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Where's everybody going to?
I don't know where to live in life
There's a better way to start a new life
Told me she'd be the Russian girl
Got the slow down, baby, slow down
We can just embrace the wind
When time's still awake, the world will fade
Make it slow down
I know the lost man that you watchin' upon
Gonna keep workin' for the man
There's so many better things we could do
Like you kissing me, kissing you
Don't rush it, baby, don't rush it, girl
You've got to slow down, baby, slow down
We can just embrace and the time's gone away
The whole day, baby, slow down
Oh, it's been a night, we get together, taking nice and slow
Don't miss you painting the rest of the girl
We can't just embrace and let time slip away from the world
Baby, baby slow down
Don't rush it, baby don't rush it girl
Back to slow down, baby slow down
We can't trust your face, don't let time steal away
Baby, baby slow down
On Ancient, I've played A-Side, Cave, and now I've played B-Side.
The one I joined in Mahabeya switched to B-Side because we decided it's better for Alexi than
the leaders to be in Cave because it's a neutral happy position and on B-Side you
just basically shoot your enemies and that's about it.
Ancient, B site is dangerous because the T's have an advantageous position to take fights
with you.
If you don't block it or counter the T's, they're just going to come up and shoot you
in the head because they have a lot of advantage there.
Very hard to get away with not a rifle.
So if you have an MP9, you either have to push or basically hide on site or have a
combo with your teammate.
The T's feel very confident playing there.
And whenever they go up to ramp, I kind of expect them to go up ramp and try
to take fights with me and that's where I succeed because I either call a teammate to
help me or just play out in them.
Hardness is keeping control of it because to have control or have information you need
to either take control of the whole highway, like the whole banana situation, or you need
to constantly counter to your teammate like a flash or smoke them off because at any
given point you can just come up and take fights with you.
It's quite hard to deal with.
If you play T-Side and you go towards the B-Side, there's a lot of positions you can take and just take fights
because the CT doesn't feel comfortable.
Of course if there are two, then you can still kill them both, but it's not as easy.
And the CT side is the fear ram, but also be ready to fight.
Don't fear it so much that you let them go on site because they are in disadvantage range.
Major semi-final in parrys against G2, I had an eagle.
And as much as it is dangerous for me to be there, it's also dangerous for them.
And I killed Fruity Eagle, I picked up the RK, I killed Hooksley, and Hunter in the end.
It's actually one of the best memories of all time.
And yeah, Niko knew the strategy he has in that position,
but there's not much you can do if you get that shot.
I didn't think I've learned from anyone, but I feel like Niko plays it really well.
It's always fun to play against him because he also plays that position on T side and CT side,
so whenever we play against G2, we always play face to face.
This is fun. It's a challenge.
What did you just say?
What is wrong with you?
What did you just call me?
Say my name!
Henry Greer?
Henry Greer, you fucking freak!
What's going on?
I'm coming over!
Wait, wait, no Freya!
I'm not there!
You broke your promise!
Jesus Henry!
You fucking talk to her about me.
Henry, what the fuck is going on?
I asked you for one thing.
One simple thing.
Why do people think that I'm you?
Sit.
Now answer me.
Why do people think that I'm you?
I think you know it.
No, I don't.
Yes, you do.
Why would anyone possibly confuse you with me?
I don't know.
Oh no!
You actually missed it!
What a random!
You got it.
No.
Sit.
You got it?
No.
Say it.
Because...
Say it.
Because we're the same person.
That's right.
I don't understand this.
You were looking for a way to change your life.
You could not do this on your own.
All the ways you wish you could be,
that's me.
I sound like you want a sound,
I cast like you want a cast,
I am smart, I am capable.
And most importantly,
You're free in all the ways you want to.
This is impossible.
This is crazy.
People do it every day.
They talk to themselves.
They see themselves as they'd like to be seen.
They don't have the courage you have to just rumble.
Naturally, you're still wrestling with this.
Sometimes, you're still you.
Other times, you imagine yourself watching
if this is your first season of ESL Pro League.
little by little though, you're letting yourself become an agent.
Alright, welcome in. I'm super excited to have you Freya.
You know what, I'll be honest with you, as soon as I got the prompt to see if you could
come in, I just said yes, I didn't even care what you wanted to talk about, so I have no
clue what you're going to say here.
How often do you think about inches?
Well, if I'm honest, quite frequently.
Maybe a few times a day, I would say.
Me too.
It's a common theme between Counter-Strike talent, I think, and players recently as
well.
Let me ask you just like a hypothetical question.
Eight inches versus three inches, what do you think?
Eight inches is easy.
Yeah?
Yeah.
You sure about that?
Yeah, I think so.
Okay, if you wouldn't mind, I've got some instruments
that I think it might be worth illustrating something.
Eight inches and three inches.
They're clean.
They're clean?
Yes.
Okay, perfect.
I mean, what is the context of these eight
and three inches though?
So I think what maybe we should start off with just you know an illustrative experiment
If you wouldn't mind just putting up like to your face like flat on your face like this like yeah, maybe just a tad lower
Perfect like this like right against the lips. Yeah, cuz it's the flatest part of your face. It's sure it's the most fair part to do that
And
Natural I guess and then try with the with the two inch
It feels a little bit more awkward, you know.
There's this giant yellow object right there.
That feels more awkward.
I think so.
Interesting.
How do most people think it feels?
Well, you'd actually be wrong in your assumption that it feels more awkward because I've done
some research and the closer you sit to your monitor, there's actually these things
called Fibonacci neurons.
You're familiar with wavelengths.
I mean, Marci, can you bring up the wavelength chart?
So, you know, there's a light spectrum,
there's a UV spectrum, there's the red light spectrum.
There's actually also a Fibonacci spectrum,
which as you can see by this graph, it's so high,
you can't even see it.
Okay, that's blowing my mind a little bit.
It's so high that you can't see it.
You can't see it.
At all.
At all.
Unless you are incredibly close,
your Fibonacci neurons can actually jump into the monitor to put you at an enhanced rate
of gameplay because you are now quite literally at one with the game.
Part of you is in the game, closer you get.
So contrary to popular belief, actually, the shorter the better, I actually use bit as
a case study.
Okay.
How close you miss into his holiday when he won the first major was that two inches two inches when he won a second
Just one that's mind-blowing. So you're saying like the micro length is is the ideal length
Exactly exactly. I think a lot of people will be really intrigued
Also really happy to hear that
Next, we're going to learn how to flip.
It comes in some parts though.
First off, we're going to learn to jump together.
Next step, learn to tuck.
Tuck is when you bring your knees up to your chest.
I'll demonstrate for you right now.
Next step, hold the back flip, tuck up, lean back, and let magic happen.
It's gonna look something like this.
And that's how you flip with Mac.
Enjoy the gymnastics tips, and see you next time.
Ah, good morrow, my liege.
We're about to go hunting for a luncheon.
May I interest you?
We are not about to do anything.
Don't listen to him.
I know the most authentic fish and chip calzone in town.
You are going to love it.
Well, I'd love to.
I've got to meet with the guy from the water company.
The water company?
What is that?
It's the people who deliver the water
to all the homes and businesses in the country.
Apparently, they've detected race amounts of lead
in the water.
So they've got to send the guy
who's going to make a whole song and dance about it.
So let me get this straight.
You can no longer have lunch with your best friend
because some water guy is denying his access.
I don't want to get a lunch with Trace.
I know, it's ridiculous, isn't it?
I mean, I'm not some nine to five Andy like you or Trace.
I'm the regional manager.
I don't have time to talk to some deadbeat
salt of the dirt water guy.
Oh, he's so important, the water guy.
Coming all the way down here to lecture me
about our glorious office water.
Now I can't spend precious team building time
with my employees.
Oh, this guy's got some nerve.
I've got a good mind to stick a lead pipe right up his...
Hello there!
I'm Alex, sorry.
One of my friends who was just telling us,
he was just telling us about a friend of his,
His name was Walter Guy, and he's a real annoying guy.
One of these guys were just singing it?
Yes, I'm the manager of this here establishment.
They weren't the ones just talking then?
What do you mean?
Dude, stop doing the voice.
What voice?
Why are you trying to deflect this in gas like me?
What do you mean deflect this in gas like me?
My friends was talking.
Can you just talk?
No.
This is my normal voice.
Okay, okay, I'm just gonna mark this promise fixed and go.
Ahhhh!
Goodbye, what a guy!
Pleasure meeting you!
Wow.
I know.
Wow.
I know.
Wow, indeed. But you do know what this means, right?
That there's light in the water?
No. It means that lunch is back on the menu!
Yes!
Welcome everyone to Needless Knowledge,
where we test our player's proficiency with knowledge.
Outside of the server as well, I'm here with Team Liquid.
I'm with Heroic and we're going to find out how smart they are.
I have high hopes for these three.
We've got complexity today to show us if they're smarter than a fifth grader or something.
Maybe.
Let's see.
Category one is geography and it goes from easier to more difficult.
Dexter travels to South Africa from Australia on a cruise.
The journey is direct.
Which ocean does he cross?
Stop.
It's like easy to difficult.
Yeah, this is the easy one.
It's not the Caribbean.
That's for sure.
What ocean?
I got my answer, I think.
I wrote Atlantic.
I just wrote Indian Ocean.
Correct.
Oh, yeah, okay, but I know I knew I was wrong
Okay question number two set the Bulgarian bulldozer cues a game and is placed on an Algerian server
But is Algeria part of Europe or?
Europe or yeah
Okay
Africa, Africa. Correct.
Is it Africa?
Yes, correct. Very nice.
I know this.
Okay, go ahead.
You're trolling?
Oh, it's in Africa.
What do you mean? What do you mean?
I don't know it. I don't know it.
I thought like, yeah, I'm studying if it's in Asia or something.
Okay, it's just because I don't remember anything about Algeria at all.
I was actually like, Turkey's tangry here, too, right?
Yeah.
And it's really close.
Speaking of Turkey,
the United Kingdom has a population of almost 70 million
but has no top-70 counter-strike team, okay?
The disc is the most in the UK.
I'm not a rollercoaster.
Ranked the following five countries
in terms of their population size.
You gotta rank them smallest population to biggest.
The countries are Mongolia, Portugal, Australia,
Denmark and Turkey.
Okay, populations.
So, Denmark, I think, is the last one.
Starfall is the last one.
Okay, sorry, sorry.
I don't need to tell you.
Oh, my God, I'm sorry.
I'm not confident at all.
3, 2, 1.
I just put like the first letter, so I just put Mongolia the biggest.
Second, Australia.
Third, Turkey.
Fourth, Denmark.
Fifth, Portugal.
I got it, right?
I don't know how big Mongolia is.
Like, looking at the map, I think it's big.
So it's Mongolia, smallest population.
3.4 million, then Denmark, 5.9.
Portugal, 10.4.
Australia, 26.1.
Turkey, 84.8.
I have no idea who it is.
Yeah, most people have Mongolia as the biggest because it's big,
but it doesn't necessarily have a lot of people.
You're so close.
But you're definitely the winner of the rounds.
Yeah, you got to see that because I'm done.
Mongolia is Turkey, isn't it?
I did just like the biggest to smallest.
Instead of smallest, the biggest I was thinking.
Because you have the first one.
You did smallest to biggest for Mongolia, at least.
I'm on the next one.
Everybody can just roast me.
Now it's like, sure it's still for the love of the game, but back then there were no kind of future,
because we loved it and we liked the vibe.
The obsession.
It's the obsession of just, we want to compete, but at the same time it wasn't a profession.
People would show up half an hour before the game and we didn't really prepare,
we just played the game and there was no deeper thoughts to it.
It's changed.
I even think back to how Katowice, when we got to play CSGO at Katowice,
when we played this, you know, this, like it was like in the gym?
Yes, in the gym, yes.
We usually did the media day after there.
We did the media day in there, and then like there was like a sit-up, and you know, that was...
Squares.
Squares, you're sitting in a square, and someone was playing a game, and then I believe it was in 14 passion.
He opened like a knife, and we would sit next to them.
I think our game had just started, but they were like,
I'll just open a knife, and you know, I'll focus on the major.
We're playing a major here, but passion is like opening knives, and it was like,
And you could just walk behind pretty much any team and then just watch them like you couldn't back in the old days that I love doing that back in the days because then you could get like an idea of the communication but nowadays it's much like if someone walks up behind
They don't watch, they like to watch anymore.
One time I went for a tournament in 2014, I think, and I saw Gatchewide playing Pete on those two.
He was playing like I won the three or something, the three.
And I was like, this guy is shooting three people, not saying a single word.
Like, he doesn't communicate as he's shooting.
So maybe I'm talking too much, like I'm taking those insights from watching people.
So it's just like a beauty of it.
How it's developed and evolved throughout the years, right?
I mean, one thing is like all the way from like the local land that we had fun at,
but then also just seeing the tournaments that we are at now, how they were a decade ago.
I think it's changed so much.
That's what I said, like when we went to the PGL stadium for Medellin in 17,
we had the practice where now everything is like built for the groups.
It was the tournament area and the practice room were the same place.
So we had the practice room close to each other.
Like, you know, we were like Vitality here and behind, maybe we are this guy.
It was Team Krakow.
Yeah, it was the same as the arena here and like it's so funny that like the I remember Marble in 17
I think was like we were in run room all together. Yeah, you're in practice room
You don't have your own your run room altogether and when you look even before not practice room. So you were at an event
Better grind before because during the event
You don't have time to make any this much if you're right to use setup you have 20 minutes to warm up
Better play good today because if you go back in time and think about it that was just like normal
Yeah, and everyone was fine with it. You know, that's just how it was. It was same for everyone
So everyone's fine with it
Nowadays and people just like we don't have practically like fuck that we're go home
Any time you come and over, you'll see a choppy lotto, any time you hit the lap, we'll show you my daffodils, any time you come and over, you'll see a choppy lotto, any time you hit the back, we'll show you my daffodils.
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Alright, let's do this.
ESL Pro League Season 23 in the final, some may say,
The ultimate day of online play.
The panel. The post-alternate. No.
No, the actual ultimate. This is it. This is the alt.
And then we get to go back to LAN. Can I get a hippie?
The Zynga!
I love that. That's woken me up real good.
I'm excited. I'm excited to get the playoffs.
We've got to see if three teams are going to be going through those.
We've got six shanko, and yeah, only half can make it.
Three will go through, three will go out.
It's how it works. It's can't get any simpler than that and who's already there mouse
Spirit do it. Yes. I don't know who else. Yeah, you're boy boy. What do now legacy got through last night MVP
I get down G2. We got mongols in there as well
We some more team Janko. Yeah, we have the Turks
That's favorite team. Yes. Okay. They did it
I mean it was a 2-0 last night which surprised me because I thought they were gonna kind of mess that up
But no, they pulled it off.
You know, it's sweet.
Third, fifth, OK.
Good for them. Yeah, good for them.
Very good for them.
We'll get into teams in a moment,
but we obviously do need to shout out the viewer name,
the DHL Mel bag, because we do have one question.
I guess if you're coming in person to the playoffs,
you can deliver it to us in a letter.
Oh, that would be nice.
It would be nice, yeah.
As long as it's just a letter.
Yes. Yes.
No suspicious parcels.
Oh, we can have some gifts.
Wholesome gifts.
Wholesome gifts.
Wholesome gifts only.
Will you be screening them to make sure they're wholesome gifts?
Someone will, but not me.
Yeah.
Potentially.
I like this question.
I like this question a lot, because this actually throws back to a period of time that did exist.
Before 2016, coaches could talk all the time until, what was it, Navi kind of messed
it up for everybody, right?
Was it, right?
I feel like Gambit...
Was it Starix did something?
What was it again?
I think it was Navi.
No?
their IGL to coach and do another play.
Right, yeah, exactly.
That was a wild time.
I mean, and I think that's too much as well.
I don't think a coach should be able,
my sort of maybe way to change it a little bit
was to give the coach the ability to talk in freeze time.
So he could give you the call, right?
But then something happens in round or whatever,
you still have to be able to adjust on your own
and make changes and play the mid rounds and everything.
I think for me, that would be maybe a cool way to go about it.
Never going to happen though, because if anything,
while it's giving less and less power to the coaches,
and fair enough, because there was a bunch of cheaters
who were in it for everyone else.
Fuck you, Hunden.
Yes, fuck you, Hunden.
And also, I mean, am I retconning this or didn't gambit?
Like, didn't Groove just call everything for gambit
in the online era too, to go?
That was because early on in the online era,
when we went to COVID, it's been so long
since we played online CS, so people were just like,
Right, yeah, just play, you know.
Then the coach could just, he was on TeamSpeak with the players
and he could just be talking the entire time, right?
Whether it's making calls, whether it's helping with comms,
just saying stuff so grew, was doing a lot of that early on for Gambit.
Then also people started cheating in different ways during those times,
not just the coach, Bugs, Vakiu, Hounden, one more time.
And I think that's where we started having admins in TeamSpeak,
we started having these four minute delays from the stream
because you didn't have delays.
So people would just like watch the stream
on their second monitor, you know,
and see what was going on.
Sometimes you could see the start of the round,
before the round ended, if someone was saving.
So you could see like openings in the team.
You could see how teams were like opening
or how they were defaulting all this stuff.
I think we just ruined that.
And now you have two camps per player,
integrity camps, all this stuff.
Don't the teams speak every match?
Absolutely, like, and you need to have that
because people will be cheating and once more you guys already know it.
Fuck you, Hinden. Just one more thing.
So, to answer your question, yes, at one point it did exist.
I want to say it was like 2015, 2016.
Because not everyone had a coach at that point.
And then it became a new thing and...
I remember Starix became the coach for Na'Vi, right?
Like, it was a way to move some of your, let's say, weaker players
and give them something to do and especially when they could talk a lot
if they were experienced players you know could definitely help with the
calling and everything and yeah now that you guys mentioned it
Nabi doing it that way was definitely something where I was like
do you really want it to be this way and Valmogal has always been like quite keen
with making sure that the experience for the fight that the
random five stack and I mean that was their whole
well okay that was their philosophy that was their whole logic they wanted to
I'm like, actually, you know about you're right. If I go into premier tomorrow, maybe I'll
five five guys on brand new steam accounts who might be able to win a major. We use your
anti cheap that might be possible if we didn't have anti cheap or any. Oh, I didn't realize
it was going to say you off, but I'm glad it did. It's nice. It's a nice, like, positive
spin on an unrealistic scenario. We channel some of this anger into some history. The
We channel some of this anger into some history the I guess we should say Swedish archives
of this
lovely book because it holds all the secrets
you know it's the exorcist
video that's gonna play oh is there a video in the book is there
whoa yeah it's all in the next page there we go yeah yeah that's me lovely
I think it was my favorite episode.
Should we go through?
I guess we can talk about, okay, Mongols first.
They look good. They look good. They look really good.
They stomped through the first two teams.
Okay, Mow's beat them. It's a famously good head-to-head for Mow's.
Mongols still make it. I'm not worried about them.
I'm actually excited to see Kobuzera as well.
He's been looking really, really solid legacy.
Do Mow miss him?
The boys, Yankee and Alex.
Yeah, I'm really happy to see legacy performing well,
especially up against a team like Narvi.
You saw how much it meant to them in the camps just there as well.
For Art, this resurrection of his career as well, legacy kind of started to disappear and they acted quick, you know, how often are we judgmental of teams just slowly rotting into a pit of despair and falling into a relevancy?
They immediately cut the bad fruit from the tree, made the sacrifice, you know, and we've seen immediate boon to their results, so that's exciting.
Aurora in there as well, team has had very good success, Ad Pro League has gone by as well, remember back at Malta making their final one, Flash bang from LXCB, decided the outcome of that B05,
Spirit make it to what do you think about spirit? They made it and miles made it to yeah
As we should say right. I mean, yeah, for real gonna play later today. That's everyone's routine against them
Or just maybe you but sure do you want them to see their coach play in the playoffs?
Oh, I just I don't know. I like we love we love furious
Don't love furious qualifying for playoffs and they're not showing up with one of their players
Just temporarily, not even like just anyone.
Why don't they have a player on the sub, like registered, right?
Like why don't they just have, because I think a lot of teams, a lot of orgs have, you know, kind of ran,
when you look at the list of players like attached to orgs, you go,
whoa, this guy's signed to FaZe, he's not actually signed, he's just like on the sub.
I call of Maestro.
Yeah.
Well, not even, because all of them is at least signed to FaZe.
They had a good female team, because they brought one of those players.
of those players yeah that's an option there's there's so many options you can
just you can just attach someone that's not even part of furia who agrees to like
oh yeah I'm free for these dates if something goes wrong I like how Hugo
talks as if he's not talking about like potentially a Brazilian player which is
like a million dollars for a one-day loan or something no I actually wouldn't
even pick a Brazilian but the problem is I've been in this scenario well
I'd have bolts and standby. That's what I'd have.
Holds. I'll take it.
It's where's landing. Everybody's asking, where's land?
You got bolts to take the call, man.
Hit rock up. Steel, maybe?
Yeah, Brazilian steel.
Or Canadian steel.
Or Canadian steel.
I don't know. Am I stupid? Why wouldn't you just have a plan?
That's a great question.
How much did you want?
Probably the roster lock was before and maybe they didn't anticipate it.
I feel like plan for failure.
You know one play could always drop for any reason at any event. I don't just have a sub
Registered maybe sit is the goat. I don't know does that anyone know this is said the goat
I was just looking at his history in terms of playing doesn't actually exist
He's not the guy who played the game. I've heard he's level nine on face. So he's definitely not the go
He's definitely not the good enough. He never claimed to be the goat in his level
Why are we playing level 9s, playing pro league finals?
Honestly, wasn't it like Alan Hedner nearly stood in before that team?
He doesn't play the game!
I think the problem is also you look at the rest of the team and they'll be going to
router them right after pro league playoffs.
It's like the rest of the players, if they make it today, have to travel to Sweden
to play this one game, let's assume, just one game and lose,
and then travel back and now wait for Fallen to come back
back and then travel it's just better if you like losing you have at least three
four days off give it to the players they rarely get days off anyway you know
let them charge their batteries up let them do whatever instead of going to
this points pointless like competition for them right it's not like your face
clan and you have rain and then you'll beat spirit I did actually happen
that's actually crazy I'm looking at Sid's face it I'm just yeah he is level
nine. 170 matches though he's played, he has played them. 170 matches Hugo gets that in one
week.
Yeah, that's true.
Come me in.
I'm available.
I'm available.
I, I, I tried this with Chad.
He said it would be a lot of fun.
Your smoke and flash helped you win a game yesterday.
Yes.
I think like 13-3 or something.
Yo, that's true.
Yeah, everyone was very impressed.
You were smoking mid?
Yeah, I was.
Yeah, yeah.
Missed some flashes.
Happens.
Cross smoke, landed perfectly.
Beautiful.
Thank you Alex.
You just say it was the enemies flash.
They flashed as well.
I think okay. Well, we'll have to add some more to the repertoire if we well
Should we require
Because of the whole roster locks each oh, yeah, okay
No, but like if they sign me to the roster lock like two months ago
Yeah, but they can just say fall and fell ill suddenly and then they can get whoever they want, right?
You get a bone.
They give him a call.
You got the blast rule?
You had to be Danish for that, I think.
Ah, that's true.
Danish, but Freyja thoughts.
I don't know about that.
Ah, moving to Freyja, speaking of Danes, I guess we're saying Astralis is going to go through Overfurya.
We'd like that.
We'd like that.
Should we do our predictions from the playoffs?
Yeah, because obviously we've already got five teams locked in
as the guys are perfectly retighted earlier on.
Three spaces do remain.
We're putting in Stralis,
otherwise I think Janko might kill me.
No, I won't. It's fine. I don't care either way.
It's there probably.
I think you do care, like quite a lot.
I really don't care.
You care about my second game, Janko?
I could not care less, Freya.
About the second game, that's just rude.
That's your body.
Oh, that's going to be tough for G2.
That's going to be tough.
It's an online game against FOOT.
That's where they played like a thousand games last year.
they were still Navi Jr. at the time and they're a team that's on the rise,
very annoying to play against, very aggressive, very active.
And G2 has been up and down during this pro league season,
online CS perhaps not suiting them the best,
but I do say it's a sort of a must-win game for them, right?
They started off the year strong, making playoffs in Krakow,
but that includes they couldn't replicate
following one game short of the playoffs there.
So here they're looking for a bit of a bounce back.
They won't be in Rotterdam either so making playoffs here. I don't want to say it's a must
They'll be at the major but you don't necessarily want to start in stage one. Do you know Harry Russell? No, not at all
How do we feel about this Navi 3d max one?
It's been a pretty good matchup historically with the old 3d max squad before they
bought your boy, Masuta in
Do we think that that keeps up or this is the game at last Pro League season?
that let you know that Navi is not only a team anymore.
Okay.
Yeah.
They're losing to 3D Max.
That take.
You know, like that's when I was out on Navi.
I was like, all right, this team is not in the conversation
really for a contender.
Cause the thing about Navi for so long, it was like,
okay, yeah, they're around the top five,
like they could win a match up.
But the thing I always said about Navi is
they never lost to underdogs.
They never lost to a team outside the top 10.
Or, you know, and sure,
3D Max have kind of broken into that
in the last year or so.
But still, Na'Vi were like always the, when they were the favorite, they would win.
The floor was high.
Yes.
Now the floor is lava.
And Misuta loves an online match.
Who are we putting? Who are we putting? We just finished our graphic.
They've spent so much time making this graphic.
Scralis?
Um...
Scralis?
I wanna put foot over G2.
Do we fit?
I'd be, yeah, I'd, I'd not been inspired by G2.
Let's see a raise of feet for, for...
That's...
I'm, I'm gonna...
Three for two.
That's three for two.
Um, you guys win.
Sorry about that.
Really do be that easy.
Na'Vi 3D Max
It's probably a tough map pool as well, they can get both Mirage and Ancient theoretically
on the side of food, their demons on that map.
So
Nice!
Yeah, it's good, solid.
Keep up Harry, did you get food from those meatballs?
I did pray the meatballs would put me in.
Big
There was some...
Oh yeah, there was some meatballs.
You shouldn't have said anything.
Na'Vi vs 3D Max, he's winning, spoilers, it's happening soon.
It should be Na'Vi, but I lost the ball as the thing these days, Na'Vi can't ever
win.
No, well, Na'Vi win versus 3 Max today.
They were supposed to beat Legacy yesterday.
So it shall be.
So it shall be.
Na'Vi it is.
Shall be.
That was spoken.
Okay.
Na'Vi foot Astralis.
Na'Vi foot Astralis.
Yeah.
Sounds possible.
It definitely doesn't sound like what most people would be writing down.
No.
I think most people would be probably leaning towards the bigger names in each of those match-ups,
which obviously there's a lot of context that we've just covered as to why there's not.
But also 3D Max could do something about it.
I think it would be whoever wins, even if it is 3D.
I'd prefer Navi, but even if it's 3D Max,
it's a nice mixture of teams you'd expect to be there and teams that surprise.
Legacy definitely the surprise package of the entire tournament.
Yes.
You know, they changed their in-game leader, art, need to give him props, right?
Hasn't been doing his usual crazy shit, even individually as much.
Or as a team, they looked pretty solid, they beat some very, very good teams in Stage 1 and Stage 2.
And it was, turned out, maybe exactly what legacy we need.
Just sort of a veteran leadership presence, someone who's going to bring some stability into the roster.
We know Alex, that they have the talent, right?
Right, that's about making it all mesh together.
It's a good take. I like that take.
I like the mixture as well.
Then people say, I'm an art hater.
Yeah, they've got the talent. I'm just a realist.
Once you realize that, you, I don't know.
You just don't like the classics. You're more of a modern archive, you know?
They're re...
The banana tape to a wall.
Yeah, turn them off.
Okay, now I see what you mean.
I don't know, maybe I had too much coffee this morning.
We see where your boy. Do you know it's in terms of our race for the
players? You don't need to look at that. I'm curious. I'm curious.
Just show them all. Just to me.
Well, Cobra's nervous. It could be good. Right.
He's on the.
There he is. He's on the list somewhere.
No, I'm not 10.
Yeah, but he's in there somewhere.
You don't have to be a top 10 player to be in the playoffs.
Just ask you. Oh, no, right.
There he is. Yikes.
And if MacClarz has like a 3.0 today,
He might overtake. Yeah. He might. It could happen. I'm just like a
13-0 followed by a really tight overtime game where he pops off and then another 30, you know,
maybe he could get to number one. I'm just so proud to do now, man. Look at it. Look at the
list of people he's hanging out. He's within 0.03 of like Zantara's, Jimmy, K-Sorato. He's hanging
out with the big boys. It's a real deal. Yeah. I mean, sure, Spinks has been padding his
stats, but what's new? You know, the guys are better.
Apex said it's so many times. Yeah, if this were equal,
just as he'd be way down.
Harry, defend your case.
Spinks has been having a great year, man.
He's been playing solid now, multiple tournaments in a row.
Feels like he's getting better and better.
I know just kind of a nice safe bet, in my opinion.
Harry, will you first pick him for the playoffs?
Oh, yeah, on land, on land.
Now, you can still farm in a third place a cider. So, yeah, exactly. Right. That's what I'm thinking.
It's a win in the third place decided now is or I don't know whoever that play spirit not spirit famously.
Anyway, yeah, that's one thing me and my husband common is we're both just
third fourth place decided merchants. In terms of that race to the truth, you know,
Like, obviously as Chad put it, it's exciting that Vitality aren't here because somebody else will indeed win the trophy finally in a long time.
I already have a tricky Grand Slam notch on there with the Cologne win, so if they get the EPL one, they start to build a bit of a case for themselves.
That's kind of exciting.
I'm both gonna be in real, right?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, yeah.
That'd be great if Spirit plays Vitality in the final, beats them, gets the Slayer bonus from the Slayer bonus.
Yeah, that's one that would have been claimed and then it's crazy is that my talent here that my talent to insert in Atlanta where no one else
That's what simple gets the Kingsley bonus him and Moutir is in that grand final taking down
Zywu and Robs. Oh, that would be hype apex and Zywu in NA at these I am
Wait, it was into standard. He's the game emergency substitution. Stewie 2k standing in for Moutir is I can't believe it Dan
So is there anywhere we can act like realistically theorize that that we could have like a the grand slam race conclude at the major
It's already after
Rio or
Atlanta who do vitality not win either
It's going to both and also at Atlanta. They are the only good
Next team is phase
If any team could bullshit
Oh, you can't see the king's there's a chance
Yeah
Three for three what Lucas vise has you still with it at lancers a spirit at Atlanta. No, what if we?
sabotage
How do we do that? We have to go on your thirsty
Come let's go get some drinks man. No, it's fine not venting really dirty air into the practice room
There's gonna bring him a hot dog from the gas station
I mean they're gonna win over you
That's why that's why would you I wouldn't be so sure man. Fury or spirit who are you?
What about the fail cons man? Yo, they're there. I'll make her and so I forgot about it's gonna be fury
obviously fallen has to win in
That's kind of interesting because if you remember like Furia always used to kind of choke whenever they would play in Brazil
They would like the major they kind of did the hard part in the navi game, but then they they fell off the road
Yeah
Then again in a repeat when we you know, it's like the non-major version
Yeah, they can play off run
But I feel like dude if one guy can get them over the home crowd nerves surely it's said in the coach slot
Oh, it could be sick.
That's right. He's playing.
It could be sick.
Putting up another master class.
But I'm hoping it's full.
That's the key.
Hopefully not.
We have a player missing.
Oh, completely.
Seriously.
What does that mean?
He meant it's a Narvik player.
Just overslept.
Completely missing.
For a moment.
Well, he couldn't have overslept
because like they have four hours of theory.
So he had to be up at 6 a.m.
to be ready for theory at 7.
Don't need bootcamping, I haven't covered him yet.
Also, back in one player, I'm outage.
Oh, it's the gun.
What's with all the power in Eastern Europe, man?
Why did you say that?
I wanted to show you some more nades.
Maybe we can.
I have to.
About straight into the 2v2.
Straight into the 2v3?
We just commit to the long break.
And then if it's not, we just run back.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm down.
I'm down.
We could go back.
Yeah, so I'm down.
That's the most important person to play.
Ian Alex versus Aaron Hugo.
Yeah, man.
And once we're winning 5-0, Freya joins their team.
Okay, deal.
Wait, hold on.
Hello?
As he said, player.
No way.
Player's here.
So just need to manifest it.
Just need to start making plans.
Oh, the girl is really be right.
Manifesting is real.
Yeah.
I never believed him.
Mercury is a natural grade, right?
Like, it's everything.
It's lined up.
Whatever that is.
Poros is in that other team.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Very well, character.
Character, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
More of that, please.
Oh gosh.
Order of Saint-San.
So like if the players come and should we do that whole thing where we talk about the maps and stuff
and are you ready for the series?
Is that called again?
Um...
The draft, I think.
The draft.
Yeah, let's do the draft.
Red zone.
That's what it's called.
Red zone.
Red zone.
Uh, do we have the map leader?
Is it?
Nice.
Thank you Simon.
Thank you so much.
Yay!
Oh, what a lovely room!
Power is back.
It's got all these GV Weebies on the shelves.
Ema does feel like a Funko Pop kind of guy.
He's a Funko Pop kind of guy, yeah, for sure.
Hell's actually his friend's house.
Is that his friend's house?
Okay, he's got no powers.
Oh.
Not Ema's house.
I've got to respect that.
He's his friend.
He's got a grip.
So can we find in the interim, can we find out did he bring his PC and the monitor and stuff?
Or did he just make a run for it so he can make it as fast as possible?
Oh wow, that's a good question.
Oh, like it's no was it nitro and a tornado dude. He did run from a tour. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah
Nitro is in the line era that he was playing a B of five final base referral or whatever. No, it was be a fire
It was like a hurricane warning a tornado warnings where he had a gig of delay because there was a hurricane coming
So he packed up his PC drove to his friends house set up played the final
How far did he have to drive to go with lost to astralis and draw bats
What?
Did you have to feel for the entire period where he's driving?
It was 2020, I don't even remember.
We were feeling it.
It was me, Harry, in training.
While he re-lew, okay.
You guys are like gymnastics.
There's no way you were feeling while you were driving.
We were just hanging out.
Nitro's on the road right now.
What's the deal with that plane for?
That was kind of the vibe.
It was kind of a Twister vibe, no?
Yeah.
Twisters, they just made a new one.
You want Twisters too? I mean, it's like a year old now. Did you see it?
No. I don't like those, you know, that's the problem nowadays.
Everyone's just remaking. No one can come up with anything new.
Oh, I just do a remake.
Yeah, but the tornado is a woman in this one, so it's actually cooler.
Aren't they always?
Whoa, that's true, actually. They do name them. Yeah.
We had Hurricane Harris season, right?
Sick background.
What's that?
No need to see that crazy room.
Yeah. Have a look.
Oh, hey, that's quick home decoration. It's over. Where did he go? He was on one of those shows
where, like, when you go to work at the weekend or something, they, like, remake your whole house.
Has he screened this? Well, that's where you went.
And in my house. Yeah, no, like exhibit your shows out.
Because you're ripping the wallpaper off the wall.
This is so weird, because he's gone to a boot camp, but no one else has.
I think we heard you love all the warcraft so we put wow chairs. I
Think it's just his shuttle was rented for a wedding. Yes
So he had to go to a secondary house million chairs we've got so many questions for only two players
Also, he really likes New York. He loves to represent
Big fans touch of liberty eyes because the French sent it to them. Yes
historical knowledge.
It's kind of a fact, actually.
Right, we saw the maps.
What do you think?
I think it's awesome.
We have the same maps all the time.
So that's too inferno.
Yeah.
We actually, well, I have noticed that about this ship.
It's the only maps we get to come.
It's the one positive thing about this ship.
It's just the vanilla maps.
You know what's happening, you know.
I would love a nuke every now and again.
Yeah, and you'll like to buy stuff up.
Just a nuke.
It's just a feel something again.
I haven't seen a new Missile tournament. McDonald's every day. You know what you're getting?
You know, it's gonna be pretty good. Pretty good. But like you wouldn't mind like a cheeky, you know, five guys.
Like I knew it could be nice. An overpass, we had one of those. That was quite nice.
Now we've had some weird results on Dust2 lately. I'm just looking back. How weird are we talking?
Like a like a 13 for lost a legacy
That's pretty weird when that's due to then a loss first. Oh, no to Ben's vest due to sorry
I can't read lost Monty also 13 for lost a free at 13 six minutes forgivable
Did they beat someone in a day? No you too?
twice
Okay, it's you the only G2 on paravision. That's yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I knew there was something there
Oh paravision is a pretty big one. Oh, that was it wasn't here because I'm a stage
What's he doing? What's he making coffee? Oh, he's just pouring a drink in the coffee.
Yeah, I thought he was like brewing a match or something.
Yeah, like some serious business.
Okay, do you think it throws you off being on a completely different set?
Yes, but I think it looks like the Zowie 600 Hertz monitor for me.
So unless his friend is also a big gamer, maybe he brought him some C&S.
I'm gonna go with a big gamer energy.
Sure.
Sounds like one of the songs you're gonna write.
Big gamer energy.
GG.
Yeah.
I guess you already see the script in front of me now.
GG with the B, CG.
I can hear the big instrumental breakdown.
Yeah.
Hubba da hubba da.
Yeah, exactly.
Hubba da hubba da.
We're gonna drink up the glass.
Hubba da hubba da.
Hubba da barra na mass.
Hubba na ha ha ha ha.
Yeah.
Nice kind of beat there.
Yeah, that'd be good.
It's just heavy rap songs.
Just suicide boys.
Repetitivity, repetitivity.
Repetitivity.
Hey, Ema is in the server now, so we're getting close.
I didn't know you used to draw it.
What else say?
That is like, it's ironically how like most of it is, you're just kind of like mumbling
a bit of a tune and then you're like that kind of slaps and you add the words.
Okay.
Oh, excels.
Words.
Yeah.
We're now in there.
You raise your voice on the words and say, ah, there are words in there and say hey.
It's like the Sean Paul of this generation.
Shadow Sean Paul.
Shadow Paul.
Underbolt.
Which is your favourite Sean Paul song?
Like Lou.
Can you sing it?
No.
Oh, I can't play.
Oh, we're about to start Sean Paul performance.
No way.
I'm going to go practice my name.
There's so many great Sean Paul songs.
And obviously watch the game at the same time.
You're going to watch the game I'm playing?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think I'm going to use both my eyes.
Yeah.
Yeah, right Jair Jair Jair
I hope anyway, did we say we was gonna win this what was the three of us three of us
We set our feet up for that was for that's the three game
I know he's gonna win this I think it's time to find out whoa
We said not the probably should our name value, but 3d max. It's gonna good match up for them
Let's look at that this new it's work. No room for flaws graphic designers their passion
Oh, he's cool. He's going for a little jump spot Rooney. Making sure no one's running up
the guts of mid, which is a valid strategy on these pistol rounds.
He's going to be checking for any early aggressions, but they're just going for a bit of a long
bit. Wonderful. He is in a position where if he uncrouches and commits to this fight,
he's cooked. Flash disappointing. A headshot required. Unable to provide it.
Oh, head shot back, lovely shot from the legs, he dips down, and in the hubbub, in the chaos, like he's lurking.
Hubbity, hubbity, hubb.
Lurkity, backity, lurk.
They can't go B, though, he's got to come up from spawn, walking slowly, they're in the site.
They're trying to wait for him, but he can't really do a deadly squat from down here on CT, bitters fires off.
off 3v3. It's like you're making a jump up. That's a nice move and it will work out for
the round. Pretty max. Take the pistol.
Pretty cool strat. Just go along, lurk mid, flawless.
Exercise kind of doing his own version of like the Mao's crowd idea but he's done
it with fake chairs.
He's in a room full of players. Trust me, they're here. He's fist bumping walls.
I would love to see it.
It does very much look like that's what they're saying up.
Okay, let's really take in the nades, everyone.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here we go.
So that's the one.
That's the one.
Boost Molly.
Flash here.
Flash off the wall.
Two layers of flashes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Good Molly.
It is close.
What about the two layers of flashes?
Device flashes.
Nice flashes.
And off the wall flashes.
There's a deep Molly.
It's just overwhelming.
Look at the stack though.
They've handled it really well.
Really, really well.
I think there's wonderful scouts, unbeaten combinations
that the two scouts successfully defend.
They usually do Humpty Flashes, they didn't do any.
No.
Well, the thing is also we talked about the fundamentals, right?
Full execute comes in, you want to play in front of it
or play retakes.
So the two guys playing close,
even though they didn't kill everyone outright,
they stopped the scaling, right?
Because they want to scale with those flashes
flashes popping behind and take over the site very quickly so if you're able to
slow that down then the execute isn't nearly as potent they hit some nice
shots as well so the daunted 3d max execute gets stopped in its tracks in
the second round also the B-stack did help that does help
Wonderful takes the AK forces bit on the scouts
Close middoors committed
It's everybody cool it much maybe the AK is now fall into 3D max hands bits looking for it. He's gonna fight away
Oh, he got it. Lucky ball one lucky ball one. Okay. I'm city nice robbery there from bit
I hear that drop from the Xbox.
Got to worry about this B site.
As pro active play from Na'Vi, they're pushing short as well, want to fight for mid together.
I don't know if they'll find Maka, but they'll get good information at the very least.
They'll find them.
Yeah, he's not expecting this.
That's all.
Watch out for Bobby!
shhhh
sshhh
sshhh
I mean this is gonna be very very hard
this is Amy Alper, good work from the rifles on B
it's very well structured from an RV, it looks like they're on their A game today
Gaming eh?
Gaming eh?
E?
You guys impression of Canadian steel future stand in the furia
Yeah
Canadian steel
You know he's like it's not gonna happen for him and you have to say Canadian steel
as if someone will confuse him with the Brazilian one like if you have to make that distinction
and just put the fries in the bag, bro.
Oh.
Blocks.
Like in Manusense, you had the British Harry, like, that's over it.
Yeah, that's as opposed to like the Norwegian one.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Wow.
That's better.
Maybe you should team up with Honda, because then it would be Nissan and Honda, right by the side.
That's good.
Why did Honda go bad?
Accelerate, Honda.
Yeah, some people, we only get to see them for a very brief.
Of course, he had an ace against G2 with the Deagle.
Yeah.
You had two aces and refused to level.
Yeah.
Showed up, named Honda, a couple of aces, never to be seen again.
kind of sick
happy for my guys, bit needs help
there's lots, but there's many of them
he doesn't need help, bit's gonna run
display 4 kills, easily done
game on now, 3D max
Nice.
Nice, Valera, come on.
Nice, Valera, come on.
They didn't see it, but they can, they...
Ume with a stream of microphones and an extra crispy there.
Come on, Valera.
Gravity going for a long take and his parthing is aggressive. He gets himself into pick quick.
Oh! More than that! Finds the headshot as well! Imet down! Insta!
Beautiful. Mikaze aggressive. Oh, is he gonna be quick to lock the door? Yeah, they are not leaving long.
At least not without removing him. Locked the doors.
Old door. Oldy with a goldie.
Perfect position, you can hear a lot as well as these nades go through.
There's a lot of counter utility on Navi as well, a lot.
Makaze is on the flank with the full kit.
Won't be able to use it obviously, right now.
Pass that block, smoke, walkie-cat in.
Break might find something.
Oh, it's a little short, but they make it very clear through the max in the side with the man advantage.
I can't see getting activated.
Hacks tabberized, but they were holding four at the whole time, and 3D Max breaking in.
Alexi dead, down towards the spawn, and with bit tapped out, it is a convincing long take
from 3D Max.
Now if he might have had the info, might have had a man in the back line, doesn't
come to matter.
And this is where it's still a bit tricky around for now.
Obviously there are man down for one, but also there's so many ways you can go about
that long cross.
You can throw utility and run with it. You can try to sneak across. You can pop with one flash
So even though Navi knows they're about to come along. They don't know necessarily in which fashion
Makaz really had to have a big round there. Couldn't find anything
So 3D man's back on the board
Both times in their long tank team also have these different long tank tanks with the spawn like they did send
five players both time no one you know lurking outside of the tunnels or
anything like that me suit up did just hold top mid for them this year the
mind games kick in oh they have long again are they gonna just do the same
or are they gonna fake it
I like the cross smoke they're throwing as well because usually see players
headbutt it and try and knock it onto the site. That one you would. But the one they
threw last round was a jump thrower that couldn't block.
Freebie, no molly. You can't get him out. Flash allows escape. Immer survives. 5v4. They're up
cat but Navi shouldn't be too shocked about this. It's been announced from Wonderful
But he was caught in the open. Punish and block.
And he's back still stuck in the mud here. Oh!
Not flung, actually. There's no cells out of trouble.
Mikaze pushes through, catches the exorcist push.
I know he's rampside, and they're advancing.
Lucky low HP bit on this flank should be good for a headshot.
And exactly what he provides. Now frapped in the corner.
Lucky, he needed to hit that headshot.
Mikaze advancing closely. You're not going to be expecting this.
Is he going for the CT full repos?
Oh, the bomb's not alright though.
Oh, what are you supposed to do?
Like, are you looking for the fight?
You ain't got time.
You can't.
Mikazi's disappeared.
What a horrible way for this round to end.
After all of that sharp shooting, the clock bests him.
The bomb spews out, lands on the new box, and Mikazi's re-pawned.
I think they called it.
Like, they saw the bomb drop.
They're so assertive to go and spawn there when you have 10 seconds, but great move
from Mikazi.
This is crazy.
Yeah, he was caught off guard there with that bomb.
Exorcise made it interesting, nice double, but yeah, instead of catching that headshot
really did put Lucky into a bit of a boss.
So something that's interesting to me as well as it feels like one time they take long,
they go five long, this time they take it, they want to fake that they're doing the
same but wrap around shorts and both could have worked this time around as well.
So if they keep getting these pawns, right, like, now we can't just get an exact 3 down.
Okay, last two times they just tried to go along, so this time they'll fake something.
But they've done well without long control.
They had good information the first time, couldn't get the kills in a 4v5.
This time around they win the round, and it's not going to be a buy for 3D Max.
they are going to half buy eco behind the save and four which is interesting
because the money is stepped out for Navi I feel like this is where you should
try and get that reset and the lost bonus isn't amazing after this you want to
get 1900 actually maybe 2400 I'm not sure yeah I lost track
And Navi know what they're up against. Triple B off of spawn. Expecting one of these famed
pops that they dealt with so well in round two. Oh, timing is awkward here because he
needs at least a jingle to make them in and that's a great colourful kit. Look at the
FAMAS as well, spraying down two players.
Nice work, I think.
This one's over.
Love a kill.
But no.
Five alive for Navi, and as Yankee said that,
economy ready to be punished.
Anything but now.
They've got cash for days.
Yeah, you love a little five alive round, man.
and just set yourselves up for the rest of the half.
All right, now tech time out, I see.
Oh, really?
Let's threaten them with a good time.
So the teams are what, me and Hugo versus you two?
Us two, yeah.
What was the map?
Dude, like we doing like aim map?
Dude, the aim deadlock map was good.
That looked good.
It's what we wanted to play the prison on
but the server wasn't working.
Yeah, the server didn't work.
Okay.
We thought he dodged
It was just a server not working.
It's a shame.
It's a funny story if we say he dodged,
but he didn't.
So yeah, that sounds like fun.
Okay, I'll go set it up in the next minute.
You gonna go set it up?
Yeah, cool.
Well, actually, I don't know how Hugo can go set it up.
You've done it before, Hugo.
What am I setting up?
2v2.
I really myself will serve a duties after a Crescent incident.
Yeah, no there was my fault prison situation. Yes
That was a very deflated day. We were looking forward to that
You would have won I've been in good form lately. Yeah
What are we on face at Hugo were we 12 and one we were 12 now with 13 and 2 I
Sound through I've played a few more. Oh, you went into load. No, but we're chatting MC. Oh really?
How did they go wins some wins some losses more wins than losses and even
I think I think I'm like 13
4 3 I'm 13 3
I'm winning that's what I'm doing. I'm 32
You go Harry. I'm better than zero. I'm better. That's nice. You get it. Well, that's it dude
Sid level nine in Brazil is like
Two and a half kilo Europe. Yeah, man, and that's still not good enough for
He's on the top five player list at 2.4 K anything's possible. He's complete to face it and retired
Okay, so Rob said he hasn't played like like a linear large capacity since 2000 2021. Yeah, it's yeah
He has like no elo. He's it's recent. Yeah, it's just been decaying. So we're because he obviously came through
through mostly FPL, but like he grinded Prem to get to FPL, made a name for himself, everyone
called him a cheetah.
And he saw it's a cesspool.
Yeah, I mean, modern day face is difficult.
Honestly, we had a problem like in our first team with, you know, Niko and Kasad and
Emmy and everything.
Like one of the guys was like, she's just playing so much matchmaking.
It's like, bro, like you're getting bad habits from this.
This was even before like face it took off as a matchmaking platform.
Like you're just getting a lot of bad habits that are you know now translating to our games
You know overpeaking and all this stuff especially against Tiko and everything. So it's like you need to play less matchmaking
Me me me me me me now. They've got kicked
That comes at you fast
It is true. It's like honestly, you're not gonna learn much if you're
Especially if we talk about robs. Yeah, if you're like an ass what is he going to benefit from facing games?
absolutely nothing he's just gonna get counter strike brain rot you know like
it's way more for you as a pro player to you know do some theory crafting that's
why it's all the more impressive don't you think that someone like don't can go
in and play 10 yeah but also I think for someone like don't you know these
players that are very young they're just massing games and they're just
building muscle memory I think someone like rops is definitely past that and
And also for players in different roles, slash positions.
You know, someone who takes a lot of fights and you want to just run around and do stuff and have a feel for every fight and the chaos.
Sure.
Sizi has played the most facing games leading up to the CPL.
He is also 16.
Exactly, like a young French guy.
But he likes the punishment.
Yeah.
Nice, I get it.
Here we are.
We're back.
Tank pause.
Out of the way.
Oh.
They were both here.
Players, Annie.
This play doesn't work for NARV.
Let's see.
There's a multitude of ways this goes.
Stays on the ankle.
Just the one.
P9, man.
It sucks.
It sucks.
SMP7 gets two there.
Three!
He's an interesting peek from XCCs.
Yeah, 3v2.
I wanted to fight that.
That's a faceover extend right there.
One too many games, you know?
Props will never.
Oh, and it's probably going to cost you the round, but that's fine.
Here we are.
It's not like an important round or anything.
Oh, sandwiched. Mischoff the mackerel.
Flick! Can he recover this?
Closing in.
Oh, he's gonna connect!
Oh, he hit that, but not the kill!
I picked a no scope and you still hit it.
I don't know if Exercese from the shuttle makes the same play.
Yeah, that's true.
Man of culture.
They reduced their LED lighting.
And hundreds of chairs.
I'm lucky it wasn't even anti-flag, just doesn't capture him.
Let's go through the box, there's still just two bullets not hitting.
I think they cloned Alexi B and his clone played the other day.
Oh yeah?
It didn't look like him.
What, it was a few days ago.
Well it looked like kind of a...
It looked like JKS.
Oh it was really weird.
It was a very... I pointed out to Chad and even Chad was like,
the hell that actually does look like JKS.
I don't know man, they're cloning Jim Carrey now they're cloning IGLs, it can happen to
anyone.
It's just plastic surgery guy.
Are you sure?
His eye color changed.
I don't know man.
Maybe my algorithm's just messed up man.
His eye color changed.
He was signing things with his right hand, his left hand, it's been handed for his
whole life.
I don't know man, professional.
I don't know.
I don't know.
What is that mean you can't change your eye color are you sure you can wear contacts
No I've seen people go and get this whole thing where you can change your actual eye
color you've seen those dudes with like black eyes you can tattoo your eyes if you hate
yourself. Or you want to, you know, look different. Or if you're really unpopular in prison.
Stretching guys.
Mid-aggro.
Shot there. You should hear that.
Or out here in the middle to lend a helping hand as the crunch
starts to get away from Navi. That was a brawl.
And they're not going for the bomb. They're actually going to partner up and see if they
they can catch like the repositioning of Alexi
who's just dipped into CT safely.
So, getting a bit weird.
Bombed though.
Yeah, a bit might find the bomb before the T's.
So they're going for the double headshot strategy here.
It's gonna find the bomb.
I think they call it double headshot.
It should.
It's gonna go long.
Oh, they just missed him.
legacy ready in the playoffs and they might not find the bomb
We'll find that.
We'll find that.
Suck so much for Bid.
It's like, how long?
Oh my gosh, they're high!
Oh my gosh, they're high!
We have to go really quick here if they want to plan this.
Time.
Time.
Time.
Time.
Time.
Time.
Mine flies when you're having fun, and Alexi is!
That is a Na'vi round. It's the captain. Hold on in the clutch. Love to see it.
They've had some really weird rounds already here in Dust2.
There was lucky in that 1v1 where the bomber dropped forward and he didn't have the time.
Now we've had a minute round the world maneuver.
I don't know, man. Alexi, were his eyes always that colour?
Yo.
Would he always win that 1v2?
I remember Alexi whiffing every single time, but now he's winning these.
Are we sure that's the same guy?
I don't know.
I know JKS would have won that round.
Which is worth thinking about.
Forced buyback for 3D Max.
JKS is what?
Like, had his...
His had surgery to look like a Lexi B and join Navi.
I mean, that's what you're saying, Alex.
I wouldn't...
Sign out to those ramp-up experience.
You only go to extreme lengths to get off a flyquest too, okay?
Oh, that's just rude.
Yeah
This bit is country man. I do like this one. This is always fun. I've seen for any call this hat's gonna approach them
So I'm a goose off spawn. Oh, he's moving. I take it all back
It was the setup you just walk through. Yeah, you do flash his chain together. He's me
Good day damage
That's his
More here from an XE another kill
And everyone getting one
They get theirs you get yours miss shot from wonderful
Mr. Trippin case you kill the opera he has done so much work on this leg watch him drop in
Oh my cousin with a great rotation, I don't know if we super expect this
He thought about it
Clean! The pot was on the box. This box is cursing 3D Max right now.
