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EMEA ALGS Regional Finals: Top 20 Teams kämpfen um E-Sports World Cup Quali
In den ALGS Pro League Regional Finals EMEA kämpfen die Top 20 Teams um die Qualifikation für den E-Sports World Cup. Mit dem Matchpoint-Format und bereits qualifizierten Teams wie Alliance und Na'Vi verspricht das Turnier packende Duelle und überraschende Wendungen. Teams wie War und Onik sind ebenfalls aussichtsreiche Kandidaten.
Apex Legends
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ALGS Pro League Regional Finals EMEA: Einführung und Format
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00:05:57 Ladies and gentlemen, to the final day of your ALGS Pro League. In the middle of this unprecedented split where we had four weeks to kick it off and then the biggest tournament Apex Legends has ever had. These last few weeks have put us in a position now to narrow down all of our competing teams to the final 20. And then, of course, the final eight in EMEA that will make it.
00:06:21 zu EWC, der E-Sports World Cup in Riyadh. Just ein paar Wochen weg, es geht um das. Die Winner ist sicherlich, aber wer will sie?
00:06:31 We'll be right back.
00:07:00 und höher als usual, wenn wir zu unseren Regional Finals. Ja, Regional Finals ist natürlich ein speziell day und der reintroduktion von Matchpoint als auch. Wir haben Teams, die 50-point mark zu haben, bevor sie zu gehen. Und Happy Father's Day zu Ihnen, die erste one für Sie, das ist etwas we should note, als auch. So, ja, es wird ein sehr guter Day of Action heute, für sicher.
00:07:17 Thank you, man. I was in between that, getting some breakfast, working on things. Dan, you were there ready for the call. If Lauren had to step in for me, you were ready to help facilitate that action. I appreciate it. But I'm glad you're here with us, man. It's going to be a fun day. Yeah, it's going to be a really fun day. Happy Father's Day to my daddy, Mirage.
00:07:36 I'm really looking forward to today. Honestly, it's going to be amazing to see Matchpoint back on our screens once more. There's a few positions that I still think could change around and with the extra points that are available today as well, I think it'll be slightly different to years that we've seen before.
00:07:50 You bring up a great point in the difference in today versus other match point finals or tournaments that we've seen ever actually in the ALGS. We're doing a lot of new things in this split and in year five. Let's go ahead and take a look at the table stakes of what occurs if you place today. And really, here's...
00:08:07 The main thing to look at match point is activated. So you got across 50 points. If you win, you're automatically qualified. We already have a couple of teams who are qualified. That's Alliance and not a spin seer. So they're going a Mia has eight qualification slots. How did they get those slots? Well, their performance throughout our major tournaments across the year, you'll notice North America, they have like 16 slots, right? So a Mia trying to get back into that a great performance at EWC would increase their slots, of course, in championships as well. But here's the big conversation.
00:08:36 So, wenn es Allianz nicht Svensir gibt, dann die nächsten sechs Teams werden. Aber wenn ein neues Team in 19th wird, nicht nur die EWC werden, sondern sie werden, die ganze Welt verändern. Das ist toll, was wir sehen.
00:09:01 Proven that they have the ability to win and have certainly done it in the past here in this lobby. Yeah, that's the point. I mean, everyone here today has grinded their way through the previous match weeks and they find themselves in the regional finals.
00:09:13 All very deserved teams. And, you know, there's been a few names that have changed here and there throughout the process of this split. But I think now we've started to settle on some of the best teams that we could. EMEA has been an interesting position, I would say, this season. They've been trying to catch up with the North American Giants and, of course, you know, with Alliance basically dominating everything in EMEA. But now we're starting to get some teams that are really gelling. So I'm excited to see how things go today. I mean, you...
00:09:39 Das war's für heute.
00:10:05 Yeah, I mean, that's the beauty of Matchpoint, right? Anyone can produce a performance today that guarantees their own fate. And if they can qualify for the midseason playoffs, then that's going to be obviously the goal for everyone here. It's a huge money tournament. It's one that everybody wants to be a part of. And Alliance and Na'Vi are already there. So it's that top eight in total, as you can see on your screen right there, who at the end of play today will be qualifying. So keep that in mind. They are the spots that you want to be in when we get to the end of the games today. Yeah. Third.
00:10:31 We'll see if there is a little bit of a miracle story going on. Onset, I want to dive deeper into this. The games are getting ready soon, but let's talk about who you have your eye on heading into it and some teams that we expect, you know, might be okay heading into this.
00:11:01 no matter how the dice rolls sure let's do it let's talk about team war who are going to be one of the teams who are holding down as it stands one of those qualification positions going into today and you know there's a lot of teams who are in that bubble as well who are probably safe if they have a consistent performance like they have so far throughout the weeks of pro leagues then they will be able to hold down those qualification spots so team nemesis one of those teams zero tenacity one of those teams mouths and then like i mentioned that team war as well
00:11:28 Speaking about consistency, Team War really have been the epitome of that. Artic, Shervin, Fritz have been consistently putting points on the board. When we talk about Pro League, a good week on a matchday is usually around 10 points. You look at their points they've taken away from every week so far. It's 8, 18, 11, 21, 4, a little bit of a dud week, and then 14. So really, really solid performance across every single game day, which I think has put them in this position where they know that most of the heavy lifting is done. Now it's just about...
00:11:56 Wir sehen uns zum nächsten Mal. Wir sehen uns zum nächsten Mal.
00:12:20 The points, this is the placements that they've had on those match dates. So 12th, 3rd, 10th, 6th, 7th, 3rd. Pretty darn good. You offer that to most teams throughout all of the ALGS Pro League and they're going to take that because it puts you in a position to be qualified.
00:12:35 The one thing that stands out to me as well is it's not just points through placements. There's a lot of KP that goes alongside it as well. And one of the big reasons for that is going to be the man on the left hand side of the screen. That's going to be Sherb. Sherb has put in some phenomenal performances. This is from match day eight for Team War. Six kills in match one, two in match two, zero in the next. But then you can flip up eight kills in match day, in match four, excuse me.
00:12:56 Dann 4 kills in Match 5, a little bit of a dud in Match 6, but that consistent output of damage, that consistent output of kills is going to guarantee you points. Dan, that's who I think is looking pretty safe today. Who is on the bubble? Who is on the bubble? The bubble is my favorite place to be because that's where it starts to get a little bit dicey for some of these squads. We start with Onik, who are currently holding down one of those bubble positions. They're looking pretty good, but...
00:13:19 The real question is, can they push themselves into that top 8? We've got Ronin as well, had a brilliant match week just a couple of weeks ago to try and put themselves within a chance of mid-season playoffs. But if you talk about Ronin, you kind of have to talk about 10k, because the Nasuke train has definitely been rolling. I think that the addition of him alongside Kashira has been really quite interesting to watch, because you've got two IGLs with very different ideologies, but have kind of come together.
00:13:45 Ich denke, alles ist da für die Team.
00:14:13 Natski kam in für Matchday 8.
00:14:39 First place, 79 points, only the 30 kills in their matchday 9. Consistency, only 44 points, only 14 kills, but they are still getting those placements, and you can see how much we can dive into it here across Broken Moon and Storm Point. Yes, they're placing well, but they aren't getting the kills. I do think that's going to be okay today. I think because of the position they find themselves in, they should be all right. Otherwise, if they were a little bit behind, maybe I would think they would have to go for kills, but I think they're going to be okay. Rain Day, who have you got?
00:15:09 Well, I want to stay on the Bubble because, of course, it's the Moops, not the Moors. If you know that one, then you're a classic sitcom fan like I am as well. But speaking of Bubbles, Gaming Gladiator, Light, Funk, and Blast, this is a team that, strangely enough, has found themselves on the bottom end right now of EMEA. They're one of the more talented teams that we've seen, but we addressed this last week when we were looking at them playing Match Day 8 and Match Day 9. What has gotten them going?
00:15:38 Das war's.
00:16:02 Ich glaube, wir haben die Stabilität. Wir wissen, wie wir
00:16:31 Das ist schon mal, dass wir das Spiel haben. Wir wissen, dass das Team so weit ist, auf Broken Moon in den letzten Wochen. Stormpoint, das ist weird, hat vielleicht auch eine der Mapps, dass sie noch mehr consistent sind in den letzten Jahren. Aber es hat nicht nur die Motivation.
00:17:00 Was there wasn't there I don't know when you have such a great start on broken moon you make the rest of your day easy But one thing we do know is when blast is getting kills this team is
00:17:11 Firing at all cylinders. If this guy has zero kills, they have four games. If he finds a way to get kills and get aggressive, he is ultimately going to help Gaming Gladiators go to the level that they need to go to. We know they can get there, but it's a matter of will they show up today and hold onto that spot. We hope to see them at EWC, but we will see. On set, one more for you to close out who we need to talk about here heading into our match day.
00:17:34 Well, we should probably talk about the teams who quite simply have a very simple job today, and that's win the thing, otherwise they will not be qualifying for the midseason playoffs. We've got a few teams to talk about here. We've got Aurora, we've got CyberCats, we've got Uaim, we've got FaZe, and we talk about their placements respectively as it stands, 14th, 18th, 18th, and 16th.
00:17:53 Und FaZe ist der 16th auf der Backer der 2nd bester Performance in der letzten Matchday für sie. So all diese Teams, gerade jetzt, haben sie gewonnen, Matchpoint zu gewinnen, um die Möglichkeit zu spielen. Und für FaZe Clan, es ist so eine schwierige Season. Ich meine, es ist nicht so viel zu reden, wirklich. Die ersten vier, fünf Game Days, die sie hatten.
00:18:14 Really, really poor. And I was watching a lot of their VOD, and it seems like they're getting a little bit split on how they want to rotate on that Zone 4 kind of area of the game, where it seems to be a little bit of a struggle for them to be decisive in what they want to do. They have seemed to find a way to put that right in the most recent matchday, and they did put in a much improved performance. However, still a lot of work to do for them, and I do start to worry with the amount of talent on this team, historically amount of talent on this team.
00:18:42 Is it going to click? And will it ever click? Because it has to click today, otherwise FaZe Clan will not be at the mid-season playoffs, which I think would be quite a surprise to everybody, especially how we were heading into this split. So we'll take a look at their results so far of this split as well, so we can keep you sort of abreast of exactly how they have played. And you can see Matchday 1, 20th. Matchday 3, 19th. Not good, quite simply. Matchday 4, 3rd. A little bit better.
00:19:05 Matchday 6th, middle of the pack 11th, but it's Matchday 7 and Matchday 9 that have been the difference maker for me to give just them a little bit of hope. 6th and 4th respectively, and speaking of Matchday 9 as well as their second best performance of the season, some good kills, some good KP, I really believe that there is something here in FaZe that if they can put a big day together today, and most importantly I think start the day well.
00:19:29 then there could be a chance for them to find a little bit of confidence early and maybe be that team to pull off the Miracle Run today. So FaZe have got it all to do, but it's going to be a tough ask for them.
00:19:39 I think it's a pacing thing, right? EMEA has kind of had a great run in these last maybe year and a half of Apex Legends. And, you know, last year we saw Alliance lifting that midseason playoffs trophy, essentially. But they've fallen off a little bit in these last few weeks in terms of the few tournaments. So now it's time, who's going to hit the gas on EMEA? Because there's only eight spots. There are only so few chances because of those performances. And it's really about who's going to seize the day. All these storylines are greatly set up, gentlemen. I'm excited to get into this game. But before we do, we got to let you know that you can...
00:20:09 Not just on our broadcast, but...
00:20:11 On FaceIt, to give you a new and different type of experience, the way that you want to see the ALGS. I know a lot of people like us as casters and, you know, people a part of the broadcast, we love having the map screen up. So you can watch us, you can have the map screen, you can watch even your favorite team if you want to focus in on how gaming gladiators are rotating. Is glass popping off, getting those kills? That signifies that this team's going to have a real good day. Are the comms nice with Team War? How's 10K doing? Zero Tenacity.
00:20:40 I love them. Follow along and watch the ALGS your way at faceit.com slash watch. The other thing that I want to let you guys know is that we're going to have halftime as we always do. And that means you are involved. We like to get our ALGS community talking to us, engaging with us. And that means, of course, that if you have something to say.
00:21:00 Go ahead and let us know at PlayApex Esports on X or YouTube.com slash PlayApex or here at Twitch.tv slash PlayApex as well. If you're watching, you can hit your chats, your comments, and we will hopefully bring them up and engage with you in the middle of the broadcast at halftime when we give our players a little bit of a break. Now, that also means that when we go to regional finals or we do match point, we got to have a little bit of...
00:21:24 A few predictions coming forward. And of course, I mentioned Vicky on the broadcast. She'll be stepping in after this first game. But here are our predictions for who is going to make it in those six slots. We already know Alliance and Navi are in there. So don't think we forgot the two best performing teams. But overall, let us know in chat who you think.
00:21:44 Es ist ein Tempo-Tempo-Tempo-Tempo-Tempo-Tempo-Tempo-Tempo-Tempo-Tempo-Tempo
00:22:12 Du hast gesagt, er war zu tun, und ich respecte das. Ich weiß nicht, wie das Package ist, Dan. Wir müssen wissen, wer wird heute geliefert? Wie geht das für euch? Game Nummer 1 ist auf den Weg!
Map Rotation und Teamstrategien in den Regional Finals
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00:22:22 Ich hoffe, es war nicht so wichtig. Ich weiß, dass du manchmal eine gute Koffie hast, um uns zu machen. Wir starten mit Stormpoint, aber natürlich ist es Match Point Final, so wir werden zwischen den drei drei in Rotation gehen. Wir haben Stormpoint, Broken Moon, Double E-District vor Broken Moon, Stormpoint und dann ist es Rinse und Repeat. So wir werden never sehen Broken Moon back-to-back, aber wir werden immer sehen E-District back-to-back und vielleicht Stormpoint back-to-back, wenn wir weiter als Match 6 gehen.
00:22:51 Das war's für heute, und wir sehen uns, wer ist da. Es ist immer interessant für mich, um die Northernen Seite zu sehen, dass die Allianz beherrn will, und Trident. Sie haben ein bisschen company in Cybercats. Sie sind eine solche Team, die zu gewinnen. Downbeast, für FaZe ist ein sehr, sehr gut pick. Und für ein Team, der braucht die Punkte auf dem Board, ich denke, dass sie sehr glücklich sind.
00:23:14 Ja, Faze have typically struggled on Stormpoint, they've only got 56 points across the season so far on this map, so if they're gonna find some success today, you feel like, I think things have to change on this map in particular.
00:23:27 All right, then. Here we go, everyone. Regional Finals is here. EMEA to get the broadcast going today. Of course, we've got North America coming a little bit, or should I say, the Americas a little bit later on today. And one team who is probably just wanting to secure first place today in the overall standards at the end of things is going to be Alliance already qualified.
00:23:46 for the mid-season playoffs in Riyadh, which is coming up sooner rather than later. Alliance have been very, very impressive. Not surprisingly so, we will say. Probably a lot of people say one of the best teams in the world consistently across the last year. So I'm saying the best team in the world, Dan.
00:24:00 Ich meine, wenn Sie sich anschauen, ich glaube nicht, dass ich das nicht. Ich meine, Konsistenz, 2nd Placers. Ich denke, wenn wir Interviewing Hakkis haben, hat er gesagt, ich denke, dass wir am Ende kommen, 2nd in den Mid-Season-Play-Offs sind, mit dem alles ist so weit. Das ist, wie confident sie sind, und ich denke, für gut reason. Und besonders auf Stormpoint, sie haben 145 Punkte gespielt so far. Das ist mehr als eine andere Team von 50, so wir werden sehen, wie sie heute machen. Aber SJP2 haben wir jetzt hier ein Team.
00:24:28 ZipLine Mafia and SJP2 having a little investigation. SJP2 have left Launchpad early here to try and put some pressure onto them. And Denze and the rest of the crew, very, very aggressive here. And I'm wondering if this is an early play to try and catch a team off guard to play game number one in a very aggressive manner.
00:24:49 Ich liebe die Aggressions. Oh mein, das ist... Yep. You are catching him. Easy peasy. Oh, you gotta win the fight now, though. You gotta win the fight now. This is one of those situations where when you're being chased, you're like, okay, one guy is chasing me. I'm taking the 1v.
00:25:15 Das Darn Tethers. Sticking in the mud. Checking his corners. Oh no. Enze, you gotta finish this. Finally does. That's gonna be the first KP secured for them, so the aggression pays off in the end. Wingman Scout is sometimes scary to be the weapon you're chasing with. If they're able to just get round those corners, you would have liked an automatic, but it does get the job done, and as you mentioned, just some early aggression.
00:25:37 just to try and force Zipline Mafia away, and it will mean that Zipline Mafia kind of retreat from Dev Coast, or at least the last remaining player does, but you've also got to remember Nephilim are down in Echo HQ as well, so there is definitely going to be a lot of conflict down in this southeast area throughout this day, so I like that from SJP too. Just trying to make, like, keep people on their feet for the next time they get to Storm Point.
00:25:57 Ja, sie haben ein paar Energie-Drinks dieses Mal, ich denke. Sie waren sicherlich für das Game 1. Sie hatten eine gesetzte Gameplan und sie executed es sehr, sehr gut. Speaking of Gameplan, das ist jetzt wo die Gameplan ist. Wir gehen nach dem Norden, wir gehen nach Elrod. Und wir haben uns zu fragen, ob es da viel Platz auf dem Norden ist. Efection Alliance ist bereits der erste Fight. Surprise, surprise, es ist gegen Cybercats, die wir über den Norden.
00:26:20 He's got the Rampage and he's also got the ult as well and you know what Unlucky can do alongside effect when they do have his ultimate available to them. At the moment the Cybercats, they are just trying to survive. You can already see one's gone down. Yeah, one gone down at the moment. Unlucky out putting a lot of damage as well. Akis will be able to get himself a battery pop so he'll be back to full health. As he gets finished off and now it's just about trying to escape for the Cybercats. The little felines trying to Scarper away but Unlucky can point up on him.
00:26:50 Effekt just holds his ground, doesn't care that he's taken that much damage because he knows the rest of the team are going to be there. And I think the one remaining Cybercat should be able to escape and potentially get the team back up. But this is Alliance at its very core. This is what we've seen throughout the entire season. Just pure, unadulterated aggression, pushing teams confident in their own ability. And I mean, look at the comp that they're playing. They are a team that is going to be looking for fights, looking for kills, and they have the ability to do so. And they are chasing.
00:27:17 Effect is waiting for his gift to be delivered. Wow. There it is. He was able to answer the door on like I was. Anyway, we'll get that final kill and Cybercats will be the first team out. It's always brave to land and choose North Pad, I think, knowing that Alliance are in your lobby. Because you know they're going to fight you.
00:27:34 Ja, es ist wirklich sehr gefährlich, denn Allianz werden immer wieder auf den Trident gegründet werden, egal ob sie in der Draft-Pick sind. Und mit der Storm-Point-Success ist es nicht wirklich ein Team du willst, aber Team Nemesis ist auch in der Fight, denn Max-Strafe hat sich gegründet, so Nemesis hat einen. Zip-Line Mafia hat auch gespeichert, so es wird nur die Cyber-Cats aus dieser Lobby sein.
00:27:56 Team Nemesis, die haben wirklich gut gespielt. Wir sind hier ein Team, die keine Fehler machen. Die Teile geht durch die Katwall. Es wird ein bisschen laggered hinter die Spieler, die in die Distance sind. Es wird Team Dragons, die von den Clutchesen von der 30-30-Vzunni machen. 30-30, by the way. Wir haben ein paar Rampen recently. Das Ding braucht...
00:28:22 Es ist sehr, sehr stark. Ja, es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein sehr starkes Wettbewerb. Es ist ein ganzes Wettbewerb.
00:28:48 If you've got Ballistic, we're going to see plenty of Rampage and Devo action. Yeah, the Devo is going to be prevalent today. We'll have to see if teams make their way towards a few Energy Arsenals as well to craft a secondary one for somebody on their way. Speaking of on their way, Zipline Mafia survive. And they're going to look to whack a few people on their way back towards the zone here. So a good job to actually survive in that situation. And I mentioned Hell.
00:29:11 Maybe they weren't completely locked in at the start of that game. Weren't expecting that push. Well, now they certainly will be. And now they'll be out looking for revenge. 10k in the skies. We can find a little spot to land.
00:29:25 Looks like they're gonna be okay as well. There's a few teams around them here, but I don't think anyone will commit to them. And of course, 10K being 10K, they have the ability to just fence up. They like to play these kind of defensive legends that can really allow them to secure a position, play for placement, and just get to that end zone. And once they get to the end zone, they see an incredible amount of success since this team has formed. So we'll have to see how far they can go when they start to push their way up.
00:29:52 Und du kannst es sehen, viele Teams sind bereits rotatiert. Das ist eine Zone, wo wenn du nicht da early bist, du kannst du wirklich versuchen, weil du die Möglichkeit hast, von den Norden, aber du kannst schon so viele Teams da sein. Und wenn du in den Norden kommst, du hast schon gesehen, auf den Map Overheader und die Teams, die wir fliegen in. Du kannst es einfach aufhören. Es ist so eine tough, tough Zone zu versuchen, wenn du nicht da early bist.
00:30:13 Das ist nicht so, dass sie ein 3v3 in der Command-Center sind. Das ist nicht so, dass das Drones ist. Das Drones ist massive für sie. Das EMP ist auch. Aber es ist nicht so, dass es noch nicht.
00:30:30 Yeah, this is a completely isolated fight. No one's gonna be there, but they, of course, don't know that. With a lobby like this, you always have to be a little bit careful, especially with a zone like this you're speaking of, when it's difficult to get into. Sometimes you will have a few teams lurking around to try and pick up some extra KP around the zone. Maybe they haven't been able to loot successfully, maybe they had to respawn, so they're trying to find extra loot because of the respawn as well. As teams, we talk about teams that have got to do something a little bit different today, FaZe Clan. A lot of eyes on them today, I think. Yeah.
00:30:59 I don't know, Six Eyes at the moment of Alliance on them at the moment, which is not ideal, I think it's fair to say. Let's have a jump back into their Trident. Boost up the hill towards the wall. We'll be able to grab this Evo Harve, I think, as well, which should get unlucky up to Purple as well, should they so choose. They're taking a little bit of extra damage, though. We'll be fine, though, in the Trident.
00:31:24 Alliance, of course, the only team who have picked up a clean squad wipe so far in this game. Only the three KP for them, but it's more than anyone else has got so far. Of course, the further we get into today, the more we'll start talking about teams that have actually won matches as well, especially when it comes to map-to-map ratio. But certainly right now, it's about actually just scoring points and putting points on the board.
00:31:44 A team that has found success outside of Alliance is Team War, actually, when it comes to Stormpoint. So if they can have a really good match one here, then maybe by the chance they get to max six, they will have a chance to find a victory as well. But maybe Stormpoint being one in six is a bad thing for the teams that are performing well in Stormpoint as well. I think that with how the series layout is, E-District might be the key map to find points. Yeah, I think it's going to be, like you say, E-District where a lot of attention is going to be averted, too.
00:32:14 Especially with the back-to-back nature of it. Nephilim trying to work their way in towards Command Center. There's Team War who are in there at the moment. Remember that Team War were worried about Onik initially inside of Command Center. So now they find themselves a little bit sandwiched inside Command Center. He's trying to move up on the outside of this as well, putting some pressure.
00:32:36 Will they be moaning with Ronin? That's the real question, because Ronin look like they want to try and get...
00:33:05 Das ist das Devo, der 7, der 7 ist fleshy. Der 7, der 7, der 7 ist fleshy.
00:33:23 Oh, you're clutched by nature. Well, he's going to be the last one alive here. It's a 1v1, and clutch has a massive health advantage here. And even though the knockdown shield's usually a problem, the Devo will deal with them, and clutch does clutch. The Devious Devotion strikes again as now our Lions are just going to be underneath Z10 here. They've already lost effect, but again, there is going to be Devos involved in this one, and unlucky can't quite shred through. Hachis last alive on the boat. A lot of damage been done.
00:33:50 Er ist nicht in die Position, wirklich, zu capitalize. Er ist ein bisschen split für den Rest des Team. Er wird versuchen, den Bowcheck von der Distanz zu halten. Die Good News für ihn ist, dass es ein Crafter neben ihm ist. So, er kann die Banners. Aber ist er going to be able to Rez? Das ist die Frage nach hinten, bevor er gepusht. Er wird wohl mit den Tridenten sein können, aber er wird wieder zurück in diesem Spiel.
00:34:14 Ja, eine Sache, ich habe gelernt, ist, dass sie nicht einmal an Allianz auskennen. Auch wenn sie ein Player oder zwei verlieren in den ersten Stages verlieren, sie immer wieder finden. Und jetzt PhaseClan finden ihren Weg in das Spiel. Und Naxx hat es auch gesagt, dass das eine Guaranteed-First-Kill für sie auch. Naxx ist versucht zu escape, versucht es zu gehen, versucht es zu gehen. Das ist ein großes Stick, das ist ein großes Stick, und das wird genug Zeit für sie zu gehen. Der Drone wird auf, aber der Drone wird in der Sky sein, aber der Drone wird in der Sky sein.
00:34:40 So this fight might just end up being nothing. Let's Faze go for a wrap. Actually, this could be a really interesting play from Faze, trying to take a different angle.
00:34:59 Und vielleicht könnte es ein re-engagement sein, aber die Frage ist, ob das eigentlich das andere Team ist. Und du hast es auch gesagt, dass es andere Teams in der Region gibt, und die Zones kommen. Ja, die Zones ist ein Problem, sie müssen sie machen. Zayn will finden einen, das Team War in front of them ist. Big, big Tether kommt in von Zayn als auch. Das ist viel Arbeit zu halten, die Zayn ist in dieser Körner. Zayn ist last alive, Zayn ist zu spielen, aber er hat sich hier zu spielen. Und Nephilim will be eliminiert. Zynetik ist down.
00:35:24 But it looks like FaZe should be able to hold and get this res. Zipline Mafia aren't close enough to pressure this. Yeah, Zipline Mafia, Onik, one remaining player from Team War still in the area as well. So, you know, it's not a job done yet from FaZe, but at least they've got past the first hurdle here. But it does mean they can go back out if they would like. So they've dealt with the team that could have been behind them, but now they should be able to push out. And there's the last remaining player from War as well. Shab gets stuck as well once again. Any fires?
00:35:53 He's own Q back and Sherb is going to just slow down FaZe a little bit, but there's the ultimate coming out from Zayn. The portal going past from the Ashe and FaZe trying to overtake and then shoot back Sherb. They will be able to do so. Team War have been eliminated, but look at the health meds. That's a problem. Alliance are back in this game, though. Aurora have just been eliminated as well, so we're down to 15 squads. And Z10 might be saying goodnight in a few seconds. Feudor will last a life for them.
00:36:16 Great shots again coming in from Effect, and Zero Tenacity are eliminated. You can't let Alliance get back into a game, even when they're down to one. From the death again, Alliance. They should just be able to reset here, but VCGO maybe not going to allow them to do it quickly, but Unlucky has been able to knock one. This is a 2v2. I mean, Unlucky, the only problem for him is he had no ammo left in that Devotion. Hack is his last alive. We'll get the shield swap. Werner is down behind that knockdown.
00:36:45 Und es ist ein 1v1 hier. Wir sehen, Geo, wir schauen, zu gehen. Aber look, wer noch in der Nähe ist. Na'Vi, die endlich hat ein bisschen involved in das Spiel. Hackes ist zu spielen, zu spielen, zu spielen. Ich denke, Na'Vi hat ihn aus. Die zwei Big Dogs, Na'Vi und Allianz. Die zwei, die bereits qualified für die Mid-Season Play-Offs sind. Looks like Na'Vi wird die better. Allianz ist einfach, aber Allianz ist sehr gut, sogar zu 12th Place. Und dann haben wir K.P. auf die Board in Game 1.
Onik sichert sich den Sieg in Spiel 1
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00:37:15 Und jetzt Na'Vi ist auf der Rückseite. Sie werden die gesamte Nrw gewinnen. Onik ist der einzige reale Wettbewerb zu ihnen. Onik hat ein vieles Wettbewerb, aber Jako hat es gebrochen.
00:37:28 Iaka goes in, but he gets PKed. Vushi with a big pump to make this situation favor Onik. Slab has to back up as well. Jaco thinks exactly the same thing. The zone is going to be closing in 10 seconds behind them. It's a 2v3 for Na'Vi to overcome here. Onik are spread though, I believe. There's one player who's just slightly away. Maybe they can do something with this Na'Vi, but Onik are just pushing so successfully as a duo right now. It gets so difficult for Na'Vi to even find an angle.
00:37:55 Ja, der Nog von Vushu mit der PK war die Difference Maker. Das hat sie den Vorteil, wenn es das Gefühl hat, als es all Na'Vi war. Look at die Killfeed. Funks ist ein bisschen verrückt mit der Devo himself. Er bekommt Multiple Kills, Dragons wird die Eliminate, dankz zu ihm. Dann GG, pick up der KP. Ja, mit der Zone jetzt kommen, all die Teams auf der Southen Seite haben zu kommen. Das ist jetzt das Killfeed zu kommen, als jetzt Nemesis geht, aber Mauser wird sagen, wir sind bereit für dich.
00:38:24 Nemesis down to two. EMP is going down as well, and it's going to be getting very, very chaotic here outside of Elrod. And now you can see Mouse make the swing through the Alter Queue up onto the Height. Nemesis down to one. Zuni's found himself in a little quiet corner, which he can hope will stay quiet for a few moments longer. Face Clan have been eliminated. Very tough zone for them to get to. A few KP along the way will certainly be good news for them.
00:38:52 Let's go next in the killfeed. Trade our kills with GG as well. You can see Hedgeman and Light on your screen right now.
00:39:00 So this is a momentary 2v2, but it looks like GGN managed to get one back off. Yeah, a lot of altar portals available for people just to try and reset themselves. And Nexus does a great job, and it just allows you... If you're confident no one is in the building, or at least in the position where you placed it, then you can reset very comfortably. But it is just portal after portal here to try and escape and try and survive.
00:39:29 Zon is pulling out into the open. GG, if they can win this fight, then they can have the high ground towards this endgame. You only in a great spot, by the way, to the north side, who were under pressure very, very early here. Light's taking an off angle. He's going to find one, but he's going to have to find more than one here. The Newcastle Q is a problem. The Mobile Shield is slowing down the damage from this Devotion. Akina now left on his own. He's going to take the ball, but here comes the third party. Here comes Ronin Esports. Yeah, Ronin maybe just timed this.
00:39:57 Es ist perfekt, wenn man es aussehen kann, wenn man es aussehen kann, man muss das Kielfeeder sehen, um ein bisschen zu gucken, um ein bisschen zu gucken, um ein bisschen zu sehen, um die Weapons zu hören, um die Weapons zu hören. Ich gehe jetzt, um zu halten, um Ronin zu halten, hier zu halten. Aber Ronin ist sehr aggressiv.
00:40:16 Enchman with the P20s GG just been eliminated in the meantime. The PK here from MG Clutch who clutched up earlier. He's looking at it the same again. Can't connect with the second PK shopper. The Devo will do enough damage. The zone is closing behind them. He's got about 20 HP. But gets out with enough time here to pop this battery. Attenham trying to do some damage. But GoNex will be eliminated. Hoodie will deal with him. MG Clutch very, very weak. In some circumstances he has certainly been the savior.
00:40:44 Everyone is out on the zone, except U-Aim as a duo, I believe, as we're down to 5. Now Onik can have moved to the northwest, so actually Onik perhaps in the best position to win this game. You can see Nemesis now taking a fight as well, but they'll be eliminated. Now suddenly we're down to 3, and 10k are still here, but they are a 2. And they don't know, of course, that U-Aim is a duo as well, and Natsuki will be taken down by a 30-repeater coming in from Vushi. Onik surely in the position to win this game. 10k down to 2, U-Aim down to 2. And unless they recognize that...
00:41:14 Und das ist ein Onik E-Sports-Win. Ewing, in hier zu try and clean up 10k, will be able to do so. The Strafi ist left on his own in the moment. An Onik E-Sports mit einem PK in den Händen, und Vushi, of course, who kind of instigated the position for them with a big kill with that PK up on high ground, will get the final kill, and Onik E-Sports will close out Match No. 1 of your Regional Finals.
00:41:38 I mean, was thrilling match one to have. I mean, it wasn't the typical endgame we're used to. Slow and methodical. The zone forced everyone into open ground and everyone was fighting backs to the wall, back to a teammate, trying to third party, trying to just pick up KP. And it exploded into the kill feed. And it was really just Onik who kind of looked at everything and went, wait, everyone else was fighting. We've already done our job on the Northwest taking that fight initially. Let's just try and take height. And in the end, it was an easy cleanup for them.
00:42:06 Yeah, very, very simple for them. In the end, everybody caught down on the southern side of that zone, having to leave where it was just so hectic, so busy. You saw so many teams die as they just tried to leave that building. Onyx, who won that fight on Hite against Na'Vi a little bit earlier, remember, they were able to drop into that position late. They owned that side, and with it pulling a little bit more to the north than I think a few teams were expecting, that space was just open for them. You aim as well, as a duo, getting into second position.
00:42:31 Und auch ein paar KP. 3 von ihnen sind 12 Punkte für sie. Aber es ist Onik mit 19, die Leidt der Weg nach 1.
00:42:39 So points to be found mainly from kills, I think. And that's a good thing if you are a team who struggled in Game 1 here, you aren't going to fall too far behind because a lot of the points were shared across the board. Ronin gets 10, I think they'll be delighted with that one. I mean, even if you go down to Alliance, 9 kills for them. Doesn't matter, they didn't get the placement. That's the kind of game Alliance can play. But certainly an interesting Match 1 and we'll have to see our Stormpoint plays later because we're not going to see it until Match 6 now.
00:43:06 Ja, ich denke, es war...
00:43:34 A lot of nerves and also a lot of people just trying to say, like, this is, you know, this is our moment. This is our chance to get to the midseason playoffs. Let's start with a bang. Speaking of bang, we'll be back with a bang. We're going to go for a short break, but when we come back, it'll be match number two. I can't wait.
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Analyse von Spiel 1 und Ausblick auf Broken Moon
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00:45:59 Match number one in the books. I'm going to be hijacking Gaskin for a little bit while Onset sits on Vi here. Stormpoint already done as we move on to Broken Moon as our next map. Oh yeah, Broken Moon is going to be an interesting one. I think I mentioned it in the cast then. I think E-District is going to be the key to this series, but you can maybe suggest that Broken Moon is the way to get to E-District and just try and maybe ease yourself into this series. If you struggled on Stormpoint, Broken Moon might give you an opportunity to again...
00:46:26 Play a little bit more aggressive, try and find some kills, try and get into a good fighting rhythm before you then get into E-District where it's gonna potentially be a little bit more placement heavy with a lot more buildings to work with. Man, that's what I love about Match Point Finals Day. Not only do we have a different sort of map rotation heading towards the day as we take a look at some of the highlights to end up for game number one, but like you mentioned...
00:46:49 You have to make some of these quick adjustments on the fly, not only around these different Legend Bands, but also around this map rotation here. As we take a look at Onik, they come out clean from that Game 1 win. Also, where was everyone? You know, seeing only the duo that was left there from Yu-Aim that was at the very end too, but they were able to clear their backs to hold that side of Stormpoint over by the north side. Yeah, and you mentioned Legend Bands as well. Ashe is going to be taken out of the equation throughout the entirety of today, unless...
00:47:15 Somehow all of the Assault Characters get banned, which, you know, is not impossible in Matchpoint, but certainly at the moment we don't really need to be thinking about it. But that means no portals to work with from Ash, so you're going to see people trying to change things up. You might see a couple more Wraiths coming into the equation here on Broken Moon as well. And speaking of Broken Moon, the team to watch out for for me is probably going to be Na'Vi, actually. They have the most points across the season on Broken Moon. They've been the most consistent, whether it's victories, whether it's just points across the board, whether it's kills.
00:47:43 It has been all Na'Vi on this map. Yeah, I don't know what it is about Na'Vi on this map. They just seem to burst to life. Their killing ability is incredible. They seem to move very well as a unit, as a team.
00:48:10 Wir müssen wissen, dass der Timing ist. Es ist immer wieder zu einem Tee. Es ist immer 3rd-Party in der richtigen Zeit. Es ist ein Frustrating-Teams. Wir müssen uns auf Navi und sehen, wie sie heute machen. Aber wir müssen die POI-Draft für Broken Moon kommen. Natürlich ist das Stormpoint, aber Broken Moon wird ein bisschen anders aus dem Board.
00:48:33 Wir sahen viele Squads priorisieren Stormpoint hier, wie Seto Station für Nemesis, Zero Tenasi für Kommand Center, aber sie nicht wirklich auf der Pick zu capitalieren, also wo sie für Broken Moon waren, ist meine Frage.
00:48:45 Ja, weil Onnick auch in Kosal Camp kam, nachdem das Game 1 bis zum Norden von der Lightning Rod, der Norden Zone ist. Und jetzt hier, auf Broken Moon, die Teraformer landen. Ich fühle mich, die Skrims in generell und die Geschichte der letzten Zone-Puls, auf Broken Moon gesehen haben, wir haben viele Alpha Base gesehen, viele Atmos Station gesehen, die Norden von Teraformer 2 kamen.
