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Baby, I'm a cry that is still left in this
It's fine if I'm not safe, but I'm a fuss on this
When she looked for me, I was scared once
Trying to believe somebody
That is what you need, all you got to do is get it
That is what you need, all you got to do is know
All you got to do is throw it
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of Master Santiago, we're coming at you live from Espacio Reyesco in Santiago, Chile. I'm
Golden Boy. We're back here again with Wyatt and Sideshow for today's doubleheader as everyone
starts to roll on through. We're expecting it to be an incredibly fun game. Now, right
Right off the top, I just want to, you know, let's just get the elephant out of the room
here real fast because we have to acknowledge what happened at the end of yesterday's broadcast.
Now during the draw show for the next round of Swiss matches, the teams were incorrectly
placed in the bracket creating incorrect matchups.
So last night, the global head of Valorant Esports, Leo Faria, announced a redraw, which
is what you're seeing right here on your screen.
We have an entirely new matchup all set up for the next two days of competition.
If you do want to find this full video, it is available to you online so you can watch
it for yourself.
So that means our first match today is going to be Paper X versus NRG.
And then it's going to be Team Liquid versus Gentlemates.
And as you see the other matches roll in, right, we have Tuesday's matches changing.
We're going to have EDG facing off against T1 and XLG versus G2 Esports.
Now it's important to note that the stakes are still the same.
Playoff spots are on the line and today winners will move on.
The losers will have one last opportunity on Wednesday to keep themselves alive, but
it does dramatically change how our bracket looks.
Bro, PaperX vs NRG.
How did we get the Toronto winners against the Champs winners?
Crazy.
And they never played at Champs, by the way.
This is like a brand new matchup.
That's gonna be sick mates liquid two of the finest EU teams brand new rosters
And they've also never ran into each other in kickoff one of them guaranteed a spot in the playoffs like another
Burgeoning new team coming up from Europe that's gonna be there. It's sick. Yeah, it's gonna be huge
Of course, we have great matches across the board and we're expecting it to be fireworks without a doubt
But I think you're already here and you've probably been hearing it for the last couple of days out here in Santiago
the crowd has been simply incredible.
You can hear the passion every single round.
So we actually gave a camera team
to one of our incredible fans
and asked them what it means to be here,
what it means to have BCT in South America,
more importantly, what it means to have the BCT here
in Chile.
Enjoy.
If it wasn't for Valorant, I wouldn't have made so many good friends like this group.
My name is Ignacio, I'm from Chile, from the commune of Maipú.
I've been playing Valorant for five years.
Some friends invited me to watch a group game.
That's when I got hooked on Valorant's competitive side and started to see it more often.
I think for me it's a dream to have the players here.
The part of being with this Chilean fan is not just the passion for a team,
but the passion for the game in general.
making it to play off scan that QR code, cast your vote.
And more importantly, get involved in the conversation
across whatever social media platform you use.
Use the hashtag DCT or master Santiago.
We're going to post the good stuff on the broadcast.
Make sure you bring your A game, all right?
Now, let's go ahead and set the tone a little bit, right?
We've reached that stuff.
We handled some business.
And if there's one thing that Uncle GB likes to do
when he's in the driver's seat, play some dang games.
That's right.
Before we get into our first match,
We're going to play a game that will hopefully
cause an argument here on the desk,
because that is really all I care about,
just conflict with no resolution.
So I am American after all.
So I'm going to read a topic which
we're going to rate with our signs.
Here's our first topic.
The MEA teams, underrated or overrated,
do you want to all potentially not be welcomed in London?
I'm going under.
I'm going underrated.
Yeah, I think it has to be.
Because people are snoozing on the EMEA.
And they've also just got so many inexperienced players,
I think it's easy to doubt them.
And also, I don't want the ire of the region to attack me,
so I'm going this way.
No, no, that's cowardly.
That's truly safe.
And you know what?
I'm OK with that.
OK?
I'm OK.
You heard I'm American.
Other point is that you have Liquid, who I think,
in people's minds, historically, yes,
they make it to the Globals.
But they are on the lower echelon of the teams
at the Globals where they finish.
And then you have BBL new team who started the playoffs historically. That's a curse
And then you have mates who are also filled with new players. Yeah, so yeah
I think there's a lot of reason that might be doubting a little bit. All right
We did it with yesterday. We figured it out if you're doubting after that. You're crazy
Yeah, I don't know. Don't forget so why it also predicted SLG top three. All right moving
It's gonna be sensual agents overrated or underrated
Overrated on sensual agents. Okay. I think they kind of got to be a bit underrated in the sense of no one's even playing them right now
Yeah, so how could they like you got advice? Yeah, but you're there people are not playing very much
I mean we saw we saw a teeny little bit of ice
And we all know chamber is is a phenomenal. I'm gonna go underrated because
What we saw for a mini playing the cypher was phenomenal
I think Cypher is underrated right now also if you're just playing a ranked it's underrated because everyone forgot how to play again
Everyone's in the right mindset of like no sentinels right so like maybe they are
The worst that sentinels have ever been but I do think yeah, you could say that about the old people in this game love
Well, I mean I think you could debate that
But uh
People in this game looks like the send fans love to overreact
Whatever things get nerf they just throw them away, and then they realize I don't wait. It's actually still
Ena higher but now we're just gonna get it from the sensitive come on guys. All right. We got one more
We got one more double duelist comps overrated underrated. You know what?
What is there a can I hold it in the middle and just say rated?
They're just raided properly, they want you filthy coward.
They're not over raided or under raided.
I'm going to say slightly, slightly over, just because everyone's playing.
There's only one team at the whole tournament that's not playing majority double-duelist.
And that team, I think, looks better than a lot of the squads that I say.
But also, if other people were playing the solo-duelist, they would probably be losing.
It's just because Enagi are so good, they can make it work.
it work like I think most teams should just be playing double-g-less run the
neon run the yoru yeah yeah I'll go slay over as well we don't really yeah
there's not really teams that are trying to develop like a hard meta anti-comp
against this yeah and that must exist so I've got a question I won't be
Crack the code on that paper Rex overrated under right
Because
Coward no one was raiding them coming into this tournament. That's so they were underrated. I will hit you with this
I watch a lot of professional wrestling. Yeah, all right
There will be violent wanted to disagree with you on something to come over and give you a chair shop with
Don't worry, there'll be plenty of opportunities for you to clock me in the head with one of these mallets later on.
Pups, for now though, if you can make it to Masters, you won't be disappointed.
You get to see great matches and the fan experience is unmatched truly.
So let's actually see what's going on over at the floor with Falina.
We're now at the Red Bull activation spot and we're going to see what's going to happen right now
because we have a pretty nice activity and they're competing against each other.
¿Cómo te estás sintiendo ahora?
¿Qué? ¿Casado?
¿Casado? ¿Y qué va? ¿Y va a querer hacer?
¿Ah?
¿Y va a querer hacer?
¿Y ganar o ganar?
¿Y ganar? ¿Y por qué?
Ayer, compañero.
Oh, perfecto.
So, he basically said that he really wanted to win.
He's really tired, but he wanted to win from his partner.
So, let's see what happens in this game.
my arms feel pain and I was yeah that's how they canonically connect
radio night from the ground like us you you just shoot again as I turn like yeah
they're trying to steal the radio now maybe we don't do that movement too
any time. All right, let's go ahead and get into my first match. Now, we got, we have
two roster, we cannot stress enough that how incredible this is. They have never played
against each other. Energy, paper, x, makes sense. I think people are going to quibble
and be like, oh, actually they did in 2023. It doesn't count. It doesn't count completely
different monsters. Yeah, it really is. I mean, the only person on that team was
Ethan, right? I mean, it's just even though he wasn't even in the role that
The stars just didn't align because it took NRG the mid-year shuffle last year to bounce back and then have the success at the end of the year to get to champions, win champions, all that.
And it was in the middle of the year, Paper X won the tournament.
And then at champs, things just never aligned for them to go up against each other.
Which is wild considering the top four finished for Paper X.
Yeah, yeah. But it's just Paper X dropped into the lower bracket too early on and then actually went through the top.
So like, you know, what are you going to do there? Just ended up missing out on each other.
Yeah, they really did. But you know what? NRG, they're going to learn today.
Because you know who learned before, that was G2.
And Energy quite familiar with their Nemesis G2.
We were coming into this one expecting a Fireworks Shell.
And to an extent, it was just for PaperX,
because they just looked disgusting.
Gosh, man, the individual moments were amazing in this game.
But the actual scoreline was very decisive
in favor of PaperX.
And partly because they changed their composition
here on Corode and wiped the floor with G2,
who probably should have been favored on this map.
But that's just what you get with PaperX.
They can reinvent themselves at a moment's notice.
G2 absolutely crumbled under the weight of the firepower
that PaperX had in that series.
I think as it went on, it just got worse and worse.
And everyone on PaperX showed out.
They all had their moments, whether it was something's
arping that dominated split defense to devise clutches,
forsaken, putting up a million kills on the second map.
I mean, there's just so many positive takeaways
It really was is take your pick on like what you wanted to pull from the game
Like we were building and talking about how we wanted to make this show right today
We are highlighted hold anyone right and actually brings us to the person that we should be talking about here because forsaken has the
Dearest agent pool in the game. I mean look
I don't know in any other e-sport if anyone's able to pull out as many
Agents or just characters as this guy can so this was him in his debut showing Veto in kickoff
And then he comes out. I'm a debut playing Viper over here in Santiago, both dropping insane performances.
His veto looked better than people who've been playing a lot of injury kickoff.
His Viper, he was so aggro with the timings, completely outplayed people of those anilets.
Different way to approach Viper.
Dude, he's just so skilled.
What's left is to play...
Gecko.
Gecko.
Oh, Gecko.
Yeah.
That's it.
It seems like that is the only agent that he has left to play and
Honestly, I feel like at this point they might just let him do it because
Jing have this is saying the press conference
We wanted to put forsaken on Viper because we want to complete his mission of playing every single agent
So maybe you'll see him on gecko in this tournament. Maybe I mean that's it's cap
But that is why they played the Viper on Corode, but it did end up working really really well
And I think it just shows you that he's capable of playing anything right?
He's literally capable of playing whatever you want
Get him on the get-go
Brown you buffed my mash come from brand new buffed mosh get him on the attack side going crazy
He go on he go
Heavens me. I could see the maybe
People are not against that.
Yeah, you'll be.
I'll break some.
I'll play a little game of tennis.
Oh, yeah?
Hey, here we go.
Marty Supreme.
OK, well, these guys are over here living on table tennis.
Fantasies with mildly mediocre movies.
Envy was solid in his debut on the global stage.
We got to talk about this guy because he came into this one.
You know, the infamous Paper X fifth man
has kind of eluded this team for a while.
And we always say, maybe this
This is the guy that sits into the system, but I actually do think this is the guy that
sits in their system.
Well, I mean, Patman did sit in the system in front of Toronto, didn't he?
So it's like, it's already a bit of an unusual thing to change up a team that have won a
trophy without having a period of downtime particularly, but they just saw, hey, Invy
is so good, we have to get this guy, and he has been performing.
Yeah.
Got no problems with him whatsoever, he's just been delivering.
Yeah, he was just a rock against G2.
Yeah, which also object he goes to show you right like when you have that
Confidence within the team they gave him they activated him with that
He was really able to just be such a big impact player the entire time of that game right yeah didn't slip
This was great. Everyone on that team popped off all at once. They all had sick moments throughout that series
That's tough to beat man. It truly is it truly is of course this paper X is getting ready to go fans excited
to see this squad take the stage as they face off against the world champions, but earlier on though
We had an opportunity to catch up with that guy right there something to get his thoughts on today's matchup
Jen here with something of paper X now something you had an
Outstanding performance yesterday was there a change of mindset coming into San Diego for you or what's been working out?
Well for you
They're working out well for us. It's definitely it's Sun because the Sun there until like 9 10 p.m
And then it's definitely food and overall our philosophy is still the same mindset also for a tournament keep improving
So so yeah, we just started so let's see what is gonna be in the future
You know, it's Ethan's birthday. Is he gonna get his birthday buff?
Probably yes
Good for you. What a nice guy. Well, good luck today. Thank you
That was nice. That was pleasant. I thought he was going to say I'm about to ruin his
birthday.
Because I think he wants him to have his birthday buff so that if he beats him he can say there's
no excuses.
There's no excuses. Exactly. Hey, you had the buff. And what the shame.
All right. Now of course, over on the other side though, there is NRG, your defending
world champions who have continued to extend their global win streak to seven Ws in
A row and we were seeing some truly lights out performances by it from it
It feels like they get a power buff when they go through right global events
And not that they were playing poorly by any means online, but it was too
Multuous to get here. They had to go down all the way to the lower bracket
They had to reverse sweep and then they show up against XLG who let's you know
They're not a huge favorite in this for him in but they get absolutely dismantled
No, they wrecked them. There was a period of time on Abyss where they were struggling a little bit with these super heavy dive execs.
And so I was thinking about it today, like, is that really going to happen with PaperX?
Funnily enough, PaperX have actually moved away from a lot of those mega heavy dive comp plays.
So I don't know, for NRG, we've seen them already lose to a G2 domestically, but again, that's more of the neon and the incredible pace.
Yeah, PaperX is a little different actually. They're not just a straight-up run at you like a like a Nongshim or a Liquid
So I am really intrigued as to how this matchup is gonna happen
How do NRG deal with the W gaming and whether NRG fundamentally can stop them?
Do you feel like that it should work that double initiator really counters well against how the W gaming would be in the past for PaperX versus
How PaperX is now the KO is useful. Yeah Odin is super useful
I think those are the kind of tools that you want to be relying on but also you've got to remember energy are playing like an
Antimetre at the moment. They're not playing what everybody else is
So yeah, it's on energy in this game to try to stop paper X. Yeah, truly is now following the win over XLG
We had an opportunity to catch up with Kiko for this hyper X player moment
To walk on the stage actually the fans are so high and Jesus Christ, they were loud today
I'm not gonna lie there's like 2,000 people here, but it's not like I was like 10 everyone was screaming
Whistling cheering for us. It's insane
It's like electric, you know everyone's chanting our names everyone's like rooting for us, which I haven't had I think ever before
Thank you guys for supporting us. You know, it's a it's a bumpy ride, but you know in Santiago, so
we made it and we're going to keep on trying our best to win.
I think it's safe to say that this environment has really been a huge change of pace for a lot of these players,
just because it's so different.
This isn't like, oh, cheering our favorite team.
Like, they're going nuts for everyone.
They were freaking chanting Purple's name.
Like, everyone was on the table and it feels like Wyatt,
It's really challenging the players on the fly to like have to deal with that pressure as it mounts
I do think if you were to teal this though crowd noise sorted by teams paper X number one, right?
I mean they had a lot of you have a lot loud
Also EDG weren't like winning as much where paper X would going nuts. Yeah, everyone was losing it
Yeah, but that said though another individual that was actually gaining a lot of that was Mata
He was getting up, playing with the crowd.
We'll talk more about him in a little bit.
As a matter of fact, though, we have the IGL of NRG
with Jen, standing by to get his thoughts on today's match.
Jen here with birthday boy Ethan of NRG.
Now, happy birthday, Ethan.
Since it's your birthday, got any plans?
Just got to beat Paper X and we'll figure it out from there.
Okay, well, we got something for you for your birthday.
music please thank you thank you I just love Ethan there is nothing more
awkward than having to stand there as people sing happy birthday to you. It's almost awkward
thing that you can do.
And he was just like, yeah, this is happening to me right now.
So Ethan's calling though is super, super different to stuff that PaperX have run into so far. They
played against a G2 team that wants to play quick, fast, and Divai recently said they actually
prefer playing against teams like that. They don't like playing against teams who are
slow info teams who are prodding and making you unsure of where they're going to pivot.
That's where Ethan really has to lean into it.
Make PaperX very uncomfortable,
force him to push for a foe
and catch them as they make mistakes.
Well, one of those individuals that Ethan can use
for his fullest potential,
we were just talking about him before we sent it over
to that interview with Jen, was Mada.
Because this guy, he has very much become
a proud favorite here.
Playing into that atmosphere has only made him better.
You would not believe Wyatt,
that this guy is just a year plus into this
as a professional gamer.
already a world champion and already carries himself like he wants him up.
Yeah, I mean, he was far in the series.
The first map on Haven has always been a go-to with him, his neon.
He is just fearless on the entry, the way that he gets into the site, dances around,
paces things out for the rest of the team to catch up to him,
and then he still finds entries within all of the chaos that he's kind of creating himself.
He's just so good in those situations.
Yeah, I think he's fantastic.
The other part to it, too, is he's actually a player that thrives in quick scenarios.
So there are some people who really like the game to be slow and they hold angles and they take the fights.
Madar is dancing from one spot to another, not just on the entry, but you saw him in the middle of these teamfights and skirmishes.
He's really quick to take a timing in one direction and back in the other.
That's essential against a team like PaperX.
Yeah, just on like a wider kind of neon point.
We've seen other heavy Neon players like Miniboo in solo duelist systems struggle and often be overextended.
Absolutely.
And in this solo duelist system, you never see that with Mata.
Yeah, he feels like the type of player that, you know, it's scary how he can make these opportunities for himself.
But then he will play with the squad, get what he needs to get from the squad, and then push even further, get himself some more value.
Mata truly is an incredible player, of course.
This is going to be a challenge for both teams
because you have talent across the board.
And before we get into this matchup, though,
we got the first 1v1 skirmish side select of Master Santiago.
It's a duel between DeVy and Mada.
So that's why we're keeping the conversation with Mada going,
but oh, DeVy.
I'm not being real.
I was hoping we would cut to this,
and they'd be both playing that pump game from earlier.
OK.
That would have been fire.
Kind of.
Kind of neither.
That would have been fire, shit.
I mean, this is an opportunity a little bit, for like...
I'm glad you're here with the viewers, long time.
I want to see whether DeVy's still got that insane aim in the 1v2,
where he was popping people inside the hinder.
I didn't warm up.
Ooh, okay.
I just got out of bed, bro.
The warm-up, the warm-up call-out.
I mean, it's really rough when you're like...
Ooh, okay.
When you're right next to your opponent,
I remember when I used to play Street Fighter Rack in a day,
And I'm getting my butt just absolutely handed to me
and I got to look over at my point of just smiling.
It's the most offensive thing possible.
Look at this.
Devon is like, 149.
What the hell?
See?
And then you just have Mada there smirking.
Why are you moving like that?
Come on.
You know, I respected the both going out and fighting.
There's nothing worse than when we see these punches
and someone's like hiding and spawn.
Oh, no.
They're bringing it to each other.
Waiting for the peek.
They're bringing it.
But I mean, at the moment, Mada is kind of wrecking.
Oh, and he's going aggro in the final round as well, potentially.
Wait a minute. Can't divide-bounce back? Big opportunity?
This could be devastating for the mental of Divide. It's a 5-1.
No!
The little taps as well.
Going into the game was an aura increase.
Yeah, he has wrecked it.
He has wrecked it.
Yeah, that's a tough one.
But there you go. So we have our side winner.
I'm curious to see how this all thing plays out here.
As a matter of fact, we do have our mats, picks and bands.
and ban so let's go ahead check that out see whatever plan we are starting map
selection for energy against PRX because both teams are 1-0 you guys played
skirmish to deciding who will have priority on map choosing so energy
one energy starts choosing to be team A or team B so energy team B PRX team A
A, PRX starts vending a map.
We bend a base.
A base, bend for energy.
Bend, bind.
Bind, map pick for PRX.
We go split, bend, pick split.
Split, side on split for energy.
Attack.
Map pick for energy.
Perl.
Perl, map side on...
Perl side for PRX, defense. Next set of fans, PRX you have Breeze, Corode and Haven.
I think we're in Corral, less vent for energy, you have Breeze and Haven, so Haven is the
Sider, Sidenhaven, 4 PRX.
Attack. Attack. Attack.
That's it. Good. Have fun.
Have fun. Have fun.
NRG instantly picked Pearl there as soon as it was available.
Ibonka was immediately on that.
What did I tell you?
Well, I think it's unusual to begin with, because what we saw much recently from PaperX on Pearl was that
Forsaken was debuting the veto, right?
Right and the veto is amazing into double-initiator comps stuff like the sober taeho comp the energy plays
But I think what energy are reading into is they ran into the veto previously got smoked by g2 on that map
13-3 but then they went watch the bots learn from that
destroyed hundred thieves 13-3 actually in a mirror like complete
Reversal the other way so I think for sake of bonka. Oh, sorry
I think Ethan and bonka feel very comfortable calling into the veto right now
Yeah, I want to want to run that but it's a gamble
It is a gamble given the fact that the other day they were like
Now on
All of I want to say one thing about Haven which is that I hope we get there because both these teams are undefeated on that map
Yeah styles. Yeah, that would just be super different so please win one map each
Yeah, that's all I ask of you
Please remember you think paper X had a great chance of taking split
It's not been a consistently good map for NRG.
They lost to MIBR.
They lost to G2.
They were finally able to beat MIBR in a close game
to qualify.
But that required Moda to go nine and three
on first kills to first deaths.
He wasn't putting up numbers like that in the other two games.
So maybe that's indicative of NRG figuring out
how to set him up more effectively there.
But overall, I feel pretty confident in what we saw
from PaperX on Split yesterday,
with something just activated on that defense
playing with the off.
Yeah, another couple of little tidbits from this map veto and RG are still floating breeze
Yeah, so that's another big thing it was a map that they were banning for quite a while and now instead
They're going towards fine
So pay attention to that as a trap potentially later on in the tournament
But as we're playing it out, this is gonna be a series what I like about talking
NRG
Map picks and bands is it because you know, you know bonkars always got like this mine for the game
He's always trying to think of these little things and the fact that you can dissect and pick it apart
It's actually quite fascinating speaks to just how deep this energy just generally we must all pay our respects
To the coach head-to-head in this game. Yeah. Oh, yeah
These are like two of the goat coaches going at it
Yeah, no two excellent coaches who have led their teams to
Championship so I think it's safe to say we're about to watch something really special folks now
It is time for our MasterCard fan pond earlier. We asked you beautiful people which team you think is making it to play
payoffs and a 68 just shy of the one paper Rex. I mean, I don't think I don't think that
this is indicative of the amount of paper X of favorites in this match. I think it's
actually tough to call both of our games today. Yeah, I would still favor paper X.
You know, I just wouldn't say we have a little time. I want to see there. Okay.
There you go.
And...
It might be a cool last one.
All right.
Hi.
Wow.
I really thought more people would go for NRG.
I think it's reasonable.
It's reasonable to go in either direction, I think, here.
But also, NRG are a big prep team.
And how many hours have they had to prep for paper rates?
Yeah.
Not that many.
They really turned G2 into, like, a paste in that game.
Yeah. I know. I know.
I feel like it's tough to not believe.
Yeah, of course. Shout out to Anis or a Latin colleague
hyping up the crowd as he gets ready to go.
Cantor's absolutely killing it,
getting the crowd into the matchups.
The folks, we are about to witness
two incredible squads.
Masters champions facing off against world champions.
It's now time to start day three of Masters Santiago.
Fuerte satiego que ciega!
Conerci!
Oh, my God, man.
The
NRG is a squad who have punched their ticket in the history of Valorant, but those guys right there,
PaperX, have been here since the absolute beginning. They understand what it takes
to win in these pressure-filled moments.
But what's different this time is they're
staring across the barrel at a team that
has won a world championship, something
that Paper X has never done.
Absolute banger match to start off this day.
I think if we go the distance to Haven,
that will be a masterclass from both sides.
How reasonable is it that we get there?
I think it's very reasonable, honestly.
I think so too.
Something tells me that we got something cooking
on Perl in the air, don't know what that's gonna be, but this split is very fascinating
because I don't feel comfortable counting out NRG in any of these circumstances.
I think if NRG come out and they're playing a great game on split, it's a worrying side
for PaperX because this is where they should have the strongest performance relative to
their opponents.
And especially if the form looks great from NRG and they're able to match that,
oh man we're in for a heater.
Because I think that is the area where actually Paper X ended up dogwalking G2.
Well, so they were just hitting shots and being able to thrive in the quicker moment way more.
But I'm telling you man, there is just something about this NRG team when the stakes are raised
and they get to these global events that it just feels like they hit this new tier.
Yep. A lot on that young man right there too. That's Kiko joining the team coming into the season
replacing the big shoes of some an incredible player and Kiko fit in
perfectly and since then has continued to show why he has been so instrumental
for that man right there Ethan the IGL as he thinks about what it's gonna take
for him to be able to march his team to victory forward in the playoffs.
It's not been the first, second, third, fourth or fifth time that Ethan has played in front of a crowd like this compared to everyone else on stage.
stage. This is bright and butter man. I'm looking at Ethan as well when things get to them attacking
into the something off to try to navigate their way around the map in a in a way that
makes sense. I think that is the thing that again we're thinking about how G2 ran into
paper X. The something up was eating them alive on defensive setups. Oh man when things
swap I think paper X can be a little bit readable on their attack. I think the
defensive setups of energy will probably be enough to give us a really good game
on that side of the map.
How many rounds you got to get on each side if you're paper X and how many you got to get
if you're in RG, what do you think?
I mean as many as you can isn't it, but I think that the point would be to try to navigate
the situations where something hasn't up so that they can't just keep that money flowing
again and again and again.
Yeah.
And you have to be able to throw in a couple of haymakers to knock them back down on
an eco.
That is where that double initiator can pay off though, having the extra drones
to be able to force him off some of these offline...
Double initiator?
Oh, come on.
No, double initiator.
Vice they've changed it up if we go back to that anti-meta
controller whatever win percentage vice
Yeah, all right
Brock vice
Okay, we are cooking here playing that last year on Lotus if I remember very important up some crazy numbers
I haven't seen that for a hot minute though. This is a brand new idea from energy from what we can tell
I mean again
You've still got that kind of solo dualist identity to it, but opting much more in the senties
I mean presumably just to have a slower approach to the map, but the lack of drones actually might be a struggle
Yeah, that might be a problem because something was taking G2's launch money with the R1D5
Oh man, alright folks, we're all locked in and ready to go. Who better to kick off the day than Pansy and Hypoch? Have fun
Yeah, I think we will with this one. What's a match up here? High caliber teams, both winning teams.
And I feel like this is just a touch on form here for both sides.
Absolutely, yeah. Just to come in here, the composition change is absolutely what you want to see.
Oh, yeah.
Especially given PaperX's opening performance versus G2. I love this switch up from NRG.
Really curious to see what they've cooked up behind this.
It's obviously something you've been anticipating.
as the perfect recipe to stop Paper X from getting the ball rolling.
It's one thing in theory, it's another in practice. Paper X could be starting out on the defending side, of course, NRG on the attack.
This is Paper X's choice.
That's what NRG can do. Mada, a man who's put my eye consistently. Explosive.
Tip of the spear.
He warded away from middle for now, and NRG kept at arm's length.
Big trade-off of damage, actually.
Yeah, the brunt of that for NRG's side, but divide that to 16 HP. Unconfirmed, hasn't yet.
NRG now, drift back towards right. Father's still here to at least posh drop a little bit,
but potentially just immediately right towards ramp.
Yeah, this is gonna be a bit of a pinch on Jing, and he's gonna lose out. Felt like
he had to fight forward, gets isolated and falls. It leaves in being a really tough
spot. I thought he'd go for much of Khan Mada. Just blocks him out of a smoke, just
Super diligent. Sight stairs. This is very, very meticulous.
We're going to flank here because something's going to have a 1v2 to navigate his way through.
Go! Just going to shut that down immediately.
Two members of PaperX left now.
Ah, okay. For a second is unwell, at least.
Get to his pillar. Good paranoia.
Chance for a follow-up. Gets a frenzy.
Now the pressure's back on NRG to make sure this doesn't go out of hand.
They've got to check on that spike. Would they risk it?
They are brave on that one, and Kiko's taking away Devai, so, I mean, Forsaken!
Ah, stop it! That's four kills!
And Mon has got no idea!
Forsaken, 35 HP, and Mon adjusts the lives!
Well, of course that's the round one we get here, Forsaken, on the brink of an ace.
Still had a little bit of time to play with, but...
What's his number round one?
He will just slip away.
I mean this is just so pausing from energy to sit behind the wall behind the smoke
Now they get paper it's gonna be not necessary kicking themselves. They don't know right?
But an explosive pistol to get split started. Oh
Madness, that's the appetizer. Oh man the starter just smacked
Christ if we get that level from Forsaken as well right like if that's what he's able to do here
We see again, you've been such a high note for this paper X side, but oh
My little speed demon, okay, don't even jump peak there. Yeah, I think the creep on
This doesn't feel like a win, but we've seen stranger things and crazy losses
Cleaning around the map in RG will at least get the B site quite comfortably here plants coming in
Let's see if these pistols can actually cause any problems
Looking at the post plant still a good amount of utility in play for NRG the power of noise there flash
God all the goodies to start playing with
We noted here and paper ex probably just gonna sit back and force an RG to come forward hunting
This old progress but one thing key to know obviously where paper ex really ran away with split with that five to ten seconds after the spikes planted
Balls roll in that regard in terms of slowing that pre-take that flood that's coming through is certainly something I've got my eye on
the game. Paper X at their
finger on the pulse in terms of
retaking. And this is a rare
sound. You haven't figured it
out yet. Playing along at home.
You don't love a safe. Not the
biggest fan. No makes sense in
this. But it's ready. Paper X on
the receiving end of the whistle
of encouragement. Let's call it
as they will give it up to
spike. Try minimize that
output. Grinology but for an
RG five standing there very
happy with this. The bonus
very early investment like, if something continues with this investment.
Almost curious as to how he's going to play this. Again, second round not necessarily too
indicative but stacked up early here for the bonus. We'll round out the purchase nicely
actually. Really mad at him. Well, I'll say the weakest link in terms of inventory but
certainly not elsewhere.
The second one to receive the early contact. The modest pace is just unreal. A little out
of sorts couldn't quite get the same springboard over towards B main so they don't have that
lovely crunch maybe they were hooking for but this three-play staff from PaperX is so
far handling it quite well and a really proactive re-clear. The second's having a deep look
here and this gives them so much intuition on timing. Now something to tuck in towards
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, he's still going.
Well, it wouldn't be noted here.
Did he just swing on this?
There he goes.
There he goes.
Oh!
He's lost!
Scoober!
That's a dream come true.
That's a player back, and suddenly the map then
feels hard to force those rotates.
Very telling to see where Scoober is
and where he's looking, right?
What he's looking to shut down.
