Crystalline Conflict Community Cup 2025 (Europe) - Part 1
Final Fantasy XIV: Crystalline Conflict Community Cup Europe 2025 gestartet
Die Crystalline Conflict Community Cup Europe 2025 hat begonnen. Teams wie Krumpbread, EsportsReady, Crazy Situation und Phantom Divine kämpfen um den Sieg. EsportsReady und Crazy Situation ziehen ins Halbfinale ein. Strong Team und Alligaptors kämpfen ebenfalls um den Einzug ins Finale. Die Teams zeigen beeindruckende Leistungen.
FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE
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00:05:30 Hallo, willkommen! Can you hear us just fine? Yeah, just as a heads up, this is not the stream start, we're just going to run a quick sound chat with Chad and ourselves. So first chat, can you hear us? Yes. How is it looking? I hear yes, hi, has, okay, that's looking good. Can you hear us over the music, the chill music that we have in the background? How's the balance? Kevin a little quiet. Oh, you'll change your mind on that in a bit.
00:05:59 Ich bin ein bisschen quiet, was du meinst du?
00:06:03 Okay, here's the thing. We won't be the main heroes today. Well, we'll be part of them. But we have two other people we need you to listen to. So Steph, who is our director today, can you move us to the commentator scene, please? That's right. You should be able to both hear and see our talented shoutcasters right now. Hello. Oh, are we live?
00:06:32 Oh, no! Hi, everyone! Hello, hello! Oh, and hello again, Lithie. It's so good to be back with you here. Man, it's been a while, Rook. It's so good to be with you as well. Oh, my goodness. I'm so excited for today. It's going to be so fun. Okay, and now, chat. Now, Steph, bring us to the whole, the big camera setup with everything. Light party for people. Let's see.
00:06:54 Es sind alle von uns! Du kannst uns nicht tanzen, doch. Nein, du musst nicht tanzen. Du musst nur ein bisschen sprechen, damit die Chat kann uns sagen, ob wir relativ in balance mit uns sind.
00:07:04 So another soundcheck, yes? Fun fact, by the way, this is soundcheck number nine. I don't even think nine cuts it anymore. No, I think we're well beyond. Plus the soundchecks we did last week. Look, audio is hard and we're trying to make sure everybody gets the best listening experience. Somebody picked up on the suits. Okay, our job is done. Perfect. Okay, and then Steph...
00:07:33 Und Steff, kannst du uns auf den Gameplay bringen, bitte? Gameplay, Steff! Okay, Chat, du solltest du den Game sound hören. Du solltest du eine unglaublich schöne Vieira aus dem Broom, der fantastische Boot. Und du solltest du Rook und Liffi kommentieren. Das, basically. Rook und Liffi, kannst du dir einen kleinen Kommentar auf dem Brooming-Action?
00:07:58 Oh, wait, the competition right here. Like dust on the wind. All opponents will fall before them. Alrighty, I think that's good. First match might have some weird volume, but I think it should be fine. It's just since we are testing not in action, it might be different during games chat. That's right. If we pick up on anything, just let us know in chat and we'll do our best to adjust. The conditions are just different to test.
00:08:26 Just make sure, whenever someone is too loud, it's too exciting, spam pogs in the chat. If something is too quiet and not exciting enough, spam pogs in the chat, and it's going to be good. Excellent. Steph brings us to camera for a few final scenes. Both big camera, all four, light party. Okay, that's great. We'll be back in about seven minutes to start with Crystalline Conflict Community Cup Europe 2025.
00:08:52 In the meantime, see you in 7 minutes. See you in a bit. See you in a bit.
Crystalline Conflict Community Cup Europe 2025 - Begrüßung und Vorstellung
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00:15:29 Hello, hello everyone, greetings, bonjour, guten Tag. Guten Tag, sounds right. Welcome to Crystalline Community Cup, Crystalline Conflict Community Cup Europe 2025 Edition. That's right. And I am Kevin, as you can see under this anniversary, and this is... I'm Julia, or Vestania, and we are here with our team...
00:15:57 Wir haben sehr großartige Unterstützung. Wir haben Steff und Margot mit dem Direktor-Chair. Wir haben Marie mit dir in Chat. Wir haben Tasha und Mathieu mit unseren Spielern in-game. Es ist eine große Produktion für diese CUP. Ja, und wir haben ein tolles Cameraman, Thibaut. Das ist richtig. Er wird die ganze Zeit, die wir in diesem Stream sehen.
00:16:25 Warum sind wir hier eigentlich? Warum sind wir hier? Ja, warum sind wir hier? Das ist nicht ein Stream of the Unending Journey. Das ist ein Tournament, mit dem wir bereits angefangen haben. Es ist ein PvP-Tournament. Die Spieler spielen Crystal in Conflict. Und versuchen zu kämpfen für einen gewöhnlichen Community Prize.
00:16:53 Der Loperit Ehring ist eine sehr rare one. Das ist richtig. Die Teams haben bereits einige Qualifikation gemacht, wie Kevin gesagt hat. Wir beginnen von R8 oder Quarterfinals.
00:17:05 Sie kämpfen ihren Weg bis zum Semifinals. Und dann werden wir unsere Stream mit den Finals beginnen. Ja, wir könnten ein bisschen sehen die Brackets sehen. Das ist richtig. Aber bevor wir sehen die Brackets sehen, wollen wir vielleicht unsere Wondervolle Shoutcasters für heute? Of course wir! Okay, bitte machen wir etwas in den Chat. Für Rook & Liffy, die Sie vielleicht von der vorherigen Tournament, CCRC. Hallo Rook & Liffy!
00:17:30 Hallo, everyone! You know, unfortunately, we don't have our matching suits on so that we can go red vs. blue with you again this time, Kevin and Julia, but we're wearing them in spirit and we are definitely excited, Lithia. I'm so happy to be back with you here, too. Same, man. It's, uh... Maybe you can tell by the length of my hair. It's been...
00:17:51 Almost two years, more like a year and a half since CCRC and FanFest London. Man, time flies, but we're finally back! We got some PvP action! I cannot wait to get into some amazing games. Yeah, it's like we had a whole expansion release or something in between. What? No way! I know, right? I hope everybody's been enjoying your Dawn Trail adventures, and I can't wait to see what PvP has in store as we continue on here in C. Altogether, I have a little bit of a mouthful there. C!
00:18:21 We'll see what the tournament has to offer. You mean, we'll see what the tournament has to offer? Did you see what I did here? It's gonna be like this all night. I'm gonna go insane. Thankfully for all of us. I'm gonna take a step back and not one-up you, Kevin. It's gonna be a long day. We'll have some fun. Thankfully for everyone involved today.
00:18:46 Rook and Liffy will be commenting the games and will mostly be showing up between games and matches to guide you. All right. Don't worry. Oh, I was just going to say, Liffy will have the puns when you're not on the desk, Kevin, so don't worry. Now that we have our light party assembled, do we maybe want to have a look at the brackets? Let's do that, actually.
00:19:12 Let's see, they should be just coming up. There we go. So we had some preliminaries because we had 11 teams registered. Two of them of the teams in preliminaries had unfortunately to drop out, but still a shout out to LWA and Chikik Actures for registering. And then we had Sen help defeat SNK.
00:19:33 in den Preliminaries. Das ist richtig. Wir bringen uns zu unseren Upcomingen Matches heute. Wir beginnen mit Krumpbread vs. Esports Ready. Und wenn die Namen so familiar sind, dann gibt es ein Grund für das. Krumpbread might sound like another team at CC or CC. Was könnte es sein? Brett Krump?
00:19:53 Aber es sind sie. Es sind sie. Es ist Sport Ready. Es sind die Spieler, die auf der FanFest waren. Sie werden alle individuellen beendet werden. Crazy Situation. Wir werden Phantom Divine fighten in der zweiten Runde. Dann Strong Team werden...
00:20:13 Will someone be fighting Send Help? I wonder if it's prophetic, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think I'm really excited for the matchup between Strong Team and Send Help, because both of them made quite a strong showing in the qualifiers, I'd say. So I'm really, really curious to see how that plays out. Will someone send help?
00:20:33 Und dann haben wir Aligaptors face Nocheaten. Ja, ich sehe Aligaptors haben schon einige Fans in der Chat, das ist gut zu sehen. Ja, sie sind. Und dann gehen wir zum Semifinals gegen die Wiener der ersten Top-Matches, zum nächsten Semifinal, zwischen den Wienern der ersten Top-Matches, und dann zum nächsten Finals.
Map-Auswahl und Teamvorstellung: Krumpbread vs. EsportsReady
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00:21:02 Das ist richtig. Ich glaube, unsere ersten zwei Teams, Crumbbread und EsportsReady, haben bereits in der Party Finder gearbeitet. Ich denke, was wir noch brauchen für PrEP ist, ist ein Map für das. Oh, ja. Okay, für diejenigen, die da waren in den letzten Jahren, Sie können das mal wiederholfen. Ja, und für ein bisschen Kontext, für den ersten Spiel von jedem Match-Up heute, Kevin und ich werden die Map machen. Nach dem, die Losing-Team wird auf der Seite entscheiden.
00:21:28 für den nächsten Mal in der Best-of-3-Match-Ups. Ja, es gibt fünf Pfeifen in dieser Box. Ich habe checkt, dass er nicht nur in Cloud9 gelegt hat, ich versuche. Hier ist der Name der Mal.
00:21:41 Wenn ich ein Test-Draw gemacht habe, natürlich war es mit Cloud9. Okay, ich schreibe es. Julia, du hast die Honne, dann öffne ich es. Okay, ich glaube, du hast mir die Zeit, die nicht öffnen. Oh, ich habe die Honne von ÖPENING es für dich. Ich verstehe, ich habe nicht die Honne von DRAWING. Wir müssen sicher, dass ich die Correcte Map habe. Okay. Es gibt nur eine Correcte Map. Ja, du solltest das nicht sagen, ich glaube.
00:22:04 We all know that's a joke. Okay, I have a piece of paper. I shall now unfold it quite dramatically. It's not Cloud Night. Yeah, I can. It is the volcanic heart. Yes, that's mine.
00:22:18 All righty, before we get started with the match, we could introduce the players of each team. That's right. Let's have a little look at our wonderful player cards. Yes, and Rook and Liffy will do the honors of naming our contestants. We will. We're going to be taking the teams that will be fighting it out here on the Volcanic Heart coming up. And as we were talking about, you might have known them as breadcrumbs, but now they're crumb bread. This team of...
00:22:46 Toasty, comfortable, but hard-fighting, you know, competitors are here again under a new name to go ahead and, you know, bring a little bit of heat to the competition. We have Luna Insidiosa here, a top-tier monk, only here because they're forced to. But you know what? I think maybe they wanted to as well. After Luna, we've got...
00:23:09 Their next player, Menchir Estreya. Menchir Estreya actually rocking it out on Reaper there. A great class with a lot of good utility that can turn the tide of battle. So we'll be seeing how Menchir is able to do that here for Crumb Bread. Following that, we've got Mist Freya coming in on that Sage. Don't let them fool you though.
00:23:30 Sage is basically just an additional DPS. So Krumbrad's prettiest and also perhaps most deadly, they will be denying the competition some victory with their area of denial. And then following, we have Shia Sun, who is coming in on that summoner, which again, a powerful one here. You make a lot of friends in PvP, as Shia believes, but also a lot of enemies, especially when you are constantly putting down that air puddle. Get it.
