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Good evening. Good afternoon wherever you are in the world. Welcome into the ESL Challenger League
Season 48, of course, and it's South America. I mean the counter strike doesn't stop
I believe the the B Street for EU is still going there. Yeah
The idea is supposed to be that it's like, oh man, I'm gonna tune in and watch all the counter strike all day
We got Asia Pacific. We got Europe. Then we got South America. Then we got NA
but we have crossed over, we have clashed with Europe, so there you are. But of course,
we are on South America ourselves. Yeah, it should be a good evening, I think. We're going to get to
check in with the undefeated Payne, which is really, really cool. Honestly, straight out of the
gate, probably going to be a one-sided affair just because we're not on the table, but
all the same, it is cool to maybe see what this this paint team are cooking up domestically,
of course, I think internationally there's always excitement around this team and this crop of players.
They've got a couple new names in here over the past year or so that really turned some heads.
So hopefully they can kind of show us at least on the eye test and whatnot how they are indeed
matching up against their well brethren in South America. Yeah, you know, I've caught hype
once. I think this season, I think we actually did them really early on. And hey, I mean, they're not
like a terrible side in terms of on paper, but you know, I think they're going to come into this with
sort of maybe the expectations that we have, you know, this is the ranked 12th team in the world
pain versus the ranked 102nd team in the world. So it is a vast, vast difference between these two.
So the way we look at this, we have to probably expect that it probably is going to be quite
one sided just for clarification. Well, for those who maybe are a little bit new here,
just kind of swing and buy with us. It's two best of ones rather than the best of three here,
so we'll play kind of one map and then that'll get kind of into the band and towards the next
wave. Of course these are the lineups. You should know everybody more or less over towards Payne,
might be a couple of new names on Hype if you don't follow as much into the kind of the intricate
side of things with the Co-Presidents scene and whatnot. But Hype, do you have a couple
of decent players which some of you might remember? Leo Dronky I think in particular is one,
history as well, another guy who's kind of been around for a little bit of a while.
Vinnie Beast as well is also kind of at his time looking fairly, fairly solid.
But yeah, generally, a lot of these names kind of reside over towards Payne.
There's the big names, Bigger Zera, arguably, and in my opinion, not an argument.
The best IGL coming out of South America, I think he's incredible.
So, so good to be doing this for a while, keeps finding these young Brazilian players
and keeps building teams around them, even after losing all his big players.
Scoles, Zevi, etc. etc. Very, very talented guy. Yeah, and it's a team that, you know, even when they came together, myself included, I kind of thought, yeah, you know, sadly, they've lost their big players for pain. They're probably going to be in a bit of a downward trend. They've only got better somehow, some way. So credit to them.
them. NQC's been in a really incredible bit of form. Locke's looking very solid as a rightler and then
Snow and Cowers who kind of come in around as he's slightly more supportive, more anchor roles.
Actually a really good job. Snow only 17 years of age. Cowers not exactly old by any means either.
I'm really young for a young team. NQC's still young despite him being around for like four
years. I mean, he went pro at 16, right? So, I mean, like he has still got a lot of time to
I mean, that reaches peak, but at the moment he really does look very, very good.
Before we kind of go into the nuances on the teams, just to mention ESC is 51,
registration is open, actually closes tomorrow.
So if you and the fellas want to sign up, go do it now.
It's actually really fun.
I've played like three seasons of ESC over in EU and every time
it's been a bit of a laugh.
Sign up with the boys.
It's good fun.
Um, you know, play a few games.
If you lose, it's one of these.
Sometimes you're like, as well, I got, I've been, you know,
when even playing ESA open with my mates is a bit of a laugh. I played against like top pros because
they you know rebuild a team whatever and have to start in open. So I've played against my fair share
of pros. I played against like seniors for example and whatnot back in the day. So yeah it's good
it's fun. So if you in the boys want to try it it's uh it's worth doing. I mean me and my mates
had a good time playing. Yeah man it's it's always good and I think like you say you never
know what you might get out of it just kind of need that extra uh step up right you've got the
the team environment, but you know, you also get to a point, don't
you where maybe if you are like a hardcore player, quite deep into
your, your face it levels and whatnot, you get to a point
there where you're only getting like two E low for a win or
whatever it's, it's a bit of a grind. So maybe you want a
different kind of grind that feels a bit more rewarding. And
yeah, also like Neos says, that's kind of a cool angle
that it's like you might run into some people and get a
signature on your profile or something, you know, that
you can kind of brag about.
I'll say as well for all you guys as well who are kind of like face it grinders for example like there's only so far you can go solo if you do actually want to potentially even give it a bit of a go and try to make something of yourself right I do think you eventually.
Not eventually you have to play a bit of a team kind of strike that simple as that you have to give it a bit of a shot there.
We've got our predictions we've already got a touch on this for we've both been in pain.
I think it's relatively self explanatory.
kind of a crazy one. I think if maybe we were the other way to be honest, regardless of their opponent,
actually, you know, that's not even an indictment of where hyper at, as you say, there's maybe not
loads and loads to this team for sure. There's a few teams like that in the South American ECL.
It's still a relatively new product only a couple seasons in now, but pain are undefeated.
The next up to bat, they're 16-4 in terms of the win loss. So still pretty close,
still a really good season from them. But Payne are 18 and out, which we'll keep mentioning it.
And I think we're going to get proof of how good they are. And just the fact that, you know,
their round difference as well is really, really high. A lot of very one-sided games in here,
against a few interesting teams like, like a bestia maybe. We do have a clear player to watch
as well. A couple arguments on the pain side, right? And I think this is where it's kind
of cool that we get to choose this. And it's not just purely a stats game, because snow might
not end up being the highest ranker on the server. But I think it is cool to kind of keep your eyes
on this guy. He's very, very young, still only a few months, not even six months into the team yet.
And we'll see how he performs, right? I think this is a team that, you know,
you might be able to talk over a little bit. I know you've caught these guys on on Lana a
fair bit actually, but the likes of looks and the likes of NQZ are maybe your your stars and
and whatnot, but snow is slotting himself in there.
He's earning his flowers maybe
with some of his rolls and whatnot.
And I think it could be cool to just sort of track
and see how he does.
Cause I reckon it might not be like
super high fragging from him,
but I think the deaths and things like this
could be some interesting start lines for us.
So just kind of changing it up a little bit
rather than being like,
who's got the highest numbers, let's follow that guy.
Yeah, exactly.
I think it could be very easy for us
to just be like NQZ or Cowares, right?
Because you know, they do pull up a lot of the starts,
But I think it's interesting because Snow really has a lot
around him where, you know, 17 years old, youngster,
basically he sort of seems to be the future
of Brazilian Counter-Strike, but he does play a lot
of those anchor roles for his support positions.
So he won't be getting as much stats.
So he wants to see how much individual prowess
he can get going.
You do have our veto, you know, of course,
beginning heading towards Nuke to kickstart things,
which, yeah, I'm a fan of, man.
You know, normally when we do these as well,
in particular, we do get, at the moment,
it seems like very much a lot of ancients
seems to be a role kind of prowess,
but paying back in that first wave,
right, get that out nice and early.
We also see a lot of inferno in these best of one.
It's very, very common to come through.
So I like this kind of change up,
getting a bit of a new bit of a difference,
but arguably the best map in the pool
in many people's eyes at the moment, myself included.
And I do think it's all,
you can't play Nuke about a game plan.
It's as simple as that.
You do have to have an idea of what you're doing.
You can't go in and try and plug Nuke
because it doesn't work, right?
I think playing T side outside is arguing
one of the harder positions in the game,
in the competitive map pool right now.
So very, very difficult.
T-Side in general come quite hard
because it is statistically the most CT-sided map
in the pool.
So I do like this as a new pick.
It feels for me,
Payne obviously I know they have a good idea about it.
Big as there has been basically one of the best callers
on this map for a long, long time in South America.
The previous Payne line was so incredible on this map
and I'm sure that same game plan will work out here.
But I mean to see what Hyde can bring
because Hyde will know that Payne loves this map.
They'll know that they play as a lot,
especially on LAN as well.