So PaperX stood, still have a good idea
with understanding of where NRG repositioned.
Oh my god!
That's a spanner, it works.
Yeah, something's up, has now been seen as well.
They've seen him, they can probably put this together.
And I do feel that NRG are very equipped
with handling operators, understanding
how they want to be navigating around that
and forcing the issue.
And right now, they are manipulating the rotations
brilliantly.
I mean, the vines are rotated with the judge.
He's the one that you'd almost just wanted to post up
and not move until the spike is past it.
It's going to be a wide open V-Side at 20 seconds left,
but no threat on the way in.
It's going to be absolutely no resistance here.
Oh, I mean, this has really worked for Scuba.
Getting the first was nice to follow off though.
I mean, that changed the way the round was panning out.
It is.
Judging off right to here.
There's no way PaperX are going to even look for anything.
I'm completely played out of this.
How do you like this so far?
Because I think this map, a lot of us were seeing sitting quite well.
Actually, PaperX is sitting early.
But have we at least seen some indicators that NRG are prepared?
first composition change? I think when we talk about obviously the difference in approach to the game
and these thoughts in general this is the sort of round you'd expect to see when RG are informed,
working the Mac really really well, individuals finding these unorthodox timings and I mean
just so happens that both kills that, if you get shut down often then that's an RG
force to commit towards a site, walking into the operator. Now bear in mind this is all
without confirming some things were about all the purchase.
I think they've probably got a good idea now that the save was so early.
Yeah it's pretty telling at that point and I do want to keep checking in on how well they're able
to kind of play it away from that off because something wasn't over the game watching this back.
Just bear in mind that Scoob is reacting on just the sound here.
Yes.
It's not port there.
So, that might have taken shit out of dead to rights in that scenario.
And nine times out of ten considering how this started you imagine you would
right that pistol he got four. So three in a row NRG will be loving this now can buy even deeper get that nice
fire around it. Marta once again happy to set the standard for the three players here from
paper x and jing is one of them going to take away scuba so that's going to be harder to scale
up through main so the attention then goes through each round the zaked fours got
flashed off and dead. Marta carries on forward jing still clutching on straws and keeping
Keep this round at least with a touching distance!
Jin! What is this level of impact he is having?
Look at all that SMG!
Not the round you'd expect them to run away with, but...
Pay for X, biting back here.
Jin just so active, so willing to get in and behind NRG.
The sort of things that they like to do in retakes.
Catch players off guard before they...
fully tuck themselves in.
That seems a fantastic field.
Yeah, he's gonna catch his van in terms of that transition to Rampen.
Yeah, Scuba's caught in no-man's land.
They ground from James because, again, we haven't really seen the deep or late-round plans from NRG when it comes to getting towards A.
Eventually, that's the pace-change we see to address the operator.
So brave, man.
They forced back the operator on the initial line, at least.
So I'm wondering where that next layer is because again, he wasn't an overly aggressive
player. He wasn't really forcing fights too far. This time he seems a little bit more active on it.
But again, it is a little harder to pin down a neon in terms of these early timings with an operator.
So he's getting to deeper angles.
Just like that, Mother.
Greet something with a smile. Now, he's done really well here. If his task is just to keep
something under heel, he is doing that very well.
Again, making it hard to find value in the operator. Kind of played in a little bit, sure.
But again, this is impressive stuff for paper exit. This is something. I want to see how they learn on the fly with
I'm not a twin towards main
That's gonna be a recheck and a re-gathering of the operator for sake and then picking up the mantle this time shot
Mother shut down here
Jing
Fairly committed in terms of ramp a little bit of a question mark towards mid as well and see him checking towards vents
This cross should be spotted it is in view with a lovely off angle
perfect for up to precision is key as paper X hold firm. It's on Kiko and we've seen the best of this
man. We've seen a lot of this guy but this situation pretty brutal. Yeah, Envy's done well there. Lovely
position just in that off angle. Deeper towards that site. Beautifully done and again the willingness
to reflight on the garage to pick up that operator to re-challenge. Yeah, it's forsaken
Going forwards there
It's pretty wild but
Rivers are killing blow to my dad. I think now paper is probably the better understanding of where mothers
The ones that identify some things were about
energy
Court just ahead of pivoting into a
Credit to Jing and him be there to kind of tow the line
Rest for the wicked
I'm curious if the moment comes where something actually opts to rifle instead because not necessarily many comfortable spots for him to post up deep early on, I'm already here sitting at 1, 3, 4, I don't even know, he's sad, but...
He's not had much impact, there's a big chance for it though, isn't it?
TP comes in and they're gonna somewhat split the site, flashing the follow,
and MV this time isn't playing in that sort of off-angle position.
He's a bit deeper towards CT side. Can he catch Ethan though? That's a big pick.
It's likely to get picked up and then fairy towards site,
but they are a man to the good in this retake.
Ooooooh!
Something will catch Mada here, Jing!
Almost showstopper! Right out into the open, he's gonna connect as well!
Scoob, all four was just too left.
Yeah, Keiko and Brock, what are you meant to do about this?
These retakes have been miraculous from Paper Rex.
And if you started something, doesn't even need his hand on the keyboard at this point,
they know they've got them dead to rights.
NRG starting to understand what they pay for Rex.
Scary on Split.
Again, tee'd up. They give them the sight here.
They're happy for them to execute in.
One of the things we were not necessarily criticizing G2,
but asking more of is that deeper exploration here.
Madden's on such a deep run, and something is still just sat there, posted.
It's really hard to handle in those moments.
It just was a nice layering to this. There it is.
That's the kill that kind of made that disruptive attempt at holding that plant almost irrelevant, right?
And then the ult follows up, clears house.
I mean, Scooby gets caught pretty far away from it.
But still, it is where it is, three to three.
I'm thoroughly impressed with paper.
I think a lot of us are.
I think it only had 92, by the way.
It's ridiculous.
ridiculous. Picking up where he left off for sure. Well, he started in the distant
rounds to be honest. Yeah, pretty much in those four kills. It was kind of the
sign of the times, wasn't it? But time out for NRG and I feel like they still have a
decent conceptual idea of how they want to approach this, but again it's not
something operator. It's commanding a lot of attention even if it's not
doing matters of damage. Yes, it is forcing NRG to be a little more
meticulous in terms of early round time. That protocol is they have to
go to because you can see it's it's conditional right where they're looking
to pivot into a late this previous round not being a great example because it's an
all-out hit but I'm I would get concerned really in how deep the options are on
that plan B plan C plan D potentially if they can't get over this first level
comfortably that's not necessarily not concealing first blood but identifying
something to our best but the issue then is how about the players here like
The vying-ting that can just be so slippery in terms of the tendon paper X don't have tendencies that they're happy to do
Whatever hell they feel like it's interstitial
Key factors, but again the tempo and pastes unrelenting
Marder's job feels like it is just focused towards one, but in me denies him
Completely shut him down on this and once again paper X with a man to the good something still on patrol
You can see the attempt made, and it's an attempt.
They are not disrupting this team.
Something has got opportunities too many targets.
Too little time is all on Ethan.
Divine, getting his time in the sun as well.
And that's the sort of round you don't want to see NRG resort to.
Crawling, getting down and muddy with PaperX,
because they're just so good at playing these sorts of situations.
Something gets...
I mean, Mother actually caught here by the near sight.
The only reason he doesn't find that kill, but then it's where do you go? He's so committed that point. He has to find the kill
Steps into the snake bite shut down there and unfortunately
Whilst the spacing is good on the way in paper X they find that kill then they could just dive her eyes towards the choke point
For in a row now for paper X
She will switch things up here with it
It was a captain check but actually spanned out here.
Yeah, first time I've ever seen a kick going to NRG this early without full sight commitment,
so a turn of eyes towards middle but then look towards B main.
It's already going to have the extremities taken by pay perks and we know they're happy
to dig so deep.
Yeah, I mean a couple of rounds like that and swinging a few together they're happy
to go all the way outside B here.
I've got your trail.
Oh, the seek is a couple of three broads.
It's not connected.
great near side but brought navigating those choppy waters with well I was gonna say ease it's still
Envy come on get your attention to scooper oh my god not it's still going oh come on Envy you had no
right and now the map feels small even in a 3v3 your backline is not protected he does have a hole
now though something still on the operator one away from his own if you can find a cheeky pick here
I think Kiko as well. I don't think it's quite for Ethan, but Mada needs to be on red alert here.
Gives what the pixel can't quite handle it. DeVy on the guide, gonna take down Mada.
Ethan up next gonna stand his ground. Takes away something, but look at that
lately main pressure, but you're right. Time is a factor. The clock is ticking now.
Ethan! This is his site apparently, as DeVy has to try and walk into this,
And Kiko can play the time now. He can be the checkmate if necessary.
But the one is on Ethan's back! Three kills! It is sublime!
You can see them diverting once more. Very, very late wrap back towards B main.
Ethan snaps on the angle.
Again, even catching is just off the muzzle festival. They can again losing out.
And that same scenario.
Oh, beautiful stuff from Ethan, to hold down the fort, again they need that kill to really
open up, access from heaven effectively.
Oh gee, we'll find their fourth now, stop the run of rounds.
That is a horrific looking B site though, I don't want to go here.
I'm not even in the server and I'm scared about it.
close towards that B main entrance. Operator is in effect. Mid-lift, very open though.
I think Paper X will probably be feeling as if they've done enough work in terms of slowing
NRG down, at least on these early Info probes. Speaking of, it's not going to come out, but
the pocket. Oh, oh, oh, you have absolutely no idea in the
decides now. He's made a bit of a mess of it. It's not as clean as
he'd like. He still gets one. That's great. He's still gonna
be in a problem position. They can't back away and he gets a
second. Oh, dear Ethan. You're in danger. What? What is
that? Ethan on the back pedal. Give me another issue being
this is forced rotation. They're about to be walking into
to something's sight lines here.
I don't know what they got to clear him off with.
He's going back towards me, that's right.
Yeah, they don't fancy it.
They don't like it.
It comes down to DeVy against Ethan.
Does Ethan think there's more?
Does DeVy stand as ground he does?
Immovable.
He's got to go huge here.
Look at the minimap.
They're coming.
DeVy needs to be essential to this round,
and he's played it nicely.
Look at the time.
Their hand is forced.
They have to go.
They are not going to check every single corner
if he just plays the timing right.
But no, he goes a little early, maybe try and catch one, but he wants to try and deny the plans.
He's got it down though, Kiko!
Gets at least the time on their side.
All now popped!
Paper X has to fight forward, spray in the dog, doesn't get what they need.
And there's Brock!
Take it down to Vi!
2v2 here!
Oh my god, Brock again.
He's not had a great start, but this could be a great round.
And where is something?
Where's the operator?
So late to this as well.
Kim Brock's, oh, really flipping this on his head.
Look at the HP bars as well.
Something not even going to find a kill here, a consolation on to Bork.
This upgrade is just not paying off for Payprex and some of these later round scenarios.
You might have found that Liverpool's check that's working now.
Why do you look at this first time they've re-success towards Ape?
Look how hard for that...
We all know that was not meant to work.
Of course, you've got to say it as well. He's had a rough start.
I think he's sat on one to six until this round.
I mean, massive impact.
Bit of a mystery here, but Divine Vorsity tucks back the elbow.
He's so conscious of where somebody's going to swing from.
So he just can't contest his farm.
It's a huge 3K.
From Brock to seal the deal here.
Well, of course, a timeout here from Payprex.
We'll be just discussed a little bit of the room, right?
Something bottom of the board, two and six.
Like I said, the operator sure commanding some respect early on, but the value beyond that certainly left wanting more
And I think since that 8th and 9th round energy have really figured out how they want to
Almost ignore it to agree play around it and they found value in it
They're getting to better post plans doesn't scrap out still never gonna get a clean game against paper X
These guys will fight you with whatever they have there's never ease or comfort
But there has been a flip of momentum. Now, hence the timeout, paper, XOPSYPOP, there's still a buy-in play here, but I think you're right.
I want to see how something adjusts. As much as, yes, as you rightly said, commanded space, NRG have found a new route forward.
On the flip side of that discussion, one thing you don't want to give is NRG time and space to figure out what's going on.
Ethan is so good in terms of breathing them out and making decisions based on what the setup is.
And of course they do have the versatility in the playbook, right?
They have a number of different... they still rely on something.
They're gonna head of...
I mean, there's light here.
Yeah, yeah.
It's not a bad shout, but, again, they've been starting to really find a way through
the maze.
Something on the adjustment, trying to re-post up towards middle, Mardas trying to call
a reaction to this, drawing a lot of players to try and keep eyes towards vents, towards
mail room.
And there's the info for Forsaken though.
Check in.
Something's still positioned afterwards.
There goes the mic. That's fine, man.
What's that you found, too?
Can anyone stop this man?
The paranoia, the only thing that really slowed him down,
but he doesn't want to back away.
He's going to hold this!
That is his side of the map.
And Kiko.
I wouldn't want to go in there.
Forsaken is on a heater today.
Look who's coming in beat
Made it in the end paper X there we go. Is that enough of an answer for you?
Whether or not this is energy kind of playing into expectations of what paper X are gonna do here, but again in certain model way behind
into vents a
little bizarre to
I mean, what's the next step for this?
Again, they don't really have
Anything feasible to act upon in B main.
I think that, yeah, that RG will maybe be reading that there was going to be an explosive round from PaperX there.
And again, knowing something's purchased, oh, hold that thought.
Yeah, speaking of explosive, there's not much time in these ones and this looks direct, right?
PCB hit, all going to get a hello!
Nada! Right behind you!
Good boy! Just been deleted off the map, that's a big pick up something overwhelmed!
And NRG just shift up a gear, but with the sake and standing, you cannot write them out, and you can't until then.
A bit of a trade with the numbers. Super good NRG!
Great pace, James.
That was lovely.
Marta is up, just no business. Look around. What was the next step in the previous round?
Here, he's just walked all the way up. Again, learning on the fly.
That's the back door open to heaven and...
Uh, it's a dream.
The device just fixated elsewhere.
I think Casemir after the start,
that wasn't anybody...
Did somebody rotate the other way out?
Events or something?
Beautiful catch.
NRG to put them up to six now.
OK, that's probably not what you expected.
And Marta's still up to...
...those naughtiness in middle.
All goes in they've had enough of these late round creepouts, but
Sanko would like to deal with that as quickly as possible.
Look at that, but you walk a little too diagonal!
Yeah!
COMPRELY catches for Sanko off guard!
It feels almost ironic to see that sort of thing happen, but something now
is on guard duty, but look where the spike is!
Look where NRG are heading!
They've found something here!
I think he's going to have his hands full once more.
Something won't catch.
Walk on the one way there.
That's going to be tough for him to live through here.
Yeah, I think he knows he- Oh!
He might not be going down no way!
Envy!
The star at the end of this round might be with him.
And with five bullets to play with, there's still someone on the site.
They're going to send him something. They don't want to make any mistakes on this one.
Something going to pop out of the hole.
And Geekles trying to be a little tricky with this one goes back in.
Envy! A courageous form for him!
Daring to hold down this site on his own.
The crowd won it.
does he get the chance at it we're all gonna find a target to buy dead now a
1v2 don't think this is done yet pops it in beginning closer he's thought about
it he's just turned around look he's trying to find him 15 seconds can he
locate one a tough task he spots it reason between a rock
It's in! We're in all five!
What a hero again on the A-side, Lauren.
I mean, put him in a corner and he delivers.
Sensational to find number six here
and tie things up on the half.
You can't ask for much more from that guy.
No, absolute dreamy work.
Good God, that has absolutely got me locked in.
6-6 we have an incredible game on our hands.
Can I help you, sir?
Here's the bill from dealership where I got my car,
and I'd like you to beat it with a better deal on one of these fine cars.
Not how it works.
I guess you're not as cool as Verizon.
Bringing your AT&T or T-Mobile bill for a better deal today.
And years!
Let's go!
We'll see it later, we'll see it in the game, we'll see it in the reds too.
And they're there, and they're there, and they're there!
right you got a tough birthday and certainly not a day off no six a piece
right and it feels like we've just lived through a lifetime in this game a
brilliant start from MNG a completely brutal reaction from Paper X just
shutting it all down but then a bit of a tussle towards the end second half
though we start to see how well Brock can handle playing this vice as well
yeah again I like I know we didn't see two of the examples while looking for
first half year but certainly the second he becomes the pivotal anchor in terms of unstoppable force
feel like the top be eaten actually back and immediately energy you're going to pivot into mid
there we'll be testing brook initially indy sent the bar pretty high
the way. It's a good way.
Good luck. Have fun. It's all
five of paper X and I think
he's getting a bit closer to
but energy a quick on this.
They are going through. So
they are still heading this
way. Ethan can't stick around
any longer. Ask the full back.
You go towards heaven, which
might at least keep one present.
But it's so low and you're
right. It's that is the fact
that they may not consider
and it might catch the cross
he can't get the full up divide with a great trade spike gets lost but now ramp
is gonna have players towards it paper X you're not gonna feel so secure here
unless you find a couple of kills not gonna be happening through heaven as
they all get left on site not many options here they choose to go
aggressive it's you're gonna favor them but they're tough to decide right now
nobody making moves forwards this is allowing these crossfires and that's a
lot to do if you want to trade in effectively but that will serve me
health matters, fighting one no trade, something on the follow-up, this was never meant to be
the way it goes, but down to the 2v2s, Paper X come into their own, Kiko's trying to shoulder
the corner, and then Tosaka takes him out of the equation, if there was nothing to do,
but die, NRG, Capitule and Crumble.
3k for 4sane, that's 7 kills across both pistols here on Split.
Ridiculous once more from Paper X.
Tell me the odds this team man. Making this one way is just
Ultimately energy is demise on the way back in from ramp
Fantastic stuff
energy, I think probably in a position to completely sweep that round
Shadows traveling
Stack towards A here, but unfortunately wrong place long time
Yeah, so this should be
not a single upgrade in sight, so it is just classics coming out. And luckily the paper
actually are not EDG, so this should be okay.
Yes, it's like Mark coming through. As you start to funnel back into spawn, you're not
going to be allowed to, well, deny at least the same way that paper eggs did. You're
I mean when you see Jing and something on the X-ray, somebody's pushing this.
Somebody is going to push this.
Hello. Okay, well you can get a little bit closer to maybe going down to the spike.
Still something here though.
Forsaken's wanting to farm as well, he's getting a bit closer.
Oh dear, oh dear.
Ah, now she's not doing too bad at this, they've made this costly!
You're not really going to do this, but you're making it costly in Beak.
God is done, but for NRG, like, I mean, that's an incredible round.
I know it's not exciting, one of you are looking for the kills or the flashiness,
but economy-wise, damage-wise, that's a window of chance, they never meant to have.
See how the purchase lies here for the follow-up.
Yeah, he's bigger picture wise, NRG coming away with a huge win here.
He's in a bucky potentially.
This is exactly how this fight will set, I mean that's it.
Not as bad as I was anticipating.
No, that's just usable.
The Guardian coming through in a bucky in the hands of Jing.
Who will make it work?
Yeah.
The little Arnold box to make it matter.
Look at the tempo and pace up towards heaven. Wait, hold on.
Look how quickly there is a crunch through vents.
Jing got there at the same time that we're seeking to up middle.
That is a gap in the heart that they have found very early, Mike,
and that is a worry for NRG.
Unfortunately, at least walk on an island, and they're wrapping through vents.
Total control towards Rampier.
Kiko's still just posted on B main.
Unfortunately this is the sort of situation where, boy, I mean, what do you do?
Cool, if you can find one, it would be great.
I don't know, I'm not good enough, though, is it, yeah?
Yeah, very early moves to get behind this.
Enforced position.
Yeah, identified.
You got him.
CT.
Paper X are just so unorthodox, but it's brilliant to witness.
Gorkscott, I mean, a horrific option here.
He's getting worthy.
That was clean enough, but overlumped, right sides down there.
Marta.
Catch for a second in the back.
3 by something in the hot plant it's got it and they've just lost something
Marder you are starting to say about the matter here. This is not meant to be all round
CT's already the height trying to slip a little further ahead now be smoked off though
This angle is not fun for you in the waiting wait the damage
Flipping the script right back on Paper X!
Dead to right, Stead! Mother just creeping on to the angle.
Let's kick her to catch the spam.
Ah, that's ridiculous!
I don't know, do you have another round, Wretz?
Spam into the pocket here.
Yeah, that'll be...
So sharp!
A little bit of a slip.
I thought we had that every day of the week.
Every day of the week.
Then, my back will be awkward here because of the damage done previously.
Something that I scope and divide this down on a Sheriff, but I mean that's a...
Sheriff rounds the other day.
That's true. I'm not that worried about it, actually.
Worried about something who's not quite had that big upswing.
Numerically at least.
And of course that then happens.
I'm terribly sorry, Marta.
That's on me.
But first one really found here, and that's exceptionally early at 1 minute 24. They now get command
This map change tempo if they wish potentially I have that be something's a lot of bodies on this be side
already to towards heaven
Still keep going towards site release back in a way for killer now
conscious that
We pressure coming his way because have a power on the way a prep
I smoke to follow this if he does want to
Cut some sight lines
Now it's a good time for paper X honestly
Check back in when Kiko's got another
Nice to follow this
Very late exploration towards mid will confirm that it's pretty much all in here scuba
That's got my interest
Paper X got to clear this something
Does look does see it does note it paranoia comes in. Can you do any sort of damage? No?
No, it vissurated, but even on the cross, something's ahead, but NRG focused the fight!
Too large, mate! Kiko, you are something else sometimes!
Something of Forsaken, though. There's magic with these two, sometimes Forsaken needs to
activate here. 18-9, he has been God tier, but with 13 seconds...
Oh, he's gonna get you one! Does he get away? No!
Broke, grabbing him by the heels! And bringing them back down to reality at 8 apiece.
That was ridiculous from Kiko.
That shot.
To get to that evil surprise himself.
Little panic jump on the end
to try and get out of the line of fire.
Aprex with the right tools here
to really disrupt this B-site hold.
Beautiful.
Folks, you're on that B main push out.
I thought I can't always ignore something
for as long as they could.
Gio!
Gio!
Let's go, Drew!
another timeout here for Payprex and can we see Payprex lose a slow round like this?
God, imagine they're talking about pacing, they're talking about a bit more in
Anilogy's face. I feel like they've had great deals of success towards the A site.
I think they've been brilliant. I think that they've been pressuring Brock who
again has looked fine on this fight so I don't think he's been the answer
everything but it's been... I mean with something having a slower game
The team is pretty brawl-kids. You have to deliver in terms of cutting that first line of the execute.
Sometimes it's not really off the starting block, it's something hard.
Which is alright, normally it's Jing or something. One of those two will at least be towards the top of the board.
They are a bit quiet today. Again, Forsaken and India doing marvellous. It's not a discredit to them.
We used to see a bit more of that front line power in effect.
Not quite had it here yet, maybe credit to the way NRG are approaching as well, making
it a lot harder in that regard, but as it stands, I don't know which way this ends.
NRG seem to have the momentum for now, but everything can change in a blink of an eye.
Now the buy coming in here, shaky effects.
We have Stingles, we have Sheriffs, we have a Bucky, but it's Paper X.
Let's turn off this room just yet.
Every opportunity for these boys, and it's directed towards Keepo.
They see it going all out, hitting it.
Slowed down by the paranoia here, so they won't have time on the stage by the still community.
They're still trying to cut off this scale-up, right?
They've been ignoring something, they've been letting them get backside,
and focusing on the players behind, the second them dies it, it's all been red.
NRG have the playbook, and they have Fredit back to back, page to page.
But in these on one HP now this
With
Baited breath on that beat
Cuz that's stacked up man
I was like have you heard of the in one HP. That's a bit too far even for me
Notorious liar obviously
89 energy are up in the lead here three in succession
Operator up from others. Well, it's something now we can start delving if you have that looks for him
Buy back in place for pay for x2. They were obviously on a half purchase just now. So again
If it does have all so I do wonder if we get see that come through here potentially and they look once again
They want a pressure over towards this B site initially
I'd like to see the maybe layer in a bit of scaling towards middle. We see no great handling of that cross
training off TPCs. He actually committed and that just fell flat. A mistake. And it might cost him his
gym powers forward and forsaken behind the wire. Pacy man. Just ridiculous some of these rounds.
Again, I had the idea from Kiko, right? You hear the TPC and Phil as the fake wrecks are going
to try and capitalize on creating that paranoia in the back lines. But unfortunately,
who's there but envy anyone you want to
else you meet probably avoid him and
forsaken so as it keep goes just keep
being polar opposite side of the map
forsaken get me the hell away from it
I'm off speed yeah you deal with that
I'm out but we knew that pace was
gonna be the cure to the lowest for
paper x-ray and it might just be
again the gene heading straight towards
ramp right off the rip the lot of
bodies here for an RG forsaken
these options gonna be quite tough.
He's gonna get himself up towards heaven.
Powers through Kiko, good trade for Ethan.
And it's getting messy now.
Spike is up towards heaven.
They are wrapping CT.
Yeah, NRG's just have so many to worry about here.
If I'm gonna find Ethan as well.
Now again, Brock on an island.
Brock has been isolated so often.
The way PaperX approaches, he has so few options.
Beautiful, you tell me.
And a beautiful sight to him.
One mother again, trying to make some pressure
behind PaperX.
all down to scuba. That's lovely. You are expecting a second scuba. 35 HP in a 1v2.
Ones to the right, one on site. Waiting for anyone to swing from wrapped him up there.
To the back up. Starts to look for his first potential. Trying to bait envy into the swing.
It has been ice cold. And there it is. And there he goes. Divide and shut down the account.
But I want to highlight something here Mike as much as paper X you can call in chaotic call them whatever you want
It's controlled chaos the theory of how they're approaching the ace like how they're shawming
Someone like port how they're wrapping CT. It's beautiful even again the second third layer here is it's like you too
Want to start to force walk out there actually the situation where you see a couple of paper X plays
potentially historically overheating here. It's refined as composed
in that initial flurry of chaos and then they're able to slow things down, be a little
more methodical.
And it's just, no, it's just for me, it's lovely seeing that intention, right, it's
not without an end goal, it's not without a destination.
Well, it's always been the criticism, right, it's like, fool's ballerine, you can look
at a paper exit, just take it, yeah, they're playing ranked, and they love a double
satchel and all of those things, and it's hard to notice sometimes the nuance and
kind of where they actually have improved a lot which is tightening up those synergies.
It's all well and good if you can go in and find three or four kills.
We always talk about halads.
Again, you're rolling the dice in some situations.
Not enough against high tier teams, I think.
No, it's just not repeatable.
And that was always the thing that felt like kind of created that conversation about, you know,
the princes without their throne.
They'd get close but they'd run into a team who's just that little bit, you know,
tighter, a bit more drilled, a little bit more kind of cognizant of it
and they couldn't always repeat that magic.
But here with a little bit more foundation below them,
we are seeing a team that's really scary.
And NRG are having to put in some serious work.
These guys are great.
They've got a really good IGL, great coaching staff.
They're very good at prepping for a team.
But the X Factor with PaperX will always maintain.
And for now it is the Forsaken Show a little.
Envy's certainly up there in my mind.
But still it is that core that's working.
So we go back through.
It is just gonna be, I believe, a fucking with Marta.
everything else is classics I think a shorty play yeah very little invested here
Fairnergy. Kiko gonna have his hands full once again already actually
I'm not sure if he can catch that paint shell. I was posted early on, they've
got to read obviously the finances here and the potential of a
I'm going to play these longer sight lines towards eight.
Already Ethan and Brock, preemptively rotating.
Can no info really play into their hand, but stacking their chips.
It's not worked out this time.
Paper X will get a complete free sight.
Obviously it'll take a second to get there.
You still want to be meticulous.
check every angle on the way through.
That's fine. So, all good for now. Obviously, as this happens, the penny will have dropped
for NRG. Have to take the long old rotate back.
Nobody pushing towards spawn here. And this is being towards ramp.
And NRG, that's just going to try and deny as best they can here.
even look at the ultimate I mean for safety away Jing won away obviously
conscious that an orb here or there could cause them further issues especially
with paper x-ray we've been on double digits so we want to tee them up on
those snowball rounds they can hear this
So,
That's all the timing and that's foul actually, but
still, yeah, happy enough energy will be will be pleased with how that went even in a loss there paper x4 standing still
It didn't really suffer too much to pick the wrong site all the dice
Yeah, a couple people with money, but again with the school I've been so close
You want to make absolutely sure you can buy out some of these response rounds if necessary.
Had to give them the sound cue, happy off the first road there.
See if something gets himself one orb short.
They're leaving Mada towards B alone with the operator.
Everyone else kind of leaning towards a right place.
Long time!
Are you still in the fight?
Even with a little bit of luck on his side today, but Kiko now prepares himself that next wave of the hit coming in
It's mostly up towards ramp paper. It's still on heaven
He sells at least across the first hurdle here something
You catch scuba in vents
Just grief in the timing not gonna be favorable for something who
Just can't get anything going in some of these rounds. It scares me. No, say can find in space now
I want to know how aware scuva is of this possibility. They had lost ramp control and scuva is shouldering it
Okay, let's keep this cool here, and he does. So Forsaken doesn't get as much freedom as he'd like
But it has alleviated some of the pressure on the A-side itself
So it's Kiko and Brock trying to hold this down. Paper X have been quite slippery about this, but it's on approach
But Brock, standing guard, can't double down, but Kiko the back line to this
They have to keep really calm under this one Mike. It looks like they are doing well here in our team.
Keep in control of the tempo.
He's going toe to toe in the early round to find that open up.
Slow things down.
It's a great place to really adapt to a different setup once more here on A.
An HP is able to get away here.
The flash like 4th quality and keep going perfectly.
Nice boys!
Good job.
11-10 now.
Still got money left.
Look at that snowball round.
It's all but there for Payprex.
Only missing Indy's lightball.
No matter where the off-rack's going forward, sir.
Uh, Marta, Marta.
What was the plan, Marta?
NRG have just given
the biggest opportunity
for Payprex.
I don't think they needed the help.
Something bulldozer is for Ethan.
There's nothing to do, man.
Rock has been on the A side for the last time.
Hang on, it's like still in the middle of the tree.
OK.
OK.
I was going to say it was going to be anybody else there,
but now they're picking out where he is.
Be able to catch a window towards a full 3v1.
Again, I look at Jing.
I think he's about to watch one or something.
Yeah, Jing.
The temptation to do something weird has been worked.
Come on, it's fine.
Oh, I'm just scratching my head sometimes.
