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Apex Legends: Season 20 bringt Legend Upgrades und Meta-Anpassungen

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- 02.03.24 - 03:49:32 - 142.078 - Apex Legends

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Apex Legends Season 20 führt Legend Upgrades und S.H.I.E.L.D. Cores ein, wodurch sich die Meta verändert. Die ALGS Pro League startet in Nordamerika mit neuen Teamstrategien. Armor-System und Roster-Änderungen beeinflussen die Gefechte. Dark Zero dominiert, Legacy kehrt zurück und Complexity überrascht.

Apex Legends

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Vorstellung der Änderungen in Season 20 und Diskussion über Legend Upgrades

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00:03:22 LGS Rundown. With all the big changes happening in Season 20, we obviously have to talk about all the Legend upgrade systems, the Replicator changes, and the introduction of S.H.I.E.L.D. Cores. And to help me focus on all of this, we have Jon Larson, a Respawn Dev, who happens to be the brains behind some of these changes, as well as TSM Raven, a three-times LAN Champion, to talk us through what's new.

00:03:52 Wie funktioniert die Schild-Cores und Evo-Caches? Ja, so die größte Sache ist, dass Armour wie es und Evo-Armour wie es ist, ist nicht mehr ein Lootable Objekt in der Welt. Und ich glaube, das Problem ist, dass unser Evo-System ist, um jetzt zu überlegen, um die Dämpfe zu machen. Um, verschiedene Dinge werden dir Evo-Points geben.

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00:04:45 Kills, Assists, Squad Wipes will grant a Teamwide Bonus. So combat oriented things as well as different class action related movements. Or, yeah, class perk actions. So scanning beacons, ring consoles, opening up assault bins, support bins, scanning care packages. All these will grant Teamwide EVO to help level up that.

00:05:15 in cases where you don't have combat maybe at your disposal. I know, you know, it's different in competitive versus pubs, but some people drop hot, some people are contested in comp, some people are landing center zone, edge zone. So we wanted to make sure that there are avenues for different play styles, different ways to think about how to progress in Apex and then just kind of fold that into what we think of as Evo.

00:05:44 So in terms of armor, that's the biggest thing, you can't loot it, you have to earn it, you have to earn it in some way. And we still are preserving the sort of shield swapping mechanics you can get from shield cores. So your armor, your level is tied to you, but the charge in that, your shield core, is something that you can swap off a death box for a quick charge in a fight. But ultimately your cap as you move through the world is tied to your level.

00:06:15 Ja, Ravens, ich bin jetzt über deine Meinung auf das, weil natürlich die Pros werden müssen, die wie sie spielen werden, besonders wenn Contestiert, wie Jay gesagt, oder John gesagt hat. So, ich bin wirklich interessiert, ob du denkst, dass wir die Teams mehr auf-Drop sehen werden können, um das Auf-Drop zu bekommen?

00:06:33 So I don't necessarily think that teams should be fighting for EVO stations, for example. The difference between how the game works now with the crafters is that if you don't get access to a crafter, another team is going to sit there for like one to two minutes. So there is grounds to fight for it. But these EVO stations, people are going to just pass them. They're just going to interact with them and just go. So I don't believe that people should be fighting for them. Although I think...

00:07:01 A lot of the rotates early game are going to be pretty wonky, because now teams are not going to have to sit at Crafter for two minutes, right? So they're just going to have to go back and forth between PvE, Evo stations, beacons, bins, everything. So that's going to be really fun having to see everyone just rotate entirely differently than they have before.

Legend Kompositionen und Meta-Analyse für ALGS Season 20

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00:07:25 Raven, ich bin gespannt, was ihr ideal Legend comp ist für ALGS mit diesen Changes? Und ich komme zu Jonn, auch. Ich möchte die Unterschiede.

00:07:35 So okay, there are some standout characters to me. I think Bang is really strong, especially with her ultimate cooldown being on a blue perk, so she spikes pretty early. I think Bloodhound is also going to be pretty good with a digi nerf. Otherwise Caustic and Watson are also on my radar, but as a lot of you may know, or maybe some of you don't know, I like to counterpick, so I have to wait for what other people are playing, then I'll let you know. I'll build my comp after that.

00:08:03 Boo! Alright, John, how about you?

00:08:09 I generally agree with a lot of that. I think Bangalore will still see a lot of usage, unlike a lot of the people that are fighting her. Especially with the DigiChange, you'll see some of her offensive capabilities are dampened a bit, but you can offset some of that with a Bloodhound character, or a Bloodhound pick, especially with attack cooldown reduction, just keeping those scans up.

00:08:38 Um... Ich denke, ja, in Bezblocker, sie hat die zwei Charges of Smoke und die Kuhl-Coole-Down. So, ja, ich sehe sie als ein Factor. Um... Ich glaube, Sie sehen, Watson ist stark. Ich denke, wir haben Spaß mit den Upgrades, weil... Ich denke, dass es, ihr wisst, eben nur Komp-A-Side gibt, in den verschiedenen Play-Stylen von Watson. Weil, unlike in vielen Kontrollern, sie, wahrscheinlich mehr als jemand...

00:09:05 So you have players that are into getting to their spot and letting people know that they're there and then maybe with the split circuit upgrade you can kind of be more dynamic within a fight and have two sort of strongholds that you can be playing off of.

00:09:34 Plus Ult Excel in 3.5 Sekunden. Man kann das Mid-Fight beherrschen. So, ich bin einfach so, wie die Spieler spielen. Ich weiß, Sheila ist ein Meme im Top-Level. Aber die bessere Handlung und Spin-Up... Ich habe Spaß mit dem Spiel. Und vielleicht mit der Bandolier, ich kann das flexen.

00:10:02 Mehr ammo management, aber wenn du Bang hast, dann vielleicht nicht mehr. Ja, in der Recon pick, du hast ja auch Bloodhound still. Vantage will be fun, ich weiß nicht, ich glaube nicht, dass sie Team Util gibt, aber es könnte ein Fun Rank pick sein.

00:10:19 Ich bin gespannt, ob es die Assault Charaktere, die zwei Charges attacken sind, oder einfach nur eine Version von der ersten Charge. Ashes in particular. Ich denke, dass ein Team an den richtigen Moment gut ist. Ich denke, außerhalb der Passive ist nicht wirklich ein Comp. Die Ults sind immer wieder und unreliable und manchmal. Und als du hast Horizon, ich fühle mich,

00:10:49 Ich glaube, dass sie ein paar Sachen die Charaktere machen können. Wenn Fuse hat... Ich glaube, dass Maggie zwei Drills hat, dann Horizon noch keine Ahnung. Aber wir sehen. Maggie, glaube ich, wird sehr stark in dieser Meta sein. Wir sehen uns nicht. Ich will Gibby zurück, aber ich fühle mich Maggie ist. Wir sehen uns, wie wir sehen.

00:11:17 Aber mit den SMG-Nerfs und mit den Strengen mit den ARs, vielleicht sehen wir noch mehr Schaddi, mehr Maggi play. Newcastle, ich weiß nicht. Ich weiß nicht, was Ravens' thoughts sind auf Newcastle, aber ich denke, dass seine Upgrades sind ziemlich stark in der TAC-Health oder die Move-Speed. Ich denke, dass jemand mit Newcastle stuck und hat ein paar...

00:11:46 Proficient Newcastle players, they could carve out a spot for themselves.

00:11:51 I totally agree. I actually do think Newcastle is going to be quite obnoxious to play against. So... Yeah, I think we saw the emergence of Newcastle in ALGS for a little bit, but then players kind of tapered off. So I'm really excited to see people come back to that. And also Maggie. I mean, her ultimate change where the ball will not explode upon first hit and it will bounce back. I think that's going to be really interesting to see. I mean, Raven, I don't know what comp would be perfect with Maggie, but...

00:12:20 I really want to see her in play.

00:12:25 Ja, ich sollte auch Maggi haben, aber ich glaube, sie wird sehr stark sein. Absolut. Also, die nice Sache mit Maggi ist, dass sie eine gewisse Charakteristik ist, dass sie sehr gut gegen Newcastle Wall oder Rampart Wall oder... Sie können sogar sogar ein Watsingen durch eine Wall. Also, sie hat diese sehr gewisse Prozesse, oder sogar die Gibby Bubble, richtig? So, depending auf die Meta, sie könnte auch einfach nur ein Watsingen.

00:12:53 A counterpick. Otherwise, I'm definitely just going to have fun running at people in Ranked with her firing bomb. Oh yeah, no, absolutely same. Also, I mean, her perk with shotguns is pretty great for the Eva 8 entering the care package. So, super excited to see how people play that. I hate that gun, but I liked it better with Double Tap, but you know what, whatever. That's an argument for another day. I hate that gun too. Something about how it sounds when someone is just ripping off 8 shells at me and I'm like...

00:13:22 Just use a real shotgun, you know? Just two pump me with respect. But the weapons team wanted to cook with that one. Yeah, created some... Whatever the care package even is, it's something. If we were to see a Gibraltar meta come back with shotguns, Raven, what do you think we would see teams do more in terms of legend pegs?

00:13:51 Well, I think that Gibby's best role in Competitive is as a late game character. You don't want him to be running around in the open on Edge. You want him to just sit in the zone and then when you have to move, bubble out, throw your ult and live longer than the other teams near you, right? So he's especially like this zone endgame character. And I mean, that also kind of fits the whole shotgun thing, right? Like shotguns...

00:14:17 Das ist besser, die größer range man muss, und das lerns sich zu late-game. So, wenn er spielt, das ist der beste Weg, in meiner Meinung nach. Aber wir haben noch über Maggi gesprochen. Maggi, wenn es zu viele Gibbys gibt, oder was wir sehen, Maggi, besonders. Oder vielleicht hat sie einfach gespielt. Das ist immer der größte Threat zu Gibbys.

00:14:41 We saw in Pro League so far, there was a ton of 30-30s, right? Almost everyone was running it. But we do know that the 30-30 got a bit of a nerf. So Raven, do we see the 30-30 coming back still in its popularity? So this is the point where I'm going to just let the pros figure that out. Because as a coach, precision aim isn't my strong suit. I'm a pretty good close range player, I'm not going to lie. Even though I'm an MK, but...

00:15:10 I'm gonna let the pros figure out all that, because, yeah, a little bit out of my expertise. Okay, John, did you want to see the 30-30 kind of rotate out of the meta? Yeah, the 30-30, it's been an interesting trajectory, because I was talking with the weapons guys, and they were like, have we ever touched the damage on the 30-30? It's like, it's the one thing that has never touched. We've given it the...

00:15:39 Die Integrated-Dual-Shell hop-up und all diese Sachen. Und dann ein paar Dinge zu bringen es in eine Usable-State, die jetzt ist sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr. Und dann, wir denken, dass wir uns nicht mehr touchieren. So, ja, das ist definitiv eine Intentional-Balance-Pass. Wir sehen die Usage in allen Levels in Play.

00:16:07 Ich denke, es ist ein Team mit double 30-30s, die sich aufbauen. Als der Kampf endte, ich denke, wirklich? Das neue Season ist in zwei Tagen. Ich denke, wir sehen uns. Ich denke, wir sehen uns noch. Ich denke, es gibt andere Marksman- und Ranged-Options, die werden wahrscheinlich creep auf in Usage geben. Shout-out zu Monsoon, auf das Sentinel-Grind. Ich weiß, er hat ihn benutzt für einen Moment.

00:16:35 Ich denke, wir sehen noch mehr Senthies, vielleicht noch mehr Scouts auf bestimmten Kampfs oder für bestimmte Loadouts. Und ich denke, die 30-30 wird noch stärker sein. Hemlock wird noch stärker sein. Ich denke, diese sind jetzt Gutter-Tier. Die Hipfire auf beide sind, glaube ich, sehr stark. Ich denke, die 30-30 in einem Pinch wird bei gut, mit Hipfire.

00:17:01 Aber ich hoffe, dass wir eine diversität sehen können. Das Ziel ist es, dass wir mehr diversität in Marksman-Sniper options sehen können. Wie fühlt sich die Digi-Site nicht able zu sein?

00:17:19 Ich denke, es ist eigentlich ein buff zu Bangalore, in dem Sinne, dass man nicht mehr wird, dass es nicht so gut wird. Aber es ist auch ein nerf, weil dann, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast.

00:17:44 Ja, das ist etwas, was wir haben jetzt noch mehr diskutiert haben. Wir haben ein paar Videos von LGS. Das ist etwas. Das ist, was wir hier haben. Insofern von Combat-Readability und einfach zu verstehen.

00:18:13 die Frontlines und wo man die Schrauben wird, wo die Threats sind, in der Spielspace sind, mit Abilities zu gehen. Und so ist es nicht so, dass es die End-All-Be-All-Solution ist, um Smoke zu machen. Ich denke, die Problemen ist, es ist nicht so, dass es nicht so prevalent ist. Also, es gibt verschiedene Möglichkeiten, wie wir denken, um, wie zu arbeiten, um, mit Smoke zu machen.

00:18:41 wie Smoke als Ability in Apex. Aber wie können wir mehr Interessenten Gameplay um es und in es?

Start der ALGS Pro League in Nordamerika mit neuen Metas und Team-Ankündigungen

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00:19:37 So long over the past few weeks to get back to where we belong, and that's in the ALGS. The Pro League gives us all the highs, all the lows, and maybe all the surprises. Today marks the beginning of a new season, a new meta, and maybe a new champion. At least someone as a forerunner who will push the envelope forward of the Pro League and Apex in general. All that coming up in North America as our top teams clash for the last day of our second round robin before we get into the back.

00:20:07 Ich bin Rainer, und ich kann nicht wunderschönen Sie zurückkommen zu NordamericanalGS. Und natürlich, ich bin nicht hier alleine. Ich bin mit zwei der Besten in der Business. Erst auf, Marc Onset Hatcher. Onset, wie du heute fühlst?

00:20:22 Feeling good, man. Always within touch and distance of you is how I like to live my life. Very excited, of course, for today. We've had a little taste of EMEA earlier, the first look at Season 20, and how it's playing in the comp scene, in the AOGS lobbies. And now it's North America's turn, and we'll have to see if someone turns up and has got a few tricks up their sleeve. We'll see if those tricks pay dividends, and of course, the man who might have seen them coming all along, Dan Gaskin, joining you on the cast and on the desk with all of us. Dan, big day. Season 20 begins for North America.

00:20:50 I like how everyone thinks I'm some sort of prophet, when I really am not. I just kind of listen to what all the pro players are saying, what the coaches are saying, what all the smart people are saying, and we have a lot of them in North America, some of the biggest and best teams, and I cannot wait to see what they bring to Season 20. Well, maybe you just keyed the world into something. Maybe prophets aren't more than people who just pay attention, and maybe everyone else is blind to things that some who have sight can't truly see. We'll leave that for a philosophical...

00:21:16 Das heißt, wir haben eine neue Meta. Das heißt, wir haben eine neue Meta. Es hat 100 neue Perks, 4 für jeden Legend, die 25 Legends jetzt nicht nur haben ihre Traditionen wie zu spielen und mit anderen in Team Compositions.

00:21:35 but their own individual ways to customize them throughout the changes that have now been brought into our new Season 20, which has really reinvigorated the player base and made this ALGS so exciting. And Mark, of course, it all begins with how you look at what these pros have kind of started off with. It's not necessarily where they'll end, but in the beginning, it seems like we've got a few favorites that are standing out a little bit more than others.

00:21:58 Yeah, certainly. I mean, it's going to be a journey when it comes to composition, when it comes to legend selection, and, you know, certain maps are going to offer certain things, and certain legends are going to help on certain maps, right? And we'll start by looking at Stormpoint and some of the legends that we expect to see in this current meta. We're looking at Bangalore, of course. We heard how without the Digis and the Digi kind of nerf, you would say, not being on SMGs, the smoke's become a little bit less aggressive and become more of a rotational tool. You have Bloodhound as well, who's going to be a recon legend, which means that, of course, he's going to be able to...

00:22:28 das Survey Beacons zu level up das Evo. Jetzt schauen wir an die Perk Trees und was wir expecten vielleicht ein paar Spieler und User von diesen Legends zu nutzen. Wir schauen erst mal die Blue Perk, die Level 2 Perk, Ultimate Cooldown. Es ist immer etwas, was die Pros zu nutzen. Die quicker man kann die Abilität zurückkehren, die besser. Und dann, als wir gehen zu Level 3. Das ist ein bisschen contentious, denn Initially, Refuge war die Stronger one, aber wir sehen Cover Me eigentlich noch etwas mehr. Es gibt ein bisschen mehr Informationen, speziell in der Smoke und Achaustik Meta, die wir sehen in den ersten paar Wochen.

00:22:57 Vielen Dank.

00:23:08 Ja, die Option zu sehen, wo die Spieler sind, ist es immer gut.

00:23:37 The sooner you can get an ability available, the more useful it's going to be, the more use you're going to get out of it throughout a game. That scan is so vital to players and teams. The quicker you can get it, the better. The next one, again, is probably going to be Taste of Blood. We're seeing, you know, the Fraggers generally be playing Bloodhound at the moment. And if you can get 25 HP upon your knock when you're in your ulti...

00:23:56 Great, you can continue being in the fight. And once again, when Caustic Gas down, burning away at those health meds. I mean, the fact that you can get 25 HP in and around that gas is certainly going to help you out a lot. So Bloodhound certainly could be something we're going to be seeing today. And certainly the Fraggers of the team are going to be using them. So next one up is going to be Valkyrie, who's kind of reintroduced herself a little bit to the meta. And the reason being that you've got a few different reasons. But one of them is the fact that the Afterburner's perk on level 2 is going to give you a 15% higher Skyward Dive, which means that you can get up into the...

00:24:26 Du kannst ein bisschen mehr Clearance mit den Evac Towers und du kannst ein paar Mountain Ranges, die vielleicht schon mal ein Problem haben. Next up ist es Full Coverage, die wahrscheinlich noch nicht mehr genutzt werden. Du kannst das extra Rollen Missiles, das bedeutet, dass du die Team aus dem Hintergrund kannst, das ein bisschen von Oppressive Damage machen, und sogar noch ein paar Pushen, wenn du ein bisschen auf dich genommen hast. So, Valkyrie ist natürlich reintroduziert, und ich habe noch nicht erwähnt Caustic, denn ich sage es zu dir, Reindei, und ich sage es zu dir, weil World's Edge ist, dass Caustic sehr stark ist.