00:49:07 Ich denke, es ist wirklich interessant, weil von diesen Pesky-Schocken zu kommen, was die Rotate-Legend werden, die viele Teams wollen für. Ja, wir werden noch ein paar Alter sehen. Das wird, glaube ich, die Main-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein-Ein
00:49:26 Hmm, interesting here, looking at...
00:49:53 The changes on the pick rates here, I have to say, I've been such a big fan. I know we've already gotten used to it, but I've just been such a big fan of the Legend Band system that we currently have in place for the ALDS. It's made things very exciting. It's forced a lot of our pros to adapt and be good at multiple Legends. And that's another thing to highlight. In a Battle Royale, as we see a nice little quick little cinematic, I love when we get socks like this inside of these build boxes. But when it comes to being consistent here, it's about in a BR.
Early Game Analysis and Team Strategies on Broken Moon
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00:50:22 Oh, this one's gonna get ugly, Vicky. This is gonna be an interesting endzone. I mean, we already had an ugly endzone in match number one, but this could arguably be worse, because you look at the amount of chokes that you're gonna be funneled through. The good thing is...
00:50:45 Plenty of Alters to try and get you through some of these walls that if you can just about get through the distance, you might be able to find your way through an area where you wouldn't typically before. But without Ashe, you are losing a lot of that. If you don't have Alter here, if you don't have a Wraith, then I might be worried about some of these teams. Like, how are you actually going to fight your way through some of these chokes if you're arriving late? So the way to counter that is move early and move fast.
00:51:08 Yeah, because then you have teams like FaZe who really only have the catalyst to help you with the rotate if you have a cat wall ready to go too. And they're one of the teams that are running the Cat, Ballistic and Crypto. As we see more squads now making their way into that next zone. Zipline Mafia coming in from the south side after exiting out of Experimental Labs. VC Go, one of the teams to take their time. They do have a ring console there as well, as well as the Solar Pods Survey Beacon.
00:51:32 This is gonna get hot fast. SJP2 on their rotate over to the north side, Ronin a little behind since they're leaving out of Spaceport gear as we start already with the fights. Yeah, FaZe versus Na'Vi. I said that Na'Vi, you know, the number one performing team on this map, but you're also coming up against a team like FaZe who are very hot right now. They are very close to going down there, so they're with a slither of health, have to be careful.
00:51:53 Ja, 2v1. Oh, ein 1v1!
00:52:13 Dude, das Sniperstock war so groß, das war so viel, das war so ein Quartier des Streams.
00:52:32 Oh, he still kept springing, though. That Devo, the Nemesis on top of it, the Nemesis being the nail in the coffin, still was able to just keep bursting through that knockdown shield and take that fight. Wow. I mean, that's Na'vi kind of summed up as well, really. Just sheer aggression on Broken Moon and not really allowing anyone to rotate comfortably.
00:52:57 Es sieht aus wie sie sich ausfüllen. Es sieht aus wie Arora ausfüllen. Aber das ist was ich mit Altar gesprochen habe. Jeder ist einfach zu sehen, die Depth hier von der Void Passage zu sehen. Was kann man hier durchführen?
00:53:13 Ja, es sieht aus wie ein 40 Meter Deft. Oh, okay, okay. Das sind die verschiedenen Rollouts, die ich war sehr glücklich zu sehen, als wir auch die Broken Moon in den LGS-Map Pool haben. Mit den Changes haben wir sehen, die Alter jetzt, die verschiedene Rotation zu finden, um diese Chokes zu machen. Als Team Nemesis sitzt hier auf der Souther, jetzt noch ein Team, wo es noch ein Evil Harvester ist.
00:53:42 So a little bit of calm across Broken Moon now as the early fights dissipate. We've had a lot of teams moving early to quarantine, but then you've got the teams that are holding the outer edges around it. They're kind of just waiting to see for these late rotators to pick up maybe some KP and some fight. And for Na'Vi in particular, I mean, they know Aurora are coming from this angle and that's who they're waiting for at the moment. But I think Aurora perhaps have sniffed this one out.
00:54:08 Und wir sind ein bisschen ein Back-and-Fort zwischen den zwei Teams, wo Aurora versucht, die nachwesend sind, und dann nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend nachwesend
00:54:37 in the middle, where everybody else except for five squads have made their way into that next zone. Yeah, I mean, those five squads are what? Nephilim, GG, Aurora, Navi, Nemesis, and I guess VCGO as well. So we'll give it six. Oh, Alliance as well. Okay, so kind of six, seven teams that are just outside, but everyone else is literally within quarantine zone. And Zero Tenacity. I mean, I think if you're one of those teams that has moved early...
00:55:04 If you're still on greys, then you need to be taking a few popshots here or there. You need to be trying to find your way up to blue. But it looks like most teams have been able to get there already, so it should be okay.
00:55:15 Das ist definitiv das, was du sehen in der 30-30s oder der G7s, für ein poke-pressure, wenn du deine Spielplan in die Zonen in die Zonen in die Zonen wie dieser, in die Quarantine-Zone ist. Du wißt du, dass so viel Platz ist mit anderen Teams, so du kannst das Final-Zone zu haben, dass so viele Teams zu forcibly collapse auf einen anderen, depending auf wo der Final-Zone ist in die Quarantine-Zone.
00:55:39 Das Sniperstock ist still living in my head. I'm not gonna lie. I can't believe it was just lingering there, too, even if he wasn't aiming at it. I mean, I feel like it must have been an Observer thing, but if that was on my OPOV, I would be absolutely fuming. Zone is gonna close, so we're gonna get a little bit more information as to where we're gonna be heading, and yeah, bang, right more central in Quarantine Zone. I think we expected that, so everyone who had predicted it, yeah, good job. I don't think you were gonna miss.
00:56:09 Also, thinking now Alliance, being able to move in from Cultivation after they are able to get the Ring Console and the Survey Beacon on top of the Evil Harvester. We know that this is something that Alliance likes to do. A lot of side questing after they already soaked up so much KP even in that last game. Even despite them falling in what, like 12th place? They're just going to take their time to rotate around, maybe try to cut off Gaming Gladiators. As you saw, they're going to be rotating from the south to the eastern side.
00:56:34 Big Ballistic Q coming through. It will tag, but gets absolutely drilled. They are going to get a knock via the ring though, so Na'Vi are just going to be a 2 here, make it a 1. And suddenly, you're just going to try and play Escape and Survive. See the pings though, just trying to be able to reset here up to Chaco to clutch it for the rest of Na'Vi trying to commit into this fight here versus Nephilim. Over by Stasis Array.
00:56:59 Eing out some nades, too. Maybe it might be one unless they were able to get the res. Okay, now you see the res coming in now from Nephilim. They're looking to fully reset here. Can Na'Vi get the reset themselves, of course, with Ochako being the last player alive on the ring?
00:57:12 Nexis Portal goes down. That will allow the Portal to happen, and there's gonna be the reset. So, again, Na'Vi just trying to bully a team, and Na'Vi have been able to reset as well, and Na'Vi are surrounding them. Na'Vi's still going for this fight here, Vicky, by the looks of it. Yeah, and being the only team with the Mirage, you could go in for these resets a lot faster, especially with the Mirage being able to get that res himself, Hierarcha.
00:57:36 Ja, das ist unsere erste Choke-Fight, right?
00:57:57 I'm not talking about the sniper stock causing a choke. Instead, I'm going to talk about Alliance trying to force their way through this choke instead. And it looks like GG are retreating. They've said, all right, you can have it. Maybe they got a sense that it was Alliance, and they didn't really fancy taking the fight, and they found it wasn't worth it.
00:58:13 I'm not going to lie, I don't like taking fights up here too, because if you know that your backs aren't cleared, you know the zone's already pulling right there on top of Quarantine Zone, that you already know that squads could be looking at you, could third party you in the safety of these different buildings. You could hang out on the roof. Moving up though, it's going to be Alliance sliding down that hill. They want to take this fight versus Gaming Gladiators. Yeah, Funk's going to just dive away here, but Alliance continuing to pressure. The aggressive effect's taking a lot though, has to reset.
00:58:38 Elster in the Killfeed, VCG just lost one as well, so a couple of fights breaking out now here around Quarantine Zone. Clutch has been popping off, finishing up NoNo2, Alliance now inside Sparrow, Ult called in too, trying to get on top of the roof with that Ultra Portal. GG are just forced out, evicted here while they wrap around, not letting Alliance get away with this, but Alliance are also holding two different angles, as you can see, Hockey's too on the other side. GG must have been forced back out here because they are in an uncomfortable position.
00:59:06 Unlucky ist wieder zurück. GG hat einen, und es sieht aus wie GG wird in diesem fighten. Allianz hat so gut gemacht, dass sie in den richtigen Bereichen haben.
00:59:16 They had that void nexus set up for them to immediately just back away from this fight. Like just the fact that they were able to go back towards a southeastern choke that we first saw Alliance in booted out of that next zone just because Alliance's pressure was so much. They first got enough. Hawkees was holding back a little bit, giving them information with that drone. And now Alliance were able to take up these two buildings.
Mid-Game Engagements and Team Resets Around Quarantine Zone
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00:59:40 We just check it again with Nephilim after their struggles earlier against Navi. They did reset, but now they're going to be walking into another situation here. The Cybercats, I think, are waiting around the corner. This is where Alter just allows you just to pop in. They have found a single and sole stray cat.
01:00:01 Cybercats need to redeem themselves after getting 70 to either 20th in that last game. But these plethora of nays just hurtled in their direction, bombarding them, forcing them in the corner. They need to capitalize, but they lost out on the Ballistic at first. Ranches getting into a nice angle, even outside of zone here. Love the follow-up too from Nephilim as they get eliminated. Cybercats, they come out on top from the teamfight.
01:00:22 Zabokats were ready and prepared for that one. There might have just been one player front-facing, but now they've also got to try and work their way through Aurora, because they heard this commotion, and oh my goodness, this is why Fuse can be deadly. A little taste of their own medicine, when now they have a bunch of needs to work with from their feet. Gaming Gladiator tried to re-engage on Alliance, and Alliance said, you haven't learned your lesson, old man, as now they are going to be able to not only win this teamfight, but still be able to claim that build-in.
01:00:50 So Cybercats just trying to push up and try to push out and maybe they forced a reset from Aurora here. So Aurora, even though they had all that damage from the Fuse Grenades and from the Motherlode Ultimate, just weren't really able to get into a position to actually capitalize on it. So Cybercats will just be able to hold the northern side and should be able to get into zone. Just have to be careful of Maus as their next target. But Aurora in the position they hold, I think it's good that they retreated.
01:01:15 They had the portal to work with, so they were able to go back. I mean, that Void Nexus is just so key to resetting sometimes. But they will be within the next zone, so they'll be happy. And they had King, I believe, on their pathing, passing Cliffside, wrapping around entirely. They had the Survey Beacon. There was also a Ring console to the north side of Cliffside. So having that information to get up on top of the high ground buildings is key here. While we take a look at Team War, looking at the Crypto EMP2. I believe it's Team Nemesis. Yes, that is right above him.
01:01:46 So Team War just with the single point right now. Arctic's taking a lot of damage and they might still be on a single point unless the nades hit hard. And they do manage to get the initial knock, make it two. Great hold at the moment from Warth. They got a crack off that nade and they just decided to fully swing. Team War shoulder to shoulder, they're holding hands and one, two, they find both members. Team Nemesis has only one left here, but Mouse now coming in for the third party. Mouse having a peek, going from several angles here.
01:02:16 Ich glaube, es ist nicht gut, hier, Vicky. Es gibt viele Angröse, die man sich an. Ich glaube, es ist nicht gut, Vicky. Es gibt viele Angröse, die man sich an. Ich glaube, wie viele verschiedene Resets gesehen haben. Wir sahen all drei Teams.
01:02:39 Fully reset with Alter. Whether it be taking the Void Passage or with that Void Nexus in total. Maus did it. War were able to go up on the high ground. Team Nemesis aren't as lucky. Now just left as a solo while Team War trying to look for that straggler with the Crypto Drone. Cybercats say we don't want to let Etim respawn here.
01:03:03 ZipLine Mafia also deny Team Nemesis from surviving any longer 15th place for Nemesis, so they'll have to look to E-District before they start finding more points to try and get towards Matchpoint. I think what's crazy sometimes when we get to Regional Finals, there'll be one team who's like already on the cusp of Matchpoint by Match 2. Not really quite there yet today with how Match 1 went with a lot of the points being shared.
01:03:27 And it gets like that too with Emiya, usually with the heavy-hitting team. Specifically, Elijah is a team that I'm always looking for. I know everybody else when it comes to Emiya. These are the heavy-hitting demons. And they still soaked up 12kp after that first game alone. Probably still racking that up after we just saw them win that fight versus Gaming Gladiators. And also isolated on that southern point. All that next zone, as you can see on the minimap.
01:03:51 So 10k have found themselves quite comfortably in this building. 10k doing 10k things. Just trying to play consistently, get to that late game and put up a good amount of points. Of course at the moment they find themselves in what? I think it's 7th position in the overalls. So they are within that top 8. They are within the chance to get towards midseason playoffs. They just need to make sure they don't fall apart today. Slaying for 10k. I was saying it earlier in the chat. It's 10k as the storyline. As Ronin.
01:04:20 Team War ist nicht der einzige Team zu finden, hier bei der Looks-Off-The-Kill-Feed und bei der Looks-Off-This Map-Overhead.
01:04:48 Everyone's just been forced in on this western side. Dragons have been able to find their way in. Zipline Mafia are to their side. Maus and Uaim, Onik are all in the area as well. But teams have just been able to find little crevices like this to survive temporarily. But of course, with Ring 5 closing, you only get one minute to reset here before you have to move again. And you have to head east. The only teams on the eastern side right now, Na'Vi, Cybercats and Alliance. Everyone else has to move.
01:05:14 Es ist die Wahrheit, dass diese Teams sind in der Mitte der Quarantäne-Zone und die Zone komplett auf die E-Side des Quarantäne-Zone ist. Wir haben Rez, die Aurora in der 12-Pläge sind. Zipp bringt alle ihre Mitglieder zurück. Es ist nur das eine Soulstraggler. Maus jetzt finden sich als ein Duo, mit 11 Spots leften. Jeder muss in, als das nächste Zone starten, in den nächsten 20 Sekunden.
01:05:41 Es ist ziemlich schlecht in den richtigen Händen, aber Malz will jetzt nicht mehr Passage durch. Aber leider werden sie mit vielen Bullets auf der anderen Seite getötet.
01:05:50 I don't even know if they're gonna be able to try and push through this, Miles. I think there's just too much in front of them. They are doing a good job, has to be said. Zero-nothing. Maybe with the opportunity to go big here, just to try and put some extra KP on the board. But he's missing these crucial shots with the Alternator. He's literally one shot. Those first initial shots dictated everything from winning that fight. Miles falls down, you aim to back in the lobby and eight squads left, while Dragons try to fight for their lives in between Zero Tenacity and go next.
01:06:20 So it seems remain dragons Trying to stay alive and it is gonna be just fighting the remainder of go next they will be able to win that one out the case when he's gone down So that's gonna try and get a resume but looks like it's gonna come through But that zone is gonna start to tickle your backside if you're not careful Wrong run as fast as you can case Winnie now looks like he went down that thermite to right there Just prevents them from being able to fully reset with the res
01:06:49 I mean, you mentioned this comp. It's not exactly one that is going to allow you to reset comfortably. But Z10 are going to be taking the fight inside. Kashira's just gone down as well. It looks like 10k are taking the fight and maybe struggling here. Zero Tenacity is still a full three. Unlucky, meanwhile, is looking in two different directions. Gets a knock onto Posekill. Finds a Grenade Toss onto EQ as well. Onik in trouble. Navi getting some of these knocks. 10k get eliminated. The Battle of the Demons in this final zone while Cyberkets...
01:07:18 Es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um.
01:07:41 Oh, it's Z-Tenu of the Kraber, excuse me. Maybe that could be the difference maker for them to break out.
01:08:08 Your eyes do not deceive you. They need to hit these shots. The Kraber being crucial for Futa since they're having that stare down versus dragons. I'm trying to get a little cheeky. Kidnap right there too. Yeah, Hakkas has a Kraber as well. So it's a Kraber. So Alliance, they have everything. Alliance have all the pieces. They should win this game unless anything goes wrong. The Z-10 and Dragons are too close right now. They're going to be the ones that are going to have to fight first here.
01:08:33 Let me see though, at the other side, Dragon's trying to swing over to the right side, while Unlucky was trying to get into position. Nice priority on that EMP from Hotkeys, but couldn't expand on to anything. Now with the final zone closing in, Unlucky having to be careful, still looking at Zero Tenacity, with Mizzy still having to boot Evil Shield. I mean, Unlucky's just trying to force the fight between the other two teams. He's literally trying to poke and prod and create that engagement. It looks like it's going to pay off. The 150 does hit though for Z10.
01:08:59 You said that sometimes Emiya can be a little bit top heavy and we were waiting for Alliance to come to life. They had a 9 kill game in match 1 but didn't place very well so they were only on the 10 points.
Alliance's Dominance and Strategic Map Control
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01:09:25 But now they are looking like the alliance that we were ready to see here today in regional finals. And they get one step closer to that match point threshold here, Vicky.
01:09:35 13 kp to their name just sitting pretty up on high ground looking at the two teams that were forced to collapse on one another as we take a look at the match results as you highlighted game number one they may have fallen early they still got nine kp but we know why this squad likes to take these fights they know how to fight for their positioning we saw that versus gaming gladiators as we even see dragons on the come up here too getting second place and nine kp to their name
01:09:59 Ja, ich habe zu geben, zu Dragons für wie sie spielen, wie sie ihren Weg in die Zonen gewinnen. Na'Vi, natürlich, hatte eine Möglichkeit in der Spiel. Sie waren auf den Easternen Seite, aber ich glaube, sie wurde ein bisschen von Allianz. Aber wir können sehen, wie es das Ganze verändert. 35 Punkte für Allianz. Sie sind 15 von der Matchpoint-Threshold. Onyck!
01:10:19 In 2nd place, trying to solidify their spot in the midseason playoffs. And Dragons and Ronin also putting their best foot forward as well, trying to secure points to get closer to midseason as well. You have to worry about the teams that want to soak up those points. Alliance and Navi specifically already qualifying out here know that they can kind of sit behind, but prevent other teams from being able to obtain their own spot depending on where they land in the overall standings.
01:10:46 Ja, ich denke, dass Allianz immer die expectation ist, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind. Und jetzt, sie sehen, wie sie sind die Closest Team zu kommen. Wir sehen, was passiert, wenn wir zu Match 3 kommen. Wir gehen über E-District. Don't go anywhere, guys. Wir sehen uns gleich wieder.
01:11:15 Ja, 20 E. E.
01:11:46 Das war Kamego. Das war SBI. Das war SBI. Das war SBI. Das war SBI.
01:12:11 Ich bin ich bin ich bin
01:13:15 Ich bin ich bin ich bin ich bin ich bin ich bin ich bin ich bin
01:13:44 Aber es ist etwas schwierig, aber es ist eine gute Positionierung, aber es ist eine gute Positionierung.
01:14:47 Sony Inzone, the official monitor of the Apex Legends Global Series.
01:15:02 Shoutout to Sony Endzone as well. Hey, you know, Mark, I didn't ask you about this, but I think the truth is, if Sony, you want to send Mark and I some, you know, some Endzone monitors for the broadcast coming up, I'd be okay with that. Mark, would you be alright with that? I am fully supportive of this idea. 100%.
01:15:18 Vicky and Dan are like, us two, us two. I've seen Peeps with a few. I mean, we love them and they're at our event. So if you ever have a chance to be at LAN, it's pretty amazing. Some pretty clear picture there. So thank you, Sony. But let's take a look back, Mark, as we go into Map 3 as to what happened in Map 2. Alliance, you know, had it under control, but there was Dragons in the mix there for a while. They did a lot to stay alive in that final zone, just weren't able to pull it together alongside Zero Panasonic.
01:15:44 Ja, eine Sache, die ich liebe von Allianz, wie in Endzonen, ist, dass sie die Pace dictieren. Ja, sie haben die besten Position. Ja, sie haben gut Schilden, gut Weaponie. Aber ich bin Glück hier, die Pressure, dass er auf den Dragons ist. Er ist, um, zu versuchen, Zero Tenacity zu nehmen. Er ist, um, zu versuchen, das ganze Zeit, um den Wunsch zu gewinnen. Und wenn jeder über diese Fence, von Dragons, haben sie bereits gedauertet. Sie sind EMP'd.
01:16:11 Es ist nicht so einfach für Allianz. Wenn du in als der finalen Team in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party in deinem 3rd party
01:16:41 Maybe Case Winnie's almost first ever land that he's missed in the entirety of the ALGS. He has been such a big factor in the Amir region. Questions now if they can continue with a big game coming up here would certainly put them in a great seat, a driver's kind of position in this tournament with our final potential three coming up, but you never know. This is match point.
01:17:01 It can go for a while. But Zero Tenacity, too, Mark. That's a team that I found has finally found the rhythm. Phoenix is a guy I've cast in a lot of different esports. He's tried to find different from Ford Gang all the way to this. Futa, obviously, coming away from K-20 Squad, trying to find his moment. And I feel like they've actually meshed into a team that is a top ten, top eight type of team. But the question is, can they keep that up? And heading into Game 3 in E-District, you know, that's where you kind of test the team synergy. Can you do it across?
01:17:29 Three different maps and keep that consistency, even though you have a good game here and there. Yeah, they're going to be really testing the consistency of teams today because we are switching maps every single game, essentially, until we get to E-Districts and then we snake back the other way.
01:17:44 It is very uncomfortable for a lot of these teams and players to be consistent. It's a change of maps, it's a legend ban, there's no Ashe, there's now no Alter as well, and that's big going into E-District as well. Having no Ashe and no Alter for back-to-back E-District games, they're probably the two legends that you would look at wanting to be in your composition should you have the entire legend pool available to you. So it's going to make for a very different feeling E-District here. I feel like Wraith and Catalyst are going to be very important for making rotates and all.
E-District Strategies and Team Compositions
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01:18:13 Also haben wir die Abundanzierung hier in E-District auch. Es ist ein bisschen anders von Broken Moon, zu was wir haben mit der Endzone, die wir vorher hatten. Aber E-District ist alles über die Bildung. Es ist alles über die Position, und alles über die Position zu finden. Und alles über die Position zu locken. Also, nicht zu haben Alter, zu über-Extend, zu holen in die Bildung, und auch über die Bildung.
01:18:40 Es testet ihr, wie ich sage, mit welchen Komponenten ihr werdet, und wenn ihr vorbereitet habt, was die Legend-Band sind. Rotations können unkomfortabel werden, das ist sicher. Raid ist sicherlich. Wir sehen uns die Grund, dass es unkomfortabel wird, besonders in Moments wie diese, die E-District einfach nur blockst du aus. Es ist einfach nur woher zu gehen. Vielleicht ist es eine große Ramp, eine große Brücke.
01:19:05 Three teams are sitting above and you've got to cross underneath. Without that alter, without some type of unique space adjustment that you can take on your team, it's going to be almost impossible to survive some of these late game rotations, especially if you don't nail it right away. Valkyrie has been mentioned but not brought up. Conduit has been a team that's been mentioned and pushed a little bit in North America. Keon and Fury have been talking about that. I mentioned that earlier this week in some VOD review of it and how...
01:19:34 Maybe just going for a teamfight and instead opting for a little bit more of aggression with that defensive potential of her Radiant transfer can actually make the difference in some of these fights in some of the TTK that we've seen ballistic impact with the length of his Tempest. It's going to be interesting how teams decide to handle this problem because it's not just one as you mentioned, Mark. It is two games on E-District. They've got to have a plan and they've got to be able to execute it.
01:19:58 Speaking of plans, Alliance, their games are going to plan at the moment. 35 points, just 15 points away from hitting match point. From what we've seen in the first two games, it would be no surprise whatsoever if we see Alliance being the first team to hit match point today. But just looking across legend composition, seeing the first Pathfinder of the day here on E-District, which I love, not just because I love Pathfinder, but it's also just a very good legend.
01:20:21 We're kind of negotiating some of those difficult rotates that we've talked about, right? From low to high across some of that open ground. And we're also seeing Wraith in there a little bit. We're seeing some Fuse, a lot of Crypto as well. We're seeing a little bit of Sparrow. It's a real mix-up. And you can see it on your screen right now. There's actually two Pathfinders, excuse me, who are in this lobby. Cybercats are going to be running it as well. So a lot of different legend variation, which, again, you think about when you go into a teamfight, you've got to establish not only now shields, weaponry, but also what legends you're playing against in this 3v3 to...
01:20:49 Ich liebe auch, dass wir die Nummer 1 und Nummer 2-team haben.
01:20:58 Not playing a single Legend, that is the same. We've got a Ballistic, Catalyst, and Sparrow. And then we go to Onik, who's second place. And they have a Wraith, a Crypto, and a Watson. Two different ideas on how to achieve success here in this map is already Dragons off to the races. They've dropped the Sparrow in favor of the Crypto. And they're taking the Catalyst and the Ballistic. To me, I think I lean more on the side, at least my preference, of having the Catalyst around. Because, yes, the Pathfinder, I like that movement. But really, what are you going to do?
01:21:27 in terms of stopping somebody who has a better position in these buildings, in these buildings that are very hard to siege. Pathfinder could get aggressive, but not every moment allows you to do that. But buying time, that's still where the catalyst to me is one of the best, if not the best, legends in end zones and, of course, crossing big pathways. So I think that's still going to favor Alliance there. They've opted with it and they've got tons of vision and that ballistic.
01:21:49 Ich meine, wir sehen weniger, Mark, wie es vorhin war es ein paar Wochen vorhin war. Es war eine der ersten zwei Bans, für sicher. Aber es ist eine solche Legends, die... Ich meine, du kannst nicht den Impacten Tempest haben, in diesen Teamfighten. Ja, es ist nicht nur, wie du sagst, die Tempest und die Teamfighten. Es ist der Fall, dass du ein Devo in deinem Sling. Es ist ein Problem, richtig? Wir haben schon gesehen, das heute gesehen. Ich habe schon jemanden mit zwei Devos gehört. Es war ein Secondary Devo, und es war ein in deinem Sling, auch.
01:22:16 Ja, ich bin einfach einfach greitig. Und wenn ich mich in Ranked bin, dann werde ich das. Ich werde wahrscheinlich eine Komms-Band werden. Aber im MCGO, in der Moment. Sie sind aufhören. Sie sind aufhören. Sie sind aufhören. Sie sind aufhören. Sie sind aufhören.
01:22:35 Tell his teammates he's running, of course, the little bit of the treasure hunt to get the Devotion turbocharged up, getting all level 3 attachments. But right here, no attachments real needed. VCGO, Kiner, already taking it to Zane. That is a misstep early from FaZe and VCGO. Both teams that need to push themselves into the top 8 positions if they want to qualify or possibly just win. But so far, VCGO with the advantage here. Yeah, FaZe again just, you know.
01:23:03 Ich glaube, es ist ein Wettbewerb von Faze. Es ist ein Wettbewerb von Faze. Vielleicht haben sie ein bisschen zu agressiv in bestimmten Szenarien, wo sie nur umgekehrt sind. Es ist schwer zu sehen, Faze zu sehen, wie viel Talent sie haben.
01:23:25 A lot of the time, we're just seeing them falling flat early game, and you can't afford to do that. And Nephilim here are gonna pick up a free KP onto Kyna as well. They're gonna get that one secured, and that's another point towards match point for them. Faye's running the Ballistic Fuse and the Crypto. We don't see a ton of that. We see a few of it in terms of Wars also running that. But the Crypto, you know, with Ballistic and Fuse, to me, it's kind of doing...
01:23:50 Es gibt zwei verschiedene Dinge. Krypto ist natürlich ein Legend, aber Fuse und Ballistik macht mich, dass das Team möchte, wir wissen Zane, wir wissen Nags, wir wissen Synetik. Der Ability zu werden ist, ihr wisst, an einem Preis. Und so, ich denke, das Team ist, dass die Krypto's Utilität in den richtigen Spots sind. Sie werden nicht gut halten, die Zones sehr gut halten. So, sie haben das sehr gut zu spielen, ob es Edge oder nicht, in terms of wie sie approachen diese Fights.
01:24:15 Well, FaZe has managed to get back up to a 3 somehow or other through all of this madness that's been going down. And when we talk about where the zone is going to be going, by the way, just to give you an indication, we are heading towards City Hall, probably pulling a little bit to the northern side of it. But FaZe, you have Mousetraps on the low ground here, and Zayn has managed to come back with a little bit of a vengeance here, because he's going to get the first knock onto 0-0. These shots up on top. These are those buildings that are so difficult. What do you do?
01:24:40 A little bit of a stalemate. This is where the Krypto's coming in. Maybe just a little bit of pressure, some vision in case they run around. Zane doesn't want to get too aggressive. Tempest locked and loaded, ready to go if need be. But seems like the call is to move on a little bit. And this is probably one of the smarter things for them. Obviously still in zone right now, Mark. But gonna be difficult if they're too late to this because they know they have that northern pole. They know they got to get ahead of this. Smart move probably just to try to space things out and hold them out once they get a little bit closer to where things are going to end up.
01:25:09 Ich meine, sie hat 2-KP gekürt, aber jetzt mit VCGO, die in dieser Position waren, sie haben sie zurückgezogen. Und jetzt hat Zayn zu sein, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr.
01:25:34 To me, that's just picking off more than you can shoot. We've all been in those situations where, you know, you're throwing a shield battery, you know someone's shooting at you, you don't exactly know where. He had his back to where Kyner was approaching. I think that's just, you know, being a little overwhelmed in that moment. Three teams fighting, the zone starting to push. This is not a map you want to get behind on. Not as Fincere aware of that as well. They're a little bit on the other side of things while the zone is pushing. They're on the very northern side of this map. So they got plenty of time.
01:26:01 ...to make it out of this fight and move down into space. But they've got to work through Dragons as Tyler... ...FPS with his new home here next to Chaotic and Kay Sweeney... ...just healing back up with a medkit. Temp is still on the run, but no extensions anymore... ...thanks to the nerf a couple weeks ago... ...that does not add any more time based on Nox... ...from that ultimate. So Slab gonna have to just... ...try to walk it out and survive on his own here... ...as this is the last remaining member of Nata Svenseer.
01:26:27 He's running straight through the middle of the zone at the moment where this zone is going to be pulling. So he's trying to kind of weave and just go as quietly as possible without giving too much attention away. The Lions who are having to work their way in from the northern side of the map at the moment have lost Hackis. So Effect is going to have to even up those numbers. And if there's anyone you want to do that, it's probably this man on your screen right now. He does even up the numbers. He'll get the shield swap. He'll pick up his teammate's banner and say, don't worry, everybody.
01:26:54 Panic converted. I'll get you back in the game in about three seconds. FaZe did get the respawn onto Zane, so FaZe have another chance now in this game. It's kind of crazy. After all the engagements we've seen, all the chaos, still 20 squads left. No team has actually fully fallen in this map so far. So E-District is giving us just the show that we thought it would. A little bit wonky.
01:27:16 A little bit unsettling for a lot of teams. No one's really found their footing. Obviously Team Nemesis, one of our top teams here. Third place overall in League. Zero Tenacity, 10K, who we've seen in some of these late-game fights. Gaming Gladiators, even, who need to kind of pick things up if they want to continue. I think if it ended right now, Gaming Gladiators would be out of qualification, Mark. So a big...
01:27:37 Das ist eine große Strecke für sie in diesem Spiel in diesem Spiel zu bekommen, um sich in die Zone nicht zu viel zu machen. Aber wir haben so viel Action hier auf diese Fringes, dass es uns aufhören hat. Es ist eine eigene Geschichte entwickelt auf der anderen Seite dieser Zone, zwischen VCGO, Malz, die wir back up haben, und FaZe.
01:27:57 Ja, wir haben eine Minute und 30 Sekunden auf Zone 2 hier, bevor wir in Zone 3 haben. Und alle diese Teams haben viele Male, aber alle sind noch immer, obwohl sie auf die Punkte genommen haben. Aber Respawns haben sich in und es ist komplett entfernt von jeder anderen Seite auf den Momenten, die in die Zone oder auf der Norden Seite sind. Es ist ziemlich beeindruckt. Es ist, äh, es ist, äh, ein bisschen love-triangle hier, you know? Und, und, und sie können nicht leben mit diesen...
01:28:21 im Front of them, but they seem to not be able to live without them now stays planted VCGL leading the charge they're heading into zone as we catch up with Aurora night impulse on the devotion he's fully ready to go that'll be turbocharged as well as he stares at the saute holding down that little pizzeria on the other side
01:28:44 Kazak with the bow check bow and you're just going to try to get him out of there Masate looking for the res this should be picked up here the Arcstar does hit a little but it's not enough to re-knock Jans so while the pressure is there somehow still staying alive Jans of Masate re-stabilizing against Aurora's pressure yeah knuckle cluster's been exchanged excuse me between the two teams but like you say you thought that knuckle cluster might have been enough to get the re-knock there for Aurora but it wasn't but
01:29:10 Es gibt einen Back-Hit-Zone. By the way, ich habe mit jemandem der anderen Seite, ein Freund von mir, der gesagt, Accidentally, instead of saying Knucklecluster, es hat gesagt, Knucklecracker. Und ich denke, es ist ein viel besserer Name. Und es sollte sich rebrandieren, als Amora, endlich zu machen!
01:29:25 Absolutely. The knuckles cracking right here. They say, let's go. Time for a fight. And Kazak takes it. And this is the risk. This is why they didn't push it. Because they're vulnerable after that if they don't get the reset. There's got to get a res here. You got an armor swap. Probably drop your armor to get them back up. So you have at least two who can fight after that. Even though it'll be one and a half in terms of got to get that medkit off to get back to full health. But so far Aurora take the risk. And it has paid off. Hakisto risking it a little bit. As well as he overpeaks Alliance.
01:29:54 No, es ist nicht, denn sie werden absolut decimated in den Damage Exchange. Und Phaze wird die 3d fight, und es wird Allianz gewinnen. Nicht viele Teams gehen gegen Allianz in die 3v3-3, wenn sie diese Height-Advantage haben, und sie kommen aus, eine Geschichte sie wollen.
01:30:22 So Alliance find three more points. Remember, they're the team who are closest to hitting Matchpoint at the moment, so good news for Alliance fans. Yeah, it looks like if they don't stop, I mean, they got one more fight before this is most likely Alliance on Matchpoint for the rest of this lobby, which while we would still play the six games if they were able to win, let's say, in match number four, because you got to cross 50 and then get the win after that, it would put a limit.
01:30:48 On the ability for some of these teams to make moves. We've talked already about, I mentioned Gaming Gladiators currently sitting outside, not only the top 10, but top 8 in overall points in terms of qualification. Go next as well, FaZe Clan, you aim. I mean, if these standings hold, this is not what you want for those teams, but it is what you want if you're Ronin, who have kind of made some good moves. Gaming Gladiators, like I said, the pressure is on, so what can they do here?
01:31:13 Rocking that consistent kind of lineup that has not been close to Ban. But it doesn't matter because Fumbo is down right away in the beginning of this fight. And so does Light as well. Looking dark in terms of prospects for Blast as he's the last one remaining trying to just get a res here and restabilize. Yeah, the portal coming in from 10k as well. Look, they take the second level away and it's going to be...
01:31:34 The last remaining pieces, I think, of Nemesis are in the building. If they want to get aggressive, they can, but there's a lot of nades and enough clusters coming in towards their position here at 10k who do what they do best, which is get a great spot in zone. Elsewhere, though, this is away from where the zone is going to be pulling. This is Team War versus VCGO. This is the choke on the southern side of this zone, and it looks like VCGO are going to be able to win this one by the looks of things thanks to that Devo once again. Only one player down. They'll take those KP.
01:31:59 Das ist die Linie, die ich gerne sehe. Das ist eine voll-Aggressive Linie. Wir haben über die Fuse und die Ballistik zusammengefasst. Jetzt haben sie die Sparrow. Aber hier ist es unbezüglich, weil sie so agressiv sind, sie können nicht stabilisieren. Shield Cells, auch. Aber er hat die Gold. Das wird ihn wiederholfen, sehr, sehr schnell. Und er hat die Rez. At least attempt die Rez hier, während sie verlieren die Schild zu den EMP. Potenziell, es ist zerstört. Right away, bei Kiner. Und das gibt Tier ein bisschen.
01:32:28 Ja, das ist wirklich interessant. U-Aim hat tatsächlich versucht zu über-extend, um das 3D-part in der initial fight zu beenden, und dann die Portal zurück.
01:32:45 Das Problem war, Navi sah die Möglichkeit, ran straight in, took die building off, finished off the final pieces, a couple of knocks already that we saw, as they tried to overextend to be that third party, and it kind of fell apart for U-Aim, so the idea did not work for them. Max Trafi went down a little bit too easy in that fight, overcommitted, and that knock-on effect has allowed Navi to take that position away.
01:33:04 Go next with Henchmen. On the Wraith Portal. 15 squads left. As we enter into Ring 4. Looking to count down in just about 12 seconds. So the movement is on. Finding himself just on the edge of Zone. Says it's safe and clear. They're gonna move. They're ahead of Z10. They're ahead of Onik. And so this is gonna be three teams trying to push uphill.
