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I'm gonna keep it going, I'm gonna keep it going, I'm gonna keep it going, so I ain't got nothing.
So, Leo, since our last session, how have you been feeling?
Not so good, but I've been dreaming of the French team winning ENC before lifting the
SI Hammer with shifters in France being the best country in Rainbow 64.
This is not going to work.
We need something heavier for you.
I think I've got just the idea.
I saw this on TikTok.
I'm going to hypnotise Leo. Leo, you have to look ONLY into the pendant, okay?
Only into the pendant.
You are no longer French.
No longer French.
P4 is not going to lift the hammer.
Lift hammer.
On the count of three, you are going to wake up and have a reasonable Rainbow Six take.
Rainbow Six take.
One, two, three.
When does Stomp and Play?
I'm Diamond One.
It is time to send some EML teams to the Salt Lake City Major.
We got two really important qualification games today, and we have the upper bracket final as well.
My name is Anne, I'll be your host for today, and joining me in the studio we have Alfama and Fresh.
Guys, I think it's quite the privilege that we get to send the first teams to the Salt Lake City Major.
Cannot wait. We will finally know we've been playing through kickoff for the last few weeks, every single region has.
But by the end of today, we will know two EML teams that will qualify to the Salt Lake City Major.
And I think it's especially important with how big the roster menu was to really see who really comes up on top,
who made the best changes, who had the best players, and it's all decided today.
Right, I want to take a look at the bracket to see where we find ourselves in the middle of this kickoff playoffs.
So here yesterday the lower bracket we said goodbye to Fnatic, we said goodbye to Rebels as well.
Today we'll be jumping into the upper bracket again as we look at match 5 and 6 and the winners of each of those will be sent to the Solid City Major.
And I think so far, no big surprise here.
Maybe secret, not being that over bracket,
but if we look on paper at the top teams with CG2,
we see Falcons with CVP,
those three are really the ones that impressed us the most
during kickoff, at least during the group stage.
Twisted Minds here with, I guess, all of their sheer talent.
They made it back, they made it here, beating Fnatic,
which I think was already a statement itself
in the way they did it.
We're looking at it, Jack, and we're thinking,
can we define a new top four, you know?
Well, I think we're gonna have to.
That's what the next couple of days are about playing out.
But yeah, it's good because we've previously, over the last entire year, we've been saying we've got a top three.
It's an untouched top three and everybody else is fighting for fourth.
Now it feels like we've kind of got six teams. Yes, of course, there's better teams.
The Falcons as well are up at the top, but we've got six teams fighting for those four spots.
And genuinely, it could be any combination of the four.
We have a busy day today though. We have three versus three in total.
As we mentioned, those two qualification games and the winner of both of those games
will then play the upper bracket final later today as well.
So we're gonna lock with some competitive games. We might be here until like 2am
Yeah, it's right all the way and if we look at these two matchups
I think we have a matchup of of strategy in Falcons versus VP
Right, that's really about theory and about good ideas of this and then we have a matchup of fire power
She are fire power between G2 and Twisted Minds. Yeah, very excited about the two different play styles
We're gonna see also almost feels like a boxing on the path
You know this little brawlers going out, but then this is a real strategist fighters as well
But yeah, I can't wait and then whoever wins out of the brawling out of the strategy side
They play off against each other to see who is ultimately the you know
John before we get into those games
I feel like we've been talking so much about the importance of today, right?
We know that the qualification to the major is on the line and that probably is the most important thing for these players
But especially when we look ahead there's more at stake today, especially already thinking of the six-hundreds
For example, yeah, it's big ticket Thursday
It is the one with a cash price to win, guaranteed $8,000 for whoever makes it in the top two of
EML by winning today, guaranteed 175 SA points and more will be waiting for you at the Soul Lake
City Major and you will qualify directly to Phase 2 because you will be the top two seats of EML.
Yeah I think that's the important, the qualification strengths Phase 2, that of course gives you the
best chance, not only at the Major but it gives you an increased starting point to get the best
chance for that, things like the Sixth Invitational point. Of course we're very very early down the
We are in the kickoff tournament, but teams will already be thinking about, you know, positioning themselves for trying to qualify to the six-invitational, even though it's so far away.
You guys got me convinced. I'm buying a ticket. That was really, really convincing talking about, you know, the six-invitational and everything coming up as well.
But especially for our first two teams in this matchup, right? We talk often about this top four that we have inside of EML.
We talk about Falcons. We talk about Votus Pro, kind of maybe merging into that conversation.
conversation, but the real challenge for Fortis Pro here is to take down Falcons in a best of three
to qualify to the Major and that's going to be difficult because they haven't been able to do
that inside the tier one circuit over the last three years, but the roster has changed and that
might lead to opportunities. Yeah this might be the biggest proof that the roster of a whole was
worth it, it is the biggest test they could have in anywhere in the league maybe facing G2, but I
think facing Falcons has it's you know it has a special place for any EML teams and like like
I'd like to say that every time when we play a team, they want to take us down.
There is special motivation for everyone that takes on Falcons because of their prestigious role.
Now, verse pro for me, I think over the last two years, I wouldn't have ever used the word innovation
when it comes to verse pro. Maybe a lack of innovation would be the only time I would have ever thrown around for them.
But verse pro this stage, they are innovating.
Now, they're going to go up against Solid Snake, the newest operator in the pool.
We've seen a lot of attackers really use Solid Snake to get information.
They've innovated. They put all of their roamers out there on a mute jammer. Solid Snake cannot find any information if a player is inside of the mute jammer.
This engagement actually goes against Verstpro. They're on the defense here. But when the Solid Snake goes to clear the middle floor and this is Rebels that they were up against back in the group stage,
realistically, that happened again, and then the player flanks got a double kill, won the round for Verstpro. That was a big innovative play, and this is the Verstpro.
And this is the best part, this is the reason why, well not just me, but a lot of people
fall in love with this new look best part.
And this is the reason why kids should never trust their phone.
All these skits on their damn phones these days.
One thing I want to say about those videos, really will put together, of course, Big Proctor
or Production Team 4, stitching all that together, it makes it look so appealing.
Thank you, you make things easy.
Big thumbs up.
Well, we have to talk about our opponents as well, right, because for Falcons, you're
probably expecting them to make it to an international event, especially with this new change and
the roster and looking at how their group stage went, I mean, the victory state, God,
were really dominant, a 7-0, a 7-1, a 7-2.
Yeah, and they're a little slip up to secret along the way, but apart from that, everything
else was so, so dominant. I think this team was already a complete team when they came
into, it came into 2026. They then moved on, they badded in Dume as well, especially
Tyler. He's been the best raid player over then solo top on the roster. He's spotted
in naturally. Everything's feeling very good. This feels like the typical same old Falcons,
with that added flower of June as well. It will make them one of the most formidable opponents in the entirety of World Siege, Leo.
Yeah, and I think if we look at this roster, we think the strength, right, the idealing of Liquefac.
We think of the firepower with June now, we saw it off. We think of the clutch potential from Brite.
But I think what's teach everything together is their ability consistently to have the composure in rounds like this one.
It's a 3v3, they're attacking, they have 26 seconds left.
As you can see, you have Blackbird and Nomad on Lair here at the doorway of Toxin,
and you have three defenders on the bomb site, and the key thing here is they have intel gathering.
You have a drone that feeds information.
And based on that, users who are still upstairs are going to bait a drop onto the hatch, onto the bomb site,
and then look at Blackbird.
He takes his 1v1 on a guy close, Jume is not paying attention, he's looking at a trade potential,
he gets that kill, they 2v1 the guy, and they 2v1 another guy.
So they transform, that's 3v3, inch 2,
Another 2v1, another 2v1, and another 2v1.
And that's the beautiful, I guess, display of team play and cohesion that this team has.
And that's what puts them ahead of everyone else.
So many rounds in Siege aren't played out in a 5 vs 5.
You get to these kind of nitty-gritty 3 vs 3s,
where you've got loads of variable factors that you might have lost your verticality
or your hard breach or something that you've lost in the round,
and you've got to figure out a way through it.
Falcons are great at micro-managing those situations,
like we've just seen there, to win the round.
And there's one player really in charge of that, right?
inside the round when things don't always go to plan. We're talking about the IGLs.
You said as well, Leo, this match will come down to the strategic part of it.
And when we're looking at both these teams and their IGL, we need a masterclass from them.
Yeah, it is an ideal showdown to define who's going to get to select city.
I think that we're looking at two teams that have heavy and really good understanding of
modern siege, that have a deep tactical strategy. I think that if we look at
At Nego I think it stepped up massively the strategy depth of the G-Spro.
Leakefac is the staple ideal of EML along with Savage.
I think that if we look at this, we look at a jewel of the two Frenchmen
leading in English, their roster. I know you like that because they're speaking English,
but are you a lot like Christopher? Exactly, we can agree.
And then we can agree that we're going to see a match of who's got the best innovation,
who's got the best tactical play, and I just love to see it because that's my kind of seed.
I'm not so much into the Fiverr, although I find it entertaining, but I do think that
the strategy we're going to see on this play is the best.
Absolutely, both teams obviously have a lot of firepower on them, but they've got some
great minds that are underpin it as well.
They do, but I want to bring it back to that kind of pressure about VORS for having to
take down Falcons today, or it might be that special kind of element that they can add
today to take down Falcons.
I think there's a bit of surprise element, right?
The thing is, VP, you've seen a bit of them, just because of the kickoff and the group stage,
They had to play a BF3 to get him.
But however, that's only so few votes that you can watch
to kind of guess what's their playstyle,
what are they cooking, are they rushing all the time,
what are their pace, because still,
we're looking at a VBA so drastically different,
dramatically different.
Dramastically different.
From the last two stages,
that they can abuse that as much as possible.
Maybe new maps, maybe maps that we've not seen yet,
maybe new strategies.
Those are things that Falcons, they cannot afford.
Falcons, they have hundreds of votes of them
I think that's a good thing.
Yeah, I think that's a good
thing. I think that's a good
thing. And changing Jun has
not been a chance of being
talent. Yeah, exactly.
Breed is looking very chill. I
will say. I don't think he's
doing the office was coming.
You know, he's just getting
ready to run again. You're
just young really. What are
you doing? No, I don't know
what's going on. But yeah, no,
I think realistically that the
VP. The VP talk is a really
curious one because. The five
of our nc's, you know, three
Russian players, one of them
they've got a lot of different
styles and ideas. So they
probably feel in this very big
honeymoon phase right now where
they've got all these different
styles and ideas that are coming
at them and everything seems to
be working out and they're doing
really, really well off the back
of it for Falcons. That makes
them a really difficult opponent
because like you say, you've got
limited information on their maps
on how they play those maps on
how deep their struggle is as
well. So there's a lot going on
for them and that makes it
dangerous for Falcons who are
probably just to be honest,
the game. We're going to pick
the best three. Yeah, so we're
going to see them flex that
map pool again. You know, we
talked about how we think we
suspect that they've got a big
of map pool. They're going to
pick into cafe, which is a map
we've not seen them on yet this
stage. They will, of course,
because they're playing cafe,
they will be starting out on
the attack because Falcons will
start on the defense. That's the
big trade off in any best
three when you pick the map.
The opponent will pick the
starting side, which on a lot
the start inside, which on a map like Hatha, you can snowball defenses very quickly.
Yeah, and also it's funny because it used to be the top one map of the old VP roster,
you know, it's a map on which Pasha, Dan are used to perform really well.
Never let it through.
Never let it through, and this time you will have to play it under Neko's vision, we'll
see how that changes.
For Falcons to be clear, if it's open, I'm not surprised at all.
Yes, it is a map that VP likes, but it's also, we've just seen Falcons demolish Tristan
and 972 on it in the in the in the clip that I showed before Falcons absolutely love it and they've been one of the best teams really in the world
That's adapting the map as soon as it was in the met pool
This is completely coincidental
But we both created a clip for each of the teams in our free map both of them on law and now we're gonna get to see them
Head to head on left so I think that's gonna be an absolute bomb burner
Both so far feel very very competitive and then should we get there on bank now last year
We ended up talking to VP about quite a lot because they were forced to play quite a lot
and they ended up losing it
quite a lot as well. But
clearly this is a brand new
VP. It isn't however new
falcons and falcons we know for
the longest time. Bank is being
one of blessed any you to have
so many good teams at Bank. You
know the secrets of this
world. The G two's of this
world, the falcons of this
world, they all absolutely
bank and I'm excited to see if
we get that if VP are also
there as well. Do you think
we might get that? Do you
think I think there's a good
chance to get that? I think
this this specific feels very
competitive to me. We're
We're reaching a point where we're only eliminating the worst teams, we're keeping the best ones, so the level is getting closer every time, the opponent gets harder every time, so we're reaching a point where we should be thriving to always have a 2-1, always go to the third map in this position.
I feel like it's obviously helping for us to throw in the situation as well, they're all playing from the same room, right? If you do want to kind of extend that honeymoon period when your roster gets together, being able to play together, be on that bootcamp, suspectably on lower ping as well, we know how much this really helps with the play.
Yeah, it helps them bounce just when you can look each other in the eyes and you can really fresh out theory
You can bond as a team. You can become brothers when you're in the room together
That's so much harder online
So it's good to see the fact they've done a bootcamp for the whole of kickoff so far and I started being ranked together
Even before the the kickoff started and they are still doing it
I still see the streams from skies from Neko where they all play together
It helps the communication flowing and we've seen it before lots of question mark about the English speaking players that
You know didn't know English very well
They go for example skies. These guys they've learned it. They've experienced it and now they're grinding in ranking in the camp as well
As we can see all the players at their PC and hopefully all with their jerseys on as well
The match is almost ready, which means we can bring in our
Arcasters for today for the first two matches for joined by fluke and demo
I think it's fair to say that you two landed some really good qualification games today
Yeah, I'm super excited. I think these are gonna be great games. I came into this call super happy ready for these two games
I think that's going to be
the first map. I think that's
going to be the piece out to
get them into a map free. I
think cafe has to happen for
them. Lair. I think the way
that Falcons applied a layer.
I mean, they said, no GK. Don't
forget as well. Like not too
long ago, like they are just so
good at that map. I think that
they're going to be the
best way to get them into a
map free. I think cafe has to
happen for them. Lair I think
with the way that Falcons
the game. It's the only
chance that you can get back
to the game. It's the only
chance that you can get back
to the game. They are just so
good at that map. And certainly
for cafe. I mean, Jack, you
talked about it. It's the
snowball potential on cafe,
which I've always terrified. Do
you look at maps like cafe
maps like consulate? You know,
those runs can really start to
rack up. That's the only where
I have for VP. But even if we
get the bank, I mean, Falcons
and bank. I mean, that is. I
don't know. I just think it's
of course, I think. Thank you
very much. Oh, wonderful desk.
I didn't even get to my bit with
Leo and I'm sad about that
because I like doing comedy bits
with Leo. He's such a funny guy.
Did you know this when you first
met him or was? You know, were
you like this guy is a human
guy? No, I just I just kind of
thought Leo was just this, you
know, this French guy that
would really cool. We're
I want to replicate him going, I'm diamond one.
Because he needs to do it properly with the echo. Anyway, sorry, I watched the whole show. I watched the little bits. I find them funny.
We are here! How can this is about as bright? This is not a fully dual diamatch.
Obviously this is in really lovely stakes, but there is also a consolation prize of dropping down.
But there is also a consolation prize of dropping down towards the lower bracket. We are still within the battling back and forth
They'll find themselves still with a chance of getting qualifications
But we start here on cafe and there is the fun little thing about cafe as well demo is this was
Part of the last best of three these two teams technically great against each other last year in October
It was obviously slightly different rosters for both of these two teams bigger in the side of bird as pro
But that is pro even win it out. They were on to the defense in the second half and they got pretty much all of them only dropped a single defensive round. So if we're talking about history of a cafe, though, so I ask you a falcon start on attack, technically, the better might lean into that is pro.
I think the key thing though for VP is obviously it's the change up to this roster, isn't it?
It's the new players being brought in, it's the kind of identity of the team changing where we have the IGL switch.
They're going to English, that's kind of been, you know, the talk of VP hasn't it been this stage?
Just how much they've kind of changed is what we're used to seeing from VP, which is kind of the same old, same old for a lot of years, wasn't it?
So yeah, I think for VP coming onto cafe, we'll see what they can do.
I think this is again going to be a really tough half always is I think for any side starting off in the attack your first man on cafe
You need to be switched on really really early. I think whenever they get through the defenses though
I think that they should be fine. I think they've been pretty solid
In terms of what they've put up in the defensive side of things so far this stage
But I am expected again shields will probably play a part in you know things don't go theses way
They've got all the shields open too. Don't forget. They've got Monday up. They've got the blitz
You've got the Blackbeard, all of your disposal.
But for the first tramps, not often to go for it.
Instead of putting more of a kind of U-tail focused, isn't it?
See the castle be brought in from Valken's.
It's going to be destroyed by the Habana.
And that big old U-tail dump from the Yng and the Capita
we're still waiting.
Now, obviously, we've had a bit of talk in the desk earlier on
about Solid Snake and the applications of the Sinky Man
and his ability to call on those and how teams
have been playing against them.
And most notably, teams in this game
bring in the information denial, just stuffing with the dirty and being as powerful as it
liked to. Oh no! That was like when you were in the movies and sitting 3D.
Soliton opens it up, gets rid of Rorik, Neko finds Brede, and they're all a go here across
the soft floor trying to blind and smash their way in. Falcons, they've lost out two of their
opening players, including the backline Maestro that is Brede, so instead trying to find a second,
can rebuild Doom though. He's a bit loose and solid cocked.
What in the gym?
Hanging in white and pounces to bite the head off of this
Virtus.Pro approach now, though.
Everything's almost reset itself.
Dan swings his way in towards Whiskey,
pastures on his shoulder.
They can try and double up for a bit of support.
But at this point, Falcons, they can rotate their way
back up white.
They've been able to get themselves back into the site.
Doom's got himself a little bit safer here, demo.
Maybe if they put a little bit more gas in the tank,
VP could have got it.
I think there might be a mistrone and now this is the dangerous position for VP so
I'm also gonna try and double up
Well, here we go. Yeah, there is from June. No problem. All mixed room easy swing on a cigar shop
And I mean there's no you tell I mean done. I'd used all this candela's and really on the cafe
Top floor if you don't have that you tell anymore, and you're gonna be at the disadvantage in the man count
It's really tough because you're walking into a massive open room
and there's so many different angles that you have to try and face check in the crossfires.
There's disgusting gym.
There's an overpeak there, that does give Pasha an opportunity.
Out of clutch.
So look at his HP though, not favourable for him.
Gonna try and open up that long angle and we'll do that successfully.
He's like, oh, didn't have a peek.
Pointing to one bullet.
It's gonna be enough to take him out and Pasha.
Able to land one shot, but again, just look at this, the face checking.
He's just unsure, has to check off of these different angles and he fakes there.
the top floor. I mean, I would
say half of the top floor just
ran out of gas. Didn't they
once they lost some players?
Yeah, it's the sad thing, right
because you sort of. I think
they just got caught at the
worst possible time, right?
Think about the how the class
is coming through. Obviously
this before just, uh, and then
you've got this positioning
rolling down the candelas from
the top of skylight. You're
getting these positions, but
positions, but as Dan is rotating to try and assist elsewhere, Neko just goes a little
bit too deep, gets caught and crossfire. They lose somebody at the same sort of second,
and if one of those kills had gone away, it's a bit rough, but the fact that it was
happening whilst the two other Virtus Pro players were trying to get some support, Falcons
probably didn't know that, but they're lucky because of it. There was nobody to try and
get the trades back in, get the refrags back in as they really supplied them in position.
way. Ju, I mean doing Ju things, right? Getting himself into those little positions. What else
do you expect? 10 seconds remaining. Yeah, you don't want to see that though, VP. You
don't want to see Saul Plumman Juve already off to the races to get, because we know what
those two men can do if they get an opportunity just to grab a game. So yeah, VP as expected,
the shields coming to play. Niko very proficient on the run as we know. I mean, you look at
the lineup here for VP. You kinda expect the uh, the Freezer to take no with the sense gadgets
that you can kinda cut off the lines of sight in towards Cote, in towards uh, kinda long
corridor in beside VIP. Smoked off the uh, the Freezer holes. That's kinda what we're
expecting to see from Dan with that operator. He's gonna be carefully getting taken out
and roaming June. I know what he's like, lots of peeking. Only know where he is now and
He's kind of trapped though, all it takes is for someone just to kind of hold him here and
Jurem is going to be stuck, however, you look at the lineup though from VP, they have no nades, so they can't really deal with him in a great manner.
C4 towards the window, get shot out, full me once, shame on me, Stolatov won't get the open and kill with the C4 twice in a row, but
there's that hold, right, as soon as he tries to leave, he's caught, but what if he doesn't try to leave, or what if he tries to fight his way out, you can already see Stolatov
trying to offer some support as best you can. They're like trying to sort of get a bit of covering fire, but ultimately as you said, no grenades.
They can't just stick it. They can't just wait. They have options fine, but the options might be hopping in on the back of flashes.
It's not going to work. When you do not have either a rower to cover off the Christmas door or the wedding door even,
and you don't have anything to just sort of obscure your motion from bullets.
Either way, they've had to sort of pick up, go for the rotate. June can enjoy another day in and stairs here so they can make their way in.
towards the paycheck side and back to the site instead he expected to put
some more come over towards the site and I mean he's got himself his own pocket
gadget where he can set himself up once again Pasha though this be the first
full engagement cut the hole half he's hoping a bit of a rotate but there it
is great little pinch on towards the back was offering some support now demo
that in the middle of the site there's a battle against him on the inside of
It's gonna raise a couple of warning symbols
Yeah, I mean that monty though look the information though able to keep that for it includes the sense which
Will be dropped as June don't forget how's that?
Goyo canister as well to try to block off that windows
So close for the aggressive swing, but not gonna work out for impassion
It was exactly where Jim's gonna be the jump is there and the trait is good VP maintain the lead two to three
They're making sure they're in these positions, but users are trying to fight back and pre-day.
That's the second time he's taken a bite from a gun up in distance as Neko puts the pressure in.
They know exactly where the last player is, so they're going to try and go for the plant.
You can see it's being pinged for him, but he's got a long distance to cover,
and he's got to try and find a longer, less safe way around.
And now a post-plant with a Monty on one side, and Rorik on the other.
Virtus Pro.
There's almost the example of what I was talking about after the first round there demo,
that demo when they can get themselves into the trade positions as they did there they can keep on
top of it last time they got rottenly timed and called out this time they drove the pace
yeah and there wasn't much going on i think kind of during the first half they struggled with
him early on you know he didn't really have the the useful to deal with a player in that corner
but i just think the mounting force in his way in through bakery was so important to have that
you know, they're going to be
going to be able to get that
information. You know, being
able to pick off and say, Okay,
there's one behind bakery.
Duma's rotated in towards
wedding and that double up that
pinch on the wedding that was
crucially needed to get rid of
German. Yes, they may have
trained our body, but because of
that strong opening kill where
something was able to walk down
red stairs. That was very
important for that side to have
that one man advantage and they
just kept training like you said,
so yeah, I think the Monty
very very strong the shields keep it working you know we see teams um like secret look how proficient
you can be as a side if you have a shield player obviously they've got savage uh just think shields
as much as what maybe the game has tried to change the shields and tried to hinder as much as possible
uh speaking as as a shield made myself still you can still make it happen you really can just
feel a little bit more careful and also i think with the kind of buffs to to foreign for example
also makes things very difficult for shields, but still as prevalent as ever in the game.
Wow, let's take a little bit of a moment. One of the things that might be quite fun is how this
game is going to pull itself out defensively between these two teams. Coming into this play
day, across all of the sort of play days in the teams that we've had so far, they are the top
two defensive win rate teams. Falcons, just a little bit higher than everybody else. Okay,
10% higher than everybody else, but 6 feet of 22, compared to the 21 of 33 for first pro.
That sort of gives a bit of a drive as to how they're pretty locked in towards the game itself.
I suspect these attack rounds to be the sort of diamonds in the mine as we find ourselves already
digging and looking for some sort of glory and victory here, but a shield maybe being surrounded,
gone a little bit too deep, caught out, and there's two for Falcons. They just weren't quite able
to connect the parts of the approach there. We saw them trying to move in on towards white,
trying to move in across here on Libre, and unfortunately for that caught out and punished
across the board. That's in the idea that VP wanted to go for, take early ground in towards
that mid-floor. Secure reading is your kind of staging ground, use that shield by like the way
that they use the Fatcher to remove any form of traps that could have been on the door frames,
But timing just was not on the side though for Neko. Just could not lock down the castle and
typically I mean if a castle comes up against the Blitz, the castle loses that. Every single
time pretty much so yeah unfortunate that the Blitz just couldn't find him. I think E-Fight
doesn't know how lucky he was that he rotated Infrared pillar just at the right time and yeah
I think for VP losing that Blitz, also losing Pasha on the 3v5 a minute left, you just have to
try and play off kills and I mean for Falcons as long as they can just step
tight play the trade game should have no issues at all I mean yeah it's a standard
it's almost that trade game it's almost that sort of being in the position to
refrag game that yeah okay she's saying something obvious it always decides the
games but here it's really good the make or break for Virtus.Pro's rounds they
weren't able to get themselves entirely locked in this damage being done over the
Jump and roar until the next to go down, quickly followed by Dan, leaves, just, just, guys.
Hello! He was outside the building briefly there, didn't he?
I don't think he clocked. I'm pretty sure he used his jump from top floor down,
and then came into the window behind him.
Okay, I thought he just hopped out. Okay.
I'm pretty sure he did.
I did not clock.
Yeah, but you have a window, I'll tell you.
So that was a real Chris Kamara moment for me.
It's like, it's where I'm at the window. I thought I couldn't subbed.
I'm pretty sure he did.
I mean that that for VP is one of those where I think if you kind of lose that opening kind of dual
Especially losing it by two and you're in the five free position man advantage in cafe
That's where the defenders can really start to snowball because there are a lot of rooms where it's just very open
You think about pillow you think about the top floor the map angles
You need to face check and if you don't have players you can kind of trade you off and cover those angles
It's so tough to get for everyone knows the pain of attacking cafe if you're at the man disadvantage everyone knows what it's like
And again for falcons. They're a team which aren't going to give you those opportunities to get back into it
And they're always going to just play very passive. I mean you look at brady just sat in an echo cam inside
Waiting for vp to have to make a move
But silver vp, I like I do like the attempt though. I think it was a good idea
I mean, we've seen a lot of sort of fall through games. I think in the history of the soil. It's sometimes comes that argument of
Are you just looking for the two or are you looking for, you know, a sort of single-site win to get that locked down and just sort of nail it
and blah blah blah but you know I think pretty much every single team would be happy leaving
the attack side of this with two. As I said though, it's the weird thing that plays into
the idea of these two teams both being the two best EML defending teams. It means that
when you do get one of those ones, you know, maybe it's worth a bit more than a one against
a slightly worse defending team, right? Maybe that translation will hit a bit heavier because
Well, with their statistics of 5-1 half and their defences pretty much passed the course for these two teams.
See, our VP want to go about this top floor now.
We're successful here the last time we've seen them.
It was down to a pretty good movement for Falcons and VP not having the trade game as what we've seen previously.
I mean they were able to get themselves into the building pretty quick with that big old utility dump
I mean you look at the bands though, no shields which certainly the
sort of reason I would say why VP were able to win at that cafe
They brought the shield to slow the pace there and gather a lot of information and just played off of it
So a good band from Falcons
Dan with the glass now because he shot gonna expose himself
So I think I'm a smoke gonna be popped nobody from Falcons is gonna have a peek
You're gonna know what's gonna be a blast on the other side of that.
And really the two smokes remaining for himself.
And here comes the utility dump in towards Pixel C4.
Out! But that is...
Just further back from that C4 and no danger whatsoever of getting picked out by that.
Minute 20.
Still need to try and get themselves in towards Piano though, Fluke.
That's kind of the heartbeat, isn't it, of this bomb site.
You can control Piano, you can't open up those long lines of sight
and can really punish those defenders at range.
Well, I think I'm trying just...
Oh, Stapler out! He's out of the building again, Demo!
He was like, oh, sorry, did you not see that in the last round?
Fine, I'll jump out the building again.
See if I can try and find my way back in.
In the meantime, Doom takes...
Well, Doom gets a bit...
NAKO!
Ooh-hoo!
Spins and turns and decimates inside the middle of the site.
He wants to plant, but he's still surrounded, right?
He cannot entirely dedicate, but because they were in this position before,
so instead, they focus on getting the clothes down.
on Solotov and use this, they double up again.
They get themselves in a position,
that's the first, there's the second.
Gets himself a second to reload,
but now they have the kit planted,
they have the long watch,
they have their way across the game.
And I mean, just a great idea here,
obviously the first body happened out the window.
They used that as their go, go, go sign.
They knew that there would be slightly less of a fight
inside the site and that man, Neko,
he dictated how that round went with a triple kill.
Yeah, massive from Neko. And did you see the way the glass was used? The glass obviously popped it right on the cigar shop door, as I mentioned, nobody from Falcons is going to challenge that glass.
Yeah, that smoke comes up, you know, not to pick it. But because nobody's holding onto that door now because they're terrified that a glass is going to be there, it allows Neko just to walk in.
I mean, that's the beauty of kind of almost baiting the glass head against the glass guys.
You can't peek it.
And then because nobody saw him, the door Neko was in and he picks up a beautiful double
kill.
And because we seen the jump out earlier and they knew about Solotov, Neko was able to
ping out Solotov downstairs beforehand too.
So they knew where the two remaining players are and then, yeah, you just pay that post
plan.
But really, I just want to highlight how smart it was using that glass to stop Falcons
from holding on to just a slight door and a line of the player to spread in and get the things.
And we know that after is like a theater, right? It's so quick at killing people, he says.
Yeah. But that's pretty changed too. Easy to control. Nobody has any excuses now.
I think, yeah, it's an joy of it because obviously, DMRs are pretty good right now,
don't they? Yeah, they're pretty solid. And they've sort of tried to make other guns a little bit
tastier. And I mean, Twitch on a DMR was sort of everything he has to do. And then we've seen
that other gun get buffed and we've seen other guns try and rise up and I like that there are other
guns than DMRs in the game even though you once described me whilst we played ranked together
as a DMR merchant yep which I still yeah I mean I don't argue with it you're lucky there was no
Oh no! Sky is unlucky! That's just... Imagine like the slow-mo fall as you're looking at a grenade, like, you're probably wondering how I got here.
I must do one of those magnetic grenades and so they'll get lead shoes on or something, because I have to just fall them right down the hatch.
Stuck through his pocket. Oh wow, that's a shame. That's a...
Sandwix. Thank you for entering the game, guys.
We have now an opening kill.
It's actually the second time throughout this game that Virtus.Pro has been able to get the opening kill.
And there's a weird fun to visit, actually. The last time, it was a very different Virtus.Pro roster.
The last time they sort of played Cafe in that game against Secret,
the opening kill dictated how the entire round went every single time.
And they did not get many. They only got three.
They've really struggled to get a handle on towards the early aggression game here and the roster changes that they've had
Have really actually sort of lit a spark in a game that used to sort of procedurally hope old-sverte's program
I mean, it's just because the effect of it changes the fact that they have these shields and we see a few shield coming in from Neko
Fuses obviously got to bring that shield, but you know, we like to have after the multiband
There's also going to be pretty good at just clearly general util on this bombsite.
And there's no goos that they have to worry about this time as Palpheas have not chosen
to bring it into their lineup, but he's still looking to remove some different bits of util,
think about the bloke of camber that June had, maybe a jammer as well.
And even just trying to get people to clear that on that bombsite.
There was a fuse, uses, on the warden.
I know all that's happening over for Bakery this time, as we can see, so he's just gonna be a bit of a lone wolf on that side.
And here comes the drop, using that sense. This was the expected take, the first time they went here, it is.
Now gonna work for them really, really well, in goes the fuse, and Red Egg tries to go for the jump over, but...
I think this diffuser being planted now should be a lockout.
I've seen many teams winning from this spot.
If I get some star for this war,
recording on upstairs and oh dear,
uses up against the shield and Neko's there with a pistol.
VP, that is a really strong kitchen attack.
Soon as the util went in, they were straight on for the idea
of just getting the plant down as quickly as we can.
So, so, so, so, we raised the point,
we raised the question of how many attacks are you after.
We sort of said two is acceptable and three.
three in this manner as well.
They're fired up and you sort of painted the scene in the idea that this is going to be a three map best of three, which is fair. But what happens if
furthest. How much of this game do you think in this map? Do you think first pro need to get under their belts before we hit layer for them to potentially to other series? How much of a mental shift?
I mean, the thing about Falcons, I think as a side where, look, we have seen them have
heavy losses throughout their career.
You know, it's one thing, you know, we've always said about Falcons is, you know, there's
so many good opportunities to venture up these, and it just hasn't happened for them.
And there is that element where, you know, they get to those finals for a reason, don't
they?
And I think you can never really count them out.
It is always the kind of sense with Falcons that's kind of been their DNA, where they
will always try and find a way to get to position they win, but never actually win. It's always a funny one for Falcons.
But certainly I think whenever it comes to best of freeze, we know they're a team which will just go into it.
And I think, looking at the remaining two maps, I mean as much as what the bank can be called with the sider, we know it's going to favor Falcons massively.
I think it's... you know, bank is one of those sort of monolith maps, right?
When you know that you frequently talk about teams and their runs and their records and blah blah blah,
and you break a swap, it's fine. And records are meant to break records, right?
But usually they're broken on the biggest stage.
If the need doesn't happen inside sort of league play, and that's that risk that everybody sort of attributes to
They're sort of team and map combos, but it's a very fine a Virtus.pro.
And I'll be honest, there was a couple of questions I had about how this Virtus.pro would hit against this team.
Because you look at the records that they've sort of had to get them here and yeah, fine.
They're able to sort of beat out G2.
But it was G2's opening playday, the second playday for Virtus.pro.
It went kind of far and since then G2 got better and better and better.
They warmed up in towards it. They have the opposite of a honeymoon phase.
Whereas, otherwise, the points that Virtus.Pro have been taking have been against the teams
that they should be beating, as weird as it is to say.
This against Falcons is another one of those sort of true test maps, and I'm really glad
to see them hitting it with such ferocity here.
If you can imagine that they walk away with 4-2-1-1, then pressure is certainly on Falcons,
and Falcons have certainly tried to play, I think, the more aggressive style of C-Chad
out of the two. I don't think me and Fackles haven't been shy of going for the jump house
playing cafe the way you can expect cafe to be played. But VP certainly matched it really
well and tried to control the game as much as they can using the shields very effectively.
Big solid snake has been a big talking point of course during this stage of his addition
into the game and oh yeah and then they're using really well just for information speaking
of info look at that bathroom camera. Oh no Dango's soul top again that was me and it's
Sometimes the issue of Solotov though isn't it? It's either he will play a massive port in the round or he lives for 30 seconds
So that was to the player that was on the Val'kamp
So they knew he was gonna be peaking that as he did that Solotov just tried to challenge it I guess and lost out
But I guess it's the engagement right as he said Solotov's play style
He's gonna try and send it
He's gonna try and get himself in users does get barric they still got the reading what's going on the blackbeard players
They would get one more you talk about how good they are with the shield
and he just keeps on going and going and going uses this the next to fall but he gets himself as third for the round
So he's putting his work
Now it's just this narrow fire fight once again. They'll stick the plant once again
It's a post plant once again. It's a post plant with a shield as well
And I mean how do you get your way round? There's no way you can get the player up that grenade is gonna be the end of it
But it's actually through the journal. Oh
Dear oh dear oh dear and well that's a four to half
But I'm wondering what our desk is gonna say about it all
Thank you very much. What a convincing first half from Vrotus where we put pressure on their shoulders, on this map, on the attack as well, and they are delivery, especially with that round from Pasha that kickstarted it.
Yeah, we said that it was a potential map that the defense could snowball on, and Falcons certainly had their run of it in the first three rounds. If we roll the clip from Pasha, you'll see just how much Vrotus were actually really struggling.
really struggling. This is round two. They were really, really struggling to clear out
Bakery. It was a full Bakery-sided attack. They gilly-dallied, they decided maybe we
want to go top floor. Actually, we're going to go back to Bakery, and it was all up to
Pasha to just get a free-k to open the round up completely that then enabled that Bakery
attack.
Strategically, that's where we lost this round, and they really did. They didn't have an answer
to what Falcons were throwing at them, the shape that they were getting thrown at them,
but Pasha opened it up, they managed to find a way to win it, they got the plant now, and
From there, Leo, they managed to kickboard and they managed to springboard on.
Yeah, relying on some individuals most of the time, but still strategically, what a way to close rounds.
You look at the round where they're upstairs, for example, and Neko is rushing through the long bar here, finds an opportunity, kills the player in cocktail, kills the player in bathroom, boom.
They've got the maladantage, then that's it. One player is holding white stairs here, making sure he gets the kill.
Arguably should have killed the two of them, but that's fine.
Even in that situation, look at the way VP is set up. They're in a 2v1.
The player is in the freezer, one is in the cigar, one is going from the other side, free kill.
And then around after, when they're attacking basements, that's a fortunate first kill, let's be honest.
But then look at this, those scents took over here, they run through the smoke, they don't care,
they go for the plant, look at how he will get covered. He starts to go to the plant,
and look, one player comes to the double door here, the smoke, instead be covered and killed.
Instead, we're looking at a team that plays well together, manages to get the opening kill,
Yeah holds upstairs as well when someone retakes. That's a VP that is perfectly able to understand what the win condition is
When even they don't have the man of the edge
Yeah, find that openity found a gap on one of the most defendants that have mapped in a meta
And that's exactly what you want like said defend the side in map. They they did start slow
They say strategically lost the first three rounds
I just found one way to win that second round and then from that they really kicked on and they want every single round in that second quarter
Of the game and it was so clean as well
You're listening to what they're saying if you're seeing how these attacks unfold. Yeah, it's it's a wonderful start for a furthest
Pro they're going now on the more comfortable side on defense and looking at the operator bends. What are we seeing so far?
