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the ESL Challenger Calvary 2021 European qualifier. We sent one team through last night, Freddie.
That was bait. They played a sensational tournament. Always a bit of a funky team to watch, but
they're at their best. The individuals are amazing. It was a delight to watch them yesterday
and very well deserved. On the reverse, though, was 3D Max. They didn't play their best CS
at all times yesterday, did they? And now a matchup versus Saw, highest ranked team
in this qualifier scary times if you're a French fan I think today I will say they
played their perfect CS after map one of OG it was kind of like that first map was
was a was interesting to say the least and then since then it was sweet I think
how we shaped it last night was basically whoever loses this is like
your one opportunity like you guys have both beaten the favorites to get
here and we can take a look at the bracket and I see how it's all panned
was like last night was your opportunity for both bait and free Max they took that opportunity and now 3D Max
This is probably worst case scenario like you've beaten 9z
Saw might be just a step too hard. Yes, you can see earlier in that upper bracket
I'm putting the most surprise results were those 3d max and saw series and more so the saw series especially the fashion
It was such a dominant game
So yeah, just even see 9z and sort of the lower bracket was a surprise
I'm not sure what that is, but it's a bit of a surprise.
Saw beat 9Z last night, first map went overtime, second, a little more convincing.
But yeah, Saw had to battle so hard to get back from here.
They also against an Amiga, look like they might actually get eliminated after map one.
So Saw had to battle.
They absolutely are favorites coming into this game, no doubt.
But different KelaFish, we get you on the server, 3D Max have played good CS in
this qualifier, you don't beat 9Z by accident.
So potentially opportunies, but I think it's safe to say that 3D Max need to play some
of their best CS if they're going to make this line.
Yeah, I think realistically, like if I remember, yes they were always on the lead, but 3D Max
showed some real resistance.
And I think what was what was shocking is that on Nuke, it was like on the third
map, it was both teams are trying their best to lose.
Like they were when incapable of winning a gun round after they had such a good dominant
first half and then really max kept on losing to four spies and I feel like it
was one of those games where neither time like neither team really came out of
it happy yeah really max what's gone well for them
Mac he was a standout on dust two yesterday against bait on mat number two
and he was I think the main reason why they even went to a third and in
general in this tournament he's been pretty fantastic he definitely has to
bring that form here today and that would be a minimum for me if 3D max could be contestant.
They need Mac, they need everybody. Lucky's also played a great tournament hasn't he?
Maybe he dropped the ball a little bit on some of the maps, he stayed with the whole team did.
No surprises there but yeah, 3D max, no, no, no, we need the stars, we need,
we need good players across the board because we know saw
packing players and I think in some ways, Freddie, the biggest surprise of this qualifier
might be Roman. He's played so well in a lot of these games. It's been, you know,
Ujerks, if you look at the stats, he is well rated, but that's because he's had
series that were good. He hasn't been consistent. He'll know himself that he should have played
better, yes, especially in that bait game. Roman, for me, has been the consistent factor,
and on the reverse of that, it's like, we need more from story. Ross has been quite silent,
has qualified so far, and we need a bit more consistency from Ujerks. So all credit to
Roman, but the team is not set up for Roman to be the best player.
I think when we because because yeah, we watched them against
Amiga and I came away from that. And I was like, Roman and
Nutris were my two players that I feel like did the best in that
series. And I'm like, that shouldn't be the case. And I
think there's a lot of comparisons between Roman and
lucky of like, they are not set up to do well. But yeah,
both players have been near flawless for what you'd expect
from someone who plays in like their roles, their
positions they both have had insane flexibility performances and yeah Roman
seriously impressed me and especially in the game against mate right where they
lost like Roman was at the top and he's been just the whole time pulling
freely by pulling saw kicking and screaming but then if Roman still plays
well and the other players from saw that we know step up that is when it's
just like okay it's gonna be lights up so they should be certainly should be do
we have the veto? Yes, I think we do have the veto. So what have we got? Permabands come out the way
early on. Actually, no, both hate Mirage. Right. Both hate Mirage. This will happen, guys.
3D Max abandoned. So they've said for whatever reason that we're not prepared to float this.
So we'll get the free ban. So they say, no, sir, we don't want any inferno. It's one of the
the best maps of 3D Max. They
play a lot of it. Um 3D Max
gonna pick just to because it's
the best available option. Um
we had a good on it in the past.
So pick nuke. So pick nuke. They
do that in any series and the
third is vertigo. Um I think
the the standout for me in
this is this Vito Freddy is
why didn't 3D Max ban nuke
because I don't think so
in Mirage. Yeah, like hard
I didn't hate that. Um, they
haven't played it in the last
12 months. They're not
picking it. Um and it's not
just that as well. Like let's
say. Remove a nuke from this
veto and look at some of the
other maps. They're all quite
even and you're not that
scared of saw picking it into
you saw are so good on nuke
that I think. Irrespective
of everything else. It's
Maybe they know something I don't about so going in the direction of free of seven map pool
But based of all the information available with the public games. I see no reason to think they'd ever pick Mirage
Yeah, I think they would have loved the new buses a third map
I think if we had a new best third map as to new conubus, I think that would be a heavy favoring 3d max
Also, I don't so these teams actually have loads of history between each other
Mostly because the cause of staying in the tax is 2021, so you wouldn't assume that's the case.
And last time these two teams played in the best of three, it was actually online, it was a Pro League 19, and it was like April time.
3D Max were maybe one of the best of Nubis teams in tier two, and they went on this crazy win streak.
It's fallen a little bit our favor for them. I think that's in tandem with in tow with the fact that
Dust2 is really good for them. So they've kind of gone like more to Dust2 and I think Anubis is like the subsidiary for that
Um, but I think if we floated in Anubis because saw actually insta-bound Anubis last time they played
Um because of how scared they were of 3Dmax playing on on on Anubis. So
So, and 3D Max have great of like Inferno and Nubis, us too.
Like, if you get those three maps, or two of those three maps and Vito for the three
maps, I think you're smiling.
They only have one of them.
I think this is a good Vito for Saur and especially considering they're the favourites
on face value out of everything, and they have the better Vito.
Yeah, I'm just looking at the older Vitos.
3D Max always banned Mirage against them, I don't...
They got they got no kahunas. They need to they need to sack up and just be like, you know what?
Granted they did win those series, but sure. Yeah, I mean, I'm just a bit a bit perplexed.
I think most teams would would float in their position. So we do have the maps now.
There's quite a good case that saw playing their free best, if not free of their four best maps.
maps. They couldn't have asked for a better veto here. They got everything they want. They're playing,
you know, they, as the worlds, are they playing maybe 9z in this game for qualifications? They're
playing potentially a weaker opponent. There's a lot of reasons to believe that Saur are going to
qualify based on everything we've seen so far. Yeah, what I find really exciting though, is that
the top four in this qualifier at a minimum is top four with the top four that should have
them. I think 9z, 3d max, 9z is definitely favorite and then you have 3d max and bait on the extremity
but they were still the other top two. So I'm really glad we are seeing the best teams perform.
Now it's really exciting. 3d max they've done amazing to get here. They sent 9z to lower bracket.
They were so close to qualifying from Katowice or as the first seed but threw it all away
in the last few rounds of Nuke. Now they go on to Dust2. They beat Bait on Dust2 yesterday.
It took a lot of heavy lifting. He's still got it over the line.
However, Saw also beat 9z on it. So both teams in form on this map.
And now here we go. The final game with the qualifier.
Luzer gets eliminated. There's no second, there's no third chance from this.
And a Rosdus. Well, that's a great start.
A one tap with the dual barretes. Not normally something you tend to see.
However, because he falls quite easily,
there's actually so much space now given up with 3D Max as they can wrap towards B.
Story gets pushed fast, doesn't it?
Ujjurks on his lonesome, can anybody take contact before this B site is completely surrounded? No.
It's just, it almost feels impossible already.
That is a good kill, graffiti caught out in the open.
As that bomb now gets planted, an infamously hard retake is the B bomb site on Dust2.
No kit for the CT side and now losing tunnels. Surely this is now too hard.
How does Muteris force one on one?
Lucky's gone.
An opportunity.
20 seconds remaining now.
Muteris needs this fight.
Needs the dual.
Jocko swings wide.
Running out of ammo here.
And Muteris wins it.
That's an unlikely round.
A very unlikely round.
Sword of just the Conjurer of the Magic.
I think the last time we saw Sword,
Muteris also got a clutch on the pistol round.
On ancient against the Miga.
I feel like that was the case, right?
Like, you got a one-
I've watched too many rounds, man.
Yeah, Muturiskot is a pistol round clutcher,
but 3D Max, like, I don't know,
that round was set up for them.
Four versus three on the post plant.
Yeah, not on a post plant on the B bomb site.
How are you losing that?
Yeah.
You trade out perfectly in middle.
You have the right cool.
And I really hope this isn't foreshadowing
the future of this map.
Like, are we just going to see Saw prove that the better team in 3D Max not be given a, like, just not allowed to take any advantages?
It's the 2v1 that confuses me. Tunnels and X-Bots.
Yeah.
That is, that is near and unwinnable.
Really hard, because it's so hard to take, to fight, to kill one player without the other swinging and taking contacts, just because Lucky peeks before.
Um, I mean serious has to come on to the side proper that which is can get one on ones. So
Maybe a few small errors
Sometimes you can chalk that up to being a pistol round and that that for me is sure potentially
What could be a bright spot?
We're gonna see clean play
Daco was a
Unicorn for us yesterday. He had like a ADR in nine rounds and then decided to become the best player of all time
on a nuke. That was very amusing. Muturis, however, as we get back into this map, he gets
spotted on Goose, but then just swings and gets the fight. The issue is, Roman, his support
has fallen. That means Muturis, realistically, won, was best case scenario. As a chief that,
Ujjok's quick rotation. Is he going to try jump up? I guess I'm going to keep
notes. He plays a long game towards ramp. How has he gotten away with that first
three exorcise oh my god sit down you jerks flies through the sky and that is
just no respect being given that's a huge recovery pretty much the clean opener
then you two on a when they actually executed to you jerks it's just not
actually showing me in a bit why so it's to the source of life but if I'm
I'm free to max I'm buying again and they will
for a case out
Exesies on to the
the scouts
It's it I find it so amusing that it's not
My girl is actually exesis
Why not? He's feeling it. Is he gonna spawn? Yeah, okay. It's got meds ish
I think I think honestly just like using it. Okay
That's a guess. Yeah, I wouldn't expect it to warp
and they have the money, that would be quite a surprise if you did.
Hear me out.
How about IOR?
Yesterday we saw, like, honestly a big lack of Orcs on Dust2, it really surprised me.
Today though, we literally have one in the first, I wouldn't say gun round,
but I don't know, 3D Max is still playing like a force by game,
whereas Saw has full rifles, Orc out,
because the SMG kills keep him too alive and then the two save AKs.
Sorry though, they're not going to expect this all. This is the easiest shot of his life.
Great first kill. Going for a re-peak.
It's very brazen, but he doesn't get punished for it.
He doesn't get anything more, but he gets the information that almost is more important.
Lucky, his lurks yesterday were sublime alongside exorcise.
You juxtapes, don't carry away as a possibility.
Now, here comes the pressure towards Long.
3D Max trying to scale up.
However, Alan, as soon as they get onto this bomb site,
all hell will be let loose.
Because everybody is here, as I saw.
And I think, yeah, this is not a great position to be in with 3D Max.
A save is...
It's a best-case scenario with two AKs and a glill.