So for them they're thinking,
there's a lot of tape maybe but they've got to try and find a way to break them down and of course
they wouldn't float it they didn't have an idea what they were doing. Yeah for sure and I think that
it is potentially a map as well that they're sort of a merchant on it does seem from where the
veto like ended up for us that Payne are a little scared of their Dust2 which is kind of curious
because you know Payne are a pretty good Dust2 team as well but it does feel like between Dust2
and Nuke it's actually not all that bad there's a few areas for my money that Payne
potentially could have taken a B01 especially and really looked to punish but they've kind
of opted not to do that and indeed they leave Nuke in and they have it as a fail-safe themselves.
So this is very much confidence in their own game. We would potentially see in you know again in EU
or whatever maybe even over in Asia teams would look to take the punish but it seems like Payne
are not really doing that. I think as well, they have to look at the breadth of their season and
what they're sort of learning from these games. They're expected to win this. They probably are
on paper as we like to say, pound for pound. The best squad. It's a case of building up their
international sort of future, let's say, and working on, yeah, this is a team that can
play Nuke. They're going to be able to respect us rather than just rolling them over and
getting a lovely 13 1 13 to finish on a map that these guys play you know twice a month
Let's actually play something that is going to take some work. So I like that kind of angle
I think that's definitely what they've gone for
We obviously have the veto sort of sat in front of us a bit more permanently than you guys and it does speak to that
In in my mind. We are into the action here though now
Do you believe that smoke is supposed to trickle down a little bit more than it has?
As, unfortunately, they will sort of re-smoke it off here to messy kind of start the hype and create a lot of space for the team to decide to come out and try and get the better of them.
Julie speaking loud, all down to Mulby and he just about survives. 1HP, 1V3, I think if he books it, he should get this plant here.
potentially and yes he will it seems like you'll be given a luxury I mean
he's gonna die basically immediately here double swinging in double door whatever
this is a full-on conclusion in the flat as well just just just in case so sure
I honestly a bomb blunder I think is actually probably the best case scenario
you're gonna get off the back of what was a very edgy mention plus scrapping
finnermis utility a little bit of all clean that spot so I think you'll take
I'll say that every day of the week but for pain round one under a couple of casualties as well pretty solid stuff
This should be a buy both ways height
I would be very surprised they don't try and force into all this just because it's kind of the standard right now
So at least go for like at least a hair of a k or hair of galeel or hair or something in this sort of around I see a
Deagle was invested into and souls
And actually no we are gonna go for a low-bind that is like quite interesting
That's just not really the method of the moment, you get a bomb bomb, most people like to try and fly around this just because you know there's going to be SMGs, it's a couple of them on the other side, no matter how many kind of died in that situation, even if like four or five stay alive.
So, interestingly I don't go for any sort of buy, this should be a very simple tune of Star for Pain, which doesn't seem like a lot, but getting a clean start like this at the gates can really help you amend some early thoughts, especially on season side.
Yeah definitely and you know although Kane are looking for a bit of a challenge
they still want to lay down the law this still has to be a team as well that
they can get the better of you know hide for a team where they're trying to
stave off relegation is really what their game is about at the moment they
are on the verge they will be put into the tournament but not in Insta
relegation zone yet you know there's still a bit to go of the
season of course although I think we are nearing the end for South America in
particular but all the same pain strong start for them is absolutely what we're
after well we'll see here hype they are picking up the pace not showing any fear
but he's been clearing from Vinovice looking up on that 90 degree angle
definitely one of the weirdo ways do you see that clear course but it's all
smoke as he gets a triple kill from the rafters they did not pay him any attention he will take the
round for pain all right nice and simple make sure that this is a very key starter gate and it is
and this is probably the the other side of things where I do say it's an interesting decision not
the force plan to the second round because you lose your first gun round and you're actually
quite a big disadvantage out the gate and this is what hyper muggler deal with you would kind
of made the very strong argument that they should be really no charge in
towards this. How comfortable things have been especially now. Should we A-gaze pick up as well?
It all should be very comfortable for the bottom of the board. Just need to bang just in front of
that smoke break it open but it doesn't fully break it open. Looks, is it close? Try to see if
you can get a tap if someone's playing close right. Not to be this looking like it's going to be
a hot art van here comes though. Oh and he really doesn't do so well there. Yeah big round in the
previous but not so much in this one it's a bit panicked now of course a long hold from history
unfortunately the rest of the rotators were indeed ready still I think they'll take a couple
of kills on that get a few players on the board ultimately as well good for the confidence
nice to open up but pain looking good I think there was a bit of logic in that
from hype for sure let's see if they are awake on a once again and for a moment it
looked like not it looked like a dangerously quick couple of kills go in
their way but yeah they didn't really pan out
alrighty
that's where you start things off though
well, they're pretty impressive what we see
from them, low by, forced by
half by, they're making things comfortable
passing through, slow, playing topside
often overlooked position
it's a question of trying to get a second behind it
looking unlikely, but the big bang for it started
yeah, kawa's ready for this
it seems like they've made their DNA known
early, history finds a big old kill though
we'll give them a great deal of
them a great deal of the A bombsite might even just give them the round NQZ potentially
second thoughts about this you know there's money there for sure but he's got an
AWP in hand might depend on if he can find this first kill he's committing
now though no real save here what is that unbelievable timing for NQZ
nade comes out and will be left low it's not a bad move will he been
heard off that I think there is potential for it but a bit too far away it would
seem he's gonna try and go over the hold and comes the need.
Wow, flash off the back of it is a bit too much. There's plenty of time for the
defuse and NQZ clutches up against him.
That's funny and this one's about what we were talking about in the pre-show.
NQZ's current form has been incredible. This is a player who you know he had a
spin in Double Nation, had a spin on 9Z, both of which had their issues
that goes without saying and it was always kind of a what if like can we
get NQZ playing to level we know we can and it seems like under the the leadership of somebody like
big is era he's really got the best out of him because at the moment unbelievably confident those
little rounds are just a standard form and a brilliant 1v2 and I think he plays it to perfection
there the tech lines of kickstart things not committing to a heaven drop as well which a lot
of people would just default in that situation really really well played so press the stuff
you know the the youngster we highlight as well you know a lot of A pops I think snow is
actually faring up really really subtly and he's playing what is generally the
hardest position on CT side. CT side A anchor is the hardest position statistically
he's the toughest to get numbers with and at the moment he's looking great he's really
faring well under the pressure. Same sort of setup here for Payne. Hype
meanwhile have toned it way down. Really quiet in comparison they are kind of
planning things I think also maybe looking for more of a coordinated move
Rather than just rushing in hoping to catch a few players off guard and QZ
It's an interesting angle allows him to go back in for a bit more. That was certainly confident
He's punished as is cowards
So suddenly a man advantage for height maybe indeed slowing it down turning it down. I'm not sure too was
What the docks are ordered?
Okay, so oh
I don't think he was spotted, but I know he is and I know he spots as well
That's genius.
He's thinking two steps and he knows that because he took that corner, the strong angle to kill him from has to been there and brilliantly played in locks.
Just knew exactly what was going to happen as well.
Perfectly played, but again, credit to the youngster of Snow.
In that position, getting the first is fair enough, but, you know, nine times out of ten, you're going to get traded there, and he doesn't.
Fears up well.
Molotov perfectly played in the flames through the flames.
Get his kill for that second.
So, yeah, six and we'll start here for pain.
They are wrapped.
I mean, this is about 10 minutes we've had so far,
and it's six and up already.
They are making this look quick.
I don't see whether Hype can really get anything going.
They have come close.
They have come very close.
I think they disappointed themselves
to lose out on the clutch.
Fortunately, it may well be that tone
that pain really, really did want to set.
because they're a wackiest view model I've seen in a minute.
Yeah, I like, but maybe you can make it work.
Oh, he's doing a good time.
Flash comes in for him.
That took a bit of effort.
They've already started to run down though,
so it doesn't get punished for a labored spray down,
you know, a long spray down there
that really could have resulted in an easy trade
and an easy pickup of a gun.
So thanks to his sense of timing, it was pretty good.
However, he can't really stop him going down.
Bob's been planted here.