00:23:59 von der Arena. Ich begle mich. Aber folgen auf, wir haben Wiggles, ein excellentes Name. Und das Portrait ist wirklich impeccable. Descending von Ahn High, mit dem Reaper, wieder als Name. Und ich meine, hey, wer macht das Leben ohne Gallicat? Aber das ist was wir für Krumbrad. Lithy, erzähl uns ein bisschen über ihre competition.
00:24:25 Oh man, some of you might remember Esports already. Maybe some of you don't. If you don't, well, you definitely will keep them in your head rent free after this match. Of course, first off, it's Akatsuki. Loves the Dragoon and yeah, I mean, those tooltips, if you trust them or not, that's totally up to you. But you can definitely trust in Akatsuki to pull off a performance. Next off, of course, we have Lilia.
00:24:53 Und Walilja vielleicht be terrified of Phantom Trains, they're not terrified to just run out there and get the job done. A little bit of Bard action, something we don't see too much of at the moment, but I'm very, very excited to see the performance, if they actually get something from the bench. But, of course, there are a bunch more players. It was ready as an esports-ready team.
00:25:17 Running a fairly considerable roster. A few more members on that team. So Meryl, also in the mix here, loves to play that dancer. Well, and dancers, well, they usually either do charm you or KO themselves in the attempt of doing so. Well, we'll see how that works out for them. But Meryl, one of the stars on this team. Then we have, next up, Miss Sora.
00:25:40 mit der Redmage, ich meine, Likes Red, plays a Redmage, looks red all around, except for the spell effects. Those are mostly blue and white, if I remember. Not sure what's going on there, but we might figure that out along the road. Next up, Resilla Frostflow. If you don't remember this young man, well, keep your eyes on him, because he is out for blood. Apparently, he brings a gun to a knife fight or magic fight, whatever it ultimately is going to be.
00:26:09 Also, he is going to cosplay your favorite character for plus 1000, whatever he is asking in that case. Fun person, even more fun player to watch. And TyraCat next up. Also, as a monk main, very fearful on the arena. You want to keep your eyes open to not get one shot.
00:26:30 very solid performance i would have loved to say but they had a really rough start into this tournament so while they are esports ready we'll have to see if they can keep the performance rolling and to round the squad out last but not least union on the white mage and they love to c9 on volcano i uh i want to remember there were some incidents of leaving the crystal and losing a match due to that but
00:26:58 I don't think that's going to happen to Union once again. The sole healer on this squad is going to carry them to victory. I am sure of that.
00:27:07 Vielen Dank für diese Introduktion. Und ich höre von unserer Setup-Team, dass unsere Team sind bereit zu gehen. Jeder ist bereit, wir sehen die Ready-Check gehen in-game. Ich denke, wir werden in nur ein bisschen starten. Es sieht aus, dass jeder bereit ist. Ja. All righty. Es wird Zeit, um zum Volcanic Heart zu gehen. Soon.
00:27:35 Ich bin so sorry, Kevin, dass du nicht den C9 gewonnen hast, aber Julia, ich bin froh für dich, weil ich denke, dass es ein Spaß ist, mit all den verschiedenen Effekten über die Arena geht. Viele Teams sind sehr komfortabili, aber es gibt immer die Chance, dass jemand caught, CC'd oder ping-ponged in dieser Feuer wird. Okay, es ist Zeit, um in-game zu gehen.
00:28:04 Oh, some action. I see a load screen. Oh, we get to judge portraits as well, right? We do. I mean, we already had some, but they have the actual match portraits to show us. So, okay, they're rocking the same, rocking the same from their player card.
00:28:20 Ja, ich glaube, es ist. Wir haben das Healer-Tank-Comp. Wir haben ein bisschen DPS auf der anderen Seite, die auch die same Porträts sind. Ich meine, das ist ein Battle von Sustain versus ein Battle von Attrition, ich denke.
Spielanalyse: Krumpbread vs. EsportsReady auf 'Volcanic Heart'
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00:28:41 There are shenanigans afoot. That's what I'm telling you. Oh my goodness. 25 seconds on the countdown here to the first map of the C 2025. Krumbrad versus Esports Ready. Rook, who do you think is going to take this one?
00:28:58 Oh, it's hard to say. Both of these are veteran teams, and both of them made it fairly far in CCRC last time. You know, I mean, both, I think, are coming in, but Esports Ready seemed like they were feeling a little bit on the slightly less prepared side this time, but they have to slip up their game now as both of the teams rush towards the Crystal. They're pushing on to point here, and, you know, it is already Crumb Bread coming in to try to sort of claim the territory around the Crystal as it unlocks.
00:29:25 I am so curious how this triple tank double healer comp is gonna work out, because the damage is massively on the side of esports already. But of course, you gotta be careful with the sustained fights. Tyra Kett is the first one to take massive damage. The warrior already down on the other side. Crump Red are literally that, crumbling apart in these opening seconds Europe.
00:29:44 They are. Death coming quickly for Men's Sheer as well. A little bit too well cooked, that toast, unfortunately, as they're going to go down there. And this Crystal's going to begin to move in favor of Esports Ready. But Breadcrumbs, excuse me, Chrome Bread, not wanting them to totally take it here. Dodging in and off of the Crystal, trying to make sure that they can keep it from gaining too much ground as they shield up and fight it out. They're trying to pick off Luna, and Luna does fall. Yep.
00:30:13 The Moon setting for Krumbrad hier, at least for another moment. Six seconds on the death timer. The damage is looking good. The first rounds of LBs went out. That's how they got that kill. But of course, once that Gunbreaker is back up on their feet, they're going to come back in, having an LB available. But first off, it's Wiggles wiggling back to the fountain. And Menchir is going to be the Soul Tank remaining, getting taken down. Resilla takes that kill for himself.
00:30:39 And slowly, but surely, this crystal is gonna wiggle forward ever so slightly. Basila getting that potion off as well. Clear favorites here so far. He's already having a solid, solid start into the deck. They are, but you know what? That crystal had a little moment of going forward and back and then forward and back and then forward and back as the song itself has dictated. But they're fighting it out around the corner off the crystal now as they're trying to get some additional picks.
00:31:06 Esports ready, out for blood. They're going to take them down. They have limit breaks to spare here as that white mage and monk limit break come up and the fire effects are going across the arena. Shields coming out trying to protect them from the onslaught, but Men's Shear is taking just a wild amount of damage and is falling. They can't seem to keep their ground here even with these tanks and healers to have that sustained. The DPS is just too much more fire going across the arena. Weig also going down on the crystal.
00:31:36 Brasilla ist endlich ein bisschen retaliation. Sie haben ihn auf die Runway und versuchen zu machen. Brasilla geht weg mit Daylight Robbery. Sie sind in der Meteor Drive. Sie sind auf der Bombe, um die enemy tanken, und dann die Tänke aus. Das war unglaublich gut. Und ich denke, es ist ein Ode zu Union für sie in dieser Situation.
00:31:58 Luna on the Crystal really taking control of that. Yes, the whole thing moved in solid favor here for Esports Ready for quite a bit, but Trump Red is on the docket here. They need to make something here because that timer is ticking down. Two minutes left on the clock and they are about 30% behind and they're not really gaining any momentum. Maybe now with the takedown on Resilla.
00:32:21 If they can get Rosilla out, Rosilla had that Limit Break, so they're trying to follow up that momentum, but Manchir is taking a huge amount of damage, has to pop that Dark Knight Limit Break in return. You can see even Pigified, they are still leaping into the fray. Not even White Mage can change their course of action as Mist falls instead. Not able to follow up on that Polymorph Union, though it's going to trade White Mage for White Mage. Not able to use the Limit Break as they go down. This is a moment here where Crumbred...
00:32:50 Although they have two down on their side, they might be able to continue to swing this crystal back if they can just get those kills. Yes, nice back and forth here for Makatsuki, trying to pull the enemy tank out of position ever so slightly, and it worked out. They get rewarded with a kill. Beautiful Shadow Step back in, trying to connect and Wiggles.
00:33:09 As having a rough time gets run down once again, gets wiggled back to the fountain. Luna, the last one standing here, trying to keep the crystal under control a little bit. As Mist rejoins the fight, trying to get those heals out. Another barrier popped as well. It's looking rough here for Crumbred. I am not quite sure if this triple tank double healer is the play, but then again, maybe they can run the clock down and win an overtime.
00:33:37 You know, you hope that with those tanks, you're able to get some of that CC, some of that control, some of that sustain. But unfortunately, they just cannot hold up with Esports proving that they are very ready for this. And they are ready to win this first matchup. Menchir, again, another death. And Luna soon to follow, trying to just hold on to the Crystal to stop its progress. As we get to the 10, 9, 8 countdown here, they have these last seconds in overtime to continue to fight it out. They can't leave the Crystal now, Lizzie, because if they do,
00:34:07 is all over and missed it's dead they have lost this first one unable to stay on there this is going to go to esports ready in the first of our matches here for krumbrad and esports ready what a great start what a great great start i was a little bit worried because if we look at the matches earlier this week right esports ready wasn't a bit of a position of a rough start i was kind of wondering
00:34:33 Are they going to be able to pull it back? Are they going to be able to find their groove? Because this is a team that has stage experience. They were at FanFest for the CCRC in 2023. And Jurya, Kevin, they've looked pretty good back then. Just sadly, they couldn't win at all. They made it to semifinals back then, I believe. Yeah, and even today, Esports Ready came out swinging. Like you said, they had a rougher time in qualifiers, but...
00:34:57 Sie haben wirklich heute gezeigt. Ja, das war drei Tage, das sind zwei Eternities. Du denkst, dass sie viele Scrims in den Momenten bekommen haben? Vielleicht haben sie eine Scrim per hour, oder eine Scrim session per hour.
00:35:11 x 24, x 3! Ja, du kennst, einfach mal kurz auf das. Ich meine, sie sagten mir ein bisschen vorhin, dass sie so rusty waren, dass sie nicht wirklich in Ordnung sind. Aber sie sind, wie immer, eSports-bereit hier. Und ich denke, sie haben angefangen zu finden, ihre Groove. Das ist richtig. Also, um zu beantworten, wir sind jetzt die Battle-Effekte geschlossen, also keine Worte. Ja, wir haben bereits, eigentlich. Es ist sogar besser. Prozess hat sich gemacht.
00:35:36 Vielleicht hat E-Sports-Ready ein bisschen ein Rock-E-Train-Montage zu diesem Weekend gemacht. Das stimmt. Die Losing-Team hat die nächste Spiel für den nächsten Runden gewonnen. Und es wird nichts anderes als ein Spiel starten mit C. Und wie ihr alle erwartet, es ist Kloakwork-Castletown. Das war so ein Mean Bait.
00:36:00 Wir warten jetzt jetzt für die Teams, ob sie bereit sind. Sie haben vielleicht ein paar Zeit, um eine Veränderung in Strats zu diskutieren, vielleicht eine Veränderung in Comp, denn Teams sind bereit, um ihre Jobs zu ändern, aber nicht die Spieler zu ändern. Wir werden sehen, ob sie mit etwas anderes kommen können. Sie werden müssen, oder? Ich denke so.
00:36:19 Ah, die Tanks, die Healers. Wir haben einige Kompsen, die sie, oder Gruppen, die sie machen. Weil es ein vieles kann, wenn man Coordination und Follow-up kann. Aber wenn du ein Team hast, die so gut an Prioritieren und Targetieren, das DPS, Focusing, und dann die Limit Breaks sehr gut benutzt, ist es sehr schwer, es scheint, für die Kompsen zu matchen, Kevin. Ja, es geht darum, die Coordination. Und wenn dein Team nicht perfekt ist, und sie können nicht resisten, perfekt Coordination, dann wird es schwierig.
