I
We're both pretty new, but I definitely have more than shark do not shit. I'm not gonna cheat
I know.
The main retort.
Yeah, bro. I got a big nul, that's why I smell good.
ADS Jigger.
I thought it was wrong.
SMG 11 from Smoke.
Now it's a sledge one.
Bro, this doesn't even have an FNG now, bro.
What am I saying?
It doesn't have a reaper, bro.
It's an old one, bro.
Ah, man.
Actually, we were playing really well,
but we were confusing ourselves
to communication between...
Kalu.
Me.
Pauli.
We were playing really well,
but we were confusing ourselves to communication.
I should have said nothing.
You probably heard her saying,
it sucks to suck.
Fabian.
They have nothing to lose.
I'm going to lie down for a bit.
Yo, Kaiken.
Echo.
Okay, this I'm gonna be able to take care of them.
Tell me everything.
What are you waiting for?
Let's go.
Cabera.
Let's go.
No Hekua, Unchatch.
You didn't know that one.
Bro, there's no way I can.
Yes, you did.
Okay.
It's like...
I think I have an idea.
Aurora.
No.
Oh, that's a good one.
Yeah, bro.
A big win.
Thank you for the game.
GG.
GG.
I'm going to kill you.
Listen, Salt Lake City, are we ready for championship Sunday?
Let's get this started because here in Utah, the stars and the stripes are lined because
we've got an all North American grand final for the trophy.
They're happy and I think that Fox and Lax are esteemed analysts, I'm pretty excited
too.
Lax, how you feeling today?
I gotta say the Hopium definitely came through.
We got an all NA final to sweeten the deal.
I got my parents in the crowd.
A lot of the players have their family.
And again, the crowd owes it to themselves.
They have made this such a unique experience
for all of us here.
I mean, the crowd's been amazing.
For every single team, the support has been phenomenal.
That's what you get when you come to America,
the North American crowd.
I'm getting the inklings of a little bit of a Charlotte,
you know, North American also.
Absolutely.
It's beautiful.
At the end of the day, we're all winners.
but there's going to be some favorites amongst individuals.
I'm glad you brought it up because this crowd has been amazing.
Make some noise for yourself, Salt Lake City.
But let's now take a look at the bracket and how we got here.
We know it's North American in the final,
but there were some stumbles and some shuffles
and some surprises to get here.
That's for sure.
I mean, there sure was.
At the end of the day, Faze take Clan was the team to beat.
DarkZero did it.
They made it so that it could be an all NA final
on the other side of things.
SR, they went through the gauntlet,
A team that no one really expected to get it this far in the first place.
They come to this event, brand new look to the team.
I mean, what I really enjoyed, there was no clean sweep once we got to that semifinal.
Every single team had to battle for that spot to try to make the grand final,
but inevitably it came out to be Rebellion and Dark Zero,
and it was quite the show for all of us to witness.
An epic show, and we cannot wait to see those two go at it on home turf.
But before we get there, let's talk about what is to come here
on this fine Sunday in Utah.
Right now, we are into the pre-show.
Welcome to that.
And then we move into our show match.
Of course, we've got to have some fun
before we get into the nitty-gritty, the live panel.
We cannot wait for that and see what is next for this game.
And then, of course, when it all is said and done,
it's grand final territory.
It is going to be a jam-packed day.
I mean, it's an amazing day.
This is what everybody in the community loves to see.
You get to see something new, something fun.
And of course to top it off, the best game of the day
that everyone's been anticipating since the start of this major.
I think you took the words right out of my mouth.
I mean, it really is also for the community here,
especially once we get to that panel to see everything
that we haven't seen yet revealed.
There's a lot of stuff that I've seen so far,
heard some people talk about.
I mean, I can't just... Yeah, that's not my job.
We've got to be able to witness it.
But I'm really looking forward to what we've gotten stored
and I'm sure you guys are as well.
Yeah, I think everybody here and everybody watching at home
cannot wait for the panel
and you cannot wait for the grand final.
Let's take a look back at yesterday.
and how we got to the big dance.
The
Oh, my, my ears are still ringing from yesterday. It was absolutely electric here at Salt Palace
for obvious reasons, but we like we always do. It's time for the panorama, the monster,
The moment and the must see from yesterday. Who was the monster?
Well, you're just talking about electric as of yesterday and there was a player that was definitely electric
And I'm sure the crowd is gonna get hype the monster
Absolutely has to be that boy on your screen and be a guy has been a monster since coming into the SLC
Specifically in that match yesterday. He kept SR's hopes and dreams alive in this round on layer
I couldn't believe it. You couldn't believe it. We couldn't believe it
I don't know how he was able to get this done. Not only was he flashed couldn't see a thing
He somehow miraculously turned this into a 4k and once again keeps rebellions dreams alive as crazy
I mean to save his team from elimination at that point right at the cusp of everything full blind to get the full kill on the
Blitz and still be able to clutch it out
There's not many people at all in the world that can do that under this pressure in front of this crowd
And he did it. He's been doing it all weekend so far.
Will he do it up there again later? We'll find out.
We gave you a tough task. You had to pick the moment.
And we had so many big ones yesterday.
I feel like the moment has to go to something a little bit more heartfelt.
Easily has to go to Newers' grandmother Kathy.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, she was just the talk of the town yesterday.
So funny, so sweet, supporting her family at the end of the day.
Nothing is siege more than family.
So it's beautiful to see her support.
She's going to be in the crowd today as well.
I think that some of you really speak into existence
is the family aspect of this.
It's something that me and you know.
Having your family be able to support you,
whether it's a mother, a sibling, a grandparent.
We also heard she just retired.
So obviously congratulations are no better way
to spend your few days brand new to retirement
to watch your grandson on a grand final day.
It's been amazing and shout out to Kathy.
I love how supportive the A6 community always is.
Love you guys, thank you.
Let's move on now to the must see.
It's pretty obvious it's the grand final, right?
It's gonna be the grand final, that's the must-see.
We're forgetting about the best must-see, the visionary.
Fresh himself predicted Dark Zero was going to be on a main stage
a whole month before it actually came down to this event.
I mean, that's why we're analysts, right?
And Fresh themselves, that's why they call him Fresh on the desk
for a reason, because he can predict the future.
And this was during kickoff.
They hadn't even qualified yet for the main stage four here at SLC,
but he knew something that none rest didn't believe in,
and which is why we have to highlight this for that moment.
He can see the future.
He got so much heat for that.
He did, absolutely.
And I'm pretty sure that Jonah is standing by
with the man himself.
Let's go over to him.
I want to hear how he knew this.
Thanks, guys.
Fresh back in April, you made a bold claim
that at the time got you a lot of heat from the community,
but now you're looking pretty smart.
I mean, you took a lot of heat, did you?
How did you respond when all of that was coming down?
I mean, I said that Dark Zeros were favorites
for the major in my eyes,
because they looked a very, very complete team inside of NAL.
It was actually after map one of one of their playoff games
that they absolutely stormed it,
and then they lost it.
It was the first playoff game that they lost.
I don't know, I just thought that they were,
that core, what you've got to remember is
that core was building every single event with SSG,
then they added in a top frag in NJR,
they added in a shield player,
and they just looked so complete to me.
I was just like, they're going to go far.
And the community hated it.
They hated me.
I was like, oh man, what?
Pegu, did you join the club of haters at the time?
Did you believe him when he said DZ
are going to take the whole thing?
Not as extreme as he was saying it, right?
I'm thinking on paper, they got the right tools,
like Fred was saying, right?
The shield player, the fragability,
the team with the coordination.
And I think having a coach, Ben and I,
Kora, who's like super fundamentally
and building that structure and system together,
they have all the right tools, but they need more time.
So seeing that they're gonna make this grand final ridiculous or seeing that they're gonna make a final eventually
I think it's a very solid team. Well finally, I guess first. Do you see what you saw then now?
Yeah, I think so I think so I mean even back on the
You interview doki when G2 beat them and he said I don't think they're a good team
And I was like is he is he mad like is he man? Of course so good team. Yeah, I do see it
I think that they're so complete
But I think it's more that they they develop a lot outside of the game
You know, we call out focus as well on the mentality on the emotional side of things as well.
So, yeah, I think they're very worthy grand finalists.
If they go on to win, I will be insufferable,
replying to everybody on my Twitter.
Absolutely everybody, because people are giving me shit.
Even Parker gave me shit inside the talent group chat,
and I'll be insufferable to him as well.
All right, you heard it here.
Clearly going to back up his prediction if things come to pass.
Back to you guys.
Thanks, Jonah.
We love that fresh for that sweet out there.
and Pengu reminded me of another goat who I saw put a tweet out today as well so we need to bring up
one more must see before we move on. Fabian tweeted this. Fabian the legend himself has become a
father and as you can hear the crowd is going crazy for it so many of us love and respect this guy
for everything that he achieved in the game and I'm sure that he's watching right now maybe he's
maybe he's busy on dad duty but just in case he is collectively on three to one
I want us to say congratulations Fabian all right three two one
hey what do you think Max do you think that this baby is gonna go on to be a
well-champion and see I mean in anything and in life in general I mean it's
crazy also to think about it here I mean we're getting old at this point I mean
Fabian settling down with his family as a kid.
Now it's a question, when are we up next?
Not many, we're there.
We're there.
We're there.
At the end of the day, fatherhood
is one of the most beautiful things out of life.
It's a very difficult task, but when
you have a good partnership.
And Fabian's experience, I mean,
teaming with some of the children, like Pengu,
being able to coach the M80 guys,
you know that you're going to be ready to be a parent at that
point.
I saw people putting tweets out about Fabian coaching M80.
And it was like, oh, Fabian, when
Is that his son's little soccer game or something like that?
You guys need to lock in.
I can't wait to see Fabian continue
to grow with his beautiful family.
And I wish him nothing but the best.
I think we all do.
Congratulations once again to you and yours, Fabian.
Right, before we get into the panel
and before we get into the grand final, as we always do,
we've got to have a show match.
We love a show match.
Let's take a look at the rosters for this.
We've got some incredible creators and faces
from the community.
Starting with Team USA.
Some big names on here, Alex.
Yeah, absolutely.
I think the biggest one for me has got to be King George,
the man himself.
I mean, that's a world champion right there already.
So bleeding at the helm, there's
a lot of great faces on there as well.
I mean, this is going to be a very difficult team
to come up against.
King George has the experience, Mint has the experience,
and Frankie Strings is diamond one.
Let's move on to their opponents, the team rest
of the world.
I imagine the crowd here might get on their back a little bit,
but you can't really.
There's some really amazing faces here.
I mean, Fastan already is leading at the top of that leaderboard.
No doubt, Raza immediately falling behind Kudos even.
I mean, they got a strong talent, but I mean, it's Team USA, baby.
Yeah, these guys are cooked.
You think they're cooked?
Yeah.
I think so.
What?
Get me NA.
Who do you think is going to be the star player?
Who's going to be the MVP from this exam?
How do we make a poll?
I mean, we could do a poll.
You do a poll?
We should do a poll.
I lift the idea of doing a poll.
We could do that, I think.
Production, should we do it?
Let's bring up a poll.
Who do we think is going to be the MVP of this show much?
It is always good fun though, isn't it?
Of course, it's one of the best things.
I mean, there's so many recognizable clips.
Everyone remembers when Bolo had a banana put in his mouth?
Yeah.
So many moments and show matches that give the fandom
what they want to see.
A face to these creators that they've been watching
and growing with.
It's a beautiful thing, and the community
loves to be able to be a part of it.
And I think it's just a great way to ease your way
into an intense matchup shortly after that,
just to have a little buffon, have a little bit of laughs,
I mean, it really is something special and I always look forward to these show mats.
Yeah, we cannot wait to get into it. That is still to come.
But let's just rewind a touch, because I think there's an elephant in the room
that we haven't really discussed here in the studio yet.
And I want to get serious again, because we saw the world champions,
the two-time back-to-back world champions exit the tournament yesterday.
I think that they were well regarded as the favourites,
likes to go on to win the entire thing.
I saw Cyber walking through the hotel this morning.
He was looking a bit glum.
I mean, it was a tough pill to swallow for them.
What do you think went wrong?
I mean, honestly, I think it was just the mentality.
They weren't as resilient as we thought they were, especially going against a team like
Tark's here tonight.
Like I even said yesterday, it is definitely more of a punch of the gut.
Once you get to your final map, the map you enjoy the most and you lose it the way that
you do.
I mean, you already highlighted the words.
Once we saw in Cyberspace.
I mean, that is the first time I've ever seen any of those players look frazzled, look discombobulated,
just not really in the moment.
Yeah.
Let's go back to the city to smell right? Let's get back to the show match.
A guy who's been absolutely killing it all weekend is standing on stage for us right now to kick things off.
Jonah, take it away.
Thank you, Ian. Thank you guys so much. Salt Lake City, you have been amazing so far.
Bring some noise.
We have got a show match to warm things up, to get things started here before we get into our grand final.
final and of course we got to bring some of that inter regional rivalry back
North America has been killing it at this event yes they have yes they have so
with that let us welcome our very first team here in the show match
representing the home soil it's team USA
They notice some scary, scary faces to go on up against.
Nick will talk in just a second.
But of course, this would not be a proper show match without a little rivalry and carrying
the hope of the entire world on their backs.
Well, it's Team World!
All right, they will get you over here for an interview in just a moment, and Ann, let's
get this thing started.
All right, and I know you can host but can you play the game as well?
Yeah, I mean I create content for it. I'm pretty sure we we will win. Yeah
Mint you're representing a region here in front of a home crowd that has had so much success at this event
Are you gonna be able to carry some of that energy into the show match?
I mean no doubt what a great day
We have an all NA grand final that I think we're all excited for and we got one more chance to
to embarrass the other regions one more time I think everybody can get behind
that and how do you avoid that embarrassment you have any crazy plans
today to get back at this N18 yeah honestly they already got a full NA
final I feel like we have the faith of all the other regions on our shoulders
right now to keep up this kind of faith in them and yeah we'll show them we'll
show them how it's done incredible we can we get a can we get a ceremonial
handshake here before we dive into the game amazing thanks guys well we are
gonna get into the action now and standing by to take us through the show
match it's crow and fellow. Thank you so much Jonah God I love that guy but I'm
here I've grown about a foot I injected myself with steroids I grew in the
last 48 hours yeah this guy look at this guy this is this is going on this is
six foot versus 511 right now that's where you're witnessing we're ready to
get into the show man let's say versus rest of the world I think Fox put it
quite elegantly. Yeah, the rest of the world is cooked. Easy to say that. We've
already got a double NA final right after this show match and the panel reveal,
of course. So looking forward to that, we could see them going back to back if we
see the show match being successful for Team USA as well. Harrison, what are your
thoughts on this best of one series? I mean, like they said, they have they have
X world champion King George on their side from when was that 2017? Oh my god,
It's almost been a decade since King George was a world champ you believe that that guy's old. Yeah, holy crap
They got men on their side, too
We all know men he used to be on flip side and then later SK then DZ became a coach
Love men against the rest of the world, of course our very own member of talent fast
And I don't kudos on YouTube he tweets a lot too
Raza the Brazilian phenom. He's the only Brazilian representative left
He's kind of in the same position phase was right all the screens are gone. He's alone
Well, luckily even for the official grand final, we have some Brazilian
Representation team USA. Yeah, I'm not too shocked about this 75% of near 24%
Lucky for King George, although he has only had world champion experience almost a decade ago
He's now got Frankie strings on his team. I've heard that guy's diamond one
I think we might have to rip that every time he gets a kill. I think we'll have to remind the crowd. Do you think he'll lay on the enemy?
Oh, yeah, I think the crowd agrees too
is Royal Penguin 2 of course, flashing the roller, Royal Penguin known for hitting. I think I'm pretty
sure he's hit champ like every single season on PC despite using the inferior apparatus.
I believe too with the Elite Controller you can actually lean without ADSing which has only been
a recent addition. Yeah that's crazy. Yeah back in my day 90 FOV wasn't even a thing on console.
I used to play on 60 FOB on Xbox.
60 FOB, no leaning without ADSing.
The recoil was old recoil on controller, also not very kind.
I think I switched to PC back in before white noise.
It's so hard to go back.
I feel like that's when I started playing the game, Operation White Noise.
Are you New Gen?
Oh my god.
Are we really calling half a decade ago New Gen Harrison?
Yeah.
You're a loser.
OK.
Not even hiding anymore.
Dude, if I go back to controller, I don't know how Royal Penguin, and I think Frankie Strings is also on roller.
You know, I mean, there's big content going on right now. Stompin used to be on controller, Jinxie plays on controller.
I think Mingo right now is playing T3 on controller. I don't know how those guys do it.
If I pick up a controller again, I can't even play like God. I feel like I don't have fingers.
It's ridiculous.
Yeah, their game since T was just unheard of. Even when I was playing in higher rank on console, I was not hitting shots the way those guys do.
Those guys are just a different breed of gamers.
Also, I mean, it's easier now, bro.
The recoil changes.
Wow.
Seems like we have a headset issue. I think it's with Captain Link.
So once we figure that out, we will be able to get into the show magic force.
USA vs. The World.
How many, do we have any The World supporters in the crowd?
Wow, that was like five people.
Well, something is better than nothing, Harrison.
I wonder if they, do you think they feel lonely?
I was like five people. On the other side, how about USA?
That's what we call a crowd mod.
You think we'll see any fun operators today, Harrison?
No. Anything that we... Okay. No. I think we're gonna see...
No look out in spawn to get the attackers' armor.
No, we're gonna see King George. King George is gonna be holding down server with smoke on blue stairs.
Men's gonna be one my behind the server rack. We have red royal penguin on Mira in red
We're gonna see the we're gonna see the sweatiest lineup from USA. They are they are make us proud. They're gonna try
Back to back NA wins would be impressive
wonderful get some funny operator fans as well some
Potential new looks here now. No, these are real man
I
I think one of the funniest things to do about the show match is seeing like you can tell from round one
Like how much they care like are they actually gonna try aces on me? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, they care
This is no hard breach allowed. No hard breach allowed. I can respect that
Guys, I think I just saw King George pick up Kate. Yeah, King George my kid Wow
Actually he's on something a little bit different this time Harrison King George on the cap can
I wonder this guy's gonna like hide in a corner somewhere. Maybe like to sit in E-box like eight different cap can traps
That'd be real. That'd be so funny
Yeah, I'm really curious to see if this is gonna be like a real setup. All right, we got the BT
We got the garage head holes being opened up by Mint. We got Goyo and Rooney
Royal penguin. I think he's probably gonna
I'm gonna mad use reinforce extra for right now
I'm in shotguns pretty easy to pretty easy to use on controller. So I don't play them
What do you think is IGL in Team USA?
You think it's men?
Yeah.
It's got to be men.
See, who in Team World?
Ooh.
Take a brawler.
Ah, maybe.
Warfast fan.
Oh, maybe, Ann.
Five seconds in.
Yeah.
A bot could really think of Team World.
Operators locked in as well.
Yeah.
They had to have some on the breach.
Yeah.
They locked in.
Wait, they had to have some.
Yeah.
Who thought that's duty on Team USA?
What's going on?
You can't bring you can't bring
Goyo smoke a rune cane in a show match and I finish your setup now
Team world also has a even in the barbed wire in pocket that board team world also has a real quote-unquote real lineup
Capitao doggie snake blackbeard
There is also King George on the road
He's gonna be I imagine he's gonna be hunted down with extreme prejudice by a bike team
Oh
Spotted it early. Yeah, they've got the blackbeard snake and go could be to deal with the lone cap can upstairs
You think King George still gets a kill up top? I think someone just ignores him playing on the top floor
The soft cabs do they go for members in Rosatown main stairs captain we opening fake but oh it's doing it TV
I say they're not going down without a fight royal
Looking for a third if Kudo tries to keep him at bay.
Oh my god, the look up tech from Captain Lee.
Bring in the 8th at the Anaton energy to the show match.
But it's just them two, they're stuck in the ball.
Captain ball, oh jeez.
And King George up on the hatch.
All they know about this.
So are you in?
The old man still got it.
Just leaves Captain Lee now, still doing the look up tech.
I don't think we see the round one clutch from Team World Harrison.
I think I'm gonna be a deputy down on this one.
There's actually King George got the assist from Royal Penguin as three kills.
Oh my god, you're right. Wow, I can't re-throw.
Yeah, on smoke controller, Captain Lee tries to tech again, but Mint softens him up.
Oh my god, he's a discipline from Team USA.
And he's diving one for a reason.
I couldn't even hit shots like that on the roller.
Ooh, and the quick peek.
Ooh, hold on.
That's a good one, Franky.
There's a good thing you guys didn't see that final kill, Camus. That's all I'll say.
And that's why you don't see teams immediately four-man drop through vaults in pro league matches really tough to perfect that execute
Team USA take it a quick round on the basement
You he's diamond one fun fact that
Wait, that's awesome. He is I'm done. I hope you can buy that merch I would I would look you buy that. Yeah, shout out
Oh wow. The immaculate control. Oh my goodness. The precision from Royal Penguin. King George
did not get that killed by the way. Let's not, let's not, no stolen valor. Another very
serious lineup from Team USA as well. The only, the only shocking thing I guess is a lack
of wild denial but you don't really, you don't really need it for the top quarter to be honest.
Yeah, I mean you've taken over ace and ace at the bonnet
No warden for the glass though. I'm kind of hoping they just do like a smoke plant rush with the aurora here
That'd be kind of fun. Oh, they could yeah
Capitalic glass I can't wait to see Rosar on the glass bro. I heard this guy's I haven't seen a whole lot of this stuff
I heard you know, isn't glad your paper operator there. Oh, yeah, I love glass
It's actually kind of crazy the position glass is in now and
Hold on wait
King George with a spark and since old-scaling Captain Lee despite having the shield up
Black here to be super soft enough you have to be careful King George though. No the King goes down the fast and
That's our that's our production
Making us look good
We can't go on stage to get killed so fast and we'll do it for us. I'm glad I'm glad she's uh, she's beating the dating
Alligations right now because you would not be those allegations favorite operator glass
You know this guy never enters the building bro. It's got those all my elo
Seeing them entering the building. I think I think team world are trying to figure out how to do that. They are
What the hell was that?
All right, congrats. You broke one denari now what did you have to build though playing no picks off Frankie strings?
Five versus three is they still can't figure out
I think that's through this window.
Oh, she's just gonna tank it. See, there we go.
That's our queen, Fastan.
Gets it up to 1 HP, but still makes the entry.
Plane Milk, another on this rappel.
Nice Royal Penguin now.
Two of the star players for Team USA.
They're still up.
Aurora cuts off the janitor rotate.
So Royal Penguin is actually safer in here now.
I want to challenge Plane Milk.
I believe he's still alone on that rappel.
Ooh! Some damage still.
Does Royal Penguin get out?
Not Raza's got the cut.
Natalie's only mint.
Fall the same.
Unfortunate demise.
Team World, they've got some fight left in them, it looks like.
Yeah, that was kind of a crazy, unexpected whiff from Mint.
World Penguin also getting that kill,
and I think immediately taking one of the worst rotations
I've ever seen in my life.
Whoa, wait a minute, what's going on here?
Chat, why is she leaving?
Are they switching with the cameraman?
Can she, can she camera to me?
Let it, and I believe in you.
Let's go.
There we go.
Let's get around to applause for Anne.
In her directorial debut.
I don't know, the camera guy is playing.
Oh my God.
Can we call him cameraman R6?
Is that the official title?
Cameraman?
I guess camera R6, that's a better one.
Fast and POV.
Oh, whoa.
Ooh.
Dude, someone can redo that.
Oh, my goodness, a free skin code.
I'm putting that in right now.
We used to do that for, we used to have little codes,
like on the element streams.
I remember one time, I debated, like,
because we had the delay, I debated just putting in a code.
the morally corrupt chaotic evil decision like I'm glad you didn't I don't
know if I'd be able to look at you the same way oh my good is this our POV
now oh my gosh you get to watch the going on the third person first person
POV I think it'd be really funny if it drops like that we're back in the game
Saifo holding on to print their team world hopefully my the improvement now
I want to see from this round is not taking 40 seconds over the other game.
I think Cameraman R6 is on the OSA as well, doing a lot of observation both off the game and in the game too.
Very comedic operator choice I guess.
Got Kudos on the Cali Sniper for this first floor too. Do you think he's going to ever enter the building proper?
I don't know, he is. He's actually one of the only people inside the building right now for the attack.
for the attack. I know you can't really see that given our current POV, but Coot is actually
entering top square right now, waiting for Captain Lee to join in his doke. There it is.
Cameraman R6 on the HOSA. I would love to see Cameraman R6 get like an entry pick on
the map or something. Do you think he's going to get a Wikipedia page now too? And can you
me a favorite can you start just pressing buttons on that thing start messing with it
I hope she's gonna do that oh hold on you're probably on camera man R6 is down no we gotta
get a new camera and this guy does not know what he's doing in the game men's got the
opening thing he's kind of does he have the hatch no he's kind of stuck there I think
oh no he dropped that mind I'll say I'd still think he'd win that there's a minute left
Harrison there's not been a up in a whole lot going on honestly oh wow you
first you first two dose royal penguin yet another kill now we get the third
person POV I mean that's captain Lee trying to make his way in the kitchen
hidden plain milk the last two alive and now it's just now it's just plain
milk all we're gonna get the on ends and walking back to Team USA I think we're
gonna get winner POV. Is that technically screen peeking? Do we
gotta get added on this? I mean it's too late. Wow. Team USA
already won the round.
That's true. Thru does also typing in chat. He is Diamond one.
Yeah. Have you ever hit Diamond one Harrison? Yeah. Have you?
I think you're lying I've never lied that's stolen baller I've never on broadcast
So we got this guy stats just to get the stat track on the board
Yeah, let's give it up give mr. Cameraman our six a big hand
Cameraman chant starting in the crowd
Look at how he carries that big bulky camera with ease.
He worked out.
My location is clear.
Oh, this guy was just running through the building.
Dude caught in 4K as well.
That is tragic.
Oh, Areson, look at this.
We got Alibi in play.
My god top blue shield. This is ancient. You think men suggested it? I've got one alibi around from from playoffs
It's a yo, bro. We got a whole bunch. Hey, you guys are they won't expect that next one. They need to win this for national pride
Royal penguin the goat attackers of discovered the roller go
Attackers are heading out to diffuse a bomb
five and one
Five that's going crazy five and one diamond one coincidence
I think not
That's got kudos on fuse big fan of fuse. He's on fuse shield. It's just slightly less cool
Imagine he's like this is just gotta be a fuse everything inside through the hatchet rock, right?
You've got Kate though, but that's the way they graduate. Yeah, you're right kudos may be
Maybe unable to do the funny shred of shooting all site. It's also let's say. There's also no rope
these guys not rolling. This is a full five-man sighthold from TVXA. They want this bad. They
might want this more than I've ever seen anyone want anything. Thinking George is trying harder
here than he was on the world stage. Yeah, back in 2017. The real championship is right now. Oh no,
miss, look out! Mini's through the smoke! Oh no! They're cut down from beneath the car. I mean,
You can't fight that. I mean actually you can fight that we saw it easy fight that I think it was
Here's royal hangar this position we talked about that role
Charge wait they're gonna force him back wait till we rotate downstairs and then use this this is genius
You're gonna run back
I think King George shot the fuse charge.
Oh, I think you're right.
No, Kudo's not got him.
Kudo smokes Royal Penguin.
Now he's up against the champ.
He's got assistance.
Here's the ADS.
Oh, there's assistance from Goyo, Frankie Strings.
Patch gets open.
Now King George is in a lot of trouble.
And he gets out.
Wow.
Hello?
Cypher on the board too with the kill on Raza.
So that's the guy garage dead.
King Rolls like at the man up, though.
Another few shards, Frankie Doe down by Plain Milk.
It's just the world champion of 1v4.
As he got it in him, Harrison, I don't know, he's stuck in ball right now.
Can he turn back the clock 10 years when he was playing with Canadian,
who's also been turning back the clock this event.
Now it's George's turn.
Oh, first kill.
Plain Milk gone.
Three more to five, but Kudos is getting that plant down,
and King George on the rarefowl impacts instead of C4.
He's worried about a blanket.
Someone there, George.
No!
Captain Lee finishes him off.
Oh my god, you can hear them too.
At least I can.
Might be a little too loud though to run the crowd.
Another one.
Got another one.
Look at this, dude, I might have to be ready for team role here.
They've given two codes.
Where's Team USA at?
That's what I'm saying.
Showing no love to the crowd.
Where are my codes?
I don't have a code.
I'm working the damn event.
Why don't I have skin codes?
Jack, can someone donate me skin codes?
There's I know they can't see it right now.
We've got a glass and locked here from playing milk.
Would that be the first time glass didn't play for this event?
Or no, we've seen our new best jackal.
Wow.
Well, there is a glass in play.
We've seen that.
I meant to say jackal.
They're not even the same color.
They're even scarred with the same letter.
How did you do that?
It's close on the half of that, you know?
Typical Rhode Island, your bro.
This guy's a literate.
You basically just docked the second Rhode Island.
You know how small that state is?
Yeah.
Oh, this is for what's your problem on the pipe?
For extra fire?
I like that friendly effect. Oh my god, Mint is on Echo now.
Team Wild's still rocking the fuse shield.
Draws on the bachelors to help counter the Echo.
Currently an elevator. Mint has been an elevator every single round.
I see that it's crazy that you have team this area.
Oh, god. They've rolled around one and it worked.
I don't know why they're just doing it again.
He was too lonely. He wanted to play with his team.
He was terrified. Yeah. He was roaming off-site and just thinking to himself, I miss my way.
Real.
Do you think every round we're going to... Actually, no, we haven't seen a CC push every single time.
We've seen that one four player drop from Wadri to maybe half it again. They've got Barf reach for it.
I hope so.
player drop to maybe happen again they've got barf reach for it hope second
time's the charm when the early cluster charges I don't think it's gotten any
utility off just yet they're gonna use an other one you've got to get out of
there falling back to his teammate over by blue no roam they got the hatches open
early so gonna find five more players downstairs and deal with blue royal
penguin has been playing blue almost every single round here we're gonna push
out once again.
You already slotted.
Well, are we allowed to be biased right now?
You know how we're not supposed to be like,
are we allowed to loop for Team USA actively
while we're covering the game?
Big brother's coming in for overwatch.
I can either confirm or deny that.
Kudos to making his way down main stairs.
We got the shield in front of him.
There are head holes in the lockers, Raza.
Sneaking through dirt right now.
They've got crazy strings trapped.
Bastion just narrowly missing the shots.
Raza's ready for the push.
Doesn't cast the rotate.
Frankie Strings is retaking in the blue royal penguin.
First pick on the kudos. That's a few shield dead.
Where's this guy's health?
Raza's location also getting called out by the razor bloom.
That's going to call Frankie back.
He can smell a kill.
He's worried about someone coming up top blue.
Mint a second one onto plain milk.
That's your snake dead and it's coming up all TUSA Frankie.
No, he dies to Captain Lee
That's the first kill for team world this round that still USA are four strong and they still got you look at look at how much utility
They got smoke the oil fires are going off. They got C4 or they got mint on Echo
Maybe raza could imp the yokai that would be in do you think he could hit that that would be insane tech from here
I mean it does not matter this guy's jacking gorgeous also
on the hatchet, it might not matter. Hold on.
He got through and then he walks back into the hatch.
I think it's winnable. This guy's baiting.
Oh my goodness!
He didn't even get a kill.
This guy just saved Katie in a show match.
Minds me of how you play ranked.
Bro.
Ha ha ha! The crowd laughed at you!
bro. Oh my god, they're looking at me too. I got to call space, babe, man. You keep
baiting me in rank. This is what you get. This punishment. Last time I've been here.
That's just how we used to. Was that in a ranked? Was that in a ranked game? I don't think so.
It doesn't count. Wow. Who's the better? Obviously me. I'm the color commentator. I know more
this guy that just goes without yeah I was I was taller than you just now there's
irrevocable proof on camera that I'm taller I can't even like make a comment
with a straight face about that they literally put like a diffuser underneath
you so you could be taller than me this guy's doing like a zombie keep attack
Just to come close to my natural height.
Not my fucking...
You were built in a lab.
I was birthed naturally. You were...
You were like a science experiment.
I was the hidden Ubisoft plant.
T.V.S.A. now, Teller's office and archives.
So we will see...
Oh, god.
I hope we see offsite presence now.
And oh my goodness, the traps.
The boss from Frankie?
Oh my god, quick it, LG. Come on.
Wait captain Lee you want to jump through this window you want to jump through this window so bad
They've got no idea I don't think they've drummed it
Come on Lee, I'm foaming at the mouth, but I want to see this cross trap kill
Do you guys start if you guys start cheering you think he'll jump through?
I think he did bro, I think he did wait. Oh my god
It has been ever since ever since frost lost the APOC it has been so long since we've seen a frost trap right?