Yeah, I'm like, ah!
If you want guys, don't...
I'm a push! I'm a push!
I'm gonna go get that kill for you guys.
But the start of the round felt really off-kilter.
I don't know what happened.
I think Marley has that sound cue from something.
He's like, okay, I'm gonna catch somebody that's...
you know, positioned towards Suez and trying to capitalise on that.
Yeah.
It's like something actually opening this round up entirely.
There's no account.
That's a frustrating one for them to get to 12 on as well.
for NRG. You felt there was a little bit of a good read of the tempo before, but a bit
of a misstep, and now finance is not in the current position either. Could have a ball
ball get in play.
Well, it should be in the Viacom's and Keckler's side of the pitch. They get themselves set
up.
I think he's just making the Tp.
Nice. Keck, Marder busy, hasn't it?
Yeah. Marder's desperately looking for him in spawn. Going on an extra body towards
the A side.
Keiko's here though. Keiko's been sharp at holding this, but super tricky. Marder
just about clearing comfortably the back lines and about the back to this father though he can cover a lot of ground right yeah
The thing that I've complimented within our G though
They've been kind of cutting the second layer to the site hits really nicely
Now paper X. I want to see how they want to go around this because something's been kind of getting back site
But then the players behind haven't had that same sort of
Considering the rotation yet
We're gonna dealt with the wall here so there's no safety net in terms of info for NRG.
Again that will probably keep Ethan interested.
Oh my god!
I thought that was going to keep Kiko dead and buried, not to be. It's all on Brog now.
They are so close to each other. Paranoia comes in to buy, takes away Scuba,
it's not secure. Jing, fastest lightning has ever
takes brook out of the equation and oh deary me
a shot in the bat no lives today it's Ethan and Kiko to face
the music now. PaperX just playing perfectly 30-10 on the close
a lovely show of force from PaperX in that one here on split.
Absolutely, PaperX showing us that. After Eshalon of understanding in terms of
Tempo and RG tested to their limits here, a very close affair, but won it over into this series.
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I'm here with coach Alex of Paper X. Now coach, we got to see energy bringing in
calm changes to counter your play style. Did manage to slow you guys down though on
split. So how cognizant or worried are you about their ideas around the
counter and how they were able to slow you down or do you feel like split was
enough to get a good read for you on energy and what they're trying to do today.
Yeah, I think we have to talk a lot about it in the middle of the rounds.
Both tech pauses about speaking about how we can play around the vice.
So I think it would be a really good job steering us down, if anything.
I expect that they have something special for Paul.
So I'm not worried, but yeah, we'll talk about it.
Well, do you have something special for Pearl?
I mean, maybe.
Alright, we'll be looking forward to that. Thank you.
I am also looking forward to maybe as well.
That one's getting on the edge of my seat.
Edge of my seat with that maybe.
Oh, that's an angle.
Telling you that's what we got to do for the next skirmish.
Yeah, that's got to be players out there and start pumping.
I see no reason why we should.
Um, what a game we just witnessed between PaperX and NRG.
13 to 10 scoreline.
Paper X coming out with the win. That was their map pick of split
And as you heard in that interview side show the thing that was slowing them down was Brock's vice
Yeah, even though he didn't put up crazy numbers. That wasn't what it was about
It was about the use of the utility and how you can slow down that W gaming that paper X likes to do
Yeah, they had quite a nice double flash protocol to take B main control on their attack side
The wall also caught off for sakin in one of the rounds
They did a great job of shutting down something, but at the end of the day like the star power on paper rex
Sean through and still got them through a difficult scenario
They're just so good at improvising even in unexpected scenarios like this
Yeah, it's you can see the pace increase with them when they're losing players
They're so willing to take a wrist and they have the firepower to back that up in countless moments throughout this game
Oh, yeah, that being said though to cope for energy
There's definitely not a firepower disparity right now like we saw with G2 against Paper Rex.
Kiko had that sick transfer round, even Scooby started to pick it up a little bit towards the end.
Mono still had moments like it wasn't.
Oh yeah.
Stark contrast as we saw in that game.
You shouldn't feel...
You can cope.
Yeah.
No, I don't...
You can cope.
Anything really to cope here.
I actually think that you just saw a game between two phenomenal squads.
Yeah.
That, you know, really like going into it, we did feel like Split was the weaker situation for NRG.
for energy. If anything, I'm kind of okay with this 1310 output from them, showing
that they're able to make these big changes. Thing is though, you have some
real killers on this team for PaperX. That brings us to our Verizon high-speed
moment and this one is gonna go to Forsaken. Why? Why high speed? I'm gonna
keep it above 50 with y'all. I don't have a reason. He's just really freaking good.
And this guy was absolutely owning. If you want to say, oh look at him charging to the spot.
Bro had two minutes on the break to kill something else.
And I had nothing.
I had nothing.
He's just good.
But he is.
He's so clean.
I mean, it goes without saying.
This guy is so reliable.
But he does also make his decisions extremely quickly.
Like he thrives in these kind of weird chaotic moments where he can just make a decision
faster than someone else.
This smoke he was throwing in mid was bending the brains of an RG.
The TP in to spawn?
No.
He's playing like the freak of all freaks, GB.
I got it.
That's right.
I got it.
Look at that.
That was your Verizon high speed moment,
just like Verizon's high speed internet service,
Forsaken is reliable.
There you go.
Boom.
All right.
Set the paycheck, Verizon.
I'm pretty good at this.
This is outrageous.
You just saw on the screen there,
the stats of Forsaken put up when he was in sick form
in Toronto.
Now, the sample size is small,
but it is worth noting that he is exceeding those really
solid stats by a large margin already in this tournament against the world
champions and G2 one of the you know perennial top finishing global teams
yeah and the thing is at Toronto it was the impact he had it wasn't
necessarily he was like dominating every single game but the impact rounds
were enormous and he was throwing teams off now he's still doing that he's
still getting insane impact but he's also like dropping 30 every game
about to go and see him play pub where he might do it again now I'm just
gonna say you saw on that highly real to you're talking about the impact
He gets a 4k and a 3k on the pistol savage on those and what helps here is that in the past
You typically will look at the lights of divide or you look at chain to be the one that kind of rounds up the real brings up
The stats up helps for sake enough this time around. No, it was in the this kid was
Unbelievable. He actually pulled off. What was his first global ace, but was it his first ace period?
I'm not sure we make you I don't know
It doesn't matter, this was beautiful.
Achilio sprints up onto the stage.
He's been a really solid player before in his previous squad.
Team Seagrass and he was a star player there.
So I would be surprised, but certainly at the global level,
because that team was getting nowhere near-globals.
You would not get into a global event until everybody decided to join the team.
Josh was just finding teams lacking success right now to fire straight down today.
Across the globe!
Across the globe!
You know, it's very, very fair and balanced.
No, but at the same time like there is a different skill set going from being the carry on a bad team to being like a guy who
Can occasionally give you take over maps
This would have been a takeover map if for sake it happened also just been dunking all over Mato's 12 foot tall
Yeah, he was actually coming out and the kill disparity at one point even though it was dead
Even in the score was like nearly twice as many kills. Yeah, that is a basketball game
I want to watch now
I'm in, I'm in. All right, well, let's go ahead and hear what's going on over at the NRG camp. We have coach bonkar standing by
Jen here with coach bonkar of energy now coach split didn't quite go your way
But you guys did manage to slow them down by a lot
So what was missing in your eyes when it comes to countering paper X today and should we be
expecting the same idea when it comes to Pearl and countering Forsaken's Vito in
particular. I think we did a good job on Split. I think on defense we were playing
too passive overall, we didn't have any long lines against them, we're just
hiding and not looking for fights or engaging in fights so that's the
number one thing we're gonna change coming into Pearl. Thank you so much and good luck.
You mentioned earlier Josh when we were going over the map pool that
energy have gone up against this veto before in America's yeah, and they were able to
Easily dispatch of hundred thieves who are running that but I think when you're comparing the style of veto play that we've seen from
Paper X to pretty much every other team across the globe that has tried out that new Sentinel
They are far more creative with it. I think oh, yeah on the attack sides definitely
So much more dynamic with using that veto as an entry force
Teleporting into smokes, popping out of them with flashes from one of their other players,
having maybe a haunt from Invy to play off things along those lines, it's real nice.
Yeah, I hate to be boring about it, but your eyes are on Forsaken again.
It just makes so much sense, man. He's playing the veto with the interceptor and the ult
to counter it, to double initiate a comp on the other side.
Ethan's going to slow the game down a lot and force PaperX to push for info and try to punish that.
And that was what they were doing well, actually.
They had a great idea coming into Split about how they were going to make things uncomfortable for PaperX.
It's just that even that good game plan still only got them to a 6-6 scoreline at the heart.
We're really going to need to see some excellent calling from Ethan here.
Obviously, so experienced under the bright lights in multiple titles, like we said, he absolutely knows how to rise to the occasion
and he's going to have to outplay a really strong defense from PaperX with his double teleport comp.
We want to see that map 3 come to fruition.
Haven would be the decider.
Will it be the case?
Let's send it back over to your casters
to guide us through the action here.
As we get ready for Pearl, it's Pansy and Hypop.
I have to ask you though, after seeing map 1,
how do you feel the odds are
of even getting to a map 3 now?
Pearl coming in here, it is NRG's choice,
but it's been a good display from PaperX.
It really has.
A double down on the feature comp for me
It's absolutely anti-recipe for NRG is the desk have already highlighted for a number of different reasons it being such a question mark I
Got a favor paper X again with that map one you'd see how they're able to kind of
Satisfy both sides of the coin
Now unfortunately, I think you asked a question which team fairs better in the question mark that is map to I
Give me extra paper X
I think I'm with you now. I quite liked what bonca was saying though
They seem a little bit aware of what they need to be doing whether or they can do it
Is what we're gonna find out in a couple of seconds. Sure. Yeah, but this isn't necessarily an example of a map or a comp where the things
The bonca was leading to necessarily teed up for you. So very very difficult map
then our genealty
Try and force a third on I mean I am praying you got to hate me. They just be a
a gigabang. No, it's a map to be
almost teased. I'm so pro NRG
right now. We are just for that.
Please. All right, let's see what
you can do, NRG, just for the
sake of our happiness, which we
haven't felt in years. Marder
straight to business. Let's see
how he gets on because this
is a rough game for him and
something already slicing through
You're looking at scuba and Ethan who are kind of being the I guess lighter side of the split
To hold back the flood and actually even somewhere, but only gets one in the end
Really position now for scuba to have to move forward the thanks already coming through from indy
I mean kicking on this you don't want to see oh dear. He thought about it
He saw it just for a second scuba had a look but
In aggression and pay breaks the second they know what you're doing and they are not backing
This comes back to that same, again, what I was kind of hinting at.
Modder basically has to do the work of two dualists against a team that's happy to just explode on this first contact in a number of rounds.
Again, don't get me wrong, Modder exceptionally talented, but it being Paper X on the other side just compounds that issue.
Another explosive pistol round, we've had three now.
They have been nuts.
clean purchase here for NRG, just give you those classics on the other side.
I'm looking to explore and understand how this kind of main side feels.
I'm going to start building that alt as quickly as I can.
Forsaken, I don't want to say alone, he is what you tell, and it is Forsaken.
So, kind of that worried.
We're going to get out of dodgy as well.
Divide the sight lines cut for him.
understanding, especially now with Forsaken catching the back side of this.
Maybe down pretty far, I guess it then falls.
Can't get out of this.
Okay, Forsaken gets caught though, so that's giving him a little bit more breathing room at least,
and Devine's pushing back in. I don't know if I like that.
No, I really don't like that. It felt so unnecessary, maybe felt uncomfortable and be long,
but that's a better fight to have, surely.
I mean, Forsaken's going with a bulldog there, and nobody's got contact on-site yet,
on site yet so GA will just peel away immediately again. Damage done, sure, but
Bulldog gives the hands of Scoob up. Something to calm him down a kill here.
No, there's a couple tagged up Ethan and Marder a little bit lighter.
Oh dear god! No! The third! The first two are getting you, but the third is outrageous!
And that felt like all that threat falls away as Kiko has to just face all three.
And something is waiting, watching and finds it.
Four for the man, big round.
Look at the right as wrongs from map one.
Certainly looking for a confidence booster early on for something.
That's absolutely what you want to see.
Effectively isolated here.
Saved paper X, though, because, again,
that little play in just felt unnecessary.
But my God, a bailout round.
That's good. It's posted up as well. It's hard to get from the other side of the train for the trade, but
five and one star for something here. Just two away from the result already.
Maybe I'm not investing around this. The paper is kind of a little bit aggressive here.
Give me a little bit of a set piece here.
There are some things still going to carry on and Ethan's going to mop up too. So finally
You're gonna play as behind that.
Mada clears.
You're right. Mada down low.
Ethan on four. Scuba 15.
This is still
extremely doable.
It's caught in the cross, but no, for Satan's been found.
Maybe just a shot through the smoke there.
Gonna be the reward.
It's a bit close at war again.
Okay. They've kept control of this, even though they are.
So fragile.
Molly, Ethan.
say can kind of be the main characters on that one but they didn't necessarily need
the kind of Jing or something showed up but if they are added to that sort of
equation that's a scary thing right they're just one of that
in something struggling at least numerically to find value
so it's always the terrifying we were talking about.
In fact there are five players that can just step up
and deliver you around.
Well I think Ethan there is someone delivered NRG around
fact that he was long to find two of them
did pop a boatload of damage from that but a great start for the IGL there on
NRG side operate in play in round four here something big investment yeah we
gotta see this pay off this time around played in here
little deep here spot not committed just yet actually all the way on the
the other side towards A.
Just guarding towards the other side.
In the diligent enough to clear it with a prowl.
They're not going to take too many chances.
They will keep players present.
They're trying to be so free here.
I'm quite surprised they kept all three,
just on the sake of Marta's contact
when there was contact down B long as well.
But, leaving mid wide open,
and then I'll cheat.
That all in Ethan's hands would be lovely here.
I get to keep it
Just absolutely brilliant from the captain
The sake it tries to play for but the paint show comes in and Ethan finds a third
It's something left alive and the operator that price possession has to go and save
to give this one up. Can
happy to get down inside this
smoke, but he's been finding the
second follow-up so quickly
towards site.
It's been a miracle work in
so far. These rounds have not
been easy.
Oh, something might just be
caught in Scuba. It's so
close. Close enough to hit
these steps now. Something
has no idea.
Oh, yeah.
No idea that it's close.
Scuba on the hunt here.
That's a key point.
And Scuba on the hunt here. That's a key weapon, but the attention turns something.
Just trying to play his life now.
Ah, he doesn't get a key pit. Operator is gone.
Big scout to claim.
Move the operator from the inventory of Paper X.
We'll have his ult, but...
There was an offer of the ill that he could get the adders.
Yeah.
I think if I was in a position there to really isolate the front...
Off this execution we've been straight it instant. I was so scared if he got to breathe for a second longer and you set a touch
With a chance for him to slip that smoke as well. Everybody for energy is looking forwards. He's hugging the wall
Okay, but the bias been broken
So energy get themselves
Far easier playing field, but this team is scary in all occasions
Something for a fight
doesn't get the Shrully Wanted as Kiko's gonna remove the Saken as well. So something...
I'm gonna try and stand this ground a little bit longer.
No attacks this time. No, not the same sort of success. Great scaling from NRG. Just gonna keep
this one simple it looks like.
SMG is also not really a challenge for NRG ahead of the site.
Now the bosses are gonna be all but locked out on it.
Yeah, the paint job could be a nuisance before just gonna soak up the damage. That's fine.
Worth it for the plant.
Okay, we need something quite special here, Jane.
I'm going to get any...
Oh, no. Oh, no?
Easy, Tiger. Just a double check.
I don't think he's getting back up from that.
To buy an MV, just for Sheriff's sake.
See what they can do on the way out here, but so far so good.
I feel like we've got a nice...
It feels very similar to map one, almost, right?
Initial good start in the pistol round for pay-for-ex.
Great reactions from NRG.
It's that development and the adjustments and the adaptation that goes on forward like you just have to keep my eye on and also a lot of
They are moments from Ethan 2k 3k
8 and 2 before this round started he's done very well
I don't think he was with the pack this time ever he's over towards the A side
It's gonna keep that back line safe. So they break it up to the spike. We don't know foul in that front
But I do want to just keep checking in on Ethan's form here
Yeah, 8 and 2
They're flying start
I'm happy to lead from the front in a couple of rounds so far, it's a split as well.
Crucial round for them.
It's a paper, it's going to get a little more aggressive now, the ult is starting to come online.
Particularly looking at Forsaken, but something alongside that also.
There's nothing available when RG start the round.
Now, I'm interested in this as well, because Mardus been on a bit of a solo endeavor a couple of times towards this side, but he has support here.
He's commanded the rotations, and actually Paper X is shifting back into a way deeper hold now.
Jhin's been revealed, they know about two, Mardus not hounding them down yet, and he's trying to play a little bit more composed.
Take that smoke base and yeah, keep your arms forsaken here.
And well, Lincoln, you might have missed it, Martyn's going to find a five, but on the back of the side is still the paper X boys in Archie, dwindling in numbers!
It's all on Scuba in a 1v2.
And see the chance going around towards A, but trying to maybe offset the timing here.
I'm sure we're Indian forsaken, we're currently residing.
Re-position towards main as well, going to run the clock down as much as possible, force the hand of Scuba.
It's still got time to play with sure, but
It's going to take him forever to shift walk through here.
It's easy for us to know, but for him, every corner could contain that.
Little stack up, 30 seconds, the penny drops.
Now the spike will be retrievable, but for how long?
25.
He's just on the corner.
That should be him spotted, but for 20 seconds, I don't think he can make it out
of here, but he's baiting them on it.
He's made him fly forward, forsake him!
A really rare mistake, but Invy, right on the case!
A safe pair of hands, one small for Payforks.
And thank God for that.
Almost baiting out the rotation there
after you've retrieved the spike.
See, Invy almost laying down the wall
and looking there at the play react.
Two and two.
Cheeky kills there, actually.
Invy's nasty.
She had to work for his dinner too.
That's kind of like a bit sketchy. Forsaken wanted to just get there so fast, maybe really believing in that run.
Still, open up a little window of opportunity, get shot, 3th piece now. Forsaken on a corner.
Just respect that smoke to an extent, and there has been good damage here. Kito last time around managed to pin down Forsaken.
This time going to spot him out again, but no confirmed damage gets the chip, and now Forsaken's in trouble.
10 HP, just to fall off.
I'm not going to have much of a say here.
RG, the whole thing with the drone.
No commitment just yet, but they are creeping closer and closer again.
Not a task with maybe showing presence elsewhere, but we'll call the cancer on that now.
Oh, God.
Pico now, which is going to fixate on this angle.
Yeah.
I guess something is the kind of ace up the sleeve almost, right?
That judge's out there, does he...?
Well, the drone is a...
Brock was considering the drone, that.
They're playing hard.
Okay.
Doesn't...
...quots out something, but he's gonna take the...
...rip cord out of their fair play.
Jin's gonna pop all and forsaken on 10 HP.
Still gonna take down Mada.
Jin now gets interested.
Doesn't get what he wanted, but he does get the rifle.
Out in time.
This hesitation might be costing an RG for the stability found
between Scuba and Kiko, but I don't think it was necessary to fight into that.
This fight's still not down.
Envy tries to get closer, but something's still there with the judge,
and he does have his ult.
Kiko gets overwhelmed,
Plot's not down, now there's problems.
Envy might be the saving grace.
They're running low on time, and they're running low on options.
Envy's down low, Plot is gonna be down.
Now the fight's on.
Scuba falls something on the follow-up!
Paper Rex with his skin in their teeth getting away with this.
I mean, just...
Again, a couple of overpeats from Paper Rex here.
In a desperate attempt to slow things down, Jing oversteps the mark ever so slightly.
Sorry, what?
Yeah, it's just Burstia wants Ethan and...
Again, Jing can reset.
Fortunately...
Well, I say fortunately, actually.
That's been something in tandem.
Again on a bailout.
What's an X-Factor player? Two rounds now.
In my eyes, Envy has been stable.
He's been that calm center for PaperX.
Making sure they are getting these close rounds.
Making those scales ever so slightly.
Well, now PaperX.
Speaking of PaperX. Yeah.
Through PaperX things.
Oh, gee, that's...
This side clean now.
I was going to say on the other side, that's it.
Oh, gee.
The right reef has changed towards A.
It's a lovely combo.
Oh, it's just gorgeous, Mada clearing it all that space.
Man, how he gained the full up on Jing, I'll never know.
But beautiful space clearing and understanding of what was available.
Over three standing, Indy is not among them.
He's been the ones just to get across that line before.
Mada holding this corner, gonna have a fight on his hands,
now gets DeVy down something in the waiting game on this,
but his HP so low.
The pre-emptive turn on the Flash put gets outdone.
Forsaken, freebie, actually bloody hell, I was nervous then,
but with that kill, the opportunities become mere on zero,
and something very much understands that.
We've forced out this round again.
What, which is such a beautiful catch here.
Anticipating, if we're sitting a little deeper here,
immediately capitalising the space in mid as well.
You see, just at the end of that round, the ping's coming through.
Paper X discussing that.
There's a ball up here that's just outrageous from broad.
Calm.
Yeah, as always.
It was nice to have somebody sat next to Alex as well.
Did you really get the comparison?
Time out for Paper X.
because again I think if you as much as you look at the last three rounds it is a
two-to-one exchange paper XR coming out on top but I do feel there has been a
couple moments where they are overstepping over playing being a
little bit too aggressive in moments which sounds bizarre with paper giving up
chances that was winning them rounds on split so it's not necessarily something
you will see paper XR stop doing sure it is part of their pedigree but yeah
Yeah, NRG just, it does still feel like damage control, right?
Yeah.
This is a war of attrition in terms of the pace,
in terms of the tempo here, particularly early on.
Crucice here in this time,
our paper acts are discussing the exploration they had made.
Is this what, the best except piece for NRG,
so a rehearsed hit almost towards eight.
Again, they're doing this coming into what's going to be a very broken pie, though.
There's not going to be a full punch behind it.
They're certainly expecting something massive here, but they do have a couple of ultimates.
Yeah, and they've always seemed to make something out of nothing.
It's just one of those factors.
You never can quite take your eyes away from Paper X.
So here you're going to have something with that retained rifle.
That's still there.
Brock, doing what Brock does.
Odin's out.
A couple of sheriffs.
And you're right.
There was a couple of ults here.
and some things. And the man with the rifle, the one they pin their hopes to, has four players
on the other side of this. How does he handle this one?
Not in the utility dump here to clear the in. It's a round, scuba. Just be heads in.
But I'm right back in his place there. For something I get it, you want to try and
at least do some damage. You want to try and deliver a bit of a chance for your
boys but you're not going to get away with it. Best for PaperX now maybe they can recover
the rifle and filter it to the next player but Forsaken's taking a walk. Doesn't get
the shot he wanted. Goes back for seconds and does do great damage on Pico but still
the two players to the good.
The other shields? No, okay. So it's just Jing with that rifle. Sheriff with Divide
Now make me a believer! Make me pay attention! The rifle goes to the divide and you're right!
The emergency lockdown has to come in, feeling that threat!
It's very early on, so not necessarily going to secure this post plan for NRG.
It just slows down PaperX for a mere second.
Jing, going to get away from it. The bullets do not connect, so 30 HP gets closer to the site.
Damage done towards Long, Kiko on the 12 HP there.
Mada going to take a later fight, this is now problems. Jing!
It feels like they are the chances became so slim at the end. I like what they tried
They did force the hand from energy
We're a massive ultimate here energy respecting the threat
of the gym finds
Kill off the water actually not the plant of off the plant
A couple of moments available
I like to give it two days to find that kill the angle, but can't really bolt in that
How's the pilot going? Only
missing. Oh, something back on
the scope. Let's see. Very
comfortable on their side.
I'm seeing paper. I'm trying to
starting those quick rotations.
at a exponential pace towards
for sake and utility
I need to see that one back, Mada with an absolute belcher of a shot.
But to fight, Flash slip towards backside, but Mada seems aware.
Spots him out, goes for another Mada!
Doing some damage this time around.
He's happy to stand his ground here.
It's in B, he's the one to break back in by taking away Scuba,
but Mada is not letting this round slip.
He has to do it himself, he bloody well, well, four kills!
He's high up the five
All in for Ethan and something
Walking into what feels fated to be five for Marta
Does he get the chance?
To put that fifth to his name. I think he might just murder with all five
Beautiful stuff
Wrap this one up with a bow
We're going around absolutely dismantled by an RG great catcher for sake and we can
ride unfortunately.
Let's put in a corner and put to bed if anyone really had a chance to get a fair 1v1 versus
Marder.
See some investment back in, signs of desperation from PaperX.
Look at what's behind this, it's not necessarily a team up for round 12.
to say two of those runs from paper X were off the back of what felt individual but we
do have an operator. Oh my god we did. Bye bye! Marna! The executioner! This guy is god
damn good! You want another race? Back to back? Give me it. Give me your back to back
Ace. Let him go forward. He's off the leash. Tempers himself there. Doesn't want to risk
the round but I think he's got freedom to play with it divide gonna make it work
for this
He's done enough to give him the round here.
Oh, he's getting it.
He's absolutely...
Oh, he's gonna let me down!
Oh, to the teammates!
You love to stand back to back, baby!
Manor!
The machine takes a stand!
You don't see that every day!
WC mate to set it up here, but what they're doing like I said, effectively has to do two people's jobs in some of these compositions.
And he's gone over and above here back to back aces to give energy seven broken by back in for paper X held on these four rounds.
And Mada starts to feel untouchable.
Stop peeking him.
Don't run away!
I'm just skipping the site.
Let him have it.
Why are you taking hearts?
No.
All the way!
All the way!
All the way!
All the way!
All the way!
Set paper acts everything available
in terms of this cycle.
NRG with tools themselves.
Spectra.
Scuba, Ethan and Mada.
down. It's almost forced back in their shell a little bit these last few rounds. I haven't
seen them really pushing forward too far. I'm the operator here. I'm trying to get
them to a deeper angle. They're a bit of a standoff, a stalemate here outside beat.
You can see how conditioned they are about positioning for seconds, lobbed in that little
cubby, right? So they have to go through the list of it, but they see nothing.
Moving back towards 8, March deeper hold here from Paper X, not really shouldering up a fair play.
Don't really blame you after what's been happening.
Of course to respect it.
You know the passing, generally from Mada has been over towards that bit side.
They try to play back in, there's no stopping Mada, you can't take him out of mid-air.
Jinglin tries to ignore him.
Dress that backline behind him, walks to the floor and then Mada tries to make up for it.
Can't do enough though, 13 seconds.
Spike is struggling to get towards the site.
There's bodies from Paper X but a massive shot.
It's gonna work out leaving Kiko with five seconds and nothing to do
Five to seven paper X
Really scrapping away some of these rounds to get themselves a bit of a buffer here
Yeah, crazy back and forth and a beautiful set piece of it from NRG but paper X able to avoid that
Mardus in a 17 a 7 on this first half Laurence super star performance from him
We've asked that of him might we asked him to be that good and he's been doing it so far
But if it's enough to take us to the third, we'll find out after this.
Here's our boys, boys!
Red Bull gives you wings.
I'm going to go to the back.
I feel like the scoreline to
degree isn't fully telling of
how some of these rounds went
down. But again, we had back
to back aces. We had some
crazy clutches coming up from
Indian who's been a rising
superstar in my eyes. But do
you all mind Mike? How does
obviously signs of desperation in terms of Jing a little overheat previously. I think maybe round
nine or something. Hey Prec said desperate to just have a round or two to their favor.
I'm not really happy to just receive some of those sorts of rounds to be honest. I'm curious now
Hey Prec's in terms of their approach to the attack especially considering the veto.
And obviously it doesn't really help now but had something in Jing struggling previously
maybe now it's Divyre one of the most clutch players we've seen here and Forsaken alongside
that being the ones to struggle in that first half.
I don't know about a good amount of damage but it goes down on it as well so chip damage
yes.
Motherbuzz is quite there.
No but there's still play top middle by Marder seems aware of the possibility so he's
doing his protocol list here but look at MV as well they are set up for this right
this is a great approach but Marder has been the one to be an issue and Scuba
If we're going to try and back away and keep some space on the site, we can't hold it himself.
Reading the stack well enough here, and we'll slip away towards Long.
Another reinforcements to get some ground.
His bike is in. Very early on.
Yeah, now with that space on Long Hell, it becomes quite telling that this is maybe an unorthodox post plant that they've taken over the ski.
And you're right, but it's in me to find Ethan, Jing on the spot off Scuba.
Five bullets, I see the reload. Oh, hold on!
No, no, no, no, look at the HP.
Scuba, you got a chance at this.
Bullets, doesn't get to hit that reload.
Tries to find a player first.
The second has played this very well.
Crucial tag as well, actually.
Yeah, I think he knows this one might be wrapped.
It is.
Paper X.
Again, I said look at something,
and then two people die from Paper X.
This could take something forever to get back there.
You can see him relaying that crucial tag to bring scuba just a little lower.
And Rex will scratch another pistol.
He'll try to tie things up immediately here in the second half.
I looked at it before, but mother 18 and 8.
It's unreal. Envy the closest other thing, about like 12 or something.
Again, it's it's a big performance from him
But overall after credit here as well paper X on the pistol rounds
They've been getting those under the belt. It feels like quite consistent
Yeah, I mean the only one they lost was a force I can near on ace, right? That's exactly
Let's see if they can keep this one nice and calm
Collected these don't feel like the words I don't associate with me. Well, yeah
The round the round two on split obviously was one where a ton of damage was done and it made that opening stretch arounds
I'm not sure what it is, but uphill struggle for Paper X here.
Not necessarily going to be many issues towards A.
See the stack. All in on B here for NRG.
It's like slowly making this wait.
Going through the motions here.
I don't like the Paper X dealers. They go a little bit further, but they shouldn't go too far.
They don't need to be this individual about it. They need to kind of go on a limb.
Comfortably they should be hearing a lot of this as well. Yeah, so the worry is if in we get some of these kills
Yeah, that is a worry considering how close he is to the goal already and this guy's big. Oh God. He's been good
He's been very good paper x5 standing a flawless round tick in the box for them. That's the scoreline now title even
Have a huge opportunity to get a crucial ultimate online here
So how the Biowin looks, Scope will be cycled out to something.
Can't really get out to the NRG by, but no surprise to see them opt for light shields in certain situations, regardless.
