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and I'm joined by Pineapple Phillips and Nate. only a couple more days left for Season 47,
but this matchup is arguably the biggest of the rest.
Yep, only two days left including today
and as you mentioned, the stakes could not be higher for this matchup
a team winning in the grand finals red canids already secured their spot
for ESL Pro League season 20
whereas the winner here will get that coveted second spot whoever loses
here sure they'll get a pretty penny for placing high up but they still will not get that pro league
spot which is highly coveted and highly prized let's take a look at the bracket to see how
we got here of course the matchup is imperial versus 9z in the consolidation with red canids
waiting in the grand final yesterday we got to see 9z take on the likes of the young sharks and that
matchup was a slaughtering 13-8 on mirage 13-3 on nuke for nine z to close it out in
a swift 2-0 fashion yeah nines 9Z looked sharp. They looked good.
They got a great performance from Buda on
map two who went on par with
DGT to absolutely destroy
Sharks.
But now we get to a matchup where not only is there Pro League on the line, but I think
We're getting two of the best teams coming into this season. You would think Imperial and 9Z are your favorites
To make it to pro league. Red Canids came out of the woodwork into playoffs,
had a very good draw into the bracket
and upper bracket round two as a top-two seed
Imperial Seed 1, Red Canid Seed 2
And Red Canids 2-0'd Imperial to qualify for ESL Pro League, which is a magnificent result from them.
And for 9Z they've had a couple of lower bracket rounds to go through facing off against MIBR and Young Sharks. 9Z also losing 2-1 to the Red Canids, this is also off the back of a very good performance at IEM Dallas
from the mixed team from South America.
So it's gonna be a pretty tough one
in this lower bracket final, consolidation final
and for 9Z they wanna spot a pro league
They got top four at iem dallas i feel
like they are a team that belongs
at ecl the other only other thing is
imperial also have a roster quality of EPL.
Yeah, there's a lot of rosters deserving
of the EPL position.
Also, you mentioned 9Z's recent success at IAM Dallas.
You can also hearken back to the season before last at Pro League where they
turned some heads, I think they went 9th-12th
Let's take a look at the matchup though, look at the
rosters so we can break down the action
more specifically. You mentioned Buda
you singled him out on 9Z.
He had a killer performance yesterday,
some of my biggest woes historically for 9Z
has been Buda's inconsistency.
He's a really good IGL, make no mistake,
but he's very hit or miss from time to time
If you can activate today in this matchup vs Imperial
That should give 9z the extra gas they need
Because this matchup historically has been quite poor for them
Yeah it's been a very rough matchup historically has been quite poor for them. Yeah, it's been a very rough matchup for 9Z
to try and take down
now they've had more time to grow
they've had more time to mesh together
they've had more opportunities
against higher level competition,
but Vinny, Phelps,
Henney, three veterans of the scene
themselves, no way to send
your solid pieces to this puzzle
as well. So when you're looking at
the roster here for Imperial,
you know there's a good amount of firepower and experience.
9Z arguably
a less experienced team on paper
than Imperial.
As far as recency bias
is concerned, if you're looking at
just recent head-to-head results
Imperial might actually have to be
the favorites here so it's going to be a pretty tight matchup I think. It's have to be the favorites here. So it's going to be a pretty tight matchup,
I think. It's going to be a good one
for sure and the fact that there's
a spot at Pro League available,
this is going to be essentially a grand final
for these two teams.
Yeah, it feels like a trial by far for both these teams where the pressure couldn't be greater this is
where you either sink or swim imperial as we mentioned they have three big
veterans on the squad who are no stranger to that kind of pressure so
they should be able to perform 9z as well we've seen them perform in very
similar situations at iem dallas for example
so it should be a barn burner of a game a burn burner of a series. However as we talked about
and as we've kind of been hinting at
Imperial have dominated 9Z
every time they've played in recent
memory. In the
regular season of ECL it was 13- nuke 13 10 mirage they had a best of three little while
before in that case 9z took one map of dust two but lost anubis and mirage as well so
it's a very difficult uphill battle for 9Z.
We'll see if they can shore up those weaknesses which were exploited.
Let's take a look at the veto because it looks like we do get to see
the maps being played.
This is a surprise to us as well.
We did not get to look at it before
the broadcast went live, and this is
kind of what I expected. Dust2
was the pick of 9Z. It had
to be either an Ancient ban or a Dust2
ban for Imperial. It couldn't be both. They went for Ancient,
9Z of course taking out their Primo Band Vertigo
makes sense there and 9Z understandably
picked Dust 2. It's the only map
they've won in the head-to-head recently.
It was a 13-6 and their overall record on the map is quite good at 10 and 2 9z
whereas imperial have only played it once and that was the loss versus the very same team
yeah i mean for nine z's the same exact veto as the last best of three they had Dust2 Anubis and Mirage.
And it does not bode well for 9z unless they're able to shore something
up on Anubis, unless they're able to turn the tide
a mirage. One of the two is required
I have to favor 9z on their pick
of Dust2 but the rest
of the way especially not being able to pick into Nuke
as that third and final map
that's going to really hamstring 9Z
here. They were the lower seed
so Imperial got to choose whether they
wanted to pick the third map or if they wanted
the first ban, and they wanted to pick
the third map as every team does
in a best-of-three veto.
That's a huge advantage,
and this is the map pool situation
that we've been talking about
in the green room leading up to this, where 9Z just does not have an advantage coming into this one unless they can get the veto to work in their favor.
But overall, the map pull for Imperial very strong and very complementary against 9z i was saying
that matpool was the smothering issue that compounded by the fact that imperial got their
choice of team b to really decide what that final map would be stacks things up against 9z in a potentially
difficult way again 9c i hope that they have shorted some of their issues but i'm not certain
let's go ahead and talk about who we picked and why Boggs has kind of set the stage,
kind of indicated who he chose.
He went for Imperial, I believe.
And it makes sense given the bands, right?
The bands are the exact same as that last best
of three they played. It was a reverse sweep from Imperial in response to
a loss on the opener. I went for 9-Z, ice is there
for me consciously and unconsciously, and additionally those recent results as well
That absolute shattering of sharks
yesterday that includes mirage as well it's a big
asterisk because we are going to see mirage today
and also of course their recent results at im dallas this core has been together
for a very long time in dgt max and Maxx and Buda also peak and Martinez recently added to the roster really bring that much needed firepower they required before. So I think 9z have a very narrow edge in my eyes,
but it could go either way.
And conversely,
I think Imperial has the very narrow edge
as far as the map pool is concerned
as far as the vetoes roll out and the head-to-head results. Imperial also
having some good results as of late, yes
not against the caliber of teams at Dallas
but have 9Z had results
positively on the maps that are being
played say a Mirage or an Anubis.
A win against Vitality yes but then a loss
against RedKnids on that same map after
that fact does not exactly give me
the strongest of hopes for prolonged success
for 9Z on that map.
And while Mirage has been getting better,
it's still such a coin-flippy
map to have that as a decider.
It's not a comfortable spot
to be in for 9Z,
where I think they have
expectations of trying
to beat a favorite
in this scenario
given the fact
that they did take down
Vitality and Mousesports
on LAN.
But for Imperial,
they are the higher seed here.
They have the higher HLTV rating as well I believe so this is going to
be one of those situations where both
teams are essentially on more even footing but I have to give the slight
edge over to Imperial we do have our kiddie a player to watch however and we decided to mix
it up from last night Nate and're going to go with Phelps
here and I don't think there's too much reason as
to why or question I should say
as to why we picked Phelps here.
No, we picked DGT yesterday
and we were well-founded to pick him him keep your eye on him if you're looking
specifically for a 9z player to thrive but phelps eclipses his impact in a very big way 1.31 impact
one point one five hltv rating phelps is the one where if you can get
the ball rolling they can kind of just get into his groove it feels like
especially i think the last time i saw him was on
nuke if he got his groove just working in the outside yard he could do the same
thing over and over again, and no matter what
you did to counter him, he would still find success.
So if he can find his footing
If he can find his stomping grounds like that
it's a very big issue
for 9Z to contend with.
Yeah, and he's not the only threat there's Henny on the op
There is Vinnie's leadership and Nigelian ability
Descentine No Way can have good moments as well
So for Imperial they have the firepower
9Z have it as well though if they can
get a second person to step
up say a Hwasa Peak
or a Martinez or a Buddha
for instance DGT is going to be there
for 9-Z.
We know that it's who's
going to be the ensemble
who was going to show up
with him and join
to create that harmony.
That is the real question.
It's not usually
the same player twice for 9-Z, something
you'll notice if you watch them a lot.
They'll have somebody else there but it's
not exactly going to be a consistent
second frag. It will move up and down that
lineup. Even Max can have those moments as well.
He had a lot of clutches in that new game
last night too that come to mind.
How do you deal with Phelps?
How do you deal with Henny?