00:24:55 Kaustik does look strong and great overview of what we might be seeing across Stormpoint, but World's Edge, like you had mentioned, Mark, does have some changes, notably in the Control Legend, Kaustik jumping in with Bloodhound and Valkyrie as a main staple for this early meta. Now, it doesn't mean things won't change, but for those who want to know what pros are kind of opting towards and why, let's break it down.

00:25:17 Kostik has a few of the early perks that actually impact his ultimate. Unlike Taste for Blood, which impacts Bloodhound's ultimate, but is a level 3 perk, Kostik's Particle Diffuser impacts his ultimate range, not at 50% that you're seeing there, but 20%. Still a massive number to give you one-fifth more space and that much more of a deadly approach for your early game and entirety of the game ultimates, making him that much more efficient across, yes, regions of the game where he tends to struggle, the early and the mid.

00:25:46 You also have breathed it in as an option, but just like we've seen people where Refuge from Bangalore smoke hasn't necessarily been the primary choice. People are sometimes opting for the Nox Vision, and I can understand why, because yes, breath it in might be what we choose, what you might choose in ranked, but when you have a highly coordinated team, when it comes to vision, that is very hard to justify getting a little bit of HP when you never know if you're going to be able to play to that, but you can always play to having more information and having more vision, and that, of course.

00:26:15 All these initial changes, but we've seen crazier things, guys, in EMEA. We even saw Lifeline. But that's not the biggest shift, Dan. It's not just been Legends. It's been the entire system of armor in how you play the game that's changed.

Veränderungen im Armor-System und Roster-Änderungen in der ALGS Pro League

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00:26:28 Ja, Armour as you know it has completely changed. You will no longer find Armour as Floor Loot. Instead, you only have your Shield Core to work with and it's about upgrading that Shield Core. There will be similar elements to what you've seen before from Evo Armour. We know how Evo Armour works. You deal damage and it upgrades. But now there is a far more amount of points needed to upgrade some of these totals from blue to purple. It's 1,800. That is a lot.

00:26:56 So how are you going to do it? Well, you go on your little side missions, your little side quests, and these are all the various different objectives that you can do to give yourself EVO possibilities. Whether that be from killing someone who has, and you have an underdog bonus, if you kill someone who has a better shield than you, you will be rewarded for that. Whether it is just from damage, whether it is from getting a knock, or whether it's from opening perk bins, finding the new EVO harvesters that are on the map, there is a variety of ways to be able to upgrade your armors and get closer to purple.

00:27:26 Maybe, even if you're lucky enough, get red. Now, of course, the best way to get reds is actually evo caches, which you can find in care packages or a lifeline care package if you use her ability. And that will allow you to really boost those evo armors up. So if you do see someone who's on red, but the rest of the team's on blue, you better believe they found a care package and they probably have a weapon to work with as well. There are so many different ways, whether it be survey beacons, whether it be ring consoles.

00:27:51 Just keep a keen eye on these teams that are playing Edge and the way that they kind of path around the map to try and find their best ability to get close to purple. Yeah, it's one of those elements that I think when you...

00:28:01 really notice how this thing has shifted across not just legends, not just perks, but across shields. You know, people were wondering, is shield swapping even still a thing? A lot of basic fundamental questions of how the game is played has been what we've been looking at in Season 20. The developers have intended that. It's worked, but it's also opened up the same game that we love to be a little bit different and a little more surprising. And these pros are along this journey with us to discover what really works and what does not work and what they'll have to leave behind.

00:28:30 Speaking of that, we do have to look at these pros because not only have they changed what they've got to play, maybe the meta, they've also changed rosters. It's been a few weeks since we've had Season 19 and now Season 20. It's been a few weeks of a break in Pro League and we've had...

00:28:43 Wir sehen uns auch an E.E.T.H. an E.E.T.H.

00:29:11 We had a chance to talk to RKN about what these new changes and what Season 20 and the rest of the split should hold for them.

00:29:23 What's up guys, Arkane from Sentinels. My teammates are Zenile and Luda, and we have Hill on the roster, just in case we need it. Yeah, so coming into the Champs event at LAN, we had made a roster change. We were trying to find someone that would fit us a little bit better, trying to increase our chances of putting down a top placement at that LAN event. During the offseason, we went through another handful of changes. He was obviously a really good player. Koyful had some offers from some other teams that he wanted to pursue.

00:29:51 Unfortunately for us at that time he chose to pursue another option and we were put in a position where we just needed to find a good fit for us in a short period of time and we were trying out Orioles. He's a great player and a great guy but he just didn't seem to be the right fit for us. So coming into this next game day we're going to be playing with Luda. We think he brings a lot more aggression to the team and fills some gaps that we're looking for and we're just hoping that it's a good fit.

00:30:13 Ja, so recently scrims have actually been pretty interesting, pretty entertaining. I think they go exactly as you planned in terms of we have just been trying different things, trying Luda on different characters and trying Luda on different fits to the team, like how he wants to play with us and how we want to play around him. So we've had varying results and we've seen things that work really well for us and we've seen things that absolutely don't work at all. And our final day of scrims, like leading up to this interview, went really well after we made a final adjustment. We went from playing absolutely miserable.

00:30:42 We've definitely seen the adjustment in our play just over a short period of scrims.

00:30:51 Well, obviously great to talk to RKN, who is a hashtag girl dad. Congratulations as well. And obviously he's been a part of our broadcast over some of the lands. He's done a great job there. And I think ultimately Mark always trying his best to lead his team into victory. Sometimes can feel a bit of the pressure on his own shoulders, but I think the best that you can do is trust yourself, trust your team, trust your calls and your own play. Yeah, for sure. I mean, he's proven time and time again that, you know, people write off RKN and...

00:31:19 There's no reason to, because he consistently makes lands, he's consistently been placing throughout the years. I mean, he's a player we've been talking about since the start of Apex, and we're still talking about him now, and there's been a lot of names that have fallen by the wayside in that time. So I'm sure the Sentinels are going to come back strong. They've got a lot of work to do, for sure, but they are in a position now where they've got a fresh player, they've got a fresh fate, and hopefully some fresh results as well.

00:31:40 Well, in North America, like in EMEA, things have shaken up, especially between Season 19 and Season 20, but the standings are still the same as when we left them. This is the last day, Match Day 6, of our second round Robins, meaning there is one more games, three games set for each of these teams where they'll play two out of three and wait to see who can finish.

00:32:02 in the top 20 to have a chance at the regional finals in place towards our playoffs now dark zero leading just over a few points from lg but they're doing it with actually an entire game series less played so three series played lg already played all of their four and the same thing goes for moist who are only two points behind them in fact six out of our top ten teams have only played three out of the four series and they will be presenting in b and c today so that bodes really really

00:32:31 Ja, es gibt ein paar Teams in dieser Liste jetzt.

00:32:46 Es ist Zeit für Optik und Exsetz zu reintroduieren.

00:33:15 Das ist ein guter Punkt, Dan. Es gibt auch Teams, die zuerst brauchen es. Wir immer sagen, es ist immer eine größere Geschichte. Was können wir von einem Miracle Run sehen, von diesen Teams in den Back 10, wenn möglich? Das ist die Sache, als Profit, es meine Verantwortung zu helfen, diese Teams zu pushen ein bisschen weiter. Es ist nicht gut für die Likes of Cream, Oversleepers, Temper. Ich weiß nicht, ob meine Profit-Capabilität kann sie helfen, aber das ist das Wahnsinn. Das ist die verrückte Sache, dass auf jeden Fall, jemand kann auf jeden Fall turnen...

00:33:44 Aber die Likes der Meatlovers, der Likes der Faze, Sentinels sind drei große Namen, drei große Teams, die nicht nur heute, sondern auch in den nächsten Matchen, sondern auch in den nächsten Matchen, und wollen sich versuchen, um sich vor Land zu bewegen. Sie haben alle durch ihre eigenen Trials und Tribulationen, aber sie haben alle eine Chance, um sich weiter zu bewegen.

00:34:02 Well, if you noticed, those threes meant that anyone who had that number beside their team name would be playing today. This will round out, like we have mentioned several times, our second of three round robins where all of these teams have a chance to go at it. A versus B, B, C, and A, C. This is B and C.

00:34:20 der 4th in der Serie. Und, you know, one of the things about this is you look at these teams like Optic and Xset, two teams you mentioned, Mark, were kind of in that middle zone where they needed a performance. Is it somehow going to be a revitalizing time for them with Season 20, a new meta, another thing to prove? You have a feeling that those two teams being close in finals every single LAN that we've been in, one of our top teams that we focused on throughout all of our online splits.

00:34:47 Maybe don't feel like they have anything to prove online anymore. Season 20 might have just lit a flame under them to not only get out the head, but maybe signify that this could be the time. Xset and Optic finally break that barrier and push into a championship. Let's see if that can all happen, because this is the beginning of what could be a very exciting day in North America, ALGS. And to kick it off, we've got no one better. It's Onset and Gasket.

00:35:14 Ich bin so kind, wenn du zu uns.

00:35:43 with both Dark Zero and Moist being a game day behind. We're obviously starting at World's Edge today, which is another change, as opposed to Stormpoint that we've been in through the previous games of the season. So a little bit of a change in the map, and we'll have to take a look at some of the POIs, Dan, because there's been some changes there as well. Yeah, I was counting through it.

00:36:03 ...last night, actually, and there's been 10 POI changes in BNC from the last time we saw them on broadcast. So there has been a mixed match of everyone trying to figure out where we should be going, what's going to be one of the best spots, and as we saw earlier on today in EMEA, Trials is one of the best POIs that you can work with right now, and Dark Zero have claimed it. They have been playing here before between BNC, but remember, traditionally, Exet used to be dropping over towards Trials, but have kind of been forced off of it a little bit.

00:36:31 Is there going to be a fight back? That's going to be my question, but look at the amount of red names. There are contests that could be going down here, but everyone else has kind of found somewhere to call home. I mean, FaZe, for example, we saw that they had a real issue in previous groups with being contested, but at least they're going to be okay at Geyser here. Yeah, I think it's the very interesting story, right, is Dark Zero announced that they're going trials, and Exit don't really have a choice but to leave, right? Because...

00:36:58 Ex-Set haben sich nicht in eine Position, wo sie sich in eine Art und 3-Games haben, wo sie nicht gewonnen haben. So sie haben gesagt, hey, Dark Zero, fine, du kannst du es. Wir wollen nicht wirklich beantworten das, weil wir nicht afforden. Dark Zero kann, mit der Art und Weise, mit der Art und Weise, mit der Art und Weise, mit der Art und Weise, und die Art und Weise, und die Art und Weise, und die Art und Weise, und die Art und Weise, und die Art und Weise. So das ist die Art und Weise. Ich denke, es ist ziemlich smart von Dark Zero, zu sagen, dass sie sich, hey, das POI ist wirklich stark.

00:37:24 The team who are there right now are desperate for points. Hey, let's just say we're going there. Let's just say this is ours now. And if you want to contest us for it, you're more than welcome, but it could cost you your spot, Lan. I did hear Noiswig as well talking about the fact that...

00:37:38 Maybe we could see Dark Zero even going further than that and saying, all right, we claim Trials, but actually we're going to drop on Exet to make sure they don't make it to LAN. Shout out to NiceWig, of course, for doing his watch parties as well, but it's something that could be a consideration the further you get down the line here, because strategically it ensures that Dark Zero will be uncontested at LAN at Trials in their head. Maybe not something that will happen today, but we'll have to wait and see.

00:38:02 Let's just remind ourselves as well. I mean, let's go back to Champs, was it? I believe the classic Harvester battle that we saw between Aurora and Dark Zero. And then we went over to Storm Point and Dark Zero went, hey, Aurora, we're dropping on you this map as well because we've had enough of you. We'll have to see if that is going to be the case. So much more to, of course.

00:38:19 We'll find out about these teams and how these lobbies are going to work. It's the first game that we're seeing in North America in the ALGS on Season 20, and we'll have to see if any teams have got a little bit of a leg up when it comes to getting those EVOs up nice and quickly and getting towards that zone. We saw it a little bit earlier in EMEA, a couple of teams who seem to have worked out a way to get up to Reds nice and quickly and fight their way in from edge. Those zone teams, though, usually going to be working with Blues. Let's see what's going to be coming out on top here. And I've got to say, once again, eyes on the likes of Dark Zero and Moist in this lobby are the Aussies.

00:38:48 Plus, ein residenter Amerikaner auf dem Team wird weitergehen.

00:38:53 Ich denke, wir sehen uns ein bisschen mehr Caustik in Nordamerika als wir in EMEA haben. Nordamerika ist sicherlich auf die Caustik-Meter ein bisschen heavier als ihre europäische Unterparte. Und Sie können bereits sehen, bei der Selektion da, dass es viele Flüsse von Caustik ist. Es wird ein sehr ständig Lobby geben, aber es wird sehr wichtig sein, dass Ihr Caustik-Player sein wird, da und da, in die Final-Circle zu sein, denn sie werden die besten Vision haben, wenn es das Final-Moment kommt. Wow, Match 1 ist unter anderem.

00:39:23 We're expecting to see contests at Countdown and Landslide in particular. We'll have to see how those fights go down.

00:39:49 Here at Landslide.

00:40:18 Ja, das könnte ein großer Moment sein.

00:40:45 Sie müssen also wissen, was könnte passieren können, als jetzt ein Revive wird gebetet. Will das eigentlich gehen? Nein, es wird nicht. Kannst du den Sentinel-Shot? Das ist die Frage. Kann Charmander werden durchführen? Das ist die Frage. Es ist ein Knotdown-Battle. Es ist nur ein Schott hier, Charmander. Er wird nicht connect das erste Mal. Er wird zu zweit. Der zweite ist gut. 8-Gang Elimitiert und es ist die Sentinel-On-Drop, das macht die Schott.

00:41:10 And I'm just looking, is there anyone? Is there any sharks in the water? Nine Lies are certainly close enough to push on it if they want to. But because they're spread out at Lava Fisher, I don't think they're going to in the end. Now over towards Monument, where Exet and Evolution are currently fighting as well. Just trying to really dominate this middle POI. They could split Monument and Fragment, but instead they're both fighting to assert dominance. Fon's cooking right now. He's getting the shield break as well. He's got a Peacekeeper in his hand when you're on M&K.

00:41:38 I tell you, the Peacekeeper is a problem, as all shotguns are this season. If you can get into a position, they are huge damage output, especially off-drop. Finding that blue bolt is very, very good. Now, this is a bigger moment than I think we're actually talking about for XM. It's been a shaky season so far for them, but if you win a contest, you win a fight off-drop, the momentum, even this early on, can be huge for how the rest of your day goes. And not only for the rest of the day, but this game in particular, the circle is coming this way. It's a very central zone, slightly north, but Monument is going to be...

00:42:07 So if you win this engagement, you're going to have a little bit of time to kind of loot up as Evolution are going to lose one more at XS, secure the victory. They go up to blues and it is a great start for a much needed points week for them. Yeah, that's going to be points on the board, like you say, Evo on the board as well. And maybe one problem with dropping over Monument and towards Fragment is loot pool isn't as good as some other places. And maybe you have to kind of extend out of the zone to find some of those Evo harvesters. It's kind of...

00:42:35 Das ist die Dichotomie von Landing Central. Man muss sich die Weg aus, jetzt haben wir die Parfing-Issue und die Faktion, die man zu collectieren, um sich zu machen, um die Armas zu werden. So, gewinnen in der Early-Fight ist das beste Weg für sie. Sie haben eine Ring-Console auch, um ein bisschen mehr Evo zu holen. Und ich sage dir was, für Ex-Set ist es eine wirklich große Woche. Ich denke, es ist wahrscheinlich eine große Woche für Ex-Set, als es für jemanden in dieser Lobby ist, und das ist die richtige Weg für sie zu starten.

00:43:00 We also briefly saw Dark Zero on our screens dropping towards Trials, arguably one of the strongest POIs. And the reason I say that is that was confirmed in EMEA with the amount of red armors we saw from La Cité to France, because they were able to drop at Trials, do any sort of Trials business, and then do all of the Evo Harvesters, all of the Survey Beacons that are going to be around. You saw how spread out Dark Zero were as well to try and really...

00:43:24 Ich kann es nicht so, dass jeder Objektiv ist. Es gibt jetzt 9 Lies, die jetzt nach Countdown sind. Es sieht aus, dass sie sich jetzt auf den Moment pressen sind. Ich weiß, Krimer sind da und Optik Gaming sind da, auch in den Vicinit, auch. Malnock geht es um, aber nicht in die Position zu machen. Er ist auf die Brücke, Pressing Fire kommt in von den Scouten und der 30-30 Repeater. Das macht es sehr schwierig.

00:43:51 Ultima is going to expire though, so he's not going to have the scan available for quite some time, but pop in an ult Excel to try and hold this off. Linastid as well knows that he's got to think about getting his teammates banner as well. And she's looking like a little bit of an awkward situation, a little bit of an awkward fight, but they are going to be able to get the banner at least, and with other teams moving into the vicinity, maybe that's going to take the attention away long enough for them to escape and maybe think about a res later in the game. This is going to be an interesting...

00:44:18 Final circle as well, maybe ending towards the kind of toll station. Perhaps the rocks that are just kind of southeast of it as well. There's a few teams that are kind of posturing up around it. You've got the potential it could draw towards the train station on the eastern side. So there's a lot of areas at the moment that people are trying to predict, but it isn't the easiest circle to try and go for.

00:44:39 Und da ist ein vieles Open Space, ein Lack von Coverage in diesen Bereichen. So all diese Core Sticks sind nicht mehr als viel Vorteil als sie würden, wenn es das Final Circle ist, mit mehr Bildung ist.

00:45:07 DSG, who have a very interesting composition as well. And yes, indeed, we're seeing Timmy on the Fuse and we're seeing Designful on the Wraith. So a little bit of a swap for Designful. We knew if you listened to their comms a little bit, DSG wasn't too happy with certain legends he was being asked to play. But this one certainly allows him to flex a little bit, get in and out.