But what it does do is potentially force in another purchase in the next round,
Which means that saw could run away with a few of these early few rounds
Yeah, I don't think ecstasy here is a decree and accountancy because you'd be better off just running in dying and saving this
This is pointless
Just come for another kill
Right well
Didn't go well for 3d max
Had no options got to be long and I guess they just saw so much utile from the city side. They thought this is impossible
Yeah
Impossible I hate this purchase. This is this is nightmare fuel for me. I'm not gonna they've dropped ecstasy's a scout
He's dropped Jocko the galil and they've actively given him a scout. I love it
He's not the offer
But it give this round he has to glass
Oh my god, I didn't even know
No option this review
Yeah, but yeah, I mean when you save like 3D Max just did is your money started balance
It was a pinky poison scenario. They weren't gonna win the round, but
They're relying so much here on hitting shots and stories and get so many opportunities
Sure, these because it isn't the use of taking off angles now. They know where he is if I'm 3D Max
I'm a what?
Okay, okay story that goes down that is massive when they have known aids
removing the AWP from the server is game changing for the T side it might get
picked up it does buy a Rosdorff's but that is a huge entry in a round where
they don't have a lot of options. He's been tagged as well. Look at Roman though, look how aggressive he's been in the long. This could be the round-winning play. Oh no. It's a very ropey interaction where
where Jocko Shaw only survives a 7 HP, but that's still now a two man advantage.
Here comes the attack towards a saw. Rotations are good. Everybody is here.
Arosh Joss is shooting everything, including his own teammates.
Lucky at long range with the Tech 9 brings them even lower than they already were.
Exorcise with the Scout is still succeeding and Ujux now in a very uncomfortable position.
This round, it's crazy, but if 3D Max seemed to look like they want to come out
on the other side five HP surely surely he doesn't win this and yeah lucky on a
on any timing he wins out of this jewel you just still get to reload his AK and
there it is the tech nine nails a headshot at long range and the AK gets
shot towards them that was carnage it's absolutely crazy
I think he was able to boot, why not?
It almost worked for Saw.
Those end engagements
The player in CT for 3D Max, which is mad, absolutely mad.
And the reason he doesn't peek is because he thinks
Well, he rightly knew that Ujerks could be in CT holding him.
Okay, so quick pause for Saw.
It's a painful round to lose.
And
You know we had to call people up for mechanical stuff, but story is really shrill with the hit shots
Whilst putting himself in position where he's exposed nor this time just the rifle for him
Bit of a lifeline I guess for you max
Think Saul really know what just happened because I also thought they were winning out that like that kind of interaction on the a bomb site
Well three versus five sure, but you had two logey plays on 3d max and saw one
One out the opening kills, but then it's lucky's lurk that transforms all the fortunes and I love how he's still lurking on a tech nine
So for anyone watching make sure to keep out a very BDI on both
Ecstasies and lucky because they're gonna continue just being really annoying and kind of like continue pestering sore
However, we're still in a force by world
Neither team has any money. It's a five versus five in a minute. However, graffiti has taken a lot of damage to a good place.
I want a little mermaid parody song. It's not a whole new world. It's a force by world.
Exactly so chaos and madness
These are my dreams
My dreams as always get crushed and brutalized just like this defense
That is a not done well for story
One for Roman, but he might be better off just saving this rifle. I'm surprised you jerks is
Getting so inspired to get this near the site
Yeah, back off lads. No chance here. Question is, are we gonna see an eco? Will
Muturus and Story Eco, or do we just continue? Maybe with the fat four players
still alive, I would assume not. That's also another round where it's not as
active, but that's a lurk from lucky in middle. Like that's still holding the
rotations, that's still him holding extremities, and normally we see him
just like peeking through long walls or whatever but they try to take the fight
early on short and try get behind quickly and that's him already succeeding
another time very early stages I feel like the saw but they shut him down the
first round in the first gun round but they know he's gonna be there I'd be
very worried if we see if we see that be a continuation I'm also excited to
see if we see a 3B setup from saw like they were doing so much yesterday like
Is this a gamble read that they were also right about?
Okay aggression from you jerks
teammates and so
Maca seems to be aware
As does like a you jerks gone
So rifle drop
Roman finds one himself
games given away
This bottom can just spread up long towards a if
You want to go in that direction?
We're gonna work this out. We're gonna stick around long for really an extended period here dropping more guns on the ground
from now we planted but
I'm sure I'm gonna go for this. I'm buying the next anyway
Why not?
especially because of how
Much time is being taken off the clock with these molotovs onto the bomb site
They faked a lot of presents that two players are short
I I think it's a really cool rotation from uterus and Roman Ross also thrown a third Molotov on the bomb site
How many molos do they have they're just they're just being spawned in short look at this now
Rotation around towards CT. We've got a man advantage. Jocko is kind of isolated on the site Roman's gonna boost up eliminate him
Exorcise is too far away to really have any say in this round and Roman just denies anything
That's a perfect three versus
three. That's my boy. I
didn't see some of the earlier
games in this qualified Roman
consistently been playing well
and they made that look easy.
They carry two rifles into the
previous round. A couple guys
are fully killing. What a
retake and 3D Max said it in
the moment, but I really
believe that once they figure
out what was going on, just
But they lost more guns than they needed to and that is a big dent to their economy, isn't it?
Thank God Mackey here on the boost has made an amount of advantage.
Story is trained, look at D even that up smoke surely holds him at bay.
Timing.
Oh okay.
He's too smart.
Good trade.
That's, yeah that was really nice timing from Story because he waits for Ujux to
come back and it actually favours the CT side because 3D Max then gets safe so
start moving forward however it's all a ruse. Early trades back and forth but I think this
favours the t-side ultimately. There is a bit more of a back-and-forth defense. Neutrists,
they try and test him in Roman. 3D Max have just walked through a smoke on short. What
was the game plan there? I wonder if they heard longnades at the start and thought
it was one pit, one car or something. Because Saw were perfectly positioned. Saw were actually
in a really tough spot on A. They had no long control. They weren't deep into short with
vision on the mid area. They were all the way back on site just sitting behind their
smoke. That is the one thing 3D Max could have done in terms of an A approach that
would have caused them problems. Yeah, it's unfortunate. They must have had some
sort of read that was incorrect about where the CDs were positioned and that is that is a real
shame as I'm saying so we're not well positioned for a more standard sort of take so
in a series where freedom actually to get a lot of their decisions right it's a shame the way
last two rounds have gone especially when the last round was opening killed in five seconds
Like okay guys we got a good start. Oh, no, we've been traded. Oh, no, this is not perfectly
E-pop now
Technines
Denied by you just
It just holds a spray. Lucky's forced through a molotov
Smoke as well deep. This is a non-start-up of 3d max a gimmicky play with the low buy and unfortunately they literally get nothing
Obviously as I say that Mewtris gets drive by with the tech nines
But that should be where the success is limited now
Roman. Too easy. Let's go.
Sora having a field day. Six to two.
For a lot of this half he didn't have much money because of the
razor-side nature of the rounds but now they are building up a reserve.
And 3D Max's job has only got harder.
I always question what they're going to do when they stop getting open in kills.
It happened forever Mac again going for the peak, but every home this time around hey
That's the second time now in three rounds that story is one out the jewel on Macca
So the offer for 3d max has not been allowed any space and we were maybe critiquing story in
Parts, but he's definitely stepping up now with those very impactful jewels. Okay. This is the read
I would assume then from 3d max jocos taken all of the space up a
Long side exorcise and there it is they capitalized because story just doesn't anticipate them to be scaling as close as they are
Four versus four even though they lost the opening kill
They now can play a post plant with a lot of advantages fortune shows his hand in this round
It's all story mid. They said he's probably not posted on catwalk
Some more correct
Sorry, I was looking towards long instead.
Jocko, two fast kills, his retake stopped in its tracks
before it ever gets engaged.
Yeah.
Third round for 3D Max.
Still in this.
So tiny, tiny micro-detail from Jocko.
And he takes that first contact from that first kill,
he slightly adjusts himself, and that catches off
the trade from Saw.
So if there was ever a worry in that round,
Jocko denies it.
And this is the performance we saw from him come out on Nuke yesterday.
Now, Stynum being shown a little bit on the server.
There must be a read somewhere there for 3D Max because they obviously went for that play a couple rounds ago.
I think both of us had a few question marks, but you were like, well, there must have been a read.
That was the round where the read pays off.
And that saw getting an opening kill, but not able to convert the advantage.
So 3D mags have really given themselves a lifeline here and also if they double down
That's gonna break the economy of saw and make this half a lot more contestable and potentially
French squad might be vying for a 6-6 half
They want this time for Macca. Is that enough?
Rifle instead. He's made on the Jocker
You take those and very early control. As soon as we call story out
Positioning the early rounds seems to be impeccable.
We're in the right place at the right time.
3D Max does not expect the AWP to be in that position.
Trying to use the little information they have to wrap on to B.
Two fast kills go their way.
It's only a Rostos on this side of the map and he is not alive for long.
Just need to get this bomb up the ramp.
And in to B in a bomb planter will be secured.
There we go.
Bomb planted.
2v2
He's certainly favor the T's being this bomb site
Really important that stories being able to pick up a rifle here
This is made is a lot more plausible for sore both retaking together the maca first contact nails
Reswing perfect. Yeah a really nice bayon switch being initiated by lucky and maca
And it all starts off perfectly when maca just lands that first headshot
a lot of hard work here 3d max because I'm back on terms after losing a bit of a
harrow earlier in this half finally forcing pistols onto this sore side
certainly shouldn't expect much from a sore given when they've bought into this
one because I was on my serious maybe come to something up I have a pet peeve
playing eco is like this as in we're very spread out I don't know if you
have I guess there's definitely a gimmick here with dust to Freddy is that the
tease can see the cross so you don't cross with two players they're gonna go to
the site that's exposed so you kind of stuff is the problem unless you play near
mid you haven't got any other option well we I guess you could buy a smoke and
smoke the cross case for that yeah they got 2,500 loss bonus so money is
He's gonna be a little bit tight, and I like how the 5 USPs, because Ujerks can drop an
AWP next round as well.
And we've been praising Storys opening kills in his kind of early positioning a few rounds,
so having that will help.
I do like this aggression towards tunnels, and it pays off.
That's actually really nice.
Ujerks gets a kill, so he's definitely gonna be able to drop an AWP next round now.
He's dead.
Yeah, he's like, oh, there, they've just conced that middle.
Okay, no, no more worries for 3D Max now.
Bond goes down.
Story, Roman and Muterus.
Any any gimmicks, any any solo kills, any wanderers being taken advantage of?
Wow, that was a it was a nice shot.
Now we see the questions.
Yeah, no, I guess we're just hitting the head shots.
okay so they this is a second day in a row where Dust2 has been picked into them
and this could be also a repeat of a 6-6 half saw was 6-6 6-6 against 9z and
then a double overtime so it's keeping on trend that's all I'm saying if
really you might as well get six out of this five is already good they get six
out of this half that is quite a recovery given the economic straights they were in earlier.
I'm already quite impressed. See then keep it going. Missed long corner smoke from Jocko.
Poor sleeper hymn doesn't seem to have had an impact.
A sore favor just giving that control. Story again! I have, he's just been
Macca's bane the entire time. Macca just cannot position in a way the key to my life against
story. I mean, there's an argument being made of Maka has died top mid every single time,
but this is not difficult for story. And also look at this, a Rostos is deep in tunnels.
Worst comes to worst, Ujjurks is also lower tunnels. So Saur in this player advantage are in
such a good position to succeed. And because times I think tick and off, a Rostos is playing
a pixel angle where he can just drop the smoke and fall back. Now Ujerks being baited in perfectly.
He hears all of this. Yeah, he hears them running back. And with all this mid control,
sort control the rotations, and they can swiftly move over towards this A bomb site
at a minute's notice. And yeah, there's B clear. We're all going A now.
Yeah, so Ujerks will move back into mid. The catwalk plays that we're off cat now.
think about playing the site proper and it's so much easier to play this site if
you have no worries in middle or all that walk. Smoke goes down front site to buy
more space to play with the whole time Ujerks is looking for his flank. He's some
damage on the story but he's not dead yet and that's all that really matters Ujerks
pulls off his flank. Seven in the end for Saw. It's a lead. Stumble a little bit
but it's still a lead. Can they really on? Find out in a moment.