So good right there banning the monstery. I think they're expecting some kind of shield play on the side of Falcons
I wouldn't say necessarily this is the strongest suit of Falcons, but I understand why okay
So they might go for a triple shield span actually yeah, just keep it away from them
Breda does hop on them from have from time to time from Falcons actually they're gonna get rid of the mirror in the
the top floor, but also both
of the middle floors because
whenever you're defending the
middle floors and cafe, you'll
put the mirror in his army up
on the top floor. You can then
play through the top floor
much easier, so it makes those
attacks much more simple.
Alright, and when we bring it
back to our casters, I have a
question for for demo. You're
really critical of what
first perhaps to do in this
map here on cafe. How are you
feeling about that statement
now?
Critical me.
No.
You've barked up the wrong
tree there.
there man. You've done everything you need. You've done everything you need. You've got
badges and everything. Buried the old dam under the old oak tree. What ever happened
to old oak? Don't ask. Don't ask us. Go back to the A pack. How are you feeling? How are
you feeling, Denny? Answer this question. Obviously, for VP, they needed to come in
and hit the ground running. You know, we know whenever you pick a map like this, you're
you're not going to have the site choice. And that's always the case. I mean, we've seen
it time and time again, maps at cafe, especially maps like consulate, where whenever you're
picking the map, you then have to start on the bad side and teams just are not up the
straps for it. You're kind of thinking, why did we pick the map if we know this was the
site choice? So yeah, credit the VP. They've really come out, hit it well. Again, the shield
gameplay coming for extremely well. I'm also very shocked that I'm seeing a double shield
I wouldn't say Falcons are necessarily the premier shielding.
Yes, your pretty can play it, but I wouldn't say it's like the style of Falcons.
Falcons is very much if I finds the gap, finds where they want to try and pressure, and they all just go for it.
That's usually how you see Falcons triangle.
Well, they tried to call, it's out the window and one right back.
Back! There goes Jude, there goes your gridlock.
Before they're even able to really get any tracks,
thing is down as well, which means all that rotatable play is well rotatable.
In the meantime, Falcons just come try and drive themselves in across the floor above the site as well,
think about where the loss has been and think about what they still have to get done,
so that making sure that they're in the pace.
The way they haven't really gone for the direct clear on towards the top means that they have a bit more time to work with,
But the worry is, with those cans, those 2c4s in danger that might start to present it, some almost gets all of the sledge there, sell it off, takes a big bit of damage in the meantime,
and a bit of kit-big-election from the fancy gadgets of Solid Snake, and they can try and utilise that going forward still.
Double down on the soft, it shouldn't take themselves too long, and actually in the words of Fresh, no dilly-dallying now.
I think for Balkans this is pretty typical of what we expect to see, isn't it, on a kind of
Bakery attack. Oh sorry, Freezer attack, because that's what we're going to be eyeing up. You've
got the Ying there too. I mean no real intention at the moment of going anywhere near VIP, and you
know there's two players kind of located towards that side of the map. You've got Dan and Pasha
over towards that. I wonder if there's any people who try and use the Candelas to try and block it
Pashas went to the re-tick up the stairs and Solotov is shutting down and Bride almost getting taken out and I mean to lose him
That would have been massive for VP
He's taken down the game without using the candelas with him in Vega. Oh Solotov gets picked off that a great shot
Beautiful take there on towards the going for the blind. We've got 30 seconds now
The pressure comes on towards the side but he just misses the man Bride
Hooked angles and rotating around the bars couldn't quite net him the kill
They're still trying to shepherd some clear space, but look at the positions that they're in
In fact has to cover from one side. They are aware of him as Rorik's holding down
with that LMG cork
In the cross 10 seconds needs to try and plant a dropping blind here demo for this pro
five two
Yeah, big from VP. I mean Falcons looked as though things were going to plan and then they just capitulated
I mean obviously the idea was to use the ying to blind off the guys in towards VIP
But that pick from Dan was crucial because you picked off the slice the player sat on the hatch the player who would have been playing the
Vertical angles and once you eliminate soliton there's then that kind of element of oh dear
We've lost the only guy who could have stopped them rotating in and around the site
You know stop them using that hatch so you look at this guy's position
immediately lose to the sort of dice he then retakes in towards Razor and then
because they're not entirely sure where he's went it just wastes more and more
time and you look at where Skies was at that final kill right over towards Bunker
which again could have been covered for a but they just didn't know where he was
so very important for Dan to take that challenge get that even man count I also
think those on Elm where Falcons were really hoping that there would be an
opportunity for E-Fight to kind of go for that backstab. But he loses out that engagement
to the chanker, and then from that point, both players above have to drop the hatch.
It's going to be a meat grinder.
Welcome. A lot to do for the conversation. Instead the game will keep itself moving on
and on and away we go. And you know, you sort of look at how the teams have been applying
themselves as well. Obviously we've talked about how brilliant Neko was in the opening
Half how, you know, his shield play was a big driving factor, he was 8 and 2.
First now he's 8 and 3.
Oh no.
But, him and Pasha have been just all over the place throughout this,
and that was led by Pasha, you know, trying to fight his way up the stairs,
caused some problems.
Think about then, Breedei almost getting caught immediately.
It's a bird of pro that didn't want to just sit there.
They didn't let Falcons stand up, and this is part of that growth that they were talking about.
There it is, the DUMBLE!
As I say, if the man delivers, they do not let Falcons
set up they are refusing to allow to be comfortable they are refusing to allow to
wrestle in their laurels and they are refusing to be like the Virtus Pro we
remember because this is the Virtus Pro of today yeah much better VP really
dominating the opening of this round for his last time they you know they
did allow Falcons to kind of set up some form of attack this time not gonna be
the case. Look at who they've lost. They've lost a banner. There's full castle barricades
up on windows and kind of areas such as the bar doors. Guys just find users as he walks
across the trades there from EFAC. But at this stage it's just going to be down the
salt of an EFAC, playing out of their minds and finding these picks with VP. They've got
the man advantage, a two-man advantage to be in fact, and only after just trying to kill
They have time, time to work with here to try and keep themselves off of this sort of dying post.
How can these two work together?
The T-facts watching on towards pillars.
There's the pressure on the T-facts way down.
I mean, they've got the long watch from the train as well at the back end.
They're making sure that they have all their options covered.
There's a couple of pings on towards the player, but it's in narrow little angle.
He's got it just eat through and they surrounded him look at that network that they built around the last player
Then they pinched on to the final one. They just
Made sure that they had to read on the advantage made sure that they had the knowledge of that approach and then they had
Three of their four players sort of actively watching it in some regard, right? The fourth was in the washroom
the fourth was not far away
but
I mean, it's like, you know,
I mean, it's like, you know,
finally time for the time out.
And we've had a very passionate
speech once upon a time from
Licky fact on a cafe. I mean,
where did they want to push?
He's talking and they're just
not listening. We don't get the
lessons in this time, but I
can imagine it's equally
frustrating. Well, gonna need
a bit of magic from Falcons
pull this back if they want to give themselves that one map advantage going
to their map pick which is still to come layer we won't be seeing layer no
matter what back on the other hand still up in the air to see if we get there or
not for Falcons it's a lot of pressure on them don't forget I think for Falcons
even though they've had that roster change they're losing shite go through
actually it was kind of you know the face of that team for how many years and a
They change losing him. You then go and pick up June. I mean, top player in the world. We know that.
So I think for Falcons, you can expect them to hit the ground rolling, aren't you? You can expect
business as usual. Which I think we see that during the stage. It's kind of business as usual with
this side. But yeah, I think it's just more the changing VP. I mean, that has been it, hasn't it?
It's just we did a lot of expect this from VP coming into the stage with, you know,
And talking about the team making changes, it wasn't just you brought in new players.
You're changing the IGL. You're changing the language of the team.
You know, it's massive compared to anyone else.
I mean, what team in the league has had more changes, really,
than if you actually look at it from a fundamental basis?
Oh, man.
I mean, yeah.
It's just been a brilliant sort of resurgence.
this was a game that I sort of had a bit of an eye on because you can only really weigh a team by the
best team that they've beaten in some regards in recent industry right you can sort of look at it
you could be like yeah they pulled off a 7-1 they pulled off a 7-2 but the opponent matters a lot and
that in the case of Falcons is always the big thing Falcons obviously sort of you know had changes
but let's be honest their change was swapping one of the greatest of all time players for one of the
of the greatest of all time players. It's a mix that nowhere, as you said, compared to
Vance Pro, the biggest fundamental core changes going into this, especially from the history
that the roster had, and I'm not going to say comfortable, they'd sort of been because
they weren't having a great last year, but you get comfortable playing in an environment
and then suddenly you've got to not just move city, but move country and move language and
move out of the map solid. The IQ is gone. That means that pulse has certainly become
a lot more of a problem if not already but you know we talked about the use of shields
here and this is unfortunately a bit of a shy approach. Yeah Falcon is playing with that
man disadvantage. No C4s though remaining on the side of VP, they've used both of them.
So at least we're at the gym. Not much to worry about in the shield department. Use this, try and use the shotgun to make a little bit of a hole over the top and use those condensers and I'm sure conjunction with the Blackbearder should be sprinting on through.
Yeah, here comes Jume, the condensers are up, we were shot. Here comes the prefire, but nope, he's gone, he's down the hatch. So Falcons, they have been able to take the top floor control but they haven't found any kills for it though.
So VP, wise enough to get out of there.
Now, but a minute left, a minute, potentially all left, the Falcons on this map before we
hurt them towards our second.
Be fair, this wasn't their map to pick, but as Neko finds himself one more before it's
traded out, whilst being hot-droned around, I mean, hot-droned by the opponents, it just
sort of becomes.
statement of how much of it has really been theirs to take. 40 seconds now opening up their
verticality they only really have a single option for a plant. Here comes the smoke casters for the
cover and well there's the break on towards the laser gate on the door itself. They've obviously
still got to get themselves around and try and get the pressure on towards the plant. It'll only
be deactivated for so long but without that body put out in the middle and no C4s. They're just
going to swing on. Where's the vertical cover demo? Where's the support? Well it's under pressure.
As we see, they rotate their way up, the shotgun swings the corner, but it's a two versus one,
users.
All that is left but not for long for this pro!
What a show!
Yeah, no cover.
Easy swing for VP.
They know exactly where they want to kill it, Slamman.
With the defuser.
Also welcome to mention the pulse rotate above, using the scatter,
seeing that users who was going to hold the flight to them went to the other side.
I'm sure that pulse would have won either ways in the perfect position.
But yeah, VP, big statement.
And what way are we going? Oh, this sign says, do a quick break before we're back with the desk.
I don't think we were supposed to be sitting here or expecting to be sitting here before
that first map. Thinking about this, but there's one player in particular. We have to talk
about Pasha being a big instrument here. Yeah, he was he was so good. We had this round
that we've shown right now in in half time, but he continued that he really had a variable
game to him on the attack. He was finding the Lexus, finding the big kills. But then
once he got onto the defense, he was making those plays, especially on the source, the
big double plays that open rounds up. Those are not necessarily like strategical, like
extra is better than wire strap. That is just a player making a place to open a round up,
having the energy. It's so good. That's the jolliest you'll ever see. But he is having
a great time. I mean, he used to be the one that carried the energy for the roster.
Doesn't need it anymore. Everyone else is going crazy.
Everyone is, I think, stemming from that energy, and I think also the fact that he's liberating that confidence,
that he's feeling that confidence against a team like Falcons, he's really pushing the rest of the team.
And then you think that's only him, and then you look at Dan in the last round,
and you can still feel that confidence stemming from Pasha, because what a round for him.
So he's on a rune, and he's playing the cocktail deep here.
First and foremost, he wins the first gunfight onto the Cigar player.
Then this is Ki here, look at what he's doing.
He uses the smoke at the advantage, pushes in, gets a kill with the pistol, look at the ammo.
He has barely any ammunition, it does not reload here, it's got four bullets.
Four bullets, he still holds that door, he still wins the god fight with four bullets.
Then now he reloads, does not go and wins another one.
Like, just with the pistol, that move to go through the smoke, get a triple kill,
holding the door with 17-7s left, with only four bullets, and he still wins it.
It feels so good talking about that, because we highlighted Boric over the most of the group stage of how good he was as a rookie.
was as a rookie. The game on Monday, when they played on Monday, we were highlighting
the two players, and now it's Patrick and Dan. Again, just the team, everybody is doing
everything.
Yes, and I like what you guys are saying, because when we were talking about Vornus
Perot and this kind of new iteration with him, we talked about these two players now
specifically being let off the leash by this new IGL and allowed to shine right. And that's
happening right now. We're seeing that with the IGLs inside this matchup. We put them
against each other this year with a bit of a showdown, but looking at their stuff so
So far, I mean, Neko is clearly winning that matchup.
Yeah, I think also because Neko is the one that manages to use the gaps open by his teammates,
whether it's Pasha, whether it's Dan, he's the one that caused the right things after
this.
You said it before, I think, and you called it with the Pasha triple kill, Jack, at the
beginning.
It was, he starts with trying to clear a basement and doing a first ball take.
It does not work.
They are lost.
They don't know what to do.
Suddenly Pasha finds the kills on the right stairs.
Then he adapts all of the strategy around that gap.
where Neko is really leading right now because he knows how to punish the opposing team as
soon as one of his teammates finds the opportunity. We were fortunate enough to be able to listen to
some of the team comps in that game and he's very easy flowing. If his teammate is getting a gap,
he is like, let's go for it, let's hit it now. Everybody needs to go now, doesn't matter what
you're doing, go now. And it's very decisively via gelling from him. And obviously that was a big
concern, you know. French to English, will it work out? Very clearly and fast, yes it is working
I mean so far it is right they find themselves on that map point to make it to Salt Lake City major
And we're looking at the responses so far on the side of focus
This has not turned him to a standard day at the office for B-Day that is one thing for sure
But we'll talk about map to you after the break
I'm breaking next to the body now, I'm trying to get this energy, I'm never signing out
I'ma keep the courage, it ain't nothing but
I'm breaking next to the body now, Oh, I feel a boost up in my money now
If I can't get it down, I'm just running up
I'ma keep the courage, it ain't nothing but
I'm going to the world now
Let's get started.
The IGL showdown that currently is being won by Neko inside this matchup, they find themselves
on map points to make it to Salt Lake City and here's a chance for Falcons to bounce
back on their own map pick.
We're going to go to Lair and license a little bit on the steps, on storylines going into
this map.
It is a map that they absolutely love.
They played it during the group stage, they 7-0 DK, they 7-2 Twisted Mine on it, but on
On the other side, VP, they also played it against Rebels and also 7-2 Rebels, you know?
Yeah.
So we're looking at a map historically that Southings absolutely love,
that they've showed recent history that they're dominating on it.
However, you know, VP still can play well on it.
I would agree.
And I think why the both teams seem to really like the map.
If you think about how the map plays out, it's usually multi-flawed.
You're dealing with at least two flaws in every single attack that you do.
You've got to unravel the whole mess of utility, player positions, everything there.
Both of these RGLs are quite decisive, and they usually will make exactly the right call for their teams.
And that's why both of these teams are very comfortable attacking it.
That's why they're strong on this map.
So, I feel like this will be another very contested map, but Falcons, maybe over the longer term, have a slightly higher preference for them.
They will start attack, which I like for them, because they can be proactive.
They will be the ones that are leading the base in theory, because they are the ones that are forcing VP to react.
I think that's an opportunity for the man on your screen here, Liquefac, to push his team to find some gaps.
because that's how Lair is played. You pressure certain areas of the map,
you wait till one of them folds, and then you can commit and crack the center of the map,
which most of the time is the bomb site.
So I think he has to deny it in his own hands, you know, it's fine.
They're very experienced team.
They can bounce back in the BO3 and hit the reset button.
Well, we need it from them as well.
We need a response from Falcons to keep themselves alive in this matchup.
The series continues on Lair.
What is it? What is it? Well,
what is lurking in this layer
demo? Will it be falcons that
can finally wake up from the
nest and saw a little bit or
as the bear of Virtus Pro
decided. Mm Falcon is a very
tasty bird this time of year.
Well, still the fans are
win the first map. Everyone will kind of go in and say, oh, no, no, the one, the second.
But still a lot of people have in faith that Falcons can still pull it back on
Lair. Last time they played it was a 7-0 out team for themselves up against
GK. But Falcons on the attack is where they go. I believe last time wasn't it
the defensive map they had against GK, I think it was. So certainly the attacks,
We didn't see a massive amount from Falcons last time they played it.
Yeah, well, I mean, we didn't see a lot in our game with the matches.
Yeah, so they're from the defense, obviously 7-0ed.
And then when they played that long before against Swiss Combined,
they opened on the defense and they got four of those
before going on to their attack and 100% in their attack.
Anyway, so technically, it's the same over this year in our split,
they are better on attack because they have won four of their four attacks
they've had, but also getting 10 of their 12 defenses, that's pretty good. I would put
that in the pretty good column, I think. We've never seen them play a full half on the attack,
which I think will be a nice change to see, won't it? But yeah, I think VP, looking at
the bands that they've went for, yep, take down the shield, take down the grin, I mean,
what more can you say, it's just really strong bands form up, like LAR, obviously with the
utile WXXC over towards the kind of mezzanine and towards rock stairs.
Grimm is fantastic at that and also over towards art window too.
Standard, uh, Electride band two from Falcons.
Angle's band, Angle's kid.
Gonna make sure that that main breach has opened up a lot easier.
But I think the uh, the kicker is probably gonna be this crashes as always.
I mean that's an operator which we have seen such a high pick right,
I think throughout every region just how strong that operator is.
I think he's ready for it.
I think Falcons have got, you know, semi-decent answers to it, though.
You've got the Flores, which can also kind of, if she does place the shield down,
it can force it off and go for the destroy.
But even having the Captain, I would say, try and pinch her.
You know, there are options here for Falcons that go up against the clash.
So we'll see how they can deal with it.
But I think for Falcons, it's just, they kind of set up, get the breeches open,
clear away bits of utility.
Also, if I douse their demo, so I wonder if he's going to go for his kind of classic backstab where he looks for that gap fluke, or is he going to be used more in the sense of track somebody and try and go for the kill from below.
I think he's going to try and get the track in the kill from below. Like, you know, you can see that he's sort of fishing out opportunity and he's never a man to say no towards it.
But at the same time, whilst his attention is being drawn in, the position he could get into underneath this clash, especially if you think about the sort of route, and there is the track immediately on towards the clash hit.
with the gun six or anything on the cover.
They know the Daemons is below
and the clutch has to retreat.
They cannot stay there, skirt, on the stop.
They have to try and get themselves back somewhere safe
and safe and further away.
And you can see exactly why E-Fax on this position
with Doom also covering in case anybody tried
to swing on towards the Daemons.
They just made sure Falcons
that they could clear this position pretty cleanly.
Slight worry, no hard breach left.
That means that the actual mezzanine site wall
is gonna remain reinforced.
So this is going to be really difficult now for Valkyries to have any resemblance of a plon.
I mean, it was already going to be difficult whenever there is a chanker breathing down your neck.
So might have to be killer orientated here from Valkyries because try to get in now about that breach being open.
How do you clear away the player in behind that desk?
And yeah, it looks to be that Kills is going to be in the menu because Bride has had to make that big old cross.
It takes a bit of damage from the flames too.
I don't know, this is up in the air it feels like.
Yeah, you know, maybe a bit of mis-prep here, and they sort of shot themselves in the foot.
The first fight, the shot in the face, Solotov goes down.
They lose that capitao, they lose the pressure,
doom in the meantime, going for the pressure on towards the back stab on top green,
whilst Breda is drawing attention here, so they've gone wide, they've gone for kills,
but they've only got 30 seconds to try and make everything land together,
and still both the Chanka and the Clash try and break their way through.
That man is perfect in these sort of conditions, and these conditions call for a shotgun.
the last body. That is now
seven rounds in a row for
Virtus Pro over these two maps,
but says we look at the top
center. This one only says one.
I mean, that's an easy round for
VP, isn't it? Didn't really have
to do a whole lot just played
behind their util using the
clash using the chanka. I mean,
in terms of Falcons, pretty poor,
not. But I think it's pretty
poor. Not opening up the, you know, the, the, the mezzanine wall, not clearing out certain
positions, getting stalled out by the clash. I mean, it's very uncharacteristic, all of
that side, is it? I mean, I don't know, it's, yeah, it's too easy for VP. It just does not
look as though he's sweated at all. I mean, that pause as well, I mean, just a drive swing
from Solotov. You know there's always going to be something playing there behind that
Yeah, I mean it's usually a person with keeper barricades and I think there's only one of
those or you'll have to clash sometimes and I think there's only one of those.
It's just they had all the options to make that a powerful place, right?
They had everything that would cause problems there.
They're playing the T'Chanko which is the long range arms off keeper way way of holding
on towards that position as well.
When they double band your electricity, you know that they're going to get that cross
wall open. Which means that you know you have to play it kind of hesitantly and you'll probably
have both walls open and they'll probably try and go for the oh no what do you mean they didn't
bring enough hard breach to open up both walls oh well then we're overkitted for holding this
position we have more than we thought we would and yeah I mean we're not saying it's entirely the
difference of a single hard breach charge but it would have made life a lot easier
changing that
See if Falcons can try and recover after that first round.
You can see the Bridei this time.
Gonna go on the Blitz, that comes into play.
I mean typically we see the Blitz kinda be used to clear away the roamers in towards that mid-floor.
There are quite a few of them, got two players.
Ready to go, oh they actually tries to cover the Blitz.
I mean they still do get the Blitz but they did move the smoke though.
So, down goes Dan, Falcons, yes they thought sublix, but that smoke is the very important one.
We've seen smokes do great damage in this bombsite, mostly for stalling out the staircase right now where we see the echo camera.
So, not having the smoke now in combination with that echo, it's a little bit more riskier.
So I think for Falcons, they have a lot more time to deal with than what they normally would.
Yeah, I would sort of say it's one of those high-risk, high-potential-reward plays.
I mean, maybe you need to make it as your smoke as your first-foot forward.
But it's Pasha, and Pasha had the best map doing exactly those kind of plays in the previous map.
Of course he's going to bring more of that energy, it's because he's really, really good at it.
Here now, pressure's on towards the players inside the little Nukin Avenue.
They've still got half the wall open, the Chanker to play a little bit of keep away,
and the Echoes just get that read through.
But the man advantage is that important part.
They have a little bit more time, the ramp, and it's off, we're draining their way across
as they expect somebody to try and push up.
Currently, Virtus Pro, they're just keeping themselves a bit further away, and that is
in some effect the benefit of the Echo, right?
They can get a read on it exactly when the pressure starts to come in from certain locations,
without fully needing to be in those places.
You can see both Pasha and Dan watching Echo drones, watching these sort of positions,
they're getting a little bit of an adventure up here, Neko, and unfortunately, the adventure
was what they were after and you know I think for VP it was at the position where if they
just sat inside they would get demolished so that's why they went a little more aggressive
with Neko trying to take up that position but just too many bodies to deal with them.
You know, Rorick was kind of, I would say, manmarked by E-Fact pretty much that whole
entire round too.
He had to try and hold the backside and it just left the 3v2 overwhelmed that we've
seen.
So yeah, for Falcons a good response, just for VP the wrong game not working out as planned.
So they're gonna run it back though, and then go for it again, however they have dropped
at the chanker this time, so that's gonna be kind of a different operator being brought
down.
I believe it's gonna be a mute, and that's probably down to the fact there's a lot of
solid snake and there's some damage being played by Falcons.
Oh yeah, I mean you need things to slow them down, right?
You need things to try and cause problems.
You need, in effect, what was worth and so brilliant for you in Cafe, which was those
little stabs as I said before, perhaps just going for those plays because those plays are working
really, really well. And once you find the balance, get yourself a little bit more sort of mystery of
foot and then buy yourself a bit more of an opportunity to cause problems. Combined with the
mute, as we've already said, great player, great sort of balance, great operator against this approach
and maybe things will be a little bit more problematic, but I'm really presuming the potential
calls that come through from E-Fact. Here is the day, Mars almost hoping somebody pops in.
Easy bit of removal there with the grenade and just get rid of anything and everything on the
other side. Can't actually see the prox. But that one should be able to get rid of it and that lets
them have an easy access. Yeah massive horizontal take down profile is completely different than
than what they went for last time, maybe realizing and seeing that hey, you know, there's the
visual they've got on you now, maybe our roam hoppy operators aren't going to be as effective.
So now for VP, the players above, what did they do?
I mean, really look at Pasha all the way in towards that top floor, he has an impact grenade,
so we could try and make a vert hole.
You see if he can catch somebody by surprise, there is a player on set of vert holes upstairs
right now, that's going to be Skye's.
They have rotated Chim upstairs. They may be trying to backstab these roamers upstairs, so I mean for Falcons, it's
You're just waiting for that first pick, aren't they?
Yeah, they're sort of hoping they can get the catch on with the lineup that they thought is quite aggressive
But otherwise right now, I mean it's still what trying to hunt on towards the skies, you know, he's under a bit of pressure
It's a Jamos in a 1 vs 1, but you can see the drones were in their way round making sure they can't swing on
But Rory actually gets the opener even whilst the beings around it here, three days being cooked, the pressure's being put on
June's able to find one kill on the switch round from the rotation.
They still got this player above in his own fight, in his own engagement, and he was just caught.
And that gives them now a minute and a man advantage, but here is that player and that play
we talked about that could really just shift the balance on the scales.
Not aware enough as the answer to the question I was about to say, if that went a little bit longer
now a three versus three, but they're aware somebody isn't on the site, but
We're going to play the game.
All the great little ones who
punch trapped the man in the
box. Get the man's cover and
get everybody else. But as
pro, they bounce back to one.
VP players in sight doing the
business. I mean, some cracking
shots that I didn't think they're
gonna win out. I mean, against
that DMR the SMG 11 just
better. Yeah Falcons. I mean,
other Falcons were in pretty
good stead. They were able to
kill the rumor upstairs, and
the game. You know, it's not
like it's going to be later on,
but by the time that vigil got a
kill, Falcons were kind of
stalled out in the bomb site.
They just couldn't get into it.
So again for Falcons, you think
they look good and then maybe
just fundamentals kind of failing
them. However, I do think that
the addition of having the
vigil and the mute, it just
slows down that approach from
Falcons. You know that day most
is having issues couldn't get a
lock. Obviously kept track. The
that's just VP adapting and
counter into a mentioned. You
bring that new in. That's
going to help you a lot against
that lineup that Falcons have
been bringing. Now any time out.
Sort of get in the conversation.
I'm not going to say out of the
way, but they really need
something to calm it down and
also probably calm down
Virtus Pro, right? Maybe maybe
there was a part of the Falcons
roster that sort of went, okay,
you know, we're a team that can
do our resets, get ourself back
So, maybe that they'll find themselves out of that first map, the adrenaline will go
down a little bit and we can sort of, no.
No is the answer.
They've sort of hit the ground running once again and Valkyrie's just trying to do something
to scan the flow there, June, guess the one.
They've got the follow through as well, but just a play back in of Pasha to retake that
verticality.
Everything that was done inside the site was pretty magical.
I mean it was so simple for VP the last time in towards that top floor just had to kind of sit in their hands and just use their util because the general attack from Falcons just missing a lot of key steps
I mean, it was so simple for VP the last time in towards that top floor.
Just had to kind of sit in their hands and just use their Util.
Because the general attack from Falcons is just missing a lot of key steps.
They didn't open up main breaches, for example.
But looking at the lineup, I mean, Brita this time on the ace.
A dedicated hard breacher in the lineup.
It's still the only one, so, again, just have to be careful.
But I think the news is though, looking outside of VP,
Falcons don't have to worry about that main bridge to the impact they have.
I mean it's always to sort of gamble in the risk reward in some ways, right?
Sure, they've now got the ace, they've got the Selmas, it's not a huge amount more hard breach than they had.
Can't breach that mate, can't breach it.
You can't breach that, as far as I know.
That's not a breachable point, but you never know.
They've obviously got the cover to make sure no one can go in on this swing.
Oh, in fact, I was hoping you'd get a bit lucky there.
The brief is open. No impact trick to at least limit this side.
It's usually just used as a bit of an open eye, but obviously no impact to go for any side of the trick.
It's out of a C4, but that's not probably where they wish to spend that.
Obviously the Daymos back does immediately bring out the snake.
It brings out a slight change in the approach. They've had great success with the Daymos,
it just changes the sort of course that they can ride on their way in. Otherwise a similar sort of ideal
here on the defense. They're not opted for the clash. They didn't expect to death, probably be a bit
more of a sort of bounce against it. But instead, still got themselves locked in, still got all
of the pressure removing the chankers, swingspot and also removed the head of Dan, who got a little bit
adventurous. We'll expose the glas though, they know what bit they're up against.
And having this breach open, I mean there's nothing stopping him. If I could for a wonder, oh, Rorik tried to pick off the glass, but he wasn't ready for Britei, holding on to the flank,
shuts him down in towards Skybridge, and things are going from bad to worse now for VP.
They lost that opening pick, and now they've lost the second. And a minute left for Balkans. They can just take their sweet time of it, June.
of it June fully tanks the Razorbloom. Pasha an easy swim for him. However, Solotov is
there, but he also goes down to Dan the Razorbloom values off the scales.
Yeah, Dan got himself a nice little combo. That's the sky's drift by to go for the plot.
Oh, oh no! Mr. C4! Didn't Mr. Fallout 3 fight? Doesn't know where the plot is. Oh, he's
Got the wrong side! Oh ho ho ho ho! Shakespearean tragedy!
We get to see it, and unfortunately, now that is probably don't.
Oh, unlucky. I mean, I think the logical thing is, the last time they seen the ace, was Skybridge, you know?
So it would have been logical from the joe in through the Skybridge window, and it may be in Fortis Breach, that's probably why he was looking there.
But no, came in the backside.
I mean, I think it's a good
chance. Yeah. VP now calling the
time out. So we just seen
Falcons use theirs and now VP
are going to go for it. And it's
it's. I think it kind of
highlights that how important
it is for VP to take these next
two defensive rounds. You know,
it may be a case where they know
how good Falcons have been on the
defensive half. I mean, you look
side so I think VP know and more important they respect how good Falcons are in this map.
There's also the fun element now the second half of this map after the like half time time
out where we get to our desk well we listen to our desk. It's just only gonna be what the game is
right from that point onwards just gonna sort of sit it's a lot of conversation pauses moments and
all of that sort of built in here on the first half and you can see he's almost one of the best
clutches of the day but not quite now was it enough of a conversation four rounds deep both
timeouts used two rounds until the half can they break the deadlock or the other question can
Falcons do better than they did on Dostoevsky.
They get to have another top floor, see if he can say run up that again.
I'm actually surprised that the one operator that they changed, actually, yeah just the one.
It's no more foreign and it said that the top comes in and the form is actually pretty good value as well, don't forget.
In terms of what the tub's gonna achieve, I mean without the two electrification operators that counter it,
the best tub is gonna stall out, you know, a few couple seconds, you know, realistically in the grand scheme of things.
But if that's what they think, okay, maybe we need the 30 seconds denial and go for it.
Because in terms of value elsewhere, I mean, Daemus has been banned out, so in terms of freezing yourself to get the thing off you,
I mean, that's not gonna be the reasoning.
So I think it is just gonna be stalling at the base for a little bit longer, but...
I don't know. Maybe just wants a DMR. Who knows?
I mean, there are players who have played to Brawl and...
Oh! Okay, good. Good to buy the chanker. Yeah, you're gonna go off about that, aren't you?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's... Okay, get the idea, freeze it, and then send somebody to Skybridge to then shoot off the Fermite Charge,
but they're not gonna let you do that, as they exhibit it. And now you've lost the chanker.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, well there's exhibit. I guess we got the explanation of why they were bringing the tibra out.
But the point I was gonna make is there are players that have played tibra out and not for a single Zotokanister.
And just wanted him for the gun, so it's not the most unusual.
I think Ollian Link's were talking about it at NAL on a game the other day.
Anyway, there goes the Janko. They still got the smoke so they can still do some of the long range hold.
and all the C4 gets the Nomad and Pasha gets himself one as well so in one fell swoop
two bodies gone but they're still trying to clear some of the ground underneath
as well and hoping they can sort of get a bit of a lucky catch in the meantime
what was a nice lead has dwindled away yeah all of a sudden VP about the two
man swing and they're back in front in terms of the denial they've still got
three smoke canisters that they can utilise.
So it's not going to be easy for Falcons to get in and go for the plan,
and there's still a deployable shield, and...
...nessers have gone six still on the side of June.
They're not going to be able to get rid of that shield.
So with this DMR, Dan is in the perfect position to challenge on aggressively,
onto the door.
In goes the canister as well, just to freeze out the rounds ever so slightly,
and, oh, the gone six was pulled out, but Dan able to kill him as he did lose the shield,
But that's still a kill for a shield, but that's a pretty good trade in my books.
Wow, with the position still partially smoked off and one more smoke canister in pocket.
As long as they can get that loosed and thrown, well, sort of now,
the less deep off last spot isn't going to be tenable.
They're going to have to try and drive themselves even deeper.
Preday, you can't survive there, buddy.
Oh, you can't survive anywhere. It seems like there, I mean,
you know, they would have had to drive themselves in.
What a response from timeouts, right? Two timeouts in a row. Both of them have met a success for the team that took them.
Will this be an even half?
I mean, it's big for VP to get that round.
Under their arm.
So at least they won't lose the half.
Best they can do is draw it against, uh, Falcons.
But I mean, that top certainly was the kind of compensation part of it we had this round.
I mean to be fair, I mean I think stalling out that breach was also pretty good.
Not the exterior breach, the inside breach, and then the smoke just hits them where it hurts and yeah, just stalls out the round.
So I think there is a moment where whenever Falcons lost those two bodies very closely back to back,
they just didn't really know where they wanted to go from there and they took too much time.
And then that's where the smoke gets you.
Wow, so that's pride.
perfect bounce back in and you know if we talk about the power of the first map
right we talk about who was popping off Neko and Pasha absolutely sort of
running the boards down here ten and two just he's that player that seems to have
a map that brings the statistics but he doesn't kind of quietly throughout the
map itself right he's had a 3k at the start there's another 3k fine it's been
the run of what he's been doing but he just keeps himself active he keeps
himself sort of raise a step in and put the pressure on maybe he did need that to
brow for the DMR for the 3k so let's off needs to kill up onto skies and that is
actually as it gets created out oh and another double down okay it's back and
forth demo I'll get my point later for now we're still exploding tools to start
yourself pre-day once I try and drive his way in has a bit of cover on
protection here from users they're just sort of stepping and scanning and moving
and making sure that they've got a little bit of awareness on all of the approach. You can see
that they want to try and cut themselves across. I think he wanted that grenade to make you go
a little bit further, but it's all right. He could pick up another one.
He can step himself in, watch towards the swing position at the back, but
what if this happened within the opening 30 seconds, not a bit of a quiet 30 seconds,
but look at this. You just get that sort of no man's land here in the middle of that mode,
between all six players. Treasures have been dug. Who's going to make the move first? That's the
question but I mean typically for the horizontal tights I think the only kind of
issue the attackers have is you're going in the bottleneck you've got two doors
it's the only way in from this side of the map and whenever you have got traps
which I mean it all depends if they've been naded off though as we've seen the
kind of ability of solace like been able to use a grenade and grab another one
but I think he has made it this door so solace should know it's clear to walk
the game detected. Good
look at this from you. It's
going to go above. I mean,
there's a hatch open to him.
Is that going to be possible?
Yes, it is. And the whole
gets spotted out. Nobody's
still alive. Ingo's are going
to be calling Shirley Falcons
are going to put up the back
of this. And yes, they will.
Two versus two now. Everything
is sort of traded out.
Everything is a battle back
and forth. And all is Neko
goes down and then follows.
It is an even half between
two teams and it is even more desk for us you say?
So far inside this matchup but we have to talk about this side on Virtus Pro.
We're seeing some incredible stuff, specifically from one player.
We've already talked about it Pasha and Dan, but specifically in this one,
Dan has been showing up.
Yeah, what's impressive is he's doing it with the U30 base of Eredor as well.
You can see him holding the most important location here,
and the best with Azani, then using his default to get a kill with another round.
Another round, he's playing Thorn for example, the other one is playing Tabarrao,
he's playing all of the utility base of Verterus and getting the most crucial frags inside the round
to stop the adext from Farkens.
I believe Solotov actually called it the most annoying form trap he's ever had to deal with
in terms of the, that was the form trap that he died to.
Yeah, Dan's been absolutely the man inside of this map specifically.
He's been so good.
I think Free Free for Farkens, bro.
I think, I actually think Farkens have been great,
But Dan's a big factor as to why that's probably even inside of this game so far.
And even then, by the way, there was a round where we almost believed in the skies when V3 and when everything goes well for Falcons when they play right,
the individuals on the side of VP are fighting back a huge, individual part.
That has had a great series so far. I mean, we're talking about this map, but we also talked about the whole of the series so far.
Look at that, 76% cost for this whole series. He's making life really rough for Falcons.
He kills with one map and a half, by the way.
That's completely insane.
It's exactly what we anticipated was going to be the strong suit of this roster when
it came together.
It was having Dan, Pasha, Rorik as the lead, as the entry line, and then the rest of the
team.
They're really coming together.
I feel like the more we advance, I don't see the end of the honeymoon yet.
I see actually that they're taking more and more space.
Yeah.
They've been pretty good, but I will say for Falcons, I think, specifically for Falcons
as well, they had a really tricky start to the game.
They banned the way they came, they banned the way they banned it.
They had to deal with so much late-bound utility, it was only once we got to the third band
that they were able to get rid of that as army, once they did they actually found some
success, so a 3-3 half on-line is not to be sniffed at either.
Ok, so what do you want to see from Falco's in the second half then?
I think there needs to be a reaction to the way that VP had been attacking.