Martinez hasn't really shown too much
significant opt-in prowess
in this playoff that we've seen,
so I'm wondering, especially
when it comes to an operators' duel
going to a map 3 of Mir mirage how that will impact the overall overlook
of the game as well i will say what martinez wasn't taking over the game on mirage yesterday
he was definitely hitting some very nice shots he's taking a lot of
very tight angles angles that are kind of
headshot only which is kind of the opposite of what you want to do when
you're using an op you want to get a body shot and fall away right but
uh he was doing it with great success he won the opera's
duel quite a few times up against the sharks as you mentioned against a veteran like henny
it's going to be very different kind of prospect to deal with. We'll have to see how he can
approach that Opera's Duel
if it kind of just avoids it, we'll have to
wait and see exactly what 9Z's game plan is but
where we kind of differ on our prediction
one of us slightly favoring 9Z one of us slightly favoring 9z, one of us slightly
favoring Imperial. I think we can both agree
this one is going the distance. This one
is gonna go to all three because that
first map should be a bastion for 9z
second map should be a
pretty easy affair
for Imperial, although there could
be a surprise here and there. And then
Mirage, a map that they're both relatively
okay on, should be where this game
is decided. A Mirage deciderider it's not the most tantalizing prospect
i think an ancient decider from what we've seen over the years since it's been included into
the map would be a much better map prospect but as far as these two teams squaring up against each
other mirage is going to be absolutely fantastic it's about the most even playing field between
these two teams available so i'm expecting some fireworks if and when we
do get to the third and final map but we're not ready to kick this one off
just yet folks a little bit longer until we can actually start on Dust 2.
So, we're going to cut to the break and when we come back
We will start this consolidation final
and find out whether 9Z will claim
the trip to Malta or Imperial
will be qualifying for Pro League
We'll see you in a bit.. so Thank you. I don't care. 🎵 so so so so so so so so so. The wait is finally over.
We are in for our consolidation finals, it's all on the line.
Losers are eliminated winners get that spot and pro league and a chance to find vengeance against red
knids it's pineapple phillips and boggs to bless the ears
an imperial to pick the t side on their opponent smack map. Pick of Dust, Udo
YGL sending back
Platon B. He has support around
the pillar as DGT and a third now lurking
up. It's red by 9Z. The question is
can they rebuke the take?
Four players peeking in from tunnels.
It's a very long range duel for the Glocks to take, and as you'd expect
the USPs have a hefty advantage.
Budda and DGT combining for three looking for the fourth
of the final pair are both here
to Descenti and Henny.
We're just trying at this point to open
up the docket for their team. Finally
getting a first. That's Max dispatched
a second okay. Descenty on the P250.
Now hit some blows at range.
This is far from over now.
DGT and Booter are both tagged and known.
DGT though drops Descenty,
Penny does not get the P250...
Gouda just completely ran out of ammo there
He finally gets an upgrade
And he'll get that final kill as well
Three for himself in the round, but a lot of
bullets exchanged on B
A very long-winded duel
Yeah it was just a prolonged
duel at range
and tunnels which doesn't really benefit the Glocks. If you have
the Glock out and want to close the gap, if you want to get it up close and personal
The P250 is really the only pistol on the Imperial side in that round
that can afford to take those kind of rules against the USPs.
So a very atypical pistol round B rush from Imperial,
if you want to even call it a B rush.
I don't think you can, it was more just a
tunnels contact play and they never got past
the first Manabuta. Now
it's half-eye, just a couple pistols upgraded
here from Imperial that one
in round number three.
DGT takes contact, removes one,
which is good I think as well.
But he's still around and fighting
looking to do more damage at a range with the A1S.
Max has the MP9
for his
Martina,
and they're
gonna go up
with DGTs
grabbing the
quad kill
farming the
eco frags
and making
sure the
MP9
can't really
get that
extra kill
reward.
I don't think 9z really cares about it.
And Buda will be the last one to get a kill.
No kills on the SMGs, bonus time for 9z.
Bonus time for 19.
Bonus time, and it's a very potent bonus as well.
Three-fifths of the squad are on A1Ss.
Two MP9s can really throw
some chaos either lower tunnels
catwalk up close long.
MP9s are very scary weapons,
but their punch can definitely be mitigated on Dust2
just given the long-range sight lines.
Looks like Buddha's going to an mp9 for b
they play towards car or towards the jump up
you have a pause it looks to be a technical one
imperial mentioned they're going to get an investment
but no bomb plant hampers things a bit.
Lacking utility on Descenty and
Phelps. Vinny, prioritizing
the utility by getting it a Galil
instead of an AK. That's unfortunate, but
it's the right prioritization there.
And hopefully
we'll get back into the game shortly,
but I'm not sure what the technical issue is.
Yeah, not sure what the issue is but it's very early for a technical issue. It shouldn't be
too much longer... There we go! Right back into it so
... it so not too long at all. Galil, AKs decent utility not great for Phelps and Descenti
but overall it's not a bad situation to be in for Imperial.
Although they want to get around here and around quickly
do not let 9Z get the confidence out of Mouth 1
Last time these two took played on Dust2 was at 13-6, the base with 9z.
The latter two maps would be certainly as far as 9Z's success or lack thereof against Imperial
which tells you a little bit of ways to get
there still. Max up close, that's a good angle for the MP9
The other one in Buda's hands tight towards B tunnels
Long control taken by Martinez tight towards B tunnels.
Long control taken by Martinez, it's a good hold at least in theory from 9z
Not too small of a tough yet but DGT is dropped early up on Catwalk
This now opens a bit of a run for Imperial to stream through
Waso Peak back towards site
But Imperial pump the brakes and
retreat backwards a little bit longer
They have time to play with enamel man advantage
to sweat out what remaining utility nines they have, which is not much. It's two smokes
now just one as another one is used on tap to counter the push. Nade goes in
Wasopique tucks in at the barrels.
And they'll just play the headshot angle and try to get a couple of kills
and wait for support from Martinez over on Long.
The SMGs are going to be on their retake if it does come through
unless the bomb comes through. Do they clear out?
Maxxie, they do a great
job of that now. HwasaPeaks is in
very tough situation trying to rotate through
CTBuda over on B. HWASAPEAKS
GOT A PAIR FROM IT TH though! And this turns the tie back
in favor of 9z-tie ballgame.
Hwasapik down. Buda.
Can he get the smoke kill? No!
It's Descenti instead.
So Martinez has a decision to make it a 1v3, does he go? Does he save? He
hears footsteps towards tunnels, he's ready for this empty and might not be a bad idea
to go for this here, he's got the kit! I think he's a day.
Is he trying to just drop CT instead? I'm not sure, he'll get a nade and fall back though yeah.
A B retake is already difficult in an even situation
And a 1v2 with no utility it's near impossible
he is looking for utilities scrounging about not expecting them to be on the
hunt looks like you'll survive don't really pressing the issue the A site, but if Phelps chooses to activate here...
Should have a pretty decent advantage with the 1-shot head shot range.
Bomb goes off.
Imperial open the docket rather quickly when the rifles come through.
9z's bonus doesn't work out too well, and in fact
it wasn't too much of a bonus either. A lot of players are quite
low on cash.
Rifle will be dropped to
Oso P.
Op
is being purchased for Martinez as well, so
he's still going to have an SMG in play. But we have
an OP and we have M4s surrounding
a very solid investment.
Henny has a scout, the little brother
of the OP, in towards
top middle. And we could have a
duel between the snipers very early on
cop martinez taking one of his, doesn't connect the first and he doesn't even get a second shot.
His descent is there in upper tunnels to remove that threat from the round.
Vinny around the smoke has a nice opportunity on Hwasa Peak.
And so there is another one gone from 9Z, barely any damage dealt back.
They have a direction run boost possible for Max to take has taken the other direction. He's been
spotted! He spams away and he is kicking
field goal. Swips to goal post, great
flash over, but he still able to get one before
he falls. DGT nothing is
no way wide swings that one. Headshot
connected and Buda now
has to save in a 1v4
Imperial fast to tie this
one up and will Buda even be allowed
to save? Henny has the option.
He's expecting it, and a drive-by from Budda's MP9
gets a double dink at range!
The nade comes through if there was anybody else
but Henny was alone
And so... Budda will now try to save the big green gun!
To no avail.
Hedy will get that back in the next round.
There's not going to be a buy-up from 9Z here bar a couple of upgraded pistols.
Imperial have a chance for an early lead.
Imperial have a distinct
chance for an early lead.
9Z are getting aggressive. They're trying
to play their own game which is what we said they needed
to do yesterday.
Right now it's being called out rather handedly by imperial yeah i saw that player lower tons was on an island martinez i kind of liked the idea
of trying to force a fight early in middle,
but committing to lower tons especially when Buddha isn't pressing
to support you from upper tons
just puts you behind enemy lines
and makes it too easy for you to get picked off.
Second player, I believe it was towards long trying to press through the doors
was caught as well it's just 9z trying to get aggressive trying to make up for losses and just
getting themselves further into the hole because imperial are more than ready to play taking dry peeks. That's the first thing. They worked on the pistol round, sure. Obviously works in the second round where there's no buy up from Imperial
but imperial is a team on different level than Sharks was last night. That sort of
dry peaking ego peak style that worked so well last night, it's not going to
work against the likes of Imperial.
9-Z will have to play a little more tactical,
a little more reserved maybe or if they're going
to play aggressive go together don't take these
isolated 1v1 fights
or 1v2 3ights because you have the extra
players there
for the T side. Peaking into
2-3 player is not an easy fight to take in general.
You have to make a decision which one you want to
stick and fight against, and the hesitation can lead
to you going down fast and early.
There's a flank hold from Descenti as the four
9Z players walk through
middle and up and around with Dimez
spotted around the box.
And Descententi will actually only go one for one
so there's an upgraded gun rifle in the hands of
9Z and I think DGG
is just going to run into the hills with that while
USPs will go around and do what damage they can for the rest of
the round. Try and keep the T-side economy
from getting too strong too early.
A 3-2 round at
the start for Imperial now as expected
out of this round.