Max's map pick saw take the lead in the first half. They now go on to their T side 7 to 5.
And realistically, that was a world where they probably could have extended that even further.
It's felt like they've been in the driver's seat for this whole map.
And I feel that that might continue the same way, but 3D Max, here comes the pressure
being applied very early on the CT side, running up middle with the pistols.
I don't find anything and now I have to fall back into the default always feels jarring because he's such a slow round
Did I change this?
I'm here for the spice
Wait a bit of mid control
mid B smoke is down. This is
Somewhat of a ruse Mac and we'll call that bluff
Starts to move back. Jocko makes it to what else have you got?
no more
It's a beautiful duo of frags, but ultimately we're still in a free-on-free not for long. I once was finds another
Joker's gonna be looking at his teammate saying guys. Can you hit a shot?
I'd give you guys a perfect opportunity and now it's just lucky and graffiti
Maybe there's a kid somewhere to be found
They can't get one they're running out of time. No armor here for graffiti and
Wow after joker's incredible shots. They find nothing
You can tell Jokka was feeling himself there. He goes for the re-swing off
those first two kills, he's like they're all dead short. I can imagine Saur as
well like oh my god we've just lost two players, oh my god oh my god. But okay,
yeah I'm kind of shocked that round went so poorly after such a good start.
Graffiti never activates towards long, literally the last player to take
contact and he was long the whole time. He was just waiting eagerly for a lurk and isn't
rewarded for any of his patients in the end. It's actually diminished the chances for 3D
Max. Very individualistic. It felt like after Joker gets a two kills, it just all fell apart.
And for Saul winning out a three versus five in the pistol round, now taking a three round
lead and going to be up against an eco. I'm starting to get a little bit scared for the
French side. And remember they had the opportunity to ban Nuke. They decided to
man-souls permaban. They'd really hate Mirage that much. So they might be down
and they certainly are. But I'm looking for a positive but there is no positive.
They have to win this map. You can't go into Nuke and map down.
Sora, one of the best Nuke teams in the world. And really maxed far from it
in the moments. Even rounds like this, I need damage. I need three, four players dead on
soil. I need to know that they can get reset and forced into a double eco down the line.
Every kill is important. They might actually potentially walk into
the stack here, mid to B smoke, but no, same theme as the pistol round. It's a lie.
We need Saw to go B. If we want this game to be contestable, we need to see Saw go B here
and 3D Max get a few kills.
Unfortunately, it's going to be the opposite as we scale up short.
We're talking about the Vito quite a bit, and you just touch on it there.
A lot of things in this Vito point towards 3D Max having to win out Dust2.
They need to win that pick.
so far it's not looking great. Yeah unfortunately the in-game dial isn't
something that I have to feel for them in this round is to be faking to an A
hit the sword and three max picking oh yes they're coming right into the stack
but no no no no. Pterus one step ahead and yeah same pistol at this point.
point at doing that it's beyond me but why not pretty much the p2 the p250
pretty max did just pause they did pause going into the second round so I'd
assume that pause was for this round and they also took that eco to talk about
things right you hope so it's unconstructive let's see if they open
up in anything but the default way for now it is a very default stance standard
long take so here the long takes they're like okay we're gonna clear mid fast
protocols that's two guys playing at home in your open teams literally all
you have to do send your long player long at the start he calls what he
hears and you can pretty much stuff's going on the map from there okay
So pretty much as long control sort of mid control
They're also applying pressure towards B through a rosters
And it looks like Mutseris will want to re-smoke
Mid to be potentially to keep that pressure
But in the meantime the majority of forces are gonna come through the tunnels
Luckily for 3d max they have two players on the bomb site
issue is that is it
Lucky is calling a bluff lucky things they go insured
So now everything falls down these two site anchors and what link of an eye they cascade down so
What an entry how how was that so easy shouldn't they?
You're watching the round develop and you're like
You know, it's all well and good that
Butyris is out mid. He hasn't actually pulled much attention. He hasn't forced 3d max to rotate into just being one on the site
I am I'm not sure maybe stories flash was just utterly inspired
Seem to catch both of the CT players
And that is a bit of a disaster
We're approaching the territory aren't we of must win gun rounds or 3d max
That one boarded on it and an eco from here what they're gonna be on to nine loss
Yeah, they could drop two M4s, but
I think you play around the two a1s isn't okay you can see with all these tactical timeouts
starting to stream in it's good that they're taking them but it's also not a good sign
like you know that's because something's going wrong like in that last round lucky just
makes unfortunately completely the wrong call and then you're going graffiti I don't
I don't know what happened to them. They just, they just, they just died.
Makar as well as on four kills.
I think that says enough for the reason why 3D Max are now having to double their score.
I think he was also on three kills quite early in the game.
Yeah, he got an opening kill and like he kind of was chugging along very early doors
and then Story just kept on killing him.
It's a shame. It's a shame I've played such an excellent qualifier.
Ugh. I somewhat respect the buy. The buy here is saying that we give them 11.
We give them even more economic control. We're just asking way too much for us to do.
I saw a T side of the map by Dusty. They're going to get chances. They're going to get spawns.
They're going to find opening kills. But this has to work.
there is there is no alternative for the Frenchman they've got to hold on long
will be tested soon story body blocks I can't take his shots either way New
Ducks finds the first lucky might get pinched from short real soon too
to his bite time timing is awful lucky looks into the wall turn a flash so
the seeds for his death and this is a disaster for the season side.
I'm amazed he's been said alive for this long.
What?
First free found.
Where's the bomb?
All right, let's assess.
The bomb is out towards long.
It's time to reload.
So we're going to bring both players over together.
Barrel spotted.
No connection.
Is that?
Was this a 1v5, Freddie?
Yep, it was a 1v5.
Okay.
Okay, now we're now cooking.
Free found.
Two to go.
I'm just gonna sit back on the cross. There is a slope on story
They might choose to just peak with the or first you want to dull the number of variables and
All the meanwhile Macca is going the long way around
Taking his time. Oh, I can feel it coming Freddy. They have no idea story
Almost repositions for it. Looks back at just the wrong time one more bullet would have sealed the deal on him
12 for the story 43 for a rostos Macca no doubt gives us entertainment but
can't deny saw you'd imagine we were literally slating Macca he would have
over doubled his kills in that one round we've also a one bus five okay with
three tactical timeouts used in four rounds if I'm not mistaken and then one
of the rounds was also an eco where they would have had time to talk so a lot of
chatter in the 3d camp
Macha is definitely going to look at that one versus two potentially later on and
go I could have won that a good story that was my and also in the one versus
two did he have to swing out CT maybe not oh that rotation was also like that
was it I almost thought he'd like I was like this is very bold I think he gets
it he was a second earlier potentially as well he would have caught them out
well if he was it was a little bit faster he would have caught them out as
I'd taken the bombsite but okay the berries heart rate can go back to
normal you definitely can imagine he was like guys what's going on
I've been in this position, your heart rate hasn't even dropped until year 13.
The fact that Mach had got those first three kills flawless as well made me believe.
So, Mach it, you can do it with the rifle, but not with the AWP in this game.
So they're one round away from that point and then if they win this round and take
everybody with them, 3D Mach just won't have any economy.
This is an all-in purchase.
It's surrounded.
kinda built around the orb, the rest is just on SMGs. Well, they've got the SMGs. What are
the SMGs good at? Close range interactions. But unfortunately for Graviti, he's on 3 kills.
He hasn't been hitting anything. And it seems like Ujucks has been hitting everything.
He does that. Quite good at the shooty-shooty. That's not how it proceedings. And actually
cause the death of stories so a little bit cartoonish here at the end. People
slipping on their own bananas. Roman, scared short. Two in the open. Only the
one found. We'll leave just you jerks. Exorcise dips off the angle. Timing
could be good though. Exorcise is 10th for the moment on Diverting the
intended to be short and long. Who's the favour? Head spotted!
Frag found. We'll put it on map too, if that Mordy hits.
Hmm.
That was a bold play by 3D Max, but I guess it works out.
Um, I don't know. I guess he's unlucky of a great round,
but I don't know, realistically I think we're just getting some
some consolation kills and some rounds maybe 3d max just happy they remember
what when he rounds like that might mean science on the second map she is we're
right back to losing ways pushing themselves through long that made from
maca mediate a lot of the danger though because of that one HG we're in a three
versus three saw look like they were gonna go flawless on that long take
But because of the trades, it's actually a little bit more contestable.
So in a 3 vs 3, Saw still looking just to commit up towards A, but Maka is in the hot
seat.
He's still playing very close.
No Molotov for his position.
It missed.
Oh, Story missed the Molotov.
That Molotov should have landed on Maka.
And because it doesn't, Maka just hits the sitter.
He's still alive.
He's holding a really strong forward position.
He's allowing for both now Jocko and graffiti to come behind long and most certainly end off this round
So 3d max they win this eco for sore. That's 811. So all of a sudden actually I take back what I said
We potentially have a game on our hands
They shouldn't be winnable for rostos
Pretty much need to sort themselves out
Fire set up between themselves back in a double peak
Very bold move
And it works. I
Think so pause now very good be frustrated because I mean
That's a set lineup has been missed there the previous round was hardly
You know you have to hardly be in the Olympic discus for a competition to hit a body on the short as well
So I don't know what's going on over there as well like
very being Danish like guys
like utility this is my thing you need to be hitting those molos so i was really confused
so i saw story line up the mollo and i was like where is it gone i was like like where is that
util gone and then i saw mac get the kill and i saw the molotov like trickle down i'm like oh
my god he's missed it what's actually more egregious though alan is that story missed the
mollo and then goes to the peak anyways i feel like that's him going oh it'll be fine
It used to be a normal jump throw and I think I think it's a shift step now or if not, I think it is a little bit more consistent
Yeah, it's the same line up, but just it is more inconsistent post post our binds
Do it it for us
Sometimes a very low buy from sore
No armor on these guys
He does the job
What's going on? At least this one doesn't matter. Get out of the way on the end, so I echo.
Get out of your system when it least matters, right?
Yeah, I've pretty much just gone double-orbed.
Jocko has come out this round with nothing.
He picked up an A1S and then dropped it.
What? Okay. Sure.
Okay, it actually does matter the 3d max now loses round jocos has no
This is a big round. This is a really important round and Macca. Oh, he's back
Where story I need to see this fight again story
Top mid yeah
Go for the jewels. He's gone body for the for the moment. Oh story of Bay
shoots
body on the ground
Maca isn't backing off. Maca's going in. Doesn't last long. That was very aggressive.
Leaves his team in a tricky position, especially if Miseris can just stay alive.
He will cause tremendous problems for 3D Max. Look at the mini-map.
They're massively committed to mid and B. Little do they know that Long has been seeded.
So we're about to cross, I'll have a bomb down, I'll have a plant, the story probably in pit as well.
So, we haven't always heard it, yeah.
Jocko could have dropped an A1S for us next round, we decided to...
...wrap it last round.
Just saying.
Hmm, mid-aggression for me on Dust2 as a CT side is a fickle mistress.
I'm never a fan of swinging around towards where you can peek like long doors
I feel like if they had the M4 close and then like Mac are holding from lower tunnels or whatever
And then like another M4 lower tunnels that you can take lid control so easily, but instead we we sit in a position where
Graffiti just gets sent to his grave
Mac is forced in a position where he has to battle off lower tunnels. It's so unideal
3D Max is save three. It's even 8k and I've double law. Okay, it is Dust2. We've got two
warps out on the server. We've got a full buy of 3D Max. Just about all the bells and
whistles. Need four rounds in a row. And remember, this series basically lives and dies with
the result of Dust2. If saw wind Dust2, I think we may be already saying goodbye to
pretty maxed.
That's how you work to do.
And Macca.
I mean, you can't fault him for still trying to be proactive.
He's trying to make moves.
This is somewhat reminiscent of the first half
where Macca just cannot get a good engagement in mid,
wherever he plays.
Already on 31 HP.
He's got to sit back now and play the range game instead.
He's moved back to the long.