He has no idea. Oh my god. Oh, he's going up. No, no, no, no, no, come back come back
Okay
I got rezzed
I fucked up here
But now he's gone out
Maybe a razor couldn't get him here
We can't get him out of here
Oh wait, the telus is not by the way, I thought they were open area
No
Uh, we need, yes, get them for what's happening
Oh my god, the verticality being established by this
being established by Team World.
Oh, Raza's in, Raza's in.
Yes, I have a side-debote, guys.
Okay, I'm rotating with them, I'm rotating with them.
Raza, I saw you.
Did I see that right?
Oh, he just made a punch, oh, are you clear?
I'm playing, I'm playing.
I'm getting pumped down by him.
He's on the other wall, that's off.
Oh my god, I think, uh, almost there.
Shit!
Oh my god, am I crawling?
One more to go, guys.
There I go. No!
That's right. That's right.
He's the king for a reason.
George, I...
That is 2017's Sixth Invitational Champion, King George, right there.
With four massive kills.
I love the audio we can hear from the Team World TeamSpeak.
He goes, oh, Ross is in sight.
He goes, yeah, yeah, I am.
He did not say a word.
Sometimes you just hit the flow state.
Bang! Bang!
Sit down!
Wow.
Anyway, I can't believe it.
Yeah, you're a loser.
I can't believe it.
Save dual front.
Yeah, we good, bro.
Ha!
Yeah, we good.
Dude, T-hunt died for that.
Actually, okay, I'm not gonna lie.
I played dual front a couple times.
It was pretty fun.
It was pretty fun, except for when the other team just,
like, would do nothing.
Like they would just sit in their building and hide.
I don't know what that guy just said.
Someone, someone's cute apparently.
That was awesome. That's actually, that's the first time I've seen
a cross trap.
That someone I feel like in years, like ever since she lost that APOC,
she's basically been dead for the comp community.
You're lost as dead to the comp community,
Frickin zero and Frankie is Frankie's on zero right now
You got both the chunk of and cap can't get between world
Not the first time we've seen captain
But no cap can kills yet. We've seen a couple of trap kills for the frost cross
Yeah, the one time I saw the razor boom kill ten seconds one time
We saw the cap can rosa just rosa started that needly broke it. Yeah
It'd be really fun if we saw the Arkham, like zapping the Capcan trap or something.
When does anyone like ever use the Zero cams to zap something?
I don't think I've ever seen that even in like when Zero was viable.
I'm torn, I'm torn between my desire to see a Capcan kill and the love of my country.
Wow! Oh my goodness!
Yes, Raza with the insta-peak outside electrical catches Cyphal on the drone.
Terrible drone spot, but oh he's back for more!
He's taking down the king!
Reloading!
It's like stage 101 right there, not drowning in front of an open doorway.
Oh, hold on.
Oh, mitten Francia right here.
Okay, now we get to see what the masterful plan of the Zero Canvas is.
Oh, he can get Goyas.
No!
Freaky!
Just got destroyed anyway.
The one time we were gonna see Zero do something, I don't think I've ever seen that before.
I don't think I've ever seen someone with a Zero cam before.
That was awesome.
I had you coming!
Oh, they got the plant, though.
It is so low.
And with that being said, I believe we have an interview prepped up here between Jonah and King George.
Let's throw it at that.
Back to this round.
Oh, no, our interview is ready. So with the round concluding, we'll head over to Jonah.
Okay, so far things have been going well. King George, I mean, you guys are up 4-3.
How do you think things are going in this show, man?
I'm feeling pretty good, so we just need to lock in for three more on some attacks, and they already won Basin, which is, that's their easy given sight, so, restraight.
I'm pretty sure the crowd want to see some more shenanigans, yes?
Oh, you're gonna pull out any more shenanigans for the people?
We got you guys, we got you guys.
Incredible, thanks everyone.
The shenanigans involve double shield and doka bait.
What are we doing?
What are we doing here?
Oh, hold on. Now we're cooking.
I think I've never heard King George talk with any other cadence, but that's like a neutral. Always at a level 5.
You've never seen a scream, bro.
That's true, I bet.
You've never seen the King George Rage monster.
Oh, Steve Frost is inside of the hole.
Fast and, back on the Frost.
Frost is going to be, oh my god, we have the Ops blockers,
we have the best secondary utility in the game.
Is Team World stealing USA strats, the double Frost mat in stock?
There's some connection.
What is going on here?
I remember when I was playing like every single game.
Playing milk, not on the boss G.
gotta give him gotta give the props for that what hiding behind the plant I'm
not gonna lie I've been playing this game for 11 years do they know I mean how
could that oh big the Cali to counter the denari
they're not gonna waste 8 million years trying to figure out how to jump in a
stop oh he's still there I want to see if oil pigment from this guy I think they
have to see if I if I if I died to that in rank I don't know if I can say that
I do oh baby he spotted down he goes and he's gone
Oh no, no, no embarrassing rat death.
Oh they got him, they got him on the cut.
Oh, Roller King win.
Wow, can't do that on PC.
Nope, the Roller 360.
They're still trying to push their way up into square.
This Kali Sniper could be a really big issue now.
Oh, Raza, look at the flank though.
Is he going to see for King George?
I think he knows he's above him, does he?
Oh, there's also someone in here.
Dude, he has a freebie right here.
Oh, no.
Freebie.
Not like this.
Goodbye, Cypher.
Oh, she's still alive.
Oh, never mind.
Oh, we have a baby!
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god.
Dude, you see, Raza didn't even get that kill credit.
It was WWW whatever.
I didn't know the game to.
I didn't know the game did that one.
I've never seen that before.
Oh, Frankie, he's got eyes on Raza.
He's diamond one.
Oh, he might have a spot on this guy in the hatch.
Hold on, this could be massive.
Is Minke the Nade kill on Captain Lee?
Oh, he's spot away.
No, no.
Oh, Kudas gets out of there.
Boo.
Yeah.
Frank is down.
Oh, my god!
King George with the whiff.
And with a big two piece, and now Minke.
And the one versus two.
He's going to have to be careful of those Frostmats, too.
saw two in stock. I don't know where the third is. The third one could be banana or quad.
We don't quite know.
Beeper's calling at his location.
Kudos playing in square. He's got information on him. He just doesn't know
quite where and is he finds the frost. There's one mid looking for more,
but there's only 10 seconds left. He might have to take the runicate. Kudos is
playing for his wife. Mid has perfect info. Two seconds. He can't make it through.
I
Team ruled have tied it up Harrison
Why do you shoot bashing the wall?
I don't know I genuinely don't know you probably could have lived going through that. Oh ice cold shout out
Shout out Joshua ice cold R6 save dual front
Yeah, we good for a dude fun ice cold fact, and I shared the same birth. You know that
He's my birthday twin and it's actually a super lame ice pole.
Alright, whatever.
Trouted ice pole.
You know the lion dying and then naving himself?
I think I've seen Teddy FF50s on Twitter do that before.
In CRO.
I think that's the one time Teddy's ever going to get mentioned on the main stage.
Yeah, I love that guy.
And they'll be covered by men.
Speaking of doping, is everyone excited for the reveal?
The doping change?
That's going to be crazy.
You got to play test her in the demo booth.
It is certainly going to be different.
I kind of like the uh the the non universality of
Oh, this is crazy from playing no
Hold on this guy's a statue. Oh, oh my god way
The king boy this drone. I think they baited it though
Oh
Oh
Wait, why am I saying yeah royal penguin usa
opening take the holy no bias do you
bro is nine and four right now on roller
where you're gonna step it up
I'm a thermite to this guy's doing
everything
your most out of the world I'm good
see uh I'm feeling I'm taking a lot of
a lot of royal penguin on tiktok elite
strategies
watch this one
i'm waiting for a bell call, i'm about to walk inside
kitchen
is it deep catch?
deep catch, yeah
i'm gonna call here in a second
when you do i'm gonna push up
calling in three, two, one
Hey, uh...
What's my copy?
What are we?
No!
On elevator.
Downside ticket.
Alright, walk the lobby up.
On elevator, yeah.
Area, it'd be clear.
Two back and open, two back and open.
I don't know where he was, George.
I checked flycatch.
Oh, there he is.
I did down one open, I don't know.
Yeah, you might have.
Franky, you're about to flank him.
Run straight ahead, Franky.
Straight that hallway.
Straight that hallway.
Keep going.
Yeah.
Two, one.
Like, they're both by, like, admin office.
Nice.
Nice torch.
Remember, you might have found one?
Yeah.
Franky, he's driving on your right side of that door.
Right side of that door.
They're mini.
Our rider kind of right.
Kind of right.
He's in mini.
In mini.
other one might be down not down not down for sure and not down
you're in that time you're okay it's okay don't worry don't worry don't worry
don't worry Frank yeah we got this he's diving one but he wasn't champ that's
That's why I didn't win that.
Do you think he ever purposefully doesn't make champ so he can stay and not win?
That's his thing.
For the content.
Yeah.
For the brand.
Oh my God.
I just realized Team World has the lead.
What the hell is going on here?
Who's cheering for that?
Yeah, there we go.
Boo those people.
Ooh, ooh, the rest of the world.
I don't know what that guy said either.
Do you think it...
Oh, heard, heard.
I don't know what that was. I put my headphones back on too soon.
Got it. Glad to see we got a lot of red blood in Americans in the crowd who are in the Team USA.
I think there's not getting silly enough Harrison. Their comms are way more strict than what Team O was going for.
They were like once for the execute and there were like 20 seconds of silence.
Yeah, this is funny.
Team World Filibertoid. Team World with a Clash.
Can we boo this too?
And the Rook.
Kudos Rook Shotgun.
Can we boo the Clash, then?
Alright, we got some.
I don't know how to do it.
I don't know how to do Clash.
Hey, Roz is 10 and 5 now, what's happening?
This guy's taking over the game.
KBSA they're trying to wake up, go to D1 to get in play, Mint on my class.
We got Grim and Capitao too, he's got a lot of sight utility.
Are we going to see the meanest ex-KV we've ever seen in a show match?
Oh my god.
The frauds are not like this.
Okay, Mint doesn't avoid them.
Luckily Mint can just not deal with them.
Yeah.
I believe.
Oh never mind, hold on.
He chooses to deal with this.
We're gonna have Jonah talking a fast and put her thoughts about this game in the middle of a flank here. Walk me through it as it's happening.
Well, I'm being called, but I'm in the middle of a flank. I heard they were lobby, so I was gonna check for those people in the open area.
I think they're gonna try and get her hatches, I'm pretty sure.
How was your experience as a cameraman?
Oh, it was fun. The camera is like 12 kilos. I know that you guys don't do that over here, like kilos and stuff.
Uh, but it is heavy, but it was a lot of fun. I enjoyed it. It was good.
I'm just waiting for, uh...
I mean, you've been crushing it. It seems like you are absolutely locked in right now.
I'm doing my best to distract you, uh, as an NA fan.
It's not happening. No, no, no. I'm locked in right now.
I'm just trying to hold angles. I would say I'm more of a passive player,
so I'm trying to, like, not get too crazy.
You've been revealed by the GRIB.
Sorry?
Your position was revealed by GRIB.
It's happening on my screen right now.
Thank you.
Loading the magazine.
Jonah, take your mouse.
Jonah, reach over.
We need some active sabotage right now from Jonah
on the team world side.
So can you turn off one of their monitors
to start pressing buttons?
Team US80 is every advantage they can get right now.
I can't believe I'm saying that.
The clash is dead.
That's awesome.
That's huge.
I think Royal Penguin killed him too.
Oh, shout out, Royal Penguin.
10 bomb now no one's helping this guy oh and no and on the cusp of a kill by the
freebie on the siphon despite being distracted by Jonah she's still good
for one Jonah clearly not doing enough for Team USA
royal pick was good for a third coming in from garage and now fast and she's
down thanks to mint hasn't in mind maybe I gotta apologize to Jonah Jonah doing
enough for Team USA to get that round the tactical six player of Team USA the
Round interview distraction tech. I've never seen that one before
But team team world is still tied which one do you like to see King George vs. Raza
Can we do Frankie strings royal penguin 1v1 the roller 1v1. Oh that'd be one on the same team
Oh the aura that was so tough
Yeah, just for everyone in the crowd who can't read lips, Frankie said, I'm Diamond One.
Just in case there's anyone who's unaware.
It's 5-5 now and Team USA are going to have to attack the top floor team world.
They're going to put the traps across with the Ella Kudos I imagine is going to be down
below the false Team USA.
I
Everyone in this lobby except Frankie and
Like these players, they guys are gonna get out bragged by our older
George and mint F pros or X pros as well. This is insane. This is shameful
Are we gonna see a royal penguin dot 100 these in the future? I
I
Actually don't know the real life is can you play controller and calm like is that allowed?
I don't think it's illegal. Just seems stupid to do
You're just like kind of limiting yourself anything guys you hear that everyone here everyone here is on console John hates you
John thinks you're all terrible. Oh, can we do John?
Okay, I'm not only like two people booed me that would I think I might have cried on broadcast. I might have killed you there
Thank you guys.
Harrison, why don't we do in the controller 1v1?
You know they say apathy is worse than pain.
You're so boring, bro.
Jesus.
You're trying to get the crowd to boo me and now you want 1v1 me, like, are we even
like a good duo?
Yeah, I'm...
You're so afraid to lose.
No, I'm...
Here's King George.
He's afraid to lose.
Have you ever watched the streams?
I got some truffles on that one, that was a good one.
US Air setting up square, Frankie Strings on the fuse.
Does he have, oh he's got canopters too.
Oh my god, Nick is on the OSA.
Hold things like a two angle.
Almost got a kill there.
Oh my god, the blade milk swing.
We got King George there too. This guy's just walking in.
Big kill for Team USA.
Tying us up, but Captain Lee's got something to say about it.
Oh, someone's stuck!
Oh, they shot him!
And now it's King George and Min. The ex-comp players.
And a two versus three.
There's one in Janitor. Kudos is also still downstairs,
but it might not matter. Fast Ann taking down King George.
Men, we've seen him clutch these scanning.
We've seen a men clutch these in pro league.
Can he do it against fast and kudos and captain Lee?
There's full info and good at the accuracy.
She's gonna sit here and wait.
I think men heard him though.
So I'm just gonna go stock.
Which is a little bit boring, but that's okay.
I think kudos is.
Tanking the gridlock.
I don't remind shooting.
I
Thought something's happening. No get a lot for this. No no my prediction. No. Oh hold on. There's one
But now he's got the osa shield. He's using it against osa. Oh
Fast catch rules
Wait, oh he doesn't have case though. He's got to go for the kill kudos is off the shield
Oh, no, he's back on the different one mid. You're gonna have to push it
Oh my God!
He still has it!
He still has it!
USA! USA!
USA!
Dude, I just cast or cursed the team world. Let's go.
You think he means kilometer or kilogram?
Both.
Both useless measurement systems.
Real. Shout out the US customary system.
Shout out the imperial system, which was actually created by England.
So I don't know why England keeps making fun of us for keeping it.
Oh, King George versus Braza.
Whatever that means.
You don't know what get chally means?
No.
This guy doesn't know ball.
What is it?
This is a good challenge. You don't know what it means, bro. I shouldn't have to explain it to you.
This was crazy.
Oh, no.
I think if I answered yes, he was going to clutch this, he wouldn't have clutched it either.
Oh, you reversed me.
I gave him the reverse cast for Chris, yeah.
And now Team USA is in the lead.
And no, she messed up.
And now Team US area in the lead.
One more round.
Can we get a send them home can?
We love you guys.
You guys have been an amazing crowd.
Give yourself a round of applause.
This has been awesome.
Oh my goodness, here comes another operator he was famous for.
Back in the old Pojo Man's Digest.
Oh yeah, who remembers?
Can you even...
Can we get a cheer for Pojo Man?
Who remembers it?
Who remembers it?
We know he's out there somewhere.
Please come back!
Oh yeah, can we get a cheer for Flipside Tactics?
I'm glad we got some old heads there.
Yeah, you guys are old.
What a self report.
What do you mean by that?
Yeah.
What do you mean by that?
That was...
Look, flip side was...
Not eight years ago?
Something like that.
Yeah.
I'll find you and end you.
Oh, George hunting the fender of Raza.
Right now Raza is like priority numero uno for...
Well, he speaks Portuguese, not Spanish, but you get the point.
For TV, I say to find.
It's still a romance language, it kinda counts.
Dude, do not say that to me.
Whoops.
Sorry, I'm trying to make her way down the lane.
I'm in, I'm in visioning of the main entrance to the USA right now.
I see the vision.
I make a comment, but I don't want to...
Oh, there it is.
There it is, there's Royal Penguin with yet another opening kick.
a star player in this lobby.
Oh, no, Mint overexposed himself to end.
And they can't, can they not open this wall?
They don't have any breach?
No, Frankie has no piece!
Frankie, no!
He's got the barcodes, though.
Wait, oh, he gave the team no for TUSA.
Oh, under the smoke!
Razzo with two!
And King George, who by the way, could have rotated over and shot open the wall with his revolver.
It's now at a 1 versus 3.
Team World has brought us to OT.
They hit flies.
Oh, that was huge. Well played.
Nice.
Could you imagine infinite overtime on this?
No.
God, I think George, I think George forgot he could open the wall.
With Nameless.
Yeah.
Help an oil tank one here, too. This guy is doing this guy's doing
Yeah, he's actually doing the most oh man with the mistiming with the smoke. Oh, they lined up for him. Oh my god
Is that it? Is that a am I reference?
Remember that from the Shopify g2 game
Rebellion remember they lined up on the wall, you know
Game broke. Come on. Whatever dude. It's been it's been a whole two days. We got a goldfish sitting next to me right now
I don't have the best memories though.
A long 48 hours.
Unless you're talking about flip side tactics, a team back from like 2018.
Yeah. Okay.
Oh!
You got trash talk in the show, bitch?
Whoa.
Wait, Kudos also has three kills.
Floor! Ring it! Floor!
What is this guy talking about?
It's a rage bait attempt.
Can we boo Kudos?
I don't know if he knew that was for him.
You think we can coordinate the crowd enough to save Boon Kudos?
So that way he knows?
I think production just booed Kudos in my ear.
That was crazy.
Shut up, Rod.
Oh, mate with a big wad.
He finds Raza.
That's Team World's top fragger, Dunn.
and dusted already, thanks to the Amaru.
And there's, wait, there's still another person upstairs.
Hannah's upstairs.
Plain Milk was also on the roam
and he's been shot down by King George.
By King George on the skylight?
All was passing, unable to get out?
Just barely.
Out of all the rounds now,
Team Rool's opting to go for the roam.
I did not, that was not on my bingo cards.
I thought we'd see another five-man anchor.
I'm calling a meeting.
Ooh, big Lodgy bomb.
There's the Doka V call.
Yep.
Maybe one of the last Doka V calls we'll ever see,
depending on what happened in the grand final.
No!
We got one!
Sypho gets caught with the cap cans.
We were waiting for it.
And it finally happens.
But against the wrong team, that's the wrong team.
And now there's no more grand.
That's a lot of good site utility that I think
Team USA are going to sort in this.
We got a replay of it?
Oh, hell no.
I thought that was another champion.
Oh my god.
I saw a relief there for Min.
There's also a ton of time to play with Stilford,
Team USA too.
They got a minute and a half.
There's no roamers.
There we go.
We have Harvore this time.
They're able to get default wall.
Who's got the case?
Frankie's got the case.
He is.
He is going to blue light now.
He's rotating through tellers, yeah.
All right.
Running out of the Chimico launcher, too.
You think they're just like, push past the fire and try to go for kills?
Might be the move, hold.
I mean, almost got one behind the chassis.
Okay, Captain Lee does have 15 more Chimico launchers.
Also, his name has a space in it. Is Captain Lee also on controller?
I don't know.
Isn't that a fucking...
Do they know? I don't know.
Mint has the secondary shotgun out right now.
Oh, no. Never mind. Captain Lee is not on controller.
Thank you camera man R6
Answer the real MVP of this event. Oh, here's a drop for royal penguin on the roller
It's for
Penguin Frankie say the rhyme
You know, when I first started watching Siege, I thought Mint was Canadian.
I feel really bad about that now because who wants to get in the state in this Canadian?
Alright.
A fate worse than death perhaps.
One more round for Team USA, they're back on the defense.
We got the Malusian too now, we got the Goyo Smoke Malusie Echo.
Where are the shenanigans that King George promised us?
Yeah, it's the best we're getting.
We're just seeing the best we're getting in the cap can.
Yeah, we're just seeing compliance, dude.
Where's like a strictly business for Team USA?
Where's the cap, bro?
At least like Team World.
Dude, Team World brought thunderbirds out.
And it worked.
It helped, Cap.
It like saved Raza.
He did get almost fully healed after almost downing, too.
Yeah, that is crazy.
Team World the Unsung Heroes. They have Brook Shocking at 1.2. That too! Yeah.
We're a lion drone and there's apparently no funnel out on Team USA. What does Kudos
mean by that? Like is the drone in the sky on this map? I think it's on every map. Yeah.
Oh wait. There is it. Well, alright, Raza's dead. Oh, King George on the
Rome! The king!
That's an SI champ right there.
Only a few have done that.
He's in the 1% of Siege players.
That's actually so... like crazy.
Anyway...
World Penguin holding down Blue, he's got the assistance of the Yotais too from Min.
Oh, who is getting burned down!
Oh, the twitch from plain milk!
on our flag. Yeah. You also get rid of the can. There's a lot of value from that twist.
They get all the royals in sight. That's actually huge. They got to deal with King George on
the roam. He's ratting and jamming. All the bastards spots him, death out of dodge. This
guy's a one man army. Oh, and he's playing with the roller cake himself. This could be
deadly Harrison
Okay, I have one I can't he's
They're pretty low he's throwing a native you Ryan, but he's fanning again, maybe
20 done sir, nice, nice, nice, nice.
That's a pretty good block, babe.
Let's have them pull, pull.
Oh!
We win!
15, 15, 15!
Oh, we're nasty.
Good run, boys.
Thank you, thank you.
USA!
USA!
USA!
USA!
USA!
No Caster bias.
Yeah, no.
Not at all.
Commiserations to Team World, they put up a good game.
Yeah.
No Caster bias.
Yeah, no.
Not at all.
Commiserations to Team World, they put up a good fight.
But I mean, who else, right?
Who could have possibly won this match?
Yeah.
Shout out, shout out, America.
And no matter what, America will win the grand final today
at Salt Lake City.
Yeah, G2.
Back to back champs today.
They just said G2, shot a fireball versus Dark Zero
later today.
Got all the sportsmanship too.
I hear a chant going on.
I can't understand it.
I still don't know what this chant is, but we are going to go to Jonah on the stage who has an interview with our illustrious American winners.
Well, we will grab those American winners. Mint, can I get you over here for an interview after this victory?
I mean, truly a master class from everyone on your team. You performed incredibly well. I mean, what is it representing your country against the world? How does that feel?
Oh, it means everything and again like today is a total NA domination day
We get the NA Grand Final and they don't even get a chance to win anything today like that. It means everything
You put up some insane numbers. I mean you this is not necessarily have a plate against these guys very regularly before
I mean, what did you do to get in their heads to take down Raza the king of Brazil?
Rock he is the king of Brazil. I watch his streams all the time so shout out to Raza
But you know, he was trying to do his little rap plays, but maybe because I'm in his quick streams.
I know exactly what's happening.
Everyone here was extremely dialed.
We have Frankie strings, Diamond one holding the holding down the floor, Penguin holding
down the side, George on the roam.
Like, it was just too much down all across the board.
Well the chant we heard a moment ago that Crow you could not hear.
Let's hear that one more time.
Me, Diz, sexy.
I'm here with Raza now as well.
Clearly the mint love is there.
You got so much love in Brazil.
What's it like playing in front of a crowd that
isn't quite as much in your corner?
Yeah, first of all, here's a little bit quiet.
In Brazil, we have a strong, a lot of people on the stadium.
But here, guys, congratulations.
Not for America in the final, but Brazil is better.
I don't know if this crowd's a fan of that.
But what do you have to say to the Brazilian fans at home?
No Brazilian teams in the grand final.
That hasn't happened in a while.
What do you got to say to the people back home?
I really don't know about that, because I don't know what
has happened with FaZe Clan yesterday.
OK, that can zero destroy a FaZe Clan.
But in the next stage, it's still liquid here.
Well, before I send you off, do you have a prediction?
I know it's not a Brazilian team, but DarkZero,
Shopify Rebellion, who's gonna win?
All right, sure, Dr. Zeer, 100%.
I am the Keto Fahm.
Incredible.
Thank you, Raza.
Big ring here for the USA in our show match,
but we have our season reveal panel,
very importantly, coming up next
it is Operation System Override,
leading off before we get into our grand final.
We'll be right back.
I
The rest of the world is feeling pretty salty after losing here in Yalta, in Uta, but it
In Utah, two of course, Team USA.
The crowd here were delighted about it.
But every single time these show matches happen,
you always think it's going to be fun and games,
which of course it is likes.
But you do see some killer players from some of these creators.
Yeah, you absolutely do.
And I believe Team USA, they went through the roster,
but they didn't mention Syfo.
Syfo was absolutely dominated and fragging out.
I would argue she was stylistically looking better
than everyone on the stage.
I mean, for me, I'm surprised it went the distance.
against for Team USA. They had so much experience on the team.
Team rest of the world. Yeah, old heads. That's a good point.
But the rest of the world, who they really have, you know,
fast hand it to put everybody on their back.
To be fair, she was she was right now.
I'm surprised she had to do it all on her own.
I think email needs are more on the actual stage than on the desk.
I agree. I think I might see a rematch, personally.
That's all I'm saying.
Look, we've got to keep the show going here in Salt Lake City.
Of course, the grand final is just on the horizon.
But before we get there, our panel reveal is next.
And first thing's first, hey, Salt Lake,
are we ready for the panel reveal?
I know you two guys are.
Listen, you know people.
I know you know people.
I always see you backstage chatting to the devs
and all the big wigs here.
What can you tell us?
Can't say too much.
You know, whatever's been shown up online
is the most you're going to get out of us.
That being said, very excited.
I was going to say, I've seen a couple sneak peeks,
but that's not for me to tell and introduce to you guys,
but we definitely can look forward to it.
What I love about you two is you've got a unique perspective
because you get excited about panels
and you have for a long time as fans, as pro players,
and now as analysts.
I want to know what you expect as a pro player,
as a fan actually.
Let's start with a fan first.
OK, first off, what are you looking for?
Listen, I'm a fan of the game,
but I've been doing this for 10 years competitively.
So if you think that I can look at any of this from a fan perspective absolutely not
I look at it
Specifically from that competition side of things and I always look for the nerves the buffs the new maps being added
And just what's going to be in corporate and how I can dissect that and dissolve it in Stevens my own gameplay and make myself shine
More often than I can't really do that in a ranked aspect of try hard
From the fan perspective I'm in at the end of the day love being able to play ranked love being able to see the changes
how it's going to innovate the experience.
I mean, at the end of the day, we saw a couple of teasers online about 3.0.
People have been talking about it when it comes to me as a ranked player for the streaming community,
everybody that loves to participate.
It's one of those things that everybody's excited for to see what the changes are going to do.
And with speaking to the devs, I guess I can't say if there's a lot of misconceptions around what ranked will really look like going into this next season.
And for you, you'll finally be able to get out of gold.
So, I mean, I'm looking forward to your future and what that looks like.
Right. Right. Right. Right.
Look, you can't tell us what you know,
but is there anything you'd like to see without giving too much away?
Is there anything that you're hoping to see here?
Like, I mean, we've gotten teasers of the new map,
so I really want to see what that's going to look like once it's fully revealed.
That's by far one of the most exciting. I'm really looking forward to it.
You know, I'd love to see you in the game.
Really? Yeah, as an operator. Yeah.
Maybe Pulse. Pulse. Pulse.
I think you'd be a good Pulse cosplayer.
See where you're going with that. Yeah.
What if I grow my beard out?
Oh, like a blackbeard.
Yeah, I mean, for me, where I'm going with this is the operators at the end of the day.
You love to see the changes, the little differences, the additions, the removals,
the bouncing changes like you were talking about, Lax.
That is what infectively just changes the environment, changes the little things.
We'll see drastic changes in the meta competitively, in the meta and ranked.
That's the best part about it.
It's one of the beautiful things about the game, isn't it, Lax?
Is that you've said yourself you've been playing this game for like 10 years.
You've of course been at the top of the top as a competitor as well. How cool is it to see this game continue to evolve over the years?
I mean, that's the beauty of Siege. There's no other game like and that's why it's so unique for us
That's why it's so unique for the community the players everyone across the board is because it's constantly evolving
It's constantly adapting and when you look at even Siege's x introduction to this game it evolved it even more
I mean we got the environmental ingredients that got introduced to it
I mean, there's been just such a core aspect of Siege
that no other game scratches the surface of it,
and which is why we're all addicted to it.
And I think the best part about it is,
at the end of the day, Ubisoft, listening to the community,
a lot of the things is taken from what fans love to see,
how they like to play, and amplify,
just to make everything that much better of an experience,
and that's the best part about having
an amazing developer like Ubisoft.
And also, it's really cool that it's brought direct
to the source as well,
with all these people working behind the scenes,
the devs, or the whole team at Ubisoft,
And then they get to present it to the call fans
at the big events like this.
And they all get to have their say
on what they've been lacking on too.
No, I think that's the beauty,
because it really is about everyone.
It's not just one department.
Everyone gets to enjoy these moments across the board.
And I think that's the aspect that we always capture
in these environments.
That is one big family,
and we all can share this together collectively as a unit.
I mean, the chills you feel
when something that they announced,
you hear the stadium roar,
everyone's excited to see it.
And I think the best part about today is,
I believe we have a working teleprompter today.
That's going to be the best part about it.
Have you tested it?
Everything will be smooth.
I haven't tested it.
I haven't tested it.
But everything's going to go smoothly.
I hope.
Where are you guys going to watch this from?
Are you going to get sat in the crowd like Fox just said it there himself?
You can feel the energy.
You can feel the raw.
Are you going to get sat down with the fans and take this all in?
Then I'll sit down with my parents, sit down with the fans, have some conversation and
get just as hyped as I think everyone is going to be screaming and yelling.
I might even lose my voice.
I might not even be able to talk about the match after this.
So you need to save your voice.
All right.
I think everybody here needs to save their voice just a little bit because of course the Grand Final will be coming up after this.
It's all North American affair, but before we get there, it is of course time for our panel reveal.
Salt Lake City, are we ready to see what the next season looks like?
Good afternoon, Salt Lake City!
And a shout out to everybody watching online from around the world.
My name is Joshua Mills, Creative Director, and I'm here with Christopher Budgen, Live
Content Game Director.
We've been so excited to get back on stage ever since the 6-8 petition.
When we revealed our Year 11 roadmap, your reaction to our plans really meant a lot.
This was incredibly encouraging, and it gave us the reassurance that we're headed in the
right direction. That progress that we started together continues today as we
show you what will unfold in year 11 season 2 Operation System Override.
This season we're introducing reg 3.0, the ambassador of Tokabin, the
Calypso Casino map and more.
But first, let's check in with the state of Rainbow.
The elite organization that started it all has been reactivated
after over two years of being shut down.
And it's now led by a six that refuses to stay behind the desk.
We're out of time.
Let's put them in the ground.
Fall back!
Team one.
Report.
Alive in Westnate.
We love coming to the other teams.
They have their orders.
We need to go for Nix.
They have their orders. We need to go for Nix.
Go to me.
Be my eyes.
Unit, cover her.
Ornik.
Off that.
Set the AP load.
Your corner, Nix!
Surrender!
I see one old man.
One old man about to die!
I think you're on your 7th. 3rd floor is down.
Hack my phone!
Huh?
What if they hit you now?
We're sinking there, Sink.
We trusted each other.
And it paid off.
Rendezvous for extraction, team one.
I think we can all agree that's Dokobie like we've never seen her before,
and it's time to bring that energy into the field.
With this remaster, our goal is clear.
We wanted to develop a new angle for her,
an operator harder to master, but still impactful.
You're not the first to try, and you won't be the last to fail.
Aw, did I break your phone?
Hang sure.
As you just, uh, Doko no longer simply calls the defender's phone.
Her primary ability now pushes malicious code to the target's device that can have devastating
results if ignored.
We call this the Jago payload.
This payload is precise, so only one defender can be targeted per attack.
For those familiar with demos, the targeting system is the same.
You can select your individual prey with the alternate button.
Once the payload has been delivered, the target has a choice.
React quickly to disable it, or suffer the consequences, of which there are a few and
none of them are pleasant.
If they don't answer the call, their phone detonates, dealing direct damage, currently
tuned to the cost of 40 HP.