That's the last minutes which up here.
Still well invested.
Yeah, and it's gonna be a fight for that old orb. You can see already NRG are playing around with that.
But they can't really do that on both sides of the map here, so we're going to control it deep towards A.
Look how far pushed up they are.
They're exploring far behind this. Hold on.
They're going to be fast on these rotates, but can they survive? It's scuba on the other side of the map.
Going to isolate something and punish them on the push-up.
So paper X is trying to take the space, but back side is still going to be there.
It's Bork looking for an opportunity.
Watch two of them.
They're not meant to get too there. There's no way you're meant to get through there.
Break shot, Darts.
The plant goes down, because they can only upgrade and device still alive.
device. If I should be calling someone here. Mada should have him dead to right. So Forsaken, you're all alone. Oh my God. This gets weird. Mada, he's got such a great read, but Forsaken in a 1v3. Show me what you're made of. Not going to happen.
on the clear and NRG keep three standing. Great cast from Marder. He's a 40 HP as well so a real
risk of him falling in that situation. Team paper X up perfectly to convert this but NRG find a
extra scuba gifted a freebie but team finding two there on the way in.
Kiko and scuba is wild a miracle then they both able to follow up
This is utility
Now progress wise just two way from the showstop up come on the buy-around on this
Finds a few
Still sitting on the nightfall here
Make self for Kiko
That's maybe just the last bit of pivot there for him.
It looked like it, didn't it?
But they start with the 3rd base back towards A, then feel nothing initially.
A little bit slower temper for Paper X.
Or she's the clearing.
And jumping on this, I think would be scuba.
Yeah, so, gonna fall off.
They are going to be clean and gore in the meantime.
That gets handled, but in B,
I'll be going between a bit of a bad decision.
Unable to get away from it, he's going to corner and I'm brought!
Big swing! He's not going to live but he takes down two with him.
Exceptional impact. Can Paper X claw anything out of this?
That's only down to Divine something. Surely they don't get much more.
Not already on the flank. He does this time and time again.
He's such a nuisance.
Chance to set up here on the side but not much in form of options here.
Something he's on the walkabout.
Something might be considered soon though because Marta can clear site and he's done it.
Something's positioned out becomes less relevant.
I don't know how much you can do.
I think he knows that as well.
They're putting it together.
You can see them turning on the dime.
I scooters.
Scooter's seen it.
Yeah, it's done.
Wrap it up.
Get out of there.
NRG.
I mean, it just felt perfect.
Martin's positioning, Mike.
It's not the flashier sometimes,
but the fact is behind them so often,
it leaves these slippery plays almost too readable.
And he can play like that.
He can play extremely aggressively in these flanks.
Because the numbers just don't play the paper eggs.
They're trying to get on split.
Just running away in the space of one sport.
Oh, a broad did well on time.
It's beautiful isolation at first two.
It's not really the clone that stops him from getting into else.
Yeah, 21 to 9 for Lada.
I imagine Alex is screaming about the plan right now.
You'd think so, wouldn't you?
But again, we'll see what they come up with.
I feel like Indy's been sat on his off for some time now.
really had a big opportunity to use it. Paper Rex not finding what they need. Again, here we go,
checking in on Alex there, you can see it. If we can read it, I'm sure he can.
But can the boys in the server actually adjust well enough and quick enough?
Because it's not like these side hits have been easy even without that factor in play, right?
They're still getting held up and slowed down a touch. Paper Rex,
let me tell them the odds. But the chances of Haven are becoming a little bit more of a
reality. That definitely are, yeah. NRG on the brink of double digits here. Yes there's
also some play for Payprex, but saying could be said for NRG. Scuba just went away from
the divide, Marta. That's your block where you have the Hunters Fury, so good position
here for NRG to really twist the knife in terms of the economy.
Everett's certainly facing an uphill battle in this next round, only two players with any sort of buffer here.
This feels a little back to the wall these next couple of rounds and I'm worried I'm not going to see a convincing outcome either.
But let's see what that timeout's done for PaperX, have they got a plan in mind of how they want to handle Marder with these aggressive slips
or if maybe he's just taking a bit of a round off here, Jing with some pace, he's going to eye up middle, he's going to get that pretty much instantaneously.
They are looking to try and catch Marder on the push-up if they try and throw middle.
This is bold, Ethan, but it is absolutely crucial in terms of figuring out the same size
split, and Paper X called the cancel again. Not sure what they've spotted there, but
they were halfway into art and they just cancelled.
I don't know if they're just looking around to find where these push-ups are coming from,
But they are gonna find it now for the footsteps Michael the footsteps is gonna be heard
It was a lazy clear initially, but for sake it makes it back in time, but do they expect
It's not pretty but it's gonna get one free trade from envy numbers to the good players standing
I don't think Brawl gets to get away from this though. He's gonna be noted. He also stands some of this ground
It looks towards long. Yeah, have they heard this if they thought about it
I think they have and some things on the way maybe trying to shut that window of chance that
maybe Ethan feels he has, but Kiko is gonna find one on the side but they've taken away that flank.
This now means all eyes turn back towards the side.
Something for safe and Jing all here, all towards Long.
You can see this, they have to react and they go on a swing, it's not pretty from Kiko.
So we will fall and Jing is there, it's close still, my god.
I feel like I'm not walking away with full faith, I'm confused at the start of this.
The damage financially here as well. It's what's the knock-on
Effector or the issue actually coming out of that. You know, he stack up three volts from that round
It's really unlucky here for for scuba honestly to just miss on the asphalt form
And that's a freebie again is not necessarily an instant reaction in terms of trading when somebody gets popped inside the asphalt form but
By the skin of their teeth paper X
able to follow through that look at the paper X to continue this parting though
see if they can do it again because I feel like that initial start I wasn't
quite sure how they were reading it if I'm honest now once again looking to try
well they were trying to imply those group pressure throughout that's already
been kind of cleared right evens on this getting curious I don't think he knows
what's going on around just figure out where paper X are yes and well the
start of rounds but also in the down sign. Well look how deep they're sat elsewhere right?
You've got players basically backed by spawn here for NRG, they don't buy these early fights.
Divide's going to go through, and it is going to be towards the safe side of the map.
Jing, goal straight away takes away Brawk, but it's a trade out. One for one.
Yeah, partly he's coming through the back of that, but again it's not going to say
he's committed in this situation, it'd be an Orthodox plant here.
I'll pay for extra couple of different options to spam.
Bloody hell.
Land and freeze it.
Yeah, unconfirmed damage, but it is there, right?
At least down to 48.
OK, something's going to find Scuba.
They have four against the three.
Forsaken's come back in, taking a look.
They popped the ult with something.
As Kiko and Mada, I don't see where they find these chances
here, because to fight, OK, falls away a little bit
further, something comes back out of the ult.
This feels weird.
They are playing to the good here, but there it is.
Okay. Nine nine. Yeah. And this is feeling a bit out of kill to
here. Beautiful investment there. Paper X. No, they need to get
this one on the board. Yeah. To secure by in hand. We'll get
the upgrades coming out. That's something that actually stick
to the scope. Again, reading in LG's tendencies in terms of
light shields, their ability to maintain stability in terms of
the finances.
Okay. Nine nine.
Time not coming back in now. What's the money like for
I know we're going to love it looking towards paper except
I do but yeah two players sitting 800 900 the previous year. It's going to be difficult to musters together
Kind of something workable, but we surprised me to see an
Attempt made here, but it comes out a crucial time
It does double digits is better right ten rounds big on the board a couple of volts time to come back through as well
And in our G again the sort of thing I actually force anything in here
You actually take away effectively a light shield by to follow this
It wouldn't surprise me to see NRG just run this dry, maybe a bucky, a bandit.
Do you have the Hunters fury potentially? Kiko, get the lockdown, but it's risky.
Oh, it is. It really is. But this feels like the turning point. Maybe not in the outcome of this round, but the one to follow.
His paper is back to lead. He gives him a real chance to close out in two.
and then on G. Hell, you can't
anything questionable towards
Martin. The kid has been
electric in this. The gambles
stack. I got back to the same
thing. Just doing two people's
jobs. Just doing the work. 21
11 players. Yep. And it has
really, really shunned here on
Pearl and are you going to get
We're going to sniff this out though anticipating the potential of some aggression, spur things
on towards A. The worst possible outcome here for NRG to face with a retake.
Paper H1C5 standing for the 2.
Absolutely, yeah.
I mean if they can protect the next two purchases behind this, you look at what's already built
up.
a really forsaken struggling down a 450. Again, denial here doesn't really mean much.
The paper is aren't close to too many ultimates so, so I don't know where the threat would
come from. I mean, there's one name that would stand out but walks gone up great.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah, it's fine. Okay. Jhin and MV, it's fine.
I get a little bit nervous, but we're at 10, Paper X are up, they are in the lead, they only lost one in that round, everything is good.
The operator to come out for Marder.
Something, NRG haven't relied on, and actually the knock on effect here is there is a protected purchase behind this.
So, Paper X find 11 here, and RG don't concede a crucial round to follow.
Lockdown, and the Hunter's Fury available to them.
Forsaken, up in the hole here to kick off round 20, continuing this pace here for Paper X.
But they're not, they're not even behind it.
It's Forsaken kind of continuing to posture up.
You look at everyone else, they've kind of reset.
Oh, it wouldn't be long.
Go forward, he's scary.
Yeah, basically.
It's the game plan here for Forsaken.
And he is quite a scary player.
He's not had the biggest impact yet in my mind,
but a player like Forsaken, it takes one round.
It's something to remember.
But Marder wants to continue this story in his favor.
Now, while all this happens, it's still building towards B.
There's three players here from NRG, so Paper X
have a lot to do here.
This is not an easy scale-up.
They will have a little bit of a fight
as they scale up through long.
Press that corner, Jing.
I might have seen Kiko there potentially.
And they've got lockdown, they've got two shocks,
they've got the Hunters Fury, so many problems
for Payprex to navigate past.
Here we go, old Skilore. Good luck, observers, and good luck.
Ask Jing, takes the proactive approach.
It takes away Braw. Jing now looking maybe dead.
He's still alive, scuba them, swings up from heaven.
They fight back from NRG.
And MV, the hero of the moment,
But the problem is Marta, the slow and steady creeping.
Deft is going to fall to his own creep.
And now the cross gets watched.
Can't do it this time.
Invite, made it close.
Made it feel possible.
Ethan with a bold swing out here.
And we'll put NRG up to 10.
Tie things up once more.
And both teams financially stable here at least.
They play for it.
And the timing for Marta to catch a kill here.
on the other side of the map.
It just forced you up.
What?
I don't mean something that swung more onto that,
but it wasn't just the elbow.
Yeah, bigger picture-wise, it forces.
Apex, of course, is into the setup of the NIGR,
anticipating.
Beautiful switch-up.
To find another response here in the second half.
This time they're not going to be testing towards middle.
direct towards B-Lomb, scuba.
We put on notice early, has to send away, can't stick around.
Big gap in rotation here, if Jin goes any further forward, but...
...we'll, er, back away.
We'll try and manipulate these rotations, the late-looking middle understates can get seen, but he goes back!
He's going up!
It's taken really struggling in terms of some of these 1v1 engagements.
Mada just posted up here, commanding so much space.
And they've reset without alt tagging very little.
he said but look who they're coming towards I mean if envy doesn't spot with a
power here this could be a disaster in the making
just out does it look at something something slipped that through mid and
you're right that clears through all that clears through short and takes
okay it ain't that comfortable yet something is gonna clear site that's
That's fine. This plant doesn't feel comfortable, and there's numbers to the good here for NRG.
Denial of the first sent, second go of things.
Weird part here, but here's wide open now. Arguably favoring paper acts.
Oh, here comes the ult. I'm gonna force him away.
Am I gonna fight forward on this? Something might be in trouble.
Scuba has no idea how close he was. Kiko kicking up a gear. Three kills already.
Devise force to fight back further. Has to back pedal. He has to get off the side. He can't do it!
Kiko! Keep Sennaji in this one!
Four kills to his name!
Sennaji, bloody other back man!
Massive round from Kiko.
Again to face the full might of paperwork here
on the ace side.
Beautiful catch on the satchel.
Now that started felt like it really tilted the way the round came down but that was lovely.
Really I'm lucky for something that I get to be wrapped again in this late lurk.
Unfortunately now Paper X, I thought they had a protected bite, it's about it now.
See the knock on effect.
I was going to say, I'm very delayed there, but it'll be bought at the very last second.
Oh, he's actually got up on the right as well, yeah, okay.
So they can try and make it happen for themselves here.
Three, two, split, right towards A, banking on Jin getting value.
Blind Zen finds nothing, and now they're in trouble here.
Stalled out towards the art scale underneath the book.
Bring down the hammer!
And they can't scale up past that.
A main smoked off too much pressure.
They've got to reset.
It's actually a path they're just not reaching far enough through art,
which means they find a comfortable kill.
Thank you now.
Reached my Brawk.
Everybody just...
Wiggling in.
We're going to catch Ethan though.
Wily on 20.
Envy, a threat in these rounds.
He knows about Brawk.
He doesn't know about Scuba.
And there's nothing you could do.
They face together.
Little 3-2-1 moment.
It's divine something we're looking at other options as well hoping they could find maybe another path
Well, the other option is a walking into matter. I don't want to
Has been so active for energy and
Borderline idol for the last few rounds in terms of this operator
Because you know that they'd want a deeper position
A rare misstep for Marta and a new lease of life for something but can you make anything of this new lease of life?
already Mada is having none of this man keeping them on their toes buying time
for the rotation 14 seconds and Archie are here they are grouping and defying
something last player clutch up I don't think they can man divide you're good but
look at these players just bounding back through toying with them it's there
Archie making it up to 12
to the left.
Started to stabilize now these
last few rounds.
Great adjustments coming out of
the time out here.
Paper X.
Struggling to stick the landing.
Three.
Diffusals in a row here.
NRG to get themselves to
map point.
Take us one step closer to
Haven.
It's only the divide to play with.
Judging hand for Jing.
Guardians scattered across.
Running out of steam, Mike. That's what it feels like in NRG.
Just starting to slip into gear.
Paper X find a little more in the tank.
Bring this one back to a possibility.
It's all directed straight towards his B site.
Scoobler should be dead to right, but he's been maybe left to breathe for a second longer, but Kiko kicks in to gear himself.
Two big kills. Now he's going to be challenged out by something, but they're more in the way. There's layers to this.
NRG, they don't want to bow out on map two. They won that map three. They won Haven.
PaperX might not be able to deny you. Envy, big shot. 3v3.
Oh my god, Kiko. Bloody hell, Envy almost had you dead there.
But they brought from up on Heaven in NRG, looking like they are very much on track.
We wanted Haven, we're getting Haven. It's 13-10, it took a long time to get there.
It took Marga, getting 23 kills.
But Haven will be the decider between Paper X and NRG.
She's stepping on the room and the phrase She's burning up and she has a big face
She tell me so she won't be put in for me But you can't get this pump on for free
She's jumping, knocking, then I come down with the tags I'm stuck in
It's got them eyes that come on and go popping
And the way she move her body, body to give it a serious thing
Yeah, you can do it well if you really want
Baby, baby, don't push me when you really want
I'm a solo to the sub-hc
But like me, nah, nah, nah, nah
In the punta de pie
But la mano en la cabela
Esa pu-pu-pu-de
Esa pu-pu-pu-de
Esa pu-pu-pu-de
Esa pu-pu-pu-de
Vamos negue la bala
We're on my back
We're on my back
We wanted a map 3 while you're asking, you shall receive
Holy moly, we're going to Haven folks, but what a way to do so after an exquisite performance
on Pearl.
I don't want to waste any time fellas, this is what it's all about G.
We got to get into the HyperX Reflex moment of the day because it's going to go to Mata
for his aces.
Yes, Pearl, Pearl aces.
Same.
Back to back, Pearl freaking aces.
Back to back, that means one round?
That means what?
And then he got one on the next round.
What the hell?
He throws out a hinder, he jiggle-peeks to make sure that it confirmed hit somebody, swings back into it, he was on fire.
It's not every day that you see a talent like Mata come through your doors and you got to appreciate it while you have it because that,
that's a talent that you're only going to get here in Airman.
And you know what I love about this second X? Well, first of all, he's running forward, he's not missing.
But it's the end where Scuba calls out that he's going sewer, doesn't shoot him,
to the right across the stage.
You know, give a stupid big old kiss for that one.
Probably man.
What a great teammate man.
Probably.
Crazy.
Mod is averaging 1 ace per month by the way in VCT's debut.
He's got 14.
The leader globally is Kong Kong with 17 and then there's some guys between him, second,
G, second.
Some guys.
Some guys.
Yeah, but all people have been playing since Game 1 in their respective leagues.
Mod has been here for 14 months.
He's going to pass them inevitably, right?
Now, I was looking at... So we heard from the coach interview from Bonkar and he said one of the biggest things that they wanted to do
was to actually go and take those fights on defense. I think Madder's a great example of how that confident play actually played out on the defense side here.
Because unlike Math 1, where Bonkar felt that they were turtling too much inside of the site, here what you have is Madder looking to try to take a fight over towards double doors.
Broke swinging as they come in through the doors, and then as you saw on the defense side in other rounds too,
Madder's pushing out and getting these deeper lines here with the operator.
He was constantly trying to do that. They were even full-flag-king through on A multiple times,
and it allows you to get the stack on the B site.
So I think Bonkar should be much happier with how his team actually played out there on the defense.
They identified a problem-wired and were able to tackle it on the fly.
That is exactly what you'd expect out of a team that won a World Cup.
Yeah for sure those pushes that you were talking about to be able to stack the right site like having that protocol and to go all the way through and
It was perfect. Yeah working out so well also
Massive credit at the end to Kiko who just went nuts out of nowhere
Yeah, that 4k when nuclear on that round it like zero time is your HP
Yeah, 0.5 of one health point and he got a 4k man those nuts
It just like you really can never count out these players in these 1v situations
But the other thing though, too, is that coming into this one, I know, right?
We were really stoked to see how this Veto was going to play,
how NRG were going to have to deal with it, because Forsaken has been phenomenal,
and I understand you have some breakdown here.
Yeah, so I've got a breakdown of kind of what NRG did in order to neutralize this.
They did a great job neutralizing the op on map 1.
Here, they neutralized the Veto.
So what's the theory?
I mean, the theory is that the Veto is going to be amazing
into the two initiators that you're running, because it deletes all of this.
utility that you'd commonly see so we've got a perfect example of it here I'm
just gonna pause and run you through what you might expect to see you might
expect to see a recon going up into something like this tail missiles flying
around the corner what's the point of doing that when it's all gonna end up
getting deleted so instead NRG have got a double star setup so one of them is
gonna become a stun the other ones gonna become a smoke that lets them
get onto an angle and actually recon all the way up here which is miles away
from the Interceptor so they know it can't get punished.
And this is all coming out of the anti-straton they did, having lost to G2.
So, look here, the only thing that gets deleted by the Interceptor is one little saturate thrown out by Mada.
But otherwise, NRG are full A control, and I'm just going to pause here for a moment and bring up the mini-map.
Because then what happens is they end up walking back in and NRG have taken this area.
Yes, it's not explosive, it's not that big AMAIN brawl that you'd like to see,
but that's because the Vita would stop you from doing that.
And then they've got a protocol on the other side of the map.
So here, let's look at their B protocol.
So if we zoom in on the minimap, they had a couple of different variations of this.
But generally speaking, you've got the opportunity to drone down
and have that be the first piece of Util that gets broken, and then you save everything else.
Or you can do what they do here, which is use Util that can't get broken.
They have a recall star that gets posted up.
That allows them to get the op, or the outlaw, whatever it is, onto this angle.
They actually did it with a rifle in one of the rounds too.
and as the interceptor is going, you just kind of trickle Util into it.
So you get the first piece of Util just to confirm that the interceptor is there.
One salvo got thrown at Pillar earlier on,
then the second salvo gets thrown in order to push the Vito out of position.
They're very, very good at being able to only use a tiny bit of Util at the start
just to confirm that interceptor gets used,
and then they don't invest anything else. It was immaculately done.
Yeah, it's exactly how you would have expected Coach Boncar to whip up the strategy alongside Ethan to get ready for this.
But now let's set our sights over to Haven.
We're going to get agents like here in the second.
We deserve this.
What are we going to get?
We do deserve this.
We do deserve this.
We're going to map three.
Everyone at home, you deserve this.
Okay, so what are we going to get?
Why?
It's map three and it's a map that both of these teams are 3-0 on in 2026 so far.
Paper X bringing out the crazy Phoenix comp, totally outside of the realm of the meta.
NRG playing very much to the meta, you're going to see Mata on that.
Neon, of course, we watched him against XLG the other day, just to absolutely rule over this map.
His ability to create space, just dance around in this site, watch the rest of his team play off of him.
He's lovely on that attack side.
And I think for this side where NRG is on defense, what you want to look at is whether they can maintain information in a lobby.
because either Madda or Brock is gonna want to know is somebody walking down short right now?
There's no Cypher, there's no Viper, they're really lacking at PaperX tools to fake a lobby pressure,
but they're so creative with how they mitigate that problem with their comp.
What, this is an insane game to have already. Champions of last year versus the Toronto
winners of last year. Team here gets a spot in the playoffs. Listen, I know it's a Monday,
if you have an office job, get your phone and go hide in the bathroom.
Yeah. Oh man, folks, this is it. It's Matt three a spot in the playoffs are on the line. Let's send us over to your casters. It's pansy and Hyde Park one final time.
We all wanted this right. We saw these two meeting here. We saw the map or we saw the veto and we thought Haven surely that's what we want to be reaching map one was fantastic 10 to 13
Pearl coming through 13 to 10 so close so often but Mike now look at a haven
It's so
Again energy just in the way that they're able to slow things down at the end of pearl really take control of
Every single situation
I'm worried for pay for X now. I said this was gonna be a banger
There's so much pressure now. Yeah, they're selling the first half foot in terms of
Mother's ability to take over this map and dominate.
Again, for Payprex and Tempo, everybody firing on all cylinders.
People absent here and there have to take a reset here for Haven.
And speaking of Tempo and Payson, everything we've associated with Payprex,
what is that from Kiko? You're not meant to get too there.
Two there, now Scuba in the matter.
Gonna take away Forsaken, leading DeVy,
probably a little dazed and concerned.
What the hell just happened on B?
Oh, chance here, but already tagged down to 45.
Three shots left in the headhunter.
Three left to find.
Have to be an absolute miracle here.
From DeVy, who had a slower performance on Perl.
He's struggled a little bit there with the turret.
reset them slightly so I guess he's got I don't know I don't say a fair fight
they're not fair fights none of these will be any bullets in the head under
three 38 seconds three to five 29 HP all the numbers divide having to just
pass it is less I mean knows they be near that spike he knows they're not
Millennium get a look in energy picking up the pistol now
We've seen paper X throughout this series Mike really doing well off those pistol rounds and building up a nice bank of rounds from it
I think that's what they try and do here. They try to go hyper aggressive
Unfortunately, the only person you don't want to see the other side of this is Kiko
Beautiful catch up to something and jing the crunch from scuba to seal the deal
a little off guard there. I'm not going to be in the invite to invest. Well rounded on
the other side from NRG. Mother gives me some damage here with the scope of the spot, connection.
I feel like I haven't seen a good feat. I'm kind of hoping I get to see the good example
of how it can look.
Right, and it falls a bit short.
You can see that slow and steady lean from NRG
towards the side of that bird.
Luffy to keep your head.
Oh, God, poor Luffy to be even breathing for a second.
Kiko's taking away Jing, but there's now issues on the side.
They've already slipped up forward.
Kiko though, safe for her hands, and for so long,
they break, starting to look a little bit scary here.
Ethan, you are playing a very dangerous game,
as Dubai takes away Mada.
They now have a player to the good.
This was never meant to be the round that they come back into it.
The scoobers got his work cut out here and something looking to get that spike.
At least we can get a time on their side of a little more pressure.
Bulldogs as well.
Scuba, how did you make this one creep forward on the top of the spike?
Fight planted.
Come on, Scuba.
Step by step, he's taken something down.
It got sketchy Mike that's not so damn close
It needs to be a little bit quicker here the paranoia that somebody else has filtered through CT
But Ethan is allowed to survive for so long. Yeah behind that smoke
Great damage done by paper X it comes down to just the one ball dog
You go able to slow things down with the snake bite really effectively
They break it to scale up
double strokes on the scene from Paper X, something and Divy, reading the Vi pretty well, there's
four light shields and not much else in terms of weaponry to bring into this, so...
I mean fair play. I'm still just scared of this guy because he's just stylish, he's aggressive,
and he's on the hunt. At least take away A-long space, but you look at the rest of the map,
that's where the action's going to kick it off, and it's indeed to do really well.
Can we keep going from middle, fall up through garage for something?
Systematically, they're just kind of figuring out this map.
It's not around the energy obviously they've invested much behind,
it's just those buckies that pulled up,
and that's already been cleared, so device done well,
that's a tick in the box,
and that could be five alive now for Paper X.
Filter.
It's fine, across the chain,
the wire we're going to now have a freebie.
It's a spam into the smoke.
Mother noted early on...
...and only a buckie.
Yeah.
You can see it's smiling, you can hear it in the crowd, egging him up.
It doesn't need much encouragement.
What are you going to do, Marta?
It's a fantastic discipline, isn't it?
But, now...
Marta, Marta...
Obviously, I mean, it's, you know, necessarily want to give another old point away with Jin being so close.
Something in divine not too far away either.
They're really close to that old table with Abbie.
Jin's going to permanently be ahead of that guy.
He would hope.
I said, I need to be convinced of the Phoenix, right?
I feel like Jin can.
Zero to two so far, but one away from Alts.
Again just talking about obviously one of him to start with the worst thing you can do is give paper
It's an extra body to trade onto your site with
So if you can't get the ball rolling and struggle on split as well did jink
At least the early issue being he's got two deaths to his name. So a couple of homes alongside that you're about halfway there
I'm out of here.
Fall back in for NRG.
Have you leaned towards A here?
Suddenly really broke shouldering anything though.
Yeah, Ethan and Kiko have like started to lean this way.
They started to come over pretty early on.
But as you said, it is brought with the commitment.
Are you going to fall back towards maybe back side, play towards graffiti side?
I wonder how long they want to stay here though.
Are they canceling on this?
Oh, lada.
Why didn't he even make it up? Short there.
Yeah.
Not that it has a massive impact, but...
No, but I'm nervous about this.
Yeah, Marta's done this repeatedly today.
And he can check behind this utility if he sees the threat.
And he certainly does.
And look at the patience. Even in the first cross through
and then he can just get out of there. Lovely work from Marta.
That's an issue.
And it doesn't really make them have to disrupt this hold
that they have towards A, because it still feels very red,
very readable.
This after hold the site and Mada's re-position is gorgeous.
Forsaking gonna get, well, pretty much his ankles broken in this one as Eastern now, over one on the site though.
This does not give them security on the site just yet until Kiko comes into effect in scuba from up on top, leaving Jing in a 1v2.
Any man Mada is here though.
Jing, you got something for us.
I don't know, I don't think you do, energy!
The back bone to this round being Mada.
Good work from Kiko on the site as well.
Slow around, so PaperX still just not aware of the amount of pressure Mada is able to create.
And again, it puts these rotations into effect as well.
Knowing there's nothing coming through Garage.
Knowing there's nothing building up in terms of mid or C-long.
Somebody has to pay attention to this.
Make some sort of adjustment.
Yeah, the other issue is that's the energy of winning out on somebody's first engagements towards site
Raise a harder for somebody from paper X to commit toward basically what I have chains for yeah
So we some investment here from paper X
Head on to all the tour the force here at pop that I think I saw it all before so
Yeah, yes, yeah
It's got to be Heather.
Prius could never.
But again, NRG putting all the eggs in the sea basket.
Yeah, now lockdown available.
They should read that this is a heavy stack
towards the other side of the map.
Well, they can still hear the show presence.
They don't necessarily want to show presence
to the drone and blocks in the server.
Just to tire it to take contact here.
Here.
pretty much certain it's going to pass up hold.
I don't know if you're aware of what they've left open.
And here we go. So the reaction should come in now
if you keep your eyes closed and mini-map.
And there's the lockdown. At 45 seconds.
It's not a huge problem just yet,
but it's going to stall out. Yeah, they have.
They don't have a step elsewhere.
Okay, uh, Curiosty,
I guess killed the cat and killed Scuba.
So he wanted to get involved in this now.
Ethan's going to at least...
I can hit the panic.
Was there a Molly over the top there?
Are they going towards Marder?
They'll pop it on long.
They might have been, but they're seeing nothing else towards A.
They're going to know this adjustment.
This is fast paced rotations coming out from NRG, and PaperX are going to at least get
themselves a plan here.
This feels really uncomfortable.
Something has to try and control that A side connector.
Ethan here is, I mean, he's here.
He wants in, but Marder sees to help him on this one, and Kiko's done that.
Takes away Jink, and now they start to pressure.
Now they start to get involved.
Ethan should be able to get this one done.
smarter on the trade-out on Kiko's life. But now you look at the back line and look at the flank.
Look at Forsaken. He's been spotted. Oh, but something saves him. Forsaken gets to live and breathe
another day. Gonna finally go down to Brock for the 2v2, but time is ticking. And Devon has
backline. Something just wants to weigh out of there. If he has to, Divy! Oh, it's stunning!
Brock Divy!
Said he had a slower performance on Pearl, but delivering
Payprex is second here. They swing back and forth across the map. Double guessing themselves
on this A here. Oh, got the catch on Scuba. And there was a ton of chip damage. I think
that must have been either some U2 invested towards that pocket or long, but it's lucky
the paper is able to reset behind this lockdown time out called here for NRG
just to catch a breath there's much in terms of back fold here
the trade back and forth around you have the pit available
I would just want to weigh in brought not too far behind that
Apex able to squeeze around on there.
Yeah.
I mean that pivot was exceptional.
I'm so surprised they actually were able to pull that off.
I thought the second they cancelled on that airport.
Rolling the dice on a late B round when you've not got two or three kills and solid information
elsewhere.
I mean sure how close it was, NRG nearly.
Swing that back in there baby.
Obviously thought maybe even was going to do a little bit more from the property site at that point modern then
I think was one bit greater. Maybe just lines of sight
The question being do you hear the TPD as those things that if you talk about land getting play that you so often
be unmotored
See now obviously not going to expect too much in terms of a switch up
Got an RG here
and around six
We're fine now, top of the board, four paper eggs.