01:33:26 Jetzt haben wir den Vorteil. Sie haben den Vorteil, aber sie bekommen den Kasten. 69 zu dem Dome, 49 zu folgen. Zero Tenacity sieht das Moment. Sie sagen, das ist unsere Chance. Catalyst Wall geht es um zu stabilisieren. Phönix kind of half-pushes. Es ist nicht genug, um die Arbeit zu machen. Und sie werden in No Man's Land getötet. Z10 wird zurückgekehrt, und jetzt Onyck in der Fray. Sie nehmen Maizy, Füda geht auch. Z10 könnte fallen, aber Phönix ist irgendwie still alive.
Teamkämpfe und Strategische Positionierung im späteren Spielverlauf
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01:33:52 Ja, Onnick hat sich ein paar damage in das Spiel gemacht und sie sind immer noch zu versuchen. So, auch wenn sie ein guter Job in der 3rd-Party-In-Rappen sind, sie haben sich nicht geholfen, dass sie sich nicht geholfen haben. Sie sollten in diesem kleinen corner sein können. Die 10en werden dann noch ein Reset und sie landen in der face of Jakob, aber Navi und Slab werden sie damit zu tun. Durantan hat sie sich nicht, aber sie sind nur für Onnick zu kommen. Und, ja, Onnick wird hier auf diese Seite. Navi und Slab werden sie mitnehmen.
01:34:19 True spoiler to that party. Navi, Z10, all taken down. Go next, have the ability, and that's just showing...
01:34:27 Es war vielleicht fünf Sekunden, dass das Setup geschieht auf Gonext. Versus wenn Anik wollte es. Versus wenn Z-Ten tried to climb. Und natürlich, wenn Navi tried to do es. Third, fourth party after that. A little late on der Rotation. Aber das hat sich das Zone beschrieben, für jetzt mit Gonext. Und sie haben Dragons und Anik still auf der Backseite. So sie versuchen sie zu Ende. TylerFPS geht's. Und es geht um zu K. Swinney. To try to revive. This Teamfight.
01:34:54 Bring a little bit of hope into this. But he's going up against Henchmen. And he's got to be playing this very, very carefully. Dragons is well in the mix. So it's just really one versus three versus maybe two. Here is Dragons still alive.
01:35:09 Big Paul going in here and it's a really really good one as well Adams just pulled off a miracle back as you saw that go next for seconds away after getting a reset from being pushed in that position bionic dragons will be finally eliminate case when he will go down as our final player but that poor timing but absolutely on the money a second later one player gets knocked and you think that on it might want to take that point take the fight on a tie for eight but behind gaming gladiators in terms of a tiebreaker going into this so this spot as of now I want to keep playing like this
01:35:38 Could be theirs. Currently sitting in 2nd place again. We talked about the two differences from Alliance, who are still alive as well. Ballistic, Catalyst, and Sparrow. And now the Wraith. And of course Crypto and Watson for Onik, which has allowed so much for them to stabilize. Alliance have them in their sights. Will they be able to finish it? Let's go ahead and take a listen in and see how they handle this top die.
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01:36:26 We just need to be careful of this team, bro. It's a Wraith Crypto-Watson. I don't know how they're going to get out. Bang ulti, bang ulti, bang ulti. They could walk upstairs with King. Yeah, yeah. Or they might Balloon. If they Balloon, I'm just going to ult and fucking V-break that shit, okay? Yeah. Look, it ends. Right side. We need to clear right side. We need to clear right side. I think I'm going to go hold space right side, no? And you? Just be careful if you're close, bro. Just wall. If I need you guys, just wall. Okay. Yeah, I'm going down. Unless you back goes? Okay. Yeah, you can go. Are you ping Jaime? Well done, if needed.
01:36:53 Everyone in the building, by the way. Everyone in the building and low ground. Yep, they need to climb up and come on this morning. Okay. I'm just trying to attach team low ground, okay? So I get kill points. And then we break the bone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Team here with Newcastle. Cut Newcastle. They're fighting low ground, so... I never got my kill. Pap 1 HP roof. AD flash on roof, by the way. I'm just fighting inside.
01:37:24 Ja, ich bin auf dem Weg wieder. Ja, ich bin auf dem Weg, du auf dem Weg, und dann wir halt, Leute.
01:37:36 Okay, okay, okay
01:38:07 Ich bin auf der Seite, auf der Seite.
01:38:17 Sie sind in der Hutsch? Vielleicht. Vielleicht. Wir sind in der Hutsch.
01:38:42 I'm dead, I'm dead, you want to stop me? Yeah Come to me if I please To me, to me, to me, to me Full team right there I know, I know Behind, behind, behind, behind, I can't I killed one I'm dead Holy fuck, man Bro, I literally get double Skynade and Fuse ulted Yeah, that was so fucked, bro
01:39:03 Und es ist nur zwei Punkte entfernt, Allianz zu verlieren, mit dem Platz zu verlieren, dass es noch eine Chance gibt. Aber dann geht es weiter. Hinschmann ist hinter dieser Wall, um zu bleiben, mit Gigi aufzunehmen. Ja, Gigi aufzunehmen, aber sie werden es ein paar Sekunden aufzunehmen, aber sie haben so viel von einem Vorteil, mit all dem Kampf zu haben. 10-K hat sich zu erinnern, aber Rural wird auch weitergehen, und Gigi wird auch weitergehen.
01:39:31 G.G. Needing to step up, and just like that, from the idea that if the standings ended mid-game, they would have been out of qualification in 11th position mark.
Matchpoint-Dramatik und regionale Qualifikationen
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01:39:55 Right now, with that win, where they are in the lobby, it puts them up to six. So they would be qualified if it ended after this to EWC. That is how much of a knife's edge this tournament has for these teams that are on the bubble. It could be the difference between one end zone, one fight. That means you're going for a chance to play for millions of dollars, or you are sitting home and watching. Gaming Gladiators with a big win there as we see Match 3, their first one in E-District, come away with Ballistic.
01:40:24 Die nächste Band, die Legend. Ja, go next to 16 points on the board as well. Aurora with 14, Alliance with 13, 10 KP as well. But they're going to look back on that endgame and maybe think that was a missed opportunity for them to cross that Matchpoint threshold, to get over 50 points, because it felt like they had so much space to play with in those final moments. But like you say, it means we've got another game to come here with nobody on Matchpoint as yet as we take a look at the stats from our top three teams.
01:40:50 Und, ihr wisst, wir sahen early Pressure auf Funk. Ich dachte, sie waren in ein bisschen FUNK, aber sie wurden aus. Und das ist was wir, eigentlich, letzte Woche, in Matchday 8-9. Funk war kind of die letzte Mal alive. Somehow clutched it up. Gaming Gladiators looked like they were out for the count. Dann haben sie gewinnen das Spiel, jetzt wieder auf den Newcastle und auf den Catalyst, das ist nicht banned. So, sie haben das Chance, wieder zu zurück in E-District. Sehr, sehr exciting für sie. Als es steht, After 3, Alliance.
01:41:18 Onyx, Dragons, Gaming Gladiators, and go next in our Top 5. But of course, U-Aim, Team Nemesis, 10k, Nadas, Vincere, Ronan, right next to him, only about 7 points away. I mean, let's go down to 12th, even 13th, a 9-point difference between 13th place and...
01:41:38 Ja, ich denke, wir haben unsere Frontrunners, oder Frontrunner, als es sich mit Allianz an der Moment, aber ich denke, jemand kann es still, mit wie Things Stand sein. Die Worry wäre, wenn Allianz do close it out in 6. Of course, wir guaranteed...
01:42:08 Ja, absolut. Ich meine, wir sind jetzt auf Matchpoint. Es ist ziemlich klar, dass es wird Allianz kommen in diesem nächsten Mal. Aber du musst du wissen. Wir haben diese Types von Moments passieren. Du musst ein Punkt. Sie spielen es safe, und sie sterben. After ein bad 3v3, jemand rushes sie. Wir sehen.
01:42:35 But Alliance certainly looked like our first team to hit match point. Will they be joined by anyone? We don't know, but they will be joined in terms of they're going to EWC into midseason playoffs with some teams from our other regions as well, who we've just found out who have been joining. And that's where we lead to our halftime segment here as the players take a little bit of a break with what you might have missed or otherwise known as with whom.
01:42:56 As we say in a broadcast behind the scenes. Onset, APAC North, great region, great teams. They have their finals and they've qualified a few that we'll be seeing in a few weeks. Yeah, big day for the ALG yesterday. Of course, the regional finals happening all around the globe and APAC North were the first ones up and it was an amazing couple of matches. I mean, it went...
01:43:16 Es geht um Match 8, und SBI Esports hat gewonnen, um Match Point zu gewinnen. Match 3, SBI Esports hat einen tollen Match 2, mit 4th Platz und 11 Kills zu gewinnen. Fnatic hat ein bisschen an Up- und Down-Day heute. Unfortunately, nicht genug Ups, es war.
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01:44:41 Ja, für sicher. Ich meine, das ist der Ende der EnderForce 36-Games. Match Nummer 8, ich möchte jetzt mal über das. Das war das erste Mal SBI E-Sports haben. Sie hat es gemacht. Sie hat es gemacht. Sie hat es gemacht. Sie hat es gemacht. Sie hat es gemacht. Sie hat es gemacht.
01:45:12 We haven't seen a lot of matchpoints, and I kind of like leading even to you, Dan, to get involved in this. We haven't seen a lot of matchpoints where we have the banned legends, right? So, you know, what does that mean in terms of consistency? You see this Watson composition, right? But maybe Newcastle's banned, maybe this, you know, a lot of zone catalyst is banned. You know, playing these zones now in matchpoint where you got to hold down and get a win, it's going to take a little bit of a different thought process, I think, to navigate it now with so many legends off the table. Yeah, I think it's always going to come down to your legend pool depth, but also...
01:45:40 Sometimes it's down to just how well you can play with your gun skill as well. Because sure, Legends are going to play a big part of it. If you can play a defensive Legend, you can lock down a position. But if you can lock down an area purely through gun mechanics, Legends aren't going to matter as much when you get to these final zones. You can just bully people out of positions. You can hold an incredible amount of space. And you can hear the reaction there from SPI as well as they were able to win that one. I mean, it was an incredible time in APAC North for them.
01:46:06 Ich denke, dass die Depth des Teams von Legend Bands ist sehr interessant ist. Aber ich denke, dass es all die Vor-Mechaniken geht. Overall, Qualified für APAC North. Das war der Series Resultat. Oh, Noahs, Fox, ein Team, das wir gesehen haben, auch. Das ist unbegründet für sie. Aber guess was? In den overallen Standings, sie waren in einem sehr...
01:46:26 Noa's Fox actually second place overall. So while falling out of the top eight there, they still were managing to overall be one point behind SBI in terms of overall picks. And that means heading into our mid-season playoffs, it is SBI Esports Unlimited fanatic Noa's Fox, Interforce 36, Kindotrope Gaming, Crazy Raccoon, and RRX, who will be joining us live.
01:46:53 at EWC. Very exciting for APAC North and obviously setting the tone for what they hope will be their tournament in just under a month. Dan, let's talk to APAC South and you about what's been going on with them and how their qualification looked like for our midseason playoffs.
01:47:09 I mean, Apex South has provided us with a lot of entertainment over the years, a lot of brilliant players over the years, and it certainly started with a bang as well in Apex South. I mean, I think it was a 15-kill match from JDG that started us off, which, you know, that is usually going to set the precedent, right? That is how people are going to be playing. If you're going to see a 15-kill match, it's always going to be an impressive one. You know it's going to be a good day. And also, you know it's going to be a good day when Genome is covering it as well. So shout out Genome for putting up that coverage on his channel. What an absolute...
01:47:38 Trooper he has been throughout Apex South. This is how things started up. Like I said, a 15 kill match. You'd think that JDG are going to go on to play well after that opener. But then things started to teeter towards other teams. It was Gen.G who won match three. They were actually the first team.
Matchpoint-Rennen und Legendenauswahl
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01:47:55 To hit Matchpoint later on in Match 5 after this one. So this is what really started their transition from finding points to believing that they could be the team that actually wins this entire region as we just check in with the final moments of this one. It was...
01:48:09 A somewhat comfortable ending in the end. They were just able to be aggressive at the right time. But it was then Match 6 after Gen.G had hit Match Point. VK Gaming the one who kept us going. They denied that win for Gen.G. They fought back in Game 6. And they got a 17 kill match to hit Match Point eligibility for themselves as well. Just to keep all the fans engaged. Keep Genome awake as well. Make sure that he had to keep streaming. That was what was the most important thing. Which then led us to Match.
01:48:38 Und du fragst, ob es hier endet? Die Antwort ist ja. Wir starten mit JDG zu einem 15-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-
01:49:05 I didn't really know how they were going to do from this position because it was a difficult spot they had to play out from the trenches. But again, it comes down to just how well they were working in tandem as a three, being aggressive at the right time, fighting ability has been incredible. And you can see the legend selection. I mean, they had Ash, Pathfinder and Catalyst available to them. That is a very comfortable composition to be playing on in match seven. So they weren't losing out on any of their key legends, really. These are legends they are tried, tested and true and have played over and over again here right now.
01:49:33 I mean, how does Ash make it all the way to Match 7 without being banned? Catalyst as well. Pathfinder, obviously, you know, not a character we've seen banned most of the time. But I got to say, JD Gaming showing just what it looks like when someone is just popping off. Because the plays we've been watching here from Pathfinder.
01:49:52 We may not be able to beat him today. That is kind of what it looked like with JD Gaming. They looked like they were on fire.
01:50:21 in situations they should have died in but they stayed alive incredible individual play team play and as the series results are on your screen here you can overall go to where they stand across the league vkg and genji still at the top by about 22 points and more but jdg with that win and with the extension of the points that are given
01:50:43 for a win here in our finals, have now pushed themselves to third and it's allowed them to qualify into our midseason playoffs alongside VK Gaming, Gen.G Esports, Seoul, SAUL Esports, Edward Gaming, Alcadesia, Wolves Esports and Rival Esports as well. So big opportunity for them.
01:51:04 And we can't wait to see them in just under a month. Mark, I mean, setting the stage here, this midseason playoffs, you know, so much is happening. We focus on EMEA and America typically on this broadcast, but so much is happening around the world. That's what makes these lands special, the culmination of all these months of effort. And actually, after seeing the Open, you know, I feel like a lot of teams are going to be excited to come back to a little bit more of a traditional format for our playoffs here with Apex.
01:51:30 Yeah, I agree. I just want to give a quick shout out to CrazyRaccoon as well, because that's an incredible run that they went on today to manage to qualify. But I think whenever you see a region perform badly, I feel like the next LAN, they all have a little bit of extra motivation. I feel that is the case for a few of these regions at the moment. So excited to see what they can do in APEC North and South. Hopefully they can deliver at midseason playoffs.
01:51:51 Will be exciting to see. Had some great performances as well over that last midseason playoffs. One of our favorite match points we've ever experienced. We'll see if we can replicate that. But now it's time to replicate some more games on eDistrict as we got one more as we head into game four and see how long this one will last. We're going to say goodbye. That's me and Gaskin taking a break. But on set, you and Vicky, it's your turn to shine. So we'll hand it over to you. Well, it's going to be dangerous. That's one thing I can guarantee because Vicky is our time.
01:52:19 To cast and cause a problem. How are you feeling? I mean, two points away Alliance now. We're getting very, very close to our first match point team.
01:52:28 I mean, this is a team that I expected to win Matchpoint Finals here in EMEA. It's just because of how consistent Alliance has been. I also can't believe they keep putting us together. You know what? I'm gonna take it. We're still here, still getting hired, and Gaming Glideeater taking a win off of E-District is a great way to highlight what to expect now that Ballistic is banned as he was the most picked Legend from that last game.
01:52:51 Now we head back to E-District again. A snake draft of what maps are going to be played means we go back again to E-District, looking at Legend Bands as well. You can see that we're getting through a few of them now, even though we're only in match number four. No Alter, which is something that I highlighted alongside no Ashe, with being a really big, I think, impactful way that E-District is played in particular. Ballistic now gone as well. So we are starting to see the Power Legends, so to speak, fall out of the equation. It's always interesting to see...
01:53:20 Es ist auch verrückt, die Unterschiede zwischen verschiedenen Regionen zu sehen. Having Ashe zum letzten Jahr bis in Game 7 mit NoLegend reset ist, das ist verrückt. Ich fühle mich, das sollte auch, warum international play über diese verschiedenen Teams, diese High-Level-Teams, von diesen Regionen, als wir sehen uns die Winters der letzten Game.
01:53:48 GG, 23 points on the board, 4th place in the overall standards. If we finish now, which we can't, it will be GG, who will be in one of those qualification positions. So they've done a lot of heavy lifting. This is one of the teams who was on the bubble coming into today, but have now given themselves an opportunity with Bloss in the ring console. They're going to have an even better one now, knowing where that zone is going to be going.
Zonenstrategie und Teamdynamiken
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01:54:13 Pretty similar. Very similar to what we just saw. How many times has this happened in Pro League, by the way?
01:54:20 A lot, actually. I don't know. We see it, too, on Broken Moon. I feel like E-District is more of an issue when it comes to the lackluster different zones. I mean, seeing City Hall, what we just had, like a southeast City Hall zone in that last game. Sure, it's moving, you know, slightly over to, like, that north-ish side. Zero Tenacity are going to be able to be very happy after scanning that circle beacon. But it is incredible to see how common...
01:54:44 These zones pull to certain quadrants of both Broken Moon and E-District. It's going to be disappointing news for the likes of Mal's Nephilim. They're probably thinking, come on now, can we have a zone down our side? It'd be a very nice phase, probably thinking something similar. But Tengate did a really good job of actually navigating their way through to the endgame in the previous game. Considering they're dropping over at Viaduct, they do have a ring console to play with, which is going to give them...
01:55:07 I would say information, maybe bad information for them, that we are going to be going back to a very similar position, so they've got some more work to do. But a lot of teams you're going to see, I think, moving from the eastern side of the map here through Energy Bank just to hit that third ring console, because as we say, we know where the second zone is, but third zone could be very different from what we saw in that previous game.
01:55:25 It very much varies on the way that these different legend comps for these specific teams have been brought out even with these legend bands. 10k running a very end zone heavy type of composition. You have the Wraith, Crypto, and Watson. That's why they may have made it into that end zone in that last game but did not secure any KP. And with match point format, you want to make sure you hit those 50 points. That is what is crucial to feel more safe here looking at the way that Alliance is playing.
01:55:53 Ich glaube, die ersten drei Spiele sind die ersten Spiele, die man mit der Aggressiv Compout bekommt. Du hast ein paar early KP. Du hast ein bisschen mehr Aggressiv. Und dann, als du in der Match Point bist, du hast ein bisschen mehr Zones-Centric gemacht. Und dann versuchen, die Placement Points zu werden. Und dann versuchen, die Placement Points zu werden. Und dann versuchen, ein bisschen ein Rhythmus zu closeouten. Und dann werden die Nummer 1-spot, natürlich, um die Champion in die Region Finals zu bekommen. GG! Sie haben genau das in der letzten Spiele. Und sie sind ein sehr, sehr...
01:56:20 mit Katalyst und Newcastle in der Komposition. So, wenn sie sich in die Zentren-Zone befinden, dann werden sie in eine fantastische Spots. SGP-2. Ich werde ein bisschen mehr Informationen hier mit dem Survey Beacon, und sehen, dass es ein bisschen quiet hier ist, sie werden die E-Vac-Tower auch.
01:56:37 Morote Heavy, get the Evac Tower. You got the Valkyrie, by the way, the Pathfinder on top of the Newcastle. Sit around the Campfire with these Newcastle compositions. It's about crossing this distance here on E-District after being able to get that Circle Scan 2. SJP 2, though, before finding their own landing, they also pinpoint the Nephilim right behind him over to the south side. Valkyrie, not at that purple perk just yet, so you can't get the skin through the buildings that the Valkyrie perk provides, so that's why they're going to be able to go from Evo Beacon to Evo Beacon.
01:57:06 Ich bin jetzt auf der Rotate, wenn sie noch mehr Evo Möglichkeiten haben. Es gibt ein paar Support Bins, aber wirklich eine große Amount für sie, so es wird dann auch noch mehr verletzt werden. Wenn sie das Purple-Purk bekommen haben, dann sind sie nur 5.50% weg.
01:57:19 We do have the Pathfinder who can hit the Survey Beacons if they so require. If they didn't choose the perk to hit the Ring Console instead. But SJP2, looking pretty merry. Looks like they are going to go for that Survey Beacon. And they are going to be pretty chill in doing so. Elsewhere, just looking at the zone, it looks like a lot of teams are moving to the northern side of this zone. So it does look like some teams are hedging their bets that this will be going a little bit more north than what we saw last time.
01:57:43 Das ist ein bisschen anders aus dem letzten Spiel, denn es war über die Southeastern Seite, und mehr so auf die E-er-er-er-er-er-er-er-er-er-er-er-er-er-er-er.
01:57:53 Ja. Ja. Ja.
01:58:21 E-District sehen Cybercats und die Begründung zu der Circle Beacon und viele andere Teams, die ihre Zeit zu sehen, wie weit die Zone ist, werden die Informationen über die Energiebank bekommen. Die Cybercats werden mit der Zip-Line geteilt mit der Zip-Line geteilt mit der Zip-Line. Du hast E-Sports-Males-E-Sports, die wir hier in der Mitte. Du hast Cybercats jetzt, die haben ein bisschen langer Zeit so far. Ein bisschen langer Zeit, ehrlich gesagt.
01:58:49 A fair amount of success in the past. But not even a player out of the lobby is yet. This is a much more nervy feeling game than we've seen in our first three. It was like everybody started to realize that with the Lions closing in on a match point, that we could be closing in on the end of regional finals and their chances for qualification here.
01:59:08 Es macht alle schwer. Sie wissen, wie sie spielen müssen. Wenn sie noch mehr Punkte gewinnen wollen, wollen sie sich auch ein bisschen mehr fühlen. Das Spieler ist so low. Sie versuchen zu gehen, aber es sieht aus wie Nassky in der Distanz mit der 30-30 ist. Sie werden das Nog bekommen.
01:59:24 And X will be looking to move in on your quiz position as well, who did get away. Zipline Mafia, bang center of the zone at the moment. I'm just keeping my eyes on the map overhead at the moment to see if anyone's going to be able to hit this Ring 3 console, because it's going to be so vital for information. A lot of the teams who are at the northern side now, by the way, have now moved down to the southern side again. So I think everybody's a little bit confused about where this Zone 3 is going to be pulling. And I think that just looking across at the moment, Phaser...
01:59:53 Close enough to ring console to find the third beacon information. But in the meantime, I'm under pressure here, Vicky.
01:59:59 So is SJP2, but with Onyx losing out on the race, now looking to reset, they keep getting being the moment that they poke out one toe outside this building. Look at this, the knuckle cluster, you call it the knuckle cracker, just breaking their knuckles, I guess, cracking their knuckles. I feel that sometimes you feel a little stressed out here too, but when you're stuck in a building like this, even though you have a Watson, sometimes if you have to deal with a fuse on the other side, all that hard work with those fence lines just end up going to waste if you do not have that Watson ult.
02:00:29 Officially adapted that as my own, wait, no. Knucklecracker. Knucklecracker forever. Onnakee Sports, 33 points at the moment for them, by the way. Second place in the overall standings, looking pretty good. Team War now making their move into a very central position here.
02:00:48 ...of where this zone is going to be going. And they look like they're just about able to secure this. The issue for them is, you can see from the size of this interior building, it's so difficult to hold. There's so many angles that you can be poked from, so many doorways. So you have to play extremely close to each other. And they don't have a Watson or a Newcastle in this composition to help them. So it's going to be gun skill, essentially. And holding angles is going to keep them alive here.
02:01:11 Und ein Team ist die Wraith, auch. Wraith, die Wraith zu sehen, ist die Wraith zu sehen. Die Wraith zu sehen, die Wraith zu sehen, ist die Wraith zu sehen. Die Wraith zu sehen, die Wraith zu sehen. Die Wraith zu sehen, die Wraith zu sehen, ist die Wraith und die Wraith zu sehen. So jetzt, die Wraith zu sehen, mit dem Krypto-Drone, die die Wraith zu sehen, ist die Wraith zu sehen. Die Wraith zu sehen, die Wraith zu sehen, ist die Wraith zu sehen. Die Wraith zu sehen, die Wraith zu sehen.
02:01:36 One thing to highlight, by the way, we were talking about where's this zone going? Well, it's pulled up to the north, so everyone who started to move down to the south is going to have to hit a handbrake turn right now, hit Han 180 and head back towards the north. You can see where everybody started to stack up. GG right in the center of the zone alongside Zero Tenacity, but Alliance, you can see them ping in a ring console. They are a long way away. They're only over by Energy Bank at the moment, and I think they're going to think about maybe playing for zone 4 information here.
02:02:03 Which is smart of them, because then they'll be able to avoid all the chaos from those three different chokes that you can see on the southwestern side of that next zone pool. Specifically where Cybercats was, U-Aim, Nephilim, Onik, VCGO also having that ring console information from Boardwalk that we highlighted earlier. Knowing this, we'll be able to now rotate from that northwestern side to avoid all that cluster. So Alliance taking a much more opposite rotate from what we just seen from VCGO and approaching from the eastern side of the choke. We're still just...
02:02:33 Das ist auch schon, wenn du das erste Zonest hast. Du hast die Zip-Line Mafia und Dragons gesehen, und es gibt viele Widerpunkte, auch wenn du durch das Zip-Line bist. Mouths kann auch sehen, dass du in das Gebäude gesehen hast. Sie haben ein sehr einfaches Job in diesem Spiel, richtig? Sie haben nicht zu viel, weil sie nur zwei Punkte haben. Das ist alles, dass sie sich überrascht haben. Sie können Zeit, sie können Zeit, sie können Zeit, sie können nicht überwinden, sie können nicht überwinden, sie müssen überwinden. Sie müssen über 2 KP, wie das kommt. 2 Punkte von Kills, oder?
02:02:59 Two points from placement. Whatever it is, if they can get it, that's job done for Alliance. So a very simple game plan for them. That was far more difficult to say than it ever should have been. But it's two points, which is as simple for Alliance to try and kind of avert their attention to. I like to torture Genome sometimes and make them see Team Orchid over and over again. They have to do that with you just a little bit. Team Orchid? That's easy for me. That's an easy one for me. Okay, okay. Alright, now I have to come up with something different.
02:03:29 Oh my god, and now looking at the way that the zone pull straight up straight to the north side of City Hall you know the majority of these teams are gonna fall in that next zone seeing that it is pulling to the north the team that are stuck on the south side but
02:03:50 Nephlen, haben das Mythic Bin, kann das, kann das, kann das, kann das, die Evo-Shields sein werden können, hoffentlich nicht mit 3rd-Party, von Ewing, das kann einfach nur aufhören, um sie zu verabschieden, um sie zu verabschieden.
02:04:03 Yeah, they're gonna be set up for the bar fight that they're gonna have to go through. Did you see that little flank coming in there by the way? I thought they were gonna be able to pick someone off. Alliance still looking for those two KP and taking a lot of damage. Oh Alliance, it seems like a simple job to find two points when you've got out the gate so hot, but it's still two points to get. Looks like they managed to just calm down a little bit here.
02:04:27 All right effects damage output too with the R9 through the windows out charge rifle in the distance no grieving here and then an EMP have to look to the skies it's gonna be hockey's helping them out though because they know that there is a team right above them it's GG so now they're forced to actually scatter charge rifle trying to creep allies on their rotate was they have to deal with no and they got the knock on to unlucky
02:04:55 All the weapons, it's just like, really? Charge Rifle? Can I get the finish though through the staircase? Effect's having to pop the Phoenix kit here. Lucky goes down, Hackus is down as well! Alliance! Effect!
02:05:08 Oh, no! Where do you go? They got shot from two different angles inside the stairwell, right through that gate. From Team Nemesis, from Kashiha, and now Effect, having to play his life with a Blue Evil Shield, Alliance can't make it! Two points is all it takes, however, they're gonna have to wait another game. And we might have a couple more teams joining Matchpoint. Alliance will be extremely...
02:05:33 Das ist die Storyline für euch. Alliance CANNOT hit Matchpoint.
02:05:45 Everyone was shooting at them. There was nowhere to go. Literally everyone was shooting at them. And you already knew there was like two teams sharing that bridge. Unfortunate here, but even more of an opportunity to keep this match point finals going as Nephilim also in some trouble here. Fae's been eliminated in the meantime. Like you say, Nephilim did hit the Mythic Bin. Got a gold Evo. It might be...
02:06:09 No opportunity at Gold Medal in this game, because they are down to just Vouchy, and he is down to around 25 HP. Mal's trying to push onto this as well. He's trying to hold him off at the moment. On a Key Sports. Zero, nothing's gonna swing. That will be them gone. Remember, they were second place in the overall standings going into this game, so that's number one and two done with.
02:06:30 Also, there are nine teams on the southern side of the zone. There's none of these nine teams. Like, where, like, where can you even, like, Gaming Gladius are looking like chameleons from every angle, looking at dragons, looking at supply mafia, they hear the fighting from Nephilim, they see 10k on that bridge, and they're holding down this southern side of that zone before they have to move up, but they don't also don't have a ring console. They don't know it's going to continuously pull closer to BC, go over to that northwestern side.
02:06:57 Oh, MG Clutch took a lot of damage there, but managed to have the Newcastle Q ready to go. Allow them to retreat, but they've got to move, and they've only got 15 seconds to take the fight to create the space to get towards that zone. Nemesis, Zuni, through the cat wall, manages to find one, but his two teammates have now gone down, but Gonext will fall. So that's KP collected 14 Nemesis.
02:07:18 They need it here, but Zuni needs to stay alive, sliding all the way down, being the Bangalore, being the last one alive. Hopefully, they'll have an opportunity to try to reset here. Team Nemesis stuck on that south.
02:07:29 Western side, the Zone closes in Team War 10k. All collapse on one another before that one last straggler of Team Nemesis is forced to peek out of the line of sight from Cybercats. Ronin managed to get into the Zone and look at this mother load, followed by Knuckle Clusters, followed by Grenades. They are harassing this team on the other side of the staircase and created a huge amount of space for them to play with as well. Really good little rotate.
02:07:52 A micro rotate from Ronin from the position we saw them in a few moments ago on that northern side is VCGO, who are the team who are feeling the pressure from them.
02:08:00 We're moving now. This is where the chaos starts. Welcome. Everyone maybe gets sent back to the lobby here with 16 squads left. A lot of the fighting is going to be going down in the southern side of zone. Team War, 10K, Team Nemesis still with the replicator, by the way. We're able to pick that up, but can you get away? No, you can't because Mouth chased you down instead. They're the ones that are the exterminators here with 12 squads left. Gaming Gladiators now looking at Team War. We just saw about five or six teams eliminated in the flash of a night. We saw 10K try and wrap behind.
02:08:29 Und Natsuki, auf der Reise, auf den Reise zu kommen, hat das alles gegründet. Er ist still alive in dieser Lobby. So 10k haben wir eine Chance, um mehr Placement Points zu bekommen. GG ist auf Heite, die gewinnen von der vorherigen Spiel. 26 Points auf dem Board hier. Eine Win-Might-Might-Might-Might-Might-Might-Might.
02:08:48 Gaming Cloud is one of the teams that I had on my radar with the Charge Rifle in Blast Hands. This is a breathing machine out here too. We would have so much output in just putting in some pressure. I see a respawn up in the distance here as Light also has a Kraber in their hands. Aurora just been eliminated in the meantime. Ten squads remaining almost into single digits now as Nephilim get a respawn onto Bastet as well.
02:09:12 GG haben wir von dieser Bridge-Position sehr schnell. Sie sind auf der schnelleren Seite dieser Zone. Sie haben Team War unter dem. Sie haben den Solo von 10k in fronten. Zero Tenacität in fronten. Sie haben viel traffic zu gehen hier. Und Ronin ist schon ziemlich auf der northernen Seite der Zone.
02:09:27 They've been here for a really long time too, but SJP2 have noted them since the second zone or so. So they're keeping their eye on them. But they may get wrapped around by Navi, who are engaging on the three-team fight over to the north side. Still not giving up. It's Natsuki, who's alive. 10k trying to survive. Nine spots left here. Mouse get eliminated. Gaming Gladiator's in trouble.
02:09:48 Ich meine, 10k haben jetzt schon geblieben. Natski hat sie gewonnen, aber sie haben einen Platz 1-point gemacht. So, gut news für 10k. Sie haben ein paar Punkte aus der Position, die sie nicht wirklich haben. Navi, das war die Fight, das vielleicht gewinnen.
02:10:04 gegen Ronin, und Ronin haben sie in diesem Spiel verloren. So, Na'Vi... Ich glaube, es ist ein 2v2. Es ist, es ist ein 2v2. Timur Eliminate in den meantime. Zehra Tenacity hat auch. SJP2 hat diesen northernen Spot weg. Und jetzt GG hat ihn in einem safe spot.
02:10:21 Wir sind nur drei drei, oder? Wir sehen uns das Duell zwischen Navia und Rodin. Wir sehen uns was sie können. Cybercats sind sehr gespielt, während Gaming Gladiators engagieren. Sie nehmen Nephilim in der Prozess. Und sie sind jetzt gerade auf Rodin, aber sie haben einen Cover hier zu arbeiten. Mischung kommt in, aber die Fenster ist noch genug zu halten und zu essen. Und jetzt GG geht die Reset, geht die Kills auch. Das wird Rodin eliminiert. GG hält so gut hier.
02:10:47 The Hail Mary push from Ronin, that one last player from Ronin giving it up as four squads left here. Cybercats looking at Gaming Gladiators. Gaming Gladiators will have to fight their way from that low ground. Worried about the ammo and the guns for Blast there. I think he had a clip and a half of R9. He didn't have much charge rifle and that thing's not going to be particularly useful in this endgame. And Light is going to go down first on the Raid as well. GG, close to match point here. But Funk on the Newcastle is able to get the mobile shield down and the res as well.
02:11:15 With the Na'vi also fully resetting right now, by the way, as a full three-man day. Look at SAP2 on that north side. Gaming Gladi is fighting for their life, currently fighting their own 1v1 for the Cybercats. Some really good cover fire coming in, and now Blast with the peek! Blast with the kills, Light follows it up as well, and Cybercats will be eliminated. We're into the top three.
02:11:36 Making a move now as Gaming Gladiators dropping all the meds that they need, making sure it isn't taken from them here as Blast is going to be able to get that Venus kit popped off. Final round now closing behind their backs and GG, uncontested, will eventually see Navi and SGP2 that will be sharing on top of his parking garage. Yeah, Navi managed to get back up to the 3, so they got a reset. So it's a 3v3v3.
02:11:58 Aber GG hat all das Raum in der Zone gerade. SJP2 und Navi müssen zu gehen, und sie sind direkt vor sich.
02:12:07 SJP2 haben die Gladiators in ihren Seiten, aber die Gladiators haben viel mehr Terrain zu arbeiten, bis die Inevitable fight starten zwischen SJP2 und Navi, die sich zusammen mit dem Parking-Garage befinden. Leidt jetzt in die Wraith-Portal, aber hat die Kraber und Devo gekauft. Er hat 1.2k damage. Er ist absolut beaming. Sie haben eine Woll-Down-Center-Zone, und sie sagen zu allen in fronten Sie, wenn Sie uns wollen, kommen Sie uns!
02:12:37 Oh, der Slide down, ult the Zipline, the Sparrow, ult the Catwall. Everything is unleashed, as Navi is the one to get the first knock onto 7. Navi still up on the high ground. Trying to play this one slow. The damage output again, though, from the Devotion of Light.
02:12:54 Oh, but they can't push in and they'll be pinched behind both teams who are putting in the pressure from above in front of them. Light can't hide behind the knockdown tube. It is Navi uncontested, dropping it from the high ground to take a possible win.
02:13:17 Ich bin jetzt hier, 7 ist Alist alive. Möbel Lode ist jetzt gleich auf die Hände. Es ist eigentlich ein Evac, excuse mich. Er versucht zu überleben, auf die Valkyrie. Er kommt in die Zone. Aber Na'Vi wird die Pizze hier verletzen. Und Na'Vi wird hier den Win hier auf dem Fotogammer B-Districk, bevor er sich wieder aufbauen.
02:13:38 I like the attempt from VII. It was a lot to work with there. Even when you're on the Valkyrie, you get onto the Hydron, but you're outnumbered. You're dealing with two members on the opposite side of Na'Vi, and they're just waiting for you to drop down to wait out the inevitable. Yeah, very, very impressive. I would say composure and just being able to kind of hold themselves back in that final moment for Na'Vi. You're so tempted when you see those fights going down below you to be like, there's a few extra KP here.
02:14:04 One player's over peek slips off and before you know it, you're blaming that player for throwing in the final moments of the game. But Na'Vi, I mean, you're looking at the last three winners of games, right? You've got Alliance, you've got Na'Vi, you've got GG, some of the biggest teams in EMEA stepping up in the biggest moments of this season of the Pro League. And with 20 points on the board here for Na'Vi, Vicky, they've got to be feeling good.
02:14:25 Yeah, I'm really surprised to see SJP2, who were on the high ground, the very tippity-top of the roof of that parking garage, gave up that space, the timing that they did with the Pathfinder zip, because Na'Vi were on the second floor right underneath them. So they just walked in, they took up that high ground, played it for just a little bit, that last minute, and they also secured that 8KP at the very end. But I'm also looking at Gaming Gladiators, who also came in third with 8KP, even CyberCast, who really needed to get that placement points and, of course, the 7KP.