00:45:25 Either the fragger he loves to be.

00:45:41 Just a slither of HP as Monsoon also falls, is the support of Lifeline, so there is the ability to craft the banners if Lou is able to get away, but this is not the same kind of Lifeline gameplay we were seeing in Emiya, where they often were in the final circle with her. We'll have to see whether Lou can get back on track.

00:45:57 Ja, das wird Dark Zero mit den KP. Und look at das, sie sind bereits in Skyhook mit den Blumen und zwei Purples. Sie sind bereits in den Fights als auch. Und ich erzähle euch, sie sind gefährlich hier, Dark Zero. Sie sind auf der Bühne, mit dem Gameday in Hand. Das ist wie dominant sie sind so far.

00:46:13 in the split, and it's looking like not too much is changing at the moment. Dark Zero and Exet inside of that zone in two of the best positions, as you can see in your map overhead, not just for the next zone, but for the one afterwards as well. Exet just holding down that choke and that high ground, overlooking everybody on the eastern side.

00:46:29 Es ist eine schwierige Position für Ex-Set zu halten, als es für Dark-Zero ist. Of course, Dark-Zero haben die natürliche Covers von der Choke, die sie in der Vault-Tunnel halten. Während Ex-Set ist ein bisschen mehr zu den Elementen, so sie vielleicht versuchen und wegzunehmen. Sie sehen, eine der Spieler ist ein bisschen weiter nach vorne, vielleicht zu sehen, ob die Tunnel ist frei. Wenn sie sich nicht frei ist, dann wird sie wieder zurückkommen. Aber es wird ein paar Teams kommen, die aus dem Westen kommen, das wird es schwierig für Ex-Set zu erreichen. Aber Ex-Set könnte ein paar Teams kommen.

00:46:58 So, es ist eine Frage, ob sie sich für die Kills spielen und sich um die K.P. auf den Ball zu machen. Ich glaube, Lew krafted die Banners. Ich denke, er wird es nicht möglich sein. Ich glaube, er wird es nicht möglich sein. Ich denke, er wird es nicht möglich sein. Ich denke, er wird es nicht möglich sein. Ich denke, er wird es nicht möglich sein. So, das wird Komplexity eliminieren. Das ist eine Stand-Out-Teams, natürlich, in den Gamedays, das wir hatten, bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt. Aber in Season 20, ein bisschen schwer für sie in Game 1, aber ein langer Weg zu gehen.

00:47:28 Und Oversleeper ist jetzt wieder von der Conduit. Clearly, sie wussten sie zu werden, dass sie in den Starten gespielt haben, so sie versuchen, eine Legend zu spielen, die sie in den Contests helfen würde. Und jetzt geht es um, ob es in den Late-Game geht. Natürlich, die Ultimate von Conduit kann gut für die Zonen-Teams helfen können, aber wir haben zu warten und sehen. Es sieht aus, dass es ein Spieler einfach nur hinterher ist. Es wird Faze und DSG, die, ich glaube, might posten, aber es sieht aus, wie DSG ist. DSG mit der Evac.

00:47:59 Making sure they're as close to each other as they can when they do go off it. You don't want to get singled out and called out by a team in the vicinity who's just going to decide to pepper that one player at the end who's split. All these little tiny things that come into consideration, even with something as simple as using an evac tower for these teams who are, of course, some of the best in the world. DSG have been interesting so far this season. Certainly been entertaining for a number of different reasons. If you're a Goggins fan, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. Also, leaving it late is what they've had to do a few times.

00:48:27 Ja, interessiert zu sehen, was Designful takes auf Wraith zu sehen, ob es nur die Tactical Cooldown, die wir erwartet haben, aber dann haben wir auch eine große Wahl an Lv. 3, ob ihr die Tactical Wind-Up bei 20% oder die Alt-Cooldown bei 20% reduziert. Es ist schwierig auf Wraith, aber ich glaube, dass wir vielleicht noch mehr wissen können mit Disguise und sehen, was sie denken.

Intensive Gefechte und Teamstrategien

00:48:52

00:48:52 He might jump out. Horizon's on the crane. Somebody's close right. No, no, no, no one's on the crane. Somebody's close right. Bloodhound, close right. I ulted, I ulted. I'm taking him, I'm taking him, I'm taking him. Nice, nice, nice. I'm taking him, he's stuck right here. I'm gonna IQ him, I'm gonna IQ him. Okay, stop at him, blood. Let's see you, let's see you too. Yep, I'm on bat. They're gonna be getting angled. I ported to the head cage.

00:49:22 Es ist eine wirkliche Bedeutung. Eine ist auf dem Weg. Eine ist auf dem Weg. Eine ist auf dem Weg. Ich bin auf dem Weg. Ich bin auf dem Weg. Ich bin auf dem Weg. Ich bin auf dem Weg. Ich bin auf dem Weg. Ich bin auf dem Weg.

00:49:48 Vielen Dank.

00:50:02 He jumped off, he jumped off, I think. He jumped off, he jumped off. No night, no night. We can take the space. Well, it's to the right. Different team to the right. Different team to the right. I'm going to take the height. I'm going to take the height. Underneath, underneath. Yeah, all underneath. Pre-charge, pre-charge, pre-charge, pre-charge being one. Keep on me, keep on me, keep on me. We're in a bingo, we're in a bingo. I think I'm safe back on me. Yeah.

00:50:27 We're gonna fly to the tower we're gonna fight at the tower

00:50:56 We might not be safe there. We might have to fucking kill this RV. I don't think we're safe. We're gonna have to kill this RV. I'm down, I'm down, I'm down, I'm down. One's out to the right here.

00:51:11 Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades. Ich habe nades, ich habe nades.

00:51:40 My fort is on it. Play slow, play slow, play slow. There's a team over the left. There's a team over the left. There's a team over the left. I had to swim nades. I had to swim nades. I'm dead. Alright, come to us, buddy. You're good. You need a rest now. You need a rest now. You need a rest now. Walking up, walking up. They're trying to walk up. Play safe, play safe. The other team's going to fuck them. I'm dead, I'm dead.

Überlebenskampf und strategische Neupositionierung in hitzigen Auseinandersetzungen

00:52:11

00:52:11 DSG zu halten für ihre Lives. Es ist alles um zu Enemien. Ein paar Knochen sind auf die Seite gekommen, aber die Knochen-Knochen sind immer noch ein Problem. Me-Lovers werden in der meantime werden, aber es war Tempo, die in der Mitte des Sandwichen. Enemien, die so viele Male sind, hat sich die Chance zu machen, aber hier kommen 9 Lives. Ja, und es sollte sein. Und es wird sein. Aber du hast auch Snipe-Down, der ist noch live für FaZe. Und da ist eine Spieler, die du wirklich nicht willst, aber es geht nicht. Denn da werden wir extra Hilfe von Exit auf den anderen Seite auch. Es ist einfach...

00:52:40 Es ist ein Chaos im Moment zwischen all diesen Teams, die auf den Souten zu leben. Und auch 9 Lies nicht mehr zu bleiben. Es ist ein 4-3.

00:52:55 Exet, mehr KP für sie in diesem Spiel. Und sie sind in den Top 9 jetzt. So garantiert points für Exet, changing that POI, changing the strategy, and looking like they might be able to change the results as well. I think it was important that Exet did push that as well. They didn't try and hold the position they were originally having on that hillside a little bit earlier, which I think now has been taken by SSG, but instead they push off when they notice there is free KP available. I say free KP, they still had to work with it.

00:53:20 Dark-Zero ist noch in der Vault-Tunnel. Es sind Sentinels auf der anderen Seite, die in Skyhook haben, und jetzt müssen sie durch den Tunnel gehen. Das ist nicht so easy für sie. Es ist nicht so easy, besonders mit dem Kraber in der Hand von Jim Burton. Du wirst wahrscheinlich denken, dass... Hey, vielleicht Zero hat auch etwas in seinem Backpocket. Trust mich, Zero mit dem Kraber ist ziemlich nasty, aber so ist Jim Burton. 1-4-E ist wirklich zu schlafen. Die mehr Damage wurde von Dark-Zero...

00:53:46 Ja, ich gebe Arke an...

00:53:59 All the praise if the Sentinels are able to get out of this one. They've done a lot of damage to Zero, but it looks like a knock does come through. RKM will be the first one to fall, and Sentinels do get eliminated. That was a near impossible push to make, especially with the Kraber in the hands of Dark Zero. Now we're down to eight squads with that elimination, but it's going to be very shortly, seven by the looks of it. SSG in a little bit of trouble. Legacy on one side, Oversleepers on the other. Legacy moving forward as well, and Legacy doing a huge amount of damage here. SSG...

00:54:26 in trouble and SSG eliminated seven squads now remain SSG of course who the last time these two groups met up came first in the overall so SSG falling early here and legacy returning to form is a great thing for the for the Mexican squad they are looking so so strong right now and I've been waiting for this moment legacy returning to form now that the shall we say the chapter is closed with moist on the contests over a storm point that really didn't help either team out it looks like both are playing

00:54:52 Yeah, we know what Legacy are capable of. It would be weird if we didn't see Legacy get to land, but I think, first of all, they had to go through that passage, that chapter of fighting unnecessarily, it seemed, for the drop spot. But now, thankfully, it's been resolved. And as you said, it didn't really help either team. But now they do have a chance in this game. They have to try and focus on the fight that's happening on this eastern side. If they can wipe Elevate off of the map, then they can force their way in from the eastern side and have the opportunity to win this game.

00:55:21 I mean, you're looking at the fight here, right? There's one solo alive still from Eternal. However, Legacy versus Elevate is going to be the fight on this eastern side. The difference is Armors and Wingman. That is not a good thing to be going up against. You don't fancy the chances here of E8. The only thing that E8 really have in their favor is the fact that they're a little bit closer to zone. So Legacy are going to be forced to move first, but...

00:55:44 Ich meine, Nier ist mit dem Wingman in den Händen. Es ist sehr vermutlich, dass sie nicht ausdämt sie nicht. Sie bekommen das Final Kill auf den Solo. Und jetzt werden sie das Kampf, das ist so wichtig. Aber sie haben einen Evac dabei, wenn sie versuchen zu spielen. Auf einer Seite haben wir Optik vs. Exet, Dark Zero in der Mitte. Aber da ist das Wingman Damage von Legacy. Jaguars ist viel zu tun. Und tatsächlich, Legacy sind zu fallen. Pure Position von Elevator helfen sie aus. Meanwhile, Optik vs. Exet ist scrappig. Exet.

00:56:12 Das war's für heute.

00:56:29 Optik Gaming, look, E8 now. Have you won that side? Have you won that side of the Ziren? Can now move in to try and clean up this zone. Yeah, we knew whoever won on the eastern side would have an opportunity in this final circle, but it's going to be Dark Zero versus Elevate. There is still remainders of Xset, but I think the Elevate are going to send that. They clean it up. Now it's two squads remaining, but Dark Zero in prime position.

Dark Zero dominiert, Legacy kehrt zurück und strategische Anpassungen prägen das Spiel

00:56:47

00:56:47 Dark Zero should win this one, they get that damage, they get the first knock, and now once again, it's the Aussies plus one who move in to clean things up. Dark Zero, champions of game number one here on World's Edge. And trials reign supreme yet again. Now it was a circle that certainly benefited Dark Zero, but the way they played it, they were slow to begin with. They upgraded all their armors with the EVO possibilities and all the different objectives, but then they held that tunnel throughout the entirety of the game. They made sure no one was able to push them, and it was as simple as that.

00:57:17 It looks simple from Dark Zero, but you know the amount of strategy that went into it. Very impressed, as always. Yeah, I think this is going to be a very, very good few weeks for Dark Zero, and obviously it's been a very good split for them so far, but I feel like when you're looking at IGLs and you're looking at those who can adapt the most, I think Zero is probably one of the best that you could possibly ask for, right? I think if you're looking at someone who sets up on strategy, who wants to play a certain way, maybe you don't look at Zero, but Zero's ability to call things on the fly I think is better than anyone. I really do, and I think...

00:57:45 Changing POI, looking at how they want to play the game, the fact that it's a new season, it kind of feeds into how he wants to play Apex, right? And I think the Dark Zero are going to be dangerous, man. And I just think that that first game is a perfect indication of it. Well, with like Evo Harvesters being so prevalent in the meta and the pathing that we've spoken about...

00:58:03 Being able to adapt on the fly is massive. I mean, we heard it when we interviewed Lesite de France in the EMEA portion of the show. They were saying that sometimes the zones force you to just having to adapt, having to think on the fly. And if Zero is one of the best at doing that, then that just automatically elevates Dark Zero and the way that they play the game. That circle was very beneficial for them, but you've also got to commend them for how they played it.

00:58:25 Ja, eine sehr gute Rotate für sie zu bekommen, um das Tunnel zu erstellen. Sie haben natürlich ein bisschen Evo genommen, um zu machen, dass wenn sie in diesen Fights waren, dass sie zu gewinnen und dann einfach die Final Damage gewinnen. Ich meine, die Difference in der Final 3v3 ist, die größte Gun in der Game ist, die Kraber. 140, es ist nicht ein Nog.

00:58:42 Aber es ist genug, dass du all den Platz hast, dass du all den Platz hast, wenn du den Platz hast. So die Krebel, wieder zu machen, ist es Dark Zero. Er hat sich zurückgegangen, Game 1. Das ist sehr gut, aber ich glaube, dass Exit sind da. Exit war ein paar Fights in das Spiel. Sie waren involviert in das Top 4, ich glaube es, wo sie fällt. Das ist das Kind der Start, sie brauchen für Confidence. Wir wissen, wie sie ein Confidence Team sind. Und das Game 1 ist wichtig für sie.

00:59:07 Yeah, there's very few positions in a circle like that you can actually hold for any amount of time. Dark Zero had one of the few. As for Exit, we saw they were up on the hillside for a while. I think they were quite right to push off it, take the KP where it was available. I think they knew they weren't really going to win the game from that position unless someone else made a mistake. But that's sometimes the best thing you can do in those final circles is just give yourself the best possibility to get points and then hope someone else slips up. Didn't happen on this occasion, but in the future, maybe it could have.

00:59:35 Let's take a look at the match results then. We know who was in first place as far as placements. And hey, well, 10 kills to go alongside it. Dark Zero once again making a statement. And I think this has been a little bit of a revenge tour for them so far after the disappointment of the champs last year, of course. Dark Zero, 10 kills alongside the 12 placement points. 22 overall for them. Elevate again up there. One of the standout teams for me so far in North America with their consistency. But Exet and Optic, the two teams we really highlighted at the top of this show as needing...

01:00:04 find points third and fourth respectively and except with seven kills to go alongside the placement points as well

01:00:11 Legacy demonstrating that they've still got what it takes as well, with 13 points overall, 9 of it being KP. On the lower side, still some KP being picked up by some of the squads who had to rotate from south to north, and they were forced into chokes, they were forced into difficult positions, but it's important when you do have those games that you are able to come away with it with at least 4 or 5 points, just so you have something to work with. On the flip side, it wasn't the best of starts for the likes of Complexity, we saw their struggles, they weren't able to get the lifeline going, sad for me as a lot.

01:00:40 Evolution and the Ape Gang, they were the two that lost the contest right at the start of the game.

01:01:00 1st place finish. Jim Burton in there with some decent assists alongside Sykes as well. Kraber, like we mentioned, making the difference in not just one fight that we saw, but potentially two, especially in that endgame as well. Impressive stuff from Dark Zero. It's up to the rest of the lobby to see if they can put up a fight as we move into the break and we get ready for match number two, which is coming up just after this.

01:03:15 Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. We've got another game on the way here in North America. Rain Day and Onset on the cast with you. It was a great game. I love that tagline. Dark Zero leaves everyone in the dark.

01:03:26 That clearly has been what's happened in North America so far. First place and only three out of four Seth series played. That just means if they continue this, they are going to really put some separation amongst them and the rest of the team's mark. But, you know, I love to continue on that conversation around Xset and Optic, which you had brought up, and it's so appropriate to see them also popping off, really making for maybe that moment that we do see them start to become...

01:03:52 Ja, ich denke, es ist eine interessante Diskussion, weil wir sehen, dass Apex nicht verändert hat, wie es mit Season 20 verändert hat.

01:04:07 Das war's für Optik.

01:04:36 Das ist wirklich ein guter Punkt, als auch. Ich möchte, dass ich ein bisschen, ein bisschen, ein bisschen, ein bisschen, weil es so interessant ist, dass es so interessant ist, dass es eine continuelle Aggression mit Oversleepers geht. Das war die Votary und Squad mit Charmander.

01:05:05 mit dem Sentineln zu sehen. Das war das Final Shot, das wirklich das Problem hat. Aber kann man das wieder machen, ist der Frage. Konduit ist eine der besten Charaktere zu haben, in einer Situation wie dieser. Aber still, sie werden müssen die Bullets in den anderen Spielern, wenn sie es tun können.

01:05:20 One thing I love about Season 20, Contests are even. No one's going to find a purple armour and become the absolute Arnold Schwarzenegger of the lobby and just win this contest without any kind of competition. Actually not sure what Arnold Schwarzenegger's fighting style is like, by the way. I don't know if he's a good fighter, but he's a big guy, so you get what I'm getting out there. But it's going to be taken here, which is going to stall this fight out for a little bit longer. And to be honest with you, the longer this fight is stalled, the less likely it is that anyone's really a winner. Because you know that someone's going to be sniffing around the area and probably come to have a look at this. And let me tell you.

01:05:49 Krimi, thinking about it, they're pretty close. Well, at the end of the day, you know, this is a difficult spot to fight in general. One of the things that you would like to be is on this high ground. But the reason I find this difficult is because it's so easy for other teams to get in on this fight from range. And it's very, very hard to defend from anywhere except that high ground. And so there is some good value here. It's almost like you must do it in this situation. But in terms of the risk...

01:06:14 Ihr 30-second rule, forget it. To me, this is just a very risky spot to be taking this, but you have to do what you have to do. It goes the way this time of Ape Gang, and so that's even worse because now you don't have the trust that you can do it back-to-back, and they've split it, but now another team, as I mentioned it, they're already on it, and this is why I hate fighting here.

