ALGS Year 4 Pro League ! Match Day 9 ! NA ! Groups B & C ! Apex Legends
ALGS NA: Optic, Nine Lies & Complexity im Fokus des spannenden 9. Spieltags
Am ALGS Year 4 Pro League Match Day 9 NA kämpfen Teams um wichtige Punkte für die Regional Finals und gegen den Abstieg. Optic Gaming steht unter Druck, Nine Lies will überraschen, und Complexity überzeugt mit Teamwork. Strategische Map-Rotationen und Teamdynamiken prägen den Spieltag, mit Fokus auf frühe Konfrontationen und Zonenrotationen.
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Einleitung und Überblick über den ALGS Year 4 Pro League Match Day 9 NA
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00:05:47 Wir sehen uns nicht nur, wer wir sehen, in den Region Finals, aber auch, welche Teams starten zu solidify ihren Spots in den Split-One Playoffs. Mia war sehr close, und ich expect NA will be, als auch. So, let's get things started. I am your host, Glitter.
00:06:09 I'm joined by our incredible casters, Tiff and Zephyr. Tiff, another region, another final matchday. Are you ready to see what NA brings?
00:06:20 I'm very ready to see what they bring to the table, but also equally sad because it is relegation day and there's a lot of heavy hitting names that are down there on the line and only time will tell if they can fight their way out of it. It's definitely going to be an important day for a lot of our teams here today. We focus on the bubble a lot in EMEA Zephyr and NA is arguably closer with multiple ties in that top 20 area. So are you ready to see who can fight for it the hardest?
00:06:48 Oh, wenn es um die Fyton geht, wird es auch eine Tooth-in-Nail für diese Röster sein. Weil, wie Tiff war, es nicht nur Relegation ist, sondern auch möglicherweise zu den Regional Finals. Und wenn wir über die Mathematik haben, ist es so stark als es geht.
00:07:05 I cannot wait to see what's going on because after the chaos we saw in EMEA, I think NA is going to be fantastic. And I mentioned the top 20 being close. We'll start things off by taking a look at those standings so you guys at home can see exactly where all of our teams currently are heading into this final day. You can see only one team has nailed down their spot in those split one playoffs. That is dark zero at 106 points. And then as we move down from there, that's when you start to see.
00:07:33 Just how close these standings are, Tiff. Yeah, it's pretty interesting, right? North America has the most land spots at 12, but so many teams are on the cusp of trying to basically get in. So from the outside looking in, you've got Legacy, Optic, Xset.
00:07:51 We are talking about a team that has won regular splits and it started to look like yesterday things were kind of clicking and it took Tell that final game, Match 6, for the win to come through. Can they carry on that momentum? Well, we'll have to keep our eyes on that. And Legacy Man, that was tough, right? They started off their split contesting Moist at Echo and look at the differentiating placements between those. Moist finds themselves comfortably in second. Yeah, and you can see the rest of the stand is here.
00:08:21 Before we get to those playoffs, those efforts will be Regional Finals Top 20, so we'll be looking at that bubble a lot. We focus on it in EMEA as well, and things aren't getting any more separate the further down we go. We're still at ties at 21st and 22nd. The fact that we're still sitting at literally...
00:08:37 Less than three points that separate what is you going to regional finals and potentially either sticking around for split two or on your way down to the pro league qualifiers is absurd. And the fact that teams like Meat Lovers, Sentinels, FaZe and more are struggling to get past that hill is the reason why today is more important than most. And you can also see that we've got two of those teams that have been relegated to PLQ. We'll have a few more.
00:09:06 Wir sehen uns beim nächsten Mal.
00:09:33 down there below Sentinels all of these teams wanting to push their way into the top 20 and considering which teams aren't playing today nothing's actually out of the realm of possibility yet there are opportunities for these squads to put themselves in a position to move up the leaderboard and continue on another week in the competition so we're gonna have to be paying attention to a lot of different things that are going on here today
Teams im Fokus: Optic Gaming, Nine Lies und Complexity
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00:10:02 All sorts of storylines. But you know, every single time we have a show, we like to focus down on some specific teams, ones that we want to be keeping our eyes on here today. So it's time for our ones to watch. We've got great choices. We've got Optic Gaming, Nine Lies and Complexity. And I'm going to be starting things off with Optic Gaming because in the nicest way possible, they are a team that we had expected a lot out of this season. I mean, dropped Skittle Cakes and knocked all three players, none of whom...
00:10:31 und das ist, wenn die gleichen Gruppen auf jeden Fall sind. Jetzt möchte ich sagen, dass Match Days 3 und 7 waren tatsächlich ein bisschen ihrer Schmerzen und das ist, wenn diese gleichen Gruppen waren gegen sich.
00:10:58 So this will be an opportunity for them to really try and bring it back as this was clearly their most difficult matchup amongst all of the groups. One being Preseason 21, being after. Maybe they've had enough time to kind of try and adjust to this new meta now that we've had a little bit of time here. They're currently 18th in kills and 13th in placement points. But once again, that puts them somewhere in the middle when we know that they are capable of...
00:11:22 So much more. And I do want to shout out the fact that we did see a tweet from Drops, though, after our EMEA region replying to Hackus saying, good clutch up, now it's our turn. So Optic do know that today is going to be make or break for them, which is why I want to be keeping my eyes on what they are able to manage here today. But Zephyr, I want to hear from you and your thoughts on your team.
00:11:44 I like that you bring up the clutch up, because ultimately that's something that I've been talking about regarding EMEA and now going into NA, especially given how tight things are. For nine lives in total, it's not the most explosive pick, but there's a reason why they're my ones to watch. We talk about this most recent match day, and to be honest, it's nothing too incredible. They finish ninth, but it's what's deeper inside it that is something I want to focus on.
00:12:13 in one of their final games here we see Nine Lies go from what was bottom of the barrel sitting at roughly 10 points to an eclipsing 23 an explosive KP filled game shot them through the rankings and pushed them all the way to 9th overall here as a result when we pop back on over to those overall standings that
00:12:36 Das war genug Punkte zu eclipsen 25% von der overallen Punkte und dann in den 20en, aus der Relegation und in die Regional Finale. So, die LESSON? Das kann alles passieren. Und für jeden Team, da ist immer eine Möglichkeit.
00:12:55 You're not wrong. Look, there is always an opportunity. And if Monsoon finds a Sentinel, well, there's even going to be more opportunities. So my one to watch is going to be none other than Complexity. And I just want to go ahead and give you a little bit of a reason why. Can we just roll the clips? Because they're crazy.
00:13:27 Ich bin so gut! Ich habe 8 Kills!
00:14:15 Ich weiß nicht, was ich mehr mehr kann tun. Monsoon plus Sentinel, Complexity hat sich jetzt zu sehen. Let's go ahead and look at der Performance von Matchday No. 7, in welchem sie die Wünschte. World's Edge, wenn du nur das ...
00:14:31 Bis zum nächsten Mal.
00:14:53 mit Names wie Funk, Zero, Jen Burton, Timmy. Er ist sechs games von Funk und sechs Eliminations entfernt, mit 8,400 damage Differential. Ich weiß nicht, ob das ist, in part zu ihm, sitzen auf den Sentinel und gründen, weil manchmal, wenn du Senti auf die Senti in das Early-Game wirst, dann wird ein Headshot für 156. So, wenn du nicht aufhören, ich weiß, was du mit deinem Leben machst.
00:15:18 I'm so glad that you chose Complexity 2 because they were somebody that we couldn't stop.
00:15:26 to talk to Monsoon after their phenomenal performance just to see what was going on. What were the vibes? How were they feeling? He was absolutely elated. And all of that was done without Kim Chi, okay? That's with a fill-in roster for the day, and you can still perform like that. It just shows just how much complexity is really coming together as a team. They're starting to find their groove.
00:15:51 Also shows just how important the slaying power is. And we even saw this earlier on in the day when it comes to the EMEA region. We saw Lesite de France having a phenomenal performance. A lot of that kill heavy. And they were just kind of steamrolling through these teams and saw what a difference that made for them on the leaderboard. And that's what we're going to be focusing on here today. Because a lot of these teams that are towards the bubble need to make a push like that. Whether that's going for the slaying power or trying to be consistent in placement points.
00:16:20 They need to bring that slang power with its effort. They need to get every single point on the board here today if they want to set themselves up well for regional finals. Of course. And we'll be doing our best as we make our way through the broadcast to keep you guys updated as quickly as we can regarding where those points end up performing for the overall. Because for most of these teams, even those in relegation, even two or three points is enough to switch up. In EMEA today, we saw teams leap from relegation into regional finals, spelling out.
00:16:50 was der Chance zu gehen.
Matchbeginn und Strategische Überlegungen
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00:16:55 Oh man, it's going to be a lot for us to be keeping our eyes on. We'll also have an opportunity once we start getting into our matches to start discussing whether we're going to see any contests, where our zones are going to be shifting, and how that could potentially impact some of our squads. Dark Zero, one of those teams, or the only team that's currently now solidified their spot in those playoffs, being a trials landing squad. And we've seen if you're far away and you end up going through trials in Skyhook and you have it for free to yourself.
00:17:22 You can get a lot of loot and get your shields even up really nicely before you even get into some of those first circles. But then they'll have to go through the likes of EEC, who's one of those teams that's on the bubble. And you know, they're going to be pushing really hard to try and get some points on the board. There's so many different ways to look at the storylines that we have here today, Tiff. And there's just a lot on the line for these squads. Yeah, I find it really interesting that you bring up EEC. We briefly mentioned them earlier, a team that is on the cusp for relegation. But you look at their historical performance.
00:17:52 They're a team that has won a match day. And more specifically, in this matchup, groups B and C. So what do we need to get moving forward? Is it too little, too late? Can they repeat that? Because if they do have a day where they go to take at least a top three, they will save themselves from relegation.
00:18:11 Yeah, we've seen just how one big performance can absolutely change the pace of the games for our squads here. But match number one seems like it should be about ready to get underway, which means Tiff and Zephyr, it's time to kick off NA. Let's do it.
00:18:27 We had so much fun in EMEA, and we want to carry that forward to North America. We've got a few more things to talk about, Zephyr. More importantly, that map rotation of what we're going to be starting some things off of, that tried and true World's Edge. You know, we had a good time earlier in EMEA, some interesting zones. A couple of interesting zones, notably out towards the Northeast, where our friends and foes didn't get the opportunity to play. Hopefully this time around, maybe we show off a little bit of Lava Siphon, but...
00:18:55 Das könnte, das könnte ein paar Händen von individuellen. Es könnte wirklich. Aber World's Edge, das Trieden 2-Favorite. Und ich war zuvor, dass die Teams so stark auf Stormpoint sind, sie müssen besser auf World's Edge werden. Und dann, es ändert sich so, auf diese Zeit, Season 20...
00:19:15 It's just been very interesting to see all of our teams take scrims, you know, kind of seriously, working on their limit testing and going through, putting in the hours work. But when we kick back on over to Storm Point for the latter half, we'll touch on it then. But we did see the map rotation, and I'd love to see the historical circles for North America and World's Edge in particular by Map Day, because some of those things have been interesting enough. I tweeted out a...
00:19:39 Und es war all die Circles, die wir gesehen haben, von Season 19 und Season 20. Und notably, viele POIs haben sich selbst empty. Aber als Sie sich sehen, Match Day 1, Match Day 2, es ist wie, oh, wir nicht mehr wollen, Skyhook. Aber wait, was passiert, Zephyr? Weil in EMEA, alles ging Skyhook. Aber es ist noch relativ empty für Nordamerika.
00:20:00 Ja, ganz literally für die Leute, wir hatten sechs Matchday finishes in Skyhook, mit nur einem in Nordamerika in Nordamerika. Ich will sagen, in comparison mit den anderen Zonen, es ist viel mehr balanced, wenn es zu N.A. Across die Region, als ein whole, alles hat sich in der Nähe gewonnen. So, no elective Standout, selbst wenn Dark Zero nicht in den Favors und Trials getötet.
00:20:30 But as we look at our points of interest today, or POI for short, Landmarks, if you find yourself over in the APAC North Region, the only potential contest that we will be witnessing is going to be Temper and Empire over at Countdown Exet, though, who needs a strong day claiming the entirety of Monument and Fragment, which should set themselves up for zones that should they rotate to the north, maybe go above Survey Camp or even towards Climatizer, which we've gotten few.
00:20:59 und far between, but for the ones that even decide to pull down south. It's a central position. That's as simple as it gets. You've got the entirety to yourself, and you've got the quickest rotates of any other roster, and the same can notably see set for Optic here. It's not quite as large, but for a team that everyone has been expecting to perform, with a legacy to uphold, especially after their recent performance at Champs, they've got no excuses coming out of Harvester.
00:21:26 Ja, es wird wirklich interessant sehen, viel auf der Linie für die Team zu sehen. Und ich weiß Glitter und Crew haben es gut gemacht, aber es ist nur ein Zeitpunkt, weil mit sechs Games stehen, in deinem Weg, um sich in die beste Situation für die Regionale Finale zu sein, nicht zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein.
00:21:51 Ja, wir hatten die Chance zu sprechen mit Graceful heute, und er hat gesagt, es ist kein Sweat, aber für jeden dieser anderen Spieler, es ist definitiv ein Tall Drink of Water. Als wir durch den Legend Select...
00:22:06 I'd imagine we're going to witness a lot more of the same Caustic, Bloodhounds, Bangalores for Disguised, if you're keeping an eye on them, which after their really solid performance in yesterday's group matchup, it's going to be Designful locking in that Wraith, which I, for one, big fan of Wraith. Does it make sense here in the meta? Doesn't matter. It's all about how you use it and Design's killing it. So let's get ready for match number one.
00:22:33 And you've got choices to behold, and Wraith can be easily one of them. Reject Winity over in A-Pack North, just one utilizing the Wraith as a pickup. So it is clearly viable as an option with its expedient rotations. And yes, some of those extra buffs that have come alongside it regarding Season 20. Is it completely meta? The average polls say no. But is it winnable? More than. More than.
00:22:59 Oh, 100%. I mean, look, Disguide's got their best performance, I think, that they've had throughout the entire split yesterday, and they've been inching their way closer and closer into that top 12, and they can put themselves even closer. And as we look at it, Empire landing, no name. Interesting. Okay, so optimally, what could have been this start early against Depfer will now switch it up here instead by Luda caught out alone.
Frühe Spielphasen und Teamdynamiken auf World's Edge
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00:23:28 That's a quick pick-up. Sentinels can't catch a break at this point, man. I mean, that's capitalizing off the jump. I mean, you know for a fact Sentinels have been spacing out this early drop. And for a team that needs to catch on up, Empire currently set out in 26th right now. Every single point counts. And it's quite interesting, right? Because...
00:23:54 I just have to take a moment. Because Glitter earlier was like, will this region do something crazy? And to me, switching up your drop spot, electing to land on a split Sentinels is 100%. That you can see Empire rotating out towards Overlook. We get a good bit of where that first circle is going. And to no shock, we are going down to Stax. Now with that circle kind of circumventing the other first zone, a lot of teams are going to look to position themselves.
00:24:22 Stacks, as opposed to Big Mod, in which we've seen endings pull both ways. I've seen it end on the building kind of just northeast of that ring console down in Stacks, so moist looking like they've got some nice priority.
00:24:34 Solid start for them, of course, but this can be highly contested in terms of the setup. Optimally, you can get at least 12 teams contesting within the major stacks area, which allows for a lot more pressure than what you could be potentially used to in some of these end zones here. And also, of course, on the opposite side of things, more real estate for some of those later rotating teams. So I would say optimally a great start for any one of our rosters if they are speedy enough on the rotations. For a team like Ape Game, they're quick enough to run away.
00:25:04 They are quick enough to get to Blue Evos as well and carry on forward. Now, Zephyr, something that we witnessed during our EMEA broadcast is how quickly a lot of our teams were falling. We would go into kind of round two with maybe anywhere from 12 to 16 teams where even some of the starting games on World's Edge looked similar to scrims. Do you think we will have a lot more teams up towards the endgame here, specifically since we're not even getting that contest?
00:25:30 Oh, absolutely. I think in terms of the difference of play optimally from North America, that it has been a lot slower of a region, especially when we talk about split one as a whole here. So I don't think it particularly changes in any which given way going into our final match day here. You have a lot of the same kind of strong teams oriented to play this one out just as similarly. And that's going to in itself slow down how this works out here. But hey.
00:25:58 Faze, they're making good on some of those early claims. They're moving just as quickly as we would expect straight into mod to start things off.
00:26:05 You know, it's not bad, right? If you're landing Geyser, it's just a quick shout right through that choke point to move into big mod. There's an Evo cache nearby. You already have the armor benefit there. But for teams that are making their rotation still, it's going to be Elevate running into Temper near this tunnel on the outskirts. But with a rolling thunder to kind of maybe get out of dodge, the fight turns more into a stalemate. Maybe potentially that armor check. Because if you go here early on, think of all the teams that are going to be making...
00:26:35 der Weg von den Norden, für Ring Informationen oder vielleicht sogar ein Map-Scan. Es wird ein bisschen schwerer. Wir sehen uns die Dissuade-Direktion, auch von der Play. Es ist ja, ein Rolling Thunder, aber es ist ja nicht der Full-Respekt. Du hast zwei Mitglied auf dem Opposite-Side. Optimisch, es endet in der N, aber es kommt nicht nur an Elevatorn, sondern an Dark Zeros, aber auch.
00:27:01 Interesting, as Dark Zero kind of drops down from Skyhook, hitting that rotation through Landslide, which does offer Ring Console to get that information on where to go. Now shouts to Elevate for not actually.
00:27:13 Pushing fully through that tunnel, noticing that there is another team on the opposite side. It's not in our best interest. But for Disguised, let me just tell you, Timmy went absolutely nuclear in some of those games yesterday, and I would love to see them continue that momentum forward. But just out here north by the Survey Beacon design, putting that Wraith to good use. Now we just have to keep an eye on him. Also, that's one of my favorite skins, by the way. That's solid.
00:27:42 100%. See this? Oh. Bit of return on the end. Don't know if that's going to be the optimal angle that they want, but it's just enough to promote rotation if necessary. It does seem, though, that for Disguise, they've kind of laid stake and claim to this entire POI at this point here, so it's unnecessary entirely for Timmy. Maybe had a drop come through off of that zip, it could have been a potential chance for them. Even still, though, I like the aggression. You know, most...
00:28:07 especially when it does come to this right seer as this kind of lowly portal late game get me into a better spot but you can make some really optimal moves especially for forming some of these additional angles to give your team advantages especially in the early game when most of these fights are just kind of straight 3v3s
00:28:24 Well, it allows you to essentially scout out ahead. With that portal, you scout to a position. Maybe you take some shots. You can grab an easy knock. It allows you to get your team back up there. Or hey, no, if it doesn't go properly, you just pop back into the portal and say, all right, bye. My bad. Try again later. Aw, man, sorry.
00:28:44 I thought this was going to be free. Guess not. Except though, backside of big mod. Looks like Furia has set themselves up. Now, also speaking of how yesterday performances was for teams that need to have those moments, his Watson. Look, definitely back in full form is Furia. But that endgame maneuver for Watson in particular, I was screaming. I've been waiting for the Furia comeback since we saw them in the early match day too, where they were putting up the most damage differential out of the entire life.
00:29:13 Oh, no! Deja vu.