I've seen great rotations from Maccazi in this game.
Really clutching the end, won a couple of them.
And 3D Max just can't catch a break really.
This is their own map pick, guys.
Last to forget.
And now we've known a ton of success on Dust2 recently.
Aside of...
Is there G2 games?
I think it's good enough
Na'Vi is beating the shit out of them at the moment.
Saves it.
It's crazy.
Saves it.
Okay, they've got in.
And they'll have a bomb plant.
The bomb's not going on the boxes.
Just putting out this in, man.
Yeah, Mikazi's having a good time, though.
Wherever he is.
Full save here for Na'Vi.
Yeah, you can see they're 8-2 up, but they have no money.
all these rounds have been real close.
Just like prison, no cigar for 3D Max.
True, you're not allowed cigars in prison.
That is a whole lot.
Cigarettes, yes, cigars.
I don't think so.
If you've got the Konek, though,
you can have anything.
Yeah, yeah, that is true.
I got a guy.
We've all seen the movies.
Oh, prison.
Take a walk.
I really enjoyed the first season of Prison Break, that was a good one.
Also, I've rewatched it recently and it didn't hit this hard but that's also like, you know,
at the time when it came out it was kind of revolutionary, you know.
It was the early days of TV shows and having all that stuff, also having to wait every week for a new episode.
Now we're spoiled, man. All these streaming services, you can binge watch anything.
So many great TV shows over the last 10-15 years.
Back then, there were few and far between.
What's the best TV show of all time, Janko?
What to choose from?
It's a really tight race between the Sopranos and the Wire for me.
I think at that point, it's just preference.
But I will say the Wire,
I think it compasses like a full
Sort of picture of society really
That's a good 90th time
Yeah, I've never I've never watched it what everyone sings phrases phrases got to try it
And be our homework the next season yeah, all right little long take
Got the room
Blocked early, that's fine.
3D Max, bring everyone over.
It's more mid-round aggression out of Mikazi.
He'll clear the tunnels, he'll confirm it's not the B-Hit.
And that's allowed a lot more bodies inside of A.
We'll re-peek along here.
Darvi wanting to get the swords bloody.
Swinging out.
Wonderful.
Hits one, but he is under a lot of pressure right now, the Molly landing, the flash blinding.
Wonderful.
Still clicking.
Needs a third and he can't deliver, so 3D Max might squeeze out something.
ideas from IMA and the Kaze on short side tap back Maka with the rifle not enough and that's
Navi putting up a convincing compelling CT side on dust two nine rounds here in this first half
it's 3d max's map pick and it's for the playoffs
I
Maybe I should let you go
Should I let you just walk on by
Never even said hi
Oh no, deep in the never-known
Now how it feels to open up hearts
To have to let it go
Oh, we can't turn back now
Cause we've come too far to not leave the broken hearts
I guess something inside my soul just couldn't stand to let you walk away
So easily, you don't know
And maybe in time we can figure out
Just what these moments are all about
All we guarantee is a little change
Oh, I don't want my heart to feel this way again
And I just need a little more time
To make sure what we're doing is right
I just need a little more time
To make sure that we're doing this right
Oh yeah, oh yeah
I figured that I'd stop by
Just one more time
And let you know what's really on my mind
Oh yeah
We both got a lot to say
But the words escape, it never seems to be an easy way
I hope and pray, we'll escape just about one more day
We're back in business, second half, first map, and it is that last day of play for stage
two.
The playoffs are just around the corner.
We're going to be seeing you, and we're going to be seeing a couple of these teams
in the playoffs in person.
We have managed to get through the online portion of ESL Pro League Season 23, at
at least the final date of it.
Now we've got the 3D Max, come into 3D Max's pick
and they've got three rounds.
We've got Harry, we've got Yankee, we've got Hugo.
Lucky is on their roster, but fortune did not favor them
in the first half.
A lot of close rounds going against 3D Max,
couldn't come up clutch.
And now they are very much in need of a good start
if they're going to have a chance to mount this comeback.
Well, it'd be a pistol or would it be three rounds max from the French?
Straight out.
Imagine on the reload that would have been uncomfortable.
Now, if you could just end this game with a pistol right now.
Flash playing.
Good Flash.
Trade is late, but better than never.
Wonderful PG-50 can hit hard.
So back up into this A-Side.
Another Flash.
Blocked him. Wonderful one tapped him.
Lucky response.
It's getting messy on short.
Gravity brings him down to Earth.
2v1.
Makazi has had a good game so far.
Don't give him a 1v1.
That's exactly what he wants.
And that whole first half was narrowly missed clutches for 3D Max!
This could have been another one!
Filled in at the close and the Mikazi shut down.
So there we go, there's the chance for 3D Max.
This is going to let them close the game up a little.
Finally, an important clutch going their way.
Wonder if we get the Insta Force from Narvi.
Lucky hat
Hey!
What's up my girl?
BG guys, BG, BG, BG, FG
Are you crazy?
Nooo
Nooo
Guys, why are we...
Guys, guys, guys, if we could...
I told you
Maybe we could...
I said...
We know they...
There is nice ride, Dren
Let's go guys, let's go
Good plan
We'll bye now
Let's reckon
Makaze with the AK, they believe in him. The two guns taking control of Kat early, still a dangerous round for 3D Max.
I don't want to see a single round on their CT side from 3D Max where they're caught off by a fast short fight.
The amount of times they've been juggling nades, caught like, role-playing, there we go. Ready? Gun out.
And a headshot come to Makaze or at least through the corner at least.
They really thought they were coming towards a lot of utility expenses, two flashes expended from 3D Max, defensive smoke.
Ooh, a preemptive boost! Love that. This could be the end of Exorcise, it's a very good weapon, that kind of range.
Ugly death, pushing, spotted onto the site. It's going to get really uncomfortable at the end of the prect of the temperature.
Just edgy with smoke, team killed, doesn't matter, they just clear them out.
Look at the HP.
I must top mid with the most of it.
It should be good to just close.
Move any cause for concern.
Everybody is low.
Oh my god.
Scooter doesn't know that.
Oh.
Someone has a kit.
Dude, he can't have.
Now, a front day in the office for XF-C's.
Pushing along in the 5.0.5. You get what you pay for.
They were 4A as well, kinda, I guess, gravity.
Boosted in CT. It was quick to help.
They had a lot of those flashes that they used initially, would have been nice.
Yeah, man, just been the story of the game for 3D Max very close
But it was one flash
Just can't convert some of these rounds
Okay, the single kill that's wild. Yeah
Getting back in the shadow
Right now he's getting shat on
Nice.
Alright, time out, Gouldin.
You're quickly running out of room to change your fortunes on this too.
Now what, you're engaged in the four spy wars?
Yeah, they have to. I mean...
Not much else to do, your lost bonus has been completely reset so there's no point in equing here.
Need to say a prayer really. It's a Hail Mary from the side of 3D Max.
Let's see if he's real.
Kumbaya!
They're walking up.
Na'vi, they're all here.
These are 3D knights, just a scrap around the long smoke, and the flashlight doesn't
do a thing.
This game is-
Put a bow on it, man.
Na'vi.
Rover.
convincing way to start the do or die series just like all the other time to
put him out of his misery
sorry for all the other I haven't seen that movie just what they say in movies
it is fair what film is it
I think it's called
what's that one with the Beethoven
that one there is a dog oh the way guys remember when the USP's got that kill
surely not obeyed from the car's a stop middle fighting them and this whole team
come out to trade so legacy beat Navi 13 for on dust to Navi about to beat 3d
max 13 for on dust to does that mean that legacy are gonna 13 for Navi
Wait, I get it. Wait. Hang on. Let me get this one.
This one doesn't work. It doesn't really work.
You say legacy? Legacy are 13 times better than Navi.
No, wait. That's better than 3D Max and 3D Max, but even then...
I don't think that was really much of a challenge.
Please make it quick, Navi.
I think the math says the 8 times better would be.
Yeah.
Oh, man! Oh, wonderful. Oh, they blocked each other.
point is legacy what i'm saying is that doomow is better than navi that's all i'm saying okay yeah
no that checks out okay but navi 3 on the side max 13 for legacy in this unholy triangle
i don't think so no one's being legacy alex's point ever again ever again legacy era yeah
you know we were talking about who's gonna stop the uh esl grand slam grand vitality's way
could be legacy you already be there with the Austin major man yeah yeah they
broke once already I'm telling you do mouth looks like they're not getting the
13 for after all it's a shadow Alex okay so we just left click throw on the
shadow can't mess it up well they're not getting the 13 for unless such a
It's a fun word to say, isn't it?
Clone of Alexi
Alexi's came on a different setup
Can they do it?
This is really crazy
13
4 against teams on
Dust 2
Doesn't look like it
And save it
It's the best play, honestly
Don't have to like it you just have to do this have to accept it
That's a CS voice line in it you don't have to like it you just have to do it it's not
How's it go I
Think it comes from the TV is well well you don't have to like it you just have to do it
That's it good to go Scott. That's how to make sure
It's not Asian? Yeah, everyone kept spamming that now.
Yeah, you could force it in the console.
In the console.
I missed that one.
Cyphers is the one that the Asian dude used to be so...
He would blend in on certain things.
That was one of the scummy pics.
What do you... We've done the favorite voice lines.
What are Sally's again? Sally has some good ones.
She had getaway Sally.
Oh, hers are all about being drunk,
Yeah, it's really funny.
He likes to drink stuff.
He's drinking stuff.
He didn't want to let...
like, frail.
Don't eat the gas station hot dogs.
One of them is we're going out for drinks after this.
We're going out for drinks after this.
I'm karaoke.
I'm karaoke.
I never could have...
Oh!
Oh, hey!
That could be a running joke, just as far as a mad alcoholic.
Yeah, I think she...
I mean, you're already doing Jason's side.
Yeah, but it's not a joke with Jason.
Just facts.
Yeah.
Dead ass.
So, you do hip thrust.
Yeah, exactly.
It's a 5v4.
I'm gonna lie, my ass feels great after doing hip thrust.
Dude, it does, right?
I'm gonna go back.
You can bounce your coin off of it.
Well, I'm gonna go back.
You could bounce a coin off of it.
Well, I mean, maybe you can.
Crazy style.
It's only since you guys started doing it together, really.
Yeah.
Alright, everyone needs to jump out of the car.
I remember Professor Russell.
Their research.
We're gonna get to the bottom of this.
Play that Jason role game after this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was the guest.
Okay.
Navi could end this right now.
They got a pick on gravity crossing.
That's no spin-off.
Got one favorite game.
Oh, that's...
Oh, what a serious header for Naka.
He's blocked mid.
Just borrowed that smoke.
Oh, it's the perfect one.
He can peek over it.
It's beautiful.
This is well done.
If I was Navi, I'd want greats for it.
Oh, he does hit Mikaze through the pick.
Well, it's early, he's on his own, would have loved to find the double up, but McCarty's just too quick on the draw.
20 seconds, he got blocked, he could have killed.
Yeah, and there's him and McCarty catches the rotator, can he really go B?
He's probably gonna try time.
Oh no, one guy here.
Just go kill him.
Kill him!
It's just lucky.
Get him out!
7 seconds!
We're gonna get this kill, and they're well-securing.
Nah, V, it's a little rough to look at in the final round, but they get it on the board, and that's what matters.
Dust 2 goes their way and now a map closer to those playoffs.
I'm gonna kill you.
Nice! Nice!
Nice!
Rocking experience
Hi, yeah, go you're back again back again. I love having you in the studio
So talk to me you've you've had some interesting topics brought up in the last couple episodes
But I you said you had something different you wanted to bring to the table today
Yes, great to be back Jason first of all and you know, usually I'm talking about
Some topics where players could find an advantage find an edge that are being underused
but today I want to talk about something that I think has plagued our community for a good amount
of time now that no one wants you to hear about that no one is talking about. The players themselves
are probably unaware of it. The TOs are not talking about it. Everyone's in on it and it's
table tennis. Table tennis. So you're thinking there's like some bad some bad information
going around on players playing table tennis ping pong as we call it in the States. Yes,
absolutely Jason. I think it's detrimental to player performance and for a plethora of reasons.
I think what they want you to think and it's all quasi science is oh yes, there's a hand-eye
coordination that's involved. So it helps you also for your counter strike games or yeah,
Yeah, it's not too exhausting and too physical, it's just a little bit of fun, something you can do in between games or after.
Nice guys!
Bro, I hit...
Bro, I think I hit everyone also.
It comes guys, nice, come on.
Cash short, I got cash short guys.
I'm on a short. Two more short.
Guys, they are too long.
Close to get you. Let's kill long right, please.
I got through.
Crossing.
I think they were too short.
I'm playing around.
They know what I'm doing.
They're crossing.
Sight.
Cross again, last.
I'm going low, Esa.
Short, you hit him!
Out.
I'm flashing.
I'm flashing.
I'm crossing.
One more bridge.
You should be low guys.
One more guy is going back
He took bomb
Long guy is dead
Meet the other one
Meet the short
I will come top mid, I will try to kill him
I think they will try to kill me
I will try to kill him mid for you
He doesn't know about you
He is holding A
Nice!
Everybody always asking
asking were you paying attention are we gonna put that question to the test two
teams a lot of questions fastest finger goes first who is a designated buzzer or
what's your team name our team name is you chat on yeah I liked that bit that
was a good bit I was a great bit you're gonna be team chat on then definitely
not fair. Yeah. What do you want to be? Oh, that's a very country. Who do you want to become?
We're going to be, I don't know, Harry. This is your one job. I don't know how this is your
one job. There we go. That's a great team. Question number one. Who won the first pistol?
It's a 50-50.
3D Max won the first.
It was 3D Max.
Did they convert?
No.
No.
That is correct.
Question number three.
Where did Bit get his first 4K off the map?
I'm asking for where.
What did that happen?
Harry, this is your B-tunnels.
Oh, I'm going to get you B-side.
B-side, yes.
On the tunnels, Russ.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, exactly, yeah, yeah, on the DEA, it was to do with it.
How many chairs are visible in Exorcise's camera?
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
That's eight, Fred.
It's not how many I counted. I'm not saying it's wrong, but it isn't how many I could see.
Less.
Five or six?
I'm thinking six.
Six.
Split the difference. Seven. Nobody wins.
Question number five.
Which player hit double-digit kills first?
Two of them both.
Do you want to...
I was going to say...
I feel like a Mikaze.
Mikaze or pit?
Yeah, I want to go with Mikaze.
Yeah, go with Mikaze.
It's wrong.
Oh, pit.
Pit.
It's correct.
Yeah, let's go!
Who came up clutch in a 1v2 in round number nine?
This was Mikaze.
Mikaze was clutching all game.
This isn't the specific instance of Mikaze clutch.
Somebody else.
It was somebody else.
Oh, the one round.
You were hitting the clutch.
That's what you picked.
Alexia Mib when they were around 9, that was later.
Was it? That's maybe one.
Alexia Mib?
It was indeed a perfect reference.
Yeah, that was a quick one.
It was very fast. Who won the second pistol?
It was 3D Max.
It was? Did they manage to convert it?
No, they didn't.
It's been the demise for them on Dust2.
Kind of is the theme, isn't it?
What weapons did Narvae use to win round 14?
that is the
they used the Galil
they also used the Kalashnikov
847
there was also a tec9 in play
but there was a deagle too
yes
and
a scout
no there was no scout
tec9 deagle
now on the head
very impressive
I mean you were kind of in a flow state. I surprised myself
The Bianca on 3d max
That's like the buzz
Bianca on 3d max. I know. Oh missus. It is you guys miss you
No, I didn't do too great, but no one saved a long time
Kind of unfair. How many players on the server have an alias consisting of eight or more characters?
And he's spelling fans in the chat
Oh, this is so much fun, man
That's terrible man wonderful
Oh, what in the whole?
So it has four A's, so it's Misuta, it's Wanderer A's.
I thought it was two A's.
Kazi has seven because it's double Z.
Well, it's the Xerces.
Xerces, you sure?
Xerces.
Yeah, let's just say I can't.
Okay.
So what's that?
Three?
Is there any more?
Bitimel, XCB.
XCB seven.
Three.
And it's correct.
Yeah.
I wasn't paying attention, sorry.
Great spelling phones over here.
What was the final score?
You got final score was...
13-5.
That is correct.
And for winner takes all, what's the next map of the series?
Inferno!
Oh my gosh, I've only gone and done it.
Coming up from the rear couldn't spell, couldn't count.
They do know it's Inferno.
We'll see you on the other side.
Intervention.
Do you want a drink for her?
hahahaha
Nice!
A beam!
No chance.
All gone.
HADER!
HADER!
Nobody fight here and you know you're going to be real broke.
You're gonna be broke, you watch it all.
When I was 11, they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.
I chose to go full CS, just a sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.
I think grinding face, it really helps when it comes to keeping your energy up.
The best advice is that you need to love the game.
In the end, I'm going to be a good player.
So you didn't guess?
You know what?
Of course, we'll explain better, bro.
I'll show you how to explain.
I even set it aside.
You have a problem to show me how.
You have a big squad.
Big squad where? Left, right?
Just middle.
In the middle, big squad.
Yes, big squad.
So atmosphere.
Big, it's not big.
Actually, yes, it's good.
Out of this squad, put one more.
Next to him, one more.
Top?
One more?
Yeah.
Do I have to guess now?
F**king s**t
No
And one more, the bigger one
Okay, you need to put down of this
What?
Do you understand what is this?
No
If it will be colored, it will be red
It's a bomb plant
No, not in close
Because Nuke
No, wait, why?
F**king s**t, I have no f**king clue
I know this B
This is inferno.
Obviously, this is first, but second, third.
Our legs are so good.
You can start from top right side,
start the square from here,
and go down, and go left side now.
Stop, go down, right side,
more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more.
Now go on top, until, until on top.
Big square out of that,
so you can start from left side, down here,
full on top, full on top, full, full, full, full.
You can start from down with the square,
and not down, and down, close it, you know.
The top left is, but a bit down, yes.
Just do a square, bum, bum, bum.
So do a rectangle on top of this,
but side is a bit like a...
Here?
Okay, it's good.
And go down and close it.
On the same big square, bottom, two boxes.
Just do one there.
One here?
Bump, and one, you can start from the middle of that.
Yes, and square.
Yeah, close it.
Between the middle and the top left.
Three squares, fast.
And that one down, one right side.
They are all connected.
Just imagine that all three connected.
Now a bigger angle from this one down.
From this?
Yes.
Left?
Yeah.
And top.
Oh, this?
Yes.
Down, down there.
Yes.
Yeah.
Big square.
Bam.
Can you guess?
Well, it's so hard to explain.
What the fuck?
But you said you explained so easy.
Bro, I explained.
What the fuck?
This is Inferno?
No.
OK.
Wait, what the fuck?
You like this map?
This is Dust2?
No.
It's the map that you don't want to be alone.
Is this Mirage?
Yeah.
Asa.
You can start from the middle with a rectangle, and now you do another rectangle but like this.
Yeah, now it's like this.
And now one straight.
Okay, it took so much space.
You can do another one like this.
Yeah, you can connect another rectangle.
Okay.
Another rectangle straight.
Here.
Yeah, straight.
Yeah.
Another one straight.
With a circle on top
What is it?
Mario
Yeah
See, we got it
We're struggling to win, but we got it
Holy absolute cinema
Hello guys
Crazy summer, right?
How you doing bro?
Talk warmly, man
What the fuck are you doing?
Wait, we did it together on bootcamp
You remember?
Yeah
Yo
Dark
Aerial
Point!
Yep. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. He's passed the test. You passed the test. Congratulations.
What is this club called?
Sampo, why are you serious?
What is that?
You don't think that's simple?
Welcome back to the last day of Stage 2 of ESL Pro League Season 23.
We have Navi vs 3D Max.
Navi 1-0 after winning the pick of 3D Max.
So we're moving on to Infernal and this is it for 3D Max they lose this one
They're eliminated and now we will be in the playoffs joining the likes of mouse spirit
legacy Aurora and Harry
And the magic bowl told us the no-vehicle
And it was right
You can always trust the magic bowl
What about the meatballs as well this we had that I don't trust it and trust them?
Yeah, I mean I don't know they're pretty good all the ones today. Oh
They were like weird it didn't even say this is how serious sweets are about their meatballs, right?
Even on the menu didn't say meatballs even though in Serbia. We would call what for lunch people. It just says beef patties
Good old beef ball patties something like that. I think the meatballs with roasted potatoes, but they I was always like all right
bro your national dish is meatballs like relax it's nothing like how different
can be how hard can't be but they actually do slaps so I apologize to the
entire nation of Sweden all the people that live here and abroad and all
meatball fans around the world yes I mean you know what that's a great
question Harins what's what's up my favorite he's just the integrity he's
He's in the lab.
Yeah, yeah.
Just learning how to smoke line-ups real quick.
I think what coaching feels like.
He's got his brimstone tablet out.
Maybe it's time for his dual-lingual Chinese lesson.
That's got to keep the streak up.
There, you've got to keep the streak up.
Yes, I am a bear in the shop.
That's right.
The dual-lingual questions are like,
It's useless things I like the sound of fish
Sure can't wait for AI to upgrade all that and learn the language for me
Yeah, right just once you got it integrated to your brain
Downloads have live translation on some of these like air pause and stuff. It's nuts
The best thing is I mean the best thing it's like, you know, if you commit to that you never really know what's saying
Yeah, just have to see like things
I think the right way we need the order ring to beam the Chinese straight in your brain. Yeah
My house could really use those
It's good
Yeah, man's ready to go and seminar
Yeah, they think he's the bravest, he's a bitch.
I just took a sip of the Freya's coffee mug.
Yeah.
And I'm on fire!
Yeah.
And 3D Max are about to be extinguished, unless they get things around.
Whoa.
Get them out.
Let's see.
Can they stay here?
Or do they have any right to, or will not be a victim for this tournament?
Second map of the series, not be stomped, 3D Max's map pick.
Smoke top mid, three of second mid.
I really like this pistol. I'm gonna steal it.
What else do we do? Silent boost.
You gotta get past Lucky's dual barrettas.
Is he ever gonna get flashed in or is he just a late piece?
He just pees.
And owns him. So, yep, that's the end of that.
Excessive dips into the side. Gonna be tested on the shore side.
Nice headshot from here.
Plucks another from the air, but brought down with a flying glock.
Should see a plant. Access to the site granted.
the first step complete. Step two, deal with this retake.
Our man out through the apartments.
The two in through the short side. It's Crossfire they'll go, but they've
Compost Alexi, it's very quickly just down in the car. He's at a fleet of clutches though on map one
Will you wet it with you? Yeah, he's being stuck because he's gonna start closing in
Stop that deep close
Just barely buddies
Time to spare
much
Just like a millisecond
That's how the bomb works, if you use it, you had time to spare.
I mean, it wasn't much, but he did have it.
Yeah, if there weren't any time to spare, it would have gone off.
That's how bombs work.
And game at the very least.
In game, in game, of course.
How many chairs?
One, two, three.
I see that one of the...
There's an armor.
Seven, you're right.
There's seven chairs.
Wow.
You got robbed.
We won anyway, so...
To be fair,
And it doesn't make sense, he should be seeing double.
It's 15 turns.
That's been a great big.
Alright, so 3D Max.
This is the third pistol round win of the series.
And also the second round every single time, Harry.
Maybe he's toxic.
He just ran through the banana smoke on his own with nothing.
He just ran, 5v5 ran through the banana smoke.
Maybe his teammate's flash stuck to his hand.
There was a flash it was just bad. Yeah, it was bad.
There you go.
I was just sitting here.
So it's his teammate's fault for throwing a bad flash.
Oh!
Oh!
Here we come.
Converting a pistol.
I never thought I'd see the day.
I haven't converted it yet.
It's fair.
But you'd really be hard pressed to screw this one up.
Hold my beer.
It says Freya.
Poor Freya.
Just forcing it with his gun.
It's fine. She can always come on the cost and defend herself.
Why do you think she doesn't want to cost?
She's slurring words all the time.
She can keep it together for like five questions, but that's it.
That's why she doesn't know where you're paying attention because she wasn't it's
great sense because when I play matchmaking I do feel like well my
teammates are drunk that part's fair
oh it's lovely work from the suit I pulls it back out please see what's
feeling in it when you've queued a game like one guy if he goes I'm so drunk
I'm so glad this is how I get to sign up for an hour.
This reporter, for briefing.
Yeah, I'm sure he'll get that.
Yeah, the report function is one of the best features in Counter Strike.
That's why it's there, man. You have to use it, you have to be persistent.
That's what everyone thinks, you know? It doesn't work, and so no one uses it.
And then it really does not work.
The only time I've seen it work is when it's abused by cheaters to spam reports on one again.
Yeah, it works well for them.
It works well for the people it's designed to stop so you're saying because they use it a lot
Yeah, but they're using it at robotic level that submitting like 3000 reports in five seconds. They really wanted the bad
Yeah, it's kind of weird. I
Did see that cool strap where you say guys guys time I time I gotta go
I've got to go and then you just vote to kick one of the cheers. Let's go has worked
Well, look how the turntables
Turn. And here's the final one alive, he's gone down.
3 to 0, 3D Max have survived the storm.
Send the record straight, right?
Able to win and convert on these pistol rounds now, 3D Max in a good position.
By around coming back in for Navi.
Record scratch moment.
Two for the price of one.
And we're getting to the first gun
Was a record scratch sound like
Yes
But like if you are like twist twisting of velociraptors nipples that is the sound of yes, yeah
The velociraptors having their phones come on you do you not seem Jurassic pork?
Like Ari, that's a spicy hot dog. That's only milk. This thing is for us
Simon, I understand. Yeah, no, we'll put it back on track. Sorry mate. Yeah, he didn't actually talk to me, but I just wanted to do something.
He's thinking it right.
He's thinking it right.
We're loving it. This is what it's all about at the TSL Pro League.
It didn't like my anti eyeball tattoo slander.
No, he didn't.
Little did you know it was born with brown eyes.
Some of these games make me want to tattoo my eyes, but this is not one of them.
this is a go playoffs or go home type of a game and lucky gonna find a lot of
Navi players right now currently utility comes in wonderful goes into CT spawn
let's see what the reaction is from 3D Max what great caught off Garmy
suit it felt like they know where the stack is a sight little trade record
scratches now they come up short and long on player in the sight alone and not for
long he'll meet his teammates in the afterlife for v2 that's around that's
a six shot from a leg seat he is gaming today
almost like it's another guy see a gladiator as well or just game no just
gaming
gaming
new balcony is dropped
no room at the inn
shut the door in this round
yes, Alexa here
I love it, I love it
you and Henry
Dope and snorting your way through pro league and not like...
That would be great!
We have fun, eh?
We have fun.
I had the rail.
What are you failing?
Orc was put past us for a second, that was quite exciting.
I ain't didn't...
What's Mr. Bistro, Mr. Misfire?
Hugo's been telling us it's a good gun.
It is a good gun.
Please, Toronto, spread this old propaganda.
It's like the Nova, it's underrated.
Hugo also thinks the Negev should be...
I think it's viable.
I think if you have a lot of money on CT Dust 2,
you should drop one in spawn.
And I think if they long cross or they mid to B smoke...
That's a mega?
I'll welcome it.
Yeah, as a LMG expert.
Yeah, it's a high pitch for sure.
But I think viable in some crazy positions.
I'd like to see that, or maybe be infernal.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Some of like the little choke point e-maps.
It's definitely got use cases.
I mean, it would change the viewing experience.
I don't think it's a good sting for the game for the Red Bull.
We have to use J-Raz's camp just for our ease.
I think Val would just wait for us to do it.
Remember when they were...
They made a window line up on Anubis to spam the window drop.
He hit Nega.
So they extinguished the molly.
They died.
AK might get you the same result.
Flash is attacked too good in this round.
For gravity.
Everyone was blind, mostly him though.
An immediate call from Alexi going back towards the A bomb site
Fake dink
Escape smoke it leave good grenade
Dead man
4v2 nice pick up a pace there for Navi
As soon as they see the triple B. They just send it
Sometimes it would just be simple like that.
Oh, there's three Bela, just all five go away immediately, just trade the two players.
I feel like if Maka hits that shot, they probably slow down, like abort the call.
But once they're able to get up close and personal in apartments too, they just pounce
on the opportunity.
it might be a different story in inferno compared to Dust2, but now we stabilize very early on.
It was also surprising to see Misuta try anything really, I mean that was a 2v4.
They can still buy, but no reason to throw your life away.
That was like three in a row, you just need like four more, you're in a happy place.
When he sneezes, as Exorcise has checked.
Bro, you get it?
I was like the most, I was like the most shocking sneeze ever.
I got a little bit of a brain.
My brain's shaking.
Like, sneezed himself into a concussion.
It hurts.
It hurts.
It still hurts.
Fast on eight.
Lots of pressure applied.
You can see Lucky and Exorcise have got panic stations adopted and the gap's been
taken by Alexi, but he's kind of ahead of the smokes already close to library.
This is going to catch them by surprise on your swing through, beautiful.
Just one man to find, lucky carrying the back of the site.
He's going to pivot into one, but the immediate trade, Navi, a very well structured T-side
in back to back rounds.
Very nonchalant as they just walk on into the A-side.
It's beautiful.
This is what I'm talking about when it comes to Navi, you know.
They're also one of those teams that are sort of infamous for playing slower
on this T-side, a ton of default.
But lately it's been much pace here and not necessarily execute heavy but just grouping
up right maybe it's something they saw in their prep.
How often 3D Max opens 3B regardless of how many rounds they're losing on A they'll just
stay stubborn and sort of go for those 3B openings to secure banana control.
So yeah, I mean if we get 5E2 all the time on A.
Just take it.
And I think for Inferno haters like Hugo, like that's something that gets overlooked is like you don't need to go banana
Like if they're go banana every round with three, why are you even going there? Let's go. Hey have five you two on a
I mean, I'm not gonna send not in front of a policy
I see a lot more exciting games on it
In the last six months than the first couple of years of CS2
I think is delivering better games than it has that's it towards the end of go
it was horrible, it was unenjoyable to watch.
The HE smoke breaks have impacted Inferno the most as well as the NAID drop change.
I think those two combined have led to a more exciting and effervescent meta.
My quiteality definitely has set the meta a lot. Apexed and Flames Z1B with all the different
NAID combinations that they have, especially the HEs. Now you see everyone do it, right?
these half all HEs and everything else because it is hard to hold off a full B execute and they have
banana control but all that harass that comes in really makes it you know punishes the T's as
they're setting up for the execute so you always have to be and then if you want to do it faster
so you don't eat those nades well that's riskier. It's back! Oh the XSC is max seven. It's back
It was hitting.
It's a good answer to this B-Control here.
Navi getting a lot of entries and gravity running down.
So he'll play in the site.
Navi get this control.
They get it quickly.
135, already looking what they want to walk into this bomb site.
What's going to stop them?
Mag 7.
A bunk.
And they're over again.
It's clear.
Flash from the sota.
Perfect.
This is a real different double kill.
I'm now able to block it with a smoke too.
You'll love that if you're 3D mags.
Boost my work.
Not psychish.
They're lucky to find anything.
He has not been able to locate it.
And they don't have any more smokes on B.
Gravity is A this round.
It's a bit versus gravity head to head that MAC has just looked away from.
Not gonna be checking this angle, so who will look here?
OOOOOOOOH!
Get bited on!
Gravity's still in a more dangerous position, what should be?
Yeah, well he's stuck, like when he's there he can't make a sound cue and drop off.
Just need to connect, but he will get traded.
Regardless, that's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes.
First kill of Inferno for Bit is round-winning.
and it's a nasty shot on the upper
There was about to take the teleport. Yeah, eat the door
Get out of there. Oh
Man, that was fun so many more doors than you think. Yeah on this map. You know how
maca feels right now
Just like Freya when she gets handed a mild warm beer
What's that?
It just sucks doesn't it sucks terrible. Yeah, just like it's just the worst thing in the world
Warm beer room temperature beer. Is there anything worse? I don't think so
Harry
It's up there like top five top five. I don't really drink beer. Yeah. Yeah, you are not a big guy
Yeah, lots of wine
Yeah, yeah, no one's like giving you the stink high like oh you don't drink you don't peer pressure on here
In fact, we better ask him to stop, will we?
Sorry.
I have.
I'll be taking the lead.
He runs back out.
He's hands out, he's hands out.
And you get about 35 minutes of sound on that day here in the stocker.
or as Harry likes it sounds out hip thrust out yeah yeah it is the best
time to be working on that have you seen this thing Alex still got the tag why
I don't know return it I don't know it just grew on me having it there okay
still has a label it's like sentimental it's bonnet four months ago I got it
You know like back in the day people would keep the tags on their hats.
They'd do like a snapback culture.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Keep the sticker on.
I've still got all these.
You're stupid then. You're stupid now.
I've still got all the metal detector alarms on all my clothing.
Yeah?
Do I have a receipt? No, don't worry about it.
It does have the clothes.
That's all that matters.
This is not an AWP position.
He's a guy who likes to get crazy.
Yeah, he likes to do it his own way. Luckily for him, Bit is dead.
What is this angle? And then you can drop off and you catch this guy swinging you.
Oh, it's kind of worked out beautifully. Wonderful!
In the clutch. He can.
Didn't realize. I feel like they should have realized. Even he just
killed someone. He killed a man.
How many chairs are in MacAusie's background? Zero. I'm ready.
Rep. 2.
Gravity was setting up his camera on the chair.
That's like what you're focusing on.
Yeah, it's all like it focuses on.
This is the time when how many chairs are on the chair.
I just feel like I got robbed on the chair crash.
I was wrong.
Imagine if the AK sped up like that. That would be weird.
He's hearing this. Wonderful is going for a real aggressive beak. The incendiary forces him back and the nade does significant damage.
Okay, they draw out a decent amount of utility from the CTs.
They don't have a single smoke left. What? Maybe there's something in B that was dropped?
Maybe Gravi is just throwing a second D1, flashing now.
And you can see there is a cache of an additional smoke and molly.
There it is.
It joints and sanitary.
What do we think about the incendiary change?
No, it's really settled in. Does it feel right?
Does it feel good?
Incendiary sucks.
It does suck.
People just run through the whole thing and they take like 18 damage and you get well.
There we go.
It's not enough of a deterrent, you know?
That's a really important word.
It is a good word.
Is that frat to the pocky?
Oh, my man, here!
I'm gonna take your position.
That's my suitor.
That's my suitor, locking down Bs.
That's a double.
Just like Jason likes it.
Oh, man. I got it straight back in.
I just got one more man to get past, XCCs.
Oh! Holding on!
Stashed off by the Glock, wonderful.
Another chance at one of these clutches, but they're closing in right here
as soon as he gets off that block.
Deja-bloody-vue.
That's how they say it in the south of France.
Here comes the blade timeout.
Have you read him like a book?
He's definitely not gonna be happy about this round.
Considering the advantage that they had, it was a 5v3 for just a little bit.
Then Misuta comes in with that swing from CT and just don't need to do this.
This bit from Navi.
The teammates weren't there.
Now you can wait to group after the two entry kills.
They paid the price.
That's why they pay him the big bucks.
Janko, 1k, Poundabitch has called it.
That's fucking unlucky, guys.
It was probably once he heard this that they took a time off.
This is you.
There's nothing unlucky about that.
You bloody...
Scaliwags.
I don't know if this is true.
Just reading a tweet here.
Okay, ready for what could be true could be untrue.
Is this one stuff about the clone?
No, okay.
Phase, yeah, I've signed up for Dracula and season six.
Oh, that's pretty huge.
Yeah, they had to.
Yeah, Yanko called that too.
Last night, I just didn't think it was that dire.
The major is that state care.
I also saw a tweet.
I'm not going to read it.
I will show it to Harry though.
That's the kind of content we pay for.
3D Star for the CTs.
Will you be able to unsee it?
I'm not talking about that.
It's a crazy tweet.
There's everything on there.
Literally anything.
And everything.
I want to know what he saw.
Just some doppelgangers, you know.
More clone stuff.
More clone stuff.
Clone Wars.
People be messed up on the internet, man.
There's no way for me to fix this.
Just messed up Makazi's day.
Gravity on the flag.
Lex is holding it.
He finds the 3D Max.
They're back.
They're rolling.
There's no more money for Navi.
They lose this round.
And it's a 3D5.
They're already looking like they're conceding.
This is one of those bad saves, I feel like, right?
Because these three guys will have AKs, K1 Galil,
the other two players, I mean, they buy Tec-9 armor and AIDS,
it's not ideal.
This could very well be a 8-4 slash 7-5 half with 3DMAX.
I mean, everything's just going a little bit better, right?
They converted on the pistol,
they weren't able to do that at all.
Map 1 you think about all the clutch moments that were in there for Navi
That's no longer bit of fact there 3d max started to pull ahead and there's a lot of reasons to feel good
It's like Fred they're raising the bar right now
That's to be six rounds on the board for 3d max
Flawless round to get there too you just like that
How do you say like perfect in French coffee there you go
Isn't that like a I thought that was like a
Half-abs me probably is
I mean you were holding it like yeah, he didn't know just didn't matter in the end
And the key guys and they have to sort of buy I was saying but you see this you know if they lose this
Then they'll have nothing for the final round, so a real opportunity for an 8-4 half with 3D Max.
Alright, lock in, Navi. They don't get easier.
A lot of damage taken in this squabble at Banana.
Even the flashes are working now. Gravity, he's getting the entries, not being entered on anymore.
Well, it's nice that he's not running down banana just taking that fight instead. No top B smoke for Navi
And this is what they've wanted to do, right?
Clear it out and rotate hard.
Little 3B start, take that early fight, try and get the advantage, and then you can shuffle the pieces back around again once you have the control.
Navi were playing at a real quick tempo the moment they learned about the triple B stats.
Not able to do that in this round and they're a man down. So 3D Max get the rotate over.
It's a 4v4 in A.
Them's the type of fights you want to avoid if you're an RV.
They play right into the hands of the AWP.
Good shot.
Could they?
Back they go.
Right now it's a 3v2.
RV have made it favourable, but Crossfire, it's not a very good Crossfire.
They're both kind of on their own in these positions.
Talked in on top cold box Alexi plays the long position gets that info on both though and they still massacre Navi
74 3d max making a compelling case that this game is not done
The player playoff life might be or life lifeline might
Did you sneeze again a chew just needs to sign apps is loose
your eye always had that slope to it that's the muscle work all right now be
last chance trying to salvage five on the half considering they were so
swift in their rebuttal on the back of the pistol you felt like now be wrong
they were on their way to a win at 3d make easy for a win over this in you're
not ready for that much crouching in the window kind of like a door in a way
Yeah. Every window is a door. Just a bit that couldn't handle it. Because there's no handle
on a window. Well there are actually most of the time. So yeah that's a little bit of window
humor here all night. Oh, double it after we push, calm down. I'm surprised that you're
No surprise, Mac, but McCarzy comes in with a tray making things winnable yet again.
Oh!
To Alexi!
We're on!
Two headshots to find, neither delivered, and now a Tec-9 from Alexi is...
8-4!
Alright, 3D Max, they don't give it up without a fight.
It's all chuckles in the French count, and RV, they took us to...
What map is this?
Is this their map pick?
Yeah.
We'll be back after the break
That's the end!
This is kind of fun!
This is madness!
Na'Vi stomped through the first map of this series.
It felt as good as over, but here on Inferno.
3D Max wouldn't do what they do best,
and they drag out the series and make a compelling case.
They did it yesterday on Ancient.
Now they do it here on Inferno as well,
going the distance potentially.
We'll have to see if they can finish on their second map
and take us all the way to the third that is...
Ancient again?
Yeah, well they do have Alexi on their team, so they should be able to...
Let's see, maybe 3D Max hasn't say...
T-Side, even very good in pistols, three out of three so far.
Converting one of them.
They don't know the smoke could get wild as 3D Max walk into it.
Gotta nail this thing.
Beautiful.
Just that clash out towards me coming up in Navi's favor.
Now ready for the abs component as well. No element of surprise there on the drop-in.
It's back to the drawing board here for 3D Max. It's 3 on 5.
Look how many nades Navi has bought. That's wild.
I mean, he already used an HE, but look, they had two smokes, a kit, an SanDiary, three flashes.
How much money do they have? It does feel like control.
Yeah, B is empty, but I can't find where he is with this amount of utility.
Oh, just don't get in the kill.
Triple flank being contained by exercise, and so on the three in this position.
Oh, and they've gooshed it through the wall.
Lovely work.
Retake is on.
They've got kits.
Two ruin to the postplot.
Good luck.
You're going to need gravity to be active here.
Probably sticking that bomb with low health and no kit could be a problem when no
armor rather just hop right on it a couple of shots can end wonderful's
whole life here gravity can he save them no they did not they get all the
kills but a pistol round for Navi no move no one tried to stop that I guess
they weren't expecting kids the only only thing I have hundreds of nades
It's just shocking.
Well, they lose their first pistol all series.
I think they were also surprised by the smoke for Ruins, maybe.
You know, like they wanted to obviously play from Ruins, then they get smoked.
It's like, oh, well, I'll go CT.
Just too late to make anything happen.
The kills are important because they can out-buy.
They have three Galils, Tech 9 and a Deagle.
Not too shabby for the second round.
Let's see if they can turn the tide early on.
Wouldn't it be a nice change of pace for 3D Max to be the team winning the four spies?
Full blind there, Mikazi gets out with one at least.
I want to reload that mack up Oh No, he doesn't know okay
I mean I'll be a very passive of these sites right it's just a 2-2 split so you need the
B players to keep you in this round Lexi so they're on mid is good well timed here
For Narvi, they know what's happening. They know it's the B-Play.
You need results, and with the B-Site crumbling at 3D Max, find themselves in a 4v2.
I even one kill there.
Left him in an unretaken round.
Even one and done each is still a tricky 2v2 for Narvi to embark upon.
Yeah, this one's written off, and for good reason.
I like to be having a bit of a stinker, 3 and 4 team.
Someone open the window.
Winning death force by man after losing pistol, I swear I like to put it.
Just feels like a nice ice cold beer after a day's work. It just hits so good.
I mean, how can it propel you all the way on a double digits?
That's like the multiple ice cold beers
throughout the work day.
Yeah.
No fucking day.
Also a fresh Pierce classic.
This is scary.
Almost too far, it's.
Maybe it's too far.
Maybe.
It's fine, I'll just switch it back to Jason.
Good old fashioned fun.
I like that.
Jason likes that drink.
He does.
Good.
They are pretty good.
Ravio, re-forcing.
Ooh, Blade is well out.
It's green light.
Oh, an LDLC chair.
That's an old Evo the Golden.
Quite a rebuy to make here.
Two Famisors saved.
Three bought back in with Nades.
No kits.
Relax and calm down message received
Let's see what they do here
The jumping pass? Let's see, I actually did some significant damage there as the little
dude chipped.
If you die, this round's over, so watch out, Ema.
Lexi trying to help out, but Trignax just walk away.
They know they've done enough to force a rotation, and that will open up the air
site.
They also, by the way, I said Lexi's having a stinker,
it's two and eight!
Remember that one insane impact kill on the orb?
He's had like only crazy, well...
I don't even know his other kill, but...
He had only one crazy kill.
He had a really important kill and then one other kill.
That's... that's shocking.
We are 15 rounds in.
It's two and eight.
Can he do anything here?
On his own.
He hasn't really had to shake the mouse around too much.
They're all coming his way,
flanking from the long side as well.
One and done.
Oh, quick on the scene.
Maybe something, but no. 3D Max contain and they are bouncing back.
This is their game for the taking. We're talking about ancient.
And you can just see the change in attitude for 3D Max.
I'm sure, Harry, you're thinking,
why isn't Makar just running into the site with the bomb and planting
instead of holding for that push that he clearly and obviously hears.
But that's a loser's attitude. That's a loser's mentality.
aim to stand your ground take that fight show some cojones or if i will you say bald and cramp
didn't sound like it that sounds just a good i can do a good guess
Oh, I'm right
Kuih kuih kuih show some kuih
That's what they do him right now
They got the zinc in the stack and they ain't afraid to show it they got a big lead right now and they ain't gonna blow it
nice
So right yeah, right people are he's a big fun of rhymes
runs. Can't stop Ryan. All the time. That's how they say you can't stop Ryan. All the
time. Harry loves the rhyme as well as Frey loves the run. That's run, R-U-N. Of course.
Always doing a park runs. Hugo is always ghosting her. Lapis Piers is how they call
her. I don't like how side man. That's it. That's her.
That's her Strava nickname.
Is that the running one?
I don't know.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We've been checking in on Pimp's Strava.
Oh yeah, he's still doing it.
Yeah, he's been biking like two and a half kilometers a day.
It's a bit much, if you ask me.
That's he had for breakfast.
Too much.
Frey walks 10 kilometers a day in a straight line.
It's part of all the sobriety tests.
You're not the best.
That's actually the best time of the year.
We can retire now.
Yes.
3v3, USPs and...
Oh, no!
Come on!
Come on!
Calm down, bitch.
How many kills is he going to get?
Three kills.
Three?
What should go up to five?
Well...
On this round.
By the end of the map.
If he's lucky.
and we know he isn't because lucky is lucky.
Ho ho ho!
Man wrecked.
It's a great on-brand.
Like this is what it will do to your back.
Gotta get the ergonomics out.
Ok 3D Max is right here.
They're gonna win this game in just one round's time.
If they do this one...
They've done the hard part well the hard part is the last one as we've learned many times
I mean you break their money here
See you for it
I take it back needs it and just good to happen to Navi. Can someone someone break it down
What happened? Yeah, okay?
Well this round it's a bit about
Timing right there one second too late on the flashnade combo
You want to be swinging into 3d max h8 and blind, but they were ahead of the utile
So it goes horribly wrong when it goes wrong in that sort of a scenario
There's no one's I mean the first half, you know losing the pistol
Even though Jason's trying to find anything worth looking at and then there was a couple of clutches. It's the opposite dust, too, right?
You got mail
Oh, what's this? I got a leaflet for someone going down.
Shoot them, they fall out. Whoa.
It's true. Seriously?
Yeah.
I don't believe me.
100 grand on it right now.
I'll show you.
Right now.
Right now, I'll show you.
Any amount of money you want.
It can be less than 100 grand.
I didn't get to make you give me money.
your hand too strongly sir you're holding her one grand right when Hugo was
telling us he didn't have wood yeah yeah I saw what the banker gave you you like
you like a field at one time like I info played Harry man that's fucked up
okay wonderful the live a likely a little aggressive flare now if you try to
find something to kind of stand on here in the second half and there goes
Macaulay, Masita finding himself an opening kill, Sponsor him, lucky low, finish off the job, grab it, he'll do it for him
You gotta win this one, says Captain Obvious
Dead
2v1 on A, bombs along, away, away, this is bit where he gets 2, this is the 2, this is the 5, yeah, it's the 5 kills
I don't know, he's not been inspiring on this, he might find the bomb
He's certainly good, but this is they've really reset the time we go from long back to double apps like this is
He's ready for something late, but this is really late
They're checking on time. He's better spacing. They're too far ahead. They might just dodge them entirely get out balcony and bit
Good shot for is good, but knife is out
It's so many times today caught with his knife in his hand
And gravity could go back to be he has got the time on the clock.
Alexi, not much better than bit in this game right now.
And gravity making the perfect rotation.
Have enjoyed the way the 3D Max have just called rings around
Navi on this map and gravity looks to finish it.
He's picked up all the grenades every single possibility.
Let's wrap it up, Hugo.
Well, it was a great game from Navi on this.
It's a long.
Slow it down.
This it was a great game from Navion dust to head to head was dominant here on the second map 3d max have had their revenge
They've showed up in a big way and they look to take us a distance ancient decider info gathered
But let's see but one bullet is all it takes and now become crashing down a really ugly map of counter strike from Nartis Vincere
But can they redeem themselves on ancient or will it be 3d max making it to stock home for the pro league playoffs?
We'll have to wait and see. Strap in and wait a second. We'll be back with map three shortly.
OOF
NOOOOO
I'm gonna kill you
I'm gonna kill you
I've been with some pretty angels, we're always through something anyway.
Could I be desperate, lazy?
Or is it that they never see me my way?
About a new world keeps turning
Waking up
When I was 11, they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.
I chose to go full seers, just to sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.
The biggest reason that I grinded the face was because I wanted to beat them.
The best advice is that you need to love the game.
In the end, I'm gonna be a good player.
1hp
3 guys
1hp
1hp, no money, no money, you can't go
1hp, there's a wall
1hp
1hp, one more
1hp, no, 2hp, 1hp
1hp, he's faking
They just faked us with the ult
They are very well that he can be shot
I can see block, deep shot
You have last one
I'm firing, I'm firing
I'm firing, I'm firing
I'm flashing
You can pick
They're more in this
They're popping
They're popping
They're shooting
One down
One two
I missed one
They're shooting at the wall
They're down, two
They're scouting
They're scouting
I'm safe, I'm safe
They're smoking
P-Hot
Good Lord
What?
You do?
You do it from all or no?
Yeah, I drop
Ehh yeah yeah yeah, it's behind you
Only one smoke on the left guys
Nothing
Shirt one
What?
Stab short close, elbow
I have flash
I have a B2 room
Okay, good job
D-D-D-D
Shirt one, come on
Come on, come on
I flashed you, come on you
Oh, I didn't
Flash me down
I'm coming
I'm coming
I'm coming, I'm coming
I'm only there in
I'm only there in
I'm coming
I'm coming
I'll peek one guys
This is mine
Take me to the left
Let's clear
I'm coming
Take one
I'm too long
I'm dead.
I'm close.
Can I have flash for you?
Yes, I can.
We just need window flashing, I can cross from long.
I can flash whenever.
Wait, Miha, come closer.
Brace out.
Zoom in long.
Flash.
I'm dead.
I'm close.
I'm dead.
I'm falling.
I'm dead.
I'm dead.
I'm dead.
I'm dead.
I'm dead.
Nice!
Nice, good job.
Good job.
Probably.
Imagine if you molotov, yeah.
I'm still here, one is still there.
I'm pushing, I'm pushing.
20.
20, but...
He's dead.
Oh, he's dead.
He's dead, he's dead.
I'm not sure what's going on.
I'm not sure what's going on.
Is he dead, lower with MP9?
I don't know, I don't know what's going on.
I don't know what's going on.
I'm not sure what's going on.
Igor can smore top mid first.
They're all close.
Uh... Ibero.
Cautious, not good, we're blind.
They're all blind.
He's one HP, I'm just going to...
I'm not sure what's going on.
Maybe small pet will get him out.
I can jump, I can jump.
Go, go, go
3, 2, 1, ZIP
I left a flash, you guys
We're coming close, one
One close
Are they elixir?
They're moving to lower
To lower
Lower clear
Hey guys
I thought we were on B or A
I think he'll be on A, so basically let's go, I guess
Let's come
Yeah
Oh, you're sick
What the fuck was that?
Close it in
They don't go, I bought the bomb, maybe.
They don't go, I bought the bomb, maybe.
Yeah, fuck.
I love it, bro.
Relax, Mr. Evil.
You really like it, bro.
Fuck it, bro.
Fuck it, bro.
Hey, Future Pros.
Some smokes on Inferno are just necessary to know, so let's look at a CT and Coffin smoke you can throw on Inferno.
To throw these, you'll need two smokes and at least one flash.
First, get into this corner.
Aim just to the length of this tiny dot, then jump through your smoke.
If thrown correctly, this will land on the coffins and extend up to block off anyone trying to peer over it.
For your next smoke, which was kindly dropped by a teammate, aim at the bottom of this pole.
And while holding mouse 1 and mouse 2, tap W and jump throw at the same time.
This will land on the ledge and block off any pesky CTs who might be boosted.
Finally, you can throw a flash from this spot while aiming at this point on the barrels with a jump throw.
further aiding your team to crack that b-side.
How do you deal with pressure?
Alex, did you have pressure or is the Finnish blood?
I actually spoke about it yesterday in the café for some reason.
I said that previously in my career that there was no pressure
with excited to go to every game, especially with the Finnish team.
But I feel like nowadays it's, when I think about it,
about it. I feel more pressure in studio environment than in the area because I just feel like in the
studio when it's silent you have you feel your own thoughts more. I see. Like when your team is
saving and when you're thinking about the score all these all these different things I feel it
just feel like in the area I can always like watch towards the crowd like glance at something
or hear the noise no matter if we're losing or winning and I just feel like it gives me more
energy and more excitement and you feel the pressure less. I see. What about online games? Oh my god.
I didn't mean it as that because I remember I rarely felt pressure studio games arena games
but then I remember we played Astralis it was 2025 at start from the bootcamp and I was
literally shaking like the first game my hands were shaking I've never had this in
studio or arena and yeah do you feel a lot of pressure yeah really
do you feel studio pressure
to be honest no arena no okay arena helps you up I know that's for sure you have feelings
Yes. No. Negative feelings for the opponent.
What about the visual pressure?
Only if you are not playing tournaments like in a role, for example after the break, first game is kind of tough, always.
Because you didn't play officials for long. Sometimes, yeah.
But if you are playing tournaments in a role, you don't feel any pressure.
Mr. Misha?
I think I'm the way like him.
Like for example if you come for a break then you can feel something but for example if you play tournament of a tournament of a tournament
You are getting used to it
So you don't really feel even though if you're losing or winning because yeah, I see
Hey future pros, Ancient can be a great map to play but taking space on lane can be tough.
Let's look at a util set you can throw to help you take control of Kain.
It's always good practice to have a teammate go mid and molly the jump up, or have them
getting info so you know you can't be peeked from heaven. That is pretty much a
requirement if you want to go for this play. For this you will need a molly,
smoke and a flash. First let's molly into the cave doorway. I won't lie this is
pretty hard to do so make sure you practice this molly a lot. As you run
towards the doorway try to position yourself a bit wider to the right.
Quickly aim in the middle of this brick and running jump through the
molly. You'll have to line this one up
very fast to get it off in one motion.