Short is seeded
Walk out a long headshot found this is a total change of pace
total change of pace
Flashbang does the job on some Acre
And this is over Freddy. They are not retaking this site. I can't see how it's possible
Does that one kill give you any hope?
It's that one kill either us all
We've made it each other. Okay
They are getting the kills
Roman though, he's not done with this round. We were praising him so much. He's just hit 20 kills.
Roman is looking for more. Lucky's on 15 HP. Roman the hero for Saw. Ace potentially is running out of
bullets and okay it was a bit scrappy towards the end but Roman four kills there. Absolutely
fantastic from him in the final round of Dust2 and Saw potentially this is already them booking
in this sport in ESL
challenger kind of it. So it's
the best CS I've seen Roman
playing ages. Um oh for sure
before this map, he was
something like the 10 pies
rated in the in the qualifier
which actually is a bit lower
than I would have expected.
So he must have had some some
less impressive games. Let's
say it's other ones that have
been off stream for us. Um but
even why massive final round
um and as we keep mentioning
the veto, it's critical in
What do you discuss between these maps Freddy is it is it now we have nothing to lose if we're 3d max because they are not
If you just play a standard new game they will lose so
Caution to the wind kitchen sink at it
Yeah, I mean that's kind of what they did at the end and dust too. They did just throw caution to the wind and
Unfortunately, it couldn't have gone any worse with the aggression. So maybe if that's their game plan
you're going to say it works
as time or just like Mac needs
to find his form like that for
me. Map two. If we don't see
Mac of finding his form, then
I don't think there's anywhere
scary times new to follow can
so get this done into and book
their flights to Poland. Quick
break and then we'll find out
3D Max fan. You might be a
little bit worried. A lot of
this series lived and died on
it and we definitely could have a conversation of them taking it but math is proceeding. However,
as we now go on to Nuke, it's the best map for SAW. Alan, you mentioned they might be one of the
best teams in the world on this map. And for 3D Max, they're not quite at that standard and
especially with us two being quite dominant for SAW. A lot of question marks now arises for the
French. Yeah, I mean, if we look at SAWs, it's the standard run for them. Nuke was the
back bone because they might be in a lot of those series it was important in their winds over big
teams like phase um and fundamentally 3d max they play some good counter strike but they're not
off that caliber um and that is why we feel like this should be sores the only small
issue that would add is that they did lose quite handily to bait it was a very bizarre game
the whole series but nuke especially um could never get engaged muterus couldn't find a consistent
and wait to call you jerks are also people like this for a non-factor. Do I expect all of these
things to happen again? No, but maybe a sign that the nuke isn't quite as infallible as we believe
it is. That's always a good sign if you are 3D max like there is a world where you can succeed
but I think as well what I would assume favored bait is some of their individualism
And and that sign that we saw a lot of this qualifier is when worse games to worst
But they've got bailed out and I don't know if we can have that same conversation with 3D max
Especially with a performance on dust 2 a lot of the big names
Did anyone actually have that graver game?
Like I guess Jocko had a few pills here and there but like I don't know
There's no one I could point you to 3D max and we're like all they had a really good map
Which then makes me even more worried
the new because like are we even going to have any of the individuals trying so yeah me certainly
if you look back at that first one was maybe that was consistently good from start to finish
3D max I do really I mean they obviously knew they were going to ban garage so they would
have known because coming is an absolute slam dunk pick first also maybe prep maybe they'll
have some options they've got to have some ideas they've got to have some sort of plan
is it going to work probably not but they certainly could and should have come in you know
have some some potentially left over field ideas coming into this i don't think they should play
their standard game they play against everybody else that'd be a mistake agreed i think that
is a
I would say a given possibly that they are very prepared
I will say about Sordor they have looked more refined
more of the qualifier we've gone through like
obviously that game against bait was quite shocking to see
uh on my phone just like whoa okay bait have two words Sordor
it's like yesterday you know refining a lot of their mistakes since she
against 9z uh map one looking very flawless
Sordor team that we expected to go fast through this qualifier
And a lot of us were very worried being like, whoa, is there even a world that they might have lost at Namiga?
That was a genuine conversation. We were having a one-stage where Namiga took map one and then proceeded to get demolished
but then against so against 9z so looked really clean and I think
This would be just another another kind of like stone added to their infinity going
if they're able to qualify for Katowice because they qualified for Atlanta, they qualified for the RMR,
they're qualifying for pretty much everything and so was a team that I was definitely worried.
I think full-final, no spring finals when they qualified for that, I was like they've done so well at qualifying for a lot of these big events.
It's been a big theme for them over the last 12 months for sure.
They've never done quite well in them and I'm really glad that Cologne they finally showed like okay,
We're going to go to one of his events and we're going to do well online and then now they've got Atlanta
They're looking to have kind of it sir. They're looking to cure their place even further
And I think this is just going to be a small step in that road
Okay, bit of a shame guys. It sounds like there was a technical issue. So we're hoping to get into mutton to nuke
Not quite yet. Hopefully though before long
We will be underway because you want to see some kind of strike
so bear with us we'll get into the game as soon as we can and
And hopefully that's not too long and don't go anywhere every short delay
So we are already on to nuke now saw on the two side three max on the city side
We need to see a good stuff three max if we have any belief of a third map and this pistol round
Let's start with an A-pop from the Portuguese side really max out the numbers here and they withstand the hits
early trades
Leaves all square. Oh, that is a ripper
And a graffiti
Given his team a tremendous chance. There's no armor here on story or Oz DOS
They've got work to do
Just a rose dust now down to an HP. It will be freely max winning this pistol
Impossible for Oz DOS even finding a kill
Would be impressive graffiti pins another player to the wall
He's warmed up three kills for the majority of dust to three kills in this round
Okay, that was a ripper. Great first shot. Where is Muterus looking? There must have been a major communication problem with that 3 vs 3.
Because seemingly everyone thought someone else was looking heaven. And I would not be surprised if that is the reason why we have a tactical pause.
pause being like, guys, why was no one looking heaven? Because
short, feety, great round. Don't want to take it away from him.
Does get gifted it partially by from my perspective, a major
breakdown in the comms.
So it helps. So
bomb did go down, enables a force by a force or and these
rounds can be so dangerous.
You can turn the tides of maps and series.
And this is a game of nuke where pre-maxs
can win two imbo pistols, and they can't stumble against
these force players. They cannot afford to get reset
and need every advantage they can muster.
Ramp will be the port of called Jocko called upon.
Does not last long.
Entry now for sore. Makarov next.
What can he prevent us?
Only the one.
Because he has traded a Robloff.
It's a sure worker of graffiti, and this is crumbled.
This is a disaster.
Oh no.
Not like this.
If anyone knows counter,
they know that if you win pistol round on the each side,
and then lose the following round,
it's worst case scenario.
You have no money to work with.
So apart from Exorcise for mass,
it's gonna be 5-7s maximum.
Maybe something more, I don't know.
But worst case scenario for 3D Maxif and very simple from sword they just go ramp, go down
B, kill everybody.
So if there was ever a comms issue there was not one there because the trades also were
really clean, really sharp.
Back to winning ways are the Portuguese and even though it's 1-1 this is a very ideal
start for them.
pretty much got a force right not saving here lucky buys a five seven okay
this is old school so way back when guys before the economy is what it is today
you might on your second round off the losing fist we might do this you might
half invest keep money in the tank they're doing this to ensure full
nades come the first gun round back again nor two they are sacrificing to
it would take monumental heroics for some like exorcists to bring this round into
possibility because they don't have the armor and they don't be useful.
Okay yeah.
5-7's damage is very nice here.
It doesn't seem like they're gonna get that much.
Unfortunately range is not your friend if you got a 5-7 and Lucky finds that out the hard way.
these are purchases also remind me of the
i don't have you can see it much i think furya popularized it
the
mp9
purchase on the gun rounds
uh... yeah yes you buy like one point i don't see it once i think from i think
it's game of legion i saw to it
yeah it's
really affect it's actually started saying that
the team that i've started to sign that we have is like a default nowadays
we find it especially like a main level
It's so effective.
So you save second and buy third, a CT with it, right?
Yeah, so you lose pistol, you eco second,
you buy MP9 and a smoke,
and you still have a round 2k, 1.5 left,
and any damage is amazing.
And so, honestly, the conversion rate is firstly,
like 60%, 65%.
And then you get money if you get kills at 100.
do loads of damage, underground, you got the AWP out.
Because, yeah, you get the AWP out.
And then you win that round and you're in like such a good position for the AWP.
I don't even know who it was. It might have been Gameliz as well.
But somebody was for some maps was saving pistol.
They're saving pistol and they're buying, buying fur.
Was it, it wouldn't buy armor, it wouldn't buy armor and pistol round.
Oh my God, who was that?
I saw someone do it and it worked perfectly one time. I was like what?
Feel like it was bait at the RMRs
I'm not sure. I
Know what you mean though. I've seen it before
Okay, here's that gun around you were talking about or Pizow a 1s for utility signed a keep an eye on though
Not a singular kit. So if the bomb does go down
down, fresher, could be applied.
Yeah, and if you're a homie, you're wondering, okay, what is the
risk that 3D Max have taken? Because they've been something
that's a good gun round. I mean, it looks good on this round in
particular. But the thing they've sacrificed economic
control saw have a lot in reserve because they played
two week buys.
So that's the fear. And 3D Max have got to make these
rounds work. You're gonna save and then fully invest.
There are no excuses. You've got everything you could ever want
And
Coming at them saw numbers ramp
Little bit out of the open Mac I called upon next
One of the money feeling it now dodges the first flash not the second fair does very well to stay alive doesn't he?
Hounds coming chasing hot another as well
Now, U-Jokes in the end finishes the job from the sky, so man advantage 3D max and this bomb,
this bomb is quite isolated.
And U-Jokes is getting double pushed.
They should clear him, a trade at a minimum.
Trade?
Trade?
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
XC gets the trade.
Muturus?
I was just about to say they might not know where he is.
given away his location there. It was because of time. Time is now actually not
that much of an issue. He gets ahead of the Molotov cleanly, so even though he was
already low HP he can get this bomb down in the neck of time while still being on
50 HP. And remember at the very beginning of the round I mentioned there
is no kit in play for 3D Max, so Graviti does not have all the time in
the world. He's taking quite a while to get activated in this but luckily for
him he catches muterus as he's clearing out lobby okay that got way too close for
comfort for 3d max but in the end they come out on top but again the
conversation of economical disruption is on the tip of our tongues I think we
do is thinking about wrapping all the way back free ramp and then back to heaven
I was thinking that as well because he's moving quite far to heart who knows
He does have no idea where the CT is going to come from.
But seeing what you mentioned, I mean it might be a round win for Free Max, but the buy is not perfect.
We got one kit on Macker.
He's still a bit spare and unlucky in Jocko, so...
It's a rough one perfection and they've plundered a lot of their lost players back down to 1900 now.
They've also not got the openness round.
It was dropped towards ramp and there was just no way that it could be re-picked up, so...
That's a big negative, is Mako.
I love seeing him sometimes where he just kinda does things that you can't explain, and are also just not repeatable.
Um...
In that round is one of them.
However, graffiti, great opening kills.
Why leave ramp?
If you is, yeah, I-
This is a massive question mark for me.
Like, you've got the kill outside,
You do not need to be helping your teammates, and because you've kind of lost ramp now, Jocko,
there's a lot of pressure applied with 3D Max for a great reaction.
Look at this crunch towards Lobby.
Issue is, Jocko falls.
Roman, now aware of that possibility.
They're ahead of the Molotov, but XST's takes a tix,
so Roman has the information that a Lobby Crunch has been activated.
He's playing a nice gimmicky angle.
They might just walk into him and they line up for him.