00:29:30 We were talking about this specifically yesterday in North America. The zone where 90% of the teams were playing from Checkpoint. And then it bounces to Seto. Look at this over the mountain into Lava Siphon. And Ape Gang just funneling through the tunnel to their demise. Which makes even where Meat Lovers are playing from, just on that kind of outside of launch site, respectable. Where are they going to walk through? Are they going to walk in and try to mirror Ape Gang? Look for that early KP to...
00:29:59 This is something that, even with now the close not completely and through, that any one of these teams has a single idea about. And to be fair, looking at that zone, I would not either. And I'll be honest, I swear, if I see a single one of you on Twitter saying, oh, I knew that. I knew that. I'm going to fight you. No, I was wrong. 100% wrong. I was like, no, it's pull into stacks. It's that south building and now meet.
00:30:28 Well, I like where Meat's chilling. Oh my gosh. That's a hard building to hold though. It really is. I call it the deck building. Oh yeah, completely. I mean, that's literally an open air tomb here for most rosters. But maybe potentially the kind of slowly slow rotations will give them the opportunity to out survive this kind of positioning. Because here's the thing. You're going to get so many rosters trying to fight their way out of the east. It's going to be a bloodbath.
00:30:58 That is to put it lightly. And this goes to show you the importance of if you have the capability to play for that ring three information similar to what meat has done, it allows them to put themselves in the best position. Now there are teams that are still making their way into zone. I would imagine dark zero is going to have the opportunity because they're still up north. They never left kind of to go to zone just yet. You have.
00:31:26 To get that information. I'm keeping my eyes on Optic. You can see EEC out in the distance towards Lava Siphon, even Elevate. Now granted, that ring console that will typically spawn in Lava Siphon, I would imagine that teams are gonna look to try and gatekeep that a little bit. If it's there, I can't necessarily see right now. I'm just the odds. It's always there.
00:31:47 We'll see how it ends up, but this particular position is the one that I want to talk about. Getting up to this height on Lava Siphon and being the sole remaining team to compete for that position over towards the east. That can be really good.
00:32:01 for your late-game exchanges here, especially if our zone continues to cater down to where we saw Meat Lovers before. That level of high ground can provide an advantage here, and you can see it's currently a bit of a mix-up. Elevate, of course, EEC in play, and now Dark Zero coming up right behind Sentinels just after they get these revives back up. They're potentially on their way out.
00:32:23 We just lost over sleepers in the midst RK and kind of locking in some of those perks and just a nade spam forward trying to hold out dark zero the best that they can but with the ring at the back and the double time activating throwing you straight into the rock
00:32:41 It is a tough position to maneuver around, and you've got teams like EEC that are going to be the benefactors of this skirmage between Sentinels and DZ. Trades on both sides. EEC, they're using this as a time to... No, we're rotating. We're just gonna leave the chaos and the choke alone.
00:32:57 Ich liebe das von EC, sie hat Position early in die Zone, und sie sagen, wir haben Zeit, wir haben Zeit, wir sind gut, wir haben Zeit, wir haben Spaß, wir haben uns gut, wir haben uns nicht, wir haben uns recht, wir können uns erstellen, wir können uns erstellen K.P. hier. Für Exett, sie haben die FURTHEST DISTANCE zu cover, wir sehen, wie sie planen diese wilde Rotation.
00:33:27 There's another one of them can break that I Just get in three skin three a lot of barrels here We move away some me the other box inside careful. They're popping dog Okay, we should start moving that we just keep moving keep moving keep moving get out of this get out of this one They're just killing barrels for no reason Yep It sells on me RV looks open. I'm on scan RVs just open
00:33:58 Okay, I'm gonna shot it back. Yeah, look you again They wasted blood on the rotate in we could just play for this for free They're close close close We need to kill the team. Yeah, Berlin, I'm gonna play inside trailer. Yep Yep, okay
00:34:25 He's in the corner. No skin, no skin.
Chaos in der Endzone und Disguised sichert sich den Sieg
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00:34:29 I'm smoking that I'm smoking that we didn't fight in West, okay
00:34:58 We got cross-voted. I can't play here.
00:35:07 Das ist nicht okay. Der Collapse auf dieser Seite des Zones wird nicht ermöglichen X-Set zu leben. X-Set fallen, Legacy fallen, Moist fallen, Dark Zero verlieren Jen Burton und sind jetzt ein Duo. Aber wenn sie ihre Brüder entfernen können, um die Brüder zu gehen, die Optik hat so ein Chokehold auf. Aber die Arbeit ist nicht fertig. Faze haben in den Lowgrounden genommen. Ja, sie haben nicht die Armour, aber was sie haben, ist alles...
00:35:35 der Spieler auf. Die Sentinels können nicht ein Brechen. Sie bekommen ein bisschen Reprieve nach DZ-Move. Und jetzt sind wir einfach über den DZ-Move. 5 Hostiles detected hier. Eine Wealthe von Potenzial-Fighting zu passieren für Sentinels. Sie haben ihre besten Defense gemacht, aber in der Smoke, sie finden ihre Cover für RKN. Ist das Stick?
00:35:53 To behold here, as Empire goes down, EEC on the outside elevates, still in similar positions for the Sentinels. From being punished and choked to now over in the building, this has been the come up of a lifetime. Furia went down earlier in the midst of the chaos and, well, now Ape Gang, they went into the tunnel early on thinking we were pulling to stacks and we're trying to make an exit for the...
00:36:21 ... oder Settinels für das matter.
00:36:46 The Sentinel Fish, a wild variant, but down below they'll swim through the deeps to hopefully find something and instead they'll find predators galore here stuck behind the pillar. They'll start with some great damage though.
00:36:59 Hey, look, if you're gonna do it, you gotta do it to it. I see Luda down in the midst just trying to reposition, and DZ eventually swings straight on to FaZe, which pushes them into the line of sight from Complexity. Luda able to capitalize on a few of those, and it's AlonePanders trying so hard to find any bit of placement points at the matter for seven eliminations on Sentinels. Where are the Sentinel haters at now?
00:37:26 Taking advantage of what might be the next elimination for them. Panders now done and dusted. 8 KP for this roster ballooning their scoreline. Even if they're to go down now, they're putting up point totals that are going to be far and beyond the rest here. For Disguise though, they're more than happy to shoot a different kind of fish in a barrel. A fish in a box, a death, a casket, a basket, and potentially, yes, the end of the meat lovers. Perfect. Zephyr's a rapper now, and we're continuing on the push straight into meat.
00:37:55 They have been torched down to seven squads. DSG looking so freaking good based off their momentum. You know, this is the team that used to only get a win in game number six. And, you know, the growth is here.
00:38:10 Ich weiß, was die Growth ist hier? Ich weiß, was we put auf diese Teams mit diesen Spellen haben. Wir müssen einen anderen Weg finden. Für 9 Lies haben sie ein guter Pick-Up thus far. Aber es ist eine Herausforderung für unsere Top-8-Roster, das von Elevate hier. Dynastie will, surprisingly, machen ihre Weg aus. Successfully. Over, across the Wall. Hopefully, nicht unten. Okay, unten unten.
00:38:36 Look, it's a pretty gross zone, and it does have to be played from the low ground. And we will have to keep moving forward, not in here. And sure, there's a little bit of a replicator in front of you, but it's not going to offer much reprieve. DSG, they're going to be your heavy hitters down below. Sentinels on the ground as well. EEC start their rotation in. Well, to be frank, Optic has to jump.
00:39:02 I really like this position from Disguised at the end of the day. It's going to be them who find that next elimination onto Nine Lies. That clears out their backside completely here. The rest of our rosters except for Elevate, they're kind of playing around this bridge area all to drop here shortly. RKN looking a little like trolls under the bridge. They need to keep very aware that optic.
00:39:27 Das ist immaculat.
00:39:56 von Optik hier zu finden, wo es nichts gibt, zu nehmen, zu nehmen, zu nehmen, und zu nehmen es weg. Es ist noch nicht so, wie die finalen Momente für sie, aber sogar die Single Position ist genug hier. Ja, es ist sicher, dass es das Drop auf E.E.C. ist, und mehr importantly, die Sentinels, die hier in nur einen Moment sind.
00:40:23 It's tough, right? Drop doesn't have ult. I don't see any ult excels. Maybe we can get one grabbed, but they likely won't have that. Probably not going to have caustic ult for endgame as well. So you start thinking about your pathing because you're going to be one of the first teams required to move. Putting pressure straight towards Sentinels who are going to go straight into the open here. And that'll be tough.
00:40:43 Sie müssen wirklich auf Bangalore betrachten, aber die Sache ist, ich bin sicher, dass sie durch die Skans wissen, dass E.E.C. die E.E.C. unter dem, wartet, um sie in den Barrel. Die Sentinels machen die Bewegung, die sie tun müssen, über die Rock, um das Distanz zu machen. Jetzt mit Opta, um E.E.C., die nächsten zu gehen. Die Sentinels sollte sehr schnell gehen, und es sollte Disguised kommen, um ihn zu cleanen.
00:41:06 EEC, EEC grabs a knock as well. Sentinels claiming some. Optic, the first team to fall in the endgame. And now it allows Sentinels to try and put some pressure onto EEC. But RKN, we've got to hit those shots. He's painting outlines. EEC falls because Disguise gets into the mix. And now you've got Enemy on the Caustic. Barrel crawling forward. A Wraith play in the hands of Designful. He portals back. Oh, it's just the start.
00:41:33 Tim 8's down on the other end. From the other side of Zone, though, a solid rotation finds Disguised coming out on top of it all. Look, they're not just your Game 6 winners. They came here to play. They had such a journey to get to Champs when it came to that LAN, and look, they want to do it again. I gotta give credit where it's due. Disguised.
00:41:57 ...verfektion in terms of delivering some of those final punches. Even with Sentinels turning the tides there, what was expected to be potentially a rotation in, some damage down, even a little bit of a return on them, that could have put them in worse wear. They slowed their roll, they stopped what they were doing, let the fights collapse.
00:42:17 at some point picked up that final KP, but in the end, we're in such a good place of health that it truly was a raw 3v3 between the two rosters.
00:42:28 It really was. And I love how we took the time at the start of map number one to kind of talk about Designful on Wraith. And then he goes on to put on a performance like this, showcasing why it just works so well for their team legend composition. The synergizing of it, everything is working to perfection. And it was working for Reject Winity in APAC North as well. It's to no avail. Of course, it's going to work here. I don't know.
Analyse von Spiel 1 und Ausblick auf die folgenden Matches
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00:42:53 I like the fact that we get to see the aggressive tendencies of Wraith more than anything that kind of portal play that is something that can
00:43:04 Es ist ein sehr guter LOS-Analysis, zu sehen, wo diese Teams sind, wo die Rest of Disguised ist, ist ein sehr guter Weg, das Wraith-Option. So, hopefully, als wir unser Weg in Games 2 und 3 haben wir ein bisschen mehr von das.
00:43:25 Das ist absurd.
00:43:54 von 9 Lies, zu Eeveelution, zu Meatlovers. Some of our most bottom oriented roster down in our last 10 placements are showing up today where it counts. On the first game they continue to lead and in their stead we see rosters like Hackset, Moist, Furia, Complexity with little to nothing.
00:44:17 It's so hard to see this because we know it was that zone pool, right? Not having Ring 3 information allows you to go early deep into stacks and have the longest rotation and all of these teams collapsing upon themselves. It's pretty much why we don't see too much going on. But let's go ahead and pull up some stats from match number one comparing Disguised to Sentinels, both hitting those double digit eliminations and assists and the damage about 858 different.
00:44:47 zwischen 1st und 2nd place. Und die große Sache ist, dass das Dramatische Differenzial und Kill Differenzial wirklich kommt zu der finalen Kampf. Disgüse zu bekommen, das Final Pickup zu bekommen, und als ein Resultat, die Balloon die NUMBER sind, fast das gleiche NUMBER von Sentinels zu nehmen. Hat das Flipped der anderen Weg gemacht hat, wir hätten ein sehr einfaches Eben matchup.
00:45:10 It was a wild matchup for map number one. And if that's what's in store for our six game series today to completely finish off our regular season, let the circle pull odds be ever in your favor. We're going to cut to a quick break. And when we come back, you'll see map number two.
00:47:02 We're match number one. Now in the books for NA.
00:47:08 Das war eine doozy. Das Zone, Zephyr, war painful, wie du gesagt hast, bevor wir nach dem break waren. Wir haben alle geguckt, die Big Mod und Stacks und dann die Mass Exodus zu versuchen, wo es eigentlich war. Und das ist auch immer mehr so, dass Teams wie Sentinels, Optic und Disguised sind zu kämpfen und arbeiten und arbeiten ihre Weg in eine gewisse Position. Denn für die meisten unserer Rosters, sie...
00:47:36 Stuck on the other side of nothing.
00:48:03 Es ist wirklich so schlecht, als es hätte es geschafft. Ich bin gespannt, was es in den Sentinels gibt es heute. Denn bei 21st mit 40 points ist das nicht der typische Erfahrung zu sehen, auf ein Day 9.
Match 2: Frühe Konfrontationen und Zonenrotationen
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00:48:32 This time around, they'll probably just exist in Overlook a little bit more safely. And we'll see what the rest of the teams have in store for us, as well as we are starting to get loaded in for match number two. And also, we'll see if a lot of the teams that we saw at the bottom, which are some of our top teams overall, are able to bring it back. But before we do that, it's time to start looking at this contest. Temper going out early last time around. They don't want to repeat that. This is crazy.
00:49:01 All right, trying to get some angles here on behalf of Temper Advent.
00:49:17 Coming up outside of the boxes though, it is a struggle and a half here. I like Avexi's position on the stairwell.
00:49:43 Playing off of the heady, able to find Audubon there, but cloaked in spades are more than healthy to come through and send these boys home in 20th.
00:49:54 Well fought by Temper. And now they'll own Countdown for a little bit here. I'll have to see if anybody tries to peek around. That works in their favor to an extent here too. We get to take a look at this zone now. Nine Lies, Ape Gang, Oversleepers, DZ, EEC. Everybody probably very excited about the opportunity that has now presented itself. This is absolutely huge. Once again, for some of our bottomed out rosters here.
00:50:21 They've got first pickings. And more notably than that, Landslide, Countdown, and Fissure all have Scan available here. So they will not only get that early information, but even if they're able to stay there, they'll be able to find potentially more regarding our Zone 3. The one misnomer, it is going to be Optic. Already arriving to the edge of that Lava Fissure might be tailing tail against Ape Gang.
00:50:46 So they saw where it was going to go and they hightailed straight out of Harvester to try and get in there nice and early. They don't want to be caught in another one of those aggressive zone shift situations if they can prevent it. We're seeing Furia here doing a little bit of damage onto Legacy. Backing off though, they don't want to take such an early engagement as we now look back at Optic who have moved in and claimed this building here on the...
00:51:15 That's an aggressive flying from Complexity? They're lucky it's early, but it's still going to come at the cost of a little bit of healthier. Lou, he's got to find somewhere to go. Skittlecake's taking advantage, and that is almost immediately picked up and returned there. Monsoon left as a solo dolo member at Optic. They say, well, with a Digi in hand and a quick master for two, we'll send you out in the smoke.
00:51:43 Optic Gaming are not messing around. They saw an opportunity to clear out Complexity. Had a little bit of help with some Crossfire there, but not allowing Complexity to even try to get a little bit of real estate in Lava Fissure. So that's huge as far as keeping people away from Optic's position for now. Checking back in with Furia as well. We've seen some Madness taking some damage here.
00:52:10 Looks like they are not safe from whatever engagement we saw them going back and forth with before.
00:52:18 Really taking their time here, holding things out fairly, I would say, I mean, not aggressively, but just really tempered in terms of the expectations. They'll finally pull the trigger. Keon taking to the skies here on this Valkyrie. A little bit of that extra height in play. And they'll get the information that goes alongside it. But in the end, it is the complete removal from that fight for both parties here. And for Furia, it's the start of a larger rotation at hand.
00:52:49 Definitely a safe play from them starting to make that movement now. We also saw in the background of Illusion taking that balloon and going for their rotation as well as we check in while they hit this scan, get themselves some more information as well as those additional EVO points.
00:53:05 So this will be a nice little stopping point here for your Reese and Co. And they have a little bit of an opportunity to get the loot right now. They're right on the edge of that next circle so they can kind of take their time and play this one slow.
00:53:21 It is a question, though, especially with so many of our teams starting to show face. We talk about Dark Zero. They've made their quick rotation, but I do want to point out some of that northern countdown skyhook ends. If our zone is to kind of favor where we're stereotypically looking at right there on the outskirts of Lava Fissure in between that and countdown.
00:53:39 Teams are setting themselves up for that nice sliding out of countdown. Squads like Elevate and more here and potentially Dark Zero actually getting maybe a little bit of a further position in zone if they can land a drop. Great angle for Dark Zero here. Putting in some work with that nemesis.
00:54:02 They're going to try and hold this edge building for as long as possible, but I believe it's Elevate that's trying to wrap around on the western edge of this circle. You can see them off in the distance looking to move in, and they're also existing right next to so many of these other teams trying to hold down position in Lava Fishery. Like you're saying, Zephyr, you can see how many squads are anticipating where it's going to go. I need to know where it goes next. I can't after the first match.
00:54:31 I don't know anything anymore. We're all struggling behind the scenes here. We place our bets, but we cry just as much the same. And the crazy thing is, for teams like Furia, Legacy, Moist, SSG, some of these harder-hitting rosters who are a little bit quicker, doesn't quite... I won't say it's as bad, but it is pretty nasty that it is nowhere within Lava Fissure.
00:54:58 They have countdown all to themselves. Not for long. Everyone's going to start moving in, but Xset at least have found themselves an early spot in that next one. You see Sentinels flying in on the map and SSG right on that northern cusp of the next ring as well. So a few teams will be safe, but will those teams that planned for Lava Fisher start trying to make a move earlier? Will they still play it? Because they're not that far off from where it did shift to, like you were saying.
00:55:25 This is really hard, too, because Countdown in literally half a second here is about to fill up with a lot of great teams holding the only playable positions. And the best part about those positions, they pretty much all have great sightlines on any one of these Lava Fissure rotations. So even as good as what might be open here, you've got seconds to spare before your goose becomes cooked here in these next and further ring closes. Especially because where a lot of those teams have to rotate from, it's just...
Strategische Entscheidungen und Teamkämpfe in Countdown
00:55:5300:55:53 Und jetzt sehen wir Faze, das Team von den anderen Seite aus der Seite. Sie haben es in der ersten Seite auch in der Mitte, so sie haben ein wenig Platz für sie können. Und Snipe Down ist bereits auf Red. Sie sind sehr gut, die Squad-Bowcheck in der Hand der Panders. Faze ist gut.
00:56:19 Das ist wirklich early, in terms der Evo-Timing. Dass man das aufhören kann, speziell nicht zu haben, wie ein Lifeline oder die PVE-Objektiv, wenn es zu, sagen wir, Storm Point ist, das ist ein wirklich guter Vorteil. Das Problem ist, dass sie das Position aufhören kann, und das wird als die Zeit aufhören.
00:56:42 Just goes to show how important the pathing is. They will have done a good job coming over from that geyser side of the map. So FaZe have set themselves up well. But DSG also looking very comfortable. Everybody at least in purple as they're starting to make their push into somewhere safe. They know that there is a team behind them. It's Legacy looking down at DSG on this track. Trying to deal a little bit of poke damage and be annoying. See if they can maybe catch anyone on DSG out.
00:57:09 Not a whole lot available as Legacy also need to continue their route into the next circle.