Then, if the enemy team knows what they're doing, they will likely molly into lane as
you are scaling, so use your smoke to extinguish this.
Finally, throw a flash off this section of the wall to land inside the doorway.
It will take you a few attempts to get all this in one smooth motion, but at the end
of the day, practice makes perfect.
It is the last map of the series playoffs and elimination those are your options when
it goes through, they'll be coming to Sweden, they'll be playing on land, chance to dance for
a big old prize pool versus some of the best in the world, and for the loser you'll be a game
shy of playoffs, eliminated from EPL. It's also the final map of the funnest bunch around,
us four, Navi versus 3D Max. Back to the chateau if you lose this one, 3D Max, so let's see
if they can recover this series from introducing a forfeit now we're gonna
feed the losing team into a big meat grinder never to be seen again
would chip on down this is our letter little guy strong strong the fun is
bunch strike by this bunch that three's ancient it's been good for the RV we
saw 3d max show up against Mongols yesterday after getting trounced and
and look incredible on it.
Still trying to work out what happened to Na'Vi map 2.
I mean, it was a completely different looking squad
coming into the second map after making Dust2 look comfortable.
Uh, yeah, bizarro world.
3D Max definitely stabilised.
The individual's definitely delivered.
But what does the third map have in store?
Well, we see Na'Vi or 3D Max taking to the stage.
In front of the crowd.
Now.
Damn.
Damn.
Last day of stage 2, huh?
Who's gonna take the knife round?
I don't know but I have a sneaky suspicion the French are better with the blade and I'm wrong. I'm right.
You're right. You're right.
I'm right. Okay.
2v4 the knife round gets a useless flying.
Who celebrate knife rounds more than anyone?
And a pug no one cares.
Here it can mean everything. It could.
What side have they started? CT Harry.
Of course. Respect.
And they're not gonna go as heavily into the nades as they did on their, er...
Or as Navi did.
But we are gonna see a smoke in a kit, which we know...
Has...
Proveably, one pistol rounds before.
Any round can be winnable here.
Whoa!
3D Max, CT side, Navi...
Smoke flash.
Let's listen then.
Let's reset.
Now our best map, guys.
Let's go.
I like that.
Clean.
Easy.
Reset.
How would they lease it?
We now know Nafi's best map.
3D Max just missed that timing.
Only you guys picked it, I mean.
In there?
Yeah, he's never gonna miss the first,
but the second, you could lose the kit in A main.
That would suck.
Pressure onto Asuta's donor, he already goes down,
and down goes Kave.
That's gonna be open as well.
Bomb.
Alexi, make it a choice.
Romy.
I know how Amisuuta feels.
Nothing worse than your donor being pressured.
Yeah, it can be...
Something like it.
It can be difficult.
Who might a judge?
Still a kid in play, but no smoke.
Flash swang.
Oh!
Break them!
Steal them!
Leads gravity on the push.
That's right, very bad.
And that's a pistol round for Nalvi!
Yeah!
Stick that in your smoke kit.
Did they win one back?
That's how they get the cars into prison.
They win a one coming into the trap.
Yeah, they won the second pistol.
Three minutes with the force though.
He did.
He did.
So 3D Max converted all pistols.
Even another one.
Well, that's nearly as good as my legacy.
I mean, I mean, yeah, yeah, you're wrong.
Man, he loves New York City.
Who doesn't?
Inspiring from the echo.
I love New York shirts so good.
You're going to try to save me in New York once.
I did try to save you.
I was almost unsuccessful.
I did get lost in New York.
I would say lost.
I would say more like trapped.
That'd be a word.
Yeah.
That's a good word for it.
Kidnapped, maybe.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I was technically on a legal basis.
It would be.
Kidnapped implies they like moved you though, right?
What would they look to you?
They look more like a hostage.
Hostage.
held hostage in new york it's true some i think i know the name of that movie is it the seed
i don't know man i'm sorry i've no doubt it's a good bit
i was looking at that for you harry though
oh some people are into that stuff harry mccallister harry was not into it
i'll say that much you're locked in a cloakroom in a bar okay it's not in the
And I was pulled aside and bought a security so both of us were a little bit trapped.
Yeah.
And then you took a Uber with a guy who's-
No, no, no, we're not doing this, we're not doing this, we're not doing this.
Not now.
Oh, not now.
Another time.
Oh, that's so good.
It's a great story.
It's a great story.
Not for now.
Right now, we've got the Eagles connecting in a 2v5.
Why would you run in?
Okay. Right. Blade. Give him hell boys. Yeah. Come on now. Let him know. Behave yourself.
Wonderful. Heading hands on a one round vibes at an all time high. Gosh. They made an almost
impossible round like impossible round. They were also they were in donut wanting to go
away but then they got the one extra kill on B. So they went all the way back from
doughnut into cave into be it's like all right missed Molly got dicey there for a
second but all is well that ends well
screw up another burst of the Galil and wonderful will have taken down the
a stack not going to give him the fight this should be three and a no worries
oh man we can't be fired never see it he's the only one he's somewhat of an
MP5 believer it's not just sounds weird I don't hear that gun
My first day in New York, Casey Neistat nearly ran me over on his electric skateboard.
No, that's the most like the most New York experience ever.
Shout out to him unless you know it's a dangerous time to be shouting people out but shout out
to him.
I hope.
I hope.
Maybe not.
Actually, maybe not.
Did he say sorry?
Did you have an interaction?
Did he hit you?
Oh, no.
No, he just kneel.
Well, he like hit my ankle.
Oh.
Did he say sorry?
Yes.
Okay, that's good.
He just polite about it.
And I just looked up like, holy shit, that's crazy.
That's a small world in the Big Apple.
Mac is hungry.
That's what happens when you don't get a lot of work.
You get hungry?
Mac is hungry.
Mac is...
Yeah, he's making it.
No one's safe today.
No one is safe.
It's the last day of online CS for a long time.
They're going to fire us after this one.
How Harry's going home?
So maybe you just didn't get the memo, Hugh.
Okay.
All right.
It's the buy now for 3D Max.
Fast B-Play on slash in the cards.
Oh!
That smoked him out of the molly.
And now they're gone.
Crossing!
That is a shutdown.
He did get bullshitted, but they were probably still dead anyway.
Why does that happen?
Polygons, pixels?
Mainframes.
Mainframe?
I think it's mainframes.
Okay, it's the mainframes.
What about the subtyx?
It might be the subtyx.
Hmm.
Let's see that again.
Yes.
Smoked on the molly.
Excuse me!
Excuse me!
You've got to do it in the middle of the molly.
Why do we have that stipulation?
Who's making the rules?
Oh no.
So it's a big quadra kill.
I think it's also anti-strat in the sense of they see you all when 3D Max is 3D 0 down.
They always fight for mid heavy.
I don't think they expect two players to be in B for that round, Navi.
Uh, I'm scared. Yeah, it gets caught out by the Teg 9 Fast 8.
Don't need to repeat that. Can't chill, but no smoking lands.
Very deep knell. They have to fight it, and let's see with the Teg 9.
Triple kill.
Teaching them lessons here.
When you get his teammate to guard now, you're on your own, buddy.
That was that hashtag new navi, man.
We're just playing with pace.
Yeah, like the pace.
I was gonna say it's like very hard to hold on to the site once you get
that bomb down, but not if you get all the kills before you plant the bomb.
That works nicely, that works out wonderfully.
Keep Donut Smoke, felt like it was going to let them down.
Right, yes.
So, Zack 9, bap bap.
That's exactly what it sounded like, Lexi B.
Type of shit he's on, you wouldn't understand.
It's always sometimes, you know, Counter-Strike, really fast-paced game, right?
But that's why situational awareness is super important.
You know, you need to understand, first of all, the buy for Navi isn't going to be perfect
because of how the previous rounds went.
And then you also got the kill in elbow. So now you're five before they've shown their hand like they
Want you know, they're doing a fast ace. So if you just hold your ground and don't get caught off, right by this
Alexi push, you know, if you're able to just hold with your guns get a kill even if it's straight, right?
You buy time for the rotates to come in you're in a good situation, but that just felt like, you know
It's not really giving away round a Navi timeout off of the Navi win
That's intriguing
Maybe blade heard something he didn't like on the next recall
But quite a rarity to see the timeout bird after you know immediately winning the round after your first loss
And blade yeah, he's using the full 30 seconds man's got a point to prove
on top of that red heading on into our sixth round of play third map first game last day
stage two season twenty three year nineteen ninety three
That's true.
3D?
Thanks.
Almost.
What's going on?
A single round.
Are they going to try and change that in here, or have it?
Feeling that's their game plan.
Look for a second.
You heard the orb.
And you do go straight through the elbow smoke.
So that's nice because he's got a bit of territory
and he's a beast in this position.
Maka wants him, nails it and dips away.
Of that surgical right push on the smoke, get out through mid, through that donut utile,
nail the kill and then just fall back into a comfortable little 5v4.
Grab it, he hanging around in the cave.
It doesn't overstay his welcome.
Ooh, a little pixel.
Okay, really see let's put it to the test. Oh, that's gotta be prepped right? That's not even a normal angle
Wonderful goes through the smoke
well
That's kind of sick. I mean it's sick from him, but also we saw the angle from like seeing gravity
I always think those are deceptively shit those like playing the pixel unless you're really far away
The amount of times you get pre-fired
But I think even if Pete that was an AK would have killed him
See a lot of arm there. It was a lot of arm
So, you know, so it's brilliant
You know what he drops the smoke they know where he is
Then they spam you and you just stuck in the corner. I do wait in a die
Five one for now be and with style with flair not just walking around
Bring in some bravados, some hazzar, and a bit of bezinga into this tea side.
Yeah, not even exercise his love of NYC, we'll get him through this.
This is a little odd, isn't it? I guess the smoke was bad or...
Oh no, the smoke's just there because gravity died with it primed.
I don't know why no one looked at K.
I guess you're not anticipating the ult to continue to progress, I mean we'll...
I wouldn't spit Paul in there.
Yeah, like, I don't know.
Seems crazy to me that no one looked, but hey, they all died anyway.
Oh, and they all take a shitload of damage.
Two, largely play.
Third mid gets something.
Nice shallow, Molly.
Paul says he's into the fight, but he does well.
So C's just Pauling back into a three on three.
Gravity has adjusted into this red angle.
Oh, he's got him here as well wonderful this trifecta for try back up exercise doing it
But New York City, baby, there he is with number four
See coming up from heaven in the concrete jungle, but he's gonna be put down and 3d max with a second round
What do I say? It's true one
What's my name again Estelle Alicia keys
I think it was her
What's the song or song which one you know?
Concrete jungle, is that reanna?
It's a style. I think I'm right. No, it's a key. It's actually a deletion. I was right. Oh, well, I might be good
What did it still do still did?
Or is that the Beyonce and Jay-Z Jay-Z Alicia keys to the Empire State
Yeah, that's the one I was thinking about, sorry.
You were right, Hugo. Hugo was right.
You were taking off the floor seats.
Yeah.
I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to.
I'd like to see the LA, a fantasy difference.
It is a different song.
Yeah, it is a different song.
Other cities are available.
I stop!
Oh my goodness!
Wonderful gets it down to the 2v1 and they know where the suitor is.
He's got this.
He's running.
He's walking.
Oh, good smoke.
Is it?
Yeah, it's just from the smoke.
Oh, God, he's bungled it.
Oh, no.
He just smoked himself off.
Ah!
Well.
Mikaze still wins the fight in the end.
Yeah, probably.
Got more health.
Got the time.
Suta committed.
Can I have to just two-bullet his way out of this situation?
Mikaze is still not an easy fight, a thousand off angles available, Mikaze comes in and
Misuta saves the day. He is a bit of a beast in this 3D Max jersey right now, putting on
high impact game to game and looking to get them to play offs. Right now, Navi have
just absolutely butchered a two versus one.
Silver lining for Makazi and Na'Vi, it wasn't an important round or anything.
But wait, it was. No more money.
How do you fuck that up?
That smoke just ruined it.
Honestly, it blocked off Makazi, it gave me Suta 2 1v1s.
That was a pretty horrendous.
Anyone could tell that.
Yeah, let's see.
Also, I understand, there was an option to also plant for CT and Makazi is there and play it right down there.
But yeah, if that smoke is just proper.
He still walked through Caves while knowing the smoke missed.
Not to say it's not Makazi's fault. It definitely is.
But...
I think we walked into it.
I think it's really important we assign blame to someone.
So who will we decide?
Mostly Mikazi.
OK, Mikazi.
That's good.
Oh, he's going to try and make up for it here.
It's a Glock Rush into the Maka Orb.
Usually wonderful to one-dig the orb and you're cooking.
Oh, he fired a bullet.
I mean, the orb's missed.
That's already quite nice.
It's going to get you in.
What?
Flash CT.
Oh, Mikazi.
Yeah, he gets out.
Back to Donut instead. Flash gone.
Really?
One rifle. Everything's fine.
Should not be winnable.
You know, like, these can get weird, these rounds.
Oh, he's gonna play in front of it.
Gotta get crazy, Mikazi. That's another killbook.
Oh, he's so blind!
How is he here?
Not for long.
Wonderful, Digo. He needs nothing.
It was never meant to be a round, and so it shards.
I mean, that's about who loves New York.
Wow, sorry, just I was loaded. Yeah, I didn't realize I'd cocked it. No trigger discipline.
Excuse me.
Put this down.
How do you want to cock this up around the way that important round in the one prior
you get a bomb plant here at least try and stabilize. But this has gone from a third
map where you can add a tremendous T side to one. And now you're just playing it.
Keep the lead.
It was 5-1, what rounds did Na'Vi lose? They got the double entry up mid, then exercise just
repeats them three times and kills them all from down there. Then that 2v1 shouldn't have
lost that either. Now, not only 3D Max back in the game, even this buy is weak for Na'Vi.
So, this could have been a very dominant T side. Instead, 3D Max looking to win out the half.
It's definitely not the best buy, more like a cost call for Na'Vi in this one.
I
Was always running Alex. Oh, it's good
Costco man, I mean what a place
Well, now we would like to buy some rounds in bulk
But they don't come cheap nowadays great three clear of mid from 3d max. They have all the information
nation the suit are no more needs to slow
Navi down, but
It's fine. It's actually good. They want to get our cave. It's a retake be set up. So this morning's not going to cost them
What is dying? What is dying on lane factor into this game plan? They've got to get away from that heaven flank
They will put some distance between themselves in the wrap round as mccasey with the catch bomb planted in a four-on-three post plan
The ease into the size kind of a go right now show it up with another multi kill could save 3d max
But Alexi stops him in his tracks 3d 2 in the open even gone
Oh, no, no one by one not again
No, but Navi leaving it to the captain with a 4k needs to be taken
Holds you can walk back short. He's heard the fake steps. Alexi's getting lost in the source and Macca hits the shot
another thrown round by Narvi and 3D Max capitalized to perfection.
I can't believe that no one's holding for Lucky's jump up me, you just had such a field day.
Frustration's definitely gonna be palpable for Narvi, Alexi gave it his best shot.
Just a lack of composure I feel like in some of these critical moments in the clutch area,
3v2 you can climb peak long together right instead of solo swing call whoever the first player was
giving 1v1 fights away
and 5v5 3D Max very much back into this game you can really kind of pinpoint the round where
things start going wrong yes indeed who was it again here without this one who missed this one
The smoke, yeah, in the 1v2.
Oh, MacAzE.
Oh, right.
So, you know, it's important to assign blame.
It's your favourite thing to do, actually.
No one be doing it.
No, blame's assigned to big.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, my God.
Get that checked out.
All right, chance here, Panavi on a low by.
They've actually got a good bit of room on there, chance as he tries to finagle his way
out through the doors.
It's into the double setup.
Coming on on his side, Alexi will find one in the down time.
They get out towards Donut, but they've been blocked.
They were ready to split onto A. That kill on Lucky doesn't keep him interested,
but they'll take the four on three.
Stop for gravity gets denied and that be sight feeling real tempting right now. Oh
Nice shot
There's a player behind the box
He's wonderful can't move for now as a clear middle. I hope you have the side, but they're
Don't in their eyes crossing their teas and
wonderful
Careful, I feel a Mac will check this
And now we can a little grabbed
They're gonna give this a go.
Macca, the whole reason they're even entertaining this, calm rounded out with
a third, it's left on a exercise. Oh no, he's gonna win it.
Azima, dead to rights, plays trigger discipline for as long as he can, closing in,
hoping to throw the timing off, but time so low, no choice but to get on this
This bomb and Alexi knows that, charges it down, won't get the kill, but the round belongs
to Navi.
Just a recovery, isn't it, from Navi?
Take care.
Of your T-half.
Rather intense throughout, but we could be seeing a 7-5 half after all.
Maka, I mean, a valiant attempt.
Lovely, no scope.
A little bit more time, perhaps.
Exesis could have pulled that one together.
I like that Navi are acknowledging what 3D Max are doing, right?
They know they're a team who love to in the silence of the mid round clear out middle on CT side push to three players through red and donor
And now we keep walking into this MTV bomb site in late rounds
Will that keep up 3B in this one?
Bring your ex-conceived middle
Now we look to punish putting Macaulay in red any further might be his demise
Mac 7s come back out for exercise. It's always good for two
Oh
Ozzy Pete smacker
Crazy
Just enough bullets to finish the job
You've lost the bomb
Not this lady needs to die in him and makes it so
Right the mag seven you think I said it's loves New York, but really it's a New Jersey
The exercise deals with the first.
Now the goal.
And on the swing across.
And so Navi will go on to win out the half,
shutting down at that 3D max streak.
They secured himself seven.
Tonight's the night
And even if you're feeling blue
It won't be alright
See our troubles behind
And have no doubt
Don't you wonder for the pain
We make it all the way
Oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
We're singing a groove, our legs are sealed
Oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
Turnin' loose and all but I'm sealed
I
Oh, what a feeling it would be to qualify to the LAN finals here in Stockholm, Sweden,
Spirit, Maus, Aurora, Legacy, Mongols, and one of these two teams meeting in the playoffs.
One more leaf devastated been quite a series a back-and-forth two dominant maps
Stealing each other's picks and now going to the decider of ancient blaze said it was their best map and Navi looked to reset
They face them tumultuous times in this first half
It's still get out with a seven round T side. You really can't complain about that
Yeah, but your rise it could have been a whole lot more
It could have been a whole lot more dominant
So 3d max have definitely got a position where they can knock Navi out of the running
take the position for themselves and a pistol round would be a great start in that adventure.
Fakaze's got an A push to deal with. See if he's gonna be choosing to fight. He's actually chosen
to throw out a smoke big bolt. Gonna throw some question marks into the mix as well as a head
shot immediately. Exorcise gone, smoke break in fight, looking for a sharp-faked head shot from
bit. Had a quiet nap on Inferno, Lexi be at the back of the side trying to navigate the
smoke but it is going to be a temple fight gravity glock versus dual barrettas and dead
okay bit out of pistol puts three on the floor the maca one v four they're giving him nothing
I like the restraint from Na'Vi. No trolling.
Unlousable with Na'Vi playing it together.
A little bit of trolling.
You could do a little bit.
You could have some fun.
It's not missing a beat.
Four headshots in a bit.
But Na'Vi's pistol downrange and I mean, pistols have been.
A bit of a conversation between 3D Max.
Certainly.
They've been converting!
I just hit every bullet, didn't I?
I'm cleaning this last one.
The vibes are back.
Okay, yeah. They used their two minutes wisely.
Three minutes.
I thought I was facing like a really important distinction, because I haven't made that.
Just 30% more.
We have fun.
We're not in this round because it's serious. It's clocks.
Actually, there's a P250.
Really important distinction. Yeah.
Just want to make sure we're, uh...
correct.
All the time when I evaluate my BTech sciences
Was a really important distinction come on go BTech in science. No, I did
proper exams
They put me in
So it's actually a smart kid
I was a smart kid. What happened?
I'd say Harry is smart. I'd say he's witty.
There you go.
It couldn't be both.
You can't, but he's not.
That was a slogan if Dave used to be home with a witty banner and I used to think it
was an animal.
Yo, the P250 got a kill so it was kind of important.
That can't be true, Harry.
It is. I thought it was like a badge.
in the forest.
The witty banter.
He was always used to have like a little creature in there.
It's the witty banter.
Yeah, I thought that was the witty banter.
The real witty banter.
EMA has a worse internet connection than Aleige.
I think it can't be Aleige's connection.
He said he had 50 up.
Yeah, that's what a lot of people, that's what all the fuss was about.
Oh, who set up your protocols?
Did you get some of these guys to optimize your PC?
Who ruined everything for you?
I think they're right.
I honestly, 50 up.
You can't set a webcam.
Nah.
I'm sorry.
pretty bad in there, 350 up, I'm like, that's like the least you can do in Europe's friends
like when you're talking about it.
Masuda has paid a heavy price to have gotten this far forward. Nades, bullets, flames,
and seems like an imminent famouse to the face, so...
Dunzo, for Masuda.
Line up in red, Ema able to keep it in Navi's favor. Bomb dropped back at Elbow, so even though 3D Max are
getting ground over here at B, going to be quite a rotate for that bomb, and they're not
in yet, they're not safe.
Alexi from long, able to stop them.
For sure, almost.
Eyes.
There's no further, and the bomb arriving late in a 1v3 attempt for Lucky.
Counter-terrorists win.
Oh, we're just three rounds away from those playoffs here in Sweden.
3D Max running out of gas.
We have fun.
Also, it's Harry.
We have fun. We have fun. Double digits for Navi.
You're like the Navi of this group. It's Navi over here, 3D Max over there.
We have fun on this couch.
They love New York.
Over there, not so much.
so much fun oh sad exercise don't give it's had a hard series hot day good map
but not enough but hey they were down in the first half to and they climbed
their way back so it's not impossible but they're running out of time just
It's like Freya's liver.
No, I forgot to.
They need all the help they can get.
Oh, here's the open out.
Five on three, shut down.
Keep on coming.
Oh, gosh.
They can't catch a plane, walk in three smokes and it's just one of those rounds.
I feel sad of seeing exercise look like that.
Yeah.
I'm not worried about the vibe a little bit.
You know what would really help the vibes?
Lucky winning a 1v5 clutch.
Not dying of a hit and swing.
He's dead.
There's more than a swing, there's a swing up there.
Three of them.
Now you turn it around.
Here we go.
Let's not die in the first five seconds.
Eleven is all they get, boys. Let's go.
Leave Mikaze alone in the middle for the first, you know, 10, 15.
First smoke.
I'm going to the left.
I'm going to the left.
Cheetah.
That's clean.
Is that just the name of the position?
Oh, yeah. Cheetah, like...
He's not calling him a cheater, he's saying.
Maybe both things are true.
It's a very witty-
No one laughed though, no one laughed.
I think he's calling him a cheater.
I think it's just over.
Well, hang on.
All right, very easy.
I think it's three in through, don't know.
Oh my God, Narvi.
This is what I wanted back on Inferno.
We're getting it here, hitting hard.
Gravity, four and 13.
Some would say he has to take his mouse
and click in this video.
What the whaaat?
No clicking required, Ema gets it done and not the match playoff points.
Will Alexi be being Stockholm?
My horoscope said yes.
It's looking pretty good. No denying that 3D Max had kind of hit a wall in this final
half of play yet to get off the starting blocks. Yeah, sinking feeling. Yeah, well it is a
very familiar helpless feeling in Counter-Strike. Well, Blade did say this was their best map,
Navi's. And the first half could have been way more dominant. You know, one could argue
why I wasn't in your map pick, then that's not gonna be me. That's more of a Harry Russell
sort of an avenue to take.
It's a good point he would make there.
You said it twice, Janker.
They could have picked Ancient.
It was there.
It was their best map, apparently.
Why wouldn't it?
Can you actually give me a real reason?
Well, because they felt they would get it as the decider.
So you don't need to pick it.
It will be in the map hole as a third,
and you can go for something that's more of a punish,
which they felt Inferno was.
With a backfire, they had them to one 3D map,
Max's map pick on Dust2, but, you know,
All's well that ends well. We said it like seven times already.
And it's like 3D Max is nearing their end at the ESL Pro League.
You get past McCarze, but then again that takes his place with two.
Okay, Bits move.
That is one hell of a move.
He knew gravity was preoccupied, so he just slipped off.
That is such a ballsy maneuver.
Oh, and they're going back with the bomb.
They're going back with the bomb.
Bits about to tear away their EPL hopes and dreams.
I can't back. Oh, he's going to peek in.
Finish them, Dad.
I can't do it.
They're ready. Couldn't maybe hold.
It's a whole lot harder now.
Wonderful. You get one wonderful highlight
of game and this could be it.
Opening kill.
Restores a bit of normality to this one now.
2v2, no longer impossible.
Wonderful's followed up with another.
And Lucky left as the unlucky last man.
3v2 that's rapidly got away from them.
this AWP, staring him down. Any move he tries to make will be punished. And if he stands
still, he's lending time to Alexi.
Oh, hey, Na'Vi going to playoffs. They walk this one home at three map affair, but Ancient
was very, very comfortable. A decisive win over 3D Max, and they run a game shy of
a playoff appearance.
313-5s in this series. Three stompy games. Na'Vi at least take the cake, and they
They go all the way to Stockholm, Sweden for 3DMAX.
It's another case of the what ifs.
We've been saying all tournament so close,
but yet so far, never quite tasting the glory
of tier one playoffs.
Maybe next time.
Still a good showing from 3DMAX.
It feels like considering the changes that they made,
bringing in Bisuta for body,
Makka going back to IGL for gravity,
new coach, Mbk in there as the assistant coach.
They definitely got a lot of reps doing this pro league.
You know, a lot of tape to go back and watch iron out some of those mistakes,
go back to the drawing board to some extent, but still all in all,
I think they can be content at the very least.
They're not even a little bit happy with their run here at ESL Pro League season 23.
Hey, basement toilet in the background of LXCB's set up as well.
Oh yeah, it was good wrapping.
Love to see that.
Now V-Shop can style.
That they do. Just a convincing series really. Sure, Inferno, just pretended it didn't happen.
This was a 2-0.
Not true, but you could pretend that. It is an odd shit.
That's what I'm saying.
That's a good thing with pretending. Like you can do it with anything really.
Exactly.
And we see Navi took the long way around losing to G2 and legacy but wins against Monty and then Bait and now 3D Max
Net them a spot in the playoffs
And I mean it's good that they made it right like because this is damn yes, absolutely
Hell if they if they fall shy at this event considering you know a lot of the top dogs
If Navi do want to be still in that conversation
You feel like they had to be playoff there and also we saw it coming right from a mile away
way for 3d max once phase was eliminated as you can see they have success against teams whose names start in an F
Beat fury a beat foot, but then lost to spirit lost to the Mongols in our Navi
That's also tough draw for 3d max here at ESL pro league season 23
So yeah
Absolutely. Yeah, that's it 3d max gonna be not packing their bags
But you know packing up their website is a good thing about this when you lose and you don't have to go anywhere
You're already home. I mean you can just untape your integrity cam, you know. Start cheating again.
Finally, liberated. You can start cheating online. No. Thank you. Yeah, exactly. They're probably exactly
what they're going to do is they've probably got a long long scrim schedule and just going to go
straight back into the server. I am optimistic about 3D Max. I think that these changes
show, you know, there is a drive to not repeat the the shortcomings of last year and to
to actually ascend to that next level.
It is always a bit of a, you know,
could of would of should of with them
as you've already been alluding to.
But I, you know, I wanna see.
I would love to see them find that next step
to kind of take that same places
like the Mongols in the top 10
where you are constantly just kind of vying for it.
Yeah, you can pull that face dude,
but that's what they're aiming for.
That's what they're aiming for.
And they can aim for whatever they want,
but I think their ceiling is lower than the Mongols.
I think what they're hoping for
is some more consistency
because they'll have a tournament
They'll win a couple of games like for say this one that reminded it's online
But then they'll go to the next thing and it'll be all in three right and lose to teams that they're not
Supposed to lose to to put it that way
So I think some more consistency in that regard. It's the first step for any sort of long-term improvement for
I'm also noticing you every time it's like could this be the one where they know it's not maybe it's the next one
No, it's not that one either like where they do what like level up
up in a deep run, maybe a chance at a trophy.
I feel fully called it at 2-1.
And to be fair, like you said, hard draws, spirit, Mongols,
Narvi, Furia, the easiest game, 2-2-0s.
But I've seen it too many times now.
And that being said, I like the Masuta pick.
I think it's good.
He's solid.
Give them some time.
Are we speaking at EMA?
Who knows?
Potentially.
I'm asking you, Hugo.
I'm in for the doubt.
If it were up to you, would we be speaking to Ima?
That would be my preference.
I wanna know.
You know, like, what's up?
He's in this whole other house right now.
Having a game.
He pulled it off?
Yeah, like it was a balier delay.
So I don't know how he managed to legitimately solve it.
One worry was like, oh, he'd be really bad.
It's not his usual setup.
But what if he actually prefers this?
And now every time he plays online, which thankfully isn't much,
he has to pull up at someone else's house like, hey, me again.
Oh, it's like the Chad and Jason's kit exactly
You may be in the Jason. Yeah, just showing up. We are getting email. Okay. All right. What are you gonna ask him here?
I'm gonna ask him now. Whether he brought his own PC. You do that. You're the scum of the earth.
Well, you're gonna have to leave this interview then. I got nothing pressing really.
I'm pretty happy here for Narvi. Thank you. Anything pressing?
Yeah, there's a lot of pressing issues for me and that I can't wait to hear from email from in great detail and at length
Okay, and I think you'd be in a good mood for that. I just won as Harry said or as Hugo said, you know, it was a 2-0
At least they can pretend that it was yeah, and I can pretend if you go he said that yeah, we can just pretend
what we want. Let's pretend we're speaking to Emma right now. What would you be asking him?
Probably be pretending to ask him questions and then probably pretend to say goodbye and say
thank you for the interview. That's quick. Yeah. I don't understand why there's like some sort of
private joke going on. What was it? What did I miss? It's a pretending joke. It's
I just meant to pretend this was a two oh and now it's no no but like you know when you was
kind of silently cackling. Oh, they were laughing earlier, right? Oh, no, it's probably not very
entertaining. My tummy just rumbled. And Yanko heard it. All right, I'm cutting you off because
we have Ema in the house. Whose house not Ema's house? That's right. Ema, pleasure to talk to
you. Congratulations on the win. Where are you right now? Now, hello. Can you hear me first?
We can break it down. Okay, so I can hear this one. I am on
Jax's house. Oh
He wants a wife set up because like 30 minutes before my full electricity from the whole complex
Shut down. Oh my god, you bring your own pc or are you trusting in the pc there? No, no, no
He told me that she has a good pc and I was like, okay, let's play
I just bring up my
Like my setup like online, you know, yes, exactly. Well, that's what we figured is like, you know
Could that be freaking you out or is this just like any other day for you?
You pack your mouse and keyboard and you just go play.
So didn't let it get into your head at all.
Like, you know, even in map one, was there a little bit of discomfort,
like new environment or you were just straight in?
I mean, it was, it was a bit, how can I say, it was a bit awkward
because I never played on this type of chair.
Yeah. Is this from Logitech, ergonomic or however you call it.
And also the table is very big.
I needed some time to adjust, but I have a fun thing that I told my
My teammates while going to the Uber to the place that go what can go wrong warm up on a warm up
I can do more than four kids like yesterday
Nice in the bar is so low. I wanted to ask about some of the tea sites today
You guys look like you're playing a lot faster even on inferno
I know the map didn't go your way, but less executes more quick hits had there been
Have you guys been changing much recently coming into your t-sides?
Did you say like every every map or yeah ancient as well towards the end? Yeah, you guys are kind of just running at them
I mean we kind of played our game plan house. I'm not sure if you change something obviously we need to change
Against every opponent some details that we do how we take them out how we play some defaults
How we adapt what we have already but I think we just
And the kind of the blemish on the record was the Inferno game. What's your kind of explanation for why Inferno, you know, didn't go to plan? Because I mean it clearly didn't. What do you reckon happened there?
I mean, this is a question for my banana guys.
Hey, that's a great answer.
Fantastic.
That is a great answer.
I am the guy who's throwing flesh smoker. What smoke do you need on CT? Oh, okay, that's more cool. Okay, that's more cool. What flesh do you need? What head do you need?
it. Yeah. And you were throwing them. And they were landing. They were landing. So your
nades were great. We'll have to review that. Talking of smokes, how do you feel about that
Macaulay smoke on ancient in the TV one? He just like one, one, two seconds. We actually
were just discussing about that moment just before me joining here. And then yeah,
And he just, he can, that guy can never be heaven because I have the cross and then he's just
take a step right side and do good smoke.
But also like, I also heard like I heard the step and I thought he's behind me.
So I was like, eat like double chicken with strafe, you know, and then he just killed
me.
I'm lucky it happens.
Yeah.
I also want to ask, you know, we heard the start of the year from blade, the map
change hurt you guys somewhat.
Your train was really good and you put more focus on it.
So it took time to adjust and figure out your map pool.
So how far along would you say you are in that process?
You guys feel comfortable with the map pool right now?
No, I think obviously not.
We try to play the best every map.
We obviously have our strongest map and our weakest map.
But we try to take step by step.
I know that this was on an online event.
And then online sales is like so crazy for me.
Like people are running, swinging one time.
me, like I'm dying behind the wall sometimes, like it might sound like an excuse, but it's
so different in line. And I'm so happy that I'm so happy that we managed to qualify for
certain and then yeah, we will see what happens and throw them up to answer your back again.
Like it's still like a working process, like you saw, we have a lot of gaps, we can win
this too, we can lose this too, we can win if I know we can lose if I know it's
just like a working process, I'll say still.
Well, luckily no more online CS for you, Ema. We will see you in Stockholm, Sweden for the
lab finals. So congratulations. We'll get you out of here. Take down your setup. I hope you get
your power back. We'll see you in a few minutes. Yeah, do you like my setup in the back? It's
awesome. It is nice. All right. I locked up very much on it. I hope you like it.
All right. Have a great day and see you in a few in Stockholm, Sweden. We'll get you
out of here. We've got more games to play here at the ESL Pro League. It's a foot up next.
Taking on G2, spicy matchup.
Jankos said it's the break.
Got the break.
When I was 11, they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.
I chose to go full CS, just the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.
Of course it's a huge deal to be high alone face it.
The best advice is that you need to love the game.
In the end I'm gonna be a good player.
I'm ready for a shot!
I'm ready for a shot!
The match is Foot vs G2 for a playoff berth here at ESL Pro League Season 22.
Now I have Kulio on the line with me, that's Coach Kulio to all the fans and friends at
home.
How are you doing Kulio?
Good. Thank you. Yeah, you know let's talk a little about the foot project itself
You guys moved on everyone's radar pretty quickly described to me in your own words that that rise
Mean yeah, we were waiting for this opportunity to burn us and it's so good that we have these
Chances to show ourselves in tier one
Yeah, and and having done that plenty of times up to this point
I guess it's kind of back to a little bit the drawing board sometimes right you guys got thrash versus three max on
us to an agent. What did you guys take from that loss?
I mean, we are trying to analyze all the games after we win after we lose. And we
are just trying to improve day by day. We are having a bootcamp right now. And I
think it helps a lot to fix mistakes faster. So I think like every day, we
are a better team.
You guys do you exactly because the next day you turn around, you dish it
right back out to be a, uh, with a pretty convincing one on two maps,
right? So you guys just had to go get in the trenches and figure
something out what tell me a little about how that all went down I mean the
difference here it's like people are heavy preparing versus us and it's not
like in tier two or three two three three scene and I think that's the
difference sometimes like sometimes other teams can play better than us
sometimes we play better than them so it's deep and a lot of details to
balance but yeah like we are also trying to prepare but in the same time
and trying to play our game and, yeah.
But about the 3D Max game,
I think we were a little bit scared to do
our things that we were supposed to do
and that's why they could win the game.
Well, it's interesting, you say scared
and it kind of brings me to another question here,
which is about playing online,
a little bit of the pressure,
because you guys had this crazy fast rise
into the scene, you came on everybody's radar,
now we're playing online.
Where do you feel the pressure lies
and what is it for foot?
I think everybody wants to make it to the line and it's like even though we are
upcoming team we really have high expectation I would say which is not
ideal it's not like we want to put high expectations but I think everyone wants
to show that we are better and it can create sometimes some extra pressure on
ourself and that's what we try to work on also. Yes on the pressure you
don't really know until you get in the server right like for example you
You guys have had pressured G2 before in the server, we saw you playing back in Krakow on
ancient Dust2 Mirage.
We're looking sort of the same veto today.
The veto is a bit different.
I can tell you it's Mirage, Dust2 and Overpass, so we changed a little bit.
We wanted to surprise them.
I think it's very good.
But I think this time we will be much better than the previous game.
So that Overpass map being left in there, do you feel like that's a vulnerability
perhaps for the side of G2. Do you feel like they're weak on it?
I think they are a really good team on ancient, and we have some issues.
We have two picks, so we just wanted to play our comfort zone,
and I think overpass is right now just better.
And I think they were preparing for ancient, they thought we would go for the same map,
so we just wanted to do something which made their game a bit harder.
Yeah, cool. Good deal. Anything you want to say on behalf of Ft. or yourself, Coach Galio?
I think cheat for us and save in Stockholm. Okay. Yeah, perhaps we'll see you here. Thank you so much for your time, guys
Bye-bye
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And with those words from Kulia, we can get this one underway.
G2 taking on foot, our second series of the day.
This is a plan of demand.
We've got two spots, four teams.
We'll get through this now. Over on the couch.
His name's Coolio.
Hey, Jeff.
Yes, Coach Coolio.
Coach Coolio.
That is a real thing.
Out.
Coolio.
That's a sickness grade.
It's not bad.
Dinko, for this tournament you will be getting a passing grade.
You were here on time.
Everyone else a little bit tardy.
I was second.
I'd like to know that.
I was doing the interview, obviously.
No, you weren't.
Okay, fine.
So everyone else you're probably going to get a B-minus for today.
Not a yellow card though, perhaps.
But Dinko, just look, you could mess up the rest of the day, you will be
getting an A.
There you go. That's a free pass.
We did hear about the Vito.
So you see Ancient on the screen.
You think Chad, they've outdone you there.
They've outvoted you.
Well, fortunately, guys, we're not talking about the map.
We're talking about the mental, because I think for Forts,
they're getting a bit of a...
I don't think a reputation is fair,
but they are starting to feel the pressure
of these tougher matches.
You go back to Krakow.
This is where these two teams face last.
Ancient's third map.
Squallion was tied up 9-9, ended up 13-9 in favor of G.
Ooh, I know what's coming, Chad.
Well, you're casting this one, didn't you?
I was, I know what's coming.
Okay, so let's take a look at this, shall we?
I've got the scoreboard up on screen.
Dinko and Jason, they've been casting this one.
And as you can see, I'm not here to look at
heavy God's 22 kills.
I'm not here to look at Krabani with 18.
I'm here to talk about the flow of rounds.
Now take a little gander right here, everybody.
This round, right there, round number 19.
Right, so you get the pistol
and the first half for Ford.
They really struggled to piece the CT half together,
but they get five rounds in total.
They flick over, they lose the pistol,
they win the fours.
They're in control of the finances down the stretch.
They lose one, they bounce back.
And what does that do?
Well, that's gonna force them on to Eco.
So G2 are on Eco at that point.
Now, I wanna run through this, right?
I wanna run everybody through this round right now,
because this is where, again, I'm talking about the mental.
They've bought in with two smokes
and a flash, a couple of five sevens.
So you just saw their heavy gold smoke
off towards B doors, Malves would throw a smoke
towards middle to deny vision early.
And then Forts, who are in the driver's seat,
guys, look at the top of the screen.
We've got AKs for everybody, the U-Tools there.
You're up against two five sevens and three usp's you've been blocked on mid. You've gripped towards B
Look at all the utip hard round to lose Chad. You could just run a simple execute. Couldn't you guys? Oh?
Smoke long told me about this. Yeah, okay
Gentlemen, they have decided that they want to contact B now Mattis gets the first kill goes down. Have you got activates?
Oh
It's a next kill the bombs being dropped the AKs picked up Krebbeni coming at the backline once you get the trade
Throws a smoke some pyres sees it runs ahead. Have you got there takes him down Krebbeni's dead
One man standing his jugs in 1v2 all the work to do the bombs in a hard spot
They've got the AK 47s and boys the pressure this would have locked you in for the arena
You would have been in the arena if you had won this series right here against you too
But no they can't get it done and you're asking yourself what comes next what comes next guys
Can't get worse than that surely.
Oh, sorry, that was the one with their own eco.
This is what comes next.
Uh, where is it?
Bang.
This one right here.
Score line now, 10-9 because they won the eco.
You decide to force buy.
You have AK, no head armour.
AK, head armour smoke.
Tech 9, smoke, flash, no head armour.
Galil, head armour, Galil, no head armour smoke.
That's not the recipe for success.
They took a timeout at this point, decided this was the buy.
They lose this round.
You go into the next, you have to eco.
You are eco-ing on 11-9.
This is a free 12th round for G2.
You then go into the final round of the game
You have a buy and you end up losing the map 13 to 9 at 9 9 you're in the driver's seat with the finances
You lose that round and you don't win a single one since then so the mental is what we're gonna be focusing on today as far as foot of
Concerned yeah, and the class over to you guys
I lost there's trawlers in the next game too and lost out of their chances of going into the playoff
Would you say they were actually like looking like the better?
Honestly, it's like you're gonna get a G2. Yeah, they were beating G2 for sure
That was like the emotional chop
but i mean it's like what every team of this level goes to write this is their
like rise up moment where it's like they've got it but now you have to like
maximize the last percentages you have to be analyzing every decision to get
every little bit of impact out of it and i think that's where they drop the
ball that's to the mental is like the emotional decision-making losing an
ego to like three usp the five sevens
and then you're so angry and it's so quick that you just buy up in the
next run and ruin your finances for the half it's it will get that my own
my own your r&d so hoover sitting here is very low pgm
But yeah, at that point they decided to go for the fourth, so they took the eco, right?
I highly had three rifles, they had an AK. If they'd taken the eco, or just a partial, then they'd have fooled by into the next.
Unfortunately, that buying pattern means you're eco-ing against them winning round 12.
And I remember, I'm in the land hall, they're yelling across, like, not at that moment, but throughout the entire series, they were talking shit.
Like, they were yelling, they were getting loud. And if I'm G2, I'm feeling a little bit disrespected, right?
I'm thinking, look at these kids, man, getting up in my face!
Yeah, Jason would have been nice to feel that passion.
Yeah, it would have been, I mean look, it's what we see all the time and I think for a
team like this, like those wins are incredibly meaningful and I think that's where you see
those mistakes made is that like that, the frustration overtakes the logic.
Yeah.
Frustration overtakes like the thinking part of your brain and then you descend into mistake
after mistake.
The thinking part of your brain.
Isn't all of your brain a thinking part?
I don't think so.
I think some of it is an emotional part of your brain.
Well, left side, right side.
A lot of the brain isn't used at that place more than others.
It's most of the brand isn't used but so
G2's run so far boys taking on face taken on RV lost to spirit lost to Aurora all close games
So fellow data chance and all of them ones. They lost
Uh, I haven't seen all the games here. I'll be honest with you
But I think more than anything like for me sometimes like with this team. I think they're just they're really fun to watch
I think there's a lot of cool things. I think for Benny starting to make his name a pretty good
Tactician, I think you I believe you guys call him the crab man crab man
Now I was listening to Hunter and some of the excuses they were giving for some of the mismatch results in stage 1.
He was saying that they were playing against these newer teams and they would play a style that was very frustrating to play against.
And I think Foot kind of encompassed that perfectly.
I think with G2 if they do struggle against that, I think this could be a really tough game.
Hopefully Foot have learned from the pressure and you know, they've had a couple of chances.
You collapse in Cluj.
Hopefully this is where they finally break through.
It's not this is the perfect chance to do it because there's it's online. It's all my counter strike
I'm not pressure and we're cool. Yo did say see you in stock
With conviction he was very cool and with conviction. I can tell you that this game is starting. Let's get it then
Okay, all right. All right. Let me take care of the proceedings. Thank you everybody very much
This is ESL Pro League season 23 the very last day of stage 2 g2 foot looking for that lifeline
Expecting the worst
Not bad at all fuck we use helps
Let's go
Gonna be a big night tonight. It'll be an a execute to smoke some molly to flashes. This will come and rapid
Timing
Turn the corner follow up you till all that's nasty. Oh, there we go
It's out to go as well mom's gonna
Default finally gonna be taken down by the crab man and supplies
He's got himself a pick-off bench some pious the highest rate of pistol play in the tournament by some margin right now
Right, he's been finding massive impact in these rounds. How do you know that some pious is?
I am the number one agent of some pious. I am propping him up
It's a colossal performance some pious in this one sunny P walks here a couple of other alpas out there broke
He's gonna join that list next ultimate. No, no, definitely not I don't wait for the fade some pious position noted towards CT
They need to win this duel
It's a big duel.
The bomb's ticking at some pace though,
but now down to the three versus one.
The two, one, that's much to do.
Have you got a beautiful little shot there
and a comfortable defuse.
Okay, well, that's a good start for G2.
We saw them have their struggles on this map just yesterday.
One more little bit of icing to put on the cake for everybody
is Foot were also in a 2-2 game in Cluj,
which they weren't even meant to be at, right?
Legacy pulled out and then Foot took that position.
They made it all the way to the 2-2 matchup
and they had to play against ParaVision
And they went three maps and Ancient was the third in the starting map of that series and they lost 13 to 10
So at least now
We're gonna change it up a little bit. We can't do that again
So that was just a key I wanted and one thing as well when I've been watching these foot guys
They love the firepower so much. They're the type of team who are buying AK's Kevlar. Let that guy screw the head
I might if we're dead. We're dead and I don't love it
But I like watching it. It's it's fun as hell. I don't do it myself
Nope it was on it was on Mirage that and then when we were casting a g2 foot game that hunter
I feel like he went out and tweeted that they're playing like a top-10 team at the event so
Yeah, you say they're playing like a top-10. They hit like one yeah in terms of the impact they have in the server mechanically
But that's a nice opening gambi here from Mattis swing your short self flashbang gets himself a couple now
And this is the force by bear in mind as well
This is very important around keep this clean as you can there's an eagle trying to connect
But final bullet won't find the mark. It's gonna be demon to at least get one
And that's all he gets as he gets a bit of lead in the face as well
We're a bit of a message set to the foot guys in this round G2 doing some aggressive peaks Mattis off shorts
And we're not gonna let you guys just have them out for free. We're gonna disrupt things. We're feeling motivated today
So I hope foot don't think they're gonna be able to just kind of stroll around the map
Do you think the father foot are at a boot camp?
Is it that detriment of the pressure?
No, I see what you mean taking away the feeling of online cuz yeah
I have to look at each other. I mean I think it's a necessary risk
I think they need to get together and kind of fix some of these other smaller issue
You can't handle playing with bootcamps. Probably shouldn't be it's also the next layer of like becoming a professional team is like the speed with which all these
Events happen right if you haven't to fix things on the fly like that's a new angle
You don't experience until you're in the shit. Yeah
There's I think that's something that tier 2 teams actually have is a luxury is the amount of time they have to work on their
Strapbook
Here we go. This is very convincing once again. We haven't really seen many deaths now for G2 whatsoever
Three kills for foot in three rounds of play. Yeah, strong start here from G2
Comfortable, what a bit of bonus situation really going forward hunt 11mp9 sure you might consider throwing that away and give me your power early
Considering how good the finances just quickly while we sell this econ screen
So that's he's gonna do anything to nuts. I like to see just a couple good shots
But do you see Harry and she go to the B stream? They got the fun cancelled this year on APL
They did a B string what they did a B string. They were the fun cancer. Why?
That's right about them yesterday. So we got some some words from the top dog
Oh, they did a B string update. No, no, no, they did what the B stream did last season, which was
Uncancel sure I didn't see that no fun today. No fun today guys just locked in. Hey rush. How are you doing today?
Yeah, I'm all right. I was thinking about some stuff. I had was talking yesterday. It kind of made me think a little bit
Oh, no, no, no, no
Not bad.
You were saying some stuff and I was thinking like, you know, you said you came up with some stuff.
I feel like I came up with some stuff as well.
Oh, yeah. What was that?
Well, I was playing, right? And, um...
Stand your lane, Rush.
You see, it's like, my team didn't have a lot of money and I was like, boys, we should like...
You go?
Not buy here. We should like kind of do it in a lower way.
And then we'll like a economy, a eco economy.
Yeah.
Short, right? Because like...
Yeah.
Communication, it's important.
So, you came up with Eco's Rush?
I think I came up Pico's, I'm not sure.
I might have been the first person to say it.
I like that, Rush.
Why is it okay to bully me, but...
Oh, Jesus.
Not okay.
I don't understand.
Sorry, man.
It's okay.
I love it.
I deserve it sometimes.
It's all right.
I love it, Rush.
I can handle that.
All right, well, this round not being hammered very well by Flo, but Semitri trying
to pull them out of the grave.
He's done for!
Oh, here!
Settling up against Mattis.
Three kills to Semitri.
He's out of there.
Climbing on top of the wood.
He's got some time here, but the problem is he's going to plant-
Oh, default chances!
No!
Resurrect him around cemetery from nothing to the clutch!
How does he not kill him on that final peek?
How does he get all of them?
That's your boy Mattis, Chad.
Listen, man.
He's absolutely fumbled it.
They're all m-
He shouldn't be left in the 1v4 head.
Yeah, but-
Oh, he had, like, two seconds to kill him on that final peek.
So, how about starting with an opening kill?
Dude, that's- that's what Simple was hoping he could have done in Katavica in 2019.
Yeah, roll them out the use their dink out
Who won the clutch though?
Jukes loves that, Jukes loves that
That's why it's good to play in the boot camp
Brother
Okay, well that sets it over the game
They're not on eco at least, Rush, if that's not on eco right?
Bro, I was gonna say, they should call that what that just was, a clutch bro
We clutched it out, what do you think?
What?
Thank you, Rush
Turned up here today
Get my head down
That's in strays. I love this aggression
They pushed underpast last round to get the open and now they push to palace obviously some pices drop back
But it keeps moving Jason. I like that. They're maintaining it despite the fact that last round had to be a heartbreaker
That's all tilting round. That's more than it's also looks like just got the real in this as well
Had an inkling have thought that in the thinking part of his brain there
I reckon.
I think I'm getting peeled apart.
We need another clutch.
This is our last round, Wendt.
Oh, no.
Clutch.
Clutch.
Bit early for that one.
It is a bit early for that one.
No fun, Henry.
Bit early in the morning for Kung Fu as well.
Shit.
What was that?
I don't know.
It broke.
That's a gun.
Okay.
That's fine.
Oh, yeah.
Fuck.
Now that we're going this time round, no crazy clutch coming in.
board has been wiped, and G2 have come in with intention in this map.
They have come out to dictate the tone of the game.
That's one of the plays that I think is good against these young bucks, right?
Footer are a team that are full of amours, they like to make aggressive moves,
and the fact that you're the ones constantly pushing in their face on the CT side
is going to make it very hard for them to work.
Does this mean they have to slow down their game plan, do more comprehensive defaults,
because you are losing opening picks in consecutive rounds to aggressive manoeuvres?
Yeah, it's almost like G2 is letting you make the play you want
on your foot and they're taking out the extremity they're taking out the weak
player away from that initial thrust have you played towards the A bomb site
it's gonna be fast-paced but once again disruptive in front of the utility
really nice work at mountap bringing this back to life it was looking bleep for
one moment that they are back to that winning ways no problem at all unless a
disaster occurs once again we've gone five to one as GT so yeah you need a
second here yeah how long has this map been 8 minutes wow I love how fast
footplay though I love it unfortunately was not going while you lose fast this
is one of those games that they be teaching a lesson about the the negative
side of fast counter strike well let's see now if they start playing a little
bit slow right they're gonna have seven trees adbp around so the AK is the
full sets of nades coolio is gonna come on the mic and say boys listen we
need to be ready for aggressive moves they're also doing a lot of pot flash
plays on timings so you're just addressing what's going wrong. Wouldn't the counter to that be
either slowing it down like we're saying or just execute on to a bomb site? Yeah.
I think, look. For defaults getting picked apart everywhere we go, group up and let's
exact on A. Let's get a bomb plant and play the post plant. The thing is that execute
has to come almost immediately though, right? Because if they maintain this aggressive
stance on the seats, they'll have all the info. You're not on the other side of the map. So
I think a default to just get the round down to the last 30 seconds.
No one died in the first 10 seconds. Let's make it to the last 30 seconds
That's always like the hardest thing too is like we have to we have to run this default to keep modest
It feels like this please run every time we play a match making gamers on the enchants
Please nobody dying like that that speech didn't cause as old as time Jason and Henry can tell you the amount of matches
We would have had back in the day. We say we just not fucking dying the first I'd like to play a 5v5
We used to have it. It also really set a rule back in my team as well
We got the opening advanced it 30 second rule everyone is breathe for 30 seconds
No one doing a thing, just do nothing, take your hands off the wheel.
Let the game come to you.
Yeah.
Because people love to get involved, they like to make their moves, they play.
Sometimes they'll let the game come to you.
It's always fun when you make a play though.
Yeah, that's true, you do love making a play though.
I don't know if any of you can be stressed on playing every once in a life right now.
It's only movies garden as bad.
It's just the aggressive swing with a deagle.
Bang!
I'll bet.
There's an option for this still to be a B-split.
