WEBVTT 06:30.000 --> 06:32.000 I 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 I 17:30.000 --> 17:32.000 Next 18:00.000 --> 18:02.640 Man, where is Jonah at? 18:02.640 --> 18:04.440 Well, I'm getting tired of this. What the fuck? 18:04.440 --> 18:05.640 Oh, the weighty's over there. 18:05.640 --> 18:08.440 Thanks, Lacks. I saw your illustration yesterday. 18:08.440 --> 18:09.680 I wanted to do one of my own. 18:09.680 --> 18:12.320 What you're looking at here is the strength of M80. 18:12.320 --> 18:15.480 Not hot and cold, but Maru, his cat in the back. 18:15.480 --> 18:17.480 And what you're about to see is looking technique 18:17.480 --> 18:19.160 unlike I've ever seen. 18:19.160 --> 18:20.520 Watch this path. 18:20.520 --> 18:24.560 Maru takes from the back, all the way over to the front, 18:24.560 --> 18:27.560 step by step, and now you've got a clean cat. 18:30.000 --> 18:37.000 Welcome to day three of the playoffs here in the U.S. 19:00.000 --> 19:06.400 in the NAL kickoff. It is a big day today. We are sending two teams to the Salt Lake City 19:06.400 --> 19:10.720 Major. Welcome in everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm Jonas Wilinger alongside 19:10.720 --> 19:17.280 Foxe and Laxing as always guys. It is a little cliche. I think it's fair to say expect the 19:17.280 --> 19:22.800 unexpected, but we are two days in and we have seen expectation defying results. I mean, 19:22.800 --> 19:26.760 the whole stage so far has been expecting the unexpected. We had so many rookie teams 19:26.760 --> 19:28.160 They've all been performing well. 19:28.160 --> 19:30.560 We have the opportunity and a guarantee that one of them 19:30.560 --> 19:32.260 will be able to make it to Salt Lake City. 19:32.260 --> 19:33.600 A brand new face there. 19:33.600 --> 19:35.960 MAD got eliminated yesterday. 19:35.960 --> 19:38.100 I mean, there's so many things that we could have not 19:38.100 --> 19:41.240 anticipated that have happened just because this stage has 19:41.240 --> 19:43.800 been so competitive, so close. 19:43.800 --> 19:46.200 And I'm excited to see the rest of the match to play out. 19:46.200 --> 19:46.880 Heartbreaking. 19:46.880 --> 19:47.880 I mean, it definitely is. 19:47.880 --> 19:49.640 You know, you work all this way to this point. 19:49.640 --> 19:50.840 Obviously, we see MAD exit. 19:50.840 --> 19:52.040 We see Cloud9 exit. 19:52.040 --> 19:53.800 I mean, today we aren't sending anyone home, 19:53.800 --> 19:56.440 but we are going to be sending some teams to SLC 19:56.440 --> 19:59.960 And then other teams lower back to see who they will follow in suit and see if they make 19:59.960 --> 20:02.400 SLC or the run goes a little so short. 20:02.400 --> 20:04.640 Well, it was a big day yesterday, as we said. 20:04.640 --> 20:05.640 Heartbreaking. 20:05.640 --> 20:10.320 Yes, we had to send two teams home starting with Cloud9 and SSG. 20:10.320 --> 20:13.920 Yeah, Cloud9 and SSG was a expected matchup. 20:13.920 --> 20:17.560 We wanted to see a lot more from Cloud9, come show us something that we haven't 20:17.560 --> 20:18.880 seen throughout the regular stage. 20:18.880 --> 20:19.880 Some improvement. 20:19.880 --> 20:21.480 And I think it was just a little too late. 20:21.480 --> 20:25.160 There was some glimmers of hope, but that being said, SSG, I mean bouncing 20:25.160 --> 20:31.320 back from that first day one loss. They looked amazing, incredible entries from Raid and Aiden, 20:31.320 --> 20:36.360 the way that they were just playing Systematic Siege. It really was a performance from SSG. 20:36.920 --> 20:39.800 Yeah, and then getting to the second match, I mean this is the one that I think, you know, 20:39.800 --> 20:43.880 all expectations aside, people won't know what we were going to see, especially out of the 20:43.880 --> 20:47.480 side from SR. We already saw what M80 was able to muster in their match in the close game, 20:47.480 --> 20:51.240 but they did have to fight tooth and nail. Both these teams actually, and all three of 20:51.240 --> 20:56.160 these maps had to fight for it, but it was the rebellion at the very end going into maps 20:56.160 --> 21:00.420 who we saw that resurgence. We saw them start to come alive. Once they got it done, once 21:00.420 --> 21:05.080 we got on that third map, they started defense on Clubhouse and they had a stellar defense 21:05.080 --> 21:10.040 where they only need to do so little on their attack. And now it puts them one step closer 21:10.040 --> 21:15.040 to SLC. But with Cloud9 and M80 out of the picture, 21:15.040 --> 21:17.840 and Shopify Rebellion, they move on, 21:17.840 --> 21:20.720 waiting to see who they play next. 21:20.720 --> 21:24.320 Five Fears, one of 30, DarkZero and Wildcard. 21:24.320 --> 21:29.200 Two of those four teams will make the major today. 21:29.200 --> 21:30.480 But they all have two chances here, 21:30.480 --> 21:32.340 so it doesn't mean it's over yet. 21:32.340 --> 21:34.840 And that is what today is all about, Fox. 21:34.840 --> 21:37.320 We are going to see which of these teams 21:37.320 --> 21:39.400 make it in their very first opportunity. 21:39.400 --> 21:41.720 We haven't seen one of 30 or DarkZero 21:41.720 --> 21:43.160 in best of threes yet. 21:43.160 --> 21:44.800 They had the buy coming in. 21:44.800 --> 21:47.120 I mean, what an opportunity for these two teams 21:47.120 --> 21:49.760 to just lay down the law right off the bat. 21:49.760 --> 21:51.640 I mean, I'm glad that you mentioned that we haven't seen 21:51.640 --> 21:53.960 five years and our zero have a chance to play 21:53.960 --> 21:56.640 just because, yes, getting one game away 21:56.640 --> 21:58.840 from being able to make Salt Lake City major is amazing. 21:58.840 --> 22:00.880 But that being said, you sat and you watched 22:00.880 --> 22:02.800 and it's about what teams will do at that time. 22:02.800 --> 22:04.920 And sometimes that pressure, not practicing 22:04.920 --> 22:07.880 in the past few days, getting matches in can ice you 22:07.880 --> 22:09.720 and can bring a situation where you're going up 22:09.720 --> 22:12.080 against teams that already have a win under their belt. 22:12.080 --> 22:14.480 And for the two teams that we're hoping 22:14.480 --> 22:18.480 to see keep the same level of consistency, dark zero in five years. 22:18.480 --> 22:23.440 I think even though this stage has been very rapid, if they can maintain consistency, 22:23.440 --> 22:26.680 it gives us good hopes with them potentially going to Salt Lake City. 22:26.680 --> 22:31.080 Well, it's a big opportunity for these teams to be competing on home soil, essentially, 22:31.080 --> 22:34.680 in Salt Lake City, a U.S. major for the North American League. 22:34.680 --> 22:38.480 Everyone else, you can also join us at the Salt Lake City Major. 22:38.480 --> 22:42.280 Tickets are available now, as I said, an opportunity to catch 22:42.280 --> 22:46.180 your favorite North American League teams right in your very own backyard. 22:46.180 --> 22:48.760 We kick things off May 15th through 17th. 22:48.760 --> 22:51.480 That's when the playoffs, that's when the finals will be. 22:51.680 --> 22:55.780 So you can join us on stage at the Salt Palace Convention Center. 22:55.780 --> 22:58.680 We'll be giving away two tickets later on today. 22:58.980 --> 23:00.580 So stay tuned for that. 23:00.880 --> 23:03.880 Lacks, I heard you know a little bit about Salt Lake. 23:03.980 --> 23:04.680 I know a lot. 23:04.780 --> 23:08.780 Mountains, my family, the Major's going to be there. 23:08.780 --> 23:11.880 I mean, it's, you know, I believe it or not. 23:11.880 --> 23:14.440 You know, I do. I do have a couple cousins out there. 23:14.440 --> 23:15.720 Do they got any pepper out there? 23:15.720 --> 23:16.560 Salt Lake? 23:16.560 --> 23:18.600 It's the first time I've heard that. 23:18.600 --> 23:20.520 I had no idea you had family out there. 23:20.520 --> 23:21.640 That'd be really fun. 23:21.640 --> 23:22.480 That'd be really fun. 23:22.480 --> 23:25.680 But we dive into our very first matchup of the day, 23:25.680 --> 23:27.800 five fears and one of 30. 23:27.800 --> 23:30.800 And this is a big deal here, because we're looking at young teams. 23:30.800 --> 23:33.720 Teams that nobody expected to get to this point. 23:33.720 --> 23:35.120 Five fears especially. 23:35.120 --> 23:38.000 Coming in as the team that almost got relegated 23:38.000 --> 23:39.600 at the end of last year. 23:39.600 --> 23:46.000 now have defined themselves with this identity of aggressive attacks, shield-based attacks, 23:46.000 --> 23:47.920 and it's been working for them so far. 23:47.920 --> 23:52.240 It has. A lot of teams throughout the league pretty much have described Five Fears as one 23:52.240 --> 23:56.720 of those teams that relies a lot on shields. That they're a shield-crushed team. But if 23:56.720 --> 24:01.160 you take it one step further, I mean not everyone's playing shields on the roster, 24:01.160 --> 24:04.520 but if you take it one step further, if you look at it statistically, out of the 24:04.520 --> 24:08.520 four matches that are played in the regular stage, shields have only been three times. 24:08.520 --> 24:11.600 There's so many bands that you could go for and it was only banned three times. 24:11.600 --> 24:12.600 Now why is that? 24:12.600 --> 24:16.360 It's because they have two amazing shield players with JJ Blast and Forest and they can 24:16.360 --> 24:20.000 play each individual shield in a completely different way. 24:20.000 --> 24:23.880 So unless you're using all the bands to ban all the shields, you're really not hurting 24:23.880 --> 24:24.880 Five Fears at all. 24:24.880 --> 24:28.440 But that being said, teams are more focused on the class, on the ying. 24:28.440 --> 24:31.280 Stuff that we haven't seen from Five Fears really that much yet. 24:31.280 --> 24:33.400 And there's a reason for it because they get to practice them. 24:33.400 --> 24:36.240 They see things that we're not going to see on game day. 24:36.240 --> 24:39.500 And I think it just goes to show that Fockers is not a shield crush team. 24:39.500 --> 24:43.420 They have so much to offer and so much that's still hidden that they haven't been able to 24:43.420 --> 24:49.260 perform just because the bands are keeping the glass, keeping the ying out of that conversation. 24:49.260 --> 24:51.420 Yeah, I mean, it speaks into those bands that you're talking about. 24:51.420 --> 24:54.140 I mean, if you want to get rid of the shields, sure, on one front, you're getting rid of 24:54.140 --> 24:55.140 that force. 24:55.140 --> 24:57.540 But if you're using all of your bands to take away from the shields, yeah, then 24:57.540 --> 24:58.540 you're going to be met with Grimm. 24:58.540 --> 24:59.540 You're going to be met with ying. 24:59.540 --> 25:02.660 You're going to be met with capitow that are going to force you out of position 25:02.660 --> 25:05.540 where then maybe those shields don't even get to be utilized in that play. 25:05.540 --> 25:07.000 and saw their match versus SR. 25:07.000 --> 25:09.000 SR didn't get rid of any of the shields on the left house 25:09.000 --> 25:10.560 where you typically would kind of see them. 25:10.560 --> 25:11.600 And it was capitals. 25:11.600 --> 25:13.920 It was everything that was able to be used for executes 25:13.920 --> 25:14.760 that were available. 25:14.760 --> 25:16.560 So it really is a bit of a double-edged sword. 25:16.560 --> 25:18.440 How you want to approach this team in specific, 25:18.440 --> 25:19.960 whether you want to go for a shield, 25:19.960 --> 25:21.760 or you want to go for something a little more traditional. 25:21.760 --> 25:23.720 And we've seen teams in the past, like Dark Zero, 25:23.720 --> 25:25.880 with spirits, they were very dominating 25:25.880 --> 25:28.000 when they had that shield, and then they got figured out. 25:28.000 --> 25:30.040 And it wasn't really working for them anymore. 25:30.040 --> 25:32.360 But that's something that we haven't seen figured out 25:32.360 --> 25:34.240 for five years, because you simply 25:34.240 --> 25:39.120 can't just use all your bands because there's so much else in their bag that they can work with. 25:39.120 --> 25:43.760 And it's funny enough because when you look statistically, there are three best players 25:43.760 --> 25:48.400 on the leaderboard are not even the shield players. And one of the best players specifically, I mean 25:48.400 --> 25:54.080 Snake, he's the best entry right now when it comes to the side of Five Fears. I think we have to 25:54.080 --> 25:58.880 talk about his resurgence because up until the end of the stage last year, we didn't really see 25:58.880 --> 26:03.600 Snake. He was never in the conversation of T1. It's been like three, four years since he 26:03.600 --> 26:07.100 He had that stint on TSM and last stage wasn't that great. 26:07.100 --> 26:10.380 I mean, yeah, Envy had some good, gleaming, shining moments. 26:10.380 --> 26:12.700 But that being said, Snake has found his own 26:12.700 --> 26:16.020 when it's come to this stage because it really is that simple. 26:16.020 --> 26:18.780 You put a drone, you put information in front of him, 26:18.780 --> 26:21.180 and more often than not, he's getting those kills. 26:21.180 --> 26:23.260 So with all the shield players on this roster, 26:23.260 --> 26:25.100 if you have Snake behind him, 26:25.100 --> 26:27.100 he is successfully finding those kills. 26:27.100 --> 26:29.140 And I think it's good to commend him as a player 26:29.140 --> 26:31.900 because he hasn't been in the spotlight for a long time. 26:31.900 --> 26:37.460 So to now come through, be not only in a position to be one game away from winning Salt Lake City, 26:37.460 --> 26:43.540 but to find consistent openings on such a young team, it's a very difficult task, and he's doing it exceptionally well. 26:43.540 --> 26:50.620 We didn't expect to see them here, but one of 30, I think, even less likely that they made it to a major qualifying match. 26:50.620 --> 26:54.620 They made it through Challenger's series just a couple of weeks ago. 26:54.620 --> 27:00.660 They're one of the newest additions to the NA League, and here they are, a chance to make the major. 27:00.660 --> 27:05.260 a situation that Packer, Vino, have found themselves in before. 27:05.260 --> 27:07.580 Yeah, I mean, all of these guys have really gone through the trenches 27:07.580 --> 27:11.420 and trial by fire by all means, especially having to qualify for this alone. 27:11.420 --> 27:14.180 And to do it the way that they did, I mean, they've already got to commend them. 27:14.180 --> 27:16.340 But even in the group stage, you know, we didn't see a whole lot. 27:16.340 --> 27:20.340 We saw some gleam, glimmer of hope of this can be a good roster, 27:20.340 --> 27:21.580 but we don't know what that's going to look like. 27:21.580 --> 27:24.540 They just squeak in by getting that win over 100 leaves. 27:24.540 --> 27:26.820 And then everything changed once we got into that best of three. 27:26.820 --> 27:29.220 Once we saw them yesterday in that match versus SSG, 27:29.220 --> 27:33.700 That's when it really opened my eyes to this team, that they really did take everything that they learned from group stage, 27:33.700 --> 27:36.620 that they took the time off in that week to get up to this play and kickoff, 27:36.620 --> 27:41.300 and then implemented everything, and then specifically on that map 3 on Shelle versus SSG, 27:41.300 --> 27:45.940 and when you go through the trial by fire, doing map 1, doing map 2 after a win to a loss, 27:45.940 --> 27:52.220 and then you have to get to this last map, you should have a perfect understanding and approach of how you want to take on your opponent, 27:52.220 --> 27:58.740 you know their strengths, you know their weaknesses, and specifically on this map, they knew all of SSG's weaknesses, 27:58.740 --> 28:01.180 that they know SSG's likes to get aggressive. 28:01.180 --> 28:02.380 They like to play outside. 28:02.380 --> 28:03.700 They like to play those cuts. 28:03.700 --> 28:06.340 And so they bring the castle to block off line of sight. 28:06.340 --> 28:08.860 They bring the mirrors and the solace to gain information, 28:08.860 --> 28:11.420 whether that's vertical or just straight on from the mirror. 28:11.420 --> 28:13.220 And then they also bring the trap operators. 28:13.220 --> 28:15.620 They brought a lot of the, 28:15.620 --> 28:17.380 they brought Ella for the shield 28:17.380 --> 28:18.220 that they were gonna come in 28:18.220 --> 28:19.420 if they ran to the building. 28:19.420 --> 28:21.460 They made long vertical angles 28:21.460 --> 28:23.060 for holes across the map 28:23.060 --> 28:24.700 to be able to just have crossfires 28:24.700 --> 28:26.540 that SSG was always going to come into. 28:26.540 --> 28:27.780 And that's something that really shows me 28:27.780 --> 28:31.500 that this team is systematically coming to a fruition, 28:31.500 --> 28:34.500 having more structure, having more strategy implemented. 28:34.500 --> 28:36.420 And that's where they faltered in the group stage. 28:36.420 --> 28:37.820 They didn't have a lot of recourse. 28:37.820 --> 28:41.060 They didn't have a lot of what ifs or how can we get to these points. 28:41.060 --> 28:42.340 It was just kind of taken ahead on. 28:42.340 --> 28:44.740 But now they look like a far more developed team, 28:44.740 --> 28:45.780 just showcasing in this battle. 28:45.780 --> 28:47.780 Yeah, and you can see they're getting way more comfortable, 28:47.780 --> 28:49.980 because Packer's calling has also been amazing 28:49.980 --> 28:52.420 with him being able to understand how I said she was going 28:52.420 --> 28:54.740 to approach it, the adaptations that roster. 28:54.740 --> 28:56.660 And you can see it all the rookies as well. 28:56.660 --> 28:58.560 They're performing very well individually too. 28:58.560 --> 29:02.780 Now that they understand fully what the X, Y, Z variable are going to be, 29:02.780 --> 29:05.020 where he's going to come from, trusting in your teammates. 29:05.020 --> 29:07.940 So the more information that they have, the more time together we're seeing, 29:08.020 --> 29:09.060 even the rookies come alive. 29:09.380 --> 29:13.040 We've seen this entire team come alive in a way that really feels like they 29:13.040 --> 29:16.420 are a completely different team than they were a couple of weeks ago in the 29:16.420 --> 29:17.260 group stage. 29:17.260 --> 29:21.380 Volsper as well feels like he has been a completely different player. 29:21.460 --> 29:23.260 I mean, I'm glad you're saying Volsper because I mean, 29:23.260 --> 29:24.620 he's practicing LeBron at this point. 29:24.620 --> 29:25.640 you're throwing on the alley-oops, 29:25.640 --> 29:29.040 and he was absolutely dunking on SSG in that series. 29:29.040 --> 29:31.280 I mean, we were highlighting already throughout that. 29:31.280 --> 29:33.800 He already doubled almost half of his kills, 29:33.800 --> 29:35.320 or doubled his kills in general, 29:35.320 --> 29:37.640 from the group stage in one series of playoffs. 29:37.640 --> 29:39.600 And you can obviously see in the radar stat 29:39.600 --> 29:41.880 of all the statistics, everything in the blue, 29:41.880 --> 29:43.760 it was in his groups, everything in the orange 29:43.760 --> 29:46.360 was in playoffs, everything has drastically improved. 29:46.360 --> 29:48.680 And if we can keep this sort of level of play 29:48.680 --> 29:51.760 and consistency going into this match for Dark Zero, 29:51.760 --> 29:53.480 he's gonna be a real thorn in their side 29:53.480 --> 29:56.080 because there's a couple clips that I even wanted to highlight 29:56.080 --> 29:58.320 because for a new player to be in these situations, 29:58.320 --> 29:59.160 to be in these moments, 29:59.160 --> 30:01.440 to be able to just understand the positioning, 30:01.440 --> 30:02.840 how he can help a teaming, 30:02.840 --> 30:05.000 how we can just get his foot in the door 30:05.000 --> 30:06.560 in these rounds and assist his team, 30:06.560 --> 30:09.120 I mean, it really showcases the talent that Volsper has. 30:09.120 --> 30:10.240 And if he continues to grow, 30:10.240 --> 30:12.840 I mean, the sky is the limit for this kid, honestly. 30:12.840 --> 30:15.920 We've also seen how these little changes 30:15.920 --> 30:18.040 can really impact a team as a whole 30:18.040 --> 30:21.160 and to shift back to five years for a moment. 30:21.160 --> 30:25.000 What I understand is they are playing in person this week 30:25.000 --> 30:27.720 to get all together in a team house. 30:27.720 --> 30:29.480 You guys have been there in a situation. 30:29.480 --> 30:32.000 I know you've lived together for many, many years 30:32.000 --> 30:33.360 in a team house grinding it out. 30:33.360 --> 30:34.680 What is the difference? 30:34.680 --> 30:36.800 Oh my gosh. 30:36.800 --> 30:39.640 What is the difference to play remotely 30:39.640 --> 30:42.320 to be apart versus being in a team house like that? 30:42.320 --> 30:43.720 I mean, that's the difference is 30:43.720 --> 30:45.880 you have moments like that that you can share. 30:45.880 --> 30:48.680 And obviously, everyone when you went around, 30:48.680 --> 30:50.800 you win a series, everyone's hyping you up. 30:50.800 --> 30:51.800 You can fist bump each other. 30:51.800 --> 30:53.600 I mean, it really does make a difference. 30:53.600 --> 30:55.600 I can't say that I had the best experience in the team house 30:55.600 --> 30:56.000 boxing. 30:56.000 --> 30:57.200 Definitely speak more on that. 30:57.200 --> 30:58.680 But in terms of just the sheer being 30:58.680 --> 31:01.000 able to compete next to your friends, your teammates, 31:01.000 --> 31:02.760 it really does make for the experience 31:02.760 --> 31:03.640 to be 10 times better. 31:03.640 --> 31:04.920 When you're in a team environment, 31:04.920 --> 31:06.760 there's just a level of brotherhood 31:06.760 --> 31:09.360 that makes and elevates your guys' game play just 31:09.360 --> 31:12.640 because it's way easier to talk to each other, 31:12.640 --> 31:16.000 to fix issues, to communicate when you are next to each 31:16.000 --> 31:18.760 other, because you're putting a face to the name. 31:18.760 --> 31:20.880 You're able to humanize the other person. 31:20.880 --> 31:22.480 It's not just over a screen. 31:22.480 --> 31:24.280 You know, you know, your words have impact 31:24.280 --> 31:25.280 and it's a way better. 31:25.280 --> 31:27.920 It's a great way to be able to connect to your teammates 31:27.920 --> 31:29.760 and understand each other a lot better. 31:29.760 --> 31:31.400 So not only is the communication better 31:31.400 --> 31:34.720 and being close together also amplifies each other. 31:34.720 --> 31:35.680 I mean, that's just one thing. 31:35.680 --> 31:37.840 When you're next to each other, it's a great experience. 31:37.840 --> 31:40.200 And when we're just seeing this dynamic play out, 31:40.200 --> 31:42.480 like we talk so much about the leadership of JJ, 31:42.480 --> 31:44.800 the leadership that Forrest has brought to this team. 31:44.800 --> 31:46.280 In that team huddle right then, 31:46.280 --> 31:53.980 You saw both JJ and force weighing in on what this series could be like and getting the team into a fighting position. 31:53.980 --> 32:00.480 I was gonna say I was less focused on the huddle and I was more focused back in the beginning shot of Fens and JJ and their hug. 32:00.480 --> 32:02.580 I mean that was replaying my day. 32:02.580 --> 32:05.080 I was focused on the fact that they all had their shoes off. 32:05.080 --> 32:06.780 Like it probably smells crazy in there. 32:06.780 --> 32:08.280 I think I glass off. 32:08.280 --> 32:11.280 Moving on to where this one is actually gonna take place again. 32:11.280 --> 32:15.120 best of three. Our first 32:15.120 --> 32:16.360 opportunity to see five fears 32:16.360 --> 32:18.360 in this best of three setting 32:18.360 --> 32:20.360 because it is now the playoffs 32:20.360 --> 32:21.360 lacks. How do you feel about 32:21.360 --> 32:23.360 the maps we have ahead here? 32:23.360 --> 32:24.360 Well, first I'd have to see the 32:24.360 --> 32:25.360 map so then I could definitely 32:25.360 --> 32:27.360 tell you how I feel about him. 32:27.360 --> 32:28.360 I mean, clubhouse right out the 32:28.360 --> 32:30.360 gate, safe pick for both these 32:30.360 --> 32:32.360 teams now. However, I can't 32:32.360 --> 32:34.360 say I'm too envious on the side 32:34.360 --> 32:35.360 of five years to pick this 32:35.360 --> 32:36.360 because you know when you 32:36.360 --> 32:37.360 saw how one of 30 already 32:37.360 --> 32:38.360 played yesterday, you have 32:38.360 --> 32:39.360 bods. Yes, there is that 32:39.360 --> 32:40.360 sort of comfort on a map like 32:40.360 --> 32:42.220 They look significantly better than the team. 32:42.220 --> 32:46.840 I'd rather have them challenge them early on onto a map where it makes them work a little 32:46.840 --> 32:51.320 harder than just already getting the fundamentals going where then you fall into that border. 32:51.320 --> 32:55.760 And I mean, even then, I think both these maps play fairly well against one another. 32:55.760 --> 32:58.200 It's just more so of a matter of five years. 32:58.200 --> 33:01.560 I think they're taking a little bit of a risk by giving one of 30 a little more 33:01.560 --> 33:02.560 leverage. 33:02.560 --> 33:07.320 I think it's fair maps just because you're eliminating a big aspect of the shield 33:07.320 --> 33:11.120 variable and if there's gonna be a team that tries to target ban the shields I'd 33:11.120 --> 33:14.500 hope if you want a 30 just because they don't want to deal with it the 33:14.500 --> 33:17.760 experience of knowing what to go about dealing with the shield is very 33:17.760 --> 33:21.560 difficult so taking that out of the board on a map like border on a map like 33:21.560 --> 33:25.400 clubhouse clubhouse Monty's really the main threat you get Monty off the 33:25.400 --> 33:28.920 board you can deal with a black read you can deal with the blitz on a map 33:28.920 --> 33:32.800 like border again Monty's still good you can deal with the other shields 33:32.800 --> 33:35.520 it's not as an oppressive shield map it's not something that you're 33:35.520 --> 33:45.520 you're going to imagine you're going to see two shields because then you're losing that gunfight aspect. So I think the map bands honestly favor one of 30 because they understand what they're going to be able to do. They can maintain still the 33:45.520 --> 33:56.520 Ying and glass band to be able to target band the rest of the players on five years. I think honestly it's great mapex for one of 30 that being said it's hard not to believe in five years. 33:56.520 --> 34:14.520 We're going to take a listen in on what our casters have to think guys. Join us now links X. I mean, we saw this match up obviously in the group stage five years took it pretty handily, but we have seen a very different one of 30 just in that opening round of the bracket. 34:14.520 --> 34:22.520 No matter who wins this match up, it could go either way. It feels like this is going to be as storybook as ever. No matter who wins. 34:22.520 --> 34:33.520 And to your point, I feel like that's the only thing that's really worth talking about, right, is that in a world where MAD is already eliminated, like they are literally not going to the major, one of these teams is guaranteed to go. 34:33.520 --> 34:43.520 And, you know, you can talk about analysis, you can talk about strides, you can even talk about, you know, the games we'll see later today, but I think this has got to be the game of the day for that reason alone, is that you really can't make this up. 34:43.520 --> 34:49.520 I think for me, it's about five fears now proven to us that it wasn't necessarily a fluke. 34:49.520 --> 34:51.520 They didn't necessarily have an easy group. 34:51.520 --> 34:52.520 And I'm not saying that they did. 34:52.520 --> 34:54.520 I think they played fantastic siege inside of the group stage, 34:54.520 --> 34:58.520 but to come out as topping the group when you've got M18 in the group, 34:58.520 --> 35:01.520 when you've got Shopify Rebellion in the group, it sets a bit of a statement. 35:01.520 --> 35:02.520 It sets a little bit of a precedent. 35:02.520 --> 35:05.520 And I think there's probably a lot of people that are starting at home now going, 35:05.520 --> 35:06.520 okay, great. 35:06.520 --> 35:08.520 Now do it again and qualify. 35:08.520 --> 35:10.520 Do it again and get all the way. 35:10.520 --> 35:17.040 Well, they had the buy around right can five fears prove to us that they deserved it that that 4 and 0 was well 35:17.660 --> 35:21.060 Meant to be let's see if they can make it happen guys over to you 35:22.160 --> 35:27.960 Thank you very much Jonah, and I am very eager to figure out if that proves to be the case because I think the five 35:27.960 --> 35:31.440 Fears 4 and 0 on its own would have been a pretty incredible result Ali 35:31.440 --> 35:35.320 I mean that 4 and I was not something you see very often, but against the teams like you said I mean 35:36.280 --> 35:38.960 Already I was thinking maybe they would improve themselves in playoffs 35:38.960 --> 35:42.120 and this is the first match, we'll get to see how well that holds. 35:42.120 --> 35:44.680 I think it's incredibly impressive, 35:44.680 --> 35:46.280 and I really, really want to stress that, 35:46.280 --> 35:48.880 and I don't want to take anything away from five fears at the moment, 35:48.880 --> 35:52.400 because whatever happens, they've done very well for a team 35:52.400 --> 35:55.080 that, again, has put themselves together at the start of kick-off, 35:55.080 --> 35:59.640 like many of these teams have, and they've put themselves in a great spot. 35:59.640 --> 36:03.400 My couple of worries and thoughts on it are as follows. 36:03.400 --> 36:06.920 I love the boxers' point about being cold 36:06.920 --> 36:12.720 and often playing more games is better regardless of the position that you might be in whilst you're playing them. 36:12.720 --> 36:17.120 You might be down and out in the lower bracket, but playing games for some teams can be a really good thing. 36:17.120 --> 36:21.820 Sitting cold, it can be a little bit annoying and it can be a bad thing for some teams. 36:21.820 --> 36:27.520 Something else that I'll always think to and always look at is I'll look at big teams across the world. 36:27.520 --> 36:30.920 I'll look at the likes of FaZe, I'll look at the likes of G2, 36:30.920 --> 36:36.120 and whenever they're in performance and whenever they're doing well, whenever they win that event, 36:36.120 --> 36:40.120 You can look at the run up to it and you can often see that there's some trials and tribulations. 36:40.120 --> 36:43.620 It's one thing. It's well and good going 4-0 in a group stage. 36:43.620 --> 36:46.620 But you've got to put the performance in when it matters. 36:46.620 --> 36:50.620 And for five years, we're starting to get to that stage, right? 36:50.620 --> 36:53.620 They've still got another chance, depending on how today goes. 36:53.620 --> 36:56.620 But this is the next step. This is the qualifying for the major. 36:56.620 --> 36:58.620 And then, again, it hits a reset. 36:58.620 --> 37:00.620 And you've got groups, you've got play-ups. 37:00.620 --> 37:03.120 You've got all the sessions of the major that go through as well. 37:03.120 --> 37:05.120 So it's a very long journey. 37:05.120 --> 37:09.280 And I just hope that they've left a little bit in their tank, so to speak. 37:09.280 --> 37:12.640 I hope they've been resting on the laurels just watching these games going. 37:12.640 --> 37:15.160 And no, they're all in a team facility now. 37:15.160 --> 37:17.720 I don't necessarily know if it's a house, but it's definitely a team facility, 37:17.720 --> 37:19.360 and they are all in the same place. 37:19.360 --> 37:24.480 So seeing this team with that much charisma, that much energy in the same place, 37:24.480 --> 37:27.400 I mean, it's got to be a good thing, right? 37:27.400 --> 37:30.040 I think it is a good thing, and I think it's not super surprising given, 37:30.040 --> 37:33.240 I think a lot of us, of course, know you were forced around a long time. 37:33.240 --> 37:36.400 You know, it tends to be a very personality faceplate. 37:36.400 --> 37:37.480 Honestly, in terms of his gameplay, 37:37.480 --> 37:40.040 but like, I mean, when Forrest is on SSG, 37:40.040 --> 37:41.000 we all knew what he was gonna play. 37:41.000 --> 37:42.160 We all knew how he was gonna act, 37:42.160 --> 37:43.640 but especially with JJ as well. 37:43.640 --> 37:45.080 I mean, the confidence, but also, 37:45.080 --> 37:47.440 I think just the grind that he has has been very impressive 37:47.440 --> 37:49.320 and we'll see how that pans out here 37:49.320 --> 37:51.480 because one of 30 newcomers in their own right 37:51.480 --> 37:52.720 and maybe get newer to the field 37:52.720 --> 37:53.920 for a lot of these players 37:53.920 --> 37:55.560 might have a very rude awakening 37:55.560 --> 37:57.640 or very quick beginning to round one. 37:57.640 --> 37:59.160 Double shield play around secret 37:59.160 --> 38:01.040 as no commitment down blue. 38:01.040 --> 38:02.600 Instead, Monty creeping up the red stairs. 38:02.600 --> 38:04.600 Ooh, missed opportunity by Volsberg. 38:04.600 --> 38:10.600 Very narrowly seized the head, but it can only do with T-Fair quite a lot of damage to JJ, rather than completely lethal damage to the Monty. 38:10.600 --> 38:15.600 Well, back off, there's somebody outside the con window, ready with the con. Excellent play by Snake. 38:15.600 --> 38:19.600 The SMG-12 can get the first open kill for five fears, looking to another. 38:19.600 --> 38:24.600 One player dancing around the main stairs will facilitate, or at least effectuate, a retreat. 38:24.600 --> 38:27.600 A lot of 30 women lose one body in the opening round. 38:27.600 --> 38:32.600 One of 30 have kinda gone for that halfway house here in terms of the bands. 38:32.600 --> 38:35.600 The five fares are taking full advantage already. 38:35.600 --> 38:37.600 Both shields in play here in round one. 38:37.600 --> 38:39.600 Both primary shields as well you could argue. 38:39.600 --> 38:44.600 Blackbeard of course has the shield but it's not all that they are about. 38:44.600 --> 38:46.600 Blackbeard and Ace at bannits. 38:46.600 --> 38:49.600 Through that halfway house often we see teams target the hard breach. 38:49.600 --> 38:51.600 We'll see teams target the shields. 38:51.600 --> 38:53.600 One of 30 have kinda split the difference. 38:53.600 --> 39:01.600 By doing so, you leave a lock still open on both sides of that equation, whether that's the hard breach department or indeed on those shields. 39:01.600 --> 39:04.600 Things have started to slow for a time though. 39:04.600 --> 39:06.600 I'm going to see the doke recall. 39:06.600 --> 39:11.600 A couple of players in on the side, everyone dug into very predictable positions. 39:11.600 --> 39:17.600 The biggest problem at the moment with losing that opening pick so early is that you are going to be lacking an angle. 39:17.600 --> 39:24.160 angle you'll be lacking a trade when it matters most. Blue, main stairs, moto, dirt tunnel, kitchen. 39:25.120 --> 39:29.600 There's more ways in than there are guns to watch. That's going to be the concern. But if an impact 39:29.600 --> 39:34.320 trick out onto that kitchen hatch, shouldn't be too much of a problem for friends. Oh, the 39:34.320 --> 39:40.480 factor didn't actually go off. The hatch is open. The line is clear. Now it's about leveraging, 39:40.480 --> 39:42.320 figuring out where this push is going to go. 39:42.320 --> 39:43.320 go. 39:43.320 --> 39:44.320 One knife ready. 39:44.320 --> 39:45.320 Lots of tracking. 39:45.320 --> 39:48.320 Giving credit to the Grimmons when the utility is there and you know that something is going 39:48.320 --> 39:51.840 to come through blue, near window set up for this exact possibility. 39:51.840 --> 39:54.960 Loss of volts for Wilney in the AK's position is much less horrifying than it otherwise 39:54.960 --> 39:58.720 would be so you don't have the keybuss who can turn towards blue or turn towards the 39:58.720 --> 40:00.280 hatch as you mentioned. 40:00.280 --> 40:02.200 So a lot is riding on this mirror window. 40:02.200 --> 40:05.120 A lot is riding on even potentially this keyboard from Packard. 40:05.120 --> 40:09.360 JJ's already quite low so if it lands close enough even with Full Shield it might 40:09.360 --> 40:11.360 just be enough to deal with JJ. 40:11.360 --> 40:12.720 Not going to be enough to stop the attack. 40:12.720 --> 40:14.120 We're already moving quite slow. 40:14.120 --> 40:16.840 17 seconds remaining, but five years of wide in their advantage, 40:16.840 --> 40:19.240 though JJ, softened up early, will fall. 40:19.240 --> 40:21.360 As he turns the other way, suddenly 1 of 30 40:21.360 --> 40:24.040 with a couple sporadic kills, in fact, three in total. 40:24.040 --> 40:25.840 Completely swiped the advantage away, 40:25.840 --> 40:27.640 plus the 10 seconds into the execute, 40:27.640 --> 40:30.480 it seems five fears more scattered than anything, 40:30.480 --> 40:33.840 as 1 of 30 just hold fast and clutch the 3v5. 40:33.840 --> 40:36.080 I don't want to say that it was a free round, 40:36.080 --> 40:38.600 but it was pretty close. 40:38.600 --> 40:43.600 One of thirty. All they had to do was trade. They had the man advantage. Now okay, they've got two shields 40:43.600 --> 40:51.160 So are you gonna really be able to trade off two shields effectively? I mean you should be able to. JJ literally turns his back to the guy playing mannequins 40:51.960 --> 40:53.960 They had no answer for the Goryos 40:54.960 --> 40:56.960 They wasted so much time 40:57.880 --> 41:01.640 It was a full cycle. They got the opening pick and it was boom. You've got the entire map 41:02.360 --> 41:04.520 You have the entire map. Fine 41:05.680 --> 41:07.680 Right from the get-go 41:07.680 --> 41:12.680 I remember 15 seconds left to go, I was scrambling trying to make something happen. 41:14.680 --> 41:20.680 Oh dear, bit of an alarm bell there. I mean, that's the kind of round that you look at and you go, they're cold, right? 41:21.680 --> 41:24.680 They're not warmed up, it's a good job it's a Vesta 3, put it that way. 41:24.680 --> 41:30.680 Because they need to get warmed up, and they need to get warmed up quickly because there was no synergy there, lots to ever. 41:30.680 --> 41:35.680 And that was one of 5F's greatest selling points during the group stage. 41:35.680 --> 41:37.680 It was fantastic. 41:40.680 --> 41:46.680 81% attack and win rate. 41:46.680 --> 41:51.680 That isn't a team that's got an 80% attack and win rate in that last round, I'm sorry. 41:51.680 --> 41:57.680 Well, to your point, you don't expect it to seem like 5F's in the start of the beginning 41:57.680 --> 42:01.520 beginning to really get kind of stuck on that mirror window, especially with how well they dealt with the early round. 42:01.520 --> 42:04.560 I mean, they played around pinching that Azami extremely well. 42:04.720 --> 42:09.520 They had a lot of the right utility for the job. I think definitely a lot of it might just come out of being cold. 42:09.520 --> 42:14.240 I mean, getting stuck in that mirror window, not being able to gain as much from the Grim Utility, or not having 42:14.240 --> 42:18.760 maybe certain specific tools that aren't necessary, but could have been helpful declaring out the AK's position. 42:19.440 --> 42:22.120 But still some good stuff in that round, especially in the early games. 42:22.120 --> 42:24.680 We'll see how they try to apply some of those same successes here as 42:24.680 --> 42:29.480 they're actually meeting in the first 45 seconds the exact same problem of sorts 42:29.480 --> 42:32.900 that they met at the beginning. And Ozami off-site denying them control, but this 42:32.900 --> 42:38.000 time rather than a loose realm, Volscor is instead holding her on the garage with the Kivas. 42:38.000 --> 42:42.960 Riding a little bit of rest fit from the oncoming attack. The Nades go up. 42:42.960 --> 42:46.840 Ooh, almost survives, but there's too much utility being dumped at his feet. 42:46.840 --> 42:50.240 The Nades force him right into Snake's crosshairs. And it's another 5v4, 42:50.240 --> 42:56.080 Here's 4v5 on to Volsper playing that Azami maybe a bit more impactful on the basement site than here 42:56.080 --> 42:58.440 But a 4v5 is still nothing they'll complain about 42:59.920 --> 43:03.200 FD extension inside of cash and CCTV as well 43:04.360 --> 43:08.720 JJ looking to move through and gather that information they've gained control so far 43:10.280 --> 43:13.640 Inside a CC it's all gonna be about breaching through further 43:14.280 --> 43:18.880 Fortunately, heart breach isn't too much of a problem, although Forest has managed to use all of them 43:20.240 --> 43:24.240 I'm not sure where all three exothermics have gotten. 43:24.240 --> 43:28.240 Maybe the bottom of the garage, flat wall. 43:28.240 --> 43:33.240 Could be constructional, I guess. I don't know if the fuse is open just yet, so... 43:33.240 --> 43:39.240 Maybe relying quite a bit on the old Kibana pellets. 43:39.240 --> 43:42.240 JJ can start to move through now. 43:42.240 --> 43:44.240 Option for Con to be open later. 43:44.240 --> 43:46.240 Ooh, used to careful placing that there. 43:46.240 --> 43:49.240 We'll find some bad timing here, but we'll just get away with it. 43:50.240 --> 43:54.080 Listen, all kind of stuff is burned as well. 50 seconds is pretty good time, and all great 43:54.080 --> 44:00.640 pick there from the old Captain Jack, before he gets dreaded out this round, and far much 44:00.640 --> 44:02.240 more as to what we were expecting. 44:03.240 --> 44:06.240 That just kind of ends pretty rapidly once they make their way into construction. 44:06.240 --> 44:09.240 I thought there might be a bit more of a fight there, as you can see. 44:09.240 --> 44:12.240 I mean, JJ, hard breaching, I think there was a soft wall into Lodgy. 44:12.240 --> 44:15.240 It seemed like that could go right for the Monty very quickly. 44:15.240 --> 44:20.520 But for our stable to get a couple big kills in in construction and likely over on the logi side to the point 44:20.520 --> 44:22.000 Where in the bathroom players the only one left? 44:22.000 --> 44:27.720 I mean they've got the Hibana running in from construction people flooded or running Hibana running it from Jim people running it from construction 44:28.120 --> 44:30.140 That a whole lot you can do at that point 44:30.140 --> 44:34.080 We didn't quite see what happened with everything in construction, but hey 44:34.680 --> 44:40.720 Building off the same successes they had in round one able to recreate that opening pick onto an extended player 44:40.720 --> 44:45.000 As you can see right here that much differently before there's a lot more positioning and then pressure from the shields 44:45.000 --> 44:49.960 This one involves a lot more utility coordination with the nades, with the bees, and as you can see, yeah, 44:49.960 --> 44:54.360 force-winning a big fight around construction and another one, two in fact, from that exact same position. 44:54.360 --> 44:57.640 So huge play by force in round two. 44:57.640 --> 45:02.520 All these considering five years just failed to convert a five degree, maybe force doesn't get those kills, 45:02.520 --> 45:03.800 maybe things are a bit more difficult. 45:07.480 --> 45:11.720 One-a-third you're going to give a really attempt up on that top floor, although a different side. 45:11.720 --> 45:16.720 This time, I'm very glad that we see the addition of the Wamai. 45:16.720 --> 45:20.720 The Izami's open, and let's be honest, the Izami is likely to get banned apart. 45:20.720 --> 45:24.720 Next, you've got to give it a little bit of support. 45:24.720 --> 45:28.720 Because if those nades don't land at Izami's feet in the previous round, 45:28.720 --> 45:31.720 then all of a sudden Izami has no real reason to move. 45:31.720 --> 45:34.720 If you've got magnets that are catching that sort of utility as it's being thrown in, 45:34.720 --> 45:37.720 it's giving things a lot of easy for you to hold it. 45:37.720 --> 45:42.720 It's nice to see that Volsper's been given a little bit more utility there to try and hold on. 45:44.720 --> 45:49.720 But likely, knowing that five fears are going to change their approach ever so slightly, 45:49.720 --> 45:51.720 it's still going to be rocking the two shields. 45:51.720 --> 45:56.720 This time looking to play a glass and a daimos in conjunction with that. 45:56.720 --> 46:02.720 Maybe try to go into something a little bit more across, potentially something through construction side. 46:02.720 --> 46:11.720 The deal with these three extended players might be all the way in gym, Vulcan Puck, right at the exact moment. 46:11.720 --> 46:14.720 Ooh, JJ even downed by it in the process. 46:14.720 --> 46:17.720 Hell of a lot of damage done by that Vulcan Puck. 46:17.720 --> 46:22.720 The situation in which another shield player, this again being JJ like round one, 46:22.720 --> 46:26.720 takes a lot of damage early and this would be a lot more exposed than that Monty otherwise would be. 46:26.720 --> 46:31.720 Force taking that position though, catches my W pushing deep into gym, clearly a bit of a gap in the information. 46:31.720 --> 46:36.880 the information. Big trade by 1 of 30 is another 1v1 around the gym and bathroom area. The other 46:36.880 --> 46:39.240 side gets the lead and downing rival in the process. 46:39.240 --> 46:45.080 We need to try to retreat another kill that might come their way but no, it is so close 46:45.080 --> 46:49.520 in this engagement over by bedroom. Most are with the clutch keeper to try and get out 46:49.520 --> 46:54.360 in time. A hell of a pre-fire is forced to ADS's. And that might be the finisher 46:54.360 --> 46:59.760 as it's a 1v2 and Fence has some ability to gather information but with no friends 46:59.760 --> 47:01.760 to rely on his God who would all himself. 47:03.760 --> 47:05.760 Spirit is over, he's in here in round number three. 47:07.760 --> 47:09.760 Good reaction, really from what a 30. 47:10.760 --> 47:11.760 Say, hey, you know what? 47:11.760 --> 47:13.760 We're just gonna try and fight this a little bit heavier. 47:13.760 --> 47:15.760 Hacking needs a bit of help. 47:15.760 --> 47:17.760 And we're gonna be able to run round and just port that. 47:18.760 --> 47:20.760 Nice name. Is he able to find the timing? Yes! 47:21.760 --> 47:23.760 Locks in the one versus one. There's so much time for this, Link. 47:24.760 --> 47:26.760 There's so much time, and even if he doesn't have the damels, 47:26.760 --> 47:31.320 and half the demos. Oh, he knows. Knows exactly where he is and still misses the shots. 47:31.920 --> 47:35.520 Unfortunate fans playing that probably about as well as you could and 47:35.840 --> 47:39.400 just unfortunately loses the fight. One of 30 retake their lead, 47:39.400 --> 47:41.640 but that was a close one if I ever seen one. 47:43.400 --> 47:47.080 I love the Nade usage that I know that I know the one we won was lost in the end, 47:47.080 --> 47:50.360 but I love the Nade usage. The one my magnet burns the first Nade. 47:51.040 --> 47:54.040 He sees the second one I get thrown and still throws the Nade 47:54.040 --> 47:56.120 because obviously you've got the activation time 47:56.120 --> 48:02.840 And it was just perfect because it did such a good job of forcing that player out of position, and there must have been plenty of information about that. 48:03.840 --> 48:12.960 It was both of those two players, well, I mean it's fairly obvious where the damos is, but to know exactly where Volspar is, some good information being gathered. 48:16.760 --> 48:17.760 This would be the cure for me. 48:17.880 --> 48:18.360 Boom. 48:19.000 --> 48:20.080 Volspar onto forest. 48:21.040 --> 48:22.560 Oh, there were shots landed as well there. 48:24.360 --> 48:25.320 Real close stuff. 48:56.120 --> 49:01.000 I think as well as anybody could have in that situation even pre aiming the right angle just unfortunate the way the luck pans out 49:01.000 --> 49:03.000 But extremely close round overall as you said 49:03.000 --> 49:06.980 I mean betting it all on kind of that gym bedroom side push and not you know 49:06.980 --> 49:13.700 I also wonder like how much things would be different of JJ obviously that Vulcan packed timing was perfect by the defender who spotted it 49:13.720 --> 49:18.240 But if you had that blitz alive might be able to get a better pinch inside a logi work a more favorable man advantage 49:18.240 --> 49:23.040 I think that's really where the trade started was that blitz getting stopped and burned so aggressively 49:23.040 --> 49:27.040 really. Quite nice from the 49:27.040 --> 49:28.040 defense overall to keep that 49:28.040 --> 49:29.040 close, but also it's a lot of 49:29.040 --> 49:30.040 good moments from five years 49:30.040 --> 49:32.040 overall pace of the half at 49:32.040 --> 49:34.040 this point to one favoring one 49:34.040 --> 49:36.040 of 30. Definitely think the 49:36.040 --> 49:37.040 first round was probably, you 49:37.040 --> 49:38.040 know, the one missed 49:38.040 --> 49:39.040 opportunity on the board, but 49:39.040 --> 49:40.040 I'll leave now had, I would 49:40.040 --> 49:41.040 say two good rounds by both 49:41.040 --> 49:43.040 teams and especially close 49:43.040 --> 49:44.040 one in the third. Obviously, 49:44.040 --> 49:45.040 I wouldn't say five years 49:45.040 --> 49:47.040 still operating at kind of the 49:47.040 --> 49:49.040 peak that we saw during the 49:49.040 --> 49:50.040 regular season during the 49:50.040 --> 49:52.040 actual group stage, but 49:52.040 --> 49:56.040 and do put some of the pieces back together. 49:56.040 --> 49:59.040 I think it's probably just going to take a little bit of time, isn't it? 49:59.040 --> 50:05.040 Winning is such a mindset and such a habit that as soon as you get out of playing regular 50:05.040 --> 50:10.040 games, as soon as you get out of that machine of just churning grounds out one after the 50:10.040 --> 50:15.040 other, it can be a little bit not daunting necessarily to go in, but I mean, all these 50:15.040 --> 50:16.040 guys are on a brand new setup, right? 50:16.040 --> 50:18.040 They'll have played scrims in this facility. 50:18.040 --> 50:20.040 They'll have been there for a few days, I'm sure. 50:20.040 --> 50:25.080 However, it isn't your own home is it and it is always going to be just a little bit different 50:25.080 --> 50:30.440 So there's that to consider as well, and I think you know once there's that slight adjustment period gone in I 50:30.840 --> 50:34.560 Mean heck I imagine it's a bit of a job playing in a room with JJ 50:35.180 --> 50:40.240 Like at least you can you know take your headphones off when he's screaming at the end of a round if you're in the room with him 50:40.240 --> 50:42.240 What are you doing? You know I? 50:43.080 --> 50:45.080 Think I've seen a desk alarm already 50:46.280 --> 50:48.620 Three rounds in there's a desk clam Jesus 50:50.040 --> 50:54.840 Hey, some people just want it more, and I say that like complimentary, I gotta respect that. 50:56.520 --> 51:00.920 Plus, I mean, especially if you're in person, kind of like you were talking about, I mean, 51:00.920 --> 51:04.360 I feel like it's just so much easier to keep the vibes up in person, which is awesome 51:04.360 --> 51:07.320 the desk talked about, but thinking about the relate to people actually face to face, 51:07.320 --> 51:10.840 be able to like lean over and fist bump people, be able to, I don't know, just kind of I think 51:10.840 --> 51:14.040 to create a more energetic atmosphere than like, you know, when you can over Discord or 51:14.040 --> 51:18.360 TeamSpeak or what have you. So, very happy for five years that they get that opportunity. Of 51:18.360 --> 51:24.360 course either of these teams either of these teams could get that opportunity as even if somebody 51:24.360 --> 51:29.720 loses they still have one more chance of qualification we're currently in the upper bracket of the 51:29.720 --> 51:34.120 playoff stage who's of this will go down and get one more chance against i believe shop of 51:34.120 --> 51:38.680 fire rebellion fire call i'm always about a black bracket flips though so but neither of these 51:38.680 --> 51:43.320 teams will be eliminated if they end up losing this series and both might have a shot to qualify 51:43.320 --> 51:47.640 two salt lake city along well alongside nobody has it right now because nobody's qualified but 51:48.360 --> 51:51.880 alongside teams potentially like dark and zero or wild carb if you have later today 51:54.520 --> 52:00.440 Of course the caveat is no one is called from North America exactly. We are unfortunately a little bit behind 52:01.960 --> 52:03.960 Little bit similar to the time zone as well 52:04.760 --> 52:05.720 true 52:05.720 --> 52:07.400 times behind and 52:07.400 --> 52:12.600 There are a fair few teams that have already made their way over to salt lake 52:12.600 --> 52:18.440 We've concluded course in both South America and in Europe 52:20.160 --> 52:22.160 sale was a 52:22.200 --> 52:25.960 Little bit of a little bit of a mixed bag to be I mean we can speak on it because we you know 52:25.960 --> 52:27.800 We covered a little bit of a sale in here area 52:27.800 --> 52:30.320 NIP phase and lost all confirmed 52:33.520 --> 52:38.920 Who despite topping their grief did drop out in the low bracket 52:39.560 --> 52:41.560 semis so 52:41.560 --> 52:45.160 It doesn't always mean, you know, good things talking to the group. 52:45.160 --> 52:47.840 I don't know if that's foreshadowing or not for Five Fears. 52:47.840 --> 52:50.120 We will not so well speak that into existence. 52:50.120 --> 52:53.320 But back into the game now, round number four, we've joined where we left. 52:53.320 --> 52:56.320 Grimmbark and a bandit band. 52:56.320 --> 52:58.760 I really thought we were going to see the Azzami Bandit, 52:58.760 --> 53:00.920 especially given that it had been played every single time. 53:00.920 --> 53:04.360 I know that the impact of it has been kind of negligible at the moment, 53:04.360 --> 53:08.640 but it is something that can really define a round. 53:08.640 --> 53:14.840 Five fears opt in to just make opening these walls even easier and then from the 1 of 30 side of things 53:14.840 --> 53:21.840 It's like I was convinced people gonna either continue to target the hard breach and take away the fair might or take away that monty 53:22.080 --> 53:24.080 But they drifted open 53:25.840 --> 53:30.540 I do think targeting targeting the grim at least it's something that 1 of 30 have made a fair bit of use seven 53:30.540 --> 53:32.540 I think is a good job at a 53:33.340 --> 53:37.860 Shields you great spot by the drone though he will go out and actually ends up creating a bit of a one way 53:38.640 --> 53:42.320 would not be able to see the asami had she swung an angle I think it's 53:42.320 --> 53:47.080 possibility ooh Mike W think killing the player on the chain repel really 53:47.080 --> 53:50.520 impressive swing right there and takes down the ram as well and there's some 53:50.520 --> 53:54.320 redundancy with the buck but you know the setup for get a barbridge really is 53:54.320 --> 53:57.200 not going to work seems like having a lot of ratting from one authority throughout 53:57.200 --> 53:59.880 this round and obviously you've got the player lurking around main stairs 53:59.880 --> 54:03.520 have the player lurking inside his keeper he's trying to I think get a 54:03.520 --> 54:06.280 little bit ahead of the information gathered by five years and ends up 54:06.280 --> 54:09.440 really hurting them is again they've got some redundancy with his vertical 54:09.440 --> 54:12.400 destruction but I mean they're still throning you're still taking time and 54:12.400 --> 54:16.320 when you by liking that grim sure you can bring the candelas to follow up but 54:16.320 --> 54:21.080 it's really only bit of decisive execute utility you have and you look at the 54:21.080 --> 54:23.720 shields those have been very inconsistent for five years so far this 54:23.720 --> 54:27.280 route this map and you know maybe that leads into why they've not been 54:27.280 --> 54:30.680 totally removed it's something that one of 30 news we're going up against it's 54:30.680 --> 54:34.400 something they're happy to deal with they know that the player inside a 54:34.400 --> 54:38.440 Bar they won now though as Packers had to be killed on to Fens, 54:38.440 --> 54:42.600 dripped the C4 already, shot the... fire. 54:42.600 --> 54:45.160 Surely his moments are numbered here. 54:45.160 --> 54:47.800 Horace is only a short distance away on that blade. 54:47.800 --> 54:49.360 He's gonna hit it with full flash. 54:49.360 --> 54:53.240 Is he gonna finish it before he runs out of bullets just about? 54:53.240 --> 54:56.400 Packer, scrapping for his life there. 54:56.400 --> 55:00.840 Well, you've got to look at that job done, especially when defending downstairs. 55:00.840 --> 55:04.180 There's still a utility exchange going on to open this kitchen hatch. 55:04.680 --> 55:06.180 And five stairs or a man down. 55:07.940 --> 55:10.740 I mean, in terms of utility, this has been a very scuffed round. 55:10.740 --> 55:13.340 I mean, the candela getting caught, I think on Forest there, 55:13.340 --> 55:15.640 and only detonating on the top half of the stairs, 55:15.740 --> 55:19.040 dedicating one to Packer, who was ratting around a bar. 55:20.040 --> 55:21.740 You lose another player in the process who, by the way, 55:21.740 --> 55:23.640 is your other source of vertical destruction. 55:23.640 --> 55:25.940 So even though redundancy has been completely eliminated 55:25.940 --> 55:28.040 before you could gain any effect from it, 55:28.040 --> 55:31.040 It's not a chalked round for five years. 55:31.040 --> 55:35.040 I mean, we've seen three V-fives here covered in this matchup specifically, 55:35.040 --> 55:39.040 but it's looking very difficult for five years to make it back. 55:39.040 --> 55:43.040 All the Kindel is used in JJ, even though he gets one immediately traded by one of 30. 55:43.040 --> 55:47.040 Still a slim advantage for the defense, but an advantage nonetheless than one that 55:47.040 --> 55:50.040 now Forest fights himself, the only player remaining. 55:50.040 --> 55:55.040 Does have time, and well, had time, no longer have the opportunity to pick up that Hibana. 55:55.040 --> 56:04.040 That's a nice shot on the silo, that's all well and good, but you can see the defenders reacting accordingly back up, trying to hold a longer crossfire and the key button to phase two, it's insult to injury. 56:04.040 --> 56:11.040 As one of 30 will widen their lead over five years and frankly this attacking team is still taking a long time to warm up. 56:11.040 --> 56:16.040 They really are aren't they? 80% in the group stage. 56:16.040 --> 56:21.040 So far they've been good for one round on the attack on Clubhouse of all maps as well 56:21.800 --> 56:23.960 With these bands in this economy 56:27.680 --> 56:31.160 I'm only guessing and I will check 56:32.440 --> 56:34.440 But I'm pretty convinced that 56:34.800 --> 56:40.000 Sidestats or Clubhouse. I mean it's in the 48% 56:40.840 --> 56:42.840 I 56:42.840 --> 56:51.340 That's neat. You know, it's as close to even really, especially with the sample size that we've got, which isn't going to be absolutely massive. 56:51.340 --> 56:55.340 So there's always potential for a big one-sided game in there. Like, I don't know. 56:55.340 --> 57:00.340 But I feel as obviously feeling the heat taking their tactical time out and taking it fairly early. 57:00.340 --> 57:06.340 Obviously we have the mandatory half time time out at the moment as well or now in the game. 57:06.340 --> 57:09.860 So teams it's really switched up the way that teams like to take their bands 57:09.860 --> 57:17.640 They often will use a timeout after three or maybe even four rounds on a particular side usually the first half or the side that they're 57:18.760 --> 57:23.940 Expected is going to be the most difficult or just decide to find the most bold and they know that they're going to get a bit of a 57:25.380 --> 57:27.380 Mentally reset 57:30.340 --> 57:34.340 Strategy and things you've seen because well you've not seen them yet at the halfway point 57:34.340 --> 57:40.500 But you could at least hit that mental reset and go in with the refresh of what the plan is going to be for that second half 57:41.460 --> 57:47.940 Five days feeling the pressure. They know that one free score line isn't good enough at the moment 57:48.660 --> 57:54.780 And they're gonna scramble to try and level this up to a three three half, but I'll be honest links. I'm not too sure 57:56.140 --> 58:00.860 Yeah, neither am I especially if this is how vikers are coming in on their map pick as well something 58:00.860 --> 58:06.260 I think we have to mention at this point, I mean, obviously, you know, you're coming in cold one of thirties played a whole best of three up particularly 58:06.820 --> 58:12.900 particularly close and contentious about the three as well going to all three maps require a bit of effort to pull through. I mean 58:13.660 --> 58:18.260 the kind of thing that will I think make anybody excited and kind of get anybody's blood pumping, but you know 58:18.260 --> 58:25.580 this is clubhouse amount that sheer one of 30 will likely know how to play more than say layer or fortress or more complicated or newer maps, but 58:25.580 --> 58:32.580 And this is the clubhouse amount that requires, you know, a decent bit of thought put into it that 530s has shown they have, and, at least right now, it's not sticking. 58:32.580 --> 58:36.580 And 1 of 30 as well is gotta say, playing a very good game so far. 58:36.580 --> 58:41.580 We don't have any massive standout performances, this is a generally solid team game and team defense. 58:41.580 --> 58:45.580 Holding their power positions, not getting too aggressive, but then last round, doing so in a calculated way, 58:45.580 --> 58:48.580 to take advantage of a clear gap in 5 years' information game. 58:48.580 --> 58:52.480 You can see likely why Fenn's switching to that snake and operative. 58:52.480 --> 58:57.920 I don't think we've seen so far this half and given, you know, the woes of last round. 58:57.920 --> 58:59.760 Let's get a polyp on Scanner end. 58:59.760 --> 59:00.760 You're a five-year spend. 59:00.760 --> 59:03.360 You're going to hope to find some of these defenders, two of which are on the top 59:03.360 --> 59:04.360 four at the moment. 59:04.360 --> 59:09.360 You need to try and gather some of that same success, but of course, why not that 59:09.360 --> 59:12.360 part of the sight in the grand scheme of things. 59:12.360 --> 59:15.160 seen a little bit of snake play. 59:15.160 --> 59:19.360 Fenn's gonna be rocking that salt on a scanner. 59:19.360 --> 59:25.360 Information doesn't feel like info has been a difficulty at the moment for five fears. 59:25.360 --> 59:30.360 Maybe it's more of a comfort thing and knowing exactly where somebody is. 59:30.360 --> 59:34.360 Already seen how devastating an operator snake can be. 59:34.360 --> 59:36.360 I love this position here. 59:36.360 --> 59:41.360 He's got a magnet to save that shield from a couple of strain aids. 59:41.360 --> 59:44.640 See if he's already ripped and ready. That's a guaranteed kill. 59:44.640 --> 59:48.360 Ooh! Just gets a little bit too far away. 59:48.360 --> 59:51.440 A bit of a pack of overplays his hand, gives away that position. 59:51.440 --> 59:55.280 I mean, does he overplay it though? I'm already sort of contradicting myself 59:55.280 --> 59:59.360 because I look up at the time and there was a minute at 20 on the clock when he died there. 59:59.360 --> 01:00:04.360 It's not bad timing, really. Especially for this sort of an extension. 01:00:06.360 --> 01:00:09.160 And especially when you look at the players that are actually staffed around the site. 01:00:09.160 --> 01:00:12.760 You've got mirror windows, you've got Kiba barriers, you've got Magnus and a deployable shield. 01:00:12.760 --> 01:00:15.960 You can have a C4, but they know to rotate down and throw up at the floor. 01:00:15.960 --> 01:00:20.360 Sure, it's a 4v5 and that's risky, but you have a lot of tools that can stall out the attack. 01:00:20.360 --> 01:00:22.520 Tools, by the way, that have done so successfully. 01:00:22.520 --> 01:00:26.200 The mirror window in blue was the exact kind of thing that stalled out five years 01:00:26.200 --> 01:00:29.000 all the way back in round one, and that was a 3v5. 01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:31.720 Worse odds than what 1 of 30 you're facing right now. 01:00:31.720 --> 01:00:34.200 The defenses set themselves up very well. 01:00:34.200 --> 01:00:35.880 The attack also has some good tools to counter. 01:00:35.880 --> 01:00:40.440 The deathmark tracker of course, the soliton scanner, and a plethora of secondary utility 01:00:40.440 --> 01:00:41.880 fans even working his way in! 01:00:41.880 --> 01:00:45.800 Found a bit of a gap in the defense, is set up good for one, not the second as a big trade 01:00:45.800 --> 01:00:46.800 for Mike W. 01:00:46.800 --> 01:00:51.520 Holding onto that position, but with the gym control immediately secured, JJ on low HP, 01:00:51.520 --> 01:00:53.120 look to put this diffuser down. 01:00:53.120 --> 01:00:56.720 They've got all the core angles covered as Zamy can't quite creep up, sticks their 01:00:56.720 --> 01:01:01.480 face where it does not belong and five fears keep a lid on things quite nicely. 01:01:01.480 --> 01:01:03.680 That's the five fears that we wanted to see. 01:01:03.680 --> 01:01:04.760 They found their mojo. 01:01:04.760 --> 01:01:08.600 The first time we've actually seen them attempt to plant the diffuser. 01:01:09.640 --> 01:01:12.640 That hasn't been in the game plan up until this point. 01:01:13.600 --> 01:01:17.120 And I'm looking at this team and I'm thinking, like, guys, 01:01:17.640 --> 01:01:19.200 we know that you like to get the plant down. 01:01:19.200 --> 01:01:21.400 You got the plant down five times previously. 01:01:22.400 --> 01:01:25.400 Okay, it's not the be all and end all of you strategy. 01:01:25.680 --> 01:01:28.040 But when you're given that space and you're given that time, 01:01:29.160 --> 01:01:31.360 instead of searching out for those last couple of kills, 01:01:31.360 --> 01:01:34.600 instead of rolling the dice there, put the pressure back on. 01:01:34.760 --> 01:01:38.760 Especially against a team like 1 of 30. 01:01:38.760 --> 01:01:43.760 One of the two rounds required to level it up to a 3-3 half. 01:01:43.760 --> 01:01:47.760 Five beers could bring a slight fire of relief but... 01:01:48.760 --> 01:01:53.760 Again, for 1 of 30, don't think that they're in too bad of a spot. 01:01:54.760 --> 01:01:58.760 This of course being around that they were successfully last time they attempted it, 01:01:58.760 --> 01:02:00.760 Link restore a very across clear. 01:02:00.760 --> 01:02:07.900 from five beers they got QZ wall open, worked for the bedroom area, there was a big old 01:02:07.900 --> 01:02:12.520 scrapping bedroom again, packer, playing a little bit out on an island, just trying to 01:02:12.520 --> 01:02:16.760 be that time sink. Performing that job every single time we've seen him try to do it he's 01:02:16.760 --> 01:02:23.880 done a great job of it. And then of course coming down to the infamous one versus one. 01:02:23.880 --> 01:02:31.240 I don't think it's going to be the same sort of strike this time though, just purely through 01:02:31.240 --> 01:02:37.320 the difference in hardware that's being brought when we got the Hibana this time. 01:02:37.320 --> 01:02:42.560 It seems like, especially with the early emphasis on rafters as well, likely going to be a bit 01:02:42.560 --> 01:02:47.000 more of a garage-shotted clear, focus on the normal avenues through the platform, 01:02:47.000 --> 01:02:54.800 the rafters. Especially with all these DMRs, we've got two main ones to deal with these 01:02:54.800 --> 01:02:59.920 keybugs. Silo also, DMR of his own, helping down below playing FOILTA with an ADS as well, 01:02:59.920 --> 01:03:05.160 so a bit more of a fortified position. Modded gates as well. Maybe now the FOILTA shield 01:03:05.160 --> 01:03:10.000 with Castle Barricades to really bolster it, but an ability at least to aid the player 01:03:10.000 --> 01:03:15.320 playing on rafters that otherwise they would not be able to. Likely allowed them 01:03:15.320 --> 01:03:19.160 to get away with only bringing those ADSs and not the full ADS-magnet combo. 01:03:19.160 --> 01:03:20.160 Ooh! 01:03:20.160 --> 01:03:21.760 Big spot by Snake though. 01:03:21.760 --> 01:03:25.400 Just so many drones flying at silo's feet, ends up walking in front of the doorway and 01:03:25.400 --> 01:03:27.600 the patience by five years pays off. 01:03:27.600 --> 01:03:30.720 So 5v4 they start turning their full attention towards rafters. 01:03:30.720 --> 01:03:32.920 They go and pick that. 01:03:32.920 --> 01:03:38.360 You know, I'm in the best position, playing there at the top of Cache just needs to 01:03:38.360 --> 01:03:40.440 back up a little bit sensually. 01:03:40.440 --> 01:03:43.040 Boris now trying to push full sprout. 01:03:43.040 --> 01:03:47.520 The ADS is, of course, making it a lot more difficult this time to nade out this player. 01:03:48.520 --> 01:03:51.760 He would like to have some secondary EMTs potentially. 01:03:53.040 --> 01:03:56.400 Volsper, he caught out on the deathmark there as well. 01:03:56.400 --> 01:03:59.400 Big kill from Mike, taking JJ down. 01:04:00.160 --> 01:04:01.600 Removes the half-reach. 01:04:02.080 --> 01:04:04.800 Anything that isn't open now is gonna remain closed. 01:04:05.200 --> 01:04:08.280 And they're really struggling for an answer on this catwalk player. 01:04:10.360 --> 01:04:12.360 One of thirty have been so good at disrupting it. 01:04:12.360 --> 01:04:18.520 Initially ex pyros were placed on that interior reinforcement, but they got shot by Mike W who later killed JJ outright 01:04:18.720 --> 01:04:24.400 Snake also can't fight at a good angle on those nades because if he does you might end up walking in front of Wolfsburg's crosshairs 01:04:24.640 --> 01:04:28.080 Finally though four St. ADS's almost picked some both up 01:04:28.360 --> 01:04:32.240 But at a big switch packer lands that kill in conjunction with another 01:04:32.640 --> 01:04:38.920 This stalemate around garage finally breaks the defense's way the utility is good. It lands a 2v2 01:04:38.920 --> 01:04:44.920 Look at the control that 1 of 30 have in terms of the time they've kept five years at bay. 01:04:44.920 --> 01:04:50.920 Mike W can still play around the CCTV position, but how he has to retreat is to attack them heavy by the DMR. 01:04:50.920 --> 01:04:58.920 As the rest is now isolated into CCTV, it's a big prefire by Fens, but cannot land the shots required. 01:04:58.920 --> 01:05:03.920 Uncontested lead by 1 of 30, starting and ending this half with a win. 01:05:03.920 --> 01:05:07.920 1 of 30 doing such a good job of holding space right now. 01:05:07.920 --> 01:05:11.260 and nobody is trying to work too hard. 01:05:11.260 --> 01:05:14.040 Nobody is trying to do too much. 01:05:14.040 --> 01:05:17.320 Let's see what our desk has to say at the halfway point. 01:05:17.320 --> 01:05:19.920 Thanks, X. Four to two so far right now. 01:05:19.920 --> 01:05:21.000 One of 30. 01:05:21.000 --> 01:05:22.480 The vibes are clearly high. 01:05:22.480 --> 01:05:24.360 They're clearly feeling pretty good. 01:05:24.360 --> 01:05:27.200 Here's what they sound like while they're doing that. 01:05:57.200 --> 01:05:59.540 Yeah, really good couple for that. 01:05:59.540 --> 01:06:02.040 Well, I mean, it's hard to make out really what it was. 01:06:02.040 --> 01:06:04.040 But I mean, it really goes to show the confidence 01:06:04.040 --> 01:06:05.200 that they have. They're feeling good. 01:06:05.200 --> 01:06:07.040 I mean, the 4-2 half box, you were right. 01:06:07.040 --> 01:06:08.640 You can't just ban out the shields against this team. 01:06:08.640 --> 01:06:09.740 They got rid of one of the shields. 01:06:09.740 --> 01:06:10.740 They get rid of the ace. 01:06:10.740 --> 01:06:12.340 But they have the go-go canisters 01:06:12.340 --> 01:06:13.840 ready to thwart off any of the shields 01:06:13.840 --> 01:06:15.200 coming from J.J. Air Force. 01:06:15.200 --> 01:06:17.340 Then they were also using the smokes very early on, 01:06:17.340 --> 01:06:18.940 where typically you'd see the smokes be used 01:06:18.940 --> 01:06:21.200 in the later half of the round when executes are going. 01:06:21.200 --> 01:06:22.240 But they know that those shields 01:06:22.240 --> 01:06:23.640 are going to cause that executed. 01:06:23.640 --> 01:06:25.040 They can eliminate those shields. 01:06:25.040 --> 01:06:26.040 They can push back those shields. 01:06:26.040 --> 01:06:29.280 shields that can get clamps on those shields very early on they don't need to 01:06:29.280 --> 01:06:33.000 rely on that Tility in the end because that is where 5 Fears excels is when 01:06:33.000 --> 01:06:35.940 they have those shields in front of them that they can then play off that take 01:06:35.940 --> 01:06:39.680 the site take the control but again I mean this was a great thought-out 01:06:39.680 --> 01:06:43.280 strap from 1 of 30 and how they were countering what 5 Fears wants to get 01:06:43.280 --> 01:06:46.640 done. It's the early game that's 5 Fears is a strength running the 01:06:46.640 --> 01:06:49.280 double shield running one shield over the case may be them getting that 01:06:49.280 --> 01:06:53.480 first pick is the strength so 1 of 30 being smart using the utility 01:06:53.480 --> 01:06:57.380 correctly stalling out five years as best as they can and then falling back into 01:06:57.380 --> 01:07:01.160 sight a lot of those basements rounds too we'd see it come down to the last 30 01:07:01.160 --> 01:07:05.080 seconds and then the shield players are just getting too aggressive JJ Blaster 01:07:05.080 --> 01:07:08.960 Forrest the better nature and then they just over push over aggression and then 01:07:08.960 --> 01:07:12.280 the shield gets taken down and that's what I love to see at 1-30 really in 01:07:12.280 --> 01:07:15.280 the late round they're playing a lot of these rat positions now the side 01:07:15.280 --> 01:07:19.960 swap and it's gonna be the same type of utility usage to be able to find 01:07:19.960 --> 01:07:25.000 those opening kills. I believe that the game plan is one for one of 30 in the early game. If they 01:07:25.000 --> 01:07:29.560 can get somebody off of the board very early on using utility, I think they'll be able to clean it 01:07:29.560 --> 01:07:35.160 out when it comes down to the latter half of these rounds. And attacking has been one of five 01:07:35.160 --> 01:07:38.680 fears strengths throughout the entire group stage. That's how they've separated themselves 01:07:38.680 --> 01:07:42.760 from the pack to be able to shut them down on clubhouse, limit them to two rounds. I mean 01:07:42.760 --> 01:07:49.400 that is a very good place for them to be guys. Yeah, thank you very much. Do think 01:07:49.400 --> 01:07:55.300 Unfortunately, we might have a pause after these bands, but at least gives us something to talk about and to I believe it was 01:07:55.300 --> 01:08:00.660 Fox's point as well early rounds for definitely 535 30s five fears 01:08:01.040 --> 01:08:04.520 Strength on the attacking side that was where the coordination was at its best 01:08:04.880 --> 01:08:08.400 Especially utilizing those shields, but after that things would get a little shaky 01:08:08.400 --> 01:08:13.880 And I think one of 30 had an exceptionally good game plan to last through that and withstand it 01:08:13.880 --> 01:08:18.600 I mean now that we see the sides off. We'll see how things are how things pan out 01:08:19.400 --> 01:08:21.400 Did you have a tech pause? 01:08:23.560 --> 01:08:28.120 Unfortunately we are going to be paused before we move into the half, but 01:08:28.640 --> 01:08:30.640 So we're just getting everything ready 01:08:31.080 --> 01:08:35.880 Looks like all five players from five fairs are at least on the in the game 01:08:36.640 --> 01:08:43.200 It may just be a one of 30 straggler that we are waiting for to join in and get set up 01:08:43.200 --> 01:08:45.200 I 01:08:48.120 --> 01:08:51.940 Know Fox mentioned it, but it's Jeremy a little bit all the shoes on the floor 01:08:52.680 --> 01:08:54.680 Yeah, I was you know I 01:08:55.560 --> 01:08:58.720 Didn't really think of anything when he when he pointed it out 01:08:59.760 --> 01:09:03.380 But it is kind of it is kind of crazy right like not a single person in their shoes 01:09:04.800 --> 01:09:06.360 Like 01:09:06.360 --> 01:09:08.360 You know, you don't know what's on those floors 01:09:08.360 --> 01:09:11.800 You don't you don't know where that you don't know where that's been 01:09:11.960 --> 01:09:15.280 You don't know who's cleaned it. I mean, I don't know. I'm sure the facilities up today 01:09:15.280 --> 01:09:18.000 But like you don't know unless they cleaned it themselves 01:09:18.000 --> 01:09:21.240 Which given for a six experience with the call-out system. Maybe that was a team building thing a 01:09:21.680 --> 01:09:26.920 Team clean of the room to make sure that the space is you know, copacetic the feng shui is all 01:09:28.040 --> 01:09:34.720 A little pain. Yeah, exactly. I mean, you know, like it teaches you to be detail oriented. It teaches you to be thorough 01:09:34.720 --> 01:09:41.720 you to really take care of the space and what you're putting out into the world. 01:09:41.720 --> 01:09:48.720 A lot of translatable skills, a lot of translatable values from that into Rainbow Six. 01:09:48.720 --> 01:09:50.720 When was the last time you deep cleaned your PC? 01:09:50.720 --> 01:09:55.720 My PC? You know the answer to that question. 01:09:55.720 --> 01:09:58.720 You said that in a way like I was attacking you. 01:09:58.720 --> 01:10:02.840 well see I see could see cuz I was like I want one I was like I thought you're 01:10:02.840 --> 01:10:05.640 gonna ask how one of one is the last time you deep cleaned your room because 01:10:05.640 --> 01:10:08.040 we're talking about rooms they're like when was the last time you deep cleaned 01:10:08.040 --> 01:10:12.480 your PC and I'm like oh probably probably never to be honest with you but 01:10:12.480 --> 01:10:17.640 I also like you know I'm not doing I'm not doing eight to twelve hour gaming 01:10:17.640 --> 01:10:21.200 sessions on a recurring basis like I was when I was younger so like I don't 01:10:21.200 --> 01:10:24.240 know how much dust is actually accumulated actually I guess if I'm 01:10:24.240 --> 01:10:26.000 I'm using it less. 01:10:26.000 --> 01:10:27.240 More, more, yeah. 01:10:27.240 --> 01:10:28.160 Yeah. 01:10:28.160 --> 01:10:30.160 Well, actually, that's true. 01:10:30.160 --> 01:10:33.160 I've always said that. 01:10:33.160 --> 01:10:36.160 I've always said so. 01:10:36.160 --> 01:10:40.480 I'm not actually too sure what it is that's causing us to delay. 01:10:40.480 --> 01:10:43.440 And for you guys at home, I want to listen to about cleaning up 01:10:43.440 --> 01:10:45.200 PCs. 01:10:45.200 --> 01:10:49.240 I'll hold my hands up and say I've never cleaned my PC. 01:10:49.240 --> 01:10:51.000 You know, honestly, I was kind of scared of you. 01:10:51.000 --> 01:10:52.920 But since you've said that, I will also hold my hands up. 01:10:52.920 --> 01:10:58.520 I have no I've never cleaned my PC. That's actually technically speaking not I've not cleaned this PC 01:10:58.520 --> 01:11:05.640 I have cleaned when I had the PC before this one. Yes. Yeah, I clean I clean someone else's 01:11:05.640 --> 01:11:09.480 I what I would do was I'd break into people's houses at night and I clean their PCs 01:11:09.480 --> 01:11:14.480 It was kind of like a Robin Hood type situation actually not really Robin Hood because I wasn't stealing or converting any property 01:11:14.640 --> 01:11:16.640 whatever it was actually 01:11:16.920 --> 01:11:19.420 Leaving the door from the poor and giving it to the rich 01:11:19.420 --> 01:11:24.900 exactly yeah I would I would blow out all the dust into a bag and then I would go 01:11:24.900 --> 01:11:29.220 to the Hamptons I don't live in the Hamptons but I would go there and I would 01:11:29.220 --> 01:11:34.340 throw all the dust in the rich people's houses 01:11:34.340 --> 01:11:38.780 I would lose no minds already it's like it's halfway through my one what's 01:11:38.780 --> 01:11:41.380 tech pause that's why we're always you always are sanctioned to lose your 01:11:41.380 --> 01:11:47.340 mind on a tech pause here's a good one and this is like a genuine frequency 01:11:47.340 --> 01:11:51.780 of mouse mat cleaning, or are you like a buy a new one kind of guy? 01:11:51.780 --> 01:12:00.100 Um, so, I will say I, I abide a bit by our mutual friend, Jackers, I abide by his philosophy 01:12:00.100 --> 01:12:04.060 of just generally trying to avoid situations which you have to clean your mouse pad at 01:12:04.060 --> 01:12:05.060 all. 01:12:05.060 --> 01:12:09.820 Um, like sometimes, you know, like if I have to work on something, I'll eat food at 01:12:09.820 --> 01:12:10.820 the desk. 01:12:10.820 --> 01:12:12.740 Like I generally try to avoid that. 01:12:12.740 --> 01:12:17.020 Um, so the main issue I have is like my mouse mat or parts of it will get like, 01:12:17.020 --> 01:12:20.780 all my monitors and stuff are all on the mouse pad as well because I have a super long and big one. 01:12:22.380 --> 01:12:26.460 But like, you know, it'll get like dusty and I'll clean that but generally speaking, 01:12:26.460 --> 01:12:30.300 there aren't a lot of situations in which I desperately need to clean the mouse pad. 01:12:30.300 --> 01:12:35.980 Like there's a bit of a stain on like the bottom, kind of bottom right side, 01:12:35.980 --> 01:12:39.580 but aside from that it's generally pretty fine. Hey, Brian, it's dusting, but aside from that 01:12:39.580 --> 01:12:45.340 it's pretty, what about you? Well, I've only ever cleaned one once. It took quite a long time 01:12:45.340 --> 01:12:52.100 to dry and I had to change my sense afterwards because it was so fast I don't 01:12:52.100 --> 01:12:56.180 know if I did the wrong thing but like I feel like I smoothed it you know I'm 01:12:56.180 --> 01:13:01.220 like off the outside it was just it was just sleepy well that makes sense 01:13:01.220 --> 01:13:03.820 because like if there's a bunch of particulates on this gonna get super 01:13:03.820 --> 01:13:07.380 nerdy there's a bunch of particulates on your mouse pad it probably is like 01:13:07.380 --> 01:13:10.820 inhibiting like it's probably like increasing the friction with which like 01:13:10.820 --> 01:13:16.780 your mouse pad is facing when it like slides across or that your mouse is facing when it 01:13:16.780 --> 01:13:19.980 slides across the mouse pad. 01:13:19.980 --> 01:13:24.480 So like if you get rid of all of those your mouse is more of your mouse is making contact 01:13:24.480 --> 01:13:29.580 with the actual surface of the mouse pad rather than just the particulates and also the 01:13:29.580 --> 01:13:31.980 mouse pad which should allow you to glide. 01:13:31.980 --> 01:13:36.940 Now the fact that you had to change your sends because of how smooth it was is more 01:13:36.940 --> 01:13:40.840 of a statement at how rancid and dirty that mouse pad must have been. 01:13:40.840 --> 01:13:43.420 No, it's that's how in tune I am. 01:13:45.620 --> 01:13:48.920 It's like one was wrong with the cell, like one with my sense. 01:13:48.920 --> 01:13:51.160 I'm at one with my sensitivity. 01:13:51.160 --> 01:13:54.960 So there was there was a slight thing wrong and I had to had to course correct. 01:13:55.300 --> 01:13:56.400 Being at one of your sensitivities. 01:13:56.400 --> 01:14:00.000 That's something you worked on in therapy every week. 01:14:02.000 --> 01:14:04.440 Every week, shout out. 01:14:04.440 --> 01:14:11.160 and uh you know shout out to nobody in particular because we're still in this tech pause so nothing uh 01:14:12.120 --> 01:14:16.040 this is probably the worst thing by the way for five years because they feel like they've 01:14:16.040 --> 01:14:22.520 underperformed in the first half they've had the halftime talk to sort of stabilize and say look 01:14:22.520 --> 01:14:28.440 guys it's okay it's the best of three you know we've got plenty of chances here this is you 01:14:28.440 --> 01:14:33.720 know it's it's a map that we've picked granted but it's clubhouse everyone can play a club it's 01:14:33.720 --> 01:14:39.400 a very risky move playing a picking clubhouse in the best of three series but teams will continue to 01:14:39.400 --> 01:14:45.560 do it. But I just genuinely think that this is the worst position that they could now be in, 01:14:45.560 --> 01:14:50.760 having to go through this waiting period of just hanging about again, you know, still, 01:14:50.760 --> 01:14:53.320 this is what they've been doing for the last couple of weeks. They've been waiting for the 01:14:53.320 --> 01:15:00.600 games to go ahead and to get their turn to take part. But looking at their attacks over 01:15:00.600 --> 01:15:07.340 all links. I think they got the opening pick in all but one round in that first half. On 01:15:07.340 --> 01:15:12.600 the attack nonetheless, unable to convert. Like, are we talking, what level of worry do 01:15:12.600 --> 01:15:18.760 we have? Are we talking alarm bell level of like, this is a big problem or just something 01:15:18.760 --> 01:15:22.580 that needs to be gotten on top of quite quickly? Because if they're struggling to attack 01:15:22.580 --> 01:15:27.480 on club, board is going to be, again, very difficult for them here tonight. 01:15:27.480 --> 01:15:32.920 Yeah, I'd be reluctant to say alarm bells only because it's like the first six rounds. 01:15:32.920 --> 01:15:36.800 But if I think we start seeing problems in the next three, I think if you're a five years 01:15:36.800 --> 01:15:38.240 fan alarm bells might be warranted. 01:15:38.240 --> 01:15:41.040 But also I think if you're a one of 30 fan, I mean, obviously, so far in the first six 01:15:41.040 --> 01:15:42.040 rounds, you got to be happy. 01:15:42.040 --> 01:15:47.040 I mean, your team is performing about as well as you could hope given, you know, the 01:15:47.040 --> 01:15:52.680 predictions that were had towards the group stage, given the, you know, the new 01:15:52.680 --> 01:15:56.080 like status of a lot of these players, given the fact that five years were coming 01:15:56.080 --> 01:15:57.080 in flawless. 01:15:57.080 --> 01:16:00.640 You've got to be jazzed by these first four rounds and you know, on the one side, 01:16:00.640 --> 01:16:03.680 while I think alarm bells might start ringing for me in a lot of five years, 01:16:03.680 --> 01:16:06.160 fans, if the next, say two, 01:16:06.160 --> 01:16:09.080 maybe three defenses start looking a bit rough as well. 01:16:09.480 --> 01:16:12.960 I think on the flip side for one of 30 or in one of 30 fans, like one, 01:16:13.000 --> 01:16:14.000 that's great for you. 01:16:14.240 --> 01:16:18.640 But also if you see a lot of that same togetherness that we saw on the 01:16:18.640 --> 01:16:20.440 defense as in like one, 01:16:20.440 --> 01:16:22.280 like generally all playing with an arms reach of each other, 01:16:22.280 --> 01:16:26.280 but also all buying into a plan and sticking with that idea, 01:16:26.280 --> 01:16:30.400 even if it involves Packer playing a bit on an island, 01:16:30.400 --> 01:16:32.920 but you see a lot of investment in the support 01:16:32.920 --> 01:16:34.800 or the strategy of whatever they're doing. 01:16:34.800 --> 01:16:36.520 For one of 30, I mean, you've got to be feeling pretty good 01:16:36.520 --> 01:16:38.040 if that happens in the next couple of rounds. 01:16:38.040 --> 01:16:39.680 I thought we were getting back into it, 01:16:39.680 --> 01:16:43.480 but it appears that we actually aren't right now, so. 01:16:45.680 --> 01:16:47.480 Yeah, unfortunately so. 01:16:47.480 --> 01:16:49.480 I don't believe that we have an ETA for this 01:16:49.480 --> 01:16:50.960 at the moment. 01:16:50.960 --> 01:16:52.840 I believe a player has dropped connection 01:16:52.840 --> 01:16:55.600 and isn't actually able to get back in at the moment, 01:16:55.600 --> 01:17:04.100 I'm not sure if it's an internet thing or not, but we are going to cut to a very short break and as soon as that player is back in, we'll be back with you. Don't go anywhere. 01:23:55.600 --> 01:24:02.480 Everybody and I have an update. Well, we have an update me and Ali and also just collectively the NL 01:24:02.760 --> 01:24:08.060 Basically what happened was Bino were affectionately referred to by Packer as a carrot 01:24:08.600 --> 01:24:10.600 Given the color of his hair 01:24:10.720 --> 01:24:13.720 unfortunately lost internet connection, but fear not because 01:24:14.400 --> 01:24:15.800 our 01:24:15.800 --> 01:24:21.180 Expert NL tech team and NASA got on the problem and he will be apparently playing on a hotspot 01:24:21.180 --> 01:24:25.560 Which is not an ideal solution for be know but very funny for all of us 01:24:25.560 --> 01:24:28.220 And I hope it does work out because I would like to continue this matchup 01:24:28.220 --> 01:24:32.940 And I would like to see who is the better team between one of 30 and five years on a hot spot 01:24:33.660 --> 01:24:36.940 On a hot spot. That's dedication to the horse. Yeah, I 01:24:38.500 --> 01:24:41.180 Thought you're gonna say who's the better team on a hot spot? 01:24:41.180 --> 01:24:45.900 I'm like only one of them are playing on a hot spot so we can't make we can't come to a definitive conclusion about that I 01:24:45.900 --> 01:24:52.560 I wonder if they have it set up already or if we have to wait for them to go through like 01:24:52.560 --> 01:24:54.060 the painful process. 01:24:54.060 --> 01:24:55.560 I don't know. 01:24:55.560 --> 01:24:59.420 I feel like this is like a bit of a public service announcement because I've experienced 01:24:59.420 --> 01:25:00.420 this quite a bit. 01:25:00.420 --> 01:25:07.540 My ASP is not great and I've now got my setup so that my phone is just there ready as 01:25:07.540 --> 01:25:11.900 a backup for like a little hotspot here and there as needed. 01:25:11.900 --> 01:25:16.740 And I'll sometimes even do a broadcast on a hotspot because it is genuinely quite good 01:25:16.740 --> 01:25:17.740 nowadays. 01:25:17.740 --> 01:25:23.340 But the first time that you do it, sometimes there's things that you need to install onto 01:25:23.340 --> 01:25:27.760 the computer and there's just a lot of irony in the fact that you need to install something 01:25:27.760 --> 01:25:32.780 on a computer that doesn't have access to the internet. 01:25:32.780 --> 01:25:38.180 So I hope for everyone's sake, especially Bina, that he has the sufficient drivers 01:25:38.180 --> 01:25:41.820 or whatever it is that they need to have installed, installed so that we can get proceedings 01:25:41.820 --> 01:25:47.820 underway nice and quickly. But as everybody knows and I'm sure everyone can appreciate watching 01:25:47.820 --> 01:25:53.860 and listening, internet issues do suck and they are very much out of your control. 01:25:53.860 --> 01:26:00.220 Well this break is going to do one of two things for both of these teams, right? One 01:26:00.220 --> 01:26:06.100 of three, I've had a great start. This now being a big bump in the road, is that 01:26:06.100 --> 01:26:11.380 going to be something that knocks them. And then for the side of five years, I mean, they 01:26:11.380 --> 01:26:14.700 must just feel like they're in limbo, like they're all there ready to go, locked in like 01:26:14.700 --> 01:26:19.420 connects like they're just itching to start, you know, right in the wrongs that they made 01:26:19.420 --> 01:26:25.340 in the first half as it were and to play better. And yet here we sit waiting for Beano 01:26:25.340 --> 01:26:28.780 to sort things out. 01:26:28.780 --> 01:26:35.280 JJ is literally dissociating at his PC right now. 01:26:35.280 --> 01:26:38.020 That man is somewhere else. 01:26:38.020 --> 01:26:40.620 And what else is fidgeting? 01:26:40.620 --> 01:26:45.060 Fence is literally spitting a weapon skin around multiple times. 01:26:45.060 --> 01:26:48.700 JJ is like, now he's moved. 01:26:48.700 --> 01:26:51.620 I got worried for a second there. 01:26:51.620 --> 01:26:52.620 But he's back. 01:26:52.620 --> 01:26:54.380 You thought he'd frozen an IRL? 01:26:54.380 --> 01:26:55.380 Not that I thought he was frozen. 01:26:55.380 --> 01:26:57.380 I don't like that he looked at me just then. 01:26:57.380 --> 01:27:02.980 We've got people putting their feet up on the mouse mat, I don't know what this is. 01:27:02.980 --> 01:27:08.100 On the mouse mat? That's crazy. Who put their feet on the mouse mat? 01:27:09.540 --> 01:27:14.740 I think it was Snipey. Oh, I think I was sliding. Good for that guy. Shout out, getting traction. 01:27:16.820 --> 01:27:20.980 Do you think like, oh, actually also Jonah informed me on what it says. 01:27:20.980 --> 01:27:25.300 Apparently Millie from Outlast Gaming made Pro League on a hot spot, so that's nice. 01:27:27.380 --> 01:27:40.020 I didn't have my notebook out to take notes on that, and I did now, so that's very nice. 01:27:40.020 --> 01:27:44.420 Do you- did- I know I'm like a little bit younger than you. 01:27:44.420 --> 01:27:48.660 Did- did- were there like Heelys in school when you were a kid? 01:27:48.660 --> 01:27:49.660 Get out. 01:27:49.660 --> 01:27:50.660 Oh no, just get out. 01:27:50.660 --> 01:27:51.660 What? 01:27:51.660 --> 01:27:52.660 What? 01:27:52.660 --> 01:27:53.660 What? 01:27:53.660 --> 01:27:59.100 Of course, of course, I'm not too old that I don't know what a heel is. 01:27:59.100 --> 01:28:01.420 I'm just trying to be polite. 01:28:01.420 --> 01:28:05.440 I don't want to assume. 01:28:05.440 --> 01:28:09.940 Getting mad, literally getting yelled at being courteous is actually crazy. 01:28:09.940 --> 01:28:13.740 Being polite by starting it with, I know that I'm younger than you, but... 01:28:13.740 --> 01:28:15.900 I said I know I'm a little bit odd, dude. 01:28:15.900 --> 01:28:19.700 I'm clearly not working on your sensitivity and therapy because, geez, you got some 01:28:19.700 --> 01:28:21.340 issues to figure out. 01:28:21.340 --> 01:28:26.740 I never owned a pair of Heelys, and I don't really know why, because I think that they 01:28:26.740 --> 01:28:31.500 would have been quite fun, or I distinctly out of memory of my sister bombing around 01:28:31.500 --> 01:28:32.900 with them. 01:28:32.900 --> 01:28:35.580 Old or younger sister? 01:28:35.580 --> 01:28:36.580 Younger. 01:28:36.580 --> 01:28:37.580 Gotcha. 01:28:37.580 --> 01:28:40.460 Those things were deadly though. 01:28:40.460 --> 01:28:42.740 Well, so that, well, I was going to say two things. 01:28:42.740 --> 01:28:46.180 One, I was curious because if she was closer in my age, it'd make me feel less 01:28:46.180 --> 01:28:50.820 bad about asking, or about mentioning that I was younger, but also yes, those things 01:28:50.820 --> 01:28:52.180 were 01:28:52.180 --> 01:28:56.420 i mean i've heard stories they were deadly i don't know any kid at my school 01:28:56.420 --> 01:29:00.020 or my schools who had like issues with them but i did hear story 01:29:00.020 --> 01:29:02.180 you know what there were a lot of issues with is actually nothing to do with 01:29:02.180 --> 01:29:03.940 helix but everything to do with my school 01:29:03.940 --> 01:29:07.620 i it was a rollerblading a roller skating unit in 01:29:07.620 --> 01:29:11.300 gym class that i had to do for a whole week 01:29:11.300 --> 01:29:12.420 really and 01:29:12.420 --> 01:29:15.060 yeah it was and don't get done wrong this is weird 01:29:15.060 --> 01:29:19.380 i've only met one other person in my entire life who also had to do this 01:29:19.380 --> 01:29:21.380 and they were not from my state. 01:29:21.380 --> 01:29:22.600 I had to do it, there's a whole week 01:29:22.600 --> 01:29:24.280 we had to do roller skating. 01:29:24.280 --> 01:29:26.320 And like two days in, some kid behind me 01:29:26.320 --> 01:29:29.440 kicked my arm and broke it, which was like super cool. 01:29:30.520 --> 01:29:33.240 And as the gym teacher was walking me to the nurse, 01:29:33.240 --> 01:29:36.900 she was like, man, normally doesn't happen this early. 01:29:38.440 --> 01:29:40.480 And I just thought that was a crazy statement. 01:29:40.480 --> 01:29:43.800 And so anyway, a couple of days later, 01:29:43.800 --> 01:29:45.560 some kid broke his leg and my broke his leg. 01:29:45.560 --> 01:29:47.280 I mean like literally snapped it clean 01:29:47.280 --> 01:29:48.640 in half, it was a really bad break. 01:29:48.640 --> 01:29:51.000 And they stopped having people roller skate after that. 01:29:52.300 --> 01:29:55.780 The craziest thing we did was play table tennis in gym. 01:29:57.580 --> 01:29:58.580 Oh, OK. 01:30:00.080 --> 01:30:02.420 Well, he's like he's like pulling the Michael Jackson almost 01:30:02.980 --> 01:30:05.080 that he's actually not pulling Michael Jackson. 01:30:05.080 --> 01:30:07.120 That's moonwalks a very different thing. 01:30:08.020 --> 01:30:11.020 You don't apparently the new Michael Jackson movies of part one of two. 01:30:11.780 --> 01:30:12.780 Oh, really? 01:30:12.780 --> 01:30:15.020 Is it like a hologram AI sort of thing? 01:30:15.020 --> 01:30:18.860 No, they have an actor playing him. 01:30:18.860 --> 01:30:25.100 Oh, I don't know, it's a genuine question, like I don't know, because I know they can do a lot with the AI stuff, aren't they? 01:30:25.100 --> 01:30:29.620 A social old. They can do a lot with the AI stuff, like what am I even saying? 01:30:29.620 --> 01:30:38.860 But no, but no, there is a real actor. Not to spoil potentially any big Jackson movie fans. 01:30:38.860 --> 01:30:42.420 I have not seen it, but yeah, apparently it's going to be a part too. 01:30:42.420 --> 01:30:47.420 I think I'm gonna call it Jackson. 01:30:47.420 --> 01:30:50.420 I mean, I don't know. 01:30:50.420 --> 01:30:51.420 Jackson won. 01:30:51.420 --> 01:30:54.420 Jackson's the first the first one is called Michael. 01:30:54.420 --> 01:30:55.420 Okay. 01:30:55.420 --> 01:30:57.420 So like the second one could be like Jackson. 01:30:57.420 --> 01:30:58.420 That's a free one. 01:30:58.420 --> 01:31:00.420 I don't know who makes that movie. 01:31:00.420 --> 01:31:04.420 But they can take that. 01:31:04.420 --> 01:31:09.420 Guess who is the biggest Michael Jackson fan in the talent 01:31:09.420 --> 01:31:11.420 team? 01:31:11.420 --> 01:31:16.900 Oh, that's actually a good question. I really like Michael Jackson. It's not me, but I do really like Michael Jackson 01:31:20.060 --> 01:31:25.220 My biggest I mean at their engagement party I have distinct memory of them 01:31:26.460 --> 01:31:31.700 Dancing and singing to Michael Jackson songs like 01:31:32.300 --> 01:31:36.220 It's like almost a bit of a performance gotta be it's gotta be Tim, right? Yeah 01:31:36.220 --> 01:31:45.300 Yeah, I was going to say, so either way, we will be back after this break, as unfortunately, 01:31:45.300 --> 01:31:48.980 it's still going, so we'll see you back with more Michael Jackson conversation right after 01:31:48.980 --> 01:31:49.340 this. 01:34:36.220 --> 01:35:00.580 I think that's meant to happen, that is honestly meant to happen. 01:35:00.580 --> 01:35:03.580 Nope, it's not gonna happen. 01:35:03.580 --> 01:35:05.580 I was joking. 01:35:05.580 --> 01:35:10.580 So we've had two very different understand- well, I don't know. 01:35:10.580 --> 01:35:15.580 My understanding was, my understanding was that we were gonna come back to the game, 01:35:15.580 --> 01:35:19.580 they were gonna replay the round with Bino Absent, 01:35:19.580 --> 01:35:23.580 and then they were gonna sub in a coach for the next round. 01:35:23.580 --> 01:35:27.580 I thought that that was the call, but 01:35:27.580 --> 01:35:31.180 seems as though it has been different. 01:35:31.180 --> 01:35:34.180 Well, I do want to correct the record real quick. 01:35:34.180 --> 01:35:37.780 Actually, two other people in my life had to roller skate in gym. 01:35:37.780 --> 01:35:38.780 Two of my friends. 01:35:38.780 --> 01:35:39.780 Okay, so- 01:35:39.780 --> 01:35:43.780 I wasn't inaccurate earlier. 01:35:43.780 --> 01:35:51.580 Oh, so, okay, so I guess your understanding was correct. 01:35:51.580 --> 01:35:55.180 We'd like to be playing out this round. 