00:57:16 Now, this is the struggle of that edge play. If you're kind of working your way in from the south here in comparison to what we saw from Faze, who gets the Lord and Glory of Countdown being relatively open, fighting towards this Lava Fissure kind of Mirage of Trois Choke, that's something that can be highly punished. Theria going to be the third of our four rosters on the outskirts now, who also finds themselves potentially happy positioning. They, though, are going to have to take to the outside of all places here.
00:57:46 Wotson ist glücklich, dass er nicht runter geht, von all den damage sie bekommen hat, während sie das Rotation gemacht haben. Jetzt haben wir das Bangalore-Ult auch. Wir hoffen, dass sie das killecken, aber es ist Wotson, aber jetzt hat sie die Barrels geholfen, so sie können ein wenig Platz für sieben. Definitiv nicht ideal, dass sie ein bisschen passiv sind.
00:58:14 This will also open up the opportunity for them to really babysit these chokes. There's potential for Elevate to push through on one side. Could give an opportunity for Furia to take a fight there. And then they also do at least have a little bit of vision on everything going down inside of Countdown. This is a real struggle. And here it goes. That's the truth revealed. You almost saw the moment from Ape Gang there. Literally in perspective. Gotta roll that clip back. You see the jump that goes.
Chaos und späte Rotationen in World's Edge
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00:58:42 Ja, es ist nicht weggegangen. Wir sehen uns wie es hier in der Ende für so viele dieser Rosters, die jetzt, dass sie jetzt für ein Fakt haben, dass sie sie machen, sie machen, sie machen, sie machen, sie machen, sie machen, sie machen, weil... Did Tiff do this? Did Tiff do this? Whoa! Sentinels! Now!
00:59:08 such a tough match one that they continued to succeed in regardless of what was thrown at them now find themselves in a really really strong position looking at the next zone shift exit also right on the inside of that being able to hold a little bit of space everybody else looking to decide what to do and this is where it's you know
00:59:33 This is going to be tough as soon as everybody has to start making these decisions on where to go and when to do it.
00:59:51 At least for them the true only option or at least the only obstacle is the skies there which is a challenge that they lost in game one but have now been given the opportunity to either get their revenge or potentially lay down and bear here for the rest of our teams such as dark zero what was a start out towards trials is now
01:00:13 Well, hopefully the glory of an evac. Let's see if they can find anywhere to land. I know Countdown's a little bit open, but it ain't that much. All right, it's the moment. It's the time our teams have been trying to avoid. Everyone's starting to make a move in. We saw DZ or heard DZ fly in. Everyone else.
01:00:37 Wir sehen uns beim Lava Fischer zu sehen.
01:00:59 down there on the low ground. Apegay trying to clean up with the king. You've got DZ in the killfeed. Evolution going down. Zephyr, this is going to be an absolute mess.
01:01:09 Optik from the south dropped. Done and dusted. Eight gang, they've been able to make for short recovery out here towards the edge, but they themselves even trying to finish off their own fights here to boot. They'll pick up that bullet, but from behind, just above them, they'll pick up just as much damage as Nine Lies goes down, and Temper are more than happy to work with these heads.
01:01:31 This is what Temper was hoping for. This is why they stayed in their building as long as they did. Trying to see if they can catch people making this late push through into the countdown area. It's proving to work out well for them right now. Cloaked still in the Beast of the Hunt trying to do a little bit more damage before it runs out. Nice shield crack there as it scans.
01:01:48 Whoa!
01:02:15 Ich weiß nicht, dass sie sich nicht mehr in der Öffentlichen sind. Ich weiß nicht, ob sie sich nicht mehr überleben können, und es wird jetzt erst mal starten. SSG finden alle in den Dirt, jetzt in der Dirt zu den Top-13 bleiben. Die meisten der Countdowns sind immer noch Playable.
01:02:39 It's playable for the absolute massacre that is about to go down as everyone continues to move towards what is going to be the final circle just in absolute wide open space.
01:02:53 I don't even know how some of these squads are going to handle this. You see Exet, you've got Phase, Dark Zero, Ape Gang, Elevate all on top of each other on the one side of things. You've got Meat Lovers pushing in now on the low ground as well. Trying to see if they can maybe clean up on some of the action that's happening. Tech coming through with some damage there from the Havoc. They've got a little bit of space they can work with right now, but as soon as those shots go down, everybody looks their way.
01:03:18 Faze, Eliminated, Egang, Done here, Meatlovers, on the other side, taking advantage of the Miner cover they have to try to play out to boot for Elevate, who is a full three on the eastern side of Zone. They don't even survive the exchange. Now, Disguised, trying to play for some of those portals like we saw from Designful last game, in the end, isn't quite as successful. But Timmy, Timmy from the top, he'll still find the ordinances that be.
01:03:46 Schaas kann gewinnen diesen Kampf mit Meatlovers, aber es wird sie wirklich gut sein. Der Portal ist ein paar Dinge, die sie wirklich nutzen können. Der Final Circle des Zyng ist, er wird noch nicht geholfen, aber er wird wieder zurück in den Portal. Wir werden sehen, ob er sich in eine bessere Zeit für den Rez. Timmy ist ein bisschen Cover Fire und alle, die sich ein paar Dämpfe anziehen. Wir werden sehen, ob er das BAT aus dem, bevor jemand versucht, ihn zu machen. Meanwhile, Sentinels ist es, um es zu sehen, ob es eine Möglichkeit für ihn zu cleanen auf dieses Kampf.
01:04:14 This time around, too, there is no Raid Portal to truly work with. Now, the Gas doing most of the work here. RKN's Nox Gas Grenade continuing to tick in top. Disguise Potential Fate. You'll see they will rotate out, but this is a great chunk of defense that gives them the slow play on this building. Now, the question is, can they compete for the eastern side? Can they take away SSG's position?
01:04:40 Not to mention, you can also see Legacy on that low ground right under where Sentinels are. Another team that they'll potentially have to keep their eyes on. Disguise looking towards Sentinels as well. As the zone is starting to shrink, everyone now needs to move into an area where it is absolutely no cover. So these fights are going to mean everything for these teams if they can manage to clean these up before they get to those final moments. Disguise trying to do just that, knowing Sentinels are right to their right side. Some shots coming in.
01:05:09 Es ist wirklich gut, und es wird sie einfach auf den Sentinels geholfen, über die Height. Sie können den Nox-Gasen auswählen, und das ist das Wettbewerb. Das ist das Wettbewerb. Das ist das Wettbewerb. Das ist das Wettbewerb. Das ist das Wettbewerb.
01:05:35 Das war's für heute.
Moist's geduldiger Sieg und Exets beeindruckende Leistung
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01:05:46 Das ist eine große Herausforderung für Moist zu starten, zu starten, zu schünen diese Quads auf diese Offizie. Das ist einfach absurd. Für Moist, zu starten in Skyhook, sie delayen ihre Action, so viel wie sie können, um die Game zu machen. SSG looking for any kind of Coverlands, in der line of Sight von MT & More. Für Moist, sie wird das Wipe bekommen. Und ich erzähle Sie, sie haben noch Utilität, Nox, Gas, Grenade, alles und mehr. Das ist die perfekte Setup.
01:06:15 für ihre Endgame. Das ist groß für Moist jetzt in einem 3v3-3 gegen Legacy, aber ein Injured Legacy hat die Möglichkeit, für Moist zu machen, die Full Kick auf Legacy zu machen. Das ist ein bisschen mehr von Damage hier, auf dem Moist, bevor sie zu cleanen. Match Nummer 2. Huge performance für Moist.
01:06:39 They say you should worry about the ones who lie in wait here. For the likes of Voist, they don't get into the action truly whatsoever until we talk about that Zone of Five. They are out in Skyhook.
01:06:54 They had been within that western building for what felt like the entirety of that game. And even when we saw the deeper rotations from teams like Furia, like SSG, they bided their time. They did absolutely nothing. It was not until the Sentinels Exet fight that they walked up that hill for free, eliminated what was a weak Exet, and set themselves up for their best chances yet. And that's why I was talking about when we saw...
01:07:22 Another aggressive zone shift, especially into an area that was just wide open playing ground.
01:07:29 You can't win in those situations, right? Because Sentinels got in there so early and they were able to hold on to their position for a really long time. But in the end, it was the team that came in last. It was the team that still played it, played that edge and waited until they could really come and clean up all of the other chaos that had been happening with the teams that tried to get into Countdown to hold down some real estate. I mean, Moist has to come from the southeast side of the map.
01:07:53 ...to wrap all the way up and towards Skyhook... ...and then wait for everybody else to fight... ...to come in at the last second to clean up that match. Very patiently well played by Moist.
01:08:04 Still, though, even if we do see the massive turnaround of another zone here on World's Edge, we do get a lot of resurgence from some of those teams that weren't, well, no better or worse, Xset being the big one to boot here. Even though they don't win that fight against Moist, their KP alone and their survivability keeps them competitive in that game.
01:08:26 I mean, we've got some impressive numbers across the board here, even all the way down to Temper, matching Dark Zero's seven kills. We saw what Temper was able to do, holding that choke at the top side of Flava Fischer, and that was definitely what their plan was once they realized what could potentially happen. Talk about making the best of a potentially bad situation. That's huge for Temper there, but Exet, Exet played that so well for a team that...
01:08:54 Needs to get some points on the board. I'm happy to see Exet really, not only doing a good job working with the ring information, but also when everything started to explode, Exet handled that so well. There were four or five teams around Exet at any given moment.
01:09:14 And they come out with 13 kills. But we'll see what that means for the rest of the teams in the lobby as we take a look at the second half of this. Not a whole lot to go around. Oversleeper is able to get some points on the board. But it just got sponged by everybody at the top.
01:09:30 Ja, da ist nichts mehr hier. Oversleepers take advantage of the slight exchange, similar to Temper, but for everyone else, you see a lot of the faces that were stuck in Lava Fissure. You see Nine Lies, Optic, and even Complexity, who had probably one of the roughest rotates directly to their doom. We'll take a look at the stats of our top three teams now and see what those are looking like.
01:09:53 Really, really strong performance of a half of Moist, but Legacy almost matching them in that damage output. So they were doing a good job, whether that was in those endgame fights or just those engagements we saw them getting into here. And there were slight scraps when they were rotating into the first few rings. Nice.
01:10:10 to see that much damage coming out. And SSG, we saw them, they were kind of sleeping there towards the north side as well of that circle holding their position, but they still get a decent amount of damage on the board for themselves here, Zephyr. Oh, absolutely. And the crazy thing is I wish we could have seen X set standings, because I believe, if my numbers are right, they're putting up at least 3k plus in terms of their damage, even if they weren't able to break through to that top three.
01:10:36 Wow, and you can see exactly what you're talking about reflected here, Zephyr. Just how much their kills from that match are elevating them in these series results so far, because they've got almost no placement points to show for it, but it puts them in such a solid spot now.
01:10:54 This is a solid start. EEC is the big one for me. I don't mean to rhyme there, but ultimately it's going to be something that at least, especially going to our final four matches, sets themselves up to avoid where they're currently at. Relegation, potentially, down on the edge of 23rd. Meanwhile, Disguise and Sentinels holding that first and second spot, respectively, looking very comfortable after a great...
01:11:20 in den ersten beiden matchen hier in N.A. Aber wir haben noch mehr matchen auf den Tag. Wir haben noch mehr auf World's Edge. Und bevor wir zu match number 3 haben, wir sind es für einen Short Break. Und wenn wir zurück, mehr World's Edge action.
01:13:08 We're just out here together, all trying to solve that trivia. Zephyr, though, did beat me in, you know, at least two of them. You know, it's not about the winning or losing of trivia. It's about having the good of the times. It's about the odds of the circle pools. Now, as we look at the quick map rotations, DSG with their one win in match number one and Moist to follow suit in match two with our final map on World's Edge.
Überraschende Kartenänderung und frühe Kämpfe
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01:13:37 What is happening? Because while I was behind the scenes of match number two, I'm like spamming these gifs inside of the Showcom channel. It's like, don't mind me, it's, they can't keep getting away with this. They can't. Surprise, we're moving to Stormpoint. We've said, you know what, World's Edge today is just weird. It's shocked, we go again later. We ain't dealing with that. Not today.
01:14:02 Put me on a different map, but sadly, it ain't my ALGS. So we will see this one last time here for World's Edge. Hopefully something that's a bit more well known, but credit where it is too. We've seen some of these rosters do a great job of adjusting to the chaos. 100%. If we're adjusting to the chaos, let us go Skyhook. Let us adjust.
01:14:27 Wir sagen es wieder, aber es war eine andere Tarte zu dem Tag.
01:14:56 See if they can come out on top. Last time they weren't quite set up and got stuck on the interior here. This time around, Temper's doing already their work at pressuring barrel upon barrel on the other side, working their way in. They've caught out one alone! Ativan goes down and now cloaked, moves in with the RE-45, but that Bloodhound's got hands! Oh no! And the reload! Oh, it's a call!
01:15:19 Geist of Fury coming forth. And with a 30-30, we know how that hipfire goes. And in a 1v2 situation, it's going to be a little tough to make this happen. But we do reposition accordingly. Even with the 30-30 nerfs that have come through, it can still do wonders considering Silence got seven bullets and a Dream and a Gas Trap here. We get out of it back on their feet. The Grav Lift to block the door won't be enough.
01:15:52 Kloak ist still alive on the outside, that's the information they need, but this is, okay, well. It's over. It's over. It ain't over till it's over, and DZ, well, here we are. The scan comes through, and at this point, if you're Empire, if you're Temper, you see that scan, and you're like, oh my god, Dark Zero's here. Oh no. We'll see if they'll land any one of these shots. It seems like the rats have scurried far and away from this position, and for Dark Zero, they're not actually even too interested.
01:16:21 They come and collapse, but hey, big surprises for both of these teams. Neither get to loot countdown, and both of them survive. Yeah, but if you're running out into the open terrain towards Landslide, you have zero ammo to fend off if anything happens, and we're not able to recover the banner of cloaked, and you're not going to be able to get that, but at least you do look in better shape than Empire. And Ape Gang, well, they found themselves.
01:16:50 With relatively free shots. Someone out there is going to get this. This just reminds me of that one scene from The Jackal where you've got Jack Black running in the field trying to survive. And well, there ain't much luck for him there. We'll take a look at our zone as we pull away up towards the northeast. This is...
01:17:10 This has got to be just standard. We got Grandma's House available, that Respawn Original Beacon with the Spire where Complexity are playing. That's the stereotypical end here. We get a little bit of that high, the dance around the pillar. I mean, that should be the finish. Look, it's not Skyhook, but I'll take it. And also the way I look at it, there's not enough of that.
01:17:32 um tower in skyhook kind of nearby grandma's house in that choke for me to say it's pulling there but you know what jesus take the wheel confident let's go with confidence survey camp there's not enough of the northeast there's not enough of the tower towards the the northwest right we got heavy presence towards center i you know let's settle on our call and we'll let the game decide
01:18:01 Perfect. My call is going to be moving towards the choke point that comes out of Skyhook. It's going to pull back to that. Okay. That's not valid. I'm going to go towards the eastern side. Go to east of the train line just ahead of that. I like it. We shake hands. We agree. Sign. Done. Sure. Done. We'll see what happens. All right. Optic here making their way towards Harvester where Furia is. Scan comes through. No hostiles. All is good in the...
01:18:30 Today's match of World's Edge. All ain't good. There is a lot wrong, but ultimately, they'll keep on moving here. Notably, I do want to point out that Empire finds their way back to Temper at some point in some way, and it's literally back in Countdown. It's okay. Dark Zero went back to Skyhook. Maybe we'll get another round two. That is absurd to me. The fact that both of these rosters ran for the hills, noticed that Dark Zero said, eh.
01:18:56 Okay, whatever. And then both of them made their way back. This time around, it was Empire leading before. They are going to be the ones to do it again. And thankfully, take advantage of a little bit of that loot. But they've got another drop right in front of them. Just landing.
01:19:13 Oh, look, to no avail, we've got another team, it's not Dark Zeros, it's Nine Lies this time, making their way to play. Spoiler, you do see Spades kind of out on that northern side trying to disengage, not sure if we've recovered any banners, but for Empire, you know, it's only a matter of time. The reset did come through, but Ivexi is still about half flesh.
01:19:35 Needs to restock up on those white heels. And I'm not even sure at this point if Nine Lies will push into this. Maybe just show some presence and kind of keep moving on. It's been a good start for them too, for Nine Lies. I want to point that out for a team that has been on the bottom end. They're currently within our top seven right now.
01:19:54 And so for them currently hosting a position just outside of that top 20 for those regional finals, if they maintain where they are currently out, they will advance and they will be able to play our next match day.
01:20:11 That's true. Well, let's look at the lay of the land. E8, they're assuming Survey Camp. They're going to play from Survey Camp. And I love the building that they've chosen. SSG is kind of outside playing Split throughout Climatizer. You can see that one is potentially dropping all the way back where a ring console was. Will they get that third zone information to be able to make a call on that to give them that extra boast of confidence considering how the first two games went?
01:20:40 I actually really like that too, because ultimately, especially with how these zones have been pulling, there's been a lot of time to figure things out here. With our final ticks on this zone, it does seem to be being at least more similarly to what we usually expect towards the upper end here. So no difference towards what any one of our teams have set themselves up here. So I do look towards teams, aka Elevate, Oversleepers Complexity doing a great job, but as a result of the first two games, it has left most of these rosters actually
01:21:09 Ich glaube, es ist einfach so schnell auf der Rotation, weil sie lernen, ich glaube, ein bisschen oder so.
01:21:14 Yeah, you really don't blame them. Typically, if DZ was reading this early on, they would be playing from the tunnel. That's where I've seen a lot of their rotations go through on similar zones. Elevate, well, they land Survey. They don't have far to go. Disguise kind of wrapping up from Thermal Station, making their way towards Lava Fissure. And yeah, that's going to be a great way to get some good early KP, specifically because Temper was on that reset. So we find out of that.
01:21:42 We eliminate them. The scan comes through as no hostiles. The question is, where's the rest of them? Separated back will have to foot their way through the zone to make the best of surviving here. Speaking of surviving, looks like out below Evolution struggling. I've got a bit of a fight between them, Moist, Furia, and Legacy all competing upstairs. And as a result, they might be able to survive for a bit longer, but once these rotations come through, they could get spotted out.
01:22:10 They most definitely could. Moist, continuing on from a map to victory. Still have a long way to go, but all of the teams collapsing here. Legacy take out Evolution, but this is where you know there's another squad. Drupal Chime coming through and a good smoke, but with this gold knockdown, it's going to make this reset here on Deniazul a lot more simpler. That is my satisfaction.
01:22:38 That right there, that is my roam of Apex. And for the likes of Legacy, they're more than happy for that kind of belief. At least now, Moist, Furia, and them will all literally walk away from that choke. But I will say, A1's finding Luda down. Doesn't bode well for Sentinels. That is something that we've seen time in time out again, so I won't count Sentinels out yet. But it has made it difficult. True.
01:23:04 And just like that, we call it. We know this is where DZ plays from for similar zones, and they take their tried and true position, moving back towards Epicenter. A lot of teams maybe playing for that map scan have found themselves scurrying. We just saw Luda go down, so now still in that two. Temper, elsewhere, falls at the hands of DSG. But we've got teams like FaZe, Exet, and SSG just around here.
01:23:30 who will have to cross through each other to go ever so towards the direction of Survey Camp. This is really hard for Sentinels because they're guaranteed to lose out on Luda here this time around with Xset playing a really advantageous height for this endgame. It's a great transition over towards that western side of Epicenter if our zone does kind of parallel its way out there.