So they are waiting for the regress some type of move. They don't have a ramp control
You're putting up you tool towards a sweat molly combo two of them are ahead of this day up essentially playing retake B
If they were up cat that'll be the best move right now. They don't know that they're going into the stack
Followed up by loss here, so a good start to the round here for foot
27 seconds
But that heavy guy with two right back has opened up this conversation again for you get your mouth. So yeah, yeah, he's in a good spot, too
There's the kill and the follow-up was on the drape, but it couldn't quite finish off jukes
So it's all on sunny P. Yeah
He's trying to hide the footsteps, right? I think they're still a little bit confused timing
And this is everything. They're aware checking for this angle, but the op can be fast. There it is
There's one all right some bias not bad at all down to the one if you want pulls out the tech
It's got it so it's spawned
Couple of clutches now. Another clutch from here man. As I will say they made it to the 32nd mark and they won the round
Yeah, right. They still won. Nobody died. No one gave way an opening death. Hunter's in a different room now too
What is happening? Everyone just changed it up. Maybe you just could have just changed the camera. No, he's in another room
Oh, that's it. It seems to be very different. It's not the office. That's for damage. Why is it changed room?
We've had so many people change room. Exorcists, we have Ima and now Hunter
That's the problem though as well. You can see sure you're winning the round, Beagle, Guerrero,
Mac, Tender, Bolly, things out there going for a set piece over towards B. All five players
here they might reconsider. Yeah, they are reconsidering. So they're going to reset
and just try and get some positional control. But the thing is, once you've given up
the map, sacrificed so much territory, you don't know what you're walking into.
who have been very aggressive on the CT side with the Al-Yubes and finding these opening kills.
Look how much money they got on the CT side too.
This is going to burn a lot of time, checking every nook and cranny.
Well, how big of an exec are they going to do with the B-bomb side?
It's damage.
It's damage.
Yeah, that's huge.
46 damage along.
Sumpaius in market with the AWP.
He's going to have to be smoked out.
And then you've got two on short to turn around and deal with the B-hit.
When it comes in, that's part of the mid attack already got me.
They know one more is down below.
They're so good at these timings.
No, they're not doing the exact thing.
He's got it.
Oh, they're in the way.
Okay, fair enough.
They are past the scope, but they're not past the heavy guard.
So the heavy guard just looks so good on the rifle.
Well, they thought they were going to do with Hunter, I think,
towards the corner boxes, towards the double stack boxes.
They didn't expect Hunter or Heavy Guard to be at the off angle.
That's brutal.
Round's over.
We're at the 30-second mark in the round.
The round isn't over, but it felt like it was over
within the first 10 seconds of it
when that initial pop into the B-box.
I might die off the time.
Yeah, well, I think that's because they got blocked, right?
And then they tried to go into something else.
It's either pull the ripcord or you're done.
And they've been punished for this now.
So six to two.
So they're not going to be clamping down
and trying to find them just yet.
They know the orbs up there.
So suppose you would assume he's
holding this angle, this line.
You could throw at least two bodies at this.
I think so.
But like, Malus is going to go for a look,
but he's going to die to the orbs.
He's going to swing after time, you'd imagine.
Yeah.
But there it is.
That's fine.
You can sacrifice one.
He's got lots of money. You already have six rounds on the CT side. Definitely worth a look. Yeah two guns saved
Krebbeni can buy AK armor or AK Kevlar. No one this guy
Yeah, he has one AK Kevlar. I just
Had the foundations this game was built on be desecrated in front of our face
That's I know if I go that far necessarily, but I hear what he's saying
Just- Ooooooh, okay, Sam-a-treat, nice, open up. Creamy P down.
That is fast.
Hunter's gonna try and find an equalizer over the top of the smoke, but nobody's scaling.
They're all coming to clamp. Even Heavy Goat could come over and fire this towards mid if they wanted.
Bit of a classic response.
He is starting to drift over.
Heavy God's even coming towards short now as well.
All the G2 lining up here, new round of smokes. Block the choke points.
Oh, Mattis. Here's the big cemetery's gone down early kills been taken right back for Betty pushing up
There's that instant headshot like it had already
Mattis also taking damage fine
Coming all right foot now one pays off a multi killer these kids right was that a team
Hg into
Connected the blurb and the smoke was that a seat that was a CT HG
I think it was a tea. I think it was tea. There was a blue go blue trail
I think was that a some I could be wrong. I think I'm pretty sure the teas broke it after mom's gets this
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Best in the business you go on
I like it nice guys great teamwork though a bit fun around it
All right quick pop here
Very quick dinker. It's gonna be most winning under the wood and force into the open this time a clean entry and a miss shot from some pious
So much space be taken by foot, but G2 want to come through the smokes themselves
It's a fight after fight finally though G2 getting some deathmatch power
Symmetry committed to the open and there's no
Not a bomb plant site
Okay, what is happening here?
What around that is well we mentioned they do love a good fight
But they love it. This is three maps. You're gonna be back in the hotel about 20 minutes. I think this is this is insane
Okay, let me get on the blow up army
Are we able to ask Lee gobs for me to be able to get the demo now so I can go into it to find out
Who's name that was he's not gonna be able to look this one go
The flash assist it being spectacular
Yeah, as easy as it gets.
Kobenny, take care, and care for her.
With glocks around him, that's the most important factor here.
3 in 10 as well.
3 in 10, some players cracking things open towards the window.
Nice little smoke break there, doesn't spot anything.
But all five players were waiting for that particular move.
Gonna see if they can catch a player of guard here.
They might just do it.
It's hunting towards the next up.
They'll know it had to reload soon enough without spam.
So they go try and pounce on him right here right now.
But they need their make out in the form of mobs
And that should be all there is to say about that.
Clean sweep once again.
That's the last half of the round.
I can't, oh, the half, so I can't believe we're here already.
Yeah, 16 minutes.
It's fast, and look at how dominant some of these round
wins have been for G2.
When they win the rounds, it's four people surviving.
They haven't won a round with only three people.
Like, they're only losing one and every win.
That's crazy.
They have so much money.
This whole half.
And this is Flips' map choice.
Yikes.
G2 are pretty good on Dust2.
They are.
And I do enjoy them.
Opposed to other times we've seen G2 play so far in this event, they all seem to be a little right now.
The fact that Malbus has turned up today, he's been struggling this tournament.
I'll say that. In fact he's 15 and 6, we've seen frustration from him, we've seen deaths punching.
The fact that he's having a great series, that he's turned up to play today, they're not relying on Mattis or some pyre.
The fact that Malbus is here, that's huge.
Yeah outside of that last round where he got cleared without getting a kill I
think as an anchor at a bomb site he's done excellent throughout this whole
half. See if you can keep it going with this final round.
If you salvage this final round as foot though you win the pistol you back in it.
Step on 12. Flashbangs.
Mom's gonna get tested again.
Play the same position again or is he going up? Okay he's going up a lot of this type of surprise.
Guys, yeah, that is a massive miss.
He isn't looking as hot as he has done the rest of his tournament either.
So it's lucky that Mavz is able to pick up the pieces.
Lance is nades the dunny.
He does. Very good.
He looks at his time, yeah.
Just not when we're watching.
There you go. Landed that one.
Oh, and this one.
Oh, yeah. That's a good one.
That's our mobs.
Oh, some guys. There we go.
Flash goes in.
Oh, good.
The teamwork has been on point.
It really has.
Yeah, Mavz spotted as well.
One kill and tons of information from mobs.
really nice active CG cyber scene today. I found a lunatic just lays down the law. Nice.
I think I wrap it up like two T sides. It's like a T G two split off. Yeah. It's been a
very fun first half of the car. It's right. But you just pulled it back. Oh, well, so
much as a killer as well. And that just has to save them this time. A one V two racing
is way through T spot. This is somehow somewhere look like a fourth round from all
of a sudden it's gonna be telegraph of this flank he got the killed top mid
they're gonna when they see nobody for five more seconds it's like all right
well flank I yeah you can see already some history's got the angle so he's
gonna be watching that one this year to this has some utile but you don't want
to give away where you coming from straight away here so he's gonna probably
just take this straight-up fight it's gonna win it let's see if he does not
be well it's clean now try to figure out what they are though that's the
problem the palace position is so good for jubes and a fourth round secure from
foot they've done enough to keep themselves in it we'll see if they win
the pistol we'll be come back from the break
I
Oh, it's in my heart it's goin'
I feel it in my body when you're
Oh, it's in my heart it's goin'
I feel it in my body when you're
So let the small talk, so let the small talk
I don't know if I'll mention how this body are
Even if you take what it's like to look at a woman
I don't know what's in my heart is doing
Getting in the fight with you
I don't know what's in my heart is doing
Getting in the fight with you
Don't let them small talk
Don't let them small talk
Just let them go with the flow
The one you came for
Is the one you came for
So,
In the floor of the 8-5 scapegoat,
The waves and the missions they've got,
No place here.
When you came for what,
When you came for,
We're coming for one-on-one.
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, TSL Pro League season 23.
That is going to be a summer tune of 2026.
I mean G2 are looking like the better team by now. Let's be honest. Yeah in terms of firepower and clutch ability
But I've got them on the ropes like they are closing out some ridiculous round cemetery. Yes
But the problem is demons 2 and 11 for Benny's 3 and 12
You're missing some that keep firepower done enough to keep them competitive in the second half
That's all it matters really never ever to string two rounds together in the first half
But exactly got the get yourself in a position where a good win in the pistol on a conversion of the second
you right back in this. So all important here it's headed towards Demon as Dinko
highlighted quiet game thus far. Two kills for Demon and he's about to be
tested as the sole defender. Now he's detecting it early. His teammates are
trying to come back in through short but already his team is infiltrating the bomb site but they haven't cleared Demon.
And he's got away with one kill. Going back for a second can't quite double up.
It's gonna be some pie stick. They just walk right through the smoke and they're melted by Mattis.
Yeah they're hoping either one no one's gonna be there that close to the
Smoker too he's gonna miss the first couple shots and they'll have a second or two to be able to react and that's not the case
Mattis 14 and four well we were just talking about they've done enough, but now they've lost the pistol so true
CG to this feels like a done deal. Yeah, I'm like the like I said in terms of team CS
G2 are pulling out all the stuff right now
I'll say this about GT2 their whole run in pro league has kind of been like now shaky shaky shaky
They'll improve as the tournament goes on
This is the best we've seen them look so far in the last two weeks a game games
and with Mal showing up as well as mentioned he's had a really quite rough tournament by his standard so great to see him performing
not relying on him Mattis
but it's a great impact as well beautiful double
On both sides of the equation here as we will be Crebani to hold on to his jewelies
The looks of things from a bit of extra gold towards the end and we'll see a good nine to four
So you're assuming with those kills and the safe Kevlar they out good a force
I mean, it's gonna be so frustrating for foot if they lose this game today
It's gonna be tough against G2 obviously, but it's another tournament where you get to the final game with group stages
And you're not progressing into the playoffs and that's probably gonna be a way that just keeps piling on especially with the hole
You find yourself in here, so they do not force they purchased an mp7 and drop the jewelies so
Apart from that there's no cavlar so it looks like another be executed probably the perfect cool
I like that there like you're still you're still in the realm of doable from four to ten and just waiting until you get
Weapons out to really commit to try to make this comeback happen not ruining your economy too early
Every flash is being so effective so he look at the stats and the conversion of flashes. It's a need to do it like yeah, it's been so impressive
Oh, it's got
He's been chucking amount of the anchor towards middle from the CT side
So you're always gonna rack up a number of flashes this and an easy way off that one
Very cool stuff. I wasn't the force by re-interay that one more time, but it is double d-dip for g2
money won't be in a spectacular position over foot, concessions for sure, you can see preventing
we down to sub $4,000, tactical time on territory perhaps, just considering like this kind of
decisive outcome of this game, this particular round. Let's see what they've got in mind,
they will not have the AWP and it certainly is a bonus situation there, G2 once again
with a flying stop, converting the pistol victory and now bringing out one extra AK
as well, they've thrown away an SMG trying to solidify their chances of converting
this.
You're looking you're looking in the early going through something aggressive something crazy from this team
You're looking for them to push mid push an extremity. You're just being really careful on a losing anyone early on the round
Here's that jump out a window
Corbetti sees nothing
G2 still staying back now gonna start crossing over towards top hit boxes and actually just being real patient
It's going to be quiet for now.
It feels like this is the most somber round we've had the entire game.
It's been rock'n'sock'n'gown this track.
Because this feels like the round, you know, a foot losing.
Yeah, absolutely. I'm surprised you didn't take the time out here.
You know, you know, it goes in half time, you probably have the conversation.
Yeah.
It's just like knowing Europe against the bonus round is explaining to them that they're going to present something.
It's going to be a little bit avant-garde here.
We're not sure.
It's not going to be a default, that's for sure.
Let's see if the execute looks as good this time around.
There's the two smokes.
Here's the flashbangs coming.
Oh, it's so nice.
Oh my God.
Blind AF. Blind AF.
Even have three players on this side of the map.
They're hanging right now for a kill for the smoke, but...
They're smoldering the towel.
You'd see them pick them up.
This is full white screens right now for foot.
Well placed utility.
This has been the most blind team I've seen in my career.
It's a free kill, they're completely blind.
Shouldn't be surprising going up against Sunny Pea.
True.
That's convincing, isn't it? That's the bonus round as well.
Oh, look at the sun.
Not directly.
damn and this is this is foot's map pick as well just getting blown out of the server
I'd say it's cool to see 40 effective flashes and it's also to see this is like the level
you want G2 like this is exactly what you want to see out of g2 that's crazy
They've been in the lab. This is the the best-looking teamwork I've seen in a while, especially from G2.
Everything's coming together, every peek, timing.
This looks spectacular. Look at this, like you're getting three kills. Like, there's no better feeling than Exibio Bonsang is finding a frag like this.
You just know I can take my time with this one. I don't even need a headshot. See all those flashes here coming through.
I mean, he got, the team had boosted up, got blinds like three different times.
It's gonna be like it raises morale so much. Well, yeah. Yeah miles in their faces
Everyone's gonna be feeling everyone's having a fun time when you're getting fights with blind opponents. Yeah, right
It's now 53
Especially the hunter as well like calling these calling these sort of rounds like you just feel it like you're right in the pocket right now
You've got the bread and yeah, it looks like it's surely a done deal. I get up back in
Get ready up first like a map to begin
Yeah
Second map is dust to yes indeed. Yes, sir. Take a G2
Alright, well, we'll always have that cemetery clutch
I think that's the other thing too is like on that point the rounds one in the first half from foot
We're mostly off clutches. Yeah, exactly. He's cool to never step these out of sport boys. Yeah, he's feeling it right now
It's going quick as well
I he's just bruised and beat him over at the B bomb site now you throughout this utility really early on I think
Foot's gonna be scrambling to call with this. It's an obvious fake, but it's actually just a double pump
It's so good. Like he's knowing the resources low. They're scrambling clutching the straws confidence low
Feeling like you've been overwhelmed, you haven't even got a chance to play the round.
So that's it, here we go.
Smoke there though.
Shouldn't have too much of an impact, although maybe it will.
Kerbetty's following over the top, not a second.
Malph shuts him down before it can begin.
And Bomb should get planted shortly as they gain control of Conn, of Jungle, of Window Room.
They got through, players group it up at CT here, ready to go in for foot flashes.
Yeah, through the sky.
Justin's there thinking about swinging, trying to deny the plant.
Flashbang comes through, but here comes that swing eventually,
But it's gonna be mouth finding another couple of kills job done feels like GG cemetery another clutch required
He's been great. I mean 20 kills 9 deaths from all see backs away into the corner. I low HP
Symmetry's got to pull off something special here again, and there's just no information for me
Doesn't know all three players are through its jungle
So he's not gonna be able to pull this off. He has no kit on his back
So we're looking at a 12 to 4 scoreline dominance from G2
Damn
I didn't really expect this. I'm not gonna lie.
I thought this was gonna be a bit more battle.
I expected more of a tug-of-war.
I expected those clutches, like we saw from cemetery,
the early stages, we know Fook can hit incredibly hard.
They get like a top 10 team,
but I didn't expect them to get dominated
like this in the team play.
You gotta give credit.
I think G2 saw Hunter put together
a really cool game plan.
The way they open up CT side,
like always being ahead of the utility,
always attacking those faster plays,
those aggressive plays from foot on the T side.
I had to have thrown foot out of their rhythm
a little bit when that is denied to them.
Yeah, you're just taking them out of their comfort zone, straight away.
Taking down a player, even if it's an equal trade.
You've shut down their intentions, their default, their set-piece, whatever they had in mind.
It's been relentless pressure from G2.
Foot's on the frozen away, Dinko.
Absolutely. Choking them out.
Let's see if the foot can hold onto this A-side at all.
Once again, the direct hit coming in from G2 though.
Throw some fake utility up middle, no one playing with it.
Okay amount of numbers here play in front of the smokes for foot. Let's see if they can get their kills
You've got jubes under the wood. He's taking tick of that damage. They know he's that surprise tons of doubt through the smoke
We've got cemetery off the back in triple a nice effort, but a single
Dominance or G2 absolutely no mercy shot
They can but will they not at this point seems like G2 are locked in today
Corbinian Demon have got a dig deep to pull this one off and it just doesn't look like it's gonna be happening here
One kid on demon though
For eSports admitted to the final day of group play yet again another event right now backs against the walls
It's looking like G2 are gonna dominate them the opening map is one-sided as hell
A lot of work needed to be done for a foot to bounce back into this series and the pressure is on at Broly
Hello? Guys, you've taken your headsets off. You missed the best bit. It's all not going to work. We've thrown too many spanners into the works.
I've tried to add too much flavour, too much flair to it. I've really tried to throw...
Look, I thought we were investigating. I thought I was going to go deeper to demo. I was rummaging.
I thought we were going to get a 5-man set up. There's a lot of people moving by.
Highlights right now. I was here to break it all down. That's what the people couldn't stop asking for.
We're back. We're back. Headset's on.
investigation. I'm dumb out.
We've left the lot. We're still
running highlights. Is it the
Department of CSI? Exactly. I've
been back at it. And what was
the biggest question of that
match is going to be solved
right now before the break.
Everybody here it is. I know you
all wanted to know. So let's
play it jumping to the tell you
right now, Henry said it wasn't
there. Nade. Well, we're about
to find out actually was
I thought it was a teenage here it is here it comes Mattis
Frank longs kill didn't matter at all didn't all right. Let's go to the break. Let's play some 5v5
I'm getting the fuck out of you
He too, I guess yeah, see you later. All right. I'll go where he's going
I'm going
I'm going in.
Jungle burning!
I'm balcony!
I need jungle.
I need jungle.
I hold jungle.
One second.
I have out jungle.
Take off.
Nice, nice guys.
Nice, good job.
I have run.
Dending it out there.
Left flank.
Left, left.
Left, left.
One up guys.
Jungle dead.
I got the op.
More, more, more.
Jungle, jungle!
Jungle one dead.
One more, see for that.
D4, D4.
4v2 guys, 4v2.
That.
That's he was half, he was half.
He could be out.
Nice, nice.
Nice, nice.
That was a little bit of a mind style.
Yeah, he's not in the ballish style.
I didn't hear him, I keep that.
Drop one, please.
So with the graveyard changes, the map could have been real...
Sorry about that, Jason.
Someone could be coming to a door into Grave...
Oh, he's in the pit!
I'm sorry, Jace, I didn't just watch that door for about a minute.
Kind of the way to play the map, really.
Yeah, it's kind of what you have to do.
Jace, I can't hear you, man.
Okay, that's cool.
I'll press caps lock as much as you're talking I want to think oh you changed the caps lock. Yeah. Hey, what's up?
If people want to play this map it's on the workshop, so it is available
To be played or you can join the public server which I tweeted at the app here. I don't know how many spawns are on this map. I
Shout out no idea
I was definitely looking the wrong direction couldn't really hear that
Listen, man, I don't know what what the arrangement is here being Jason versus the world pretty usual really
Well, we thought that you guys teamed up would kind of be the ultimate team
All right, so as long as we can look if there are Henry's planning an a by the way
Well, he's already casting but yeah, that's kind of a style cheating. You know the screen. I'll be not surprised
Okay
I don't know, but you haven't, no one's hit me, sir.
We have learned the lesson though, right?
We need to advertise this on the broadcast for it to work, otherwise no one joins.
It's happened on Scout Snives as well.
We haven't learned our lesson.
Well, we'll get there one day.
i keep forgetting it's crucial talk that's right you remember it now
you got the bomb, where you going man?
balling library
this is so tricky
it's a good door
first book door
as we're planning on being...
hello
okay, yeah that was cool
pretty sick
their door here? nope
yo this one's sick
i had a door open i think it's on side
close me though
what the f...
that's trash
shut up man
dead
that dude's on top
an iPhone?
an iPhone
it's an iPhone
ahhh
ohhhh
he's gone for the burst
I guess some people are here. Kiwi on my screen, a lamb for me.
I got three lambs.
Yeah, I'm flashing through the door.
I'm just going to snag them.
Not really. Yeah, hold on, hold on.
That's not what we want to see.
Oh, where it?
Oh, I fucking bought that. No problem there.
Definitely fat finger of the mouse. It is the tradition as all this time at ruin the round for myself
Well, we've won another one Jason's lost alive. I don't know. I won't look at your screen Jason. It's okay
All right, and
It's born always got both that go
96 in four HP three speed
He's got it
You can't win
Wow save
What are the odds of that and you're one I do know
So I do knife check. Yeah. Well, it's kind of new it's not new new, but it's new new wish
Nice that one goes to city
One of the ghost archway up. Oh, oh
That's from to come on man
Rose
Do do do do do do do and re looking pretty paranoid right now
Oh, solid snake down.
Oh, oh, what?
Flaminga.
Try out here.
Oh, that shot is ever that one HP to a job, Jay.
Needed that.
We really needed that.
That was a big one.
Oh, we got a full server now, tellers.
Someone is coming through this door.
Is it me?
I'm in the pit.
Oh, that stuff right there.
That's cool.
People can't be spoiled.
They're chasing the library still.
Yeah, they're taking my doors, taking my time.
Okay, two cans is not a joke.
You're in the right side, think I go, go, go. Trust me. I think I'm going to cheat for
you right now. There's one in the parmots.
Tinker, you can't lose this one. Okay, so one of them is coming through apps
right now. Molly them nice. The other one's going to come up middle. Unless they, oh,
he's taking the door in the second bit. Never mind. He's going to come back
apartments, still apartments, short and apartments.
Short guys mulling pit.
You know who we are?
Ooh.
They spamming the box.
Oh, wow.
They're diffusing, diffusing, diffusing.
It's a nice idea.
It's a nice idea.
Gotta love the doors.
The band.
It's the door system.
Now the server is gigafull.
Riders on the storm.
All the peace frog.
Oh my okay. Yeah people this show up all these people we got sharks and octopuses and hatchets
Docs besides
Behind the trucker truck. Yeah
Come on long, come on long sir.
All right, this has got chaotic as hell. Oops
It's trace I can't I can't go stop for trace of trace come on trace you got this
Don't screw this up
Chris I'll tell you as much they're planning on be
The one door he's got is not a door. Oh, oh, hello
All right last round make it a good one
Boys just okay for this door just one of attacking
I think we hit the door, we had max people through the door I think.
I'm gonna do a different door, okay.
Sorry Jason.
Jesus, why there's so many of you there.
There's so many people.
Like the whole mini map is red.
Where is he?
Oh nice.
That's the strap.
There was like there was congestion in the door couldn't get there. No, it maxed out
It maxed out we went a lot again through to work. So we get dirty and some strap
Say the shreds of this one same shred different all same door different hole
Just it burn oh my god, you see steps as well. I'm not okay. Good. Good. Good. I love a bomb
Oh
My lord arch
CT
My teeth my teeth all teespawn
Shit, I mean hold it up. Not anymore. They're not
Well, we won, Jason. Anything you want to say?
Did you win?
It feels like we won. It feels like we won.
Yeah, it feels like we won. And that's what matters.
Well, it's time for the second map.
One more duel.
Audal. Audal.
Damn guys, we almost had this.
Thank God that saved us.
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He makes a lot of sound that he makes it.
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Especially given the meticulous nature of map control protocols.
I can't stop yawning.
Alright, reprobable man.
This is important material.
Bro, look what you've done to my voice.
We have a game in 30.
Hold on, I know what we need.
Yo, Neymar, what's up?
Is that Victor?
Bro, I've never been so happy to hear your voice.
We have a game in 30, and I need some of your magic.
I'm putting on speaker, okay?
Let's do it brother.
Alright boys, first round is the pistol.
You're gonna need to win that.
Easy.
Check how I get tense.
So I need you to breathe and relax.
That's more like it.
Because you're going to need to win some rounds.
Win.
And then you'll be good.
He's right.
He is right.
Win by rounds.
Don't lose the cost.
The most important thing can't straight play your own game
All this world delusion that is primed in you
Navigation vision that can get down on my own
I made it this far and I ain't done it now
I'm a snob around a pound
Moving at the speed of sound
I'm trying to strike a beat
Beat
So I'ma take that hit, baby
That wrist
I'm trying to strike a beat
Beat
Take it
I'ma take it
Baby, baby, hold on to me
And they both want it
I'm gonna take that chance
I'm shaking, changing, changing, changing, changing, changing
Yeah, yeah, no one else saying that, just changing
We on, so now we take that risk
We on, just changing
We on, take, take, take
Care with the locals, doing alright
All right.
They've gotten off on the wrong foot and now they're gonna have to try and pull it back here on map 2
You know dust 2 it's gotta be the recovery is one of the fastest maps. We've ever seen there on Mirage
Another game when you make the final day of the group stages
You can't lose this one like this if your foot surely there's gonna be some fight
I mean the heading heart still semesters getting the coaches
Yeah, this is the sort of map that they can step up and show that level of skill once again
Maybe there's a chance for G2 from what we saw with the teamwork and that level as well
especially for Malb's and Mattis. I feel like this is 2-0.
I think the old adage goes, Jason. One foot forward, two foot back.
That is the way the adage goes. One foot in the grave.
Yeah, there's that one.
Try to get a foot hold in this game, though.
I've got a foot loose right now.
Tent, aren't they? Something is afoot here at log.
Flash is ready to go. Mattis going to be sending them over.
And no one's there. Not a single CT.
Oh, it's another powerfully cool round here by HunterBloodz, the thing is Matt is ready
for this.
A little bit of aggression towards middle, the CT just holds towards the palm tree.
A is essentially open, three players pushed up towards top of middle, they're smoked off,
they're realizing what's going on now, they got to retake through long.
Not the end of the world but they have no kit, so they're gonna have to hit some nice
shots here.
Good flash, makes things uncomfortable for Matt, it's actually used to kill.
Okay, this is getting to get weird, so I don't think they're clear though.
Doesn't look like they're aware. One player, double-during.
Single tap with a P250.
They have to take short now that the smoke is cleared
and a weird, weird post-plant now for G2.
Well, Demons sending a shot back through short,
losing heavy guard in the clash.
The defuse halfway done, and he's just not going to get to it.
So that's the pistol round.
Foot have picked it up at least.
Not even... Okay.
Counter-terrorist, sweet.
That's their first pistol.
That's where it starts.
Yeah, that's how it is.
No, you have to convert the second round. Are they gonna be care? We're yet to see any investments come through from due to our scalp for some pious and
helmet
Is the more follow through for it varies?
All right. Well, I've got some questions about windows and doors. We'll save that for the eco
Oh, you can hear the panic there as they realize what's happening having to take sure once some pious goes down
Second round by
So mid-dolce went lined up, and then you've got one more on matters for the finish
So you just want to go into a mid to B off the back of this
We can see the setup right now. It's a three two split the defenses
Very standard stuff. They're playing for a B pop. You can see the positions on the B cycle
We should highlight those right now rush so you can see back a plat
Jug is ready to activate off of the util, spawning down the choke point
And then you've got all bait longs who is prepared for mid to be slip demon is watching it now
So I guess this was a just in case
Yeah, but the timing of this is might end up being crappy for G2 mobs is gonna go investigate
But they want to retake short. Okay, he spotted it to now
They spotted a bird jump up good fine exactly where they want the fights mobs goes for a second
Just barely off the mark but into the mid to be split now
Oh locks
Open he can line them up
Just run the corner. He is back this way into the doors. That's a better angle to hold
excuse me reacting trying to get some information towards the tunnels
every sort of thing split at least
but they are focusing their efforts towards middle to be
you can hear that now though so he's gonna start calming and moving fast
they're about to come into the B site
we'll see if Longst could do anything about it
alone inside of the bomb site
he's got himself that first kill on the drop down into the window
no one coming through the door
and he's got some help now
Krebbeni around the back has got a kill here 4 foot
and a very low HP on the two remaining players here of G2
plant being secured is at least a bonus
but the kills come in and denied his life
So heavy God. Oh, he tries to set himself up for that clutch, but foot come in swinging.
Tollers. Yeah. Really nice retake, especially considering Jews have kind of put
himself out of position by pushing upper, but still handled it very, very well.
Okay. So Bob goes down again.
This should just be a partial out of G2 and then the guns will come out into the next.
So this is more likely from foot.
I think that's an off map for them, isn't it?
Well, we just saw a mirage.
So I do want to see the bounce back from the young guns.
If you highlighted earlier that we're looking at mentality
It would be so impressive for them in terms of the mentality if you are able to recover
after such a flat Mirage.
Well, G2's given them a little bit of runway to work with this next guy as you just highlighted.
It's fun if you win it, but man, if you lose it, it's such a rough stretch getting your
economy back, letting foot's money grow so much on the CT side.
This could actually set G2 back for the rest of the half.
They're pretty tenacious though on Mirage, which I guess they're trying to keep
that cup throw nature right now in their face.
Foot of the team would like to dictate the term what G2 we're doing so this force is to be a contact
Oh
Pitches them with his claws. It's gonna be hunter down first aid
Just follow up make kill is fantastic. Have you got involves try to do something here for G2 and they're doing very well
Matt is now getting involved
So this is working out for G2 at least for the time being but that utility coming at the right time here for foot
Has at least canceled the plant for a little bit G2 in a nice spot
Just dodging all these nades getting the bomb planted flight coming up is the next point of danger at some point bulbs and some
Pies are gonna have to look towards short resmoked now. So maybe that takes away the risk
Alongs coming through the smoke no one on the other side of it yet, but this one certainly will be
Setting up a flash
Back away now, I think it's okay
One HP you guys should go for this just giving them some false confidence
I tinked them all. I've got loads of money.
I tinked them all.
I can chop your orbs.
Roarspeev.
Roarspeev.
Well, they'll save 1-M4, so not the best of the situation for foot.
Now, look, I'm going to make a statement.
This isn't my belief, but this is what I believe
G2 game plan coming into this series.
No respect for these kids.
We're better, we're more experienced.
If they want to play aggressive in your face CS,
we're going to take it up a notch.
At just the level of height that we've seen in the season and it's not that it's missing
Teamplay the teamplay is there the flash is being highlighted the u2 usage right the moves that they understand
But they have come in today as the faster of the teams right the more aggressive of the squads
They've taken foot weapon away from them in a way
Or using that against them they did that on the CT side of mirage
The question is can you actually do something similar with your gameplay on the T side here on dust 2 at the moment?
Look at foot. They're the ones who said they want to be aggressive and be the disrupted ones that start this half
In the lower boom ago, big fight to win, long scan through it either, and it's gone ugly.
How could it happen? Such a death cost.
You're on high alert in every moment against foot, and they are going to be pushing as well, right? So you are...
That's another part of the conversation with gameplanning. All right boys, they can't be anywhere. Expect them all on your head, son.
off. How'd you write them that? Malph's having today. Yeah, three K from him. He's up six
and two start here on dust two. This is one foot one in the pistol and converting it G2.
They're going to be highlighted. Jason Tobai has really paid off here. And they finally
wrestle control the economy. They force foot into the reset. So they're going to have
to take an eco G2 going to take the lead here. We'd like to have fun around it. Rush,
how much? Actually, no, Henry, Jason Dinko. Yes. How many doors do you think are on
Inferno. Inferno. Isn't that version of Inferno have extra doors? There's a standard doors.
I will say there are two custom doors.
Yes, because B has very little.
Thank you, Rush. First time you've been on my side all day.
I like you, Hank.
I'm going to say he stood up to chat as well, which is impressive.
I stand up to chat on a daily basis.
No, you do not. He has. He's been talking a lot of shit.
Has he? That is true.
I've been letting him get away with it, too.
I haven't been attacking him. I've just got all right. He can have them
Well speaking of attack we've got action towards lower be the USP's doing some work here. How many doors Henry?
I'm sorry, I would say
45 I was gonna say 33 12 how many doors rush? I don't know the exact number, but it's more than 60
I'm pretty sure it's a lot of doors. I mean we had the actual number
segment
Says a lot a lot, but I'm not saying like 60 to 200 I mean like within 60 to 80
To the
The pub quiz jab don't use this question
Hi guys, what's the range of doors?
Is the custom doors are we counting shutters like the shutters. Yeah, they were doors as you've if you've been watching the show
Dinko you will know that windows and doors are windows and doors
No, I haven't really been watching the show. You missed out sounds of fun stuff
Do you call us the fun bunch I believe
So this is around dust to a lot
We didn't make a custom map for dust to sure. There's a lot of doors on the map
It seems like you could have you could teleport around this bad boy as many as inferno through
maybe a bit more reasonable I think a fun map would be you make four out of the
five players like regular sized models and then one really tiny model and you
just have this little gnome running around and only one player gets to play
that every round it's like odd job yeah yeah well he doesn't he's gone boomer
that's not an I n64 you could play a character called odd job from the
film and then he was smaller than ever and he was shorter than the default
Crosshair
Okay long pop out with the trades number advantage into matters they walk another one for G2 looking on a silver platter
As they find themselves in a 2v4 make it 2v3 matters goes down round back on gonna be frustrated
He knew that if I was coming he was well prepared for it. Mr. Chance. Yeah, yeah behind the car
Gotta get Molotov potentially was one available. He's yeah, he's lining it up Molotov the cars coming in
double
down again
oh demon not gonna be happy over the last part
i was in low 8
alright jukes it's time
it's time for a clutch
we haven't had one yet
come on let's make this epic
clutch
clutch
come on i can hear you
clutch
everybody
come on
Let's go, Jukes!
Oh!
Just under the 1v1.
Couldn't quite finish them off that, but a real nice try.
Stop chanting it, and I removed the power.
Yeah, we did that for a Karrigan's 1v2, and it actually worked.
It came through.
It does have some strength.
A Karrigan 1v2 to win the map.
Strong play.
It's been a while.
Nice try here from Jukes.
Oh, just about fortunate.
Flut are going to buy a little bit.
They're not going to buy everything,
But they're gonna put a scout in here.
Do you reckon they're partially bought?
I reckon that is what's gonna happen, Chad.
Is that the time you've come up with? Yeah, I've made that term.
It's a new term.
Feel free to use it at home.
There you guys can actually buy it up for size, if you want.
And we go towards D.
D, you got not the best weapon with that position, I would say, but...
...that doesn't work in a safe workout.
And then we'll go down.
You know, the old D.G. was sinking that position, though.
When you could just body shot, Spam.
and bam bam right there thank god we changed that dude it was kind of
ridiculous how many times we just see someone lying up at the end of the
tunnels they would rush and you just melt them in the chest it's a good change
that was one of the the great changes actually it was partial by has not worked
out at all since already catching on it is catching partial by it's not quite
an eco yeah not quite a full buy you're partially a rush who came out
four spy four spy that one I don't know that might be Hank as well that was
that previous I did do one right which is a pretty cool once I was like the whole
enemy team was going somewhere yeah and I was like behind them a little bit okay
and I thought about it's like I was like oh I've got it I know I can call
this a flank oh I came up with flank a few years ago we were eating a steak
when you come up with that yeah flank steak yeah so you know I was just
Thinking about it, you know, and I was like flank rush when I when I would come home from school, right?
I would when I I would come home from school, and I would like finally like back out of the school sit down
And I'll put on ESL pro league
And I would watch you draw on the mini-map. Oh the good old days with with Lorna and Jason
Yes, but you never did any dancing like that other observer. No dancing. I can change the camera really quick
Oh, that is fun. It's not on program
I don't want to...
No, I don't.
Yeah, that's a classic weight.
That's a classic weight.
It's a little bit, yeah, it feels that way.
That's great work, Vosch.
Cheers, man, I appreciate that.
It's like the tango.
All right, so five to two, partial by taken.
Now we're into the full gun.
St. Pius, not gonna be a booster,
just gonna take the pop shot.
Rattles off, ready for a short maneuver.
Cemetery starting middle, so we'll not oblige,
as every god lines up the mid-smoke.
This is the way back in for Flinders to start now.
Yeah, winning the pistol in the second round.
look at the cranes, yeah
oh my god, alright man
now he's getting a double kill for another
have a go
oh, I shit out now Hunter, don't get this away
jukes
don't I think, yeah, okay
well he's applied a lot of pressure
Molly hasn't spread
out long they go in a demon
ooh
no flash, they're just gonna play the trade game
up against the AK's brave little position there
does get a thing through the wall
incendiary to find some time
calling for the backup
needs flashes from his teammates
from his teammates. They'll smoke the corner. Ryan Deny, Krebbeni, any sort of backup here.
And he goes too well to get one, to be fair. They actually have the advances in the round
now. Three versus two. So Pius and Hunter, we know Hunter's already been tanked towards
up. I hope come join him. The Spaniard along.
It's kind of an absolutely sick break of the smoke to help protect your teammate in
the bottom of pit. Both teams put a lot of resources into that fight.
Surely you just get contact now, along.
Yeah, you have to.
You don't want to telegraph it with the U-Tool, and you're hoping they've
rotate, which they have. You have to smoke before the cross, though.
Yeah, you just drop it down and then just cross over together or you let some pies take a pic
Smoke flash a little jump over the break
Well, you got before the break to be fair. Yeah, it's gonna happen either way
Lovely, okay 20 seconds. This is
Now we've got a chance some past the phone and there's a smoke still up. Yeah
Yeah. Sounds like it has a smoke as well. Okay, suppliers. Oh my God. Oh my God. He got away. And he's going back again. Surprise. Why?
Oh, that one was what?
Oh, a nice try.
Okay. Oh, double ops setup they want to bring into the next. Looks like it. Krebbenny's picked up one as well.
So the fuse comes in and now they can actually start working back into the CT side.
So five to three. Back underway. All right.
Double ops setup.
set up is it
fun round that one
yeah it was good
it was not everything really
bang on there jason
yeah it was happening regardless
just missed the timing on the smoke to cross back caught in a weird poke
that's a loud nice
they would have lost it anyway right even if you got to pit because there's
another smoke for the bomb
and now the fact that you can jump up elevator and get to the site you
don't have to worry about just going to the ramp having so
I mean, you could tell he wanted to go long and then when he realized the opera was that close
He's like actually I can't I cannot take this chance
I think he puts himself in a position where you get peak from both angles though
I think he could have you knew the players elevator
Well, the reason he's decided to take the fight on the CT player is because the player who's stuck
That he's being held. Yeah, right. So he's taking a chance. He's taking a risk
It's a it's a 1v3 that those the rounds we have to take those chances and risks, right?
So it's a tough choice either way timeout taken from saw before the finances run dry. So what is he cooked up here?
the fin
Put on the girl on the verge excuse me of courage. Yeah, no
I don't know where I came from on the verge of really getting themselves a grip on this map though
Forges they're hanging in that
Yeah.
All right, so one up towards the B bomb site,
that's gonna be on longs.
Cemetery has his over at the A bomb site,
up on the short, on the boxes.
So the only gap at the moment is long walk.
Which you're not just gonna walk through a gray screen
or all the doors.
Especially if it's acceptable it is.
Especially if you know they have a double upside
up in play.
I think Long's picked it up because last round they double-dulled him in the halls.
He's just like, do it again.
Sure.
Yeah, remove the pressure.
And then I can hold him to more utility to block.
You also don't have to ask for a second teammate.
Oh, the timing.
Timing's brutal.
Pop flash regression.
This time from foot, the follow-up kill is there.
Demon delivering two.
Okay.
Almost got one back, didn't I?
I had to be a hit.
I think the round's just done now.
actually probably should it doesn't feel like the fondest of calls no but this one
they must make I think you still they're still gonna go and see if they can
ground something if someone will make a mistake but this has no legs to it but a
foot foot maybe flash okay and the trade matters has to win this and he
will need another one okay had a shot towards CT we're gonna be taken down
by Juerks and heavy god can't win this with the time. We'd have to go back to the bomb.
There's not enough time for that. So heavy god is going to have to save this AK47. It's possible
and even that is denied. So foot have done a great job at staying in the start of this
and now they're getting the reward. They're going to take most of the money away here
from G2. I think a couple players can still get some. You should.
I don't think at the moment it's worth for hero AK. 2400 into the next is just take the
Let's take a hit. Yeah, and then
Well, we do know
The G2 can win fully cares against this team. True. We did. I like that. Yeah, that was one of the big story started really
That's all they can do the late long pop
Let's do it. Nobody's home demon playing very far back
Here's tons of flashbangs over the wall three or four calls out to his team starting to see the shift
So we got Mathis tools lower gonna be a long take eventually try and bleed out some util
Three things off, it's gonna be opening kill. Oh my god. You thought that was a gun deal for the AWP
But that's a hell of a shot and it actually makes the defense high alerts here
They're gonna be falling back. Is he taking a nap? Lower tunnels is a big problem for Mathis right now. Oh
This is a weird place, too
We're getting close service kill
I like the call they're gonna fight it as well
Yes.
Don't just sit in the bomb site and get split, get crunched on, take awkward fights, go swing
and get the kills.
I think it's well-known that your players are pushing through upper tunnels as I VAL get
short.
Don't want to waste too much time having to deal with that.
Okay.
They took the save.
Now they got the guns.
Some pines back into the orb.
Have you got it with an MP7?
Do you go, well, you have the orb.
I was going to say do you go for a set piece.
If you have the orb, you're not going for a set piece.
You're not doing like a B-pop.
We haven't seen them drop into a mid to B-split really yet.
Once with pistols.
Not running the double open ZZ side, so didn't want to reinvest it to that.
So last couple of rounds here, looking for 7-5 scoreline, ideally our foots.
Got the advantages here against MP7 and the Galel.
This is more of a default round, lurk smoke in towards B,
20 minutes, 2 fires on that side of the map.
This could be the mid to B split Jason's been looking for.
It's a perfect setup so far. Two in towards upper, Molotov is short, push through CT's back,
Heavy God is going to be setting up the U2, so Jason, I think we got it.
Cool. Yeah, it looks like it.
I just hate what position St. Pius gets put in this round.
He's having a worry about the long push with the AWP and he has the bomb.
And he's come back now, but the fact that he's job, I've been there before,
not with the AWP, even with a rifle, like, guys, why do I have the bomb?
Yeah, I'm supposed to sit back here as long as possible. I'm kind of the warning system.
system you guys take it as part of the pack that why why does the walk I have it
we do crisscross works here hunter they needed they need to put some presence
on shore right like that's the common thing pull that CT player back towards
the a bomb site by throwing the rail smoke by look making it look like it's
gonna be a short hit well that just blocked up me now with a smoke this is
so well-timed yeah 20 seconds about when that smoke is gonna fade not
voting well for what you choose trying to do there's the limp weak
Hey Gilbert towards a
You have to go to the smoke over the best the flashbangs are bad
You've over at this first position. You notice the second he gets himself to
And that might be enough though the g2 hunter on the log
He's gonna double absolutely can sprays them down fantastic control
Cemetery in for another clutch here there are they are feeding him at the start of the encounter
Oh heavy I mean have you got to get an mp7 still like he doesn't want to peek off this
This is we think so both inside he's looking at that boost. Oh, he knows hunters close by he's looking for the
There's a shot!
Oh, Hunter.
Look, G2 did the best it feels to give him a chance.
Let's allow him to get that free kick.
G2, F2, shall we?
Oh, dear.
Oh, that was so good for foot though.
They had the blocker Chad mentioned, and then he plays.
Playing behind the smoke, the flashbang was so effective though.
Yeah, I was gonna say, give your credit to like me,
get a Mirage utility worker on point right now for G2.
Got a love, you got Hunter there at least.
Look, this is the one that I get.
Yeah, it's wild.
No need to peek that.
Well, at least for a foot.
You know, it's frustrating to lose that last round.
You had a chance there coming through,
but you've got a good buy here.
And they are pushing up, getting aggressive
into the lower tunnels.
It's not like he can't see this though.
They got no idea.
Lower B, mid ramp, and short is Krobeni.
Problem is Molotov can come in towards lower B
then Semi-Trees in a lot of trouble.
But let's see, they're holding on towards short,
trying to defend him.
There's the open peek, though.
Molotov detected.
Five and four.
Door smoke is not really gonna matter.
foot's playing in front of it. Yeah, just taking advantage though. So Mattis is essentially
on an island for the rest of this round. Mattis in the B tunnels is play for yourself. Rest
of this play out towards long. That's a huge kill to start making the defense move. Kerbeni
and Cemetery coming over trying to put a stop to this. Kerbeni doesn't want to go through
with the nades and oh Mattis pushed upon. Yeah, you can't hold that one back, can he?
Oh, okay, cemetery hitting some nice ones now heavy go and some bias
Lead here at the end of the half for G2
Lot of damage inflicted on the heavy god
Hide behind the car gonna be taken down by Krebbeni and some bias a 1v3
Stopped by Krebbeni on the jump up a much better showing so far from for a tight game here on dust 2
Well, good evening gamers, you join us for the last day of Stage 2 here at ESL Pro League
Season 23 and potentially the last map between foot and G2.
We split this one right down the middle though, we've gone 6-6 and it looks like there's some life in foots, yeah, boys
Yeah, but this is the side that G2 really established themselves on Mirage, right? CT side not letting the offense get cooking whatsoever for foot
Not letting them do anything they wanted
Let's see what kind of motivation they have here if they step forward in front of utility and block all access to the bomb sites
Two more slots available
Step right up, catch it! Spotted ears down, bro, leg it!
In the playoffs in Stockholm
There's a be another
Disaster has finished her for heart breaking and in the group stages if they are to conceive the G2 again today
I don't think we can call it a disaster
Disaster for them
And no in the context of counter strike. Yes, sure not
You're expected this team getting through the playoffs is a massive step
But I think for them, they're gonna feel like it's a disaster another chance
You get into a playoffs just missing out on it
I'll tell you what's gonna be fun after this the last game of the day
Buria versus Astralis at the context of Fallen Carmaker to the playoffs. Yeah, what does that really mean for their mental going into it?
Astralis hungry to prove themselves in your roster. That's gonna be game of the day for me
For you fozy. Yeah stare. Yeah, you wanted to play in front of the crowd see raga
I'm gonna make the crowd proud of the way
proud crowd. Yeah, I love that B pop. They've already got brawl on in there. They won foosy, but in we go
Boosy foosy. Oh heavy god. What are the best B players?
Oh, I didn't even see why.
Oh, PS, isn't it?
Finally putting pressure on heavy gun with the molly.
They're going to get rid of them.
Okay, two kills right back for long story.
Hunter, Hunter.
Hunter, a jewel for Redis.
Slippin' out of the smoke.
Hey, no, look at that.
I don't want the jewelies there.
Oh, you do not, but this round's still on
and that demon.
Steppin' up a 3k and this pistol is both pistol rounds
now for a foot.
the game than having Juleys at mid range.
I don't know. I'd say Heavy God has a worse feeling right now. He's just got two opening
kills as teammates lost around still. Yeah, that's a bit of a map. It's that window kill
from Longs though that I think they leave out so much pressure. So you get peppered
through. That sucks, but it's this double kill right now. There's a demon who got the
window kill. It's Longs. Longs got the first two kills
answer and the demon got them at the end to close it out. But yeah, that one
was that one was rough, especially with Hunter on that fast flank. One more player
able to apply some pressure as Hunter comes through and it might just be done.
So you've lost both pistols in this map.
Yeah.
And overpass is the difference this time around the series.
Yo, it was ancient.
So if we get to overpass, ancient curse is over.
Oh, dear.
Fuck.
First time.
Just so that.
Longs.
That was.
That was absolutely devilish.
OK, that's right.
Oh, there's another one from demon. We have got a game. Oh, he'll battle now, but you
too in the second half fully coca-cola next. Oh, Corbettis had a great turn around as well
in the series. Crap, man. Yeah. Crap, man. It's back.
Ross, you ever spoken to OJ Borsch? Yeah, of course. What does he think of you? What
What does he think to me? I don't know.
I can tell you.
Go on.
What does that mean?
You know what it means.
He did say, this was many years ago, he did say, at one event I looked homeless.
I don't know if that was a compliment.
I don't think anyone stools on homeless.
I don't know if that's a compliment.
I think you've moved past your homeless phase, Rash.
I think you're good now.
I don't know if that's a compliment.
That's a great line, Rush.
It could be, I suppose.
Homeless sheet.
Rush kind of invented homelessness.
Shout out a little bit of a homeless sheet
going on for a while.
Still got it.
Those gloves, when you wear those gloves,
they'll think it's on gloves.
Thank you, those gloves, yeah.
Dude.
That.
Big beard.
You know, beanie on most of the time as well.
Yeah.
That's the look.
The life faded out of my eyes, you know.
I think you've been promising to get OJ on the show.
Has it been on yet?
No, he was skiing when he tried to last time.
It's it's that we want to it have to be today. I suppose the playoffs around
We know you got the radio to do
CBS or whatever it does. That's in a few hours, you know, he's got time
That's one more. That's one more recording now for our audio only listeners or six of you playing at home
It is an eco for G2 they are now going to be down at nine to six
But in the next round the rifles will be equipped and the battle back into their map choice to take the series to own book their spot
Here in Stockholm is alive
And they will have enough money for some bias on the AWP
Okay, Krubeni, I like that he doesn't want the Maktain going forward anyway, so screw it
I got a kill, I got to get a better gun, it's all lined up perfectly for Mr. Crabb man.
Mr. Crabb's!
Got a better recipe, he's protected.
Loves money.
That's why he's using the Mac 10 now, obviously.
Exactly, farming it up.
A little SpongeBob reference for real.
Thanks for clarifying.
That just...
Anybody has a guy's SpongeBob?
Don't be a damn squibbered.
So.
Rush is a bit like Patrick, I reckon.
What?
Patrick's not?
You don't know if that's a compliment, Rush?
What did he say?
Bastion is talking to me.
Long pop!
Doesn't matter, Rush, you're all good.
That is good.
Trying to dodge the flashes, looking into the ground, takes one to the dome.
They're sticking around though, they want to fight for this even more.
Oh, I think they missed the chance.
Flashbang is faded off, and through the smoke, Jokes has that with ease, and there's the follow-up.
Oh, it's not looking good.
At least it's quick.
I mean it's always quick with foot.
Some pious.
Trying to get himself up to a better vantage point.
Now the only way this goes back in G2's favor is if some pious pops off here.
He hasn't got his first opportunities, had to drop back.
And yeah now your only option is to run away and save these weapons.
I like the look though.
I like seeing him test the waters and see if he can grab one more.
This might just be done boys.
Is this the quickest series of EPL?
Of the season so far has to be.
This might be one of those times where we have a three mapper and we still have to
fill the second game.
I think, was it meant to start at 630 the last game?
Yes.
Okay, okay.
So our first game was long enough.
That's the fill territory.
We're okay.
Yeah, 630.
But this will be some comeback for G2.
I understand that it feels very unlikely lost winners in play right now
So we'll see if they want to invest behind the saves if they want to take a partial and go for a fully into the next
It's just a good fundamentals over from foot so far winning that pistol first gun rounds with long takes to the shots
Nothing too flashy, but so we know they can hear hard. No, that coach is cool. Yeah
I'm the same still can't believe that. Yeah, you know, I don't know Jason. I like them a lot
almost for you. So, like we said, the long take matters
cut out of position trying to get that crossover. I break
Mario. Watch out. Watch out. Watch out. He's not happy
about it. But he's a man after you're at heart, Henry. You
can see the reactions you've been there. You've been there
before. You've seen it all before. Nothing you could do.
You've got to put your hands up. Except he's been
looking like that this whole this whole of that though.
Mattis has been doing that every single game. My emotional
go yeah it's no one watching it no more negative comments guys oh yeah no team
wasn't it that was so I was so comments I'm glad he clarified what the negative
comments where it was like saying you know this team are playing like this
or you'd be saying that about these boys I tell you yeah you do this
that's just push on why are you there all they do is come through smoke
it's how the classics like it's so annoying but you can't help you say
doesn't begin with partial behind the boy down on a base in the past no uh-huh
so past it for a long I'm gonna be there long I'll tell you that I don't
just gonna have to move a lot I agree with you Jason I would hate it if
They're posted up here. Yeah, 15 seconds. I just want him moving
I feel like they want to get mobs in a cave and maybe moving from there, but I'm watching the more he's just killing it
So, I mean, I guess that's like if they come along great. He might as well just take me on like I'm with you
All right, so a lot of freedom on the map what a voice no have Moji guess I shouldn't play up play
I'll play live now all the cough but then just go a little corner. I just sat will save it
I can hear it. I can hear it.
A couple of you playing.
Yeah, this is the role of the dice.
I cannot believe this.
A risk. There was one.
We have a four-minute delay.
We have a four-minute delay. We can cut it off.
Cut it off. Cut it off.
Guys, this is on. Watch this.
Okay, some pyres.
Trying to get away.
He's taking a lot of damage.
I'm bored here.
38 seconds left.
Kribati taking him down.
Oh, the D.G.L.U.P from albs.
But symmetry. Very quick.
I got this yeah, here we go. Hunter is this your moment the time to shine the
It's behind the boxes out so long
That's it. That's a decent cancel that buys more time for these players to get into its cave
It's only one player watching for this juice. Oh lovely first bullet. No helmet sent for an hand is this gonna mow them down?
Happy gods the last lifeline here
He's passed the LOS says rely on a site
No, this could be the LG for thought if they don't win this map at 11 is six. What does LG mean last game?
Down with the ball whatever happens. Oh, yeah, it's work though. Yeah, this was done. I think the bomb blows it towards him
Second clutch as rush would say
That's now double orbs set up. We saw this on Mirage yesterday. Heavy go-in is having a time of time. He brought out the double AWP, so him alongside of some pious.
But this is quite the comeback. They haven't won a single round on the CT side just yet, G2.