Roman, one more time, he's gonna step up to the plate.
one more time we can praise him so much. Absolute hero. Absolute hero. He's won so many big rounds
in their pivotal games. Massive stuff. Massive stuff in the awareness as well about the lobby crunch
and you know maybe for sure as they're pretty much fully clear but it's not a usual position is
it out by the ladder. We're reaching Panic Station soon. This one's near on Fulico. This
is why I'm here. They want one gun round in isolation. They just have no opportunity to
reinvest behind it. One gun round with also one alive. Literally worst case scenario.
Look, Alan, that last round they had the advantage. They got the opening kill outside.
then trade again outside and Jocko leaves Ram I don't I don't know if it was a
miscom or something I'm the best explanation I can come up with is that
they thought it's in more players than they had it was four to be fair perhaps
but it's kind of like what does Jocko achieve not much I don't know he'll be
kicking I haven't I have a slight analogy for that same so like they're
kind of conversation of what does he achieve, the anchor on mirage. You see a lot of people
rotate maybe preemptively, only rotate when you see the bomb, because realistically what
do you achieve if you start rotating a little bit earlier, because it only actually takes
a while to get there. So people get a tower fly over rotating, it's the same there with
ramp, like what do you achieve by actually rotating away from the position? You should
at least stay in wait and just see if like, get confirmation of where the play is
going first and then you can rotate away because the situation is exactly like that I think they might
have seen the bomb still but shouldn't you just get a ramp there at least well yeah that's the thing
I mean mirage is a very linear flat map it's like if you see the bomb a even if you seed b
yeah if the seed he's gonna he's got a lot of work to actually make use of that space whereas
on nuke the seed ramp you saw what happened the CTs were in a horrid position so a little
bit confusing i think it's not it's not really max's best map so potentially if there aren't
gonna be errors it'll be this map more than any other in this veto
pretty much almost got loaded down they need they need gum rounds but this is over
3D Max are good pours on Dust2.
It was a worrying sign in one regard how many pours came out at the end because you could see it was just falling away from them.
But yeah, pours here.
Never mind. Let's go straight for it. No AWP again for Macca.
That could be a big difference maker.
Use this round 3D Max.
A long bell is 100% ringing off. Graffiti though?
Okay.
Swings through an abundance of utility
This is like any damage and gets a really big opening kill on Roman one player
Who we've been praising and because of that kill it forces you jerks to make a move on a different extremity to try even up the playing
Fields and this time Jocko does not relinquish ramp control
one thinking source favor is that 3d max is not respecting
Players being lower at the moment
Ah shit, just don't say that. Lucky gets himself into top seat for it.
The way he's posturing is he doesn't have a clue even if the players are down.
It's inner-fake and it makes it all the easier. They pop out of
Decon at the same time as Squeaky to conceal even more noise.
So, it is a plant, but finding more is a terribly difficult story.
One found needs another to make this truly compelling.
Very awkward engagements. It seriously all that remains.
And now that he's spotted, maybe Max can work around this.
It'll be impossible for me, Thierrys.
He might even opt to just save the ult.
Save the ult, yeah.
I don't hate this decision, if he could get the ult.
I don't know about you, but I could definitely see Story just double no scope.
Two versus three.
I can feel it coming.
Yeah.
3D Max are very lucky they had those opening kills.
because if there were, if Saw had, if Saw weren't at a two-play disadvantage and then
consequently a three-player advantage when Graviti found a second door, that round is
winnable because of how much respect was given towards them going down towards B. So I
don't know if Saw realized it, but they possibly could have found a big, like,
in the armor of the b-bomb site. Rock and roll baby, bought him round. Spoke about it last time for
you Max, wanna go around. We've got to chain them together. We've got to win this half. At least
make it even. There's a pretty tool order. You can see the source caliber. Oh my. It hasn't
Well, it's getting bait right where he's got a lot of openness. Yeah
He made that round like game-winnable versus bait because I feel like he got an opener
majority of rounds
Towards the latter stage
So when I saw that in the previous round, I was like, oh, okay
This could be the start of something like something like that
Isn't necessarily competing. It's gonna be a first-pair. It's actually mac you're unlucky outside
That is a really, that's a cool round because that's the first time I think
That's the first time sort of being probably tested outside, right?
Yeah, I'm not sure what happened. I mean felt like Macca got his fights quite easily over the smokes
Lucky comes through in a flashbang very audacious, but uh
I think there's quite a lot to store out the teas
And Sora had a money, he had a huge buffer
But that is now depleted.
I have to figure out a piece of room before I can't win this one.
Ok, seriously, no idea Lucky could be that advanced.
So early opener for ED Max, it's feeling healthier.
It's gone from bad to worse, Lucky could save the day here, the A bomb site's capitulated.
A little bit too easy for my liking after Graffiti gets the opening kill.
Jocko, has he been baited in? It seems like Lucky's done a lot of work to take a lot of the attention, but Arosh does
He is fully aware of that possibility
That was a
4 versus 5
Kind of like a 3 versus 4 as well where 3D Max had numbers on the A bomb sites
And then EU jerks just doubles down. Arosh does picks up 2 as well
Well
The max were almost back in this game
Soon as they take that not even lead, but like contestion it just falls away
That's only been a rostos qualifier
That was a huge round
to get a left-eyed kill from Tetris me so close to the box is pretty amazing and
Well, she's been a map of 3d max almost giving us hope
and then it's looking for their grasp. First pause taken. It's not ideal.
Good time for a pause. They're very lucky they won 2 in a row with 3 players alive in
both because if this is the buy they have from those two rounds, I'd imagine if they
were close, we'd be on pennies. It's a shame Makas just never even have the
AWP as well, because it feels like when Makas have DWPs have really good success and legit
impact but in a lot of these situations he's been forced onto an A1S or forced
to try and retake an A bombsite has fallen which is not ideal as an author
oh the best day of it hasn't been serious here on outer
a lot of the deals are going in favor of 3d max that is that is just unfair
that's just not fair yeah nothing about that is right okay he gets very
lucky that are all stars it's a two versus five lucky looking to save the day
though he got that opening kill with utility and okay rotations are good
luckily they have lucky excuse the pun but a 3d max Jesus man like because of
that they have no money for this round they're not gonna get the op out okay
They actually do get a better person to imagine for Alan. It's an advantage that they so almost squander
I could have been the series over
lose that sort of round
But round-wise and in the mental game they they did their damn this until I can show it up to lose that round
so
Survive the scare almost drove off the cliff
to lucky grab the steering wheel
And it has no other opportunity now to go for six and to go for six against a bider is much the lesser
That a need to are they they need to cross on these smoke?
We get grizzly
Back up I'm one who's just again
I just just done that
Didn't see anybody
One rotation though. Jocko he gets heard he jumped towards dark as soon as you just comes through as the double
doors. So even though there have been loads of damage, Maka way too over aggressive there.
They are just giving these kills to Story. How is this all full apart? This is exactly
what happened yesterday against Bates. They could never secure victory against the low
buys and now graffiti coming down to his death source, snatching away a 7th, taking
the advantage on their map pig and they are searching for Katowice.
is the magic number for sore. That's what they need. 60 year ounce and even half on the
city southern new will be enough. They're close now played bait in the upper bracket
didn't go well convincing series for the Ukrainian team saw now given a lifeline a
second chance account of it's a one map to the good city nuke. They beat some of the
best teams in the world on city nuke. They got this right, arguably the best teams
in the world. What they've got, FaZe, Navi, G2 as scouts they've taken. That's it. You're
missing vitality and you've got probably the four best teams in the world right there.
Really Max, this should be an easy team to topple, especially on the CT side now. That
last round just embodied everything with really Max in the series. You can't get
anything going on alongside that now and this pissed around momentum's kind of
being stinted they would have loved to have got that kill on story but instead
now they're just falling apart at the seams you just regretting outside
Mac it does deny okay maybe a bit over extensive after he's already picked up
one kill uterus has secured the whole of the B bomb site so he's gonna come
back up he's gonna be joining up with a Rostos towards ramp so they can just
right now 3D Max just pins it in but they go have them there's two players a
and then as soon as they go as soon as they go to a you're gonna see the
activation from the ramp players and a Ross has been baited in perfectly
oh Maca does okay Maca is just too smart it's one of those places where
pretty much can win this gives him so much more leeway to play with story kills
both I wish I knew how it happened Freddie but story killed both yeah by the way
he was dinked down he was the first player to get contact in that round he
was dinked out of HP so he's done that from the CIS HP I guess your feed is a
bit choppy you just kind of own them you get you would a quick
Refresh and it'll be fine. He just kind of owns them as there's there's yeah, he just owns them
Okay, big old pause and then he had two kills was like, okay
I thought you were more shaping the uppers like I don't know how he's done that but no you
Hope it's not a good I thought really max
Maybe had that when Maca clears a Rostos, but unfortunately the two versus two is unsuccessful
We're in the exact same position as Dust2.
I think this leads a bit more heightened by the factor on the CT side we saw.
But um, Calm Down makes this more contestable.
If 3D Max, if this game has legs to it, I think this round has to be won.
What's the plan?
Got two smokes.
I'm on the space in the meanwhile.
I'm not sure if storage can stop here either.
All five outside for 3d max there is tremendous potential for two or six space elsewhere
They do and completely enclose them
Yeah, you're right lobby is now cleared
Some of what you're since the choosing secret any other direction would have been much more difficult
What have we got you jerks is lower
They're lucky not to meet more resistance
Saw are incredibly cautious of heaven because they have no information so we
don't have as many numbers down towards that B bomb site as you might
anticipate. Now the contact taken here comes the rotations, few jerks, fools about
getting a kill, story, swiftly traded, rotations, ineffective, jocco, standing on
business, muterus, giving saw potentially a way in, Roman, he's playing the long
game. Lucky, peeks into him. This could be on, but no. As soon as maybe there was a world,
3D Max actually get both of those last two kills very quickly. I said, if 3D Max want
to make this game contestable, bass the round, and there it is.
So it might be kicking themselves. It's just a bit too late grabbing that information.
You just also feel like you should have done more. That is blowing this game and
And you got wide open, four-spy now and it is much, much, much weaker than what 3D Max
could present on their four-spy in the previous.
Survive this as the Frenchman.
And you got some runway.
Haha, lucky just gets wildly dinked by the 5-7.
It's unfortunate, but I think it's fine.
Okay we've played a slow game now. Pretty max we're waiting for early aggression.
None is received. And around the 52nd mark we start to see them activating a little bit.
Outside smokes potentially. Or I'm looking at the player on T roof. Exorcise has got U-Tool for A out.
appears we might actually just go straight towards a some defendant sort of load up numbers elsewhere
this main spoke is not ideal and look at that game on baby Moutieres finds another this would be
catastrophic for 3d max's chances if they let this slip Roman is low where's the bomb it's in front
of the silos Roman is found when we hear us now it's too much to ask that is that was
that was way too close oh there's a rustus get a they didn't know about the gap in the
muscle no gap in the smoke those are home like yeah it's really worth learning like
really simple liners for those of us because you just wing it on the fly and you get
it wrong back and happen Ellen you're gonna really hate this that wasn't a
main smoke for an a-head I don't know if you noted so the app was outside for a
main smoke like a rap he never actually threw a main smoke before a so there
wasn't a miss smoke smoke that was down they just never actually smoked
I
Would have to check the odd because that would be ridiculous
So there was a player outside and as the it came in you throw a main smoke
My thought process when I saw that was that for some reason or like maybe they were trying like
Yeah, that's what I thought and then I guess what I assumed is that they just didn't clear it properly because I I
as much as I
I
Agree with the lineup. I think that's pretty max is like that was actually their game plan and they just overlooked it
I really hope I'm not correct though. It was the game plan. It wasn't communicated. No
100%
I'll let you know the stream is a bit behind. Yeah, we're like if we're like three minutes ahead, so
Okay, we'll put that on the back seat. We'll put that on the reserve for now
because really Mac to view not the scoreline it's uh it's tested everyone's
blood pressure they're here they're eight to eight yeah cross is going to be
achieved and graffiti's down towards B and no one knows even though he ran very
fast there was no one garage to actually hear out those sound cues smoke does
come through very early so I would assume that meter is expect someone
down but there's no confirmation of that.