00:36:48 Es ist definitiv schwer zu face für Teams, die ein bisschen mehr über die Platz sind, aber ich denke, EsportsReady zeigt, dass sie sich in locken sind. Du meinst, dass sie ... ready? Ja, Kevin, ich denke, dass es EsportsReady ist. Ich würde sogar sagen, dass es die EsportsBready match ist. Bready? Oh, das ist die Kaffee. EsportsBready-Krams. Ja, die EsportsReady-Check also just kam in. Jeder scheint gut zu gehen.
Spielanalyse: Krumpbread vs. EsportsReady auf 'Clockwork Castletown'
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00:37:18 Alrighty, well, let's move on to our next game! Well, well, well, considering, Kevin, that you have buttered us up so wonderfully so far, I am super excited to see where the second map is gonna go, because Clockwork Castletown just happens to be one of my absolute favorites, just because of the amount of flips you can do here on the Tatumplatz.
00:37:41 I love this map. I know that for some people, the gimmicks on it, the little mechanics and things that can happen, can be something that in that moment, if you get flipped in the air, there's just that instantaneous follow-up of, why is this happening to me? But it makes for a great dynamic match, and it also gives some really unique opportunity for CC to be featured with classes. We oftentimes see dancers, we see Reapers used on this one, but actually, wildly enough, Crumbret.
00:38:10 Sticking with that Tank and Healer Comp and over on Esports Ready, they are once again focusing in on that good dedicated DPS with that bit of Backbone of Support.
00:38:21 Yeah, it's looking solid once again here after Map 1. I am not surprised this was ready to stick to their comp, because as you've talked about just now, look, right? Their burst damage, the kind of the setup, the single target kind of kill power they're bringing to the table with the ninja and the monk is just working out really, really well. And Crumbred didn't really have too much of a chance in Map 1, even though they're running this very, very resilient triple tank, double healer comp.
00:38:49 Das war die Hommel, in der Mitte. Aber mit den ersten Momenten, Junjun geteilt in die Farbe-Line. Massive damage, aber sie haben sich sehr gut für den Moment. Sie sehen, dass sie das erste Mal übernommen haben. Die Primal-Rand ist aber nicht genug.
00:39:07 Kiding going on. Union running a marathon and staying alive, at least for a moment, as Meshir is the first going down. Meshir went down. Union ran out of mana, though, and fell. Mists is quickly following here. They are just, like, swapping white mages back and forth. But this is an important one, because if Crumbred loses this one, they lose it all. So, of this best of three, they have to get this one on the board. But it is looking like it is going to be difficult. Chased across the mat here. Weak is trying to wiggle his way out into safety.
00:39:36 Ja, für den Moment, die Crystal ist unter Kontrollen von Krummdred, als jeder ist aus dem Map. Und jetzt, natürlich, die Automatons kommen.
00:40:01 Wir haben ein bisschen der Map-Affix kommt, vielleicht ein Death oder zwei. Aber wir müssen uns auf die Limit Breaks haben, weil Paraketsk ist jetzt raus. Er versucht zu bleiben, und vielleicht für einen 1-on-1 zu bleiben. Der Elixir bekommt eine große Bewegung, auf die Seite zu bleiben. Der Grand Cross kommt, alle Kitchens-Sink in der Situation. Sie sind auf die Seite von Esports-Ready. Und Rook, sie werden zwei Kills, vielleicht sogar mehr, und sie werden eine Crystal.
00:40:29 They were able to get those silences off. They were able to just lay in. Red Mage is such a good follow up and they take that damage. That hook there as well coming in over with the warrior immediately leading to that kill. Wisely, Mist and Shia are going to stay over here off to the side and wait until the rest of their team gets up. The effects are going to be going out though here at these stall points for these mammoths. So they're going to have to be careful not to get trapped with them as the crystal makes it to the halfway point.
00:40:57 So looking solid. That checkpoint is massively important. It's a good start and a big laser here from Shia.
00:41:05 Not quite able to follow that up now. The trade of Resilla getting lasered as well. Double kill onto the enemy. Heel is here. Esports Ready just running them down. And you can yell, go, go Weeks. Yeah, as much as you want. It's not going to help them at all in this situation. They got 1 for 3. In general math terms, that is not a winning move. And for the moment, Esports Ready is just rolling the competition. Almost claiming that checkpoint. 80% and the next.
00:41:35 in this tournament in sight.
00:41:37 This is going to be a tough one for Crumbbread. They're coming up on the end here with Esports Ready bearing down on them. They're not going to give them the chance to regroup. Tyra leaping straight in to try and lay out some damage. We have the mat going up, doesn't catch anyone again. Nicely dodged, but they're playing back and forth here off of this, able to get that first pick. We have a respawn coming in. We have three limit breaks at the ready over on Esports. They are going to hold on to those for now, but it looks like we have them quickly going out. There goes that laser beam coming from Union.
00:42:07 We have the Ninja Follow-Up as well. Two down over on Kronbren. They're falling like flies. Left, right and center. Wiggles down on the floor. Menchir the Follow-Up. He can man up as much as he wants.
00:42:21 Aber es ist nicht genug, Luna ist der letzte Stand und wieder der Crystal ist unter sole control und Rissila strutting forward auf der Weg zu victory. Es ist ein paar Meter left. Ja, die Guard kommt durch, aber Tyrakhet hat das Primal Yell available. Er kann alle die Guards, wenn er das Limit Break hat. Und Mist wird von der Crystal getauscht, die Monk Knockbacks kommen in Clutch. Sie sind in der Flucht, sie versuchen es zu zerk es.
00:42:50 Esports Reddy wird es sehr schwer zu stehen. Luna ist nur das, aber wenn man alleine auf die Crystal ist, ist es ein schwerer Zeit. Wir haben Luna Freaks, aber es wird nicht in der Zeit sein, und sie versucht, die Astro Cards zu halten, aber fallen.
00:43:19 Das ist richtig, wir haben unseren ersten Contestant für die Semifinals. Ja, und es ist nur noch E-Sports-Ready, die heute bereit sind. Das ist richtig. Against unsere Predicciones, Crumb Rats nicht auf der Teamkomp, und sie bezahlt für das Jahr.
00:43:48 There was one very funny moment at the end when someone got taken off the crystal by the warrior's blotter. I don't know if you... Yep, yep, right as they died. Oh my gosh. You know...
00:44:05 Good match, esports ready. I feel like, you know, they, like we said, they found their groove. I mean, that focus, dedication, the way that they really strategically use those limit breaks as well. I think it goes to show that they just had a bit more of a coordinated effort and they were really able to pick out those targets that just made Crumb Red.
00:44:23 Ja, ja, sie versucht ihre Besten, sie versucht ihre Besten zu leben, aber gegen sehr große Coordinationen Efforts, besonders in diesem Moment. Ich glaube, es war das 4 Minuten Mark. Und da war ein Deluge von LB, wenn Resila died und dann haben sie 2 Kills auf Krummbrad. Es war sehr effizient.
00:44:53 Das ist richtig. Wir sind natürlich sehr sorry für Weegs, Wiggles, nicht zu bekommen den Gaeli-Cat-Cab. However, keep your eyes auf unsere Social-Media-Accounts. Wir machen manchmal Sweepstakes. Nicht alles ist verloren. Die Cab wird einem Tag noch einmal zu dir sein. Ja, und wir haben ziemlich viele Winters für das. So Weegs, du hast eine sehr gute Chance. Das ist richtig. Aber ja, wir wollen uns auf die Bracket schauen, in der nächsten Match. Rook und Lithy, was denkst du? Was erwartet?
Vorstellung: Crazy Situation vs. Phantom Divine
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00:45:22 was are we expecting what are we expecting indeed i mean next up crazy situation versus phantom divine and i think this is not quite as the next one but this is a slight david versus goliath kind of case right because crazy situation they put up a massive massive fight and performance against who is
00:45:45 in my opinion arguably the tournament favorite strong team and serving us up the only two to one of the entire week so far in the offline games earlier at the start of this week so phantom divine on the other side i think brooke they have a big
00:46:04 Ja, das ist ja auch.
00:46:34 Ich bin nicht sicher. Es wird schwierig. Ich bin ehrlich, sehr, sehr schwierig. Und ich bin nicht sicher, ob sie können.
00:46:54 Alright, in that case, now that we've discussed the match, let's have a look at the players involved in both teams, starting with Crazy Situation. It's all yours to present, Rook and Liffy.
00:47:04 Thank you so much. I will take it away. Crazy situation. As we were talking about, they really do pull off some wild stunts and they love to put their competition in some situations that are pretty wild to get out of. Aulin Faye over here rocking that ninja. Master of cleaning up any of those targets that have been focused down by the rest of their team. And while they occasionally lose games to bombs on Volcanic Heart, hopefully they won't have that one starting right off so that they can have a...
00:47:33 Next up we've got the next team member as it loads here.
00:47:40 Cliff Zanza. Cliff Zanza is going to be also bringing not only their photography, their, you know, incredible skills with a camera here for G-Pose, but also bringing that monk their fists, which, you know, if you lean in close for a picture, be quick to dodge away. Cliff Zanza famously has never died in Final Fantasy XIV. Please ignore the deaths listed up above on the player card. Following them, we have...
00:48:09 Up next, after Cliff Zanza, their teammate, uh...
00:48:14 Milk JDS. Now, I don't know what the JDS stands for, but I'll leave it all for you to decide. Milk JDS coming in on Astro, an incredible support here for the team, but also the maker of the One Button Dragoon macro. So, truly a legend. And also looking to just snap some good pictures of the competition as they go along. Nergo Gigantes, a lot of you may recognize the name. Very familiar in a lot of the PvP scenes.
00:48:44 Not only impeccable skills, I love how they've all used the camera emote, love that new emote, but who also has mastery, insight, knowledge, understanding, and having all of those skills uses none of them.
00:48:56 Wir haben Oven Armour folgen hier. Das ist eine Clever-Use-Positione hier mit der Kamera. Hier ist ein Bild von der kleinen Kaktar-Friend, der Dark Knight, der einfach nur Dark Knight.
00:49:18 And I think that's pretty much all there is to say. Now Dark Knight, of course, being a really strong addition to the team. And one that will certainly have their foes quaking. Following them up, we've got another one of the players. And of course, not all of the team will be in the action right then and there. But C7 will be here. If they jump in, they'll be playing a little bit of a melody for all of us on Bard. And really hoping that the Cable Guy doesn't grief them this time while they're trying to play. So maybe they'll get benched if they...
00:49:47 The Cable Guy shows up unexpectedly. Following them, we've got Teresia Estrella, another name you might recognize here in the PvP scene if you spend any time in it. Loving those Moogles that made Outfit and also loving a good Scholar. Tons of assists to their name. They are always ready to help polish off the competition and bolster their allies, helping them all be always on time for Scrim with a little bit of a speed boost and a boost to their...
00:50:15 Offensive and defensive capabilities. Lizzie, I'll pass it on over to you. Sounds good. A true scholar of their arts. On the other side is Team Phantom Divine. And we're jumping straight in with Akurai Amotanius. Never butcher any of these names. I am so terribly, terribly sorry. But he plays Monk and might hold the crystal. Please?
00:50:41 Keep your eyes open, keep your eyes peeled, because this might become a little bit of a pattern here as we move on to the next member, because Aludra Kanis never looks at the crystal and basically treats it like it never existed, you know? So as a paladin, very relatable, honestly, if you're the frontline and just in the face of the enemy 24-7, maybe you can leave the crystal to the other team members, for example, like the next one.