01:06:36 Ja, ich meine, Kremen warten für das. Sie wissen, dass der Contest ist. Sie waren einfach nur für die Nox. Sie waren einfach nur für einen Team zu eliminieren und dann einfach nur für den Knochen zu cleanen. Damage hat sich bereits getan. Also, in diesem Contest auch, Meds hat sich schon geholfen. So, ihr wisst, dass ihr alle, dass es nicht wirklich gut ist. Und auch mit der Re45 in der Range ist, sie werden einen 3-KP bekommen. So, Kremen, take advantage von der Situation in der Lobby. Und Tempa, sie werden auch, dass sie auch, weil Wifi ist.

01:06:59 Der letzte Spieler ist alive und ihr könnt sehen, Kloakz ist auf die High-Ground. Er ist einfach für ihn zu move, bevor er errichtet ist. Das ist die erste K.P. in der Game. Und, you know, eine der Dinge, die großartig ist, ist, dass es, dass es, wenn man auf der Right-Foot geht, kann man all die Unterschiede in moving forward, in eine wirklich gute Serie zu gehen. Und, you know, das Ding ist Momentum. Wir oft sprechen so viel über die Analytik, die Logistik, die smallen Dinge.

01:07:25 Es gibt viele Dinge, sehr unspoken, unmentioned. Hitting a shot, feeling good. Hitting that sentinel shot that just, you know, makes you say, oh man, I'm feeling it today. And that kind of carries on with the trust and the confidence in your calls, in your teammates' calls. I mean, this is a competitive esport, and there's so many elements mentally that also play into a factor. I know we kind of keep harping on all the things that have changed in Season 20, but that still remains the same. Sometimes you're in rhythm, and having a good play can really help.

01:07:53 Ja, ich denke, als wir schauen, wie wir auf den Zonen und wo wir gehen auf World's Edge sind, wir gehen auf Stax und Big Maud, auf der southeastern Seite von World's Edge. Sehr gut news für Moist Esports, die, of course, nicht nur Stax, aber auch auf Big Maud, auf der Droppe jetzt mit Optic Gaming, aber ich denke...

01:08:12 Just to go back to what you talk about, it's one of my favourite conversations I had with Raven. We were talking about all the ins and outs of Apex, you know, how it is, discussing theorycraft and all that stuff, and then we just both came to the agreement that it doesn't really matter if you don't hit your shots, because that's actually what it comes down to in 90% of the battle, right? So if you do everything perfectly and you miss your shots, well, you didn't do anything perfectly. It's as simple as that. Complexity now, who did have a little bit of a rough one in game number one, they're inside of the broken eggshell here, inside of the broken dome, trying to force their way towards Zone, and this time it's looking a little bit better for them.

01:08:42 Weil alle drei sind live. Also, Lew wird auch noch benutzt. Wir sehen, dass die EMEA hat, besonders Aurora, ein bisschen früher. Also, auf der Ebene, Sie sehen die Pick Rate von heute. Bangalore hat einen 90% Pick Rate in Match 2. Ich würde sagen, das ist ein sehr meta-charakter. Aber wir sehen eine komplett Drop.

01:09:03 von Conduit. Wir haben definitiv ein paar, und wir sind einfach ein Highlighting es, weil es die Early Contest ist, aber es gibt nur zwei Conduits in der gesamten Spiel. Eine Gibraltar, glaube ich, auch. Ein Charakter, das ich glaube, Albreleli war, was erzielt, J.B., eine Art von Attoon-Refreshment, und vielleicht ein Pizza, wenn er es möglich ist, aber es ist.

01:09:23 Not fully demanded yet. Furia, by the way, demanding a little bit of space. They won't get it. They've gotten knocked down as well. Complexity, who are out early now with the Lifeline, hopping on that train and holding down this building. Very, very strong. One of my favorite teams of this season in terms of their play and their communication. Complexity survived that one.

01:09:41 Ja, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr.

01:10:10 So they're demanding a lot of space from the lobby at the moment. Trying to see if they can create any openings. If there's any third parties to take a better spot from. Legacy and Sentinel stacked up inside of Big Mord as well. But elsewhere, just outside of Fragment in the no-name town, you've got E8 trying to have a little bit of a fight. And they've got the armor advantage. Elevate's been impressive this season. A couple of Hemlock shots as well. Misses most of the burst. And that's just an easy tap onto Zack. But he should be able to stay alive. That Kossig.

01:10:38 Das ist eine große Herausforderung. Aber es ist nicht genug genug genug genug genug genug genug genug genug genug genug genug genug genug genug

01:11:07 Ja, das war ein bisschen ein bisschen von Elevator. Ich habe zu sagen, ein Miss-Shot, ein bisschen... Ich hatte die Kostik-Koll, excuse mich, zu versuchen, den Rez zu versuchen, und dann kam es durch die Rez. Und dann kam es nicht so gut. Es war nicht schön. Es ist einfach zu sehen, dass Elevator...

01:11:24 Ich weiß nicht, was nicht ganz gut ist. Es ist eine Frage, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's, das war's

01:11:43 Ich glaube, es ist auch ein Schuss, das ist auch ein Schuss, aber auch ein Schuss, das ist auch ein Schuss, das Wideswingen. Das war ein Schuss, aber es war ein Schuss, aber es war ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss, ein Schuss.

01:12:07 Neer Climatizer. So FaZe, as well, having a chance. Three points, though, but they were involved in that early skirmish near Landslide. Didn't go their way. Were kind of cut down by the zone alongside Exet, and that ended up not going their way, but they have a chance here in Game 2. Still on Blues. A team who was not, though, and who was taking their sweet time, Mark. DSG. I mean, talk about the late rotators. They have always found themselves at the party after everybody else.

01:12:34 It is very interesting to actually talk about Faze and their rotate for this game, because they land over at Geyser and they're currently, you know, you look at where the zone's going, they would have had prior to zone in previous seasons, right? But they probably left Geyser with white armors, maybe just blues, and they're probably thinking, how can we go and get another Evo Harvester? How can we get ourselves into a position where we're actually a little bit more healthy and more likely to win some fights in the endgame? Well, they've had to go over to Lava Siphon, which is where the nearest Evo Harvester is. And by doing so,

01:13:03 Now they find themselves having to take a fight that they probably previously wouldn't have and also not having a prior position because other teams have outrotated them and had a little bit of a quicker path to get to that zone thanks to the Evo they picked up. Speaking of Evo, by the way, Dark Zero, you can see they're hitting everything. They're going to be more than likely double red by the time they arrive in zone. But these two teams have having to poke at each other for quite some time now, Sentinels and Legacy. Nobody really getting the advantage. You can see RKN is going to have to reshield himself, but elsewhere in Geyser.

01:13:31 Eternal. Not really doing too much at the moment, but Purple Armor is looking pretty good. I can understand, too. Being in Geyser, not wanting to stay there. I mean, there's really not a lot.

01:13:40 Ich habe es in 6, wir haben es in 6, wir haben es in 6.

01:14:09 Ich habe einen Fenix und dann runter. Ich habe einen 2. Ich habe einen 2. Ich habe einen 2. Ich habe einen 2. Ich habe einen 2. Ich habe einen 2. Ich habe einen 2.

01:14:20 Okay, so good. Okay, I'm gonna all tick saw I've got home to the barrel. I just thought about they're coming towards us. Yeah, team truck. They're in close right now All the time painful free It was a little bit earlier. Listen to me. You need to care this team while I go south Dave wingman as well. Okay, watch out. There's a team in the caravan It's painful free I won't accept that maybe it was

01:14:50 We're good, we're good. Okay, we're gonna focus on maybe right here. Alright. There's a guy there. They're moving though. He's going right, this guy. Oh, he's getting carbon?

Strategische Entscheidungen und Teamdynamik in intensiven Gefechten

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01:15:08 Not much from Dark Zero there. We thought maybe a bigger fight, Mark, but they just decided to move on. It's a smart play. Sometimes bleeding to fight another day means you get a chance to win it all, and that's certainly what Dark Zero are after. Yeah, especially when you've got red armors that are purple, right? You could have taken that fight, but they prioritized getting ahead of that team and getting into a position that was safe for the next zone. So a smart decision once again from Dark Zero. Zero deciding himself that that was the play to make as we now move over to Optic Gaming, who are inside.

01:15:35 Ich liebe es, man. Rocking the support again. This is the thing that Optic really have done so well. Not only is Kostik so good in the hands of Skittle Cakes, I think it's his best character by far. I think it's where Optic feel the most consistent. Dropped on Gibby feels like a great spot for him, allowing him to help.

01:16:02 Skittlecakes not only do what he does in terms of setup and calling out for where these zones are going to end, but also have that kind of button press that something's going wrong, let me here, make a good decision, and just give us some time, stall things out. Not only that, his perks have been changed, and they have really, I think, added to the efficacy of Gibraltar and what he can bring to the table. We'll jump back with Optic later as we take a look at the overall perspective of these squads and jump in with Disguised right now, who are still placed ninth.

01:16:29 4 points to their name, Enemy, It's Timmy, and Designful Rocket, another unusual but very effective composition in Fuse and Wraith. So two different sides of the coin, both running atypical compositions for the lobby, but right back with OptiGaming, we'll see how the Gibraltar cop works. Bubble's gonna be forced, which means it's gonna be burned. They won't be safe at the Rotate, but they are safe inside of the zone. Dark Zero eliminated in the meantime, by the way.

01:16:53 Und es wird Eckset gewinnen, so Eckset wirklich kämpft heute. Wir sehen uns DSG jetzt machen. Aber der Portal ist gut, aber es ist gut. Und Timmy wird wieder zurückgegangen. So das ist so, wie ein ROUGH-1 für DSG. Sie versuchen zu durch. Evolution-Eliminated gleichzeitig. Die Enemies sind noch immer wieder zurückgegangen. Die Enemies sind noch immer wieder zurückgegangen. Die Enemies werden wieder zurückgegangen. Die Enemies werden wieder zurückgegangen. Die Enemies werden wieder zurückgegangen. Die Enemies werden wieder zurückgegangen. Die Enemies werden wieder zurückgegangen.

01:17:20 Ich denke, er wird und das ist ein Vorteil von der Gas. Du denkst, ich wünsche mir, dass ich ein bisschen mehr Gehilfe habe. Das ist dann, wenn das Perk kommt. Aber es ist eine Situation, die du nie wirst planen für. Nach dem Wall, Gas zu gehen, und die einzige, die du von dir wegkommst, ist das. 4-5, 15% weniger damage ist, mit Lwoppe. Lwoppe ist es eigentlich cleaning es. Und sie nehmen DSG, so das ist das. Noptik.

01:17:45 Meanwhile, the big boy composition has found themselves inside the building and pretty comfortable.

01:18:12 Oh, faithful. Oh, faithful. Oh, trusty. Tech is able to grief the lobby once again with that EMP, and I can guarantee you he's choosing the perk, which is going to give that EMP even more range. Well, you know what's insane? I mean, that's one of the things that I was confusing earlier on. You know, Kosta keeps that 50% that is shown in our graphics team doing an amazing job of showing why Particle Diffuser's been picked up at Crypto.

01:18:34 Er hat 50% extra range going for his EMP. It was massive! And before it actually came out, it was reduced to 25. That just lets you know that even the developers realized with just a few people testing, this thing would be crazy. So it's still super good tech back on where we love it. And you know, it's always fun to see a few cryptos in there. Not the whole lobby, Mark. I can't go that far yet, but I think a few I'm okay with.

01:19:01 Ja, ich glaube mit Ihnen. Wenn ich 20 EMPs in der Endzone habe, dann habe ich halt F4 in der Spiel. Es ist einfach als das. Krim, aber sie haben ihre Arbeit unter Big Mord gewonnen, von einem Bangalore Ultimates, von Gibby Ultimates und ein paar Dinge kommen aus dem Sky. Aber sie haben so viele Angles zu bemerken hier, dass es ein sehr schweres Position zu halten. Sentinels, die hier sind mit Legacy für den langen Spiel, haben sie eine Chance bekommen, weil die Teams werden...

01:19:27 I know we're looking at a lot of fights here and it is important to keep track of this as well and Mark you rightly saying buildings taken there's not a lot of real estate teams are going to be stuck outside and having to get in these positions where nine lies they're realizing we got a fight there's nothing else for us but a team that has stayed pretty consistent hasn't been contested and is on the edge of this is complexity I know we mentioned this but they're in between two very difficult spots

01:19:56 One towards Meat and all of the other squads of Optics sitting in there. However, on the other side is a dangerous squad of Moist Esports. Now, they may need a team from Big Mod like Legacy or Sentinels who are sitting up there to make Moist Esports have an issue on their early road take because they'll be out first. But Complexity, if somehow they can make it in underneath, are sitting in a very good spot in terms of pressure. They will not be the first team to be looked at, hopefully.

01:20:20 Aber es ist nur noch ein Problem, dass es noch ein Problem ist, dass es noch ein Problem ist, dass es noch ein Problem ist, dass es noch ein Problem ist, dass es noch ein Problem ist.

01:20:47 So I think any team that has artificial cover, and I'm talking about Gibraltar here, might be in a good spot to maybe have an impact on this endgame by just being able to survive a little bit longer than some of the other compositions we're going to see. So Optic, even though they have a rough rotate, they're on the quicksider zone, and they have to travel quite some distance, if they can do so, that Gibby Bubble could be absolutely massive for them. Yeah, and I think he's got a fresh start here, so he's going to get 50 HP on the revive for his teammates if they do go down. He hasn't got his level 3 perks yet as well, which is important.

01:21:17 Und jetzt mit sechs Quads remaining haben wir die Chance zu gewinnen.

01:21:46 Gil just holding the angles at the moment, but here comes the Bangalore elements from above. They have the cover above them now as they take down Cream. And now they own all of this ground underneath Big Maud. There are teams above them, but there's also a Kraber in the kill feed as well. And MT is going to tell you two teammates about that because he just felt a bullet to the dome. Luckily, they have the smoke going. They're trying to stabilize. That's been the issue. And that is...

01:22:10 It's been such a hard thing to do. Legacy has been pressuring out. They've been poking outside. It's been really risky for Legacy, but they actually do what they needed to do. They get rid of Moist, and that opens up the rotation for Legacy when they have to eventually make their way out of Big Mod. Sentinels above them, and so that's going to be something that they're hoping that Eternal on the outside. You can see McLovin, Kosi, Carter are trying to maybe have shots at Sentinels above them and wait their time, but there's not a lot of time.

01:22:38 And there's only two seconds left. Bangalore ultimate in hand. Yanya throws it. And this is their moment, Mark. They've got to make a move. Yeah, timing's everything here for them, though. You can see the Bangalore's going to go down. They're trying to damage Sentinels on their way down from the high ground, which means that they can open up, they can clean up the damage, and then they own the southern side of this zone. The only problem is...

01:22:58 Very impressed by just Sentinels staying alive that long, but I'm very worried that there was no movement.

01:23:26 von EEC zu versuchen, Legacy zu finden auf der Rotation. Es fühlt sich, dass sie ein bisschen cautiously spielen, als Mii. Kann sie bleiben und eine W machen? Sie würden das nicht machen, dass sie das machen können. Sie werden nicht in den Legacy gehen. Janya ist es zu gehen, die Azul und Jaboude ist es still alive, aber es ist Mii-Lovers, die warten! Und sie finden sich eine einfachen Worte, und die Prey kommen zu ihnen hier in Game 1. Breathing in, Ladies und Jets! Breathing in!

01:23:55 Das ist das Spiel, in der Endgame. Sie sehen, Legacy war in zwei, ich denke es war, Caustic-Ultz, und einfach nicht mehr aus. Sie können nicht mehr ausgehen. Sie können die Hp-Damage nicht mehr ausgehen. Sie wissen, es wird das Spiel übernehmen. Ich meine, es ist ein sehr guter Illustration, was jeder Legend ist auf dem Moment. Es ist Caustic-Ultz in den Endgame. Wir sehen verschiedene Dinge. Wir sehen Gibby, auch. Es ist interessant. Ich denke, es ist interessant. Es hat Spaß gemacht.

01:24:20 The varied legends and compositions that we're having and how they're affecting games. Yeah, and it's also kind of a very big, there's a bit of a power struggle at the top too. I think everyone knows this is on display. Not only are we playing it, this is the first time it counts. We've done scrims, but people, you know, take that with a grain of salt because sometimes scrims, they do inform you of what people are thinking, but not actually how they'll play that composition in the day. And that's kind of one of the perils of scrims. That's what we see players talk about that maybe they're not always excited about, but they're also saying, well, it's

01:24:49 It's worth the practice, even if things go differently. Now, we get to see actual wins from Lifeline. We saw Lifeline team win overall in Aurora in the day over the series. But today, we've seen teams like Lifeline and Complexity, they didn't quite make it through. Cossack's not quite making it through when...

01:25:05 Paired with the Gibby, although it looked good for a while with Optic. And Optic have performed well today over the course of two games. So now it's just a question of what really prevails, Mark. And I think we're going to learn that as we continue on. Game two is, you know, only a little bit of a sample size. But as we go into the next four, we're definitely learning what North America has brought to the table. And variety, it seems to be, is the name of the game.

01:25:27 Yeah, and I kind of love the end zones that we've had so far as well. I'm usually a bit of a sucker for like end zones that in a POO have built up areas where everyone can coexist until those final moments. And you really see the kind of the gray matter of teams and IGLs being tested about how they kind of navigate that traffic.

01:25:43 We've got two zones that have just been in the open. Like, there's barely been anywhere to play for teams for the long game. So it's been about kind of wiping one side of the zone and hoping you can walk in and then take a 3v3 engagement a little bit later on. We're seeing sort of three or four teams alive in end zones, which is not normally what we see. But congratulations to Meatlovers. Again, I have to commend Tech because of the fact that it's been, once again, the controlled roundabout for them. Another player out, another player in. But...

01:26:07 Proving again that they can still win games of Apex. And an impressive performance in that endgame to show that once more. Well, MASH 2, we've got our results ready for you to view. Meatlovers take the win. A 19-pointer with Legacy right behind, taking second place overall. That extra two points bumps them up, which would have been Eternals if they had held back, maybe played a little bit more aggressive. They were fine with what they did, and I can see why. 20 points. They ultimately win the lobby.

