of the storm

05:34:35.960 --> 05:34:37.960
54%

05:34:37.960 --> 05:34:43.640
Hey, no, I've seen crazy things. Yeah, we've seen a lot of crazy things from the Russians

05:34:45.200 --> 05:34:47.600
You never know with some of those kunis.

05:34:47.600 --> 05:34:51.040
Crafts with a really good ultimate back here.

05:34:51.040 --> 05:34:53.280
Sweden look to draw on some of these ults laterally.

05:34:53.280 --> 05:34:55.200
It's exactly what they're doing dip there.

05:34:55.200 --> 05:34:57.760
They're trying to move in first to make France use ults.

05:34:57.760 --> 05:34:59.520
Limmie break comes out from Wittesburg.

05:34:59.520 --> 05:35:00.880
Look at that help bar.

05:35:00.880 --> 05:35:03.840
Just gets absolutely deleted.

05:35:03.840 --> 05:35:06.160
Send with the pilot too.

05:35:06.160 --> 05:35:08.800
Sweden overplaying their hand.

05:35:08.800 --> 05:35:11.280
Thinking they got a royal flush.

05:35:11.280 --> 05:35:14.720
But it is France that have the ace up their sleeve for this fight.

05:35:16.320 --> 05:35:18.960
But I still like the way Sweden played that though, because

05:35:18.960 --> 05:35:21.120
the kids sooner or sooner gets deployed early for France,

05:35:21.120 --> 05:35:23.600
while Sweden is dealing with a total few objectives.

05:35:23.600 --> 05:35:27.760
And so actually, 70% of them counting here for France,

05:35:27.760 --> 05:35:30.480
we then should have one good opportunity to get back into this one.

05:35:32.800 --> 05:35:34.320
Oh, what do you want, the Skepster and Timmy?

05:35:34.320 --> 05:35:36.720
Oh, with a name!

05:35:38.560 --> 05:35:40.160
Just Bunk Skepster.

05:35:40.160 --> 05:35:42.960
Uh-oh, that and that work wide. No problem. We'll ignore that one.

05:35:42.960 --> 05:35:45.920
FD gone. Not in the shoot. As long as you get the next kill.

05:35:45.920 --> 05:35:48.080
Kio ends up getting traded there as Zoro goes down.

05:35:48.080 --> 05:35:51.360
Willis is making history in France. Looking good. They're looking clean.

05:35:52.320 --> 05:35:54.400
That's another point down to their belt shotting.

05:35:54.400 --> 05:35:58.640
One more to go. And France will have their first medal.

05:35:58.640 --> 05:35:59.840
I don't know what's more. Come.

05:36:02.080 --> 05:36:06.480
And it feels like after a slow start, it's been all France now on this demon composition.

05:36:06.480 --> 05:36:12.480
This is how they made their name, their bread and butter in the 2026 Overwatch World Cup.

05:36:12.480 --> 05:36:16.480
Crocs revitalized with Demon being released after God,

05:36:16.480 --> 05:36:18.480
planning a place on this jetpack cab.

05:36:18.480 --> 05:36:22.480
Now, looking to make the most out of it, to claim third place.

05:36:24.480 --> 05:36:28.480
This is a brilliant spot for them to be in a good stitch as well.

05:36:28.480 --> 05:36:30.480
Very low as to all right now.

05:36:30.480 --> 05:36:33.480
Every kind of healing resources pumped into it.

05:36:33.480 --> 05:36:36.480
Another Pogsman, but Kessler's done them one better.

05:36:36.480 --> 05:36:38.480
They've ended up losing the Metzvul.

05:36:38.480 --> 05:36:40.480
So Kessler's got a lot more weight now.

05:36:40.480 --> 05:36:43.480
What he's showing is to try and clutch in this fight.

05:36:43.480 --> 05:36:45.480
Looks like he can kill onto Seriana.

05:36:45.480 --> 05:36:47.480
Leashville, stem the bleeding for now.

05:36:47.480 --> 05:36:51.480
A well-timed two-night, forces to recall from Diff here now.

05:36:51.480 --> 05:36:54.480
And Swede, they get control of the objective.

05:36:56.480 --> 05:36:58.480
They have a continuous in-hand here.

05:36:58.480 --> 05:36:59.480
Admiral with a catnap as well.

05:36:59.480 --> 05:37:01.480
They have the tools available.

05:37:01.480 --> 05:37:05.480
But they need to continue making place in the middle of the sale out here.

05:37:09.480 --> 05:37:14.480
It's again, he's won, he wants a stepster, get it, it's so terrifying.

05:37:15.480 --> 05:37:19.480
They'll rush, this engage no problem.

05:37:19.480 --> 05:37:21.480
There's the first, re-engage.

05:37:21.480 --> 05:37:23.480
You use yours, we use ours.

05:37:23.480 --> 05:37:27.480
Better timing though for here for France, and a better position too.

05:37:27.480 --> 05:37:30.480
Here comes the bastion of FD God.

05:37:30.480 --> 05:37:37.880
It's just gonna drag Zorro into enemy territory, into no man's land, but Willis is already in this fight.

05:37:37.880 --> 05:37:44.880
And he got an animal take to the skies, and now it's Willis and Krags just giving each other haymakers on the point.

05:37:44.880 --> 05:37:48.480
But it's Willis's neck that is lost in the frame.

05:37:48.480 --> 05:37:53.480
Sweden are up to 80 plus per cent, but Krags should get the cap.

05:37:53.480 --> 05:37:58.480
It's a three versus three that deteriorates when Willis loses that neck.

05:37:58.480 --> 05:38:06.480
But Sweden like to say they build all that percentage, which now means they're one teamfight away from at least tying things up here on Atlas.

05:38:07.480 --> 05:38:11.480
But Brandon says a couple of teamfights away. Going to be an early on killers right here from Teal.

05:38:12.480 --> 05:38:15.480
But if you just force an arrow in strong Sweden, there's no going to be any.

05:38:15.480 --> 05:38:22.480
Dip has a full storm in hand here. Dip goes against Tyrako, gets the value, but this could make all the difference now if you're dead.

05:38:22.480 --> 05:38:25.480
Turned into free ult charge there, that Bastion on.

05:38:25.480 --> 05:38:28.480
Same looking for his pulse, sees the, here it goes.

05:38:28.480 --> 05:38:30.480
Sees a lot of these, in fact, that Bastion might be the target.

05:38:30.480 --> 05:38:34.480
Straight on the floor, that makes all good. Zora had to dodge out the way.

05:38:34.480 --> 05:38:36.480
Straight into the waiting arms of Crocs.

05:38:37.480 --> 05:38:41.480
And here we go, now Farn just pedaled to the middle. They want to take it to Sweden 4.

05:38:41.480 --> 05:38:43.480
This could be the start of the year.

05:38:43.480 --> 05:38:47.480
Straight onto the sky, 70 plus percent, Sweden need to reset.

05:38:47.480 --> 05:38:52.920
Branskis continues to push momentum, 80% and counting, sweet enough.

05:38:52.920 --> 05:38:56.280
They have to wait for the truth to get back, Adrol feeling like he has to contest

05:38:56.280 --> 05:38:58.440
the point early before it gets back.

05:38:58.440 --> 05:39:02.800
He's trying to go in there, and he got Jason, he's chasing him down.

05:39:02.800 --> 05:39:04.320
97, 98, where?

05:39:04.320 --> 05:39:07.400
He got it back!

05:39:07.400 --> 05:39:13.760
Frantz threw it in four, and when Pen is put to paper,

05:39:13.760 --> 05:39:22.760
France will be remembered as a band of unlikely heroes that pushed the world's best to their limits.

05:39:23.760 --> 05:39:31.760
A third place spot, a place on the podium for their first ever medal in the Overwatch World Cup.

05:39:31.760 --> 05:39:38.360
A heart-breaking end to Ikevali against South Korea.

05:39:38.360 --> 05:39:45.800
But they find a reason to smile and be joyous here in their victory against Team Sweden.

05:39:45.800 --> 05:39:53.920
In this historic tournament, the Overwatch World Cup, France, they scribe their name into

05:39:53.920 --> 05:39:56.920
some medals here in Anaheim.

05:39:56.920 --> 05:40:03.920
That's the claim, third place, that you've worked all tough.

05:40:06.920 --> 05:40:15.920
Revenge from many moons ago, from 2017 Johnny, where Sweden stood on that podium.

05:40:15.920 --> 05:40:23.920
But it is this time that France get there, a hard-bought effort for Sweden.

05:40:23.920 --> 05:40:26.980
Many no quantities on either side of the stage

05:40:28.000 --> 05:40:31.800
But Francis test of will test of strength test of might

05:40:33.080 --> 05:40:36.160
Taking career to map flies a

05:40:37.560 --> 05:40:39.560
Place well at

05:40:41.920 --> 05:40:45.320
And with so much fan support behind them as well in the audience

05:40:46.960 --> 05:40:52.560
That energy truly felt all that passion all that enthusiasm from the French overboard community

05:40:52.560 --> 05:40:55.560
We're saluting at our podium place here.

05:41:01.560 --> 05:41:04.560
Let's jump down to Zoe though. We can get some final words.

05:41:08.560 --> 05:41:16.560
Thank you guys so much. And with that, France has earned their first ever Overwatch World Cup medal.

05:41:16.560 --> 05:41:22.280
medal and what a feat, what an achievement in the fashion they did it because they coming

05:41:22.280 --> 05:41:28.720
off of such a hard breaking semifinal, they somehow rallied within the time span of 20

05:41:28.720 --> 05:41:32.360
minutes, locked back in and gave us such a dominant victory, Ash.

05:41:32.360 --> 05:41:34.080
How incredible is that?

05:41:34.080 --> 05:41:38.440
I cannot wait to eventually be able to talk to the players and hear what the conversations

05:41:38.440 --> 05:41:39.440
were made.

05:41:39.440 --> 05:41:44.800
You like to head into this third place matchup to be able to bring it to Sweden.

05:41:44.800 --> 05:41:50.800
I think that overall, we continue to see the Dimon cook there for Crocs.

05:41:50.800 --> 05:41:53.520
He's great at the Eryssa as well at the Hazard.

05:41:53.520 --> 05:41:56.320
But when it came down to the bands that we saw,

05:41:56.320 --> 05:42:00.440
the map that Sweden was able to pick up did come off of that Dimon band.

05:42:00.440 --> 05:42:03.920
Yeah, you can tell for France just how much they rely on Crocs.

05:42:03.920 --> 05:42:07.960
He's been a real superstar coming into his own Amious event.

05:42:07.960 --> 05:42:09.760
I'm also really impressed that this French team

05:42:09.760 --> 05:42:13.440
adapt some of the success that Korea had against them running the Bastion.

05:42:13.440 --> 05:42:18.140
He pulled that up so much more often in this third-place match and it paid dividends.

05:42:18.140 --> 05:42:22.140
He was able to show that flexibility going from the tracer to the vendetta to the bastion.

05:42:22.140 --> 05:42:26.940
And for a player who he talked about potentially struggling down the stretch in that ROK match,

05:42:26.940 --> 05:42:31.640
it's huge he's able to bring it back and go up against one of the best to ever do it in Kevster

05:42:31.640 --> 05:42:35.940
and steam that test of time earning a first ever medal for France.

05:42:35.940 --> 05:42:39.640
And making those kind of adaptations on such short notice,

05:42:39.640 --> 05:42:42.940
that just goes to show how fearless France are in their approach.

05:42:42.940 --> 05:42:45.340
to having those high-risk, high-reward plays.

05:42:45.340 --> 05:42:46.380
Absolutely.

05:42:46.380 --> 05:42:48.860
And again, I know we talk so much about Prox,

05:42:48.860 --> 05:42:52.100
but it's because not only what he's putting into the server,

05:42:52.100 --> 05:42:53.740
but the communication with his team.

05:42:53.740 --> 05:42:56.900
He is that player that's able to just keep them strong

05:42:56.900 --> 05:43:00.060
when they bring their energy back up when need be.

05:43:00.060 --> 05:43:03.380
And I'm certain that he was a huge part of today's success.

05:43:03.380 --> 05:43:04.700
Yeah, absolute heartbreak, of course,

05:43:04.700 --> 05:43:06.380
for Sweden, that made it this far.

05:43:06.380 --> 05:43:08.900
Also, somehow, we managed to put Johnny on both the games,

05:43:08.900 --> 05:43:09.980
which we lost.

05:43:09.980 --> 05:43:11.500
You have to cast also.

05:43:11.500 --> 05:43:12.740
Sorry about that, Johnny,

05:43:12.740 --> 05:43:17.340
You know what, still great to see Sweden in action here at BlizzCon.

05:43:17.340 --> 05:43:20.740
Making it this far is already a massive achievement thing.

05:43:20.740 --> 05:43:23.540
And we were talking about this backstage, but for players like Kevser,

05:43:23.540 --> 05:43:28.140
who have been around for most of this incredible decade of Overwatch,

05:43:28.140 --> 05:43:30.340
I mean, that is a ridiculous accomplishment.

05:43:30.340 --> 05:43:32.340
The next generation of players are here.

05:43:32.340 --> 05:43:36.340
They are monstrously effective, as we've seen throughout this tournament.

05:43:36.340 --> 05:43:39.340
You know, young teams like those representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

05:43:39.340 --> 05:43:41.140
have made their mark on Overwatch,

05:43:41.140 --> 05:43:45.300
And it's a real testament to a player like Kevser, his mentality, his focus,

05:43:45.300 --> 05:43:48.540
to stay with that level of competition year in, year out.

05:43:48.540 --> 05:43:50.740
Summer Singh, he still hasn't hit his peak yet.

05:43:50.740 --> 05:43:52.980
He's still showing better and better form.

05:43:52.980 --> 05:43:55.380
And just a testament to his dedication,

05:43:55.380 --> 05:43:57.820
what he's brought and delivered for the Swedish squad.

05:43:57.820 --> 05:44:02.460
France, they got a bronze medal in their hands now.

05:44:02.460 --> 05:44:05.020
That means we just have one match left.

05:44:05.020 --> 05:44:07.620
And that is, of course, our grand finals.

05:44:07.620 --> 05:44:09.940
Three-time champion, South Korea,

05:44:09.940 --> 05:44:15.380
We'll be facing off against our current arraigning champions of the Overwatch World Cup.

05:44:15.380 --> 05:44:21.420
Now, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, all of that is going to go down on this very stage in just a bit.

05:44:21.420 --> 05:44:24.820
Short break before that, but we'll be right back. You don't want to miss it.

05:50:09.940 --> 05:50:24.940
The 2026 Overwatch World Cup is brought to you by DHL.

05:50:24.940 --> 05:50:32.020
All right, give us your thoughts on the defending champions KSA.

05:50:32.020 --> 05:50:33.700
I think they're super strong team.

05:50:33.700 --> 05:50:36.740
I think as a region they've just gotten better at watching them.

05:50:36.740 --> 05:50:41.260
They're really insane right? I'm one of the best EPS in the world.

05:50:41.260 --> 05:50:44.460
I just think when the cards are on the table, Quartz will just 1v9 every time.

05:50:44.460 --> 05:50:48.260
I think that before the game, people didn't really care about me.

05:50:48.260 --> 05:50:52.340
But after we won the game in the US, I think people will be like,

05:50:52.340 --> 05:50:54.500
oh, I'm going to be on the team.

05:50:54.500 --> 05:50:57.700
If people don't care about me, I'm going to be on the team.

05:50:57.700 --> 05:51:02.340
I think I'm good at Saudi, but if we're good at it,

05:51:02.340 --> 05:51:04.540
I think we'll be able to win.

05:51:04.540 --> 05:51:10.260
I think they're always good, but I have a feeling they're not maybe as good as people think, but that's just my feeling.

05:51:10.260 --> 05:51:11.700
I think they'll be stubborn.

05:51:11.700 --> 05:51:17.700
I mean, compared to the rest of the tournaments, I mean it's like closer than it was in 2023.

05:51:17.700 --> 05:51:21.540
2020-2030, Mada and the Pop Cup was like perfect for them.

05:51:21.540 --> 05:51:25.380
Every other team has leveled up, but I think their power level is probably the same.

05:51:25.380 --> 05:51:29.100
Symmetrius got nerfed like two days ago, they cannot play Yubi that much.

05:51:29.100 --> 05:51:31.300
I mean, Yubi is kind of insane on other heroes, right?

05:51:31.300 --> 05:51:33.420
But you're one among the best heroes he can play.

05:51:33.420 --> 05:51:37.420
If Sari win again without Sumetra in the World Cup, I'll be super impressed.

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I think they're still really, really good.

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I think everyone thinks they're going to be first or second.

05:51:42.420 --> 05:51:44.920
They're not going to knock her deep, that's for sure.

05:51:44.920 --> 05:51:49.420
For sure, it's not unbeatable. Everything can happen at the long, so we'll see how it goes.

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I don't know. I can't really say anything before they play because when they play unmatched, they're really different from the big screens.

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I think we can do this year because Saudi Arabia has a lot of changes.

05:52:08.920 --> 05:52:10.920
We have been in the country for 20 years, right?

05:52:10.920 --> 05:52:13.920
We have good players, we have a lot of opportunities this year.

05:52:13.920 --> 05:52:16.920
We have a lot of experience.

05:52:16.920 --> 05:52:18.920
We have a lot of expectations.

05:52:18.920 --> 05:52:20.920
We have a lot of opportunities.

05:52:20.920 --> 05:52:22.920
We have a lot of experience.

05:52:22.920 --> 05:52:26.920
Not only in the third place, but also in the game.

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I'm not sure if I will be able to play on stage.

05:52:31.920 --> 05:52:40.720
It's been a weekend for history books in the sixth Overwatch World Cup finals at BlizzCon.

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Eight teams have entered the arena and now just two teams remain fighting for this trophy.

05:52:48.440 --> 05:52:52.000
I am so extreme, none of the utmost pleasure of being your hostess.

05:52:52.000 --> 05:52:56.280
We can join you on the desk to set the stage for our grand finals.

05:52:56.280 --> 05:53:02.680
are my good friends Ash and Jake. Let's talk big picture about these two teams. Because this is

05:53:02.680 --> 05:53:09.560
the clash of champions, right? We have of course the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the 2023 winners.

05:53:09.560 --> 05:53:15.880
They were not really on anyone's radar back then, obviously have been a dominant region ever since.

05:53:15.880 --> 05:53:21.160
And then on the other side, it's South Korea, who have just been a dominant force always.

05:53:21.160 --> 05:53:25.160
For as long as we've been playing competitive Overwatch, Korea has been fielding

05:53:25.160 --> 05:53:30.760
championship rosters and the Overwatch World Cup is no exception with a unique three stars on the journey.

05:53:30.760 --> 05:53:37.640
They are the old kings of Overwatch, but Saudi Arabia have proven themselves making a huge mark on the map,

05:53:37.640 --> 05:53:43.800
shocking everyone in 2023. But as the players themselves said, it's no longer a shock to see them in the grand finals.

05:53:43.800 --> 05:53:52.760
They now have some of that expectation having sat across these stages in grand finals with many of the same opponents now playing for national pride.

05:53:52.760 --> 05:54:01.240
So it's a moment of the old dynasty and potentially the usurpers trying to take over and assert that maybe Saudi Arabia is the next country

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We have to be talking about when it comes to the greatest nation in Overwatch

05:54:05.080 --> 05:54:11.900
Yeah, that is a lot of pressure on I feel like both teams here Ash because obviously for South Korea so much pride on the line

05:54:11.900 --> 05:54:16.640
They do not want to be defeated by anyone any other region any other team

05:54:16.640 --> 05:54:22.040
No, and they're looking to reclaim that throne right overall for South Korea again

05:54:22.040 --> 05:54:29.580
It has been this redemption run ever since that upset up against team France and overall

05:54:29.680 --> 05:54:34.140
They've been absolutely crushing it. We've seen them come to life

05:54:34.140 --> 05:54:38.560
We've really seen how the swaps are working for this squad and I there

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We're gonna be heading up against a KSA that also don't necessarily like to play into the meta

05:54:42.400 --> 05:54:47.540
Yeah, I also love that we've seen swaps of course in terms of their roster from South Korea

05:54:47.540 --> 05:54:54.420
But KSA never had to pull those cards out of the back. Jake. We've not really seen any stopping going on here

05:54:54.900 --> 05:55:00.940
Yeah, Korea has been relying a lot more on the strategic depth of their roster being able to bring in different players play

05:55:00.940 --> 05:55:05.960
Very different styles and in theory that should play to their strength in a series such as this

05:55:06.040 --> 05:55:09.000
However, the Saudis haven't needed to push that deep

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They haven't been pushed to the limit, been forced to show everything that they can feel.

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And there are those threats weeding in the wings.

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There's also just the raw force and power from this roster.

05:55:19.600 --> 05:55:22.400
They exert their will on the match, what they want to play.

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Well, it sure looks like the meta when it's these players piloting it.

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You've got somebody like Quartz.

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Just about anybody you ask is going to say he's the best player in the world.

05:55:30.600 --> 05:55:35.100
It's always hard to pick just one, but lately that conversation has been quieter than ever.

05:55:35.100 --> 05:55:39.900
It's easier than ever to use Quartz's name and maybe just end the conversation there.

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I think a lot of the Korean players on the other side of the table are going to have something to say about that.

05:55:43.340 --> 05:55:49.340
Yeah, they definitely will, especially when we've seen how good Sunjoon has been looking in the server.

05:55:49.340 --> 05:55:55.660
But then not just that, it's that double hit scan that we see being pulled out on the side of South Korea here as well.

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And it's going to be on soccer and he's saying to look to shut Quartz down.

05:55:59.660 --> 05:56:02.780
Yeah, well, if we're looking here at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

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threw out their journey in the World Cup, they weren't really pushed that much, right?

05:56:08.960 --> 05:56:11.120
I mean, South Korea just had to play their best so far.

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They had to go the distance, whereas on the other side, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had an absolutely flawless run in Busan,

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and they kind of continued on that trajectory, on that trajectory rather, here at BlizzCon, only dropping one map to Spain.

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And that one map that they dropped, they turned things around heading into today because they absolutely,

05:56:31.080 --> 05:56:35.960
Unfortunately for Team Sweden obliterated them, knocking them down into that bronze-phrased

05:56:35.960 --> 05:56:41.800
matchup that we just saw just earlier now before the break. So overall for this team game, say

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this is a squad that again they're able to just continue on with that humility, continue with

05:56:47.560 --> 05:56:54.920
that grind and take every single match so seriously their dominance really relies on that attitude.

05:56:54.920 --> 05:56:59.160
And I think the key test for me from this Saudi squad is going to be the back line. You know,

05:56:59.160 --> 05:57:03.960
We know Quartz, Ladd, Ziad, these are some of the elite players of the world right now,

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often finding themselves in these kind of grand finals matches.

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However, Zox and Majed, coming from a bit deeper down the roster,

05:57:11.000 --> 05:57:15.000
they're going to be up against two of the greatest to ever do it on the other side of the field.

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Chorong, it's simple, had to go lights out to be able to take down France,

05:57:18.840 --> 05:57:22.520
and that's going to be really where a lot of my focus in this particular match is.

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The tip of the spear, Quartz, he's going to be lighting up the kill feed.

05:57:25.240 --> 05:57:28.200
You better believe it. However, getting down deep into these fights,

05:57:28.200 --> 05:57:33.440
We've seen how scrappy things can get the lights are awful bright the crowd the energy here in the round

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Does tend to change things in those crucial moments and for both of these squads?

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It's another opportunity to prove why they are the last two remaining in the Overwatch World Cup

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Now the question for me here is of course for South Korea being able to pull off a reverse sweep should probably

05:57:49.480 --> 05:57:51.480
You know get a lot of teams hyped up

05:57:51.480 --> 05:57:57.760
But if you're a South Korea that might also just shake your confidence because you let it get to that point like for them

05:57:57.760 --> 05:58:02.920
usually it looks a lot cleaner than that. It definitely does but I think the

05:58:02.920 --> 05:58:07.240
difference is though is going up against the team KSA you're not getting the same

05:58:07.240 --> 05:58:11.240
attitude on the other side as with France who are able to really get into

05:58:11.240 --> 05:58:15.840
their heads but don't forget the way that they won that series was the reverse

05:58:15.840 --> 05:58:20.560
week they do still have that momentum on their side. That momentum they're gonna

05:58:20.560 --> 05:58:23.920
need it you feel like you want to start strong but one of the things about

05:58:23.920 --> 05:58:26.280
outcourts that makes him truly unique.