So far, with the way we've seen their attacks on Café, it was all about opportunity seeking,
whenever they could not find a gap, somehow they were created, one guy would come, lurk,
find an opening and then from that they would snowball.
They need to be very close to each other, avoid that gap.
It's definitely showing overlap, that's what we saw.
At least two or three of the cafe attacks.
Aaron's pasture found a lurk, found a 3k.
Nacoa went round 4 on cafe.
Found a lurk through the middle of the bomb site.
Found a 2k to open the round up.
If Falcons can shut that down, that's where they'll find success.
You can see they've actually got rid of the flim and the Monty as well.
So, and Bandit and Mira again, splitting the lanes.
Yeah, I think that's fine.
I don't think K2B are at this level of pace that important.
I think they can always bring, like we see here, the Kali, you can always get rid of it from below.
So I think Woldinai itself is not such a big thing.
I think removing the shield makes sense, but you went all the way to remove one.
I mean, you're still needing Naeko. He can still play... play it simply, like very...
You can even play few shields, okay?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's fine.
I feel like with this game being 3-3 so far on the second half, it could be anybody's game!
We'll see how this next map plays out.
And didn't ask you for a controversial opinion this time.
Don't like it?
No, I think maybe she's just interested that you're a new positive guy
What's your last repulsive of any night you have a little poster above your desk now?
That's like a little cat hanging on tree that says hanging man
Yeah, I'm a sign on this on the side
What movie is that from? There's one that was like, uh,
Oh, it's from Captain Henry, isn't it?
Probably, a lot of things. It is. I remember it so well. It's from every scene in the cooking scene and he cuts his tail off.
Yeah, yeah only the culture among us would know that reference now. I need to watch the cat nap movie again great film fantastic
It's a classic anyway
Well reload
Well, we find ourselves
Driving in here six apiece and we have a car Lee maybe a direct response towards the class
Yeah, I guess we will see
If that is how it's gonna get self-driven in obviously one of the
Electrics is banned got the kite himself as well
So she could utilize to try and remove that bit of a problem
But it seems like actually two bodies in a body cop film
I would watch solid snake and Deimos there being a little bit sneaky here underneath
I think I'm gonna try and punch their way up or instead
Sort of pluck at the heartstrings of the players that might be holding these positions demo
Yeah, those two operators, also known as Shikoo's entire operator pool, right there, in a nutshell.
Again, dangerous in this matter, a lot of information you can gather from both of them.
Here comes the clash though, like you mentioned, they have a Cali, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
However, remember the Cali isn't even needed as Dune takes a hefty amount of damage from that demo from downstairs.
well gonna be opened up to the ace of the fundamentals of making sure those
breaches are opened up it's done successfully here by by VP K-trick
though was able to get parts of that Selva charge and a C4 gonna get the
other okay now there is a bit of an issue because they cannot get him through
that gap unless they can shrink and get themselves in it's gonna be kind of the
same issue that member Falcons had where they were kind of corralled into the door frame
in towards mezz so very important that C4 was used to remove that Selbin in June Matthews
gives the clash away for what reason. Literally I was just about to say I did a great thing
you know beating out the Carly picking up the shield took a bit of damage fine but it
doesn't leave the hole. Put the shield on the back, press find the back, reverse Galaxian
lost to their head. Now Dan, he's at least being pressured back in here two players want
swing on to water but they have to read on it and use it as like I don't really care. Let him watch.
Gets the double down. Deimos is now underneath as well but so is the Kaid. Causing problems here.
E-Fax take it a bit of damage but it means that well they're just going to try and drive themselves up.
We have to head guard as pro. Do this as well as they asked me before whilst they know that
somebody's off the site. Let's try and drive in but the Tshanka is doing absolutely everything
to keep him at bay right now. Breeday, the composer at work and his new piece is Keepaway.
Pasha in the meantime says, well, my new piece is kill away.
Goodbye, look at that.
Gets more one, there's Neko getting another,
and now it's a 2 vs 4 vs 3,
as they're trying to stop in the plant itself,
but a post plant situation comes together, a 2 vs 1.
This guy's finally locks it in, but look at the verticality.
You've got Pasha right underneath the kit.
Perfect operator to do it with the gear that he has got.
He can sort of play this for time as much as he wants,
and well, now there's one, there's two,
He has a shotgun, hoping he's gonna hold out, but he just misses the angle of the opportunity!
Pasha escapes!
And now he has the openings, he's got a time list to perfection, he's baiting, he's holding, he's...
Let go!
He has one, maybe one more of these he can pull off, but as we cross that second,
DEFINITELY it's Pasha's round!
I think he's pointing and saying, you are that guy, Pasha.
Did you see the reaction of Soltholf?
I'm not even kidding. I'm
pretty sure he could have. He
could have diffused it twice.
100% The first time was
enough because Pasha did not
have the holes pre made, so he
is shot going in here there and
everywhere. And I think at that
moment, you just have to chance
it. But then he could have went
on a second time. It was for
Pasha was kind of should I go
should I not? I'm not sure
second time and it was repach was kind of should I go should I not go should I go should I not go
and again I think Solov could have stuck it so oh I mean the reaction was Solov he knows he should
have had that knows he should have had that because he did well would get even get himself in the 1v1
you know but I think come back to VP and we'll talk about what VP did really well with they
assessed the fact okay we've messed the breach up we can't get in the traditional way so we have
We have to try and strong on our way in.
And I think there was a moment where they were like,
okay, how do we do that?
But as soon as they seen that the Cade was downstairs,
they knew they had the manifest.
They straight away came and slapped the Cade
and went upstairs with his teammate.
And then it becomes a 3v4 on the side.
And they used that shield,
which is what they've done so well this day,
just use those shields and that shield got them in.
And once they're in, they know about the Cade
and gonna have to try and go for a flank on the staircase.
They dealt with that and they get that diffuser now.
and then we've picked out, talked about the soltile thing already, but still, for VP to get themselves in after the breach not working out for them, job well done, and assessing the weaknesses, realising that we have that man advantage, let's roll with that.
Well, four to three, that's pro, and they've got themselves off.
So, pretty strong start. We sort of talked about what Falcons can do and what Falcons
have done on this map in recent memory, and unfortunately they've already taken a lot
more rounds lost than they have across their previous two times playing it, right? They've
struggled and maybe that's the sort of gambit they wanted to come towards here. But, they
were happy to lead it up, they were happy to sort of make the statement that, oh yeah,
You know, we've seen your game on this map, we've played our own game on this map.
We have a sort of recent play of it too.
Three days ago they took a 7-2 against Rebels obviously on it as well and the first best
of three that they had to play their way through and then, you know, that was sort of picked
against them as well and that was one where most of it was one on the defense, fine.
And they were able to get two of their opening three attacks in here.
Oh, big risk.
The user isn't quite able to net the damage on towards them,
but look at the flood that they're trying to make happen.
Greedy has to roll on back.
There's just pressure, pressure, pressure here.
Coming in from the side of the lockers, keep us up.
To hold on and try and slow this roll in, Demi.
Yeah, that flash, she's going to try and stall things
as best they can.
And you know, it's not a good picture.
What they're going to see is, again, the catch
being on board solid top, a great little pitball.
Look at that!
Using the fingerstiff for that quick ADS and the BLEX,
a great combo to have, and Neko takes full advantage
of downing Solotov.
And I don't think Solotov's gonna be in a big position
to get picked up too.
Dan now with the glasses, just all the cheeses
working out here for VP.
Oh, the mice, they're living.
Users swings one bat though at three versus three.
They still have the clash on the board.
You can hear the shield warring away,
making this approach slightly slower, slightly more risky.
We have another sort of no man's land territory, but the cross towards the kit
It's much closer to the fight that it was a second before Dan 12 and 4
Just picked up better and better since the break look a roic on the far side going for the rotate towards the hatches
Hoping to see if he can get a pin towards the player the C4
Almost gets the player
The closest slip you can see was waiting for somebody in the meantime. He faxed wings out
There's pasture bites back at the timer here demo seven seconds in a class
that. And it's separation. I
mean, this one will just fade
its way across. No time is
going to hold F. But unfortunately
that doesn't stop a shotgun. Yeah,
you can see the VP very similar
to the round of Falcons where
they wanted to wait until a
player can rotate upstairs and
utilize that hatch. But the
player in the hatch. Didn't
really have the impact that
they were looking for Falcons
you're out of time. You know,
the Goyo was kind of dealt with
the first half and then the
clash gets you in the second.
So yeah, really tough for VP. A
lot of time denial there for
Falcons. But it was. I mean, it
was just a massive trade of
Utah was that from both sides.
And I think whenever you kind of
have operators like Goyo like
the clash, it's just eats up so
much of your time here in
Lair. And like we mentioned
before, especially on that
attack, we're trying to go
Tryna go horizontal those two doorways are just bottlenecks. Yeah, yeah, and I
Mean at this point for four I wanted a good game, and I think I'm guessing it's good man
Good map great map. It's stepping up, but I think both teams back and forth every round is enough
Yeah, I think that I mean the fact obviously we've already had to the tree
Yeah, it's been traded every single round there's only one round where the opening killer hasn't told us how it's gonna go as well
There was a clip that came through my feet the other day where Tom Joe Sherlock
wonderful UK streamer
said the exact same word at the exact same time and there's exact same cadence as jazz.
And now I want to sort of try and, you know, you can't repeat the magic.
And we're obviously on the back.
It's going to be like that twin thing where the twins can say what they're thinking.
Yeah!
Are you twins with Tom? Is that what we're going to try and test today?
No, but we're obviously like, we're slightly in the future compared to the broadcast.
The streamer's guess.
So I got to guess what I think Tom Jo shall like.
Let's say at a certain point.
Shall I count you down and we'll see what word you say.
Ready?
3, 2, 1
PSEEEE
I don't know, I don't know, I'm not dead
I bottled it, I've bottled it
Damn
Oh wow
They're playing the game here
I love this game
Love the mini game
Freeze the wall, catch the wall, freeze the wall, kill Neko
Oh no, that's a wall
Still going, still one more tub as well
There we go. Finally it will be used. Only two EMPs left for Auric, so he really needs to make this count.
I mean, this is it. I mean, this is the make or break. If this wall gets opened up, then yeah, VP can very swiftly start looking at us like executing it will.
So yeah, good for VP. Just showing the kind of factor change in how strong he is now.
Not gonna have the same old woes that you used to have with the tub and the cave trick.
So yeah, we'll see now how VP kinda wanna pivot.
I mean with that breach open, you obviously have to be very careful of using that because
we know it can be held from above, from these defenders with all their revert angles that
they've opened up.
So just comes down to if VP wanna try and go above and try and fly onto them.
Which I wouldn't say they're really primed to do so.
They're still very much interested in trying to open up another site wall.
He goes to the final EMP, now that WAL is going to be ultimed up, and this makes I think E-Fight's job very difficult now, because he's in the bombsite, and there are many places that he can really sit that's going to keep him safe.
Once he tries to put the pressure back out, sort of breathe out of it, but Dan doubles down, gets himself the second for the round, but it's 14th for the map.
As he puts the pressure on towards the verticality, but look at the timer down, 21 seconds, having to sprint through his own fire for the hope, but a kill, but Jume locks down one side,
Paster in the meantime in Skye's double it up, just leaves Jume alone, but he's in the vertical, so he has just that little sliver of hope, but the sliver is something that can be shot at point proven, can't quite catch.
catch the man with the kit for three seconds it's Pasha the pushes on and
traded rounds is still the name of the game cool as ice
Oh big for VP I mean they knew exactly what they wanted didn't they they
didn't have any real issues I mean everything went to plan it just took
them a while which I mean it's gonna take you a while if you're up against the
you get it open. That's very
key. And then they kind of
pivot. They think, okay, we're
not going to go fully upstairs.
We're still going to focus on
getting now the kind of interior
site will open up, which they
did. And I mentioned a fact now
as the loan site player, which
I mean, I think playing the
loan man in that bombsite is
that's not the only way to get
the ball. No man in that bomb
site is tractors. It is so
difficult because once
everything is around you, where
you step that's going to be
safe and really for even
there wasn't. There was no
position that he could have
sat that would have kept them
out of harm's way. And then I
also want to highlight the
the capitol upstairs. Pasha
using the flames to cover off
those site angles allows the
format to walking through the
I think VP, they had the game plan in front of them and they just folded step by step by step and it worked out well.
5-4, 5-4 vs. pro. Two rounds, separate them from being able to get themselves in towards, so like confirmed and pushing their way on here.
I'm trying to just lock in that final of a stretch, and obviously it doesn't mean the
run is done for Falcons, it would drop down towards the lower bracket, there would have
one more chance, one more swing, getting themselves in on towards the major, the kickoff event,
even getting themselves in on the confirmation, but the margins are not what you would want
from this team.
They can be a bit sharper than my three to one count was earlier
They've got themselves in this good punch, but it's still that punchiness that I've loved about this
Virtus Protein. They always seem to, you know, if they're on the back foot, if they're on the front foot,
they make sure that they don't slow down, they double down, they put the braces on, they go,
okay, fine, we've traded a body over there, but we've got the intel, let's use it, let's operate on the back of it
I really love that sort of network of energy they've applied and supplied throughout this
here's another narrow fight and Pasha catches Likifak and just another perfectly orchestrated
trap will there be revenge Solotov knew somebody was coming but always the drone reveals the
position it doesn't have to take this fight Solotov not yet not until he's got a bit of
support. Well the need's trying to find a kill back. Because VP, I've been able to get
that opening pick and... often really came out a response to Falcons. Oh I think the
Gladi scope just picked up the yellow with solid solvices. And really first and after
this kind of trade, get a kill back and level up in a 44, but oh dear here comes the shield.
That's he you don't want to see and he's also been blocked off by, looks to be the explosive
pipe and he takes a lot of damage. Actually it's from his own Goyle if it was knaded off.
So yeah, Solotov just has to sprint through, take a lot of damage from his own gadgetry.
And now for VP, they can really start to kind of lock in the pincers and start pressuring these
points, getting that shield forced in towards the green side. The chanker is going to be there
to try and hold it off. In the course of smoking, I was going to allow the glass to move in.
The flame will go in but it doesn't look to be troubling these attackers and
then it needs to be carefully done so they can step out of the smoke.
Gonna go for it again.
I mean just a slow and steady approach from BPs working really well for them.
At this point now, 30 seconds, they're gonna see if they can drive themselves in.
More of this trade game, more of this network in this pressure.
And only one of those smoke casters, but all those.
Shumika fires left in pocket and left ready to pop and pounce.
20 seconds, swings out, cord out, double down once again.
Uses all that's left but not for long.
The hardest bro.
They are sitting on a precipice of greatness,
sitting on plane tickets to Salt Lake City.
And boy, this is a plane.
They have built themselves part by part.
I mean, this is fantastic for
VP. They just they know exactly
what they want. I mean, I just
want to mention as well. That
angle that the buck was holding
for pretty much the entire
round downstairs, just waiting
for someone to swing in towards
art. What did they do? He swung
and it just led into that
kill. You know, they're covering
each other so so well, and I
just think it is because they
I just think it is because they get that opening pick, and they do so well in front.
You know, for Falcons, they were desperate to try and get that kill back, but it just never came for them.
Falcons have to try and dig deep, and find two rounds back, or else they'll be going into that lower bracket.
For a team like Falcons, you just want to do it here, now don't you? You want to make sure you lock it in?
I mean, obviously for VP, it's just massive. You know, I think you kind of mentioned as
well about, you know, the games that they've had. They beat the kind of first round of
a G2 have had. They make likes of, you know, fanatic keratics, lost the shifters, which
I think, you know, we've seen some gaps there where they were going to be throwing away rounds
that they should have had. We want to see them do it against the other group. We want
to see them against Secret. We want to see them against Falcons to show that they are
the real deal that this team really has turned a corner for good and here it is
they have they've done it you know they've submit themselves as well these
top teams and if they can take it too clean against Falcons it's massive for
the confidence which is only gonna face this thing this site's only gonna get
better not seeing anything here double down with their soft control obviously
still got the shield as well it's just has been sort of our lesson to future
teams of maybe we ban more shields against this team. Let's pull them out of the hands of Neko.
There's that attack with them.
That's just been so repeatedly driven, repeatedly paced.
Here, two minutes. They've got the chance at Intel. Breeday on the Echo.
Once you might be really leaving anything to chance, you can see obviously Neko's sort of
face check in takes a lot of damage
on the first, but anyone else would be dead.
Yeah, it goes going to be massively important.
Remember when we sort of talked about these sort of plays?
There's one that nets itself.
It wasn't a smoke that went solo,
but they had to led by the drone demo.
Yeah, great little play down the shields.
Or we can do something that you want to try and target away from VV
using the echo in conjunction with a great double swing.
They go no chance at all.
So I'm actually quite fortunate for Falcons too that Rorik had left the Blackbird at the perfect time that the Echo comes in.
Because Rorik was behind the tricker the entire time.
BP?
I've been able to secure their mid-floor control now. They can start using the vertical operators in Dan and with that sledgehammer.
Oh, still a lot of utile that they have to try and go up against.
You must do the go-yo canisters and oh look at this use of dodging nades on both sides.
Able to tuck his way in, source connector, and that comes around as well, and double down on that soft destruction from above.
But no pixel, this is the issue for VP, Falcon's doing very well, just to kind of step in their hands.
Yeah, they've capped themselves at a slight bit of distance, they've capped that cool.
As I said before, you know, when we're sort of running around this, with how early the timeouts were from both teams, they only had the game ahead of the pre-day!
all right you hit you at the pre-fire but there's one but only 20 seconds to try
and keep on pushing and they still got this utility to have to push their way
through you can see the blinds coming out so it's up takes a lot of damage
June though trades out one find two June the all important superstar player
gets the picks he needed they make sure they look in just one more but just one
more and then just one more and then just over time
Falcon's still alive for the meantime
One rounds all they need to kick it into OT
I mean that round was just kind of made from dealing with that shield very early on wasn't it?
I mean they knew the wincon you eliminate the shields you eliminate the kind of I was a vision and
The way that they want to execute with that shields, you know
I mean Neko is just so good at just almost bullying anyone he's up against and just you want a better ground
He'll take that better ground
See you remove that
And then VP, obviously playing for the man does advantage, have to go in and kind of, you know, blind-check themselves and take these positions where I'm at, she is.
And Falcons did very well at just making sure they keep that man advantage.
So for Falcons, aren't able to win downstairs again?
But I think the worry though, Fluke, is that has been the only bombs that Falcons has been able to win.
They have not been successful up near VP of one at twice.
yep and yet here we are once again they obviously opted for it rather than
trying out Bunk's briefing was there other one or I mean well they're not
gonna do the fourth though they're not that clear so yeah but only one they
just have to make it sort of land once and to be fair you look at how the
split right it was a big clutch potential situation the very first time but it
almost went their way, almost sort of pulled itself out and towards the one versus one
as the one versus one often is to do.
Pasha just securing it.
Since then again, only two rounds now where the entry kill hasn't dictated how the rest
of the round is going.
It's usually been a statistic that has let in towards Falcons' favor.
They've been able to sort of make a cap, I guess, a bit of it, and a big bit of it depends
on who they get.
They get Neko, they get that shield, they get that power player.
All right, they're sort of looking at that sort of decent position at the same time.
Maybe shutting down Dan with how he's been playing throughout these days.
16 kills on this map, 25-11 throughout the series so far.
Making sure that he just keeps on putting the pressure on, but Pasha's also sprung to life a bit.
Unfortunately, for the side of Falcons, you don't really have anybody that's leaning too far ahead.
very early hold here for falcons from june
over towards the
operations room
flash also backing things up
you know you always have the chancas hat in the back
you can afford to use bits of time denial very early on
using the goya canisters you can see the smoke as well
Over towards rock and stairs, you could delight the inevitable push that's going to come in from that shield.
Passion. Again, working downstairs, using that skeleton key to open up a lot of these different angles.
And really, for useless, now he's in a bit of a pinch here, and all the flashbang comes in, but still,
useless, able to connect with a shotgun. Pacha is gone.
Nothing pick goes in favour to Falcons, and now for VP with that man disadvantage.
How do they break through this smoke that's going to try and facecheck the shotgun?
But never mind, look at this, we're using this.
Slippy maneuver into bathroom is where he goes.
The clash is gone.
VP are gonna try and force the lead.
We're gonna be able to fight two kills.
That was pretty well.
They shall be like, using his flames.
What the heck?
Yeah, I was gonna say, finding kills isn't really the way that they wanted that to go.
I said if they could try and get rid of one or the other, but unfortunately,
they're gonna have their own players to shield.
They can buy themselves some space.
We set up brilliant NAKOs played.
This is slips his way in, slips his way back out.
out the destruction's coming on the other side but it's otherwise a fully fronted just a shalt
onto the desk and now two falcons players left on the back end. Neko takes a lot of damage
Solotov gets one but it just leaves one for three versus one. They confirm their place in the top
two soft lake city in that side point skalore and they defeat falcons knocking them down to the
the lower bracket they run it's a done demo but a lot of lessons to learn before a potential rematch
and that's a statement for VP getting themselves in to Salt Lake. Celebrations galore for VP.
I mean don't forget VP will also play later on this evening so let's stop over for them yet
they still have to go on and play in that winners match but for VP they've secured their spot to
the states. Wow we've secured our spot on a one-way ticket to a lovely break let's go
I
What a hell of an achievement for a team that made material drastic roster changes new coach, new IGL, new nationalities within the team. They ripped up their old formula. They created a brand new formula for a team that made material drastic roster changes new coach, new IGL, new nationalities within the team.
for a team that made material drastic roster changes, new coach, new IGL, new nationalities within the team.
They ripped up their old formula, they created a brand new formula, and at the first opportunity,
they're the first team to qualify to the Salt Lake City Major, and also to do it against one of the best teams inside of World Siege Falcons,
one hell of an achievement.
Yeah, because you take down a team that has not lost to BO3, the EML, in a long, long time, very long time.
They dominated the ML last stage. Stage 2 they win it. Stage 1 they dominated it up until they lost it to G2.
It is a team that has been known to be the best team out of Europe in terms of consistency.
Evan went secret 1-EWC. Evan when they went into the Grand Final of FSI, who was the favorite FSI?
It was still Falcons because they're expected to be a top team. To take them down, that means that they won't be top 2.
Yeah, that is a big news that means also that they are gonna
Eventually maybe miss so like city if they lose the next match. So, you know, it puts them on a really tricky spot
I'm not too worried about them in the sense that I think that you know having a having their back against the wall is exactly the
Kind of opportunity for them to grow. It is you mentioned already briefly a new coaching staff over on the side of rotas pro as well
We get to speak to them as we have them on the line
Congratulations, Dark, on qualifying to the Salt Lake City Major. Please, tell us how you're feeling.
Hello everyone. First, sorry for the camera. I don't know why, but the internet looks like it's not so good in the moment.
But I think we use all the energy in the game, right?
Just being very proud for all the play.
All the work you can do.
Dark, in terms of the players, you have quite a few players not used to necessarily being at the international event, you know?
It's the first time for Rorick, the French guys especially, only ever been to one before.
Was there much NAVs before the game?
To be honest, I think they even don't think about that.
I'm feeling they're on the game like real experienced guys and they showed that today,
right?
So I'm thinking, for sure, like they have some players here who are going to have the
first experience but they play like big guys today, you know?
And I think looking at you guys play today, I thought we saw another map again, we saw
Café.
I feel like we see more and more of you guys and the more I look at it, I'm like, I don't
know how limited your map pool is.
Like I feel like in such a short amount of time, having made such big changes and changed
IGL, somehow you have an extended map pool for BO3s.
You feel the same or do you think there's still a lot of work to do before going to
the City Major?
Yeah, I think we have a more work to do before going to Major because work with nine maps
is really hard and we have some things we don't show, we don't play bank on this stage.
I don't remember if we have a more map she didn't play, probably was just bank now.
But anyway for the major, for sure you need more things right, so it's time for we focus
on that.
And the work like it was enough for sure for kickoff, kickoff is like a more fast than
any stage.
So it was my choice to choose a map, but I have the minimum maps good you know.
So, thanks God the playoff was just too best of three because we cannot do too much more than that, so now it's time to focus on the major.
That's awesome, thanks so much for sharing all these insights.
Better time to online now, regain the energy as well for the next years that you're playing.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you, thank you everyone.
I love how you just casually dropped the fact that they only had material for 2v3.
Guys, if you're 3-2-play, it doesn't matter.
They're into stage 2, the solid stage, and that's all they're gonna care about.
Yes, the big tech box is ticked off, right?
That qualification to the major, the first team worldwide that has made it to the major.
Big congratulations once again to Virtus.Pro, and once again, to do that in the fashion that the EDI is 7-2 on map 1,
just making sure this doesn't go to overtime as well.
For the second map here, it is incredible.
Yeah, well, I think there is...
I'm not gonna say there was doubt in the first round.
that was the first time, but
the group that they were in
relatively, I think inside of
the ML were quite weak. So it
was expected that they would
come through in the upper
bracket alongside you to which
is exactly what they did. But
then to go on from there in a
best of three against Falcons,
that was why I think a lot of
people felt this would be the
real test. Can they come through
it? Can they escape? I know
demo right at the start. You
know, doing it, it's all
Falcons and then they go out and
they put in a dominant
dominant performance largely
in parts of that man on your
screen. Naco, you know,
You know, organizing his two troops, getting them ready, getting them going, but it wasn't just Neko.
Particularly Dan and Pasha on those big game moments.
To find a way to win a round, it was just big pop-off, multi-kill, after multi-kill, after multi-kill from those guys.
I just felt like Lera was a repeat of Café, in the sense that the guys that were the enablers, in the end, where the entry line was Dan,
it was Dan and Tasha, it was them finding a gap, finding a kill. The very first round, when they're on demos,
they don't have a way to problem solve the top-lot, they're facing the clash,
they're facing the smoke in the main stairs, they don't have any solution.
Who finds the gap?
Deimos from the downstairs, kills the clash, boom, then gets the main stairs player,
and then that's it.
From that then, Neko makes the right call.
But the main thing and the hardest thing was trying to break apart the defense from Falcons.
They tried to play the right way, but at the end it is a firepower game,
you know, it is about the shooters, and then Pasha today,
far ahead and shoulders above everyone on Falcons.
Yeah, and I understand the darkest day as well, like you know,
We've used all of our energy in that game. We hope that they will save a little bit for later
Because we know that Gordus for will not be playing that upper bracket final later today
We can have a look at the brackets and see where we find ourselves
They're locked in for that match seven the last match really playing today
That means we're gonna have to determine their opponent as well the next qualifier to the Salt Lake City major
But that also means you to brush upon it
So one of them is missing the major
I mean, Falcons just get absolutely
eradicated out of this up bracket.
Puts them into low bracket. That
means at best they will finish
third. What that means for
Falcons. What that means for this
core is this is the worst ever
EML result since since BDS took
on this call since they took on
League back solid top users and
Breeday. Obviously they've changed
human recently. That team has
finished in the top two.
That team has finished in the top two for BML every stage two years fluff this stage this kickoff
They will now be third out burst
I want to come on say that by saying and I will find excuses that this is kickoff
This is a very condensed form
It is a condensed format three weeks long and it is very much true to a bracket and the way it's made
Because I think that if you had had nine play days
It's exactly the kind of things where the consistency will help you and then you have a longer playoff
No, it's not coffee. I'm just look at me that way
I mean, it was the first, but the three they played and they lost.
And they're the real twin, one best free.
They could have fallen off in the best position possible.
Yeah, they only played one.
We talk about this in the way that we put them to a high standard, right?
We expect them to make it a top two.
Expect them to even make international finals and windows as well.
But then again, it shows that there is no reason more to do for Falcons.
But they get to do it tomorrow against Secret in their matchup.
We...
And top two as I...
It is.
It is.
But I want to have to stop you crashing out because there's still so much more left for us here in the EML.
We have another best of a right. We have a really important qualification match because we have to send yet another team to the solid
Lake City major that's either gonna be trust the minds or G2
Well, I hope you've got your popcorn ready for this song.
is going to be absolute cinema
between these two teams. If you
like chaos, aggression, passion,
all start players. You got to be
watching this game between G two
and twisted minds because it is
about to go down a qualification
game to the major that is what
is at stake for these two teams.
And we're looking at chica once
again, aiding that popcorn as he
was doing earlier. We have our
own as well because we are so
ready for this game to dive into
it. I want to start talking about
the thing that set this all up with all of the popcorn.
Speaking of this roster, we haven't seen him in a little while
because they got first in the group,
the thing we kind of hope and expected to see
from this all star roster.
But please again, to remind people,
can you describe the G2 that we're seeing
with the changes to this roster?
Yeah, of course I can.
Once I've got popcorn outside of my mouth, yeah.
G2, they made massive changes.
They brought Benjo, they brought Shaco in.
They've got some of the best talent on Earth,
some of the biggest fragment power,
and it's easy just to break that down and just say,
Yeah, they're all just about the gun twice.
They have a very modern way of playing.
It's very high risk, very high reward.
A lot of phone offers, a lot of great offers,
a lot of demo snake, grim, capsa.
Blitz, you can see that.
Dukkobi from something is very fast.
He's very in your face, and it's very aggressive.
And I think we've seen the entrance of Shaco
inside this roster, I think really gel so well.
He made everything so that he would fit in there.
He plays still the star role.
He still plays the demo, still plays the asemi.
plays the thing that made him the best entry of the league,
and I think the way that they surrounded him
with the right positions,
Benjah as a lurker, Stompin as the right line,
we're seeing a team that is really well put together,
and that justifies why they top their group.
Leo, when does Stompin play?
Well, right now.
He does play right now.
It is gonna play against Twisted Minds, right?
The roster that we wanna speak about as well,
because they kind of show us that aggression as well.
They like to be very fluid all over the map,
and that first series that we saw from them,
the best of three, it was a close one against that,
But still it was a 2-0.
I think we really saw the twisted minds that we expected against Fnatic.
I think more or less throughout the group stage, we saw twisted minds that was confident on defense,
but not so confident in their own abilities on attack.
When they came to Fnatic, they were really just throwing bodies, they were throwing shit,
they were having a lot of fluidity and a lot of fun with it.
Yeah, sorry.
Imagine if this is what you'd eat popcorn right now.
If we're all just eating popcorn, then yeah, why not?
But yeah, no, I think that's, you know, they realized they remembered the twisted minds,
the the the identity that they had and it gets fantastic it really showed that
especially that second map on the AM and lbs it really is dominant whether they
can do that again today against G2 will be will remain to be seen. This is the
biggest push and mark because in terms of playstyle this went from a Fnatic that
was completely scared and feared and then they struggled with confidence and
obviously you can bully someone that feels like they cannot fight back it's
not gonna be the same story today against G2. No because they play a way more
aggressive team right I feel like that's where it might clash in regards to the
two teams here, both showing that aggression.
Yeah, to me, we're looking at the two teams that are the most aggressive in the lane.
If you look at the playstyle, I mean, let's take a look at these two teams playing against the same opponent.
Right.
Tufnatic.
Doki with a triple kill, here, the hard roam, the aggression on every side, picking players outside.
You know, there is no respect to Tufnatic here, he's just G2 bullying them the entire time.
And even in this scenario, you know, this was, if I remember all, this was 2v5 that he won, just the entire thing.
What do you mean if it's with Twisted Mind here? Do you see them respecting Fnatic? No, they don't!
They run in, they go aggressive, this was a 3v5 that they won, another one.
I mean, we're seeing teams on both sides that pull Fnatic, that play super aggressive,
that pick outside, like one more pick outside here, by the way, one more step forward side here as well.
That one, boom! I mean, we're looking at teams that are not afraid to take risk,
that are not afraid to take individual good fights, that might seem like they're not unwittingable,
and they win it. Feels like this cluster styles, it's not in the cluster styles, it's two styles exactly the same in each of us face.
It feels like we're in for a bomb bomb. Yeah, it's a saloon brawl, straight to school like City.
Yeah, I mean you can't, you have to take risks here. You can't leave things, you can't save maps,
you can't save strats or anything. It's a qualification game, probably the most important
best of three that you're playing instead of the whole Kiko fight, especially talking about the SIPoints.
Talk about everything, but we're looking at the maps for the series again, but not on there.
Yeah, and I liked that 4G2 because the last two teams they played with Jack was LSI.
Yes.
They played against FaZe.
Yes, they did, and they won.
They won 7-0.
Wow.
Okay, the World Champions, right?
Yep.
Then they played it against M80.
The major champions.
And they won it 7-4.
Wow.
So they've played some of the two best teams in the world and destroyed them both.
Oh, do you want to know something funny?
What's up?
The last time Christian Mane played the map, they lost it 7-2.
So Falcons inside of kickoff.
Yeah, now that feels like it's on Roth 1.
However, we will go to border as well falcons now if we've not seen them play in tier one
But for both of these teams gunfight heavy teams on a gunfight heavy map of border
Whatever happens, there's gonna be some big plays made on that. Oh, we will be I'm so excited for this matchup
Especially with the maps that we have but we can take it to our casters to ask them if they are feeling just as excited as we
Are about those matches a little bit less excited. I'm a little bit less excited. I have to I have to be honest right now because
You know deminice sat here at home
I mean, it's just so far away
and production sat there eating
popcorn. It's cheers, boy. Little
divas. All of you. What do we get
home demo? We get a handshake
and a well done with a We didn't
even get the cats and we got
commiseration. He's thrown us as
a terrible throw. You know what
are you doing? We are what are
we ducks ducks at the pond? Come
Hey, I don't think you have a reason to be upset. Okay. You got a great match to cast
I'm gonna sit here get it with our popcorn and then I want you to take it away for a great qualification game between G2 and twisted
Mines
Fine when she puts it like that. Maybe it's just a previous experience as a teacher
But I feel educated. We're gonna have a great time here the audience thing G2 is gonna have an even better time and
and we'll be selling the popcorn that Leo threw on the floor to anyone who wants it later on this broadcast.
Demo!
GP2 vs Twisted Minds! How do you think this one is going to shake out?
Oh, this is a fun one! I mean, you've got obviously G2, the new looking G2 with the players that they've brought in.
Obviously this phase, that was the talking point, and then you've got Twisted Minds.
players that have been
in the last couple of years.
We've seen these players at
international events before. It's
not so these are like newcomers.
Um, it was just kind of they were
like locked out last year, weren't
they? But it's good to see them
back in. Look, I think twisted
minds are always going to have
that aggressive play style where
they'll do things that is a
little bit different than what
we're seeing from other teams
and, you know, was successful against them.
They always kind of said, was,
oh, we were kind of expecting more at a Twisted Minds.
And I remember distinctively,
it was whenever GK played against Twisted Minds
and they did an interview at Packball,
and he said, we were expecting
for more crazy things from Twisted Minds,
but we didn't really see that.
So I think for Twisted Minds,
we just want to see them play their style of the stage,
which does that off the cuff style.
Well, off the cuff might be off the tough route,
As we get ourselves in towards this opening map, I think Boulder is going to be an absolute feast for all of us.
But, well, we have another 2-0, or, well, we have, I suppose, a series that goes a little bit of the distance.
G2 versus just Mines. All these two teams will confirm themselves, as we've just had before, at Salt Lake City, precious aside points.
And, well, there's a sort of good idea here for G2 who's started this split.
They're only lost against furthest pro and then since then have just looked better and better and better demo
Yeah, it's good
They go for all from G2. It's the stage that they probably wanted it was to hit the ground pretty well and you know finishing first in their group
Making it so all they have to do is win just a match and then they're into the major is is what they're after
Obviously for G2 whenever it comes to like later you're kind of expecting, you know, this utility dump
You know, Si, who aren't scared to play this map, I think they have a pretty good record on it.
Over the past couple of months, I think it's 5-1 at the moment.
Last time they won it was up against an 80.
So, you know, it is a good back for G2, all in all, whenever you kind of look at the stats for it.
G2, just doing the basic try.
Doing a little bit of util here and there, making sure the bridges are opened up.
I mean, G2 with the electrification bands, that's always going to kind of happen.
You're more looking at J-Lab though in the kind of hot seat, a very aggressive standpoint here from the Izami in towards operations and now makes that rotate back in place very close towards the breach.
I mean this is the kind of place that, you know, could net you a kill, could catch somebody by surprise.
They want to try and just creep their way in here, Shiko, slipping himself forward. He's obviously sort of been one of the top performers throughout the league this split.
Well, Ducky won't quite be able to push out Hasham as he does before a man famous for his peaks and positions
He's propped up and ready to pop down anybody that steps up those stairs themselves
It's still a bit of a fact finding fun information here as Ben just gonna get the read on who's watching him on the side of art
But otherwise the only thing it painted is a little bit of a route in towards the site step by step
Ducky over the top now the opening underneath
It might cause them some worry, but it's going to be the approach here.
The blinds quickly round the corner, swung in, they're looking for the breach.
We can hear the ADS being burned.
You assume it's on the stairs.
There's the go, go, go.
And he's going to pull himself back.
And I cannot find a safe place.
He's got one.
An oasis in the smoke.
There's nobody swings up on the back, but we can see.
Benja wasn't a million miles away.
Look at that positioning there.
Now it's the post.
There's Benja getting one.
There's an important shotgun.
And it locks in for the second follow-through.
But now they know about his position.
So we actually relocate to Stokey, drives his way across a great little change there.
From the side of Hashop, he's been guessing, it's a very important swing for them to try
and lock in and now, the Strix guys could get a bit of support and a bit of structure
at Hashop, there he is, pop right over from the top rope, gets one, better get some self
a second, make it three!
But 15 seconds here, demo, P9, all that is left on the longest watch possible, the past
They know where he is now, so they've just got to try and sprint their way past him now
Stopping to secure the site at this point. They know exactly where he's coming from
And they'll just pop out and get the round win almost but
G2 adapt and change
Yeah, I mean G2 I think that they were very surprised that somebody was still alive on the rocket stairs
players. Because I mean, I think for us, he just found the perfect little circle there.