Plot. Juicy. Big opener and Jocko's got a lot of room.
Our Oznos has had to juggle a lot of different positions. Somehow stays alive, favours falling
onto the side proper instead of staying in towards heaven.
Ujer excited to jocko so players are numbered for a moment or even up for a moment.
Oh, the walking ride is the only heavily defended position.
Oh no!
And Maca misses!
Anywhere else, Freddy!
And it would have been so lightly defended, it would have been a breeze!
What a read.
What a read from Saul.
There was one player, Heaven,
and then two, unsecret.
What a read.
Oh, 3D Max.
They are gonna be kicking themselves.
tactical timeout pulled a four versus three and it all falls apart and because of
The anti-force by you only keep two alive. Yeah, the eco. They only kept three alive
Take a look at three maxes economy. They've won quite a few in a row. Well, they've won three in a row
Take a look at their money
They're gonna get a case out on the majority, but jocos on 1500
Exorcise gets an AK dropped over I think, alarm bells ringing so they have
snatched victory out from the jaws of defeat there. By the way the stream's
caught up. Yeah I'm viewing the footage. Pretty sure it was the smoke I think I
think that was it. Yeah they literally don't throw a main smoke apart from the
outside one and then they they don't clear it main like actively enough oh no oh no okay
well they won that round didn't win the last um Muturus is down B very early on again that's
a big Naid all he even hits Maka directly on the impact so he gets information of a
minimum one player down towards B pretty max in a bit of a pickle right now low HP
er, sporadically splattered across er, pretty much everybody apart from Jocko, but a ramp
wrap could actually be the answer.
I'm watching you Jocks, cos he's the player that's got a pivot, and then what he hears
first, and a full lower, okay good timing, good timing, stories come to pick up ramps,
Fordham Jewel shadow reveals the positioning, no connection with the second but at least
stays alive 25 seconds to go and only two remain and if you pitch perfect no
mistakes from here you jerks is found where's that bomb in the grasp of
graffiti Molly should allow plants he did does and now we need some heroics
I guess I want the rafters it'd be somewhat unexpected those wider
Rozdor, call of guard, and no frag for Graffiti.
10 now, as Saw build a buffer.
Even though Story gets one kill in that round,
it's the fact that he rotates towards ramp when he does
after round winning play.
If 3D Max, as we were talking about the ramp ramp,
ramp, ramp, ramp, if they had gone, like then,
they win the round.
Story's not in a position.
Ujerks who got three most likely wouldn't be able to do that
But they take a little bit too long. They missed their timing
Obviously, we can see a lot better. We got hindsight. We got x-ray. We're that jazz
The three maps will reflect on that and realize they had that timing now the bomb down and
nearing elimination
They force into it. They're gonna try go for this a pop with graffiti potentially outside again
We've got you till being set up for it
the mat and the tech nines are ready to
Unleash hell on this a bomb site. There's so many defenders though
Three and a half basically
Timely Molotov oh no
No.
3D Max had to bail.
Still have some utility could commit again.
But there are just so many forces.
Story's heavily committed now to this site.
He's got smoke.
Oh, she's almost painful to watch, isn't it?
Because 3D Max, they're right.
They can't execute into this,
but it just feels like we're delaying the inevitable.
Ron's Dorses.
Okay.
Yeah, he almost gave them an opportunity.
Luckily, he survives.
3 HP.
OK, now here comes the hit.
Futura is playing close on Thor.
Only good for the first.
Remember, Arostos, 3 HP.
He's going to get tickled to death.
And there he goes.
Roman potentially baited in.
Bombs gone down B. There's no one here.
Saw have been sold a dream.
Ecstasies as well.
Manning the rotations down towards Vend.
Ujurg's taking Manning into his own hands.
Just pushes straight in.
but that with a bane four saw a story now in a one versus three cautious of
exorcise can't even freely escape from this bombsite that round i honestly do not understand
how it goes so well and it's just the quick diversion down towards b and exorcise holding
the rotations that saves a day so i had every advantage all of it now the players there
There was no real misdirection.
Gotta be getting more.
And they could not.
So...
Be it massive fragging for 3D Max, be it small mistakes.
They're not gonna care.
This game has now become very even yet again.
So forced to eco them, looking towards a buy in the following.
Which will not be about some issues given Roman's money.
This is going back on now. 3D Max will be on the brink of just...
Sealing so much control and...
Don't be on pistols themselves giving to these money, but they have brunt of the onslaught
unlikely rounds
They can do this. I love the irony of like
They lose the rounds they should they win the rounds they shouldn't
they've
Don't know how 3d matches them this honestly
You said so have
Yo, there was a world where they just looked immortal on Nuke and they drew blood against
bait.
They showed that the lives can be toppled.
Is this no drop-off we're going in?
We're running out of the airbox site.
Oh, here we come.
Roman Arostos, full, hits the cold hard floor.
Pretty max.
They've taken the lead on the T side of Nuke Allen.
This is wild. Saw it the lead in the half. Head opportunities here to establish full control
and they have not done it. Immediate eco-call and the size of that, the pair on Maka to
call a fast A hit. How does he walk around with those?
It's in the script. Okay, a different one. Could be the same.
It would be the same.
It's a very ballsy play, but it's also the perfect call to be making, because it's a real
change of pace, right?
And you can see how actively it catches Sword of God, where I feel like 3D Max have been
more aggressing towards outside, and that's where you kind of anticipate the play to
come through and around like that.
You know it's, you know the goings get tough when Saw take all their tactical pauses.
Because the theme of this qualifier is they don't take any.
They're down on their, their map.
Not it's their map pick.
Like this nuke is Saw's map.
And they're losing a 7-5 CT lead with the pistol round.
I think it's been a third map in no time.
It's all gone white, some of these ones, they can't make any adjustments.
Lots of you till dispersed and you cannot blame them, they didn't want to hit fast.
Let him on site again.
Hard to me.
Pretty much have changed the look.
Graffiti's got down, they've got a vent dive as well and they have no information.
You jerks, deer in the headlights, never stood a chance.
up next finds one but he's lost all of his teammates. Muteris might be lower but I don't
see how he wins this round. Smoked down now. This is Jordan Harder, 3v2 and DeSaule feel
like a retake. Muteris doesn't. They're giving up. 3D max up to 12.
Alan, we were talking about the pools on Makar. I don't know if that was his cool.
The reason why I exclaimed is because Graffiti runs through a molotov and crosses outside
with no util.
He just runs down secret.
And while that's happening, you have, I think it was Makarite that jumped down the vent
and made a lot of noise.
He opened single door and it was all so they could get that opening kill on Ujergs.
Oh my god, that round was perfect.
That was a beautiful symphony orchestrated by Macca.
He doesn't get a single kill, but he sets Graffiti up perfectly and then Graffiti catches
off the vent and rotates.
3D Macs are on map point with two opportunities to send us to Vertigo.
This makes no sense, but it's happening.
I couldn't scratch it.
They're about to be one of the best new scenes in the world.
They should have been a done deal.
Having saw off to Kato.
And now I need to fight for it.
Graffiti is on a tear!
Two found!
Second tagged off.
XZ had finished the job.
Two left to find. Make it one.
This is over.
Story's out in the open.
And it's not gonna happen.
13 to 10.
We've got a series on our hands.
I've been...
Rafiti is using an abusing sword on outside.
Not only in the penultimate round,
he just runs down secret of no utility,
but in that round, he wraps through main
and he just has so much vigor about him.
It feels like 3D Max realized,
but let's just not give any respect.
And that's actually what you mentioned
at the very beginning going on to this map.
You said 3D Max can't give any respect.
You've got nothing to lose.
play like that and graffiti.
Definitely takes that to the grave.
He is probably the reason why 3D Max get away with a 1310 win like that with so much ease.
3D Max have just survived the impossible.
They're down to the half.
Number of times in that second half as well,
we saw could have got within touching distance,
but it doesn't happen.
3D Max push us to vertigo.
One map to go in the qualifier.
And one spot left in Canovitz.
Don't go anywhere
We decided that Alan was just dead weight and we decided we were gonna get rid of him. So it's actually just me
Hello, welcome. We're going to a third map. It's the final game in our qualification.
You can see my whole bedroom in this frame. But yeah, it's our final game of the whole tournament.
We've gone to third map. We're in the stage where one team qualifies and then whoever loses gets eliminated.
So it felt like everything was set up for success they had
And they won dust 2 they go on to nuke where they have beaten
phase
Navi and G2 on land those are potentially in some people's eyes the three best teams in the world
however against 3d max in the qualification map for
ESL transgender kind of it sir they fall apart and I felt like
I actually don't understand how free and maximum survive this.
I think Alan used the words, they've done the impossible and I think that sentiment is
like completely bang on.
That was no easy task and what's the reason why that happened was because Lucky, he's
been having this superbly consistent performance.
He was playing outside and he was doing so much damage on the CS side.
Graffiti as well playing towards lobby on the city side was doing great playing towards door
But specifically graffiti on that T side those last two rounds. He just went right. I'm gonna go and do everything. I'm gonna
Create all the space. I'm gonna get the opening kills a double in both the the penultimate and final round
And he almost does that like, you know the the face strategy that the rock strategy at IEM Cologne
2023 where
222 or even where they just decide that they're gonna just jump and play fast east side on nuke and graffiti goes
Well, I can do that and he gets both of the both of those rounds and he creates so much space
And what's also good is that the rest of his team were in the exact position to react off the space that he made
So now we go into vertigo and interesting enough. This is actually the first time both of these teams
So it's the first time that the maps play this map on in its qualifier. It's the second time saw each me grown
It's a little earlier. And this is a very exciting map because it's a map that like both teams play and both teams are kind of
fine on but saw have definitely struggled in parts this year on this map
Kind of a ESL pro league at the major
It looked like a map where it was one of their weaknesses pretty max just haven't played it that much consistently
It seems to be a very big theme of like they pick into it or we try and even avoid it as a third map
But here we are and I think the reason why it's gone to a third is because well three max
Don't want to play ancient against sort of saw that want to play anubis against 3d max
So you've kind of got the final two bands going well murder goes up on the cards
And I think this is an incredibly up-in-the-air map
I don't actually know if we have a clear victor like this whole series
It's been sore just to outright they won you you go on to nuke saw
Win the half seven five they get the final round on a low by for God's sake
You get the pistol round get eight five up and they lose the map still like I actually don't know how they do that
You've got to be refreshed or you've got to be mentally back in it Alan. Are you with me?
Okay, I'm taking that as a no. Okay. We're all good guys. You're in safe hands
depends who you talk to but
Now all of a sudden becomes a best of one
This is for all the marbles whoever loses this
Eliminated the wins
They go through to ESL Challenger Calvitsa for sores be back to back qualification for ESL Challenger.
Pretty maxed for the first time they go into a challenger since last year, since Zhongni Ping.
That was very exciting.
Now, pretty maxed on the two side.
Surging towards A.
The issue is everybody is here for sores.
Two quick kills in succession and all the kills rolling in favor for the Portuguese.
Portuguese exorcise lost alive.
1 vs 3 where I don't see this being a possibility.
Story is connecting shots and story will claim the fourth.
That's a good start for story.
Cheeky little four piece.
Pretty maximum, it's the right idea.
Like, it's a pistol round.
You execute towards A.
You just have the unfortunate timing of everybody's there.
And all the opening killers are kind of first students or actions for the favor of soar and then it kind of progresses in that way
No bomb down interestingly enough with 3D max
But
They still
Puts up
Returning back towards a Romans behind some bags. Oh, they don't clear them
They don't expect him. You can see they're kind of focused on getting up on this site, so Roman's just staying alive, being a nuisance.
Support coming through from Story.
Issue is, look at Exorcise in middle. He's caught for Roscos. If these players on Ramp can get away, they can try and link up with Exorcise.
But it's easier said than done. Lucky, first kill of the game picked up, Tech 9 running out of bullets, and being run down.