05:58:26.280 --> 05:58:29.400
Why it's so easy to call him the best player in the world

05:58:29.400 --> 05:58:31.880
and really not add a caveat to that is

05:58:31.880 --> 05:58:33.720
he just doesn't have that game.

05:58:33.720 --> 05:58:36.760
Every game he plays, the enemy team goes into it

05:58:36.760 --> 05:58:38.880
with thinking they're gonna shut him down,

05:58:38.880 --> 05:58:40.280
putting every resource they can

05:58:40.280 --> 05:58:42.400
into slowing down his Cassidy soldier,

05:58:42.400 --> 05:58:43.680
whatever he wants to pull out.

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But seemingly no one can stop him.

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That's gonna be what's asked of a player

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like Stalker in particular.

05:58:50.520 --> 05:58:53.480
The hitscan duel going to be a huge consequence

05:58:53.480 --> 05:58:55.480
in a series such as this.

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Yes, Star started roster as we always talk about even a quote on quote beating for South

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Korea would be to any other team in the world at any given day, but the competition has

05:59:07.240 --> 05:59:08.240
leveled up.

05:59:08.240 --> 05:59:09.600
They've been playing it close.

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This is not going to be an easy victory for South Korea.

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Should they take it out?

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It definitely won't be.

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KSA are not coming to play for South Korea, though again, it's been that conversation

05:59:20.200 --> 05:59:22.960
about the back line, but also, not just that,

05:59:22.960 --> 05:59:25.400
it's those swaps between Genbin and Matt

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and how that plays into the map pool that we'll be seeing.

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Absolutely. Well, we'll find out very soon,

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of course, our grand final will be played

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in the first two, four formats,

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so more opportunities to play a little strategic depth

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into it. For predictions, let's hear.

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I feel like I already know you're probably going

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south for a year. I'd be shook if it wasn't the case,

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but please, Jake.

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You know, it's been a long time

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since they've held the trophy here at the Overwatch World Cup.

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And for a team for which anything but that trophy lift is a failure,

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it's a ridiculous level of expectation to work under.

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And yet, despite a challenging series against France,

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I think this may be the year for Korea to reassert themselves

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atop the world of Overwatch.

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I'll take them in a 4-2.

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I think this one is going to be a drawn-out battle, though.

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And honestly, it's anybody's game to win.

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Hey, Barana, I'm with you on that one.

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I had to go with Korea on this.

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I think even though KSA have looked so clean throughout their run, throughout the OWUC,

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that fire is still lit underneath Korea.

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They've got to do it for the fans back home.

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Oh yeah, I couldn't agree more.

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I mean, honestly, you can make such great points for both of these teams.

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They have proven themselves time and time again over the last couple of years.

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But I'm going to give this one to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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I generally felt like they got to sit back, they got to really, really cater their strategies.

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I know how hard these players work and know how high their potential can reach.

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And I feel like there's something in the air I think they're looking to at the second start to that journey.

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So I went for a 4-2 series. I love this fight. I don't know what it is, but I'm loving it.

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But yeah, I just hope for a close series. I want to see both these teams having to pull everything out of the back.

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I want them to really see, truly testing each other.

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And honestly, I think anything else would shock me, right?

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With the pedigree that both of these teams have.

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We mentioned, you know, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

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for as good as they've been ever since that World Cup win,

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shocking the world in 2023, they have never stopped working.

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These players have never taken their success for granted,

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and that's why they've continued to appear in Grand Final after Grand Final

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in the professional scene.

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These players, no stranger to pressure.

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to pressure. I think they're going to absolutely force the best out of one another. This one

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I fully expect it'll go the distance. It's the humble confidence that comes out from

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the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that really is that difference maker. It's just going to

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be an insane series. Regardless, I cannot wait to get into it. And I cannot stress enough

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how magical it is for these players to do that in front of the crowd here at BlizzCon,

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which is such a historic event, it's such a historic venue really.

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Being able to lift a trophy in front of these incredible people in here

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have been supporting the players, the game, and Blizzard as a whole.

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That is truly magical.

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So this is going to mean the world to new players and veterans alike

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to bring it on this stage here, Jake.

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Yeah, you know, for me, I can really speak to that, you know,

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that all of our journeys here today, this BlizzCon in 2026,

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they all seem to intersect.

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So many people have been here time and time again.

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For others, maybe it's their first event

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in competitive Overwatch or their first BlizzCon.

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And yet it's amazing to see how quickly

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the community comes back together.

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Having moments like this where the world is all watching,

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families from both teams certainly glued

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to the screens at home.

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This event, it's freighted with meaning.

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More than a cash prize or a first place trophy

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in the professional scene.

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In this event, you're competing for your country,

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your family, your friends, everyone who supported you

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along the way. And for all these incredible people here in the round at

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Anaheim, let me tell you your voice matters. Your energy in a series such as

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this changes everything. This kind of pressure brings out the best and sometimes

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the worst in players, right? It really pushes you to extremes. So make sure you

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don't hesitate to give your energy to these players. Let them know what you're

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feeling. That's right. I know this crowd can get very loud. You guys can get loud in

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right? I'm like convinced-ish. All right, we're gonna try that again. BlizzCon, can you hear us?

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All right, with that kind of energy, the crowd, the players rather, can hear you too. Ash, this has

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been your first BlizzCon ever. What's your experience been like? It's been incredible thus far. It's

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been such an honor to be able to join you guys on the desk for my first BlizzCon. And overall,

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It's just been so exciting to see these teams compete for their national pride

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I cannot wait to get into the grand final neither can I now you know what I always love about grandfiles like this

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Yes, the home team is out, but in the end everyone in this room really just wants to see good

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Competitive all will watch so eventually you don't really even choose a side anymore

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You're just gonna you're gonna be cheering for sick place

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You just want to see the players pop off no matter who they're playing for Jake

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I mean after all these years

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I feel like my heart is somehow with every player on this day

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You know someone has to go home defeated with their head held low and yet

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I just have so much love and admiration for all the players who come up on this stage to put their absolute best in front of

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The entire world with everyone watching under the incredible scrutiny and pressure and yet they show us such beautiful things and really

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Inspire us lead us to great heights in our own lives

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So for me, a moment such as this is a really special one, one that I'll save her.

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It is indeed.

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I'm actually wondering, who's got the first place come?

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Do we have any first timers? Hands up?

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First place come? There's quite a lot of people actually.

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Okay, love that?

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Alright, alright, so I'm not a spectacled, you're not alone.

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You're never alone.

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We're all family here, we're all in this together.

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It's really so magical to be here for the first time or for the tenth time.

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It does not matter.

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We're here, we came to play, we came to be entertained.

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And I know that's what we're gonna get in our grand final.

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So it's time to meet our teams.

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Fuck it, please take it away.

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Please, Conorita, please make some noise for your two models.

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Yesterday, we started with the eight best teams on the planet Romani.

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Tonight, we're down to the bottom two.

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It's my honor to introduce first, it's your Iranian champion.

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Please make some noise for the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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KSA had looked so clean throughout this World Cup and of course is a previous meeting, the boys dominant through the slaying.

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The support has been on point.

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And this team knows that they are just one match away from lifting this push control once again.

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Will the World Cup in 2026 belong to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

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Only time will tell and only one team is left in their way.

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Once again, give it up for KT!

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Our next team, they have three golds and one bronze to their name, giving us for the best team to ever grace the World Cup.

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It is South Korea!

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They have to gun up the reverse sweep and they pulled off the big win.

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Will they be able to do it again?

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Now in the final fight against KSA, they are four match away from becoming

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World Champion, ladies and gentlemen in the air.

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Please make some noise one more time and give it up for your team.

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We have a travel player who's around the world showcasing the greatest level of

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overwatch, on our right is KSA, on my left is South Korea.

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This is your BlizzCon 2026 overwatch World Cup 5.

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Welcome to Day 2 of the 2026 Overwatch World Cup Final.

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The ranking ten minutes clean, get it up for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia!

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Is any team capable of ripping that trophy from their grasp?

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We're not doing anything in the Kingdom, this was not a tunnel, it was a little lava, but I did.

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I don't know what they're going to do. They're going to show them who the team is and what they're going to do.

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I don't think they're going to be able to talk about the fight, but I don't think so.

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the other refuses to let its rain end. Korea, Saudi Arabia, all that stands between them is this.

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The 2026 Overwatch World Cup final. Yeah, KSA trying to be the only other country in the

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Overwatch World Cups history to go back to back, right? South Korea has done it before and KSA

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has been unbelievable throughout the entire tournament, right? I mean, they dropped one map

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to spin a little bit earlier but other than that they've been perfect through the groups and here at Bluzcon.

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And South Korea could not have had a different story at upset in Busan at the hands of France.

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They had to fight that same foe to even be here. They had to enact the very same reverse sweep

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that brought them humiliation on the home soil. These two teams have never played one another

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in national Overwatch competition. They dodged each other in 2023. It wasn't the beers that

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia made that revelatory run straight to the top.

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And so it feels like they should be unfamiliar with one another.

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But these players at the club level have been going back and forth for years.

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And KSA is not going to be phased by the moment, right?

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I mean, these players, obviously a lot of them have been, you know,

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kind of your OWCS world champions last year, a few of the players on this roster.

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We've seen Ziad play in finals before.

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No pressure, I think, is going to be felt on the KSA side.

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I think for South Korea, there is going to be some pressure, right?

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That is not an easy game against France that they are able to pull out in the final moments.

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They've obviously taken care of Team USA in pretty dominant fashion,

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but I even think the level from France to KSA is going to be a big jump in terms of competition.

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Absolutely.

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Even if the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia haven't been tested to the same degree,

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you can see how clean they look.

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They have, well, sped absolutely no expense, no mercy on any of their opponents.

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They've got passed on their way here.

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Let's no reason to doubt that they could potentially do the same disaster here.

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I mean, look, if you have courts on your team, like for my money,

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probably the best player here at this tournament, it's very difficult to beat.

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They do a tremendous job keeping him alive, playing around him.

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And I think obviously the supports, right?

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That was like a lot of the talk with this KSA roster,

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the really most unproven part of the team we've seen obviously

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than play in the past, but not maybe at the top of the OWCS club level and not at events like EWC,

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but here at BlizzCon, they always show up in a big way. It's a jet-pack-cat ban here for South Korea off the rip.

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But that support line for KSA can rise to the occasion, and you can keep court standing.

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He's good for two, it feels like every fight.

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But for South Korea, this couldn't be a more different team to take on than France,

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because the Tech like Seattle does not lean into the Demon.

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The guy's D-Vera is incredible. He's got a pretty wide zero pool.

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So many options in this KSA team. I no longer sort of Symmetra, Rush, Merchant, Stripe.

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That was kind of like the, oh yeah, it's just like, just Sim, once Sim's out, everything will go back to normal.

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That has not been the case.

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They haven't had to play UD at any point.

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No, I mean not at all, right? I mean they obviously could, but Sim not prevalent in the meta.

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The ball ban is going to be tough. I know for creator of the woodthread, obviously.

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You'd love to see him get some action on the Wrecking Ball early.

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Yeah, on a map like Nepal, we've seen South Korea pitch Lee trying to get Wrecking Ball involved.

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At least in some of the stages of these control maps.

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And are certainly somewhere Wrecking Ball is quite potent.

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Jetpack Cat targeted on the KSA side of things.

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Don't think they're too worried.

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No, but again, this is a team. This is only Redmond Roster.

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They're kind of regional rivals, right?

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Yes, they all have from that same country, but they're from top teams in EMEA.

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in mind, GK, Al-Khadsir. These guys have been fighting each other on home soil for quite some time and come together for the sake of their nation.

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Where's South Korea? Mostly, this crazy raccoon call, with Song-Jin, simple being the addition, simple a teammate, of course, of some of these twisted minds players.

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A lot of history, a lot of familiarity despite the fact that these nations have never faced off.

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And this is going to look much different from that France game, right?

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KSE has not played any D-mon really when you compare it to a lot of the other teams.

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They want to play a lot of D-ba. They want to play a lot of Maga. Those are the types of comps they kind of want to work in.

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Moment's away now from seeing our first hovers.

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The detection starts to build. It's been a long day for Team South Korea.

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have dropped a single map on their entire journey here.

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One to Spain. A slightly sloppy affair to be sure, but Spain were plucky.

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They have talent.

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Takariya needs to go further, need to do more.

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Need to make these upstarts respect them.

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And the legacy that Bat brings.

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Of course, we'll be starting off on Village here, folks.

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Out of the gates, BlizzCon arena.

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Let's get loud for Overwatch World Cup, grand final!

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So it'll be a Shion at Bastion here for KSA just trying to put a lot of damage down on to really jump in right you get that

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Arisa off interesting. It's actually South Korea trying to come out run a Zimcombe

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Symmetra now the range of her TP has been reduced and also the cooldown between

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consecutive uses of the teleport has been increased by a quarter second but it

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now that was not a long lasted comp right we get one try out of the spawn

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switching over to the Shion as high ground control to KSA early on look at

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the coach damage though Chorok stalker taking their hits as the train

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approaches this short courseway on the higher ground and sometimes are even

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picked off lap day so in some serious work the joyride claims his opposite

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number can't you say with a speed ring again I look to try and take the fight

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But you've got to respect those fighting chains.

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Chorong's here on the Mizuki.

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It's an interesting look for an interesting composition.

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Well, it's really good against D.B.A., right?

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Especially in those close-quarter scenarios

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when you get onto the objective here.

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It's KSA.

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They get a little bit of percentage here.

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It's going to be very difficult to play into Korea's comp, though.

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Yeah, I don't think one of the policemen

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to the point at this stage,

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but Javelin kind of forced his hand.

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Kitsune Russian out to the point.

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It's a Keknai sanctuary in play, but he's out in Korea.

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No, this isn't bad for KSA, though.

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They back off the point.

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They're going to have a horrible array here to fight as well.

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Yeah, into the rush, mind you.

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Junkman's gonna get taken down first.

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Marjad was looking a little bit low, but in general, TSA,

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looks squeaky clean early on.

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It's the ability of Ziad to just feel like he can live forever, right?

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Korea's comp is a comp that is pretty gnarly, very easy to play against.

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They're able to get a kill, he backs up onto the point,

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and then you just played it with the Orville array

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with a player advantage, and he put that point right back pretty easily.

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Got here, just gotta open up the account very quickly with the cannon barrage.

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An early pick on a squishy or force a squish there before the fight begins could be extremely helpful.

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In general though, it looks like it was shrugged off by enlarge.

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Like the Bastion, of course trying to play it with that high ground,

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but stalking down on that Cassidy, pretty impactful in that matchup against France.

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And all those sky news were really crucial in terms of deciding if it's in fights.

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Quartz gets the Susie, they have a back way around the corner because the DC on the D added will still be a self-destruct.

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Almost preempted there by Jumping, but Stalker's down, not good.

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Lost your Cassidy, we'll have to get to make use of the Sutteric, just for you until now.

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Trice and Dive forward, but a Kekei Sanctuary, it's drawn out of South Korea and all the while, KSA maintain point control.

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But that's fine for KSA, right? You have a player advantage, the Sanctuary gets dropped.

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You're going to work your way back onto this objective with this Katsune Rush and you may not even need it.

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Nice headshot there from Barjad across the point.

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Manjid no bother, sees the Orisa coming, sees them already low as Ziyad had been pursuing them, 80% and counting him for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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And they're sitting on a Katsune rush to cap off the route.

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This has been clean from KSA.

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Stalker going to get staggered out there, going to jump off the side.

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It's Junbin over the demon here.

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They're even touching the worst way, I mean who's going to get there?

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But Junbin has a touch at the very least.

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Katoonimashira going to come at it immediately from KSA.

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And they're looking to punish his overextension.

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Sakurai Rinoi chose but to keep the round going.

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Sontran's going to have most of that spree mitigated by the defense matrix.

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The Laptic is taken down.

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Junbin finds the mark here on Dimon.

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Corso is ready. Again to go for wheels mode.

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Sees the Shion coming his way and very quickly Sontran tries to exit stage right.

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But he's not fast enough.

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Kananvaraj late in the fight could be pretty powerful.

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Little Zorin off the entrance to the point.

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And Sybil got picked off.

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That's free real estate for Quarrelson. Stalker is the next to fall with the wind down out of the game.

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This is just the drags left for South Korea is the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Stamp their authority

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early on the series. No other team does that. South Korea, right? Makes it look that easy.

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That is a great round from KSE, especially playing that even into like an recent Mizuki comp. And like

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that's the most close quarter point, right? That's where like Mizuki can get those easy

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binding chains onto Ziad and maybe you get some D-Max. KSA just deals with that, no problems.

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You have Suzu, you have a healthy amount of healing with that. Do you know built into your

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composition there? It's pretty hard. You mentioned how for Ziad it's well, I mean,

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that'll tell you the whole story. It also helps in courts get to kill at the start of every fight.

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I mean, it is every single fight. It's really impressive what he's able to do on the hit scan

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and roll like historically speaking in terms of Overwatch eSports. Not many others like it.

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Back under Bastion after a very strong first round. Don't get on the run much trickier.

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A pick that sometimes can falter in the face of Bastion pressure. The timing will be everything.

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Timing for the Nemesis 4. Timing for wheels mode. And lag has been noted trying to flank around

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and you can see Korea's response trying to push on in.

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Sancho with a whirlwind now, looking at Lapdus' direction.

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Overhead swing, no connection, but Lapdus is still beaten up and forced to pull out.

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I'm not going to be able to get rid of Sunjoon though.

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You do end up losing Chorong and Forts finds Stalker yet again.

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In South Korea, you cannot get the better of that hitscan battle.

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This may not be one that goes for a long time.

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It's a really nice shot by South Korea, right?

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They push KSA all the way back to the choke,

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The KSA able to survive in that area and now we get a little bit of interesting calm

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I now you're gonna get sojourned with the fashion here lab

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There's an unbelievable sojourn. I mean we rarely see them go double hitscan, but this is a really gnarly come

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Yeah, the fact that I say half this possibility when they set up is pretty impressive

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It's all a story all the time, but that means to be a fire player projectile

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DPS to pick up that hitscan

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I'm glad there's one of the better hitscans here.

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Absolutely.

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The problem is he sat next to court, so it's not hard to come out favourably in that comparison, but he's incredible.

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29% in County. Rashes built for both carries.

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Shouldn't have been settling in on the Demo now.

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A bit of an analogue for Rob Mucher, but again, can't be pretty punishable.

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Binding Chain tried to come in, this tech-eye sanctuary in play.

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Zonja trying to surge ahead, but Ziad doesn't have a chance to get back in his mech.

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The self-destruct creates a little bit of space and drives a wedge between South Korea's formation.

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Formation, but Tali Rebri aren't confident coming forward without their diva in the game. No, that was a nice shot by South Korea

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You drop that sanctuary you're able to have the Vindetta fight inside of it

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Even with the self-destructs. They are not able to get back in max. A must-eater fight when they're

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Docs there always got charged into by Jim Vim and that's Song Jin-Fooling. The Pulsar torpedoes find the mark

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Yeah, that is a really nice

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open and kill the orbital ray right around the corner catches them off guard a

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little bit and even when South Korea which they get something going in their

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favor it's just the next fight KSA comes back over the low ray I mean you just

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take out one player just kind of barrel on down that you know difference is real

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if you can keep her protected yeah and she is gonna be at a vomit that damage

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out especially with a mini blast you can go full automatic well there's a lot of

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damage for the Vendetta to try and fight into here right like the fashion alone is a lot but also now with a

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Sojourn with like an overclock in the mix I mean the data has pretty decent

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spreadability for a DPS but not infinite I mean it's going to be very difficult

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to use Vendetta alive. This is the late career that kind of far-eyed but Marge had caught their

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Sojourn. He wasn't even tempted to find that elimination. Zill Laptar has some work to do and he's good for it.

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Zorka and Choron picked up on the point simple barely alive. Man the Sojourn with a flank angle

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Turns the fight upside down.

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That's their second hits, yeah.

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That is the collat that comes in there.

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And that might be it.

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I mean, it looks like we are going to have Stalker getting back here with a dead eye.

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Nobody else can touch.

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And just like that, it is KSA up 1-0.

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That combines 50% on both points here for Team South Korea.

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That is not going to be enough against our reigning Overwatch World Cup champions.

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Not by half.

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Well, so many teams have ditched these comps

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that KSA has played, right?

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They've moved on to Dmon, a lot of Orisa we've seen.

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And it's like, OK, we're just going to keep playing D-Boo.

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D-Boo with a hitscan.

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I don't know, maybe it's Tracer, maybe it's Shea.

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And that time, it's double hitscan.

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They seem to have just said, you know what?

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It's almost like the teams I like South Korea use to have,

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right?

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We're like, oh, they can just kind of play what they're comfortable

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and they just kind of beat everybody.

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KSA kind of did an imitation of that now.

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We've been discussing a lot about how teams respond to their opponents playing Demon after she charges in.

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In Demon mirrors, usually both try to ignore each other and just hit each other's back lines.

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Ziad has the option to double back pretty easily.

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You can peel, you don't want to fight the Demon face to face, but you can certainly screen for your teammates.

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I mean look, obviously Stalker playing Cassidy and the Bastion on the other side.

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Bastion is just going to pump out way more damage, but like double the damage out of your hit skin player.

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I mean, that's just like 15k over two rounds.

06:23:16.800 --> 06:23:19.120
Yeah, it's not even a full three round match.

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No, no, yeah, just absolute down there.

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And you wonder why Ziad stays alive all the time,

06:23:24.600 --> 06:23:26.840
because nobody's alive to do damage to him.

06:23:26.840 --> 06:23:29.960
Well, I also see, you know, you're playing the Mizuki here

06:23:29.960 --> 06:23:33.040
really trying to punish the greediness of the diva.

06:23:33.040 --> 06:23:36.520
If that's not going to work, I think there's probably

06:23:36.520 --> 06:23:38.440
a discussion here for some three of, like, OK,

06:23:38.440 --> 06:23:41.160
are we like, we haven't seen them play in a lot recently,

06:23:41.160 --> 06:23:41.640
right?

06:23:41.640 --> 06:23:47.060
We're gonna get into like more rematcher type of compositions like some rush really like hyper aggressive type of

06:23:48.160 --> 06:23:53.140
Compositions, I mean know that this up creating some play they just haven't been forced to here at the overwatch will come

06:23:53.140 --> 06:23:58.100
I mean in a way I think the demon comps are like that with the absence of jetpack cat like they were

06:23:58.560 --> 06:24:04.380
Ostensibly playing that much style. In fact, they even started the round with the rematcher, but against the bastion

06:24:05.140 --> 06:24:07.060
Especially with quartz bombing that damage out

06:24:07.060 --> 06:24:11.060
But it's still a problem. If you don't have a way to really access that backline, it's dicey.

06:24:11.060 --> 06:24:15.060
But you imagine, you know, Saudi Arabia is eventually going to use a demon ban, right?

06:24:15.060 --> 06:24:19.060
Like, they're not going to play it, right? So they may as well just kind of get rid of it.

06:24:19.060 --> 06:24:23.060
Do you have a map in your pocket? And the demon ban is still waiting to be drawn upon.

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Yeah, and I mean, even with what we saw, right? I mean, you could also get rid of the cat if you wanted on their side.

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And I don't see how that goes. It looks like we got some players on stage.

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It's my shock, potentially.

06:24:33.060 --> 06:24:34.060
My shocky.

06:24:34.060 --> 06:24:36.060
South Korea are making substitutions.

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You've never seen them play. It's kind of like a hockey where they know that just a line change in between maps sometimes

06:24:40.940 --> 06:24:46.620
But we'll see what subs they decide to make we've obviously seen it from the DPS lineup, right?