00:51:09 Akarai, Amutanius. Und ich sehe auch ein bisschen eine Korrelation auf die Names, weil sie vielleicht auch holden die Crystal. Sie sehen die Pattern? Ich bin zu sehen, es ist ein bisschen ein Phantom Divine Moment. Wir sehen, wie das funktioniert. Next up, Chara Mela. Always asking, Team, wo ist die Crystal?
00:51:31 Ja, das ist eine sehr gute Frage. Ich weiß nicht, vielleicht die Monk hält es, vielleicht die andere Monk hält es. Es ist definitiv nicht mit dem Paladin. Aber vielleicht ist es aber nicht, wir können auf Shadeen Windzor gehen. Und er ist einfach nur die Frage, ob du die Strength in die Crystal hast, könntest du das? Wel, Rook? Ich weiß nicht, kann sie?
00:51:56 We are certainly about to find out, so if they are ready, we will be starting off with this next matchup here in the top bracket, Crazy Situation versus Phantom Divine, Kevin. Yes, but before we get started, I'd just like to clarify one thing. There was one mistake on one on the cards, and I did pure apologize for it. It was the second Acurae Amotanius, who is actually on Dunno Divine. There was an error on this, so it will be fixed.
00:52:25 I'm... An imposter? On the main part? Yes. We need a map. Yes, we do need a map. I heard we needed a map. So can we go back to camera? And Julia, you will be picking the map this time.
00:52:39 Let's see. Last C, I had a very lucky hand for the Volcanic Heart, but maybe your dreams will come true and we'll be able to pick a little Cloud9. Let's see. Let's see. We're hurrying up because the teams are indeed ready. It is the palestra. Sorry Cloud9 fans, deeply apologize. It's like the first C where Cloud9 only showed up once at the finals.
00:53:08 That's right. The chat has also predicted the winner of the next match. Lots of people in favor of Phantom Divine will see if Chad's prediction pans out.
00:53:19 All righty. And with that, it's over to you. Rook and Lithy, take us away. Thank you so much. You know, with Cloud9, they were just saving the best for last. So maybe we'll have another situation like it here this time around. Now, don't groan, chat. We all know that when you get tossed up in the air, you wave your arms around like you just don't care. No, you probably die afterwards pretty quickly. But hopefully it doesn't cost your team the win. Here on the Play Store, though, they aren't going to have to worry about turbulent weather. They are going to be able to snap those pictures and hopefully pull things off.
Spielanalyse: Crazy Situation vs. Phantom Divine auf 'Palestra'
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00:53:48 Phantom Divine, a lot of you have voted to say that you think they will be the winners of this matchup. And their portraits certainly have enough swagger, so we'll have to see if they're able to play with the same type of energy. But Lithie, looking at both of these teams, I mean, we do have, it looks like, a little bit more of a balance across the board on either side than we did in our first matchup.
00:54:07 Indeed. Ja, die comms sind gut. Und ich muss ehrlich mit euch, Rook, die Palästra ist lustig. Es ist ein wirklich tolles Mal. Und ich bin super glücklich. Wir sind hier wieder. Für mich ist das Home von CC. Gut, Standard. Du gehst an den Angriff, und du kämpfst es, bis es fertig ist. So, Double Tank auf der Seite. Crazy Situation. Wir können ein bisschen darüber reden, über die Match-Up gegen Strong Team.
00:54:36 The way they managed to take a map of them was by just holding out long, stalling, dragging the game out. And I'm very curious to see if that's going to work here with that double tank lineup. Theresia on that Scholar definitely has a lot of work cut out. Nice hook to start things out as Nergo finds a target.
00:54:57 Mirko finds that target looking to follow up. Everybody's sort of trading a few initial blows here as we see a few barriers popped. And there goes Audra down immediately. Unfortunately, that's going to not bode very well for Phantom Divine as they're going to have a few more deaths to follow. Trident going down, Kara going down as well right after. This is going to put Crazy Situation at the advantage as they continue to just press in and see if they can stagger some of those kills. And Dono as well, everyone over on Phantom Divine is going to have to reset with the Astro Akrai.
00:55:27 Falling back to maybe see if fate has something else in store for them on the next Clash. I'm not quite sure, Rook. Did I see a ghost or was there a fight? Did I see a phantom?
00:55:39 No, das war Phantoms Divine with me. Oh, okay, never mind. They peaced out to the fountain really quickly, but once again, the re-engage is coming through. Massive damage here onto Shaden. The Samurai cannot stay alive, getting punished hard for that engage. And as the fight drags out, you can really tell that crazy situation has everything under solid, solid control. Akurai on the side is trying to keep his teammates rolling and alive, but it's just not possible here in this situation.
00:56:09 Three down once again. The crystal already marching down to the very end. And another hook, line and sinker dragging the competing member of that crystal. What a ruthless execution of a map here from Crazy Situation.
00:56:26 That's right. I mean, yeah, Crazy Situation really showing our viewers that you don't have to be afraid of the...
00:56:56 Wenn du sie schnellst, wenn du sie schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst, schnellst,
00:57:20 Maybe it will next game. And he's going to be up to the losing team, which is Phantom Divine, to decide on the next map. That's right. Maybe they'll get some Phantom Divine help intervention. At this point, I think they'll need it. It's a crazy situation for them. They did indeed clean up.
00:57:43 Yep.
00:58:10 Do you know where that will happen? It's a map that starts with... Err, actually. It's the Red Sands. I was actually thinking about this one because I was wondering what kind of map would lend itself to the playstyle here of Phantom Divine a little bit better. I mean, Red Sands works. It's one of those maps where you can draw out a fight very, very easily. You have enough corners to dip out behind and kite.
00:58:37 Und einfach nur die Map entfernt und die Mitglieder der Mitglieder, sodass die Situation so dass sie die Situation durchführen können und die Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder zu können. Ja, aber manchmal braucht man Hilfe von der Map, um zu gewinnen. Das stimmt, unsere Teams sind alle geöffnet und bereit zu gehen. Ich glaube, wir sind nur für eine Person zu akzeptieren. Und hier geht's!
Spielanalyse: Crazy Situation vs. Phantom Divine auf 'Red Sands'
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00:59:02 We are going into it. This is an interesting map. So, of course, we talked about Clockwork earlier and how that one has some unexpected flips and how the tables can be turned very quickly with the flip of a tatami map. But here on this one, we've got a little bit of a pitfall that you can sink into as these sands threaten to swallow you up or to even sear you with the heat of the desert. They have to play around this. And this can be one that's pretty tricky, especially as you look at the sort of spread around those corners, that big area where you're trying to get.
00:59:31 das 50% Marker, das oftmals wirklich kann man aus den Extenden Heatwaves beherrscht. Und das sweet, sweet, sweet Water of the Oasis kann soothe a lot of the threats this map has to throw at you, aber you have to be careful and stay on your toes, Liffy. Oh, quite honestly, Rook. Sitting down on a lawn chair and grab a cold drink, now that the Winter is slowly but surely over.
00:59:57 I could go for that. Quite honestly, that wouldn't be too bad. But first we gotta finish up some C matches. And with everything on the line here for Phantom Divine, they have no time to waste on cold drinks or summer chairs.
01:00:14 No, they do not. Both the team is coming in here, picking up those buffs that you can see, those green buffs up on the bar. That comes from the Oasis. This helps sort of provide them a little bit of extra staying power as they face the heat on the sand. But things are heating up very quickly here as the Crystal starts to push Crazy Situation, pushing it forward, trying again to see if they can get the upper hand. And they are just eating into Phantom Divine Car, taking the focus fire and going down as both Endono and Shiden.
01:00:43 Ja, es ist krummling und der follow-up ist perfekt. Kreise Situation wirklich weiß, wie man mit dem, weil...
01:01:10 Once the enemy starts to crumble, once you stagger the kills, it's so, so incredibly hard to come back into the match. And yes, finally Phantom Divine gets an opportunity to kind of separate themselves and pull back, regroup, but the checkpoint is already more or less locked down here for crazy situation. Ah, you gotta dodge that character, gotta be careful, does a lot of damage, and you got a heatwave coming through, so get that Oasis buff up soon, otherwise you'll get toasted.
01:01:38 You might get toasted, but if they can take these little tunnels on the arena, they are returning fire here, though. Phantom Divine managing to get that pick that they've been looking for on Owlin. Now they have to deal with this continuous damage that's coming out from this heatwave. They're trying to counteract it, but they're trying to get those kills as well, because this is the opportunity that they need. Akurai going down without being able to use that limit break, as we have just, again, a strong assault coming out from Crazy Situation. Not even guards can save them. That crystal continuing to creep forward. It's almost in at the finish.
01:02:07 93%. They are going to get it in here and this is going to be another swift one. This is an immediate victory once more. Crazy situation. Able to get that crystal all the way to the finish line in a burst of speed. Phantom Divine
01:02:24 aus dieser Wettbewerb und uns von Beyond in der Afterlife, die Astral Sea, unfortunately. Aber wenn man gegen diese Wettbewerb ist, ist es schwer zu stehen und zu kämpfen, Kevin. Ja, ich bin ehrlich gesagt, wir haben massive Wettbewerb für Phantomsdivine gemacht, und sie versuchen ihren Besten, sogar in einem Match-up, der vielleicht schwer für sie. Also bitte, bitte geben sie den Besten, weil sie es verdient. Ja, das war ein Ralf-Match für sie.
01:02:53 Das ist richtig. Sie waren nicht able, nach Game 1. Das bedeutet, dass die Situation verrückt wird in den Semifinals. Und ich glaube, es geht um gegen E-Sports Ready. Genau. Mal sehen, ob es die match geht, aber wir werden das später sehen. Denn für heute, unsere nächsten Contenders werden keine andere als Strong Team gegen Senhel. Und ich sage Ihnen, dass die Strong Team nicht für keinen Fall wählen.
01:03:22 Das ist richtig, sie hat ein sehr starkes Show in den Qualifiers. Und ich glaube, Rook und Lithy, du hast auch gesehen. Was war Ihre Impression von den beiden Teams? Great question. Ich meine, Strong Team und Send Help, die beiden Namen sind. Sie indicate bestimmte, vielleicht, mentalitäten.
01:03:44 One seems very confident and one seems a little bit concerned. But don't let that fool you, because both Strong Team and Send Help actually were very strong competitors. Strong Team, however, as Lithia was saying, and I have to agree with you, probably are favored to win. All of their players are top 15 in Season 12. They are a powerhouse, highly ranked, and incredibly deadly on the field. But of course, Send Help, for all that they may be asking it, you know, Send Help chat, they need it. Uh, no.
01:04:13 They themselves are also very skilled players, right, Livy? Absolutely. The big thing for me with Send Help is, yes, their stats look impeccable coming out of the early rounds of this tournament, but I feel like Send Help wasn't really challenged so far because I don't feel like it's a matchup where you can really tell how good Send Help is. I think they're going to do absolutely excellent, but they're literally against the...
Teamvorstellung: Strong Team und Barth-Zullov
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01:04:41 Juggernaut, the big boys, the strong team, because hey, before Kevin says it, they are a very strong team. Yes, when we saw their registration, I was looking at them and said, ooh, it is indeed a strong team. That's definitely right. Do we maybe want to have a closer look at our upcoming players for this matchup? Yes, let's do that. Let's look at their cards while they are preparing to join the group.
01:05:10 Perfect, we will jump in with Strong Team. And unlike our earlier cards that seemed unable to figure out if they were or weren't going to push the crystal, Mamiyama Kamimama is here to push the crystal. That is their entire purpose. And while they play on Scholar, don't let that fool you again, a lot of our healers can deal out a lot of hurt on their own, even while healing their allies. After that, we have Mew Edelfeld. Mew is a longtime well-known face in the PvP scene.