01:23:53 Unlikely that they get that kind of recovery. And for Night and Lies, it doesn't look like they might be getting much of one either here. Truck isn't exactly the best shots that you can potentially find or land, but we'll see. Night Nasty gonna go for the stick. Hope on the coverage.
01:24:10 Das ist nicht so schlimm, aber wir haben alle drei zurückgegangen. Empyre bringt die Mobile Respawn zurück. Und wir gehen direkt in, Hammerpoint auf die Re45. Aber die Schilder cracked auf den Horizont. Aber mit dem Ring auf der Rückseite, wir müssen weitergehen. Jetzt, Granted, auf der Round 2, ein Grav Lift zu boosten über die Fence. Und das ist ein wirklich tolles Push von 9 Lies.
01:24:37 All they have to do is recover the remnants there of Empire, but for DSG, who've been playing on the outskirts of Zone, like we said, it's the perfect opportunity for them to rear their head in the action. Out from afar, those 33s and Mlocks ringing true will find easy damage down, drop a couple ordinances, and they'll seal this.
Disguised's Aggression und Legacy's Triumph
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01:24:59 Empire eliminated man DSG they showed face but look who's lurking look at Noct chillin the skin blends in with the mountains looks like a man from the north
01:25:12 Ja, ein bisschen Bödecheck action. Bödecheck! Every time now. Every single arrow. Just every shot. I will get fired. Maybe, maybe, nah. But for the lay of the land here, DSG. Oh my gosh. They want to give them no chance to reset and design, you know, hey.
01:25:35 Let's do it. We talked about the aggression earlier and we're gonna make it happen. Pitmeier's debut in Goodbye Nine Lies and Designs Your New Kill Leader. It's the best you can ask for. It is some of the best play we have seen out of Disguised in recent days of performance. And truly, to be honest, that's not much of a further achievement. They have been looking good all split long here. But the unbridled pushing from the edge has really evolved over this split. They've gone from
01:26:04 einen der besten Räumen zu einer der besten Edge-Leute-Leute-Leute-Leute-Leute.
01:26:31 Ich werde hier ein Guilden auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich. Ich werde hier auf mich.
01:27:01 I'm peaking. No. No. It's okay. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel. Kegel.
01:27:32 I'm dead. Oh, we both dead, bro.
01:27:39 Look, if there's anything we learned from the positioning from Moist, I'm just trying to live. And bro, honestly, same. This is, this is oh so sad. And I can't believe that Moist is still rocking with us here as we work our way out into the open. Meanwhile, for oversleepers in Optic, they themselves building to behold. Something that has been in play for as early as I can remember is still being exchanged here. The same can be said for complexity in Morris. We're working directly out.
01:28:08 in den Open, east of our train line. Sentinels fall, Moist fall elsewhere. DZ has left the tunnel, pushing forward. Sykes there in the Beast of the Hunt. That kill's gonna grant him another six seconds. And now Furia. That's unfortunate for them. They're going to fall, and DZ has essentially cleared out the entire backside of their zone, giving Jen Burton the ability to use those Nox gas traps to kind of just section off every bit of it. And, well...
01:28:37 E8? Du bist jetzt wirklich schön hier. Good calls da. Du hast nicht zu verlassen. Und für OpTic, du hast ein Heck of a Cross. A Cross von ihnen war ein wenig Weakened Complexity. Just Moments Ago hier. DZ taking advantage of the Late Rotate from Oversleepers that were once below. Skill Cakes and Crew now just starting to foot their way towards Height. They're not quite in yet. They have to push this.
01:29:04 Und push, they do. Phase falls at the hands of Exet. Skittlecakes looks a little lost here. Goes down, trying to get out. Dropped with the hip fires. Oversleepers to fall, but Optic is just going to join them as well. And now EEC. They just collapse upon all of those teams and more still full sending. Keep your eyes on Exet. Keep your eyes on Legacy. And EEC emerge from the...
01:29:32 Corruption of this zone!
01:29:36 It's a solid position for them, one that was almost pressured upon by Legacy, but they make the great call to pull away from the current exchange that was happening. SSG finally finding the remnants of Xset themselves. EC, though, I know it looks bad, but I actually don't know how bad this is here. We know Legacy's just below them, but are they targeting them on this next rotation? Seems like the answer's yes, and it's not just them.
01:30:02 SSG mit nur so viel Druck auf, als endlich Elevate haben ihre Bewegung in und DZ, oh, look at die heighten sie halten. Ja, look, ich nicht die High-Ground, das ist gut für heute.
01:30:17 In particular, you have Legacy playing the three supply bins in the dead center, kind of that hole almost. So we have to keep an eye on that because there's going to be a lot of teams looking to put pressure on that. And SSG, no stranger to taking a matchday win on a groups B and C. And they're already having a solid game, but E8, they finally have to move. DZ leave the high ground. EEC mirrors them, throws Beast of the Hunt on, and well, hey, we got to hear it, Zephyr.
01:30:45 Oh, we'll see. But it's not quite a bow check. I was about to say, I haven't landed it yet. I was ready for it. I was ready for it. The swing comes through and Phony goes down. Zainu and Frexes are going to have to finish the deals here onto E8. They do fall. Do we have enough time to hit the reset? No, we're playing our life at this point. We're barricading forward. EEC, step away from the high ground. Not going to be able to play your team's knockdown shields. We're down to the final three.
01:31:11 Ultimately, Dark Zero is more than helping. They actually turned their attention towards EEC in that moment to clear out their side. SSG now in the exchange against Legacy. They've got to be so careful here, because especially with that zone breaking out their cover, look at how much space DZ are dwarfing across the map here. They hold the entire northern side of this zone. They can play this hill. They don't have...
01:31:37 to extend out. SSG falls. And now we have that straight 3v3. DZ versus Legacy. Nyazul, you know, you can see has about 2550 HP on the shield. Yanya stays okay. They back off for now. We're expending through those ultimates, but Jen Burton still holds that Nox gas trap. This is, this was the best pressure they could have utilized here. And now finally throwing this one out.
01:32:03 Yes. Have begun, but it is very open. With that full assault, though, they are zoning them into perfect LOS setups. Zero from behind as Niazel will go down a 2v2 situation. They don't have that height.
01:32:17 Oh, and Zero's just trying to get an angle on one of them with the Eva 8-0 against the world. Can he make this happen? No! Legacies will evict. A former LAN champion says, this is my zone. We want to go back to LAN and prove ourselves.
01:32:35 It was oh so close there in the end, especially for the remnants of Dark Zero. Had they potentially waited just a little bit longer, they might have been able to change a lot of that zone control because ultimately, I think they were a bit too separated and they didn't really get that full capitalization of the Nox Gas Grenade. Yes, it pushes Legacy out, but they have too much cover to truly work with, so it's really out.
01:33:00 into just a different position, not one that spells weakness for them. They take advantage of that height and they win our match as a result. Yeah, and my question is, with the high ground, if we see that from Legacy's POV, does the Nox Gas Trap...
01:33:15 actually hit the player on high ground. Because we all know the biggest effect when it comes to that Nox Gas Trap is the stun that comes along with Caustic's Gas. So as you're swinging into that fight, right, you're looking for them to be slowed. You're looking for them to be stunned so you can just knock them over. But it doesn't really work out. So I think you had some really great commands on that side of the thing. Let's go ahead and look at the match results for our final map on World's Edge. A 25-point game from Legacies.
01:33:43 It is a solid return for Legacy there after having some of the inklings of starts here today at 25. They will push themselves into the top five I believe overall, but it is no slouch for Dark Zero and SSG respectively. They come out alive in our coliseum of epicenter with the 13kp to boot between the two.
01:34:06 Yeah, overall, really not bad performances. SSG, they land Climatizer, they play for that ring three zone information and then find themselves inside the top three and shouts to EEC. They've been really consistent today trying to avoid that relegation. For Exet though, still finding themselves up within that top eight. Disguised, albeit going out early, they found some good KP.
01:34:33 It's a solid start for them, or at least one that continues to manage the lead that they have found here in World's Edge. The question remains if they're going to be able to hold on for dear life. For some of our performers, though, not really getting the best of Inklings today. Furia, Moist, those who sit on the top of the pyre, especially after big wins across the North American split, have yet to get that engine revving.
01:34:57 Oh, well, now that we're halfway essentially through, we'll have to look at the series results later. But first, we've got to get Glitter back in. She asked for more crazy and the zones, well, they're bouncing around. Are you not impressed? I am. I'm also a little terrified. It's made for some really good gameplay so far, but there are quite a few teams that we had mentioned in passing the top of show. We're now half.
01:35:21 We're halfway through the day. I don't even know how we've gotten three matches in already, but there are a few that are right on the bubble that really need to step it up heading into Stormpoint. But before we start talking about Stormpoint, let's go back and rehash what happened in matches one through three. And who better to do that with than Psycho? Let's bring Psycho in to hang out with us, chat a little bit. Coach from OXG wearing the iconic green suit, because why wouldn't you be on the show here today? Welcome and thank you so much for joining us.
Expertenanalyse und Storm Point Vorschau
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01:35:50 Hey, it's a pleasure. Thank you for having me. You know, that was a lot of crazy ring pulls, for sure. You know, and you see these teams that are pretty much literally, like, on the edge, just playing off of, like, third to second console or Recon Beacon, and they're just, like, coming out and kind of winning this game, right? But there's definitely, you know, mistakes that teams are making on their micro in terms of when they get to that end game or get to that middle game, and it's kind of definitely throwing out their whole...
01:36:20 weil es Teams in good spots that have options to do a lot of different things in rings that can happen. The way the way I look at the game is I'd rather have a spot where I know that I can get, you know, two of three rings that I think are going to end in an area rather than try to go in the absolute God spot and just hope for the best and get a top five out of it, right?
01:36:40 Oh, 100%. And I love that you provide those viewpoints, because personally, I think you're one of the smartest people when it comes to the Apex Legends community. So I don't want to, like, you know, give that ego a boost or anything. Plus, you're one of the most humble, so I don't want to say anything about an ego. But regardless, you talked about it earlier. We were kind of getting you in here for your tech check.
01:37:00 You have to worry about Oxygen Esports, and I know we're going to have the time to walk you through a lot of those rings, but talk to me a little bit about through the journey for Oxygen, specifically because this split has been so tough, right? You have Season 19, then you go to Season 20, we get all those changes, and Oxygen's performance has kind of been a little bit of a rollercoaster-like. So talk to me about how you guys have been navigating this split as a whole.
01:37:24 So the biggest thing is I think about all of the past experiences that we have. We try to bring in everything that we learned from, you know, when we got third at the playoffs and when we got, you know, basically our top, you know, 15th at the championship. The whole thing is we have to recognize fundamentally where we are with our roles and being able to make sure that whatever characters we're going to choose and pick are going to actually complement what is needed in our entire team. With the other piece of that too,
01:37:54 I think that the updates, when they happen, are a crucial part as well. Because when the updates happen, you're going to have changes to the meta, changes to the characters. You know, your macro might also become a little different. So you have to adapt to all these factors. So I think the, you know, the best players in the world are the most adaptable. That's what makes them sort of the most consistent. And so I think with Oxygen in our situation, what our...
01:38:15 Problem was, is that we were ignoring the macro that we had built, and we also were trying to adjust to issues with our characters. It was one of those things where we simply have to remember what we did in the past, what worked, and being able to actually implement it. And right now, I feel very confident in our team. We've got our macro back. We actually have strides in our characters. Each and every single person seems very confident. So overall, I'm ready to go, and so are they.
01:38:45 I love that. I love that. A little bit of confidence before those finals coming up here shortly. Not just in them, but also notably in yourself. I'm going to need a little bit of that confidence cycle, though, as we work our way through our first three wings. So let's talk about game number one here. You saw Disguise come in to clean this one up, but I want your perspective, notably on Optic as a whole here. This drop, this choice, what do you do?
01:39:11 So, you know, this is a really challenging decision for Optic because we have Sentinels basically all the way underneath the tracks, right? EEC underneath you and then you have Disguise pretty much on the back rock over there. So this decision by Optic is basically sort of a last ditch when they have to drop down at EEC. They're just hoping to get those kills and, you know, basically try to turn and burn on Sentinels and or, you know, DSG. But it's very lost cause. The biggest thing that they have to do in order to maybe have some success here is make sure that
01:39:41 Die Sentinels können nicht das Cross machen. Wenn die Sentinels nicht das Cross machen, dann ist es so, dass sie die EEC-Klose können. Und auch wenn sie geklärt sind, dass ihre Placement ist besser. Sie haben auch mehr KP-Klose bekommen. Es ist eine schwierige Entscheidung für Optik, aber ich denke, dass ihre Error ist. Sie müssen eine bessere Aufgabe machen, dass die Sentinels nicht das Cross machen können.
01:40:03 Right, und dann in dieser Zone haben wir ein bisschen Chaos aus Countdown, aber es ist Moist, der Weg aus dem Nord zu arbeiten. Talk zu mir ein bisschen über das Delay. So, you know, das ist verrückt für Moist, weil wenn man wirklich schaut, sie landen Mod Stacks, so die ganze Sache ist, sie waren alle in die Zone und sie waren in den Zonen, aber sie hatten verschiedene Surveys, verschiedene Konsolen, und sie sagten, hey...
01:40:29 Sie sagen, wir gehen auf Skyhook. Es gibt vielleicht ein oder zwei Teams auf der Seite. Wir sehen, was wir können damit machen. So, sie sind in SSG und SSG endet sich in ein bisschen ein Kampf mit ihnen, aber sie endet sich einfach nicht ausengaging und zurückkehren. Und dann SSG decides zu nehmen diese Position auf den Binsen, neben der Briege, stattdessen zu tun, dass sie Moist töten. Moist hat das ganze Edge für free, aber der Grund, warum sie das gemacht hat, ist, dass sie all die Info hatten, sie kamen in late, und sie wirklich leveraged das.
01:40:59 Ja, great success for them there, but now in our ending moments, we come down to a solid 3v3 excursion between Dark Zero and Legacy, but it's Legacy, avoiding the Ultimates and coming out on top. What could have Dark Zero done a little bit better here?
01:41:15 Es kommt immer an die Endgame wie das. Es kommt immer an die Utilität. Ich meine, du hast gesagt, Jen hat das Caustic Grenade für eine lange Zeit. Und die größte Sache ist, dass wir diese Bang-Alt sind extrem effektiv. Und wir müssen auch das mit den Caustic-Alt kombinieren.
01:41:33 Das ist eine Sache, die Dark-Zero gemacht hat. Aber die Frage ist, wenn man einen Isolated-Zero oder einen Isolated-Zero oder einen Isolated-Zero ist.
01:41:52 und über-Extension, das fight kann sich aufhören. Oder eher über-Extend und das kann sich aufhören. So, das ist das, warum ich das gewonnen habe. Aber Legacy ist ein Team, das ich call, wie ein Turnaround Team. Und ich denke, Oxygen ist auch ein Team, wo auch, dass, wenn man an einem Disadvantage, wenn man ein Mitglied, oder wenn man ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied oder ein Mitglied.
01:42:20 Wir haben eine Möglichkeit, die Serie zu sehen. Wir haben eine Möglichkeit, die Serie zu sehen. Wir haben die Veranstaltungen gesehen. Die Veranstaltungen und Legasie sind jetzt auf den Topen, 39 Punkte. Aber Psycho, ich möchte Ihre Meinung auf den Tag auf den Tag einstellen. Welche von diesen Teams sind Sie für Sie? Oder welchen performances Sie haben Sie gespielt?
01:42:44 So what has stood out to me for sure is definitely the domination of Disguised. I mean, they're playing Edge really well, and they're playing out their options really well, being able to understand what teams they need to sort of third party. They're not like really taking a lot of these straight up like 3v3s, they're taking these advantaged fights based upon their rotates, and it's extremely well done. So, you know, props to Disguised for that for sure. But then I see, you know, other teams that, for example, like Moist,
01:43:11 Nicking the best out of the worst situation that they can. And really just leveraging all the information possible. So that way they can just come into zone late with all the information, being able to leverage it as well. So yeah, I mean, overall, like you gotta understand though, like just because in three maps things worked out well, it doesn't necessarily mean that that's going to continue on as a trend from Stormpoint.
01:43:33 Compositions change, the geography changes, right? And also teams start to come to this mindset of we need to do well on this next map. We can't let ourselves fall short or fail. Because we do that, then we're not going to have, we're not even have a chance at land, right? We're not getting there. So at the end of the day, you know, we could probably see Fioria even turning around entirely here, you know, on this next map. I remember our team being able to turn it around in one whole map in Stormpoint and getting third off that. And our World's Edge was horrendous, right?
01:44:01 in past Pro League. So let's see how it goes. But this is really anybody's game, but we all know Disguise is definitely going to come out on top somewhere. I love that. I love all of that analysis and that breakdown, Psycho. Thank you so much for jumping on and hanging out with us during our halftime show. It's been an absolute pleasure. Absolutely. Thanks for having me. And I hope the best to these teams that are doing their best to get to land. But I already know we're on our way to punch our ticket. I know we're going to do that.
01:44:28 I love it. I love it. All right, well, it's always wonderful to get to chat with everybody, but like Psycho was saying, it's time for us to start looking towards Storm Point. Before we do that, though, now...
Twitch Drops und Storm Point Erwartungen
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01:45:10 Was he doing? He's committed to the break!
01:45:38 He's just melting into a puddle, you know? It's fine. Okay, Stormpoint. I love...
01:45:44 That cycle brought this up, Tiff, okay? Because I wanted to talk about some of the teams that actually aren't doing well and the opportunities that they could be having now that we're switching on over to Storm Point. It really is a totally different beast. This is the moment that some of these teams need to try and take and step up. And he even said just one breakout performance can absolutely change the game for these squads. Well, I'm looking at FaZe. I'm looking at Meat Lovers. These teams need that performance if they want to break into that top 20 and beam regional finals.
01:46:14 Yeah, it's going to be really tough, but anything can happen. And we got to see what those series results looked like on the back half of the first three maps for World's Edge. And no one is particularly running away with anything. We have that tie for first place with 39 points. Now, let's think about what a good game looks like for a team. Well, that's north of 20 points. If our 11 play team holds nine points.
01:46:38 29 points after a map on Stormpoint would put you all the way into the top three, bearing depending on what those performances look like from our top three teams. So it just takes one good game to turn the tides in your favor. And let's see what Stormpoint has in store for you. I was vibing out to that math. That was great math. I'm proud of you. Did I do it? Yeah, you're the new stats person. Zephyr, no. It's TIFF now, okay?
01:47:06 Call me Professor Spider Tiff now. I'm sorry, I can't do a British accent. You might have to ask Gaskin to give me some time.
01:47:17 I think it was beautiful. It was lovely. Now we're just going to be waiting a few minutes here while we get match number four loaded, ready to go. Our players loaded and ready to go. But this is not the only region that we have been kind of closing out the regular season for here so far. We finished EMEA earlier today. APAC before that. There have been so many moments so far of these teams clinching.
01:47:45 und sicher, dass sie weiter in der competition zu den Regionalen Finals sind. Was sind die Momente für dich aus, was du gesehen hast, Tiff? Oh, ich meine, ein paar davon. Oh, das. Das.
01:48:02 The APAX South, record-breaking. Look, I had a chance to interview a few of the players from APAX South when it came down to champs, and I got to sit down with Feiju from MDY White, so seeing performances from them today early on, it was quite interesting. And TYK, Team Burger, I mean, granted, this went 10...