01:26:34 in Game 2. So big shout out to Eternal and how they decided to approach that. Sentinels as well in a fourth place position with 11 points and Moist rounded out with five for your top five. Notably Complexity, although they didn't make it into the top five, have seven points alongside Temper in the bottom ten with five points. So those are really the standouts outside of placement. But in terms of

01:26:58 Ja, Dark Zero ist ein Goose-Egg für sie und es war X-Set, die zwei Kills auf der Seite von X-Set waren auf Dark Zero. Ich denke, es war Dark Zero für sie, aber es war X-Set für sie. Die zwei Kills auf der Seite von X-Set waren auf Dark Zero. Ich denke, es war Dark Zero zu versuchen, um die Kampf zu machen, um die Kampf zu machen, um die Kampf zu machen. Aber X-Set hat das gemacht, und dann hat es um beide Teams gekostet, weil Dark Zero nicht gewonnen hat, X-Set.

01:27:23 Die Norte war der Norte von den Norte.

01:27:38 A game to forget. I think that's one of those that's very uncharacteristic for Elevate so far this season. And if I'm them, I'm saying, hey, just forget about it. Let's just go into game three. Yeah, it's rough. It's a bad fight. No name. And then all of a sudden you're out. And you're just waiting this entire time to even get back into it. So brush it off. Great advice for Elevate. We'll see if they take it. Meat Lovers Legacy and Eternal EC. Those are your top three teams here in the North American ALGS. Day six so far. 2,000 damage for Meat Lovers Legacy.

01:28:06 3,000, and let's just add another 1,000, the further back we go, it seems like, Eternal with 4k on set. I mean, they popped off in this game, and you can see that that was a big one for them, especially being able to hold it down with the traditional meta lineup we're seeing with Bangalore, Bloodhound, and Kosta. Yeah, very impressive from them as we take a look at the series results now, how things look after two games are done and dusted, and it's Legacy, actually, who rides to the top.

01:28:33 Two consistent endgame-involved, I would say, performances from them. There's 30 points on the board for them. 17 kills, by the way, in two games. Well-played Legacy. Eternal in second place after that good performance. And after they gain one win, Dark Zero. Of course, in third, followed by Meat Lovers, who won that previous game. But I'm always looking for the point sponge, right? And at the moment, it's Legacy, who look like they have the opportunity to do it. However, just two games gone. We've got a long way to go yet.

01:28:58 Ja, absolut. Ich denke, Eternal hat mehr Kills als das. Ich weiß, dass sie 13 Kills hatten, glaube ich, in der letzten Match-Up hatten. Wir waren nur 5, 6 und 1. Das würde uns vielleicht machen, dass sie eine sehr, sehr Stand-Out-Performance nach 2 haben. Wir sehen uns das, wenn wir wiederholfen, als mehr action geht hier in den Nord-American ALG at ALGS. Wir werden gleich wieder mit Game 3.

01:31:15 Everybody, Game Two is done and dusted, and we've got a new winner. Meat Lovers coming to the fore with a new pickup, and it's good to see them returning to a little bit of form, Dan, because like many people out there, I am indeed a lover of meat. As I would expect from you on set, you're a large man who needs to eat his protein, but Meat Lovers, they've been through it all, but even in recent scrims with the sub, they were able to find success, so I'm not surprised. There is certainly...

01:31:40 A good recipe there. They just need to find all of the ingredients. And maybe this can be the final form of the Meat Lovers. Or maybe, you know, another player will just get poached. Who knows? But Match 3 is soon to be underway. It's going to be World's Edge for one last time. But we're starting to see a few patterns emerge. A couple of teams are starting to show consistency here. But it's whether it can carry on through the entire day.

01:32:01 Final game on World's Edge then, about to get underway as we take a look at the compositions that are going to be picked up and who's going to be picking who and all of that kind of good stuff as well. We're seeing that contest probably going to be repeated as well, considering that it's tied up at 1-1. But just looking across some of the endgames that we've seen so far, OpTic have been there and thereabouts, Dan. I think that's an important thing to note for OpTic fans and obviously the green wall is extremely loud and strong when it comes to social media and events themselves. And they're going to be very happy so far, I think, with the two games that they've seen from their team.

01:32:30 Ja, ich bin sehr froh, dass sie weitergehen können und ich mag, dass sie die Gibbe in die mixen sind. Ich denke, dass Gibraltar sicherlich hat eine Rolle zu spielen in dieser Meta. Wir werden ein paar sehen, als die Saison weitergehen und als ALGS weitergehen kann. Wir werden sehen, dass Gibraltar kann mehr als wir in der Late Game kommen können. Sie waren nicht able, zu Level 3 und zu den Purple Evo Shield zu sehen, dass Gibbe zwischen den Buben gehen wird, aber vielleicht wird es passieren.

01:32:57 Let's see if the contests continue then before our final game here on Worlds Edge. Let's see if there's anything a little bit different. If we see maybe a few different teams changing where they're gonna be landing. Apegang are going elsewhere Dan, they're going towards Mirage. Yeah, it's quite funny in the pre-game chat Apegang weren't very happy with oversleepers, but it seems like their happiness...

01:33:19 Es hat ihnen leden sie weg von dem fighten, aber wir werden sehen, ob sie mehr zurückkommt. Aber es ist noch ein Kampf passiert. Es ist natürlich, und wir werden sehen, dass wir Dammage gemacht haben und wir werden sehen, Kloak, hier für Tempa, die ich würde sagen haben, hat ein bisschen Erfahrung gemacht, so far in der Pro League. Es ist eine große Herausforderung für sie, natürlich, qualifizierend für die Challenges, und sie haben ein bisschen zu tun, aber jedes Spiel, das geht und jedes Spiel, jedes Spiel, das geht unter dem Spiel, und jedes Spiel, jedes Spiel, das geht unter dem Spiel, werden sie als ein Team gehen. Und für jetzt...

01:33:48 Ja, und der Grund für 9 Lies ist, dass sie jetzt ein Teil von der Lütepool verlieren. 9 Lies haben jetzt Lava Fischer und Mirage Etoile, so 8 Ganges jetzt das weg von ihnen, das kann aber auch 9 Lies machen. Aber wir werden die Resolution des Forts als wir zurückkommen. Und es wird Kreme nehmen die Krop und Unfortunately für Temper...

01:34:16 They find themselves in 20th. I gotta apologise for both me and Dan. Because when they do something good, it's too easy. Alright, do you want to virtually shake hands that we never say that? Alright, okay. Deal. I cross my fingers. I'm sorry. I can't trust myself to not do that. Anyway, let's have a look at Zone. Good news for Xset. Good news for Sentinels. This is going to be a Zone they have great pro to. And I think most importantly for Xset as well. They forced away the contest by the looks of things. Plus...

01:34:43 Es gibt Lilevo Harvester in Fragment, die sie vielleicht beherren können, wenn sie quicken sind.

Strategische Entscheidungen und Teamdynamiken in der frühen Spielphase

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01:35:01 They could, if they want, go down to kind of the no-name area below, which has the Survey Beacon, but I think that's more of a risk at being contested at the moment, because they know Geyser and FaZe are going to be so close. FaZe equally had the Ring Console information, so they're moving fast, and it looks like actually FaZe are going to win that race. They could hold out Sentinels, depending on what position they find themselves in. Yeah, I mean, you're looking at POIs that are surrounding that are closest for a rotate, and you've got Harvester and Geyser, and both those had Ring Consoles, and who's Center Zone? Optic.

01:35:30 Und Phase. So, surprise, surprise. Both of them getting that info decide to rotate as quickly as possible to get into spots they believe are going to be there for the endgame. So, once again, you just see it's a very simple thing, right? You hit the ring console, you do a little bit of EVO harvesting elsewhere, so to speak. A couple of perk bins, maybe a couple of care packages. It means you get blues. Both teams, you would imagine, will have blues, and they're both in prior positions. Unlikely to see them get to purples, though, until potentially late game if any fights come their way, because they're not going to be due...

01:35:57 We're not going to be able to see them pushing for any harvesters or even any bins. And even damage is going to be difficult to come through from the positions they find themselves in. So sorry Rain Day, we may not see what that level 3 choice is going to be for the Gibraltar again in this game. But who knows, maybe if they get to late game, it might just happen. Scan every single care package you can see from the sky and hope that maybe 5 or 6 more fall than they normally do. Complain to you on their way, as they're going to be using...

01:36:25 Und sie werden sie spielen hier. Interessant zu sehen, dass das ihre Wahl ist. Und vielleicht ist es nicht nur eine Chance, dass sie eine Zone haben. Sie glauben das ist, dass es aber es geht. Aber es gibt auch andere Teams zu stacken in Fragment. Also, wenn es ein Fragment geht, dann vielleicht kann sie einen Weg in von einem anderen Seite sein. Und dann können sie das Zonieren, als alle anderen anderen fighten. So, Complexity macht das eine Chance. Dann wird sie in den Fragment, als es ein Affectionately Known-Streamer-Building ist.

01:36:53 Und Optik ist auch noch auf die Tränen Tränen. Ältere, Dark Zero. Sie wissen, das ist eine lange Zeit für sie zu gehen. Und ich bin sicher, dass sie einfach eine Ring Console haben. Sie haben eine Ring Console, eine Survey Beacon, und Skyhook West, also. Das ist also garantiert, Purples, für sie. Sie können auch eine Vault-Key, weil sie durch die Tunnel gehen können. Sie können auch ein Countdown und eine Ring Console haben. Honestly, sie haben eine gute Rotate und eine gute Patte zu bringen. Okay, Trials ist superior, aber wir haben in Game 2 gesehen,

01:37:21 Dark Zero weren't really able to take full advantage of it, because when they made their rotation, sadly they were taken down as they went through the choke. Interestingly about Complexity, by the way, we see them on the Lifeline, we saw the success of Lifeline throughout Emiya, but what's different is Complexity haven't necessarily been playing Edge like we saw Aurora do with the Lifeline, so that means they're not getting to Level 3, they're not getting to the Purple, which means you're not getting the Care Package, which arguably is one of the most important perks for Lifeline.

01:37:48 Yes, you might be able to get to Purple in the late game if you're able to have some fights, if you're able to playzone and perhaps someone else can scan some packages as you were talking about, but it's less likely to happen and maybe we're not seeing as much success from Complexity on the Lifeline.

01:38:03 1,600 EVO für Dark Zero's Zero. Und er wird sich wieder auf den Reden. Und er wird noch 200-odd, würde ich sagen, bei dieser Survey Beacon in ein paar Momenten zu sehen. Wir haben noch einen Evo Hoverster zu sehen. Ich bin sicher, dass sie das auf den Weg passen würden. Jim Burton ist bereits auf den Reden.

01:38:24 So, we mentioned their path in and the route they've chosen to take. You can see exactly why they've done it, right? They're going to be approaching this from Epicenter. They're going to be coming in from the northern side of Fragment. But they're going to be able to fight anyone and feel confident. I mean, they would fight anyone and feel confident even if they had white armors. But the fact that they've got Jem with a red, Sykes and Zero already on purple. And the rest of the lobby is pretty much on blues. Just looking to, I mean, great indication here, right? Teams still arriving in Fragment. Everyone's got blues.

01:38:50 Darm-Zero wird einfach nur ein Platz geben und sagen, hey, wir kämpfen Sie für es. Eine der Teams, die du nicht auf den Moment bist, ist Legacy. Sie sind Nr. 1 auf den Leaderboards. Sie haben einfach gefunden, in Matches 1 und 2. Sie haben versucht, ein bisschen aggressiv zu werden.

01:39:03 hier, aber sie können nicht den Dämen sie wollten. Es sind Oversleeper, die auf der anderen Seite sind. Und tatsächlich, die Push von Oversleeper sind, alle drei mit dem Conduit Q gesetzt, aber sie werden zurückgezogen. Sie sehen, es ist nicht nur Legacy, die Oversleeper sind da, aber sie müssen sich da. Oversleeper sollte sich da rechtfertigen, aber sie müssen sich da rechtfertigen. Ja, sie müssen sich da rechtfertigen, aber das hat mir gegeben, dass sie ein Angelegenheit hat, aber sie müssen sich da ein wenig zu nehmen.

01:39:27 Und sie haben sie auch. Sie sehen, Niesel noch nicht die Chance zu popen. Sie haben Optik gepokert sie auch. Sie wollen sie in der Mitte, aber Optik ist sie in den Momenten. Sie wollen sie nicht auf die Stairs gehen.

01:39:38 Ja, Jaguar has also gone down. So it looks like Legacy may fall here. And Oversleepers have done very well to get aggressive at the right time. And just one remaining for Legacy. And even though they are in the number one spot, this might allow other teams to start to catch up if we see them fall here. But it has not been a full squad wipe just yet. There is still a chance for the Legacy.

01:40:07 zu continue.

Dark Zero's Dominanz und Legacy's Schwierigkeiten

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01:40:28 Heading into this endgame as well. They've moved all the way through Thermal, to Staging, to Landslide, to Countdown. Now they're going up to the position that Dark Zero went a few moments ago to hit that Survey Beacon. So a lot of Evo is going to be gathered just by the way they've pathed themselves towards his zone. You can see Survey Beacons being scanned by squads. It was a...

01:40:46 Another reason why I thought maybe Complexity were going to head down towards No Name, because there's more open areas. A, they can get the Survey Beacon Scan potentially, but also if they get up to purple, Lifeline packages are going to be easier to grab in No Name, rather than the kind of chaos that's happening at the moment in the center of the map near Fragment.

01:41:04 Um, just to touch on Dark Zero as well, and we're talking about their rotation, we're talking about how good they are at moving through and their pathing to get the most shields. Game 2 was more difficult because of the chokes they had to go through. Their positioning in Game 3 here, there's a lot more open areas for Dark Zero to work with, which means that they can use their shield advantage to take fights, and probably more isolated fights, rather than forcing themselves through choke points and being griefed by a lot of squads. So this is a good chance for Dark Zero to pick up big points again. You can see Gem Burns on red, so they have done what we would expect.

01:41:34 von Dark Zero. Sie haben es in Skrims gemacht. Sie haben es hier heute gemacht und sie sind mit der Part. Ja, und eine sehr interessante Sache zu sagen ist, sie landen Trials und es war auf Big Mord, die Zone. Das ist ziemlich so weit wie möglich, wenn du Dark Zero in die Zone gehen kannst. So ein bisschen ein Ruff für sie, aber wir haben noch einen K.P. mit dem, aber wir haben jetzt noch einen K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P. mit dem K.P.

01:42:01 von Fragment. Ich muss sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, als Spieler, ich würde es. Als Viewer, ich liebe es. Das bedeutet, dass jeder hat es. Ein Team, der vielleicht gesehen hat, war Sentinels. Sie hat das Ring-Console Information, eine der erste Team zu haben, von Overlook. Und sie positioniert sich zwischen Overlook und Fragment und jetzt finden sich in der Mitte der Zone. So vielleicht haben sie eine bessere Rede von wo das Circle geht.

01:42:30 Ich bin jetzt mit dem Team-Mate hier, um das Bangalore zu vermeiden. Es gibt SSG, die auch auf der anderen Seite sind. SSG war sehr tief in die Overlooking Zone ein paar Minuten. Ich weiß nicht, ob ich das Ring-Console war. Ist es ein Ring-Console? Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein Ring-Console ist. Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein... Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein... Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein... Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein... Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein... Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein... Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein... Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein... Ich bin mir ein, dass es ein...

01:42:54 This is tough for E8. You can see the armor difference. And this is what Dark Zero won. An isolated fight on edge where they know they have an armor advantage. Yeah, Dark Zero have been annoying Elevate for quite some time.

01:43:04 And now the Circle is going to play a part here for Elevate. They're going to have to move. You can see that the Evac Tower has just been dropped, but you can see just from the map here that Dark Zero are taking Pops towards them to try and shoot them out of the sky. Also, Furia getting aggressive, and it is going to be the Remainders and Legacy back up, but it looks like Furia are going to try and take them right back down. Manders got Wingman as well, so only one shot really going to be needed. Kion will go down, and so will Manders. So forget about the Wingman, because nobody gets to fire many bullets, because Legacy absolutely...

01:43:33 Das ist unglaublich. Vielleicht ein wenig von anderen Parten, aber sicherlich haben sie den Job gemacht. Wir wissen, dass das was Legacy ist. Sie sind ein großartiger Team. Jaguarraus geht um, so es sind nur zwei von ihnen, sie werden sich gegen Potenzial Moist, die sie vielleicht beherrschen. Nine Lies in der Nähe, Oversleeper zu sehen. All diese Southern-Teams, die jetzt herausfinden, dass ihre Rotation wird schwierig werden, werden sie eher aggressiv.

01:44:00 Moistar haben wir hier sehen, dass sie das Kill ist, dass das Kill ist, dass das Kill ist. Sie sehen, Dark-Zero hat ein paar Kills auf E8. Sie haben einen Spieler alive. Dark-Zero ist noch ein Spieler, aber alle anderen sind von der anderen Seite.

01:44:16 Moist now scarpin their way down to this building. And I tell you what, it might be a little bit ballsy if they go for this, but there is going to be a Survey Beacon on top of this building. I don't think they're going to go for it. It might be a little bit of a harry-carry, but we'll see if they decide to smoke it and go for it. It'll be pretty crazy to get them to Purples. Pretty crazy, but I mean, if it happened, who knows? But yeah, it's one of those that they probably won't go for, because even if you do smoke it, teams nowadays, they know where that Survey Beacon is.

01:44:45 Frex is down for SSG, so they're just fighting, excuse me, as a two, and they're not gonna be able to get his banner by the looks of things. Nine Lies are struggling a little bit, trying to back away again, using that smoke just to try and hide, but it's Eternal on the other side of things. By the way, Legacy are just kind of mowing everyone. At the moment you can see Eternal taking damage.