01:05:40 and has accomplished a lot, even in CCRC and other iterations. While they have competed and continue to come back for more, apparently they would rather just be in the Great Hunt. So, you know, that's fine. Go farm it up. But hopefully you can make it back in time for the match because it is starting very soon, Mew. They will be on Astrologian more likely than not, though, of course, these players are able to change the classes they bring in to adapt on the fly to different strategies. Next up on Strong Team, we have PrismaTick, who is, again, an Astrologian.
01:06:09 ... ... ... ...
01:06:24 Cue up in CC. It's a lot of fun, I promise. It's a good time. And the reward track is also great. Following that up, we have Sabari Catboy, who has hidden away their Catboy in a giant tin can, is what I'm seeing. Very like, a very kind of high medieval fantasy look here, but also very understated. However, their gameplay is anything but as they go ahead and slice down the opposition on their samurai, a little bit threateningly talking.
01:06:54 how tatami's are their domain so those flips on clockwork might very much be something that sabri is able to play to their advantage next up we have strawberry kia who i love this portrait very good and a cute little if i had to give that a sound i'd go look a cute little sound
01:07:13 Cute little friend, Strawberry Kia, who will brandish their fists and chase you down, punting you into probably a lot of different area effects on their monk, making good use of a lot of the monk's abilities to lock down enemies. Next up, a very daring and devilish friend, Tsukuyo Ritless, who has a dashing cavalier. I mean, honestly, how many descriptive adjectives can we use here? A very good portrait, who says, remember, remember us.
01:07:41 Remember that we once played CC Ranked. Let's hope that, you know, they don't just vanish into the Aether and that they're able to secure a victory on that Red Mage. Next up, we have White Noise. White Noise, another veteran player to the scene here, bringing in that ninja. Impeccable assists, following up to polish off the competition and slice through with those Assassin's Blades as they make good use of their abilities on the field.
01:08:11 While they're only here for the stun, they also have some good follow-up, so keep an eye out for them as they stealth around the Arena Livy. Indeed, what a strong team indeed. Well, on the other side, can someone send them help? I don't know, but if I'm looking at Barth-Zullov's side, I'm not sure if they even need help. On the Dragoon, zero deaths so far.
01:08:36 But they do love sky-shattering into guards for style points. And that is very respectable, I think. And moving on, we do have a based Mikote. I appreciate that name as well as the portrait. And yeah, apparently they're the reason that people queue down. I'm not quite sure what that is. It's similarly along the lines of Updog. But we'll have to find that out another time. Moving on, we got Glisseria Truswiti.
01:09:04 Playing a little bit of Dancer. Actually, one of those jobs that we don't really see enough of in CC, in my opinion. And considers Contradance a zoning LB. Well, I like your funny words, Magic Man. Most definitely. If we do move on, we do have Maestari Calastasia on the White Mage.
01:09:30 Doing 1,000 calculations per second. Sadly, they're all wrong. I can relate to that quite a lot. Zero deaths as well. You can tell these guys are not here to mess around. Send help. I'm starting to think that is for the enemy team. And last but not least, if we're looking at Risseon Misha, well, apparently he is mostly failing upwards on the Sage, but quite honestly...
01:09:55 So far, this team is looking pretty strong, pretty deadly, and first and foremost Rook, pretty immortal.
01:10:03 Pretty immortal indeed. I mean, the fact that we just have zero deaths across the board is incredibly impressive. But of course, with some of those teams, you know, we had some good matchups and some quick sweeps. We're glad to have everybody participate. So they're going to have to see if they can stand up to one of the strongest competitors in our competition, aptly named Strong Team. But Julia, as Strong Team versus Send Help kicks off, I mean, we will be getting these matches ready and we'll have to see who actually emerges the victor.
01:10:32 Das stimmt. Und nicht nur werden wir sehen, wer wird der victor sein, sondern auch, wer wird sie kämpfen. Es ist Zeit für uns, um eine andere Seite zu finden. Wo wird der victor sein? Let's see. Gut Glück, Kevin. Ich weiß, deine hopes und dreams für diesen. Ah, das nie verändert. Okay, ich habe etwas. Ist es die Sache? Nein. Es ist nichts anderes als die Palästras.
01:10:57 Ich weiß nicht, ob wir auf die Palästrakur arbeiten können. Ich glaube, im letzten C hatten wir eine Volcanic Heart Curse. Wir sehen, wir sehen. Wir sehen, wir sehen. Es wird wiedersehen, für die Finale. Ja, die Ready-Checks sind in-game, so wir sollten bald wissen. Both Teams sind bereit, wir haben die Konfirmation. Ich denke, Rook und Lithy, wir werden es übernehmen.
Spielstart auf Palastra: Strong Team vs. Send Help
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01:11:23 We are indeed. We'll be diving in here for this match as they are going in right now. Palastra, Lithy, it's a good one. You know, you said earlier that it feels like it's kind of the map for CC, right? Kind of the one that we see a lot, but it's a good neutral map where both of these teams can really put their skills on the line without having to worry about any other environmental effects that might waylay them.
01:11:45 Indeed, but it's also one of those maps where the comp selection can be very important, and especially if you run into a team like Strong Team without a tank, triple DPS, double healer, you better have a base Mikote on a warrior to keep you safe. I think it's all going to be around the healers and figuring out who can take the other green team down.
01:12:11 But of course, with the triple DPS, Rook, I am worried. Very worried. Maybe we can send help.
01:12:19 Und looking fancy.
01:12:48 Wir haben beide Teams sehr gut hier. Und natürlich, Barzul, eine unglaubliche Dragoon. So, sie kommen in, sie fühlen sich aus, dass sie sich in einen gewissenensten. Sie ist derjenige, dass sie einen gewissenensten zu halten. Sie haben ein bisschen ein Tor, aber sie starten zu pushen hier oder da. Base Makote ist ein bisschen curious, zu versuchen, zu gehen, ein bisschen durch das Wall. Sie haben das Buff von den Astrologien. Sie haben das Gehirn, das Gehirn kommt.
01:13:17 Ja, Strawberry ist ein bisschen zu holen, ein bisschen zu holen. Jetzt reconnecten mit der Team.
01:13:31 The damage is going back and forth, big heals on Securio, and they're staying alive. The guard comes out late in the meantime. Barzul pulling back, getting Chuck and Elixir. Meantime Mikote going down first. The blood is drawn in strong team. After a solid back and forth, they gain momentum. There's the follow-up kill. Two down for the count, and Rook immediately. The crystal is basically all the way through to the checkpoint.
01:13:57 All it took was that one death to start getting this trickle down. Barzul can't get away, tries to go around the corner, and is immediately taken down. We have some attempts here to try and eat into this. We've got Base Makote really trying to lay in, eat away. Strawberry Kia taking a lot of the heat, but with Limit Breaks popping up over on Strong Team, they have these to use at their disposal. While over on Send Help, they are still just trying to get everybody back. Ryzeon going down here is not going to help with that stacker.
01:14:26 Oh, es ist nicht gut. Sie wollen einen Pullback. Sie wollen eine Re-Groove, so Sie können in der 5-2-5, das voll-Member-Team-5. Denn in diesem Fall, vielleicht mit dem Tank, Sie können es tatsächlich machen. Mikote mit der Primal-Yel, die LB-Advantage durch. Aber zwei Team-Mates fallen. Rizion, endlich, auf ihre Feen. Aber, obwohl sie die Crystal zurückkehren, ein bisschen mehr ist, es scheint, die Strong-Team ist Pulling-Auf ein paar Steps zurück.
01:14:53 Aber wo ist das?
01:15:20 Es ist nicht so weit hier, als sie versuchen, wieder auf und aufzunehmen. Aber diese Deaths sind nicht zu helfen. Sie haben den Spawnadventage, als die Crystal weitergeht. Und sie sind nicht gezwungen, ohne eine Fight-Strong-Team. Sie versuchen, ein bisschen mehr Momentum hier, so dass sie das Final-Push haben. Aber sie haben diese Limit Breaks. Wir haben Sage, wir haben Dragoon. Sie haben sie, um sie zu sehen, wie sie kann sie nutzen hier, um ein Foothold zu bekommen.
01:15:49 Their MP is low, but with that Sage Limit Break going down, that's going to provide a nice area for them to continue to ground themselves as they hold their ground. Slow and methodical. That really seems to be what Strong Team is going for. Yes, Prismatic goes down. Maybe an opportunity for Send Help to get the momentum shifted, but for the moment...
01:16:13 Es ist wirklich das kleine 1-on-1-Fight, Strawberry in der Far Backline, eine absolute Menace. Und Sie wissen, dass zusammen mit White Noise, sie haben zwei Melee LBs dabei. Wenn sie jemanden aus der Position holen, das Person ist 100% dead. vier, fast fünf LBs auf dem Board hier für Strong Team.
01:16:34 Ich mag nicht die Wahrheit für den nächsten Kampf, obwohl der Dancer LV-Hits gut ist. Und Send Help wird erhoben. Prismatik runter zu 1% und Dakin aus dem Spiel, für den Moment. Mio, 20% und 5% wird eine große Heal. Und Sucuyo hat erhoben. Und Sucuyo hat erhoben.
Send Help findet den Tritt und gleicht aus
01:16:54
01:16:54 Send help, they found their footing and they are pushing forward. Great use of those Limit Breaks there, of course, as well. They got Strong Team to use a few of theirs that just didn't have the same effect. Now they are whittling away. Strong Team managing to get that kill on Barzil. Also just annihilating Mistari there in a quick burst of damage. Ryzaan trying to kind of hold on here, but White Noise is relentless. Chasing people down the runway as the guard is popped over here on a base on the point, but thereby...
01:17:24 Es ist so ein schwerer Position. Du bist so staggered. Du bist so schwer. Du bist so schwer. Du bist so schwer.
01:17:49 It's 50% and an entire checkpoint left to go. It's in the spawn advantage range here for Strong Team and they just strategically let this crystal be pushed out towards the end of the map.
01:18:04 So they just can run this clock out, run this overtime out, and not give a single chance to send help. Three members base, the only one left standing. The overtime gets prolonged for just another moment, but it's delaying the inevitable. It's gonna be over in just a moment here. It's gonna be Strong Team taking the first map of this series, unless with some sort of miracle turnaround.
01:18:32 Miracle Turnaround is right, they'll have to land it. Mastari trying to stay just off the point to be able to leap in if needed, but they are not going to get that chance because Strong Team is going to burn them down before they can use that gap close to Ryzeon.
01:18:43 Also, just taking that focus, Fire, not even the Sage Limit Break, would have been able to truly save them. And here in this first match, we are going to have Strong Team. They played the longer game on this, waited for that perfect swing back, and managed to get the first match in this matchup. But I have to say, Sent help put up a strong position. And I think that they found that even with Strong Team's veteran roster, there are still some places to find some good opportunities, Kevin.
01:19:13 Ich bin wirklich interessiert, ob Send Help ist, dass sie vielleicht nicht genug sind. Zumindest auf dem Palastra, denn wer weiß, was wird auf der nächsten Mal passieren. Was denkst du? Ich bin wirklich interessiert, ob Send Help ist, dass sie vielleicht ein paar Minuten reden können. Ich bin wirklich interessiert, weil ich glaube, wir...
01:19:38 Es war beeindruckend. Also, insofern von ihnen zu senden Hilfe, sie senden ihr Energie.