Rückblick auf Spiel 1 und Ausblick auf Storm Point
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01:48:22 Wonton Dumpling kicked things off with a Map 1 victory, and the chaos just kind of kept going forward. Bearclaw had some strong performances, and then you had a lot of members of their org itself in the longshot chat kind of piping them up. But it was pure chaos. And to be fair, Glitter, I predicted Wonton Dumpling to win in six games. I did. Did you? I did.
01:48:47 It didn't work out in my favor. 90% of the people that I saw on the graphic picked Legends Gaming, which to be fair, solid pick. I mean, between your win predictions and your zone predictions, I'm a little bit terrified of you at this point. I didn't light a candle.
01:49:04 I should have lit the candle. I mean, Legends Gaming did have a strong performance, but things just got so weird for them throughout. And kind of towards the back half, you see Wonton Dumplings start landing Lava Siphon on top of Legends. But this is a good look back to a lot of those zone poles. And as MDY White that just had such consistent performances drops the Nox Gas completely full sends. And, you know, it's plays like that that are...
01:49:32 Pretty fun to see. I mean, and you're also seeing six teams heading into this match on Matchpoint. I feel like after Season 20 we're seeing just how close all of these regions are when it comes to the competitive level, the competitive ability.
01:49:49 für all of these teams, because this was not an easy finish. This was something that all these squads had to fight for. You can see just how many more teams end up on Match Point. I mean, is this what we could potentially expect in EMEA and NA, do you think? It's like we can't even be surprised at this point. The top two teams in our current region are from APAC South. DZ makes their way over here, Moist to join them. I look at anything to this region, and I'm like...
01:50:17 Who's next? Who wants to come to North America and make a play for it? Imagine a third, an A.
01:50:27 That would be crazy. But even this zone here. Now, when you look towards wonton dumpling, it's Jackie Chan in particular that has been absolutely crazy. But Serenity to turn this game around. Because this is when I woke up. I caught games 7 through 10. And this zone in particular, I was losing my mind. Because I have a peloton at home. And when I ride my bike, usually I take a class. Well, today my class was 8-pack south. And, you know.
01:50:55 One thing one of my favorite instructors always says is, you can get knocked down, but they can never knock you out. And that game from Serenity was that for me. I love that. That's actually a great line as we're continuing to watch these moments. It's over half the lobby at this point that's now on Match Point. And we've seen this happen before, but not in a very long time where it's this many people fighting out.
01:51:23 Ja, weil die internationalen Scrims starten, gleich nach der NA- und EMEA-Finals-Finals. Das ist der Moment, wo TYK nimmt die Matchpoint-Finals-Finals.
01:51:49 Und als die Schuers gehen, ja, Wonton Dumpling hat die meisten, aber es hat sie geholfen, ihre Position auf der Top und die Champion für die Pax South Split 1. Aber hey, wir bringen es zurück in Nord-Amerika. Es ist Storm Point Zeit, wir haben Nummer 4 auf den Weg. Die Planeline wird starten über Zeus Station und cut durch unsere Map, endet auf Barometer. Teams wie FURIA, Disguised, FaZe und Meatlovers werden von Planeline.
01:52:18 We'll have to see what they can do here if they have those moments to clutch up one big game to bring back a performance. Empire, a team that we watched the entire time on World's Edge in their contest up against Temper, now finding themselves already down to two. This is definitely not how they want to start their Storm Point performance.
Charmander's Jagd und Komplexity's riskantes Spiel
01:52:4601:52:46 I mean, to be fair, Charmander is always going to be one of the favorite starter Pokemon picks, and we're going to open things up here with some wins. We just got to kind of finish it out. I hear a zip in the distance, so it looks like a lone member trying to escape, and look, Charmander uses Chase, and it was super effective.
01:53:08 So good as they are continuing on the move to try and hunt down the final Empire player down to flesh and see if they maybe can clean this up there. They don't want to let this go if oversleepers can completely Clear out Empire they will but it might take a little bit of time at least able to still hit him on the scan Which means Charmander is still on the hunt you can just barely see
01:53:37 Empire in the edge of his vision Sir? Can someone throw the Pokeball and get him back though?
01:53:44 Wir werden es nicht alleine sein. Komplexity lands Command Center. Sie können auch nicht ausüben. Even Komplexity notices. Sie werden es in die Höhe gehen. Es war definitiv ein Thirsty und ein bisschen Risky-Player, als wir jetzt sehen, was Komplexity zu tun hat. Sie haben definitiv gehört für ein paar Zeit. Everybody ist noch auf Wipe, aber sie können sich die Team, sie werden auch in die gleiche Situation sein. Sie sind nicht zu agressiv.
01:54:13 We'll start to get a look at the map and potentially start moving in that direction as I say that we get it pulled up and look at Legacy at Pylon. Look, we have not had an endgame hit Pylon in North America yet, so I would love to say this zone is pulling Pylon, but the data, the data, to me, it's not going to end there. It can't, right?
Strategische Zonenentscheidungen und Team-Dynamiken
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01:54:42 I don't know anything anymore. I thought I did, and I know nothing. Sentinels possibly anticipating it being in that general vicinity. Obviously Legacy look happy as well. You can see Moist and Temper on the southern side deciding how they want to handle that. But this is going to be interesting. Apparently Moist want to clear out Temper. They don't want to coexist on the southern side.
01:55:08 I mean, it's to be expected, right? They land in neighboring POIs. You want to look for that information. Moist Landing and Echo have already gotten themselves on blue. You take a quick armor check towards Temper and you just go, okay, well, where is it that I want to go? But I was looking to see if did they get information from Echo or were they beaconless? No, they do have access to a ring console in Echo on the northern building. They'll pop the evac and they begin.
01:55:35 Their journey in Pylon.
01:55:59 kind of poking around the edges. I feel like everybody has been burned by these zones so many times now, Chip, that they're just a little bit scared. I'm burned. Phase 18th overall in the back half of the series. Zera takes way too much damage right there, but hopefully the nades will stave off any push so he can go ahead and get back to full form, but it's Panders, and I like the angle that Snipes is taking throughout this to try and help the teammates, but we need a little more cohesion.
01:56:29 Das ist definitiv ein schwerer Platz zu finden, DZ und Phase. Das ist ein Trio von Teams zu beobachten in der Mitte. Phase ist ein Team, die muss eine wirkliche Leistung haben. Sie versuchen zu gehen, DZ oder Phase. Sie versuchen, ein Team zu finden. Phase ist ein Team, die muss eine wirkliche Leistung haben. Sie versuchen zu gehen, DZ oder Phase. Sie versuchen, Rappen und Snipe Down zu finden. Sie versuchen, ein Schildkrack zu sehen.
01:56:54 See if they can maybe clean this up and get some points on the board, but also a little bit concerned knowing just how many squads are in the general vicinity.
Kämpfe um Positionen und das Chaos in Pylon
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01:57:03 Look, I mean, they keep swinging, looking for angles, but you're just going to get caught out by other teams and exit. Well, they've got someone just to their north, but can they get into that building? They take the space and the team kind of runs away. Complexity now running to some issues here with, I believe, Kim Chi falling. We lose out full and wasn't it Kim Chi that said no matter what?
01:57:30 Monsoon hat, er wird es für eine Longbow.
01:57:35 Just wants to make sure he's getting that damage down, but it's Meatlovers that's trying to push in and see if they can clean up and clear out Complexity Little bit of damage being taken there's somewhat low but decide they want to continue pushing this advantage knowing that complexity are down to a two and that is it for Complexity Meatlovers clear out that space. They now own the area around Stormcatcher. This will be huge for Meatlovers
01:58:02 It is really nice for them. They're outside the top 10, but not for long on the day. They'll start fighting their way back into it. We get a good look at that zone. It's only a matter of time before we see the pool. Does it actually go pylon? Or...
01:58:18 Are we going somewhere else? Temper is down there on Echo HQ. I'm curious to see. They get that third zone information before they decide to move in. If it is Pylon, it is going to be one of the bloodiest rings that I've seen in a very long time. And it does actually kind of start pulling towards Pylon. The first tier for North America. I was so worried it was going to shift right onto Exit or something for a second. I thought it was just going to be really wild.
01:58:46 Ends on pylon, but I don't really know how much better that is. It's only better for the teams that were hoping it was landing on pylon and at least have gotten there early and claimed some space that they can potentially hold. Meanwhile, everybody else is going to be having to push through a lot of these different teams because look how tiny the chokes are. All the available spots to rotate into are, it's all hallways. They're just stuck in rough spots.
01:59:15 It's not going to be good. Regardless, the building that Sentinels is occupying, I've seen an end Zane there. I've seen an end where Elevate currently is. I've also seen it pull to the Fingers more, where it kind of ends out in that area where Ape Gang is. So it's just a matter of time before we see the collapse of Pylon.
01:59:41 Meanwhile, DSG, one of our team, is taking their time, and at this point it definitely will work in their favor to be slow on their push-in, as they might be able to find quite a few Evo Harvesters, get their shields leveled up before they have to push into the absolute chaos that's going to be down there at Pylon. You can see they're kind of trying to plot out their path.
02:00:07 To see which is going to be most beneficial for the trio. They've got some space to work with if they choose the right direction. And it looks like they definitely choose a safer, slower, wider path. They should have at least two more, maybe one more, one or two more Eva Harvesters in their way so they can get their shields back up. But now we're seeing Furia fly in. So let's actually jump in and listen to see what they have to say as they're trying to find a little bit of space to land in.
02:00:38 Nice. Let's fucking go, guys. Okay. Get it fenced up. Get the gen down. I don't know. I don't know what... I don't... I don't know what... Okay, listen. It's not a Cossack team, guys. That's a cat team to the northeast. Okay, it's fine. We can't cross. We're gonna die. Watson, I don't think you fenced the doors, bro. Because if someone shoots our door, it was just gonna break them and that creeps everything. Dude, should we fucking blow an ult and just run across the fucking other room, bro?
02:01:01 Das ist nicht ein Kossak-Tame. Nein, ich glaube nicht. Es wird es da, es wird es da. Es wird es da, es wird es da. Es wird es da, es wird es da, hier. Und Toppailon kann uns in der Koss. Haben wir hier vor, auf das Zone? Nein.
02:01:16 You know, Glitter, I want the chaos. I want to see that push. I respect both Kion and Madness saying, no man, that's not it. But also I want to see it. But it might be it, you know? It could be. It could be. Meanwhile, Exet, still kind of just hanging out in this open space on the northern side, not trying to do anything to wild meat lovers.
02:01:45 Also pushing through on their rotation, at least one team in their vicinity that they're aware of. Gonna try and go for this evac tower and get themselves flying in a lot safer, knowing that this will also get them over any squads that have been taking their time on their rotates. Alright, I'm flipping my coin. Where are we headed? DSG from the outside looking in. Can we make it through? Design with the slide through.
02:02:10 Smoke on entry. The scan does double down and reveal their position. Timmy in Beast of the Hunt. And honestly, this is the peak of visual clutter legends.
02:02:25 Oh man, we talked about it all the way back into Mia. Not a lot of Cattles that we're seeing where we're getting one right now. Okay. That wall working in their favor as well. Disguise taking a lot of damage as they push in to do some back and forth. Now having to back off and heal. This reset is going to be crucial if they want to stay alive.
02:02:46 Design trying to play King of the Hill on this building, smoking out the top of it, but with the team inside being a catalyst, it allows them to reinforce the doors and make it a little more tough for them. The issue is we need Design to kind of get a swing onto Yaz and Uris, but they death ball together and they go for that straight 3v3, while Timmy's wingman shots were connecting early on. We pop that door open, but we get caught.
02:03:16 und jetzt Disguised hat fallen durch die Hand von Evolution und Moist.
02:03:43 Look, and they stayed relatively healthy throughout that entire fight. And Panders, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, just gets deleted. Hello? Knock? We know the TTK on the Nemesis goes hard, and he's got an amped-up Sentinel in the hands of fun, so Xset knows what they need to do.
02:04:10 They're sitting in fourth overall with three matches to go. Koi, he's got that Beast of the Hunt in the back pocket should he need to bring forth that. But for now, with the pulls, it's one I have not seen in quite some time.
02:04:26 Ich habe nicht gesehen.
02:04:47 Zonen a little bit while also using that smoke give themselves a little bit of space to play with here, but they're going up against oversleepers and I think Faye is also trying to see if they can maybe get in on this.
02:04:59 And here we go, Sentinels. Luda, though, typically one of the first picked off from this squad. They've put themselves in such a nice position with that building, kind of sending out Whippies to the hunt to put pressure on the squads in the checkpoint, maybe pull as many KP if possible. But with that zone pull only including about two of these buildings, yes, you still are allowed to play here for now. Elsewhere, we have eight game.
02:05:27 We want to clear out the back. Meatlovers is still trying to make a push. And, well, FaZe find themselves on the other side of the mountain. FaZe will want to take out Apegang, if I'm not mistaken. Meanwhile, Moist also trying to clear out a little bit of space. Still in the general vicinity of Evolution. And they're still going back and forth with each other. This is an opportunity for Moist to push in, though, as Yuris does get knocked.
02:05:55 Maybe they can clean up this KP. And if they do that, they actually have this entire southern, southeastern area to themselves. It'll give them an opportunity to decide their path and push in. Moist, making that look easy. Yeah, they did what they needed to do. That was tough, right? If you knock someone and they've got a gold knockdown, you just got to swing them and push through. But Meat Lovers, they're having a nice game. Sitting on nine eliminations, 11 squads to go. They've cleared out.
02:06:24 Und jetzt haben wir jetzt zu wissen, was das Rotation Forward ist zu sehen. Isaac, ein Smoke. Wir haben den Alt-Excel versucht, den Bang-Ult zu geben, um die Energie und die Tension der Sentinels zu tun. Hier gehts die Evac. Ich bin ein bisschen nervös, aber wir haben die Gold-Ult zu versuchen, den Rest der Alts zu versuchen. Ich bin ein Coin.
02:06:52 Wie ist es? Wie ist es?
02:06:58 Ich habe das Gefühl, dass Sie die ganze Sache haben. Hier kommt der EMP. Ich liebe sie zu sehen. Und Sentinels, sie wollen nicht wegnehmen. Sie sind in der nächsten Zone. Wir müssen es gegen Meatlovers zu defendern, weil bei dieser Zeit, Moist ist zu finden, auf der anderen Seite der Zone zu finden. Wenn sie zu viel action gehen, zwischen diesen zwei, es wird die Möglichkeit geben.
02:07:28 Nice shots. On behalf of Sentinels now pushing up and trying to see if they can clear out Meat Lovers. Luda, very low, does end up going down. Arcane also
02:07:39 Führers go down and Sentinels manage to hold really, really clutch positioning. In a way, Furia kind of saves them. Moist go on their rotation in and Furia is able to pick up one member of Moist. It doesn't necessarily allow them the ability to push on to Sentinels, so that becomes an isolated 3v3. Now you start to think of Furia's position.
02:08:01 It's looking really good now, specifically with that zone pull. Dark Zeros is great, but not when there's five teams to the south of you. Elevate will have to walk it in, but this is going to be messy.
02:08:15 Es ist interessant zu sehen, was jeder in der Pylon macht, denn diese sind immer die Momente, wo es die letzte Team zu machen ist. Die letzte Team zu nutzen, die vollständig ist, die auf dem Tisch kommt. Wir sehen OpTic, auf die Low-Ground hier, mit dem Platz. Legacy ist hier oben, in der Mitte. Exit ist zu machen.
02:08:43 Legacy starting to make a move. You see EEC not really knowing where they want to go, where is safe, and they can't find that position. Yanya cleaning that up, getting rid of Temper as well. This is where it all comes out. You need to make a move out early, and Optic actually might be one of the best positions to do that. Sidebar here, if Legacy picked up one of the Nessies from Pylon and take the victory here, I wouldn't be mad about it.
02:09:08 I would not be mad. Just a little Easter egg, guys. If you didn't know by now, you can pick up the Nessies inside of Pylon. But for the time being, the... Oh, I was gonna say, are you running back to grab one? Just kidding. We do have the Nox Gas Trap available. I do love kind of just making sure we are anchoring it down. We're still holding on to our ult, and Yanya is just doing Presidente-type things, finding the craziest angles.
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02:10:03 Es war so clean, wie sie es konnten. Jetzt, sie sich selbst aufbauen, wie du gesagt hast, alleine. Du gehst zurück zu den Chaos zwischen Moist, Optik, DZ, EEC, Exset und sogar Legacy, in einem Pylon. Wir schießen Skans mit 10 Enemies rund dir. 7 Squads werden müssen in Exodis machen.
02:10:26 DZ, einer der Team auf dem Lowground, mit Optik. Moist ist eigentlich außerhalb von allen, die noch mehr zu gehen. Und das wird eine Potenziale Situation sein, wo wir Moist und DZ wiederhören. Ich sehe Walsi runter. Zero zu sein. Jen auf der Seite, mit so viel Druck als möglich. X-Set zu spielen.
02:10:52 Die mobile Re-Spawn haben sie auf den Top-Missile-Swarms kommen von FURIA. Sie müssen auf Legacy verletzten. Sie fallen direkt auf Exet, auf die Träpps. Die Slow kommt durch. Sie sind zu fallen. Goodbye, Legacy. Exet wird die KP. Gas war der vierte Spieler auf dem Team. Legacy ist jetzt Dark Zero. Sie warten für die perfekte Moment.
02:11:17 Es gibt Exa und Optik auch, während Furia alles auf der anderen Seite geht. Sie haben bereits ihre Bewegung in. Und DZ ist jetzt schon wieder zu kämpfen, mit Optik. Und die Zone starten zu pushen alle voran.
02:11:35 As we look forward, the gas, it covers such a large area, but we have to get through this door. I don't see any nades that are gonna be able, so we just have to barrel forward. Meanwhile, XS outside, picking apart Optic before they fall into the final four. DZ, we make a move, we get closer to being outside.
02:11:57 Das war wirklich solid playing auf dem E.E.C. FURIA haben die ganze Zeit für diese letzten Momente gewartet. Sie haben eine fantastische Aufgabe gemacht, und jetzt haben sie sich in. Also haben sie sich in ein bisschen weitergegangen. Die Red Shields und FURIA!
02:12:30 It just takes one good game to change your trajectory on the back half of the Syria Series. Syria? Is that what we're gonna call it now? Yes. I like it. That is what we're calling it. I like it.
02:12:46 Das ist eine andere Situation, die wir gesehen haben. Und wir sahen es, wenn Moist macht es. Over by Countdown, kommt durch Skyhook. Furia took die Northern side und waited für den richtigen Moment. Da waren so viele Leute, die auf dem anderen in Pylon sind. Das war es almost ein Vorteil für EEC, die in den letzten Momenten waren, weil sie weniger Leute sie brauchten.
02:13:11 in all of the chaos. They were able to outlast Exet and OpTic because of being a duo and get themselves some more placement points on the board. Look, if I'm reading this correctly, coming into this, Fury was in 20th place with three points. So if anyone needed...
02:13:29 A solid game to turn the tides for this series. It is 100% Furia. And they did exactly what they needed to do. And with that listening early on, you really get to hear the synergy between the squad. Madness is like holding Keon and Watson in check there. And even Keon agreeing with Madness. I love that they have kind of.
02:13:50 The trust in each other to put forth calls and say, hey, is this the right direction? But to also keep them in check. And for that moment to be the turning factor of them and even the push on to elevate to take their space, like every bit of those decisions just held their weight. And, you know, they took the win. Yeah, it's going to be huge for Furia. But there were a few teams on there that on the overall standings.