06:24:46.620 --> 06:24:50.740
They have a he's saying on this roster as well working him in and then the big ones to look at right

06:24:50.740 --> 06:24:57.780
It's like Max and Jun been I do think though like we're getting to the point in terms of Overwatch eSports where like those y'all can play

06:24:57.780 --> 06:25:03.860
So many different tanks seeing the sub is kind of a read right of like what they want to do that could actually like it doesn't

06:25:03.860 --> 06:25:05.860
Yeah, Saudi Arabia, unlike the band, right?

06:25:05.860 --> 06:25:07.860
Like, they see Junbin here at the start, the maps to Nepal.

06:25:07.860 --> 06:25:08.860
They have a great idea.

06:25:08.860 --> 06:25:10.860
They want to play ball. Let's get rid of it, right?

06:25:10.860 --> 06:25:17.860
The one slightly confusing part is that the whole narrative is that, you know, Junbin was the man up to play Demon to really dig into it.

06:25:17.860 --> 06:25:19.860
But we've seen him from Max as well.

06:25:19.860 --> 06:25:24.860
It feels like she's still that level of ubiquitous that both of the tank players need to sort of play out.

06:25:24.860 --> 06:25:27.860
We know Junbin has maybe the more specialized ball, right?

06:25:27.860 --> 06:25:28.860
The wrecking ball is there.

06:25:28.860 --> 06:25:31.860
Max feels like a little bit more middle of the road.

06:25:31.860 --> 06:25:37.860
The hero force between those tank players also is starting to overlap a fair piece with those exception.

06:25:37.860 --> 06:25:42.860
I actually wouldn't even be surprised if we see South Korea potentially getting rid of D.Va in some capacity, right?

06:25:42.860 --> 06:25:50.860
If you're playing a comp that's like D.Mon with Mizuki a decent amount of the time, I know even like a recent Mizuki on like close quarter areas,

06:25:50.860 --> 06:25:53.860
like you're trying to punish that D.Va, they were not able to do so there.

06:25:53.860 --> 06:25:59.260
So that would lead you to believe that even on maps that have better verticality than to Paul

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You're gonna see even more success from Ziyad on that Diva

06:26:02.380 --> 06:26:07.140
So I wouldn't be surprised to see South Korea go in that way at some point during the series

06:26:08.180 --> 06:26:12.540
Still can't really get over the score line we saw from the previous map Zox didn't die at all

06:26:13.420 --> 06:26:17.500
If that's a three-round game ports is that like you know 20 plus K damage

06:26:18.140 --> 06:26:20.500
Yeah, quick maths puts them at 22 23 K

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And I guess the trouble is that like Sondra was playing to vendetta

06:26:24.280 --> 06:26:29.740
I kind of like it is like a pocket pick right so he's also been going for but he dies seven times like he

06:26:29.740 --> 06:26:36.000
There's nothing in the Saudi Arabian combat strictly counters the vendetta either it just have you been dead is another here

06:26:36.000 --> 06:26:41.920
Right, you think of vendetta against sim also against diva like tanks that also just really came in can't mitigate that damage

06:26:41.920 --> 06:26:48.060
I know even say great kinetic rastos nothing against then dead is damage and even with all that z odd

06:26:48.060 --> 06:26:49.300
It's able to just fly around the map.

06:26:49.300 --> 06:26:51.000
But Ziad finished in the one death, right?

06:26:51.000 --> 06:26:54.300
So not really able to kind of pick him off.

06:26:54.300 --> 06:26:58.240
Going over to Neon Junction for the next map.

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This is where you see a lot of like Ramatra play.

06:27:00.480 --> 06:27:02.140
You see a lot of Sigma play.

06:27:02.140 --> 06:27:03.880
We also see some Orisa here as well.

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Yeah, Malga mixed in.

06:27:07.140 --> 06:27:10.420
I think the Orisa component is pretty interesting,

06:27:10.420 --> 06:27:13.020
seeing like defense side teams, Piedaphobia.

06:27:13.020 --> 06:27:14.360
So if you're in South Korea, right?

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I mean, you could get rid of D.Va.

06:27:17.260 --> 06:27:24.260
Ziad's probably going to play Maga, and you can place him a recent, and our recent has actually been pretty successful in terms of like Maga matchups as a play.

06:27:24.260 --> 06:27:27.260
I don't know how you feel about this, but I'm not sure if this is a map to Bandita.

06:27:27.260 --> 06:27:32.260
I feel like given it, there is some verticality, but little on this map.

06:27:32.260 --> 06:27:37.260
I feel like if you're someone like Ziad, you're probably opting into playing something a little bit more boots on the ground.

06:27:37.260 --> 06:27:44.260
We're talking about it like, no, you wouldn't be thrilled to see Ziad on Remacha pretty nasty on that hero as well.

06:27:44.260 --> 06:27:47.860
Not just kind of like a diva player, so to speak.

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Yes, Kiropool and preferences, I think more importantly,

06:27:51.660 --> 06:27:54.260
couldn't be more different from Crox's, for example.

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Because South Korea had to go up against two very distinctly different challenges

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with their two-piece tank line.

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It does give a really big opportunity for KSA, right?

06:28:07.660 --> 06:28:11.860
Like, what do you, you know, they can get rid of, you know, like,

06:28:11.860 --> 06:28:14.100
Srymajad wouldn't mind playing Ana, right?

06:28:14.100 --> 06:28:15.700
They could get rid of Kiri if they wanted.

06:28:15.700 --> 06:28:17.460
There's possibility to do something like that.

06:28:17.460 --> 06:28:19.860
So a lot of different options from KSA,

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especially if South Korea is really worried

06:28:21.580 --> 06:28:22.980
about that tank pool.

06:28:22.980 --> 06:28:24.380
Like, South Korea, though, also,

06:28:24.380 --> 06:28:26.460
you have to worry about Quartz, but like, you're not really,

06:28:26.460 --> 06:28:28.580
you don't want to burn fans on like fanning,

06:28:28.580 --> 06:28:31.020
it's hand DPS, like that doesn't really feel awesome.

06:28:31.020 --> 06:28:33.660
So it'll actually be South Korea who gets rid of Kiri.

06:28:33.660 --> 06:28:37.260
So we have seen like a South Korea play like Chorong

06:28:37.260 --> 06:28:40.180
in these like Wu Yang compositions, Wu Yang plus Ana,

06:28:40.180 --> 06:28:43.780
like really poke which could lead to like even like Sigma in the mix right? Sigma,

06:28:43.780 --> 06:28:48.380
Guiyang, Ana, that starts to form a pretty nice composition for a map like this and

06:28:48.380 --> 06:28:54.020
well, KSA they read that so they get rid of Sigma. Yeah I don't hate this at all I

06:28:54.020 --> 06:28:59.020
think that Max coming in is a pretty big tell for this kind of look and Guiyang

06:28:59.020 --> 06:29:02.100
has been very impactful against like the lower throughput healing backlines

06:29:02.100 --> 06:29:07.060
where the poke damage kind of sticks for a while. There's a ton of ways that you

06:29:07.060 --> 06:29:11.060
to sort of play around this.

06:29:11.060 --> 06:29:16.060
Yes, and we'll see now with Sigma out of the games,

06:29:16.060 --> 06:29:19.700
probably going to be Ramatra with some of those poke type

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of supports coming in, or South Korea.

06:29:24.300 --> 06:29:28.220
Honestly though, for KSA, you can play D.Va

06:29:28.220 --> 06:29:31.100
and really try and punish that backline that maybe doesn't

06:29:31.100 --> 06:29:33.500
have as much mobility.

06:29:33.500 --> 06:29:36.220
Obviously, it's cool to see Layser from out there

06:29:36.220 --> 06:29:40.380
the arena earlier on. The Les Seraphim skins are actually now out in-game and the new Overwatch

06:29:40.380 --> 06:29:45.500
track sounds pretty awesome. So for those here, you can catch Les Seraphim's BlizzCon performance

06:29:45.500 --> 06:29:51.260
during the closing ceremony and for those at home, you can catch it over on Les Seraphim's YouTube

06:29:51.260 --> 06:29:56.380
channel. Always a cop these skips. I don't know about you bro, but especially with Demonlight,

06:29:56.380 --> 06:30:00.220
just sort of getting into the game, like getting my hands on a Blink out skim there, always going

06:30:00.220 --> 06:30:08.220
going to do that. Yeah, they do a sick job with this. Yeah, I'm looking forward to that

06:30:08.220 --> 06:30:12.740
obviously performance here. So if you are not here in the building physically, they

06:30:12.740 --> 06:30:16.660
serve from YouTube channel to check out that performance is where you want to be Matt.

06:30:16.660 --> 06:30:22.860
You're a big capable guy. I see you copy that every day of the week. Sure. Yeah. I heard

06:30:22.860 --> 06:30:28.780
audible labs for the crowd behind us there is they don't they don't believe that at all.

06:30:28.780 --> 06:30:34.820
But just waiting to get this one kicked off where KSA looks dominant is ever there in

06:30:34.820 --> 06:30:37.580
map number one on Nepal.

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The Sigma Band comes in.

06:30:40.220 --> 06:30:41.820
You also have a Kiri Band, right?

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So that would lead you to believe for South Korea to play some Woo Young on a composition.

06:30:48.380 --> 06:30:53.340
But it's going to give an opportunity for Ziad on the diva to kind of run just wild on.

06:30:53.340 --> 06:30:58.540
point out that obviously this South Korean roster is one we haven't seen before in World Cup.

06:30:59.180 --> 06:31:04.620
But for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, courts, Labda and Marjad were all present in 2023. Relative

06:31:05.180 --> 06:31:10.460
unknowns at the time, with I'd say the exception, obviously Marjad had been around our teams,

06:31:10.460 --> 06:31:16.460
courts had also started to surface, but it was really early days, you know, for a lot of those

06:31:16.460 --> 06:31:21.740
Saudi players. They turn up here and they're acting like champions, right? This isn't like just some

06:31:21.740 --> 06:31:29.660
Cinderella defending her miracle the guys have been playing like they are still very much those champions from 2023

06:31:29.660 --> 06:31:33.540
Oh, they won the last World Cup right there were a burst sweep there at the end

06:31:33.540 --> 06:31:38.240
They don't have to play against South Korea and it's uh, you know people always always wonder

06:31:38.240 --> 06:31:39.980
I go what would happen that game right?

06:31:39.980 --> 06:31:44.740
Uh, but South Korea doesn't even finished up three at our last overwatch World Cup right Finland is able to get the

06:31:44.740 --> 06:31:46.780
I mean, they hit the mental boomage in the goal,

06:31:46.780 --> 06:31:47.680
and the bronze medal map.

06:31:47.680 --> 06:31:48.340
Yeah.

06:31:48.340 --> 06:31:50.860
Ah-ha, those sick contacts.

06:31:50.860 --> 06:31:54.420
The cosplay here at BlizzCon is always super impressive.

06:31:54.420 --> 06:31:58.060
Everybody does a sick job.

06:31:58.060 --> 06:31:59.540
Putting together a fit, it's kind of

06:31:59.540 --> 06:32:00.860
repping their favorite hero.

06:32:00.860 --> 06:32:02.500
And it's not just the work that, for me,

06:32:02.500 --> 06:32:04.620
goes into these fantastic pieces.

06:32:04.620 --> 06:32:08.100
It's also the logistics, like transporting it, getting it on.

06:32:08.100 --> 06:32:10.340
All of it, it's a huge undertaking.

06:32:10.340 --> 06:32:12.300
Yeah, we just need to finish product training.

06:32:12.300 --> 06:32:18.660
Genuinely is art. So huge shout out to everybody showing us the fruits of your labor there and the cosplay sense on your huge fan of it

06:32:18.660 --> 06:32:21.460
At the special bit of flavor to everything here at BlizzCon

06:32:21.900 --> 06:32:24.220
The Unjunction though beckons

06:32:25.220 --> 06:32:28.020
And you're wondering like why these teams never played each other

06:32:28.900 --> 06:32:35.060
Just Saudi Arabia didn't make the main stage in 2019. They're just not a competitive nation in 2023

06:32:35.260 --> 06:32:40.580
South Korea lost to China who then fell to Saudi Arabia. So they dodged each other

06:32:40.580 --> 06:32:45.540
But they know each other, there's familiarity here in spades.

06:32:45.540 --> 06:32:49.580
How do you feel about South Korea trying to play a D-bar head to head?

06:32:49.580 --> 06:32:52.500
We have turned these pigeons into...

06:32:52.500 --> 06:32:55.700
We need to blow up one of those pigeons to be a hero in there.

06:32:55.700 --> 06:32:56.700
There's a massive pigeon.

06:32:56.700 --> 06:32:58.260
Oh, it blew up in that set.

06:32:58.260 --> 06:32:59.260
Okay, yeah, that's it.

06:32:59.260 --> 06:33:00.260
Yes.

06:33:00.260 --> 06:33:04.260
Jaws would like the pigeons to be blown up.

06:33:04.260 --> 06:33:10.100
I for one, embrace our new AD and overlords.

06:33:10.100 --> 06:33:13.780
The question though, gameplay related, was how I feel about Max and Ladiva, I feel like

06:33:13.780 --> 06:33:17.100
this is a fallback from a potential Sigma.

06:33:17.100 --> 06:33:22.100
I'm a big believer in giving the people what they want.

06:33:22.100 --> 06:33:26.780
I'm gonna try to see if they stay on it.

06:33:26.780 --> 06:33:32.820
So, I mean this South Korea comp is something that you would, I could believe the KSA team

06:33:32.820 --> 06:33:33.820
would be playing.

06:33:33.820 --> 06:33:38.620
It'll be a Juno Mizuki here with Symmetra.

06:33:38.620 --> 06:33:41.580
A lot of space created with this comp here for Korea.

06:33:41.580 --> 06:33:43.540
Nice shot there from Stalker up to the high ground.

06:33:43.540 --> 06:33:44.820
Almost takes out Lada.

06:33:46.140 --> 06:33:48.260
KSA though have the ability, the mechanism to get up there

06:33:48.260 --> 06:33:49.500
with the jetpack, got in courses,

06:33:49.500 --> 06:33:52.500
still getting first kills, every single fight.

06:33:52.500 --> 06:33:56.020
Alongside death and taxes is one of the most reliable

06:33:56.020 --> 06:33:57.820
factors in this series.

06:33:57.820 --> 06:34:01.060
I also think, if you're South Korea, right?

06:34:01.060 --> 06:34:02.980
You know, a lot of these comps, like,

06:34:02.980 --> 06:34:05.940
at the Xeon, KSA has seen every permutation

06:34:05.940 --> 06:34:07.620
to try and play, like, think about it.

06:34:07.620 --> 06:34:14.260
Like they never move off of D.Va, like they've seen every type of like D.Va counter you possibly can and know how to play against it so well.

06:34:16.060 --> 06:34:21.740
Protocols are there for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, again they're keeping for the higher ground, but not everybody on Korea actually taking it.

06:34:22.300 --> 06:34:28.300
KSA forced it back away, they've given up almost two ticks here, and eventually they're gonna have to put something on the line.

06:34:28.300 --> 06:34:29.820
Put some skin in the game.

06:34:29.820 --> 06:34:34.120
Once he's ready for it, perhaps even calling for it. Over the top he goes, quick skynone,

06:34:34.120 --> 06:34:39.020
simple is in trouble. There's half the little skulls all appearing. That's a couple little

06:34:39.020 --> 06:34:47.460
two-piece for Quartz. Make it four. Included the DMEC of course, a max. Yeah, he might

06:34:47.460 --> 06:34:53.540
just be him. I mean, some people may have been in denial for a while. I think he's been

06:34:53.540 --> 06:34:59.380
the best hit scan for two, maybe three years at this point has been that good. I mean,

06:34:59.380 --> 06:35:02.980
Now you have Catnap, you have a Nano here to potentially go on as the odd, you have your

06:35:02.980 --> 06:35:03.980
spree.

06:35:03.980 --> 06:35:04.980
Hey, I see.

06:35:04.980 --> 06:35:10.020
I'm gonna put together a pretty good defense to this farm, you get another fight here for

06:35:10.020 --> 06:35:11.020
South Korea with a loss.

06:35:11.020 --> 06:35:12.020
You're in a race car.

06:35:12.020 --> 06:35:16.580
How does Lapidus knock on the front door like that and get an insta elimination?

06:35:16.580 --> 06:35:24.780
Nano moves there with huge relief, Joy rides forward into a spree to make it inescapable.

06:35:24.780 --> 06:35:32.620
This is wild. South Korea bringing out the sim here in the finals like a KSA special really

06:35:32.620 --> 06:35:36.740
the kind of country they really really use the Symmetra at a high level. Catnap that

06:35:36.740 --> 06:35:39.340
connects with you, a biogrenade in the mix as well.

06:35:39.340 --> 06:35:44.420
That knockdown was massive at least four people hit by the Catnap knockdown. Korea

06:35:44.420 --> 06:35:47.620
punished for playing so close together but it's because of this is all but a way they're

06:35:47.620 --> 06:35:51.620
going to make use of it. Causes everybody to get the drop on stalker. Now searching forward

06:35:51.620 --> 06:35:57.620
It's Max close to a self-destruct, a remake opportunity, and a wall here for Heesang could turn the fight on its head.

06:35:59.120 --> 06:36:06.120
Stalker's going to come back on the Vangetta as well, as we are going to get below a minute on the clock here rather quickly.

06:36:06.620 --> 06:36:10.620
KSA just trying to survive and keep this contested through this wall.

06:36:10.620 --> 06:36:13.620
It's going to be very difficult to do so, it'll be Ziyadu Gassan gets a touch.

06:36:13.620 --> 06:36:16.620
Tynote again, you're going to dance this wall, quarters in the right spot.

06:36:16.620 --> 06:36:24.800
He acted dive in the sanctuary no other choice, but unfortunately comes up with nothing simple deals with him and eventually South Korea

06:36:25.820 --> 06:36:27.820
Get to move our payload

06:36:29.580 --> 06:36:35.220
Let's see how long they stay on this with the vendetta in the mix so a very aggressive comp here

06:36:35.700 --> 06:36:40.420
From South Korea, but you can see people have been dead in save some of that mobility

06:36:41.180 --> 06:36:44.380
playing the vendetta around that sim

06:36:44.380 --> 06:36:50.380
Also now is the odd making the change over to the Zarya, the hero that Ziyad is really good at.

06:36:50.380 --> 06:36:53.380
But we haven't seen Zarya really at all at this tournament.

06:36:53.380 --> 06:36:58.380
Now it does feel strictly to try and limit Max's potential here.

06:36:58.380 --> 06:37:06.380
I guess the vertical mobility is less important on this phase of the map. You are sort of grinding into this choke.

06:37:06.380 --> 06:37:12.000
still I'm surprised you see he had off out of the diva matchup it could be the binding

06:37:12.000 --> 06:37:16.080
chain is starting to get a bit frustrating something you can't really mitigate effectively

06:37:16.080 --> 06:37:24.960
as diva this is a better work feels like a little bit of a gambits yeah dangerously low

06:37:24.960 --> 06:37:36.240
though lot of damage trying to occupy this space nano here maybe it's for the Zarya is

06:37:36.240 --> 06:37:40.240
He's gonna try and hit him when it's up to Ricky Spree here.

06:37:40.240 --> 06:37:44.240
Jedi first though. Cut through that orbital ray.

06:37:44.240 --> 06:37:48.240
It's gonna be mitigated by the defense matrix. Ziato gets he's down and he's fully charged.

06:37:48.240 --> 06:37:52.240
Ready to hit the ground running and it's just nowhere for simple to go.

06:37:52.240 --> 06:37:57.240
Quick retort here for KSA and advance to the orbital ray play.

06:37:57.240 --> 06:38:02.240
And now you're gonna have a graph, right? You're gonna have the ability to get like a grab off here.

06:38:02.240 --> 06:38:08.860
You have spree as well. You can double bubble the spree a lot of good utility here or KSA as

06:38:09.200 --> 06:38:11.360
Below two minutes yet again here

06:38:12.280 --> 06:38:14.920
South Korea though Mitch they're gonna have a lot of ultimates to work with

06:38:17.600 --> 06:38:18.680
Max

06:38:18.680 --> 06:38:22.480
We'll need a mini-gauge just coming from search. Here's the spree and the bubble as you called it

06:38:22.640 --> 06:38:26.840
Land of the is happy with what he gets here, which is not a whole lot. The symbol is in play

06:38:26.840 --> 06:38:31.680
That's an odd place for a crap to go. I won't lie. Good response there for he's not now

06:38:31.680 --> 06:38:34.720
Now, here comes the second wave of attack for South Korea.

06:38:34.720 --> 06:38:36.320
Stoker trying to push up.

06:38:36.320 --> 06:38:39.920
Overclock at the ready, but KSA doing a good job of playing out of that line of sight

06:38:39.920 --> 06:38:41.880
while the cart is not yet threatening a cap.

06:38:41.880 --> 06:38:43.360
Now, though, it is.

06:38:43.360 --> 06:38:45.320
Ziad needs to get a touch.

06:38:45.320 --> 06:38:48.240
He's likely a big force to really ration out these bubbles.

06:38:48.240 --> 06:38:51.360
He's got none left, and Chorong just bursts him down.

06:38:51.360 --> 06:38:53.520
Nice binding chain catch on the cap as well.

06:38:53.520 --> 06:38:55.920
We didn't miss that. Chorong notches up three.

06:38:55.920 --> 06:39:04.920
In the sanctuary, so impactful for South Korea.

06:39:04.920 --> 06:39:06.920
They have a comeback and fight inside of it, right?

06:39:06.920 --> 06:39:10.160
With that D.Va and the Sim, the Mizuki as well.

06:39:10.160 --> 06:39:15.920
Nobody from KSA really wants to take that brawl inside of that sanctuary.

06:39:15.920 --> 06:39:20.920
It's been really important, it's going to be a huge ultimate here towards the end of this map as well.

06:39:20.920 --> 06:39:28.720
on the low key, Matt. Chorong is putting out more damage. Right now. Then Saunshun is a

06:39:28.720 --> 06:39:34.120
rather... then he sank, pardon me. Absolutely pumping it out. You're all locked here on

06:39:34.120 --> 06:39:38.880
this music, kid. He's not getting picked off there by Kothra, that's half the issue.

06:39:38.880 --> 06:39:42.840
For that sim utility, Max is going to get popped, the self-destruct means he can remake

06:39:42.840 --> 06:39:46.920
in a pinch. Zippel there with an orbital ray, but it's something that Dead Eye can certainly

06:39:46.920 --> 06:39:52.080
punish. Yeah the Nano wants to ziyad it's just Max cannot stand there and fight

06:39:52.080 --> 06:39:57.160
him toe-to-toe on the diva that's why we're gonna see a Zarya mirror matchup

06:39:57.160 --> 06:40:03.280
here TP up to the high ground gonna get stalker a nice vantage point set him up

06:40:03.280 --> 06:40:07.280
with a position to maybe make a play there's a lot of ground game here by

06:40:07.280 --> 06:40:12.360
South Korea they're gonna orbital right so okay with the body could I now

06:40:12.360 --> 06:40:15.960
cause it's got a pretty good hurt to this one simple has to get behind that

06:40:15.960 --> 06:40:20.460
small pillar, a little peek here and there, a TP away, Quartz responds and

06:40:20.460 --> 06:40:24.540
simple gets caught out still. The risky play to drop down into the purview of his

06:40:24.540 --> 06:40:28.880
opponent Zaya. Docks need safety, back up to the higher ground he goes but South

06:40:28.880 --> 06:40:34.220
Korea start look pretty menacing now this card is inches away, two meters Zia very

06:40:34.220 --> 06:40:37.800
very low a spring, gonna be thrown in here by Labrador to try and stem the bleed.

06:40:37.800 --> 06:40:41.760
There's Docks over the top, one for one but it's Zia that goes down, Marger's

06:40:41.760 --> 06:40:45.040
got to keep this going, stalker might have fallen but the Kekai sanctuary should

06:40:45.040 --> 06:40:49.040
Get him home, last resistance of course, and then South Korea!

06:40:50.040 --> 06:40:52.040
Post up three checkpoints.

06:40:54.040 --> 06:40:57.040
Great adjustments from South Korea.