01:20:07 Und wir sehen uns, ob das sie auf dem nächsten Mal schafft. Die nächste Mal, die ist endlich. Du hast es endlich erwartet. Es ist noch nicht mehr als Cloud 9. Das ist richtig. Wir sehen uns im Chat, dass die Strong Team nicht mehr Zeit brauchen, aber sie haben eine kleine Hotbar-Emergenz. Wer nicht da? Oh, ich weiß.
01:20:30 Ja, wenn jemand der Limit Break auf die Bars ist... Unheard of! Das Moment, wenn du all deine Bars abkommst, und dann nicht deine Key Binds workst und du denkst, dass du dich, was? Der Trauma ist real! Ja, aber jetzt, wenn du Pc- oder so, es kann sehr, sehr intensiv werden, wenn du denkst, okay, wo ist es?
01:20:57 Aber jetzt können wir einfach alles verwendet werden. Das ist großartig.
01:21:01 Das ist richtig. Ja, das war eine große Hilfe. Und die Teams besonders, als sie sich vorbereitet werden, wird es wohl wohl schon wieder sein. Also, vielen Dank an alle. Und immer senden die Energie, yes! Vote in den Polls, wenn sie in den Chat kommen, wenn sie in den Chat kommen. Und es ist so gut, dass alle hier, including all unsere Teams sind. Aber es ist eine gute Competition so far, Julia. Ich denke so, für sicher. Ich bin wirklich, wirklich interessiert, was wir sehen in dieser nächsten Match. Die Spieler sind bereit. Und ich bin noch mehr bereit für die Semifinals und Finals später.
01:21:30 Aber für jetzt... Ich bin froh, dieses Spiel zu sehen. Und das ist definitiv nicht wegen dem, wo es geht. Ja, ja. Right, right. Der Wind ist all yours, Ruck and Liffi. Danke, danke.
Cloud9: Strong Team vs. Send Help - Zweite Runde
01:21:43
01:21:43 With Cloud9, it's a real toss-up of Map. You never know what way the winds are going to blow, but I think that both of these teams have a very good shot. Now, of course, Strong Team, they played true to their name and they were able to get that upper hand, but Send Help, I think, had a good opposition. They were able to find some of those good combos for their Limit Breaks last match. I think if they can just coordinate that and they can keep up the pressure, they may have a chance here against Strong Team.
01:22:10 There might just be an opportunity. I mean, this is a stormer of a map for just as much of exciting of a series. So, I think we just gotta strap in. We gotta be ready because strong team, they're coming out swinging. No comp changes on either side. As far as I can tell, I'm gonna be keeping my eyes on both Strawberry Kia.
01:22:34 und White Noise, weil sie zwei waren absoluten Menaces zu der Backline von Send Help. Die ganze Zeit, wenn sie die Möglichkeit hatten, waren sie für die Anwälte. Sie haben die Anwälte Druck auf die Anwälte. Sie haben die Anwälte Druck auf die Anwälte. Sie haben die Anwälte Druck auf die Anwälte gezwungen. Sie haben die Anwälte gezwungen. Sie haben die Anwälte gezwungen. Sie haben die Anwälte gezwungen. Sie haben die Anwälte gezwungen.
01:23:03 Let's get it. They are going straight in. No dancing around this time. Everybody's getting down to business. Base taking some huge heat right off the bat, though. Getting slowed, having to be held back, trying to keep these CCs off of them as they burn through that MP. They're able to continue to hold it down here, but White Noise, Strawberry Kia, just like you were saying, Liffey, they are relentless and they take out Base. This might be the foundation of their attack, but Tsukuyo goes down as well over on Strong Team. So with that, Send Help is trying to push the advance.
01:23:32 Ja, aber das ist ein Mitglied separat. Und auf der Follower Barzul ist derjenige, der eine unter-fire ist. Ja, Strong Team ist, dass die Crystal go ist, hier, für einen Moment. Aber wie lange kann Sendt-Help dauern? Barzul geht es, da der Meteo Drive, Massive damage kommt, auf Rizion, und in der Hölle kann er in dieser Situation bleiben.
01:23:57 Die erste Knock-Up, die Turbulenz ist durch. Ich hätte besser gesagt, dass du deine Guard abhängigst, denn sonst wird man jettisoned in die Luft. Mistari, ein bisschen Turbable Feather für ein bisschen Buff.
01:24:10 A nice cushioned landing there, not too bad as you fall, now having the buff as well as they go through. Glyceri, though, going down here and unable to use that limit break in this next exchange. Sukio, though, becoming a high priority to try to get them out, but Bazed is going to get absolutely mowed down. Sukio leaping in, not deterred by their low health pool, though their mana is out now as they just continue to polish off Barzul from range, trying to force him back around this corner and finally land.
01:24:39 Das war ein unglaubliches Spiel hier, von einem starken Team zu Kuiar. Er wurde immer so leicht verletzt, aber die Team ist mehr bereit und bereit zu balanceen, den Spiel zu halten.
01:24:57 And they are rewarded with a crystal pushed deep behind enemy lines. It's just a few more centimeters to go onto that final checkpoint and sending help right out of the tournament. Base going down once again, one after the other. They're going to zerg onto this crystal to try and make something happen. Sky Shatter coming through. Can Barzul do anything? No, he's going for the style points on the guards. It's not quite enough to get through the defensives here, but maybe.
01:25:26 Maybe Glysteri kann das aufhören. Die Denser SLB ist bereit und er wird die Charme vielleicht auf einen oder zwei Leute, aber es sieht nicht aus, dass sie auf die Kills kapituliert sind. Nice reposition hier für einen Moment, für Strong Team, um das Massive CC zu holen. Two mehr Seed-Kills sind für sie. Der Follow-Up Damage auf Risseon ist massive und es ist nur Base und die Widenator-Line.
01:25:51 Und Strong Team ist hier in a...
Strong Team gewinnt auf Cloud9
01:26:21
01:26:21 Es ist ein relativ schnelles Spiel über Cloud9. Das werden sie in unserer Brackets-Strong-Team weitergehen. Aber natürlich war es ein sehr guter Show von Send Help, Kevin. Ja, es war. Massive congrats to sie, für sie zu fighten, so viel wie sie können. Sie haben es so weit gemacht und sie mussten gegen eine Strong-Team kämpfen. Aber trotzdem, bitte geben sie alle Ihre Unterstützung in Chat. Sie haben ihre Besten gemacht und wir sollten sie für sie begrüßen.
01:26:48 Und das lerns Strong Team in den Semifinals. Das ist richtig. Speaking of Strong Team, ich wollte einen Kommentar in der Chat sagen, sie können Rittler's Hotbars nehmen, aber sie können nicht ihre Leben nehmen. Absolutlich ist wahr. Ein tolles Spieler, auch mit einer riesigen Survival-Rate durch den Qualifiers, wenn ich richtig erinnere mich. 3 Rounds, 15 Minuten, 3 Rounds, 15 Minuten, 1 Death.
01:27:13 Wow. Outrageous. Let me play CC for that long and it's probably like 75 deaths. That's right, but really amazing job by Send Help as well, holding out as long as they did. Strong team, we've said it before, we'll say it again, they didn't name themselves that for, you know, no reason. We'll see if it holds out to the end of the tournament. We will.
01:27:38 Ja, wir sehen das in den Semifinals, aber jetzt müssen wir mit dem letzten Spiel des VI Rund. Das stimmt! Und der Winner dieser Spiel wird gegen Strong Team gegen Strong Team in den Semifinals. Das wird ein Nailbiter für schon sein. Wir haben nicht erwartet, ich weiß. All righty, wir sehen uns die Brackets, bevor wir die Spieler vorstellen. Das stimmt.
01:28:05 Coming up, we have Alligapthus versus Nocheaton. Exactly. And let's look at their team members.
01:28:16 You might recognize some names in there. You might indeed. I know I recognize a few. Alligaptors, their new name. Don't let it fool you. Now, there are members here of a team that we saw in CCRC, Bubon's Ranch, who had one of the cutest mascots in the entirety of the competition. But they also had a lot of plays to back it up. So first and foremost, we have CrowXO. We have a Scholar Extraordinaire who deploys tactics such as Purify...
01:28:45 So, Crow is going to be doing their best to continue to keep that up and protect their team.
01:28:56 Lottie Coldwind, who is a warrior who does not let up. You know, warriors, they have incredible control of the field. They can chain people off of the point. They can break guard. They're powerful. And while rendered blood are their tools, fun is their food. So they don't lose track. They don't lose sight of why we hopefully got into games in the first place. Following up Lottie Coldwind, we have our next competitor, Murato Cookie, over on Alligaptors, who strikes fast, strikes true.
01:29:26 And never backs down. A good thing for a ninja. Because if you don't land that swift strike. Your allies can't follow up. Or you can't finish off what they started up. So that ninja really strong. And Murado is always ready to get the job done. After Murado. We've got our next Alligaptors member. Vyra Carbon. Vyra is the one who possesses said cute mascot. And considers Bulbon the best CCRC mascot that has ever been. And I agree. I agree.
01:29:55 with that. I mean, I think Boban was a delight. Love Boban. Have a t-shirt of Boban, in fact. What? They gave me a t-shirt of Boban after the last CCRC and I wear it often. So thank you again for that. I am not biased, but it was a great gift. Vyra, bring in that astrologian as well as that good loot for Boban. Following up Vyra, we have Zot.
01:30:22 um zat was a c 2022 came in second place a competitor there a clicker and complainer but also a red mage who's got a lot of style um i love this kind of like k-pop-esque portrait very good um and that smolder is definitely putting in a lot of work and after zat
01:30:45 Let me see. We've got, I think, one more card. Perhaps I'm wrong. If not, we will continue on. We'll head on over to No Cheaten. Actually, Lithia, I think it's your turn. Indeed. And with this team, well, I've got to ask myself if this is not Kevin's alt account and he is secretly playing, because Gata seems to be a PvP Agatastrophe.
01:31:06 We'll have to see how that works out for them. On the White Mage, they certainly have all the tools for the job to both be the Catastrophe for their team or the enemies. We'll see how that works out for them. On the second place here in this team, we got Inamaru Ani.
01:31:24 climb the ranking thanks to a mark of the ages well that shout out has to be appreciated on the warrior you certainly can be the sturdy backbone of your team so one of those players you will need to keep your eye out for cheer them on and watch them unfold beautiful chain hook place maybe even we've seen a good few of those today maybe they can keep up with them but moving on we got indigo plateau and
01:31:53 Ich denke, sie sind ein bisschen confused.
01:31:56 The question really seems to be, wait a minute, it's not Rivalwings? No, it's Crystalline Conflict. And on the Sage, well, blasting some damage, you can do that one way or another. So I'm curious and very hopeful for Indigo's performance here. And alongside them, moving on to Nadi Dennoir. FRC 2018 Ranker making my way back. And he did bring a gun to this fight. So with the Machinist.
01:32:24 Trying to get a little bit of those PVP laurels back for themselves. So I'm very excited to see what they can do. Because seasoned veterans returning is always a feast for the eyes. And last but not least, Shimori Bunihara. Bunihara maybe even? Well, if I'm looking at those eyes, those look a little bit more cat-like. But one way or another, Red Sands and Rival Wings fan, it seems a...
01:32:52 Ja, und ich bin sehr interessiert, weil Chat sind wirklich split into 50-50, in terms of Predictions. Ich bin sehr interessiert.