Make sure he didn't die to the flames because it's all around them. I mean, it turns a G2.
I mean, strategically, I think they've got a pretty vinyl haven't they? It's just somehow
hatch on survive. He sees it alive. But still, I think G2, you know, they have the players
up there. They have the players you can just go in, banja, right in the money just finds
the free piece. You know, gets them out of that hole that they were maybe in after Hasham
was able to get the second pick. I mean, that's the thing with GT. I mean, they're probably
the only team who you kind of look at and think they could just go and get whatever
player they want. You know, that's just how they operate, isn't it? Like, how many teams
can go and get a shite going to Benji? You know, that's the thing with GT coming into
it is we've seen how many players come and go at this side, always having players you
you just think, oh, you know, just fantastic players in the right.
You know, I kind of mentioned before, you know, losing lawyer, losing
Blaz, I thought really good players, especially near the end,
especially outside, but they really came into it well.
But the team thought, no, we need to make a change.
And, you know, you just go and get Shaikou and Benji.
It's just ridiculous.
And, you know, I think that's a comment that maybe Jack can talk about G2,
where, you know, we've seen the individuals perform,
but we want to see more of a team performance.
Because we know the individuals, we know you can all step up,
But whenever you kind of get to the international level, whenever you're up against the other regions, especially up against Brazil, you need everyone singing from the same hymn sheet, don't you?
Oh, yeah. I mean, like, if they're not, then it's like when you have castes all trying to sing together.
Which is a horrible sound. And we've heard it on tech tests before.
The name is just a video of us doing that for Wellerman from a different, from a Parasaside,
but the first Parasaside?
We are terrible singers, it's a private video for just that reason, and Shoki, well privately
please remove yourself from the area, you are not allowed to participate in the rest
of this round.
Shilad, close on the corner, the second followed through, almost catches, and you're elsewhere,
they drive in!
does without Hashom though, gets out of the same second, so, twisted mind, they're just
pushing out there, sort of making sure that we've got one, let's see what else we can
sort of net at 4-3, still are a f***ed shit, whoo!
How'd you do that?
My eyes are too old.
I mean, look at the G2, it's very individual isn't it, everyone just kind of finds A-picks
somewhere, isn't it? And this is maybe the worry that we've had with G2. It's, you know,
yes, they've got the potential to go off and have individuals shine, but, you know, it
is very risky of a play, but they just keep finding the kills. I mean, Twisted Minds are
really giving things a lay right now. Don't we call, comes in, gonna be off of her hash
off, has to go for the prone play now, and again, he can just TP back to the site if
He needs to be actually bait now and see if he can catch better by surprise
I think it's work vengeance and fell for the bait. He hurt the TP, but no
Stompin in the 1v2
And P9 the TP
Stompin was not expecting the scope post
Swings and roundabouts, isn't it? Looked to be the G2 were breaking away and then a 2v3
From twist of mind secures the round win
Well, they were able to get themselves sort of pushed back round.
You know, they didn't really want to play toughly.
It's not always been the thing Twisted Minds have done that.
It's a great idea to court him on the reload, put the pressure back in,
but G2 have that ability to get these kills from these insane positions.
He said, teleport brings him back around, the flash comes out, and, you know, they lean in.
Right, it's one of the things that's often great about this team.
about this team, it's one of the things that's caused so many problems for other teams is
Twisted Minds having no fear. They have just built themselves. These monuments of bravery
and they're more than happy to introduce you to the brickwork that goes into it.
One apiece and benches off to a very strong start over these opening two rounds,
but Hashom is not a million miles away himself.
And we get this deadlock.
So the top floor not working out for Twisted Lines but the basement certainly is and instead
of maybe going back in towards the top floor they just continue along with the rotation
into the midfloor.
That's what G2 have to go up against and we'll see how G2 want to approach this.
I mean, they still line up. We're certainly going to be using that sense, isn't it?
You know, we know that this sense is a great time here in the mid-floor where you can cover off
not only just the angles in the bomb site, but also the angles that can be held from above with the verts.
Still for G2 though. I mean, Doki on the shield here.
I'm looking to see if he can enter in towards Skybridge and enter in towards Green.
I mean, certainly I think for Doki, you know, he himself has had to adapt his game,
isn't it? It's on a different role. We've kind of seen him on this stage.
Whenever you bring in Banging you bring on Shai, but there's kind of see-off in Doki's thunder a little bit
So him and the shields certainly a sight to the halls
Spray through push back down green stairs
He's got the ability to get himself a little bit more not like that though
They just kept on driving the flash comes around the corner
There's somebody trying to offer a modicum of support, but in the meantime
reloading. They're just being caught all over here. Four versus three. What was that first
loss turns into two return gains? And they now have that body balance in towards their
favour as well as the proposed aggressive position here. But there's still a watch going on and
this is exactly it, right? Look, just, oh, it's, I mean, it was a gamble. Fine, but look
at the health of Shaco and how close it was.
I mean, Shaco is going too, and he thought, give me diamonds, there it is, this is what
he can produce on his favourite operator. Hasham being tracked out by said diamonds,
so exactly where both of these players are, it just feels like a matter of time before
G2 are going to have full control of the bomb site. Look at where both players and Twisted
Minds are, I mean, they're separate from one another, so in terms of trades, it's just
not going to be there. Doki just waiting for him to get set up, and he's going to try and
and go for that jump in and forces away in with that shield.
In goes the sense, and I think stopping in Alamo
maybe gonna try and challenge the player upstairs
because they know it is gonna be a solo snooking.
He's gonna go for the plant and oh, somehow,
we're able to see a kill happening from above,
but Alamo have the double, a good trade,
and yeah, it's already matter of time for Hash on fell.
G2, good bounce back that mid-floor,
making it look very easy.
What's he doing?
What's he saying?
What's he doing?
sing it a song what song you have to guess I probably only made up I think
withering heights by Kate Bush that song you know it nope wow all right what
about the one that was in Stranger Things
I know that one. Okay, let's say that then. For the sake of you and your understanding of
media, let's say it was that sound. G1, G2 off, super back on G2 in the lead. Back to
a stronger start. I like the Iron Man in the back of Shai-Kai's setup there, because he's
like bonking his head so full rotate off the bomb sites only gonna end with one
defensive winning here for twist of minds wasn't that basement they're gonna
attempt now that top floor once more and didn't work out for the last time they
over here. He's off the back of a Benjafreeca. I wonder what the change-up's gonna be. Now
if you look at the bands here for Iverteam, there's gonna be two operators that were used
in this first round. It was the Tachanka being plugged by P9, it's gone, and it was also
that solid snake that, again I mentioned, Benjamaster was able to find the free piece
So for all good bands for both sides has been operators which have been a problem for both of them
So we'll see how they want to adapt mostly look at the twist of mind
You know without that the chanker now you what's gonna be your main form of denial
What kind of rubber you gonna take? I mean, I think it's a fairly easy cross over as that you you take away one flame operator
You bring in another you bring in the Goya
Yeah, oh yeah
You need to sort of just do something else to buy yourself a bit of control right by yourself a little bit of
of, okay, we can slow down what they're doing. We can slow down their bite-in. We've just
seen multiple times G2 pushing advantage, pressing and pressing and pressing. And there
was just one more example to add towards the list.
I was going to say, are we about to get another example of stuff Hashom likes to do, which
is be outside the building. Just take these fights, take these advantages. Obviously the
mirror on the board, it buys them a bit of pressure, they can apply them towards operation.
the twitch is gonna do their best to remove some utility or just looks away
as the drone slips on by blinds over the top to swing round on towards this
position the capitol will just force out the player oh it won't oh it will
she'll add we stuck yeah entirely stuck the echo is doing its best just to try
and blind people but that's not gonna slow down shaco pushes on gets the player
have they bought enough time and it's actually I'm about to do something
They'll buy them another- BUDDY, YES!
Great positioning.
On towards the swing, forced out by the Fenrymine,
and they are suddenly back to square one,
but with a less body than their opponents.
Yeah, this is where Twisted Lines get very dangerous
when you have players who will just go for the most random plays.
And I mean, that's all in the f-com shotgun.
Able will make it work for him.
Kandala's will go out.
And that should be a dead smoke, and it is.
Doki takes a lot of damage through down to 1 HP,
and there's Hashim again, makes the rotate in the bathroom.
She's an absolute medicine, I mean, who wants to swing him?
Who really wants to go up against this guy?
Stumpin' able to find one to get it back into the 2v2
and 40 seconds left.
Stumpin's in the bomb site and Benji has to try and support him.
I mean P9 puts down Stumpin and there's Benji getting one apiece
and look at the health, it's almost even between the pair
and no gadgetry, we have an old fucking shootout
and Benji is the boy.
way to make that stick and you just had such a cool drink afterwards no song this time
from doki but that was a let's go tell that
he's getting very jumpy isn't he doki he's getting into us that's where you know things
are going well if he's always kind of rocking back and forth in this chair ready for the
next round
Well I mean this is the twist of my playstyle, this is Hashim, the guy fears nothing, doesn't
get a video or Hashim will do the same thing.
But really for Benj, again, the saviour of G2, 7 kills for the man.
Equally so a check, I'm also in 7 kills, but the score line tells the different stories
that G2, here in the lead, a two round buffer.
I mean G2, I mean in that kind of opening they did the right things didn't they? Again that utility dump
But they just again need to be careful for those plays that twist that mines can go for
They'll still find a way G2 and that's all they care about as long as the rounds keep on coming their way they will mind
And even with something as well good decision-making
You know gets into the GV2 and just thinks right I need to make a play it just charges into the bomb site
at this point now, driving themselves step by step further forward. It's obviously the,
you know, we have the conversations about the strength of this map, right, and how it's
going to be playing in towards the favour, and we get onto border. We have these two teams
like to play. Would you shave waters a bit of the clip of the coin from Twisted Minds,
or from that sort of side, or do you think they will have that extra element?
Or are you unsure?
I'm stumped you.
I'm giving you too much to think about, too much aggression.
I mean, there's too much...
But this is going to be an aggressive game,
because it was always going to be kind of stemmed that way
with the players that we have on both sides.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, entirely that.
And but then I think that's the thing about border is when we eventually get that twisted minds the way they've been playing
Mmm, I don't think this is a map that rewards it as well as border does right?
It was close in the previous round because of that but imagine that happening on a map like border where
You know it's sort of you're closer together to the rest of your team
You're closer towards the support structure. You can get yourself backed up as a defender more
I mean, I still think that being G2, I've also got quote-unquote aggressive right-players.
I mean, a lot of them are what I would call right-wracks, we're looking at Doki, we're
looking at Benji, you know, they put a hard right to what they're like, and I think in
a map like Porter, where they'll be very proficient on it, you know, I think Porter does lean
in sometimes to that kind of right-play style, where you can just find a gap and go massive.
5-4.
Now that's gone, they've lost the picks.
It's the first route in, but the first route in
might actually be Doki off to the races.
Misses the first player if he can
sneak on fire, but look at all the gacketry.
They might be on the other side of this. Oh, none of it is!
Gets him, gets one, gets out,
and they get on the camera just to split second to
late. Doki strikes back
and almost gets himself another.
Dove is a bit stuck right now
in that corner.
Just thinking he needs to cool down now,
as the cooldown of Doki's done well to get that pick.
Caused a little bit of panic I think in the site.
Just to make sure that mines is thankful.
How's that damage walked into the bomb site?
And that G2, they have all that vertical pressure
now they can apply from the hatch.
And Shaco's just waiting for somebody to go for the peek.
And oh, Benjo's seen the legs.
He knows exactly where that L is.
That's just gonna go for Benjo though.
And the big ol' flashbang goes to the shots,
but Shaco is there finally.
Shaiiko gets the kill, he was holding on to that for a very long time.
Yeah, as close as you like there.
Now, 4 vs 3, but again, low timer, so if they can pop this in the right play, he gets them
out of this shoulder, gets the follow through, close by P9, gets himself 2, but Stompin makes
things level once again, but demo, we're in the red time here as Jake puts it, and now
he's just watching his friends die around him, no kit, no vision, no idea, no round.
He takes the gamble right in front of a hatch. He goes for that play and nobody from G2 was
done the wiser and he picks up the double. I mean, Twisted Minds were really trapped
in the bombsite for the majority of that round, but all it takes is that one moment of brilliance
and it completely flips around on its head and Twisted Minds, it's a big play from P9,
I mean, once again, being successful on the base, that's the only bombs like that they've won.
So it gets them the two rounds, but...
Victory G2, they know they don't have to play that base, but go into the next round.
I think that's a bonus for G2, they can't go back here again.
Yep, they've sort of got themselves, you know, a site that's going away from them.
And in some ways, you kind of look at that and go,
Yeah, okay, fine.
Like, if you want the full two split, fine.
we can work with that we can work against that
all of that can be
put together and pulled away from us we don't really care because as soon as we
get on towards that other site we'll sort of dictate the fact that this is our map
and
i guess it's still the pressure on but it's not that the rounds have been
you know a million miles away
right there's the gt round which came down to the one versus two technically from the
side of benjo this
could be
A score flip the other way around, twisted minds.
They're not sort of curtailing their play style there,
instead trying to breathe more life into water.
Yeah.
They are missing.
Dove and Gillard sort of start putting bodies down.
They're not always the sort of driving factor.
Then you look at the spread of what's going on
from the side of G2, and well, they're a team
that often has five guns firing on their good days,
and you don't really want to not be able to sort of
catch up with that.
Well, we go in towards this mid-floor, remember I said last time that G2 were here, it just
felt too easy for them.
You know, they were able to use the shield really successfully, so I'm a little bit shocked
why they've kind of switched off that Blackbeard, but Doki had a lot of control on instead of
it is going to be the Blitz on his trusted conductor, being Alamau.
He's getting very proficient on the shields as we know, so we'll see where the Blitz kind
of wants to go.
It just kind of feels a little G2, it's going to be a full, top four assault, they're going to really try and work out these rollers and take that vulnerable control.
Well, here's the attempt to drive all the way through, you can see they're just trying to see if, you know, there's anyone on the other side of it, but it's the mines.
Well, here's the fight, there's one that's nearer than a bow!
Prevenge for being the opening death the previous round, wants to try and catch up for lost kills.
kills. Now, B9 gone, Tricks gone as well. They have the vertical control, but Hash on.
He's tempted by a little bit of sneaky action on green stairs. He's held this position
before, but when you've got a shield around the corner, and that's what you're about
to find, there's the activation, and there's the assassination. Three, four, Alamo.
Shalada's suffering elsewhere. He's doing his best to fight this way through, but don't
We had it on watch. This is where I mean all of them are happy to find the bikes.
And I said we wanted to see a little bit more from Dov this time round. It will not be the case.
Oh, it was even easier, wasn't it? Well, that, that bunks attack.
I mean, all credit to, to Mr. Carl.
Big, big pop-off round for him.
Usually I would say is the, kind of, one for the joke.
Well, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Demo, demo, demo. Mayday, mayday.
We have to throw it back to our desk.
All right, thank you.
On pause for G2 with this first house so far.
I mean, it's all down to a player that we see on the top of the scoreboard so far.
Benja is having some incredible pop-up moments.
Yeah, he really has.
Benja's been spectacular through the first half, I think.
He plays a role that's still a little bit supportive in nature at times.
He plays a lot of the cutoff, a lot of the vertical lines of sight in terms of his role on G2.
But he's picked up a lot of kills, including the huge one versus two as well.
as well. So I think G2 could attribute a lot of that round success to him so far.
Yeah, I think the main important thing is, you know, he's playing a role that
means either he has impact either he doesn't, he can seem a bit of a
baiter when the way he plays, you know, he plays as a lurker. So either he has
information and brings that to the table, either he brings kills.
But the most important thing is that when he did that, and you said it best,
it's half between the round, right? It's the most important kills because
those are the kills that will shift the balance at the last moment
towards the end of the round, he will be in a mad advantage, or he will clutch it back
based off his performance. And that's really what's made the difference for G2 so far.
And it's worth noting actually that G2 are up against a really tricky player
and potentially a tricky playstyle, but the only player that seems to be having that aggressive
playstyle so far for Twisted Minds is Hasham as well, because he has been that usual annoying
self, that player that you don't really necessarily want to play against. He's been aggressive,
he's been prone in the weird and wonderful positions inside of the smoke, floating up to the
bathroom window here, just flumping away, getting those kills, being a real thorn in the side of G2
and yes they've managed to shut down everybody but Sean is at a tricky uproar, he can have big
impacts, we saw P9 also have a big impact round where it's just a little bit unpredictable,
if Sean manages to have some more unpredictable rounds he could be a threat to G2.
What's interesting is the dynamic inside the team right, because if you look at most of the
rounds what happens is Hashim is left alone on the vigil, on the scope post, on a really weird
position, where he needs to get aggressive, he needs to be annoying, he needs to basically create
disturbance for the side of G2, and then the rest of the team just plays back side, they peel off
and peel off and peel off, like P9, for example P9 on that round, he's playing the anchor with the
smoke, but all of this time has been burned on the other side by Hashown. So we're gonna see now,
if switching to attacks is Twisted Mind, keeping that playstyle, that aggression, that unpredictability,
the chaos, are they reverting back to a slow-paced attack, which I think will be their biggest downfall
the team like G2. Well, they
don't have the Monty in the
day was at least to their
disposal. Yeah, no Monty. No
day most that you know, it
indicates a little bit of
fast paced forcing some team
play around. They have got
rid of the case in the Monday.
You're not a fan. Is that what
you're grimacing at Leo? Yeah,
because then they will play as
any then they will be mirror.
Yeah, it's the same old the
early one should be good. The
ball of preaching should be
good, but they're going to
play into a lot of G2 utility
that being said, G2 are not
always known to be the most
disciplined behind that
utility, so they will find
some opportunity. All right,
let's see how twisted minds
half
And we're back damn I think Anne should interrupt them now I interrupt you
She needs to be more
Well, okay, how about this production I think
them during the half-time break. The place is sort of ominous song that gets closer and
closer. Oh, I'm thinking of Countdown again.
You're thinking of Countdown again. I'm thinking of Countdown.
You've named the show. Ah, I'm thinking of Countdown again.
Scratch that, scratch that, scratch that.
We're back in 14, GT. That electric band here. And what are your thoughts? Where's
your head at? Do you remember what you were talking about?
Oh, I was just trying to say, you know, welcome to the park. Because sometimes he doesn't
get enough love, but I think he deserves. You know, it's actually quite good. I think
those folks are saying something about, you know, Carl, Carl did really well in the scrims
today, he dropped the sixth bomb, something like that. This kind of caught me surprised,
so they're very harsh on him. So I always like it whenever there's a very good round.
I certainly did that with a Blitz and yeah, four to half for G2. This looking good. I mean,
the bands here, I don't really think are surprising. I mean, G2 go with the electrification bands,
standard a map like lair or if you kind of look at the getting into the top floor
it can be a bit of a nightmare for teams if you have to try and go through the
kind of premise of having to deal with a bandit trick having to deal with a k-trick
I don't know Bencha he's tried to hash home calls plan hasn't worked out for him
no it takes a lot of skills to be able to pull off those sort of plays and well
Bencha has it but he doesn't have it this round there's the catch on an
aggressive as army. Keep it deployed. Slip the way out there and get the reinforce down
the bar and hear them smashing it. He heals it back now. Is the drive across?
Got it. Got more attention being played towards it. It's quick land grab but they're actually
able to hold on to the utility there. Pull the shield back and get it redeployed.
Yeah, it's not bad for Doki, keep the use up, place it down again.
I mean, obviously that could try and get the smoke, somebody with Wink on here for G2.
It's about using that time denial.
So time is always going to be up against Twisted Minds here.
And they still need to try and make headway in towards Mez.
They've got Stomp in the deal with him, he's there with the shotgun.
And Alamo, I mean, the Wink on the top of the row, it's the check of the smoke and Alamo
goes wandering and gets punished.
Doki able to get one kill, here comes the Blitz and Doth, charging straight in looking for Stolpen, but he says not today, Blitz. Not today. Shot can make another. No, just has a fade away shot. Here comes Doki with a support. Great stichy from Stolpen and Doki.
And Twisted Lines, they have the lead, 5-4, and now they're down a man and 3-2.
At this point now how can they try and sort of capitulate the force they've got the blind
and they actually catch the player brilliant bait and cut and well unfortunately it doesn't
last too long.
You know the 1 vs 2, only Shaco and Stumpin to get through, how hard can it be?
I think we're about to find out, 15 seconds and they've got themselves pings either way
and there it is.
Oh Dars get the head of Stumpin, get some stuff, a third for the round and it's going
I'm going to try and bait the
plant. Shaco has to drive
himself forward. He's off in
his background. Three seconds
and I'll play very well there
by Shaco. Prefile. Okay, almost
There was a moment demo. I mean,
the pocket shields still stayed
up and just give some cover,
but I mean for G2. Look, it was
it was questionable and some
really good synergy. I think from Doki and Stumpin wasn't to really stop that push coming in through Bathroom Hallway.
But yeah, just for Twisted Minds, again the time just maybe got the better of them that time around.
I mean, this was the, I was just so surprised. FIB3 and somehow GT had been able to pull it back, but this was lovely everything from Stumpin and Doki.
the game. Like you said, almost.
But still round winners around
win for G2 has been scrappy at
points like no doubt about it
has been a fairly scrappy game
and maybe the score line.
Doesn't show how maybe close
around have been some points
or GT or maybe looking thinking
which is about got away with
that's a good thing you had that
Well there's the top floor locked out and where do we go? Straight into the basement for G2.
5-2, hmm that's wider and wider here and the pressure's sort of on for the side of Twisted
Minds and we obviously see some very strong historical performances here. We talked about
Lair and obviously G2 handing it 7-0 against FaZe and 7-4 against M80 and Twisted Minds in the
the same Breslaut, 2-7 against Falcons. It's kind of going that way, right? We're sort
of getting that taste of this map. We're seeing why G2 is so good at proper solving. And yes,
there is these very close rounds. There is this very, very close moment over and over again.
But maybe the brilliance is the fact that they can try and bring these ones back together,
right? We've had, what, three different players from the side of G2 get at least 3k. We've had
to one of the next classes from their team.
And now we've got another open and kill their favor.
They just seem to always have an extra little trick that can't be predicted.
Stompin has gone down elsewhere.
Ooh, move it. Cool out by a frag grenade.
Oh, in fact, no.
Okay, okay.
I mean, look who's shot. He's been able to pick off the ace.
So getting open that main kind of single wall breach that we would see in the horizontal takes
Uncle takes is not going to be a possibility here for twisted minds. So they're going to
have to try and go into again those kind of bottlenecks that we see on this bomb site
in towards those two doorways. But just feels like again that the time I mean there's half
there I'm gone and really what have twisted minds got to show for it. They've got their
way in towards warehouse and that's really it. Not much else. I don't really think the
options of going in towards the kind of mid four vertical take and G2 responded with two
two kills now. There's down two, she'll have the tricks and oh well there's the glass able
to pick up one, that goes all the way over. Still no fluke, I mean a minute or so left
and oh my word she'll actually go for the dropies and the bombslayer.
Oh, tricks this is anymore, oh no there is she'll add. Yeah that sort of peeled itself
away yep and well six to six to how is this gonna shape its way up now as you
sort of start looking towards border and at what point do they go right
mental's a bit sort of pushed to a side do we just sort of look at the aspect
if it was to get two defense rounds throughout this map but remember they
were both on the same sites so even if they win this next one you might find
themselves suddenly in this horrible pattern where they're only winning one side either side and
from now on for full round they're going to be perfect!
What a pressure for twists and lines that don't have to be perfect!
I mean for G2 it has been kind of cruise control as of the past couple of rounds now
now. That's free in a row. They're sitting pretty good stead to take this map in very
convincing fashion as well. I mean, we're always looking for twisted minds. It was going
to be a tough match up for them. I mean, this G2 side of hit the ground running, which is
what they want. They needed, you know, for a G2 side who we always say, okay, what's
this year going to be for G2? You know, you think about how many players have came through
the door of this organization and you know they've only had you know just the one trophy
between the old Penta G2 roster to obviously what we know with Alamo and Doki today.
It's been a long time, been a long time, yeah, memories, I mean that's what three years
since they won that invite you know it's time is moving but it's also I guess it's
Sort of worth saying, I think, is that SI-2025,
which is sort of the changes in the league,
and the structure now is going together
with the last time that we had a menoplayer roster
at sort of T1 circuit major, obviously ENC,
or EWC, whatever, last year,
but within the realms of the majors and SI's,
and such, and it was obviously this roster,
and there's this element of wanting to fight the way back in,
whereas G2 they're always consistent regardless of the fact of whether that was their last great triumph
they're still a team of consistent performance and triumph and well not this round for their case
he's gone, early first body can't twisted minds bring this one to an end or will we have as I said before
our third clutch round for G2 player place your bets now
I don't think it'll be him. No, that would be outside of the horse for the broken leg.
And that case of it. Oh, for the jump out or the run out, whatever it was. That was in
front of July. I think it was. Yeah, he's got the kill. Anyway, it's the one for one
trades are still twisted mines able to have the advantage but a minute remaining and twisted
mines I have to start thinking about maybe looking at getting the aggression towards
his top floor and all of a sudden that is a bad challenge he was ready for the blitz but
not expecting P9 to be with him so that leaders doubled down the man count G2 strike one benches
there's two new pickups have to try and go for the clutch pencher this is happening that
C4 gonna try and go a craft, they've been able to pick up Hatch-Chomp!
They've all killed for vengeance, look at him!
Going straight away to rotate and maybe looking for a flank.
Well, they've got the shield, they know the pressure they need to apply, and almost a good one too,
but they dropped the hatch as well, P9!
Perfect place, there's a fight on green to lock it in and twist the mines, they get one.
But, as I said, at the start of the round, it's not a matter of being able to take the tertiary,
It's not a matter of being able to have one in your books.
You have to do a perfect rotation of all of the sites,
including the two that you've lost.
So from this point onwards, it's
got to be more of a lock in.
And this is a sort of set.
You're still looking at the spread,
and you're still, unfortunately, missing
a good chunk here of Twisted Minds,
whether it's just the map, whether it's just the opponents,
whether it's just a bit of a false start.
Now is the time to have that sort of superhero third act and show up and remind people what you can do.
Now there is the jump out.
What?
Like, was it just trusting no one was...
Yeah, just holding that part of the back.
Mm-hmm.
Ha ha ha ha!
I mean, it is although, I mean, yes, he gets the one, but he's out there.
Is he really gonna be able to get back into the building?
You know, that's the... there's a thing, is it?
You know, yes, you're gonna get killed, but you're probably gonna die.
And also, I think, don't forget, operator was the smoke.
Yeah.
So, you know, when you were like, I like it when Carl's having a good map.
Yep.
Would you add that?
He's got seven.
Bob, put some respect.
He does.
Yeah, yeah, he got, no, he got his one.
Right.
Like, I'm not.
He's not better than scrims, according to Doki.
Yeah, he's technically like, you know, that's a good cost round for him.
I mean, G2 is pretty tight gripping, isn't it, based on all the ales?
I mean, nobody's really out in front.
It's everyone stepping up, and that's what you want, isn't it?
I mean, for a side of G2, you can just don't want to be sat there,
maybe Ben just got 18 kills, and then maybe the next map, then it shiked with 20.
I mean, they wouldn't complain about that, but still, I think for the viewer,
we want to see everyone step up and have a good performance.
Oh, 100%. And I think that's sort of the point that I'm making about, you know,
how this is playing in versus Twisted Minds and versus the sort of set up of these two teams because you're getting these big performances and you
You know, should I go and stomp in two of the best rated players in the whole league?
Benja not that far behind. Doki not that far behind. The only one under an 100 EPS to start today was Alamow
Whereas on the other side when you're looking towards Twisted Minds and the sort of performance that they've been putting in
Well, it's actually a similar sort of story
Trix, P9, Jolad and Hasho, all of them were over 100 bts coming into this, Dov was the only one who was below, but again, 86, not a million miles off, so playing a support role. It's sort of tracks.
Here, unfortunately, those missing links are just sort of showing a bit more, and it proves when you have a team that is as sort of agile and as violent as both these two rosters can be, well, it doesn't quite have the same results.
results. Here. See if they can try and try some of the pressure in, cut themselves and
watch across the top and no immediate fight. What's, what happened? Because he's, he's
also in fur, right? But he has none, he's done remaining. So he can't open up the,
the site breach. See, external breach. Yeah. That's what we guessed. I mean it wouldn't
I've got tricked off, but I'm not going to be able to do it.
How have another one been wasted?
On the roof that we saw Breeday try and breach earlier, maybe.
Why would he use two in the same...
What do you mean he used two in the same one? Hello?
Why would he use two in the same one? What happened?
I don't even know.
Who told you that?
The observer.
Oh, I didn't hear that.
That's a weird one. I don't know.
You know what they're hearing right now?
They're hearing this one.
push on towards Doki, then he's trying to double down. They have to ping on the player,
but it's a shopping on the first corner, so it turns into a game of reactions and out-of-hours.
Oh, not quite quick enough, but stomping. He's always sharp, pops out, gets one.
Look at the second stomping! Bad heads of hand. And now, as Darv goes for the fight back in,
it's a two versus two. There's a two versus one all down. To the man who goes first, kill
this round in 20 seconds to find two more. And he's almost caught out by a razor bloom.
He'll be slowed. He'll be bloody.
And he'll be limping probably to the finish.
No kit. They've got the cross peak as well.
This point, you can't even get close enough
for this first engagement.
And well, that is all that they wrote.
Strong, strong G2 match.
Strong, strong opening for them.
But this was obviously their pick.
Let's just start with how this goes, demo.
The up good all-round team for the G2.
for a switch that mines. Yes, it wasn't their map, but you have gave a lot of momentum now
before G2 are going to be feeling really good after a very convincing win. Commencing is
sort of the underlined word here, followed by full stop. We are going to a break.
What place is that?
Thank you, boys.
I don't know. I was thinking of another verb. Gold star for trying. Do you know what? Do
you know what? I tell you what. Vibes are a massive part of safety. G2 have very clearly
got the vibes, their mental's up, their mental's high, they've won the game, what's more, what's
not to look? I just say that Dukie's scams are very offensive, that's the level of faith.
Okay, okay. Okay, but the vibes should be high, right? Because they got step one done in this process
here, they win their own map pick, they win the first map, that's the most important part, right?
And the way they do it as well, I feel like that is what we need to speak about, it's clean, it's
dominant. I would say it's somewhat convincing, I don't think it's dominant. I think that many
Many of the rounds come back to a 2v2, to a 3v3, look at the amount of rounds where
actually Twisted Nights are making this close, right?
And so on the back of the double kill here on Stomp in on the very last round, that they
are actually making it.
Because if he doesn't get that double kill, I think that Twisted Nights have all the control
they need to take the one side.
The main thing is, Benja brought them multiple rounds, Stomp in on the back line brought them
multiple rounds and Shaco as well.
But isn't it the strength of G2?
Yeah, that's...
To win the critical gun fight.
That's exactly what I was about to come back to you with here, we're talking boxing here, Leo is, yeah.
They know that sometimes they're going to let rounds slip, but they know when they do.
They've got stomping, they've got bencher, they've got doki.
They even got, I don't know who's jumping out windows on smoke making plays here.
Getting a triple kill is bits as well.
I need to get triple kill, blitz as well, so, yeah, they've got the players to bring those rounds back, that's exactly what we'd expect.
The main thing to me is that it is exactly the right playstyle to go into border, you see, you like to just...
Oh!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tell them a point there!
What a transition!
I was going to talk about that. I mean, we've seen crazy stuff already on there, players jumping out, a whole shebang, feel like border even fits in that playstyle way, way more and we can hopefully see even more aggression, more crazy plays, more chaos on the second map after this break.
I'm breaking this and I'm partin' out
Check the sex, sign it out
I'ma keep it goin' til I ain't a nut
I'm breakin' this and I'm partin' out
I'm gonna kill, I'm gonna suck my money out
Cause I can't get down from this runnin' up
I'ma keep it goin' til I ain't a nut
I'm goin' til I ain't a nut
I'm goin' til I ain't a nut
The pressure is on the shoulders of the Twisted Minds players as we look at them going into
this matchup now.
My main question is, do we see enough Twisted Minds of the Twisted Minds players?
No, and I mean the basic explanation is that so far we see a Hashim play the aggressive
role, we see Hashim on a vigil, on a scobo, trying to play aggressive, maybe on the blitz
sometimes.
problem to me is where's the tricks at this moment you know? Where's JL? Where are the
other players that are supposed to be aggressive at the same time? Yeah. We're gonna go on
to baller. This is a TDM map. Yeah. Twisted mines are not the heavy-favoriting
this matchup, Jack. They're not expected to be G2. They're two maps away from the
Seoul XCT Major. Let's take risks. They're still in upper bracket. So let's get all-on
aggressive. I'd like to take you back just a few days ago. When Twisted Mines were in
map 2 of their game against Fnatic, what were they doing? They were getting aggressive.
they would be in twisting minds, they picked this map very, very clearly. Border is an aggressive map, they want to play it aggressively. If they don't, if they just lay down the falter, then they won't be going to Salt Lake City at least today. So we need to see that coming out from everybody around the shop.
We will attempt to board the helicopter in a G2's case, maybe even all the way to Salt Lake City if they win the map too.
Matt to make or break both their sort of route through and probably some hearts, but obviously
This goes the way that you all think it's going to go
Oh 86 percent of you you still got 14 cents going to strong. Heck yeah
It's not over twisted minds. They have another shot another swing another chance to make it happen
But g2 they're one map from securing their place. Yes another international event
I think. Yeah, I think G two
gonna be feeling pretty
confident after a good showing
on layer. Seven free is always
pretty convincing in my books.
So it is over to the side of
twisted minds to win this map
and push us into map number
free. But I think for G two on
border will be confident on
as it did on the first map, sort of quick as you like. Locked in, 7-3 performance.
Order itself, obviously, it was pointed out by the desk. It is, GDM is aggressive, it's quick, it's violent,
and it covers pretty much all the bases at the same time. You need to be able to get yourself in,
and have some of that sort of even footing and even balance here.
And it's also the fact that if you said, obviously, we haven't already seen it from just your minds,
Into one in the meantime
Pretty nice map for G2 a couple of months ago. They took face-contour at 175 D plus gear 71
It's just a map that they are happy to sort of bask in and
They're kind of rooting themselves for wood
Already getting some stress outside
Back in around a hatch on opens up
Well, stop it. Takes a peek at the main door and well, there's Hash on to punish him.
That's good for Twisted Minds having an opening pick. See if they can follow up and have the
opening round in their side, a Clio canister too. It's been spotted out.
And there we go, it will be hot too. So just slow and steady at the moment.
Here for twisted mines and oh no, Banja goes for a swing, tries to get a kill back and well,
Jalad is there to punish him, G2 a bad start and stay right down two men within the first
minute.
Now the pressure starts to come over, they're looking to see if they can try and pinch this
out as you said two men down and now we'll get that test of it.
It's been a really nice procedural approach, the glass, I hope that they can get another
a gift and it's a fight either side of a narrow door but they use that time to slip away.
They maybe heard the throw come through and they go shite go gets one back and escapes
and where's he off to? Maybe he wants to try and find Hashom. He's been causing problems
down below and wow that's exactly it. He knows the fight is coming. They're trying to just
get out of there shite go. Costing down gets caught by bees. Will they try and move on
the back of this too much? Too much danger. Jalad survives but cost of a lot of blood
and now the three versus three demo. Yeah, this is scary now for twist the minds and they have the glass in the black field.
Oh, both they go both of them at the exact same time for somehow G2.
I've turned the free V five into a free V one.
I mean just pitch and pitch perfect and what else can you sort of say.
I mean, what a sort of mental
and momentum builder, right?
Is the open of a G2 immediate
back foot? Uh-oh. Two bodies
taken very cleanly. Long period
of time before the next thing.
Somehow. I say like somehow how
do they bite back? Shiker gets
a 2 K rooms is we run like it's
not. Yeah. You don't need to be
a rocket scientist to be like
Shikos good at siege. He can do
that. It went from. What's
It went from a 5v3 after the first minute to then a 0v3 after the second minute.
It was certainly around which just fell away from Twisted Minds.
And I think for Twisted Minds it was you're allowing Shaikou to go and get single picks and not be able to trade them back.
I mean, obviously they killed onto Hash on downstairs. This kill right here was a perfect example
You've let him go down and find a pick to get his team back into the game and nobody's got Hash on. Nobody's there to get that trade back
Well at this point G2 off to at least the first round
pretty sad view
So look at the trade setup. You sort of look at the situations and
You get the people that are firing and you know it's that worried continuation as it was before.
I shall manage a lad we're able to get kills a piece obviously but really they were two of the
three that were able to make it land on the previous map it's the extra wiggle room we need from them.
So if you're still at mind it's going to be stunned by that first round that you know they had that
two-man advantage and let it slip through their fingers. Now we'll be the top floor locked out so
downstairs we go and into our vent and a workshop hold here from G2 and it looks to be a pretty heavy
top floor hold which I mean is kind of expected whenever you're dealing with a bomb site
that has full vertical fly that the defenders of Quipers can't use to stop attackers from planting
inside of it. It is going to be the way to defend this bomb site even Alamo and the Solis just in
case a quick plan was to come in, you still have that cover so nothing surprising here for G2.
And for Twisted Mines, looks to be that they're going to try and use that Blitz as their focal
point. Straight in we go, this should be an easy pick up, it will be if the Blitz gets one, but
his swiftly trade it back, actually not finished off though, so there is an opportunity that maybe
Tricks could get leveled back up, nevermind Alamow is there with the impact, Dom though able to take
down Shaco, there's a big problem for Twisted Mines in that last round, so a good start for Twisted
They've lost the blitz, but they haven't been able to get too close from it.
Well, they hadn't advanced as before, demo, and well, we saw how that went.
Swingin' that way out, and, oh, good take, Hash on.
Just fires at Hammer's home on towards Adam Alff, puts it into the 4 versus 2.
Benjamin and Stompin'.