01:35:55.180 --> 01:36:00.060 the thing is we've got to we've just got to get the game on the way we 01:36:00.060 --> 01:36:03.500 unfortunately as bad as it is with internet issues we just can't sit around 01:36:03.500 --> 01:36:07.860 all night there's three games to play tonight and we've got to get running 01:36:07.860 --> 01:36:13.180 through them and it isn't fair to anyone involved least of all one of 30 but 01:36:13.180 --> 01:36:19.100 you know five years as well so three versus five surely we will see five 01:36:19.100 --> 01:36:23.860 fears trying to narrow that lead again by around here in round number seven 01:36:23.860 --> 01:36:29.460 Reminder for everybody first six rounds one of 30 came out for two on top five 01:36:29.460 --> 01:36:34.500 figures despite their impressive attacking wind percentage inside of the 01:36:34.500 --> 01:36:40.780 regular stage of kickoff and struggle so far tonight but this is their chance to 01:36:40.780 --> 01:36:46.380 redeem themselves my defensive side and with a pretty hefty advantage this 01:36:46.380 --> 01:36:49.380 This should just be a formality. 01:36:49.380 --> 01:36:52.380 Ooh, perhaps not, though. 01:36:52.380 --> 01:36:55.380 As, ooh, that could have been crazy. 01:36:55.380 --> 01:36:57.380 Now it seems like it might just be a formality, guys. 01:36:57.380 --> 01:37:00.380 This might be a bit tricky to get the line around forest. 01:37:00.380 --> 01:37:02.380 Imagine a lot of defenders now swamping. 01:37:02.380 --> 01:37:05.380 But this could also be a moment where this is a serious... 01:37:05.380 --> 01:37:08.380 serious do not troll com right now. 01:37:08.380 --> 01:37:10.380 Don't want to risk throwing something like this away. 01:37:10.380 --> 01:37:12.380 Trying to pre-fire on the class shield. 01:37:12.380 --> 01:37:15.380 Ooh, good shot by Silo, but C4 will land 01:37:15.380 --> 01:37:20.820 fans taken down. So, remember the call was that they were going to replay this round 01:37:20.820 --> 01:37:25.140 even if Bino DC'd. Unfortunately, I think somebody's still left even though they technically weren't 01:37:25.140 --> 01:37:30.980 supposed to and that meant they had to play out the round 3v5, even though this guy's played 01:37:30.980 --> 01:37:40.580 out 4v5. Now, now, I don't know. Now we sub the coach in. We get back in the lobby, 01:37:40.580 --> 01:37:47.460 with sub-coaching because Bino has been given, I'm guessing, I'm not an admin so don't hold me to it, 01:37:47.460 --> 01:37:52.580 but I'm guessing the call is that Bino has been given fair enough opportunity to be able to rejoin, 01:37:53.460 --> 01:37:58.580 isn't able to maintain stable connection, and therefore it's one of two options, isn't it? 01:37:58.580 --> 01:38:02.820 You either substitute a player or you, I don't know, maybe one of three, you substitute a 01:38:02.820 --> 01:38:06.980 player, you play four versus five, or you just forfeit, because I know there is a rule 01:38:06.980 --> 01:38:08.980 I'm going to go in and play with 01:38:08.980 --> 01:38:11.980 the boys and hold my own. Because 01:38:11.980 --> 01:38:12.980 as a coach, you know a lot of 01:38:12.980 --> 01:38:14.980 things. So the option here is 01:38:14.980 --> 01:38:16.980 fortunately one of 30. I've got 01:38:16.980 --> 01:38:18.980 a coach and we should be able 01:38:18.980 --> 01:38:20.980 to get that coaching now. I 01:38:20.980 --> 01:38:22.980 don't know about you, Lynx. But 01:38:22.980 --> 01:38:24.980 and I've not given coaching any 01:38:24.980 --> 01:38:26.980 great length of thought, but 01:38:26.980 --> 01:38:28.980 this particular point in being 01:38:28.980 --> 01:38:30.980 a coach isn't really somewhere 01:38:30.980 --> 01:38:32.980 that I'd want to be. You're 01:38:32.980 --> 01:38:34.980 still there now, and you're 01:38:34.980 --> 01:38:40.020 Because as a coach you know a lot of things, but there's a reason people are coaches and not players, right? 01:38:40.660 --> 01:38:47.240 No, I definitely agree with that. I'm not something that I would think that one would think that 01:38:48.660 --> 01:38:52.620 When you're hiring a coach or picking a coach, you're like, what if hear me out 01:38:52.700 --> 01:38:59.660 What if one of our players internet literally implodes and we need somebody to sub in I understand that you know 01:38:59.660 --> 01:39:03.100 You are you know Fabian you are the greatest mind to ever play the game 01:39:03.100 --> 01:39:10.340 But could you really could you really fight against JJ now Fabian obviously being an ironic example because he is a two-time world champion 01:39:10.820 --> 01:39:15.100 So that's why I know three-time world champion. I forgot about that 01:39:16.180 --> 01:39:18.180 Can make a mistake like that 01:39:18.180 --> 01:39:21.340 But Fabian being a funny example because he actually did it 01:39:21.980 --> 01:39:24.940 But I believe one of 30s head coach. I believe his name is Roy's 01:39:24.940 --> 01:39:30.280 Um, obviously this is all online, but I believe they're all in at least the same hemisphere 01:39:30.280 --> 01:39:32.280 So hopefully the ping isn't too bad 01:39:32.840 --> 01:39:35.960 But we've got all good Roy's in Mexico 01:39:36.520 --> 01:39:38.280 all we have 01:39:38.280 --> 01:39:43.560 Piker in the United Kingdom, so I'm guessing through ping reasons 01:39:43.560 --> 01:39:47.240 It's probably gonna be Roy's Roy's is listed as the head coach anyway 01:39:47.760 --> 01:39:52.720 So it would make a lot of sense for them to step in and fill those shoes 01:39:52.720 --> 01:39:55.220 you know, not really, but 01:39:55.320 --> 01:39:56.920 you know, you know, you know, 01:39:57.020 --> 01:39:58.120 you've got to be, you know, 01:39:58.220 --> 01:40:00.120 you've got to be on the news. 01:40:00.220 --> 01:40:01.120 Um, but yeah, I mean, could 01:40:01.220 --> 01:40:03.520 you imagine being? Imagine 01:40:03.620 --> 01:40:04.920 being a player like action 01:40:05.020 --> 01:40:07.020 and all of a sudden instead 01:40:07.120 --> 01:40:08.660 of, you know, hot and cold 01:40:08.760 --> 01:40:10.320 and other people inside of the 01:40:10.420 --> 01:40:11.720 team sort of calling the shots. 01:40:11.820 --> 01:40:12.720 You've got you've got fabbing 01:40:12.820 --> 01:40:14.120 in the lobby and you're 01:40:14.220 --> 01:40:15.520 like you've been put on a 01:40:15.620 --> 01:40:17.120 leave sort of thing. I just 01:40:17.220 --> 01:40:19.220 think it would be a little 01:40:19.320 --> 01:40:20.820 bit of an undertaking. But 01:40:20.920 --> 01:40:22.120 again, you know, for one of 01:40:22.120 --> 01:40:32.120 and now to face these sort of trials and tribulations, it really does feel like they've caught an unfortunate streak of bad luck here as we enter. 01:40:32.120 --> 01:40:35.120 What is the most critical portion of kickoff? 01:40:35.120 --> 01:40:42.120 Well, and then once I do that point that like obviously, you know, the ideal, the perfect scenario is that something like this just never happens, right? 01:40:42.120 --> 01:40:51.120 That we don't have to talk about this and that. If, you know, assuming that this Royce will play out the whole series with one authority, that, you know, the series won't have such a blemish on it. 01:40:51.120 --> 01:40:56.760 But at the same time, I think it's worth pointing out that this is not one of 30s only chance to qualify for the major 01:40:56.760 --> 01:41:01.800 They are in the upper bracket semi-final. They technically speaking have one more shot now 01:41:01.800 --> 01:41:08.320 It will be playing Shopify rebellion in the lower bracket. So it is don't get me wrong 01:41:09.200 --> 01:41:12.480 It's not like they have an easy road if they end up losing here 01:41:12.760 --> 01:41:14.760 But it is not the end for them 01:41:15.360 --> 01:41:20.640 Even if they go down a bit whether because or because not of this situation that we have in front of us 01:41:20.640 --> 01:41:27.060 So we will have the head coach for one of 30 sighing in and we will just continue to hang out in vibe as 01:41:28.440 --> 01:41:30.960 Fences trying to meditate 01:41:33.640 --> 01:41:35.640 Performing yoga 01:41:35.640 --> 01:41:37.800 Just generally one warrior T. I 01:41:38.720 --> 01:41:43.380 Don't know was that either of the Warriors? I don't think it was I don't think it was either 01:41:43.380 --> 01:41:48.180 I think I know warrior to is that the only you like lean forward. Why that was a bad descriptor 01:41:48.660 --> 01:41:55.580 Is that the one where you like you like arms are out like one. Yeah, you put your arms out don't you yeah 01:41:59.020 --> 01:42:04.600 So I don't know if we want I bet the desk probably knows what warrior two is so can we just like can we throw them in here? 01:42:04.600 --> 01:42:06.600 Cuz I don't really have any concrete 01:42:07.860 --> 01:42:15.060 I reckon now Fox looks you think I do yoga absolutely not I am not doing 01:42:15.060 --> 01:42:17.560 You're the active one of the group, right? 01:42:17.560 --> 01:42:18.560 Wait, what? 01:42:18.560 --> 01:42:20.560 You're the active one of the group. 01:42:20.560 --> 01:42:22.560 Yeah, but it doesn't mean I'm doing yoga. 01:42:22.560 --> 01:42:23.560 Active? 01:42:23.560 --> 01:42:25.560 What does that even mean, though? 01:42:25.560 --> 01:42:29.700 I respect all yoga, all Pilates and stuff like that, but the last thing that I'm going 01:42:29.700 --> 01:42:34.060 to do to spend my hour is either going into a hot, sweaty yoga session. 01:42:34.060 --> 01:42:35.560 Dude, hot yoga is awesome. 01:42:35.560 --> 01:42:36.560 No, it's not. 01:42:36.560 --> 01:42:37.560 It is so fun. 01:42:37.560 --> 01:42:38.560 No, it's okay. 01:42:38.560 --> 01:42:39.560 Absolutely not. 01:42:39.560 --> 01:42:40.560 I can do it before this year. 01:42:40.560 --> 01:42:42.560 My girlfriend started teaching hot yoga. 01:42:42.560 --> 01:42:45.820 Okay, I have to go hotel room because there's no way. Okay. 01:42:47.100 --> 01:42:51.100 Forced hot yoga is not fun, but you go in and you just drip it. 01:42:51.100 --> 01:42:51.820 You should try it. 01:42:51.820 --> 01:42:52.660 It's very satisfying. 01:42:52.660 --> 01:42:53.380 You should try to pull off. 01:42:53.380 --> 01:42:58.220 Well, I just, just to be, just to be clear, if I am running on a campaign for 01:42:58.220 --> 01:43:01.780 president 2028 of mandatory hot yoga, that is a cornerstone of my campaign 01:43:01.780 --> 01:43:04.540 platform. So there will be compulsatory mandatory. 01:43:04.540 --> 01:43:06.980 And you're going to get no votes and it's not going to work out well. 01:43:06.980 --> 01:43:09.140 That's not true because in front of the line. 01:43:09.140 --> 01:43:15.220 Yeah, I do that mandatory bad you got to know what you're walking into if you're ready if you're prepared it's fine 01:43:15.500 --> 01:43:19.820 You don't do yoga box. I don't even know why you look at me like you don't do yoga 01:43:19.820 --> 01:43:23.420 You just complain to us that your back hurts. Yeah, my back does hurt yoga might 01:43:26.620 --> 01:43:33.820 Facing dog on broadcast downward facing that's not even it's downward. How about how about warrior to have a warrior wanting to warrior to 01:43:34.500 --> 01:43:36.500 Well, I don't know what the warriors are 01:43:36.500 --> 01:43:42.880 I've seen a lot of us toes more times than I can count you have yeah, wow these stretches real nice 01:43:44.340 --> 01:43:50.160 Well obviously as you could tell we're just we're we're buying some time here because we are waiting to see what the situation is 01:43:50.420 --> 01:43:53.860 For these guys as they get into the lot about what it's like being in this situation 01:43:53.860 --> 01:43:57.900 You're being iced out especially yeah on the side of five years being down for two 01:43:57.900 --> 01:44:01.220 I mean you never want to find yourself in this situation on either side 01:44:01.220 --> 01:44:03.540 I mean everyone wants you know a fairly competitive match 01:44:03.540 --> 01:44:08.600 No one wants to even play that recent one where it was a 5v3 and it is unfortunate that you know these things do happen 01:44:08.600 --> 01:44:14.280 It's technical errors. It's ISPs. I've been in situations like that where all of a sudden it's well internet's gone 01:44:14.280 --> 01:44:17.660 Can't do anything about it, but it's the most important thing is there. Yeah, I mean 01:44:19.660 --> 01:44:21.820 On your lease I got a new place so you could 01:44:22.340 --> 01:44:24.380 Do the stream but it's very difficult 01:44:24.380 --> 01:44:30.100 It's definitely important for them to get up move around stay composed and you just got acceptable kind of fate throws at you at 01:44:30.100 --> 01:44:34.060 that point. It's a it's a mental aspect for sure because you have to sit there 01:44:34.060 --> 01:44:38.940 and you can only you know beat the horse, beat the bush, beat the horse, don't beat 01:44:38.940 --> 01:44:42.860 a dead horse that's the term. You don't want to beat the dead horse that many times because 01:44:42.860 --> 01:44:47.260 you can only talk about what you're gonna do next, what just happened. So many 01:44:47.260 --> 01:44:50.820 times before you're over analyzing it, before it gets boring, everyone knows 01:44:50.820 --> 01:44:53.060 at a certain point what you're gonna be doing so at that point it's just 01:44:53.060 --> 01:44:57.380 staying mentally active, just making sure that everyone's there, maybe 01:44:57.380 --> 01:45:00.260 maybe cracking some jokes, making sure that you're not getting ice, you got the blood 01:45:00.260 --> 01:45:01.260 flowing. 01:45:01.260 --> 01:45:05.660 That's the biggest take away that you need to do, you know, we've been there many times 01:45:05.660 --> 01:45:09.460 and the best way is just, you know, everyone is laughing, saying jokes inside jokes as best 01:45:09.460 --> 01:45:11.740 as you can and keep people mentally there. 01:45:11.740 --> 01:45:15.940 Do you remember on Oxygen when, I mean this isn't in the exact same snare, but we were 01:45:15.940 --> 01:45:21.580 in Charlotte and I had the Snapchat filter where it was making everyone's face sad 01:45:21.580 --> 01:45:26.500 and I think we couldn't scrim because the internet was down in the rooms but I 01:45:26.500 --> 01:45:32.040 kept going around everyone's face and making them put the crying do it do it 01:45:32.040 --> 01:45:35.420 anything to keep yeah I mean yeah you gotta get the spirits up I mean the more 01:45:35.420 --> 01:45:39.060 you sit here and dwell and just be like oh this is a drag we can't play oh we 01:45:39.060 --> 01:45:43.860 were up in rounds now if they come back you know this is the only reason no you 01:45:43.860 --> 01:45:46.660 got you got to stay focused on what you can and what's within the round of 01:45:46.660 --> 01:45:51.220 possibilities and if it's doing whatever you're doing or doing some yoga or 01:45:51.220 --> 01:45:55.860 doing what, you know, roller, roller, roller skating, 01:45:55.860 --> 01:45:57.220 like they're doing maybe, you know, 01:45:57.220 --> 01:45:58.380 you gotta find something. 01:45:58.380 --> 01:46:00.540 Yeah, everyone hit the scuba. 01:46:02.060 --> 01:46:02.980 I saw that. 01:46:05.060 --> 01:46:07.220 I was just hanging up, I was having a good time. 01:46:07.220 --> 01:46:08.060 Yeah. 01:46:09.660 --> 01:46:13.140 As you can see, we are just biding time here, 01:46:13.140 --> 01:46:15.460 really at the very last, 01:46:15.460 --> 01:46:16.780 you know what I'm saying? 01:46:16.780 --> 01:46:19.420 Someone who's significantly less online than Fox, 01:46:19.420 --> 01:46:20.860 I have no idea what the scuba is. 01:46:20.860 --> 01:46:23.140 Could you please explain to me? 01:46:23.140 --> 01:46:25.220 It's just a dance move, and then people 01:46:25.220 --> 01:46:26.740 started doing the AI. 01:46:26.740 --> 01:46:28.220 They take those little cats, and they'd 01:46:28.220 --> 01:46:31.740 make the cat do an AI thing, the AI dance move. 01:46:31.740 --> 01:46:35.300 And now there's all kinds of, oh, it started with, what's 01:46:35.300 --> 01:46:37.340 that one, Zootopia? 01:46:37.340 --> 01:46:38.860 No, with the fox and the bunny? 01:46:38.860 --> 01:46:39.460 Yeah, that's Zootopia. 01:46:39.460 --> 01:46:39.980 Right, right. 01:46:39.980 --> 01:46:40.500 That's Zootopia. 01:46:40.500 --> 01:46:43.140 People took the fox, and he was the first AI of him 01:46:43.140 --> 01:46:45.860 just doing that. 01:46:45.860 --> 01:46:47.860 So I don't know why. 01:46:47.860 --> 01:46:49.980 I think I was teamed with this for five years. 01:46:49.980 --> 01:46:50.820 Five years. 01:46:50.820 --> 01:46:51.640 It's crazy. 01:46:51.640 --> 01:46:52.560 I've dealt with this. 01:46:52.560 --> 01:46:54.480 Lex, can you imagine, can you imagine 01:46:54.480 --> 01:46:56.640 teeming with Fox with AI stuff or something 01:46:56.640 --> 01:46:58.440 that you might have to scroll through? 01:46:59.440 --> 01:47:01.760 I mean, Fox has definitely taught me a lot too. 01:47:01.760 --> 01:47:03.560 I mean, don't let me discredit, you know, 01:47:03.560 --> 01:47:06.000 his TikTok dances and staying on top of things. 01:47:06.000 --> 01:47:07.320 I mean, Fox has definitely taught me 01:47:07.320 --> 01:47:09.280 some things throughout our time. 01:47:09.280 --> 01:47:11.360 You gotta find a way to stay relevant, you know, 01:47:11.360 --> 01:47:13.320 and keep a guy like him around. 01:47:13.320 --> 01:47:14.280 You'll know. 01:47:14.280 --> 01:47:15.680 I mean, definitely keeps you up to date 01:47:15.680 --> 01:47:17.040 with all the trends that are going on. 01:47:17.040 --> 01:47:19.000 I mean, whether it's Ashwagandha, 01:47:19.000 --> 01:47:24.400 whether it's that's good it's good that's good that's good it's good stuff I 01:47:24.400 --> 01:47:28.720 think this is a perfect time to step aside before things get too crazy here on 01:47:28.720 --> 01:47:32.240 the desk we're gonna we're gonna give it a bite a minute talking about yoga and 01:47:32.240 --> 01:47:35.360 that's that's where we draw the line I don't know I don't know if we should talk 01:47:35.360 --> 01:47:40.880 about substances too much so substance of vitamin Jonah hit a scoop but I send 01:47:40.880 --> 01:47:47.520 us off to it but in between let them do it do well what is it yeah looking 01:47:47.520 --> 01:47:52.680 camera dude like that's where we draw the line at vitamins I don't know you're 01:47:52.680 --> 01:47:56.200 over here talking about the breakdown of a cat cleaning itself that was in a 01:47:56.200 --> 01:48:00.720 little dry line there that was insightful I mean if you could lick 01:48:00.720 --> 01:48:04.160 yourself would you not what you just said I'm sorry what the hell did you 01:48:04.160 --> 01:48:09.600 say yourself like a cat would you not take advantage and we're gonna start for 01:48:09.600 --> 01:48:13.440 a moment when we come back we hope to get into this game thanks for your 01:48:13.440 --> 01:48:17.280 patience we'll see you in a few minutes 01:49:47.520 --> 01:49:49.520 I 01:51:47.520 --> 01:51:54.520 I 01:51:54.520 --> 01:51:57.520 I 01:51:57.520 --> 01:52:01.520 I 01:52:01.520 --> 01:52:05.520 I 01:52:05.520 --> 01:52:09.520 I 01:52:09.520 --> 01:52:13.520 I 01:54:13.520 --> 01:54:21.520 the game. Well, welcome back 01:54:21.520 --> 01:54:23.520 everybody. Hopefully we'll be 01:54:23.520 --> 01:54:25.520 able to get back in the game 01:54:25.520 --> 01:54:27.520 shortly. It's still me and 01:54:27.520 --> 01:54:29.520 Ali. Slowly pushing that 01:54:29.520 --> 01:54:31.520 boulder up the hill. If you've 01:54:31.520 --> 01:54:32.520 been absent for I don't know 01:54:32.520 --> 01:54:34.520 like the past little bit or 01:54:34.520 --> 01:54:35.520 so. It's currently at four 01:54:35.520 --> 01:54:36.520 to between one of 30 and 01:54:36.520 --> 01:54:37.520 five years, one of 30 were 01:54:37.520 --> 01:54:39.520 getting a lead. But of course 01:54:39.520 --> 01:54:41.520 Ali we could not. Well, we 01:54:41.520 --> 01:54:46.880 One of 30 will have to play with a coach against five fears and for five years couldn't think of anything more beneficial 01:54:47.360 --> 01:54:50.600 Yeah, I mean there's arguments here that five fears kind of needed it, right? 01:54:50.600 --> 01:54:53.720 We've only seen half of the game so far half of a map 01:54:53.720 --> 01:54:59.680 So it'd be pretty bold of us to go out there and say, you know one one of these two teams is struggling or not 01:54:59.680 --> 01:55:06.060 I think the overarching thing in this now is is obviously be nos internet connection and the fact that they aren't able to maintain a stable enough 01:55:06.060 --> 01:55:13.060 and that's causing the biggest problem at the moment, as you say, four to three now, five 01:55:13.060 --> 01:55:19.060 fears on that come up there, three rounds, one of 30 of course, have four, one of 30 did 01:55:19.060 --> 01:55:24.060 really well on that first defensive half and five fears from whatever that we expected them 01:55:24.060 --> 01:55:29.060 to do well was that attack, but we didn't really see it transpire. Obviously now it's 01:55:29.060 --> 01:55:33.060 going to be a very different playing field. I believe we're still trying to get the 01:55:33.060 --> 01:55:39.860 coach in. The coach is going to be Roy's. I don't really know all that much about them. 01:55:39.860 --> 01:55:44.780 Obviously, from a player perspective, it's, you know, we can all play the game a little 01:55:44.780 --> 01:55:49.020 bit, but it's, you know, you'd be silly to think it's anything other than a severe handicap 01:55:49.020 --> 01:55:53.380 going into this now, especially with the position that one of 30 have got themselves 01:55:53.380 --> 01:55:57.420 in with that brilliant win that they got yesterday. So it just sort of, you know, 01:55:57.420 --> 01:55:58.980 makes you feel a bit bad for them, right? 01:55:58.980 --> 01:56:02.420 Yeah, and just to again highlight kind of the stakes that are going on. This 01:56:02.420 --> 01:56:06.100 This is not an elimination match, so while this did happen to 1-30 and that sucks, this 01:56:06.100 --> 01:56:10.820 is not like Internet DC on their only chance of making the major. 01:56:10.820 --> 01:56:14.780 They do have an extra shot even if they were to go down to five years, which it's only 01:56:14.780 --> 01:56:15.780 map one. 01:56:15.780 --> 01:56:16.780 There's a total of three. 01:56:16.780 --> 01:56:19.580 There's also five years pick, so there's a lot of room to go. 01:56:19.580 --> 01:56:23.380 And also with border coming up next, as long as Royce can shoot back, there's a decent 01:56:23.380 --> 01:56:26.820 chance that border might not go all that much worse than it otherwise would have, 01:56:26.820 --> 01:56:29.740 given how chaotic a border can be. 01:56:29.740 --> 01:56:34.380 But unfortunately, we do not have the players back just yet, so we will have to take another 01:56:34.380 --> 01:56:35.380 break. 01:56:35.380 --> 01:56:36.380 So don't go anywhere. 01:56:36.380 --> 01:56:37.580 We'll be right back with Clubhouse right after this. 01:59:59.740 --> 02:00:27.020 And 02:00:27.020 --> 02:00:28.940 we've got the game for you thankfully. 02:00:28.940 --> 02:00:36.240 Now, obviously, of course, must address, unfortunately, while we are back, Holly, 1-30 will actually 02:00:36.240 --> 02:00:41.860 have to play out with a 4v5 for the rest of at least the map, potentially the series as 02:00:41.860 --> 02:00:42.860 well. 02:00:42.860 --> 02:00:45.620 It's of course nothing that I think anybody is particularly happy with, including in 02:00:45.620 --> 02:00:51.100 most of all, 1-30, especially since they currently see themselves up 4-2. 02:00:51.100 --> 02:00:58.100 I'm guessing that the 7th round didn't stand. 02:00:58.100 --> 02:01:01.100 I suppose not. 02:01:01.100 --> 02:01:04.100 Okay, well, I mean, it is what it is. 02:01:04.100 --> 02:01:06.100 This is from my landscape, right? 02:01:06.100 --> 02:01:10.100 I believe that we will have to, I mean, pick the same bomb site at least, which we have done. 02:01:10.100 --> 02:01:12.100 That's a tick in the box. 02:01:12.100 --> 02:01:16.100 I'm going to be real, I can't remember the exact operators, but I do remember being flashed. 02:01:16.100 --> 02:01:20.100 So I'm going to say that if you haven't picked the right half of them, let's just get underway. 02:01:20.100 --> 02:01:23.540 and not allow any further delays in this one. 02:01:23.540 --> 02:01:27.140 Obviously, unfortunate for 1 of 30 and I guess, you know, 02:01:27.140 --> 02:01:30.020 we will cover the game through the lens that we see it, 02:01:30.020 --> 02:01:31.620 and that is that they are going to be a man down, 02:01:31.620 --> 02:01:34.420 so it's going to be big praise on to 1 of 30 02:01:34.420 --> 02:01:36.340 for things that they still managed to do well 02:01:36.340 --> 02:01:37.700 in this circumstance. 02:01:37.700 --> 02:01:40.180 And, you know, big criticism on the side of 5-5, 02:01:40.180 --> 02:01:41.380 for any mistakes they make, 02:01:41.380 --> 02:01:45.300 because these should all be winnable rounds. 02:01:45.300 --> 02:01:48.020 However, something that I would draw attention to 02:01:48.020 --> 02:01:51.540 is the fact that throughout the first six rounds of play, 02:01:51.540 --> 02:01:54.420 five players got the opening pick in every single round bar one, 02:01:54.420 --> 02:01:58.820 so five out of those six, and yet they still only managed to win two rounds. 02:01:58.820 --> 02:02:03.140 So even with the advantage links, they're not all that, you know, 02:02:03.140 --> 02:02:06.020 it's not like they're a tear in a way when they have that advantage. 02:02:06.740 --> 02:02:10.740 I think more of the mental aspects of going up four versus five 02:02:10.740 --> 02:02:13.460 is something to consider in this. 02:02:13.460 --> 02:02:15.780 So we will see how the game develops. 02:02:15.780 --> 02:02:19.380 At least for now, we've got a good push over through that top side. 02:02:20.580 --> 02:02:27.880 There's maybe a thought from one of 30 that they want to try and move quite speedily through the map here. 02:02:29.480 --> 02:02:33.680 You get that vibe, especially when they start creeping into construction, so you might W going for a bit of a lurk there, 02:02:33.680 --> 02:02:38.580 trying to cast what presence there is over by the logistic side. 02:02:38.880 --> 02:02:45.580 Close B on the Loggy wall to allow Mike W to drone, but people will fly out of the gym window and one of one of 30's P remaining players. 02:02:45.580 --> 02:02:48.180 25% of them will go down to it. 02:02:48.180 --> 02:02:49.940 Not even from the player inside of gym. 02:02:49.940 --> 02:02:52.940 That's currently JJ on the Azami holding down 02:02:52.940 --> 02:02:54.780 on the weight rack. 02:02:54.780 --> 02:02:56.020 We need some D to key utility. 02:02:56.020 --> 02:02:58.860 We need every advantage you can get. 02:02:58.860 --> 02:03:01.020 There's no room to error for one or 30 at the moment. 02:03:01.020 --> 02:03:03.260 So the Mike W push deeper, spots one prone on the floor. 02:03:03.260 --> 02:03:05.180 Just one more kill to level this up. 02:03:05.180 --> 02:03:06.940 Half and half, unfortunately, 02:03:06.940 --> 02:03:09.180 Snake swinging down will find Patrick. 02:03:09.180 --> 02:03:10.620 So next up, has the shield. 02:03:10.620 --> 02:03:12.780 Is that like three people all around the bathroom 02:03:12.780 --> 02:03:18.340 the top of main stairs five years all basically stacking on top of each other in one part of 02:03:18.340 --> 02:03:20.460 the site and slowly begin their comeback. 02:03:20.460 --> 02:03:29.020 It's, well, slowly is one way of describing how tonight has gone and five years are going 02:03:29.020 --> 02:03:30.380 to want to try and speed things up. 02:03:30.380 --> 02:03:32.180 Of course, reminder, this is the best of three. 02:03:32.180 --> 02:03:33.780 There are three maps. 02:03:33.780 --> 02:03:38.420 If we so need them, we will at least see two clubhouse, of course, the map that 02:03:38.420 --> 02:03:41.780 we are in and border is the next map in the series. 02:03:41.780 --> 02:03:49.780 Again, I'm not sure if there's going to be any sort of delay in between this map and border if we are going to try and get some of the extra in for 1 of 30. 02:03:49.780 --> 02:03:51.780 Time will tell. 02:03:52.780 --> 02:03:53.780 Back upstairs. 02:03:53.780 --> 02:04:01.780 By first so far, I've avoided going down to the basement, and instead they are going to be giving us a bit of a tour of this top floor. 02:04:02.780 --> 02:04:08.780 Above electrification ban, so everything should be fairly straightforward to get open here for 1 of 30. 02:04:08.780 --> 02:04:12.540 Again, it comes down to that age-old and we're gonna sound like broken records, they're links, you know 02:04:12.740 --> 02:04:16.500 Have they got the sufficient manpower to really, you know open everything up? 02:04:16.500 --> 02:04:21.140 I understand that they've won rounds for B5, but it's missing that utility 02:04:21.140 --> 02:04:27.040 That's the key factor, isn't it? Because someone can die on an open pick and their utility is still placed, it's still used 02:04:27.040 --> 02:04:29.040 It still has impact 02:04:31.880 --> 02:04:37.620 Well, especially when you look at, you know, some line-ups that attacking teams will bring where there's no like there's no core like 02:04:37.620 --> 02:04:41.900 powerful or cheesy operator being brought by the attack, but they make up for in the aggregate, right? 02:04:41.900 --> 02:04:45.760 Like, you know, the operator line of some talking or about when it's like, you know, one or two hard breaches, 02:04:46.020 --> 02:04:52.900 capitao, some kind of vertical destruction, you know, what I would say is kind of like a baseline standard rainbow sex style operator line up. 02:04:52.900 --> 02:04:55.860 But you can't really get away with that when it's only four players because 02:04:56.340 --> 02:05:00.300 there's just something powerful you're missing that is going to make a bad situation. 02:05:00.300 --> 02:05:05.300 Like, you can get away with, you know, maybe weaker utility when you've got five players you can all work towards the same vision, 02:05:05.300 --> 02:05:08.900 But you know, in a situation like this, you've got to bring this to Grim in a demo. 02:05:08.900 --> 02:05:13.860 It's just to give yourself some kind of advantage and beyond that, it gets really difficult. 02:05:13.860 --> 02:05:16.980 Ooh, spotting one player, Packer. 02:05:17.700 --> 02:05:20.580 Not even his fault, of course, just pushed a little far up, 02:05:20.580 --> 02:05:23.420 and I think Packer can physically look down further than that. 02:05:24.260 --> 02:05:28.180 Other enforcement starters, one authority keeps trying to get a leg up on five years 02:05:28.180 --> 02:05:31.100 and is just, yeah, continuously thwarted by this defense. 02:05:31.100 --> 02:05:38.820 They're ashamed for that because I think the intention and the idea was there wasn't it? 02:05:38.820 --> 02:05:43.620 They're good info they knew exactly where Forrest was, weren't able to convert any of 02:05:43.620 --> 02:05:45.220 those horrible awkward angles. 02:05:45.220 --> 02:05:49.540 Ooh, there's a lack of info here, Snake tucked into gym. 02:05:49.540 --> 02:05:54.180 We'll find one onto Mike, bees or not, doesn't matter. 02:05:54.180 --> 02:05:57.300 As this is again likely going to be a lockout round. 02:05:57.300 --> 02:06:01.780 and half remaining to Volsper and Silo to try and make something happen. 02:06:01.780 --> 02:06:05.820 I know that somebody is inside a construction, but with Snake picking up his second, 02:06:05.820 --> 02:06:10.860 JJ collects in the final kill by fears of levelling themselves up here. 02:06:10.860 --> 02:06:19.020 Tie the whole game. Second time that has happened is the first one both teams traded 02:06:19.020 --> 02:06:22.980 around back and forth on Basement Gym respectively and now it's five years and two in Real 02:06:22.980 --> 02:06:27.120 else be the second time either team has a clear lead. 02:06:28.380 --> 02:06:29.780 Our basement will be the next bomb site 02:06:29.780 --> 02:06:32.620 on the rotation for Five Fears is obviously, 02:06:33.460 --> 02:06:35.560 I was gonna say obviously they have fixed their opening 02:06:35.560 --> 02:06:37.460 kill pick, but they're still continuing to get them 02:06:37.460 --> 02:06:39.740 as the conversions that are obviously a bit easier now 02:06:39.740 --> 02:06:43.060 that they're starting inherently with a 5v4. 02:06:43.060 --> 02:06:44.580 Defense setups are also, I will say, 02:06:44.580 --> 02:06:46.900 not doing one of 30 any favors. 02:06:46.900 --> 02:06:48.620 I mean, Five Fears, these past couple rounds 02:06:48.620 --> 02:06:51.420 have thrown Azami and Mira and some combination 02:06:51.420 --> 02:06:56.620 flash or castle at the attack and that requires a lot of utility so going back to my point about 02:06:56.620 --> 02:07:00.620 the you know inherent downside to having one less player aside from the fact you only have one less 02:07:00.620 --> 02:07:04.220 player you're gonna have to bring a lot more of those super powerful operators to give yourself an 02:07:04.220 --> 02:07:08.860 advantage like snake and grim, game osu! and grim that sort of thing and i mean you have less 02:07:08.860 --> 02:07:13.500 of an ability to open up a mirror window to break down the castle barricades or deal with those 02:07:13.500 --> 02:07:19.900 q barriers because if you take a look at this lineup right now only one player has a dmr well two 02:07:19.900 --> 02:07:23.500 players. Now with DMR, the trade-out is you lose your grip and wouldn't that be a nice 02:07:23.500 --> 02:07:26.540 utility halftie even things up? Oh and he's got a shotgun itself. 02:07:28.460 --> 02:07:37.580 Doubly wrong for me. Yeah, I think for me as well. Especially with the position that 02:07:37.580 --> 02:07:43.740 the F2s are in at the moment. It's quite literally the best game of the time, but we see teams 02:07:43.740 --> 02:07:48.700 that run both a twitch and a snake just in order to get as many of them in the lineup as 02:07:48.700 --> 02:07:55.260 possible. Mike W's found himself in a bit of a curious spot. Choked all of it quite early, 02:07:55.820 --> 02:08:00.940 but I think that Five Fears know exactly where he is, and it's the keeper barricades over towards 02:08:00.940 --> 02:08:05.340 his direction. It's nice the way that Five Fears are playing this by the way. They're not 02:08:05.340 --> 02:08:08.940 looking to roam, they're not looking to contest, they're just instantly consolidating. 02:08:09.580 --> 02:08:13.420 That could be a bit of a problem when you give so much map control over though, 02:08:13.420 --> 02:08:16.500 And especially when your opponent gets the open pick, 02:08:16.500 --> 02:08:19.800 how do we take fans out? 02:08:19.800 --> 02:08:21.800 Levels things up 3-3. 02:08:21.800 --> 02:08:25.860 Now with the amount of map control that has just been given over, 02:08:25.860 --> 02:08:29.400 there's very real possibility for 1 of 30 to try and work something here. 02:08:29.400 --> 02:08:30.460 It's vertical. 02:08:30.460 --> 02:08:32.460 We all know how powerful it can be. 02:08:36.060 --> 02:08:39.500 It's an exciting situation in which 1 of 30 might have a much better shot 02:08:39.500 --> 02:08:41.500 just because of that early lurk by Mike W. 02:08:41.500 --> 02:08:45.500 Of course with the vertical destruction paths, it's going to be this slower because of the nature of the sledge. 02:08:45.500 --> 02:08:48.800 Love this safe, former seller breaching that we're staying from Volsper. 02:08:48.800 --> 02:08:52.800 Don't give up. It's not an advantage, but at least some kind of hope, something. 02:08:52.800 --> 02:08:56.800 Quick play in with the shotgun by Silo. Flashbangs in to facilitate the entry. 02:08:56.800 --> 02:08:58.800 It's a big trade by Five Fears. 02:08:58.800 --> 02:09:02.500 You can see One of Thirty are not letting anything slip, but JJ creeping around the corner. 02:09:02.500 --> 02:09:05.000 Volsper with a double spray! 02:09:05.000 --> 02:09:07.500 And now Snake in a 1v2. 02:09:07.500 --> 02:09:15.500 Five years might not get any lead whatsoever, as one of thirty have played this, I mean, just about perfectly, starting in the 4v5. 02:09:15.500 --> 02:09:20.500 Great idea with the flashbang and the shotgun, but just as Volsper lined the two up. 02:09:20.500 --> 02:09:25.500 Snake has a good idea of where these attackers might come from, spotted on the drone. 02:09:25.500 --> 02:09:28.500 We'll take it down. 02:09:28.500 --> 02:09:31.500 Still wandering around the site. 02:09:31.500 --> 02:09:35.420 C4 briefly ripped as the flashbang goes through, ready for the drop-down mode over, 02:09:35.420 --> 02:09:37.420 it won't find much of anything. 02:09:37.420 --> 02:09:40.380 Classes around the corner, but only one flashbang left to speak of. 02:09:40.380 --> 02:09:41.580 And there we have it! 02:09:42.460 --> 02:09:46.140 Mike W threads the needle and 4v5 be damned. 02:09:46.140 --> 02:09:47.900 1 of 30 maintained their lead. 02:09:50.140 --> 02:09:55.420 This is shaping up to be a fairly interesting match for a lot of different reasons right now. 02:09:57.260 --> 02:10:00.220 1 of 30 holding the line at the moment. 02:10:01.500 --> 02:10:07.500 The first six rounds of this game might come to be more important than we first realized. 02:10:09.500 --> 02:10:15.500 The basement is a site that is unable to be locked in by five fears. 02:10:15.500 --> 02:10:18.500 They have a little bit of a problem on their hands. 02:10:19.500 --> 02:10:21.500 Potential for an overtime. 02:10:23.500 --> 02:10:27.500 That's not anywhere that any of these players want to be at the moment. 02:10:27.500 --> 02:10:33.100 30 included within that if they're gonna win they want to win in regulation. Back 02:10:33.100 --> 02:10:38.900 up to the top floor we go then. This was fairly no-nonsense. It was a fairly 02:10:38.900 --> 02:10:42.700 straightforward hold from Five Fears but a lot of it did hinge around the clash 02:10:42.700 --> 02:10:48.620 which has now been removed by one of 30. So JJ and the clash inside a cash 02:10:48.620 --> 02:10:53.300 inside a CC. It wasn't gonna be a factor this time he switched over onto the 02:10:53.300 --> 02:11:00.580 mute instead. You have a thorn in place, a little bit of trap potential, quite a bit 02:11:00.580 --> 02:11:08.460 of anti-walking gear getting sent down as well. Of course, got the laser gates, got 02:11:08.460 --> 02:11:15.220 those malusia banshees. I'm a thorn to a degree, all of which just great tools in stopping 02:11:15.220 --> 02:11:19.940 players from just walking in and taking space. Now imagine the space that is going 02:11:19.940 --> 02:11:26.580 to be contested is again gonna be able to walk this DC uncached side. Straight in from 02:11:26.580 --> 02:11:27.740 my Dui. 02:11:27.740 --> 02:11:36.780 I mean, why try and switch up a good thing, right? You will find the initiative last time 02:11:36.780 --> 02:11:40.780 I dropped in on Oil Pit. I'm just gonna be a high street player on one of thirty. I'm 02:11:40.780 --> 02:11:44.260 certainly play the high person who's very excited to walk inside of the NALs and making 02:11:44.260 --> 02:11:46.660 a lot of good waves in T2 and Challenger series. 02:11:49.160 --> 02:11:50.720 A moment like this, you need a player like that 02:11:50.720 --> 02:11:52.560 who can squeeze their potential for all of the work. 02:11:52.560 --> 02:11:54.660 Only two rounds away from a regulation. 02:11:54.660 --> 02:11:56.960 Even if it's two flukes, that is enough 02:11:56.960 --> 02:11:59.460 just to get your opponents hit, by the way. 02:11:59.460 --> 02:12:02.260 And border coming up, I mean, it's a 4v5, it's not great, but... 02:12:03.860 --> 02:12:05.660 It'll be too early to start hoping that something might happen. 02:12:05.660 --> 02:12:10.660 Volsper creeping up another 4v4 to start as silo. 02:12:10.660 --> 02:12:14.160 Massive frag on a forest and Volsper finds another! 02:12:14.160 --> 02:12:19.600 Just Dome's rival holding the angle heart scoping for eight years it felt like. 02:12:19.600 --> 02:12:23.600 And what a 30-hp just narrowed, they've advantaged, they have a 4v2! 02:12:25.600 --> 02:12:30.080 JJ and Fens now in a real tough spot, Fens caught out on the deathmark tracker. 02:12:30.080 --> 02:12:34.080 JJ gonna move up, try and play this A-bomb chassis. 02:12:34.080 --> 02:12:39.360 Probably feels like he needs to extend here and get a pick because he knows that the pressure is just gonna be too much. 02:12:39.360 --> 02:12:42.480 There's a global man advantage, it's a four versus two. 02:12:42.480 --> 02:12:45.700 Been drowned inside of that room. 02:12:45.700 --> 02:12:49.200 C4 could be massive here, especially onto those windows. 02:12:51.200 --> 02:12:53.600 Oh, but Fens! 02:12:53.600 --> 02:13:00.700 Blinds everybody up inside a lodge, you pack her down in the process and a 4v2 shifts hands just like that. 02:13:00.700 --> 02:13:04.700 No need to rely on, it's just Mike W's gotta make it work. 02:13:04.700 --> 02:13:10.540 Little bit of a line on the player top main, but the fuser not only in Sino-Logy, but trapped, spotted on a BP 02:13:11.780 --> 02:13:16.220 Something like they might have an opportunity, but slowly trudging his way through the Banshee 02:13:18.820 --> 02:13:20.820 Give information to five fears 02:13:21.380 --> 02:13:24.540 To close Shotgun around the corner, such limited ammunition 02:13:25.260 --> 02:13:30.780 Gotta face a Shotgun of his own on the opposite side, put to two HP and then nothing! Five fears! 02:13:31.300 --> 02:13:32.940 A recovery! 02:13:32.940 --> 02:13:39.660 It's shocking as it is to say down to v4 one 30 didn't drop a single body before that point 02:13:40.940 --> 02:13:45.580 I mean even then with that round five fears. It's mixed feelings, isn't it because yes 02:13:45.580 --> 02:13:51.100 You can be happy that you won the two versus four and fends and jj played really well to be able to facilitate that 02:13:51.340 --> 02:13:55.980 But you've got a question. How did it get that bad in the first place? How did they lose? 02:13:56.700 --> 02:13:58.140 three bodies 02:13:58.140 --> 02:14:00.140 with nothing in response 02:14:00.140 --> 02:14:08.140 If one of thirty had a slightly better push there, and not just all tried to barrel in through logistics, 02:14:08.140 --> 02:14:10.140 it would have been a very different story. 02:14:10.140 --> 02:14:16.140 It was time to take your foot off the gas, get that reset, send somebody up main stairs, 02:14:16.140 --> 02:14:21.140 get somebody on the windows, send someone through condor, pinch them from all four sides. 02:14:21.140 --> 02:14:26.140 As two players you can't look everywhere, you can't be holding multiple angles. 02:14:26.140 --> 02:14:33.140 When you all sort of funnel into one area, same way that 1 of 30 did, the result is usually the same. 02:14:33.140 --> 02:14:35.140 10 seconds remaining. 02:14:35.140 --> 02:14:44.140 Ground at 4-5 fares to keep things level here. Neither team really giving the other an inch at the moment. 02:14:44.140 --> 02:14:48.140 It's great to see how hard 1 of 30 are fighting despite the odds. 02:14:48.140 --> 02:14:56.860 I mean it is highly impressive and I mean the sheer possibility that this could be 6-4 and 02:14:56.860 --> 02:14:58.820 the round looked like that up until the 4v2. 02:14:58.820 --> 02:15:03.380 It's not only speaks to the measure belief of 1-30 but just speaks to that this match 02:15:03.380 --> 02:15:04.380 is far from over. 02:15:04.380 --> 02:15:05.380 I mean it's 5-5. 02:15:05.380 --> 02:15:07.380 This could still go all the way to OT. 02:15:07.380 --> 02:15:11.860 The line we have from 1-30 right here. 02:15:11.860 --> 02:15:15.380 Again, bringing operators to try and even the odds and Ying to do their best. 02:15:15.380 --> 02:15:17.380 There's no warden on the opposite side. 02:15:17.380 --> 02:15:23.380 You won't have to worry about any of those glasses peering through the cannellas or any of the smoke grenades that she might throw. 02:15:23.380 --> 02:15:27.380 One of thirty keeps trying to find these little ways through. 02:15:27.380 --> 02:15:29.380 New jammer might trip things up a little bit. 02:15:29.380 --> 02:15:36.380 We can see especially as we saw with the twitch flashbangs by on basement, this is a good idea to try and just run and put to the shotgun for anybody can react. 02:15:38.380 --> 02:15:40.380 Might have to be again straight in. 02:15:40.380 --> 02:15:47.500 in. He doesn't waste any time taking early ground. And I guess why not? Bifurze is certainly 02:15:47.500 --> 02:15:52.140 giving a lot of this map control up and looking to consolidate to just play trades which I guess, 02:15:52.140 --> 02:15:53.900 you know, it's the right way to approach things. 02:15:57.260 --> 02:16:02.540 Ulspur? Thinking about something inside of Conn. Essentially waiting for his team to 02:16:02.540 --> 02:16:06.940 get into a bit of a position. Pack it. Like we're gonna drop this logistic hatch now. 02:16:06.940 --> 02:16:11.360 In some good information on this, the second candela going to get sent out as well. 02:16:11.360 --> 02:16:16.360 Puck's drop here needs to be impactful, might be walking up main stairs as well, I like this much more. 02:16:16.360 --> 02:16:22.360 Adding some different angles, of course some character goes down early, puts a tough burden on the side of 1 of 30, 02:16:22.360 --> 02:16:27.360 especially as this individual con push is not worked out, rival continuing the domination of the main stairs side. 02:16:27.360 --> 02:16:33.360 Silo hopping in, but just the most dominant round for 5-3 so far, since the 4 of E5 for 1 of 30. 02:16:33.360 --> 02:16:36.360 Now a single player I think dropped on the 5-3 side. 02:16:36.360 --> 02:16:41.660 Now the match point has finally shifted hands the only by one five years up six to five 02:16:43.880 --> 02:16:47.180 Well five shares are gonna breathe a small sigh of relief now, I think 02:16:48.160 --> 02:16:52.640 It's gonna be the first time in this game where they've actually held any league whatsoever 02:16:52.680 --> 02:16:55.480 But it's what it matters the most they are on that point 02:16:57.320 --> 02:17:03.720 It really matters how you get there people tend to on the river but the results not necessarily the journey 02:17:03.720 --> 02:17:11.080 for five years are primed and ready to take their own map choice here in Club 02:17:11.080 --> 02:17:18.220 House. One of 30's map choice of border will be coming up next. We're down to the 02:17:18.220 --> 02:17:23.340 basement for what could be the final round of club. Although it is worth reiterating. 02:17:23.340 --> 02:17:29.920 This was a bit of a tough round for five years last time we played it. It was 02:17:29.920 --> 02:17:35.200 It's the only map, or the only site, excuse me, that one of 30 have actually won on their attack so far, 02:17:35.200 --> 02:17:37.920 despite a couple of them coming quite close. 02:17:39.360 --> 02:17:43.360 I think in part due to some good early pressure in down toward oil pit, 02:17:43.360 --> 02:17:46.720 and five fears, kind of giving away quite a lot of the map control. 02:17:48.160 --> 02:17:49.920 Imagine that they're going to do similar again, 02:17:50.640 --> 02:17:53.840 just because one of 30 can't really, they're going to get the enough tools 02:17:54.720 --> 02:17:57.360 to really leverage that, although we do have Snake, 02:17:57.360 --> 02:17:59.200 just looking for a little cheeky peak there. 02:17:59.920 --> 02:18:05.460 outside of stock using to find it though 02:18:05.460 --> 02:18:07.660 especially how he's in one of thirty 02:18:07.660 --> 02:18:08.620 but you get those 02:18:08.620 --> 02:18:13.020 friends presented with them i think i'd be careful even in the forty five 02:18:13.020 --> 02:18:17.100 even it's even if the five years after sloppy with their confines it's just 02:18:17.100 --> 02:18:19.000 one of their future particular kind of 02:18:19.000 --> 02:18:21.800 individual tenacity 02:18:21.800 --> 02:18:25.800 in the second half that not only commendable but yet 02:18:25.800 --> 02:18:28.800 C4 cracked on the secret stairs. 02:18:29.800 --> 02:18:33.800 It's a belief that's either one of the snakes that's behind a Kiva barrier, 02:18:33.800 --> 02:18:36.800 play a little bit aggressive and have a little bit of advantage. 02:18:36.800 --> 02:18:41.800 This one of 30 in all likelihood will probably just be doing a lot of the breaching relatively uncontested 02:18:41.800 --> 02:18:45.800 for the first part of the round. I mean, five years to have the facility to have so much of a structure as you can see. 02:18:45.800 --> 02:18:48.800 Yeah, it's just a five-man hold on the side. And I think that's the proper read. 02:18:48.800 --> 02:18:50.800 I mean, one of 30 is going to have to solve these problems, 02:18:50.800 --> 02:18:54.500 down the utility in the process is always going to be difficult there's no 02:18:54.500 --> 02:18:58.460 need over complicated. No I agree absolutely basement uncle about this 02:18:58.460 --> 02:19:02.620 one of the sites that is the most crucial that you have as many bodies as 02:19:02.620 --> 02:19:08.260 possible up and alive as soon as you lose one it's like a house of cards you can 02:19:08.260 --> 02:19:13.420 very quickly topple in front of your very eyes and one of their you're gonna 02:19:13.420 --> 02:19:17.140 know this right they've got them good control should be able to get this 02:19:17.140 --> 02:19:23.680 The church wall open now as well, razor blue nicely faded out, C4 is the reaction, one 02:19:23.680 --> 02:19:27.480 of two that have been brought this round of 5-5 years. 02:19:27.480 --> 02:19:31.760 The church wall now open, it's then turned a lot more around church and moto but it 02:19:31.760 --> 02:19:36.820 will need a blue stairs or an oil pit element to this bush. 02:19:36.820 --> 02:19:37.820 Big pick. 02:19:37.820 --> 02:19:46.320 Just, they keep finding them, my W as well again on basement finding and opening 1D1. 02:19:46.320 --> 02:20:02.320 The highlight this time is the twitch with the flashbangs no quick way in, but again these five-tiered players are constantly swinging 1 of 30, even with a shotgun, and it's just giving them opportunities that wouldn't exist otherwise, and the damage exchanged between Forrest and Mike W is relatively even. 02:20:02.320 --> 02:20:09.020 Force might still be advantaged, but there's so many more opportunities being given to one of 30. 02:20:09.020 --> 02:20:15.500 4v3 now. 40 seconds remaining. Out of these, out of a lot of secondary utility. 02:20:15.500 --> 02:20:21.620 Rival trying to pre-fire, but these fights keep being given, and one of 30 are not losing them. 02:20:21.620 --> 02:20:25.800 Close around the corner with the bailiff, Rival could easily falter to this. 02:20:25.800 --> 02:20:29.620 With three different attackers trapped around the corner, JJ's gotta come in and support, 02:20:29.620 --> 02:20:31.700 But no utility remaining for him either. 02:20:31.700 --> 02:20:36.620 A scourged, scattered free fire around the corner, but it still results in an advantage. 02:20:36.620 --> 02:20:38.620 No way this goes to OT. 02:20:38.620 --> 02:20:44.620 Down 4v5, control the other site, there is no way Five Fears have let it slip to this point. 02:20:44.620 --> 02:20:49.620 I mean, there's a chance the game could be over if Five Fears hadn't clutched that 2v4. 02:20:49.620 --> 02:20:53.620 Now Rival just trying to stave off overtime. 02:20:53.620 --> 02:20:58.620 How the hell have one of 30 done this? 02:20:58.620 --> 02:21:01.640 The thing is, at this point, you've just got to give it to them, haven't you? 02:21:01.640 --> 02:21:06.100 Because against all the odds, they are four versus five. 02:21:06.100 --> 02:21:07.100 JJ's fuming. 02:21:07.100 --> 02:21:12.340 And I'm not surprised. 02:21:12.340 --> 02:21:14.980 No tactical timeout as well, don't forget. 02:21:14.980 --> 02:21:20.420 Five Fears used it very early on in the first half of this game because things weren't 02:21:20.420 --> 02:21:22.460 going well there either. 02:21:22.460 --> 02:21:27.700 The miracle run that Five Fears had through the playoffs. 02:21:27.700 --> 02:21:34.700 It's starting to turn into a little bit of a nightmare here on Clubhouse. 02:21:34.700 --> 02:21:36.420 Dude. 02:21:36.420 --> 02:21:46.060 If five fears don't clutch a 2v4, one of thirty just won Clubhouse seven to five. 02:21:46.060 --> 02:21:51.700 I mean if you're going into OT as five fears, that is an insane thing to think about. 02:21:51.700 --> 02:21:53.700 I cannot imagine. 02:21:53.700 --> 02:22:04.700 I mean, I personally, and I'm not saying they are as well as they should as well, if I were in that situation knowing my own problems I have, I'd be freaking out. 02:22:04.700 --> 02:22:06.700 I'd be freaking out. 02:22:06.700 --> 02:22:08.700 I don't even put on Twitter. 02:22:08.700 --> 02:22:10.700 I don't even put on Twitter. 02:22:10.700 --> 02:22:14.700 I'm gonna feel in this game is already all over Twitter. 02:22:14.700 --> 02:22:17.700 Oh, I have a feeling this game is all over Twitter. 02:22:17.700 --> 02:22:18.700 Don't you worry. 02:22:18.700 --> 02:22:24.020 Five years now in the difficult situation. I mean obviously the defense gets to kind of set the tone with what they do 02:22:24.020 --> 02:22:29.760 But five years has to run into this defense and I mean these double shields even when they had the advantage 02:22:29.760 --> 02:22:31.760 I mean they had a 5v4 02:22:31.980 --> 02:22:35.780 That wasn't always sufficient. I mean how the hell am I more in every round? 02:22:35.980 --> 02:22:42.460 How the hell am I more confident 1 of 30 now that they're down a player? I agree. It's it's genuinely crazy 02:22:43.300 --> 02:22:45.300 Sure 02:22:48.700 --> 02:22:52.140 Oh, no, dearie. 02:22:52.140 --> 02:22:55.340 It's like you're dog-jacing a bone. 02:22:55.340 --> 02:22:59.740 You know, like, I get that there's a player there and stuff, but you just ignore them. 02:22:59.740 --> 02:23:02.780 Like, let the shield pass, cross behind the shield, and get on with the round. 02:23:02.780 --> 02:23:06.380 A couple of points of damage in onto rival in the opening few seconds. 02:23:06.380 --> 02:23:11.940 It might not seem like a big deal, but five fears are on a knife's edge at the minute. 02:23:11.940 --> 02:23:15.900 You imagine the mental headloss if they lose a five versus four. 02:23:15.900 --> 02:23:25.700 I genuinely could not imagine and Mike W I mean pushing for more after he felt that 02:23:25.700 --> 02:23:28.300 early taste of blood against the Hibana. 02:23:28.300 --> 02:23:32.940 It's all about the impact against JJ but I think it's the wise decision for the moment 02:23:32.940 --> 02:23:33.940 to fall back. 02:23:33.940 --> 02:23:38.700 For the defense right now because you're a 4v5 if you try to make a consolidated push 02:23:38.700 --> 02:23:41.700 towards one position you're gonna lose the attack and just outnumber you. 02:23:41.700 --> 02:23:42.700 They have the 5v4. 02:23:42.700 --> 02:23:48.700 But if you can manage these hit and run guerrilla tactics, you can get ahead of them in the information 02:23:48.700 --> 02:23:50.700 game and make it feel about even. 02:23:50.700 --> 02:23:55.700 And I think 1 of 30 understand that really well, even going back to that twitch play 02:23:55.700 --> 02:24:00.700 with the flashbang in basement, I actually think 1 of 30 are playing this 45 extremely 02:24:00.700 --> 02:24:02.700 well right now. 02:24:02.700 --> 02:24:05.700 They couldn't be playing it any better. 02:24:05.700 --> 02:24:06.700 That's the big takeaway. 02:24:06.700 --> 02:24:09.700 And the side swap, again, is just huge. 02:24:09.700 --> 02:24:10.700 It's poetic. 02:24:10.700 --> 02:24:16.700 Five fairs, bombs to side they struggled the most with and this time we're seeing a real lack of pace. 02:24:16.700 --> 02:24:24.700 Might debut, behind and ready at the midpoint of these main stairs, JJ trying to get that one down and Rival coming in with the first kill. 02:24:24.700 --> 02:24:30.700 Ooh, Sushie threw the smoke while Silo gets one, JJ just maintains the cover now can full shield in the process. 02:24:30.700 --> 02:24:33.700 Blitz coming in for the next one, but it's still such a close game. 02:24:33.700 --> 02:24:39.700 Pac around 1 HP though is going to put so much of a disproportionate burden on Silo and now that he's the only one left. 02:24:39.700 --> 02:24:47.820 Should be match point for five years moving upstairs indeed is pre-fired by snake a clean execute from five years get their second chance at match point 02:24:48.980 --> 02:24:51.380 And that's how the rounds should be going 02:24:53.460 --> 02:24:58.060 Somebody's to stand up and take the ball by the horns and really get a handle of five phase at the moment 02:24:59.060 --> 02:25:03.220 There's gonna be a heck of a lot of uncertainty floating around that room 02:25:03.220 --> 02:25:10.220 game. You imagine if this is a difficult situation online to be having a tough time of it. Let's 02:25:10.220 --> 02:25:14.220 be honest. We can't beat around the bush here. Five years are having a tough time of this 02:25:14.220 --> 02:25:23.300 game. One of 30. They can do nothing more than just live in the moment and make the 02:25:23.300 --> 02:25:26.800 play. You got to make the play or the play is going to make you. And so far, there's 02:25:26.800 --> 02:25:30.660 been a great job making the play. That player on your screen might W. He's been a really 02:25:30.660 --> 02:25:34.500 big impactful player throughout the whole course of the series but I feel since 02:25:34.500 --> 02:25:39.140 1 of 30 have got themselves onto the attack he's consistently finding great 02:25:39.140 --> 02:25:48.300 space. 1 of 30 are going to be going back onto the attack now. What is going to be 02:25:48.300 --> 02:26:03.040 a very crucial round. Oh no. No. No, no, no. No. None of that. None of that. There's 02:26:03.040 --> 02:26:09.840 no need for that. Is Silo playing in heaven? Where is this guy? I mean, that's bright. Like, 02:26:09.840 --> 02:26:17.720 where is he? He's in the white room from Invincible. Like, you turn off the lights 02:26:17.720 --> 02:26:20.320 and all of a sudden the entire government agency's hidden in those walls. 02:26:21.880 --> 02:26:23.240 Looks like it's something of men in black. 02:26:24.040 --> 02:26:24.680 Literally. 02:26:25.800 --> 02:26:28.040 That must be what it's like when you get flushed with the pen. 02:26:29.720 --> 02:26:31.120 You know the memory pen? 02:26:32.440 --> 02:26:32.960 Yeah, I do. 02:26:34.000 --> 02:26:37.680 Also shout out, uh, all of, uh, Wolfsburg's Berserk volumes. 02:26:37.720 --> 02:26:39.600 I've never read Berserk, but I want to. 02:26:41.760 --> 02:26:42.640 I thought you said the red book. 02:26:43.240 --> 02:26:47.480 Ah, yeah, it's like the red and black books, uh, on like the middle left shelf. 02:26:47.720 --> 02:26:51.680 not a big a not a big anime person or not a big like manga person that one 02:26:51.680 --> 02:26:54.400 does interest me 02:26:55.280 --> 02:26:59.900 but if you're just standing up I mean I will be as well these boys been sat 02:26:59.900 --> 02:27:05.800 down for a while now like what time did we start this best of well there's 02:27:05.800 --> 02:27:08.320 not even we can't even say what time do we start this best of it what time did 02:27:08.320 --> 02:27:13.680 we start this map Ollie Ollie because I'm gonna see it's about two hours ago 02:27:13.680 --> 02:27:17.240 Ali this bastard three's been going on for 20 years 02:27:19.720 --> 02:27:21.720 What do you mean? 02:27:22.000 --> 02:27:28.200 Yeah, it's about two hours ago about hours ago about a if I were to be specific about an hour in 55 minutes ago Wow 02:27:31.640 --> 02:27:34.160 I mean surely we should be good at this right? 02:27:34.880 --> 02:27:39.500 Everyone should be getting locked. I don't feel like five fears are locked in at the moment. I'm seeing three empty seats 02:27:39.820 --> 02:27:41.820 I'm seeing shoes off 02:27:42.780 --> 02:27:48.300 This is work. I want bums on seats. Now want people accepting invites getting into this lobby right now 02:27:48.540 --> 02:27:54.520 I want I want bums on seats. I want feet and shoes and hands-on keyboard. That's what I want to see right now. Yeah 02:27:55.740 --> 02:27:57.740 Lock-in serious lock-in come 02:27:58.140 --> 02:28:03.020 Serious, it's gotta be it's gotta be and and you know, I will I will accept it 02:28:03.020 --> 02:28:06.380 I will accept the severe lack of lock-in that we see 02:28:06.380 --> 02:28:11.380 if rival slides back around the corner and like if I say slides back around the 02:28:11.380 --> 02:28:16.180 corner I mean slides from the right all the way to the left side I want to see 02:28:16.180 --> 02:28:20.500 like a full I'd see them all like Jerry like Jerry like Jerry no that's a note 02:28:20.500 --> 02:28:27.780 like risky business Tom Cruise slide across the screen I feel like that could 02:28:27.780 --> 02:28:34.740 be a walk on they could do they could all slide literally one after another 02:28:34.740 --> 02:28:43.740 I think they would have been in the mood to do that bit had they lost seven to five to five to one of three, you know, four V five if one of 30 hadn't 02:28:43.740 --> 02:28:50.740 choked a four V two. Can you imagine like the social team like we've got a really good idea for a bit like we like the way that we saw, you know, you 02:28:50.740 --> 02:28:57.740 sliding around on the floor like we'd want to, you know, we want to try and do something with that and it's all looking like dead behind the 02:28:57.740 --> 02:29:01.580 is like, we've been going against a four versus five team 02:29:01.580 --> 02:29:03.460 and they've taken us through all the time. 02:29:03.460 --> 02:29:04.780 We just went out of it. 02:29:06.140 --> 02:29:09.100 Well, literally what fans are saying right now. 02:29:09.100 --> 02:29:12.420 Well, they're at least up, at least up one round. 02:29:12.420 --> 02:29:13.900 1-30, we need to win two in a row, 02:29:13.900 --> 02:29:17.580 one on each side in order to close out. 02:29:17.580 --> 02:29:18.660 Cloud on switch, by the way, 02:29:18.660 --> 02:29:20.420 I just want to emphasize this again. 02:29:20.420 --> 02:29:22.700 This is five years pick. 02:29:22.700 --> 02:29:25.900 Like 1-30's map pick is coming up and it's border. 02:29:25.900 --> 02:29:29.500 All things considered, like, border can be kind of hell, 02:29:29.500 --> 02:29:34.100 but if you can win a 4v5 on Clubhouse, 02:29:34.100 --> 02:29:36.260 I feel like you might be able to on border. 02:29:36.260 --> 02:29:37.700 I don't know if you disagree with me, Holly. 02:29:37.700 --> 02:29:39.020 Like, I don't have a whole lot of, like, 02:29:39.020 --> 02:29:41.540 very well-reasoned analysis supporting that, 02:29:41.540 --> 02:29:43.260 but just kind of a gut feeling. 02:29:43.260 --> 02:29:46.900 I feel like a 4v5 on border might be better. 02:29:51.340 --> 02:29:53.500 What, this game has something in it for me, Lynx, 02:29:53.500 --> 02:29:58.300 And like, I think that the end of the day, 02:29:58.300 --> 02:30:00.200 that four versus five element, 02:30:00.200 --> 02:30:02.140 whilst that's like one of the biggest, 02:30:02.140 --> 02:30:05.200 or maybe the biggest storyline of the whole night, 02:30:05.200 --> 02:30:06.120 when you boil it down, 02:30:06.120 --> 02:30:07.480 because no one's gonna remember the pauses, 02:30:07.480 --> 02:30:08.320 they're just gonna remember the fact 02:30:08.320 --> 02:30:10.040 that it was played four versus five. 02:30:11.800 --> 02:30:13.960 I think that's like, it could be the juice 02:30:13.960 --> 02:30:16.680 that one of 30 need in some ways, 02:30:16.680 --> 02:30:18.040 because they're playing for a little bit more now, 02:30:18.040 --> 02:30:18.880 they're playing for their teammate 02:30:18.880 --> 02:30:20.040 that can't get back in, 02:30:20.040 --> 02:30:21.080 like they're frustrated, 02:30:21.080 --> 02:30:22.040 they've got all this pressure, 02:30:22.040 --> 02:30:26.780 They've got all these things going against them at the moment and all they can do is just 02:30:26.780 --> 02:30:31.480 perform the best they can in the moment and also there's a little bit less expectation 02:30:31.480 --> 02:30:35.600 on them because now there isn't the same level of expectation for them to do well and they 02:30:35.600 --> 02:30:39.880 go from feeling pressure to maybe feeling a little bit less and they might be able 02:30:39.880 --> 02:30:44.280 to play a little bit looser, they might be able to find a little bit more of a flow 02:30:44.280 --> 02:30:46.140 without forcing it. 02:30:46.140 --> 02:30:50.080 And then on the side of five fears, a game that already had quite a lot of pressure 02:30:50.080 --> 02:30:53.180 They wanted to continue that performance and show everyone that it wasn't a fluke. 02:30:53.180 --> 02:30:56.180 They've now got the pressure of playing against 4 vs 5. 02:30:56.180 --> 02:31:01.180 And they're going to feel that as well because there's very much an expectation for them to win that. 02:31:01.180 --> 02:31:02.180 Well... 02:31:02.180 --> 02:31:05.180 Well, a lot of... 02:31:05.180 --> 02:31:06.180 Oh! 02:31:06.180 --> 02:31:08.180 I just scratch everything I said. 02:31:08.180 --> 02:31:10.180 Scratch everything. 02:31:10.180 --> 02:31:12.180 How do I do this? 02:31:12.180 --> 02:31:14.180 I put my hands up. 02:31:14.180 --> 02:31:16.180 Oh 02:31:16.220 --> 02:31:21.940 Just scratch everything scratch everything. I said scratch everything hot off the press. Well actually hold on I 02:31:22.380 --> 02:31:24.380 Was gonna say something no secret 02:31:24.820 --> 02:31:25.980 I don't leave it a secret 02:31:25.980 --> 02:31:29.260 I also I don't want to jinx it because last thing I want to do is say it and then we're in another tech pause 02:31:29.260 --> 02:31:36.760 Okay, yeah, we'll keep it a secret and this is this is a time when we'll tell you this is a time when superstitions come back 02:31:36.760 --> 02:31:42.560 Do you think I do I believe in jinxing? No am I taking a chance on this match? No, I'm not I am not risking it 02:31:42.560 --> 02:31:48.460 tactical timeout, though, into an actual, into an actual real pause with stakes with things 02:31:48.460 --> 02:31:52.720 to talk about, Ollie, and to go back to your point of a pressure, something I imagine that 02:31:52.720 --> 02:31:57.640 five years will be addressing in the tactical timeout. The onus is on them. Just one round 02:31:57.640 --> 02:32:02.040 to close out their pick and what a fight it has been. 02:32:02.040 --> 02:32:08.680 Right. We've got a countdown on the screen, and it's a tactical timeout countdown. So 02:32:08.680 --> 02:32:09.920 So it means it's real. 02:32:09.920 --> 02:32:14.240 We know we're coming back after this 12, 11. 02:32:14.240 --> 02:32:15.640 I won't do it all, don't worry. 02:32:15.640 --> 02:32:21.800 So 1 of 30, can use a little bit of time now to have a discussion. 02:32:21.800 --> 02:32:26.080 I believe that it's going to be Royce, that he's going to be firing a lot of those shots, 02:32:26.080 --> 02:32:31.120 given that none of the players seem to be talking too much. 02:32:31.120 --> 02:32:33.600 Hopefully that is the secret sauce they need. 02:32:33.600 --> 02:32:34.600 Thanks. 02:32:34.600 --> 02:32:35.600 What's happened? 02:32:35.600 --> 02:32:36.600 Everyone. 02:32:36.600 --> 02:32:37.600 Everyone. 02:32:37.600 --> 02:32:40.600 Everyone, he's back, he's back! 02:32:40.600 --> 02:32:43.600 Fino's back in the lobby. 02:32:43.600 --> 02:32:46.600 I won't say you won't lag out because the action phase has not started 02:32:46.600 --> 02:32:49.600 also, he could lag out at any point, but he is back. 02:32:49.600 --> 02:32:51.600 And for the moment, we can all be happy about that. 02:32:51.600 --> 02:32:53.600 I mean, and again, I need to say it again. 02:32:53.600 --> 02:32:57.600 1 of 30 could have ended this match 02:32:57.600 --> 02:33:00.600 had they not choked a 4v2 there to 175. 02:33:00.600 --> 02:33:03.600 That in and of itself is crazy. 02:33:03.600 --> 02:33:06.600 But five fears have been brought to this point. 02:33:06.600 --> 02:33:13.880 point have fought this hard against 80% of a team just to be up one round in 02:33:13.880 --> 02:33:19.780 overtime and now Bino is back. He's gonna be cold, he's gonna be stressed, but the 02:33:19.780 --> 02:33:23.580 rest of his team is pumped up. You know Packers been keeping the vibes high. You 02:33:23.580 --> 02:33:28.080 know one of 30 do not feel they have any pressure on them. And now hopefully 02:33:28.080 --> 02:33:33.920 these next couple rounds or at least this one this will be a real match of 02:33:33.920 --> 02:33:38.380 rainbow six I'm not gonna lie I saw the friendly fire notification in the top 02:33:38.380 --> 02:33:42.880 right and was instantly like oh no he's just connected but no you know is in the 02:33:42.880 --> 02:33:48.400 lob let's hope for everyone's sake they're able to stay in for the duration 02:33:48.400 --> 02:33:51.200 of the round 02:33:51.200 --> 02:33:55.480 130 with a big chance here at taking this to maximum O.T. 02:33:55.480 --> 02:33:57.920 we've got a great lineup for it 02:33:57.920 --> 02:34:08.920 Introduction of the 10s this time, let's try and cut off some of these lines aside from outside and give a bit more safety to playing out on the balcony. 02:34:09.920 --> 02:34:15.920 Speaking of being cold, Rival throwing those Zoto canisters around means freezing it up. 02:34:16.920 --> 02:34:19.920 That means that the plot wall is just going to take a little bit longer to get opened. 02:34:20.920 --> 02:34:25.920 Is the potential to try and do something with that from below or even from side window? 02:34:25.920 --> 02:34:30.920 I think it's just a bit of a use of exchange, but one of thirty are happy to take at the moment. 02:34:37.920 --> 02:34:39.920 Snake taking a gander over at the Lodgy Hatch. 02:34:42.920 --> 02:34:48.920 So while there is some utility inside a garage, it's not nearly as heavy as a presence that we've seen in the past. 02:34:49.920 --> 02:34:54.920 Let's see one player moving around the rafters at the moment, but the actual broader part of it is clear. 02:34:55.920 --> 02:34:59.920 So you can see a lot of the crush from you, so he'll dump in. 02:34:59.920 --> 02:35:02.920 Only one set of nades, but a lot of these they can put down air jabs as well. 02:35:02.920 --> 02:35:04.920 We'll go up in the corner, that I was about to say. 02:35:04.920 --> 02:35:06.920 Should pretty effectively shot by Fens. 02:35:06.920 --> 02:35:08.920 Distracting a lot of his cross airs. 02:35:08.920 --> 02:35:10.920 The air jabs will buy time to get those bees up, 02:35:10.920 --> 02:35:12.920 and the flashbangs into position as well as they push deeper. 02:35:12.920 --> 02:35:15.920 The defender tucked inside of Boilfield has gone unnoticed by the attack, 02:35:15.920 --> 02:35:18.920 yet found by Volsper and Mike W as well. 02:35:18.920 --> 02:35:22.920 In fact, in that whole process, the Azami is only the second one to go down. 02:35:22.920 --> 02:35:26.920 both the Thorn and the Azami in that position, both felled by the attack. 02:35:26.920 --> 02:35:30.920 Silo, big chance of him recoverable as well. 02:35:30.920 --> 02:35:33.920 Should be picked up. 02:35:33.920 --> 02:35:36.920 Might be just holding onto that platform breach. 02:35:36.920 --> 02:35:39.920 Knows that JJ's playing at the top of these cash stairs right now. 02:35:39.920 --> 02:35:42.920 There it is, the revive coming in onto Silo. 02:35:42.920 --> 02:35:45.920 It did somewhat slow things down, but there's still 40 seconds. 02:35:45.920 --> 02:35:47.920 There's still plenty of time. 02:35:47.920 --> 02:35:53.520 Two C4s are going to be the ace of the three of five fears right now. 02:35:53.520 --> 02:35:59.120 We're going to need to try and use those to deny a plant's rival, locked on two-site window. 02:35:59.120 --> 02:36:03.480 If you use it in Bino's hand, someone has to try and make a play with this. 02:36:03.480 --> 02:36:05.520 It has to be a big drop-in through, won't you? 02:36:05.520 --> 02:36:08.160 AXI pack are going for the back side. 02:36:08.160 --> 02:36:09.280 Wins a huge fight! 02:36:09.280 --> 02:36:10.720 Volsper up as well! 02:36:10.720 --> 02:36:14.680 Almost the flawless as Rival only gets one when they're down 1B5. 02:36:14.680 --> 02:36:17.200 And Bino with a double to end it! 02:36:17.200 --> 02:36:24.960 still one more round to go but one of 30 are officially back. Just give it them all, honestly give 02:36:24.960 --> 02:36:35.440 it them all. One of 30 back in business, back in the lead, or at least leveled up should I say. 02:36:35.440 --> 02:36:41.560 Still it feels like they're leading with the mountain that they've climbed here tonight to 02:36:41.560 --> 02:36:48.680 get to this very point. Two hours on clubhouse. Crazy, crazy scenes indeed. 02:36:49.800 --> 02:36:55.880 Bino managed to stay in attendance for a whole round as well, so we can only hope that whatever 02:36:55.880 --> 02:37:05.960 isolated ISP issue it was, was very simple to fix. Or even it was complex to fix. Who cares? 02:37:05.960 --> 02:37:08.600 I just want him to be stable. I want him in the lob. I want him in the game. 02:37:11.560 --> 02:37:21.020 I mean, this is crazy, I mean, winning the fight through the flash, I mean, 5v1, they 02:37:21.020 --> 02:37:28.960 live up red stairs, and look at that, oh, I just realized, the Fino's double kill is 02:37:28.960 --> 02:37:31.960 killing Packer. 02:37:31.960 --> 02:37:39.240 We'll take it, that's just, it's collateral damage at this point, that's so funny. 02:37:39.240 --> 02:37:42.860 I'm really nervous to watch this at the moment. 02:37:42.860 --> 02:37:45.080 I mean, what do you even do at this point? 02:37:45.080 --> 02:37:46.580 I'm not going to check to locate a bomb and to view the light. 02:37:46.580 --> 02:37:48.580 It didn't win downstairs at all. 02:37:48.580 --> 02:37:49.580 Oh. 02:37:49.580 --> 02:37:50.580 They won it in overtime. 02:37:50.580 --> 02:37:51.580 They didn't win in regulation. 02:37:51.580 --> 02:37:52.580 They didn't win it in overtime. 02:37:52.580 --> 02:37:53.580 They didn't win in regulation. 02:37:53.580 --> 02:38:02.980 They didn't win it in regulation, even when, what, I think, yeah, one of the two times 02:38:02.980 --> 02:38:03.980 they attacked, they had a 5E4? 02:38:03.980 --> 02:38:04.980 Within the first 45 seconds? 02:38:04.980 --> 02:38:05.980 Yeah, I mean, they were crazy on the open impeccion. 02:38:05.980 --> 02:38:06.980 They were crazy on the open impeccion. 02:38:06.980 --> 02:38:28.980 They were crazy on the opening pick on their own attacks, but they weren't doing anything with it and that's why it's been so interesting to watch 1 of 30 play with four players and the fighters feeling some room struggle to convert it because it's not like they're really good with working that advantage, yet they can get it and then they've got some brilliant ability to get in and get that kill, but it doesn't always transpire to the roundward. 02:38:28.980 --> 02:38:33.660 That's why it's probably good that one of 30 have stayed in this fight for so long. 02:38:33.660 --> 02:38:37.980 Looks like they've given quite a lot of map control away, which again isn't too unusual. 02:38:37.980 --> 02:38:42.500 The fact is they've been pretty slow tonight on the attack, all things considered. 02:38:42.500 --> 02:38:46.120 They are going to be looking to move through that top floor, they've got the skeleton 02:38:46.120 --> 02:38:48.380 key so it can open up some really long angles. 02:38:48.380 --> 02:38:55.700 I like the lineup, I maybe feel like it's missing the ying or something a bit more 02:38:55.700 --> 02:39:00.500 explosive that we can try and get in and make something happen. We've seen them attempt 02:39:00.500 --> 02:39:03.860 to plant a couple of times on this site already. It was a Menten back plant last time and that 02:39:03.860 --> 02:39:09.060 works out quite well for them. We haven't chosen to bring it instead. It's been much more 02:39:09.780 --> 02:39:14.020 of a typical full map clear, lift the floor open and start to try and work this way. 02:39:14.020 --> 02:39:23.820 So there's plenty of time to get rid of that too. 02:39:23.820 --> 02:39:24.940 Early fireball usage. 02:39:24.940 --> 02:39:33.900 Just blocking off the Moto doorway as JJ looking for an angle into the side that is 02:39:33.900 --> 02:39:36.380 generally speaking. 02:39:36.380 --> 02:39:37.380 Quite open. 02:39:37.380 --> 02:39:38.380 A lot of feed holes. 02:39:38.380 --> 02:39:41.620 A lot of head holes throughout all of these walls. 02:39:41.620 --> 02:39:45.860 Of course, so quick a bit of time to go. 02:39:45.860 --> 02:39:48.940 The shield with this blitz, gotta find a way in, seems for it, but it actually ended up 02:39:48.940 --> 02:39:51.060 going down through the hatch, maybe. 02:39:51.060 --> 02:39:56.420 Could be a little bit tricky creeping through the smoke, Bino, finds a gap for a brief second 02:39:56.420 --> 02:39:59.060 and ends up falling back into construction. 02:39:59.060 --> 02:40:04.380 Oh man, JJ's still looking for a way through. 02:40:04.380 --> 02:40:09.420 Moving up the main hallway, no defender looking, catches two with their back turned, lines 02:40:09.420 --> 02:40:11.620 and both of rival good with it as well. 02:40:11.620 --> 02:40:13.860 A third for JJ. 02:40:13.860 --> 02:40:16.260 It's a reverse flawless and one of 30 splotchings 02:40:16.260 --> 02:40:19.420 have shifted and while Pino finds one, 02:40:19.420 --> 02:40:21.460 we're all gonna move straight to his position. 02:40:21.460 --> 02:40:24.500 Flash bangs out, five beers, close it. 02:40:24.500 --> 02:40:27.780 It's been a hell of a journey all to win 02:40:27.780 --> 02:40:29.560 on their own map. 02:40:30.860 --> 02:40:32.900 Winning on your own map choice 02:40:32.900 --> 02:40:34.820 should not be that difficult. 02:40:34.820 --> 02:40:36.140 You can see that five beers 02:40:36.140 --> 02:40:39.340 are breathing a sigh of relief there. 02:40:39.340 --> 02:40:41.100 for it's just taking a moment. 02:40:42.900 --> 02:40:47.460 Even they can't believe how this game has transpired. 02:40:48.220 --> 02:40:51.100 All of that hardship and eventually, 02:40:51.100 --> 02:40:53.300 JJ's able to pull it out of the bag. 02:40:53.300 --> 02:40:55.940 We're gonna hit a break and we'll be back with the desk. 02:41:25.940 --> 02:41:27.940 I 02:45:25.940 --> 02:45:51.420 Because I might have been the worst game upper league, like I've like experienced it. 02:45:51.420 --> 02:45:55.860 Obviously, this was not the situation that anyone wanted to find themselves in today. 02:45:55.860 --> 02:46:01.400 And it's an 8-7 win and five fears can move on, but nobody on either team, nobody watching 02:46:01.400 --> 02:46:04.440 it, wanted to see a 4v5 for a couple of rounds. 02:46:04.440 --> 02:46:09.480 This many tech pauses, it absolutely has a concrete impact on the way that this game 02:46:09.480 --> 02:46:10.480 was played. 02:46:10.480 --> 02:46:15.040 Thankfully, these players can now look in the rear view mirror and say, it's over 02:46:15.040 --> 02:46:17.820 with, it's done with, and hopefully move on. 02:46:17.820 --> 02:46:21.820 No matter what, it changes the dynamic at play. 02:46:21.820 --> 02:46:24.820 I was going to say it's really not that simple to put a game like that behind, 02:46:24.820 --> 02:46:26.820 especially on one end for the side of 1 of 30. 02:46:26.820 --> 02:46:28.820 I mean, you win 4 and 2 on the half. 02:46:28.820 --> 02:46:31.820 You had some of these rounds in a 4v5 that realistically could have 02:46:31.820 --> 02:46:32.820 win in their favor. 02:46:32.820 --> 02:46:35.820 It was just small little mistakes where probably if you had that fifth player, 02:46:35.820 --> 02:46:36.820 you're always going to look back at that. 02:46:36.820 --> 02:46:39.820 If we had our 5, what does that turn out to be? 02:46:39.820 --> 02:46:40.820 We end that map. 02:46:40.820 --> 02:46:41.820 We go to map 2 on a win. 02:46:41.820 --> 02:46:45.820 And then to go so close, they get Bino back into the server. 02:46:45.820 --> 02:46:52.660 And then to lose outright. I mean, I do want to say like kudos to them and their testament and their own mental fortitude to be able to 02:46:52.660 --> 02:46:58.620 Fight to the nail throughout this but it definitely stings when you get that close and have to wait that long 02:46:58.620 --> 02:47:02.280 And then it just inevitably comes to a boss and now you're going into your map 02:47:02.280 --> 02:47:06.500 I mean, I I don't know how I'd feel being in their situation right now 02:47:06.500 --> 02:47:10.740 It's a tough spot to be in. I'd be upset. I'd be mad that being said 02:47:10.740 --> 02:47:15.020 I do think it's more of a win for one of 30 than it was for five years 02:47:15.020 --> 02:47:17.900 He's the fact that they brought it to over time in a 4v5 02:47:18.180 --> 02:47:20.640 It goes to show yes, they're gonna think about it 02:47:20.640 --> 02:47:23.200 Oh if we had all five this game would have been over we would have won it 02:47:23.200 --> 02:47:25.700 But now you have all five you brought it to overtime 02:47:25.740 --> 02:47:32.220 You really strung it out as long as possible to make five for your sweat the mental game in my opinion is more on five 02:47:32.220 --> 02:47:36.120 Your shoulders they're gonna be thinking how do we even let it go to overtime? It's a 4v5 02:47:36.220 --> 02:47:37.500 so 02:47:37.500 --> 02:47:41.860 Everything that needs to be done for one of 30 they could have easily won it now 02:47:41.860 --> 02:47:44.940 They have their fifth back and hopefully that is stable going into map 2 02:47:45.100 --> 02:47:51.220 And I think they're in the better position for this series as a whole right and five beers as you said did have to lock in 02:47:51.220 --> 02:47:57.320 We overheard JJ telling the team right guys. We have to really focus and lock in here 02:48:01.100 --> 02:48:05.160 I say stop trying to five-man bunker the basement just fucking fight playing normal 02:48:05.160 --> 02:48:06.440 Play normal. 02:48:06.440 --> 02:48:07.440 We're good. 02:48:07.440 --> 02:48:09.440 Now don't listen, man. 02:48:09.440 --> 02:48:11.440 Play normal. 02:48:11.440 --> 02:48:13.440 I'm gonna tap you here. 02:48:13.440 --> 02:48:15.440 Yeah. 02:48:15.440 --> 02:48:17.440 Play normal, OK? 02:48:17.440 --> 02:48:19.440 I do. 02:48:19.440 --> 02:48:22.040 It sounds easy, but it is absolutely not. 02:48:22.040 --> 02:48:23.280 I mean, you guys have been there, right? 02:48:23.280 --> 02:48:26.760 I mean, a player down, it's so hard to play normal. 02:48:26.760 --> 02:48:28.560 I mean, it's not necessarily playing normal. 02:48:28.560 --> 02:48:30.720 It's just you want to get the round over as fast as possible. 02:48:30.720 --> 02:48:34.200 You want to take full advantage of being in the man advantage, 02:48:34.200 --> 02:48:36.400 because if you get one kill, then you're in a 5v3, 02:48:36.400 --> 02:48:38.640 and that deficit keeps dropping, you're always going to play. 02:48:38.640 --> 02:48:39.920 And it's similar, you know, a lot of players, 02:48:39.920 --> 02:48:41.080 you see it in ranked matches. 02:48:41.080 --> 02:48:43.600 Once a player disconnects, everyone just goes crazy. 02:48:43.600 --> 02:48:45.360 They want to get it over with as fast as possible, 02:48:45.360 --> 02:48:47.440 take advantage, but that's also where it was biting them 02:48:47.440 --> 02:48:49.560 in the ass because they aren't playing strategic. 02:48:49.560 --> 02:48:50.800 They aren't playing off one another. 02:48:50.800 --> 02:48:52.240 They're just trying to go for this kill 02:48:52.240 --> 02:48:54.000 to keep the man's advances going into their favor, 02:48:54.000 --> 02:48:56.280 which ultimately, again, it got really close 02:48:56.280 --> 02:48:58.160 because they pivoted off of the style of play 02:48:58.160 --> 02:48:59.480 that they were naturally warned to. 02:48:59.480 --> 02:49:01.800 So it is good on JJ to be able to reel it in 02:49:01.800 --> 02:49:04.200 and be serious and try to have everyone lock in. 02:49:04.200 --> 02:49:06.000 And thankfully they got this win. 02:49:06.000 --> 02:49:07.720 But I mean, that really could have been a disaster. 02:49:07.720 --> 02:49:09.360 And I do agree with what you were saying. 02:49:09.360 --> 02:49:12.040 The mental definitely should be on the side of 1 of 30, 02:49:12.040 --> 02:49:13.680 the showing that they have the gumption. 02:49:13.680 --> 02:49:16.240 They have everything to get it done now that they have five. 02:49:16.240 --> 02:49:18.520 But it also begs the question, if things 02:49:18.520 --> 02:49:19.920 start to go wrong on the border, 02:49:19.920 --> 02:49:22.320 do they then pivot back to what happened on Clubhouse 02:49:22.320 --> 02:49:24.760 and all of the what ifs and how that can manifest 02:49:24.760 --> 02:49:25.520 into something negative? 02:49:25.520 --> 02:49:26.920 Yes, the right message from JJ, 02:49:26.920 --> 02:49:29.680 because if you're sitting in site, again, a 4v5, 02:49:29.680 --> 02:49:31.760 you're giving the other team so many opportunities 02:49:31.760 --> 02:49:36.520 from to get a pick as they close around the site, but on the same vein, you can't go balls 02:49:36.520 --> 02:49:39.920 to the wall, swinging everything and going for these aggressive kills to get even more 02:49:39.920 --> 02:49:42.140 of an advantage because then you're not playing normally. 02:49:42.140 --> 02:49:47.640 So finding that sweet spot is very difficult, but the wrong messenger in my opinion, because 02:49:47.640 --> 02:49:52.720 yeah, the mental game aspect, you're getting stressed out in a 4v5, people are not locked 02:49:52.720 --> 02:49:55.080 in in a 4v5, not taking it serious. 02:49:55.080 --> 02:50:01.040 Yeah, you get into a rough couple of rounds going into map two and then everything amounts 02:50:01.040 --> 02:50:03.560 on top of that pressure, on top of that stress. 02:50:03.560 --> 02:50:05.680 So the 1-30 again, in my opinion, 02:50:05.680 --> 02:50:08.880 I think they're in a very good spot going into map two. 02:50:08.880 --> 02:50:10.600 And we can hope that this kind of transition 02:50:10.600 --> 02:50:13.880 into map two is a reset button for Bino's internet, 02:50:13.880 --> 02:50:15.920 for the mental of both of these teams, 02:50:15.920 --> 02:50:18.920 and we can hopefully get smooth sailing 02:50:18.920 --> 02:50:20.840 for the rest of the day. 02:50:20.840 --> 02:50:22.440 Hopefully we're gonna get this match underway 02:50:22.440 --> 02:50:23.280 in just a moment. 02:50:23.280 --> 02:50:25.040 Stick around, we'll be right back. 02:50:25.040 --> 02:50:43.000 They come out wind-billing like an Englishman looking for a scrap, the tall king of a scrap, 02:50:43.000 --> 02:50:44.000 Tino! 02:50:44.000 --> 02:50:46.400 If he goes up contestant the kick goes cold, that'll be devastating. 02:50:46.400 --> 02:50:48.600 The grenade goes through, that's the swing! 02:50:48.600 --> 02:50:52.880 Cyber and Bullet are able to get one apiece with the kit so far away and Canadian down 02:50:52.880 --> 02:50:53.880 upstairs. 02:50:53.880 --> 02:50:56.280 Wow, that was special. 02:50:56.280 --> 02:50:58.380 It's a one versus three to hold, 02:50:58.380 --> 02:50:59.880 and they're pushing it from behind. 02:50:59.880 --> 02:51:01.080 He's found one. 02:51:01.080 --> 02:51:02.880 He's got to get the vertical as well. 02:51:02.880 --> 02:51:04.080 They get pulled off, sick. 02:51:04.080 --> 02:51:05.880 We're down to the last three or four seconds. 02:51:05.880 --> 02:51:07.380 Ryder's got another. 02:51:07.380 --> 02:51:08.580 He's held on. 02:51:08.580 --> 02:51:09.780 He's going to do it. 02:51:09.780 --> 02:51:10.980 A B and D. 02:51:10.980 --> 02:51:12.880 Take the three-one win. 02:51:12.880 --> 02:51:14.080 Both players spotted, 02:51:14.080 --> 02:51:15.480 but the Ranskin he made successfully. 02:51:15.480 --> 02:51:18.480 Oh! Oh! 02:51:18.480 --> 02:51:20.080 Another one for Solotov. 02:51:20.080 --> 02:51:21.580 Information from the Bs. 02:51:21.580 --> 02:51:22.880 He goes, did shot the ball. 02:51:22.880 --> 02:51:32.880 That is seven ends. They submit themselves as one of the greatest of all time. 02:51:32.880 --> 02:51:36.880 He's starting to get cooked alive all the way, but he's using the stem pistols like this from the dark. 02:51:36.880 --> 02:51:40.880 Surely not. Really? Let's play the year in my book. 02:51:40.880 --> 02:51:43.880 The place began, hits the old body, doesn't quite catch it. 02:51:43.880 --> 02:51:44.880 Oh my god, Sam! 02:51:44.880 --> 02:51:45.880 That's the dance! 02:51:45.880 --> 02:51:47.880 He doesn't have the motivation! 02:51:47.880 --> 02:51:49.880 He's going back, he's not quite sure. 02:51:49.880 --> 02:51:51.880 He could only have a few seconds to kick it. 02:51:51.880 --> 02:51:54.380 A few seconds, stick it, Nassil, stick it! 02:51:55.380 --> 02:51:57.380 This is an angle that he might be able to contest. 02:51:57.380 --> 02:51:59.880 No, unfortunately, he takes just a bit of damage there. 02:51:59.880 --> 02:52:01.380 Walk, I guess, the second one. 02:52:01.380 --> 02:52:02.380 Eclipse though, we'll get one. 02:52:02.380 --> 02:52:04.380 Training it into a 2v2, 9v2, pushing on the side. 02:52:04.380 --> 02:52:05.880 The betting will lose out of this! 02:52:05.880 --> 02:52:07.880 Eclipse the last alive on the Ella. 02:52:08.380 --> 02:52:09.880 Spots the hand and takes that. 02:52:09.880 --> 02:52:11.880 Can I use the ace for Walker? 02:52:12.880 --> 02:52:15.880 He will down BC, Canadian, positioning to pick up, 02:52:15.880 --> 02:52:18.380 but that's going to result in a double-defeat from Oracle. 02:52:18.380 --> 02:52:20.380 That's the core for Hamas around. 02:52:20.380 --> 02:52:24.660 Necrox the final defender against vertical the absolute domination 02:53:20.380 --> 02:53:49.500 They give you hard press to find us. 02:53:49.500 --> 02:53:56.840 more conflicted about a team coming out of a map. They just won Ali five years eight 02:53:56.840 --> 02:54:02.680 to seven on their own pick. But most of those rounds they won were in a four V five them 02:54:02.680 --> 02:54:07.160 being in the five. And there's a very real chance that one of 30 might have wanted outright 02:54:07.160 --> 02:54:11.520 had they not choked a four V two and going into map to I mean for five years it's still 02:54:11.520 --> 02:54:17.520 got to be weighing on their mind. Absolutely. You know two rounds that were one four 02:54:17.520 --> 02:54:21.520 the game. The number one 02:54:21.520 --> 02:54:23.520 number one. The number one 02:54:23.520 --> 02:54:25.520 number one versus five right 02:54:25.520 --> 02:54:26.520 from the outset. It seems like 02:54:26.520 --> 02:54:28.520 the social voters has got a 02:54:28.520 --> 02:54:30.520 little bit further behind one of 02:54:30.520 --> 02:54:33.520 30 as well. We're around 60% 02:54:33.520 --> 02:54:35.520 going into map number one, but 02:54:35.520 --> 02:54:37.520 you guys watching at home 02:54:37.520 --> 02:54:39.520 have obviously seen what these 02:54:39.520 --> 02:54:41.520 players are capable of even in 02:54:41.520 --> 02:54:45.520 the most dire of circumstance. 02:54:45.520 --> 02:54:49.840 that really stand out in my mind. But I know that that is a map of siege that I will remember 02:54:49.840 --> 02:54:54.800 for a long time, links for all the right reasons and a lot of the wrong ones. 02:54:57.040 --> 02:55:04.320 Five fears. Is it a confidence boost to win in the first map? It was definitely a weird one. 02:55:05.120 --> 02:55:09.200 I think that's maybe putting it mildly. And coming into this, they've really got to 02:55:09.200 --> 02:55:12.160 at least at that mental and acknowledge, right? 02:55:12.160 --> 02:55:14.520 GG, 0-0, we go again. 02:55:14.520 --> 02:55:16.480 Win map two, or even win map three. 02:55:16.480 --> 02:55:17.320 Who knows? 02:55:17.320 --> 02:55:20.280 Like, there's a decided thrown in there for a reason. 02:55:20.280 --> 02:55:22.320 One of 30, they know it's the best of three. 02:55:22.320 --> 02:55:25.280 They know that they have chances here tonight. 02:55:25.280 --> 02:55:28.040 And they know how close they were able to come 02:55:28.040 --> 02:55:29.720 on the opponents map choice. 02:55:29.720 --> 02:55:31.480 Down four versus five. 02:55:31.480 --> 02:55:32.560 I don't think they're gonna be feeling 02:55:32.560 --> 02:55:34.480 too out of the race just yet. 02:55:36.360 --> 02:55:37.880 No, I don't think they are at all. 02:55:37.880 --> 02:55:44.720 I think I know somebody who wants to get right back into that race is you know obviously DC for most of last map made it 02:55:44.720 --> 02:55:48.360 Just at the end the only one one of the two backgrounds 02:55:48.360 --> 02:55:53.420 He was actually present for on the backside is at least gonna be much more of a presence here 02:55:53.600 --> 02:55:57.940 Not probably a stress. Let's hope he actually is going forward 02:55:58.360 --> 02:56:00.760 We have on boarder can be a bit more chaotic 02:56:00.760 --> 02:56:05.200 You know, but more crazy than we might otherwise see on clubhouse, but we should advance 02:56:05.200 --> 02:56:08.400 I don't think they'll be all too surprising. I mean we commented Ali that 02:56:08.400 --> 02:56:12.040 I'm a bit surprised that one of them left up as many shields against five 02:56:12.040 --> 02:56:16.000 years and we thought and over here we've got both blackbeard and blitz taken down 02:56:16.000 --> 02:56:21.320 right out of the gate and the intention is a little clearer this time isn't it 02:56:21.320 --> 02:56:25.960 it's to allow the Monty if the Monty wants to be brought but we are just 02:56:25.960 --> 02:56:28.480 instead going to heavily target the shields. We can afford to do that on 02:56:28.480 --> 02:56:32.080 boarder. The hard breach is it's kind of more given it's a lot less 02:56:32.080 --> 02:56:37.140 impactful and you can really pick your lanes a little bit more. And the shields are a big 02:56:37.140 --> 02:56:43.020 part of 5v1's game part. Not to say that they're a crucial part, I think that they can do well 02:56:43.020 --> 02:56:48.360 without shields as well, but it is a tool that they really like to try and use. With 02:56:48.360 --> 02:56:53.560 that being said, it is also made way for a lot of other fun toys to be brought out, 02:56:53.560 --> 02:56:58.800 specifically the Grimm, Deimos, you've got a ying option if you want it. Plenty to 02:56:58.800 --> 02:57:04.960 going along with. The flora drone that is sent in, already we've got rival at the top of these 02:57:04.960 --> 02:57:11.280 east stairs. Forest on the roof with the diffuser. He's playing with that chip. This target is going 02:57:11.280 --> 02:57:15.920 to be one of those electrical devices and looking to try and use that EMP from the roof. Save 02:57:15.920 --> 02:57:20.000 all some of these huge others. Allow some clear lines of droning to be done that through that 02:57:20.000 --> 02:57:26.480 top floor because his team starts to work through. Benz, big player from the previous map. 02:57:26.480 --> 02:57:32.280 Now, this time on the Homes, if he knows that somebody's inside, 02:57:33.780 --> 02:57:36.780 gets the info on the drone, knows it's the Goyo, 02:57:36.780 --> 02:57:38.780 it's gonna be targeting the wall. 02:57:40.180 --> 02:57:41.680 Now the first thing to go down though, 02:57:41.680 --> 02:57:45.280 there's Snake on the opposite side with a quick prefire on the corner and levels things. 02:57:46.280 --> 02:57:48.280 Easy little 1v1 for a fence right there. 02:57:48.280 --> 02:57:49.780 I don't have a lot to worry about either. 02:57:49.780 --> 02:57:51.280 Silo put the low HP, 02:57:51.280 --> 02:57:55.780 free facilitated by Mike W who got that first pick just about 20 seconds ago, 02:57:55.780 --> 02:57:57.460 And that's CCTV clear. 02:57:57.460 --> 02:57:58.860 Some more players to find. 02:57:58.860 --> 02:58:00.660 Bolster good for it. 02:58:00.660 --> 02:58:02.900 JJ may be venturing a bit too deep in the CCTV 02:58:02.900 --> 02:58:04.540 area, but the part was not thought. 02:58:04.540 --> 02:58:06.700 And he ended up getting away with. 02:58:06.700 --> 02:58:08.820 So now with a minute to go, Whitebeard 02:58:08.820 --> 02:58:11.260 has had some options to move for us. 02:58:11.260 --> 02:58:13.020 Big trade catching Bolster behind Fountain. 02:58:13.020 --> 02:58:14.940 They'll facilitate the entry into the East Side, 02:58:14.940 --> 02:58:16.660 but no clear advantage for anyone just yet. 02:58:19.580 --> 02:58:22.500 Rival, still playing around these East Stairs. 02:58:22.500 --> 02:58:24.380 Doesn't make much progress in clearing our office 02:58:24.380 --> 02:58:28.560 fountain looks like there may be a light and a little bit of information as well 02:58:28.560 --> 02:58:32.680 we need fence to get in there and start scanning the death mark 02:58:32.680 --> 02:58:38.180 he's got everybody available and his target is looking like the cave but the 02:58:38.180 --> 02:58:41.180 cave is in the stutters amu jamma so you're not gonna be able to place that death mark 02:58:41.180 --> 02:58:44.900 to a player stood inside of a amu jamma 02:58:44.900 --> 02:58:49.220 really one of three this is just about holding on you know what the weather 02:58:49.220 --> 02:58:52.380 these players are gonna be coming from and there's options for nice 1v1s 02:58:52.380 --> 02:58:57.260 Might W picks up two, makes for a three on the round rival, a little bit late to the par here. 02:58:59.260 --> 02:59:02.620 I mean, very late to the party, able to find one. 02:59:02.620 --> 02:59:05.380 Don't choose to go fight to the next though, around the corner. 02:59:05.380 --> 02:59:08.620 Very real 1v3 right here, those shotguns, you know, pressing that advantage. 02:59:08.620 --> 02:59:11.420 Wisely so, but at long range, he's good for it. 02:59:12.020 --> 02:59:14.020 Back with a vengeance. 02:59:14.540 --> 02:59:17.980 Gets the first round for 1 of 30, a clean 1v1 to start. 02:59:19.860 --> 02:59:22.180 The game stays close here. 02:59:22.380 --> 02:59:36.980 on a 30. I might be specifically brilliant opening round, silent, scrolling tiktok, real 02:59:36.980 --> 02:59:42.500 good, like just got a major qualification game on our hands and we're sat scrolling phones 02:59:42.500 --> 02:59:44.500 like come on look in 02:59:49.580 --> 02:59:53.660 Hopefully we do hopefully we probably get them locked back in no need to get listen 02:59:53.660 --> 02:59:57.340 We already had enough stuff earlier taken away the momentum 02:59:58.060 --> 03:00:01.500 Knocking us out of it. There's no need to start trying to scroll through 03:00:02.780 --> 03:00:06.660 Love this one be one by the way, just like and I what I say I love it 03:00:06.660 --> 03:00:11.100 You know, it was just satisfying, just like all the shots, nice little spray. 03:00:11.100 --> 03:00:16.340 This next one's crazy though, oh I actually didn't get to see it, but that Mike W2T, so it's kind of insane. 03:00:16.340 --> 03:00:20.420 I have no idea how he kills fours, then swings out to get the guy on our way balcony, really impressive. 03:00:20.420 --> 03:00:23.880 And while Guna attempted 1DX from our rival right there, yeah, I mean, 03:00:23.880 --> 03:00:28.160 shocking around the corner is just gonna be a difficult thing to win, don't really blame him for that one situation, 03:00:28.160 --> 03:00:33.240 there's never going to fail him. Next side up, the ventilation workshop for 1 of 30. 03:00:33.240 --> 03:00:37.000 We'll have an extension on top floors. You typically have to defend most of the map 03:00:37.000 --> 03:00:40.920 no matter the site on border. There will be quite a bit more utility to cut for, I 03:00:40.920 --> 03:00:43.760 think, for five years. 03:00:44.240 --> 03:00:48.200 Yeah, five fears are gonna be forced into this full map. Clear like you say, it's 03:00:48.200 --> 03:00:52.160 border. It's expected. CCTV, armoury, office, 03:00:52.160 --> 03:00:56.820 these stairs. All big areas. You kind of need to take control of at some 03:00:56.820 --> 03:01:01.460 point as an attacker. Backer again on the 03:01:01.460 --> 03:01:04.980 very solo playstyle downstairs on the 03:01:04.980 --> 03:01:09.060 solace. And the solace of course performs 03:01:09.060 --> 03:01:12.060 multiple tasks here. Not only can you 03:01:12.060 --> 03:01:13.860 search out some electronics to be 03:01:13.860 --> 03:01:17.460 simple use but you're also going to be able to see when that plant is going down. 03:01:17.460 --> 03:01:19.620 It's just keeping a good eye on things 03:01:19.620 --> 03:01:21.140 in and around that front door at the 03:01:21.140 --> 03:01:23.420 moment with a chance at trying to 03:01:23.420 --> 03:01:25.060 affect on to what's happening upstairs 03:01:25.060 --> 03:01:30.180 as well, he's had an impact, so maybe try and assist a little bit, but main job for 03:01:30.180 --> 03:01:34.100 the time being is going to be locking down at that front, get ready for the push. 03:01:34.100 --> 03:01:37.500 Tanks are razor blue now, I can only think, because we hear one go off at the same time 03:01:37.500 --> 03:01:39.300 and lose a decent chunk of his health. 03:01:39.300 --> 03:01:44.940 So there is a player inside of CC that is struggling to be dealt with at the moment, 03:01:44.940 --> 03:01:45.940 by fears. 03:01:45.940 --> 03:01:48.700 It's not like they've got a straight, clear plan of how they want to deal with these 03:01:48.700 --> 03:01:51.940 players and it's all giving them quite a bit of space right now. 03:01:51.940 --> 03:01:58.540 Mike W given five years of the business at the moment, Snake, taking out early once again. 03:01:58.540 --> 03:02:00.540 KJ also on low HP. 03:02:00.540 --> 03:02:03.540 Steve is holding on quite strong. 