Would not hate a timeout from 9Z
going into Round 6.
I wouldn't either.
AK should get saved although Phelps is on this flank. Imperial have gotten a lot of control and they've done very well to take the most of their control. They hunted down that AWP in the round prior for example
oops spots one gets to kill egt should have a trade if not he'll just survive survive don't take the duel don't force not help to survive.
Survive, don't take the duel,
don't force it.
Wasso Peak does support getting the kill in the
dying moments of that round.
Does further some economic issues for Imperial or cause some perhaps? I think they have more than enough to reinvest but...
...becoming a little bit more grounded.
So very scary fight there for the one that saved AK.
Imperial take the lead, they still have the AWP for Henny...
Through the smoke he catches Buddha crossing!
Just on timing alone.
It's very unfortunate for 9Z on the start.
Honestly, Imperial could have gone B right off of
the back with that. Buddha is the B anchor, he's
the solo defender, DGT caught in rotation and
now Martinez tries to peek around,
Holland-Zabra steals him...and so does Vinny but Huaso and Max trade it back
to a 3v2. Max will not stick around for that fight against The Op
in middle though he'll retreat through tunnels and maybe even
go for a backstab here. Wasopique does know there's
somebody out towards mid as well or towards B.
That is Descenti. Max is just running
right into his death.
There should be no chance. Descente at the window gets that.
That'll cement the round. Tuaso Peak should not be going for this one.
You mentioned a timeout would have been good?
I think it might've been tilting, honestly.
The opening was just Buddha
through his smoke. There's no way to counteract that.
No there's not.
Unfortunate start to the round. Yeah, very unlucky.
Quasso's gonna get caught by No Way...
Unless he's ready for it.
Doesn't matter!
No way, removes him succinctly and
four straight on the guns from Imperial
they're looking very good with the rifles in hand
And for 9Z
Yeah you lose a player through that smoke early but some of the other rounds
you've had opportunities to do damage and you just haven't accomplished the goal.
That's very concerning start for 9Z on the map,
which I would consider to be a must-win for them.
I think you would as well.
Must win.
I agree.
They have a 10-2 record.
They won it rather handily the last time they went head to head 13-6
There's one saving grace from the early goings of this first half for 9C
It is that Budda IS is having a dgt level performance
yeah your igl is here to play and that is encouraging that means they should have the
firepower necessary but remember three of those kills did come on the pistol round.
That's true.
And then one of them came on the second round,
The anti-eco.
So two of his kills have actually killed him.
Ah, bye. Those can able to get close range, but you already have clearing angles tactically
and as a unit.
Voodoo, go go go!
Flashed in, doesn't matter Descenty gets the kill right as it blooms.
He opens Smoke CT, he gets Descenty one, spots the second, spamming the smoke,
he almost gets the kill on the Martina Za who's going to be run down by phelps there's
the kill 5 7 it ranges a fickle beast at best does not hit the mark that is some good damage
for the senti they're finally getting a kill but didn't get a second unless Phelps chooses to give it.
Burst it.
A burst on the Glock would have been
at a peak
mental boom, I would say.
Been very good mental warfare
for Tilt 9Z but
kill from range at long
cements it as a round worth 4
survive for Imperial
allows them to further build that
T economy.
And they are looking very good on Dust2, this is a map where
the last time these two teams faced off it looks like
I'm not certain but it looks like
they picked CT side to start Imperial.
And they had a total of a 14% win rate on the G-side.
This is a very big departure from that stat line.
Yeah Dust2 would lean towards the T side and right
now Imperial making it work on the offense. Martinez has a grip! Holy moly
caught asleep at the wheel. That's a kill he needs to find.
He needs to click that.
It's a right eye peek
for Martinez.
And he just gets domed by DeSenti.
That's an issue. He just gets domed by DeSenti.
That's an issue.
Yeah, I agree he should have had time to pull the trigger. He did have time to pull the trigger there.
Udodok does not fail. It's his.
Sometimes he is a bigger ass than you'd expect it to be
He's now gonna post up on back of plat, he has a full mag on the up four mollies though four molly's and
of course there's an op to contend with at range along with now you see his
own flash in he does attack through the wall but any wins the duel against
the not-opper Op.
That's the site cracked open,
that should be the round done.
Yeah, Max and Huaso peek and DGT
all three of the trio are at long.
Towering in a corner
here you'll guarantee at least a tied
ballgame in the second half but
more than likely they're going to build off of this
in the ensuing rounds.
Oh yeah, I could see an 8 round half out of this easily
for Imperial, if not more.
They're hitting everything?
Descenty's 9 and 6, he's been having a whale
of a game but it's not like anybody else on
Imperial is not pulling weight. They're having
moments, they're having rounds.
9z1 the pistol, the second and that's been it
and that's not even close on the next six imperial are absolutely
dominate I'm see on dry peaks on utility Peaks coordinated takes works timings
everything is working in imperial's favor 9z
are just getting obliterated on every turn and
we need a timeout from them. They need to call a timeout.
That's just got to take a shot there.
That's where it all starts bad.
It's the opening pick says bad. It says the opening pick, says 9Z actually had
the entry pick since
the pistol or that second round.
There has been a lot of 9z going out on a limb alone
giving away the opener.
Middle is the call now,
a lot of emphasis being put here for Imperial.
There's no opt to challenge that top mid-peak at Barrels, so
more or less get free control there and
slowly just slink forward.
Good spam from
Max in the middle though looking for that cross Xbox
That's a much needed opener onto a heavy hitter of imperial and phelps.
Still a long way to go though still have that op of henni to contend with for example so 9z
continue to press this advantage.
Good flash to set up DGT but no way he's able to escape out of that engagement. Flash for a peek in middle now, Max will see nothing DGT will back up and
again keep his eye on Catwalk
Martinez to cover from range with the A1S2
No A4s
in the server right now for 9z.
Smoke on the catwalk cross, Martinez will push to cover.
Smokes, Molotovs, Flash goes high,
Martinez dodges and he sees two around!
But no way on the AWP actually is able to take him down playing Bogdan's Law
Low on health takes the AWP from Henny
Still managed for 9z 33 seconds to go but no way
that deletes DGT2! Vinnie out long can catch Wasop
who tucks in towards blue. It's a damaging dink and
will finish the job.
Max watching middle. Buda
up on Catwalk, will not be in time
to deny the bomb plant but No Way
cancels it 14 seconds.'s gotta go buddha still
creeping up catwalk slowly but surely the smoke
still warding him off the op now peeking long and cat
simultaneously swapping back and forth although they've abandoned Cat now.
Budda has free reign but no way's back on the angle, Budda debating to peek on forward
No Way spots out Maxxon CT and he takes some shots, but he can't connect it.
Budda has one! They know where Henny is
and they take him as well.
Kit for Budda, defuse for
him as well, and 9Z
have won a critical round
to stop the bleeding momentarily.
But the money will not
be fantastic if they lost
three players, and Imperial
have three players above 10,000
before reinvesting here.
The Brazilian squad still in a very good spot
but for 9Z, little bit of confidence can go a long way.
A much needed round for 9Z but it was still touch and go to the very end.
It wasn't convincing, not a shutout.
Bomb went down, it was 2 vs 2 down to the wire.
The AWP nearly bailing them out in a big
way.
9z,
now I need to string two rounds together. Make this one
cleaner. Three alive at least.
And then we can talk about them coming back into it but if they lose this round, they basically back the pistols. They're
not gonna have money to reinvest so it'll be 7, likely 8 for Imperial.
We're looking at a potentially 3-9 first half in favor of Imperial 2.
Put that into perspective, Boggs.
They played seven rounds on their T side the last time they went head-to-head
in this map, and won one out of those seven
rounds. Yep.
And keep in mind that Yburo wants to pistol him.
So only one round for 9Z right now has been on the guns.
So that rounds would actually matter.
You lost 6 gun rounds in a row, basically.
Which is a very horrible result.
If they can get this 7-5...
I think there's a chance of having four DGTs lucky to pass that alive.
It does still have its powerotopical posse, that is.
Imperial looking for the kills! Hungry!
They haven't found it yet. Yeah they're gonna smoke off the cat cross there is the offer for Martinez but there's no real site control otherwise.
This is wide open here for Imperial but Zerg could low on time. Are they faking a mid splitting? There's two here from 9C plus the cross L of DTD!
Budda has got to hold the line's site open B for the plant.
Henney out towards CT with the off on the cross shut down by Martinez,
and now to Centina 1v3.
B site does two hole, can he isolate
the duels? One through tunnels, two
through mid. Martinez long range information
on the window.
Decenti back, big box sitting
holding the doors
creeps through tunnels
timing now to go on through
also has a molly but he's going to peek on through. Also has Amali, but he's going to peek
on in. But he does make a
1-2 for Asante! And the low HP
player is the last alive! He isolates
them all! And Asante shuts
down 9Z, holding the line
seven rounds for Imperial
and also isolating that one
gun round victory. Negating
its impact and forcing
9Z into a difficult economic situation.
All they needed was this round in Imperial to set them up for long term success on this remap
And it is the pick of 9Z, what a wonderful bit of individual effort from Descente
The timing, the spacing off for 9Z and what a wonderful bit of individual effort from DeSenti,
timing the spacing off for 9Z.
And they fall to the lone defender...
...of B.
The last defender of B. A 1v3 clutch to really cement this half in the favor of Imperial,
perhaps even as a statement of a half for Imperial
because they want to show show us they are still favored
in this direct head-to-head.