They'll be happy with that.
and there's potential for a lot of damage.
Yes, a little bit tough it.
Shadow spotted though, shadow, cowers.
Those are the odd ones, one, two, three, run the Ramo,
but job surely done here as well.
Mobby's in far and he's met with snow.
Okay, these rounds, trying to break in a sweat here,
script, this is super, super comfortable.
And that's actually probably the most damning thing here.
I know this is sort of top versus bottom
a little bit too late. Yeah,
possible. I think I probably
would have called this one after
the clutch if it were me. Um, so
I do feel, you know, there's a
lot in here that. Feels. Slightly
too late like you're saying. Um,
there is still room for
recovery, though. If we're to
talk about it on a purely
practical and academic
room for recovery though, if we're to talk about it on a purely practical and academic level,
they definitely can bring this back if they are able to figure it out, right?
That's the big caveat here.
They've had plenty of strong buys and have looked very, very flat.
Okay.
Well, all's concluded.
We all sort of get into the now and ever.
You know, the position we're in currently, it very much feels like if we don't get
around with the next one or two. I feel like at this point 8 to 4 would be a bit of a fever
dream behind how rough things are being going. We'd really need to see them start to shine
a little bit. How is he going to play up close behind this smoke? Looks going to stick up
close as well. Dangerous position, doesn't need to be careful. I don't know whether
he's pushing in from this spot or not and then 10 left on the clock height feel that you know
they got the closest when they sort of went for a similar round he's stuck he's lucky that that
Molotov went out as well that felt like that smoke was you know with the changes to the way Molly's
work might have been a bit too far out however what's happened is they put all the resources into
trying to deal with NQZ. He knows his boys are set up to capitalize on gaps in the default
and they do just that. So if I B3, NQZ doesn't move, doesn't give his life away, snow downstairs
despite being low, still, well, patience pay off and we've got a knife, looks as worked
his way around the back. That's, uh, yeah, kind of wacky. And I think they are a little
bit like how the hell has that happened? Where did he even come from? I think he
the ladder at some point. Yeah.
Yeah. And then came back down.
So that's uh very unfortunate
to have missed that timing.
He's not complaining though.
Ready? Human oven, a K.
Tackpaws did unfortunately
quite literally nothing in
that scenario and that will
be an eight to zero real
real strong start at the
where it is beyond the kind of the thing about kind of being
difficult for hypekins is that they're actually
at a point now where we could actually talk about them
getting, you know, less than two rounds, for example.
I mean, this is really difficult.
And that appaurs me called.
I think it's fair enough.
I think you've honestly got to,
probably got to burn basically all the timeouts
in this first half.
If you can't get like any rounds,
at that point, we'll get into the point of saying
you might have to, it might be calling it already.
But this has come back to the conversation we were having in the free show, right?
We said, Pay Like doesn't have a lot.
It's always been historically a very, very good map for Pay.
And even if you look recently as well, statistically, they've really done a lot of it.
23 times played last three months, 83% win rate granted.
The vast majority of those will be against sort of domestic opponents.
But they're still dotted in.
some decent wins here heroic 13 to 8 9 Z 13 to 9 cloud 9 13 to 8 you know mongols 13
to 8 and even the losses good experience losses the GT losses the
mouse enough at that point so you see why they're looking so good and why
potentially if I flex me a little bit why this was floated by hype I know they
play it themselves but it's feeling really a little risky and so far it's
obviously not paying off. Yeah, it's just a different world, isn't it? Different level.
You can look at those raw statistics, but when you zoom in under not even the best microscope
in the world, you know, we're talking high school level microscopes, you can kind of see
why pain are a much scarier squad on this
map. Saying that, I think Hype will take a one-for-one to begin the
round off might be able to create something off the back of it still a
very quiet one as Hype seemed to have lent on this in the previous rounds in the
same vein they're looking for a pick they're looking for an opportunity to
mechanically out game their opponents and it just doesn't really seem to be
presenting itself right all the heads up fifty-fifty's pain are coming out on
top of. Alright, the last remaining of his streak, given up just yet, but some of his
went towards radio and he was right, you know, the spot he tends to be tinkling in, at least
the correct spot, but it's all going to make a difference, 9-0, 17 minutes into this game
and you know, we're already getting to the halfway point and already pretty rapidly
getting towards the end as well. At this point, Payne are on a tear at the moment,
They are running rampant and fair play to them.
Really great display.
Lots of like and my God,
things continue this trajectory.
We actually could potentially see that floor as far
as it's rare but impossible.
And at the moment looking very probable.
History though.
All right, not a bad shot.
We got some gamers.
We definitely do have the capabilities
but again, it just feels like
they have a very flat game plan.
You know where we see like one outside execute I think they need to they have it in their repertoire get using it man get you know
Confusing and mixing it up with the outside execute the wider execute
But unfortunately
Either it's not getting called or they're just not using it all
Speak of the devil though and he shall appear there is indeed the the elf smokes
might be able to do something with again similar to when they pulled out a few of these smokes in
the pistol it doesn't quite feel perfect you know i don't know that there's necessarily gaps in them but
it's a little bit deeper than this maybe it's all part of the plan but Biguzera he knows what's up
man he's got the reeds he might have just brought them back into this round 3v2 now yeah potential
i say that malby going one four and it's huge Biguzera gonna lead by example he's a quad
clutch now to see this off. He's spotted, he's sturdy, he's on the right here, but
Bigazera ripped the head off. One more go down, he's going to go down Vens, he's not
going to keep going quieter buddy, he's going to move towards the top of the wall, again,
not quiet about this at all. The open single, swing it, all of them up to the first
fight, he doesn't go well for Malby, how? He tags first, he tags twice in fact,
bigger zero a quad clutch and I mean height kind of is used to buy around this is brilliant from pain
and zero how deep does the rabbit hole go this is absolutely incredible stuff from pain and a couple
maybe a few too many unlikely rounds that they shouldn't be winning
really really messy stuff from hype and yeah I don't know man again we have to give the
benefit the doubt that there's a few good players in here but just as a team
this really does not feel like it is working those are situations you can't
be losing guys they will know that so we'll see a faster one coming in here
we see some of the options in their default come out here but can they
actually do anything with it as we've been saying for a while now is it too
little too late snow on top of the foot looking for an opportunity history
ready for him okay NQZ mollied out and this is a change in pace they are back
they are angry and they look set to get there first cow has one point of HP as
well lucky lucky boy so they go towards main I you know for him there's actually
really no point saving you know there was so much money why you know why not
trying to even get any more we just wait around see if anything gets offered
up to him probably basically right as the bombs are about to go off he has
no intentions sorry buddy that would be sick if somebody was there unfortunately nobody is so
as he hovers his crosshair and it goes back to the A, we'll get spotted and it will be hyped
finally getting around is it too long too late most definitely but
get a 10-2 it's not impossible but my god the chances of making it happen would be so so small
Yeah, the differences here when you've already got 10
Marginal ceremonial right saving face, but we'll see the
Veto maybe kind of flips a bit in their favor. You might argue
Just because pain got to decide the final map. I don't know. We'll see it is
is challenging to say we are
yet to reveal. I think Nio and
I are privy. It doesn't really
feel like it's going to make
too much of a difference with
what we are seeing here. And
again, some of the egregious
rounds that are being lost, but
history is opened. Oh, when
QC that felt like it was on
was on my screen, he says. I
think maybe the bullets hit him
a little sooner than he's able
to just click 5v3 then
You get this second.
Snow's not exactly healthy.
Cow is at the angle though.
Slight off angle in towards trophy room here.
Generally, obviously, coming, clearing,
close left overs was ramp or hard right in that corner.
So where he is now is potentially a little bit overlooked.
We'll see if your drunkie doesn't speak in the gym.
It's a shadow, but Shrazen, but you peak
while crouch is under the peak and yeah, perfect.
Yeah, looking really nice here for hype.
one of their cleanest rounds
all the half
looks takes a lurker
snow is smoked out
and he fancies him
so he has managed to work his way around
the smoke though to be fair
in for one makes things a little interesting
they were ready for him to go back through
it's all gonna be down to looks
he's going for the hole
tell me it ain't so
they're spamming away they can't find him
oh my goodness that was
way closer way closer for comfort
than it should have been in the 1B3NBFU's attempt
We're going to take a break.