Everyone's gonna have to get killed in that opening round.
They were the first two bodies gone, caught out, and now they're gonna see if they can try and match the heroics.
the heroics they've done just before in the meantime we can hear the reveal we
can hear the pressure and we can see that does be able to get a kill this sort
of opening set up get himself in a little bit further on already matching
a performance as he had to use the entire map it's actually the attempted
fight being pinched out something has to go somewhere and Bencher actually gets
on towards what he was entirely surrounded and he said good I have
options. Shilad does get the endermies inside the site. They seem to have a reveal they're
going for the plant itself. He expects to be swung but nobody's currently home instead.
Missed an opportunity there based on expectation and now it's a bit of a tricky retake. He
sort of baited the sound of the audio of the beepers. He's hopping back and forth. He's
trying to find an option but just many many missed buses at this point 25
seconds he knows they're gonna pull themselves further and further back he's
expecting to be swung from behind him the other position isn't really gonna get
to him in time instead it goes vertical brilliantly played there but twisted
minds just swing round put a couple of bullets out give him some pressure and
to the left of the left. I
think he's going to get some
styles of this around back.
What a piece. Yeah, really good
post plant there from twisted
lines. Very safe. Good plant
position. Good rotate as well. I
felt from. Uh, July act moving
his way in towards tellers knows
that if the kid is going to start
being diffused, he has an easy
swing as the head holes were
opened up. So yeah, twisted
lines did well to hold onto
you know, you can see the
idea. It's using the
operators that you can expect
to see in borders that you
look into the dream. You're
looking at the documie. No
man's going to be there to
cover off the flanks. You
know, they've got that
recurrence. He also a shield.
They've always had a shield in
the previous two rounds. You
know, you can see the
difference between the
players and the players.
You know, you can see the
difference between the
players and the players.
So obviously for G2 they should kind of expect that game flag. I think G2 maybe they lean in to maybe more traps, you know, if a shield is going to be consistently used, if they're going to use operators, like Dokby, where they're looking for these kind of cracks, what's in using the sounds.
Traps is a really good way to go against that. And hey, look, the floor comes back in again. I mean, hey, for the shields and maybe the flag as well. Who knows?
I do. Yeah. Okay. There's like two maps where I'm sort of excited to see an RX. It's this and it's bank.
I was gonna say, I bet you're gonna say bank. Yeah. Because that's always the, the basement isn't it?
Yeah. Always, always, always, always. You can go from the bottom to the top within like five seconds.
It's useful. And here as well, it's the space that you can play around with getting in, getting out, getting yourself around.
it's just great. But it doesn't always mean it happens. Like, you know, so it's a rare treat.
That's the reveal of the position of the player. But does someone want to shoot at the barricades?
They don't want to give away his position until more support comes. You can see them setting up
on towards the side of past boat. And another drone is not quite sure where he's being watched
for. Could he use being watched? How long can he keep himself alive? You can see Shai goes off
They can't quite enter their way in towards East Stairs instead.
They're off and underneath, and, well, Bender might still be on a drone.
There's one more. How much utility could one Bender eat?
Seems to be the read through. He's still got two pocket proxies just in case.
There's that drone finally caught out.
And now it's Shiko gets targeted. It's been a lot of setup and prep up time.
So he's trying to implement for the first kill on towards it.
Yeah, I think the Benjy just, he doesn't know who's being watched, but that's the man that...
That's a fairly close one.
Yeah, Twitch's mind just making sure they lock down Benjy as best they can with the Missed C4, and goes to Nade.
Alamau though, able to open things up, and Benjy exposes himself to GLaD, just walking in freewaying.
Anywhere from the trade doesn't look to be, as though players are in towards Catwalk, and Nade will just tag up Alamau,
but he doesn't know which way to look, he doesn't know where this player is, Shaiiko though.
able to take down tricks another player in towards east-pastion also find in one
but she had goes up the stairs and Alamo somehow goes off will be killed off now
with a trick and stuff is there what a trade game from G2 and Hashom is in the
middle of the bomb site but he doesn't have the kit and stomping will put an
end to him from the verts wow weird round I think for both sides all of the
fighting in towards waiting and in towards east this G2 you come away with
it. Yeah, they just as he said
it like sort of halfway through
that great trade game there
from G two. But the positions
from G two are also a bit
peculiar points, right? And I
think, you know. Go on. Even
have to say that they're in
positions that should be
punished by twisted lines. Yeah
like planning towards can't
walk and stuff. You know, you
need to take your east control
if you want to go waiting. But
then again is a case where you
position in towards east really difficult if someone knows how to play it well. So maybe
that's the case for it. I don't know. I just felt as though they crouched walked into the
map very early on trying to flood in through customs and they were hoping to find some
picks, but she's never gave them any.
I mean, so much sort of dedication obviously on towards Banjo below as well. We can see
them circling that position from outside for a long time.
long were they prepped up ready on that double door before wanting to try and
swing their way across the cut what support they're waiting for and almost
the caution of approach yeah they got the kill of the end yeah it came down to a
trade game but it was one that G2 still had time to build surprises into and
surprises of what sort of get you as point-driven
Anyway, trading rounds still, still the option with the twisted mines to keep fighting their
way back in.
I think production's out to get me right now, they're not really, I love production.
You know we made the joke, I made the joke, I'm taking full responsibility, I'll think
on my own chip about them having popcorn and being spoiled.
Well, they've just put a message in the production trap.
There's cheesecake in the kitchen.
I'm kicking off.
Production, I'm kicking off. You're not too busy in cheesecake.
I'm kicking off.
Where's my cheesecake?
I love cheesecake.
In both cheese and cake, and cheesecake form.
Well, great use of a quiche drone.
Yeah, so say, well, you're rapping about cheesecake.
It has a great little cake there for tricking the quiche.
You're unable to get the mirror window as soon as it was placed.
right place right time for the drone.
Benja had that very strong mirror window that you place in towards 90.
Just kind of control that break room door.
But I'm not going to have that now.
I mean this seems very classic here from Twisted Minds.
They're going to go for the smoke. Play angles to Blitz.
They have the Thatcher. In case the C4 does get leashed in July.
He's going to go for the plant. However, not great from a post plant position though.
Unless he's putting back the window, which I don't...
Actually, he has his planters right at the window.
So it is a really good post plant that you can hold from that window.
But look at this retake though from G2, they found three kills!
And that was up to Hashalman P9!
Hashalman used Olive's U-Till though, so he can't really deny it with a fireball.
So they're gonna say if they can pop their way out, but you know,
how much of it is an actual Claymore? Where's the danger? Where's the draft? Well, there's
the Claymore. Talked about it's a three versus one. Nobody though, because they can just win it
by fighting their way back outside the building. Traded rounds, no more!
they're going to go for the
jump outs. But for just the
minds, it's not what they want
it. And they are going to go
for the time out. I don't see
they've seen something that
they're not happy with. And
they're going to go for the
call and see if they can try and
turn this around because at the
moment it is very slowly
hurling towards a G two series
win and then G two. They will
And that's it. And there's the conversation done. Now, obviously, I had a couple of games
earlier where, you know, early time-outs, early sort of conversations in the game itself,
but you can't let them build more and more events. Right? You can't let that distance
get wider. What was the main sort of thing we talked about and the desk talked about?
Because sometimes we all worked together and was missing parts of the roster. And I know
I've been harping on it, but the longer this goes on you look at the balance spread on the side of g2
You look at the spread on twisted mines. It's just unfortunate. You're not quite looking for them
And yeah, it's a game of two halves everybody
I'm aware but it was the same for both halves in the first map and you don't want it to be
Three halves in a row because then you get to the fourth and feel like it's an impossible task
Change otherwise
Still chance for them to try and get this evened up. Still chance for them to try and balance this back in.
Obviously the site that they're able to make work was this one in the W2 vs 1 situation,
but getting in, getting a kit, the close plot is very well put together from the sides of Twisted Minds.
And I'll trust that Minds need to try and find something.
I think for G2, again, it's that spread of kills I'm interested in, it's that team performance.
Whereas for Twisted Mind, you still have got those stragglers, I mean, Dove, in terms of the series.
It's not being a good day for him.
Overall, he's 2-13 across the two maps, and you'll get everyone on G2 above 11 kills between the two maps.
So that kind of sums it up, everyone from G2 having a good day, whereas all it takes is just that
What about disproportion in the daily apartment?
And this is what can happen.
Ash-Om?
Now it's certainly been the...
kill leader for...
Twisted Minds. It's gonna see if he can open up.
That opening pick is this.
So close!
Oh, wow!
How does he do that?
Ash-Om should have had him dead to right.
Well, now wins the engagement.
And even look at Dove.
Oh, look at his HP.
There's not gonna be much use now as a low HP blitz is certainly a sad affair to have.
are you trying to do this?
Yeah. For twist of mind. It
looks to the team play just went
out the window. Alamau out the
window. You were saying. Well,
there's two things at the window.
The team play for twisted minds
and also Alamau. Yeah, don't
look at his HP. Now even works.
Good mind will finish him off.
Okay at this point now. This is
the time for them to see if they
can try and find that extra
spark. We talked about how
momentum could be a big thing
versus three that G2 able to pull back in towards their favor from the deficit. There's always
possibility in this game that it can happen the other way around, but it requires them,
because he said get this trade game, get it locked down, and Jaco touched around on the radio corner.
I'm gonna swing out, there's somebody propped up on the left, I believe it's stomping,
there's no longer stomping, and they were asking, they're just sort of slowly piece by piece driving
and the captain revealed. Now
the double swing now a full
versus nobody. Another round
into words, G2's favor, and
they are excited to see the
wonders of Salt Lake City.
Yeah, pretty pretty standard
here from G2. Just getting the
job done. So all they need to
every single round. I mean, that's just that operator, not only in the Shaco, you know,
love Elysian, but it adds so much value against the side that Twisted Minds and also a map
like Border. You know, the values gained from the Goominds is really important. You look
at that Goomind, they hit the glass and easy free fire there for him. I mean, really, this
one, when I've got that kill and then the second, that was around, wasn't it? Don't
I think, yeah, I probably would have left him alive if I had to impact him, but still.
He's having a good day, he's having a good day.
He's having a great second map, he was having a good first map to the point we commented on it,
even when he jumped out of the building and he got his one.
Here, that confidence has sort of grown and exploded.
That's two of the idea, right, is let's not be shy, let's not be subtle, let's be big, bold, brash and bloody hell they're doing it.
Yeah, yeah. I mean, across 15 rounds so far as Siege, we've got Stompin, who is 11 and 10 in the series at least.
Doki is 12 and 10, Benjit is 14 and 8, Almau is 14 and 8, and Shaco is 14 and 8! It's a free of a kind!
What's that worse? I'm not very good at card games.
Well that'll beat your two pair. That'll beat-
No! My two pair!
And a two pair.
My two pair of Pashomon's your last currently.
It gets beat by a straight and anything up above that.
Ah, that's a shame.
Four to one.
Twisted mines. Can they try and match?
What they kill and sort of heal together here.
There's the opener.
That's that first body in towards their favorite the first time they've had that since the second round
It's been a bit of a gap for a few rounds and that's the second. Okay
They found a bit of a spark Shiko pops on towards one and
Otherwise they're in a bit of a scrappy fight, but he's able to escape
That's the important part and he doesn't want to leave just quite yet
In fact support is coming up the stairs stomping. It's gonna double up now
Now, all of this is being pinged by the snake from outside, but it doesn't matter!
All the information in the world, but it doesn't mean that you can make it sing the way Saiko does!
You have any options? P9 goes down? That's just pretty much everybody else, Benja!
All that's left alone?
Oh ho ho! Great play with the shield! They get them, he's off!
Wait, wait, wait, oh, he's off to go and listen to our wonderful desk at halftime.
What a final round, we just witnessed that.
And then this so much just sends it off immediately after that round.
What a first half in general, we're going to have to praise some players over on the side of G2.
We heard the casters do it too, but this is a very balanced performance by them.
Yeah, I think it's exactly what we expected from the moment coming back from there into border.
We see the same aggression, we see the same team play on the side of G2.
Whenever they fight against a nursery point, they do it together.
They just trap operators as much as possible.
When they're in the 3v3 like this Shaco goes and grabs the kills together.
Yep. You see that aggression? Sometimes it pays, sometimes it doesn't. It doesn't matter.
The risk taking is worth it.
What's the problem Leo, if your Twisted Minds would have taken a brawl for G2?
Well, you're facing some of the best gunners in the world.
That's kind of the problem. So, we knew that Border was going to be a map pick.
So, you know, we saw all the map pick and we're thinking, great, this is Twisted Minds being aggressive.
They're going to try and play close. They're going to hit site fast.
They're going to play with the Demos, with the Karim, with the Nomad, with all of this utility and all of this aggression in the glass as well.
But if we know it, G2 certainly know it, and they were more than ready for it.
And look at that triple kill that we just saw from Alemao, by the way.
It's two jump outs, it's one against a bit where he impacts the Blitz and kills him, he doesn't care.
He doesn't care if he's outside, he doesn't care if he's one hit away from a Blitz that can flash him.
He doesn't care, he wins those gunfights.
And so, in a scenario where the only thing, the only value that brings to Sunmind's table is,
oh, we're going to play aggressive and we're going to play those shields and we're going to try to play chaotic,
you're just trying to play G2 at their own game, you can't beat them, you can't beat them,
because they're just the best at this game, at this NEML.
Especially when G2 are playing as well as they're playing, you know, the fact of the matter is they're recovering rounds as well.
The second round that they had, they're recovering a free versus five scenario.
The team play on G2 is genuinely really, really good.
Alomar seems to be knowing exactly what's going on.
They seem to have a really good read on Twisted Minds.
And when you're at Twisted Minds and you're on an entry,
it's just kind of aggression, direct sight hits.
It's shallow. You don't have to depth come up with some nails.
That's kind of the problem.
That's why we're seeing G2 be so dominant.
Even though Twisted Minds have made those changes
that we asked them to do,
they are being more aggressive
than we were bringing those operators.
It's still quite shallow.
And ultimately, when they get into a brawl with G2,
G2 are coming out on top
because on the balance of things,
they've got the better players.
But we can look at that even further
and compare the best players of each roster
really further showcase that depth that we're seeing here. We talked about how show, we talked about
Shaco, but then still if they are their best performance and this is the difference between them?
Yeah absolutely and the guy on the left hand side of your screen Shaco, he's just been dropping
numbers every single map that he's joined for G2. That very last round that we saw,
he very nearly won them that round. 1v2ing a blitz and a player behind him inside a
palka, he's just got that aggression about him. It's interesting the smoke and the ward
Really annoying for the rotations. Setups are gonna be impacted by that. They will need to play other champions.
That's why they have to play the Thor, the Mute, and the Denari for the setup.
That also means that Ying will be more efficient, that Blitz will be more efficient.
It is a... well, Ying is not a banner.
Yeah, Blitz is actually very, very usual in this scenario.
Okay, but G2 only three rounds away from Salt Lake, so let's see if they close this out in how many rounds?
Oh, thank you very much, and I still wanted you to sort of hit them
Yeah, it's like positive affirmations
How many rounds
I'm just gonna take it one round at a time and the reason I say that is
Oh, what fun, let's see what I'm gonna go for doesn't have the kit for it, but yeah
Yeah, I was gonna mention that usually if we you know see them are in border top four typically straight in free sandwich
Maybe try and get a flat down. Thank you. I'm picking up the hatch. Oh, yeah, this is this is a hot the hatch job
Well, he's so ready for it
There it is he calls it round. He's looking for the first
Oh, he's picked up back with a burn!
Oh, no!
Loading new bike!
There's two for tricks.
Shaco does bleed in. They're just going to keep the pressure on, keep themselves driving in,
but then it's the cross fight and the fire, the swing round almost catches the man on the rappel themselves,
but at this point, a failure to launch.
They're still just flying out the building. It's a great sort of response.
Hashum going out the double door means that Stompin couldn't support the swing,
swing couldn't support the break couldn't make his way in as he did the others
could have been a very quick opener but started in tragedy and sort of continued in that manner
for g2 yep better caught the bg's but uh definitely for g2 it's there's a round which i mean it just
comes down to the one kill isn't it you have tricks to ice bomb sex g2's they probably won that
I'm pretty sure they Sophia stand and they something double stunned the doorway so they should know that somebody's there and
Just just need to check his angles and they are against punish because but
The paper stop but I mean if he wins this one, I would be down to twist the minds give him a minute, but
Look at this, this triple crossfire, this trio, just waiting for him since he gets up
to the staircase.
It should be a 3-2-1 swing as long as nobody overpeeks.
So, well, well, hi Sean.
I would disagree.
Oh, he hit with the knot.
He got him.
Got him.
Anyone want to kill?
No.
Go on.
There we go.
anyone want to kill? No. Go on. There we go. Alright. They get our opener. I'm sure
he's pulling pranks on him. He's being sneaky. It's good energy there. I mean, you know,
it's what they need right now, right? Let's be honest, if that round had gone away, we're
probably not looking at a long rest of this series, as we sort of said before, how quick
Water Day B, they almost needed something chaotic to reclaim. As weird as that is to say. If it was
a sort of procedural round take, there's that feeling that it's still going, it's still a bit
of it, it's still very high and intense. Taking around like this, where, you know, just the sort
What a pick, but you're browned.
It's just been playing.
Good fun. Ah, good fun.
Ah, thank you.
Thank you, wonderful production team.
I'm sorry to run about cheesecake so much.
I just really want cheesecake man.
Any brand will do.
Do you like cheesecake? I feel like I'm a kind of person.
I'm always the pens, I'm always the pens, but mostly I'll only use it.
That's not true!
That's not true!
Whenever it comes to Cheesecake, that's...
Okay, when it comes to Cheesecake, fine.
Have you ever seen me be picky about desserts? Let's be real here, come on.
Who's that?
Hey, it's, you know...
Do you earn desserts?
And, uh...
I've probably killed half of this game and...
I've tried Cheesecakes, I must have lost a series of the day with a Cheesecake in my hand.
We might be seeing one more map before I get to make a quick trip.
They get this self-leveled up. They can actually try and find some sort of stability in this showdown.
The first map, obviously, is 7-3, but there was generally a big chance where they weren't able to get anything.
Most was sort of three rounds, though. Here they've been able to break at the same moment.
They have to make sure that they can try and build some stability themselves, because this is the first time.
They have threaded two rounds in a row across this showdown. It's either side of the half-time
But it means that for the first time they feel like they have a bit of calm and control
Now it's how much further they can get with it
To us a slow approach nobody's in the building
after almost half the round
Target's probing and can really target I think Jalad here and he has used his last
key of barrier in the exact same spot I think he's already used maybe two or
three prior to it too. So if they do move that then the Islamic will be null and void.
Still for G2 it's all about this E to control that is what they're trying to
target. Oh Jalad picks up a kill on the Shai Go Dov, on the Stumpid and tricks on
on the L now and P9 on the dookie and Hatshaw on the bencher.
Okay, we're tied up with far and away the strongest round
that we have seen so far.
The smiles are on the faces of twisted minds.
They are not done yet and great positioning,
great awareness and also that network of this team
is operating.
The thing I've wanted so far throughout this is showing up.
And that is such a big boon for them, just sort of spiritually and emotionally into the ethos of the game itself.
Start shutting them down, start being that five-sided nightmare for your opponents to deal with.
And start getting that spread across the team here.
Now within the last two rounds, we have had a lot of the team actually start to get themselves close to even, right?
It was a very different score. It was only really Hasham and Jilad that had, I think, more than two kills.
Across all five of them.
I'm going to hold a bit more on the side of Jax, but...
What if Rove takes back?
Three rounds though, Demo. Three rounds in a row.
Three rounds separate them from a map, too.
A map three, even.
I can count.
Shut up. Don't tell people I can't count. I can count.
I don't understand anything.
Yeah, you better.
So, G2 in the hot sea.
This game is slowly getting away from them.
From where they were,
seeing four rounds to one up.
So now losing that lead and twisting the mines and clawing it back to full square.
I need somebody to show up here from G2.
I'm actually surprised that maybe the shields and you know coming to play now
is obviously something that we know is in the arsenal of G2 are gonna be those
shields I mean border. Think about Blitz, great map for him.
Instead, still kind of go over this I would say more kind of subtly groups where
it's mostly trying to open up these long lines of sight they still got the
information up there. There goes the Dokobie and almost the Dokobie goes down
and Shalad had the pink there but instead it's gonna be a big old flurry of kills
Twisted mines come out on top, Shiko of the opening dead.
Twisted mines.
Have lost the east control but I don't really think they're too worried as they have found
two killers in response to that.
They still have this one body advantage.
They still have that pressure and as you said they probably don't have to be too worried
losing just Hashum because Hashum is off them.
That point man, right?
He's the one being that problemer and then you look towards the problem sold and it's
Shiko and Benja.
It's the docker being the daimos.
Stumpin' though, from the next one more we hear a razor-blue and pop off, but no result and reward for it.
In the meantime, Tricks in this position can drop the hatch, can't get out of there.
He is his own support and as a trade comes out over two stories and two players.
Now, it puts us into almost...
There's a single pinch on this side that they might not truly be aware of, Alamo.
Step by step and...
to the right. Oh, just miss
each other out. Drift their way
down, get themselves rotated
round. There's nobody to catch
the follow through. They're
looking for the spray through
the. Oh, the floor is almost
another vertical trade back and
forth here. It's still a two
versus two 45 seconds, and they
almost got one player in a box,
but they're the ones that have
to try and plant demo. Yeah,
still time here for G2 to figure
out what they want to do.
Doesn't look as if they have
any drones. So information is
going to be lacking for them,
in this round. Are they going to go for the hatch truck? Yes they are. And he goes, Alamow,
who just gets led up. Yeah, no idea that Jalab was in the other bombsite waiting for
him. And I stop him. That's the one V2 he has to try and clutch up with 20 seconds left.
Shotgun close on the door, but we won't even see it. Now, are we going to get a time out
from G2? The energy?
Should do, yeah.
Yeah, it's been better and better, bigger and bigger and bolder and brashier from the
side here just the mines and I mean at this point right sort of compare the
vibes later in the latter half of the previous map to the fact that we have
now had from their side four rounds in a row absolutely retaken momentum of this
game it was a four to one half or a four to one game even since then G2 just
fallen the drift fallen further and further away and we'll be the time out
in the conversation here. Just to try and re-establish themselves a bit.
G2, fucking puzzled in terms of how they want to go about this, as this has been a pretty
desperate situation for them now. That is free attacks in a row, lost a full rotation
for Twisted Minds has been successful.
They've lost that lead that they had, done really well in the defensive half, but it has just slowly got away from them now.
I mean, that opening kill stat, I think over these past four rounds, has also been pretty damning here for G2.
They've lost every single one of them.
So certainly the entry kills that stepped up big time for Twisted Minds, and really, you know, so has everyone.
I mean, we kind of mentioned as well how the Replayers who were having off days, you know, you looked at Dove, you looked at P9 inside this map.
You know, Dove has been able to break even. P9, 5 kills too, so twists that mines are slowly getting into this game.
So, all leveled up, and then beyond it, but what will stop the run? What will stop the rain?
There's otherwise been that control of the second half of this map and the control of a series that otherwise has been entirely out of their way for a long time.
It's been a long time since we've been able to have this roster, sort of the breakout kids of the new system and we've had the old new system.
If you remember it, when we were able to sort of get all these new regions and new potential teams coming into the mix, Meno was the area that impressed everybody the most.
I did to know, you know, sort of, maybe, the fact about it.
And if they can win this series and they can get themselves back in,
bouncing towards the sort of first chance at getting to an international
tier one main circuit event since last SI, 2025, well,
I'm sure they'll be pretty happy with that.
I mean, that's a kill that should never go in favor of all of them.
That was a, that was a breezy day.
Well, 5-4, twisted vines, they've lost his opening body, Hashrom's gone.
But again, you know, we sort of said it in the round before, he's often that point man.
Maybe he could have done a bit better in that engagement, but hey, we'll let him off this time.
Otherwise, pressure on towards break and the pressure outside the building.
You should have wants to see if you can try and you know find that little player
It's step by step here from the side of G2
They've got themselves a bit of a surround on towards break on towards the back of it
Otherwise it's split pressure coming through but I'm out
There's a bike taken out of him from P9's position lying down, but it's dubbed that has to cover
Shows how awkward it is to enter on towards this map because there's always somebody else
Takes on towards P9 good idea. Unfortunately. Whoa
bad execution everywhere else.
The ball that's left, Alamow has gone down
amongst all of that, but is getting back up.
So give them a four versus nobody.
Benja has the cover.
Yep, better from G2.
Finally, getting a good,
getting an established bit of ground in the map.
East this time was taken for them.
I mean, they have a bit of trouble
they're getting in towards break.
I actually thought it was quite good setup
that they had their twisted lines,
obviously have that kind of danger man towards break who made that impact all the minute very difficult for anyone pushing down that long corridor
And then you had good cover as well dove using that long dmr to hold on to the break door
and also the catwalk door
but just also maybe
Maybe just kind of it was kind of the breaking portal wasn't it you know G2 did very well to do a large room work waste a lot of
Kind of utility that the defender sad
And three two one they'll push in and they just win their engagements
So, yeah, much better from G2. I think the opening kill, as I mentioned, that's something that needed to go in their favour.
I mean, it is very lucky that that alum I was able to get that pick. You know, Hashem gets that kill.
I mean, just imagine that the nightmare that G2 would have kind of moving him out of that position in towards bottom east.
So, yeah, very important first pit that just went in favour of G2, so the timeout is good.
It is going to be five rounds a piece.
Now, here's what I wanted to see. We see a shield be brought in.
Alamau has not used the shield so far in this attacking half.
Where are they going to go with it? That's the question though.
It's also how this is going to sort of get itself in on this early engagement, right?
You know, the opening rounds, the opening kill has converted every single round outside of the very first one.
That was the fun sort of thing to look at as the pattern of players.
up here so I can say that worth
starting to come up a little bit
in that pair of shape because they're trying to cut that way across the wall
waiting look at stomping on the other side they're going fast vicious and brutal
and the shield can't quite cross the divide
oh we really hoped he'd make that one work
oh no it's back and forth
can he get three? yes he can
this is his bath room and he's cleaning up
it's a second time. We've seen
G2 try to go fast. Then it's
the second time it has gotten.
No, uh. Oh, twist that minds
massive round gets them on the
match point. Yeah, like you
said G2. They tried to go for
something quick again. And
twisted minds were switched on
for it. They were ready for
that. And obviously you take
down that lich and you can
everything else is gonna ground to a hull and that was certainly the case.
G2, a big ol' flash out of a rush, which is backfired massively on them.
This was the important kill, was almost, maybe just needed to wait just a split second for that smoke to fully cover
because certainly for tricks he seemed the body of the Blitz, wasn't it?
Yeah, I think it's always that element of like if one of a bit of Gad tree moves two
feet to the left, does it change the fate of things?
Does a bit of smoke coverage change how optioned it is?
And those are sometimes the conversations that happen when you're trying to rebuild
a take on a round, right?
It's the times you sort of go, well, maybe we had a standstill or a light wall here,
and it would be a different time.
Time to go with your different approach, maybe if you put a bit, but...
All that sort of balances out when you're on 6-5.
Just staring down the barrel of...
Maybe an overtime, maybe an entire extra map.
I don't know, I think the shield is still a bit...
It can be the sticking point here, but what I love...
Now, demo, and I hope it's not too little too late.
All ten players leaning their mark into this game.
It's what we wanted from the very beginning, and I'm really glad...
To see Twisted Minds delivering on that front.
the map is always gonna stick the more just based on their play style and of course, it
is their map and they wanted to go here.
That's still they need to be on their toes to G2, only need the one round to then push
it into overtime.
Yeah, it's also a good decision, maybe not.
It's like, yeah, get out of there for the blitz comes for you, but instead of stomping,
There's waiting for him. That's the opening pick going over in favour of G2 and they still have this full HP Blitz.
The Alamo can utilise them, maybe transcend it in towards the Armoury wall, but with those feet holes, just to be a little bit more careful.
You know the trick is there with the... what's the solace?
But you can see that G2 have slowed the pace right on down after having that opening pick.
Wow, the pace is about to get in this slow and steady root clear here across the top.
There's obviously always the fifth. Somebody will come around the back and see stompings on the long watch for that.
Now, how alone is Alomar going to be? Or do they just want this? The close space door almost got a bit of a gift.
Does sneak out, goes to his own support structure. The calls will come out and will the collapse come together?
No, look, it pulls off their plan. They were going to go for the plant. You can see the idea of it, but now they have to rethink.
Because of those two players that got spotted here. Okay, let's go in. Let's enter on the tension.
Let's try and get the clear elsewhere.
We've got the verticality, but now they've got stomping.
And now somebody else is slu-
One back in for Benjen, knocks him out,
looks for the second follow-through, it's the shield.
They get the drop with four versus two,
versus one versus a fight on the top.
Floor haschum!
He's doing his best to fight his way
out of the awkward predicament.
Benjen's gone for the plant.
Okay, this secured.
He's busy trying to find the other fights,
and without a mouse still on the board and the blitz.
Tricky is an understatement.
I think to get a bit of a lucky spray through. I mean just point 30 seconds
They've got one on the tip itself watching the hatch and going for the drop
They've got one outside the double door and a shield
They can try and get close and cause some problems. Alamow
He's more than a damp hand with a blitz
He's not quite able to get that one until he does. We are in OT
the opening pick. You know,
that time they had the opening
pick and they saw the pace
right down. Like you said, they
were maybe iron up that plant,
but then they got off. They
thought, Okay, let's utilize
the information that we have.
Let's play those kills. They
did extremely well with that.
Obviously, Alaba did well with
the blitz to isolate that player
in the first place, but they
didn't have the ability to
I mean, this is the first time
I've ever seen this. Um.
Obviously, Alamab did well with
the blitz to isolate that player
inside of customs. I mean, much
better from G two have been able
to turn the ship around in quick
fashion. So overtime is where we
go. I mean, this is being a
defender sided border. Who gets
who gets to see half anyone now?
Well checkers on a drone. So there we go. So they are the defenders
Unless monthly has been picked by shot
No, it wasn't a good camp cuz he was jumping
Wow, I
Mean what 40 afts
Back and forth and decided border is fine
But it's also the weird brutality of it because if you look at the sort of thread of how this map has come together
traded rounds in the opening three big block of G3 rounds big block of twisted
mine rounds and then trade rounds over the last place like this they had this
sandwich of control in the middle and then almost warmed up to how each other
is playing but again I'd love to see who we get three more rounds of it two more
or will we get a whole another map I guess it's gonna be another entry another
the dictated round.
Phenomenal from Twisted Minds, don't you?
It's called with bats down.
There's a quick swing from Bob which won't be punished but still that opening two-piece
for Twisted Minds is a massive-
24 set!
Yep, they really sort of set the pace there.
The Seafield won't quite catch anybody outside but it means that they have to sort of re-evaluate
everything because well both those kills happened outside the map.
They weren't even able to begin getting themselves set up.
We can obviously still see it.
They've got a Fenrir Mide outside of the Northern balcony too.
I've just got this watch on anyone that tries to approach that angle and here finally inside
finally off to a bit of the races there's a camera just calling all of this in an awkward
position to get rid of it but now if the reveal comes together can they try and stimulate
a pinch the drone's work and cleverly P9 is out of there does not want to give them an
easy captures. I want to give them a man of vantage possibility or even just to even sort of fight here.
More veals, more attempts at slowing them down in a steady removal of utility, but
with a minute on and how hands-off twisted mines have become,
you know, they're just preparing for the three, two, one. Okay, let's push back.
Yeah, I think just the mines have done a good decision here. Just pulling back,
know that it's up to G2 to have to fight against a man dead for certain.
Oh no, hash on!
She looks away, and Sheik already dropped a good trade though, Jalan.
Able to pick up Sheik when Stomp and got down from the hatch.
So it's still going to be a man advantage to twist the mines 30 seconds left,
and really what is the options for G2, they don't have many.
Just have to be hatched, Stomp, P9 gets caught out through Benji,
finds a black in underneath the hatch, and that's a 2v2.
Well, 15 seconds, 2 vs 2 in the position,
the back line here. The side
of twisted minds, but a perfect
watch for it has to cross one
more fight to fight for
Benja. Brilliant as ever buys
them back in towards that round.
G2. Once again. In the driver's
seat. It's been a hot minute,
and they've had to sweat their
way back for it. But one round
separates them from Salt Lake
I don't know how he's been able to pull that off because really for G2 after the opening that they had in that round
You think this is gonna be tough and get twist at mind did well to not give any picks away
Just sat in their hands and then it got to the final minute and then P9's doing dances underneath the hatch
Give G2 that opening
You know what against the quality of players that you're up against in G2 you cannot give them that opportunity
So imagine it being the best performance for G2 now in the series
But honestly, I like this right here.
GP9, like, he can get close to try and watch the bathroom hatch drop, he gets that.
He completely forgets the hatch also above him is open.
And G2 know that they've really got a lucky break with that.
And G2 break that attack, and now they get the favour side, now they get the defence.
This point, the one round separates them, but obviously think about where we were, we were 4-1 at one point for G2.
Twisted Mind absolutely re-took control and they can definitely do it again.
Just have to try and get themselves a little extra, and since the very first round,
it's the first time that the opening kill didn't dictate how things went.
So, anything is possible.
It becomes the tagline that you can try and build here behind
by trying to control the space, and they're doing that externally and internally.
The combination, the lion charges go out, Daymos combined with,
you see the Nomad, Vital for any sort of loose teams.
It's almost everything that they can bring outside of what was banned to control the rune.
In the meantime, you look towards it and you remember how G2 was playing, they kept themselves mobile.
They were at points taking positions that we were like, that's a bit of a curious position, but they made it work.
Because of their support for each other.
And it took a time out for Twisted Minds to be able to rebuild on the back end of it in here.
Just making sure that they can have a bit of a cover, but only actually all safe to move in alongside.
It's kind of going back to the first round that we've seen Twisted Minds have.
have the attack and a stemming in from Armory have a half-jump below.
Trying to ping a player who could be inside of Brazil.
The C4 gets leashed by Benja.
They'll do a lot of damage to the Black Fear, but that's it.
Just a bit of damage and P9 with a glance.
Not expecting that.
Lines two.
Shiko will find Jolad though.
It's still a bad thing to twist the mines.
Well, this is the response, right?
As I said before, remember it was a five versus three
and they called it back from Loose Player.
They have everything to track these players now.
They can apply the pressure continually
to those loose players and they can almost play keep away and sort of say
let me either have to be on the site so we know you're there or we'll know where
you are and we will hunt you down it's a different approach here from twisted
minds that is netting sort of better results in some regards of it I mean the
glass absolutely dictating the face I care gets one and all peanuts going down
and the swing through is sort of you know there's time to get him back up as
As there is time to maybe get Stompin' back up, there's the pins loose on the player.
Over the top, he can't quite get it against the shields!
They know where he is, and instead of going for the pick up, they're gonna try and battle back Shaco.
There is the pick back up.
And now, they've forced him further and further away, he's expecting the engagement, he's trying to get himself options,
but he's on the other side of a mirror that's just working, and they want the pressure.
right they want to smoke they've got the black bit on the reed he's baiting all the motion in the world but
we are going all of the way
oh twisted minds able to make their first armory attack a success
we're not able to win that bombsite in regular time it had to be pushed to ot to make it happen
and g2 on the favorite bombsite the only defense
Now they have in the OT because they have to go back in the attack now. They've let it slip
Here we go round number 15 is what we've been pushed to and the attackers out of
One each round here in OT will it be the same old G2 gonna win another attacking round or will the defense regain control?
I mean that round was so tense. I mean Shiker was really up against
He actually seemed that that they didn't choose to go for the plant. They wanted to play for the kill
Oh, here we go again.
Seven apiece and we are struggling, but we're Alamo now on the Monty potentials in that
light, didn't it?
It brings almost a different element that we've not really seen from G2 throughout all
of this and that might be the surprise, right?
Although G2's found their last four attacks, three of them.
Success comes when you can change things up.
It's always the sort of biggest compliment that we pay towards this roster,
and they've applied some pace, they've applied some differences.
But here, having something that can be a bit stoic,
well, what do you stop it with? All the traps in the world.
It's seemingly the idea.
It's a shield walking into a shield and right now,
let's see if Alomar can find some safety in it,
We will hustle towards map 3.
Watch something. Enable a pick off.
Some of the Denari traps there.
Which is good news for Alamo on that shield.
Still hunting for more. Let's let the pitstone in.
Oh! Oh! Pops the Goyo! Tries to cook Hashimah.
I'll take some of that damage.
Nice little bait there from the Twitch drone.
And Hash on that actually gonna stop some rope now
I was gonna say stops and get the twitch around me at the desk, but the twitch was just sat there anyway
So I mean the stuff perfect for for Shaco
He will pick off a few bits of utile, but it's gonna be much more slow-paced around I feel for G2 just with that shield
Doki takes a lot of damage and force further and further out there is they're not quite able to not to kill here on the loose player
Jelad has taken bits of damage but still deals it back Shaco
One, two, three, goodbye.
And also escape, just one of the things that we said they were doing brilliantly, just sort of keeping hands off the doki.
They were quite P9, getting things leveled up, but look at the sort of damage done towards him, right?
He's got to be a bit of a push there, reading.
Trying to breathe life into what was out of mouse approach here on the Monty.
this next engagement as we hear the fun sound effect go its way they've got
hash them underneath as well won't really be doing a huge amount the grenade will
get rid of the shield needs a position trickier to sort of play on just gets
out of there we're still gonna try and go for it I think because he just has this
ACOG he's still challenge at range but that shieldy it's about to try and
prone for cover for G2 it just feels as though they're gonna try and go for more
plant-orientated kind of siege. You know, with that shield they can maybe just try and walk into the
bomb site. But look where Trix is. He's over towards Arkhaz. He could be the man to play
spoiler if they don't drone him out and check where he is, but I'm sure the Solid Snake would
have spotted him out by now. Now they're gonna start slowly moving their way in and looking for
that plant. Again, it is gonna be Alamow and the shield makes the dive now and try and get
some self-tucked in behind the bomb chassis. And there's no denial. There's nothing for Twist
the mines to do this all that they do find one and get the kill the rest on
towards doki what whip that has bought them well enough by Benjen needs to go
up fresh come out of the mouth drops the shield gets a kill and now he's gonna go
for the plant itself pulls off not sure what the fear was they've got some
concerns players underneath but there's the watch there goes the swing through
three two great positioning it's nine seconds there were two buses one but
This is a one versus one, and this is the late city for G2.