03:02:03.540 --> 03:02:06.540 Five years facing a lot of deathmills in the first half. 03:02:06.540 --> 03:02:09.540 This is where the five years of the easier time on Clubhouse. 03:02:09.540 --> 03:02:11.940 It was the conversions that were always an issue, but they could of course get the 03:02:11.940 --> 03:02:12.940 5E4. 03:02:12.940 --> 03:02:13.940 We've mentioned that quite a bit of time. 03:02:13.940 --> 03:02:18.340 But even in a very well-coordinated way, setting up crossfires, car all things, 03:02:18.340 --> 03:02:20.940 like pinches, really good stuff on Clubhouse. 03:02:20.940 --> 03:02:26.680 So far on border one of 30 had the better of them both rounds now on waste that weren't particularly close to side from that 03:02:26.680 --> 03:02:29.400 One view on the three friends and the player inside of customs 03:02:30.120 --> 03:02:36.360 In the defense with the better positioning of our angles to better play through and through right after the world side for five years 03:02:36.640 --> 03:02:41.060 And all the devins reacted accordingly trying to play retake and hold these vertical angles 03:02:41.060 --> 03:02:46.980 I love that huge pick JJ still thinks he has an advantage to creep in this castle and the meat go for the retake 03:02:46.980 --> 03:02:50.580 DeFino will lose his life in the process and J.P. gets the diffuser down successfully. 03:02:50.580 --> 03:02:54.660 Vertical angle is not effective in netting that one, but a huge triple by Packer in a 03:02:54.660 --> 03:02:56.580 massive comeback by five fears. 03:02:56.580 --> 03:03:02.900 Forrest in a 1v4 needs to win all of this on that long angle and you know that defenders 03:03:02.900 --> 03:03:05.500 are about to be swinging him left and right. 03:03:05.500 --> 03:03:06.500 There's the first. 03:03:06.500 --> 03:03:10.140 They will find it, put a long arm around the corner, I mean the round is quite literally 03:03:10.140 --> 03:03:11.140 done. 03:03:11.140 --> 03:03:14.180 There's nothing Forrest can do. 03:03:14.180 --> 03:03:17.820 IW MVP at the moment for one of 30. 03:03:17.820 --> 03:03:19.380 Brilliant from one of 30. 03:03:19.380 --> 03:03:20.420 Just baiting it in. 03:03:20.420 --> 03:03:22.380 Look, if you wanna drop and try and get the plant down, 03:03:22.380 --> 03:03:23.220 that's fine. 03:03:23.220 --> 03:03:24.360 We can just play retake. 03:03:24.360 --> 03:03:26.460 They still had full control of office upstairs. 03:03:26.460 --> 03:03:28.780 They still had full control of bathroom. 03:03:28.780 --> 03:03:30.500 Easily able to transition down. 03:03:30.500 --> 03:03:34.440 Drop bathroom hatch and make a play from there. 03:03:34.440 --> 03:03:35.280 Yeah, sure. 03:03:35.280 --> 03:03:36.420 The plant goes down. 03:03:36.420 --> 03:03:38.260 There was two people inside of the site, 03:03:38.260 --> 03:03:39.580 two people inside a workshop 03:03:39.580 --> 03:03:42.580 and neither of them really able to get out or do anything. 03:03:42.580 --> 03:03:46.740 There's maybe a call for forest to get on the window a little bit sooner so that they're 03:03:46.740 --> 03:03:51.940 able to cut off and to stop those players from affecting from bathroom into workshop, 03:03:51.940 --> 03:03:55.600 but when the walls stop like that there's so many different options. 03:03:55.600 --> 03:03:59.660 By fears continue to struggle on the attack here. 03:03:59.660 --> 03:04:05.540 This has been their favoured side by far throughout regular kickoff. 03:04:05.540 --> 03:04:08.540 81.9% win rate. 03:04:08.540 --> 03:04:12.540 And now you start to think, hmm, was it an easy group? 03:04:12.540 --> 03:04:17.060 We're teams playing inside a group stage a little bit differently to the 03:04:17.060 --> 03:04:20.500 playing now when it's actually playoffs on the line and it's actually a spot at 03:04:20.500 --> 03:04:25.020 the Solay City Major. The five-fifths percentage have been lulled into a bit of a 03:04:25.020 --> 03:04:29.340 false sense of security because we are not seeing the same success that they 03:04:29.340 --> 03:04:33.780 had earlier transpire into this series and I know that it's been a 03:04:33.780 --> 03:04:36.660 weird series but again that's part of being a professional, it's part of 03:04:36.660 --> 03:04:39.060 Competing at this level is you've got to be able to separate 03:04:46.660 --> 03:04:48.660 Yep, by the way separate 03:04:48.660 --> 03:04:51.740 Especially at this point this deep it climbing I see this deep in this series 03:04:52.740 --> 03:04:56.900 Really only 17 rounds in my series in the grand scheme of things but on the all the way on the map to 03:04:58.660 --> 03:05:00.660 Got to start making it at this point 03:05:00.660 --> 03:05:06.040 Especially now potentially getting through a song off one out of a side occurs sight rotation right after this 03:05:06.660 --> 03:05:11.300 One of 30 will attempt their last go before they can have the option to retry the things. 03:05:11.300 --> 03:05:15.300 Customs will be the final one, but it's definitely his first three. 03:05:15.300 --> 03:05:18.900 Metapulse on the board, M10 brought by Packard. 03:05:18.900 --> 03:05:23.540 Trying to get some nice verticality. Maybe you can test the CCTV or the Armory positions. 03:05:23.540 --> 03:05:26.420 And finally he has the Monty. Should be into the front. 03:05:26.420 --> 03:05:30.740 First time I think so far this match we've seen this map. Excuse me, we've seen the shield. 03:05:30.740 --> 03:05:33.140 Spiping unbanned four or five years. 03:05:35.380 --> 03:05:39.940 The clock is understanding that their normal way of attempted way of breaking through these like 03:05:40.980 --> 03:05:42.980 These defensive setups Ali is just 03:05:43.700 --> 03:05:45.540 Just not working on 03:05:45.540 --> 03:05:48.260 No, they're pulling back an old faithful aren't they JJ on the Monty? 03:05:49.860 --> 03:05:51.860 I could try and hide the 03:05:52.020 --> 03:05:54.020 pulse inside of the prep phase as well 03:05:54.020 --> 03:06:00.860 IW found him ready just in the bottom of the customs there, C4 going to go out from Bino 03:06:00.860 --> 03:06:03.420 as I have the C4 line up this time. 03:06:03.420 --> 03:06:09.620 IW sent his client as well so I could really the only one with the C4 now to try and work 03:06:09.620 --> 03:06:11.700 off the back of that information. 03:06:11.700 --> 03:06:16.820 Even if he's just able to determine which side the push is primarily coming from, give 03:06:16.820 --> 03:06:19.220 his team a good piece of information. 03:06:19.220 --> 03:06:23.700 silent. Took tint the moment to office. There is going to be presence inside of these stairs, 03:06:23.700 --> 03:06:27.620 so this needs to be called just because Monty bearing down on you whilst you're on our 03:06:27.620 --> 03:06:31.020 axis. That was the nicest thing, so we'll get himself out of there and out of there 03:06:31.020 --> 03:06:35.860 quite quickly. Don't be called, but that isn't an intro to pulse on the scanner. 03:06:35.860 --> 03:06:46.540 The packet is found as first target. The Monty, no less. The special prey to 03:06:46.540 --> 03:06:51.540 defined, especially if he could land this before he has to find the wall. 03:06:51.540 --> 03:06:54.220 Will it go off, but it only does negligible damage to JJ, 03:06:54.220 --> 03:06:57.140 Silo with big kill, helping out the bulls in a tricky situation, 03:06:57.140 --> 03:06:58.140 barreling him down. 03:06:58.140 --> 03:07:01.900 Ooh, that's just great coordination by 1 of 30. 03:07:01.900 --> 03:07:03.340 Excellent use of the Rima dash as well. 03:07:03.340 --> 03:07:06.180 Not an interaction we see all too often anymore, 03:07:06.180 --> 03:07:11.500 but JJ will get a painful reminder of its lethality. 03:07:11.500 --> 03:07:13.860 5 to 3 and 1 of 30 looking in a good position. 03:07:13.860 --> 03:07:18.860 when 3 in a row as basically all of the attack is isolated on the east side of the pack. 03:07:19.860 --> 03:07:23.860 The team work there from 1 of 30 is just fantastic. 03:07:23.860 --> 03:07:25.860 Driver will find Silo eventually. 03:07:25.860 --> 03:07:29.860 This is a very late trade and it doesn't do anything to even out the advantage. 03:07:30.860 --> 03:07:36.860 Packer and Silo working as a little one to punch their information and cover in fire. 03:07:36.860 --> 03:07:38.860 It's worked fantastically. 03:07:38.860 --> 03:07:41.860 Snake is able to move through. 03:07:41.860 --> 03:07:46.060 Another pack will be a little bit more cognizant that someone could just swing 03:07:46.060 --> 03:07:50.060 around the corner there he was trying to watch the diffuser he has been caught out 03:07:50.060 --> 03:07:52.660 he was trying to watch on his own and didn't have to be certain to support from 03:07:52.660 --> 03:07:56.740 his team that's open to go it's three versus three but there's only 17 seconds 03:07:56.740 --> 03:08:00.740 only 17 seconds and a player like Wolfsburg in this position could be 03:08:00.740 --> 03:08:04.340 perfect late getting the cams force only 10 seconds remaining not sure how 03:08:04.340 --> 03:08:07.100 useful that'll be but it might give something not around the corner though 03:08:07.100 --> 03:08:10.900 as one player gets clothes lined by Wolfsburg running up few beepers it's 03:08:10.900 --> 03:08:14.900 a quick three piece to finish for the rest of one of 30. Three rounds in a row, 03:08:14.900 --> 03:08:19.300 a flawless sight rotation and five years at risk of being shot out of border. 03:08:20.180 --> 03:08:22.900 The priority just looks a little bit strange from five years, doesn't it? 03:08:22.900 --> 03:08:26.940 I come back to something that JJ was saying in one of the recorded pieces, 03:08:26.940 --> 03:08:29.860 you know, one of the pieces that where we get a bit of a listening from the 03:08:29.860 --> 03:08:31.380 team and he was saying play normal. 03:08:31.420 --> 03:08:34.740 I just don't feel like they're playing their normal stage at the moment. 03:08:34.740 --> 03:08:37.820 It's like they're trying too hard. The clocks against you. 03:08:38.060 --> 03:08:40.540 We don't really need to be hacking the cameras at that point. 03:08:40.540 --> 03:08:44.860 We need to be out of the pushing for the kills, we'll get in the diffuser down, and you're in a 3v3. 03:08:45.360 --> 03:08:49.860 You don't really know where everybody is, so do you really want to start, you know, spreading far and wide to try and get the kills? 03:08:49.860 --> 03:08:52.820 You probably need to try and force the plant and make your way into sight. 03:08:52.980 --> 03:08:55.300 I mean, this bit of teamwork. 03:08:56.340 --> 03:08:57.300 Just beautiful. 03:08:59.180 --> 03:09:02.300 A kill from Snake to try and make something happen there. 03:09:04.180 --> 03:09:08.860 It just never dealt with disenchantment, it never dealt with anyone inside a small lot, the small supply downstairs. 03:09:08.860 --> 03:09:14.860 Again, just a strange run. It feels as though 5F is all playing their normal brunt of seed right now. 03:09:16.860 --> 03:09:23.860 Certainly feels that way. And we'll see how it goes after we have a new set of bands, 5 years taking on the castle, which... 03:09:23.860 --> 03:09:25.860 Maybe that'll help. 03:09:25.860 --> 03:09:31.020 has played it three times in a row, but I think to your point, Ali, I think the problems 03:09:31.020 --> 03:09:34.820 that these contractors are encountering are a bit greater than one operator right now. 03:09:34.820 --> 03:09:37.180 It's not just the Castle Barricades seem to be an issue. 03:09:37.180 --> 03:09:40.980 It might complicate things, but it's even how they're coordinating in these important 03:09:40.980 --> 03:09:44.460 moments, you know, with 15, 10 seconds remaining, how they're working around these clears. 03:09:44.460 --> 03:09:51.060 I mean, I'm sure the Orcs need to be surprised, but still getting caught out like that 03:09:51.060 --> 03:09:54.100 and getting caught out repeatedly three rounds in a row by one of 30. 03:09:54.100 --> 03:09:59.380 I mean, opening picks, uncontested, no trades from five years. 03:09:59.380 --> 03:10:01.520 Mike W also, seven-one at the moment. 03:10:01.520 --> 03:10:03.260 Can't say enough about this defense right now. 03:10:03.260 --> 03:10:05.620 Can't say enough good things about one of 30. 03:10:05.620 --> 03:10:08.020 And you know, it's moments like this where if five years start 03:10:08.020 --> 03:10:09.220 losing more rounds, you're starting 03:10:09.220 --> 03:10:10.820 to think about how close Clubhouse was. 03:10:10.820 --> 03:10:13.420 You're starting to think about how not-close-quarter 03:10:13.420 --> 03:10:15.100 is basically a real shake. 03:10:15.100 --> 03:10:16.940 Yeah, that is a must-win round for five years. 03:10:16.940 --> 03:10:19.260 If not this, then next term. 03:10:19.260 --> 03:10:19.900 It really is. 03:10:19.900 --> 03:10:21.700 And I mean, it's early days, isn't it? 03:10:21.700 --> 03:10:23.700 You know, it's in half of the round, half of the side. 03:10:23.700 --> 03:10:27.980 should I say. Café starts to feel like a likely scenario. 03:10:29.780 --> 03:10:33.260 Played out on the catwalk, Ulspur, been caught in the line scan as 03:10:33.260 --> 03:10:36.900 well, just wanna move. Really lost too much HP to that, but they 03:10:36.900 --> 03:10:39.460 are sending the kitchen sink at him right now. Fortunately, he 03:10:39.460 --> 03:10:41.860 can drop. There is a player inside a passport. But Packers 03:10:41.900 --> 03:10:45.020 also here for the assist. Again, a good example of the teamwork 03:10:45.220 --> 03:10:48.100 that's being shown right now. JJ has to repel all the 03:10:48.100 --> 03:10:51.300 faith down on the Spider-Man angle just to get one back 03:10:51.300 --> 03:10:55.060 trade and pack a little later prone inside a passport. 03:10:55.060 --> 03:10:57.860 Rival's good for the clear up though. 03:10:57.860 --> 03:11:00.260 JJ on the double down. 03:11:00.260 --> 03:11:03.500 Finally, we might start see things going five years away. 03:11:06.860 --> 03:11:10.380 W, a huge commitment by Packer that gets punished by five years. 03:11:10.380 --> 03:11:12.340 JJ also good with the string turning around. 03:11:12.340 --> 03:11:13.780 Mike W, I mean, at that point, you 03:11:13.780 --> 03:11:16.140 feel like you have to start working back a pick. 03:11:16.140 --> 03:11:17.780 Mike W feels that pressure, unfortunately not 03:11:17.780 --> 03:11:20.180 able to meet the moment. 03:11:20.180 --> 03:11:23.020 So Silo, 1v4. Spotted on the drone. 03:11:24.260 --> 03:11:26.260 I need to attack nose, both sides are clear. 03:11:26.260 --> 03:11:28.500 Ooh, good swing. Good anticipation of that position. 03:11:29.140 --> 03:11:33.180 Getting rotated all the way back into Armory now and get bogged before anybody can get all that information. 03:11:33.180 --> 03:11:34.940 Spots another, surely not. 03:11:35.740 --> 03:11:37.020 Surely not. 03:11:37.780 --> 03:11:40.820 One player all the way over on the east side, the other moving through break. 03:11:41.580 --> 03:11:43.900 He's got a hell of a long angle for this one. 03:11:45.660 --> 03:11:46.700 A minute to go. 03:11:46.700 --> 03:11:48.700 the 03:11:48.820 --> 03:11:50.820 game. 03:11:50.940 --> 03:11:52.940 I'm going to start giving 03:11:53.060 --> 03:11:55.060 engagements. Silo finds 03:11:55.180 --> 03:11:57.180 another. 03:11:57.300 --> 03:11:59.300 Yes, he does, but he wins it. 03:11:59.420 --> 03:12:01.420 Unfortunately, not good enough 03:12:01.540 --> 03:12:03.540 for the one before, but certainly 03:12:03.660 --> 03:12:05.660 good enough to give us a show in 03:12:05.800 --> 03:12:07.800 the latter half of that round. 03:12:07.940 --> 03:12:09.940 There was a little chance, wasn't 03:12:10.060 --> 03:12:11.940 there? It's high time we saw 03:12:12.060 --> 03:12:14.060 five fears put one up, though. 03:12:14.060 --> 03:12:21.040 Eventually able to throw one over opening kill by the way so far for one of 30. It's been a really good start 03:12:21.860 --> 03:12:24.780 something that's ruled by a lot of over on clubhouse, but 03:12:25.780 --> 03:12:29.780 Definitely gonna have a handle over here on board of the opening picking every single round so far 03:12:29.980 --> 03:12:32.460 But we feel to convert that last round 03:12:35.820 --> 03:12:37.580 They killed my 03:12:37.580 --> 03:12:42.140 When you look at it, when you look at it again there is quite a nice little, nice little shot 03:12:42.140 --> 03:12:44.700 being placed through obviously we get to see it on the reverse. 03:12:46.060 --> 03:12:52.540 Down to ventilation and workshop for round five. Our five players able to chain a foot view together 03:12:52.540 --> 03:12:59.420 now and start to make this a little bit more of a contest. This attack inside so far today has 03:12:59.420 --> 03:13:03.740 been a little bit of a problem. What if they, I don't think they're going to be feeling too 03:13:03.740 --> 03:13:08.540 too much pressure right now. Again, gonna be rocking plenty of information. Pack him. 03:13:08.540 --> 03:13:10.900 We're playing the Mosey this time. 03:13:13.400 --> 03:13:15.380 And Volsper over on the solace. 03:13:15.380 --> 03:13:20.180 I believe Solace played by half a previous through on the Solace side, but there's been 03:13:20.180 --> 03:13:21.380 a switch around a little bit. 03:13:21.380 --> 03:13:24.340 And look at the roll that Packin' facilitates on this one of 30 team. 03:13:24.340 --> 03:13:28.740 Because he really was playing in, you know, quite an isolated way, but the team is 03:13:28.740 --> 03:13:32.500 ready to sort of drop everything to assist and support him at the moment's notice. 03:13:32.500 --> 03:13:36.580 And we've seen that demonstrated already with plays like him and Silo downstairs in the bathroom 03:13:37.300 --> 03:13:39.300 Just seems to be a really 03:13:39.500 --> 03:13:45.380 Useful tool the 1 of 30 have got in their kit belt at the moment because the rest of the team can kind of hold their 03:13:45.380 --> 03:13:52.120 Own as well and Packers usually guaranteed some sort of impact whether that's time wasting getting killed so can up a ton of utility 03:13:52.120 --> 03:13:54.560 They'll usually hit one of those metrics in the round 03:13:54.560 --> 03:14:02.520 See the hits one here is unfortunately his C4 goes wide out on the courtyard balcony. 03:14:02.520 --> 03:14:06.620 There's two more for one of thirty in their underback pockets. 03:14:06.620 --> 03:14:08.760 So if we all good, they'd run out by Bolsper. 03:14:08.760 --> 03:14:10.680 Ooh, a bit too far yet unfortunately. 03:14:10.680 --> 03:14:12.200 Talked around the corner. 03:14:12.200 --> 03:14:13.200 Bit hard to tell. 03:14:13.200 --> 03:14:15.160 They still not specular scanner so no harm, no foul. 03:14:15.160 --> 03:14:16.160 Swapping that. 03:14:16.160 --> 03:14:18.280 Because the only damage doesn't lose any health in turn. 03:14:18.280 --> 03:14:21.440 So, not a whole lot to worry about the defense at the moment. 03:14:21.440 --> 03:14:23.200 Two players spotted by the E1 Dito. 03:14:23.200 --> 03:14:27.200 So it seems like five years is not really in a position to capitalize on any of that information 03:14:27.200 --> 03:14:33.800 They know very clearly as we can all see three different defenders are around this top floor and the Monty is just outside 03:14:33.800 --> 03:14:37.580 Ready to push in ready to put some pressure down these defenders, but 03:14:38.320 --> 03:14:41.760 Nobody's supporting it nobody actually has angles into this building 03:14:41.760 --> 03:14:46.480 In fact the only player who has an angle is Mike W looking through the smoke at JJ five years 03:14:46.480 --> 03:14:48.480 Actually really don't know anything at the moment 03:14:50.640 --> 03:14:52.640 Got a little bit of my control, haven't they? 03:14:53.200 --> 03:14:58.320 The board is a small map so time is a little bit more less important. 03:14:58.320 --> 03:15:04.840 GJ can start to move through now, but it's going to play out tucked inside archives, snake. 03:15:04.840 --> 03:15:09.640 There's a reinforced wall ahead of him so I can't really shoot that open to get a idea 03:15:09.640 --> 03:15:10.640 of what's going on in the Armory. 03:15:10.640 --> 03:15:13.640 And don't think anyone's really pressured Armory wall either. 03:15:13.640 --> 03:15:18.040 There's always going to be a concern that you're going to be a little bit vulnerable 03:15:18.040 --> 03:15:22.400 from that side, but the way that it's being played, less so. 03:15:22.400 --> 03:15:27.440 flying in now Packer. Just to try and move through JJ on super low HP he was trying to get the kit down 03:15:27.440 --> 03:15:30.640 and he's still going to be tucked inside of the site here his teammate is trying to support him 03:15:30.640 --> 03:15:36.080 vertically but it's just not good enough being over the C-force I'll grab the kill and Fens 03:15:36.080 --> 03:15:42.320 left upstairs high and dry finds one with the pistol of all things and is giving chance to reload 03:15:43.120 --> 03:15:47.040 with that diffuser cold in the site all the two remaining defenders have to do is keep a 03:15:47.040 --> 03:15:52.800 close and eagle eye on it especially with two shotguns super shorty in a 03:15:52.800 --> 03:15:55.520 primary it's gonna be difficult one for friends to work through a double crossfire 03:15:55.520 --> 03:15:59.320 though info on the left side of it still peaks right who have been 03:15:59.320 --> 03:16:02.240 unfortunate by friends right there look in the opposite way maybe heard a 03:16:02.240 --> 03:16:05.880 sound cure or something but ends up walking directly into that 1v1 03:16:05.880 --> 03:16:11.360 unaware 4v1 right now for one of 30 and seems like five years ended up 03:16:11.360 --> 03:16:15.000 spring a trap as they moved into that site JJ moves in to put that a 03:16:15.000 --> 03:16:20.000 and then immediately has this guy is always on his phone. JJ immediately... 03:16:20.000 --> 03:16:24.000 I'm sorry, he's always on his phone. It's just so funny to me. 03:16:24.000 --> 03:16:28.000 JJ does react very quickly, gets off the diffuser. 03:16:30.000 --> 03:16:35.000 But then at that point, well, unfortunately, as you can see, we've got a guy with the C4 up top. 03:16:35.000 --> 03:16:39.000 We've got the vertical line with the counter-bottom, and the rest of the defense immediately floods in. 03:16:39.000 --> 03:16:44.000 He starts taking fights with the players who are scattered but still trying to get in the position to defend the Monty. 03:16:44.000 --> 03:16:50.160 Monty. Very good secondary plan or even potentially primary win condition by by 03:16:50.160 --> 03:16:53.920 one of 30 there to play the retake to get those kills into completely ensnare 03:16:53.920 --> 03:16:57.920 five years as they move into the site and JJ I think being the ultimate victim 03:16:57.920 --> 03:17:02.120 in that situation three round lead or five years at the moment and one of 03:17:02.120 --> 03:17:06.760 30s pick is going about as well as you've been otherwise hope. Again a really 03:17:06.760 --> 03:17:09.280 weird focus to get in the plant down there did not clear top floor 03:17:09.280 --> 03:17:11.960 sufficiently and they don't really clear the sides sufficiently either 03:17:11.960 --> 03:17:15.400 because we still had a site player tucked into a workshop. 03:17:15.400 --> 03:17:17.840 So, kind of just like a bit of a halfway house 03:17:17.840 --> 03:17:21.640 between doing everything and maybe just trying to force it. 03:17:22.920 --> 03:17:24.640 It's actually so far tonight on board 03:17:24.640 --> 03:17:27.720 that I don't know if the playoffs have been strange 03:17:27.720 --> 03:17:30.200 from five years, that much is clear. 03:17:32.200 --> 03:17:34.240 We will move to the final round of regulation 03:17:34.240 --> 03:17:36.680 for one of the on their defenses though, 03:17:36.680 --> 03:17:38.920 aside which they have seen great success on. 03:17:38.920 --> 03:17:41.500 I'm upstairs to tell us I'm bathroom 03:17:43.520 --> 03:17:45.960 Similar amount of information being played this time 03:17:46.240 --> 03:17:51.240 Consider where we've seen it pulse previously. It's gonna be a Valkyrie. I could actually be bringing the Cade as well 03:17:51.240 --> 03:17:54.480 So those hatches are just gonna be a little bit more painful to get open 03:17:54.480 --> 03:17:58.720 It's before a factor pick and if you look what Horace was on he wasn't a dog for me so 03:17:59.240 --> 03:18:01.720 You'd argue that that's kind of worthwhile 03:18:02.440 --> 03:18:06.880 Forcing to bring in a factor if you swap them the factor for a dog for you're losing quite a bit there 03:18:06.880 --> 03:18:12.580 I was laying low with potential on the firefares line up and now a little bit less so still with the lion 03:18:12.580 --> 03:18:15.520 But no with the frustration that don't be provides as well 03:18:24.320 --> 03:18:26.700 Gotta be careful that works though, so we were already seen 03:18:32.920 --> 03:18:34.920 30 seconds it's quite impressive 03:18:34.920 --> 03:18:38.280 A lot of damage to that intel game brought by long 30. 03:18:38.280 --> 03:18:40.680 Really good stuff by friends early on. 03:18:40.680 --> 03:18:44.520 But as I said, JJ, who's been trying to make this monkey work for me? 03:18:44.520 --> 03:18:46.920 It's gotten him in the side. 03:18:46.920 --> 03:18:48.280 It's certainly helped out. 03:18:48.280 --> 03:18:51.400 But with the man of the hour right here, the Oryx, 03:18:51.400 --> 03:18:52.440 thinks he'd become problematic. 03:18:52.440 --> 03:18:53.560 They've spotted it though. 03:18:53.560 --> 03:18:54.840 The rival will be aware of it. 03:18:55.800 --> 03:18:59.000 Scenic Directly, in fact, I don't think Silas has spotted that drone on the desk. 03:18:59.000 --> 03:19:01.160 And an excellent pinch by five fears. 03:19:01.800 --> 03:19:04.200 If this hat's gonna end 4-2, that is what we need to see. 03:19:04.200 --> 03:19:07.040 information reacted on quickly and decisively. 03:19:10.040 --> 03:19:14.520 Silo down as well. We've already seen the impact the oryx can have against the Monty, 03:19:15.120 --> 03:19:18.920 especially in the way that Silo is willing to play it quite aggressively, 03:19:18.920 --> 03:19:20.480 just ramadashing the Monty down. 03:19:21.640 --> 03:19:24.120 JJ can maybe breathe a little bit of a sigh of relief there. 03:19:24.840 --> 03:19:27.240 He's going to be looking to try and move a little bit close toward the site, 03:19:27.240 --> 03:19:29.640 those Tellos windows more specifically. 03:19:30.760 --> 03:19:33.760 Top floor has pretty much been called as clear now. 03:19:33.760 --> 03:19:37.760 The firefields can start to work with the space that they've been given. 03:19:38.760 --> 03:19:43.760 The IQ, huge pick up, especially in the presence of a Valkyrie. 03:19:47.760 --> 03:19:54.760 They're gonna stack up again though. It's not a worry about for five shares in the way that they've been stacking up on these bomb sites when they're trying to get the plant down. 03:19:55.760 --> 03:20:00.760 They commit too many people into that site. I mean, that's exactly where the defense is gonna look. 03:20:03.760 --> 03:20:08.880 Especially when it's coming from courtyard, I mean, this is not exactly a surprising angle for the attack to approach from. 03:20:08.880 --> 03:20:10.360 JJ will move in though. 03:20:10.360 --> 03:20:13.420 It appears everything's been isolated the moment C4 goes out over top, should land. 03:20:13.420 --> 03:20:15.620 No, just do any damage to JJ! 03:20:15.620 --> 03:20:20.200 Maybe take some, but, by the way, not enough to stop this defuse plant from going down. 03:20:20.200 --> 03:20:23.840 1-30 in the disadvantage, though a lot of damage taken by members of Five Ears. 03:20:23.840 --> 03:20:26.880 Rival down in the process, but still a lead maintained. 03:20:26.880 --> 03:20:28.880 But here's the time and the manpower. 03:20:28.880 --> 03:20:32.880 With retake of courtyard, seems to work for the moment. A tenuous grasp perhaps. 03:20:32.880 --> 03:20:37.240 But the Monty once again surrounded sitting on that diffuser, keeping them back. 03:20:37.240 --> 03:20:43.040 You know, fodder for that 417, though five beers, only one or now two players with a gun alive. 03:20:43.240 --> 03:20:45.480 It's all on pack with a revolver as well. 03:20:46.160 --> 03:20:50.920 Still a half one by one of 30, but five beers narrow it just a little bit. 03:20:51.800 --> 03:20:53.960 The ground to end the half on there for five fears. 03:20:54.760 --> 03:20:59.520 Again, forcing that plant down, bullying the way through that space with the Monty. 03:20:59.920 --> 03:21:02.080 Let's see what the desk has to say about the first six rounds. 03:21:02.880 --> 03:21:12.880 Thanks, XZ. These first six rounds have been, I guess, according to you guys, expected, given the momentum that 1 of 30 had coming into this. 03:21:12.880 --> 03:21:19.880 You said that last map, despite the adversity, set them up for success, and Lacks, coming out of the gate, they started swinging. 03:21:19.880 --> 03:21:25.880 Yeah, absolutely. I mean, even from the Gekko round one, I really liked the positioning that the players were having, specifically out of Mike W. 03:21:25.880 --> 03:21:30.880 He gets an important triple kill or double kill, rather, here on West Main that puts them in the man advantage. 03:21:30.880 --> 03:21:34.800 Now it does get a little dicey here, but even for Beano to be able to clutch this round 03:21:34.800 --> 03:21:37.260 You even heard in the comms. They know we'd love to see your face 03:21:37.260 --> 03:21:43.420 We love to have you back that just just reiterates how strong their mental is and then again for him to be able to get 03:21:43.420 --> 03:21:47.580 That clutch perfect no one's getting down everyone's getting excited, but then even going into the third round 03:21:47.580 --> 03:21:51.460 I mean I really like the orcs play you don't typically see orcs too often anymore 03:21:51.460 --> 03:21:54.460 But let alone it being used very well here against the montagne 03:21:54.460 --> 03:21:59.180 But also some of the key note to take away is that we've highlighted for five years when they use these shields 03:21:59.180 --> 03:22:01.340 They'd like to be able to play off of those shields. 03:22:01.340 --> 03:22:03.260 They always know someone's going to be behind it. 03:22:03.260 --> 03:22:04.180 So they were ready for it. 03:22:04.180 --> 03:22:05.780 They had a response to it. 03:22:05.780 --> 03:22:08.220 And just even in the band, I mean, Fox, you talked about this. 03:22:08.220 --> 03:22:10.260 Are you going to get rid of both shield operators? 03:22:10.260 --> 03:22:12.900 I like the fact that they got rid of both the shield operators. 03:22:12.900 --> 03:22:15.740 You got rid of the most oppressive operators of the three, 03:22:15.740 --> 03:22:16.820 getting rid of the Blackbeard, 03:22:16.820 --> 03:22:19.220 getting rid of the Blitz because that takes a lot of the control. 03:22:19.220 --> 03:22:22.460 It forces players out of position with the flashes or the grenades. 03:22:22.460 --> 03:22:24.140 And they were just able to pocket themselves, 03:22:24.140 --> 03:22:26.460 play their positions, and then just play these crossfires. 03:22:26.460 --> 03:22:28.380 And I will say that last round specifically 03:22:28.380 --> 03:22:32.300 five-spheres. That was a great adaptation, great understanding of how to get that Monty in there, 03:22:32.300 --> 03:22:37.180 and then a beautiful post-flam. And it still got close. I mean, one of 30 still had responses on how 03:22:37.180 --> 03:22:41.340 to be able to retake. I mean, but at that point, five-fears won it. But yeah, I agree. This is 03:22:41.340 --> 03:22:47.100 the first time a team so far in the NAL has banned two shields against five-fears. There was a 03:22:47.100 --> 03:22:51.580 big fear around maybe allowing them to have glass, gank, other operators, but seems like 03:22:51.580 --> 03:22:54.700 those variables haven't come into question. They've been forcing the Monty all the 03:22:54.700 --> 03:22:58.160 the way through so much so that they brought the oryx they always understood 03:22:58.160 --> 03:23:02.620 they can get a pick behind the shield one of 30 is in the best situation they 03:23:02.620 --> 03:23:05.920 could be I mean getting four rounds on your defense swapping over to attack 03:23:05.920 --> 03:23:09.120 they don't need the shields they don't need to rely on it they just need to 03:23:09.120 --> 03:23:13.000 keep playing it slow and focusing on getting those opening kills because 03:23:13.000 --> 03:23:16.120 that's what it seems like five years is giving it to them I can't stress it 03:23:16.120 --> 03:23:20.380 enough that it really does feel like map one set five fears up for failure 03:23:20.380 --> 03:23:26.380 because of all the mental battle of them, allowing it to get to overtime, getting so close. 03:23:27.380 --> 03:23:29.380 Five years is just a dangerous spot at the moment. 03:23:29.380 --> 03:23:33.380 And considering they typically have been a very good attacking team, 03:23:33.380 --> 03:23:39.380 1 of 30 has now successfully shut down their attacks for the most part on both map one and map two. 03:23:39.380 --> 03:23:44.380 Border, Leeds attacker sided, so that also could play a role here. 03:23:44.380 --> 03:23:45.380 Back to you guys. 03:23:45.380 --> 03:23:54.540 I think very much you three always have to hear their insight and I mean Ali what do 03:23:54.540 --> 03:23:59.100 you say at this point I mean sure 4-2 not that crazy the score line 1-30 have felt very 03:23:59.100 --> 03:24:05.300 much like the favorite coming out to half decidedly victors now the side spot I think 03:24:05.300 --> 03:24:06.300 the momentum will continue. 03:24:06.300 --> 03:24:11.300 There's a very good chance that it will you know this it's a matter of 1-30 have 03:24:11.300 --> 03:24:15.220 chosen for a reason. And I think that, well, I mean, why 03:24:15.220 --> 03:24:17.300 might you say it's about the five years of lethargy for a reason? 03:24:17.300 --> 03:24:19.580 I guess the best of three, you want me to have a limited amount of bands. 03:24:20.020 --> 03:24:22.740 But for me, one of 30, they're just living in the moment right now. 03:24:22.740 --> 03:24:27.740 And I think the mental strain of map one is going to be far less felt on 03:24:27.740 --> 03:24:30.300 them now that they've got, you know, back and it's just business as 03:24:30.300 --> 03:24:33.820 usual, that it will be on five years, even though five years has won the 03:24:33.820 --> 03:24:36.940 map. I think it's a very difficult thing to articulate, but it 03:24:36.940 --> 03:24:40.460 does feel like five years to drag in some of that energy into this 03:24:40.460 --> 03:24:44.460 next map, which we're in right now, and that's demonstrated by the attacks, right? 03:24:44.460 --> 03:24:48.540 Yes, they had a couple of good attacking rounds, but we expect more from this team, we expect 03:24:48.540 --> 03:24:52.140 more than just a couple of good attacking rounds on a full side off-border, and the 03:24:52.140 --> 03:24:55.660 pressure now on five fears again, it just feels like they've been under that pressure 03:24:55.660 --> 03:25:00.580 all night long so far. We'll have to see how they perform under it for the most 03:25:00.580 --> 03:25:07.700 part. This now we're seeing a very alternate shield. You've actually got the Oster. 03:25:07.700 --> 03:25:12.700 Now, if there's a site and a map that you're gonna see in Ulster, it can be brought here. 03:25:12.700 --> 03:25:17.700 There's always the good old plant behind an Ulster shield if you can get in through the Archive's door. 03:25:17.700 --> 03:25:19.700 And hey, maybe that's the intention. 03:25:19.700 --> 03:25:23.700 He don't have the kit, so he's the one to keep a close eye on mine now, but... 03:25:23.700 --> 03:25:26.700 Or what, getting sent through into an Archive's. 03:25:28.700 --> 03:25:32.700 A lot of things sent through into Archive's, but somehow, Mike W dies immediately. 03:25:32.700 --> 03:25:34.700 I don't even know how that happened. 03:25:34.700 --> 03:25:37.820 of course his demo gets an angle over, but oh it's a fake out! 03:25:37.820 --> 03:25:40.820 Bino instead repels it a sandwich to put the diffuser down. 03:25:40.820 --> 03:25:44.100 That is a genius rotation by one of thirty. 03:25:44.100 --> 03:25:47.900 Even misdirected me in the process in clearly five years as well. 03:25:47.900 --> 03:25:50.420 Advantage quickly shifts hands. 03:25:50.420 --> 03:25:54.900 Now the attack, decidedly in the lead, rivaled with no angles to speak of. 03:25:54.900 --> 03:25:58.180 Not only a side, but an upside down repel the boot. 03:25:58.180 --> 03:26:02.140 Immediately hit by two Claymores and it's a gun that finishes him off. 03:26:02.140 --> 03:26:09.840 This is about as well fell out and execute as you could have and want a 30 taking this lead and running with it. 03:26:11.940 --> 03:26:14.140 You're not going to get away with that twice in the same game. 03:26:14.140 --> 03:26:17.340 You might not even get away with it twice in the same season. 03:26:18.540 --> 03:26:25.540 But a big utility dump into archive store and then a big old fake out hopping into sandwich window, 03:26:25.540 --> 03:26:31.440 taking advantage of the sound cues, taking advantage of all of the noise that's going on at that time. 03:26:32.140 --> 03:26:36.220 And there was a player in half wall as well when that went down by the way so that's not 03:26:36.220 --> 03:26:38.500 happening like too far away. 03:26:38.500 --> 03:26:45.060 There must have been some pretty serious disruption there for that not to be heard pre-fighting. 03:26:45.060 --> 03:26:46.820 I mean there's a big cloud of smoke. 03:26:46.820 --> 03:26:49.100 We've spoken about this at length, links. 03:26:49.100 --> 03:26:52.060 If there's a cloud of smoke it's always good to just put a few bullets into it because 03:26:52.060 --> 03:26:54.940 you never know what you might find. 03:26:54.940 --> 03:26:58.500 One of thirty screaming out of the gate there. 03:26:58.500 --> 03:27:00.140 Extending this lead so far. 03:27:00.140 --> 03:27:01.140 Yeah. 03:27:01.140 --> 03:27:04.500 Okay, so we've got JJ and Rival. So they weren't quite at a hard wall. 03:27:04.500 --> 03:27:08.980 They were more tucked and maybe feeling the pressure and not being allowed to cross because of the outer shield. 03:27:08.980 --> 03:27:12.620 It makes a little bit more sense now as to why there wasn't a bit more of a reaction from it 03:27:12.620 --> 03:27:16.380 and how they kind of got themselves in a position where they weren't really able to do too much. 03:27:16.380 --> 03:27:21.100 We have Packer below as well inside of ventilation there, just trying to work from there on Daymaster. 03:27:21.100 --> 03:27:25.880 A very well thought out and well executed plan from 1 of 30. 03:27:25.880 --> 03:27:31.000 Listen, if they've got another couple of those up there, Sleeve, the difference that is all around 03:27:31.000 --> 03:27:36.120 border, I'm here for you. I love a little pocket play. I'm a big fan of it. Just, you know, 03:27:36.120 --> 03:27:41.880 the first round of a running circles around the opponent. Nothing's better to keep the line 03:27:41.880 --> 03:27:47.800 to the ground. Keep the vibes going. Make everybody happy. Viewers, us, then. Won't 03:27:47.800 --> 03:27:53.720 complain whatsoever. Tellers, defense coming out from five beers. Really do the whole. 03:27:53.720 --> 03:27:57.520 No, that'd be equivalent to the Sandwich Window fakeout, 03:27:57.520 --> 03:27:58.820 which they could do for their site, 03:27:58.820 --> 03:28:02.620 and it's pretty evident that 1-030 won't be doing any rush whatsoever. 03:28:02.620 --> 03:28:06.720 We've got more of a full clear, so we have a subvertebral destruction in the present with the ram, 03:28:06.720 --> 03:28:10.820 also that's Silo, bringing the Solotone Scanner in the hands of Snake. 03:28:10.820 --> 03:28:14.520 If you go for a lurk over on the ventilation side, at some point around, 03:28:14.520 --> 03:28:17.820 in fact, you can see he's getting a pre-placed round set up in this exact position, 03:28:17.820 --> 03:28:19.620 so I imagine that's where we'll find him. 03:28:19.620 --> 03:28:23.420 The early presence I factor in Customs is really good to see an important bit of map control 03:28:23.420 --> 03:28:27.420 Taken this early? Just checking off the boxes and not wasting any time? 03:28:30.420 --> 03:28:32.420 You got the doubt in the mind now as well, for five fears. 03:28:32.420 --> 03:28:34.420 Like, are you gonna go quick again? 03:28:34.420 --> 03:28:37.420 Is like, is one smoke and one flashbang, like, the cue to call? 03:28:37.420 --> 03:28:40.420 Snake? At least gonna find the opening pick this time. 03:28:40.420 --> 03:28:42.420 Takes my W down and with it the ramp. 03:28:44.420 --> 03:28:47.420 No booby drones been touched as a kinder. 03:28:47.420 --> 03:28:49.420 That is, I'm pretty happy you lost. 03:28:49.420 --> 03:28:50.420 Ooh. 03:28:50.420 --> 03:28:53.100 That's all played there through the hatch, silo. 03:28:53.100 --> 03:28:55.500 Just catching some real unfortunate time in there. 03:28:56.220 --> 03:28:57.660 Packer in the site? 03:28:57.660 --> 03:29:00.500 Surely. Surely finds one. There it is. 03:29:00.500 --> 03:29:02.060 Gets the kill on to JJ. 03:29:02.060 --> 03:29:03.580 Bino with the kit though. 03:29:03.580 --> 03:29:07.460 With that top floor not in the control of the attackers, 03:29:07.460 --> 03:29:10.860 even if you've got sight, it's gonna be very difficult to do anything with it. 03:29:13.260 --> 03:29:16.340 Especially with the presence of a solace on the top floor. 03:29:16.340 --> 03:29:18.340 No one should start putting that defuser down immediately. 03:29:18.340 --> 03:29:23.460 Rival also has a Gershmaw to deny the plant, but he'll stick that one down, so plant denial 03:29:23.460 --> 03:29:28.820 relegated to merely the Stolas and the C4. 03:29:28.820 --> 03:29:32.300 Barbed wire and packers away, so going for a little walkabout up Armory's stairs is 03:29:32.300 --> 03:29:39.820 not completely feasible, and we're also facing similar obstacles over on Breakdoor. 03:29:39.820 --> 03:29:44.820 They do have two flashbangs, and a drone. 03:29:44.820 --> 03:29:46.820 You guys are going to trigger. 03:29:46.820 --> 03:29:48.820 Take a lot of damage. 03:29:48.820 --> 03:29:50.820 You will make it through. 03:29:50.820 --> 03:29:51.820 Spotted on the default, though. 03:29:51.820 --> 03:29:53.820 Packer also hitting a Gershmog, walking through. 03:29:53.820 --> 03:29:56.820 The defenders have a lot of secondary utility. 03:29:56.820 --> 03:29:58.820 Any primary utility meant to give them information 03:29:58.820 --> 03:30:00.820 to stop these attack kind of plays. 03:30:00.820 --> 03:30:02.820 It's paying dividends in the late round 03:30:02.820 --> 03:30:04.820 as nobody on the defense is moving 03:30:04.820 --> 03:30:06.820 basically an inch it seems. 03:30:06.820 --> 03:30:12.080 You know it's still wailing and hanging on the opposite side of the map and finally put out of his misery by fence 03:30:12.400 --> 03:30:18.580 Snake takes us out of the round still a lead maintained by one authority, but five years trying their best to dig themselves out 03:30:19.580 --> 03:30:25.060 The only thing they can do at the moment. I forget they've won map once so it isn't the end of the world 03:30:27.420 --> 03:30:35.260 But isn't ideal either to be trailing on map number two especially with the weird energy and nature that's surrounding this whole game 03:30:35.260 --> 03:30:43.840 one of 30 purely living in that moment and still with a lead on boarder they 03:30:43.840 --> 03:30:50.020 didn't try anything sort of pockety or cheesy in that last round much more sort 03:30:50.020 --> 03:30:54.860 of half the cause try and take a little bit of upstairs control I guess when 03:30:54.860 --> 03:30:58.540 you lose your soft destruction as you first entries it's always gonna be a 03:30:58.540 --> 03:31:01.100 tough job you always gonna have to pivot on to a different plan because 03:31:01.100 --> 03:31:09.100 There's nothing really that can replace, or at least there wasn't in that line-up, you could replace that kit at round-and-lock. 03:31:09.100 --> 03:31:14.100 Might have been back onto one of his favourites, back onto the sledge this time. 03:31:14.100 --> 03:31:18.100 Single-handedly keeping sledge in fashion, it seems, is upstairs. 03:31:18.100 --> 03:31:24.100 It's been a firm favourite so far, but with a six-pick, maybe a change of pace. 03:31:24.100 --> 03:31:27.100 Weirdly enough, one of the first arrests we've played in the months this time. 03:31:27.100 --> 03:31:34.020 It's something that we see in the brain, but it's far less of a relied upon resource as it is on the other side of things 03:31:42.980 --> 03:31:45.480 It'll be nice addition to this line of foam side of the belt 03:31:45.480 --> 03:31:50.600 We should give one of your easy good ability to apply pressure to the extremities of the site 03:31:50.600 --> 03:31:52.740 Especially the vertical extension on the top floor though 03:31:52.740 --> 03:31:57.740 I'm going to have to speak to the direct counter, direct counter play to the castle. 03:31:57.740 --> 03:31:58.740 That's it. 03:31:58.740 --> 03:31:59.740 I should kind of shock the head of that new jammer. 03:31:59.740 --> 03:32:03.740 He was like 8,000 miles away from the door, unlike the youngest. 03:32:05.740 --> 03:32:08.740 At least for the cameras for here. 03:32:08.740 --> 03:32:11.740 Given how much trouble we've already had, they hit higher than normal. 03:32:11.740 --> 03:32:13.740 Especially moving on the top floor. 03:32:13.740 --> 03:32:16.740 On the way around that, especially Snake on that solo speed. 03:32:16.740 --> 03:32:19.740 So like, that is an assassin to just go around. 03:32:19.740 --> 03:32:22.740 The Monty in the game, I said, should we go to the path part? 03:32:22.740 --> 03:32:24.740 That's just... 03:32:24.740 --> 03:32:27.740 They scan some of these outer bits, 03:32:27.740 --> 03:32:30.740 look deeper into the site itself. 03:32:30.740 --> 03:32:32.740 See, the five fears, I think, 03:32:32.740 --> 03:32:34.740 have honestly just taken a page out of not only what the desk has said, 03:32:34.740 --> 03:32:36.740 but also kind of examined the clubhouse. 03:32:36.740 --> 03:32:39.740 Nobody getting in the face on courtyard break through anywhere for a first-minute time. 03:32:39.740 --> 03:32:41.740 They are trying to play this lower in play, 03:32:41.740 --> 03:32:44.740 I think, to use the words of JJ, play more lower. 03:32:44.740 --> 03:32:57.180 That's a bomber. That is a shame. That was the last flora is drawn as well and there are 03:32:57.180 --> 03:33:02.820 no nades on the side. So someone can be hitting the punchy punch. Looks like my W has drawn 03:33:02.820 --> 03:33:09.660 the short straw there. You know, start to move through the logic bomb. We'll give him 03:33:09.660 --> 03:33:13.580 a little bit of shirk so that nobody's at least inside of fountain. I'm sure that 03:33:13.580 --> 03:33:19.840 can hear the player in archives. Long angle now being held as well. Time's going to start 03:33:19.840 --> 03:33:24.180 to be effective here if one of 30 aren't careful. I know they've got a minute, but I haven't 03:33:24.180 --> 03:33:30.420 really seen impact yet. And the kid that they're bringing, oh, three players, four, just like 03:33:30.420 --> 03:33:39.780 that. The whole five. We saw exactly none of the kills that Five Fears got. Obviously 03:33:39.780 --> 03:33:42.340 this out in the last one. 03:33:42.340 --> 03:33:45.900 They just let him walk in and just lined him up and knocked him down. 03:33:45.900 --> 03:33:48.940 Well, and to your point, I think it's clear that there's 03:33:48.940 --> 03:33:51.940 a evolving five-year methodology we've seen on this defense. 03:33:51.940 --> 03:33:54.540 We're unable to see it the first round because of how quick things 03:33:54.540 --> 03:33:56.860 went in the misdirection employed by 1 of 30. 03:33:56.860 --> 03:33:58.220 But it's markedly different than I 03:33:58.220 --> 03:34:01.340 think what we saw from five years on their defensive side 03:34:01.340 --> 03:34:02.180 of clubhouse. 03:34:02.180 --> 03:34:04.220 Now, they were going for these crazy loose roams, 03:34:04.220 --> 03:34:05.820 but it was a lot of overpeaking, 03:34:05.820 --> 03:34:08.100 a lot of willingness to take 1 of 30 in engagements 03:34:08.100 --> 03:34:12.100 strictly speaking they didn't need to and that's not been the case whatsoever on these last couple 03:34:12.100 --> 03:34:19.620 rounds of border bathroom and tellers and ventilation and workshop have been very passive very passive 03:34:19.620 --> 03:34:24.100 and you even think back to that bathroom tellers round where snake got one of the I think the 03:34:24.100 --> 03:34:29.060 opening pick on mic w it was down through a hatch it was clearly a situation in which snake wasn't 03:34:29.060 --> 03:34:33.380 necessarily taking the fight to the attack more so he had an angle that the attack 03:34:33.380 --> 03:34:37.140 walked in front of and he was able to take advantage of that position still an excellent 03:34:37.140 --> 03:34:41.780 kill, but not a situation in which maybe Snake is taking an unnecessary risk, but something 03:34:41.780 --> 03:34:47.820 in which one of 30s set up, excuse me, five years set up is creating opportunities for 03:34:47.820 --> 03:34:52.460 them to exploit later on and one of 30 are just biting every single hook that goes in 03:34:52.460 --> 03:34:53.460 the pond. 03:34:53.460 --> 03:34:57.500 They're niddle at the moment, aren't they? 03:34:57.500 --> 03:35:03.780 Sometimes that's the best strategy though, really back yourself up. 03:35:03.780 --> 03:35:09.380 and play a little bit more of a passive game. The five fears definitely worked in the previous round. 03:35:10.180 --> 03:35:13.700 One of 30 kind of lulled into a false sense of security with the amount of map control that 03:35:13.700 --> 03:35:17.380 they could take and the amount of space that looked like it was available and just free for the 03:35:17.380 --> 03:35:24.020 picking. And yet, aside from the rush round, I don't really see them too much from them so far. 03:35:28.020 --> 03:35:31.300 Now that we're going to see the same attempted here and now, links. I mean, 03:35:31.300 --> 03:35:35.540 I mean it would be the ultimate double bluff right to just try and go for it again, but 03:35:35.540 --> 03:35:39.460 there's no shot that Firefares allow that to go down. 03:35:39.460 --> 03:35:47.180 We're almost certainly going to see something a little bit more standard, a bit more of a 03:35:47.180 --> 03:35:49.840 veto as they exchange, bit more map control being gained. 03:35:49.840 --> 03:35:54.140 On a 30 you've been quite light in the way that they've been taking map control. 03:35:54.140 --> 03:35:58.380 Firefares have been allowed to rotate back, allowed to cut off and haven't really 03:35:58.380 --> 03:36:02.660 being those clinical angles being held through the side of massive lines of 03:36:02.660 --> 03:36:07.200 sight along the side of the stage they've been opened up. Instead it's been much more 03:36:07.200 --> 03:36:10.560 just retreat back and there's nothing really stopping them making that retreat. 03:36:10.560 --> 03:36:15.160 I'd like to see five beers a bit more active on that cutoff. 03:36:15.160 --> 03:36:17.160 Loading your mic. 03:36:19.160 --> 03:36:24.160 We don't want to see especially if they are able to push players like sightings back closer to the side. 03:36:24.160 --> 03:36:30.160 There's huge numbers of these actors, even something that I know they would quite like. 03:36:30.160 --> 03:36:34.160 The one being the band taken out will also, I think, help not necessarily sell those cutoff angles, 03:36:34.160 --> 03:36:37.160 but if they have to lurk later on and try to get into a position without information, 03:36:37.160 --> 03:36:41.160 maybe to cut off an attack or cut off a defender or somebody else. 03:36:41.160 --> 03:36:44.160 There's one less tool for the defense to use to gain that information without covering. 03:36:44.160 --> 03:36:48.160 Yeah, the upknot, the kershmots, and six pieces of barbed wire. 03:36:48.160 --> 03:36:50.160 So how much are we taking with the grand scheme of things? 03:36:50.160 --> 03:36:52.160 Packer, another vertical angle. 03:36:52.160 --> 03:36:55.180 That's what 30 have fallen to and the Selma popped as well 03:36:56.760 --> 03:37:02.800 These top-down angles from five years have done quite good work throughout these defenses so far basically every defense 03:37:02.800 --> 03:37:09.460 That wasn't that rush back in round seven and one of 30 still struggling to adapt to it struggling quite a bit 03:37:14.240 --> 03:37:16.240 Forest 03:37:16.240 --> 03:37:21.040 a little bit of an eye on the top of those east stairs right now. Packer. Already fallen 03:37:21.040 --> 03:37:26.080 so the hard breach gone with it. I'm not going to make this endeavor any easier and really 03:37:26.080 --> 03:37:32.840 does give Five Fears a firm chance of coming back here. Oh, Volsbyr. Not receiving the 03:37:32.840 --> 03:37:37.200 same favor that he gave to my W of destroying the F-Nap above his door and the Grismot 03:37:37.200 --> 03:37:42.240 caught him out, gave the sound cue and allowed another kill to come in. Office. 03:37:42.240 --> 03:37:47.620 And the players within it are running ramping right now, snake with one on to my W, eventually 03:37:47.620 --> 03:37:48.620 finishing him off. 03:37:48.620 --> 03:37:51.620 Could it be a flawless? 03:37:51.620 --> 03:37:54.500 Snake's on for three, could he make it four? 03:37:54.500 --> 03:37:58.820 Just looks the wrong way, he has turned and burned by Vino. 03:37:58.820 --> 03:38:02.460 Still with four more to find, 55 seconds to do it. 03:38:02.460 --> 03:38:07.620 It's a tall order, and I'll wager there is at least a grisma or an F-not with 03:38:07.620 --> 03:38:11.100 his name on it somewhere if he goes walking long enough. 03:38:11.100 --> 03:38:17.100 One. Maybe good for the second. It's time to chain them together and it's getting a little bit dangerous. 03:38:17.100 --> 03:38:21.100 It's time to consolidate for five years and not give any more free picks away. 03:38:25.100 --> 03:38:31.100 A low HP even giving a free pick should result in a kill for five years, but to your point, we don't risk that. 03:38:31.100 --> 03:38:40.100 Not in this position. Five years have really started laying these traps thick on board or even with the loss of the thorn that F-Knot will reveal Bino's position. 03:38:41.100 --> 03:38:44.180 Like, Wolsper's right, it is a good fall and one be free, you don't want to risk it. 03:38:44.180 --> 03:38:46.180 Ooh, but a nice little lurk. Oh no! 03:38:46.180 --> 03:38:48.380 Did not get rivaled, we'll finally land the shot. 03:38:48.380 --> 03:38:50.380 Cost of important seconds though. 03:38:50.380 --> 03:38:54.300 Only one player actually on this top floor. JJ will shut that down. 03:38:54.300 --> 03:38:57.940 Five years now, get their third in a row and completely make up 03:38:57.940 --> 03:39:01.540 for their only loss this half, all the way back on round seven. 03:39:03.940 --> 03:39:07.140 Smiles on the faces now, it's not something that we've seen yet 03:39:07.140 --> 03:39:09.580 and Forrest is yet to crack one. 03:39:11.100 --> 03:39:16.380 I'm sure if they win the game, they will beat Smiles all round, still feeling that pressure. 03:39:17.260 --> 03:39:20.620 And although they are slowly narrowing this gap and slowly climbing this hill, 03:39:21.340 --> 03:39:25.020 it feels like it is built on a very fragile foundation. 03:39:33.100 --> 03:39:35.180 It's a big kill on societal as well. 03:39:35.180 --> 03:39:40.300 Scylla is pretty static, pretty far in the angle, thinking that he had a bit of a winning position. 03:39:41.100 --> 03:39:53.740 I think he's out of the building, he's out of the building, it sure makes sense. 03:39:53.740 --> 03:39:58.540 It's an open-air part of work. 03:39:58.540 --> 03:40:00.780 What would be a shame here? 03:40:00.780 --> 03:40:05.420 I'm on a 30, obviously put up an excellent final club, I could talk that to death but 03:40:05.420 --> 03:40:08.780 those defense has looked excellent, that first attack out the gate looked great but 03:40:08.780 --> 03:40:12.220 five years I've just had the better of them, these past three rounds objectively are the 03:40:12.220 --> 03:40:16.700 better. They can good use these vertical angles, Snake also in particular just putting in the 03:40:16.700 --> 03:40:21.260 work but in another situation in which, I mean, five years have indominated these opening engagements 03:40:21.260 --> 03:40:25.420 throughout the whole series and it's only now really on the defense that they're consistently 03:40:25.420 --> 03:40:31.420 getting the best and the most value out of these opening picks. That's wrong though, 03:40:31.420 --> 03:40:34.820 So that was Fence, I run it to my appraise a snake just now. 03:40:36.420 --> 03:40:40.620 You know, we'll break glass in case of Monty though. 03:40:41.020 --> 03:40:43.820 The second time that he's brought Monty this half though, 03:40:44.020 --> 03:40:47.820 was on ventilation workshop previously, they will try to do so again. 03:40:48.020 --> 03:40:51.620 Now they concern he was the first to go down as the Monty that's around. 03:40:51.820 --> 03:40:54.020 And it went over almost two minutes into the round. 03:40:55.220 --> 03:40:59.820 So that was some improvements to be made for one of 30's play and their plan for the specific sides. 03:40:59.820 --> 03:41:05.080 Actually, it's not going to let you know it is customs a bit of a new site from five years to try to keep things up 03:41:05.820 --> 03:41:07.900 Nice keep things shifting against one of 30 03:41:09.580 --> 03:41:11.580 Keep it fresh 03:41:11.580 --> 03:41:12.700 Loose 03:41:12.700 --> 03:41:19.220 Began a loose JJ a little bit faster than outside of passport. Oh my goodness 03:41:20.220 --> 03:41:22.220 How's he landed that I 03:41:23.180 --> 03:41:28.860 Mean I don't know he's found the Ang he's found the impossible I wasn't he? 03:41:28.860 --> 03:41:33.860 Falls for Falls with it, Flores and those Retaro drones. 03:41:35.220 --> 03:41:36.780 Never lost, especially when it's the castle 03:41:36.780 --> 03:41:38.820 that is able to get that pick. 03:41:38.820 --> 03:41:40.500 Gage here making sure his own castle barricades 03:41:40.500 --> 03:41:41.580 are gonna stay intact. 03:41:41.580 --> 03:41:44.180 I fancy Forrest for one ear as well, honestly. 03:41:44.180 --> 03:41:46.300 Might be just outside 03:41:48.540 --> 03:41:51.820 or it's tucked in right now into office. 03:41:51.820 --> 03:41:53.660 And then he's to take an engagement or disengage 03:41:53.660 --> 03:41:54.660 because he's just gonna get flooded 03:41:54.660 --> 03:41:56.460 if he chooses to stick around, 03:41:56.460 --> 03:41:57.860 but there it is. 03:41:57.860 --> 03:42:02.380 By the way, essentially four and all in the forest. 03:42:02.380 --> 03:42:05.380 Just like a thief in the night, drops the hatch and he's out of there. 03:42:05.380 --> 03:42:10.580 No point to stay, you can see five years game plan to try and call back when possible. 03:42:10.580 --> 03:42:17.620 Rival is is felled to some progress by one of 30, but it's another really slow one. 03:42:17.620 --> 03:42:21.180 We're one of 30 come out of, I mean not in the early round, we're two minutes and 03:42:21.180 --> 03:42:26.060 10 seconds in, but still come out of their initial clear, you know, down a man with 03:42:26.060 --> 03:42:30.300 limited control without a whole lot going for them. 03:42:30.300 --> 03:42:31.900 And where is a fight on Clubhouse? 03:42:31.900 --> 03:42:34.380 Five years in this back, on the back half of the border, 03:42:34.380 --> 03:42:37.620 are making it clear that they have come to play 03:42:37.620 --> 03:42:41.100 and they have a good, clear game plan 03:42:41.100 --> 03:42:42.700 how they can close this and what they could bring 03:42:42.700 --> 03:42:45.020 to Salt Lake City, force with the next JJ 03:42:45.020 --> 03:42:47.060 ready to swing into the double door. 03:42:47.060 --> 03:42:50.380 Ooh, not able to find it, but takes enough HP off Packer 03:42:50.380 --> 03:42:52.220 to make it a layup for Fens. 03:42:52.220 --> 03:42:55.620 Five years now, just one round away 03:42:55.620 --> 03:42:57.460 from Salt Lake City. 03:42:57.460 --> 03:42:59.340 We're starting to see the teamwork. 03:42:59.340 --> 03:43:02.740 It's starting to happen here for five fears. 03:43:02.740 --> 03:43:03.820 I'm seeing the smiles. 03:43:03.820 --> 03:43:07.020 I'm seeing people enjoying themselves now. 03:43:07.020 --> 03:43:09.540 JJ played pretty much the whole round inside a passport, 03:43:09.540 --> 03:43:11.660 gets a kill, is traded out at the end. 03:43:11.660 --> 03:43:13.180 We've got players on the top floor. 03:43:13.180 --> 03:43:15.140 Forresters played a blinder. 03:43:15.140 --> 03:43:20.300 He snagged two kills, then was able to drop off. 03:43:20.300 --> 03:43:23.740 They're starting to get in that zone. 03:43:23.740 --> 03:43:27.980 This was the danger that we were worried about for five days coming into tonight. 03:43:27.980 --> 03:43:30.380 We were worried that because of the break, 03:43:30.380 --> 03:43:33.180 because they've been just sat waiting for games to happen, 03:43:33.180 --> 03:43:35.780 waiting for their turn to take part, 03:43:35.780 --> 03:43:37.540 that they were going to come in a little bit cold. 03:43:37.540 --> 03:43:41.580 And it feels like it's taken until this later half of border 03:43:41.580 --> 03:43:43.100 for them to really find it. 03:43:43.100 --> 03:43:46.100 I've seen that kill again, by the way, and I still have no idea how he gets it. 03:43:46.100 --> 03:43:49.100 We need that. 03:43:52.100 --> 03:43:56.100 Just feels like we're starting to reach critical mass for five years. 03:43:56.100 --> 03:43:58.100 No, I say that. It's only one round. 03:43:58.100 --> 03:44:05.100 The reason it feels that way is because one of Ferretty's only winners off, admittedly, a very good call and a very good strategy. 03:44:05.100 --> 03:44:12.100 And I want to give it a try for that round seven win, because I think I was genuinely very smart and genuinely very impressed. 03:44:12.100 --> 03:44:18.100 But since then, when they've not been able to pull out a possible play like that, it has been infinitely more difficult. 03:44:18.100 --> 03:44:23.100 I mean, most of these rounds ending with, you know, at least two, maybe three people remaining, if not more. 03:44:23.100 --> 03:44:30.100 A late switch up by 1 of 30, going away from Bino on the Monty for a couple rounds, and as you go back to ventilation, 03:44:30.100 --> 03:44:33.100 you'll instead put Packer on that blitz. 03:44:33.100 --> 03:44:38.100 They've always been on in many teams past, often the shield player, 03:44:38.100 --> 03:44:43.100 to the side that they have attacked five years on before. 03:44:43.100 --> 03:44:47.100 See how it works out though, as in the early game, we'll still take some time to clear our position, 03:44:47.100 --> 03:44:50.100 because at least one thing we've known so far, Ollie, is that we'll end up on a dirty wall. 03:44:50.100 --> 03:44:52.100 It'll be a bit before we get to the action. 03:44:52.100 --> 03:44:54.100 Yeah, they've been fairly slow, haven't they? 03:44:54.100 --> 03:44:59.100 I don't think that's necessarily been a bad thing for them all the time. 03:44:59.100 --> 03:45:04.660 But the only round that we've seen them win is around where they moved quite quickly. This is a great drone 03:45:04.660 --> 03:45:10.660 Yeah, he's locked into the anger. That's crazy. I think you must be the site the site must be covered in the 03:45:11.260 --> 03:45:13.260 Yes, we could just see the outline there 03:45:13.780 --> 03:45:15.780 We have sure if we 03:45:16.620 --> 03:45:18.620 to the 03:45:20.620 --> 03:45:27.700 East up to tight you could tell the movement went to the keyboard and food might have you the only player left alive now 03:45:27.700 --> 03:45:32.340 the deal on a flawless round. 03:45:32.340 --> 03:45:35.660 You can see just exactly what that means to five years. 03:45:35.660 --> 03:45:39.380 What a night of it they have had here today. 03:45:39.380 --> 03:45:45.100 And I just know that Forest is elated from that victory. 03:45:45.100 --> 03:45:47.100 How stressed he was after game one. 03:45:47.100 --> 03:45:50.380 How stressed JJ was after map one. 03:45:50.380 --> 03:45:53.140 Five years able to close this one out in regulation 03:45:53.140 --> 03:45:57.100 on their opponent's pick with five rounds in a row. 03:45:57.100 --> 03:46:00.100 Excellent stuff from the boys, and we have the desk right after this. 03:46:57.100 --> 03:46:59.100 I 03:47:27.100 --> 03:47:29.100 I 03:50:57.100 --> 03:51:19.360 from almost being relegated last year, to making the major in their very first opportunity 03:51:19.360 --> 03:51:23.100 here in 2026, five fears. 03:51:23.100 --> 03:51:24.620 They are the real thing. 03:51:24.620 --> 03:51:27.540 They came out dealing with the adversity of that first map, 03:51:27.540 --> 03:51:29.940 dealing with what we thought was potentially 03:51:29.940 --> 03:51:32.300 a losing situation in map two and lax. 03:51:32.300 --> 03:51:34.820 They came out and they laid down the law on their head 03:51:34.820 --> 03:51:35.540 at the Salt Lake. 03:51:35.540 --> 03:51:36.940 Yeah, definitely wasn't looking pretty 03:51:36.940 --> 03:51:38.020 in that first half of border. 03:51:38.020 --> 03:51:39.620 But then once we transitioned, they 03:51:39.620 --> 03:51:40.940 were able to play on their defense. 03:51:40.940 --> 03:51:43.700 I think they finally realized their true potential. 03:51:43.700 --> 03:51:45.380 We're at the team that they actually were. 03:51:45.380 --> 03:51:47.420 The team that got them up until this point. 03:51:47.420 --> 03:51:49.540 And that's where we really saw them be more aggressive. 03:51:49.540 --> 03:51:52.340 They were doing a very good job at isolating players, 03:51:52.340 --> 03:51:53.940 forcing all of 1 of 30's hands, 03:51:53.940 --> 03:51:56.340 not giving them a lot of leeway in the rounds. 03:51:56.340 --> 03:51:58.260 And that's the one, I mean, that's not the one of 30. 03:51:58.260 --> 03:52:00.220 That's the five years that we all have been loved 03:52:00.220 --> 03:52:01.060 and getting behind. 03:52:01.060 --> 03:52:03.180 And it was good to actually see that resurgence 03:52:03.180 --> 03:52:06.500 from the map one slowly edging into this map two. 03:52:06.500 --> 03:52:08.460 And then they closed out on that defensive path. 03:52:08.460 --> 03:52:10.300 Yeah, to do it on defense two goes a long way 03:52:10.300 --> 03:52:11.840 because they were one of the best attacking teams. 03:52:11.840 --> 03:52:14.100 We talked about it in the half that we were worried 03:52:14.100 --> 03:52:15.820 that because they didn't have as hot of a start 03:52:15.820 --> 03:52:17.820 on their attacks, were they gonna struggle on defense? 03:52:17.820 --> 03:52:19.820 But no, they always had one foot in front of the other. 03:52:19.820 --> 03:52:21.900 They understood exactly where they needed 03:52:21.900 --> 03:52:23.220 to win against one of 30. 03:52:23.220 --> 03:52:26.140 And again, I believe the biggest triumph 03:52:26.140 --> 03:52:27.980 was the mental game aspect. 03:52:27.980 --> 03:52:31.300 Obviously, playing that long, strenuous map one, 03:52:31.300 --> 03:52:33.380 going into map two, already being down 03:52:33.380 --> 03:52:34.780 and pushing it through. 03:52:34.780 --> 03:52:37.620 I think it says a lot that JJ, last stage, 03:52:37.620 --> 03:52:38.980 that if we just put a little bit more time, 03:52:38.980 --> 03:52:40.740 we could be one of the best teams in North America, 03:52:40.740 --> 03:52:42.060 and here they are. 03:52:42.060 --> 03:52:42.900 Let's speak of the devil. 03:52:42.900 --> 03:52:45.300 JJ is standing by, waiting for us, 03:52:45.300 --> 03:52:48.260 ready to join us here on stage two. 03:52:48.260 --> 03:52:49.300 Ha ha! 03:52:49.300 --> 03:52:52.620 Congratulations, you are Salt Lake City bound. 03:52:52.620 --> 03:52:54.980 I know you have to have a lot to say about this. 03:52:54.980 --> 03:52:56.540 What are your initial reactions? 03:52:56.540 --> 03:52:57.980 Tell me how you're feeling. 03:52:58.980 --> 03:53:02.220 I mean, I want to get into how like piss poor a series 03:53:02.220 --> 03:53:04.620 that was from us, but I can't ignore the fact 03:53:04.620 --> 03:53:06.340 that at the end of the day a win is a win 03:53:06.340 --> 03:53:08.900 and you deal with what you're throwing in life. 03:53:08.900 --> 03:53:10.660 You find ways to deal with it. 03:53:10.660 --> 03:53:13.420 And to think back with like, I mean, four of us, 03:53:13.420 --> 03:53:15.620 three of us were rookie years last year, man. 03:53:15.620 --> 03:53:16.460 Less than a year ago, 03:53:16.460 --> 03:53:18.940 myself rival and Nikki qualified for pro league, 03:53:18.940 --> 03:53:21.180 Mason made his pro league debut. 03:53:21.180 --> 03:53:25.140 And within a year, we have qualified for a major LAN event. 03:53:25.140 --> 03:53:27.300 And in three hours, we're going to be playing for an NAL 03:53:27.300 --> 03:53:28.220 championship. 03:53:28.220 --> 03:53:31.420 And I couldn't be more proud of the team for the tenacity 03:53:31.420 --> 03:53:34.020 and the fight that they showed today. 03:53:34.020 --> 03:53:36.820 I can't lie, truthfully, I think we were shit in bricks. 03:53:36.820 --> 03:53:39.060 We haven't played in a match at this much pressure. 03:53:39.060 --> 03:53:41.380 And during the group stage, we didn't feel any pressure. 03:53:41.380 --> 03:53:42.500 We were playing our normal game. 03:53:42.500 --> 03:53:44.260 And I definitely think that showed in the first half 03:53:44.260 --> 03:53:45.260 of the series. 03:53:45.260 --> 03:53:47.740 But I think that switch kind of 03:53:47.740 --> 03:53:50.540 flipped going on that defense split on boarder. 03:53:50.540 --> 03:53:52.340 That looked way more like us. 03:53:52.340 --> 03:53:55.460 Yeah, that's the whole goal is to show that five years team 03:53:55.460 --> 03:53:57.180 next next game versus whoever wins. 03:53:57.180 --> 03:54:00.700 Did you did you do anything to celebrate after the fact? 03:54:00.700 --> 03:54:03.020 I mean, seemed like you guys were excited. 03:54:03.020 --> 03:54:06.620 I heard that you guys were very excited. 03:54:06.620 --> 03:54:07.820 We were very excited. 03:54:07.820 --> 03:54:09.380 We got some motivation on the line. 03:54:09.380 --> 03:54:10.700 I'm sure everyone knows. 03:54:10.700 --> 03:54:11.580 Yeah, we took the tarp. 03:54:11.580 --> 03:54:13.620 Everyone took the tarps off. 03:54:13.620 --> 03:54:14.420 Shout out, Brock. 03:54:14.420 --> 03:54:17.380 But we're I'm sure as everyone knows right now, 03:54:17.380 --> 03:54:19.180 we're at the NV facility boot camping 03:54:19.180 --> 03:54:21.300 and playing the tournament out of here. 03:54:21.300 --> 03:54:24.140 And so much shout out to our org for sending us here 03:54:24.140 --> 03:54:25.980 and also like shout out five years 03:54:25.980 --> 03:54:29.660 and also shout out to Hashtro and the guys at MV Man. 03:54:29.660 --> 03:54:30.740 They were our home last year. 03:54:30.740 --> 03:54:32.220 We're always gonna be like in our hearts 03:54:32.220 --> 03:54:34.220 that they care for us in there. 03:54:34.220 --> 03:54:35.660 They're still helping us even when we don't play 03:54:35.660 --> 03:54:36.500 for them, man. 03:54:36.500 --> 03:54:38.700 They're truly one of the best orgs to ever be in Esports. 03:54:38.700 --> 03:54:42.580 And a little added motivation is Hashtro Mike told us 03:54:42.580 --> 03:54:44.100 that if we take on this chip, 03:54:44.100 --> 03:54:47.620 he's giving us a $700 bottle of champagne. 03:54:47.620 --> 03:54:48.840 What was it called? 03:54:48.840 --> 03:54:49.820 Don Perignon. 03:54:49.820 --> 03:54:54.300 We got a Don Perignon, and we win it. 03:54:54.300 --> 03:54:56.100 You guys for sure deserve to celebrate 03:54:56.100 --> 03:54:58.860 after that long and strenuous map one. 03:54:58.860 --> 03:55:01.660 That being said, you said something about it clicking. 03:55:01.660 --> 03:55:03.780 Once it came to defense on border, 03:55:03.780 --> 03:55:05.500 what exactly was clicking? 03:55:05.500 --> 03:55:07.900 What did you understand on how to be one of 30 03:55:07.900 --> 03:55:09.620 on your defense? 03:55:09.620 --> 03:55:10.780 We had a game plan versus them. 03:55:10.780 --> 03:55:12.860 The game plan was just like, when we played them 03:55:12.860 --> 03:55:14.740 in a group stage, we lost a bunch of defenses 03:55:14.740 --> 03:55:15.980 because like myself and a couple of others, 03:55:15.980 --> 03:55:18.340 We just died to them doing nothing outside the building. 03:55:18.340 --> 03:55:20.540 They don't really have any like fight to their push. 03:55:20.540 --> 03:55:21.700 It's just like, they just kind of hope 03:55:21.700 --> 03:55:24.580 they win the round off like you like exposing yourself. 03:55:24.580 --> 03:55:27.020 So the main goal on defense versus those guys 03:55:27.020 --> 03:55:29.540 was just to like fight inside the building 03:55:29.540 --> 03:55:32.100 and make them like power like make them work for it. 03:55:32.100 --> 03:55:32.940 You know what I mean? 03:55:32.940 --> 03:55:34.700 Make them earn the rounds and that game plan, 03:55:34.700 --> 03:55:35.940 like everyone started playing into that. 03:55:35.940 --> 03:55:37.260 We started getting comfortable in the match 03:55:37.260 --> 03:55:40.100 and we executed that perfectly at the end. 03:55:40.100 --> 03:55:41.700 Well, JJ, congratulations man. 03:55:41.700 --> 03:55:43.580 Now I'm gonna have to be getting one of your jerseys. 03:55:43.580 --> 03:55:45.780 So I can be wearing your jerseys. 03:55:45.780 --> 03:55:50.660 Again, congratulations, but I also want to talk about just even for your own personal experience your own growth 03:55:50.660 --> 03:55:57.620 I mean, what does this moment really mean for you when you look back at where you started all the triumph you went through even in 03:55:57.620 --> 03:56:04.540 The last stage with Envy and to where you are at now one game away to decide that whether you're gonna be the kickoff champion 03:56:04.540 --> 03:56:06.540 Essentially. Yeah 03:56:06.540 --> 03:56:08.540 I'm it's surreal man 03:56:08.540 --> 03:56:12.980 Um, I don't like, I'll get emotional here, but I've been grinding for a while, man. 03:56:13.180 --> 03:56:16.260 This has been like, this is my dream, man, is to get on every day and do 03:56:16.260 --> 03:56:18.820 something I love and compete at the highest level with some people that are 03:56:18.820 --> 03:56:20.420 some of the best people I've ever met in my life. 03:56:20.820 --> 03:56:24.620 And the whole goal has always been to make it to a major tournament and stuff. 03:56:24.620 --> 03:56:28.500 And if you would have told like for me, four years ago that I would be bootcamping 03:56:28.500 --> 03:56:31.660 at one of the best facilities in the world and going to a major now and 03:56:31.660 --> 03:56:36.460 everything, it's just a real, I, I always like say, like, I never played 03:56:36.460 --> 03:56:37.740 to be like the best player in the world. 03:56:37.740 --> 03:56:42.700 I never had the best mechanics. I might not be the best IGL in the world, but like I always knew that like 03:56:43.580 --> 03:56:47.420 Hard work pays off man, and you could earn stuff in life like this didn't always come natural to me 03:56:47.580 --> 03:56:52.620 I worked my ass off I grinded to get here and these guys all these guys that believed in me throughout all the ups and downs 03:56:52.620 --> 03:56:55.100 I went negative 40 my first year in pro league. They stuck with me 03:56:55.660 --> 03:56:58.780 Um, and here I am making plays now on the main stage for this stuff 03:56:58.860 --> 03:57:03.820 So it's a bit my message to anyone out there man is like everyone could shit talk you everyone can say you 03:57:03.820 --> 03:57:05.500 Can't make it everyone can say all these things 03:57:05.500 --> 03:57:07.780 But then a day you got to believe in yourself and you got to make it happen 03:57:07.780 --> 03:57:13.180 And you just got to keep fighting. Yeah, and you are one game away from being the best agile in NA 03:57:13.260 --> 03:57:16.900 So that's what I'm gonna hold on to I also wanted to ask a little bit about snake 03:57:16.900 --> 03:57:23.420 I mean we haven't really heard his name too much since the TFM day and now he's going to an event how much of 03:57:24.140 --> 03:57:26.860 You know how much has he grown how excited is he? 03:57:26.980 --> 03:57:30.700 Did he I want to hear some words of wisdom from him now that he 03:57:35.500 --> 03:57:38.580 I hope you heard the question. 03:57:38.580 --> 03:57:39.580 I doubt it. 03:57:39.580 --> 03:57:42.580 You're going to have to repeat the whole thing. 03:57:42.580 --> 03:57:43.580 Yeah, what's up? 03:57:43.580 --> 03:57:44.580 What's up? 03:57:44.580 --> 03:57:47.860 Sake, I guess you didn't hear the question, but essentially, you know, we haven't heard 03:57:47.860 --> 03:57:50.020 too much about you since the TSM days. 03:57:50.020 --> 03:57:54.020 You're always a very slept on player coming in, especially when you joined Envy. 03:57:54.020 --> 03:57:56.700 And now you guys are one game away from being the best team in NA. 03:57:56.700 --> 03:58:00.060 What does that mean to you from the grind since then to here? 03:58:00.060 --> 03:58:01.580 Does it feel deserved? 03:58:01.580 --> 03:58:02.820 Do you feel happy? 03:58:02.820 --> 03:58:04.820 Talk to us. 03:58:04.820 --> 03:58:09.380 It feels very deserved. I've definitely matured as like a person and a player. 03:58:09.380 --> 03:58:14.060 Like once I got dropped from TSM, or like they left, like my ego was at an 03:58:14.060 --> 03:58:17.300 all-time high. It took like three years for me to like finally grow up and 03:58:17.300 --> 03:58:21.220 realize I was just not putting the work in. And like I was expecting shit to just 03:58:21.220 --> 03:58:24.420 come to me naturally just because like I made it there once. I was expecting to 03:58:24.420 --> 03:58:28.300 just be able to get there again with no effort. And it took me it took me years 03:58:28.300 --> 03:58:31.180 to realize that once I realized that like this past year I've been 03:58:31.180 --> 03:58:35.980 putting in the work like every day, like almost no days off, like skipping holidays, skipping 03:58:35.980 --> 03:58:40.980 birthdays, like I play the game all day, every day, like this, this is my life, so it feels 03:58:40.980 --> 03:58:41.980 very deserved. 03:58:41.980 --> 03:58:45.420 Thank, thank, thank you so much and appreciate you hopping on the mic there and prompt you 03:58:45.420 --> 03:58:46.420 very last minute. 03:58:46.420 --> 03:58:47.420 Congratulations. 03:58:47.420 --> 03:58:50.900 We'll see you in the championship game here for kickoff in a couple hours and 03:58:50.900 --> 03:58:53.060 we will also see you in Salt Lake. 03:58:53.060 --> 03:58:54.060 Thanks so much. 03:58:54.060 --> 03:58:55.060 Thank you guys. 03:58:55.060 --> 03:59:00.060 Well, what a finish five years, the very first team that we are sending to the 03:59:00.060 --> 03:59:03.960 Major they will have a chance to compete for the number one spot in kickoff 03:59:03.960 --> 03:59:09.480 But what these teams are really focused on and we all know it is getting to that top four 03:59:09.480 --> 03:59:11.960 That's what it's all about and that is what they have done 03:59:11.960 --> 03:59:19.680 They'll be joined in that potential matchup by either dark zero or wild card and that sends one of 30 down to play Shopify 03:59:19.680 --> 03:59:22.580 Rebellion it's not over for them yet. They still have a chance Fox 03:59:22.580 --> 03:59:26.600 I mean they absolutely could be another one of the teams making the major but their road 03:59:26.600 --> 03:59:30.740 just got a whole lot harder the way I saw our look yesterday the way they locked 03:59:30.740 --> 03:59:35.840 in the map to the map three it's a scary situation hopefully for one of 30 no 03:59:35.840 --> 03:59:41.460 4v5s that's already a plus if they get in that matchup no 4v5s figure out the 03:59:41.460 --> 03:59:46.300 internet issues you figured them out yeah one of the next up it can be dealt 03:59:46.300 --> 03:59:50.060 with well moving on to our next matchup a big one it's dark zero and it 03:59:50.060 --> 03:59:54.380 is wild card two organizations that actually have quite a bit of history 03:59:54.380 --> 04:00:00.140 against one another. DarkZero was very clear about mentioning this on X as quick as they could. 04:00:00.140 --> 04:00:05.180 The moment they learned about this matchup, they were putting out, you know what, we own this roster. 04:00:05.180 --> 04:00:11.740 We have swept this team. Don't need a paternity test to know where their father's choice words 04:00:11.740 --> 04:00:16.620 there from the DZ social team they're like. No, I mean, not by any means. And it is, 04:00:16.620 --> 04:00:20.860 you know, that has been the case. But also these are two different rosters now. So that very 04:00:20.860 --> 04:00:25.620 likely could change, but from what we saw from Dark Zero, I mean, this really has been 04:00:25.620 --> 04:00:30.860 the best version of this team since the iteration, since the swap, since the addition of Kino 04:00:30.860 --> 04:00:34.460 and NJR. I mean, this team is definitely a force to be reckoned with. You cannot take 04:00:34.460 --> 04:00:41.020 lightly. Well, Dark Zero has been the best team here, bar none. In every single category 04:00:41.020 --> 04:00:45.380 across the board, this team has dominated everyone else through group stage, but this 04:00:45.380 --> 04:00:49.140 will also be our first opportunity to see them here in a best of three setting. I 04:00:49.140 --> 04:00:52.080 I mean, we want to talk about consistency when it comes to DarkZero. 04:00:52.080 --> 04:00:56.040 We know that the previous SSG roster players, they have an issue with consistency, 04:00:56.040 --> 04:00:57.240 but DarkZero is a hole right now. 04:00:57.240 --> 04:01:01.580 Yeah, they not only are the daddies of Wildcard, but the daddies of Van Halve currently, 04:01:01.580 --> 04:01:04.620 because they are so consistent in so many categories. 04:01:04.620 --> 04:01:10.360 I mean, best defensive win rate team, best team KD, best opening KD, best round conversion. 04:01:10.360 --> 04:01:14.120 There's no area of them that has been lacking, so we have seen. 04:01:14.120 --> 04:01:17.800 The one element that needs to be proven to us is consistency. 04:01:17.800 --> 04:01:23.960 But the reason why they're so good so far is because they just have so much flexibility on the team and they could not have gotten 04:01:24.360 --> 04:01:30.260 Better players to be able to fit those roles and now we're finally seeing some of these players that were on previous 04:01:30.360 --> 04:01:33.760 Rosters, you know team like I may be that had Kino now. They're not going to the event 04:01:33.760 --> 04:01:35.560 Maybe that has something to do with it 04:01:35.560 --> 04:01:40.560 But these players they're having their moments to shine because everybody fits the role so perfectly 04:01:40.560 --> 04:01:45.000 There's not one person that needs that spotlight and it's amazing to watch them play 04:01:45.000 --> 04:01:50.780 wildcard had their moment in the spotlight earlier. We had had to see them take on in that opening round 04:01:50.780 --> 04:01:58.140 Show us that they could in fact play better than they did in the group stage and you saw some very concrete examples of some pretty pretty big 04:01:58.140 --> 04:02:02.700 Improvement. Yeah, absolutely. I mean this was the wild card and he knows it's safe to say that wild card is back 04:02:02.700 --> 04:02:06.400 Is this the land wild card that we're used to hyping up and talking about? I don't know 04:02:06.400 --> 04:02:09.600 I hope so especially given into this match with everything that's on the line 04:02:09.600 --> 04:02:14.060 But I mean round nine in particular in that chalet series. I mean you could see from M80 04:02:14.060 --> 04:02:17.980 This was an N80 round, but Bay managed to steal it away, 04:02:17.980 --> 04:02:19.900 getting this pick off the bathroom window. 04:02:19.900 --> 04:02:21.180 And this was the moment right here where you, 04:02:21.180 --> 04:02:23.420 if you had the top down, when you were rewatching this, 04:02:23.420 --> 04:02:26.540 you could see everyone was trying to push towards Bay. 04:02:26.540 --> 04:02:28.700 Bay gets the pick, the teammates come over, 04:02:28.700 --> 04:02:31.580 assist him, alleviate that pressure off solar window. 04:02:31.580 --> 04:02:34.060 They weren't expecting that C4 due to the smoke being there. 04:02:34.060 --> 04:02:35.900 He's able to rotate back up, 04:02:35.900 --> 04:02:38.220 and then it just falls into this 2v1 where, again, 04:02:38.220 --> 04:02:42.300 I say Bay constantly plays positions very well, 04:02:42.300 --> 04:02:45.880 and right here you might believe if you're going against a clash, they're gonna play it safe. 04:02:45.880 --> 04:02:49.580 No, Bay is going to get aggressive and end it on a quad kill, 04:02:49.580 --> 04:02:52.860 but all the players across the board stepped it up, 04:02:52.860 --> 04:02:56.300 and that's where we needed to see this wildcard come to fruition, 04:02:56.300 --> 04:02:58.300 especially once we got into these best threes, 04:02:58.300 --> 04:03:02.780 because if this is the team that we know and love can play like this at a consistent basis, 04:03:02.780 --> 04:03:06.620 just as you're talking about the side on Dark Zero, this is going to be one hell of a game. 04:03:06.620 --> 04:03:09.980 And the bounce back from this entire team has been very apparent, 04:03:09.980 --> 04:03:15.740 But I know you wanted to focus on baby shark as well someone who knew there had to be some changes and so far 04:03:15.860 --> 04:03:20.200 Seems to be making those changes. Yeah, and I highlighted Bay and baby shark going into that match 04:03:20.200 --> 04:03:25.600 saying we needed to see something from these two players being their entry players being their backbones of this roster and we 04:03:25.600 --> 04:03:26.200 Weren't seeing it 04:03:26.200 --> 04:03:31.200 But in that series we did see it and I did speak to baby shark briefly after their match just kind of asked me 04:03:31.200 --> 04:03:36.000 You know what's been going on you guys are looking significantly better than these best threes and he messaged me 04:03:36.000 --> 04:03:41.240 And he let me know he's been going through his own adversity as a player and doesn't matter what player you are 04:03:41.240 --> 04:03:44.720 Doesn't matter if you're starting at the top or the bottom at some point in your career 04:03:44.720 --> 04:03:49.720 You are going to hit a brick wall and it matters most of how you handle that 04:03:49.720 --> 04:03:55.520 Not only in-game and outside of game and baby shark made it very clear that he was going through a lot and it adds 04:03:55.520 --> 04:03:57.560 On as well when your team isn't having success 04:03:57.560 --> 04:04:03.160 So it puts even more pressure on you to perform but act after that bounce back in that performance yesterday 04:04:03.160 --> 04:04:11.620 Baby shark is back bay is back wild card is back. Well, these two teams faced off in groups wild card did struggle at that time 04:04:11.620 --> 04:04:16.480 They'll be looking to bounce back from that. They played bank in the group stage. What do you think we're headed to now? 04:04:16.480 --> 04:04:20.640 I mean dark zero we haven't seen a weak map from them yet when it comes to the side of wild card 04:04:20.640 --> 04:04:24.360 We've always talked about how their map pool has always been very limited, you know 04:04:24.360 --> 04:04:28.480 Chalet we see in bank we see in labs and we've seen cloud house 04:04:28.480 --> 04:04:33.640 And it looks like dark zero has no fear taking three of wild cards best for maps 04:04:33.640 --> 04:04:36.980 And they're gonna start off on shall lay which you know 04:04:36.980 --> 04:04:40.440 We saw wild card play it the other day and they look pretty good on it 04:04:40.440 --> 04:04:45.540 It was one of those things where they needed to be able to have the entries to find success on it 04:04:45.540 --> 04:04:47.680 That's a big bay map big baby shark map 04:04:47.680 --> 04:04:51.560 There was a big huge clutch with Adrian on defense very back and forth 04:04:51.560 --> 04:04:57.960 It's a situation where there were a lot of small details that could cause them to lose the map lose a couple rounds 04:04:57.960 --> 04:05:02.520 of Dark Zero. That being said, they have that experience, they have that momentum on it. 04:05:02.520 --> 04:05:05.480 Can they be able to adapt? That's what we know from Wildcard is they're a very adaptive 04:05:05.480 --> 04:05:09.640 heavy team when they go to events. We're always seeing them change things up. I'm hoping that 04:05:09.640 --> 04:05:15.840 their reach to getting back into the normal Wildcard that we know also amplifies their 04:05:15.840 --> 04:05:18.040 ability to adapt because you're going to need it against Dark Zero. 04:05:18.040 --> 04:05:21.200 Well, the Wildcard that we know, they may not have had good luck against the Dark 04:05:21.200 --> 04:05:26.840 Zero organization. They're actually five and two against the same core of a roster. 04:05:26.840 --> 04:05:29.540 So an interesting dynamic, we'll see how it plays out here. 04:05:29.540 --> 04:05:35.720 We dive into the very first map, Chalet, between Dark Zero and Wild Card Lynx, XR Troika. 04:05:35.720 --> 04:05:36.720 Over to you. 04:05:36.720 --> 04:05:43.920 Well, we look a little different, but we are, I guess we're kind of Lynx in XR Troika. 04:05:43.920 --> 04:05:46.920 I get to be, I'll take Lynx. 04:05:46.920 --> 04:05:47.920 I'm happy to be Ollie. 04:05:47.920 --> 04:05:50.920 Should I do a British accent for this whole cast? 04:05:50.920 --> 04:05:52.920 Oh, am I? 04:05:52.920 --> 04:05:53.920 No, that's Australian. 04:05:53.920 --> 04:05:58.800 I was gonna say I've never heard you do a British accent and I don't know if now's the time for you to whip it out 04:05:58.800 --> 04:06:02.400 But what are these teams will join five years? 04:06:02.840 --> 04:06:06.040 At the Salt Lake City Major North America is a little bit slow Jesse 04:06:06.040 --> 04:06:09.640 We're just now starting to get the teams qualified tomorrow 04:06:10.360 --> 04:06:15.600 Final two will qualify five beers. You toppled one of 30 just moments ago will be in action later today 04:06:15.840 --> 04:06:22.520 They're gonna be playing the winner of this battle and you the people think of dark zero has the leg up over a wild card 04:06:22.520 --> 04:06:26.520 I can't say that the people are necessarily wrong, Jesse. 04:06:26.520 --> 04:06:28.520 The underlying stats certainly do benefit DarkZero, 04:06:28.520 --> 04:06:30.520 but upsets happen all the time. 04:06:30.520 --> 04:06:32.520 And Wildcard in their matchup yesterday 04:06:32.520 --> 04:06:34.520 showed steady improvement. 04:06:34.520 --> 04:06:36.520 So I don't think this will be a kick-walk 04:06:36.520 --> 04:06:38.520 for either of these teams. 04:06:38.520 --> 04:06:40.520 Yeah, that's exactly right, Parker. 04:06:40.520 --> 04:06:43.520 There's a real difference in how much we know about these two teams. 04:06:43.520 --> 04:06:46.520 It's because it's been so long since we've really seen DarkZero play. 04:06:46.520 --> 04:06:48.520 It's been a couple of weeks at this point 04:06:48.520 --> 04:06:50.520 since the group stage, and they're coming onto a map. 04:06:50.520 --> 04:06:56.660 map their selection here, wildcard selection I should say, which was not played by DZL 04:06:56.660 --> 04:07:02.040 season, but the SSG4 that this team kind of built around was very good at Chalet last 04:07:02.040 --> 04:07:05.680 season, finishing things on a three win streak on Chalet. 04:07:05.680 --> 04:07:10.320 So we know the history is there for DarkZero, wildcard played this map yesterday, it was 04:07:10.320 --> 04:07:14.760 against N80, it was a victory, but that took all 15 rounds. 04:07:14.760 --> 04:07:20.040 There's so much footage on this wildcard team for them to come back in and select 04:07:20.040 --> 04:07:22.760 against Dark Zero. Speaks a lot of confidence to me. 04:07:24.040 --> 04:07:27.800 Absolutely. I mean, I think you're a very good reason to be confident here. 04:07:27.800 --> 04:07:30.760 I was trying to read who was on the board behind NJR there. 04:07:30.760 --> 04:07:33.960 I don't know if you saw it. I did not. 04:07:35.320 --> 04:07:39.240 That's okay. Some of these players must have joined the lobby out of order because the 04:07:39.240 --> 04:07:44.200 player cams, Wildcard in particular, are not linked up and Baby Shark is actually 04:07:44.200 --> 04:07:48.920 completely frozen. Let me tell you this right now, 04:07:48.920 --> 04:07:52.120 while the cart needs him to be mobile trustee, they're gonna need him to be 04:07:52.120 --> 04:07:54.960 fluid, they're gonna need him moving around, if Baby Shark is just standing 04:07:54.960 --> 04:07:59.240 still, that's not gonna go well for their team here. Yeah, and I really loved 04:07:59.240 --> 04:08:03.240 what he said to Gabe, we saw it on the desk there, about his confidence and how 04:08:03.240 --> 04:08:07.040 that worked, wasn't really with him towards the stars this season. I think 04:08:07.040 --> 04:08:09.680 we could all see that right through the group stage and even at the very 04:08:09.680 --> 04:08:13.760 start of that last game versus M80, Baby Shark was really struggling. He 04:08:13.760 --> 04:08:21.600 wasn't the usual baby shark that we're used to seeing dominate all through the North American League last year and of course the international events in Munich and in 04:08:21.600 --> 04:08:30.000 Paris. We finally got to see that high level of gameplay that we're used to seeing out of this guy. So I'm really excited to see what shark can do in this match. 04:08:30.000 --> 04:08:40.320 I'm hoping he can keep up his gameplay from the end of the M80 match and I kind of think he will. You know, once you get that confidence back, I feel like that's something that does stick with you and hopefully we can see that 04:08:40.320 --> 04:08:46.620 continue to grow and Baby Shark could be even better here today in this critical game up against Dark Zero. 04:08:46.620 --> 04:08:53.120 We start on Kitchen 4, Shallay, Parker, and it looks like Dizzy want to go up through the hatch with Nuerz on the Amaru, 04:08:53.120 --> 04:08:58.220 but he's biding his time for now, doesn't have the diffuse kit, that'll be Kino on the Monty, 04:08:58.220 --> 04:09:05.420 so might be more of a late play to come out from Nuerz and might just be kind of a distraction while the rest of the team is going for a full map player here. 04:09:05.420 --> 04:09:09.840 I mean baby shark has been consistently the lowest rated player on this wild card team. 04:09:09.840 --> 04:09:14.940 This really is, but his numbers did take a big step forward after the matchup yesterday. 04:09:14.940 --> 04:09:19.560 You'll see what he's able to do. Here is Spikers, the first one out duel by NJR. 04:09:19.560 --> 04:09:25.500 DC striking first. Newers, by the way, has found himself inside the bomb site. Hello? 04:09:25.500 --> 04:09:31.200 Adrian takes him down, so back to even footing, but Diffuse Kit is being planted right now. 04:09:31.200 --> 04:09:33.820 Is anybody watching Kino in this position? 04:09:33.820 --> 04:09:39.300 I don't think so diffuser goes down quite effectively false taking a beating in the process of 04:09:39.940 --> 04:09:42.020 4v4 at this point in time and 04:09:42.300 --> 04:09:44.100 Keyno has control of that diffuser 04:09:44.100 --> 04:09:50.520 He can now move over allow the rest of his team to join up and a Monty fully extended is really tough to deal with 04:09:50.700 --> 04:09:57.100 Add to it ever diminishing amount of time not great NJR grabs another its cans into fall 04:09:57.100 --> 04:10:03.120 Swung on by Adrian both kills for Adrian so far down his wild card now will attempt the counter diffuse 04:10:03.120 --> 04:10:06.800 But J9O says, not today, Buster. 04:10:06.800 --> 04:10:09.380 A strong start and a very quick one. 04:10:09.380 --> 04:10:11.480 Four Dark Zeros, they pick up round number one. 04:10:11.480 --> 04:10:17.520 Yeah, Parker, I love that push from Dark Zero because it is so incredibly dynamic. 04:10:17.520 --> 04:10:22.840 Less than five seconds before Newers is jumping up that dining hatch, taking the fight with 04:10:22.840 --> 04:10:24.800 the players inside the site. 04:10:24.800 --> 04:10:28.280 Kino is inside of library, pressuring across the map. 04:10:28.280 --> 04:10:32.200 And because Kino is so early to get into the building to pressure over towards library, 04:10:32.200 --> 04:10:36.360 They showed so much pressure over there, it kind of lulled Wildcard into a fall-sense 04:10:36.360 --> 04:10:37.360 of security. 04:10:37.360 --> 04:10:40.440 They're thinking, okay, it's a full map clear, they're pressuring Library, this is what we 04:10:40.440 --> 04:10:41.640 have to worry about. 04:10:41.640 --> 04:10:42.640 And then, boom! 04:10:42.640 --> 04:10:43.640 Newers is up the hatch. 04:10:43.640 --> 04:10:44.640 Boom! 04:10:44.640 --> 04:10:45.640 NJR is in trophy window. 04:10:45.640 --> 04:10:46.640 Boom! 04:10:46.640 --> 04:10:50.120 Kino has rotated all the way outside of Library, through the map, jumping in West Main 04:10:50.120 --> 04:10:51.440 Window to get that plant down. 04:10:51.440 --> 04:10:54.640 It was crazy how quick Dark Zero switched up. 04:10:54.640 --> 04:10:56.880 And I do think that was the plan from the very beginning. 04:10:56.880 --> 04:11:00.240 Show some pressure off the site, make Wildcard think that's what you're going 04:11:00.240 --> 04:11:02.480 and then completely flip it on a dime. 04:11:02.480 --> 04:11:05.840 It was a really well coordinated play from open BZ. 04:11:05.840 --> 04:11:07.200 And it feels like they're picking up right 04:11:07.200 --> 04:11:08.360 where the group saves left off. 04:11:08.360 --> 04:11:11.320 I mean, they had some really creative and fun attacks 04:11:11.320 --> 04:11:14.480 back during the four best ones they played to start kickoff. 04:11:14.480 --> 04:11:17.760 And those are continuing here in the playoffs. 04:11:17.760 --> 04:11:20.640 The player who had a huge impact on that round 04:11:20.640 --> 04:11:24.760 on the side of Dark Zero, NJR, his numbers 04:11:24.760 --> 04:11:28.240 very, very similar in like underlying numbers. 04:11:28.240 --> 04:11:33.960 and Baby Shark. Now obviously what's going to skew this is that this wildcard team has played an entire best of three 04:11:33.960 --> 04:11:38.000 whereas Dizzy has not, heading into this matchup. Speaking of, these two players 04:11:38.000 --> 04:11:42.580 battling on a collision course with each other, and Baby Shark wins it, so I feel a little bit vindicated here. 04:11:43.080 --> 04:11:47.540 39 rounds played by Jarx Zero through kickoff. That's in the four best of ones they've played. 04:11:47.540 --> 04:11:57.180 Wildcard literally doubles 78 rounds in total, and their EPS, NJR's EPS, 83, Baby Shark's EPS, 84. 04:11:57.180 --> 04:12:02.300 These players so evenly matched, but they are on different roles. They play different operators. 04:12:02.300 --> 04:12:06.700 It makes sense that NJR is on the bottom of a team that is playing as well as they are. 04:12:06.700 --> 04:12:12.220 Baby Shark usually is not the bottom on this team. He needs to find that improvement. 04:12:12.220 --> 04:12:16.300 As he played out, he did so against M80. He's already had a pretty decent start here getting 04:12:16.300 --> 04:12:20.380 down NJR, so more to come from him would be excellent. Wildcard didn't lose Spiker, 04:12:20.380 --> 04:12:24.780 not too long after that first bit of action. So one minute off the clock, both teams are 04:12:24.780 --> 04:12:30.940 4v4. That's a tough game. Spiker back-to-back early kills coming through here and it doesn't get better for Wildcard. 04:12:30.940 --> 04:12:34.660 Newer was outfooled today and puts the team into a man advantage and once again 04:12:34.660 --> 04:12:42.100 this U2L is all coming in clutch Parker collapsing into these tall floor players with bees with capitol and Monty jumping in the library as well. 04:12:42.100 --> 04:12:46.060 Attracts the attention of Baby Shark who needs to help but he just loses the fight. 