9z,
they're going to cobble something
together. Two M4s,
one A4, two A1S's i should say an op for martinez again he did win the offers
doing that last round but other than that he has been almost completely silent he's at three and
eight that's not what you want to see from your AWPer on the CT side of Dust.
Fausto peeks onto MP9, I wanna do something kooky with that.
Maybe some aggression?
Looks like he's gonna hold long with it.
Oh, it's because he boosted Martinez.
Boosted up Martinez so we couldn't go long
because you had to boost him up but
Hey, that worked.
Giving the AWP the opener trying to get him confident is a very big thing to do at this point because they're gonna need
Him even more so on the second half
Tag onto Henney through mid doors as well
Martinez getting activated sign for 9c DGT now through the four tunnels a force
ray works out senti though knows there's two and he de-brains both of them
dgt and max right around the corner.
And suddenly it's a 3v3 Buda Consolo B he's tucked in towards Carr.
Martinez has the AWP watching through the mid cross but there still a smoke to allow Hennie
to get across.
One angle, flying through the air! Vini falls as well and
Hennie now in a 1v3, but no bomb plant available for him.
Martinez around the smoke. Henny walking
through. Martinez on top of it.
And he does!
Opening and closing kills for him.
DGT and Abuda
the meat and vegetables of the sandwich.
And 9Z grab a fourth, keep three
alive, and that keeps their hopes
alive as well. A nine-three
half would have been abysmal to try to come
back from the pistol round with imperative and Buddha
in a fact he gets that second two on the Vinnie huge four nines out of in the
bomb plant that could have been around with any in the good position to cut off
the CT rotations.
Now,
a chance for five of 4-9Z Buda crosses one. Guasopi
crosses two. No tag
through the doors. Diablo Martinez
long but passive. Not really going for the peak.
Now is aggressing as utility has been extended by both sides.
He goes in and then he tagged him back by the grenade!
More damage on the pelviselps as well,
around the smoke teaching him to get the damage
but Phelps and Noah come up with the kills
The offense down in the ground
do they expect Max here though? A triple up long
Surely they don't expect a third player here. There is time for some group of Smoke and Imperial are hoping for it.
They're not going to let anything go to chance either,
they clear out Max but he does deal
the first blow
and level it out at 3v3.
Only one
smoke left for Imperial as well, far
more utility to be spoken of for 9z
means they should have some time
and buy some time I should say.
Imperial retooling
to play a middle to hold for the cross.
That's Flosso Peak walking into the open arms
of Phelps. Advantage
secured for Imperial.
They want to put this half to bed and convincingly so an 8-4
would be a very very good start on this opening map they're gonna walk into b buddha's here but
he's outside the doors he's not committed into towards car like he was last round ak as well
not as easy to spray as the a1s was straight contact play out this might just be buddha's
end as a result around sees them both that's big he can survive you get some
information does some damage as well henny down to 16.
it's the first though still still kills DeSenti!
Henny Lowe does get the trade!
It's Maxx alone trying to cross and will
expect the AWP here at Phelps?
It was clear before but the AWP
should have him dead to rights does not quite get it max now racing in
towards that beat he doesn't know he's underneath window trying to clear as many angles as possible
here's the player behind gets the kill on the phps. Time knows of the essence and Henny is unknown underneath
the window. The Molotov might do him in!
The molotov is perfect or does it spread?
No, it does not!
Henny stays alive and Max has no idea...
Oh he walks into the flanks! Is there time?
Is there time to get the defuse? It's close
it's down to the wire but he should have it
it should be 5-7 for 9z
No! It's not!
It's down to the wire, maybe half a second between.
But it's gonna be an 8-4 for Imperial as we head to the halftime break. uh is so so. We'll be right back. so. ¶¶ so so so so. Thank you. so so Well, if you're just joining us,
you missed one of the most incredible individual displays
from Descenty to Lockdown.
Be a crazy end-of-the-half
and an 8-4 lead for imperial on 9z's map pick winner of this series
qualifies for esl pro league season 20. i'm boggs he's ponteville phillips
this is the south american consolidation final of ESL Challenger League season 47
Imperial now the CT side 9 Z a necessary pistol and second round conversion if
they want to take their map pick, Anubis and Mirage.
Maps 2 and 3 should be strong for Imperial.
So not a good sign for 9Z to have this kind of a deficit going into the second half
with their map picking.
Descenti! Desents adequately for three out in tunnels phelps helps
him out towards top middle and over on max there is zero hp the quadenti! 2.0 KD, 8 D to 9!
And Nate... Imperial putting the nails in the 9Z coffin quickly.
Trying to get this first map done
and dusted.
And again,
this feels like a statement.
In the pregame we talked about how
this game should be going to 3
no matter what and that
we both favored one team over the other
yet it might be an Imperial
2-0 because this is the Bastion map that we said 9Z have to win on.
We assumed Map Number Two would be a loss...
And here, Imperial are stomping out 9Z.
Katina's out of desperation for the scout, he got some damage
here and there but did not get the round.
Not even a kill to be spoken of. 10-4
Three more rounds and Imperial pull off a massive upset on
this map again
This is a huge one for 9Z
They were quick to pick it up and adapt to it.
They are 10-2 in the last three months, they have bested Vitality on it 13-9
And here...
Here they are, struggling. Don't even have five
yet! And the rifles are out, it's again Scrapy
and it's again Descenty starting things off for Imperial. He's at 21 kills! Currently.
I said he was a good piece of the puzzle.
I didn't expect him to be 21-9 good piece of the puzzle.
He's been having a way
long game, absolutely incredible to watch and look
he just continues to push forward
expecting DGT but
he is removed from the round
that evens things up
and gives a little more space to 9Z
wrapping all of that information
relayed against them by the senti's push then he
has the mp9 and he's beginning to regress up towards upper tunnels with the mp9 buddha
and company moving up long there's three players here to defend from Imperial.
They're reading this so well, they have all the information they need from Vinny.
If it does come down to a retake, Vinny will probably just go for it.
Oh my gosh! She's out in the open!
He just stuck out
and he turns back away. I think
he was trying to dodge a Flashpink?
There wasn't one thrown.
An Imperial of Left? They're going to a catwalk
retake with Henny on the catwalk.
I love this read. Vinny
closing up around that smoke through CT.
Phelps back to Gandalf.
Wasso has the scout, but Buda and Martinez
have to make it all work with the AKs
in hand. Henny at least has been spotted
but how do they clear out Phelps here? It's going to be
very difficult. The bombs
does go down. Nade tickles a little bit more.
Wasopik drops! So does Buda!
Martinez jumping up with the MP9 is Vinny and downfall 9z again!
The force buy absolute power! Fall 9Z again! The Force Bi absolutely botched, and Imperial are looking to send this one to Anubis with a
statement.
So two away
from alliterating 9D
on their own map pick.
Bomb plant, fell back
towards Gandalf to play the team game.
This is a selfless Imperial
and an Imperial playing to win
is a very scary
prospect for 9Z. Potentially a prospect they weren't even considering.
Outlaw Indoors is the call, sheer desperation for 9Z...
They get one!
It's a short-lived victory there in turn forced away.
Three versus four for a pair of deagles and a scout
All kinds of middle hoping for Imperial to over-aggress for information.
Imperial already wise to that reality.
I'll boost a player up CT spawn instead. Just keeps getting more and more bleak for 9Z, who if and when I will say win, they lose this round.
It'll be eight in a row that are required to make it back.
BTT shut down by Henny.
Descenti on site has two from range of the A1S.
Clean again from Imperial,
not flawless but still
making it work nice and easy.
Last ditch five for 9Z.
AK for Martinez,
no op for him.
AK across the rest of the squad.
Anubis is coming up sooner
rather than later, unless 9Z have
8 to take it to overtime.
And that
is the best case scenario for them right now.
They're a quick game too, there haven't really been much saves.
No, it's been
run and gun demolition. We had like two short tech pauses
and the match has still only been on for 40 minutes-ish? A little less, yeah.
It's a blitz to get through this first Imperial...
...any with the opposite spamming towards mid, Uda tagged down to 10
so that duel is being taken it's like
see towards B
I'm still sitting in the middle of this op. He doesn't have to do much of anything.
It's interesting, it's Dust 2.
A quintessential op map and yet the ops have not had
much to say on either side.
It's been the rifle
of Descenti specifically
and the response from Budda to
offer some poultry resistance, Martinez
caught by the very same
man, Decenti
Just can do no wrong, expects everything.
And he is out finally. Sings, catches the player jumping up Xbox
At this point they know what the play was
The question is will 9Z continue to commit towards it?
No wait long.
Expected, an awkward duel won by the a4
Final pair on catwalk Might not be long for this world,
already a quick flame from Descenty
who's everywhere! He has smothering
presence on the map, he'll finally be felled
when he does so much damage. 39 HP
between the two remaining, Henny finds one
and Henny could very well find him in the second
to Buddha. 10 HP back literally against
the wall of the IGL after pull off a 1v3
spots the first belabored
fight won by no way
A 13-4 statement of an opener for imperial
as they trounce 9z the number 13 team in the world on their own map pick.
What a performance from Descenty, he takes over
the map individually, a great display
starting it off early on that T-side.
Ripping heads, taking space and creating opportunities for Imperial
the rest of the team brought up by the rifling prowess
of the one man DeSentiy what a job from him he wasn't our player to
watch nate but he became the star of the show for sure our player to watch though
arcadia player to watch was Phelps.