The chance isn't entirely gone for Twisted Vines.
They dropped down to the lower bracket.
There's one more opportunity, but we now
have our two teams, our first two teams,
and our top two teams of the ML.
Easily one of the best over times
I've went through past before this stage.
Those last three rounds were just phenomenal.
Hard to get a stage, but G2 just about got over the line.
Well, that is all from our opening two games.
We're gonna go to a quick break before we're back with the desk in game number three.
I
I
good win. Yeah, I mean, pretty
standard. I think border. They
did some good preparation
against us. We've played them
like 100 times in scrims. So,
uh, yeah, I mean, we fought to
the end, which is very good to
see. Uh, yeah, good game from us
overall. Very happy. Nice Jack.
Obviously with with you guys
bringing venture back home,
bringing back into Europe,
bringing shake onto the roster.
It was really important for the
soup theme to hit the ground
running straight away. How
how happy are you that you've
qualified at the first tent? Um
I mean, if I'm going to be honest, I think the quality of some of the teams in our group were very, very bad.
I don't think we had a real challenge until today.
VP, maybe?
Part of the VP match, which was our first game as a team, so things went good, things went bad.
I think VP are a really good team, so I'm looking forward to our match soon against them.
So yeah, I'm a little disappointed with the quality of the teams in our group, but we played very good.
and we showed that our team is capable of winning rounds that we're not meant to win.
And we also showed that we're having some good strats and good things at that.
So it's all a process. We're working really, really hard of your week in scrims and stuff.
So let's just see what happens at the major.
You mentioned the previously when we interviewed you. You mentioned that you do two hours a fair year day.
Do you think that it's unfair when people say it's just about the salary?
It's unfair to me. It's unfair to me.
Do you think it's unfair when people just assume that it's just a team full of gunners because you are putting in that hard work behind the scenes?
Yeah, I mean, we do have extremely strong firepower on a team, but like if I'm going to be honest, I hate saying this.
But Alomal is doing a great job behind the scenes, really putting an extra effort with the coaches and going into depth on the strats and all the different game plans we have for a different team.
So that actual work is what's pushing us over the line in a lot of games.
It isn't just our individual players.
So big shout out to him and our two coaches,
cameraman and Romalio always doing the work behind the scenes.
So it's not just five crazy players.
There is a big support staff behind us.
Jack, congratulations on making the major.
I have a gift for you.
Do you want to know how you died on that last round?
Please tell me.
All right, let's take a look.
Let's take a look.
So you're holding this angle, very, very, very tight angle, right?
Look at J-Lad, all the way deep armor. Get ready?
Good night.
It doesn't make any sense. It's not my fault.
I literally said I have no idea what I died. I thought, like, me dying there loses the rent.
And I was like, I have no idea how I died.
So yeah.
That's the rough part of holding a girl against Winston Mines. They will swing.
That is very true. That is very true. I learned the hard way again.
I'm going to go to McDonald's and get 20 chicken nuggets and probably like a nine bro.
My teammates are probably going to do some map bans in theory, so you should probably ask them, to be honest.
Alright, well we'll see if we can catch up with them. I think you have about 20 minutes, so you gotta make a run for it.
See you guys.
Yeah, enjoy your meal, good luck with the game, and we'll catch you later.
See you later, councilor.
Man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
Alright, we know we have to feel for like 30 minutes to wait for Dukie to get his mixtape.
Do you know what, we started this game with popcorn in our hand.
I'm wondering if we can get the production staff to go and get us nuggets because Doki's gonna have some as well.
But yeah, no, I think just for you two, just to get back to, maybe get back to continue making international events at the first attempt with this roster, you know, it, and to do it in a way where they are working with good strategy.
Yes, of course, they have amazing individuals, but the good strategy, the good map bands, that was a four really well prepared, complete performance that I thought.
And we got to look at one player the player as MVP for this series as well
I mean we're talking about that first round in overtime
I don't think we've decided yet how Benja has pulled that round off, but somehow he did we talk about the guns
Can we talk about the creation? But that just really comes down to his talent. It does it really does come down to his talent
He's a game-winning player. He is an S-exemptational MVP player
It does also come down to a little bit a little smidgen of Twisted Mounds. Yeah, there's there's a bit of luck
There's three some minds playing positions that why why would you do that in the scenario if we if you won't take a look at that round?
Especially guys it what what I find amazing is is danger master's game sense because he was on top floor on tellers, right?
Yeah, and he makes the cool guys. I'm gonna drop workshop first and foremost
Why is that they're under the hatch? No idea and then that guy behind the soda machine
Why is he there to deny the plant and then another one swings like it's just the worst possible way to play this
And I think when you play remember six age, you know
You're always going to be suggest to fortunate timing unfortunate things that your opponents will do, but it's about you capitalizing on them specifically
Oh, that's right. Now, Avenger won them the round. He said when he died there
I lost the team around but then they managed to find a way they had the Monty
It was a good shot call from from a lot of go below to kill the players that were clearly trying to deny blow and then push deep
They had information that hungry once again those two rounds swing the other way
We're going to map three right now and we're talking about a map free
Will they want my who knows but actually those two rounds got to the solid same major it to be honest
Twisted mine strategically won that game. I've also said yes
The problem was in most of the attacks especially on set of G2 is they cannot get themselves into the building
And there was two solutions either they went for a rush the Amaru play all the Blitz players none of them worked
Let's be real. I'm outroll both of them. The first one with Amaru
He just goes up and he knows completely that someone is behind them
And the second one, he throws a smoke to cover himself, to run into tellers so that the bathroom player does not see him.
And the smoke is misplaced, so when he runs into his smoke, he dies.
So two rushes that don't work, and then the other times they don't play a shield, they're some super spread.
And they're coming on the bottom.
No one gets in the building.
So they, all we heard in the comment was like,
Oh, a player here, a player here, a player here.
No solutions. Just information. No solution.
And so finally they figure out,
Ah, maybe playing a shield and getting behind it to get initial control to work.
Are you clip farming?
No, no, no, it's really what happened because then Alamo actually took the Blitz, they followed him and they won the round like this.
And the last round, what is happening? He takes the Monty, he takes his control and he forces the pressure, he gets the initial control, thanks to the shield.
But it took them a long time to figure out that was a solution.
I'm glad we're getting a happy Leo as well, not a crash out Leo that we had earlier this week, I mean, in general we've done our big part of this day, right?
There's still a whole Bessel 3 to be played, there's money on the line, there's SI points on the line,
the pride of being able to win that upper bracket final as well in the first EML kickoff here.
But I want to talk about the two teams that we've qualified to the Major so far.
We have our Virtus.Pro NRG2, both teams coming from Group A, by the way.
That is quite impressive if you think about it.
Were these kind of the teams that we were expecting to see?
Is this what we were maybe hoping for, thinking for at the beginning of the stage?
Maybe not at the beginning of the stage. I think really G2 Sean
I think I'll give you G2 absolutely for free
I think at the beginning of the stage if you just said give me four teams going to the major the first two teams out
You might out your mouth would have been G2 and Falcons
Mm-hmm, and then maybe maybe secret just because they were in the most recent SI final
Obviously, it's not transpired that way G2 have looked good and have done enough absolutely
That's pro have been
Stronger than and a lot of people thought they'd be in the mix for the major
But much stronger than I thought a lot of people would be the fact they were the first team qualified the fact
They did against Falcons was was huge amount. I expected both of them to make it
I just did not know if VP was gonna make it through the other right exactly
Yeah, it's the it's the fact that they managed to beat Falcons and send them to the lower bracket that may yeah
Maybe everything you know how and I think that secret are gonna hate them for it Falcons secret tomorrow is gonna be your off face
So like especially with the way that first initial match of wins, but um, I'm looking at my clock
I think we bought doki maybe five minutes of time to go get his
Right now. Yeah, probably but we bought a little bit of time
We're gonna have to buy him and the whole of g2 a little bit of more time
Right because they just come out of that very tense best of three despite only being a best of or well two maps
Yeah, yeah, they still need some energy and some way to retain themselves going into this next year's because they still have to play
Potentially for three or more hours coming into the second matchup
So we're going to take a bit of a break after that.
We'll talk a few things about all the regions.
We'll set you up properly for the final match of today.
We'd like to see you in just a few.
I'm breaking decks in the body now, don't I get on the whole stuff and my money out, cause I can't make it down so let's run it out.
I'ma keep it going to A-M-N-F
I'ma keep it going, I'ma keep it going
I'ma keep it going to A-M-N-F
the top of the bracket final between the current best two teams in the EML still ahead of us.
We're going to talk about G2 and Vortice Pro in just a bit, but to make sure the players have enough time to take a bit of a chill pill, you know, relax a little bit before they have to play yet another series.
Playing some nuggets, getting nuggets.
Yes, also very important. Stay hydrated, stay well-nutritioned as we talked about earlier with the T-Listers next entry.
Where would chicken nuggets go?
S tier?
S tier.
Healthy?
No, absolutely not.
They're way down there for the only Vigil that is.
Fairly 20 is a one person.
Yeah, for Vigilogues, though, Leo.
Vigilogues are good.
Just go try the Vigilogues.
And I think if we could, we could talk about chicken nuggets for an hour.
Well, I find it more interesting to have Texas talk about,
and that is siege for us, but also around the world, right?
Because we are not the only ones that are running a kickoff at this moment.
There is kickoff in many other regions with different formats as well,
but specifically over in the SAO story,
are doing. And honestly, there's
a few surprises because what is
the current role champion doing
in the lower bracket? Well, I
asked this question to Falcons.
Who knows? Face Falcons. Yeah,
both of them lower bracket. Yeah
secret as well. I mean, the two
si finalists currently found
themselves in the lower bracket
unsure if they can even make it
to the next national absolutely
crazy. I think you know, and the
world doesn't world where we see
team liquid anywhere, which is
previously furious. Drop down.
Of course that would be where the
would be where the bracket flip. So phase or waiting, the loser of team liquid and
NIP, which would be absolutely crazy. Furia going up the new furia going up against Flux
would be 7M. Winner, 7M play loss. I think realistically we've got most of the top teams
in our sales still in the bracket. We probably will spend, will still send the four best
teams overall. But yeah, seeing face down there certainly has put a time on stitching.
I mean, it means that team liquid Alienware, NIP and face down out of the three, one of
them will miss the major and that is huge that is massive in itself and the fact by the way that
previously team liquid had waited three years to beat face in terms in terms of inside sl in a
b03 it was since the Copenhagen major so in a scenario where they would lose to an ak they would
be facing face again and by the way team liquid won that last matchup in sl they beat face club
seven four on clubhouse the classical yeah it was really good it was the entire entire new roster
Yeah, of course. But still, it was a, you know, it's a statement picturing, and they would face them again in the VO3, so it would be a huge for FaZe Clan if they would miss a major.
I'm so excited for the Fury Flux or W7M game. I know people wrote them off, Flux or W7M. I don't know if you did when you was on the desk, Leo, but certainly wrote them off a little bit in the group stage, because I think they were a little bit here missing the group stage.
They were behind at the beginning.
But it's very much like, you know, Form is 10-3 plus permanent, they put up a huge victory against FaZe,
and they go on. That gaming atmosphere here as well, that high-risk, high-willed team, really good game to watch out for.
NA L is all happening next week. We can take a look at their brackets as well to see where they find themselves,
what teams are in certain positions here so far. We are Cloud9 and Rebellion in the lower bracket as well,
but looking quite rough for them, but then in the upper bracket, I mean, five years. They've had a phenomenal kickoff so far.
That's the route to what is SSG, 1 of 30 and 5 FIES.
One of those three rosters qualified into the Major is crazy, by the way.
Given SSG, a completely new team, 1 of 30, no organization,
and then 5 FIES JJ Blast, really, really putting in a great performance.
So, stand forced in JJ to the Major already.
I mean, it's an NA Major, you want to see them there, I want the entertainment.
And if there's one entertainment to see of NAL, it's these guys.
So come on, send them to the Major.
because it's the only thing you can think of with entertainment in NA or not.
Okay, that makes sense.
We're going to bring things back to our region here,
because we do have our upper bracket final.
We have the quality of two big rosters.
We're going to talk about Virtus.Pro first inside of this matchup,
because they played that first years, right?
And we can talk about both these two results,
but I personally think Virtus.Pro taken down Falcons
in how dominant it was, more dominant than G2 taken down Twisted Mind.
That's to be complimented.
Yeah, I think so. I think like Leo said, and Leo's a really good barometer for this. Leo expected Bertzper to make the major. Maybe I wasn't so short right at the start until I saw them play.
Did not expect them to make the major with the possibility of winning the entirety of the ML kickoff. So I think even with the high expectations that Leo had, they've gone one step above.
It looks perfect. You know, you've got Neko, IGL, you've got Skye's playing some of the cutoff roles. You've got the Russians at the front and a rookie who seems to just be like he should have always been here for absolute years.
Nothing so far for VP is going perfectly.
And I think if we compare them to G2 really, the main G2 strength has been Firepower, we've
said it before, we've seen it also against Wisson9, for VP to meet still the team play.
Yes, there is Firepower, but the team play itself, I think we saw it today.
On a game against Lair, they are taking the burn spawn site, and you will see the team
play here between Skies and Rorik, with the Satcher and Thermite, open the first bridge
onto the wall, they will move on to the other side, and they're reaching the other side
of the wall.
Now what you need to pay attention to is these two guys, they're working the site.
In the meantime, look at upstairs and look at who's there.
Dan is applying pressure on the only players up top.
And his goal here is basically to prevent them to deny the plant
should Rory come in with the diffuser.
Now he's going to go and get aggressive and get a pick on Brady.
The main thing that you want to pay attention to is Pasha.
Pasha at this moment is outside the bridge, still downstairs,
the first one that we've seen opened.
He could commit right now to the 3v1 on site.
There is only one player on site, it's Leakefak.
But instead he makes a very strong move.
He stays to Dan in the comms. I'm gonna come upstairs with you.
I'm gonna help you take down the guys up top so that the guys downstairs can play.
The 2v1 on the guy on the anchor and the 2v2 upstairs.
And so this is a critical move because Pasha then can help Dan. Dan is isolated right now.
And so Pasha will use the bait created by Dan to get the kill on 2v3 day.
And then Pasha can stay upstairs the whole time.
This guy's in a rick in the meantime. They've eliminated Leakefak downstairs.
And so Pasha the whole time has used Dan to get a backstab, kill the two players on top.
And in this situation, Jume cannot do anything.
Rurukens guys have taken map control, they're planting, and then Pasha gets his 3 kill.
Now, that is to me, the main thing that changes between VP and G2, it is the team play.
Because we're looking at a team that has the firepower, but at the same time, they know when to see an opportunity,
sees it and play well together.
And we saw the lack of that team play in some degree, 4 G2 on that map against 2C9 on the border.
We saw the limits of their playstyle.
When the gunfight doesn't work, when they don't get an opportunity, when they don't get the opening kill,
what do they do? They freeze.
I mean, we did see Virtus.Pro win this initial matchup, which is the very first matchup for this G2 super team.
I think G2 is fair to say that G2 is bounced back after that, right? They've had a really good recovery from that.
It's first games, maybe Jethers as well coming from that roster, but you already mentioned it.
There are still a little bit of concerns. I mean, you know, the firepower is definitely there, but sometimes maybe the chaos also really comes up.
Yeah, I think we're still, they're still figuring out the team and the process itself.
Sometimes you can still feel like they're lacking some proposition behind Alamo.
From listening to their comes in the last game, you can see that Alamo is trying to set up a plan,
and then we see a lot of information about the position of the players, but we're lacking a direction.
And it's not always clear, it's not always clear how to problem solve things,
and the style of calling of Alamo makes it that they're very fun, very split.
And so when they're split like this, they're starting to problem solve on their own,
but that is one easy thing to fix, that's on your IGL to fix.
Yeah, but it's not just our IGL in terms of fixing it. It's absolutely everybody, but I've got an example actually where it is a player
That's not the ideal. It's doki. Now. You're probably wondering why am I starting this on a static as a factor opening the door?
Well, doki hears that it's fascist DMR opening the door and what does he know about that?
He then knows that actually he's got players out here all over the map
and he's thinking, why would a
fracture be opening the toppy
store? They're going direct. So
what does he do? He drags all of
his players back to fountain back
to fight get them back because he
knows and he shot calls in the
comms. They're twisting minds are
going to go for something
direct and he's completely right.
Twisting minds are going for a
blitz. Rush plant with the
fascist to deny any utility and
that one shot call that one
little bit of intuition that
doki has has absolutely just one
G2 the round per and that's the thing that you to have they might still be a little bit off the back of our mouths a little bit
Struggling at times, especially we saw it in terms of their attacks
They didn't actually get into the map too well on boarder, but that intuition if they can play off the back of that
It's so strong as soon as they had the cool and as well as the key call to them guys
It's an arc I splint the it's the first time I see a team
Wait for the plan to go down. Yeah, and then all we take at once
They just waited for the blitz to go up and as soon as he was up
3, 2, 1. One ran out radio window, I think. One jumped out vents window. At the same time, the two other two carcasses, it was beautiful to see.
It was 3, 2, 1 on the pulse.
At the moment where the entire TFG gets together and plays as a team, that's it. It's done for the guys in front of them.
I also just love how you can tell that somebody has played maybe too much, or a lot of students, at least if you can hear what Operator it is by the sound.
Yes, but it's not out there, or they're gone, or by the sound of what the Operator makes in general as well, but it's just, it's impressive.
that is the reason why these teams and just one of the many reasons why these teams find themselves in the upper bracket final
Here, but it is yet another best of three
I would like to have a look at the map feature hopefully very soon to see what maps have been selected for this one
We've seen a little layer today. I feel like from both these teams. There's definitely a chance that well, maybe see it again
No, we're not never mind. I thought it was a layer being bad, but his labs you can bang bank against VP
Interesting. Yeah, that's just it especially given the you know, they didn't get chance to show it
you know, and then dark was
very, very clear in the
interview as it is. You're
going to pick into clubhouse
and that's a map that we've
seen them do well on. It's a
map that's very, very high up
their preference list. And
particularly for G two is a
map that G two fundamentally
have never really loved. I
think it's worth saying they
they play it. Don't get me wrong.
Of course everybody plays
clubhouse, but when you've got
so much talent sticking, you
know, a multiple hard breacher
plus one shield. You don't have
a lot of room for innovation,
and that's what G two are good
VP would pick into them.
Yeah, also they dominated on that map during the first, during the groups.
So I'm not afraid to see VP take it.
I actually think that's pretty good for them.
On the side of G2, obviously picking Lair after this week off,
obviously having demolished phase 7-0, M87-4,
and just wanted to date with the mines.
You know that your opponent hasn't had time to really go deep dive into you.
I'm assuming that VP was watching the game,
but you don't learn that much and you can't come up with crazy strategies
And then Shalei, which is an interesting one, because we look at two teams that have strong firepower, the half-preset plans, and I don't think I've seen a lot of Shalei yet from the beef.
I'm not mistaken.
They've played it once, so I'm not quite sure.
Yeah, they've played it once, G2 not yet played it.
So Shalei's actually become quite a low player.
Yeah, that's how they do it.
We used to play it all the time, it's definitely dropped off recently.
All we do is play Lair, apparently, because we've had three Lair today.
Three layers today!
But yeah, looking at this map for you two and looking at the information that we have,
also keeping in mind that Veritas Pro have that little break due to just the rest of
the game, are we feeling in terms of predictions?
It's always the same story.
It's very often the team that just finished its match is always the team that has the
most momentum with them and it's very often statistically the team that wins.
That being said, I just find it so hard to write VP off at the minute.
I agree.
I just am looking for weaknesses and right now they're riding that wave of momentum
I can't really find many that being said this will be a big test because it's another top team in a best of three
With a break where you've gone down in terms of that emotion because you've got the high of qualifying
You've then brought yourself to a lower. It's about getting self-energy back up
So that is a big test for them. It's a past this test. I've sky's the limit
Yeah, well, we've definitely hit the before with the vertus, but also skies is the limit
But as this is our third game of the day means we're getting in new casters as well
We got a deaf and pink we joining us and guys
I don't know how you managed to do it, but out of the three games, I think you snatched like the highest quality game out of this one, though.
Oops, we did it again.
What just happened?
You know we're after that.
How are we feeling about this game though? I mean, we talked about the predictions a little bit. How are you guys feeling about it?
Well, we've been having a bit of a yarn off here, me and Nick.
And we've been very excited about this.
For me, it's obviously like it's the new G2, it's a brand new VP.
It's also kind of a changing of the guard because for the longest time the best team in Europe has been falcons
They've been knocked down the law bracket the team challenging them previously was secret who stole the spot
Yes, I final they've been knocked down to the law bracket only one of those teams gonna make it through
So who's the next new best team in Europe?
It's gonna be one of these two and yeah, I know Nick was saying that whole opposite between these two rosters
Yeah, 100% and I mean looking at how to teach will fair it against with their minds
I'm a bit worried for T2 actually, because if they play the same game against Virtus.pro,
I think they're not going to make it to a third map. It's going to be a 2-0 clean sweep for Virtus.pro.
I mean, on one side, VP just destroyed a stronger opponent than they do, you know. So I think that helps.
You know, I think it's time to destroy the side who really takes that top spot inside the EML. The match is about to start.
Thank you so much, and I'm so stoked for this game. It is our upper bracket final, and spiritually, it's our grand final.
Here in EML, kickoff 69 to 31%, that's nice, but he too, I am so stoked to see which of these teams comes out ahead because as we've been saying, PENGU, this is a chance for G2 or VP to assert themselves at that vacant number one spot at the top of EML.
It is, it is crazy that we're here.
Virtus.Pro back in top form and you're thinking, ah, you know, it's a good old joystick era.
No, no, no, it's a whole new, it's a RORIC, NAKO, SKYZE, three Russians, two Frenchmen speaking English together.
It is a huge change.
And I was saying this to you before this kickoff video started.
This Virtus.Pro roster, they might be great in stage one.
They might be great a couple months now after the major.
The fact that they're here and they're being this good at this high level so quickly,
that's the most surprising part for me, and they have been match consistent.
And I think taking on G2, it'll be like that final meal in the coffin for G2 saying,
hey, we're the top dogs, you might get second, both with the major, but we are top dogs.
Of course it is. Typically all of that ego for G2, these guys are such characters,
And they like me at the top. They are truly a super team now more than ever
We keep saying that G2 keeps making roster changes. We're like guys get seriously down now
There is super to before that was like super team like man. You've got super things like you've got shaka
You got Alameda. You got doge on the same team. It's an insane roster on the flip side of that
Virtus Pro have one guy who's made his debut into tier one this very stage
And that's saying a lot because this stage isn't really a stage
Just pick off and it's only been a few weeks long
Rorick has already made such a statement for this roster and one another juxtaposition between these two teams as well
Pengu something that will start off there before the stream started
You've got G2 five different players from five different nations
Three of which are from Europe two of which are from other continents completely
So we've got five players across three continents five countries VP
You've got the two OG Russians and Dan and Bash, you've got Roark, the new up-and-coming Russian,
a scene that doesn't usually have a lot of new up-and-coming talent.
And you've got Neko and Skies, these French players that are kind of on their way to becoming veterans.
They've played a few seasons now, again the tier one scene, but haven't really made it to that very top level.
And I think this new Russell with VP is their chance to change that.
I mean, I'm expecting good things from them on defense because they're naturally playing
much too much close to their players.
I don't think the real challenge would be for G2 on the attack.
But for this very first round of defense, they've got a very good job at layering out
their options, right?
They got stomped in on the clash playing main stairs, that's going to be the first
point of contact because they've completely surrendered the roam game.
That's why VP, they're storming the building, kitchen hat, top floor, just double droning
everything making sure that there's no people ratting the corners, but that's going to be
the first layer and the Fishing C4s beneath the kitchen hatch they have mirror windows
on the back side of blue so they're saying if you go back side we got mirror, front side
we got flash and inside of DP they aren't gonna have one super easy point of entry.
G2 was saying we'll take the 5v5 when you get to this fight you'll have a tough time
no matter where you attack on the front but DP do have good tools for this right?
A Tristrone could maybe get a mirror window, camps on fire and the Blitz can easily find
pick or interkill, so it really will just come down to perfection on the execute from both of these three teams.
with these mirrors, one ash charge remaining for Dan.
Yeah, if animal hears the blitz outside,
once they break open this wall,
I wanna see him call towards the stomp
and say, hey, they're pushing a shield inside of dirt.
It's the number one shield counter,
so, of course, we need to clash.
But on another look here,
there are two separate Goryo canisters in the third tunnel.
That's 40 seconds on this timer, that is 50.
So, we know that pushing dirt right now
is not really feasible whatsoever,
and unless VP read into that,
or throw that second canister,
they cannot go dirt anymore.
The T2 only have to worry about Blue, which has a hatch,
buttocks and miniskairs, and a lot of kitchen hatch.
They have maybe four or five angles to watch,
but with five to finish the line and clash mirror windows,
they can easily spot all the angles.
That's quite rare for this busy job site.
That's right, I think Goya here is an absolute killer,
but he can never fire from their own,
not just in the capitol, but in the gunfire itself.
Rory manages to sneak up through and find an opening kill,
while Doki's C4 will reply an aggressive play.
At the clash at the bottom of the main stairs,
Stompin has made it a fortress, the hidden veggies together are going to get very sneaky,
dining packed in form.
That's like Arsenal on the main stairs, Pasha and Dan.
He threw it on through, and it's time for Dan to drop, but no, Stompin is there waiting
to receive, and the American will finish up the round for G2.
Oh, it comes down to such a small detail there, right?
They did divert by the main staircase that originally, this is a praise-eating mid-game.
Hello, Toki.
Focus up, my guy.
They did divert on the main stairs, and then they forced back Stompin.
But they never made the word in the in both of the bottom stairs errors
Is there there's a bottom stairs by the hallway that sees triple wall in church door and there's a bottom main that sees the bottom platform
Stomper just put down the shield and just locked down both the hallway and the kitchen hatch from that same angle
So very small detail
That gets missed by VP on the other side it G2 never popped the second group find dirt tunnels
And they found a kept in dirt that cause a anima by supplies himself
And I know also does show right the turnaround time from base of three series
Doggy finished up the first series, against Mr. Mines, instantly ordered some food,
did the prep work, did the interview, great interview by the way,
and then gets the food delivered pretty quick before the game starts.
It's a gross multitasking.
There's something that I was saying to you before we started.
Don't they usually get a negative grade, but man, this is just incessant.
These things have to go back to back.
You can say this gives an advantage to G2, but on the flip side, they are so warm.
Such a momentum-focused team, especially after a really big victory, 8-7 for their final map of the Twisted Minds.
You'd be so gold-flying for Escalce D.
Gold-flying for Escalce D.
And on top of all that, we talked about the stakes of this game.
Not only is it the label of Destiny U, but it's also actually a 65-S I.
It's a 240 from 175, which is a pretty decent amount and will make a big difference for your standings on the Six Invitational Calendar.
On top of that, it's about 4,000 euros, I'm sorry, 4,000 US, something like half a thousand euro, which is nothing to scoff at as well.
So there's a lot going behind this game.
Yep, you've already qualified for SLC, so there's pressure off, in a way, which might let you relax and play in this stride a bit more.
It certainly takes you to, yeah, most parts of this game, definitely.
If you're a favorist, you can do more than BP.
This guy's pick, right?
It feels forced to me.
That's not a bad thing, but this is pretty much screaming that good old story of G2 wants
Virtus Pro to feel that frustration and then ban the clash as the third operator and then
G2 can shoot their real hand on defense.
Now they're also bringing the mirror at the same time, twice in a row now.
They're still in two different operators that are pretty troublesome to deal with at times
and G2 can only give it a one.
So G2 will be layering the strat right now saying, hey, we're playing strong rounds in
the first three, but we got something secret coming to you in the last three.
So I'm ready to pull with this information, right? They need to pick up at least one of these school following attacking rounds, because this can maybe only get harder from here, honestly.
Yeah, I pile on that conversation about operators on the defense and add the Azami to it. The Azami is pretty powerful here, especially if you're able to get a good-ass mid-round.
It's also gonna net Shiko a kill. That's the second best player in the EML, getting very active. The newest addition to G2, known for his firepower.
VP, now without their Twitch won't be able to clear some more of this U2 on site, those
Mirrors have one last counter as the Thorn Traps, however, you can always just shoot
the Mirror himself, in this case that's Benjo, he goes down, not without a bit of HP damage
to both Skies and Rorik on the VP side.
Now VP, this is another obstacle of Stomping being alive, the Clash of the next showing
up, Stomping.
So Stalker rather gets taken down from the window angle, a good trade battle.
Stomp and Anima are now last for this remaining.
Kirin does have Alphys, one touch and fake, and Stomp and Alphys is now moved.
Grige of Chikou is the end battle.
It's very atypical to see so many kills come out of the window pressure,
but Stomp and manages to sneak between.
Alomar joins the fray, and it's just Skye's remaining.
He's affected now by the 4-champ.
A quick peek from one, but Alomar finishes him off.
G2 continue fighting back, pressing their advantage, then closing the second round.
Little bit uncharacteristic there for me, he's gonna start shooting for the fries!
Where's the nuggets man?
He's spitting the burger!
Nuggets!
First round's the burger, second round's the fries.
We're spilling water everywhere, I mean this is prime G2, right?
We're still clip farming.
We got popcorn last week, we got a water bottle this week.
His keyboard's fine, okay, nothing got harmed in the making of that water bottle, it's okay.
Small mishap though from this side.
They didn't push together in the end.
I remember it was Neko who walked in on the condo here.
He was seen in a second, and his teammates weren't ready.
He walks in, and then his teammates are out of the building, only about to enter office.
That's the VP where every single highlight reel, this kickoff event, they've been 3, 2, 1, they've been on the timing.
But that right there, they're about 2 seconds off.
If Neko walks into Master, while the guy who's in office,
office, while you jump into your window, there's only two defenders. Either NRL will kill the guy
going office, and then he dies to Neko, or vice-versa. Maybe you get that guaranteed trade kill,
now you're playing 2v1 against Dumped. That's great, but because you're two seconds off,
all of a sudden you get a 1v1, and a 1v1, and then you T2 force the 2v1 spin at the end of the round.
Oh.
The drone got so far, I want it to not kill the wall.
I like that G2 are continuing to just change up their strategy on the defense.
Obviously bomb sides are changing, but the operators are changing with it.
They're not forcing that flash for all three sides.
This is a much looser operator setup.
No mirror, no clash.
G1's army obviously will be instrumental for trying to hold on to the rafters,
Rafters, but you're also supported by the Wamai who I feel like we've seen a bunch more recently which is now
So I also noticed how they don't reinforce the bottom garage
Because they cost a lot of reinforce costs for and it's kind of only really worth it
You do all of them instead
They've made holes for soft wall to make it harder to use any thermite utility on it
Which then is kind of demanding if it had extra utils from skies on the florist because we don't actually have a lot of safe
Soft bridge here for the other ones. They stress them thin, right?
They got they got a peaked as strong into the operators, but also they played pick the Kali is for the Walden isle
Well, probably not because they banned them in Kali. It's for the class
Maybe if they hated defending operator, maybe the only thing Kali is responsible for is of course pop
Some of the mites as many of the barriers, but the value has been minimal and G2 investing three people catwalk
It was animal is playing bottom blue near two people on the rafters and it doubling force the wall
So, VP of this burning utility, they have almost nothing left but the cap of fire and
they've gotten nowhere in this round.
D2 have locked them from entering the building in all the high value areas, leading Skies
to go fishing below on the forest.
Such a good strat, such a nice setup.
Problem is Skies is in a crossfire here, Shai goes down one.
How is Rekko alive here?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Rekko is the only one with a DMR trying to clear these key of barriers.
The fire was about to fry low key.
He's done our survive.
Besides the drop down below the open wall gives him extra angles, but they work both ways and may go shuts them down 45 seconds
It's still one player up in the rafters for VP to deal with
Somehow there's still four seconds left. Yeah, I'm still surprised. I feel like they're trying to just be eating
Spamming trying to get out track with this is where he is
The campfire is still cutting.
Man, this is so hard for VP.
Shaco eventually goes down, but damage has been done.
Look at that clock.
We know that VP don't have a lot of time left to G2, know it as well.
They can have to breach this wall so quickly and start to get into action.
They have a 4v3 advantage as Alamow from the top of the stairs tries to go through to the peak.
We've got Benjyos, well, speed 35 at hand, sprays briefly for a moment.
Stopper though to go big for two.
Forcing Skies desperately inside, but he will fall!
Stompin' from down below through the vert, found the plant denial,
and pretty much everything that G2 needed.
It's a picture-perfect counter from G2 and a rock-solid-cash defense.
I mean, it really is. It's so hard to win CCT that the best ways off in the pocket strat,
where you do things a bit different, they were doing a pocket strat for sure,
because that was not the usual setup. VP kind of failing to pick it apart.
I mean, Doki was exposed from the bottom-garage soft wall, proning in 90 the entire time,
and no-one from BP is there to get the angle.
Late around, maybe a small critical error as well, right?
When you beast a catwalk off this wall with a cat opener, if you choose the left-hand
side from catwalk into the breach, you're exposed from the bomb-side door.
So you have a crossfire, and you cannot enter the bomb-side.
If you beast the right-hand side, you actually have much less lines of angles that can see
So they die because they arguably beat the ones at the wall, couldn't clear Doki efficiently, and it didn't get used to utility very strongly.
They also had Kali, but there was no mirror, there was no clash, and there was no wall denial, so the Kali gadget the best it could do was try and bring them on my magnets and maybe get some keep-up barriers, and that was really it.
So very low value around there from VP.
Yeah, they're going to take their tactical time out. I got a question for you and perhaps a question that VP needs to be asking themselves in this tactical time out.
It's two rounds now where I personally feel like VP did not have the perfect five operators to deal with the perfect five operators that G2 have on their defense, right?
We've got to attack a re-pick. You can perfectly counter every single operator in the setup, whether it's the Mira, whether it's the Goya, whether it's the Izami, whether it's the Umi.
kind of, right, the COVID operators but I feel like VP they spent their prep phase
maybe not joining the site as much but like how do you balance joining the site
to gain information so you can re-pick and pre-placing your drone so you can
take map control fast and so you retain more drone for later in the run. How do you find
that balance because I feel like VP maybe hasn't succeeded in doing so. I think often
it's actually not a huge problem because the defenders are not gonna give you
like four different problems to solve. You know, switch for the Goyo, ask for the Mirror
Window, but then Kali for the Clash, and then Capita for the, you know, a Crucial Position.
You should defend as a lead-in to make their trap heavy, or their plant amount heavy, or
they got whatever setup that they have. Soft destruction, this may be right. That previous
round, G2, like you pointed out, they had Softwall's bottom garage. So, we've been
under the Soft Destroyer, and we're not gonna bring bottom and ramming strategies with them
at all. So, they've been in the Forest because Forest is a bit of both. But then they've
in the Kallings in case of Crash Mirror, but then you didn't bring those operators.
So if you're right, it's really hard to get all the right tools, and we have struggled with this,
but I think it's thanks to G2 and how they're choosing to play these rounds.
It's been their good effort, not the lack of effort to reach pro.
Now we saw the third upgrade that bands come out while we're yapping.
Monty Target banned the way. I like this because the 3-0 op is going to be that stability
crotch operator for a lot of tagging teams to kind of fall back upon to reset the tempo.
And then verse 12, like you said yourself, a Sami, a high-body operating play on every single bombsite, gets pocket banned.
But now we're gonna see Clash Mira open for every single bombsite that will ever play it, and Stumbin' has been phenomenal on both the previous two rounds on that operator, Fash.
Firmary!
Yeah, I gotta admit here, G2 obviously, they have a reputation for being like really aggressive, loosey-goosey, like ego swingers.
And while Romaglio and Alamo are very strat-heavy guys, that's not what we know them for.
Hold that ball for a second, Neko.
Gets taken down by Doki lurking at the top of the stairs.
Typically, your blitz needs to be the one finding those entry kills.
That's why you pick the shield so you can clear things without droning as much.
But to lose Neko is a very expensive pick for VP.
We have a very similar thing happening here with Benj here in bar.
It's marked because when Doki's overselling it and he killed a bunch of mid-jammer's pop floor,
they're probably not going to double turn everything.
Because his armor is much slower, they're a minute slower than the previous base with attack.
They're gonna assume some things are clear because I already found the guy ratting, that was Bokey.
But they're wrong, the drone is right there, check pool table above the corner.
Benj is primed for a single or kill, the question is, does he go before the executing trade chaos,
or does he wait until he's trying to go for a flank and hit a very late round flank and just deny the plan before example?
That's the top position of a good plan. Exactly, he's gonna wait right now because T2 aren't feeling any pressure on the bomb site.
The second they're signaling that they're gonna go for a play, he can hit a flank motor hatch if that's the issue,
Walk down by the main or retake kitchen hatch control.
Now he finally starts to make his move.
He's not going to be standing, finds a free kill on the skies of the main stairs.
Now does he drop down the load and actually stay upstairs?
Just next question, he's dropped down the load and you're right.
Now 3v4, the 20 seconds to play, VP they find a pick but they still have to deal with that clash.
They're still utile on site, they will be walking into the thorn traps as a barbed wire.
Now they just have to get desperate, they need to drop all the flashbang and pushing straight through it,
Stomp and finds the kill. Once again, a hero play from G2 and all the locked VP out of the round.