Well, can I jeep back out?
Oh no, it's the second deck.
Oh, well, why am I famous?
You're fine.
Oh, I don't like it.
They play such risky games.
It's just excruciating to watch sometimes.
I get it when you get away with it so often, I don't blame you for it, but it still just gives me pause.
Or it might be good for one though, actually in for the one to get it.
I thought Jing might have actually got it, but still staying alive with four, getting the heal back for Jing, and plants now in.
So much of that threat might have been quelled.
Yes, Kiko did get the rifle, Marna's got ult, but a lot would need to happen for that to come into effect.
Yeah, maybe if you get a kill.
I don't think Devae wants that.
I've seen my heart open up, but I've had a close-up so deep here, but I was going to say the wall might cause some issues, a lot of visibility, but absolutely not.
Oh, that's gorgeous!
Another three-piece from Divite to tie things up here on the decider.
Hey, Brex.
We've got the recipe here to maybe string together a few rounds.
I just got so scared towards long.
The sake of a drop rifle, I get it.
I understand that you've got...
You've got a confirmation of what's behind that first play.
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towards garage because what the player of the intention in the crowd are going to follow him out of there.
But it would change though. Ethan going to find, backfill the space, doesn't take any chip on the way, so that's good for him to take a play.
And, going to pay for X, steadily, going forward to C site, maybe a little bit of a look still towards garage.
What did you play with?
Yeah, pay for it. I may be expecting obviously what the change up from the timeout going to be here.
very methodical early on. Try to base something out with something to keep you back into spawn
actually, but I've only taken the bait on the side of NRG.
It's been to my stall, but PaperX are going to go up regardless, so they can work with
the Flash that Jin sends in. Paranoia, but Ethan now is really committed to his back
plant. I don't think he can really back away. No! PaperX, lovely! Ability to space
up so long there and making it look so easy to dominate the back of the side like that.
So well navigated in reading the tempo perfectly.
Four-Sync mother now to hold on to this operator Kiko, a liberal life walk.
Skuba and Ethan, not much in terms of funds behind this, but potentially here with
Martha's ultimate to be available to still get something close to a full purchase.
Do you think we can see one of those early timeouts again?
We've been seeing pretty solid timeouts actually coming from both sides and they've been able to kind of fix up those issues
But yeah, that's not settled yet. Not sure we'll see another one just yet
Again some crucial rounds in terms of ultimates here that I'm sure energy of banking on coming available. Yes
Sure wear that one
where he wanted.
Something's lagging.
That's crazy.
Yeah.
Great.
Hey, Brex.
That feels quite steady.
Like, this side, they felt really nice.
I was in the T's, back to the I's.
That little late push towards backside.
Clearing it out. I mean, you saw how little work
even had to play with. Yeah, and this is on the back
of that small kind of bait and switch towards garage
early on between Indian something.
something actually keep me away almost selling a bit of a rotation away
actually still I'm too players towards see so
fully
speaking of a father trying to play it on this he's convicted for now jump spot
though gonna make it force a little bit deeper fall off the angle and he's
taken you're not meant to be here yet how about all this is outrageous how
I don't understand how he's alive, how he's not been found, how he's not got a kill.
So many unknowns, but what I do know is it's a 5v4 and Paper X are getting security on
this like deeper info, they're going to find it, I'm just sure he's going to be sent up
by port.
Just a baby capture kill, awesome damage, doesn't do big damage actually, look at the
HP of Jing.
They're looking short of the corner.
They've still got issues. These are what players to get through. They're not even considering how close they are.
Look at Forsaken and look at something. You're not getting that.
I don't even know if PaperX is going to allow you to save Kiko, I think.
Heals that now.
I've got Kiko boxed in here.
Forsaken getting that. I thought he was on for a set.
I'm going to be fine.
One on site.
Yeah, brother Mike, who's that?
That's Ethan there, that's a weird position.
Do they get to keep in these weapons?
They just lost out on Brawk and Kiko's had to give away a bit of the game, guys.
But not nice enough, that is going to be them suffering financially in the future.
Can you look at the money they've got behind them here at Scoob?
We'd love to keep hold of this.
Really, at least needed to to come out of this.
In terms of protecting some sort of buy,
Paper X slowly, but surely up to five now a string of four rounds
Another wild and wacky round bizarre
Bizarre, I think just in the case there was
Looking to maybe find a response
Well, as we left off on the off, we go back in with it, divide.
Initial play here.
You can see the positioning coming off of Ethan.
This one not forsaken.
And it's keep making an investment of 15 blocks.
Yeah.
Deep block.
Completely cut off the crucial area of the map.
I don't blame you man.
No, I don't.
It is Paper X.
It is Paper X.
That could very well be something.
But forcing Paper X towards this side of that now and basically everyone here went on.
He's in trouble.
He could be core here but he might want to go down swinging if he can.
I got postage spams it. How is he alive? Goes back again. It's stupid to get down in me
But it's an instantaneous trade brought trying to put up some numbers and hold that back side position
Spike now picked up towards Garage but for taking again man that one two
Divide your timing. Oh my god. I didn't see him. AB2 here. Ethan getting up close
Checking right, Beijing the one did this man throw any of that chance and or hope leaving Kiko alive in the 1v3
And I don't think he's got a chance in hell.
Paper X look good, Mike.
They are getting this one done.
NRG, I'm yet to see them get back in the driving seat here.
Yeah, I mean, it's the finances really.
The fact that they're able to pull out a ball by that,
yes, sure, gaps in the purchase,
but just so well constructed once more from Paper X.
Even some of these crucial situations where NRG
typically shine towards Garbage,
can really lay down the law with the Odin and the shock darts.
Paper X-Able is just sail on through.
I'll switch up here.
The bite isn't there once more for NRG.
Just a bucky and a couple of pistols.
That went round 10.
Olds wise, not much on the board at all other than Ethan's TP.
Looking for Jinx to maybe make some progress here.
Dubai get a little closer, but he's been doing God's work with the operator.
Tangible threat.
There's already that little bit of an attempt down middle gets Sen packing.
And it's quite interesting.
Paper X playing this kind of very deliberate, very built-up approach.
Let's see how quickly he gets cleared here.
He's gotta know there's people nearby.
He's just on a wing and a brad, dives in, gets down,
one doesn't see anymore.
Now he's gonna spawn, but it doesn't really make much difference.
As one of the only ones to join in on the bloodbath,
it's Scuba, the last alive, and PaperX.
This is the most controlled.
I think I've seen them in a long time.
As weird and wacky as it is, their ability to...
Most tempered for sure.
Yes.
Won't be too though, here.
Yeah, I just...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, all good.
All good.
scuba
Nice try in the again, man
It was a farmable round sure but he's been doing so well and it's the way the paper works a plane
This is not you know the character I expect to see a Phoenix coming out when I see these sort of things
But they're doing except you well
It's a really nice counterbounds if we see that explosivity towards the site a great space taking that really robust look the
mechanically nastiness. It's a
revert back to fundamentals right
there. And that's something that,
yes, when we talk about paper X kind
of fragging out and stuff, but
often in terms of trading and
spacing, it's somebody defying
the laws of logic that's going
crazy. Paper X here looking
very well refined. This is a
scary thing. I think any other
teams watching this will probably
avoid Haven from this point on.
Once Marta trying to be the
difference maker.
Just playing for that sort of just
yet as they reset. That was ambitious from Envy, but the first time I've ever seen Mara
posted up.
Go for it for sure. Again, early info is garnered on the back of that. Typically, if you pay
for a visit to Envy pretty quickly, it might just be the case. Not great coverage here.
The scooper gets another kill. A B site retake with a lockdown. Very difficult to swing
that. Payprex's favour. So they don't fancy it maybe. Maybe they want to get maybe a layer
to that in this garage. They're pinging all the way behind the window. We can't look about
this. Oh I think we might be jinxed getting interested. The smoke is very telling. Yeah
I don't know if they even like that.
Uh, I mean, okay.
Let's try the smoke.
I don't get this.
Give it time.
Yeah, that felt way too rushed,
and actually, the mistake made here.
An energy pound.
Oh, my God, speaking of mistakes,
even though it's like, wait, it falls behind me.
This would need to find four more.
We're seeing a couple of aces.
Oh, my God.
I was ready to lose it.
I was ready to lose it.
Not to seven though.
Okay, that followed.
I've seen paper X look a little bit weird about the decision-making
Again, there's no sense of urgency the smoke's gone up very early. He's got time to sit behind this let the Holly clear it
He's here from his POV there you look down on this camera like wait whether I've shot come from like
Okay, so there's life in them yet, but look at that streak around
Must still be weighing heavy. That was off the back of the first pick as well that we hadn't seen before.
Could argue you've done the hard work already in this half.
Certainly not.
Well, good luck, Scuba.
Have fun, you ain't gonna get to breathe through this round. The site is theirs.
It is all-encompassing from PaperXNMV. Once this one sorted, he wants a on the board.
And they would need another ace from Mada.
change the outcome. Bye, bye,
fantastic half here for
control of this designer so
far, Lauren. I'm not sure where
NLG can do to answer back here.
We're going to have to wait and
find out in a moment's time. I
am so impressed with this, Mike.
This is the perfect control from
paper X. And as you said, let's
see what NLG can do after this.
I
called chaos and it's not even that chaotic really, it's been a very well-drilled look from paper X.
Very composed, ten foot in their approach and again even when they're getting to site it's not as if
you're seeing players kind of dig ridiculously deep ideals to convert post plan situations,
it's just very well coordinated. Again I want to put a lot of credit towards DeVy doing brilliantly,
individually, nice impact from him playing for the Chamber and in me as well. Certainly a
talking point here in the second half as well. It's the Neon Chamber head-to-head
certainly one that's hard to pull here. Mada, she's still been present in the
back lines but not to the same degree as previously so Dubai
certainly going to have a chance for it. As are the rest of Pay-per-X. Yeah. We
expect them to come out swinging here to try and find a response to reduce
this lead? I really think this bank's on a pistol too.
Retrieved the orb here. Kiko potentially looking to catch somebody in mid, I mean look at the
x-ray. It's quite a few.
Saker trying to bait a few more shots just to identify the whereabouts of somebody.
It seems like a really good read so far from Paper X as well.
Kind of taking the tour a little bit.
They put their pieces in the right place.
Yeah, they're leaning into the timing of something.
This rotation, they're going to be in the right place all that time,
and I think probably we can hear that step.
That's a lot of players here.
There's a flash red something.
I don't know what that feeling was from NRG,
but they may seem really hesitant on this air probe.
Well, they just tried to fake the rotation away again,
but they're still for here.
Hey, Prec, just unwilling to move.
Unwilling to back away, and maybe you can question why would they?
At this point, they've got nothing to...
Okay, Marta, that was filth, the divide with a great trade.
Ethan wants to get up here, but there's so many bodies.
They don't know how many bodies are on this side, but does NRG care?
Something's gone down as Kiko reigns supreme.
It's on Jing, in maybe an ulti-dop spot, but they check it.
They clear it, of course they do.
talk about fundamentals in the first half. That is executed to perfection. The discipline on display from NRG
to approach an A site littered with paper X players.
Four of them were on that site.
And the Kiko's kill is a gift from God.
Who was smoking?
So well played by NRG to find a pistol that
And they were in the right place for there. So we go back through. We look at the parts from paper X. It's almost nothing. Just I think a frenzy with Jane, but something has decided to play high risk high reward. Well, no paper X. You'll probably get his reward. Let's find out as energy.
Backpedal away from that early, I guess, intention show.
Hello, Kinko joined by Mara.
So they are making sure they're doing the due diligence here,
making sure they're not leaving anywhere unchecked.
We know the pay for it's life to get up there in Nautiness.
And Fidelia put back into place.
Device options in that headhunter.
Well, there's nothing going more limited there.
Loading up, he's got six more chances here.
the space on the map, so I was able to see the site very comfortably, I didn't know that it has taken anything in terms of damage.
Oh, Divide, get her throws.
He wants to go.
Yeah, I don't even blame you, you've got to try and make something happen to yourself there, but they all right, NRG have come out with a really considered approach themselves.
it looks like very very cautious but nicely concise about how they want to
approach this map and kind of playing around Bork with this Odin again
exceptionally early purchase on that too so a prized possession you don't want to be losing
and for Paper X it looks like this spike going down to that would be the ideal outcome
Absolutely, for tonight, very progressive, a very comfortable start here in the second half for NRG
I mean, it's been a dream come true after what was a really hard first half to kind of
one, win a pistol in what's felt like something you're not winning pistols in.
This game, I feel like they've been slightly behind paper X in that aspect.
And then to get a clean round two, another bit of, I don't want to say a gift, it's
hard fought for, but you know what I mean, connect to the others where it's been
scrappy throughout, something mad happens.
But no, this time, no other issues.
Three beats today.
Yes.
These anti-ecos.
True.
You see, something, the scope into the next year said Odin maintains 4 NRG will protect
whatever they decide to invest in, it's the option for a few rifles alongside it here.
But again, here comes the right place, mate, that's 3 on the C site.
It's a bold start.
It really is, and I wonder if something's going well.
Yeah, he is.
Straight down long, no reward for him.
the trade-out factory forsaken finding Brawk, but in the meantime, isn't that telling?
Let's see how this kind of unfolds from this point onwards. Surely DeVy considered too.
I had a call with the tag. It's only one bullet, but...
...the high-stage pulse...
Oh!
Oh, he stuck around for that one!
And he gets to keep his life! The fact he's still breathing!
Oh...
Oh, he's just by him! He's just by him!
Jin's on the hunt now.
He can smell the blood in the water.
He wants to punish this, he's called out,
And the scuba must feel so red and you may not understand as to why but now there's only two of them to take on the four
The plants can be coming in and jinx clearing house Ethan falls like flies and it's all too easy for payprex
That from Dubai was lovely. Yeah four left standing is only the scope and something lost
Payprex up to nine
deny any early snow ball at least
First kill before second spam onto the angle
Yeah, what a wild reach to potentially just challenge the sword.
On the bonus.
Alright, 19 and 7.
An explosive return here in the decider.
And I feel like Devy is one of those players, like big stage, big games.
He finds that extra layer and a very late call out from NRG here for the time out.
for the timeout. That's really late. Consider their approach. Obviously going to have a full
purchase here. The most crucial there in that regard is full shields with something in the scope back in.
Again, early old Cycler is only really to buy that's knocking on the door,
he's been two away from the T.P. But nothing to really try and convert their first full
EARTSHIS.
Niche to work with, right?
Niche, absolutely Niche.
Mada, I guess, is the closest to what Ethan is.
So that's not the reason we banned you.
Now Mike, what would you be doing?
NRG Shoes here.
You've just had a pretty commanding round from Devai.
You've already started to feel a little bit of that presence.
Where did you go? Where'd you head? What did you do?
What's the game plan now?
You're kind of...
I don't expect Paper X to be making moves forward here.
Again, it's not...
Yes, you've got Phoenix in here,
but you don't really expect him to be out.
Yeah, out and about, basically.
So for NRG, it's more about kind of like the very vanilla kind of boticals for Haven.
To look to control lobby, deny this space outside garage.
Oh, find an opener onto Forsaken.
I mean, that just winded me, let alone how Forsaken feels in that.
Once we have a quick rotation coming in from Jing to maybe just get a body on the site today, expecting this early.
Honest gonna at least kill Platte, but they still don't know about Jig until now. Great shot.
And he is now left unleashed until then.
Ethan bringing back down to Earth and putting them in a 4v3.
Man to the good and Provo in play.
I'm actually going to connect actually passively, but Kiko...
Oh! He kills!
There is no getting past. Kiko it feels like.
As scuba gets your gun out in there. Find something.
Bloomin' out. That got a bit close.
I was going to say slow things down.
Maybe this is an early exploration towards C-Long.
Madder just beat Heads for Saken.
I'm sure we'll get that one on the roadway.
Rolls out the red carpet.
What a catch.
That's lovely.
I mean, Jing hangs around.
Of course, he's just so far behind default
that it's just a free trade when he goes for the plan.
Stress on the coach's face is even in a win.
Yeah, I mean, that's, like I said, the plan is to
is to let Rush see or if that's just a early swing on to the orb. Yeah he'll be posted up
the info at the very least for the time being. The presence already shown though, Divyne,
Sheldon is off the window and now we'll leave something else here to TP back across there.
Yeah, Modder, kind of trying to inflate presence but he's backed away and now with
the warp coming out that's cleared it they've got four players here oh yeah
ready now commitment with this side of the map
AC towards B TP goes in he's gonna go for it okay we have the post one utility
still a decent out there for paper X right they look quick to this one he's
gonna keep Ethan tethered for now then for a second gonna get curious
paranoia is there but he may not get to send it the clear front side but now
this problem is during that deeper line 5v5 post-bottom it's gonna get messy
Jing just walks down middle and makes it his own
Paper X ship no right these lineups came all the way from spawn from scuba but I don't
know if he's gonna make it he's right but it definitely doesn't
Jing just keeps matches into his own hands
That is wild by the way. All that happens for sake is like 20 seconds away from another smoke on a b-site retake.
It's just defying logic once more. The catch on Ethan and it's just...
Oh my God!
The catalyst in this retake, Jin.
Just going forwards, finding everything.
Now a couple of ultimates online for payprex, up to double digits, applying further pressure
to the finances here of NRG.
These four on stacks are getting scary, device confidence starting to really mount up, Marta
getting closer and does he get charged on?
Marta just gets out done, they are reaching out.
just juggling the bait in on the tour. The force is perfect.
He's on the A site, he's in the, he's been steady as a rock, but he's got a lot to deal with.
Two players already made it up from the sewer. He's offering for it! Feasting on paper!
On NRG as they try and scale up. NRG look a little outdone here, if I'm honest, Mike.
And I'm starting to get worried because PaperX looking like it's trying to feel it.
Thus he saw that X factor that just worked so well. Look at Jing, no fear at all on this, just leading forward, taking as much space as he could to allow the others to go in there and do work like that.
DeVy going to wrap it up himself as Paper X showing that deadliness they're known for.
In that sixth year in terms of momentum, so tough to break once they get into the groove.
Just this, just this was already that fast nail in the coffin.
You're always paying NRG into these pace-y up.
Or more scrambled decisions, honestly.
Where Payprex is just happy.
Like I said, to get down and dirty in the mud.
They've never been afraid of that.
No.
They have never been afraid of it.
They will greet it with their smile.
Look what's behind this buy now.
God, there's barely anything there in the first place.
Yeah, and they're bringing a guardian to Bulldogs in here like shields across the board
They're serving it right back to him loved what you did for all car for going that and something again
He's horrible to face sometimes isn't he you think you may be away from it for a second. Nope
Set PC it from an RG potentially
Pause for thought
So, I'm kind of curious about that one, he's going to keep it on Red Alert.
Yeah, I was going to say issue being that they're kind of funneling in towards A and
if he's got a nightfall and the charge just spams into the smoke.
Yeah, Jesus, the odds are not looking good, look at the state of Marder, barely alive.
Gets towards site on 15 and they can make it up after that, but what is the layering
to this one?
Here we go, Molly's coming in.
It's a little set piece nasty in their work paper. It's showing you really why they're so good something
I mean that fell all too far, but still I don't blame you going for it
Things been going right, but look at the state of energy model took so much on the way in
What do they have left to work with
Look at forsaken
Making moves
Up through window. You have a chance to smoke up. Yeah, he's gonna have to charge smoke off though
That's true
Time becomes an issue still no plan
Now the 13 seconds they're going for it brought me to get this one done
Mada is the one to try and hold back that CT side
I've got a searcher onto the smoke in play divide cleaners ever 22 kills iron up potentially 23 here
Maybe a little more in the on the next one broken eat them in order to and it's not being done today
paper X
perfect control
Again, this is the real deal here. The way they're playing this is so considered so tempered with that just dash of aggression
You can hear it's half-waking up to see something. They've obviously practiced and rehearsed with some things TP on this night full retake
Envy has just been so solid in terms of controlling a sight on his own once more
The Forsaken runs away with the map, giving so much time to lurk behind this.
Got the pit here, got the Hunter's Fury, but hey Brex, on series point now,
Scuba tagged up off his spam already, Divy trying to capitalize.
They'll make the most of it, they'll know, they've got NRG, feeling this pressure,
feeling the map close around them they get the A site on a fold enough to do it
allow them to scale up behind in place and pit on top what is the plan now
you took play with but that pick and a secure I'm supposed to be on site as
well a little bit of a slow down here they're getting panicked in RG feeling
that moves to get a little tighter Ethan trying to keep them at bay up
towards heaven. Ronald gets spammed out. Ronald takes too much damage.
Martin gonna catch Envy. That's a player to the good.
We're all here.
They're just looking for a chance. They don't get out of place
and they're just not being given anything right now.
I have to give this up.
I think they're calling cancel on this one. I mean, for a seconds
found broke, but I don't see anything more known.
That should be the bookshot on this round.
They're gonna backpedal out. They're gonna give this one up.
Eight rounds for RNG. The paper is still just one away.
I mean, issue being, I've got another one of those to pull out of the bag, the pit basically deciding that one from the get-go, and RG will put their head above water for at least another round, only the TP for forsaken on the side of pay-per-exchange over this old cycle.
I don't think device can go that far though. No he was one holding that kind of seaside of the map basically to himself
It's a late look back towards a but in the has been actually insane. This guy is he's on my radar and then some
We just stick around into a he wants to reset as well
So they're kind of tempering this aggression again, but no overcommitment
Bouncing back and forth
Something will cancel it, something will come through, something will have a tp.
Oh no, and Bresa is...
Yeah, very nicely done at Javai and Archie there, just very systematic in removing him, but the man in their way is going to be Javai.
Mada, position will be considered, that split up long is still not there yet.
Javai's got a chance, it's Forsaken already takes away Kiko, second glance from Javai, and now they've got to get working, the Paranoid going to connect,
there's going to be Mada finding him, hot on his heels, it's Forsaken trying to make up for all this time, but out done!
NRG dig a deep here.
Envy and Jing are far from this.
Envy, yeah, I guess a bit closer on that CT side,
but a lot of unknowns.
2v4 here. Envy would have to find at least a couple
to spur Jing into action.
Look at this.
Much to go on here. Really, Tariq going to be dealt with now.
Jing will back away and spawn.
NRG will find their ninth here.
I'm going to give you a little bit of an upgrade potentially, but Ethan will be a blessing.
You'll find him, will you?
I'm going to find him, do you?
He'll find you instead.
Scuba down.
You need to be careful with their finances here.
This is still not smooth sailing for NRG.
No, I mean, Scuba's 350.
Now, said, Ethan will get the upgrade regardless, so we're going to be able to share the
the world for a little bit.
And you're very tense here towards the culmination of Haven.
Time out.
It's got to be right.
Yeah, pay breaks deciding time to pump the brakes.
And again, they've been good for me all this time.
But it also gives chance for NRG to check back in here too.
It's around the ears and they do have the lockdown.
of scuba falling in the previous still sitting on the Hunter's Fury as well.
Dubai is on top of the charts right now taking control of this decider on the
chamber. Something again struggling he's getting caught in some of these
situations where you just don't want to see a Yoru falling so pivotal in terms
of the rotations here on Haven, particularly on the defensive side.
You're also taking out today, because he's been a little bit like cotton cold at times.
It's been a little bit colder than I'd like in some ways for something.
Again, we know what it's going to come out to do today compared to what his eyes are.
Right. Like, again, I just like to see that in effect in that yawing more than anything,
just having a bit of influence on these rounds.
Device been doing wonders in the again is just looking like a new name
to add to this superstar roster with some real credit.
The guy has been great.
He's here to take names, man.
He's just been phenomenal so far.
And to find space in a star-studded roster like this
is impressive.
Yeah, you ask any player that's stepped onto the payprex
to be like, yeah, who brought the headline?
Who brought the most exciting player?
Yeah, that's it's wild.
Speaking of wild, this might be the blood
path to decide who walks away in the driving seat
here to buy right place, right time, early aggression,
Early Molly's paranoia Dubai has to back away, leaving something to shoulder the corner, but there's still four players around right now.
So close.
The drawing blood.
Oh gee, we'll pivot away very quickly mad up.
All the way towards garage already.
Don't be careful because a little bit ahead of the curve here.
But it's still Forsaken outside window.
How curious is Forsaken again?
Too curious.
He gets his head removed and now the site becomes so, so available.
Now I think obviously NRG don't know how available.
They didn't know there's a full play stat to the other side of the map, but that's already been disrupted.
They're already close enough in fight.
Lockdown just to ensure safety.
NRG pulling no punches here.
They want to make sure everything is tickety-boo.
We'll take away now.
Still some time left to play with.
What can they get done here as for?
Yeah, I don't even know what the hell is happening, but Ethan's going to get them on.
Just get it through the smoke. He's staying shoulder on this.
They don't want to give this up. They're digging in their heels.
Paper X is down to two again, and Jin wants this done.
I don't know if he's going to get the chance at it.
Again, scuba on patrol, on guard duty.
Going to make it costly if they can, but at this point, 10 rounds.
Surely to be on the board here, Mada, Denise Ching, Divide, falls, and NRG up to double digits now!
Just insane resilience here from NRG as they're whittled away in the second half.
Somehow up to double digits and arguably an advantage here in terms of his performances.
But this would be the most paper x-round to win.
Oh yeah.
Second the money's like broken. They don't have anything to work with. Yeah, let's not sit out
I did some formality. I hope not
I'm looking at the body
Let's see
That's all shall we
Because energy have looked like they've really found their footing right they started working out so to come in with this
They have been good at these anti-ecos. Yes
I feel like we're making it worse.
The more we explain it.
Next person that talks loses.
I mean, he's just a fucking stinger.
Right, just a fucking stinger.
Forsaken's gonna walk about.
And that goes, that goes, never seen him.
It's not seen him.
And Broke's sending his fury.
Oh, God, I can feel something going terribly wrong here.
Devise managed to get down long.
This is so weird.
This feels really weird.
And that just goes to the right.
Well, it was just to the right, Rex.
Oh, Scuba.
No.
OK, OK, Scuba's alive.
Scuba's alive.
This is me.
Kiko's gone back and down with the fire.
OK, it's not the end of the world, Jim.
But everyone's already in rotation.
They're here.
So did they cancel on this 38 seconds?
Did NRG go screw that?
We've got to go elsewhere.
Oh my god, something's in garage with a judge.
With a judge.
Oh my god.
Judge, judge, judge.
Judge, guys.
We're still going to check it.
We're still going to clear it.
28 seconds.
You're going to clear this one.
sacrifice the lap to the slaughter but he only gets two I say only they're close
by to this he goes on a slip ahead slip behind the line takes down in me it's a
incredible energy just when you think paper X are gonna swing it back in their
favor as we are so used to seeing on the international stage it will be
the energy to find 11 and it's
using a span through the door.
absolute miracle that they
trade that out when they do.
He said it. One more round.
We're going to have to buy here.
We'll have to buy here.
We obviously not purchased just yet.
We're sitting at 4200 credits.
Jing or Saking, something all with ultimates to bring in here.
Mada, the closest for NRG just missing one point.
sitting at 4,200 credits.
Jing, more saken, something all with ultimate to bring in the amada.
The closest for NRG, just missing one point.
I still don't know how it's going to go down.
No clue.
No clue.
NRG had just found four rounds from what felt like a lost cause.
Yes.
Honestly.
Yeah, absolutely.
Running back in late round into a judge somehow.
get the shot through the wall okay we're still going to go Kiko with the save towards CT I mean
bloody hell 10 seconds in round 24 literally this is this is why we wanted Haven
glass cannon on divide light yeah light shields for everyone else okay that should be spotted
early though that information has to be key and do they quickly try and go towards the
to see Scythe but look who's waiting. Divide up on top with three, four players now on this
side of the map.
He's probably reading that situation pretty well.
They're walking so long.
Oh my God.
They're walking so long.
How far they go? There's no U2 here to spot it and to grasp.
That should be...
Okay and then they take the TP back maybe because they're feeling the pressure through
Garage with the Outdoor and coming in but they're still...
Of course they can still go.
They can down here, yeah.
You could be the ultimate dagger in the back. They have no clue about it. The Vi ready. Oh,
Dan, this could be the heartbreak. Oh, no! The Vi with a missed shot! It fell for Sagan! The Stathall!
He's taken three!
Breaking their hearts in the back lines!
I guess for the three...
For Sagan is like no other! Elevating above! And going beyond!
It's all on Kiko.
Another ace to close the map for Forsaken. Could it be?
It feels poetic. And it is! Paper Rugs are going to the playoffs!
Absolute magic from Forsaken to close out 13-11 here on the decider.
In traditional fashion.
But of course, we wouldn't have it any other way.
What a brilliant game between these two heavyweight teams.
As said, NRG, a great, great run there.
Loved what we saw.
Pushing, the likes of PaperX, almost get O.T.
And that's about three.
But again, for PaperX, it's going to be a sigh of relief.
Saving them by the ace.
Oh my God, the weight off their shoulders.
That's not what we always talk about.
There's five people, Envy included after today's game.
Throwing in that discussion, there are five members of this roster that can do that at any given moment.
When it just feels like NRT have turned the tide.
I thought it was all theirs. Genuinely, I genuinely believed that NRT were on for that OT.
But again, you're right. Someone like Envy,
The name needs to be joining these superstars in the conversation.
An incredible talent. Defy with a headline performance.
Hell, the closure for Sake. You can pick moments throughout this.
Two minutes just before, and it's just ridiculous.
I'm so excited with the form Paper X have shown already here in Santiago.
NRG, again, you can't walk away from this feeling awful about it.
No, no, no. You've lost to probably the closest best form you'll see early on in an event from Paper X.
Yeah, for both these teams, they've got to know this is a hard opponent.
But to hear from the players themselves, we're handing it over down to the stage for the Verizon post-match interview.
Who now is mappin' a Paper Rex?
Paper Rex is qualified to playoffs.
And, Invi, how are you?
Invi, I will chat with you real quick.
First, if international event not counting and locking in, you are really comfy, really comfortable in this stage.
How does it feel coming from that lower bracket run and now being the first team to qualify for playoffs?
Honestly, like I'm just very confident in myself and my team like even though in the lower bracket
I never really thought of it like I was scared or like we're gonna like not qualify
I always believe like trust my team and right now like it's it's really nice
Like we all trusted each other during this whole series like we never gave up and yeah
definitely you got this demonstrated that and when I
le pregunté también como fue clasificarse de primer equipo
a play-offs y no que va a reirme el lower bracket en pacific
dijo que siempre tu esa confianza inclusive cuando estaban en el
lower bracket tenía muchísima confianza dentro de su equipo
y se sintió muy muy bien. Now for my second question.