The scoreline reads 11-6, so the floodgates are open for Ft. And now you just feel like you have to put it in a little bit of financial damage done there.
But it will be consecutive rounds required for G2 to break the bank balance, because you've got jugs sitting on 7K+, after all the investments have gone down.
So plenty of wiggle room for foot. Yeah, they got they got everything they need to close this map out
You can win in so many different ways
And at the moment not even letting G2 get started here
They've gone away from the double off at the health for the moment having got sold that back
Yeah, okay back to the M4 so more of a standard setup for the CT side
Which it makes sense. I don't think they were losing due to anything at the B bomb site, right?
Like they haven't like they're getting punished on the extremities
I'm just wondering if they wanted to be more aggressive so they can't lose to you know a long life for example
Here we go, then. Can I close it out cleanly?
Get a G2 back in. Could be a nightmare finish here.
Can't afford to make any tragic mistakes at this point in the game.
Slowing it down. More of a default setup this time. Bomb back in T spawn.
Demon watching for any CT aggression top of middle.
Rebeni will join him. And a boost at that open towards
lower B.
Looks like they are currently putting all the nades on the ramp for Heavy God.
Welcome to...
Dropping cheese, for sure.
Potentially.
Delayed to use Hill for some pious, back to the B bomb site.
There you go.
There it is, going to swap things over.
Some pious going back to the bomb site, he'll watch middle from window.
I'm going to go for the waterfall smokes.
But this is the type where Crabman drops into spawn and they turn it into a B-split.
They've already run the AXE Q variation, now they'll throw something a little bit different
off the back of it.
Oh Matt is going to step in front of the smoke and B tunnels, that's ice.
No rough run on Dust 2.
Well it should be easier for him here if some players can take any attention away
from the players attacking he should be able to have a field day mid to B smoke coming now not
going to be dropping spawn but the hit is coming in. Well, Sympyre is trying to get all the timing
on that. Matt says he's got a second dink off and Sympyre couldn't do too much at all. They
already got right past it. For all the coordination on Mirage it's gotten real ugly here on
Dustin. This has been a story for G2 though. It's like one map they look so good the other
they can just disappear. They'll be back for map three though, ladies and gentlemen that's
overpass which feels like a certainty now G2 the time of overpass so pins are
right back up which means no OJ because we will in fact begin your third
man Henry the timing is the timing is so it ships after that one what that HP
yeah frustrating the comms staying at least calm right people aren't getting
too frustrated. I think maybe you passed the point of frustration on this one. You know that
you've lost control of it. Yeah, it's acceptance. Acceptance that this is going to go in the other
direction. Well, they can't buy it again. Now it's just six straight rounds to go to overtime.
Pretty easy, right? That happened. Nice and simple. I mean, they're already halfway there.
It's true. Yeah, that's one way of looking at it. That's the silver lining that we're
looking for in this situation. That is glass half full if I've ever heard it.
It's unlimited refills.
Well, you can tell both of these teams have done their homework going into this, haven't they?
Right, they've sensed it themselves.
Alright, hold up.
Well, likely to see a similar veto.
Let's heavily prep.
And they're looking strong off foot.
This is a great bounce back.
Such a promising team for the future.
Oh, it's you too.
Yeah, exactly.
see a lot of potential in these guys.
I think Ful would be fun to have in an arena.
I don't know if they're going to fare,
but I think they'd be fun to have.
The counter strike is good arena counter strike.
Yeah.
I don't think it'd be, it's probably,
yes, I'll probably find us definitely a good one to start,
you know, warm up into a crash.
Yeah, you whistle.
Yeah.
They're nades from Hansa, they,
they're not doing anything.
When he's seven and 15, he's having a bit of a mouth.
They just don't have a read of the scenario.
He's gone through the motions of what should be good.
It's kind of nice in days when we saw him garage.
I mean, you just mentioned that the prep going into this,
looking good for both teams.
So obviously, it could very easily be a world where
foot was just like, well, this is how Hunter likes
to throw his mates.
This is the reaction.
They took short, and they step back and waited for the nades.
And to be we go again, it'd be more the same with a van.
Rifles this time, at least.
Mattis hasn't been converting these advantageous positions. Nice smoke though, 30 seconds.
Let them through again.
Mattis bailes out, he actually backs away into the split, so he goes down to Krobeni, puts all the pressure on him, heavy guard!
Oh boy, he can handle it!
Okay, heavy guard goes to the pistol as well, finishes off the job of the USP. He doesn't need any help.
Okay, the first of many.
Five more of those.
Matt just got blinded and he wanted to run away from car, get out of the b-site and run
into Cromani.
Right, you have G2 start this half, heavy go gets two kills from back of Platt on the
pistol, they end up losing the 5v3.
Now you have a situation where you've been in the washing machine financially, it's
been tough to find your footing.
Now you've got it, you just have to be believing that it's possible to bring
this back.
And then this is where the mental of thought, the longer they let this go on, the bigger
chance G2 have of drawing it back in overtime and then winning this 2-0. So, ding. You lose.
Two more, right? This one and the next, and then the money is in the mud.
But that's the advantage, that's the benefit that Havas, even if their economy gets broken,
they have rounds to recover it. Like that would be G2 at 9-12 with a broken economy and you're
still sitting there laughing. A couple of buys in here for sure. Oh, here's the cross shot.
Yeah, he's having one of those curse games, yeah, he's having a curse game.
Here we go, mobs though.
Here's the star barrage.
See what he's able to do here at long? Nothing, nothing at all, just gets wrecked.
And now they're just gonna go for it.
Hunts are just ready for them to push.
They're still coming!
They're still going forward, into the spray.
Fully blind, just unloading.
Three on three though, it's still, still kept within a doable within reach.
Some pyos up on top, flashbang out just to slow things down, delay it just a little bit.
a little bit smoke gonna be broken open nice timing on that all stopped in the
open one kill at a time
okay no bomb puns above definitely a biobank yeah plenty of money here's still
a lot of cash on demon you can throw over an AWP so much you can even a faker
time out now boys I just took one thing another one they did yeah there was a
second time out using the previous nap
Vicious spray from up to that didn't quite connect but
Well, we take it now. The positive is you get another time out when you know the time
That's one way to look at it
Very positive today take an hour's of sleep and look at you. I know eight hours eight rounds. It's all adding up
Is the magic number?
It is crazy how much better you feel after sleeping eight hours. Yeah, I'd love to feel it one day
here we go tried man start with water yeah that's it that that is the best place
to start but drink some more maybe start drinking some water
I'm sure
stamp for the clear from some puppy
oh yeah oh it's not even close anymore
oh chat I'm starting to worry about that mentality thing you brought up
earlier crumbling the jokes happening that's the full investment as well
Everyone down to zero dollars, but they will be a what third stage loss bonus they get 24 to the next round. So it's still an eco
The reason I think
Take it when they did is based off of the mental light
Well, the reason I say take it again is because going into this round
Your mental isn't as it's feeling now, right? Their mental now is like, oh shit
Yeah, I wear eco then it's 1210 and then unless we're planting we might not have consecutive buys
We will have at least one goodbye, but our follow-up could be really poor if we don't get the bomb down too much damage
I imagine that's probably the big cut on
Kravini's brain right now is like let me look at this moddy and see exactly how to
Construct these last three four rounds that we have to play making sure we don't run out of funds and run out of the ability to fight
That's what I don't like about I'm taking it now knowing that you're going into an e-cup. Yeah
Hey, maybe it all works out. Yeah, this is it. It's easy to say from here sitting on a literal couch. Yep
I
Analyst
Having a say well
They do have good long spawns right and they have won the long drills earlier, but that was with rifles and lots of you too
Right now all I see is a long stegal
Also interesting to know how much like a three round run for G2 is going to change things right that's going to shift their attitude as well
Yep
So you can do Jason
What is it work every right now on the back foot is G2 a pull in the comeback
Scout for company away. It is gonna land
Get him crap man
Get him crap. I'm speaking him. It's not worth it. They're gonna walk. They won't want that's actually too huge tag
It is guys. Oh, there's another opportunity that
Okay, nice name.
Relax, though.
I just want to scout.
Don't give him anything else.
Just had a little go.
That's a nice spot, though, for Mattis. A little bit dangerous, obviously, but...
A little bit?
...spots him crawling up short. He needed to know the scaling timing.
And he re-smet the long doors from his site.
Is that meant to be, though?
Crippini just helped himself to prime real estate.
I'm going to grab Matt and walk in sideways, but he is going to be caught here by Mattis.
The kill comes in, Mathis gets an important frag and that really is a threat, neutralized.
Yeah, nobody wants to mess with the AK after that.
I don't know.
Come on, Henry, some positivity.
Positive for who? I can't...
G2 wants to mess with me, look at that.
That's a great point, but G2, they can't look at this one.
Okay, let's see.
There's no way to lose the map like this.
First time?
Yeah, first time G2 won.
Those are like two puzzle pieces, the Eternal Optimus and the Eternal Pestimus, all in the same show.
Oh, oh, this is huge. Oh, there we go. One of the seeds from Hunter. That's more like
it's right in the pocket. I've got him right now. As you go into a two round game, double
lose a player didn't even lose a player. Lovely one. A little bit scary at the start
admittedly, but they've got the job done. There isn't all
available. This now chat, I would say, we're taking the tactical
time. They used to.
All right, fair enough. Get rid of that. They might crumble
this then. Hopefully they have good memory. Hopefully they
were all paying attention. See, there is a I think you could
have used the eco as a bit of a time up and then taking a
time up ahead of this.
He's been hit the cross shots. This one's off the marks
and Pius looking for that in all G2. They want to get
aggressive. Madis in lower
Leading himself, Matz is yet to have his big moment on the CT side.
It's an aggressive maneuver, Hunter trying to take the aggro from him.
Jump peeking from long.
Got my upstairs.
Oh, this is such a key moment.
I feel like Matz goes down, but he's trying to perfection.
Good pre-fire, he's collapsing towards the upper tunnels as well.
Calling it off though, you've got a 5-on-3.
Now you just want to try and retreat and keep everyone alive if possible.
He spotted the other upper player as well.
Exactly, but he could have stayed for another company.
realize I'm just trying to win this round. There's no need for me to be a hero.
Even Sampias holding his nerve on that beef looked like he wanted this swing out a little bit
wider. Near miss for cemetery. Madison's gonna get back to the B bomb site to pair up with heavy god
G2 in control. This is textbook CS right now. And this is the one full buy they'll have.
And you got you lost two players immediately crippled. And they need at least the bomb going
down here but it doesn't possible because Sampias he's really turned it on the last five rounds.
He has been very influential in getting into the streak, five in a row now, but he's had
no plan, shadowed no timeout, you get $3,500 each, it'd be galils and technines, it'd
be one AK.
And no timeout.
Who thought the mental would have been in the mood?
Eee.
Chad did call it very early on, before the series even started to be found.
This is a nightmare, you were 12, 6 up, just to reiterate, just joining us.
Just, just go on a car boys.
Oh dude, they're going into a row of all goleals.
Not a single AK-47 here to fight for the win in regulation.
I'm with you, simplify things.
Deep smokes coming in.
Xbox and double doors.
We always say boys, number 13 hardest round
in the world to pick up.
It's being partly illustrated here for foots.
All the wrong way they could ask for.
See the confidence Jason was talking about though, they're emboldened by the string
of rounds they've got.
They're flashing forward, they're trying to fight in middle, foot is scared, that's
why they're throwing the double mid smokes right so they can't be broken into pyres
to find the pick hunter.
This is risque.
I'm not talking about the Moulin Rouge style.
Oh, at least he spotted it, at least he spotted it.
It is a reference.
I would eat this fucking mother of a bitch.
Throw that in there.
And this one's being thrown away, really, for these boys.
It's Jukes. It's not Jukes.
I swap.
They can do this.
So Pius has got the-
Oh, no!
No!
So Pius, the timing to look away.
Cemetery, Krippany, Jukes.
A chance to win this out.
They came in this row with all Galio's.
Now they're picking up AK-47s.
Oh, I didn't see him.
Oh my god, no not gonna be enough foot finally figuring it out in the last second the last possible round of regulation
All the swat and because walking his way back in foot finally get the job done a sigh of relief
I'm 1311 win here on test to their chances to reach the playoffs are still on the table
And we will close this series on overpass
On me, right there.
Long out, two.
I'm in the middle.
I'm coming close to you.
I'm right here.
Yes, yes.
I'm bringing them guys.
One more, one more, one more.
One more, one more, one more.
And one short, bro.
Don't see B guys, I pushed B.
I'm flying in the middle now.
I'm trying from lower, son.
I'm out.
Fucking stop.
I'm running, I'm blind.
One more AWP, you can run Jukes.
I'll kill him.
He's holding.
He's coming from the side.
He's blocking me bro.
I'm leaving CT. I'm coming close.
He's taking you.
Long.
I'm hiding.
Nice.
I can flash.
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go.
One bit short, X-Files is...
I block B.
30 seconds, he's going B from...
I'm breaking, I'm breaking.
Mid out, mid out.
There's mid, one B.
One more.
Flashing, flashing.
Flashing, one more, one more.
Flashing, one more.
Nice, he hit that.
Good run.
Can I ask this question, I'm going to do a setup right now.
So this guy is going to be boosted tree.
This guy is close man.
This guy is in tone up.
This guy is long side.
This guy is cave.
Everyone knows the smoke.
You're playing a block everywhere.
Is this a you creation?
Do you remember this one?
Yeah.
I love this one.
This is one of my favourite ancient force rounds I've seen in a while.
Because you're not all in.
No.
You're not playing just to catch people on a timing.
You're playing a block and channel them into miserable situations.
Did you make this?
I don't remember who made it exactly, because it might have been me.
We brought it from Heroic.
Oh, okay.
But the other point is to block with the smokes and to just slow down the round.
Because as a T, like when you're playing on T equal,
so make sure you can risk it and do an A rush or a B rush or whatever.
But then you're just flipping a coin basically.
And that's where you kind of need to make sure that this is not the only force play you do,
because obviously, D is a tiny bit weaker without...
I've seen you try different variations with this as like a similar...
like some similar spot, but with some people cheated elsewhere and stuff.
I just think one of the things...
you don't put anyone...
like obviously, he's watching the Red Cross, right, and he's gonna bot.
But it's because I don't think people on the anti-force are gonna go Red.
That's like less likely that people use Windows so much.
And even if they do it still like a somewhat far away from AMB site,
It would be a bit weird to do anti-coverages, put numbers in windows and split A or B.
It's not so common, and then even if you get to a window, then possibly we can have reactions where we can double up and push A.
The big guys can also double up and just cover somewhere on the map, whether it's like trying to hold inside a cave,
or if you somehow know there are numbers in windows blocking these backlines areas and things like that.
That's not the biggest risk, and you also trust a tiny bit in the factor that...
It's hard for them to get all the smokes out at the same time.
Like, if they wanna do it, they would need like one guy at the same time trying to
bully you inside cave, one guy trying to do the same in donut,
and maybe someone even doing it on A.
And if they do it like one by one, it's usually the thing in A.
Because you wanna have a bit of trade potential.
So if you need two guys to pick donut or two guys to pick cave and things,
then you can slow them down 20 seconds by a smoke.
Then if they wait this smoke and you, if you time the smokes right, you put a smoke in cave,
but you try to save the other smokes. If they do it too slow, then maybe the cave smoke fades,
but then you, they come back to Donut and then you smoke Donut, there was a smoke there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Then you can just time the smokes and rotate it off.
And the A-Z level, so you can remove it after a while if you get this info.
And that's, they're playing for cave, they're playing for Donut.
Yeah, my favorite example, Sympyre stayed tree, but Hunter had a smoke
and got to rotate back to beat a block a second time
from top lamp and it was, it was sick.
I loved it, it was awesome.
Even in some scenarios,
you might have four smokes for B.
And then they use these two smokes
and we know okay in 10, 20 seconds.
It's our last smoke, we're gonna be weak.
Then you can do the rotation, you said.
But the aga rotates and that buys you extra 20 seconds
and maybe the T's are saying
it's probably their last smoke at this point.
And then you have one more, things like that.
Thank you very much for some of your thoughts on Ancient.
I appreciate your time, sir.
Thank you.
Hello guys, this is Nikita Herigod and Ilya Monasi and we are going to talk about Inferno.
Nikita...
I'm the pit player, like...
The red pit.
Yeah, the anchor, and he's offing, so he's slotting all over the map.
I don't know, like for me I like to ban anchoring also.
Not many people would like this position because it's kind of boring.
You just hold the angles, you try to keep your utility.
You don't do much basically, in my opinion.
You just need to play smart and have a good utility usage.
Just know a couple of steps ahead always, what you want to do.
Know how to support your teammates.
You need to have good aim.
And good aim, yeah.
A lot of multi kills will come.
If you aim good.
Things are going good, very good.
Yeah, I mean, we just have a trust with each other in Wimber 2 because a lot of times we're going to play with only 2 on A, you know, and Hunter and Manya, he will be on B as third, you know, sometimes, and in Wimber 2 we have very good trust and understanding what we're about to do, what's coming in front of you in the moment, you know, in the moment.
Yeah, basically we always communicate what we're going to do, like I always ask for a start, for example, in this start,
so I know how to adapt to him as well, and how can I support him.
We just like to communicate, it's mostly on communication in my opinion, as a duo,
because you sometimes will have a gap somewhere and you need to know how to block it,
or how to manage it so it will not happen, or communicate it just.
I think it's mostly on communication, we just know how to feel each other, even if we don't say something.
Sometimes it's like we just click and if he's here I'm here, as a reaction, kind of natural one.
Because when you get used to each other on a position, then you move faster and your brain is moving faster.
And the words you say are killing to me
No chance at all, dawg
Nobody back here, any more to me to go broke?
I'm in trouble, but he wants it all
When I was 11 they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.
I chose to go full CS, just the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.
I think grinding phase really helps you when it comes to keeping your energy up.
The best advice is that you need to love the game.
In the end, I'm going to be a good player.
The new G2 is really clicking heads, while seeming to have a great chemistry already.
I mean I agree.
They just hit all their shots on the train.
J2 finds a witness to one map era.
It's getting in.
The J2 map is still super thin.
J2 just dropped the veto.
Inferno was free, one of the veterans by Inferno.
He should ask bossman about that.
J2 whenever in advantage round they panic and start jumping like idiots, like.
Yeah, I mean...
Let me check.
Sometimes it happens probably.
Every time I went all in with J2, they shit the bed.
Unlucky.
Only men with balls and hikes, you know G2 will win this.
Minus balls, pass win, B2 Stratbok.
Hunter might be the best Kovac currently.
I said it, better Kovac Insta after first clutch, fami played off.
So looks like Emi is the final boss.
Yeah.
Okay.
How can heavy god and mattress be so consistent?
Those two are truly elite players.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Mungles will eat heavy god for breakfast, Esbra.
Nobody except heavy god can eat that much.
I agree.
Is he correct?
I agree, I agree.
He was so overrated.
As one tap kills he crouches and sprays.
I agree.
You know where Hevigod is because he just missed some bullets.
But they don't discuss what he missed.
Hevigod saved us.
True, true.
Die Wolf Matisse is a fucking machine.
I tell you what bro.
I can't believe Matisse stuck on Fnatic for years.
Matisse tried to help but ended up cosplaying as a sandbag with 617.
Yeah, I don't even remember this one so thank you for that.
I had 617.
He was used to only playing online banana caps for fronty, so I get it traveling his style some at first.
You can take a man out of CCT, but you can't take CCT out of him.
Probably Betty, yes, man.
I agree, I agree.
Mati's first time ever on Overpass, the guy is so totally cool, that's almost every round.
I don't think he's like extremely cute or something, it's probably his face.
Yeah, that's true. That's true, that's my face, I'm angry.
Malz and Mati is farming Donk.
Did we actually? On ancient, at least, probably.
Marbs, have you got Matush is a cracked core.
Matush and have you got Shows, Niko, I'm honestly how to be vitality.
Niko to G2, I miss you so much baby, I just want to get back together with you.
G2, I don't think about you at all.
Let's go G2, have you got Enhanta, we'll humble Messi and Baltics.
Messi and Baltics, G2 means give two rounds max to vitality.
G2 back to reality, honeymoon is over.
G2 suddenly forgot how to play pistol rounds though.
Vitality brought guns, G2 brought water pistols.
Yeah, that's true.
Rushing B with no dorsum, I have a lot of swears playing with them.
I mean, sometimes you have to play face-to-face with them, I guess, for check.
I imagine getting outfucked by a left-hander.
Handicapped, handicapped.
Back to the reality for G2, this one has been the most fluke tournament.
Thank you very much, we appreciate it.
Classic G2 choke.
I'm gonna get through the smoke, worry about the other side
He's gonna be ready for this one
He's coming and cutting planes
Constantly brokeade, let's begin
Recite your baseline
But then Black Ritical began to spin
And here we are, third map G2 foot.
Last day of the group stages of ESL Pro League season 23, fighting our playoff squads.
Now four teams left in the competition, two of them going to head home, two of them going
head on to the playoffs and we're gonna figure out which one comes out of this
game right here right now on overpass.
All right, Foots, they've got to the last possible step again. The third map
on the final game of the group stages. On the other side of this, if they get the
win is their first playoff appearance and I'm so looking forward to see if
they can do it. They're up against G2, the team that took it away from them
in Krakow and Foots have an opportunity to show us if they have
Progress if they've got past those demons. Yeah, well, we saw that G2 couldn't keep it up between map one and two
What's the reset gonna look like dust to most of that for G2 is pretty ugly up until that very very quick comeback at the end
Falling apart at the last hurdle. So who opens up strong here G2 is starting on the CT side
We know foots been playing aggressive and playing fast these rounds are quick
G2's been trying to disrupt it. Yeah, you gotta polish those bad boys up
I couldn't find them, so I can see, here we go.
There we go. Alright, alright, we're good, we're good.
Okay, it's a B-Rush.
What can you see there, Henry?
We can see the smoke-to-blood monster.
Like, it's not about being perfect, it's not about winning or losing.
Let's just shoot ourselves at VR.
We are doing good.
Because I know we can do it.
Nice response, huh?
Yeah, it's very kind, you know? I know we can do it, guys.
Look at Matt's, he's pushed all the way through the playground now.
Here we go.
Utility coming in here for foot, trying to get into the B-Bomb site.
The player waiting for them is the heaviest of all guards.
He's got himself the triple letters.
He's blind as hell. He's gonna be taken away. Long's getting that opening frag.
At least Hunter has the trade, but that bomb plant already threw here for foot.
I don't think they got nearly enough advantage off of the push from Madden's to make this doable.
They're gonna boost up. That's a good find. Great headshot from Sampias.
Three more behind the bomb site though.
It's real quick as well from Sampias. Sharp shooting.
It's taking attention towards him as well because you know heavy numbers behind that wall,
but it's about the flank here of Madden.
It's hoping that he can come through Monster and deliver the important kills, but he's missed his chance.
Okay, he's not dead yet, but he's gone down and now it's Krupp any up against some players and three HP to the Spaniard's name
He creeps he goes close Krupp any spots and keeps his head down at time is on his side
And they will win on the time the kill from some players comes through
But for e-sports will pick up the pistol to kick off this third and final now
There's all three of the last three pistols going the way of foot right now
That's true. They can huge advantages in that regard in that area of the game
Stabilizing both and they're converting both second rounds in the second map of the series on dust 2
That's massive as well on the T side here
Worth its weight in gold if you can fend off this force by the second
You're in a prime position to get three zero set up yourself from potential pro league player spot
Best opening you could hope for here. What have you got to work against three to five sevens deagles
Scouts and MP9 they go through smokes across the board as well some pious aggressive to stop
Looking for that opening. Smoked off though, we'll have to position somewhere else.
I didn't like the look he was being given. Nobody home. Timing was missed.
Very confident play towards middle here.
It's going to be interesting watching this T-side from foot on overpass just with the nature of the map.
It feels like you can't be nearly as aggressive.
We're seeing a garage and dust too. Yeah, this is a different cattle of fish altogether.
Can't scale as quickly. You need more utility to do that scaling, especially towards the A-bomb site.
Very true
It's quiet and they're all coming in this direction mobs has shifted back
He's got that Diggle, but you need some tags with the scout Diggles already gone rounds done might as well
Just bail out to the people on site say what you can
Okay, well do nothing boys
Yeah, strong start here for Foote. Can be very happy about that. Pistol round success. Convergence
that no funny business being thrown in the mix here from G2. Love a shot of being competitive
in the next round here, but for Foote, it's nice that they've got the foundation built
up on the T side of Overpass as well, right? They're not going to find themselves in
that immediate deficit. They have to do the hard work in full gun rounds.
Next round's going to be interesting. Is another basically force buy from G2 with
all these safe weapons. I think when you get a foot win the third round, you get a 3-0 star on T side,
I think with their interest your thoughts, because for foot they seem like the perfect team
to win little rounds here and there, just with the way that they play. And so if you already got
three rounds, surely they win just two extra on top. I mean three rounds on the T set of overpass is
like not even a bad half to be honest. You already set the foundation to like... It is if you
win the pistol run. Yeah, like still like it's getting three on the board early, like
Yeah, you know like on the comeback straight away like has that similar locked in and just we're kind of nuke vibrate
Where it's like just give me one or two more random ones exactly and with the way foot play
Surely they're gonna get into one. It's like a quick B pop or you know
It's crazy, but I feel like foot are giving themselves a really solid opportunity here just from the beginning of the game
Absolutely, and as Jason mentioned, we do have the save pistols
They essentially is another force bite with the scouts and play as well
Hunter still the MP9 but demon not slowing down once he get involved in these fights early
Dry peek towards middle no one home. They're gonna position themselves towards long three CTs here
They have basic utile their flashes if they want to force the issue round towards the party area
But we'll handle so far from foot taking lots of prime real estate on the map
Long as the bathrooms they go long says watching for that long flank as well
They're actually gonna turn the corner. This could be dangerous the bombs here
Sampias moves just at the wrong moment. Here comes the turn to the fenders.
There's one good shot with the Tegel. Nothing else from all after that.
Sampias tag but no head shot and that means he goes down.
And it all comes crumbling.
Very zero. Don't get much better than that. These have been quite clean rounds as well.
Four players looking likely to survive here though.
Hold the bomb towards Bartholomew. See if Mattis will make himself known.
That's best you can know for his one kill and saving rifle, but even that seems unlikely
Just waiting for him to make the next move tucks himself into what the bathrooms should be all said and done momentarily
Lovely nice go for Mattis. Oh, oh, oh
HP but couldn't find them. Yeah, I was gonna say and jukes was far far away
Could have been something there
Alright, first buy round coming up here for G2. Sampias getting the AWP out, Rifle's going to be around him and for Foot,
I got the AWP out for Cemetery. So, no one is going to be an AWP on the other side, at least having one because they can bat it.
SunnyPee's got to have some impact on this round with you.
I mean, especially CT side overpass, you get that AWP cooking really early on, you get it heated up, you start moving around the map.
That can be a menace, that can change the way Foot approaches things.
So, what was such a benefit on them in Mirage was disrupting the gameplay of Foot and making Foot play in towards theirs.
Some pious is up here on overpass to do the very same thing
Unfortunately, it's cemetery. His op is the one that rings out. Yeah, it's gonna be a great start here hunter at guy
And we've got foot one man up already. That's the that's a jump shot or a boost. I
Must have been a jump. Yeah, look at it. He was just jump spotting. Oh my gosh. Okay. Yeah, that's real rough
There goes the Nate strike two. Oh, have you got in one HP?
What a stark the rounds from foot that sucks
One HP at least you're alive. Yeah, it's true. I'd rather be dead
Be like why couldn't you just finish it off? Okay, this could be a real problem
You're five and four the players one HP. That's your anchor as well
He's got a hold on to that B bomb side the most part of the map
You need someone to step up with a multi-kill could be malts could be hit in the bathroom did look excellent on Mirage
Didn't say his name too much to us to admittedly. There's one go
Start on the back track. You've just seen a player coming up towards pop connector
Do you start to think about the fact that Long has been open?
Smoke deployed as well. Deep smoke down Long. So that's information from Alps. There are players coming up Long.
He is completely alone. Isolated.
Sitting in front of the bathroom right now. Something spectacular.
Needs to be delivered. G2's stand a chance in this bounce.
Sure it's a 4 in 4 but so outmaneuvered.
conversations will come in momentarily 15 seconds, oh it turns around there's
mobs of the second killed around they're pushing forward towards him
opposite side quite a lot of work here Matt is also getting killed on the other
side of the map so a 2v2 yeah but how do you approach the situation have you
got that one yeah she's thrown into the bomb site oh he's already gone now
removed and look at this close angle the sumpias actually clear and consider
this oh so tricky alright for a bernie so much we've got this shot out
towards stairs hasn't been able to pick it up for Betty patiently waiting and he
is cleared as well so G2 good recovery this round before the 5v4 they brought
heavy go down to one HP was basically a 5v3 and Malz does so much he was on his
own for so long there yeah he did a great job I mean even spotting out the
last two players which allows the two remain or the three remaining members of
G2 to commit to the rotation here's the opening kill yeah spot that's gross
nice shooting yeah unfortunately it goes to waste that's a nice shot as well
very slim chats very small head at the angle that was really good kill for
Mattis really important so much for it looking sharp at that moment tech paws
coming out of the round win for G2 so we're gonna chill for a little bit as
we get that figured out
we're getting to the meat and potatoes of the tournament I would say so this
is a great chance for all of you to be able to chime in get into that DHL
mailbag at efg.gg one you bring it up right now Jason I think this could be
I don't know if it's open on this it is just hitting you take it away yeah do
you think I know so let's get into it now you're digging questions you like
there you go we're four minutes in the future bear in mind so we're gonna look
through the old ones it must be so we have an email coming in it's called
please don't stop the fun could be a song name please don't feel like a song
name please don't stop there yeah okay hey guys and gals please don't stop
the fun and relax side of these streams we all love Harry you go on
the guy going off track and just talking about random things.
Just harry and ego.
That's the only two they mentioned.
The only ones that are.
We all love harry and ego.
I think it was because harry and ego were the reason we had no fun.
Chad was pointing that out earlier.
One person's post is not the totality of everyone's opinion.
That's fair.
Accurate.
A very angry worded message here.
To the top management people.
Let me read that before you say anything online.
Let me get some experience eyes on this thing.
It's about to read it out of the base.
That's what it says, it's a fun one.
Alright, go ahead.
EPL is supposed to be fun and relaxed.
It's supposed to be for the players, casters and analysts and hosts.
A lot of hands in there.
Just go and cast the game and have a more relaxed approach.
Don't change this.
Are we still having this conversation after like five years?
Have we not worked with that?
We did it twice a year.
That's it.
It's muted.
A couch question.
Love couch questions. Oh, what are the stage one slash two EPL superlatives or other type of fun awards?
You present for online portion the best count to leash obviously, okay, so he's done some mock awards
All right, and best background
Best background was exorcise. It's not bad with a with a wallpaper. It's oriental highlight slash low light
Didn't magics have like a half naked man who came in the background. He did. Yeah, yeah, right
That's that's up there. It's a contender
And we're going back live, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for bearing with us. We have got plenty more kind of strike coming up this evening as well. Furia taking on Astralis Bear in mind after this one for the very last spot. It might all be in vain for Furia, though.
Sure, they're the favorites going into that one. But bear in mind, Furia Fallen cannot play in the playoffs. He would have to be Sid, their coach stepping in. So Astralis, I would say in terms of the mental, they would have to be up behind there.
hand there and we want to see Fuzzi in the arena as well so that's gonna be a fun game.
Coming up after this for now though, third and final match between G2 and Foots and they
certainly have had their best foot forward. 3-1 on this T side as we look to continue
things here. G2 managing to come back from a 5-4 deficit in the previous round. Heavy
God on 1 HP but still some pious Malph's got the job done. Very important round here
with the finances.
Yeah, keeping G2 moving towards getting control of this game, at the very least.
Yeah, just a low riding on this one.
While Deep Smoke's a demon's gonna be held back at least for the moment, Malphe's controlling stairs, he's gonna get pinched.
No escape route now as they traverse through Picnic.
Some pyre through the angle, easiest kill, he might get this whole map as Kerbendi just walks into the crosshair.
Oh, there's the peek out from Malph's running back down the connector stairs here, expecting
a second fight to ensue, but no such fight.
It's such an awkward place to be.
Special players play at the blue door, I feel.
Look at all the angles he has to clear as he goes for that retreat.
He's got to be worried about everything as he moves.
Yeah.
Well, he's done very well to get the 1k with some pass also assisting.
So now we're looking at a 3v5, 40 seconds left.
It's really tough to see how foot we're going to squeeze this one.
Good deep ankle for some pious.
Don't need to be aggressive if you're G2. 25 seconds, this feels like it's got save written all over it.
Yeah, mobs. Just got a bit of an adventure arriving back to the connector now.
Yeah, nothing ready to come and tell you lads. It is going to be a save in T spawn.
Oh, I do have a tweet coming in.
Yeah, it's from the mailbag. We found your back and forth of Lerpus.
Tweet from Henry G on utility.
They found it?
They found it.
Someone has done a Lerpus tweet.
I hope I remembered it correctly.
Early's tweet by Henry G mentioning utility seems to be from July 2015.
Ooh, okay.
Henry G at Knox, at Lerpus, at Natusiasco.
Just saying the word utility is 100% fine.
A useful article or device. Utilities though is a bit off.
There you go, Jason. That sounds like I'm right here.
Hold on, Henry.
He's not arguing with the word. He's arguing with the plurality of the word.
Can't find the conversation. It's replied in any archive, though.
Brings up nothing.
Atnox, Atluripus, accounts are emptied out.
Meanwhile, in August 2014...
Let's go on some time before you three, Henry.
Oh, I don't like it.
You get a new one.
HLTV introduced...
Oh, Mike.
Utility...
I'm getting sweaty.
Player breakouts.
What is all spiking?
Oh, hey.
I may have linked an HLTV introducing HLTV attributes.
That is in 2014.
Interesting.
No guarantee anybody used the term in a cast, though,
at that time.
Well, that's 30 minutes while spent.
What am I doing with my life?
A hopefully anonymous listener.
I think that was 30 minutes really well spent.
You've cheered me up.
That doesn't sound conclusive.
No, it doesn't.
Either way.
It hasn't changed anything.
I do remember the time when people were giving me
shit by saying, why is he using this word utility?
And I pulled the tweet.
I'd have to go see this one.
I need to see myself fine. They don't need to explain yourself. No, I feel like we've made a big deal
I should probably look into more. I'll do some research myself tonight. Okay. Oh, yeah
I'll go back and be our guys read in for the playoffs. I don't I don't need anyone to believe me
I know it's factual. Hey Russia's just trying to be on your team there, man. One's true
I'm stressed.
Alright.
Alright.
Alright.
Maybe foot or between my eyes.
I'm sweating.
Why am I always caught out on Twitter Rush?
It's always attack on Titan.
Utilities.
They just delete the app, bro.
Yeah, maybe.
Might be time.
You're having a good run.
Round six.
Little bit of a little bit of a situation for foot saving the last round two AKs the AWP 40 seconds left in the round
Progressing slowly towards the a bomb site, but they got a lot of trouble between mobs and some pious and bathrooms
There's the first kill on from mobs two headshots bomb is dropped AK 47 coming in next missed its chance and goes down as well
That's around done boys
Yeah, I'd say for also getting a little bit stress now. I mean we talked about the foot off the pedal. Yeah
They're saving again. You could say that you could it's two rounds. These guys are getting bonus money
Can't replenish nades then more utilities by a decoy
Just a metering 50 bucks more spending you asked me true. That's fair
I'll take it back pretty loud too. It's got an AWP
True. We did see him do on Dust2 as well. There is something to be said about a decoy in an orb.
No, we talked about the fact that getting three rounds early on T side on overpass is great.
But, gotta win an extra round here with that foot.
I would say this matchup is not enough. It's a great start. No one's dying now.
Oh, a little smash there going on.
Especially when you know this team can crumble under pressure.
They almost happened on Dust2. Sure, they closed it out.
closed it out and they were 12 6 up and it went 13 11. I feel like these saves
are just gonna wreck the economy like what happens next time you got the you
got a three round losing bonus. That's a good 24. That's what they're doing at the
bomb down here which could happen. Yeah but it's just like two players have are
gonna have that like 24 28 if you don't get the bomb planted and then
everyone else is gonna be buying around it and around with this one you
save the two weapons and no one's bother. Oh yeah I don't know buddy's
just gonna be in an odd place. It is. There's no doubt that Yankee will be
I mean that all changes if they just end up winning this round for no good reason.
Good kills in a return, two frags for Mattis to open things up, five on three brought right
back into an even kill.
Sunpias gonna be at the A bomb site, Hunter and Heavy got over at B.
Foot has plenty of time to work the map, they rotate all the way back around so Sunpias
needs that early information first team.
3v3
Surprise she jumped spotting off the back of dice box now
Lunges is gonna be boosted up the shot
Surprises an adventuring a little bit too far here isn't exposing himself too long yet
And then he goes into the peak Lunges does pick up that shot. That's such a mental error
Save is happening that's Jason or your speculation about the economy doesn't even matter. No, it really doesn't I'm a mate
You were spotting it the whole time, jumping behind APC. Why did he just back up?
We're gonna play like this full pussy. We'll never win this game. We're gonna lose 13-3. Please, don't be scared. Do moves.
I like that. I like that. I believe that was longs, wasn't it?
It could be a carbone. Yeah, good advice.
He seems to be a sort of... No, he's not in-game though, but he certainly seems to be...
But he certainly seems to live by really she seems to be the leadership figure in the team
It goes back to the interview tinker though. We know
Okay, well take that up take that back
I go gas I was like, it's good bank. No
Okay, I was wrong. I mean it has words. I'm not gonna lose 133 anymore. He didn't play like those. He's you are correct
Yeah, so they don't have to double up set up as they do have a nice injection of cash by winning by virtue of explosion
You get thirty five hundred dollars on top of what you already had that actually sort of finances out right away
There you go. 5 on 3, but just dropping the ball after this.
Wanted to continue the aggression, wanted to continue gathering information.
This one is just, that's the one where I'm like, ooh.
That's a mistake to just take that peak slowly.
Okay.
That's a spatter of the word.
That hurts so much.
Well, there's one of the rounds that we were talking about, you know, this team,
just with the way they play, are going to get rounds like that.
That's an extra one on top of the foundational three. Thankfully G2 has so much so much money. There's still a good amount
There's another buy behind this when they come in good shot from all to follow up as well utility on point today for G2
Well three before can you recover this for foot? Yeah, but this is exactly how the last round opened up
That's what two kills and died immediately afterwards is deja vu and now so actually have a better purchase available too
So thankfully no one from ZZ was falling up with any kind of push any kind of aggression everything else from here seems very very passive and very
Disciplined and there's just enough utility to go for a simple execution into the B bomb site
It's gonna be contact through monster. Yeah now Matt is taking contact at short. Will demon be looking in the right spot
Matt is going forward demon look away get back and can't get the kill
But now they move in on monster now they know there's two players short
There's the second kill as well for juice rotation team lunch takes damage hunter moves up
by the killers through Sir Juge's for the class for the 4k about to be picked
from heaven and some pious will deny access to the site okay still got a
little bit scrappy still got a little bit weird without the timing and the
knowledge of the scaling through monster whatsoever good contact play
from foot almost able to pull that off hunter there at the perfect moment
to save the day open up by mobs who's feels like what this is he's like
second or third round he's got multi kills from this position when he's
playing in that part of the map and unfortunately for foot unable to build
off that previous round success means all the money goes back for G2 all burning
in their feet a little hot as they move out into his playground I'm just gonna
have to start backtracking doesn't want to get caught out by pistols so pass is
backing him up for that peak towards party never comes Matt this is pushed
into water and he's got a good time in here on team and who's going to retreat
spotted just enough of it and Matt this has got the opening frag locks his
deagle now getting over closer kind of yeah I don't even see a wilder they can
really do anything with this I think some ridiculous one digs of no Kevlar
yep and yes it's not gonna be a thing that's the only way to do it is the
one things nothing to work with so yeah G2 stabilizing here it's been a
Bumpy Road in Italy, a couple of nightmare scenarios, but generally speaking it's all looking good.
They can even get an 8-4 half which would feel comfortable.
Yeah, I'm trying to squeeze one more out but I guess the thing you've got to keep together is the mentality.
For a foot that was something we were talking about coming into the game, just make sure,
yeah if you get one extra round you can be feeling pretty good about that.
Well it's just going to be tough to see them squeeze it out.
These gun rounds have not been all that impressive.
Sometimes it's just dead, isn't it?
How's it?
We've lost track of longer gun.
Nope.
That was for buddy.
No one was watching long, through the whole way.
Pick up that ult though, my whole system had to do it.
All right, 5-4.
Five of the last six going in the way of G2.
If you think about it this way,
Flitz only won a single round
when the guns started coming out of the CT side.
They converted the second and third rounds
against a four-spire with Deagle's 5-7s and an MP9.
But once the M4s and the ult came out,
it's been all G2.
Yeah, Kulio wanted to get on the mid-cape.
I'm happy I'm sure.
I wanted to figure out how to squeeze the next round out of this half at least.
I have got a buy-can up again.
Gonna have AK-47s at all players here.
Now AWP inside, some pys can just walk around with no rival on the other side.
And G2 are starting to build money up.
You know, he's got 7.8k in the buy-can for some pys.
If he loses the AWP, he can buy it right back in the next round.
You can have to deal with that threat if you're foot
So I've looked what they've got then
Getting to the latter stages in its first half the final map
Final chance G2 came into the heavy favorites for this one, but foot's being an impressive team
to the 2026 season
Coming out of the
Navi Academy, Navi Junior. Hey boys, hypothetically speaking if foot win this game who we want to talk to I was thinking of Cabernet or Longs
I don't really know their personalities too well, so I'd say I say long says is a good one
We always into few him
So Krebbeni long said we did cool you at the start of the day. So yeah, I think those two players are perfect
I'll take it away
All right, sunny delight
Well delightful kills those two of them
That's really how's carved up the round before it really got going
Oh, look at this. Shrinking the map, Lunks is dead, doesn't know it yet, doesn't know.
Execution style, good job from Hunter. Now footsteps being made up the stairs as well.
G2 defense in a good position, another free kill provided by mobs, and that's it.
G2 definitely looking like the better team in this first half.
Really, thank goodness for actually won the first three rounds of the game.
You know, if they didn't find the first three, this could be a disaster as half of Counter-Strike for them.
It's the hard part. It's the other half of that speech that he said where he was like,
don't play scared, go make plays, go swing into things. It's like, that's true, but on some level,
like when a team feels like they're superior tactically, it feels like you never even have
the opening to make the plays you want to go for. Sometimes it's not actually being
scared, sometimes it's just feeling like there's never an opening because this team
is always one step ahead. You're trying to get out more, sort of have the all posted up
up on that position.
You try and catch the time to go bathroom,
as Malmst is already pushed up and around the back
of the party, so just losing track of G2
or just swarming the map at the moment.
It's quick for Foot, keeping it simple, heavy outlaw.
But Malmst again, he's just destroying them over here.
A lot of ink has on his T side now.
Yeah, money management, as we highlighted previously
at the start of the series,
has still been an issue for Foot.
And the 3-0 starts, one follow-up round which was a bit of a miracle round in mid-to-late.
And the thing is, Mal starts to hit them apart, give him the ace!
There we go!
Beautiful stuff.
Oh dude, that was clean.
That's nasty.
Somebody had shots.
Lovely shooting from Mal.
And this is someone who's really been struggling.
This tournament, especially Mal, does not look great.
And this series alone, like, he has really pulled it back.
He was a talisman there managed to get for like I think 20 killed in the first map on track to do just that again
It's 17 and 7 so great to see Mario peeking into the tournament right before the playoffs
as mushrooms
Mario Joe, I suppose from
Sort of won that for you
All right flashes out so it's long we're going quick
Krabeni's gonna take some space doesn't want to deal with mobs so once I get into a decent enough position to know that mobs can't be
Wrapping around or being a nuisance, but he's peering over the top of the smoke
Just a distraction towards fountain by Krabeni otherwise it's a hit towards the B bomb site here we go
He's got one demon trades it Matt this wordy now at the pillar
Plenty of tries with the flashes coming up.
Okay, Matt says it goes early.
Some players with the flashes.
So this demon and locks both going down.
And finally, Matt says being traded out.
So a 2v3 to try and recover.
But look how quick G2 have rotated down to this B bomb site.
Hunter is waiting inside the smoke just beside the default plant spot.
He retreats back down into the water now.
It's so tough here.
CTs want that smoke to fade so they can have the lines of sight.
Now all of a sudden with some players having an angle with the AWP,
lot more comfortable if you're one of the defenders. There's no util available for either side here, so
comes down to this raw rain. Accuracy, we'll see whether they can find an opening here, but G2 are
giving nothing away. Hunter looks like he's good for more than one here. As a first, going to get
the double, not quite. A little bit of damage inflicted, 48 HP. Let's find a smoke, gets it
down on the bomb side, we'll see whether the plant is possible. Yeah, fighting for a fifth round
It's for straights. He got nothing out of that.
Oh, gets back into the side again, but they're spamming him down in G2.
Looking like they're going to secure it.
Yep, eight to four half.
A strong lead here for G2 outside the first three rounds.
Foot really getting nothing going.
It's going to be all pressure in the second half, looking to try and
try and book their spots in the playoffs.
I
G2 and Fruit are in pursuit of the playoffs here in Stalko.
We'll see if they can make it through. G2 with a lead, 8-4, and I'll switch to the T side.
And I'm interested to see what the T side is going to look like here, Jason.
Haven't been necessarily finding the most success in pistol rounds since the beginning of the game.
That would be a great time to win one. Obviously after losing both on Dust2 and the first pistol on this map,
this would be a great time for G2 to just roll out the carpet and have a leisurely stroll to the finish line if they can get there.
Let's see what they've got. We've seen plenty of times G2 this offense crumbling to a stop as well.
We've seen a few maps where it just feels like the offensive production isn't there.
It feels like today isn't one of those days based off the way they've been playing.
Now if they get a start to the half like Foot did, we're looking at them pushing their scroll really quickly to that 11 mark.
Okay, well, they've gotten into bathrooms quickly, quietly. Nobody knows.
Timing might confound Cemetery, and he's stuck, but finds a way to retreat.
He wants to get out of there. He wants to get back to safety.
Look at Benny. Make his move and connect.
He sees them conserving the backtrack, and he can't get away,
but he's got the protection of Demon on the Jewel Barrettas.
Demon having a really quiet game here.
We're going to get a strong start in the second half.
It isn't killing the Jewel Barrettas.
Utility going to go into the sky is Demon.
Looks to dish out some damage. Jewel Barrettas.
Another kill symmetry also getting involved.
We've got Hunter and Heavy Guard fighting their way back into this one.
They've actually got into even numbers.
Hunter's died and Heavy Guard now alone.
There's the peek and there's the kill! Heavy Guard up for it!
Up for a clutch moment. This would be a 3K if he's able to win it against Lounx.
Bomb is on the ground. He does not have it in his possession. Has to move towards it.
And we'll do so.
He should be all good. He's got plenty of time.
He can fake tap this a number of times trying to pull the CT out into the open.
Now, Longs is gonna start pushing. Not yet.
Really used his pistol! And Longs has picked it up for him!
Oh, that has got to be a massive relief.
Foot have the opportunity now to get off to a good start here in the second half.
Four pistols in a row. Map two and now this overpass.
That has to be said, boys. The bomb did go down.
Yeah, you know if you buy up in the second one and win this one it's better than winning the pistol. It's true
So we've set it up nicely just want to make sure
We're all aware of that fact you say you've got them right where they want
You're not out of the woods just yes
Sure, it feels great right now but that mood in the camp can change drastically and the next woman in 45 seconds
See what happens can plummet
Lot of size on the G2 side of things
Frustration that they can't pick up these pistols make things easier on themselves. So they've got to do it the hard way
Four Galils attack nine very light on nades for the G2 camp and this is going to be a heavy lean out of spawn towards B
Yeah, I'm sitting right there
Well, Krobeni MP9 always ready
Rapidly kill and it's two for Krobeni two and a half
Hunts down to 36 very difficult rounds of recovery here. Well, they have a chance though
That's the fight they're looking for three on three even though he's brought low you'll take that
Even player count on both sides.
He's so low on two though.
Malbs, that's about to say he's going to have a tough task ahead of him, but he has got 100 HP, 18 kills to his name.
It's a nice flash to clear, that's going to be called out and probably makes Split feel like there's pressure streaming out of monster at any moment.
Flash, Malbs in for the peak here at short.
So, Paz is back at T spawn with the bomb.
I mean, there's still the option obviously for mobs to move up through the blue door
up the stairs and join up towards the A bomb site.
So, this round slows down 35 seconds still on the clock for the audio only listeners
in the room.
8 to 5 is the score with G2 in the lead.
Third map of the series.
The winner goes to the playoff loser is eliminated.
Round 14 and G2 just gonna stroll up towards the A bomb site.
One smoke, one Molotov for the truck and one headshot for Cemetery.
Oh, that's the HB gone.
Oh, there's the second one to follow up the Nade. Cemetery's done it all.
Low HP players do come back to get wrecked by utility.
And G2 is sent packing.
This just in the context of like this being a bit of a grudge match the two
organizations going against each other the experience you have on either side of
the server this will be one of the biggest upsets of the tournament like
denying G2 actors to the playoffs yeah yeah this will be massive yeah it's it's
an upset it feels like it opened up you like absolutely destroyed a mirage
absolutely everyone looks so calm so locked in G2 we're just in cruise
control all of a sudden does to falls apart and I think it'd be a
declaration of their intent this year for foot if they can get to the playoffs
there by knocking out G2 as well and it's I guess it's you can almost look at
it and say they answered some of the questions that we had the chat brought
up about the mental state and about the emotional state and yeah they got a
skill they they kept it calm and held back the comeback when G2 got it to
11-12 right now they bounce back from that first map disaster to win us too
and now they've got a good performance going on overpass with both
pistol rounds and they've got them on the ropes there it's a full eco
essentially. St. Pius has galil, no helmet, quite a weak setup, got no utile. You're praying
for a miracle here. Chad highlighted before the series, foot can lose these sort of rounds
and that's what can destroy the mental in these high pressure situations. But they're
staying very active on the CT side. Sure, they have a lack of information, but they're
about to remedy that right now.
This is a nice move. Delay smoke towards the front of bathrooms from the A bomb
site as they push along. Just turn in the corner and they can wrap her out and
have a very nice flank especially they'll know what's coming when this utility is
called out. So that's all they've got, that one flash. Get it back off. You can do anything with it.
There's some retreat going to be sitting back in bank. You know those players
populating the site but you're fine letting them have the plants as long as
you just clean up as soon as it goes down and those kills are all coming in
now for this ET side. Malbs and heavy god with no hope and help they're
gonna be cleaned up here by Laos. Good work on the USP to close things out.
Now that'll be the retake. Now a one-round game is the only difference on a single round
foot. That's what good starts in both halves have done for them. Six rounds of the seven
that they've got have come from the beginning of halves.
Yeah, it's really nice to have that, especially in MR12. It's such a winning recipe.
Pressure on G2 now, one round game, eight to seven.
And no AWP out in the field, some pies did by that Galil in the previous round,
he's going to be on a glill again see what they can get back to the winning ways
there oh no off for G2 so the cemetery has no rival on the other side there's a
great advantage here for foot to try and take things to an 8-8 score line and
cemetery is going to take it for a spin
I'm already past him so a little bit dangerous good night great Nate
chucks down mobs. Yeah, Hunter take it into the playground. Progressing too much further though.
So we're gonna be flashing towards front bathrooms. U-Tills gonna be heading out,
I'm just gonna be taking the peek. It's very, I mean it's very chill at the moment,
look how far back foot's playing. No one's even in blue door, we saw on the CT side
for G2, mobs have a great impact from that position. It'll be quiet to start the second
I think he had 16 kills at the end of the CT side, maybe 17.
He's cooled off for sure. He had 17 and 5 at one point, now he's 18 and 10.
Yep, not ideal.
As we were just praising him, having a pretty slow tournament by his standards.
He drops off now and they don't qualify for the playoffs, it's all in vain.
Oh look at this though, they've already called it, there's the utility out, everyone's blind, including G2.
They just get mo-ed. Oh my god.
Dumpstered. Right.
Not even a look yet, no damage inflicted.
No, not even an AK fired a shot yet.
Nope, that was weak, that was limp.
Yeah, very, very limp.
Oh, that is catastrophic result.
No plant, no kills found.
Confidence swelling now for foots.
You've let them type things up.
It's the worst feeling if you're G2 and that just goes south like this.
You're like, oh, that's how we opened up the gun rounds.
And he really messed us up.
Oh, on the T side now, it's 8-8.
They're in touching distance of eliminating you from ESL Pro League.
All right, well, you gotta back off.
I don't know if Crbenny's gonna let it happen.
He's already reading what's coming next, knows they've been stuffed.
Here's the footsteps towards T spawn is gonna come looking for Hunter.
Oh, it's a really nice play.
Hunter's not even looking, I feel like he's already talking to the team.
Oh my god.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Okay, we can handle one.
We couldn't handle two there.
Oh.
I mean, it would have been extra damage there because Heavy God only had $400 when they were hunting them down.
At least Hunter has $1300.
It's not a great amount of cash, but...
It's forced a time out on G2 as well.
Now they have to talk about this.
I think they had a plan of what they wanted to go.
Mattis instantly bought an AK-47.
I think they...
No, they have to buy because Hunter's like double eco.
Have you got already had the AKs?
Got no money left over.
This is disastrous for G2.
This is, yeah, this doesn't feel like an excellent...
Yeah, chill.
Yeah, that's good.
Yeah, chill.
Things are going well.
I feel like when you hit tab,
but you're kind of winning right now.
First time out for G2.
They need it.
That's a big one.
Hunter is going to piece together what he can.
Going down after the time is absolutely brutal.