Spielanalyse und Team-Performance
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02:14:54 Und ich denke, das macht es auch interessant. Die ersten zwei Teams waren sehr early. Es war Onnick und Alliantz, die in den ersten und zweiten. Wir sehen uns die Ergebnisse von den Top Players in den letzten Spielern. Und es lighten up Na'Vi. Funk machte was er auf den Newcastle mit den drei Revives. Aber 1.9k damage von Exako? Das ist warum sie gewonnen haben.
02:15:14 Das ist verrückt. Na'vi ist noch nicht so gut, als wir sehen uns auf die Serie zu sehen. Allianz hat sich auf die sehr top und sie hat den Platz mit 48. Aber Na'vi ist jetzt mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P.
02:15:35 I mean, no one on Match Point after four matches are played, but so many teams now close. Alliance going into that game needed two points, but they weren't able to get it done. They get focused by the entire lobby, and that's the kind of gameplay that we love to see as Apex fans, because we want to just see more and more games. And speaking of which, there'll be more coming up after this break. Game number five is just around the corner. We're going to change things up. We're changing map once again. We'll see you in a few.
02:17:46 Sony Inzone, the official monitor of the Apex Legends Global Series. Welcome back, you beautiful people. Welcome back to the regional finals for EMEA of this season's ALGS Pro League. Dan Gaskin is back alongside me for the next game. Game number five is coming up, Dan, and we are seeing our big hitters start to perform now in the lobby.
02:18:16 Except our team, it was Menaget to Matchpoint, right? That was Menaget be writing on the wall. That was what I was expecting when I came back. That we were just going to be seeing Alliance on Matchpoint. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. No, not so simple. Sadly, when they arrived, they were pretty much seen by the rest of the lobby and got taken down. But Na'Vi, however, stepping up. And as you say, another big hitter stepping up to the plate.
02:18:40 GG did a really good job of actually navigating their way to this endgame. They were on the fastest side of Zone up on that bridge position for quite some time and really had to rely on some really smart rotations coming in from Light on the Race to find themselves in a position to fight for this endgame. But Na'Vi, I think just the composure that they showed up on that high ground initially to just show a little bit of resilience in what would have been a very tempting situation for them to drop a little bit early to close that out. Very, very impressive from them. And I think just the win in that.
02:19:09 The fact that they got the reset to get back up to 3 is a huge indication of how well they're playing as well, because it felt like in that 2v2 situation, a lot of times you see those two teams try and engage to finish off that teamfight, but I think they've realized both teams the value of surviving in that situation. Yeah, and I think survival is very important at the best of times, but especially in those certain scenarios, but Na'Vi will put the points on the board.
02:19:31 Ich denke, dass Na'Vi etwas zu sehen ist, um sie zu sehen, um sie zu sehen, wenn es um Broken Moon und E-District ist. Die Fakt ist, dass sie das Wunnen haben, wirklich macht sie in der Bildung für heute, für die Region Finals. Aber es bedeutet, dass wir wieder zurückkommen zu Broken Moon sind, das ist noch gut für Na'Vi, denn sie sind die Best-Performung-Broken-Moon-Team throughout die Saison. Aber es bedeutet, dass wir Wraith, eine Skirmisher werden. Ja, die Skirmishers sind zu sehen, und Sie sehen,
02:20:00 was left for the players to pick from as we head back to Broken Moon now. A lot of support characters. All of these support characters are still available. Still got some Newcastle available. I wonder if we will see a little bit of Conduit popping up. It has been something that's been a little bit as well. Depends how many games we go down. Could be here all day. If you watched me at Scrims this week, you'll know that we could go for a long time today.
02:20:21 Definitely. I think we will see Conduit today, maybe even earlier, especially when we look at North America. I think that she is a brilliant addition, especially if you think they're going to be fighting early or even just through the mid-game. But anyway, yes, we lose two Skirmishers, we lose two Assault Characters, but mainly we lose three characters that can provide you with portals and ways to transition from point A to point B with very little damage being taken, if no damage at all.
02:20:45 Now, what do you do for your rotation? That's going to be the real question. Do you start to look up at going into the skies, perhaps? Maybe we'll start to see more Valkyrie coming into the equation. This is where Matchpoint starts to get interesting when you start to lose out on key parts of your performance. Well, no teams on Matchpoint as yet. Alliance were two points away in that previous game, but still find themselves two points away as we look at the beautiful Broken Moon in the background.
Strategische Kartenrotationen und Teamdynamiken
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02:21:11 auf Broken Moon, wo wir jetzt sind. E-District, wir sehen uns in ein bisschen. Aber für jetzt, wir sind auf Broken Moon. Broken Moon. Wir sind noch mehr auf die Teams, die haben gefunden, so far in Broken Moon gefunden. Ich muss noch nicht sagen, dass die Win-Rate sind, denn noch keine Teams sind auf Match Point noch. Also, es ist noch auf die Punkte-Totals.
02:21:33 Now, RV, Alliance, obviously, two heavy hitters, we know that. But outside of the big two, Maos and Nemesis actually have had a lot of success here on Broken Moon throughout the season as well, averaging a great amount of points and performing over 100 points each throughout the season. So we'll have to see if either of those two teams can find their footing a little bit here. You've got to kind of keep in mind as well, this is the 20 best teams of the Pro League as well. Exactly, yeah. Free capable, well, with all due respect.
02:22:00 Frier Kp on a lesser team isn't going to be as easy to pick up as you might catch someone on their rotation. It's going to be the 20 best teams in the region in this lobby. So that's the tough thing when you're coming into, you know, just putting your game plan together and how you want to approach maps, compositions, how you want to approach POI, all of these things. You've got to take into consideration that everybody is going to be able to fire back and give as good as they get in these lobbies. And I think a team like Faze are finding that at the moment.
02:22:25 Es ist ein oder zwei Fights, aber es ist die dritte, die sie einfach nur mit, oder sie getrennt. Es ist ein bisschen schwer. Aber für FaZe, sie haben nicht zu worry about Rotate this time. Nor an RV. Es ist eine von diesen Toughen Circles. Es wird wo, wenn du, dass es stasisch ist, oder ob du, dass es auf der northernen Seite geht? Weil, wenn es auf der anderen Seite geht, auf der Alpha-Base geht, kann man in eine horrible Choke getrennt. Aber wir schauen mit dem späteren, als es wird noch eine Early-Fight für FJP-2.
02:22:51 Yes, it is. And it's rolling on the other side of things. MG Clutch gets some good damage in. Hoodie will finish it off as well. So it's a 2v2 by the looks of things at the moment.
02:23:00 We check back in there with SJP2 against Ronin as it looks like both teams are able to get their third player up and we'll be back into a 3v3.
02:23:30 Und ich denke, das wird enden, in einem Team gewonnen werden. Es gibt keinen anderen Squad, der wird eine 3-Parte in diesem Team gewonnen. Und ich denke, sie sind in einem Ort, wo sie ihre Zeit mit diesen Engagungen können.
02:23:44 Er hat Rampage all fired up. Not anymore though. Hoodie, no, it doesn't matter. Gets the kill, gets the Q down as well. And SJP2 seems to have the advantage now in this fight. We'll be able to drag that player back to their feet. Sparrow is going to go in as well, which makes things a little bit more uncomfortable. Yonex has just managed to get the respawn onto Attenham and Kinder as well. So great job to stay alive long enough to get out of that fight with Na'Vi. And Nate is probably thinking about doing the same now. He's escaping.
02:24:11 von der Fight for Ronin eSports. Back to Na'Vi, dann. Back to the P.O.V. of a player with a bow check in his hands. Yeah, it's gonna be FaZe on the other side of this fight right now. FaZe moved a little bit southwest here, and they've run into Na'Vi. Perhaps they were just looking for a little bit of information. I'm not sure FaZe actually had a ring console to work with, so... And I don't even know if Na'Vi did either, so I think both teams just kind of going toe-to-toe in an area where... I think FaZe did. I think FaZe did Alpha, yeah.
02:24:37 So if FaZe did, then that means they're trying to transition north, which will give us an indication of where this zone is going to be going. Renavi. Probably scrapping a little bit more than they would have wanted at the start of this game, but if you're going to hold down and set the zone position, you're going to have to expect pressure to come in. Now it's a position a little bit further away from the action we were just seeing, but still inside of this zone. It's going to be Onyx Esports. They're trying to assault the inside of this building onto Team War.
02:25:11 Und das ist der Platz, wenn Omen kann einen Platz finden, auf der Norden Seite, wenn es geht, dann kann man ein paar Kills von dem Platz finden. Als Miles hat einen Spieler von Nemesis, Remix Powers, ist er zu gehen. Er wird auf der Südwesten von Cliffside auf der Quarantine Zone gehen. Ein weiterer der Populierung zu holen. Und viele Teile sind jetzt noch für die Punkte, so wir werden sehen, ein paar mehr Engagements in der Mid-Game.
02:25:40 Ich bin jetzt von der Map-Overhead auf der Momentan zu sehen, dass ich jetzt noch ein Schuss kommen in von Sanyo und Uehm hier mit der 30-30. Die Teams sind die Leute, die ich für, wie das Zone ist, ist es ein Team wie Na'Vi, richtig? Sie sind so gut an die Zone Reads, sie sind so gut an die Zone Reads, sie sind so gut an predicting, wo das Zone ist, wie das Zone ist. Und sie sind in der anderen Seite, aber alle anderen sind auf die Norte, und FaZe... ...wähl, sie sind auf Na'Vi auf der Momentan. NEXT! Big damage kommt von Na'Vi, und Na'Vi will fall, so nicht mehr über ihre Position.
02:26:09 Because FaZe hat ihn einfach aus.
02:26:11 Nags just now has to play Survivor. Hope that he can get away and maybe get the rest of the team back on the board, but there's just so many other teams in the area right now that it looks like FaZe will also be eliminated. So sadly, FaZe just couldn't find the footing. Actually, so the reason why FaZe moved from Stasis Array was to try and get to Cliffside to get that ring console, and Na'Vi were already there and waiting, so yeah, that is going to be a tough pill to swallow for FaZe in the end.
02:26:44 Ironically, es ist Go-Next-You-Come-Back-To-Influence-The-Fight-and-Wrap-between-Navi-and-Faze-while-it-was-going-on. They were the team initially that went down to just one player, having taken that fight with Navi early on. So it's funny how that happens. See these teams coming back for a little bit of revenge. In the killfeed, though, we've seen a couple of knocks go down, but...
02:27:02 No Team White as yet, but as I finish the sentence, Aurora will be eliminated. And it's been, again, a tough split for Aurora, a team that's really struggled with the adaptation of how this game has kind of developed over the last season. Yeah, and I think that's always sad when changes happen. You will see teams that will benefit from it, but occasionally you'll get one team that struggles a little bit as well. And it might take time to adapt, but sometimes if you are not quick enough, you might miss out on some pretty big things.
02:27:30 We'll see whether Aurora can turn it around, depending on how far we go here in Matchpoint. But certainly right now, 15th place, 16 points would not be enough to send them towards the midseason playoffs as we are. Oh, it does pull south. So look, look at how many teams, how many teams committed north there, Mark. Yeah, I mean, I've got to be honest, if I was reading that zone, I would have said it's going north. But it's not. It's going south.
02:27:55 Oh my goodness, the Maus, who have just hit Ring Console, I think, are going to be in a great spot. Go next, also in a very, very good spot here. And now, how do you access this zone if you arrive a little bit later? The irony of it is, there's barely any teams on the southern side of the zone even late rotating. Everyone's wrapped around to the east, the west, or the north. Nemesis still just trying to bully their way back into the game, and they do find a kill onto seven.
02:28:22 Remember, they were just at 2 here, so they were actually just trying to find a way to get Remix Powers back into the game by crafting. Looks like they're trying to head up towards, like, Spaceport area to find a crafter. And SJP2 will lose out on a player because of it.
Matchpoint-Dramatik und Team-Entscheidungen
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02:28:37 What a fascinating zone pool. I wonder if it's one of those where I think this is going towards stasis and then they saw a lot of teams in the north who were probably thinking this is going north and then everyone started following each other thinking it's got to be north we don't have the zone 3 information there's a chance they have zone 3 information and everyone kind of piggybacks off each other and they tries to stick the res but can't get it off he's been spied out. Who on earth is looking at him?
02:29:07 Was it Nemesis? Was it the player from Nemesis just looking across as they were also getting... It has to be, right? It has to be, yeah. It couldn't be Zipline. I don't think Zipline had an angle on it. Well, SJP2 will get the respawn in the end. As we just have a little check back in with the Lions, our lobby leaders who just need two more points. Still just need two points. I mean, good news is 16 squads left, so one more team gets eliminated, they will then be one point away from match point. It will half the deficit required.
02:29:38 Oder, wenn sie einfach zwei von diesen aus den Skaten...
02:29:43 It's the one jump tower on the entire game that's protected. Frustration continues for Alliance. Dragons now trying to wrap their weight in towards where the zone is going to be going. They're on the southern side, so they will be able to get into this building and will be safe for quite some time as well. So them arriving a little bit later to the party is going to be good. Would have had the opportunity to hit that cliffside ring console as well. Potentially, although looking across, do they even have a character who can do it? For dragons? No.
02:30:16 Classic Case-Winning Composition. Don't worry about Ring Console. Just give us a Survey Beacon and a W key and we'll be alright. And a Mackie Ball. Helps as well. The Lions land and they still need two points. And they are under pressure. However, they should be good enough to reset here. And they'll bang center a zone.
02:30:43 Good for you. At least this time when they've landed, that they've ended up center zone, they are not being shot from both sides like they were in the previous game as we check back in with Dragons versus Maps. Dragons trying to force his team away. Case Winnie's down to about 1 HP. Case Winnie is dead. He's separating from the rest of his team. And now Chaotic is looking in front of him and going, what just happened? We were in this building. We were safe. How have two of us just been picked that easily?
02:31:09 Ja, das ist sehr frustrierend. Und obwohl Chaotik ist sehr beeindruckend, in den besten Zeiten zu sein, wird es einfach nur ein Teil der Tasche zu versuchen, die Entfernung von Malz und dann VC-Geo, und dann die 3rd-team und die 4th-team sind jetzt hier. So es ist jetzt über zu versuchen, als 10-K look over es, und wir bekommen die finalen Kills. 15 Quads jetzt noch bleiben, das bedeutet, Allianz nur noch eine Point. Eine Point zu hit Matchpoint. Neske mit den Golden Longboy in den Händen.
02:31:37 Make of that what you will, as he's on the Pathfinder as well. Opportunity to pick off some easy kills from distance for him, especially with that Skullpiercer attachment that you do have on that Golden Longbow. SJP2. Getting nice and cozy behind this Newcastle wall. Certainly the heat is there as that Thermite is going to be right in front of him. The Q goes down as well. It's a Lighten to one right next to them at the moment who need one point, remember? Just a one.
02:32:04 Oh, SJP-2 sind jetzt gerade verbunden. Ich denke, dass die Allianz riecht von Blut hier. Sie können es einfach senden es in, um es zu versuchen. Oh, sie sehen es? Es ist da für es. Das ist da für den TAKING!
02:32:18 Wait, they didn't get the KP? No, they did. They got at least one point. So the placement point is going to come in. Alliance will hit match point. But it wasn't through the KP. It was the placement point that gets there. No, they got one KP. Yeah, they did. Did they get a KP? Oh, yeah. Sorry, I think I got one. Bye bad, everyone. Zone's shifting a little bit further east, but at least I was slightly worried when I saw the zone. We were going to get one of those that pulls back north and then half of it was covering on the mountain. But, you know, it's not the old days, so.
02:32:45 We will get a more traditional zone here. Zero Tenacity, I actually quite like their position, depending on the cover they have available in their spot. A lot of height there. So much height to work with, they can look down on and probably pick up some good KP from there. Zipline Mafia. They're in the middle of a Sparrow ult.
02:33:05 Das ist was passiert, wenn du in der Mitte des Sparrow-Alt warst. Es geht nicht darum, wenn du eine Zip-Line hast. Du wirst zu viel verdammt, besonders mit der Pressure von Cybercats kommen. Wir haben uns auf 31 Punkte gemacht. Cybercats sind ein Team, die einfach nur eine Aufgabe haben, und das ist eine gewünschte Match Point. Otherwise, sie werden nicht in den Mid-Season Play-Offs gehen.
02:33:27 Es wäre eine sehr Cybercats-Thinge zu tun, doch. Oh, ja. Sie haben sich in... Sie wissen, wie lange Sie sich in die Gespräche stellen können. Geht zu Matchpoint. Deny Allianz. Und Sie haben immer wieder die Möglichkeit zu sein. Es ist jetzt Gaming Gladiator ein Team. Sie können definitiv machen die Mid-Season Play-Offs heute mit einer consistenten Leistung. Sie sind in 3rd place in den Overalls jetzt, das wäre genug. So, sie haben sicherlich angefangen hier in den Regional Finals.
02:33:56 Twelve squads jetzt noch bleiben. Und für GG, Nephilim und Neumain, das ist sehr schlecht für sie, als sie sehen, die Zone ist geschehen.
02:34:07 So they will have an opportunity to walk in.
02:34:31 I mean, this western side is going to be pretty mental. GG are going to be held up by Onik. Actually, Onik don't know they're there! Oh yeah, there was the last remaining player. And that was just an easy clean up then for GG. I thought maybe they'd been able to get their res, but it does not happen. Alliance are the ones that are on the other side. That's where I saw the bodies. It's now Nephilim versus UN. This is an isolated fight here.
02:34:56 Ja, das ist wahrscheinlich dann der einzige, dass sie in dieser Situation machen können ist, und dann versuchen, dass sie sich um, um, 30 Sekunden zu machen, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um
02:35:23 Ja, ich denke, ich werde einfach nur versuchen, zu gehen und dann mit GG zu gehen, das ist ein bisschen zu tun. Aber die gute Sache für sie ist, dass GG vielleicht move, nur weil sie Angst haben, und die anderen Teams in fronten sind. Aber ich denke, ich denke, das ist eine Herausforderung für Nephilim. Aber jetzt sind wir mit GG in der Bewegung. Sie werden gleich neben dem Team Nemesis und den resten von Cybercats hier sein. Als all diese Teams shift von east zu west, die Cybercats getrennt.
02:35:48 Really good use of the zipline there from Blast to get them into this position. They will be safe in zone GG. Again, really good rotate from them. And the Rolling Thunderbomb from the Bangalore here is going to get them a little bit of damage as well. And the team's rotating late, but behind them. Nemesis, Nephilim, Alliance all moving in from this eastern side. Nephilim just been eliminated. And GG are going to be able to hold them out here. And GG closing in on match point, may I add. They're on 45 right now.
02:36:17 A victory here, even a top 3 would be enough for them right now. But Funk has taken a lot of damage. But you can see the ult is going to go down just to give them extra shields and also deal damage to anyone who's next to them. Oh, the Blast has just gone down. It's unlucky. He swings him with that devotion. And now GG, 5 points away. But 5 point feels like an absolute trek. If they want to get those on the board, Funk manages to get towards light.
02:36:41 But now comes Effect, and Effect doesn't miss many bullets. Lice tried to give as good as he can, but Effect and Unlucky combined for the millionth time in AOGS history to get that kill. Fong left on his own. Really just gotta try and play Survival here. As I said, if you can get to top three, it's gonna be job done. You get to match point. You can do that as a rat. You just have to be quiet. 10k eliminated. That is an extra point for GG. But I say...
02:37:04 Get to top three. It's not as easy as it looks sometimes, especially with how these teams are spread out, but maybe a rares, but I think, uh oh, Effect says no. Nothing scarier than Effect walking around the corner. Oh my, get away with one HP! No bats. Oh, he does have one bat, excuse me, but he chooses the shield so instead, hits the medkit next. And the dream stays alive. It's now just four points. Funk might be able to do this for GG here.
02:37:37 I think he might need top two. Anyway, it's still doable, even as a solo. Just have to try and avoid some of this conflict and then join things a little bit later. So it's zero tenacity, go next, VCGO, Alliance, and then the remainder of GG. But sadly, that remainder is going to have to force its way in with the zone as it shifts us back north now. And this is where some of the Ultimates are going to really play a factor. You see Karn just used his mother load just to try and create a little bit of space and maybe get some extra vision.
02:38:07 You see Geo got a little bit of space on this side of the zone as well. Funk is up on height. This could work.
02:38:22 This really could work. He just had to use the Sparrow ult, though. That's going to hurt a little bit when it comes to holding off a team. Or maybe just influencing the endgame. Imagine he stays on height here. And he had time or had the Sparrow ulti available. Just that final fight goes down and he leaves the build and he fires that in. But now we've got to deal with Alliance who have been hunting him down for quite some time. Funk!
02:38:47 Das ist ein Rap-Master-Class, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, dass Funk es auf dem Display für uns hilft, dass das Double-Jump ist, aber... Unlucky! A Lion ist jetzt nicht erlaubt! Was das wirklich? Ja, ich glaube, dass Funk es zu sagen hat, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast, wenn du einen zu sehen hast...
02:39:13 Depending on how knowledgeable Alliance are, like if they recognize the patterns, they would have known that GG, that could have been them as a last remaining solo alive as well. So could have been a very tactical chase. And I wouldn't put it past them.
02:39:38 Because Alliance are very intelligent, do know Compositions pretty well. The only other Sparrow that would have been alive would have been VCGO. So it's worth a pop of chasing down a Sparrow, has to be said. VCGO have most room in the zone at the moment. Alliance, just a duo. Gonext still trapped inside of this building. Zero Tenacity, the other team. Here are full three. You can see on the right-hand side of your screen right now. Gonext is the interesting one for me. How do they leave this building?
02:40:05 Do they take the low ground option? Do they wrap out late? Guess they want to try and hit the zip line up to height.
02:40:18 All reds. I mean, go next. Certainly going to be powerful in this fight, but sadly the zone is going to take a lot of damage for them. Prepping a wall, then back up. I love it, but is it going to work? You take it down. Oh my god. Oh, they get absolutely newt. You can see the plan. They wanted to get the new castle wall down up on that high ground, but they get absolutely newt. But Henchman stays alive and will be able to get his teammate back up, but it will only be a duo as one player got sent into the Netherrealm.
02:40:45 Und remember, mit Allianz auf Match Point, sie könnten das ganze Spiel in Match 6 sein können. So das ist die Chance, die Punkte auf dem Board zu kriegen, auf die Leaderboard zu kriegen, und die Möglichkeit zu machen, die Mid-Season Play-Offs zu machen, wenn Allianz zu gewinnen, in der nächsten Spiel. Das könnte ein großes Spiel für die GONEXT-VCGO-C10 sein können, in der Chance zu machen, die Mid-Season zu machen.
02:41:06 Kind of trying to swing onto effect. He's got the angle. VCGO will try and send it on to the duo of Alliance here, but Nono is going to go down. It's not as easy as just winning a fight against Alliance. They're about to 2v3 them here Alliance. They do. VCGO will be eliminated. GoNex on this height still. Triple take in the hands of Henchmen, kind of, alongside him. Are they going to win this one, Dan?
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Allianz am Matchpoint und strategische Überlegungen
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02:41:50 Flexo's biceps, Pathfinder, show them what you've got. Go next. You win game number five. But the biggest story here is we have Alliance now on Matchpoint. The first team to hit it, to cross that 50-point threshold will be Alliance. And in the next game, they have to close out. Yeah, who would have thought Alliance first to Matchpoint? I think that would have been on a lot of people's bingo's card with how Alliance have been performing so far this season.
02:42:16 The question is, can they close it out in 6? You know, I mean, they have done it historically, but at the same time, we look at their consistency across the board. Second place is very often, but Amir's a little bit different to International Walters, I guess. Yeah, it certainly is indeed. It is more of a home ground for them in more than one way, it feels like. Alliance, you'll see it in just a few seconds time. Go next, we'll get the win with 19 points. 12 placement points from that first place finish with a 7kp. Alliance, by the way, 19 points. They only needed two going into that.
02:42:45 Das war's für sie. 12kp für sie und 2v3 für sie. Das war's für sie, gegen VCGO, der wahrscheinlich nicht so gut. GG sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr.
02:43:05 für Allianz, 67 points. GG, sehr close, du mentioned es, 46. Gonext, nur 7 auf als auch. Na'Vi, 9 auf. So, da sind Teams, die sind in Match 6, wenn Allianz nicht die ganze Zeit gewinnen. Aber du hast du zu sehen, die ganze Leaderboarden, als es jetzt steht. Weil, thinking über die Mid-Season Play-Offs, thinking über die Teams, die brauchen die Punkte, um zu versuchen, da zu versuchen, da zu versuchen, da zu versuchen, da zu versuchen, da zu versuchen. Team War, zum Beispiel. Bottom des Leaderboarden. Sie waren in.
02:43:34 eine solche Placements. Aber sie werden sie beobtaken, so sie müssen sie aufzunehmen, definitiv in Match 6 zu geben. Ja, scary, scary Moments für Team War, für sicher. Allianz auf zu Match Point, doch. Und eine Sache, die mir immer an, wenn man die Leaderboards immer tally-up, von Kill Points versus Placement Points ist, Allianz almost double die Rest der Lobby, wenn es die Kill Points gibt, und das ist was sie...
02:43:58 In the position they find themselves in right now. We'll have to find out if they can close out in match number six though. Alliance on Match Point. Will this be the final game? Find out in a few moments.
02:44:19 Siphon Perkir to Sparrow, and that also gives them complete knowledge. It's close enough that he scans all three of Remarkable Team. And I don't know, maybe I'd give him a slightly higher chance, but no. Gen.G. will take him out. Final 3v3, take it away, Dax.
02:44:46 Gen.G! Supernova, they try to play aggressive Jouken, go down. Rivaldo in position. Bridge Keepers truly killed the end. Kakkoi now hurting here. Roden, the only one still standing, still fighting. And Kakkoi, they cannot handle. Oh, he messes up that mantle.
02:45:06 Messen up the mantle, so it's really up to the other two teams. Now there we go, ADG down and now we have the rival VKG set up we were waiting for. Oh, fuck UQ, he's done it again. Knocks the first down, in and out. Shield swap as well. Big damage here from VK Gaming. They're just looking so deadly in this game and a flow now all alone. He's gone, VK Gaming.
02:45:35 Ja, ja, ja.
02:47:21 as well as SBI from our APAC South and APAC North teams and regions. We'll see them in the midseason playoffs. Right now, though, back with Dan Gaskin. Dan, it's time to talk a little bit about who's going to make it here, my man, because it is still wavering. And even this final circle, you know, you look at Matchpoint, Alliance stay on. But Gaming Gladiators, they were so close to making it as well.
02:47:45 Ja, Gaming Gladiator ist auf eine RAT-Display, eine Survival-Display, aber mit dem wie Allianz war es, ich habe das Gefühl, dass sie vielleicht wissen, wer GG war. Durch Compositions und wissen, dass sie einen Sparrow hatten und nur zwei Sparrow sind, also es ist wert, dass sie eine Gamble haben. Allianz, sie machte Match Point, aber du willst nur die einzige Team auf Match Point, weil es gibt einen Free-Hit, um in Match 6 zu machen. Aber tried-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-as-
02:48:13 They used the Cat Ball to give coverage, went back inside to then zip up, took a lot of damage from the zone, then got naded on height, but still were able to survive as a two and win it in the end with the triple take, at least putting themselves up in like the top four, top five to give themselves a chance of making match points soon as well if Alliance don't win it in six. Yeah, I mean, GoNex demonstrated a great position.
02:48:37 mit Pathfinder und mit einem bestimmten Charakter-Pick. Es zeigt auch, wie Altar als Bann war, das normalerweise sehr gut ist, mit Void Passage zu holen, um jemanden zu holen oder zu holen. Mit weniger Menschen mit Pathfinders und der Ultimate Abilie zu climbieren und zu pushen auf die Hechte jetzt, und mit Horizonen zu vergessen haben, es gibt keine Team-Wide-Mobility zu holen in Endzonen. Und das war ein tolles von Go-Next.
02:49:06 Es ist perfekt. So, ich liebe die Weise sie spielen. Das macht sie zu einem guten Platz. Heading into Game 6. Wir sehen back-to-back wins für JD Gaming, glaube ich, und das Ende in 7. Kann wir sehen hier in AmiA, als wir, wo Allianz kann, wie sie auf Matchpoint getrennt, und dann winnen, wieder zu schutzen, die Tournament und enden all. Wir sind jetzt auch.
02:49:33 Es ist etwas, was wir nicht sehen, dass die Allianz erreichen können, auf internationalen Land. Except, natürlich, an eSports World Cup. Das ist, wo diese Teams werden für die Mid-Season Play-Offs gehen. Das ist, was all diese Teams werden für die Qualifikation. So Allianz wissen es sehr gut. Aber können sie sich in die Mid-Season Play-Offs führen, als die Regional-Final-Champions? Ich meine, alles ist für sie. Wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, wie sie
02:49:58 Es ist toll, um sie zu Matchpoint zu haben. Aber jetzt haben sich die Dinge verändert, um sich zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen. Sie sind die Best-Performung-Stormpoint-Team in der Jahrzehnte, in EMEA. Sie haben nur zwei Wahlen, auf Stormpoint. Sie sind die meisten gewinnen, mit drei anderen zu gewinnen, mit zwei Wahlen auf Stormpoint. Sie haben definitiv eine gute Möglichkeit. Es ist nur die Wahrheit, dass sie die Verkaufung haben.
02:50:25 They have lifted trophies. It should give you a lot of confidence if you're an Alliance fan in a position like this. There's no downside, which that is rarely the case in a BR in a match point finals on if you win or if you lose. But you do want to take advantage of it. Our first map of the day was Storm Point. Now, potentially our last map of the day as we head into Game 6 and follow along with our winners of Game 5. Go next. Atnam, Inchman, Kinda. Kinda had a journey and has been...
02:50:55 Ich glaube, es ist eine große, ich denke, energetische Presence in der EMEA-Region. Wir versuchen es zu machen hier. Aber was ich liebe auch, Dan, ist das, wie das Catalyst Newcastle Meta ist. Wir sagen, es hilft, GG. Ich glaube, es hilft, es hilft, es zu viele Teams, besonders nach einem Jahr vor. Ich meine, es ist etwas super Stable.
02:51:15 Und es ist einfach nicht so, wie es movement ist, wie Characters in der Eskalt und Skirmisher-Klasse sind. Ich denke, für viele Teams, die vielleicht struggling mit zumindest finden, die zwei Characters sind relativ gut für vier, fünf, jetzt sechs Games, ist viel zu tun, als wir schauen, die Map und die Picks für Game 6 haben. Das ist Pathfinder in jeder Composition, aber eine, von dem Weg. Und ich denke, das ist...
02:51:40 Es ist wirklich nur, wie die Legend-Bands haben durchgeführt. Wir haben viele Mobility-Legends verloren, wie Alter, Wraith, Ashe. Also, Pathfinder ist, wie es, um, nach oben zu bringen, mit einem kleinen Begriff zu geben. Natürlich, du bist in der Luft, aber du kriegst die Damage-Resistance aus, von der Zip-Line. So, 19 Teams agree, das ist das, was du hast für deine Composition. Es ist tatsächlich in der Pathfinder-Kits.
02:52:08 One of the strongest ways to buff a Legend, just take some of the perks, kind of roll them back into the kit, change some of those perks to add a little bit of spice, but really keep that power in just the base character. One of the things Pathfinder is benefiting from. GoNex also showed how that was valuable in this last one. Won't be any height that teams can't reach in this game, as it will be our next Band Legend, as well as the last time it's being able to be played here as we follow along with the Lions already.
02:52:37 Heading into Zone. Hey, a couple of big shots there from Effect. Well into his blue and leveling up his purple shield as Alliance Showforce as they move across this northwestern side. And the height could be applicable as the Zone is heading down towards Barometer. Certainly there is height there that you can play off in that tower. It probably won't end around it, but...
02:52:58 Definitely will be important towards the endgame. I think that actually Alliance have a good opportunity here to grab the Trident, rotate all the way through on the western side, down to the south, and then enter Barometer from the southern side through the water, which we've seen time and time again from this roster. So a good opportunity for them to find a spot, but they will have to probably fight through a couple of teams just because they are being delayed on their rotation by Cybercats here.
02:53:21 Ja, das ist sicherlich ein Team, das wird in der Leutung kommen, wenn sie das Fight mit Cybercats 2 gewinnen können, mit ein Kp, mit Confidence und ein ganz klarer Weg. Aber Team ist in der Weg, aber nicht mehr als Finseer. Team über, auf die Seite, wo sie wollen, ist Team Worf, die Höhe des Barometer.
02:53:42 Ich meine, ein Squad, die in 6th place kam, oder ja, 6th place, und jetzt sind sie in den letzten Todes. Sie sind die 2nd best-performing Stormpointe in der Season. So, in Amir. So, vielleicht ist das eine Möglichkeit, die eine große Spiel auf dem Board zu geben, um die Chance zu bleiben, um die 8e Position für die Mid-Season Play-Offs zu bleiben. Es muss jetzt sein, weil sonst die Möglichkeit zu Allianz, um das ganze Spiel zu gewinnen. Und dann, plötzlich, die Teams sind überrascht.
02:54:08 Yeah, well, this is that moment I was kind of talking about when I made the analogy that playing a soccer match or a football match, you go to overtime, and they score. And if it's a bad PK call, you feel okay. You still have your chances. You know, maybe that was just unlucky. Go back at it. You're winning maybe the flow of play. But if it's somebody who's a star, you know, if it's Messi, it's Ronaldo, they do something, they get their hat trick, you're like, maybe the gods are against this. This kind of feels insurmountable that we're going to not only tie and then come out and win.
02:54:35 Ich fühle mich, dass diese Teams auf der BOTTOM sind, VCGO, Faze, U-Aim sind mit Allianz bereits in Matchpoint. Es ist sehr schwierig für sie zu denken, dass sie nicht nur die Threshold werden, aber dann werden sie gewinnen, bevor sie haben die Chance zu machen. So in many ways, Dan, ich denke Teams sind sehr reale über wie sie werden. Und es sieht, dass wir jetzt müssen, das ist der Moment. Wir können nicht warten, dass wir vielleicht haben, dass wir Allianz verlieren. Wir wissen, wie gut sie sind. Wir wissen, wie gut sie sind. Wir müssen sie heute sein.
02:55:05 The Cybercats are the team that's fighting for the Lobby to stay alive right now. They are the team that is putting pressure on Alliance, but really when you look at this fight, Alliance seem to be the ones that are putting pressure on the Cybercats. Alliance are like, you know, we can do this all day. Look, we can take this fight. We are comfortable because we have the Trident. We can escape faster than you can. You're the ones who are going to have to actually try and do something a little bit different here. And it looks like Cybercats are taking potentially to the skies.
02:55:32 So maybe they're just gonna fly on over and leave, and it will allow Alliance to rotate accordingly. We'll probably hit a few shots, and Lucky's saying, maybe it's not worth it, let's just make sure our healing is up together. But Aurora, VCGO, VCGO, surprise party! From Aurora. They walk in the door, all their friends saying hello. They're shocked, they punched somebody. Say, oh no, my bad, I didn't know what was going on here. That's exactly what Aurora hoped for. Kazak.
02:56:01 Excuse, still alive. VCGO Kiner left. Can he do something special? Not likely. VCGO out. And Aurora, surprise hello. Works out.
02:56:15 Could that be just terrible news for VCGO and their chances of getting to the midseason playoffs? Because they needed this game as well. Down in 13th place in today's standings. Down in 15th place in the overall standings. If it ends here, they ain't going to midseason playoffs. So all it took was just a little bit of an ambush on the side of Aurora. As we check back in with the Lions here. Unlucky.
02:56:43 Sitting on that Sparrow. We've seen a lot of value brought from this character as he's been introduced in Season 25. With the 30-30, you know, and Lucky's wishing he had a couple more sights to his name. Maybe he's saying Alonzi and Aziz are the ones who have those sights in their death boxes. Let's see how we can pressure that out. Either way, this is taking a while. And these teams fighting in zone, mind you, so ticking away. There's a little bit more of a...
02:57:10 Es ist eine große Herausforderung, aber es gibt auch viel Bewegung auf die beiden Teams. Pathfinder ist auch möglich. Zip Lines ist auch. Es ist die Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate. Es ist ein Sparrow-Ultimate.
02:57:31 So Alliance do get the initial job done, but that has delayed their rotation incredibly. They're going to have to move all the way. I mean, they would have wanted to go around the map, go on southwest and go through the water to cut in on the southern side. But now with the zone, it's going to be more difficult to do that. If they're well equipped with meds, they could still potentially get away with that rotation. You can see Unlucky's just gone down to the ring. They are going to be fighting tooth and nail to stay in this game now.
02:57:58 And might just have to go for a more brutal approach to this zone from the northern side. You know, and they have 30 seconds as well. I mean, looking at just the brutality of it, they just have to get things done very quickly. And Lucky's going to fall yet again. They have the Trident, but it's going to really, really hurt in a bit. One boost, two boosts. They should be able to make it. But you're right, Dan, what awaits them. Niflum, not a Spence here on that same rotation. There is a little bit of a path through Cito.
Strategische Spielzüge und Teamdynamiken im Fokus von Match 6
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02:58:22 But the remaining members of CyberCats will be looking to go that route as well and go next. If they're smart, try to hold that choke and maybe peek a little bit over those walls. But it seems like maybe that is what Alliance have set themselves up for as we get Ring 2 closing in and only one team fully eliminated. Well, meanwhile, down at Barometer, it's starting to get a little bit packed. Jam-packed full of teams as FaZe will see Na'Vi arrive and FaZe get the initial one. Remember, FaZe...