06:40:59.040 --> 06:41:02.040
Now we were talking about the Mizuki in map number one.

06:41:02.040 --> 06:41:04.040
They run it here in our second map.

06:41:04.040 --> 06:41:06.040
They went some sim and diva.

06:41:06.040 --> 06:41:11.040
The Nezari swapp at the end from Max was huge.

06:41:11.040 --> 06:41:14.040
They finished with some time in the bank as well.

06:41:14.040 --> 06:41:20.200
a huge bounce back there after map number one again. This is a tough map to finish with the best of times

06:41:20.200 --> 06:41:25.720
Yeah, we saw Zia the one that made that switch over to the Zyre and Max was happy to reciprocate

06:41:26.640 --> 06:41:33.600
felt comfortable for him to play into that matchup especially with this like a he's saying wall that appeared to block off that that

06:41:33.640 --> 06:41:34.920
Graviton search

06:41:34.920 --> 06:41:41.180
Doron also is able to do a bunch of damage here in this round. It's also interesting move KSA's line up in right now

06:41:41.180 --> 06:41:47.800
They don't really want to match a sim, right? Like KSA would probably be fine taking a sim mirror here

06:41:47.900 --> 06:41:52.300
But the UD obviously not in the game right? Labda. You're really gonna consider

06:41:53.220 --> 06:41:55.220
much of a Symmetra player

06:41:56.820 --> 06:42:00.520
Rion defense a lot stalker playing ash so we see more ash here

06:42:01.500 --> 06:42:05.100
Creeping into the meta just a little bit. I think this would be you know

06:42:05.100 --> 06:42:06.940
Obviously the known Mizuki on the other side, right?

06:42:06.940 --> 06:42:11.100
But I think if they do play Mizuki again, I would love to see KSA train play some Maga.

06:42:11.100 --> 06:42:13.140
I think that would be a really good alternative.

06:42:13.700 --> 06:42:16.140
Looks like we'll get to Ziad Maga here on offense.

06:42:21.060 --> 06:42:23.780
30 seconds is the leftover time bank for South Korea.

06:42:24.980 --> 06:42:27.580
It's a buffer to give you some level of confidence.

06:42:28.380 --> 06:42:32.060
But that all depends on how fast KSA are able to get into this map.

06:42:32.540 --> 06:42:35.260
Are we getting sorry you're D.V. here from Ziad?

06:42:35.300 --> 06:42:36.060
It's going to be D.Va.

06:42:36.940 --> 06:42:39.860
I think he finally feels more comfortable playing the D.V. here with no

06:42:40.820 --> 06:42:43.380
Mizuki on the other side. You also without Symmetra

06:42:44.180 --> 06:42:47.180
Might feel like we need to be able to access the high ground. You're upon us playing Ash

06:42:47.580 --> 06:42:51.940
So you know the stalker is gonna be looking for a very safe spot to Ron can sort of get him perched up there

06:42:51.940 --> 06:42:53.940
D.V.

06:42:53.940 --> 06:42:55.940
This time though first it'll be crossing upstairs

06:42:57.380 --> 06:43:00.260
Stalking off the side by the grenade joy riders wall is gonna whiz past

06:43:00.260 --> 06:43:11.260
What's his kind of commitment in this position and fished out by the cat defense matrix very well employed here by Zad to prevent the loss of the Bastion that eventually courts will succumb.

06:43:11.260 --> 06:43:18.260
Yeah, one tick for KSA, but great defense there from South Korea.

06:43:18.260 --> 06:43:21.260
The dynamite takes just onto that bastard up in the high ground.

06:43:21.260 --> 06:43:27.040
it up on the high ground. Forts dropped down. Docs able to keep him alive. Probably longer

06:43:27.040 --> 06:43:31.740
than anticipated, but nice follow up there by Max. Stocker already building up towards

06:43:31.740 --> 06:43:33.340
his bob.

06:43:33.340 --> 06:43:38.860
Dianne, close up on that corner. Bob can be thrown into one of these corners here on

06:43:38.860 --> 06:43:44.620
Salker's left. It's pretty good at contesting this space. Salker also thinks about these

06:43:44.620 --> 06:43:47.660
side rooms. Dynamite obviously is going to give him a bit of an edge here, and that's

06:43:47.660 --> 06:43:49.160
It's going to be a bomb instead of thrown out in.

06:43:49.160 --> 06:43:52.640
Bob is actually in a really scary spot, forcing KSZ to come forward.

06:43:52.640 --> 06:43:53.140
And so they will.

06:43:53.140 --> 06:43:55.100
S1mple just gets rolled over instantly.

06:43:55.100 --> 06:43:58.980
And S4rker lacks the mobility to avoid the purview of Ziyan.

06:43:58.980 --> 06:44:02.100
One tick and change and counting.

06:44:02.100 --> 06:44:05.380
As all of South Korea have to fight their time for a regroup briefly.

06:44:05.380 --> 06:44:06.980
Katnaps going to be at the ready for Chorong,

06:44:06.980 --> 06:44:09.940
but no, they feel like the fight is already over.

06:44:09.940 --> 06:44:12.700
Yeah, the nano there from South Korea doesn't get much.

06:44:12.700 --> 06:44:18.860
stalker now over the Cassidy will match courts. I think these console make you

06:44:18.860 --> 06:44:23.740
started to you know move in a way that favors KSA. We'll see I like this from

06:44:23.740 --> 06:44:26.620
South Korea though. I think you have to play aggressive up on this quarter. You

06:44:26.620 --> 06:44:30.260
cannot allow this payload. Like this are really strong chugaburra to hold on

06:44:30.260 --> 06:44:33.940
defense here. I like the decision to play at this moment.

06:44:33.940 --> 06:44:40.540
Oh my god that is just a neutral elimination on an honor of all things.

06:44:40.540 --> 06:44:45.500
headshot randomly on He-San, drops him low, somebody's got to stop this guy.

06:44:45.500 --> 06:44:49.500
Max eventually does, but the damage might already have been done.

06:44:49.500 --> 06:44:53.500
Yeah, I mean Max is going to get staggered here.

06:44:53.500 --> 06:44:57.500
Well, they're actually going to kill him because they want to move that payload on forward,

06:44:57.500 --> 06:45:02.500
but I mean Quartz is able to just peek around the corner to tap the Ana like that.

06:45:02.500 --> 06:45:05.500
That's a position that's fairly safe, right, where S1mple is playing.

06:45:05.500 --> 06:45:08.500
I mean, he's got an even front of him defense matrix there.

06:45:08.500 --> 06:45:12.740
It just, Quartz is able to connect these shots so fast in quick succession.

06:45:12.740 --> 06:45:16.820
Now you have the opportunity for Sky Noon here to potentially get this second checkpoint.

06:45:19.780 --> 06:45:21.060
Just bringing the hands of Heesun.

06:45:23.700 --> 06:45:28.260
No need to make use of it until there's a commitment though from KSA. This might resemble one though.

06:45:28.260 --> 06:45:33.060
Sky Noon on the top, Quartz getting shot out by Simple and a defense matrix to the rescue.

06:45:33.060 --> 06:45:35.380
Tough for Cassie to get value in that kind of matchup.

06:45:35.380 --> 06:45:42.640
Laptor ends up falling to the Sartoriki's free, but in general KSA trading up and Ziad has an opportunity to go after simple

06:45:42.640 --> 06:45:46.360
It's gonna take more than that though to get rid of that star player

06:45:46.840 --> 06:45:51.880
Eventually a selfless right remit gets him back to business. I mean they go all in to get rid of quartz

06:45:52.160 --> 06:45:56.800
They finally get him, but Ziad gets three on the other side, right?

06:45:57.600 --> 06:45:59.480
It's like what do you do of your max, right?

06:45:59.480 --> 06:46:04.080
You either peel for your backline and then eventually quartz takes everybody out. You go after him and Ziad

06:46:04.080 --> 06:46:08.680
just dominates the other end. A free available here. Nice angle here.

06:46:08.680 --> 06:46:13.480
Defense matrix again crucial there for Ziad, but simple celebrity draw or beat on LAMTA.

06:46:13.480 --> 06:46:17.560
Back to the high ground for Ziad now. Give this out here, Revy. You know this fight is

06:46:17.560 --> 06:46:23.680
essentially done. I think they'd like to avoid the stagger on the debuff. Ziad

06:46:23.680 --> 06:46:31.600
desperately trying to fall here, finally does. So will Sir Majed. Doc's trying to save

06:46:31.600 --> 06:46:37.840
him here with a lifeline, gonna be able to get him out. Two minutes and counting here for KSA.

06:46:37.840 --> 06:46:42.160
The defense has been pretty good here for South Korea underneath this bridge. Last couple fights

06:46:42.160 --> 06:46:46.560
really solid. That pick for simple I think is the beginning and the end of that last engagement. KSA.

06:46:48.720 --> 06:46:52.320
Chorong here with the catnap could be huge. Just finding anything with this,

06:46:52.880 --> 06:46:57.760
resulting in an early kickoff would be massive. Gord's cast the sky. Noon is taking down already

06:46:57.760 --> 06:47:03.760
And the fight is done. Juro and Galsmak use that ultimate at the end and it's easy enough for Zox to be dragged out and picked off.

06:47:03.760 --> 06:47:07.760
This is a very important time bank bleed for South Korea.

06:47:07.760 --> 06:47:13.760
A sick biogranade there from Simple that connects with three players.

06:47:13.760 --> 06:47:18.760
And at that point, I think KSA just decides, okay, it's time to go again.

06:47:18.760 --> 06:47:21.760
Now, you mentioned the Sky Noon.

06:47:21.760 --> 06:47:29.760
Max has been a really nice job on the D.Va, trying to get a lot of natural cover here as well, with South Korea to hide.

06:47:30.760 --> 06:47:32.760
Quartz looking for more of that neutral pressure.

06:47:32.760 --> 06:47:34.760
Train of course to defend to me, for example, before they use it.

06:47:34.760 --> 06:47:37.760
I think that's worked. Max, I think he's out of juice at this point.

06:47:37.760 --> 06:47:40.760
Quartz is out of options in terms of targets.

06:47:40.760 --> 06:47:43.760
In the midst of it, he sends out a peek lab to off.

06:47:43.760 --> 06:47:46.760
Quartz was just not relevant, not dropped in a position to succeed.

06:47:46.760 --> 06:47:49.760
There's too many ways to break line of sight for the defenders here.

06:47:49.760 --> 06:47:56.760
I mean, Max and the supports here for South Korea played this so well at this moment.

06:47:56.760 --> 06:48:00.760
Raleigh just looking at one more fight here to be able to get a map win.

06:48:00.760 --> 06:48:02.760
Magics are getting very slim.

06:48:02.760 --> 06:48:04.760
There is an annabuse who's going to be deployed straight away.

06:48:04.760 --> 06:48:07.760
It's Buziado. He's previously been hit with a biodecranate,

06:48:07.760 --> 06:48:08.760
so he dropped slow early in the fight.

06:48:08.760 --> 06:48:11.760
Defense makes it's going to be important to get that space,

06:48:11.760 --> 06:48:14.760
but Max is doing the same thing to the back land of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

06:48:14.760 --> 06:48:16.760
Quartz finds a right click connection on the Heesum though.

06:48:16.760 --> 06:48:22.060
No, Max needs to get back in mech. He has to survive this moment. But no, Siaz able to run him down

06:48:22.060 --> 06:48:28.420
Sox though is struggling the last heal elective for Saudi Arabia with 22 seconds on the clock to stalk a jock

06:48:28.420 --> 06:48:35.420
He's back. He knows Siaz is low video also understands. There's probably a remake opportunity for the diva and that stalker firing back

06:48:35.540 --> 06:48:41.980
It's who's better. It's a two-player bio there that comes in from simple connects with court and he just gets deleted

06:48:41.980 --> 06:48:48.220
last chance to loon and not a lot to work with on the smelvin oily red KSA have

06:48:48.220 --> 06:48:51.140
to come forward and look for some pressure

06:48:51.140 --> 06:48:55.060
skorka backs up good tic gamut here on zox but it's the out again falling I'm

06:48:55.060 --> 06:48:59.500
not gonna say it the she on play for he sung has been remarkable zox gets

06:48:59.500 --> 06:49:04.060
picked off and now just the final moments for KSA they realize they have

06:49:04.060 --> 06:49:08.300
pulled up short on neon junction

06:49:11.980 --> 06:49:16.440
Maxon he said come on Ian it looks like a completely different ballgame

06:49:18.440 --> 06:49:21.940
Simple was unreal on the honor as well

06:49:22.740 --> 06:49:26.980
Time and time again on the defensive side of things when he has some space to work with Ray with the odds

06:49:26.980 --> 06:49:28.660
I kind of breathing down his neck

06:49:28.660 --> 06:49:33.980
Coming up with some big kills, but then also two three player bio grenades on the way in

06:49:35.020 --> 06:49:41.120
Obviously with no carry throughout that one no way to cleanse those off really punishing see that big difference Mike

06:49:41.120 --> 06:49:48.640
Or even though someone like Ziyan is having a coup so that defense matrix to eat many of those projectiles simple simply plays around those windows

06:49:49.240 --> 06:49:55.840
Those when he can hit a big anti-heal and that's huge when you see out is waiting hoping for a nano boost from his honor

06:49:57.200 --> 06:50:00.980
Much less value provided if he is doused in the anti-heal

06:50:02.480 --> 06:50:04.480
It's your blade

06:50:04.680 --> 06:50:09.080
Absolutely stunning in that game winning a lot of these peripheral tools against laughter

06:50:09.080 --> 06:50:15.720
but also these big sprees that are either drawing out key defensive ultimates just rolling over the top

06:50:15.820 --> 06:50:18.200
You know the vendetta and we saw in map number one

06:50:18.200 --> 06:50:22.260
It's a pretty good idea from South Korea vendetta is a pretty good hero right now

06:50:22.260 --> 06:50:25.560
But it's one that KSA they know how to play against like vendetta

06:50:25.560 --> 06:50:26.840
Bebe comes at one

06:50:26.840 --> 06:50:31.700
I know they play against it with so much sim play right so they have a good idea how to kind of counter that in

06:50:31.880 --> 06:50:35.580
Action is you go take a look at some of the stats here

06:50:35.580 --> 06:50:39.920
I mean he's saying from then this game Stalker really came alive in terms of that hitscan

06:50:39.920 --> 06:50:43.860
I mean if you see that number kind of creep up against courts, you know and above it

06:50:44.220 --> 06:50:46.380
You're gonna see South Korea win a lot of maps today

06:50:46.940 --> 06:50:51.620
Stalker is the one piece one of the one pieces at least on this roster that doesn't get rotated out

06:50:52.140 --> 06:50:59.500
For other DPS players. There's a good reason for that. This guy is so consistent so solid and dependable

06:50:59.500 --> 06:51:06.500
Who better to go up against someone like Quartz, who this TS18 certainly is built around enabling?

06:51:06.500 --> 06:51:12.500
Like Stalker's role on this career roster might not look the same, but his output over the course of the Unjunction now.

06:51:12.500 --> 06:51:16.500
It was comparable, if not better, than what Quartz was able to put out.

06:51:16.500 --> 06:51:23.500
And I wonder if your KSA, where do you want to take this series? Obviously, I know a long one here.

06:51:23.500 --> 06:51:27.720
our first of four, if you're thinking about,

06:51:27.720 --> 06:51:30.000
like, if you wanna play like some diva comps, right?

06:51:30.000 --> 06:51:32.040
Like we've seen them, obviously,

06:51:32.040 --> 06:51:34.720
historically go over and play like a,

06:51:34.720 --> 06:51:37.360
maybe we, they play new junk and get rid of like a,

06:51:37.360 --> 06:51:38.640
the Zuki, right?

06:51:38.640 --> 06:51:41.040
And, you know, try and play that.

06:51:41.040 --> 06:51:44.160
That would be one pathway, I think, for KSA,

06:51:44.160 --> 06:51:46.000
is obviously it'll be their map pick.

06:51:47.720 --> 06:51:52.480
Miskie, he's definitely posed issues for cores, for example.

06:51:52.480 --> 06:51:56.800
He's dead eyes, he's forced to drop into him from the jetpack cat.

06:51:56.800 --> 06:52:00.000
It does virtually, you know, answer the threat of Sky Noon.

06:52:00.000 --> 06:52:02.720
It's kind of something we were discussing in the previous series, like what's the counterplay

06:52:02.720 --> 06:52:03.720
to this?

06:52:03.720 --> 06:52:07.680
You can't have your honor always sleep dart an airborne Cassidy during ultimate to cancel

06:52:07.680 --> 06:52:08.680
it.

06:52:08.680 --> 06:52:09.680
Okay, so we'll be new to there.

06:52:09.680 --> 06:52:10.680
So we'll be new to New York City.

06:52:10.680 --> 06:52:12.680
This is kind of what I was talking about.

06:52:12.680 --> 06:52:19.320
This is a map that KSA, the players on KSA, been pretty popular from them in the past

06:52:19.320 --> 06:52:21.920
in other tournaments with their teams.

06:52:21.920 --> 06:52:29.920
So, I'm curious if you decide to get rid of Mizuki here, really unlocks the honor on the D.Va.

06:52:29.920 --> 06:52:34.920
That is a hero that don't think KSA is going to mess with or out it.

06:52:34.920 --> 06:52:40.920
And then also, like, look, if you get rid of Mizuki, maybe they ban D.Va.

06:52:40.920 --> 06:52:44.920
You can just play Moga comps all day for King of the Saudi Arabia.

06:52:44.920 --> 06:52:51.920
I think they'd be happy enough with that substitution here on the South Korea side of the stage.

06:52:51.920 --> 06:52:53.920
Or in fact...

06:52:53.920 --> 06:52:55.920
How many are we going to come out here?

06:52:55.920 --> 06:53:02.920
Perhaps a bio break. You can't tell. Again, generally they're more transient than air molecules.

06:53:02.920 --> 06:53:08.920
Or people got up and they have subs, so they are going to play a full string. We know that.

06:53:08.920 --> 06:53:13.120
It's just who's coming in so I think John been going to come in here, right?

06:53:14.720 --> 06:53:17.220
New junk is this going to be Marga

06:53:17.920 --> 06:53:23.200
Yeah, it's really sad is pretty pretty recent in Ramatra. You pushed on this map. I

06:53:24.120 --> 06:53:30.040
Also again, there's switch of tank play here through South Korea doesn't imply anything about whether or not

06:53:30.040 --> 06:53:35.600
They want to play demon as we've seen both of them pilot that role with you know a decent amount of confidence

06:53:35.600 --> 06:53:38.180
So yeah, not really about it.

06:53:38.180 --> 06:53:40.220
You know, this Kymus out of your average team,

06:53:40.220 --> 06:53:42.780
very traditional in their approach.

06:53:42.780 --> 06:53:44.440
I think if they could still get away with playing

06:53:44.440 --> 06:53:46.500
Lucio Keery, they would try it.

06:53:46.500 --> 06:53:49.460
Yeah, nothing too complicated from them.

06:53:49.460 --> 06:53:51.340
And it's a lot like when you watch courts play, right?

06:53:51.340 --> 06:53:56.100
Like not, you know, the craziest kind of plays

06:53:56.100 --> 06:53:56.980
and things like that, right?

06:53:56.980 --> 06:53:59.500
But just so consistent.

06:53:59.500 --> 06:54:03.260
Game over game, map over map.

06:54:03.260 --> 06:54:05.620
They just have it drilled in so well.

06:54:05.620 --> 06:54:06.780
I looked at the stage actually,

06:54:06.780 --> 06:54:08.340
I think it's just courts.

06:54:08.340 --> 06:54:10.460
Sitting up there, I know you got the player sub it in

06:54:10.460 --> 06:54:14.340
and then you got courts up there as everybody on KSA,

06:54:14.340 --> 06:54:15.940
they're taking a lap.

06:54:15.940 --> 06:54:17.940
Courts probably just getting into the game training.

06:54:17.940 --> 06:54:20.460
I like the rest of these Philistines on the stage.

06:54:20.460 --> 06:54:23.460
Courts understands that staying seated,

06:54:23.460 --> 06:54:25.420
being locked in is the most conducive

06:54:25.420 --> 06:54:29.060
to maintaining that flow state.

06:54:29.060 --> 06:54:29.900
But yeah, you don't know where to be.

06:54:29.900 --> 06:54:32.780
It's funny how this guy just always finds his way back

06:54:32.780 --> 06:54:34.780
to the biggest stages.

06:54:34.780 --> 06:54:43.260
2025, OWCS champion in finals at the champions clash, midseason championship this year.

06:54:43.260 --> 06:54:45.500
He's never far from the spotlight.

06:54:45.500 --> 06:54:47.500
Probably the best hit scamp player in the world.

06:54:47.500 --> 06:54:52.100
I feel like there's not a lot of debate about that in this era, but in this matchup, Stalker

06:54:52.100 --> 06:54:55.900
is giving as good as he gets, so I don't blame thoughts for wanting to double down.

06:54:55.900 --> 06:55:02.220
But if we keep seeing these music-y-based compositions as support designed to punish

06:55:02.220 --> 06:55:07.660
specifically hitscans during the duration of Keklai Sanctuary, it might be hard for

06:55:07.660 --> 06:55:10.860
Kors to assert his typical brand of dominance over the game.

06:55:10.860 --> 06:55:14.660
Yeah, without a doubt, you see there our trophy.

06:55:14.660 --> 06:55:18.340
South Korea has raised that three times.

06:55:18.340 --> 06:55:19.820
We've been there for all of them.

06:55:19.820 --> 06:55:23.980
Johnny put the other graphic for the first BlizzCon up, we looked on the talent announcement.

06:55:23.980 --> 06:55:24.980
Yeah.

06:55:24.980 --> 06:55:28.980
much younger there. Yeah, you've met people here who have said I watch you when I was

06:55:28.980 --> 06:55:37.980
kids and they're they're full adults now. Yep. Yep. It's a bit of sweet revelation.

06:55:37.980 --> 06:55:42.980
You aged worse than me. Well, that's because I had children. Instead of working with one,

06:55:42.980 --> 06:55:50.980
I created two. Yeah, yes. A test piloted with me. And you know, this is pretty cool.

06:55:50.980 --> 06:55:54.580
as you're waiting for the players to get back on stage.

06:55:54.580 --> 06:55:56.900
I, you know, when we talk about the bands here,

06:55:56.900 --> 06:55:58.980
four new Junk City, right?

06:55:58.980 --> 06:56:00.580
I also think the reason why you go here

06:56:00.580 --> 06:56:02.380
is because on the escort pool,

06:56:02.380 --> 06:56:06.500
I think KSA feels fine, whether it's Root or Shambali.

06:56:06.500 --> 06:56:07.860
That's gonna be the pick there.

06:56:07.860 --> 06:56:09.700
Unless you get like, hey, we're gonna get jumping

06:56:09.700 --> 06:56:11.140
and play some ball and get crazy here

06:56:11.140 --> 06:56:12.340
and play the new Junker Town.

06:56:12.340 --> 06:56:15.980
But I think KSA, most teams feel confident.

06:56:15.980 --> 06:56:18.340
Either it's just Root or Shambali.

06:56:18.340 --> 06:56:21.140
So take your pick here out of the flash points,

06:56:21.140 --> 06:56:24.900
because what would be a really nasty scenario

06:56:24.900 --> 06:56:28.900
for KSE to deal with is an Atlas pick from South Korea,

06:56:28.900 --> 06:56:30.100
where they can't ban the wrecking ball,

06:56:30.100 --> 06:56:32.860
and then Jun Bin just goes absolutely bonkers.

06:56:32.860 --> 06:56:35.780
Now, it's a tough start in a series for South Korea,

06:56:35.780 --> 06:56:37.660
but they looked a lot more joyful

06:56:37.660 --> 06:56:38.820
at the end of that second map.

06:56:38.820 --> 06:56:41.820
Let's listen to their comms and see what their vibe is like.

06:57:11.820 --> 06:57:22.160
All right, I'll concede that did sound like more of a relief side than a cry of

06:57:22.160 --> 06:57:26.200
tribulation. Yeah, I think they knew they had that one locked up at that point.