In pacific he said that the paperwrecks environment was
completely different. Everyone can crack and you feel really
How does it feel to finally stand up in that stage, celebrate and scream against the current champs?
Honestly, it feels really amazing to play these players. Honestly, I wouldn't also be comfortable on the stage without my teammates.
my teammates like them having on my back like they're like there's so much
experience behind their names and them like sharing their experience with me
and then making me feel comfortable and it just like you know it's really amazing
and I just can't believe it honestly like yeah great team you have going on
And I asked him how he feels about this environment in the PAPER RECs.
He had mentioned that it was a little bit different, that everyone could kill.
So he felt very comfortable and I asked him how he feels to be able to scream in front of the current champion.
And he says that it's really incredible that each one of the members of his team also has a lot of experience.
And that's simply what nourishes him. And he really says that it's...
He can't believe everything that's going on.
Are you excited to play any team that's specific?
Honestly, I'm really excited to play like anybody at all.
It really doesn't matter for us. We beat G2, now we beat the current world champs.
It really doesn't matter who we're going to go against because we're just really confident.
We know we're going to win this whole event.
That's definitely crazy.
Well, basically I asked him how he feels about Karaplayoffs,
and if there's a specific team that wants to face him,
and he says that it doesn't matter that he would face any team that is absolutely ready to face anyone,
it can be playoffs.
Envy, thank you very much for this interview.
Stick around, because we have the next game,
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Walking down the Drake is now Doran.
Decent position.
Double!
Break down.
We don't know how long it's been, but I want to ask again.
Cause I've had us been tall in my environment.
How could I ever close my eyes since they silenced us?
They try to take me down, but they're falling in love with me.
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And she'll flushes in and down!
Hi everyone, we're here at the fan meeting zone and we are with Neon from Leviathan, Neon.
Tell me, what does it feel to be here in Chile, knowing all these people and having all the support?
To be honest, it's something very impressive. It's something that I expected a little bit because
the Chilean fans are very passionate, and more so because of a team from Latin,
We are representing Aleph, but I also feel that we each have our own community.
King has his own community, I also have my own community, so that's really cool.
So we have a great time.
Perfect, thank you very much. So I ask him what are his thoughts about meeting the fans
and he's telling me that he loves everyone, like everyone, so supportive.
Also being from a Latin team, also they have their own community, like King has his own community,
community. He has his own community so everyone just supports them and it's been amazing.
Muchas gracias por la entrevista. Thank you very much. Back to you guys.
Welcome back to day three of Master Santiago and it's time for our second playoff qualification
match of the day and this one as the famous poet of our time Vin Diesel once said it's
all about family.
In the NBA showdown between the gentlemen and team liquid I'm golden boy you got white
you got sideshow and Ray I mean it's a great quote some of our more noble poets in our
history right?
Yeah really the truest people who touch the human spirit.
Yeah American poetry truly is something special.
saying that this is like a it's an EMEA rivalry etc etc they didn't even play
each other actually during kick-off. Yeah so that's fascinating. It's awesome. Not
once, not once. Yeah how did that actually come out to be because it feels
like the gentlemates had a big opportunity. When they seated the bracket they weren't
on the same side. Love that. Wyatt I'm gonna punch you in the neck. Alright, but let's
continue this conversation. That's it I mean I got nothing else at you know what I mean? It's over.
Uh, in case though, gentlemates, they showed up big time here.
An opportunity, excuse me, for this squad to really make a name for themselves.
And they did so against Kong Kong, former world champion.
It was a statement game.
It felt good to go out.
They were being tested.
This wasn't just an EDG coming into this tournament.
Oh, they're an underdog.
They're just not playing that well.
No, you had a prime Kong Kong.
He was jumping out of heaven, no scoping people like Simple on Cash.
He was freaking it all over them.
And they still had a dominant win.
But I do think you're right in the sense that he would mates were playing against Hong Kong
They weren't playing against EDG fair like I don't think that there were too many of the others really seven up
I actually thought they got away with
Kind of a squeaky game here where the mates were not playing their best in my opinion
They squeaked it out on a table
Hey look at Jen so helpful that is really kind
Yeah, lovely
The wind, it looks like the umbrella's gonna blow
You've got to be careful, she'll fly with the umbrella, honey, my friend is gracious
Uh, no, but of course there certainly is a lot of excitement for the gentle maids, but you're right side show
Yeah, you know they went up against a team that is kind of finding themselves right now in a bit of a weird period right now
Kong Kong was phenomenal, but there were stars on that gentle maids team and that actually like glyph
This is a good actually why why you go ahead like good? He played great on that pearl map
And you know what we spoke with glyph
About gentle maids for the video in this hyper X player mode not looking at the right thing
Oh, well, it's that the prompt is there. How am I supposed to read it? Damn, they solo shot it on me
But I'm not in the host position and I'm reading it off the profit. I'm sorry hyper X. This is your hyper X player moment
Hello, my name is Connor glyph Garcia and I'm a player for gentlemen's. I'm feeling very confident
I think that I had a lot of nerves going into the first map
And I think the second map was a great bounce back for me. We were pretty prepared for everything
I'd say all credit due to our coaching staff, but I'd say the only big surprise was this just pick bands outside of that
I think they're very confident that I can do it.
Uh, hello, you're pushing sport!
Yeah, tie up the screws, make it hurt!
Make this stage your own!
I think it must be underperformed by my expectations just a little bit.
And so to be able to have such a big game for the second one,
there's a good precedent for the rest of this tournament,
and give me a lot of confidence.
Flip story is incredible. So many of these players here making their debut at a global
event like this and popping off as well. Absolutely. You want to see that. He needs that first
global first year in the VCT coming off playing from Winthrop University, one of the collegiate
and then a challengers and he goes off on one of his first maps. He set up for a great
tournament. It was another guy who was making his first appearance here that actually
he had a great performance too, that was Mini.
Something's just waiting nuts out here.
Mini was also having a great map one.
He was the big reason why they did so well,
first time around.
So while Martin didn't actually have his greatest performance
it instantly on the global stage again,
it was actually the more rookie players
who haven't turned up at global events before
who went bonkers.
Mini Seifer was absolutely crucial
to getting them over some big hump rounds.
He was a dog on the Haven Cypher.
He was really able to take advantage of how the rest of the team was playing to find lanes
to exploit for kills.
Like a lot of lurks coming through garage, perfect timings for little peeks through window
or peeks through the door to kill players, rotating.
He was such an X factor in especially those kind of C post plant rounds.
The team put him in a great position and he capitalized.
He doesn't whiff when he's called upon.
Exactly.
using the utility of the cypher so dang well,
preventing so many of those plays
from falling through the fingertips.
And it seems like Gentlemator
certainly going to be leaning on him today.
We had an opportunity to catch up with many.
Let's get his thoughts.
DDG in the last series, a clean 2-0.
What were you all guys able to take away
from this dominant win in your last series?
I mean, there was many takeaways for sure, especially like the confidence
since it was our debut for the international stage.
So for me as a player, big confidence coming into playing Liquid
and for sure great energy, good vibes, and we're just enjoying every second here in Santiago.
So it was a good test for you?
It was for sure a good test, but every game is going to be a real test
and we just need to keep passing those tests.
Go ace that test today, okay?
We'll do. Thank you.
Thank you.
While the Mates are looking to ace a test,
while Team Liquid on the other side,
they look pretty darn good.
I would say high marks, high 90s, if you will,
because what we were seeing from Team Liquid
was insane output Wyatt and Team that did not look like
they were afraid to just send it when they needed it.
I'm loving it.
Undefeated with the neon still,
just leaning into that even more heavily.
10 out of 10.
Roll the mini booby roll right now, please.
He was just vaporizing everyone on this neon.
And we talked about it yesterday, but I just think so crucially,
he joins this team after playing with Heretics.
And this Liquid New roster are just
willing to play at his pace.
And that puts him in position to be an absolute star.
Yeah, we were talking about how we're being a far cry
from what we've seen out of the region in the past Side
Show.
And it does feel like Liquid with that pace
is really looking to just control
the tempo of this game against Gentlemates.
Because they closed it out in OT on Split as well, they didn't have to show Haven, so it's a map that nobody's seen from Team Liquid.
We don't know what they're going to run. I mean, it should be Neon, obviously.
You don't know what kind of Neon come they're going to throw out here, so the fact that they're willing to float it means that Nats has got an idea with Lohan.
This is a scary team to go up against, but I think, especially if it's your first ever time where you're not as used to them,
presumably they'll have been able to scrim at least these two teams, even though they didn't match up officially.
Yeah, probably.
But it was late and they hit onto this neon idea.
So it's not like,
gentlemen, it's gonna be super familiar with it.
Yeah, there's a lot of wonkiness
coming into this matchup without a doubt.
In fact, one of the more bizarre things
that happened yesterday to much of everyone's surprise
was Purpo, who actually became a crowd favorite
here in Chile overnight.
I think it was a hair personally.
But look, I genuinely love it.
It's a testament to how awesome this crowd has been that they are just picking out a player to
Decide that he's gonna be the home crowd. They're giving him his own chance. And yeah, he was
Outstanding he had some of the highest impact rounds to be able to upset T1 on the map pick and take down that split in OT
They're literally when he did when purpose POV is just on he's not killing anybody the crowd is chanting purple
Oh, ridiculous.
All right, well, let's see.
He has more fans, he laid in Europe, though.
Crazy.
Let's jump into our skirmish side select.
We got Camo as well as Mini going up against each other here.
Let's see who picks up the dub.
Remember, because these teams were coming into it
from that draft and the draw phase of the tournament,
no one has that seed advantage.
So we do the skirmish to determine
who gets to make those crucial picks first.
So far, though, it's looking pretty solid here.
My money would be on Mini, I think,
in terms of who's got the better raw reign
but you never know exactly how that ends up playing out.
You think so?
Out of the two of them?
I think Mini's aim is so good.
Personally.
Camus, Camus Grey too, don't get me wrong.
I've just been startled sometimes
by the kind of shots that Mini hits.
He's honestly, he's playing it like a sniper right now.
Wait a minute.
He's lurking around his crush man.
I mean they do have a,
they do have a little bit of a different playstyle
I don't think in terms of aiming.
You've got some people who love holding angles,
some that love putting pressure on their opponents.
Yeah.
We saw what Mata did earlier
He tried to just get into the face. Okay
Yeah, Camo does have a bit of that
Flicky aim going that high sense. You can just see in the way he's adjusting on the angles
I mean also then when he gets a mob skills, it's the crazy highlight real
Also
Like a you know slow-paced classic skirmish game
This is not how this match is gonna play out by the way
No, like if this if you could run the skirmish the same way the match is gonna play
Come on, we'll be running it mini full-pace every round like that is what you're gonna expect from liquid against mates in this game
Yeah, right now. They're just throwing them off the scent. That's all they're trying to do prevent them from getting wind of their plan
But that's gonna do it team liquid will get the win of five to two and shows you what I know
We're seeing it, you know, he's looking pretty good out there with those flick shots now that we have our winner
Let's actually go ahead and check out the picks and bans and see where this match is going to be settled
Hey everybody, we're gonna start map selection TL you won the skirmish so you get the two senior TV team beat
And they can I get your first hand on the breeze and breeze
Okay, TL. Can I get your first? We're burning up this van abyss and make negative your first pick
that's a little bit of a problem.
Peril.
Uh, Peril?
Peril.
Peril.
Okay, yeah?
Band Peril.
Or a pickeril, sorry.
Peril, Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Oh, Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril.
Peril, Peril, Peril, Peril, Peril, with a P.
Okay, TL, can I get your map?
We're picking Bind.
Pick Bind.
Bind, yeah.
Yes, and E, what's your side on Bind?
Start or attack?
Attack, attack on Bind.
And E, can I get your next band?
This way.
This way.
Banker Road.
Banker Road, okay.
TL, what's your band?
Last map, split with Van Haven.
Van Haven, last map, split.
Alright, and then MA, what's your side on split?
Start there.
Defend?
On split, defense, yeah.
Defense, okay, cool.
So, as a recap, we have map one is Perl with a TL on attack,
map two is Bind with MA on attack,
map three is split with MA on defense.
Good luck everybody.
Listen man, I parted TL to win. I need them to get on the same page here. That was a tough
band to watch, man. Mates though, they're going to target get Breeze out of there. That's an
obvious one. You have to. Team Liquid were insane against T1 the other day, but you get
two of Mates' great maps in the pool. When it comes to the OG trio of how many maps
in the game, that is the Mates' bread and butter, where they display some incredible
strategic fundamentals with that yoru so i think the pool is pretty solid for them but it's
not like an overwhelming victory in a mad pig fan by any means all right well folks i mean this is
it right it's a nice regional battle good honest regional battle we'll see how this whole thing
plays out remember a spot for playoffs is on the line so let's go ahead and bring out your two
teams the crowd's ready to go here's the gentlemates and team liquid
I
each other in the past, probably in skirmishes, in practice.
So there has to be an iota of familiarity there.
They have to expect something is afoot on both camps, Wyatt.
And the question is, what are we going to get out of Pearl?
We're guaranteed to have another European side making it
into the playoffs in a tournament in which Europe has
brought more new faces than familiar,
but they've been stunning so far.
The exciting style of team liquid and gentlemen,
it's just displaying such a top-level proficiency
with the meta leaning into that Yoru and Perla's look like a pretty damn solid map for them.
It's always been a good Yoru map for sure.
Mates, Perlpig makes perfect sense because it's up towards the top of Mates,
down towards the bottom of Liquid, but Goldenboy, I reckon Team Liquid have changed their composition here.
Because this is another one of those maps where they previously were not running the Neon.
They were running a really weird combatually.
Yoru-Waile with a brimstone on Perl. Super strange.
I think they've probably gone to the drawing ball.
We've already seen it in previous matches.
Mates might have worked it through a track early.
It's working.
The neon has been good for Liquid.
That man, many who, I mean, yeah, better than good.
Perfection.
It has truly been great.
It has been perfection.
I'm defeated.
Can we pick a more adjectives?
Yeah, I don't believe.
And the thing is though, is that if we end up
seeing that change up, if we end up seeing
this Team Liquid roster bust out that neon here,
That is going to tell you everything you need to know about where this team is going in the future.
And, man, I'm just excited to see if they do bring a neon out here.
Will that undefeated streak continue?
That's a huge narrative coming into this game.
You saw that guy right there on your screen just before the coaches.
That was Matt, if you're watching for the first time.
A legend in this space, a champion in his own right.
And he is the veteran in this squad.
But also, you're turning to the coaching staff's sideshow to see
What can they cook up in this short time frame?
They need to make some haymakers a reality here,
and it's very possible that they can,
given the weapons that they have available to them.
I think the battle of the coaches actually puts more pressure,
in fact, on the channel-made staff,
because Team Liquid will have been working on...
Well, if there is a comp swap,
will have been working on it in the week before Santiago,
whereas Mates will have to respond to it instantly.
This matchup with these two European teams
is an unbelievable story of the new talent of today versus the two guys that went against each
other in champs in 2021 in the finals. So beating Nats there for the trophy after Nats won the previous
Masters tournament and now both of them just surrounded by an entire new crowd. That's an excellent
point there right? I mean look now folks Valorant has had such a rich history but you know you go
all the way back sideshow.
That's a long time ago to still see these two names in these spots.
And yet it's been a very different story
because Nats has consistently returned back to these global events.
It has been years since we've seen Stark so back here
and now he's leading his team as the IGL.
No longer a piece of the puzzle, a really important core part of it.
And one has to wonder as well,
is Nats coming into this one feeling confident considering that?
Yes, he has been here so many times before we had an opportunity to catch up with Wayne a couple of days ago
We were talking to him about how it is to play on this squad and what he has learned
Wow, I can tell the confidence
To be what the hell is this come they go into the hop of golden boy the harbor is out
But wait a minute wait a minute. We're gonna see the jet
I thought for a moment. We were gonna see my
I was going to scream, but still I was going to neon the way the sky, no fade on my harbour.
Where's the order, man?
Dude, this is like, this is crazy, this is almost like you've got back in time for the Viper Harbour Meadow of 2023,
except you're playing Double Jewelist.
Walls on walls, we're walling off everything.
And they're pushing on defense, zoomably, because you can't just anchor with this comp.
the height of that Harbor wall might cut off like all of heaven now over on that
over on the screen we haven't even seen it at all but I don't know so you don't know
you're tuning in wondering why the hell are these weirdos freaking out it's
because Wayne is playing the Harbor a character that was recently buffed we have
not seen this agent played yet in an official every part of his kit so we have
no idea what the impact is gonna be but let's go ahead and get this EMEA
Showdown on the books and send it over to your casters Pacific spinus of Killios and paper thin I
Think that we are just as shocked as all of you are
Yeah liquid they're coming out we said yeah, they're probably gonna change the composition around the neon. Yes. Yes
Okay, chicken taking the boxes right harbor is now making an appearance for the first time at math and San Diego
Well, I tell you what, I mean, with the changes to Harbor,
you have a ton of uptime on the smokes.
The ult is really good.
It doesn't need a ton of charges.
I think it's only seven if I'm not mistaken.
So you have the ability to really cycle through things
quickly to control a lot of space.
And with the Viper in there as well,
I think this is going to be really
oppressive for Mates to get good reads
to have to try to figure out ways
to get past those smokes efficiently and effectively
on the fly.
So you've got to be excited if you're a Team Liquid fan,
because I think they're going to be bringing the heat against Maze.
I'll tell you what this reminds me of.
It reminds me of Liquid when they showed up to Master Serrano.
That was when Nats wasn't there, they had Penny subbing in.
And they were just kind of scrambling to find these compositions.
And they were running some really weird ones to decent success back at that tournament.
Feels like that, but obviously Nats is here.
Let's see how it plays out quickly on the dive board.
Minibook is going to be sitting around the corner and she finds the headshot.
though as many mills could take it down.
The pop flash in the slide across Camel.
It will hold his own for a kill and just like that,
the pistol done and dusted with Liquid standing tall.
And there you go.
You can already see some of the value
you are going to get out of that high tide.
The ability to cut off so much of that V sight
is gonna open up things.
And then, you know, you have the toxic screen as well
to give you some cover on the entry.
So you've got multiple layers here to work with
as Team Liquid to set yourself up for these executes.
Big opener from MiniBoot while stunned up,
and then they just keep pushing.
They set up those crossfires.
They knock them down.
This is a great start for Team Liquid
who have run into this tournament.
They're just going to be running into the B site once again.
See Gamble and spawn from three players.
Just going to be fast rotation towards this B site
of the map while Mini is going to be tucking her leg.
Double bash up and over the top of MiniBoot.
able to find one, Martín peels one back with the classic with the neon on the floor, Wayne stunned up, has the eyes there on, a player with Camel swinging around back up-hull,
able to find Glyph Bipo Falls, and that's Martín there in heaven.
The round that Starzel has been taken down on the flank.
Ooh, team making it a little bit more costly though.
Good damage to be found here.
That's his weak too.
He's a man 46.
Take the TP, but Camo's still there watching!
Martín finds a headshot!
Shots the shoulder versus Camo.
Only minor damage inflicted.
But he gets so tanky and nearly gets the finish.
That was so very close!
Team Liquid barely scraped by.
Alright Seuss, gotta be a little bit more careful as Team Liquid just running it down
is already starting to get red pretty well.
The quick rotations coming through from Mades, Martín heating up.
Those are things you do not want to see as liquid, because we saw it when we got the Pearl against EDG,
where Martin really started to step up there as that player that we've known to be here in kickoff on that Yoru,
just so efficient getting those multi-kills in so many rounds.
The guy is just a terror.
Overall, it wasn't too hefty an investment from them in the previous rounds.
So there is going to be some firepower available to them as Zaptrate on the lob in.
Many will actually be able to collect that kill, turn it back, looking for players at the connector of our team, continue into succeed.
Let's kill them, getting involved, we'll be able to clean up another two, and now it's just many though.
Barrelstuffs with the classic, cleans up one.
Still here in position, Starrzo getting closer.
Just on the opposite side of the doors, right where the spike is on the floor.
The spot on the wall on the slide in is able to find the kill, but cannot get the 1A transfer.
That will be Nate's giving themselves on the board, but again only just the one player surviving. Yeah
That's a lot of economic damage done there by team liquid and mini boo is off to a hot start already has his overdrive in hand
And this is exactly one of the big things I wanted to point out for this match
Was the mini boo versus BPO matchup because mini boo
I think is a little bit better in the fragging department. You know the Vienna's desk has been talking about how good
Miniboo is when he slides. He is one of the best at hitting shots while sliding or right at the end of a slide
Whereas Bepo better at the space creating setting up martin mini cliff the players behind him do some work
I don't want to pass to me this B site attacks the computer coming through from the liquid
They're different and change it on the tripwires, but still cannot gain in deep enough
It's on top of many before he really realizes what the hell is going on
The chaos of his composition continues to be gorgeous just like these shots from Camo.
Three kills, an upgrade to the weapon.
People was able to peel one back, Wayne gonna be struck down,
but they're just gonna have to back away and try to go for the save.
Got many of them slotting forward, just the base of water,
looks like they're not gonna be creeping down to that.
And as I say it, Glyph will be exploring, not pushing though.
just look to maintain their positions and hold on to these weapons as long as they possibly
can, but Minibu himself in the correct spot to be able to find a punish and punish he shall.
Eliminated now, just clip the try to stay alive as the spike gets ready to blow up.
That's not great because he was on zero cred so that's so much so much damage being done
here economically by team liquid on this attacker side they're gonna be one away from the
Reckoning for Wayne you've got the convergent pass as well mini boys and overdrive you have so much ability to call God
I mean he just bypasses all the trips right this goes up and over the top of the box drops on the opposite side
And many has no clue
I think maybe there is just trying to guess where you know the landing zone is gonna be and in Camel just does the same thing
He's expecting a change up speaking of doing the same thing
At least for the start as you won't grab reckoning now online
Move around the back, some safety.
He's going to be taken down, Wayne able to find the first.
Looking for a follow up, gets it, clip now eliminated.
The one rifle they had coming into this round,
going to be left on the floor.
People unable to acquire that.
He straps his way out of the site.
Up now going to be set up.
People going to be able to find one stops for being a flawless.
Tarso and Martine.
Backpedaling, repositioning, looking to go down to the spy team.
by Team League we're gonna have a 4-1 start.
It's just so pacey.
And just look at the way the players are playing.
It's just go, go, go.
Check angle, check angle, check angle real fast.
Like they are just so hot right now
and made time to be surprised
a little time out from the camera.
To find one, Wayne gets the last one,
three in the round.
You don't even need to invest the ultimate.
No.
Collecting those chargers, collecting those heads, I wonder at what point has Kaku decided to call the timeout for gentlemates.
Going back into another buy, you've got four ultimates available. Is this the time to bump the brakes?
If you trust in the team, isn't that in-game leadership to be able to counteract this?
Because right now, Liquid, they're not doing anything too crazy.
This is going to be the first round where they really change it up. They're not leaning in towards the A side of the map.
It's so hard here as mates because anybody who's trying to anchor is just getting absolutely run over
They're gonna use the reckoning right off the rip here to clear long and then they still have follow-up behind this
Now there are ults to counter for mates. They play for retake on this. They've got their drift
They've got the nightfall. They've got an overdrive of their own
And get that high tides situated as well
Retake very difficult
Nightfall will be able to crash across onto three. I do believe it's really able to be sent out.
People will find one, we'll get down purple.
Trying to hold this out of here, default on the site.
Many of you have learned from stairs, people have learned from backpops, the overdrive,
it is right up on Stars of Space.
The kills are there. Everybody from Liquid in pole position.
To trade out to capitalize.
Now five to one.
And you're just trying to play off the Nightfall's info there.
You don't invest the drift from Martín.
You just try to make a go of it unexpectedly.
Oh, trying to spam the wall there.
Love the way that he moves reacting.
Immediately goes for the alt, the slide.
Don't give Stark so any chance to try to swing you
on that angle.
And this liquid man, they are something else.
The way that they have completely reinvented themselves
in the second half of the start of the year
So fun to watch I mean right now. I think everybody's gonna be hoping that we get to see
Desideration of liquid this aggression go up against likes a paper X right just be or notion. I mean it might be the event horizon moment
like it's where
Singularity has occurred
Reality folds in on itself. It's too glorious to witness
It would be it would be incredible. I mean it
It feels like a supermassive black hole that you're running into.
You just can't escape the gravity that this team's creating.
Mates is going to finally rip the time out and try to figure things out.
Maybe throw a few sheriffs in there for the next round.
But Camo as well on that Lele, you know, talking about his ability to play to your loud goodies.
But like this pace that they're playing at and the sharpness that he's able to like get down with his aim when he gets in there.
gets in there is so impressive right now.
Like they are so ready for this.
The drilling that they've already been able to kind of put into their play
is incredible. And oh, by the way, they still got a couple of all to fool around with.
Yeah, still the Seekers got a game of information.
Martin can be playing close, just dashes back over to Hall.
It's liquid once again, not looking to play the map, not looking to spread out.
No defaults here. No contact plays just straight up into this
B, Sideway Camero!
He was able to take down three.
Look at them trying to recover the weapon,
Pop Flash on the corner.
They just double face in.
Starksock gets taken down, and that is now just
Glyph left alone to his own devices.
Alone, Sad, Sheriff in hand.
Spike planted.
It's going to go, ooh, will end up falling.
Previous of taking some damage, but now getting caught.
Trying to go for the reload.
It's a bit.
Just keep it double stacked to continue to poke and prod,
trying to get to lane, another ult charge.
Wards another reckoning here.
As, I'm gonna nailay him!
Excuse me!
Oh, they are feeling it!
Time out, beat damned!
Oh my goodness.
That is bold, brash, disrespectful,
and absolutely entertaining.
Oh, it's beautiful.
It is so beautiful.
Do it, oh.
It's the only thing we need.
Yeah, just keep, nothing else in the replay package.
Just that.
left-hand jab for the knockout punch on the round. Absolutely stellar. Oh, this is this is beautiful.
I am just loving this and you still have camos all these been sitting on it for forever.
Martin looking for the punish. You'll be able to find him. Even if you're kind of getting
bombed on the pillar, it's a big punch. Emergent pass going to be invested up towards the
connector for the so many players stacked up ready to receive this pressure and this
This time mates are coming out on top suddenly just Nats left the loan
Thinking seeing if you can find anybody in transit, but all of mates already corraled on that B site
You've already done so much work on this attacker side, right
To be
Too too bothered, but would still love to find some damage continue to keep the economy of makes weak
Well, let's get towards a pit
Looking for the high-low if anybody could break it though
Might just be Nats
Just off that left-hand side. Yeah
And until he's perfectly out into the open
Some morning shots for half trying to set up with a poison warp
But people will be able to close the gap and get the kills of flawless fashion for mates to finally find their second round win
Yeah, so you've seen a couple rounds here to roll with this put
Martin at the pillar at the front of be so you can get that quick info so you can make the fast rotates this time around he plays a
Little bit differently that he did on the eco where he tucks back into the cubby
And he's able to get that kill on the mini boo and that really kind of neuters this attack
That you're trying to set up with those fast-edges martin just through the smokes domes a couple
It even stands up after that one
Hello, we have got something worth smashing here with it.
Maybe a bit of that fear of being shrugged off.
See if they can continue it though.
Surely not.
It's time for Trailblazer to check out Martini's position.
Surely this is a fake.
Like this is all a ruse by Liquid.
But they're all 5 here so I don't think it is.
Quick shot, Martini with a dot-pattern on the base.
He's four, finds Miniboo, but people's gonna be on the trade.
Neons down on both sides or picked up two charges for Wayne to get that next
Harbor all cycled in. Team nearby enough does have the dimensional drift in case he
starts getting into a sticky situation.
Now wouldn't mind seeing him rip it about when the execute starts to come through.
Just get the information on that back line. Let Mini try to deal with Camo if
possible. He'll fade there too.
Off glass through, in around the back star so looking for the kill.
going to be taken down, but not before Glyph is traded out.
Reface in, and Stasso!
Cleans up three.
It's makes the same on the scoreboard.
He looked at Klawis one back still though.
It seems like it's all smiles from the TL camp.
I was going to say, we can't just keep doing V here.
We've got to try a little bit different.
The strategy goes surely deeper here.
All five mid perhaps.
Yeah, there you go.
I mean, the death ball is whatever.
But this is kind of what you saw against T1
14 liquid right where they're running over you a little bit once the adjustment is made then they're going to do like
For one they're gonna let Matt start to lurk a little bit
They're gonna kind of toy with some pressure at a different part of the map potentially
Big change up but Matt's still getting caught in that big harm reveal of Martin able to collect both kills camo now
Take it down mini boot tag depth around the corner and glyph has the flank through art
The aggression out from Mates now starting to be rewarded as Team Liquid not have too
many smiles remaining on their faces after this one.
The gap is getting closed very quickly now and Nero's up to reveal Wayne fishing for
the kill eventually is going to be able to find the one by the second.
Purple however not able to find the pop fly so they get the turn they get the win
and Mates get themselves two rounds away from a six and six half.
Okay, Mates now just countering aggression
with aggression of their own.
They're just gonna start pressing the map.
Wherever they feel like the hits are gonna be,
they're gonna react just ASAP to it.
See if there's gonna be any adjustments
in the team liquid camp.
The roaring start.
Now being calmed down.
Nice, come on!
Got you some good timings, the push out of doors,
the fines and kills, but this is just coming down to.
Like two bulls, flooding heads against each other.
Little pacy, but...
Full commit just yet this time. They're trying to bait a reaction.
Bit more restraint, but okay, swinging in.
I thought people had that one out of their scent, but Wayne just takes his head off.
There's nothing more than Martin can do, just blocked off.
Little...
More players still lurking around water.
Matt's...
Just start scaling forward toward that A site which for the most part is empty.
Mates leaning in towards B once again.
That's a gun upgrade as well for Team Liquid there.
They were on a weaker buy and they just scooped that gun up.
So now they're going to have a little bit of extra firepower.
Two sheriffs behind those three rifles.
Mates back in.
I'm sure that everything is cleared out.
So there's the high tide going across the A site.
Mates get the bad news.
I make their way forward and Nass is still watching for a potential deep flank that is not likely to be seen.
Are we gonna play it?
Eventually.
Let's check it.
Make sure that Nass is clear to advance forward so now they can get that hit in play.
Okay, Martin!
He's able to find Camo, brings it back into a 4v4.