02:58:51 So much still to do here today. They really need a win in this Match 6 to give them any sort of hope of getting to the mid-season playoffs as well. Na'Vi, they're already going to be there. But maybe they can play a part in denying some other squads, but it looks like it's not going to happen here in this match.
02:59:06 FaZe Clan auf 15 Punkte zu machen. Das 19th Plot, das sie sich in so lange hat. Aber der Vorteil ist, dass es viele Möglichkeiten gibt, mit nur 10 Punkte zu Ihren Namen zu machen. 38 ist 5th Platz, aber inzwischen ein paar 20s. Teams versuchen zu finden, ihre Narrative zu finden. Build ihre Geschichte hier. Ja. Blast, Finding Funk.
02:59:31 Ja, ich meine, Losing Funk ist auch so gefährlich. Er kann auch noch ein 2 sein. Sie sehen, wie hart er hat in der vorherigen Spiel als Solo zu versuchen. Es ist nicht so fun. Sie haben, dass er seine Banner ist. Er wird auch geholfen. Und GG ist auch...
02:59:58 Reaching match point here in match 6. May just be slipping through their fingers here. I don't know. I mean, Light looking to see what he can do here. Does he feel confident enough that this team isn't going to push? Waiting just to get the banner. I think that's what the call was. Gonna shield swap potentially here. Try to stay alive and now he's got a pathfinder grapple. If this can't get you out of dodge, I don't know what else will.
03:00:19 Waiting to hit the shield bat. No, his eyes are on him. He sees the one. And it's Max Strafi from U-Aim who spots out light and sends GG back to lobby. They will not reach match point, ending on 46 here in match number six. Now, realistically, GG will be hoping that Alliance do finish it here because GG is still in second place, still have good points, and as it stands, still would be going to mid-season playoffs as Aurora have just lost one.
03:00:48 Aurora go out here and now, their midseason playoffs may be crushed as well in Match 6 as well. A lot of teams riding on whether Alliance win or lose here in Match 6, which is kind of crazy. Nine Impulse, a little bit of a stinger bolt there as he's level 3'd up. Gonna have multiple of those. And you can see here on the top, just a lot of northern teams, Dan. Before trying to make it into zone and nobody really in zone right now. Not a lot of playable space in that water.
03:01:18 Yeah, that's actually where the Newcastle would usually come into play. So who's got them? Zip, Z10 have both got Newcastles to work with. Nemesis also in Newcastle as well, as do Ronin and Nep. So, you know, there are teams that have Newcastle available and maybe could take advantage of that in that endgame to just kind of build a castle wall and give yourself some coverage. But at the same time...
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03:02:07 But there is more of a job to do, because you saw where that zone was going to be pulling. It was going to be heading a little bit further south into the open water. There's going to be about four teams the Lions would have to get through, but at least they are comfortable in it. They were able to avoid the zone here.
03:02:28 Good fight though initially, but it is going to beat FaZe, who are just shredding through Alliance and may just keep us going to a match seven here. Even though Effect is a wonderkid, has done many things in his career already. Winning this game, even surviving, might just be one step too far. Now sadly, I think we lost Rain Day's connection, but waiting in the wings, I think we've got Vicky Kitty. Vicky, are we about to see Alliance get taken up here?
03:02:55 You can't ever get rid of me, and it looks like you can't get rid of Effect either. Look at the way he's surviving, but can he get this clutch moment is the question. There are so many other teams around him right now. It's Nephilim on the high ground and Phase 10 right to his south. I mean, there is a craft right there. I mean, it's not impossible to get a craft, but with the amount of teams around, it's going to be certainly difficult.
03:03:22 Can you double back and maybe get the banners if FaZe were to leave? Anyway, a lot of considerations. The most important thing is Alliance are still alive for now, but it may just open up the window here for someone else to get a victory on the board and get a little bit closer, if not cross match point threshold themselves.
03:03:40 I'm just more so scared that FaZe have a Crypto, and with that drone, they could spot out that one straggler of Alliance, but with Haki's being in their ear, you know that they're guiding them to play either for their lives here, hopefully, maybe for the Rotate, because in that next zone, you're gonna have to cross open waters. Onik already know that they're looking at 10k, Zipline Mafia. The rest of this lobby, honestly, are gonna have to collapse on each other coming at a barometer on that north side.
03:04:07 Good positioning from Onek here, who are going to be taking the southeast. But again, lack of coverage once you get into that zone. And 10k maybe have taken the more advanced position in this final circle or towards the final circle. I know we still have ring 5 to come as well. But I say final circle because I think this ring is going to be the killer. We're going to see probably...
03:04:29 8, vielleicht 9 Teams get eliminated, in dieser Ring-Close allein, weil sie alle sind außerhalb, und sie alle müssen von Nord-South transitionieren. Aber ich liebe die Position 10K finden sich jetzt in. Literally, aus dieser gesamten Lobby, nur zwei Teams sind in dieser nächsten Zone, und es gibt sehr wenige Informationen, selbst wenn man einen Team kann das Ring-Console in der Middle-Barometer, bevor die Zone beginnt.
03:04:53 This is where all the chaos is going to break down. Effect still alive for Alliance, still trying to hide away from the Crypto Drone. They spotted him out, but Effect is not going down without a fight. I was going to say, imagine if Effect were able to win this game on his own. We'll put it certainly in the realms of possibility, albeit unlikely. We've seen him do a lot of things. Neville will be eliminated, by the way, in 16th.
03:05:18 Biggest clutch moment, if they could do that. Go next, keep having these blue shields in these late-game engagements, though, here, too. Adnum is literally one-shot. They can't clutch it out. Cyberclacks get eliminated. 12 squads left. And now we have five teams piled up, one on top of the other, inside of that one lone building south of Barometer. Yeah, I said it was going to be action-packed in the killfeed, which it is, as Alliance still alive with Effect, who's kind of just...
03:05:42 Das ist so punishing. Es ist so viel open space und lack of areas, aber es sind teams fallen left, right und center hier.
03:05:59 Und Onnick und 10k sind in den nächsten Zonen, die nur zwei Teams sind in der nächsten Zonen, das bedeutet, dass sie nicht in der Lage sind, sie nicht in der Lage sind. Die 1 Solo machen ihren Weg in der nächsten Zonen. Er ist scared, er ist auf die Edge-Side, Zip-Lang Mafia, Ronin, Orohr, U-Aim, alle finden in diesem Kampf in der 1-Bilden, als Team War ist eliminiert. Ich meine, Effekt manchmal hat er die Macht von 3-Gunnen. Er kann trotzdem halten diese Squad aus den Norden-Siden, die alle fallen wie flies in der Moment sind. Orohrer ist vielleicht die größte.
03:06:28 Sie sind involviert, sie tun die Dämpfe, aber sie müssen sich umdrehen, 20 Sekunden bis die Zone zu gehen. Sie müssen das Spiel fertig sein. Sie sind in die DIVO, aber sie haben die R9s zu arbeiten.
03:06:39 FBI open up, they break down the door, they find the last member, Dragons get eliminated, Aurora still inside here, Ronin taking up on the high ground, Alliance, that one solo still looking at them, it's Effect, who finally gets spotted out by Onik, who have to now hold a very wide positioning to also look at 10k2. This is the thing, now they have eyes on him, both Onik and 10k, he's covered from both angles, which means he's gonna have to face those from the north, and all it takes is one of them looking at him.
03:07:08 He might just find himself between too many bullets here. But team's now starting to move from the north. The ziplines come out as well as everyone trying to force their way into this zone now. The last thing you want to see is Aurora taking that zipline overhead as that solo of Alliance here. But they managed to go by. Unscathed over to the right side. Effect is still alive. Onik is looking at them. Effect now has information that Onik also have full blue Evo shields. Does manage to get the bat off just about though. And there's still life left in this one yet. Effect.
03:07:37 Er hat einen vollen R99 zu arbeiten und er sagt, ich werde diesen einen, und ich werde ein bisschen mehr Looper machen, aber ich denke, das ist zu viel für ihn. Er hat den Shield Swap, vielleicht? Nein, kann es nicht. Allianz wird eliminiert. Wir werden in Match 7 gehen.
03:07:51 Das dauert so lange und die Slowdown von der Newcastle nicht in die Situation hat. Aurora get eliminated. Es ist die Fase-Off, die wir erwartet von den nur zwei Teams, die in die Zone zwei Zonen waren. 10k vs. Onyck und die EMP versucht zu ringen, und die EMP versucht zu ringen, und mit nur 16 Energie Ammo in der Reserve. Worth mentioning, Onyck did also cross die Match Point Threshold, all während das Action war unfolding, so sie haben eine Chance zu gewinnen. Regional Finals in Match 7, aber 10k, können sie...
03:08:20 Ich meine, Onik hat das erste Pick auf Tenaski. Onik muss auf und nicht nur auf das Match Point kommen, sondern auf das Dopp. Die Frage ist, kann sie es wieder tun? Als wir schon gesehen haben, in Game 1 gesehen haben, haben sie auf Stormpoint gewonnen.
Oniks Dominanz auf Stormpoint und strategische Anpassungen
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03:08:46 They do indeed. They just seem to find the perfect path to what seems like the perfect position. I think as soon as they had that spot, I was mainly worried about 10k. But I think with all the teams coming from the north, 10k were a little bit more visible.
03:09:04 So they then took a lot of damage and they were kind of being pressured by a lot of the other squads as well. Attention was taken away by the likes of Effect. And in the end, Onik were just able to spread themselves up a little bit more, take the eastern side, and they were able to kind of dominate that final circle.
03:09:17 It was good being patient too, but still putting in pressure onto 10k. It forced 10k as a squad to really feel comfortable sitting in the final zone as we constantly see them in. But because they're not taking more of these fights, they are approaching these final fights with a lot less health in comparison to a lot of these other teams. Onyx, they were poking from afar. They had no issue holding a split angle as they not only take the win, but they take it with 8kp.
03:09:43 So 20 points will be enough to take them over the match point threshold. 10k and Aurora both putting points on the board as well to keep their hopes alive of those midseason playoffs as we take a look at those three teams we just spoke about.
03:09:57 Und jetzt die kind of damage difference. Ich meine, du look at 10k und die Anzahl der Kills, die wir able to put up da haben. Es ist einfach placement, placement, placement für diese Jungs. Sie wissen, was der Job ist heute. Und es ist einfach consistent finishes, zu bleiben in und über den Mix zu gehen, um die Mid-Season Playoffs zu gehen. Das war immer der goal, von wenn dieses Team formed. Und die Plan hat sich gut gemacht, so far, Vicky.
03:10:18 Ja, und wir sehen uns auf die Serie des Results und was das bedeutet hier für ein Team wie 10K und Aurora. Wir haben Allianz und Onnick. Willkommen, Onnick, zu den Matchpoint Crew hier. Kannst du den Dubb? Als Allianz, sie waren geöffnet. Ich kam in, da war ein Solo-Left hier. Looking at GoNexo, dass sie auch in den Weg sind, mit Gaming Gladiators zu treffen.
03:10:42 Ja, ich weiß nicht. Ich weiß nicht. Ich weiß nicht. Ich weiß nicht. Ich weiß nicht. Ich weiß nicht.
03:11:09 At what point did you start to believe that maybe Effect could do it? Because there was a small moment where he killed the team behind the Newcastle wall, took Ronin down. I was like, maybe, just maybe. I mean, I said it at 13 teams. I was like, you know, it's not possible. I was at least trying to put it out into the universe to see if it could happen. But as soon as he struggled with a shield swap, or maybe there wasn't a shield swap in there, then I think that was, yeah, that was GG's for him. But certainly a good effort, wasn't it, Vicky?
03:11:34 I was really hoping that there was at least a Moby there if he managed to get a Shield swap, if it was available for him. The faith is always there because also, even though once you get past that open ground of water, those rocks that you play off of, you can get a little sneaky with it. When you have another team trying to give you cover fire, not intentionally, but still putting in pressure on the only team that's looking at you, you can get away with a lot, but it was just way too much for Effect to pull off by himself.
03:11:57 Ja, es ist ein Valiant effort. Wir haben jetzt in eine Situation, wo wir zwei Teams haben, Hitting Matchpoint. Wir haben Onyck joining Allianz, jetzt in der Chasing Pack sehr, sehr close. Die Frage zu Ihnen ist, ob Sie das Onyck kann das weg von Allianz nehmen? Knowing that Allianz hat zwei Games jetzt, wo sie auf Matchpoint waren, kann Onyck repeat was wir in Apec North ein bisschen earlier, wo wir die erste Team das Hits, Hits it, Hits it next game?
03:12:22 I mean, it certainly has happened historically where the team that gets their first doesn't go on to win it. We've seen that time and time again, but this is Alliance and their story so far. They did hit Matchpoint first. They have been the team that's been the number one in EMEA throughout the entire season.
03:12:39 Years now, Alliance have been on the tip of our tongues when you think about this region, and they've been dominant today. Sure, they haven't closed it out in 6, but I think it would be rude to expect that from them, even if they would set those standards on themselves. It's not easy to do it in 6, the game after you get match point. Sure, if they got match point in 3 or 4, maybe you'd be expecting them to get it done by 6, but I still think they are the heavy favorites to win this entire thing, even if they didn't get it here in 6, Mark.
03:13:07 Yeah, I agree with you. I think our Lions have certainly been the standout team so far today and the standout team in the region, without a doubt. But you never know, with Onik now hitting match point as well, Vicky, maybe they could maybe...
03:13:18 Und wenn es nicht mehr Team geht, dann könnte ich es für einen Longen. Und ich möchte ein bisschen über die Compte reden, weil wir jetzt in die Phase der Matchpoint haben, das sehr, sehr interessant ist, wo die länger wir gehen, die mehr Unpredictable Compositions starten, und die mehr wir starten zu sehen, die Teams haben zu flexen auf Legends, die sogar in Scrim Blocks haben, nicht so viel Practice in. So, was du denkst, die erste Legend, wenn es nicht, heute, die kommt aus, als ein bisschen zufrieden ist, was wir sehen so far?
03:13:45 Honestly, now that we said goodbye to Pathfinder, you have to consider those Rotate Legends now that are on the table still for some of these teams to utilize. Will we finally see the Valkyrie per se, or are we going to get something different? It's really hard to tell. That's why it's so important to understand the flexibility that you have to work with introducing Legend Bands, and then having to adjust that for a match point format. Something very different than the rest of the days when it comes to Pro League, or the previous days leading up to that finals days for LAN.
03:14:14 in general, too. And currently seeing the way that Onik has positioned themselves in the overall standings, they're now currently sitting in fourth place behind Team Nemesis. They want to secure their safety after taking now two wins for the day to put themselves up to qualify for EWC. We've missed our circle from our match number six. This is a little replay for you. Onik Esports, who at this point had hit match point. You can see 52 points on the board for them, and it was just a matter of closing out. I'm pretty sure that 10K went down to a two here as Natsuki was taken down.
Strategische Überlegungen und Teamdynamiken vor Match 7
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03:14:44 Und dann ist es auch bei Ukiwui mit den Beutiful Shots, mit dem Scout. In dieser Position, besonders mit Kishira, mit Blue Shields. Ich denke, als sie das Informationen bekommen haben, hat es ein sehr, sehr einfaches Job in dieser Situation, an dieser Standard, um das Spiel zu cleanen. Kishira warped auf von einem Controller-Player mit einem Spray ist immer etwas, was mich immer an die Geschichte in ALGS ist, aber Onyck, wenn sie die Punkte auf dem Board, sie cross.
03:15:09 The match point threshold, and they give themselves a chance here to make history of their own by being regional final champions here in EMEA, but still a long way to go. It's all about, yes, you can cross the match point threshold, but can you actually get the job done in the final moments? Yeah, the fact that we've had no repeat winners, if I'm not mistaken, so far today as well, sort of feeds into that narrative that we might have a few more games to go today. Let's get predictions from how many games you guys think it's going to be going today, because we have team predictions on who you think is going to be qualifying.
03:15:35 Und ich war in das auch, aber ich möchte wissen, was ich das beste ist. Wie viele Matches sind wir heute? 18. All right, all right. Weil du und Onset werden wahrscheinlich cast in Game 18? Ja, knowing wie das geht, es wird in Game 9 sein. Es ist Onset und Gaskin und das ist es. Es ist, was ist es, die Grim Reaper von Matchpoint? Aber ich werde hoffe, ich sage Game 8.
03:16:01 Oh, it's actually Mr. Matchpoint, Vicky. If you could get my full name correct, that would be massively appreciated. But let's take a look at what the chat thinks, what the viewers think at the moment. Let's see what's going down. The first one is going to be about 10K, the team who got second place in that previous game. And wow, Lightning Rick, I'm stepping in and filling the hosting role and you're making me read this. 10K really has zero fighting ability. Thoughts?
03:16:27 Ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin,
03:16:48 They were destroying anyone that was in front of them. They might not have as good a fighting ability as some other teams in this lobby, like Alliance, but when they are in that moment, I still think that their smarts can get them in a position to win them the game as well. Vicky, you look like you have something to add to that, but we'll very quickly, because we've got something about 9 Impulse next. What do you think about the 10k one?
03:17:09 I think this is the way Koshiro plays into things, right? Because Koshiro has always been the IGL to prioritize sitting in final circle positioning, and this is what's being displayed here as, alright, well... Is that a self burn? Is that a self burn from Aurora Apex? Nine Impulse has been shooting like a 20-20-0 recently, is that a good... That might be a very specific moment that I can't quite remember. It might be a good thing, could be a bad thing.
03:17:38 I feel like 2022-0, did he pop off? With how chat's been going, I'm trying to work out if it's an insult or whether it's actually just like a nice thing. But yeah, 2022-0 was beaming. So I'd like to think that that was a compliment for once because chat is always nice. I don't know why we were able to find one nasty comment from chat. It's quite surprising. All right, well, let's take a look at the last one then. This one is going to be about Alliance.
03:18:03 2020-20, wir gehen mit einem positiven Spiel. Wir haben einen negativen, einen positiven. Mal sehen, was Apex-Status zu sagen. Ich sage, aber... Allianz hat 32 Kills in drei Games. Das ist zwei die Zahl der Kills von der zweiten Team. Onik hat 16 Kills. Das ist mein Kind von Math, bei dem Weg. Die Best Part... Effekt hat, bei ihm selbst, 17 Kills. Mehr Kills als eine andere FULL-Team in der Lobby.
03:18:28 Das ist ein Contradiction, was wir hatten in der ersten Tweet, würde ich nicht sagen. Das ist ein RIDICULOUS Statistik, die von EFFECT. Ich meine, ich sage, dass EFFECT kind of hat drei Guns in seinen Händen. Es fühlt sich wie, wenn er es schießt, er hat die Power von einem ganzen Team. Und das ist kein Deskredit, natürlich, zu Unlucky. Wir wissen, was THEY können, richtig? Wir wissen, dass sie zwei der meisten amazing Spieler sind. Aber EFFECT, wenn er in der Moment ist, er ist absoluten Frying. Was ein Amazing Pickup, wirklich. Ein Amazing Journey, es hat sich für EFFECT, ever since er was added zu dieser Alliance Roster.
03:18:57 Das ist absolut schrecklich. Ich meine, die Effekt er hat und ich will sagen, Vicky, es ist sehr einfach zu sehen, wie ein Spezial-Player. Wir wissen das, und wir wissen, was Fragging-Ability er hat. Aber ein paar Mal ist er, dass er aus dem Dammage von Unlucky und Hackes hat. Und ich denke, das ist etwas, dass das nicht genug ist. Man kann nicht nur 3v3-Situationen und nur 1-Clip alle Spieler an diesem Level sehen. Das funktioniert nicht. Du musst auf dem Dammage spielen. Und die Brilliance von Effekt, ich finde, ist, wie...
03:19:23 Er recognizes was kill has to be prioritized first and finishes that off. And I think you have to give credit to his teammates for allowing him to be put in this position.
03:19:31 Yeah, we're talking about a player who is nearly at 9,000 damage, by the way, over the course of those few games that we've seen thus far. Unlucky also literally in second place as Kill Leader with 15 kills. Yes, Effect is diffing him with 10 kills, but it goes towards your point with the hand-in-hand Unlucky Effect that Alliance have together. It's just these two insane fraggers that know how to follow up with one another. And then you have Hockey's in the back line, literally iPad Kid giving them all the information on that Crypto Drone and letting them know.
03:20:00 what to do, where to push, where he needs to be to also give them suppressed fire if he's far from them, and give them the information if there's a third party in the distance.
03:20:09 Und während wir noch ein weiterer Spieler zu kommen, müssen wir uns noch ein paar Mal sehen, was wir von Stormpoint und was wir in den letzten Spielen gesehen haben. Und natürlich in den Draft als auch. Weil das ist wo die Teams werden. Wir sahen Allianz und Cybercats haben ein bisschen zu spüren. No surprise, dass Allianz ein bisschen auf das erste Mal kam. Aber ist es etwas, was du an den PIX hierherst du? Weil du gerne in den P.O.I. Drafts, du gerne in den P.O.I. Drafts, du gerne in den P.O.I. Drafts, du gerne in den P.O.I. Drafts, du gerne in den P.O.I. Drafts.
03:20:35 I think you mentioned Cybercats in Northbound is always brave, but then you look at 58 of their pick position, it's not like they really had much other options. They really prioritized E-District and Broken Moon ahead of that. I think PhaseClan at DownBeast, if they do get a zone that does transition towards the western side a little bit more, then they could be picking up some big points. But again, you're just running the numbers there, and you're hoping that you do get a zone that shifts that way. I mean, the good news is, with it not ending in Match 6, is we are going to see Stormpoint for a third time, where you may not...
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03:21:25 Well, good news, everybody. The game is ready to go. It's time for me to say goodbye because you two wonderful people will be taking us through this next match. Two teams on Matchpoint. Will we close out now? It's over to you guys.
03:21:37 Thank you. Brilliant. Hi, Vicky. Always lovely to talk to Onsen, and we're back together. I mean, dude, now looking at the impact that we've had, having a little party right now, because we talk about Onik being at Matchpoint, I wanted to highlight something. The only times that we've seen Stormpoint thus far today, it's been Onik winning.
03:21:57 And whether it be a Lightning Rod Zone, like we saw in Game 1, or a Barometer South Zone, Anik was able to win within their POI, which I believe is Coastal Camp, as we saw right there from the POI drafts in Stormpoint. So we are still sticking out to Stormpoint. It's a snake draft when it comes to the way that we rotate through these different maps. So we are right back over to Stormpoint. And if things still continue on with that consistency that we see now from Anik...
03:22:23 They could possibly be in the best position right now to win on Stormpoint. But that is to say, unless another team ends up grieving them, pinpointing maybe what they're going to be running here for game number seven, Dan. Well, we can take a look at the overall standings as it stands right now. If it was to end here and now.
03:22:41 This is how things would look in the overalls from Regional Finals and which teams would be heading towards mid-season playoffs, Vicky. I mean, we already knew the teams that were currently there, but when we speak about Team War, for example, they were in those eight teams that would have been qualifying, but now they're down in 11th place. They would not be going to mid-season playoffs. That is how much they have currently fallen off, so they really need to wake up if they're going to find themselves here.
03:23:08 That's insane, too. Then you look at even those teams that are on that cuffs out here. I'm thinking about Ronin and Mouse, who are tied with 91 total points. Yes, with eight total slots for EWC from EMEA, this is a $2 million tournament that you do not want to miss. And also, let's not forget, there's a pretty big gap before the next event. And with two spots already secured, that only leaves six available slots within EMEA. That's kind of crazy, isn't it?
03:23:34 Ich glaube, wir sehen uns sehr viele Teams eliminateden hier, die wahrscheinlich hätten es geschafft haben, wenn sie eine bessere Zeit haben. Und ich denke, das ist das was kind of scaringen. Maus droppen aus, uh, just about. Sie sind in 9th position, so eigentlich, sie sind okay. Natürlich wird es 3rd through 10th, weil Allianz und Navia haben die Position already genommen.
03:23:53 Anyone below that that would be struggling. But I think Mark had mentioned the first time we've seen back-to-back winners. It's Onik. They get it in one and they get it in six. But can they do it for match seven on Stormpoint? Pathfinder is going to be banned, Vicky. We mentioned it before. These Legend Mans are pretty brutal when we start to get to this stage of the game.
03:24:12 We should be seeing more Valkyrie, let's be honest, because you've now lost almost every other Rotational Legend that's available. Wraith gone, Alter gone, Ash gone, now Pathfinder gone as well. You're probably gonna have to look towards a Valkyrie. Nah, nah, you know what? Let's bring in the nice weak energy. Let's bring in some Octane. I wanna see some Octane. No, we're probably gonna see Valkyrie. Wow, I imagine. Yeah, that's a big call. I mean, depending how long this goes, it might get to that point, because...
03:24:41 You need rotation. You need a Legend that is going to allow you to get from point A to point B a little bit untouched. To try and get over a team, through a team, under a team, whatever it means. And Octane could be that guy depending on how far we go.
03:24:54 That would be actually insane. That's what I love about Legend fans out here. Let's get it going. We got some more Apex. We got game number seven. And I do also have to report, for those of you guys watching at home, one team specifically that also needs to go to distance is Zero Tenacity, who are currently sitting in sixth place overall with 98 points, one point away from Gaming Gladiators and Gonex. And currently, I am getting word that Phoenix is having some issues, so Bambino will be subbing in for at least this game right now, unless...
03:25:24 We see something to get fixed over on Phoenix's side. Prairie is here for Zero Tenacity. Everything on the table for these teams that want to qualify and not only qualify for that $2 million tournament, Gaskin, but first place, by the way, for this event gets to walk away with that $20k. You're also not only fighting for the opportunity to compete for that $2 million tournament, you're also fighting to get that higher price goal first place. And the difference between first and second place is literally a $5,000 money match.
03:25:53 Well, all eyes on Onik and Alliance, both on Match Point and both with a chance to take us home here in Match 7, but...
03:26:01 Only two teams at Match 7. I mean, we've been at a point historically where we've had four or five teams on Match Point at this position. That's why I'm kind of thinking, you know, if these teams aren't converting, how far do we go here today in EMEA Regional Finals? But if Alliance continue to play the way they have been, they'll certainly be giving themselves a really good opportunity here. Zone-wise, though, it's going to be pretty similar to the last game. It's not going to be as much in the water, but we are heading to a very similar area down towards Barometer, but I imagine this one's going to pull a little bit.
03:26:31 closer towards Barometo and the northern side rather than of course the southeast side that we had previously.
03:26:36 Yeah, I definitely agree there. And it also depends on what information these teams have coming out of their POI. Obviously, Onik having that beacon right there in Coastal Camp. Do they want to try to prevent other teams from being able to get even more points here? It looks like they're already approaching that choke closer to Nephilim, where they will have a Survey Beacon. Do they want to fight for that Evil Harvester or Survey Beacon? Those are the two teams I need to focus on here. It's Onik and Alliance, because these are the two teams, the only two teams in this lobby that are currently sitting at match point. That could end it all here.
03:27:05 hier für diese Teams.
03:27:33 They also know that Onyx lands in KosoCamp. And because they have a Survey Beacon and Onyx didn't have a ring console, and that's why they desperately wanted to see if they could try to approach the Echo HQ ring console, there would be no other ring console on their pathing if they managed to make it to Barometer. They don't want to take the risk there just in case there's still another team holding that high ground building. And Alliance also taking on a fight, though, but there's a lot to break down just looking at the lack of information that one of our Matchpoint teams have versus Alliance, in this case, who land over by North Path, who do have a ring console.
Taktische Manöver und unerwartete Wendungen in Match 7
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03:28:03 every weekend in terms of compositions we are seeing a lot more Newcastle and actually Newcastle is going to be banned if we get to match a 11 Newcastle's in the lobby nine fuse eight Sparrows as well Sparrow starting to pop through seven cryptos Mad Maggie now starting to come into the equation a bit more plenty of catalyst Watson and we are seeing
03:28:23 4 Valkyries, so a few of those teams are starting to head towards trying to find a different rotational legend. Now Onik have found a position here on the southern side, but it is gonna be Nephilim right outside of them here and looking to try and fight elsewhere. GG under a little bit of pressure. GG having a high ground though and with Funk getting a huge nade.
03:28:43 Onto Kainer, das erste Knochen hier. Funk geht es um ihn zu der South Side. Zero Tenassi geteilt. Einförtlich hier, während mehr Teams starten mit dem Kampf über Echo HQ. Es ist Echo HQ mit Zip-Line zu hören, zu sehen, ob sie für eine 4P gehen. Und Anik, der andere Matchpoint Team ist, jetzt ein Solo.
03:29:09 Oh, dear. And it's a Watson as well. It's not the best Legend to try and rat out with. No movement to work with. There was a consideration there to re-engage, I feel, because of the third party coming through. Now Alliance and Na'Vi are fighting. The two giants will go at it, but luck has gone down. An Alliance may fall here, but at least Hakkas is alive. I say about movement Legends, you are the Sparrow. You should be able to get away, and it will be the Trident as the choice of vehicle.
03:29:37 Run, run as fast as you can. Hockies is going to be able to go to wall where there is a replicator, a circle beacon and no team in sight that could stop them from getting the reset. Same thing for Onik who are on their way to pylon. Hopefully you could get away. It was Hockies who had a way better health pool looking at the evil shield upgrade that he already got on the Sparrow versus EQ being on that Watson and also taking some time. Like you mentioned to Gaskin doesn't have that mobility to try to cross that distance faster compared to what we saw from Hockies who had not only the trident.
03:30:06 So, both our Matchpoint teams under duress at the moment. But, thankfully, with how the game works nowadays, the crafters can get you right back into things and give you a second bite of the cherry. And it looks like Onik are gonna be the first ones to actually get that crafter done. No support legend though, so they aren't gonna get the respawn beacon. They'll have to go and find one themselves. Alliance?
03:30:34 Sie werden einfach nur die, die da ist, so sie werden wieder zurück in diesem Spiel. Aber natürlich, all das wird die Rotation reduziert, Vicky, und das bedeutet, dass es ein Lack-O-Loot wird. Und wirklich, es wird zehnmal schwerer sein, um zu gewinnen zu gewinnen.
03:30:47 And he's got the Blue Eagle. I thought he got the Purple at first, too. I do. I definitely agree. Slowing down your rotates, but it's a little bit better of a respawn position for Onik, even if they have that health diff, just because they get that respawn over by Pylon. I love how we've had these side-by-sides, too, of both of our Matchpoint teams being able to reset. The respawn is being heard by Zipline Moffat, who are probably going to try to try to get away, maybe rotate on that north side of Devastated Coast, while Dragons, they plant their feet over by that Survey Beacon and Coastal Camp. And the rest of the other...
03:31:16 Das heißt, viele andere Teams in der Lobby haben ihren Weg gemacht.
03:31:23 Blimey, this is gonna be so tough for both Alliance and Onik, really. I mean, Onik from Pylon, they can kind of enter whichever way they want, but even if you enter on that northern side, you still gotta think about where you're going after the fact. It's very different when you're on match point. Because you can play the game, when you're not on match point, you can play the game to say, alright, well, we can pick up points here in this position, we can pick up KP, but KP doesn't matter as much.
03:31:47 Wenn du auf Matchpoint bist, ist das Glück, als Maus zu stabilisieren zu den Newcastle. Und ich denke, da werden viele Teams fühlen das heute.
03:32:15 But looking at their composition with the catalyst, at least trying to hold steady here with the spikes on top of it all. No doors to really bunker down in. You can see 10k on the other side of that middle console of barometer. Over on those side of the houses, you aim two on the north side of the compound, while Ronin hold that south side. But it's pulling directly on top of that barometer, northwestern side. Well, match point threshold. Watch GG at one point away from it, and go next are four points away from it.
03:32:43 If we don't see it won here in Match 7, we may be looking at another two teams getting added to that list of who could be taking the EMEA Regional Finals. But there are a couple of teams that could certainly shake things up themselves as well. I mean, 10k, dead center, barometer. Regardless of whether chat thinks they have zero fighting ability or not, they have consistently found their way into these endgames for good reason. As Onik now, a Matchpoint team, are flying in. Can they find anywhere to call home?
03:33:11 See, it's gonna be hard, so many different shots. Oh, he can't even jump in to cover on time. Look at the damage output. They finally get the rest, but they're also lacking in some loot here, but they were able to reset to the best of their ability, and they're already trying to take the fight. The Mad Maggie, the Fumbushi, is just gonna try to hold it down around this corner. It's only up to EQ, the only one to player here just to stay alive, slides in, gets a massive amount of damage, and still gets a knock. Has done a lot of damage.
03:33:40 Es wird vielleicht genug machen, um ein Krypto-Drone zu gewinnen. So wie lange kann man das? Wenn er vielleicht ein extra zwei Sekunden hat, und vielleicht ein Devo? Ich denke, Onnick könnte einfach nur über die gesamte Maus-Roster. Natsuki ist jetzt jetzt auf die letzte Remainer-Player. Oh mein Gott, er geht mit einem BANG, aber Onnick will be eliminated, das bleibt uns nur mit Allianz.
03:34:04 Our full French squad has been taken down. The only other team on Matchpoint. It's up to Alliance to end it here. But I definitely agree with you, Gaskin. Imagine the double Devo. I know Onset was talking about that. If you're running that in ranked, you're doing a good job because it makes sense, but also I'm mad at you. But it also highlights how strong the Devo is and not having that proper weapon loadout means whether you win or break a fight here as effect. Also getting shot by a 30-30 in the distance. Yeah, that 30-30 hits hard.
03:34:33 Und auch die Mötherlöde geht ab. Wie viele Alts sind hier gegen die Allianz? Sie sind sicherlich bei dieser Röster, aber jetzt die Anti-Mötherlöde kommt und Hackett sagt, ich habe ein Sentinel zu arbeiten, als die Allianz getrennt den ersten Knot.
03:34:51 Leave unlucky alone, Hawk has said, before he jumps in like the superhero on Sparrow. Getting information, following up with some help here too. Gets rid of the Sparrow ult before managing to move right back in here. And these sentinel shots shoves Kivs here as Hawk is going to be able to get that extra loot. Remember, they had a very slow start to this game.
03:35:11 Like a father on Father's Day, just protecting his sons is Hackis, saying you shall not take them down as dragons, taking a fight with GG. Remember GG only needed the one point to get onto the match point threshold, and they are down to just a two, and they are maybe gonna have to reposition here to try and find that point. They only need one other team to get eliminated here, and they would find themselves on 50 points, so I think this is smart. Just play invasion techniques, but sadly there's someone already home.
03:35:38 No one was ready for that. Mouse was not ready for that. Funk was not ready for that. You know that he clenched when he jumped on top of those catalyst spikes. He finally finds safety, though, behind the Newcastle wall. And they have also now noted that there is not only a team playing off that low ground, but there's two other teams playing off the high ground, one in the barometer side and one in the houses up that zipline.
03:36:04 So hectic in the moment. Oh, there's the big shift. This is where I was wondering, obviously the initial coverage of Barometer, but it was which way it was going to pull. And it's going to be heading west, which good news for Ronin, actually. They still have a building to work with, but everyone who's on that eastern side, I mean, it's going to be a struggle. There's going to be a lot of fighting going back and forth, and you're just going to pick up KP. But at least good news for people. They would have seen Onik eliminated from the lobby, so now they know it is just Alliance left to try and win this entire thing. But Alliance is still some ways out. It's Blast back onto the map.
03:36:33 And GG keep their hopes alive of getting onto Matchpoint. Remember, we just need to see one more team get eliminated, and GG would have done it. Yeah, everyone was shooting at Blast out of that ship. Couldn't even find a corner right here, but with just a little bit of HP, he stays alive. He's got a good amount of meds here, dropped by his teammates in the safety of the Newcastle wall.
03:36:55 So he's got everything he needs at the moment to at least reset. Trying to take a fight here once they're forced to move out of this position. Because this zone is pulling to that southwestern side. More so towards the west side of Barometer. But they don't have that information. They don't have that circle beacon that they were able to scan when they were playing that out as a duo at first.
03:37:14 So, just looking at the map over here, I mean, Alliance have got to transition all the way from the northeast. You can see it there on their screens how far out they are. They were actually looking at the remainder of Zipline Mafia, I think.
Alliance's Strategic Positioning and Match Point Dynamics
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03:37:27 The main reason Alliance are doing this is they just don't want anyone to be behind them when they make their rotation. They don't want to be pinched because they know there's going to be commotion. They know there's going to be a war when they do arrive in the circle, excuse me, as Na'Vi will also find a knock onto FaZe. FaZe Clan, I'm going to have to just try and Scarper away as Alliance make their journey into Barometer. And this is a big moment, not just for this game, but for this entire regional finals here, Vicky.
03:37:56 Flying like an eagle. Oh my goodness, that big sentinel shot just broke through a lucky shield and they dropped down to the bottom where we already highlighted there was a team down there and they just jumped one of the members of mouse completely landing on top of it. I would love to see that from Aqua's point of view, by the way. Just seeing all of Alliance trying to play into their win condition, being the only team now in this lobby at match point, but they've lost out on Haki's who cannot get behind the new castle wall.
03:38:19 Es schläft ihn durch. Es war eine Öffnung, dank der Spray, das hat die Wälder nicht geholfen. Hat er nicht da gewesen sein, hat er nicht geholfen können. Phase Clack getötet werden. Das bedeutet 15 squads. Das bedeutet GG hat die Matchpoint-Threshold. Und Allianz hat irgendwie stabilisiert hier, Vicky. Sie sind nicht in ein guter Position, 10k auf dem. Once das Wälder wird getötet, sie werden sehr vulnerablen. Team Nemesis ist also Eliminatet.