01:45:03 Es ist wirklich schwierig zu bleiben. Es war Nine Lies, die vorhin zu gehen, und das war die Go-Button für Legacy zu gehen. Janya hat es auch mit dem Arg-Star, und jetzt wird sie sein können. Und es sieht aus wie Nine Lies wird, von den Looks-Night-Lies werden, von den Looks-Night-Lies werden, von den Looks-Night-Lies werden, wenn man nur ein paar Sekunden hat. Aber, I mean, Legacy, wieder einmal, ist es haltet. Eternel hat es auch, und die Kiel-Leader...

01:45:25 Es wird Yanya jetzt sein, so Legacy hat die Kills gespielt, die Wingman gewonnen haben, gegen Führer. Und sie wieder kommen in die Endgame zu haben und haben die Wingman und haben die Gefühle.

01:45:35 Es ist lustig, denn Janiy war der letzte Spieler, und ich sagte, dass die Legacy weitergeht. Und boy, hat er das Legacy gehalten, für seine Team. Sie sind in einem schwierigen Spot unter dieser Brücke, als einer von ihnen ist zu fallen. Und wieder, das könnte der Ende sein, aber sie sind aus dem Stichier-Situation. Jäguarez ist der letzte Spieler hier, als der Caustic. Und wieder, es ist schwierig zu pushen, aber es ist ein vieles Wettbewerb zu kommen. Und sadly, sie können nicht mehr als Top 15 kommen.

01:46:00 Ja, Sie sehen die Nogs Gas Grenade wieder. Es ist einfach so schwer und schrecklich, als Ultima. Especially auf der Blue Perk. Knowing, dass du das extra bisschen Distanz und das extra bisschen Coverage von es ist, ist es so schwer zu bekommen. Unless du bist der Caustik selbst. Aber dann, du kannst dich wegnehmen. Aber Disguys jetzt, habe ich jetzt, um, zu creepierst, um, all dieses. Approaching von der northern Seite, Nogs Zero zu sein.

01:46:28 Still arguably the...

Endgame-Strategien und Complexity's Unerwarteter Sieg

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01:46:39 Team mit der besten Position in der Moment ist die Sentinels. Sie sind in eine Train-Karte, die sie mit zu arbeiten können, aber es wird weiter nach dem anderen, von Complexity in der Circle gehen. Und es wird endet in ganz viel Open Space sein, das ist sicher. Und Optik wird sich in den Weg machen, ASAP. Sie haben die Gibraltar, und wir werden sehen, wie sie spielen. Und was besser zu finden, wie sie mit Optik geht?

01:47:03 Did we go for under if they go for it? No, they're going under they're going under I'm gonna bubble instantly. I'm bubbling bubbling bubbling bubbling bubbling. I'm going on you and playing on your bubble. I already got these guys Okay, are we fighting West? We got to give it an office probably They should get 30 from the three pills. Oh, we're look is gonna stare at us. So I'm gonna be able to none I'm making them in the truck here thinking they're getting fucking fucked Let's right on

01:47:32 I think you agree. I'm starting to give you all yeah, I'm coming. I'm coming Play backside backside. I cracked this bang. I cracked this baby. Don't do this Get it comfortable on this one. I saw the quarter playing the fucking side Nice playing or not another one down there

01:47:58 He climbed up he climbed up doc. He got shot. He got shot bangalore on us two of them Maybe playing the pills

01:48:10 I mean, Nox is doing everything he can for Optic at the moment. They took that Valcult, they landed, Bubble went down, they were able to eliminate one team, but Nox has kind of held off the entire lobby on his own, and now he's set in his own. He's in a good position, but he might just get spotted out, and of course, in a very heavy Bloodhound meta, the likelihood of surviving as a rat is very slim, but I don't know what, distance from this vault!

01:48:31 Absolutely shredding at the moment, Noct is, and I guess we should expect it. We know what Noct is capable of, but now it's just a matter of trying to stay quiet here and hoping you can get into the top five, if not further. But Sentinels, still alive, Evolution, Complexity, SSG, Meat Lovers, Cream, and Optic Gaming. That's just seven teams that are still left in this game.

01:48:50 Das Team war die ZDF-Zero. In der meantime, wir haben DSG gesehen. Es war vor dem, dass die ZDF-Zero die ZDF-Zero war. Und das Kampf für den Norden-Sider-Zone ist so, so wichtig. Weil, wenn man die Winner ist, dieser Ridge...

01:49:03 Just where we find Complexity at the moment. You can walk down from height, you can walk into those bins and you have those first shots when it comes to that end zone. So, whoever wins that fight is going to be in a great position and at the moment it looks like Complexity are winning. Meat Lovers might think about trying to take it off of them, but that's a risky play.

01:49:20 Sentinels are pushing on to Evolution at the moment and Meat Lovers also are taking a fight. You can see that the EMP is attempting to come down. Hisaq is going to actually do a lot of damage here with the Vault, as have many people today, but it's not going to be enough. Meat Lovers 4, as do Evolution. Five squads an hour, mate. Sentinels just down to one. RK in, down to one HP himself. We'll be able to pop this medkit, you would imagine, to at least keep him alive and should be able to maybe gain a placement point or two.

01:49:47 Aber es gibt drei Rats, und wenn Complexity ein paar Rats kann, dann könnte es ein paar Rats geben sein. Ich denke, es gibt vier Rats. Es gibt vier Rats und Komplexity. Das sollte Komplexity sein. Aber wenn alle Rats kombinieren, um ein Rats Megazord zu machen... Ein Mega-Rat. Es ist definitiv passiert.

01:50:15 Good work from the Observers, by the way. One's dead. That was Optik eliminated. Optik is out. Alright, who's next? Is that hide and seek for Complexity? Complexity can decide who gets points here. It's kind of crazy. They just have to pick one out one by one. They don't have the Bloodhound, which is a very important part of this. They don't really know what they're going up against. I was going to say, it makes it so much better.

01:50:40 And if you are a solo here, unless you've got someone who has been tracking the killfeed and tracking how many players are alive, you might not even know that you're only going up against one potential full three. There is huge points available for some of these teams, and they could be points differences that could really help maybe later get you to land. Because we've seen teams get to land with only, what, a couple points more than the team below them. This might be one of my favorite endgames in LGS history. One full team and four rats.

01:51:10 Never seen it before. Season 20 is surprising us in ways that we couldn't have predicted ourselves. Lou's got to be careful. Hold on, Lou. Ended up having five routes here. A 1v1v1v1v1. SSG eliminated in the meantime. They do survive. And now it's just a case of finding the last two players here for Complexi. Surely this is their game.

01:51:28 Lifeline back on top, that's what I like to see happen in Amir, and is it happening in NA? They weren't really able to get the benefits of Lifeline, certainly from the Kerk package, but we've said her kit is so impressive and really can help out with the early game as well. Big nades onto Lou again, who just keeps taking that damage whilst RKN is staring at the ground at the moment, just trying to stay alive. He's more than happy to stay out of this, but he has been spotted, and Cream get eliminated, and RKN now in a 1 versus 3.

01:51:55 I'm glad we came back and you're trying to do exactly the same thing I am. This wire just won't stay behind me.

01:52:24 Das war's. Das war's. Das war's.

01:52:52 Yeah, very impressive stuff from Complexity. Again, like I mentioned, I'll be straight up with everyone here. Coming into this season, I looked at this Complexity lineup and I was a little bit like, can't quite see the firepower here. Lose Moon's controller kind of just...

01:53:05 Vielen Dank. Vielen Dank.

01:53:34 Ja, ja, ja.

01:54:00 The surprise package, shall we say. Almost, Dan. And everyone at home, ready? Cream almost rose to the top, but couldn't quite get there.

01:54:10 Ah, es hat sich so gut zu sagen, und ich liebe es. Ich kann es nicht glauben, dass du gesagt hast, aber du sagst, dass du gesagt hast, das ist das Understandable. Apegang moving away von der Contest. Ich bin gar nicht klar, Dan, ich bin sorry, ich bin so, ich bin so... Apegang move away von der Contest und sind able zu pick up 4 Kills, so at least put 5 Punkte auf dem Board. Und als ich gesagt habe, wenn du ein schlechtes Spiel hast, wenn du 4 oder 5 Punkte auf dem Board kannst, dann wird es ein bisschen mehr glücklich sein. Das ist auch für Legacy. Ich meine, es sieht aus wie Legacy, wir werden die ganze Welt beherrschen.

01:54:38 Ich weiß nicht, dass sie einen Endgame in ALGS-History waren.

01:55:05 No, I was going, go, go, Rat Rangers. I was hoping for an evolution. I was hoping for a combination somehow to take on the bad guy. Complexity, though, they weren't going to lose that one. And you guys had mentioned them. I just wanted to comment before we move into our next segment here on Complexity. I did like a VOD review kind of video on them a little earlier in the season, maybe a few weeks ago, and watched one of their wins that they ended up having where they were kind of holding back disguised.

01:55:29 And it was one of the best showcases of team communication I've seen. I think chemistry is the right word. For complexity, one thing I noticed about their composition...

01:55:38 Not just the fact that they were familiar with each other, but they were willing to throw an idea out and have dissent. It was a calm kind of dissent where I don't agree with you, but I'll do it. And they would wait and wait, and then that would also inform Lou to say, you know what, all right, let's not do it. Or just the fact that they were willing to say that and still do it anyway, lets them know, okay, this plan is kind of there, but we're just going to commit to it. It was the willingness to not just be quiet, let one person leave, but also because of their camaraderie, you know, really have a conversation.

01:56:08 So for me, not only are they fun, not only are they running like Sentinels and doing great stuff, but also playing Lifeline. I just love listening to those guys and the great human beings as well. Kim Chi Lu and of course Monsoon. So shout outs to them. Big highlight on Complexity there. But there's a lot of teams to highlight over the last three games we saw. World's Edge is complete, but we'll be transitioning to Storm Point. But to break down what's happened on World's Edge, we need an expert to come join us on Halftime. As we always do, we bring it in.

01:56:37 One of the most beloved bros in the scene, Rambo Native. What's up, Rambo? Florida man, how you doing, brother? I'm doing good, boys. I'm doing good. Thanks for having me on, man. It's so good to be on here.

Saison 20: Veränderungen, Anpassungen und die Rückkehr der Lifeline

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01:56:50 You know, we love it. And, you know, we mentioned earlier, we were talking to you, you got the custom-made kunai and the bloodhound axe in the back. You know, Florida man born and raised living in Canada right now. So you're adjusting to the weather climates. I kind of want to just leave a softball open to you to start this off is in terms of the season, how have you been adjusting, obviously with Native, but also looking at kind of what's next for the season for you guys? How has kind of season 19 been? And also looking ahead with season 20, what we've seen.

01:57:20 So far, how are you feeling about the prospect of these new character changes, these new perks, and how that's going to impact your game? Yeah, I think I mentioned it to you guys earlier. I think the game was in, I don't want to say it was stale, but I think some changes needed to be made to progress the game and to make it a better viewer experience and everything like that. And definitely with Season 20, I think the devs hit it right on the spot with everything, making it with the Evo Harvester changes.

01:57:48 you know, some of the char it really reignited the g and as far as, you kno it hasn't, um, I'd be lyin say it was a little b right now with where we st been one to throw in t and stuff. So we got t and then regional. So I'm a really confident going in. I think

01:58:18 I'm excited to get back at it with the boys.

01:58:21 I love that for you. And I want to jump in here and ask a quick question because it's kind of relative to Native and your team, a little bit of what I was talking about with Exit and Optic, right? They looked, they've had a little bit of a, shall we say, by their own standards, a bit of a slow start to this split, right? But Season 20 comes along and it's almost like you have to completely rethink your game, right, as a team. And it kind of gives you that spark. Is that what you found as a team as well? It's like, not only do we have to, you know, maybe change something, but the fact that we've got the Season 20 as well, it's like...

01:58:50 Okay, we can re-approach how we want to approach the game and see what we can come up with, and it gives you a little bit more energy in life. Oh, dude, totally. I think it's super refreshing. We also picked up a new player. We did a little roster spot mid-season, and I think that's really going to spark us too. But yeah, man, it's a totally different game now. It's still the same old Apex, but you kind of have to take the game a different way of playing it, so on and so forth, I guess you could say.

01:59:19 to the challenge and we'r good mindset and you kno um just, you know, tr going forward, I guess you

01:59:32 Well, now Rambo, I get to ask you the important questions. I'm growing my hair out and I'm curious if you could give me some tips. I'm only joking. Let's talk through the final circles now, Rambo. Of course, you are an expert. You're a pro player. You were watching the games on the sidelines. Talk me through match one on what you may have seen and kind of what your thoughts were coming through this final circle.

01:59:55 Ja, in Match 1, ich weiß nicht, wer ist zu schreiben, dass DZ zwei Travers ist, aber... Ich muss das wiederholen sein, aber in all seriousness... Ich bin eigentlich ein wirklich großer Fan von der Zone, der der inzüge aus der Pole, auf der Landslide ist. Es ist immer eine sehr kompetitive Endzone. Ja, man, DZ ist wie eine Well-Oiled-Machchine, wahrscheinlich die beste Team in der Welt.

02:00:20 Sie locken die Tunnel mit Caustic und sie kamen aus und sie kamen aus den letzten zwei Spots. Sie sind die besten gerade jetzt. Sie sind auf alle Cylinders. Es ist nicht so gut zu sehen, dass sie so gut sind. Ja, sie sind sehr gut. Ich meine, Trials ist eine große Sache, sicher. Wir haben gesehen, wie ein guter POI ist und wie Dark-Zero ist.

02:00:47 Oh, 100% SkyWest ist, äh, ist broken, als Sie sagen, aber, äh, das ist ein. Also, 2, das in-game...

02:00:58 Ja, ich denke, Legacy hat eine sehr gute Arbeit hier gemacht. Die Spielplanung war, dass sie für 2nd Platz waren. Sie wussten, dass sie wahrscheinlich nicht gewinnen werden. Es ist immer gut, dass sie 2nd Platz haben. Und sie haben wirklich gut hier mit der Kossik-Koll. Und ich möchte euch ein Shoutout für mein Mann, Teck, für gewinnen die Spiel. So gut für ihn, Mann. Glad zu sehen, ihm gut und ihn gewinnen.

02:01:28 Ja, das Spiel war Battle of the Rat King.

02:01:53 I'm a really big fan of all the Complexity boys. Mon, Kimchi, Lu have always been nice to me. Always rooting for them, man. Going into the split, I think a lot of people have questions about them. Their team, their players and everything. But man, I'm glad to see them win. I think people will gain some respect for them after that one.

02:02:14 You know, it's always an interesting thing looking back and kind of looking forward. You've said that it's brought a spark of life back into the game. One of the things that we have seen today as we've seen the first kind of iteration on the Pro League is introduction of Lifeline really having a lot of success. We've seen Fuse, that's already been changed back to Caustic. We haven't seen that fly. Caustic certainly has done well.

02:02:35 But I just want to get your touch again on maybe just this Legend in particular. Is this something that we could actually see? Having won EMEA already, now looking like, you know, winning a few games here in North America, something that we think is going to stay? Or is this just, you know, kind of flavor of the month? Yeah, well, you know, a lot of teams tend to, you know, look who's winning, like what characters are doing good. So, you know, the more times that a Lifeline wins, you know, a lot more teams are going to play her.

02:03:03 I think you could definitely see a lot of it. I don't know how much of it, but obviously with Aurora winning on Lifeline today and then, you know, Complexity winning that last game, I think it's definitely possible. I think with the whole Season 20 in general with all the character changes and, you know, a lot of characters got buffs and stuff like that. So I think it's coming. Lifeline meta, Lifeline meta.

02:03:26 Well, I'd like to see it, man. You know, at least she's not healing 50% faster than everybody like she did in the very beginning of the game, though that was fun in some pub matches. I will guarantee that. Rambo, from Native, thanks for joining us, man. Great halftime recap, and we wish you best of luck in the rest of the season. Appreciate it, boys. Thanks for having me, man. Much love. Have a great rest of your day.

02:03:44 All right, I love it. You know, we were talking to him. He's in Canada right now, freezing. You know, as a Florida guy, he's used to the beach and aboard. I feel for him, but I appreciate that he came and spent some of that, you know, energy with us on the broadcast, fellas. It's always great, Mark, to talk to a guy like Rambo. Very insightful as well. Yeah, I was having a little bit of fun with him before we went on the show as well, saying that he's adapting to his conditions as well because he's moved to Canada now. He's in the woods and beard's coming out. As soon as he goes back to Florida as well, trust me, the tan's going to come back in, the beard will...

02:04:13 kind of rescind back into his face. He's an adaptable man. Is that our Rambo? He's a great guy. He's got the look, I mean, for the wilderness. I love it. Rambo, we love you. Thanks for joining us as well, man. What a pleasure. When we come back, we will have more Apex Legends on the table for you. And in fact, wait a second, I forgot. We're not even going to break. We're just sending Mark on a break. Oh, man. Dan, I kind of jumped the gun there. But hey, you and me, buddy. Let's do it. How are we feeling?

02:04:39 Sometimes we just have to put Mark in his place. You know, he's a big boss man, he's a big lad. But sometimes we just have to push him to one side just to keep him in check. And I think that's okay. But yeah, feeling great. I'm looking forward to match four because that means we switch over to Stormpoint. And I get the exciting cast of having that switch. Last time in Emiro, of course, I kind of watched in the wings and I waited to see what was going to happen. And now I get to see it unfold and actually talk about it live. There's going to be a lot of big differences, whether it comes down to composition changes, but also it's going to be so much different with...

02:05:08 Ja, sicherlich viele verschiedene Routes zu tun auf Stormpoint. Es war eher ein PVE-type map in generell. So wie das das play in terms of leveling up your Evos faster? Hopefully, es compensatet für die Faktion, dass es so eine big map ist. Unlike World's Edge, da ist viel mehr zu tun, viel mehr zu tun, viel mehr zu tun. Wenn du nicht die Valkyrie hast, könnte es ein bisschen slower für die Rotation, die Palmen und Dinge wie das.

02:05:38 Es gibt die Dropspots hier. So, kick us off. In 4, it puts Complexity in Command Center. Wir waren gerade über sie. Up on High, Meet Lovers. Furia landing auf der Wall. Und vielleicht auf der South Side, Moist Esports. Echo HQ ist, wo wir viele Endzones sehen. Und auch auf der Farreise Seite, Optik und Dark Zero. Das Westen Coast, Downbeast und The Mill. Natürlich ein High.