In addition, they will also lose access to observation tools and some gadgets, because
they no longer have a way to connect to the network for the rest of the round.
This is especially devastating for operators like Maestro and Echo.
Lastly, upon detonation, the phone will leave a small, short-lived area of fire, which will
damage anyone who remains in it.
The whole process completely destroys the phone, so Dukami will not be able to hack
these destroyed phones either.
We've tweaked how hacking works as well, and Chris will cover that in just a moment.
With all these changes, we've also shifted her overall pacing.
She now has more charges and faster cooldowns, but her calls are shorter and can be dismissed
more quickly by the target, meaning every activation matters more.
That's also reflected in how her hacking ability has evolved.
You can now access dropped phones from anywhere, even through walls, but the intel you gain
is temporary.
Again, it's about making the right call at the right moment.
On top of that, DokkaBee gets the new tool for direct combat, the XK-23 Assault Rifle,
a reliable, versatile option that gives more diversity in her loadout.
And we're excited to see what you think.
We know that there's been a lot of interest in these changes and how they would take shape,
and we want to clarify that our goal with this remaster is for DokkaBee to remain a
strong operator.
She may require a bit more precision and coordination, but we want her to remain a valuable pick
in the right situations and a force to be reckoned with
and the hands of players who master her cake.
That's why we invite you to try her out for yourself
in the Operation System Override Test Server
available tomorrow.
As always, we'll be keeping a close eye on your feedback
to assess whether she performs as intended.
Finally, if you buy the Battle Pass
and you already own DokaB, you'll receive 600 R6 credits
at the beginning of the season, combined with what you can earn
wrote the Battle Pass progression, that's enough for our six credits to cover your Battle Pass this
season. And on top of that, it also includes two Black Ice Packs. Now, jumping back to our new
primary weapon, the XK-23. This new assault rifle will give you more diversity and Dokubi's note
out with a high damage and decent rate of fire. It's the perfect tool for mid-range engagements.
But Dokobie isn't the only operator getting their hands on it.
Raora incends will also have access to this new assault rifle.
And I'll remind you that this new weapon will be issued for free to all players at the season's launch.
Now, it's time to talk about the balancing side of things.
We'll be kicking off this season with a focus on flank watching.
Gridlock will be living up to her name at the start of Operation System Override
By locking down key rotations and forcing would-be ambushers to think twice before pushing their assault.
Her track stingers are now more reliable and more punishing than ever.
We've streamlined their deployment across the board, making everything faster and more responsive so that you can lock down space with less downtime.
But the real shift is how defenders must deal with their utility.
Stepping on a track stinger triggers a full limping effect for 10 seconds.
It's not a bit of damage anymore, it's a real movement penalty that can completely
compromise a rotation or a flank.
And with increased durability from 1 HP to 35 HP, defenders are now forced to properly
clear the traps if they want to save path.
You can't just risk running through anymore.
One misstep, and you pay a much steeper price than four.
As part of these changes, we've reduced the total number of track singers down to three,
each one is significantly more impactful, making Gridlock's area of denial harder to ignore.
Our next operator is someone I mentioned in our last community checkpoint livestream.
It's someone you've all been asking about. The eldest BOSOC sister, Sophia.
In our last patch, you saw a correction to our M762 assault rifle. This was just one step in a
series of changes. We will be making changes for her incrementally so we can monitor the impact
and performance of each one.
At the launch of this season, Sophia is receiving her second change.
She will now be a two-speed two-health operator.
Reinforcing her flex role.
We have the next adjustment for her slide at mid-season this season, so stay tuned for
that.
We've also made a series of smaller adjustments to a handful of other operators, like increasing
the range of both Pulse's Cardiac Sensor and Mazi's Pest's Capture Ability, again reinforcing
our emphasis on Flank Watch.
And we can't talk about Flank Watch without mentioning Nomad, who will be receiving two
updates.
All grips will now be added to our AK74M, and the detection range of her air jabs has also
been increased.
For the full details of our balancing updates, be sure to check out the patch notes on Rainbow6.com.
In Siege, it's essential the players can compete together across PC and console and across inputs, whether that's controller, a mouse and keyboard.
But in a competitive game like Siege, fairness is everything, and that's why we drew a clear line.
If you choose mouse and keyboard, you belong in the PC matchmaking pool. There are no shortcuts and no exceptions.
To support this dance, we developed Mouse Trap to detect players who are trying to bypass
the system.
And to be very clear, Mouse Trap bands have already started, and our enforcement will
continue to ramp up throughout Season 2.
Now, as we announced at the Six Invitational, native mouse and keyboard support is coming
to console in Season 2 and will release mid-season.
play, clear rules, and more updates coming very soon on our channels.
Now who is ready for Rank 3.0?
Rank 3.0 isn't just an update, it's the future of competitive siege.
This is the evolution of our most played playlist rebuilt around one clear vision.
matches, clear progression and rewards that respect your time. First placement matches
are back because every season should start with that opportunity to prove yourself. And
they'll now carry more weight. You'll gain and lose more rank points than a standard
match so the rank adjusts faster right from the start. And with the dynamics off reset
we respect where you finished last season while still giving you room to earn your place
again. So when the season begins, you're not just playing, you're setting, you're
starting rank. And with the new lighter squad restrictions in place, matchmaking
stays fair, competitive, and trustworthy for everyone. Now, progression. Rank 3.0
makes your journey easier to understand, more satisfying decline, and better at
showing real improvement. Because when you win, you should feel it, and when you
lose, it should still feel fair. Rewards are changing in a big way. Instead of
locking most rewards behind the highest rank you reach, rank 3.0 rewards you for
what really matters, showing up and playing at your best. Seasonal head gear,
more competitive coins, alpha packs, now earn primarily through matches played,
not just by how high you climb. Because improvement comes from time spent in
competition and ranked now finally respects that.
And when it comes to your ranked progress, this next one matters.
There's no more hidden MMR.
Your skill is your rank and what you see is where you are.
And for those pushing even further, we're introducing Legend Division and Season 3 to
create that dedicated space for the most committed and competitive players in Siege.
And for a mid-season kickoff, one of the requirements of Legend Division will be that players have
a rank history.
This means that all players must have achieved above Platinum in Season 2, so be sure to
put in that work now if you want to play with the best later.
This is a major first step in how we're refocusing ranked around the core competitive experience.
Rank 3.0 is about trust.
It's about motivation, and it's about making every match matter, and we can't wait for
for you to jump in.
Rank 3.0 is more precise, more rewarding,
and built with your feedback in mind.
So of course, we'll be closely monitoring
your reactions at launch.
And please, do not hesitate to share your feedback
on our six picks.
If you want to dive a little deeper into the details
of our new system, we highly recommend
checking out our Rank 3.0 explainer video, which
will be released when the season launches.
With all the new features and updates
we're delivering as part of our new content cadence,
We're also rolling out new ways to keep you up to date.
Earlier, I mentioned our community
checkpoint live streams.
On the last one, we talked about the ranked map rotations
and the mid-season patch.
And going forward, these will be a great way
to stay in the know, and they'll
be broadcasted on our channels.
Speaking of new features, one of the season's new features
is rotating trial operators.
This feature allows you to get access to operators
you may not own yet.
So you can try them out and see if they
fit into your play style. At the launch of the year 11th season 2, three attackers and
three defenders will be available. They are solid Snake, Maverick, Ace, Frost, Aruni,
and Clash. Every week, another set of six operators will rotate in and so on.
Operation System Override is the season of competition, where the stakes are high with
the rollout of rank 3.0, but we can't talk about competition
without mentioning eSports, especially here at the Salt
Lake City Major.
As we announced at the Six Invitational,
we're introducing tier one team pages directly
in the eSports tab.
You can now explore dedicated pages for top teams
with stats like KD, cost, and more all available in-game.
This is all about bringing you the competitive scene closer
and putting everything you need right at your fingertips
inside the game itself.
Now, as we do every season,
we're continuing to modernize our maps.
This time, we're obtaining Emerald Planes, Canal,
and Outback.
But today, we're also excited to spotlight something special.
This season, we're bringing back a legendary map
from the Rainbow Six franchise, Calypso Casino.
I'll be honest, it looks amazing.
For longtime fans, you'll spot some familiar references, and as always, we've hidden a
few Easter eggs for you to discover.
To give you your first guided tour through this map, we've got not one, but two very
special guests, because trust me, there's a lot to cover.
They'll take the next five minutes to break it all down for you, so pay close attention.
It might just give you an edge when the map drops at season's launch.
Please, welcome our love of designer, Dominique Dillon, and our latest eSports comedy, one
of the best analysts on this game, Alphama.
A piece of Rainbow Six history is coming back.
Killipso Casino takes direct inspiration from Rainbow Six Vegas, a game and setting that
a lot of players still remember.
But this is not a remake.
This map captures the spirit of Vegas' purpose built for modern Siege, designed to be fun
and quick play, stand strong in rank, and host the highest level play, eSports.
There are a few things you'll notice right from the prep phase that make Killipso Casino
stand out.
The multi-story vertical drone vents open up navigation paths and intel gathering strategies
as drones can move quickly from the third floor all the way to the basement.
And speaking of basement, even outside the building positioning matters.
A fall in the wrong spot can take you out instantly.
Verticality is at the core of Siege, and Kalypso Casino fully leaves into it.
The attackers can spawn below the map and repel all the way up to the rooftop, bringing
back that Rainbow Six Vegas feel right from the start of the round.
And if you're looking to stay quiet, there are still two ways to get in.
The crane gives you access to the lobby with less noise,
letting you set up before defenders can react.
But it goes both ways.
On defense, you can control the lobby via a large open space
that you can set up as an ambush to win away attackers.
Once inside, the lobby becomes a key battleground.
The double staircase connects two facing masonings
opening new rotation paths and pressure points.
It's a congested space,
key for defender flanks while giving attackers direct access to objectives.
Now, let's take a moment and sit back and appreciate the aesthetic touches that make this the classic Casino.
The basement is all security.
Vault, servers, CCTV, cold lighting, controlled spaces.
The first floor is the heart of it.
Poker, roulette, blackjack.
Warmer tomes are a deco style.
This is where you come to make money or lose it.
Then, the second floor is for the high rollers.
Lounge spaces are more relaxed atmosphere, even warmer lighting.
A different kind of vibe.
Throughout every room and hallway, this map is built for competition.
Clear pushes, committed plays, no easy layout.
You pick a plan, you commit to it.
And if it works, you gain the advantage.
If it doesn't, you pay for it.
It all adds up to more control fights, more meaningful decisions,
and a map where understanding the layout gives you a real edge.
Caleb's Oak Casino is where the classic Vegas D&D meets modern siege.
Familiar at first glance, but built to test how you play at every level.
Now let's take a more tactical look.
I'll pass it over to Alphama, our 2026 eSports
Commendation winner, to break down different ways to approach the map.
Thank you very much Dominic, and honestly, I could talk about this map for hours,
but I only have a few minutes, so let's focus on the most important stuff.
And let's focus on my favorite bomb site, and at his basement,
because I really think you can extend and actually deny all of the entry points following these positions.
You can have a player here play towards VIP trying to deny the entry point at a double wall,
can have players in weapon holding towards these green stairs, they can help each other.
The same player can help the player holding yellow side with the exact doorway and with also the staircase.
And also you can have a player towards lockers that can help his teammates towards vault.
And you will see, vault is very important in this bomb site.
There is not a lot of vertical play here, only on this side of the bomb site.
On the other side though, it's fully reinforced and vault is connected directly to it.
So you need to reinforce these two walls, electrify them because they are directly accessible from outside.
And it's the same story for the top floor bomb site, because if you extend into kitchen, you'll see that these two walls, they need to be reinforced electrified, because also they are accessible from the outer balcony.
You can this time have an extend towards barista maybe to protect the trick with a denarii, with a thorn setup, and all the way on the other side towards pool, you can extend towards aqua with a smoke playing with a shotgun for example to hold the staircase,
case, but also because that same player can then go towards his corridor here and with
pit holes cover directly the entry to the zone site, to pull the hallway.
Now for the ground floor, you'll see that most of the defense is from holding up top
with vertical play, maybe with the soul is denying the plant, maybe with the boss, with
the Valkyrie, with C4s.
And if we switch to attack, the map has been laid out in a way that you always have a safe
entry point.
On basement, your buck can rappel here for example and upon the soft wall for you.
If you go to the ground floor, you can open the main door at the same time.
And all the way on the backside of the building, same story here, you can get into registration
office.
There is not a lot of cover for defenders.
And if you move up top, it's the similar story, but even better, you have this huge
outer balcony with access with multiple doorways, multiple windows to the bomb site, or here
to Tequila on one side of the map.
And the same balcony actually connects all the way around on the same floor to a double
window.
into that window you have direct access to pull the bomb site of the top floor.
Now look at this main lobby and one player rappelling upside down and this
is my final gift to you. If you go outside and rappel up that crane that's
standing outside of the building you're gonna get a crazy view on the map but
also you're gonna get a rappel upside down and that rappel goes directly into
main lobby. Now that's the first one you have a second one in the middle of the
main lobby. Not only a second one you have a third one all the way on the left
side of the main lobby. Three different rappels that you can take to contest
anyone, whether it be the roamers or the anchors on site onto Barrister. As you can see this map
has a lot to offer whether it be for the attackers with safe entry points, whether it be for roamers,
for heavy roamers and C4s and vertical play. In my opinion, it has a great competitive
viability not only in ranked but also at pro level. Now back to you Chris and Josh for the rest of the panel.
Thank you for your very useful insights on this iconic brand new map.
Here it is, a recap of Operation System Override, Ranked 3.0, Calypso Casino, the new DokaB remaster
and much more.
Check your calendars and join us when the season launches on June 2nd.
Now before we kick off the grand final, we have one more special guest who would like
to announce something quite important.
Is that Salt Lake City out here?
What's up Salt Lake?
It's me, it's Bodo.
Your current MVP of Rainbow 16.
And I bet you're wondering, what could I possibly be doing on this screen?
I almost had something really crazy to announce if they're throwing me up here.
Check this out.
It's pretty smooth.
I think I might have to play vigil a little bit more when that bundle drops.
just saying. But on behalf of the Siege team, we want to thank you for your incredible support.
Siege isn't just a game, it's a legacy that we built together, and we're fully committed to
making it better every single day. With that, it's time for Siege competition at its absolute best.
Let's all get ready for the grand final of the Salt Lake City Major!
Okay, everyone come down for a second. Hold on. We did, we missed something. Classic.
Okay. We just got word the Eastboards team has something they want to show you. So let's take a look.
Hello there. My name is Nicholas Mortsen, but you know me as Pingu. Today, I'm going to teach you
how to win a major and become just as good as I am. First, close your eyes and start taking deep breaths.
The path to success is a hard one, but you have to keep walking. Some people they see an obstacle,
but I see the destination. Dive into the ocean of calmness. Here in that silence,
I don't think I stopped here.
Anderton?
What are you doing here?
I'm going to go to the next measure.
Let's go home.
Osaka? I'm coming!
Get your tickets now, get your tickets right now. Can we get Juneteh, right?
Yeah. Juneteh, that was a tough video. That was way too...
It's so handed to that really captures that moment, lifting weights.
It was beautiful.
I'll tell you what else was tough.
Operation system override.
We hiked it up and it lived up to the height.
I'm going to start it again. We were teasing the rank 3.0.
I think that's so important. No hidden MMR. Your rank is your rank.
I heard one guy in the crowd say he's excited to get copper at the end of the day.
That is what the community of Lipsworth love playing ranked, so it's only going to make
it better.
Listen, and for you, you actually have to put in the performance.
You can't just get carried.
You can't carry your way through the way.
You have to actually put in work, fuck.
You can't rely on your five stacks anymore.
You know what you won't be able to do?
Then you map Lipsworth Casino.
I don't know if you're going to be able to do it all on your own, repelling down the
skylight all the way into the basement.
Thank God Leo was up there showing you what to do.
is absolutely saving everyone a heartache of wondering what your teammates and how they're going to set up.
He broke it all down. So hopefully once we all can dive into there, everyone should have a good understanding of how you can set up properly.
All right. Well, think it's a bit deeper in some of the favorite announcements that I still thought with the dope could be
remastered some incredible changes coming something that I think about already a competitive aspect.
I mean one, it's a huge dynamic ship. It really makes you work for that information.
But not only that you take away the ability of those defenders to be able to use that information.
So when I think of how teams set up, when you play a 2-2-1 split,
the player on site usually feeding information, giving players round,
you get rid of that information.
That can be so crucial for an attack to immediately attack that site
because there is no extra information there.
I mean, from the competitive aspect, some teams only have one to two people that drone.
If you're able to just take their phone off the board,
no cameras for them to be able to get information for their team.
Some teams that aren't too experienced are going to struggle,
especially with that gridlock change.
I mean, you hit the trap and all of a sudden you are crutching and limping your way on
a flank.
Nothing, I tell you, nothing is going to ruin my day more than if I think I have the flank
of a century and all of a sudden I'm limping through some tracks, fingers and I can't move
at all.
And then you get smoke from wherever gridlocks hiding that will be the worst moment possible.
Anything else?
You touched on it, but right 3.0 is looking sick.
It is looking sick, but I mean, something else that also hits home for me is just that
eSports tab.
Now if you're really looking at the statistics, you can go in and look at your favorite players
your favorite teams you can check out their stats what they're playing I think
that really speaks home for me hits home for me and I'm always excited to see
eSports being more introduced to the community so everyone can be on that
same level playing field. It's beautiful because I feel like one of the
biggest talking points has always been competitive versus the casual fun
community and I love when it's a part of the game because at the end of the day
the siege events is where that comes into one situation everybody is at home
together now to have it on the main screen it makes it one step closer to
to the uniting everybody on one front.
Speaking of uniting everybody on one front, on home soil,
there's only one thing left to do here today,
and that is to have our grand final in Salt Lake City.
It is all North American, Dark Zero.
This is shopped by rebellion for the trophy,
and it is after this break.
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The mines beneath these mountains turned dreams into millions.
Those brave enough to step into the darkness could either return as a legend or with nothing.
And this weekend, the tunnels here tell a similar tale.
Eight teams arrived, six of them had their dreams shattered and their lights turned out.
But for our remaining final two teams,
there's only one light that they're still chasing,
and it's right here.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Championship Sunday
of the Rainbow Six Siege Salt Lake City Major.
Here we go!
Salt Lake City, it is a rare occasion,
live in the flesh to have an all-American grand final
in North America.
Best things first, are we ready?
This crowd is gonna blow up when these teams arrive
and I can reveal they are here in the building.
I'm standing by with Lax and Fox
and as we can see in front of us right now,
the big dogs are here.
There is nothing more poetic here
than having an all NA Grand Final on home soil
but both of these teams are so deserving to be in this moment.
I can say confidently they don't even look remotely close to where we've seen them at kickoff and even to start off as a C
They are on a new level and on their final four. I mean for both of these teams
They face adversity throughout the inception of their teams
They've wanted to make it to this moment time after time
They struggled to make it to a main stage let alone a grand final and now every which one of these players
Has every reason to be on that stage the crowd the family behind them
They have everything riding on this, but only one of them can walk away from the stadium.
So many big stars, so many legends of the game, and we are looking to see them in action, and here's how they got here.
I mean, we're going to talk about the obvious look at Dark Zero being FaZe, the two-time Invitational champ,
something that so many people doubted Dark Zero to be able to do. They got up on that stage,
they took Dark Zero to their best two maps, and stomped them, making it to the Grand Finals.
finals. As for SR, at the end of the day, they beat G2, Ambie, Stompin, Spoint, they
went toe to toe, they took them off the boards. Some of the fan favorites eliminated for an
all NA final.
And this is what I'm talking about. Every single player, every single coach, support
staff, whatever it may be, has shown up tremendously throughout to get us here into these series,
which is why I am so excited to be able to get into this matchup because it is going
to be a slot fest either way doesn't matter how it starts it's about how you finish and
both of these teams I know are more than excited to get it through and get it under way.
So many little pieces of history that could be made here tonight but also there's a lot
of history between the players involved here we're looking back at pitches from the sixth
invitation of 2020 to familiar faces 10 folks here tonight I mean folks in Canadian have
to be the big names for the brains of these rosters and they were once part of that same
cloth where they had to be cut and that cloth has now been sewn on brand new
jerseys and they are going to be the ones that are going to be leading their
team to the glory to the SLC championship title but again we have to look at the
counterparts here and they should respect one another at the end of the
day because again they have fought tooth and nail to get here. I mean you could
have write a better script Canadian bringing Foltz off to his team winning a
hammer at the end of the day. Foltz is now the IGL where did he learn it from
Canadian growing up with him side by side now to face off on the biggest stage that they've been dying to get to this point
And at the end of the day if you're Canadian to keep going consistently out overcoming adversity consistently making it to events
It's something that both of these teams wanted so bad
Canadian needs it for legacy folks is trying to start his legacy it starts here
I'll tell you what like this guy Canadian we've seen him for such a long time
And he is looking good and performing good in this Rebellion, Jazzy.
Yeah, he absolutely is.
I mean, here's his places.
We haven't seen him on the main stage in quite some time.
Yes, he's gotten close.
He did win Charlotte.
But the fact of the matter, he hasn't been on this main stage.
You even got him to bring comfort to tears.
The crowd did.
And to be able to be in this moment, he lives for this moment.
So I have no doubt he is going to be feeding off of the crowd.
And if we also think about history, in Charlotte, who won Charlotte?
dark zero with Canadian leading the team and at the end of the day he left
greener passers on SR playing his former or against a former teammate again
it's a cinema you couldn't write a better script if you tried it's been a
while since he's been on the main stage but not as long as it's been for this
man's fault is absolutely delighted to be in a grand final situation I mean if
you look at fault's history oh my goodness it goes long and down he's been
coming into the game back in the day as an ash player the rookie the young star
everybody looked you to be SSG hero as he progressed having to take that torch
the responsibility to be an IGL to get up on that stage and lead his own team to
a victory and finally he's had a final since lifting that hammer to do it on
his own and that has been the story and it's been the beautiful thing to watch
when it comes to this roster and specifically in both is bringing on
bringing on NJR, it has revitalized him, it has put that spark in him, the spark
that we need back when he was in 2022 at that SI where he won it and if there's
any better moment to captivate and capture this moment it is going to be
here with this team behind him. And if we look at SSGLax, they've been having a
little bit of a struggle in their history, always making it to the main
stage, always falling short, never getting to that finals, something with
with bringing on the two new players of Kino and NJR.
Getting on this roster, Fultz has every piece to the puzzle,
an NA super team to rival SR,
and now they're on the stage to verse each other
to be able to see which IGL is better,
the new or the old.
I'm gonna be honest, I don't know which way
my head is spinning at this point again.
Both of these teams don't even look remotely close
to where we've seen them from the start
and where they're at now.
It is so hard to book clamps
and where I find home and resilience
with both of these teams, they're so strong.
They're so fun to watch.
Then again, from what we've seen from start to finish, this is it.
You guys are so excited.
I can feel the energy coming from you, not just here in our arena,
but you two are loving every single second of this, and you're right to do so.
But before we talk anymore, let's take a look,
crucially, at map Vita's going into Championship Sunday's grand final.
I mean, at the end of the day, DarkZero, they're not scared to go to some of
the SR's best picks right out the gate.
We're going to see laps come out.
I mean, Darkseerl, the absolutely dominated wildcard
during this tournament on that map.
One of wildcard's best maps.
We've seen them go to the against phase.
They love to be able to take teams to the good maps.
This is arguably one of S.R.'s best.
They have a 7-3 record on it.
They're very confident on it.
DZ is not scared by no means.
No, and then what I'm really looking at
is that bank in specific.
I mean, we highlighted moments from that map.
I get a telestration of it, but Ambi actually
stole it away, dropping 21, where we highlighted in that series,
21 and one I'm looking forward to see what that looks like but again when you're doing this domestic matchup
It really is less about the maps and it's more finding comfort within those confines of your teammates
We heard folks talk about we heard Canadian talk about they are living in the moment
And that's where these moments are going to start in each and every single round every single map up until the very end
I mean you can see it in the maps a stylistic matchup DZ shall a cafe
They want these aggressive style maps where they can find the gap where they can take advantage of a 5v5 gunfight
I saw wants to play it slow. They want to be a little bit more methodical
They want to have Canadian on those shields to be able to stall out dark zero and make dark zero make the mistakes themselves
And when you're just looking at the stylists massive they're talking about when you're looking at the entry who the two players
You're looking at they're gonna go head-to-head and be a new words when you're looking at the shield players
You're gonna look at keynote Canadian. We're looking at the two middle grounds. You're gonna look at J9. Oh rex and you're gonna look at
serve you're gonna look at falls but then when you look at the big fraggers it
is going to be a me it is going to be newer is good to be one hell of a show
there is so much to watch to look out for once we jump into this thing is you
talk about stepping up to the plate and you've got to take your hat off to am be
in particular because he has been an absolute beast as you've already
mentioned here there's one thing doing it in the quarterfinals there's another
thing doing it in the semi-finals but the pressure is it is absolute greatest
in the grand final. Has he got it in here tonight? Of course he does. We've never
seen Anby Slouch on any occasion. He's always showing up to the occasion. We
said he couldn't do it on the first day. We said he had to replicate it on the
second day and now we're here. I don't think it's just the flu. He's in front
of the NA crowd. He's got his family in the crowd. He wants to be able to win. I
think it's he just has it in him. He's one of those players that when he gets on
the stage everything works well for him. Now I did leave one name out there. It's
It is the man, the thief of the night, the way that we saw him play against FaZe
yesterday. If he could keep up that exact same performance, I know we've called him
a mailbox, but with how elusive he was moving yesterday, furthest thing from a
mailbox. He was stealing the show away, and that's the exact same sort of energy
and sort of play that I want to see coming out of Nick.
Now, there's been a couple of times here where I've asked you for predictions, and
you've sat on the fence. I'm not going to have it happen this time. I need
definitive answers. Who is taking this grand final Salt Lake City?
Fox. You mind if I ask the crowd? Go for it. Salt Lake City! You want Dark Jarrod to win?
That's my pick. Alright, and for me, the resilience resides within Shopify Rebellion, so for me it's hands down.
Gotta be my boys on Shopify Rebellion.
million. This whole crowd situation is so unique as well. I talked about how rare it
is to have the Grand Final that is all one nation. But the fan base is going to be so
flipped and it's going to be loud in a positive manner no matter which way this goes.
I mean did you hear the chance at the end of the day the same people voting for Garg
Zero or voting for SR these are two fan favorite teams familiar faces that they watch on the
the screen every day. Seeing them go to toe to toe is some of the best siege that anybody
in this arena could ask for. There are going to be a little bit of biases, but what we
know from the NA crowd is we just love a good show.
I think what I'm expecting is in the early games we're going to see both fans cheering
for both sides. Once it starts getting to the end of it, that's when we're really going
to start to see the true colors rain through. All right, this is it. The grand final is
here but before we get into it Jonah is standing by for one last vibe check with
our fans thank you Ian this is what it's all about the grand final with so many
different records on the line can Troy Canadian find himself two major titles
and two six-invitational titles, can Ambi find the kill record in a major ever?
Or can Kino be the first player to get back-to-back major wins with two separate teams?
So here's what we're going to do.
You guys have been so incredible rooting for these North American teams against the world.
Now it is North America versus North America.
So I need to know who thinks Dark Zero is going to take this?
Alright, now let's hear it for Shopify Rebellion!
Now here's what we need to do.
We are going to turn off the lights once again and I'm going to need your help to get there.
We're going to count down from five and then this place is going to go dark.
We're going to get quiet and this thing is going to begin.
Here we go, five, four, three, two, one.
As darkness fills Salt Palace once again, you can do better than that.
We can't see it, but we can hear you Salt Lake City.
Out of all the teams that ventured into the dark, only two were brave enough to make it
their ally.
Are we ready?
This is the grand finale of the Salt Lake City Major.
spring out our two top teams.
in the dark you must show zero fear they already turned the world champions lights
out and have silverware in their sights. Welcome, Dark Zero!
And their opponents.
R.A.B.O.L.s!
The
with a cause, they've found a fire we've not seen from them ever before.
And they're here to extinguish one final threat.
It's Chopper Fire Rebellion!
There's a lot of history here. We've already discussed it on the desk. Trey, Foltz.
I just want to know what you want to say to each other first.
Yeah, I mean, I don't really have much to say today. I just, I know it's going to be a good match.
I mean, my guys are gonna play hard and I have a lot of respect for these guys in Troy, so that's what they are.
Same goes here.
One of my favorite teams of all time, one of my best friends in life.
I got nothing but respect.
I know that he's a competitor, I know I'm a competitor.
I know we're gonna have a hell of a match and it's as simple as that.
You've got your fans here!
You've got your fans here!
What do you want to say to them?
Um, just get loud, man.
I know they got some...
I know they have some big content creators and such on their side, so I know that carries
some weight, but you know, I feel like we're those guys, so.
Troy, what do you want to say to y'all fans?
Just thank you.
I guess I'm genuinely proud to yours, but I'm excited to be here.
I'm not going to take this for granted.
I know the rest of the guys aren't either.
We're so excited.
Let's get fucking lamb.
Let's have a great fucking match.
Now, let's go!
Come on!
Come on!
Come on, Shane!
Best of luck, guys.
Now, you as a crowd have been phenomenal all weekend,
but we haven't done one true big test.
So let's let everybody in the vicinity know how loud we can get.
Salt Lake City, if you are ready for your grand final,
Make some noise!
Alright, now I know you can get loud.
Who's taking this? Is it Dark Zero?
Or will it be Shopify Rebellion?
The players are ready, the crowd is hyped as you can tell, there was only one duo calling
the action for this one, Jesse and Parker, take it away.
Well thank you so very much, it was four long years ago on the other coast of this country
that we saw the last North American versus North American derby and it was one of these
orgs that won it and one of these men who won it but they're on different sides of the stage now
and in fact this is just our third all NA Derby. We got to go all the way back to Continuum versus
Era Eternity in 2017. How many of you here watch the first six Invitational?
Couple of them, couple of them. And guess what? Troy's team has won every single one of these
NA versus NA matchups. So the question we asked Jesse will Troy go three for three or will
BZ blunt that momentum and win their second all NA matchup. I don't know about you, Jesse.
I am very excited to you. Have any predictions for this and a showdown. Parker, this is one
of those games that is just impossible to call on paper, but I'll tell you one thing.
Both other times in history, we've had all NA finals. It has gone the distance of full
three maps back at the first SI, a full five maps in Charlotte. So I can promise you one thing,
this is going to be a crazy best of five. And we'll start on Night Haven Labs. No time being wasted
whatsoever. The good people of Salt Lake City seem to think that the edge is for their rebellion
and the community backs it up as well. This is going to be a barn burner. I am certain of it.
When we saw the brackets a couple days ago, we said it is entirely possible that North America
has two teams to cheer for and no matter what part of this crowd is gonna go home happy
it's all closer than I thought it would be yeah no doubt perfect it definitely feels
like a fan from both teams have come out to support it's not just the players the coaches
it's the organizations behind these teams as well so much blood sweat and tears have been
put into these two rosters just to make it here Shopify rebellion of course months and
months of not making roster moves of not being accepted of those poor performances in Munich
Poor performances in Paris, but now they've made it to a grand finals in Dark Zero.
It's been a dark couple of years for that organization,
but a big rebuild started this season has come through,
and this team is looking deadlier than ever.
I know that it's been said on broadcast many times,
but the tagline for this major,
darkness is your ally.
Well, it's in the name, Dark Zero, and they have been in that darkness.
They are hoping that the light at the end of the tunnel is coming in a hurry.
I think it's fair to say that both of these organizations
have had a series of struggles over the last year. DarkZero obviously a couple years back.
Let's just talk about it. Made the move to get rid of Canadian and since then the team
has hit nowhere near the same level of success and it only took until a crazy roster move
where they brought in the core of that space station roster. An organization on which as
Troy alluded to he and Foltz won a world championship. Is that enough for DarkZero to overcome this
hurdle and win just the second major in the Lord's history.
Well Parker, when you lose Canadian, the team starts to struggle a bit.
Why not bring in the guy who trained under Canadian, our guest crooked down beautifully,
but of course, Spaltz, lifting that hammer beside Troy, plus this move over to be one
of the best high gels in North America, since that match took a very long time since those
two teams, and for those players that shared a team, but man, you know how deep the history
runs.