01:33:13 9 Votes gegen 9 Votes. Es ist jemanden, wie es zu gewinnen wird. Das ist richtig. Das ist richtig. Elgapta hat wirklich stark in Qualifiers gezeigt, also ich freue mich, was sie bringen für dieses Spiel. Ich glaube, beide Teams sind auch bereit, also wir sind bereit. Und wir brauchen eine Mappe. Ihr ist absolut richtig. Whose turn ist es für eine Mappe? Ich denke, es ist dir. Ja, ich denke, es ist mein turn.
01:33:36 You know which one to pick. There's only one thing to do. Okay, there's only one thing to do. Oh, it's not finding the... Let's see, blind draw. Don't get beaten by the box, please. Yeah, don't get a mimic for our streams, Kevin, I told you before. Kevin, I did it! We got Cloud9! Yes, it's more like Cloud9. Let's go. It's gonna be Cloud9 for upcoming match, Aligaptus versus Nocheaten.
Alligaptors vs. Nocheaton auf Cloud9
01:34:04
01:34:04 Take it away, Rook and Leafy. It's your show and our team's show now. Quite honestly, Rook, Alligaptors, that is by far the single best name in this competition. They always have good names and good vibes, quite frankly. But I mean, both of these teams, it took me a second where we were saying no cheat ten, and I was like, oh yeah, like Samurai. But then as we've been saying it, like no cheating, I'm like, ahaha.
01:34:34 Ah, I see what you did there. Both of these teams with clever names here, I think, some fun wordplay, and hopefully we have a very fun match ahead. We're going to be taking a look at their initial comps. So we've got a pretty standard mix-up here. A couple healers, though. Of course, Scholar has some very strong sort of offensive capabilities as well. And then coming in with a slightly more, actually, tank. We've got a couple tanks over there, so slightly more tank balance.
01:35:04 slightly more healer balance with a bit of dps thrown in there lithi indeed i'm kind of curious then war playing gunbreaker i would have almost expected the warrior with that name but i think it's going to work out one way or another but oh i'm spotting things rogue inamaru on the picto and shimori on the black mage
01:35:28 There we go, a couple unique picks. We actually have not seen Pikto used yet, and of course we had the addition of Viper and Pikto Mancer with Dawn Trail, both of which are playable in Crystalline Conflict and in PvP. They have their own unique skill sets, and Pikto is a master of swapping back and forth from high mobility phases into heavier hitting, more stationary casting. They have a lot in their kit and some incredible motifs that they can paint across the field, so we'll have to see if they can paint a victory for Nochitan.
01:35:58 Do you think their favorite color is going to be Blood Red? I think it might be Meteor Black. But you know, we'll see. That could work, that could work. We'll have to figure it out. But I would keep my eyes on a Murato on the Alagaptors because I'm Monk.
01:36:15 mit der Doublecaster-Line-Up kann man eine force zu sein. So, wenn du jemanden schreitst, Havoc und Devastation hast, es könnte die Monk in der Backline sein. Und da er ist, Diving Deep, versuchen die Damage zu bekommen. Und Solid, Kata, down für den Count, First Blood Drawn. Und Morato, sogar mit der Life in Takt, sogar mit dem Elixir. Beautiful place zu openen das Map hier, von Alicap Torres. High Risk, High Reward. Es war eine große Risik, aber es war auch, als wir also sehen Shimori gehen. Hinamaru ist...
01:36:44 We have three limit breaks on either side and more.
01:37:13 Oh mein Gott!
01:37:38 ABSOLUTE ANNIHILATION AS THE JAWS SNAP SHUT ON MAP 1
01:37:44 The Alligapters just lept out of the water and took that victory in one snap. That's what happens when you use those limit breaks in perfect tandem and a full party wipe. Now you gotta overcome this and you have to look ahead. So we'll see how they're able to keep going as Nochiten has to now strategize. What happened and how do we make sure that doesn't happen again, right Kevin? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyone saw Nochiten's HP?
01:38:13 Ich denke, sie haben es irgendwo in Cloud9 verloren. Ja, eine Devastation von den Alligapters. Wie wir gesagt haben, die Team bereits ein sehr starker Begründung. Such devastation! Das war ihre Intention. Ja, ja, ja, ja. Es sieht aus wie Notchiten ist... Er ist mehr als ich kann. Das ist richtig.
Alligaptors vs. Nocheaton auf Red Sand
01:38:37
01:38:37 They are selecting the next map though, and I think it's looking like it's going to be Red Sand. Red Sand, we're going from the skies to the desert. I'm curious to see if they'll manage to turn it around, or if they'll get buried under the Red Sand. I think it's going to be very, very doable, but to be fair, if I'm looking at the Alligaptors, it was kind of something I asked myself coming into this tournament, right?
01:39:02 Hey, Loki, look like the hot new sensation on the block, right? They're looking incredibly strong, and this was one of the most dominant maps we've seen so far. I wouldn't be surprised if they're able to just sweep this entire series and move on to Faye's strong team next, and that could be an absolute banger of a matchup. But on the other side, of course, this game is far from over, and in OG10, maybe they can come back on Red Sans now. Let's see, let's see. In any case, it's your time, Rook and Liffy.
01:39:31 We're about to go in.
01:39:32 Here we go. Heading into the Red Sands here. This is the make-or-break match between Aligaptors and Nochiten. Now, while Aligaptors really had a decisive victory there at the end, Nochiten, they are no slumps, and they are no cheaters either. They are absolute bona fide real veteran players here in PvP, so they have their skills to back them up, and they are able to prove it. They're going to have to, though, here against Aligaptors, because this is their last chance.
01:40:01 Eliminated out of the C. We're taking another look at the comps and it looks like they are pretty much sticking with what was working for them over in that last match, Liffy. Indeed. So, on the Red Sands, it is going to be the big question of how well can you avoid getting absolutely clobbered like last match, right? This teamfighting, the LB stacking that Alligators was able to accomplish.
01:40:30 Ich denke wirklich, es all kam aus der ersten Snowball-Snowball-Fight, wo Morato quasi Solo-Dove die ganze enemy-backline, wurde ein killeinig und dann wurde er aus.
01:40:38 Yeah, they're going to have to watch for that here. Because if he tries to pull the same, this could be something that would be really definitive. But this map is one that's a little bit more drawn out. It has these long angles. It has these areas of refuge with the oases you can go in. And then these big exposed sands that have those different effects that pop up periodically throughout the match. Now both teams trying to kind of play around the corners here towards the center as we get ourselves centered with our view. So far, blows haven't been entirely exchanged. But Indigo leaping in. Gata.
01:41:07 is taking some big heat over on nochi 10 this time they're trying to anticipate that this is going to happen getting chained back in unable to get out trying to heal up but is going to fall not even in the back lines but right there on the front this is quickly whittling away their defense over here on nochi 10. beautiful the scorpion gets a run down on the red sands get over here it says and down goes the healer
01:41:34 The team crumbles and for the moment it seems like Noshiten needs to pull back and regroup once again. Death timers are up, Indigo and Gata are back up and running, but of course you've got to consider the first Cactuar coming through in just a few moments here. So that arena will turn a little bit more deadly by the second. As you can see, a little bit of a gap here in pushing the crystal. That checkpoint is going to be claimed a little bit delayed, but for the moment it doesn't look like.
01:42:02 Dochiten war able to claim any advantage and Shimori caught out of position. Maratu going in with the Meteor Drive. But the follow-up, that is the question. Can they make something happen? Gata has the laser available. Indigo getting pushed out, trying to keep the warrior alive. It's not quite possible. Another death claimed as Zotto is in the backline and causing havoc. A little bit of Pictou damage coming through, but it's not quite enough because Alligator's.
01:42:30 Sie sind in der Death Roll. Rook ist nicht so schön.
01:42:34 It is not. I mean, Nochi-10, they have been pulled under the water and they are trying to tread their way back up towards the surface, but it is not going in their favor. Nadi going down right here. The crystal just continues to get closer. We have got two defenders over on Nochi-10 trying to hold down the point. They've got the spawn advantage. They are closer to it, so if they can get back, they'll be able to make it in. We have those heavies going out. Shimori unable to do much under this assault from the high mobility with Murato and the range from Zot. More damage just going out.
01:43:04 Und ich weiß, dass ich in und ausfügt, aber ich weiß, dass es ein Kampf ist, aber ich weiß, dass ein Kampf in und ausfügt wird, aber ich weiß, dass ein Kampf in und ausfügt wird, aber ich weiß, dass ein Kampf ist, dass ein Kampf in und ausfügt wird.
01:43:21 It's not looking pretty. Katar, the next one to go in to contest. The next one to fall. One more contestant enters the arena. And it's only Shimori standing between the team and Elimination. Maybe a little bit of assistance from Indigo. Getting it in before the last few meters of this crystal. But it's not quite enough getting kicked off the platform. Grand Cross coming through. Massive damage from Zot as they're sending.
01:43:50 them home slowly but surely inch by inch and Phyra even pushing up a deep to consider an elixir stop here on the enemy team. One more kill to be claimed, one more pushback off the crystal and tell me for whom do they fight? I would expect Bubon. Oh Lithy, that was really good.
01:44:17 I think the only possible explanation is that Bourbon is just...
01:44:45 A wolf, dog, with the heart of an alligator. I think Bobon just is. Bobon is. Bobon is. Bobon is an enigma. Bobon is Bobon, as Chad is explaining to us. Yeah, no argument. Yeah, exactly. No, that makes sense, yeah. As for the Sands. What a matchup. That was beautiful. Yeah, the Sands really did get painted red. With no cheating blood.
01:45:13 Aber immer noch eine große Probe für sie zu halten und zu versuchen ihre Besten, ohne die Endresulten. Und kongressen zu Alibgeptors für die Semifinals zu machen. Das ist richtig. Es wird wirklich unglaublich sein, dass diese Team gegen die Strongteam weitergehen. Ich bin wirklich glücklich für das. Ich denke, die Semifinals werden zu haben einige unglaubliche Matches haben.
01:45:39 Das ist richtig. Aber bevor wir in den Semi-Finals gehen, wir werden hier eine kurze Pause geben. Wir geben uns alle Zeit, besonders unsere Spieler und unsere Hosts, das ist uns, und unsere Casters, natürlich auch, zu haben eine Warte, natürlich. Wir nehmen uns ein paar Worte, natürlich. Wir nehmen uns ein paar Worte und nehmen uns ein paar Worte. Und dann für Chat, auch ein paar Worte. Wir sehen uns in ein paar Minuten. Wir sehen uns wieder.
Vorschau auf die Halbfinalspiele
01:55:59
01:55:59 Esports Ready vs Crazy Situation
01:56:29 Während unser 2nd match in den Semifinals wird Strong Team gegen Alligaptor. Alle Teams haben massive Showings, also wir haben ein tolles Spectacle, ich denke.
01:56:42 Ich glaube so, auch. Es wird ein paar spannende Spiele kommen. Und ich glaube, es ist schwer zu sagen, wer wir sehen in der finalen Spiele, wahrscheinlich. Was denkst du, Liffi und Rook? Hallo! Oh, wir sind zurück. Ah, ich meine, die Sache ist, dass... Honestly, diese vier Teams sind alle so stark. Und alle, ich denke, shines in unterschiedliche Weise. Während der starken Team ist eine, die wir erwähnten, kommen in.
01:57:10 Ja, wir haben alle E-Sports-Finale.
01:57:34 And Crazy Situation, at least for me, has been kind of a fun curveball this time around, that I think they really have shown that they can shake things up and put the teams in a pretty wild situation themselves with this kind of strong offensive that they have. How about you, Ippi? Well, honestly, I am very curious to see where Crazy Situation can go today, because their playstyle out of everything we've seen so far today...