03:38:46 Welcome to the club, GG. Now they can sit pretty here. They will have to win a game right after this. Now as Team and Nemesis, as you mentioned, they're out of this lobby. And Na'Vi come out with some KP. Still, by the way, opting to run the Mirage, which I think has been very interesting to follow. Looking at the way that the Legend Band composition has forced a lot of these teams to play outside of what they've been sticking to. Even seeing players just picking a new Legend for every single game. And Bocek in hand for Ochako.
03:39:14 So one more point for Na'Vi. And then they'll be on Match Point as well. So team's starting to catch up a little bit, Vicky. All they need to see is Alliance getting eliminated out of this lobby as another team is chasing Match Point. Go next, they're on 47. They will reset again. It's thanks to the Newcastle. Remember, it's going to be a very different Match 8 if we get there because Newcastle is going to be banned. It really has been flip-flopping back and forth between these Legends to try and find some consistency.
03:39:42 You have to change your playstyle every single match. That's why I love Legend Bands.
03:39:47 It's really hard if you're a one-trick pony, right? So that's what makes a lot of these players have to get out of their comfort zone. Another team that's on the cusp of hitting Matchpoint is Na'Vi, by the way, with 49 points. Go next with 47 points, as you already saw right there, too. But also forced to play right underneath this. Atenam being on that Catalyst gives them the purple shield, but still having two blue shields between Kinda and Henchmen is scary when you have to think about the teams that are waiting for you up on height.
03:40:16 Gonex in a really good position if they can go unnoticed here. But the thing is, you can be bang center zone, but when the commotion starts to happen, you can find yourself caught between a rock and a hard place. They do have the Newcastle though, so they could make a Newcastle wall as they just watched Aurora land in. UN get eliminated in 14th position. There's now Na'Vi looking across towards the bridge as well. Team War are still alive. As I say that, Arctic's just gone down as Na'Vi, that was the team they were looking at on the bridge.
03:40:47 Slammling down, Funk mit der Newcastle Wall. Sie sehen, dass es ein Team dahin ist. Auf der anderen Seite, bei der Compound, wo man die Catwall getrennt hat. Allianz hat sich wieder zu resetten. Sie sehen, dass Maus ist, dass sie hinter dem Platz stehen. Sie sehen, dass sie in der nächsten Zone sind.
03:41:07 Und Alliants sind einfach zu schweak ihren Weg durch. Waiting für die perfecte Zeit zu drop this wall. As Hackers has gone down. But again will be picked up thanks to the Newcastle. If they're going to win this from here. This will be one of the hardest matches for them to ever win. Because they're going to have to fight tooth and nail. Just to stay alive. Let alone to win this game. You can see Mouse just over to the other side. Down below them as well. So tough for Alliants to try and just stay alive right now.
Alliance's Struggles and Dragons' Ascent
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03:41:35 Effect is literally the raid boss though. Not only sitting at 26 total kills in this entire lobby over the course of our last few games here with 9.9 thousand damage. Still able to hold this tunnel side. Looking at Mouse, looking at another team right across from them. 10k get eliminated. It's Alliance, I believe looking at Dragons here. Over to that north side. Zipline Mafia also taking a look at Dragons. And Mouse are literally just fish in a barrel.
03:42:03 Oh ja, Lions should just be able to pick up these pieces here onto Maus. And actually, if they do, we'll control this eastern side for the most part. You can see on the northeast, there's going to be another team that potentially is going to cause them some problems, but they can think about that a little bit later. Maybe they are slightly concerned if they engage with this fight, they'll be pushed by the other team, so they have to be very methodical about this push. Maybe they want the zone to do most of the work for them here, but also they need to be planning ahead of that.
03:42:31 Where do they go after this? This is such a tough call here. Hockey is just splitting his attention to what they want to prioritize. They know they're gonna have to fight Mouse no matter what, and Mouse is gonna have to eventually come up. Crazy how you can't shoot through that one gate when they were getting shot at from every direction on E-District inside that one stairwell, but another player who...
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03:43:18 Effect just held an aggressive angle and said, actually, now I'm going to make you think that we've all got eyes trained on you. As Malz now still down below, eight squads remain. Alliance are still one of them with their chance to try and take the EMEA Regional Finals here. But first and foremost, they need to take Malz out and they need to do it soon. I know they want the zone to do the job, but if they allow too much time here, maybe this could be the push.
03:43:43 Oh, they have to force it. They force it. They drop down below. Hopefully no one comes in to 3P them from behind here. Unlucky with the deployable barrier just setting that up, but they lost out an effect. The Grand Slam to see if they get the reset. They have evil shield swaps, but they need help. It's only up to Unlucky. And Mouse, they're feeling the pressure. They get stalled out by the new castle wall, but it isn't enough damage to force them back. Alliance get eliminated, and we go next to more Apex.
03:44:09 We head over to Match 8. Sadly, Alliance tried as they might, but it was just Maus being too annoying. But now we look elsewhere. Dragons have the high ground. Navi is still alive just about as well. Nephilim on the southern side, and then of course Maus, who we just saw, and SJP2. They are our five teams. Dragons have been shredding this game. They're up to 46 points. They're only four off Match Point Threshold themselves.
03:44:38 This is one of the teams I had to watch because Dragons also just need a huge miracle. Yeeting Nades, by the way, from the low ground. Hail Mary Nades is trying to see if they can find the feet of Dragons who have been holding onto this high ground 7. KP alone here for Kata, it can look like up on the high ground case. So we need to provide some more of that information being on that Crypto. Tyler looking to unleash a mother load on the team right below them.
03:45:01 Oh, und das sollte einfach einfach sein, die Pick-Ins von oben sind, aber sie sind sehr vorsichtig und vorsichtig, um zu gewinnen, als Na'Vi wird auf. Na'Vi haben bereits die Match Point gemacht, aber sie haben vieles zu tun, die Dragons können. Na'Vi hat es geschafft, aber sie haben die Match Point geschafft. Na'Vi hat es geschafft, aber sie haben die Match Point geschafft. Es ist die Arbeit für sie gemacht. Wer wird sie? Kann die Dragons machen?
03:45:22 The three squads left here, they're looking fantastic, they got the momentum on their side, dropping down with a car and limited heavy ammo though, they may need to get a swap here, at least more heavy ammo, there you go, he spammed that so quick, wow, 240 now extra ammo, zero nothing, also on a very similar boat, but before getting any sort of white ammo, gets knocked first, it's up to Aku with the double P20s, cannot clutch it out, as dragons with the necessary dub, keep this regional match point finals going.
03:45:50 Dragons just had an absolute bomb of a game. To put them into second place. To put them over the match point threshold. A team who needed a big day today if they were going to make it to the midseason playoffs. Maybe, just maybe, have given themselves one of the best opportunities of getting to them by putting that many points on the board. And who knows, they could still win the entire thing because we still have a match eight coming shortly.
03:46:17 I cannot believe the impact. Did that just set up Dragons to be at match point? They had like 16 kills on top of the win. As we take a look at the match results, 28 total points. What an endgame. That honestly had to be probably the most entertaining endgame of Barometer that I've seen in a very long time, honestly. And Dragons held that high ground from everyone. It was either a lot of teams banking on that zone pool to be closer to that northern side by the ocean, by that bridge side.
03:46:46 Das bedeutet, dass wir ein paar mehr Teams mit uns auf Matchpoint haben. Die Dragons sind 2nd place, Onik in 3rd, Navi in 3rd, Gigi in 3rd.
Playoff Qualification Scenarios and Match Point Pressure
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03:47:14 GoNex, sadly, just one point short. Maus, only a few points short as well. But we see the series results. Let's look at how this would be affecting the overall leaderboards for our qualification spots for mid-season playoffs. Remember, two teams already qualified. Six more teams can make it to the mid-season playoffs. As it stands, it would be Nemesis, Maus, Onik, Dragons.
03:47:36 10k and GG, the likes of Z10, would be falling out of those spots. War would be falling out of those spots. Ronin wouldn't make it. GN wouldn't make it. So with those, if it stayed like this, Dragons would be shifting their way from down where they wouldn't have been making a midseason playoffs suddenly to being a squad. They would definitely be there. And 10k still doing enough as well, Vicky.
03:47:58 It's just how close it is. How close it is. Literally, we're talking about single digit points right now that literally make a difference. 10k are at 97. Dragons are that cutoff. They're at 99. I mean, Dragons still being there, being able to get that dub. This Matchpoint game is going to be insane. And I believe the Grim Reaper of Matchpoint may be up with you guys. And we're going to have to see. We have more action. We got more Matchpoint finals on the other side of this break.
03:50:24 Wer wird die Matchpoint? Should es enden jetzt? Es ist VickyKey. Es ist mir selbst, und wir alle wissen, dass Vicky ist. Es ist ihr Zeit. Wir sprechen über was wir haben vorhin, Vicky. Wir haben gesehen, dass wir das Final Circle gesehen haben. Dragons mit einem HUGE, MONUMENTAL GAME. An AMAZING amount von KP. Und sie haben es geschlossen. Sie haben sich auf Matchpoint. Aber jetzt haben wir viele Teams auf Matchpoint. Wir sind jetzt zu dem Punkt, wo wir fühlen, dass das letzte Spiel ist.
03:50:50 Hey, wenn man fünf Team currently in Matchpoint gibt, GoNex kann man einfach machen, wenn wir GoNex einfach machen können, denn sie sind ein Punkt entfernt von 50. Das ist wirklich verrückt. Ich habe mich aus Gaskin gekauft. Wenn Onsensein kommt, man, die Grimm-Reaper selbst... Ich muss das. Ich muss das. Ich muss das. Ich muss das. Ich muss das. Ich muss das. Ich muss das. Ich muss das. Ich muss das.
03:51:11 Set them up for success. They're one of the teams I had on my radar to watch because they really needed to find that stride now, especially looking at how tight the overall standings is looking. Just an incredible, incredible performance. And how many times have we seen teams historically that have been led by Case when he just put this game out of nowhere together, where they put this huge amount of KP on the board and a win that puts them in a position from what seems like just abject poverty when it comes to the final standings.
03:51:41 Potentially qualifying for the midseason playoffs is just history repeating itself once again. And they pull it out of the bag when it really does matter. But like you say, five teams now on Matchpoint, you start to get that feeling that we could be ending it here. But we also kind of get the feeling where this could go on a little bit longer. I've got that kind of feeling in, you know, at the moment. I don't know why. I don't know if it's just me. What are you thinking? You got this trip that I don't have right now because I'm sweating a little bit. And the reason why I am is because.
03:52:09 Of course, we're going on to a different map, and that map happens to be Broken Moon. And thus far as we've seen throughout the course of the day, two wins go in favor to Alliance.
03:52:22 Both on Game 2 and Game 5 on Broken Moon. That was Game 5 where we had to say goodbye to Bangalore. She was the most picked Legend in that game specifically. And Game 2, we said goodbye to Alter going on to that Game 3. Because Alter was the most picked Legend for that specific game. Alter obviously off the table and so is Bangalore. Alliance had won Game 2 with 13 KP. And then they won Game 5 on Broken Moon when they hit Match Point specifically. With the tradition being kept alive here, Onyx, it fell through for Storm Point. Because they also had 1-2 on Storm Point.
03:52:51 Can this keep going for Alliance unless they take game number 8? And now I'm looking at legend bans as well because we are starting to get deep into the pool. Newcastle are gone, dealt with, will not be involved in this game.
03:53:07 Ja, denn dann gibt es viele Fuse, Sparrow und Sparrow.
03:53:35 Ja, es kann eigentlich helfen, dass Valkyrie ist, hier auf Broken Moon, für Valkyrie zu kommen in diese Compositions, als wir schauen, die POI-Draft alignen mit der ersten Pick.
03:53:55 hier, auf Broken Moon. Und sie nehmen Bionomic, so sie fühlen sich das ein starkes Spiel zu spielen. Huge amount von Loot-Fraum. Und wenn eine Zone geht, dann ist es eine Möglichkeit für sie zu verlassen. Aber Omicke ist nicht so weit weg von Allianz. Und wenn ich meine Matchpoint-Teams und wo sie sind, ist es immer interessant, ob es ein paar Teams näher sind, denn sie werden mehr wissen, dass sie sich nicht mehr von ihnen ansehen.
03:54:18 Ja, mit Allianz mit Bionomix, ich fühle mich, dass wir viele Endzonen sehen, mehr so in der Southeastern Quadrant von Broken Moon zu sehen. Das ist auch immer, dass Allianz, die Priorität zu machen. Und jetzt ist es, kann das jetzt sein? Kann das sein? Will das das letzte Mal sein?
Match Point Teams and Strategic Map Considerations
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03:54:34 On my note, this is as far as I've written down when it comes to game number 8 situation. I'm here with Onset, let's take it forward here, because Alliance, Onyx aren't alone anymore at Matchpoint. You have to welcome Dragons, Navi and Gaming Gladiators and props if you do end up seeing another game. Go next, we'll meet them there on Matchpoint Club. We've officially got to the end of our scripts, now we are just freestyling. Let's see what happens here in our next match. Dragons, you won the previous one.
03:55:00 59 points on the board, but more importantly for them, or as importantly, I should say, put themselves into a mid-season playoffs qualification spot if they close it out now. So, Dragons have done some hard work, but still a lot more work for them to do here.
03:55:16 Yeah, let's not forget that Dragons were at, what, like 12th place in the overall standings right before today, so they really needed to have a pop-up opportunity. They were behind GoNex, Ronin, and Onyx. So just to shoot themselves up, looking at their performance today for the Match Point Finals, specifically, this is really good news for Dragons, even bigger if they end up winning Match Point. So, you know, also the team that ends up winning today will be auto-qualified if they are a team that has already qualified previously, like Alliance.
03:55:45 We might have a few more games ahead of us.
03:56:13 I mean, Drakens are in such a bad position. They come out of Solar Pods, there's a Ring Console, Survey Beacon, and Evo Harvester. If they cut out the rotation of VC Go, they're going to be able to get there first. But if they even go further than that, and they want to sit nicely over by Experimental Labs, they could try to gatekeep VC Go from being able to get that Ring Console if they just want to wait out for it here too, just to farm some more Evo Shield Charge. And the rest of these teams, like Zipline, Team Nemesis, Mouse, have now made their way over to Production Yard.
03:56:41 Just to highlight, by the way, Lifeline is in a composition. If I wasn't, if my eyes didn't deceive me, yeah, it's going to be SJP2 who are playing Lifeline. Navi! Xhako with some great shots from one of our Match Point teams. I've lost two. Xhako's left on his own, and he's using a Maggi Ball of someone else to try and escape, but Xhako, surely this is the end of them. One Match Point team done. First team out of the lobby is Navi.
03:57:06 They knew when on this rotate, Cybercats also need to start putting themselves on the board as Cryptodrone flying overhead calls them out. Mirage also in full effect here. On the other side, though, Nephilim have now made an appearance from the northern side of that choke. It just had to be a Matchpoint team that went out first, didn't it? Of course. It had to be. If you've watched enough Apex Legends, you know by now that nothing should surprise you when it comes to Matchpoint.
03:57:34 Cybercats chasing shadows at the moment or chasing mirage clones I should say. Quick on the shootout right there too. Nephilim land in alpha base and...
03:57:47 Navi, mit der Quick Rotate von Cliff's Side, ging über Core, wo Cybercats war immer noch viel Zeit. Ich meine, es ist ein P.O.I. zu lösen, wenn man split-loot ist, aber Cybercats, nachdem wie schnell Nephilim sind, vielleicht sogar versuchen sie zu lösen. Wir haben das Spiel gegen Navi gewonnen. Es ist verrückt hier, als wir noch eine Chance haben, noch eine Chance haben, noch eine Chance zu sehen. Anik, unser Matchpoint-Team, nach dem, noch voll Blue Evo Shield, und sie haben auch die Rune console.
03:58:16 They do have the ring console information, like you say. They also have a spot in zone, but depending on where this zone does shift, there's going to be a really important hold for them of this tunnel to gatekeep any teams that are going to come through a little bit later on. So for Onix to win this game, they're going to have to win fights. This is a position where you know you're going to have to take fights and have teams pressurizing you.
03:58:37 Big fan with the way that Onik has been able to play this. Looking behind them before looking to see where they can bunker down with this Watson composition. I see another scan too. Team waiting for them outside those bunker doors are gonna be able to get that scan. It's gonna be dragons waiting, being on that Crypto, without having to overextend to get that server beacon console. There's three or four lifelines in the lower, actually. Dragons, they're gonna be...
03:59:01 ...on the Maggi Crypto Catalyst, which I feel like is a pretty good composition, not just for the way that they want to play, but the way that the type of player on their team naturally want to play the game as well. You've got some Aggression on the side of Tyler, who's going to be able to frag out. That's when he's going to have a lot of experience on the Crypto as well. And you've got Chaotic, who's going to...
03:59:22 Bring that rotational ability with the catalyst and also able to hold down those buildings on it. Make them move from the tunnel into one of these buildings and just about make it. Kids are on. We'll hug that gen.
03:59:35 Ich glaube, es ist sicher, dass die Wadson-Fenzen sind. Sie wissen, was die Wadson-Fenzen ist. Die Wadson-Fenzen sind die Wadson-Fenzen oder die Catalyst. Bunker auf die Tür auf die Tür. Wir sehen uns auf Game & Gladiators, die andere Team auf Matchpoint, rocken die Sparrow, Catalyst und Mad Maggie.
04:00:00 Having that Mad Maggie and the Accelerated Ziplines, too, just really help with rotating around closer to these chokes. SJP2 do get eliminated, by the way. That Team Nemesis with those 30-30s were putting in the damage onto them, it looks like. As Max Strafi up on high ground, the rest of you aim, looking at go next. That still need that one KP, that one point.
04:00:23 I find this a strange situation to be in, right? Because you've got to think of overall leaderboards as well, not just hit match point. You know, this is a regional finals where placements are going to add up to more money, to whatever it might be. But the one thing you are thinking is if we have the chance to ape someone, get onto match point. But then you're like, well, if we don't hit match point and we lose that fight, then someone might end it right here, right now, and our placement might not be good enough.
04:00:50 It's a very strange situation to be in. And again, it's another thing to test the IGLs, right? We talk about being tested as a player with maps, compositions, legends you have to be experienced in. But how you have to adjust to this format as well as an IGL to make the decision on do we play for the match point? Do we get ourselves there? Or do we think longer term? It's fascinating. It's so hard. Like, mad props to the IGLs that have remained consistent. And the one that comes to mind is literally Hockey's in that equation.
04:01:17 And that's why when we highlight, oh my goodness, Light literally looked for like two seconds and he just got 3-2-1 real quick with that 30-30. He said, all right, never mind. He's got the blue evo shields, but that's also the opposition noting that whoever's holding that middle console right there, Gaming Gladiator specifically still rocking full blue evos while Dragons is trying to find an engagement with the Mad Maggie Wrecking Ball. On top of the high ground, on top of Onik, it's two teams on top of this building specifically in another squad across the line. There's two teams on match point.
Match Point Engagements and Alliance's Resilience
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04:01:46 Looking to fight each other at the moment. Dragons doing what they do, right? I think they might have seen an opportunity. Maybe a little bit of damage was done to Onik as they were outside of that building. Dragons thought they could move in and just pick up one or two KP to clear a little bit of space. But they retreat back to their side of the building. You can see them on the right-hand side of that inner circle. Outside of that tunnel. Alliance at the moment, by the way, just taking a gentle stroll across Broken Moon here. They had a long way to go. They wrapped all the way to the north.
04:02:16 Collecting all of the Evo on their way, making sure they are fully tooled up. There's a lot of assault bins on their way as well, so they're going to have a lot of attachments. The Alliance will be dangerous as they approach the end of this zone. It works for them. It works into the way that their playstyle benefits them as a team. It's always a side quest, especially when they don't get very lucky with zones like this, having to come all the way from Bionomics across the entirety of Broken Moon and waiting for them on the edge of that next zone is Gaming Gladiators Alliance. Also pick up that Evo Harvester.
04:02:43 Ist es lustig, wie Dragon's Onnik next to each other, 2 Matchpoint teams. GG and Alliance exchanging fire right now, 2 Matchpoint teams. GG on the receiving end are a lot of damage from Alliance, but so is Unlucky. Has to Scarper away, and Scarper he does. Effect without bow in his hand, breaks one, can he hit the big shot though? This could be the one that could hurt GG the most, can't quite connect, but Hackes has got a bow of his own, and he takes down Funk.
04:03:08 Das war verrückt. Ich wusste, dass Funk was Kletchung ist. Ich habe mich mit dem Last Bow. Sie können Hockey's Legolas von der Distanz kommen. Ja, sie haben das Knochen. Sie haben das Knochen. Sie haben das Knochen. Mit der Remote Beacon-Skan auf den Sparrow. Es ist sehr schön, die Linien zu sehen. Die Linien wissen, ob sie können oder nicht nehmen.
04:03:30 Ich möchte versuchen, es ist eine Sache, dass sie so gut haben. Wenn sie eine Advantage haben, sie sind sofort zu sehen. GG, glaube ich, hat sich zu Reset gewonnen. Funk ist zurück, und Funk ist fertig. Und Funk ist bereit. Das ist ein straight 3v3, aber hier ist die Kallisch. Aber da ist ein Weg zu brechen. Und Blast ist ein Blast!
04:03:52 Das ist das letzte Mal zu sehen, auf der anderen Seite der Tür ist der Fecht. Er wird es entgegen, Unlucky setzt auf die Katwahl, so dass sie den Rez können. Oh mein Gott! Bunker sie in den Katalist! So stark jetzt! Wrappern, um zu geben, Suppressfire, ist Hockey. Es ist noch hinterher. Es sieht aus, dass noch ein Team jetzt noch eine Appearance hat. Der Fecht ist, dass er jetzt noch nicht mehr ist. Der Fecht ist, dass er jetzt noch nicht mehr ist. Der Fecht ist, dass er jetzt noch nicht mehr ist. Der Fecht ist, dass er noch nicht mehr ist. Der Fecht ist, dass er noch nicht mehr ist. Der Fecht ist, dass er noch nicht mehr ist. Der Fecht ist, dass er noch nicht mehr ist. Der Fecht ist, dass er noch nicht mehr ist.
04:04:21 und sie werden können den Effekt zurück zu seinen Fuß. Ich werde es für heute leben.
04:04:31 Dang, es war nicht nur ein Squad zu machen. Gladiators eliminated! Es waren zwei Teams, die kamen auf dieses Kampf. Es war ein Rohr und Cyberkatz zu den Nord. Hearing dieses Kampf also may have indicated, dass die anderen Teams in die Nähebering Position ist. Oh mein Gott, Haukies. Haukies ist crazy. Looking auf der anderen Seite, sehen wir ob er es hier. Er hat das eine Player auf der Seite zu sehen. Drone detected von Krypto-Dronen, aber Haukies ist wirklich anders. Ich meine...
04:04:59 There are certain weapons I feel like are very unique to a player. And I feel like the Bowcheck is just so good in the hands of Hakkis. He really does separate himself from the pack with that weapon in his hand. So many clips throughout the history of Apex Legends where the Bowcheck has been in play. It's usually been Hakkis who's had it in his hands. That's Onik now. Move on to the roof of Dragons. Just a reminder, two teams who are both on match point.
04:05:24 Intense, Onik zu haben, die zweite Team zu haben, aber mit vollen Blumen Evo, Bouchi ist für uns zu verabschieden, unsere vollen Frenz-Team jetzt, als E.Q. mit den E.Q. mit der Swing! Und in der Feed, Hocky hält es für den Rest des Allianz, aber auch noch ein Knack-Ov-Zone. Zorara mit der Lifeline, um die Halo zu verabschieden, aber hier kommt ein Glück, 9 Impulse ist mit, er ist in der Meat, und Kaschak wird wieder sein.
04:05:51 Hey look at that zone pull, it's pulled away from Production Yard.
04:06:15 Out into the open. Dragons and Arnick are in a pretty good spot for a walk in here, but they're going to have to deal with each other at some point.
04:06:29 Das ist mir insane. Du musst du den easternen Teil des Map. Especially wenn du wo das Zone Pool ist. Hockey hat eine gute Anzahl von Damage gemacht. Er hat den Shield geholfen. Er hat den Shield geholfen. Unlucky mit einer Catwall. Wir haben diese Catwall so schnell hier. Looking nach der Seite, um sie zu sehen. Sie versuchen, die hier von der Bühne zu versuchen, aber sie wollen die Zone Pool, hier. Weil Round 3 ist hinter der Bühne, sie starten zu machen.
04:06:53 Faze kind of eliminated in the meantime their rough day continues 15 squads remaining alliance fall into a sparrow although Maybe not just one it's gonna be a couple they have run into all sorts of traffic here Unlucky's down as well Hackis is gonna have to go nuclear and he's trying his best to do exactly that he finds one that shield swap is gonna come in but the amount of damage from Hackis is unbelievable
04:07:14 Und jetzt sind sie in den Open zu gehen, mit anderen Teams zu sehen. Hugg ist ein guter Dämmert, und Dragon ist für den Effekt. Sie brauchen Hilfe. Er hat sich schon mal geholfen, aber er braucht einen Suppressfire.
04:07:27 Effekt hat einfach nur auf den Bursch. Sparrow geht auch. Und Bolt ist auch sehr, sehr gefährlich. Hackes hat Effekt. Effekt hat eine. Schwinn ist weg. Hackes wird hier für Allianz. Man kann nicht mit dem R9-Spray. Ein bisschen Druck auf den Schultern. Aber er nimmt Schwinn. Er bleibt ihn. Dragons sind weg. Das ist ein Matchpoint, Team. Allianz live.
04:07:49 Und sie haben eine Re-Spawn Beacon, sie haben den Mobi zu machen, aber können sie mit Gluttsch zeigen? Ronin auf der anderen Seite der Linie. Wir können das nicht sehen. Hackett ist, aber er hat Gluttsch in front of ihn. Aber Hackett! Er hat eine große Menge damage. Effekt ist still alive. Oh, Peek-A-Boo! Das ist nicht etwas, was du willst.
04:08:15 Es ist ein Fech, wenn es ein Fech gibt, wenn es ein Fech gibt. Es ist ein Fech, wenn es ein Fech gibt. Es ist ein Fech, vielleicht ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech, ein Fech!
04:08:43 Vushy, Last Alive, Last Hope, or will we go again here? Ain't no way. Ain't no way. I can't believe this. I think he knows. I think he knows.
04:08:58 I'm in disbelief, right? Look at what Vushi's even got to work with. He's literally on the sticks. My guy has a 75 reserve energy ammo. Like, he has no shield, but he just got rezzed. Everyone's looking at him and 10k from Postkill picks that up. We got more Apex. We go next. It doesn't end here. Sorry, Americas. You're going to have to wait even longer because Amiya is putting on a display for us.
04:09:22 It certainly is indeed. We go again. Another game of Apex to come up. Matchpoint Finals does not end here in the Regional Finals. Let's go next. Hit Matchpoint. They're on 50 points now.
Match Point Chaos and Strategic Considerations
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04:09:35 Go Next needed this. They got even more points. 51 now total. They join the Match Point crew. They have an opportunity and they're facing down Ronin right now. It's not this game they would have to win. For those of you guys new watching and wondering how Match Point format works, they would have to win the game right after hitting Match Point already. Go Next engage on this fight, but they did the job that they needed to do with only Nat alive here. Solo here.
04:09:59 Mit Ronin also hat das Lifeline Composition, dass ihr euch vorhin schon erwähnt habt, dass sie die Reset waren.
04:10:29 Gets the knot, but are they going to be able to convert it into a point? Well, I said it every day. And this one. And this one as well. Watson who? No doubt, I'll say no mas. All right, we're going to just be able to knucklecracker right through everything. Yes, they get 50 points. Good pointing out right here on set. Zero tenacity also get eliminated. It is the 50 points that they needed as Mouse joined them alongside.
04:10:57 This is insane. We got like half the lobby now already at match point after this. Oh my Aku, the little 3 tap with the 1330. Why not? When you hit match point, now you just hold forward and you think about KP. You think about getting to the next game. And Aku is looking for KP. That is Zipline Mafia who just get dumped on.
04:11:23 In total, after this game, we are welcoming 8 total teams at Matchpoint. Mouse, they did what they needed to do. Taking this fight, it's up to 0-0. Missing some crucial shots, though. With what looked to be the car, Mouse get eliminated. Team Nemesis also just 2 points away. Let me point this out, by the way. 10k need 3. Cybercats need 4. Nemesis need 2. And Ronin have hit Matchpoint.
Match Point Saturation and Strategic Map Selection
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04:11:50 So the likelihood is here that we will have at least one more team joining Matchpoint, as well as Ronin. Nemesis though, Remix Pals is down, they only need two, but two feels a long way away. Oh no, but going down here, team Nemesis, do not reach it. Cybercats do though, instead. Turning things around, picking up that KP, alongside Kachira from 10k. 10k get on Matchpoint as well!
04:12:16 This has been the best regional finals that we've ever seen within the EMEA region. Half the lobby in our regional finals are now currently at Matchpoint. Our last three spots left for game number eight. At this point it doesn't really matter who wins this game because everybody in the lobby has done their job. Everyone is on Matchpoint and now it's just about the bragging rights and the confidence to take into that next game riding up on this high ground.
04:12:44 This is crazy. Cybercats on the other side looking to see if they can take this dub. Add in some extra points. 10k by the way. Still alive. Looking at Ronin. Ronin looking behind this to make sure they can find that one last rat before Cybercats fully engage. And Cybercats have control over this entire center side of the zone. This lifeline has been an absolute lifesaver. Lifeline by name. Lifeline by nature here for Ronin. The drone going out to help with the health meds. The halos that have kept them alive to tap.
04:13:13 Oh, huge stick on the orange, sir. He gets stick stuck between the pillboxes, but still having the position advantage. This was the green light for Cybercats to close in the gap, but they do not get a crack from their side. They take too much pressure for to back away and hit that shield back.
04:13:42 Wie lange hat es denn, seit wir haben eine halte Lobby?
04:14:10 into Match Point, where 10 teams have the opportunity to take the win in the EMEA Regional. It's been forever for me, personally. I cannot recall how long it's been since we've seen a Regional Final like this. Yeah, this is nice. It's giving me EWC vibes from last year. And, you know, with the midseason playoffs taking place at EWC this year, maybe it's a little bit of a precursor for what we're about to see in the LAN environment as well.
04:14:37 I mean, it just felt like there was going to be another game. The amount of teams we saw fighting early on in that game, Vicky, who were both on match point, it opened the door for everybody to join them. Cybercats with 26 points just crossed the match point threshold. Ronin joined them. 10K joined them. Nemesis just came up short, if I'm not mistaken, by two points. Malz hit match point. This is crazy. This is genuinely crazy.
04:15:07 Literally, yeah. Team Neviser 2 points away. And also, this works into the win condition for 10k. And we have to further highlight this, because Gaskin talked about it. You know, we had the comments coming in that 10k doesn't like to take these fights. Well, guess what? They're still at match point, and this is the team that always holds final zone positioning. Kachero's very good at calling out what these zone pools are going to look like. And Cyberkatz and Ronin joining them up there, too. This is insane. I cannot believe this while we take a look at the series results. Look at this!
04:15:36 Half the Lobby now on Matchpoint. And let me just remind everybody. The teams just sat down in 10th place right now. 10k. Have been through it all. Threats of retirement. Teams blowing up. Fan favourites who have come so close but not got over the line. People, they've only got 11kp. They've got a chance to win the whole thing.
04:16:01 Das ist so close.
04:16:28 Alliance and Navi being the only two teams to qualify at the moment. But this is literally what Onset? A point difference away for teams that want to make it there? That's not Onset. I'm so excited I turned into a POI draft.
04:16:44 Are we going on to Broken Moon next? I mean, no, no, it can't be. E-District, rather, that would be insane to look at the teams that have struggled to looking at the fact that, by the way, that's also just like Americas, but I know we're all excited. But looking at the way that these zone pools have been over by E-District. But all right, guys, on set, he's taking a quick break, and we're going to be taking you guys through the next set of matches. We're getting more Apex. We got game number nine with half the teams in this lobby sitting at match point. You don't want to miss it.
04:19:08 Halb the Lobby, jetzt auf Matchpoint. Dan, haben Sie eine gute Pause, denn wenn Sie das mal haben, haben wir eine Konversation. Ich hatte zu kommen und schauen, dass das unfold ist. Als ich hörte, das Screaming in mein Headset war, ich dachte, dass es jemand gewonnen hat, oder wir gehen zu Match 9. Es war total insane. Wenn man so viele Teams über die Matchpoint zu kommen, hat es eine sehr interessante Endgame-Szenario. Aber in der Ende, Monin für Ronin.
04:19:37 Ja, es kann.
04:20:06 und so viel drama zu spielen, und so viel drama zu verfolgen. Oder auf jeden Fall, oder auf jeden Fall, oder auf jeden Fall. Als wir jetzt in E-District gehen, mit, wie du sagst, Catalyst, die nächste Legend zu sein. Und wir haben nur eine E-District, wir haben einen Back-to-Back-E-District jetzt, als wir sehen die Snake, die sich jetzt wieder aufhören. Where on earth do you go for composition? All right, so... Our first Controller ist banned. Rev Octane, bring it back!
04:20:35 I mean, so we're going to E-District, so I think ring consoles are going to be very important. So I think we'll see a lot of Fuse. I think that's inevitable here. When you look at the ring console characters that are available to you, Fuse, Watson probably going to play a big part. I don't think we're going to see any Caustic yet. Rampart we've already seen a couple of. Maybe some Valkyries will creep in again for a Rotational Legend. But, you know, we're getting closer to that point where we are going to see something a little bit more absurd. I know we had the Lifelines come in, but I don't think that's that crazy. Yeah, I'm excited for this one.
04:21:05 Es geht zu dem Punkt, wo es wie, hey, wir spielen in IGO und sie sind einfach nur was left. Ich glaube, es ist einfach nur was left. Ich glaube, es ist einfach nur ein Legend. Die meisten Kills und Rangt mit aus den letzten Legends werden. Will wir ever see a Vantage in den AOGS this season? Ich fühle mich, wir haben. Am ich crazy? Oh, wait. G-Dolk haben wir schon gemacht. G-Dolk haben schon gemacht.
04:21:33 E-District wird dort sein.
04:21:59 E-District across the board has been pretty difficult to take a victory away. It has been one of those scenarios where actually it's been spread out quite evenly between these teams. So it could be the perfect map to find a victor and maybe an unexpected one as well with 10 teams on match point. I mean, who knows? Dan, there's no way it could go another game, is there? There's no way it could go another game.
Strategic Considerations and Legend Compositions
04:22:2404:22:24 Definitely not going to 11. But I mean, you have to think about not just only winning regional finals here, right? Which is, of course, the big picture for some of these teams. But there is so much on the line for the overall standings of which teams are going to be qualifying for midseason playoffs as well. 10K at the moment are in that last qualification spot, only two points ahead of GG. But as you said, if a team outside of the top two were to win it or outside the top eight were to win it, they would push one team out.
04:22:48 So you really just want to make sure you're in the top three in the overalls to make sure you've got a chance. Oh, this is a zone that is very favorable to the two teams who hit match point first. Alliance and Onik, Galleria and Electrodam, both of them dropping here. Alliance also have a ring console, and they, most importantly, by the way, just checking their composition. They are playing Fuse, but they also have Watson. They do have Evo to get...
04:23:14 Rhin console if they needed to just a little flashback to what we saw the AOGS open just want to make sure we tick that box dragons already rotating as well very very quickly into a position that they are going to play for quite some time and they are yet another match point team on it by the way a little bit of a scuffle with team war and it's over getting access
04:23:34 ...to this Evo Harvester, which is down. So that's both teams kind of butting heads here... ...on White Armor, just because of the fact that that Evo Harvester is between the two teams as they rotate. We are seeing 12 Watsons in the lobby as well. That's the preferred method for your Ring Console character here in Match 9. We are seeing a Caustic, just the single Caustic and also a single Revenant as well. So people are starting to go pretty deep into the Legend pool.
04:24:01 Maybe to try and get some extra points here and try and find some extra aggression as well. It's actually FaZe running Crypto Revenant Fuse. So they are throwing a Hail Mary here to try and catch up.
Matchpoint-Teams unter Druck und Qualifikationsszenarien
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04:24:17 Nethalim sind ein bisschen left out. Sie sind ein Team, die nicht auf Matchpoint sind. Die Team, die auf Matchpoint sind, ist in front of sie. Und das wird Melz, die in der letzten Game gemacht haben, mit dem Lobby. Aku kommt auf. By the way, Aku hat been frying in den letzten vergangenen. Und er ist weiterhin das hier. Oh, mein Gott. Das ist ein Apex.
04:24:43 Oh, 10k.
04:25:11 Ich bin sehr vorsichtig hier. Ich bin jetzt auf der Back. Postkills, Down. Nasky ist Weak. Ich habe die Batterie. Kashera ist, um es zu sehen. Pläis ein kleineser Körner. Und versucht es zu gehen, seine Team-Mate hier. Ich bin jetzt der Impression. Postkills ist in der Situation oder Postkills?
04:25:36 Die 10-K-team-team-team-team!
04:26:04 Fit season playoffs. That's how tight it is in the overalls right now.
04:26:31 Starts to feel a lot more comfortable and a lot more natural. Whereas everyone else who might have accrued their points in a slightly different way, has to think about that hard zone, hard win condition that they have to achieve here to be champs.