Night Haven Labs, as you mentioned, is where we're going to kick things off, the double
Electricity man so common to come through from shop by rebellion, but easy a bit more targeted
Snake is a very common operator for Andy to play on this map
It's not a surprise to see that getting removed and also the ace one of the most powerful
Harbors that we have here in rainbow six and a favorite exploits here on night Haven
Jesse we didn't really get to talk a lot about this map pool, but you being a numbers guy can dive into it
Sharae has been a statement map for dark zero and it will be brave
We know that the first three maps will see you see whether we are to cap rate whether we end up rare
That is that remains to be seen. Yeah, but
Chalet 90 laps. These are the two maps for these two teams. Yeah, 100% every both teams got exactly what they wanted to start off
This best of five shot by rebellion three and oh this season beating one of 30 EDG and enterprise the last two over the last couple of weeks
Here in Utah, so they've got quite a bit of experience now
That means the VOD advantage goes a little bit over towards dark zero
But SR will of course have accounted for that for the brings a new strap into this first round of course on storage
And this was something that we did reference when we casted them on Nighthidden Labs long ago,
which is that you get a bit overexposed, and if you don't change things up,
while it is a comfortable map for you, they might have a good read on it.
Maybe Jnarno has a good read on it as he picks off the very first player
and gets kill number one in what will be a long series.
There's a bit disconnected from his teammates there.
That's okay because the answer back comes from his point.
In media trade from NJR though, and the numbers continue to favor DZ.
The man they called the mayor.
It was in Charlotte where he won his very first major teaming with Canadian on that dark zero squad
He's looking to go two for two
He's a bit of a roller coaster when it comes to success here in the North American League and his numbers are real nasty
He runs into Andy another player who's had some pretty nasty numbers, too
And we go back to a 3v3 with just over a minute to go
Yeah, big frag coming out there of course Andy and NJ are the two front runners for MVP of the tournament
This battle is undoubtedly going to determine which of those two lifts that course most important title
Getting the victory so important as well.
Now we got 60 seconds left, Parker.
Three players alive on both sides.
I like this position to drop Fire Rebellion.
They've got really good soft reach, of course,
with Andy still existing on the ram.
They'll know where a couple of these players are at,
but watch out for some of these tricks.
Faults on the pulse, Keen on the thorn.
There are some tricks up the sleeve of Dark Zero
that could really put a thorn on the side of this attack.
They've got that boogie drone up top.
Canadian was also looking to go on to the twitch drone
to gain some more information.
So Rebellion using that good tell so effectively.
Fultz training under the master of Canadian on that close operator.
He'll know that quite well.
Razorblum hit by Canadian.
That's good information for Dark Zeroes.
They are ever so patient.
Rubble will now hit the road.
We are running out of time in this very first round.
Canadian has found an opening.
Is there intel to be had?
Yes.
Fultz down below.
Rebson punishing newers.
Now it's Kino called into action.
Pipe rest on the shoulders of Fultz to clutch.
As Kino fires away, hopelessly,
Nitrocell goes out shot by Ami.
There goes Kino.
And Fultz laughed a reading.
HP's make this very doable. Rex and Canadian and Ambie all very, very low.
What all SR needs to do is just sit and wait.
Bolt's isolated outside of the bomb site. This is a tough one and he'll walk into a crossfire.
It's Canadian to take down Bolt. How poetic for the final kill of round one.
It's the rebellion who are known as the Kings of Nighthaven and for good reason, Parker.
DZ Tron's something a little sneaky. They go storage for their first site.
They play that pulse down below, but it was perfectly read by SR.
That night yourself in fault could have been a disaster,
as the plant was going down with very little time left on the board, but that's okay.
Ambi was ready for it. Rexon was hitting some beautiful shots.
It was a battle of the minds to start things off.
And again, you kind of come to expect these styles of attachment, SR,
where sometimes it gets a little bit slow.
Yes, the opening depth didn't go their way.
They lost that opening frag, but it didn't matter.
The trades on the top floor were good enough.
They still left themselves for 60 seconds to go for the execute,
and that's plenty of time for Canadian to hold out.
And Canadian obviously been under the Microsoft quite a lot.
These two teams are very different in the way that they approach Rainbow Six Seed, right?
Canadian, a dedicated hard support for a while.
Spoint was also in that same role, but they've let the dog off the leash here in Salt Lake City.
And Spoint has been moved to a more aggressive, more forward-fragging role.
And because of it, his numbers have flourished.
Now, this weekend it's been the Ambi show, but let's not forget that you needed Spoint,
one of the best-rated players during phases one and two to get you here.
If Canadian can get a couple early picks and the rest of the team continues to fred, everything is going well for Shopify Rebellion at that point.
Well, it's crowned a major champion in Berlin back in his very first stage of competitive Rainbow Six.
He ended that tournament with the EPS of 108.
He enters this final with the exact same rating, an EPS of 108, but the KDR couldn't be more different.
131 so far here through Salt Lake City, that has been an exceptional stat line for SPOI, and it's been a big reason why SR have gotten this far.
I don't know if you saw the graphic that was shared with Shopify Rebellion before yesterday's match-up,
but it might have been two days ago, they tended to blur together,
but it basically showed the battle of the spoils,
where during kick-off, he actually had one fewer kill, but 30 more deaths.
So far more efficiency here, and it really does speak to Rebellion changing things up.
For DarkZero, though, the stylistic difference.
They've got three to potentially four dedicated support players,
and you've allowed viewers in NJR to run left side over your opponents.
It's been working. NJR's been terrific.
But if their fraggers can't frag, Dark Zero might not have enough in the tank to catch up.
Well, Apols will return for Dark Zero on their second defense, but instead of the captain, and it'll be held by Keeno,
we saw in the picture in pictures, he's getting good information to start things off.
There's a heavy roam presence coming through, numerous of course. The primary roamer, the primary entry on Dark Zero,
he's going to be the first one who likely comes into contact with this roam clear from SR.
They don't have to pull through this whole map, because he seems so great directly through cafeteria at times,
but it does look like the rebellion wants to clear out some of these roamers before they go for their executes.
Newer is a little bit solo here at the top of the stairs.
Right, I see the logic bombs used by Andy to deny time and gain some valuable information.
If you watch the reveal panel that went on right before this, say goodbye to the Dokobie you know and love.
She has seen some changes, so the last real window before somebody lifts that Dokobie-themed trophy,
sitting between these two teams.
It's been a good run for that Korean operator, but a new look is never a bad thing.
5v5, they really haven't actually committed to this roam, Claire Parker.
They're okay with there still being some defenders up above they can maybe try to sneak a plant in under some smokes or some other utility
It's boy inside a cafeteria. There's players just coming inside of this wall believe that's false close on the window
It's not ready for this. This could be a massive blunder, but he's repositioned slightly
Still have the pulse though, but in a different players arms that's keynote now upstairs gaining a ton of information here
Logic bombs will go off
Kino will be known for the time being second round in the road. Dark zero will strike first. Newers takes down Canadian.
Andy trades it right back. There goes NJR.
Is Kino in a position where he needs maneuver? Yes, as J9O bites the dust. So it is Foltz.
It's Kino and Newers now in the top spot. There goes Newers. It's a full-port press and that's all that's going on in map 2. Oh!
Beautiful attack coming out from the rebellion once again Parker.
We haven't seen the primary site from those teams up on the top floor, but down in the basement SR
They take their time with that push. They again lose the opening pick early tackling from DZ
Go back to supply we're gonna fight to see us up
Don't give him space off of it bulker if you want to ban the fucking ram third and go into solid
I just we can't but I'm sick of doing this. We're just giving him space on them. Take our ass
Play them on supplies. If they side eyes, so what's their plan? Go flow down and fight them on
All right
And then especially like before they even do it like when they are clear enough that I want to get more grass
With them in around here, like don't let them just poke around for free and keep poking around and going to what they want
Yeah
Sorry for there because the mic is in the best job
I'm putting so that's fine. Let's go to the supply base then
Right after that kind of read it as seeing how supply goes. I think you go back to basement
You could also maybe go to like fucking and or kitchen. Just check it out
You want after heard?
Yeah, run the mirror. I can run the mirror. I can run the mirror.
Stryker. Beepers.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm what?
The supply base. You go, it was on me.
You run the mirror book?
Coach Callout, not mincing words in that talk time, a little frustrated, even just two rounds deep into the series,
but wants to cut out some of the crap, right, banning out that brand with the possibility for them if they don't want to deal with that.
Burt Pressure, the SR, been playing so well, but really just needs to get the team back on track here, down 2-0 on the defense for Knight and Haven Labs.
Even though this is SR's home, this is where they thrive as a team, you can't be happy for the result like that.
No, not at all. Very disappointed dadmines.
Yeah.
I felt like I was a shank.
I feel like I wasn't pulling my weight there.
And just a small note, we are a community and of course this is a match that is celebrating Dark Zero and Rebellion,
but I don't know if any of you saw Fabian welcoming a child to the world over the last week.
We just want to wish congratulations to Fabian. He is a new father.
Yeah, you can cheer for Fabian.
Does anybody who knows what it's like to be fathered by Fabian? It's Canadian.
That is true.
A bit of a history there, but no, of course we're also happy for the coach of N80, Fabian, a huge moment in his life.
Kino obviously used to call Fabian dad as well, when Kino was on the N80 roster, and we wish obviously him and his partner the best.
I obviously don't have children, I have a cat, it's nowhere near the same, so I'm not going to try to relate to him, but I know it must be.
Pretty good pride moment, pride moment, but also pretty stress.
So, let's get back into this, though. Timeout taken and a pretty swift way into Warehouse 4 Rebellion as they open that up.
One thing Jesse that I've been noticing is the rebellion had been exceptional with their drone work.
This is something that was very evident in round number one. It is carried on here now, and I don't know if we're going to see any changes from Darts here to deal with this.
They do have a mute, but I mean, sometimes that's just not enough.
Well, it's a completely different setup coming through from Darts here. They're playing the same bombsite as round number one.
Notably three rounds deep and we have not been to top floor of night Haven lab. That's very unusual
But it's really easy to have a game plan with this
There's that brand that was potentially gonna get banned after round three already being used by Amby hunting for an angle
Lines NJR, but not the head so it's not good enough
That's uh
We can use biblical terms. That's um, well, I guess David wants so that's David versus David
Fighting to see which one of them will come out ahead
NJR and Ambi is the showdown that so many of us have wanted for much of this event and right now Ambi is winning it quite ambly.
3-0 the good start for the youngster, and he's actually in position to break the major kill records.
Oh, missed shots coming out from Neurs. They're also a fantastic aggressive player from BZ.
You can watch out for Bragg's disadvantage. Now the 5-Bang is coming out, so they realize they need to get this spot for control.
It's been a little bit too long, Parker, and they're not happy with the 5-B-5, so in comes the Calvary.
Hit of trepidation from Ambi. He's now vaults on over, logic bomb goes off.
Rebellion looking to capitalize off this information.
They've been held off the sports sheet early, not this round.
Ambien Rexon strike for two.
That gets Canadian and opening.
Spoits on the board as well.
Everybody firing on all cylinders.
Surf now on the board.
Give it to Canadian, and it's a team ace.
He does get the Diffuse Kit down.
DarkZero left just up to Foltz, who's come up at the end
and more than we can count.
There goes Spoit.
No flawless round will be had for the rebellion,
but everything else is working in their favor.
The Ram, a hindrance for them, still hurting them in the post-plan as time runs down.
Pulse, what do you do in this position? Well, you die to Ambi, that's it.
Ambi, 5-0 to start this contest, and Jesse, I did say Ambi is in striking distance of Eusis's major kill record.
Yeah, that's exactly right, Parker. After this phenomenal start, you're right, Saltov.
Easy to get them mixed up, of course, played on the same team for so long, but really, this has been domination from SR, and you're right.
right and be now leading kills five and oh here on this first map that brings
him up to 170 total across this event the record 203 set by salt off at the
Copenhagen Major so there's definitely still a bit of a gap and if this game
continues the way that it has been if we get a quick three over SR there might
not be time for it but it's only a matter of time before DZ starts striking back
he's got to give credit to SR how dominant they've looked on these early
games despite not getting the opening pick how often do you hear broadcasters
to talk about the conversion rate of those entries.
But a big talking point for these teams,
specifically for DarkZero,
who have been the best conversion team
of the entire event, winning 82% of rounds
where they get that entry.
But so far, they've lost two openings.
They've been traded back really quickly on the side of SR,
and they've always kind of came out of that early game,
still with a lead, still with an advantage.
So DarkZero, it's not enough just to get that first kill.
They've got to find ways to actually win in the early game,
and going into these last 60 seconds
with some kind of an advantage.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but this is now,
what was it, was seven rounds in a row for SR
to send themselves to the grand finals.
This will be round 10 technically
in a row going back to yesterday.
It's been quite a run for this rebellion squad.
They picked nine haven rounds.
They presumably will start on the wrong side.
The numbers be backed up.
DZ has a better attacking win rate on this map,
so things will likely get better for Dark Zero.
When the second half comes in,
the rebellion are good on both sides this map.
Yes, they are a better attacking team, but their defense is nothing to sneeze at either.
The main goal for Dark Zero, which might sound very simple, but so far has been very hard,
is do not let SR run up the score on you.
Something's got to change. You've already used your time out. What can you do if you're DZ?
Four rounds deep, and I'm going to keep hoping on this partner.
We've seen three bombsets on Nighthaven Lads, and none of them are the traditional primary set of the top floor kitchen cafeteria being brought out by DZ.
And Andy, this is again one of those bombsets where he almost exclusively runs the snakes.
So we'll move over to the go-through of that snake getting banned out.
We'll be trying to, again, work some of those opening picks.
I believe it was Rexon in that last round.
He got that first frag, so hunting for it once more.
But this is a classic setup from D.
He's got the claps at the top of these lobby stairs.
Canadian knows his position well.
Well, he has to be careful, though.
These concussions are coming in and making his life kind of scary.
Foltz saw those bullets whizzed by as he was being hunted down
by two players on that top floor.
It was a bit of a rough go of it.
And, I mean, Foltz is not the guy that you expect to be racking up kills.
It's the Canadian of Dark Zero, but if you're in that position,
if Eve almost went for him, if you lose that duel,
that's devastating for KeenZ.
KeenO remains on top floor, but he's still far from this meeting area
that SR have control over.
They're working to burn KeenO without the ram to find him.
Good opportunities, but no frags yet.
97 feet.
And just patrolling these openings.
KeenO barriers not usually used for horizontal coverage,
but will have to be here.
Oh, it's a mis-input.
How does J9o kill Falts?
That is such a blunder.
And maybe it speaks to a little bit of nerves with this DZ team.
Yeah, yeah, obviously this is a big stage.
They get to find their first round.
They're feeling the pressure early here in Salt Lake City.
They've got a couple of opportunities to pull this one back.
Again, Kino waiting on the flank for the perfect moment,
but everybody on S.R. remains alive.
They can keep somebody watching that flank at the same time they hit the site.
They put Kino in clutch or kick positions many, many times
and kick unfortunately has happened on all three of them.
There goes Ambi Canadian as well.
Suddenly dark zero striking.
I believe like a viper is what people have been saying.
NJR and Newers in sunny dire positions,
but Rebellion are stalling out now
with not a lot of time left.
You're going to block that,
you're going to come to fight B90,
take a bit of damage from the DMR of Serpa,
retreat back in towards the site.
SR need to get a move on sooner rather than later.
Rexon yet to die.
Ambie was in that same boat, but the boat sunk.
So what can you do when you're staring down the wrong side
of these numbers, Rexon?
Collecting Newers.
Who's next?
Spoint dies to NJR, a second kill for the mayor.
The solace of Kino upstairs being hunted by Surfsharka in the corner!
Surf doesn't check it, and suddenly Rexon needs to win a 1v2 with 10 seconds to go.
I don't know how I feel about this one.
The Buse are going down, NJR and Kino go up on Utility Off, they'll easily find him,
and there's NJR to get his third, DZ is finally on the board!
Big bounce back from DarkZero, defending that kitchen cafeteria site just like they had to.
Really nice kind of kills coming through, it wasn't the opening frag technically with the TK,
But I thought NJR was so critical of shutting down the backstab from Andy early in that round and then of course ending with the Nitro too
This team came right onto fault. Bit of bad luck, bit of nerves, maybe a bit of revenge as well.
Faultful needs the tournament and team kills so far in Salt Lake City. He has two coming into these grand finals
Nobody else has quite achieved that just yet. So I'm sure it's not intentional
But you know, he does speak to a little bit of chaos, maybe in the easy comms. They fight through it, they win this round
They're on the board, and I mean we speculated that nerves could be the culprit here just but it's actually SR who have way less
Experience competing on this stage J9 oh's first event ever was on that Astralis team that made the Charlotte major finals
NJR
Running a major in Charlotte Fultz of course a world champion Kino winning a major before
This is maybe uncharted territory for newers in call-out
But if you look on the side of rebellion he is very very different. I even call
I was coaching that Astralis team back in Charlotte
There's so much experience across both of these teams, but also so many heartbreaks, so many frustrations over the last couple of years in particular.
It's been too long since we've seen an NA team not named M80 or Beast Cause lifting a trophy, finding success, dominating the international opponents that so often NA teams struggle against,
but now DarkZero and the Rebellion have earned their place here in the Salt Lake City Grand Finals.
BZ, desperate to tie this half. Again, 3-3 on Nighthaven Labs, that's bare minimum on the defense.
You want to be racking things up, especially up against the Rebellion, who can be so good defending on this map,
but they'll have to earn it, they'll have to work for it, during the start on the bottom floor storage.
Excuse me, actually going to be the bomb site here, it's for the bottom floor presence a little bit cheeky coming up from NJR.
Bit deceptive, bit deceptive, but SR spotted it out early, they're taking a lot of map control.
Off for a basement mid for the pressuring all different angles, and it's gonna make it difficult for this easy players to group up
The newer's has to wait out that lion scan. It's only Jane. I know his attention goes towards this
As our assault
Newers was spotted by a drone and is now looking for some safety over by Jane. I know he doesn't find it
That's a tearful on the side of rebellion
Spoided am I striking very quickly still two minutes to go in the round
This is quite the leg up for Shopify rebellion.
Just messy from DZ.
You can't be affording those frags.
Of course, no trades coming out.
They're just a little bit grouped up in the hallway.
So the window player and of course the other hallway player
on SR able to group things up.
That's the entry you owe Vandy and Spoy.
Now how do you recover from DZ?
They cannot sit around and wait for SR to execute 5B3.
They have to go looking for picks.
They have to start getting aggressive.
The drone workers has been so good for the rebellion.
So, so good.
You've got lots of players active in these comms.
Rexon right now droning his way through either selfishly or to assist his teammates.
I don't know if they've thrown NJR into this rat spot.
I'm ready for you.
Might be a tricky one.
NJR's got a good read on it.
He has to watch the window.
He has to watch the rotate and the door frames of three different areas for NJR to focus on.
I don't know about this.
I think Rexon might have an idea, Jesse.
Yeah, they do have some kind of an idea of a little loss on the clash,
looking down when he had to look horizontal.
It's a freebie for Richie now up to seven and one and puts more pressure on NJR.
And NGR has to get active here. Another for Rexon.
What a triumph.
Four points to the Spears for the Rebellion.
Rexon, whose name is seemingly come up the least.
Spoight will shut that one down.
Canadian mid-plant, and it's back to business for SR
as they go back up by three.
This has been shocking, Parker.
The fact that DZ has struggled so much here on Knighthaven Lads,
it's not their strongest map,
but it's not like it's one they never play.
Two matches so far this season,
a lost to Wildcard back during the kickoff,
with an beat wild card got their revenge here in Salt Lake City.
So they know how to play this map.
There shouldn't be an unfamiliar position for DZT.
But they just feel a little bit lost.
They feel a little bit disconnected.
How many of these gunfights are going down
where they're not even looking at the player shooting them back?
Sometimes like that NJR death.
Yeah, they're taking fair 50-50 fights.
But even then, because of the drone economy,
it feels like information is so much better from SR
and this is happening after you banned the snake.
This is after you've already banned
ambi's most played operator on this map.
This is worrying for the guys on EZ.
I mean, if we've seen anything from Ambio for the entirety of this event, Jesse,
it's that he is so flexible and he can kill you on both sides of the map.
He can kill you on any bomb site.
He is really a massive threat to take down.
And he's well backed up by rebellion.
Again, a big stylistic difference between these teams.
Lots of fragging potential on the rebellion.
There's still plenty of fragging on Darkseer,
but they are more support-oriented.
They're more well-rounded, quote-unquote, team short.
We said if NJR viewers struggle in the kill department, we don't know if there'll be enough for VZ.
Well, so far, there are Star Fraggers amount to six kills in six rounds.
That is just simply not gonna get the job done.
Well, finally, it took a six round, but we have made it to the top floor of Night Haven Labs.
And again, this is a bit of a double-edged sword, because if VZ do win this, there's gonna be question marks.
Why didn't they come here earlier? They come into this with just being their highest win rate bomb site.
Winning two-thirds of all rounds on this site here in Salt Lake City, so they got some history with it.
but I guess deciding before this match began to being more unpredictable trying to throw SR off was more important.
It will finally go back to old reliable.
And this kind of starts to test SR too, because now you've played four different sites,
you've had to rack your brain for different strategies,
there will no doubt be prepared and have plenty of experience attacking the spot for it,
but it's not an easy bomb-taking, it's real life, really.
No shields played in this entire first half by Shotfire Rebellion either.
That is a minor change up for this team.
So again, if you think you're a bit overexposed here, to be fair, they don't play a ton of shields here on attack.
Yeah.
But it is still abnormal to not see it at all. You did the 6-7 hand thing, by the way.
I know, I know, I'm sorry, but Canadian plays a lot of Monty, specifically on this bombslay, which is why it's a little strange not to see it.
Favouring the ying, this is not a brand new up for Canadian, but we haven't really seen it since April, since the kickoff when SR played this not domestically.
So you're gonna have to go a little bit back in your brain if you're dizzy, if you're expecting this strategy.
I'm sure they will be. NJR on that warden probably the most important operator counter Canadian's utility
They have to be able to take that warden down or find a different angle around him if they want to execute off of these tendellas
They've been running drone ops on five of these six rounds to gain more information
It is being undue in dark zero as they look like they're playing a little bit too conservative with their defender forces
This is something they call out very wisely read after round number two. It has not changed
But down goes spoits and down goes serve as well.
A nice toss by NJR.
Ambi is on the board.
NJR will hit the deck.
Neuer's paying compliments there to Ambi.
As Rexon knows, there's one behind that deployable shield.
This is a good read for NJR.
They've lost Keto to Canadian.
Time for the mayor to pop on up.
He's got the milusi right by his side.
J9O will get Rexon in the cross.
It's Ambi and Canadian combining for 10 kills,
trying to make something work.
Small ego peaked by J9O, and that ego is well-earned
and it leaves Canadian all lonesome upstairs,
Dark Zero hoping to salvage this first half with a 4-2.
The two, of course, is the best you're gonna get.
And frankly, it looks like we're screaming in that direction.
Bolts will get the kill.
Round number one ended with Canadian killing Bolts.
Round number six ending with Bolts killing Canadian.
A nice bookend to the first half,
but it's a 4-2 lead for SR.
I'm just gonna keep it more so standard like obviously go on the planet like let the bells
walk up. I think that's what I'm thinking right here. It started out good. Yeah. And
I am quite frankly too off seeing what they started with right here. I think they prep
for us. They're not probably going to do fucking AIDS bands for the clash itself. So you don't
really need to worry about it. I think we can do what we talked about, but I don't think
you're going to do it. She's pretty standard. Yeah, I mean, we could just run the my ACE
stature, get the tools, walk at the weed wall, then we have the ACE for intervals. Yeah,
Yeah, that's a good point, Bob.
Just get creative here.
Yeah, that's a good point.
These guys right now, as of all you've got those two rounds,
they guarantee you they're already starting
to think about this map.
They were so pumped up to play fucking Night Eve today.
Yeah, we get this first one, bro.
We get this first one, bro.
We get this first one, bro.
We get this first one, bro.
And if not, use those as a nice little warm up.
That's a good point.
Like two second long games.
Get a long long game.
For basement, they have two attacks that we saw.
They were both essentially clears.
One was just a split.
One was a full clear.
For this, it's essentially going to be
They could bring a shield through fish, walk down with him like a sledge.
Ace is going to open up the wall and then look to go rafter.
Deimos can go mud, but he's Deimos, so he might float around in that area in general.
Jokobie can go lobby or he can go 90 window, okay?
So I think the biggest thing to just keep in mind there for basement is likely they are going to clear you.
The other way they would clear is they flip the shield to lobby with Ace.
They'll bring like a striker above like maybe a con side or or the hatch
If he opens the wall, that is the guy who would go above okay, and then don't he's gonna go fish side
So just be aware of that for kitchen. They basically do a horrid. They'll bring the ram above
They like to put a black beard or any kind of shield outside the 90 window
So they might double up there and have a shield and like
Cool calm and collected those are the vibes being given off by call out in that half-time Parker
and it really did feel like they were taking this as kind of a unexpected victory.
Getting just two rounds, they knew that SR were coming into this confident,
and if they can shake them a little bit, if they can get a couple of these round wins,
they think they got a chance to pull this one back, and call it set it.
Even if they don't win on Nighthaven, they didn't come into this series expecting to.
They're treating it as a bit of a warm-up, so clearly they're confident on the side of BZ,
immediately talking a bit about that clash.
Now, as I'm seeing Nomad Capitao bands coming through,
you know Canadian's going to be loving that operate.
Yeah, I mean, the old saying, I've said it many, many times this event,
you're never in danger until you lose at home.
If SR dropped this map and then like almost every team before them
dropped Chalet to probably the best Chalet team in the world at the moment.
Yep.
You go onto your map with your back against the wall
and then you need a reverse sweep to get out of that position.
So obviously, Darkseer trying to temper expectations,
Manage a motion. This is one of the best things that Callout does. He is as much a strategic coach as he's a mental
Yes. Yeah, two of the best coaches in North America. No doubt here
We got the battle between Seth Hoffman versus Seth Mick.
Battle the Seths there at the Brain Trust. Dark Zero and Shopify Rebellion. They've been around the block. The best two coaches.
Domestic coaches, I think you could save in North America over the last couple of years. There's no real debate about that one.
We had lunch with Lugonis yesterday, how dare you say that about me?
Well, I guess not domestic.
I thought he was a great coach today, but he's European.
Lugonis is a great coach, but he's Brazilian in terms of actual NA coaches.
Well, he's a real enemy.
Jesse's just here to make enemies.
Alright, alright.
They hired me for my hot tanks, Parker.
That's what they always say, right?
I see that.
Yes.
I see that all the time.
Both of these teams, statistically though, Jesse, better on attack, so expect Dark Zero
to put up a bit more of a fight.
That will be the thing to keep an eye on here is how DarkZero is able to start off his attack.
And I want to focus on this class once again.
Coloss specifically said he didn't think they would go for these bans that are anti-clash.
He didn't expect the Nomad Capitao bans, but he said if they do ban those, just do what we talked about.
I wasn't in the DarkZero team meeting. Unfortunately, I didn't quite make it to that one.
It's like I lost a man.
Yeah, unfortunately, the invite just didn't show up in time.
But we'll get to see from the center what that looks like, what their counter to the clash is.
It's always going to be awkward though. Canadian is keeping this IT wall closed, the impact goes out first to stop that exothermic,
and the last exothermic charge from NJR being placed on this wall, if this gets denied, this could be huge.
It doesn't look like it'll happen, no, it opens up. Crisis averted.
Canadian walks back a little bit, decent timing by DarkZero now to get that wall open and jostling that the reliant we're doing will fall short.
Shorts didn't even really see that thatcher be that much of a contributor to that.
I think a lot of teams are expecting the nitro cell out there and he can blast it with that EMP.
Kind of hard to do that with impacts.
Pretty much involved, so.
Yeah.
Oh, of all DIN, that nitro cell don't miss, wrecks in the leadoff pick, and now it's Keno disoriented over by Fish.
Completely blind bent.
The snake now getting chased on down.
Multiple players, but they're menaced by Canadian.
Canadian didn't get either of those picks, but he is responsible for at least one of them.
Now it's DZ on their back foot.
They were able to close the gap with that final round in the first half.
Typically we see teams win this and close it to just a single round.
Dark Zero, if they're gonna do that, they've got some serious work to be done in the final minute.
Feels like things have not gone to plan here on the side of DZ.
Now that a two-man disadvantage is still gonna be caught up by these gas pipes.
It's gonna slow things down even further.
They're hoping for a swing to come through,
but it's unlikely that anybody will bite on J9O holding that E-Box window.
Newer is up the fish stairs hoping for a bit of a sneaky frag.
They don't know he's here.
Is he gonna hit him?
I'm a little worried.
Now the dreadmines up though, they're gonna hear him if he starts to walk through.
He's been activated. The snake of Newer is now making his presence known.
Shoot him through the wall.
Dark Zero's stalling out entirely. Jesse, 30 seconds have gone by and there's been very limited movement.
There was existing over on this fish side of the map.
He's done so for so long. He'll walk up, take dry engagements with the F2.
He's gonna easily kill multiple players.
He misses the opportunity.
Ami with the takedown, scored on the board as well.
And it's Ami to give a flawless win in the first round of half-two.
The Rebellion, two rounds away from winning their own map.
That's a statement round win, Parker, as well.
That breaks an 11-round streak where DZ have been flawless on their attacks.
Back during phase clan, they didn't lose a single attack through maps 2 and 3 and they won their final attack on map 1
So they had won their 11 previous attacking rounds
They will finally drop one here in the quarters semis and finals up against SR
That's a big moment to come through from the rebellion. Again, you can talk about that clash
It was focused on by Call of the Attack Timeout. They said they had a plan for it
I assume that was something to do with the factor playing on the roof
But whatever the game plan was for Dark Zero, it was not able to come to fruition
provision. SR very confident on that top floor site made and will continue the class around
date. Two players on rebellion have broken double digits already. Both brexen and ambi
sitting on identical scale lines. 10 kills to death. One assist. They are eating very
well here in Salt Lake City. Now I know that much of the conversation has been around two
of the players on rebellion, but they're not getting enough kills. But Jesse, there's only
so many kills to go around and right now they're being funneled into the two best
gamers on rebellion as of today it is working out very effectively again
dark zeros their fraggers being overwhelmed and shut down and there is
just not enough in reserve to deal with here things could change you like to
say it there's two halves of each map but dark zero are running out of time
yeah no doubt about that easy need to change the game plan a little bit they've
already burned their time well back after round number two they love no more
lifelines even if we do head into overtime they won't get a chance to talk
of call it unless super decides to call his tax time over SR but you have no
plan to doing any of such because they're up 5-2 they're comfy and as far as
the scores bomb site goes and this is very similar to the last site and I was
gonna say an added benefit of banning the nomadic capital your a zombie on
Raptors can play so much freer as well so it's not just a flash counter it has a
reverberation across this entire map so rebellion know that and they're gonna
use that to very good effect. And again like some people might say why don't you
ban the clash, why don't you ban the Azami, but you really just can't on night
hitting the lab. The wall denial is too important. Bandit and Ty are so powerful to keep these walls closed and teams just do not like to play up against that very common bands coming out here.
Oh, andio. You know Jalen's feeling good. When he decides to go for an ego peek on the IT wall.
Ooh, and then he just zapped the drone so they won't know he's there. That's the 11th kill for Rexon,
and down goes Newers, the mayor shut down,
it's Andy and Rexon again, the Andy and Rexon show.
We go round and round and round and again,
Dark Zero is suffering through this.
11 and 11 on the kills, make a wish.
It's SR who have been dominating now throughout this map.
They are so close to map points.
They just need to find three more frags in Canadian.
We'll continue to make this more difficult
surface-runner to Keto, and it's just J9O and false
to hold it down.
If this continues through this series,
this might be a quick one for the Rebellion.
DZ not looking like themselves, a Hail Mary through the wall, J-9-0 will find Ambie,
could kick start some offense that DZ is so desperate to find.
Still a one minute to go, the clash still on the board, two gas casters in pockets,
Foltz taking some damage there but his position also given away.
DarkZero with the exception of that low picked by J-9-0 is coming up empty handed,
they might be able to get spoiled now, trapped into the corner,
J-9-0 will test his reflexes expecting follow up, the jiggle peek with the deagle out,
SPOINT doesn't really need to do anything. They can call somebody in to assist.
They're terrifying. He's just spoilt with a D.V.O.B.
Don't know what's coming next.
The game is in the Canadian but not quite enough.
He's knocked back with a can there but it's not still enough to get the frag.
HP low on the side of Rebellion.
I mean he's still got to favor them in this altercation.
As Darkseer are dragging this one out.
They're waiting as long as possible and they're just going to die at the hands of the Rebellion.
K9O's last man standing, four targets to five, four on the board, and it's Serp to Ground Heaven Labs!
Map 1, we're on Map Point, SR is powering through this.
This has been a quick one, the rebellion dominating on their own pick, and again,
I really like the teamplay that we're seeing out of Shopify Rebellion, Parker.
It feels like they're working so in sync in a lot of these rounds.
You saw it on their attack, they were slow a lot of those rounds.
They weren't getting into really early gunfights,
They were still able to work together when they did go for those picks.