Now even though he did create a lot of space for his team
You all might result in not
There's one versus two laying around a smoke and
Only he had taken the first contact to story. He was on 19 HP
Might have been winnable
Ultimately
three max force buying
Unsuccessfully, Roman in story, securing A, and saw 2-0 lead, that's 3D Max, used their
first tactical pause.
We've seen a lot of tactical pauses this whole game.
On Dust2, 3D Max used all of this.
On Nuke, I'm pretty sure we saw all six.
And early on now, 3D Max is just going to slow things down, talk about what they
want to do.
And even though they don't get the bomb down even though they don't win the round
They still sit there and decide
We've got three kills
We can keep the economy in a difficult position
We're gonna buy back up we win this round boom
economy broken
Even though remember no bomb down
It's still actually a pretty decent buy.
Two Galils, primary rifle in the AK, on Jocko.
Two Tech 9s, and actually the Mac, a lot of utility.
Ooh, Jocko on 0 ADR.
Anyone wasn't here for the bait game?
He had 8 ADR on the third map on Nuke,
and he...
Well, it was round 9, 8 ADR.
I think like NPL and AscentTheal had more kills than Jocko had ADR
which is
Not great, but since then Jocko has been pretty decent like he had he was and became a god on that game against
bait
That she handed the AK over to Lucky that's an interesting little might for a decision
decision. Lucky was Grey on Dust 2. Also, even more alarming, that saw Lost Nuke.
3D Max when 3D Max lost Nuke the bait with a sidey yesterday. It wasn't even like they've
got good form on it. I'm glad I go. During a pause. Oh, Brown's been restarted. Lucky's
giving back to Jaco. Brown should be going live soon. Of course, now's the time when I'm
going to find myself that the game gets delayed like this. Okay, we're live. We're back. Sort
2-0 up. 3D max. Force in the issue. Back-to-back force buyers without a single bomb plant.
only gone towards a so far and quite aggressively here they go towards same
sentiment quite aggressively three players what a grenade three players on
round however a Roscos I was gonna say he was set up for a multi there but he
only gets that one kill from the player who's already low HP so it actually
doesn't come into much effect at utility, but it doesn't seem to matter because Shory,
what a sublime rotation swoops in with 3 kills, basically saves a day because Mutera is completely
by himself. He was in an awful position. On Story, that is second quad kill of the game
and we're going into round 4.
but it's not a force by the 3D Max, they're finally relinquishing the pressure
it's been three pretty slow rounds in a row for them
ironically enough though this is actually the most excessive got so far
and a player advantage issue is this grenade
could just get both kills, no, stories yet to die
I wonder how far we take this, oh my god are you back
this is that's what I've learned Richard Branson he takes my money and then
cuts my net just to get into the exciting well miss some very exciting
moment you're the cut as soon as you come back Alan story takes his first
death take ownership of this sorry I mean yeah you're getting D-dost explain
what this is the half-bind pretty much the most they made a controlling give you
the switch wait should I give you the cliff notes off quickly went to the
round is over okay my kid doesn't have armor and he didn't notice he actually
have time anymore so that's a good kill seven seconds to go he does have time
but doesn't expect her on some media side of the site no chance now recent
attempts and they're bueno that is not good so 3D max loss pistol story got a
4k no bum down they forced back in they run up a didn't really work but
Then XCC's low to mid, caps off to mid player, round gets a bit scrambled, who's there alive?
3D Max, forced by again, no bomb down, run towards B, so I get another 4k.
And then that round was actually the first time where they kind of went and they were able to take the forced by,
and ironically enough it was the most excess they had.
They got a 4 vs 3, the issue was HP was very low and they were just like tech 9s,
the odd picked up rifle whatever so seems like all is fine apart from mackere on the
Technite that is not so fine and story seems to be having the map of his life well no matter time
we're on the brink qualification i feel nice enough today hopefully the internet gods bless us
for the next 30 minutes you can see this one out the awards are working out it's going to be an
around for 3D Max and sort of quite an inopportune time to push Mith of the New Jerks.
I'll tell this teammate Roman's forced to give a lot of ground as he moves towards
Catwalk position and forces him to seriously fight.
Don't hold Ivy by and when does Roman get engaged? Here we go. No frags found.
3D 3 now. No smoke onto Story's position. Nobody either towards the Ivy side. He's got
free reign to take duels goes through the smoke madman we're serious after the
trade exorcise the only man that remains to HP to his name this would be a
tremendous clutch doesn't rosters no doesn't matter
headshot found quad kill pretty max on the board what's going on
exorcise gets a clutch on two HP he gets an immaculate timing on both of
those kills. And even though story is still keeping up that theme of a kill per round,
it's not enough. And so we're actually in a very awkward position, but even though they
won four in a row, economy gets tested and they lose that round and it gets shattered
now.
Paul's taken to win four in a row and not have enough money to buy again is ideal.
Really max of great opportunity now to get the season to see side. Even the buyer
the fires this will be perfect there'll be some sacrifices so we're having to fight for this
qualification spot in a way they never had to against their opposition in the Atlanta qualifier
this is so different Lancer was back to back games against gunfire if i'm not mistaken either
were undergoing a roster change or made a roster change like kind of straight after
So I think today was playing for what and they didn't announce him as what from what I could tell
Yeah, so it was brand new roster change then was a cell to their move
Was it finnigan?
Finnegan I think
Finnegan, yeah, so
Yeah, you make a roster change. It's like soldiers sit there. They're like
If we go to Atlanta boys
We take those
It's it's really cool to see that like Atlanta and kind of it's a in
They're the exact same tournament, right? They're ace of challenges, but this kind of it's a close qualifier
Your soups go to the same tournament, but like the the drastic change in quality is
Definitely evident with this kind of it's a close qualifier like the open qualifier and also the teams going to kind of it's a I think
qualifying for kind of it's a is
From my perspective would be much more important you're playing against him
you're playing against a turn off fire you're literally playing against the best
teams in the world and that's so important
okay once it oh you just made noise when does everybody see somebody else
I'm spotted all the flashbang is divine with the timing
So what do you say for BT story there ends the life of Jocko the flash thrower and this is done
Wait, oh
no
Mackie gets rhombused over
He hits story. I don't know how he's done 40 damage
That's I'm not even like a wool bang leg. I don't know but
unfortunately story
Doesn't fall and okay, so they got forced on to an eco, but they instantly reply
when they get back on the rifles and
and
Stories literally got to kill everything around apart from that eco
We've got a kill. Yeah, like
Alan we're definitely a position where like if story continues this trend
This is an immovable object, he's also, he's being very on the rifle, he was very free
with his rotations, and it's like they came on B, he was already there, they go towards
A, he's already there, I wonder what he's going to be like with the AWP now.
Yeah, Donk on the phone, coming for his record at the moment.
But he'd be technically on track I guess.
Yeah.
I'm back to the U-Jokes.
Girda does work.
He's out of the air with these two fast kills.
Oh, make it a bird!
That is brutal!
3D Max just is this idea to...
You know, their feet underneath and a little bit on the next t-side
are being run-tied by two quick rounds.
What on earth do you do from here?
I might have found story, but it's still a two-man deficit.
I've amazed you Jerkz has continued to fight, he doesn't need to, he doesn't need to, and he doesn't care, Ace collected!
He's here for Katowice, sir.
Alan C, like, you're missing the point here, like, you don't need to, but he's setting the tone.
He's setting the theme of like, okay, you guys won Nuke, well done, but it doesn't mean you can come onto Vertigo and snatch away this qualification spot.
Ujerk rises to glory towards A there, a fantastic round and you can now see he is alive, he's
going for it again. He's trying to make the Molotovs miss, he's got so much space to
work with, a triple spray down, are you kidding me? That's 8 kills so far in 2 rounds, and
I'm not even sure if he's done yet.
A double A's would be otherworldly.
And whilst it's my denying that opportunity, here he does, still before though, and Newjerks
is a monster.
He's slowly swalled up over this qualifier.
Makka, software remaining for his opponents, has actually been...
I think statistically, he's still the highest ranked player.
Makka, yeah.
At least he was before the last map.
We're talking the tournament?
Yeah.
Old tournament.
It was before map 2 started.
Yeah, he still is.
Excese is not far off too far.
Back as the second highest rate player in the whole tour.
He was the most.
Okay, yeah, he's second.
A point of 0.01.
Ujerks was a middling rating before the 90 game.
He is coming to his own at just the right time.
You've got like the amount of praise.
I feel like every time I tune into clone it was just like Ujerks praise.
And in situations like this I can very much understand what.
Like you just got 9 kills in 2 rounds.
And they weren't exactly easy as well.
both of those rounds I think pretty much got an opening kill for about a second so
it's not even like it was an easy round yeah oh my god you can see they are
trying everything to deny him now but he takes zero damage they throw three
it's zero. Suppose I'm for the third player over. I said the info the three players were
around. But for now it's just Roman and New Jerks. I guess you want any two players.
They're pretty far up your agenda. So I'm trying to stream in and Roman says I'm going
to play in front of these. New Jerks ready to play off Roman's contacts. Roman doesn't
get a chance you just forced to back off and he is not alive for long a beautiful
double from Jocko and it gets in behind can you believe it of this of all buys
and so we're gonna save right there's no there's no chance from here
yeah Ross toss ain't getting away for free a Ross toss needs to be creating
more space there he can't be hanging around story the same theme no one
survives AWP collected, 3D Max back into this game, two more rounds left in the half and
Jocko goes, hold my beer. You jerks, you can do something magical. I'm just gonna one-up
you because I'm gonna do it with a tech nine and also wild dinked.
A hero. He might have just given 3D Max a lifeline to stay in this series, to stay
same contention of qualifying. That was a huge moment. Can they find something behind
it? They're still consumed with the fear of God that Ujerks is going to do more damage
out from that Ivy position. Warp stays posted on him for now, even though in the meanwhile,
it's being taken. The full is going to be taken. Okay, well, it's backing off to
throw some nades behind the boxes, flash over the top, Jocker clears close, and can
work together to move further. Here with Story, yes they can. Perfect boost. Man advantage.
That's more like it.
That's one of the two Titans felled. Story neutralized, you jerks.
and he just can't do wrong. How does he get away with two? Roman as well goes one for one.
Muturus rotates in, Maka left the loam. He's not going to anticipate a Rostos as well this close.
Maka's just gone through the smoke. Like shipped in the night they pass by. Muturus
number-wise, Maka gets the kill with a tech nine and is already steaming towards the B bomb
side, maybe outplaying himself momentarily or is this so smart? We spot that at Rostos.
Okay, that's information. Oh my god, it's planted with no time left. Now Rostos has
closed the gap, all out. Shadow has been spotted at Rostos. Okay, he gets very lucky there
because if he had committed to the peak towards Elevator, that would have been a round one
and a one versus two. This is getting funky. Very funky. A decent try from Maka, but not
quite enough. Saw survive another scare. It's been a brutal half of both teams. But Saw
do have eight rounds. You can't look past that. Worst case scenario here is eight four.
It's not a bad position.
Final nine.
We've been touching distance yet again in this series.
This communication kind of there?
Bumolotov's coming down the exact same position.
Thor is in the right position.
What?!
That is so quick from Jocko!
Thor gets obliterated!
Luckily for him though,
Roscos is there to get an even quicker trade. God, Jocko. This guy is fast with it. And because
of that kill, even though it's a 4 vs 4, that favors the T side because Exorcises found space
towards middle. And if 3D Max choose to go towards A, Roman is the only defender and you can see
his attention is split between middle and A. He has no idea where to look. The longer
I can see he's alive here, the stronger it becomes. Wait, there's already a player on A, Graffiti.
A false sense of security perhaps though, because he just walked past Roman, there's the sound cue.