It will be forced straight for the defense as G2 take no prisoners.
It's beautiful. Again, the layering, the strategy and if you're very pro watching the G2 game against Twisted Minds,
We can outpace them, outstratagize them because they're not playing together, they don't have the crossfires, they're not layering their defense or their attack amounts.
G2 are doing so many things differently and better against Virtus Pro.
It almost feels like not saving strats, but playing to your enemy's leg.
Against twisted mines, if you're stupid team of frackers like G2 they have, you can fight them 1v1s and take those gunfights.
Other than VP, who are much more in team sync, you can play that team game and actually out strategize or out time them.
It's G2 peeking to the 1, it's them having to go your fire layer, it's them having to fall back stress,
it them finding the opening picks or a trade almost every single time, they have been ahead at the vast majority of turns so far in Cobb House.
Yeah, that they have VP have taken their tactical time out and found no rounds.
It's gonna be so hard for them to find a way to get back into this game here.
Hmm.
I mean, this is also where the Monty ban is getting better, right?
I mean, I would look like, guys, it's Monty time.
We can, we can wrong everything.
We can push everything.
It's not like a big issue that's the clash either.
Monty is like the one-shoot operator that can probably live against the clash because you don't get, you know, you get stunned but because you've got the extended shield,
you can still kind of block bullets and kind of play a bit more ego.
But if you're a Black Theater of Blitz, I mean, you have nothing to do with the clash.
And we saw it there through a tunnel, right?
They saw the clash and said, oh, I guess we go elsewhere.
But the timer's running low.
And this was the thing that I found interesting in the first three rounds of T-Fence of Usage
They were quote-of-quote forced in the Clash
But then you find out, they're not just in the Clash of Thane, they're a lot stronger than it is
The Mirror, the Assam, the things, slow the slow these days actually
Virtus.pro depend on one of those three problematic operators
No matter which one they picked, there was gonna be a punishment
Virtus.pro now, they're back on the Kali, that's great
Because now there is actually a Clashless sight and a Mirror, so Dank can get INSANE value
which compared to the CCT attack where he got almost none, it's going to be a different tale.
Blackbeard also being used as a soft breach of the M and that's just another example of an operator that has a lot of pull bits of value here.
The fact that we didn't see CCTV reinforced by G2 allows VP to get extra value out of that operator.
operator and like we've said a big part of this is going to be imperative to make sure we get max value
out of the best possible upline up for VP. I just noticed though we didn't even take out the default
camera over towards uh jacuzzi which hopefully that happens later in the round when people start
moving over there but at least VP have made very quick progress over on the Cache TCV so I don't
really do we see this completely cleared within a minute.
It's also his teeth who's saying hey we're gonna fall back, we hit like the two minute
ten mark, we're happy, they're not gonna overcome it to the fight.
And it's a very conscious decision.
When you're playing this extensive hold on Jim and TCB Top 4, you can fight for the
roam and get a couple of kills and if you get the 5v3 you win the round, then you get
the 3v3, you lose the round.
You will win or lose half the roam game.
But again, what have these been doing every single round so far?
They are layering the strats so they fall back now
I got a strong bomb set with mirror windows the class of toxic babes and thorn racer looms and while you see the player positions are very close
Together you do have docu ranting in the basement, and he's the perfect operator for this barb wire and racer looms all
Pre-positioned on the side. He is just a walking gun. It's the other four members that an active utility Shaco swings ego challenge this time goes down
Thankfully though even though Gams the first one before the Kali skies nice to open up the mirror
Anyway, now he's trying to kill as well. Doki is gonna go for a big flank and if he finds Neko shoots him in the back
This will be everything finds the first one. Goodbye to Rorik. Neko's now in the crossfire. Clash on one side. Doki on the other!
Now Skye's in a 1v3!
Sneal a mirror window, a bulletproof camera, and a clash staring at it.
Even though Doki gets forced back, it really doesn't matter. Doki doesn't need to pick this.
They can prevent the platform going down. Stomp it, can always make his way forward as well.
It's a glitch after all. He has no threat. Stop them now. You're staring at him and this is another impossible round for VP.
What a G2 we have seen today. This is G2 at their next level.
They have shown us a brand of stage that we haven't seen from them in quite some time.
And it is making VP look like amateurs, which has not been the case for the entirety of
kickoff. Five rounds in a row and this is not a battle. It is a slaughter.
Dude and doggies almost finished at both eating and drinking this meal. He's only powering up as this game will continue
He's only gonna get stronger with every single round and maybe that's why he's racking right when he's playing the mirror hide in top floor
He's probably eating his food when he's on the basement same thing. He's sitting there just
fueling himself and playing a passive round
Virtus.pro again the story will continue to be the same. They don't see the mirror with the clash
Or sorry, they don't do the middle, they're with Kali, they don't deal with a clash with the Kayyadur.
Dan is very early dead in these rounds with the Kali operator and he's the number one
important counter for all these operas on the bottom side.
We don't get to see it.
So, again, this is the furthest protest being punished and not being allowed to problem solve.
They've been doing this so well every single game till this very moment and right now, they're stuck.
They don't know what the answer is going to be, and G2, they keep throwing them crossbows.
Now, there's no clash. Stomach and DMR duty. They're going to take Calyphthirs,
but this time, because his homies bend, they do it with the Yeager and Ullmite,
because now what they need to do is survive the Capita, they need to survive the Utsi-Lispene
thrown at them, the grenades, the fires, the slashes, etc. That's going to be their new win
condition. So they have a Calyphthirs setup that's anti-Util, and then they have really good guns
They can pick fights elsewhere, leave it intel from that soloist.
Oh my god!
What just happened on the journal?
Then again, Cali, one of the first player, important operator.
What's that claim we're gonna do?
Is that gonna cease to cause a down for your team?
And are you really gonna risk it when you down 0-5 and score?
Exactly.
Why was he even on the call at the beginning?
I mean, no mirror, no flash.
He must have slept at normal for better.
I want to use it up right don't he impacts himself somehow. I don't know exactly what happened there, but he's had a laugh about it. I
Don't think was it a gas pop. I think he was impact tricking. That's what he's been playing
I think he must have got lit while impact tricking. Maybe that's pretty much then yeah
He must have been getting shot at. I need to keep the wall
Yeah, he hit the wall instead while he was getting shot at so he's already lit impacts himself doesn't really matter though
I think there's heavily favored in this ground Alamo also on a bit of a rise has found guys
Which is the daemons one of the x-factor operators here that would otherwise
Be very difficult for G2 to deal with good pick those stomp and gets a little bit over zealous
Picking the breach with the DMR and he loses his head back into the 3v3 and just maybe this is winnable after all for Virtus Pro
Maybe just maybe
Jesus win conditions are much lower than previous right
They just have this force of handing out down stairs, and then they have guns on the bomb site
Well cycle is fucking calibrator is with two walls being forced and some some is opening it up to be fair
Jeff Bensimars in CCTV and then spoilers ratcheting below and all of pity
I was wondering if that people was sticking play behind to the shield
Is this spotted? What does he?
I don't think it's fine.
So Rathas are clear
I don't think they do know because they would have isolated him if that was the case.
Yeah, they would have.
It means that in the late round
huge ratcheting
be so much information from the bulletproof camera that we'll be able to deal with Alamau.
Never mind, Rorak actually spots him. I don't know whether he was spotted while he was in
oil or he tried to climb up the ladder, but Benjenau in a 1v3, there's good info though.
If you can find the first, alright, he's not coming full in for exactly where the plant's
going down. As soon as they hear that shock on the no where he is, he trades himself,
but eventually the kill is found from Virtus Pro. It's a 1-6 score and it's not what they
want it but it's what they need to start this comeback. It's good, it's really good that the VP gets
one round on the board and can maybe get a little bit better mental against the Typeswap because they
need anything they can get right now. It's a best of three, anything can happen but I am curious
what does the studio think about this performance from G2 so far? Well it's been really good so
far, I mean we can look at a five-one-half year great tiny clawback from from Bro's bro there but
I just want to know like how in the tactical brilliance have G2 pulled this first half up?
It's so simple. It's so simple. I've got the formula RAM of how you can be 5-1 or put in your defensive half.
You just need to eat a burger whilst you're playing. It is as simple as that from Doki, because Doki and G2, they've been enjoying their time playing today.
Just use the right fuel. Look at this, look at this. Oh, oh, oh, let's go, let's go.
One bite, and we just run around, and I talk at the same time, I'm invoking, and I talk like this.
And it's enough. It just seems to work.
The new thing is done with it
The entirety the entirety
Swallowing VP get the fries out and then the fries out get the fruit don't get the dogs out
Don't get the fries out and then finish the fruit the fruit
Look at this
Miss clicking me mistaking outside of the screen miss input this input. Yeah, no
Now, what is going on?
I mean, this is what I meant, like, the team that just
finished, look, a B.O.3.
He's still eating.
Well, yeah, he's just, he's just, he's just dying to just kill.
The team that just won a B.O.3, that's a good idea.
The advantage for the rest of the match.
In all seriousness, now, in all seriousness, I think it actually comes down to a really,
really good strategic outlook.
I think you've got the cage and the bandit band, and then you've got Stomper playing
on the clash.
Now, why are G2 playing a clash?
Why has Stomper found so much success?
Then you can open walls easy, which is what Virtus.pro are going for.
You're forcing, you're allowing the late round operators to come into play, the mirror that
clashed the Azami.
So what are G2 doing?
They're layering, they're layering, they're layering, and then Virtus.pro are having to
walk into a clash in the late round, having to walk into a mirror in the late round.
They had to ban away the Azami.
You can't get rid of all of them when you make your life easy in the start of the round.
It becomes very hard in the late round.
Stomping is eight up on the back of us.
He's the best at punishing towards the late round, and just to highlight just how well
all these strategies working well is because G2 have found the opening kill in 5 out of
6 rounds, Shaco's won 3 of them, as soon as you get the man advantage and you play into
a layered defense, you know that the back line is going to be beneficial from you because
that back line is going to play with the man advantage and with the utility.
So right now that seems to work, now they're switching on the other side in attack and
it will be a different game because they need to be proactive.
That being said, they are going to face exactly the same problems.
They've banned the way the bandit decayed, so they're going to play since the same late
and also, crucially, VP had found their way to breaches,
so it's not even going to be easy to breach as well.
So G2 are going to have to do some thinking on their feet.
Well, G2 have a good start to the series.
For sure, can they finish the Alva as well,
or do Runners Pro maybe have something to say about that?
For sure.
By attack.
Indeed.
Well, a 1-5, it's not ideal,
but at least it's something to work from.
And if VP were going to win any of those rounds,
the last round, at least,
switches up momentum it's not five in a row anymore it's finally broken and VP
now get to go to their own defensive half and do exactly what G2 did which is
throw a bunch of curveballs I really like the way Jack put it when VP
decided to spend both of their their bands you know preventing the hard
breach it meant that then it allows G2 to focus on operators that are really
powerful in the light round. I mean I love me a good old clubhouse skin that comes down
to execute. It is the stable office map when described by pro players, analysts, it's for
the mentors, it's stretchy, it's adaptation and counterplay and we saw so much of that
in that first half. But I'm curious VP they can go for you know your curveballs, they
can go for standard solid siege, they can go for whatever place that they desire. G2
They showed us their version. Now VP got to show us theirs.
They got a bit of a roam game, go with the Castle Barricades.
Reload!
Free fire onto Blue Thorns. Cleanse Pasha.
Immediately.
And this is the thing, when T2 get the opening pick,
they have a tendency to just keep heating up
and keep going further and further in the building.
It's very important here in Kotaos that they don't go too quickly
because it's as I said, it's about getting to the bumps
of the right people alive with the right utility.
Now Doki's dead.
He took a bad gun fight, no more camps of fire,
No more casual smoke, and then he has this scene and got shot by a rule mob top floor inside a gym. That's gonna be Neko.
Yeah, Neko's also staying on Mewchammer as well, so he can't be targeted by that day most even if they have spotted the throats.
He can play, Alamow will also fall.
He dropped the hatch.
On that nuke, yeah, he dropped the hatch.
Maybe, unless he's knocked down from Main Stairs. Either way, he gets caught off guard.
He was trying to do something a little bit off-paced with the nuke, and it really just didn't work for him.
That is very classic Alamow.
VP very much have an advantage.
All we have to do is sit back, even Neko upstairs and Jimmy doesn't have to move at all.
So I mean right, G2, very uncharacteristic team in terms of like, they play their own style of play.
Most teams that they get to run to just go down here on cover, they speed up instead.
It kind of works off, it works out rather well, it works on health, they got the thumbs up pressure,
but Neko is still looking for a flank unsure if they're watching him or not.
Great ID, 35-1, before he's traded on back by Shiko.
By that point, Shiko is the last one standing. 1v2 though is very winnable here.
Especially considering he still has one day most back remaining. He can use this to try and isolate one of these players get a little bit of information
What's more, Rorick is one HP
Here's the bullet here and there, but though Rorick with one health swings the hatch first, finds his head and secures VP a second round with that
Honestly, it feels like a classic T2 round, where if they go down that motor hatch and they find the interkill, they rush the bomb site and Neko on the roam is completely useless
But this is where VP can be a scary team. They have very strong individual performances and good team-playing communication.
When they can punish G2 in the individual gunfights, that's when VP will be at their strongest.
While VPs in tie-time on the attack, they were losing so many important gunfights.
They were losing so many individual players, just either taking the best fight or just no 4-inches pure aim.
It was a big talk about what's that being like 1-in-6 playing Kali, not really finding the value.
Once VP gets fired up, as I was calling from T2, that's going to turn this hide, but they are down 2 to 5 in round count, so it's got to continue here.
Right, you got to take that momentum and build it, build it, build it, and make T2 feel like the game is tripping away.
So they cannot afford to lose this upcoming round or the next. They got to keep up that momentum.
I noticed that around the VP, they actually didn't reinforce any of the church walls.
Obviously, if you typically want to go for like an open hold, you're still reinforced
one or two.
I can only imagine it was because they ran out of reinforcements because they had so
many off-site.
I didn't see where they all went, but in the end, it was actually the lack of reinforcements
that caused that first player on site to eventually die.
So that's just a bit of unfortunate circumstance.
It goes to show that like nothing comes for free in this game.
You only have 10 reinforcements.
You've got to use them somewhere.
See, because of that choices.
And you have to choose what you priority is on.
At least nowadays, you share a pool of 10 reinforcements.
If you go far enough back in the history books,
you would get two reinforcements at each individual player.
So you'd have a guy in the range who's now reinforcing his
and you go, well, I came into it for him.
I'm watching this guy not do it, and I can't help him.
Now you can go, ah, man, this guy's annoying,
but I guess I'll just do four walls and ten.
Problem is these days, I end up doing six reinforcements
and then I end up dying, because there's an ash
in the bomb site while I'm finishing.
Uh, it's okay.
Die, Rindy.
No, it's okay, we're all being there.
It's like, guys, who didn't reinforce the freaking walls,
boys?
The one that pops off then gets to pick first.
VP again, in the privacy, and they fall back immediately.
They say we don't want CCCP control.
I think that's the right call, because those who are spreading up that rest of their case
and taking quick effort there and getting into action,
instead of keep on going, it can classic T2, right?
But doing something that you're not supposed to be doing,
but if you find a kick fight on your Doki, that's going to be massive.
That's my hide and the take.
Oh wow, you really are so keen, so tempted to get aggressive.
Finds a lot of damage.
Why does Naker repeat that?
Doki finds him, that's such a big play to take down.
Also the Azami, so no more Keeper Barriers
generating throughout this round.
However, big kill for Skies to take down,
Benja, no more Hibana.
How do they deal with this mirror position?
Well, it looks like they're just gonna pop it
and place it in the opposite side
and then completely give it up off this.
However, it based Alamow to move inside into the C4.
Dan is well aggressive on the doorway
into Con finds his kill, leaving Shaiqo all alone.
Now, tons of U2 for him, but it doesn't matter at all
because he's just gonna peek and fall to Rorik,
but a lot of fire there as well.
From the Russian, as VP really closed the distance here.
There's only two rounds in the lead for G2.
This is VP looking a little bit more comfortable on defense
and T2 having similar struggles as they did against
Twisted Minds when they were attacking against them
on border where the plan doesn't really fully come together.
You have a couple of early deaths and then either you speed up
further and lose more bodies or you slow down
and start fucking on time.
I think T2 had a good thing going, they're pushing opposite of Blackbeard, they got the
Teemo's behind, they got those Teemo's for Shaco in the windows.
Things were going well, but then they had the foresight, a C4 downstairs with the Thorn
Trap information, and then falling back and playing the layers against T2, the same thing
T2 did to them earlier, is genius.
But I think if you're T2 right now, you need to recompose, because on CZTB attack now,
This is probably going to be quite an easy attack you're going to find here on Clubhouse,
but it usually comes easy if you take it nice and slow.
Step one, accomplish it, check it off, and now step two.
And this is the thing where the Krishmar Pratik 2 comes from my end.
Do they have the consistency to do that playstyle?
Because look at the operators.
This is a step one, two, three.
They got Sophia, asking both get your information and do self-destruction.
They got Capital and Grim and Ying.
heavy on the execute every single player here is vital to stay alive for as long as possible until they can spend the utility
So this is you just test and you do that correctly
I also can't help but notice we had VP do an end of prep phase
Reinforcement over the rotate hole at the the top of C3 TV
So if you do it right in the early prep phase
They would have thought that this was an open hold with the rotate hole
But no VP have actually double reinforcement just like G2 did so I really like this is the more modern take
This bombsite man, it's crazy how the
Seek has like these cyclic meta because
Originally people double reinforces then they started to play in there with a rotate hole now
We're back to double reinforcing it again
VP are right on top of that header. I feel bad for Skye though. Oh no you did not
Why I'm still injured but not the kill confirm I was gonna say he doesn't have a
Yeager doesn't have all my capital can just clean him up so easily if that he
doesn't get the kill confirmed very unfortunate but he found a good enough
value for that to be worth it right I mean he doesn't do anything for this
Chaco's in 20 health and two sippid at the tackers had to go to over there to
get the revive but this was guys that gets difficult once the fire comes up
from Shiko, he has no safety anymore. Again, no ADS, no on my disc.
with low HP, he also tried to find him, aggressive peek from Scythe, he finds Jago before being
traded back. Finally, G2, have clear rafters, but at what cost?
They had a Sophia's Thumbarang pocket, they had a Grim Bean pocket, they had Boki with
them, and again G2 not able to execute together and take that step 1, 2, 3. Now they're gonna
pay the price, it's time for plan C. They cannot do plan A, they're also gonna send
them to TV. They cannot do plan B, they're just going for a plan, now they're gonna
for kills, they gotta go fishing, dance rings, you just punish my Benja.
The thing is, because it's an open hold in connector, into cash, this gives so many avenues
for Q2 to fight picks, however that works both ways as well.
As VP fire back, immediately respond, they clean up on the connector side and just leave
Alamow on his lonesome.
1v3, and he really cannot get through that tiny little Hibana hole, another bit of hype
from Rorik.
VP are just trailing by a single round. They're making this comeback a reality.
And they got that perfect bomb side rotation, and that's the thing that you really want here in Clubhouse.
CCTV is gonna be the scariest thing to defend, because in terms of win conditions,
you either get a couple of kills in Cattelgrafters, which guys, you found too, super worth it.
But again, what happens if the Captain of Fire was put in a position in such a way that there is no safe area,
that he just dies regardless.
Well, now you're playing 5v4, you've lost carrographters,
you can breeze, you can execute, you probably lose the round.
CTTP is that volatile of a sight.
It literally comes down to minute details
on attacking one area of the map.
G2, I think, very well timed,
the tactical timeout right now
to kind of figure out how they can reinvent themselves
in the server and what different approach
they must bring out because it's time
to get around the board boys on the attack.
Yeah, and you only need two rounds on the attack.
How you doing?
even it up, gives Romaglio a chance to talk about all three potential bombsites.
And remember, they only need to win two of them.
We also know what Romaglio's tactical timeouts are.
He talks at the speed of lightning, and he throws 3,000 different
strategic and tactical ideas at the team.
And while most of these G2 players are not strategic tactical players,
primarily they're really frag-oriented, usually like,
Avenger, Shiko, Doki, but of course we know Alamow has such a mind for the game.
He is obsessed over the minutiae of the play styles and how the game is played
and he's teamed with Romalio before as well. So he knows what it's like to get
into the nitty-gritty of it, throw all these ideas out and then decide with the
round star what this attacking star wants you to see the setup from the defense.
What are we gonna go for? We've got three tries. Just gotta get it right twice.
I think it makes perfect sense to bring the Blitz into action.
We often speak about the Monk, but Blitz favours GZ's plays a lot more, it gives Emma more
agency as an individual, take a roam here, take a gun, buy ice, get a kill, for example,
on the roam or buy the side itself.
Where it is pro, they've gotten rid of the Capital, GZ went this time, we talked about
the Capital, I think both of these are a really great job there, Capital is playable on every
single attack, things are grim, so it's really going to be either or.
If GZ's covering up the shields continues all my days, that is a wall play and a half on their own player.
Classic benching club.
Oh, what do you mean? That's what I mean!
This is what they do! They get the pick and then they speed up and they drop the hatch and they die
and they have themos and they have blitz and they have drones and everything.
I've done this like four times on clubhouse already.
In this kickoff event, just from the tour lulunan, it's so good and one-to-one trade is at the end of the world.
It's the matter of converting that opening pick into a round victory.
And by losing and trading one for one, what could have been a complete freebie, makes it harder.
But I was gonna say, I wouldn't be too surprised if VP bring out a clash on the gym defense here based off animal splits.
But we'll have to see, for now we're in the basement.
They still got the blitz, they still got the Grim.
But when that captain banned the way and saw the Snake now dead, they have much less information and ways to clear those tower positions.
And they've slowed down a hell of a lot more than us.
Now they've slowed down.
Yeah, slowed down in just the wrong moment.
And losing the snake is so unfortunate as well.
If the snake had survived, it would have been perfect.
Acre has a C4 preps.
You could try and toss that into the hallway.
Oh no!
Oh no!
It gets caught on the handrail.
What an unfortunate moment there.
I think the first C4 in the railing actually destroyed the second split I tossed up there, up for the floor.
There's only one explosion happening, but most of it's gone now.
I know I dropped down the motor hatch.
It smells like a smoke grenade.
Now Vince could push it at any moment as it casts far into behind them so they're stalking some spots.
Here comes the push.
Ah, Stomp and go straight into the smoke as well, finds one, but VP come out way ahead of the trades.
All of the Shai-ko now, 1v2 looks very winnable though.
Low HP against the two former Gen.G French players.
He can target one, it's Neko.
Brings out the Vendetta, but no.
Because of the Mew Jammer, the deathmark will fail.
He needs to recollect that diffuser.
The Nade goes out, doesn't land at shot.
He knows where they are, but I don't know if he's certain that they're both in that position as the two SAS operators hold back
They make their way forward both in church now a little bit of a cheeky swing and Shaka will fall
VP have run the gauntlet four rounds in a row
Nay five if you count their final round on the attacking side and they've brought this back to an even scoreline
It's such a beautiful way for Vertis Pro to clutch that around because generally speaking when Adela pushes through motor's door with Sombra and Hibana to that
Intersight that is a very quick way for you to just steal the round. It's off-paced and it's not expected and Vertis Pro
They do a really great job at helping Neko. He's in that part of the step. The mirror window
He's got bottom main control and there was still a Casabaric at the motor door
So he was only getting pressured from one single angle. The mirror window clears bottom main and Casabaric clears motor
He only has to work at the bomb site and everyone tries to help him against the Blitz, against the Banner and then it's almost chaos
They don't know who had the diffuser so they just double up in the two-eyed shaco
And they play bottom main on the mirror window and they play bottom main staircase with a very strong crossfire thinking
Maybe we have the diffuser without sure the moment the here cycle is planting
They know it's made by the blue rotation
One guy goes to the church bomb site into the rotate the other guys takes down the hallway
they ensure another 2v1.
That's the exact same thing that we spoke about, you know,
10-11 rounds ago, the VP are a better team on paper,
but each of them have better individual skill.
When VP won the attack inside,
they're having the same issues as you two are having right now.
They're not getting that teamwork together.
It's 1v1v1v1v1, and the vendors have this close conversation,
and they're just helping each other.
Even with the vertical grip back, that recall was a little bit too much.
I'm going to do a handle.
Caught in 4k, mate.
Ah, man, you're dead right now.
I will say, I feel like the G2 attacks have been closer than the VP attacks.
And I think that's not the closest strategy is next level.
I think VP really struggle to find an answer to the G2 setups when they were on defense.
But, I think the reason why G2's rounds are closer isn't because of the better strategy,
it's because they're just better at trying out.
A lot of these rounds end up as 2v1s which look winnable,
winnable, but we haven't had any successful clutches as of yet for G2.
Throwback by the way, what about a class in 50s and security for the first time,
Shaiku shots down Neku, but Pajikis would trade back to even numbers,
4v4, but G2 they're not done just yet, they're not keep on pooping,
they're not keep on fighting, Roaks in the site, walking things down, G2 actually
not speeding up, it's going down the route, this is good.
They know exactly where Pasha is, isolating ones though is not a good
play here for Bencha, however, with G2 flooding the site, it makes it very hard
to Pasha to try and clutch up 1v3 brings out the shield again. He can beat
for infobis. He's gonna have to take the fight for the SMG! What an insane shot!
Three kills in the round and Shiko goes down. It's just Alamo and Stompin. And
Stompin is tucked away in this corner. Pasha, is he gonna check for it? He's not.
He knows exactly where Stompin is now, but the plant has gone down here from
Alamo. It jumps straight outside the young American on 12 kills with a 2.0
KD is gonna be the deadly player watch in this round as Pasha he's got the class shield
The best friend is trying to go for a ninja plant here. He can put the shields down
No, you tell the dude that now it forces G2 to be the ones to make a move. He can try fake them out, but stop
and
Rips him apart from back stab and G2
Finally get one single around of attack and with it they find that point
The aggressive round that works out is the one against the mirror window and the clash.
They circumvent the extension on CCTV, they hit connector, they hit office and they found
a couple of kills early on and finally it actually works out.
The clash operator, the most important one at that, is in the wrong area of the building
not able to help the bombsite.
But it's thanks to these and cutting off the rotation first, reaching Khan's single wall,
holding the windows, making Pasha alone on an island off the side itself.
Such wish you'd gone for G2.
Verdi's pro, I'd have to go back to Jermigan, or go to CCTV to try and find one more run
on defense to take himself into overtime.
But if you ever were to want to rely on CCTV, man, as I said, it's such a volatile site,
so dangerous. If you just have a bad death somewhere on the map, if you lose caliber of control, the entire round can end by that.
So this VV has a play, perfect switch.
Attackers are moving out to locate a bomb and defuse it.
But we know they're capable of pushing OT here. They've just been outpaced.
It's just so funny how the difference between these two teams and the way that they roll these rounds.
Yeah, like VT constantly like okay this we're not getting it right. So let's try and
Beat this strategy and they try to do that with G2. It's like well, we're not getting it right
Let's just frag the hell out. If it's gonna get it, right?
And look once you try enough times, yeah, you are statistically probably gonna get it right
Maybe one out of six times. Maybe two out of six
Again, I think a lot of rounds with each one they will live or die off the opening page
Main just in one of those players rather, often first in battle, on both the receiving and of course of that, on giving, so gotta watch here for the first death.
Now VP, they have operators like the echo, like the smoke, that are phenomenal as though the time gets on the board, but the issue is what are the rumors?
It's Pasha and Main stairs, it's Dan inside a gym, they're trying to hold on to that room for as long as possible, but you still find pressure everywhere.
Pressure everywhere. Windows, grenades, and delas. Solusnik scanning those player locations.
G2 are doing split theory. They're waiting for that gap to appear.
No pick as of yet. One minute 40 minutes left until this is the last of the clueless rounds for G2,
but a big aggressive play from Rorik. Alamow goes down, but Shiko's found a kill elsewhere,
looking for a second now, and he finds it! Guys, finally cut down on the rafters. That opens the
The floodgates here for G2 to take control.
Neko and Dan both low HP on the bomb site.
Actually, Dan is leaving on the bomb site.
They're both in con.
They have to rotate back.
They just managed to slip on through.
Still two players in construction.
They're cut off by Benjo on the bomb site.
Just outside that connector window.
How do G2 look to shape up here?
There's a lot of cover for VP.
And in the late round, that's the Yokai drone.
The three of them will come into play for Neko.
It's going to have to be an aggressive play here from Benj for the end of the round, trying to navel to save the game.
Oh, that's timing!
Moi jumps in the window!
Finds the kill!
Three on the round!
The Dane has opened this game wide for G2, and Doki to foot down on Rorik!
Neko 1v3!
Bearing nine in hands, as he knows he's being hunted from behind by Benjah.
Benjah has been massive in this round, a lot of damage onto him,
But Sharco from way downtown covers that plant to perfection!
The comeback is squashed and G2 finally put the nails in the VP coffin!
There's two ways to look at this, if you're just pro, right?
Oh my god guys, we lost and we almost came back!
Waaah! No, no, they almost made the comeback happen!
They challenged G2 and then learned a lot in those individual rounds.
This is a great resolve for Verdi's pro to understand how to counsel him,
going for Intimap 2 of Leric and Shalaya needed.
But she too are laughing, they broke his butt and whew!
We almost lost the boys.
Don't worry, we'll be back after a quick break.
G2 take the lead in this upper bracket final, but it got close, especially when G2 got over on the attack because despite that winning us, we see a bit of struggles on the attack sometimes.
Yeah, it seems to be a consistent issue as we are seeing some of these rounds where they were dominating in defense, obviously,
a strategy usually, 5-M1 after the end of the defense, that you assume that G2 will take this easily.
However, here comes the problem with the way that they've been attacking clubhouse.
As you can see, it's been a clear split-take most of the time.
Most of the time what you see, you see them room clear, you see them have one player in the southern area, one player in the other.
And so what happens is, they actually looked towards the defenders,
And if the defenders don't move, if they don't give you an opportunity, like look at this, Alema is alone on Jacuzzi,
Shaco in the meantime is alone in garage, if he does not find that pick, and if Benja does not find that pick,
it's a 3v3 on site and they've got a control, right, and they lose.
And so the main problem I see with G2 right now is, I do seem to think that they're mainly relying on those pick takes,
and I'm waiting to see some default takes, or maybe some rushes, but maybe a bit of variety would help, I think.
Yeah, and Laraside, if we take Larra away in their first game today, they've really struggled now attacking boarder, they've really struggled now attacking club ops, they've got over the line on both maps due to hero plays.
Why have those hero plays come about? It's actually said Leo, they've actually really struggled to actually take map control and play through the layers that the defensive kind of presented them.
They've then struggled and relied on one player to just open the round up. Yes, they've got good enough players, but I think that challenge will really come assault like when they're against better quality teams.
I understand your take and I think you're cooking, but I think the reason why they get these hero plays because they're well nutrition
I mean look it's continued during the whole map even
Look at how beautiful this is
It's just
Yeah, I just think you know beautiful beautiful. He agrees
I just I just love this moment of just pure cringe just just watching someone that was very
that was very funny didn't spill water if you want to go ahead and turn in your ranked games
you need to eat some fries and some burgers in the middle of the game it does not seem to work
for the key however. It was not a great game for him.
It's the immediate sugar crash that you're getting after fast food right?
Yeah I don't know. I think maybe eating in the middle of the rounds, having all of your
fingers greasy, fat fingering help of the time because of it, having too much of the
crumbs on the key. I think he had too much on us to do list. I think that's maybe the
reason why it wasn't worked out so far. Wake up, beat twisted minds, finish my meal
And I will say, for all that slight criticism we did just have on the series now, they did manage to find a way.
They are consistently managing to find a way and a route to victory, which is showing good resilience.
I think Laird will be very interesting in that aspect, that I think it's a bounce back moment.
It was VP's map pick, but I do think that Laird is a good map for them.
They did just beat Foulthorne, one of the best teams in the ML on the map, so there's still hope for VP, I think.
And the problem is, with the way you two played the attacks, they gave back some hope and momentum.
Yeah? Okay. I think we should talk more about Lair and more about the continuation of this series after the break.
I'ma keep it going til I ain't nothing left
I'm breaking next to the bottom out
Oh I feel I'm throwing stuff in my money bag
Cause I can't get down so I spun it up
I'ma keep it going til I ain't nothing left
I'm going til I ain't nothing left
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We're in the upper bracket finals in the middle of the series here and we already talked a
little bit about Lair coming up as the next map in the series.
We can talk about the map but I would like to talk about the stakes.
What happens should either of these teams win the upper bracket final?
So eventually the thing that happens is you win more SI points.
The winner here gets 240 SI points.
On top of that they get $12,000 and on top of that they get the first seed coming from
EML at the major.
That means that they will play weaker opponents than the team that they will be here in the
final. So 65, uh, essay points different and $4,000 on top. And also, also, of course,
Jack, bragging rights of winning the pickup. Absolutely. Yeah. You want to be the best
team coming out of your region by far. You get all of that good objective support subjectively.
You know that you've been better than absolutely everybody else. For G2, they've made two changes.
They want to prove those changes were the correct changes to make for a team that was
already going deeper in national events. The VP, obviously they're going into map two.
They want to prove that, you know, with this team, with this changes, you know, they made the biggest change in this roster's history, that it was the right call.
If they want kickoff, it would be massive.
Well, that's just the SI points. It's the money. It's the seeding. Everything is on the line, and Lair is the second map in the series.
Man, I could not be more stoked for this one, Penger. It is the effective grand final here, and we've gone up by 1% 52 hours in this map.
I think I'm up 1%!
Crazy bro, absolutely crazy.
We can't, we can't count out VP, right?
We're going to Lair.
We've seen the play this map before.
We've seen the play this map today.
7-3 out of the Falcons.
Nothing to scoff at whatsoever.
After an absolutely insane defender-favoured clubhouse,
what is coming on Lair?
We're about to find out.
Oh, I spy with my eye, it's a shungebang.
We said this a lot.
Oh, I'm gonna just smoke in disguise, but nope, flash the shunge, okay?
I like it.
You know, for a long time, a lot of people didn't play the shunge much.
We have gone from shungebang being a bad reword to not really fun to- oh my god, he's really
good actually.
batting him now, the blow up that Sengar has had in the last like 12 months has been phenomenal.
And I'm all for it. And I would like to see him on his side, honestly.
I hear you the question, what is the biggest blow up in siege operators? Because I think we've had
quite a few. Let's give me a top three. Okay, okay. Grim. Grim is, I think number one without
thinking. I was gonna say Grim. Yeah. Grim, mind you, Grim, and this is crazy because like,
I had to think about this the other day. Grim used to be an operator that would never get played.
And they buffed the gadget in like 3 different ways, and they gave him like second-hand shotgun EMP can open like the whole shebang, played every round ever since.
Because they would be worst operator ever to be put into siege.
Which probably was true at the time of release.
Oooooh... not ffff...
Okay.
I had a just in-game think on that, but probably not far from it yet, like very, very poor.
We're talking like the current Jakku levels of that, right? Like really unplayable.
Generally speaking.
Hey, he's got nades now!
Yeah, he's got nades.
Doki did play it one round on the clubhouse or whatever.
Uh, I lose that.
But no, it's a good point actually.
Although, I think Doki's pick is hard to play.
So, almost never got played much in the past.
And now, of course, with the rebus of the gadget,
has seen a high amount of pick and bend rate.
Oh, shoot, he's hiding behind this desk right there.
Oh, rats, hush, hush, hush of the rat.
He actually gets the perfect timing, but Skye's,
wow, big C4 all the way out from the mezzanine.
Goodbye to Stumpin. Two opening picks here. This is a very different kettle of fish to what we saw on Clubhouse. VP already looking very happy, but Shaka has a chance to sneak in the side.
Is this more of G2 on attack, isn't it? It's like guys either were winning the round or losing the round in the first minute.
mid. Doki great swing though. Text down Rower. Maybe he's not over just yet. Shai-ko
also has himself with that scanner on the side of the snake. Onikunek goes out.
He doesn't find much. He starts planting. They might just stick it. They're not literally
watching. Two opening picks. Hello! Outside of the start of the round. The bomb site
completely given up for free and Shai-ko managed to get in and plant. That's the power of the
snake. You knew exactly where they were and where not on the bomb site. New room was cleared
the plan. Sky is quite lacking on his vert upstairs but it's VP now that has to make
a move. Shaka's just around the corner with his incredibly powerful F2 in close range.
Okay. Might actually gotta enable this. Hasha has the cover perfectly but he's got to reload
now and forced off the plan. Two players now on the ground for VP to Doki on the ground
on the other side. It's all up to Sky. His way upstairs. That is unbelievable. A three
3 vs 5, absolute theft from VP.
You want to hate them, right?
You want to hate G2 right now.
How do they win these rounds?
How do they continuously do this thing where they lose a player or two, they're completely
locked out, they have no way to end with it?
It's like they have no way to win really quickly.
They're a scory of fire, two toxic babes, it is everything to be won on defense.
And yet they make it look so effortlessly.
starts off actually with Doki. Just walks in, just nice easy shot, then a single
grenade from Shikou on Solid Snake, and then one of the most rarest types to see.
Shikou planting! Round victory, big smiles.
Sometimes it helps when you play as well as Shikou does, and I really don't want to discredit how
how impactful the Solid Snake Operator was there.
Whoops, I saw him approaching the bomb type in the base
for one or two minutes away, and he brings out that scanner.
He sees, oh, it's all clear.
Okay, I know I can move up.
There's no one hiding in this room.
Okay, next room, perhaps a gadget.
Okay, no one in the next room.
I see a keyword barrier.
I can made it, and then just go for a plant.
That's perfect.
The rest of G2 came into support as well.
G2 are the perfect example of sometimes
attack doesn't have to be that complicated there, right?
Even when you see a million different layers of defense, like we did from Clubhouse,
sometimes all you need is just to find the gap and then you're inside it.