I thought Canadian was so critical on the clash here in this round,
really protecting his teammates as he tried to get back to site.
This is brutal.
They literally had him on the B's part for that, a suspicion of where he was.
But still, Andy gets away with a frag.
Again, Canadian is able to kind of block them as they rotate back down
through the lounge hatch, faulted a really good angle on the window.
But it didn't matter with the clash blocking that rotate back to site.
So it just feels like SR, everything is going to plan.
Could you say these on the B's?
He's on the bees.
He's on the bees.
Rexon playing to his headset, by the way,
if you don't know the history behind Rexon,
he is completely deaf in one ear,
so he plays with sound in only a single ear.
If they're coming from that direction,
maybe he doesn't hear them, so.
Yeah.
A bit of a minor handicap with the scoreline
that Rexon has right now.
You would never know it outfragging Ambi
as Ambi is still dressing in pursuit of the record
that you said set by Solotov in Copenhagen.
We checked multiple times.
If anybody wants to correct us, we went directly to Ubisoft because we found a couple different numbers and they were all over the place, so we did some actual math ourselves, landed at 203, confirmed by Ubisoft.
If that scoreline repeats itself on Chalet and maybe another map, I just don't think there's enough runway for Ambien to land at, but if we go deep into map 5, there's an entire possibility we see a new record set.
Poor Ambien. 2-3-0's too quickly and doesn't get his kill record, what a shame.
Guys, couldn't we have lost at least one, so I could have battled like, come on.
Well, Bookie and Raxen have been dominant so far through this first map,
Parker. Raxen again has been incredible. He's been positive, or even blasted.
Eight straight maps. What a consistent player he has been for SR.
This whole team has been gelling all weekend long throughout this tournament.
They started all the way back in stage one. They had to fight through tooth and nail
just to get to the Swiss phase. They had to fight through that as well,
just to get to the playoffs. And now, after an incredible run,
They have the ability to do something magical when they're first ever finals as a team. It could be a big moment for them
Basement here two minutes remaining Parker all of the roamers have more or less fallen back
I hate to harp on the numbers here for guard zero but nobody positive right now is
Fault subversive and impact that was likely intended for the boogie drone
Fights him instead not a lot of damage done, but still something that you have to consider moving forward NJR holding that diffuse kit
Things that, even if Fultz was on the HP, it's not gonna be the one planting the case.
You don't need to worry about any errant nitro cells impacts anything along those lines.
Kino now asserting himself as he hits one of those boxy alarms. Dark Zero on top, on the main,
or looking nicely. These rovers from the rebellion and so far, they haven't really been able to do that.
Rexin, they might know he's here. The deathmew will now as a shield pops him up. Impact goes forward.
Kino takes a bit of damage from that, but doesn't get the shield break, so no early kill coming out.
What a shot, Rexin! Train it out, but how does he even get one there? That's insane.
And good value from the dogabees already been had, so not the end of the world that J9O is in the ground.
Kino on the follow-up is the best that you can hope for in that situation.
Dark Zero now have to outmaneuver this rebellion team for the final 50 seconds, or else that's curtains!
And we go over to Shell.
You got a Nitro being played by Sir, three talk to babes in Canadian, the first one just gets used here inside of Exo, so that's going to be a little bit of time denial, but the clock really isn't here for Dark Zero, they need to rush through and pass some payoffs, this plant is unlikely to be successful.
And Sploit knows exactly where this push is coming from, he's far enough back and you know how he's been shooting over the course of this event, very quiet because he's been playing a sheltered role here on this map, but he can still do some serious damage.
I'm looking at Kino and NJR here though, they failed this one.
This one if Canadian is unable to succeed that just might be the ballgame, but hold on
Ami's tucked into the corner. They don't know Canadian waiting it out
You know with one and you have a great entry by dog zero to remaining from the rebellion with only 10 seconds to go
Split trying to find some targets. He'll do just that
It's all of the newer, the point that just came back to SR with the statement game to start off our Grand Finals.
It doesn't get much better than that. What a domination from SR. Every single player playing their role, doing what they needed to go up early in this series. They expect it to win on Night Haven and they deliver.
and they deliver.
If SR shows up like that throughout the course of this Grand Vinyl, it might be a quick one.
We'll be back with that too in just a couple minutes.
I got on that map. It's looking pretty good right now. What's working well for you guys?
I mean, besides like the energy just coming into what we've been doing normally. So like
obviously coming at this, we got to go through phase one, two and now three, just believing
and trust in the system that we have.
Just playing to win is more than our motto,
not playing to lose.
So whether it's 6-2 or it's like 6-7 on potential,
just pretty much playing to win every single run.
Well, it sounded like during that halftime break,
you guys were saying it's a long series.
It's going to be fine.
Any concerns now that you've lost the first map?
No.
I mean, I think they played super well that first map,
but at the end of the day, that is their map pick,
and I think they're very comfortable on that.
But yeah, like I said, it's their map pick,
and it's going to be a long day,
so I'm just going to try to tell my team,
I tell my team, you know, don't get too caught up on that map, you know,
this was let's get fired up for next map. And that's it. Good luck.
As Fultz said, there is a long day ahead, but we are now one step closer
to finding out who our champions will be here in Salt Lake City.
Shopify rebellion, Lats rocking and rolling on laps.
Yeah, I mean, you heard Rex and he said it's the belief system.
That's what I was talking about going into this series.
And we got a couple rounds to display that belief system.
I mean, I've already talked about SR.
We need to see these explosive attacks,
and their attacking half was next to none.
It was absolutely beautiful.
They were controlling the tempo.
They were controlling the movement from the side of Dark Zero.
But that's the problem with playing a domestic matchup
is if you're on the side of Dark Zero,
you can't really play on Orthodox,
because a team like the Rebellion
is going to instantly identify
when you're trying to do something cheesy.
You can't get away with it like you did against Bayes.
And again, they were looking so timid on their defense.
I mean, that's a very good way to play it.
When you play an inter-regional matchup,
they know your quarks.
They know you're going to be bringing glass.
You're going to be bringing shields.
You're going to be bringing these X factor operators.
And that's why that's always so good.
They're prepared for it.
And the reason why their attacks are so aggressive
is the fact that they're able to set up so much information.
We're talking about Ambi being able to do it day after day.
Every single time, there's info all around
to know what's going on in his blind spot.
So he just needs to have that confidence to focus up.
But for me, the standout player has to be Rexon.
He has been so consistent.
He's always that player that's in the shadows, doing his best,
always on the back line.
And when it came to this server,
he was just situationally always in the right spot
to pick up those picks for his teammates.
And once he gets in that position,
it's really hard to get him out.
Yeah, I mean, it absolutely has been.
But that's the thing, you know, even in the bands,
it looks like they were trying to get rid of Andy's comfort,
whether it was on the snake, whether it was on,
I mean, just a couple of the operators
that they banned as a whole.
But I mean, that's why we're highlighting Wrexing,
because any single player, especially given how well
that they're playing in sync with one another,
any one of these players can control the entire dynamic
of a round. They're going to obviously want to get this done in three, but we go to Shale
and Nexus, DZ's pick. What do they need to do differently? I mean, the thing is Shale
is the map that we saw them be phase on. It's one of those maps where it's a lot more aggressive.
You're able to get very flexible. Those X factor operators are going to be a situational
factor. I think the biggest thing, shutting down info. Really, when you look at SR, the
main thing is their entry. They're getting those picks off of that info. If they shut
that down, that's a good first step in the right direction for Dark Zero. For me, I'm
focus on the mental aspect side of things. I mean no one had a good performance in that series.
Someone has to suffer. When you're in these moments it feels like your backs are against the wall.
It has to come down to one individual on a team to have such a dramatic round for everyone to be
able to get behind, rally behind and feed off that and gain that momentum especially into their map.
All right guys, how great has this crowd been by the way?
Amazing. Amazing. We cannot say it enough and normally I'm out there talking to you guys a
a lot more so I'm hoping that I can come and have a word with some of the fans
here. Samuel our incredible steady cam operator thank you very much let's have
a chat with some fans down here I think we've got some family tell me your name
and who you're here to support. My name is Margaret and I'm Ambi's mom. Give it up for Ambi's mom!
I'm Sheila and I am Ambi's nana. Ambi's nana and Sheila as well. And you sir.
Danny and our merchies brother. Oh love it. It's a family affair here. Are you feeling confident? 100%
What are you feeling confident Sheila? Yes
Sorry for just throwing a microphone in your face there Sheila. Who else can we talk to? Are you guys a couple here? Oh
Cute guys, do you mind if I just come in it? Is that alright? Sorry to interrupt this lovely little setting here
Hi mate, what's your name? Justin. Hi Justin. What's your name? Chelsea
Chelsea and Justin, where are you from?
Mississippi.
Mississippi, and who are you supporting?
Shopify Rebellion.
Can we make some noise here?
I always love a Siege couple.
You guys come into a major together.
How much do you love this game?
Oh, I love it.
Yeah?
I'm mostly moral support, but I'm here for the whole environment,
all the energy, so.
We all need a partner like you.
Look, we're live.
Anything else you want to say while you're here?
Yes, sir.
Yeah, actually
Can you please just come with me, just briefly?
Please just come here, this is an incredible moment that we're all witnessing here in Salt
Lake City.
Come and stand right here in front of the trophy.
Salt Lake City, please make some noise for our brand new fiancees!
CHEERING
How are you feeling?
I can't believe it, oh my god!
I'm happy, I'm excited.
Congratulations to both of you, go and take your seats
and enjoy the rest of the show.
Let's go SR.
Let's go SR.
Well, these are going to look to fight back here,
but Rainbow Six Siege has been full of incredible wants
and a lifetime moments.
Parker, Jesse, there's another one for you.
Yeah, it absolutely is.
I mean, one of the few things that I think the crowd can agree upon today,
as they have been going back and forth with their cheers for the two teams here,
Congratulations of course a huge moment and now with that we turn our sights to
Chalet a dominant map for Dark Zero and Jesse safe to say if they lose this they
aren't serious trouble and Shotgun by Rebellion enters up 1-0. Yeah there's no
other way to cut it Parker. Night Haven Lodge was a statement for the rebellion
Chalet must be a statement for Dark Zero in return. They are 2-0 on this map this
season beating Wildcard and just 7-1ing. Faze Clan yesterday one of the most
dominant matches that we've seen here at the six major so far and for SR they've got some 7-1 experience as well
Unfortunately, it wasn't quite beating face clan. It was more like losing to JJ Blast. So different sort of scenarios
I thought I was saying you're talking about ball stagnation
Oh, of course, I am Barker. This has not been a good map for the rebellion historically
But they would have known it was coming. They chose not to ban this map for a reason
They will have some strategies prepped to counter dark zero
I mean when you don't play Consulate that's gonna be your instaband so SR
Know the chalet is gonna come through the right call made by this dark zero team
Let's play chalet early if we flip a coin on
Nighthaven labs and we win. We are almost guaranteed to go up to oh
This is a great place for this map for dark zero and really
We're gonna trip over ourselves here a few times on this cast to talk about it
Just how good DarkZero is.
Yeah.
Early signs.
That might be some concern for DarkZero, but, Jesse,
what are you going to be looking for in these first few rounds?
Well, Parker, I want to see some new stuff coming up from DZ.
Obviously, they've shown this throughout kickoff.
They've played it a couple of times.
They haven't, you know, they've shown it against FaceClan as well.
They haven't faltered ever really on this map,
but they can't just rely on their old strategies.
They're going to come through, and they're going to start by banning
the exact same operators they banned versus FaceClan, Snake and the Grim.
And I think those are strong bans.
No doubt about that. Snake in particular, again an operator that played a lot by Andy here on Chalet.
We see every now and again for Wrexing as well, but the Grim, not one that we see as our playable lot here.
So we're going to be sure to see what they want to respond with on the side of the rebellion.
A really rough map stats wise for the rebellion. They are below 50% on both attack and defender win rates.
So you are not expecting very much here from the rebellion.
And also if you talk a little bit about the mental aspect of that, number one,
This DZ team, they're cool under pressure, Jesse.
I do not expect them to falter after the shellacking that they took.
Usually in the best of five.
The first two maps really should be your strongest maps.
It's what comes after that you need to be concerned with.
So expect a mental reset from DarkZero.
They talked a big game, DZ did.
We heard it from Call of the Time.
We heard it from Falton at interview.
They feel confident despite losing that first map.
But now they've got to show up and showcase exactly why they're so confident.
Here comes the library push.
And they're looking for something early.
Great crossfire from Dark Zero to shut down Ambien Rexon.
They unmasked almost 25 kills back on map number one.
And they're just playing with their food on the side of Dark Zero
here, a good jump out from Fultz.
As a flawless round, Will Gretus on Chalet.
Map one says, what?
That's the answer DZ needed.
Through all of Night Haven Labs,
Fault's got just two frags, Parker, just two kills on map number one in round one of map two.
He breaks that stat, a nice triple for the captain of DZ, and that's exactly the confidence aspiring round you want to see at a dark zero.
That's exactly the statement we were waiting to hear in this team, Shopify Rebellion, of course, trying to clear through that map, trying to get in through the thought floor, through library side.
They just weren't able to find the angles they wanted to.
Fault's so tricky here on the floor in SMG,
chuffing up the building, firing down the stairs.
The 3K from the captain is so confidence-inspiring.
Fault said it's going to be a long day.
We'd set the same.
Our desk has set the same.
You should be buckled up.
For what I imagine will be a bumpy ride
as we look to Crown Assault Lake City major champion.
I'm very glad that the Crown obviously
is something to cheer for now after that blowout
in map number one.
Well, I'm looking at these numbers, Jesse, and I'm kind of expecting something similar here, right?
SR are objectively better on attack on this map, so if they cannot at least muster two, maybe three rounds,
things are probably not going to improve when they swap sides, because frankly,
I have about the same win rate defending Chalet at this event as they do.
Yeah, no doubt. I mean, even for Dark Zero, that stat remains true. They won every single one of their
their attacks on this map versus phase clan yesterday.
So we know how dominant they can be on the offensive side
here on Chalet.
We wanted a statement map to come through from Dark Zero.
Still early, right?
We're one round deep into the second map.
So you don't start bringing the alarm bells just yet from SR.
But even if this map does spiral,
I think if you're Seth, if you're Super,
you've got to do the same thing to call it was doing
and say, we don't expect to win this map.
It's a best of five.
It's a long series.
If you could win your first opponent's pick,
that's a huge boon for you in the series.
but it's never something you walk in expecting to accomplish.
No, and when you look at this map,
we'll bank, cafe, and lair.
It's going to be more even from here on out.
So you start off strong, you win your maps,
you get some motivation,
you set yourself up very effectively
for the final three maps,
and JR having some tech issues at the moment.
He was very briefly told he was a naughty boy.
When he tried to talk to Kino,
you're not allowed to do that when there are tech pauses.
These rules, he instituted for a variety of reasons.
We are having a full lobby re-host right now, so we're still about a couple seconds, maybe a minute or so out from getting back into the lobby.
And JR, of course, a critical player to have online in these rounds.
He was the only player to come close to positive back on round number one.
Six and seven KD minus one through the first map of this series.
Sorry, what was this KD?
Don't say it, part of the reason we're leveled with God.
Just move on.
So how many kills?
Six kills.
How many deaths?
Seven deaths.
That's six, seven.
All right.
Rated player
Let the people enjoy you know let that steep they're sick of it too old man. They just cheer
Okay, I'll tell you if you were to fire up the rainbow six twitch chat right now you would see six seven down
I feel like you're behind a time for the parker. I hate to I hate to call you out like that
Twitch dot TV slash rainbow. Oh, well, would you look at that?
NJR enters this map for the 125 EPS again. That is front runner for MVP of the Salt Lake City Major
He has been their best player all
Stage long, really, he's been such a dominant performer for them.
Even going back to his time on Dark Zero when they were winning the Charlotte Major,
he is far exceeding his stats from that previous event.
It's a long time ago, but even after such an incredible career,
NJR seems to just now be peeking as a player.
Yeah, I mean, he was kind of on that easy roster that suffered through an awful lot,
but I think NJR's abilities were never really...
...doubted, I think you could say.
I think the identity of that team was was tricky to really pin down. I mean they went through different leadership
They brought in some different players like just think about the amount of personnel changes dark zero went through
And then they decided let's just throw the baby out with that one all of it is gone and they said let's bring in some different players
We'll build around NJR. We'll bring in the three guys from the station
Well, I'd keen out who had some contractual issues with m80 is not a team decision for him to step off of that roster
And they looked mighty good and it's the best they've looked for years and they found their first finals birth with this new roster
Yeah, it's crazy how fast the successes come from Dark Zero
But of course there's still work to be done as we load back into map number two that work will resume
NJR. I mean you said he's been on this roster for over five years
That's an eternity in terms of e-sports faults for a long time with the longest standing player on a single organization side of North America
But that has changed as he moves from SSG over towards DZ this season.
So lots of legacy, lots of history with these players.
There are no strangers to the big lights of the main stage, but
only one can come out on top.
Now again, dark zero.
Early lead on this second map, Parker, but they need a lot more than that.
There really is a lot of history inside of this grand finals
and more history will be written here,
respective of which of these teams win.
This is just the third NA versus NA matchup in official Ubisoft Circuits
Canadians team has won all of them up to this point. DarkZero won one of them when
Canadians on that squad but only one of those teams will ultimately hoist this
trophy. DarkZero up 1-0 on their map. We are expecting DZ to kind of do the same
thing to SR. That SR did to DZ on map number one. This is just such a good map.
But Rebellion could still shock them.
Slow start for the Rebellion. Parker this is exactly how they like to attack on
night Haven labs as well and this will be a trend throughout this series they're
not going to be rushing into the building in these early gunfights they're
happy to take their time their drone game was so good on night Haven labs that
it can be good once again here on Chalet playing on the outside window angles
of course they didn't fan out that a zombie but it's not being played by
dark zero instead it was the castle band to come through from SR and it makes
things a little bit more awkward with all of these windows staying upright
they're jumping in the building.
The serve band is just a little bit longer than we might have expected.
Wreckham is looking for a cross on the upside down repel only J9O will move now as
out goes the grenade from surf it's target manages to evade it for now but
he gets newers on the run surf miss is a golden opportunity he's in the middle of
the site Jesse yeah doesn't have to fuse kids so camp plant but that's still
massive now keep in mind top floor control is so important for this bombsite
even with SR and control of the site it's not favorable for them just yet
DZ have so many players up above the bombsite who can deny the plants if they
start for it, but again, Canadians still outside the building, so it will be a little bit still
before we see the fuse get hit the ground.
Dronework was a really key component of the Rebellion's attacks on Nighthaven Labs.
They have not let off the gas here whatsoever.
There were shield zaps in as well from the attacks of the Rebellion.
So far on Chalet, shield play, not as important, Canadian running Twitch and Operator he knows
very well.
Surf takes up for lost time, gunning down Foltz.
You referenced Foltz's contributions in the first round, they will not come to pass now
as there's 40 seconds left.
has not been pushed out of the bomb site at all, Jesse.
He's still in there lingering.
Neither team sees much value in holding site control.
If you don't have positions up above,
that's why Canadian pushes up the solar stairs,
forced back by the smoke, and will have to go for a plan.
It might seem simple.
Walk in, plant the diffuser, but that upstairs pressure
from dark zero, too strong.
Kino taking down Rexon.
And now he jumped out as J9O gets once.
Point trades him back immediately.
Surf calling for help inside the site.
Canadian, where are you in the cavalry?
Surf shredding everybody.
There goes the diffuse kit.
It's a 2v2 with plenty of time left, but Dark Zero's inability to flush out the top four will lose them the round.
Spoint dies with the hands of NJR, but it was all over before that kill comes in.
DZ off to a 2-0 spurt.
Discipline on the DZ side of things Parker, really solid defense, not panicking when they lose that site about halfway through the round,
feeling confident that as long as they hold above, as long as they hold below, they're comfortable.
You guys are made?
Not stuck on the turn either.
OK, listen.
Yep.
Hands on one.
One, let's reset.
We don't need any, like, going back and forth is fine.
All right?
What I want to say to you guys is we have so many gaps here,
but we have to be reactive to the gaps we have.
We can't just sit there for two minutes
trying to figure out what to do.
If Daim is applying pressure site there,
we need to do something to apply pressure elsewhere, OK?
We can't just sit around waiting for something to happen.
I want us to continue to clear traps.
If we see them clear, you till and spread the map on them.
They're reactive and you're getting gaps. Okay. We need to if we see a gap guys
We have to be reactive to actually get to the gap or to help it
You can't sit there while one guy's fighting the whole team and everybody else
Together on the same page if you have the gap everybody go together
Left side of your screen there you can see what the audience is up to during the timeout
They're getting active they're showing their support for their favorite teams
But I think some important words being said by super in that timeout Parker
just deciding that there are not really reactions coming out from the rebellion.
They're creating pressure, they're creating gaps, there are ways for SR to work their way into the site,
but they're not doing things in a lot of these moments.
How long were we watching whether it was Rexon holding an angle on the solar window,
whether it was Ambie holding the angle down those snow stairs.
It always felt like there was somebody in SR just sitting and waiting for response.
DZ have been too disciplined for that style of play.
SR have to get reactive to find those gaps and capitalize on them.
And I think it's fair to say Shelly is a bit of a reactive map as well.
Big difference between right-handed maps and Chalet.
Chalet is smaller.
It feels smaller at times, very claustrophobic.
Look at how much map control Surf was able to take,
but he never got the top four.
Holy, three dark zero. What does that do?
It means you have to fear the windows.
It means you have to fear the jumpings.
It means you have to fear top four control.
There's just so many things to account for,
because at any moment on a map like Chalet, fighting can break out.
Now, obviously, that's true of every single map,
but it is especially so on maps like
Order it, especially so on Rucksack Chalet.
And if you can see good discipline from DarkZero,
and then they strike based off of poor information
or poor entry from the rebellion,
then we'll beat you alive.
And that's what we've seen for two rounds so far
from DZ's defenses.
Well, for our third site, Parker,
VAR Games is the choice.
And Shopify, rebellion will be bringing
the Send Execute strategy.
They ran this back during 100 days early in the kickoff.
And you can see DarkZero wanting to maybe capitalize on it
a little bit.
They are happy to get aggressive.
Faltz has found a couple of big moments outside the building on this map, but doesn't find anything early on this round in SR.
We know exactly what their pushes like to come through.
Sometimes they go direct into the window, and you've got Canadian in the sense that is an option for you, and you can be already inside a piano too.
This is early control from the Rebellion, it's not being held by VZ.
I mean maybe they want to pick up the pace a little bit and knock this dart zero entrenched style of defense off guard.
Back on the Twitch, they can go a very credibly valuable operator on this lineup.
Rexing throws himself in, Jane on, and now he's cast Anakin.
Shredded as there goes Rexing, Nikito on a beautiful refrag.
Great opportunity from DarkZero, and still so calm even when things go back.
Yeah, still, for seeing SR, get a little bit more active.
They're trying to find these gaps and exploit them, but there are refrags coming out from DZ4V4 now.
Spoil just inside of my room.
Jump on back.
We've got control of the basement.
They've got control of library.
They have quite a bit of map control that DZ chose not to hold on to they never really contested these parts of the map
So it's going to be on DZ to either flank and go for a retake of these positions or potentially even just
Conceive them and then stop the sent to you
But I'm through they were surveying the perimeter as you saw that denarii tripwire established around a bar the solace of
Fultz would hit the deck as both teams kill one a piece
Now they're able to shake each other for the moment and beholding that diffuse kit kills not coming as easily for rebellion here on
this map they might be changing that now as they take the lead on round number
three. Foltz will be harassed by that deathmark leaving Neuers as the X-Factor
and he finds one but he loses the duel. Surf takes care of him and Foltz is on the
run now over by Backbar. Still being hunted down as whereabouts known by
Ami, three players will search for him. Spoid gets the job done and the rebellion
around the board. How good has Surf been throughout this contest so far Parker?
It feels like he's always in the right position to find a bit of a gap to get
things started on the side of the rebellion and it finally pays off and a
round-wind for them now. Played three different operators so far through
Chalet, played Dokobie, Deimos, and the ace and that's expected to come through
from surf. He's played more different operators than any other player at
the Salt Lake City Major, 46 different ops across the first, second, and third
phase here at the Major. So he's such a thorn in your side at all times. They will
ban out the ace. Of course one of those three operators that he played just
recently, so clearly feeling a bit of pressure with how good he's been, but even still, he will have such a wide arsenal to go through these next three rounds on the attack.
Shopify Rebellion again, did a really good job of finding some of those gaps and taking the space that was given to them. Again, Braxton's able to walk into lobby for free.
And he's able to walk into the library completely for free, like they're getting a lot of the space. Because DZR contesting it, it makes it almost easy for S.R. to start colliding with these kills to rack them up one after another.
I mean shall I give it then shall I shall I take it the way that's really how it works, right?
If you can drone them out and put them into unfavorable positions through the floors through the walls
You bring operators like lion like doke and be like snake like they must a ying even shields are terrific on this
You are in such a good position obviously
Rebellion have been a shoe
It is a bit abnormal
I know that we've been talking a lot about Canadian playing the shield operators
with their Blackbeard as part of their arsenal, or Blitz and Monty being far more common.
DarkZero has not needed to bring out a shield ban against SR on either of these camps.
Yeah, it's really surprising. Coming into this, 46% of attacking rounds saw Canadian bring a shield,
but now through two maps, he's only done it once on the attacking side.
That was Monty to kick off Chalet, and now as they return to that same bomb site,
he won't even look to refee. He's gonna be jumping right onto the Ying,
so it's clear that SR are not so reliant on Canadian playing those shields.
So, again, maybe not the biggest contributor in the frag department, but that's okay.
He's able to call, he's able to use this utility and find space for his teammates to get some picks.
Well, back to the bomb site that started off this affair, and it was a flawless win.
For DarkZero, as they patrolled all of the main arteries of this map, especially that
top floor, Rebellion, we're hoping for some early picks, if you recall, looking to carry
the momentum that they earned in map number one onwards.
Obviously did not end up happening
And it was one flawlessly by DZ very little that we saw from DZ that looked bad and hey
History's repeating itself J9O and Foltz with the two opening picks two minutes still to go rebellion already knocked
Just tried as the two tips of the spear in the previous map right now combined for a single kill Rex and Andy
Yeah, so good again
This used to be a support duo back on SSG fault in J9O
But they played a much more active role since combining their forces with NJR and Kino
And it's really been paying off these guys have incredible gun skill and especially when they're playing together that chemistry
That's been established over years of playing on SSG has been so big for that everybody getting active now
NJR with another pick for dark zero
DZ just have two more to find and they will go right back to the lead that they had prior to the start of round number three
sputton Canadian
Often coupled together Canadian gun down by folks folks having a sensational game so far
6 picks for the captain as it could very well be another 4k for Faults to give us a flawless round
SR will not get a single kill on this top floor bombsite. That is a bombsite to forget if you're a
rebellion fan no doubt about it. The good news for SR fans in the crowd is that they will not
have to attack it until overtime if we get there but Faults, the captain of DZ, 7 kills across the
two times they've played that map absolutely ridiculous and again it's
coordination walks out Jane I know fault is moving a lot on these defenses he
started upstairs kind of with Jack up in like library like small office there but
then walks down those blue stairs for the first frag goes back down and towards
mud room he's always in a different position and he's so difficult to clear
out even that final frag with the C4 he only gets it because Jane I know is
causing some problems he's causing that player inside a library to stall out and
if that teamplay is so big for DarkZero.
Well, they've still been growing well on Rebellion,
but they haven't been finding the information that they need.
And it is hurting them at the moment.
Again, the scoreline in that number 172 for the Rebellion.
It is widely considered to be their best clap.
Now we go to Chalet.
DarkZero have a golden opportunity
to actually beat that scoreline if this keeps going.
A 7-1 is very much possible because the Rebellion, again,
their defender ring rate on this map is horrific just.
So, if you are not able to put 2-3 rounds on the board here in the first half,
the fear is that's Curtains that we turn our sights towards.
Bank is map number 3 with both of these teams winning their best picks.
I thought I chose to ban the Kaid after round number 3, Parker.
And it wasn't enough that DZ rocked really for the first quarter,
but it's still so powerful, especially on this kitchen bomb site.
You can keep that bomb wall closed inside of office,
you can keep the wall closed inside of fireplaces.
Well, like, there's a lot of good places for those blocks,
Expecting that a different defense, DarkZero will not fly, as they bring much a similar lineup as they did previously with Newers lurking around that next floor, going for a bit of a cheeky play, but it's the Blitz that's in early.
Canadian back on that shield, down goes Foltz, but they trade it so well.
Surf dies elsewhere, Twitch drone off the board, could be somewhat integral for this.
Defender, lineup of DarkZero, resting against NJR as the mayor goes for a peek.
He'll be back in office next week.
Advantage for Rebellion now is this action is broken out very early on we still have yet to hit the one-minute
Strangely aggressive swing from the engineer R
You don't see him making risks like that be too often
But he does get hard punished there on the top floor by Rexon with the DMR
So really nice to counter that pressure from SR. This is the bomb set they struggled with in the first quarter
But they had a good answer so far
J9 out plugging holes trying to waste time Canadian now on the hunt dancing around the gap
That's an embarrassing loss his keynote shuts him down
Now, Nade lands in his lap, he dances around it, throws the gas to buy himself some time.
Kino's also been able to get case control as there goes the other Nade and Kino is still surviving.
This is incredible!
Newer's there for the assist.
DarkZero is everywhere all at once.
A third Nade and Ambie will get the follow-up.
Finally, they dig Kino out of this position.
And even after all that time waste, SLR still have a pretty good number on the clock marker.
Over 60 seconds still in this round.
They can work with this 2v2 lead. Of course, they've got lots of information.
Lion and Deimos coming through your out of Lion scans, but even still,
you can get some really good insult on these last couple of players.
You have not quite full top control.
And J9O is up here, but you've got to be so careful if you're going for a plant.
Oh, and he's got the read on it.
Jack seeing through those holes down below.
This top floor was the main impediment for Rebellion last time.
Surf sat down inside of his bomb site.
The previous attempt, they don't have him now. They've got Andy and Rexon to try to bail themselves out of his position.
They were terrific on map number one. They have not shown up the way that SR has needed them.
There's a fall off for Rexon with 30 seconds to go. That looked like it might have been a mistake. Maybe he wanted the late flank.
A double drop on in now as J9O will hit onto that death mark.
Find himself a new jammer. Rexon picked off by Neuers.
It was a 4k from Foltz in the previous round. J9O will say he's settled for 3, pal.
The round goes in favor of DarkZero. My goodness, they are demolishing the rebellion.
What a bounce back. Such a strong round from DZ, top to bottom, Parker. Again in that 2v2,
I get a little bit worried because the Daemon's tracks are there for SR, but DarkZero, they
are never really predictable. Right when they start to send a player up towards the top floor
on the side of the rebellion, DZ dropped that hat, they retake the site control. Brilliant hit,
Shocks being hit by both Neumars and J9O in that 2v2.
Some big moments coming out to clutch that one up.
And of course, Kino.
You have to highlight his play in that round.
Phenomenal on the smoke.
Often thought of as one of the best SAS players in the entire world.
He believes in that shotgun more than almost anybody else.
And his time to play right here on the stairs, this was crazy.
The fact that he doesn't get blind by the blitz there is insane.
And then he just uses that to completely dominate the rest of the round.
All of SR's attack has to turn their focus onto Kino.
and he just makes them pay so much.
I mean, that is a tough position if you're not coordinating very well on library stairs.
I mean, those grenades had no real follow-up other than the Blitz, and I mean, that's a good bet, right?
You drop an angle on his head, you've got the Blitz there in tow, usually that's enough.
That is not the case.
Kino is able to survive far longer than anybody thought he would.
I mean, what Kino did wasn't particularly flashy.
We're not going to really remember that round for kills on his part,
But we talk about impact versus impactless kills, that is a very high impact kill from Keto.
And it's just about doom to the round for Rebein.
Irrespective of Neuers and J9O's follow up.
That's a tough spot to be in, and now the Rebellion are going to have to do the exact same thing that they're doing.
We ended the final round of this first half and hope to stem the bleeding.
Only the second round that Canadians played a shield again.
We're going to keep tracking that stat both times now.
He has lost once in the monty, once in the blitz.
So, keep an eye out if he does try to move back over towards that strategy.
Is it something that easier, just too strong a countering so far? That seems like what it is.
For now though, they'll put him on the game and they'll start to go once again for this bar game site.
It's a similar defense from Dark Zero. They're again not holding inside of library.
They've reinforced the hatch and they've instead chosen to extend throughout that mid-floor.
Couple players up in sort of office too. Newer is the main culprit here.
Five in one, holding the window as well.