He didn't have to do too much.
DeSenti did it all.
Still a 1.3 KD
13-10
77.5 ADR
It's not bad at
all but when
DeSenti is doing
all the work
nobody else really has to do any heavy lifting.
No, and when you see Phelps with stats like
this on Dusty, you're like oh maybe Henny
on the AWP took over. Maybe someone else is having
an okay game, but you definitely don't expect
Descenti pulling off 1v3s, to be raid bossing
around the map, pressing up catwalk
immediately at the heels of other players.
Across the board, DeSenti individually
and overall
decimated the likes of 9Z.
Yeah, it started off well for 9Z with a pistol round victory
then the second round anti-eco was clean
but nothing else, Literally nothing else.
Two gun rounds isolated on that CT side,
absolutely
nothing on the CT side,
absolutely nothing on T-side, not even
a sniff of a round
and individual prowess to nothing on T side, not even a sniff of around. And the individual
prowess, the team play and coordination
of Imperial outclassing
9C every step of the way. The utility
peaks, the utility damage
was great from Imperial, and with
Anubis as map number two,
it just seems to get worse and worse for
9Z. If they're somehow able to find a way
to win Anubis, then we have ourselves
a game again on Mirage,
but I don't like how things look for 9Z right now.
They looked a shambles and a far cry of ruin of what they were yesterday.
Yeah, 9Z, a shadow of their former selves that we saw the day
prior of what we saw at dallas can they put it back together can they surprise us on anubis
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We're coming hot off the heels of the first map in this series, Dust 2. Which was a stomping for Imperial 13-4
Pineapple Phillips and Boggs
to pontificate before the second map
of Anubis starts,
but I think the bulk of our discussion hinged upon
the fact that 9Z
would take this first map.
Yeah, I thought it was a given, you thought
it was a given, the staff thought it was a given. You thought it was a given. The staff thought it was a given
and 9Z came out
incredibly flat.
They had the pistol round,
the second round
and that was it.
Two isolated gun rounds
on the CT side.
Zero on the attack and Imperial top to bottom outclassing,
outplaying, out reading, out utility-ing everything 9Z did.
Decenti was a monster.
They didn't even need the likes of
Phelps or Henney to really step up and play
and have to do all that much.
No Way also had a few moments
too, and overall there was just zero
positives for 9Z to take out of that
map except for the fact that they no longer have to be
there anymore. Yeah, the
only quote-unquote positive I could find
was that Buddha did okay. That's it. And again,
a lot of things are predicated on Buda having
some success so it's good to see him getting the ball
rolling but everything else was a disaster. Everything else is what
you do not want to see. Decenti being
a menace. Imperial, again again head and shoulders above their opponents
and now in the map too it's enough where imperial don't have the greatest record it's 12-7
but still definitely a lot better than 9z's overall record of 4-7.
However, we do have
some decent results for 9Z on this map.
Now the head to head does not favor them.
It does them no favors in this one. However
they have bested Vitality on it before 1614
so while it doesn't look very likely for 9Z there is still
some hope for them to cling to. There's a little bit of hope
for them to cling too. They can take that win against
Vitality and maybe turn it into something,
bounce back from the shellacking they just faced at the hands of Imperial.
Maybe we get ourselves a third.
Will I say I'm confident?
No,
I don't think I can. Just the sheer volume of
difference between the two teams in the
opening map speaks to
how these two teams came into this series,
preparedness-wise, and just the fire that Imperial have
to make it back to ESL Pro League.
Because that's what's at stake here, folks.
A spot, the one remaining spot from south america for esl pro league season 20.
and imperial want to get their tickets all set in stone here
and now their pick of anubis is coming through here.
Boy oh boy.
The winner gets an additional $4,000 at minimum.
That's nice.
But of course as you mentioned the pro league spot
is I think the main boon by
far. We are into the action. I don't think any of them care about
the 4k and they want pro league
That's true. They are all salaried
after all so
Even if I was in their position unsalaried, pro league is what I'd be caring about.
Fair! We are into the action. Imperial see T side of their own map pick 9Z
Confident to start on the offensive makes sense this is a rather T-sided map.
Stats it is
57% win rate? No, 51%
winrate on the T side for 9Z.
So 6 should be par for the course but
7 or 8 is more than likely what's required
given Imperial's pedigree
on it.
That CT side for 9Z concerns me though. 41% win rate, and now with Decenti opening up the scoreline!
Traded back nicely still that's a good start but it might even be better for 9Z given the fact that Descenty is
one-for-one and now he's done.
Taking out that Menace, that
raid boss from the map prior.
20
something kills by the end of it. Very good impact from him, single-handedly winning rounds in some cases
Still a slow walk though from 9z
4 vs 4 round far from over Vinny spotting with a smoke in hand, he
spotted the player exit or camera we'll call it.
Chucks that smoke immediately. 19 now kind of stuck between a rock and
a hard place 40 seconds left Phelps is is gonna walk through this smoke.
He has Duel, his timing is everything!
It might just be in his favor.
DGT starts things off right though towards A getting two
and Phelps has the bomb and so much damage through the smoke!
Both players now sitting on top of the bomb indolently that glock is going to be a
menace up close for no way phelps has to read it on this sling
though he has to know what's coming through from DGT.
If he doesn't check it...
It could be catastrophic.
No way taking contact.
It's a flick around from Vinny
to find one but Hwasa Peak.
Gets both kills
to cap off the round. 9z
a much needed pistol round
to start off map number 2.
That's a necessary
pistol round, the second round may be more important, but given the fact that this could be an identical start to Dust 2
it really comes down to 9 Z-string and gun rounds together. They weren't able to do that in the opening map, they got
shut down six in a row
by Imperial
or did it end up being seven? I forget at this
point but either way
it was just a massive streak of gun rounds
from Imperial off the rip.
9z never really got into the map
and they lost the pistol round
second half and that just torpedoed
their opportunities and chances. It is
just the eco from Imperial here,
P250 for Phelps, and
nothing more. Washbang down middle,
nobody peeking, but a very large
congregation for Imperial.
All five players grouped up.
Molotov may just force them in, no they'll be fine.
Burns too close and...
9-0 running into the meat grinder here.
The Mac 10 is good for one.
Juan Sofigo and Martinez,
one apiece.
Martinez doubles down.
A two catch.
He's not ideal here for 9-0
although they do keep
the AKs up in hand.
That's one positive there.
But here is the real test, can they beat the guns?
When the guns came out is where everything kind of fell
apart on Dust2 and
fell apart's putting it kindly
so everything crashed and burned
What was it? They won the first two, and then lost six in a row.
Yup.
And then 1-1. It was isolated.
1-1.
Lost one.
Yeah.
Can't be having that especially not on the T side of Anubis. Yeah.
Can't be having that, especially not on the T side of Anubis.
There's no kit and no AWP for Imperial. Additionally they're lacking a bit of utility here and there so this is definitely doable for 9-3.
I have a pretty clear default
set in mind just by me pressuring around.
We'll need it into the cubby, they know a player likes to play in that corner
but DGT is already out of it and he's spamming gets one Phelps' tag down
to seven that is a big set of kills virtually, not exactly two but almost. Should help 9z in this round. Phelps going to be hard pressed on B now. Player already out of e-box should have him dead the rights yep there it
is penny in towards temple can't really do anything either smoke guises at the cross
it's going to be a save at this point for the M4s, as 9Z do take
the first rifle round off the back of their bonus.
Well that's the first start to any sort of success
for 9Z on this map.
They needed to get the rifle round and build off of that.
Imperial saving three will give them something to work with in the following rounds,
it'll help their economy out a little bit as well, which we all know
how bad the CT economy is.
For Imperial
slight consolation
keeping the 3M4s, the armor
available. Not a lot of utility no kit but
overall it shouldn't be too bad
But here's the thing
13-6
9Z dust 2 the last time these two
teams met. 13-5 Imperial
on Anubis, the last time these
two teams met.
Are you seeing the trend
that I'm putting forth
here? I suppose I do. putting forth here.
I suppose I do. It's a bit of a reach right now,
but it is possible that it comes
through.
... What is going to be the investment for Imperial? Do they get a buy around?
They do.
There's three M4s saved, we can invest into two more for their teammates.
They did get a kit as well along with decent utility so They can invest into two more for their teammates.
And you get a kit as well, along with decent utility so the spy is more capable than the last.
Hanzi also got an upgrade for that Galil who will also peak now on an M4A1S.
Only two players without a helmet on Imperial, so the A1S will only be
one shot to Henny and Vinnie.
Utility not going to be on the entry here,
but it's going to take this big trial, they're going to double swing this actually spot out Phelps,
Noe is coming up through Ebox to try and help out,
but he has to watch his six as well,
Canals is still open.
Molotov's utility raiding through three players here
with a fast rotation from Vicente Possible.
Nade goes through,
but Martinez waits it out and peeks after it goes.
It's a lot of distraction, but
heavy investment utility-wise
from 9z here on B for
no real gain. They've brought over
some utility, they've brought over some rotations
but Imperial now are spreading back around the map
because there's been no commitment from 9Z.
And I think the South American mix were hoping
that there would be aggression to counter this play.
Some sort of overextension.
There is the opening pick, which Buda was looking for.
He had a good map one.
That's a good start to his map two.
The bomb's still outside
of A actually and
so much time on the clock for 9-Z to work with.
It was never going to be a commitment. They threw the utility to bait it out in response.
You can tell Imperial, it was at minute mark.