We'll find out sooner or later.
Welcome back, folks. We are into
the second half. It may well be
brief here. Pain gaming much
expected. I think a score line
like this. I'm not going to lie
to you. They have been playing
incredibly well as yet to be
defeated. Maybe only a handful
of maps in this season of
ECL for them that have been
brought close even and
hype. Unfortunately, it may
gonna be the ones to do it now is their time to shine of course the glocks
charge forth and look to drop a few and they will into the four versus two the
bomb should get planted momentarily ringing is the last line of defense and
well I mean not much of a defense to be honest with you history now remains
alone in the clutch yeah aim was trained there by Lux in the drive-by and
and history, yeah, best of luck mate, 1v4, not a chance, in hell.
Jules will say goodbye, as Lux has a very, very solid round there, up to 14 alongside Snow as well.
Youngster looking still very solid off the back of that first half and hopefully he can kind of replicate here and towards the T side.
Now his T side rolls are a little bit harder, I mean obviously with generally the C side A hold that he has,
statistically is one of the worst positions to be about, they kept hitting A, you know, we spoke about it,
They weren't really doing a lot towards outside.
Their ramp hops are very lacklust.
There's lots of them, very solid job there.
So when they did go away,
just had a really disopportunity to farm up
and that's why his stats look so good.
He's high, doesn't play greatest spot spot.
Potentially, still cook up a little bit.
He plays in the back of the park,
bit more of a sporting element.
Probably is basically gonna facilitate a lot of the frags.
There's been a four-spike coming through from height.
They've really got nothing to lose.
normally do you hate a force by about this point you're 11 to down I mean what
really have you got to do to see the kind of they hit my point now or they
had it next round but regardless they're gonna do it either way right big
is era has worked his way downstairs how's he got away with this one then
could be kind of a deadly move if he keeps going but with a couple of
teammates behind him I think they'll probably just grab the ball you know
Bring it down a ramp stack is certainly
unorthodox so
I think they'll start to smell a bit of a rat here, but it's just met a couple of kills for the CT side
Will indeed however, as I said the strike from down below
And they will
From all sides just absolutely ruined vinovies
Eventually finished off his heroic short lived 1v3 now for the eagle of Moby
it is possible but unlikely. I'm pretty sure being a spotter there as well.
Double back quick. Smoked over towards main as well. One trained towards heaven.
Yeah, Moby, you've got no chance here. Gonna phase through the smoke and
hope to catch some things that are to be empty-seep.
I'll be just smoking new as a possibility and he holds and waits for a match point
towards main here. Well, see these best of ones is technically rather than
being kind of map point is more match point and you're matching which is being extremely one sided
12 to 2 10 map or match points to try and close this out for pain. I think you go to our saying
this feels like it is a already a done effect whether they can get a couple of constellations
we'll have to see but feel likely especially continuing as of course my last round failed
similar level of buy here just one and four I guess is the flat upgrade well
here we are can they buy any more time can they prove to themselves that they
can even contest pick up a CT round it's gonna be difficult fresh slate to be
fair moving into the next map of the series just the way the points work
but I don't know man they could have played them on potentially even the
permaband, this hype, these sports teams have not really delivered. They've lost a handful
of really painful rounds as well. So start from pain into the final minute of the round
now and not an awful lot shown from them.
Close.
Rainey opens through a bit of damage and then from nine of them pop in on top. Malby not
great. Great shot coming through from Lux. He clears out Rainey. And gonna be probably
It's not long live, long on history, best of luck not to be 13-2, my God, just, including
a three minute break as well, 31 minutes, that entire match, plus a minute to last.
So, an incredible showing off the pain, fantastic all the way through, really not, you know,
sort of expecting, sure, but what a showing coming through from pain, I mean, they are
are showcasing why they obviously is one of the best sides in all of not even just South America, but actually kind of the way they're currently climbing that this answer kind of bit of a Titan internationally as well and that showing was spot on that is what a number you know top 20 team should look like in that game and my God today we highlighted snow generally speaking doesn't play a lot of the great positions but he made them look great 101 ADR 2.14 KD 15 and 7 flying performance from the youngster.
Yeah, really explosive opening to his CT half as well, right? You remember the 3k
I think that again just slammed
Hype into that second position really early on they were on the back foot from the word go and
Snow is a big part of that. So yeah, I think looking good for sure, but pain as a whole
Really really really decisive game from them. And yeah, it just goes with that storyline that we were talking about coming into things now
where they have to deliver on this domestic level. If they are going to continue to contest, you've got
a couple changes coming in to other teams, you know, MIBR kind of being the big one here who,
funnily enough, you know, quite a few games down and a few losses already racked up for them.
Maybe Red Cannons, you could argue, turning a few heads at Pro League, right? So there's a
couple teams in here that are definitely looking to compete on that international level,
headed into 2025, where it is going to be harder, you know, the teams in this South American region
in particular, the PGL circuit feels like it's maybe a little locked off, you know, like they have
like one tournament a year, potentially with Argentina that they might have a few local hero spots
or whatever, but even then you've got to be ranked well to get invited. So it's going to be
tough. It's going to be very, very tough. And I think that they have to obviously earn
as many points as possible from this domestic region and just solidify themselves as the kings
of the region. We are going to take a little bit of a break here though folks of course we got
that next map coming up soon. We'll see you in a few. Well here we go into the second best of
one between these two teams. If you are just joining us, a very one-sided affair in favour
of Payne, ultimately no contest. Hype only picking up a couple of rounds. There was
potential I would have said if you count the breaking of the bank that might have happened they
could have had five or six in there but unfortunately dropped a number of rounds as we've mentioned
quite a few times because it is really worth pointing out that Hype just do not seem to be able
to match up on an individual level on a team level right there's a lot of issues happening
in the same vein they have just played pain on potentially unarguably their best map so
Now things change up as we move on to the second side of things, of course, the way that it works in the veto as well, Nuke is just immediately gone, so it doesn't come back into the veto.
And therefore, you know, the maps are sort of broken down a little easier, I suppose. Paying do get the choice of where it's going, but at the end of the day, they have to get rid of their perma.
And then when it gets into that second phase,
there's a lot more control for hype.
So kind of forces them towards a less favorable mirage
and then into Vertigo as kind of a pick,
which again, I don't think that pain
are really going to be too upset about.
No, I mean, especially when you look at the stats, right?
Again, you know, I think it's not as important
to really delve in towards the stats in nine times
out of 10, but this one is actually pretty glaring, right?
Because when you look at this Vertigo,
it's a map for pain, which again,
I mean, all the maps are very strong for them,
generally speaking, bar there, obviously,
they're perma of ancient, right?
But then, Vertigo, right?
Lost three months, 16 times they played,
75% win rate compared to hype,
nine times played, 22% win rate.
So it's a vast difference there.
I mean, this is probably one of the biggest
kind of differences.
And when you look at the, again,
you know, we have to look at the teams
that the painter be in, they're not bad, right?
We're talking about Vertigo, 13-10,
the kind of Betboom, Thatcher, Maus, 16-12,
over time their Falcons again 13 to 10, MIBR 13 to 3, Imperial 13 to 3, MIBR 13-0.
I mean we're talking about like really solid teams at the beating on a relatively kind of regular basis
even recently come off the back of a 13-6 against Fluxo they're no joke of a team right and in the
losses not while there isn't that many of them you know solid recently I kind of challenged
a Katowice, Ferenoff maybe a little bit of a spanner in the works there generally though
a sea of green bar teams like heroic and Betboum, Betboum do play this map a fair decent amount.
So, you know, they're beating good teams on this map online, you know, in tough environments.
So again, this is another map, which is pain or just no joke on.