04:12:46.300 --> 04:12:51.620 Kino with the pistol is better and gets that 4v2 lead now forcing Canyon and Adrian back to site. 04:12:51.620 --> 04:12:57.220 DZ is in full control here. My goodness, there's almost nothing slowing them down. 04:12:57.220 --> 04:13:00.980 A single kill from Adrian is really all they can find at this point in time. 04:13:00.980 --> 04:13:06.500 He does some serious damage to J9O, but you've got three incredible weapons on the side of DZ 04:13:06.500 --> 04:13:10.660 still alive and they've got a full top 4 control. Newers will drop. Final kill comes in for Dark 04:13:10.660 --> 04:13:16.100 Zero. That's a 2-0 start for the team in purple, though it has been a good attempt 04:13:16.100 --> 04:13:20.660 from Wildcard despite the score line. Yeah, I mean it's tough to defend when Dark 04:13:20.660 --> 04:13:24.880 looks this good on the attack parker. Newer's a 4k in that round, by the way. 04:13:24.880 --> 04:13:29.120 He is actually the fourth highest rated player in the NA L coming into today's 04:13:29.120 --> 04:13:33.200 matches. And that doesn't sound too crazy, but when you say he's the fourth 04:13:33.200 --> 04:13:37.380 highest player in the NA L, he is the third highest player just on dark zero. 04:13:37.380 --> 04:13:42.400 So it kind of speaks to how good this team, how dominant this team has been 04:13:42.400 --> 04:13:46.200 throughout the group stage so far. They come into this playoff series red 04:13:46.200 --> 04:13:49.680 hot and they've shown it through two rounds. Wildcard feeling the heat, 04:13:49.680 --> 04:13:56.620 They're gonna call that tack time out very early on just down to oh on the leaderboard and I think it makes sense 04:13:56.620 --> 04:14:00.600 I mean this dark zero team is looking very coordinated very good 04:14:00.600 --> 04:14:04.620 They've got a lot of you till on these clears whether it's gonna be the snake or the information 04:14:04.760 --> 04:14:09.880 Being brought out by newers or whether that's maybe some more utility like the grim like the capitao 04:14:09.880 --> 04:14:12.820 Like the doka be who we saw from NJR back in round number one 04:14:12.920 --> 04:14:19.440 It feels like there's a really solid game plan behind these pushes from DZ and the onus is on wildcard now to read into 04:14:19.440 --> 04:14:22.020 those pushes and come up to some kind of counters on the fly. 04:14:23.760 --> 04:14:27.280 Yeah, very early time on obviously does not bode well, but hey, it's a best of three. 04:14:27.280 --> 04:14:30.560 There is a lot more rainbow six siege to be played on this map. 04:14:30.560 --> 04:14:34.260 There is more siege to be played moving on as well. 04:14:34.260 --> 04:14:36.620 Night Haven Labs is a guaranteed clubhouse. 04:14:36.620 --> 04:14:40.560 Of course, the decider, these are maps that don't necessarily have the most 04:14:41.300 --> 04:14:42.640 in common with one another. 04:14:42.640 --> 04:14:46.240 I do say that Night Haven Labs and clubhouse tend to have some parallels here. 04:14:46.240 --> 04:14:50.560 But this is a run of three maps that find a lot of play in North America. 04:14:50.560 --> 04:14:55.960 Both of these teams should be relatively aware of how to go about the wild card. 04:14:55.960 --> 04:15:00.840 During the better result of the last of the wild, the chalet has not shown up for Dark Zero, so... 04:15:00.840 --> 04:15:06.520 Wild card, playing it against M80 just a day ago, means DZ has some information on it. 04:15:06.520 --> 04:15:08.480 And it was a tough one for wild card, right? 04:15:08.480 --> 04:15:11.640 They did ultimately beat M80, but it was an 8-7 victory. 04:15:11.640 --> 04:15:17.640 That of course was integral in pushing M80 down into that lower bracket and then they 04:15:17.640 --> 04:15:23.080 were defeated yesterday in an incredible contest up against Shopify Rebellion. 04:15:23.080 --> 04:15:28.320 I do think the wildcard M80 matchup that we saw yesterday was one of the best of the 04:15:28.320 --> 04:15:34.320 three that we've seen quite some time and I mean this one shaping up could potentially 04:15:34.320 --> 04:15:38.160 rival it but it would require a wildcard to be a little bit more active here as 04:15:38.160 --> 04:15:40.000 DZ does hold that 2-0 lead. 04:15:40.000 --> 04:15:44.000 Critical rounds, not only because you just called your top time-out Parker, but also 04:15:44.000 --> 04:15:49.880 for Wildcard, you don't want to be going down 3-0, you're at, really your 3-0 score line 04:15:49.880 --> 04:15:53.440 starts getting very, very icky in terms of the round count here on Chalet. 04:15:53.440 --> 04:15:56.800 That's a full site rotation, obviously they're playing Kitchen again, so it's not three 04:15:56.800 --> 04:16:02.160 separate sites, but it is kind of a confidence-shaking loss if you lose this one up against 04:16:02.160 --> 04:16:06.280 Dark Zero, you won't be able to repeat any sites you win after this round. 04:16:06.280 --> 04:16:08.720 So it's important to be able to get your feet underneath you. 04:16:08.720 --> 04:16:12.920 Dark Zero, last time they were here, they faked a push over through the library side. 04:16:12.920 --> 04:16:15.600 This time it looks like they are committing to it for real. 04:16:15.600 --> 04:16:17.920 No more Amaru shenanigans happening here. 04:16:17.920 --> 04:16:22.040 So the U2 work is starting to happen in through office, in through library. 04:16:22.040 --> 04:16:25.160 And you can see it's not really an extension towards that side of the map, but instead 04:16:25.160 --> 04:16:27.960 a full focus on walking down office. 04:16:27.960 --> 04:16:31.960 These players talk more, most notably Adrien will have to be really sharp, not like 04:16:31.960 --> 04:16:33.960 Dark Zero take this space. 04:16:33.960 --> 04:16:41.320 I mean, Adrian has been really sharp, but he's gone, Jesse, I fear we cursed him. 04:16:41.320 --> 04:16:44.840 I mean, he was going to be the green hood in the fight, and that's why he really dies. 04:16:44.840 --> 04:16:45.840 Uh-oh! 04:16:45.840 --> 04:16:47.840 Yeah, that doesn't bode well for them, Parker. 04:16:47.840 --> 04:16:52.160 They still have Kansen and Veyt's off-floor, but now without your real main office player, 04:16:52.160 --> 04:16:54.900 it's going to get really awkward and the angles are going to start to close in 04:16:54.900 --> 04:16:57.400 on these other top floor roamers. 04:16:57.400 --> 04:17:00.840 And they now post it up in this position. 04:17:00.840 --> 04:17:06.440 Handsome drops as well. This entry from Dark Zero Jesse has just been suffocating. 04:17:06.440 --> 04:17:10.280 They thought he had a golden opportunity on the Fulks, but great play from Kino. 04:17:10.280 --> 04:17:14.680 Kino still being the main focus on that shield. Maybe they were really able to deal with it. 04:17:14.680 --> 04:17:17.240 Baby Shark sweeping through. He will take Kino down. 04:17:17.240 --> 04:17:22.840 Pivoting Fulks gets the trade right back. It's all up to Spiker, the young captain in a 1v3. 04:17:24.680 --> 04:17:27.320 He's down below the bomb site. He has very limited control. 04:17:27.320 --> 04:17:30.680 This is a horrible spot for him to be in, and I think he's aware of it. 04:17:30.840 --> 04:17:38.340 bomb site within reach though so he doesn't have top-floor control he doesn't really have 04:17:38.340 --> 04:17:43.060 much but he is within arm's distance. I don't know if that diffuse kid is going to go and 04:17:43.060 --> 04:17:46.080 obviously with Kino dying earlier, Foltz will be the one to walk in and somebody else had 04:17:46.080 --> 04:17:51.060 to pick that one up. Foltz is so used to being the bomb buddy I guess you could call him. 04:17:51.060 --> 04:17:56.520 I like Spikers positioning here. This is a lot more winnable than it looks. He gets one, 04:17:56.520 --> 04:18:03.080 Oh he gets two! Three kills in total for Spiker. Now it's him and Fulton, a 1v1 showdown. Time running out. 04:18:03.080 --> 04:18:07.720 Spiker still in this advantageous position and he gets them all! My goodness! 04:18:08.760 --> 04:18:15.000 Lead by example and lead is something he does often. Good grace. Spiker takes the round and 04:18:15.000 --> 04:18:21.160 because of it Wildcard is on the board. We often talk about him as the fragging IGL and he 04:18:21.160 --> 04:18:24.840 He steps up big time round 3, fragging there Parker. 04:18:24.840 --> 04:18:27.520 What a clutch from Spiker. 04:18:27.520 --> 04:18:29.160 I thought there was no universe. 04:18:29.160 --> 04:18:30.520 They were going to close that one out. 04:18:30.520 --> 04:18:33.120 It looked to be 3-0 for Dark Zero, guaranteed. 04:18:33.120 --> 04:18:35.920 I love the word that you used up on that top clear. 04:18:35.920 --> 04:18:37.720 Suffocating it really was. 04:18:37.720 --> 04:18:42.280 Those roamers had no chance because of how good Dark Zero were looking on that push. 04:18:42.280 --> 04:18:45.680 But when it came down to converting, when it came down to just working together to 04:18:45.680 --> 04:18:49.880 find that last player, they could not set up a trade to be able to take down 04:18:49.880 --> 04:18:50.880 Spiker. 04:18:50.880 --> 04:18:55.040 was constantly moving. He always seemed to know where those last couple of players were 04:18:55.040 --> 04:18:59.360 and it really just, I mean, he makes it look so easy. It's not. Don't get me wrong. These 04:18:59.360 --> 04:19:03.760 are tough shots to hit, but because he was so hard to pin down because they didn't know 04:19:03.760 --> 04:19:08.280 his exact position, there were little mistakes made by Dark Zero, sprinting in a trophy, 04:19:08.280 --> 04:19:12.120 thinking it's clear when it's not. That last one doing as well, thinking maybe I 04:19:12.120 --> 04:19:14.880 want to go for the kill. Maybe I want to go and try to force a plant. That's 04:19:14.880 --> 04:19:17.200 not really sure how he wants to execute on that. 04:19:17.200 --> 04:19:22.160 This spiker really does play that absolutely perfect, he has to, and it's around to him 04:19:22.160 --> 04:19:24.200 finally on the board with the wildcard. 04:19:24.200 --> 04:19:30.200 I said it, I'll say it again, and I'm sure it'll come out a few times as we go deeper 04:19:30.200 --> 04:19:31.200 into it. 04:19:31.200 --> 04:19:39.800 This is a long series, so you've got at minimum two maps, settle in, focus, get your head 04:19:39.800 --> 04:19:40.800 on straight. 04:19:40.800 --> 04:19:46.440 You've got your two best braggers on the side of wildcard, and Bay and Kansan currently 04:19:46.440 --> 04:19:51.540 held off of the score sheet. Now, admittedly, it's a little crowded at the top for these 04:19:51.540 --> 04:19:55.640 wildcard numbers, and the best statistical player on the team has actually been Adrian 04:19:55.640 --> 04:20:00.440 this time around, which isn't usually what you see on his role, but he's got the best 04:20:00.440 --> 04:20:05.880 KD, he's got the best entry stats, he's got the most entry stats on this team as well, 04:20:05.880 --> 04:20:11.120 and they will jump out, break that goose egg, down goes NJR, heavy presence from Dart 04:20:11.120 --> 04:20:15.240 Zero on Library Bay, could get all this done without much support, so him and Kams 04:20:15.240 --> 04:20:20.120 getting on the board, very important even if they are competing presently with Adrian at the top. 04:20:20.120 --> 04:20:26.760 And don't count on Spiker, he's had a pretty good and pretty impactful set of rounds too. So wild card 04:20:26.760 --> 04:20:31.240 going for the jump out, taking down NJR. Still, there's hard breach in the side turn, so no hope 04:20:31.240 --> 04:20:36.040 is lost, but surely a devastating blow in the first minute of action. Yeah, it does suck to lose your 04:20:36.040 --> 04:20:39.000 thermite on this bottom floor, but on the other hand in particular, there's a lot of walls you'd 04:20:39.000 --> 04:20:43.240 like to walk through, but I can't worry about that now because Baby Shark is lurking around 04:20:43.240 --> 04:20:47.440 that nid floor, gets a pick, the trade good for Kino, knows another one's pinned down at 04:20:47.440 --> 04:20:52.840 the bottom of blue stairs, has the ping on it, can he escape, surely not, right? 04:20:52.840 --> 04:20:56.440 Calls teammate over, we've now got faults here, holding the angle as well, but there's 04:20:56.440 --> 04:21:02.600 backup for wildcard 2, baby shark and bay, sitting down here it is a Texas standoff 04:21:02.600 --> 04:21:07.840 marker, and it looks like they're gonna make it out, baby shark barely alive after 04:21:07.840 --> 04:21:11.680 that engagement, the fact that he gets that pick on the roam and gets out is 04:21:11.680 --> 04:21:17.280 absolutely ridiculous. Insane work for them to be able to survive that onslaught. 04:21:17.280 --> 04:21:24.080 He's star this kickoff. J9o is gone so both of the hard breaches are no longer available. 04:21:24.080 --> 04:21:28.080 Still got secondary hard breach in the pocket so Kino has a bit of a saving grace at this point in time. 04:21:28.640 --> 04:21:32.000 But I like these numbers and I like this positioning for Wildcard. 04:21:32.000 --> 04:21:35.040 It's mothered the offense that Dark Zero has employed. 04:21:35.040 --> 04:21:38.800 Knocking them off first now Kino will look to follow up to try to kick start something. 04:21:38.800 --> 04:21:42.800 a kill or two could completely turn this round on its head. 04:21:42.800 --> 04:21:44.800 Gatrin is lined up ready. 04:21:44.800 --> 04:21:47.800 The real shotgun just inches away from his face. 04:21:47.800 --> 04:21:51.800 He's got a shotgun of his own, but the TCSG doesn't seem to hit the same way. 04:21:51.800 --> 04:21:54.800 As this Ying shotgun does, Kira doesn't want that engagement, 04:21:54.800 --> 04:21:58.800 and now we'll use that last bit on the main breach, 04:21:58.800 --> 04:22:00.800 which remains sealed and electrified. 04:22:00.800 --> 04:22:01.800 This is gonna be tricky. 04:22:01.800 --> 04:22:04.800 I'll try to get it off with the Thatcher of Hulks above. 04:22:04.800 --> 04:22:07.760 Tential good coordination here might be able to open it up. It sounds like it'll go 04:22:09.120 --> 04:22:13.600 30 seconds remain DZ have managed to dig their way out of this position just based on utility 04:22:13.600 --> 04:22:19.360 But the kills are not coming Adrian squadron Kino. He's got one that drops Adrian doubling up on kills B another one 04:22:19.760 --> 04:22:22.160 A terrific round from wildcard to draw even 04:22:22.960 --> 04:22:25.760 Yeah, it really does come down to those hard britchers parker 04:22:25.760 --> 04:22:30.240 I mean when njr goes down to the thermite, we're thinking okay, that's not great 04:22:30.240 --> 04:22:36.080 because the thermite is what you really want to be able to breach that main snow breach right to get yourself into a plant position 04:22:36.080 --> 04:22:39.560 But you're thinking okay. There's still cans on Kino. They're still Habana and Jean 04:22:39.560 --> 04:22:41.160 I know they can still make this work 04:22:41.160 --> 04:22:46.760 But then baby shark also gets aggressive being able to take down the other primary hard breacher 04:22:46.840 --> 04:22:48.600 Maybe no two worst players 04:22:48.600 --> 04:22:55.440 They could have lost in that moment on the side of dark zero it ended up being really critical picks that gave wild card that 04:22:55.440 --> 04:22:59.600 advantage and then beyond that as well I mean just the fact that they're able to 04:22:59.600 --> 04:23:03.360 dominate on the numbers on that top floor the fact that those roamers get 04:23:03.360 --> 04:23:08.040 out is so important we didn't touch on it but I wanted to mention that snake band 04:23:08.040 --> 04:23:12.280 that wildcard used after round three newers is one of the best snake players 04:23:12.280 --> 04:23:15.960 in the world it's certainly one of the best in North America he is so good on 04:23:15.960 --> 04:23:19.240 that operator the fact that they took it away from him I do think had an 04:23:19.240 --> 04:23:22.440 impact on that roam clear made it a lot more difficult for DarkZero to 04:23:22.440 --> 04:23:26.140 find those players out to try to force them out of the position and it kind of resulted 04:23:26.140 --> 04:23:30.900 in these early deaths like this one from NJR, the next one on the J9O right here. These 04:23:30.900 --> 04:23:34.700 are kills that maybe they can go another way if you've got that information from the Snake 04:23:34.700 --> 04:23:38.860 or if you've got a little bit better of a roam clear going on for Dark Zeros. So they 04:23:38.860 --> 04:23:42.220 call their attack timeout, they try to address some of the response that we've seen from 04:23:42.220 --> 04:23:46.980 Wildcard on the last two rounds and four rounds deep. We are past every single attack 04:23:46.980 --> 04:23:49.260 timeout. That's kind of crazy. 04:23:49.260 --> 04:23:58.460 We technically have another time-out coming in two rounds at the halftime point, Jesse, so literally the coaches will not be able to speak in about six minutes time. 04:23:58.460 --> 04:24:00.180 They will no longer be able to talk to their teams. 04:24:00.660 --> 04:24:05.820 A breakneck pays to call these time-outs and obviously something that you have to worry about, right? 04:24:06.780 --> 04:24:09.940 GZ won those first two rounds. They looked really good. 04:24:10.060 --> 04:24:15.700 They weren't as lost-sided as the two of them could potentially have been, but Darkseer was still, I would argue, in full control of both of those rounds. 04:24:15.700 --> 04:24:23.460 They probably should have won that third round too, but they gave a bunch of isolated engagements to Spiker with very limited intel and as an SAS operator does 04:24:23.740 --> 04:24:28.860 You pull out the SMG-11 you pull out the shotgun you kill a couple people bingo bingo bongo you move on with your life 04:24:29.140 --> 04:24:34.480 That's exactly what Spiker did. How many times do we see them you clutch? How many times do we see a smoke clutch? 04:24:34.480 --> 04:24:37.180 That's just what they do because the operators in the way that they're played 04:24:37.740 --> 04:24:42.560 So obviously a debilitating round and really the start of a comeback here for Wildcard Wildcard use their time out now 04:24:42.560 --> 04:24:46.120 DC have used their timeout and we are arriving at this present position which 04:24:46.120 --> 04:24:49.960 frankly is uncharted territory having both teams called their timeout this 04:24:49.960 --> 04:24:53.200 early is kind of bizarre and frankly if things go really bad for one of these 04:24:53.200 --> 04:24:57.480 teams there is nothing to save you at this point. No that's exactly right Parker 04:24:57.480 --> 04:25:02.600 the Nitro will miss up there on the top floor but that's okay still at 5v5 the 04:25:02.600 --> 04:25:06.440 uncharted territory also remain on the bombsite top floor for the first time 04:25:06.440 --> 04:25:09.860 ever and dark zero are interested in taking his control down below the 04:25:09.860 --> 04:25:13.120 There's nobody immediately down here and dining although there are 04:25:13.780 --> 04:25:17.680 There's one rumor baby shark over towards games and you can see this punch hole 04:25:17.680 --> 04:25:21.300 Newest gets made to try to counter baby shark position. What a shot 04:25:21.740 --> 04:25:25.280 Flips over the falls is able to get the man count favoring wild card 04:25:25.280 --> 04:25:28.820 I think there is no question what his confidence they partner baby shark is on 04:25:29.240 --> 04:25:34.900 Yeah, he's been absolutely firing on all cylinders cans and held off of the score sheet so far the only player in the 04:25:34.900 --> 04:25:38.580 lot of yet, which is very odd for Kansan and his pedigree. 04:25:38.580 --> 04:25:40.380 I expect him to start racking up kills. 04:25:40.380 --> 04:25:42.540 Kansan doesn't really have off days, Jesse. 04:25:42.540 --> 04:25:44.740 So it's only a matter of time until the sleeping giant 04:25:44.740 --> 04:25:45.860 wakes up. 04:25:45.860 --> 04:25:46.900 Logicbombs will go off. 04:25:46.900 --> 04:25:48.460 NJR is on the board. 04:25:48.460 --> 04:25:49.780 Kansan will have to wait another round 04:25:49.780 --> 04:25:51.740 because he's the first casualty for Wildcard, 04:25:51.740 --> 04:25:53.980 the first target found by DarkZero with half 04:25:53.980 --> 04:25:54.820 of this round to go. 04:25:54.820 --> 04:25:57.340 Kino will now attempt to get the diffuser down. 04:25:57.340 --> 04:25:59.980 All quiet. 04:25:59.980 --> 04:26:02.180 NJR picks off Adrian, newer Slaughter's Bay. 04:26:02.180 --> 04:26:03.220 Diffuse kick goes down. 04:26:03.220 --> 04:26:05.720 This is what's goticle by DarkZero. 04:26:05.720 --> 04:26:08.620 Baby Shark, the only player on the board this round 04:26:08.620 --> 04:26:10.360 will have to do it all. 04:26:10.360 --> 04:26:13.340 All of his teammates dying by their lonesome. 04:26:13.340 --> 04:26:15.160 And Baby Shark's got quite the daunting task here. 04:26:15.160 --> 04:26:17.760 He's got to head up towards the Solarium Stairs, 04:26:17.760 --> 04:26:18.720 get towards the bomb site. 04:26:18.720 --> 04:26:20.260 The smoke is obscuring him for the time being, 04:26:20.260 --> 04:26:21.260 but they've got their sets of eyes 04:26:21.260 --> 04:26:23.340 trained in this position, and a fully extended montain 04:26:23.340 --> 04:26:25.380 will greet him. 04:26:25.380 --> 04:26:26.540 We're going to give him nothing. 04:26:26.540 --> 04:26:29.540 They know how hard it is to why bother swinging, right? 04:26:29.540 --> 04:26:31.620 Some damage is done to Baby Shark in this position, 04:26:31.620 --> 04:26:34.920 and see now it goes down below, but it ain't gonna happen. 04:26:34.920 --> 04:26:35.760 Nope. 04:26:35.760 --> 04:26:37.740 Sorry, this round is gonna go in favor of Dark Zero 04:26:37.740 --> 04:26:38.820 languishing on the stairs. 04:26:38.820 --> 04:26:39.900 Eventually somebody will get it. 04:26:39.900 --> 04:26:41.120 It's NJR. 04:26:42.000 --> 04:26:43.400 Another huge round from Nick, 04:26:43.400 --> 04:26:47.260 and DZ will stop Wildcard's streak at two 04:26:47.260 --> 04:26:49.220 as DZ regains the lead. 04:26:49.220 --> 04:26:50.580 Yeah, another really strong push coming out 04:26:50.580 --> 04:26:51.780 from Dark Zero, Parker. 04:26:51.780 --> 04:26:53.900 I mean, they've got that solar control. 04:26:53.900 --> 04:26:55.540 It's a really powerful push with the Monty. 04:26:55.540 --> 04:26:57.300 If you can get that bottom floor control, 04:26:57.300 --> 04:26:58.620 walk up the solar stairs, 04:26:58.620 --> 04:27:01.340 you can easily force a plant just inside the breeze, 04:27:01.340 --> 04:27:03.380 try to get that master of a fuser down. 04:27:03.380 --> 04:27:05.180 It's really tough to stop that as a defender, 04:27:05.180 --> 04:27:08.020 because if there's players on the big window, players in the bathroom window, 04:27:08.020 --> 04:27:09.740 you really just don't have good positions. 04:27:09.740 --> 04:27:12.820 The one player who maybe could have stopped it, that was Kansan. 04:27:12.820 --> 04:27:16.860 He gets fried by NJR, pushing up behind his Monty up through Solar 04:27:16.860 --> 04:27:20.580 and ends up being a really nice plant to come through from Kino. 04:27:20.580 --> 04:27:23.540 Ideally, as the defenders, you want to do something to disrupt that, 04:27:23.540 --> 04:27:26.660 but the fights on the back side of the bombsite weren't going their way. 04:27:26.660 --> 04:27:28.700 Davy Shark was good down below the site, 04:27:28.700 --> 04:27:31.020 but unfortunately, it's just not impactful enough. 04:27:31.020 --> 04:27:34.120 The team on DZ kind of just ignored him as they pushed him towards the site. 04:27:34.120 --> 04:27:35.220 We're happy to get a plant down. 04:27:35.220 --> 04:27:37.720 They said, sure, there's going to be an L above us, 04:27:37.720 --> 04:27:40.320 but as long as we don't let her get below the plant, 04:27:40.320 --> 04:27:42.320 it's not going to be a problem. 04:27:42.320 --> 04:27:44.520 Nicely done by Dark Zero now, up 3-2. 04:27:46.620 --> 04:27:47.820 That's Wildcard's map. 04:27:47.820 --> 04:27:51.920 So Wildcard keeping it close in this first half is best case scenario for them. 04:27:51.920 --> 04:27:55.220 I don't think Wildcard approached this first half on their own map, 04:27:55.220 --> 04:27:57.020 expecting to dominate. 04:27:57.020 --> 04:27:59.220 Again, the usual scoreline is 4-2. 04:27:59.220 --> 04:28:01.980 you see it across just about every single game. 04:28:01.980 --> 04:28:05.100 You chose your side, even if it's not your map, 04:28:05.100 --> 04:28:07.620 you should probably be taking at minimum three rounds. 04:28:07.620 --> 04:28:09.340 That's basically where you wanna be unless you're 04:28:09.340 --> 04:28:11.300 in blowout territory. 04:28:11.300 --> 04:28:13.220 We're not in blowout territory by any stretch 04:28:13.220 --> 04:28:15.980 of the imagination, so if Wildcard consalvates 04:28:15.980 --> 04:28:17.620 this first half of the 3-3 scoreline, 04:28:17.620 --> 04:28:19.660 they should be, in theory, Jesse, 04:28:19.660 --> 04:28:21.900 very well situated for the second half. 04:28:21.900 --> 04:28:24.620 Again, Wildcard's been a bit of an enigma so far 04:28:24.620 --> 04:28:25.780 in this kickoff. 04:28:25.780 --> 04:28:28.540 They look downright terrible in some of their matches 04:28:28.540 --> 04:28:31.380 that he needed to very quickly adjust. 04:28:31.380 --> 04:28:33.900 But here they are, and they are a single best of three 04:28:33.900 --> 04:28:35.100 away from qualifying. 04:28:35.100 --> 04:28:37.820 So I think a lot of that doubt should be quieted by now. 04:28:37.820 --> 04:28:38.980 This is a new look. 04:28:38.980 --> 04:28:41.220 They managed on map number one against M80. 04:28:41.220 --> 04:28:43.380 Well-guarded, definitely improved. 04:28:43.380 --> 04:28:44.540 I agree 100%. 04:28:44.540 --> 04:28:46.260 This was a very different team than we saw 04:28:46.260 --> 04:28:48.460 during the group stage, or even in the very start 04:28:48.460 --> 04:28:50.380 of playoffs, they have grown a lot 04:28:50.380 --> 04:28:52.180 in a very short period of time. 04:28:52.180 --> 04:28:54.380 But the toughest challenge still remains in front of them. 04:28:54.380 --> 04:28:57.140 Dark zero and a best of three. 04:28:57.140 --> 04:29:02.300 Don't 5v4 is in this one. You're gonna have to take down every single player on this DZ roster 04:29:02.300 --> 04:29:05.220 and it's gonna be tough just given how good they were in the groups. 04:29:05.220 --> 04:29:08.140 Undefeated with all its group stage for Dark Zero. 04:29:09.140 --> 04:29:11.500 Now on this last attack, pushing in through the case, 04:29:11.500 --> 04:29:15.700 all the way to Guthar, Capitab, Wolf, forcing players back to smoke-stall them for a moment, 04:29:15.700 --> 04:29:19.300 but the information is still good and Kino, how good it's even on this month, 04:29:19.300 --> 04:29:20.820 the another pistol kill for him. 04:29:22.660 --> 04:29:25.100 Look at this, we've got to make some noise. 04:29:25.100 --> 04:29:30.220 So he's good as gone, punishing, smothering, suffocating, whatever words you want to use. 04:29:30.220 --> 04:29:35.040 DZ of all five players still upright, Cansun can't buy a kill and will go without one this 04:29:35.040 --> 04:29:36.420 entire first half. 04:29:36.420 --> 04:29:40.740 It's all up to the newest import for Wild Card of Adrien. 04:29:40.740 --> 04:29:41.740 And guess what? 04:29:41.740 --> 04:29:44.540 He's got a target rich environment. 04:29:44.540 --> 04:29:45.540 Five players to find. 04:29:45.540 --> 04:29:46.540 Surely he'll get it. 04:29:46.540 --> 04:29:48.420 At least one, right? 04:29:48.420 --> 04:29:49.420 Wrong. 04:29:49.420 --> 04:29:50.420 Keto with the final kill. 04:29:50.420 --> 04:29:51.940 A flawless end to the first half. 04:29:51.940 --> 04:29:53.820 DZ up four or two. 04:29:53.820 --> 04:30:01.320 Could have been even worse for Wildcard, Parker. 5-1 on the table if they can close out the 3v1, but in the end, 4-2 is where we're at. 04:30:01.320 --> 04:30:04.820 Let's bring in the desk quick to see what they thought about that first half. 04:30:05.820 --> 04:30:12.320 Thanks, Jesse. We definitely have some thoughts over here because I agree. I think we all do. Wildcard do look improved. 04:30:12.320 --> 04:30:17.320 They look like a new team, but Dark Zero lacks. They do still have the control of this game right now. 04:30:17.320 --> 04:30:21.820 Yeah, they certainly do. I mean, they've looked better on paper just in terms of their strategic standpoint. 04:30:21.820 --> 04:30:27.520 But again, you have to look at every single round individually and we have a couple clips that kind of display how well that they've looked 04:30:28.140 --> 04:30:31.860 Yeah, I think it started out on round two where dark zero 04:30:31.860 --> 04:30:36.540 I mean the way that they're piecing apart wild card. They're finding their fights finding these openings 04:30:36.540 --> 04:30:40.820 I mean new just playing on this balcony area getting kills from the distance nice play from Kino 04:30:40.940 --> 04:30:44.900 But you see one common denominator as wild card is all playing spread out 04:30:44.900 --> 04:30:46.820 They're all losing one after the other 04:30:46.820 --> 04:30:53.460 There's no trade potential and that's the biggest issue and honestly up until we saw that huge biker clutch 04:30:53.460 --> 04:30:56.060 I wouldn't have said wild card had a leg in this game 04:30:56.060 --> 04:31:00.740 But I think that's swayed momentum immensely because they needed to see like hey if we just play together 04:31:00.740 --> 04:31:03.760 We can beat these guys, but we needed that clutch to catalyst it 04:31:03.760 --> 04:31:08.120 And it's funny that you're talking about that clutch because when we look at that round in particular round three 04:31:08.120 --> 04:31:14.100 I mean dark zero again was doing everything very well. They were clearing the top floor. They were pushing wild card back 04:31:14.100 --> 04:31:16.100 They were being very oppressive with those shields. 04:31:16.100 --> 04:31:20.100 I mean, again, we talked about the Monty play for the Kino just being able to be a thorn with the shield. 04:31:20.100 --> 04:31:22.100 I mean, you just immediately see the follow-up and the response. 04:31:22.100 --> 04:31:27.100 But this was also a great heads-up from Spiker, and this is what even allowed them to be able to get that fight back, 04:31:27.100 --> 04:31:30.100 to push that into round four, where we saw them take early control of the map. 04:31:30.100 --> 04:31:34.100 They understood, okay, we do need to play a little aggressive, fall back onto our lays. 04:31:34.100 --> 04:31:36.100 They get that round. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. 04:31:36.100 --> 04:31:40.100 Round five, it was a beautiful execute from them, and then even pushing it fast. 04:31:40.100 --> 04:31:44.420 pushing it forward round six it was just another clean execute you can clearly 04:31:44.420 --> 04:31:48.020 tell Dark Zero on attack extremely comfortable with their setup. Although I 04:31:48.020 --> 04:31:51.260 agree with the sentiment that Wildcard is playing better they're looking a lot 04:31:51.260 --> 04:31:54.940 more adaptive they're clearly everyone is playing a peak performance 04:31:54.940 --> 04:31:58.980 specifically Spiker. Dark Zero just looks like a different animal their 04:31:58.980 --> 04:32:02.420 strategy just seems so perfect the position that they're taking the 04:32:02.420 --> 04:32:05.860 gunfights that they're executing their calls I wish we could have replayed 04:32:05.860 --> 04:32:09.180 round five because it was such a beautiful strat call from them. And 04:32:09.180 --> 04:32:13.780 Just to add on what Jesse was talking about and Newers being like one of the best solid snake plays 04:32:13.780 --> 04:32:16.660 I mean I couldn't agree more when you think of Newers if you put a drone in front of him 04:32:16.660 --> 04:32:17.740 He makes magic happen 04:32:17.740 --> 04:32:22.220 But now you're giving him an operator that gives him his own little bit of information and again 04:32:22.220 --> 04:32:24.540 Newers is disgusting on that entry and again 04:32:24.540 --> 04:32:29.220 He has that utilization of solid snake and he's clearly making it work time and time again 04:32:29.220 --> 04:32:33.420 Yeah, I think it's clear the sentiment over here is wild card look better, but dark zero 04:32:33.420 --> 04:32:36.900 I mean, how can you stop them at this point Parker? 04:32:39.180 --> 04:32:44.220 Um, great question, Jonah. Um, and the answer is... 04:32:48.940 --> 04:32:50.380 Parker, I think you might have cut out there. 04:32:52.060 --> 04:32:54.220 If you're not here, I went in- I went in depth. 04:32:54.220 --> 04:32:55.340 Could you do it again, please? 04:32:56.380 --> 04:32:59.100 Yeah, I think that's the best way to beat Dirk Zero if your wild card is. 04:33:01.820 --> 04:33:05.180 I don't- if you don't mind the initial on my end, we'll get production to take a look at that. 04:33:05.180 --> 04:33:05.660 Um... 04:33:05.660 --> 04:33:07.020 No, I said everything. You need my help. 04:33:07.020 --> 04:33:11.820 I thought I was coming in clear. 04:33:11.820 --> 04:33:14.260 Parkers going up. 04:33:14.260 --> 04:33:18.020 I was very careful with my words, Jesse. 04:33:18.020 --> 04:33:21.020 Well, hopefully Wildcard could learn from those words. 04:33:21.020 --> 04:33:25.940 Hopefully they can come up with something just as good if not better to battle back 04:33:25.940 --> 04:33:30.700 against this 4-2 deficit Parker because Darkseer continued to be the most impressive team 04:33:30.700 --> 04:33:31.700 in North America. 04:33:31.700 --> 04:33:36.340 And in my mind, by a country mile this stage, it really does feel like their roster 04:33:36.340 --> 04:33:41.480 moves were exactly what they needed for an organization that had been struggling in recent 04:33:41.480 --> 04:33:45.640 years just with the roster moves they had made, not making it deep into events like they're 04:33:45.640 --> 04:33:46.640 used to. 04:33:46.640 --> 04:33:51.080 It's good to see this DZ team finally posting up a roster and looking frankly kind of unbeatable 04:33:51.080 --> 04:33:53.040 in the North American League. 04:33:53.040 --> 04:33:54.640 Oh, absolutely. 04:33:54.640 --> 04:34:01.520 I mean, DZ fans have gone through half a decade at this point of heart palpitations 04:34:01.520 --> 04:34:03.120 every single time their team plays. 04:34:03.120 --> 04:34:05.520 I will say this though. 04:34:05.520 --> 04:34:10.340 NJR was on that DZ roster when they won a major, so at least you got to see your team 04:34:10.340 --> 04:34:11.340 win a major. 04:34:11.340 --> 04:34:15.440 Not a lot of fans can say that, especially with American fans. 04:34:15.440 --> 04:34:20.300 That said, this new look, I don't know if I want to say they're the best looking DZ, 04:34:20.300 --> 04:34:25.520 but at this current point in time, it is really remarkable how good this team looks on such 04:34:25.520 --> 04:34:26.520 short notice. 04:34:26.520 --> 04:34:30.520 Now, this could just be, you know, a bit of a honeymoon period here, just so they 04:34:30.520 --> 04:34:33.860 could fall apart, but things are really going to affect them, and they just get 04:34:33.860 --> 04:34:34.860 away with stuff like that. 04:34:34.860 --> 04:34:36.740 Like how do you do that? 04:34:36.740 --> 04:34:40.140 A on the board, two kills from DZ, answered back. 04:34:40.140 --> 04:34:43.420 Indishly by this wild card squad. 04:34:43.420 --> 04:34:45.620 Oh, it's NJR on the run over by Chimney. 04:34:45.620 --> 04:34:47.420 There was one a big window that could have gunned him down. 04:34:47.420 --> 04:34:50.060 Kansan finally breaking that zero kill streak 04:34:50.060 --> 04:34:51.380 he was on the first half. 04:34:51.380 --> 04:34:53.460 No, no, no, second half, yeah, yeah, yeah. 04:34:55.340 --> 04:34:57.180 Wow, they put a break onto the rush parker 04:34:57.180 --> 04:34:59.220 but Spikers still in a 1v1 down below. 04:34:59.220 --> 04:35:00.620 He uses the smoke to get away 04:35:00.620 --> 04:35:02.180 but he's not fully going just yet. 04:35:02.180 --> 04:35:04.220 The Lion Wolf's vault in place 04:35:04.220 --> 04:35:08.220 But it doesn't stop them getting the head, beautifully done. 04:35:08.220 --> 04:35:10.020 Now another one answered back from Bayley. 04:35:10.020 --> 04:35:11.260 You eventually trade faults. 04:35:11.260 --> 04:35:13.700 It is just NGR left in a 1v2, 04:35:13.700 --> 04:35:17.100 and there's over, almost half the round still to go. 04:35:18.340 --> 04:35:19.860 An incredible pace, and I mean, 04:35:19.860 --> 04:35:21.380 you gotta feel for Dark Zero here, 04:35:21.380 --> 04:35:26.380 but Wildcard answered the bell, and they brought it, right? 04:35:26.380 --> 04:35:28.940 They were able to take these gunfights on their own, 04:35:28.940 --> 04:35:31.420 and something that they weren't able to grasp, 04:35:31.420 --> 04:35:33.220 I think it was round two or round three, 04:35:33.220 --> 04:35:35.180 was just winning fights. 04:35:35.180 --> 04:35:36.660 Again, strategy be damned. 04:35:36.660 --> 04:35:38.060 If you lose your gunfight, that's it. 04:35:38.060 --> 04:35:39.380 It's gone. 04:35:39.380 --> 04:35:42.980 Wildcard, using those DMRs, using their drone work, 04:35:42.980 --> 04:35:44.620 they were able to pinpoint these offsite players 04:35:44.620 --> 04:35:45.580 from guard zero and punish them. 04:35:45.580 --> 04:35:46.880 Now it's all up to NJR. 04:35:48.860 --> 04:35:51.860 The nitro cell, out it goes. 04:35:51.860 --> 04:35:53.180 Hold a little bit too early, man. 04:35:53.180 --> 04:35:54.860 Just take down Vayne no way, right? 04:35:54.860 --> 04:35:55.700 Oh! 04:35:55.700 --> 04:35:57.500 He just misses out on Kansan. 04:35:58.860 --> 04:36:01.260 Shotgun out now and forcing the engagement with Kansan. 04:36:01.260 --> 04:36:02.100 He will fall away. 04:36:02.100 --> 04:36:03.780 You know that 417 hits like a truck. 04:36:03.780 --> 04:36:05.700 They trade! 04:36:05.700 --> 04:36:07.060 They trade! 04:36:07.060 --> 04:36:09.420 Are you joking me? 04:36:09.420 --> 04:36:12.300 Jesse, there have been so many trades. 04:36:12.300 --> 04:36:15.900 I am genuinely dumbfounded how often this happens. 04:36:15.900 --> 04:36:17.540 He and Kansan literally kill each other 04:36:17.540 --> 04:36:18.980 at the exact same moment. 04:36:18.980 --> 04:36:20.500 Well, in one for one trade, 04:36:20.500 --> 04:36:22.340 goes to the defenders, Parker. 04:36:22.340 --> 04:36:24.660 So the mayor makes it happen. 04:36:24.660 --> 04:36:28.780 NJR and the 1v2 will win the roundout for DZ. 04:36:28.780 --> 04:36:32.080 What an incredible play coming out from NJR 04:36:32.080 --> 04:36:38.680 I really thought Wildcard were in the driver's seat there Parker despite that rush over on the office side not going perfectly to plan 04:36:38.680 --> 04:36:43.120 They're out of their attrition for excellence. They go down to the bottom floor. They hunt down falls 04:36:43.120 --> 04:36:47.680 They get themselves in that man count, but NJR and the 1v2 you just can't teach that 04:36:48.040 --> 04:36:52.400 You brought up his his his stats earlier in this game, and you're absolutely right 04:36:52.400 --> 04:36:56.240 You know most rated player left in the upper bracket coming into this game 04:36:56.240 --> 04:37:14.240 But to quote a great artist, men lie, women lie, and numbers lie too, and I think NJR having poor stats is a perfect example of lying numbers, because the impact that this guy has late in the clutch when he's forced to frag, but also earlier droning things out, using his utility, calling for the team, getting traded when he dies. 04:37:14.240 --> 04:37:22.120 These are all things that NJR does for Dark Zero that don't always get picked up on the stat sheet might result in him having kind of a low EPS 04:37:22.200 --> 04:37:26.480 But I feel like he's played really really well this stage overall that threat clutch 04:37:26.480 --> 04:37:32.560 Maybe his best moment since the season began but not one to forget it gets DZ a big lead here on the first map 04:37:33.680 --> 04:37:38.640 Humongous humongous and Dark Zero still has their own map up next 04:37:38.640 --> 04:37:43.620 You know DZ has had the success on Night Even Labs baked in from the very start 04:37:43.620 --> 04:37:50.380 admittedly with a different roster and a different group of players but it's a map that is near and dear to the hearts of this 04:37:51.300 --> 04:37:57.920 Steven Purple on the left side of your screen now obviously they've got to get through Chalet first but that round in particular was an 04:37:59.000 --> 04:38:03.620 incredible display from every team is one where you kind of think I don't want anybody to win 04:38:03.620 --> 04:38:05.620 I don't want anybody to lose well they literally traded that 04:38:05.620 --> 04:38:07.500 What's closest to that happening? 04:38:07.500 --> 04:38:10.860 So, can you give the round to both teams? 04:38:10.860 --> 04:38:12.980 No, you can't, but you can see stuff like that. 04:38:12.980 --> 04:38:16.100 There has been a really big uptick in trades lately. 04:38:16.100 --> 04:38:17.340 I'm sure you've probably noticed. 04:38:17.340 --> 04:38:19.660 A bit of frustration, I'm sure, on the side of Wildcard 04:38:19.660 --> 04:38:21.620 because the defenders getting the round. 04:38:21.620 --> 04:38:24.020 It means that they kept the bombs safe. 04:38:26.420 --> 04:38:28.900 This one starts off unexpectedly. 04:38:28.900 --> 04:38:30.700 Jane, I know, obviously very mad about that one. 04:38:30.700 --> 04:38:32.620 I would be two cans and hucking an eight in over 04:38:32.620 --> 04:38:34.260 towards Jimmy, gets the all clear. 04:38:34.260 --> 04:38:36.500 And now, they can begin to take the top floor. 04:38:36.500 --> 04:38:40.540 If a wildcard is, it's a little bit easier to claw their way on library side. 04:38:40.540 --> 04:38:42.940 A Nade kill, what year is it? 04:38:42.940 --> 04:38:49.100 Good, Utah from the team, they force J9O back into that Nade, so credit to wildcard for working 04:38:49.100 --> 04:38:50.100 that pick. 04:38:50.100 --> 04:38:51.700 It's creative, it's fun, it gets the job done. 04:38:51.700 --> 04:38:55.700 Now they've got a man advantage heading into the last half of this round. 04:38:55.700 --> 04:38:59.300 Everybody from DZ remaining towards the top floor, as I say that, Neewer's actually 04:38:59.300 --> 04:39:02.980 just dropped a dining hatch, and you do see that in the final, the blue stairs 04:39:02.980 --> 04:39:03.980 as well. 04:39:03.980 --> 04:39:07.660 There are players getting kind of aggressive here on this defense. 04:39:07.660 --> 04:39:10.340 Hoping to get one of these players picked off with this sends, 04:39:10.340 --> 04:39:13.340 you could be setting up for a really strong execute on the side of Wildcard. 04:39:13.340 --> 04:39:14.820 Easy can't let that happen. 04:39:16.980 --> 04:39:18.820 Look at that Lion Charge. 04:39:18.820 --> 04:39:22.420 Wildcard will see Adrian lose a lot of HP, Cairns and the Lion himself. 04:39:22.420 --> 04:39:25.100 Take some serious damage too, that's bolts in this position. 04:39:25.100 --> 04:39:28.780 The guns from TZ are just so nasty, Jesse. 04:39:28.780 --> 04:39:30.980 Spiker and Bay the last two standing. 04:39:30.980 --> 04:39:37.420 Minder, there are no time-outs at this point in time, so you might want to play this and 04:39:37.420 --> 04:39:40.220 talk about it, especially now that Spikers the last one standing. 04:39:40.220 --> 04:39:43.380 They've assessed his position on the roof, so Foltz has him in his line of sights. 04:39:43.380 --> 04:39:48.620 Spikers is going to go fishing at this point in time, and well, he goes home empty-handed. 04:39:48.620 --> 04:39:52.060 I'm sure he'll tell his wife and kids how big the one that got away was. 04:39:52.060 --> 04:39:58.100 DZ, unstoppable at this point in time six and two. 04:39:58.100 --> 04:40:03.220 It took two hours for the first map between one of 30 and five 04:40:03.220 --> 04:40:04.460 fears to conclude. 04:40:04.460 --> 04:40:07.420 We were supposed to start this best of three at five o'clock. 04:40:07.420 --> 04:40:09.220 We were a little bit behind schedule. 04:40:09.220 --> 04:40:11.420 DZ said, all right, we got you. 04:40:11.420 --> 04:40:12.180 Don't worry. 04:40:12.180 --> 04:40:14.620 One round away from Charlotte going to DZ's little column 04:40:14.620 --> 04:40:15.620 here, Jesse. 04:40:15.620 --> 04:40:16.940 And it just looks so confident. 04:40:16.940 --> 04:40:20.460 Faults no doubt the MVP of massive 4K in round eight 04:40:20.460 --> 04:40:22.620 to get dark zero up to map points. 04:40:22.620 --> 04:40:25.140 And Faults has just been an incredible player. 04:40:25.140 --> 04:40:27.900 He is on the verge of breaking history, by the way, 04:40:27.900 --> 04:40:35.080 in this game a victory in this best of three would make faults the first North American player ever to qualify to 10 04:40:35.500 --> 04:40:37.260 different majors 04:40:37.260 --> 04:40:44.040 You'd be the fourth player globally after cyber breday and Alamo all achieve that feat either last year 04:40:44.380 --> 04:40:50.180 Qualifying to Munich or in the past couple of weeks qualifying into Salt Lake City as well 04:40:50.380 --> 04:40:53.940 It's been ridiculous the consistency falls to show over his career 04:40:53.940 --> 04:40:59.620 the old man still got it with the 4k and around 8s and I mean for Dark Zero when you've got so 04:40:59.620 --> 04:41:04.820 many players with so much talent on your roster it must just feel so good knowing that any single 04:41:04.820 --> 04:41:09.780 player can pop off. Yeah absolutely it's been a really nice bounce back for Foltz and to your 04:41:09.780 --> 04:41:13.700 point you know he's so accustomed to seeing him on the bottom of space station and the 04:41:13.700 --> 04:41:18.820 bottom of a lot of these teams because of the role he played now. To his credit he is the 04:41:18.820 --> 04:41:22.820 second lowest rated player on the team at the start of today's match and he's again 04:41:22.820 --> 04:41:26.100 and largely decided by the role that you play, 04:41:26.100 --> 04:41:30.700 if your top three played defenders are echo bandit mute, 04:41:30.700 --> 04:41:32.400 you're probably not gonna be fracking 04:41:32.400 --> 04:41:33.660 as well as some of your teammates, 04:41:33.660 --> 04:41:35.360 but he's missed that memo 04:41:35.360 --> 04:41:38.100 because he just got to kill while I was talking. 04:41:38.100 --> 04:41:41.100 Now he killed us four folds on me, 04:41:41.100 --> 04:41:44.500 and now Dark Zero only has four more bodies to bury 04:41:44.500 --> 04:41:47.420 to move on to their own map of 1-0. 04:41:47.420 --> 04:41:49.940 You can tell he wants to make it to that major, Parker. 04:41:49.940 --> 04:41:50.980 It's so important. 04:41:50.980 --> 04:41:56.260 Five kills straight over the last two rounds for faults took a lot of damage, but you took the sends off the board 04:41:56.260 --> 04:41:58.940 That was gonna be a critical piece of this wildcard executes 04:41:58.940 --> 04:42:01.180 And now they're gonna have to do it without him 04:42:01.500 --> 04:42:05.780 Nobody even in the building at this point trying to play the vert trying to get some of these kills out from 04:42:06.060 --> 04:42:12.500 Outside on the windows, but you've got to do something to force these players out of position dark zero knowing they have the man advantage 04:42:12.500 --> 04:42:15.220 You won't get aggressive. They won't be looking to swing these angles 04:42:15.220 --> 04:42:20.340 You've got to do something to force that play and without the sends it's gonna be really awkward to do that 04:42:20.340 --> 04:42:28.340 That's going to be a mighty challenge and Baby Shark had a terrific beginning of this map, but has come back down to Earth and the rest of the team has just not been able to pick up that slack. 04:42:28.340 --> 04:42:32.340 Every single player on Wildcard underwater with their numbers. 04:42:32.340 --> 04:42:36.340 You've only won two rounds. Remember when I was teaching and I said, ah, the numbers haven't really been that bad. 04:42:36.340 --> 04:42:39.340 It has been catastrophic for Wildcard since then. 04:42:39.340 --> 04:42:48.340 And again, if the safe assumption is that they are now on the preferred side of their own map, they are not doing any better here, Jesse. 04:42:48.340 --> 04:42:54.020 here Jesse that is the bigger concern. There's just so much for Wildcard that is not going right. At 04:42:54.020 --> 04:42:58.980 least Spiker on the window is able to see the derriere of Kino and shut him down because J.A.R.A. 04:42:58.980 --> 04:43:04.020 is not far removed so a potential sling can do some serious damage here but by time he gets 04:43:04.020 --> 04:43:09.620 clobbered by Bay. Sturning himself over by Solarian Neurus has gone now as well so a great 04:43:09.620 --> 04:43:14.260 start by Dark Zero but it's all fallen to pieces. Wildcard managing to recover quite 04:43:14.260 --> 04:43:17.700 gracefully. They've got two more players on the side of Dark Zero to find one of them 04:43:17.700 --> 04:43:19.800 and flashed out faults in that position 04:43:19.800 --> 04:43:21.440 over by the top of library stairs. 04:43:21.440 --> 04:43:23.360 He's now gone at the hands of Adrian 04:43:23.360 --> 04:43:26.880 and it's J9O with top four control staring down, 04:43:26.880 --> 04:43:29.080 hoping to see some shadows or some bodies, 04:43:29.080 --> 04:43:32.400 maybe some movement inside the bomb site. 04:43:32.400 --> 04:43:33.560 If you keep getting planted, 04:43:33.560 --> 04:43:36.520 J9O opens things up, he stops it, 04:43:36.520 --> 04:43:39.960 but he gets outdulled by a beveal wildcard players. 04:43:39.960 --> 04:43:41.120 It's their map. 04:43:41.120 --> 04:43:43.640 They show some promise now here in that round 04:43:43.640 --> 04:43:44.920 and they stay alive for the time being. 04:43:44.920 --> 04:43:46.480 Wildcard will pick up their third round, 04:43:46.480 --> 04:43:49.440 easy still sets on that point. 04:43:49.440 --> 04:43:50.720 Well, they stopped the streak. 04:43:50.720 --> 04:43:53.400 Wildcard do remain alive, Parker. 04:43:53.400 --> 04:43:56.640 Despite that opening death, they really never left their post. 04:43:56.640 --> 04:43:59.000 They stay out on those windows, whether it's bathroom, 04:43:59.000 --> 04:43:59.840 whether it's solar. 04:43:59.840 --> 04:44:01.040 They were holding their positions, 04:44:01.040 --> 04:44:02.400 and they were biding their time 04:44:02.400 --> 04:44:05.320 until they finally got their opportunity 04:44:05.320 --> 04:44:06.920 with a pick on to Kino. 04:44:06.920 --> 04:44:08.720 Just as you'd use one of those toxic babes, 04:44:08.720 --> 04:44:11.040 it was a crazy angle from Spiker 04:44:11.040 --> 04:44:12.480 that kind of opens that door. 04:44:12.480 --> 04:44:14.480 And that was kind of what you had to do from Wildcard 04:44:14.480 --> 04:44:15.480 in that position. 04:44:15.480 --> 04:44:28.160 They weren't really able to force players out of the positions, so they just kept holding, kept waiting, and eventually that opportunity came for them as soon as one fell, the rest quickly followed with they jumping in solo with that space being taken by Wild Garden. 04:44:28.160 --> 04:44:32.400 They did a great job of pressuring it onto those top four players. 04:44:32.400 --> 04:44:44.120 Still three more rounds that they must survive, just in order to force overtime on their own map page is not a solid situation, but they had a big clutch that gave them momentum back in that first half. 04:44:44.120 --> 04:44:45.560 They've got another big moment. 04:44:45.560 --> 04:44:46.960 If they could get the vibes back up, 04:44:46.960 --> 04:44:48.440 they could start playing more as a team 04:44:48.440 --> 04:44:49.720 and get that confidence up, 04:44:49.720 --> 04:44:52.720 as we've seen so often talked about by Baby Shark 04:44:52.720 --> 04:44:54.360 and the rest of these players. 04:44:54.360 --> 04:44:55.680 Could make the difference to start 04:44:55.680 --> 04:44:57.020 shrinking the other direction. 04:44:58.520 --> 04:45:00.920 Vibes are integral for a lot of these teams, 04:45:00.920 --> 04:45:03.800 especially with how short this kickoff is. 04:45:03.800 --> 04:45:07.040 If you have a bad day and you let that mental get to you 04:45:07.040 --> 04:45:09.360 and you let it affect your game 04:45:09.360 --> 04:45:10.960 and potentially your teammates game, 04:45:10.960 --> 04:45:13.760 that's it, your chances go to put. 04:45:13.760 --> 04:45:18.760 There was quite that lengthy tech delay that we saw in the 5 Fears 1 of 30 matchup, 04:45:18.760 --> 04:45:22.760 and you saw the 5 Fears guys were constantly hyping each other up, 04:45:22.760 --> 04:45:26.760 trying to keep each other motivated, trying to keep each other with those body types. 04:45:26.760 --> 04:45:28.760 And Packer was doing the same on the side of 1 of 30. 04:45:28.760 --> 04:45:32.760 It's very easy for you to sit there and stew when things aren't going right. 04:45:32.760 --> 04:45:36.760 Yeah, Beano's internet crashed. It sucks. It's basically an act of God at this point in time. 04:45:36.760 --> 04:45:40.760 I'd be pretty pissed off too if I had to play a 4v5 with a major on the line. 04:45:40.760 --> 04:45:47.240 line, but you cannot let it get to you. You cannot if your wild card look at the score line on your own map and admit to free. 04:45:47.240 --> 04:45:52.360 You cannot start waving that white flag. You need to take every single round as if it's the first round of the match up. 04:45:52.360 --> 04:45:55.880 And more like what we just saw in wild card might be able to close this gap. 04:45:57.000 --> 04:46:02.560 Snake coming up for the first time from wild card. And I wonder if they deliberately waited until after that last 04:46:02.560 --> 04:46:08.160 ban to bring this operator out, ensuring that it would be available for them in overtime if they do require it. 04:46:08.160 --> 04:46:11.540 Certainly they'll be hoping that overtime is up on the docket. 04:46:11.540 --> 04:46:15.840 Baby Shark jumps on it now and will start to gather information in towards this mid-floor. 04:46:15.840 --> 04:46:19.800 Very aggressive line-up, he does a quite a couple of rovers. 04:46:19.800 --> 04:46:24.240 Running around on this top floor, the flash is coming in, and Foltz will once again strike first. 04:46:24.240 --> 04:46:26.760 Why, it's always Foltz, isn't it, Jesse? 04:46:26.760 --> 04:46:31.640 Down goes Kino with the hands of Kansan. Kansan was 0-6, he's got six kills and one death since. 04:46:31.640 --> 04:46:34.160 Spike are on the board as well, Foltz dies to Bay. 04:46:34.160 --> 04:46:39.760 Everybody on wildcard getting involved in this action for baby shark unable to do so as he dies earlier. 04:46:39.760 --> 04:46:47.560 J9O getting down, BAY! Nade goes off, it was some martyrdom dropped in front of his very eyes and now Neuers and a post plant will need to clutch out. 04:46:48.860 --> 04:46:51.960 Spike her and Adrian the last two for wildcard Neuers is just gonna hop right on it. 04:46:52.860 --> 04:46:58.660 Falling off, there's nobody a mile away. I wonder if he actually kinda stuck that Jesse. There seem to have been enough time. 04:46:58.660 --> 04:47:01.960 Maybe he found a small opening. He decides to go for the engagement. 04:47:01.960 --> 04:47:07.320 Adrian greets him and it's two in a row for Wildcard. They are starting to mount their comeback. 04:47:08.440 --> 04:47:13.320 That's try from Neuer's in the 1v3. I think Spiker was out the window if maybe a little far away. 04:47:13.320 --> 04:47:17.320 I think he probably would have got there in time to stop the disable, but I mean you never know. 04:47:17.320 --> 04:47:21.240 It might have been the best, might have been the highest percentage play to come through from Neuer. 04:47:21.240 --> 04:47:26.680 Sometimes you can slip things by, but in any case, really a simple push from Wildcard that works 04:47:26.680 --> 04:47:30.440 the best for them and I think that's kind of a matter we're in. They got tons of information 04:47:30.440 --> 04:47:35.080 from the snake, they pop the lion charge, they pop the doggy charge, they push together and it's really 04:47:35.080 --> 04:47:39.640 that simple and they took in straight through to say window, player is up above, it's the oldest 04:47:39.640 --> 04:47:44.280 push in the book when it comes to bar games on xiao lei but because the coordination was so perfect 04:47:44.280 --> 04:47:48.360 from wildcard because the information was strong alongside of it they were able to pull that 04:47:48.360 --> 04:47:53.160 one off and run over those site anchors most notably njr and later on falts as well 04:47:53.160 --> 04:47:57.240 they always set themselves up into a good spot that's two in a row are we starting to 04:47:57.240 --> 04:48:01.900 to worry if we're easy or not yet. I mean I wouldn't be worrying just yet but don't 04:48:01.900 --> 04:48:09.700 worry you still have your time out right now. Oh. Oh. Oh. That's the that's the rough one 04:48:09.700 --> 04:48:16.860 isn't it? Yeah. No time out for either of these teams. Wildcard used that after the second 04:48:16.860 --> 04:48:23.220 round concluded. Darkseer used after the fourth round concluded. And it's just it's been 04:48:23.220 --> 04:48:28.220 watching these teams play they did get the dual time out at half time which we've 04:48:28.220 --> 04:48:35.620 talked about before it is a relatively new addition of all players that you 04:48:35.620 --> 04:48:39.900 could get to it's the guy who has been having confidence problems that's brutal 04:48:39.900 --> 04:48:45.820 baby shark baby shark baby shark just keeps on dying early again and his 04:48:45.820 --> 04:48:49.660 numbers are rough there was so much praise that were heat that was keep 04:48:49.660 --> 04:48:53.700 his way at SI, playing in his home country in his home region. 04:48:53.700 --> 04:48:57.700 Italy for a North American team is maybe a bit of an interloper here, but 04:48:57.700 --> 04:49:01.700 it's a big part of why Wildcarts is able to achieve the results that they have over the last couple 04:49:01.700 --> 04:49:05.700 events. A lot of calendar year, in fact, has largely been because Baby Shark's 04:49:05.700 --> 04:49:09.700 prominence on this team, and he has been unfortunately quite invisible 04:49:09.700 --> 04:49:13.700 outside of a round or two here on Chalet. 04:49:13.700 --> 04:49:17.700 I'm very curious to see what this zero is going to do for a bay. We're seeing good information 04:49:17.700 --> 04:49:21.500 come through now. Again, Snake is available, so he has to have chosen this 04:49:21.500 --> 04:49:26.340 up for a reason. Didn't bring this last time they played Chalet up against M80. 04:49:26.340 --> 04:49:30.740 It was primarily on either the ace or the demos when it's acting on towards this 04:49:30.740 --> 04:49:33.660 kitchen site, so it's definitely a new look, something that maybe won't be 04:49:33.660 --> 04:49:37.260 expected from Dark Zero. With the Twitch drones, the information is good too, 04:49:37.260 --> 04:49:41.100 even if it doesn't last so long just outside of office here. Now Kansil 04:49:41.100 --> 04:49:44.380 will see there's not really any util on this office door, but the players 04:49:44.380 --> 04:49:48.380 still remain. They've got to find a way to force Jane I know out of office if they want to try to 04:49:48.380 --> 04:49:53.900 go for a plant diving site. Oh baby shark it definitely feels like this plant has or this 04:49:53.900 --> 04:49:59.980 pushes to fall a little bit harder. Baby shark has been the opening death five of the last six 04:49:59.980 --> 04:50:06.940 rounds by the way. Jesus. That's tight. He's been playing high value utility ops every time. 04:50:06.940 --> 04:50:10.940 It's a good thing that they've got some insurance on their team. Spiker in particular is having 04:50:10.940 --> 04:50:15.340 a very good day. He's now gone positive on the team. Adrien is tied at 7-7, so 04:50:15.340 --> 04:50:17.980 numbers starting to get a little bit better for Wildcard, but they don't have a 04:50:17.980 --> 04:50:23.660 lot of road left. Now they've lost what little they had in terms of even footing. 04:50:23.660 --> 04:50:27.740 Backdark's here will go to the advantage with a minute left. Neuer still has 04:50:27.740 --> 04:50:31.900 control above as well, so it's been a very linear execute for Wildcard. 04:50:31.900 --> 04:50:35.660 Nitrocell will go out. It's tossed a little bit too early, does not go off. 04:50:35.660 --> 04:50:39.140 Adrien's still an upside down repel. Spiker gets it off. Adrien cuts down 04:50:39.140 --> 04:50:45.760 I know immediately twisting down goes Kino as well this upside-down repel from Adrian might have just laid the round for him and his team 04:50:46.280 --> 04:50:49.580 Folks will die at the hands of cans and newer is the only one still standing 04:50:49.580 --> 04:50:54.580 He's got an idea of Adrian on the window and now as the daunting task of heading towards the bomb site 04:50:54.580 --> 04:50:56.580 He's completely lost control 04:50:56.700 --> 04:50:58.700 Wildcard will hope to box me now 04:50:59.060 --> 04:51:00.820 Newer just needs to find his targets 04:51:00.820 --> 04:51:08.140 He finds cans in first two more to go marching towards this diffuse kit running out of time within reach and he'll attempt yet again 04:51:09.140 --> 04:51:11.100 He didn't stick it last time. 04:51:11.100 --> 04:51:12.460 He doesn't do it this time either. 04:51:12.460 --> 04:51:15.020 Adrienne, a terrific round. 04:51:15.020 --> 04:51:18.280 And Wildcard is within one of tying things up 04:51:18.280 --> 04:51:20.980 and sending us 2-0-T. 04:51:20.980 --> 04:51:21.820 Yeah, that's tough. 04:51:21.820 --> 04:51:24.460 I mean, we had full top floor control on the side of Dark Zero, 04:51:24.460 --> 04:51:27.060 but they just couldn't use it to stop that plant parker. 04:51:27.060 --> 04:51:28.300 They were a little bit too distracted 04:51:28.300 --> 04:51:29.980 by the players on those windows. 04:51:29.980 --> 04:51:31.860 Fault on the clash, I think maybe a little slow 04:51:31.860 --> 04:51:33.380 to try to fall back towards the site, 04:51:33.380 --> 04:51:35.980 and really good identification from Wildcard, 04:51:35.980 --> 04:51:38.620 noticing that, hey, if we can just go into the site, 04:51:38.620 --> 04:51:41.940 kill NJR, kill the one player actually on the bomb site. 04:51:41.940 --> 04:51:44.920 We might just be able to force a plant right under their nose. 04:51:44.920 --> 04:51:46.020 They didn't have numbers. 04:51:46.020 --> 04:51:47.740 They lost Bay and Baby Shark. 04:51:47.740 --> 04:51:50.660 They're two primary entries early in that round, 04:51:50.660 --> 04:51:52.460 but it didn't seem to matter. 04:51:52.460 --> 04:51:54.180 They were still sticking to the plan. 04:51:54.180 --> 04:51:55.500 They still got that plant done, 04:51:55.500 --> 04:51:59.060 and it has been very nice to see Wildcard answering back. 04:51:59.060 --> 04:52:00.660 Even without attack timeouts, 04:52:00.660 --> 04:52:03.780 the momentum has firmly shifted in their favor. 04:52:03.780 --> 04:52:04.620 Oh, absolutely. 04:52:04.620 --> 04:52:06.820 There are now three rounds in a row. 04:52:06.820 --> 04:52:08.820 It's been a very streaky game on Chalet. 04:52:08.820 --> 04:52:10.820 I feel like you said this exact same thing 04:52:10.820 --> 04:52:13.300 when we saw Chalet against Canadian, it was what? 04:52:13.300 --> 04:52:15.220 It was M81-1, and then it was like two wildcard 04:52:15.220 --> 04:52:17.820 and three M80, then like two wildcard. 04:52:17.820 --> 04:52:19.700 I can't remember the exact numbers by round, 04:52:19.700 --> 04:52:21.540 but first two rounds with DZ, 04:52:21.540 --> 04:52:24.660 next two rounds with wildcard, four in a row for DZ, 04:52:24.660 --> 04:52:26.860 and if they pull off the comeback, 04:52:26.860 --> 04:52:29.740 wildcard will have four in a row to send us to overtime. 04:52:29.740 --> 04:52:31.540 So, evenly matching dark zero, 04:52:31.540 --> 04:52:33.460 but never leaving them. 04:52:33.460 --> 04:52:35.740 That is a bit of a problem. 04:52:35.740 --> 04:52:38.300 They did start on the weaker side, it is their map. 04:52:38.300 --> 04:52:40.580 They got more comfortable the longer it went on. 04:52:40.580 --> 04:52:42.220 I will give them some credit here, Jesse. 04:52:42.220 --> 04:52:44.060 Wildcard were not able to recover 04:52:44.060 --> 04:52:46.300 on their own map of Fortress against M80 04:52:46.300 --> 04:52:48.860 and it put them in a giant hole they had to climb out of. 04:52:48.860 --> 04:52:51.420 They are already rising to the occasion 04:52:51.420 --> 04:52:54.940 against DZ, significantly better than they did yesterday. 04:52:54.940 --> 04:52:56.660 So already immediate improvement, 04:52:56.660 --> 04:52:59.860 even if Wildcard still might ultimately lose this map. 04:52:59.860 --> 04:53:01.860 Yeah, well, there's no doubt this team's got grit 04:53:01.860 --> 04:53:03.340 even when they look like they're out. 04:53:03.340 --> 04:53:04.620 They proved the other day 04:53:04.620 --> 04:53:09.620 They can still battle back and be a fearsome force as they go through this match. 04:53:09.620 --> 04:53:12.220 Flaps coming through Solar as well as Denaze. 04:53:12.220 --> 04:53:13.220 They're jumping in, Parker. 04:53:13.220 --> 04:53:16.020 They're setting it straight to the bombsite, but NJR's got an answer. 04:53:16.420 --> 04:53:20.220 Once again, NJR, he's so good. 04:53:20.220 --> 04:53:22.820 He finds a second baby shark on the board. 04:53:22.820 --> 04:53:23.620 So, hey, look at that. 04:53:23.620 --> 04:53:25.220 Baby shark has not died early. 04:53:25.220 --> 04:53:26.420 He's got Kansan bleeding out. 04:53:26.420 --> 04:53:29.020 That will put DarkZero in a 4v2. 04:53:29.420 --> 04:53:31.820 If Kansan is not retrievable, make that a 4v1. 04:53:31.820 --> 04:53:32.820 Uh-oh, Jesse. 04:53:32.820 --> 04:53:39.620 We spent all this time talking them up, but it looks like we might be reaching the end of conclusion of this map 04:53:39.860 --> 04:53:46.360 Spiker who has saved the round for his team many times before will now need to do it again or I'll start zero 04:53:47.260 --> 04:53:49.700 Well, no one wildcards map 04:53:53.860 --> 04:53:55.260 Oh 04:53:55.260 --> 04:53:59.900 It's a lot of damage. I don't I don't feel good about this cans and finally dies 04:53:59.900 --> 04:54:03.900 Spiker hits the Gijmap mine, so Jane I know will now know he's in the library portion. 04:54:04.900 --> 04:54:06.900 Spiker has a main door. 04:54:08.900 --> 04:54:10.900 Surveying all the openings. 04:54:12.900 --> 04:54:15.900 They're not giving him anything. Really good patience here by DarkZero, Jesse. 04:54:15.900 --> 04:54:19.900 Spiker's a brilliant player, but this is gonna be tough. He's got time to play with, he's got to diffuser. 04:54:19.900 --> 04:54:22.900 He knows a lot of their positions, but they know what he's at, too. 04:54:22.900 --> 04:54:25.900 Nitrocell will go off, so more damage is done to Spiker. 04:54:25.900 --> 04:54:29.020 They just continue to chip away and as he makes his presence known 04:54:29.660 --> 04:54:35.340 Bullet from NJR whizzing over his head NJR hoping for a dozen if Newers gets this kill 04:54:35.580 --> 04:54:39.860 DZ will finish with four players in double digits. That is really quite incredible 04:54:39.860 --> 04:54:44.160 And it will come to pass. Newers with the very final kill and DZ 04:54:44.820 --> 04:54:49.860 survives a potential comeback from Wildcard. DZ takes in 7-5 04:54:50.140 --> 04:54:54.420 nullifying the advantage Wildcard had and setting themselves up quite well. 1-0 04:54:54.420 --> 04:54:58.020 as DZ now looks to finish it out on their own map. 04:54:58.020 --> 04:55:01.120 Walkard looks good, Parker, but Dark Zero looks better. 04:55:01.120 --> 04:55:03.720 Fantastic performance to steal their opponent's pick 04:55:03.720 --> 04:55:07.420 and continue to go undefeated on maps here in the NAL. 04:55:07.420 --> 04:55:10.420 We've got another map to go. We'll be back after this. 04:55:24.420 --> 04:55:35.420 I'm breaking next and I'm riding out. 04:55:35.420 --> 04:55:37.420 Oh, I can't go and stuff in my money, yeah. 04:55:37.420 --> 04:55:40.420 Cause I can't get down from this running up. 04:55:40.420 --> 04:55:48.420 I'ma keep it going so it ain't nothing left. 04:55:48.420 --> 04:55:53.420 I'ma keep it going, I'ma keep it going, I'ma keep it going so I don't have no more 04:59:48.420 --> 04:59:50.420 the 04:59:50.420 --> 04:59:52.420 the 04:59:52.420 --> 04:59:54.420 the 04:59:54.420 --> 04:59:56.420 the 04:59:56.420 --> 04:59:58.420 the 04:59:58.420 --> 05:00:00.420 the 05:00:00.420 --> 05:00:02.420 the 05:00:02.420 --> 05:00:04.420 the 05:00:04.420 --> 05:00:06.420 the 05:00:06.420 --> 05:00:08.420 the 05:00:08.420 --> 05:00:12.420 wildcard have that comeback gene in them. We know that because they did that against 05:00:12.420 --> 05:00:18.100 They did that against M80 and they nearly did it here against DarkZero, but DZ are able 05:00:18.100 --> 05:00:21.380 to hold them off and they take the win on map one. 05:00:21.380 --> 05:00:26.740 We saw four players hit double digit kills there for DZ at the very end, NJR was leading 05:00:26.740 --> 05:00:27.740 the way. 05:00:27.740 --> 05:00:32.940 I mean we saw this team clicking like they have been all groups, they've nothing changed 05:00:32.940 --> 05:00:33.940 at all. 05:00:33.940 --> 05:00:36.220 No, they were clean, precise, they were strategically sound. 05:00:36.220 --> 05:00:40.420 I mean throughout all those attacking half, I mean they look so good and again 05:00:40.420 --> 05:00:46.620 We have to highlight NJR because we honestly haven't been able to talk about him too much throughout the group stage even into now kickoff 05:00:46.940 --> 05:00:52.620 But NJR he isn't brought on this team to be a fragger. He isn't the one that's going to open up around 05:00:52.620 --> 05:00:56.260 He's the one that's allowing the rest of the players to open up the round 05:00:56.260 --> 05:01:00.060 Mm-hmm. He's helping facilitate newer is getting into the building getting these picks 05:01:00.060 --> 05:01:04.380 It's just you know the cherry on top if he is at the top of the board which surprisingly enough 05:01:04.620 --> 05:01:08.700 He's 11 and 8 and it just goes to show it's not always about stats 05:01:08.700 --> 05:01:15.700 It's not always about is this player getting tons of kills or not granted MJR is but it's what he's doing in each and every single round 05:01:15.700 --> 05:01:20.580 And even some of the rounds where he did have highlights he had that big 3k he had that big 1v2 where they traded 05:01:20.580 --> 05:01:23.940 I mean if he's not there in those situations and not being able to play the game that 05:01:24.460 --> 05:01:28.940 DZ brought him on for it probably doesn't look the exact same. It's because of the role that he's in 05:01:28.940 --> 05:01:33.500 I mean, he's not the one that's head hunting. That's who that's Jane. I know he's usually droning 05:01:33.500 --> 05:01:39.460 He's setting up position and then if the strat allows it to get to him. He's not losing those rounds 05:01:39.460 --> 05:01:40.980 He's not losing those clutch situations 05:01:40.980 --> 05:01:44.980 You don't want a player like NJR going nilly-lilly going crazy trying to get picks because 05:01:45.460 --> 05:01:47.560 He's the failsafe so so far 05:01:47.560 --> 05:01:50.780 He has been perfect at being that failsafe and something that 05:01:51.420 --> 05:01:57.140 Unfortunately for lacks because he was highlighting, you know his conversation with baby shark and how good he's been doing 05:01:57.140 --> 05:02:06.140 Baby Shark has a failsafe or a starter for Wildcard that has not really been showing up the way that we expected after their first matchup. 05:02:06.140 --> 05:02:09.140 He's been having a rough performance of trying to find those entries. 05:02:09.140 --> 05:02:11.140 He hasn't really been finding any gaps. 05:02:11.140 --> 05:02:14.140 And it's just, it's very difficult on a map like Chalet. 05:02:14.140 --> 05:02:15.140 You need Baby Shark. 05:02:15.140 --> 05:02:18.140 You need Baby Shark and Bay to be able to get those opening kills. 05:02:18.140 --> 05:02:22.140 They are the main factors at being sneaky, being able to find openings, 05:02:22.140 --> 05:02:25.140 be able to take position just like Newers is. 05:02:25.140 --> 05:02:26.140 And unfortunately, Baby Shark's not getting there. 05:02:26.140 --> 05:02:31.460 Sharks not getting there and that's the unfortunate bit. I mean he carried a lot of utility at those are you projectors and 05:02:31.820 --> 05:02:33.980 Especially I'm attacking half when you're the entry player 05:02:33.980 --> 05:02:39.420 You're the one that needs to open up the round you are five out of those opening deaths on the attacking half 05:02:39.420 --> 05:02:42.300 It's not setting you up very well on that side 05:02:42.300 --> 05:02:46.680 No, you're gonna have to remedy that especially because I mean this is a major qualifying game 05:02:46.680 --> 05:02:48.700 They will have a second chance if they don't make it 05:02:48.700 --> 05:02:52.060 But this is that opportunity to punch their ticket to SLC 05:02:52.060 --> 05:02:55.580 Well something we've done now for the last two days and we're gonna continue to do today 05:02:55.580 --> 05:02:59.480 Today we've got to give away some tickets for the Salt Lake City Major. 05:02:59.480 --> 05:03:04.580 Your opportunity to see these teams play on US soil, so here's what you have to do. 05:03:04.580 --> 05:03:07.180 All you need to do is type major in chat. 05:03:07.180 --> 05:03:09.940 No exclamation point, no giveaway, no nothing. 05:03:09.940 --> 05:03:15.620 All you have to do is write major and you'll automatically be entered to win two tickets 05:03:15.620 --> 05:03:18.260 to the Salt Lake City Major in just a few weeks. 05:03:18.260 --> 05:03:22.260 We're gonna announce our winners at the end of the show and you will get reached 05:03:22.260 --> 05:03:25.740 out to buy a twitch mod to get your ticket and make that happen. 05:03:25.740 --> 05:03:29.420 Well, you gotta get on Twitch chat right now and then we did get picked if we did put 05:03:29.420 --> 05:03:31.540 a major they would just ignore us and go to the next person. 05:03:31.540 --> 05:03:32.540 Oh, sure. 05:03:32.540 --> 05:03:33.540 Oh, I mean, you better. 05:03:33.540 --> 05:03:35.340 I want to invite some family. 05:03:35.340 --> 05:03:37.980 Oh yeah, you got family in Salt Lake City. 05:03:37.980 --> 05:03:42.820 We will get into the second map here of our next major promotion game in just a 05:03:42.820 --> 05:03:43.820 bit. 05:03:43.820 --> 05:03:45.940 Dark Zero, wildcard continue after this. 05:06:22.260 --> 05:06:30.100 One team has already made it to the Salt Lake City Major from North America. 05:06:30.100 --> 05:06:36.740 Will we see a second join them here on Chalet or here after Chalet now heading to Night 05:06:36.740 --> 05:06:37.740 Haven Labs? 05:06:37.740 --> 05:06:42.700 This is Dark Zero's map and they're up 1-0 Jesse. 05:06:42.700 --> 05:06:50.020 What can Wild Card do to stay in this series and keep their hopes of Salt Lake City alive? 05:06:50.020 --> 05:06:58.980 It's gonna be tough Parker as DZ reminded us all before this game began DZ holding 11 and 0 record up against wild card 05:06:58.980 --> 05:07:05.140 Any time the two organizations have met this would be their 12th straight win over wild card 05:07:05.140 --> 05:07:07.940 Of course that is many different rosters across both teams 05:07:07.940 --> 05:07:15.220 But still you gotta think it's bad luck for wild card to have to have matched up into this behemoth here in the North America League 05:07:15.220 --> 05:07:18.780 But that's how the cookie crumbles losers this game will not be out of it 05:07:18.780 --> 05:07:24.260 They'll play tomorrow for one last chance to make sure the Salt Lake City major, but you'd like to get it done here 05:07:24.260 --> 05:07:27.860 Of course, you would really want to be able to stop things now 05:07:28.300 --> 05:07:35.140 As we get the fans through you can see a certain person's getting kind of targeted, you know noting that both of his primary operators 05:07:35.980 --> 05:07:37.980 Let's and glass taken off the board 05:07:38.940 --> 05:07:41.060 Yeah, it's really rough stuff the 05:07:42.020 --> 05:07:44.420 Loser of this series matches up against 05:07:44.420 --> 05:07:51.060 Space station gaming that match will be going live tomorrow. We've also got one of 30 in Shopify rebellion where 05:07:51.700 --> 05:07:58.620 One of 30 honestly gave it a really good shot. I do wonder how that series goes if there wasn't constant tech issues that you know was 05:07:59.140 --> 05:08:03.660 Was battling me through I honestly think map one might have worked on one of 30s folder 05:08:04.180 --> 05:08:07.540 Yeah, I agree. I don't want to say might I want to say would 05:08:08.420 --> 05:08:14.260 Almost one of four be five for crying out loud. So yeah, I mean you could have seen how far they went 05:08:14.260 --> 05:08:17.060 And it was honestly was a very impressive showing a 2-0 scoreline 05:08:17.220 --> 05:08:22.340 Once again doesn't really show you how close it was right map 187 for five years in a 7-5 victory 05:08:22.340 --> 05:08:26.860 You like I got pushed to the brink that second matter to the bear was a 5v5 05:08:26.860 --> 05:08:29.060 So I mean that's that's normal stuff 05:08:29.060 --> 05:08:32.860 But honestly some of these newer teams are definitely on an upward swing 05:08:32.860 --> 05:08:39.960 We've got two teams that you know quite well now on your screen and as was stated dark zero took wild cards 05:08:39.960 --> 05:08:45.880 map 75. Wildcard didn't prove the longer that map went on, so if Chesa could start off hot here 05:08:45.880 --> 05:08:51.480 on Nighthaven Labs, they will be on the better side. They need to be watching for Newers and they 05:08:51.480 --> 05:08:57.080 will. Baby Shark, the Frenchman catches the look in the first 25 seconds of action. It's an 05:08:57.080 --> 05:09:01.560 opening pick for the defenders of Wildcard. Don't think we could have started this map any 05:09:01.560 --> 05:09:06.520 weirder, Parker. It's a walk in from Newers. We're also playing the worst bomb site on the 05:09:06.520 --> 05:09:11.160 map at least in terms of most people's opinion this is by far the least played 05:09:11.160 --> 05:09:15.560 bombsite kitchen cafeteria coming out now for wildcard they start us with an 05:09:15.560 --> 05:09:18.960 opening pick they clearly feel confident with it utility clears been good 05:09:18.960 --> 05:09:21.760 from dark zero you saw some of those twitch drones doing work down and 05:09:21.760 --> 05:09:26.520 towards the site Jane I know not done with that even still there is really not 05:09:26.520 --> 05:09:30.680 a lot top floors Bay is playing above the bombsite that brings them all the 05:09:30.680 --> 05:09:33.960 way over towards kind of lobby otherwise everybody else is remaining 05:09:33.960 --> 05:09:37.960 spread out across that top floor, or that middle floor I should say. 05:09:37.960 --> 05:09:43.960 It's got a little bit of an orange outline, but there's not a whole lot for Darkseer at the find as they clear through up above. 05:09:43.960 --> 05:09:48.960 They're taking a lot of map control for this push, recognizing that they're down a player early with newers going down. 05:09:48.960 --> 05:09:53.960 They don't want to shortcut this anymore. They're trying to take things slow and steady as they clear through the map. 05:09:54.960 --> 05:09:57.960 Why bother going fast than they need to? 05:09:57.960 --> 05:10:01.960 Well, maybe because you're down a player, maybe you need to go a little bit quicker. 05:10:01.960 --> 05:10:07.600 J9O hoping for something. Baby Shark takes some damage. I'm not sure who the exact culprit was, but 05:10:07.600 --> 05:10:13.880 outside of the building, DZ was still able to do some damage to Wildcard. Baby Shark involved in a 05:10:13.880 --> 05:10:20.600 lot of this early action. I pointed out on Chalet, he died five times on entry in what, six rounds? 05:10:20.600 --> 05:10:27.320 Seven rounds? Yeah. He was able to turn around and did a lot better through the tail end of Chalet. 05:10:27.320 --> 05:10:28.720 And now he has the leadoff peg. 05:10:28.720 --> 05:10:30.920 He's got his hands full with the shield walking on in. 05:10:30.920 --> 05:10:33.800 He dies at the hands of Folk, who picks up a second bay 05:10:33.800 --> 05:10:35.360 with only one before dying. 05:10:35.360 --> 05:10:36.520 Kanzin on the board as well. 05:10:36.520 --> 05:10:39.480 It took Kanzin quite some time to find his first kill on map one. 05:10:39.480 --> 05:10:40.920 He's broken it very early. 05:10:40.920 --> 05:10:45.440 Wildcard with a 3v2 with 45 seconds still left in the round. 05:10:45.440 --> 05:10:47.440 Folk makes it messy, and now Kino and NJR 05:10:47.440 --> 05:10:48.440 have a good opportunity. 05:10:48.440 --> 05:10:50.760 Kino was so good at getting kills in the Monty back 05:10:50.760 --> 05:10:53.480 on Chalet, but he gets headshot by Spikers. 05:10:53.480 --> 05:10:57.280 Now it's NJR, 35 seconds, and a 1v3. 05:10:57.280 --> 05:11:02.280 Oh, NJR, NJR, NJR the mayor. 05:11:02.280 --> 05:11:08.480 He went around for his team on a odd trade, but a win is a win. 05:11:08.480 --> 05:11:10.200 These guys were cut out from here. 05:11:10.200 --> 05:11:13.400 I don't like his odds very much. 05:11:13.400 --> 05:11:17.960 Craziest part is you mentioned how bad this bomb site is, and yet Wildcard is getting 05:11:17.960 --> 05:11:18.960 the job done. 05:11:18.960 --> 05:11:23.440 NJR still just plodding along now, 10 seconds left, sees the Azami of Spiky, expects 05:11:23.440 --> 05:11:24.440 there to be two there. 05:11:24.440 --> 05:11:29.480 right by the way you just can't hit any of them and then Adrian backstabs him to send the round away 05:11:30.120 --> 05:11:32.600 a good start for wildcard they take up round number one 05:11:33.800 --> 05:11:37.480 yeah i think just an aggressive defense coming out from wildcard you know the site's not so 05:11:37.480 --> 05:11:41.960 important if you're taking gunfights and battling all across the map you can kind of get a little 05:11:41.960 --> 05:11:46.120 bit more active obviously a bit of a gift there to start things off but i thought baby shark 05:11:46.120 --> 05:11:50.600 started really really nice in this game not just with his opening pick of course on to yours 05:11:50.600 --> 05:11:54.900 But then just the time he wasted inside of storage he doesn't get any extra kills out of it 05:11:54.900 --> 05:11:57.880 But he wastes so much time off the clock. He allows baby sure bae 05:11:57.880 --> 05:12:01.640 I'd say to step up and get another kill mid around onto Jane 05:12:01.640 --> 05:12:07.000 I know so that kind of deep in the man count and again while faults made it close that's very messy 05:12:07.000 --> 05:12:11.020 It wasn't quite good enough njr and kino in the 2v3 not able to play together 05:12:11.320 --> 05:12:15.920 Try to work themselves in advantage that wild card to strike early here on BZ's map pick 05:12:15.920 --> 05:12:23.440 Now, again, the sides that you look at will tell you a bit of the story, wild card on their 05:12:23.440 --> 05:12:24.440 opponent's map. 05:12:24.440 --> 05:12:26.960 They're probably going to start on the side that they prefer on, unless they're one of 05:12:26.960 --> 05:12:30.200 those teams that makes it more difficult for the first six rounds. 05:12:30.200 --> 05:12:32.800 And don't kid yourself, there are teams that have done that before. 05:12:32.800 --> 05:12:37.520 We've talked to them, we said, hey, this map has a snowball's chance in hell of 05:12:37.520 --> 05:12:38.520 the attackers winning. 05:12:38.520 --> 05:12:40.240 You opted to go on an attack here. 05:12:40.240 --> 05:12:41.240 What was your thinking? 05:12:41.240 --> 05:12:44.120 And they said, well, we felt pretty confident in ourselves, and you know, we're going 05:12:44.120 --> 05:12:45.120 to make some noise. 05:12:45.120 --> 05:12:47.880 them off guard. They're saying that this was a Brazilian team and this was many 05:12:47.880 --> 05:12:51.400 wounds ago, but these will still do that from time to time. I don't think at this 05:12:51.400 --> 05:12:55.040 point though you want to take any chances. So if I would decide that's better, go 05:12:55.040 --> 05:12:58.480 with the side that's safest. Wildcard thinks that's to defend, and so far 05:12:58.480 --> 05:13:02.520 through one round, it looks okay, but still five more to go. Discovery phase, in the 05:13:02.520 --> 05:13:07.080 midst of all of this, they will discover a black mirror on that typical IT wall, 05:13:07.080 --> 05:13:11.960 and Wildcard are entrenched for the time being while DZ might be able to open it up, 05:13:11.960 --> 05:13:16.960 They'll open up the back panel first and get away in the connector. 05:13:16.960 --> 05:13:21.960 A lot of problem here. This is back to kind of normality, Parker, as you say. 05:13:21.960 --> 05:13:26.960 We're on to the strongest bombsite, as most people would call it here on the top floor of Nighthaven Labs. 05:13:26.960 --> 05:13:29.960 I like this setup inside of IT. It's aggressive from Babe. 05:13:29.960 --> 05:13:33.960 He's got this mirror window to play with, and it makes it kind of awkward to breach this wall. 05:13:33.960 --> 05:13:38.960 Kino should be able to do it, just going upside down, repelling and popping the Thermite Charge just from above. 05:13:38.960 --> 05:13:43.840 above but it's still kind of risky especially with bay holding onto two impact grenades for that 05:13:43.840 --> 05:13:47.280 reason they want to get someone in down below trying to force them players out of position they 05:13:47.280 --> 05:13:52.320 deal a lot of damage to baby shark but yet i know is not able to do enough damage to get that kill 05:13:52.960 --> 05:13:59.600 and here we see the wall it's just a mess they get it mostly opened but closed back up by bay 05:13:59.600 --> 05:14:01.520 this is going to be a problem for dark zero 05:14:01.520 --> 05:14:09.180 But he's still alive, Neurs hiked up as that solid snake player he talked about earlier. 05:14:09.180 --> 05:14:12.140 He was able to get into the building, which is an accomplishment for solid snake. 05:14:12.140 --> 05:14:14.900 And Neurs was able to get into the building to his credit back in round number one as the 05:14:14.900 --> 05:14:15.900 nook. 05:14:15.900 --> 05:14:18.100 He just got picked off by Baby Shark. 05:14:18.100 --> 05:14:19.100 Very quickly. 05:14:19.100 --> 05:14:21.500 Still time to drone now for Dark Zero. 05:14:21.500 --> 05:14:24.740 An immense amount of droning so far through this round. 05:14:24.740 --> 05:14:28.860 Only worth noting because, well, some teams drone quickly and that's about it when 05:14:28.860 --> 05:14:30.860 They play out of each other and didn't tell from gadgets, but 05:14:31.140 --> 05:14:34.380 Barks they were fully committed to this and they brought other drones as well 05:14:34.380 --> 05:14:37.700 They're tarot drones by Flores don't last a whole long time 05:14:37.700 --> 05:14:43.100 But at least they give you information before they meet their exciting and explosive conclusion a 05:14:43.620 --> 05:14:47.180 Lot of people have taken some damage here Jesse, but with one minute to go. Nobody dead yet 05:14:47.700 --> 05:14:50.020 Off the sangle from Kino. He had an opportunity 05:14:50.020 --> 05:14:55.300 But that's enough to get the pick there Jenna knows still below a lot of the mirror windows have been popped now 05:14:55.300 --> 05:15:00.300 The utils been cleared out. They know that spikers exist down to the bottom floor, but they can't worry about that 05:15:00.300 --> 05:15:04.420 They've got to focus on towards the site less than 40 seconds to go here in the second round 05:15:04.420 --> 05:15:06.940 Do they need to start working and execute or at least a pick? 05:15:09.060 --> 05:15:11.980 You don't find an opportunity to get yet another one open down 05:15:11.980 --> 05:15:18.460 Let's maybe shark the box in the office down below shooting through the floor making this uncomfortable wild card as possible 05:15:18.460 --> 05:15:22.100 Both teams coming to blows easy marching their way into the bomb site 05:15:22.100 --> 05:15:28.540 Volts almost trying to defuse Kip, but NJR dies means they don't have the control that they want so Dark Zero will attempt again 05:15:28.540 --> 05:15:32.140 It managed to reduce Wildcard to just SPIKER! 05:15:32.140 --> 05:15:35.140 He takes down one, but Nuerz gets him before he can get out alive 05:15:35.900 --> 05:15:39.660 DZ equalizes after a scrappy round 05:15:40.660 --> 05:15:45.620 Brilliant push coming out from Dark Zero and I want to highlight an operator that we don't really talk about a lot as 05:15:45.740 --> 05:15:50.100 Casters Parker because it is so simple, but that's just the thermite being brought out by Kino 05:15:50.100 --> 05:15:56.100 He opens the IT wall to such an extent that Bay is not really able to exist there inside of IT any longer 05:15:56.100 --> 05:15:58.980 He ends up having to fall off relatively early in that round 05:15:59.140 --> 05:16:05.820 Then he gets himself a nice angle over on the over on the outer connector window then the wall the next connector wall 05:16:05.820 --> 05:16:09.140 Then he opens things up and is able to just breach in the far left side 05:16:09.140 --> 05:16:12.940 And it's just really good thermite plate coming out from Kino that gets all of those 05:16:13.060 --> 05:16:18.300 Walls nice and opened up at the same time another classic operator down below the buck of J9O 05:16:18.300 --> 05:16:23.460 just places a lot of those operators, he pops the mirror windows, he gets one of those picks before 05:16:23.460 --> 05:16:28.900 getting traded out by Spiker down on the bottom floor, it's sometimes it's a bit the basics from 05:16:28.900 --> 05:16:33.540 Dark Zero, but they're used so well, they're used so perfectly and again the coordination is top 05:16:33.540 --> 05:16:37.300 notch coming out of this DZ team, so I love that push being brought together for the top floor, 05:16:37.300 --> 05:16:40.900 once DZ know what they're up against, they really have a good time clearing things out. 05:16:40.900 --> 05:16:48.900 all told this easy roster has been really without much of a weakness all 05:16:48.900 --> 05:16:52.540 across the board their numbers are great their operator pool is quite healthy 05:16:52.540 --> 05:16:56.420 they've allowed Kino to shine in his position by giving him enough backup 05:16:56.420 --> 05:17:02.700 where we don't have opportunity to make fun of Kino on the shields despite the 05:17:02.700 --> 05:17:05.900 fact that there have maybe been some times that we could have it really is 05:17:05.900 --> 05:17:10.940 a very very complete roster. So much so that our good friend Jack Fresh Allen has uh 05:17:10.940 --> 05:17:14.140 got an 11 so the DZ is going to win the major. Well Jack I don't know if you know that but 05:17:14.140 --> 05:17:20.140 they haven't qualified yet. There is an entire possibility that wildcard can still win this 05:17:20.140 --> 05:17:27.020 best of three because if you go back to yesterday's match, MAD absolutely dominated wildcard 05:17:27.020 --> 05:17:31.340 through map one and looked really good on map two. What were they, a 5-2 on map two? 05:17:31.340 --> 05:17:33.740 Yeah, and wild card one mysterious 05:17:35.740 --> 05:17:38.980 Friend baby shark will blow folds up and geesey will not have the great start 05:17:38.980 --> 05:17:40.940 They want it still over two minutes to go in the round 05:17:40.940 --> 05:17:47.660 But that's your primary heart breacher gone all year after those pocket breaches a key. No has only one 05:17:49.580 --> 05:17:52.900 Really can group chat the ends now. Hey Parker. I'd be careful with that 05:17:52.900 --> 05:17:56.940 You don't want the audience know but all the minion means you've been sending recently, but it's okay 05:17:56.940 --> 05:17:58.940 I also tweeted Jesse. I don't know 05:17:58.940 --> 05:18:04.660 You gotta know a fight with Yardee about how good GZ is for the record. 05:18:04.660 --> 05:18:07.380 Baby Shark will continue to hold this position down. 05:18:07.380 --> 05:18:09.660 Oh my goodness, NJR gets the nitrous. 05:18:09.660 --> 05:18:13.060 I mean that look, so stuck in nature. 05:18:13.060 --> 05:18:15.460 He manages to get out of there. 05:18:15.460 --> 05:18:19.300 It's a bad spot for GZ right now as it will continue to get worse. 05:18:19.300 --> 05:18:20.300 Jane, I know. 05:18:20.300 --> 05:18:25.340 Last man standing half the round left, five alive for Wild Card. 05:18:25.340 --> 05:18:29.660 Imagine if he wins it though. 05:18:29.660 --> 05:18:30.660 F2 ahead. 05:18:30.660 --> 05:18:32.940 Yeah, I'd be kind of low key like fire for real. 05:18:32.940 --> 05:18:36.540 But guess why this is not going to happen. 05:18:36.540 --> 05:18:40.140 Pretty close to impossible at this point for Jack, unfortunately. 05:18:40.140 --> 05:18:41.140 They know where he's at. 05:18:41.140 --> 05:18:43.340 All eyes are trained on these outer windows. 05:18:43.340 --> 05:18:44.340 Oh boy. 05:18:44.340 --> 05:18:46.140 I like going up above here. 05:18:46.140 --> 05:18:47.140 Probably the right call. 05:18:47.140 --> 05:18:48.140 He's got to recover the fuse kit. 05:18:48.140 --> 05:18:52.520 Okay, a little bit more space, but the thorn trap reveals his position as he walks 05:18:52.520 --> 05:18:58.320 down these Aqua Stairs. All eyes should again be trained in his direction, very disciplined 05:18:58.320 --> 05:19:03.160 from Walspark. And there's no one in Bay. Yeah, nobody moving a muscle there. Bay gets 05:19:03.160 --> 05:19:08.040 a very final kill. A lot of that was honestly the main entry point, right? Getting the kill 05:19:08.040 --> 05:19:12.600 early, not pinning down Baby Shark in this position. I highlighted how much drone work 05:19:12.600 --> 05:19:17.800 was being done from Dark Zero around or two ago and they just continued to go in 05:19:17.800 --> 05:19:22.460 spades. That most recent round they didn't drone an awful lot. It was a much more linear 05:19:22.460 --> 05:19:27.780 take. It was much quicker and no surprise at the one time that they don't spend 90 seconds 05:19:27.780 --> 05:19:32.220 outside of the building droning, they give up two picks to operators and players. They 05:19:32.220 --> 05:19:39.460 didn't seem to have a good idea of where they were. So wildcard at this point in time, 05:19:39.460 --> 05:19:43.940 fundamentally very, very strong and they're prompting DZ to take another early timeout. 05:19:43.940 --> 05:19:48.420 Both teams called their timeouts on map one before round number five had been played. 05:19:48.420 --> 05:19:52.220 I don't know if Wildcard is going to call theirs quite so early, but it is a bit worrying 05:19:52.220 --> 05:19:55.460 that DZ has now slapped the timeout button yet again. 05:19:55.460 --> 05:19:59.260 Well, I mean you can kind of dive into those two rounds of Dark Zero Lost, right? 05:19:59.260 --> 05:20:03.060 You go back to Kitchen Cafeteria, it's a very early death from Newers where they 05:20:03.060 --> 05:20:05.380 don't really have a good chance to battle back. 05:20:05.380 --> 05:20:08.660 It's kind of a freebie for Baby Shark and then, well, I think that comeback was 05:20:08.660 --> 05:20:12.180 actually quite good from Dark Zero, it's not quite enough to break through that 05:20:12.180 --> 05:20:13.180 one man disadvantage. 05:20:13.180 --> 05:20:17.140 And then on the previous round again, it's Baby Shark with a very early pick that kind 05:20:17.140 --> 05:20:22.700 of gives the round almost a free early engagement over towards wild card because there's not 05:20:22.700 --> 05:20:25.540 a whole lot you can do about the nitro cell just on the IT breach. 05:20:25.540 --> 05:20:27.260 I mean, Baby Shark plays it well. 05:20:27.260 --> 05:20:28.780 There's no way to fight back against that. 05:20:28.780 --> 05:20:33.340 And then the fact that Baby Shark got another frag on the vert that time around taking 05:20:33.340 --> 05:20:35.340 down the Monty as he's trusted clear through the site. 05:20:35.340 --> 05:20:40.580 It's kind of been a lot of these early deaths that are not unavoidable, but not really 05:20:40.580 --> 05:20:42.020 positions where you can fight back. 05:20:42.020 --> 05:20:45.380 You know, you're taking a couple of risks there on the side of DarkZero and Davy Sharks 05:20:45.380 --> 05:20:47.340 been doing a really good job of countering that out. 05:20:47.340 --> 05:20:51.260 I have to imagine that's part of the conversation to come through from Call-Out head coach of 05:20:51.260 --> 05:20:52.260 BZ. 05:20:52.260 --> 05:20:56.860 His tax ammo done on Chalet resulted in four straight rounds from DarkZero, so we'll 05:20:56.860 --> 05:21:00.620 see what we can do here on Nighthaven Labs. 05:21:00.620 --> 05:21:03.380 Timeouts immediately paying off for both of these teams. 05:21:03.380 --> 05:21:05.740 Good coaches on both sides of the field. 05:21:05.740 --> 05:21:08.860 It is a little odd if not seeing Call-Out behind the team. 05:21:08.860 --> 05:21:10.860 Do you know if he's living with them? 05:21:10.860 --> 05:21:15.860 I have to, I have to imagine he is, he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who wouldn't be with the team 05:21:15.860 --> 05:21:18.360 but I haven't seen much content with him last time. 05:21:18.860 --> 05:21:22.360 Yeah, I'm really not sure. You would expect to see him back there. 05:21:22.360 --> 05:21:25.360 Maybe he's just on a PC somewhere in the other room or something. 05:21:26.160 --> 05:21:29.360 I mean, PC's an organization doesn't... 05:21:31.360 --> 05:21:33.360 ...untypically hurt for money. 05:21:34.360 --> 05:21:36.360 They don't skip on stuff like that. 05:21:36.360 --> 05:21:38.360 Didn't they just do the energy as well? 05:21:38.360 --> 05:21:43.760 I mean, they can afford it, I'm certain, and it looks like a pretty big house that they are playing in, 05:21:43.760 --> 05:21:46.360 but Call of the Legonus are two incredible minds. 05:21:46.360 --> 05:21:52.160 Legonus has been able to experience this wild card ship with the IGL prowess that Spiker shows, 05:21:52.160 --> 05:21:57.660 and I am glad to see the chatter on social media, on Twitter, I've been seeing it in some YouTube content, 05:21:57.660 --> 05:22:02.960 I've also been seeing it on Reddit, that Spiker is finally getting the recognition for IGL-ing this team that he deserves. 05:22:02.960 --> 05:22:05.860 IGL is very effective, and also fragging in the process. 05:22:05.860 --> 05:22:10.460 Kino drops to Bay, and Bay is now going to fight his way out and get full speed. 05:22:10.460 --> 05:22:14.860 They didn't drone this, Bay's running for a hot drop, and Bay is quite the surprise underneath. 05:22:15.860 --> 05:22:20.560 That's a messy one, Parker, and unfortunately opening deaths just continue for DZ. 05:22:20.560 --> 05:22:23.260 It's another one where it's like you can't fight back against that. 05:22:23.260 --> 05:22:24.960 At least no Bay's position now. 05:22:24.960 --> 05:22:29.860 This is Baby Shark playing with the impacts, but Kanzan elsewhere on the map strikes with a nitro cell, 05:22:29.860 --> 05:22:31.260 and Newers has to pull off. 05:22:31.260 --> 05:22:32.360 He doesn't like the angle. 05:22:32.360 --> 05:22:35.260 This has just gone from bad to worse attack timeout. 05:22:35.260 --> 05:22:37.820 does nothing to solve their problems. 05:22:37.820 --> 05:22:40.300 It's a nice shot from NJR, but only good for one. 05:22:40.300 --> 05:22:43.740 Kansan, the final two, and Wildcard clean things up 05:22:43.740 --> 05:22:45.020 after the attack time out. 05:22:45.020 --> 05:22:46.620 They're most dominant round yet. 05:22:48.420 --> 05:22:50.740 If you're continuing to improve, 05:22:50.740 --> 05:22:52.460 again, they're on the better side of this map 05:22:52.460 --> 05:22:54.580 in their opinion, so maybe the fortunes change, 05:22:54.580 --> 05:22:57.620 but building up quite the nest egg here 05:22:57.620 --> 05:23:01.940 before things flip is a great situation. 05:23:01.940 --> 05:23:03.740 And this Wildcard team really does have 05:23:03.740 --> 05:23:07.220 a ton of weapons at their disposal. They've got great fraggers, Kansan and Bay at a bit 05:23:07.220 --> 05:23:11.220 of a slow start to map number one. It seems like everybody has fixed that. Baby Shark 05:23:11.220 --> 05:23:17.100 is doing his job effectively. He's not lightening it up. He's not taking over these rounds, 05:23:17.100 --> 05:23:20.620 but he's a great addition to a roster that's showing tons of depth. There was a period 05:23:20.620 --> 05:23:26.420 of time on Chalet. I think it was round seven or round eight, where every single member 05:23:26.420 --> 05:23:30.340 on Wildcard was negative. We'll have to wait for the scores to come back up, 05:23:30.340 --> 05:23:35.780 From a quick glance, it looked like Wildcard at every single player positive. 05:23:35.780 --> 05:23:38.680 And yes, there it is. Every player is totally positive. 05:23:38.680 --> 05:23:42.200 Baby Shark is dead even at 3-3. I don't count assists with this stuff. 05:23:42.200 --> 05:23:46.700 Baby Shark is 3-3. Everybody else is positive. Nobody is negative on this team. 05:23:46.700 --> 05:23:48.580 A complete reversal of fortunes. 05:23:48.580 --> 05:23:50.740 And it just goes to show you how spread out this is. 05:23:50.740 --> 05:23:52.700 Wildcard is a team with a ton of depth. 05:23:52.700 --> 05:23:54.620 Even when they have Dash on the old roster, 05:23:54.620 --> 05:23:57.060 he would usually be the odd man out from a killing perspective. 