They haven't used any utility since.
One flash left. at essentially a minute
left in the round is when I was noticing it. So 9z could easily
re-exect, they had two smokes so they just used one
Cosm is getting down to the wire?
Bomb has been recovered, it is going in.
There is only one defender there and it is Descenti on 2 HP.
Henny in the meanwhile does get that 1 player throw
in the fake.
You should know its a fake now rotation is coming through and time, yeah,
It is of the essence. Ten seconds are there about left
as they slowly creep into site. Bomb has yet to actually start
the plant. Swing from Max at cameras. Huge though! A double
And looking for the third. Points of gambit to drop and stop
the plant but it fails just henny now in a 1v3 he gets max that hero who stopped
the players pressing heaven so has two more to find spot comes
in swings off contact and he's given the duel
pgt doesn't swing off also peaks contact and he's cleared out henny swings
through gets the kill with the a1s not even
a headshot required just body shots for both
an imperial a 1v3 clutch for hennie to Get them on the board.
And a 1v3 need
1v1s.
9z gave him three of them.
And Henny did not miss
any. Yeah, four kills.
Bomb plant for 9z.
But imagine winning that round.
Resetting your opposition.
Going up 5-0 off of the back
of that success.
Would have been such a better result for 9Z, now they
have to buy in again and the op
is there for Henney. An MP9 for No Way
FOMOS for Vinny sure
but that's some confidence back for Imperial, it's a big
win for Henney, gets him going
early in this one
will that smoke apart for
a moment? Martinez sees nothing
9Z 9Z Martinez sees nothing.
9Z showing signs of weakness here throughout the rounds they've won
and that last round they should have had on lock
but they aren't able to close it out
Descensi getting closed in on, but he's still able to close line one.
Martinez' AWP now rests
on the ground. Max can trade.
It's a 4v4 with these
opening picks again going the way of Imperial
in a lot of these rounds going Going back to the last map.
9Z's still finding
ways to not be able to close things out
and he...
He's on the rotation and he's up in heaven.
See that smoke? He gets flashed and he's up in heaven. That smoke,
it splashed
the shutdown
but Fetty can come through now
and he'll have help
from Phelps!
Two kills back
man advantage
and now a double
for Imperial
as Phelps pushes through
for a hat trick of his own.
No bomb plant, no buy this next round from 9Z
and Imperial one away from tying things up.
They're back in business.
Phelps and Henny two of the veterans coming alive!
Big one from the Op out of heaven
a big press through camera
to cement the round and as you mentioned
prevent that bomb plant really hamstrings that T economy
more than you would anticipate.
What is the buy going into this one? They go
for a hero, AK on
max, who buys all the way down.
EGT buys utility.
There are some pistols.
Actually, Buddha and DGT both only buy utility.
They're on Glocks.
Martinez at Hwasa Peakik have deagles at least.
Their economic woes aren't really assuaded either,
and he's still on only a famas
less than ideal
slow one but hanny peeking out knows it's pistols.
It's 1... Decentia 2nd, Phelps a 3rd.
They spread out. 9z offensive is being picked apart with no opportunities for trades.
The hero AK finally makes its
presence known getting one it's already boxed in by phelps who has an easy trade
last live dgt he got the famas but no bomb and a a one versus four.
I can't imagine he's keen on saving this rifle.
The probe wants to die,
but it wants to take somebody with him
which she is not allowed to do.
Phelps grabs back-to-back 3ks
and Imperial three in a row have it tied up.
And because of the investment in last round no bomb plant max on a MAC 10
also peaks on like a little to get some that extra utility purchased
up. Imperial's economy
now is starting to build a little bit, Henny and Phelps
looking quite good, No Way is also in a
decent spot at 2850
Descenty and Vinnie may be a little bit less
than they would like but Vinnieny's gone for an odd here.
Overall, Imperial
are starting to look a little more comfortable
after that early slide.
But the trend more akin
to Dust2 than maybe a reversal,
an inverse of the last best-of three
between these two teams which bodes very well
for the Brazilians and not so good
for the IEM Dallas semifinalists.
No it does not. Looking at stats, even though they have a stellar record
Imperial or respectable record on this map
They still struggle on the CT side
5 rounds is all they really need. 48% win percentage on that side.
Meanwhile,
they're almost at 60%
on the P-side.
Imperial over halfway to their target
I'd say.
We're only halfway through the first half
bye for 9z as you mentioned all over the place that mac 10 like a little less
than ideal utility these was wanting more as well
we've seen phelps play pizza as of yet the senti pressing middle
it's aggressive it's risky but it pays off. Catches Max down towards
Canales that's the one player that was going for this split into B everyone
else is now towards B main. Aids will come through Phel at Pizza, do they respect this angle?
Well they nade towards E-Box but it lands off the pillar instead so no way so they DO NOT RESPECT PHELPS!
DGT and Buddha though are able to bring it it back. Good Nate onto the smoke from Henney,
he will answer another
span through and Budas 5 HP is removed
Martinez does not have the boom sticky
as an AK in a 1v3 around the obelisk. Not the easiest place to be in this situation. He'll tuck back towards Pizza. Lots of isolated duels, he does spot the one out B main but but he loses that to a clean to the Senti.
There's four now in a row and a lead for Imperial on the CT side.
He said they only need five of their one away from Matt.
The 9Z is struggling to get anything done consistently against the Rifles.
It's very much
like Map 1, you know? They had one
more round. Their bonus did pay off.
They started off 3-0
but Imperial once they got that first on the board it's been he started off three nothing but imperial
once they got that first on the board it's been more or less smooth sailing
the individuals hitting shots when required descent even now is beginning
to wake up he was slower than henny and phelps at the start, but
now he's potentially putting up a performance like he did on map number
one in 9z. Would have said go for the timeout
around later when you have rifles in hand
or at least they're not just letting the
rounds get out of control without taking any timeouts like they did on
map one.
There's no more margin for error
for 9Z. They can't afford to lose another map in this series, and given the fact that
the latter two maps favor their opposition...
It's an uphill climb the whole rest of the way.
After they lost us too, it was going to be a very tough battle.
Going is only gonna get tougher from now and he has that off in hand again.
A little bit of utility used towards B
early, the bomb left over towards A.
Back at Ruggs and
maybe a little bit of aggression from Vinny here.
No, he actually hasn't been able to open his account yet
but I don't think it really matters for him or Imperial
because they have Vinny.
Nice little tag back on the Descending Double Ding through.
But he still lives...
And HE'S got one of the DGT, too! For good measure!
There's no stopping him right now.
There isn't.
Phelps, it's another... Again there is isolation in duels! It's 9Z
not having a clear direction, Imperial probing only slightly and winning the duel
and from there the round is just kind of done it's complete there's nothing else they can do
they find themselves too far in the hole
aka at least for max that's something a little for Martinez as well but he's low
here you can simply do no wrong.
It's going to be a walk down canal, long walk from Martinez and Max
They look to go towards B there are two defenders here third in quick rotation
That is Henney holding back side of Temple here third in the quick rotation that's henny holding backside of temple
there's a contact there's a shoulder all-tower throwing martinez is low
compelled forward phelps gets that one. No Way is here to
support just in case.
Airby Main tagged, bagged
off the combined swing. The last alive without
emote steps are heard. Swing comes through.
He lines up a pair! Phelps in no way give away both lives with one
spray but 10 seconds left it should not be possible vinnie's already cinched down on the flank
that will go down really hit the hit the dirt? Yes, it will.
At least something for 9Z. They got the plant off the back of a half-by
but they can't buck the trend five in a row for Imperial. It was
a bit of a half-five for 9z, they get the
bomb plant, they get three kills it's not
horrible but when you consider these
rounds that they were required to have a good chance on that second half
it does look a little bit more bleak.
They need to get the seven out of this half.
If they get five or six
it is going to be a very tough climb on their 41% win rate
defense.
Martinez is the op again.
Max, AK
as well as everybody else.
Max taking the reins
now is the top frag for 9Z.
DGT has not had a great night, which is
not a good sign
for 9Z. They need him to be
that star player.
Top the scoreboard consistently
if they're going to have success,
and Henney's trained for Hwasa Peak.
Matillion instead just gonna go through
and no peeking into middle. It's a wise
choice because the AWP from Henny does not
miss these shots very often.
I think it
is sort of 2-1-2 default though
and it has not paid off at all.
Keep on going for it.
Isolating Vinny is not gonna work out!
He dodges the flashbang! Martinez misses
the second shot through!
And he's done to the nade!
Oh never mind, he's sinking into the water but he's a dead man walking on 6 HP.
He could get tickled and he'll die!
He's avoiding the artillery strikes. That one through
the door was his first test. The second one went towards
the stairs up where he was about
20 feet away. He's very lucky to
escape unscathed
from those two pieces of utility.
The Op of Martinez, though,
redeems itself somewhat. Catches the player E-Box.
No way he's been bullied throughout.
The Centene Phelps are still both here, however,
and Phelps has them all atop. Perfectly timed
throwing it in. Delays this
press.
Four versus four.
Phelps getting beefed up now with Molotov,
forces them away. Phelps swinging
Awkward duels! It sprays in! Wasopik finds one! Phelps swinging, awkward duels. It sprays in, Wasopeak finds one.
Phelps won in return and damage to
Wasopeak!
9z. Get the bomb down, have
the advantage but Vinny brings
it right back to a tied ball game.
Catches the AWP of Martinez all the way across the map.
Henney on the AWP of his own, has one not the second!