I think this is where we have to look at the side and say, you can't really look at the stats
to mark it's not about the kind of other differences. The 22% versus 75%. For me,
it's just more the fact that pain are in a completely different ball game and a completely
different level. This is a hype side who no offense them will probably never see international
lands basically ever. Right. I don't think they really will ever get a chance. Let's
they kind of make like one quote unquote fluke run the way sharks did for pro league,
for example, which is such a spanner in the works with all the teams in this region, we're
paying, you know, with them ranked 12th in the world right now, right, you know, just
verging on a top 10 side, they should be issuing for a lot of lands coming up in
towards 2025. There should be a team that a lot of people look towards and they do even
have a fairly decent amount of
teams, decent events, I mean, I
say coming up as well. Obviously
they've got I am Rio not too long
challenger catabits online as
well. America's are a mar they've
also got the CBCS masters
finals. It's like a local
finals for them. It is just
like 14 finals. It's paying
Imperial red cannons and
they're the kind of big teams
we look at. So we should, you
know, for the most part, no
I think they're all as well.
Oh, another one to back it up.
So, here we are.
pistol starting off very, very
well, ending very well. Also,
it is NQZ to keep him coming.
Big 3K in for him. I think we
have a lot of conversation
there around pain, uh, which
is completely fair just based
on how they played and then
very exciting prospect for them.
from this series and from future series,
they're getting towards the end of their season, in fact,
where it seems like Payne's still have a fair amount
of time to go, hype have got six more maps
after this one to play.
So they have to start to think about taking the odd victory
here or there to just stave off, yes,
the relegation tournament, but also the Insta relegation
that is very, very possible with teams like, you know,
players and dusty roots underneath them, still having a few left to play. So it could get very,
very dangerous if they aren't completely in this series in particular, but certainly further down.
The line, speaking of not competing, nothing coming in this round, wouldn't have expected
much. History will be left very low, finished off, only the one found so really clean round
for paying another great start from them.
Yeah, that's right. Simple, effective.
Make sure that they start off well as they did
in towards, of course, that previous map.
Get out of the gates nice and early.
For hype, they didn't force by second round,
so they're going to come in towards the third with,
you know, a nice buy here.
We've got the AKs out across the board.
Good amount of util as well.
This is where we need to see this team side start as well.
Is it going to happen?
I don't know. I don't know.
This is a lot to go off into our first incident so
It does very much feel
That is for sure, but I pop into these good. What's gonna step up a gig good for the first
I think for a second smoke
I'm trying to give him space to work with the spam for the smoke not enough
Not quite it goes down. Oh, we'll find a kill
There's a lot of damage to be overall round here, but oh
Oh bomb plant coming in for a short while there. I think it will certainly confuse pain may
Make them think twice about moving in the nades are a little late to the party unfortunately
That was a kill here. I think it is indeed gonna be a save so if cow has had been in position
I think they may well have been back on right and a plus the Molly probably results in a kill actually well placed well time
unfortunately not how it pans out here so it will be the saving maneuver for
pain very very early on so here we are hypes have got their claws in still
control to be wrestled for yeah very least first on round settle the nerves
maybe a little bit but also just get a fake piece of one taken in your favor
and potentially now we can see maybe something from the seaside I really feel
like we're clutching the shores a little bit because like we said there was not a lot off
it up in that initial match on that new which gave us sort of any sort of interest. I mean
that that T side was pretty woeful right but if we can get maybe in these opening kind
of 10 rounds and we can get like three or four from hype on this T side of Earth's
code just to give something uh yeah to work with maybe maybe you might have something
to go off. Early save control will be taken. You can come over as well, but they've got a pretty
advanced controller there. They beat the model top out, so it's decent. Now they get start to
try and work their way up. And actually, you're drunky on this.
We'll see whether they can hold on for a little bit more here. Nice find from Leo
drunky though we are potentially back in with that lucky present.
Ssshh, successful.
Kated here.
Could be the round and Rainy will find the double headshot.
And again another safe situation to come through for pain one would imagine.
Okay.
Lux.
Thank you Z.
Feels like, slightly internally they might just semi call this here unless they get
very fortunate they stumble into them.
I think for the most part they're just gonna say yeah this one's a done one here and not
really in the position.
There is a little bit of a flank here being hired by Lux where he's actually getting in
behind but yeah I should get a second here.
I'd be very surprised if I let this one slip and then on the other side as well this
now means that Payne's economy hit a tough spot.
It's not really a frame QZ he can go to 1M4 so take that at the very least but
yeah good couple of rounds.
Now, potentially, we can start to talk in a positive light about hype for the first time in this, you know, entire sort of couple of matches.
Yeah, very true. Very, very true. And again, it happens early. So I think Payne will sort of have the respect thrust upon them.
This is one of the things where maybe if they had a nice cushion of six or seven rounds, take a nice time out, you go, OK, whatever, two rounds of the grand scheme.
I don't know if I'm missing or not, but that's not all that much, I'm looking for looks on the save there, but with it being so early, there is potential that hype start running away with it before Painter able to figure them out.
So I'd give them the respect here man, you got a lot to protect, okay, their place in playoffs is pretty much secure, unless you know something absolutely insane happens in the next, you know, couple of weeks.
You gotta protect the floor of season though dog, you know, so I think they really do have to put their foot down on this one
No timeout yet, but it might just get to that stage
one AK
bit of hoping to prayer they all go for that kind of triple boost and
Hoping a bit of information has given over towards them both via mid aunt
Via stairs in a way, but this is asking a lot one eagle one AK
I think Hyde would really need to let things seriously slip here. This one was going to kind of drop away. So
There should be a third
Taking for them, which is good. It's a stable starting towards birds go it feels at least like this
some foundations to go off which
We didn't really get to see all that much in towards that kind of first match as we said
So it's just it's nice refreshing because the issue with that first match. It was just constant
time and time again it was just pain running, mop up the kills of these, see off the round
and don't really break too much of a sweat. Now we've actually got to see, for example,
Big Azera call. We've actually got to see this side of Darts to what is hype looking
a lot better.
Slow build I pay from hype. They don't look comfortable in this position of control do
they not quite sure what's going on here oh he's missed them though he's missed
them he's gonna get the information eventually but it's all late it's all
just so old and they've been working so hard at this boost window just for it to
be shut down from behind NQC is likely to retain his AK I don't think around
is gonna come anywhere near couple taken that's a case retrieved I think
The pain will take that, that is money made and money saved really.
Yeah, fall away, just keep on them, you take that, yeah.
Every day of the week it's better than nothing, that's weird without saying, so sure.
Well, I'm liking though what I'm seeing from my two little adjustment there, top ram control taken.
It's a little eerie, obviously a bit of stairs presence on the left over and then they realise
actually lad, there's no one towards being four back, let's hit the side, we've got already
advance positions we should be fine here yeah good little reactions coming through from that the
hype side and yeah that we're taking a lead so this is good but I think for paying that was all
about recovery game and recovery is exactly what they get so three to two hype for the first time
easy and we are taking a lead better this is all we want to see potentially though any more
might actually start to open up for us at the very least a couple of questions about what's
got on the plane this means you have a solid map for them yeah I don't rightly know I don't
rightly know I think again a whole fresh slate argument and a bit of a change up in the energy
obviously we saw a really just cold kind of performance from hype couple of individual moments and
and yeah you could maybe count 5 rounds in total
so that happening twice is a lot to bank on for paying I suppose
impressive start here from the CT side
oh yeah just watch him spray down from looks
maybe should have been a kill that need as well wasn't it
dangerous could have bounced off a quarter of a wall
and taken him with it all the same 4v3
but it is those HP bars that we look at here
really really really loose three man attack now from high
Yeah, here's one of those bit just one correctly placed need would have been a
difference over your open it's like she wins that one out second time I've
asked you what you flip like not quick enough enemies was trained on the
default and it says to both Malby and Vinny be so low where everybody on
campaign for HP. This 99 times out of 100 is unloosable, but I completely can't, the
fan is out just yet, Nadova. The difference with the flank is on bigger targets, here's
Vither Beast, time is ticking 6 feet under. Now he goes, that's a much better round,
Paywall tie things up, it's really better. That's what we want to see, clean round,
your fights, win them out, keep the map control, don't let height start to scale up. As they've
been doing so far, they're scaling the map control really well. That's better. So these
things, they stopped them sort of at step one. Alrighty. Looking to bring a stronger game.