06:57:26.200 --> 06:57:32.160
Nothing really to worry about in that final fight. So everybody from both

06:57:32.160 --> 06:57:37.920
teams getting back on stage here, getting all situated is, looked like at least we

06:57:37.920 --> 06:57:39.600
We have a Jungbin coming in.

06:57:39.600 --> 06:57:42.400
I believe we also have Sunjin coming in, as well.

06:57:42.400 --> 06:57:43.120
That's Sunjin there.

06:57:43.120 --> 06:57:48.480
So that'll be coming in here for Heesang.

06:57:48.480 --> 06:57:50.800
Interesting, like, NewJunkCity, right?

06:57:50.800 --> 06:57:53.880
We do see Sunbin dead out, like, but you mentioned, I mean,

06:57:53.880 --> 06:57:55.760
Heesang was awesome on the Sheehan and that map.

06:57:55.760 --> 06:57:57.040
Yeah.

06:57:57.040 --> 06:57:59.880
And also, with this configuration,

06:57:59.880 --> 06:58:02.600
we also know Sunjin is like a really proficient trace

06:58:02.600 --> 06:58:03.680
of player, right?

06:58:03.680 --> 06:58:06.320
So you don't lose out on a ton of potential

06:58:06.320 --> 06:58:10.160
terms of the DPS combos that you can put forward. I do think that like Vendetta

06:58:10.160 --> 06:58:14.480
here can be pretty nice. I just don't really know specifically what the Vendetta

06:58:14.480 --> 06:58:18.720
would want to be tied at. I mean, Shian would be an interesting band for KSA as

06:58:18.720 --> 06:58:24.680
well. I get into like a little bit of a tracer head-to-head so curious where we

06:58:24.680 --> 06:58:29.840
go in terms of the bands. A lot of options here for KSA is it feels like

06:58:29.840 --> 06:58:34.480
we're kind of due for a long series. A lot of these games here whether it was

06:58:34.480 --> 06:58:38.040
in Busan or early on and they have been kind of roles.

06:58:38.040 --> 06:58:41.080
They think it's been mostly because these two teams have really kind of solidified

06:58:41.080 --> 06:58:43.480
that they are just levels above everybody else.

06:58:43.480 --> 06:58:48.960
I mean, in fairness, if you're a South Korea player, you've been embroiled in all the five

06:58:48.960 --> 06:58:49.960
mappers.

06:58:49.960 --> 06:58:50.960
Yeah, right.

06:58:50.960 --> 06:58:52.960
You've been involved in all of those very long series.

06:58:52.960 --> 06:58:55.240
It's been a long day for them.

06:58:55.240 --> 06:58:56.800
They had a break.

06:58:56.800 --> 06:58:59.920
We had a bronze medal match to sort of resolve.

06:58:59.920 --> 06:59:00.920
It's still...

06:59:00.920 --> 06:59:01.920
They had a concert?

06:59:01.920 --> 06:59:02.920
Yeah.

06:59:02.920 --> 06:59:03.920
Can't forget about that.

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So both of these teams, I haven't had to play today, it's just that Saudi Arabia played three maps to South Korea's five in very high stakes high pressure scenario.

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It felt like more of a warm up for the Saudis.

06:59:15.920 --> 06:59:24.920
Sometimes that's like an adrenaline dump, right? Like you just kind of had that moment and then you have a little bit of a break and it's like, you know, hard to kind of get back into the flow of the game.

06:59:24.920 --> 06:59:31.920
But obviously South Korea, these players as well, veterans of the game played in the biggest moments.

06:59:31.920 --> 06:59:35.960
I mean, this is a battle of dominance versus resilience.

06:59:35.960 --> 06:59:39.280
Saudi Arabia arrived almost untouched to this game.

06:59:39.280 --> 06:59:43.320
Korea got here after scaring elimination in the face

06:59:43.320 --> 06:59:46.720
for multiple maps and somehow surviving it.

06:59:46.720 --> 06:59:50.160
Couldn't have dreamed up more different contexts,

06:59:50.160 --> 06:59:53.600
more different paths into this game for these two teams.

06:59:53.600 --> 06:59:55.720
And there's never any debate over what is better,

06:59:55.720 --> 06:59:58.080
to get maximum Overwatch, get more maps out of the way.

06:59:58.080 --> 07:00:00.720
But I feel like you'd rather be fresh

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coming into a potential first to four match.

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You'd rather be comfy, right?

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You'd rather be the team that has been really

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kind of consistent through the groups,

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through the online, to the groups, then here in person,

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then kind of getting here, you know,

07:00:18.400 --> 07:00:21.280
grinding it out, the five map affair

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from France where you're down to, oh,

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and you have to battle all the way back there

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for South Korea earlier today.

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Ah. Okay, so I thought it would be like,

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I know a Shion fan, Mizuki Shion of Indetta, something along those lines.

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This also ends up protecting a lot of the hitscan, right?

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Cassidy now available here.

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It'll be Moga.

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So this is kind of the other hero here in Ziad's wheelhouse.

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So really I think it's Ziad.

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So maybe we end up with a little bit of a mantra here.

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I mean, I think Ziad's gonna play the horse, no?

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Run it down, Arisa.

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Yeah, that would be a good chat.

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I mean, Arisa first yard is a hero we saw him play a lot last year, right, when Arisa was in the meta a decent amount.

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But Dettor is a little difficult for D.Va, though, to deal with, because D.Va likes those huge burst damage windows, generally speaking.

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He doesn't have that sort of displacement that you maybe need to interrupt Dettor. She's trying to execute a combo.

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So that might be why we see that banster. Sonja, though, might go over to Tracer.

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I feel like that's a pretty reasonable look on this map, more likely I feel than Xiong.

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Zatgaria though they fought back in this series, a strong showing on Neon Junction shows that they still have it in them.

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Trying to reclaim the promise legs.

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This feels like a huge map, swing map in this series potentially.

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Yeah, I feel like it is giving inflection points.

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Cause like, you know, the push pool, right, it seems like everybody's kind of aligned on like what map to go towards and like what they want to play.

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Pigeons, ducks, Shora, rubber ducks.

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It's our avian?

07:02:05.400 --> 07:02:07.400
Yeah, we cheer.

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Then Escort, a lot of teams have decided that they would like to play.

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got around the game in the tanks early it'll be the diva here's going up

07:02:20.680 --> 07:02:24.480
against John been on the demon in this is a support line out of something about

07:02:24.480 --> 07:02:29.040
our last map we see it now with the honor with the William a lot of poke

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damage here from South Korea it goes up against the composition that's a

07:02:33.120 --> 07:02:37.200
little better at healing they're like a lucio carry that we saw from France but

07:02:37.200 --> 07:02:40.960
still it's super annoying Jorong is gonna be able to pump out a ton of damage

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he also did some music earlier.

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And simple spiotic grenades are going to be important.

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Marge has to hold his Su-Su back from probably just that.

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Laptor already doused with it.

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Recovering note, over the top,

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he shots from stalker,

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been very good at stuff,

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of course, to get where he needs to be,

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but he still finds Chorong one way or another.

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I mean, they dropped Quartz into the back line,

07:03:01.820 --> 07:03:03.380
like you would think he's playing Reaper,

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but Sunja able to punish him,

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Siyan out of that,

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this should be South Korea

07:03:09.300 --> 07:03:12.060
who's able to get control of this Flashpoint first.

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Nice shot there from Stalker.

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Tucked Zots out of the sky.

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Still more fight here from KSA,

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but feels like inevitable for South Korea

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to take this first Flashpoint and control with it.

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We're just gonna watch the sidelines here for Stalker,

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who's aware that Quartz is gonna be looking for him

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a lot of the times,

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which over to the Bastion now,

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but Stalker really clinical in that previous fight

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and didn't have a lot of pressure on him.

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It feels like Laptor never got into a spot

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to command the attention of any of the back runners.

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Well, I think you go Bastion here.

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The Bastion is like a pretty good,

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you know, obviously, you know,

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Demon extremely strong,

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but can actually just kind of burn that Demon shield out,

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then give an opportunity to follow up

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with some serious damage.

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Nanoboost available here already.

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You like his likely to jump in?

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Live at break two, man.

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Really good start here for South Korea.

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And none of us necessary.

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With Simaajir going down the start of the fight,

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Stalker has gone from strength to strength

07:04:07.660 --> 07:04:13.180
in these last couple of maps. In the end South Korea can sit on so many of these

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ultimates. The resistance from KSA honestly has been minimal.

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KSA has been playing a lot of these comps so you see now the entire time and

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has not been bullied back or pressured. Now you're certain to see South Korea

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though get in a groove. It's gonna be this first flash point. Most likely going

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South Korea, it's gonna be a touch here at the final moments from lab though

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But this is not a great set of our KSA they're gonna back out

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Concede our first flash point. Yeah, that's results at the point there. I think just a stall

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But you can see how impactful first picks are on this map in this game mode, especially

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Usually they're to the tune of about 40% this could snow off pretty quick though limit break over clocks free here

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You now get a second checkpoint

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There's a little break, comes on down.

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Not the most impressive though,

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it's KS11 pushing behind this continued rush,

07:05:07.380 --> 07:05:09.620
but there's Corker yet again, another first pick.

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Matt, you might have invoked a curse

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when you said that every single fight of that first map,

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it was Corks getting a pick.

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Corks doing just that on the soldier, stay ultra safe.

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Corks doesn't have that same capacity on the Bastion.

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Let me try and fight this here.

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Ah, he gets on, gets a touch.

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He does that self-destruct, he's going to use it.

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He's a spree now coming out from Sondre, but it's gonna be cut short.

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Quartz has the damage to deal with him, cutting up use there by Sox.

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Unclear what the result was.

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And I think it up has been done now to get KSA back into this game to some degree.

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Jorn, no fighting. Quartz, Lampta dragged him off the back.

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Evens things up. KSA down at 4.

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South Korea still waiting on Resports to come back through, but this Nano has been sat on by Simple.

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Then this is not good enough reason to make use of it yet.

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KSA, they can battle back into that fight and catch them off guard and get an early kill, but nothing after that.

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South Korea, also able to hold onto that Nano like you mentioned.

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You're going to be able to drop it on the jump and drop it into the back line.

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And there he goes, striking in the midst of the fight, sliding down the ease of the roof.

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Meanwhile, they get in Stalker, just doing the work.

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The guy never sleeps, never stops, never falters.

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And he's very well matched up against the Bastion, it's not easy for Cords to find success in that head-to-head.

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The Railguns, the both damage output is a bit much, gonna break here, look at the left up.

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Shion, and nowhere to go.

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And Dimon has been such an issue for KSA to deal with here.

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Junbin, he will fall, but before he does ends up with two or three in the fight.

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Just like that, it is a KSA map pick that South Korea is dominating here at the moment.

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It took a while.

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It took a while.

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They have the on the Cassidy as well, so just, they think the answer here is not a tank matchup,

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it's just damage output.

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Just raw damage to deal with this D-Mart.

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Stalker has been delivering.

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Putting his team into 5v4 more often than not in the beginning of these engagements.

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Here's the rush though from Archie.

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It's a lot of damage, but not before he gets rid of Lantern. Quartz has also fallen to Sonjun.

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That is Saudi Arabia starting off the fight with a Katsune Rush and coming up with very little.

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Ziyad, there might have been a double environmental. It's unclear. Big pick offs though.

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Now KSA in a 3v3.

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Jumping out of mech, now taken down. That could have been ugly. Ziyad just saved the fight.

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That's how you see they want to play that's D.Va. Ziyad takes the bird where you can just kind of fly on through extend that

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Takes out two players there

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The moment where it looked like it was gonna be South three who gets control of that point first yet again run away with this map

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Hero play from Ziyad

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Now at least give KSE a fighting chance at this

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Like that calls to be looking for simple here. The vulnerability on that can get caught out inside this

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Artillery strikes him, yeah. That's the pick on simple. That's what you want.

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You're using the lifeline of the cat to try and get a sightline here for Stalker

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and you don't have anything to get the yarn out of the way.

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Yeah, that's the trouble. I don't need a little bit of extra help in situations like that.

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So without that massive healing throughput, KSA are able to roll over the top. Stalker gets caught out.

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She's the war of attrition in the end. Saudi Arabia are heavily favourited.

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Finally, showing us some pluck here in this game,

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Quartz gets him a first pick in one of the more strange ways.

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Pretty difficult, right?

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Jumping obviously wants to get here,

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and we've seen him obviously go for the back line for Quartz.

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This is just a lot of damage with that fashion.

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Gonna be the Nano there onto the Dmon.

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They do finally deal with Quartz.

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Not a moment too soon while they're at Saudi Arabia,

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threatening to take the map away.

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Lapda fly over to get a slip.

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Oh, we've seen that happen a lot.

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Simple is that guy.

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And so Lapda's going to be run down,

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trying to save us out of Korea, to have themselves

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a flashpoint flip.

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And the DPS will back up.

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What Simple puts out.

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Simple has had himself a series so far.

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Beautiful bio grenades, a nasty sleep there on the sky

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noon coming in from Lapda.

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Play advantage in terms of support ultimates here for KSA, he set up Katsune Rush.

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You don't really have a lot of heroes who really love the benefits of the Katsune Rush,

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really just the Cassidy here, and obviously some extra support output.

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Sots with a flyover, gotta be a rush here from Sir Marge, last time that open mid-ish it didn't go so well for the KSA.

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A big little bit of break, catches on the minion KSA, but they just burst, jump in, straight out of his mech.

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Laptose down this way towards that major perk that ranked the King hard.

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It's almost like the animation of the limit break just gives an opportunity where Jungman doesn't have his shield available and they just mow him down.

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Ziad also taking the perk on D.Va that has the tighter spread, right? So some extra damage from the D.Va, Cassidy, and Bastion.

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Even with that over health of D.Maw, not going to be able to survive that.

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And so this game gets a little tight a little closer. This is South Korea threatened to run away with New Jump City

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Lambda on the Cassidy

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So it gives them two options for players right now. You can actually use Sky Nude if you use the Bastion before

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So it can just blow simple up in a heartbeat like that. That's reasonable

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Zox doesn't have anywhere to go. They risk over caught up on the terrain

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Saunchen's able to get him with a spree and we're jumping finding an elimination

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We're in a straight-up 2v2.

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Junbin is healthy and the point is ready to fight.

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And Seat doesn't have the ability to hang.

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Still, self-destruct is going to buy some space in a remix.

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Deva Kortz is coming back in wheels mode.

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This force is Junbin to keep his head down for the most part.

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They have to let Saudi Arabia take the first flip.

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And Junbin gets de-mecked after the fact.

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And you see there, I mean, just the raw damage output.

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From Bastion and Cassidy, Junbin cannot survive that.

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Puts up the shield.

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Ray tries to get around that corner.

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Maybe see do you get the kill on this the odd is the odd trying to rematch

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Just gets the lead it there does not start out great

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I mean KSA's odds gets killed early on but South Korea story game managed in that one. It's our artillery

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Simple is screaming help me first. Well, then I found him anyway

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Well, he launches you get the launch right into any of the lifeline ends up breaking his launch in this guy

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Six of one half a dozen of the other

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The very thing that got him out of trouble from the Bastion ultimate put him right in the crosshairs for the dead eye

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The end if you do and don't this would be a crazy comeback, right?

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This look like a map that South Korea was just gonna run through KSA KSA one bite away here

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Jumping is playing solo right now. This is quite dangerous. You might be trying to bait something in decent catch it with that

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Liber breaking court

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It's failed safe off angle here for stalker to play from and his back line just sets up on the point

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Sunjoon's getting a flip happening right now, with Laptor going down, but looks like the

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bizarre gamut for Jumbin and the loss of Mech has played off.

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Yeah, even though you lose Jumbin's Mech early on, you could see what we were talking about

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before, right, when he limits the breaks, he just dies in sleep, he doesn't have the

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ability to put that shield up right after coming out of that animation.

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The limit break happens, sure you get that damage and some over health, but this mode

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down by players up KSA they do get quartz which is quite fortunate that's an

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opportunity to turn the tide to your Mitch coming on through that goes with

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anything yeah no catch Doc's trying to ambush that three without one of our

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singles nanoboos could be the decider jumping charges forward doesn't get

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access to the key targets though he is perfect damaging the direction of this

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Cassidy though that begins a health pack stays alive a little bit longer but see

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He's picked off on the privilege.

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How is he alive? I mean, he's got healed.

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Majed was there. Not good enough for Gunga.

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Good enough for me. I mean, he's got a

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Nano with a damage reduction.

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Everybody in his face. Surinche doing a great job.

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Keep the Lava off, and you see Lava

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wants to pay that off.

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Some shots as they move back on into the point.

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Skynoon gonna be available here for KSA.

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Atelier Barrage once again at the ready for

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Quartz-Sumgent. Looking to get in good early damage

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on Majed, another South-South-Reachers free.

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Even a grenade! Nice response from Laptop.

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Catches Zondred out, lead way through, and the damage is good enough.

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Corsus getting hammered while he sets his ultimate off. He has to be careful.

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But look at Junbid. Stalking his way up, over towards the point. Speaking of which,

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the man with the name is picked up by Corsus Grenade.

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Jorong, with his eyes scratched out, here comes Saudi Arabia, folks!

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We're going to a decider.

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I find the adjustment from KSA so fascinating.

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They say it's not a tank issue, we just need to just pummel more damage into the Dmon, and it has paid off.

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Also the benefits of having two players who can kind of play a lot of hitscan at a high level.

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It's going to be KSA here who gets control of the objective first.

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They're going to be able to kind of set up here, take the fight of their own terms with this Kitsune rush.

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Stalker hasn't been able to find quite as many of those first picks as we saw earlier.

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It'll overclock like that much easier.

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Good response there for market.

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Instantly cleanses off a bionade that caught on multiple Saudi Arabian players.

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This is also a DC day to have a South Korea.

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They've lost stalker.

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Ladder strikes true with the peacekeeper.

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And now has to avoid this limit break.

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Backing up, backing up.

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He has a damage airport.

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Once again, jump in his D-metre before he can find a kill.

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Can you just see how much damage jump in is taking?

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Typically when you see a limit breaking, you're chasing down that Cassidy.

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You're able to get that kill with B6 support there from KSA, then also Ziyan going really kind of all in on damage in terms of perks on the D.Va, obviously the Bastion damage as well, Curie contributing too.

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Junkman is very difficult to keep alive. It's also really difficult to close the gap on that D.Va without that shield in play.

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It's going to be a reverse sweep in terms of flashpoints on this map here for KSA.

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pretty insane bounce back here.

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They found the answer all half day.

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Simple strikes first.

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It's Lampdum, the one that gets picked off.

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Simple with a nano-centred over the jump in

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and he'll be happy to fight here with Ziad.

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Ziad's hoping to self-destruct,

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could fail him out here, but that seems unlikely.

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Forces jump in back.

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Ziad eventually is cleft into

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and a clean South Korea take

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off the back of a pretty sick pick by Simple.

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Yeah, nano boost used as well.

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Nano to Junbin, Chorong launches him off into the sky over to the high ground and

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simple finds one right after that. Sky noon here, 4KSA and another Kitsune rush.

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Four server dead, doing a great job keeping some of these hitscans alive.

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There's a ton of pressure from Sunjun and Junbin. We're down for the spree.

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Sunjun is going to look to Joyride in and try and blow them up. No Nano though

07:16:13.780 --> 07:16:17.480
to make the Chion Nye unkillable though. Bionate on a three, that's pretty good.

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Laptop doesn't get the Suzu, he doesn't get the cleanse,

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still is able to shake it off and get back to fighting fit,

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but not before quads is taken down.

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Simple is the conductor on this train,

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the puppet master in these fights,

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and apparently the executioner himself.

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Zax tries to go there with the catnap, gets taken out.

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You're gonna have one more fight here

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for control of this point and this map.

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KSA, who's gonna be the one to get the touch?

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It's gonna be Forts here on the tracer.

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The legend records Tracer comes out to play.

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He gets the touch, but this is less than ideal.

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Lattemite will fall in, so he does.

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Jokes wanted to get there, drawing another plans.

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Had the catnap to seal the deal.

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And with Ziad being cleared off the point,

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a rookie mid-map for South Korea resolves.

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And they'll go ahead in the series.

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Got a little bit scary there for South Korea towards the end, but they clutch up when it

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mattered most.

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Symbol like a 2-3 player bio, and the fight that allows him to flip that point really

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plays tremendous throughout this series, even in the map, man.

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I mean, just down to the wire between these two teams.

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Nice adjustment from KSA as well.

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South Korea, it's too good.

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I've got to be said, I think the Dmon difference there,

07:17:51.100 --> 07:17:52.240
I'm feeling it on that map.

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Jumping, bomb, it's out damage over much of this encounter.

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18.8k.

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You see that, obviously, he ain't built the same weight.

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Well, you play Dmon, it's not really his role.

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But he doesn't have a lot of ways to mitigate the Dmon's impact.

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And even though my job was operating like a literal

07:18:06.880 --> 07:18:08.940
heal pot out there, it still wasn't enough.

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I feel like they would have played Maga there if it was available.

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I think that's kind of what they would have went for, but the great read there by South

07:18:16.780 --> 07:18:22.700
Korea gets rid of one of Ziad's best heroes on a map that you want to play a lot of rush,

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right?

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These like Maga-based compositions on New Jump City, they just take that option away.

07:18:28.020 --> 07:18:33.180
Crota Roots 2, it's a very different strategy in terms of bans and in terms of cops.

07:18:33.180 --> 07:18:36.980
The South Korea are against this Saudi Arabia opponent, then it was against France.

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They are very prepared coming into this game.

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They've got some great ideas.

07:18:40.860 --> 07:18:43.460
Stalker kind of sets things up, right?

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A big part of what allows South Korea

07:18:45.100 --> 07:18:47.740
to get those first two flash points.

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And then it's simple that steps into the fray.

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Big bios.

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Ones that couldn't be fully cleansed by Marched, right?

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Suzu has had its range reduced to like 4.5 to 4 meters.

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Now that's pretty significant in situations like this.

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So Laptop was still anti-heal after the Suzu came down.

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3 player bios are going to win you a fight more often than not.

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Jumping was pretty sick though.

07:19:10.740 --> 07:19:20.540
Looking more comfortable and maybe KSA getting punished here for having that more traditional approach to composition building and also, yeah, the mount event strips him of that potential answer.

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Now I think if you're KSA, what is the response? You don't have a Demon fan available.

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I believe that was used early on in the series, but where do you decide to go in terms of that?

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Are you going to play like a root, which is like pretty good in terms of like diva type of play?

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That where you want to go? I mean, that's probably, you know, if I was up there, I would probably say we're going to go root 66.

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Really good for long range hitscan. Really good for diva. I would probably say that would be the one to go.

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It doesn't mean that Warama is guaranteed to see. He's not going to come back into the lineup.

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Group 66 is the KSA pick.

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What's that?

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God forbid coach.

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Mr. X, you don't have too much of an edge.

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So we've actually seen this map twice in South Korea, sort of here in Recency,

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and the approaches were very different on both occasions.

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I do not think that this is the opponent that gets the Winner Makers Gen treatment, necessarily.

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Have we seen an honor band from KSM? Not yes. I also think it's the kind of band you

07:20:32.420 --> 07:20:37.340
make. The problem is it's quite telegraphed. You're trying to play Margaret.

07:20:37.340 --> 07:20:42.060
Yeah, I guess. Especially like in Little Fury. It leaves like a hit scam band

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available, which would be like you could see maybe South Korea would get rid of

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Bastion at that point, right? Trying to play like Kat Bastion up in the sky a lot.

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But we did see simple pull out some Zenyatta on this map in the past, but it could be a

07:20:57.980 --> 07:21:01.620
really risky one, especially if they want to force Diva on the other side.

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It's just kind of half the trouble, is that KSA really, really want to put Quartz on

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the bastion.

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And what we saw on Junction was like Quartz really able to just open up by intensity,

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but a couple of Cassidy headshots and we're off to the races.

07:21:15.540 --> 07:21:19.380
It seems like they're just falling back to a double hit scan look, right?