02:06:05 So, as we jump into game number four on Stormpoint, we get to really see how this script is going to be written. Somebody gave Dark Zero two Kravers to start it off in game one on World's Edge. What will we see in game one on Stormpoint?

02:06:20 Well, certainly we're going to see a couple of contests that you saw on your screen. There's a few teams, especially down on the southern side of the map, they're going to be fighting. It looks like Ape Gang are contested again at Checkpoint with Cream. So they'll be duking it out to see who can control and whether Ape Gang will leave that contest like they had to on Worlds Edge or whether this time they can be Supreme. And we get to have a little look at what the composition is going to be looking at. A few Horizons starting to be in the mix now for Stormpoint. That's expected with the elevation difference. I saw a Fuse there as well. We saw a Fuse on Worlds.

02:06:50 Aber dann wurde es schnell aus der Disguise-Komposition herausgefunden, weil ich denke, dass es vielleicht nicht was, was sie waren. Ich liebe Variant, ich liebe etwas ein bisschen anders, aber es war nicht so, dass Fuse nicht die richtige Lösung für ihre Komposition war.

02:07:06 One of the interesting things in terms of compositions I'm noting that has stayed consistent is the fact that Dropt is playing the Gibraltar still. We didn't get a chance to really highlight a level 3 version of that because the perks don't come in for a little bit later and they were playing in kind of zone and not...

02:07:22 Leveled up at that point. But I'm very curious to see if it's Baby Bubble or Bubble Bunker that gets chosen. Three really good, two really good options there. We know that their Fresh Shard allies are revived with 50 HP. Seems to be the guaranteed pickup there, at least in the support pro play. But whether you're reducing the tactical size and getting 25% cooldown, I mean, that's extremely valuable having those bubbles up more often. But on the reverse side, Bubble Bunker making it bigger, but also increasing the tactical lifetime by four seconds.

02:07:51 That is a 33% increase because it's only 12 seconds long. So now bumping that to 16, that is definitely a big difference. And it's going to throw a lot of people's timings off of when you're safe and when you still have defenses available. So very curious to see how Dropped keeps working on that Gibraltar. But Charmander and Votery, like usual.

02:08:10 Off to an early fight here in Contest. Yeah, I mean, we thought Apegang might be going up towards Checkpoint, but it seems like Apegang were so annoyed that Oversleepers were contesting them on World's Edge that they've decided to now contest them here on Stormpoint. This is a tale as old as time. Teams never learn. Teams just have two big egos and they're going to take the fight again. But it looks like Oversleepers are going to get the better of Apegang again, which is a shame for Apegang. They're not really going to get to play much Apex Legends if that keeps happening, but at least there was one.

02:08:39 Ja, das stimmt. Ja, das stimmt.

02:09:07 Finally seeing these southern zones, that's kind of in the tail of Stormpoint for a while, rotating south. It's been since this map is kind of created. There's not a lot of north zones, but if there are no zones, typically teams that land north win. Now teams have kind of gotten accustomed to that, and we'll see how they can handle it. But on this new Stormpoint with Season 20, this is the first chance we've seen, not only with these new legend compositions, but with the harvesting. And as this early rotation is happening from complexity, looking like an evac tower and then a skyward dive,

02:09:36 They are still on white, so they've made such a fast rotation. A little bit risky if they get into an immediate fight, but if they can land, they have rotated nearly half the map in a matter of seconds. So this is something that they're kind of betting on, and it looks like, at least for now, this area barometer should be safe.

02:09:52 Ja, leaning away from the Lifeline when it comes to Stormpoint for Complexity. Dark Zero already on Blues and looking like they're going to try and press an advantage on a team that was trying to scutter away from them and they get that initial knock. Gemburton doing the job. Nine Lies are eliminated and we're down to 19 teams. So just like that, Dark Zero are even closer to Purple. And even though it's going to be a very different experience from World's Edge, perhaps their aggression is going to pay off here. But there is a lot of teams who again are favoring towards the Caustic Metal.

02:10:22 Und das bedeutet, dass du schnellst, dass du schnellst, dass du schnellst, dass du schnellst, dass du schnellst, dass du schnellst, dass du schnellst, dass du schnellst, dass du schnellst. Und das ist warum ich so surprised bin, was wir in EMEA gesehen haben, wo es dieses Insistence auf kind of fighting and rotating mid-game und being willing to take on teams, als du nicht in position for, wo du endest, in endgame. Es geht nicht wirklich so, Kaustik, obwohl die Perk ist, obviously, benefitting die Ultimate sehr early in der Level 2.

02:10:49 So right now we're seeing a lot of teams take the old school approach, which I still vote for, especially when Kostik is to play. Faze finding themselves a nice little building for now, all on blues, eight points. A lot of work to do for Snipe Downs, Air Tricky and Panders, but there are teams that can do it. There are teams Air Tricky and Panders specifically that have known to run Storm Point in Old Meta's past. So looking to get back into their former ways.

02:11:14 Ich will sagen, es gibt viele Spieler zu benutzen die Caustic Mythic skin, nicht die Heirloom, die Heirloom skin, die wahrscheinlich eine der besten in dem Spiel ist, und ich kann es sehen, dass es auf meine Schreins ist.

02:11:26 über und über again, competitively. Always a big fan of that, so I don't blame the players for when they get their Illum Shards on making sure they can now use it to its full advantage. But I will say that I think you're right. We saw a couple of times Caustic players maybe too exposed, too out in the open, and I think that is people following trends and playing Caustic because he's meta, but not necessarily fitting their playstyle, not necessarily fitting their ideologies of how they want to approach Apex Legends, and that is going to be an adjustment period, and naturally I think it will

02:11:56 Continuing to see play despite...

02:12:24 Meta-changes is Bangalore. 19 out of 20 teams have a Bangalore, and that's even gone up from the 90% on World's Edge. That is because of Stormpoint. Obviously, the ability to not only have Rolling Thunder, but the Smokes make any place that you are in these wide-open places cover a bull. Doesn't mean it's going to save you, but at least you can have some type of occlusion. No Catalyst walls, though, so Bangalore is the best type of occlusion available in this current meta. Moist lose MT and they lose guild, and it's just...

02:12:53 Yeah, they've certainly got eyes on them from a couple of different directions. They just need to play this one correctly.

02:13:21 Of course, since the changes that we've seen from Season 19, it was in the end, you come back with your guns, and I think we're all used to that by now, but it just means that you can play a little bit more aggressively to get people back in, because you know you're not going to be pushed as quickly as you would have previously, so they should be able to get back up to a 4-3 and be comfortable. Well, it's not also, too, that you see everyone picking up mobile respawn beacons. Previously, there was a lot of evac tower selection in that.

02:13:48 kind of utility slot as well. But with maybe more Skyward Dives, not necessarily everyone, but we will see the availability, I think, of more of those mobile respawns being something that they could pick up and not have to worry about. Obviously, if you're just playing Apex on your own screens, you might be thinking, where are the heat shields? Those heat shields are not in competitive in case you're looking at this and going, that's not like my right match. That's not like my match that I'm used to playing. But of course, that is some of the differences. I want to kind of comment too on what you said, Disguised.

02:14:17 They are one of the only rotating teams that we have seen. Meat Lovers, Disguise, Fury as well. They have known to play. Those teams haven't had tremendous success today. And so partially I wonder if it's less about the idea of edge play, more about the fact that maybe Disguise and Furia, being two of the three primary kind of edge teams that we've seen, haven't really been having the best days. And for whatever reason, that's kind of...

02:14:43 Ich glaube, es wird ein paar Teams werden, wenn es ein Veränderungen gibt, für sicher.

02:14:54 Vielleicht ist es nicht gut in den ersten attempt, aber vielleicht in den zweiten oder dritten. Sie vielleicht finden das richtige Recipe für Success. Und manchmal, du bist nicht ein Pioneer von neuen Changes. Manchmal muss man einfach nur copy, was wird passieren. Und wir haben es so viele Male. Throughout Meta-Shift, wo Leute starten copykatsen die Teams, die finden success. Rambo war es über das in der Interview. Wir haben Lifeline gesehen haben. In EMEA, sicherlich es ist. Ein paar Teams will sagen, vielleicht sollten wir versuchen Lifeline. Und das ist natürlich wie Meta-Shift und wie sie develop.

02:15:24 Manchmal werden die Leute sagen, wie können wir das? Und dann werden sie verändern und dann werden sie gewinnen und dann werden sie gewinnen. Ich liebe es, es bleibt alles fresh. Es ist auch interessant, weil es immer so viele Erfahrungen, die ich habe in Gamedev gearbeitet habe, haben wir vorhin gesagt, mit unseren Designern zu sprechen, die uns bei uns und mit uns spenden Zeit mit uns. Characters sind extrem gut in der Win-Rate, aber einfach nicht spielen. Es ist ein Teil der Reticular Activator, der wenn man denkt, hey, ich will ein neues Auto, dann sieht man...

02:15:53 Das ist ein Element mit Charakter. Du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr, du siehst du es mehr.

02:16:09 I think the meta by storm, but yet there could be these characters on the side. You see dropped going with Gibby. That's just one example that DSG trying fuse didn't work. They switched back out, but maybe there's actually some statistical data of them performing really well in season 20 that we just need a few teams to switch on to a character like Maggie as well. I would be expect for some teams to try in this season because she's gotten a ton more utility, not just in her ultimate, but in a riot drill and I think she brings a nice little disruption.

02:16:38 So a lot of those things, just food for thought, Season 20 giving us a lot of ideas and made things very interesting, both for the viewer and the player to try to discover.

02:16:46 I think if the meta gets more aggressive, we certainly will see MadMaggie in the equation. For now, all the teams are still trying to move down towards Barometer, but sadly, if you've not made it into Barometer by now, you're not really going to make it in without having to brute force your way through a team who already resides in one of the buildings. It is heavily contested down in Barometer. Optic Gaming we saw get back to a full three, utilizing the Respawn Beacon to make sure that they can get back up and have another go at playing Apex Legends. Disguise, though, may hold out Optic.

Intensive Kämpfe und Team-Strategien im Barometer

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02:17:16 You can also see meatlovers are griefing on the northern side at the moment, not allowing oversleepers to get into the zone. Furia flying in with a skyward dive as well. And consistency. And taking it slow here. Still a lot of teams alive. 19, 57 players. Only three members who started this lobby aren't out of it. So everyone's still fighting for their spot. Madness will go down and Keon trying to run away. Is Watson in that skydive with his squad? Did not work out.

02:17:43 And now they're just trying to escape with their life. Battery accomplished. And maybe a res. They can get something done if they get their Caustic alive, especially in Keon. But it is still now going to be a tough task. Scan from Watson just to clear the area. And trying to get Madness' banner, I'm sure, if possible. But mostly just trying to stabilize.

02:18:01 Ja, wo du spielen? Du bist wieder in einen Caustic Barrel, und his Watsons sollte einfach sein können. Der Caustic Barrel ist fast zu töten. Keion ist jetzt auch noch zu sein. Aber das ist was ich mit Barometer gesprochen, dass alle schon schon gefunden haben. Also, wenn du bald bist, bist du in eine Subpar Position zu spielen, dass du sicherlich sein kannst, bei jemandem vielleicht ist auf Height. Als OpTic auf der Moment ist, haben wir wieder auf einen Fall 3. Mal schauen, was die Gedanken sind auf der Green Wall.

02:18:30 Smoke the cross. I'm in, I'm in. Yep, I'm in. You get a skittle? Yep. I'm thermite in the bottom door. We might be running in. We're barely in here. Alright, this is fine. Alright, boys. Good thing about playing a support character, huh? I'm 1-1.

02:18:57 Yeah, on our building 1 1 1. He's out to the north. We cannot fucking play. We have to just chill under us. It's a different team though. It's a different team. It's a different team as the nut team. They're going to get fucked or the bridge and queued and spammed. Yeah, they should just die. Might just be around.

02:19:25 Ja, sie rann, sie rann, sie rann, sie rann, sie rann, sie rann. Brief moment of respite for Optik, as they find themselves inside the ball. But it's going to end at some point here, as they are going to have to move. But for the moment, able to watch teams from the safety of being inside those walls. The big thing to note is we haven't seen Optik on Purples yet. This has been one of the themes for them. They have not really been able to level up their shields.

02:19:54 Der Armored Core ist fast genug, und Legacy ist jetzt nicht so gut, kann es nicht so gut gehen. Juana ist jetzt fast zu 1, und er bleibt, und er wird das Shield-Battery off, um den Kampf zu fortsetzen.

02:20:05 Ja, in dem Moment ist es so viel Dammage gekommen aus dem Caustic Gas. Die Nox-Grenade hat es gedauert und hat es sehr schwierig für Legacy, aber sie haben nur noch Dammage gemacht. Sie haben genug Dammage auf dem Team, das sie auf dem Team gestorben können, dass sie jetzt auf den Topf der Bühne haben. Sie sehen, dass es die Katalist auf der Seite gibt, dass sie die Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe des Dämpfe

02:20:28 Catalyst, obviously, not on that second perk as well. The Level 3, which increases that Ultimate by either 15 meters or the Ultimate Lifetime by 5 seconds, but right now still obviously has the ability to increase the max number of spikes, which is going to help quite a bit in covering those angles, back doors, and of course the stairs. Optic, they're on the move yet again, but again, running out of resources, it feels like. No big meds, possibly. Optic Noct and Skittle Cakes working with a little bit less health and just syringes to try to get there. 19 points so far.

02:20:58 They're going to make a move. It's in the smoke. Everyone just kind of positioning, Dan. It's been a very crowded barometer so far. What are we seeing as this zone is about to move?

02:21:08 We're seeing 19 squads still alive. And this is, again, one of the few zones in Stormpoint which is more predictable. So people do play it slower. People do play a little bit more zone heavy. As Exet are going to lose one. Nocturnal has gone down. It's Temper on the other side of things. But Nizu also has fallen. So there is three teams involved in this fight right now. Beautiful stuff here from Fun. He's so skilled. One of the best individual players in Apex. That is the ultimate coming through and doing the damage that you would expect to see.

02:21:37 Und Ex-Set wird auf jeden Fall geholfen. Das ist Jiguaris und Legacy. Down, nicht wirklich aus, aber ich glaube, ist Nocturnal. Er ist noch aus dem Spiel. Koi-Full, das ist es für Ex-Set. Er hat sich gedacht, dass sie sich nicht able zu stabilisieren können, aber sie können nicht. Er ist noch nicht auf den Bubble. Er ist einfach nur mit dem Bubble. Aber da ist es, die Gunn-Shield gegen die Caustik. Und das ist genug, auf jeden Fall.

02:22:04 Ich meine, Bubble plus Shotgun plus throwing yourself at another team, you're playing Gibraltar right, but they haven't really been able to benefit off.

02:22:21 After that, in previous games, they've not really been able to get into a prime position. Instead, they've just been forcing themselves way by way into the zone. And it seems like it's going to be a similar situation for Optic, but they are still alive right now. But that could change very quickly if they get spotted out. They're back up to a full three. Complexity, remember, we saw them move very early on greys, but they found themselves on blues. Whether that be via damage or looking at care packages, we're not sure. And there's the confirmation that Optic are going to be back on their feet as a full three. Still no purple yet for drops.

02:22:51 Randy just wants to see what perk they select. Give him the chance. Come on. Come on, baby. Come on. Just do it. One shot. You know the chat wants to see it, too. Everybody at home wants to see it. This is Season 20, for crying out loud. It's the only Gibraltar in the lobby. Help us out, dropped. We need you. But...

Dark Zero dominiert, während sich die Meta auf blaue Schilde konzentriert

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02:23:11 Das bedeutet nicht, dass es den Job gemacht wird. Dark Zero positioniert sich sehr gut aus. Eine andere Team aus Australien, jetzt representiert Nordamerika. Moist Esports ist in eine gute Position. Auf der leften ist die Zone und Safety. In fronten sind Rocks und Plenty of Head Peaks.

02:23:26 Das ist wirklich die Definition von der Season 20, was wir uns nicht sehen, dass wir so viele Teams auf Blues sehen können.

02:23:49 Ich liebe die Observersen stehen, weil sie wollen es auch sehen.

02:24:18 SSG, FURIA, TEMPER, Komplexe, und ELEVATE sind alle außerhalb der Zone.

02:24:46 Und das ist weil es nicht passiert. Temperer ist Eliminatet, aber so ist Elevate. Und Moist Esports ist noch auf. Moist Esports, ich habe ihre Position vorhin, ich habe es jetzt. Es gibt keine Taste der Blood. Ich sage Woltzy, ich sage Woltzy. Und ich höre sie auf, ob sie gewinnen können. Wir haben Lotha Zone, wir haben Lotha. Wir haben Lotha Zone, wir haben Lotha. Wir haben Lotha Zone, wir haben Lotha. Wolt ist die Lotha. Wolt ist die Lotha. Wolt ist die Lotha. Wir haben Lotha, wir haben Lotha. Wir haben Lotha, wir haben Lotha. Wir haben Lotha.

02:25:15 I'm healing. They're cross-golded. It's bad. I can't see anything. I almost cracked blood. Were you safe anywhere? I don't know. Not really. They're back. They're straight in front of me. I'm cross-golding close. I'm holding back. I'm holding back. In my eye. I can't see anything. Cross-gold. Cross-gold. Cross-gold. Cross-gold. Cross-gold. Cross-gold. Cross-gold. Cross-gold. Cross-gold. Cross-gold.

02:25:45 Du hast einen? Du hast einen? Du hast einen? Du hast einen? Du hast einen? Du hast einen? Du hast einen?

02:26:14 Die Clash of Australia reaches the coast of America, and it's Dark Zero who claim the land and send Moist packing. What a moment there from DZ, and what a time to be alive. Look at that type of play. That is what we love in the ALGS, and thank you, DZ and Moist, for giving us that star-studded action.

02:26:41 Okay, so a lot just happened in the final three minutes. We went from 12 teams to two teams in approximately 30 seconds. And of course, that 3v3 that unfolded, it was eventually a 2v1 in favor of Moist. And you could hear they were like, play slow, play slow.