05:23:57.060 --> 05:24:03.020 But there were lots of games where he would be pretty good and able to and was able to match the aggression from wild cards 05:24:03.020 --> 05:24:05.600 So who knows to everybody for pulling their weight 05:24:05.600 --> 05:24:11.220 They've been able to slow this dark zero advance down way better than they were when TZ was attacking on Shelly 05:24:11.780 --> 05:24:14.980 Yeah, 100% and even baby shark as the one player 05:24:14.980 --> 05:24:18.300 Maybe has been the best player certainly that I think the most consistent 05:24:18.460 --> 05:24:24.900 Very important in round one and three to get those opening picks to set his team up into strong positions to be able 05:24:24.900 --> 05:24:29.020 to win the game after the impact that he had, it's going to be kind of awkward now for Dark 05:24:29.020 --> 05:24:33.220 Zero to battle this one back. They go back to Kitching Camp in Syria, so not just the 05:24:33.220 --> 05:24:37.020 Bonsai that they wanted to bring out, round one to try to catch DV off guard, but one 05:24:37.020 --> 05:24:41.180 that they're coughing enough to run right back, and Parker, anytime you see a FENKA, 05:24:41.180 --> 05:24:45.140 it is not a surprise that it's coming. Here's the rush. And the rush will come in. Spikers 05:24:45.140 --> 05:24:49.660 trying his best. Fultz finally dies. Adrien gets both of them. Adrien looking for 05:24:49.660 --> 05:24:55.180 a third bites off maybe a bit more than he can chew walks back more damage now 05:24:55.180 --> 05:24:59.420 being done from DZ these teams trading borders left and right cans and finished 05:24:59.420 --> 05:25:04.120 off by Kino's put the shield away long enough to pull out the pistol everybody 05:25:04.120 --> 05:25:07.700 on DZ combined the three who remain I don't even think they're out of full 05:25:07.700 --> 05:25:12.500 100 HP so that's a daunting task for them to be in but hold on if they just 05:25:12.500 --> 05:25:17.140 keep firing like that Jesse doesn't matter what their HP is they takes down 05:25:17.140 --> 05:25:21.140 Kino, NJR getting defused, kid down, nobody is there to stop him. 05:25:21.140 --> 05:25:25.140 It's all up to J9o to watch as Kino bleeds out. 05:25:25.140 --> 05:25:31.140 He'll be recovered, so one opportunity for Wildcard was present, is now completely gone. 05:25:31.140 --> 05:25:35.140 They'll have to work against the time and the three remaining players of Dark Zero. 05:25:35.140 --> 05:25:39.140 Baby Sharklin positioning with the clash, maybe to buy some time for Bay, 05:25:39.140 --> 05:25:41.140 but Bay now staples off of his position. 05:25:41.140 --> 05:25:45.140 A-bombs are completely swarmed by Dark Zero, and they're going to bring the heat to these defenders. 05:25:45.140 --> 05:25:51.060 defenders. Kino rushing on in, baby shark pushed back. He sees J9O, Kino's not able to 05:25:51.060 --> 05:25:56.460 cover him. Now it's all up to NJR and Kino as J9O is finished off but time is running 05:25:56.460 --> 05:26:01.100 out. They and baby shark can kill them all but they need to get to the diffuse kit and 05:26:01.100 --> 05:26:06.180 they're not going to get the job done. A valiant effort but DZ will let the clock 05:26:06.180 --> 05:26:11.860 give them the win and add insult to injury get the final two players a wild card when 05:26:11.860 --> 05:26:16.400 it was already past the point of no return. DZ put up their second round. 05:26:16.400 --> 05:26:21.860 Great answer. Just going for the rush right into A bombsite and that's a brutal one for Wildcard 05:26:21.860 --> 05:26:24.620 because they were expecting it. They were ready for it. 05:26:24.620 --> 05:26:28.740 Spiker was literally hard holding the cafeteria window, the kitchen window. 05:26:28.740 --> 05:26:32.620 When that rush comes in, he had two Goyo canisters on the window as well, 05:26:32.620 --> 05:26:38.740 but it just didn't matter. The overwhelming firepower from DZ with all of these players jumping in. 05:26:38.740 --> 05:26:40.740 Look at this! Look at Clowncars! 05:26:40.740 --> 05:26:43.140 Slinging through the window with the Monty in first. 05:26:43.140 --> 05:26:44.940 Two players immediately in after him. 05:26:44.940 --> 05:26:48.040 They just use that chaos to take the space with it. 05:26:48.040 --> 05:26:50.540 I think Kino's so important in that round, 05:26:50.540 --> 05:26:52.740 not only to beat that entry on the Monty duo 05:26:52.740 --> 05:26:55.540 and take that space and overwhelm Spiker to stars, 05:26:55.540 --> 05:26:57.540 but in the mid-round, in the 3v3, 05:26:57.540 --> 05:26:59.140 peeking around for his teammates, 05:26:59.140 --> 05:27:03.540 beating information to both NJR and J9O. 05:27:03.540 --> 05:27:06.340 And they have a lot of that good intel, 05:27:06.340 --> 05:27:07.740 and even after he gets down, 05:27:07.740 --> 05:27:12.740 It's picked back up, intact full on the lay ground, really good rush and back zero, and Kino was spearhead of it. 05:27:17.740 --> 05:27:18.740 Very, very well played. 05:27:19.740 --> 05:27:22.740 And again, these teams so far seemingly evenly matched. 05:27:22.740 --> 05:27:27.740 I know that DZ sprang out to quite the lead back on map number one, but it did end up being a 7-5, 05:27:27.740 --> 05:27:31.740 so Dark Zero won it by the slimmest margins possible in regulation. 05:27:31.740 --> 05:27:35.740 Cannot get closer to the 7-5 without going into overtime. 05:27:35.740 --> 05:27:41.100 So Wild Cart were able to muster quite the comeback. They've got a lead here on DZ's map 05:27:41.100 --> 05:27:46.200 And they have an opportunity to go up 4-2, which is again pretty standard stuff. I 05:27:47.500 --> 05:27:53.940 Anticipate that no matter what happens in this next round. We do not have a runaway winner in the second half 05:27:53.940 --> 05:27:57.580 I am expecting it to still be just as scrappy as it has been across 05:27:58.180 --> 05:28:03.140 One and a half at this point. I don't know if you agree or not, but this seems to be what it's shaping up for 05:28:03.140 --> 05:28:07.340 I think it really depends on how Wadkar make on their attacks. We haven't seen them play 05:28:07.340 --> 05:28:11.300 Nighthaving Labs all season long. We haven't seen BZ here either, but just the fact that 05:28:11.300 --> 05:28:15.140 it's their map pick gives me some confidence their defenses will be strong. I really have 05:28:15.140 --> 05:28:18.700 no clue what Wadkar will look like on the offense if they show up just like they did 05:28:18.700 --> 05:28:23.300 on Shelly, then you're absolutely right. But time will tell on that one, Parker. For 05:28:23.300 --> 05:28:26.980 now they have to focus on their defense. One more opportunity to try to win the 05:28:26.980 --> 05:28:31.840 They would go back down towards that mid floor trying to defend here on storage 05:28:32.800 --> 05:28:36.180 Last time it was a very similar upline up a couple of changes though 05:28:36.180 --> 05:28:41.740 Of course the pulse being brought in the smoke in the mute as well new coming in wild card very curious 05:28:41.740 --> 05:28:48.360 See how a wild house biker can use this all scanner try to find these players and maybe guides and C4s for himself in the team 05:28:50.620 --> 05:28:52.620 There goes the nitro style that you talked about 05:28:52.620 --> 05:28:54.420 and folks was counted for the count. 05:28:54.420 --> 05:28:56.540 Kino trades it right back on the baby shark 05:28:56.540 --> 05:28:59.420 and DZ will now have the upper hand as Bay dies too. 05:28:59.420 --> 05:29:01.260 So DarkZero showing their teeth, 05:29:01.260 --> 05:29:04.180 sinking their fangs into this wildcard defense 05:29:04.180 --> 05:29:07.700 and only three kills away from tying up this first half. 05:29:07.700 --> 05:29:10.820 Now to imagine that's quite the boom for DZ 05:29:10.820 --> 05:29:13.940 if they can keep wildcard from mounting a lead. 05:29:13.940 --> 05:29:16.780 Hold on a second, both Adrian and Spike are in on it. 05:29:16.780 --> 05:29:19.780 Kino gets shot too, the Valkyrie very active. 05:29:19.780 --> 05:29:26.380 Kansan's seventh kill, and it's all at NJR yet again familiar territory for the long-standing member of DarkZero 05:29:26.460 --> 05:29:32.460 He doesn't see the shotgun on the ground in a 4-2 first half the most common score line that we'll see 05:29:33.100 --> 05:29:35.100 goes to pass 05:29:35.620 --> 05:29:37.620 Wildcard takes the first half 05:29:38.100 --> 05:29:44.460 Confident coming out from them. They should be feeling very comfortable after taking DarkZero's own map pick now first half up 05:29:44.460 --> 05:29:47.300 4-2, but let's hear what our desk has to say six rounds deep 05:29:47.300 --> 05:29:52.760 Well, six rounds deep and Wildcard are showing us that maybe they don't need to make a crazy 05:29:52.760 --> 05:29:53.760 comeback this time. 05:29:53.760 --> 05:29:56.120 Fox, that they can jump out to an early lead. 05:29:56.120 --> 05:29:58.600 The question is, can they keep that early lead? 05:29:58.600 --> 05:29:59.880 I mean, you'd like to hope so. 05:29:59.880 --> 05:30:01.480 That's going to be on their defensive half. 05:30:01.480 --> 05:30:05.120 You're going to expect, especially Wildcard, this is arguably one of their best maps. 05:30:05.120 --> 05:30:08.480 If not their best map, that's a lot of reason why it's one of the main man against them, 05:30:08.480 --> 05:30:10.640 because they are very dynamic. 05:30:10.640 --> 05:30:12.080 They add a lot of layers. 05:30:12.080 --> 05:30:14.480 It seemed early on that Dark Serial was dealing it with correctly. 05:30:14.480 --> 05:30:16.280 They're always making sure of the C4 below, 05:30:16.280 --> 05:30:18.200 or anybody below that can stop the plant. 05:30:18.200 --> 05:30:22.320 I like DZ's approach at going for execute heavy attacks. 05:30:22.320 --> 05:30:24.880 And on a map like this, you only really need one, 05:30:24.880 --> 05:30:26.520 two attacks are great. 05:30:26.520 --> 05:30:28.560 I think once the sideswap, the bigger question 05:30:28.560 --> 05:30:32.240 is just gonna be how is Wildcard improved from map one? 05:30:32.240 --> 05:30:34.520 I mean, it seemed like they were really getting dominated 05:30:34.520 --> 05:30:35.920 on their own defenses, 05:30:35.920 --> 05:30:37.640 so they didn't have much sample size 05:30:37.640 --> 05:30:38.680 when it came to their attacks. 05:30:38.680 --> 05:30:40.600 But when you focus on their attacks, 05:30:40.600 --> 05:30:42.800 if they can just limit the amount of opening kills 05:30:42.800 --> 05:30:46.240 They're giving the lack of connection and trading. 05:30:46.240 --> 05:30:47.980 I think that's the biggest fact about Wildcard 05:30:47.980 --> 05:30:50.200 and to focus for their attacks on Labs. 05:30:50.200 --> 05:30:51.680 Yeah, and I also just want to highlight, 05:30:51.680 --> 05:30:53.040 you know, from Dark Zero's side. 05:30:53.040 --> 05:30:56.240 I mean, round two in particular, I love the execute here. 05:30:56.240 --> 05:30:57.520 They put the vertical pressure. 05:30:57.520 --> 05:30:58.920 They get the player off of metal, 05:30:58.920 --> 05:31:00.720 and then they go for the site execute. 05:31:00.720 --> 05:31:02.480 But it's not just highlighting how well 05:31:02.480 --> 05:31:03.880 that they attacked this round. 05:31:03.880 --> 05:31:06.600 It's also highlighting and showing you guys just 05:31:06.600 --> 05:31:07.440 their comms. 05:31:07.440 --> 05:31:09.800 And when we've talked about comms for other teams, 05:31:09.800 --> 05:31:12.840 They're just so precise with their calling. 05:31:12.840 --> 05:31:15.960 They aren't overreacting, even if things are getting chaotic. 05:31:15.960 --> 05:31:16.960 Everything is clean. 05:31:16.960 --> 05:31:18.920 It's one or two people calling out something. 05:31:18.920 --> 05:31:19.800 It's urgent. 05:31:19.800 --> 05:31:22.000 It's clearly a necessity for them to make sure 05:31:22.000 --> 05:31:23.240 that comms are clean. 05:31:23.240 --> 05:31:25.920 And unfortunately for them, it was only a two, four, half. 05:31:25.920 --> 05:31:27.880 But they are going to be on a very strong half here 05:31:27.880 --> 05:31:28.680 on the side of defense. 05:31:28.680 --> 05:31:30.040 And it's going to be important for me 05:31:30.040 --> 05:31:31.480 to see if they match that aggression 05:31:31.480 --> 05:31:34.200 that Wildcard was trying to show even early on in that 05:31:34.200 --> 05:31:36.480 chalet to not let them get comfortable in the league. 05:31:36.480 --> 05:31:38.240 Take away some of these engagements, 05:31:38.240 --> 05:31:41.120 put them into their favor and fall back into those layers and we actually got an 05:31:41.120 --> 05:31:45.020 inside look we you know what that sounds like that precision on the side of 05:31:45.020 --> 05:31:47.020 dark zero 05:31:47.020 --> 05:31:49.020 let me throw the smoke 05:31:49.020 --> 05:31:51.020 on the pillar 05:31:51.020 --> 05:31:53.020 I killed the middle guy 05:31:53.020 --> 05:31:55.020 I killed the middle guy 05:31:55.020 --> 05:31:57.020 I flashed the pillar we go 05:31:57.020 --> 05:31:59.020 3, 2, 1, bang 05:31:59.020 --> 05:32:01.020 he's flying up water 05:32:01.020 --> 05:32:03.020 still below 05:32:03.020 --> 05:32:05.020 still below 05:32:05.020 --> 05:32:07.020 1 HP and quit 05:32:07.020 --> 05:32:25.200 Alright, well that's the first half in the books, thanks to the desk again for breaking 05:32:25.200 --> 05:32:26.200 that one down. 05:32:26.200 --> 05:32:31.320 Wildcard, up by two, but it's just fair to say that's pretty much bare minimum here 05:32:31.320 --> 05:32:34.160 on this map given Wildcard's chosen side. 05:32:34.160 --> 05:32:38.560 I don't know about that. I think if they'd gone 3-3 they still would have been okay. 05:32:38.560 --> 05:32:41.760 I don't want to read too deep into the attackers defense split. 05:32:41.760 --> 05:32:49.120 I do think if Wildcard can be coming into this and has some strong attacks like we said then they're absolutely in the driver's seat for this game. 05:32:49.120 --> 05:32:54.520 My biggest problem is we just don't know right if Wildcard are not a comfortable team attacking on Nighthater labs 05:32:54.520 --> 05:32:59.160 Then it'll be awkward for them. Fox is correct. I mean this map has been banned against them a lot. 05:32:59.160 --> 05:33:02.000 And it was a good map for them last season just at the 6-0 station. 05:33:02.000 --> 05:33:06.880 They were 2-0 on this map, beating both Daystar and Elevates, but that again with a roster change 05:33:06.880 --> 05:33:10.560 You don't know how that's gonna affect things. It's been a couple of months. The meta's changed 05:33:10.560 --> 05:33:13.920 You can't really always say that just the team was good at this map a few months ago 05:33:13.920 --> 05:33:16.880 It is going to transition into success once again 05:33:16.880 --> 05:33:21.160 So that's what we're here to find out. Can Wildcard keep that pressure up? 05:33:21.160 --> 05:33:25.880 Can they continue to have success here on the attack and keep loading to round one? 05:33:25.880 --> 05:33:30.920 to be interested to see what that looks like. Very surprised to see Bay on Yana, 05:33:30.920 --> 05:33:35.440 here in round seven. Unless you're named Shaco, there's basically nobody in the 05:33:35.440 --> 05:33:38.960 world still playing this off-raider right now. 05:33:38.960 --> 05:33:49.960 That's certainly something, isn't it? Very eager to see what they do here. 05:33:49.960 --> 05:33:51.960 I 05:33:52.880 --> 05:33:57.440 Just like how you I mean maybe I'm maybe I'm a so man, but I just don't I don't see how 05:33:58.320 --> 05:33:59.840 Be on a fence 05:33:59.840 --> 05:34:04.480 Maybe maybe just wants the guns bikers are already on the ash. You got to do something get the g36c 05:34:06.200 --> 05:34:08.200 But you want the g36c 05:34:09.080 --> 05:34:13.000 I don't know. I don't know. There's a better question here 05:34:13.000 --> 05:34:26.680 He was shooting the head of the yonaklone and he ended up killing adrian that was crazy 05:34:26.680 --> 05:34:28.680 come over here. 05:34:28.680 --> 05:34:33.120 Oh brother that's not for yonas probably debut in the season I'll have to fact check 05:34:33.120 --> 05:34:34.120 that. 05:34:34.120 --> 05:34:41.320 I'm trying to remember the last time we saw yono with any regularity it's been years 05:34:41.320 --> 05:34:46.840 at this point. I'm hopeful that some buffs do come to this operator because she can have a very 05:34:46.840 --> 05:34:51.880 good place in the meta and I mean intel ops are very strong right now the fact that Yana is just 05:34:51.880 --> 05:34:56.680 outclassed goes to show you that she's a little bit of love and the devs are very much in a let's 05:34:56.680 --> 05:35:02.440 buff things stay to mind so are you Yana lovers? I'm here with you let's buff Yana let's make 05:35:02.440 --> 05:35:08.280 her a little bit more uh more flexible maybe Sophia buffs while you're at it as well. 05:35:08.280 --> 05:35:14.620 What are left in this round? Neither team with an advantage at this point in time. Wildcard still hanging on to their lead. 05:35:14.620 --> 05:35:20.860 They take down one immediately traded out. Bay is good enough for an NJR kill. Not good enough for a full skill. 05:35:20.860 --> 05:35:22.860 And back to even numbers we go. 05:35:23.980 --> 05:35:29.500 Yeah, I like the control they have right now from Wildcard. 45 seconds, IT's under their control. Rafters as well. 05:35:29.500 --> 05:35:35.340 But that's about where the control stops, Barker. They need to get somebody either inside of Connector or inside of Aqua. 05:35:35.340 --> 05:35:41.620 doesn't seem like Austin's gonna be doable for them so maybe connectors to play that's where Kansan's at and he's the one holding the fuse kid 05:35:41.620 --> 05:35:44.380 So if he dies this would be a critical error for wildcard 05:35:51.260 --> 05:35:54.500 Looking for more he'll get it completely blind down goes Kansan 05:35:54.780 --> 05:36:00.860 Baby shark now just nestled in between these bomb sites hoping for somebody to overextend 05:36:00.860 --> 05:36:09.640 No body will and defuse kid is very firmly in the clutches of DZ who take the round and string the lead to just one 05:36:10.760 --> 05:36:18.020 Alec fault looking hot with it today beautiful play just over towards e-box shuts down that pushes it comes on in again 05:36:18.300 --> 05:36:24.220 Hunting to be the first North American player ever to attend 10 straight majors not in a row 05:36:24.220 --> 05:36:26.580 I guess straight's not there, but 10 majors total 05:36:26.580 --> 05:36:32.340 Canadian could join him tomorrow as he plays his last qualifying game down in 05:36:32.340 --> 05:36:35.620 the lower bracket so lots on the line but a great round to come through from 05:36:35.620 --> 05:36:39.980 faults and a fun fact for you as well Parker coming into today's playday in 05:36:39.980 --> 05:36:45.020 the North American League we had seen every attacker except for zero Osta and 05:36:45.020 --> 05:36:48.580 Iyana with this best of three plus the last best of three we've now seen 05:36:48.580 --> 05:36:52.380 all three operators getting played which means every attacker has been seen at 05:36:52.380 --> 05:36:54.380 in the North American kickoff. 05:36:54.380 --> 05:36:57.380 Cause for celebration, we love seeing a diversity 05:36:57.380 --> 05:36:59.380 of the operators being used. 05:36:59.380 --> 05:37:02.380 And I mean, I do think that for most operators in the game, 05:37:02.380 --> 05:37:05.380 whether on attack or defense, there is a place for them. 05:37:05.380 --> 05:37:08.380 For an operator like Yana, the case is on the bench, 05:37:08.380 --> 05:37:09.380 not being played. 05:37:09.380 --> 05:37:12.380 But still, there is a place that exists. 05:37:12.380 --> 05:37:14.380 Obviously, we didn't really see the other do too much 05:37:14.380 --> 05:37:15.380 in that previous round. 05:37:15.380 --> 05:37:17.380 So again, very hard for us to understand 05:37:17.380 --> 05:37:18.380 what the idea was. 05:37:18.380 --> 05:37:21.380 We have a feeling that she was brought for information 05:37:21.380 --> 05:37:24.740 information because why else would you bring her maybe the G36 was the real 05:37:24.740 --> 05:37:28.940 reason now you've got an R4C being brought maybe they do just want to 05:37:28.940 --> 05:37:34.140 spread ashes guns around here but I don't know beyond obviously the experiment 05:37:34.140 --> 05:37:36.820 did not work out I'd love to hear what the thought process was behind it but 05:37:36.820 --> 05:37:41.060 either way we can't get too bogged down in this they knew round in a new day in 05:37:41.060 --> 05:37:46.220 front of our very eyes wild card holding on to that one round lead but it can 05:37:46.220 --> 05:37:51.340 disappear in a hurry especially if DZ can put up a round just like 05:37:51.340 --> 05:37:56.220 the one we just saw. It's exactly the right part. Her 4-2-1-2 feels good for Wildcard, 05:37:56.220 --> 05:38:00.900 but it's amazing how fast it can evaporate as it threatens to do so now. Dark Zero on 05:38:00.900 --> 05:38:06.060 the defense will choose the mid-floor site. Storage and control. There was some chatter 05:38:06.060 --> 05:38:11.020 on Twitter recently about how kind of bad the bottom floor bomb site has been statistically 05:38:11.020 --> 05:38:14.580 for a team here on Night Eight Labs, and both of these teams may be reading into 05:38:14.580 --> 05:38:18.540 that a little bit, not wanting to go down towards the bottom floor despite how it's 05:38:18.540 --> 05:38:21.180 It's been so popular historically. 05:38:21.180 --> 05:38:23.820 Spiker takes a bit of a duel just inside of Garage, 05:38:23.820 --> 05:38:25.060 but has to back off. 05:38:25.060 --> 05:38:28.340 Doesn't like the angles with that DMR deciding its best. 05:38:28.340 --> 05:38:31.100 Just try to play back around with his teammates. 05:38:31.100 --> 05:38:32.340 Top floor clear underway. 05:38:32.340 --> 05:38:34.860 Now there's two defenders, three defenders even up here. 05:38:34.860 --> 05:38:37.420 Kino, Janna, and Fultz trying to lock things down 05:38:37.420 --> 05:38:39.900 from the bottom. 05:38:39.900 --> 05:38:41.700 Only damage so far done to Wildcard. 05:38:41.700 --> 05:38:44.260 Kanzin will die after Spiker took a bit of a beating. 05:38:44.260 --> 05:38:46.300 These attacks have fallen apart a little bit, 05:38:46.300 --> 05:38:47.860 but they found an exploit. 05:38:47.860 --> 05:38:50.500 Walking right in, taking care of foals. 05:38:50.500 --> 05:38:52.740 Missed his golden opportunity to get J9O, 05:38:52.740 --> 05:38:54.500 blown up from below by a nitro cell. 05:38:54.500 --> 05:38:56.540 NJR will save his teammate. 05:38:57.620 --> 05:38:59.540 Dark Zero walks away from that engagement 05:38:59.540 --> 05:39:01.000 with a one-person lead. 05:39:02.700 --> 05:39:03.940 So hunting though, Parker. 05:39:03.940 --> 05:39:06.820 Keto ends up fighting the dust as Adrian never left 05:39:06.820 --> 05:39:07.660 the top floor. 05:39:07.660 --> 05:39:09.020 They thought maybe it would clear it off. 05:39:09.020 --> 05:39:10.220 They were going towards the site, 05:39:10.220 --> 05:39:11.980 but one player sticks around 05:39:11.980 --> 05:39:14.060 and that's good enough to equalize the numbers. 05:39:14.060 --> 05:39:16.740 Now with 65 seconds left on the clock, 05:39:16.740 --> 05:39:19.680 These last three players on BZ have been kind of scattered. 05:39:19.680 --> 05:39:21.980 NJR going for a flank up the lobby stairs, 05:39:21.980 --> 05:39:23.380 hoping to retake up above. 05:39:23.380 --> 05:39:24.780 If there's no drone watching for this, 05:39:24.780 --> 05:39:25.620 that could be brutal. 05:39:25.620 --> 05:39:27.860 But we did see one just tossed out there 05:39:27.860 --> 05:39:29.420 and the angle's ready too. 05:39:29.420 --> 05:39:31.860 Misses both crosses, but NJR has been found out 05:39:31.860 --> 05:39:34.260 and he'll have to go straight back to the bomb site. 05:39:36.060 --> 05:39:37.740 The stalemate that we have right now 05:39:37.740 --> 05:39:40.100 damaged right across all of these teams. 05:39:40.100 --> 05:39:41.620 Newer's guns down baby shark. 05:39:41.620 --> 05:39:43.060 That means they have to stop the plant. 05:39:43.060 --> 05:39:45.620 Spiker cannot find the coverage that he wanted. 05:39:45.620 --> 05:39:51.120 that might require ADM to get into a new position and he does, but J9O still has control. 05:39:51.120 --> 05:39:56.840 Now it's Spiker on an island, he's being hunted inside a storage, J9O from above will seal 05:39:56.840 --> 05:39:59.680 the deal and tie things up. 05:39:59.680 --> 05:40:02.980 Both teams sitting at four rounds. 05:40:02.980 --> 05:40:07.160 Nicely done by DarkZero, what I admire so much about that defense in the 3v3 Parker 05:40:07.160 --> 05:40:09.400 is how you didn't have anybody sitting still. 05:40:09.400 --> 05:40:13.360 Neuer is kind of the site player inside of control, but he's even stepping up challenging 05:40:13.360 --> 05:40:15.240 the window to take down Baby Shark. 05:40:15.240 --> 05:40:20.040 just sat in their spot trying to hold on to things getting scared of where wildcard might push them 05:40:20.040 --> 05:40:25.480 NJRs flanking up lobby stairs, J9Os flanking up the aqua stairs no matter where you go there's 05:40:25.480 --> 05:40:30.040 somebody on dark zero trying to retake space trying to aggress back towards that top floor 05:40:30.040 --> 05:40:33.960 thought adrian was excellent both in helping to clear it up above and then using that vert 05:40:33.960 --> 05:40:39.160 pressure but there's only so much one man can do very nice stuff coming over from dz yeah well 05:40:39.160 --> 05:40:44.120 it was J9Os final flank that kind of got them into that 2v1 pressure and it will prompt 05:40:44.120 --> 05:40:48.680 the tax timeout to come through from Wildcard. Again, tax have been good so far in this series but 05:40:48.680 --> 05:40:55.000 DZ with the momentum here. Timeout being called by Wildcars, they talk through these problems. 05:40:55.800 --> 05:41:01.080 A little bit of a later timeout than what we saw in map number one. You've got one timeout given 05:41:01.080 --> 05:41:05.480 by default and that's at the halfway point that's after six rounds. For some teams that's not 05:41:05.480 --> 05:41:11.160 the halfway point. Sometimes a little more, sometimes it's a little less. So we'll go, 05:41:11.160 --> 05:41:15.200 notice is going to try to look through this. Now, I will say wild card seems to 05:41:15.200 --> 05:41:20.560 being entering largely by themselves. This is something that is only from our 05:41:20.560 --> 05:41:24.600 vantage point, but it does not seem like there's a cohesive idea behind wild 05:41:24.600 --> 05:41:28.040 card and because of that they can't play as a cohesive unit. If everybody is 05:41:28.040 --> 05:41:30.880 entering all on their own with very limited backup and I don't see the 05:41:30.880 --> 05:41:34.880 same amount of extensive drone work we saw from Daisy, that's obviously bad. 05:41:34.880 --> 05:41:38.360 Plenty of teams can succeed when playing like a bunch of individuals. It 05:41:38.360 --> 05:41:42.860 It really just comes down to the overall strategy of it, but for two rounds it has not worked for wild card. 05:41:42.860 --> 05:41:45.360 We've only seen two wild card attacks. 05:41:45.360 --> 05:41:51.860 So if they're trying to entry alone without a lot of support, and they're not using a ton of intel ops, 05:41:51.860 --> 05:41:58.360 they're not using a ton of those nuisance enabler ops, then you're going to end up getting beaten by the defenders 05:41:58.360 --> 05:42:03.360 who absolutely are running intel ops and are running some of their own nuisance ops. 05:42:03.360 --> 05:42:06.360 So wild card will have to change things up, and they have. 05:42:06.360 --> 05:42:08.760 Blackbeard, they've got plenty of 05:42:08.760 --> 05:42:10.960 fragging power and they are absent. 05:42:10.960 --> 05:42:13.160 They've dedicated hard destructor. 05:42:13.160 --> 05:42:16.660 They will run solely with Kansan, having those secondary 05:42:16.660 --> 05:42:17.260 hard breaches. 05:42:17.260 --> 05:42:18.260 Pestoope doesn't die with them. 05:42:18.260 --> 05:42:18.760 Not in your bag! 05:42:18.760 --> 05:42:21.860 Hey, Adrian's got some too. 05:42:21.860 --> 05:42:22.760 Hard breaching! 05:42:22.760 --> 05:42:25.360 Sometimes the striker will catch off guard partner, 05:42:25.360 --> 05:42:27.760 but they do have a little extra cans here, 05:42:27.760 --> 05:42:28.760 so they are fine. 05:42:28.760 --> 05:42:30.860 Nobody dies early anyways. 05:42:30.860 --> 05:42:33.660 Adrian is in some danger there, but he's okay. 05:42:33.660 --> 05:42:35.860 Basement will reveal itself. 05:42:35.860 --> 05:42:42.840 I talked about how matter this team wanted to go here, but dark zero apparently do want to choose this bomb site third in their rotation 05:42:42.840 --> 05:42:47.740 I don't think you're wrong when you say wild card don't look the most coordinated on some of these queers 05:42:47.740 --> 05:42:54.220 They don't look bad on the coordination, but they just don't look white together. It's DZ did and I know that's a tie 05:42:54.220 --> 05:42:59.860 That's a hot. That's a high bar, but that's what they're playing against at the moment lots of damage down to Jena 05:42:59.860 --> 05:43:01.860 I know recognizing there's a heavy pressure 05:43:01.860 --> 05:43:08.860 pressure over towards lobby at the moments, but can't do much to stall it out. 05:43:08.860 --> 05:43:13.380 It early blows yet again, this time it's Jane I know who suffers to rid Adrien taking a 05:43:13.380 --> 05:43:18.860 little bit of damage too, so action will break out on this map at just about any point in 05:43:18.860 --> 05:43:19.860 time. 05:43:19.860 --> 05:43:24.860 I'm still very curious to know what the first thing about that DMR by the way, seeing 05:43:24.860 --> 05:43:27.860 the para in the hands of Kanzin when the DMR is available in a minute, it just kind 05:43:27.860 --> 05:43:29.860 of makes my eyebrows get raised a little bit. 05:43:29.860 --> 05:43:33.240 It's a thought for another day as Adrian marches in swatters Kino 05:43:33.740 --> 05:43:38.620 Jane I know taking a lot of damage earlier on is also about a bullet away from the afterlife 05:43:38.620 --> 05:43:42.120 So this is a much better position than wildcards been in over the last five minutes 05:43:43.740 --> 05:43:48.460 Good early pick but there's still threats around the map don't forget about newer is up here on the top floor 05:43:48.460 --> 05:43:52.380 He is relatively alone now that Kino has fallen 05:43:52.380 --> 05:43:57.620 He's gonna make a bit of a play here with the impact grenade inside of warehouse. There are a lot of wildcard players Bay 05:43:57.620 --> 05:44:02.260 I mean there's players that are maybe worried about this here comes the run-out now 05:44:02.420 --> 05:44:06.260 But not finding angles he was looking for and just dies to the main breach 05:44:07.700 --> 05:44:09.700 wild card now after 05:44:09.940 --> 05:44:13.940 Great start will continue to improve looking to regain the lead 05:44:13.940 --> 05:44:17.440 They allowed DG to hang on to those rounds for quite some time 05:44:17.440 --> 05:44:21.820 But it looks like wild card will be able to try them NJR now all alone 05:44:23.220 --> 05:44:25.220 In a 1v4 05:44:25.220 --> 05:44:32.140 Wildcard have control. They've got the defuse kit and they'll find NJR to wildcard will stem the bleeding 05:44:32.240 --> 05:44:39.280 Two rounds for DZ, but wildcard safe. We'll take the lead back. Thanks five four for the team on your screen 05:44:39.900 --> 05:44:46.100 Yeah, we talk about sometimes wildcard being a little bit individual on the clears dark zero quite individual there on the 05:44:46.100 --> 05:44:48.980 Rome game not able to trade each other out just because of the positions 05:44:48.980 --> 05:44:52.540 They were playing that is kind of how you'd see teams playing on the bottom floor 05:44:52.540 --> 05:44:55.880 It's tough. It often does come down to a lot of those 1v1s. 05:44:55.880 --> 05:45:01.160 Kino in the storage position was such a critical player to that defense because storage obviously 05:45:01.160 --> 05:45:05.560 denies the main breach on the bottom floor, denies the most default plant spot on the bottom floor, 05:45:05.560 --> 05:45:10.680 has access to the Animus Hatch as well. It's such a powerful position, so the second Kino goes down in storage. 05:45:10.680 --> 05:45:13.440 You see everybody on DZ trying to fight to retake it. 05:45:13.440 --> 05:45:17.080 Fault ends up in there about halfway through the rounds, but it's just not quite enough. 05:45:17.080 --> 05:45:22.120 The movements coming out from DZ on the reaction are a little bit too readable for Wildcard, 05:45:22.120 --> 05:45:24.440 So, nice little comeback there. 05:45:24.440 --> 05:45:26.680 They regained the lead here in this match-up. 05:45:26.680 --> 05:45:30.600 Up five to four, they can continue with their sight rotation. 05:45:30.600 --> 05:45:32.680 These teams really love in Kitchen Cafeteria. 05:45:32.680 --> 05:45:34.840 We will go for it once again for Dark Zero, 05:45:34.840 --> 05:45:37.720 now playing all four bomb sites on their first four defenses. 05:45:40.440 --> 05:45:43.000 Yee-haw! Tonight in even labs. 05:45:43.000 --> 05:45:45.240 A reminder that Clubhouse is up next. 05:45:45.240 --> 05:45:48.680 Should it be required, the winner of this contest 05:45:48.680 --> 05:45:50.520 will be the second team in North America 05:45:50.520 --> 05:45:53.720 get to clinch a spot at Salt Lake City Major. 05:45:53.720 --> 05:45:56.000 For those that didn't watch our earlier match, 05:45:56.000 --> 05:45:59.600 five fears toppled a one of 30 in a very bizarre game 05:45:59.600 --> 05:46:02.560 that had some unexpected twists and developments. 05:46:02.560 --> 05:46:04.720 Go back and watch at least map number one, 05:46:04.720 --> 05:46:06.840 if you're curious about what I mean. 05:46:06.840 --> 05:46:09.440 There's some tech issues on the side of one of 30 05:46:09.440 --> 05:46:12.720 that we don't see at this level. 05:46:12.720 --> 05:46:17.160 TZ is hoping to go up 2-0 and escape this match up 05:46:17.160 --> 05:46:18.880 and then go up against five fears 05:46:18.880 --> 05:46:23.440 In our very next and final match of the day, you and I will be casting, but Wildcard right 05:46:23.440 --> 05:46:28.840 now is really testing them, and it's in fact Wildcard, and the drivers since here on Dark 05:46:28.840 --> 05:46:29.840 Zero's map. 05:46:29.840 --> 05:46:34.280 Wouldn't be that abnormal to see two teams win their opponent's map picks if they don't 05:46:34.280 --> 05:46:35.280 have them all that often. 05:46:35.280 --> 05:46:40.120 But when you get to this level and you find teams this evenly balanced, it's 05:46:40.120 --> 05:46:41.120 bound to happen. 05:46:41.120 --> 05:46:44.680 That would mean the clubhouse as our tiebreaker. 05:46:44.680 --> 05:46:47.680 The hopes and dreams for Wildcard at the moment. 05:46:47.680 --> 05:46:53.680 The major still hangs in the balance, dark zero three rounds away, but still not in a comfortable position. 05:46:53.680 --> 05:46:57.680 I like this setup here on the Cafeteria site that's got faults on the class just up above. 05:46:57.680 --> 05:47:01.680 This is similar to what Baby Shark was trying to do when the wildcard defended this site, 05:47:01.680 --> 05:47:04.680 but positioning of the class was quite a bit different back then. 05:47:05.680 --> 05:47:10.680 Faults just being able to play at the top of these lobby stairs makes it really awkward to walk in and take this control. 05:47:10.680 --> 05:47:15.680 If no controller is meeting, then it becomes very difficult to try to apply that vert pressure. 05:47:15.680 --> 05:47:20.080 reason why this site is considered to be the weakest on the map because if you 05:47:20.080 --> 05:47:23.560 allow the attackers to get in above the bomb site inside a meeting they can have 05:47:23.560 --> 05:47:29.000 so much extra control for now that position has been denied bay outside 05:47:29.000 --> 05:47:35.160 the windows done a bit of work but really wildcard unable to take that space 05:47:36.160 --> 05:47:40.880 it's the yana experiment and continue on words by the way glad that they're 05:47:40.880 --> 05:47:44.680 using some of the more common information ops now dopamine demos are 05:47:44.680 --> 05:47:48.460 mighty mighty strong solid snake is available but it's not being used by 05:47:48.460 --> 05:47:52.500 this wildcard team too great a fact in fact not being used at all news and 05:47:52.500 --> 05:47:55.240 Jane I know we'll start off this round in the positive direction for Dergster 05:47:55.240 --> 05:47:59.560 Adrian though showing signs of life the wildcard out we'll go that all of you 05:47:59.560 --> 05:48:04.660 protect her trying to tear strips through folds as it exposes us the back of 05:48:04.660 --> 05:48:09.040 him the shield will not be able to protect him don't ROU field we're 05:48:09.040 --> 05:48:14.080 keeping this defender safe and Keto actually wins because Adrian missed 05:48:14.080 --> 05:48:19.920 times the gadget that is bad luck for wildcard an opportunity for WC to get 05:48:19.920 --> 05:48:24.200 back in this one the Darkseer denies it and now doubles up on them in a 4v2. 05:48:24.200 --> 05:48:28.160 Yeah low time is well Parker this is gonna be really tricky for wildcard 05:48:28.160 --> 05:48:31.720 Kanzan all alone as this one teammate is above the bomb site still just 05:48:31.720 --> 05:48:35.480 fishing for picks. 25 seconds you can't fish for long you've got to go down 05:48:35.480 --> 05:48:38.000 and help Kanzan. 05:48:38.280 --> 05:48:43.000 I think you have it's got nine kills Bay with eight these two have leveled 05:48:43.000 --> 05:48:45.240 up at this point in time, both of them chasing Adrian. 05:48:45.240 --> 05:48:47.640 He's got the crown right now on this team. 05:48:47.640 --> 05:48:49.280 You might have to wait to pad those stats 05:48:49.280 --> 05:48:51.320 till the next round because down goes Bay 05:48:51.320 --> 05:48:53.120 and there goes Kansan as well. 05:48:53.120 --> 05:48:55.760 Tarx here is not letting Wildcard get away with this one. 05:48:55.760 --> 05:48:57.160 Certainly not easily. 05:48:57.160 --> 05:49:00.920 Wildcard could still win, but we got ourselves a tie game 05:49:00.920 --> 05:49:03.680 and we will go all the way in regulation 05:49:03.680 --> 05:49:05.360 no matter who wins. 05:49:05.360 --> 05:49:09.000 Genuinely an absurd reposition by Kino in the 4v2. 05:49:09.000 --> 05:49:10.600 He's not jumping out to get a kill. 05:49:10.600 --> 05:49:12.200 He's not jumping out to toss a nitro. 05:49:12.200 --> 05:49:18.760 He actually just decides this is my best position playing outside of the map with the shotgun close on the window 05:49:19.280 --> 05:49:25.520 Correctly identifies that walkard needs to push through this hallway if they want to get control of lounge if they want to push towards the bomb site 05:49:25.520 --> 05:49:29.520 So says why don't I just be annoying don't care if you've got free pings on me 05:49:29.520 --> 05:49:33.800 I'm just gonna play here and ends up being a big distraction doesn't get any kills from that spot 05:49:33.800 --> 05:49:38.560 But enables those frags to come through from his teammates kind of a fun play there in the 4v2 05:49:38.560 --> 05:49:42.720 earlier on as well we saw those Metro cells really doing work we didn't catch 05:49:42.720 --> 05:49:46.360 if it was NJR on the pulse that was guiding J9O's Nitro for the opening 05:49:46.360 --> 05:49:50.000 pick but regardless seabores were really strong from dark zero and not rounds 05:49:50.000 --> 05:49:54.440 they can test very tightly up towards meeting and with that it will tie us 05:49:54.440 --> 05:49:58.600 once again five five it just feels like these two teams could not be any more 05:49:58.600 --> 05:50:01.160 even matched 05:50:02.360 --> 05:50:07.120 then this means the clubhouse if it emerges will be an incredibly tight 05:50:07.120 --> 05:50:13.280 series to seal the deal five fears is in the wings waiting on the victor of this 05:50:13.280 --> 05:50:16.600 match and all the other international teams that qualified for the major are 05:50:16.600 --> 05:50:20.320 surely watching North America now with great interest to see which 05:50:20.320 --> 05:50:24.400 representatives will make it through there are still plenty of teams in the 05:50:24.400 --> 05:50:28.200 fight the only ones that have been knocked down so far other than Outlast 05:50:28.200 --> 05:50:32.560 and 100 thieves who failed to make it to the playoffs are cloud nine and an 05:50:32.560 --> 05:50:34.960 Every day else is still very much in the hunt now 05:50:35.760 --> 05:50:41.880 The lower bracket start to get a little busy Jesse because we've got one of 30 and Shopify rebellion playing tomorrow 05:50:41.880 --> 05:50:45.660 And then we'll have space station playing the loser of this matchup 05:50:46.620 --> 05:50:54.340 Space station looked pretty damn good against cloud 9 so maybe they've made some improvements here but cloud 9 as a team overall 05:50:54.340 --> 05:51:02.340 Maybe he has still some growth to do, so might not be entirely Space Station's growth that we saw on display. 05:51:02.340 --> 05:51:09.340 That said, Space Station and Dream in particular might even be streaming this as he is known to co-stream, 05:51:09.340 --> 05:51:13.340 watching intently to see if he'll have to square off against Dark Zero or Wild Card. 05:51:13.340 --> 05:51:17.340 Those matches will go tomorrow and it'll be our very final day. 05:51:17.340 --> 05:51:19.340 Now you know how he'll kick off. 05:51:19.340 --> 05:51:24.020 Plenty to play for it's been a very fast playoffs here over the last couple of days Parker 05:51:24.020 --> 05:51:27.540 But that's really what brings the action to you what keeps things rolling 05:51:27.820 --> 05:51:33.640 Kino inside the building this time finds spiker for the opening pick pick with the SMG 11 05:51:33.640 --> 05:51:37.840 I'm not sure exactly where spiker was out when he goes down is he outside the window when he dies there 05:51:37.840 --> 05:51:39.840 Maybe outside the breach. He's up above 05:51:40.380 --> 05:51:45.980 Through the floorboards a nice shot with yes, and G11 to give the early man count over towards dark zeroing 05:51:45.980 --> 05:51:49.980 It puts some panic into Wildcard now, you have to clear this top floor, down a man. 05:51:51.480 --> 05:51:56.480 Rough spot for Wildcard, Darkseer could absolutely grab the bull by the horns from here and 05:51:57.480 --> 05:52:01.480 take a huge lead, setting themselves up very effectively on series point. 05:52:01.480 --> 05:52:04.980 They've got four more targets to find. I will say to Wildcard's credit to Jesse, 05:52:04.980 --> 05:52:08.480 they do surrender a lot of early picks and still manage to salvage the round. 05:52:08.480 --> 05:52:11.480 Might be challenging now with Spiker and Adrien are gone. 05:52:11.480 --> 05:52:13.980 Adrien joining the IGL in the afterlife. 05:52:13.980 --> 05:52:18.980 Not a lot of damage has been done into DZ just yet, they find a single kill but traded right back. 05:52:18.980 --> 05:52:23.980 The more DZ trades the better they get because they hold a two for one advantage. 05:52:23.980 --> 05:52:29.980 Tanzan and Baby Shark will have to make this work or else it'll be dark zeros mapped to lose. 05:52:29.980 --> 05:52:35.980 They've managed to figure out where Folk says the Clash just continues to walk away feeding kills to the remainder of DZ. 05:52:35.980 --> 05:52:42.980 Newers and NJR with one apiece and DZR one round away from making the major. 05:52:42.980 --> 05:52:46.740 Another critical round to come through from Kino Parker. He's the site player 05:52:46.740 --> 05:52:51.440 He's the hard anchor, but he doesn't care a couple of big swings to get them to the two-man advantage 05:52:51.440 --> 05:52:54.200 And then even when Kino dies in that round 05:52:54.340 --> 05:53:00.780 He's baiting somebody to walk in from bottom garage, which gets newers a kill to get them into that 4v2 advantage 05:53:00.780 --> 05:53:06.940 Even when Kino is dying. He's providing value for his team. He's helping everybody get that man count even higher 05:53:06.940 --> 05:53:12.400 So it's crazy to watch that play and it just comes down to the little things sometimes, you know going for swings 05:53:12.980 --> 05:53:16.700 Finding the right timing, hitting your shot, this one with the shotgun, 05:53:16.700 --> 05:53:19.100 it's a beautiful time because Adrien is swapping weapons. 05:53:19.100 --> 05:53:21.820 I believe he's putting away that Grim Hive launcher, 05:53:21.820 --> 05:53:24.180 so it ends up being a massive time to play. 05:53:24.180 --> 05:53:27.820 Recognizing what the Grim is likely doing after tossing in those Vs, 05:53:27.820 --> 05:53:32.020 so the game sense is just incredible from Dark Zero in that last round. 05:53:32.020 --> 05:53:33.860 They won 7-5 on map 1. 05:53:33.860 --> 05:53:36.340 They could do it again here on map 2, 05:53:36.340 --> 05:53:39.380 and make Dark Zero be that oh-so-powerful force 05:53:39.380 --> 05:53:41.380 headed to the major for North America. 05:53:42.980 --> 05:53:50.420 DZ has played like a team to sass, Jesse, so it's, uh, not, wouldn't be too much of a 05:53:50.420 --> 05:53:52.580 surprise if they end up being the team of qualifiers. 05:53:52.580 --> 05:53:55.620 The only thing that really would surprise me after those kickoff results through the 05:53:55.620 --> 05:54:00.740 group stage is the fact that DZ wasn't the first team to make it for North America. 05:54:00.740 --> 05:54:03.060 Obviously that really just comes down to where the brackets are. 05:54:03.060 --> 05:54:06.820 Five for years and one of 30 was the first match, so naturally one of them will be 05:54:06.820 --> 05:54:08.660 the first team to qualify. 05:54:08.660 --> 05:54:12.660 But DZ doing it without dropping a map would be quite incredible to see. 05:54:12.660 --> 05:54:19.460 Let's also not just credit this five fears team right DZ finished the group stages of plus 17 and round differential five fears finished a 05:54:19.740 --> 05:54:21.740 Plus 14 05:54:22.820 --> 05:54:28.460 Fair to say that the group ultimately was easier for dark zeros than it was for five fears 05:54:28.460 --> 05:54:31.860 Just at least with the way I was played maybe not on paper and in potential 05:54:32.300 --> 05:54:34.300 So five fears have looked quite dominant 05:54:34.540 --> 05:54:40.180 Obviously, there will be a bit of an asterisk here on their matchup against one of 30 because of the tech issues 05:54:40.180 --> 05:54:42.500 but still a winzo in and they will take a 2-0. 05:54:42.500 --> 05:54:45.980 DZ, hoping to join them, might need to wait a little bit longer, Jesse, 05:54:45.980 --> 05:54:49.780 because Keto gets picked off very early here in the final round of regulation. 05:54:50.180 --> 05:54:53.780 Yeah, it looks very similar to the last time DarkZero went down to the bottom floor, 05:54:53.780 --> 05:54:57.140 and I gotta say, Park, I'm a bit baffled by this site selection from DZ. 05:54:57.140 --> 05:55:00.500 PopCore is available, but not being brought out. 05:55:00.500 --> 05:55:03.180 They won it in round 7, haven't played it since. 05:55:03.180 --> 05:55:04.940 They've been changing bomb sites up quite a bit, 05:55:04.940 --> 05:55:07.420 but this is the one site where Wildcard's are confident 05:55:07.420 --> 05:55:11.260 where Wildcard were able to isolate gunfights and come away with the edge. 05:55:11.260 --> 05:55:15.260 They've done so again, taking down both SAS operators Kino and G9O, 05:55:15.260 --> 05:55:17.260 hitting the deck early in this round. 05:55:17.260 --> 05:55:21.100 Now Newer's has been spotted out, just trying to make aggressive plays solo, 05:55:21.100 --> 05:55:23.900 but just like last time in this position when he was in the vigil, 05:55:23.900 --> 05:55:25.900 he's not really able to catch anyone off guard. 05:55:25.900 --> 05:55:27.740 They're playing quite passive on the side of Wildcard, 05:55:27.740 --> 05:55:29.740 they're not letting him get away with anything. 05:55:30.300 --> 05:55:32.780 Now it's Newer is getting softened up here. 05:55:32.780 --> 05:55:35.340 Lots of stall potential from these last three DZ players, 05:55:35.340 --> 05:55:38.340 but they have to find work, and they will now need to work a little bit harder. 05:55:38.340 --> 05:55:40.340 Adrian died, but the Neurs will follow. 05:55:40.340 --> 05:55:44.340 Foltz and NJR, all DZ has left, unless we go to overtime. 05:55:44.340 --> 05:55:45.840 Is this DZ's map? 05:55:45.840 --> 05:55:48.840 So Wildcard has been able to push them very effectively. 05:55:48.840 --> 05:55:51.840 Foltz on a flank, takes down one, cannot outdo a baby shark. 05:55:51.840 --> 05:55:57.340 Now it's all up to NJR, the mayor, the longest standing member of this DZ team. 05:55:58.840 --> 05:56:00.340 He's gonna head upstairs. 05:56:00.340 --> 05:56:04.340 That'll put him right up against Kansan, unless he gets drowned out. 05:56:04.340 --> 05:56:09.340 That flank turn will do wonders, it scoots on by and now out comes the LMG. 05:56:09.340 --> 05:56:12.340 The jig is up, they know exactly where he is, this is valuable information. 05:56:12.340 --> 05:56:17.340 I think NGR realizes that at this point in time, he's probably doomed if he stays in that position. 05:56:17.340 --> 05:56:18.340 So he gets out of there. 05:56:18.340 --> 05:56:20.340 No reposition now. 05:56:20.340 --> 05:56:24.340 In between the A and B bomb sites gets thrown out yet again waiting for the head. 05:56:24.340 --> 05:56:26.340 An LMG does a deceptive amount of damage. 05:56:26.340 --> 05:56:31.340 He just needs to make sure he can actually land the shots and survive the onslaught, which he won't! 05:56:31.340 --> 05:56:36.600 Baby shark takes a bite out of him and we're going to overtime between these teams 05:56:37.300 --> 05:56:38.540 Yeah, again Parker 05:56:38.540 --> 05:56:45.160 I'm just really questioning the site choice in round number 12 for dark zero maybe with that mirror band thinking that they have no wall denial 05:56:45.160 --> 05:56:47.060 They don't want to try that soft floor once again 05:56:47.060 --> 05:56:49.120 I'm not sure what the process is there 05:56:49.120 --> 05:56:56.100 But this is a game where every single round 12 straight the team that's gotten the opening pick has converted it into a round 05:56:56.100 --> 05:57:02.220 And then you go back to the one bomb site where you're really forced to spread your teammates out around the map where it's so 05:57:02.220 --> 05:57:08.220 Hard to trade if you do get that opening death where wildcard looks very proficient on their attacks back in round number nine 05:57:08.220 --> 05:57:13.020 And again, you see this individual one-to-one gunfights. This is not what Dark Zero was known for 05:57:13.020 --> 05:57:18.300 This is not what Dark Zero's defense usually looked like but it's kind of necessitated by the strats they're playing 05:57:18.300 --> 05:57:21.920 It was different from the last time they went through this long floor 05:57:21.920 --> 05:57:25.220 They changed a lot of operators. The Echo was new, the Chonka was new. Don't get me wrong 05:57:25.220 --> 05:57:31.940 There were some new looks, but fundamentally it was still a roam and you still got roam clear to really cleanly buy wild card 05:57:32.180 --> 05:57:35.260 They will go top floor. They will not make that thing stay twice 05:57:35.260 --> 05:57:39.940 But you got to imagine have they just picked this bomb site around 12 if they win it right now 05:57:39.940 --> 05:57:41.940 They could have been looking at a 7-5 05:57:43.460 --> 05:57:45.460 Here's a number for you Jesse 05:57:46.340 --> 05:57:48.340 12 opening kills 05:57:48.340 --> 05:57:53.320 I'm directly led to that team getting the opening kill, winning the round. 05:57:53.320 --> 05:57:57.900 100% conversion rate on the opening duels. 05:57:57.900 --> 05:58:04.420 Now granted there have been a bunch of trades, two in fact, and they benefited. 05:58:04.420 --> 05:58:06.300 Easy both times. 05:58:06.300 --> 05:58:08.140 Wildcard did trade it back again. 05:58:08.140 --> 05:58:11.940 Wildcard able to be a little bit stickier in the way that they play these trades, 05:58:11.940 --> 05:58:15.700 but the team of individuals thing really does come back here. 05:58:15.700 --> 05:58:19.060 So if you get the first kill, you go on to win the round. 05:58:19.060 --> 05:58:22.180 That is how every single round up at this point is played out. 05:58:22.180 --> 05:58:25.220 And again, it really does come down to style, whether you're entering alone, whether you're 05:58:25.220 --> 05:58:26.220 entering solo. 05:58:26.220 --> 05:58:29.700 DZ was playing a little bit more together on their attacks. 05:58:29.700 --> 05:58:34.060 They get to defend yet again, this is a familiar spot, they just finished defending. 05:58:34.060 --> 05:58:38.820 So we'll see if those attacks can be quite as formidable as DZ is hoping for. 05:58:38.820 --> 05:58:40.900 This has been a very defender-sided match. 05:58:40.900 --> 05:58:46.280 So I do think the attackers struggle quite a bit here in OT, only four rounds at this point. 05:58:46.280 --> 05:58:55.400 One by the attackers, if you can strike first as an attacker, you are in such good shape on all maps, but it is a specially poignant here. 05:58:55.400 --> 05:59:02.900 We are a minute into action first round of OT, IT wall opened up, great pace by Wildcard, but no action beyond that. 05:59:03.860 --> 05:59:06.180 Check their committing a lot towards this garage there. 05:59:06.180 --> 05:59:10.500 You can already see spikers setting up with the capitol bolts, the Grimby's being tossed here as well. 05:59:10.500 --> 05:59:14.580 That will immediately force J9O to back off less than halfway through this round. 05:59:14.580 --> 05:59:16.420 And you've already had to give up garage. 05:59:16.420 --> 05:59:19.300 That's pretty early map control to come through from wildcard. 05:59:19.300 --> 05:59:21.700 If you combine that with the fact they have this IT breach, 05:59:21.700 --> 05:59:25.540 then that's when it starts to look better and better for this wildcard team. 05:59:25.540 --> 05:59:26.740 They don't have full control. 05:59:26.740 --> 05:59:29.380 Of course, Aqua and connector are still the two kind of question marks, 05:59:29.380 --> 05:59:31.220 but we're looking at Adrian and base positioning. 05:59:31.220 --> 05:59:34.660 I mean, half player is pressuring in connector side. 05:59:34.660 --> 05:59:36.260 Adrian's taking some of these fights now. 05:59:36.260 --> 05:59:37.980 He's been so good for Wildcard today. 05:59:37.980 --> 05:59:41.140 Double digits just on this map, but it's banged strikes first. 05:59:41.140 --> 05:59:42.420 And I was gonna say, I think this might be 05:59:42.420 --> 05:59:43.940 a little bit too standard for Dark Zero. 05:59:43.940 --> 05:59:46.340 They're not high on map control as they would want. 05:59:46.340 --> 05:59:47.900 It was taken quickly by Wildcard, 05:59:47.900 --> 05:59:49.620 and now they find themselves kind of trapped 05:59:49.620 --> 05:59:50.980 in this bomb site. 05:59:50.980 --> 05:59:52.940 Neuers was basically playing to live. 05:59:52.940 --> 05:59:54.540 He dies in this position. 05:59:54.540 --> 05:59:56.300 Finally, we're starting to see some signs of life 05:59:56.300 --> 05:59:57.740 from this Dark Zero defense. 05:59:57.740 --> 06:00:00.620 They approach the breaches, opened up our Wildcard, 06:00:00.620 --> 06:00:02.620 Exchange some words with the attackers. 06:00:02.620 --> 06:00:04.620 Don't find anything just yet. 06:00:04.620 --> 06:00:06.620 Still only about a minute to go. 06:00:06.620 --> 06:00:09.620 It's still plenty of time to figure out where these defenders are. 06:00:09.620 --> 06:00:12.620 Intel Ops on the side of Wildcard and they are using that information. 06:00:12.620 --> 06:00:13.620 Oh, so effectively. 06:00:13.620 --> 06:00:15.620 They struck first, they struck second. 06:00:15.620 --> 06:00:17.620 Fultz will strike back, but Spiker trades it, 06:00:17.620 --> 06:00:20.620 and Wildcard are in great position. 06:00:20.620 --> 06:00:21.620 35 seconds to go. 06:00:21.620 --> 06:00:23.620 Spiker is the all clear to get the fuser down. 06:00:23.620 --> 06:00:26.620 J9O smoked out of his position. 06:00:26.620 --> 06:00:28.620 He finds Kansan, pre-fires on another, 06:00:28.620 --> 06:00:35.340 Now loose through! He manages to get everybody, but Spiker and Spiker will need to clutch out with Diffuse Kid going down again. 06:00:35.340 --> 06:00:42.340 Spiker got off of it! Jane I know trying to stop him in the process. Spiker will finally abort, but get to kill! 06:00:42.340 --> 06:00:48.340 Ice in his veins! Spiker pushes his team to map point. 06:00:48.340 --> 06:00:53.540 What a round from the captain of Wildcard. From start to finish it looks good Parker. 06:00:53.540 --> 06:00:57.860 They use their utility perfectly on rafters. They got space over towards connectors 06:00:57.860 --> 06:01:02.580 They did everything they needed to in that push it gets a little messy at the ends there 06:01:02.580 --> 06:01:04.660 They took a couple of ill advised swings 06:01:04.660 --> 06:01:09.180 They lose their player just on this on the main site breach trying to get in from connector 06:01:09.180 --> 06:01:14.340 But in the end it doesn't matter spiker pulls off that plant to get the final kill 06:01:14.340 --> 06:01:18.260 This was maybe the one mistake that gets made in Adrian dying defaults up close 06:01:18.260 --> 06:01:21.340 They're not aware of his position, but even that gets immediately traded out 06:01:21.340 --> 06:01:23.900 It's nearly a great clutch from J9O. 06:01:23.900 --> 06:01:27.340 He finds these last couple of players, able to isolate them one at a time, 06:01:27.340 --> 06:01:32.340 as the plant's going down pillar side, but it doesn't matter when Spikers shootin' like that. 06:01:32.340 --> 06:01:37.340 Beautifully done coming out from the most versatile attacking player in the league. 06:01:37.340 --> 06:01:42.340 Really beautifully done from him, and he will get his team up on the map point. 06:01:42.340 --> 06:01:52.580 That's just the fifth successful attacking round, by the way. 06:01:52.580 --> 06:01:59.480 It has been such a defender-sided map, and of course Wildcard charges in attacking and 06:01:59.480 --> 06:02:01.680 they prevail. 06:02:01.680 --> 06:02:02.680 Easy. 06:02:02.680 --> 06:02:05.080 They've got their hands full. 06:02:05.080 --> 06:02:08.360 About to lose their map unless they can change their fortunes here. 06:02:08.360 --> 06:02:12.800 wildcard improving the longer these best of threes go on they were completely 06:02:12.800 --> 06:02:18.840 lifeless against M80 yesterday dropping their own map one to seven think you 06:02:18.840 --> 06:02:25.120 said the best fortress team in the world about 30 times and they got smoke no 06:02:25.120 --> 06:02:30.760 I get right and then they got absolutely crushed and then what happened 06:02:30.760 --> 06:02:34.720 they pulled off their reverse sweep and now they are here fighting for a spot 06:02:34.720 --> 06:02:41.120 the major where MAD will be competing for if fixed post, I think it's changing the result, 06:02:41.120 --> 06:02:45.360 maybe 7th, 8th, I can't remember exactly what position it will be because frankly, 06:02:45.360 --> 06:02:49.360 it doesn't really matter, they're not gonna make it. Wildcard are in a position now to pull 06:02:49.360 --> 06:02:55.120 off a reverse sweep yet again, so long as they win this map. Then it sets them up for a tidy 06:02:55.120 --> 06:02:59.840 best of one on clubhouse. Both of these teams have looked mighty, mighty good, but DZ objectively 06:02:59.840 --> 06:03:07.640 Wildcard improving at a fast rate and now starting to challenge whether DZ and remain as dominant as they are 06:03:08.760 --> 06:03:10.160 This is a no-quit team 06:03:10.160 --> 06:03:15.280 There's no doubt about that wildcard down to the bottom four info is so good for DZ though 06:03:15.280 --> 06:03:20.780 And there comes newers once again such an amazing snake player and he's able to spot that player out 06:03:20.780 --> 06:03:23.280 I believe it's a drone from his teammate that gets him that intel 06:03:23.280 --> 06:03:29.760 Fine Spiker, the mastermind of the last round, the hero that got Woggar to this position. 06:03:29.760 --> 06:03:34.920 Lots of control and you can see a very different defense from Woggar than what we saw at Dark Zero. 06:03:34.920 --> 06:03:38.960 It's very anchor-focused. They didn't want to get too aggressive up on that top floor, 06:03:38.960 --> 06:03:43.680 lose individual gunfights, go down in numbers. It's happened anyways, but they've got to 06:03:43.680 --> 06:03:47.240 just deal with that reality now. Lots of walls being opened up by Dark Zero. 06:03:47.240 --> 06:03:49.800 They have entrances both into assembly and animus 06:03:51.080 --> 06:03:57.880 And another vert pick from an intel office false this time who catches Bay that was up towards a flank around cafeteria 06:04:01.640 --> 06:04:05.320 This happens in OT all the time doesn't it Jesse the team that has 06:04:06.240 --> 06:04:12.120 Get basically no chance whatsoever the side rather than has no chance whatsoever suddenly shows up huge and then spades 06:04:12.120 --> 06:04:16.720 and that's four attacking rounds, one during the first 12 rounds. 06:04:16.720 --> 06:04:20.920 Now it looks almost certainly like it will be two for two for attackers. 06:04:20.920 --> 06:04:22.920 And this one might be done flawlessly. 06:04:22.920 --> 06:04:24.620 Nope, maybe Shark says not today. 06:04:24.620 --> 06:04:25.720 Down goes Fultz. 06:04:25.720 --> 06:04:28.120 The juice kit in the hands of NJR. 06:04:28.120 --> 06:04:29.120 He's at the halfway point. 06:04:29.120 --> 06:04:30.620 Three players from DZ will cover. 06:04:32.120 --> 06:04:34.420 Maybe Shark track in this position in XR suit. 06:04:34.420 --> 06:04:36.220 And he's shut down by J9O. 06:04:36.920 --> 06:04:37.820 We're going all the way. 06:04:37.820 --> 06:04:41.220 All 15 rounds between these teams if DZ prevails, 06:04:41.220 --> 06:04:48.200 They become the second team from North America to qualify for the major wild card prevails. We get another map 06:04:49.980 --> 06:04:56.300 What a crazy game this has been I have no ability to predict how this last one's gonna go Parker 06:04:56.300 --> 06:05:01.300 I mean those last couple of attacks look so good from the respective teams dark zero just 06:05:02.140 --> 06:05:07.100 Annihilating the aggressive play coming out from wild card once again through those vert hatches 06:05:07.100 --> 06:05:09.980 one was into the basement one was down to the ground floor even the 06:05:11.220 --> 06:05:16.320 Even the mausie halfway through that round right getting droned out and then eventually followed up on with the kill 06:05:16.320 --> 06:05:19.900 I mean it really does look clinical coming through from dark zero 06:05:20.480 --> 06:05:25.900 Now they have a big question. Where do you go to defend on around 15 again? 06:05:25.900 --> 06:05:30.520 The info was really clean. It was the clutch drone from Kino that started things off with the information 06:05:30.520 --> 06:05:37.220 But combined the drones plus the snake plus the lion plus the females it is info abundant for the Z 06:05:37.220 --> 06:05:41.220 The answer to my question, it will be storage and control. 06:05:41.220 --> 06:05:45.220 This is where Kino was so incredible inside the site last time they played it, 06:05:45.220 --> 06:05:48.220 hopping off the mute over to the Malusie, bit of a new setup. 06:05:48.220 --> 06:05:53.220 Coming over from Dark Zero, hoping to catch Wildcard off guard for their final round on Nighthaven. 06:05:55.220 --> 06:06:01.220 Oh my, the Legion on the board, like these changes from DZ. 06:06:01.220 --> 06:06:07.560 a T5 is such an easy gun to wield and lesion is a lot of things he's a trap 06:06:07.560 --> 06:06:10.740 operator he's also an information operator don't discredit the ability of 06:06:10.740 --> 06:06:14.620 those goominds to find out where your attackers are coming from Ella also 06:06:14.620 --> 06:06:18.140 functions similarly and even foreign too if you're a razor bloom go off you 06:06:18.140 --> 06:06:20.900 probably know where they're coming from 06:06:20.900 --> 06:06:27.500 it's a very active defense so far by DZ Jesse Neurus is in a danger zone his cross is being held for the time being 06:06:27.500 --> 06:06:30.500 He's waiting maybe for a sound of a reload to try and swing. 06:06:30.500 --> 06:06:32.500 I don't know if he'll catch Kansan off guard, 06:06:32.500 --> 06:06:34.500 especially with Kansan on that upside down repel. 06:06:34.500 --> 06:06:36.500 This might be a fool's errand for Neurus, 06:06:36.500 --> 06:06:39.500 but at least he survives rather than risking his life in a 50-50 fight. 06:06:40.500 --> 06:06:42.500 I'm here on some of these entries, Parker. 06:06:42.500 --> 06:06:44.500 Who's gonna be the one to strike first from wild guard? 06:06:44.500 --> 06:06:48.500 Usually we'd look to Bay, here on the IQ, just on the top of Aqua. 06:06:48.500 --> 06:06:50.500 You've got Baby Shark as well here on the snake, 06:06:50.500 --> 06:06:52.500 hoping to gather information outside of Electrical. 06:06:52.500 --> 06:06:54.500 There are some players roaming top floor. 06:06:54.500 --> 06:06:56.500 It's Boltz, Kino, and J9O. 06:06:56.500 --> 06:07:01.500 I know, but Spike are the first one to take some damage, not from the roamers, but from the site player. 06:07:01.500 --> 06:07:04.500 And I mean, I was moving towards Aqua and making the space for his team. 06:07:05.500 --> 06:07:07.500 They're looking for the follow-up. 06:07:07.500 --> 06:07:08.500 Just lodging those defenders. 06:07:08.500 --> 06:07:09.500 Down goes Kino. 06:07:09.500 --> 06:07:12.500 Wildcard now four kills away from a third map. 06:07:12.500 --> 06:07:18.500 It seemed unlikely for so long, this DZT was very dominant, but Wildcard are punishing them. 06:07:18.500 --> 06:07:19.500 Dark zero. 06:07:19.500 --> 06:07:22.500 Just appearing in front of our very eyes. 06:07:22.500 --> 06:07:23.500 Neurs and folks lost. 06:07:23.500 --> 06:07:24.500 You left. 06:07:24.500 --> 06:07:25.500 Neurs will hit on one. 06:07:25.500 --> 06:07:27.020 or control for Wildcard. 06:07:27.020 --> 06:07:28.260 That's great for them, 06:07:28.260 --> 06:07:29.620 but they have to get to the bomb site 06:07:29.620 --> 06:07:31.900 and this is where things might get a little tight, 06:07:31.900 --> 06:07:34.500 especially if they don't have information. 06:07:34.500 --> 06:07:36.260 Just based on the drones that are available, 06:07:36.260 --> 06:07:39.140 Wildcard will likely fly blind. 06:07:39.140 --> 06:07:40.300 Ult says no real support. 06:07:40.300 --> 06:07:41.740 They might have him on the cross here. 06:07:41.740 --> 06:07:43.660 That's the bra of Adrian holding this position. 06:07:43.660 --> 06:07:45.020 He gets down. 06:07:45.020 --> 06:07:46.660 Can he secure in time? 06:07:46.660 --> 06:07:47.500 Yes, he can. 06:07:47.500 --> 06:07:49.140 Worried about fish stares? 06:07:49.140 --> 06:07:50.780 The shield of Spiker still running around. 06:07:50.780 --> 06:07:51.700 He's all so low. 06:07:51.700 --> 06:07:53.540 It's allowed numerous to reposition Jesse 06:07:53.540 --> 06:07:54.500 over a minute to go. 06:07:54.500 --> 06:07:58.300 This is winnable for Dark Zero, but it'll be toffin' and just got tougher. 06:07:58.300 --> 06:08:02.940 Both gunned down by bay, map three, unless Newers can clutch out. 06:08:02.940 --> 06:08:06.180 Hiding inside a warehouse, the shield above him. 06:08:06.180 --> 06:08:07.620 He hears them. 06:08:07.620 --> 06:08:08.140 He wants them. 06:08:08.140 --> 06:08:08.900 He go Newers. 06:08:08.900 --> 06:08:11.860 He never shies away from a fight. 06:08:11.860 --> 06:08:13.900 But this wildcard team has leveled up. 06:08:13.900 --> 06:08:17.300 And they've got three terrific players all hunting for that final kill. 06:08:17.300 --> 06:08:21.260 Spiker with the fuse kit in hand, he'll have two escorts walking towards the bomb 06:08:21.260 --> 06:08:23.940 site, one of them now over top of Newers. 06:08:24.500 --> 06:08:26.500 I don't think they know where he is, Jesse. 06:08:26.500 --> 06:08:29.500 They finally drawn him out and Neuers will need to scamper off of his position. 06:08:29.500 --> 06:08:33.500 He hears the drop from the shield, but he has his mind turned somewhere else. 06:08:33.500 --> 06:08:35.500 He's expecting the push, he'll read it correctly. 06:08:35.500 --> 06:08:39.500 He can't do much about Spiker, so now he has to go back to where he was before. 06:08:39.500 --> 06:08:41.500 Look in warehouse, see what's up. 06:08:41.500 --> 06:08:44.500 Nice shot by Neuers, almost gets the shield. 06:08:44.500 --> 06:08:48.500 It's going to come down to him versus Bay and Bay gets the job done. 06:08:48.500 --> 06:08:54.500 Wild Card wins a Wild One and we will go to map three. 06:08:54.500 --> 06:08:59.500 Such an impressive attack. They start fast, they clue that pop four, 06:08:59.500 --> 06:09:04.500 they get the man advantage and then pump the brakes. They don't panic, they don't rush into sight, 06:09:04.500 --> 06:09:10.500 they use their drones Parker. Always hunting for that information, making sure they had advantageous fights 06:09:10.500 --> 06:09:16.500 from start to finish. An impressive match from Wild Card stealing their opponent's pick. 06:09:16.500 --> 06:09:20.740 We owe one more to decide this series. We'll toss in the desk and a break before we get there. 06:09:46.500 --> 06:09:50.500 I'm never standing out, I'ma keep it going till the end of the night 06:09:50.500 --> 06:09:55.500 I'm breaking eggs and wildin' out, or I'll get all full of stuff with my money out 06:09:55.500 --> 06:10:00.500 Cause I came to get down, so let's run it up, I'ma keep it going till the end of the night 06:10:03.500 --> 06:10:06.500 It's going till the end of the night 06:12:46.500 --> 06:12:53.500 the 06:12:53.500 --> 06:12:56.500 the 06:12:56.500 --> 06:12:59.500 the 06:12:59.500 --> 06:13:02.500 the 06:13:02.500 --> 06:13:05.500 the 06:13:05.500 --> 06:13:08.500 the 06:13:08.500 --> 06:13:11.500 the 06:13:11.500 --> 06:13:14.500 the 06:13:14.500 --> 06:13:23.460 I mean, come on, we're all thinking it. 06:13:23.460 --> 06:13:24.460 Let's go! 06:13:24.460 --> 06:13:25.700 We're going to map 3. 06:13:25.700 --> 06:13:29.540 It's exactly what you want in a major qualifying scenario. 06:13:29.540 --> 06:13:33.620 Wildcard, they came out at the half, they were winning, they kept the momentum up, and 06:13:33.620 --> 06:13:38.500 DZ nearly made the comeback happen, but just let it slip through their fingers in the 06:13:38.500 --> 06:13:39.500 end. 06:13:39.500 --> 06:13:42.340 Yeah, we said once we switched halves, I mean it was on DZ's shoulders at that 06:13:42.340 --> 06:13:43.340 point. 06:13:43.340 --> 06:13:47.060 of their layers and they did a very good job in the beginning and they got two successful 06:13:47.060 --> 06:13:50.780 defense rounds just playing off their utility, playing off those layers, they would lose 06:13:50.780 --> 06:13:55.580 round nine and then they would pivot to ten and eleven and the big proponent for their 06:13:55.580 --> 06:14:01.280 success in both those rounds were Clash. Clash delayed so much time, stopped so much 06:14:01.280 --> 06:14:04.460 of Wild Cards push where then they would ultimately run down the clock and they 06:14:04.460 --> 06:14:09.140 were panicking to get them into the site to go for a defuse, you know, go up fight 06:14:09.140 --> 06:14:14.260 these players and then it just trickles down every single defense after that for 06:14:14.260 --> 06:14:18.860 some reason DZ doesn't go back to top floor DZ doesn't bring the clash and 06:14:18.860 --> 06:14:22.780 now we're here we're going to a third map where those minor tweaks bringing that 06:14:22.780 --> 06:14:27.280 operator could have changed everything yeah slowing wildcard down definitely was 06:14:27.280 --> 06:14:31.260 their success being able to add those layers the shield having faults on the 06:14:31.260 --> 06:14:34.060 two-eyed say this is one of his more exceptional games I feel like he was 06:14:34.060 --> 06:14:37.740 always making the right decision up until that last round the last round 06:14:37.740 --> 06:14:38.740 with the retake. 06:14:38.740 --> 06:14:42.620 If he was alive, the newers could have clutched up if he just had a team in alive. 06:14:42.620 --> 06:14:48.460 But I will say the one commending thing that got Wildcard to push over the hurdle is sometimes 06:14:48.460 --> 06:14:49.620 it would get hectic. 06:14:49.620 --> 06:14:52.380 Sometimes it would be a back and forth situation. 06:14:52.380 --> 06:14:56.660 But the fact that they would always take a moment regardless of the time and make sure 06:14:56.660 --> 06:15:01.100 that they're droning out the last few players from dark zero, that shows respect. 06:15:01.100 --> 06:15:02.500 They understand who they're playing against. 06:15:02.500 --> 06:15:06.180 They know that any one of these players can win a round individually. 06:15:06.180 --> 06:15:11.020 They take their time and they're playing very disciplined, very disciplined and very consistent. 06:15:11.020 --> 06:15:15.340 And yes, they with some round slip, but at the end of the day, consistency and discipline 06:15:15.340 --> 06:15:16.700 will get you past the finish line. 06:15:16.700 --> 06:15:17.700 And that's what we saw. 06:15:17.700 --> 06:15:22.020 And we saw those hero play moments from it feels like so many different people in the lobby. 06:15:22.020 --> 06:15:23.060 We saw it in the end. 06:15:23.060 --> 06:15:25.220 They're almost a clutch there from Newers and folks. 06:15:25.220 --> 06:15:29.540 We saw Spiker hold off a very aggressive DZ early on in overtime. 06:15:29.700 --> 06:15:34.580 We also thought saw the entries on both of these teams really find their stride fox. 06:15:34.580 --> 06:15:39.920 I mean they were continuing to put up the numbers that we know they can put up they was playing well newers were playing well 06:15:39.920 --> 06:15:47.000 I mean both teams had their players playing nearly at their best. I mean, we know what newers is gonna bring to the table 06:15:47.000 --> 06:15:53.140 He's an amazing entry. He's been so good for dark zero and he has the spot all to himself now as opposed to this previous teams 06:15:53.140 --> 06:15:57.620 That he was on where he had to share but newers has been doing his absolute best in the last shot 06:15:57.620 --> 06:16:02.680 He hit in the last one through the floor. That was gross this one right here. Oh my god 06:16:02.680 --> 06:16:07.820 I thought he was going to clutch it up, but thankfully for wildcard he did it and on the side of wildcard Bay 06:16:07.820 --> 06:16:12.380 I mean we were talking about how we need the baby shark to step up, but more specifically the entries 06:16:12.380 --> 06:16:16.300 I mean it seemed like on shallay both the entries were getting the short end of the stick 06:16:16.300 --> 06:16:20.820 They couldn't find anything that make it happen, but Bay himself he really was coming alive 06:16:20.820 --> 06:16:23.120 He was the spearhead and on a map like labs 06:16:23.120 --> 06:16:28.980 I mean he has a lot of freedom to find those openings find where he wants to go and I think wildcard with him a 06:16:28.980 --> 06:16:32.160 and they can get Baby Shark as well to be able to wake up. 06:16:32.160 --> 06:16:33.660 Sky's the limit on map three. 06:16:33.660 --> 06:16:35.200 And there's definitely a difference between the two 06:16:35.200 --> 06:16:37.600 ideologies in terms of how they approach the entry, 06:16:37.600 --> 06:16:39.800 where entry is definitely more standard on Neewers 06:16:39.800 --> 06:16:40.920 and where he's getting in your face. 06:16:40.920 --> 06:16:42.520 He's taking those initial gunfights. 06:16:42.520 --> 06:16:43.960 On the side of Bay, I mean, he flexes 06:16:43.960 --> 06:16:46.080 between a lot of supportive operators, 06:16:46.080 --> 06:16:48.360 but once he can set up, once he can help the team, 06:16:48.360 --> 06:16:49.680 then he's kind of let off on a leash 06:16:49.680 --> 06:16:51.200 and he can go off on a roam. 06:16:51.200 --> 06:16:53.520 He can find these opening kills, open up these rounds. 06:16:53.520 --> 06:16:55.680 But now we're going into a map like clubhouse. 06:16:55.680 --> 06:16:57.400 I mean, entries don't get me wrong. 06:16:57.400 --> 06:16:59.120 It's going to be hard getting into this building, 06:16:59.120 --> 06:17:00.840 it's going to be hard fighting for this territory. 06:17:00.840 --> 06:17:03.600 But again, if you're DZ and you're understanding 06:17:03.600 --> 06:17:07.840 you can slow down wildcard, use the clash to your advantage. 06:17:07.840 --> 06:17:10.480 They had no answer for it, two rounds in a row. 06:17:10.480 --> 06:17:13.360 And it just really blows my mind that every single defense 06:17:13.360 --> 06:17:15.080 after that, even going into overtime, 06:17:15.080 --> 06:17:16.280 you wouldn't pivot back to it. 06:17:16.280 --> 06:17:18.200 I mean, it was right in front of you. 06:17:18.200 --> 06:17:19.760 And if you're Dark Zero, you know right now 06:17:19.760 --> 06:17:22.080 the entry game from wildcard is the biggest weakness. 06:17:22.080 --> 06:17:24.080 Clubhouse is very difficult to entry on. 06:17:24.080 --> 06:17:25.760 There's not a lot of rat positions 06:17:25.760 --> 06:17:27.120 where you can get a pick away. 06:17:27.120 --> 06:17:31.160 So I'm hoping, for that sake, that Dark Zero is going to lean into that factor. 06:17:31.160 --> 06:17:36.760 Bring the clash, bring a lot more info base, trap operators to be able to stall out the entries, 06:17:36.760 --> 06:17:40.160 because if Wildcourt is unable to get that advantage in the late round, 06:17:40.160 --> 06:17:44.280 you stall out so much time that they need to take that second to drone out the last few players, 06:17:44.280 --> 06:17:46.520 and the time is on their back. 06:17:46.520 --> 06:17:52.400 That's where we see Wildcourt kind of scurry away, scramble away, 06:17:52.400 --> 06:17:53.920 and start letting the round slip. 06:17:53.920 --> 06:17:56.400 So that's Dark Zero's main focus going into clubhouse. 06:17:56.400 --> 06:18:00.960 Well, we walk into a situation now that is kind of a storybook as we could ever want. 06:18:00.960 --> 06:18:07.760 Map 3 in what has been a very tightly contested series on the clubhouse on all of all maps. 06:18:07.760 --> 06:18:10.800 It's like, it's a Siege's nerd's dream right now. 06:18:10.800 --> 06:18:12.840 It's essentially the Colosseum. 06:18:12.840 --> 06:18:15.880 There's nothing that you're going to be pulling out of your hat that's going to surprise the team. 06:18:15.880 --> 06:18:21.760 It's really just the fundamentals and the sheer willpower and endurance to go all the way of the distance. 06:18:21.760 --> 06:18:24.440 And you're going to go on the most standard map of the moment. 06:18:24.440 --> 06:18:29.360 An interesting fact, I mean, you know, we've talked about Spiker picking up Dash's role that is going to be playing those shield ops 06:18:29.560 --> 06:18:33.800 Even in these past two games he's played. He's only played the shield operator twice now 06:18:33.800 --> 06:18:36.120 So he's pivoted off of it and in a map like clubhouse 06:18:36.120 --> 06:18:39.480 We know how strong these shields can be and how impressive that they can be 06:18:39.480 --> 06:18:44.880 So personally given the fact that that entire half for the most part was really defender sided 06:18:44.880 --> 06:18:50.440 I would like to see Spiker take a little more role on those on those blitz on those black ears 06:18:50.440 --> 06:18:54.840 take a little more frontal pressure and then you know facilitate and go for these 06:18:54.840 --> 06:18:59.380 executes because so far it hasn't really been there but when he does that we see 06:18:59.380 --> 06:19:04.960 wildcarts struggle I agree there I don't want to contribute wildcarts 06:19:04.960 --> 06:19:08.840 immediate success and playoffs to spike or not focusing on the shield so much 06:19:08.840 --> 06:19:13.040 so but I will say when he's got a gun in his hands I mean map one the reason 06:19:13.040 --> 06:19:16.840 why some of those rounds run was because of spikers so you know it 06:19:16.840 --> 06:19:20.240 could be a double edged sword when you do look at this team and what they 06:19:20.240 --> 06:19:24.480 can do on clubhouse. I mean, we haven't asked for predictions for most of the stage here, 06:19:24.480 --> 06:19:29.640 but in a major qualifying moment, I think we got to looking at these two teams laxing. 06:19:29.640 --> 06:19:33.320 I mean, I know you're you're I know you're excited for this wildcard the way they've 06:19:33.320 --> 06:19:37.440 been playing. They look like a new team. We've talked so much about it and then DZ. 06:19:37.440 --> 06:19:41.400 They're the powerhouse. They're the behemoth that we've been talking so much about. Who's 06:19:41.400 --> 06:19:45.600 going to take this? They're going to be cloud nine. Okay, that's not going to 06:19:45.600 --> 06:19:50.040 Actually, it's a tough one, but I'm gonna have to say Wildcard. 06:19:50.040 --> 06:19:54.800 Honestly, especially after how they played it versus SSG, and they honestly got demolished. 06:19:54.800 --> 06:19:56.760 I think there's a lot that's gonna be played from there. 06:19:56.760 --> 06:19:59.520 That's the last thought that DZ would have on them. 06:19:59.520 --> 06:20:01.640 So maybe they're gonna try to go for that same cutoff. 06:20:01.640 --> 06:20:05.720 They're gonna try to course them into gunfights that they just aren't able to get into. 06:20:05.720 --> 06:20:08.500 And then for the Wildcard, like I said, you're gonna take from that game, learn from 06:20:08.500 --> 06:20:12.280 it and implement it, especially going into this match now after going through the 06:20:12.280 --> 06:20:14.420 gauntlet of map one and map two. 06:20:14.420 --> 06:20:18.380 fair bet I'd say dark zero just because the way that you're watching each 06:20:18.380 --> 06:20:22.580 will play I mean the way Kino's been on the shield that such a shield map been 06:20:22.580 --> 06:20:26.140 important he's been exceptional he was so good on Chalet and they are he shields 06:20:26.140 --> 06:20:29.060 that much and JR yeah there are a lot of positions where you have to be 06:20:29.060 --> 06:20:32.420 holding blue holding these hard positions and JR is the best hard 06:20:32.420 --> 06:20:37.740 angle holder in NA in the world I'd say newer's on the entry false is 06:20:37.740 --> 06:20:41.620 been playing great I mean I think it goes without saying that I'm gonna put 06:20:41.620 --> 06:20:46.580 my faith into Dark Zero. But this is such a close contest. We came into this talking 06:20:46.580 --> 06:20:50.580 about the history of these two organizations, right? It was Dark Zero. Every time they play 06:20:50.580 --> 06:20:55.460 Wild Card, Org versus Org, it's Dark Zero coming out on top. Roster versus Roster, 06:20:55.460 --> 06:20:59.540 it's Wild Card, who's had the edge so far in this series. I mean, you see it here. 06:20:59.540 --> 06:21:02.540 When you look at the stats, there's not really that big of a difference though. That's 06:21:02.540 --> 06:21:06.820 like, it's so close. It's so hard to predict and say who's going to win it. Now, if 06:21:06.820 --> 06:21:10.820 you were going off of group stage, there was a clear decider who was going to 06:21:10.820 --> 06:21:15.220 win this match up. But so far from what Wildcard has shown is improvement every step of the 06:21:15.220 --> 06:21:19.300 way. And I'd say on the side of Dark Zero, it's been far more consistency than maybe 06:21:19.300 --> 06:21:21.140 what we've typically seen from other iterations. 06:21:21.140 --> 06:21:24.900 So you just see those smiles on their faces, Fox, and you know single smile. 06:21:24.900 --> 06:21:30.500 Well, there was Bay! There was Bay smiling for a moment there. I mean, not before 06:21:30.500 --> 06:21:36.020 Tommy Martin blocked him. Never mind. Ignore what I said. You can see the focus on 06:21:36.020 --> 06:21:40.100 their faces right now. The point is, you know how much it means to these teams. 06:21:40.100 --> 06:21:42.100 Can we go back to this? 06:21:42.100 --> 06:21:46.700 Because he's still, I mean, he has a mug in it. 06:21:46.700 --> 06:21:48.500 Obviously these teams still have two chances. 06:21:48.500 --> 06:21:50.660 This upper bracket, if they go to the lower bracket, 06:21:50.660 --> 06:21:52.540 they still could potentially make the major. 06:21:52.540 --> 06:21:55.020 Both of these teams could be there. 06:21:55.020 --> 06:21:57.240 When you put yourself in their seat, though, 06:21:57.240 --> 06:21:59.020 and you think about the atmosphere, 06:21:59.020 --> 06:22:01.380 you think about how Dark Zero, they haven't dropped. 06:22:01.380 --> 06:22:04.380 I guess that was the first map they dropped all stage. 06:22:04.380 --> 06:22:06.980 Could that change their mentality here? 06:22:06.980 --> 06:22:08.460 Even though they have that much experience, 06:22:08.460 --> 06:22:10.060 do you think that could rattle them at all? 06:22:10.060 --> 06:22:11.780 dropping the first map of the kickoff. 06:22:11.780 --> 06:22:12.900 I mean, that's a great question, Jonah, 06:22:12.900 --> 06:22:15.020 because we haven't seen something that has happened 06:22:15.020 --> 06:22:15.860 to Dark Zero yet. 06:22:15.860 --> 06:22:17.860 So we don't know how they're going to approach it, 06:22:17.860 --> 06:22:19.260 how it'll affect them in game. 06:22:19.260 --> 06:22:21.060 You'd like to hope that with a team, 06:22:21.060 --> 06:22:23.380 this experience and that has been playing this good, 06:22:23.380 --> 06:22:24.620 they're going to let one map go. 06:22:24.620 --> 06:22:25.700 You know, it is what it is. 06:22:25.700 --> 06:22:28.940 You can't win them all and it's better to lose that one, 06:22:28.940 --> 06:22:31.060 lose labs, wildcard best map, 06:22:31.060 --> 06:22:33.300 get it out of the way, understand what was working, 06:22:33.300 --> 06:22:35.820 which was clash and slowing wildcard down 06:22:35.820 --> 06:22:38.380 and try to incorporate that into going into map three. 06:22:38.380 --> 06:22:42.660 I mean, you can't imagine it's going to hold all of them back just because they lost one map. 06:22:43.220 --> 06:22:46.580 And that's why, again, I picked Dark Zero to be able to win it because 06:22:47.080 --> 06:22:50.220 so far we haven't seen any shake-ups in their consistency, 06:22:50.220 --> 06:22:53.460 and that was such a big issue that would plague that previous as a G-Rosser. 06:22:53.460 --> 06:22:55.860 And now, the new Dark Zero roster, we haven't seen it yet. 06:22:56.060 --> 06:22:59.140 I'm hoping we don't see it at all, at least until we get to Salt Lake City. 06:22:59.460 --> 06:23:02.860 But the pressure element is something you got to bring into question because, yes, 06:23:02.860 --> 06:23:05.740 everyone wants to win this game to qualify to Salt Lake City. 06:23:05.740 --> 06:23:09.820 The first and second seed at that point you're playing without the pressure of making it to the event 06:23:09.820 --> 06:23:15.100 No one wants to go down to the lower bracket and play a team that has a one round behind them that has their 06:23:15.140 --> 06:23:19.740 You know the gas and their tank ready to take on dark zero. They want to be able to end it here 06:23:19.740 --> 06:23:26.700 You know both exactly what any Siege fan wants a battle for a major spot on a map 06:23:26.700 --> 06:23:31.540 We all know and love we go to clubhouse to decide our second Salt Lake City spot 06:23:31.540 --> 06:23:34.340 We go down to Jesse and Parker with the call 06:23:35.740 --> 06:23:43.260 Greatly appreciated all right long faces for both of these teams and I don't know why they're not more enthused here 06:23:43.260 --> 06:23:46.660 I think it's the pressure more than anything two big organizations 06:23:46.860 --> 06:23:53.460 Ten players who know what it takes to qualify for an event and it is a single map showdown 06:23:53.460 --> 06:23:56.680 And the winner doesn't even get time off Jesse 06:23:56.680 --> 06:24:02.140 They go right into the upper bracket finals up against five fears when this map is done 06:24:02.140 --> 06:24:14.140 wild card have put on impressive performance and have steadily improved but overall DZ has looked like the better team through and through do you expect that to change on clubhouse. 06:24:14.140 --> 06:24:22.140 I think it absolutely could Parker I mean wild card again we said this in their first series we said this when they were starting out to come back on shall I walk or have grit. 06:24:22.140 --> 06:24:27.660 have grit this is not a team that gives up if this game goes deep if it goes into overtime and I 06:24:27.660 --> 06:24:32.700 certainly think it will given how maps one and two wins I think wildcard have the grit to pull 06:24:32.700 --> 06:24:37.340 through dark zero have looked better fundamentally I'll agree with that I think particularly on some 06:24:37.340 --> 06:24:41.500 of their attacks you go back to shout life you go to some of those later attacks on night haven 06:24:41.500 --> 06:24:46.940 labs they look so well coordinated when they push in and when they go for that map clear wildcard 06:24:46.940 --> 06:24:51.580 will need to find some kind of answers that now if we load into clubhouse because it's it's 06:24:51.580 --> 06:24:53.980 really difficult to fight back from a disadvantage. 06:24:53.980 --> 06:24:55.740 We both set it on that last map. 06:24:55.740 --> 06:25:00.380 Every single round, the opening pick got converted into a round win. 06:25:00.380 --> 06:25:03.740 So if you're going down early, there's somebody on Dark Zero who's 06:25:03.740 --> 06:25:07.180 finding that early frag, whether it's Kino bursting it on the shield and making 06:25:07.180 --> 06:25:11.980 space for his teammates, whether it's somebody else on a Doka B or a Grim or a Ram, 06:25:11.980 --> 06:25:14.140 maybe it's going to be Nuer's running around the snake. 06:25:14.140 --> 06:25:16.780 If you're losing those opening duels, it's going to be really tough to eat 06:25:16.780 --> 06:25:18.620 yourself back into the matchup. 06:25:18.620 --> 06:25:23.220 So I'm hoping to see wild card battle back in that fashion in some way shape or form 06:25:23.220 --> 06:25:27.820 I believe I'm not sure exactly what side they're starting on actually barker. I won't speak 06:25:28.460 --> 06:25:34.300 On to that my understanding is that because dark zero had the better round if on their win 06:25:34.300 --> 06:25:39.000 They would get choice, but we'll wait to see that confirmed before we before we say for sure 06:25:39.500 --> 06:25:45.580 Clefos on deck you guys think about 64 percent over the DZ that might be the most walk our favorite 06:25:45.580 --> 06:25:47.220 We've seen it all day Mark. 06:25:47.220 --> 06:25:48.940 I was gonna say it's been holding pretty steady 06:25:48.940 --> 06:25:52.500 and I think DZ remains the favorite team here. 06:25:52.500 --> 06:25:54.980 A lot of times this is also just a popularity contest. 06:25:54.980 --> 06:25:57.300 It's not necessarily who you think will win. 06:25:57.300 --> 06:25:58.140 What? 06:25:58.140 --> 06:25:58.980 Who do you hope will win? 06:25:58.980 --> 06:25:59.820 I know, I know, I know. 06:25:59.820 --> 06:26:00.860 Really? 06:26:00.860 --> 06:26:02.180 Wildcard will start an attack. 06:26:02.180 --> 06:26:04.500 You were wondering where their sides would be. 06:26:04.500 --> 06:26:05.620 Well, there you have it. 06:26:05.620 --> 06:26:10.740 Mentioned it, the conclusion of regulation on map two. 06:26:10.740 --> 06:26:14.140 But after 15 rounds of Nighthaven Labs, 06:26:14.140 --> 06:26:19.620 The team that bought the first kill won every single round. 06:26:19.620 --> 06:26:23.500 Now, this is in stark contrast to Chalet, 06:26:23.500 --> 06:26:28.700 where only five of the 12 rounds were won by the team that got first blood. 06:26:28.700 --> 06:26:30.740 Now, obviously, these maps are very different. 06:26:30.740 --> 06:26:35.140 But again, I think that even labs plays a lot more similar to a map like Clubhouse 06:26:35.140 --> 06:26:36.380 than it does like Chalet. 06:26:36.380 --> 06:26:39.340 So while they're all completely different, 06:26:39.340 --> 06:26:41.740 and the big one obviously is going to be that garage portion 06:26:41.740 --> 06:26:44.460 that is held with rafters leading into the top floor of bomb sites 06:26:44.460 --> 06:26:47.300 because rafters is usually held on one of those sites. 06:26:47.300 --> 06:26:50.260 Sometimes team depending on if the team wants to extend all the way out to cash 06:26:50.260 --> 06:26:53.500 and all that, but we'll see about that in action. 06:26:53.500 --> 06:26:59.140 I do think that with Wildcard, these first two rounds are going to be integral. 06:26:59.140 --> 06:27:01.460 Will they need to call an early timeout? 06:27:01.460 --> 06:27:05.380 Will they be able to match up against DZ on a map that allows maybe 06:27:05.380 --> 06:27:07.660 a bit more free flowing of a defense? 06:27:07.660 --> 06:27:11.940 Then Nighthater maps where teams, especially DZ, could be a bit too static. 06:27:11.940 --> 06:27:14.240 Clubhouse is a very played out map. 06:27:14.240 --> 06:27:16.200 Takes about a minute and a half to drone. 06:27:16.200 --> 06:27:18.200 You usually know where people are going to be, 06:27:18.200 --> 06:27:22.280 and chances are, if you get an idea of what the site setup is, 06:27:22.280 --> 06:27:25.200 you can figure out if there's one or two players that are going to be roaming 06:27:25.200 --> 06:27:26.800 or where people will be on site. 06:27:26.800 --> 06:27:29.840 If Wildcard can very quickly get that information and assess, 06:27:29.840 --> 06:27:33.080 and then rush or DZ off of it, 06:27:33.080 --> 06:27:37.640 there's a high likelihood that Wildcard could snipe the first two rounds here on the map. 06:27:37.640 --> 06:27:40.440 GZ will start on defense, down on the bottom floor. 06:27:40.440 --> 06:27:42.760 Duster with pretty typical sight set up. 06:27:42.760 --> 06:27:46.360 And nothing is super weird about these defender operators. 06:27:46.360 --> 06:27:48.520 Yeah, no, we should have a pretty standard clubhouse 06:27:48.520 --> 06:27:49.720 on deck Parker. 06:27:49.720 --> 06:27:52.800 Wildcard playing clubhouse for the third time this season, 06:27:52.800 --> 06:27:54.920 officer playing it twice during the group stage, 06:27:54.920 --> 06:27:58.000 taking down Outlast and then losing to SSG. 06:27:58.000 --> 06:28:00.040 It's a small sample size still, only two games. 06:28:00.040 --> 06:28:01.440 I don't want to read into it too heavily. 06:28:01.440 --> 06:28:02.880 But in those matches, they actually 06:28:02.880 --> 06:28:04.280 were a much better attacking team 06:28:04.280 --> 06:28:05.760 than they were on the defense. 06:28:05.760 --> 06:28:10.040 75% round win on the offense, 45% on the defense. 06:28:10.040 --> 06:28:12.080 So despite DarkZero getting a side selection 06:28:12.080 --> 06:28:14.360 and choosing to start on defense, 06:28:14.360 --> 06:28:15.880 Lockhart might not be too upset 06:28:15.880 --> 06:28:17.840 that they have to start on the attacking side here. 06:28:17.840 --> 06:28:19.960 They have been a very good club attacking team 06:28:19.960 --> 06:28:23.320 so far this season and are hoping to show that once again 06:28:23.320 --> 06:28:25.800 today, starting on the bottom floor, 06:28:25.800 --> 06:28:27.520 gonna come through from DZ. 06:28:27.520 --> 06:28:30.160 It is not, ah, it's actually a pretty heavy roam game, 06:28:30.160 --> 06:28:31.120 as I say that. 06:28:31.120 --> 06:28:32.960 Neuers and Kino here on the top floor, 06:28:32.960 --> 06:28:34.880 couple players holding the routes back down 06:28:34.880 --> 06:28:40.240 what's they do with faults and J9o, so it's going to really be onto these roam clears of wild card, 06:28:40.240 --> 06:28:43.840 Bay and Baby Shark to try to force these players out of vision and work better on the pick. 06:28:45.040 --> 06:28:50.480 Is Ami holding down the fort on that rafter's position? Down goes NJR, the Goyo, 06:28:50.480 --> 06:28:54.240 early to Spiker, who was to be looking for something through Burt Tunnel. 06:28:55.120 --> 06:28:59.840 A funny moment with Bino on that particular part of the map, Jesse, if you recall where 06:28:59.840 --> 06:29:03.840 he shot over, he tried to shield charge in and then died to the Goyo flames. It 06:29:03.840 --> 06:29:09.340 It will not happen this time, and we'll be no surprise for Wildcard, who find a kill without losing a single point of HP. 06:29:09.840 --> 06:29:16.340 Newer started this round, and the Rafters, watching over towards Cash, he has completely seeded that ground, 06:29:16.340 --> 06:29:18.340 and now Bay might be in for a bit of a surprise. 06:29:18.340 --> 06:29:22.640 Now Pierce decided, let's get closer to the Bonsai, there's half the round to go, we've already lost a player, 06:29:22.640 --> 06:29:28.840 I like this call from Daisy, we'll keep Newer's alive for the time being, even though he does immediately begin to engage Bay from Blue. 06:29:29.840 --> 06:29:30.840 Down another one! 06:29:31.340 --> 06:29:31.840 Yeah! 06:29:31.840 --> 06:29:35.440 Both of those have his own unstoppable Jesse 06:29:36.480 --> 06:29:41.940 Apparently he is 2 and 0 now to start here on clubhouse killing two really good anchor operators 06:29:41.940 --> 06:29:44.600 NJR and faults the second he killed NJR 06:29:44.600 --> 06:29:49.240 It could have been a fast rotate from Walcard down towards the site and that kind of brings everybody back 06:29:49.760 --> 06:29:53.680 Spike her brought back down to earth as well as these was rain of terror will end 06:29:54.160 --> 06:29:57.040 Janon O with the knight herself able to take down that cap of town 06:29:57.040 --> 06:30:02.520 but not until he gets that hatch open so there's also be more angle to play around with wild card 06:30:02.520 --> 06:30:04.980 We'll have a couple different avenues down towards the site 06:30:04.980 --> 06:30:10.440 And they still have numbers the DMR saying you know, but it's not light enough to take down Hadrian at the bottom of main 06:30:11.120 --> 06:30:16.680 Now goes chain. I know wild card looking unstoppable now. It's all up to Keto who's inside the church 06:30:17.180 --> 06:30:24.400 Maybe grab your rosary and say some prayers here because you've got the walls closing on you and you're gonna need a miracle to survive 06:30:24.400 --> 06:30:29.460 He gets dropped and wild card shed a single member on route to victory 06:30:29.460 --> 06:30:35.500 I don't know if Kino got one before it ended all doesn't really matter all these compared terrific start for wild card 06:30:36.040 --> 06:30:42.380 You go back to the desk segment that we just had after that night Haven lab 15 around barn burner from Fox and laxing 06:30:42.380 --> 06:30:46.620 And one thing they were kind of hammering on was how these ease a lot of their successes on the defense came to 06:30:46.620 --> 06:30:55.180 slowing down the attack of wildcard from playing together from enabling trades from not being picked off so much in the early game and I'm kind of surprised after that 06:30:55.420 --> 06:31:01.460 Analysis where I thought was spot-on to see DZ go right down to the basement and go right into a roam strategy 06:31:01.500 --> 06:31:05.460 Now even clubhouse again, you said it different maps, but they play quite similar 06:31:05.460 --> 06:31:11.300 And given that the bottom floor was the only site you had significant struggles on for dark zero as a defense 06:31:11.300 --> 06:31:15.700 It's surprising to me to see them go back to a bottom floor bomb site and go back to a roam strategy 06:31:15.700 --> 06:31:19.700 where maybe it's not a Romer, but it's still an individual player who died early. 06:31:19.700 --> 06:31:22.200 It's NJR and Durst, and it ends up going down first. 06:31:22.200 --> 06:31:26.700 It's another early pick then, come from Kansan, and Svalte tries to retake that dirt position. 06:31:26.700 --> 06:31:32.200 It just gets a little bit messy, and there's no option for a trade-out from BZ in that round. 06:31:32.200 --> 06:31:36.700 It feels like a far cry from Chalet, where it seemed like every single kill was getting traded. 06:31:36.700 --> 06:31:40.700 It felt like there was always somebody behind the other player to overkill back 06:31:40.700 --> 06:31:43.700 and to try to keep those numbers tight on the side of Dark Zero. 06:31:43.700 --> 06:31:47.420 So Wildcard up 1-0 and they'll need to be better in the purple if they don't want this 06:31:47.420 --> 06:31:50.100 game to get away from them. 06:31:50.100 --> 06:32:00.700 And Spikers been sensational today Wildcard again showing really good depth for this entire 06:32:00.700 --> 06:32:01.700 series. 