I think paying them maybe going to have to step themselves up a little bit, not quite
natural for them, you know, the new so many reps, so much success, maybe even against
the bigger teams as well standing strong for some ramp control here the utility
rains on in it's the Molotov and the spam that does a lot of damage to coward
the worst for where he's a little worried even about spamming back it is a
dangerous game to be playing all the same it's it's a long range setup because
there to work with lovely smoke there that's the kind of IGL that a smoke
knows on the fly brilliant stuff.
He's there.
I don't want to commit just because he can kind of creep and or definitely hold with the
orb as he sort of rightfully is aware of.
So he's gonna weigh his leg.
It's betraying him.
I'm sure you can see through that.
I'm sure history knows he's on there.
Yes, he does.
But I think for history he wasn't 100% sure.
Is that a person or is that like a pole, for example, just because of the dark
colour?
to the pop shot and it costs to see that it's light.
Yeah, that's difficult. Looks...
Aggressive here. Is it necessarily needed?
Maybe opens the door back into the round for the T side.
It's a slow rotation here. They've got to recover the bomb of course.
They might even actually, I think, looking at it be completed.
Yes. I thought they were maybe grouping up and
you know trying to come up with something together on a bit of a flank or a catch-off angle based on what
Vinovista's found on B but it's not going to be the case so never nice to save on the T side of
things they will concede their lead pain I've got themselves back in here but there's still room of
course for hype to stay hot on my heels all right good to see pain though after a little bit of a
a rocky start back to feeling okay, you know in a position now we've got to lead economies.
They should realize paying that economy is quite fragile of a type. I weird as it is.
I might actually even see a full buy come through here from hype just because generally
you don't want to leave a buy of an or and an AK both for them being a double eco
sort of hung out dry here. So my assumption is that you can actually try and buy around
this. Vina B to history, they're in double eco territory. So they're probably just going
to assume that they're going to be joined, even if it is the likes of kind of tech nines
armor, but a util. I think it's probably the way it's going to be. I don't think you get
too much of a decision here. So yeah, by coming through, it seems as Rainey's gone
in for a near full investment, I would assume going to pick up a bit of util as well.
Because if they want to make this round, any sort of possible, they do need at least
a couple of smokes. Yeah, one smoke, one charter lexi, one smoke, one molly, one flash.
It does feel a little flat, but I would say they've clearly got an idea here, so out of
the very least, forms them up nicely.
When in that clock down before they really get going with this and very little in terms
of telegraphing where they're going to go, at the moment just hanging out towards middle
trying to see how far they can contact I suppose and it looks like the idea here would be to
boost this all but potentially checking all the angles, really methodical here.
It's a little bit of an off angle from luck because I should be good for at least one,
generally speaking. And then you've got this double pump over towards stairs as well
which is very very strong flash over.
Locked on the angle anymore, dropped Molotov though,
just in case he's trying to scale up in towards that V-Rap.
So for now that I'm on the too much pressure from it,
and Snow gets his boosted angle on wood,
he gets away with a tight attack, somehow as well.
Same copy, save for Locked and Coway's.
Bitterbeats for a double.
Absolutely massive, 30 seconds left.
He will remain a nuisance,
though he's pushed through the smoke
and he gets away with a huge kill.
His flank is fast also, so it could be absolutely devastating here but they are really far away from the bonsai!
Big Azera, double spray down in from behind, he slipped the net and he will eliminate them all so well read, so well played from the IGL.
And paying save that round, not necessarily from the brink but certainly making it look dominant in the end.
beautifully done, beautifully done from Bigazera.
Really realized sort of the timing play that he had there,
lines up to very crisp in that and then just immediately
doubles back on the Ram.
He's like, is there only two there?
We know there's not one over towards CT.
The only place he can be is basically Ram.
Or on a timing play sort of himself sort of scaling up
in towards short and trying to wrap in
through kind of alley in that way.
So yeah, well played, Bigazera.
Very, very good understanding of the situation
that he was in.
was exquisite so is a and paint back to a two round buffer nice little lead they hold
very good little position and that means uh any sort of pressure that they're feeling at the moment
so super solid stuff snow holding for the the jumpers i don't think hype have the confidence
to go for something like that at the moment not with sort of the lead that they've lost at the
moment i don't think they're going for anything of that sort of sort spoke down behind it as
well. Hot flash towards B though, in launch, actually gonna be forced back. Yeah this could
be dangerous. Lux is now being pushed from all sides. He will go down. Snow's fallen in this chaos as well.
Sight taken. Bomb planted. Weapons recovered. These are all really good.
Pain. If he's there trying to spam away. Quite useful. And the kill. This is
one kill and a bit of a step back after these smokes go down could be through the tide, there's
not a lot of time remaining however, they just don't feel comfortable, they reign in a bit of
utility, it doesn't create any opportunities they will save.
History might go for a little bit of a hunt though, he's only got a tech nine so
you know tech nine no army, not big anything to lose with being completely honest, if he can
get an upgrade that wouldn't be bad and he might just be able to get a fight here because quickly
it's a little scrappy because they all get there in the end and the technology picked up I guess is
a small little silver lining does look like unfortunately though tech pause is what we're
going to be met with straight off the back of what was a really good rider from hype not
that much of an investment generally speaking but they make it work pop into was be
over on good couple of flashes that just give them, you know, a serious amount of control and
yeah, but that's where they get that fourth and they chip it away to just the
one round deficit. And now they're going to have a bit of, well, the quality of the money to work
off as well. So good spot indeed where they put a lot of pressure on towards paying. They
will squeeze out a buy, or I say squeeze out a buy, they've got the money to work with
for a buy. They'll have a fine, more than comfortable buy, but it's like they lose it. They lose
lose the lead game is tied up but the lead should be taken by hype generally speaking that should
be them getting their way to a six. Yeah you would assume so it's potentially a dangerous dangerous
world here. So I like it I like the hyper bring in the game and indeed as we said this is something
that we wanted to see from them some competition they've got to learn from these games and yeah
maybe even contest it as well. It's getting to the do or die time for this team if they want to stay
in ECL, right? I think that it could get very very worrisome if they can't really put up a contest
against a team like this maybe not expecting them to win but it's ultimately one you really want
them to take a lot from and bring it into their future games. So hopefully this contest
for them, hopefully it will indeed remain. I think this, from what I can see as well, is
their first season in ECL, so it would be nice to not just get moved up and then moved back down.
The old yo-yo treatment, isn't it? Yeah, indeed.
Okay, well, we are in a tech force. We do hear a little bit of typing, which generally
is a good time. I think having you know typing generally means that we're kind of fixing things
up especially now that everyone's investing to the generally for me feels like we're ready
to get going or at least in a second we should be and we are there we go. Nice and easy. So
back in the way. Let's see again. This is a prime opportunity. They want to at least
tie the game up heading in towards the next half. This is a good opportunity to do so
win this round next pains money will be in a little bit of an August or maybe
enough to buy out I mean they could go one or two way either buy next one or buy last one
if they were to lose depending on kind of the your idea but generally the South
America kind of thing normally expect the buy to be pretty instant I think
because they're meant to drop there but nearly cost them life okay that's a
a little difficult I think
Potentially, you know server side different server that they're playing on of course with the smokes as was always the conversation in go
That felt like he really could have seen him. It was definitely seen the other way
Really trained in on his crosshair and it allows a 4v4 to come in
It easier than maybe pain at gaming were banking on
Small play from big as Eric's wait for the sport
It's four versus four. You don't want to be given away numbers of arms for no reason.
They're spamming. She's already up though. So, you know, there needs to be a little bit careful.
I don't think you realize how close they actually are. Now, he was.
He puts that sauce to come through. Cowards, hey, great service.
What flash behind it? He knows there's somebody in towards shore.
He's definitely trying to stay alive here. Leo goes for two.
And a team kill for some reason by Marvy.