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02:14:40 If things start to get a little bit crazier in these last two matches, will teams get more desperate as they try to make a final push? We saw Meat Lovers try here in this first Stormpoint match. They almost had it. Can it get any crazier, though? I just kind of peeked over at what the lobby chat was looking like for the players, and all I see is drop say, pylon zones are insane, bro. You're not wrong. We hadn't seen one in North American region end like that.
02:15:06 And it was the layer cake. That is my favorite way to describe a lot of those zones. And Pylon, they just have so many levels, which it changes all of the things. Because you think back to Season 19, everyone was on Horizon. You could just pop a quick grav lift and take out a team on the high ground or try to chow them, push them away. You don't have that here. No one is really playing Horizon. It's very niche, similar to what we're seeing with Wraith. I mean, we've even seen...
02:15:32 How many zones, whether it's here in NA or EMEA, where they are just absolutely wide open and we're not in a meta anymore where we have cat walls or gibbie bubbles? It's just they're not being utilized in the same way. And so these players are having to change the way they're fighting, the way they're strategizing as a unit, and it's providing some really exciting gameplay. I mean, exciting is the best way to put it. I had fun.
02:15:57 I'm down to see more chaos. I'm down to see a lot of things. And honestly, all the teams that are needing to fight their way to continue that on, to get into the regional finals, they're trying to do their best. I love that you shouted out Sentinels early on because that is the tried and true. They are killing it today.
02:16:12 And talk about a turnaround from yesterday as well, because it was a performance where they struggled and being able to bounce back from day to day is just another marker of why these players are the pros and they are that good at what they do. But that's match number four, our first Storm Point match in the books. We still have two more left to go. So two more opportunities for our teams to clinch their spot in those regional finals. So don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.
02:18:11 Welcome back to the Apex Legends Global Series. We just witnessed one of the craziest zones finally getting an endgame in Pylon. And of course, we've got a welcome back Zephyr. I know you've got thoughts. You're probably like, you know, it's not even going to pull Pylon. Why would it work like that? It did. No, I know.
02:18:28 I was expecting it. Maybe not quite as deep as some of those teams were. And it's one of the first times, like you in Glitter, we're saying that we've gotten to see a hard pylon zone in North America. And I love the analogy you bring up there with some of that tiered cake. This is something that we typically only see in innings towards the dome and thermal station or potentially skyhook. But in pylon, it is a monster to the max. It is incredible that Furia comes out the way they did because one wrong move from...
02:18:57 Any one of those teams could have changed the fate. Yeah, it was played to perfection by Furia there. And even DZ doing the best that they could to wrap up as many of those KP as possible. Now, granted, we'd love to be able to show you the results from that match, but we are just having a little technical difficulty. So we'll get you up to date on those as soon as we have the ability to do so. In the meantime, if you're in chat and you think that your skills match up to what you're seeing on the screen, well, you know.
02:19:25 Maybe step away from being a keyboard warrior and drop into our challenger circuit because you too can send it on home and eventually try to qualify for the pro league like our players today. You can see registration for that March 23rd and 25th will close on the 20th, which is about 10 days. So you've got a week or so to assemble a squad. And like I was saying earlier in EMEA, I did see on the timeline Vicky Kitty did win her first ever Apex Legends comp. So if you need to draft a roller player.
02:19:54 You know, go ahead, hit her up, maybe follow her on Twitter, shoot your shot and see if you've got what it takes to play with Vicky in Challenger Circuit. So, let's go ahead. Oh, we've got him! Day 9 match for results. Furia walk away with a 21-point game. The rest of our squads that found themselves in the cake of Pylon, double digits for the majority, but still, honestly, I'm quite impressed with XSets.
02:20:19 Resilience is the best way to put it, right? They found themselves outside a land contention spot and have been fighting tooth and nail to get back to it. And now granted, they haven't won a game just yet today, but they're still carving a solid pass effort.
02:20:34 Absolutely. And I'll be honest, when it comes down to that pylon zone, it does seem like a lot of our teams walk away very similarly here. It's the reason why you see that point spread so close, given the fact that it's more of the landscape itself deciding what happens rather than some of those individual team decisions. But ultimately, as we take a look at this second half of our series standings here, there's not much left up on the board for many of these rosters, but it's thankful that we see teams like Disguise taking a little bit of a
02:21:03 Before we work into our penultimate game. I mean, as we look on, the only thing I'm noticing is Meatlovers being able to get three full team wipes, finding good KP, and it does move the mark a little bit, but we just need to go further. Optic did tweet out that it was their day to clutch, and well, we've got about not too far to go, actually. The points disparity between first and...
02:21:27 Even 10th is just one good game. A mere 19 points separating Legacy from SSG. So we've got two more maps to go and anything can happen.
02:21:38 And this is where we gotta start talking about those overall points that are gonna come into play after our match is resolved today. For teams that are on the cusp, they have to surpass getting above 23rd, 22nd, and you are safe. You may not be on your way to regional finals, but you'll still be available to play in split to a pro league along our 21st team. 23rd above, they still get their chance.
02:22:03 They do. They get another matchday play to potentially take a matchpoint final win and go to LAN or just bolster their points. We were talking about the teams earlier to watch that were on the cusp for that relegation. Sentinels, EEC, Meat, FaZe, Empire Gaming and Oversleepers. Well, Sentinels, they found themselves inside the top six with two more to go. What will that look like? But Stormpoint, if our first match of the day gave us a pylon zone...
02:22:29 Please keep the trend moving forward. I'm enjoying the chaos. We'll see if it's going to work out. I don't think you can get any kind of zone that looks similar to Pylon in any form of Apex Legends. So it would have to be a repeat, which so far today we've had similar locations, but ultimately no similar zones. That's true. That is true. But as we get a good look at where that plane is going to be heading.
02:22:56 Es beginnt über Launchpad und die Ende zwischen Downbeast und Northpad. Notoriously, Northpad ist DSG-Holm. Sie werden nicht nur eine Ring-Console, sondern auch eine Survey-Beacon. Und auch für den Wrapp, Downbeast gibt es eine Ring-Console und Mill.
02:23:16 Well, with two games left to go, this is the last opportunity for teams to put up the money where it mounts to. And at this point, I will say it's getting tight and could potentially push these teams to play a little bit further here. The big one that I am currently watching is going to be Eight Gang and Meat Lovers, notably Meat Lovers. Off of that last game, like you said, 10 points that pushes them up a little bit higher in our overall standings. And that could be enough to get them out of where they currently are.
02:23:46 23rd in the overall. If they don't get past that, they're going to be downfighting against our Challenger Circuit rosters. We're going to have to keep our eyes on that. We get a good look at where that zone is pulling, but based off the way they've been bouncing back lately, I would want to play for at least a third ring console if we can, because we do not want to rely on the Survey Beacon map room scan to maybe give us some differentiating information. Do I hear like a PK pumping in the background?
02:24:15 I'm also hearing the cracking of eggs, so I'm going to assume it's not quite against anybody, but potentially down in what is the setup for potentially one of those spider chokes or somewhere else. Try to sniff it out mentally.
02:24:33 It's another trivia question. It's another trivia question, right? Yeah, they're doing the Spiders at Checkpoint. They also have a Ring console. And for EEC, they were able to benefit from an Evo cache down there. They're not going to double back. They're going to leave the one that was a little more Eastern, which is likely going to go to SSG at Launchpad. You don't want to extend out and kind of encroach on that territory too early on. But for Evolution here at Barometer, a nice priority toward that zone. They quickly get on to Blue. And I'm liking the start of what I'm seeing.
02:25:02 Well, we'll see if they can make the transition for Evolution. This is a day that has to come with major success, but ultimately might be too far out of their control already. At their best, they would be able to put up 41 points from winning the day. Anything less, and they are eliminated, I believe. It's going to come down to some choice mathematics, but I'll tell you what, if they're placing in the bottom five, might as well already be decided. Let me just talk about how Sentinels just...
02:25:30 Find themselves in such tough positions off RIP. Legacy grabbed that ring console and immediately start putting it to work. And now the evac. Maybe we're going to go on the hunt and try to find the final members.
02:25:48 We'll see if it's that or the rotation. They do host themselves a nice exit, or at least entrance now, into the land of play. Jeez, the minute we stop looking at Eeveelution, they are already done and dusted there. Temper on the other side of things, able to roll up even quicker than they probably could blink and find that wipe.
02:26:10 Das ist wirklich schwer. Und es ist ziemlich notorious für was wir sehen in unserer Serie. Wenn es um 6-Games kommt, manchmal starte ramping up towards the end of it, get a little more aggressive. DZ ist bereits lost out on Sykes. Und OpTic ist jetzt auf der anderen Seite dieser Rock. Sie sind auf der Trident. Sie sind auf Triple Blue. Sie haben die Advantage. Und jetzt müssen wir schauen, was das wird für DZ für DZ das Reset sein.
02:26:36 I love that you see the very split-second return of Optic, which terrifies me for the fate of DZ here. But for now, I'm a little bit scared for what lies below. FaZe looking to take advantage. I love this follow-through. The EMP gonna come up dead on nothing, and now with the evac right there, it will get them to hype, but that's a lot of great sustained damage to maybe give FaZe their entrance to this fight.
02:26:59 It's really now or never, with only two games separating them from the potential of relegation. And here at Thunderwatch, I looked like that was trying to be a wall bounce to maybe find yourself on the other side, but Mead are having a pretty decent day with two teams both needing to fight their way out of relegation. As soon as I say that, it looks like Homie got one clip straight up. Hey, Train comes through though.
02:27:22 Honestly, knocking out Meatlovers this early on?
02:27:44 Es ist perfekt. Es ist perfekt. Es ermöglicht sie einen K.P., starten das Leapfroggen. Es gibt nur acht Punkte, die Faze und Meatlovers sind. Und es ist die Differenzierung der Faktoren zwischen 12 und 16. Und ich würde gerne einen Top-Eight-Performanz aus dem Faze heute. Ich weiß nicht, ob das genug ist, aber es ist ein Start.
02:28:08 Especially with a lot of these discussions, I'm starting to worry about some of our other rosters that aren't here today. You know, Game and Gladiators, of course, DNO, as well as Skirt. These are going to be things that they just have to lie in wait, and for some of those teams sitting above the 20-point threshold, they actually might be losing out on Regional Finals from performances like we've seen from Meat Lovers and FaZe, respectively. It's almost like we've got the Observing Curse at this point. We jump on over to Temper and...
02:28:37 Solid recovery, especially since that was not.
02:29:04 Temper who finds the damage there. Legacy from above with that Nox Jaguara is with the drop and the only reason why I don't see the follow up is the fact that they have such a good position here in Barometer that they can't dare give up any other world and we'd be seeing the follow through.
02:29:21 An incoming Bang-Alt. Gonna make things a little difficult here. You see Dynasty kind of just down there, not able to get back to their squads and its complexity. And this, to be fair, is a relatively off day for them, but we do have two more matches to kind of send this turnaround. They just haven't been able to get any momentum moving forward. And, well, you know who does get momentum? It's gonna be Legacies and Exet. Well, Unfortunate, Fun and Koi both.
02:29:49 We'll find their end. That is just, I can never contextualize how insane Legacy is as a roster because they just drop onto teams like that. And speaking of drop, we'll tune in with the main man himself as they're going to find the knock drop dish out against Dark Zero here. Oh my God, man. What the fuck?
02:30:19 My brain. You're good. Struggles for your brain, struggles apparently for them as well. Legacy? Legacy?
02:30:37 Holding on. We grab that knock and full on to Ativan. But we still have so many teams in the nearby vicinity that are putting pressure and not necessarily allowing them the space to roam through. But as we say that, Yanya, just full sense. We're chasing. We don't care. I mean, you're already at a major numbers advantage. You have this kind of damage down as well. And for Legacy, given the fact that it is as early as it is within this game.
02:31:05 They have the freedom to do this. We talk about Zone 4, 5, 6 rotations. You can't give it up. But ultimately, especially after finding some of that aggression against Xset, that's it, right? I mean, that is the go button that shows you you have a lot more clearance than you think. Legacy takes full advantage.
02:31:28 Faze definitely has their work to go on and let's go ahead and pop into it listen in with them
02:31:46 Not 88 I'm just I'm going into tunnel I can scan tunnel. Yeah Yeah, before you walk in there, let me do it A lot of teams that might rip an evac by the way Okay, yeah, they are they are They might try and come for tunnel actually So let me scan it
02:32:12 I'm just gonna sit careful open and just watching for the seat back team. They're flying this what this way Trying to see where they're going I am down to keep trying to hold these guys out. Yeah, so am I because like we're in over here on Cito I don't know if anyone will Cito though. Let's go let's try to get to this before they get there. Yeah Where they land they're in the open they're going into Cito right now They're over here
02:32:44 No Angle check. I'm gonna grab a support, they're gone. One has red armor, by the way. Yeah, multiple.
02:32:51 Three bats are here. All right, I'm good. High five. It's on me as well. It's on me. I'm coming. They're probably gonna scan that beacon. That was a nade. Could be baiting us. They're Valking? They're stuck in this room now. I think there's a team on cannon. I'm sitting here for a minute. Anything juicy on this? I'm gonna walk up a little bit so I can scan to see what the fuck's going on. Do you hear me? I'm gonna walk up with you. Yeah, I'm walking. I'm gonna kind of make sure.
02:33:21 Ich glaube, das Sides ist einfach zu tun. Wir müssen zurückgehen. Ja, ich bin down. Ich weiß nicht, was ist passiert. Wir haben einen Evac. Wir können dort spielen, oder? Smokin' wir? Wir müssen überlegen, was wir hier machen. Smokin' wir? Wir müssen überlegen, was wir hier machen. Smokin' wir hier. Smokin' wir hier.
02:33:39 I like the decision-making process that's kind of working through that squad. Now, we think about, does this make sense to play early on? They were looking to maybe push towards Furia, SSG, but we get an update on where that zone is pulling, and well, there it is. That's a pull. Out and away from Barometer here is going to play to the benefit of FaZe in all scenarios. Not really having to worry as much about some of these chokes. They still do have Moisten Exit on that potential backside rotation, but...
02:34:08 Also, cleaning out a team like Oversleepers can guarantee them a decent position, at least into that next zone here. So, ultimately Tiff, when it comes down to the decision making, teams are really taking advantage of this kind of slower rotate, more edge-oriented style that has ballooned going into Season 20. With SSG grabbing that Survey Beacon information, they will now know where everyone is. Furia, though, on the evac.
02:34:36 Sie gehen durch, um zu finden, ein Raum zu finden, und dann finden Optik, und das Watton ist einfach in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft, in der Luft.
02:34:58 We kind of double down, throw down the bangle, pop Beast of the Hunt, and we are just trying to get away. They're even throwing an evac. But if we take this right now, an X that pulls around and tries to go for chase, they could be easily aimed at, but the time is of the essence. Well, it's everyone going for the evacs. Ultimately, Waltzy in the air, but a sliver of health. We know a lot.
02:35:23 Okay, we find another in Empire after taking out Nine Lies and Yanya goes down, the reset comes through, we've got to get the Devo-wielding demon back up on his feet.
02:35:54 Oh, Optik over here. This is going to be real tough. EEC has made their entry on, and now it's dropped. In a tough position, needing a 1v3 to come through. Or we take this time to play our life, get as many placement points as possible. But Carter is making calls. They think they know exactly where they are. They should be good to go here.
02:36:20 Ultimately, Optics Dropped is the only last remaining member finding a hero's breadth of cover. They've got those knocks, unless I'm missing out on some major LOSs on the other side here. That should be something akin to what we see out of Legacy, a full send.
02:36:38 Send it. Well, for Moist, they make their rotation in. They find a playable spot for now. And, to be fair, zone pools are in their favor for Faze that are finding themselves with a really tough rotation, but they have to get through oversleepers first. Panders goes ahead and gets that sentinel amped up and ready to roll. Let's jump back into a listen-in with them because, you know, we love to see how they're going to make this decision.
02:37:00 Ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube,
02:37:29 Ja, das ist bad. Das ist genau das. Das ist genau das. Das ist genau das. Das ist genau das.
02:37:52 We did get a look at the decision-making process. We hear a call of we want to land on a team that is essentially going to be running into zone. Changes happen in the spur of the moment, and they go for moist location, which was fine if you would have done this, you know, five minutes ago. No. Ultimately, it is a quick change up in the heat of action that you can even see in their final moments they're dealing with. But I say final as they're...
02:38:19 ZACK FOUND HIM! ZACK FOUND HIM!
02:38:46 They'll burn for just a moment longer before cleaning out their back. They've still got to deal with the remnants, I believe EA below there, as Shubi and Zap are still left standing, trying to stick out what should be that revive on Zap, but probably unlikely to do so now with the full force of Moist Beyond them. For DSG, SSG.
02:39:09 Below sharing the same carriage space. Neither of these teams are going to hold on to this for very long. And I definitely worry. Notably though, you do see that evac available on enemy. They could potentially float here above the competition and choose something similar to what phase we're discussing earlier. You see the wall about to get dropped before we cut away. That is the one thing about enemy being one of the only players to lock in catalyst. They'll be able to benefit.
02:39:36 The crossing of this water coupled alongside a couple of Bangsmokes, and you're good to go. But you have to get towards Moist, which they just have so much space to work with around here. They've got the cover of the wall they have up top. And even then, Walsi is just moving freely around.
02:39:56 As long as they're gonna cover some of the distances eclipsed by the western pushes here, which should in itself be covered by these other teams making the exchange, instead it's SSG polling for that evac strategy we discussed, landing right in the face of Moist's beams here. I mean, it literally could not be even easier.
02:40:15 Optik has fallen. Walty, trying to get the connections through. Disguise not going to make the cross through the water. It doesn't work, regardless of you expending a Catwall. Are not over. Sleepers to fall to Furia. And with five squads in this zone, it's tough, but it's the chaos we wanted. We say goodbye to Furia there. Surprisingly, Wi-Fi has managed to just last through the remnants of all of this act.
02:40:44 Okay. Okay.
02:41:08 Twelve teams will make their way to LAN for Split One Playoffs. They were about seven points outside of Drop-In Gaming who aren't playing today. And they needed the strongest performance. Can you imagine what 25 matchday points will do for them? Something that could potentially set themselves up for LAN. Finally, I don't know. For how...
02:41:31 This has been something Moist could have done there. Inevitably, Apegang is finally spotted out, and it takes us back to the presence that Legacy knows best, a straight 3v3. They navigated one earlier against Dark Zero, and it started a lot like this.
02:41:49 I will say a little too much damage was taken on the cross because Moist, they've stayed healthy. They're just peering over. And while one does get to the top, it's going to be MT opening it up. The train did come through, though. And now MT with 5 HP. Have to keep this dream alive. Niazul does get a shield swap. So 1v2. And there we go. Legacy with a beautiful cleanup.
02:42:15 I love this because we even go back to our interview with Psycho earlier, and he said it himself. Legacy is just one of those teams who have the ability, the unadulterated capacity to find the little advantage to send them into their lead there. You get to see it in that final moment. It looks like it's...
02:42:33 Terrible. Dun and Duster. They're on low ground. They're all getting cracked. They're walking into a rolling thunder. Suddenly, the elevation changes. One goes up. The other wraps around, comes through from the other side. It's a full pincer and moist. They've got no idea where to look. And also, you think about early on, a lot of the teams made their way and were fighting there. So I can only imagine...
Legacy's Dominanz und die Relegationsgefahr für andere Teams
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02:42:54 There were shield cores everywhere. The issue is if you go to swap a shield core and you run and it's dead, that's where you make a mistake that you really couldn't have accounted for. But if you get a quick swap we saw from Niazil, you just kind of get back into the mix knowing that you just have to find one more teammate on Moist and that's another win for them and hey, it's looking good for them on their journey towards LAN.