04:26:48 Gott, du kannst auch den Tension fühlen, in der Lobby. Ich bin nervös. Ja, es ist verrückt. Und es ist nicht nur einfach, dass jeder auf Match Point ist und der Unkönne ist, dass es, wenn es hier endet, wenn es hier endet, wo du jetzt hier endet bist, dein Chancen in Mid-Season Play-Offs könnte nur ein oder zwei Punkte aus sein. Natürlich, der Plan hat sich gut für 10-K so weit, aber sie finden sich jetzt in 11-Place, wie overalls, richtig?
04:27:17 In the series standings, excuse me. But 8th place in the overall standings. If they were to die, suddenly all that hard work of getting onto match point just goes down the drain and they could very much be overtaken by a team in this game who has a lot of kills. So that's the scary factor. The same can be said for GG. If they were to die now, their chances of midseason playoffs could suddenly go. Everything is riding on this match. Very interesting to...
04:27:43 Take a screenshot of the standings at the start of this game to the final standings, if it was to end now, because they are going to change significantly. Those qualification spots for mid-season playoffs, 10k. Gonna rip into zone right now. As Ronin, whether he be moaning or groaning, in the next few moments.
04:28:08 I mean, you speak about how it stands in the moment. The teams that would be qualifying, if it ended like this, exactly, would be Nemesis, Malz, Onik, Dragons, Ronin, and 10k. Meaning GG would miss out, Zero Tenacity would miss out. Go Next, of course, would miss out. And they've been eliminated. So Go Next needed to go to a match 10. Otherwise, they will not be going to the midseason playoffs. That's the harsh reality of it.
04:28:32 Wouldn't it be ironic as well if both Ronin and 10k make it after all the drama that went down between those two teams? And then they fight and scrap at LAN.
04:28:42 1v1 zu qualifizieren. Ich will dir was, ich will es machen. Ich weiß nicht, dass es passiert. Ich weiß nicht, dass die Geschichte weitergehen kann. Es hat eine interessante Entwicklung gemacht, weil es auch so ist, dass beide Seiten sind. Sie haben beide adjustments gemacht und in der Ende, es funktioniert für beide. Und vielleicht wird das Ende der Rivalry endet gut für beide, weil wir beide nicht mehr haben.
04:29:06 Und Natsky, die kind of guy zu den Rivalry, einfach nur bei der Seite. Aber das ist wo die Zone ist, um zu der Norte. Wir haben die Norte. Wir haben die Norte. Wir haben die Norte auf der Norte, Elektrodam. Zero Tenacity, 12 Punkte auf der Match Point. Sie werden absoluten Desperate für dieses zu gehen. Sie haben 1 Kp, wie Sie sehen in der Feed. Zero Tenacity, die noch eine Point zu haben.
04:29:39 Faze is a couple of KP's themselves, SJP2 who are under pressure here, and Denze might be last alive, and Zayn...
Taktische Überlegungen und Team-Dynamiken im späteren Spielverlauf
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04:29:46 Er hat sich nicht in die Action auf Revenant zu sehen. Es ist weird zu sehen Revenant zurück in eine ALGS-Lobby. Ich erinnere die Zeit von Revoctane. Ich versuche nicht zu denken. Aber ja, es geht um Phaseless Day zu sehen. Wenn du diese Composition und was sie versuchen hier zu erreichen, denke ich, was sie müssen, und wie weit sie sind, und wie weit sie sind. Und das ist, dass sie ihre Chance für midten und playoffs ist, dass sie ganz gut sind. Unless...
04:30:13 They pull off a victory and can take us to match turn. And with SJP2 just falling there, if we ended here, they would also not be making mid-season playoffs. You're going to hear me say that a lot. Yeah. For this game. They either will or not. The expectation is that this game ends here with 10 teams being on match point and we've lost three teams already who weren't. It's kind of tough out here for those teams who are trying to keep this going to 10.
04:30:43 Tank air in the next zone. They do have Beacon as well. They hit that ring console so they know exactly where this zone is going and Nasky is chilling. On top of the gen thinking about the work that's been done so far. Just a moment for them to catch their breath. Ronin on the other hand still have to get to zone. And I'm talking about next zone. I'm talking about zone 3 let alone zone 4.
04:31:05 So tough when you look at that overhead in all the positions that have been filled now a district typically There are places you can find even if you arrive late, but they might just not be winning positions and a Lot of these teams need to find a win, which is what's kind of terrifying for them with their approach right now Yeah, let me turn on top of that soda jump in but throw on top of that no new castle Yep to play with like your legends to create something from a space have been removed So everyone is like
04:31:33 If you're there, great. If not, how do we get in?
04:31:40 Es ist hart zu Bully-Your-Way-In oder sogar einen Fake-Cover, wie du sprichst. Es gibt 8 Valkyries, also es wird sicherlich sein, dass Leute einfach nur die Füße der Weg in und die Brute-Forse der Weg in und die Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-Forse der Brute-
04:32:08 Und viele coolen Legends, die du in diesen Position hast, haben wir geholfen. Interessant zu sehen hier, dass Allianz und Onik, ich denke, wir banken auf die Zone, um ein bisschen mehr zu den East zu bringen. However, Allianz, die still haben eine Ring-Console zu haben. Sie sehen das, dass sie das Ring-Console können. Ich denke, das ist das, was sie vielleicht für in dieser Situation. Das ist nur was ich würde, wenn ich, wenn ich... Lo und Behold, Gott forbid, in charge of die Line-Up.
04:32:38 Both of them will have to work their way in towards where their next zone is going. Nemesis, heartbreaking moment for them in the last game, but they didn't get those two points that they needed in that endgame. They could be on match point, but instead, they're still chasing that down. They are a team that could keep us going to match 10, though. You have to consider that with how Nemesis have been performing throughout the entire split. I mean, they are third in the overalls, so...
04:33:03 Sie haben nur eine Beteiligung von Allianz und Na'Vi, das ist nicht etwas zu sagen. Und jetzt werden sie sich auf die Beise of Geo getrennt. Wir werden den ersten Knochen auch. Die Knochen ist in guter Style. Es ist ein einfaches Teamfighting für sie. 1 P20 auf 1 Punkt, als sie aus den Clonen senden. Und jetzt GG ist das Sparrow. Das Sparrow ist so gut. Jen geht um, doch. Die Knochen geht um, die Knochen geht um, die Knochen geht um. Die Knochen geht um, die Knochen geht um, die Knochen geht um, die Knochen geht um. Die Knochen geht um, die Knochen geht um, die Knochen geht um, die Knochen geht um.
04:33:32 GG! On Match Point, remember? Wir können die Final Pieces clean up. Zuni ist versuchen zu escape, für Nemesis. Kann er gehen? Managed to avoid the LOS, aber Looks like GG will chase this down! Aber Light, von Nowhere, gets taken down! Und es ist Aurora!
04:33:52 And remember, GG are outside of the mid-season playoff spots at the moment. Nemesis get eliminated. They're going to be fine. Nemesis are going to mid-season playoffs. I don't think we need to worry about that. They're on 150 points. They're going to be good no matter what. However, GG, not the case. By the way, the 8th place has been bouncing around with all these kills. As Aurora gets another, onto Blast. Suddenly, GG staring down the barrel of a gun here.
04:34:19 GG are gone. Another Matchpoint team will fall. Ronin trying to get in towards this zone. They're gone as well. Two Matchpoint teams fall in about five to six seconds. And it's Zipline Mafia who now try and force their way in. Mal's up on the high ground.
04:34:40 But they've got such a way to go. Look at the top left. They are nowhere near this zone for now. I mean, Gaming Gladiator is now... It has to go to Match 10. If it doesn't go to... If it ends here, Gaming Gladiator is not at the mid-season playoffs. Kind of crazy when you look at that roster. Zipline Mafia eliminated.
04:34:56 Oh, Akkugus!
04:35:25 A little bit of unwelcomed plastic surgery from that bullet has to rearrange some of those facial features and pop that battery to get himself back together. It can be so difficult to get into the skies with these Valkyries though, with the amount of scouts and 30-30s and how hard they hit. And no helmets as well, remember outside of the red helmet that's available. You can get ripped out of that ultimate so, so quickly. By the way, the teams who are not on Matchpoint left in this lobby, Aurora, FaZe...
04:35:51 War and Z10. So if they win this game, we will go again.
Entscheidende Momente und Qualifikationskämpfe in den Finalrunden
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04:35:58 Ich meine, Sie haben nur vier Teams zu erwähnen, die sehr gut zu gewinnen, wenn sie am besten spielen können. Sie haben hier sehr quiet heute, aber das könnte eine große Herausforderung sein. 10K vs. Na'Vi. 10K sind zurückgekehrt in dieser Raum und Na'Vi versuchen zu verabschieden. Die gen wurden destroyed, und jetzt haben sie einfach zu schwingen und gewinnen. 10K, die Geschichte ist super, aber das ist die letzte Chapter, die sie mitgekehrt haben, als Na'Vi senden sie zurück in die Lobby.
04:36:26 Mal ist es so, wie sie vielleicht fallen, aber Faze geht auch. Vielleicht ist Faze, die Chancen sind unten und unten. Lufka, die letzte remaining remaining. Mal ist es jetzt jetzt Z10 in Team War. Die letzten zwei Teams, die nicht auf die Matchpoint sind. By the way, 10K sind jetzt in die letzte Qualifikation.
04:36:45 They would just about make it if it stayed like this, but there is still a chance that the likes of Team War or Cybercats could still overtake them. And you can see the pressure in the situation. Even Hakkis is missing shots that you would expect him to hit. And what's next for Alliance? Look at where that zone is going. Cybercats below them. And Na'Vi alongside them.
04:37:13 A reminder, only Team War and Zero Tenacity can keep this game going, keep this series going, if they were to win here.
04:37:23 It is also worth noting that if Team War or CyberCats, or both of them, were to be eliminated here in this game, it would just do enough for 10k to qualify, which is what's crazy. Do you want to hear something even more crazy? Give it to me. Zero Tenacity are banged center of zone. No one else is in the zone. Team War to the north. They have the complete control of the north side. Everybody else is stacked up next to each other. All of the Matchpoint teams are stacked up.
04:37:52 Ich bin, Zero Tenacity, die in Formed team, die sollte uns weitergehen, hier ist Allianz, jetzt gehen wir auf den Skies, um zu machen. Allianz, das war die erste Team zu kommen, hier ist jetzt, die Dragons sind auf die Katte. Oh, sie sind in den Bottom-Floor, Zero Tenacity ist.
04:38:16 Z10 Hold! Zero Tenacity Hold! Und sie sind ein Team, das kann das weitergehen. Fenix war weg für ein Spiel, hat internet Probleme, aber jetzt ist er zurück. Und er ist wieder aufhörbar. Onik Eliminatet, Cyberkats Eliminatetet auch. Aber Zero Tenacity und Team War sind noch hier. Es ist 50-50 jetzt. Wenn wir zu einem anderen Spiel oder nicht. Na'Vi ist in der Position zu gewinnen, aber die Zone ist auf dem. Und sie sind gegen sie. Und sie sind gegen sie. Und sie sind gegen sie.
04:38:46 Wir haben wieder eine neue Match hier! Wir haben eine neue Match hier! Wir haben eine neue Match! Und Team War weiter den EMEA-Regional Finals! Und da sind so viele Teams, die einfach ein tiefes Gelegenheit haben, und sie wissen, dass ihre Chance für die Mid-Season Play-Offs sind noch alive, als wir eine Match 10 gehen. Aber jetzt, Zero Tenacity, mit einem Chance zu senden sich ein PK von Distanz! Die PKs sind in der 1!
04:39:33 ... ... ... ...
04:40:02 I'm at a loss for words. I am at a loss for words. Incredible, incredible game. Which means, like I say, we go one more. We have one more game to play here. And it was just so fascinating to watch the map overhead of that game. If you get the opportunity to go back and watch the map overhead in those final moments, please do. Because you just saw all of the Matchpoint teams starting to be too close to each other to not be able to fight if they had to get to zone. And the two teams who aren't on Matchpoint...
04:40:28 I mean, was also important here for Zero Tenacity is by putting themselves...
04:40:55 in 4th overall in this series. They also climbed to 4th overall in the overalls as well. Putting them in the best position to try and qualify for midseason playoffs. They needed that game. Otherwise, if they had gone out early in that game and someone else had won it, they probably wouldn't have been at midseason playoffs. But Phoenix popped off. The whole team showed their very best. And it really was an incredible finish. Team War also keeping their chances alive. I mean, it's going to be tough.
04:41:24 I'm going to be honest, War have a lot to do. They find themselves in 11th in the overall overalls, but currently they're down in 18th in the series. Team War need to win a game if they're going to find themselves in mid-season playoffs. America's later, by the way. Maybe sooner than we think after Amir finishes. If Amir finishes, 12 teams on match point. 12.
04:41:55 I mean, that still means eight more teams can get on to Match Point. That's all I'm saying. What did I say earlier? 18 games we could go? I don't think mathematically we can quite get there. Oh, no, wait. Eight more teams to win? Yeah, we could. Anyway, Rain Day. I don't think we'll get to 18, but we certainly have got a guarantee of 10. I mean, those PK shots from Phoenix, I got to shout out my boy. I got to shout out Z10. But I got to shout out...
04:42:22 This series so far, we have waited all of our match point opportunities. Even in the open, we didn't get a chance to fully flesh it out and see what do people do when we get to these 9s, these 10s, these 11s? How do the picks get wonkier and wonkier? How do they strategize on these different maps? We're getting a chance to see it here. If you're a fan of Apex Legends.
04:42:45 This is everything that you could have hoped for, and then some. But what a finish, gentlemen. The stakes so high, and I just think that there's so many EMEA fans out there who were just biting their nails, couldn't even look at the screen, or maybe couldn't look away, knowing Gaming Gladiators was not going to be attending EWC in midseason playoffs unless the unthinkable happened, and it certainly did. Z10 with that win, Team War right behind him as well.
04:43:11 We've seen it before, Mark. Navi and Dragons fight each other. Is this just a mistake? Is this just what they had to do? You saw that overhead. I was looking at it, too. Every team was in a position to basically cannibalize their own efforts to win this tournament and allow Team War and Z10 to have the perfect spot.
04:43:28 Yeah, I mean, it's just one of those situations where there's so many teams on Matchpoint. It's inevitable at some point you'll probably be fighting a team who's also on Matchpoint. It was just funny how it lined up in that way where you had all of the teams on Matchpoint, either on the northern or eastern side of that zone, and the two who weren't had the most space just left on their own. It was just fascinating to watch how that developed. I mean, a lot of teams probably banked on it going a little bit differently, that end zone, which is why everybody was in that certain position. But, you know, it's...
04:43:57 At the end of the day, all that really matters is we got another game. Z10, I think the biggest thing for them was just the composure they showed when they held off Alliance. I think, like you're saying, the shots from Phoenix and the fact that they didn't just let Alliance walk into that building. A lot of teams would have been known that was Alliance because Alliance played from Electro down. They would have known they were playing that high position. It was a smart thing to do. They would have seen them hit that evac and people would have been worried to fight Alliance. They were not worried. They took the fight. They took the opportunity and they won it.
04:44:24 That's part of it, just the confidence, the ability to make that play and know that's the play to make. Let's talk a little bit about what happened so far leading us up to this. Game 10 on the way, but Game 8, Cybercats, that was a big moment in this event too, Dan. Getting on to match point, we now have 12 teams. It was 10 after this. Well, I remember right at the start of the day when we were calculating, you know, how many points are you going to need to maybe get to midseason playoffs?
04:44:52 We looked at CyberCats as a benchmark because of where they found themselves and how much they would realistically need to do. And we said, you know, second place probably wouldn't even really get them there, so it's going to have to be a win. Well, you know, they still have the opportunity here. They're on match point and they are very much still alive. And I think that that's the excitement about regional finals. Now we have 12 teams who could all go on to win this thing and, you know, guarantee that position.
04:45:19 at the mid-season playoffs when it seemed impossible right at the start of the day. Yeah, I mean, that is, I mean, this is the rare moment, you know. I'll go back as we see Oz is here.
04:45:31 Ja, du hast sechs Kills auf der Front, sechs Kills auf der Front von Match 4 und 5 auch. Aber was kannst du jetzt? Throughout 7, 8, 9. Well, sechs Kills in 8. Es scheint eine oder zwei aus allen drei Spiels zu sein. Er ist sechs Kills, 18 overall, nach 9. Als wir tatsächlich einen Blick auf die Final Circles, die Final Circles.
04:45:53 just leading up to this Game 10, which is upon us. Marc, you were breaking it down a little bit. The confidence from Phenix to shut this down, and of course, not as Finseer and Dragons, just going after each other, leaving it open for War and Z10. Yeah, just canalizing each other, it just leaves it open. You can see here that it just becomes a straight 3v3, and when you're in center zone and you have the kind of height they do at the moment, and Phenix, I think they actually ended up with two PKs, if I'm not...
04:46:16 Was ist das Schock? Ich denke, es ist Feudor hier. Es ist Feudor hier. Ich denke, es ist Feudor hier. Es ist Feudor hier. Oh, sorry. Ja, es ist Artic. Ja, es ist... Shotgun, by the way. Es ist in der Gehr-Package für eine Reise. Ja, genau. Es ist absolut... ...destroy es mit dem P.K. Ja, das ist... ...amazing-game. Ich meine, es ist mein Lieblings-Games von Apex. Ich habe das lange, lange, lange, das eine.
Strategische Analysen und das Momentum vor dem entscheidenden Spiel
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04:46:45 Aber ich glaube, das ist auch, dass du das Gefühl hast, weil, wenn man die Idee ist, dass das Team auf Matchpoint ist, wenn wir das Spiel verlieren, wir enden die Lobby für alle, including uns selbst. Und ich bin nicht sicher, dass wir in die Position zu gewinnen sind. Wir vielleicht sind, wir vielleicht nicht.
04:47:03 Ich weiß, viele Leute fühlen sich auf ihre PK, aber es ist ein Hits-Or-Miss-Kindes-Kindes-Kindes-Kindes-Kindes-Kindes-Kindes-Kindes-Kindes
04:47:22 That was huge. And I think Zero Tenacity now, if you ended it today right here, would be in fourth position representing EMEA in our midseason. That is what that win just earned them. But guys, from fourth place all the way down to eighth, while it was maybe two, three points separating these, it's now 12 points that's the difference. And I'm very curious to see if this will finally be the end. It certainly can't go another game, guys. It certainly can't. But I want to know what does chat think about this one. And of course...
04:47:51 Get your thoughts on the game, those who have been watching. It's been one of those ALGS days to remember. Mario, I feel. What's up, Mario? He says Alliance only dominate on certain characters. As that character gets switched off, they can't win another game.
04:48:07 Might be true, Mario. I'd hate to think that Alliance are ever disadvantaged, but as you can see, a team that's been on match point longer than anybody else, not been able to clutch it up, even in that final moment there, taking it up. Z10, they win that fight, they probably win this entire tournament. SKBloodhound says, I do think Alliance is the most complete team in Apex Esports, despite their struggles sometimes. Dan, you agreeing with Bloodhound there, or you think that there's still some teams that...
04:48:34 in this match point situation could have gotten that done. I think between themselves and Falcons, they are the complete roster.
04:48:41 The good news for Alliance...
04:49:06 They still can. They are still in this. And it doesn't matter if they do it in 6 or if they do it in 10. They could still be the number 1 team.
04:49:30 Oh mein Gott. Ich meine, das ist jetzt nicht der richtige Bandwagon an dieser Stelle. Es gibt wirklich 12 Teams, die haben eine Chance. Ich liebe diese Gespräche. 10k mit der Placement Point ist total. Wir sind nicht 10k genug, Leute? Ich meine, es gibt so viele Teams zu performen, Marc. Ist das ein Team, das wirklich in deinem Team ist? Hey, das könnte ein Threats sein. Especially, you know...
04:49:57 Ich denke, wir sind über sie genug genug. Ich denke, was sie haben so far ist sehr, sehr beeindruckt. Wenn sie das Global-State ist, ist natürlich noch mehr Arbeit zu tun. Ich denke, dass sie alle verstehen, dass sie das Problem haben. Es ist sehr rare, dass sie sich in einem Spiel gewonnen haben. Aber 10-K...
04:50:24 At the moment, they're doing the job, and that's all they'll care about. If they get the job done at the end of the day, they will be more than happy. Major story, 10K, Ronan dropping Nasky, Nasky finding his home. They are literally two points separating each other from eighth place qualifying.
04:50:40 Und nicht gehen. Das setzt uns für mehr Drama hier. Wir sagen uns mal zu Marc. Wir geben Vicky ein bisschen rest. Und ich mache den Mic hier mit Gaskin. Als wir bereit sind, zu gehen Nummer 10. Daniel, das ist eine von den Rekord-Büsten. Du kannst nicht immer cast.
04:50:58 I'm lucky enough to be one of the few who was there in Poland.
04:51:16 Ich bin da, EWC. Ich bin da, wenn wir bis zu diesem Punkt sind. Und das ist total. Weil du all die Regeln aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster aus dem Fenster
04:51:45 So, again, Ring Consoles are so important in E-District. We get another E-District here. We might see more Caustics and Ramparts. We certainly will see more Fuse. Probably going to see more Mirage as well. We're going to have everything in this Match 10. I can't wait. Well, if you wanted some action on your Sunday, Father's Day around North America, which is coming up soon, or EMEA as it's closing out since we're going late into the night.
04:52:13 You've got it. The Apex Legends Global Series. A firecracker of a show so far. We'll see if it ends with that kind of bang that these teams are hoping for. Especially if you're on the side of Z10. They've done enough to put themselves 12 points outside of danger. So we'll see if they can continue to do that as of now. But everything still, of course, lands on a knife's edge. Let's take a look at these Legend.
04:52:42 pick percentages dan as you can see up on the top of the screen
04:52:45 Gibby. Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel... Es ist ein viel...
04:53:14 But we are seeing the likes of Caustic, the likes of Gibby. I mean, look at that composition from GoNext. That's like something from 2020, I don't know, with how they're playing, just throwing Caustic and Gibby in together. But this is going to be an interesting one. And if you can move fast, you can really make a difference here if you can get into one of these buildings early.
04:53:32 I would say also, you know, you look at these teams that are on Matchpoint, but Aurora and FaZe, you know, utilizing A-Revenant, which is such a wild card. And then FaZe, excuse me, Aurora, utilizing Valkyrie, which to me, this is a conversation we had. It was a hot take that we presented a few weeks ago. It's one of those now that could make the difference, not just in some of these getting away, getting out of dodge type situations, but also rotating. You see those moments where you're just stuck. You have to run into the team. There's no Wraith. There's no Alter. How do you get past them? Pathfinder's band as well.
04:54:01 Well, now you got Valkyrie. Now you do have a Skyward Dive. There is an opportunity. And there's those final zones. I mean, Dan, how many times have we seen a Valkyrie float up into the air? People stop looking at her and she just lands down. And maybe the game ends and she's still flying up there. These are options now for Aurora. And that is a team that is still not on match point. Yeah, I mean, Valkyrie had to come into the equation as well, just because you need legends that can provide you a little bit of rotational aspect. Otherwise, you just get caught in these chokes. And especially on E-District, it can be brutal.
04:54:30 And sometimes you just need that plan D of, alright, we have to go up into the sky, we don't have our own ability to do so with a jump tower, so instead we have to look at legend composition instead. We have 14 different compositions in this lobby, so if you don't love legend bands by this point, maybe this will be the game that truly converts you, because the beautiful thing is...
04:54:51 Every match is different now, right? Because we lose a legend after legend and then you have to see teams dig deep and try and do something a little bit different. A previous rotation that may have worked out in the last game will not work out on this game because you don't have the same legend to do so. One of the highest match point moments we've seen in terms of the amount of teams on match point who could end it versus the teams that are not. We now have a surplus in terms of teams who could end it by winning.
Dramatische Wendungen und die alles entscheidende Schlacht um die Qualifikation
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04:55:20 Only 8 teams right now who could keep this going to Game 11. It is a special time, and we are not one to miss it. 10K, we talked about them. Natsuki had this moment mid-season where it wasn't working out. He had a season coming up trying to figure out how he would qualify, if he could qualify, if he had to play alone and try to rat out in order to earn his points. This moment with Ronan ended, but something started with 10K, and now they are on the precipice.
04:55:46 Das macht das Hero's Journey, wo er auf dem Top ist, zwei Punkte zuvor von Ronin. Und sie werden die Arbeit gemacht. Gaining Gladiators sind auch noch immer noch aus. Und die Winters der Nr. 8, Cybercats, die jetzt auf Match Point sind, um das Momentum zu halten. Sie sind auf Asis. Asis ist jetzt auf der Gonext, die in das Gebäude sind. Ja, ein paar Teams, die in den ersten Plänen sind in die ersten Plänen hier sind, und jetzt haben sie einen Schrapp zu versuchen.
04:56:13 Sie haben drei oder vier Teams, die haben einen Spieler gewonnen.
04:56:41 And they're kind of crawling around on the floor. Very tough to try and come back from. With the Crypto, you have the Banner Retrieval. You do even have the Revive. It's possible with the Drone, but it's going to be tough. And Onik, they're in trouble. Onik, that is scary. 10k, they're making a move. That was one of the teams ahead of them. And Onik now have to wait and watch. Sitting in seventh place as of now. Two points behind 10k. And only five points.
04:57:10 2 points ahead of 10k and only 5 points and 6 points, respectively, ahead of Ronin and Gaming Gladiators. That is a scary final 20, but look, they're still alive. Kizeron has found a way to stay alive, and they might even be able to get the res here. Onyx's story could continue. Yeah, they could have survived by the skin of their teeth. That was the game plan with the Crypto escaping. 10k did get the kills, though, and just a touch on 10k. I mean, I think I have spoke about them quite a lot today, but...
04:57:37 Their gameplan was solid, but I don't think their gameplan took into account it going to 10 matches. Because the longer you go on, the more teams that are going to have pop-off games, and 10k are not about pop-off games. So their consistency will only go far, so far, as the D.Va almost does the damage, where they may just lose out on not having one of those big games, regardless of the consistency. But they also could be one of those teams that suddenly plucks out a victory out of nowhere. So, very excited to see how this one goes, but FaZe Clan.
04:58:05 They're a team who needs a miracle here at this point, Rain Day. I mean, if anyone's going to take us to match 11 phase, it would have to be them if they were going to find themselves in the season playoffs. Well, they have the ability, obviously, Sinetic and Nags, but really trusting Zane. You can see he's got a fully purpled owl devotion. So he's got that turbocharger, but that's going to be very hard to loot within just round one by yourself. So maybe a little bit of teammate support there. Take this barrel, take this energy mag. We want you to be set up.
04:58:34 2-4 on the 30-30, looking good. Zayn might have to carry things for it. Tyler, FPS goes down early to Mouse, trying to follow as the rotation is there. And Mouse will clean that one up and take an extra KP. Seventh place so far, 64 points. And started out well secure at the beginning of today. Nothing secure now.
04:58:57 Oh, goodness. You can just feel the tension around E-District at the moment. I mean, look at the amount of teams that have already made their way to that third circle you can see on our screen. I mean, the good thing is they had all predicted the pool correctly. I think it was a relatively easy one to read, but some late movers. GG, Alliance, Na'Vi, SJP2, VCGO, and Aurora currently going toe-to-toe at draft point. I think they were both trying to hit that ring console, and it looks like VCGO trying to pick off Aurora as well.
04:59:26 Ich glaube, das ist auch wichtig, wenn du B.C.G.O. und du sagst, Aurora, die beiden Teams...
04:59:34 Sie haben sich nicht mehr als einen anderen zu finden. Wir sahen es, wenn ihr in den Nodospin Seer und Dragon ist, dass das einfach öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters öfters
05:00:03 Und riskieren es zu viel, besonders so weit weg von Zone. Game and Gladiators, another team living on a knife's edge. 90 points overall, if it ended here. 57 in this. They're looking for maybe a 7th, 6th, 5th place to secure it. But that's going to require at least staying alive until our top 10.
05:00:22 And that's the difficult thing here as well, is like, yes, you can play for the win, but if you play for the win and then you lose out because you didn't rotate correctly or you just found yourself in an awkward position, you may then miss out on mid-season playoffs. There are definitely teams here who might actually have to go for the more scrappy looking for kills approach if they are willing to take that risk and almost guarantee themselves mid-season playoffs because the higher percentage chance is we should finish here in 10.
05:00:47 And there are some teams who are definitely better fighting teams than better placement teams without a shadow of a doubt. The real question is, are they brave enough to do it? That is always the consideration when you get to match point, is how brave are you and how many risks are you willing to take? Speaking of risks, I guarantee there's not been a lot of training time on Valkyrie from Funk. I'd be very, very surprised if he's played that character for more than 5-10 hours in the last four months. And of course...
05:01:14 Das hat nicht nur die Meta. Sie hat nicht mehr involviert. Es gibt andere Dinge, die sie verletzten, für die meisten dieser Spiel. Aber jetzt ist er, Sie müssen uns für uns kommen. Sie sind von Nord-Amerika zu Europa. Das ist die Zeit, die wir brauchen. Entschuldigung. Entschuldigung von der Lobby, thanks zu Kyner. VCGO. Fattelung. Und Trying to Stay Alive, aber Kyner ist ein Shot Away, und das Shot Will Occur. Tier, Trying to Slow It Down, Keep Kyner Alive. Und es ist Possible, aber sie haben Threats Up Above.
05:01:44 FC Geo, zu klingeln zu dieser Lobby, zu klingeln zu irgendwelchen Miracke zu den Mid-Season Play-Offs, aber es könnte sich jetzt in den Augen auf unsere Augen zu sehen, als Aurora jetzt einfach zu verlassen, diese 3-V-3-Gabe. Und wenn sie nicht machen, die Ring wird es für sie.
05:02:01 Both teams. You don't have time yet. That's done. Lost players. Excuse needs the banner recovery. Now pressure from Aurora. This is what I was talking about with these two teams taking away both of their chances by skirmishing and fighting against each other. Luckily though, they are at least alive. And that can give you many a chance. At least just one chance to do something miraculous. That's what they're hoping for. Alliance, the team that started it all off. The number one team in EMEA.
Intensive Kämpfe und unerwartete Wendungen im Kampf um die Spitze
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05:02:30 Dan, haben sie geholfen, um zu gewinnen. Sie haben nicht geholfen, um zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen. Es fühlt sich so, in diesen letzten zwei Spielen. Und Unlucky, auf der Lifeline, auch. Es fühlt sich so, die lange du mit der Allianz gehen kannst, ich meine... Es wird einfach nicht so schwer zu sehen, dass sie nicht auf den Kopf kommen. Ich bin sehr glücklich mit drei Lifelines in der Lobby, weil es sehr gut ist, dass wir zu einem Final-Circle haben, wo vielleicht zwei Lifelines sind, und du hast das...
05:02:57 Old Gibby-style meta, where two Halos drop, both teams get the chance to reset, you can heal fast, you can poke in, drop back, heal again. It would be an extremely exciting final circle to watch. I know it's quite a niche scenario, but definitely something that could happen with the teams that aren't playing Lifeline.
05:03:16 Not a spinster find themselves still on the edge of zone rotating as well slab a Choco in hierarchia on this round three movement taking a little bit of the southwestern side approach trying to sneak in past this building but the 3030 comes out for slab noticing maybe just
05:03:39 Das Evac hier ist nicht einfach. Das ist wo die Valkyrie verändern, aber das ist warum die Valkyrie oftmals nicht brauchen, denn die Evac macht das gleiche für ihn.
05:03:52 Ja, das stimmt.
05:04:15 Die Zone ist zu stark. Und Kai'Sha wird auch runter. Nemesis, Navi, zwei Matchpoint-Teams, beide aus.
05:04:25 Ronin pick up some kills. Could be very important when all is said and done here. As a reminder, it's so close between the bottom three teams in the qualification spots for mid-season playoffs right now. There's that halo that I was speaking of as well. Ronin on the lifeline. Can they maybe have a duel with Alliance later with both lifelines making a key difference? But still, 17 squads still alive here, Reinday, with round four closing in a minute.
05:04:55 Aber mit der Zonen-Shiftung nach vorne, ich kann auf jeden Fall 10 Teams nicht in der Zonen. Ich hoffe, dass das Kielfeet kommt. Ja, es wird ein Spreis geben. Du musst bleiben, wenn du in den Zonen willst. Phase Clan, Nifilum, zwei Teams, die gut genug sind hier, und die sind nicht auf Platz.
05:05:18 Sitting in that zone, a little bit of a rewind of what we saw in match number 9 to keep it here. But right now, Alliance could be in trouble. Hakis goes down to Maus, two top 10 teams having a little bit of a fight. The Halo is dropped from Unlucky and just using that side of the shield to make sure nobody's going to try to press him. And then on the other side of things, tries to peek and gets more than he bargained for, kind of.
05:05:44 Drossen, Go Next now on the hunt as Effect knows it. Throws the Motherload out and just wants to get a res up. This is the moment he can do it. And Go Next doesn't look like they're gonna press him just yet. I mean, how many times have we seen this today? Alliance down to just Effect. Or down to just two. No IGL of hackers to guide them through on the map. But of course, just through his voice he can try and give them a helping hand. Can they find...
05:06:09 A Mobile Respawn Beacon, just like Malz, as Malz looks at his seat, where can we, where can we drop this? Can we put it here? Can we put it there? The answer is no. The desperate panicked attempt to try and get it as well. Tell you what, Dan, there are ten teams right now on Matchpoint, there's seven who aren't, but ten of those, two of those ten teams, and we saw Alliance and Malz, not in great shape, and Ana getting pressed here and losing Kizarone. This is the Team War.
05:06:35 Das war nur 3rd zu EFFECK's unglaubliche Leistung dieser Saison. Das haben sie in den Top 1 und 2 Positionen, in terms of Individual Kills, auf jeden Tag. 10k und Warrer sind jetzt gegen einen anderen Tag, aber wenn sie Vollkommit sind, das sind zwei Teams, die wollen das Ding alive.
05:06:59 Und nur eine von ihnen kommt. Ich denke, es 10k ist 10k. Das ist der Moment. Sie sind nicht in der Haus warten. Und das könnte der Ende sein. Das ist für Team War und 10k. Keeps die Onslaut going. Massive fight für 10k. Sie haben nur zwei Teams geholfen. In den Overalls. Aurora down. SJP2 down, auch. Und dann ist es so, dass wir 13 Teams machen. Aber Allianz ist zurück zu einem vollen 3.
05:07:24 Somehow, someway, they were able to get the res. And now they're going to try and take the fight against GoNext. Wow, GoNext immediately deleted. Unlucky making good use of that devotion. But how devoted are they to holding this position right now? Because GoNext behind them. Do they want to close them out? Alliance, I think they're going to drop down. And that's it. They're pushing. They realize the opportunity is here. We've been here before. We hosted trophies. And we want another one. That's right.
05:07:50 So they take it right there. Gonex eliminated. Nifilum eliminated as well. One of our other non-Matchpoint teams. And Dan, just like that, there are only two teams alive who are not on Matchpoint. That's U-Aim and FaZe. 10k down to just Natsuki as well. And I tell you what, if Natsuki falls here, there is a chance that maybe someone like Gaming Gladiators could just pluck that position away from 10k if we saw it end here. Z10 though, going in on effect.
05:08:18 Unlucky is also going to fall, just getting absolutely burnt to a crisp. Can Z10 maybe make it two in a row, but Phoenix has fallen. Will they get a chance to reset? Looks like the answer should be yes, but there are other teams. Someone's going to force them here. Yeah, that's too much, and they know it, and they have to walk out. They're going to fight against... Oh my gosh, it's U-Aim and FaZe fighting. The two teams to keep this alive, they're the ones fighting each other right here, FaZe.
05:08:42 They may not know it, but they've just been holding this building. They're in a great position right by this cart on the southern side. There's no one to their back. Cybercats trying to get around as well. And they have taken the high ground. You see Aziz right there. We highlighted him last game. It's Revenant. It's Zayn who pops up and makes sure that Aziz...
05:08:58 Wow, Natsuki, der ultimate Payback!
05:09:26 Er nimmt Ronin und wenn es jetzt endet ist, wenn Ronin ist, so ist 10k. Das würde sagen, die Drama würde weitergehen. Aber 10k ist verrückt, dass auch immer nach all das zwei Punkte sind, in unserer Top 8. Die Gaming Gladiators mit zwei mehr Punkte, Onnick mit vier mehr Punkte, würde 10k in der 8th Position vieren für einen Platz auf EWC in nur ein paar Wochen.
05:09:52 Natsky's got to pull off a miracle. He's in a tough spot to do it. But another team that's completely out of it is Gaming Gladiators. A win would secure it. Two points would also secure it. 10k going down out and them surviving the top two would probably secure it as well. But all those good things have to happen if Gaming Gladiators is going to continue to fight here. And don't forget, Cybercats are on match point. If they win this whole thing, they suddenly remove that eighth position away from 10k as well. And they can steal this whole damn thing away.
05:10:20 Right from those teams who thought they would be on that bubble, on that cusp. But remember, we still have three teams on Matchpoint and two teams who are not. Uaim and FaZe Clan can keep us going to 11 at this point. And actually, FaZe Clan are in a pretty good position on the southeast side. Dare I say it? 10k eliminated. Natsuki did what he could.
05:10:43 Aber ist es genug ist? Oder können Gaming Gladiators vielleicht, vielleicht vielleicht creep in die Position von 10-K? Und einfach so, Ronan hat die Last Laugh.