Budda, the IGL in the clutch, a 1v2 he's found the first
He knows where Vinny is coming from but can he buy enough time?
The bombs have a lot of time on the timer and Vinny! Swinging
is totally unexpected with a very aggressive press around the obelisk
6-3 for Imperial and the op as well recovered for henny
up for any round for Imperial.
Half worst case now for Imperial. Sick haul which
is a good case for them on the CT side. Start
9Z just failing to find rounds,
failing to find the clutches,
failing to find the 50-50 duels.
All of the 50-50 scenarios have favored Imperial.
They're not even 50-50 either.
They are getting flashed off and still winning the duels outright.
It's a 40-60! But they're still passing more than 40% of the time.
Phelps and Vinny...
It's aggression again, Imperial changing up their the pace on the CT side and still making it work.
Should be a statement of how well they have this game under wraps.
And nobody still has no kills,
and his team is dominating.
He's been pure support and purely bullied frankly tom get hopped in
around prior to a z box before that he got lined up with i think phelps
on the double swing where he was trying to help out, be a good teammate?
It-it's been Bully! He had gotten to play the game and it still...
Oh my gosh.
No way! Finding DGT pressing middle... no,, I don't know what that fight was.
Penny! A rare miss but he still has support.
Snow White is on the board.
Final pair both in B main.
Watch out if he can boot up. Spot comes in for DeSenti on the flank.
Again, he can do no wrong. The last alive is marooned
at pizza! He's gonna play around with smoke in hopes of finding something
on timing.
It's Mots Henny, take down No Way.
35 seconds left step between A a rock and a hard place, no bomb.
Point playing for damage, hoping to drop the AWP. Does catch Henny
in that shot.
25 seconds left again, HwasaPeak playing for pride. He's not playing for the round.
Now he's playing to save the AWP...
Which it helps out a little bit.
But on the T side It's not the most necessary weapon to have
On Anubis
Hasn't been too many one-for-one duels against Tenny
in general this series,
but 9Z's pistol
round starts are leading to nothing.
Phelps is at 1.5 kills per round right now
He's pulling a Descenti from map one
He's pulling a Descenti from map one
I think, I'm gonna safely say that the opning duel has been won
They haven't really gone head to head-head at all, but Hennie
has been far more aggressive,
far more successful, and far more impactful.
Even on map one he wasn't doing too much
but still
it's having more impact than martinez who's really struggled with a lot of
critical trades and critical shots
yeah that's not a good sign here for 9C to have players you expect to be towards the top of the board
not exactly having great performances. Max goes one-for-one but it Henney to trade out Hwasa Peak.
The AWP is going to be difficult
to re-peek at this situation as well.
No utility really to force him away.
No flashes to go from the peak. Those are on Martinez
and he's elsewhere.
Imperial could just post up and wait for the take. There is a gap
towards B. Nancy, of course, don't know that.
We have all the information
as far as they know.
There's two players either side. Plus fast spin rotation.
Flash in for A where there are 2 players plus Phelps and a fast rotate.
Ready to defend Vinnie's Hog. Back site flashing through.
48 seconds to go.
And through canals to B, now is the call for
9Z. They can dispatch no way they can get the bomb down but
can they actually lock down the site is the best question.
Because locking things down
has been a futile gesture for 9Z
so far.
He's heard noise, no way.
Smoke's coming through. Phelps can drop and peek, he's taken down one, only one!
But now it's No Way's time to shine.
He's had a rough start but he dodges the Molotov, takes the peek onto DGT
Knows where Max is as well well and rotates around Obelisk.
Buda's blind!
A Henny support flash works!
And he'll get the last as well.
They can't even get the bomb down as Imperial have eight in a row
losing the pistol, losing
the second, losing the first gun round
but saving three M4s which they
buy around to win everything
from round four onwards and a 9-3 half looks incredibly likely here.
Smothering 9-3 on the CT side of Anubis again, another statement set,
statement half from Imperial and even No Way gets a chance to shine when he doesn't have to play supportive.
Henny again on the op clean on the openers. Confidence is there, and he is thriving.
He's loving it.
It's time in the sun.
Phelps now.
It's his turn to get over-aggressive.
Boot up.
Does humble him, but no way again.
When he can play his own game,
he can find success success and found one.
He's buying time for a second.
He gets the second kill a third spot in the third dispatch
to last alive DGT trying to walk in the smoke will get by
but no way on this flanks happen dead to rise ahead shot is secured
a nine three half four imperial dogs i'm not sure what we can even make of at this point
i don't know either i think all we can make of it at this point. I don't know either, I think all we can make of it
is Imperial on another level, 9Z
cannot get off the ground
and well
it's going to be a massive
trial for 9Z
his two rounds are must plus a whole lot more if they want to
claim this one and take us to mirage but we'll have to find out after the break so Thank you.. so so So so so so so so. so so so map number two starts off much like
map number one, in fact even
worse so for 9z
they find themselves down 3-9 even worse so for 9Z.
They find themselves down 3-9,
entering the less favored side of Anubis.
It's PineapplePhilips and Boggs to bring you
what could be potentially the end of this series in very swift fashion as well a must-win pistol 9z
need to get out the gates sprinting because they have a lot of groundwork to make up against Imperial.
Walk in middle is the call, Buda does start things off well.
Kill on to Noe who's been bullied, Hwasa Opeque doubles it with a draw to Phelps, and
The Blind is so good for Hwasa Opeek, who doubles down in finding three and four on the dualies.
A must-win pistol for 9Z.
Fourth on the board still trailing by a tremendous margin.
They can turn this into
a second round and a third off the back of it,
then we can say the comeback has begun.
I need a gun round
from 9Z to really
see if the comeback's begun.
Probably two. Because 9Z to really say the comeback's begun. Probably two, because 9Z have won a grand total of three gun rounds this entire series.
Three pistol rounds too!
Yeah but they need to win gun rounds you You can't win a map only on pistols or they would have done it already!
They need consistency with the guns and they haven't had it...
...unless they can find a way
there's not going to be anything in the series max only getting one out of that
mid spam is also a pretty rough start.
Martinez only has the dual Berettas.
There's more damage opportunity
here for Imperial given
the MP9 is easy.
That's exactly what I'm for Imperial, give the MP9 a nice hand. Ooh! Wasopik!
And that's exactly what I'm talking about!
B site relatively open.
He's gotta come through to stop this!
He does have good job of that, barely staying alive with two kills, not bad for Imperial.
Like a bomb plant might be
a little bit rough
that they got in by anyways
that won't have as much utility
but oh well.
They'll have AKs
we'll have a good amount
of utility overall
and if they can win this gun round it's just about curtains
yes it is what fine z no they have to keep on the gas. They've got full M4s.
Sal Martinez only in the dualies, it might have been confusing to some but he was saving for the AWP
He's now out in the third round of the second half
He can become activated on CT side,
that might be the Boon9's
need to run this gambit.
Oh, he passed earlier... So, I was going to test earlier B-Split the direction that Imperial are going for and they get two kills easily. No way entry onto Buda back site. Phelps pushes in to kill Hwasaopeek as he's distracted towards B.
And Martinez is already cutting ties with the round, falling back middle!
His teammate towards Canals is caught by the lurking Henny.
Second should fare no better, DGT caught without incident, some damage done but zero kills to be spoken of for 9Z.
And at this point Martinez is playing the stay alive game...
He's hitting his op shots.
That's something.
But when your team falls like that without incident,
there's nothing much to be said
in favor of 9Z.
And again,
9Z can't get anything done
on the guns. That's been
a consistent problem and unless they can fix that problem
They're not going to be the team in the caliber of Imperial
Let alone Red Knidge who beat Imperial 2-0
To qualify for EPL first
They are waiting on the Grand Finals tomorrow
with a best of five to one map advantage
for Redkenids, but Imperial
get a little bit lucky with a couple of nades
out of hand because Aang on a lot of the initial
duels and
9Z
aside from those two exits
from Martinez showing little life
at all on these CT side gun rounds.
They're going to
force back in here, they have to.
They have the Offen Hand...
The M4 available for DGT...
Two MP9s and Deagle for Quazo Peak...
Do or die?
It is.
We lose this to 11, 12 likely because of the best at everything
and that's 7 series points for Imperial.
Again, Imperial clear direction of mind to straight out B this time around.
Very different approach from that of 9Z and it has worked out thus far.
Well they've been winning all their fights so... has worked out thus far. He's smashed into another one on the MP9. EGT, 1 for 1, no way out of ammunition!
Finally run down and he lasts alive!
A lot of damage to the
off of Martinez
but he has the bomb and he could still technically win this
he gets tagged out lower with mower, no HP to pull him down
and he'll spray Martinez through the smoke.
That's a bit brutal
but they also disappear to be par for the course
for how 9Z have been treated by Imperial
throughout the course of this matchup so far.
And,
this is still very winnable for Henny.
It would not be the first 1v3 he's won
and it'd be a bit crazier given his health
but it's still a very reasonable
possibility.
Yes.
Cannot count Henny out
not when he's in this form,
not when he's at this level of confidence.
15 kills 6 deaths
He'll be given a 1 vs 1 depending on the timing. Max walking in this direction
15 seconds left times up the essence. Henny?
Big duel! Looking high, still gets the headshot, passes it cleanly!