Yeah, a little a little late on the reactions there and a needless frag
Thankfully there was a flank coming around the side. So it is just snow. Who knows what's up
Advantage was gonna try and slip in Vina B's not respecting him enough smoke goes down
Where is this last player? He's got no clue at all. No looks away. He's crossed
He's on the bomb. No, it's nowhere close. It's nowhere close more be my guy. What has happened? Oh
How how has that happened? Why did he look short? Why is he not fully this is this is crazy for Malby
But what an attempt to be fair you've got to hand it to snow the best way to
Describe that round coming through from Malby is that it's an absolute stinker howl of around there because kills his teammate
Sort of for no reason. I mean obviously, you know we kind of have like the x-ray in the minimap
Well, like there was no one there. He kind of just absolutely deems their teammate and then the
defuse
Milwaukee that happens there. Yeah, real stinker. Thankfully makes up for it start things off with the first one
He needs a lot more to kind of earn back the respect of us if that was yeah, that was a howler
Yeah
It's crazy
You know, who's doing that?
Yeah, I don't know, maybe I don't know, whatever, whatever, move on, I can do that, can Hype do that, they have opened up into this round and well, coincidentally enough, it would be more me to do it.
So we'll see, potentially, believing in himself here able to take this 5v4.
Yeah, exactly.
This round can be seen over in their favor and he especially has a little bit more impact
of the back of the start he's had then.
Eventually then we can sort of say it was fair we're even and that went pot flash
looks like he's been set up here for the biggest error.
Big hit.
I bought it.
Spots one.
But VinnieBee's playing anti that's really well played.
Good pause there actually.
Okay, I've opened up into this bombsite pretty speedily. It was for a moment hanging on my
head, but I'm not gonna be the case in the end. And Cowes, you're not gonna be able to
save this. He might be acutely aware of this. So yeah, I know it's numbered days for him.
He may as well take a few down with me if he can even get that close on only three
AKPs and easy finish. I've given this close one, given it very, very close indeed.
I think it's difficult to know which way this map
leans at the moment.
It does feel like the game is slowly but surely
leaning a bit more to the T side, yeah,
apart from the very, very, very top level.
But I think the games that we usually work on,
the T side feels really strong at the moment.
But either way, keeping things even from hype
is really quite impressive after what happened
on that first map.
Okay, I'll hide and see if we can tie this game up.
This will be quite a miraculous recovery
off the back of what was a not so adequate showing
is the nice way of putting it in that first
and already raining.
For that, that's cowards.
Gonna get a core of five, seven up closed though
and the right hand's a very scary gun in biggest error.
I'll get an AK, it's a different person.
AK all, a couple of five, sevens.
That's still a pretty scary investment there.
It could be.
Gaps closing.
We're gonna take him down. He's applying 5-7 at look.
Only one.
Ooh, that's a nice fine.
Not often you see a wallbang through those girders.
Then a beast will, I think, shut the round out.
Yeah, and Leo Truncky cleans it up.
So there was a little bit of a moment in there.
Not gonna happen.
6-6 at the turn of the half though.
Much improved from hype.
We'll catch you after the break.
Welcome back.
And even showing from hype in particular.
But you could also look at it from the pain gaming side of things.
So this was supposed to be another clean map and felt like if we were in a BO3
They may have picked this as a punish on towards the hype side
We'll see whether things change as the half
So the pistols start as well for the CT side. That's a big kill. That's another big kill. It's all on NQZ
in the 1B4
Three more to get through here. He does have the bomb
That's about all he's got going for him the sense of timing the sense of the flank is indeed there
But he just wasn't checking easy fine pastry in the end seven now for height, but with that pistol with no bomb plant
This is a fantastic position to be in
Yeah, I just look like a different side. I mean we I really didn't think it's gonna be case
I thought it was gonna be very very easy
To to say that we're gonna come in towards us and pay and we're gonna run all over them
the numbers look that way but you know we kind of even said you can't always look
at the numbers I think especially in cases like this but we're at height I'm impressed
looking very taller than deep. Seat side getting active smoke going to come over up
close and Molotov too so that just gives them ramp control in the most basic
of fashions. If they don't fight ramp early that is the basically the perfect
way to take ramp control. Molly close, smoke deep on towards the bridge and
I mean, you've got a little gap as well. We shrugged the bomb and make it even better.
And those are on the spammers. They shoot each other.
So that damage was done by yourself.
Even more of a win, right? We're doing anything.
Yeah, you've played yourself here, Payne.
Should be all good. Flash comes in. No one there.
And a beast will be bested.
Should be the round over, but they will take any kind of damage there.
All the same. By coming in now, this is where we look for pain.
is Hype gonna be able to
Take over this game take over the second half in the very early stages sort of similar to the way that they did in the first half
Actually, so it would be really quite surprising to see them fly from here
Pain have got a good chance there to do some by to work with
show
AK's you told everything want to see
workable
and we make it work.
Other than we come down,
but Abyss doesn't want a meeting stick up close
as he was flashed off the angle.
So it's not giving him a bit of control
to work with his smoke.
Self might try and work stairs around this smoke.
Locks for the first, full blind, through a smoke.
Coway is gonna get headshot as well.
Always goes huge in towards mid.
Yo, nice hold from him.
We need a few more of those.
Molotov comes in, Rainey's also found a kill.
Maybe if Leo could have got in there before the bomb made it in, but they do a really solid job of keeping him at bay. Molotovs, Smokes, should be a safe here to be honest from hype. I don't think there's going to be any chance at a frag.
And indeed that will be the case. So Pain, off the back of some individual performance from Cowers, so it's not the most reliable kind of game plan, but they will indeed get their 7th.
Yeah, we'll take it. Rainey, you got an AK though, you know, with the M4 as well.
Money to work. Here she's got 3.4k. Rainey and Leo can both drop over.
No issues. So we're going to be getting a buyout here for hype.
So while you sort of reluctantly have to give this one up, it's not actually the worst
situation. You're still going to lead. Still got an investment to come through and towards
the next. I think you're still sitting generally pretty happy.
happy. I'm making sure that this again goes in your favor. You lose this. That's when
the script flips quite a bit and we talk about the T side of paying, looking really good in
that sense because we're going to look at what is going to be money broken all towards
hype, no momentum for them and then paying, locking that lead of like a nine to eight
and at that point because of how strong the C side can be, they can really work
I'm getting to a point, face just one by one and all the way down.
How is the first?
He worked really well last round, he's going to do it again as well.
Another double from him, two kicks off this round and so quickly as well.
Yeah, this is a hell of a wake up also.
He was at the bottom of the scoreboard prior to this round and last round sort of combining.
So that's quite something from Kawa as a keen turnaround onto the T side of things, maybe
just needed to direct the fights, really working for him here again.
Another, assumedly, unloosable position for Payne, and it does indeed look like they
should be able to work their way in here.
So no one really around on A for hype, semi-saved position from the defenders.
I think they will indeed be saving.
it's I'm for it's super early but I just think you have to do it in this spot
history there's a warp here as well looks swing it off beautiful I think just
ton of vision in the wrong way the need all we cut the bloat away if he doesn't
do it Malvi just gets in there but the hunt is looking pretty successful
and he isn't alive. So we'll catch him flying through the smoke. Easy work, nothing saved,
nothing gained, you know, only the one casualty will mean a pain. Tight this game up, break
the economy over towards hype, and that'll mean that we now look at pain, mostly without
a doubt taking a lead here and getting now very close to the finish line. This
is the tough predicament while hyper thing actually looked you know obviously considerably better than it
in towards Nuke they're actually still momentum wise on the back foot now it is true it is very
very true pain if they can keep this one nice and flawless puts them in a very good spot
needs as well as the molotov of course to keep them obey but it is big information gain that is
the main thing that they were after you can see snow's gotten out on b there's a contingent
head towards A as well. So this begins to paint quite a nice picture, quite a clear picture for
pain as well. It'll be very very ready for the CTs. A bit of a watch on the ladder,
sort of the only area that they don't have any information of but sooner rather than later they
will grab said info. Snow just needs to be vigilant with checking his angles in the next
next few moments. The round is
going to be one though with
this one plan. All right.
Snow. Just be careful not to let
AK is going through the wrong
hands. Also, good opportunity
to get some stats biggest error.
There's one of them. There's a
mini Astralis stack here because
of this flank, even if it
falls, that's where when they
hunt for the AK, that's where
they agree that she lets them
I was nine and nine, now 13 and nine.