Can really get some cheeky plays, especially the JnI0 backing him up.
Canadian held off the scoreboard so far.
He's been in more kill positions than usual, Jesse.
He's just not unable, or he's been unable to hit these marks.
Oh, my goodness. That's a nasty one.
When newer starts to do stuff like that, you've got to be scared.
He certainly has the potential to dominate a game.
Down goes Fultz. Down goes NJR.
A good one to punch from the rebellion.
Half the round still to go. J9O on the board as down goes Spoit.
Canadian getting defused. Kids the halfway.
Where is the coverage? Trying to get to the site shut down by the Rebellion, and now it's off to Kino, and the freezes him out of the long sites.
4-2, the half 4-DZ, they do what they need to do here on Shallow.
Yeah, it was probably going to try to play the fucking flash, yeah, I mean it really
doesn't matter, it's not a quick one.
Yeah, and then for the third band valker, just like we want to start like increasing
the pace and moving on these guys, we can go for a thorn too, I don't think we're going
to need them.
And then if it does work overtime right there, again like that, you guys are doing really
at the entire deep sub just right there at the very end as soon as we float away from like the
fucking spot like they just ice up us again we forgot to get in the ace like they can't open
that softball heat line most people aren't gonna bring fucking these for that just give them a
thank you for what they have to do yesterday yeah i don't think i'll do a little shally
attack though fellas yeah it's weak robert oh they'd be really proper junior if you drone
front lorsey there's no traps in another abinai a nice display of art i mean i'll do it for us
I don't think I will.
Hell, like we will.
Ooh, we need Journey on the Rock?
I'm going to do it within that on the rock.
I'm going to fight frankly as well, like the Master.
If you see like a really heavy extension,
and maybe they have Sufferlice instead of like they're doing like the,
like a 50 cells game where they have like the games area,
fire, like you're playing like Ibiside,
Office, and like Solana.
I think it's going to be Slant.
Kino is always going to be on the shield,
so here he'll probably be Monty.
For that attack, he looks to go Library Double,
Faults like to go games window and basically they want to just clear over Deimos is this going to sit under in kitchen while they're clearing
Okay, so Deimos will be like kitchen side under and they're trying to kind of go for the clear
What they will do this is what we need to understand is that I need us to hold our zones and fight do not over rotate
Because if you give something up like in their match yesterday phase backed up and gave them solar
They left one person there and they flipped the entire take so they had none of the map
Okay, we need to fight these guys. Okay, we're running a lot of traps if you notice on the strats
I want us to make sure that we're using those traps to try to track so that we can help where we need to and understand
Where since cleared so we understand where they could be. Okay?
Blackbeard, Blackbeard. Okay, that means
Listening to super over these last couple of games partners
been one of my favorite parts of the Salt Lake City Major.
The experience that he acknowledged that he brings into those timeouts is so incredible.
Always talking about the strats that they're expecting to see from their opponents,
and then a little bit just going into their own strats, wanting to play a lot of
shield or wanting to play a lot of traps, expecting some shields out of Kino,
and then maybe trying to take some space as well,
aware of what happened in that phase clan game earlier for DarkZero as well.
So really nice coaching coming out from both players,
but particularly super coming in once more.
This guy was pro back in Rainbow Six, Vegas, Parker, he, he dipped his toes into Pro Siege when he was on Aero, when he was on Rogue,
had to kind of start over in Sonics, I remember casting him back in Challenger League Season 9, he has been really grinding with this team,
finally brought them up to Tier 1, brought them to many different events, swapped over to Coach, and now finally stands on a major final stage.
Mr. 1.6 is that was a short period of time many many moons ago a pillar of the community himself
large streamer but you know he's been a little busy lately not able to co-stream as reliably
because he is back in action and I mean hard work is paid off you can talk about his mechanical
ability but his mind for the game has never been questioned I mean you say the same for
Our Canadian got two of the biggest brains on the same side of the stage, but as we always
say with good coaches, you can coach a team but you can't play for all five players and
it is really a team affair.
We didn't quite get to catch the first couple of bans that Dark Zero were hoping for, but
clearly it's been CastleMira, very similar to what we saw being banned out by SR.
They did say after those first three rounds they might want a ban of a thorn depending
on what SR are playing.
Super himself said that our strats have a ton of traps, so that thorn very likely gonna
be that man after round number nine but for now it stays open.
Spoint will jump on the operator and the clear will start from Dark Zero.
Longside over towards Master, it's going to be on that top floor site.
You can see clearly Dark Zero wanting to take this library side before anything gets too
crazy.
They're very quick to the punch here.
45 seconds chasing down the Denari.
Kino gets Andy, bites off more than he can choose.
Spoint is his teammate's back, down goes Rex and Andy and Rex is having a tough one.
There goes Spoint as well.
If you read into the numbers and you think the rebellion really are as underwater on
these two instant numbers, then you can just go in quickly and overwhelm them.
If that was the plan for Dark Zero, it's working out very effectively.
Canadian yet to find a kill.
He will have to turn that around.
As Dark Zero has made this easy.
Oh my God.
One of the most dominant rounds so far in this series and DZ are now two away from taking
their own map.
Defending versus DZ on Chalet is not something I would wish on my worst enemy and certainly for SR.
For me?
Well, yeah, I wouldn't even wish it for you.
Thank you.
No problem, no problem, buddy.
5-2, now on the scoreboard, and it really does look like an explosive execute.
You see the difference in pace between Dark-Zero and SR.
It took for the rallying a long time to get in the building and get those opening picks.
You set it 50 seconds deep and Kino gets that opening frag then in onto Ambi.
At the same time, NJR did a great jump in.
He actually vaulted in the mezzanine window with the glass to be able to get a smoke pick on to Rexon halfway through there
So some shenanigans on the glass DC a very deep strap look on this map, and they showcase it early on chalet
I mean at this point you do have to wonder if you just mentally move on to the next map
I mean yeah, you heard exactly what we said by call out and folks about map number one
Hey, we were maybe hoping to knock them off stride on night in the last
It did not happen. So now we turn our sights to Chalet and we are still in a very comfortable position
Yeah, if I can get some copium to the SR fans that round was what they were expecting
They expected he don't want to shield. They brought some traps to deny that shield play. It still beat them. It was still a difficult proposition
But they at least know that what they were expecting is what they're going to get against the start zero team
Now there's no shield being brought for round number eight
But even still SR have a game plan to counter this dark zero attack
But in that plan practice is often very difficult, but they should still know what their plan is for these next couple of rounds
They won't be completely shook by that first event
What a turnaround it's been from dark zero on the kills component as well. They were really struggling on map number one
He was you said NJR the closest to going positive on that team
You know, the only player with a negative KD at the moment for DarkZero, I mean the scoreline should suggest that, but just because you're even in round count doesn't mean the kills are going to be coming your way.
This is a rough spot to be in for Rexxan looking to not be the first casualty here in a very critical round for the Rebellion. If what's come out of this chimney spot, he's now going to have to tuck into the alcove here in library, that's where the assault for DarkZero will come.
This is a bit of a rough one right now as Voltsgun's down.
Wrexen hits them with their good knight in all chats.
DarkZero got the start that they wanted here on round number 8.
What you do is a response for the rebellion.
You've got to find someone to make a play,
but you're being flashed out of your current positions.
No swing from Spoyt.
He can sit just inside the mezzanine for now.
They haven't really applied that pressure that they're looking to,
but the players on DarkZero are all around this map.
They've got Kino inside of Kitchen.
They've got NGR inside of Solar.
this position that Spoyt has will not just be a one-dimensional push for long.
I mean at least the gadgets from Rexxon will still persist.
Spoyt has taken up spot in that same area. Rexxon was playing in a very critical part of this map,
but he's punished by J9O. DZ hunting SR for sport at this point. A slow around,
but DarkZero was just as methodical as they did the time before. That calls upon the three
remaining players from Rebellion with a minute to go to coalesce around this bomb site.
Can they do it, Jesse?
If so, that's who Toxic Bates and Surf.
They've got some good planking out to play around.
They really need to get aggressive.
That's why you see Canadians all the way over towards Basement Hall.
Newers finds Ambie.
The aggressive moves aren't paying off.
And now it's a 2v5.
And it's Surfing Canadian yet again.
Canadian still searching for that first kill.
It will climb upon him as well as Surf does double duty.
Watching and Freezer as an aid drops in his lap.
He just manages to inch away from it as the Toxic Gas goes out.
Canadian outdulled and there goes another fall this round as DarkZero moves to map points.
Utter dominance here on Chalet from the team in purple.
We said they had to respond with a statement of their own and Parker it looks like they're doing just that.
It was 7-2 for the rebellion on map number one and now we're just three minutes away from another 7-2
7-2, but this time the sides are swatched. Dark-Zero dominating their own map pick.
Chips like this often in Rebellion. You gotta give credit to how well BZ were isolating these picks.
It seemed like it was always like a 1v4, a 1v5 on all of these frags, especially early on the top floor.
It just wasn't a team game from the Rebellion. They were being picked apart one by one as Dark-Zero
were able to work from multiple different angles. I said it earlier, but players in kitchen, players
and piano players outside of the library windows too I mean it just felt like all the angles that
easy could be in they were in makes it incredibly oppressive to play against and sR will need to
be flawless to the next four if they want overtime. I mean they don't envy Fox and Laxing's job after
that one what do you pick up on? Who do you pick up on the Intel game? Do you pick up on the trades?
Do you pick up on the map control? Do you pick up on the utility play? Because there really has been
no downside to this Dark Zero Chalet. They have dominated the rebellion on both sides of this map.
As we expected, the numbers show just how weak the rebellion are on defense. Dark Zero are
exploiting that and they are doing a perfect job reading into this. How good is Faulklin as well?
10-4 here on their second map. He was the lowest rated player on easy back through map number one,
but he's answered big time here on their own pick. It's just a second ever career event. He won the
six Invitational it is taken 19 straight events since to make it back to a grand finals
But fault has done just that here against rebellion. You know, he's not going to let this moment pass
Amazingly, I remember when folks was on that old
Little challenge early team with Merck and the like and I yeah, oh yeah
Patiently waiting for the debut at a tier one level and now folks is seen as the elder by a lot of players
I am so old Jesse and so too is
is false as he captains this team and gives tons of valuable experience to the rest of these players.
He was playing against Super down in Challenger League back in the days when he was on OC and Super was on Elephant Gang.
It was the good old days down in Tier 2, let me tell you.
This one could be over quickly if DarkZero snaps their fingers and rushes into the site.
They've already got utility pushing and used rebellion players into their waning arms.
Watching bombs go off-bees as well, landing in the lap of Canadian is through the smoke.
Can you know we'll now hunt for something?
Make a misstep in the rebellion's round.
Could go up and smoke.
J9L punishing spot.
Nobody on the rebellion able to put a bunch of a fight on this second half at all.
Halfway point, still damage being done.
There goes Surf.
Canadian taking serious damage.
This one just might be over already and we still got a minute and a half to go.
What do you do with Mastar?
You have to be able to find a way to battle back, but at this point,
map 3 just seems like it is looming in the wings.
J9L already a single kill from outside the building.
Why not?
Another finds Canadian on a rotation and Ambien rucks and they're left with it all to do.
Could it be another flawless round?
Would this really be in a fourth flawless round?
Where DZRexen says no, down goes Kino, unable to stop the defuse kit, and a drop will not be had.
The mayor shuts them down.
A dog walk, and so on.
That was mad, and we will go to bank, all tied up.
Go to a best of three in Salt Lake City.
That's exactly what these two teams expected.
dominant performances on their own map picks,
now things will start to get really tight.
and obviously not the outcome you wanted on the second map what are you going to have
to fix going into map three?
I just think resetting.
It's the same thing you did in the interview yesterday.
It's the best of five.
I mean we won handily on our pick.
one handedly on their pick. That's honestly the way a series is expected to go. Obviously
you want to make it tougher than that, but hey, it is what it is. We knew this, you
know, we knew this series has potential to go the distance. It could be close. Now we're
to the real meat of it, I guess. But yeah, give maps for us coming up, just reset and
play our game. Nothing to worry about.
Kino, you destroyed the world champs on Chalet. You now take down SR on the same map. What
What is it about this team that works really well on Chalet?
I don't know. Maybe our Chalet is just good. I didn't know, but apparently it's good.
And you guys are feeling good? How are overall things feeling on the team right now?
It's good. We know it's going to be a long day. The best of five.
And we're here for the run, you know. For his map, our energy was like, not there.
We were like, not there at all. That map was better.
Oh, we'll see about it.
Thanks, Gino.
Indeed the energy is there now as Fultz said after map one he knew that his roster had what it takes to reset
Rebalance and cook on shall it and box. That's exactly what they did. That's what they did
It's hilarious hearing Kino say out of nowhere good at that because after yesterday's match against base
I hyped up the guys. I said congratulations
You took face to Chalet and beat them and the first thing you knew or said was well, yeah
We're working at our best map. Yeah, and I said going into this series
We need players to come alive, and that absolutely delivered.
Foltz with a big 3k in round four.
This is what was needed, and then to push it past, going into the next round.
You know, we talked about role, we talked about being able to delay time.
Kino did such a good job playing Ivy here, not only eliminating that shield,
but when you look at the time, you look at the man advantage,
he swings it back into an even deficit.
But if he didn't get rid of Trigger, that then falls into a 4v2,
and that Blitz would have been so oppressive into the round,
but they end up cleaning up shop and then get this round going in their favor.
Gino is such a rat. I swear only he can do it in these situations to be able to stall so much time
But that's a strength of dark zero. I mean we talked about it going to a map like Chalet
It's a lot smaller a lot more gritty you can play from outside the windows taking space fast
Is it the key dark zero does that they're able to consume so many areas of the map get in there force SR to make a decision
Make a play and at the end of the day dark zero came out on top
They look so dominant and I'm glad you brought up pulse because what a better way to lead your team at my example
After losing map one it should be the top fragger consistently there for map two. I'd argue Canadians leading by example as well
Yeah, and a team does extremely well, so you can't count them out regardless
But I think Troy said it best this is how a series should look you win your map
They win their map you reset going into the next try the boy said himself lacks that he is ready for this to
Potentially go the distance if it is going to it all comes down to this next map to see who gets the next advantage
We're going to back next how we feeling I mean banks one of those maps we just saw DZ play on it against phase
They look extremely strong. They're very aggressive again a lot of the cheese offs. That's what we saw glass
That's what it's like. Maybe that's the success
That's something sR show that they were ready for on map one
It's gonna be the biggest question on can dark zero be able to adjust without those operators
I mean they both clearly shown that they're good at this map now for me
However, I'm gonna be looking at from the attacker side of things when you look at the two spearheads of both teams that are gonna be entering
We saw Ami, that's when he dropped the big numbers.
He dropped the 21.
Then he even saw New World doing the almost the exact same thing.
Not in the high kill deficit, but he was open up these rounds.
So I'm really looking at these entry fraggers to find their mark,
open up these rounds, and then let the rest be able to walk into the site
and go for these executes.
Big picture when you look at things overall,
it feels a little bit neck and neck right now.
And that is why we're expecting this to be a potentially long series.
But if you had to say who's got the advantage right now,
who's playing the best?
It comes down to the entry game,
but I think Dark Zero's got the better teamwork right now.
I'm gonna have to argue and I'm gonna have to go against him
and say shout out how he's still looking good.
Latch, what's that?
What's that?
You feel that?
Wait, I think we're being hacked.
Oh my god!
Wait, it's gonna blow up!
Listen, I'm saving myself.
Fox, are you good?
I don't think so.
What just happened?
Anywhere, one thing that's for sure,
we need to get back into this.
It's a rule!
And by the way, we're getting back to Jesse and Parker,
guys, kick it off on Bank.
Well, thank you very much.
I gotta say, I think killing an analyst
This is a first for our Esport, but I mean, hey, sorry, Fox.
I guess you're the one who drew the short straw here.
That's honestly on me.
I thought I'd give him a little bit of a call, say, hey, guys,
your analyst is doing great.
I guess it popped up the dope thing.
It wasn't meant to be such an explosive call.
My Korean's a little bit rusty, but isn't
Doug going to be something about an imp?
Jesse, you are a little impish as a human being.
So I mean, it does make an awful lot of sense.
You might want to lay low, though.
They are looking for you.
You don't want to throw it.
Sorry.
Well, hopefully Fox can put himself back together
the second analyst segment after this map, but for now Parker we've got to load into bank and
some would tell you that we're already 40% of the way through this grand final, but I would argue
it is just getting started. The way these best of five goes, you get ban ban, pick pick, ban ban,
and then only three maps remain. While this is technically going to be the pick of Shopify
Rebellion, both of these teams banned maps out and so we got just three maps left in the pool,
so we expect both teams to be very comfortable on all three of these next maps.
Absolutely, and I think we're gonna have a pretty good show of this as you said before shall I was fully over
It's a best of three now the advantages are gone. It just comes down to map pool. So buckle up
Sit tight to go maybe get some beverages
It's you know salt lake get a little thirsty salt probably doesn't help make sure you go. Yeah, good soda
It's all the rage here. Mm-hmm and prepare yourself for bank as
as one of these teams will move to series point with a victory here on bank.
And then it really just comes down to, does that same team carry cafe for a 3-1 victory?
And Parker, it's not every day you see a Tachanka ban in Rainbow Six Siege,
but that is respect being shown to one man and one man only.
NJR is without a doubt the best Tachanka player in the world.
It's his most played defensive operator here at the Salt Lake City Major.
He has a 64% win rate across all maps when playing that operator.
He is so good when it comes to shooting those fires.
So SR say, let's just get rid of it.
We'd rather deal with him on the smoke.
He'll be playing a very similar position, starting in elevators
and then backing off to play the site with those talks of babes to waste some time.
But keep an eye on NJR.
If he does struggle a little bit, losing that LMG and losing that primary gadget
could be part of the reason why this is a massive map.
There will be lots of isolated engagements occurring on all portions of the bomb sites,
whether it be the top floor, whether it be the basement, which is where we are looking right now
for round number one. Expect there to be quite a bit of pugilism as these teams will come to blows.
One of the things that really benefited Shopify Rebellion back in map number one was their drone
work. That will be even more important here on this map. SR are incapable of using Intel correctly.
They will be at a disadvantage. And dare I say it, Jesse, the team that uses Intel best
probably will be the team that ends up winning this match.
Yeah, and of course Ambien's sport are going to be two Intel operators that we typically see.
Ambien over at the IQ, so changing things up a little bit.
Usually we'd see him on the snake for this bomb site, but it's not unusual to see that IQ instead.
Of course, we'll come through to counter that echo, so lots of detail is still being countered out.
This really is not an aggressive hold from DarkZero.
They are happy to sit inside the bomb site.
We started with Newers inside of open area. We started with Engere inside the elevators.
but all of them had hatches that they were able to quickly drop back down the site so not a surprise to see this one start
So slow, but it'll really come down to the exit to rebellion
They've got the libanum all the hatches should be open with no problem
But you're looking at this site and you're seeing yokai can you're seeing seaford you're seeing toxic babes
There's so much utility in the site so you've got some advantage and that is not what they wanted
Well, you say Kino's a good SAS operator they pass one of those two over to Jack and the first pick here on
On Bank will come in his hands, Kino now on the run as Canadian was breathing down his neck.
In about 40 minutes since Canadian was able to get a kill again.
Not in Tegro for the Rebellion that Canadian gets some frags, especially on this map
where he's going to be playing a lot more shields than we saw on maps 1 and 2.
They got a Yokai Cam on him, Canadian is in a very vulnerable position
and this might be a great kill opportunity for Gartero.
Yeah, they were able to EMP the Yokai, but Kino doesn't care, hits the head of Canadian instead and finds that body shot.
Bragg, now it's a two-man lead.
Newers has to survey the hatch above his head, but was also looking over towards Blue Stairs, and maybe a bit of a step back for this DZ defense, as they will re-position.
That goes Drone, Nade goes in, Kino flushed out of that position, right into the Arms of Rex, in good coordination.
Rebellion still trailing numbers, 30 seconds to go. There goes the Yokai Drone in that same position.
So integral to give information to DarkZero, they will be flying a bit blind, but J9O will go for a full flank.
What damage can he do? Rebellion have their hands full.
Ambie takes down Nuerz, they're boxed out of the bomb site, Rexon holding the defuse kit.
A surprise looms for this rebellion team as they will incur some damage.
J9O still on the hatch.
DarkZero not letting up after Chalet, they open bank with a successful defense.
I theorized that maybe the Chonka ban would set NJR back a bit, but he is better than that.
Played so well on the smoke there, Parker. You saw him delaying that plant for so long.
They didn't really get to start it until there was maybe five seconds left in that round.
Hit some beauty, SMG-11 shot to close that 102. Of course, you start with this two-man lead coming out from these extended players,
J9o and Kino, but even beyond that, they felt like a perfect round from DarkZero, where the early game went their way.
They didn't lose anybody on that very small roam, and then when it came down to the final seconds,
I mean five seconds is not gonna be enough for as our to make an XE go through certainly not with a flank on the top floor
Certainly not in a two-man disadvantage
Well, I mean you just got a mentally reset again when it comes to experience
We worried the dark zero may be a bit of jitters on that very first map obviously they shook it off or shall a business as usual
Both of these teams
Slugging on their favorite turf winning 7-2 now we go back to SR's not picking
He's got a bit more usual here on Bank, just typically you're going to start on the weak side.
That means DZ wants to defend on this map. That gives us a good idea of what the goal is for the Rebellion.
Rebellion? They probably want to win two, three rounds. That is the high water mark for this map on their side.
Yeah, I would say honestly with these two teams, like, Bank maybe slightly leans defender's side,
but these two teams are both very good at attacking, so you really think 3-3 or 4-2 in either direction is fine.
And I would expect that. If we get to a 5-1, ok, just getting Alarm to start the ring, but DZ win their primary bombsite.
That shouldn't be Alarm Bells just yet for Rebellion fans.
So get a second opportunity when Round 4 comes through, but of course for the second round, we will move top stairs.
This is where DZ likes to try to defend with a little bit more presence than what falls back on this Echo,
who can try to use this information to enable some early picks coming the way of DZ.
But SR, look at this lineup they brought as well. The Rauror from Rexxen, the Glaz from Sql8,
Canadian on the ying. This could be a really messy execute when they do get down to it. Not that I think it'll come so soon
and then New Zealand operator is a
It's not a bit more play after some changes during the mid-season, but the pick rate has fallen off
But that's like half in a bank waiting more opportunity to isolate these defenders
And that's exactly what rexon will do outside two of those dates have gone trying to box in these players
And be the first kill full dancers that sort of on the board as well
shield in the hands of service there's NJR and J9O and they've turned this round on its head.
A very quick entry for the rebellion early with a halfway point and it's been rebuffed by Dark Zero.
Surf's entry was excellent as the whole team fell around and that's going to be the big problem.
Now they're in an disadvantage. Nice bind. Surf just clicks around and finds the head of fault.
Evens things back out two to two and Raxan and Serp are in a really good position.
If you just get is inside the site so it should be easy to cover.
Six kills between NJR and J90, the three-letter duo on this team holding down the bomb sites.
Now, after a treat, the diffuser on the side of the rebellion, they have plenty of time to do that.
An early action has now made way for this ceasefire between the teams.
There's Rexon now planting the diffuser kit, worried about over towards paper.
That's NJR waiting in the wings.
Rexxen will have to rely entirely on Surf, but J9o is an unknown variable.
And there he is.
Rexxen trusting Surf.
That trust seemingly misplaced.
Blackbeard will have to put the shield and the team on his back.
As Bodejer and J9o immortal up to this point, 40 seconds to see if Surf can break that trend.
Now behind the desk with the case down, Shield on his back, NJR swings around, buying time.
Off the defuse kit, Surf will go.
finds the form, good information, giving time for J9O to reposition, but he doesn't want to.
He's holding this cross, the moment that he attempts to defuse, they fall in, then they fall out.
Quite a rhythm here now, a circle attempted for the fourth time.
Up against a hard wall, he manages to get it down, and they crossfire it perfectly.
J9O gets the kill, an easy counter-disable, and DarkZero continuing their reign of terror.
NJR and J9O have for years been thought of as so clutch and it will force attack time
order to SR.
Can you guys hear me?
Yeah.
Okay, with this echo guys, we need to be running Dokovic.
Okay, they're using that for the info to get aggressive on us.
If you notice, they're playing very bunkered and just waiting for us and they're acting
up the echo.
I think we can third ban that.
If we do 3rd ban that, I would expect maybe a Mira, Clash or both, okay?
I think we just do the Mute because we have all the ops for it and the...
Okay, that's fine.
I think they can ban Dope.
That's fine Troy, but if we want to do that, I think we need to be running Dope for the
rest of this game.
Yeah.
Guys, the thing here is, again, they're playing Buckeye, they're looking to retreat, or they're
just standing on the ground waiting for us to push in across it.
So we need to make sure that we are establishing what we need like that last round.
The whole take is based off Will walking, Clas, Main Lobby.
We have Ashman and Clare, the VP.
Make sure we're helping each other, call it what we need to do, okay?
Okay.
Let's go, let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
A lot of that time out focused in on the Echo, which has been played so well, but a captain
of BZ calls to really running this operator to great success and superset it.
They've been using this Yohkai drone to get aggressive, to force some early frags, to
favor the defense on the side of Dark Zero, because again, if you can get things messy
on the side of BZ, that is always going to favor you because they have some of the best
late-round players in the entire world.
Fans have been asking for years of what it would look like to see NJR and J9O on the same team.
When it comes to late-round clutch players, there are almost nobody in the world who are as good as those two.
So you put them in a 2v2 situation and they are going to be favorites every day of the week.
I thought they played that 2v2 so perfectly, Parker of course, never giving up a free pick.
Even in the 2v1, they only went for the string when they were both there together.
It didn't give up any opportunities to equalize that tank up to a 1v1,
and that's the fact, late-round consistency that we've expected from Dark Zero throughout this tournament,
and it's showing up again here in the finals.
When you've got Canadian in a matchup, he's gonna eat up a lot of the air when it comes to leadership,
and the conversation around it, but...
I feel like we're doing a bit of a disservice to not highlight how good and how critical these comms are for Dark Zero.
They are always in control.
Even when they're losing, it still looks like they have an idea
and the right play about tackling a problem.
On Chalet, it was immediately evident.
On Bank, it's becoming even clearer.
This is a team that is really trusting each other,
and that last round showed how perfect it can be
when you've got two players on the exact same label.
One thing Super wanted to see was he said,
if we're not going to be banning the Echo,
we need to run DokuB for the rest of this match.
That's why Ambies immediately jumped on this operator.
Usually on this bomb site, you'll see him either on the snake or even the nook.
He likes a little bit of sneaky nook play on this bomb site, but it's forced to go over to the dope feed.
Now there is no echo being played by DarkZero, but you just can't risk that anymore on your FNR.
And it's gonna be a quick one. They take control of Square. There goes the bucket, Svoi marching in.
Svoi has been very quiet so far today. They will need a big game for him.
Swerve on the board, Canadian at dual, another from the glass of Swerve.
Powering this team forward.
Andi and Rexon were the star of the show.
There's point now for another.
Rebellion at two more bodies to find.
Shotgun versus Shotgun.
Nobody has received a skeleton KO
winning against that SAS Shotgun.
Now it's Newer's on the run.
Half of the round to go right to the arms of Andi.
A big bounce back round from Shot of Fire.
Rebellion to get on the board.
Really nice push there to clear through the top floor.
Parker, what I like about that push
is you've got the short range and the long range working
together from all the way back at the top of the square.
It was surf on the glass was finding those long-range picks
He was doing some really good work trading out Canadian after he went down and finding that opening pick and then spoilt
The other S player on Shopify rebellion able to just run in with the skeleton key get a couple of crazy picks in the midst
Of that push as well
You mentioned it briefly in that moment Parker the pace being set by SR is really nice to see again
They didn't have great pace coming through that first couple of rounds. That's largely due to the ball site
It's really hard to have a fast pace push when they're defending on the basements and they're not going for a roam game
But if you let SR take control of the game in the early moments, I mean, that can be where they thrive.
DarkZero, one of the best late-round teams in the entire world, but if SR could get more of these early fights, that could start to favor them.
Of course, let's also not overstate what we saw from the Rebellion.
They've got as the tertiary site for a lot of games.
You've got the basement, and you've got the top four as your two reliable places.
So as we saw back in map one, as we saw in map two, a 4-2 score line at this point is looking most likely.
Knowing what we know of the map, knowing what we know of the teams in the starting
silence, Dark Zero and Shopify Rebellion are setting us up perfectly for that when the
second half are up.
Yeah, I would say this game is still neck and neck.
Even if DZ wins this bottom four of Bomb Sight, I still feel like it's pretty neck and neck
because that's where we'll have those opportunities to bounce back on the secondary and tertiary
Bomb Sights from around 5 and 6, but even still, the dominance of that third round has
to be applauded on the side of SR.
Once again, they will not choose to ban out the Echo.
This is something that Troy said during that timeout.
He said I'd rather ban the mute because we've got the tools to deal with the echo the mute is something that we don't have as
Need to play with so it will continue to run this doka be it will probably not be swapped off the rest of this half
But now with the mute not on board they can start to play a little bit more aggressive
I want to start to be a little bit more effective with these long-range hard breaches going through to so good
rebellion
and again Parker we had a
Relatively passive hold playing by dark zero
Newers and faults maybe a little aggressive on that mid-floor. Newers just inside of cafeteria to start things off
so you might see a moment where they want to get aggro, but
Always got to be so worried we try to roam on this map. It could be really difficult to survive with delight
Spoilers in a position where if they are not aware of this he could cause some real chaos amongst the ranks of dark zero
It's no waiting for ambient accident to devour these games
We mentioned that if things go all to plan for SR,
Ambi could break the kill record at the major.
That is still possible.
But he has very much fallen off since game number one.
I mean, all of 3 million has.
Frankly, it's all unique to just Ambi.
Oh, my goodness.
The floor below.
I have a nice.
I have a nice.
I'm aware. Thank you.
This is the retreat. That's just going to be the reset.
Come out from the dark here.
They don't want to fight again early on that roam game.
There's a little bit more aggressive than I think back in round number one just with fault and newer positions
But fall back to the site and actually now kind of becomes that first line of defense
He was playing those servers stairs and when he's on the shock that I said earlier apart for one of the best sas players in the entire world
He could be so difficult to read out from that position
And it was Jane I know one of you who contested that part earlier obviously was the new fan
They've had to change things up on the way the dirt zero guards is important avenue to the bomb site
Blue is one of the most hotly contested parts of Bank when the bottom floor is under watch.
They struggle to get Keto out on Chalet in an area that is the exact same name.
And oh boy, oh boy, they might just be struggling again. Keto's got the stack up for two kills on top of Blue.
He will dig one grave. Ambien, Rex and are down there. Spoit finally getting Foltz.
Canadians only got two kills in this entire series. He's hoping to go higher than that.
The firewall, Naughty really moved Kino out of this position. It will buy some time as now they loop around.
Final 30 seconds here and there's a lot of work to be done for the Rebellion.
They've got to give it up. This is a pivot. It's been too difficult to clear two dozen. They all head into the back, but they're not finding the kills.
The old dog can still learn new tricks. Canadian in a 1v2 with 15 seconds to go.
We'll have to get surfed back up. This is a decision made by Rebellion.
Running at a time. Kino and Jaina I know now just waiting ever so patiently.
Canadian flying by Jack. And he gets a boat.
Basement. Very familiar territory for Dark Zero. They're up 3-1.
Nice try by the Rebellion to try to pull that one back. Unfortunately as he said
Parker that bottom floor site just way too strong. Kino no doubt the MVP
clutching up on those stairs. He is so important in that position.
So difficult to try to clear out from that spot.
He was playing it on the Warden back in round number one.
He loves those blue stairs and will continue to be one of the best in the world in that position.
I like the, again, attempt coming back from Canadian.
The call there to try to pivot away from those stairs after you throw the Capitao Bolt.
It almost makes it look like you are still trying to clear it.
Two kills, so beautiful, you know?
But then you completely pivot. You try to hit the back down.
actually were wrapping up the kills with Canadian finding a big one there and surfed to with the SMG,
but ultimately J9O, so clean.
How many times do I gotta say it, him and NJR have been insane in the late round.
Absolutely, NJR, one of the best nail box operators and players,
it's a time that is used quite frequently by our different mints.
You joined us for a try cast on Friday.
Nail box, you cut cross, a lot of people used to refer to it as canine, a spot,
just where you just sit there and you hold it in.
That's it. Don't do much else.
It's a very important spot, it can be toward the bomb site, it can be looking at the bomb site, it could be on point.
It really depends on the map, the bomb site, and the numbers as well.
So this is where the real test starts for SR. You're not expecting to win a whole lot of those first rounds on Bang,
but now you're getting a second look at that secondary bomb site, and you'll go to the third bomb site after this as well.