05:10:56 Two points for Gaming Gladiators. They've just got to survive this next zone. I mean, if they win the game, everything is not working for 10k fans in terms of probabilities. But it's the possibilities that they're hoping for. Gaming Gladiators get a nice EMP towards them. FaZe play and try to push it. Nothing's going to happen just there. Alonzi will go down. Cybercast will fall as well. That's going to end the dream there, Dan. But maybe still alive for FaZe and you aim. And remember, GG, they're the last team. They're on match point here.
05:11:24 Otherwise, if they get absolutely shredded by these two teams, we're going to Match 11. And FaZe have the high ground. FaZe have all the pieces to the puzzle. And GG are falling. Are you kidding me? GG, if you fall right now, we're going to another match.
Spannungsgeladene Regional Finals erreichen Match 11
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05:11:57 Adjust your television sets, your PCs, your mobiles, wherever you are watching. The Regional Finals on. Because again, we are witnessing just how good Match Point is here in the ALGS. Match 11 will be coming up. And again, it's because one of those teams who's had an alright season, but has started to look better towards the end, finally shows a little bit of positive in that Match 10 game. FaZe Clan getting the victory and take us to 11.
05:12:26 It is unbelievable. Not only that somehow the odds ever not in their favor, the non-Matchpoint teams keep winning. And what's even more unbelievable is FaZe isn't even on Matchpoint. They didn't do enough to get on Matchpoint. When you look at these overalls in just a second, you should see it. I saw them in with 49.
05:12:53 And wouldn't that just be unbelievable? That FaZe Clan, after winning that game, saving it to go to another round, would still have to win again. And hope it goes to another to shut it down. But Dan, I talked about it. You and I mentioned it. You said FaZe needed to go big. We saw the Revenant pick from Zayn. We said they had to trust this guy to be a threat. And they certainly did. Look at that. Five kills, 2,000 damage in that one.
05:13:20 And in a minute, I'll speak about just how important it was that FaZe Clan were able to win that game for other teams. Right now, let's look at Matchpoint again, because no one else got onto Matchpoint in that game, Reinde. We still have eight teams who are not on Matchpoint. And even though, yes, percentage would suggest that it should finish in the next game, there are still teams good enough to win games that are in the non-Matchpoint list. FaZe again, Aurora again, Team War, for example, if they have a good game, could definitely find a victory.
05:13:49 These, as it stands for the overalls, is what I really wanted to talk about. Because had it ended just then, 10K would not have made mid-season playoffs. I know. Even though Natsuki tried. He got to the top five. GG did enough just to overtake. But because we keep going, it means the roles are reversed. Because remember, just the match before, it was GG in that position, hoping that there was another match. 10K get the chance to go again. But I have to reiterate, their game plan is becoming...
05:14:17 Less likely to be successful the longer we seem to go. And that seems to be scary for them. I mean, you're seeing that GGN and 10K. I mean, they're fighting in these like low 90s right now in terms of total points overall. And that is because we're saying if it ends here and they get seventh or they get second, they're only going to earn 14 points or 29 points in those respective options, which will mean that they would end up being not.
05:14:44 Und haben nicht genug Punkte in der seasonen zu qualifizieren. Aber es ist immer noch in der Luft. Alles kann passieren. Wir können sogar noch eine andere Spiel. Wir wissen wir sind in der Game 11. So grab etwas zu essen, etwas zu essen, etwas zu essen. Don't go anywhere. Wir sehen uns wieder.
05:16:47 Ja, ich war auf der Seite und dachte, Faze, win das? Ich war, Faze, win das?
05:17:13 Und Phase 1 war es. Es war einfach, dass sie die beste Position hatten und alle anderen waren in fronten. Ich denke, GG wurde sehr preoccupiert, dass es mehr als einen Behind-Them war. Sie waren so viel Zeit worrying about Natsuki, der von 10k war, dass sie nicht bereit waren, dass sie nicht bereit waren, und zu versuchen, die Position der Phase hatte ein bisschen früher. Und die Zeit, die es für sie genommen hat, die Stahl-Out...
05:17:41 von einfach nur zu lange vor dem, einfach nur zu viel zu langen, einfach nur zu fangen. Ich meine, Fung hat was er in diese Final Moments. Ich glaube, es ist die SCKP Secure 2nd. Von der Position ist, ich denke, dass sie sehr glücklich sind, aber... Ich meine... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was... Was...
05:18:10 Well, we are only a couple points away from getting eighth. Yes, if we win, we're on match point and we can guarantee it. But if we get third or we get fourth, maybe we don't make it and another team does. I think they played it in a way where the odds seemed like they were in their favor. Hey, there's two teams left besides us. One of them is probably on match point. Let's just get our points versus we got to win this thing and we're going to another game. Now they have to strap in again. As you mentioned, the Legend Bands are getting...
Unberechenbare Legendenauswahl und unbekannte Karte sorgen für zusätzliche Spannung
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05:18:38 Weirder and weirder, no Fuse, which means we're going to see completely different compositions again, because that is a very, very popular pick throughout the entirety of the day, Mark. Yeah, and if we see Maggie banned in the next game, we'll see the Assault Class be reset, if I'm not mistaken. So we'll have anybody available again. So Ash Ballistic, Bangalore, Fuse all ready to play again. But for the compositions in this game, I mean, what do you go with? We've got Watson banned, you've got...
05:19:07 Ja. Ich denke, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, Marc. Ich denke, das ist es. Wenn du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du mit, was du
05:19:33 Faze kann das so schnell zurückgehen. Und die Linie kann das gleiche sein. Ich denke, das ist eine große Vorteile, die in die Lobby ist, nicht nur Stacks, aber auch sehr verhindert. Und die Frage, dass wir auf Broken Moon gehen, die die größte Unpredictable map in den ALGS haben, die Least Practice von all den Teams historisch ist.
05:19:54 We got another spanner to throw in the works and there isn't much room for many more spanners in the aforementioned works. However, that works. I don't know that saying, but yeah, thanks. One point away, which will be the one thing I think they'll be a little bit gutted about after the win in the previous game. One point was the difference between them going into this game and potentially being able to win it. But for them, it's about just doing the job again. Just win the game. Keep this thing going. Give yourself a chance. You know, some people play.
05:20:21 Wenn es die oder die ist, sie spielen an der besten. Sie spielen in diesem Gefühl, dass wenn es nicht passiert, jetzt ist es vorbei. Und ich muss in diesem großen Moment sein. Und ich weiß, ich bin confident genug. Ich habe es genug in meinem Leben. Ich habe es genug in Situationen, außerhalb von mir, dass ich bin confident, dass ich bin derjenige, in diesem Lobby zu sein. Es wäre schwer für mich zu sehen und fühlen, aber Sie können sehen, dass Synetik, Nags und Zayn reagieren. Sie haben es in Strym, und wir haben das gesehen.
05:20:47 Strong theme here. It's why we're at 11 games. The teams that have needed to show up in EMEA have shown up at the right time from Team War to U-Aim to VCGO to obviously, you know, you look at Cybercats in moments. Now you look at Go Next and you continue to now look at FaZe who have an opportunity. Could this be Aurora's now moment to show up because they've got the Lifeline, Mirage, Valkyrie seems like some, you know, composition they'd be trying out in past iterations of Aurora where they were always first to new compositions and showing us what's possible.
05:21:17 We're just looking across the comps at the moment. We are seeing a Horizon in the lobby. Dragons are going to be running Horizon. It's the first time that we've seen her in quite some time. Looking across Alliance, they are going to be playing Caustic, which I think is a smart pick for them. They're going to have Sparrow, Caustic, and Mad Maggie, which means they get Ring Console. They also get Survey Beacons. And of course, they have Maggie as the Assault character to be nice and aggressive. But it's looking across like a lot of...
05:21:43 Rampart, by the looks of things. Quite a lot of Valkyrie could be the next potential ban. If we go to another game, of course. I mean, I think they're going to have to start extending the graphic for the legend bans at the top right that we just saw because it's starting to get a little bit crammed up there. I mean, at the end of the day, I'm super excited. I'm sad we're not seeing Vantage still. She still needs a little something. If you're watching, clearly, even at this level, no one's checking her out. So maybe a little buff in the next patch or two just to get...
05:22:13 One of the very fun characters who just has really not made an entrance into the ALG has a chance to shine here, but that is neither here nor there. Niflum up on the northern side of this. We've got Broken Moon. You mentioned, Mark, this is not the same thing as going to Storm Point or even World's Edge, which we missed today, but is not in the rotation. It is an unplayed map. It is an unfamiliar map. I mean, to me, I love this test for our players to see.
05:22:39 Mit all diesen Unfamilier-Things, kann sie survive? BCGO, unter Pressure, right away.
05:23:04 Und sie werden das Reset bekommen. So, VCGO, ein Team, der hat sich schon ein bisschen gedreht. Und sie werden auch ein Team, ein Team, ein Team, ein bisschen mehr. Und sie werden auch ein Team, ein Team, ein Team, ein bisschen mehr. Und sie sind ein Team, ein Team, das ist nicht an Match Point, für einen Grund, vielleicht, weil es zu viele Fights, Moments wie das ist. Sie sehen, die Halo schon von Hoodie, als er auf die Ramp hier ist, geht es um, mit der Hilfe von Nate, auf Mad Maggie. 20 und 7.
05:23:34 Sjp2 wurde erinnert, und das ist ein sehr guter Weg von Ronin, die immer wieder in den Top-Eight haben. Sie haben sich um, was ich würde sagen, ist über 4 Punkte clear. Nicht genug zu fühlen, aber genug zu fühlen, wie du am Ende der Job bist, wenn du es nicht mehr so machen kannst. Das sind zwei Teams erinnert, drei Teams erinnert von der Lobby. Excuse me, Cyberkatz wird erinnert. Das war unser erstes Matchpoint Team, ich war zu sagen.
05:24:00 The two teams that had been eliminated before Cybercats weren't on Matchpoint, so our likelihood of finding a winner in this game will be increased. But just looking across where this zone is actually going, it looks like a lot of people are banking on it moving towards the northeast of where this beacon information is going to be given to them, provided by the ring consoles. We could see one of those zones, though, that just has a funny pull. We've seen a couple of them today, that E-District game in particular.
05:24:27 wo Zero Tenacity gewonnen hat. Es war ein sehr, sehr starkes Ring-Pull über den anderen Seite der Zone, das beeinflusst viele Teams. Und ich frage mich, ob jemanden ist, dass sie ihre Betten hier spielen, und es fühlt sich wie die Wrong-Side-Mountain-Range in der Hoffnung, dass sie das Glück haben. Ja, ich glaube, das ist, wenn du ein Edge-Team fühlst, dass wir in der Mix-Mix werden, wenn wir in der Lage sind, wenn wir in der Lage sind. Way zu viele Teams haben einen Augenblick auf uns, um uns auszulernen.
05:24:56 I'll take maybe being 100% right versus almost guaranteeing we're going to be 100% wrong and not able to secure a win and keep this thing going. You know, you might not have a chance to be on the right side of it, but at least you're saying, hey, I'm willing to risk it in order to do and think a way that will, if it works out, grant me a win. Base Clan.
FaZe Clan zeigt Stärke und GoNext sichert sich den Sieg in einem dramatischen Finale
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05:25:19 Das ist alles sie sind für jetzt. Ein weiteres Spiel, denn sie haben eine Cross-Match-Point. Sie haben genug, sie haben weitergegangen. Und jetzt ist Onnik. Sie haben ihre Sight-Set. Und das wird der Ende von Onnik sein. Sehr, sehr schnell. Phase-Glammark haben sie nicht aufgeladen. Und Nags, Kill-Leading, auf die Mirage. Das ist nicht so, was ein bisschen confidence kann für ein Team machen. Eine win.
05:25:39 Just all of a sudden, a couple of teamfights start going your way. And all of a sudden, FaZe look dangerous in this lobby. FaZe look like they can potentially win the whole thing. They've got a really good spot in Zone as well. And I like how they're commanding so much space. This is their building. This is their center of operations, right? This is where they want to hold towards the endgame. But they are extending out. They are making sure that anyone who tries to rotate in is under pressure. And that is how you play Zone most effectively.
05:26:03 Team Nemesis and Dragons on the southern side have not moved forward. Alliance on the northeast side next to Zero Tenacity. All teams who are at this moment in qualification zone. Not really any threat from that. The biggest conversation usually happens with Dragons, Ronin, Gaming Gladiators, 10K and Onik. Those are the teams that are kind of in the tied spots and trying to somehow break away from each other. But it has been as tight as possible.
05:26:30 Sie sehen, die Zone weitergeht ein bisschen mehr, so es wird auf den richtigen Seiten des Mountains, als die Leute erwartet.
05:26:43 So 10k, the big story for them is not just winning regional finals. Of course, that's the way that is most confident for them to go through to the midseason playoffs at EWC. That will guarantee their spot there. But it's a bigger picture for them because they are so on the cusp of qualification at the moment that one bad game could completely scupper their chances with how it's very likely for this series to end in this game with so many teams on match point.
05:27:10 Very, very nervy for them. Hackes! Gets ripped off the evac by Feudor. And the Lions have to think about Plan B now. And they might get pushed. And Hackes is going to be finished off. Oh, my God, unlucky. Wow. That answer is right back. Yeah, I mean, they're not going to be able to push the Stinger Bolt. Phoenix knows it. So they'll buy a little bit of time. Unfortunately, Hackes has been fully finished. And so they're not going to be able to try to get a res off.
05:27:39 The Tracker Guard keeping an eye on those outside you can see the little kind of vestige of where they were moving and Z10 moving to the kind of northwest and east which is great Phoenix actually again gets caught out and so Alliance now a strong 2v2 do they push this or they try to get out alive? Well the good thing for them here is they can push it because like you said the ball's been used the ultimate from the Sparrow has been
05:28:01 Die Team sind auf der anderen Seite der Z10 und sie wissen, dass sie einfach nur versuchen. Sie denken über Survival jetzt und was ein Halt das ist von Allianz. Ich meine, wenn Sie die Proof der Unlucky und Effective sind, die zwei der besten in den Spiel sind, hier ist Ihr Beispiel. A 3v2 Situation, sie einfach nicht finden. Ja, das ist tough. Das ist tough für Z10. Fenyx ist gone, sie wissen das. So sie haben die Shield Swap, sie haben die Ressourcen. Ich bin Glück, sie versuchen zu erreichen. Und vielleicht anticipate...
05:28:29 Wo er und Mizee und wollen sie gehen. Mobil Respawn Beacon, wenn sie hatte, würde viel Druck auf Z10 zu machen. Aber auch, wenn man die andere Seite sieht, wird die Fekt auch passieren. Weil Allianz, sie müssen auch gehen. Er weiß, dass die Zone ist, und Lucken hat eine Art Rez. Und wir werden die Hackers zurückkommen. Aber was ist der nächste Schritt für Allianz hier? Zero Tenacity haben alle zurück in die Zone zu versuchen, eine Rez zu versuchen.
05:28:56 So we might see the two teams engage again as a 3v3 scenario when both players are back into the lobby.
05:29:06 Hier ist Ronin, doch!
05:29:34 They would literally get into the zone and there's a building that's completely free. Right next to where that rail ends. They don't obviously know that. They have no idea. But if they were to just go... Wow, you're so great. Let's do it. Yeah. They would be bang center of zone after all of that. Rony, though, under a little bit of pressure here. MG Clutch is having to pop a battery. I think that right drill is going to stop the push coming in.
05:29:54 They are safe in this zone, but they need to try and take a little bit more space, and they're trying to do exactly that. I mean, I think that's just a little bit of an example of how this map is unfamiliar for some of these players. If that was a Trident, with an option to go around zone and find a way around Coastal Camp and get in there on a southern zone, they would have done it. And now it's going to be a little bit harder, potentially, for them. Tyler, FPS, fighting for Dragon, second spot. They feel confident. They've done enough here in this lobby to put themselves...
05:30:24 in a pretty good qualification spot, but I'll tell you what, where they end is still very important because it's the team that's above them that makes the difference. They've got, as it stands, the eighth spot, but 10k and Onyx right behind them. 10k still with one point out of qualification, so they cannot go down until something changes. Zipline, Mafia, and Nemesis, they go down to each other. Phase next.
05:30:49 Also eliminates Remix Powers on the edge. And Remix Powers was taking down Zipline Mafia. So Nack's just getting in on the action. And uh, plays Spoiler.
05:31:01 The phase will have to move. I mentioned how they had a really good spot in zone, but the zone has shifted ever so slightly to their north. The two teams who are inside the zone right now, Gaming Gladiators and 10k. 10k are bang center, set up behind Rampart walls. The issue for 10k has been their holds, right? They've been in these spots so many times throughout this entire series, but once they get pushed towards the endgame, it feels like they just fall over a bit. This is their opportunity.
05:31:29 ...to make that hold work and win this thing. Because they have a prime spot to do so. Alliance on the other side, though. Unlucky is just trying to survive. That's all he can do right now. Effect is down. Hackers is down. And it's looking like a rough day and a rough end to the day for Alliance. I say a rough, rough day. They still have the most amount of points in this lobby by an absolute mile. But when it comes to winning and converting on match point, they've just not been able to get over the line.
05:31:58 Oh mein Gott! Oh mein Gott!
05:32:22 That is absolutely disrespectful from Nate. Nephilim will move in now to pick up some KP. They're six points away, as Ronin will be eliminated. They won't be winning it right now. As FaZe make their move, this is a big play for FaZe. Dragons in trouble. As it stands, if this game ends, they're out. They are not in this lobby, but the bizarre thing is they have placed nearly second in this lobby.
05:32:52 Well, not second. Right now. Let's see what can happen to FaZe Clan trying to turn things around. Zane, he's been holding this building from the beginning with that devotion. They have been committed to giving it to him and he has done wonders with it. Synetic following up as well as we know he can. And Niflum will go down as they challenge FaZe yet again. A team that can keep this thing alive.
05:33:15 So this is an extension away from the building that originally FaZe were holding to third party that fight that went down, but it ended up being a straight 3v3, but they were very, very confident in it. Zero tenacity have just been eliminated by the way, so they won't be winning it right here right now. But FaZe now rotating back to the spot that they were at originally and will probably think their next plan of attack is to siege the area that 10k hold. Alliance, by the way, have somehow or other...
05:33:42 Got themselves back up to at least a two effect on a lucky survive. I Mean they've been battling right? This is one of those games Let me just tell you right now if it does not end differently I mean that I mean that's really just it if it ends dragons and Onyx they're out if it ends right here and they don't make a move dragons can't make a move Onyx can't make a move either. That is unfortunate. They are waiting on the wings It is Aurora or FaZe two teams alive right now. They are not on match point
05:34:11 Who can change the fate of those two teams? Possibly Abamea. As we get closer to our mid-season playoffs. We're gonna have to have another miracle. And that would mean FaZe would win two games in a row. 10K trying to hold off FaZe. They know that the push is gonna come. And having Sheila in the hands of post-kill could be a big difference maker for them. FaZe will be safe up on this high ground.
05:34:39 Allianz, by the way, even as a duo, as you can see in the top left-hand side of your screen, are Bang Center Zones. This is crazy. Effects with the Maggi Ball.
05:34:53 Fully settled on those shields. No worries there. Unlucky. Doesn't have much to it. In fact, actually gathering up a couple of beds for Unlucky. They have been playing with very little. They've been making it work. Aurora here. Excuse. Realizes Aku is on the other side of things from Mouse. Trying to find and will find the Crypto Drone. Just to stabilize. Zero nothing Aku and Lufka on the outside of this.
05:35:20 Also on Matchpoint, Levka trying to make it his moment. He's had moments near Kashira, but it's always been the Kashira show. Levka trying to do it on his own. What a moment that would be for him as 10k have lost Nasky. They've got post skill, but this is not looking too great in my eyes, Mark, in terms of holding this and closing out a win. FaZe got that first pick, so FaZe will be able to walk down on this. The zone has pulled a little bit over to the east, though. So FaZe...
05:35:48 Probably have a decision to make here. Do we try and rotate? Go next to the team who are holding down.
05:35:56 Aber das ist Spot. Ich bin nicht das. Oh, das ist gut. Ich bin jetzt der einzige Team in Zone. Die outside der Welt, die Ende des Gebäudes werden, wird in Zone der Aurora auf der Moment sein. Aber es gibt vier oder fünf Teams, die hier in der Moment sind. So jemand wird die einzige Team, die hier in diesem Gebäude wird. Aber drei oder vier Teams werden die auf der Weg aus. 10K Gaming Gladiator, Maus, sie sind alle in. Dragons, Onik, aus, wenn es enden ist.
05:36:22 Faze oder Aurora? 10k. Eliminate.
05:36:50 Lachau Saloon, 20 HP für Unlucky. They won't win it. They'll be out. The first team to hit Match Point, of course. But still not being able to secure the win today with so many games that have disappeared in front of them. Males have just been eliminated as well as FaZe have moved into the traffic here. I've got to say, I'm not sure about this play from FaZe. They need to win this game to keep the series going.
05:37:14 Und sie haben sich in und über den Traffekt. Ja, sie sind auf der Bühne, so sie können alle auf der Bühne gehen. Gigi hat sich in der Bühne gehen. Aber Gonex, die Position haben sie, die Vontage haben. Sie haben einfach nur auf alle anderen. Faze, Navi, Godex, es ist Top 3. Wenn sie sich in Top 3 haben? Das Spiel ist immer etwas zu sagen. Es fühlt sich in nur ein Moment, die Welt schadet. Und nur Krumm sind. Aber wer will sie auf?
05:37:43 Go next. They got a chance to do it right here. Not a spincier over in the building. Phase underneath it. Three squads left. You gotta say, go next. Henchman. Accident. Kinda. This could be their moment. We said they were champions a while ago. It's a new roster now. But that same org wants to lift another one. And it's regional finals on the line.
05:38:10 Es ist crazy wie GoNex und Na'Vi sind in der gleiche Lobby. In der gleiche Kampf. Das ist richtig. Aber Faze, alle am Hause, sind immer noch alive. Und wenn Faze gewinnen dieses Spiel, werden wir wieder sehen, hier in der Match Point Finals.
05:38:29 Phase, no, they can't fight. How do they get out of this? They cannot be the first team to fight. So what do they do? They've got Revenant. They could try to push on to go next. They could also try to pressure Na'Vi. Somebody's got to do something to go next. And they got the Valkyrie ultimate. That's not going to do much here. Phase, no. Nags just gets the shield battery off. He's got the Mirage ultimate as well. Can he do something tricky?
05:38:54 Und ist diese Zone zu öffnen? Können Sie die Na'vi in eine Position, wo sie sich in die Position pressieren? Und nicht schauen, denn sie sind in der Gebäude, wo FaZe ist. Nicht, dass Sven Seer aufhören, sagen wir wissen, dass wir diese Org sind. Wir haben eine neue Org jetzt. Wir nehmen sie zu den Topen. Es ist Geschichte über Geschichte hier in dieser Final-Zone. Und es ist jemand, der versucht uns zu machen, und es versucht uns zu 12-Games zu machen. Und eine andere Shot hier!
05:39:24 Was an epic. What a show.
05:39:55 It has to come to an end. And my goodness, GoNext are certainly happy that they got that win. There's a lot of things that we could look at. I want to wait and keep a little bit of the suspense here for the drumroll. But I'm going to say, I think they're really happy they got that win. It was not a suspense here in FaZe who were so, so close to doing it as well. But the positioning, GoNext was in, in that zone. I mean, there had to be a major, major defect to your game plan, a major mishap.
GoNext triumphiert, Alliance dominiert und EMEA-Teams qualifizieren sich für EWC
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05:40:25 That would have allowed that to continue on to 12. That's just the way it is in Matchpoint. At a certain point, it's just probably going to happen. Dan, I want to bring you back in and get your thoughts on that. You were watching in the rafters. Go Next, your EMEA Regional Finals Champions. And amazing for Go Next, of course, because they were not in the guaranteed placements for midseason playoffs. But they will guarantee themselves by winning Regional Finals. But sadly, that means one of the teams...
05:40:52 who's down at the bottom, loses a spot. So when we see those overall standings, that's going to be heartbreaking for one of those squads. But of course, you just have to give it to go next. There's something about go next in the org and getting the job done when we go far in match point.
05:41:05 Yeah, I mean, I think that's what's also interesting, Mark. You know, you look at that conversation. Nadis Vinciar was not a team, neither were FaZe, that had any skin in the game in terms of whether, you know, Na'Vi won or GoNex won. Na'Vi would have kept that top eight the way it is because they already have a spot qualified. So if you were just in the top eight, you would be fine. But because it was GoNex coming from that bottom side out of the top eight, it does push someone down.
05:41:32 Und, oh boy, wir werden noch ein bisschen drama an den Ende. Zu Beginn, Match 1, Match 11 Results. Man, ich glaube, 1-1. Wir sind so lange, ich bin forgetting, ob wir starten oder enden. Nadis Fincier, 15 Punkte. FaZe Clan mit 23. Was ein Shout-out zu FaZe, zu keep das going und almost pushen es zu Game 12. Aber es war nicht genug. Overall, Marc, und du kannst nicht der Effort, als wir uns sehen, die Series Results. Let's check it out.
05:42:02 So Gonex will be Champions. They're the team who close out Match Point. Only the 71 points on the board for them. Not a huge amount, but it's enough to get them over 50 initially and then give them a chance to close out. Alliance, second place for them.
05:42:18 They will hate hearing that. 109 points, so still a fantastic day and a great performance when it comes to putting kills on the board. 69, just outclassing everyone in the lobby when it comes to teamfights. Navi just in behind them as well with 46 kills and the 41 placement points is 87. But I think the end of things here is the qualification spots. That's what everybody wants to see. That's what really matters to these teams. Well, that's going to be crazy.
05:42:44 Let me point this out before we go to that. Dragons, 76 points, right? They were looking like they were in third for a moment. Nadis Vincere in that last game able to climb up with 15 extra points. Dragons get eliminated early, but finish in sixth. That's pretty good. They were outside and they needed something. Ronin, finish in fourth. Was that enough? Gaming Gladiator, was that enough with five? Faze Clan, we know they couldn't do it. We had a feeling that it wasn't going to be enough, but 10K, they were battling. Onik, they were battling.
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05:43:41 EWC und 10k, Dragons, Onik und War, und FaZe Clan, werden narrowly missen. Das tut, Stamm. Das tut tut. Und ich denke, da war ein Spielplan für 10k, da war ein Spielplan, da war es funktioniert. Und ob es das endet, irgendwo zwischen 6 und 9, 10k wäre es gut. Aber ich glaube, ich habe es gesagt, wenn es weitergeht, all es braucht nur eine Team.
05:44:10 Ich hoffe, dass sie nicht in den Mid-Season spielen können. Es ist ein Valiant-Effort von viele von ihnen. Ich hoffe, dass sie ein guter Runden sind. Aber wir haben 8 riesige Teams, die E-Sports-Welt haben. Ich freue mich, was sie können an E-Sports World Cup machen.
05:44:28 Well, let's take a look at our EMEA. Qualified teams going to EWC Alliance. Not as sincere. Team Nemesis. Zero Tenacity. Mouse, Ronan, Gaming Gladiators and Go Next. Celebrate, my friends. Celebrate. You may not be fathers on Father's Day, but you may be. Who knows? Either way, you should be having a blast tonight because you earned it. This is not an easy thing to go. And it took up until...
05:44:56 Marc, der sehr letzte Moment, um diese Teams zu gewinnen. Das ist wie es in EMEA war. Das ist ein Indikation der Kraft dieser Top-Eight-Teams. Sie wünschen sie 12, sie wünschen sie 16, aber am Ende der Tag, die Mid-Season Playoffs ist eine Möglichkeit, um das zu verbessern, als wir in den Championships gehen können. Es ist, es ist. Ich habe zu sagen, dass 10-K, aber es wird gut sein, für sie, und besonders Natsky, die Team, die Pipsen zu den Post.
05:45:21 Ja. Ja. Ja. Ja.
05:45:48 Yeah, amazing to see those eight teams. I think they're going to be a great representation for Amir. Well, there's still a lot of light at the end of that tunnel for those teams. There's another split coming up. And of course, the time to reset and get the right squads going together. But in terms of right squads, we had one.
05:46:02 Clearly today, even though they did not get the overall regional final win terms of points, they were at the top all day long. And that was Alliance and largely in part due to this man's participation. I told you he held the first and the second kill lead overall in these weeks of EMEA.
05:46:22 But he got even more today. Granted, he played 5 extra games today, so that's to be expected. But still, Effect, your Sony Endzone Kill Leader dominating again and again. Dan, we know the Effect. He has come outside of this early approach, which now we can look at and say it was just him getting used to this level. It was just him getting used to Alliance, kind of being a group stage phenomenon. No longer. Effect brings it.
05:46:48 Es ist nur eine der meisten Konsistenz-Teams, wahrscheinlich eine der Top-3-Teams für jemanden der ALGS-Squads in der Welt. Guaranteed 2nd Platz, jeden Tag. Es wird für sie sein, aber sie sind die beste Team in EMEA. Ich kann das sagen, egal ob sie die Region Finale gewonnen haben. Sie sind die beste Team in der Region, und ich denke, die beste Chance EMEA wird in den Mid-Season Play-Off.
05:47:13 Something they do have to look at is, yes, they got to match point, but they couldn't get over the line, which has happened quite a few times now. And they need to try and pinpoint, you know, is it just, is it bad zones? Is it legend selection? Do they need something a little bit more deeper? It's really down to their team, their coaching staff and themselves as players to find that success. And when it comes, it's going to feel amazing, just as it did when they won the EWC last year. But Effect as a player, he is unbelievable.
05:47:41 Unbelievable. Watching this kid play is a delight every single time he's on your screens. It just feels like he does not miss. The way he thinks about the game, the way he positions himself in every single fight, some of the angles he takes is unreal. And I do think that he is going to continue to be a shining light for this team.
05:47:57 Well, you know, I look at Match 7, 8, 10, and 11, and even Match 9, and you compare those to his first six matches, and it's a stark difference in terms of the amount of kills and impact that he's having. Largely, his 33 kills come from the first six. And so I think when you say, what is the difference that they have to look at, it's why is that happening? How do we make Effect and our team play the way our team plays, even during Match Point? And that's a very difficult thing to do, but you have to work on that.
05:48:23 I think, and Mark, we've seen this time and time again, just where, you know, yes, you have these things that are clearly your Achilles heel, so to speak, but there's no excuse in terms of the talent that you have, you know, to really go six games as Alliance and probably not win a game. I mean, that is very, very rare. They're that good of a team. So it's just a matter of working on that and just kind of hammering out the pieces. They got good motivation to do that with, you know, a couple million dollar prize pool coming up on the line.
05:48:48 Ja, es sicherlich ist es. Ich meine, es ist etwas, dass sie eine Happy Hunting-Ground haben, auch für sie. Und dann, als sie in Riyadh waren, haben sie den Trophy-Trofe gemacht. Es ist nicht so schlecht, bei allen Dingen, bei Allianz. Es ist einfach, dass sie nicht die Möglichkeit haben, dass sie ein Match Point nicht geschlossen haben. Sie haben die meisten Punkte in der Lobby, bei einem Mal, compared zu allen anderen. Sie sind die beste Team in EMEA, und ich denke, dass sie mehr als sicherlich sind, wenn sie die Möglichkeit haben, wenn sie die Möglichkeit haben.
05:49:12 And you know what? I think they'll be even happy with a second place as well because, you know, that'll still be some pretty nice cash to bring home and obviously a good tournament played if they get that in just a few weeks. Now, let's bring in one of our members of the winning team today. And I mean winning because they stole the show at that last moment. We've got none other than Atenham joining us from GoNex. Atenham, congratulations on the win, man. How are you guys feeling?
05:49:38 We're feeling amazing. We're feeling great. I mean, after, what was it, Game 9 and Game 10, we died early, and we were just praying, just praying that the game would continue, and it did. When that happened, and we saw FaZe take the win, and they extended it to Game 11, what were the comms like with you guys as a team watching? Was it just elation? Were you guys up and screaming? Did you know? Okay.
05:50:05 Now we can win. They saved us, we made our mistake, and now we're going to win. Walk me through what you thought and then how you approached that last game. I mean, with the comp that we were playing, we were going for the win for sure. We just, we knew we had one more chance. We knew, like, you know, out of nowhere, there's one more game with so many teams on match point. We had that one chance. And we knew, we just have to...
05:50:28 Wir haben uns alle geholfen, es gibt viele Spiels, aber wir haben das letzte Spiel, wir können das, wir können das, wir können das, wir haben den Kampf, wir haben das Spiel, wir haben das Spiel, wir haben das Spiel, und wir haben ein paar Sachen Glück für uns, wir haben das Mythic Bin, aber wir haben gut gemacht und wir haben gewonnen, und wir haben gewonnen.
05:50:45 I have a quick question. You mentioned composition a lot and the composition you're playing in that final game. You know, this is... We're getting into unprecedented things in the LGS at the moment with Matchpoint going this long with Legend bans now in effect. What was the conversation about what comp we play like going into game 11? Did you have a game, like plan, a composition ready for a series that went this long?
05:51:08 Um, we didn't plan for the series to go this long, but we just took a look at the legends. We thought what would work best and we wanted to go for the win. So Gibby is a great legend for getting that win. And with not many zone characters left, it was like Rampart's a good fit. And if we don't have zone on us, we got Valkyrie to Valkor in, Gibby to reset. So that was the game plan. And obviously you can control what you're playing, but...
05:51:35 How difficult is it in a game like that where you have no idea what you're going to come up against legend-wise? Like, you have to try and think about all these different legends that could be coming into the equation. Is that difficult or do you just purely focus on your own game?
05:51:49 It's something we keep in mind, of course. With Maggi still being in the pool, you've got to play around your Gibi Bubble because it can easily get broken by the EMPs and Maggi Balls. So we have that in mind, but it's just in the back of our mind just to be careful when we use our utility.
05:52:07 Und ich werde jetzt einfach in wieder einmal sagen, was das es bedeutet für euch zu machen, die Mid-Season Playoffs zu machen? Weil ich meine, gewinnen Regional Finals ist großartig, aber zu gehen zu LAN, ich denke, das ist was alle wirklich geplanten. Das muss ein großes Moment für euch. Ja, ich meine, es ist absolut großartig. Ja, ich meine, die Unterstützung von allen, Michael, unser Coach zu kommen, gegeben uns viel Hilfe und wir wirklich wollten zu machen LAN. Das ist das alles, was es all about.
05:52:36 So we're just really, really happy to be able to get the chance to fill out LAN. Well, that's awesome, man. I mean, you don't have that much time to prep. You only got a few more weeks before we're all heading out there. It's going to be an exciting one. And I do have to say, you guys now join some exclusive company. Only two teams have won on a match point final with this new Legend Band system. It's Falcons, and now it's you so far. So congratulations, good luck, and we're excited for what you guys can do at LAN. Thank you very much.
05:53:04 All right, Attenham from GoNext. Guys, jolly, fun. I think, Dan, you hit it on the head, nail on the head. Like, that's what it's all about. These young players and often, you know, people who have gone to land maybe once, maybe not at all, having a chance to do that, that is just a massive opportunity. And obviously what they're playing for there, it is life-changing money. Life-changing money, and we know what it means for these players to compete online. Of course, we had the ALGS Open, which allowed people to just...
05:53:33 Go on their own accord, if they could, you know, play in a format which allowed almost anyone to compete if you could qualify through the ranks. But now this is the elite of the elite, right? These are the best teams in the world that you're going to go up against and you're guaranteed to be facing them in your lobbies. Not necessarily going out in round one and then elimination round one or anything like that. You are amongst the elite of Apex. And I think that is certainly something that these players work for, they grind for, they dream for, and now they finally have achieved it.
05:54:00 In a great way, that was kind of a great closing thought, Dan. I'll go to you, Mark, as well. After 11 games at EMEA, you know, we get to see these teams now qualified for LAN. EMEA is set, ready to go. It's Americas coming up. What's your takeaway so far? Half the day done in our big ALGS match day. Yeah, I think the fact that's nail on head for me. It's halftime, everybody. We've got Americas coming up. Like if EMEA usually is a little bit of a table setter for us, and Americas usually doesn't disappoint.
05:54:27 With everything that we've seen today, and you've seen how quickly positions can change, qualification spots can change, it's going to be a wild ride America. So if you enjoyed Amir and you enjoyed Matchpoint, we've got plenty more coming up for you pretty soon. Plenty more as well. These guys need to rest their voice. I need to rest mine as well. It's been a stunner of an ending.
05:54:45 One of the most exciting finishes. Thanks Gaskin and Onset for lending your voices, as well as Vicky Kitty, who's not closing the show with us, but has been here a long, probably sipping on some herbal tea or eating a croissant or something. I don't know. I'm privy to some private information there. We're making it public here. Vicky likes croissants. Coming up!
05:55:01 Amerika's Regional Finals, right after this. We're taking about an hour break, and then we're back. This ran, obviously, a little bit over because 11 games. Wow, you just witnessed a little bit of ALGS history. If you want to see some more, well, tune in. 4.45 PM Pacific Time. We will be back with Amerika's, and my task to you is somehow find a way to outdo EMEA. It's all a task as well, but so is making a tournament.
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05:55:57 Ja. Ja. Ja.
05:56:25 Bis zum nächsten Mal.
05:56:53 Oh mein Gott!
05:57:31 Oh, ja, das ist der Last Mini Play-Up.