06:32:01.700 --> 06:32:05.940 It's been a, it's been an exciting one and we still have one more Besta 3 to go. 06:32:05.940 --> 06:32:09.660 Remember there's no rest for the weary here and one of these teams will be pretty 06:32:09.660 --> 06:32:14.580 tired for the next matchup against Five Ears. 06:32:14.580 --> 06:32:18.740 Adrian topping the chart so far with a full wildcard through these three maps. 06:32:18.740 --> 06:32:23.860 Baby Shark, as has been sadly the tradition through this kickoff at the very bottom, 06:32:23.860 --> 06:32:27.020 numbers well below everybody else on this roster. 06:32:27.020 --> 06:32:30.780 Fulls takes down Eugens, and GZ will find some life here at the start of round number 06:32:30.780 --> 06:32:31.780 two. 06:32:31.780 --> 06:32:35.900 The poor standout performer on Darkseer, the hidden Kino, which is way too late 06:32:35.900 --> 06:32:41.900 I mean, if you really expected him, his deployment has been relatively dismal, he's been struggling to find kills, 06:32:41.900 --> 06:32:46.900 he's also stepped up big time, but again, a lot of these numbers, really even. 06:32:46.900 --> 06:32:55.900 Best KD in the lobby is J9O at a plus 5, like, it's just showing that every single player is getting in on the action, 06:32:55.900 --> 06:33:02.900 and this has been a very, very tight series. It doesn't come to expect when a playoff spot will be in a major spot, as of now. 06:33:02.900 --> 06:33:06.420 Yeah, I mean, when your shield player is bottom fragging, I don't think it's a good one. 06:33:06.420 --> 06:33:11.220 Sorry, everybody's been willing to wait in this series. No bad performances just yet. 06:33:11.220 --> 06:33:15.300 Good rafters here coming through now from Wildcard. They're pushing G9O back. 06:33:15.300 --> 06:33:19.860 He's been caught on a line charge too, so they'll know that he's crawled to the far side of rafters, 06:33:19.860 --> 06:33:21.380 but he's got help as well. 06:33:21.380 --> 06:33:25.860 This Chonka fire from NJR will catch a player on the staircase, 06:33:25.860 --> 06:33:30.740 Bay going down, now a 5v3 lead, and they still haven't cleared up the new zombie. 06:33:30.740 --> 06:33:37.020 Kansan's sleeping for a moment and J9O just pops his head up for the pick and goes right back down to the rafters. 06:33:37.900 --> 06:33:41.060 Team lead a wild card and Baby Shark is the last two to go. 06:33:41.060 --> 06:33:45.660 J9O finished off by Spiker. They are at very different parts of this map. 06:33:45.660 --> 06:33:49.820 One surveys what has happened to this Frankenstein breach. 06:33:49.820 --> 06:33:53.340 The other inside of Garage is four players from DZ now remain. 06:33:53.940 --> 06:33:57.340 Baby Shark wants a kill over in Cash, but it's being held by somebody on Reg. 06:33:57.340 --> 06:34:01.740 Never mind poor coverage. Newer's there on the swing after Mr. Changa, Benjaro almost died. 06:34:02.000 --> 06:34:05.960 Now it's Spiker in a position where he has no hard breach to open up that wall. 06:34:05.960 --> 06:34:09.100 He's got to read on somebody towards Brio in a pain-gaze system as well, 06:34:09.300 --> 06:34:14.180 but he gets finished off by the flames from Folsom. Laughter on the side of DZ, a 06:34:14.740 --> 06:34:17.100 perplexing end, and we have a tie game. 06:34:18.120 --> 06:34:23.260 Those gas pipes, they explode. Watch your feet because they can do quite a bit of damage. 06:34:23.260 --> 06:34:25.380 Nice little finish off there from Dark Zero. 06:34:25.380 --> 06:34:30.700 It started actually with a vert pick Adrian on the gridlock is trying to take below the bomb site and dark sir 06:34:30.700 --> 06:34:35.940 Didn't have anybody playing downstairs in lounge, but they did have faults holding the vert angles from cash 06:34:35.940 --> 06:34:38.140 That's how they work themselves into that one-man lead 06:34:38.140 --> 06:34:43.740 And then I think it's that duo play from J9O and NJR, which grows the man advantage over towards garage 06:34:43.820 --> 06:34:49.700 Stalls out even more time coming through from dark zero. You also saw that as you said Frankenstein 06:34:49.700 --> 06:34:51.060 Preach over on the CC wall 06:34:51.060 --> 06:34:55.080 that's just gonna happen anytime Mira is left up on the board really nice play 06:34:55.080 --> 06:34:58.700 whenever easy and it kind of goes back to what the theme has been through this whole 06:34:58.700 --> 06:35:02.900 match right partner it's like when the round gets decided by individual fights 06:35:02.900 --> 06:35:06.980 on the roam clear wild card finding a lot of success when it comes down to the 06:35:06.980 --> 06:35:09.540 site post where these you can play together and they can play behind 06:35:09.540 --> 06:35:13.860 their utility it's a really tough nut to crack 06:35:13.860 --> 06:35:18.780 Intrinsion utility on their side. Defender on a defender side and map you don't 06:35:18.780 --> 06:35:24.940 say. You don't say. Five seconds left. I do. You do. You did say it. I heard it actually 06:35:24.940 --> 06:35:30.660 myself. I heard it. And sometimes when you're not sending me minion gifts, I 06:35:30.660 --> 06:35:36.100 listen to you. I mean you're such a big minion fan so. I'm not. I try to learn 06:35:36.100 --> 06:35:39.540 your pleasure. I do not understand it. Out of nowhere you just started, first 06:35:39.540 --> 06:35:43.780 it was that squid emoji. He just started sending me squid emojis. He'd send me 06:35:43.780 --> 06:35:46.420 message then there'd be a squid emoji after I say what's the squid for it he 06:35:46.420 --> 06:35:50.660 goes oh you know I don't know I take the bait I take the rage bit every single 06:35:50.660 --> 06:35:55.620 time now he's been sending me minions spare me likes his grandpa likes his 06:35:55.620 --> 06:35:59.380 gifts we're sorry chat he gets confused but once he focuses back on the game 06:35:59.380 --> 06:36:06.900 it'll be more comprehensible this is the worst cast of my life 06:36:06.900 --> 06:36:11.900 I didn't even need to gas the two-hour-long clubhouse. 06:36:11.900 --> 06:36:16.900 Well, this one could get there. 06:36:16.900 --> 06:36:19.900 Careful what you wish for. 06:36:19.900 --> 06:36:22.900 Cross your fingers that nobody's internet dies here. 06:36:22.900 --> 06:36:27.900 This is the mirror windows that were causing the issues last time around. 06:36:27.900 --> 06:36:31.900 This time they're going to go for the exact same look of the breach. 06:36:31.900 --> 06:36:38.520 Mellon peed off as Q Barrier is used to plug that hole just jostling that utility now and Mr. Cusie 06:36:38.520 --> 06:36:42.220 Breaches don't go back to droning half of the round or they're about expired. 06:36:42.220 --> 06:36:49.420 Wildcard not yet in the building. Still trying to put some pressure on these defenders by opening up walls. 06:36:49.420 --> 06:36:56.700 So Adrian kind of alone there on the garage side. Hopefully to lake pressure I think these CC players that might be existing over here. 06:36:56.700 --> 06:37:00.040 Newer's one of them, not in CC, but a step down below. 06:37:00.040 --> 06:37:03.540 Faults at the top of red. I think he just got mistroamed. 06:37:03.540 --> 06:37:07.140 Is the strone seeing him? It's struggling. He can get past the breach. 06:37:07.140 --> 06:37:10.740 That could be a poor call. In any case, Newer's position was not known. 06:37:10.740 --> 06:37:13.780 So Adrian will fall, and that's a lot of that back pressure. 06:37:13.780 --> 06:37:17.540 Alleviated as the rest of Wildcard are really just focused on this jacuzzi side. 06:37:21.040 --> 06:37:24.040 Bay doesn't want to languish too hard in this position. 06:37:24.040 --> 06:37:26.920 Wildcard already in a hole after losing their capitao, 06:37:26.920 --> 06:37:29.680 Adrian, the star player on this Wildcard team, 06:37:29.680 --> 06:37:31.640 imported to replace Dash. 06:37:33.200 --> 06:37:34.600 It's how some jostling of roles 06:37:34.600 --> 06:37:36.220 and some operators being passed around, 06:37:36.220 --> 06:37:37.960 Dash playing those shields most frequently, 06:37:37.960 --> 06:37:40.600 Kanzan on shields this time, Adrian playing 06:37:40.600 --> 06:37:42.160 with the main entries on this team, 06:37:42.160 --> 06:37:43.640 but still playing heavy utility ops. 06:37:43.640 --> 06:37:45.320 He's the best performing player on Wildcards 06:37:45.320 --> 06:37:47.560 with devastating loss for him. 06:37:47.560 --> 06:37:49.000 Now just 40 seconds left on the clock. 06:37:49.000 --> 06:37:50.640 Baby Shark comes down J9-0, 06:37:50.640 --> 06:37:51.720 was hoping for a second, 06:37:51.720 --> 06:37:54.520 Kino, partially blinded, still comes out ahead. 06:37:54.520 --> 06:37:58.480 DZ, my goodness, toppling all their forces. 06:37:58.480 --> 06:38:00.400 Almost everybody involved in that. 06:38:00.400 --> 06:38:03.160 William might have been, a teammate's will have to find out 06:38:03.160 --> 06:38:05.960 after the round, but another for DZ on the board. 06:38:06.840 --> 06:38:09.280 Yeah, nice hold coming through once again from dark zero. 06:38:09.280 --> 06:38:11.520 I believe Newers did get two in the midst of that, 06:38:11.520 --> 06:38:13.680 just roaming a little bit on the scopo. 06:38:13.680 --> 06:38:16.640 So not quite a teammate's, but pretty damn close. 06:38:16.640 --> 06:38:19.400 Everybody from DZ stepping up and contributing 06:38:19.400 --> 06:38:20.240 in that hold. 06:38:20.240 --> 06:38:24.240 And again, I think it just comes back to that back pressure being alleviated so quickly. 06:38:24.240 --> 06:38:30.240 The fact that Adrien is alone pressuring that cash side of the map and the fact that he dies so early to Newers 06:38:30.240 --> 06:38:36.240 really does make things awkward for Wildcard. At that point the push really just looks like Jacuzzi and the Logi hatch. 06:38:36.240 --> 06:38:41.240 I mean, you can't play the windows as long as you haven't cleared out CC. That position was so dangerous for them. 06:38:41.240 --> 06:38:45.240 Darkseer were able to predict where those push were going to come from. They were holding with strong guns. 06:38:45.240 --> 06:38:50.660 guns, you saw the shotgun coming over from Kino, ended up being just a really simple defense 06:38:50.660 --> 06:38:55.060 where they keep the walls shut and they win those duels as Wildcard tried to funnel themselves 06:38:55.060 --> 06:39:01.540 in, unable to attack these tall floors. Wildcard will go to tall a attack time out. A lot 06:39:01.540 --> 06:39:04.860 of it's been problems with really just the direct to sight stuff Parker. It's been 06:39:04.860 --> 06:39:08.260 clearing out rafters, it's been clearing out the CC extension and it's been opening 06:39:08.260 --> 06:39:12.380 these walls that Wildcard had been doing but it's either taking them a lot of time 06:39:12.380 --> 06:39:14.700 or they're losing a lot of bodies to get these jobs done. 06:39:17.180 --> 06:39:21.020 Another early time out and more time to fix things. 06:39:21.020 --> 06:39:23.380 The good news is that the fortunes for Wildcard 06:39:23.380 --> 06:39:25.900 always improve after these timeouts 06:39:25.900 --> 06:39:30.420 and it's not quite as grim for them as I think you'd expect. 06:39:30.420 --> 06:39:32.860 Certainly not compared to previous maps. 06:39:32.860 --> 06:39:34.220 You just got to stay competitive, right? 06:39:34.220 --> 06:39:35.980 It might not have been the most competitive round 06:39:35.980 --> 06:39:39.020 for Wildcard, but the team is still very much locked in. 06:39:39.020 --> 06:39:40.460 And round number one was a triumph. 06:39:40.460 --> 06:39:45.600 everything's been a bit of a struggle. Wildcarts with plenty of time, so their 06:39:45.600 --> 06:39:50.080 operator lineup not walked in, but they are moving things around, bringing solid 06:39:50.080 --> 06:39:58.600 snake. I'm waiting to get a good read before they choose what's next. They 06:39:58.600 --> 06:40:03.200 used two hard breaches, so some hard breach on this map is necessary. I don't 06:40:03.200 --> 06:40:06.440 think we're gonna see a maverick shot at all, but you've got options with 06:40:06.440 --> 06:40:13.280 secondary hard breach there goes the capitol for the blitz jesse now makes a 06:40:13.280 --> 06:40:16.520 decent bit of sense here coming out from wildcard there seeing a bit of a 06:40:16.520 --> 06:40:20.240 roam being shown by dark zero again I was a little bit questioning are we going 06:40:20.240 --> 06:40:24.740 to see that come through once again from dz it was a heavy roam back in around one 06:40:24.740 --> 06:40:28.800 and it ended up biting them a little bit they do seem to be committing to it 06:40:28.800 --> 06:40:31.960 now I'll be very interested to see if they try to commit to this or if it 06:40:31.960 --> 06:40:34.560 ends up being a relatively fast fallback they do have a lot of 06:40:34.560 --> 06:40:39.520 site util in terms of Keebas, Legos, and Smokes. They could try to play towards more of an anchor 06:40:39.520 --> 06:40:44.640 strategy but definitely some presence being shown up above. Janino and Faults are main 06:40:44.640 --> 06:40:48.640 roamers up on towards the top floor and Neurs and Kino covering their space back towards the site 06:40:48.640 --> 06:40:54.640 and NJR back towards the bomb site. So lots of different angles for players to attack and there 06:40:54.640 --> 06:40:59.920 we go! Fault strikes first with a Nitro through the hatch to take down Baby Shark and give 06:40:59.920 --> 06:41:09.200 easy to leave exactly what you need after the last map we'll be keeping a 06:41:09.200 --> 06:41:14.120 much closer eye on those opening rules so if you're on so far here on clubhouse 06:41:14.120 --> 06:41:18.640 three for three when it comes to opening is deciding the fate of the round it 06:41:18.640 --> 06:41:22.000 will continue to get better for wildcruits fortunes maybe not though 06:41:22.000 --> 06:41:27.320 spiker with one kill mirrors on the board DZ holding firm at this point 06:41:27.320 --> 06:41:30.560 time, Neuer is in a position where he needs to get to the hash, but I don't know if we'll 06:41:30.560 --> 06:41:34.920 be able to get that with his life intact. Shot out from the feet, swung on by Adrian, 06:41:34.920 --> 06:41:39.280 the gap is now closed, Jesse. It's a 3v3 with half the round to go. 06:41:39.280 --> 06:41:42.120 I mean, Neuer shouldn't even be getting one. The fact that he gets one and wastes 06:41:42.120 --> 06:41:46.960 all that time is frankly quite good. Now DZ, still with the man advantage, he's played 06:41:46.960 --> 06:41:49.720 towards the site. You've cleared out a lot of these important 06:41:49.720 --> 06:41:53.120 soft breach operators, too. Like, you still got the secondary shot going to Panson 06:41:53.120 --> 06:41:58.600 and I guess the upon a DMR, but the breaching that you're trying to play with with baby shark on that bus 06:41:58.600 --> 06:42:01.880 It's not gonna be as available to you. You also lost a little bit of that 06:42:02.600 --> 06:42:06.280 I was gonna say breaching but it bucked in in the pattern can so it ends up being fine 06:42:06.280 --> 06:42:11.760 They still have the ability to open up all the hatches and walls that they might have wanted to but still not a very clean push 06:42:11.960 --> 06:42:17.200 Spike are looking to get in towards armory with this smoke, but it is gonna be tough to some players in actual dummy 06:42:17.200 --> 06:42:23.400 Kansan going in for the swing now, smoking in some of that gas, inhaling some of that 06:42:23.400 --> 06:42:25.920 smoke and gas as he's made his way over. 06:42:25.920 --> 06:42:29.680 Spike's dropped, so it's just up to Kansan and Adrian to clutch out now with DZ still 06:42:29.680 --> 06:42:31.600 holding firm. 06:42:31.600 --> 06:42:34.080 Spike taking down. 06:42:34.080 --> 06:42:38.480 There's two bodies for Wildcard, 40 seconds to go, and Nate about to be tossed on out. 06:42:38.480 --> 06:42:40.440 Neither a mini Wildcard player holding that kit. 06:42:40.440 --> 06:42:42.800 Adrian gets one Kansan, the other. 06:42:42.800 --> 06:42:47.800 Keenow needs to clutch to save his team. He finds one. What about the second? 06:42:47.800 --> 06:42:50.800 He's got an idea. He's got time. 06:42:50.800 --> 06:42:55.800 He's got coverage as well. Lots of wants as he goes for the reload, the swing in the hallway, a messy one between him and Adrian. 06:42:55.800 --> 06:42:58.800 And Adrian wins the engagement. 06:42:58.800 --> 06:43:03.800 Wildcard's got some magic on that one and they take the round. 06:43:03.800 --> 06:43:10.800 Rousers shouldn't be losing. File it in the book for Dark Sierra. That's a 3v2 as we're in the final minute of that round, Parker. 06:43:10.800 --> 06:43:23.800 But still, it doesn't seem to matter. A couple of really big picks come through from Wildcard. Just in that execute, I mean, they're able to isolate G9O and NJR very, very individually right at the same time with those positions being known down at the bottom floor. 06:43:23.800 --> 06:43:31.800 It's an explosive entry down towards the bottom site, but it's exactly what they need to try to get in through the kitchen, get in through the main stairs. 06:43:31.800 --> 06:43:37.100 I felt like it should have been a really difficult push, and especially after spider dies on the cliff. 06:43:37.600 --> 06:43:43.000 But some of these fights just go the wrong way, the catch-jane I know on a quick rotate, and then Kino in this 1v1, 06:43:43.000 --> 06:43:48.200 you could argue overheats a little bit. That long-angle fight, better for the Hupana, he's peaking it quite a bit. 06:43:48.200 --> 06:43:53.100 20 seconds on that clock, maybe he could have played it on time a bit more, but he was just trying to go fast, 06:43:53.100 --> 06:43:57.800 trying to catch Adrien off guard, he doesn't go his way, and this game is tied once more. 06:43:57.800 --> 06:44:05.060 Well, if you've had evening plans, or maybe watching your favorite hockey team play, I 06:44:05.060 --> 06:44:06.560 have some bad news for you. 06:44:06.560 --> 06:44:10.760 Because you're probably not going to be getting to them anytime soon. 06:44:10.760 --> 06:44:16.280 This best of three is going to, in my eyes, go the distance, barring a sudden change 06:44:16.280 --> 06:44:18.440 of fortunes in this second half. 06:44:18.440 --> 06:44:22.920 There's a good chance that both of these teams will ultimately make the major, 06:44:22.920 --> 06:44:23.920 by the way. 06:44:23.920 --> 06:44:26.720 It's just one of them will have to do it through the lower bracket. 06:44:26.720 --> 06:44:28.800 But the way Wildcard has been internationally, 06:44:28.800 --> 06:44:32.200 the bigger issue has been getting there domestically. 06:44:32.200 --> 06:44:35.440 This is usually a team that finishes 06:44:35.440 --> 06:44:37.520 like somewhere around like fourth or fifth 06:44:37.520 --> 06:44:40.320 and then makes it into qualifiers or squeaks in 06:44:40.320 --> 06:44:44.520 and then dominates against other teams and other regions. 06:44:44.520 --> 06:44:47.240 But you've got it good enough domestically to get there. 06:44:47.240 --> 06:44:49.840 You can be a top four team in the world internationally, 06:44:49.840 --> 06:44:52.520 but if you're the sixth best team in your region, 06:44:52.520 --> 06:44:55.200 you're never gonna make it to the events. 06:44:55.200 --> 06:45:00.020 It's a great point to me Wildcard have never in or history finished top three in the NAL. 06:45:00.020 --> 06:45:02.900 If they win this map against DarkZero they will accomplish that. 06:45:02.900 --> 06:45:06.180 They guarantee top two with a victory here today. 06:45:06.180 --> 06:45:09.820 Could fall as far as at least six if you lose this though. 06:45:09.820 --> 06:45:10.820 So scary moment. 06:45:10.820 --> 06:45:12.940 Here comes the push in from J'Kuvi. 06:45:12.940 --> 06:45:13.940 Reach. 06:45:13.940 --> 06:45:15.940 The map clear has begun. 06:45:15.940 --> 06:45:18.820 Spiker now watching his bullets fly all over him. 06:45:18.820 --> 06:45:21.100 DZ dominating the kill feed. 06:45:21.100 --> 06:45:22.580 Wildcard down to just two players. 06:45:22.580 --> 06:45:24.900 Four still remaining on the side of DarkZero. 06:45:24.900 --> 06:45:28.380 Not much utility here to work with. 06:45:28.380 --> 06:45:30.860 There's still a logic bomb that's generating, by the way. 06:45:30.860 --> 06:45:35.580 The cut and thrust of this round came so early that Baby Shark will get a second use of that 06:45:35.580 --> 06:45:39.140 gadget, providing he survives far from it. 06:45:39.140 --> 06:45:42.620 It's still not there, and he's the last man standing, charging into the bomb site. 06:45:42.620 --> 06:45:45.980 Nope, it was not available by the time he died. 06:45:45.980 --> 06:45:51.100 DZ will take the lead on an absolute brawl of a round. 06:45:51.100 --> 06:45:54.700 seeing Dark Zero gets so aggressive over towards Jim in bedroom and that round 06:45:54.700 --> 06:45:57.580 Parker they knew that was where Wildcrate were wanting to push from they 06:45:57.580 --> 06:46:00.620 didn't see much pressure over towards garage side so they said it's got to be 06:46:00.620 --> 06:46:04.540 coming in from jacuzzi you saw it just before that push coming in Kino 06:46:04.540 --> 06:46:09.020 aggresses up towards Jim gets aggressive spots those players up and is able to 06:46:09.020 --> 06:46:12.780 call for his teammates to then come forward with him fight those players on 06:46:12.780 --> 06:46:17.500 the entry NJR newer is everybody really getting involved in that denial of 06:46:17.500 --> 06:46:21.880 entry from Dark Zero, so really clean stuff coming out from them. Kino ends up going one 06:46:21.880 --> 06:46:25.560 for one on that extension, and then by the time they get to the bomb site, Jin I know, 06:46:25.560 --> 06:46:29.040 this is a Raptors player, don't forget. He knows that there's no pressure Raptors, so 06:46:29.040 --> 06:46:33.200 he can just come back towards site, hop in the window, not have any issues playing in 06:46:33.200 --> 06:46:36.560 that anchor position, and it's a really good read from Dark Zero that tests them 06:46:36.560 --> 06:46:38.920 up nicely to regain a 3-2 advantage. 06:46:38.920 --> 06:46:51.360 We have broken the conversion by the way because Wildcard 1 round number 4, Dizzy has 4 consecutive 06:46:51.360 --> 06:46:55.640 opening first blood so this is now a metric that we just keep tracking quite so actively 06:46:55.640 --> 06:46:58.320 as the streak is over. 06:46:58.320 --> 06:47:02.880 Good numbers for everybody not named Bay at this point in time. 06:47:02.880 --> 06:47:07.200 It seems like all of these matches we have waited for a player to get a kill in the 06:47:07.200 --> 06:47:08.200 first half. 06:47:08.200 --> 06:47:09.480 come down to the wire. 06:47:09.480 --> 06:47:12.680 Kansan did not succeed all the way back in map number one. 06:47:12.680 --> 06:47:16.760 Now it's Bay on deck to go kill us in the first half. 06:47:16.760 --> 06:47:18.000 That's quite devastating for Bay, 06:47:18.000 --> 06:47:20.000 who's usually quite good on attack 06:47:20.000 --> 06:47:24.300 and tends to rival some really impressive game skill 06:47:24.300 --> 06:47:27.280 and mechanical players here in North America 06:47:27.280 --> 06:47:30.440 and the world not having Bay is certainly hurting them. 06:47:30.440 --> 06:47:31.600 Not too, too much though, 06:47:31.600 --> 06:47:33.400 because Wildcard does trail by one, 06:47:33.400 --> 06:47:36.000 but as we've seen through the first two maps, 06:47:36.000 --> 06:47:38.640 Jesse, a 4-2, very, very likely here. 06:47:38.640 --> 06:47:40.120 They can stop that if he wakes up. 06:47:40.120 --> 06:47:41.640 I'm certain of it. 06:47:41.640 --> 06:47:45.040 Yeah, no doubt they was the MVP in map 3 versus M80, 06:47:45.040 --> 06:47:48.640 which is what Wildcard had to do to earn a spot in this match 06:47:48.640 --> 06:47:51.160 up versus Dark Jiro, so we know how good of a player 06:47:51.160 --> 06:47:54.040 they can be, even if he's not shown up to clubhouse 06:47:54.040 --> 06:47:56.160 just yet through the first five. 06:47:56.160 --> 06:47:58.840 Good opportunity now to equalize things in the sixth. 06:47:58.840 --> 06:48:00.560 Wildcard on this attack, or once again, 06:48:00.560 --> 06:48:02.680 going relatively direct to site. 06:48:02.680 --> 06:48:04.760 A lot of focus here on the jacuzzi breach, 06:48:04.760 --> 06:48:06.720 not so much over on the cash clear. 06:48:06.720 --> 06:48:08.360 This is what kind of bit them last time 06:48:08.360 --> 06:48:11.320 with Adrian being somewhat solo over towards garage. 06:48:11.320 --> 06:48:12.760 He has in the exact same spot, 06:48:12.760 --> 06:48:14.240 although on a different operator 06:48:14.240 --> 06:48:16.400 trying to clear through that outside of the map, 06:48:16.400 --> 06:48:18.440 Baby Shark on the smokes now with the glass 06:48:18.440 --> 06:48:20.920 hoping to crack the site wide open. 06:48:20.920 --> 06:48:22.840 They're gonna smoke it off and jump on in. 06:48:22.840 --> 06:48:23.880 Adrian, good coverage. 06:48:23.880 --> 06:48:24.920 Down goes Newers. 06:48:24.920 --> 06:48:26.680 And now Adrian looking for a back stab 06:48:26.680 --> 06:48:28.520 as he slamed over towards construction. 06:48:28.520 --> 06:48:30.480 Two players in the ground for DZ. 06:48:30.480 --> 06:48:32.160 They will come alive in the post plant. 06:48:32.160 --> 06:48:34.360 Three kills in a row for them. 06:48:34.360 --> 06:48:38.360 Spiker and Bay find themselves holding on to just about nothing. 06:48:38.360 --> 06:48:41.360 Spiker very far away, they still without a kill. 06:48:41.360 --> 06:48:44.360 Foltz has been down, DZ with just two players upright. 06:48:44.360 --> 06:48:49.360 Unclear, Foltz is retrievable, gets picked up, Bay finishes off Kino. 06:48:49.360 --> 06:48:52.360 He's not far removed from Foltz, he just needs to hold this position. 06:48:52.360 --> 06:48:57.360 Denying Foltz will rotate on over, Bay gets his second. 06:48:57.360 --> 06:48:59.360 Who's gonna get NJR? 06:48:59.360 --> 06:49:03.360 Wildcard just need the single kill, and they will tie things up. 06:49:03.360 --> 06:49:10.200 Hey, it's Bay! Zero kills at the start of the round, and he will finish with three, as the first half is in the books. 06:49:10.200 --> 06:49:17.860 And three kills to match the three rounds that Wildcard will win. Both teams dead even at the halfway point. 06:49:17.860 --> 06:49:23.960 Beautiful little execute. Love that post-plan position from Spiker, but as we're all tied up, it's anybody's game. 06:49:23.960 --> 06:49:27.360 Let's hear what the desk has to think as to what's gone on through the first six rounds. 06:49:27.360 --> 06:49:34.760 Of course, we're tied. I mean, we have to have this map 3 tie game going all the way the distance here guys 06:49:34.880 --> 06:49:40.000 This is the game we wanted to see it's tied up on clubhouse kind of the score 06:49:40.080 --> 06:49:44.360 We come to expect at this point. It's certainly delivering in for wild card 06:49:44.360 --> 06:49:51.400 I mean to end a half 3 3 on attack that is setting themselves up really well once they go to that second half of defense 06:49:51.400 --> 06:49:55.720 But what I really like seeing out of wild card in specific was what we were talking about early on 06:49:55.720 --> 06:50:00.180 Are we going to see spider play more of those shields and yes, we were we were seeing blitz 06:50:00.180 --> 06:50:04.860 We were seeing black beard and some of those rounds working out other rounds may be down so much 06:50:04.860 --> 06:50:09.540 But even in that round in particular that last round the black beard is jumping in through gym window 06:50:09.540 --> 06:50:14.940 They're putting pressure with the glass and the smoke from capital cutting off angles using those bolts as well 06:50:14.940 --> 06:50:17.180 I mean, it's also weak and lucky enough 06:50:17.180 --> 06:50:23.280 We get to hear both sides of comms and it's funny because both teams you can just hear are figuring out where things are going 06:50:23.280 --> 06:50:27.180 right, where things are going wrong, what the opponent is doing right, and how they're 06:50:27.180 --> 06:50:28.180 going to counter it. 06:50:28.180 --> 06:50:32.240 And it's just fun to switch between back and forth, and which is why it's a clear 3-3-1-2 06:50:32.240 --> 06:50:36.320 is both teams are doing such a good job at understanding and picking apart what the other 06:50:36.320 --> 06:50:39.280 is doing and how they can fix it or correct it in the round. 06:50:39.280 --> 06:50:42.200 It's like an unstoppable force versus an immovable object. 06:50:42.200 --> 06:50:46.160 I think DarkZero has better set-up strategies when it comes to their defenses. 06:50:46.160 --> 06:50:50.320 I really love their CCTV hold, where they'll have J9-0 in the rafters alone, double 06:50:50.320 --> 06:50:54.500 Reinforce and every time you try to push them you're seen to Chaka pallets fly over the top of the wall 06:50:54.500 --> 06:50:59.060 That's very unique, but wild card is adapting. They're adapting the same level 06:50:59.060 --> 06:51:01.320 I'm maybe not the same level I'd say that we see at events 06:51:01.480 --> 06:51:05.900 But their adaptation is what I think is winning them the utility that they're using the capital like you mentioned 06:51:06.280 --> 06:51:10.680 Then be using these different operators to be able to find their opportunity into the site 06:51:10.680 --> 06:51:17.680 It seems like if they crack the first layer of the dark zeros defense, they're able to execute onto the site 06:51:17.680 --> 06:51:22.740 they're able to work on those traits focus on getting the case down and that's the strength of wild card now the side swap 06:51:23.340 --> 06:51:28.160 We're gonna have to see if dark zero can use the same level of shields to be able to catch them off guard 06:51:28.160 --> 06:51:31.820 I don't imagine we'll see too much shields, especially if a multi gets banned out 06:51:31.840 --> 06:51:36.580 That'll be the biggest indicator for me is how is dark zero going to also break apart wild card? 06:51:36.580 --> 06:51:39.900 Are they gonna go for aggressive entries with newer so they can use utility? 06:51:40.160 --> 06:51:41.360 We'll see 06:51:41.360 --> 06:51:44.800 You can take a look right now. We got a chance to figure out those operator bends 06:51:44.800 --> 06:51:46.640 Yeah, it's the blitz that's taken off the board. 06:51:46.640 --> 06:51:49.640 I mean, it really does come down to these final few rounds 06:51:49.640 --> 06:51:53.440 to make the major, I mean, this is what it's gonna be. 06:51:53.440 --> 06:51:56.360 When you look at wildcard, you look at dark zero. 06:51:56.360 --> 06:51:57.960 I mean, I'm already seeing the clash pulled out. 06:51:57.960 --> 06:51:59.720 I would like this outside from wildcard. 06:51:59.720 --> 06:52:02.480 And bolts on shields, they don't ban B monty 06:52:02.480 --> 06:52:03.520 so that they can allow it. 06:52:03.520 --> 06:52:04.920 And then they have the clash to counter 06:52:04.920 --> 06:52:06.280 whatever shield they might bring. 06:52:06.280 --> 06:52:07.320 All right, we dive into the prep phase. 06:52:07.320 --> 06:52:08.960 We dive into the second half 06:52:08.960 --> 06:52:11.920 to decide our second major spot of the day, Jesse. 06:52:11.920 --> 06:52:13.080 Parker, all you. 06:52:14.800 --> 06:52:23.500 Thank you very very much. Major spot on the line as the landscape of Salt Lake starts to come into focus. 06:52:23.500 --> 06:52:26.800 Most regions have sent their representatives over. 06:52:26.800 --> 06:52:30.300 APEC and China are the other two regions that we are waiting on. 06:52:30.300 --> 06:52:35.800 China plays in just a couple hours. APEC is in a couple days actually. 06:52:35.800 --> 06:52:39.800 So APEC's teams will be locked in dead last. 06:52:39.800 --> 06:52:44.800 Let me see if it's frustrating for the APAC fans there that need to wait quite a long period of time, 06:52:44.800 --> 06:52:48.800 and for those of us that try to keep our sleep schedule somewhat sane, 06:52:48.800 --> 06:52:52.800 it's a bit challenging for us to watch APAC live, but Europe is fully locked in, 06:52:52.800 --> 06:52:58.800 South America is fully locked in, and North America will be in the give or take 24 hours. 06:52:58.800 --> 06:53:04.800 Then it's just all up. You're good friends over in the east to start engine spots, 06:53:04.800 --> 06:53:07.900 and the office of Salt Lake City, all of these teams will go. 06:53:07.900 --> 06:53:11.100 We have been treated to quite a spectacle in this Vesta 3 so far. 06:53:12.100 --> 06:53:13.500 Yeah, no doubt about that, Parker. 06:53:13.500 --> 06:53:16.100 DarkZero and Wildcard could not be closer. 06:53:16.100 --> 06:53:17.900 3-3 on map 3. 06:53:18.400 --> 06:53:22.200 Wildcard going for the exact same attacker bans on all three maps, by the way. 06:53:22.200 --> 06:53:25.500 It has been blitz and glass every single time. 06:53:25.500 --> 06:53:29.200 Hard targeting Kino, and I mean, I guess if you've got a gameplay and stick to it, 06:53:29.200 --> 06:53:32.600 but I do think Kino has still been finding a lot of success on the offense. 06:53:32.600 --> 06:53:37.640 I thought his Monty play was fantastic back on Nighthaven Labs who will lock the Blackbeard 06:53:37.640 --> 06:53:42.100 for the first attack here on Clubhouse, so clearly still finding other ways to have impact 06:53:42.100 --> 06:53:43.100 in this match. 06:53:43.100 --> 06:53:46.760 A little bit more pressure over on the CC side this time around from DarkZero, they've 06:53:46.760 --> 06:53:51.080 drawn better at this point so they can play these highway windows and really at any point 06:53:51.080 --> 06:53:55.040 could jump in to go for a plant that Kino skis an opportunity, he might just send 06:53:55.040 --> 06:53:56.040 it. 06:53:56.040 --> 06:54:03.040 It's going to be an opportunity to present it itself though, Jesse. 06:54:03.040 --> 06:54:07.240 I like the idea. 06:54:07.240 --> 06:54:09.040 It's thwarted just by the setup that they have. 06:54:09.040 --> 06:54:14.040 They still need to go back to more, draw more, more discovery on their side of things. 06:54:14.040 --> 06:54:18.040 They will actively draw, you know, and now they see that it's not safe 06:54:18.040 --> 06:54:20.040 if he goes for a jump in over towards the bed 06:54:20.040 --> 06:54:23.040 and now they're really worried about what might be over on the 06:54:23.040 --> 06:54:24.040 C.C.T.H. 06:54:24.040 --> 06:54:25.040 He took side of the map. 06:54:25.040 --> 06:54:28.040 You have to imagine that folks will be the one to shut that down, 06:54:28.040 --> 06:54:29.040 shoot something, come of it. 06:54:29.040 --> 06:54:30.040 Down goes Jane I know to Adrian. 06:54:30.040 --> 06:54:32.040 Adrian on his opening duel, sensational. 06:54:32.040 --> 06:54:34.040 Nice play by Keto there. 06:54:34.040 --> 06:54:36.040 Cannot out dodge that nitro cell though. 06:54:36.040 --> 06:54:40.040 He dies, Kansan off the board for Wildcard. 06:54:40.040 --> 06:54:42.040 Adrian's not going to be the only one to get it done. 06:54:42.040 --> 06:54:43.040 They will get one. 06:54:43.040 --> 06:54:44.040 Adrian gets one. 06:54:44.040 --> 06:54:46.040 Baby Shark gets one. 06:54:46.040 --> 06:54:49.040 And Wildcard take the lead. 06:54:49.040 --> 06:54:51.040 Really nice round coming out from Adrian 06:54:51.040 --> 06:54:56.840 Adrian in the midst of that Parker gets two really big picks as Dark Zero rotated over for that catch clear. 06:54:56.840 --> 06:55:01.580 He wasn't really the catch player. He was really playing link between the roamers and the hard anchors. 06:55:01.580 --> 06:55:05.780 You had Bay on the clash top red. You had Kanzan on the Kaid inside of cash. 06:55:05.780 --> 06:55:10.080 And then Adrian just inside of construction able to have some really big values. 06:55:10.080 --> 06:55:16.140 He takes J9o down outside the window and then launches that C4 perfectly through the doorway. 06:55:16.140 --> 06:55:19.460 Might have even gone through the window from behind on Tequino. 06:55:19.460 --> 06:55:22.660 I didn't see exactly where he tossed it from, but one way or another, 06:55:22.660 --> 06:55:26.220 Adrien's able to really support those roamers from inside of construction, 06:55:26.220 --> 06:55:29.020 ends up with a triple on the round, up in round number seven, 06:55:29.020 --> 06:55:32.100 and makes that defense so strong for Wildcard. 06:55:32.100 --> 06:55:35.260 It kind of shows the two sides of the coin, right? 06:55:35.260 --> 06:55:39.500 If you try to push like Wildcard do, just in through Lodrin, through Jacuzzi, 06:55:39.500 --> 06:55:42.020 sometimes you get burned by not having that cash control, 06:55:42.020 --> 06:55:44.460 but if you try to clear cash like Dark Zero did, 06:55:44.460 --> 06:55:49.700 well you can get burned just as much absolutely to spread out 06:55:49.700 --> 06:55:55.040 Adrian in his position as strong as ever now sitting at seven kills leading 06:55:55.040 --> 06:55:59.060 the way on his team not the lobby though Kino has turned his fortunes around we 06:55:59.060 --> 06:56:03.540 wagged our finger at Kino a little bit at the start of clubhouse for him being 06:56:03.540 --> 06:56:07.140 at the bottom of the leaderboard for dark zero position he has not really 06:56:07.140 --> 06:56:11.980 been in on this new look of his team it's a familiar spot on previous 06:56:11.980 --> 06:56:17.020 rosters which usually plays those hard support roles or at least roles that are often away 06:56:17.020 --> 06:56:23.260 from the action. It's nice to see Kino flourish with this DZ team around him. Wildcard though 06:56:23.260 --> 06:56:28.940 just slightly better. Bay had zero kills three minutes ago, four minutes ago, five minutes 06:56:28.940 --> 06:56:32.980 ago now sitting at a dead even four and fours. There's been a very impressive recovery 06:56:32.980 --> 06:56:37.300 on the side of Wildcard here. DZ to their credit in the previous round were excellent 06:56:37.300 --> 06:56:42.260 from droning. This time they're finding success again and I don't know if 06:56:42.260 --> 06:56:45.140 Kansan got that drone or not but it sure seemed like he saw it. This is 06:56:45.140 --> 06:56:48.180 information that Darkseer can use effectively but just as last round saw 06:56:48.180 --> 06:56:51.300 it's because you have that until it doesn't mean you're going to use it properly. 06:56:52.580 --> 06:56:56.340 I'm curious what they want to use this for. It does look like it's going to be a tall 06:56:56.340 --> 06:57:00.420 clear. Despite Tino's position just outside of Dirt Tunnel he's eating 06:57:00.420 --> 06:57:04.100 thorn traps at the moment but he is relatively alone as the team is 06:57:04.100 --> 06:57:08.660 starting to kind of clear up above. They can try to just get this util out of here, right? 06:57:08.660 --> 06:57:12.740 Pop these goyos, force these players back. It'll open things up for later in the round, 06:57:12.740 --> 06:57:16.820 which they can use to try to either force a plant through or just provide some extra pressure if 06:57:16.820 --> 06:57:20.820 they're trying to get a plant down inside of Armory through kitchen or down those main stairs. 06:57:21.460 --> 06:57:25.620 It's not really a roam game. Baby Shark the last roamer immediately falls off after he gets 06:57:25.620 --> 06:57:30.020 droned out, so safely back towards the bomb site. And now you got to worry about this util 06:57:30.020 --> 06:57:35.700 Parker, two nitrocells being played by Wildcard, a couple of these Goyo canisters as well, 06:57:35.700 --> 06:57:41.500 the thorn traps, one still in pocket for Spiker, lots of tools and an opening pick. 06:57:41.500 --> 06:57:45.700 Adrian continues to thrive on his defense, actually kills Kino inside, so I'm not 06:57:45.700 --> 06:57:48.340 in shock to take that fight. 06:57:48.340 --> 06:57:54.540 So terrific run now for Adrian as he's got three first bloods in a row, he got a 06:57:54.540 --> 06:57:59.740 3k in the previous round too, he's gonna go to the rest, his pulse fits him down, 06:57:59.740 --> 06:58:03.740 One minute to go, and now Darkseer, I'm knocking at the door in the basement. 06:58:03.740 --> 06:58:07.740 They've got hatch control, also positioned by that church wall, so... 06:58:07.740 --> 06:58:09.740 decent lineup. 06:58:09.740 --> 06:58:11.740 They've got more work to be done. 06:58:11.740 --> 06:58:14.740 Spiker and Bay, looking in separate directions. 06:58:14.740 --> 06:58:17.740 Bay towards the bottom of the stairs, Spiker looking in that moto hatch. 06:58:17.740 --> 06:58:19.740 Who is watching over towards kitchen? 06:58:19.740 --> 06:58:21.740 With 40 seconds left, it looks like a fall-off. 06:58:21.740 --> 06:58:23.740 Dana knows we're rotated around and over towards stock. 06:58:23.740 --> 06:58:25.740 NJR was going through dirt tunnel. 06:58:25.740 --> 06:58:27.740 We're starting to see GZ's attack take shape. 06:58:27.740 --> 06:58:29.740 They've got to manage this clock. 06:58:33.100 --> 06:58:35.100 I think we were expecting earlier action here, Jesse. 06:58:35.100 --> 06:58:36.060 It does not break out. 06:58:36.060 --> 06:58:38.780 DZ, oh, oh my. 06:58:39.980 --> 06:58:43.260 What for kills in the span of one to two seconds? 06:58:43.260 --> 06:58:45.820 DZ sure managed that clock, Jesse. 06:58:48.380 --> 06:58:51.580 I mean, it's pure aggression coming out from Wildcard Parker. 06:58:51.580 --> 06:58:54.540 They all choose to just swing out at the same moment. 06:58:54.540 --> 06:58:57.340 There must have been pressure as that church wall opens 06:58:57.340 --> 06:59:01.740 that forced those last couple of anchors to decide they had to go for that play. 06:59:01.740 --> 06:59:05.820 Neuers is the beneficiary of it. He just pulls out that pistol, hits the deck, 06:59:05.820 --> 06:59:09.660 two brilliant kills, and yet there must be pressure coming up towards these players. 06:59:09.660 --> 06:59:12.860 He forced them to go for this pick. Maybe just thinking Spikers down, 06:59:12.860 --> 06:59:17.100 we have to get the trade one way or another. A call gets made on the side of Wildcard, 06:59:17.100 --> 06:59:21.820 and it is music to the ears of Neuers. He benefits so greatly from that. 06:59:21.820 --> 06:59:25.660 A triple kill to answer back Adrien's from round number seven, and we're tied again. 06:59:25.660 --> 06:59:27.660 4-4 06:59:30.260 --> 06:59:38.700 Yes, or no, we're going to return absolutely almost a guarantee at this I said yes or no, and you have said neither of those words yet 06:59:38.700 --> 06:59:40.700 Yes 06:59:41.900 --> 06:59:46.820 Almost a guarantee yes or no Jesse. I don't think it was a very good interpretation 06:59:55.660 --> 07:00:00.660 You say one word like it's a full sentence with so much oomph. 07:00:00.660 --> 07:00:02.660 That's just the way it works here. 07:00:02.660 --> 07:00:07.660 Adrian really is starting to fit this wildcard team so effectively. 07:00:07.660 --> 07:00:11.660 I know that there were obviously little growing pains with this roster after losing Dash. 07:00:11.660 --> 07:00:14.660 You know, Spiker came on DBNO and talked about that and said, 07:00:14.660 --> 07:00:16.660 you know, we have to play a different style. 07:00:16.660 --> 07:00:18.660 I have to get used to a different role. 07:00:18.660 --> 07:00:22.660 We have to pass around certain operators that previously Dash could play all on his lonesome. 07:00:22.660 --> 07:00:26.360 lonesome but you invest in the future and I mean even if they didn't want to 07:00:26.360 --> 07:00:29.720 make that move Dash made it for them by saying he was homesick so why not pick 07:00:29.720 --> 07:00:33.480 up a guy who just went to the grand finals of the six-invitational I 07:00:33.480 --> 07:00:38.600 remember when you and I first made our land debut at the Montreal Major and we 07:00:38.600 --> 07:00:45.280 casted Team Secret and Adrian was arable he was one of the worst players in the 07:00:45.280 --> 07:00:51.100 entire event and now he's a world beater and he is the statistical 07:00:51.100 --> 07:00:56.060 best player on this wildcard squad. What a glow up for him as a player and for his 07:00:56.060 --> 07:01:01.500 team's wildcard greatly benefiting from him and his addition. If you'd like to know this 07:01:01.500 --> 07:01:04.780 round because they just lost Bay and Wildcard will give up first blood. 07:01:04.780 --> 07:01:08.300 Yeah that's an awkward one you're going to rely on guys like Thorn Traps to be pulling 07:01:08.300 --> 07:01:11.660 down things inside of rafters. It was a great hole from Jin I know in this position 07:01:11.660 --> 07:01:15.580 but he's the one that gets the floor as Thorn Traps hits a great head shot onto 07:01:15.580 --> 07:01:18.940 that player and now he's easy and a bit of a mess. They're dying to Thorn Traps 07:01:18.940 --> 07:01:23.680 They're inside the site, but it's a complete mass Parker spiker another one from inside of rafters 07:01:23.680 --> 07:01:28.480 It's false and newer is in a 2v3 to try to salvage the pieces they've got con control 07:01:28.480 --> 07:01:33.500 But without a whole lot to play with you till wise it's gonna be tough to try to work a plant in 2v3 07:01:34.180 --> 07:01:41.020 This is gonna be really difficult for DZ, but last round showed us that they can snap their fingers and kill everybody in the process 07:01:41.740 --> 07:01:44.240 Maybe shark now has an idea of where new resist 07:01:44.240 --> 07:01:50.360 He saw some of his ankle get removed by that F2 in Neuers' hands inside of construction. 07:01:50.360 --> 07:01:55.440 Foltz is there with him, so at least you got an idea about them. 07:01:55.440 --> 07:02:00.520 They have to go through a singular doorway, hunting for kills. 07:02:00.520 --> 07:02:03.120 Maybe Sharg is fighting back because he knows if he stands pat in this position they'll 07:02:03.120 --> 07:02:04.840 shoot him from the legs. 07:02:04.840 --> 07:02:05.840 Nice! 07:02:05.840 --> 07:02:11.480 Vault out by the mirror of Kansan, and they'll find the final two kills wild card deciding 07:02:11.480 --> 07:02:19.180 Hey, maybe we don't just play passively. Maybe we go for the throat and they get it and we're the lead wild card up 5-4 07:02:19.600 --> 07:02:21.440 Yeah, that's exactly right Parker 07:02:21.440 --> 07:02:27.000 I think dark zero thought they had a bit of a gap after they took down bay over towards kind of down below the site 07:02:27.000 --> 07:02:30.920 He was roaming in basements. They said screw it. Let's just go in towards the site 07:02:30.920 --> 07:02:34.600 But they didn't have control of a rafters which false was actively trying to take 07:02:34.600 --> 07:02:39.740 They didn't have a whole lot of pressure over on the con side either was really just newer is playing that side of the map 07:02:39.740 --> 07:02:45.640 A lot of that pressure came up red and it came in through the main breach and Walker get a really good job of shutting that down 07:02:45.700 --> 07:02:52.120 Spiker in particular getting two kills from rafters was absolutely critical to stopping that initial push and then in the 2v3 07:02:52.320 --> 07:02:57.620 It just got awkward. It's just not awkward. I should say Dark Zero did have an opportunity. You said it 07:02:57.620 --> 07:03:02.200 I mean eventually the toe damage was going to be enough to take down baby shark 07:03:02.200 --> 07:03:08.120 But when all eyes are just focused on baby sharks feet Kansan can take it as an opportunity jump out the window 07:03:08.120 --> 07:03:10.520 Get a little frag, get a little aggressive. 07:03:10.520 --> 07:03:12.520 Absolutely works brilliant from Wildcard. 07:03:12.520 --> 07:03:16.320 They don't just sit still and let the easy take their time with that recovery. 07:03:16.320 --> 07:03:17.420 Ends up going their way. 07:03:17.420 --> 07:03:20.220 They will take the lead and prop the tack time out from Dark Zero. 07:03:21.220 --> 07:03:24.320 A late tack time out, but this is, I think, the right time to use it. 07:03:24.320 --> 07:03:27.320 You've lost control of this second half. 07:03:27.320 --> 07:03:32.120 You can still recover, but Wildcard in the lead two rounds away. 07:03:32.120 --> 07:03:37.620 Six minutes away from a birth, the second birth in North America at the major. 07:03:37.620 --> 07:03:40.360 that will be happening on North American soil. 07:03:40.360 --> 07:03:45.140 DZ as an organization has a long history of making it a fault. 07:03:45.140 --> 07:03:50.540 And some of the players on this team have been at just about every major under the sun. 07:03:50.540 --> 07:03:52.880 It would be unthinkable for them to not make it. 07:03:52.880 --> 07:03:56.380 The good news DZ fans is that if you don't know how the bracket works, 07:03:56.380 --> 07:03:59.660 even if Dark Zero does lose here, 07:03:59.660 --> 07:04:02.180 they still have another chance. 07:04:02.180 --> 07:04:06.740 Space station gaming, the organization that three-fifths 07:04:06.740 --> 07:04:09.140 Right, more like you include the coaching staff. 07:04:09.140 --> 07:04:12.460 Of this new World of Dark Zero departed, 07:04:12.460 --> 07:04:16.000 is the adversary awaiting the loser of this series? 07:04:17.100 --> 07:04:19.380 Possible Dark Zero puts three in the road 07:04:19.380 --> 07:04:21.380 and shoves wildcard down the lower bracket 07:04:21.380 --> 07:04:22.980 for one of the final spots. 07:04:22.980 --> 07:04:24.100 We don't wanna get ahead of ourselves. 07:04:24.100 --> 07:04:25.940 The point is, is that both of these teams 07:04:25.940 --> 07:04:26.820 will still play. 07:04:26.820 --> 07:04:28.900 The winner plays in the very next match. 07:04:28.900 --> 07:04:32.060 The loser will play tomorrow 07:04:32.060 --> 07:04:33.620 for one of the two remaining spots. 07:04:33.620 --> 07:04:35.340 The other match, 07:04:35.340 --> 07:04:41.000 1 of 30 will play Shopify Rebellion, and the winner of that will go to the Major. 07:04:41.000 --> 07:04:49.680 It is entirely possible, by the way, that we could have 5 years of Space Station, 1 of 30, and Wildcard make it. 07:04:49.680 --> 07:04:51.980 That would be outlandish. 07:04:51.980 --> 07:04:56.860 It's been a crazy, brand new roster. 07:04:56.860 --> 07:05:03.820 Yeah, I mean, you just go to show how good the rookies have been during kickoff, I mean, it's certainly an accelerated format, 07:05:03.820 --> 07:05:08.620 But despite that, these new teams have had no troubles getting their acts together, 07:05:08.620 --> 07:05:10.460 putting together some really nice ex-peeps, 07:05:10.460 --> 07:05:12.820 some really nice defenses throughout this stage. 07:05:13.700 --> 07:05:16.820 Dark Zero's skill is one of the most experienced teams, 07:05:16.820 --> 07:05:18.380 even if they are a bit new themselves, 07:05:18.380 --> 07:05:20.260 are hoping to kind of put an end to this, 07:05:20.260 --> 07:05:21.100 that they can... 07:05:22.340 --> 07:05:23.740 Trouble Wild Card. 07:05:23.740 --> 07:05:24.860 Trouble, that's not a word. 07:05:24.860 --> 07:05:25.740 Stomp Wild Card. 07:05:25.740 --> 07:05:26.300 Trouble? 07:05:26.820 --> 07:05:27.420 Trouble? 07:05:27.820 --> 07:05:28.340 Trouble? 07:05:28.340 --> 07:05:29.580 Make it to the Major! 07:05:31.180 --> 07:05:32.740 What a travel and what? 07:05:32.740 --> 07:05:34.200 What was the other word in there? 07:05:34.200 --> 07:05:34.700 Stomp. 07:05:34.700 --> 07:05:36.200 There was Stomp somewhere in there. 07:05:36.200 --> 07:05:37.460 Stomp and trample. 07:05:37.460 --> 07:05:37.960 Trouble. 07:05:37.960 --> 07:05:40.460 Ha ha ha ha ha! 07:05:40.460 --> 07:05:41.060 The point's up. 07:05:41.060 --> 07:05:42.260 I was going to get a wrong day. 07:05:42.260 --> 07:05:42.980 Damn. 07:05:42.980 --> 07:05:46.740 Which I guess goes to really work the same way. 07:05:46.740 --> 07:05:49.180 Nitro out, not going to land some early damage. 07:05:49.180 --> 07:05:50.860 Actually, on a base, it's wonderful. 07:05:50.860 --> 07:05:52.220 He's getting shot from, Parker. 07:05:52.220 --> 07:05:54.580 And he needs a bit of help playing inside a cache. 07:05:54.580 --> 07:05:56.460 Scott Kanzing just on his red stairs, 07:05:56.460 --> 07:05:57.860 but I'm not sure if it'll be enough. 07:05:57.860 --> 07:06:00.180 He has to be able to hit some shots here too. 07:06:00.180 --> 07:06:00.980 Two rounds in a row. 07:06:00.980 --> 07:06:05.860 DZ some feet loving going on here as they're shooting out the toes and ankles of these wild card players 07:06:06.380 --> 07:06:12.180 Both teams will lose bodies, but wild card losing far and away the most the time out has settled down dark zero 07:06:12.180 --> 07:06:16.720 And they've done it again. Jesse out of nowhere. They clean out the server 07:06:17.860 --> 07:06:19.620 everybody 07:06:19.620 --> 07:06:21.780 Stomp sample 07:06:21.780 --> 07:06:25.900 Trumpled in a matter of seconds as you put it and DZ have tied the game 07:06:25.900 --> 07:06:30.820 Well, Blink and you miss it while all the focus was going over towards cash park 07:06:30.820 --> 07:06:37.260 Or there was a hop in from Newers just sends himself into gym while the rest of his team are busy clearing that extension on the 07:06:37.260 --> 07:06:41.520 Other side of the map Kino at the same time by the way drops him through the Lodgey hatch 07:06:41.520 --> 07:06:45.100 So at some point everybody on these he just said three two one 07:06:45.100 --> 07:06:50.160 Let's go the roam clear sent it the anchor players sent it all over the top floor 07:06:50.160 --> 07:06:54.400 or somebody on BZ was pushing and it really did catch Wildcard off guard. 07:06:54.400 --> 07:06:55.720 They didn't know where to look. 07:06:55.720 --> 07:06:59.720 There was pressure from all different directions and it's that kind of execution. 07:06:59.720 --> 07:07:04.800 It's that kind of coordination that Dark Zero will need to close out this game. 07:07:04.800 --> 07:07:06.560 We've talked about it all day long. 07:07:06.560 --> 07:07:09.480 There have been moments where they've looked a little bit disconnected. 07:07:09.480 --> 07:07:12.960 Wildcard have won some 1v1s and they've gotten the better of Dark Zero. 07:07:12.960 --> 07:07:17.640 They have to be able to push together like they did in round 10 to close out this game. 07:07:17.640 --> 07:07:23.480 been walked in as the favorites. This has been a bit of a tough game for them, wild card versus easy. 07:07:23.480 --> 07:07:29.320 No doubt the hardest match they've played since this roster was formed, but it is still in their 07:07:29.320 --> 07:07:33.480 control. They still have the power to end this out. Two more attacks will tell us the result. 07:07:36.360 --> 07:07:40.760 We're going all the way. You said that absolutely no doubt in your mind when you would need 07:07:40.760 --> 07:07:45.640 overtime. I mean we need all 12 rounds of regulation that's for sure. This is a real 07:07:45.640 --> 07:07:50.080 Got some play from baby shark one of those bullets hits his head and he is dead 07:07:53.960 --> 07:07:58.920 That means through floors and walls by the way if you are running past a barricade and somebody hip fires 07:08:00.280 --> 07:08:04.380 One of those hits your head we're done for that's it. That's just how it works, so 07:08:05.840 --> 07:08:07.600 Shut lips to see another day 07:08:07.600 --> 07:08:11.040 Orbs are exchanged. No damage done on this land of darts here 07:08:11.040 --> 07:08:16.640 and they can recoup now, 45 seconds off the clock, still droning, bringing tons of explosives. 07:08:16.640 --> 07:08:23.680 Nades in the Blackbeard, explosives on the Zofia, nades for the Sledge. Wildcard got to watch out. 07:08:24.880 --> 07:08:28.960 And you'll be able to find these rumors as well, Parker. They know it's an extension from Wildcard 07:08:28.960 --> 07:08:32.400 up towards the top floor. There's nobody on the master side, but you've still got 07:08:32.400 --> 07:08:37.120 Hanson and Baby Shark lurking around cash. That's what NJR is trying to approach just now. 07:08:37.120 --> 07:08:41.440 worried about these pipes. Kino and the Blackbeard as well starting to make his way in towards these 07:08:41.440 --> 07:08:46.800 rumors. He sees them but he dares jump in. Bay is inside of Raptors too, don't forget, 07:08:46.800 --> 07:08:51.120 so there is a very heavy presence and Dark Serial will have to be sharp to clear these guys out. 07:08:53.680 --> 07:08:59.200 Bay living to die out of this position. NJR the very first kill and oh my! Kino almost 07:08:59.200 --> 07:09:02.880 got one as well, but thank goodness for Kanzan. Stopping him in his tracks, 07:09:02.880 --> 07:09:05.500 Max Nitro still now goes out. 07:09:05.500 --> 07:09:07.000 Wildcard trying to hold this one together. 07:09:07.000 --> 07:09:09.780 Adrian Flash by Neuers now, NJR in close pursuit. 07:09:09.780 --> 07:09:11.440 He'll get the job done. 07:09:11.440 --> 07:09:14.760 NJR giving up nothing in the process 07:09:14.760 --> 07:09:16.680 of to knock at the door upstairs of servers. 07:09:16.680 --> 07:09:18.640 There's still two players from Wildcard 07:09:18.640 --> 07:09:20.400 clinging to this part of the map 07:09:20.400 --> 07:09:22.320 and they've got diffuser control. 07:09:22.320 --> 07:09:24.600 This might be a little top four Dark Zero. 07:09:24.600 --> 07:09:26.160 Kansan drops though. 07:09:26.160 --> 07:09:27.840 So now it's Spiker and Bay Bay 07:09:27.840 --> 07:09:30.040 and Mark in the any way shape or form 07:09:30.040 --> 07:09:34.760 looking to give up, fighting in this spot killed from outside. 07:09:34.760 --> 07:09:36.080 Spiker now last man standing. 07:09:36.080 --> 07:09:38.280 Do they know that he's at top red? 07:09:38.280 --> 07:09:39.640 He's got a great cross here. 07:09:39.640 --> 07:09:41.440 If he was kicked, picked up by Foltz, 07:09:41.440 --> 07:09:42.800 they're not going to give him anything. 07:09:42.800 --> 07:09:44.280 He'll drop downstairs. 07:09:44.280 --> 07:09:45.760 Does he have a way out that doesn't 07:09:45.760 --> 07:09:47.720 involve an engagement? 07:09:47.720 --> 07:09:50.280 Beautiful use of that environmental destruction 07:09:50.280 --> 07:09:51.880 onto the fire extinguisher. 07:09:51.880 --> 07:09:54.440 And now Spiker will get away looking for an ego play 07:09:54.440 --> 07:09:55.880 on the upside down repel. 07:09:55.880 --> 07:09:57.920 Barry nearly gets it. 07:09:57.920 --> 07:10:00.640 Shane, I know, just need to swing it forward. There we go. 07:10:00.640 --> 07:10:03.560 It's Fultz and Spiker in a 1v1. 07:10:03.560 --> 07:10:05.060 Fultz had bought some time. 07:10:05.060 --> 07:10:06.760 As that explosion goes off in front of Spiker, 07:10:06.760 --> 07:10:09.200 he'll make some noise into the post-plant we go. 07:10:09.200 --> 07:10:11.000 This is for the lead. 07:10:11.000 --> 07:10:13.200 Fultz is in this position. 07:10:13.200 --> 07:10:14.560 An incredible play by Spiker, 07:10:14.560 --> 07:10:17.440 losing all of his HP in the process. 07:10:17.440 --> 07:10:19.920 Looking for a flank, he gets Fultz's attention. 07:10:21.120 --> 07:10:22.400 Fultz is a little bit wiser than that, 07:10:22.400 --> 07:10:24.800 still looking in this spot. 07:10:24.800 --> 07:10:26.560 Spiker swinging away. 07:10:27.920 --> 07:10:31.040 You can take the long arm here. Get patience in both of these teams. 07:10:31.040 --> 07:10:34.040 Timer at the halfway mark, and Spiker will attempt it. 07:10:34.040 --> 07:10:38.560 Foltz swinging on in, Spiker sticking with it, Spiker sticking with it, off he goes! 07:10:38.560 --> 07:10:42.320 He does a lot of damage to Foltz, he thinks he's got the down, but he doesn't! 07:10:42.320 --> 07:10:48.000 Foltz will come back again, Spiker pops up, this is it! If he hops off, it's over! 07:10:48.000 --> 07:10:51.360 Foltz held it, May! Spiker clutching out! 07:10:51.360 --> 07:10:54.560 Foltz gets in with less than a second to go! 07:10:54.560 --> 07:10:58.140 OH MY GODNESS, DARK ZERO! 07:10:58.640 --> 07:10:59.940 NACH POINT! 07:11:01.180 --> 07:11:09.180 The two IGLs, the two captains, one on each side, one HP to share between the both of them. 07:11:09.180 --> 07:11:13.380 They were one bullet away, each from going down in that moment. 07:11:13.380 --> 07:11:18.460 Spikershot faulted about 10 times, but he doesn't have enough damage to actually get the down. 07:11:18.460 --> 07:11:21.560 He thought he was dead, I thought he was down to the midst of that, Parker. 07:11:21.560 --> 07:11:24.420 What a ridiculous defense that was, start to finish. 07:11:24.420 --> 07:11:30.880 The 1v1 will take the attention, but this was a bottom-floor defense where like 8 players died on the top floor. 07:11:30.880 --> 07:11:37.820 It was such a heavy commitment to the roam game around CC and Cache, initially Kansan Bay and Baby Shark holding up above. 07:11:37.820 --> 07:11:41.140 But then Adrien rotates up towards the top floor to help Otis roamers, 07:11:41.140 --> 07:11:45.140 and then Spike is alone on the bomb site, playing the clash thing I want to get involved. 07:11:45.140 --> 07:11:48.980 He rotates up to try to play with the roamers on the top floor. 07:11:48.980 --> 07:11:55.980 Just an aggressive, messy round from Wildcard where they rely on their gun skill, it nearly pays off for them. 07:11:55.980 --> 07:12:01.980 And the 2v1, Spyper has to play that so perfectly, because he knows he's in a crossfire, right? 07:12:01.980 --> 07:12:04.980 He watched Faults drop oil pit, the other guy is on his blue window. 07:12:04.980 --> 07:12:08.980 He now has to take the fight against one of those players, because otherwise that's a perfect crossfire. 07:12:08.980 --> 07:12:14.980 Eventually wins it, but then Faults has got the plant down so close to clutching things up, 07:12:14.980 --> 07:12:21.140 things up even with that last disable I thought he had it Parker good lord if 07:12:21.140 --> 07:12:25.180 that doesn't get your heart right up I don't know what will dark zero one away 07:12:25.180 --> 07:12:29.220 from the major remember what I said that DZ playing a little bit more confidently 07:12:29.220 --> 07:12:33.460 means they're not giving her palpitations to their fans and then the series happens 07:12:33.460 --> 07:12:38.940 and I'd like to issue a correction to all dark zero aficionados you don't 07:12:38.940 --> 07:12:42.580 have very good heart health that's just how it works DZ fans but you're 07:12:42.580 --> 07:12:48.900 Hopefully a customer can do it at this point either way a do or die round for a wild card 07:12:49.180 --> 07:12:51.980 The reason this match goes down the lower bracket 07:12:51.980 --> 07:12:58.620 They play space station gaming tomorrow and the winner of that series will be one of the final two teams 07:12:58.780 --> 07:13:00.780 Qualify for the Salt Lake City Major 07:13:01.140 --> 07:13:05.820 This kickoff is not technically a part of the NA League usual circuit 07:13:05.820 --> 07:13:12.380 This is a truncated series of matches an event if you will that qualifies you for the major 07:13:12.580 --> 07:13:16.580 NALs, stage one will be coming up in a couple months time once the major is done. 07:13:17.220 --> 07:13:20.740 Wildcard will still have an opportunity. They're hoping to go out with a win. 07:13:21.780 --> 07:13:25.620 They need to do it through overtime. But baby sharking cans that are on the board. 07:13:25.620 --> 07:13:30.020 Baby shark taking no prisoners. Three kills for the Frenchman. 07:13:30.020 --> 07:13:34.660 And with a minute 40 still on the clock, Foltz is in a 1v5. 07:13:35.860 --> 07:13:40.820 Jesse, do you just sit outside and try to talk your team through this? 07:13:40.820 --> 07:13:43.060 I don't think Foltz gives this an attempt. 07:13:43.060 --> 07:13:45.860 There is no way he wins this round. 07:13:45.860 --> 07:13:47.780 He knows that, we know that. 07:13:51.420 --> 07:13:55.260 He's hoping for a free pick first, not giving it to him though. 07:13:55.260 --> 07:13:58.620 Everybody on Wildcard's sitting still, forces the rotate out. 07:13:59.980 --> 07:14:01.220 Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot. 07:14:01.220 --> 07:14:02.860 I think we're headed straight to OT. 07:14:02.860 --> 07:14:04.180 Foltz does as well. 07:14:04.180 --> 07:14:07.420 He's going to call the unofficial attack timeout on the roof. 07:14:07.420 --> 07:14:09.460 1v5 will not give it a try. 07:14:09.460 --> 07:14:14.740 You're right Parker not even able to fight for that KD. I mean what a roam from baby shark 07:14:15.220 --> 07:14:22.260 Entered that round with the lowest kills in the server five and nine and explodes up to eight after a massive 07:14:22.540 --> 07:14:26.060 Triple playing around those thorn gadgets just extended inside a gym 07:14:26.860 --> 07:14:33.540 From a player that has had confidence issues who was incredible last year who couldn't find his footing at the start of this season 07:14:33.540 --> 07:14:37.620 And now has just come alive and back-to-back feel threes when his team needs the most 07:14:37.620 --> 07:14:42.860 It has been an incredible story to watch baby shark evolve in through this season. 07:14:42.860 --> 07:14:47.860 He will get his team to overtime now against dark zero three more rounds 07:14:47.860 --> 07:14:51.740 separate us from that final decision of who makes it to the major. 07:14:51.740 --> 07:14:55.060 It has not gotten any easier to call as this thing's gone on. 07:14:57.060 --> 07:15:01.260 Can in the round early as folks are still talking through this don't know what he's looking at 07:15:01.260 --> 07:15:07.580 or what this team is going to talk to or talk about call out is not able to be involved in those discussions. 07:15:07.580 --> 07:15:12.300 That's the coach of Dark Zero, migrated over from the space station gaming. 07:15:12.940 --> 07:15:16.380 Volts is basically seen at all. I mean, hell, he's a world champion. 07:15:16.380 --> 07:15:18.940 Very few people can say that. He's got tons of experience. 07:15:18.940 --> 07:15:22.020 He studied under Troy, but he's also become his own man 07:15:22.020 --> 07:15:25.580 with his own identity and his own team that is now, I think you could say, 07:15:25.940 --> 07:15:30.500 maybe more even successful than a lot of those older rosters that he was on. 07:15:30.500 --> 07:15:35.620 So he'll try to get the team's head squared on nicely, screwed on nicely. 07:15:35.620 --> 07:15:39.620 As we now go to overtime, Wildcard, winning that one very quickly. 07:15:39.620 --> 07:15:47.620 What was this, four rounds so far, just this map alone, where you literally can't even say your own name and everybody is dead. 07:15:47.620 --> 07:15:51.620 I like the tempo that's being set. It has been very, very quick. 07:15:51.620 --> 07:15:54.620 This has been a very fast best of three, despite how many rounds have been played. 07:15:54.620 --> 07:15:57.620 And that is because both of these teams have been very quick on attack. 07:15:57.620 --> 07:16:01.620 Now we will see what the landscape looks like in overtime. 07:16:01.620 --> 07:16:04.620 Who gets to attack twice? Who gets to defend twice? 07:16:04.620 --> 07:16:06.620 And what bomb sites do we see? 07:16:06.620 --> 07:16:10.620 That, to me, is going to play a big part in two Ultimate Improvisators. 07:16:10.620 --> 07:16:15.620 Well, DarkZero got the initial side choice because they had a better round if through the first two maps. 07:16:15.620 --> 07:16:21.620 That means Wildcard get the overtime side choice, and they will select defense as expected. 07:16:21.620 --> 07:16:26.620 So, DarkZero, maybe the harder task here, having to attack twice in these next three rounds. 07:16:26.620 --> 07:16:32.620 There is no infinite OT, of course, so it just comes down to these final three, the first to eight will win it, 07:16:32.620 --> 07:16:34.620 making it to the Major. 07:16:34.620 --> 07:16:40.120 We had two even halves, it was 3-3 at halftime, 6-6 after regulation, 07:16:40.120 --> 07:16:44.120 so we don't see a heavy advantage for one side or the other, 07:16:44.120 --> 07:16:48.620 but you do have to imagine when you go overtime and all the sites unlock once again 07:16:48.620 --> 07:16:51.120 that there is maybe a slight edge towards the defenders. 07:16:51.120 --> 07:16:53.120 Bottom floor is the Scythe Collection, 07:16:53.120 --> 07:16:57.620 and last time it was an extremely heavy roam game from Wildcard 07:16:57.620 --> 07:17:02.120 that resulted in almost every single player dying around CP and Cache. 07:17:02.120 --> 07:17:07.220 This time it's much the same, but Dark Zero could be taking a different approach. 07:17:07.220 --> 07:17:11.720 Crackling a bit of a rush here, but tough to say if they'll commit yet. 07:17:11.720 --> 07:17:13.720 How did they do that? 07:17:16.720 --> 07:17:20.120 As we tend to see when it comes down to the wire like this, 07:17:20.120 --> 07:17:23.820 teams will be a little bit slower in how they go about attacking, 07:17:23.820 --> 07:17:25.820 more thoroughness with this drone work. 07:17:25.820 --> 07:17:28.420 Just more care overall being paid. 07:17:28.420 --> 07:17:31.220 I say that right as Foltz takes a lot of damage, 07:17:31.220 --> 07:17:35.460 And as you can see on your screen, many bullets have found their way towards him. 07:17:35.460 --> 07:17:39.300 Most of them, thankfully bouncing off of the shield, is thankfully for his sake. 07:17:39.300 --> 07:17:45.260 He now has an escort to walk in this dirt tunnel, but his advance will be slowed by those Goyo canisters. 07:17:45.260 --> 07:17:49.860 Now, popped in the tunnel a long 20 seconds, waiting for those flames to extinguish. 07:17:49.860 --> 07:17:52.060 Just past the 2-minute mark here. 07:17:52.060 --> 07:17:56.860 In the first round of OT, Kino has his hands full, but oh my! 07:17:56.860 --> 07:18:00.820 NJR is also on the window! Why are there four players in blue?! 07:18:00.820 --> 07:18:02.820 Oh my goodness! 07:18:04.260 --> 07:18:08.380 It's been a very awkward push part for two guys dirt tunnel two guys pushing blue 07:18:08.380 --> 07:18:10.740 They do not want to bother taking that map control 07:18:10.740 --> 07:18:16.840 It was a lot of work last time around and even though they wanted it was very strappy too close for comforts 07:18:17.000 --> 07:18:22.880 Still battling in dirt Adrian will give up that position now the goya's have all been burns and they've got this deployable shield 07:18:22.880 --> 07:18:27.200 So they've got a fault in not afraid though fault jumps right in and we're in a plant spot 07:18:27.200 --> 07:18:32.800 They've got the numbers that they want, it will continue to get better for DarkZero now. 07:18:32.800 --> 07:18:40.000 NJR with three kills, Algoes, Spiker, Baby Shark will need to clutch, Jack himself, J9O 07:18:40.000 --> 07:18:41.800 finds the final two. 07:18:41.800 --> 07:18:46.800 DZ moves back to Ceres Point. 07:18:46.800 --> 07:18:50.080 Brilliantly done from DarkZero, they don't have a lot of map control but they don't 07:18:50.080 --> 07:18:51.080 need it. 07:18:51.080 --> 07:18:54.040 That pushing through dirt tunnel, it's not fast, doesn't catch them off guard but 07:18:54.040 --> 07:18:55.040 it's consistent. 07:18:55.040 --> 07:18:57.140 the team. And he's still 07:18:57.140 --> 07:18:58.840 playing on the left side of 07:18:58.840 --> 07:19:00.960 the game. Jane I know following 07:19:00.960 --> 07:19:03.040 up his monty getting those 07:19:03.040 --> 07:19:05.040 picks. Jack is currently first 07:19:05.040 --> 07:19:07.040 place in the running for League 07:19:07.040 --> 07:19:09.040 MVP here in kickoff. He has not 07:19:09.040 --> 07:19:11.040 had a single game worse than 07:19:11.040 --> 07:19:13.040 plus four on the KD coming 07:19:13.040 --> 07:19:14.040 into today. Not sure if that 07:19:14.040 --> 07:19:15.040 has maintained through this 07:19:15.040 --> 07:19:16.040 best of three. It's 07:19:16.040 --> 07:19:18.040 certainly been his toughest 07:19:18.040 --> 07:19:20.040 contest, but he has been 07:19:20.040 --> 07:19:22.040 phenomenal since this season 07:19:22.040 --> 07:19:23.040 began makes the job happen 07:19:23.040 --> 07:19:24.040 over in dirt tunnel. At the 07:19:24.040 --> 07:19:28.600 on the side of Dark Zero. They set themselves up with a two round buffer to get this job 07:19:28.600 --> 07:19:33.480 done and send themselves to Salt Lake City. But Parker, if this game has taught me anything, 07:19:33.480 --> 07:19:35.480 it's that we're probably going to need all 15. 07:19:35.480 --> 07:19:44.400 I wanted it. I wanted a spirited match between these two teams and we have gotten 07:19:44.400 --> 07:19:48.960 it. Oh yeah, I just know that Five Fears is sitting in the wings watching this going, 07:19:48.960 --> 07:19:52.400 Yes, yes, yes. 07:19:52.400 --> 07:19:55.700 Yes, tire yourselves out, show us your strategies. 07:19:55.700 --> 07:20:00.120 The map pool right now of Chalet Nighthaven and Clubhouse leads me to think that we might 07:20:00.120 --> 07:20:03.640 see some repeat maps for the very next series. 07:20:03.640 --> 07:20:08.020 There will be very limited downtime for the winner of this event, whether it be Dark 07:20:08.020 --> 07:20:09.400 Zero or Wild Card. 07:20:09.400 --> 07:20:13.140 They will immediately go into battle, the loser will have the rest of the day to 07:20:13.140 --> 07:20:15.660 recover for tomorrow's matches. 07:20:15.660 --> 07:20:22.460 Again, one of 30 will play Shopify Rebellion, where one of those teams gets the third spot 07:20:22.460 --> 07:20:27.340 and then the loser of this series will play space station gaming, where the winner of 07:20:27.340 --> 07:20:32.300 SSG vs. 2D Detournment gets the fourth and final spot. 07:20:32.300 --> 07:20:36.900 We started with 10 teams here in the NAL kickoff, two did not make it to the playoffs 07:20:36.900 --> 07:20:39.900 and now slowly maturing, we've been saying goodbye. 07:20:39.900 --> 07:20:41.900 Use some of these teams. 07:20:41.900 --> 07:20:45.900 Mark-Zero and Wildcard have been so well balanced aside from that first map. 07:20:45.900 --> 07:20:48.900 I mean, hell, even the first map, Jesse, was all 12 rounds without overtime, 07:20:48.900 --> 07:20:51.900 so it's been a grueling fight for both of these teams, 07:20:51.900 --> 07:20:54.900 and despite the fact that it's been a little quicker than we expected of a best of three, 07:20:54.900 --> 07:20:56.900 it has been a very even affair. 07:20:56.900 --> 07:20:58.900 Is this the end of the road for Wildcard? 07:20:58.900 --> 07:21:01.900 They're on attack with just a little over two to one. 07:21:03.900 --> 07:21:05.900 Jenna and O playing the Jagger inside of Rafters. 07:21:05.900 --> 07:21:07.900 He is the Rafter's player. 07:21:07.900 --> 07:21:11.780 the guy who's always in this position, but curious to not see him on the Azami, Neurus 07:21:11.780 --> 07:21:16.220 has taken that and is playing down below him, trying to help cover from inside of lounge. 07:21:16.220 --> 07:21:20.420 They don't have a risky play, but it could pay off as long as Neurus doesn't leave him 07:21:20.420 --> 07:21:25.980 to die, as long as he can support and fight anybody who tries to walk in from bottom garage. 07:21:25.980 --> 07:21:29.420 Good Uto Clear still being played with Wild Card, they've got the breach open without 07:21:29.420 --> 07:21:33.460 any problems, and they see this Jager inside our afters, but killing him is 07:21:33.460 --> 07:21:36.900 a different story, a big swing on the breach from fault, and he takes 99 damage 07:21:36.900 --> 07:21:37.900 because of it. 07:21:37.900 --> 07:21:40.020 How is Baby Shark still alive? 07:21:40.020 --> 07:21:42.240 Baby walks right in, down goes NJR. 07:21:42.240 --> 07:21:43.860 Baby Shark living on Goro. 07:21:43.860 --> 07:21:45.260 Time's spiker on the board. 07:21:45.260 --> 07:21:46.900 DZ collapsing. 07:21:46.900 --> 07:21:48.300 Kino trying to salvage something. 07:21:48.300 --> 07:21:49.740 He's got newers with him now as well. 07:21:49.740 --> 07:21:51.220 Foltz still fighting back. 07:21:51.220 --> 07:21:52.660 Kino takes down another. 07:21:52.660 --> 07:21:56.580 And DZ has swung this in their favor. 07:21:56.580 --> 07:21:57.660 Still a minute to go. 07:21:57.660 --> 07:22:00.140 Wildcard got into the bong site. 07:22:00.140 --> 07:22:03.980 They got very soundly thrown out by DarkZero 07:22:03.980 --> 07:22:05.460 after finding two kills. 07:22:06.900 --> 07:22:11.300 I'm worried if I'm wildcard here Jesse this is a precarious spot to be in 07:22:11.300 --> 07:22:16.140 full phobie on low HP does give them an ability to exert more influence and open 07:22:16.140 --> 07:22:18.860 up some more of this bomb say they just got to get to him because viewers right 07:22:18.860 --> 07:22:23.100 now it's the one watching the coverage. Two smokes and nothing for planting now 07:22:23.100 --> 07:22:26.220 though Parker that's the key thing they could work a plant the cover just has 07:22:26.220 --> 07:22:30.340 to be perfect from Kansan. Absolutely no utility on the side of wildcard it 07:22:30.340 --> 07:22:35.260 will be pure bloodshed. Befall spot now Spiker getting diffused kid down 07:22:35.260 --> 07:22:39.300 He falls off. They know that they're gonna need some coverage a run out from Kino greener by spiker 07:22:39.300 --> 07:22:42.340 He's doing everything himself. He's got the defuse kit 07:22:42.460 --> 07:22:45.840 He's got cans in for support and now false is on the ropes 07:22:46.420 --> 07:22:50.620 Faults outduled by cans and we will need all 15 yet 07:22:51.060 --> 07:22:53.060 again tie game 07:22:53.580 --> 07:22:55.580 final round I 07:22:55.660 --> 07:23:02.660 Don't understand how wildcard can see these win cons. It is so impressive from spiker is the IGL 07:23:02.660 --> 07:23:08.900 recognizing the spots they're in. 2v3, good smokes, the ability to start a plant, 07:23:08.900 --> 07:23:14.420 nothing on dark zero to stop it. When that plant begins, dark zero are forced to 07:23:14.420 --> 07:23:18.580 swing out. Once spiker gets in that plant position, one jumps out for the window, 07:23:18.580 --> 07:23:23.300 one pushes up red stairs, and all of those angles are being stared at by the 07:23:23.300 --> 07:23:26.820 last few players. Kansan and spiker. Kansan's cover was good, 07:23:26.820 --> 07:23:30.260 spiker's able to pull off at the right moment and challenge those last two 07:23:30.260 --> 07:23:35.460 angles as well. The captain pulls himself up to 13 kills before cancelling. It's the last one, 07:23:35.460 --> 07:23:42.980 a miraculous game coming out from Spiker on map 3 so far. That was not an easy round to win. He 07:23:42.980 --> 07:23:48.660 finds the one thing that they can do to force a win out of that round. And despite the man 07:23:48.660 --> 07:23:57.960 disadvantage wildcard force 15 how else could this one have ended oh my goodness 07:23:57.960 --> 07:24:05.040 eight seven could we see another reverse sweep from wildcard here's the game plan 07:24:05.040 --> 07:24:09.720 if you're wildcard lose the first map which needs to be your own map we did 07:24:09.720 --> 07:24:18.200 that against an 80 you win the second map in stunning fashion they did that 07:24:18.200 --> 07:24:22.640 against an 80 they're doing the same here against dark zero and then you win that 07:24:22.640 --> 07:24:29.320 three and everybody goes perhaps I judged you too quickly wild card we are 07:24:29.320 --> 07:24:35.880 right there again now GZ could put that play into a screeching halt they've got 07:24:35.880 --> 07:24:40.760 five players wild cards got five players anybody's game yours is already 07:24:40.760 --> 07:24:45.720 encreaching on that basement position a rude dirt Tony's doing it all by his 07:24:45.720 --> 07:24:49.760 It's been a bit worrying, Jesse, when Dark Zero has approached some of these maps and 07:24:49.760 --> 07:24:55.120 bomb sites like individuals and not like a real team, Volkz just droned himself in. 07:24:55.120 --> 07:25:00.320 But Neurs kills Adrien, that's a huge first target, and the namesake of that area's escape 07:25:00.320 --> 07:25:03.320 title and Neurs will use it effectively. 07:25:03.320 --> 07:25:08.680 GZ with a one-man lead over two minutes left, plenty of time for them to sort this one 07:25:08.680 --> 07:25:10.600 out and take the series. 07:25:10.600 --> 07:25:17.400 most important round of your season so far and you go bar and stage wild card I 07:25:17.400 --> 07:25:22.880 hope you know what you're doing this bomb site does not get played at all 07:25:22.880 --> 07:25:26.960 not even in the rarest of circumstances but it's where wild card will hang their 07:25:26.960 --> 07:25:32.160 hopes now in a man disadvantage Adrian going down as you said that's gonna 07:25:32.160 --> 07:25:35.480 put things into a really awkward spot where now they feel a little bit 07:25:35.480 --> 07:25:39.160 pressured do they try to fight back and get this man count once again or 07:25:39.160 --> 07:25:42.000 They just trust in their sight play they have Bay on the echo 07:25:42.000 --> 07:25:49.560 They've got an ability to just play for this site denial, but they have to wait that clock down dark zero will go for an opportunity if they see it 07:25:50.000 --> 07:25:52.880 Faults up here on the top floor hoping to clear the roamers 07:25:52.880 --> 07:25:55.600 It's baby shark and spiker trying to hold things down up above 07:25:56.040 --> 07:26:01.900 Canson and Bay protecting the site down below. They're not rushing things inside of easy. They're happy to use the block 07:26:01.900 --> 07:26:07.100 Roger bombs will go off, exothermic charge will give them an opening as well. 07:26:07.100 --> 07:26:08.600 Still fighting on this top floor. 07:26:08.600 --> 07:26:13.840 Now the flashbangs will go, Foltz all by himself in this position and he's got three people 07:26:13.840 --> 07:26:17.600 and you're buying years will die, he pays for his crime, burn your spiker, outdulls 07:26:17.600 --> 07:26:18.600 Foltz as well. 07:26:18.600 --> 07:26:24.320 Oh my goodness, Kessie wild card all over this kill feed, easy in the upper hand, 07:26:24.320 --> 07:26:29.440 they are losing their forces, J9-0 with one, NJR takes down Kansan back to even 07:26:29.440 --> 07:26:30.440 footing. 07:26:30.440 --> 07:26:36.600 Of course in the final round it's a 2v2 with plenty of time for both squads to pop off. 07:26:36.600 --> 07:26:38.840 I mean what do you do at this point? 07:26:38.840 --> 07:26:42.800 It's so hard to get this diffuser, they're watching it from above too, don't forget they've 07:26:42.800 --> 07:26:47.200 got good low angles and they're on a belt cam. 07:26:47.200 --> 07:26:51.840 Stop floor control still being held by Wildcard now as they have the yellow pings. 07:26:51.840 --> 07:26:54.720 Biker knows exactly where this is but he can't get a good read on and he'll reposition 07:26:54.720 --> 07:26:55.720 over towards the hatch. 07:26:55.720 --> 07:26:56.720 This could be a dead end! 07:26:56.720 --> 07:26:58.720 Oh my god, Spiker! 07:27:01.200 --> 07:27:03.200 I've been lost for words! 07:27:03.200 --> 07:27:09.400 Wildcard win an insane best of three by the skin of their teeth! 07:27:09.960 --> 07:27:12.120 And they're off to Salt Lake City! 07:27:13.160 --> 07:27:16.920 Maybe the best map that Brady Lukens has played, 07:27:16.920 --> 07:27:20.080 certainly up there, top five for sure. 07:27:20.080 --> 07:27:22.920 What a game from Spiker! 07:27:22.920 --> 07:27:27.640 The young captain on wildcard who dashes the dreams of dark zero 07:27:28.360 --> 07:27:33.080 Far and away the best looking team in the group stage falling now to the team that just won't quit 07:27:33.880 --> 07:27:41.240 Unbelievable the little engine that could wildcard have made it all the way GZ goes to the lower bracket 07:27:41.240 --> 07:27:45.080 We still got one more series so hold on we'll be right back 07:30:22.920 --> 07:30:24.920 I 07:32:22.920 --> 07:32:44.200 Wild guard are going to the major thanks to this guy right here, spiker with 16 kills 07:32:44.200 --> 07:32:49.120 back to back hero plays, back to back clutches to close it out. 07:32:49.120 --> 07:32:51.760 Dude, what a finish. 07:32:51.760 --> 07:32:53.880 Tell me what it feels like in that moment. 07:32:53.880 --> 07:32:55.840 You are dropping down the hatch. 07:32:55.840 --> 07:32:58.040 You are going, wait, what, shotgun in hand? 07:32:58.040 --> 07:33:00.080 You've got two guys in front of you. 07:33:00.080 --> 07:33:03.440 What are you thinking, dropping that hat, trying to clutch that round? 07:33:03.440 --> 07:33:07.400 Yeah, you know, we called the guy's main door and then I said, Jake, I'm going to drop 07:33:07.400 --> 07:33:08.400 the stage hatch. 07:33:08.400 --> 07:33:09.400 Do you swing with me? 07:33:09.400 --> 07:33:10.400 And then I said, three, two, one, drop. 07:33:10.400 --> 07:33:12.400 So even if I didn't kill him, I think Jake's going to hand me. 07:33:12.400 --> 07:33:15.280 Like, there was still a lot of team play going into that. 07:33:15.280 --> 07:33:17.680 So let's, you know, let's, let's, let's focus on that. 07:33:17.680 --> 07:33:19.600 Jake would have tried to me even if I didn't kill those guys. 07:33:19.600 --> 07:33:21.560 You guys had an affirmation there, no, right? 07:33:21.560 --> 07:33:22.560 You guys still have the time? 07:33:22.560 --> 07:33:23.560 Yeah, we do, okay. 07:33:23.560 --> 07:33:24.560 We do, okay. 07:33:24.560 --> 07:33:25.560 Are you okay? 07:33:25.560 --> 07:33:28.320 So you didn't have, you guys knew they weren't planning at the moment when you were going 07:33:28.320 --> 07:33:29.320 for the drop. 07:33:29.320 --> 07:33:30.320 So you could have played. 07:33:30.320 --> 07:33:31.320 They were, they were. 07:33:31.320 --> 07:33:33.760 They were, but they got off, they got off and then they got back on. 07:33:33.760 --> 07:33:34.760 Oh, they did? 07:33:34.760 --> 07:33:35.760 Oh well, I didn't know that. 07:33:35.760 --> 07:33:36.760 It doesn't matter. 07:33:36.760 --> 07:33:37.760 The play was amazing. 07:33:37.760 --> 07:33:41.360 It was really heads up, they come to use the shotgun because you can't ADS when 07:33:41.360 --> 07:33:43.000 you're dropping hatches. 07:33:43.000 --> 07:33:46.120 Did you believe that that pump was going to reach that far? 07:33:46.120 --> 07:33:47.120 You know, I had faith. 07:33:47.120 --> 07:33:48.120 I was fighting against Kino. 07:33:48.120 --> 07:33:49.120 I was 50, 50, 50. 07:33:49.120 --> 07:33:58.120 I have good karma against Kino. He shocked me so far away last time we played them, so I have karma that it was going to work for me in a bit. 07:33:58.120 --> 07:34:00.120 Yeah, you have a Kino shock in there. 07:34:00.120 --> 07:34:01.120 Exactly. 07:34:01.120 --> 07:34:10.120 No, absolutely. I think we also have another round to show you. I believe it was round, let's see, round 11 where you were in that clutch with Clash. 07:34:10.120 --> 07:34:16.120 You almost clutched it. Obviously, you can't see the HP here, but just look at Ulta's HP. 07:34:16.120 --> 07:34:25.900 I was so sad you don't understand how sad I was you kept tagging him every single time you got off like one more bullet 07:34:25.900 --> 07:34:29.700 He goes down. I mean that was just an insane play already even you 07:34:34.000 --> 07:34:42.000 So much time like for you and like you shot the fire the fire pipe burst it on the other side the first time 07:34:42.000 --> 07:34:46.800 While you were sticking it so you could have got it off the first time the second time he doesn't peak 07:34:46.960 --> 07:34:50.200 You could have got it off in the second time. It was unfortunate 07:34:50.680 --> 07:34:55.040 Listen man. He's been in the lead for a while. All right. He's been in the lead for a while. He knows what's going on. Oh 07:34:56.000 --> 07:34:58.000 My god another one 07:35:00.920 --> 07:35:03.440 We have to show you it was so close 07:35:06.000 --> 07:35:11.120 Oh my god, like we've talked so much as you relive this is agonizing moment again 07:35:11.120 --> 07:35:18.920 We've talked so much about what your team has done to improve since the group stage you guys have come through and now are the second 07:35:18.920 --> 07:35:26.720 Team to make it to the Salt Lake City Major. I mean what what were those things that you guys took from the group stage? 07:35:26.720 --> 07:35:29.280 I mean obviously coming out against M80 was a great start 07:35:29.280 --> 07:35:31.480 Could you narrow it down to a couple of concrete? 07:35:32.120 --> 07:35:37.360 Improvements that you guys brought into this game against dark zero a powerhouse team that we know is hard to take down 07:35:37.360 --> 07:35:41.360 Honestly, it was mostly just doing what I do on the scrims. That was our main thing. 07:35:41.360 --> 07:35:46.280 Like yesterday between map 1 and map 2, I kind of said it, but like I think we're taking 07:35:46.280 --> 07:35:50.680 a little too serious, and we're a team that needs to be having fun and for me playing well. 07:35:50.680 --> 07:35:53.920 So ever since then we've been trying to have more fun, kind of be more loose, make more 07:35:53.920 --> 07:35:58.360 jokes, laugh more, not just like only just like, you know, playing the game. 07:35:58.360 --> 07:36:03.720 And then bro, 7-7, I said I'll be going bar and Jake instantly said let's go bar. 07:36:03.720 --> 07:36:04.720 That's my boy. 07:36:04.720 --> 07:36:10.560 I mean, did you was that something you had cooked up? Did you guys know that that was gonna be pocket? Yeah 07:36:11.440 --> 07:36:16.760 We didn't talk about it before but like we kind of said that like we're not gonna go bar unless we really need it 07:36:16.760 --> 07:36:18.640 And that was I kind of felt like we needed it 07:36:18.640 --> 07:36:25.640 So with your prep for bar was that solely based off even in scrims that was also you dropping that stage hatch and getting to kill 07:36:26.360 --> 07:36:32.160 Okay, so that wasn't a script that wasn't so that could have forever stay in the back pocket or now because you had that clutch 07:36:32.160 --> 07:36:34.560 That's gonna you know, we're maybe we're gonna see it pulled out again 07:36:35.260 --> 07:36:38.960 We'll see we'll see never say never we play every fourth site in the game 07:36:38.960 --> 07:36:44.600 So it'll come out at some point. You never know when it'll be maybe seven seven major final. You never know 07:36:46.280 --> 07:36:51.300 They should he should they should bring it out in the next match first five years just ego chow only play bar, right? 07:36:51.300 --> 07:36:55.880 You guys got to play for I have to play JJ. Yep, exactly. You got to do it in well 07:36:55.880 --> 07:36:58.660 Oh, yeah, it's fine. I was fine. I'll go get some coffee. We'll be good, bro 07:36:58.660 --> 07:37:03.900 We'll be good. Well, what what would have finished you guys take down dark zero you guys make the major and we will see 07:37:04.120 --> 07:37:10.840 How you guys are able to do come up? Yeah come the game in a few minutes time to see you crown the NAL kickoff champion 07:37:10.840 --> 07:37:18.240 Thanks so much man. All right. Thank you. Well, what a win from these guys the captain coming through in the biggest way 07:37:18.240 --> 07:37:22.720 I mean we see big clutches from these guys, but spiker to do it and back to back rounds 07:37:22.720 --> 07:37:27.920 So I mean not single and he was very clear about this not single-handedly bringing his team across the line 07:37:27.920 --> 07:37:33.340 But it really felt like without him in those two moments. Yeah, we're not sitting here right now 07:37:33.340 --> 07:37:36.320 No, not at all a lot of those rounds were great adaptation 07:37:36.320 --> 07:37:41.440 I think that's the biggest takeaway from a car the adaptation that we saw the comms that we were lucky enough to be able to hear 07:37:41.480 --> 07:37:46.320 It's exactly what you would see from them at a major event the way that they were communicating 07:37:46.320 --> 07:37:46.960 It was calm 07:37:46.960 --> 07:37:51.720 they would focus on what the wind condition would be how they need to be able to talk to each other especially in a 07:37:51.720 --> 07:37:53.080 lot of those clutches and 07:37:53.080 --> 07:37:57.240 You can easily see that with that calmness the stillness understanding what's going on 07:37:57.240 --> 07:37:59.640 everyone's able to understand what they're doing. 07:37:59.640 --> 07:38:01.960 The trust is built, and just like Spiker said, 07:38:01.960 --> 07:38:03.280 if he's not getting those kills, 07:38:03.280 --> 07:38:04.880 his teammate's getting those kills. 07:38:04.880 --> 07:38:06.040 And a lot of these rounds, 07:38:06.040 --> 07:38:09.000 I do believe for Wildcard really came down to that, 07:38:09.000 --> 07:38:10.720 that the trust, if it's gonna work out, 07:38:10.720 --> 07:38:11.560 it'll work out. 07:38:11.560 --> 07:38:13.200 If not, somebody else will pick it up. 07:38:13.200 --> 07:38:14.440 And I think Wildcard, I mean, 07:38:14.440 --> 07:38:16.480 it's safe to say that they are looking 07:38:16.480 --> 07:38:18.000 a lot more comfortable than they do 07:38:18.000 --> 07:38:18.840 to the start of this stage. 07:38:18.840 --> 07:38:19.840 And it's great that they, 07:38:19.840 --> 07:38:20.800 this is a great question, by the way, 07:38:20.800 --> 07:38:23.040 like what points that they focus on going 07:38:23.040 --> 07:38:24.240 into this match. 07:38:24.240 --> 07:38:27.380 I do think that wildcard is hitting their peak close. 07:38:27.380 --> 07:38:29.520 Well here is again that winning moment 07:38:29.520 --> 07:38:32.100 from inside the wildcard comms 07:38:32.100 --> 07:38:34.440 of sending them to the Salt Lake City Major. 07:38:36.700 --> 07:38:37.540 Come on, Simon. 07:38:37.540 --> 07:38:38.380 You have to stay, Jack. 07:38:38.380 --> 07:38:39.220 Spike, are you ready? 07:38:39.220 --> 07:38:40.060 Three, two, one. 07:38:40.060 --> 07:38:41.560 Swing, swing, swing, swing, swing, swing. 07:38:41.560 --> 07:38:46.560 Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! 07:38:46.560 --> 07:38:47.540 Let's go! 07:38:47.540 --> 07:38:48.860 Oh my God! 07:38:48.860 --> 07:38:53.360 Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! 07:38:53.360 --> 07:38:55.360 That's that bar to show me. 07:38:55.360 --> 07:38:56.360 Door, door, door. 07:38:56.360 --> 07:38:57.360 That's the bar to show me. 07:38:57.360 --> 07:38:58.360 You show so much. 07:38:58.360 --> 07:38:59.360 I thought you liked both tips. 07:38:59.360 --> 07:39:00.360 I was like, he's not... 07:39:00.360 --> 07:39:03.360 Now listen, you know, I want to say the confidence is actually there. 07:39:03.360 --> 07:39:04.360 The teamwork was there. 07:39:04.360 --> 07:39:09.360 But if you notice where the other player was in that moment where Spiker gets that first kill, 07:39:09.360 --> 07:39:10.360 Spiker dies there. 07:39:10.360 --> 07:39:14.360 There's still a little bit of time for a homeboy to be able to swing across the bar 07:39:14.360 --> 07:39:16.360 to focus on these two guys at the front door. 07:39:16.360 --> 07:39:19.360 But either way, I mean, that was a good heads-up play from Spiker. 07:39:19.360 --> 07:39:22.760 I wasn't even sure what the call was going to be given. 07:39:22.760 --> 07:39:25.960 Spiker had no information in terms of just playing in vertical, 07:39:25.960 --> 07:39:27.560 and the only option was dropping the hatch. 07:39:27.560 --> 07:39:29.560 And I mean, I wouldn't have done that, 07:39:29.560 --> 07:39:32.360 but given that it's with a shock, and it makes demo sense, 07:39:32.360 --> 07:39:33.460 because if he has any other gun, 07:39:33.460 --> 07:39:35.060 I don't think that plays out in his favor. 07:39:35.060 --> 07:39:36.560 And we talked so much about that 15th round, 07:39:36.560 --> 07:39:39.160 we kind of lose focus on the one right before that, 07:39:39.160 --> 07:39:40.560 where Spiker clashed it. 07:39:40.560 --> 07:39:43.360 It was a 2v3, needing to get the bomb down. 07:39:43.360 --> 07:39:46.660 Another really heads-up play in that back-and-forth cat 07:39:46.660 --> 07:39:48.160 and mouse that it could have gone either way. 07:39:48.160 --> 07:39:52.000 They could have I mean thankfully he had his team in on rafter. I believe the same round we're talking 07:39:52.000 --> 07:39:58.000 Yeah, and so them being able to get into the plant spot originally because dark zero is playing safe 07:39:58.000 --> 07:40:03.840 They're relying on smoke canister them using the capital bolts late round to be able to get the plant off 07:40:03.960 --> 07:40:09.360 Potentially they push each one of them gets a pick you see that spikers in a position to be able to clutch it 07:40:09.360 --> 07:40:12.480 I mean stuff like that just takes small little 07:40:12.480 --> 07:40:19.360 adaptations. It takes time. You have to be able to be calm in moments like that and that's where wildcard 07:40:19.360 --> 07:40:23.520 throts is in moments like that. We haven't seen that for the start of this day. I'm glad that we're 07:40:23.520 --> 07:40:28.080 seeing it now going into this event because once they get to the event we know what damage they can 07:40:28.080 --> 07:40:31.680 do. What I think goes into what he was talking about is they need to be having fun. They're 07:40:31.680 --> 07:40:36.480 clearly a mental team and if the mental isn't there it's off by a little bit. No one's having 07:40:36.480 --> 07:40:40.640 fun. No one's laughing. No one's joking around. Clearly it goes to show what it can turn 07:40:40.640 --> 07:40:44.120 into so this is what they look like when they're having fun they're making jokes 07:40:44.120 --> 07:40:47.360 they're going like hard you even heard in that last round are we going to bar 07:40:47.360 --> 07:40:51.080 we're going to bar like that clearly goes to show they're still having fun 07:40:51.080 --> 07:40:56.240 given how intense this matches and that being said dark zero I mean I feel like 07:40:56.240 --> 07:41:01.360 we're talking a lot about wild card this game literally was decided by a 2v2 07:41:01.360 --> 07:41:05.400 spiker dropping down the hatch and getting two pump shotgun shots where 07:41:05.400 --> 07:41:10.080 if that bullet doesn't fully kill the first guy we're saying wow DZ DZ 07:41:10.080 --> 07:41:13.760 played a phenomenally well as what as well they were adapting so well their 07:41:13.760 --> 07:41:16.880 entry game was so on point their strategy there was so much creativity in 07:41:16.880 --> 07:41:21.120 their strategy I can't imagine we don't see dark zero also making it to Salt 07:41:21.120 --> 07:41:24.200 Lake City and it feels right that you know we come to this point seeing what 07:41:24.200 --> 07:41:27.680 really felt like the highest level of siege we have seen so far from this 07:41:27.680 --> 07:41:31.800 region in kickoff and and hopefully we'll continue to see that even grow 07:41:31.800 --> 07:41:35.120 going forward here's our bracket picture as things stand we have given 07:41:35.120 --> 07:41:38.640 away the only two Salt Lake City major spots that we're gonna deal with 07:41:38.640 --> 07:41:45.280 with today, the other two have to be decided in the lower bracket with SSG, Dark Zero. 07:41:45.280 --> 07:41:51.260 That match is now confirmed with Shopify Rebellion and one of 30, those four teams, two major 07:41:51.260 --> 07:41:54.560 spots, that's what tomorrow is all about. 07:41:54.560 --> 07:41:59.840 Ahead though, five beers and wildcard, they have to decide who becomes the NAL kickoff 07:41:59.840 --> 07:42:01.000 champion. 07:42:01.000 --> 07:42:05.240 Very important for seeding for the major, but not all that significant at the end of 07:42:05.240 --> 07:42:06.240 the day. 07:42:06.240 --> 07:42:09.560 definitely not. But I think when you're in comparison of both the two teams, I think for 07:42:09.560 --> 07:42:12.840 five years, obviously these players have never been in this position. They've never been 07:42:12.840 --> 07:42:18.520 in position to go to land, maybe outside of forest. But everyone else, they want this 07:42:18.520 --> 07:42:23.160 moment. They want to end here on a high. They want to end here as the best team going 07:42:23.160 --> 07:42:27.320 into SLC. And then for the side of Wildcard, it definitely hits the nail on the head 07:42:27.320 --> 07:42:31.360 in terms of they made this roster change. Was it worth it? Is it paying off? Clearly 07:42:31.360 --> 07:42:34.600 it is. They just made the event. It's just a little bit of a cherry on top to 07:42:34.600 --> 07:42:40.280 finish here as number one. If five years will face their biggest test yet and they will do it 07:42:40.280 --> 07:42:45.800 against Wildcard in the NAL kickoff final happening in just a few minutes. Don't go 07:42:45.800 --> 07:42:59.720 anywhere. These teams are getting ready to go. We'll see in a few. 07:48:34.600 --> 07:48:39.660 wild card and five fears they have made the Salt Lake City Major they can let 07:48:39.660 --> 07:48:44.120 out a nice sigh of relief but now they are straight back into the gauntlet we 07:48:44.120 --> 07:48:49.160 got to decide the NAL kickoff champion and that's gonna happen right here and 07:48:49.160 --> 07:48:53.000 now hopefully these teams are rested at least in the case of five fears Fox 07:48:53.000 --> 07:48:57.400 they will be wild card not so much they just came off a harrowing three 07:48:57.400 --> 07:49:01.560 map series but five fears they've got a chance here I think to really prove 07:49:01.560 --> 07:49:06.840 that they belong at the major because yes you could say they had a little easier road with a 1 of 30 07:49:06.840 --> 07:49:12.520 team who was disconnected for half a map. I mean statistically if you're saying easier road then 07:49:12.520 --> 07:49:18.600 yes 1 of 30 did show up to play and five years definitely trying there. I think there's two big 07:49:18.600 --> 07:49:23.720 factors to talk about that aren't really in game. I think one of the biggest ones has to come with 07:49:23.720 --> 07:49:28.760 the mental aspect. You're saying they're not really warmed up. Yes they have had that time 07:49:28.760 --> 07:49:34.280 to watch the games they can't really make counter-tracks on the fly, not too many at least. So there's an 07:49:34.280 --> 07:49:39.320 element of being iced out, cooled down, going into this next series. But now here's the other 07:49:39.320 --> 07:49:44.520 talking point is this team wants it so bad. I'm sure every team in the NAL obviously wants to be 07:49:44.520 --> 07:49:48.680 first, but there's a team that has been grinding for this moment where a majority of the roster 07:49:48.680 --> 07:49:53.400 have never hit those heights ever in their career, let alone even played in the NAL. 07:49:53.400 --> 07:49:58.080 It's a team like five years that they have so much to earn so much to win 07:49:58.080 --> 07:50:02.240 they want to make it known that they deserve that final first spot and that's 07:50:02.240 --> 07:50:05.040 kind of what I want to see I still want to see them show up and put on a 07:50:05.040 --> 07:50:07.880 performance because obviously they're gonna be excited you just made your 07:50:07.880 --> 07:50:10.320 first event but I don't want you to put all your eggs in one basket at the 07:50:10.320 --> 07:50:12.960 point because the job's not done we obviously saw some of them go to 07:50:12.960 --> 07:50:16.200 Twitter celebrating very early on but there's still another game in front of 07:50:16.200 --> 07:50:20.400 you still could be the best team going into SLC and what we saw at the 07:50:20.400 --> 07:50:25.800 The very end of that game on boarder was we heard from JJ himself say, you know, we kind of needed to rain it in. 07:50:25.800 --> 07:50:29.800 We now understood it started to click. We weren't playing our game. Now we fixed it. 07:50:29.800 --> 07:50:39.400 I want to see that exact same mentality coming right out the gates into this match because you are going against a wildcard that just fought through hell to get to this point. 