02:43:17 It is a solid position for Legacy, now knowing that, especially after the double wins today and starting off in 13th before today's matchup, that they definitely host probably one of these stronger positions going into our regional finals. Remember, 60% of the teams that will be playing in the regional final are going to land.
02:43:38 Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr. Das ist wahr.
02:44:00 I'm not allowed to answer that. But ultimately, at the end of the day, no one knows is the answer we'll settle on. It's one that will be questioned, though, Tiffany. A lot of questions, and we want answers.
02:44:14 At the end here, we do look at some of the other rosters that are able to come through. It's a big return for Ape Gang. And this was one of those teams that I did discuss before we got into today's matches that I was a little bit worried about here. Remember, they were coming out in somewhere of a position around 17th or 18th. Someone where, if we finish down in the bottom 20s, are going to be eliminated either out of those region finals or even worse, into relegation.
02:44:39 A 3rd place position like that, even if it doesn't come with KP, starts to show up that point differential and it shoves teams like DNO and Game and Gladiators down into a more confident relegated position as Ape Gang shores up their weaknesses. When we look at those points, speaking of the teams that are going to be going to potential relegation, Optic is only 7 points ahead of 20th place, right? 21st is 40 points and Optic has 47 coming into this day.
02:45:08 That is scary, Zephyr. That is a struggle there, but I do hesitate. In a sense, there's a lot of this kind of access to Swords of some of these teams, knowing that they get to play the day of, right? Optic is one of them, and while it has been a bit of a rollercoaster in terms of their performance, they are going to have that opportunity to at least put up any sum, right? Some of our teams, especially those like Temper and Eeveelution, are walking out of today with the play, knowing that outside of a win...
02:45:36 They're done already. That's already, on average, five or six teams decided even before Optic performs in any capacity. Look, it's crazy, right? And even crazier was Legacy's performance. So I'd love to go ahead and pull up their stats because they did work. Yanya, 11 kills. Niazul, 9 kills. Yaguaris on 2. So, I mean, that's crazy.
02:46:02 Wow, 22. 22 kills, 12 for the win. We don't even have to have the Stangs to tell you that's a 34 point game. The largest that I've seen practically all split here. And the craziest thing that I want to talk about alongside that is the perfection of their damage dealt.
02:46:21 Alongside those numbers, you can do the division yourself. They're literally only expending those single clips to get those KP. If it's somewhere around 200 per kill, that is as good as it can get for any roster.
02:46:36 Ja, das stimmt. Und als wir die Ergebnisse haben, es funktioniert gut. Wir gehen auf die Hälfte hier und werden nicht so viele Eliminations durch hier sehen, weil alles zu Legacy ging. Geh, das ist... Da ist nichts zu holen. Und die verrückte Sache ist, wenn wir einige dieser Rosters und ihre Journey sehen,
02:46:55 Teams like FaZe didn't have a terrible exchange, right? They get into the Excursion against Oversleepers, and while they don't make it much further than that, it felt like they were present. The problem is none of these teams ever really got into the Excursions that matter. It was like a soaking sponge on the top end. Let's go ahead and jump on over to the series results and see what that looks like after a monumental game, Legacy.
02:47:21 In the lead by 27 points. And now with the potential to throw down and have a really interesting performance. That is going to shoot them up the leaderboard. I'm even still impressed with the ability for Disguised and Xset to hold on to the top five positions. This is a huge win for them and an even bigger win for Eternal EC. We walk out of that game and not much has changed. Still sixth place overall for Eternal EC.
02:47:51 Team that you were worried about today, who had won a day of, but were looking potentially to be one of those relegated rosters. But for those teams that want to fight their way out of relegation, you have one more chance to make that come through. If not, you're going to be fighting out in the gauntlet of those qualifiers in just a few moments of time, maybe a few weeks. We'll have to wait and see. But until then, we'll jump into a quick break. And when we come back, that final match.
Ausblick auf die Regional Finals und die Bedeutung der letzten Spiele
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02:49:55 Das ist jetzt zu Ende für unsere regularer Season. Und dann, all das bleibt, ist Regional Finals nächste Woche. Und ehrlich gesagt...
02:50:04 We're already pretty excited for it, Zephyr. I'm excited for Regional Finals, but I fear what lies below that. The relegation is on the minds of so many of these teams, and that's got to start to hit here. The final match, the final moments of you in North America before you're potentially either looking at that split two several months away, or even worse, fighting in the absolute gauntlet of the Pro League qualifiers.
02:50:32 This is a similar story when we look at this map rotation, the history of what we've witnessed throughout our series today. Legacy has an opportunity for a bonus point here. Should they win again in this final match, they will go home with 26 points, which when you think about kind of leapfrogging into that top 12, that extra point can make or break their planned journey.
02:50:57 I want to point this out right now. At 25 points for Legacy, they would walk into 82 points on average, right? That is a huge chunk that sets them, I believe, right into fourth place overall. A little extra point puts them at 83, doesn't bump them up any further, but that is one of the highest point totals, especially going into what will be a very confident regional finals.
02:51:22 Oh mein Gott, das ist...
02:51:49 I mean, that's a chunk of points that actually might change things up here. For some of our lower end rosters, they've got bigger gaps to disclose, especially as we start talking about 30 being that 10th place mark. And for most of them, they're still sitting a whole 15 to 18 points away. Here we go. Getting that early zone information to see where we're potentially. Oh, am I?
02:52:16 Very similar to what we kind of just witnessed, shifted a little bit over so that Millage is dead center. You see the bean right there and Elevate and Cito, that's good positioning early on for them. But based off what we've seen historically through World's Edge and the zones kind of bouncing around and even to the zone where we thought it was going checkpoint and it pulled back to Cito, I'm good. Yeah.
02:52:40 I will say, once again, I bring up Psycho from our mid-interview here. You don't want to directly play for some of these positions, given how hard it's become to predict these zones. Things like Godrock to the left of Empire there, a building within the millage, or potentially more, but... Zephyr. Zephyr, are you seeing what I'm seeing? I'm seeing Temper on their last legs, giving us a show.
02:53:05 Will tip my hat to add event right now a lot of people are always asking me when will we see mirage and pro league I'm like never never well never is now you're welcome The thing I love about mirage is that there is some credence to not like okay don't get me wrong never gonna be meta but like in terms of a stylistic solo play kind of uber advantage of chaos the mirage has become
02:53:32 We talk about that ultimate reset being on insane cooldowns alongside getting the extra tacticals off of the bamboozles if you opt for the perk choices. I mean, you can be an absolute monster depending on who is at least on the control there. You know...
02:53:51 I'm not going to lie, Zephyr. The Mirage's are my arch nemesis. As soon as they ult, I just kind of take my hands off the mouse and keyboard and I just let whatever happens, happens because I'm going to get bamboozled 50 times. Oh, it is a problem. And you know, we always are like, oh, the pro players are so smart. You know, they look at some of the stuff they see from, say, Mirage and they're able to sniff through it super quickly. I wonder how much of that is true coming out of Season 20.
02:54:18 Es ist ein bisschen schwerer. Ich kann nicht sagen, dass es unmöglich ist. Aber ich meine, es ist ein Herausforderer. Es ist wirklich ein Herausforderer. Es ist wirklich ein Herausforderer. Es ist verrückt und Apegang versucht zu bleiben. Vexis kommt durch und nimmt es all die weg. Aber DZ, sie macht ihre Presence known. Es ist einfach so schnell zu cleanen. DZ ist ein Short-Rotation.
02:54:47 Das ist das, was wir warten für. Temper hier. Moist auf der anderen Seite. E.V.Lucian wird in die Fray. Remember, das ist nicht unser Zone, so wir schauen, dass ein Stück von Action ist, als Teams versuchen, die K.P. sie brauchen.
Kämpfe um Positionen und das Schicksal der Teams
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02:55:03 They just want to change the leaderboard one elimination at a time. Avertnate does come through. I can hear the shields crack. Go into that free cam with Evolution obviously having the Evo shield advantage. A grav lift to take him to the high. But yes, takes so much damage. And here comes through on the zip. They get the knock on the cloaked. And well, he just got Obi-Wan'd.
02:55:26 Straight from above though, don't even know where that come up is. Even Lucian are shot from above of all places. I can't blame them for not looking there. And meanwhile, just like what we saw from DZ, it may not be as quick or as clean. Moist have come through to start to Zrav and find some of that remnant. That's crazy. When you think you've got high ground, make sure you really have the ultimate high ground because here...
02:55:53 Hier kommt Waltz, he wants to grab onto this zit so bad, you see the knot coming through. Ja's Dej, here goes another one. Get off my tower, bro. And here they go with the finishing touch of Evolution. Just an absolute superb extension there from Moist. They try to drive on by and they can't help but get into the action as a result. It's a nice extra KP for a team that arguably...
02:56:18 Doesn't really need it. Currently in second overall, in a confident position on the overall standings. The only thing we can hope for is for Temper to survive another day. I mean, look, just pop your Mirage ult and run. We'll see later. For FaZe, we see them set up. Just kind of...
02:56:36 Oo!
02:56:56 Quick scans up and above here. It's a low ground disadvantage, but we'll see if the revenge is just as quickly. Here's Watson, the namesake, stepping to the plate and not quite finding much damage. Instead, it is the break on the other side here.
02:57:12 Here we go, that perk from Bangalore, allowing not only the Bang to grab that information once Double Time is inactive, it's gonna be the rest of the squad consistently smoking out, but still looking to couple that alongside the scan and push through. But they're not gonna be the only teams trying to make a staple here. DSG enters the mix and they're going for the full wraparound, but keep your eyes on Snipe. He's getting a little crazy down there.
02:57:39 All right, keep them eyes, but also be wary. You know, you don't want to be caught out, especially with Disguise in any given moment. Snow is to separate here, but this Dis-Extension on the other side of things could be what Disguise have been waiting for. That wall from Enemy, that's the split that should give them the credence to punish this Rotate.
02:57:58 Oh my god, did all of Faye wrap around? Doesn't matter. Timmy does open up with a nice knock on to Madness. And we're still full sending into Command Center. They're just looking for the other two. Scan comes through. It does ring for both of them. And we are moving. We got that boost for another eight seconds. A little ball bounce for sure. Oh my gosh.
02:58:19 Für Schoer, für Speed hier, am Ende der Tag, sie sind da, wo sie wollen. Es ist Timmy jetzt von oben, mit dem Rest der Team schnell schnellstern von hinten. Ich kann euch sagen, die Jets leave you, aber ein Sitzender, als sie sagen würden.
02:58:36 I was going to say, I don't really know how I felt about Keon completely turning his back to DSG and just jetting away because it's just not going to work and it's not the quickest escape, right? But back to Legacy, who are sitting near Barometer and we picked up so many eliminations throughout Map 5 here. We found one and we'd like to, you know, get a ton more.
02:59:01 Surprisingly, by the way, in the other exchange outside there, we do see the end of Furia finally picked off towards the opposite side of things. So that'll be it for them after what was a good catch started by Disguise, especially Enemy with that lovely wall. At the end, it is going to be a bit of a double teamed effort, especially with Meat Lovers now on their rotate through. Most of these teams, by the way, haven't made the zone yet. We're still edging it out.
02:59:29 I don't blame them for going about it that way, because I look to what's left in the map that's outside the zone. You could still hit a rain console at checkpoint if you don't have that information. No team's really taking that rotation pattern and, well, attack doing attack things. Just get out. Like, just drop it at that point. I love the Trident, but you've made your rotation clear for meat lovers.
02:59:56 They'll set themselves up, hopefully, for a nice exchange. Getting across this hillside, and especially through Seto, is a question still at hand here, as instead, they're back towards that checkpoint choke phase, quickly from behind. Meanwhile, Moist v. Legacy. It's the big fight here, and you can see right there, one member of Moist gets dropped. MT able to just skirt away. They don't want to fall this early, right? Because...
03:00:22 At this point in time, they were sitting about 23 points outside of where Legacy had positioned themselves. They had already found four eliminations, and they were wanting to go on a tear for themselves. And, well, you know, Legacy, rating supreme at the top, is like, no, Nemoist, we can't let you have that. It is a great defense there. One that they're happy.
03:00:42 Und für Moist ist es noch ein Phänomenal Day.
03:01:02 We get an update on that zone closing. Look how many teams towards the northern point chokes that still have to find themselves in. You've got Meat Lovers going against Empire right now, and they'll have kind of the lay of the land of those buildings. But if FaZe decide to come through spider tunnels, they will be third partying towards this. And with one knock already to be had, they may get more into a 3v2. Tech does fall and take a lot of damage, but he doesn't necessarily hit the ground. He's able to...
03:01:32 Focus on the healing, prioritizing the white health first because the zone has already pulled in. And this is tough. It's tough, but it's got to be even better for meat lovers. Remember 23rd right now with 37 points in the overall standings in 12th currently in our day nine standings. They've got to be a little bit higher than that if they want to avoid relegation.
03:01:56 Und als wir zurück in mit Temper, ich möchte den Mirage-Ult und all den Bamboozles kommen zu furchtion. Nadesbam geht weiter. Wir müssen durch die Bang-Ult gehen, und die comms sind sicher, wie ich, ich bin, ich bin. Aber Legacy, sie gehen, die mit der Bang-Ult kommen. Sie sehen, die mit der Bang-Ult kommen. Hier kommt Mirage-Ult. Start die Bamboozling.
03:02:28 But Legacy, they will take that fight against Temper. We've got the Nox Gas Traps to try and provide some kind of cover throughout the reset. And now we go forward.
03:02:42 Ultimately, it was an excellent attempt. And I will say, the Mirage was looking particularly chaotic. You saw some of the aiming there from Legacy for a moment. They were trying to figure that one out, and it did get at least a player and a half's worth of damage down as a result. Optic here, though, they're cleaning up things towards what is more of a dominant endgame position. We talk about some of these millage finishes. Godrock has a lot of really great control and angles for punishing.
03:03:11 Some of these late rotating teams. Very true. And Meat still trying to find a way in. They will fall to the hands of FaZe, who need the eliminations. Early on, we did witness Exet fall also, which is quite unfortunate. We're not going to get that same six-game magic like we saw yesterday.
03:03:30 This is a struggle. That is going to be really chaotic, especially in terms of waiting for our final overall standings. The question of whether Meat Lovers did enough will be on the minds of everyone. For Legacy, they have just landed. They have hit what is the entrance now to Millage. And I'll tell you what, they say the IMC Armory or the previous looks pretty good. Ooh, there's a squad in there though, but we've got no issues with...
03:03:58 Stamping their eviction notice. Yanya does get the shield cracked, but they just take down two members of SSG and clean house, man. Legacy is looking in final form. It's a solid setup, but it does come at the cost of Niazel, and I will say...
03:04:16 Frexis macht ein bisschen an exchange für die Lowground. Sie missen sie in der Bots. Für DSG ist es auf der Outskirche. Das ist was passiert, wenn man die Edge delayt, zu lange hier. Die EEC ist es gut für sie, so es wird es nicht so viel. EEC war ein Team, das könnte vielleicht eine Relegation haben, und sie haben Fallen zu Oversleepers, die sind auch auf der Cusp.
03:04:44 Well, Moist, they tried their best to make that reset happen. Walze goes down. We take down Sentinels. Do we get the res? We have a minute left before the zone starts closing, but not when every team is looking your way. You do pick up five eliminations throughout, but oversleepers kind of going on a bit of a run here.
03:05:03 It's a good run, but it needs to be even better for Legacy. Finally, though, this IMC offers little to no cover. As a result, they are finally picked up out in 10th as Nine Lives finally makes their ways in. Now, I will say that is something for them to maybe potentially rear their head and continue to capitalize. 16th on the overall standings. They were one of those rosters we talked about in 21st overall. Safe currently, potentially on their way out.
03:05:32 We looking for a sniper montage in the hands of monsoon it's now or never found one and out in This zone with it being so it's the perfect time to make it happen complexity back to full force here This is the start of something isn't it I'll tell you what if it only takes
Entscheidende Momente und das Ende der regulären Saison
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03:05:55 One bullet here. Monsoon, Sentinel in hand. Now with the highest grounding of positioning on this hillside, we've been kind of waiting for them to find their form all day long. And this is probably the best chance they've had thus far, especially given the fact that we see so much of the lobby diminished. I mean, this is as aggressive as it gets. NA has completely ramped going into our final matchup of the day.
03:06:19 Well, big shouts to Legacy and Moist for soaking up a lot of the points here and Complexity coming in with 9 to our final game. If they go up with a north of 20 point game, we could see them potentially jump into the top 10. We'll see how it goes, but ultimately they gotta contest the building ahead first. Breaking into the top 6 is good though, with Empire picked out from Lou there. A couple of Thermites and some Gas down. It's gonna be hard to fight against Akaustic.
03:06:49 It's always hard to fight against Caustics. Optic Fall and Oversleeper's about to join them. Can we make it happen, though? We're looking for maybe a shieldcore swap here. Don't dance too far into that zone. But it's still tough. You got DZ on the outside, two members of Nine Lies, and it's just not going to be enough. Let's jump into a list and in with Dark Zero to how they're going to navigate this rotation. Shut up, shut up. Evan, shut up. It's a shit team. It's a shit team.
03:07:18 Der Watson, right? Der Watson, right?
03:07:36 How much have you? I have 33 total. We cross to the containers, and then we just walk. Bits a bit, you know? Bits a bit. He's trying to... You got that kill easy. He went into the way. Try to get the thermon on him. Do you want me to come to you? No, no, no. I got re-knocked.
03:08:03 Look, they give us all the answers to the questions that we had for them, they make that rotation, they focus on it, but the interesting note here is as soon as they hear, see the sentinel, they're like, complexity, that's monsoon.
03:08:32 Oracle, potentially, but ultimately, at the end of the day, the man has made a name for himself when it comes to the weapon at hand here. Still, though, targeted out with only a bit of cover. There's going to be a slide down from DZ in just a moment as EA and Nine Lies have pressured just enough of each other. DZ, though, I mean, if they can find that chunk of cover and just force this fight to happen across the board, they're in such a good position.
03:09:01 It's very typical to how we witnessed Furia approach the pylon zone, right? You just hear, real quick, shut up, we're focusing on our rotate. They do just that, they walk onto the rocks, they've got angles onto Complexity now, and they're just unleashing all of the damage. My only issue with this is, Zero doesn't have any nades. He uses Thermite earlier to break the door, but they do have the bangles, and I'm curious, was Jen able to get the cooldown off on the Nox gas trap?
03:09:28 Complexity ultimately face a double knock there. Monsoon being that final member to play upon the cover. But it's going to be an incredibly hard game just to survive alone here for Dark Zero. With those points they've picked up, they've officially surpassed Moist here after what was their early elimination. Yep, we are trapping forward. He does have his ult avail. And now for E8 on the bottom of this building. Monsoon's still alive elsewhere.
03:09:56 Nine Lies does fall. Good try. We'll see how that ends up on the overall a little bit later here. Elevate particularly strong as Monsoon, of course, that last member alive, a singular rat in this exchange. The smoke's to give a bit of cover here. You have to wonder if Monsoon gets a little feisty.
03:10:16 I mean, I don't blame E8s for full sending this. And it just depends on how much damage Monsoon's able to do to Elevate. But they should stay healthy. I'd imagine we are also holding our Nox Gas Grenade in pocket. And DZ, they make their entryway in. Beast of the Hunt is popped. And we are just going forward. Zykes, a Glass Cannon. He does fall, though. It doesn't even matter because they've done enough to put the pressure on.