Graffiti turns back around, now the rest of the team is coming towards A, Rostov is low at
muturously in the charge, Graffiti does fall, but now Muturus is also low. York
doesn't matter about HP, still smites him down, 3D Max they've given themselves a fighting
opportunity potentially the last half of the qualifier can 3D max come back into it as far as
european teams are concerned so due to play at lancer next weekend they're the favorites to win the
whole tournament it'll be a shocker if they didn't make kind of it's uh they're in such good form
at the moment they lead this map eight to four a pistol round here would do so much to put
put them in touching distance, fry some story in Ujerks, make it all the easier, tag up onto
Makka from Muteiris.
I think they're never close, Rosal's taking space in the meanwhile, this is a stellar
position for Saw.
So easy, story adding another multi-frike to his collection, Ujerks also leveling up
his kills, they have over 30 kills combined.
duo is tearing through 3d max right now and there's only one thing on their mind
the assault challenger calivitsa they make another lan and then they make the major for
instance like it's undeniable that soar are a real force we reckon with especially with that
performance from with that performance from cologne it's like oh okay maybe doesn't one off
These constant qualifications are just kind of saying, no, like we are here to say, like we show we can fight against the best and now we're going to just show we are so consistent.
A full Portuguese squad from a region that's necessarily known for its Counter-Strike prowess showing us that, hey, I hear it's a play.
We're going to get past the four-spy, and the first boost didn't work out, but the second one does for Jocko.
No frags, Ujerks to low as well.
It's a 3 on 3.
Still feels like more jeopardy.
So we're firing on 4 cameras.
Here's get out with the bomb, Nevy cannot.
Roman needs to do a lot of work now.
And Graffiti!
Low HP be damned.
NP9.
By the barrage of headshots.
This would cat-pop really much.
Straight back into the game.
Money is snapped.
Then I'll let him go.
VT had like 4 HP, something like that still leads the charge through gap, creates a space
against the kill.
Ooh, we are alive.
This is almost the exact same situation on Nuke.
Soar, take the lead, go in second half, win the pistol round, lose the conversion, remember
what happened on Nuke.
little bit steeper the scoreline was a 75 half this one's an 8 4 half history as it would be itself
this frower's not looking great they're on pistols they're getting a lot of space on a they're
getting a lot of space for free on a it didn't count for much though no frags are found off the
back of it there's no real alternative it has to be an a committal one of these smokes
massive damage
This one's a non-starter really for sore
Some frags are nice, but they're fully doing the following so
An opportunity for 3D max to bolster their economy
There is not much left in this game
Between these teams there was really nice penalty down by 3D max
It did scare me how sore got very far onto like a B ramp and kind of
wards gap but because the count utility there was just no more space allowed is
this found live it's obviously a fully though
I mean it's always hasn't moved I think someone just this neck no
muterus is still yet to move oh no there he is okay are they just talking maybe
Maybe Muturus has the notes out. Maybe he's reading from his playbook.
Like story time. Everyone's sit around the campfire and cheese spawn.
There's a second round of wonder being in his agenda.
He's flicking through. He's like, okay, not great, but we can still make it work.
Well, chance some frags, they're lucky, and Mr Exorcise, they'll get their chance soon.
So we're making us wait, and here we go, to their demise.
Can't believe you two are that short on that show.
Dinkiness.
First arm of 5th Evans, obviously the clock wins.
Okay.
3D Max, the ball is in your court.
Making Calvitsa by beating 9z and Saw, you gotta give them respect.
It would be the hardest way to qualify. You beat the two best teams in the qualifiers.
And also, that means 8 and 3D Max qualify over 3D Max and Saw.
That's crazy, that's ridiculous. No one anticipated it.
And it's an opening kill. A very important gun round. Buds, Muturus, Bites Bag, Jocko and Lucky, very low HP.
It's a scrap towards B-Ram. And amidst all of that, Roman potentially has some space to work out of middle.
You jerks, you dirty boy! That's just how we like it. Muturus finds a heady. Make it even better.
And now Roman gets engaged. He knows he has space.
Lucky
With all this presence towards the B stairs just incentivizes Roman further
Massive kill for lucky and he's got the bomb right
I think he does
Question yeah, he does he does around the smoke
Does he realize he has I I mean does he realize I think so
I mean, he's definitely gonna get the confirmation now
does he realize there was two different players with the two different new
tool sets? I would assume not as he's still can he's still staring at Zee.
Tom gets collected. He can't refute that. I end the long con. They are holding for
him. Oh is this the perfect timing? As he slipped the net they're not looking
at him. Tom can't be denied. He will remove the protection of the Ujerks
Roman. One bullet. It's all he needs. Lucky plays around the smoke, but Roman saves the day.
Oh, it's been no cigar. Roman's a hero. Absolute hero. And that could have
massive consequences. Every penny from 3D Max is getting invested here.
Frankly, neither team has anything in reserve. Both teams on 1,900 lost bonus.
There's gonna be some pistols in the following for whoever loses this round
So we're adding ever closer
They're so close they can taste it, but it's just
Every time they get near on this series be a dust to an alver to go
3d max just
The tenacity
Not given story might have sign of say about this round though
Exes sees rotations are flocking towards him. I mean the bill extra utility and it's fun
Oh, it's a shutdown. It's a bloodbath. Blood's spattering the walls.
Two jerks. They almost fed the beast there for a second.
Luckily, Graffiti puts it into that madness.
Two rounds still separate these two teams and Saw have no money.
Even though Roman won round 17, did it by himself.
Our economy stored up. 3D Max are looking to make a statement here.
It's like an even game now, barely anything ports.
Port and the 3D Max keep numbers alive, they need a buffer, there are no lost bonus, they
need a bit of a buffer.
Can't afford to play too many rounds in pistol, which was the end of this half and you jerks.
Keeps us interested, a ripper of a headshot, can more be found, and that's the strong
tradition.
I'm gonna have you just clear you out, here's the health, he's going to town Makar as well.
So Cavalry's arrived, 9-4, 3D Max.
Big elephant in the room for me, where Story had, I think it was 13 kills in like 5 rounds,
6 rounds.
And now it goes around 20s and 17.
Ujuk certainly has not slowed down, he is reenacting the pace.
I think it's like 15 in 8 rounds.
Story.
Yeah, I think I think something like that mark something in that mug doesn't have to be specific
But the sentiment is still there of he is slowed down massively. He had ten in three. That's for certain
11 and four
You juxtapes though as I mentioned maybe story slow down you juxtapes has not
He's only been getting better and better and Mac are the first to fall even though we have a three-man boost
Wars a Maca gives up the first kill on ramp and now sore pump the brakes
Look around to take some map control, but do it
Very calm and collected. However
They go up that or up ramp
Disputes around yeah, okay
Runs absolutely sprint on to be what are you waiting for sore? You know it's solo
That is a really late call
They're saving yeah, they uh, they're they're lucky the free max and try and rotate because that was a really slow call
That's the way are they going be?
They must be oh
You mean 3d max
Three max are now committing if saw lose this round
Hesitation is the killer
You're from Roman yeah, I can see to buy it very very slow
They must not have got a clean call from a that it was a triple boost
Still though Alam the hesitation you're talking about from source perspective imagine if 3D max haven't hesitated
They would have already been able to basically encircle to be bombsite
So if 3D max was straight away committed to the call instead of just staying for a I
Think they went that round or at least make it a lot more contestable
Yeah, I'm thinking for it because you jerks wasn't due to my 40 died to just a double
stack right?
Yeah, I'm not sure.
You can somehow somewhat see that you might if he was looking towards them, he would
have known immediately, but a lot gets lost in the fog of war.
Ultimately, it doesn't cost them too much.
Ah, the hesitation.
Really, Max take a pause, quick discussion.
They have money to get a good buy out here.
That isn't a question.
What's going through their mind is how do they open up this round?
How do they deal with Ujerks over towards A?
Because he has been a menace.
You thought that was a grenade?
Oh my god, Ujerks.
It's just an unrelenting force.
Nothing can stop him.
Back to back rounds.
He's got a very assertive opening kill towards round.
Alongside story supports this could be it
It's gonna fade
Somebody finally deals with you Jack finally a lot of aids
For you Max needs to take a risk
It's like a sight
Get aggressive
This sort of posturing is asking for problems
asking for defeat. There's so much on Maka made behind the smoke. Show some
presence, but 3D Max is still lacking so much information. They don't know
anything. Now that confirmation comes in and it's just Maka. He's not long for
this world and these rifles are of value. We can't be throwing them into
the fray for nothing. It's a handy kill for Maka, but this gun is worth
more than trying to retake. They have no money in their hands. Are we going for this? Are we winning
this? There's a kit down in front of Lucky. He's got a smoke. He's got two flashes. He hasn't picked
up the kit. He goes back to collect the kit. You can tell Alan, nerves potentially getting to him
Spam connects, lucky still alive, gets off the bomb, saw go to 12.
One round away from qualifying to Katowice, booking their flights to Poland.
They have three opportunities to do so and this will be their best one.
The money is undesirable for 3D Max.
A pause here could be very important and if they just go straight into this round, I'm gonna be worried.
I'm not sure they got many pauses left.
That's actually a great- That's a great-
They did- They should've used one.
Look at this, they're not in favouring utility.
People used to- I mean, it worked once, but...
This is bold. It's so bold, mid is fully exposed.
They got mollied.
Yeah, pushed off.
Saw one step ahead.
I know what they're doing.
Now I can take ramp without a lot of...
...uh, resistance if they so desire.
Should leave you jerks for now, and Reader should be the forces.
The heads would be 3d max of the same idea
To give him where this bomb is heading
3d max are loading up the correct bomb. So what have we got here two MP9s a
Deagle, it's not ideal
Back is in the back lines with an m4 the nades are brutal jokko gone
Three to go to crack open this sire was dos
Takes heads like his middle name make it a second. This is all over
two to find, exorcise needs to go, nuclear to save his bombsite and he cannot just graffiti
and he can't deny sore, sore qualify for ESL challenger, Katowice did it a hard way too.
Lower bracket run, they make themselves work for it but potentially that is also a sign
of why they are so good. They're able to come through when they look maybe down and
out and a Rolls-Dôles in that last round he had he was not having a great
series and all of a sudden as you mentioned he like collects headshots for
breakfast he gets four in the end even gets that last kill and Alan that's us
done bait and saw they qualify for ESL challenger kind of it's a really maxed
in two opportunities they let both of them slip but that's it really maxed
and not good they're gonna be kicking themselves tonight they know
they had it very well done to
there's there's a lot of there's
a lot of worlds where 3D Max
wins that series and then to
come lower to play saw and to
make such a good go of this
series. It's it's still a good
performance of 3D Max. They're
still playing to their level.
There's nothing wrong with
their performance, but you can't
help but come out of these
and now we're feeling like it's them.
It's cost them an opportunity to go to another Lancer tournament.
So commiserations to the Frenchman on the reverse.
So I think it's safe to say they haven't played their best CS
throughout this qualifier.
They've had their moments and they've looked formidable
in isolated maps, maybe isolated series.
But I still feel like when they've reached the events,
bit of rest, even perhaps, too, they can do damage.
And Soar is their favorite for a Lancer
and playoff certainly in Katowice is potentially an expectation.
I think the expectation for me is that Lanza win Katowice show to everyone that you can still repeat those big results you had at Cologne
on LAN against teams like Falcons, Eternal Fire, kind of of that caliber.
you. You know, I'm not
sure if you're going to win the
arm of them with a real
forward step in your stride.
That's how I observe. So right
there you go. Job done. Um
quick shout out to you jerks
who didn't play best CS early
in this tournament, but towards
the end. Absolutely did. He's
uh, he's right up there for
MVP in my eyes, especially the
way he played ramp there both
half schools the end. An
absolute legend. Well,
So, we've got other qualifiers
coming guys for is it South
America? Yeah, South America
and North America have their
two qualifiers concluding over
probably today to be honest with
both of those and that will get
us our team list for Katowice.
Not long though till Atlanta.
That's in just over a week,
week and a half. There'll be
some more. So, challenge your
actions. So, stay tuned on the
stream. Stay tuned on the
Anyway, that's it from us. See you soon guys, peace out.