Lovely stuff, we're 4k for him.
And that was just all because in a way,
biggest error dies for the quote unquote greater good there.
They get greedy, they want that AK,
which fair enough, that's sort of the reason
why they're going for a boost like that.
But as they break formation, as you see,
if any of you have ever like studied that,
the crew says never break through formation ever.
This is coming through and it's picks them up one by one.
So a do or die kind of round for hype then.
everyone goes down in this one it's gonna be another low buy situation and
that would be pain on the brink victory nice nade good way to kick things off
for the T side of pain will be returns one it's not as nice
yeah kinda kinda miss it's all good doesn't have too much of a negative
effect it's raining that opens up for us here and it is looks that is a bit too
cheeky he's got rain he holding sure for me he doesn't really need to hold
short in all fairness when you're there in a way though and then you see we'll
get one take now the post is to now we're talking no scope not gonna
commit not gonna connect him out saying he does commit to that fight but
doesn't work for me but he's gonna try to make this all now work pop shot
Not successful, but the life of the fam is not bad.
It's not gonna take a little bit more of a time, but two versus two, we're off.
Looking good, Biggs error, edge of the smoke, ready for this peek, and he will indeed be able
to find this really big kill. Rainey does get that, but he's left low. A quick dink would do it,
but he is indeed gonna have to move fast. Walks up here, Biggs error not giving him the
in the fight for respect and
he does not take any chance in
this round. No risk at all. He
does not believe in the power of
the 1v1. He's going to grab
that off and get out so it will
be double digits here for
pain. I mean, there'll be
something in the next round
and it's not going to be
pretty. So pain in a really,
really powerful position. Yeah,
they are. I do like the kind
I think I just realized there's no way I'm going to win this.
Hello I am.
And we've actually basically so many angles to clear,
so little time.
And then on the other side too, with the thing of them
saying, right, we're actually financially in a really
tough spot.
Just having an orb and a little bit of a half-fire behind it
is better than nothing.
But this orb is really going to go huge.
And history is not exactly a great series.
It's a bit of a slow map as well.
And another HG is going to be flying.
Raleesi is sort of consistently doing his job
and getting his impact.
We need to see this off-screen off the first shot so great that he will die immediately and it's just gonna get worse and worse
So quickly as well. Yeah, just completely falls apart
That's one of the fastest kills in the game to be fair and Malby keeps them coming
There he is
He's all the way down doing a little bit of acrobatics. Not sure if Cirque de Soleil is taking anyone on at this time, but that was a good effort.
All the same pain. We'll move up to 11 now. Timeout coming in. A lot riding on this, of course, for Hype.
Big timeout. Lose this. I mean, this is make or break. You know, we've been completely honest.
And in the spot that we can currently find ourselves in this one cannot convert your money shuttered paid on match point and that'll be done.
Right. I mean, it's been a much more respectable showing that's for sure.
But it's one of those where for us, it's just it doesn't make a grand difference.
Yes, sure.
We were able to kind of bring this game a little closer and you pushed pain a little bit, but you're still fighting a relegation battle.
you're still in the top spot and I think it goes by saying for me that for for
Hive I think even they'll realize yeah you know for for pain we had a decent
game at number two but in the grand scheme of the season for them it doesn't
make a they want to stay off in in ECTL they don't want to go back down
towards advanced and really on the crespus of it
hello
oh what goodbye looks as uh I don't know just had a little bit of an
an exclamation mark above his head there, despite his senses for sure, snow leaving the charge,
goes a bit too deep, leaves his head. This is not a bad looking retake attempt, he has
to long something down yet, but you can see Hype's just going wild for it, and there
will be some light to get him to thread the needle in, he gets a kill, does some
damage, has at the very least, you know, got the shoulders out and pushed them
back so they can't really commit in towards B at this venture it looks like they will head towards A
and Rainey is ready and waiting so this is a really nice setup for Hype to be ready for this A here.
So Lux, catch Rainey, walk and fight actually doesn't really benefit Cowers
because of the numbers but Cowers doesn't give a damn. The first thing to me is what is history
you doing. Why are we jumping out midday? I don't know if he tries to be a bit of a human flashbang,
but that doesn't feel like the play. He needs to be supporting that fight. He can't allow Coway to
isolate him as he does excellently, and that'll be match point 12 to 8, 4, match points as well
to close out this best of one. Go 2-0 up in the kind of the quote-unquote series, I guess you
you could call it. And what they deservedly so, you know, map, map or match warmers was
really, really good. And it took a bit of time to get going here, but they've really
come in towards the run on Perth's go. The seaside's a classic. No way. Cowards. No way.
What a half this guy's, aren't they? Yeah, well, bottom of the scoreboard and in,
in, in for both heart of both teams in the first half and looking at now he's
flying yep really fantastic half it looks like it might be over quickly
unfortunately hyper gonna have to come up with something that ain't it the MP9
letting Rainey down all be looks to indeed confirm the frack but in doing so
is maybe revealed a few too many actually takes another with him he will be
traded by NQZ but really trying to redeem himself for the mess that was
that 1v1 unfortunately I'm not gonna let them forget their retreats they never
forget things like that let me tell you two versus two ensuing now they're now
this is not over by any stretch history a little bit of a tough series and some
questions will not clear it fair play I don't think many people would snow it's
so deep in towards CT and Leo's no exactly going quite about it one versus
two all the marbles to stay alive he's got a lot of angles to clear not a
a lot of time. The Molotov is perfectly placed. Tap on towards the bomb. He looks on the first
as well. He now knows where the snow is. Tap again on towards the bomb, but snow is not
able to not bite. He knows he's not on it. Knows his of the goal, the stones to try
and pull this one off and now doesn't have the time. That's going to be around. That's
going to be the game between the match games. 13-2-8 and 2-0 in the series as well. We're
to get displayed from them and exactly what you'd expect out of a side of that kind of
amount of fantastic performance for them in a few stages. Unfortunately, you know, their
time in ECL does look pretty touristy, right? You've got Dusty, some players sort of below
them, but it's tight at the bottom, you know, they're a tough spot because, I mean,
they've got the same points at the moment as Dusty Roots who are in relegation.
They are kind of guaranteed to not even actually go into relegation, just directly to open,
So it's not even, you know, the likes of kind of going to a location, maybe fighting for your spot.
They are on the press of just being immediately deleted from ECL and then no chance.
You know, we had to start the start really good at the first match and actually a really solid second as well.
Yeah, for sure. A good showing from him.
I think, again, that sort of consistency level, like we say, and sort of as I predicted a little bit,
the kills might not be the highest on the server or on the map, but in terms of, you know,
a positive game in terms of potentially not having to throw
himself in there all that much. He does feel like a really nice
contingent sort of player and developing really, really well,
you know, only 17 years of age and not long since joining this
team. I think he's looking very, very good and is one for the
future for sure. A real nice find from Payne here now.
Yeah, I absolutely have to agree. I think they've obviously
done a very, very good job. He had his sort of stints,
you know, they weren't maybe as successful, but I think
he's very good at kind of
integrating young players into
the system and making him play
a kind of a level probably higher
than they think they kind of
can and I think so far so good.
So yeah, lots of like a really,
really good series out from
pain, maybe a little bit more
into that second match, but
unfortunately height work is
not to be today. You know,
unfortunately it was just a
mismatch and I think pain
showcasing why they are seen
as kind of one of the best
sides when they currently find
themselves top. It's actually
not even that close in a
way. You know, you've got
kind of flocks over maybe
You know you've got kind of flux over maybe a little bit hot on the tails
But there's a pretty sizable gap between them. I think it's about 10 points now. So it's relatively big
I think it's more or less guaranteed that they were actually top out this sort of group
I think at this point the way they've been playing as well absolutely deserve them
You know what's on the line as well pro league spot
We all want to see pain that they deserve to be there. So really really good showing
But that's gonna be us done for today nice little kind of quick
uh two zero in a way in a very quick series first match, very, very quick indeed less than 30 minutes
for in terms of gameplay in that one but thank you both for joining us it's been a pleasure and
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