2 AK-47's a Galilla TEC-9, and Hunter just went full IGL, stays on the Glock, takes utility instead.
Can always afford a P350, though, even when you go down after the time, Jason.
That's true. You glad Hunter subscribes to it as well?
Yeah.
Miss Molotov for the short push, have you got bounces that behind him?
We're going to use Jason's law, so there has to be Moses Mantra.
Yeah, that's the one.
Well, you can always get a P250, that's the law.
Yeah.
And always a P250.
Moses Mantra.
So that's what Jason brought to the CS landscape.
I brought utility.
One of many things, I feel.
That's bad.
Maybe not getting as much credit as utility.
Well, apparently I'm not even getting any credit.
Well, I'm trying to get this credit.
I'm trying to get your mail back.
You're always going to get credit in my book, I know.
Okay, thank you
So it's a nightmare scenario again. They are fully invested to pistols be execution
Throw in the kitchen sink everything you've got hope for the best demon playing on the front line
So they're bringing the fight to the ball if I should show it. Oh, no, it's on this project. Oh good. Have you gone?
There we go. That's what you do a nice double math is coming in with the Khalil so
Then this is could have been the worst point of the game for G2
You want to talk about timing. That is... I can't believe having had that timing.
Just turned away to look at his flank as the flashbang came in, and then Foot screws up the push and both players push into the team flash.
And G2 just get a steal with such a weak buy.
They needed that desperately.
That's good to alleviate. A lot of the pressure.
We invigorate the players of G2 here, inject a nice amount of cash going forward with four
players surviving.
Yeah, it would have been a bummer if they just kind of like fizzled out of his half,
wouldn't it?
It really would have been.
It just kept going like that, so it did just see a little punch back.
Absolutely.
Especially considering Hunter died off the time in the previous round.
Yep.
It was such a weak entrance into that B side.
It was a solid B hold, but it never felt like they really had a chance, like he
said, when they were firing off the bullets.
They do take the lead momentarily nine to eight. Yeah, look at this. Watch this. Have you got just turns right now?
Maybe hurt the flash coming out checking the flank you knew that was coming
Lovely turn from heavy God. He put it all together and a sick double kill when they thought they had him beat
I thought they had him beat
There we go needed that
Brings him back to a full die here rifles across the board no AWP, but cemetery suddenly has his
will be down and towards the connector. This is a brave maneuver. Not sure if Math has already
made it across. He's got the flexi. There's a shadow advantage. And indeed, nails the shots.
Smokes them off as well. That's actually a huge kill. Look at all the map control it gives
foot. They now own the middle of the map. Push short, clear it out. Nobody's home. You
can even back off with the man advantage. Really nice place to be. Have you got very
much isolated outside the B bomb site so it all falls down to Hunter, Sumpias, and
mobs to create something on the other side of the map.
They've been they've been looking for Fights G2 but Foot plays this so
passively towards A. There's never anyone home in bathrooms, never
anyone home at long. This is a tense round. We've got no map control at all
to speak of. And sub 50 seconds, heavy gods calling for them to come back towards B. At
least they have that. It's just been smoked off a monster.
Look at how long it takes them to get back to the B bomb site. Like you already have a
world in where foot's like, oh, it's quiet. Nobody's using utility in bathrooms.
And if you're up over here as well.
Yeah, you shift three players over, you're going to have a fourth on a very quick
rotate.
Don't get me wrong, G2 can still win this round. It's just not looking good right
now.
It's still fun.
It's 25 seconds.
Someone needs to win that fight against cemetery coming out of monster.
They can't wait it out.
They've just got to go now.
There it is.
Flash is going forward.
Cemetery.
Oh, it doesn't blind him.
And that one certainly will.
Cemetery off the ankle, but slowed by the grenade.
They're trying to force him out of that with utility.
Cemetery survives long enough to be a distraction
and then Kropenian Lows coming to shut down
the rest of G2.
A single frag from the T side.
And again, we're all tied up.
All right, G2's gonna have to change
something in the gun rounds.
It can't be this quiet.
It can't be like, okay, let's go push back
whatever at long, get the flower pots
and then we'll go back to the B bomb site.
I know there's a four on five,
but no skirmishes, no engagements,
nothing trying to figure anything out.
It's a rough death to take really early on as well.
Yeah, cemetery did very well there.
Moving on to now, very active, opening things up,
closing them down for those agents.
We do have another buy available,
but certainly concessions across the board.
Nine, nine, ladies and gentlemen.
Reiterate the point one last time over Winters.
Matt will be taking themselves
towards the playoffs here at ESL Pro League.
Loser goes home.
money's in a rough place for G2.
Yeah, I just have never been able to get this all about
for some pies.
Yeah, he's been flirting too much with the idea of the
Hero Callows and upgrading his pistols.
You haven't seen much of his AWP on the T side here at all.
Cemetery, you know he's going to hit that all day long,
converts the kill.
Mab's still 18 and 14 boys, he was 17 and 5.
He's 18 and 14 now, he's fell off.
Yeah, they just disappeared in the second half.
So is G2 for the most part, one round that they've
put together since they switched over to the
defensive side here on overpass. Flashbang is out. Now, there's a moment where the
upper is the only defender here. If they can scale into the bomb site before anyone
else shifts back, they might be able to pull this off. Cemetery sticks around, dice box.
Holy shot! He's gonna go for it, but supplies a mattress with a pair of headshots, sight
taken, G2 fighting on. It's on the flank. Clowns coming up the stairs right now.
On the back he goes the hot rod and hand
Look at the heat things up before this retake is some price. He's finally got his hands on the AWP show us
What we've been missing nothing because demon takes him down with the AK-47 you can always back on that kill and hunter now
Backing in the corner trying to get a fright back
He's down and out so it's matters to clutch stepping up
This moment that takes G2 into the lead of the game again
Couldn't be closer if they tried
Holy moly. It comes down to the 1v1. Mattis delivers the goods. It was not looking comfortable at all.
Another opening kill there for Foots. G2 collapsed in towards the bomb site.
Managed to trade out those kills. It comes down to the wire, but still G2 come out on top,
but the money's still absolutely fine. I say that. Do you see an AWPer cemetery?
Okay, yeah. They've got a nice run by the CT side. This one, boys, this could decide the outcome of this game.
There's no loss bonus really built up on either side of the
Server right now. Yeah, everyone's out of money
No one has a losing bonus built up two rounds for for G2 nothing special not gonna really activate anything in the next
If they were to lose
Yeah, I mean
You gain you gain economic control of the game at 10 to 10
It's pretty much over huge round for a swing round with a tail end
It didn't recover the all didn't recover the AWP
too much celebrate yeah he was saying all bank all bank all bank yeah he was
that's where some of us died right okay glills them I get lacking key pieces of
utility as well mounts no utility he can bring his game back to life
both teams fully invested here for no residual cash to speak of us while we
He said it's the most important round so far.
Happy Gods had a really quiet game as well.
Only 7 kills.
So a lot of the big pieces for G2 have gone quiet, especially recently.
Max is starting to have some moments now.
His blue collar really shows up when he's needed.
That's true.
Another opening kill with Sematru.
There's Malph's again.
Dude, he's getting tilted.
We've seen it this tournament.
Yeah.
Once he starts tilting, he starts taking these peaks in engagements.
It don't make sense.
And, you've already played a lot of this half-appeal that happened to compromise by buying Galils.
You've put a lot of rounds, 5 on it or 4, every 5 as well.
G2's been getting picked off left and right.
Oh, and you hate to see this.
All the information.
Doubled up on Monster, Flank coming from T spawn, Flank coming from stairs.
Flashes good at least, lounge, put under pressure, tubes.
Gonna get both kills though, it's almost shut down, Flank as well.
No mercy whatsoever. Hunter gonna be taken down and yeah, clean sweep. No one's died here from foot.
No money for G2. I feel like if we were talking to G2 after this loss,
I feel like the conversation is gonna be something like Hunter feeling like he never had the resources
he needed to call a good T half like the Lilz all the time low in utility all the time.
Yeah, no.
We've seen a number of executes into the B bomb site where they're trying to come through smoke or come through a
Molotov. Part of that in my mind is because they've opened up around so passively,
they're not forcing that utility out early by foot. Now, we watched earlier.
Chat highlight the fact that the last time they played in Krakow, a round like this was lost for a foot.
Let's make sure you don't lose this one if your foot takes this chance.
Essentially an eco, you've got two sets of Kevlar, basic U-Till and some upgraded pistols.
Should not be giving this one away.
Cemetery.
And they, I mean, look, they know the situation. It's a four man stack towards this.
You got the info now too.
Yeah, and the AWP was up in heaven as well. Cemetery is going to come right back.
You felt this play, this low buy play towards B. You're dead right if your foot.
I cannot be losing this one.
He lands on some pyres, half his health gone.
Heavy guy waiting for his time to strike.
That smoke about to fade away.
Got the counternades for foot.
There's got to be some great utility here for G2.
Flash is going.
Where's the response here?
Flash is going in for launch as well.
trying to set up Jukes from behind the barrels.
The kills, he got two actually from that.
And so for this to work out for G2,
they needed to find success instantly
getting into the side, but Mattis is tech nine,
doing what he can.
They cleaned up my longs at the end.
So 11 to 10 foot with stand.
And the last chance really here for G2 at ESL Pro League.
Yeah, they had that little bit of a rebuttal
towards the end of Dust2,
where they clawed back five of the necessary six rounds,
lost at the final hurdle.
This comeback much more within their reach,
But just by the way, this half has played out only two rounds for G2.
A 7-2 run since we switched sides at a timeout called so Saw can have a conversation with the boys.
We talked about the last couple of tournaments with G2, Jason, we were noticing how they really struggled in pistol rounds
and they were getting these slow starts and happened to come back all the time.
It's happening again to them here, but you can see how much damage it's inflicting on them.
I mean the fact that they don't win a single pistol the last two maps of this game. Yeah, it's brutal
You're always getting a slow start. You're always having a real rough time to come back into things. Yeah, that's a low-hanging fruit
It's right there. That'll be a big conversation for them for the rest of the season you'd imagine heading into the Cologne major
Needed to work on these pistol rounds. They're not always trying to fight back in halves
But even losing the pistol on the first half they still ended with an eight to four lead
So this still falls squarely on their shoulders a tough time here in the T side
I think you're right in terms of like the fact that they just haven't had resources and another round. No AWP
At least they got the names in all AK-47s, right? Let's see, you know, give them a positive. Yeah, give them that
That's something to take note of it hasn't happened much in this half for G2
So in pursuit of the 12 to 10 score line series point
Matt has got a step up. He really is missing. I know we're kind of giving him a hard time right now,
but you're one of the star players. You haven't had a frag in over 10 rounds.
Yeah, give me the impact here.
You know, have you got a tough time, too? Here, you're really missing a lot of firepower.
Well, this would be great if they can at least go one for one on any kind of scaling.
They want to apply a little bit of pressure to the 8 bombsite.
Craveni's going to back away. Here's these footsteps jumping over the Viter.
Matt is trying to see if there's any aggression in there is.
three-man aggressive setup. I think I think foot is saying we've destroyed you so comprehensively
at B you have to try the A bomb site and even this isn't going to work now they're coming through
monster. Jukes is going to try them out. It's going to be serious point for foot. Oh my god.
They've been knocking out the door time and time again event after event coming into 2026
really caught all of our eyes and crack off G2 with a team that really started their downfall
that they missed out on their opportunity getting through into this playoffs that they missed out
includes a heartbreaking exit from that competition now it's missing out the chance to play in front
of his home crowd and finally looking like they're gonna do it here at ESL Pro League. What a spray
down that was potentially to book themselves a place in the playoffs here in Sweden. They've got
Nothing left boys, MP7s and glills.
I feel this looks like they just want to pop on a timing through this smoke.
I think they're out of ideas, but you've already been stuffed here like five times in this half.
Is this really where you think the winning recipe is going to come from?
That's all you've got left, Incoke.
Let's go to the last round.
Going to Chooks again after what he just did to you in the last round.
Here they come, G2 flooding into the B bomb site.
That's a big damage.
Stopping them up.
Longs has got that first kill.
Oh!
He's down!
He's back!
And Malves is back in the most important moments here.
G2 with some fight left in them.
but can folk do this? Can they close it here and now?
No kill from Launc's, Krobeny and Cemetery.
To try and round it out, great shot from the AWPer, Krobeny down,
and from Heaven he must descend down into the land of mere mortals. He picks up the AK-47.
Looking for shots into the side, but G2 realized this is a golden opportunity.
Do not throw this away. Do not overpeak, and they warned.
Supplies take this frag, and G2 finding the final round of regulation.
Well, they got everything though they needed. They got the double entry out of Malves, took his time, stepping past grenades.
Smokes inside the bomb site, waiting for the moment to strike, and he picked a perfect one.
Smoke broke and opened to allow him to get that second one. Even clears out behind the bomb site.
Disgusting round from Malves or G2 absolutely needed a spark.
He's still going to be hasn't fragged in over 10 rounds and finally find some food
That's a very good guess, we got the money and the problem
Yeah, you gotta tell yourself that
You're not going to get a better chance to close out a series than that one
Yeah, and a timeout as well, G2 had a timeout for this final round of regulation
Saul can get on the mic one more time
G2, it's not like they're coming into this with everything they want
They're going to have a Galeel, they're going to have an MP7 for Heavy God
Still for our favorite to close this out
what a game but then the reset happens and that problem we've been talking about
where G2 don't have the resources they don't have the money that goes away
because we go into overtime it's always that round number 13 boys so elusive so
difficult to pick up always gonna test your once isn't it the against mp7s
and glills they couldn't close it down then they've looked rock solid
Otherwise, can they hold over one more? Can they close it in regulation?
Good decision to back away.
It looked like if he stuck around for one or two more seconds,
might have gotten caught on that retreat,
but Hunter and Mobs are hot on his heels, going to follow it up.
And with Krebhany backing up all the way to the A-bomb site,
there's no information on this.
Spotted now at the divider.
Hunters happy with them having that information.
Early smoke forced out towards the 8 bomb site.
Amolotov missed, you can see it on the minimap burning up by APC.
So some resources for foot go to waste.
for Benny and Long's about to meet them head on.
Head on in battle under a minute.
Live, there's the timing.
All the P's, they all had nades in their hands
where the kill still comes in.
Heavy God with the weakest weapon,
finding impact, cemetery and longs.
Between them, and it looks like they've done it.
It looks like they've finally done it,
but still Heavy God is fighting.
Watch for Mattis as well.
He's been an X-Factor.
He's the one who changes these rounds.
Holy, oh that's a risk.
Jumping up, getting the info.
30 seconds boys.
They gotta finish A.
Heavy God just needs to get the bomb.
You can have the uptrend on the position, Heavy God hasn't recovered it yet, still on
the ground.
Flashbang, yeah, he's crossed over but he's still got a scale against the off as well.
20 seconds.
He's got a run.
GG.
Yeah.
Event after event in 2026, foot have been knocking but finally the doors to the playoff seem
to be opening.
Heavy God could shut it in their face though.
He goes into the site.
Another one from Heavy God stepping up, has to plant and he will just have enough
time for this.
I can't believe he gave it to him.
And Jukes hold his nerve.
He doesn't move forward and he won't deny Heavy God.
The God-like clutch, Foot finally breaking through, taking that next step, they will
head into the playoffs over G2 and they get it done by the skin of their teeth.
Absolutely fire third map between Foot and G2.
Another comeback for G2 falls short, a lead at halftime and they just get smoked
on their T side.
couldn't get anything done. They had financial problems and their star players
dropping off and they caused the very last round. Impressive to Nasty, like
keeping the game alive with the MP7s, the Gololgy, thought it was just go-go's
over top of that point. We didn't think the mental would be strong enough
there from foot that they managed to get the job done once again, just like
Dust2, 13-11. Wild stuff and the fact that heavy god nearly pulls off that
clutch at the end, that would have been ridiculous. He would have got every
single player to round that out so jukes holding is no of getting the kill and locking in playoffs for foot
We'll see them install come in a couple of days. I'm and I'm really excited to see them play in the playoffs
I think they bring a really fun style of counter strike and we'll see how much damage they can do over there
It's been it's been clear since we saw him at the sort of this year that this is gonna be a fun team to watch their progression
And it's still it still is that way still a very fun team to watch
So yeah, I'm pumped for them to be inside the arena see what they've got on the big stage
And the key is they are progressing, they didn't slow down, they actually have taken that next step now, so let's see how they fair the playoffs.
So, taking down G2 to close things out, significant results and significant wins I suppose, taking down Heroic, taking down Bates and then planning against G2 as well.
I can't wait to see them here in the arena, it's going to be so much fun because yeah, this team can hit hard and you catch them on an off day like G2 today.
G2 today. Man, they can take down some big names as well. The fact that we lost now is
we lost Heavy God there. It's such a crucial moment in the tournament. You played five series
here the last chance to learn. You couldn't get it together after winning 13-4 on your
opponent's pick to open things up. It just doesn't feel good enough for G2 here.
You could probably say that Ft put one forward.
I think you will.
Yeah, you can say that.
You could say that.
They put one forward going towards the playoffs.
Well, they definitely take another step. The step that they've been wanting to
do for a long time. So finally getting there. Whether or not
they I think it's a great tournament to do it too, because
you don't have Vitaly, you don't have Falcons, if you really
make it, they don't have fallen. Let's see what we can do.
But now
now, we do it, buddy. Okay, just mouse of the favorites of
tournament by beyond it. They're gonna
overspend. I mean, I mean, yeah, I don't think spirit
that good. No, they don't. That's fair enough. And hold
that Henry's cutting. Yeah, I'm told that we'll we'll get
interview with locks here sooner rather than later but obviously for G2 where
does this go back to the drawing world exactly are you gonna do absolutely
nothing this change is nothing it's it's an online result yeah and changes
nothing they've got mitigating factors outside the server as well I'm aware of
that yeah just unlucky they should have won the series today there's no doubt
about that just unlucky came down to the wire 1311 1311 those last two maps
should have won that's to should have won it'll be it'll be a conversation
within the team but I don't think it changes the way I don't mean nothing
I look at you and skiing things, but like yeah, it's one of the real bummer is is that conversation around without vitality without Falcons
These these teams that are here with this being like wide open is like this would it was a great chance for the teams not named vitality
Or Falcons and now that they're not in it. That's the biggest that's the biggest issue
And that's the one thing we've all got our eyes on of course eyes on right now the prize
Which is exactly what Longson company have in front of them. I do believe we have it online. You ever there, buddy?
Nope nope good read. It was a read
He'll come eventually.
Yeah, he'll let you know. What do we want to talk to him about? It's a happy day now for a foot.
I just want to talk about that first map and their mental strength, I suppose.
Like, going down, getting battered and bruised on Mirage, we are normally so good.
That's supposed to be your map. G2 took their game plan to them. Super aggressive, taking lots of duels.
It felt like there was no chance they had a foot today, but they managed to grind it all the way back.
So just hearing how the team deals with the mental strength and whether they've learned from their previous losses.
Sure.
I've already come up.
Short map, condense it a little bit.
That's where you're going to go.
Yeah, I think that's fun.
I think for Lunks as well, you always hear him as the player who is kind of the leadership figure inside of the team.
He's talking about how he has the most experience in the roster.
He wants to be that player that he didn't have around him at the start of his career when things were going rough.
So wondering what he said to them going into this final game today.
We heard that little time out, that little listen and two nice little speech from Krebbeni over there.
It's not playing. Yeah, that's a good one.
It's working.
It's working on.
Almost verbatim, really.
That's another speech that you hear quite a bit when you play a competitive counter-strike.
Absolutely. I mean, that was a great series. I really enjoyed that. I know about you guys,
but it was no blowout.
It was exciting.
I played the first map.
And even then I enjoyed that because G2 were playing such amazing CS, the chemistry,
the teamwork, and like flash timings especially, were spectacular.
So many flashers.
So many flashers, yeah.
It's actually, I mean, it's kind of like crazy in that sense,
because it feels like G2 had like better utility during the series.
in the series I think tactically felt like they were kind of a step ahead in different areas and they
still lost. Just going down that I find around an overpass as well though have you got in the
3v1? Bro! They let him plant. I couldn't believe you, I couldn't believe you got away with that.
Dude what did we let him plant? I thought that he was benefit. I thought that was it, I thought
that was the one. I mean no it's those are just like those are coin tosses aren't they? It's
hard to be like super critical of that because it's like you know like the two players thinking
the same thing like you know if I tap this bomb and I'm ready for the fight. It looked like
So he had a zero chance and one that he gets those two kills bomb goes down.
You think, okay, he's going to pull this one off.
Um, but for me, yeah, the biggest factor of that one now is going 17 and five and
getting two kills after what, I think 15 rounds.
Yeah, but what they great kills stepped up.
There's two, cause he got that they were the ones on the round, right?
He went from the lobotomist to the lobotnist.
I think in this, in this map, the flowers, you mean?
Yeah, because I'm thinking like the flowers.
Lobotnist smelling the foot this time.
Yeah, your foot where the sun don't shine is that another one you guys what else didn't you guys use for that?
They've been around for like two or three months now pretty heavy
I think we've used every foot based humor and I think you and I did at CAC we drove it to the ground
Yeah, but we had to put you lose for the morning of the day saying yeah
We did and then I did a little bit more crack off. You know true. Yeah, I'll do a lot of fun jokes
All right, we're getting long sin momentarily. Yeah, so we've been told yeah, and they got the next game as well
Yeah, this is your this is your match of the day. It's my game next to fury versus Astralis
I kind of want to start a day just for foosie, you know
And if I did like falling like I'm even a tender
I don't I'm not saying I support Astralis go into this bit of terms at the tournament
You want to have the sweet in the crowd? Yeah, I want to have I don't realize some of a chance to regain
Reclaims glory. I don't want to stroll. It's not that I want to stroll us to win
It's that I I don't want to see fury with that. That's exactly exactly
It's not it's not anything against you guys. It's just like I'm gonna line up for get out fury
I'm gonna give it to the free they're not gonna give up. Oh, you shouldn't either
Yeah, they saw the players individually just come out on top of that with no problem. Absolutely. Yeah, I've been liking this draws
Okay, yeah, so the tech issues, you know, it's
Like
Yeah, dude at any point does it lose its its strength its girth and numbers
Yeah guys, I guess overall, you know, we are kind of the fun bunch
I think that's what it's been termed been established. Yeah, and so it's chat. He's around here somewhere being fun
I'm sure of it. What would you say has been the most fun part of season 23 while we wait idly for longs?
I mean, it's not been one of the more fun seasons in general
I like the I like the door map door maps kind of cool door map was that's the highlight
That's the high level season
He played the door mapping inferno after seven minutes
My favorite moment was the hype and the build-up for the Chris and Harry 1v1 that's going to happen in season 24 of VSL Pro.
The tension we had.
Yeah, season 24 is going to be...
When it actually was supposed to happen, we had server issues, but it just never came to fruition.
But it will happen eventually.
What's your favorite part of the season, Harry?
Um... God, yeah, good question. I don't know. Maybe it's going to be the God's question.
I'm actually happy.
Um, there must have been something good.
Uh, asking every player to stack.
It's making it better, it's fine.
The stack Henry, the stack, always go.
For the stack, asking about nutritional advice and what supplements they're using, that
might have been the most favorite.
We have those.
We got him, we did it, we did it.
It's long.
What's up dude?
Congratulations bud.
Thank you.
I don't know how to say it to be honest, I'm just happy, you know, we won because
it was a tough game back and forth, we lost again our map pick, but then we won
the map pick, the classical procedure we go through, you know, but yeah, I'm happy.
Let's start unpacking that first map. It was Mariah at your pick. It felt like G2 brought
your sort of game plan to you. They were very aggressive on the CT side. They had great
coordination. It looked kind of overwhelming. I wasn't sure you'd be able to bring it
back. It's a team you struggled against in the past. How did you keep everyone
on the right track and their mental in check?
I mean, it's not only about me keeping them on track, it's also about them keeping themselves in track, right?
Because I think that's the most important thing right now.
It's not like it's only up to me to have the mental of the team ready, right?
Maybe I'm a big part of it, I don't know, it's up to them to say.
But yeah, I think everyone handled it perfectly, you know, like we came back,
we knew we had a good game plan, it was just a bad first map, it happens, the pressure is there,
we don't have a crazy experience like them, right?
So, it happens. We can just think that we will win every map pick, every game, every round.
Now, we've had a couple of exit interviews from you, Lankz, from Krakow and Kluwars.
You're sort of talking about how you want to be the leadership figure in the team
because you didn't necessarily have a player like yourself and your early teams.
I was wondering the fact that you're coming into the last chance again in the group stages.
You've missed out on playoffs before.
Did you sort of give a speech to your players, try and get them in the right mindset coming into the game today?
I mean, no, not really, because the thing is this, you can't go too much on these things,
especially with them being such young, because you might put also pressure on them, you know?
Like, I don't want to force it that much, like, I just want them to feel good, I want
to see them doing well day by day, I want to see them smile, you know, because that's
the most important thing to me, when I see them happy before the game, when I see
them communicating, when I see them excited, and you can see these things kind of before
the game, so, yeah.
If we take that kind of idea and move it on now that you're going to be inside the arena,
what's the conversation to the inexperienced guys on the team now as you prepare?
Like you say, and you want to make sure they're happy mentally in the right place, but now
you have the pressure of the arena.
There's no way to take that away.
I mean, to be honest, I will tell them what they say now.
I think still there should be no pressure, right?
Yeah.
It happens against very good teams.
We want to show what we got, right?
It's not like everyone thinks we're going to win the tournament compared to the other
teams, right?
So we actually got nothing to lose.
Like, it's a dream, you know, we went to the arena,
we kind of break the curse,
so we are getting there, you know, step by step,
we break the ice.
Each tournament we play in, we kind of do something new,
and that's good.
I mean, I'm interested because you got your first playoffs,
looked like it was gonna be crack-off,
you had a great chance for that,
would have been a massive arena.
What do you think in terms of the fact
that this is gonna be a smaller arena?
Do you think that's a good thing for you guys
to start your playoff campaigns
in a smaller arena with less crowd,
compared to going into like the top tier championship level event?
I mean, to be honest I would say it would have been better if we played something like Paco, right?
Because once you actually get to play on such stages, I think a smaller stage is not that crazy, you know, pressure-wise.
But I don't know. I think it doesn't matter that much, right? Because it's still people, it can be 10, it can be 100, it matters how you handle it, right?
You guys are a fast team, man. You guys don't like to chill at all.
You guys like to get stuck in action on the T side.
We've seen some very quick halves out of you guys.
Sylasically, you guys just... Are you all brawlers?
You guys just like fighting?
I mean...
Not really, no.
I mean, wait.
Yeah, we like to fight a loss.
But of course, that's not our main goal.
Just keep fighting, keep fighting, keep fighting.
Right now, we actually work on it to pump up the bricks a bit,
because that's the only thing that's killing us.
It's ourselves rushing it
We have one more team to qualify for the playoffs between fury and astralis. Who do you think will be taking that last slot?
I think for you you think so even with the fact that fall over make the playoffs
You think that head still gonna be in it the sort of the same passion. I
Mean it has to be why why shouldn't there be passion, you know, I don't think so
And this guy's played astralis enough recently to know
Okay
Let's let's do this locks. Congratulations. You've got a foot in the door at the arena and for us
We need to go and get ready for this next game. So thank you very much locks. We'll get you out of here. Congratulations, buddy
You got a little chuckle out of the little footage. That's great. I don't I get it
It was a silent shoulder
When I was 11, they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.
I chose to go full CS, just the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.
I think grinding phase really helps you when it comes to keeping your energy up.
The best advice is that you need to love the game.
In the end, I'm going to be a good player.
The matchup is Fury, I take it on Charles and today we have the coach Sid over there
of Fury, in a precarious situation I can't wait to dive into, but a very important day
nonetheless Sid, is that right?
Yeah, a very important day.
It's just, I mean after 0-2 start it's always so special when you get to the 2-2 game when
you can play for the spots in the playoffs, so yeah, very special day.
Tell me a little bit about that playing for the spot in the playoffs given everything
what's going on. We did get the word and we do know that Fallen will not be
participating in the playoffs. Should you guys make it? And yeah, we're gonna talk
about you potentially playing, but tell me what that does to a team's psyche and
mental ability going in to these group stages. I mean we took it very well as a
team. We know of course with me playing instead of Fallen if we make it to
playoffs. We should not be the top contenders for the title, but we want
Just make the best out of the situation playing the group stage with fallen qualifiers
This is our main goal, and then anything we get is just a bonus and it's actually
I mean gonna be fun if I if I have the
The chance to play in the arena. So yeah, let's see. Let's see together
Let's talk about exactly that now
Okay, first and foremost, are you nervous about it? Is it a sweaty thing in your mind that you might have to load into the server to play?
Okay, when they first learned about it, I was really nervous and not going to lie.
And now I'm kind of relaxed, maybe because of how focused I had to be in the group stage
matches.
So once the group stage started, it's been a lot of work nonstop.
So because of that, my focus kind of shifts away from being there and playing.
But if I think too much about it, I start getting a bit nervous and not going to lie.
So yeah, I'll get back to thinking about it if we qualify, yeah.
Yeah, because I was going to say, the internet is forever and forms will never let you live
this down regardless of how it goes, good or bad.
So I think for you, Sid, it's got to be at least a little exciting at the prospect
that not only would you guys qualify today, but then you get to jump in the server, right?
You're saying there's a world where you guys play through the playoffs and you're at
the helm, Sid.
I mean, we need to wait and see, it's going to be interesting, I like playing, even though
I'm not used to playing that much recently ever since I became a coach.
I haven't been actively playing that much, but yeah, I'm already practicing to get back
in shape if needed to help the team the best I can, and I'll try to bring all of my
good qualities that I have as a coach, try to translate that into good actions
as a player in the server.
We're going to talk a little bit about Astralis game, but I do want to kind of end out on that note with
With regards to you potentially playing in the server for the playoffs
How many hours deathmatch do you think you put in once the news drop?
But you're like oh boy, I need to get in the server immediately or what was your initial reaction?
My initial reaction is exactly that I need to play I need to play deathmatch give me dash match
Give me a bot side was loading a bot's the every time I got some idle timing the PC
I was just jumping into a bot since I had to practice my aim and also playing some deathmatch
So when I first learned about it, I was okay, I have nothing to do now, okay, to play.
So I was kind of trying to add those extra hours, not only doing my regular work,
which is studying and trying to prepare to refer the team,
but also in every free time that I had, I was trying to do exactly that,
playing deathmatch, playing some mainbots, trying to practice my aim.
And I even got to practice some apps with the team this week.
Oh, okay.
I made a commercial with Mova though actually, so I played instead of him and yeah, it was good to
to fill the game back and like I said, I was just trying to do my best if the opportunity comes.
Yeah, just getting those reps and speaking of the reps, you've got one more big one today.
It's Astralis in front of you. Tell me how this game stacks up in your mind?
Honestly, this has been a favorite matchup for us. I think when we first assembled the lineup
We played them twice in Cologne 2025, if I remember correctly.
And then we've had some other games against them.
I think we came out on top of every VO3 played against them, not 100% sure.
But yeah, it's a comfortable matchup if you consider the history of it.
But I know how good those guys can be inside the server.
They have been playing so well with the new lineup.
They have some new players.
They went international as well.
And I know the new guys, the joint, they are really fired up
to come and have a good choice, they're playing really well, preparing for the game and watching
some of their matches, you can definitely say they have something really good going
on there.
So, a lot of respect to them and let's see who comes out on top today.
Two comes out on top, Obrigato, Mr. Sidney.
Oh, Denad then.
D.H.L.
D.O.A.S.
and CHACTS.
That's what I mean.
We've learned an awful lot there from sitting there interview with Trace talking about the
fact he's going to be playing a lot of death matches that do qualify tonight.
That his time has now been spent not only doing his normal job as a coach but also worrying
about having to play potentially, having to stand in earlier in the week for Molotov who had a medical emergency.
And then finally, that they're pretty comfortable against Astralis who in maps they are eight and one against the core,
but head to head with the rosters as is right now. It's two one right in terms of maps, but it was the best in three.
That was back in Krakow.
Yeah, we got the better of them there.
So they should be feeling pretty comfy.
But the conversation is, is their heart in it?
Jason, are you going to play no one?
The big man fallen won't be there to lead you to victory.
Yeah. How locked in are you going to be?
That'd be the conversation heading into it.
I would imagine they're going to be locked in and they're going to be motivated and their heart's going to be in it until they get punched in the face.
And the question is, do they have it to withstand that?
Okay, who's doing the punching?
If Astralis land a blow.
Who's the...
Ooh, on the Astralis side?
Rosie.
Yabbi.
Okay, wow.
The strong punch.
The best of the punch.
Really strong punch in the world.
That's a good hook.
There's our maps.
The pick of Astralis moving up just two from Furia, third and the side are of Inferno, if we need to get there.
We'll see if you can keep up the spotless record against the core of Yabbi Stan.
That's the swinger.
That's the man.
That's the man.
The big swinger on campus.
Yabbi going for the knockout below versus Aferia today.
The last chance to the stars.
Question mark.
Aferia versus Astralis.
Kicking off on you.
It does kind of change the logo when you add a question mark to it.
To the stars?
Yeah.
To the stars.
They're not quite sure themselves still part of the rebuild, but I'm enjoying the international version of this team
Let's get things underway T-Sign pistol for the Danish core against the Brazilian core
Both international however feels like this is
New feels like a must-win map for strollers. Yeah, okay
top split
Okay, Serato
Loading up those jewel barrett is powering up behind the CT van and
and didn't power up in time because he ends up getting destroyed.
How are you as well?
Okay, Layers did an attack and everybody fun and success.
So hard to land your Kindle up very far away.
But you only needed the first, you only needed one.
That's true.
Yeah, well, this retake's never gonna happen.
You'd have to like hand over three kills
for them to even kind of consider it.
Maybe disconnect, the internet goes down in Denmark right now.
Yeah, that would help.
Think I'll hit Tab again for me.
33, 30-21 on Mollador.
Yeah, so we're looking at the guys in Malta, which would be Uri, Keisarado, and Fallen.
We've got a 30-bit. Where are they playing from?
It's got to be Limburg, doesn't it, Rush?
It's always Limburg.
We love it there.
We love it in Limburg.
Well, there are a lot.
Now, face it could make that a server to pick from.
You'd be there all day.
You'd be alright.
I'd be playing that exclusively.
That's for every region.
For every region?
Every region.
Says who?
Well, I mean, look, we have some Brazilian players here, some Danish players.
What's Levinsky's side about that?
He's lovely. He made it probably he made he made the cell big so
We have fun ready now we are right pistol start for astralis up against the force now the save Kevlar does facilitate to fami or
Famis is
famis is
the for my family
What a put it's a punchy come on in there three five sevens to families like this rat rush
Oh, they're running right to the position you want them to go to the secret from us not kidding
It's a little Frank. Okay. You can die. He gets to right back making some assumptions though knives out
So running into that third player you can pump the brakes now
You can slow this down if you want to get this under control case erados here both players are here
Good damage with the five seven Yuri doing some work in Ryu saves the day. Yeah, good damage
Not bad at all another FDA. Yeah, that's the rough part
Well, the straws have got themselves that early tea-side success you're gonna have a nice layer of foundation to build on
So you should start right obviously
You want to make sure that the ground works are done first
Then after you've done the ground works right I think you
Depends on where you are, but what depth of clean sand you're gonna have then you need to compact that sand, right?
Yeah, the soil consistency is very important.
Then your concrete is going to come out.
They're going to lay out the floor plan of the house.
Right.
Then they're going to dig their trenches for the footings.
Yes.
And your pre-laid plumb is going to come in.
So I put some hardware in.
They're going to lay the pipes, right?
Laying pipe for the sewage or your dirty water
as it were, Dinko.
And then your concrete is going to pour the footings,
and then they'll pour the slab on top of that, mate.
And then even after all that, the foundations
If you're slightly off, you'll get cracks in the walls.
If you get a shit concrete, yeah.
And it will happen.
It happens too often.
It happens so often, Chad.
How many houses have you visited?
How did it happen to you, Dingo?
Not many my houses, but I've seen many, many houses.
Well, the weather does play a big factor here, doesn't it?
Right?
Expansion, contraction.
And the soil and the ground, I suppose, that you're in.
I mean.
The USP's about their way into lobbying
and climbing up the ladder now.
That's the game.
It's actually a comment, Chad.
Back back in my day casters used to cast the game hold the phone
I'm always about to get a free
Okay, not as free price. I would have thought price
That was very Mortal Kombat esk there Jason. Yeah, you like that. I feel like it was good to get it up
Oh, they are gonna get the glill the little
They can hold onto this
There's no need for them to lose the glill now hook see on the prow the giga Chad with the Mac 10 and hand now
Looking now for a kill now
proud now of course okay well good damage I'm just gonna enjoy and fall
on me on the server one last time one last time period is so pro league
so much like that this last glimpse of having the better news than that
wait let's not do this that's bad wait I want to let the record show that's bad
news okay that the good news and we don't need to wait you don't need to wait
Yeah, what's up?
This is the last time for the foreseeable future for ESL events that we will have online portions
Oh, I'd love that other than other than qualifiers
Yeah, we can only do so much. Yeah, you mean we don't get wonderful cameras like this, you know
Like we don't get to see the players EPL season. Hey, look at this. What is this? It's all online. Oh, baby
Yeah, he's like set up a little he's a cord off part of the house. It's kind of a round corner
It's great. All right guys, let's see how hooksy on the T side wants to set the tempo in time
What type of smoke wall looks diagonal going behind red gonna be critical. Oh, it's real fast
Real bloody fast Ryu with a kill right through the smoke your kid dog is not happy about that
At what point does the scoreline feel like a punch in the face? Oh, yeah
I can't say we can't say they've received the yabby jab
It's nothing down here round over silver safe. All right the yabby jab that calm came way too late
Yeah, the idea that even came down. Yeah, especially with the pace they took secret and they were noted on the break because the opening kill and
Yeah, we had the vent rotation
So I suppose that's the real nuisance there
But this is the great thing with the openings on nuke if you can control the vent rotation or even show that you can be a nuisance and
Get yard to secret control fury either have to start lower or fight outside fighting door sucks
Yes, what you want me to jump off heart and be ahead of the lurk smoke sick call, man. Oh
Oh
No, I'm a big fan of that one either Casarotto even the safe call. You're not getting everything you want
I'm glad that Yabbi's gone back to the bomb. He's maybe very happy. It's sad that they did leave it
Some you can't really hunt can you yeah, bomb goes off frizzy dies for nothing for Astralis
Well now we're gonna see now we get it now we get a test
We're gonna see what kind of heart fury is actually gonna bring into this fight
I mean it almost it seems silly, but when you know your IGL is not gonna be there
That's kind of a big piece like you can you can miss a rifle or you can miss it like a role-player
Not having your IGL and captain is quite a big deal
It's tough as well because they're one of the best counter teams in the world
I said at an event where there's no vitality a furia were in the conversation for the title lift alongside a spirit and mouse
Yeah, we would have been saying their name a whole lot more if we didn't know Fallon was just not gonna be there
It takes kind of all the feeling they can even win out of out of everything double-up set up for CT side new
So different smoke wall variation, but essentially the same route. Oh
They are absolutely punching with a face Jason. Yeah, they really are working him across the map and other areas pulling the strings
You love to see it
Yuri's dead
To the T roof he will go and Ryu finds himself a kill
Now back to save could call that high T
Yes, you could every high T
We got a three you huh? I
Heard that little slip
Me yeah, I think we I think someone told me the jail said it's real we message the Astralis Twitter account
Yeah, and they said they said right oh
I love it. I'm back on right you baby, and it is so much back to Ryan's foesie
But you gotta say foosies, so that's fine
I'll go to fozy message the astralis Twitter account right now. Should I yeah? Yeah, where you at boys?
They're probably listening and definitely listen. Yeah, get the Twitter's ready. Damn's coming in
That's answer to it. I I've never seen people be more angry than about the rewri who pronunciation
Well, it's because it's Street Fighter, right? That's kind of a yes. She's okay game. They came for us
It's no, but you know, we can kind of make it up
Oh, we can't die. They lose it all.
Oh, they got nothing.
I would take the Abidjam.
A tactical timeout, I believe. That would be my call.
Why, there's five rounds in a row.
Yeah, that means it's the call. It's the rule.
That's... We don't make him. We just play by him.
Jason's on the blow-up.
I got it. That's sent in. I'll let you know when they get back to us.
Yes.
Ryu.
It's fun to smell things out phonetically, isn't it?
I don't think we're foosie.
I'm a bit...
I don't know if Jason should be in charge of this kind of stuff.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
You said that, right?
She got a rush.
Yeah.
Then what's so, there's a Latvian on Fury, right?
What's his name?
What's his name?
Jason?
You're asking me that question?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
How would you say that guy's name?
That guy's name.
How would you say that guy's name, Jason?
This guy?
Yeah.
I don't want to say it now.
I know how nervous.
Just say it, Jason.
You're a kinder.
That's not how you normally say it.
I'm trying to say that he says, yeah, kid, no, that's absolutely right.
I actually, I say, yeah, I've just switched.
I've got it down.
It's just, it's just yucky to me.
What about the new edition of Falcons?
Don't tell him.
That's not fair.
That's about 10 different names out there in the world.
We call him Kyle Sucky.
Well, that's, that's fair.
That's also a little bit mean, but also fair.
He spotted it now.
What's his name?
Ya kinder.
Say my ex-teammate who's now the coach of FlyQuest.
Houser?
Azur.
But this is the thing, right?
I've been around you too long. I know how you say it.
You're close.
Well, I can't give the whole Australian twang to you.
It's fair, Houser.
Why are you bullying Henry and Jason?
Yeah, that's crazy. We're not even...
It's the high T. It's the high T. I can tell you why why because soon you're all going to the arena
I'll be staying here. Yeah, you're saying online. Yeah, I'm standing on line
Rush rush. Are you mad at Jason? Did he win connect for he did win connect for that's fine. It was a good game
You know, I didn't do the math came down. Oh, you couldn't count the four
He did win by five a later line
All right, this could get moderately spicy if the hot player well, they are gonna find the squeaky door man hot player Nate the heaven
Good damage. No frag though
I came away as playing quick shot on the player wrapping around hot easy one for yabbi
And should be all good for the six. This is domination stations. This is a punch in the face now. Yeah
If you lose the next gun round, yeah, it might be over. That's a kick in the dick
Yeah, we've had a punch in the face and now I'll kick in the dick.
There'll be one more.
One of them will be the knockout blow eventually.
I sort of get to frag. You'd love to cheat you out of the vent, wouldn't you?
Wouldn't you love just to cheat? Just to get on the ball?
Yeah, yeah.
Just to snatch one away while the keeper's not looking?
I'll prevent the go!
There he is.
It's annoying as well, isn't it?
Yeah, but it's the AWP.
Y'all they rotating they're gonna watch they're gonna watch it up on the t-side, right?
It's a guy heaps of cash. They got more money to splash than I know what to do with right now
All right, this interesting turn of events
Six zero and not even a fight yet from fury. Yeah, no not at all one kill on fallen one kill on quesarato
One kill on Yuri total of eight frags yikes
Eight frags and six rounds
Yeah, yikes, so slow start I again, I think people might think that we're trying to under my furia
They're one of the best counterteams in the world
It's just hard when you know that your boss isn't gonna be at the office. Yeah, honestly put in the work
It was also some of the best days true actually
But that's why everyone should understand when boss doesn't show up everyone's watching YouTube
Or whatever you have a platform you choose we are on twitch and YouTube
Yeah, you could use any streaming platform or social media platform to watch videos while you're on YouTube and go to ESL
CS highlights and
Blast this out. Oh that one's not really working, but hooks he certainly doesn't care
He just goes in hook see with the opener by design. He took away the potential for self-flash
That's true
Molador oh
Yeah, we kind of messed them up that is ravenous right now
They'd kill the boot and you got it back. Isn't it great the hopes he was able to come into Astralis and reignite the flame in yabby
Well, they do playing Copenhagen so it makes sense. It does
It's such an interesting complexion of Astralis right the only one that is even of any recent history is yabby, right?
Otherwise, like stairs a newer boy and I'm
boop boop
wants the alt more than the kill
gotta appreciate that
just enjoying this moment of still being here at the event
this is a veteran play
oh Fallen you sneaky sneaky man
well you saved the all but like
that's the best of the bad situation right now
yeah yeah yeah
I mean it's not great
no one's saying you're in a good place
you take it
you're happy to have the AWP
but you hate hitting tab and looking at the score
time out from furia they need to talk some things over because they're getting
steamrolls no rounds on the board not even a whole lot of kills to talk about
nothing to write home about ten kills combined across seven rounds of play
Oh
Yackendoor not having a good time either
Have they ever replied yet? That's a good question. Well four minutes has it passed
Now they have a reply here. That's it. It did take 20 minutes for their last response
Okay, about the Ryu question, so we're getting a little true
Maybe locked into the socials right now isn't that the whole thing with the games live to be thinking
Let me see if they just put out a tweet
37 seconds ago.
Okay, so it's coming.
It's there.
I don't want to stroll this.
I know you went in 7-0, but reply to Moses, please.
Okay, so if they do any variation of the smoke wall,
Fury either have to play ahead as they've established,
or rotate down much quicker here.
They're just doing it again.
Same gun round as the opener.
Yabi up to bat, open fall, and rotating away noisily.
He's going all that for free.
Oh!
Oh!
Yabi again, Kessarotto, ripped apart by Ryu.
They just want them all.
Well, recovery mission now.
Yeki's got one flank from Yuri coming in from lobby
and that is the first round on the board for Furia.
Yuri went into 1v3 on low HP chief.
So salvaging the half would be 5 for Furia.
They got pulled away by the fast play to the lower bombsite.
Real scared.
Well, yeah, but that's the thing.
That was the first round from Astralis.
Both opening round for Astralis.
They ran fast, so you could play.
So the rotation was always going to be more rapid.
They even hit the important shots.
Just some fast flanks on flanks.
Oh, nice.
And the back-end business.
That was the most leisurely nice time I've ever heard in my life.
Oh, he's the first, right?
If they get far, it's going to get louder.
Not getting overhyped.
At least say that for me.
Fighting for your own control?
Oh, you're right there, Fusey.
Oh, damn.
Oh, he's stuck around.
Yeah, Starr knocked off his perch.
Here we are so back.
I love this play. Look at your kinder right now.
Yeah, I like it too. They must have had a conversation during that time out on a plane scared about not making plays, about not moving around the map, because this was completely different. Everyone up in their face.
It took some chances, a few risks, and right there they've come out on top of this one. Just, Ryu, Ryuu, raising bread last alive.
Raising bread.
Don't know man.
That's what it is.
places we're raising the bread or are we talking about raisin as in tripled
up grapes those tripled up grapes I'm talking about sourdough
unless this is the greatest one before encounter history he's really he's really
thinking someone's gonna give him one you just get the steps up you know 10k
steps it's important per round during a day oh you had to stick that oh no
No, don't give him that Molotovic.
Okay, so you hook the plant, you take that every day of the week.
That's not bad at all.
Two kills in your laughing.
Four kills, and you're screaming, but not gonna be happening.
You're kind of taking that final kill.
Plant's relatively important.
Riu, Raiju, oh my brain is wrecked now.
We'll be able to drop one.
Yabi can do the same, and it should be fine in the bite apartment here, so...
We'll take the Taki.
Get Ruger on the microphone.
I think you're good though, even if you don't want to lose every round obviously, but if they do,
Astralis are still good.
It's more about giving away the momentum.
Yeah.
You want to make sure that at least Furious stay a little bit in the mud.
Right, you want to have the tip at the back and forth because Furious go,
okay, well, we started so we won't five straight, we win the pistol with the momentum in the second half and we're back on.
Yeah.
So even if you only e-count one more round, you want to keep the rounds challenging.
You don't want them to all be over in a millisecond like this.
And if you can just grab one more, that's, you've already got a great half.
Get an amazing half.
Yeah.
All right, a little bit of, yeah.
Yeah, a little bit of, a little bit of fresh air.
Yeah, a little bit of fresh air.
Just a, just a tad bit.
Yeah, I think you've, not that you've overplayed your hand,
but you've definitely run with the momentum that you've built.
Now you might need to reel it in a little bit on the T side.
This is where it almost feels like in some sense the half truly begins.
Although unfortunately for Fury, it begins with you down two to seven,
Just because now Astralis can't just kind of play by those like on-the-fly calling.
Oxy's going to have to work the map a little bit more.
Hello, they're not just W's for secret.
Yeah, that's nice. It's a good start.
Second smoke while coming in.
There's the line to secret.
Yucky outside, spamming bullets into the smoke.
One starting secret as well.
That's going to be falling with an AK-47.
In the minute we go, nice and quick, but a team flash, it doesn't matter.
Two quick kills and they've cracked in.
Yuri's got it back away, but he's okay. There's there's one more round on top. So
the strong stuff done very well. That's cool calling man from hook see you just
outlined first gun around fast play towards secret first gun right after a
save in a timeout fast gun around trying to do the same secret strategy this time
make it look the same and just turn in towards upper the defense was
prepared for outside and Astralis bypasses it all classic counter and
you love to say it so beautiful. Yeah, no you got a save if your fury again
that old familiar sting. And now you're feeling a bit more comfy if you're
Astralis right? You know you've knocked him around a bit giving him a light
concussion. Just just a touch of CTE. Yeah well now you really go for it.
Like the kind of thing that doesn't get diagnosed you just kind of think you
have it you know. Not if you really see 10 players on the server. Look I know Astralis
have this Dust 2 that keeps getting, I don't even think I want to say exploited, keeps getting piqued against them.
I'm getting so many reps on the map, right? Every game I'm like, okay, someone's picking it against Astralis.
Let me just go take a look, because I swear some of the games have been pretty close.
I mean, this comparison is a little bit like the scale of it, but I know like, remember like, early Spirit as well with Vertigo
was kind of the same thing. Everyone picked Vertigo against them for like two months,
and it's like, eventually, they're just going to get good at this map, you know?
They played it ten times this year. They aren't on a two-map losing streak here at EPL, lost a legacy and phase, but they did beat 3D Max and Heroic on it.
And some of those games are 16-13 losses, like ParaVision, to Spirit.
They're 13-11 lost to Aurora. There's a world.
I mean, look, if you close out this map and you just blow them out of the water, let's say they just end this like 13-3-13-4, like that, bringing that into Dust2, a map that sometimes you struggle on, having like a positive vibe and a positive energy out of a huge win, that can go a long way.
Well we do have to see Astralis pass the test now that Fury has kind of slowed them.
They've gotten back onto it with an 8th round, two remaining this half.
Gotta get past this all.
Flash is through a molotoy, descending down below into the B-bomb site.
You don't have to fully commit if you're Astralis, you have the staging area you
know it was the orb, which means it can't be over towards Heaven and Hell.
You have ramp and secret, that's actually huge.
but there's already three players down.
K. Serato rotated to join your kinder who started down
and Molotov was forced there.
If Hooksy brings him back to this upper bomb site,
this half is incredible.
Flash!
Flash is in and Yuri has got to go right now.
Low HP gonna create the space, fallen alone.
Rifle at the ready, they're wrapping on two sides
and Fuzi taking him down.
We've now got K. Serato also.
Absolutely in the ground.
This is class calling.
Yeah, like it's a Hooksy master class.
There's a clap.
It's beautiful. It's simple. It's nuke. Yeah. And it's nine to
Surely that's map and I mean on it. Honestly, he's just he's just got him completely on a string. They're moving wherever he wants them to
Rush, do you want to join for the segment between maps?
Sure, I've been cooking. Yeah. Yeah, man. Sure. Yeah, just come to you put my heads on the couch
You're doing some bacon rush from time to time. Yeah. Oh, I haven't had a rush
We're going to do a banana bread some day. It is good isn't it?
That's a good recipe Chad knows it too now
How do you like it? How do you like your banana bread?
You like having like some like bananas like not fully cooked in the center. You like that gooey center?
Oh, I love that. I like it soft and moist, but I don't really like big chunks of banana
People put banana on top sometimes and I don't know about them. I don't know how to feel about that.
Here's one thing you should never put in your banana bread. It's controversial.
Nope.
Well, that's yeah, that's fair enough.
of against it. What about like little crumbs of walnuts across the craft? Use chocolate instead.
Chocolate is good. Alright, final round. First half qualification series. Astrasa owning
a miss. Oh, fallen waiting for his time to strike. But missing out on the opportunity
is gonna be your kinder instead. Molodoy waiting. Oh, give me a shot with AWP. Now
Now Yabbi's turn through the vents. Hello! Goodbye!
Yabbi with a great job.
Hey, Sardar, you're not going down there, right?
Maybe I won't go down there.
Oh, Ryu as well. It's Sardar the Lobby. It's your kindar that's gone.
He'll go back again, but Kessarot has got that pick in the bomb.
He's being planted.
Oh! This shot here from Fallen.
I mean, it's a 3 on 2, but with the AWP,
he's not going to be super committed, highly aggressive,
unless he goes first.
And actually Fallen might just be crazy enough to do it.
Two flashes here for Sardar.
So just going to be going for bullets instead.
bullets and brawn and that's exactly what they've got. A 10-2 lead for Astralis. Surely
they've already won this map.
You can't make that some things You're already done and done
Don't
Do the blame thing that you do
Or somebody else
Don't
Put the RC
Put the RC
Is you need help
But still, you try so hard
Cover up your game
You've tried so hard
Fuckin' every day
Something's always changed
You waste all the little time
Coming up your tracks
With all your pains running away
Now you got to watch your back
And that's the best
I've been so much of your life's keeping
I'm trying to get older
Got you, I can't help it
Why you come around
When you get so short
Yeah
You've tried so hard
Cover up your head
You tried so hard
Poppin' that one day
Some of those things
You tried so hard
You tried so hard
You tried so hard
Yeah
We said Jason that if you really got punched in the face by Strollos it might be too much
for them to get back into it. Is that enough of a punch? A 10-2 half from Astralis?