Still find them some disadvantage given the hit now in play, but the potential drift is there.
Martin is on a scouting mission, trying to spot them out.
spot them out. Seize the one guides Mini's aim. Perpo now taken down. After the defuse,
spot onto another. Sending out some morning shots. The Lebanese pass over into Nassau's
hands. He's able to put a few score kill. Mini struck down. Mini moved Stilio on the flank
to Shorty in Martini's hands. The one coming away with the elimination. Now he's down
to Mini-Boo to push forward. They almost line up for him, but Martini with three.
The kid channel mates a fifth round win.
This is fantastic stuff from the mates.
They have found their groove now.
They have found the rhythm of this.
And finally getting that drift, and it gets tremendous value.
Maybe just specifically saving this to counter Nats' Viper's pit the whole way through.
Tina Ken finding players through the smoke.
It's been so good at that.
Anticipating Nats is going to push out.
Nats had a shorty of his own, but Martín quicker to the draw.
He's starting to break things open, starting to heat up 13-9 for Martin.
Scary prospect despite the run back coming through, still not seeing a timeout call from
the liquid camp.
Going into that second half on the other side, with both in the back pocket.
Really happy the advantage is the question.
Slide in, MiniBoo continuing to be the tip of the spear, and on out, taking turns, a bit
of a relay here between the two of them, but Hamuk does a decent bit of damage there from
the wall back.
God, you've opened up so much of the map here, but oh, Mini's going to find Nath over
at Long A.
Same look that he was trying to do in the previous round, never got punished, never
had that forward push coming through, and this time Mini is able to get the catch.
That's huge because now you don't have that Long A control, you're forced to
to go over to B into this cypher set up into the Astro Stars, into Glyphs.
Walking close, finds the first Camo.
Taken down, swings in for a little bit more, and Glyph finds the second.
Pop Shot is going to be going on to the Pop Box.
He's out, Martín, looking for the transfer, cannot quite find him.
He moved now, dashes forward, but it's chaos across the board.
Loses sight on Pipo, who cleans it up with a shorty, and just like that.
Six to six at the half.
That is absolute madness.
Blistering pace to that half, but it comes out six to six all square in the end.
Just wild scenes where you have to think for Team Liquid to give it half as it started.
Unthinkable. Need to be having some steadier play going into that second half.
Otherwise, mates might just be able to take them out themselves.
Let's go give she wins
incredible for everything that we've lived and everything that is missing from Master Santiago and because they really have a beautiful country.
So let's greet Santiago!
Right now, 6-6 scoreline between Channelmates and Team Liquid after a 6-1 start for TL.
Now what does this defender side look like for Liquid?
Are they just running it down here?
Keep on sprinting.
It's a 1-3-1 split.
Just try to challenge mid here.
Just disrupt anything Nate has in their heads before it even gets rolling.
Over towards Beepo there, jingled in the direction with those double doors.
He's kind of on his own here, looking for kind of a reactive play here potentially.
Maybe a bit of a crunch from the window with Glyff.
Looking for the aggro push out.
And they pulled exchange, Minibu going to be held at bay, continuing to try to push
forward.
However, and it's just right into a firing squad.
I'm only able to find the single kill.
They're going to really tucked in here.
I was going to say, but he is completely surrounded and he's going to have to try to fight his
way out.
Staying drilled in on the angle, finds the head shot.
Where do you go from here?
Into the grave, you can see.
Marshall able to find him now.
3v2.
Staying right to the side of Mates as they make their way across towards the B site.
Wayne, near by, in back halls.
The tether to find nothing, a shot to Beepo.
Some down to 70.
Looks for a little bit more though.
It's going to be Martine taking him down.
Lats now, a 1v3.
All three players, 70 health on the opposite side.
Can he pull out the clutch?
That's what's Hall's team jiggling just out of sight.
LTP falls towards Long, light in hand, Nats himself down to 70.
Trying to swing the corner, finds the instant headshot, spots Martin has the tap!
Truth to the reload.
Martin now back-boiling, but damage gonna be bound, Nats down to 15 health.
Needing to close the gap, he's got the time to play with,
but he does not have the health to damage.
And Martin with three will get Nates the pistol.
Ooh boy, almost got a little Nats magic, but just came up short.
But it's all just coming down to a numbers game at times here.
Whoever's going to get more guns to bear in the heat of the moment.
And this time around, you know, team liquid with this pistol,
probably hoping that Nate is just pushing in an extremity, either long A long B.
They actually held there coming from Shops and that was just exactly
what they were hoping for.
That's what ran in there and lost an extra player even though Camo do a little bit more damage through
That's all on his own over here
Many fully blinded up many blue will be able to find the kill
He's a little advantage for them flying that finding that black players nuts and then a hand takes down clip as well
So tricky weaponry still not gonna be on their side. It's gonna be a double push out towards secret
It's been around the back, there's the Marshall, but he doesn't pull the trigger fast enough.
Martine finds the head shot.
He starts out with a spectre.
1v2 swing about to come through, and they cannot overwhelm.
Barely takes any damage. Now she's purple to try to see if he can get a little bit more through.
He's a bit more costly of an anti-eco. The round win is certainly out of reach.
So play patiently, just linger within the spawn. The back away will come in, and mate.
Allow him to go down to the spike
You're still gonna be able to keep some pretty good weaponry here for mates
Start to get a little bit worrisome
But
Need to punch back need to answer back does this composition does this have any more layers to it any more strategy
on this defender side
He's got so much smoke smoke, but so much delay potential, but you're just kind of running at him.
Seen it, he's super effective just yet.
Toxic screen, you know, something to consider.
The way Nats is gonna play, tuck into those angles.
Cross the mid there, he's able to cover so much space with it.
Just like a big thing that they really need is, you know, purple.
Get online. 1-9 at the moment was instrumental in their victory.
We're gonna work some of that magic, find his form.
He's now retreating with the gunsplay and people should be caught in mid-air as Camo collects two.
Looking for the third one, Martín trades it back.
Finds both the enemy duels but does fall down to 5 HP.
The regen armor to try to reinforce him just a little bit.
Dimensional drift is gonna be coming in.
Double-pink, double-push, trying to see if they can stop.
Just push forward, but purple, eventually able to find many years of the eggs.
It turns back to me!
And that's what we're talking about!
A monstrous kill. We've got an al-Martin with five HP
He's not going to be able to find a clutch from here right that hand that's here's the movement here's them working his way around
50 seconds
I'm gonna try to make a player try to go for the save
Did it get purple into a favorable angle there?
Watch art or double down in the spike
I'll play into this here, I'll potentially give away.
I'm gonna kill another old charge to one of these players, it seems like Martin is at
least going to be going for it.
Who knows if he can find the first one, a one tap onto Perpo, it could be everything,
but it will be Perpo to strike him down, a 3k to rally back.
Team Liquid still suffering some heavy losses in the anti-bonus, but they get the
round win.
That's just what the doctor ordered.
Purple, EMEA, one of the best when it comes to headshots.
This incredible kiss, we get a headshot.
Camel, it's a couple big ones.
Martin is just ever present, ever dangerous.
Oh, he is destroying at the moment.
He is.
21, 11, and four.
Well ahead of anybody else on this team.
He's just in the groove for 2026.
Man, it's just record breaking.
He's gotten store for us here.
Big push out early. A long control established, but Nate's at least putting a pause on it.
Maybe he's gonna re-clear that. And here those footsteps out.
They want to mess it.
Saw the one shot. It was just one sheriff to clear the trailblazer.
They're basically completely evacuate this A-side of the map.
They're just expecting based on the way Liquid's been playing that there might be another layer to that attack.
So it's just take your time, then go for the re-clear.
Got so much control at Long B.
You've also got four players.
TPL in position just against Martins on the other side.
He might take four to dispatch him, but Nats will be able to quickly take him down.
You're kind of happy to play a little bit of retake with this comp too, as Team Liquid,
especially with the convergent pass there.
And Starkso does have a nightfall.
He's going to have some old VOL shenanigans,
but just looking at where Starkso is posted up
He's a move the muscle. He's looking for that blade where they could get there.
Now in play, conversion pass, looking for the catch, signifying one, but a little bit delayed on that one lane.
Ends up falling, Spickle finds a kill.
Looks good to be taken down at the same time, but Stark's still holding his own, MiniBoo now felled.
3v2. Players connected away from one another.
As the heals come in, getting Camo back up to 100 HP.
E.T.L. favored to be the white man he fought with purple. What a turn! Gets the head shot,
takes down Beep on Matt, finds himself a 3K. Defuse to come in and Team Liquid, they tie it up 8
to 8. Just great patience. Team Liquid trying to take their moments, trying to find their
advantages, starting to spread the map a little bit here. You know, mini-boo in a 1v1 against
Starts though there, you feel pretty confident
about trying to take that fight.
Starts though bests him, converging path, catches glyph
right as he's on the way out after planting.
So that's a freebie.
That's a hell of a turn.
One enemy remaining.
That's what you need.
Hey, hey, stand up.
Alo.
Don't let them step down.
I love Matt.
I do, sir, man.
He is.
And I do question how much personal beef there is here.
They haven't played against each other this year.
If you remember, all the way back to that first champions,
it was Nats on one side of the stage,
Starzo on the other, and Starzo got the better of him.
The man in that trophy, out of his hands.
Come on high though, Camo.
Quick shot, able to find people with the help of Nats.
He'll leave with a snake bite.
Nats himself will be able to find an elimination
before Martin takes him down.
Oh, it's okay, yeah.
Suddenly facing forward, here it stares.
the kills he found, liquid members picking their targets, and just like that, they are back into the lead.
You want to sing, Nancy's phrase is a little bit more, and I do.
The way he plays that round is pretty cheeky.
He throws the pit down, doesn't even stay inside of it for like a second,
immediately wraps back towards the window of flowers, and waits for a player there and gets a kill.
Like he's just miles ahead of you. He's expecting players to do things, and he's correct.
More often than not, it's just a crossfire, just kind of a roll of the dice there.
The ramp from art.
Liquid, he's got the firepower.
Now they've got an opt for mini boot.
One away from the Seekers for Purple.
He's going to be holding a all by himself.
Pretty deep angle posted up on.
Stars here for Glyft escort the team in with the off swing in the collage.
People are being both going to be taken down.
The overdrive now popped.
Chasing forward, found the Spanigan damage, starts a new tag up, plays in, off the flush, but still looks like he came down and taken down with Purples there for the trade.
Look at the try to isolate, get rid of this enemy sky, but he cannot because Purple has arrived!
Another big round!
His liquid hit double digits.
And this is where it gets scary for mates.
When the back line start to heat up, it was the Camel and Miniboo show on the attack side.
But now you're getting purple you're getting that's involved
Beautiful shot for mini boot
That angle perfect for him
Nice little play from Stark so to try to bail himself out with the Cs, but
Excited he's very happy that is clear
And they've now forced the second and final time out out of channel mates meanwhile team like would even in that first half
Never called one
They still have both and I find it astounding
Well, I think obviously it's been kind of back and forth and even though mates ran
What is that seven in a row there like you just have that much faith in that's to just to kind of figure things out
You kind of rally the troops
What a luxury to have, to have a tremendous leader like him, but now the coaching staff
for Mates is going to have to figure out what they're going to do, is it time for them to
start running it down a bit, you know, they're trying to slow walk in towards some of these
rounds and fine with Team Liquid, they're not going to keep the offer to the next
round, but I don't know if they need it.
So many options here with this comp to play fast, to take space, play for retake,
Yeah, so much ability to cover the map.
A change of position here, the toxic screen to start.
Push it a little bit deeper.
Kind of makes you wonder, we're curious if Nass is going to want to go,
or if he's setting up for someone else to take some mid-space here.
And it looks like it's going to be Miniboo.
They know Minis there.
Been spotted.
OK, we'll just be quick little stalemate over at shop, but back away.
bait and switch attempt many wise to it.
Stall here mates looking for more aggression looking for another.
They are it's not there just yet.
Dog to clear to find anything.
I'd love to find an opening kill.
I have that neural theft.
Yeah, the massive for them to try to find the correct side of the map.
I get some value out of that Astral to double stack
They're staring into Art.
You want to fight it!
He's on the angle, but Cosmic Divide is going to be called in.
Push forward, Wayne plays out in front of that one for a brief moment.
Sees will connect, taking away his audio and the approach from behind.
He's getting ready to come through. He gets run down, but...
Ooh, a full blind coming in suddenly.
It is going to be Mates coming out on top.
Two kills going to be found at Miniboo.
Finds the Sun with a relay bolt.
They're all dead, getting the ping reveal.
His position is going to be known and Mini finds it.
Gorgeous timing to get the Punish on the enemy Neon.
Tapping for it, Nats. Keeps it away, a dugout, ups over the top, flies to hit the transfer, but cannot.
Timeout works a treat, my team with another 3k, Mates, one off, tying this up again.
Yeah, and I think it's simple things here for Mates that you're talking about in this timeout.
It's being very cognizant early, waiting to see what the trap is, what the sneaky play is.
Shut that down. Don't give Miniboo anything. Use that Cosmic Divide to escort yourself into that site.
And then let Martin do what he does best in Frag. And Frag he has. He's up to 26 now.
He might be dropped.
30 bomb is inevitable.
100%.
At least three more rounds to be played out.
Maybe a bit of a softer start for him in the tournament, but now he's certainly farming his footing.
They had them despite back at EMEA, right fall online with the orb tank.
What was that dimensional drift?
Right, so you should be able to see a tricky setup.
Exactly, you should be able to guide that nightfall in pretty nicely here.
Oh yeah, but a silent exit around the back.
Trying to just stop somebody with a shorty.
Shrippy's gonna quite be getting the opportunity though.
So far all the players from Team Liquid playing back now starting to advance.
Any move that'll be struck down is people flying Z-Opener.
Pop, Nats even a fine one, Wayne's taken down the plaza, however, connecting Nats from purple,
but can't quite find anything more off the back of that.
Camo now in a 1-2, but both players low on health, the plant not committed to.
As far as it goes for it here, Camo should be able to suss out that it's just behind
the pillar and catch him with a wall bang.
So Mates completely pumped the brakes.
Still have to saturate two for Camel.
30 seconds left.
On the tower. Rotate over into default. Camel on the push.
Finds the one tap. Looks for the kill.
Some damage exchanged at Starzo!
Comes out on top in massive fashion!
Woo!
Starzo has hit some big ones.
He has been so clutched today, four mates so far.
The IGL getting some good frags, huge opener for people.
That neon battle so crucial in this matchup,
because that allows you to continue to accelerate,
to continue to take space.
Now, that's a beautiful flash from Perpo in the follow-up as well.
Camel, how to kick it himself a little bit.
And finally gonna get a timeout from Team Liquid.
See if they can make some adjustments of their own.
That's asked them to stand up.
They've delivered.
And now, it'll be the first timeout call for Team Liquid
on Pearl.
There's one more in case it gets away from them.
But the economy is shaky, to say the least.
Just being through rifles and the smattering
of the other weaponry going into this
to try to stop the advance of Mates.
And you're going to have a reckoning, you're going to be one away from a convergent pass for Camo, so it could be a world where you're going to be able to use these alts to turn this round on its head economically, just as that could be available to them.
Is that going to be part of the plan, or is it just a kind of gimmick play into saving those alts for the follow up by round?
It's going to be so close.
Seekers as well almost there.
Not to consider as mates in this time out with all that's going on there on the other side of the coin
It's like on beat
Challenged here stack set up in a push through. Oh, hello
Bit of a jump scare suddenly snap over the camo and he is dead
Maybe they were hoping that they you know middies been playing that position solo a lot
maybe they could again try to get that freebie we've seen them try to make him
uncomfortable pushes through mid pushes through long more kill for martin on
his more path to the 30 get the 30 drop so just needs a couple more kills for
that now liquid all is being sounded the rotate across towards that a sight
and written it better here four mates looking their way in to be right is it
gets evacuated.
Hey, what's this retake going to look like?
You got a Bucky for Miniboot, some scary things happening, Spectre for Nats.
How are you going to be able to get it started?
Flanks are going to be not being dealt with because none of the trips back there are
cleared, so all eyes forward for Mates.
All the fight to cut off Halls as well as Long.
Swing coming in with full flash connecting on the way.
And it's just a shooting gallery of flawless
around for Mates to gain the lead,
not allowing for the half-buy to come through.
Liquid now once again on the back foot.
OK, this is kind of where I'm sure
a lot of that timeout talk was happening.
Now you've got three ults.
We've got a lot of ability to take this over.
Hit too far in the dash.
Beautiful. And again, it's all that extra layer you have with the Cypher to know that your flanks are clear,
so they can just concentrate their fire up there.
Makes it easy for them to say the least.
Into the 4-5-3 ultimate to try to utilize.
You know what's left available? Four mates.
They look to get themselves up to map point on their pick.
That's gonna quick rotate across towards B.
Little bit of a stutter step here at the start for mates coming out of window
So they didn't fall for the conversion past trap that was being attempted goes to shop
Does it get deep enough to find Martina? I don't think he's been spotted. There's no pain coming down. I didn't see him
You know how many
Yearlessly charging through art now to stairs
Which is a tough to win this position the seekers however my place spoiler
Look at that, they're so quick to rotate off those Seekers, they were already so deep we're
made to over towards A, they're going to commit, there's plenty of time here in the round.
Anybody who's trying to play up on top, struck down, massive kill that we found for Minnie.
Does the Invistinerope definitely immediately up back, the answer's going to be yes, sends
it to Nass, does meant to find the Punish, so one for one thus far, reveal comes
through and now they advance forward onto the A site, looks like they're going to
call for a second pivot, however, and the way across in through mid now towards that
piece out of the map.
In the meantime, they try to get the plant.
On clears out Halls, Wayne has the wave ready to go.
Will just send that one through.
The blind Sabbath out, dissipated, and Sargeant finds Camo, Bipo gets Wayne.
And everything is coming up, Mates.
Team Liquid now having to back away,
saving these final two weapons.
Gentle Mates will get themselves up to that point.
Just again, phenomenal reactions.
Trying to put pressure into that backhaul.
And it's immediately thwarted.
Trying to use that ult.
It's a little bit delayed for Camo to get in there.
It starts out the ability to reset.
Now you're just hoping to keep these guns.
Looks like you will as team Liquid.
I think Martin's going to get there in time.
Just what a recovery here by Mates.
I mean, this was looking like it was going to be team Liquid
just steamrolling this.
But they've got the tempo.
They've got the pace.
They've got the feel now.
Beautiful reaction.
Absolutely stellar.
That's too late to try to get that collapse on the stars.
Nice, nice, nice, nice.
Let's go.
Yeah, even though the reckoning now concusses and it gives you a bit of a reveal and it is really quick, so it's hard to react.
It doesn't last as long, so there's a little bit of the difference in it compared to the old one.
Final timeout from Liquid having to be used in quick succession.
They need to push this into overtime.
They're going to walk away with the win on their opponents' might map pick.
We already had a three-mapper, bang, your series has started off the day.
We very well could be in for a second, given that Bind is the next map.
Yeah.
You would anticipate that Bind is almost a given for Team Liquid, but you never know.
I mean, the way...
Also got to be the biggest thing the Mates are prepping for coming in.
For sure.
You know you're leaving it open.
Cover that one, we get to it, but that is the timeout now done.
Dusted will we save the same for liquid at the end of this round or will mates?
Might be able to finish it just yet. Martin still two kills away
refining that 30 bomb
And it's just been the discipline here for the mates on this attacker side not falling for anything in mid
Not giving up any of those early first kills very often once they got through and stabilized
They've got four in a row
I'm looking to finish the job.
Liff on his own over a long A.
Wailay slowly creeping through.
Get space attempted with a high tide.
Full control there.
And we're still situated.
Liff just backs away giving up that space over towards Long.
And now here comes the pressure.
Death ball from Mates storming their way in towards B
There's no ambiguity about this. They're making plenty of noise.
Sinked by the Tide of the Lay. It's only going to find a minor little bit of damage,
and that's going to be good for one kill, but then she gets flushed out.
Waiting with the Guardian.
Binding the one. Catches the glimpse, but catches the shot as well.
Stars up. Keeps him in with a 3v3.
Purple Camo. Miniboon now, the ones that need to be the difference makers.
But Mini is looking for a flank as he rotates up towards Tower.
There are two players tucked into this position,
and now he strikes, finding one, but not before Glyph gets taken out.
2v2, Tarzo.
Took him to the cubby here at long.
The defuse now being held.
Gets it up to half.
Miniboo has the cover.
Minny making plenty of noise, but Purple pulls off the defuse, finds the shot.
In liquid, will find at least another round win.
One more to go to take this into overtime.
Oh, felt like that one might have been lights out.
Minny's lurked there.
I was getting ready to go over to Vine.
Nats does well to at least get one,
but Lane is also finding some value with that Guardian.
Winnie-Boo, he's alive, him and Purple, able to just barely hold on.
So one more here.
Find out if Nate's up 1-0 or we're going to overtime.
Operator in play.
Nate change up my beat.
Unexpected here, the one with it in hand.
Position over towards B long.
Once again, it's only Nats laying on that site.
I mean, this high tide does give you so much control in the early part of the game here.
So that is kind of forcing Mates' hand to start leaning in towards B,
and this time around Nats talked really far back.
Doesn't want to give any early info over.
Let's have Wayne rotating in.
Smoke just gonna be cycled forward trying to dissuade this push.
I mean, Purple hasn't seen a damn thing over it long, so you're really gonna be leaning in, Camo swinging through.
Not gonna be having your flashes as well for the immediate retake.
That's however just saying, tucked away into the corner.
Fowler, looking to try to chase him down, and will give the reveal over.
As Kipo's swinging around the back of Halls.
Camo away, now Natchole dead, Bipo finds two.
It's just MiniBoo and Perpo that try to be the difference makers to extend this into OT.
So many players low on health, but all five still alive, the drop down, the shot's getting
ready to come in.
They're around the back, the blind is there, and Martine.
Ripple finding two.
And Ace clutch, does he have it in him?
They're all so low, but Starkso's got this shorty, he's got the gap, close, and
Mates have the map. 13-11. They pick a pearl. They get the win.
It's absolute madness.
No, we all thought Team Liquid is going to try something different.
And they certainly did. But it's just great recoveries, great reactions.
Martin gets to 30. Beautiful for Mates.
It's there at the very, very end. But that's just the beginning of this series.
We've got Liquid on Bind coming up next.
Nates, can they get a 2-0? We'll find out.
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jen here with coach Paco of Gentlemates. Now team Liquid throwing a massive curve ball.
Just wanted to ask you how were you guys able to deal with their curve ball, the new comp,
but more importantly they are extremely speedy play style that a lot of teams struggled against.
against? I mean we as a team develop a skill and something that makes us who we
are and that is it we really good at problem solving so instantly when we saw
that they have a comment they had we instantly talk about what we are gonna
expect. They won couple of rounds but like we were talking and talking so
like at the end we found the solution and yeah overall like we developed the
players to like think and not like just you know be ready to like climb
flip and like risk the round so yeah I believe that like we showed
that they can do. Okay, thank you so much. And the luck
off the back of a monstrous performance from Martin, he
ended up seeing the gentlemates scoring a huge dub. They're
going up one to zero in the series. We just heard from
coach Paco there. And that's actually going to take it right
into what we wanted to talk about. Because look, we're the
harbor pops up, we're hooting, we're hollering, we're
losing our mind side show. We had no idea what to expect
out of this. And to Paco's point, they needed to problem solve on the fly because you saw
in that first round where those walls were starting to come in.
Yeah, first time they just get locked out by this wall and you're trying to run through
it while it's slowing you. Clearly that isn't the way to try to play. Later on they adjust
to play much more aggressive. Here's a piece of tech they used with the Harbour Ultimate
where they go forwards into A, use it to lock off. If you do try to push in, this
is a beautiful piece of theory, but then they run it again in round 10 and mate's
dismantled it, showing that actually Team Liquid didn't have that many ideas. Here's
them playing on defense side. I'm going to show you Wayne's POV. He's got the molly,
doesn't use it throughout all of this A main fight, just ends up dying by the flank
coming around through ART. I think Wayne was missing some opportunities here to
go for value and when he defended on the B site, he's just kind of AFK here.
He wants to play off-site in order to wall and flood, but you have to play
on-site to get value from the molly. I've got the stats. He went 13 and 9 on
attack he went one and ten on wow what a difference holy crap I mean yeah that's
a substantial change once that harbor was being used on defense it was just so
easy for mates to every time that retake started flood started they all just
fought in front of it and they just dismantled them right
honestly I kind of want to be glass half for you though jeebie can I be positive
you can be a positive Patty I think the fact that the playbook was shallow with
this Harbor, but this was still a 13-11 on to kind of bode's well for team liquid
because once they got figured out, Mates going to run, but he was still that close.
Yep. I have pretty high hopes, but and that is also, despite the Harbor, the fact
that Martin had his best game all the time so far. That was unbelievable for
them. Yeah, that's the thing, right? Yes, you did see a phenomenal showing and
a bounce back from this gentleman team, but Martin had a lights out map there
Why yeah, even just going back to the other day when they debuted against edg martin started slow
I know there were people out there in the twitch chat
They were coming because they expected him to come in dropping bombs like he was yeah me a he wins that 1v1 crazy clutch
Exactly yeah, Josh is the problem
He has all those accounts
He won that clutch Martinez's banana heater.
He has and actually he was the biggest part of you need to play forward.
You have to play in front of the harbour you to like in front of the executes and play quick and he increased the tempo massively.
He had all of that responsibility and he fulfilled it and that's a great that is problem-solving and it's finest from gentle mates.
Because really when you bring out theory like that you're supposed to win on Team Liquid side right?
When you hit somebody with a comp they haven't seen before most of the time it works.
Yeah, it felt like those first initial moments were happening.
You could see the smiles on their faces,
but then as the rounds progressed, it was like, oh,
we might have actually trolled ourselves here
in some of these scenarios.
I feel like it had some legs, but I'm just
going to assume that it's a change they made
really recently, which is just why there's
a lacking of density in the label.
I do have to say, unfortunate news.
They liquid lost with the neon.
Yeah, the streak is over.
No!
My terrible move!
Oh, man!
You don't understand what he just did, Josh.
You have no idea.
You can't appreciate it.
Anyway, let's go ahead and stand it over to Lawn,
who's going to give us some details about what's ahead for map 2.
Yes, that was awesome.
Here with coach Logan of Team Liquid.
Now, coach, just quickly, Harbor and Viper.
It does demand a certain complex play style from the team.
So, in regards to that, what is your assessment of what happened on Pearl?
Something we've been trying in Plex, I think it's real good.
Unfortunately, it goes down to the details this game.
We could have won it, but let's go to Bind and show them the real Liquid.
Snaps is Bind, right? Liquid's Bind, okay, good luck.
I think Liquid's Bind throughout kickoff I thought was utterly phenomenal.
I think it's where we saw the best of this double duelist aggro comp.
I think specifically on their attack sides on bind is where they displayed their ability
to slow down the game at the proper times, re-accelerate where necessary, and on defense
it is one of the maps similar to if y'all watched Breeze yesterday out there, they run it.
Oh yeah.
I almost got fired again.
They run it down, crazy style on defense.
I mean after you and I hit that.
Only extremities man.
I hit that most iconic WrestleMania reference of all time.
We are, we're winning.
But I think both of these teams have been a problem on Bind though, to be fair.
That's what I was gonna say because I think it's probably the second best map
coming out from Gentlemates.
So this is not gonna be some kind of push over performance.
Interestingly enough, Team Liquid have also got like another different comp
that they used at the start kickoff.
They were still winning with that.
So they've just, you know, gone from strength to strength.
This is Nat's home territory.
But I don't think Gentlemates are gonna roll over here.
Even if it does go to three, this should be a bon burner.
Pressure is on here really for Team Liquid.
But you heard in the interview, Coach Lohan,
Wyatt, he was confident.
Oh, absolutely.
I think they're going to their home turf right now.
Right in butter.
And at that, like I said, they're
going to continue this pair up duelist Camo and Minibu
on defense.
They're playing mega aggro.
They're fighting into showers.
They're fighting all the way down to fountain B long.
That's the game plan on defense.
And these guys are in form.
Camo had a stunning performance on Pearl.
It was just overshadowed, excuse me,
because Markeen was at race high show.
Your team, sorry, your gentle makes in this situation.
You can close it out 2-0.
How do you do it?
Who do you stop?
Bro, I mean, when you're in the attack side,
you just have to hold.
You have to wait, and you have to wait for them
to be pushing sure, pushing Sand.
I think Sand should be a bit of a weakness.
Nats tends to push out Hooker quite a lot.
They may be gentle mates who capitalize on that,
but it's so difficult when they're just everywhere
all over you.
They're going to be getting hit by weird U2 combo plays, dashes down into market from short.
They have a whole playbook ready to go of just mental aggro stuff on defense.
Again, this is Liquid playing attack and attack on this map.
I'm looking for Martin on the attack side to be able to diffuse some of these traps by teleporting out
and kind of allowing Liquid's traps to get zero value.
Big opportunity for the gentlemates to go through to play off with a 2 or 0 score line.
Excuse me. I'm so excited. I could barely speak. Let me go ahead and send it over to your casters. It's Achilles and paper thin
They're better yappers
We like to think so we certainly hope so as we give it a go into it can very well be another
Chaotic map between these two EMEA squads pearl so very close to going the distance to making it into that overtime team liquid
They keep themselves a little bit what we did here from Mohan
We heard that confidence as they go into bind. Oh, and of course you're brimming with confidence
But it's still a tough matchup
I mean mates have shown the ability to adjust on the fly here to make some good change up make some good plays and of course
You know when it comes to EMEA versus EMEA
Martin comes to play and he was absolutely lights out again
deep orb here
It's gonna be a pickup though liquid purple
Find some damage there.
And Starzo, both of you get tagged up.
If you try to come through, it's gonna be way like double dash in, but Lane covering fire.
He will keep Purple alive, just getting knocked out of 50.
And there's the trailblazer that's got for many, doesn't send it!
As he sends them to their graves.
Gonna get kills to be found.
There's now 3v4 for the retakings.
Slide in, non-attissivated to position Starzo, looking for that second.
of Ruby Martini, collect it, and Matt can only find one more.
Pistol goes the way of Mates.
Just great little things that Mates are doing.
The anticipation by Mini, who was stellar against EDG,
finds that lurk timing, and it's right
as Team Liquid is considering it.
They almost take him out, and that would have been huge,
because that sets up that extra angle for the retake.