01:57:58 für mich persönlich ist es der wichtigste, der sehr gut kontrolliert und methodische Stil. Und wenn sie mit den anderen Teamen zusammenhängen, die wirklich all den Weg zu der Wall-Aggression spielen können, dann bin ich nicht sicher, wie das geht, weil ich glaube, dass sie noch mehr Aces haben. Ja, wir sehen, wo es geht. Ich habe jemanden in der Chat gesagt, dass wir vier Teamen haben, aber es gibt nur...
01:58:26 Only one is literally named Strong Team, so... But here's the thing, we're here to decide on the Strongest Team. That's right. Esports Ready and Crazy Situation seem to be ready for their match-up, so I believe we will be going in shortly. The Ready Checks are going out in just a bit, and Kevin and I are drawing the map. I think it's your turn. My turn? Can you imagine in my turn? Okay. I wonder what it's going to be. When can I draw a map?
01:58:55 Let me just quickly hop on over. Okay. Leafy, do I go left or right? Uh, middle. Middle? Okay. I like this little crane game situation. Leafy, which map did you have me pick? We are going back to the desert. Are you happy with your choice, Leafy? That's actually what I was looking for, so yeah, let's go. Perfect.
01:59:22 Rook, Sie werden die nächsten Mal mit dem Crane-Game bezeichnen. Alles klar, ich werde die Zeit langsamer. All righty, wir sind beide unsere Teams bereit in Game 2, also werden wir in den Red Saints kommen. Und bei kurzem, ich meine jetzt, es ist Ihr Cue, Rook und Liffy.
01:59:44 Wir kennen diese zwei Teams schon schon. Wir haben sie schon schon gesehen. Für mich persönlich, zumindest, sieht es wie die Team zu beat auf dieser Seite der Bracket. Aber auf der anderen Seite, wir müssen uns über E-Sports-Ready sprechen, weil sie sind die Verteidiger. Sie haben hier vorhin schon auf den Top 4 auf der Fan-Fest in 2023 in London.
02:00:09 Und dann können sie nicht machen. Sie können die Tides diese Zeit wiederholen?
02:00:14 Oh, I think they can. Their cameras are out. They are G-posing, and they have selected that victory pose. They are absolutely in it for this, and I think they've been warming up through the initial rough start that they had in the qualifiers to now just really bringing a strong game in here in our semifinals. So we're going to have to see how they face down the challenges of the Sands. There's a lot to handle on this map, as we've been pointing out, but it's also one that oftentimes is just a quick sweep, much like Cloud9. They have these short...
02:00:44 I don't like sand, quite honestly. Oh yeah, because it's all grainy. It gets everywhere. Sure.
Esports Ready vs. Crazy Situation auf Red Sand
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02:01:05 So, ja, nevermind. Wenn wir in den Fight Rook haben, können wir die Brainstell zurückhaben. Oh, danke. Oh, danke. Ich nehme das Brainstell. Und es sieht aus wie wir hier haben einen interessanten Strat, als drei der Team-Mates, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die...
02:01:34 in der Träne Muzora.
02:01:48 It's a crazy situation. The Shield Wall holds, the initial assault from Esports Ready gets repelled. And as they're trying to escape, they're trying to pull back. One by one they get taken down. Yes, a trade here with the Paladin Nergo going down on the side of crazy situation. But ultimately it is Esports Ready on the run. Riscilla trying to work up to that LB once again to make more plays happen. But it's not quite enough here for the moment.
02:02:17 ... und der Fall-Up ist in der Fall.
02:02:36 They had those deaths, and even with that Limit Break, they weren't able to get any purchase, no kills directly from it. We see a lot of those buffs as well over on Esports Ready, helping to counteract that heat effect that's sweeping the arena and eating away at the player's health. Both teams now taking a second as they try to either get these buffs that are raining down from the sky or just stabilize. But already we have the Scholar down over on Crazy Situation, Alan Faye, quick to follow. Esports Ready might have stumbled, but now they are finding their feet in these sands, and they...
02:03:05 They are racing forward. They have targeted Nergo, pushing him back into the Oasis, just laying into him as they continue to push the Crystal up to that 50% marker.
02:03:16 Very solid push here from Esports already, but Briscilla going down. A little bit overextended, gets punished on the flip side. Nergo traded here in the 1-4-1, but Milk is the next one getting chugged at least for a few moments. White Major, very tanky in the sense that they can keep themselves alive a lot better than most other classes on this map.
02:03:39 Junion auf der anderen Seite hat eine Laser, alle in den Korridor sind, ein großer LB zu kommen, aber nicht ganz gut finden.
02:03:48 Das war die Momentum, die sie für den Momenten waren. Klyp ist es noch stützend. Die Situation ist stützend. Die Tides der Beppel ist in ihrer Favre, zumindest für den Moment. Die Crystal ist zurück in der Neutral-State, zumindest für den Moment, als Rucilla granss es und guckt es, zumindest für den Moment. Die Stunt-Up in der Mitte. Die Foll-Up-Damage ist da, down to 1.5 HP. Die Heels sind genug. Nein, sie sind nicht! Die Mocken geht.
02:04:11 Down goes the Monk. Monk's down on both sides, at least for the moment. But as you were saying Libby, the moment is quickly passing. Here they are fairly well matched. 45% over on Esports Ready and 48% on Crazy Situation. This swing back has been a huge effort to try to match this so that if overtime triggers, they're able to get even playing in an even playing field here. Now able to stabilize over Esports Ready took some big damage there as those limit breaks went out. They have a lot of limit breaks.
02:04:41 Indeed, die Limit Breaks kommen. Two more available here as Cliff is looking for a target. The Meteor Drive is available.
02:05:10 Es sieht aus wie ein crazyer Situation. Sie müssen zurück und regroupen, zumindest für einen Moment. Der Eizia ist zurück und zurückgegangen. Er will die Freie in nur noch einen Moment. Wenn Nergo bleibt, vielleicht kann er die Momentum sein. Und die Meteor Drive connect. Akatsuki geht runter. Der Foll-Off von Tyra-Kett ist massive. Big damage coming through. Der Tank down. Und alle auf der Runde. Rizilla in der 1v2, in der 1v2, in der 1v2 zu machen. Er hat die Damage, am besten zu sein.
02:05:39 Er ist nicht able to trade a kill, but he needs to dip out in the last few moments. The damage connects and he is taken down just as the clock hits zero. We're going into these 10 minutes of overtime Rook, but how well is this gonna go? With one member dead on eSports ready and a massive LB connecting here from Union.
02:06:00 I mean, this is an intense moment. Union having to come in, popping that limit break. They're trying to keep at least one person on the Crystal on the side of Esports Friday. But they don't want everybody just on there being sitting ducks. Tyra is dead. And with nobody on the Crystal, that's exactly what they didn't want. Esports Ready, although they were so close to matching. And this overtime has lost. And crazy situation is showing that although they might be new faces to the competition, they are definitely a team that you should be wary of.
02:06:29 Ja, was ein Nail-Biter of a match. Ja, wenn ich etwas für meine Hearthrate war, würde ich wahrscheinlich... Ja, ist es? Ja, es ist da! Es war ein Impressiv match, wirklich. Es könnte irgendwie gehen, bis zum Ende.
02:06:58 Ja, ich bin wirklich interessiert, ob es E-Sports Ready ist bereit sein, um es zu bringen, um es wieder aufzunehmen, um es zusammenzubringen für den zweiten Spiel, Spirits Unbroken. Ja, ich denke, sie sind zu bringen... Ja, go ahead. Der Hauptsache für mich war, dass die Fortschritte und die Fortschritte war mehr oder weniger durch die Majorität der Spiel, aber es war...
02:07:26 Individual moments for both teams here and there that ultimately were enough to kind of give one team an advantage and usually it came out to I don't want to call it a misposition but good picks from either team catching a member that
02:07:44 Ich glaube, es ist eine sehr schlechte Verrückung. Und dann wurde ergeriert, wurde ergeriert, wurde ergeriert und dann plötzlich alles fällt, und du hast die Crystal ein bisschen geholfen. Denn wenn wir die Schöne an den letzten Enden sehen, 48% zu 45%, das muss man, bei weitem von den Closest-Matchen wir heute haben, bei weitem. Definitiv. Und in Matches-Matchen, es ist, in der Ende des Tages, wenn beide Teams spielen perfekt, dann wird es nicht endet, oder wird es ein Tief.
Esports Ready vs. Crazy Situation auf Volcanic Heart
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02:08:10 Es braucht jemanden, der mehr Fehler macht als die anderen Team. Das ist so. Aber für den nächsten Rund, der nächste Spiel, sieht aus wie Sport Ready ist, weil wir auf der Volcanic Heart gehen wollen.
02:08:25 Interessant pick. Ich freue mich sehr, was sie machen mit dieser Map. Ich denke, beide Teams haben das Team Coordination. Ich denke, Rook und Lithy, Sie haben das auch gesehen. Sie sind extrem gut an picking out das eine Person, die nur einen kleinen Miss-Step macht und kapitalisiert auf das. Ich freue mich sehr, wie die Map spielt. Ja, wir sehen, wir sehen. Vielleicht werden die Bombs wieder entscheiden.
02:08:53 We'll see. Honestly, Volcanic Heart is one of my favorite maps, right? Because while the Paläestra offers you a good stock standard arena to really showcase your gameplay and your fighting skills and positioning skills.
02:09:10 Volcanic Heart really emphasizes your ability to coordinate around the map ethics, because if I'm looking at the kind of wide range of maps we have available to ourselves here in the tournament, I feel like the bombs on Volcanic Heart and as well, of course, the buff orbs you can pick up.
02:09:27 Feels like the map with the most impactful affix by far. And if you can work around that, and we've seen in the history of CCRC and going the years back, quite a few teams make really good use of it. You can make big plays. There are crazy turnarounds.
02:09:45 Ja, ich meine, es ist eine solche Pläne, wo die Effekte wirklich in deinem Wettbewerb funktionieren können. Und eSportsReady, wieder, wir haben gesagt, dass sie ein Team haben in viele dieser Wettbewerbs. Sie waren in CCRC. Und das ist ein Pläne, wo sie immer wieder aufhören. Es ist eine gute Pläne, auch. Ich denke, es hat eine gute Länge, die Interruptive Effekte. Es gibt dir eine Chance, dass du das wiederholst. Und auch wenn es nicht ganz gut geht, in der ersten Portion ist, es ist eine große Abilität zu pushen.
02:10:15 und wirklich gewinnen die Overtime Struggles. Und ein guter Koffer, in die Parts dieser Map, wo die Körnern ein bisschen mehr Troublesome hier oder da. Wir werden sehen, aber Esport ist bereit. Ich denke, sie sind bereit, um ihre Strategie zu bringen. Und ich denke, mit dem Red Mage und dem Dive Capabilität, dass Rizilla und Akkad haben, wird es gut für sie sein.
02:10:37 Ja, gut, es ist Zeit für den Spiel, 15 Sekunden bevor die Tür öffnen, also ... es geht zu dir, Ruck & Liffy.
02:10:47 I would go as far and say this match is heating up, Rook. What do you think? It's getting a little hot in here. You know, I can definitely feel it, but I think that's what we want, especially as we push closer to the finals. Both of the teams diving into the fray immediately. They are not put off. They are ready into that fire. Now, as they are getting ready to clash here over the crystal.
02:11:10 We'll see on our side. We've got a bit of dodging around the corners, a bit of hiding and playing on this runway to get the extra speed boost down the middle as they leap in some of those CC effects going out. Tyra falling prey to them, crying to.