More than enough of a punch. I'll tell you what, I feel like I just got punched in the face by
Astralis and two, they've responded. Yeah. It's not looking good. Is it Fuzi or Fosy?
And they responded, it is Ryu and Fosy. Yeah. Yeah, but they really threw me down.
Last time. They've gone back to me. Yeah. You can look at the text. I said I'm in-
I always knew it was Fosy. Yeah. I knew that as well. I didn't know that.
You guys were all saying Fuzi. That makes more sense.
I'm trying to have a conversation with Harry and Hugo about this, and Henry and they're
all like, no, it's, it's Fuzi. I'm like, no, it's Fosy.
Fosy. Yeah.
It's a Fuzi as it was.
For Gazy. I see what you're going with. Okay. All right. I get the reference. All right.
It's a mountain decline, Furia.
Well, it all starts with a first step, and that's out the squeaky door into the
A site fozy and stat taking kills between them and Ryu reeling the man
But Mulladoy bringing us back to reality a 2v2 as Furia now going to the lead and
2-1 in this pistol will see if hook see can win the clutch. He had some great calling now
It's time for shooting
Hook see putting them in the locker
Confidence from the captain mate the fact that flash is so perfect both of them just sit there and go
Oh, shit.
Yeah, they're like, oh, what's happening?
Well, we just kind of have to wait now.
And they're going to say, come and shoot us in the face.
They probably saw the trajectory coming from heaven as well.
But what are you meant to do?
Hey.
You can't do nothing.
You could run away, I suppose.
But you're thinking it's a 1v2.
There's no way he's bringing the fight.
And, hello.
Pop, pop, pop.
Pop it off right there from OOXY 11 and 2.
Fallen might be able to change his flight
to an earlier time at this point.
Might be able to get out of here a little bit earlier.
Well, we're in, uh, kicking the dick territory
at the moment.
Oh, no.
Lock it like we know what to do
We almost do
This big of a dedicated space is gonna lock it
Oh! Okay!
Alright
Yeah, but these guys don't have face magic, come on
Ahhh!
I don't have the plot armor, it's true
Well, no face magic
No face at all, in fact
Oh, it's magic
You know
Baby, believe it's not so
Just crazy fury attempting to go in a 10 round run to draw this back to overtime. I like it
I'll start from the retiree. He can't decrade it. Oh
No, no
I'm pretty sure
Well, I didn't catch it. That's just oh rush. Yeah, the game's going. This happens. They you know
I'm rushing excited for your segment that's coming up. I think so. It's not you
It's not his second. He's just part of it. You're gonna bring chattel on to you're gonna be part of it
think you want to be there out of it kind of leading the segment all right
kind of my sake I'm excited for it okay a good chance I can come back for the
segment maybe he's just he's like I'm gonna take a few rounds off he comes
back first match done well he was gone for dinner which is fair enough yeah
that's what I mean like and if I if I saw the sky in a 71 I'm probably thinking
I'm not coming back I'll do next map I think these guys can handle it the
10 round run starts here
they don't they don't look like they're really doing anything quite yet just
waiting for the moment there's the smoke wall coming in
three smoke wall you can do not looking across just yet
oh fozy that's a beautiful shot timing of it is great case or auto trades back
into the upper bomb so we attempt to go too many targets
Okay, not bad here.
What's up, Molo-Doy?
What's up, your kinder?
I'm falling.
I see a kit.
Can you guys see him?
On this map, stairs.
He's got the kill on your kinder.
It's MC.
Sorry, MC.
There's the kit.
What on MC?
Molo-Doy going back into the lobby.
Important fight.
And he's one against Ryu.
Steps to heaven now.
Fall in.
Holding in.
Fusy.
gets caught distracted falling peeking out confident and as Henry always says he
just rise back in time to realize that 13 is the hardest one to win, it's the hardest one to get.
He said it's true. We have fun around here.
All right so hold off for the moment. You drop one to Ryu and you're all good on the bike.
Yeah you have another solid bike coming in hot. So all good in the hood.
I'm glad we got to the bottom of both of them.
It's good to have that information, isn't it?
See, the thing is when...
...Fosy was on NIP, I remember talking to Trollsrubble,
and I was asking, like, how do you want his name pronounced?
And they said, it's like...
...the Vietnamese soup.
And I said, what, phah?
Because it's...
Yeah, phah.
But they pronounced it...
So it's just fuzzy.
Yeah, but they're wrong.
Yeah, well, yeah.
It was like, no, it's fine.
I'm like, well, it's actually not, but we can call them fuzzy.
That's fine.
It's fuzzy.
It's fuzzy.
They just didn't know how to pronounce the name of the Vietnamese soup correct.
All right.
What are you doing?
You got a mistake on both sides of the coin, huh?
Flip that thing.
Get a note.
Oh, there'll be an echo after this, boys.
The comeback is open.
Truly on round by round.
Frag after frag.
All right.
I think we need to bring in a fourth caster.
The comeback is coming.
is coming it is arriving so could we have finally heard how we go Henry it
arrived wrap it up you're right I was actually I've injured myself at dinner
somehow I'll tell you after this round this is like this could be the end of the game
I don't want to ruin it want to see the funder oh it's not and we have a field
so the case ring was pretty bad today it's like the same as lunch it was like
lunch recycle so I went for a microwave pizza instead oh it's too much too
My heart is out into it and how the roof my mouth is
Yeah, I've absolutely
Blistering would you say it's 35 seconds? Let's go get out of hands. I
Need us just just in case all right
Well, you guys have the rest of the map off you on any yeah
Good to call water. I've got the coldest drink. I could find it was this that's good. It's carbonated though. You are
That's a risk. That's pain right there
No pain no get
Yeah, so I had to lie down for a bit.
I had a bit of an app, like Chad said, it was 7-1, I'd say they can probably handle this.
Yeah, we're all over it.
And then you said, oh, it's 12-3, they're finding me down there.
Stabs.
Coming for the glory.
He realized, the teeth round is the hardest again.
I just draw this, they've done it.
Takes all the glory.
That was my plan, but didn't time it well.
Looks like we've got a couple more.
It is the hardest round to get.
Number 13.
this thing is Furia taking the eco with the scoreline 11-2 and then just that
because that choice is we will win 10 straight rounds that's all that choice is
that's the only option which is it's it's not a bad choice it's one of two
choices yeah but would you ever say it's wrong in that situation like I can't
I can't criticize whatever you choose to do at 11-2 is like pick your poison
exactly you know that that's what this is when you are presented with that
option it's quite a daunting option yeah I usually lean towards the force by
and say, if we're not, if we don't win it here, you know?
Yeah.
We gave it a go.
Oh, they can make this a respectable score line
at the very least.
So far, so good.
It's this full investment from Astralis.
It is.
They've shoved all in except for Phasen.
He's just saving enough for an 8 of each.
Oh, force to close.
You only need one round.
The hardest round.
Most dangerous round.
They do not have the Phasen magic.
That's what was said by Astralis.
I don't have any phase at the phase magic, and that's all one phase, and that's actually the pleatest.
It crashed out what, one and three in the groups?
Wasn't their best run?
No.
No one's saying that.
Wow.
Alright, well, let's see if his shots can close this.
No reason they can't win with this.
A real AK, there's always a chance for that one.
You might not expect the buy after Fury here as well.
Yeah, true.
Oh, I like his boosts.
Oh, yeah.
Always fun.
Yeah, he's got a little bit of a scrap outside smoke wall is still up so he can actually fall back with some safety to it
No, it's nice about that. They showed the AK outside, but had a ramp trap ready the biggest weakness would have been top
But then would have had to have been set out for a top pop to be able to punish that and they continued to have a channel smokes
That's a flash excuse me and block hooks. He does have another smoke if you want to hold on to that for as long as you can
Might even be okay with that one being in place
They're called the bluff on it.
Yeah, if they slide through fair play.
Okay, that's forced it out now at the minute mark, roughly.
Sneaky trap set up all along the way, right?
This Deagle is in a position and designed to just get one kill as they turn in towards
Mini or if they try and take over Garage.
If those are placed from Heaven with the Scout, that's pretty damn good.
Honestly, this feels like they're coming to the upper bomb site on the finish.
44 seconds left on the clock.
I'm not exactly where Astralis want them to.
I understand Astralis have them right where they want them here.
Let's see, for the close, the Stare D. Goal around the back.
Shot to land it onto Yukindak.
I don't want to use it. Actually, don't want to stay alive. He's not dead yet.
Ryu down.
Fozie did have a scout at the back of the side, so I'm not going to work out for him that.
Yabi though.
Yabi.
This is a knockout blow from Yabi.
There's the kill on the site. Kessaradokon.
Stare distracting.
He's got a frag, and he has to get the damage off.
Oh!
Yeah!
Henry G, over to you.
Ladies and gentlemen, the first map has concluded.
A shocking performance here at the Stralis.
How many rounds are they getting the first up?
Two.
No, how many rounds at the Stralis?
A 10, I guess, then.
Stralis here, 10 rounds, and their team is out of lead.
A fantastic performance.
Can they keep it up?
We have the second map of...
Dust 2.
Dust 2 coming up after this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We have fun.
Oh, this is madness!
The group stage portion of ESL Pro League's
23rd season is coming to a close.
That means no more online, coming to LAN,
coming to Stockholm, and one more team
to book that spot of strass off with a strong start.
But we're gonna go to fun and games.
It's Pro League.
What do we like to do, Henry?
We like to have fun around here.
Perfect.
We brought Rush on the couch.
We got Trace joining us as well.
Oh, thank you, gentlemen.
Rush, I didn't see you get it.
Yeah, hey, man.
He's quiet.
He's quiet.
He's all clear, Rush.
He's all clear over there.
Nice to see you.
Nice to see you.
Now, gentlemen, I have a question for the couch.
We'll start on Henry.
No, actually, let's start with Digger.
Digger, how do you feel about AI?
I think AI is a necessity that we must use moving
into the future, but poses an existential threat
to humankind.
OK, interesting.
Can I keep it live?
Can I?
That's all I had.
Henry, how do you feel about AI?
Brilliant.
I love it.
It's part of my everyday life, and it's
going to take over everyone's job.
It's probably for the best.
OK, Rush, any opinions for you?
I think it's very evil.
It should be abolished.
It should be a- AI observers.
Kevin, soon.
AI observers are going to be coming forward.
Scares the shit out of me, Chad.
Now look, Rush is close to you.
Like the internet, they hate AI.
They hate it.
Everything AI.
Game is seem to.
They hate it.
Everyone hates it.
Everyone on Twitter, they hate AI.
Everyone's saying.
So I want to let everyone know I've used AI to create some graphics, but I also need
to let the people at home know that we do have graphics designers who make graphics
who are paid who are not AI.
I have done this for fun.
You better hope it's not better than this stuff for putting down.
I've created AI slot.
I wanted to create some headlines from EPL to discuss some of this AI slop.
So let's go with the first one right here.
See, when you spoke to the AI, did you ask it to make you slop?
Yeah, I use slop.
So AI is aware it's creating slop.
Oh, yeah.
OK.
OK, so this one here, I've got a couple of headlines.
Phase Fumble, eliminated by Astralis.
Is it YouTube?
I think it's strange.
Right now, it is a little bit strange.
But look, it looks great, doesn't it?
Mara out, missing EPL plush.
Did you get that one?
Guys, that's breaking news.
That only came a couple of hours ago.
Mara won't be with the team.
I didn't know that.
Okay, but he won't he won't be there. That's just won't be a Rotterdam either
So okay major we saw fury and flying or something maybe we'll see if fallen wants to play we think rush inferno changes
New meta and there's a banana here as you know banana and a sort of fountain type
Yeah, so this is the first offering for the AI slot. What is the science and the coach thing coach?
Sidelined, yeah, and I think you could have just made this yourself to the others. Well, I'm not a graphic designer
I don't think you need to be to make that. Wow, okay, so you didn't like this one that one is
It's just text. Okay, fair enough. What about this one rush?
That's like something like me
This feels like an album cover
What kind of music would you make?
I don't know.
So how do you feel about embracing the nickname of little guy?
I mean, I don't really like it. You call me that all the time.
Yeah, I don't like it.
So you're not embracing the nickname?
Not particularly, no.
We'll work on a new one.
We've got a couple more in here.
This is with the current match right now.
This is about Astralis versus Fury.
Is their heart in it?
Can they beat Astralis for Stockholm?
We've got Fallen. He's replaced this guy over here.
over here surprised this guy sad because he's missing playoffs. I guess that's meant to be fallen
there's a weird logo is pretty cool though. It's a weird astralis logo. We're making this one rush.
Can I make this? To be honest, that's pretty good though. Are they supposed to be like YouTube
thumbnails? That looks like an YouTube thumbnail. I just asked for AI slot, Henry. Okay, right.
How much effort you think I put into this? No, no, I'm just trying to work out what kind
of graphic has been used for like a broadcast graphic or like a YouTube channel.
Illustrated graphic
You put that in there
We got any thoughts on this one. I like the replaced and the quest remarks around the head
I think pretty good too much going on too much. He's a lot going on though. What are the flames?
I think the flames are cool. It's a nice touch fire. It does make it
This guy has a very face-off kind of look to him and I'm left is like his face is split
Okay, it's a put someone else's face on it's a really good at taking faces and making them look pretty close
But not exactly close at all. So who would you put those two players look like Chad? I have no idea who they are
They look like some nice me soota maybe
Yeah, mischievous and pies. Yeah, thanks looks like stealing the bomb right?
True that's what his jeans got there looks like big. Oh, now it's apex. Yeah, that's apex. It's definitely apex
There's some creepy eyeballs. All right. Well, we got we got one more. We got one more another talking point here another headline of EPL
This is an interesting one. Now this one will need one more team added to it
But here we go vitality gone anyone can win EPL season 23. That's the best one
And then I would need to make sure
Who now is this pretty far up on that list? I think how do I get rid of this bottom bar?
Because if the Turkish fans don't see the Aurora
It will be over for me. Okay Aurora Navi. They're down the bottom here. They made some interesting logos for these teams gentlemen
Yeah, can we zoom in on them? Can you yeah use the full function?
Mongols one looks like it. Oh, there we go. Right. Oh, wow. Yeah, that's great. That's pretty good. Longos is quite close
I like the Aurora color scheme Aurora is pretty cool as well
Yeah, the Mongols ones give me like McDonald's vibes. I think or any
Any fast food chain that shit's disgusting. Let's see the door as you can see the symbolism of the AI is gone for here
The door wide open
Okay, the question marks as well the mystique and intrigue of what could happen at this tour tonight
Gonna put a foot at the bottom of that creep into the doorway and then I would have really been sold on this
So who do we think's gonna win guys if you had to pick from this house straight up?
Hey number one straight
Mouse
Might do it against spirit lots of confidence there dink up spirit. Okay, Jason. Oh
I'm gonna go with
Give me a legacy. All right and rush. I want to say spirit to be honest, okay?
It's gonna be legacy there in the honeymoon period right now. Art's feeling good reinvented himself to mal maybe the best player
Okay, this was it for my AI slop segment and I will say again on the way out that the ESL pays graphic designers
I've done this purely off my own volition to try and create some form of entertainment right there's the disclaimer
You can see it down there read it have it up at all times people are paid
This is AI slop so I'm coming over the couch guys come on over man. We'll we'll have you here
As far as AI slop goes Henry said it best yesterday. I don't even know if I'm allowed to say this now
But I'll do it anyway, so maybe that's it
It's about the idea of AI jobs and in taking you know AI taking jobs, right?
Yeah, no, okay. What about the DHL mailbag during the students have their jobs
I think it already kind of has in a weird way well before even had to well. We got some stuff here
Let's walk up on screen did you know back at EFG dot GG submit your questions now?
Uh, you either do it now or not at all because it's playoffs are coming and everyone knows that we're very serious in the playoffs
Map change question. Hey guys, what map do you all think it needs to be swapped from the current map pool?
Are there any maps that you all think need changes to freshen up the meta? Texas Trey?
Uh, Inferno has been changed, but it's still a lot of saves on that. Sorry. Get that out. Get Trey back in.
I would say Mirage out, trade him.
It's about time for Mirage for a facelift at a minimum. I think Jason's bang on.
Overpass out and get cash in yeah cash in yeah bring cash into the pool. Maybe make a new map
I love a new I knew for a long do you think it takes to make a new map so many new
There's so many names just 200 grand and I they're not new maps if you say they already exist
New maps to the new map. They've never been played in the active duty pool ever. That's your counter. I'm dangerous
How about we get AI to make a map? Oh
So what it makes? Oh, I'd be gross. Oh
Interesting experiment. We got one more email. That's two coming up next
Subject, EPL Music, massive fan of ESL Pro League, it's always a great time to watch
and listen to the time, just to have fun, but ESL always seems to have the best music
overall.
Who's picking these songs?
Can we have a playlist somewhere?
Maybe a song?
I'm pretty sure Armit wrote most of the songs.
Armit, I've seen you put a playlist before, so is Armit on Spotify?
This one I brought it up just to tell all the viewers out there that on Thursday,
I'll post a playlist on Reddit for you all to know.
Okay there you guys.
Oh, give your eyes on it, Amit.
Read it.
Oh, read it, Amit.
What has been your favorite song so far you've had it for this season?
My song?
Yeah.
It's got to be Sarah.
Sarah, there is one like jazz song that's called Overcraft that I really love.
OK.
A bunch of people on Reddit like it as well.
Sadly, it's not on stream platforms, but hopefully in the future.
OK.
All right, guys, we need to go to break.
Can you start break?
Can we hear it on the way to break?
You do it, Amit.
Oh, god.
I'll try.
Get us out of here, man.
Save us, Amit.
I think he was doing the music at the same time.
The dispatch is back and looking better than ever.
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This season it's bigger deliveries,
bigger personalities,
And bigger problems.
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When I was 11 they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.
I chose to go full CS, just the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.
The biggest reason that I got in the face was because I wanted to beat them.
The best advice is that you need to love the game.
In the end, I'm going to be a good player.
Info. Info.
One close site. One close site.
And one...
Taco. Taco.
One global match.
He was talking to him. He has a grenade.
Come on, man!
Come on, man!
Damn, he was 24, I should've finished him off.
Pause.
That's him.
Guys, put that touch on that calendar.
You go on the smoke left side, make sure it goes short.
We're going to be going monster.
We're going to spam this smoke.
That's how it's going to cross it.
All the way around the cross.
Okay, you got it?
Make sure you understand.
Crows in the back.
Elevi, we're going to...
This is the end
This is the end
Guys, it's only 7-1. We can win, boys.
It's just Molotoy and Yuri in a 2v4 now.
And this is where you wonder if that communication will come into play.
I'm gonna flash for you.
You'll flash for him?
I'm gonna flash for you.
Okay, go.
Okay, let's go.
Flash!
Boom!
Boom!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Guys, I understand what's the boom.
Okay.
It can still work.
It can still work.
Well, getting into the playoffs, it's a hard feat.
And right now it's getting even harder for Furious.
They've just lost Nuke in very convincing fashion.
We moved now to Dust2, but there's been a bit of a problem for Astralis.
Let's see if they have figured it out just in time.
Jason, you shake it ahead.
Not this Astralis.
Not the Astralis we just saw, Nuke.
They were good.
They were great.
They were fantastic.
You were looking 10 runs in a team's time, though, Jeff.
That suggests to me that CT side collapsed.
They weren't ready to play them well.
It was great calls.
They were ready to play them well.
I looked at the chop.
They were in chops.
They were the stars.
They were in a random around the map.
It was a master class.
It was.
It was a Hoaxie master class.
a graphic designer or Chad's ass. This is a graphic designer, guys. Excellent. That's
a nice graphic. That's a lovely graphic. Is it better than my slow? Absolutely. And
you can tell the difference. How your graphics designers get him on the show. Now we're getting
into this one dust to fury Astralis a game that would be a lot more exciting if we
knew fallen was going to be playing in the place. We's not so excited for Stralis
though. Yes, that is the exciting part. Fozy, Fozy, Fizzy will be in the arena.
Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy, Fozy,
even we asked Huxy, he didn't even know to be honest. We asked, I know, I have the law.
No, Huxy doesn't know how we talked to the straws in the last map. I spoke, I spoke to
Huxy the other day. I spoke to NIP when he was on the team for a short stint. We need to get
fozy on the interview after this game, but they were, let's get fozy on the interview.
And if he doesn't know Rih-Raiu's name, then it's an issue.
Let's get him on the call if they win.
Anyway, it's a real name.
His first name is Love.
It's spelled Love, but I believe it's pronounced like Loo-Vee.
That's just from the Nords, aren't they?
They say things are different.
A little bit different.
A little bit different.
That's where we are.
I would hope in.
Well, one of these teams will definitely be joining us here
in Stockholm this week.
So you have a Swedish friend.
Why don't you know more Swedish?
You know, it's a tough language.
They don't like speaking it here.
He always tells me, well, I should amend that statement.
They like to speak English here,
two other English speakers.
Are you speaking on behalf of all Swedes everywhere?
I'm speaking on experience that the Swedes,
when someone's trying to learn Swedish,
they prefer to just be speaking in English
because they feel like it's more polite.
So you don't get as much practice with the Swedish.
It's the same as being an MC.
We only talk English around you guys, right?
Yeah, exactly.
That makes sense to me.
So just getting ready for this potential
final map of stage two.
What was your favorite memory of the group stages so far?
What was the most fun you had on this journey from stage one, stage two?
Jason said the door map on Inferno.
Now it's his highlights.
So much fun.
Seven minutes was actually a great one.
And I mean compared to other seasons, that's a bit depressing, but...
Yeah.
It's been maybe some highlights for you.
We had no rides on the boat this trip.
We didn't go on a boat.
No captain's hats getting lost in the ocean.
No golf.
No...
No golden cocks.
Salt courses.
I didn't do a single quiz.
There was no quiz.
You're going to do that tomorrow though.
I did a couple quizzes quizzes are so fun didn't do any of them unfortunately, okay? My favorite moment Henry
Let me think about it. It's hard question is no my favorite was when we all came in and we had a bit of a land
On the road. What's it goes back to it was a bear?
A bunch of maps you did a bunch of things. I like we played rats as well. I think that's was good Chad's favorite moment
Was not on the show
Here we go, right? So z side star fury. I'm pretty sure they'll take us with that you ready for the Astral
Henry I am ready they've been in so many reps on Duster off they go into real
Joe bro is after ready cancer rather taken down response is immediate it's a
good try good try good try good try on a ball chance yeah you got no chance in
my friend maybe a chance there he is there's a head shot go again
Stand doing what he can!
Yeah, you reckon he's got a chance, Henry?
If it's gonna bomb down, I'm happy with that.
Just don't get gushed if you're yabby.
Wait for your teammate to get here.
Go take early damage.
We could have had it.
They're gonna swing out.
Now it's gone.
Now it's gone.
He's got a USB out.
Now it's gone.
Eight bullets in that.
Going for taps.
Getting closer.
Five.
Losing opportunity for Molotoy.
Down to the final two bullets.
Oh, my God.
Down by Fosy.
Okay, that pistol.
It was on an ice edge right there at the end.
But no bomb plant for Phyria.
You've got a salvage there. I understand they're going to be opening on Ryu, it's a little short.
But then Stare into a lot of pressure, gooshed up.
Gets two kills for his troubles. Great work from the young Dane.
Oh, absolutely. The fact that he even got one was impressive.
Two was nowhere near that.
But let's see whether he can get an impressive performance against a four spy.
It's going to be one AK-47 for Yakki.
Oh, it's a good four spy.
It's not bad.
I'm going to drop the AK.
Really nice tag as well on the cross.
where you brought down to 56 off in one player up wait so Yuri dropped the egg
excuse me yeah you're right he's gonna have long of all the players to hit yeah
you can now brought down to 60 straight into an APOP step plan a block I like
this info a lot of utility to work the map either they kind of got to go on
this oh they go good night Casarado at the front of the attack he's made it to
Gandalf but none of his teammates are past. No one's at rail he can actually
scale they might want to actually slide over there's the exit and they caught in
the open as Susie. Yeah well they stepped. Susie indeed. Well you kind of won't
tip for tat right now but a 3d3 minute left on the clock and that bomb not
being planted yet yeah be slipping through you kind of was down and
Mollador in a tough spot here scout going into the flight now they're
pushing in there. Oh the Mollatoi! He's going to hold on to it and yep.
It's gonna be a hook see to pick up the front. We're gonna catch this in the replay
Don't you it was on the PGM was on the PGM?
It was it was okay good. Okay. I don't think everyone's looking at the PGM. No, we'll catch it again
Maybe in the replay the guy went into outer space essentially
Well, no one I don't need to justify any investment here in the follow-up
As well from Ryu
Listen. It's okay. It happens. Just believe it. Believe it. I saw it.
Three smokes. Rush made some noise about it. A couple of flashes.
Whole production really went up in a cheer when that happened.
That was confused for a second. The execution, smoke with the doors and windows here.
Windows are doors. In a way. Log smoke as well.
That was my favorite moment actually. Yeah. I mean yeah we had some good
gags. Sorry about wheels, windows, doors.
Yeah, we had a few good gags. No one got cancelled along the way it all worked out
That's all you can really ask for at the end of it. Well
It's not over yet. Three quarters of the way through. It's not over yet
It's gonna get very serious in the arena. Okay, so everyone brought their suits?
No, anyway. Didn't get that memo. Henry's got a three piece. I came I came from Thailand
So didn't take the suit. Oh, you're going shopping tomorrow. Suits supply other stores are available
Fly inside of our Mullerway right now, gentlemen.
Okay, there you go. Just to block out range.
Nothing to worry about. Freezer start from Astralis.
Okay. And that's why they're the greatest Danish Counter-Strike team of all time.
Indeed they are. Not this version, but absolutely.
Well, this version just hasn't gotten there yet. You know, there's time. They're growing into it.
Look at this. Okay, we got it. We're watching it again on the PGM.
Ooh, that's the shot, okay.
There we go, I see it.
Okay, that really...
I got some air time.
Oh, nice shot.
Wait, oh, hold on.
Did he get that?
Oh, is he stabbed and spawned?
Yeah.
That's the guy, he haven't seen one of those in years.
Oh, shit.
Stabby back again.
Alright.
Ugh.
What?
Oh, that's actually catching the smoke.
Oh my god.
I'm angry for Furio.
Oh dude, if it turns against, it must wall.
Nice played away. It's not fighting
What cool they bounce up on Xbox or didn't get over the lip of the wall there's so much trouble the strollers
Yeah, they are hooks. He needs to deliver here. You can't really even
Can't really fall back. You got nothing. Yeah, that's it save. Bye. Bye
Don't do it. Yeah, we don't do it. Oh my gosh. She's doing it to them
And it's a chance here
Yeah, oh really is
Alright, Yabby.
In sight. That's another kill.
Spam coming down here as well. Molodoy losing health. 25 HP.
I'm moving it on the clock, but I'm not planted yet here for Furia.
Okay, where are you?
I'm D.Eagle?
Jumping D.Eagle.
Show me the D.Eagle!
And he's gone down. He was really close to that, though.
They're so low. This can fall apart.
Okay, nice work, Molodoy.
Secures it there.
Hatrick in the rounds.
Got the early 5 on 4.
They converted their first on the board here.
should be fine on the CT side, but it sounds like a tactical timeout going forward.
Yeah.
He said the money's fine. It's not great. Yabbi's got 2,800.
It's fine for a buy in this round. The timeout is basically saying this round's so important
because we're out of funds in the next one. We got to get all on the same page and
make sure we nail this round. Up in the hands of Fuzi.
Fuzi. It's going to get there. It takes a little bit of time.
Yabbi's playing over to Wards B with Ryu, so he's the opener.
Not to see that.
Boom.
So the MP9 is not really an issue.
I think you need to make sure you're HEEing the cross right now or Molo is just going
to absolutely rinse you.
He is looking to set up the boost again.
He's got two tags already in the game in the first four rounds down mid.
Yeah, so it's definitely use a HEE.
I'd even say use a smoke.
There he comes.
There's the smoke.
Got the info on the first cross.
Good stuff.
Oh, they...
Avoid the danger.
Deep enough as well, he gets a little line over the smoke.
Yeah, be something short with Stereo. They're going to try and find middle.
I like this setup.
You get players who are scaling short in Xbox.
I'm going to hate you to break.
Oh, it's going to work this time, I think.
Fosy, set yourself up.
Oh, my toy!
That's a headshot.
Alright, Molotov.
Crazy work.
He's going to heat up here.
Perfect.
Flash there on the peak.
There's the second one.
Oh, they got around the corners.
Got back to safety.
That feels like round.
Yeah, if he doesn't know they're there.
What are you going to do with 9 to 8?
Yeah, you're coming.
At a minute on the clock.
And you've just rotated away from the attack.
Yes.
So Otto's going to find a free bomb site.
We'll take A.
Thanks for playing.
Save the rifles.
Well, Stan just walks into his death.
Yeah, he's got no idea.
Three, two, one, and round.
3-2. Good job.
And away.
Let's see, we'll pull one back, at least upgrade to an AK-47, they'll still be saving.
Yeah, yeah, he's got the orb, so first we'll be leveling that into the next.
Well, fighting on, Furia.
Finding some form here on Dust2.
Nah, well this is the test for Astralis. If their Dust2 can be as effective as their Nuke was, if they can figure out a way to do it, and spin up and down for him.
It was never meant to be easy.
A little bit of a hunt here right at the end of the rounds and they might just walk right
into Yuri.
Okay, missed the shot.
Good control of the AWP from Yabbi and they'll secure the retreat and secure these weapons
for the next round.
So again, money, not good, not gonna get a whole lot of cash, what do they end with?
Yeah, losing bonuses crap, but you're still gonna be okay with what you have.
It's doable.
KK is in an AWP, get some P250s out on the board.
So what they can do with it, this was that crazy shot
from Ollidoi, got the head shot somehow, dude.
Using the smoke pop against them.
As Chad mentioned, Stare had no idea.
As we get into a very good round,
she's pretty much for the investors of the NAV attack.
They used the grenade as well.
He's still got the tag.
that's that's insane he's gonna do it round after round if he gets a spawn for
the boost it's over
foes are you burning a little?
with the pressure on foes he's gonna fall back it's a fast split fast out
mid they've got the runway they've got the avenue stairs not ready he's stuck
back into a corner means it's all these B defenders and one was tagged
earlier the Abbey's already been softened up oh yeah
Oh, not good at all. Crushed the Astralis Defense there, Fury up.
For the first time in this series, finding form.
Oh, it has been played.
And you have to deal with investments every single time.
That's what is probably a little bit more concerning.
I understand it wasn't the best of buys, but it was still seemed to be punchy.
So Hooksy will be going down, they will lose everything.
Nice shot from you, Kimda.
Okay, Fury up back in a big way.
Very early stages of Dust to shore, but it has to be the eco now from
Just the way they've been winning the rounds has been very convincing.
True.
So, sure.
Australia's got the pistol.
Was closed down to the wire, but since the gun runs up again, I feel like the FURIA are
in the driving seat right now, especially going to round number seven.
It is another full eco.
Plus five sevens, USPs and one flash.
So, hopefully, presumably just going to be sending them up middle, flashing over the
double doors, hoping for the best.
Yeah, that's exactly what's going to happen.
I love it.
They're only mid-doors.
Make sure you can't just push middle lower because they know you're on a lighter
You're not going to get that space in towards the tunnels with the five sevens. So you have to respect it xbox works lands and
You're opening gambit
Don't know
She has a flash
No idea where to put it though. No you
Yeah, this one's this one this one's kind of done isn't it? Yeah, indeed unfortunate
So 2900 into the next, Fosy Cnevy's AWP.
And then it'll be a full gun round again in the players case.
Serato looks to pad his stats up short with Fallen and they are going into the USP's,
but that should be light work.
All the bullets off, certainly makes things uncomfortable, but one kill, Riu will step
up, but that's about a stab, maybe a chance of a kill.
I seem to be very aware of his position.
Here he comes.
That's a good stuff.
That's a lead for Fury. A 4-3. Finally another buy-around for the Astralis side of things.
AWP in the hands of Fosy.
We'll see if Astralis can actually nail down this defense so they can get started on Dust2.
They didn't really get out. Nuke was nice. They get a run with momentum.
That's obviously been stopped so early. This whole half is now going to be a grind for them
And Molador not taking the boost of that just running his way down middle. He's been the fear of God
I like this. This is awesome. Look at the timing. He's gonna have
No one's challenging that we're gonna change things up with a nice little bee approach here a lot of damage on route though
You can I don't know an advantage for Astralis and Yuri second and a 30 HP
It might as well try and break through now trying to bomb down at the bare minimum
Reed is trying to buy as much time as possible, gets himself another frag for his troubles, and Fولar, the old master, thrusts into a clutch, three on one, no further utility, a hope in a dream, and a bullet in the thigh.
Yep. Can you tag Conecoz in as well, fallen dodging that at least. So, as much of it as he could.
Stand, and we're going to push in! Nice shot!
Oh, he's a world!
Yo!
It was a world.
Oh, real!
It's still gone. That shot was nuts.
Yeah, 20 year olds want to hit that shot.
This is the thing when I'm seeing Fallen in the Rives and we've been saying this now for a while. It's almost we're coming up to a year
We're coming up on a year, but
How
Comprehensive he can be in some moments. It's like who am I watching right?
You watch some of these older unking game leaders Fallen doesn't look like them right now. That's very good. I shot
Actually, I should yeah, they're doing it again. Holy hell. Okay. We're gonna see it come. It's ready real. Okay. Were you ready yourself?
He's blind as hell and a lot of damage!
Yabbi coming in, hoping he can clean up when Yabbi.
Yeah, he's blind, the core has got a lot of protection.
Can he get much more out of this rifle? No.
Fallen just runs over the top of him, and I love it from Fury.
I call to go back to the B-side again.
I'm holding them out this time.
Foes, you can't go through the window.
And that plant won't be put down.
So, retake required if you want to go for this first, Rollus.
You need to kill first. You're not going to go for this in a three on four.
You need to get at least one kill before the core comes and they're going to back up.
Get out of there.
Yep.
It's the right call right because now that we're in a bit more of a tug of war right now
I think this is fine if they can walk away with the half foot five or six. They're gonna be happy with that right winning the half
Always gonna be tough. I understand you had the the better rounds from the pistol rush. What happened there?
You got lost no, I was trying to get on the flat right?
I thought I had a millisecond longer to the flash come in
I thought we're gonna talk to them all but yeah, I kind of got stuck on the cinder blocks. So
So, uh, side-plan died.
That's right, little guy.
Good experience.
Yeah, well, you know, good try.
Cheers, mate.
It's actually really cool.
It's actually really cool.
Nuke was like a masterclass of calling from Hooksy.
That was beautiful to watch.
Now Fallen is kind of dainy advantage in terms of the way back to the game.
I like the back-to-back B rushes.
Yeah, yeah, that's sick.
I like setting Molotov up really, really early on to cut off the flank in the previous round.
Didn't really work, but this time, obviously, Astralis didn't expect it whatsoever.
I didn't expect it whatsoever. I think that had to have been the idea from Fury of like,
they're not going to have two players, you know, stacked vertically again.
It doesn't take it, in fact.
I wanted the CV kid to beat the smoke there, no one peeking.
And no one towards the B tunnels right now, so could just be...
A-split.
A-split, three long, two to up short, K-cerato.
Huxes spawned.
Huxes spawned.
Oh!
They always do so much damage, I can't find these opening kills right now.
Hooks is a draw.
Okay, Audi goes, and keeps his head down.
It's a flash, we've got a teammate coming to throw that, but...
Just needs to live, really.
You guys have another one?
I have a flash coming.
There it is.
Ineffective towards Molador.
It's not worth swinging the corner.
You know somebody's holding it.
Hooks is doing just fine.
Oh, he does very well.
I can reset the bombs.
No.
Alright, Molador, what's it what you can do?
It's a wild maneuver.
reset they could have at least put it at a 3v5 he's got the bomb and the orb
I but now you've the rounds done I guess he thought he had a guaranteed kill but
Yeah, it's mistaken. Maybe thinking of the 3v5 he's like I know the position of these two players
I'm probably best suited to get one to get one back maybe either way
Well, this is a very impressive round Astralis needed this gonna tie things up a nice injection of cash last couple
upgrade those
Lesser weapons as well get rid of the Famous a lot of AK's on the ground Henry if you're doing damage
We're not completing the kill be a lovely thing to have really good point that Jason get those AKs pick them up
22nd remaining
Case are also gonna try and do anything with this. They're just easy saving outside long playing the long game time for the final two rounds
Collecting all the AK's now. They should have a secondary all available to them if they so wish
Should have all the money in the world as well for for buys no matter what happens if you're in the final two rounds
Oh, yeah, economy's in a great place
5 to 5 good to see you Stralis a bunch and back here on dust to hook see especially
What a whole that was good flashes. All right hit discipline
Under a lot of fresh air as well
Yeah, it does very well
That second kill especially
I'm all going to be a little bit frustrated with myself.
Perchirped.
Yeah.
It's going to open it.
So tacky timeout.
Fallen with lots of safe.
Sid chipping in as well.
Get Molotov back up on his boost boys.
Come on guys, win this game.
I really want to play in the arena.
I didn't take some pitball.
What's Sid?
You think that's what he's saying right now?
The guy in the interview with Chase saying, yeah, well, I'm going to play on a death
match.
But that was essentially a spawn call, right? With the way that they approached that.
They did Xbox and Doors Smoke. They were just going to play him for a late long pop, hoping
Hooksy was isolated. He was. They just weren't able to get past him.
Well, it'll be boosted up again. No, he won't. He's just going to have to pot shot.
I'll miss that. So they're going to be across already. Pretty far away spawn.
You have to play 2B, Daniel. You can't. You can't not play 2B.
Yeah, not up to the calls falling through against you a couple of times
The ultimate rounds we mentioned there's AK's CT's have three of them
This is where your mid to B feels weak and that's why foes coming to cheat over here
But by doing that then your short feels weak. So trying to find something back
At least here in mid you might be able to actually touch some timings some sound cues of as of what kind of pace
They're taking up short. You could be our second suede in the arena if he wins
Yeah, they're brought out already. We could use two
It would help, and mouseballs might not be the villains for once, they might actually
be the good guys.
I don't know, they weren't hungry until he was playing.
Yeah, the Swedes got a soft spot for Brolin, because he was a fanatic man.
Yeah.
So he's bringing all that residual juice with him.
That's a great example.
Eddie was on that super popular reality television show, produced here in Sweden as well.
X-grade Counter Strike, Tyler.
Who are you afraid of, Chad?
What?
Pfft.
Pfft.
Pfft.
Pfft.
Pfft.
That's one of my favorites.
That actually is a mental clip.
It's awesome.
It's awesome.
It's so good.
Why has he gone and said that?
I forgot that he would exist.
Pfft.
Pfft.
Pfft.
Pfft.
He's going A.
Mid to A.
Look at this.
No.
Stare you're never going to be ready for this.
They've really gone and done that.
Bounce for the life.
Oh but Hooksy,
He's just looking sharp.
Who's the threat?
He is the danger.
He is the danger.
He's going to check elevator though, and he doesn't realize the position of Yuri whatsoever.
Ten seconds boys.
Yeah, what are you going to do?
Okay, yeah.
The bomb, that's the bomb as well.
You can plant.
You have to do it.
You got to do it right now, and he's going to go for it.
Spam infusy.
Oh no, he's going to scare you.
Down for Fosy.
I cannot believe he put himself in that position.
I can't believe it.
Real is low as well.
Comfy shot.
Same with Sarah.
It's a big Swedish meatballs play right there from fuzzy. So that's guaranteed six and a half guys. This is a good half. Is it great?
They lost pistol, right? This is this. They played this map 10 times this year. I think they've only won it three times.
But they were in a two map losing streak on us to here at EPL.
Nice. Lover. Lover. Yeah, three and seven in the last two. There you go. So 10 times in 2026.
They beat 3D Max, Heroic in overtime, and Paravision back in. Nope, they lost that game to Paravision.
That was close to that. That was Paravision. Yeah, it was overtime. They beat Payne.
They're going long here, Dinkout. There's they are.
And Fozy, longs there to meet them. He's starting to back away. They want to change up their positions.
They take down a racing out. It's your kindar. Who takes your Hoocsi down.
And now Fozy under pressure. Does not want to be behind Carl when that Molotov comes in.
So, smokes himself out. He has actually managed to get away.
They don't realize your kindar's here though.
Yeah, he's pushed into the smoke. He has cleared out the car. He has a kill for sure. Oh, you can dog. This is a great play
Let's see if you can make them out. Oh, yeah, absolutely. We'll make the most of it just about all the way
He can miss five bullets. Yeah
That's how strong it was. Yeah, and then he's giving the ace take the ace
He's earned it. He has earned it a tied half coming in here
Ryu giving it a good go past to this point, but fallen puts him on his ass if you're able to fight here on the second map
Are there playoff free snow lives?
Come on baby, come on, come on, come on, come on
And you'll be so fine, the feeling's so great
You don't come down
Get back, get back, get back, get back, get back
Get back, get back, get back
Just seven rounds away from the playoffs, one slot remaining, and possibly the last ever
online half a CS you have after Watch Boys.
Jason's been proud of his entire life.
Oh my god, all the time.
This is it.
Could be done.
Are you ready for Astralis to potentially book themselves a place in the arena?
I'm loving it.
I would love to see this team inside the arena.
Things are looking good.
I like...
Looks like he's a beast.
I just...
Looks like he's looking very good.
I hope you can.
Can we give them different opponents, please?
One more time. Are you excited, Stockholm?
The 18th rendition.
We've got a little double-HG setup on the CT side here.
What if they got up there asleep?
It's very far from Astralis. They might not have a chance to use him there.
Oh, my God. Hooksy is the star we never knew about.
Just running down long. Okay, dude.
Hooksy has two and the site should be taken.
We still got some resistance from the area.
We're getting to from that. Yeah
Serato stole the server as well. And now it's your chance to rotto trying to bring this round down and even though you had a double opener from
Hoaxie
Fosie has to clutch and no bomb
Yeah, oh no
There's a chance of the reload to separate them into 1v1 fights per cancer rather actually got him on the jump up there
Fosie has gone down cancer auto with a 3k and straws
Let that one slip somehow a little bit too much chaos. I think they're moving too fast after crossing over the railing
Yeah, everyone kind of streaming up on their own timing, so we'll see you guys two when everyone's licking their lips, they think round's over.
Yeah.
As soon as Hooks got a double entrance, like, yeah, I got one around, it's like, oh, boys, group up, swim together.
But it's a little bit sloppy there.
No, they should have had a better opportunity, and that one, as Henry said, at least the bomb going down to give you a forced bomb.
Yeah, I think so, we're going to double open up.
If we pause at the point we get the second kill from Hooksy, and then you tell me they don't get a bomb planned, I just wouldn't believe you from that point. It's crazy.
Well, this should be extended lead for Furia.
Yeah, and for some of the struggles on Dust2, it makes it extra painful.
That was like a must-have pistol. Set yourselves out.
Yeah, it was never going to be easy on their opponents' map choice.
This, though, if you two are Furia, who, sure, we can talk about the issues that they will be having in Stockholm if they do qualify.
But it's quite a win on Dust, considering this is a map that you've been struggling on.
Teams have been picking it against you because they think it's a weakness,
and you could be taking down one of the best teams in the world right now.
And you know that's got to be a thought in their head,
it's like if we can just tell show teams that we're good enough to where it's not a punish,
like that's the area they want to live in.
And a win here could go, could take a step in that direction.
Lovely work from the SMGs at range.
two-round lead for Furia, the buy comes in next for Astralis.
OK, this will set the tone for the half.
And hooks you call him into another map victory.
Let's hope so.
I've got Molotov, he's AWP.
And he is looking like he's getting stronger
and stronger as the series goes on.
He's nasty with it.
Nuke didn't even really feel like
they got an opportunity to play, did it, right there?
We're constantly having a rotate around.
They're going to try the tempo of the game.
He's ready for that. Imagine. This guy's a freak.
And he's not even done yet.
Constant pressure.
He's up to stand out in front, fend him off.
He will fall back, popping over the smoke.
So active every movie makes.
Up towards here we go.
Deep flash, set them up, smoked off.
Good pressure though.
Forcing out smokes from the A-defence.
Fallen borrows down long.
Polaroid joins the kinder on the side.
Kcerato and Yuri over towards B. You two right now, plenty of smokes, couple of mollies, flashers to work with as well.
Chris Cross smokes in mid. CT's gonna be blocked off, lurk smoke in the B tunnels.
A lot of information for Furia's defense to process.
Oh, well you're going into that Kcerato-Yuri combo defending the B bomb site. Kcerato's actually outside of the site just playing beyond the window.
and it's worked out for that first kill couldn't get the second so now more pressure on Yuri's hands
and he's winning just inside of that lurk spot. But Yakindar actually got two frags from this
the Rastralis have been limited to just two players and Yuri is still here he's still alive
and they have to go and clear him and he's going to lose the fight so in the end yeah that really
does look easy for Furia. Wow Yakindar from the A bomb site that's how did he get to that's a deep
spam well they both they were both they were scaling through the smoke along the wall
right so I'm assuming he just grabbed the angle from from ct
oh yeah straight up to the bank that's okay that's how we did it ridiculous unreasonable as hell
well they weren't even low on the economical hero okay
got an xbox smug I think
Thank you and then I guess we just try and make a way towards be the smoke doors is it
device flashes it must be no he's not light up the device flashes again that's the door
smoke that I guess we're just flashing in hope of the best that's the AK low yeah I feel
like you have to call it off now another you've actually gone for that blue speak
and been spotted and tagged up I think you have you can come back to it but can't
go now.
Headed out the other smoke.
Nice deep tunnel smokes as well.
Lots of runway for Furia.
But if you're a case runner or a Uri, you know this round is ending at your bombsite
this whole time, right?
Like that's the feeling you have.
Well, there's no info anywhere else.
Exactly.
No other comms.
No one's saying flashbang.
No one's saying that there's a smoke.
You just have to know it's going to end here.
Well, here's that end.
Well, Nate goes into the middle of the pack, he's gonna do a lot of damage, particularly
interior Fuzi.
He's gonna be taking down no problems, huh?
Yeah.
He goes short, comes in, Keisarotto handles the rest.
So, no problem here for a few of his defences.
If Keisarotto goes down, they're in the side, they've got extra guns, there ya go mate.
Take that ace.
That's an E.K.
Ace.
That's the least impressive type of ace you can get, but it's still an ace.
So history will remember that it was an ace stat lines, don't leave reading that way for
case or Rado 16 and six.
Four round gap back into the guns and needs to start now or it will be never for a Strylus
on dust to
I mean after this afternoon after this one, let's have inferno to round up the group
stages.
Why I think that's that that's absolutely fine distance all great all the rounds stages
end on inferno. That's the old saying.
Absolutely, thank you. And this one feels like they've got enough of that. I think MOLODOYS
look way too powerful. YAKINDAR as well. Some of the back stabs he's had that spray through
the smokes. Everything's just going too well for them. And once again he's found such
a nice gap. Like what are you going to do? No one's going to be ready for this. He's
already top of middle. So much damage inflicted. Another kill. Perfectly placed by K. Serato.
Gabby once again finds him an access point. Is it enough to even get close to a bombsite here?
Fallen lies and waits spamming that smoke once again is popping it open constantly
Can't find a comfortable moment to actually crossing towards the bombsite speaking about backstab
Yeah, hooks he was watching it, but foosies gonna have to turn his eye
And I think your kinder is gonna come out long way earlier than he expects
Boy comes out now and he's got his kill on foosie they're gonna try and send a player back to deal with that
And we'll be hooks his job and he'll be successful
Yeah, be also picking up one. It actually puts Astralis a player ahead as this bomb gets planted.
Looks like he's playing Counter Strike right now. He's hitting some nasty shots.
Feels like he's having the most impact right now for Astralis.
Fallen has got a smoke.
Let's see if he decides. I don't know, back in the way now.
Okay, they're back. First round of the second half.
10-7, still recoverable.
Money is great for Furious. The big problem is you're going to have what?
One to two rounds that you have to win to break this economy.
Both of them are always gonna have an AWP in the field, so it doesn't doesn't get easy anytime soon
You don't want to give away anyone on the cross here either
Okay, well
Keep three alive. Let's get easy to drop the guns doesn't it, but at least those who get back his AWP
Thank you very much stays good that one up on goes off and the round confirmed with the detonation of the C4 device
Just I get official there with it, you know
And we had a nice nice nice
Astralis or a C3 device exactly the palm demo people is it
C4 still called C4 right on the game. I think so. Yeah, pretty sure
Yeah, C4 explosive good because we've lost some names of things yes cult cult of famously
What else? Greig
Greig now the SG
Scout I even see people just calling it the SG
G. No way, really? Oh, that's a travesty. No way, yeah.
The clarion. Oh, yeah, that's a hell.
What's that? Famous.
This one's better.
Bullpup. True.
Oh, I was just thinking of that.
Gobble the boomers.
I'm innocent.
Who's ballpark is this?
Hooksie, can you get past fallen?
That's what you're asking yourself and you said that.
That's fine.
You're sure enough leg fallen has to hang around.
Moload is going to cheat back over to support you.
Kinder over the woods spawn.
Right, he's going to kick over.
He's going to kick over a bit of a faster over the woods.
Oh, yeah.
Staying warm by the fire.
Toast in some marshmallows.
I think some schmoles.
No, that's a lot. Okay!
Yeah, they're a buttle.
Are we getting somewhere now?
That's the A rotating rifle. You go away.
You know there's still going to be K-Sherato and Yuri on B.
Yeah, I'll be backstabbed as well.
Just needs a bit more aggro taken, so Fallen will be taken away from the angle.
Playing the fade.
Comes down to this shot, really. Yeah, he gets this. The round's done.
Hasn't got him.
I'll let him push off.
Yeah, brought him low.
They can get past Molotov without taking too much damage, they might have a real case.
Oh my god, okay, yeah, Molotovs.
It's up that grenade also thrown out by Molotov.
Plant comes in, Fury is going for the retake.
The straws have only just started going here on the T side.
A wild maneuver there from Casarado that hasn't really worked out.
Ends up looking silly.
See you on the stand, Hooksy getting some schmore, and now we've left Shuri down inside of CT spawn, so that's it.
A little bit ahead of the player there, Casarado, right now.
He was off with the timing I
Respect you know trying to make a move, but that is going to be a two-round gap now
Hey, sir, I was feeling it right now. He's 17 and 8
He has hooks. He's definitely who she is the giga chat stops down long
Wiggling his way down into the pit
Okay, so one more of those you break the bank
I just missed the old bunny hopping. That's that was it. Oh fair enough. Yeah, I watched the I watched the food video. Okay, get out of here.
Let's talk about source here. Relic. He was cheating though, right?
Okay, get out of here
Let's talk about source here that relic
He was cheating though, right just ruin the whole vibe
Yeah
I don't know buddy hopping in stores. It's a bonus contention. I don't think it's a good thing for any games
I have to be honest. Oh, so it doesn't have it especially at the level. It was in source exactly
I refuse to even bind mouse world to jump as I was still against it
I just didn't use it it was in in the cgs when we because we had start money 16k and people would just double all for the
Time and the hops you hear on Tuscan because didn't have flat ground get me out. Yeah, I hate it up
I just the round anyway the shots win this focus on the tasker all they haven't forced or they've only partial bought oh
You got more the way to be
The way he's playing right now the short
Okay, Ramis does it go for more surely not
Okay, reset the angle big sigh relief here that all put the corner and nobody going down next stage of this
You have to get foes is all up in the pit right once foes is all ups in the pit
Then you can decide what you want to do you've got all these smokes all these mullies
There you go. He's in the pit perfect now. It's just about finding the finish. I
Can't believe this here
He knew the whole time where he was going to peek.
What is that about bro?
Mollidoy knows your next move.
How's that the shot you made?
Mollidoy is coming for you.
He's going to get like three or four kills there.
Holy.
Just Mollidoy things.
Oh, this round is so difficult.
I think if they come and he falls back now they've lost all information across
the map.
They have to commit to this.
Hello.
That's the best for him.
He's going to get another one.
Maybe.
Philip Bruin.
He's spotting on the cross.
This foundation is gone!
That helps a lot.
The drone, you shall fall!
Be careful again, Doc Box though.
You have to consider it.
Oh!
It doesn't look like anyone is.
You have to consider it.
That bomb down, boys.
Well, Molotov has been taken away.
Riyua has picked him off, but this kill...
Could come in from Casarado.
Just gonna hold for it.
Back away behind the short smoke again.
He's gonna find...
And redeploy some cover.
Yeah, it's by himself some time to look for a kill.
That's a big one.
That's what it's all about. And the Gandalf comes out. They know about it. They deal with the threat just about and then yeah, Yuri's taking too much damage.
Stare saving them out. That's four kills from staring around. It's getting scrappy. What a comeback. Yeah, I'm out. It's great for Mr. Wallace. Finding some life.
10-6 to 10-9. Three rounds consecutively. That partial dealt with after that. That was nuts. That was just crazy.
He was so much convinced that he was going to peek in that specific angle.
Well, I'm assuming... I'm not an AWPer. I'm assuming he just wants the equal distance to flick left or right.
I guess you're right, yeah.
Really? That's what I would assume.
Getting into a movie's cross there, isn't it?
No, this time around, it just comes back up.
Excellent, perfect.
Speaking of weird checkin' out of open things up here, there's a bowload of damage.
Finds the opening fraglet towards Hooksie.
You have long again, so same situation. Bring Fozier over, get him in the pit.
You need more than one molly to flush this position out fully
True, so that I could spam. You normally spam it after the molly, yeah
So it'd be a big mistake to think it's clear right now
Nice thing for Astralis though is Fury hasn't started moving on the other side of the map
They might be just being kept honest, maybe thinking it could be a little bit of a fake. Oh fallen looking for the boost
Yeah, he just looked away just as Yabby comes in so Yabby getting that frag
You should not move it out now take it a position our car trying to spam on down
Posey to meet once round grab it a kill here for Astralis at 3v3 because of that and one minute on the clock
He's coming do it. He doesn't want to push through this dude. There's no way you do that. He just dropped into the pit
Posey got into the pit at least so he's still there. He's back up. Oh my god. Oh, he's really teasing us right now
Okay, that is one there a bit of respite here a moment to catch their breath along
They can really car again if they really want. They know it's possible surely.