But instead, it gets smothered out.
He's holding that close angle, right to where Miniboo wants to slide on in.
Starkzo again, doing a great job today.
He has been so key at finding those big kills against Tabula, something he needs to.
Orb gonna be funneled away once again.
Fast tracking the orbital strikes as quickly as they can.
Straight through that pop flash out, looking for a punish on the Star Jump.
He's able to pull back away fast enough at the same time.
Camo's gonna be taken down as Martín punnings him outside of Nuka.
Nash over the top considering to push on it with his smoke, but Eclipt is already collected too.
Raph plays being widely avoided, just the one casualty thus far.
I think he'll be grabbed up.
I think this is wise from Mates. You've made so much attention over towards the B side.
They're likely to have already rotated over there, so...
And as we'll go over towards A, against those Eco's teams are likely to just plant their feet.
So we're gonna be able to get
into the post plant scenario here.
Quite a bit of weaponry left over.
Look out, Team Liquid will want to challenge it. He does have that shorty though, so who knows? Maybe he'll
see if he can run in and grab a few.
Still taking the time on the approach. Spike down if he plans it.
Mini Bill once again going to be...
I'm just going to rotate all the way out.
Going to find a weapon there on the floor.
This little grab up of that spectre.
Let's see if we can put the use.
Mini, the first contact has that Marshal around the corner.
Ready to look at the peek, but Rufus can spray down.
Check on the corner.
Tarso so snappy with that shot.
Woo!
The massive punish.
on Wayne to see if he can some real damage, get some of the real weaponry out of the hands of Mates.
Here he finds the timing on the hip bone, but people will steady the spray. Two zero start here for
Gentle Mates. All right. That is totally fine as Mates. Keeping those two Bulldogs in the Phantom in.
Minis gonna go for a Vandal. Let's see what Martin wants to do. They're gonna pass the gun over
to him. Glyph's gonna hang onto the sheriff. Now this is where the real meat potatoes of
Team Liquid's ideas on this map come into play. We'll convert some good holds, maybe
some early aggression outside of hooker there. Let's see if it's challenged. We'll
Everybody messing with the orb this time.
Free grab of an one-way front, no-go strike.
I'm not looking to get caught by any stray spray here.
I'll be back too deep, but now that's about to have a hell of a lot of contact here.
A-A.
He's had a couple of shots with that Guardian.
He positions it naturally, lamps himself over the back truck as Double Dash comes in.
Alright, not to find anything purple from Alph, gonna be scouted out, they're pinned into the corner, half showers.
She's swinging, gonna go now, Alhany here from behind, look at the side and kill, cannot find it!
He and Camo both gonna be struck down.
Spike not yet playing for the TPs there, he went to the cross towards this B site.
They can close it up by to try to, something happened but has to slow it down, doesn't want to go in by himself.
Now in play, but Mini gives him the ultimate in-depth.
The two remaining players, Purple and Nats, have to go for a save.
Bonus conversion for Gentlemates.
A 3-0 start on Liquid's pick-up line.
They had a lot of space being given up at the front of A here by Liquid.
Nats trying to create that extra aim, but that early identification of Purple's position...
...it seems a little bit uncomfortable there.
I feel like for liquid to really plant their feet and try to contest not carrying forward on this angle
That's
Looking for any kind of damage that he can get
He himself can see the one at a risk is machine's purple ends up falling
Swing the corner the kill gonna be found that's the lone survivor
General mates get a fantastic starts the map
This is looking so good right now.
Give it a timeout call immediately.
Yeah, you can't let this one get out of control. Not on your map pick.
If Desk was talking about it, how good this map has been for General Mates.
Yes.
They have played it plenty themselves in EMEA.
Both teams currently on win streaks coming into this tournament.
So one of those is going to be shattered.
Undefeated on it.
some close ones for Mates on it fine but they've come through in the long run
every time so far so good everybody getting involved in the
fragging department two for Mates it's a team effort just reading the map pretty
well quick decision to TP works a treat new team liquid play a little bit more
retake still had control of showers even though there was identification of
that position. That gave liquid kind of an advantage on the A site. That's a beautiful
on the fly call again from Sarza who is having some of his best here today. I mean he is rolling
with the punches. He is getting his team in order and like the coach talked about in
the interview with Jen, they're making adjustments on the fly and he couldn't credit his team
enough for that. They're looking right at home here on the stage. Glyph, the
rougher performance from him on that opener, Pearl, now off to the races. 3-0
and 1 on this Astra. Starzo, with them with the same scoreline. And that's the
the great thing about Mates and what makes them so fearsome is, yes,
Martin, yes, he is incredible, but behind him. All of them can pop off. Exactly. There's so
many talented players on this roster.
Great push. Coming through here from the Double Duelist. Just trying to meet in with that trailblazer.
Now, double back, boss.
For the moment, there's no lead of this. The shots, connecting the kills, not being found.
Maybe we'll be able to get Clip of Purple. Cannot finish the job there.
He doesn't manage to double up for a second kill.
Wrapping grab, it quickly dropped onto the floor.
The power checks out over towards that hookah angle, but the TP not gonna be taking my stars. I'm just slowly steadily back pedals away
This is great
I mean you've got mini clearing space on the other side of the map for you to give you the read that
Maybe bees gonna be a better option here. Once again with that crunch coming in towards a you suspect that there's more players
still behind
It's a beautiful read from mates
Wayne you know he has that all he's probably gonna have to chew through it for another round
See if they can find a kill and maybe feel comfortable enough to go for the investment of it
Still Martina's a couple flashes
He has his snake bites. You've got a lot of ability to delay and hamper any retake that's he
Thought about beyond just sending Wayne in with the stinger
All it's available. Let's see if they just gonna continue to scale forward quietly. Obviously nobody home from Team Liquid
We're going to have to come in and figure out if they're on the wrong side of the map and start working their way across.
I'm going to try to play this one out.
Like he said, likely he's going to require a kill to make them feel comfortable enough to try to invest that orbital strike if at all.
You'd love to get, start so a kill here, if it's all time line.
Smoke is going to be cackled down, blocking off Ruka.
He's going to jump out and Mini finds the timing on the Nats.
Wayne now alone, Stinger able to find the one but cannot find anything else.
Shorty for Mini will take him down, 4-0 to the side of Mates.
He's going to go back in front of the Vi, 15 liquid.
but see what that timeout was all about.
This is awfully concerning for Liquid
in a lot of different ways.
Even with the timeout, economy-wise,
you are extremely on the back foot.
Nats is only gonna be able to forward a Guardian again
into this next round.
And on top of that, the ult economy
is looking very, very healthy for Mates
with their economy behind that for weapons
and everything is flush.
They have a nightfall. They have a convergent pass. Look what again. Aggressive.
Looking for the chase in. Minibu, he's struck down. They are able to find stars at the same time.
Kema, however, still now in this position. He's bashing forward. Look for the kill, but people hold his own.
In the purple. Two men to trade this one pack and give Liquid a player advantage.
After the spot on the 1, Mini loses his head.
A solid punishment liquid.
Long last looking to get on the board.
Barring Martine going absolutely nuclear.
Patience are coming in.
He's got a paintcrest set up.
They go back, cross the opposite side of the map.
See if he can make a goal of this.
You know that he's absolutely capable.
Climbs the purse.
There's the top.
TP's out and now has an open A site for the moment.
He's going to be playing for it.
He might just be able to make this one happen.
He's going to get the drift off of another kill, too.
Where does he have to go?
In towards short.
B.
Aggro fight right up the front.
It's a flash over, delaying Nats on the approach.
For now, Wayne has the read.
He's dialed in on the angle.
way this could be a critical timing. It's Wayne firing off some shots, Martin knows
that he's been on red. See's the first the orbital strike gonna be called in.
Tapping the defuse. AES then allows him to get it up to half.
He's at the shot and it's all down to Nats. We're gonna commit into this one.
Turns away. It's taken so very low and Martin
pulls up in him godly red bull clutch
Maintains the win streak
Mates March on
And it's the brainpower from Martin that gets this round
In it to mates his hands gets that first kill teepees out
goes through the lurk plant so he can go from long and you could see that there's
awareness from Wayne that that's possible but it just took a little bit too
long and took it the shot. The cognizance to not go for the shot is stopping
from getting the half to just run the clock down as much as possible so that
Max is in an unwinnable position. He's so damn smart for marking. Slide out the
overdrive for midi boot able to find one between the trading back. Martini
They talk about the fine masses Camel puts her a little bit more gives a second to Sharon is it the bloodbath here fountain?
But Martin once again last one standing gets made some another round win
It just isn't working anymore for liquid just going for these battles is being shut down that one got close
But when I'm rolling the dice
It's coming up our team if I'm made to every time
time. Guy is just so safe, so steady. Oh, and he catches purple trying to get out of
their jumping. Yeah, they are so fired up, six in a row. Any hesitancy, any fear that
Nath was talking about at the beginning of that pearl has been gone for a very long
time now they are feeling they are
comfortable they're right at home on this
stage and they've got all their alts they
haven't had to use any out of these
rounds they've been winning that last
one was just so fast and furious no
opportunity to even really throw it out
start so dead mini bill final one to
drop in they're trying to set up for
the stun purple now absolutely screwed
No surviving as what are you meant to do?
Nats will rotate he'll try to make a go of something but no
Things better of it
Has to tuck away and hide and you can see the frustration
And while they were able to hold both timeouts entire first half of pearl
I think we're gonna have to see both of them expended here on bind
Mates have done their homework, TL right now, they are flunking the test.
That is for sure, and you're just, you know, this is one of the things that the analyst
desk was talking about before the batch, how important that sand fight is for this
team liquid compound, this defender's side, and they're losing it time and time again.
They're setting up for the crossfire.
They're setting up for the ante.
And then they're counter punching immediately.
Once Team Liquid is on the back foot,
once they smell that blood in the water,
these sharks are hungry, and they are feasting.
And again, with all these ults here,
you can see some of the thought process,
some of the idea from Liquid that maybe
you want to get ahead of that a bit, but you're not
winning anyway.
So now, yep, here comes that time out.
You're just talking about man
It starts I might have been barking a little bit
Making after y'all people haps
Yeah, second time out called 14 liquid
Last one of the map and at this pace last one of the series
Gentlemen to look at it get us back on track after that long opening first set
It felt like to me coming into this match today that this was going to be a three-matt
really close affair.
You know, they never face each other, so maybe both teams get wins on their map picks.
It's going to be really back and forth.
But you know, once Mates have made the adjustment, it's been pretty smooth sailing for them.
Nats wants to give that speech.
This has got to be one hell of a speed.
It's got to be his best yet.
Not going to be finding the same weaknesses here.
Can't just tell the team, OK, we find this player.
We go towards them.
We run at them.
We disrespect them.
Right.
And another.
Most on the other side of the stage.
All of them are deadly right now.
Yeah.
And another big problem you're having
is you're constantly on weaker buys
because of the way this has been going.
You're always in a round without a full purchase.
You're always with a Guardian when you have the rifles.
This time you're gonna have a Guardian, a rifle,
a couple of sheriffs and a Stinger.
And even then, if you lose this round,
mini-boos at 200 credits,
so you're kind of throwing everything you got at it.
Bibo, good for the Purves.
He's going for the walk down.
Wayne, he's got some tough tier inside of that smoke,
but he just has a Stinger,
so he can't really come to the rescue
until the final moment.
So eventually he's gonna be found.
Bibo happened to just double dash away.
Meanwhile, Dimensional Drift is going to be popped by Martín exploring into the A site spotting out mats.
Goes for the exit and Martín has them outdone!
Cano now, gone. Just purple.
Martín is ready and waiting to intercept.
Noise being made.
The swing about to come through, or they're trying to funnel this, it's one to go to Martín.
It doesn't matter either way, he will have it, 10 at three and zero, eight to zero on this map.
Gentlemates are running away with it.
This time, you know, Liquid tries to do something a little bit tricky.
Send the player up hookah without players coming out of sands initially.
Wayne's gonna sit through a little bit of that snake bite,
But he does catch a prize for that with his patience.
Outside of that, those all starting
to come into play there.
Four mates finally investing a few of them
to make sure that Nats isn't going to be a problem.
And I get it.
That's totally worth it.
Nats going to use his pit in short.
So this should give you a little bit of comfort
on the A site.
Purple does take Mini down at Long and Sands.
So OK.
It feels like the first first bloods that they've really been able to get starting to look really nice
Even with that showers control my first pit still be a little bit annoying
Mades to consider
Players stacked up just outside of hookah, but it looks like they're gonna slowly drift away
Supposed to be together I mean the virgin pass that's out of this thing just trying to overwhelm them
likely suspect that he's going to be playing alone.
He's cranked at least within the pit itself.
Not too far off, I'm going to go in for the guys.
TV board, Matt's outreading him, he's able to find a second, looks for the third but
Cliff will be able to take him down the pit, now falling.
And over on the peak, will find the final two.
And Team Liquid in round nine will in long last get themselves on the board.
And it just took a commitment from Mates to try to clear Nats out of the pit.
Something many have tried few have succeeded on.
Through the poison cloud there too, for purple.
My goodness. Great read from Nats, expecting that TP to come in.
Springer on the corner, knowing that somebody's probably coming at him with a shorty close up and he can beat him to the punch.
Okay, it's here, your ideas.
Still have a lot of holes to try to work with.
Exactly, that's what I'm looking for.
I want to see some combos here.
Use that convergent pass to take space.
You can use the cosmic divide as well.
Get the post plant set up, get the vipers pit.
You're just being patient. You need to watch.
The liquid is basically pushed in almost every round.
except for the last one, so I'll have to be thoughtful of that at the very least.
Let some time tick down.
Mini-Boo, so close here, ready to explode.
I want you to find it!
One, find!
A surprise, and the conversion pass, a catch on to one.
Planned on the feet, but Mini-Boo's playing forward, catches Pipo completely off guard.
It's considering going for the slide-in, but it is to his surprise!
As Mini finds a second, and Lane has been displaced.
Matt's setting up long-range volley there.
Please forward seeing Glyph on the site, down for the fight!
Glyph comes out on top, Camo's dead!
The gentlemates will not allow for Liquid to wiggle their way back into this map.
Yeah, that convergent pass this time isolates Miniboo, and he has to try to make a big play.
Can only get the first there, sliding in.
And then Mini, doing a great job there, fantastic shooting, Martin expecting Camo in the TP.
Oh boy, only one.
That's all that Team Liquid gets for Mate's answers right back.
This is the first time we're seeing a little bit more showered aggression since early
on.
They're toxic. Excuse me, the poison cloud.
I'm gonna slow them down ever so slightly.
See what the plan now is. Still have time to jump.
Hit for post.
They're ready to go diving, playing.
They'll clean them up, pings in for another,
get them some a turn, and Wayne suddenly coming alive.
Virgin path's there, locking many into the corner.
Rain has done wonders here in this round.
It's still yet maybe a bit of fight left in Team Liquid.
2v5 conversion.
It will certainly be backbreaking though if Mades could pull this off.
It's theoretically possible.
That's alone for now.
If you get him clean, you get the pit, you get the plant.
30 seconds left.
It is not.
It's the spot.
There's the slide away, pushes forward into the tube.
The teleporters take in the reinforcements, getting corralled.
Flash not confirming anything in glyph.
It's going to be struck down as Wayne finds himself up fourth.
It's a flawless round here for Team Liquid.
Much needed.
needed, especially with the up in play.
Going to be eyeing up a three to nine half.
A good read from Liquid.
This is the Wayne show here.
Those boys coming through, steps into it.
There's your pass there, kind of unnecessary.
But it's OK, because you've got the round win
and you need to get them where you can.
You don't have as well for this final.
So if you get the three years Liquid,
Let's say there's hope.
The team's going to grab it off as well.
Trying to counter mini-boot.
Smoked right in his face, though.
Channel Blazer leading forward, Camo.
Getting in deep on the angle.
Likely going to be taken out and refracted out.
Yes, absolutely has to.
So it's getting tagged from behind.
Look into the dive in.
Sets up with that saturate.
It's mini.
Scales forward, filling that space.
But team scoped him.
Camo dead.
Only able to find Starrzo.
The plant will very swiftly come in.
He's tanking the snake by tanking the vulnerable.
That snaps. He's got the short. He abscessed.
I don't want to happen a second time.
Martin won't give him the time of day.
Makes his exit.
Back to the front of site.
Now 2v4 with a pit in their faces.
He's sweeping through.
Gets spawned. Gets tagged up. A headshot of midair.
Martin looking for the flick down, but now it all comes to Nats.
The 1v3 with the time bleeding away, the star is set up for the grab well.
They are looking to make this absolutely impossible for him.
People from showers will fall, but the time is just gone.
It has to be the full stick, it's not there, it's not to be.
That's the three, cannot find the win, cannot get liquid.
That third round win, it's 10-2 with Mates well out in front.
It's aces for mates, stellar, top to bottom, everything they're doing here.
This little bait and switch you're doing to set up the op beautiful.
This double duelist from Liquid needs to get activated.
It needs to be impactful and it needs to be from the pistol, from the outset.
We're going to go to the halftime break and when we come back, we'll see if Liquid
can run this one back into their famer.
I know we've asked you a lot, but CHI!
L!
G, G, G!
This map might not be as close as we in the 10s here in the arena would like, but they are still energetic.
They are still entertained.
The question is, can Liquid find this opening pistol?
We're trying to begin an ungodly run back on this map.
It is a lot, a lot to ask of Liquid.
But not counting them out just yet.
I still feel like there's gas in that tank.
Just gonna have to dig really deep deeper than they ever have.
They need to find it or they need to site it from somewhere very quick.
Wherever you can get it. Look at this setup.
It's getting a map here. Four players in hookup, four mates.
Just trying to play anti-death ball essentially.
Just trying to catch liquid in a trap.
I don't think liquid even considering that direction this looks like an a hit all the way
It just ended up being a death ball through the teleporter trying to get on that flank very quickly now
Stars up alone fast lane a little box job on that one and camo
Oh cuz diving in but the pull is shadow shallow and he has just broken his neck
That's now trying to hold the flank set up a snake bite to delay
I'm gonna be rerouted this allows for that spike to now get planted get in the play but like you say
Martin through cave that's his reddit at least the possibility be able to shut him down solid
kill to be found to list for duelist one really playing forward onto the site very deep position
Did he fall? This could end up getting very complicated for Team Liquid in the post-plan.
Spot out, mini snaps on, finds the headshot. Purple trying to find him from the top of the box.
Cannot.
Molly's still there, forward to the lay.
Bounces in, pit-box is going to give his life to hold it up to half.
Liquid, do they realize this is going to be my question, but Purple's still able to find one.
Naps now.
Ooh, taken out, but Stardust does not have the time. He doesn't have the bullets.
And Team Liquid, they have the pistol.
Okay, exactly what the doctor ordered. Get into that post plant. Nats very aware of the
lurks of the flanks. That bails liquid out of this round. What a kill for Starksill again.
I mean, they're going at this guy with the neon with the waylay and he's handling it
So, so well.
Let's go!
Let's fucking go!
Still some energy.
Something they needed.
Yeah.
It's fired up.
Massive lead, but still not going to be seeing any kind of force by here from Mates.
I think cheeky, just a bunch of classics.
Shorty for Stars though.
Meanwhile, two liquid, picking up where they left off from Pearl on that attacker's side.
Looking to run it into B, but Mates are stacked up.
They are here to counteract it.
It's a point.
It's going to be a one-for-one.
Now the trade-up is Bipo takes down Mini,
but the duelist is going to be eliminated.
Oh, Lifpawn, that's nearly half of you lined up with Martín.
Just outside of hookup is able to find another before balling.
And it's a disaster!
As a master card thrifty, get mates around win.
Team Liquid get a pistol, but they cannot catch a break.
And it's simple.
Play behind the toxic screen, wait for the commit from Liquid,
and then explode through off the flash the Nova pulse and then he's going to use that astra smoke
Oh the fact that he gets one and gets out is criminal from people
The martin tucks into that smoke on the box isn't accounted for gets another
Starts out there with the shorty to claim the ego and likely the map and the series
That should just about do it.
Whenever there was a time to prove how much resiliency you have it would be this moment
right now but so far it is just not going their way.
It is just into a meat grinder round after round.
Gentle mates.
Lawless fashion they break the economy they break the backs of Team Liquid.
They are now up to match point.
They're striking a pose, because they
are poised to head into the playoffs.
Beautiful.
I mean, just the crossfires, the setup.
The whole map has been anti.
They have got liquid in a point where
it's a bulldog, a marshal, a guardian, and two sheriffs
to try to prevent mates from defeating them here.
Sending them back down into the...
Oh, what a shot, though!
Purple, clean with that.
Even if he didn't get them, pretty sure he wouldn't have.
Starks out here.
Going by people.
Here's the teleports, and now he's got Glyph.
Taking point inside of showers.
The flash does pass them.
He's gonna find one, finds two, gets all three!
Spike on the ground!
Glyph is in a movable object and showers.
And he might just be able to find an ace of his own,
like forsaken before him to close out the series.
The spot out Wayne will fall, the ace not to be had,
but the victory is theirs.
Once again, Starzow gets the better of Nets.
As gentlemates punch their ticket forward
into the playoffs.
This was stellar.
I am so impressed with Mates.
And to take away the map that has been the best for Team Liquid
and to absolutely destroy them on it.
13-3. What a statement.
There's a four win streak for them with Binds.
So far this year.
Sure, there's been plenty of 13-3s for Liquid,
always on the winning end when they took down Vitality with that same scoreline.
This is a brutal beatdown.
Gentlemates are the real deal.
And you've got to be feeling so good about Mate's chances now, because Martin has come
into four.
Martin has hit that unbeatable level where he is putting up numbers that are jaw-dropping,
that are record-breaking.
He did it in the MDA, now he is doing it in Santiago.
Look out, I would not want to face this team.
The boys in the anger are absolutely deadly.
And whoever they square up against,
they should be shaking in their boots.
This is a squad to be feared.
This is a squad that is difficult to prep for.
They're willing to scrap with you.
They are willing to just run it down and trust in their aim.
and the adjustments they make, so good today.
Just a tip of the cap to the coaching staff and the IGL.
The way that they're able to navigate
some really rough stuff on Pearl
into a beautiful anti-unfine.
Great job, Mako.
Fantastically done.
And he has shot up the puck on the coach there,
but let's go ahead and send it down
and hear from our winners in the Verizon Post-Match Interview.
One is Mapana Gentleman!
And they're directly into playoffs, joining PRX, Star Shop.
I'm sorry I want to talk to you real quick. I'm sorry. How are you?
First question, you are one of those emotional motors inside your team.
How do you think that your career and your experience has shaped you as an IGL and a leader?
I don't know, you know. I went through a lot of ups and downs in my life, you know.
I think I gained a lot of experience, you know, throughout my life.
I was crying, you know, I had depression, I was having fun, I was winning everything.
Now I think I have everything to win, especially I have these boys next to me
and these fans, this crowd is amazing. I just love you guys, you know. Thank you so much.
And I wanted to ask you how your career has also formed you as a leader that is within the team
It is said that it has definitely passed through many highs and lows
Which has helped you to be here today with your team that are also incredible
And that you are definitely here inside
They are great, thank you for your support
So in that first map, you were really, really down.
What was the turning point in that map specifically to come back?
I think the turning point was just to read them how they play.
Liquid always, we knew it.
They come always with good preparation.
They change, they didn't surprise us.
It just took us a little bit of time to adapt.
We adapted, they didn't change anything.
I think they ran out of their arms.
We started having good read against them
and it went smooth afterwards.
Definitely, too.
Oh, now into play.
Well, basically I asked him, what was the moment, who was what happened in that first map so that they could close the series with a 2-0
and he says that finally the readings they were having were being very very accurate, they began to adapt also through the map to finally be able to do it in the most filial and best possible way.
I'm not saying anything, but this is a team that I'm looking up to, you know, I think they have really good playstyle.
I love this playstyle, you know, that's what you had with Ascent, you know, really explosive.
I think I can beat them.
Okay, I like that.
And well, I asked him who he would like to face in Playoffs.
He said that he definitely would like to play with Paper Rex because they have a similar style, a little bit more aggressive than what they had in Ascent.
And that it would really be amazing to face him.
Let's say hi to you, starshills.
Thank you very much for this interview.
This is all we have for today, ladies and gentlemen,
but stay tuned tomorrow because we're coming back
with some good, really good ballerina.
Gracias, Valina, and yes, what a match we just saw,
and we are now joined here by Martin,
who's here in the flesh, baby.
Martin, congratulations on this win.
I mean, you, we were talking yesterday about,
or when you guys had played last about,
you know, seeing what you would bring to the table.
It was a slower game for you,
but then you had the most epic freaking clutch
of all time, in my opinion.
It was so sick.
And that felt like it injected something new
into your veins and you were ready to go.
Do you feel the same way that you were kind of slow
at the start, but then once that happened,
the more team train wasn't stopping?
Yeah, for sure. I felt it, you know, after the clash.
I kind of had it playing in my head and it worked out and then after that it was just a train, yeah.
Wow. I want to ask a little bit about the last time that we saw you at a global stage,
because that time at Madrid for people who weren't aware, I mean, your team was actually playing super well in EMEA,
and then you turned up, the squad was inexperienced and you ended up going out in Swiss.
You've now showcased second time around that you've done the exact opposite.
You've blasted your way through the Swiss stage.
What have you learned from being at a global event again?
Like what did you think about coming into Santiago that would be different to the way you approached Madrid?
So I like knew that the whole overall setup is gonna be different and I have to adjust again with like limited time because of media and everything.
I knew it was gonna be difficult, but with this team I feel like it's a bit different because everyone is like more
proactive in comps and like what to do and everything and it transitions very well on international stage also
I feel like they don't feel so much pressure and I think it's the team's you know success just talk about that proactivity
One of the big strengths that your coach was talking about is how quick you are to solve problems in the games
And I feel like that really defined at least the first map felt like at the beginning
It's a brand new comp kind of getting caught off guard a little bit by the harbour setups
And then you just start fighting and pushing in front of it and really
Figured out exactly how to dismantle it
I mean and also bind you have the idea right from the beginning of how to get ahead of it
So can you want me to a bit of that like?
Process of problem solving that you guys had across pearl
So that was very bit slow
We knew how they're gonna play but we still didn't add up like very well like we didn't know how it's gonna feel
You know, we knew how they're gonna play but we do not feel then maybe like play the couple of rounds
We choked a little bit and then we just said our like problems we solve the problems
We tried like solutions and it was very well
There was a
Headline on VLR that I thought was really good
It was gentle maids deconstructs EDG in the Swiss stage and I feel like that same exact headline
Can be applied here as well you deconstructed your opponent and
Is that something that you can attest to your coaching staff because it felt like
Coach Paco had the reeds. There was a lot of confidence there when we were talking to him.
Did you feel that from your coach as well and did that give you confidence to perform the way that you did?
To be honest, it was just the coaches. I think it's mainly the like the five of us the players.
Yeah, like the coaches mainly where we start so and like they you know figure out together
The five of us together like problem solving how we want to play it's like
That conversation typically for you guys
Like, Starksw, Mini kind of started and everyone joins in, you know?
You have to fix it, okay, I'll do this, I'll do this, okay, we need to be more forward.
Has it been like that in previous teams that you've been in
and is this the way that you want your teams to be moving forward?
Because clearly it's working.
I mean, in previous teams it wasn't like this.
It was much more harder, you know.
The coaches demanded to be problem solvers, but it was a bit difficult for us.
And everyone like this.
So it's very surprising for me now that Mini and Starksw are a very good duo together,
or to voice it out, and then everyone joins in to solve the problem and be a team.
Speaking of Starks though, he just had the interview there with Velina, and he was saying,
oh well we thought we were going to be playing against PaperX, they're a team that I've been looking up to for so long.
I mean, you might end up playing them in the playoffs because we saw both teams actually end up qualifying today.
They're fast, they're explosive, they're obviously insanely talented and experienced too.
Do you echo Stazzo's desire to have that match up against them?
For first I suppose to play against them. I want to play against them too. I have lost against them twice.
And we all looking forward to play against them because they are favorite team.
Yeah. I mean it feels like PaperX is your favorite team, players' favorite team.
That's honestly how it does feel like here. Of course so.
Here are the standings and where things are right now.
Two teams have made it through to the playoffs and only two spots remain.
How does that feel to hear that out loud you're qualified to the playoffs man after such a struggle that you've experienced in the past
It has to feel so liberating right?
Yeah, it feels so free, you know, yeah, I told my team that I when we qualify for here
I want to make place and I want to win because before I didn't make playoffs then I make those but lost first round
So now it's time to win it all. Hey, and I like that confidence man
And we're seeing it here. We're seeing it as Starks over seeing you guys get up and clearly this crowd
Love you guys so keep on leaning into that my man
But of course that is gonna do it for us here tomorrow
We have four teams are gonna be fighting for their lives in our first
Elimination matches of master Santiago
Edg versus T1 XLG versus G2 eSports
Martin do you want to give me a little prediction who's gonna win edg T1 XLG G2?
We got T1 to one. Okay. XLG G2. I think it's gonna be to zero for G2. Okay. Oh boy
Well, we'll see of course it was an exciting day across the board
I think it's safe to say that each and every day here at in Chile has been even more special than the last
But we have so much more to come tomorrow. You don't want to miss it live from Santiago, Chile
We are about to witness two incredible squads
Masters champions facing off against world champions. It's now time to start day three of masters
Diago
He's high up the five
Does he get the chance?
To put that fifth to his name. I think he might just murder with all five
You want another race back to back? Yeah, don't break up. Oh my god
The executioner
This guy is goddamn good
Another ace to close a map for Forsaken. Could it be?
It feels poetic. And it is!
Paper Rex are going to the playoffs!
Good honest regional battle. We'll see how this whole thing plays out.
Remember, a spot for playoffs is on the line.
So let's go ahead and bring out your two teams. The crowd's ready to go.
Here's the gentlemates and Team Liquid.
was another reckoning here.
As...
I STILL AMAIL I AM!
EXCUSE ME!
HAHAHA
What is happening brother?
Welcome to the national stage!
Top of the diffuse
AES 10
Allows him to get it up to half
This is at the shot and it's all
down to nats
Look at it come in into this one
It's taken so very low and Martin pulls off an F godly Red Bull Clutch
Point inside of showers the box goes past him. He's gonna find one fights to get all three spike on the ground
The spot out lane will fall the ace not to be had but the victory is theirs once again
Again, Starzoo gets the better of Nats
as gentlemates punch their ticket forward into the playoffs.