I suspect the question, how would we feel fair at international play
up against the best teams in North America and Brazil, most importantly,
and even teams like Wable from APL?
Because that is where I'm thinking like, is this like a domestic thing where they can get away with it,
or will they start to falter internationally?
And thank you because we'll continue to gain a very strong quality of assault xD major
We'll find out actually in just a few weeks so super keen to see that progression
For now, we're going to be stomping on the glass, the enemy is going to charge on the blitz
Then it's not just there, then it's pushing power and stomping to expand on rorex
And you need a bit of damage on the nake
Yeah and it's perfect here, the fact that Doki is telling specifically the warden of nake
The only operator that can counter the scrys
However, Naker did manage to run back and find a mutual to stand on for a brief moment, so that has now cleared the death lock.
Can't reinforce the wall despite that spare reinforcement, because Eleon has watched him over it.
That would be too risky.
To D2 now, they can get a player on that single display window that's right here with Benjyrius.
He can grim things off, cover the cross, and the smoke, the ammo, and something on the glass can peek apart the bomb slide.
As you've said, the only real answer here is Galvr this pro, is Naker on the warden, or a big C4 from him as well.
The claim of medicine is impassioned, we've thrown out the bathroom window, so VP are getting desperate. They have to go for a swing in the height.
Man, where does that kill come from?
Stormtrooper's getting the objective. The note falls back out again.
Alomar just on the verge of making his entrance. The smokes have come through and not found anything. Still numbers advantage for G2.
But they are pretty much out of smokes now, completely in fact, so the Glyz now just becomes a DMR. As Benja has slowly rotted his way over to try and support the team.
He's going to have to go G. He's got full HP and he's got the best gun for enabling Alomar.
Oh my god, Sharko! Dan is down!
And suddenly a 4v2 looks ever so winnable that Alamad doesn't have any smokes to prevent this crossfire.
So he's gonna have to riskily make his way inside.
Neko's only got that C4 now, there's no other U2 or 4v4 this pro, and in G2 they're just fanning out.
They're gonna attack from four different angles at the exact same moment, down to find a pick.
Oh, he's down, leaving just Neko, last alive.
Four different players coming from four different directions. It's time to just go hunting. First kill, Shaco goes down.
But instead of going to hunt the player, they're going to try and rotate, go to the other bottom side.
He's going on to Benja. Stomp it! Has to cover while Alan is forcing that plant.
The plant denied! Oh my god! That's a 1v4!
I can't bloody believe it!
NAKO has just saved VP around, they had no right to win!
It's crazy to think the round started with NAKO getting tracked by the demos, forced
to run for the hills, back deep into the bombsite, find that new jammer and somehow is the last
player alive in the server to win that clutch.
And on the other side, that was G2 losing the round because they wanted to do the right
thing.
Let's go for a plan, let's cover, let's take it nice and slow and take the safe option, right?
And it costs them everything, right here!
I thought they were going to push for the kill.
There's 10 seconds left, they have 4 players in close proximity, Shai goes 1,
Alamaw ran near the bomb site and then James starts sprinting trying to recover.
Alamaw couldn't get deep enough into the bomb site because there wasn't enough time left on the clock.
Plus there was a bootable camera watching that position the entire time.
So you saw the frustration out of Kaggle's face and it's the complete episode story.
The very first round, G2 had no business winning.
They wanted 3v5, they were going to attack with nothing to begin with.
No map control in the room, Q-N-O, nothing. They wouldn't.
They never 4v1, he sees the tag of your life and they lose it.
It is this complete chaos.
Gonna ask you, what was the right decision to go for the kill or go for the plant in that 4v1?
It's either all right, I think that's the thing.
Both plays are right if you do them together, but if Shai-ku goes for a gunfight and Alan
runs away, and then Benji starts panicking and starts bringing Shai to cover his equation,
then you're doing two separate plans, and Neko has one plan, survive, and even if your
plan goes down, it's to deny. So either you push the trigger and I'm out, or nobody goes
out to fight. Shai-ku doesn't over swing, Benji doesn't over swing, and you just call the plant
the self. As soon as Neko sees Eleanor on the other way, he knows that they're going to
plant instead of kill, and suddenly the pressure is off him as well.
A dance found an opening on his roam game. I don't believe is the hatch open for him
to try and retrieve back. I did manage to catch it. The guy's going to find one as well
on the pincher. The doke V has gone down. That's the primary roam. Clear a good shot
to Rorik though. Bit of a repeat from Pasha. Stomp in under a lot of pressure. And also
start activating the boogey drones to try and clear the third but he'll find a
kill first the jackal comes in reaction a couple of days since the buffers come
through finally goes down those guys thank you to the jackal already getting
banged for buck out of this util so the worst operator in the game did you
think you heard no he did he put him in use this category on his skill list
He's gone Twitter and now he's played it twice here today alone
It's a great job. Rage beating people as opposed to Oki or just proving yourself wrong about sure
I think don't you just get told dude like this
Like I we need more room clear and then somebody goes go play
Go play solid snake dude. He goes nah, I don't like the gun
I'm gonna play jackal because it kind of does like this thing
but in a much inferior way, much worse of course, back level.
Now this round has been weird as hell.
So much warm pressing for both teams, VBs start first,
he recovers, now they're frozen up off that wall,
and I'm still half of his V, it's good to take the stun fight
and the back of his V should be a free beat.
Don't lie, why?
Hell of a lot of damage, onto him, but he just goes for the pick anyway,
he could fight it down.
And that's gonna force Neko back 1v3 now,
Now you two to speak of how does he find the kill against Alan out for comes down to a close range 1v1 good question
Don't give me go another chance to clutch
He's already landed a 1v4 1v3 looks even more winnable
I'll amount low HP a little bit of damage onto the foot and he'll be finished off
Thanks the flyer to get through back into site this Naco. I
Don't think he knows it but G2 adjust around the corner both players go here and stop to make eye contact now
Now it's a 1v1, Alamo in close range, and the Blitz will flash and finish off the kill.
That time Alamo doesn't make the mistake of going for the plant.
He hunts down Neko and puts him to rest.
Must be an adaptation.
You saw the distinct playstyle difference there, right?
They were both walking into the stock room looking for the 2v1, weaselizing the Blitz
for information.
When they realized that Neko had rotated a deep into the bottom side, that's an Atomow,
he goes to the push, his teammate covers it passively, and they then push it together.
much better cohesion, much better coordination, and better communication, and G2 at once again
they recover what should have been an incredibly difficult attacking round starting off in
the wrong end of it. Like, the hard rounds are easy, and the easy rounds are hard. That's
the g2 life right now.
What really gets one leg up one step ahead of their opponents every single time?
Also, I mean honestly big praise to Elamal. I think that was a phenomenal blitz round.
He was utilizing the softball very well to hide his feet and crouching and not getting overly aggressive with ADS things.
And then really securing the blind before playing to the play.
We see quite often that a shoot player will kind of make one small misstep and just get shot in the toes.
and they go for an ADS thing out of no one and they just die, he has been quite consistent
on the few rounds he's been bringing out the shields today, but I'd love to see that.
It's a such immense defining operator of course, I have those shields and notice for
me look at it, they fend in Monty and they fend the Blitz.
So the only immense shield left open now is gonna be a Blackbeard, this isn't like your
usual shields cause you do have an AR rifle, so you cannot tend to take more gun fights
and it's not at them I asked me an operator either so this could just get you to attack
if there's another way for you to do this.
I'll fight and then this is clear gonna look like for G2.
On that ground floor looks like the archer with a bit of a lateral push what a great C4 on the doki though.
Nago has been phenomenal today I tell you what.
Great chance for him to really flex his muscles.
G2 are making their way in this top floor. What a pressure now.
As soon as the patch is done, he gets caught on his retreat.
That was just a brief pixel moment for Stumpen to find that kill,
but he finds the only bullet that matters, and it's straight between Pash's eyes.
Now a lot less information for the Platinum Isle.
In the late round, 4VP, as G2 continue to press the issue,
they kind of want to go through a full clear on this top floor.
We have to win this gunfight versus that old screver, and Neko is telling us no, he's not buddy.
He's looking for the gap, but this matters.
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
He's shooting three times, he's not anyway.
The issue is, Dain got to kill the Shai Kuo, so he's supposed to trill in numbers.
2v3.
But plenty of time left in the round.
Dain tap shot vertically actually, as he puts in the opposite area.
Even just out of the mouth.
1v3, no intel, and a defender waiting right out of the corner on top green.
No intel, no diffuser as well.
Thankfully for him, the top floor has mostly been cleared.
Like you said, there's a player top green stairs.
There's a auric on the smoke with one gas babe left.
But now that the main R6 room has been cleared,
it actually gives Alomar a lot more freedom.
But fishing for kills on the vert, it's very unlikely to work here.
That would be a blunder from G2.
Alomar drops, covers the sound of the drop with a shot from the rifle.
But it's in, it's a ring around the rosy as G2 decides to go.
VP decided to go upstairs. First shot, but he doesn't expect Dan tucked away in the corner.
Virtus.pro, re-stabilize, a good defense, converting their advantage, and with that it's 2-2 again, an even scoreline.
VP having a much harder time matching the pace right now on Lair.
It's a much, of course, bigger map. A lot of different areas where gunfights are going to be happening and seemingly out of nowhere.
For our powers, you're kind of expecting where most of the fights were going to happen.
So VP always had two defenders in the same area. They could hit across fires.
That's probably what's happening here.
There's a lot of individual 1v1s.
Also, that's the 4 hit both of you straight in the dome, by the way. That's phenomenal.
But a 1v1 with C4, a pre-fragment stomp in, another 1v1 in server.
I get just constantly battling back and forth.
And I think that's why, like, going into Lair, into Shalary,
I tend to skew more G2 favourites, because I think that Khaotic's fan-out hairstyle with the lurk entries is gonna work a lot stronger in G2's favour than in this close.
We'll have to see. It's tied up 2-2.
And uh...
I haven't noticed yet what there is gonna give.
I still think G2 haven't fully figured out what hairstyle they prefer, like the fast versus the little bit less fast, because that'll be the one I have to skew, to be honest.
But now they're playing top of that here. You see in the kite, you brought up two rounds in a row, that's a problem.
That you can see with anti-counter it. Now you just EMP twice on a wall, three-mighted open, and then you're gonna get that first step accomplished.
What's so windy here for the half? Is it just whoever it's up for two?
or is the key defense should be more favored I don't know I don't I don't buy
there being like
Super defense for attack I very much finger comes down to kind of clubhouse like if you're good at tagging team on there
Because you can pick it apart strategically. You can win a therapy of attack around
But I think a lot of teams they fall into the trap of playing default attacks with very obvious what you're gonna do and
And that's where a lot of teams get countered, right?
For example, here, you have to chunk up entry G2, but how many times are they getting 4-client attempt?
That's the none, right? So here, the chunk of them will shoot counter-banned, for example, to enable the Blitz and the Montymore,
but they've been counter-banned by British Pro.
So generally speaking, I think 3-3 is great for both teams, and then whoever gets that 4-fronted,
if it's a 4-2, they're gonna have to just lead the head and the arm.
charge.
Stompin's been phenomenal with these thermally charges, breaching Doki's external wall and
now the Ops wall as well, gaping hole in the VP defense, but of course that's just step
one the hard breach.
Now you've got to take some real control and poise for a plant and no doubt also go for
a backstab because it's a G2 after all, that seems to be Doki at the moment outside of
Lobby as guys get revealed on his retreat and of course Doki who's going to make his
Wait, immediately up through the mezzanine and find both kills.
Nice, almost finished off.
Surely I'm not in the middle of this kill, but no.
Rorik actually steals the opportunity from him.
It's also a flank up from the main stairs to Neko.
So, you two, go to be careful.
This advantage could slip away very quickly.
It's a big rebound.
This guy here is too close to the vision pocket.
Neko in the main stairs.
Well, just step back, step.
All of a sudden, G2, there's strong positions crumbling.
Oh, no.
Chico though, but the fire will eventually finish off Dan and
Completely obliterate that hit position near his army. Good kill though from Stompin. He's backed up from the other direction
This was a great pivot from Stompin
The call that's enabled G2 to once again get an advantage problem is Stompin
Chaka on the two opposite ends of this map of this bomb site
One trying to go for a plant solo Stompin trying to bait on the other side and he is gonna stick it balls of steel for the Frenchman as
As the two Frenchmen of VP now look to try and reply
Dome's NAKO fine skies as well
Stompin might have been alive on the other side of the building that Shaco says hold on young one. I could do it myself
Big kills for Shaco big rounds and
Cheeto once again in the lead
Again speaking about the difference ways of playing and doing things out of the norm
They're playing a 2v2 on complete opposite ends off the bottom side of the British coast.
They're in the house, they're thinking, uh, what?
They don't know what's going on.
Because Stumpin's going for a fight and he finds the wall by a phenomenal play by the way.
They all say in-game sound cue.
And then Shaggers is planting.
And maybe are they baiting us? Are they not?
Like, what are we supposed to do with this hero right now?
And again, there was no C4, there was no cameras, there was no basic pocket.
They're forced to go for a swing, up against players like King Stompin, like Shaiiko, some
of the best players the year pass will offer, some of the best players in the freaking world.
So VP, I feel like they're stuck in a position where they need to win strategically, but
the way G2 are playing their attack around is not super logical, so it's very difficult
to do so.
Adam Pasha has yet to find a kill, which has been one of the obviously meeting frackeries
for British Pro after finding deep moments, that's of course making a little bit less
of a toothless on the run game.
Sharko has been insane on G2, in fact his stats for kickoff are better than any of his
stats for Systematational for the EML Finals for EML Stage 2.
He's actually managed to get so far up until now a 1.0 kill throw round, which is insane.
He's the second best player in the league, 121 EPS, plus 19 on the KDE, and he's winning
most of his entry fights as well.
6-3 Ks and a clutch.
He's been unreal, better than he ever was on Falcons.
And yeah, I think he really has been on these.
He's found a stride on G2.
The one question that remains for Shiko is can he keep it up when it comes to a LAN event?
Because he tends to drop off a little bit compared to his online performance once we
hit those big finals events.
Doki now on the entry, opening kill on disguise. He is chasing them down, hunting them, aided by the information from Shaco on the solid tank.
Naiko on the bomb site, supported by two other lead-me players, Pasha upstairs, which just made his way back down, but he gets caught on the rotate.
Stompon finds a narrow angle underneath the keeper barrier. He thought he was safe, but Stompon was there to cut him down.
G2 is just, again, being allowed to do it, they're on the server, they're gonna take
a risk, go for it.
We delete in the system, in the playstyle, there's no risk, that's too high, and just
reap all the rewards that you can.
Then does spot Adam out, but honestly, at this point in the round, not the most important
one, the solo snake is information.
Oh my god, he's running through.
Perfect, use it for the solo snake to protect that aggression, to get that information,
Slow down the round for Shaka. What a split from Stompin!
Traded back by Dan. 1v2 with Doki on the ground.
Shaka wants to go for a plant. Does he know it's safe?
Doesn't matter!
Benja has his back!
Another big round for G2. 4-2 split at the end of the half.
Are G2 back, Kristymark?
Now there were sloppy start and club powers in a difficult way to end it at least.
They're in mighty good form here on Lair.
Studio, how do you feel so far? A Vibe's good?
Yeah, they might be back. I mean, we're looking at a G2 that are dominating this attacking house so far.
At least the start, it could have been even more dominant.
I like the word that Nick used. It is sloppy. And it is still sloppy. I think that the plaything is good.
I think they get the enter kills, they get the man advantage. Most of the time they get the ground, which is an improvement from Clubhouse.
But then there are situations like this one. That one V4, for example. Look at the positions. They're hesitating.
They know that Neko is turning into a corner, and if we look at this one in particular you know,
he takes the first 1v1, that's fine. At this point everyone should go for the kill here.
Banja should just hold the rotate, instead he chooses to wallbang for no reason.
And then there's no cover for the C4. So you know, there are some issues like this,
it should be 5-1-4-D. Clearly exposed, this round where Shaco hits two nasty shots to win the round
by the way, it's a 2v2 right? It was a 5v3 before that. So yes, it's good, yes they're dominating,
But let's be careful, the end of round is still a little bit undisciplined.
Yeah, you've got to be very, very careful not to go into results based analysis here,
because you've got a 4-2 attack win for G2, which on paper looks incredible.
But they're still struggling with some of the symptoms that we think, again,
when they go to Salt Lake Major, Salt Lake City Major, now there's a fact.
When they go to Salt Lake, they might well struggle against some of the top teams
who won't necessarily give them the leeway that they've had tonight.
There's a couple of rounds that we've just shown that either they've continued this clutch,
All they've needed here are play, which has been quite a consistent thing tonight,
that they will want to tighten up going into that major.
Now the good thing is they're gonna go to defense, and especially in that side,
they are less exposed. It's especially the kind of side where everyone has his own area to defend,
they can coordinate many plays together, and their playstyle will thrive there in there.
I think that where really they get punished is whenever they need to make a decision together
in the late round, you can see that they're a little bit hesitant, still maybe because it's
It's still in your team, couldn't put, you know, how high a judgment are we putting on GTA that
because they didn't get a 6-0 or half and we're like, damn this team, we won't fuck it, right?
How they got stuff off, exactly.
Yeah, and it's like you guys are saying, right, you know, if the decision-making doesn't always go the way they want to do,
at least they have those hero players to back it up with.
We've heard what we're seeing in that first half here.
We're looking at the operator bands right now, we're seeing a Monty, we're seeing a Bandit,
this and Mira.
It makes a lot of sense, they're playing against Neko,
Neko is crutching on the shield on there especially because he wants to get the initial control on ups or the initial control on green
That's what he does all the time. So remove his shield
I anticipate that if you play the love like that blackbird will be the third ban in the end
But I understand you take that focal point away from me. It does make a lot of sense
You know
They're gonna have to navigate that might be a lot of that foreign play that you see with a factor and a lot of just looking at the walls
But once I get those walls open, they do have the extreme utilities
See a lot of problems that you two are putting up as well with these operators on the defense only a few rounds away from blocking in this series
Let's see how it goes
My name is Dan I say Kali and I'm going to major I'm not sure that's doki bracing
Danibans bro, because Royce would be shamed there right there like you're not wrong
Dan is one of the only sorts of Kali mains if you wait that I can think of
Obviously, Kino over in the NEL had a Shostan on a tank,
where you could double it up quite frequently.
But I would say this, Virtus Pro, they've been good at
quote-unquote, do some mini-innovations.
Playing some different operators,
playing their own style of siege,
and I mean, obviously, here in the On the Bracket final,
they've done a formidable job at just creating
their own way of doing things.
What are you doing?
They have, I can't deny, like,
T2 have really stolen the conversation in this BO3 so far.
It's absolutely just how it's all at the first
five rounds of clubhouse work and the fact that they managed a four to split
here on the attack of let like you said leg is achievable on the attacking side
if you're a good attacking team on this map you can come over four to splits even
against good teams and there's a chance here the VP can reply with just as good
an attacking side but it's gonna be a very tough slog especially considering
there's only one one attacking round so far in this series back on clubhouse
They really have to get on their bike. Dan is on the Kali and there's no mirror, so it's like a less obvious choice for the attacking side
But the day was down below for Pasha. He needs to have a big impact. By the way guys going always fix if he dies there
We might have our own James Bonbon
That's a rough one
The dollar should by makes it harder because that split shield pressure is pushing to different angles
It is taking that control that's that's gone now
So you kind of rely over as like the demos to help with the wrong theories and with Pash been did on the next operator
Life gets difficult now see then the Kali mean was going to the major
Looking down the hauling and I mean this angle here that that's a heaven for Kali
You're cutting off the bomb side in half at a tiny angle far away. This is basically
unusable. Then again you're against the two players like your Shiko, like your Sponga,
well oh, shotgun on the window. I mean you can't jump in, you have to respect the angle
right now and just hold the angle from the exterior. Or push the window steep though with
the SFG twice, what a double kill for Dan! He does play Kali, he is going to the main
gen, he's just down the double kill, opening up the round, the Virtus Pro, Neko jumps straight
up on the opportunity to gap, created by Dan on the Kali. Shiko and Doki now at the last
remaining for G2 as Virtus Pro with their numbers advantage can slow down and consolidate.
Just a great opening from Dan. He used the blackout on the window of display.
Who can I guess shut down by Shai-ku and spot him.
It's just Shai-ku rather in a 1v3 with those two going down and he's dead.
And they spotted him from the other side.
Beautiful close there from Neko. We see Dark congratulating the boys.
That is a phenomenal start to the attacking half. Picture perfect.
Though I gotta say Pasha doesn't look like he's having a fun time.
time. Zero kills, zero assists, seven deaths, poor guy. We need his energy back in the team.
Imagine what VP could be capable of once he gets out of this kind of losing appearance,
starts getting into the game. He can be such a deadly player when he's in his moment.
It's such a valid question, because mind you, he's not just a great player who's not really
finding his stride. He's playing phenomenal power operators like the Deimos, consistently
on important value operators. And so when you're not finding a person individually,
you don't get to use your upper to gadget that is great for the team. You're losing so much.
He's playing Thermite or Shield and like pushing and breaching and planting. He's like,
he's still doing stuff, but he's quite literally playing Intrefrag operators and not finding the
Intrefrag. And you see, I mean, there's gonna be some frustration, but Pasha is such a
highest character person himself, at least towards others. I hope he can go easily on
himself as well, like include a teammate and say,
don't worry, next round is yours.
Because we could be so good as humans at giving other people
a second, a third, a fourth chance and supporting them throughout whatever
difficulties they're going through.
But the moment we spill some milk, we're like, oh my god, why was it your failure?
How could I spill? How could I even do that?
Ten of us, man.
Spulping my soul.
You make such a good therapist, dude.
I mean, I'm awful with this myself, right?
But you really should speak to yourself in your brain, your head,
the way you would speak to others.
But we don't we're much more critical
Hopefully passionate kid
Hopefully
One round to get him on so that's a bit unfortunate that he doesn't
If you really wants to open up the hatch you should have a shotgun second in there
Besides
Putting a DMR is it rock on the boss G by the way, don't give me boss G is a choice man
It's been a while since you've seen that. You know, every time the DMR made it, it's been
bit too much to not to go to me. I'm curious as to why it's really... Intentionated it or
played some TDM earlier for one more floor? Because also there's a map where once you stop fighting
on the bomb site, you're taking a lot of continuous shots. But it's not great for that. It's like a
one-off reload, one-off reload, almost like a Cali, if you will. Like an old action weapon. I mean,
I mean, I know you have two bullets, but it jumps so high you gotta wait to get between each shot.
It wasn't quite like compared to a GMR.
Oh, here you go!
There you go!
Flies the kill onto Alamow. That's huge!
Don't discredit the Kali, I guess.
It's the Kali. Don't discredit the boss D, I guess.
Watch your Kali.
Yeah, watch your Kali here.
G2, though, do decide. Okay.
With Alamow down, it's time to fall off back.
The stomping still is playing his position on the staircase.
He can chase a little bit more time.
Here burn his last two gas babes, one more remaining, also some barbed wire in the pocket, it'd be nice for him to get that down, I don't think he's gonna get a chance to.
I like it, almost, I just return to fall back here with the nade, last gas goes out.
And they'll stick it, Doki's hiding in the, like, boss with the staircase, I don't think they know that he's there.
So they can take this shield into the post, Doki spins behind his teamie all of a sudden, and he's 2v1.
Here comes the swing, yeah, they find the one.
Oh my god, you're right!
And then Doki kills the Warwick, but Doki refracts it!
Exit your stand right, Pengu, yet again!
Nice chance there for VP, but G2's just one.
Another little micro play. Outdoes and the VP, and low-key comes back for more!
Double kill! The C75!
He finishes off the round as well!
It's a big 4K!
For the Scotsman and G2!
Reprise with a little bit more energy on their defense.
So smart.
So their first mini-play is Doki was hiding at the bottom of the staircase, and VP never opened the window at the bottom.
That's obviously the first and second Virtus.Pro, but T2 utilized it, not to pile up and say, we're holding the staircase.
They were actually saying, hey, we only have one player here, come get me.
And then Stomp and go for the Acro Swing one for one, and then they're thinking, okay, the coast is clear.
They had to do the Cali-T, they had the cutoff, but Doki then makes the first flank. That happens right in this moment.
Then, the team at a built-in in Spenja can reinforce the wall downstairs, and they hear it from the verticality.
So they go, ah guys, they fell back to reinforce the wall.
Two seconds after they start doing that, that's when doggie goes for a flank.
It's a really smart mini-play where you're playing into the mind of your opponent.
Because again, we're talking about logical, strong siege versus unpredictability.
In almost every scenario, the safest and best play to make if you teach who's at that moment
is like fallback, reinforce the wall, you have 40 seconds left and manpower advantage.
But we keep saying this thing with G2, they're not playing logical, so they're not gonna do that.
And I think Virtus Pro is being a bit baited into it, kind of assuming what the outcome is,
rather than taking a look at the outcome and looking at what's in front of them.
That Impassionate is now 0-8, his individual struggles continues,
and still, it's a close game where G2, frankly, they're clutching a lot of these rounds.
Yeah, and whether it's a clutch or whether it's a play like you were talking about with
Doki, you know, doubling back and backing up the second player, reinforcing off of it,
he's still there.
These are mind games, right?
Yeah.
When is the best time to play mind games against your opponent?
When they lost five rounds of the role in Clubhouse.
And about to get that!
When it's been a really long day for them, because remember, VP played the first match
today against Falcons, and when Pashry is going 0-8, these are the perfect conditions
to start toying with your opponents. And G2 know that they are the masters of the mind games here in the U.
Make your opponent question reality. Also, it's a tilt factor. If I'm dying to them, he's a desk spammer.
You know, it's like, oh, why did that happen? And then you go through it, like, you could challenge him.
First one to die to it, and then, like, your teammate dies as well. And you're like, why did no one refrag that?
I'm thinking a refrag. Even though he's stopping for a big run out, he does get replied on, so good catch, but losing a thermite, I guess he's done most of his high breach. It's not the end of the world. It's still just not fun. Again, continuous aggression from G2.
I have been trading a passive U2 and we've fallen with active use of heart breach and like Jage just said there is close secondary cannibals from Dan on the grimm so it's not like the incident of the world
But it's usually worth to trade one to one if you're the defending team because you
Use like a map control but you get a body. Oh
Paul Shack was gonna fall there for a second, but no
3v3 skill favours the defense here, but PP starts to try and take control of this top
floor.
Man, Asher is using every single last bit of his U2 with the candellas to open up space
on this top floor.
G2 just said, alright, we're going to fall back, we can give up that map control.
We don't mind at all.
We can play a late round goose chase in the 3v3.
All of these G2 players are still on that top floor.
Doki's actually been left all the way over in display, or rather it's in mask, sorry.
And he's got the akina barriers to really fortify a position as well.
He's spotted briefly by the green map to find the Blackbeard, and he will be finished off.
Shiko as well gets up and active into the situation.
The Blackbeard, insufficient.
And damn, now the last one left.
Three shots from the payload remain.
And it will fall as well to Shiko.
G2 continue battling, they do not abandon.
That Azami player of Doki, in fact, they go and get re-aggressive again on to him.
VP man, what a struggle it has been.
And those two losses in a row put them in grim straights now.
Trailing by two rounds to G2. Three rounds to G2, man, it's match point.
Three chances for G2 to close.
I'm in the past, three rounds have been so quickly over.
It's just been D2 in, I want to say full control, you know, sometimes like it's trading the first pig
or maybe D2 is the first player, but that mini-play in the mid-round, they get two or three kills in quick succession,
they steal the show. And the great thing about D2 is that we want to have these guys at every international tournament, right?
Because when they're doing really well, they're a great team to talk about. And when they're failing to meet expectations,
they're also a great team to talk about. Like first set and the halftime show, right? Or the halftime vibe check that we call it.
D2 don't get a 6-0 half. Oh my god, this team and their stop is not like the
quotations for this roster and the organization itself is just so high.
They're never gonna able to like achieve the fans expectations even if they
play like near perfectly every single goddamn day. But this has been an
impressive look going from the twisted mind match for D2 side and how they're
playing the game strategically into Virtus Pro. And I'm genuinely baffled at
how well it's working because I really really thought that the VP playstyle was going to be a G2 counter.
The only thing missing that we keep saying is Pasha, who has not really hit the scoreboard yet,
so missing individual performance, but outside of that, I still thought VP would have more of a fight with them.
Look, I might get a little bit of drama for saying this, but you know what team G2 remind me of right now?
It's FaZe Clan, because they can do both types of seeds, right?
FaZe Clan are the kings in Brazil of playing that structure playstyle, but they still are in Brazil, so they know how to fight fire with fire.
But I keep to structure, there's a lot to their all-or-the-plays.
But in the hack, yes, but I feel like in D-Sense, G2 are really locked in, especially back on Mothouse, man.
Like some of those DC-TV spats that they had, with like the fire, impact tricking the ace-tombers.
This area was good, an insane foundation that's presented to the Pyramalio and
endearing by Alamau as well. But they don't like get scared and shit the bed
when things don't go according to plan A or plan B. Like even when there is no
plan C, there's no plan D, they're just like, yeah I'll frag out, right? They
could pay attention to the microplays as well, like Doki on the stairs backing up
stomping. So many different layers, so many different play styles they can change
between whereas VP definitely even though there's so much more adaptable than the old VP they still
want to play one particular type of game. You can argue that a lot of great teams in Siege they're
either good in the early or the late game you know getting opening pick and then stably converting
that into a round victory maybe they're great at basically the wrong start. I think each one is great
in the mid game they can lose players in the beginning and their round is still theirs to win
But then they're a bit messy in how they get that first peek or how often they die first
And of course you've seen in the four versus ones getting a bit sloppy and a bit messy with the how they want to play it out
But being a good mid round team is a very good strength because it means that any round is winnable from almost any position
And that's again that's a star player play style
And you can see that by the fact that G2 have won three of the rounds where VP have found the opening kill out here on left
Meanwhile, they've also won six opening kills
or sorry five opening kills on this map so far. So they're winning the number of
opening kills, they're also winning most of the times when VP gets the opening kill.
I like his little smoke play but VP reading through the well.
See you later Dan! That's a huge kill from the ward and perfectly played by Doki but then he falls
back under his position after Shaco dies. The candela shots so he's safe for a little bit longer,
Prep to C4 as well is enabled stomp to get aggressive flashbang comes out stomp
And is in such a little rap position all the way advanced towards operations. That's really good
He's retaking a position that was once British pros and I'm gonna expect as you can help look at the crossfire
Neko goes down as well elsewhere on skybridge
So this can be risk pro. They cannot fight back because it's fun
Is this really how it ends?
G2, they started with a bang, but they closed it so concisely.
You gotta wonder, isn't a bird, isn't a plane now, it's a stupid team.
And G2 are back on top of EML, where they belong.
Was there really ever any doubt that they were gonna tug Europe?
Maybe for a very smooth shot moment when the roster first won,
and you could say they're gonna come a week together, maybe kick off,
and then it's just one that's gonna be at their highest level.
Honestly, both VP and V2 has found huge success already and is showing such a good lung damage
to this roster, right?
If this is their current level, give them that major.
Give their states one.
See where they can be three to four months from now.
Don't go anywhere.
We'll back up this quick break.
I think it's about two hours
since we last spoke to you.
Quick but efficient day at the
office, I guess. Very quick
day. I haven't McDonald's and
back refueled likes good. Yeah.
book camp before was amazing facility right just literally it's actually too
good like it's this it's actually too good like it's what's like we don't need
it to be that good so yeah we're going there and means that King are going to
Spain this weekend for holiday just for the weekend so yeah it's gonna chill a
bit and then back to practice back on the ground and have some fun yes yeah
you guys it's actually a good transition I was gonna ask you what are gonna be the
next few days because you're basically the first to the job for you there yeah
yeah perfect you get all the answers I needed I know I was thinking it's a weird
spot because you guys are the along with we be the first two teams called effect
to the major so we can't not we can't really start prepping you can't really
know what's gonna what's gonna look like I'm actually picked in your your
interest maybe in what you think CNL teams are gonna look like like because
it's the first time we're gonna see them at the top international event yeah I
haven't watched much of CNL I see me one team hasn't won a round yet and like
four games. That's very interesting. They won't watch out. Yeah, the last game. Maybe
they will be at the nature then. No, they're out. Lucky. I highly doubt that. Yeah, well,
I'm through with the three of us. No, but yeah, I'm really excited to play against them.
I think the format Warp State, we go into stage one. Is it all three of them? We have the
team, but one will go in phase two directly. Okay, that's great. So I'm really looking
forward to playing against the, that we didn't haven't really played many guys from there
Before I think MC was in GE who?
I think they're in the list as well.
The mentalists, yeah, I've seen them.
So yeah, I think Reeps is one of the best players right now,
so they're all kinda crazy good, so.
Yeah, gotta be an interesting major,
gotta be an interesting major.
All right, before we let you go,
I think you've had quite an eventful day
and we've kind of tried to highlight that for you
with a bit of a package.
You gotta have to listen to it and watch it as well.
Watch it.
Thank you boys.
Oh, oh dear.
I had a chicken burger on my mouth bro.
And before I was just hyping up Shackle, I was going DERRRRR, he's DERRRRR, when he kills someone, my bad.
It's kind of a female, yeah?
The evolution by the, because we saw the first few rounds, half of the burger, then the round after, the rest of the burger like this, mid-round, you just...
And then after a few rounds later, I see you grabbing the bag, and I see you pull out the fries.
What's going on?
Bro, my life, my life is so difficult, like, I need to eat mid-game, like, my mouse, my brand new Logitech Super Strike, Super Stroke, whatever it's called.
It's like, it was very greasy from my mouth, from my hands in the burger, so like, the pain I have to go through, you know that pain is a game to touch their mouth.
And then the crumbs getting in the keyboard and like the mouth.
Ah, that's the epitome of high performance in EFL right now.
Yeah, you think all these like e-sports performance guys are watching it and you're like, oh, you got to eat a banana before a game and I'm there stuffing a chicken burger in my mouth.
And Jacob was hitting popcorn against your arm.
Like, hold that.
I feel free though. You have a really difficult life.
I mean, just go into the Salt Lake City Major.
You won the kickoff. You got to eat something.
We're going to Spain. We're going to Spain for holiday.
We're going to like to go now as well.
So you have the rest of the evening off, but...
I'm going to the pub now.
Oh no! What a shame!
The pub is clean.
Yeah, it must be very rough. I feel free.
I'm drinking water as a sports professional that takes care of performance at the end.
I drank my first water in about a week yesterday.
Congratulations.
I'm proud of you.
You're very happy.
That was serious.
It was very strange.
Well, we'll keep you here any longer, because I think you have some appointments to be
going to.
Thank you very much for your time, Noki.
Once again, congratulations on becoming champions for the EML, and I'm sure we'll
be good to you.
Thank you, America, guys.
What a chance that was!
You've got to feel for the man!
He's got so much going on for himself in his live at the moment!
He's just not listening, he can't drink water!
Like everyone says, everything is a joke to this guy!
Are you ashamed so much when you lose?
You lose the game, you just browse, switch that to your Mb6,
you go watch the livestream, you go watch the interview of the guy that just destroyed you.
He just got 0-0-8 and then Jackson like, I mean in chicken boxes.
Oh my god.
I mean, let's be real, they should all be happy.
All 10 players on the screen are gonna get to the next level.
They will advance to the phase 2.
They surprised many people.
VP, what a comeback story, from being one of the worst teams in the ML stage 2 to a
top 2 team here, having beaten, I think, thousands is the biggest thing that we need
to focus on.
If we look at the bracket, I think the biggest upset of the day, clearly.
do it in a 2-0 fashion, which was, I think, very impressive, match 8 is the one I'm looking
at.
Oh, I don't want to think about it, yes.
I'm like, I am devastated.
It sounds like, oh, you've got to say, we are saying goodbye to Secret or Falcons.
They are not coming with us.
You've ruined my night.
Thank you.
That's like one of the memes on social media, like, you've got to get rid of one, and it's
like pizza, burgers, like whatever, and you don't want to get rid of any of them.
Chicken burger fries.
I feel tomorrow. I don't want to get rid of any of them, but we've got it
It's rough. It's difficult and then even the match like below that right we can talk like oh, you know
With the way the bracket shape offs like either shifted or shifter's or just of mine
Yeah, what about a great way to send them both to the major right now either a shifter towards with the minds
I'll make it to the major which you're like, oh, you know, there's there's teams in that first match
you both make it, but this is
the way the bracket goes, right?
And in these two teams, like in
their position, they should
capitalize off of the situation
that they've been put in.
And there's really good
opportunity for them.
Absolutely.
And looking at the schedule
again, we will have a really,
really busy day because those
first matches of the day will
be qualification games.
And then again, that last
match has a very important
point to it.
It absolutely does.
So if you're still with us,
you'll need to still be with us
this time tomorrow.
Because that final match, yes,
we will, of course, qualify
teams in the first two.
but the final match will determine whoever wins it will start the major in phase two,
whoever loses it, yes, they will be qualified to the major,
but they'll have to run the gauntlet all the way through from phase one.
And so that means that basically you get to phase one, there are eight teams,
half of them will be eliminated and will not continue in the major.
You face elimination so much.
It is a major blow to your chances of going further at the major.
I think we also finished earlier than we thought.
You guys think we should also just go to a pub or anything like that?
We could.
Well, yeah, may as well follow the example of one of the prime and leading example of
players. Yeah, I agree. I
mean, there's time for it. I
mean, especially if you want to
be watching us again tomorrow
here. There's a ignore tomorrow.
So maybe maybe maybe don't go
tomorrow. Maybe go to sleep
early so we can watch that as
well. Catch all the action
going on there earlier. But for
us. We'll be back again. Same
time. Same place tomorrow that
will be five PM CST because we
have a busy day with us tomorrow
to qualification games once
again. For now, we'd like to
and we'll see you tomorrow.
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