07:50:39.400 --> 07:50:44.400 Hopefully being in this situation now that they have made the major takes a little bit of pressure off, right? 07:50:44.400 --> 07:50:46.320 They said they were playing really tight, 07:50:46.320 --> 07:50:47.720 but a lot of pressure on themselves, 07:50:47.720 --> 07:50:49.240 maybe playing a little looser, 07:50:49.240 --> 07:50:51.760 can be a little bit better for their play style. 07:50:51.760 --> 07:50:53.280 Something that was working for them, though, 07:50:53.280 --> 07:50:54.600 especially on border, 07:50:54.600 --> 07:50:56.960 they had some great defensive performances 07:50:56.960 --> 07:50:58.360 that stood out that said, 07:50:58.360 --> 07:51:00.360 oh, that give Omsi gave us the suggestion 07:51:00.360 --> 07:51:02.920 that this team was in an upward trajectory. 07:51:02.920 --> 07:51:03.880 I mean, just the way that they were able 07:51:03.880 --> 07:51:04.800 to play off of each other, 07:51:04.800 --> 07:51:06.080 I think it's the biggest takeaway. 07:51:06.080 --> 07:51:07.840 I mean, them being able to assess 07:51:07.840 --> 07:51:09.240 what's going on in their defenses, 07:51:09.240 --> 07:51:11.840 being able to acknowledge what is the win condition, 07:51:11.840 --> 07:51:12.800 how do we come back from it? 07:51:12.800 --> 07:51:14.600 We get picks, okay, let's play slow. 07:51:14.600 --> 07:51:15.820 Let's use the man advantage. 07:51:15.820 --> 07:51:18.440 Let's be in a situation where we can close out these rounds. 07:51:18.440 --> 07:51:20.140 And I think that comes into play 07:51:20.140 --> 07:51:21.960 when we talk about them needing to reel it in. 07:51:21.960 --> 07:51:23.520 Because when they're getting the man advantage 07:51:23.520 --> 07:51:25.680 so many of these rounds, they haven't lost it today. 07:51:25.680 --> 07:51:27.640 When it comes to their match against BNF 30, 07:51:27.640 --> 07:51:28.640 they don't just throw it away. 07:51:28.640 --> 07:51:29.880 They don't get over aggressive. 07:51:29.880 --> 07:51:32.040 That's where the first pick comes in. 07:51:32.040 --> 07:51:33.840 And then from there, they're maintaining 07:51:33.840 --> 07:51:34.720 that man advantage. 07:51:34.720 --> 07:51:36.760 It's something that not every team can do. 07:51:36.760 --> 07:51:38.340 There's great teams that are even plagued 07:51:38.340 --> 07:51:40.360 by that difficulty of getting the opening kill. 07:51:40.360 --> 07:51:43.000 and then just giving it away by getting to overzealous. 07:51:43.000 --> 07:51:44.720 I think there's an element of pressure 07:51:44.720 --> 07:51:45.960 that is not on their shoulders anymore, 07:51:45.960 --> 07:51:48.760 but there's also the element of they don't want to mess up. 07:51:48.760 --> 07:51:50.600 They're playing, once they get that first pick, 07:51:50.600 --> 07:51:51.440 not to mess up. 07:51:51.440 --> 07:51:52.720 So they're playing disciplined, 07:51:52.720 --> 07:51:53.860 they're playing coordinated, 07:51:53.860 --> 07:51:56.440 and they're using that advantage all the way through. 07:51:56.440 --> 07:51:58.120 Wildcard, what they were showing us 07:51:58.120 --> 07:52:02.440 against DarkZeroLax was a new level of adaptability. 07:52:02.440 --> 07:52:04.360 We were kind of asking the question, 07:52:04.360 --> 07:52:07.520 is this the international land form 07:52:07.520 --> 07:52:09.520 that we know this roster has? 07:52:09.520 --> 07:52:11.960 It felt like, and maybe this is a stretch, 07:52:11.960 --> 07:52:13.640 but it felt like we were seeing that. 07:52:13.640 --> 07:52:16.000 It felt like maybe it wasn't their final form, 07:52:16.000 --> 07:52:18.640 but it felt like Wildcard found it again. 07:52:18.640 --> 07:52:21.120 Again, I don't think it's by any means their final form. 07:52:21.120 --> 07:52:23.320 I think they're still inner workings, 07:52:23.320 --> 07:52:24.620 especially bringing on Adrian. 07:52:24.620 --> 07:52:26.520 They're still little areas, even for Spiker, 07:52:26.520 --> 07:52:29.220 making the additions of swapping off shields, 07:52:29.220 --> 07:52:31.020 whether he's gonna play shields or not. 07:52:31.020 --> 07:52:34.040 But what is fact is that they are improving, 07:52:34.040 --> 07:52:37.360 that we are seeing the changes from round to round, 07:52:37.360 --> 07:52:42.560 game to game, the adaptations being implemented, the clutch being had. I mean, we would be in 07:52:42.560 --> 07:52:46.960 a different situation if those clutches weren't there, right? And we would be saying a completely 07:52:46.960 --> 07:52:50.400 different story here at this point. But the fact is they were there. You don't want to rely on those 07:52:50.400 --> 07:52:54.320 clutches by any means, but they are there in a show that any single player at any given moment 07:52:54.320 --> 07:52:58.560 can come through here. But the important thing here is they stay focused, they stay locked in, 07:52:58.560 --> 07:53:02.240 and they stay having fun. Because that was the biggest thing that Spiker talked about, 07:53:02.240 --> 07:53:06.080 was just being able to have fun, not letting their mental. And again, they have the 07:53:06.080 --> 07:53:11.440 competitive edge here because they just went through a how of a series and you look on the side for 07:53:11.440 --> 07:53:15.600 five years they had to be iced out throughout that entire time. We've been talking a lot about 07:53:15.600 --> 07:53:21.440 spiker naturally so because he just came off some wild rounds on the side of five years JJ's 07:53:21.440 --> 07:53:25.440 had a lot of the conversation so we thought all right let's look at these two players and see 07:53:25.440 --> 07:53:29.920 their contributions not only yet throughout the day here you're looking at their stats 07:53:29.920 --> 07:53:34.400 over the course of their games today in the best of threes when you look at them I mean 07:53:34.400 --> 07:53:39.720 They're matching up pretty one-to-one obviously spikers getting a lot more kills, but again, they went all three maps 07:53:39.720 --> 07:53:42.000 Yeah, I mean it goes without saying for both high gels 07:53:42.000 --> 07:53:47.200 I think they'd bring different aspects to their team. I'd say when it comes to the side of spiker him being more adaptive 07:53:47.200 --> 07:53:50.800 I think he showed us a lot to believe it when it comes to his flexibility today 07:53:50.800 --> 07:53:54.340 He was playing not the shields and when he was on the shields on maps like clubhouse 07:53:54.340 --> 07:53:58.000 He was being very affected. That's more than what we saw when it came to the regular stage 07:53:58.080 --> 07:54:01.040 So he's improving immensely as for JJ blasts 07:54:01.040 --> 07:54:08.140 He's only going to continue to get better alongside for us because he doesn't have to hold the weight of being that main shield player 07:54:08.140 --> 07:54:10.580 He can play flexible he can do what he needs to do 07:54:10.580 --> 07:54:16.900 And he also himself was getting into a lot of those difficult positions those rat positions being able to get those multi-kills 07:54:16.900 --> 07:54:21.380 And I mean the going 3-0 an entry when you're supposed to be the IGL shield flex player and 07:54:21.620 --> 07:54:25.980 Spiker himself doing his absolute best to be closing out rounds. Yeah, let's round 07:54:25.980 --> 07:54:31.020 Yeah, it's like each one has their own great attribute to it that rounds out 07:54:31.040 --> 07:54:35.760 their playstyle. Well, like let's talk maps as we dive into our last best of three of the night. 07:54:35.760 --> 07:54:40.400 We've seen cutthroat games on pretty much what feels like all sorts of different maps ending on 07:54:40.400 --> 07:54:47.040 clubhouse most recently and we could potentially end on clubhouse again if it goes the distance. 07:54:47.040 --> 07:54:52.560 Again, we saw that series with M80. It was a lot of back and forth. A lot of who was controlling 07:54:52.560 --> 07:54:56.800 that tempo. A lot again big clutch rounds. We had that round from Kansan in the basement 07:54:56.800 --> 07:55:00.800 where he gets that 4k, he shoots that yokai with what, 4 seconds left on it, 07:55:00.800 --> 07:55:05.760 we'll point 4 seconds on it, and then we go to another basement round where Adrien gets a big 3k, 07:55:05.760 --> 07:55:09.840 so still a lot of clutch factors that push them over the edge in that map series, 07:55:09.840 --> 07:55:12.080 but again, you're going to go back to that, you're going to correct it, 07:55:12.080 --> 07:55:17.520 and then I'm looking at Fortress. Now this has been a very strong map so far for the side of Five Fears, 07:55:17.520 --> 07:55:23.040 but this was, well in doubt, one of the best maps for Wildcard. Sure, they got punished on it just recently, 07:55:23.040 --> 07:55:29.540 But again, you take so much from that loss that you fix it going into the next time, where it gives a little bit of false sense of hope 07:55:29.760 --> 07:55:37.540 for the side of Five Fears or a false sense of reality that they might think they're too strong on it in comparison to what we just recently saw from Wildcard. 07:55:37.540 --> 07:55:43.040 Well, one of the big factors when it comes to a map like Fortress and a little bit of Cafe, but mostly Fortress, is the shield play. 07:55:43.040 --> 07:55:45.540 The dual shield play. We've seen Five Fears do it time and time again. 07:55:45.540 --> 07:55:52.040 When it comes to their last match against one of 30, again, that was the first series where we've ever seen a team target man two of the shields 07:55:52.040 --> 07:55:54.040 forcing Five Fears to have to adapt. 07:55:54.040 --> 07:55:55.040 Five Fears still won. 07:55:55.040 --> 07:55:57.040 They don't necessarily need the shield, 07:55:57.040 --> 07:56:01.040 but it was a lot harder, a lot harder of an issue for them to overcome. 07:56:01.040 --> 07:56:04.040 So if you're wildcard going into this next series, 07:56:04.040 --> 07:56:06.040 is that something that you're keeping in mind? 07:56:06.040 --> 07:56:08.040 We can have an easier run, potentially, 07:56:08.040 --> 07:56:11.040 if we are just banning out the shields right away. 07:56:11.040 --> 07:56:13.040 And again, it'll be a good testament to Five Fears, 07:56:13.040 --> 07:56:15.040 is how will they be able to dissect? 07:56:15.040 --> 07:56:17.040 I'm looking more specifically at Fortress. 07:56:17.040 --> 07:56:20.040 Without those shields, what operators are they going to bring 07:56:20.040 --> 07:56:23.040 going to bring to subsidize them taking position. 07:56:23.040 --> 07:56:25.960 That's what we haven't really seen from Five Fears yet. 07:56:25.960 --> 07:56:27.760 I'd love to see a more traditional ad drones 07:56:27.760 --> 07:56:30.600 in front of the entries and see how they succeed on that. 07:56:30.600 --> 07:56:32.400 And that going forward, I mean, going into a map 07:56:32.400 --> 07:56:35.520 with Clubhouse, I mean, wow, Wildcard, 07:56:35.520 --> 07:56:36.680 they're really good at Clubhouse, 07:56:36.680 --> 07:56:39.360 but you know, it came down to one round. 07:56:39.360 --> 07:56:41.080 Yeah, anyone knows, Five Fears, 07:56:41.080 --> 07:56:42.400 I would really like to see them get 07:56:42.400 --> 07:56:43.480 a little bit more comfortable, right? 07:56:43.480 --> 07:56:46.040 They squeak through that first game as it seemed like. 07:56:46.040 --> 07:56:48.720 So this would be a big opportunity against Wildcard 07:56:48.720 --> 07:56:50.080 to do exactly that. 07:56:50.080 --> 07:56:52.360 Let's crown an NAL kickoff champion. 07:56:52.360 --> 07:56:53.200 Why don't we? 07:56:53.200 --> 07:56:55.820 Over to Parker and Jesse as we dive into map one. 07:56:58.240 --> 07:56:59.320 I think there's almost no universe 07:56:59.320 --> 07:57:02.200 in which anybody was picking five fears in wildcard 07:57:02.200 --> 07:57:05.640 to be competing for one and two in the North America League. 07:57:05.640 --> 07:57:07.440 There's a reason why we play these matches 07:57:07.440 --> 07:57:09.440 and we don't just do predictions 07:57:09.440 --> 07:57:12.720 and give awards based on what people think. 07:57:12.720 --> 07:57:16.200 You, the people think the wildcard will win the cafe. 07:57:16.200 --> 07:57:17.680 You also, the people thought 07:57:17.680 --> 07:57:20.440 that easy was gonna win and you were wrong on that one. 07:57:20.440 --> 07:57:21.800 So you know what? 07:57:21.800 --> 07:57:24.880 Let's see what actually happens in the matchup 07:57:24.880 --> 07:57:27.720 because I think this one's gonna be electric. 07:57:27.720 --> 07:57:29.560 Five fears, beating expectations, 07:57:29.560 --> 07:57:31.280 undefeated through the group stages, 07:57:31.280 --> 07:57:33.920 marching their way to a spot at the Salt Lake City Major. 07:57:33.920 --> 07:57:37.920 They have yet to drop a map, Jesse. 07:57:37.920 --> 07:57:41.040 That may change today, 07:57:41.040 --> 07:57:44.560 or five fears starting on MomCards map 07:57:44.560 --> 07:57:46.600 could surprise us and end up the champs 07:57:46.600 --> 07:57:49.120 without a single map being lost. 07:57:49.120 --> 07:57:52.760 Yeah, no doubt, but an impressive season so far 07:57:52.760 --> 07:57:54.460 from Five Fears here in kickoff. 07:57:54.460 --> 07:57:56.160 They've been playing expertly, 07:57:56.160 --> 07:57:59.160 but Wildcard's still coming as a favorites, all right? 07:57:59.160 --> 07:58:00.440 There's no doubt about it. 07:58:00.440 --> 07:58:02.680 Five Fears had an easier qualification game, 07:58:02.680 --> 07:58:04.040 not only having the opponent, 07:58:04.040 --> 07:58:06.480 that most would tell you is the weaker of the two, 07:58:06.480 --> 07:58:07.800 Dark Zero versus one of 30, 07:58:07.800 --> 07:58:10.600 but also 5v4 for part of that first map. 07:58:10.600 --> 07:58:13.560 So this will be the real test for Five Fears, 07:58:13.560 --> 07:58:14.800 the toughest game that they've played 07:58:14.800 --> 07:58:17.240 and becoming a five man team. 07:58:17.240 --> 07:58:19.200 Wildcard, they didn't realize that to play this. 07:58:19.200 --> 07:58:21.840 You heard it from Spiker in the interview. 07:58:21.840 --> 07:58:25.400 He said, oh, that's right, I have to play JJ. 07:58:25.400 --> 07:58:26.280 It'll be fine. 07:58:26.280 --> 07:58:28.360 Here they are, Wildcard of Five Years, 07:58:28.360 --> 07:58:29.920 starting up on Cafe. 07:58:29.920 --> 07:58:31.280 Should be an exciting matchup, 07:58:31.280 --> 07:58:34.200 especially with this studio that Five Years are in. 07:58:34.200 --> 07:58:37.680 I believe this is the Envy compound down in Texas. 07:58:37.680 --> 07:58:38.680 Don't quote me on that, 07:58:38.680 --> 07:58:41.520 but I believe that's where they're at at the moment. 07:58:41.520 --> 07:58:43.200 Well, the giant N on the board 07:58:43.200 --> 07:58:45.520 This is building champions might want to give that one away. 07:58:45.520 --> 07:58:49.620 I did think it's a little intriguing that they're no longer with envy the organization. 07:58:49.620 --> 07:58:52.360 It still might be using some of that infrastructure. 07:58:53.360 --> 07:58:55.360 Admittedly, I don't know that much about envy. 07:58:55.360 --> 07:58:59.760 When they bought out by optic and then they read and they split off of them at some point 07:58:59.760 --> 07:59:01.960 or they bought optic or something along those lines. 07:59:01.960 --> 07:59:02.960 And I don't know. 07:59:02.960 --> 07:59:05.680 These four, it's, I have no idea. 07:59:05.680 --> 07:59:07.440 And they also used to call it envious. 07:59:08.120 --> 07:59:12.560 Would you last at the end and then they just became envy and then they're tagged for a while was n. 07:59:12.560 --> 07:59:17.560 Wait, was that a different Orc MVS or is that the same one? 07:59:17.560 --> 07:59:22.560 So, they were ENVYUS, what factory at any time? 07:59:22.560 --> 07:59:23.560 Okay. 07:59:23.560 --> 07:59:29.560 And then, I know mostly about the Dallas Feeble in the Overwatch League, that's really like my main... 07:59:31.560 --> 07:59:37.560 I don't really like, I'm not like an eSports guy, like outside of doing this for work? 07:59:37.560 --> 07:59:38.560 I'm not... 07:59:38.560 --> 07:59:41.560 I'm not an eSports guy, just what my whole life has been dedicated to. 07:59:41.560 --> 07:59:46.560 life has been dedicated to for the last 10 years. 07:59:46.560 --> 07:59:50.560 Yeah, that's fair. That's a very fair statement to make. I agree with that. 07:59:50.560 --> 07:59:52.560 Yeah, for sure. 07:59:52.560 --> 07:59:55.560 Well, partner, we're rushing. 07:59:55.560 --> 07:59:59.560 We are in. Five years are quick to this one. 07:59:59.560 --> 08:00:03.560 Maybe trying to hope that some fatigue is set in for this wildcard squad. 08:00:03.560 --> 08:00:07.560 Orist almost dies early. That's the Blackbeard who's made his way into train. 08:00:07.560 --> 08:00:12.720 And it's five years right now that seems to be a train heading towards the bombsite chew chew 08:00:13.060 --> 08:00:15.220 Down goes baby shark at the hands of 08:00:15.660 --> 08:00:20.120 Fens and five years will strike first a reminder forest is bow 08:00:21.320 --> 08:00:23.320 Captain jack is snake 08:00:24.200 --> 08:00:28.320 Not solid snake the operator. We will make sure to be very careful with our words here 08:00:28.320 --> 08:00:33.820 Adrian was terrific against dark zero was a huge part of why they were able to succeed 08:00:35.000 --> 08:00:37.000 He finds a two-piece 08:00:37.560 --> 08:00:40.640 Minute 45 to go. Wild card with the lead right now. 08:00:42.000 --> 08:00:44.080 Nice little start to repel this rush parker. 08:00:44.080 --> 08:00:45.840 Killing force in the Blackbeard in particular. 08:00:45.840 --> 08:00:48.800 Such an important frag to will shut down that spearhead. 08:00:48.800 --> 08:00:52.200 They still got JJ with a diffuser and Rival will answer with one back, 08:00:52.200 --> 08:00:55.320 but the trade is so quite quick to come in from the spiker. 08:00:55.320 --> 08:00:57.520 Now it's still half the round to go. 08:00:57.680 --> 08:01:00.640 JJ and Benz will try to work a plant, but the chaos continues. 08:01:03.080 --> 08:01:05.080 JJ's a bullet magnet at the moment. 08:01:05.080 --> 08:01:08.020 Benz was the very first one to drop blood. 08:01:08.020 --> 08:01:11.580 We'll fall at the hands of Bay, and now it's JJ trying this rodeo, 08:01:11.580 --> 08:01:14.620 and Bay will finish things off wildcard. 08:01:14.620 --> 08:01:18.960 Still rolling from their DZ matchup, still locked in, hot as ever, 08:01:18.960 --> 08:01:22.300 and they'll take round number one here on Cafe. 08:01:22.300 --> 08:01:24.020 Very good start to come through. 08:01:24.020 --> 08:01:25.900 You can tell that they're not too exhausted 08:01:25.900 --> 08:01:28.260 from that last best of three that they have played. 08:01:28.260 --> 08:01:30.340 I really do like the attempt for five fears. 08:01:30.340 --> 08:01:31.940 Why not just send it in quickly? 08:01:31.940 --> 08:01:34.380 Try to catch your opponents sleeping a little bit, 08:01:34.380 --> 08:01:40.140 But ultimately doesn't really go their way. They were very ready for that as they jumped in through the through the mining window 08:01:40.500 --> 08:01:45.140 Might have even done the exact same strat if that was a mining and dining plant or a bomb site 08:01:45.140 --> 08:01:48.140 That's usually where we see that style of a rush come through 08:01:48.140 --> 08:01:52.220 But technically a different site as the one room has moved a little farther east 08:01:52.220 --> 08:01:55.180 So they have to go a little bit farther with that rush 08:01:55.180 --> 08:02:01.300 And I think just that extra time gave walker the edge to kind of read into what was going on and then resist themselves to stop that play 08:02:04.380 --> 08:02:09.380 I heard music for a second there and I forgot that there was atmospheric music in cafe and I was like, what the hell is going on here? 08:02:09.380 --> 08:02:15.380 I was like, did I? Is something happening? Did I leave the volume on? Like my phone an alarm is going off or something, you know? 08:02:16.380 --> 08:02:17.380 Okay, I... 08:02:17.380 --> 08:02:18.380 Thank you. 08:02:19.380 --> 08:02:26.380 That's the part of those speakers. They're gonna play music throughout the map and it's not just cafe, there's, you know, there's the helicopter on border. 08:02:26.380 --> 08:02:29.380 There's a lot of fortress, some radios to shoot. 08:02:29.380 --> 08:02:31.380 Oh, most maps really are great. 08:02:31.380 --> 08:02:38.940 Okay, I got it now. I got it now. I did not need to see the speakers, but thank you to either 08:02:39.420 --> 08:02:41.420 Staphon or 08:02:42.100 --> 08:02:47.540 So you don't know who is observing or match of it whether it's Staphon or Ponkey 08:02:47.820 --> 08:02:50.320 What's those speakers you could listen to your favorite band for you? 08:02:53.020 --> 08:02:56.300 The things that I wish I could say to you would get us banned from twitch 08:02:56.300 --> 08:02:57.780 so I 08:02:57.780 --> 08:03:00.060 would like to remain on this platform and just say the 08:03:00.060 --> 08:03:05.940 But the arms wide open is an incredible sum, and you are wrong if you say otherwise. 08:03:05.940 --> 08:03:09.420 Factor round number two, Wild Cards starting off quite strong. 08:03:09.420 --> 08:03:10.420 This is their map. 08:03:10.420 --> 08:03:16.260 They should be on the less preferential side, just for the way that this stuff goes. 08:03:16.260 --> 08:03:21.300 Five Fears had some struggles against 1 of 30 earlier, including the first map where 08:03:21.300 --> 08:03:26.220 1 of 30 played down a player for half of the map. 08:03:26.220 --> 08:03:28.220 Wild Cards still firing. 08:03:28.220 --> 08:03:30.720 Take down Forest. Adrien toppled on the stairs. 08:03:30.720 --> 08:03:31.980 Kansas will eliminate Fens. 08:03:31.980 --> 08:03:35.060 JJ, trying to assert some control on White Stairs, 08:03:35.060 --> 08:03:36.520 is unable to do so. 08:03:36.520 --> 08:03:37.660 Shield on Shield Crime, 08:03:37.660 --> 08:03:40.140 as Baby Shark is now moving to this position. 08:03:40.140 --> 08:03:41.540 Adrien is retrievable. 08:03:41.540 --> 08:03:43.360 Wildcard will go back up to five, 08:03:43.360 --> 08:03:45.900 while Five Fears sits on just three players. 08:03:45.900 --> 08:03:47.840 Snake, down below. 08:03:47.840 --> 08:03:49.500 While he was in pursuit, 08:03:49.500 --> 08:03:51.100 but they will get out of the way on the side 08:03:51.100 --> 08:03:53.460 of Wildcard and leave him empty-handed. 08:03:53.460 --> 08:03:54.820 I believe that it was Adrien 08:03:54.820 --> 08:03:57.020 downed by Kansas Nitro, by the way. 08:03:57.020 --> 08:04:02.140 He was pretty far from it kind of shocked he gets down to but back up in reporting for duty 08:04:02.140 --> 08:04:07.440 So we're not too concerned about it too many advantage for wild card now in JJ blast staring down a clash 08:04:07.740 --> 08:04:11.780 Baby shirt did a great job of hiding this off there inside of piano during the prep base 08:04:11.780 --> 08:04:16.140 They wouldn't have known this is coming probably wouldn't have stuck the monty if they knew this was here now 08:04:16.140 --> 08:04:20.220 They've got to deal with it one way or another those the stems walls come through and they're doing a great job 08:04:20.220 --> 08:04:24.300 Just a little in the class notice the forfer baby shark. Thanks to the smoke grenade 08:04:27.020 --> 08:04:32.100 will go off. Failing to kill Adrian earlier might come back to haunt them. And it will, 08:04:32.100 --> 08:04:37.300 Adrian with the final kill as well. Adding insult to injury. 08:04:37.300 --> 08:04:42.780 European addition to this team, what if two European additions to this team is baby shark 08:04:42.780 --> 08:04:48.260 European as well. Paying off and Adrian just continues to settle in on this team looking 08:04:48.260 --> 08:04:52.700 as good as ever. We get a little goofy sometimes. Wildcard 08:04:52.700 --> 08:04:55.980 clearly wanting to play this aggressively. I mean I love that play just with the 08:04:55.980 --> 08:05:01.720 the clash, you bring it inside a cigar, you force JJ to have to play very strange on this 08:05:01.720 --> 08:05:06.880 Monty. It's not often you'll see a Monty prone mailing a clash shield for for dear life and 08:05:06.880 --> 08:05:12.600 credit to JJ. He got the kill, but wasn't quite enough, especially with that big two man deficit. 08:05:12.600 --> 08:05:16.240 A couple of early deaths now from Forest on important operators. First the Blackbeer 08:05:16.240 --> 08:05:20.200 and then the second one, of course, playing on that repel with the Gamos. Gonna need 08:05:20.200 --> 08:05:23.760 to sharpen up some of these entries if you're a Five Fears fan because Wildcard 08:05:23.760 --> 08:05:26.520 have come back shooting in their second best of three of the day. 08:05:28.160 --> 08:05:30.560 I mean, I wouldn't be surprised here if this next round doesn't go well. 08:05:30.560 --> 08:05:35.800 Five years decides to call a timeout at some point to maybe slow down this wild 08:05:35.800 --> 08:05:37.520 card team. You're playing on your opponent's map. 08:05:37.520 --> 08:05:41.240 You should be the one running up the score, but wild card look is locked in as 08:05:41.240 --> 08:05:44.240 ever. And honestly, vibes are really good. 08:05:44.400 --> 08:05:45.400 Why'd you get on both teams? 08:05:45.400 --> 08:05:48.840 Even when five years are losing, they got some, they got some vibe hounds on 08:05:48.840 --> 08:05:52.760 the team, always in pursuit of those good feelings. 08:05:52.760 --> 08:05:57.580 I was wondering if we had a timeout that was called here or not, we're in a tech pause. 08:05:57.580 --> 08:06:06.300 Don't have any info as to why I- I like to splash before my eyes because I thought of 08:06:06.300 --> 08:06:09.740 the very first matchup with 1 of 30 and I was like please no. 08:06:09.740 --> 08:06:15.820 Yeah, 5 fears are sending out their agents to remove the internet of one player on wild 08:06:15.820 --> 08:06:16.820 cart. 08:06:16.820 --> 08:06:17.820 Who do you think it would be? 08:06:17.820 --> 08:06:18.820 They EMP'd Beano. 08:06:18.820 --> 08:06:21.660 Who do you think they're EMPing on the side of- 08:06:21.660 --> 08:06:27.660 You know, with the IGL, so I'd imagine they'd remove the IGL as well, with Spiker being taken out for Wildcard. 08:06:28.160 --> 08:06:38.660 You think they're just gonna remove the IGL, who also happens to have been one of the reasons for Wildcard clenching their spot, 08:06:38.660 --> 08:06:45.160 and happens to just be steadily progressing to be one of the best players in North America, while also guiding a team that has found a new identity 08:06:45.160 --> 08:06:50.160 and is doing so on a brand new role, and still fragging whether it's a shield or not? You think they'd EMP that guy? 08:06:50.160 --> 08:06:57.160 They're both very similar players, the same guy. 08:06:57.160 --> 08:07:02.040 Very good players, both of them Parker. They got that in common. It feels like everybody 08:07:02.040 --> 08:07:06.480 has really been clicking on this wildcard team and it's crazy to think that once again 08:07:06.480 --> 08:07:12.960 this organization has never in the history of the NAL finished in the top three. Now 08:07:12.960 --> 08:07:17.160 not only are they guaranteed top two but are knocking on the door of first place 08:07:17.160 --> 08:07:21.120 overall. No matter who wins them or five fears it will be a brand new team 08:07:21.120 --> 08:07:25.360 getting first place in one stage of the NAL. I know this isn't technically a 08:07:25.360 --> 08:07:29.600 stage but I'm gonna count it for those purposes of this stat. Five fears their 08:07:29.600 --> 08:07:33.160 first season of course here in the North America League so it would be big for 08:07:33.160 --> 08:07:36.880 them as well to start off with the first overall. 08:07:38.880 --> 08:07:46.560 Forrest looks like he is not on Rainbow Six Siege so I have to imagine 08:07:46.560 --> 08:07:53.520 something is going on on his side of things. We will update you when we know what's going on here. 08:07:54.320 --> 08:07:58.560 Canson, make your bed and for God's sakes clean up your garbage. What is that cardboard box? Get 08:07:58.560 --> 08:08:03.760 that thing out of here, man. He's been down on the Cope Zeroes too. You saw it in the background 08:08:03.760 --> 08:08:07.520 and if you've been paying attention, he's been he's been sipping throughout the games, 08:08:07.520 --> 08:08:09.280 keeps him energized, keeps him caffeinated. 08:08:12.480 --> 08:08:13.200 Speak of the devil. 08:08:13.200 --> 08:08:16.720 Well, Jesse, you're not allowed to talk about specific brands, okay? 08:08:16.720 --> 08:08:17.720 They don't pay us any money. 08:08:17.720 --> 08:08:19.920 We don't talk about them. 08:08:19.920 --> 08:08:25.440 I only drink water until a drink company sponsors our show and then I only drink water in that 08:08:25.440 --> 08:08:26.440 product. 08:08:26.440 --> 08:08:27.440 Fair enough. 08:08:27.440 --> 08:08:34.480 Like when we were sponsored by PayPal, that's the only place my money went. 08:08:34.480 --> 08:08:36.680 Oh, what a iconic ad. 08:08:36.680 --> 08:08:37.680 Better days. 08:08:37.680 --> 08:08:38.680 Am I right? 08:08:38.680 --> 08:08:42.240 What does it take to call next? 08:08:42.240 --> 08:08:46.840 I will say as now we here we stall and we're stalling for for the lobby to get back set up 08:08:47.440 --> 08:08:49.800 When I was first approached about that PayPal stuff 08:08:50.520 --> 08:08:55.160 We were never told that it would be used as an advertisement for the league 08:08:55.160 --> 08:09:00.240 It was just supposed to be like supplementary content that went on YouTube to like shine a light on five or six 08:09:00.240 --> 08:09:02.240 I can't remember how many we did 08:09:02.640 --> 08:09:06.680 Five or six of the episodes we were supposed to do one more episode, but then I'm getting canceled 08:09:06.680 --> 08:09:11.040 It was gonna be call-out actually and unfortunately didn't get a chance to interview him. I really would have loved to 08:09:11.040 --> 08:09:15.800 So still have not had a chance to interview call it in any formal setting here 08:09:15.800 --> 08:09:19.000 At least it was never locked in that it was called but he was supposed to be the one 08:09:19.000 --> 08:09:20.680 I don't even know if they even approached him about it 08:09:20.680 --> 08:09:27.640 But either way if I had known that you would be hearing what does it take to call next every 40 minutes on the broadcast? 08:09:29.640 --> 08:09:32.440 Obviously I probably still would have taken that I probably still take it 08:09:32.440 --> 08:09:37.640 But I would have felt a little bit worse. I mean it was iconic back in the day every single 08:09:37.640 --> 08:09:40.960 It was not iconic it was not iconic it was iconic 08:09:41.840 --> 08:09:44.840 It was iconic in the sense that every time I walked into the green room 08:09:44.840 --> 08:09:46.840 I had three talent skewer me over it 08:09:47.360 --> 08:09:51.400 What does it take to call next? I don't even know that's the thing man 08:09:52.480 --> 08:09:55.900 It's kind of a nonsense question like I guess it takes vocal chords 08:09:56.560 --> 08:09:58.560 well, I'm 08:09:58.560 --> 08:10:00.560 Was to ask the 08:10:00.760 --> 08:10:02.960 Interviewees and they would answer the question not me 08:10:02.960 --> 08:10:05.640 So I'm not supposed to know they're supposed to know and I need to do a good job 08:10:05.640 --> 08:10:08.600 He did get to interview some great people within the community. It was a lot of fun 08:10:09.400 --> 08:10:10.800 obviously 08:10:10.800 --> 08:10:12.800 you don't hear that advertisement anymore and 08:10:13.960 --> 08:10:19.200 Mercifully people don't have to hear my voice all that frequently even though when there's tech classes you have to hear my voice. Sorry 08:10:20.160 --> 08:10:25.160 Before you're walking if you like it. Anyway, we're back in action. Everything is all back up 08:10:25.160 --> 08:10:27.660 I'll be getting locked in for round number three 08:10:28.120 --> 08:10:34.000 Wildcard so far Jesse's in very firm control here. No timeout was taken. We should be really clear about that 08:10:34.000 --> 08:10:36.000 So five years can still take it 08:10:36.400 --> 08:10:40.140 Wild card just up to oh, and that's it five years trying to work through this 08:10:42.040 --> 08:10:46.240 Maybe five years just don't really feel like they're in a game until they get a tech 08:10:46.480 --> 08:10:50.700 Like it kind of it's like a ritual for them. It's like okay now. We've got a tech pause now 08:10:50.700 --> 08:10:56.640 We understand we're playing a professional match or a mo six beach. This feels like home. Let's lock in and do this 08:10:57.560 --> 08:11:00.840 Because they were getting kind of stomped until the tech pause in their first feel three two 08:11:00.840 --> 08:11:02.840 I mean it wasn't stomp those four two, but they were down 08:11:04.000 --> 08:11:14.400 keep in mind that the way that wildcard plays jesse is that they must lose map one 08:11:14.400 --> 08:11:28.480 wildcard simply has to lose map one if they do not lose map one then it's over 08:11:28.480 --> 08:11:33.720 if they don't lose map one then we don't really know what's going next because they've been so 08:11:33.720 --> 08:11:39.680 consistent with that trend ever since these playoffs began. They have been map one losers 08:11:39.680 --> 08:11:44.920 and map three winners, which I suppose is the trade you'd like to take. Bakery push being 08:11:44.920 --> 08:11:49.880 formed by five fears after the spawn peek kill. They will then lose another battle on the 08:11:49.880 --> 08:11:54.960 window to equal us out down to four on four. Unfortunately, losing fends there on the 08:11:54.960 --> 08:11:58.480 twitch. He's had a rough start to this game as well, but the position is nice. 08:11:58.480 --> 08:12:01.840 They cleared out Bakery at this point Parker and they can start to work themselves in 08:12:01.840 --> 08:12:02.800 for a plant shop. 08:12:02.800 --> 08:12:05.200 Plenty of units are for this. 08:12:05.200 --> 08:12:07.840 And a real short of cheer on the attacking lineup. 08:12:07.840 --> 08:12:09.920 No shields being brought for the first time. 08:12:09.920 --> 08:12:11.680 JJ with a gun in hand. 08:12:11.680 --> 08:12:13.200 And I mean, his numbers were pretty good, 08:12:13.200 --> 08:12:14.760 but the longer the kickoff went, 08:12:14.760 --> 08:12:16.520 and the more of the gun in the group stages, 08:12:16.520 --> 08:12:18.760 the more of the actual fraggers on the side of Five Fears 08:12:18.760 --> 08:12:22.240 started to pick up the pace, and JJ's numbers plummeted. 08:12:22.240 --> 08:12:24.560 Which is to be expected on the role that he plays. 08:12:24.560 --> 08:12:26.880 This guy right here just got to kill Snake. 08:12:26.880 --> 08:12:28.680 He's not the one on your screen that's Adrian, 08:12:28.680 --> 08:12:31.760 but Snake has been really strong for Five Fears 08:12:31.760 --> 08:12:33.680 and it has been quite a glow up another desk. 08:12:33.680 --> 08:12:37.480 He'd a ton of praise on him before that one of 30 matchup 08:12:37.480 --> 08:12:39.000 that happened many hours ago. 08:12:39.000 --> 08:12:42.040 And for good reason, Snake has been terrific. 08:12:42.040 --> 08:12:44.320 Yeah, no, Snake's been very, very good so far 08:12:44.320 --> 08:12:46.160 through the North America League. 08:12:46.160 --> 08:12:49.120 The big reason why five years have gotten to this point 08:12:49.120 --> 08:12:50.920 here now playing in the grand finals. 08:12:50.920 --> 08:12:52.120 What a swing from Kandid. 08:12:52.120 --> 08:12:53.840 Equalize the numbers once more, though. 08:12:53.840 --> 08:12:56.760 That pick from Snake going to have to be built off 08:12:56.760 --> 08:12:59.560 as they've lost his advantage 60 seconds to go. 08:12:59.560 --> 08:13:04.840 And this push on red is the one side angle that's coming through and not through the bakery. 08:13:05.640 --> 08:13:10.920 Kansan was tempting fate on those stairs with the logic bomb giving ample information to Five Fears. 08:13:10.920 --> 08:13:13.560 He was hoping that they would swing because he did have some backup. 08:13:15.240 --> 08:13:18.600 No, your stream did not freeze. Kansan was just a complete statue there. 08:13:20.520 --> 08:13:24.920 Still red stairs control. This'll be tough to translate to an actual side execute for Five Fears. 08:13:24.920 --> 08:13:30.260 At the moment, they have no utility whatsoever, completely starved of both primary and secondary gadgetry. 08:13:30.260 --> 08:13:34.360 The same cannot be said of Wildcard, especially with the Nitro Cell for Adrien. 08:13:34.360 --> 08:13:37.360 In comes Rival, the Okai Drone scooting away. 08:13:37.360 --> 08:13:41.860 That's information that Wildcard can play off of for the next 20 seconds, and it looks like there's multiple up. 08:13:41.860 --> 08:13:45.360 Forrest taking some heat with limited time left. 08:13:45.360 --> 08:13:50.160 Five fears are just far too patient here. Snake finds an opening, down goes Adrien. 08:13:50.160 --> 08:13:54.760 The pop-up from Spike are answered by Rival, and now Kansan will need to clutch out. 08:13:54.760 --> 08:13:57.200 Back to the bomb site he takes down too. 08:13:57.200 --> 08:13:59.560 He needs to waste enough time. 08:13:59.560 --> 08:14:03.960 Rival gets him at the last second and nail biter. 08:14:03.960 --> 08:14:06.000 Five fierce stunned by that one. 08:14:06.000 --> 08:14:08.640 Kansan nowhere to go. 08:14:08.640 --> 08:14:10.760 And those guys on your screen, they 08:14:10.760 --> 08:14:12.600 pick up their first round. 08:14:12.600 --> 08:14:14.840 What a ridiculous push coming in, Parker. 08:14:14.840 --> 08:14:17.600 I mean, that 3D3 really got started in the last 10 08:14:17.600 --> 08:14:21.440 or 15 seconds when Five Fierce finally decided to screw it. 08:14:21.440 --> 08:14:22.880 We got to send the bomb site. 08:14:22.880 --> 08:14:29.480 They had about a minute to work on the 3v3, but they decided to maneuver their players around, didn't really love the bakery entrance, 08:14:29.480 --> 08:14:37.380 kind of left Rival alone there to try to get in for a plant while Forrest and Snake did their best to try to pressure in from the hallway. 08:14:37.380 --> 08:14:44.640 Ended up just being Rival though, who had to clutch up on that final couple of frags, kill Spike, or as he rushes in through the bomb site, and then I mean we all saw it 08:14:44.640 --> 08:14:52.320 taking down Kansan in the 1v1, it almost would have been poetic to see Kansan clutch a 1vx on the bottom floor of cafe 08:14:52.320 --> 08:14:56.920 But I suppose you can only get so many miraculous clutches on one bomb stay, can't you? 08:14:57.640 --> 08:15:00.960 Yeah, I mean eventually that well is gonna run dry and well 08:15:01.320 --> 08:15:06.040 Trying to sustain your stop off of clutches is just not really a realistic way of going about it 08:15:06.040 --> 08:15:10.000 But I mean fundamentally and foundationally this wild card team still looks really really good 08:15:10.000 --> 08:15:13.480 You know you've won two rounds you lost your third round with a 1v1 clutch with 08:15:13.480 --> 08:15:18.480 Time as low as humanly possible. We need to see that again in an instant. 08:15:18.480 --> 08:15:22.480 Slow motion replay to see how little of that clock was actually left. 08:15:22.480 --> 08:15:27.480 But that's a real nail-biter in one where if you've ever been in that situation as a competitor, 08:15:27.480 --> 08:15:32.480 you know how heartbreaking that is, knowing that even a half second can make such a big difference. 08:15:32.480 --> 08:15:36.480 And here we go. Look at the clock on the top of your screen. 08:15:36.480 --> 08:15:39.480 Point nine seconds left. 08:15:39.480 --> 08:15:46.480 There are one second left when people tell you that seconds count. That's the type of thing that you can show them to prove them, right? 08:15:47.520 --> 08:15:49.520 So with that said wild card 08:15:49.560 --> 08:15:50.840 Could be up three nothing 08:15:50.840 --> 08:15:54.140 But they let it slip through their fingers with less than a second ago 08:15:54.140 --> 08:15:55.320 Well, I need to recover here 08:15:55.320 --> 08:15:58.040 They still managed to take two of the three bomb sites 08:15:58.080 --> 08:16:01.800 But a spiker said in his exit interview after toppling dark zero 08:16:02.000 --> 08:16:07.600 We play all four bombs I thought every single map so I don't imagine that the standard rotation applies for a wild card 08:16:07.600 --> 08:16:12.600 Yeah, absolutely. You never know when that force site's gonna come out to Neuron Cafe. 08:16:12.600 --> 08:16:18.600 Probably the most common map where we see all force sites getting played. All sites can be strong. 08:16:18.600 --> 08:16:23.600 Off-floor may be the rarest, but again, Robgarn happy to mix things up here. 08:16:23.600 --> 08:16:27.600 I saw a ram charge to open things up as they try to drop in through the red hatch. 08:16:27.600 --> 08:16:30.600 It does provide a bit of an awkward angle for Adrien. 08:16:30.600 --> 08:16:33.600 It may even make it harder to drop this hatch now. 08:16:33.600 --> 08:16:39.100 Now, would Adrien be able to watch that angle from all the way down into the bomb site, just inside of the train? 08:16:39.900 --> 08:16:43.600 It's gonna be something to watch out for, if they do want to drop this hatch, here it comes! 08:16:43.600 --> 08:16:46.600 So cool! Adrien gets smoked! 08:16:46.600 --> 08:16:51.100 Never mind, Forrest knows what he's doing, he'll find the first head to start round four. 08:16:53.100 --> 08:17:01.600 Forrest is just...he's a player, you can never quite put your finger on, and it's good that he's gonna be back in action on land. 08:17:01.600 --> 08:17:03.400 He's always a fun guy to talk to. 08:17:03.400 --> 08:17:05.600 If you see him at an event and he's not preoccupied, 08:17:05.600 --> 08:17:06.960 do go out of your way to say hi. 08:17:06.960 --> 08:17:09.760 He's been around the scene a lot. 08:17:09.760 --> 08:17:14.760 And he's got a persona that maybe people don't think 08:17:14.760 --> 08:17:17.780 he's as approachable, but believe me, he is. 08:17:17.780 --> 08:17:20.720 Always a good thing when new faces make majors, by the way, 08:17:20.720 --> 08:17:22.800 providing that we make it to the Salt Lake City Major. 08:17:22.800 --> 08:17:25.360 It'd be great to talk to some of these newer additions. 08:17:25.360 --> 08:17:28.720 Of course, everybody's gonna want a piece of JJ Blast. 08:17:28.720 --> 08:17:30.440 He's a big personality and he continues 08:17:30.440 --> 08:17:35.440 make himself known. Now goes rival Wildcard will find a second. How does they get that kill? 08:17:35.440 --> 08:17:41.440 Snake pushing in, dodges the nitro sound, misses most of his points, but ultimately wins the duel 08:17:41.440 --> 08:17:47.940 against Kansas. Looks for more, Spiker shuts him down, bends all alone on five fears. Wildcard 08:17:47.940 --> 08:17:53.940 going back to the old reliable bombsite rotation, not handicapped by what is and isn't locked. 08:17:53.940 --> 08:17:59.560 They will succeed. Bay the final kill and Wildcard back to their winning ways. Three 08:17:59.560 --> 08:18:04.760 We won the score line for the newest team to qualify to the Salt Lake City Major. 08:18:04.760 --> 08:18:06.400 Nice lockdown coming out from Wildcard. 08:18:06.400 --> 08:18:09.720 It was really a two-sided push on the white stairs Parker. 08:18:09.720 --> 08:18:11.600 Most of the team was pushing top white. 08:18:11.600 --> 08:18:15.300 They were trying to get down those staircase and they were just feeding into the shotgun 08:18:15.300 --> 08:18:19.320 of Bay who cleaned up both rival and JJ trying to push that angle. 08:18:19.320 --> 08:18:21.880 And then we were spectating Snake down on that bottom floor. 08:18:21.880 --> 08:18:26.760 It does get one and hit a nice 360 but unfortunately not able to clean up the 08:18:26.760 --> 08:18:30.460 Rest of the player is still just sitting there at the bottom of the white staircase. 08:18:30.460 --> 08:18:34.060 It's a clean up from wildcard as they managed to get those last couple of kills. 08:18:34.060 --> 08:18:39.460 And as you mentioned, secure that 3v1, or 3-1 scoreline I should even say. 08:18:39.460 --> 08:18:42.760 Attack timeout from Five Fears, kind of an interestingly placed timeout here, 08:18:42.760 --> 08:18:45.960 because they've only got two more rounds here through this first half. 08:18:45.960 --> 08:18:49.360 Clearly, feeling that these next couple of attacks are really critical. 08:18:49.360 --> 08:18:52.660 They do not want to give up an early lead on their opponent's map pick. 08:18:52.660 --> 08:18:59.580 No, not at all. And I mean, five years of some issues, they've been a very high-vibes team, 08:18:59.580 --> 08:19:05.620 which is something we did mention. But if you saw JJ after their first round win, he did not 08:19:05.620 --> 08:19:09.620 look pleased. Now, maybe it could be something in the game or with his setup or it could 08:19:09.620 --> 08:19:15.300 be just something with the team. JJ made a very emotional tweet after winning the 08:19:15.300 --> 08:19:18.780 matchup against one of 30, basically saying that, you know, like, it's not about like 08:19:18.780 --> 08:19:24.700 success. It's a dream. It's literally a dream for me to finally play at a land event. You talk to 08:19:24.700 --> 08:19:30.380 players on any team, you talk to people who aren't even in tier one, and they'll all tell you that 08:19:30.380 --> 08:19:37.580 a dream is to make it and play on land. In front of a crowd, maybe not. Art felt words from a guy 08:19:37.580 --> 08:19:42.620 who doesn't always show a ton of emotion like that, but you know that he's gonna be fired up 08:19:42.620 --> 08:19:47.900 and wanting to prove that they are the best team in North America. He leaps with a kickoff 08:19:47.900 --> 08:19:53.740 Reminder that this is an event all on its own. This is not a part of the actual NAL stage. 08:19:53.740 --> 08:19:57.500 Stage one will be in a couple months. I actually don't even know what stage one is going to be 08:19:57.500 --> 08:20:02.060 beginning. I don't know if those states are public yet, and if they aren't then I haven't seen anything. 08:20:02.060 --> 08:20:05.980 But this is just kickoff. It's just a short little burst to see who goes to Salt Lake City. 08:20:05.980 --> 08:20:09.980 In five years have made some very obvious improvements, but I would argue Jesse, no team 08:20:09.980 --> 08:20:14.620 has improved as much as Wildcard. They went from looking like a team that wouldn't even 08:20:14.620 --> 08:20:20.180 even being copied in convention for the major two weeks ago to now in a position to buy 08:20:20.180 --> 08:20:25.220 for first overall what a glove it's been and honestly huge credit to the team for being 08:20:25.220 --> 08:20:27.260 able to recover and play the way that they have. 08:20:27.260 --> 08:20:31.100 You had all you have to do is go back to the halfway point of the series of verse 08:20:31.100 --> 08:20:35.420 M80 and if you told anybody that they'd be playing for first place in the grand finals 08:20:35.420 --> 08:20:40.300 they would have laughed you out of town but here they are wildcard managing to battle 08:20:40.300 --> 08:20:44.140 back in both BO3s that they have played here in the upper bracket. 08:20:44.140 --> 08:20:49.420 improved drastically from what we saw from them in the group stage. Now versus 08:20:49.420 --> 08:20:55.500 Five Fears. Young team on the other side. Wildcard as well, I mean not young 08:20:55.500 --> 08:21:00.580 anymore, but it wasn't that long ago that we were talking about them. It's kind of the new kids on the block. 08:21:00.580 --> 08:21:05.180 They, Spike, or a baby shark. I mean these are not old players, but they're not 08:21:05.180 --> 08:21:08.700 exactly new at this point either. 08:21:09.300 --> 08:21:13.540 Time to see what this defense ends up mounting for. It's a nice throw that 08:21:13.540 --> 08:21:15.540 starts things off as we go to JJ Blast. 08:21:17.540 --> 08:21:18.940 Janssen with the opening pick. 08:21:18.940 --> 08:21:21.140 Janssen's numbers in mighty good shape, 08:21:21.140 --> 08:21:23.420 given the slow start that he had in the best of three 08:21:23.420 --> 08:21:25.180 that has just transpired. 08:21:27.020 --> 08:21:28.620 The one thing I've liked about this wildcard team 08:21:28.620 --> 08:21:30.220 is that even when one player is sluggish, 08:21:30.220 --> 08:21:31.740 there's somebody else to pick up the pieces. 08:21:31.740 --> 08:21:33.620 They were never at any point in time, 08:21:33.620 --> 08:21:35.260 all failing at their roles. 08:21:35.260 --> 08:21:36.220 Down goes Baby Shark. 08:21:36.220 --> 08:21:38.140 He was a player that was into the microscope for a bit 08:21:38.140 --> 08:21:40.700 and Adrian will trade it back as will Bay. 08:21:40.700 --> 08:21:42.940 All of these players working into the storyline here. 08:21:43.540 --> 08:21:48.900 Stay on five kills cans and on four kills. These are terrific numbers at this point in time in the match 08:21:49.820 --> 08:21:52.100 Yeah, really good to start things off and again 08:21:52.100 --> 08:21:56.220 It's a man advantage favoring wild card Adrienne another one with TCSG 08:21:56.220 --> 08:21:59.760 He's been so active in this position just towards the bottom of the map 08:22:00.060 --> 08:22:02.880 Running out when he has to and it's a cleanup from 08:22:03.100 --> 08:22:09.420 Spiker and the boys to finish things off now a 4-1 split to go into our final round in the first half 08:22:09.420 --> 08:22:13.580 really strong start and it just really comes down to the fearlessness Parker it 08:22:13.580 --> 08:22:17.620 feels like every single moment somebody's making a move on wild card someone's 08:22:17.620 --> 08:22:20.780 going for a run-out someone's tossing a nitrocell someone's going for a big 08:22:20.780 --> 08:22:24.060 swing they're not just sitting still and playing scared they really want to get 08:22:24.060 --> 08:22:28.300 active against this five-fears team and it's working very nicely there were 08:22:28.300 --> 08:22:31.780 people who believe that five years over achieved during the group stage with 08:22:31.780 --> 08:22:36.500 their 4-0 victory now again it's for best of ones for best of ones don't 08:22:36.500 --> 08:22:44.100 always give you a good idea of where a team is and sometimes you find immediate chemistry you play a couple teams that don't have that chemistry 08:22:44.100 --> 08:22:50.160 You win two matches. You probably shouldn't know one but because it's so short you walk away being an undefeated team 08:22:50.540 --> 08:22:53.660 five fears very nearly lost a 08:22:54.780 --> 08:22:57.640 5v4 against one of 30 earlier today 08:22:58.040 --> 08:23:04.140 They had an extra player for half of the match and they still almost lost 08:23:04.140 --> 08:23:17.140 And 1 of 30 is a brand new team. They got here to Challenger, the Challenger series. Yeah, they've got some experience names that you've heard before, but nothing like Forrest. Forrest probably has more pro-experience than the entirety of 1 of 30 combined. 08:23:17.140 --> 08:23:32.140 Experience doesn't mean everything, but it certainly helps. So the fact that Five Peers was able to go up for nothing and then struggle against 1 of 30 could just be similar to the same identity of this team on Envy where they started really strong in NAL Stage 2 08:23:32.140 --> 08:23:37.380 stage 2 and then ultimately came back down to earth while other teams caught up. It's 08:23:37.380 --> 08:23:41.500 something to keep in mind. It's not necessary what's going to happen in Five Beers and 08:23:41.500 --> 08:23:46.260 Absolute Horse Jesse will be the second best team here in kickoff because they are playing 08:23:46.260 --> 08:23:52.260 in the grand final. But if Wildcard are making steady improvements which we know they are 08:23:52.260 --> 08:23:56.420 and Five Beers might have overachieved, there is a possibility Wildcard could run 08:23:56.420 --> 08:23:58.340 away with this series very fast. 08:23:58.340 --> 08:24:02.300 Keep in mind too though, this is Wildcard's map pick, you might not think that, just five 08:24:02.300 --> 08:24:05.940 fears are starting on the attack, but five fears have actually been a much better attacking 08:24:05.940 --> 08:24:10.100 team than they have been on the defense all season long, which is why they chose to start 08:24:10.100 --> 08:24:14.140 attack here on their opponent's pick, so it's not maybe a huge surprise to see them 08:24:14.140 --> 08:24:16.860 dropping down early on this first map. 08:24:16.860 --> 08:24:20.780 The second map and third will tell, I think, the bigger story, but plenty of time to 08:24:20.780 --> 08:24:22.540 pull this one back. 08:24:22.540 --> 08:24:26.420 Your final attack here before we go into the side swath, it's going to be multi-dimensional 08:24:26.420 --> 08:24:29.460 a forest once again playing downfall on that log and floor. 08:24:29.460 --> 08:24:31.520 There's nobody really in the mid-floor for him to flank, 08:24:31.520 --> 08:24:33.960 so it's gonna come down to kind of the rest of the players 08:24:33.960 --> 08:24:37.960 in towards Piano, in towards D'Gar from working one of these pigs. 08:24:37.960 --> 08:24:39.840 Not even a bad spot by any means. 08:24:39.840 --> 08:24:42.840 You can even just start threatening a bit of a plant 08:24:42.840 --> 08:24:45.800 inside a bar, but you've gotta be very worried 08:24:45.800 --> 08:24:48.480 about these players that are either in behind back bar 08:24:48.480 --> 08:24:50.680 or in towards top white. 08:24:50.680 --> 08:24:52.040 They're gonna use some logic bombs 08:24:52.040 --> 08:24:53.840 to hopefully gain information. 08:24:53.840 --> 08:24:54.840 It looks like the last one, 08:24:54.840 --> 08:25:00.280 of course is used all of that information gathering ability most utility now has been 08:25:00.280 --> 08:25:04.240 used by five years so you have to hope if you're a fan of the team that has been used 08:25:04.240 --> 08:25:09.940 appropriately and has full effect on this overall execute I mean I think it's working 08:25:09.940 --> 08:25:15.240 Fens finds two rival also on the board and defuse kit going down it always seems to 08:25:15.240 --> 08:25:20.760 be this tertiary site that's been the undoing for wildcard and it seems to continue 08:25:20.760 --> 08:25:22.760 I don't even know if the 08:25:22.760 --> 08:25:23.760 diffuser ended up going down 08:25:23.760 --> 08:25:25.760 because it was a flawless round 08:25:25.760 --> 08:25:26.760 for five fears. 08:25:26.760 --> 08:25:28.760 Four to the score line, so a 08:25:28.760 --> 08:25:29.760 decent first half. 08:25:29.760 --> 08:25:31.760 And honestly, Jesse, I will say 08:25:31.760 --> 08:25:33.760 a surprising number given which 08:25:33.760 --> 08:25:34.760 team chose this map and which 08:25:34.760 --> 08:25:36.760 team chose to go on which 08:25:36.760 --> 08:25:37.760 sides. 08:25:37.760 --> 08:25:38.760 Really nice start here. 08:25:38.760 --> 08:25:39.760 They at least battled back one 08:25:39.760 --> 08:25:41.760 more at to end this half 08:25:41.760 --> 08:25:43.760 Parker Wildcard still sit 08:25:43.760 --> 08:25:44.760 with a four to lead heading 08:25:44.760 --> 08:25:45.760 into halftime. 08:25:45.760 --> 08:25:46.760 But believe you've got our 08:25:46.760 --> 08:25:47.760 desk to break down these 08:25:47.760 --> 08:25:48.760 first six rounds that we've 08:25:48.760 --> 08:25:49.760 seen on cafe. 08:25:49.760 --> 08:25:50.760 seen on cafe. 08:26:00.440 --> 08:26:04.860 Thanks, Jesse. This one looks, uh, well, not quite like five 08:26:04.860 --> 08:26:08.580 fears may have wanted to start it laxing. I mean, wild card do 08:26:08.580 --> 08:26:12.760 feel like they're in control and still feels like we haven't 08:26:12.760 --> 08:26:15.400 found that same five fears that we saw throughout the group 08:26:15.400 --> 08:26:18.080 stage yet today. No, we certainly haven't, but it is a 08:26:18.080 --> 08:26:20.880 true testament of wild card and momentum is one hell of a drug. 08:26:20.880 --> 08:26:22.820 And that's exactly what they have coming into this. 08:26:22.820 --> 08:26:25.680 I mean, me and Fox, you as well, we can hear them in their comms. 08:26:25.680 --> 08:26:27.320 I mean, it sounds like they're in control. 08:26:27.320 --> 08:26:28.960 They understand every single round. 08:26:28.960 --> 08:26:31.840 I mean, round two in particular, I really want to look at because, I mean, 08:26:31.840 --> 08:26:34.720 it really kind of just shows the confidence and that momentum that 08:26:34.720 --> 08:26:38.560 they're carrying round after round, game after game in round two. 08:26:38.560 --> 08:26:41.640 What you're going to see is they're using the class to kind of ward off 08:26:41.640 --> 08:26:44.640 any of the oppression that that Montaigne's going to bring. 08:26:44.640 --> 08:26:45.960 But you see, they get the initial pick. 08:26:45.960 --> 08:26:47.040 They're fighting early on. 08:26:47.040 --> 08:26:49.380 They put all this pressure on the Monty, I mean, 08:26:49.380 --> 08:26:51.560 that C4 explosion was crazy, that it downed him, 08:26:51.560 --> 08:26:53.480 but then you see this clash being played here, 08:26:53.480 --> 08:26:55.860 slows down the Monty, they aren't respecting 08:26:55.860 --> 08:26:58.120 the shield play at all from the side of Five Beers. 08:26:58.120 --> 08:26:59.820 If anything, they're encouraging it. 08:26:59.820 --> 08:27:01.640 They want you to bring it at this point. 08:27:01.640 --> 08:27:03.760 And after this round, you would immediately 08:27:03.760 --> 08:27:06.560 see Five Beers pivot off of their shields. 08:27:06.560 --> 08:27:07.720 I think two rounds go by, 08:27:07.720 --> 08:27:09.600 and then they go back to bringing those shields. 08:27:09.600 --> 08:27:11.000 They get two rounds underneath their belt, 08:27:11.000 --> 08:27:12.920 but they're making Five Beers 08:27:12.920 --> 08:27:15.240 have to play a completely different game, 08:27:15.240 --> 08:27:16.680 which isn't bad by any means. 08:27:16.680 --> 08:27:20.080 It's good that they're adapting and not trying to force something, but it goes to show who's 08:27:20.080 --> 08:27:23.080 really in control and the dynamics of this map. 08:27:23.080 --> 08:27:26.520 Because of the momentum, like you said, it's five years bringing those shields. 08:27:26.520 --> 08:27:28.240 It's almost very predictable. 08:27:28.240 --> 08:27:31.480 You have an understanding, especially if you're wildcard, you're so adapted, you know where 08:27:31.480 --> 08:27:32.640 the shields are going to be coming from. 08:27:32.640 --> 08:27:34.120 You shut it down early on. 08:27:34.120 --> 08:27:35.280 It takes five years. 08:27:35.280 --> 08:27:36.760 They're playing one foot behind. 08:27:36.760 --> 08:27:40.680 It takes them a little bit of time to get back into things, playing without the shields. 08:27:40.680 --> 08:27:41.920 Thankfully, they got that final round. 08:27:41.920 --> 08:27:43.840 It was a really great execute from them. 08:27:43.840 --> 08:27:45.120 They go on to attack. 08:27:45.120 --> 08:27:49.820 They go on to defense now, and now they can add a little bit more of the rat elements, the 08:27:49.820 --> 08:27:52.540 unpredictableness that we need to see from them. 08:27:52.540 --> 08:27:56.260 Maybe we'll see some more clash, but I think the biggest takeaway is them just being able 08:27:56.260 --> 08:27:58.940 to be on their toes and fight back. 08:27:58.940 --> 08:28:04.020 Fight aggressive, because if they take the ball game too wild card, I mean it can be 08:28:04.020 --> 08:28:05.020 a completely different series. 08:28:05.020 --> 08:28:08.020 I'll just say, seeing these bands, seeing the Grim and the Ying taken out, I mean 08:28:08.020 --> 08:28:10.940 it's definitely, five fears, they're gonna have to play an aggressive game here, 08:28:10.940 --> 08:28:14.220 because they're taking away operators that are gonna be so crucial to get into 08:28:14.220 --> 08:28:18.620 the map let alone not just getting into the map but once you go for that mid to late round execute 08:28:18.620 --> 08:28:23.340 so i'm expecting heavy aggression out of five years and they got that second round but they 08:28:23.340 --> 08:28:29.340 still need a lot more as they dive into the second half gotta see five years come alive back to you 08:28:29.340 --> 08:28:36.220 parker just me not you jesse just back to me all right well hey it's been a great day and i will 08:28:36.220 --> 08:28:38.900 You guys tomorrow for the final day, but thanks for having me 08:28:48.860 --> 08:28:52.220 So unbelievably real to the point where you felt this 08:28:57.700 --> 08:29:01.860 Desk though and I mean it does it does shine a light on the way that these two teams approach this map 08:29:01.860 --> 08:29:04.620 What is the current state of affairs? I mean? 08:29:06.220 --> 08:29:12.060 Five years are a team that might have overachieved and now up against a wild card team that is warmed up 08:29:12.060 --> 08:29:15.300 It just might be too much right and there's also something else that said which is that 08:29:16.540 --> 08:29:21.900 We tend to see a lot of teams in the when we have elimination brackets go on these lower bracket runs 08:29:23.020 --> 08:29:25.020 In the fighting game community 08:29:25.020 --> 08:29:28.500 There is a belief that if you go on a lower bracket run 08:29:28.500 --> 08:29:33.180 You often have an advantage because you stay current and you stay warmed up 08:29:33.180 --> 08:29:40.180 Whereas your opponent can enter cold and by the time they are warmed up it's too late to come back. 08:29:40.180 --> 08:29:46.180 We've seen this I think too often in Rainbow Six for that to not be the case. I think it is very much the case. 08:29:46.180 --> 08:29:49.180 And when you have just played a best of three, yeah, you're going to be tired. 08:29:49.180 --> 08:29:52.180 Talk to the teams that used to play like three best of threes at a dream hack. 08:29:52.180 --> 08:30:00.180 They are tired at the end, but they will also tell you that they are sharp in match number two because they've already played a matchup. 08:30:00.180 --> 08:30:03.780 Could just be that Wildcard are still in their groove and five fears 08:30:03.780 --> 08:30:07.460 has to find their footing and it might come in this map. Maybe it shows up in that too. 08:30:07.460 --> 08:30:11.620 Maybe it doesn't show up at all. But either way impressive stuff from Wildcard so far. 08:30:14.660 --> 08:30:19.300 So far they do have that lead. We've got an interesting attacking lineup here partner with 08:30:19.300 --> 08:30:26.100 both the Dokely and the Deimos and the Lion for Intel and now Spiker down below in Laundry 08:30:26.100 --> 08:30:30.740 looking to jump off this hatch and get a plant down inside a cocktail. I'll tell you what, this is 08:30:30.740 --> 08:30:35.780 not something we saw from them up against M80. Brand new strap being brought out against five 08:30:35.780 --> 08:30:39.940 fears and this should absolutely be catching them off guard. But if they just move first, 08:30:39.940 --> 08:30:43.300 well you can't get caught off guard. Huge jump out from force for the opening pick. 08:30:43.860 --> 08:30:48.260 It's traded back though as Spike Earl does not allow him to get back into the building. 08:30:48.260 --> 08:30:52.180 The animal is not supposed to be in this position, Jess. You're not... you've got five 08:30:52.180 --> 08:30:54.460 Garahooks, what are you doing? You need to be 08:30:54.940 --> 08:30:59.580 Sips up and across the entire map. I believe that's the preferred terminology for you to self-less by chance 08:31:00.940 --> 08:31:02.940 Spikers not even use all of it 08:31:02.940 --> 08:31:04.940 At all, I might not even use it, period 08:31:05.380 --> 08:31:11.540 I don't know where he's gonna go if he wanted to include that first floor nitrous cell goes out the demos in the corner 08:31:12.580 --> 08:31:15.180 Now it's Snake attempting something Spiker shuts him down 08:31:15.460 --> 08:31:19.100 No Garahook necessary, Jesse, look at that just walking his way up red stairs 08:31:19.100 --> 08:31:24.340 Sometimes all you need is the SMG-11, trying to use it to its fullest effect here. 08:31:24.340 --> 08:31:28.260 He wanted to jump up and plant cocktail obviously, but I think as soon as he gets caught out 08:31:28.260 --> 08:31:32.260 by Forrest, he's like, I can't go for that plant anymore, it's too predictable, so let's 08:31:32.260 --> 08:31:33.260 try something else. 08:31:33.260 --> 08:31:35.260 Get the Thor, I'm not sure. 08:31:35.260 --> 08:31:37.260 Snake, we'll check the replay. 08:31:37.260 --> 08:31:39.740 We had a Razor Bloom under the hatch for the drop. 08:31:39.740 --> 08:31:43.260 It got blind when the Deimos dropped, and it might have blown up the nitrosal 08:31:43.260 --> 08:31:44.260 in the process. 08:31:44.260 --> 08:31:46.260 That's a very good question actually to ask. 08:31:46.260 --> 08:32:11.720 Yeah, an interesting round because it starts off so intriguing, right? You've got this Amaru 08:32:11.720 --> 08:32:15.300 down below the site, threatening to jump up the hatch, but then as soon as Five Fears 08:32:15.300 --> 08:32:20.500 to do something as soon as they sniff out that play and realize is tomorrow down below. It kind of 08:32:20.500 --> 08:32:25.460 just goes back into a default. I mean, Spiker rotates red, plays cigar with his team. They walk 08:32:25.460 --> 08:32:29.220 into site. They take a couple of big fights. Baby Shark gets on the board for his first frag 08:32:29.220 --> 08:32:32.980 of the match. That was a huge one to come in from him just playing outside on those windows. 08:32:32.980 --> 08:32:38.100 Spiker gets in a plant support spot, and I mean, it just looks too easy coming through 08:32:38.100 --> 08:32:42.260 from wildcard, showing that, yeah, you know, even if they bring a lot of fun operators, 08:32:42.260 --> 08:32:44.820 They don't need fancy tricks. They don't need crazy strats 08:32:44.820 --> 08:32:49.700 They just want to be able to get into the site force of plants and force the movements out of the side of five fears and sometimes 08:32:49.700 --> 08:32:51.700 That's all it takes 08:32:52.100 --> 08:32:54.100 It really can be that simple 08:32:54.500 --> 08:32:56.500 You give me a symbol as again 08:32:56.620 --> 08:32:59.940 Just being an engagement somebody walks in gets a kill they shouldn't have got 08:33:00.260 --> 08:33:07.020 That flick from rival by the way if he had turned and flicked on a baby shark that completely changes the round because you cannot push up 08:33:07.020 --> 08:33:12.220 Into the middle of the bomb site for somebody playing and having where he was so just little stuff 08:33:12.260 --> 08:33:18.100 like that. A 180, one tap. Go back to that one shot that Gavin made on Consulate if you 08:33:18.100 --> 08:33:22.740 recall back at S.I. Just stuff like that completely change around. There's no planning or prep 08:33:22.740 --> 08:33:27.500 for it. It just happens. You enter a flow state, you get a good read, you completely destroy 08:33:27.500 --> 08:33:31.900 and execute because you made a shot you shouldn't have made. Sometimes it's that. 08:33:31.900 --> 08:33:35.420 And other times, everything goes according to plan, all your bullets land, all your 08:33:35.420 --> 08:33:39.780 engagement break in your favor, and you end up winning the round. This is an interesting 08:33:39.780 --> 08:33:46.780 spot pink by Fens, Jesse. Yeah, he sticks around a very long time. Gets about 40% damage 08:33:46.780 --> 08:33:50.580 on a spiker, so I guess that's worth a little bit of a wave of his life as well, even though 08:33:50.580 --> 08:33:55.100 there was a player that was threatening to jump up onto that piano repel, so he's gonna 08:33:55.100 --> 08:33:58.900 be more or less fine. We'll see if that extra little damage on either player comes 08:33:58.900 --> 08:34:03.620 in to impact the round later. Binding Dimey, of course, is our bomb site here today, 08:34:03.620 --> 08:34:07.620 and so it's gonna be important for Wildcarts to take control of this top floor site. 08:34:07.620 --> 08:34:14.020 I thought maybe with the Amarra Stroud round 1 they'd be looking to rush round 2, but keeping the shanigans to a minimum. 08:34:14.020 --> 08:34:18.980 We still got Kansan playing here on this sense, and I'm really excited to see what he wants to do with these walls. 08:34:18.980 --> 08:34:26.100 He can often be used to try to enable a drop onto the main in that skylight, and I think that's exactly what he's thinking of, but playing around the hatches as well. 08:34:27.300 --> 08:34:35.540 Forrest goes for the run out. This is the second time leaving the building in as many rounds, so I think he's got the wrong idea of what side he's playing on right now. 08:34:35.540 --> 08:34:38.580 Of course, Wildcard will be the very first kill traded out by Baby Shark. 08:34:38.580 --> 08:34:42.340 Wildcard sticking together really effectively. Good read through the wall by Snake. 08:34:42.340 --> 08:34:44.580 They're just going to continue to trade all the way down. 08:34:44.580 --> 08:34:47.220 Half the lobby gone, half of the round gone. 08:34:47.220 --> 08:34:49.060 Wildcard in the disadvantage right now. 08:34:49.060 --> 08:34:51.140 Baby Shark on one HP. 08:34:51.140 --> 08:34:52.740 Spiker halfway. 08:34:52.740 --> 08:34:54.100 The rest of five fears? 08:34:54.740 --> 08:34:56.260 They're in pretty good shape. 08:34:56.820 --> 08:34:58.740 Wildcard win this round to go to map point. 08:34:58.740 --> 08:35:00.500 On their own map early, that'd be ideal. 08:35:00.500 --> 08:35:02.660 But it does not seem like it will come to pass. 08:35:02.660 --> 08:35:04.980 Fens get Spiker through the reading door. 08:35:04.980 --> 08:35:08.900 And now it's Baby Shark getting closer to the B bomb, taking out the default cam. 08:35:09.460 --> 08:35:11.460 Three players in five years just need to sit and wait. 08:35:11.460 --> 08:35:12.580 One of them will eventually find him. 08:35:12.580 --> 08:35:15.060 It's JJ to get the job done in five years. 08:35:15.060 --> 08:35:16.100 We'll close the gap. 08:35:16.100 --> 08:35:18.580 Only two rounds now between these two squads. 08:35:19.300 --> 08:35:20.900 Yeah, it ends up being a bit of a rush. 08:35:20.900 --> 08:35:21.940 I thought maybe it wouldn't be. 08:35:21.940 --> 08:35:24.260 It'd be traditional top floor clear, but no. 08:35:24.260 --> 08:35:27.060 Wildcards say we're just gonna send it in through pillar door 08:35:27.060 --> 08:35:31.380 and it ended up being an absolutely critical kill from Snake in the midst of that parker. 08:35:31.380 --> 08:35:33.940 He only gets one that round, but it's such an important frag 08:35:33.940 --> 08:35:40.180 because he downs adrian with the diffuser just inside of reading and after he gets that kill it's a flurry of trades 08:35:40.180 --> 08:35:46.440 But it ultimately favors the defenders five years are able to trade out a little bit better than wild card are it ends with 08:35:46.440 --> 08:35:50.060 JJ getting his first kill since the rehost as he managed to shut down 08:35:50.180 --> 08:35:56.540 Canson after he trades snake and so it ends up just being this wild flurry of kills in the end five years walk out 08:35:56.540 --> 08:35:57.540 the better of it 08:35:57.540 --> 08:36:01.540 that they can clean up the vert angle on the spy pier. 08:36:01.540 --> 08:36:04.540 So nicely done by five pier, they react to that really nicely. 08:36:04.540 --> 08:36:07.540 Walkard is giving them the kind of complicated looks, 08:36:07.540 --> 08:36:10.540 but five pier are staying at all to these more or less both times. 08:36:10.540 --> 08:36:16.540 I mean, if Wildcarn's up winning this day like 7-4 or even a 7-5 score line, 08:36:16.540 --> 08:36:19.540 then that's pretty normal for you on your own map. 08:36:19.540 --> 08:36:23.540 And then we expect kind of the same on Fortress from five pier. 08:36:23.540 --> 08:36:27.900 five years but I know the desk talked about it I know you talked about it a 08:36:27.900 --> 08:36:30.860 few times yesterday wild card is the distinction of being one of the best 08:36:30.860 --> 08:36:36.340 teams in the world on fortress now granted they got absolutely smoked by 08:36:36.340 --> 08:36:40.860 M80 yesterday wild card only able to win a single round on their choice of 08:36:40.860 --> 08:36:45.660 fortress so maybe wild cards taking a step back or maybe wild card just needed 08:36:45.660 --> 08:36:49.940 time to wake up they seem to be bucking the trend here of losing the 08:36:49.940 --> 08:36:53.060 very first map of the series is they're in control of caffeine on the 08:36:53.060 --> 08:36:59.060 favourable side. Wildcard are very hopeful for the remainder of this map and then Fortress 08:36:59.060 --> 08:37:05.580 rolls around. That one is going to be electric. 30 seconds off the board. Wildcard starting 08:37:05.580 --> 08:37:10.740 their attack upstairs. Nitro Cell almost claiming Bay a good attempt by five beers and that 08:37:10.740 --> 08:37:13.700 really could have changed the round but Bay survives another day. 08:37:13.700 --> 08:37:19.100 Gonna be alright for the time being. Still lots of these players hoping to get an early 08:37:19.100 --> 08:37:24.580 off. This bomb site is not too far from their grasp as they know where it's at. Just one 08:37:24.580 --> 08:37:30.540 floor beneath them. Here comes another little run up from JJ and it will be successful. Finds 08:37:30.540 --> 08:37:35.300 the head of Adrian at the same time as Snake making a play and goes for a little tight 08:37:35.300 --> 08:37:40.980 call. I knew it! I knew it! Oh wow. Of course. Of course he is. You see it there in the 08:37:40.980 --> 08:37:46.620 cabin. I mean, it's JJ. He's usually tight. I mean, the moment you're typing in 08:37:46.620 --> 08:37:50.940 chats the moment you've lost but in this case today's a real winner nice kill by 08:37:50.940 --> 08:37:54.700 fend they had the right idea just missed the target 08:37:54.700 --> 08:37:58.740 reload you think wildcard calls the time now you think 5-5 the score line if 08:37:58.740 --> 08:38:03.580 things continue to go bad could even be here I mean it's been a similar story 08:38:03.580 --> 08:38:07.580 from five years every round lots of run-outs you mentioned force with 08:38:07.580 --> 08:38:10.940 double run-outs of the last couple of rounds they're getting hyper aggressive 08:38:10.940 --> 08:38:14.500 against this defense could be a call from a bonus to just recognize that 08:38:14.500 --> 08:38:19.700 and let his players know, hey, we gotta play a little bit more passive, we gotta watch for these run-ups a little bit more, but... 08:38:20.700 --> 08:38:24.900 Stand time is something you call that attack, it's maybe the second they stop running it, so it's always a gamble, right? 08:38:26.900 --> 08:38:32.900 They're just outside the building, just playing keep away at this playing time, and just fighting as much time as possible, I guess you could say... 08:38:33.800 --> 08:38:37.400 Get effort by Baby Shark, this one should be a flawless four or five fears. 08:38:37.400 --> 08:38:42.520 Still a minute to go, this friend has taken eternity. 08:38:42.520 --> 08:38:49.680 For us to final kill, five fears now within one of tying up wild card JJ keeping vibes high. 08:38:49.680 --> 08:38:57.640 You speculated maybe they call the timeout now, I said maybe next round let's see what unfolds. 08:38:57.640 --> 08:39:01.240 Go through the bans first, you've got to do the bans and then the tack timeout. 08:39:01.240 --> 08:39:03.000 So we'll find out in just a minute here. 08:39:03.000 --> 08:39:06.400 I'm not sure if there's anything so important to this defense. 08:39:06.400 --> 08:39:10.240 Maybe the Azami would kind of be the standard ban you'd go for here. 08:39:10.240 --> 08:39:14.320 If you were wild card, just try to stop some of this map control that five 08:39:14.320 --> 08:39:17.300 years have been grabbing on to will be the Azami that gets removed. 08:39:17.300 --> 08:39:18.800 So not a big question mark there. 08:39:19.000 --> 08:39:20.360 And then I like the Nomad ban. 08:39:20.360 --> 08:39:23.920 It's not been played a ton on the side of wild card, but you've seen 08:39:23.920 --> 08:39:25.660 the style of game that five years are playing. 08:39:25.660 --> 08:39:29.000 If you're running out every single round, take that off the board 08:39:29.000 --> 08:39:30.720 because there's a good chance of the goddess is calling this 08:39:30.720 --> 08:39:32.920 time out saying, guys, we got to play more Nomad. 08:39:32.960 --> 08:39:34.080 We got to stop these runouts. 08:39:36.400 --> 08:39:40.720 I mean gridlock obviously sees a lot of anti-flank positioning on this map, too. 08:39:40.720 --> 08:39:48.400 That gridlock obviously not anywhere near a meta operator, but with the amount of staircases that are 08:39:49.200 --> 08:39:55.120 integral for retakes and for roaming, this being such a vertical map, those track stingers really 08:39:55.120 --> 08:40:02.480 pay off. And I mean, we've seen gridlock on this map a ton. It was played in round number one 08:40:02.480 --> 08:40:08.160 by rival and then was played by Fens on the final two attacks is not been a part 08:40:08.160 --> 08:40:12.400 so far of the arsenal brought by Wildcard so they could bring her whenever 08:40:12.400 --> 08:40:16.520 they want especially if they're worried about flanking. A lot of intel ops and 08:40:16.520 --> 08:40:21.640 concealment has been the name of the game. Smokes, Sends being brought twice by 08:40:21.640 --> 08:40:27.440 Kansan so a different identity. Shield's not really a big staple here for Wildcard 08:40:27.440 --> 08:40:33.240 at least not through these three rounds and they haven't assembled the free-headed Hydra. 08:40:33.240 --> 08:40:36.220 They have not brought the the solid Snake and Deimos, Dokobie together. 08:40:36.220 --> 08:40:41.620 They've been relying on Dokobie. She's been played every single round and she's been a major nuisance here and will continue to be. 08:40:41.620 --> 08:40:46.160 Frankly, she's already being chosen by Baby Shark and not be banned by Five Fears. 08:40:46.160 --> 08:40:50.800 I do like the bans here, but there's just there's a lot of good operators right now on attack and you can't ban all of them. 08:40:51.200 --> 08:40:52.680 Yeah, that's always the problem. 08:40:52.680 --> 08:40:57.540 probably why we see so much variety in attacker vans because there's always 08:40:57.540 --> 08:41:00.840 something you don't ban that you end up thinking, damn I wish we'd banned that. 08:41:00.840 --> 08:41:05.560 Lots of frustrating offers to deal with. Usually on this wildcard team it would 08:41:05.560 --> 08:41:08.800 often be Bay who's locking the gridlock, he's played it the most out of anybody on 08:41:08.800 --> 08:41:13.320 this roster so far through kickoff with four grid picks so far from Bay, but 08:41:13.320 --> 08:41:18.480 he's actually gone for the double shield comp, the blitz Blackbeard from 08:41:18.480 --> 08:41:25.020 and from Bay. Snake is outside the building trying to spawnpeak out through the small 08:41:25.020 --> 08:41:29.340 big window but unfortunately doesn't get anything for his trouble. Still showing that 08:41:29.340 --> 08:41:33.420 pace though from five feet. They are not slowing down with these runouts Parker. They want to 08:41:33.420 --> 08:41:36.900 bring the aggression over to Water Park. It's reminiscent of when we last saw 08:41:36.900 --> 08:41:40.900 Space Station gaming's old roster play this. When you had Neurs and Ashen spawnpeaking 08:41:40.900 --> 08:41:43.860 round after round after round. It doesn't need to pay off but it certainly does 08:41:43.860 --> 08:41:47.700 slow you down. Even if you're 15 to 20 seconds to get to the building longer than 08:41:47.700 --> 08:41:55.540 usual, can knock a team's execute. Off-stride, Adrian dies yet again to JJ and gets ishtalked 08:41:55.540 --> 08:42:02.660 in-chat yet again. Marora making an appearance. Marora just got a buff in just about every 08:42:02.660 --> 08:42:07.140 single way imaginable. A significantly stronger operator, and this was already a pretty good 08:42:07.140 --> 08:42:12.260 map, especially on that top floor. But there is a lot of frustrating potential for these 08:42:12.260 --> 08:42:17.460 defenders to deal with with a Marora on Bakery. Rival missing out on the shield as he runs 08:42:17.460 --> 08:42:19.960 and now Baby Shark falls at the hands of Snake. 08:42:19.960 --> 08:42:22.340 Five years to sell effective work. 08:42:22.340 --> 08:42:24.040 Kansan down at the hands of arrival, 08:42:24.040 --> 08:42:25.500 Spiker finally finishes him off. 08:42:25.500 --> 08:42:28.000 Two more and it's on the Spiker's eyes. 08:42:28.000 --> 08:42:30.040 That's Snake to die of pain. 08:42:30.040 --> 08:42:31.500 Almost called him Captain Jack. 08:42:31.500 --> 08:42:32.340 Bay gets dropped. 08:42:32.340 --> 08:42:34.040 Spiker will need to clutch out in a 1v3. 08:42:34.040 --> 08:42:35.920 He's done some running around the Rosie. 08:42:35.920 --> 08:42:39.080 I'm in the door all the way now over towards Whiskey. 08:42:39.080 --> 08:42:41.220 Autumn Brown stairs, whatever part of the map. 08:42:41.220 --> 08:42:42.880 You want to call this? 08:42:42.880 --> 08:42:44.820 Spiker could not even get through the window 08:42:44.820 --> 08:42:47.120 because he'd be exposed the moment he did so. 08:42:47.120 --> 08:42:52.680 It's JJ blast to get the final kill and guess what Jesse we've got ourselves a tie game 08:42:53.360 --> 08:42:57.320 These are the games that just frustrate the hell out of you if you're a wild card 08:42:57.320 --> 08:43:00.880 I mean anywhere you try to approach the building. There's four guys 08:43:01.440 --> 08:43:06.760 Warming that location. You're trying to approach the building. You're getting run out on it was JJ blast 08:43:06.760 --> 08:43:12.720 You ran out of garage to get that opening pick on to Adrian and then even as they try to go for that front door push 08:43:12.720 --> 08:43:15.280 I mean, it's a bit questionable. You might be thinking okay 08:43:15.280 --> 08:43:21.160 Why are we as wild card not looking at coach? That's where the guy is but there's two more players over towards restaurant and whiskey 08:43:21.160 --> 08:43:24.160 I mean no matter where you look there's going to be someone 08:43:24.400 --> 08:43:29.560 There's going to be some pressure coming your direction and I think particularly for this double shield comp 08:43:29.560 --> 08:43:34.320 It makes it really awkward because like how are you supposed to walk in the building if every direction you look? 08:43:34.360 --> 08:43:38.040 You're being put into a crossfire. You've got someone staring at the back of your head 08:43:38.120 --> 08:43:41.160 It makes it very awkward to make that position happen 08:43:41.160 --> 08:43:43.960 It makes it very, very difficult to attack into. 08:43:43.960 --> 08:43:46.660 Walker have to be able to keep their cool on these attacks. 08:43:46.660 --> 08:43:49.160 They need to be able to lock in and stop some of these 08:43:49.160 --> 08:43:52.960 hyper-aggressive moves coming out from five beers. 08:43:52.960 --> 08:43:56.860 They did have Bay on the gridlock as I foreshadowed a couple of rounds ago, 08:43:56.860 --> 08:44:01.260 but they will swap it over to Adrien in an attempt to slow down some of the aggression. 08:44:01.260 --> 08:44:03.960 It's one of the worst games Adrien's adds statistically are maps, 08:44:03.960 --> 08:44:07.360 rather than Adrien's adds since coming over to this wildcard roster. 08:44:07.360 --> 08:44:10.160 To your point earlier about how to prevent crossfires and deal with them, 08:44:10.160 --> 08:44:15.460 There's two terrific operators for flushing people out of those positions, and they just both happen to be banned. 08:44:15.800 --> 08:44:21.280 Grim and Ying could be so critical in allowing Wildcard to take space and flush out these defenders. 08:44:21.500 --> 08:44:25.580 Without them, five veers doesn't need to run a warden. They still will just in case. 08:44:25.680 --> 08:44:30.480 They don't need to run an operator like Warden every single round, and they can play a little bit freer, 08:44:30.480 --> 08:44:33.540 knowing that you're not gonna get smoked and flashed while killed with a shotgun. 08:44:33.540 --> 08:44:37.480 It also means you're not gonna be pushed out of a position by those bees, which are largely 08:44:37.480 --> 08:44:41.520 Uncounterable depending on obviously depends on what defenders are brought here 08:44:41.680 --> 08:44:48.560 So smart bands by five years and they're using them to great effect by punishing wild card and taking away really strong 08:44:48.560 --> 08:44:51.060 Tools that are used to open things up 08:44:51.060 --> 08:44:54.460 I'm not too surprised to see shields get run more regularly 08:44:54.460 --> 08:44:56.900 You could even double up on shields if you're wild card 08:44:56.900 --> 08:45:02.300 But instead they're gonna go with some heart breach and they're gonna go with lots of destruction two sets of nades 08:45:02.300 --> 08:45:08.020 some anti-flank and then of course the intel from Dokobie. Not much mystery in this wild card lineup at the moment. 08:45:09.020 --> 08:45:14.660 Baby Shark's smart to reposition. He was caught on a drone from Forrest, so there was good information. 08:45:15.260 --> 08:45:19.700 Trying to assist some of these run-outs as well. I think that's exactly what we just saw. Fendt's running out. 08:45:19.700 --> 08:45:24.300 After Forrest gets off the drone, might have been trying to help his teammate go for those aggressive moves. 08:45:24.300 --> 08:45:28.300 Micro-Skin to the top floor, and there's a guy touched just inside of Cocktail. 08:45:28.300 --> 08:45:31.600 This could be so devastating, Parker. They don't know rivals here, but he wits. 08:45:31.600 --> 08:45:33.100 We'll drop the hatch. 08:45:33.100 --> 08:45:35.100 They didn't follow up with an engagement there. 08:45:35.100 --> 08:45:37.600 Wildcard did not want to gamble their life on that 50-50. 08:45:37.600 --> 08:45:40.100 I don't necessarily blame them if you've got an idea 08:45:40.100 --> 08:45:41.600 of where those players are gonna go 08:45:41.600 --> 08:45:45.600 and you die there, that might completely send your plan 08:45:45.600 --> 08:45:47.600 up in smoke. 08:45:47.600 --> 08:45:49.600 The one thing that this Wildcard team 08:45:49.600 --> 08:45:51.600 has really struggled with is information. 08:45:51.600 --> 08:45:54.100 Zero drones remaining for this team 08:45:54.100 --> 08:45:55.600 with over a minute to go. 08:45:55.600 --> 08:45:56.600 I mean, there's a mausoleum on the board, 08:45:56.600 --> 08:45:57.600 there's a solace on the board. 08:45:57.600 --> 08:45:59.600 Of course they're gonna take intel away from you. 08:45:59.600 --> 08:46:04.360 And it's hurting Wildcard. Down goes Bay. Logic Bomb will go out to try and salvage this entry. 08:46:04.360 --> 08:46:08.600 But with a minute to go, Wildcard finds their lead about to evaporate. 08:46:08.600 --> 08:46:13.280 Yeah, and if there's still players down below that can flank up Red, they can flank up Brown. 08:46:13.280 --> 08:46:15.760 There's no real safe position for Wildcard to take. 08:46:15.760 --> 08:46:19.880 Here on the mid-floor, they want to try to work a plant somewhere in towards Reading, 08:46:19.880 --> 08:46:23.120 but it's really awkward when you just don't know all these players' positions. 08:46:23.120 --> 08:46:27.760 There's no Snake on the board. The last Logic Bomb is used, so how are you going to take space on the mid-floor 08:46:27.760 --> 08:46:30.840 And how would you be safe from all these lengths? 08:46:30.840 --> 08:46:32.320 It's a great question to ask. 08:46:32.320 --> 08:46:33.920 30 seconds left on the board. 08:46:33.920 --> 08:46:35.920 Wildcars still making some calls here. 08:46:35.920 --> 08:46:38.240 Active calming on the side of Five Fears as well. 08:46:38.240 --> 08:46:39.720 Every time you see their player games, 08:46:39.720 --> 08:46:42.080 Forest and JJ helping call for the team. 08:46:42.080 --> 08:46:43.640 Spiker looking in another direction. 08:46:43.640 --> 08:46:45.680 Baby Shark, who is rescue. 08:46:45.680 --> 08:46:47.800 The Frenchman almost had another through the wall. 08:46:47.800 --> 08:46:50.240 Spiker and Adrian, very low on HP. 08:46:50.240 --> 08:46:51.720 They need to be concerned of what 08:46:51.720 --> 08:46:53.160 remains of Five Fears. 08:46:53.160 --> 08:46:54.080 Seven players left. 08:46:54.080 --> 08:46:55.560 Seven seconds left. 08:46:55.560 --> 08:46:56.840 Five Fears coming to blows. 08:46:56.840 --> 08:47:05.640 So they win every engagement and take map point one round away from grabbing wildcards map. 08:47:05.640 --> 08:47:08.680 It's so oppressive to play against Parker again. 08:47:08.680 --> 08:47:13.560 They must be frustrating his hell for wildcard because no matter where you go, Fens is planking 08:47:13.560 --> 08:47:14.560 up the red stairs. 08:47:14.560 --> 08:47:15.840 He whiffed all his shots that round. 08:47:15.840 --> 08:47:19.360 It didn't even matter because Snape was right there to follow him up, pressuring the 08:47:19.360 --> 08:47:20.360 other side from Pillar. 08:47:20.360 --> 08:47:24.360 And again, it's like if you're spikering, you're trying to play these shields everywhere 08:47:24.360 --> 08:47:25.720 you try to push. 08:47:25.720 --> 08:47:29.260 There's an extra guy behind you, there's an extra person to your left or to your right, 08:47:29.260 --> 08:47:32.360 which is making it impossible to take this space. 08:47:32.360 --> 08:47:36.720 Five Fears are just doing such a good job at collapsing onto wherever the attackers want 08:47:36.720 --> 08:47:37.720 to go for. 08:47:37.720 --> 08:47:39.680 And a lot of that comes off of defender information. 08:47:39.680 --> 08:47:44.800 I mean, how many times have we seen forests now hack a drone, spot out those attackers, 08:47:44.800 --> 08:47:47.560 get early information and beat the rest of the teammates. 08:47:47.560 --> 08:47:50.640 The Molten Pests have been massive, it's information elsewhere as well. 08:47:50.640 --> 08:47:53.440 If somebody hears something or sees something, they call it. 08:47:53.440 --> 08:47:55.560 Everybody rotates to try to react to it. 08:47:55.560 --> 08:47:59.260 It's just this really frustrating defense to play against if you're wildcard because you 08:47:59.260 --> 08:48:03.880 never know where these guys are at, they always seem to know where you're at and if you want 08:48:03.880 --> 08:48:07.900 to play an objective style of siege, you just can't do it because you're being a storm 08:48:07.900 --> 08:48:11.780 or force to take five gunfights at all points of the execute. 08:48:11.780 --> 08:48:13.780 Five seconds left. 08:48:14.120 --> 08:48:20.920 Surely not a weak link here on these defenses from Five Fears, Smothering, Stifling, Stoppicating, whatever term we want to use to describe it. 08:48:20.920 --> 08:48:22.920 It's all of the above. 08:48:23.620 --> 08:48:24.420 Coming! 08:48:24.420 --> 08:48:29.120 I just know there'll be people who hear my old, you know, Five Fears maybe coming back down to Earth. 08:48:29.120 --> 08:48:32.380 It's possible. We speculate an awful lot just to keep up the story and 08:48:33.460 --> 08:48:38.500 throw questions into the mix that then later get answered. And right now the answer from Five Fears is that 08:48:38.500 --> 08:48:43.780 they are not allowing Wildcard an inch inside of this building with how good 08:48:43.780 --> 08:48:47.640 Wildcard usually is on attack with how good players like Kansan and Adrian can 08:48:47.640 --> 08:48:51.900 be at finding space. Hell, even Spiker is capable of doing it. The fact that all these 08:48:51.900 --> 08:48:55.980 players are coming out empty-handed after every single engagement is quite 08:48:55.980 --> 08:48:59.580 bad and even worse for some of them. Maybe not empty-handed, maybe they just 08:48:59.580 --> 08:49:03.580 get killed when the round is over for them and the rest of the team has to suffer through it. 08:49:03.580 --> 08:49:07.340 I think a big part of it too is just the drone denial. I mean I'm so 08:49:07.340 --> 08:49:11.860 So often we flip to somebody on 5 Fears POV and they're shooting a drone. 08:49:11.860 --> 08:49:15.020 We can never really know how many drones are out on the map because the HUD's currently 08:49:15.020 --> 08:49:18.900 bugged, but I mean it's so frustrating you don't have that information. 08:49:18.900 --> 08:49:22.460 They've tried to bring this snake instead from Baby Shark to give themselves a different 08:49:22.460 --> 08:49:27.340 angle to work this info for the team to stop some of these rat plays in a run out, but 08:49:27.340 --> 08:49:30.660 even with this snake, I mean he can only be one place in the building, he can only 08:49:30.660 --> 08:49:32.460 be on one floor. 08:49:32.460 --> 08:49:36.540 The shield is good to clear up close positions, but it takes so long to find every 08:49:36.540 --> 08:49:40.440 spot and again with this Monty you're gonna have to walk into a crossfire at 08:49:40.440 --> 08:49:43.820 some point you have to find a way to spot these players and force them out of 08:49:43.820 --> 08:49:47.060 position otherwise it's gonna be the same story we've seen almost every 08:49:47.060 --> 08:49:51.500 round this half and it'll be seven five five years. 08:49:52.020 --> 08:49:59.660 This is one of the slower rounds now Jesse. A halfway point. Wildcard have won all of the best of 08:49:59.660 --> 08:50:04.260 threes that they've had to play so far and they have done so by dropping 08:50:04.260 --> 08:50:08.260 the first map history looks like it might repeat itself for at least the 08:50:08.260 --> 08:50:13.500 first map portion what comes next still needs to be determined but this is 08:50:13.500 --> 08:50:17.380 definitely not a map one team let's not kid ourselves here and if you know 08:50:17.380 --> 08:50:20.500 watching Wildcard studying them because they will be at the Salt Lake City 08:50:20.500 --> 08:50:23.980 major you're thinking to yourself all right why don't we just play our worst 08:50:23.980 --> 08:50:27.620 map first we're gonna win it anyway Wildcard never lose map number one it's 08:50:27.620 --> 08:50:31.660 really that simple fire me as your coach you will probably lose but we 08:50:31.660 --> 08:50:33.540 will at least have a great time. 08:50:33.540 --> 08:50:35.800 Down goes KJ Blast, his baby shark strikes first. 08:50:35.800 --> 08:50:36.740 40 seconds to go. 08:50:36.740 --> 08:50:38.180 Again, a very slow round here, Jesse, 08:50:38.180 --> 08:50:39.900 but an advantage, a wild card. 08:50:39.900 --> 08:50:42.620 And looks like they might be able to push OT with it. 08:50:42.620 --> 08:50:45.020 Sloan said he's exactly what you need if you're a wild card, 08:50:45.020 --> 08:50:46.900 but you cannot continue to get flanked. 08:50:46.900 --> 08:50:49.580 Forest down to the bottom floor is a huge threat. 08:50:49.580 --> 08:50:51.780 Snake is lurking here inside a pillar as well. 08:50:51.780 --> 08:50:53.220 You've got to be aware of these positions 08:50:53.220 --> 08:50:54.500 when you push in. 08:50:54.500 --> 08:50:58.340 Forest gets a nitro cell, kills seven kills on the team. 08:50:58.340 --> 08:51:00.140 He gets finished off by baby shark. 08:51:00.140 --> 08:51:03.980 Adrien dies to Captain Jack, a rough one for Adrien. 08:51:03.980 --> 08:51:06.340 They call him Snake, but maybe Captain Jack 08:51:06.340 --> 08:51:08.780 because it's the closest you'll get to getting him. 08:51:08.780 --> 08:51:10.380 Down he goes to Baby Shark. 08:51:10.380 --> 08:51:13.460 So there's some kind of shark and pirate pun 08:51:13.460 --> 08:51:14.300 to be made there. 08:51:14.300 --> 08:51:16.940 Rival of eliminating Bay down goes Baby Shark. 08:51:16.940 --> 08:51:19.420 Kansan with no time left. 08:51:19.420 --> 08:51:22.660 Dies at the hands of Rival either way. 08:51:22.660 --> 08:51:24.580 Heartbreak for Wild Guard. 08:51:24.580 --> 08:51:29.580 Five fears still yet to drop a map in the NA kickoff. 08:51:30.140 --> 08:51:38.140 Don't count these guys out! Five Fears! Doesn't matter who the opponent is Parker, they are here to play! 08:51:38.140 --> 08:51:47.140 5v5, 5v4, doesn't matter! Taking wildcarts, map pick, one away from being the champions of the North American League kickoff. 08:51:47.140 --> 08:51:53.140 Incredible stuff from a team that many people, maybe even us to a certain extent, constantly doubt, but Five Fears! 08:51:53.140 --> 08:51:59.140 Just seven rounds away from being the undisputed best in the NAL. They get there, find out after this break. 08:52:29.140 --> 08:52:30.420 and I'm riding out. 08:52:30.420 --> 08:52:32.900 Don't want to get on board with stuff and my money out. 08:52:32.900 --> 08:52:35.820 Because I can't get down so just run it out. 08:52:35.820 --> 08:52:38.300 I'ma keep it going so I ain't got no left. 08:52:43.180 --> 08:52:46.580 I'ma keep it going, I'ma keep it going, I'ma keep it going 08:52:46.580 --> 08:52:48.060 so I ain't got no left. 08:56:59.140 --> 08:57:08.180 I don't know about you guys, but the way this was going did not expect Five Fears to pull 08:57:08.180 --> 08:57:09.180 this map out. 08:57:09.180 --> 08:57:13.820 4-1 at the start, Wild Card looked like they were in control and Five Fears, they just 08:57:13.820 --> 08:57:15.860 took over in that second half. 08:57:15.860 --> 08:57:19.020 I mean, I said going into that second half once we saw those operator bands fall into 08:57:19.020 --> 08:57:23.100 place that they were going to play an aggressive game and that's exactly what they did 08:57:23.100 --> 08:57:26.860 straight from the get-go and then also bringing that little added layer of bringing 08:57:26.860 --> 08:57:33.960 Mavi to stop any of the drone getting out getting getting rid of any extra information that they would have and it was kind of shocking that wild card 08:57:34.220 --> 08:57:36.060 Wasn't more prepared for this 08:57:36.060 --> 08:57:40.700 I mean you could tell that they were really trying to put the clamps on and bring in the doke bees the lions 08:57:41.220 --> 08:57:46.740 Just to put these players in the still spot and it didn't matter every single time 08:57:46.820 --> 08:57:54.100 Five beers was just constantly meeting them with aggression constantly taking on gunfights not respecting any ounce of territory 08:57:54.100 --> 08:57:58.660 territory that Wildcard was trying to go for and it carries him through that entire defensive path. 08:57:58.660 --> 08:58:02.420 Yeah, very smart play from them on their defense. I'm glad that you brought up the Mazi because 08:58:02.420 --> 08:58:06.100 one of the main takeaways from Wildcard's previous match against Arc0 was 08:58:06.100 --> 08:58:10.100 something we commended him on. And even if there's 10, 20 seconds, they always say, 08:58:10.740 --> 08:58:15.940 let's wait, let's drone, let's find this last guy. And Five Fears' layers is just all about 08:58:15.940 --> 08:58:22.180 info denial so that Wildcard has difficulty going for an adaptation to try to get into the site, 08:58:22.180 --> 08:58:24.100 to try to get into the building, 08:58:24.100 --> 08:58:27.140 and that's why Five Fears was dominating in the lay-round. 