07:21:19.380 --> 07:21:25.780
Like Labda played the sheen early on, but then since then, we've seen Labda start to dabble back

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into maybe some of the Cassidy soldier type of things with Quartz on a Bastion, just maybe raw

07:21:31.460 --> 07:21:37.140
damage output, but I don't know, man. I think some of these maps are going to have to figure out a way.

07:21:38.820 --> 07:21:42.260
If you're going to allow Demon, and Demon's going to be played, and like Junben's going to be in,

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and you're going to have to figure out a way to play against it.

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What do you think?

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Like, an Aresa matchup into it?

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Just like, Aresa just spam damage, right?

07:21:51.420 --> 07:21:53.460
Just like, kind of constantly trying

07:21:53.460 --> 07:21:57.060
to displace the demon in a way.

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But the demon has pretty good matchups into everybody.

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But the same can be said for Moga.

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Moga, I was on a note with the Rack and Appli and Smelius.

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It's like, Moga, it feels like sometimes people don't play Maka

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not because her board are playing Maga, not because Maga is bad.

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Where it's like, Maga has pretty decent matchups into like almost every tank.

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Yeah, I think the one issue is obviously Erisa could walk out of cage fight pretty comfortably.

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Also like sometimes the soldier and comms can like break that cage fight early.

07:22:29.580 --> 07:22:36.580
However, we had also seen like Shion used to punish cage fight, like just like, you know, everyone sort of grouped up very closely.

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Now, Heesang's going to come in here.

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This actually forms part of a question I had is,

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do you guys feel like they can take a tracer mirror

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and find success against Heesang?

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I mean, Liden's pretty good on tracer.

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Heesang, though, is like, I think maybe a little bit above.

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You would want to see a Shion mirror, right?

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I mean, that's kind of what you would ideally

07:23:05.620 --> 07:23:08.020
like to see it get into where you feel like maybe that's where

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Labda can shine the most. But last time we saw he saying in the

07:23:12.620 --> 07:23:16.820
lineup, obviously, he was able to get the better of him. So we

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also have Max coming back in here. So feels like every now we

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got changes coming in here for South Korea.

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It's literally every map. At this point. And again, it's back

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and forth, chop and change, unplug your peripherals. Have the

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next player plug them in make sure your audio is working on the upside is that

07:23:39.620 --> 07:23:44.820
South Korea are getting very good at making substitutions getting their players

07:23:44.820 --> 07:23:50.620
to sit and frankly Max and Judman also are staying pretty warm not on the bench

07:23:50.620 --> 07:23:54.100
for more than one map does this eventually backfire though right good

07:23:54.100 --> 07:23:59.100
like you're in you're out you're in you're out I mean the Max obviously

07:23:59.100 --> 07:24:02.380
leading in terms of tank damage here.

07:24:02.380 --> 07:24:03.900
Wait, what?

07:24:03.900 --> 07:24:05.700
A damage mitigator, so this damage mitigator.

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Yeah, per 10.

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But look at the difference between first and second.

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Yeah, what happened there?

07:24:10.540 --> 07:24:13.180
Yeah, what happened there?

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I mean, that is astounding, frankly.

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Normally, you have good mitigation numbers

07:24:18.620 --> 07:24:20.060
if you're getting pummeled.

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Hawke knows all about that.

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Down there is sixth place.

07:24:22.300 --> 07:24:26.580
But was Max in a ton in the France series

07:24:26.580 --> 07:24:28.020
and trying to recall?

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Every other map, there was a substitution Matthew.

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Okay, so buzz.

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Three of the five.

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So yeah, I mean, that's probably where it comes

07:24:35.620 --> 07:24:38.500
from a lot of that game against France, so.

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Damage to be together per 10 is to start

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that isn't always super illustrative

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until it's a difference of like 20 K.

07:24:45.940 --> 07:24:48.020
Until it's like a 50% difference.

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At that point, you start to wonder what the source of it is.

07:24:52.220 --> 07:24:53.540
I was over here trying to get a half.

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Craig.

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I think with the overwatch World Cup merch is awesome always good. I mean always like our event merch is really kind of stepped up

07:25:04.900 --> 07:25:10.540
To another level. I feel like I know the current cosplays have been out in full force feels like I know

07:25:10.540 --> 07:25:14.620
I'm you know, I don't have stats on it, but it feels like that's like the number one go-to hero at this point

07:25:14.620 --> 07:25:18.940
Yeah, see you gotta watch out man if you don't have those numbers we didn't have the census data

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It's pretty out there to make a claim like that

07:25:21.700 --> 07:25:23.700
However, I am inclined to agree

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Lots of carry cosplay. I've seen a lot of the pool party cosplay as well. Very

07:25:29.000 --> 07:25:33.660
appropriate time of the year for that no doubt about it. It's been rather warm here

07:25:33.660 --> 07:25:39.660
in Anaheim. Okay, Jack's sure he's in the crowd right now. I did it right today, right?

07:25:39.660 --> 07:25:46.260
Yeah, they're good. I filled for the Browns but that's football. Okay, so he's saying

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Max coming on in. The map is Route 66, another KSA pick. We're discussing like a little bit

07:25:54.900 --> 07:26:02.500
what do we see in terms of ban. Interesting enough, we haven't seen like, so here's the part where

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it's like a little tricky, right? If KSA wants to play diva, you know, that's a ban that potentially

07:26:09.380 --> 07:26:16.660
South Korea could use, right? Now get rid of the diva, but see what KSA decides to do coming in here.

07:26:17.860 --> 07:26:24.580
I dare you to address this. It's a plushie, the Jetpack Cat plushie available now as,

07:26:25.700 --> 07:26:31.700
you know, you're a big plushie collector. Right, my shrine does need another edition,

07:26:31.700 --> 07:26:36.980
kind of called, see the U2's collab there, so it's self Jetpack Cat plushie available now.

07:26:36.980 --> 07:26:41.980
It does not come with the capacity to save you from the bastion artillery strikes though. Sorry

07:26:42.100 --> 07:26:44.540
You're gonna have to ask your teammate nicely for that

07:26:44.860 --> 07:26:51.100
Hit the QR code and check it out. Just we're talking about the fantastic merchandise that walk up Jack Gray

07:26:51.860 --> 07:26:54.380
See the patches around as well with the different teams

07:26:55.780 --> 07:27:01.020
Different regions. I think my broadcast talent is wearing that instead. I mean this wardrobe never got cheaper for us

07:27:01.020 --> 07:27:06.100
Yeah, you know, you know, yeah, the different whoever won the last series is the jersey they're looking for

07:27:06.980 --> 07:27:12.980
I'm going to get some sheet pops out there after French fans spoon us a little bit earlier, but that's all good.

07:27:12.980 --> 07:27:15.980
Us is stretching it. I think you're pretty good against them.

07:27:15.980 --> 07:27:16.980
I did.

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Riley?

07:27:17.980 --> 07:27:18.980
You did.

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That's correct.

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So our Saudi Arabian compatriots now returning to the stage and joining us. Listen, if your opponents are going to make substitutions every map, then make these off the time. I agree.

07:27:27.980 --> 07:27:34.100
We are focusing up for a route 66 that promises to be pretty enlightening

07:27:34.100 --> 07:27:38.540
because we've seen a difference out Korea on this map every time they played

07:27:38.540 --> 07:27:44.020
it this weekend. It's a must win for KSA right? Like obviously the last World

07:27:44.020 --> 07:27:49.860
Cup final they're able to pull off a crazy reverse sweep but feels like you

07:27:49.860 --> 07:27:56.140
lose this. There is so much momentum. Is this a Banna deferral here from KSA?

07:27:56.140 --> 07:27:59.380
So yeah, possibly it is South Korea

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Getting rid of the Cassidy here

07:28:03.780 --> 07:28:08.620
Missouki, okay, I thought this would have happened on the previous map or one of the other maps

07:28:08.620 --> 07:28:14.220
But it is a Missouki band here been really nice from Chorong. We've seen him play that

07:28:14.740 --> 07:28:18.900
You know with other tournaments as well really good against Eva

07:28:19.300 --> 07:28:25.540
This Cassidy band from South Korea is not so much to target courts specifically is to get the sky known combo out of the game

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It's such a volatile thing to throw into the mix.

07:28:30.220 --> 07:28:32.860
It's limited, I would say. Now, limited counterplay.

07:28:32.860 --> 07:28:36.940
I mean, you're trying to play for Sky Noon against your opponents who are always playing D.Va.

07:28:36.940 --> 07:28:38.460
You feel like you're not favored.

07:28:38.460 --> 07:28:42.220
You feel like your opponents actually do have a bit more of the capacity to

07:28:42.220 --> 07:28:44.380
limit the ability of that just to take over the game.

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So, is this cat-bashing here with D.Va for KSA?

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There's Lab to play, Tracer, Shion, right?

07:28:53.420 --> 07:28:55.580
I think that would probably be the thing you kind of look at.

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One thing we're seeing from Stalker on Neon Junction as well is that Ash,

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you've seen it defensively on this map, look okay.

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The pretty reason why I think even France were trying to bust that out.

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Keo, you know, was able to set up on big girls defensively, have decent sight lines.

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There was the issue of being pressurized down by the demon,

07:29:14.700 --> 07:29:16.740
who I think is a bit of a nightmare for Ash.

07:29:17.460 --> 07:29:21.620
One weakness for this KSA damage dealer duo,

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they're really kind of the only one when you really think about it.

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Like there's nobody who has the ability to play, you know, you would think like a Vendetta or a Genji or something along those lines

07:29:31.720 --> 07:29:33.720
right like that's not really kind of

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Quartz at all and not really labda. I mean it's like those two players in this year of Overwatch have much

07:29:40.360 --> 07:29:45.320
More overlapping hero pools than perhaps they did three years ago, right? Right, so you're in trouble if

07:29:46.440 --> 07:29:52.080
No, you're seeing a ton of Vendetta on the other there's no way to match that right lab does not gonna play this in

07:29:52.080 --> 07:29:54.760
I mean, I know if you saw some it will probably be you be in the game

07:29:54.760 --> 07:29:59.160
Or if they wanted to play something like that whether it be similar or tracer it would probably be you be so yeah

07:29:59.160 --> 07:30:01.160
I mean it feels like it's she on and then

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Maybe another hitscan if you want to go like a double hitscan long range

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I mean both of these teams have extended rosters right the big difference between Saudi Arabia and South Korea is that

07:30:10.200 --> 07:30:15.960
That's actually utilizing theirs right TV and team UV haven't seen any play here for this Saudi roster

07:30:15.960 --> 07:30:21.960
They really wanted to stay very focused very streamlined in their approach to the game play to the strengths of

07:30:22.080 --> 07:30:24.640
Diat-Cyrruple, played at a diva as much as they possibly can.

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Docs also was, I would say, one of the least known faces on this team.

07:30:32.320 --> 07:30:34.160
But it's honestly really impressive.

07:30:34.160 --> 07:30:34.640
It's pretty good.

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The greatness out of E-League in the past was on Alcatrazia this year,

07:30:37.840 --> 07:30:41.600
actually sort of won out over Marjit for that support slot on the team,

07:30:42.320 --> 07:30:44.640
and has been a player who's developed really impressively.

07:30:44.640 --> 07:30:46.000
Can say the same for Zard, right?

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He has garnered a little bit more of that fame obviously on GK,

07:30:49.760 --> 07:30:55.440
who are always a contender in EMEA and international tournaments. He's had a fantastic year as well.

07:30:55.440 --> 07:31:00.400
But you know, despite having three players up there in 2023, there's still an infusion of

07:31:00.400 --> 07:31:05.520
new blood into the Saudi Arabian campaign to be back-to-back World Cup champions.

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You know, when you get to this level as well with these two teams so strong,

07:31:12.000 --> 07:31:19.360
they're just as little things in terms of hero pool. Maybe what kind of ends up deciding this is

07:31:19.360 --> 07:31:22.360
South Korea, obviously, a deep roster able to kind of

07:31:22.360 --> 07:31:26.360
flip back and forth between maps and how they would like to play.

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I think of the entire Saudi roster, not really another look like that.

07:31:30.360 --> 07:31:35.360
So, Saudi Arabia, a lot on the line.

07:31:35.360 --> 07:31:40.360
Obviously, two more maps for South Korea to be your champions,

07:31:40.360 --> 07:31:47.360
but feels like South Korea is not going to take KSA lightly at all,

07:31:47.360 --> 07:31:51.600
going to allow them to get back into this series. It may get control of this map.

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So this is Zox, just as we were referring to previously, newer face on the scene,

07:31:56.640 --> 07:32:01.360
part of the Alcatrazia roster, and obviously been pretty impressed with

07:32:01.360 --> 07:32:05.040
what he's been called upon to produce. Now he's not been the main carry player,

07:32:05.040 --> 07:32:09.720
outlootsing Marjad, sort of in that role a lot of the time, but obviously you need

07:32:09.720 --> 07:32:13.920
to fall back on the lab with Jetpack, Capplay, and Zox has certainly been the

07:32:13.920 --> 07:32:21.040
right call for this team. Route 66 back in, folks, just around the corner. It's our escort map

07:32:21.040 --> 07:32:25.360
in this pool. South Korea threatening to get further out in front. And we said,

07:32:25.360 --> 07:32:30.080
we felt that New Junk City was an inflection point, a potential turning point in the series.

07:32:31.520 --> 07:32:36.400
In so far as Dave appoints South Korea, sure, but in the end, it was a close affair.

07:32:37.600 --> 07:32:43.040
Very close. Down to the wire, I mean, starts off dominant for South Korea and then KSE

07:32:43.040 --> 07:32:48.240
battles back just not good enough in the end okay well the South Korea here on

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defense and just like we talked about a little bit before simple on the Zen Zen

07:32:54.880 --> 07:32:57.680
widow

07:32:59.240 --> 07:33:04.880
okay two years out of the jake era of overwatches the courts in a wheel duel

07:33:04.880 --> 07:33:09.640
though okay so the thinking behind me is I believe is that South Korea don't

07:33:09.640 --> 07:33:12.800
expect Tracy here from Saudi Arabia because tracer is going to be a

07:33:12.800 --> 07:33:17.760
problem for both Zen and Widow. Zen and Widow are kind of the same in terms of what their

07:33:17.760 --> 07:33:22.640
weaknesses are and where their strengths lie, where their strongest in the game. Long sight

07:33:22.640 --> 07:33:26.920
lines, plenty of space in the back line. Simple running it back is probably one of the best

07:33:26.920 --> 07:33:30.560
Zen Yata players in the world since the era where Joenak struck fear in the hearts of

07:33:30.560 --> 07:33:36.000
everybody. Unlucky enough to go up against the New York Excelsior.

07:33:36.000 --> 07:33:42.640
in a miss there from stalker but makes with a shot onto Ziad. Interesting enough there will be

07:33:42.640 --> 07:33:53.200
Quartz here on Sojourn. So Sojourn Shion for KSA. Max taking a lot of damage, starts to back up,

07:33:53.200 --> 07:33:57.040
get to this corner. And stalker doubling back actually earlier than I would have expected.

07:33:57.040 --> 07:34:01.280
Feels like something is brewing for Saudi Arabia and he's not wrong. He sank takes a big hit there

07:34:01.280 --> 07:34:07.040
from Quartz who's not upset that Cassidy is banned. He's sojourned, he's also freakish.

07:34:08.160 --> 07:34:11.440
Not many people get doughed by Max and hit slide and go forward, but

07:34:12.640 --> 07:34:18.800
something Quartz is willing to do is nice pressure there by the diva. Zimbal does end up

07:34:18.800 --> 07:34:23.360
falling here early on, so it's just your cat from support a lot. It's flexible, people that

07:34:23.360 --> 07:34:29.120
goes after the Zenyatta find success there. T-hole positioning down for Storker trying to stay safe

07:34:29.120 --> 07:34:34.560
as he can. Perhaps this is too passive. Not a lot to shoot at right now for the Widowmaker

07:34:34.560 --> 07:34:40.400
to score for a game that looks to re-position. Not really been able to find anything looking

07:34:40.400 --> 07:34:47.160
for every different type of sight line, but KSA has given it nothing to find. You see kind

07:34:47.160 --> 07:34:50.200
of playing up in that high ground trying to beat players around the corner at big early

07:34:50.200 --> 07:34:53.760
girls. Max is going to get de-mechs here Mitch, this is brutal. Now it feels like the beginning

07:34:53.760 --> 07:34:58.160
of the end now for this defensive setup for South Korea and luckily the end of this composition

07:34:58.160 --> 07:35:03.380
as well. PSA push through and it starts with just trading right you've got the

07:35:03.380 --> 07:35:07.280
sport advantage take this in out you've got to be slow to get back into the fight

07:35:07.280 --> 07:35:14.200
and a D suit there on max is huge. Interesting. Are they going to ditch

07:35:14.200 --> 07:35:22.240
Hitscan completely in go? That's a big sun mat. Yeah I mean you're gonna get Ziyan but Ziyan's gonna self destroy. He's gonna be able to get back out.

07:35:22.240 --> 07:35:26.960
They're gonna play so they're gonna play a Shion tracer here ditch Hitscan all

07:35:26.960 --> 07:35:31.520
together to keep the Zen in your necks. I think that's because he's close to

07:35:31.520 --> 07:35:34.480
transcendence. Simple might just want to make use of this now. There's no honor to

07:35:34.480 --> 07:35:38.160
ruin the day with a viotic grenade, so you know you're getting full value out

07:35:38.160 --> 07:35:42.280
of this ultimate. You actually launch the Zen, which

07:35:42.280 --> 07:35:46.760
transcendence like into the fight there with the cow. So true. Keep an eye for that

07:35:46.760 --> 07:35:51.120
quartz here now with that overclock in play and he's gone. He's just gone. Simple,

07:35:51.120 --> 07:35:55.040
Blows him up and then hits Q almost in a celebratory fashion

07:35:58.240 --> 07:35:59.840
Overclock

07:35:59.840 --> 07:36:04.040
So huge here from ports and ultimately see time and time again

07:36:04.040 --> 07:36:10.880
He's able to get a few kills which just gets taken out by by right clicks here from simple gonna escort that Zen back up to that

07:36:10.880 --> 07:36:15.880
High ground here's the problem simple might not die until he has another transcendence. Yeah, so why would he switch?

07:36:15.880 --> 07:36:22.880
Can KSA put some pressure down on his backline Zem? They still don't have a tracer, Zox had to do it last time.

07:36:22.880 --> 07:36:26.880
This time I think that's asking too much from your jetpack cat, he's busy trying to save his teammates.

07:36:26.880 --> 07:36:31.880
Jorah they're going to get taken down by Ziad, here comes that Satsuri Kusprey and yes he's saying.

07:36:31.880 --> 07:36:37.880
Fights the battle against damage fall off and wins, but not before and after the Ziad comes after him himself.

07:36:37.880 --> 07:36:41.880
Trains here with the Divas, Max and Ziad both getting very active amidst this fight.

07:36:41.880 --> 07:36:47.880
KSA will have to find the right winner for this Kinsure Ned Rashid, the Pulse Bomb, or down Ziad.

07:36:47.880 --> 07:36:51.880
Yeah, that's going to teammate Ziad, send him back to spawn in South Korea.

07:36:51.880 --> 07:36:59.880
I love the way they've decided to play this defense, really aggressive at that door because he gives his Inyata so much extra space to operate from.

07:36:59.880 --> 07:37:06.880
Lata has not really been able to get in there with that spree, it's not really that his impact belt on this map just yet.

07:37:06.880 --> 07:37:11.480
Lapta always looking for a flank angle, but it's kind of dangerous to go alone, especially

07:37:11.480 --> 07:37:13.600
because Zen can blow you up at a moment's notice.

07:37:13.600 --> 07:37:16.680
Here's the rush, this is going to give KSA a lot more space to work with, and note that

07:37:16.680 --> 07:37:19.840
Lapta is now moving up the map.

07:37:19.840 --> 07:37:23.240
The wrap around towards the bottom of your screen, and Sinful has finally fallen, Quartz

07:37:23.240 --> 07:37:26.800
strikes at the heart of his South Korean formation, but Sinful has no sense of why

07:37:26.800 --> 07:37:27.800
would he switch?

07:37:27.800 --> 07:37:30.000
That's the question we raised earlier.

07:37:30.000 --> 07:37:33.640
Majek down though, here comes Lapta trying to alter with this screen.

07:37:33.640 --> 07:37:39.560
Sang is blown over by in the middle of things. Yeah only so much defense matrix

07:37:39.560 --> 07:37:44.280
for the diva of South Korea. There's a nice shot keeping He Sang and

07:37:44.280 --> 07:37:49.240
Shorong alive for as long as possible. Glad to also holding the last burst of

07:37:49.240 --> 07:37:55.600
that spree towards the very end. How does KSA decide to play this here bitch, right?

07:37:55.600 --> 07:37:59.820
You have Catmath right? Maybe you can catch one, drag him out. The simple's got this

07:37:59.820 --> 07:38:03.660
Transcendence. It's got to be good for a retake. It might not be needed here though,

07:38:03.660 --> 07:38:08.380
as they have carried Simple into the fray. Here's a Transcendence there. Discord orb

07:38:08.380 --> 07:38:12.860
still persisting on Quartz, and that's going to give the assist help with the elimination.

07:38:12.860 --> 07:38:16.220
Simple though indeed, Trouble, it eventually falls off the map. Zox would have come for him

07:38:16.220 --> 07:38:21.020
anyway. Self-destruct thrown in. Wisely, Chauron dumps Altitude to get below that

07:38:21.020 --> 07:38:24.940
sight line, but eventually he's brought down either way. Here comes Max though. Still Hale,

07:38:24.940 --> 07:38:31.100
Hardian ready to fight the Ziyad. Let's this fight end. Yeah, Nuri had to jump off the

07:38:31.100 --> 07:38:40.460
side. They are not able to fight that. This overclock needs to be massive from Quartz.

07:38:40.460 --> 07:38:46.020
Nothing with the last one. And with time on the clock, it might be the only big ultimate

07:38:46.020 --> 07:38:51.780
they get for the rest of this round. Here comes Storker looking for Quartz now. Very

07:38:51.780 --> 07:38:54.980
low as a soldier look at the double back from Seattle he saves his teammate

07:38:54.980 --> 07:38:58.700
course now plays to the low ground a sort of ideal sideline but he still uses it

07:38:58.700 --> 07:39:03.060
to get the elimination perhaps a little overheat there and overcooked for South

07:39:03.060 --> 07:39:11.560
Korea oh he just needs a pixel that's all he requires and so the defenders will

07:39:11.560 --> 07:39:15.740
have to regroup now belatedly though if they can't get max out in time

07:39:15.740 --> 07:39:20.660
Laptop did fall self-destructive for Max to make sure he isn't staggered out back

07:39:20.660 --> 07:39:24.660
back in the mech he goes, Margett has fallen out, Saudi Arabia starting to fumble a little

07:39:24.660 --> 07:39:30.060
bit on this offensive endeavor, they're gonna have to regroup properly now, one more time

07:39:30.060 --> 07:39:31.060
on the attack side.

07:39:31.060 --> 07:39:34.740
Yeah, I mean, Max able to use that self-destruct, get back in, Mech, and Ysang comes back and

07:39:34.740 --> 07:39:42.020
finds two, right off the spawn, gets simple up on the high ground here on Xen.

07:39:42.020 --> 07:39:48.540
Ooh, back into the dangerous there, simple thing, a lot of damage up on that high ground,

07:39:48.540 --> 07:39:54.540
seconds left here for KSA's offense. Looks like soccer are going to flank here with a pulse bomb as well.

07:39:54.540 --> 07:40:01.540
They don't know he's here yet but they're about to find out. Discord all fair on course. Too much room to handle.

07:40:01.540 --> 07:40:10.540
All eyes from South Korea on the hitscan player. Toro, a part and gift to Slash at Seat now as it's all Korea in the kill feed.

07:40:10.540 --> 07:40:17.540
Seat won't get a chance to remake and that's all she wrote on his KSA attack side.

07:40:18.540 --> 07:40:34.400
He sang on Sheehan, really making his impact felt yet again here.

07:40:34.400 --> 07:40:38.700
You just haven't seen that kind of match from Lada on the other side.

07:40:38.700 --> 07:40:41.880
The court's obviously under a ton of pressure.