What worries me, Parker, isn't that attack time a super spent so long talking about the Echo, talking about how they were going to counter that operator?
Dark Zero haven't run it since. They have not run that operator back out, so it starts to be a little bit cautious.
If your FSR, and this doesn't go to plan, you no longer have that final tool to sort of hold things back and get the momentum back in your favor.
With the Mute Band, they can likely open up that Canto Wall with relative ease.
Janna always playing that position, of course, with Band of Batteries, but they've got players all around these windows.
They've got still lots of utility to try to flush these players out, and be downside of made lobby.
There is nobody roaming below the site, but that doesn't mean there can't be somebody who flanks down late.
The second tray system are at you.
Excavating drones.
Break a big blast in case of emergency ash being brought out.
An operator that a lot of old heads will be remembering fondly from the burly, fragging days.
Andy may be hoping to kickstart some offense,
but Ash is one of the utility-based operators these days than she used to be.
And I mean, if you mean explosive, she's one of the best.
What do you think, Zofia?
Well, it's good for the Azami.
It's good for the Cossel in particular here on this site.
So you do see a lot of U2 being used currently by Ambu, his fifth most played operator here at the Salt Lake City Major.
90 seconds deep and no real action coming through, SR have taken some good map control, they've got Surf over towards Square and of course they've got that lobby control and control down below the bomb site, but they don't start finding picks Parker, I'm worried about the late round again.
I mean SR has been very slow on attack time and time again.
Spoight gets dealt with by J9O, the savior of the previous round, starting off strong.
Ten and one for J9O, by the way.
Quietly amassing an incredible amount of kills.
There's Canadian to take care of Foltz in and amongst the smoke.
Canadian will double his kill total at this point in time.
As Surf misses a golden opportunity to Kino, fixes his mistake.
Rex in there for the follow-up.
Canadian looking for defuse, gets Surf finds two and a team kill is one of them.
Oh my goodness, J9O to the rescue and suddenly things going really poorly for the Rebellion.
Canadian in a 1v3 under fire as he now turns it back up to the bomb sites.
He's got a good idea. Does he have the aim? He's picking away a tough shot to be made with this
Reaper. I mean one shot's all it really takes. He's inside a conference room now looking to hold
the meeting for this team.
Circles around and it's J-90 again!
4-1 for DarkZero!
Chalet looking a lot like BangBang, looking a lot like Chalet.
Jesse, I can't tell the difference between these two.
Oh, it's a massive round coming out from J-90 from Okonomawak, Wisconsin.
He has been so big for this team and once again puts in the work in round number 5.
Just able to solidly shut down that push.
For DarkZero, right, coming up against SR, it was a multi-dimensional push.
You saw SR players coming from square, from below, up the lobby stairs,
and it kind of left Canadian very isolated.
After you kill those window players, and after Andy dies right here,
Canadian is all by himself walking up the lobby stairs,
and sure, he wins his 1v1 versus FALSE, but he's got no teammates to play with.
He's got the defuse kit by himself.
Even with Psycho-Troll, his teammates aren't able to play the objective
to put that a fuse kit on the ground.
J9O 12 and 1 here through five rounds on bank.
That is unbelievable.
J9O was the highest rated player on DZ towards the start
of kickoff.
I can't remember exactly what day it was, but Kino was at 1.2.
Again, it just goes to show you the depth of his guard 0 team.
Anybody can step up when needed.
And the big criticism that we had
was if NJR and Neuers are not matching Rebellion blow
for blow, is there enough from Dark Zero in the remaining three players? Well,
Foltz had a terrific game on Chalet. Now it's J9O saving the day here on banks.
I don't even want to say saving the day. There's no danger for Dark Zero.
There's nothing to be saved in this hardwood gun. He's helping them punish this rebellion,
so it's those auxiliary players, those support players, that are often criticized for not helping
out that deserve all the praise of his Dark Zero team.
We need to see some bigger moments from SR.
We are really approaching the must win territory.
If you go down 5-1 on attack,
when both of these teams favor the offensive side,
you start to get very concerned
with what the rest of this B-05 looks like.
Rexon on one frag, of course, Canadian on two as well.
I mentioned Rexon came into the series
with eight straight positive or even maps,
with positive on that first map as well.
So that would extend his streak up to nine,
but negative on that 7-2 loss and negative now here today.
They need something more.
Canadian after the races,
Andy just behind him as the bullets go on through.
The jig might be up there as out goes one of the deathmots.
Scallot drop on down.
Andy's surprised by NJR.
The flank will now also put Canadian in a really tough spot
as he shot through the wall.
Neuer is out dueling him.
This is a great read by DarkZero.
And while every half has been 4-2,
DZ have set themselves up so nicely for our first 5-1.
13 for J9O, he's on the precipice of it.
Finds a player but doesn't quite find him through the wall.
Will drop back down towards the site,
so that top floor can seat it down to the rebellion,
but this is still not a favorable position.
Everything S.R.N. have tried,
has been perfectly countered by BZ.
It's attempted a fast rush in through lobby from Canadian,
but they immediately were behind him.
Newers vaulted over the lobby,
started to get those back shots straight into Canadian,
and he starts to get really scared at this point.
They have to retreat to plan B.
they have to clutch up a 3v5 and frankly Parker they're starting to stall a little bit well
I mean you lost your blitz you lost your doke of me
This was a go for broke strategy and broke seems to be on the menu for rebellion at this point
Mm-hmm. I mean, how do you course correct?
Diffuser is miles away from you and likely is being watched by these dark zero players
It's an adjoining part of the map and hey, how about that a backstab from spoits?
This position is getting away by that F not but as long as they trade dark zero will be in a beautiful spot to send this one away
doubled up by the remaining Dark Zero players. Rebellion is their work cut out for them.
There's Dewars playing with Inquity. Spoi will collect a kill onto Foltz.
The only person able to find Frag so far on this rebellion round.
I don't know if I like this position for Spoi one bit, especially since he's given his position away,
heralding his rival to the bomb site. He'll pick up that effused kit,
Twishing around but running out of time down goes viewers
All hope now rests on
A walloping delivered by dark zero on the first half of SR's map
DZ are up 5-1 and there is still so much time to go in this map for them to seal the deal
And they're doing their fucking blue stairs extension with the clash inside a server poker
We're gonna take the thatcher anyways
We can fuck that dude like you can take the yank pair with thatcher and then we can literally just seeing the show of a
Thatcher so you can't clash you'll be dropped down to crank that guy
Just pop the main hatch first because otherwise
Yeah, you can
I don't know what I was saying the yank is because we can also get blue stairs up that as well
Like we need to go
Okay, I like that. Yeah, just
Yeah, it doesn't have to be on the ink you could also take the shield if you want to go for like blackberry plant whatever
It's sort of fucking blitz. Yeah
On execute deimos goes main since red hatch IQ site hatch Grim and shield and server guys every attack I saw from them
They tried to finish server. Okay, so that's one thing we need to make sure when they the second time
I saw them clear for that the only change was that they went grim to cap and IQ to striker literally same exact execute positions
Okay, so yeah, so again look out for that doesn't mean it's a guarantee
But if that's what we think we're setting up for think about those positions, okay?
We're CEO they do have a square take that they were doing with glass Cali sits on the main lobby repels
And they won't be able to do it really here with the glass
They could still try to maybe deal with the ying for that
He repelled in to just try to basically push no matter stop square there might open both the square walls
Fultz literally sat outside stock just flashing curve.
They've repelled in and they just try to play basically to get aggro while they're planting behind.
What's that with that on the last one?
That's CEO. Okay, let's have a saw from them.
On open, Sledge play CEO repelled.
When the going gets tough, that's when experience can make the difference.
And there is nobody in NA more experienced than Shopify Rebellion's captain.
He's won two hammers. He's won a major in the past in this very country. He knows what it takes to dig deep
He will have to channel that resilience down 5-1 now versus DZ
Lots of strats being spoken by both call-out and super in that timeout lots of moment words being exchanged between both really call-out and his
Players in that one where he says listen, I need to control the mic for these two minutes
There's a lot to tell you guys a lot of ideas that I can put into your heads
This is going to be a tough half, Parker. There's no other way to cut it.
DarkZero entered this matchup as the best attack team in the tournament
that has been dominating, winning 60% of their attacking rounds through the tournament so far.
They will need to be held to just one if SR want overtime here on map 3.
Yeah, a really staggering set of numbers for DarkZero on this map and just in general.
I mean, we expected this to be a close one, and map number one maybe gave some false confidence
to the fans of Shopify Rebellion, but this DZ team has played without many weaknesses
through much of this tournament. They stunned us all yesterday in order to get here by destroying
the world champions. Very few people had them toppling FaZe Clan, and yet they were able
to pull it off. Bit more of a heated rivalry between Rebellion and Twisted Minds to get
to this point. But I mean, hey, DZ and SR, it's a great matchup on paper. We need SR
to play better if we want that paper matchup to actually materialize in the
present because right now DarkZero are marching their way to another major
championship on North American soil. This round is gonna tell us a lot about how
this second half is gonna go Parker. Shot by Rebuggy get to play the best side on
the map, they get to go down towards the bottom floor, they have the most minimal
amount of fans they're gonna have on this bomb site throughout the rest of this
series. They lose the tube route, they lose the smoke, that's okay. You serve over to
I talk about NJR as the best of Chaka in the world.
I still back that, but Surf is incredible on this operator as well.
Very used to playing with the Shamiko launcher, so we know how good he can be in this position.
And Canadian back over to the clash. This was something we saw a lot from him over the last couple of maps.
He's very confident here with this operator. Won't be taking any early gunfights,
but maybe shoot some drones, maybe cause some panic early on the side of TZ,
and then can rotate back over towards Server if he wants to.
Try to hold on to that space and help his teammates to slow down this round.
Now that we've focused a lot on Canadians' kills, but the one person I want to touch on that needs to really step it up is Rex.
13 kills in map number one.
Four kills since. That is just not going to get the job done.
And while our concerns about Dark Zero's fraggers were very real,
I think we've messed up the teams here.
Our concern about the fragging is now on the side of the rebellion.
Kino now on blue stairs. The familiar spot for him when he's defending.
He'll get knocked away by the taser of the clash.
Rexxen menacing, how do you lose that?
Oh, that shock ended is not a great, it's kind of a game.
Parker probably blocked for the rotates, but unfortunately it doesn't go exactly as he
wanted playing against Kino.
Now Canadian, he's left without a teammate, he's got a ball back and try to play close
to the site.
Neuers has a really good opportunity to jump on Spoint as Canadian now needs to wander
back.
DarkZero assembling their forces over here and down goes Canadian waiting for the call.
Spley will likely slip up. Here they come. The Cavalry has arrived.
Burks here will need a single kill, and they will find it to move to match point here on Bank.
Can you believe it?
Stunned. Shopify Rebellion looks stunned in this final, Parker.
Back-to-back maps now. They have gotten three rounds over the last nearly two hours.
Playing versus DZ, this has been a disaster of a turn of events.
The last couple of rounds both felt like they had to be must wins, they didn't win on their primary site.
Even with that opening pick going the way of Dark Zero, it felt like they had the control, it felt like they were still able to win through the 4v5, but what counters were coming out from Dark Zero, you saw them bash away that clash,
a great job to apply pressure to Canadian. This plays in Kino, one of the best shield players in the entire world.
And he's got to look at the clash with Canadian, maybe a little bit far back, maybe a little bit passive when he could have been up-helping.
Rexxion comes out of those stairs, then just brews the smokes. I mean, it's a massacre coming through towards the end here.
Fault a couple of big kills to get to even in round number seven.
J9-0, 13, and 1. It just doesn't get better than this.
An unbelievable showing from this Dark Zero team.
People who did not keep such a keen eye on the North American League kickoff might forget
that this DZ team went into the playoffs undefeated.
And then some of their weaknesses got exposed.
Wildcard getting the serious run for their money, Five Fears did as well, and DZ emerged
as a team that maybe didn't look as strong.
Or so we thought.
Maybe they were just saving some of the gas in the tank for this exact moment and the longer that this series has gone on as
Longer that this event has gone on dark zero has made steady improvements
And I mean you
You'd be forgiven if you said this was DZ's map. This is SR's map
There is a high likelihood we go to cafe with DZ sitting on series
How big do you think freshest smile is right now on his couch?
Shut up!
I stayed up, group chat, Jack was like, DZ leading the Nigerian.
And then obviously, when they start this walk around, I was like, yeah, no, they're not.
And when they beat FaZe yesterday, Jack just went back and like, Necro posted, and he's like, just on tape?
Well, they're not done yet. 6-1 is still something you can come back from, and Canadian will start us off strong.
Shot done, frag, right on to Neewers, shot him down, now 4 and 6.
Open area is the bomb site, but the top floor is always going to be a heavily contested area.
Kino jumps in now, he's the one that effuses it.
Still a couple of rebellion players up on this top floor. It's gonna be Ambien and Rexon trying to hold this down. When do they drop?
Standoff now as Rexon's the intended target.
They've been over and there goes an ice yourself. So well, there goes Kino.
Rebellion need anything to keep themselves in this series.
Three more kills will buy them some time, but this team looked like they were in free fall.
They managed to turn it around here on this defense as Ambi will find a kill of his own.
J9O and NJR have made magic happen on this map, but not against the odds that they currently face.
If anybody would win a 2v5, it's these guys Parker.
It might be the start. They take Rexon down through that conference wall. J9O with the secure.
NJR following up on the flash, one minute left in the round.
J9O trading out ambi. There's another now over by the bomb chassis, but they're spoilt for the assist
Holding over towards archives leaving J9O in a tough spot circle send him away
Still life for the rebellion, but they're losing forces
Quite the hill for them to climb four rounds back of dark zero
Crisis averted the two best clutch players in North America shut down in that 2v5. Thank God
the rebellion, very much still a hill to climb as you say, Parker. I mean, that's
attack from dark zero. It's a little off balance early, Neewers loses an isolated 1v1 close to the
shotgun and then really it's just a lack of information to top floor. They did bring a
Deimos for intel, but the Pythies, you'll think, yeah, they had no snake, they had no
doke, they had no real drone operators to go through and find those players, so it
was always gonna be a tough sell clearing that top floor. Can they do it five times in a row?
That's the question
For most teams
The answer is no
Don't forget that one timely clutch from the rebellion yesterday propelled them to a seven consecutive round victory
Now obviously different teams twisted minds are a formidable foe, but dark zero are terrific against other North American teams and well
How lucky that your matchup in the grand finals is against another and a squad dark zero have really shown
very limited weaknesses on these last two maps. They expected to lose Night Hate the
Last. They lost it all according to plan. Now the rebellion they probably never
expected to leave this bank match up. They thought they would lose Chalet. Sure,
but now here they are in trouble. Dark Zero made some small mistakes in that
previous round, but I don't know Jesse. I don't know if Dark Zero has it in them to
fumble round after round after round after round to send us to OT.
It would be uncharacteristic if you get this DZ squad.
No T has been more consistent inside of North America this season.
Parker is making so good when the moments have been the biggest.
Now they'll have to defend up towards the top floor.
Dark zero on the attack.
Trying to make some things happen around top square, around the windows as well.
Dealing with the Azami is going to be a bit of a nightmare here.
Squat inside of stalk, continue to close these angles,
continue to shut down some of these window positions.
He's on the opposite side of the top floor right now,
so it's not currently going to be a big contest,
but DZ starts to rotate to hit position and now spoils in the middle of the fight.
Squire used the honest Q to barrier, he's very selfishly over towards the stock trading port
and he gets a really easy kill on Kino. He'll also get the Selva.
This is played by Spoit, Willy, holding down the fort.
DarkZero unable to follow up, so that kill will go untreated
and DZ will now have to reposition, which is flew over half of the round to go.
Yeah, deciding that Floyd is just too good inside of stock.
That's not a fight that they can commit to, so they're gonna reposition elsewhere.
They've seen about good bodies outside the site.
We know that's gonna be where Newers is cold currently holding,
and NJR brings to the Fusegate this way.
Those keep-up barriers inside of stock will not save you.
Please, Candela's start making a mess of the bomb site.
And NJR's about to get his Masters in Messeology.
Jesse is out of the smokes.
Candela's will follow up as well to tell Tear a sign.
Both will be for an opening, but he gets siege timing.
Floyd with a premonition turning on over.
and J.R. getting confused, get down blunted by the Rebellion's momentum.
Now it's all level for J.N.I.K. and Newers. Again, Jack always in these final moments here.
odds are a little bit better than the previous round, but still, he can't favor Dark Zero in this position.
50 seconds still in the clock. S.R. have a lot of time to waste now and J.N.I.K. and Newers can certainly play with their food,
But the double up is so good from the rebellion.
Newer's in the 1v4.
He'll have to double his kill count to win this round.
I feel a time out coming by this Dark Zero team
as they will almost certainly lose their second round in a row.
There we go, strike with the dagger.
A big motivator for Shopify Rebellion,
the crowd favoring SR starting to get a bit more lively.
All come back, start with one round,
and they've stitched two together.
and their SR still showing signs of life on bank.
Now we've got momentum in the SR camp.
Attack time out.
Not being called by call out.
We're not in dire straits just yet.
Gonna let them go through this map
or this off-band phase at the very least.
You're worried a little bit about just this pressure
that is starting to apply to DZ, of course.
This is a team who have really with this core,
never really accomplished the highest of heights.
Gene, I know, struggled in some of his finals in the past,
but that was a long time ago.
Here's the tack.
Can you guys hear me?
Yeah.
OK, for the delay, if that's what we want to run,
we need to be careful of the Thatcher.
It's going, if we run the Echo, they
can just Thatcher the Echoes if they actually run it.
Guys, the thing I want to say here, too,
is Will did it last round.
We need to be making place.
All right.
All right.
Also bring the knockout, too.
You only need to force it.
See the opportunity.
Don't feel like you need to force it, though.
I know it's hard to like think it at the moment, but we need to be thinking of what we can do that's going to solve some of the issues that we have with these bands and with what they're doing, okay, guys, make sure we're playing to win, like, come up.
That is the tax time out from Dark Zero just to be clear SR's was burned early in this match so call out
deciding now is the time to have some words with his team stem the bleeding before things get too out of hand
when you need a miracle when you need five straight rounds to stay alive in the third map of the B05
you look to heroes and there's maybe no player in this lobby who has filled the shoes of a hero more than
The MVP, back during the Berlin Major, the first event of his career and what a round he has in round number nine to be able to pull SR back from this moment.
Again, shuts down that stock push entirely. Only gets one frag from that position, but it forces an entire rotate from the players on BZ,
catches another one early in that round, and then the final frag there too, a beautiful shot straight onto Neewer's and a heavy man advantage.
If Spoigt starts to show up like we've seen him in the past, like the old days, when he was a young rookie on Rogue, this series could get a lot more interesting.
Great game sense and good mechanical aim on Spoigt's side of things, so if he can continue to keep this ball rolling, Rebellion will have sustained chances of tying this up.
It is a long road again. You've set this five rounds in a row and then you still have overtime
It's daunting yeah, but I mean you're a major winner
You've seen adversity firsthand
That road base game was one for the ages and you enter with no real experience
Yeah, put up that statement game that he did and of course you've got good leadership backing you up anything is possible
On the civilian team, they just need to show us that they can accomplish it.
Yeah, both support and Canadian have really difficult roads to win their respective majors.
Five maps required in both. Here comes their own here, and just beside the hatch, they will manage to fall back towards the site.
No early picks going the way of Dark Zero. The Shopify Rebellion, happy to fall off.
They do not want to take gunfights when they're playing a combination with Kaid, with Goyo, with the Chonko, with the Echo.
They've got so much for this form site. 5v5 is exactly where S.R. want to be.
Kino just did that clear all that himself on Blitz.
Reminds me of another particular matchup we saw in Bank.
About seven years ago or so,
a flying bee may some way be what you would say,
but Kino able to pull that one off,
it scares Ambi out of his position,
and I mean, I don't want to deal with the Blitz
going head to head with me,
especially if you don't know what follows.
Kino is scary on shields on his own,
but if there's a one-two punch,
the best bet that you can hope for is to trade it off.
So Smart Move by the Rebellion is now that
that Elastar is here to settle in here on this main floor.
Using faster, effectively, his call-out had spoken up.
It get these claws off of the hatches.
Yeah, it's for the claws.
It's for the Yokai cams.
It's for information on even the bulletproof.
Like, there is so much agility being brought by SR.
But the frags will still favor their battle
in point with the first Canadian Falls.
That's Neewer's wagon the dog on Canadian.
Down goes NJR to Spoint.
So, I mean, you talked about the impact that Spoint could have.
He's already on the board in this round.
They're gonna need so much more out of him now.
Final minute.
Spoi going for the flank above.
Does anybody have any idea Kino getting defused?
Get down, Spoi will need to hurry.
Eight players still alive in the lobby and suddenly
the timing here has been shortened.
Spoi might get another.
Yours with one.
Spoi takes care of Kino.
Rexon on the board now as well.
Rexon held off the score sheet for so much.
Jane on no ties.
Hopefully he can clutch up.
This seems like an impossible pass.
But he gets two of them, maybe.
Doing a serious amount of damage.
Holtz needs space, but daddy's home!
Oh my God, Spoint keeps SR in this match!
Willie came to play.
What a clutch, what a flank, Parker.
We said they needed a hero on the side of SR
and they have found it.
Spoigt with a massive maneuver. He finds a frag over towards main stairs works his way to the top floor of this map
It's there from the flank watch and he caught a little bit lacking as he tries to come back up
NJR managed to be the first one to go down and then we see spoigt go nuclear here on the bottom floor of bank
wins the 1v1 clutch
Stop faults from making that 1v3 happen
It could have been a dream crusher if the captain of dark zero could put it together
But at that moment Parker, there was nothing stopping Spoigt.
No, and I mean we're starting to see that right?
Spoigt firing things up, 14 kills now.
You said they needed a hero and he has emerged from the telephone booth with the S on his chest.
The S of course standing for Spoigt.
Super Spoigt.
There you go.
Still the road is long for the rebellion and while they definitely have confidence on their side,
There's still two more rounds to go.
If there's anything that can really just exemplify how tough this is for Rebellion,
it's this gap between the teams.
And DZ have so many threats that at any moment can take over a round,
Rebellion cannot just keep relying on Spoyn. They need somebody else to join them.
That's exactly right, Parker.
Spoyn has given a lifeline to the Rebellion,
but they cannot rely on him getting three or four kills every single round to win this map.
Now you've got yourself an opportunity, you have to be able to capitalize on it.
SR, back to the defense, and now it's a tertiary site.
Open area can be a tough one for some teams to try to hold down in the defense.
It was a great job previously, of course, but this can still be tricky and be early damage,
but it's safe behind these castles for now.
DarkZero have watched as a team with a pretty horrendous win rate on defense,
has run up the score on them three in a row now from Shopify Rebellion.
Poor fans, they're probably starting to believe at this point. Heartbreak and
habit at a moment's notice.
Ambiestone great things on this position before. It was the 21 and one game on
bank where he was absolutely crazy. The DPSR competitive here in the playoffs to
advance them here to the grand finals. They could rely on him once more but they
have everything set up. The Nitro waiting for Kino. Not played yet.
The dynamite is good, but Spoit is off the board. That is troubling for the rebellion. They have struggled for kills beyond Spoit.
Now it's the reserve players, Ambi drives Gambling a little as left to his HP. Four in ten for Ambi is well below his own standards, and it will not help the rebellion.
One hit is now dark zero. How's the numbers advantage?
Fnatic was desperate for a refrag, but he just couldn't find J90, so now it's a man lead for DarkZero
This is their best shot that they've had to close out this game on the tertiary site where SR are gonna struggle the most
They've gotten themselves the top floor control. They've gotten themselves the one man lead, but without their shield
What's the entry point here Parker? They can work divert with the ram
Newers will start on that now and they can likely pop that half inside of stalk if they need to as well
But it's a time ticks down a 3v4 clutch from the rebellion is not impossible
J9O will rotate over towards the server stairs.
This signals to me that they will be going
for a square finish.
It is critical that they watch their flanks
when they go for this.
Woo, and J9O now searching for Canadian
down in the escape tunnel.
He has to get his way out, but Canadian
is trapped at the top of blue stairs.
J9O will see it.
Canadian turns!
Oh!
Turns out you can't teach a dog new tricks.
That could have blown the round up,
but J9O is stunned by that one.
They got a little cocky.
And now Canadians in the perfect position.
They can't execute from square.
This is a disaster.
And they're going to hunt for a Canadian
as he still holds this position.
They wander in.
Dark Zero had so much going for them.
Down goes Rekson.
Canadian will now need to be the saviour.
Kananjaira pull off the plant.
Yes, with one second left.
And Newers outbanks Canadian.
Heartbreak for the rebellion.
GZ takes Azar's back.
They go to their home turf, one now and a way from the championship.
Yeah.
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Super, not the result you wanted on this map.
You now go down series point against.
What's the message for guys going into this next map?
Always seem to be continuing to play the win.
I don't think there's a message you're not gonna give up, gonna keep fighting.
Anything in specific you need to focus on going against this DZ squad?
Well, callout standing right next to me, so it wouldn't be smart to say, would it?
No, it would not, thank you, Super.
Callout, normally we see you standing behind there, focused, very stern, not a lot of smiling.
I saw you crack a smile on that last map. What's making you smile right now?
Um, that basement round, we just used like a very great usage of like the prep we had.
We were talking about using the Thatcher for their clash and just running down on them,
the guy's executed and I got fired up. I don't know, you know.
It's incredible.
Hey, thank you so much.
Thank you.
Super!
Not giving much away there, as you might expect.
But you could argue they gave the map away there.
There was times where it looked like they might start to fight back.
BZ just too good.
They have been too good.
I mean, love the humility from Call Out.
I mean, great way to put it.
You get fired up when you see the team executing on all cylinders.
And I think that's what we saw throughout the whole map.
I mean, it's really been a BZ train.
Their coordination so far has been amazing.
and the way that they go for the execute.
It's just one of those things that when everything's working
and you have an amazing player to be able to stack on top of it,
like J9L, I mean, you see what the outcome is.
They're essentially just no way that J9L is not able to shut down SR,
they're consistently getting kills.
I mean, I think this round in particular was a good J9L round,
but a team-oriented round towards the end.
They get their picks, 3v3, they push,
watch everybody from Dark Zero and Unison from every different lane.
You can see them newers on one side,
UCNGR on the other side, then pushing all together
to be able to execute.
That's just showing the difference
on how coordinated DZ are compared to what SR's showing.
It's very different.
And for DZ, especially going into this matchup again,
where I talked about that domestic matchup back and forth,
they were always so responsive on that defensive half
where you would think SR, they had it all set in stone.
We heard even SR in some of those timeouts,
what they wanted to do, how they were going to counter play,
but they just absolutely not to get over that hurdle.
DZ constantly always meeting them at the front door
and then forcing SR's hand every single time
throughout that defensive half.
Like when it comes to professional siege,
especially a grand final, the devil's in the detail.
What was one of the key points from this map?
I mean, it's no brand of the Blacklight detail.
Certainly has to fall on Kino once again,
playing that smoke shotgun inside of Blue.
I mean, he really forced SR's hand here,
not only stalling out time once again,
but he's playing for his lifer.
He's not going to leave this spot.
He has to be a thorn in the rebellion side.
Not only does he get to pick, he forces SR to rotate,
to lead blue, and then because of that,
they have to panic, they have to go for this execute,
and because of it, Kino gets the down,
they go for the revive, that then allows Jack
to swing out into garage, get the QP, clean up shop,
and it's why we have to highlight Kino
and give him the black light detail.
I mean, we talk about Kino in those death spots.
He's so consistent, he's so good,
he understands how to use his utility.
Best shotgun player in the game by far,
the Kino shotgun never misses, but the fact that he's also prioritizing
stalling time as opposed to just getting kills and using it for the team at the
end of the day, that's something that Call Out has been able to instill into
Kino into the team that you're playing for each other.
It's never nice to have your back against the wall in a grand final situation of
cost DZ. One map away from Azenorg winning their first major piece of
Silverware in Siege since 2022.
On the flip side, you've got Shopify Rebellion potentially
about to have their hearts broken on home soil.
Lax, what are they going to be talking about right now?
I mean, you've got to reset.
That's the beauty of this, is you can just wipe it away.
You know where things are wrong.
And thankfully, they did start to bounce back.
I mean, we did see that huge round, round 10,
from Floyd being able to bring that round back
inevitably had they lost that.
This wouldn't be the series that almost
went the distance here to bring it to an overtime.
But the fact of the matter is everyone has to be on the same page.
They have to find that same sort of synergy that we saw in their Twisted Minds game.
That we saw and that even got them here to save the league.
So everything has to start coming together.
I mean with going to cafe, DZ are currently 3-0 record on it, SR 5-2.
It's a very even match.
I think the edge when it comes to DZ though is the utility.
The way that they're using these unique operators to get that first pick.
If you're SR, you need to be able to run more traps, find a way to alleviate that, be able
to deal with the glass be able to deal with the yin the blitz after write the
narrative exactly I think that's the best way to look at it you talked about
sprites and killer performances towards the back end of the map there in
particular it's been a long time since he's been in the situation like this
you're looking all the way back to the Berlin major he's not going to let this
opportunity go fox without kicking and screaming yeah not at all we were talking
about ambi all weekend and when push up the shove and see we haven't seen him
too much spoiled has shown up he really did his absolute best on bank to be able
to keep his team alive and if we can keep seeing that I mean when you get a
player fired up we always talk about it the best way to get momentum back if
you have a player that's getting clipped up around big rounds that's a surefire
where to get that momentum back into your spirit absolutely try the boys
Canadian some highs and lows for sure in map 3 then he needs to come out and he
needs to leave this team listen it's not just on Troy it's on the entire team
And it wasn't just on one single individual on this SR roster that got them to this grand final.
It was every single one of these players coming in with their ideas, coming in with their plays,
coming in with their moments, their clutches, whatever it might be.
That's where they were finding the rhythm.
That's where they were finding the synchronization.
That's where they were looking like a brand new roster than what we saw back during kickoff.
They have to be able to find that and make it work and gel quickly.
I mean, SR was still doing an amazing job at getting the opening kills.
When you look at the statistics after watching the match.
A lot of it for Dark Zero really was those late round scenarios,
being able to understand how the XU is going to come through,
and they had the utility for it.
That was the biggest downfall.
SR didn't have a response for those cheese operators.
A lot of their problem solving was maybe get a flank from Spoi,
maybe get a two on one push.
It wasn't really utility based,
and that's where I believe DZ got the edge on them.
Rebellion. Kafe, how are you feeling about it?
I'm not feeling too great.
However, like I did say, they did start to fight back
towards the end of that bank.
I need to see something right out the gate,
or I can see DZ steam rolling in.
We need a big play.
It's one of those maps that's going to hinder
Andy's ability to get active on the entry,
because information's there, but Cafe's such a small map.
It's very difficult to find openings,
find a way to catch DZ off guard.
It's really going to come down to an adaptation game,
the utility.
I'd be surprised if we don't see some shields
just to be able to get the foot in the door from SR
to be able to progress through the rounds.
I'll tell you what, you mentioned Ambi there.
One person in particular is hoping
for a big Ambi performance in this next map.
is his mom and Jonah standing by with her right now.
Yeah guys, thank you.
I'm here with Ambi's mom in the crowd.
I can't imagine what this must be like for you watching
your son up there playing.
What is that feeling like watching him up there
and as he's been, for the most part,
conquering everybody so far this week.
It's amazing.
I know Newer's mom and grandma are here as well.
My mom in here as well.
The crowd behind us is amazing.
It's, uh, we just, SR just needs to lock in, and let's go.
Is there, is there anything you wish you could tell him right now,
going into this map with their backs against the wall?
That they're the rebellion and the gaffes.
Incredible. Thank you so much. Back to you guys.
I think that's the point, isn't it?
You've just got to remember who you are and what brought you to the grand final.
We'll not forget all of the phenomenal performances you've put in up to this point and of course on on map 1-2
This is an opportunity to get back to winning ways and it's like you said lax they have to reset right they sure do
I mean we talked about it. It's the mentality. It's the momentum at this point
We already knew these two maps were gonna go in DZ's favor both of these teams understand
It's a marathon not a sprint you're going to cafe you have to be able to focus on exactly what's going wrong
I'm sure I mean super didn't say it in the in the interview
but they know exactly what the issue is.
They know how to fix it.
If they can just get that confidence back,
we already got spoiled shooting at the end of the day
if the rest of the team shows up.
It's anybody's ball game.
I think we do have to put a little more pressure on Ami
because he really has been a walk-in highlight reel
and since coming into this match,
we haven't seen that same sort of play from him.
So I really, really want to emphasize
a big performance coming out of Ami.
We'll pay dividends for this team to be able to find something.