Bomb can now go down on A and a 1v1 in earnest secured Hwasa peek very quick towards a main he's gonna bite his time the
element of surprise henny
playing an off angle banking on the player to walk downstairs through camera
also peek peeking through i mean the crosshair is not aimed at him but
timings everything and henny flicks around
plenty ahead he secures the 3k and 11 secured for imperial off the back again to add insult to injury that's two
1v3s from henny if i'm not mistaken with the rifles no less
mm-hmm and that should be all she wrote for 9z.
Yeah, just giving them the 1v1s
it's not the first 1v3 in general which
9Z have lost,'s the second to Henny.
And I believe it's the
fourth...it's at least the third
that they've lost this entire series.
They haven't won a 3v1
by the way, 9Z. So there is that.
Yeah they lost one to Henny when he retook... I think that was the first round won
by Imperial. Yeah. So he gets them started and
might just get across the line as well with that one.
They're still pushing middle again it is a true full save in earnest
One flash for Buda
And USP's surrounding
Vinny knows it, he bought a MAC-10
Although it was kind of necessitated by his money Vinny knows it, he bought a Mac-10.
Although it was kind of necessitated by his money...
No wait, complete control over towards B!
Phelps is still keen on fighting his way in towards A.
He has a little bit of help, but the bombs are going to waltz into the wider open space and I think they're just trying to end this quicker although HuasoPika's able to get both.
He'll grab an AK.
It's not going to really matter in the end though. I don't think 9C has much of a chance at all of securing
this round. It's just save and AK into
the next. Hope he can string
7 and 0 together. A little bit of an engagement between
Buda and No Way.
No Way will drop the smoke behind
him, Buda will be
pushing the issue here but
No Way slips on through to the other side and
works his way up middle.
Wasopique may join Buda as well in this one solitary HP point.
Both players will be dispatched in short order by No Way.
Still a long time for DGT to attempt the save, although he does go for a bit of a safer area now, a bit rugs, but...
Imperial 7 match
points! 7 tries
to close
out this
map and match qualify for ESL Pro League Season 20.
And in fantastic fashion too!
This has been
complete dominance
from Imperial. They are keen
on taking this one, putting it behind them
and getting that revenge versus red kittens because red knits did
topple both of these teams they toppled imperial in the upper final a toppled 9z in the upper semis.
Imperial are very clearly still hungry.
They'll get
pro league with a victory here, as you mentioned. That's well and good.
That pressure is off their shoulders, from there they can just play their own game
Play for that extra bit of playing in this one because it's almost done.
9Z have shown us nothing, they are just waiting at this point. Two smokes, three flashes, just holding and hoping
that they can win their duels.
Which they haven't been able to.
So...
There's that.
It's been a night and day performance from 9Z.
We saw them run rampant over Sharks.
Yes, a different caliber of team than Imperial
but you would have expected a little bit more
out of the 9Z individuals in this series, and they just haven't had any real impact at all.
In fact DGT is second from the bottom by one kill.
That's exactly where you want him to be. from the bottom by one kill.
That is the exact opposite of where you want him to be.
You expect him to be at the top, and that is
another one you don't
want to get in front of as Martinez. Max takes a wide
swing. He'll lose the fight clean to Vinny who doubles down on Owosso-P!
Cannot get the third it's Buda from Pizza but Henney and Phelps are edgering out as well
leaving DGT in a 1 vs 3.
9Z have yet to win
a 1v3 clutch.
This one could kickstart the comeback.
Doesn't even pass
the first hurdle of Descenty!
13-4 map 1, 13-5
map 2. Imperial
have qualified for ESL
Pro League. Qualified
for ESL Pro League. stay alive in playoffs now.
Getting a spot, earning a spot in the Grand Finals versus Red Knids and again making light work of 9C.
This game has been on for about an hour and a half,
I believe? Started around 3. So it's been a very quick
one! A speedy, concise, and convincing
victory for Imperial as they eliminate 9Z from the playoffs of ECL Season 47
And also dash their hopes at a return to pro league. Yeah, very disappointing series from
9Z and I think that's the proper word
to use. We expect a lot more out of
this team and we got
a shadow, a specter
of what 9Z is capable of.
And for Imperial, fantastic showing from them!
No real questions about how they were playing
every individual shining, good team play
good peeks, good utility
great stuff from them Player to watch was Phelps Good team play, good peaks, good utility.
Great stuff from them. Player to watch was Phelps, Arcadia player to watch
and hell he earned it this one
108 ADR 20-15
another 1.3 KD
but a little bit more on the kill side this time than map one
Yep, definitely did take over this one
him and Henny were the ones really
shouldering a lot
of the heavy lifting, doing a lot of the
brunt work, but they were doing it rather cleanly. Phelps getting
multi-kills towards B on the defense
Henny on that AWP was so
aggressive on that CT side
with a menace everywhere on the map
and those two definitely deserve that spot in the Grand Finals.
Oh yeah, it's going to be a revenge
time for Imperial. They got 2-0'd
by Red Canids who are waiting
in that final with a map advantage.
Let's look at the bracket and really break that down and just see how we got here to
our final day do have that bracket coming up in just a second and wow it's kind of hard
to believe that it's the end of the season
already i mean this is our second-to-last show for the season before the player break
look at things left yeah just two.
And Red Canids again kind of trouncing their way around.
They were the second seed.
Imperial I believe were the first.
Yes they were.
So we do have number one and number two from the regular season now in the grand finals. Good to see how
the seeding this season, both for South America and North America has
panned out the way it was supposed to on paper
Yeah I mean 1- two in the finals it doesn't get much better than
that and the only difference is that the number two seat is at the top and the number one seed
is at the bottom but overall that just means that everything
worked out as the season should.
Overall, that's a good
show and shows the teams that did well
in the regular season earned their keep
in the playoffs too.
But again, looking at 9-Z Nate because that's the real concern
here for them. How do they bounce
back? Because
it's just one of those situations
where you go from a big
high point, semi-final performance
and keeping it close
because G2 ended up winning the whole event
on stage in front of the lights.
Having a good showing through the lower bracket
demolishing Sharks yesterday and then
getting to combine nine rounds
including only four on one
of your best maps,
it's an
incredible fall-off.
Yeah, I think we've seen this from 9C before too.
I talked about it, hearkened back to it the season
before last at Pro League.
Kind of a big high for them.
They fell off and one of their players had to swap out. They were still looking for that
fourth-and-fifth to fill out the core,
and now it feels like very much the same. They had that
standout performance third-to-fourth at IEM Dallas,
and now they fail to qualify
for Pro League, getting bested by some domestic competition.
It's kind of a consistency issue at this point,
they have the heights that they can hit but
they need to get that consistency down because if they can't then stumbles like this are going to happen and it's
going to keep them out of that spotlight barring every once in a while and the thing is too if it
is an online issue well the thing is you have to have much better results consistently
on LAN to avoid playing through the online
circuit. And if
you can't do that then you're going to struggle
especially now that the majors are moving towards
a point system qualification,
it's going to be even harder
to qualify for the big events.
And for 9Z that's going
to be a serious concern.
But we do have an interview now.
We have Vinny joining us.
This is going to be a fun interview.
He's been around the blog, he's been around a while.
And Vinny, thanks for joining us.
Hello guys.
Thank you.
Can you guys hear me?
All good?
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay. Can you guys hear me? All good? Yeah, all good. Okay, okay.
So first question, how did Descenti's individual performance on Dust2
catapult you guys confidence-wise to really step up and bring that raw aggression against 9z
uh I think he pretty much won the map by himself
within a new how much confident we were in the R2 side, but after getting 20 kills in a half helps
a lot.
I think the team managed to do some strats really good.
Obviously, we lost some rounds i think
building car that we didn't trade uh together and stuff like that but
overall it was a good game and excellent performance from him
looking at the veto it was the exact same as it was the last time you guys
went head-to-head. Were you intending for
9Z to pick into Dust2?
Were you guys ready for that or were you still kind of dreading
it as a potential first map in the series?
We knew 100% that we're going to beat their shield.
Even our nuke was really bad, last matches they were super confident
I think after IM Dallas and
it was the right pick for them
but i think they were too afraid of Inferno
so they just gave two maps for us in the veto
Do you feel that your veto is really strong against 9z, or do you guys just have the read on how to play against them in general?
I would say both because our three best maps are the worst from them.
Like Inferno, Mirage and Anubis they don't know how to run
They can't veto anything else so we're just everything we're just playing really confident
against them and i think having like four or five wins in this week just make everything easy
and so you've kind of day to say a very quick one versus 9Z. How are you guys going to prep for tomorrow in that rematch vs RedKnidz?
It's gonna be all the maps, so let's see what we did wrong.
Last time we played against them we did a great half but everyone was
so nervous and a little bit stressful because of this bot
And we're just whiffing. I think it was the first
review that we did like, we didn't pay a problem, we were just whiffing
no one was killing anyone so i think we are going to be way more confident
tomorrow and let's see how it goes.
Thanks, Vinny. It was a great interview
from you and we'll see you tomorrow
and good luck!
Thank you guys. Hopefully I'll see you tomorrow with a fixed trophy.
Take care.
Thank you.
Alright well we heard it from the goat Vinny.
Very quick one today to close it out and now they get that
rematch tomorrow versus Red Canids. They look...they sound far more confident
than they did the first time around.
We'll have to see when it comes to the server time.
Again, grand finals tomorrow versus Red Canids.
But for tonight that is going to wrap things up on behalf of my co-commentator Boggs,
the production crew, myself and everyone
else here on the stream. Have a good night and we'll see you tomorrow early
afternoon for the conclusion of ECL Season 47
South America.
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