07:40:41.880 --> 07:40:46.900
You're going to need your Sheehan, that other DPS to come up in a big way.

07:40:46.900 --> 07:40:51.420
It hasn't happened so far. I think it contextualizes the question I asked at the start of this map

07:40:51.420 --> 07:40:54.580
Is there a world where there's a tracer mirror that KSA can win out in?

07:40:54.880 --> 07:41:00.680
They don't seem to think so. They tried left on the she-on here while the damage was good dying six times and

07:41:01.460 --> 07:41:04.580
Putting a limited amount of pressure on simple in that back line

07:41:05.500 --> 07:41:09.960
It's not conducive to success here on this map against the South Korea composition

07:41:10.380 --> 07:41:16.420
so a win condition here at map number four pretty clearly set up by South Korea and

07:41:16.900 --> 07:41:26.900
Looking for their fourth World Cup gold medal. They have set things up rather nicely. They can move away from that Zen Comp now. They don't need to lean into it as much.

07:41:26.900 --> 07:41:32.900
Might be a sim T.P. to get them going here, but they can fall back to brass tacks, the fundamentals, and probably get there.

07:41:32.900 --> 07:41:37.360
It would be a bit of an odd one, but I wouldn't even mind the CKSA try like

07:41:38.780 --> 07:41:43.540
Bastion sojourn like put lab down the sewage like we saw a little bit earlier. I mean

07:41:44.940 --> 07:41:51.380
Doesn't feel as good as maybe having a Cassie in the mix, but if the she-ons not working and maybe we need to move off it

07:41:51.380 --> 07:41:54.820
I also think it gives you more pressure on the enemy cat

07:41:56.700 --> 07:42:01.340
Tojo mail gun pretty pointing some scenarios. Look here on the soldier

07:42:02.900 --> 07:42:07.580
no true we're gonna get more changes here I think yeah we're gonna get a lot of

07:42:07.580 --> 07:42:13.760
you see okay so I'll be in the tracers she on yet again I think going up this

07:42:13.760 --> 07:42:17.980
bastion getting at the same time from different angles gonna be important but

07:42:17.980 --> 07:42:21.660
neither of those DPS has the ability to traverse up to that high ground easily

07:42:21.660 --> 07:42:27.980
they need to use the stairs like me immortals already though Max has tried

07:42:27.980 --> 07:42:31.420
to carve out a foothold on top of the girls so he's got the deep plane around

07:42:31.420 --> 07:42:33.420
this mega health pack is really important.

07:42:33.420 --> 07:42:36.420
And decent amount of space created here for South Korea.

07:42:36.420 --> 07:42:41.420
If the Suzy's you already out, that's going to be pretty dangerous here.

07:42:41.420 --> 07:42:44.420
If South Korea decides to flash, but so patient here, Mitch,

07:42:44.420 --> 07:42:48.420
trying to move on forward, but ports on the high ground deals with Choron.

07:42:48.420 --> 07:42:50.420
It's still about stalker of my opinion.

07:42:50.420 --> 07:42:52.420
This tracer has to do more than just mill around,

07:42:52.420 --> 07:42:54.420
force the Suzy's here and there.

07:42:54.420 --> 07:42:56.420
Max has done well to deal with the bastions,

07:42:56.420 --> 07:43:00.420
but even with the line share of the damage out of the equation for the defenders,

07:43:00.420 --> 07:43:02.420
And put the numbers.

07:43:03.420 --> 07:43:07.420
First fight goes in favor of KSA.

07:43:07.420 --> 07:43:09.420
Sports a lot of that artillery.

07:43:09.420 --> 07:43:12.420
Use that up on the high ground and serve a jet.

07:43:12.420 --> 07:43:16.420
Keeping pace with S1mple here in terms of Katsune Rush.

07:43:17.420 --> 07:43:20.420
It just feels like South Korea's got a lot of payload progress for free.

07:43:20.420 --> 07:43:24.420
Thawker throws out that pulse bomb, just trying to catch the out of the flyback.

07:43:24.420 --> 07:43:26.420
Spectacular. It's always Bruce who'd go off of the D.Va with that,

07:43:26.420 --> 07:43:29.420
but he knew the defense matrix wouldn't be a factor.

07:43:30.420 --> 07:43:36.300
to do the rush here for both sides, about to be built, Korea getting ready for one big push for the checkpoint.

07:43:36.300 --> 07:43:39.720
Latta's gone down, so that might have been simplified dramatically.

07:43:39.720 --> 07:43:45.020
Here's the defense matrix coming into play, Cortes much of that wheels mode, limited in output.

07:43:45.020 --> 07:43:49.020
And he has to deal with, now in his face, a very angry Max.

07:43:49.020 --> 07:43:53.320
Ziad can't actually get the neck off the edge there, maybe Chorong was too paid by that, it's unclear.

07:43:53.320 --> 07:43:57.520
The margin and Cortes are down and he's sent, just throws the spree in.

07:43:57.520 --> 07:43:59.020
And that's more than enough.

07:44:00.420 --> 07:44:09.620
clinical here from South Korea first checkpoint taken over four minutes into

07:44:09.620 --> 07:44:13.980
the time bank they do not even need to get that second objective you see where

07:44:13.980 --> 07:44:21.980
that mark is on your screen it feels like KSA crumbling a little bit

07:44:21.980 --> 07:44:26.620
oh they got left up yep all the money out of the way laughter is a long way

07:44:26.620 --> 07:44:30.020
from home doesn't quite have the footwear to click your seals together

07:44:30.020 --> 07:44:35.740
Rice still gets back to safety trying here trying to just play under the lip of

07:44:35.740 --> 07:44:38.860
that balcony they'll get picked up randomly by Quartz is emerging over the

07:44:38.860 --> 07:44:44.180
top in the toe of socks it's he just half close South Korea right are getting

07:44:44.180 --> 07:44:46.740
a third map in this series it's gonna be a South Korea spirit start the fight

07:44:46.740 --> 07:44:51.620
off a lot of most of it again cut short by this defense matrix it's why both of

07:44:51.620 --> 07:44:56.220
these teams are reaching for the diva in this matchup Stalker's got a post bump

07:44:56.220 --> 07:44:59.940
Good get again, the last one was speculative and unsuccessful.

07:45:01.140 --> 07:45:03.020
This one just might have to hit.

07:45:04.140 --> 07:45:06.820
They're gonna get him up to the high ground, oh, almost.

07:45:06.820 --> 07:45:07.660
Bit of a misstep.

07:45:07.660 --> 07:45:09.460
Yeah, he's just a ledge there.

07:45:09.460 --> 07:45:10.620
Lamperson still gives up the space,

07:45:10.620 --> 07:45:13.420
but it could have been an elimination on the she-on.

07:45:13.420 --> 07:45:15.900
And Stalker down to get a foothold.

07:45:15.900 --> 07:45:18.860
You can hear wheels moan for the Bats due now expiring.

07:45:18.860 --> 07:45:20.460
Lamperson again with the target on his back,

07:45:20.460 --> 07:45:22.020
just like that previous half.

07:45:22.020 --> 07:45:24.340
But South Korea getting a ton of space here, bitch.

07:45:24.340 --> 07:45:27.100
right slowly inching the way up the map.

07:45:27.100 --> 07:45:29.300
So if he gets in there, the pulse bomb doesn't get to the elimination,

07:45:29.300 --> 07:45:31.660
but he does serve his purpose.

07:45:31.660 --> 07:45:34.180
Now rushing the high ground, you're gonna see Max try and drop down.

07:45:34.180 --> 07:45:36.380
There's this daydress for Saudi Arabia.

07:45:36.380 --> 07:45:39.420
Quartz has already felled. Max doubles down.

07:45:39.420 --> 07:45:41.180
And he'll go after Zox.

07:45:41.180 --> 07:45:43.380
He knows where his breath is butted.

07:45:43.380 --> 07:45:46.580
And the card is hurtling towards that final checkpoint.

07:45:46.580 --> 07:45:48.900
Saudi Arabia are in disarray.

07:45:48.900 --> 07:45:50.260
In the doldrums.

07:45:50.260 --> 07:45:53.140
So yeah, definitely trying to commit to buy some time.

07:45:53.140 --> 07:45:56.900
some space, but he's just a player, not a quantum physicist.

07:45:56.900 --> 07:46:00.540
Let me ask you for too much from the man, less than a meter left in the map.

07:46:00.540 --> 07:46:03.580
A D suit here for Max, but he has the self-destructs,

07:46:03.580 --> 07:46:07.860
because the insurance policy to make him nice and comfortable.

07:46:07.860 --> 07:46:10.340
That'll do it for Route 66.

07:46:10.340 --> 07:46:20.140
And South Korea, a one step from reclaiming what once was undeniably theirs.

07:46:20.140 --> 07:46:23.900
trying to reclaim it in dominant fashion.

07:46:23.900 --> 07:46:28.980
KSA came out and they threw a haymaker in map number one.

07:46:28.980 --> 07:46:33.980
South Korea looks as good as ever there.

07:46:33.980 --> 07:46:35.380
You see Max get up.

07:46:35.380 --> 07:46:38.460
Wonder if we'll see Jungbin here for our next map.

07:46:38.460 --> 07:46:40.460
I believe we saw Heesang get up as well.

07:46:40.460 --> 07:46:45.580
So, Sungjin could come back in here as well.

07:46:45.580 --> 07:46:49.660
An immense amount of pressure now on KSA.

07:46:49.660 --> 07:46:52.700
the absolute perfect from here on out.

07:46:52.700 --> 07:46:56.340
Not exactly a reverse sweep, but as close as you can get.

07:46:56.340 --> 07:46:59.660
What a story here for South Korea starting to emerge.

07:46:59.660 --> 07:47:03.140
Come in as the hot favorite in their group,

07:47:03.140 --> 07:47:07.900
in Busan, upset, shock upset, against France.

07:47:07.900 --> 07:47:09.180
Get reverse swept.

07:47:09.180 --> 07:47:10.740
Can you tend death there for Labdus?

07:47:10.740 --> 07:47:11.700
Kind of what I'm looking at, right?

07:47:11.700 --> 07:47:14.780
Like, you need that shield to kind of be consistently

07:47:14.780 --> 07:47:18.300
in that fight, using as like a quasi-blanker slash hit scan.

07:47:18.300 --> 07:47:23.300
You lose him a few extra times you end up losing that damage output battle.

07:47:23.300 --> 07:47:28.300
I wonder like do you just, can you get rid of the Shion at this point, right?

07:47:28.300 --> 07:47:30.300
Just get a tracer head to head. Can you get rid of the Shion?

07:47:30.300 --> 07:47:33.300
Maybe you're worried about the point Vendetta.

07:47:33.300 --> 07:47:37.300
Does not seem comfy here for KSE at least in this matchup.

07:47:37.300 --> 07:47:40.300
That's a decision you make I think after you see a substitution.

07:47:40.300 --> 07:47:47.300
If he's done stays in, maybe your fears about Vendetta coming out are overblown a little.

07:47:47.300 --> 07:47:53.500
But what's the what's the alternative? I mean, we want to have to play a tracer matchup

07:47:53.860 --> 07:47:58.280
You want them to hope so and comes in they already banned for dinner in the first bat

07:47:58.820 --> 07:48:03.800
That's not available. They see so and come in they can't really do anything about the potential for that here at a rear

07:48:03.800 --> 07:48:08.640
America again, that is sick being able to kind of save simple in that way from Choron

07:48:08.980 --> 07:48:14.720
But yeah, like you mentioned right like some of these bands. It's now putting you in a really awkward spot

07:48:14.720 --> 07:48:17.720
I mean, you're gonna see the subs, right?

07:48:17.720 --> 07:48:21.720
I believe we have push is our map here that we'll go to.

07:48:21.720 --> 07:48:23.720
We haven't seen push yet.

07:48:23.720 --> 07:48:25.720
Esperanza, right?

07:48:25.720 --> 07:48:28.720
I probably believe it's like a Coliseo as well.

07:48:28.720 --> 07:48:32.720
Yeah, Esperanza is certainly going to go to for our teams here at the World Cup.

07:48:32.720 --> 07:48:38.720
Yeah, it's like the map that you can play a ton of demon on, right?

07:48:38.720 --> 07:48:40.720
I mean, Shion's pretty good here.

07:48:40.720 --> 07:48:49.360
here, Tracer, Cassidy will be available here, but KSA feels like they're searching for answers

07:48:49.360 --> 07:48:53.040
at this time. Our last look at Demon here for South Korea was pretty flattering for them,

07:48:53.920 --> 07:48:58.000
but they were just able to turn around and show us. It's a pretty insane deeper plate for Max.

07:48:58.560 --> 07:49:04.560
Two deaths over the course of the entire map. A very healthy amount of, you know, damage being

07:49:04.560 --> 07:49:10.560
thrown in. But yeah, just great damage mitigation. Fantastic peel. The defense matrix has been

07:49:10.560 --> 07:49:15.600
very important not only to shut down the Cassidy play, but also to the Sprees here from the Shios.

07:49:17.440 --> 07:49:23.760
And Saudi Arabia would have had hoped here to shore up their claim for a dynasty.

07:49:23.760 --> 07:49:29.440
Yeah. Right. Take more championship and make it kind of obvious that they come here in 2026

07:49:29.440 --> 07:49:34.240
and pick up another one. And South Korea are reminding us of why everyone thought they would win

07:49:34.240 --> 07:49:38.640
in every game they've played so far. All right. I mean, KSE, they win the last one, watch while

07:49:38.640 --> 07:49:45.580
Cup, puts in minds mostly KSA wins over OWCS World Finals right so they were

07:49:45.580 --> 07:49:50.860
really looking at like you know three of our biggest events we have back-to-back

07:49:50.860 --> 07:49:57.520
now they'll need to complete an epic comeback here Esperanza nothing too

07:49:57.520 --> 07:50:02.580
surprising here but would be nasty on the other side of this right we reset the

07:50:02.580 --> 07:50:08.420
map there's the opportunity to go like Atlas play ball here I mean

07:50:08.420 --> 07:50:13.420
Not really much, I think it would be like Alice, like all, you jump in here and fly.

07:50:38.420 --> 07:50:46.420
Just early today, this afternoon a team was 0-2 against France.

07:50:46.420 --> 07:50:47.420
Yeah, right.

07:50:47.420 --> 07:50:49.420
And now they're on the precipice of getting it all.

07:50:49.420 --> 07:50:51.420
Yeah, one map away there.

07:50:51.420 --> 07:50:57.420
And those maps against France were down to the wire, all of them, from being out.

07:50:57.420 --> 07:51:07.420
Now one map away on the other side of the coin, right from being your Overwatch World Cup Champions, yet again.

07:51:07.420 --> 07:51:14.420
We do know the map and I talked a little bit about what potentially the band is.

07:51:14.420 --> 07:51:16.420
You actually see the lobby there.

07:51:16.420 --> 07:51:21.420
I actually believe, I wonder if we're actually going to knock it subs here from South Korea

07:51:21.420 --> 07:51:25.420
and we're going to have Hee-Sing stay in alongside Max.

07:51:25.420 --> 07:51:29.420
So, looking down to the stage, that looks like to be the case.

07:51:29.420 --> 07:51:32.420
Yep, I'm seeing Hee-Sung set.

07:51:32.420 --> 07:51:37.280
And I think that's probably the right choice here.

07:51:37.280 --> 07:51:38.780
Shion's been so effective.

07:51:38.780 --> 07:51:39.940
Shion's been great.

07:51:39.940 --> 07:51:43.420
It probably does, you know, it plays into the deeper a little bit more, but he can pick

07:51:43.420 --> 07:51:44.420
up the tracer, right?

07:51:44.420 --> 07:51:45.420
He's got the tracer also.

07:51:45.420 --> 07:51:46.420
He's looked very, very good.

07:51:46.420 --> 07:51:47.420
Yeah.

07:51:47.420 --> 07:51:48.420
Bandit, get her out.

07:51:48.420 --> 07:51:51.940
KSA, just don't have an answer to a tracer mirror, but this does mean they're opting

07:51:51.940 --> 07:51:52.940
into a Shion fight.

07:51:52.940 --> 07:51:53.940
Shion here, yeah.

07:51:53.940 --> 07:51:57.300
A Shion mirror matchup here.

07:51:57.300 --> 07:52:06.740
just South Korea get rid of here. I was gonna say is it diva? It is finally diva. Oh man.

07:52:07.700 --> 07:52:13.780
Just what a time to stick a dagger in the back of how you say. I decide to map to go after it.

07:52:14.420 --> 07:52:20.980
Probably their most definitive hero, the one that has been the key part of the fight. I will say

07:52:20.980 --> 07:52:26.900
Today, if they end up going towards a Moga, maybe that's also a little bit easier for

07:52:26.900 --> 07:52:28.700
a lap that could have a play around, right?

07:52:28.700 --> 07:52:33.420
I know Moga plays pretty well with Shea.

07:52:33.420 --> 07:52:40.540
Maybe that is the option they decide to go to is, you know, coach of KSA talking to the

07:52:40.540 --> 07:52:41.540
entire squad.

07:52:41.540 --> 07:52:48.660
They're going to dial in some of these mistakes, some of the errors on some of the maps.

07:52:48.660 --> 07:52:52.860
They also think a little bit different, right?

07:52:52.860 --> 07:52:55.260
They say they haven't really been challenged like this at all

07:52:55.260 --> 07:52:58.860
in the Overwatch World Cup, their first real test.

07:52:58.860 --> 07:53:01.020
It feels like this game.

07:53:01.020 --> 07:53:05.980
I mean, they made Sweden look pretty poor earlier.

07:53:05.980 --> 07:53:09.340
This feels like, obviously, that next level.

07:53:09.340 --> 07:53:10.820
That's been close.

07:53:10.820 --> 07:53:13.740
They've been very close, but obviously, South Korea

07:53:13.740 --> 07:53:15.420
getting the best of them the most.

07:53:15.420 --> 07:53:17.380
I think that New York City map, the one you called out

07:53:17.380 --> 07:53:23.140
potential inflection point. That was a pretty heartbreaking I think for Saudi

07:53:23.140 --> 07:53:27.520
Arabia to lose out on and they didn't have an answer to the Zen Cup really in

07:53:27.520 --> 07:53:31.780
Route 66. South Korea somehow still have some looks

07:53:31.780 --> 07:53:37.100
in reserve to throw, take their opponents by surprise and it's clear that

07:53:37.100 --> 07:53:42.820
well in advance of this match they had already theorized that it will be Saudi

07:53:42.820 --> 07:53:48.020
Arabia standing in between Dem and a fourth championship. So they did the

07:53:48.020 --> 07:53:51.660
print, they did the homework, feel like they had some comps that are well curated

07:53:51.660 --> 07:53:56.200
they're going after this slight awkwardness in the courts and left to

07:53:56.200 --> 07:53:59.180
hero Paul Overlap.

07:54:01.740 --> 07:54:07.540
Which is animal lovers here. Yeah. Whether they are you know breathing or not.

07:54:07.540 --> 07:54:10.540
It's turned out whether dinner or not.

07:54:10.540 --> 07:54:17.540
Away we go to the Street to Miss Baratsa for what might be the final map in this series.

07:54:17.540 --> 07:54:20.540
It's going to be a Sigma look here for South Korea.

07:54:20.540 --> 07:54:24.540
And typically these Sigma looks would be with like a, you know, a Mizuki in the mix, right?

07:54:24.540 --> 07:54:27.540
But I think knowing that it's going to be Moga on the other side,

07:54:27.540 --> 07:54:29.540
the Mizuki doesn't really play great into that, right?

07:54:29.540 --> 07:54:34.540
Moga, unstoppable, when charging, and just get right through the chain.

07:54:34.540 --> 07:54:36.540
Korea do have the honor

07:54:37.120 --> 07:54:44.220
Which I against the cardiac overdrive is gonna be powerful, but it's always something you cleanse off a creation cannot stop now

07:54:44.220 --> 07:54:50.220
The one he is charging the max doesn't always have a good way to divert the potential for the stop that will come at him

07:54:53.140 --> 07:54:56.260
I like KSE though going towards that capacity bashing

07:54:57.300 --> 07:55:02.660
It's not working with that she on just drop it is a lot of damage change for both times

07:55:02.660 --> 07:55:09.660
Such a good answer there for Max. Get the shield up. It's dangerous to go for that first sort of flyover as the Bastion.

07:55:09.660 --> 07:55:13.660
Because if you're unsuccessful, then you're already overextended and a little vulnerable.

07:55:13.660 --> 07:55:18.660
Good answer for Max to get involved. Might have been a kinetic grasp committed to that fight as well.

07:55:18.660 --> 07:55:25.660
Quartz getting closer towards that Artillery. It's he's having a nice lead on the flank here. Working with Shoron.

07:55:25.660 --> 07:55:33.240
He could be a problem. Look at his defensive and court drops him down simple is able to draw a bead on the bastion and help

07:55:33.240 --> 07:55:35.240
He's sung out

07:55:35.360 --> 07:55:40.720
Again tough to bounce back from now if you're KSA and see how it's taking far too much damage for his liking

07:55:41.160 --> 07:55:47.400
There's not an easy target here with this artillery strike frankly, but it gives you a bit more durability as he's up

07:55:48.560 --> 07:55:54.280
Zox dangerously low has to get added dodge. It's gonna be South Korea taking the lead here

07:55:54.280 --> 07:55:59.920
Simple, under no pressure means you're able to just farm, nano, and rain,

07:55:59.920 --> 07:56:02.800
put some extra damage down, take out ports.

07:56:02.800 --> 07:56:05.160
Good blocks, just one catch is two inside of it.

07:56:05.160 --> 07:56:08.120
Gonna watch out for that malget damage, but it's good pressure.

07:56:08.120 --> 07:56:09.760
Put on your opponent's frontline.

07:56:09.760 --> 07:56:12.320
Lapda look at classic here on the Cassidy.

07:56:12.320 --> 07:56:17.400
Has to go shoot in this game and finds Max amid the windows.

07:56:17.400 --> 07:56:23.760
We talked a little bit earlier, right about how a double hit scan look could look for KSA.

07:56:23.760 --> 07:56:28.760
They go to it here now, with tournament lives on the line.

07:56:28.760 --> 07:56:30.760
So I'm just going to go back, potentially here.

07:56:30.760 --> 07:56:33.760
It looks like for a second he's going to pick up some players off the spawn,

07:56:33.760 --> 07:56:36.760
but I think Ziad is going to get back into the action fast enough.

07:56:36.760 --> 07:56:39.760
The lead will be taken here by KSA.

07:56:39.760 --> 07:56:44.760
I think at this point you just already know that you're a double hitscan team from here on out.

07:56:44.760 --> 07:56:45.760
You try and make it work.

07:56:45.760 --> 07:56:47.760
He's got to get some man over there.

07:56:47.760 --> 07:56:48.760
This is very dangerous for Ziad,

07:56:48.760 --> 07:56:50.760
but he knows he's got nowhere to run.

07:56:50.760 --> 07:56:58.760
Although this is very dangerous for Zia, but he knows he's got nowhere to run, hit by the accretion, knocked out into the street like he's been ejected from a restaurant.

07:56:59.760 --> 07:57:03.760
And this will be another opportunity for South Korea to extend this margin.

07:57:05.760 --> 07:57:11.760
A lot of kills here on the exit. You will actually get an extension here. Now get the lead.

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For South Korea, this is so awkward for Quartz to be stuck in this type of position, but because Quartz gets that kill on a max on the exit, South Korea, they get the lead and they back out. They know Ziyac's charging back off the spawn.

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Both teams want to try and make use of the high ground as extensively as possible.

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Zox here, just popping up and down, looking to challenge it. Quartz trying to push himself up there himself, but it's dangerous.

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He's looking for a barrage now, looking for simple.

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It's one hit, just a classic blow though on that Ana.

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And here comes the reciprocation from South Korea.

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Bladder almost falls there, didn't have a raw.

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Good interruption for Katnap, but Zed's taking too much damage already.

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The Bionade makes it impossible to fight back.

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Ana again, the antithesis to Zed's happiness.

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What I would want to see here, I think from KSA, maybe go over and play Ramatra.

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Play Ramatra here, do you play it?