08:58:27.140 --> 08:58:29.460 But more importantly, they were getting those opening kills 08:58:29.460 --> 08:58:31.260 because Wildcard didn't have information. 08:58:31.260 --> 08:58:33.220 Absolutely, and that is another important factor 08:58:33.220 --> 08:58:34.620 when we talk about an aggressive game, 08:58:34.620 --> 08:58:36.980 which that's how CAFE typically tends to play out. 08:58:36.980 --> 08:58:39.780 They had nine out of the 12 opening engagements 08:58:39.780 --> 08:58:41.100 going in their favor. 08:58:41.100 --> 08:58:44.180 I mean, that really speaks how aggressive they were 08:58:44.180 --> 08:58:46.500 and how much they were taking the gunfight 08:58:46.500 --> 08:58:48.780 right to Wildcard, right at the front door. 08:58:48.780 --> 08:58:51.260 And then, like we said, on that defense in particular, 08:58:51.260 --> 08:58:55.740 playing back onto those layers where it was left in Wild Cards hands to try to figure out, 08:58:55.740 --> 08:59:00.300 try to scramble the brain around back and ultimately just couldn't come to it and succumb to the pressure. 08:59:00.300 --> 08:59:05.820 Well in the all wildest chaos is happening we had our giveaway take place in chat and 08:59:05.820 --> 08:59:11.020 we've got some giveaway winners for you. So winning two tickets each to the Salt Lake City 08:59:11.020 --> 08:59:18.380 Major we have Carson underscore W and Wise Fin Bar. So if that's you congratulations you 08:59:18.380 --> 08:59:21.700 You should have already been reached out to by Twitch mod and hopefully you are well on 08:59:21.700 --> 08:59:24.660 your way to getting some tickets for the Salt Lake City Major. 08:59:24.660 --> 08:59:29.940 Now, Laxing, I heard you might have family in Salt Lake City. 08:59:29.940 --> 08:59:33.500 I do have family in Salt Lake City, have a couple cousins that live out there, believe 08:59:33.500 --> 08:59:34.500 it or not. 08:59:34.500 --> 08:59:35.980 And I mean, we are going to Salt Lake City. 08:59:35.980 --> 08:59:37.740 Are they going to have pepper? 08:59:37.740 --> 08:59:38.740 I don't know. 08:59:38.740 --> 08:59:39.740 That's a good question. 08:59:39.740 --> 08:59:41.740 They have salt there, but we have. 08:59:41.740 --> 08:59:43.500 It hits us a little better every time. 08:59:43.500 --> 08:59:46.780 I love, I don't know about the pepper bit, but I'm liking, I'm liking the 08:59:46.780 --> 08:59:47.780 family. 08:59:47.780 --> 08:59:52.500 I don't know at this point. We're giving away tickets to go see my family like right going to slc 08:59:52.500 --> 08:59:56.500 We're going to lax's family go go to Salt Lake City get at a good dinner 08:59:56.500 --> 08:59:58.420 Yeah, you get some good Mac lax's family 08:59:58.420 --> 09:00:02.680 They are getting the names of your cousins and their addresses and then we'll really get into it 09:00:02.680 --> 09:00:06.640 But right now we have an NAL champion to potentially 09:00:06.980 --> 09:00:12.880 Potentially declare here and kick off if five fears can make this happen on map to let's find out 09:00:12.880 --> 09:00:22.280 Well, if history is any indicator of the future, Wildcard will win map 287 and then map 387, 09:00:22.280 --> 09:00:25.080 so we're not going anywhere until about 1.30 in the morning. 09:00:25.080 --> 09:00:29.640 Or, Five Fears will continue to go undefeated. 09:00:29.640 --> 09:00:35.960 They are looking for first overall and are the only team that have yet to drop a map. 09:00:35.960 --> 09:00:41.200 Now that DZ has found themselves in the lower bracket, will Five Fears remain undefeated 09:00:41.200 --> 09:00:48.760 and do the perfect NAL kickoff run or will Wild Card like every other time before power 09:00:48.760 --> 09:00:51.640 up and complete the reverse sweep. 09:00:51.640 --> 09:00:56.200 This might be five years map Jesse, but Fortress is great territory and familiar ground for 09:00:56.200 --> 09:00:57.200 Wild Card. 09:00:57.200 --> 09:00:59.200 We'll head there for map number two. 09:00:59.200 --> 09:01:03.920 It's crazy to think a less than a year ago JJ Blast was dead last in the North 09:01:03.920 --> 09:01:08.080 American League and now here we are 2026. 09:01:08.080 --> 09:01:13.640 He's not only leading a team to the Major, but potentially it's a first overall in the 09:01:13.640 --> 09:01:15.040 NAAL kickoff. 09:01:15.040 --> 09:01:21.240 Wildcard will be fighting tooth and nail to deny such a fate, but of course here on Fortress, 09:01:21.240 --> 09:01:24.200 on five fears map pick, it's going to be tough. 09:01:24.200 --> 09:01:28.800 There's no doubting the prowess that Wildcard had on this map back at the Sixth Invitational, 09:01:28.800 --> 09:01:34.080 but a 7-1 loss humbled them earlier in the season, in five fears 2-0 on this map 09:01:34.080 --> 09:01:37.080 since kickoff began. 09:01:37.080 --> 09:01:43.080 That's a stat, isn't it, 2-0? 09:01:43.080 --> 09:01:46.080 Not bad at all for the team that's finally getting to bootcamp. 09:01:46.080 --> 09:01:48.080 It's crazy if you talk to some of these players. 09:01:48.080 --> 09:01:54.080 This might be the first time that all five of the guys on five years are meeting in person, ever. 09:01:54.080 --> 09:01:58.080 And there's opportunities for some of these teams in the NAL to do the same. 09:01:58.080 --> 09:02:00.080 Should they make the major? 09:02:00.080 --> 09:02:01.080 One of 30. 09:02:01.080 --> 09:02:04.080 They've never met all of each other in person. 09:02:04.080 --> 09:02:08.880 If 1 or 30 qualifies, Jesse, the first time, unless they bootcamp, which I think is unlikely, 09:02:08.880 --> 09:02:11.680 because they're not working, as they're all going to pay out of pocket to go to, like, 09:02:11.680 --> 09:02:16.640 Packers' basement, maybe the first time that they ever met. And there's lots of teams that 09:02:16.640 --> 09:02:21.040 are like that. The old Dreamhacks, back in the 30 days of siege before the River land leagues, 09:02:21.040 --> 09:02:24.400 when we only had a couple of live events a year, the Dreamhacks used to be the way 09:02:24.400 --> 09:02:28.560 that most teams would meet. And frankly, this is kind of funny and also a little sad. 09:02:28.560 --> 09:02:35.560 For a lot of the teams that don't qualify, they would attend events as just regular people. 09:02:35.560 --> 09:02:41.560 And they would meet up, and that would be the first time the team actually meets one another in person. 09:02:41.560 --> 09:02:47.560 So, two to five years for how they've done so far, win or lose this series, they will be at minimum top two. 09:02:47.560 --> 09:02:51.560 And at this current point in time, they've yet to drop a map. They are very good on Fortress. 09:02:51.560 --> 09:02:56.560 They're going up against the team that up until yesterday looked unimpeachable here. 09:02:56.560 --> 09:03:02.680 Wildcard knows this map inside and out, but yesterday was a rough day. Do they fix it for today's series? 09:03:03.760 --> 09:03:07.360 Well, they said they played all four bomb sites on every single map. 09:03:07.360 --> 09:03:08.360 I... 09:03:08.360 --> 09:03:12.120 Even though I said that, I question if it does apply to Fortress as well. 09:03:12.120 --> 09:03:18.560 We'll have to watch this match and find out, but there really is a very standard rotation on Fortress F2L. 09:03:18.560 --> 09:03:21.120 Even in the short time that this map has been around, 09:03:21.120 --> 09:03:27.120 You really just go top to bottom, off to first, then going over to Bunks, and then over once more. 09:03:27.120 --> 09:03:31.120 They will sacrifice a drone to clear up the Denari, but that prompts the swing from Bay. 09:03:31.120 --> 09:03:36.120 What a big fight to take on the JJ Blast. It goes his way, even if Rival's quick for the trade. 09:03:36.120 --> 09:03:40.120 You clear up the Grim for the Flare inside of Horse. I think that's a valuable trade. 09:03:40.120 --> 09:03:45.120 Oh, absolutely. I don't think anybody's arguing against that. 09:03:45.120 --> 09:03:48.120 Now Rival goes down to Hansa's Fyker, traded out by Fens. 09:03:48.120 --> 09:03:50.920 He says Adrian dies to snake. 09:03:50.920 --> 09:03:52.280 Stay looking for more. 09:03:52.280 --> 09:03:53.880 Neijarstel goes off, completely misses. 09:03:53.880 --> 09:03:57.240 Baby Shark thought he might have had the play, 09:03:57.240 --> 09:04:00.080 but he does not, and it's Snake getting a two piece 09:04:00.080 --> 09:04:03.120 to give the win in round one to five fears. 09:04:04.120 --> 09:04:07.800 Well, the pace has not slowed down whatsoever, 09:04:07.800 --> 09:04:08.960 nor have the dance moves. 09:04:08.960 --> 09:04:12.480 JJ Blaskening active in and after the round, 09:04:12.480 --> 09:04:14.040 opening death in that one Parker, 09:04:14.040 --> 09:04:15.520 but it just sparks the fuse. 09:04:15.520 --> 09:04:17.120 Everybody moves after that point 09:04:17.120 --> 09:04:19.920 where they swing in through horse as soon as they get that trade. 09:04:19.920 --> 09:04:22.520 Forest is deep into the site, 09:04:22.520 --> 09:04:25.020 60 seconds into the round almost, 09:04:25.020 --> 09:04:26.620 pushing past that horse position 09:04:26.620 --> 09:04:29.220 and it just feels like the second somebody finds a move, 09:04:29.220 --> 09:04:31.420 somebody finds a spot into the building, 09:04:31.420 --> 09:04:33.820 everybody else collapses on it. 09:04:33.820 --> 09:04:36.520 It's very similar to how they were defending on cafe 09:04:36.520 --> 09:04:38.320 where, okay, somebody spots something 09:04:38.320 --> 09:04:40.820 and everybody goes to that spot to go and try and fight it. 09:04:40.820 --> 09:04:42.020 This time, they're just on the attack, 09:04:42.020 --> 09:04:43.520 so when they go to fight a spot, 09:04:43.520 --> 09:04:44.720 it's generally the bomb site. 09:04:44.720 --> 09:04:46.820 And Forest can start in with a plant, 09:04:46.820 --> 09:04:51.500 Really nice moves to come up from Five Fears. Wildcard need to find some way to slow down these pushes. 09:04:51.500 --> 09:04:54.540 They cannot let things get messy in the early round like that anymore. 09:04:55.140 --> 09:04:57.260 It's just not a game they're going to win against Five Fears. 09:04:58.060 --> 09:05:08.060 Oh, absolutely. And Five Fears, Coach Phoenix, almost certainly is a keen study of the bottom fortress, Wildcard and M80 yesterday. 09:05:08.980 --> 09:05:16.620 Obviously not a lot has been spoken about from the coaching staff on Five Fears, but I mean they are, you know, absolutely integral for the success. 09:05:16.820 --> 09:05:20.220 this team and again I know a lot of people doubted the forest pick up because 09:05:20.220 --> 09:05:25.660 he's been on a bit of a downward trajectory on some of his teams as 09:05:25.660 --> 09:05:30.620 of late but forest has been an incredible addition to this team and I don't 09:05:30.620 --> 09:05:33.580 think five years gets to this point without him his leadership and 09:05:33.580 --> 09:05:37.060 everything that comes with it so it is great to see this five years team 09:05:37.060 --> 09:05:40.700 completely prepared and they outfox wildcard on round number one the 09:05:40.700 --> 09:05:44.660 tempo is something to keep an eye on this is five years map if they can 09:05:44.660 --> 09:05:48.660 run up the score on attack on fortress and wildcard are going to be in a world of 09:05:48.660 --> 09:05:54.580 her destiny. Wow good start from adrian he was kind of getting he was kind of 09:05:54.580 --> 09:05:57.660 getting bullied if we're being honest on that number one partner so it's good to 09:05:57.660 --> 09:06:01.100 see him answering back with his first frag here on fortress lots of movement 09:06:01.100 --> 09:06:04.820 still happening on the side of five years they clear through this bottom floor 09:06:04.820 --> 09:06:08.820 the site rotation has been shifted up despite the map that we're on kitchen 09:06:08.820 --> 09:06:12.860 cafeteria or cafeteria waiting room coming in for the second bomb site of 09:06:12.860 --> 09:06:16.300 wild card and with that man advantage they've seemingly been able to stop the 09:06:16.300 --> 09:06:20.660 aggression from five fears we're no longer gun the blaze and speeding through 09:06:20.660 --> 09:06:24.380 the map as we were on previous rounds now we're seeing things slow down a bit as 09:06:24.380 --> 09:06:28.540 they try to take some control not being held by wild card a lot of 09:06:28.540 --> 09:06:32.380 proteins will not choose to hold above this bombsite the statues rotating 09:06:32.380 --> 09:06:36.060 down below expanding out throughout that bottom floor 09:06:36.060 --> 09:06:39.620 I think that there's a little bit of a lack of action to the start of this 09:06:39.620 --> 09:06:42.660 game but it's gonna be tough to break through once five years look forward to 09:06:42.660 --> 09:06:47.540 execute. I mean Feds obviously want that one back it was a single bullet away 09:06:47.540 --> 09:06:53.980 from toppling Adrian you know losing the nomad losing your main anti-flank means 09:06:53.980 --> 09:06:57.460 that you might have rivaled take a bit more of a backseat maybe he's not going 09:06:57.460 --> 09:07:01.660 to be as invested in the execute maybe his job now will be to find the 09:07:01.660 --> 09:07:04.580 flankers and I mean you can see how that gadget works he's got good 09:07:04.580 --> 09:07:08.260 information on at least two players on wildcard that could come in very 09:07:08.260 --> 09:07:12.200 very handy here. JJ thought he was the all clear of the day. He stops them all. 09:07:13.200 --> 09:07:21.200 Inside of Infirmary, call the ambulance, but not for me, I guess. Snake. Last man standing, and he's got four kills for two rounds. 09:07:21.200 --> 09:07:26.880 He won't get any more, though. Wildcard shut him down, and Jesse, it's happening back and forth. 09:07:26.880 --> 09:07:30.280 8-7 incoming is Wildcard. Take round two. 09:07:30.280 --> 09:07:34.080 He was sitting on his on the 09:07:34.080 --> 09:07:35.920 inside of that room, walking 09:07:35.920 --> 09:07:37.760 things down. He's just such a 09:07:37.760 --> 09:07:38.960 menace to get out of that 09:07:38.960 --> 09:07:40.520 position can play aggressive 09:07:40.520 --> 09:07:41.760 on the medical window can set 09:07:41.760 --> 09:07:42.960 up those key bus. So if you 09:07:42.960 --> 09:07:43.960 jump in the window, you're 09:07:43.960 --> 09:07:44.960 going to be screwed. I seem to 09:07:44.960 --> 09:07:45.760 go prone underneath that 09:07:45.760 --> 09:07:46.760 winter to fight players. But 09:07:46.760 --> 09:07:47.760 even if you're not fighting 09:07:47.760 --> 09:07:48.760 him on the window, you try 09:07:48.760 --> 09:07:49.760 to walk him through that 09:07:49.760 --> 09:07:50.760 doorway. There's going to be 09:07:50.760 --> 09:07:51.760 pressure. You try to drop 09:07:51.760 --> 09:07:53.880 that hatch. Big mistake. 09:07:53.880 --> 09:07:54.880 Nice little play to come out 09:07:54.880 --> 09:07:56.880 from Bay there. It is his 09:07:56.880 --> 09:07:57.880 home base here on Fortress 09:07:57.880 --> 09:08:02.840 It is home base here on fortress and he thrives in that position home Bay 09:08:08.320 --> 09:08:11.960 It's a pun you probably come up with it. We're not on day four or five, so 09:08:13.640 --> 09:08:17.640 Exactly a little bit fatigue setting in for us 09:08:18.600 --> 09:08:22.240 Long day for the players long day for the admins long day for producers long day for us, too 09:08:22.240 --> 09:08:26.320 I mean I was watching the matches starting at two o'clock. It was almost nine hours ago 09:08:26.320 --> 09:08:30.240 I was sitting here watching the very first matches. 09:08:30.240 --> 09:08:32.860 Unfortunately, Delay has plagued a lot of that game 09:08:32.860 --> 09:08:34.400 and set us a little bit behind. 09:08:34.400 --> 09:08:37.840 And it sure seemed like DZ was getting us back up to speed 09:08:37.840 --> 09:08:39.480 until Wildcard did Wildcard things. 09:08:39.480 --> 09:08:41.840 And, you know, then we spent the rest of our lives 09:08:41.840 --> 09:08:43.520 in that Wildcard matchup. 09:08:43.520 --> 09:08:45.360 Once again, have an opportunity for that to happen again. 09:08:45.360 --> 09:08:46.880 I can't, of course. 09:08:46.880 --> 09:08:50.440 The series involving Wildcard against MAD yesterday 09:08:50.440 --> 09:08:53.480 and against DZ today are two of the best series. 09:08:53.480 --> 09:08:55.520 And I say this in recent memory 09:08:55.520 --> 09:08:58.080 because recency bias is a thing, right? 09:08:58.080 --> 09:08:58.920 We'll look at it, we'll be like, 09:08:58.920 --> 09:08:59.760 oh, those were incredible. 09:08:59.760 --> 09:09:01.200 And maybe there was some best of three series 09:09:01.200 --> 09:09:02.680 that we're just forgetting about that happened 09:09:02.680 --> 09:09:04.360 in the NAL stage two, but I gotta say, 09:09:04.360 --> 09:09:06.120 and you know, the viewers are welcome 09:09:06.120 --> 09:09:08.240 to weigh in on this as well. 09:09:08.240 --> 09:09:09.960 I think the match up against M80 was stellar. 09:09:09.960 --> 09:09:12.920 I think the match up against Dark Zero was fantastic 09:09:12.920 --> 09:09:15.040 and might be one of the best NAL matches, 09:09:15.040 --> 09:09:17.320 best of three years we've had in the NAL 09:09:17.320 --> 09:09:18.320 in quite some time. 09:09:18.320 --> 09:09:20.720 It's certainly a top three match for NAL 09:09:20.720 --> 09:09:22.320 since you and I have been working together 09:09:22.320 --> 09:09:23.760 and there's very few best of threes 09:09:23.760 --> 09:09:25.480 during regular season that jumped to mine. 09:09:25.480 --> 09:09:26.840 That could be better than it. 09:09:26.840 --> 09:09:28.600 And who knows, this one could be shaping up, 09:09:28.600 --> 09:09:29.760 could be terrific as well. 09:09:29.760 --> 09:09:32.200 We have no idea where this series is gonna go. 09:09:32.200 --> 09:09:33.560 Will we need Clubhouse? 09:09:33.560 --> 09:09:37.080 Will Fortress end up being a one-sided affair? 09:09:37.080 --> 09:09:38.360 We are unaware. 09:09:38.360 --> 09:09:40.480 And that's part of the beauty of this, you know? 09:09:40.480 --> 09:09:44.000 A great day to cast Rainbow Six Siege is upon us. 09:09:44.000 --> 09:09:45.240 One minute off the board now. 09:09:45.240 --> 09:09:46.080 Lodge bombs go out. 09:09:46.080 --> 09:09:48.320 Five fears looking to strike some fear 09:09:48.320 --> 09:09:50.600 into the heart of Wildcard. 09:09:50.600 --> 09:09:51.720 And Kansen is ready. 09:09:51.720 --> 09:09:58.020 Gage runs in again, Mary-Lippen and Intel dies, Mary's in one position and it's 0-3 with the Caps into 5-fears. 09:09:58.800 --> 09:10:02.400 Yeah, nice little start there again. They've been doing a good job recently. 09:10:02.400 --> 09:10:06.560 Last round in this of just repelling those entries, stopping that fast aggression. 09:10:06.560 --> 09:10:12.620 It's still the way that 5-fears want to play, but if Wildcard are ready for it, they can stop this play before it ends up coming through. 09:10:13.660 --> 09:10:16.160 Forest. A little bit caught sprinting. 09:10:16.160 --> 09:10:19.760 Canson hasn't really moved to position, but is still able to catch them off guard. 09:10:19.760 --> 09:10:26.240 He's just been just thorn in their side, sitting out here on the road more or less by his self and they just can't seem to force him out Parker. 09:10:26.240 --> 09:10:29.520 That's two big kills from Kansan and he's still hungry for more. 09:10:30.160 --> 09:10:38.720 Wildcard not really giving an inch here at this point in time. Kansan's lost some HP, sure, but I mean I'd absolutely trade that for the kills that he has up to this point. 09:10:39.200 --> 09:10:47.840 Forrest and JJ are playing operators with high value and they should be getting kills, but they're not. Neither will Snake as he was falling no moments ago. 09:10:47.840 --> 09:10:51.520 out for you too as he's had a rough go of it through the last round and now onward. 09:10:51.520 --> 09:10:55.680 Fens dies too and Wildcard looks to take the lead if they can find Rival. 09:10:55.680 --> 09:10:59.920 A flawless round for Wildcard is within reach, 40 seconds left on the clock and 09:10:59.920 --> 09:11:05.600 Rival does not seem to be wasting time. From games into briefing into briefing into games, 09:11:06.480 --> 09:11:12.640 Selma will go out falling up on that. Wildcard not moving at all, just sit 09:11:12.640 --> 09:11:15.920 at and let him come to you. Rival to his credit does have the 09:11:15.920 --> 09:11:19.040 the defuse kit but I don't think that's really in the calculus here Jesse. No 09:11:19.040 --> 09:11:23.920 chance he's gonna get the objective down with four players watching him. Five in 09:11:23.920 --> 09:11:28.400 total but four within striking distance. Blow us round wild card get the final 09:11:28.400 --> 09:11:31.280 kill. I think it's interesting to compare their first 09:11:31.280 --> 09:11:34.760 off-satack to their second and round number three there Parker because both 09:11:34.760 --> 09:11:37.880 times they they answer the building pretty quick you know they don't have 09:11:37.880 --> 09:11:40.560 a ton of information when they start to approach the site they don't have a 09:11:40.560 --> 09:11:44.760 ton of that droning that's been done when they try to take that space but 09:11:44.760 --> 09:11:48.660 in the first round, they just head straight to site. They enter through horse, the positions 09:11:48.660 --> 09:11:52.060 at that point are all very obvious. They know where these defenders are going to be because 09:11:52.060 --> 09:11:55.580 the site players, they're just going to be in common anchor positions. So they sprint 09:11:55.580 --> 09:11:59.540 in, they take the fights, they trade things out and they end up in a really strong spot. 09:11:59.540 --> 09:12:02.740 Then in round three, they're again entering the building very quickly, but instead of 09:12:02.740 --> 09:12:05.580 going straight in through horse, straight to the bomb site, they're clearing the 09:12:05.580 --> 09:12:09.380 set of the map. And there's just so many more positions that you have to be worried 09:12:09.380 --> 09:12:12.860 about. And Kansan, all it takes is for him to be in one little spot that 09:12:12.860 --> 09:12:15.420 You don't check one little location that doesn't get droned 09:12:15.500 --> 09:12:19.860 You're sprinting halfway through a hallway and he swings out where you're not expecting him from it 09:12:19.860 --> 09:12:24.620 Really is a little bit more risky when you're entering in across the map from the bomb site 09:12:24.620 --> 09:12:25.940 Even if there's fewer players 09:12:25.940 --> 09:12:30.180 There's more things you've got to be thinking about and I think you kind of have to slow things down a little bit 09:12:30.180 --> 09:12:34.500 If you are going to be going for a full map clear like they just tried in around three so 09:12:35.420 --> 09:12:39.380 Perhaps something to talk about here in this tack timeout head coach Archer 09:12:39.380 --> 09:12:44.660 Omex will be talking with the squad to try to get things back on track after they lose the last two rounds 09:12:44.660 --> 09:12:48.720 But keep in mind this is still their map picks that they're starting on the weaker side 09:12:48.720 --> 09:12:53.380 It's okay if they go down there before two or so on this first half. They'll have chances to battle back 09:13:00.100 --> 09:13:04.820 I'm glad you mentioned the coaching staff. I talked about Phoenix a little bit earlier. We talked about Archer, Omex and 09:13:04.820 --> 09:13:10.220 Well, that's them. I'll hang with this team. And again, a good support staff is absolutely 09:13:10.220 --> 09:13:17.260 integral for them to succeed. I will say I don't know that much about Archie, but Phoenix 09:13:17.260 --> 09:13:20.660 comes all the way over from Call of Duty, if you recall, and he's got some tier one 09:13:20.660 --> 09:13:26.520 experience there, so he'll be able to help this team out. Can you remember this is 09:13:26.520 --> 09:13:31.860 Phoenix's first run with the team? Again, he did some stuff in T2, but either way, 09:13:31.860 --> 09:13:37.060 I mean, if you can grab a coach that has done well at a tier one level, even if it's in another esport 09:13:38.180 --> 09:13:40.420 There's worse coaches to be found here and 09:13:41.540 --> 09:13:45.700 Hey, two to five years and again talk through it a very early time out 09:13:45.700 --> 09:13:49.780 That's been the story for today at least in the two matches that you and I have casted and 09:13:50.420 --> 09:13:53.860 One thing to keep in mind is that every time we see an early time out 09:13:53.860 --> 09:13:56.420 We always say there's things the coaches here and see that we don't 09:13:57.540 --> 09:13:59.780 Things could be occurring things could be going according to plan 09:13:59.780 --> 09:14:03.220 and the coaches just want to fix and fine-tune something. 09:14:03.220 --> 09:14:07.980 Four things could be going catastrophically wrong and we just don't know it or hear it 09:14:07.980 --> 09:14:10.620 and they want to stop it from happening again. 09:14:10.620 --> 09:14:16.780 Either way, I don't know if the right call was made here to go for a rush or not, 09:14:16.780 --> 09:14:20.260 but a rush is happening all the same, pens at top-light stairs, 09:14:20.260 --> 09:14:23.860 watching for flank, forest will walk that shield up, forest and JJ. 09:14:23.860 --> 09:14:26.380 That's the struggles getting into the building and surviving. 09:14:26.380 --> 09:14:28.940 So at least they're able to live for the first minute. 09:14:28.940 --> 09:14:30.940 What's up, great stuff! 09:14:30.940 --> 09:14:33.420 Yeah, I'm not gonna be speeding this up too much, Parker. 09:14:33.420 --> 09:14:35.100 It's just a map clear from the top floor. 09:14:35.100 --> 09:14:37.260 There are gonna be rovers here that they have to deal with. 09:14:37.260 --> 09:14:38.980 Most notably, course, hands in, 09:14:38.980 --> 09:14:41.580 tossing up that nitro feels good damage to Forrest. 09:14:41.580 --> 09:14:42.740 And since he's one behind him, 09:14:42.740 --> 09:14:44.660 do what a shot! 09:14:44.660 --> 09:14:46.860 Dome spends in behind the Monty. 09:14:46.860 --> 09:14:47.940 He can't keep the breach closed, 09:14:47.940 --> 09:14:50.260 but I think his job is more or less done, Parker. 09:14:50.260 --> 09:14:51.340 He's dealt his damage 09:14:51.340 --> 09:14:53.300 and will now rotate back to the bomb site 09:14:53.300 --> 09:14:55.140 to play with the rest of his teammates. 09:14:55.140 --> 09:14:56.300 It's a great roam to come through, 09:14:56.300 --> 09:14:57.140 and they're not done. 09:14:57.140 --> 09:14:59.980 Base steps up for another frag and a JJ Blast. 09:14:59.980 --> 09:15:01.780 Whatever was talked about in that tack timeout 09:15:01.780 --> 09:15:04.300 has not translated into success in the early round. 09:15:04.300 --> 09:15:06.340 This is two man lead for wild card. 09:15:06.340 --> 09:15:09.300 JJ was supposed to be forced to escort in that position. 09:15:09.300 --> 09:15:13.100 And I mean, Forrest was immediately reshielding 09:15:13.100 --> 09:15:15.940 as he lost his compatriots side by side. 09:15:15.940 --> 09:15:19.820 And Ab's didn't take a dedicated hard breacher near Forrest. 09:15:19.820 --> 09:15:21.660 He's got to do this all himself. 09:15:21.660 --> 09:15:23.140 He's side by side with Snake. 09:15:23.140 --> 09:15:24.180 I'm not sure where Rival is, 09:15:24.180 --> 09:15:26.580 but he's got two of those helmets in pocket 09:15:26.580 --> 09:15:30.260 So the traditional hard breacher, I have to align at some point. 09:15:31.380 --> 09:15:32.780 Using the smoke's great effect. 09:15:32.780 --> 09:15:34.780 The glass has been able to push these defenders back. 09:15:34.780 --> 09:15:37.380 If you know there's a glass on the board and you hear a smoke grenade go off, 09:15:37.380 --> 09:15:38.280 you don't even do it. 09:15:38.280 --> 09:15:39.480 You run. 09:15:39.480 --> 09:15:41.180 Wildcard got that memo. 09:15:41.180 --> 09:15:44.680 It's almost now to go onto the wall as Snake goes prone in five years, 09:15:44.680 --> 09:15:46.980 inching their way closer to the wall. 09:15:48.280 --> 09:15:51.180 They can maybe plant here, Parker, but I'm worried of the toxic babes, 09:15:51.180 --> 09:15:54.480 and I'm worried about the fact that there's just five defenders still on a wildcard 09:15:54.480 --> 09:15:57.000 who could flank, who could swing, who'd go down below. 09:15:57.000 --> 09:15:59.300 Baby Shark flanking up the main stairs. 09:15:59.300 --> 09:16:01.260 Now it's gonna put a little bit more pressure here 09:16:01.260 --> 09:16:04.200 onto these attackers and just make it very awkward. 09:16:05.420 --> 09:16:07.260 Battle takes down cans and that's one back 09:16:07.260 --> 09:16:08.260 that they desperately needed. 09:16:08.260 --> 09:16:10.260 But again, this flank position from Baby Shark 09:16:10.260 --> 09:16:12.500 makes Forrest's life really scary. 09:16:12.500 --> 09:16:14.740 That's still very winnable for Wild Card. 09:16:14.740 --> 09:16:16.780 Forrest does need to be concerned. 09:16:16.780 --> 09:16:18.580 Two gas canisters in pocket for Adrian. 09:16:18.580 --> 09:16:22.220 One will go out, Snake eliminating Spiker. 09:16:22.220 --> 09:16:26.340 Another two, hip-firing onto Adrian, those gas canisters gone! 09:16:26.340 --> 09:16:28.760 Snake might have just saved the round. 09:16:28.760 --> 09:16:33.760 But Baby Shark, working in shallow waters, he's got Bay to assist. 09:16:33.760 --> 09:16:35.820 Forest will cut the shield away, where is Rival? 09:16:35.820 --> 09:16:39.220 Force gets the job done, he doesn't need Rival to accomplish it. 09:16:39.220 --> 09:16:42.180 Now it's Baby Shark trying to pick his targets. 09:16:42.180 --> 09:16:43.540 His first fight goes well. 09:16:43.540 --> 09:16:45.780 Second one, against Rival, on the ground. 09:16:45.780 --> 09:16:47.340 Diffuse kit running away. 09:16:47.340 --> 09:16:48.540 Baby Shark is time to reload. 09:16:48.540 --> 09:16:51.140 He just needs to be worried about getting pressed. 09:16:51.140 --> 09:16:52.300 Rival was scooted off. 09:16:52.300 --> 09:16:54.500 The ace repositioning turned the door. 09:16:54.500 --> 09:16:56.220 Baby Shark will attempt the long arm, 09:16:56.220 --> 09:16:57.980 compelling Rival to move in ever closer. 09:16:57.980 --> 09:17:01.980 Baby Shark gets off, but Rival gets the job done. 09:17:01.980 --> 09:17:04.900 That one was so, so close. 09:17:04.900 --> 09:17:09.540 These scrappy rounds taking years off your lives. 09:17:09.540 --> 09:17:12.660 But at the end, five fears wins. 09:17:14.020 --> 09:17:15.780 Rivals lose those very often. 09:17:15.780 --> 09:17:17.700 Parker on attack, he has thought to be 09:17:17.700 --> 09:17:20.100 one of the best players in the game. 09:17:20.100 --> 09:17:31.800 Through group stage, posted a 3.0 KDR on the attack, 27-9 through 22 rounds and continues to showcase just how good he is on the offense, clutching things up in the 1v1. 09:17:31.800 --> 09:17:41.400 Snake really does the most work in that round to make things possible, though. I mean, just plays some ridiculous shots with that glass, the hit fire holding the door is ridiculous. 09:17:41.400 --> 09:17:49.100 Just so smart to be able to go prone on that doorway, not overstep his boundaries, and then once that push is coming in, that's when he goes for the swing. 09:17:49.100 --> 09:17:55.460 That's when he's ready for the counter swing snake doing everything they need to in that moment to set up rival to clutch that beautiful 1v1 09:17:55.660 --> 09:17:57.660 Five years still very much in this game 09:18:01.140 --> 09:18:05.100 There's a reason why you don't drop a single map on your run here 09:18:05.100 --> 09:18:10.140 There's a reason why you end up a championship game competing for first overall on the line 09:18:10.340 --> 09:18:16.780 Bragging rats, of course, you know a guy like JJ would love to say he was on the number one team in North America 09:18:16.780 --> 09:18:19.380 but beyond bragging rights and pride, 09:18:19.380 --> 09:18:21.820 you're also fighting for SI points. 09:18:21.820 --> 09:18:24.220 But how competitive North America is, 09:18:24.220 --> 09:18:26.780 you need every SI point you can get. 09:18:26.780 --> 09:18:29.740 Five Fears, probably the players thought 09:18:29.740 --> 09:18:31.900 they'd be in a position to compete for it, 09:18:31.900 --> 09:18:33.700 but if you asked most of the other teams, Jesse, 09:18:33.700 --> 09:18:35.820 they would not have put this Five Fears team 09:18:35.820 --> 09:18:37.260 in a position where they could end up 09:18:37.260 --> 09:18:41.060 with the most SI points in this region before the major. 09:18:41.060 --> 09:18:42.820 And yet here we are. 09:18:42.820 --> 09:18:44.420 There's also money on the line, 09:18:44.420 --> 09:18:46.060 but depending on what their salaries are 09:18:46.060 --> 09:18:47.620 in the financial situation of these teams 09:18:47.620 --> 09:18:50.020 maybe not always has the utmost importance. 09:18:50.020 --> 09:18:52.280 And again, going back to that tweet JJ made, 09:18:52.280 --> 09:18:56.980 it's about like making it, it's about living a dream. 09:18:56.980 --> 09:19:00.500 And you know, first overall, that's a dream 09:19:00.500 --> 09:19:02.280 a lot of people have very few can ever say 09:19:02.280 --> 09:19:03.960 that they achieve it. 09:19:03.960 --> 09:19:06.220 Yeah, I mean, it's a dream to go to a major. 09:19:06.220 --> 09:19:08.460 I'll tell you, it's even bigger dream to go to SI. 09:19:08.460 --> 09:19:09.900 So those six evitational points 09:19:09.900 --> 09:19:11.340 gonna be so critical to get, 09:19:11.340 --> 09:19:14.140 even though we're still very far away 09:19:14.140 --> 09:19:17.700 from SI happening, of course, February 2027. 09:19:17.700 --> 09:19:19.620 That's what we're qualifying towards now. 09:19:20.940 --> 09:19:23.180 This push a little bit slower this time around 09:19:23.180 --> 09:19:25.340 from five years, no early aggression there. 09:19:25.340 --> 09:19:26.940 Again, trying to clear through this top floor 09:19:26.940 --> 09:19:29.940 and again, wildcard haven't brought anybody up here. 09:19:29.940 --> 09:19:32.020 There's not gonna be a top floor roam from this team. 09:19:32.020 --> 09:19:34.020 They don't really like to extend up above, 09:19:34.020 --> 09:19:35.060 as a lot of teams don't. 09:19:35.060 --> 09:19:37.460 So instead, spreading across that mid floor 09:19:37.460 --> 09:19:39.740 and opens the opportunity for five years 09:19:39.740 --> 09:19:41.420 to decide what they wanna do with this push. 09:19:41.420 --> 09:19:42.700 They can play the vert, 09:19:42.700 --> 09:19:46.660 They can try to go for a hatch drop into waiting, but that went pretty horrendously last time. 09:19:46.660 --> 09:19:51.220 So you're seeing a bit of a different look this time as the Monty tries to make his way into music. 09:19:54.720 --> 09:19:57.940 Adrian has been really struggling through these two maps. 09:19:58.980 --> 09:20:02.220 If his fortunes change, wildcards can as well. 09:20:03.020 --> 09:20:03.520 I mean... 09:20:04.920 --> 09:20:08.780 Adrian's been a statistical best performer on wildcard for him to be so absent. 09:20:08.780 --> 09:20:13.680 Getting shut down by five fears is not ideal at all. 09:20:13.680 --> 09:20:15.740 But again, it goes back to what we said on Cafe. 09:20:15.740 --> 09:20:17.180 When one of these players has a bad game, 09:20:17.180 --> 09:20:18.020 somebody steps up. 09:20:18.020 --> 09:20:20.540 Right now it's Bay leading the charge on this team. 09:20:20.540 --> 09:20:22.620 Kansan, we'll get credited with the kill 09:20:22.620 --> 09:20:24.020 because of the razor wire. 09:20:24.020 --> 09:20:26.580 I'm not sure exactly who's the real winner here. 09:20:26.580 --> 09:20:29.260 Kansan finds another, a third as well. 09:20:29.260 --> 09:20:31.980 Technically only two and Baby Shark and Spiker 09:20:31.980 --> 09:20:33.900 are on the board. 09:20:33.900 --> 09:20:36.860 Just a forest type good half in the trash. 09:20:36.860 --> 09:20:41.100 Unless G.H. means something else these days, why you type that? 09:20:41.100 --> 09:20:46.860 Wildcard wins the round after Forrest decides to talk some smack and it seemingly blows up in his face. 09:20:47.740 --> 09:20:57.420 Yeah, truly no idea what Forrest is typing about, but I can tell you it was Baby Shark who got that initial down onto rival, finished off then by the barbed wire inside of Hamam. 09:20:57.420 --> 09:21:01.540 They do a great job of just stopping that push as it comes in, right? Those five fears, guys? 09:21:01.540 --> 09:21:05.740 They don't want to try that hatch drop in through waiting, so they try something completely different. 09:21:05.740 --> 09:21:11.440 It's force trying to walk in with the Monty, but unfortunately the rest of his team start able to find that space that they're looking for 09:21:11.440 --> 09:21:16.960 and he gets kind of caught up inside of kind of that music to gun room little hallway there in the bottom floor 09:21:16.960 --> 09:21:22.680 where they really just get stuffed and a wildcard will swarm around them training off each other when they need to 09:21:22.680 --> 09:21:27.520 but really just all firing at those targets around that bottom floor on the west and north side. 09:21:28.300 --> 09:21:31.640 That's good enough to get them up to three in this first half. 09:21:31.640 --> 09:21:33.140 Four would be excellent. 09:21:33.140 --> 09:21:37.600 But in any case, they've already confirmed they won't be losing this first half and 09:21:37.600 --> 09:21:43.140 I put Five Fears a decent bit away from closing up a series in two. 09:21:43.140 --> 09:21:50.260 Anybody's game at this point in time, but yeah, I mean, crazy to think with how good 09:21:50.260 --> 09:21:56.860 this team was on Fortress internationally, how much they've shown struggles here domestically. 09:21:56.860 --> 09:22:01.220 And I say this with Wildcard currently in the lead, they certainly don't look like 09:22:01.220 --> 09:22:07.060 the same fortress team that they were but one thing I would say if I was to argue against myself 09:22:07.780 --> 09:22:12.180 was that fortress was a brand new map and there were a lot of teams who just admittedly said 09:22:12.180 --> 09:22:16.340 we didn't really know how to play it but if you don't have time to adjust your map pool 09:22:16.340 --> 09:22:22.500 you have to play it so was it wildcard looking so dominant or was it just wildcard being far 09:22:22.500 --> 09:22:27.220 more familiar with the map that other teams didn't prioritize and now the other regions and 09:22:27.220 --> 09:22:29.060 and the other teams have caught up. 09:22:29.060 --> 09:22:30.420 Entirely possible as the latter. 09:22:30.420 --> 09:22:32.340 Here in North America, Fortress has been played 09:22:32.340 --> 09:22:34.500 an awful lot and teams are looking 09:22:34.500 --> 09:22:36.540 like they know it very well. 09:22:36.540 --> 09:22:38.180 It's the contrast that we saw on SI, 09:22:38.180 --> 09:22:40.300 so maybe it's a little bit of both, frankly. 09:22:40.300 --> 09:22:41.460 They will start out the killing here, 09:22:41.460 --> 09:22:44.060 Wildcard hoping to go up four-two. 09:22:44.060 --> 09:22:45.420 They'll trade, hands it on the board 09:22:45.420 --> 09:22:46.260 as Rival goes down. 09:22:46.260 --> 09:22:47.780 Fends the only kill for five fears 09:22:47.780 --> 09:22:49.220 at this point in time. 09:22:49.220 --> 09:22:50.620 And Wildcard might have lost Bay, 09:22:50.620 --> 09:22:52.060 but they've still got four players up, 09:22:52.060 --> 09:22:53.780 all with guns in hand. 09:22:53.780 --> 09:22:56.460 Now it's JJ Blast taking a heap of damage 09:22:56.460 --> 09:22:58.900 On the ground, finished off by Adrien. 09:22:59.300 --> 09:23:02.620 Perfect opportunity for Adrien to talk trash back, but the man's all business. 09:23:02.620 --> 09:23:05.780 There's a round to be won, Jesse, and there's only two left on Five Fears. 09:23:05.780 --> 09:23:06.780 Make that one. 09:23:07.460 --> 09:23:08.860 A minute 40 on the clock, 09:23:09.220 --> 09:23:13.060 and it's just Fens, outduld by Adrien. Huge round for the import. 09:23:13.300 --> 09:23:15.900 And the first half is in the books. Wildcard up, 4-2. 09:23:16.620 --> 09:23:19.780 Questionable push leaves me scratching my head a little bit, Parker, 09:23:19.780 --> 09:23:21.500 so I'm not gonna explain it at all. 09:23:21.500 --> 09:23:24.260 Let's bring the desk in to talk about all six of those first rounds. 09:23:24.260 --> 09:23:32.820 Thanks guys. This one feels very familiar. Same score line when we last checked in at the half of map 1. 09:23:32.820 --> 09:23:34.300 Lackville stands out to you so far. 09:23:34.300 --> 09:23:39.780 You know I don't want to get too ahead of myself. It was a good half for Wildcard, but we already saw what happened on one defense swap already. 09:23:39.780 --> 09:23:44.820 However, I do want to focus on round 4 in particular. I mean this was a great round from Snake. 09:23:44.820 --> 09:23:48.980 I can't say in his shoes I would want to be in this position with Glaz this close. 09:23:48.980 --> 09:23:51.080 unsure what's on the other side of that door. 09:23:51.080 --> 09:23:53.420 But he's the one that opens up this to allow them 09:23:53.420 --> 09:23:54.500 to be able to take this side. 09:23:54.500 --> 09:23:56.060 I mean, huge heads up play. 09:23:56.060 --> 09:23:59.020 Then hitting that, that no scope head shine. 09:23:59.020 --> 09:24:01.820 Then it just kind of slowly goes back and forth. 09:24:01.820 --> 09:24:02.820 Who's going to trade it out? 09:24:02.820 --> 09:24:05.540 I mean, Foufaux on the shield, beautiful play. 09:24:05.540 --> 09:24:08.300 But then it comes down to this 1v1 or 2v1 rather. 09:24:08.300 --> 09:24:11.220 Now to a 1v1, which was a great heads up play 09:24:11.220 --> 09:24:12.740 to just be able to play back, 09:24:12.740 --> 09:24:14.140 wait for the defuse to be stuck, 09:24:14.140 --> 09:24:14.980 and then to push in. 09:24:14.980 --> 09:24:17.260 It was great from Snake, great from Rival 09:24:17.260 --> 09:24:18.620 to be able to finish it out. 09:24:18.620 --> 09:24:30.020 I mean, it really is a true testament of Wildcard's intuition, I mean intuition there in these situations, but overall, just in this series so far, I mean, it's kind of the exact opposite of what we were seeing on the side of cafe. 09:24:30.380 --> 09:24:37.300 The aggression's there, but it's almost too much aggression. They aren't knowing when to dial it back and Wildcard is punishing that time and time again. 09:24:37.500 --> 09:24:46.100 Even in that last round you saw, Fofo goes into the wall, doesn't check if there's a player on the side, not doing their due diligence, just clearing a little bit of extra to give themselves a little more space. 09:24:46.100 --> 09:24:48.680 and Wildcard is punishing them on each and every single front. 09:24:48.680 --> 09:24:51.840 Yeah, just looks like Five Fears is riding on the high 09:24:51.840 --> 09:24:54.540 of what they finished in the last series, in the last map, 09:24:54.540 --> 09:24:56.580 just because they're playing so aggressive on their defenses, 09:24:56.580 --> 09:24:57.780 they swap to attacks. 09:24:57.780 --> 09:24:59.280 And now they're playing very aggressive, it's there, 09:24:59.280 --> 09:25:01.920 they're trying to keep up that tempo, but it's a different side. 09:25:01.920 --> 09:25:05.400 But what I don't want to see is them get a 2-4 split 09:25:05.400 --> 09:25:06.420 and change off that. 09:25:06.420 --> 09:25:08.100 I think that's the exact same ideology 09:25:08.100 --> 09:25:10.500 that they need to bring going into their defensive half 09:25:10.500 --> 09:25:12.100 is maintain that aggression, 09:25:12.100 --> 09:25:14.400 make sure that you're shutting down the information from Wildcard 09:25:14.400 --> 09:25:17.840 which is a work so successfully in the previous map. 09:25:17.840 --> 09:25:21.120 So if you're on the side of Five Fears. 09:25:21.120 --> 09:25:22.840 It's not great for the entry. 09:25:22.840 --> 09:25:23.840 Also the entries as well. 09:25:23.840 --> 09:25:25.920 I mean, all six entry kills have gone 09:25:25.920 --> 09:25:27.200 in the favor of Wildcard. 09:25:27.200 --> 09:25:28.720 That was another talking point that we had 09:25:28.720 --> 09:25:31.120 in that cafe match where nine out of those 12 09:25:31.120 --> 09:25:32.520 were in favor of Five Fears. 09:25:32.520 --> 09:25:34.400 So we got to start seeing opening kills. 09:25:34.400 --> 09:25:36.440 And I do agree with your aggression point. 09:25:36.440 --> 09:25:37.840 I think at some point they also need 09:25:37.840 --> 09:25:39.240 to understand the position that they're in 09:25:39.240 --> 09:25:40.480 when they can dial it back. 09:25:40.480 --> 09:25:41.320 Yeah, exactly. 09:25:41.320 --> 09:25:43.440 As long as they can keep that aggression up starting out 09:25:43.440 --> 09:25:45.960 and then exactly get it on cafe. 09:25:45.960 --> 09:25:48.000 Well, Jesse, I know you were scratching your head. 09:25:48.000 --> 09:25:49.500 Does that clear things up a bit? 09:25:53.160 --> 09:25:54.560 I'm assuming that's a question for us. 09:25:54.560 --> 09:25:56.080 Does it clear things up for you? 09:25:57.080 --> 09:26:01.280 No, I mean, it clears things up certainly on the round 09:26:01.280 --> 09:26:02.120 as a whole. 09:26:02.120 --> 09:26:04.400 It doesn't help me as much on round six, but that's okay. 09:26:04.400 --> 09:26:05.760 I do think they have a great point 09:26:05.760 --> 09:26:07.600 when it comes to those opening picks, Parker. 09:26:07.600 --> 09:26:09.680 I mean, six straight for wildcars, 09:26:09.680 --> 09:26:12.400 a huge red flag, four or five years. 09:26:12.400 --> 09:26:14.840 They need to be able to control this early game. 09:26:14.840 --> 09:26:19.400 To be honest, it's something they did really well towards that second half of cafe, right? 09:26:19.400 --> 09:26:23.520 Any time somebody was in a position to go for a push on the side of Wildcard, someone 09:26:23.520 --> 09:26:25.280 was answering on five beers. 09:26:25.280 --> 09:26:31.080 They won five straight opening frags on that second half when they started things off. 09:26:31.080 --> 09:26:35.760 So I'm hoping we can see that bounce back once again here on the second map of Fortress, 09:26:35.760 --> 09:26:39.520 but it's going to be difficult with Wildcard playing as well as they are. 09:26:39.520 --> 09:26:45.380 To that point about opening kills on Cafe, Wildcard was only able to muster three of the 09:26:45.380 --> 09:26:47.220 twelve first Bloods. 09:26:47.220 --> 09:26:51.060 It was five years all the way down. 09:26:51.060 --> 09:26:55.420 I mean, you wouldn't be shocked looking at the score line. 09:26:55.420 --> 09:26:58.700 Wildcard obviously dominating here and the one cool thing about this is that everybody 09:26:58.700 --> 09:27:03.260 not named Spiker has a first Blood on the side of Wildcard. 09:27:03.260 --> 09:27:08.260 So four players on this Wildcard roster have a successful entry. 09:27:08.260 --> 09:27:12.140 One of them have negative entry stats at the present playing time. 09:27:12.140 --> 09:27:13.620 That is terrific. 09:27:13.620 --> 09:27:17.020 It hasn't been a lot of objective play from 5 years. 09:27:17.020 --> 09:27:21.380 I mean granted, they only won the two rounds, but they were not a very objective focused 09:27:21.380 --> 09:27:22.380 team. 09:27:22.380 --> 09:27:26.620 They did to their credit get the Fuser down in round number 4, but they'd already largely 09:27:26.620 --> 09:27:27.620 broken that round open. 09:27:27.620 --> 09:27:33.580 That's if you remember when they came down to the 1v1 with Rival, so ultimately a 09:27:33.580 --> 09:27:35.140 great series for both of these teams. 09:27:35.140 --> 09:27:38.620 good underlying numbers here from Wildcard that if they continue we'll give them an edge 09:27:38.620 --> 09:27:43.060 from here on out which will push us to the third map. We will see Clubhouse yet again. 09:27:43.060 --> 09:27:46.220 Wildcard's got to lose map number one. That's the way the script was written. Jesse there's 09:27:46.220 --> 09:27:47.220 not much more to say. 09:27:47.220 --> 09:27:51.580 Well my question is, are five years going to play as hyper aggressive here on their 09:27:51.580 --> 09:27:56.340 defenses as we saw on Caffe and so far we haven't seen that as much. JJ on the 09:27:56.340 --> 09:28:00.700 clash unlikely to maybe up his kill total in the second half but certainly providing 09:28:00.700 --> 09:28:04.660 good value for his team just forcing back this white crush a little bit. There was 09:28:04.660 --> 09:28:08.880 a twitch and of course spiker on the demo is down below the shotgun but couldn't 09:28:08.880 --> 09:28:12.480 bait them into any of those early frags. This is definitely a reaction on the 09:28:12.480 --> 09:28:15.400 side of wildcard where they know how five fears that the playing on these 09:28:15.400 --> 09:28:19.960 defenses so they're being very slow very passive with it waiting for five 09:28:19.960 --> 09:28:24.920 fears to walk into them but as of yet 90 seconds deep nobody on five fears 09:28:24.920 --> 09:28:30.840 is taking the bait. JJ will do anything at this point in time to try 09:28:30.840 --> 09:28:38.560 and get a kill. It's been a very rough fortress for him. Scoreboard is accurate. JJ is the 09:28:38.560 --> 09:28:43.360 only player not to muster anything. Five years of Snake leading the way. Everybody else 09:28:43.360 --> 09:28:49.080 is under water. When it comes to this KD rival though, running down Adrian. Adrian 09:28:49.080 --> 09:28:54.480 has been negative the last two maps. Very detrimental to the overall success of this 09:28:54.480 --> 09:29:00.480 wild card team. Now, you have to recover without the ace. What secondary hard breach 09:29:00.480 --> 09:29:01.900 which is available, none. 09:29:03.240 --> 09:29:04.760 Hope that he got his helmets off. 09:29:04.760 --> 09:29:05.600 Hold on a second, 09:29:05.600 --> 09:29:06.520 Wildcars getting some kills here, 09:29:06.520 --> 09:29:08.240 Jesse, two of them to be found. 09:29:08.240 --> 09:29:10.520 Four is firing away inside of Commander, 09:29:10.520 --> 09:29:14.400 and now it's Wildcard chasing Five Fears. 09:29:14.400 --> 09:29:15.680 It gets worse though. 09:29:15.680 --> 09:29:18.320 As now, Kansan is debilitated from that razor bloom. 09:29:18.320 --> 09:29:20.400 It went off, it also hit Baby Shark. 09:29:20.400 --> 09:29:23.200 They'll limp along for quite some time. 09:29:23.200 --> 09:29:24.840 This is very advantageous for Five Fears 09:29:24.840 --> 09:29:27.040 in this final 30 seconds. 09:29:27.040 --> 09:29:29.360 You let JJ get a kill, now he's angry, 09:29:29.360 --> 09:29:31.000 Now you've made a mistake. 09:29:31.000 --> 09:29:32.680 They can try to throw out these last couple of players, 09:29:32.680 --> 09:29:35.520 but against a Clash Parker, this push is so tough. 09:29:36.400 --> 09:29:37.600 He's standing behind that shield, 09:29:37.600 --> 09:29:39.760 JJ cracking that goose egg on the board, 09:29:39.760 --> 09:29:40.600 looking for more. 09:29:40.600 --> 09:29:42.040 He's got the shield in front of him. 09:29:42.040 --> 09:29:44.880 Keep him safe, playing around it so well 09:29:44.880 --> 09:29:46.440 with that secondary. 09:29:46.440 --> 09:29:49.040 Clash, a great impediment that needs to be dealt with. 09:29:49.040 --> 09:29:51.480 JJ does find a second. 09:29:51.480 --> 09:29:55.160 This five-fierce team will close out the round. 09:29:55.160 --> 09:29:58.560 The gap shrinking in for the first time. 09:29:58.560 --> 09:30:02.780 first blood spilt by five fears rival kick started a great round. 09:30:03.660 --> 09:30:06.320 Yeah, it's tougher for wildcard there Parker because they are 09:30:06.320 --> 09:30:10.000 primarily trying to get in kind of towards the bomb site. They 09:30:10.000 --> 09:30:13.160 had pressure all over the place with baby shark down below. You 09:30:13.160 --> 09:30:16.040 saw cans in over towards old tower. I mean, there were players 09:30:16.080 --> 09:30:18.840 all across the map there, but the players that were hitting 09:30:18.840 --> 09:30:21.480 towards site, these guys over towards white, we saw this 09:30:21.480 --> 09:30:24.560 fiker we saw from Bay. They really were just running into 09:30:24.560 --> 09:30:27.120 this clash that with all of this other utility that was 09:30:27.120 --> 09:30:32.360 Post up in towards the bombsite and they made it really awkward for them to try to work some of these frags 09:30:32.760 --> 09:30:34.880 Forest was really sharp inside that bombsite 09:30:34.880 --> 09:30:41.100 Gigi of course as well with that first and then second kill later on to so important to help get five fears back in this game 09:30:41.100 --> 09:30:47.480 It's not exactly like cafe. I don't think the style of round we just watched from five years with anything similar 09:30:47.480 --> 09:30:51.680 So with a file the style of the events they're playing on cafe, but the score line does track 09:30:57.120 --> 09:30:58.720 What if it's an 8787 by Waldkirk? 09:30:58.720 --> 09:30:59.720 Just what happens? 09:31:00.720 --> 09:31:03.020 Oh, that's when I go clinically insane. 09:31:05.020 --> 09:31:06.020 Thanks for that. 09:31:06.320 --> 09:31:07.520 Great, you're not there yet. 09:31:09.420 --> 09:31:10.820 No, no, no, we gotta reach that point. 09:31:10.820 --> 09:31:12.220 I thought you'd reach that point long earlier. 09:31:12.220 --> 09:31:13.420 No, you're an Oilers fan, after all. 09:31:14.020 --> 09:31:18.820 After losing to the exact same team in the exact same round of the Stanley Cup Finals, 09:31:19.220 --> 09:31:20.820 the second year in a row, I would've lost it. 09:31:20.820 --> 09:31:22.920 I don't know how you sold it off, but I gotta say, 09:31:23.420 --> 09:31:24.620 they should study you in a lab. 09:31:24.620 --> 09:31:29.620 I mean, I get to watch the best player in the world, the best two players in the world, 09:31:29.620 --> 09:31:33.220 every single night, do the best thing I'll do. 09:31:33.220 --> 09:31:37.020 For us to JJ, I get to watch them every night playing here in Rainbow Six Siege, and we 09:31:37.020 --> 09:31:40.700 just see exactly what type of value they provide. 09:31:40.700 --> 09:31:45.380 This clash is going to continue to be a staple in the Five Peers defenses until it gets 09:31:45.380 --> 09:31:46.380 banned out. 09:31:46.380 --> 09:31:49.980 I imagine that'll be the ban after round nine, but of course it depends on who's 09:31:49.980 --> 09:31:50.980 next to you, Parker. 09:31:50.980 --> 09:32:01.980 It's a little bit, especially on these top floor defenses, it's a little bit tricky to get past this clash because generally teams will either push from the north and they'll clear the whole map or they'll push from the south and go straight to site. 09:32:01.980 --> 09:32:07.980 Whichever way you choose to go, JJ will just rotate that direction, stare you down and enable kills for his teammates. 09:32:07.980 --> 09:32:14.060 I don't know if we've highlighted JJ's lack of offense through this map in particular, but 09:32:14.060 --> 09:32:17.460 despite the fact that he had really good numbers for the first couple playdays, do keep in 09:32:17.460 --> 09:32:22.260 mind that he's the guy on the team that really should be getting the least amount of kills 09:32:22.260 --> 09:32:23.980 most of the time. 09:32:23.980 --> 09:32:28.860 It may get an argument that maybe Forrest also falls under that category, but the 09:32:28.860 --> 09:32:32.300 three players on five fears that you need to worry about when it comes to killing 09:32:32.300 --> 09:32:34.060 are Fenn's rival and Snake. 09:32:34.060 --> 09:32:38.220 But they are not getting kills, usually that is a troubling sign for this team. 09:32:38.220 --> 09:32:43.380 Of course, JJ and Thor is the capable bear of much, but they're not the people who should be. 09:32:43.380 --> 09:32:45.380 That was an interesting turn of events there. 09:32:45.380 --> 09:32:50.540 Nitro-Stell goes out, almost no damage was done, base amount kills, JJ also gets bends, 09:32:50.540 --> 09:32:56.580 but just like that, five fears taking advantage of it, all three so far for Bey. 09:32:56.580 --> 09:33:00.660 He's just got Rival and Snake left, and he's on a single point of HP, breaking 09:33:00.660 --> 09:33:05.760 double digits at 11 kills right now far in the way the lobby leader. We take a 09:33:05.760 --> 09:33:09.140 backseat here, Bay. Maybe let Spiker do some work. Spiker getting diffused down. 09:33:09.140 --> 09:33:12.360 There's a rotate coming in. Spiker falls off expecting somebody over towards the 09:33:12.360 --> 09:33:17.640 door. Bay has a blind spot so Spiker has to cover it himself. Down Spiker goes 09:33:17.640 --> 09:33:24.180 to rival and Bay will need to ace clutch. Single point of HP. Not seeing 09:33:24.180 --> 09:33:32.820 snake in the corner. Jesse, we've got a tie game. The round goes to five fears. Parker, 09:33:32.820 --> 09:33:36.980 I don't know what's going on in this game anymore. JJ Blast was outside the building. 09:33:36.980 --> 09:33:40.820 He planted his clash shield. Correct me if I'm wrong here. We didn't get a great view of it, 09:33:40.820 --> 09:33:44.900 but I believe that clash shield was planted outside the building and he was taking gunfights. 09:33:46.100 --> 09:33:50.260 Absurd things happening in the mind of JJ Blast, but I'm told we will get to see this. 09:33:50.260 --> 09:33:56.260 So I'm excited for it when it comes through five years have continued to be aggressive. Yes, there's the shield 09:33:59.420 --> 09:34:06.000 It ends up being a kill from Bay as he breaks the shield with that vault animation kills JJ behind it 09:34:06.000 --> 09:34:10.160 But it's all for naught despite Bay's excellent frags in the chaos 09:34:10.160 --> 09:34:17.320 It is just five years thriving out here. You saw the nitro stopping that push in through the kind of north window just outside of 09:34:17.320 --> 09:34:21.420 Breathing you saw a lot of high pressure happening in and around that bomb site 09:34:21.420 --> 09:34:26.860 But it just feels like in the chaos when things are getting messy five years or just finding all the success 09:34:30.420 --> 09:34:36.220 Something really interesting about this team is that they just they you can never really distance yourself from them 09:34:38.060 --> 09:34:44.220 Even after all those opening rules go in their favor, right the desk highlighted it first six rounds all first bloods 09:34:44.220 --> 09:34:49.220 Wildcard. Last round. Wildcard first blood. Not just first blood, first two bloods. 09:34:49.220 --> 09:34:57.220 Two first bloods. I actually don't know how you make that plural. By the way, what happens? 09:34:57.220 --> 09:35:04.220 Five fears immediately answer with a 3k. Now this has happened during a number of these rounds. 09:35:04.220 --> 09:35:09.220 Even in rounds that have been lost by five fears, the first two kills will break in favor of Wildcard 09:35:09.220 --> 09:35:13.220 or the first kill will break in their favor and immediately five fears takes advantage of that. 09:35:13.220 --> 09:35:19.460 Whether they get more active or wildcard overstep, we don't get to see every single engagement, so it's hard for us to say 09:35:20.140 --> 09:35:27.580 But five fears are a really really tough team to distance yourself from I see the words crappy lock it applies here 09:35:29.540 --> 09:35:35.980 Wildcard taking charge already some damage done to Kanzan as we hit one minute into the round usually the discovery phase 09:35:35.980 --> 09:35:42.260 But wildcard want to pick up the tempo a little bit. Yeah a little bit rare as the Kanzan is the one jumping on these shields 09:35:42.260 --> 09:35:54.260 Here he is though, taking the roll over from Spiker, sometimes based on this roll too, starting to make his way but unfortunately that snake on the side angle catching the side of him and now it's more bait. 09:35:54.260 --> 09:36:08.260 Spiker gets dropped by rivals, they're trying to make their way in through music but they're not expecting so many defenders over on that side of the map parker so it ends up just being players individually jumping into crossfires and wildcard coming away with man disadvantages. 09:36:08.260 --> 09:36:15.260 While you don't strike first, you get mighty, mighty close if they kill Forest. 09:36:15.260 --> 09:36:19.260 Do we still see this wild turnaround with Wildcard going down in numbers? 09:36:19.260 --> 09:36:22.260 They let map 1 slip through their fingers. 09:36:22.260 --> 09:36:26.260 This should be familiar territory for them even though they didn't choose this map. 09:36:26.260 --> 09:36:34.260 Wildcard are a comfortable team here, but Baby Shark missed an easy kill on rival Adrian doesn't. 09:36:34.260 --> 09:36:37.860 but still an advantage for five fears. 09:36:37.860 --> 09:36:40.980 Forrest will remain for the next minute on very low HP, 09:36:40.980 --> 09:36:42.660 but the rest of this team is here 09:36:42.660 --> 09:36:44.500 and even with one HP Forrest, 09:36:44.500 --> 09:36:47.700 shuts down Bay, Adrian looking to go positive. 09:36:47.700 --> 09:36:49.780 He's got three chances to do so. 09:36:49.780 --> 09:36:51.580 He accomplishes it by killing Forrest 09:36:51.580 --> 09:36:54.180 and immediately loses it to Snake. 09:36:54.180 --> 09:36:56.340 Five fears of one three in a row 09:36:56.340 --> 09:36:59.580 and they take the lead on Fortress. 09:36:59.580 --> 09:37:02.060 Are we getting flashbacks yet Wildcard fans? 09:37:02.060 --> 09:37:03.460 It wasn't that long ago, 09:37:03.460 --> 09:37:06.980 But I'm sure you all know what this is starting to look like. 09:37:06.980 --> 09:37:10.660 Five fears have been dominating on these defenses. 09:37:10.660 --> 09:37:13.700 And Parker, that one looked like a cafe round, so aggressive. 09:37:13.700 --> 09:37:16.300 This will be a clash band, surely. 09:37:16.300 --> 09:37:17.700 There it goes, thank god. 09:37:17.700 --> 09:37:22.420 JJ no longer allowed his destructive ways on the top floor. 09:37:22.420 --> 09:37:25.660 But even without it, you saw it on that cafeteria defense. 09:37:25.660 --> 09:37:28.700 Five fears just swarming the wildcard entrance 09:37:28.700 --> 09:37:30.460 as they try to get into the building. 09:37:30.460 --> 09:37:31.740 You can't get any map control. 09:37:31.740 --> 09:37:35.780 You can't get any space on the side of Wildcard because anywhere you try to push 09:37:35.780 --> 09:37:40.480 There's just players on all directions that are shooting you in the side and in the face in the back 09:37:40.580 --> 09:37:44.880 You're just having too much difficulty getting into the map and taking that control 09:37:46.380 --> 09:37:49.380 We will see a tackle time out come here from Lagonas 09:37:50.020 --> 09:37:54.740 It's been a long night for the guys on Wildcard. They've accomplished their primary goal 09:37:54.740 --> 09:37:58.440 They're going to Salt Lake City no matter what happens in this series 09:37:58.440 --> 09:38:04.720 But they want those extra SI points. They want to be first in the region. They want the better seeding when they go to Salt Lake City 09:38:05.440 --> 09:38:09.600 This will be their last chance for the coach to right the wrongs and get this team back on track 09:38:11.440 --> 09:38:13.440 The bonus is a great mind for the game 09:38:14.000 --> 09:38:20.040 He'll talk this team through the issues, but even the best coach in the world can't make five players become 09:38:20.880 --> 09:38:22.880 champions or world champions 09:38:23.360 --> 09:38:26.440 major champions and they'll kick off champions 09:38:26.440 --> 09:38:31.440 I hope you understand what I'm saying here. 09:38:31.440 --> 09:38:34.440 You can coach all you want. 09:38:34.440 --> 09:38:40.440 But a lot of the times, you have to trust your players to get the job done. 09:38:40.440 --> 09:38:43.440 Inexperienced rosters will make mistakes. 09:38:43.440 --> 09:38:45.440 Five Fears commit tons of mistakes. 09:38:45.440 --> 09:38:47.440 They're in their routine. 09:38:47.440 --> 09:38:50.440 But they've got players that can fix those mistakes immediately. 09:38:50.440 --> 09:38:55.440 And the one thing I will say about this Five Fears team, it's going to sound like a saying. 09:38:55.440 --> 09:39:04.440 But they trust each other. You can very, very clearly tell that this team has full confidence in one another, and they play like it. 09:39:04.440 --> 09:39:07.440 They trade like it, they enter like it. 09:39:07.440 --> 09:39:13.440 Again, start contrasting what we saw in the DZ wildcard game, where a lot of times we put our fingers at DZ and lost rounds, 09:39:13.440 --> 09:39:17.440 and say, well, all of you entered separately. Fulps drones himself in, gets picked off. 09:39:17.440 --> 09:39:22.440 J90, drones in, Neuers. Neuers overextends past the drones until it gets picked off. 09:39:22.440 --> 09:39:29.080 These are guys playing like individuals five fears almost never does that this is a team that plays like a brotherhood and it shows 09:39:29.320 --> 09:39:32.720 And when you combine it with good guns kill, which is been on display 09:39:34.440 --> 09:39:36.960 Snake and rival in particular good things can happen 09:39:38.080 --> 09:39:40.680 DJ went for a bit of an ego peak there through the main door 09:39:41.120 --> 09:39:43.960 Gonna picked off a kill you would have known that he erupted on camera 09:39:43.960 --> 09:39:47.760 He doesn't know damages done in 30 seconds gone off the round 09:39:47.760 --> 09:39:52.640 It undercuts your point just a little bit to be honest, right? 09:39:52.640 --> 09:39:56.160 It's about how together they always are and JJ is one of the things that make me look wrong. 09:39:56.160 --> 09:39:58.760 By himself, but you're right. 09:39:58.760 --> 09:40:02.560 Your overall point, regardless of what JJ is doing this round, is correct. 09:40:02.560 --> 09:40:06.560 You can't play this hyper-aggressive defense style if you're not all on the same page 09:40:06.560 --> 09:40:08.280 and all fighting together. 09:40:08.280 --> 09:40:09.280 Here comes JJ. 09:40:09.280 --> 09:40:12.280 He's not got teammates necessarily directly with him, but they're on the top of the 09:40:12.280 --> 09:40:16.760 stairs that is Adrian who is the first frag, but JJ is there for the response. 09:40:16.760 --> 09:40:20.440 Playing with this Monty ends up running into Baby Shark, but it's not exactly who he's 09:40:20.440 --> 09:40:21.440 hoping to find. 09:40:21.440 --> 09:40:23.440 But again, they're making that play together. 09:40:23.440 --> 09:40:28.160 It's Forrest and JJ talk white, collapsing on these players, just as the science gets 09:40:28.160 --> 09:40:30.660 to building. 09:40:30.660 --> 09:40:34.800 Wildcurt ultimately comes out ahead of this, which is usually the way it works in reverse. 09:40:34.800 --> 09:40:37.960 Wildcurt gets the first pick, and it's five fears you come out with the numbers 09:40:37.960 --> 09:40:38.960 advantage. 09:40:38.960 --> 09:40:43.280 This is especially devastating, given that there's a Monty and a Gamos on the board. 09:40:43.280 --> 09:40:46.720 So the fewer players there are, the more power a shield gains. 09:40:48.320 --> 09:40:50.600 Managed to solve the problem of Adrien. 09:40:51.680 --> 09:40:53.360 Adrien's still trying to go positive. 09:40:54.200 --> 09:40:55.200 Oh, no. 09:40:57.400 --> 09:40:58.200 Oh, no. 09:40:58.600 --> 09:40:59.880 That's a tough one, Jesse. 09:41:01.440 --> 09:41:04.240 Can't say that stuff on broadcasts, so we're not going to repeat what JJ typed. 09:41:04.280 --> 09:41:07.040 But yeah, that is that is a really, really hard loss. 09:41:07.320 --> 09:41:09.280 Still a redeemable round here with one minute to go. 09:41:09.280 --> 09:41:12.760 As Kansan is equalized, Baby Shark and Kansan will now need to work together 09:41:12.760 --> 09:41:15.720 is that untimely team kill? 09:41:15.720 --> 09:41:18.080 Quick baby shark in a position where now he holds the diffuse 09:41:18.080 --> 09:41:18.580 kit. 09:41:18.580 --> 09:41:20.560 Back on the drones, they will go in a 2v2. 09:41:20.560 --> 09:41:22.760 If five fears win, they go. 09:41:22.760 --> 09:41:24.600 The championship point. 09:41:24.600 --> 09:41:25.960 They need to use their time, Parker. 09:41:25.960 --> 09:41:27.800 They have to drone these last two players. 09:41:27.800 --> 09:41:30.280 This is what the desk said they were so good at the comms 09:41:30.280 --> 09:41:31.840 in the halftime, is how are they 09:41:31.840 --> 09:41:33.480 able to spot these last couple of players? 09:41:33.480 --> 09:41:34.880 Will they slow things down? 09:41:34.880 --> 09:41:36.320 Plants here might be tricky, just 09:41:36.320 --> 09:41:37.560 because you don't have any smoke. 09:41:37.560 --> 09:41:38.060 What? 09:41:38.060 --> 09:41:39.960 Shaw from Kansan finds one. 09:41:39.960 --> 09:41:42.720 Baby shark and rival now in a 1v1. 09:41:42.720 --> 09:41:48.660 Maybe sharks look mighty good and he does have the added benefit of this deathmark activating more in real time 09:41:49.580 --> 09:41:54.840 This teammates giving the call here off of his position that ping will update rival knows that he's fallen off 09:41:55.440 --> 09:42:01.760 Firing away to score being a real bullet holes and rival wins and expecting his play the pre-fire 09:42:02.200 --> 09:42:05.780 Moves five fears to kick off championship point 09:42:06.640 --> 09:42:11.780 What a beautiful read to come through from rival in the 1v1 Parker 09:42:11.780 --> 09:42:18.060 He is on a sliver of HP when he plays that 1v1 versus baby shark. It is better information for baby shark, too 09:42:18.180 --> 09:42:22.220 Those deathmark trackers they go both ways, but they're far better for the demos 09:42:22.220 --> 09:42:26.740 It is hard to lose those 1v1s the demos if you're hitting your shots, but rival 09:42:26.740 --> 09:42:33.140 He just expected the movement. He knew where he was gonna go. He wins the fight. It's perfect crosshair placement 09:42:33.820 --> 09:42:36.980 Starts a little messy from five fears. They get a little chaotic 09:42:36.980 --> 09:42:43.280 but it's messy from wild card 2 and ill-advised team kill right on the spiker makes this winnable for 5 years 09:42:43.280 --> 09:42:48.820 and then in the 1v1 just watch it again, brilliant from rival one-way. 09:42:49.700 --> 09:42:52.540 I do have to wonder if pressure got to baby shark. 09:42:52.540 --> 09:42:58.040 He just team killed spiker, earlier spiker, on a shield with diffuse kit. 09:42:58.540 --> 09:43:01.300 Outnumbering your opponents with a Deimos on the board. 09:43:01.300 --> 09:43:05.040 I had just finished talking about how powerful a Deimos and a shield are together, 09:43:05.040 --> 09:43:12.720 Especially when you have a numbers advantage and then baby shark gives the easiest layup to five years by knocking the spiker down 09:43:13.160 --> 09:43:15.160 And I'm spikers a young guy 09:43:15.160 --> 09:43:22.840 He's taught in the past on Twitter and interviews that he's emotional. He takes these things very seriously. That's a good trait for the record 09:43:23.480 --> 09:43:28.680 But when you couple that with an experience you can make a mistake you can get ahead of yourself 09:43:29.040 --> 09:43:31.040 Yeah, well down in bronze 09:43:31.040 --> 09:43:35.280 would be sweating in a 1v1 like that, let alone being a pro player at the top of the 09:43:35.280 --> 09:43:40.500 game trying to keep your team in it, knowing that if you lose your opponents go to match 09:43:40.500 --> 09:43:41.500 points. 09:43:41.500 --> 09:43:45.020 So, maybe Shark could have used that gadget, maybe played it a bit more passively, he 09:43:45.020 --> 09:43:50.820 had 15 seconds left, he had the more active tracker than his opponent, and yet he thought 09:43:50.820 --> 09:43:56.680 he could try to evade him, he was wrong, it was not necessarily the improper move, 09:43:56.680 --> 09:43:58.860 but it was an ill-advised one and it ultimately cost him. 09:43:58.860 --> 09:44:05.120 Now five fears have two opportunities without overtime to put this one away and be the indisputed, 09:44:05.120 --> 09:44:10.600 the undisputed best team in North America and would do so Jesse without dropping a single 09:44:10.600 --> 09:44:11.840 map here and kick off. 09:44:11.840 --> 09:44:16.800 They'll lose Snake early, 50 seconds into the round, Adrian the first kill. 09:44:16.800 --> 09:44:21.240 That's a bit devastating for five fears, they've lost their second best player. 09:44:21.240 --> 09:44:25.360 Yeah, losing Snake is going to be a tough one, but it's always been kind of JJ 09:44:25.360 --> 09:44:28.320 who's meeting the charge on these defenses, getting aggressive. 09:44:28.320 --> 09:44:31.940 Not sure we'll see that as much now that he's playing this Chonka, but still. 09:44:31.940 --> 09:44:35.600 Onus is on a wildcard to take this face. You cleared out one of these roamers. 09:44:35.600 --> 09:44:40.700 Snake is often playing off this bomb site. It's not the one guy that you were expecting to walk down the site. 09:44:40.700 --> 09:44:43.800 If you're gonna lose anybody, that's who you'd expect it to be. 09:44:43.800 --> 09:44:46.600 Playing largely kind of around these windows and around this breach, 09:44:46.600 --> 09:44:48.520 they're gonna breach between the bomb sites now. 09:44:48.520 --> 09:44:51.560 It might open up an opportunity to get this pick. You're on to rival. 09:44:51.560 --> 09:44:54.000 That's why he's playing so aggro on the bending window. 09:44:54.000 --> 09:44:59.660 good damage and a kill straight back on to Adrien. It's quite late, but that'll be a trade to equal numbers back to four. 09:45:00.040 --> 09:45:05.080 I mean getting her to Adrien is usually such a boony as taking a bit of a step back in this series. 09:45:05.080 --> 09:45:09.840 Still an offensive threat to be sure. I mean he's got seven kills for crying out loud. It's good enough for 09:45:09.840 --> 09:45:14.080 I guess four on the team. I guess that's technically not that great. Now the Flames will go. 09:45:14.760 --> 09:45:19.860 Down goes Rival at the hands of Bay and JJ trying to keep this Monty from aggressing towards the bomb site 09:45:19.860 --> 09:45:22.020 and now he will be harassed by that deathmark. 09:45:22.020 --> 09:45:23.860 I'll go to flames, so Striker held in place. 09:45:24.740 --> 09:45:28.100 JJ and Taganise from down below, finished off by Kansan. 09:45:28.100 --> 09:45:30.180 Great teamwork here by Wildcard. 09:45:31.060 --> 09:45:34.180 Fends with only three kills, four targets await him. 09:45:35.300 --> 09:45:38.580 Would be a career-defining moment if he can get through all of them, especially 09:45:39.300 --> 09:45:40.740 to clinch this kickoff, but... 09:45:42.020 --> 09:45:44.180 Striker very wisely assesses he needs to push in. 09:45:44.180 --> 09:45:45.700 Fence takes down Kansan. 09:45:45.700 --> 09:45:46.740 This is winnable. 09:45:46.740 --> 09:45:47.860 Striker puts the shield away. 09:45:47.860 --> 09:45:55.460 He's just buying time though because on the left there's one more player Bay gets in on it as well all three looking to mob 09:45:55.580 --> 09:45:57.580 Fens and they will get the final kill 09:45:58.580 --> 09:46:00.760 We said eight seven we joked about it 09:46:01.020 --> 09:46:04.500 We're going to the final round of regulation 09:46:05.300 --> 09:46:10.800 Wildcard one round behind they can easily tie this in for long map to 09:46:11.660 --> 09:46:15.740 Comes down to the information Parker comes down to wildcards flowing this game 09:46:15.740 --> 09:46:22.140 Shutting down the aggressive moves, Adrien killing Snake at the end at the start there, but also spotting Forest out on the drone. 09:46:22.240 --> 09:46:27.740 He was flanking down below. We saw it from I believe it's Kansans POV as they were trying to hunt him down. 09:46:27.840 --> 09:46:34.240 But Baby Shark has the cutoff. No matter where these rumors go, they're very isolated. It ends up being with good enough information. 09:46:34.340 --> 09:46:35.740 Free picks for Wildcard. 09:46:36.240 --> 09:46:42.740 Gets very awkward at the end there. Fens actually ran out of warts in his clip with the TCSG, so there's no hope of him clutching that one. 09:46:42.740 --> 09:46:47.120 one just an unfortunate weapon to be stuck within a 1v4 did his best but 09:46:47.120 --> 09:46:50.360 ultimately it was those early picks that went the way of wildcard that helped 09:46:50.360 --> 09:46:54.680 them to secure that round they need to be able to do that again keep an eye out on 09:46:54.680 --> 09:46:58.560 the entry watch out for this information if they can spot an isolated 09:46:58.560 --> 09:47:01.920 player on the side of wildcard and take them out before five fears get 09:47:01.920 --> 09:47:05.840 aggressive and swarm the entry as a stack that's gonna be the win con they 09:47:05.840 --> 09:47:10.080 have to be able to do it right here and right now to force the overtime 09:47:10.080 --> 09:47:16.400 and try to force club us all according to plan the script's been written well 09:47:16.400 --> 09:47:20.440 in advance wildcard move is map number one wins map number two we go to map 09:47:20.440 --> 09:47:25.880 number three to see a thrilling conclusion but have the script writers 09:47:25.880 --> 09:47:31.560 heard of JJ blast because this man he's asking for some revisions here to 09:47:31.560 --> 09:47:37.400 the script and five fears only one more round they could potentially win 09:47:37.400 --> 09:47:42.180 and overtime, Jesse. But why get there if you don't need to? Five years yet to 09:47:42.180 --> 09:47:47.740 draw the map. The core of this team is that old Envy squad, the old identity of this 09:47:47.740 --> 09:47:51.940 team, Snake having a terrific performance. I know people look at his tenure on that 09:47:51.940 --> 09:47:55.780 old TSM roster and realize that he didn't quite live up to the world 09:47:55.780 --> 09:48:00.220 championship squad that was there before him. But he's had his time in the 09:48:00.220 --> 09:48:03.580 sun, and he's really made a name for himself. He arrived as a player that 09:48:03.580 --> 09:48:07.040 very few knew up until a couple months ago, and now he's making a 09:48:07.040 --> 09:48:11.220 name for himself as well while the rest of the supporting cast of 5 Fears is doing their 09:48:11.220 --> 09:48:16.020 job. Well they've got one more job to do Jesse. Win this round while going to OT. Finish, kick 09:48:16.020 --> 09:48:21.580 off 2-0 and be the best in North America. They've already qualified for the Major. They're 09:48:21.580 --> 09:48:26.780 shaping up. You see one old card. One more round remains without OT. 09:48:26.780 --> 09:48:30.780 It's got to finish with a bang. No real Rome presence in 5 Fears. They had Snake up 09:48:30.780 --> 09:48:34.700 here earlier but he's rotated off back down towards the main floor as the information 09:48:34.700 --> 09:48:39.340 was good from Wildcard. Last time they approached this bomb site, they tried to hit it horizontal, 09:48:39.340 --> 09:48:43.580 they got swarmed on their entries, it didn't go their way. Hoping that with this top floor 09:48:43.580 --> 09:48:48.060 control they can have a bit of an easier time into building. It's worked for them, but they 09:48:48.060 --> 09:48:52.300 still got to make sure this execute worked. With the Thatcher, it should be able to get 09:48:52.300 --> 09:48:55.900 opened up without any problems. There are two electroclaws dedicated to this hatch, 09:48:55.900 --> 09:49:00.060 but both of them get cleared out without any problem. They can now go for a drop, 09:49:00.060 --> 09:49:04.060 but watch out for the player inside of infirmary. It's going to be Fenz on that Azami 09:49:04.060 --> 09:49:06.900 who could be so devastating to stop this drop. 09:49:06.900 --> 09:49:08.580 They can knock pressure him out. 09:49:08.580 --> 09:49:12.140 He's going to have a really good time denying any plant they try to go for. 09:49:13.140 --> 09:49:16.340 I really like this top floor control now from Wildcard, 09:49:16.340 --> 09:49:20.580 because they work their way through a bevy of distractions, 09:49:20.580 --> 09:49:21.980 hopping over all of those hurdles, 09:49:21.980 --> 09:49:24.180 and gaining information with some of these drones too. 09:49:24.180 --> 09:49:26.980 Forest was tagged there as you saw on that drone, 09:49:26.980 --> 09:49:30.060 and he's a leader of HP, and he might have gotten zapped. 09:49:30.060 --> 09:49:31.580 They definitely want him. 09:49:31.580 --> 09:49:34.800 All 10 players alive, Spiker getting Diffuse Kit down in the midst of the smoke. 09:49:34.800 --> 09:49:38.220 Nobody knows, there's no protection here, but JJ finds him! 09:49:38.220 --> 09:49:40.960 He might have just saved the round. 09:49:40.960 --> 09:49:42.860 Wildcard down to just four players. 09:49:42.860 --> 09:49:45.020 30 seconds left, Diffuse Kit will need to be retrieved, 09:49:45.020 --> 09:49:48.000 so Wildcard's win con is now kill them all. 09:49:48.000 --> 09:49:50.760 Find the remaining players on five feeters. 09:49:50.760 --> 09:49:53.480 It's been a slog for this new look at the Wildcard team, 09:49:53.480 --> 09:49:55.840 running up against an upstart squad 09:49:55.840 --> 09:49:57.640 that very few people knew about. 09:49:57.640 --> 09:50:00.520 Down goes JJ, but Tanzan gets traded out as well. 09:50:01.580 --> 09:50:02.740 They'll continue to fight. 09:50:02.740 --> 09:50:05.300 Thens now drop Baby Shark last one alive. 09:50:05.300 --> 09:50:07.300 There's trouble in the waters. 09:50:07.300 --> 09:50:09.060 Five fears searching for the final kill. 09:50:09.060 --> 09:50:11.780 Baby Shark will get one, but that's it. 09:50:11.780 --> 09:50:14.900 Five fears, but no worries, baby. 09:50:14.900 --> 09:50:20.660 The best team in North America is the team so many doubted. 09:50:20.660 --> 09:50:23.380 JJ Blast and Co. 09:50:23.380 --> 09:50:27.740 The best and undefeated in the NAL kickoff. 09:50:27.740 --> 09:50:29.900 He doesn't get a lot, but the ones he get, 09:50:29.900 --> 09:50:37.660 They count Parker, JJ Blast denies the plant and single-handedly stops that push, dead in its tracks. 09:50:37.660 --> 09:50:45.100 Wildcard put all of their utility into getting that plant down and at the last second JJ found the head. 09:50:45.100 --> 09:50:49.100 They're going to Salt Lake City, their first place in the North American kickoff. 09:50:49.100 --> 09:50:51.580 What a run, what a story from Five Fears. 09:50:52.220 --> 09:50:58.620 Incredible series, Wildcard improving in front of our very eyes but just couldn't overcome the 09:50:58.620 --> 09:51:02.620 That is five fears. They didn't drop a single map. What a run! 09:51:02.620 --> 09:51:05.620 We'll see if it's Salt Lake City. We'll see Wild Card 2. 09:51:05.620 --> 09:51:08.620 Let's hear what the desk has to say about that affair. 09:51:11.620 --> 09:51:16.620 Well, what a crazy affair indeed. Five fears! 09:51:16.620 --> 09:51:19.620 They're the best team in the North American League. 09:51:19.620 --> 09:51:22.620 Kick-off and they do it destroying all the doubters, 09:51:22.620 --> 09:51:25.620 going completely flawless lacks. 09:51:25.620 --> 09:51:29.060 They did not drop a map. 09:51:29.060 --> 09:51:30.740 Listen, I'm not a loss for words. 09:51:30.740 --> 09:51:32.580 Honestly, I'm truly speechless. 09:51:32.580 --> 09:51:36.180 I mean, even that last round, I mean, me and Fox were like, wow, 09:51:36.180 --> 09:51:38.740 that is a great setup from Wildcard. 09:51:38.740 --> 09:51:41.700 JJ just nearly gets out of that flashbang, 09:51:41.700 --> 09:51:44.220 shoots into that smoke, gets that pick. 09:51:44.220 --> 09:51:48.340 And I mean, like Justin said, he stops that entire strat 09:51:48.340 --> 09:51:50.980 right then and there, and then they clean up house. 09:51:50.980 --> 09:51:53.020 But I mean, throughout their entire series, 09:51:53.020 --> 09:51:54.900 whether it was group stage or throughout kickoff, 09:51:54.900 --> 09:51:57.740 I mean, they have made amazing strides, 09:51:57.740 --> 09:52:01.100 especially for such how little time they've been together 09:52:01.100 --> 09:52:02.860 and especially in an accelerated league 09:52:02.860 --> 09:52:04.580 where you have to be on top of it, 09:52:04.580 --> 09:52:05.980 you have to be improving. 09:52:05.980 --> 09:52:09.020 And I'm just like everything that JJ has said, 09:52:09.020 --> 09:52:11.260 that Forrest has said is coming to fruition. 09:52:11.260 --> 09:52:14.220 I mean, JJ Blast to go from being orderless in the league 09:52:14.220 --> 09:52:16.700 and them getting, you know, almost last place, 09:52:16.700 --> 09:52:18.420 to then getting Anvi and just showing 09:52:18.420 --> 09:52:20.660 what a little bit of support can get them 09:52:20.660 --> 09:52:22.060 and now being on five fears 09:52:22.060 --> 09:52:25.980 Dedicating as much time as any other T1 team and they get first place 09:52:25.980 --> 09:52:32.140 I mean it just goes to show what a team to be able to take a risk on all of the rookie players that are watching 09:52:32.180 --> 09:52:40.100 Trying to compete into T1 so inspirational that five fears is and also it goes to show that all of these teams that are currently in the 09:52:40.100 --> 09:52:45.980 NAL hey all of these players that you have overlooked for years if you would have given them a little bit of trust 09:52:45.980 --> 09:53:03.980 I mean, look at rival look at snake. I mean, these are the guys that have been major contributors for this team all stage long and it feels like they just haven't gotten that attention that they deserve given these performances MVP of the series is rival and well deserved. 09:53:03.980 --> 09:53:06.980 I mean, such good performances across the board in this entire team. 09:53:06.980 --> 09:53:11.180 entire team. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, Rival also had that really big clutch in that 1v1. 09:53:11.180 --> 09:53:16.140 It kind of gave me a flashback at SI with Jume inside the exact same spot. Having that 09:53:16.140 --> 09:53:21.500 gun in play, I mean, it really is just fun to see these players develop and grow and 09:53:21.500 --> 09:53:25.580 just see what they can showcase. And Rival is no exception. That snake is no exception 09:53:25.580 --> 09:53:30.760 of that. All five of those players have all put in the exact same amount of work 09:53:30.760 --> 09:53:33.220 and effort to get to where they are. It doesn't matter who we're highlighting. 09:53:33.220 --> 09:53:38.660 with a team effort to get to this point. Well speaking of we have well the entire team I guess 09:53:38.660 --> 09:53:44.500 they're all together in one place standing by for the interview we will welcome them in now rival 09:53:44.500 --> 09:53:50.820 MVP of the match congratulations you make the Salt Lake City major on the same day you become the 09:53:50.820 --> 09:53:57.060 champions of the NAL kickoff could this day get any better for you guys? Honestly I don't think 09:53:57.060 --> 09:54:01.460 so I really do not think this day could get any better and for any of us in our careers 09:54:01.460 --> 09:54:06.820 and like just how we've been through our whole time of siege I think this is the best day to ever come 09:54:06.820 --> 09:54:10.500 until Salt Lake City and we go first place. Yeah, I mean 09:54:16.980 --> 09:54:21.060 well obviously you guys have displayed a lot of amazing qualities for such a young team one of 09:54:21.060 --> 09:54:26.180 them being you guys were iced out map one you had to wait you had to wait for game two to be 09:54:26.180 --> 09:54:30.340 essentially over with and now you come back and it seems like you guys have been awake 09:54:30.340 --> 09:54:36.700 the whole day at peak performance, how has that felt for your team as an experience and for you personally? 09:54:37.580 --> 09:54:42.820 Well, considering we start every attack half at a disadvantage around 2-4, we know we have to go 5 straight. 09:54:42.820 --> 09:54:47.740 So we usually take the first half off and then we come into the second half and we're like, all right, the game finally started. 09:54:47.740 --> 09:54:49.380 We can start shooting, start clutching. 09:54:50.540 --> 09:54:54.100 I think on cafe and fortress, it was just like a map. 09:54:55.220 --> 09:54:58.420 Maps were really comfortable with and maps that we're able to play. 09:54:58.420 --> 09:55:02.620 I think we weren't listening to ourselves on the attack half on defense. I think it couldn't have been more pure 09:55:02.620 --> 09:55:06.180 I'm in we sure saw that and I wanted to ask more specifically 09:55:06.180 --> 09:55:09.940 I mean the biggest change that you guys have made is picking up force bringing him in 09:55:10.220 --> 09:55:15.720 Having one real veteran player to be able to give you guys all little tips and tricks 09:55:16.000 --> 09:55:21.300 How much has that I mean it's clearly been a success but from your perspective how much has that helped you? 09:55:21.300 --> 09:55:24.300 How much has that helped the team? How much of you guys help for us? 09:55:24.300 --> 09:55:30.740 Well, we've helped Forest. I feel like we unlock Forest. I think we understand Forest. 09:55:30.740 --> 09:55:34.940 I think we all buy in on Forest. He's had a bad label around him, I feel like. And we 09:55:34.940 --> 09:55:40.860 all buy in. He's our guy. That's who we want. That's who we got. For all of us, it's incredible. 09:55:40.860 --> 09:55:44.060 Just reviewing everybody and looking at teams that we're playing and the tips and tricks 09:55:44.060 --> 09:55:47.300 that he teaches us because he's putting in these teams for years. I think whether 09:55:47.300 --> 09:55:50.420 it comes to counter prep or counter shutting, something like that, I think Forest just 09:55:50.420 --> 09:55:53.700 brings the end to it because he already knows what's going to happen. Every player 09:55:53.700 --> 09:56:00.700 every player gets pointed out and something thing in certain things and like that just comes like oh wait this guy does this every single time 09:56:00.700 --> 09:56:06.700 All right. Well force played that guy a million times. We know what to do before we know him better than another self and they don't know that yet 09:56:06.700 --> 09:56:11.700 Let's figure it out for sure. Well rival I want to say congratulations. You absolutely deserve this moment 09:56:11.700 --> 09:56:13.700 You have busted your ass off to get here 09:56:13.700 --> 09:56:19.700 I want to ask you a personal question just like I asked JJ I mean when you look back at your career you look back of everything that you've 09:56:19.700 --> 09:56:22.200 that you've gone through leading up until this point. 09:56:22.200 --> 09:56:24.440 I mean, when you look at that from the start 09:56:24.440 --> 09:56:25.740 and where you're at now, I mean, 09:56:25.740 --> 09:56:28.880 just take me through all the emotions there. 09:56:28.880 --> 09:56:31.020 I mean, you look at like my career, man, 09:56:31.020 --> 09:56:32.180 it started in like, like, 09:56:32.180 --> 09:56:34.080 like Element 1 was my first tier two thing, right? 09:56:34.080 --> 09:56:35.160 I went through all the elements 09:56:35.160 --> 09:56:36.380 and I felt like I was a misfit. 09:56:36.380 --> 09:56:38.620 And then I found my best friend, right? 09:56:38.620 --> 09:56:39.460 I found my best friend, 09:56:39.460 --> 09:56:40.660 I've been playing with him for two years now. 09:56:40.660 --> 09:56:42.800 And we have an unreal amount of just chemistry 09:56:42.800 --> 09:56:44.360 and like belief in each other. 09:56:44.360 --> 09:56:46.400 And I think like challenging like we all already said, 09:56:46.400 --> 09:56:47.460 it was the last two wrong, right? 09:56:47.460 --> 09:56:50.260 and qualified for pro league and a crew of misfits. 09:56:50.260 --> 09:56:51.940 We got like me, Snake, JJ, right? 09:56:51.940 --> 09:56:53.220 And then like we had a few others 09:56:53.220 --> 09:56:56.980 and now we have Forest, Misfit, all the 100 Thieves deal. 09:56:56.980 --> 09:56:59.700 Like this is just an incredible thing for my career, right? 09:56:59.700 --> 09:57:01.940 And all of our careers, because who would have thought? 09:57:01.940 --> 09:57:06.940 This five, this five is NAL a chance for kickoff. 09:57:07.060 --> 09:57:08.100 Amazing. 09:57:08.100 --> 09:57:12.220 Do you have any choice words for all of the teams 09:57:12.220 --> 09:57:14.540 that said you guys are a crutch shield team 09:57:14.540 --> 09:57:16.180 that you're not gonna be good? 09:57:16.180 --> 09:57:20.700 All any words for those teams and for the teams that you're going to be facing in Salt Lake City? 09:57:20.700 --> 09:57:24.140 You can answer this and you can also get JJ because I know he's going to give us something crazy 09:57:25.180 --> 09:57:30.780 JJ you got any answer for teams that said we're double shield clutching hold on I got one thing all the only team 09:57:30.780 --> 09:57:32.780 I got words for one of 30 09:57:33.260 --> 09:57:36.020 Getting check bro three no count stays so far 09:57:38.660 --> 09:57:44.300 See JJ hopping on the mic this could go any which way so we're gonna get ready get ready on the dump 09:57:46.180 --> 09:57:49.700 It's like doing all the fun stuff. 09:57:49.700 --> 09:57:50.200 JJ. 09:57:50.200 --> 09:57:50.700 Hey, Cass. 09:57:50.700 --> 09:57:52.220 Yeah, what's up, boys? 09:57:52.220 --> 09:57:53.780 Hey, we just wanted to know if you 09:57:53.780 --> 09:57:55.940 had any choice words for all the teams that we're seeing. 09:57:55.940 --> 09:57:57.380 You guys were double shield crutches, 09:57:57.380 --> 09:57:59.620 that you weren't going to be anything this stage. 09:57:59.620 --> 09:58:02.460 Do you have any choice words for those teams? 09:58:02.460 --> 09:58:02.960 No, man. 09:58:02.960 --> 09:58:03.740 My head's down, man. 09:58:03.740 --> 09:58:04.420 My head's down. 09:58:04.420 --> 09:58:07.540 I just want to say we're humble and hungry around here. 09:58:07.540 --> 09:58:10.340 We play, honestly, I think we played well below our standard 09:58:10.340 --> 09:58:11.300 and playoff. 09:58:11.300 --> 09:58:14.100 I think both games are sloppy and poor out of us, man. 09:58:14.100 --> 09:58:16.780 so uh... coming i mean this is like uh... 09:58:16.780 --> 09:58:19.620 we're just as i i don't play around with the force of the problems in the 09:58:19.620 --> 09:58:20.300 season 09:58:20.300 --> 09:58:23.060 workwork we're walking in for the the major but we got to be better than what we 09:58:23.060 --> 09:58:23.940 should today 09:58:23.940 --> 09:58:25.260 but then they're out 09:58:25.260 --> 09:58:28.040 uh... fuck the narrative no one knows what they're talking about your 09:58:28.040 --> 09:58:30.300 progress often to prove people wrong brother 09:58:30.300 --> 09:58:32.220 did it thank you so much 09:58:32.220 --> 09:58:34.580 it is at all ways of pleasure 09:58:34.580 --> 09:58:35.660 uh... earlier 09:58:35.660 --> 09:58:39.220 earlier saw the tweet you put out the last thing the last thing before you 09:58:39.220 --> 09:58:39.820 go 09:58:39.820 --> 09:58:43.620 uh... you mentioned how much this means for you and obviously that 09:58:43.620 --> 09:58:46.500 Unity has eaten this up. I mean, can you just tell us again like 09:58:47.060 --> 09:58:51.680 In your in your perspective right now making the major now and a I'll kickoff champions 09:58:52.380 --> 09:58:54.380 In your shoes right now. What does that feel like? 09:58:55.500 --> 09:58:57.100 It's just 09:58:57.100 --> 09:59:00.940 It's in a feeling of emotions of everything just coming together and hard work paying off 09:59:00.940 --> 09:59:05.220 I I put that my teammates didn't like it, but I put that tweet in the drafts two weeks ago 09:59:05.220 --> 09:59:07.860 I knew we were gonna make the major. I knew we're gonna win 09:59:07.860 --> 09:59:10.460 I thought tweet was in there the second we won. I just hit the draft and post 09:59:10.460 --> 09:59:15.740 We worked our ass off, man, we're going for the major now, like this was the breakthrough 09:59:15.740 --> 09:59:16.740 moment for us last year. 09:59:16.740 --> 09:59:20.220 Last year we couldn't beat any of the top teams, last year we couldn't break through 09:59:20.220 --> 09:59:23.780 the even McPlyos man, now we already broke through, we broke the major now, so it's 09:59:23.780 --> 09:59:24.780 not going to be easy for me right now. 09:59:24.780 --> 09:59:25.780 We're going to be going to international events. 09:59:25.780 --> 09:59:28.260 There's a lot of great teams from across the world now, it's going to be another 09:59:28.260 --> 09:59:32.260 learning experience, another curve and another hurdle to go over about, but we're going 09:59:32.260 --> 09:59:33.940 to fight it and we're going to find a way to win, we're going to keep your 09:59:33.940 --> 09:59:36.260 severe and we're going to be here all year long. 09:59:36.260 --> 09:59:38.580 Hell yes JJ, thank you so much. 09:59:38.580 --> 09:59:44.500 that in the drafts is a baller move. We will see you in Salt Lake, my friend. Congrats on a heck of a start of the year. 09:59:45.220 --> 09:59:53.380 Love you guys. Thank you guys. Ballsack Nation, let's ride! I'll get to ride, baby. JJ takes the win. 09:59:54.020 --> 10:00:00.980 Five fears, the celebration continue for them as they have had a heck of a playoff run and 10:00:00.980 --> 10:00:06.180 lacks, I mean it is hard to believe that they feel like they have played well below according 10:00:06.180 --> 10:00:11.220 to JJ, the standard they have for themselves. But if they can find what they believe themselves 10:00:11.220 --> 10:00:15.220 to be capable of, really, what can stop these guys? I mean, it shows the growth, though. I mean, 10:00:15.220 --> 10:00:19.940 they get the win, they get the championship, but they've looked back at it and still, 10:00:19.940 --> 10:00:22.900 they don't believe that that's the true potential. And honestly, you shouldn't 10:00:22.900 --> 10:00:27.140 be looking at that way as well. I mean, I'm not looking in the way that it's not a negative. 10:00:27.140 --> 10:00:31.140 You can't have halves where you just only can rely on a defense, especially going into 10:00:31.140 --> 10:00:34.900 international level. You need to be strong on your attacks. You need to be strong on your 10:00:34.900 --> 10:00:38.500 defenses. So it is good that they acknowledge it and it shows the maturity on their side. 10:00:38.500 --> 10:00:43.300 As we see there, I mean a beautiful bracket run for five fierce not dropping a single 10:00:43.300 --> 10:00:47.940 map in the group stage. They did not drop a single map here in the bracket. They are 10:00:47.940 --> 10:00:54.140 your NAL kickoff champions wild card a close second. They'll also be headed to the Salt 10:00:54.140 --> 10:00:59.340 Lake City Major. But tomorrow you see on the lower bracket side that is where the 10:00:59.340 --> 10:01:06.140 NAL kickoff will conclude with dark zero and SSG starting off the day at 2 p.m. 10:01:06.140 --> 10:01:11.220 Eastern followed by Shopify rebellion and one of 30 and of course we will see 10:01:11.220 --> 10:01:16.660 that final seating match take place after that but for our final day we're 10:01:16.660 --> 10:01:20.220 gonna send some teams home we're gonna send two more teams to the major box 10:01:20.220 --> 10:01:23.580 I mean that right there is a heck of a slate I mean there's two ways to more 10:01:23.580 --> 10:01:27.740 goes is either gonna be the fastest day we've had all throughout the stage 10:01:27.740 --> 10:01:35.740 or will be the absolute longest and the offsets will happen. We'll see SSG and 1 of 30 beating some Titan teams to make it the Salt Lake City. 10:01:35.740 --> 10:01:46.740 So either way you cut it, it's going to be great. We're going to either have two amazing Titan teams making it to Salt Lake City, two up and coming rookie teams be able to make it or one or the other. 10:01:46.740 --> 10:01:48.740 I'm just excited that we're going to get a chance to watch it all. 10:01:48.740 --> 10:01:52.540 watch all. Yeah all these teams I mean you can just see the fire how badly they 10:01:52.540 --> 10:01:57.020 want to make a major in their very own region something that you just don't 10:01:57.020 --> 10:02:00.740 get the opportunity to do every day. So for everyone who joined us throughout 10:02:00.740 --> 10:02:04.580 the broadcast today and all week long we still have one more day left in kick 10:02:04.580 --> 10:02:08.580 off so do not go anywhere we're giving away some more tickets we're crowning 10:02:08.580 --> 10:02:13.980 two more SLC major attendees tomorrow. So we want to thank you so much for 10:02:13.980 --> 10:02:18.140 joining us tonight for Lynx XR Troika, Jesse and Tarot Foxe and 10:02:18.140 --> 10:02:20.240 relaxing in our entire studio crew. 10:02:20.240 --> 10:02:22.460 I'm Jonas Rillinger saying thanks for watching 10:02:22.460 --> 10:02:25.460 and we will see you tomorrow as the action continues 10:02:25.460 --> 10:02:26.660 at 2 p.m. 10:02:26.660 --> 10:02:27.660 Have a good night. 10:02:57.660 --> 10:02:59.660 So let's run it up! 10:02:59.660 --> 10:03:01.660 I'ma keep it goin' till it ain't nothin' left! 10:03:06.660 --> 10:03:07.660 I'ma keep it goin' 10:03:07.660 --> 10:03:08.660 I'ma keep it goin' 10:03:08.660 --> 10:03:11.660 I'ma keep it goin' till it ain't nothin' left!