I've got to do a quick check with the crowd here.
This might be the last time.
Who's taking this map? Is it going to be DarkZero?
Or will it be Shopify Rebellion?
This could be it. Let's find out once again with our wonderful casters in Tarot and Jesse.
Thank you so very much. It's been a long road here for a lot of teams, and this might be the finale.
Will we be traded to a fifth map or Jesse?
Do you feel Cafe is the end of the road?
Cafe is going to be a real big obstacle
if nothing else for the Rebellion, Parker.
This is the map that DZ have been undefeated on
throughout the season so far.
Foxe mentioned it on the desk,
three and O over the last couple of months.
They beat Space Station,
back during the NAL kickoff.
They beat Los here in Salt Lake City,
and maybe more important than anything,
they beat the Rebellion,
back during the lower bracket finals of the NAL kickoff.
these teams have history on cafe and that history says it will go DZ.
Yeah, I mean, for the SR fans, your best shot was likely that bank map,
but it has been really tough for the Fraggers on Shopify Rebellion.
I mean, outside of SPOIT, there really hasn't been a lot of life on this team for the last two maps.
He said you needed a hero. SPOIT put on that cake. Who doesn't here on cafe for SR?
I mean, you look to a guy like Andy, I think we had a great interview with his mom in the crowd
And she said it right remember who you are remember that you're the rebellion this team have beaten so many incredible
Opponents just to get here to the grand finals. They battled their way through the lower bracket in a nail kickoff
They battled their way through phase one against so many of these international teams
They made a twist they made a G2 they made it through twisted minds and now here against dark zero
They have to remember what they're made of it can't be a one-hero performance
They tried that on bank and it wasn't good enough more than one person has to step up and be the hero for the rebellion
It has to be a team effort. I mean those two players whose names are on the tip of our tongue for the entirety of that very fresh back
The only man that up to this point the rebellion has succeeded on
Randy and Rexxen
Rexxen has only had six kills in the two maps that follow
That is far below what we expected him
And Andy, that number is eight.
Eight kills through the next two maps.
Again, way below.
We're used to seeing Andy draw more than eight kills
of the matches.
So things are not going very well here
on the fragging side of the rebellion,
which again, we thought might be an issue for Dark Zero,
but frankly, has not really materialized.
J9O and Co have dominated the rebellion in terms of kills.
If they keep that up, this is their map.
He could be done this major championship in no time at all.
Four years ago in Berlin,
Spoipe faced a very similar situation
where he was down 2-1 in a best of five.
That was versus FaZe Clan.
And I don't need to remind you how that one went.
Rogue were able to win map four,
they won map five, maximum overtime,
eight-seven on the final map.
It took everything that they had
to be able to win that major oh so many years ago
They'll have to battle back once more to do it here first fight on the white stairs. It's going to be favoring faults
Ambien ball people gets taken down. I didn't hear a single phone call ring out
That is devastating for the rebellion to lose that early on
Both sustaining a little bit of damage. I'm not exactly sure from where
But we'll still survive for the time being is now key to go to the road take their spot on the board down goes doers
It's a good spot to be in and immediately follows up with his second e1d still one remains in puck
We need the halfway point here round number one.
JN I know still thought Florian is a good way back, but he bites his way out of it.
Bites Canadian with a beautiful shot of another wide-on.
Spoit will hit the deck and now these numbers continue to get worse for SR.
And JN gets another! My goodness!
NJR and JN I know have been dynamite together.
You have set that on almost every single map so far.
And on Kaffe we've got another good duo moment from them.
DZ Blank's Rebellion on that one and takes the first round.
I mean we watched Bank together Parker, that was the battle between J9o and Spoigt.
Each of them having hero rounds to bring that map as close as it was, but in the end it was J9o that was the better of the two.
Spoigt not consistent enough and it's not a coincidence that this frag right here on the spoigt,
after he downs Canadian, it's the real difference maker in this round.
Gets a final frag just on the escape down the hatch.
Jane I know has been lights out this event he has been absolutely crushing
especially in his grand finals playing the best siege of his career rebellion
need an answer they have to find a way to shut down Jane I know I mean screaming
towards an MVP performance in this series yep I don't know if it'll be enough to
give him the entire tournament but I mean that's not not not to me but Jane I
I know also comes from just a lovely family had some time to talk to them in Boston
They are wonderful people they seemingly have raised a great son and frankly
Yeah, I mean he was part of that
Astralis roster that lost in Charlotte a few years ago when Canadian and NJR became major champions
Finally back in a final his first one since that major
He's been waiting a long time for this moment
He is not letting the moment slip away.
3-0 start on tap-bang, it will go to the other.
5th floor.
Bombsite is reading, it's our second long deck.
You don't have to read too much of these individual performances again, because anybody can step
up at a moment's notice.
You don't make it to the grand finals without somebody pulling off a hero play, Kino dives
off the top rope, down goes Surf.
He's worried about somebody upstairs.
There's no way he's going to contest this again, right?
I mean, he's got his angle held by a spoilt shot going out, Jocelyn around.
How does he manage to get away?
Ambi finally brings him down, but that one looked like they might allow him to slip through their fingers.
Yeah, must need to get a must-get kill coming through from Ambi.
Important that he's able to shut that one down if Kino gets another or even gets away there.
That is a huge blunder, but the rebellion don't falter.
Still lots of players here on the top floor. Ambi gonna enter in through the bottom, actually.
He's gonna work his way up these red stairs. There's a couple of players nearby.
Gotta be worried about fall cheese on the other side of a soft wall. They don't necessarily know. He's here
But one logic bomb could change all of that
Here it comes
Very well timed Andy was not able to do anything with it back in that very first round spoil that take down newers
This SR March over towards the adjoining port a part of this map looking to get to the bomb site
It's not over mining though. So while they might have that pivotal control
They still need to translate that to dining room and reading with just a little bit over a minute to go
They've got a numbers advanced on all right shit, and they still don't know where false is though Parker
That's my big concern despite the logic bomb being played right on the other side of that wall
False the position has not been drawn out. They do not know he's here. They might suspect it, but based on how they're playing
I don't think they have any clue of the captain's position
There's no one logic bomb though, so they might be able to get his whereabouts pinned down as he sits next to a soft wall
There's a DMR on the other side of that too. You know how much damage that DMR can do.
And the outtooled by J9L, that will throw a spanner in the works for this rebellion execute.
And there's Foltz compelled to action. Down goes Canadian sidearm out and finds another from the same spot.
Spoint the intended target. Foltz no expression on his face.
Ice in the veins as DZ start off 2-0.
Alec Faults that's exactly what was required of him in that position Parker the
Patience was sitting just under that hat was sitting inside a pillar for almost two full minutes
Never was it droned out never was it found by the logic bomb and when that moment is required of them he finds the frags
Starts off with aggressive move quinoe this goes one for one, but right off the red you lose that green
that just disrupts this push for SR-1er to go for.
I like their recovery.
It's a great shot from SPOI inside mining.
Again, I know of course he's good for one,
but false for real MVP.
The fact that he finds not one, not two, but three frags
from this position inside of Pillar
is absolutely disgusting.
And there's 2-0 now for DZ.
Small changes to operators have such a profound impact
on these games.
Jesse and a big one was the move to take your gun and maybe sticking a little bit farther away from your face, right?
The CZ-75, that thing used to be touching your nose. It's impossible to aim with it.
One of the changes to these sidearms allows more flexibility on operators like Thorne who received a host of other buffs.
You can run the M870 now, play close quarters as we saw a couple players do on Bank,
because that CZ-75 is now a viable option as a secondary and of course
Foltz with the Luzi in the sidearm put in so much work. Foltz was sensational on
Chalet on route to a dominating 7-2 if he has that kind of game here on cafe.
Oh boy SR you might be counting these rounds real quick.
Perfect rotation on the line for Dark-0 it was denied to them back on bank.
S.R. were able to stop bleeding momentarily on their early attacks.
It's been a consistent trend this map, where S.R. have chosen to start the attack, easy
of Chody who would start the defense, so we've gotten a lot of the same side starts.
Nitro from newer is well-missed and gives position away, but this is a full anchor down
on the kitchen site's heart rate.
This is going to be a slow round coming through.
S.R. don't seemingly have a lot of pressure on top floor though, so despite all of this
space being relatively free, they might just be trying to force this in through Baker.
And Kino was hoping that Mijima would keep him safe for a little bit of time.
Oh my goodness!
Folks, close them up and with it, maybe the round.
Spoiling Canadian taken down by one.
Well-timed Nitro Cell and DZ have a huge leg up now, here in round three.
Now what do you do?
Shopify Rebellion down by two.
It's a huge Nitro to come out.
Dark Zero, they just have to buy it their time,
but Ambie has something to say about it.
He finds the head of Falcova towards restaurant. We're back within one.
They have killed the Raid Boss.
There's another one though, Parker. He's lurking inside of VIP.
Jane, I know, yet to die in this match.
They have an idea of his position.
Takes some damage from the barbed wire. There's viewers.
He was distracted looking over at Cerf's position. They just wander right into the trap.
DarkZero playing with their food at this point in time.
Wrexham now in a 1v4.
I think we know where he's going. This will be a timeout. So Brexit will go upstairs, sit
and wait. Dark Zero will win the round and there is still a minute to go. Rebellion not
keen to burn their only timeout. They will talk through this issue. I don't even know
what you've discussed at this point in time. What has Supernaut said on Chalet, on Bank,
now on Cafe? What more can he say to this team?
Was not saying anything now as we go into the camp. I'm glad we've highlighted Canadian. He's dead right now
But his lips are a flap and this is the captain's role
This is where you need your leaders to step up. They were able to do it on bank
Maybe not to the fullest extent that they needed but they did start mounting that comeback when all hope looked lost
We are not at that point yet. It's 2-0. It's about to be 3-0 on cafe
It is not a game over situation
But with how good DZ have been playing with false wrapping kill after kill finding unique and creative ways to get those kills
With Jane, I know still having a flawless game so far and with everyone on DZ working together
You have to be perfect to break this DZ squad and that's what SR have to try to figure out now
Next step are the operator bands and I mean you can tell from the emotions on your screen it is
Night and day for these teams lots of smiles tons of relief from the dark zero bench
Over for Shopify Rebellion, lots of long faces, lots of blank stares, and frankly, for good reason.
It has been a slog here for SR over the last two maps.
The hope was that after you got demolished over on Chalet that you'd be able to fix it.
Maybe the time out here we'll do.
I want us to be clearing every round.
Avoid the lurk like we can play Snowside, but they're literally camping it and they're farming us on that.
And we're trying to force them and we're getting punished solo for that. Okay guys play to our game fucking clear these guys every round
Okay, for C1. They're only running a rune. We could clear that guy if we want to we have
Listen to me we need to make sure we're checking for thorn traps like repelling in heaven if we want to we don't even have to do that
We can just go for that kill but guys stop forcing shit solo. Let's just clear and play together
All right, yeah, last three rounds here every fucking round everything you've got make place to win the fucking game guys
We have the baby we have the glass. I think all the really
Nate's family hungry. What the fuck you said to us? We just Nate's band the corners
That is the most
Firm I have heard from a super tack time out in a very long time some frustration starting to build on the side of the rebellion
But the message is clear. They have to be playing together. They have to be clearing these angles
They can't keep trying to force individual plays, because Dark Zero, they're winning those over and over again.
Shopify Rebellion have now used their final lifeline on Kafe. They will have to wait for Call of Duty to call his if they talk to Super again.
We've got a timeout, of course, after round six as well, but Shopify Rebellion, that might be too little too late.
Yeah, I mean, you got yourself in quite a hole. We liked the turnaround that we started to see on Bank, but it was too little too late.
Now it's DZ running up the score on you here, and I mean what more is there to say?
After DarkZero handled Bay's plan yesterday, they immediately bolted to the top of a lot of people's predictions to be the favorite team.
Granted, you'll need two options, but if you take down the world champions, you've been the Kingslayer.
For good reason, they think you're going to succeed, and DarkZero are showing everybody why they sought out this new roster,
and the depth of this team has is just suffocating.
DZ have had a rough couple of years.
The fans in the audience will know it better than anyone.
They have been struggling over the last two years,
but this rebuild looks so good for Dark Zero.
They have dominated this tournament so far.
Now after the tack timeout,
they can really put their foot down,
stop any momentum being built by S.R.
to stick critical round.
If DZ can win this one,
they can win Mining and Dining for a second time,
Close the door on SR, stop their hopes from coming alive here on this first half of cafe. Parker, I think that might be good enough for a trophy.
Completely agreed with you, so what happens in the next two minutes here?
Rebellion averaging less than two kills around it, it's not gonna be a good start, Jesse.
Kino destroys Rexon on Repel. Spoight has also been felled. There goes Surf!
Fork Zero has snapped their fingers and holy shit, the round is over!
It's a disaster. Top to bottom. It's a disaster. Dark zero. Dominant from top to bottom.
4-0 now in the most confident sparring round we have seen all day long.
Shopify Rebellion looks stunned.
Does the eye look stunned?
We all look stunned.
We all look stunned.
DZ looks stunned after that round with it. I mean you saw it on their own faces.
They couldn't believe what they just pulled off,
but every single player is finding their opportunity to shine.
It's a night show from Kino.
It's stopping the aggressive moves to that top floor.
There's no trade game potential from SR,
because it's one by one, players trying to funnel in
and fight these long angles,
and these here are happy to hold them.
They're happy to shut these players down,
but they're getting insane shots round after round after round,
and the rebellion don't have an answer.
The most amazing thing about the last four rounds,
It's been both Kino and Foltz striking at first.
Those are not the guys that usually leave off your picks.
And they've been doing it.
They've left NJR and newer Zimmers herbs.
And J.R. is one kill and one death.
He has everything easiest path of his life.
NJR's sitting there, reading the news,
smoking a cigar.
You guys got this, don't worry.
J9O yet to die.
How often are we gonna bang this drum?
Dark Zero are looking indomitable!
NJR entered this series with the top frag player for DZ, entered with 113 kills, only he and Nuerz had broken Triple Digits before this series, but Dark Zero, one of the most ridiculously deep targets in the world.
An answer will finally be found, Fault 7 and 2 now after his early death in this round, but they need more than that.
What's the hell of an angle for Mambi to get the kill over towards Fireplace?
Amby reunited with an R4C. Dare I say it, the stereotypical fragging gun.
Yeah. Canadian now reunited with the shield.
As he will march his way over towards Piano. Jack having to survey all of the windows.
J90C's Canadian, the call will be made. Down below Kino hoping to buy as much time as possible.
Canadian in the bathroom already and there goes the shield break.
J90 struggling. Spoil goes down to the hands of newers and now Canadian will try again.
J9L, worried about the skylight, Rexon falls, Canadian having to unsheathe his shield.
His hands fall right now, J9L gaited into the waiting arms of Cerf.
We've got ourselves a fight on this top four.
Cerf will find another on the keynote.
DarkZero reduced to two.
They have been in the driver's seat so far on this map,
and they are still in a position where they can win,
but they have to deal with the shield of Canadian.
On half HP as he's chased off by NJR, there's Ghoul still over on White Stairs.
Here comes Surf for the assist.
He's a bit solo for a long time.
Finally, Surf comes to help out his captain through the feet.
Canadian get down to just one HP.
A sliver of health.
They're passing it.
They shine.
And he'll do so.
Very good trust.
And now it's Neuers in a 1v3.
Neuers has clutched before, and with that DMR, he can do some major damage.
He finds the head and surfs, F2 is a great guy.
He needs to be very careful about lining himself up in this position.
Canadian now squaring away, there's Andy for insurance.
Shabba Vierebellion showing signs of life.
It's a light in the darkness, isn't it?
And it comes on Canadian on Monty.
I'm shocked I'm saying this, but through four maps,
that is only the second time Canadian has picked Monty
in his best of five series.
And it's not like we've been seeing it banned every single map.
Round 1 of map 2 was the only other time that we saw Troy stick the mountain, stick the shield.
He's played a little bit of blitz, but otherwise it's not been a very shield-focused strategy from SR.
They've played a lot of attacking rounds, starting an attack so often in his best defy, but ultimately,
when they finally need him, they rely on the shield, they start setting up these picks,
surf the best round of tournament he's had so far, the best round of these finals, if nothing else,
they need a little bit more of that.
Remember who you are. Remember the team that you are. It has not been an easy road to the
finals for the rebellion. All of their victories hard earned. Their defeats often heartbreaking.
But they are the second best team at worst at this event.
No one enters the grand finals wanting to say, yeah, well, we were second best.
Everybody is fighting for that trophy on the stage.
Some of these players looking for the first taste of a major victory for others, they're
looking to repeat success they found some long ago, some very recent if you're keena.
Final round of the first half, 30 seconds in, dark zero, we believe that could yet become
insurmountable if they take this fateful 6th round.
They were playing passive so far in the wedding window.
Forces surf back just a bit.
Wasted one of those nades, but the window
remains relatively shut.
They've got a couple angles, but that's OK.
Last time we went to this bomb site,
SR went for a very direct take.
They were just kind of trying to fudder in through restaurant,
flood in through bakery.
They didn't take control.
They've brought the ambi on the sledge this time.
You might think, OK, they are going to do a pop-down,
but that's not where their current position suggests.
It's probably going to be ambi alone late in this round
and try to take control of mining, take control of train.
And if Nura's existing up here, that could be a huge problem,
but the army crawls his way away and stays alive.
Okay.
You let yourself to brawl the drones down the street,
I would make Jesse, but of course,
I'm not playing the grand final, so what do I know?
Get some both.
More damage was done to Nura's now,
he's scampered off of his position.
Uh-oh, Kino's attention elsewhere,
good read by Ami from above.
Kino has to pick his opportunity,
There goes enemy to unite yourself with newers.
We're trying to hunt down Keynote.
Surf's still in that position above.
Shopify Rebellion having a much better sixth round,
but they just lost their numbers advantage.
Volt's coming in for the assist.
Down goes Rexon. Canadian trapped in the corner.
Uh-oh.
Surf is the last man standing.
DarkZero wanting to finish this one off.
As Surf takes down newers,
he will now have to head back
towards the main bakery door
with three players of DarkZero still very much alive.
There's one of the most clutched players for the Rebellion ever since he joined this roster Parker
He's got full 60 seconds to work with there all in his line of sight
But he can't even find one frag it's gonna be three players still up and it's gonna be five to one in our first half
Do the solos first full second before we do this
The biggest thing right here fellas is that you're gonna start, like last week we played
this game at a cafe, we're in like the exact same position, this was like what, over two
stages ago?
We went up to 6-0-5-1, they just started playing like absolute opponents, so like be aware
of that, especially when we're going towards the window side on these bases, just lean
into like full anthight cheese a little bit early, take this first show, I'm pretty slow
here to kind of feel like what they're actually doing, and then the biggest thing fellas like
here is they just fundamentally sound, that's all we get at this, just stay fundamentally
sound, we don't do anything crazy, nothing special, simple and fundamental, and that
is it, just be aware of the fucking machinery.
Yeah, yeah
It's gonna be like the I like the fast layers to if it's not the heart does aggression
It's gonna be fast layers if you like bumpers
Yeah, and if it is then we're already in good position because we've been
Just be aware that the only thing that I could see them channel like snaggis whip is like that fucking balkery shit
Maybe some echo work like the flanks like C4 is one of such if that is case just start bringing out the IQ again
Wait frankly, we don't need to force them to be able to just be one of it. Yeah
All the prep is so lit.
So he's going to do it at the same time.
When they did that, Newers walked down Brown.
Ram was just playing the mining part.
Foltz just dropped the bomb with the sense.
He can also go white and try to sense that off and like run across.
If they do that, the glass might go elsewhere if they have it.
Second time, they did the exact same thing except Kino went Monty
and he just pushed Whitehall with the Monty.
So big thing here is both times for that when they cleared,
they did try to push that Whitehall to distract the VIP player.
to make sure that in the past against us for that fake remember they've obviously ran nomad so if
there's nomads make sure that we're in a position where we can actually help to get them off and
if not that we have a plan for what we want to do with the clash whether it's walking up the staircase
or uh pressuring like holding white because they might try to push white clash can distract that
right yeah for mining nj is going to go snow he's going to run striker he's going to have nades and
flashes uh newer goes daimos heaven as well so this would be a quick play they can do it with
with Foltz dropping Kevin off of a ram.
Or sorry, Kino dropping Kevin off of a skylight off the ram.
J9 will just be sitting, Kristen.
It takes a village to be the best in the world,
and that's exactly what DarkZero have had throughout this weekend
in Salt Lake City.
It was NJR, whose MVP-worthy performance got them
to this point when the best KDs ever put up in a major.
It was Kino playing ridiculous rounds on smoke,
Locking down the defense, playing tight corners with the shotgun that got them a lead here in the series.
It was J9O who put up a monster kill total on Bank to put them up now 2-1 up against SR.
It was the captain, fault on this map, who made so many little moves with his nitro cells.
There was wrap positions and that final round Parker, for me, it was newer.
The nitro to start things off, the one pick that they most needed onto that vert player.
Another frag deepens that round as well, some critical moments coming out from every single person on DZ.
And now they sit just two rounds away from their ultimate goal and repeating what this award did in Charlotte, North Carolina.
An incredible run from both of these teams.
Shabba by Rebellion have really ran the gauntlets.
If this is close to the end, my friend,
I think SR can hopefully, in the wake of this event, be happy with their performance.
Yes.
It was phase one that they managed to claw their way through.
They've played far away the most siege here, which does over-exposure that poor event.
For sure.
But I don't think there's anybody who will say this isn't a common position.
It's just, it's feeling like Gizzy's got everybody's number here in Salt Lake.
Yeah, no doubt about that.
I mean after a unit people were calling for heads to roll on the side of SR
They went to Paris not making a single roster move and again
Disappointing result for this team, but they still believed in themselves
They still kept this five-man core alive and it got them to this point
It brought them to be one of the two best teams in the entire world here in Salt Lake City
But it's gonna need to be just a little bit more if they want to upset dark zero
Down by four down by one in the series so much still to pull back
anyone can do it. Canadian in spoil. Maybe.
Bad day for Rexon has continued to go bad here. It has to catch that Yokai drone that
Canadian popped through the hatch but there's still information as to how many people are
up there. Very beneficial for this DZ team as they...
Now will presumably be easier side. That's the thing we haven't talked about in the
On here, DarkZero can easily ride this one out if the numbers are any indication.
Rexon and Kino will get traded back and forth.
Rexon still without a kill.
Fold's burning alive with what I imagine is his own.
He drops Canadian on the board this round.
Down goes Spoint.
Canadian still surviving in this position.
Now it's Surf, a nice flick on NJR through that hatch.
Rebellion with the numbers advantage and Surf has to go to all chat to let him know how he feels.
Halfway point of the round, and Rebellion are in pretty good shape.
Ami will run into J9L.
How does he get that kill? How does he get that one too?
The gap closes.
It's just as daunting as it was on Bank.
The comeback almost real on the previous map.
Will they be able to pull it off this time?
Rebellion are really hoping that that round kick starts some offense.
Well, they start to get aggressive in that round, Parker.
They start to get a little scrappy.
Never afraid of DZ early on those entries.
That's what you want from a team that's down now 5-1 turned 5-2 here in the grand finals of a major
They make some really aggro moves they never sit still despite some good early pressure from guys like J9
Oh, it's really these window positions that are punishing them when the players are inside the building
It is some nasty shots from the rebellion that are giving them the edge
Surf was required to hit some great shots back on the attack when he was pushing with Canadian on the Monty and be really required
To hit some crazy flicks on that round. He does so for the rebellion
5-2, still alive here in this series, plenty of games still potentially to be played.
Jesse, you say yourself there's always two halves to a game of siege.
Rebellion will get to defend Kafe, it is a tricky map for them.
DZ are quite dominant on both sides of this map, so again for DZ fans,
if you are a little worried about giving a small opportunity for the rebellion,
rest on the results that your team has a mast on this map because if you do rest on that there is a
more than greater likelihood that they will be able to win at minimum two rounds and really that's
all they need to do. If a four to half is what SR accomplishes they lose the championship. You need
to do exactly what Dark Zero did to you a five one half there is very little room for error.
good information still starts early SR they know that that last round it went
pretty fast they got scrappy in the early game but they don't have to play like
that every round dark zero looking for a bit of a reset multiple times throughout
this series they've gotten off to an early lead and then SR has a threat to comeback
but never have they really been able to pull it off the threat comes once again
now as they win their first round on the defense mining and dining is their second
for a bomb site. DarkZero bringing a lot of good tools to shut this down. They've got J9O for the
burk play once they take soft control. They've got newers to try to force these players under these
power positions. And it'll work. DarkZero, they force SR back to start to give up some of these
positions on the top floor. Really just spoiling Rexon that remain.
Ambien surf linking up in that position as Ambien was shuffled away from his spot on white stairs.
Now Rexon will take a position nearby on the top floor. Sitting on a mute jammer,
Should any drones come his way no real intel for dark zero down goes rex and no newer stakes care of him quite easily
Surface still in the spot. The bees will go he dances around the nitro cell
DZ will find another as Andy goes for a desperate run out and suddenly dark zero finds themselves with two man lead
There's been great so far as a claymore kill for the second now in a 3d5
Dark zero will need to be able to close in on these last couple players
What was the hero on bank that completed the comeback that got them halfway there on the window playing
close, surrounded on all sides, pressure from many angles.
And I mean this is really do or die!
It's all up to Canadian now, what did I say?
Very little room for error.
The captain will need to lead by example.
Less than 50 damage has been done to Dark Zero.
Oh my days, Canadian knowing what awaits him.
Inside the site as Dark Zero looks to sink their teeth into him.
he's got so many angles to cover a hopeless endeavor as Dark Zero moves to
championship point.
In Montreal in the very first year we got the first ever All-American final and
It was Canadian who came out on top, playing with Continuum to win the very first hammer
in CG Sports history.
Few years later in Charlotte we got another all North American final and once again it
was Canadian on top that led Dark Zero to a championship winning the first ever major
for North America.
But now in Salt Lake City Parker that goal is so far away.
They must be perfect.
They're four straight defending on cafe.
Then they've got to win overtime.
they've got to win that five. The objective list is so long for Canadian, but he's done it before.
Six-two now to DZ. This team looks unbeatable at the moment.
Yeah, I mean, there's no real weaknesses here. Again, history is repeating itself for a third
time. Dark Zero is holding down this rebellion, picking them apart, round by round,
player by player. DZ is not letting off the gas at all. They have this rebellion team
on the ropes and they're hoping to deliver the knockout blow here on cafe if not this round
maybe the next but there are four opportunities for dz to submit themselves and win yet another
trophy in america one round at a time that's got to be the motto for both these teams sometimes
the pressure is greatest when you're in the movement in a 6-2 advantage doesn't get easier here comes
the utility from Dark Zero. This is once more going to be a bit of a two-sided attack. They've got
players up above with J9O on the ramp. They've also got horizontal pressure. They almost faced
like they were going horizontal, but now the top-down clear will begin. This is likely to be a long
round, Parker. I imagine it'll be a slow one. Dark Zero doesn't need to rush it unless they see an
opportunity. And if that opening does present itself, DZ is a team that so far has been very
They're very good at calling on the fly. They are obviously well rehearsed and well practiced.
They have a great mind backing them up and a world champion.
Leaving them in faults who is quite literally leaving by example.
Top frag on the team, you'd never believe it.
And boy oh boy, what a renaissance it's been for him and so many players here on Dark Zero.
Yeah, it feels like everybody's been given a new life here on this DZ team.
Since the start of the season, they cemented themselves as the best team in North America.
They'll have another opportunity to prove it today.
going that so far. 90 seconds deep, we're halfway through the round and everyone remains.
This is expected. When SR are playing a full anchor setup down
outside the kitchen, you don't expect early frags to come through.
Ambia is likely going to be the first point of contact as this hash opens.
He has to be sharp, but he's let two players drop.
And now it's J9L under fire inside of Freezer.
Kino getting defused, get down. There's a flash, a reaction.
Nobody from Rebellion are shutting this down.
Suddenly we've gone into a 45 seconds showdown,
bolts on the board first, traded out their snures as well.
DZ with the upper hand, looking to lift this trophy,
down goes Canadian, they've got Andy, isolated.
Darkness is long in their ally, but it's not Lake City.
DZ have found the right.
Once again on American soil,
Dark Zero will be major champions.
No doubt about it, the most dominant team inside of North America and inside the globe.
Dark zero from the very start of kickoff. Dominated through the group stage. Stumbled a little bit at
small moments throughout the playoffs, but they always bounced back. They were always able to pull
things together. It's been a long time coming for guys like J9O who lost in those finals back in
Charlotte for others like you know as you said Parker it's only been six months
But it doesn't change how good this must feel and the player I'm looking at is NJR
He had the taste of glory with this DZT
He was in the wilderness so so so long, but he's made his way out
Shopify rebellion gave them a pretty decent run for their money
But we were hoping for maybe a bit more
It really just does speak to the dominance of this DZ team.
They were well prepared, they were well studied, and they were able to make those changes on the fly
to knock out their rivals and secure their second trophy.
This org has been in siege since the very moment they founded and we are ever grateful for it.
And once again with a very different lineup and one familiar face,
DZ will lift the trophy here in North America.
How about that Salt Lake City?
Folks, 2020 was the last time you lifted a piece of siege silverware.
This must feel like a long time coming.
coming. Yeah I mean a lot of emotions right now for sure. It's all me through
them. Well you just you come to these tournaments year after year I mean this
is like you said I haven't been in the finals in almost six years probably and
you fight so hard you're in and you come to every single event and it stinks to
fall short as a competitor but like what makes a true competitor is how you
know you just off you reset you get back in the lab and and you train hard just
for moments like this, so I'm happy I won,
that we all won, but I feel like the most rewarding thing
is almost like proof of our hard work,
is what this feels like, just to show how hard we've worked.
I think it's absolutely obvious,
and that display from you guys was dominant.
At what point in this final did you feel
like you'd taken control?
Control felt, after Bank,
They felt like control was in our hands and then you know, we decided to keep it simple
They did fight pretty hard on bank like we on the attack side, but yeah bank
What do you think guys should we lift this bad boy?
All right, here we go
You're in bus six something city major champions
It was only six months ago this happened for you before.
Jazzy of course, how does this one feel different I think
The first one was more like a relief anything this one like I knew is gonna happen, but the amount of work this team put in
It's unbelievable. These guys work so hard. They are so hard for it, and it just hit up
Do you feel like we're about to witness an error of DZ dominance here?
Can't say that but
We're just gonna keep working hard. We're gonna keep putting our effort into into this and all
We'll see what happens, right?
I would be remiss to not give all of you guys a quick opportunity to say something to the
crowd here.
J-90, what does this mean to you?
I mean, it means a lot for sure, but I just got to shout out to A-Allo Tony.
He's not here right now.
I don't know where he is, but he puts in a hell of a lot of work.
Same with that guy, Call-O right there.
Shout out to them.
And shout out to Team Real.
Julia Family.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, it's been a long time. Here you are. You're back again lifting another trophy
You must feel like you were back right now, right? I mean, this one's better
I'll tell you that right now. Tell me why I mean, I think this this group early
I just like I almost like got my joy for the game back and like just showing up every day playing with these guys
It's been so enjoyable for me, and it allows me to have so much faith in myself, and not
only the team as well.
The backbone we have is crazy.
It's unreal.
For sure, love that.
New is just pop up here for a second, man.
Congratulations.
This crowd loves you, and I know that they also love one of your family members out here.
Where's Kaffia?
My grandma?
Yeah!
My grandma right there, shout out to my grandma.
Kathy, Kathy!
Kathy, Kathy, come on, come up here for a minute.
Come on up here.
Come on, no?
She's good, she's good, she's staying there.
All right, all right, should we lift the trophy one more time?
Do you want to say something about your team
and how proud you are?
Yeah, I mean, these guys, we put them through hell.
Like, they work harder than any team in eSports, I think.
They do stuff out of game, they do stuff in game,
and they just committed to it.
Well done guys. Lift the trophy one more time. Here we go.
Solid City makes some noise one more time. The Dax Zero!
What a performance here on Hamsile.
I just want to give a big shout out to this crowd.
You've been phenomenal for three days straight.
Salt Lake City makes it nice for yourselves.
We'll see you for our regional leagues kicking off in June and let's not forget the next
major we will see you in Osaka, Japan.
Goodbye from SLC USA!
Hello there.
My name is Nicholas Mortsen, but you know me as Pingo.
Today, I'm going to teach you how to win a major and become just as good as I am.
First, close your eyes and start taking deep breaths.
The path to success is a hard one,
but you have to keep walking.
Some people, they see an obstacle,
but I see the destination.
Dive into the ocean of calmness.
Here, in that silence, nothing can stop you anymore.
Anizen?
What are you doing here?
Osaka?
I'm coming!