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Okay, she on Cassidy, they'll continue here with the Maga.

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I think the Ramatra has a decent matchup into what we're seeing on the Korea side.

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Ramatra obviously, it was a mainstay for a while, not really as much in this tournament at all.

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But, so close to KZ, you have to stay on the Maga for now.

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Checkpoint on the line, Ziad charges in, it's out for Ria, back up.

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They've got high ground again to abuse and Fax is playing from a tight little pocket there.

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His son's going after Ziad, Kate's fight is just not going to cut it here.

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But for this guy, Sok's trying to pressure down, but his son is killing.

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At least he was until he blew himself apart.

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Now KSA trying to fight back, they've got a foothold in this fight

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and they've given Max enough reason to turn tail.

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Yeah, they finally get a fight win and half of the game off the clock

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They'll continue to play the Moga

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We talked about that a little bit earlier

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You could go around here, but the Moga plays pretty well with Shion

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Now you have kind of like a duo right who you're gonna get past that six shield put a lot of pressure on the back line

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Strong combination inside of this Kitsune rush. It's gonna come down

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Big damage on Choron already so I think quite a nuisance data was that back line

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Here comes the accretion, might as well have got you away from it.

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The artillery strike with a lot of damage down on the Kiri, and Salka might have something to add to the tally.

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They got away from them.

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KSA did the checkpoint in South Korea, can't contest the bot.

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And that seems acceptable here for South Korea, perhaps until right about now.

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Big dead eye, and if I clean up means that KSA do more than just get a butt scratch, they are well ahead.

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Nice job by KSA to flip the map there because Sunae rush is kind of back South Korea up into their own show even with

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Some big damage coming down from their Bastion

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Not good enough to deter KSA. They put that map they take the point they've moved through the show

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Now they've got themselves a pretty nice lead. Yeah, next row 75 on top of extra 23 meters in that last engagement

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That's a nice bio though. You want a clean fight, William?

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You're still going to get it when Laptor is coming at you.

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That is an insane crack back there for Chorong.

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It is a screen shield that he just scratches.

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Yeah.

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Please about.

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I mean, you see what they're trying to do, right?

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I mean, Seod, you're not playing that aggressive

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into a bash in wheels mode, unless you know you got some damage

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coming from another angle.

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Max has to stop there.

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The rest of his team aren't with him.

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So he gets the bot back to parody.

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The nice forward sport.

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Okay, close this one.

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Uncontested sightline.

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He has overextended into a bionade again.

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South Korea taking a leaf out of USA's book here and giving KSA enough rope to trip themselves

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with Z-Ad just that on the running.

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I think KSA got a little bit too over aggressive there.

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I actually think they thought that Max was going to be an easy kill on that exit.

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You'd already use grass, shield is gone, and then they try and get aggressive over the

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high ground.

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They could not be any more wrong, right?

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You know, to keep Max alive.

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They have to give a bot scratch here.

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Yeah.

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There's the checkpoint picked up.

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And potential at that for a stone ball

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is that for your Rebek four ultimates.

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Well, it's going to allow us sort of a chance

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to get this Xune rush rather quickly.

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Artillery here from Hisei.

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Doesn't come up with much.

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Precision already up.

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What?

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What?

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Oh, then what?

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Are you kidding me?

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Dawg is able to find two quick kills to start off the fight.

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There's nothing Seattle can do to access him.

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He is chilling, lit up like a Christmas tree on the side of the road.

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And KSAR are flattening it all of a sudden in the blink of an eye.

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They've given up their lead.

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You have to have so much congruent in your sojourn.

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At this moment of the tournament in this game,

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to Nano Overclock slide around the corner,

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I believe he's gonna come up with the goods and Stalker delivers there under two minutes as well.

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It's getting so dangerous for KSA.

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No way!

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The Stalker comes in, puts it erupted and again, exposed by the BioName.

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Marge is able to fight back though because it looks like Max is in a compromising spot throughout that engagement.

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Stalker eventually falls.

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Here's the ad getting knocked around, but Chorong off the map finds his elimination on Laptic, drags him out of the ocean.

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But KSA is gonna charge the fight back into the map now once more.

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The flocks that Max tries to use gets hit with a cage, but back to an unreal accretion connection as Quartz is flying through the sky.

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Bitch, this is last chance for me, man.

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Minute 20 on the clock.

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You have control of the bot moving into enemy territory. You have to be good from here.

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That's actually a connection on Max. Can they finish him off?

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Simple is down the quartz finally gets a bit of his revenge.

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Looks like Max was able to extricate himself from that situation.

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Gonna get his wightful hands on in that window, connect it grass to eliminate the effectiveness of these projectiles.

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The lad is coming back up on a spree, and he'll have to use it nice and quick.

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And we've been highlighting why the right on the soldier really needs to come alive.

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This spree could be that moment.

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Pressuring the back left. What?! Cool, it doesn't have a roll to get away from that!

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Oh, nice set up there for Yeesang, lad. They'll only get one upper back in that spree!

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It's South Korea! They're gonna hold them off!

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Saudi Arabia have one last chance in this map in this series and Lava goes

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forward there with the spree uses the first dash the second dash trying to

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track that player believe it was stalker he actually dashes into the tree

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connects with the tree he doesn't keep his momentum going forward I end up

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wasting that spree on the flank last chance Saloon

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For KSA, a second consecutive World Cup title would be amazing, but right now that is almost unthinkable.

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They are up against it. South Korea looking to reposition here. KSA, barrel forward now.

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This is the Korea team in disarray. They've got to regroup, but they've got the high ground to abuse.

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First up, it's pressuring that backline. Margit is down. Feels like the beginning of the end now.

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Only jetpack cat to lean off for that healing. The Quartz has to make the hero play.

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The Jedi finds nothing up in the sky. Max will run him down.

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He sang was taken down in the midst of that, but Latta's got nowhere to go.

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Eight years after their nation, Latvia got it.

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The crowd comes home.

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South Korea are the kings of the Overwatch world once again.

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The versatility of this roster is so good.

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able to answer anything that was thrown their way.

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The dynasty that defy the mirror has found its way back to the summit.

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South Korea against the odds.

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It took a reverse sweep.

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A bounce back from a devastating result.

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And here they stand.

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The Overwatch World Cup Champions.

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a lot can change in eight years especially in this beautiful game it's

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material it's fickle that's actually over the fourth star on the patch and

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shown us the spirit of this nation in the Overwatch world never dies like in

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changing a few hours. There wasn't that way getting eliminated by France in the

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70s down 2-0 and they are just lights out from that point on the rest of the day.

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KSA obviously a tremendous performance throughout this tournament but it is

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South Korea's world in Overwatch yet again. And it's a roster built from that

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crazy raccoon core but with acknowledgments both to EMEA, simple

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sporting of the fold, acknowledgement to North America,

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Sonjoon is brought into the team and really finds his role, especially in those first maps.

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But you've got two incredible tank players, especially he's lying in different areas.

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This team has it all.

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And they've shown us just what it takes to become champions.

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To get Reverse Sweep, then to Reverse Sweep.

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To dig ever deeper.

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There's layers to this.

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There's levels to the kind of resilience that the South Korean roster have had to show.

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A young sport, a new face to come back to reclaim the title.

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But the more things change, it turns out, the more they say the same.

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Mitch Leslie Mapparello on the call, a pleasure as always.

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Please come and love you and head down to the stage.

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Chris Bucket to get some words from our champions.

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Congratulations to South Korea!

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Chris Bucket here with Danny Lim, and Danny, they have done it again.

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A fourth gold medal now going in the trophy case along with this World Cup trophy.

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That's right, Bucket. Let's do a quick interview for Team South Korea.

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Let's go with Joon Bin, please.

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Come over here this side. Come over this side.

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Like Bucket said, this is the fourth time South Korea won.

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It took a long eight years for you guys to bring it back home.

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How are you feeling right now?

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Congratulations on your victory today. You've won the 4th trophy in a year.

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Please tell us your thoughts.

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I think I've talked a lot with the guys while preparing for the national team.

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I think I'm in a good mood.

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Max, you were representing team South Korea, your home country, and you guys have finally done it.

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Max, do you have anything you want to say to your fans, to your teammates or to your coaches?

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What do you want to say?

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Now, you've become the representative of South Korea and you've become a player and you've become a winner.

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Please say a word.

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First of all, as the representative of South Korea,

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I feel like I have to win this.

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I'm so happy that we're all here with our kids

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and that we won the national championship.

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Saudi Arabia is not that bad.

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Definitely representing our home country.

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We knew that we had to get this win.

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We had to bring the trophy home.

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It really feels great to win.

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and also KSA isn't that great.

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That is what Max said.

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Very well deserved.

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Let's do one final question.

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Lastly, the last question.

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Please come here.

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You guys got here, you won because of your abilities,

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but also because there are so many team South Korean fans

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that are watching all over the world.

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Do you have anything you want to say to your fans?

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I'm sure we've won by our own means, but in my opinion,

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I think we've won because of the fans here and the fans who cheer for Korea.

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Mr. Cho, please say a word to the fans.

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I'd like to say a word to the fans as well.

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First of all, I'd like to thank WDG, Nexon, and Crazy Raccoon for helping us.

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And the fans who came from far away, thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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and to crown our MVP of BlizzCon in the World Cup 2026.

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Please welcome to the stage the two top Grammy winner,

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T-Pain.

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Oh, oh, oh, what, what's happening?

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Oh, oh, yay.

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Yeah!

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Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for South Korea!

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How's everybody doing tonight? Congratulations, guys.

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It's really good to see a group of guys that can show you just how bad you are at a game.

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And I am here to give you guys the MVP of the night.

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Ladies and gentlemen, your MVP of the night is Sempo.

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Get up here, buddy, get up here, buddy, get up here, buddy.

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Congratulations, Sempo MVP of the night.

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It is time to raise that trophy.

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Let's get her done.

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Bring it out one more time.

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The World Cup trophy for South Korea, T-Pain in the building, amazing to have you with us.

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Come on, America's favorite gamer.

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Hazel!

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And the best team on the planet for Overwatch, South Korea!

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Zephul, can you tell us a few words about MVP?

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It's my first time to be an MVP in an event like this, so I'm happy.

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I'm happy to win as a Korean representative.

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It's my first time becoming an MVP in such a big tournament and it really feels great

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to get this win as well as Team South Korea.

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Thank you.

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Amazing stuff here on the stage, T-Pain, thank you for joining us, any final words for the

08:12:28.900 --> 08:12:29.900
people here at BlizzCon?

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Hey man, thank you guys for the community, thank you for being so accepting, thank you

08:12:34.000 --> 08:12:36.180
guys for being so cool all the time.

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I'm in game out game. You already know IRL anytime you guys see me. It's all love all the time

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Thank you so much blizzard entertainment. Thank you everybody for coming

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Thank you for crashing the party here on the main stage for now. We got to go back to the desk throughout this baby

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Oh

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Thank you so much pocket. Thank you so much pocket. Thank you so much daddy

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Thank you so much cheap pain never thought those words are gonna leave my mouth anytime soon

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But yeah, we have our gold medalist winners South Korea bringing it home again after so many years

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They're back at the top last time they were able to lift that trophy on that this stage was in 2018

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And what a way to do it. This was an incredible grand final

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This was the performance we needed we wanted to see from them to really cement themselves at the top once more and for a lot

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of these players, it's a new generation of Korean stars looking at a young guy like simple

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to come really out of nowhere blasting onto the scene. Huge success with Twisted Minds

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now to represent Korea to earn this MVP. It is so well deserved. He carved his own path

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through this tournament. I mean, whether it was the Kiri, the Anna and the Zen was a unique

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feature of his play. The team always had the trust and for a young player, that's an incredible

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accolade and to hold that trophy must feel amazing. I mean he you heard it from

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simple himself the fact that it meant so much to get that MVP at an event of this

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caliber and for Korea as well to reclaim the dynasty that they built at OWC

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the first three years that this competition was happening. Absolutely I

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love to see of course a support player getting the MVP honors it's really hard

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to shine, or has been in the past, although I have to say in this meta, in this year specifically,

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it was the backline that really stood out for so many of those teams. They were kind of the backbone and the front bone and the mid bone.

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I thought about it basically because you needed those solid performances in order to get your team across the finish line, Jake.

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Crucial difference maker is not just the ability to play what others expect you to play,

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but in this era of Overwatch to be an innovator, to go beyond, to say to your team that I believe like this will work,

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I have the faith in my abilities to set a new course to chart a new meta and this green squad has done exactly that through this

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whole tournament

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adapting to the modern meta

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It's a young team a team that is poised to maybe continue on to further and greater things another win after all these years

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Begs the question of is this the beginning of a new run a new streak for South Korea in the

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Don't drop him.

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Don't drop him.

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See, that's some deep bonding, trust exercises happening on stage.

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I have to look away.

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I'm going to get a little scared here.

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The mom instinct is coming through.

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But, yeah, honestly, I feel like obviously seeing South Korea back on top, that's iconic.

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It feels like back in the days where that has always been the case.

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But we have to talk about how much the competition has leveled up.

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This year, Overwatch World Cup treated us to so many great surprises, so many new faces

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faces from so many different countries across the globe that had an opportunity to shine and stand out for us.

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There absolutely were so many of those moments. Again, Overwatch World Cup, it's been an opportunity to have players that we don't get to see

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on the big stage all that often, that don't get those opportunities to have that kind of exposure.

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And we've seen George growth from those players here as well. And it's been so impressive to see.

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We've seen also the upsets that have happened across the board, but the stories write themselves looking at this bracket

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Having Korea have that reverse sweep up against France after what happened in Busan and then now to have the dominant performance

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That they just we just witnessed here in the grand finals

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Yeah, what an incredible story this was this bracket particularly for them first up in the quarterfinals

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They have to go up against the hometown heroes

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They have to go up against Team USA and they managed to do it so well in a convincing 3-0 victory.

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They move into the semifinals and this is where things got really, really tough for them.

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They were truly tested this time around, Jake.

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Yeah, and this is serious, you know, it was going long and with the Saudis opening up strong,

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it looked a little bit scary at times, 14 South Korea, but they kept the faith, they kept the hope.

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It feels like it really came together on Newjung City, able to match and at times outplay,

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even in this hard hitscan setup that has been really a comfort zone for the Saudis in recent history.

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It absolutely has been, especially when you have the fact that with the swaps that we see coming in,

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very much so the identity that this Korean roster has swapping in their team, swapping in their DPS,

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also being able to pull out that double hitscan within Heesang and soccer there,

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then you also have Sanjin feel to throw in the Vendetta, whatever it may be on that flex DPS,

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when you need him to absolutely the team has showed resilience and tenacity throughout this

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tournament and that started already really in busan in the group stage again it was not an easy

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right for them to get here yeah maybe a better road that they take it this way that they have to go

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the long way they have to find the weaknesses break them over and over again coming back

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stronger and stronger each time as matt said a lot can change in a couple hours i mean recently

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They were down 0-2 against France on the verge of elimination.

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And then to come back in this series against a foe that really barely anyone has been able to scratch.

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And somehow, someway, they look dominant. It is not close. 4-1, the final score line in this one.

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And as Braun says, long and difficult as it was, as close as it was at times,

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it really felt like this Korean squad had found their heart, found their confidence

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and their composure in those final moments.

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It really is that.

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I think that wake up call there from Busan.

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These terrifying things, honestly,

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even heading into next season as well, right?

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For Korea to feel reinvigorated.

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And also, you think about the teams back home,

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watching this squad representing them and their country.

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They are going to want to show up more than ever.

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Absolutely.

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They will be having a target on their back,

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as is always the case, when you end up coming first in the Overwatch World Cup.

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Obviously, S1mple has received the MVP honors here today,

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but which player other than S1mple stood out to you,

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and that doesn't just have to be from Team South Korea.

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It can be any player who wants to start.

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You got someone in mind? Do you look like it?

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You know, in the group stages, I noticed Zorro as a player

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who really impressed me playing the USA very close from Team Sweden.

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I've got to think about Akku on the cat from Team Germany.

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She was a bit of a breakthrough this year,

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not expecting her without having much O2BCS experience,

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but she really played fantastic on this big stage,

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which I think a lot of coaches love to see somebody

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who can play well under the bright lights.

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I mean, the entirety of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

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Team Korea, these are superstar squads, right?

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There's no unknown superstars coming out of these rosters,

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but maybe the supports on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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have to earn their respect.

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We were asking questions,

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and these players are a little bit out of that

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very top competitive echelon,

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but they prove that they can stand tall

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with their countrymen and really put up strong performances through the cup.

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I think for myself, we've talked so much about France and we always highlight Crocs and FD God,

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but it has to be Q who's been so impressive to me because the hitscan player isn't being able to

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hang with some of the best of the best. That was such a different speaker for that team.

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It really truly was. I think there are so many moments, so many moments for a lot of the known

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players and unknown players to really have a moment in the light here on this stage, improve

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themselves and I'm sure that a lot of teams who are looking forward to the OWCS

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stage three perhaps or beyond that you know this is the opportunity to scout

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players this is where people really shine because there's just so much

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pressure in those mixed teams that are just formed for this occasion as you

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said like that's what coaches are looking for. Yeah it's definitely a

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moment where you know you certainly all the players who just played on this

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grand final stage are gonna remember this moment whether they come away with

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the win or the loss maybe the losers remember things a little bit more

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clearly when it comes to that next OWCS event when you can expect to see those players

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facing off once again on stages with incredible stakes. So this certainly isn't the last word

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in competitive Overwatch, but it's a beautiful moment in the calendar just to mark how far we've

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come. I mean, 10 years of competitive Overwatch, almost unbelievable to think it's been that long.

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Yeah, some of these players grew up with this, right? So that's kind of crazy. And of course,

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Once again, since South Korea taking the crown at the very end of it,

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they now get to add the fourth star to their jersey.

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Are we running out of space soon or where are we going?

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Where do you put the fourth star?

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I mean, we didn't ask those questions, but here in year 10, they're stacking them up.

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I mean, this team is just head and shoulders above the rest of the world.

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An unbelievable history, but it's no surprise to any long-time fan

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of professional overwatch Korea just produces star studded roster after star

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studded roster if anything it's impressive that other teams have been able to compete

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so well these last few years. It really is a statement of how close the competition has

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been getting about how the other regions have been able to close that gap and start to stack up

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in this new age of overwatch. Yeah and while this feels like business as usual South Korea on top

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I do have to talk about how incredible it is that we do get to see a team getting their first medal.

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It may not be gold, but still I think what France produced in this Overwatch World Cup

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has to be praised, has to be talked about. It absolutely is something that we need to discuss

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because overall for Team France, you could see how much heart they had up on that stage.

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And it's you saw the heartbreak even not being able to get to that grand final from France when they did booth and to be

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able to now at very least to get that medal here is huge for a nation who has been such a big part of

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o w w c. I love that you shut it up. Keo asked because I really have the same feeling watching backstage like this

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guy is here to compete on a big stage in front of some of the biggest names that Overwatch has to offer and he's

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able to come up with the goods. That is a rare thing, especially on the hit scan roll,

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an unforgiving place to find yourself, especially in the current meta with all of its treks

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and complexities working around your jetpack cab. Keo was fantastic. Also Crocs, I mean,

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there has to be a household name now after this, like this puts him on the map in competitive

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professional overwatch in a way, I think much more than we've ever seen before in his relatively

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short career.

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Yeah, I'm just so excited because we get to see these players compete again very soon,

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of course in the OWCS stage three now the team peps has qualified again so we're

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going to see crocs in action once more and you know it just really makes me

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excited to see these teams going back to their respective teams and competing

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in a different environment all once more of course hopefully leading up to yet

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another Overwatch World Cup at BlizzCon next year. Of course we would

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definitely love to see it again this is an event that brings everyone together

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whether you're an esports fan or just a fan of supporting your country

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It develops new fans and also welcomes in the ones who have been here since the beginning.

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Meshing into a really lovely family here.

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It's been so great, I think, just being here at BlizzCon.

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Getting to witness it all in person.

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I couldn't agree more.

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And now we've yapped for a long time.

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It is now the moment we've all been waiting for.

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And that is, of course, our medal ceremony on stage.

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So let's send it down to Puckett.

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Thank you so much, Zoe.

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It's the moment a lot of you've been waiting for.

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for it. Thank you for everybody who stuck around the Blizzard arena to see these gentlemen crown.

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Bring it out first, our bronze medalist. Give it up for team France.

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France ultimately fell short of their goal at this event, but they do place on the podium

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for the first time in World Cup history and look at the smile on FD God's face.

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It's all smiles for the Fred squad.

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They're going to be walking away with some medals.

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Give it up for him one more time.

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Danny Lim taking away.

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Thank you, Pockett.

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Team France, congratulations.

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I just have one question.

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This was your first podium finish.

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You guys placed third, getting the bronze medal.

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That is not a small feat.

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I feel like that's something that you guys

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should be proud of, Crocs.

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Do you have anything you want to say?

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I want to shout out to the fans.

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They were loud as fuck.

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Thanks, everybody, for supporting us.

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And next year, or in two years, we're coming back with the same roster, we're gonna win it all.

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They're gonna win it all. I love it. The confidence for France is growing, and we've seen it all year long.

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Congratulations, gentlemen, on your Brahms medal here at World Cup 2026.

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We're gonna let you get your medals, take a great picture here in the front.

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In the meantime, Chad, what did you think of the performance from France this week at Dany Lim? It was incredible.

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It was incredible.

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Wasn't it incredible, FGOT?

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Did you have a lot of fun at BlizzCon?

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Yeah, it's so much fun.

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Sorry, it's the best I've ever played,

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and I'm so happy right now.

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Next time, is France going to win it all next time?

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Next World Cup?

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Yeah, next time.

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Next time we do it at least a second.

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It's like a second and a second and a first, so we hope,

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yeah.

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Gentlemen, I'll let you come down the stage

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here in front of Nate.

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In the meantime, Blizzard Arena, please make some noise

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for the next team coming out to the stage,

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grabbing a silver medal after the last gold.

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It is KSA, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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[?].

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[?].

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[?].

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Horns and lab-dug crew put on such a show for us

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throughout this World Cup from the group stages

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to the BlizzCon Arena.

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Ultimately, they're felt by South Korea, but a silver medal is nothing to stop that.

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Congratulations, gentlemen.

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And please award the medals as Danny Lim begins the interview.

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Labda, quick question.

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I mean, I know you guys wanted to win it all.

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Thank you.

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I feel like, you know, everyone wants to win it all, but you guys were just a little bit short.

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You guys play second, but I feel like that's still something that you guys should be very, very proud of.

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What was your favorite moment in the Overwatch World Cup?

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I mean, of course, it's last time we went 23, so yeah, I think World Cup 2023, it was like the best moment.

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We couldn't win today, but I promise you guys we'll win it all next time.

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Thank you.

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the

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Fernando passed it out the awards our silver medalists putting on a show for us all and we

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Expect to see them on the stage again. I have a feeling surmised. It was awesome to see you out here

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Is there a smile somewhere on that face?

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Can you hear me my guy

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It's great to see you playing again. Is there a smile on that face? I

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I didn't hear you, sorry.

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All good. How do you feel about KSI's performance this week?

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How do you feel about KSI's performance?

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First of all, I want to thank all my teammates and the coaching staff, everyone who walked behind the scene.

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We wouldn't get second place without them.

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I want to thank the fans too.

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Thank you guys.

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Can I say it in Arabic?

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God bless you guys. Thank you for your support.

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Thank you for your support.

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World Cup Champion, South Korea!

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Song Chun, Stocker, Jun Bin, Simpho, Chorong, Max, Heesong, everybody playing their part throughout this tournament.

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Amazing coaching has always, Havan has been there since day number one of the Overwatch scene.

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He is still raising trophies in 2026.

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Danny, it is incredible to see everything that has happened here.

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And we have just one more thing to do.

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That is, of course, is to award the gold medal.

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Liz Khan, as they receive their medals,

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one more time in the arena before security kicks us out.

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Give it up for South Korea!

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And as the final three medals are presented, do me a favor in the middle.

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We need you to lift this trophy in three, two, one.

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to the podium today as well. None of this, of course, would be possible without our amazing stuff

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