03:10:42 When times get tough, you just focus on the rotated hand and maybe you'll win a map number six. A simple clear comms here for DZ leads to the ultimate exchange of positioning to give them their win. It literally could not have been better and it's a great example of how great this roster has been all split long. There's a reason why.
03:11:05 They sit at the top. And while I'm not, no, literally no one's worried about the positioning. They're pretty much already confirmed here from what we've seen from the statistics. It does leave us worried, right? That's the monster that lies in wait when we start to set up the storylines here regarding our ALGS playoff. Ah, I can't believe it's over.
03:11:26 Wenn du denkst über das, bevor wir sehen, wo alle, wie alle, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was,
03:11:45 Hasn't even been here. It feels like we were just starting yesterday. And ultimately, it feels like we were just working our way into the beginnings of Season 20. These teams are figuring it out just as quickly. And now they're going to have to truly test their might against some of the best of the best, not just here in NA, but in the world. Dark Zero, they lead with a prowess coming out of our final match of the day. A happy 24 points.
03:12:11 Ich meine, das ist wirklich gut gestartet, als zu erwähnt. Dark-Zero, 924, du hast recht. ELEVATE, ich bin sehr froh, mit der Navigation durch das. 17 Punkte für sie, aber für die Teams, die brauchen die Relegation zu vermeiden. Over Sleepers, sie gehen mit 10. Und dann?
03:12:32 9 Lies, das ist eine große Herausforderung hier. Für beide Rösteren ist es zu kommen, um die Wire zu kommen. Die Oversleeper haben sich in den letzten 10-Jahren gewonnen. Die 10-Jahren haben sich um die 23-Jahren, die nicht in den Top 10 zu brechen. Aber für 9 Lies, das ist ein bisschen ein Gespräch, das vielleicht, vielleicht, könnte man einen Inkling von Erfolg haben, speziell denn, bevor sie heute sind, die 21st-Jahren sind.
03:12:57 Oh, as we tune down to the bottom of the leaderboard, teams like Temper, Eeveelution, Apegain, even maybe potentially Meatlovers, their fates might be settled. Yeah, it's really tough. I look at this and I see that zero for Xset falling earlier. We know they were just kind of waiting to see where they ended. Let's go ahead and get Glitter back so we can start breaking down what has happened and where we're about to go.
03:13:23 Vielen Dank.
03:13:44 We'll take a look back at our final circles, this time the ones that happened on Stormpoint. And we definitely started Stormpoint off in style to say the least. The first time we get to see a pylon zone.
03:14:09 Und das war absolut Chaos, mit unseren Teams aufzuhalten und versuchen zu warten, so lange als physisch wie möglich, bevor sie in den ganzen Raum geholfen hatten. Dark Zero war hier, Xset war hier, Optik war hier, EEC war hier.
03:14:29 And everybody had to choose when they were going to make their move. Meanwhile, on the outside, Furia had already pushed through Sentinels, cleared them out. Then they had pushed through Elevate, cleared them out. And Furia was owning the north side of this zone. All they had to do was wait for everybody else to pick each other off. And at the end of it all, it was a very clean and very simple win for Furia. And this was a match that they needed Tiff.
03:14:58 They really did. And I love that when you're going through this, you're using the past tense of they were here at one point. But Furia taking that early fight against Elevate and usurping them from their position ultimately put them in God's spot for that game. Now, this is where things start to get interesting. And I know Zephyr was talking about how Legacy uses their ultimates to kind of push forward. And we get to re-look at that and kind of assess it. Because at first, it doesn't necessarily look like that's what's going to be to win in the game.
03:15:28 We've got Guild over here, throwing out the traps, making them further, and then Waltzy kind of doubles down, takes out the rest of Apegang, and then here it is. Empty, throws Bangult, and starts pretty much what you would think decimating them, cracking those shields, putting them in a not...
03:15:45 Das ist das Wettbewerb. Das Wettbewerb.
03:16:15 Fantastic success for them, but one that doesn't extend into this game here. Ultimately, we see the remnants of complexity deleted as they're pushed off of their height, with Elevate being the only full three men left standing up against Dark Zero. And we've made a ton of claims regarding the really successful positioning from Dark Zero on their early rotate. But what I love about this particular zone is how quickly they capitalize on this Elevate. The minute they go for this exchange to play,
03:16:44 und was erreicht ist, wie schnell Sykes, Genburton und die Crew launchen. Es ist nicht so gut für die Position, aber es ist etwas, was sie sichern, was sie sichern, die Notabliebungen, besonders auf der Beast of the Hunt zu nehmen. Sie können von Height spielen, aber sie können sich direkt in die Thick zu finden und sich in die Victory für die letzte Spiel.
03:17:10 Oh, we get a little bit of a look here at our series results. And Legacy end up with 86 points. A phenomenal series on behalf of Legacy in that first place spot. But so many other teams, as we look down the list, needed these points on the board, Tiff. I mean, we see Optic up here. We talked about them. Sentinels in that ninth place spot. This is going to completely shake things up.
03:17:33 Es ist und ich bin so sehr gespannt, ob es genug ist? Am Ende des Tages war es genug ist? Und jetzt bin ich so scared, aber granted, Xset, obwohl ich mit einem Doughnut in der finalen Spiel bin, sind sie able zu halten zu 7.
03:17:51 Und wir müssen einfach sehen, wie die Region Finals schlafen. Aber überraschend genug, mit den 33 Eliminations, Dark Zero, ich denke, sie hat 200 Eliminations verloren. Defer, ich möchte ein paar Insights von dir sehen, was wir sehen, auf der zweiten Halten der Seite, weil viele Teams, die wir sehen, haben wir vielleicht in einem schweren Spot. Ich meine, Sie haben sie alle zusammengezogen. Du hast sie schon erwähnt, über Sleepers, aber dann mit Meat Lovers, Nine Lives, FaZe.
03:18:20 Was wird mit ihnen passieren? Wir wissen, für einige Teams, die nicht zu gewinnen sind, dass sie sicherlich sind zwischen Gamen Gladiators und D&O, die könnten unsurpeden werden. Die Problem ist, dass wir so weit weg sind, das 22-30-point Margin sind, wo wir irgendwo über 44 hier sitzen müssen. Wenn keine diese Teams erreicht haben,
03:18:48 They might be on their way down to the mix of the challenger circuit where they'll face off against in that pro league qualifier.
03:18:57 This is going to be super fun to see what happens here. We're waiting to find out, was it enough on behalf of Sentinels? Will they move into that top 20 and continue on into regional finals? Where does this put Legacy? Obviously, they were comfortable, but they were around the same spot that Exet was at. And now the performance we saw out of Legacy should shoot them up. Zephyr sang it to a top four. I saw that four. He's trying to call it, doing the math in his head already. I mean...
03:19:25 This is going to shake things up, and it's going to provide some snowball. If Legacy plays like that in regional finals, then the teams that have been chilling at the top, that have been comfortable, and I'm thinking of DZ, I'm thinking of Moist, teams they fought against and beat in the matches specifically here today, have to look out.
03:19:44 for what Legacy is going to be bringing to the table. I can't wait to see what these results are. Production always makes us wait with bated breath, and I need to find out how it all went down, not to mention a few of those other squads that we mentioned potentially facing relegation. And this is, whoa, Nine Lies just barely sneak in at 20th, and Meat Lovers miss at a time.
03:20:10 für relegation. Are you kidding me, Tiff? Look, Tech can't catch a break, man. If I have to say anything, Tech has had one of the wildest pro careers we have ever witnessed.
03:20:27 I don't have any other things to say about that. I'm going to let Zephyr talk because I just... Sure, it is. I mean, it's just as a jaw-dropping surprise to me as well. But hey, let's congratulate some of the successors here. Nine Lies in the bare minimum, actually going up a position after their play today. And while Ape Gang loses a spot or two, they manage to hold on. Sentinels, though.
03:20:50 Breaking past the 21st mark that would, yes, set them up for split two, find their way into regional finals. It's gonna take a whole lot more to break into that top 12, but now it is in a realistic distance for this roster. Massive performances on behalf of Nine Lies and Sentinels, continuing to see another day of this competition. Moist, also on the flip side of things, we're looking at the top, the second team to have secured a spot.
03:21:18 At our Split 1 Playoffs here in Year 4 for NA. Both of our former APAC teams coming to NA. Now the first two to get those land spots nailed down. Wow. That has got to feel good, Tiff. It really does. And as I look at this, I still have the same thoughts. There are only 10 points separating 3rd through 11th place.
03:21:46 Und mit einer mehr, die Top 20 Teams in die Regionale Finale, wo die Punkte noch in effect sind, um diese Leaderboarden zu machen, kann alles passieren. Und jetzt bin ich Angst. Ich meine, diese Regionale Finale werden totalen, Zephyr.
03:22:06 Ja, und wenn es um die BOTTOM-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-HALF-H
03:22:34 What is better than they have ever performed before in North America. Now we've seen some insane team performances here today. But now I want to focus in on a specific individual. And this was a tough choice because if I'm being totally honest, I probably could have picked anybody on Legacy. But for me after today, it has to be Yanya. And when I start to tell you the stats.
03:23:00 You will understand why. Obviously Legacy as a whole having a phenomenal performance here today. Yanya on the Bangalore here. Just consistently being a nuisance no matter where Legacy was. Always doing a good job of dealing damage. And when I'm talking about damage. He had 25 kills.
03:23:23 Ich weiß nicht, ob das ist, aber das ist, was passiert hier.
03:23:47 was seine Team-Mate brachte. Das ist deshalb ein wirklich schwerer Weg zu wählen, zwischen den Spielern hier auf Legacy zu wählen, weil sie so stark waren. Aber look at diese Stats! Ich kann nicht glauben, dass das eine der meisten Stand-Out-Performanzer gesehen hat, von einem Individuen. Und das ist vor allem, wie viele Mal haben wir Legacy gesehen gesehen haben.
03:24:13 Not only with the top teams in the entire region and come out on top, but at a disadvantage, whether they had to cross somewhere and take a lot of damage to their shields or whatever the situation was, they still managed to clutch up every single time and Yanya as an individual clutched up that much more. So for me, it has to be Yanya. It's just insane. I mean, Zephyr, I heard you kind of like laughing at just how ridiculous those stats were when I was saying it.
03:24:43 It can't be overstated how good of a game day that is. To give everyone kind of an idea of what this means, the damage that Yanya was putting out is literally the equivalent of upwards of 42 kills in a single game. That is 170% of that damage on top of the 25 kills that we did get to see. To say there is an extent to this aggression is an understatement. Legacy...
03:25:12 Absolutely decimated, destroyed and demolished North America today. And Tiff, I didn't even get to hype up Heguarez or Niazl because you still had 28 assists on Heguarez. You had over 6.4K damage to Niazl. I mean, this team just put in work.
03:25:31 The legacy continues. They want to hit land. They want to carry it forward. I mean, look, if we've got the Devo-wielding Demon as our MVP, it was crazy. And we look back through the highlights and it wasn't just the Devo. That was just half of it. It's the energy weapons of the Season 20. It's the Vault. It's the Havoc. It's all of them. And they are just roaming crazily throughout.
03:25:54 To jump from outside where you were kind of neighboring accent on the leaderboard and really inch closer to what were we talking our magic number being like 94 95 ish you're about what nine or so away from that you've got what would i sir sign language hello 89 perfect 89 is great okay and we're sitting here with 82 so we're about seven away so not
03:26:16 Not too bad. I'd feel relatively confident. I wouldn't say it's 100% stamping the ticket, but I would put it at about 97.3. And when you play, when you have a performance like that, though, too, guys, that's now heading into regional finals. They're snowballing off of this, knowing the types of engagements they can take, the fights that they can win, what's working for their squad. And that's after their similar situation. We mentioned this.
03:26:43 Earlier, they had a slower day yesterday. They bounced back times a million. So to be able to mentally reset, I think we had talked about Sentinel in the same regard, doing that from match day to match day's effort, it's impressive.
03:26:59 It is understated how hard it is to do something like that, too, especially when you are as far back going into those overall standings. We could have watched Legacy walk into a position with those regional finals, really pressured to make something happen, to have their day nine in our finals, which ultimately is a completely different type of beast. That's when our groups mix. That's when the true best of the best of North America come to face against each other, and they're putting themselves on their strongest leg forward.
03:27:28 they found that kind of stability into their last matchday goes to show a lot of that experience the repertoire and what they have brought to apex legends not just today but for so many times in the past yeah i'm excited to see what legacy will bring to the lobby when we get to
03:27:47 Regional Finals und dann, wie du gesagt hast, das Global stage. Aber wenn ich nicht so, wir haben eine Möglichkeit, zu sprechen mit Janja jetzt, die jetzt schon bereit ist. Janja, kongratulation! Auf einer der most insane performances haben wir gesehen. Wie fühlst du jetzt? Ich fühle mich so excited. Ich weiß nicht, dass wir so gut sind. Ich weiß nicht, was zu sagen. Wir haben es aus unserer Gedanken gemacht.
03:28:16 Wir versuchen Geld für Land zu representieren. Das ist das Beste, was wir können. Ich meine...
03:28:26 Oh, I was going to say, Glitter, if you want to follow up with that, please do. I was just going to, I just have one quick question to follow up on that because we talked about it while we were watching you guys just how insane it is when we watched you fighting teams like Moist and Dark Zero and you go into the final 3v3 and you guys take damage right away and you're lower than them on shields and somehow you still absolutely destroy them. What?
03:28:54 ist so gut für die Team. Wie handeln Sie diese Fights, wenn Sie an eine Disadvantage haben? Ich weiß nicht, dass ich meine Team habe, dass wir wirklich, wirklich zu spielen. Und ja, ich weiß nicht, dass ich alles ego-schallenge habe, ohne Angst zu haben. So, ja, ich weiß nicht, dass ich wirklich, wirklich zu spielen mit meinem Team habe.
03:29:19 I was really confident with my calls and with my gun skill. I think that helped us a lot. We wanted to qual to land because, yeah, we don't want to miss land and don't represent Mexico. So, yeah, we had like that part pushing us to play really, really good. So, yeah, I don't know. You did. You played amazingly.
03:29:42 Das ist es. Es ist nicht so einfach, richtig? Es gibt viele Leute, die Leute sagen und sagen, wir haben gewonnen. Und das ändert sich das ganze Spiel. Und das ganze Spiel hat sich so schwierig für die meisten unserer Gruppen. Du, einer von ihnen, kommen in diese Matchday. So, wir gehen und sagen, du hast einen Ort. Du hast einen Ort. Du hast einen Ort. Du willst in Land. So, talk to mich über die Preparation. Das wird sich für dich für dich als ein Squad.
03:30:12 Ja, ich würde sagen, dass wir mit einigen Orks sprechen sprechen. Ich würde sagen, dass wir mit einigen Orks sprechen.
03:30:39 All right. All right. That's all you can say. But trust me, this is this is the man. This is the roster that you need to sign. And trust me, behind the scenes, I vouch for y'all many, many times. So I will say I'm happy to hear that there are things potentially coming through. Ultimately, though, I want to talk about regional finals. That's still a little bit of a blockade ahead. And you guys aren't.
03:30:59 technically confirmed yet you're still kind of seven points away what does that look like for you ultimately you're pretty much confirmed but i want to hear how y'all are going to treat it going into your last moments here within the region i think we're gonna play the same like really really confident um i know that we are not
03:31:20 100% für Land, also ja, wir spielen wie wir heute. Wir sind überzeugt und spielen zusammen als Team und wir werden wahrscheinlich gut sein, ich hoffe. Aber ja, wir sehen uns, alles kann passieren.
03:31:37 Okay, I've just got one more question for you before we let you go here, Janja. But I want to get your opinion on what Season 20 has done for your team's playstyle. You guys have always been comfortable being aggressive, but you just look even more solid right now. So what do you think is working for you when it comes to Season 20 changes? I think that everything that is happening for everybody is that we are not used to play without Horizon.
03:32:07 Und ja, alle sind wirklich confused, dass wir nicht mit der neuen Meta von Bloodhound, Bangalore und Khaustik gehen können. Also alle sind einfach nicht zufrieden, including uns. Aber ja, wir müssen uns auf die neue Meta sein, um mit Horizon zu spielen. Und ja, wir müssen einfach zufrieden mit der neuen Meta spielen.
03:32:34 Listen, I think you guys have absolutely adjusted to this new meta. You looked untouchable today. So congratulations on a great match day and thank you for chatting with us. We'll see you in regional finals. Yeah, thank you very much.
03:32:52 Talk about humble. You can't put up numbers like that and simply chalk it up to just, I was just a little bit more confident today. You killed half the lobby. What do you mean? We love a good mental shift, right? It's like you just say, I'm going to be confident. I'm going to play confident today. But if you can back it up mentally, it's clearly working. And now with the performance today, they're obviously going to carry that forward into regional finals. All right.
03:33:22 Well, we had a wonderful day here for NA. Before we say goodbye to everybody, I need to get your final thoughts. We've finalized another region. We're looking towards another set of regional finals here, Tiff. So what's going on in your head? The only thing that's going on in my head is my brain is just saying the map pools are the true villain arc of season 20. The map pools are the true villain arc of season 20. And will they be just as scary?
03:33:48 In the regional finals, because that is where we're going to see the best of North America drop in and try to slot in for that landslide. And you even hear Yanya say, you know, we're not fully locked yet. We did great, but it's not locked. Even Psycho earlier. Yeah, this is great. Love talking about all these other teams, but I've still got my own squad and oxygen to get locked in for land. So there's nothing certain just yet, but the path to land is getting one step closer. Is that for your thoughts as well?
03:34:18 It might be one step closer, but it's definitely already on my mind here. There's not a single day that I'm not thinking about those playoffs, especially now that we know we've got teams like Reject Winity, Tom Young-Kung joining us. Of course, Aurora locked in and now Dark Zero and Moist rearing their heads. It's already starting to be what I would consider probably is going to be the most aggressive playoffs we have ever seen in ALGS history.
03:34:46 I think you might be 100% right on that. So whenever you guys know that land information.
03:34:52 We better start getting those tickets and preparing to see what's going to happen. It's split one playoffs, okay? But before we get there, we still have these epic regional finals that we need to talk about because we're not done with the season yet. We're done with our main play days, but we still have one more showdown. That is the regional final. First of all, this is EMEA regional final in one week's time where we will determine which teams will make their way through.
03:35:21 Untertitelung. BR 2018
03:35:50 Wir sehen uns beim nächsten Mal, Moist hier in 2nd place. Und natürlich, DZR2, former APAC Powerhouses. Sie sind auch gegen die anderen Gruppen, die wir gesehen haben. Phänomenal performances haben hier heute. Whether das FURIA, wenn das Teams wiederkommen.
03:36:11 like Sentinels or whether that was like the team that we just spoke to in Legacy. So many pop off moments were had and will continue into our regional finals. And one important thing to note is that obviously the regional finals is a match point format, which makes it that much more exciting. So you don't want to miss a single second of it. But if you do, all you have to do, follow us on social media, whether that's at
03:36:37 Play Apex Esports on X and YouTube or at Play Apex on Twitch. And that way you can get caught up on everything before those regional finals and then watch it all live to see what happens. I can't wait. Hopefully you guys are excited for it too. And while you're counting down all of those days to the regional finals, log into the game, play some Apex, okay? See if you can climb the ranks ladder while waiting to see which teams will compete on a global stage. We'll see you right back here.
03:37:07 Bis zum nächsten Mal.