Someone's got a check car.
Well, reuse Lloyd's piece, so he's going to check it in a way.
There's the crime, there's the trade, okay? 2-1-2.
Yuri's in a good spot, and Molodoy is still alive as well.
Nice spot.
Yuri, are you going to be forced back out of that position?
And Molodoy's on the race over.
You got another Molly for this? You got another Molly? Okay, it's all short.
Yeah, but that means you've got a check end. I was going to be aware of it at least.
Okay, so the plants is coming in, Molodoy to the sky.
Oh!
Sounded new words.
Molodoy earns his angels' wings, he jumps to the sky and denies the plant.
Confidence in this kid, man, is insane.
Molodoy is just magical, man.
Every time.
You just know it's gonna connect.
You just see the four-prosex, and he's gonna hit this for sure.
It's just, it's funny too, he's out of the fight for the entire round, and as
soon as he shows up, it's like, ah, actually, you don't get a plant.
That is ridiculous.
Get out of my bomb site.
It doesn't even look like any sort of lux involved.
There's some sort of calculated perfect maneuver.
And we're down to Galil's boys.
This is for map point.
Taking to a third map of Inferno.
Kills fitting considering how disastrous the first map of Nuke was for Fury up there.
They are back.
Looking razor sharp once again, especially Molledore.
What a ridiculous sequence that was.
On the other side of this, Fury's lost.
This is back to 1900.
Okay, this is a huge round.
This is a huge round.
Difficult one to win if you're Astralis, 30% of the firepower.
We have 8 kills, got the offshore, but is there a trade here? Falling towards the 5?
Oh, he does so.
That's shit.
They allow Robbery really for Fallen there.
Doesn't take any damage for his trouble there.
What's the call from Hooksy though? Do you try and hunt Fallen down at long and say,
okay, we know he's here, let's go try and exploit this.
We have a 2 on 1.
Flashbangs over, Molly for the corner.
They want to attack and to fall and reinforcements on their way.
Stare and Fosy.
Yeah, they're going to start coming out now on the side of that smoke.
Fallen realizing that's a possibility.
He's looking at the long house at the moment, but backtracking now gets information.
Fallen's got the kill, finally dealt with by Fosy, but there's still so much
work for Astralis to do and there's all important round on Dust2.
Yeah, Fosy had the bomb too.
That's a big risk for him to stick around to try and find that kill.
He's got to follow up.
Hooks, he's already got a leg up on short.
I think fozie's more likely to go over towards Ryu though who's starting to walk into the B bomb site
Well, there's a Molotov into the back of the side needs this kill. He can't get it
Yuri should have just delivered the round and he will
Fosie running into this going to get the kill one after plant immediately and then it's still a big clutch ahead of him
I took some damage on it, Casarado, but just wait.
Maybe he wanted to see if he'd get off the plant with the sound cue.
Yeah, the two bullets is a big problem, and even the problem is Molo-Doy.
Molo-Doy supremacy on the map, right?
Yeah, he's just rocking them.
I know he's only 18 and 12.
But it's just the way he's getting these kills and the point of the game he's finding these frags.
Very suppressive, Warper.
Okay, so Bomb goes down, gives them a little bit more to work with for this fight around the play now, Astralis.
Oh
So tough when you look at the money for a show all this here
I have to pull it back with parts and pans
You are getting long control
So what if you get long control where I have a couple players tunnels and try and
the exec
Give it a go. It's right. I'm just trying. Yeah, that's the coach Chad coming in there. That's
But that's what we might be done here.
Give it a go.
But money still isn't great for Furia, right?
All it's going to take is this round.
There's only three round games.
It's right there.
You've got to stop getting picked off there.
They played the last two rounds, 4v5,
losing the opening engagements both times.
With going out long, it's going to be the coin toss, right?
You may or may not get that space without going down.
You might even find the opener.
But you don't have your orb now to try and control Molo's movements.
Trying to default now doesn't feel like it either, a mid to B, get a bit grimy.
Remember last time you mid to B you got unlucky because you couldn't get the double kill with
the spam.
True.
Haven't gone back to it have they?
So you've got to do this though with no AWP, three Galils, a single AK to stare.
No real aggression in the CTs, where is Molodoy?
the danger man, currently at the long corner.
Taking control of short as we speak,
stair leading the way in that regard.
Here's the Molotov in deep.
Yabbi's gotta be really careful,
falling and pushing into the previous round.
You know he loves it, seeing the jumping as well.
Utility to show a long take.
So Molotov is gonna stick around at the corner
waiting for the counter flashes ones there of course he's not gonna miss I was
into it Mullidoy pulling away Yabi and really has ripped apart the chances
almost trawlers he had hit that I'm so moving into the side of Rosie he's gonna
kill on this take nine hooks he reigniting some hope but then falling in
Yuri with two kills right back and still not over safe plan
Maladoy is alive.
Yeah, that's true.
Is it on the back of Yuri here?
Oh, no!
Hooksie walking in the open. Maladoy's gone down.
Great shot from Stare, but can he clutch it?
He waits at Gandalf as Yuri moves in towards Ramp.
Stare has no info as to where he is.
Every angle he's taken a dink.
Flash to the sky.
And Yuri running him down with confidence and he will just spam him down to the side of the boxes
It will be Furia to bounce back here some massive moments from Moldova and Furia still looking for the playoffs
I
and
I'm first, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, okay?
I'm ready to flash
Flash mid
One more on the side
Flash one on the side
One more to the side, one more B
Two B, one more B, one more B, I think
I kill box B
Side, side
Nice
Thank you
I'm leaving long, I think it's fine
Three, two, one
Rampage on the left.
Flashing on the right.
Flashing one more!
He's low, he's low, bro.
I'm playing rambo Molly.
Let me up.
Rampy, bo bo bo!
Yeah, flashing over window.
Flashing over window.
I can flash again soon.
No one has crossed.
I have the cross.
He has flashed.
He's still not crossed.
Flashing again.
Flashing again.
I'm not, no one has crossed.
Flashing.
Flashing close.
Flashing up window.
Flashing up window.
Flashing up.
I got off.
Nice, top side, top side, top side.
Nice, good team, let's go.
Hold flank guys, I'll throw flash.
I'll throw now, Yuri.
I'll throw her, he's falling.
Just wait a little bit.
I'll throw a flash guys, I don't know about us, feel.
One short.
Nice, nice, let's go.
Flash off, I'm going.
Flash right side as well, flash back.
I smoke, I'm going to smoke.
Two smokes CT, we're good.
Nice.
One more close, let's smoke.
CT, CT, CT.
Dead.
I smoke short guys, I smoke short.
Short, short, short, half of CT.
I'm peeking
Nice
Nice, nice
He's peeking me
There, I go
Nice
Nice
I'm blind
I'm Molly short
I'm Molly short
Probably break again
I'm Molly short, be ready side
Are you touching the whole time? I can do Molly short
I'm Molly short
I'm Molly short
I'm Molly short
I'm Molly behind you
I'm Molly short
Go, we go
Living site now.
Smoke short, smoke short you guys!
Band one, band one!
One more short, I'm burning.
Short and probably CT.
I have short.
There's an upland depot soon.
I've not saved here.
CT, yes, and the other guy was short.
He could go long.
Watch out, Bobo.
Baking.
If you're running, you're down.
CT, CT, I'm running.
Both, CT.
Both.
Up is platform, can you take it?
Yeah.
I'll pull it.
You can.
All the way down, we go.
Yep.
Oh, okay.
No!
X7!
X7!
Of course bro!
I'm gonna send this ID to the right
W now?
Yeah, to the left
Left?
Left, left, left
Left, left, left
W?
W
I'm gonna send it to the left
M
I'm gonna have to use the W.
That's great.
Man, I'm gonna have to use the W.
The W?
That's cool.
The W?
The W?
I'm gonna have to use the W.
I'm gonna have to use the W.
That's not to help you, bro.
Here we go.
I won, I won.
We need some time finished, bro.
You won?
Bro, we didn't find the bomb, dude.
I'm gonna kill you.
Right.
Is he on his own?
Yeah, he's on his right.
Fuck.
He's on his right.
He's on his right.
Right.
He's on his right.
He's on his right.
He's here.
Here.
Bomb?
Yes, yes.
Your mark.
Your mark.
Your mark.
Back, back, back.
To the left. To the left. To the left.
Secret, secret.
I'm going to the left. I'm going to the left.
Take it off. Take it off.
Take it off.
Take it off.
What is this?
I can't, I can't.
There, right?
Pass?
I'm going to the front. Go, go, go.
I'm going to the back.
I'm gonna push W
Yeah
I'm gonna push W
Right, right, right
Shoot left, shoot left
Left, left, left, left
I think I can
Right, right
Left, left, left
Left, left, left
Left, left, left, left
Right, left, left, left
Don't scream!
Don't shout!
Don't shout!
Don't shout!
Don't shout!
Don't shout!
Don't shout!
I'm pushing him, I'm pushing him!
Hit him!
Hit him!
Hey, help me!
Wait, wait, wait!
I'm so hard!
I'm so hard!
The problem is I don't know the map at all!
I'm so hard!
I don't know what's happening!
This is really sad.
We are in the front.
We are in front of you.
You are not out there now.
We are here.
He's moving, he's moving.
He's moving, he's moving.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
Go.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I was in the final of the bomb, bro.
To the right, to the right.
To the right, man, it's normal.
Left, left, left, left.
Go, go, go, go, go.
I'm on the right.
Right.
Under you, under the right.
Under you, under the right.
Get up, get up, get up.
Oh my god!
Oh, bro!
Take save!
Take save!
Of course, bro!
Of course, bro!
Easy, easy that way.
Second, second.
Right, right.
I don't know what to do.
Right?
He's not here.
He's not here.
I'll take the first floor.
Take the second floor.
Take the second floor.
What the hell?
Take the second floor.
Bro, it's so hard.
It's actually so hard.
I'll put it here.
Bro, I'll put it right in front of you.
Right in front of you.
I'll put it here.
Yes, yes, yes.
I'll put it here.
Right in front of you.
I will restart again. Let's go.
Restarting bro.
Yes, yes, run like this.
Double, double, double.
Put a little forward.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Go, go, go, go.
Go, go, go, go.
Wait, wait, stop.
Stop, stop, stop.
30 seconds.
30 seconds.
I'm going to shoot you.
Stop, stop, stop.
I killed him, I killed him.
I'm going to die.
I'm going to die.
I'm going to die.
Let's go!
Run to the left!
Run to the left!
Take cover!
Sit down!
No one is there!
Agasha!
Take cover!
Take cover!
He is not coming!
He is coming!
He is coming!
Take cover!
30 degrees, 30 degrees.
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on!
Lower, lower!
What the hell!
Give me your hand, I'll give you a bullet.
Great!
Mato!
Kill him!
Yeah, bro.
Great!
Hard, bro.
DJ is easy.
Easy nahui.
When I was 11 they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.
I chose to go full CS, just to sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.
Force is a huge deal to be high alone face it.
The best advice is that you need to love the game.
In the end, I'm going to be a good player.
I have a family for a shot!
I have a family for a shot!
I have a family for a shot!
So, that's it for this video, I hope you enjoyed it, I'll see you in the next one, peace out.
This could be the last time that we watch online Counter-Strike certainly here at this event we've got ESL
Pro League season 23 final map of the group stages, Furia versus Astralis, one spot left
in the playoffs, and it's all up for grabs right here.
How fitting is it that it's on Inferno. Can a brother get a hell yeah?
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
Oh yeah.
Deciding map, we love it.
Do we really?
But we'll find out.
Except for the saving.
I think Astralis love it, right? With how tactical they get to play this.
It gets to be more like Nuke than Dastu is.
Fallen lets out a roar or a goon.
I'll let you decide.
He's getting up there, boys. Give him one.
E.T.O. is Arena?
Yeah. That was the fucking...
Arena. It's Arena.
It's Arena.
Arena. Arena.
Can you please get me to Arena?
Why, ask me.
I don't play Arena, bro.
You need your help, bro.
It is indeed an Arena event.
If we make it, it will be sit there coached in the seat of fallen.
Seriously?
Look, we've mentioned a couple times that players aren't always on top of the details of the events.
Four mats, we just got a nice little plight.
They just played the game in front of them.
Okay, here we go then. It is the T side start.
We've got plenty of Utah on this T side here.
Couple of smokes, couple of flashes of decoy, and a Molotov suggests a B finish.
We'll see how this one goes. Nice opener there from Fuzi.
we'll be finding Yuri as we reset things now.
Yakindar left towards the top of banana.
So plenty of options available to them.
Hey, Raju's still here.
Yeah, what up?
You notice Henry also says Yakindar?
Wait a minute.
Say it again, Hank.
See, it's not just an American thing.
Yakindar.
I thought a Brit would never say it's Yakindar.
I don't know what I should normally say.
I'm quite tired.
I'm going to be too bad, me too.
Yakindar.
Don't let him shame you.
Kind of.
Rush has been bullying people today.
The odds come in with a little bit of spice there.
There you go, call him Little Guy.
Well, Fosy getting back into the site.
Yabbi winning the pin, and those Jewelburudders
sound dead lever yet to make any real damage.
Finally, Fosy getting his frag and then overwhelmed by Molotov.
Did well enough.
Yeah, it's open, though.
Respect to Yabbi as well, fighting inside the Molotov
the whole way through, burns all the way down to nothing
but gets his one kill.
A flame walker.
Molotov's to Molotov.
He'll be going for a potential backstab holding towards a boiler room right now. No kit for the CT side on this retake a hooksy flash. Oh
Yes, Rado's come through with the equalizer
Okay
Okay, it's a model.
Oh, go in now for a full-on fight.
He's finally dealt with, but it sets up Mollanoid.
That's it.
Okay, without me, it looked easy anyway.
He's so cool in the clutch.
Three kills. He can kick off in front of it.
Feels like he's just playing a pug.
If you go back to, like, just two, he feels like he's just pugging around.
He's just going, he's just fragging.
What if you were going to make the run all the way to the final?
We had Sid.
We have Sid.
And it's just Molotov.
And then have Molotov.
We saw Tyloo do it at Fisher Playgrounds. They got their grand foe.
Zouking's a little bit different, isn't he?
I don't know, is he?
Former pro.
Former pro.
I don't know, Sid's background.
I don't know. I don't know, but it wasn't a former pro.
Zouking was on the top champions to have a low.
He was playing with Advent.
See if you can find his face at Pro5, Jason.
Good idea.
Like, if he doesn't have any pro games on record, excuse me, it'd be a good idea
to understand if he's played any face at Pugs.
If you go to his liquid pita, you can grab his face, he's a pro-file.
He's gonna be a counter-strike, Coach. You gotta have some competitive experience.
He doesn't have... He doesn't have statistics.
There's not even a statistics page.
Uh...
Our size, Coach.
Yep.
I know how to do liquid pita, can you, Joe?
Just... Just checking.
We have the force by here.
We'll give you that information shortly. We'll see whether Astralis can...
Fend them off here with a little they have a couple of pistols make it three of them to MP9's
They have got the right read release, but there's so much pressure
Surrounding them multiple players taking control of the outside and library
Smokes going down the replay
God has pushed a smoke got himself a hundred. He's over the ace here. What the hell just happens
Stare tapping, trying to finish everybody off and your kindar doesn't want to feed him,
doesn't want to give him that ace. He's going to back away and go towards Boiler,
but the round's already done. Incredible round from Stare.
Yeah, but he'll take you on the decal and they've equalized.
That is absolutely insane. It was looking perfect.
That was mental.
Okay, that changes everything.
They don't even lose a player in that round.
Alright.
I can't believe that.
Here it is.
So Arch Smoke in it on the cast.
Perfect timing.
Oh my God.
Woof.
You're a little bit sad.
You're a little bit sad right now.
I wanted to beat you and make highlight,
but you're just killing everyone.
Yeah!
Fossed my bat the other way.
Jason, what's the same?
Hi, well it's Facing Games recently.
One of the fifth of March one of the fourth of March and before that is level ten at least no no
number nine
Professional counter strike experience back in 2011 chat. He played at the WCG my era the world cyber games Brazil online qualifier number four
He placed eighth to eleventh doesn't sound in the qualifier
So he's more for 1.6 got a guy. Yeah, and we're not to be to be clear. I'm not challenging him as a coach
I'm just saying him as a player. Yeah
Doesn't bone well
That's level nine the world though, maybe we'll find out
Well, will we as a straw? That's a great point
Well, you know what? I bet every coach in Counter-Strike has the occasional day dream of where they have to sub in for a player or not
stage game and they just go in in wreck house
Never plays out that way. It's a good dream though. It's a great dream. We let our dreams
I don't let your dreams be memes or if it's the other way around is that your future someday
Chad my dreams being memes no I'd be in a coach and potentially having to sub in hopefully
not not on both accounts just the subbing part I'll be popping to this three players
to receive fuzzy he's joined the party looks he top row takes one and traded it's just
It's going to be the stair show. That is another impactful round dealing with the four-spike.
Once another three kills against himself, eight to one on the scoreboard.
We're watching a thing of beauty develop right now, gentlemen.
Yeah, if we could see Astralis get out to a nice lead play from the front like they got to on Nuke,
that would go a long way for him. So, stairs getting him started in the right foot,
turning this round around immediately.
Who are you looking for, 7-1?
Looking for 6-1, I think.
Come on, man. It's the joke with the...
You had it on Nuke. I was having dinner. He had 7-1 now.
Yeah, I know, but did you catch it?
No, we let it go.
Ah, yeah.
That time, this time, we did not let it go.
Unless.
All right, they're on eco.
Full eco.
I'm going to check the mailbag for one last final time.
It probably will be the last rummage.
The last rummage in the stack.
The last rummage.
Last one ever.
Shell mailbag.
Better making some good ones.
We've got great memories here.
On its final, especially.
Yes, indeed, we have random doors.
The doors.
You're gonna make me cry, guys. Come on.
Yeah, it's a lot, isn't it?
What was your favorite moment, Rasha?
Flash!
Flash.
That was a funny bit we had.
That was good.
That was a good one.
Oh, was it?
Oh, it was a good one.
Oh!
Oh!
It's a lot of flashes, sorry.
I'll control it.
Once you start, you can't stop.
Alright, nothing in the mouth, I think.
No, I don't like this.
I don't like this.
There's not even one.
It was all a bit serious.
Yeah.
After everything being through sometimes a bit serious. Oh, you missed we had a little bit of an investigation Chad
You missed that you weren't here. What did I miss? Just someone decided to try and like investigate Henry's claim of utility and
They mean they didn't disprove him. It was yeah, not really much to follow up. I think the jury fell out, but
That did happen. Jerry's not out for me
Yeah, that works
Alright, let's just get a bunch of them.
Move on.
It's the last game of the group stage.
Alright, yeah.
The fumes have started to set in here.
Ten days of this shit will get to you.
But we're going to lock in.
Here we go.
Oh, stairs.
Brought down low.
Going to be forced back away from the choke point.
Dave does a little bit more damage.
16 HP left on stairs.
They were all lined up in case he got that kill.
They were primed and ready for it.
So, still another week by here.
All things considered, there's Galels.
Still the majority of the Util.
It's a Hooksy MP7.
Who's here with the AK-8 towards Armsight here.
It's damaged Deli, Stare, the Danger Man,
8-1, 16 HP.
That's right, not the Smurge.
Where am I going? Fury, I have one of the most aggressive CC sides
you're ever going to see on Inferno.
so that that's to come
Rio better have a great round and Fuzi better be ready to shift over and support
second smoke for RAP side the hit is on
Re-waiting
but not really getting the contact just yet
eventually they're coming towards his crosshairs
Fuzi inside the side, Yavi on the wrap around
and a 4-1 lead as Frost has cleaned that up easily
that felt much easier than I expected it to be
no problems whatsoever that smoke clears
nobody was at home to hold it
easy wraparound brackets to clean up the attack. Lovely stuff, 4-1 in the favor of
Astralis. And even with the 4 stage loss bonus there's no plant, no real kills
found here, partial by territory once again. At least it can be dangerous round still though,
you're going to have to take 9, the Kevlar, couple of flashes, very sick indeed. Astralis is looking good, definitely the
favorite team right now to make it to the playoffs, last slot here at ESL Pro League season 23.
Oh, they're just gonna they're just gonna barrel a man. They're waiting for them on the other side is
Then we go
And he always come back into the angle the whole top made
They just walk over it fall in gonna be tagged
And now we you finishing them off its motorway going down fallen even the walking wounded still find an impact
But are you destroying them shutting them down where you want to the air city?
There we go all five kills for you now. That's an ace
That's a lovely ace at a high pressure situation. Yeah, it's great fashion. No messing around
No way to finish it with the D. Goal as well. It's usually more stylish that way
Yeah, that puts it in the frag mode for sure
Boom how do you got the good animation to
Okay, five to one guns out
not a great start
Before you came down zero and six usually such an important player here for fury on this map in particular
He's gone into banana
Now the fury and no it's an arena
It's all to play for all the mentors got to them now this team
Guarantee you should new yeah
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Are you reeked up into the apartments?
Astralis with passive A sub this time they're gonna have foesies off over towards B
Clear the sandbags out with the militals
As you're trying to flick up towards that half wall jump spot
Now you've given up the angle, you can't go back without a flashbang.
Yeah, seems to be. Just planting his feet, not gonna put himself on harm's way.
Bold though, this means they can actually walk around the half wall, he wouldn't have known they were at the board,
so backs away from the angle eventually, smoked off, counter utility used.
Fosy and Stare State double up at the B bomb site.
It's Yabby and Cubby on rap side.
Hooksy and Ryu to defend the bomb site itself.
Nobody in pit.
Okay, need to find some momentum here, Furia.
What have you got for us?
It's Hooksy lying in wait.
Mb7 in hand.
Yabby.
The whole crew's here.
Great setup.
And they convert it. It's hooks you to open things up here looking for that double
It's gonna be real hit towards the bombsite corner itself
But it's gonna be well-handled fury up there finally bounce back here and find my second round. Oh wait. Oh nope. Nope
I ran out of time
No, not not joking. Oh
It's not me. It's the game that said it crazy. Oh my god
I was going so well
I actually didn't even notice the time was that low when there were three defenders in the bombsite and the kills came from
wrap side no one watching that smoke I was like well that's the rounds eight
seconds as it begins they don't even get close I don't think they realize yeah
they didn't even realize oh no that could be a yeah nice
okay we'll take care of it and he kills that not that great guys but we still
got the win we'll take it all day long okay that's look at the money and
Fosy crazy walk and hook see
Yeah, both chillin a 10k
So overtime money
That's that's a kind of round-offs that'll really really just make this a difficult half the rest of the way
Yeah, I'm gonna be nearly as fluid. Combs are gonna be a little bit shut down
So they're looking for an individual effort to spark them back up
Posey
He's very committed and will be spammed down
So once you miss that shot and you get slow by all the nades, there's just no getting out of that
You're gonna be spammed out by your kindar opening kill will fall in favor of fury up
But where will they take it?
You just mark for it back to the B also when this smoke fades
There's a flashbang set up here to activate
Stare at sandbags whatever he calls for but it's quiet the approach is very quiet not cleared not cleared easy kill
Second Flash does blind them but he's got to get away.
Get a stand as-
Oh!
...takes three!
Unreal, Starr is setting Astralis up for success.
Yeah, another massive moment here from Starr. Just like that second round.
Oh, this lurk though. He's found the gap.
Yuri has indeed found Ryu.
If he hears the footsteps coming up mid though.
That's the bomb, yeah.
Yeah, Yabi looks at this round.
Oh, but Molodoy changing his pathway.
Yabi's still going to deal with it.
Bomb goes down to the apartment.
Can't get to that.
And yeah, just run away. I looked at the clock this time
I could tell you it's
Which one of you guys are to shout at time
Okay, thanks. Yeah, you want to be silly after that one Jason 7-1
7-1 seven once happened as well. It's once again. It's all lining up against the Brazilians
Time to go time out for fury up maximum loss bonus for pretty getting anyone near the plants here running at a time
Starr with another hat trick, beautifully played,
dominating them right now as he goes up 11 to 4.
He has had crazy levels of impact.
They've lost one single round here.
It was a bit of a fumbled pistol, it felt like,
but that second round forced by the MP9 swing from Starr.
To put it simply, there's no way to quantify the level of impact
that Starr has had just by winning the second rounds.
This could be a completely different game.
Unreal. It's a partial buy again. They don't even have enough to bring out an AK-47. They have to do the tech nines.
Oh no.
And even then, what's your plan? You try and go for a fast pop-up at the apartments? That's the normal go-to?
Oh, Molotoy, last second. Purchase the Hero AK, so...
That's a fallen call. Molotoy, get the AK.
Let's see what we can do with it.
to do with it
seven one lead here for Astralis
take it slow to begin
pointing out the initial nades to all Astralis being sent down banana
and towards top middle
smoke drop in banana and now they start to move up they still have the majority of
the utuas so not the end of the world's oh nice setup this is a really good time
that's all right yeah it's fine so good it brody guys have to call this their
biggest concern right now is a BXQ which is that oh the question about mid
a question mark smoke top mid though they miss but it's not like there was
already the B suck in place so Astralis are essentially reading this
is there a smoke back sites for the yep there you go thank you rush
Thanks for playing so they are set up for this
What type of CT smoke do they throw right isn't the one that's gonna have to answer one and they might they're gonna throw on contact
So he's gonna have vision. Yes for vision
Start you might have me activated chops up your kinder first
Yeah
before this. Hooksies in the head right now, mate. That was a stack that was called the entire round.
They knew this was going to be a replay, absolutely no matter what. Hooksies against the last kill,
8-1. Three for Starrick, by the way. Yeah, another 3K. 14 and 5.
You think it's a hard reader? We just wrecked them at A. They're not coming back here.
I guess that's a read in a way, right? It's always a fine line between a gamble and a read,
but it's insane, right? They are just absolutely spoon feeding them right now.
This is like back to Nuke, where you're just like three steps ahead of them tactically.
Just to think this all started with Stare getting that multi-kill coming out of the smoke on the four-spy
And they've got eight consecutive rounds. Oh, it feels good to hook, see.
You're having a great time out there.
Similar scenes to what we saw on Nuke. Exactly.
Shouldn't have told him it was an arena game, Sid.
Oh, yeah, the bucket.
Hit it through the wall.
Yeah, he did. Nails in.
Down to 8 HP. That's your most aggressive blab.
Silence. That's pretty much a kind of life on it for now, though.
Yes, he lives and dies by the sword, for sure.
Just getting blasted
Down the HP
You'll see it on CT side whether they even get that far to get it all gun rounds
That's true might actually have a gun run gets super aggressive towards banana always good for one him and fallen the tag team duo
Better through that smoke now stairs feeling awfully lonely out there
Smoke is down fury is gonna respect it. Oh, yes, although they're not falling. What's to come through?
Yep, just going right through him. And Starrot is waiting for it.
And just a single kill this time from Starrot.
So 4v4, into the site there, Huxi is going to try to hold on.
He's got the AK at the back of the new box.
Flashes up, he's planted both players, he's got info.
But Huxi's burning into the open, you can't always get that frag on HB.
Now it's Fruzzi's turn. He'll miss his chance.
And he's spammed down here, so fuel it.
Oh my god! But what?!
This is a steamy falling back, isn't it?
You don't expect him to step forward around that corner.
this ago but you take your time right you don't need to rush this right you
need to stay alive let yabbi work up banana the 40 seconds on the clock
right now if they come in late there's an opportunity for this still it's the
sandbag fight from yabbi that is everything unless your kid just takes
this one on the old there you go okay forget about it forget about it I said
that AK-47 you know you want it come on yabbi great stickers on that yeah
Yeah, these...
...des.
Yeah, beautiful stickers on it.
Won't get to play with it now.
Eight to two.
Time out for Astralis.
Wanted to make sure our Furia don't run it back.
Don't let them get four rounds in this house.
Agreed.
If you're Astralis...
...the general sentiment stands, but...
When you have so few rounds that have worked for Furia...
...it's also hard to...
...expect what they're going to call into now.
Yeah
So in a way they've got that going for them don't they now Molo's got the all-power
I think they got to be I mean if I'm fury I'm thinking my
A execs have probably if I'm fury on my eggs
I've gone a little bit probably better than it feels like that round that they actually crack in and make it work
And I'm not a time problem yet
Yeah, that might be an area where furious like we found kind of what we've wanted
Even if the fights and the executors and played out the way we like it to like it's there
They're playing for A. Hooks is topping on his own.
They're playing for top mid control.
Portra boosters up.
I don't mind this now.
They're not going to stay in this the whole round, right?
Well, at least I wouldn't assume they're going to stay in this seat the entire time.
They'll be ahead of that long smoke so stair can try and spam through to bait to make it feel like they're not playing the top mid control
The ball doesn't flush him out. Oh, he's misthrowning his incendiary there
Missed throwing an A as well. Oh
Yabbi's swinging around top middle falling in Kassurado
Ripped away and a minute left still in the realm, but a 3v5 and oh
Oh, you just feel like your heart's being ripped out of the rounds here if you're furious you're gonna miss your utility
I'm just gonna do it myself
He's he's absolutely goofed his nades
They put the concept work to the sense of all the guy behind the long smoke is about middle
He's throwing double. Hey cheese trying to Moli us. Let's take the space and then yabbi just snaps into action
But the fact that like he could have you know, maybe it's a good thing. He missed the mid
Maybe it was intentional one of those chestnut
Yeah, there we go.
Now we're talking.
It was all part of the plan for young staff.
I can't believe every other team is going to start picking that up.
We're going to see that Molotov miss by everyone doing the Astralis tactic.
Well, the save tactic will have to be deployed here.
There's nothing left to do, and it's nine rounds for Astralis.
You're in the bin right now, are you?
Yeah, for real.
This is generally considered to be slightly T-sided as well in Inferno,
so you're not in a good place whatsoever.
They lost some real heartbreaking rounds.
breaking rounds. Round number two, lost a time.
Yeah, that's the time one as well. Just when you're getting going. And then stare again,
stepping up in a free-k shot now.
Yeah, I can't say enough about how he got Astralis started in this half.
Yeah, absolutely. They've picked up one round since. Feels like a certainty at this point.
They're game to lose.
Fury has been light on the timeouts this half as well for getting battered the way
there what they call like what oh well hello second time out really looking for
that third round on this T side the big deep air fallen what have you got for us
even if they do make it through three years rear three one final time fallen
will not be making it to the playoffs I believe it's a visa situation no I think
you just have something important to do in Brazil I don't know what the
important thing is right could be that it could be but it but it yeah you know I
we don't have the details you don't assume it's just something important right
gonna cover everything me if I'll one of those scenarios was like it's gonna
wedding it's like a prior I've agreed I'll be here you know but I don't know
he just won't be there that's the bottom line that is and that's the bottom line
bozo at this juncture it doesn't look like that we it won't be an issue
Anyway guys they're in a very difficult uphill battle now if we get two Swedes in the arena
So is he number two? He's gonna love it out there. He's gonna have a great time
It's gonna be a wonderful time some of the sweet hands. I know so what mice is gonna be that too
So if you're right, it's gonna be there all the sweets had this myster is for us. Are we getting a forest appearance?
He's doing something with an IP. I know that
All right a little meet and greet at the nip offices
At some point think about pizza
That's what I did.
You let it cool down.
Microwave pizza in the first place.
What are you doing?
Second of all, let it cool down.
Don't put that molten cheese on the tongue.
I'm not furious.
Gaze up a third.
Gaze up a little bit.
Execute working up and over.
Falling.
Making the room.
He's got to go for Avenue.
They can set up in a staging area.
They have lots of nays.
They're going.
And Fosy awaits.
Inside of the B-bomb site, utility flying towards him
does not want to stand in the flames, but he misses his shot.
Starr is waiting for his time to strike.
Yikindar's got his opening frag.
Moldova sending one right back through the smoke.
And Carl's coming for Furia, fighting hard for their third round of the win.
You're only going to catch Fallen up guard of the stack one time.
There's a nice pick from Moldova in the rotation over, and that's the round.
It's going to be a third for Furia.
Right at the tail, and just barely enough as they try and get that final spot in the playoffs.
Ryu's gonna get a couple of garbage kills here at the end that don't have a whole lot of impacts.
And at some point, this half is going to come to a climb.
At some point, this kill is gonna come in.
Ryu's gonna get... There we go!
Malador at the final.
9-3 for Astralis. Incredible look, and they've got plenty of time to make it to the playoffs.
I've been searching and searching for quite a long time
Been looking all over without a sign
Through highs and lows that I've never been before
Now from the missing part that I've been looking for
Yeah, I've been looking for, I've been looking for
Yeah, I've been looking for, I've been looking for
What I've been looking for
I've been searching all over
through night and day
Been looking all over
in every way
I've lost some blind people
from darkness dawn
I've found some messages that I've been searching for
Yeah, I had a funny boy
I had a funny boy
I had a funny boy that I didn't get for
What I've been through before
I've been all over
From east to west
From coast to coast
In the darkness
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, Astralis looking like they are going to book their spots in the playoffs.
They would take one stellar comeback from Fury.
I just don't know if they have it in them.
You know, you were talking about this, Jason.
You know that they're not going to be playing with Fallen.
Do you have that dog in you to pull this back?
mentality strong enough to pull the comeback chatty's got it quite obviously
I don't know if these boys do on the furious side of things especially after
the things they had to deal with in that first half I don't know if you can put
that behind your mind with the knowledge that even if you do it's not gonna be the
full lineup inside the arena well then let's see what they've got so they have
it perfect CT side it's a perfect CT side we haven't seen one of those in
years it all starts here but Bigfoot feels like a must-win pistol at
the stage.
They can die, like I said, one of the most aggressive players in CS2 in this position.
Tag team partner have fallen.
Hooksie's been keeping it simple all day long.
This is a B finish.
They ain't never turning around.
How long can they delay?
Can they chip anything away before this execute hits the site?
All right, here we go.
Lined up.
Utilities out.
Defensive smoke deployed.
They're going to have to come through it and you cannot march in his way and fall in
Oh, it's going to go down at range great shot here from staff and the straws are into the bomb site
Remember from dust to the entries don't matter remember that from dust to the point
Yeah, we could see if you're a still unravel this hold on to this boys. Hope. She's down the hard work
You don't lose this hook see he knows
Oh god, he stepped up, Casarotto, can you get a follow up?
Flows you taking down, Ragnaruzzi's down, and all of a sudden a 3v3 furious still with
a shot at this, a shot at the equestive, Humpteen Down CT spawned, they've got that position,
but they're diffusing, they're diffusing and it stopped.
And so that should be it.
That is it.
That is it.
That's gonna be double digits in the first round of the center.
You fuck her up when he switched to burst fire?
That's what's happening.
As soon as he's jumping around the corner with burst fire, I'm thinking, bro, what
What year is it?
Oh no!
You did not enjoy that, but still, they get the win.
No fumble here.
Great entries as well.
Stab.
Just opening frag.
Beautiful stuff.
He's been having a banger, hasn't he?
Oh yeah.
He's getting taken out to a nice dinner for this game.
I'm glad we're getting to see him flourish as a player, right?
Because he always felt like he had it.
Oh lads.
Oh jeez.
Oh my giddy art.
Okay.
Um yeah, they lose strength.
They are not going to the arena.
It is over.
Rush, do you co-sign that?
Isn't there like some kind of like, double elim or something?
Yeah, last chance.
It's the Swiss.
This is not LG, is it?
No, this is not LG.
All right, good.
So what do we got?
One Famous, a P250, a couple of 5.7s and a D. Eagle.
No, not much.
It doesn't feel like a no.
But it's a classic 4.1.
Do they execute into the trap of the 4-man P-stack,
or do they avoid it and execute A?
Not today.
Hoax, he's not executing.
We've got a Mach 10 in the lift.
You want to send the Mach 10 in first.
So exactly what we call here.
Well, Hoax has already done a good job.
I mean look how fast they scale banana they forced out the initial smoke really early on
about a minute and thirty five
Perfect
Yeah
Hooksie gets one and he causes multiple players here
Get in towards A quickly boys
Here's his one
Get ready for it
And now we get taken down
Oh the bomb's coming
The bomb's coming
Oh
We're in though
And now they know Kassarados though so feel like you know that
Yeah but your kinder's running as well he's on his horse back to the A bomb site
Yeah the molodoy
He will have to do something
Give the Diggler a chance
Just give the Diggler a chance
If any player could step up in this position, Jason, is Molo-Doy.
Oh, hello, Smoke.
He's gone through it.
Molo-Doy, magical!
Oh!
Yeah, I'll pull a shot out from Molo-Doy.
I doke him.
Oh, you killed those 5'7", next pass.
He's got a dink.
That's pretty much it.
So, 11-3.
This is actual worst case.
Because it was 4-1, and they execute an A, and you only lose Molo-Doy.
You keep four guns, you go again to the next.
The fact that you have absolutely been stripped.
Yeah, but you have to weaker her, technically, bro.
It's gonna be serious. You will not be winning this game. Well, you're forced by other game. Yeah, I think you have to force by well based off
Based off the based off new code. Yeah, he got a good to for 12 and just played from what 410 or something like that 412 excuse me
Changing their tier in this time
157 make it to a smoke and a flash
No Kevlar of course and it's going to be series point playoff points. Oh, yeah, there's
Astralis
this new project
bringing in fozy and
real
Drop in the Danes bring a sweet
Real chance closes out to zero as well that come back. It's close
12 6 down or something. Yeah, and then we had the jumping Moldova nose car
off disgusting yeah Tina didn't have
molotov probably they probably would have
come back against that team I'm not even
molotov save for you now okay a miracle
required here surely we just execute
b-boys even even if you're going into
an eco stack with a vx cute you win in
the round you have smoked coffee to smoke
ct away you go Molly in a flash simple
stuff right like that that should be
come back to a they're just checking it
He just took the options you got hooksy top banana you still got yabby clearing up mid
It's okay, really just got the follow-up frag it see sniffing around be look how passive your kinder is
He's praying for a chance to make it to the plan to me. All right. What's he hoping to do kinder?
If you look under the open someone like pushes into ruins post-plotting gets like a guy
He's just a secret stash Henry. It's how it's Harry's bit your kinder
This is God. You're in the right place.
Okay, well that is round. I'm like exactly just hopes that someone pushes the ruins.
Exit, exit weapon, right? Like I was thinking I want to not want a rifle.
Molotov's got a glill that was dropped.
It's pretty hopeful.
Or a goblin defuse, 10 seconds.
All the full 10 seconds stick to fuse.
That'd be one way to lose a round.
Chad is full ratten.
He is ratten.
He is a, he's a, he's a seed extract right now.
I think it's Seed Vault, technically, but he's ready to go.
Arcraid is reference to that, guys.
It's okay.
Okay, I was so...
We've had a few of them.
I was like, okay, I'd not get this.
Chad, I saw you invite me to play Arcraid yesterday.
Yeah, it was actually today.
Was it today?
Yeah.
I was like...
I just came back and just saw the invite.
What's the price?
12 to 3.
Stay, go down.
But surely this is...
You don't give this one up.
How do you lose your 12-3?
I don't know, but if ever there was an organization that could find a way.
It would be G2 or Falcons.
Or Liquid.
Or is that right?
Or Faze.
Or Faze, perhaps.
Yes, I think for Liquid is that they'd have to be up in that position, Jason.
Well, we'll get there one day.
A couple of teams that we will put ahead of Astralis.
Check up.
Check it up, not fall, and we play tomorrow.
We play tomorrow.
Oh, countin' their chickens before they hatch, I believe that's called.
Surely you're gonna train for that, Mark.
Yeah, I was gonna say. I thought they were all in the environment.
They probably were.
Oh, up top, man. Oh, more or not.
On the top of the splash.
Well, as Henry always says,
I'm saving the road.
Hey, I got a 2v4 this, or 2v5, essentially.
Guys, jingo, lock in.
Locking in, leading forward, we've got Yabbi firing forward.
Kassarano attacking down, Uri out of that, falling self-fighting down.
Falling, giving it a good go, but he's gone and foci.
Fighting for a chance to play in Sweden in his home country needs one final...
HOOOOOO!
...close, but we will have at least one more round.
The problem is, sure, you win that round, but only one player survives.
You get the 3250 from winning the round by virtue of kills,
so you still don't even have a fully equipped round going forward.
You definitely don't have York. You know, say DK2 for masses and an MP7.
Fosey has it all.
Fosey definitely has it all. Their money is absolute. I was about to say fine. It's not.
Why are they not taking the time out to discuss this now, boys? Why are we having
a weird little bit of late buy out of spawn?
You did ask how you could lose from this lead. I think they're trying to give you
a little indication.
Kind of joking that a bit on that.
I'll just tell you where.
Just take the time out.
Yeah.
So now you've got a mixed bag of Gabby as in the end of Kevlar.
And that is an interesting decision.
Okay, some decent space taken, but as we said, very aggressive is yet to be done.
Oh my God!
It's time to get to him.
Oh no!
Oh no!
Oh no!
Yes, I guess the double.
Absolute bullshit.
Yeah, that's one way to do it.
Okay, Scout is going to respond though.
We've got Yabby moving through up towards top middle.
Okay, Bluff.
He's in B!
They're in B!
They've got it.
They've got to be on site.
It might just have the map.
Take that wherever you want smokers up at the moment if you get up on the boxes
You can take that angle to pick one off the retake though
Both play banana boys stairs go for the long raps. Oh my god
This is actually not gonna work out. They're gonna smoke the bomb
Hold the phones. There's other run
He's gonna have full vision. Oh my god always switches out foods to go rifles we can spam the smoke
Who's he this is a self? Yes, there has one
Astralis will be present in the playoffs here in Sweden.
Stalker will welcome Astralis.
We'll see if they go to the stars in the playoffs,
but for Furia they fall short in the final game of groups.
Follower was not going to attend regardless.
But for Astralis, this has got to feel so good.
Back in the playoffs with this new roster.
Why do you want a nine-faster in that map right there?
That is a nice match, a 13-4.
Running into the star player of this squad,
It's taken him some time. He's getting better and better every tournament you see in player and this new look Astralis
One of the most likeable one of most exciting and best performing Ross's if at him sometime also think about David
We last saw hooksy at the major to close out 2025
He was just distraught at the experience line up not working players in and out
Brought these guys in pure changes were needed. This has got to be a feel-good moment for hooksy as he's led these guys to qualification
Oh, so good. What a game as well
They really have to work for them dust to moments
to look like they could win it.
Molodoy coming online as well.
You thought it'd be a real nuisance here,
but another spectacular performance,
replicating the showing on Nuke as well.
It is the last slot here at ESL Pro League Season 23.
Astralis make it through.
You can see the results on screen there.
They lost to Legacy.
They lost to Maus, but all five series,
this one went the distance, and they've done it boys.
What a show.
I thought you were about to call it, Henry,
when you said, yeah, that was some fallen bullsh**.
Dude, that was ridiculous.
That second shot, the Famous was wild.
made away Famous. Yeah. Okay. Nice. Well, you've liked now. We did bring up the concept
of maybe fury not having their heart completely in it because of the circumstances and really
it's tough to blame them right knowing that if you did qualify you wouldn't have your fully
fledged roster. That is that's the last thing that's going to motivate you isn't it right?
It's okay. So we're going to travel to the other side of the world to play a quarter
final game without falling. Exactly. So look, I don't think this is indicative
of the form of fury that we can expect, but it has been kind of a bumpy road for them
in 2026 so far.
Doesn't look this clean. Whatever, whatever peak they hit in 2025, they haven't been able
to find that consistently again.
Yeah. So look, hopefully they can iron out some of those kinks. I'm not worried about them
no longer being a top team, right? I think we're still going to see them. They're going
to the next event. I'm still going to put them in my top four teams there regardless
of this result right now. I don't think that's really shaking my confidence whatsoever.
But good stuff from Australia. That's right. We have some hungry teams in the playoffs
as far as foot being a couple of legacy.
I can see for sure punchy. Yeah, they can they can call some problems for sure
I know we're gonna do an interview
But are we gonna get the playoff matchups tonight before we go? I don't know that's a good question
I think it should any second now come to us through a God boys in our head. I can imagine I'm it just scrambling
Now they want a graphic okay great let me see if I could just whip that up
What's up, homie?
What's up, guys?
Congratulations.
Thanks.
Thank you.
We have a quick one off the top, mate.
How do you say you're alias?
Fuzzy.
I mean, you could say fuzzy, too.
Oh, we all nailed it.
Wait, wait, wait.
I love that.
Put that last bit back in the can.
I guess it's not like an eye there or something.
It's fine.
You don't want fizzy.
Exactly.
Okay.
Probably not a you, either.
Yeah.
Exactly, okay, probably not a you either. Yeah, or yeah, maybe you made it through another you're the second Swedish player through big arena
How does it feel first of all that's gonna be a massive moment for your career, right?
Yeah, no, it feels great. I mean I played in Stockholm once I think I am winter, but it wasn't the arena
So yeah, I'm looking forward to it a lot. That was just that it's not the best city in Sweden Gothenburg years
That game right there mate, Dust2, you must have felt you had a chance to win that one.
I know you've had a lot of D2 games this year already, but the Skullad 13-9 you could have
broken them late.
It was a close match.
Yeah, I mean, to be honest, I've always struggled a bit on Dust2 in my previous teams
and yeah, I feel like it's been pretty tough for us here also.
I mean, Molotov is difficult to go against in Dust2, isn't he?
That's true as well.
We definitely had a chance. I think we should have had a better seat aside, especially we're getting the pistol run.
Focusing on the maps you won, it felt like for me watching it, for us watching it, Hooksy called it an incredible game.
It seemed like you guys had an awesome game plan. Tactically, you seemed two steps ahead. Did it feel that way for you as well?
Did you feel like you were just ahead of the curve, ahead of Fury when you were playing those maps?
Yeah, I mean, especially on Nuke and Inferno, maybe not as much on Dust2.
But like especially the Nuke T-side right, it felt really comfortable and easy almost.
I think we matched their tempo a bit.
We weren't scared to play fast versus them, even though that's kind of where they thrive
a bit I think.
So yeah, it's all good.
Good.
Yeah, nice.
Hour of luxury.
Yeah.
Okay, let me ask a question here.
When second round of Inferno, you'd lose the pistol and Stare gets that ridiculous
sequence of quad kill out of the outside.
Tell me what the comms were like there.
I must have been like a huge lifeline for morale and in terms of the game in general, I think we heard your you say actually, I was trying to I was trying to bait you and get a highlight.
Bro, I told him to go through and I wanted to bait him and then kill everyone before me. So like, what can I do? You know, dude, he's playing so well right now. It looks like he's like, he's so good.
Is he looking forward to the arena as well? Is he ready to show the world what he can do?
Yeah. Yeah. Thanks.
Yeah, I mean you mentioned some of your different teams that you played on, obviously most recently
in the wildcard department in terms of the highest level, but looking at the difference
between your old teams and this one, what would you say the biggest difference is playing
under Hoaxi?
I think there is a lot more individual responsibility for everything.
standards are obviously way higher here than in my past teams at the lower level. So yeah,
I think the main difference is just the amount of responsibility everyone has to their own, I guess.
Any AI over there, mate? Good question.
Okay, well, we can bring that in, see if you can really help them out with some of that.
But any teams that you would like to match up in the arena?
It would be nice to get revenge for this mouse.
They kind of wrecked us on two maps, we won one, but I think we can play that much better
and it's also fun to play with the other speed.
Well, we have something pretty cool for you.
We're going to find out maybe you get that revenge sooner rather than later.
We do have the playoff bracket in which you look at that.
Oh, it's put on mouse.
Team spirit is flawless.
Okay.
All right, that's your opening game, mate.
I've gone up against Donk and the boys.
Yeah, no problem bro. Okay when that you take on legacy or Aurora and then after that it well
Yeah, the other side I guess you know you're looking at the Mongols Maus Navi and foot in there. Okay. All right. Well
That's that's a that's a tough draw. That's what happens when you're a 2-2 team now, isn't it? Right?
That's how it's gonna go. How do you feel about spirit?
That's fine. I think we
We played decent first and last time we played overpass and I think we kind of I don't know if we should have wanted but
But we should have gotten some more runs at least for sure.
It felt like a pretty good map for us versus them.
We lost some full eco and they were just sitting in water on B-side or something with USBs.
So yeah, it felt decent I think last time we played them.
So yeah.
Good man.
Well good stuff.
You guys are arriving in Stockholm tomorrow.
We'll see you then.
Any last words for the crowd?
Anything you want to say to people at home and all the people supporting you?
Yeah, I mean the support is always great.
So I appreciate everyone tuning in and cheering for us and yeah, especially now in the playoffs
in Stockholm, it's going to be incredible to play versus or in front of a Swedish crowd
for the first time and I'm looking forward to it a lot.
Cheers, mate.
Nice work.
Congratulations, man.
Nice.
Thank you.
Have a good one, guys.
You too.
I'll hold some in there.
I mean, you potentially face a doc there in your first round, not necessarily perhaps
what you want.
He's a good interviewer.
He talks a lot, right?
Yeah, he says things go firstable. Yeah, exactly. That's a good way to frame it right there. But congratulations to Astralis
We'll see them in a couple of days time and well here's the Swiss
Done with the Swiss on a game does a player down with the Swiss for now. Yeah for the next event, but all in all
Look, we've lost a couple of big names in the road. Haven't we furia? Obviously. Thank you
Who didn't make it today phase yet, but they're on the downturn. We lost liquid in the last stage
Yeah, there's some house on a potential downturn. No one team. We did it myself on fall perhaps
We did not miss out on Aurora chat.
That's true. They did qualify.
That was a good win yesterday against G2.
I did call it. Just want to let everybody know.
And Henry can confirm.
You did, you tweeted.
I didn't need to tweet it. We're live on ads.
Stronger than any tweet.
Bring back the VOD.
And here it is again. So...
Oh, legacy Aurora. That'll be fun.
Does the lower side of the bracket look tougher?
Just at first glance?
I don't know. I think...
it looks harder to be honest with you. I think it depends how feisty foot come in to play mouse.
Depends on where your confidence is going. I'm not sure I'm not sure. On those mouths I think
is pretty balanced. Too much faith in I don't have too much faith in Navi but that's going
to be an interesting one between them and Mowgli. On land it would be a different stuff.
They don't have Morrow with them. Yeah that's true we're still on for this spirit here we go.
Okay oh we even have the order Mowgli's Navi first game into legacy Aurora,
Mouse 4 and then Astralis Spirit Trist about the day. It's Friday right? Yes yeah yeah yeah.
All right. So it's interesting there, right?
Because it's opposite sides of the bracket are playing the last two games.
So, you know, it's not like we're going down the bracket.
Yeah. So that is interesting.
So I guess it's it's nice.
Yes, we got all the Swedes in the right at the end of the day.
So mouse with Brawlan and then Fuzi with Astralis.
So that that makes the most sense.
You want to kind of get the wheelie.
I think mouse versus foot would be a fun.
Yeah, that could be a very fun.
Legacy Aurora is going to have fireworks in it.
That should be really brawly.
A lot of kills, a lot of trading.
Yeah. And it's also two national teams.
Yes, that's fun from that perspective as well. Yeah, really nice. Okay, I've wrecked it. Yeah,
Anybody got anything they want to add? Oh really? I'm all good. Okay, cool. Yeah, anything to go?
So I was gonna say like
We're giving away all kind of stuff at the pro league playoffs. I'm gonna hold half of that for you
Go ahead man. It's like a big check. You can be my band away anytime Jason
Yeah, we're giving away all kind of stuff make sure if you haven't gotten tickets or if you haven't gotten a way to
Figure out how to get there in the first place
This is just a testament to that. So come on down. We've got the playoffs.
This mousepad will give you so much aura.
Yeah, well, maybe negative positive. We'll find out.
Let's see how they do in the playoffs. You're watching us at Pro League 2-23.
Goodbye everyone.
I'm such a weirdo, tattoos from my toes through my earlobes
But the world out of I never had a hero, I learned how to live through the stereo
Coming from where I come from, I'm an affiliate
Everything you see ain't what it appears though
Everything that I built made that from zero
Then out of the zero I am my hero
You're sitting in my head with a second in my mind
This beauty in the trash you feel at the same time
When a minute lasts to me, when it was time time
Now I know that they mad at me, I'm all you can find
I'm not from the gay, I come alive at night
I'm not what you used to clearly recognize
They all on the ground while I'm taking flight
You're welcome to join me, I promise I won't bite
When they say they're never getting in my way
And even if I make mistakes
I will always season through
Cause I don't wanna play with your game
I have enough, I'm brainless
So hard I just break
You can never stop spinning off inside of me
Inside of me
Become your monster, I guess I don't fit in with the imposters
I'm picking the mask off, prepare your conscience, prepare for onyx
Cut off all the nonsense, I'm all of your shots, boys
I'm here to stop your home, ever want smoke like a roster, break your heart, pop up.
They say they never get it in my way, and even if I hit my stairs, I will always see you.
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Alright, let's do this
And that's what HELL is of you!
When the notes go from center!
The word is a perfect end!
This is madness!
Damn guys, we almost had this.
Thank god that's over.
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When I was 11, they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.
I chose to go full CS.
It's the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.
You don't need to play face-up, but you should.
The best advice is that you need to love the game, in the end I'm going to be a good player.
I just want to be with you
If you don't want to be with me, then it's impossible
Just give up on that
Don't be with me, okay?
I don't need a big house
I don't need a car
I don't need a big house
I just want to be with you
It's the way it is, the way it is
The way the world is, the way it is
I'm going to let you go
It's a way out of the question
I don't want to tell you
I'm going to tell you
It's a way out of the question
It's a way out of the question