02:26:56 As a Caustic, if you were going to step out and you're going to challenge, you are going to be melted. I don't care about the damage reduction. You were a big hitbox, and Zero took full advantage of that. And then the final 1v1, I mean, we only saw it from Moist's point of view, but it was just a matter of both healing up. Who had the better weapons? Who had the better angles? Who hit their shots? And it is Zero coming out on top. You know, Zero, really, I mean, that...

02:27:15 Ich glaube, das war ein Hype-Moment für ihn, weil er macht es ein, er nimmt es einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen, er hat einen,

02:27:34 You know, sometimes that's the difference. 25, that could be it. But, you know, really clutch play. And that's what Zero's been known for. This is why Dark Zero have been alongside TSM in the modern era of Apex, in the general era of Apex, in person, at LAN, the only two teams that have hoisted those trophies and claimed playoffs or championship wins. So we go back and see exactly why the DNA is to clutch up and to win, Dan. And that's certainly what they did here in our first game on StormPoint.

02:27:59 And again, it was another successful rotation from them. They were able to move into the southern side of the circle quite comfortably, but took a fight when a fight was available to them, when they saw a team was on a lower amount of shields. And they said, all right, well, this is going to be a free wipe for us. Even more Evo shields that they're going to be having in the late game. And it turns out to be very important, considering the majority of the late game teams, they were on blues, but we were able to see Dark Zero push their way up to purples, which then gives them an extra factor in those final fights as well, just to make sure that they're going to be confident.

02:28:29 Happy to take any fight indeed.

02:28:30 I mean, that truly was probably, as we look at the results, the biggest takeaway from that game. The entire lobby nearly on blues, with 19 squads still remaining, you could see how passive that game was. In previous metas, in any other season, over the past 19 other seasons, you would have seen red evos, purple evos across the board here and there because of the random loot factor. And now because you have to earn it, if you swap something higher, which no one had, it would go back to the same level that you had earned.

02:28:59 It changes the pros and cons, the penalties of not playing aggressive enough in those late-game scenarios. And we're going to look at that. I think a lot of pros are going to look at that, Dan, and go, do we really ever want to be in a situation like that again? Because that really hurts. That means anybody can take you down. We all know how.

02:29:19 Das ist nicht so viel. Man kann es nicht so viel. Man kann es nicht so viel. Man kann es nicht so viel. So für mich, eine große Take-Away. Dark-Zero, Moist, sie waren auf der top, wirklich cleaning out die Leaderboards. Aber ein big shout-out to Elevate Gaming und Optik, als Stemper, die in der Top 5 waren. Und Elevate, specifically, die 12 points auf der 5th-Place.

02:29:42 Es ist auch ein Grund, warum wir so viel Caustic in Bang haben, weil wenn man die Evo-Level-2-Level-2-Level-2 von Blue sieht,

02:29:49 Kaustik und Bangalore haben zwei der besten Einsen. Wenn man die Ultima Reduktion von Bangalore und die Ultima Spread von Kaustik sieht, kann man das auf dem Blühen werden. Und wir sind nicht so viele Purples, so das ist wahrscheinlich warum sie zwei der Highest Legend-Pick-Rates sehen. Als wir auf den BOTTOM 10 von der Match 4-RESULT sehen, Oversleeper ist auf vier Kills, so sie finden sich auf fünf Punkte zu finden. Es ist ein langer Tag für FaZe, sie haben nicht gewonnen. Und in dem Moment, sie sind nicht da, wenn es zu Playoffs gibt.

02:30:19 So we need to see a turnaround from FaZe if we're going to be seeing them on LAN. Currently sitting at 22nd place coming into this one. Obviously they do have a game in hand, so that could get up to 20th. You just want to have a chance to get into that regional final where you, if you win, will get a spot at LAN. But Dark Zero and Moist, two teams normally facing off each other and OCE now have found their way to North America because of how confident they've been in their placement, in their play. And it is proven with one to two placements, 12 points.

02:30:48 und 9 in terms of that 12 kills in 6 though separating them only 200 damage and it might have just been some of the damage at the very end of that game they have played so well well a lot of implications here in game 4 for me not only blues 19 players remaining and some of the penalties that we've showcased there but what the meta and what these perks are actually showing us which is the fact that sometimes the value of the perk is not what you might get at level 3 it's the fact that you may not get level 3 and so what

02:31:17 Do you have at Level 2? And that is a whole new thing to consider here. I know these pros are going to get excited to get back out on the battlefield. We'll be right back with Games 5 and Game 6 to close out our day in North America.

02:33:24 Beautiful bunch of Apex Enjoyers. We are back here. We got two more games to go. Dan's smiling because we were trying to work out what's the best way to welcome you all back. And Apex Enjoyers is undeniably the best one, Dan. You have to agree with me, right?

Strategische Entscheidungen und Team-Dynamiken in Stormpoint

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02:33:37 We are all Apex Enjoyers, after all. That's the reason why we're here. Whether you are on the production team, you're casting, or just watching or playing, we all blummin' love Apex Legends. But we still have plenty more. We've still got Match 5 and Match 6 to come our way. We're now on Stormpoint. Mark, I know you were watching in the wings and you got to see the changes that were happening, but we are seeing consistency across the board, and that is a lot of Bangalore and a lot of Caustic. We also got to see Zero versus Empty, which I'm pretty sure that Zero...

02:34:06 We'll let them know that that was won, that fight. I can guarantee it. In fact, I'm going to go back and watch it from his VOD. And I'm probably going to watch the end of the VOD because I'm sure that he'll jump into a Discord call where they're waiting. Because if I know anything about Aussies, they're a competitive bunch. And he certainly will love to hold that over his fellow countryman, should I say, even though we're in North America now. I will also say to people, we've got a little bit of an issue with the kills and the series results. We'll get that resolved as quickly as possible to bring you guys up to speed and make sure that you've got all of the right information that you need. So bear with us a little bit.

02:34:35 Das war's für heute.

02:34:44 This is a long weekend of Apex. Not only is there ALGS tomorrow, but we have the Challenger Series Finals coming up on Monday as well. So all of this stuff still to come. And of course, it's going to be thanks to our friends over at VersusGG. So check that out on Monday. It's going to be some really, really good stuff going down. And maybe you'll get a little bit of an insight onto everything that's going to be going down in the next season of the ALGS Pro League. In the meantime, we've got two more games of Apex to get through. Game 5 is about to be live. And I tell you what, Dark Zero looking pretty good as always.

02:35:14 Yeah, Dark Zero will be delighted with that performance because it is another victory under their belts and that will propel them up the leaderboards where they can have another successful match week. The last time these two groups went up with each other it was third place for Dark Zero overall and I'm sure they would love to be able to top that as well.

02:35:32 We now get to revisit Ape Gang versus Oversleepers. It's been a dramatic chat, I will say, in the lobby between these two teams, but it has been Oversleepers who have come out on top. Can Ape Gang finally reply?

02:35:48 Let's see. Let's see how this one goes down. He's going to land first. The flight path looks like it's been won by Apegang, I would say. Pretty comfortably. Yes, indeed. But with the size of the POI, you can obviously drop from one side to the other. But if I'm Apegang right now, I want to get involved in the fight. Try and take this fight before my opposition gets some guns themselves. They've also given up high ground. And you can see the Danmatic up on top. He's found himself a car. The only problem is a lack of ammo. However, Mozambique is going to help him out now. Over sleepers and...

02:36:17 Apegang mit dem Conduit. Weil der Contest ist, ist es natürliche praktisch. Wenn man Contest ist, kann man die Conduit wirklich helfen. Nicht nur in der Kampf, aber wenn es sich so schwer ist, kann man die Support-Roll spielen. Und kann man runnen, kann man die Banners starten. Reminder, Optik Gaming haben die Gibby, eine Support-Legend. Sie waren able, um sich zurück zu einem 4-3 zu machen. Die Support-Legend sind wirklich eine große Rolle und eine große Rolle spielen hier in Season 20.

02:36:45 Wir sehen uns schon wieder, als Ape Gang mit dem Konjuit wieder zu geben. Die Mozambique war der Pick-Up, die wir über die Karte haben, weil die Karte nicht mehr haben, und ich glaube, es hat auch ein Wunsch. Wir haben eine Winner hier wieder, und die Score ist für jetzt.

02:37:11 Ja, jetzt ist es 1-1 auf Stormpoint, ich würde sagen. Wir geben das 1 zu Apegang, sicherlich. Sie kamen weg von es letzte Mal, weil sie zwei Spieler verloren haben, also ich würde das 1 zu den Oversleepersen geben.

02:37:23 Looking pretty similar, but slightly more west. We're going to be heading down to Barometer again, but it could pull a little bit further west this time. So another similar rotation I'd imagine for Dark Zero. They've got a ring console to work with at Mill. Optic Gaming also had that information from Down Beast. You can see they are moving fast and probably past the Mill, but it looks like Dark Zero are going to get away before them. That is a Trident journey for both teams.

02:37:46 There is, I was just wondering there what's going on. And they're both in Trident. You can see the Optic Gaming is going to stop for just a second, probably to hit that Evo Harvester to make sure they're up to Blues. Dark Zero now continuing their rotate. They're going to hit an Evo Harvester on their way as well. So they're guaranteed Blues. You can already see they're only around 400 points or so each off of getting Purple. So more than likely to see Dark Zero on Purple before we get to this endgame. And for Dark Zero, it's been another good day there. The 1v1, the win, of course. Zero clutching up in that.

02:38:14 We saw them win the first game on World's Edge today as well. This is as usual for them, and they're just going to look like they can continue with this form. They're going to be extending their lead at the top of the leaderboards, coming in, of course, with only three matchdays played. This is their fourth to join everybody else, and looking very dominant. Very dominant indeed, and I think that there's a lot to be learned from their POVs, and providing they're streaming them, which usually they are, go back.

02:38:41 Watch it. If you are a lover of Apex, definitely watch it. They're one of the best teams in the world right now, alongside, of course, the likes of TSM. So we'll have to see whether they can keep progressing and keep impressing throughout the ALGS Pro League. Now, because this is a similar circle, we saw it last game, 19 teams were alive as we got to the last two circles. A lot of them were on blues. Wouldn't be surprised if we see something similar here with this circle being a bit more predictable.

02:39:09 I guess it's less predictable than the one we had seen prior just of where the surface area of this ring console circle is. So we might see a few teams kind of hovering around the edges of Cenote and perhaps northern side just below Seto Station. There's arguably more room to play with this circle. So we might even see 19 squads again with only two circles left. Yeah, it's true. I mean, there's an option for some teams to maybe go over to Mill and hit a third zone beacon as well to see.

02:39:35 They can get a little bit of information that everyone else who's rotated a little bit quicker won't have. You could also do the same from down at Coastal Camp where you're going to be safe and try and have a Valcol or an Evac Tower to get in. Eternal is going to be doing the second of those options at the moment to try and get into Zone, but we already know it's pretty busy.

02:39:54 at the moment one thing that can certainly help you out is a survey beacon to just give you information on what spots are taken and what is going to be free and it looks like eternal are gonna have the info that this building is free for now so they will be safe they will be inside and once again everyone kind of repeating the uh the dose that we saw from the previous game finding somewhere to play and it's gonna be all about the end game by the looks of things everyone's gonna be setting up it's gonna be

02:40:18 really whether those teams who are able to get those evo harvesters in the early gaming potentially get up to purple can they find a spot to play it was difficult to do so in the previous game except at the moment they're on blue but they are farming some of these spidey spiders that are around and I guess why not let's jump in and see what the communication is like with XM

02:40:50 Yep, did you scan tunnel? No, not yet We're gonna take it if it's free they have it open. I mean, I really want to yeah, but that's like top five easy Might be a team are you there? I mean, I could try to watch well I don't think my skin could like reach all the way in there you can scan right here Watch in this doorway for you

02:41:18 Ich habe den Scanner, ready?

02:41:21 Ja, team in there. Should we play this bridge or the north bridge? I think that bridge is better, no? Mmm, I think it gets aped by like barometer. Well, either bridges we get aped. You get aped by barometer and you die to that team. Like nut just kind of gets free kills on you. I think northeast is more of a like an actual 3v3, but we get like wide swung. This nut seems just like angles us. This nut seems just like a free throw party if we fight. Yeah, that's what I'm worried about.

02:41:50 The door's still open over here, so no one's there yet.

Taktische Spielzüge und das Meta-Game in den späten Runden

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02:41:58 One thing to take away from that listening, Dan, is XS say, hey, we want to play the tunnel. We want to scan the tunnel and find out if there's a team in there. If it's free, it's an easy top five. Guess who's in the tunnel? It's Dark Zero. Yeah, it kind of tells you how good Dark Zero are and find a good spot, right? Yeah, Dark Zero are in one of the prime positions for sure. And I think they're going to be delighted. As expected, the circle is moving a little bit further west.

02:42:23 There you go, I had to use my Onset Compass just to make sure I was doing the correct thing. I think I ruined the compasses for you, by the way, because now you second-guess yourself, like I do every single time. Every single time. I think I'm fine, and then I have to do the Naughty Elephant Squirt Water or the Never Eat Shredded Wheat, and it just keeps me sane, you know? Optic Gaming, by the way, on the far west side, and if the circle does continue pulling west, they should be in a decent spot, but the likes of Optic, Dark Zero, Exet, Complexity, Nine Lies, expect to see those five squads towards the endgame.

02:42:52 Moist Esports taking a southern position on this zone as well. It's going to be an interesting one for them because...

02:42:58 Where they are at the moment, as you can see right on the southern tip, they're going to be safe for the next zone, but obviously they're not going to have info on where the zone is going to be going after that. And they're going to have a really tough rotate afterwards because they're going to have to fight against Nine Lies who are in that building and teams leaving from Barometer who are going to fight them as well. And there's just no cover in that water for them. So I wouldn't be surprised if they see teams starting to move away from Barometer, especially some of those teams arriving a little bit later who might have a little bit more zone info from hitting a ring console or the third one or the fourth one.

02:43:25 If they see the traffic starting to go one way and not really a lot of traffic in and around them at Barometer, they might try and make a move a little bit earlier or look to take a fight a little bit earlier so they have a spot for the endgame.

02:43:35 Well, the team who did play the Ring console at Mill, as you were predicting, was Disguised. They've moved from the north side and they hit that console. Now they can have the information of how they want to approach it, and they probably will continue to approach on the western side, which means that the likes of Optic Gaming could be vulnerable from their push, but we'll have to see whether that happens later. As for everyone else, you know, we expected it sitting pretty around Barometer. The action's not really going to unfold until the next couple of circles come in and people are forced together, everyone happy residing where they are for now.

02:44:04 Interesting for teams who arrive late here because it's one of those zones, like we say, it's kind of pulling away from barometer where some teams who managed to get their evos up to blue and decided, hey, we've got ring console information. We can see everyone's in barometer. Surely it's got to be a barometer zone, right? You're arriving a little bit later here and your pathing is taking you through extra evos, extra spider tunnels, whatever it might be, hitting survey beacons on your way to ward zoning. You've got purples and you're closing in on reds.

02:44:31 You could be in a really good spot, actually, arriving late here as opposed to quick rotating. One of those teams is going to be FaZe, who right on the northern side of the zone right now, they're not really going to have any worries, so to speak, of anyone closing in on them. So they can take a little bit longer here just to path themselves towards where some of those EVO harvesters might be. See if they can scan a couple of care packages that might be near them as well. And if they can do that, they have an opportunity to arrive with...

02:44:56 Essentially high level purples, or maybe even a red. That means when you have to take a fight towards the endgame, you're more than likely to win it against teams who just haven't been able to do exactly that path themselves around those Evo.

02:45:08 Interactions to make sure that those armors are leveled up. So Disguised, another one of those teams have done something very similar. They're also safe for the next zone. They do have that zone 3 info beacon that they hit on Mill, like you said. So that's why they're safe for now. Inside of Cenote, they don't really have to do too much. They've got purples and you can see the enemy's only 883 damage off, which might seem like a fair bit, but a fair bit of poke damage, one teamfight, one plus the fact that you might scan it.

02:45:35 Okay, ein Package kommt. Es ist sehr gut für sie zu sein. Vielleicht kommen sie mit einem Reds aus. Jetzt sehen wir FURIA gegen Tempel.

02:45:42 Und es hat heute schon eine quietere Zeit für FURIA, aber im Moment in den Overalls kamen sie in 6th place. Es ist nicht so wichtig für sie zu finden, wie es Faze ist. Faze kamen heute auf 22nd Position, so sie wirklich brauchten sie heute. Und sie haben einfach nicht so gemacht. Und die Leute denken, warum du immer Faze mentionieren? Eine der größten Organisationen wir in eSports haben, und es wird immer die Expectation zu performen. Und natürlich, wir wissen, was Snipe Downs getan hat in den letzten Jahren, als auch Zera Tricky.

02:46:11 I'm excited to see if they can find some form here in the latter stages of Pro League. Meanwhile, though, FURIA are continuing their aggression, and they're continuing to take control of this tower here in Barometer. Yeah, I think FURIA have recognized already that this is going to be a game that's unlikely to win, but KP is going to be fantastic. Look at those shots coming in from Madness. Gets the knock, and it's going to be Legacy who tried to move up and take that height, and Madness just quite simply shut the door of them.

02:46:36 Sometimes you have to be careful when you're taking those zips. Against any of these players in this lobby, you are going to be so vulnerable. They tried to get the res, but that's just going to put them in even more hot water here as Furia continue their aggression, continue their path. But Madness has gone down. Nizu has been able to reply. Kion will at least make sure they get one KP to go alongside it. But there are other teams getting involved with this. This is the panic that starts to happen now because round three is closing. All these teams that are on this southeast side of Barometer have to move. So people are...

02:47:05 Das ist ein bisschen schneller zu machen.

02:47:25 As both teams who are involved in that fight fall prey to SSG who move in and clean up those final pieces, Tempo by the way, they got out of that and now they can try and move across but they're gonna be coming up against SSG, one of those teams who did late rotate towards Zone here, prioritizing going for that Evo because they had so far to travel where it's gonna be purple versus blue for them.

02:47:45 A lot of blues again, similarly to what we saw in the previous game Eternal at the moment, 3rd overall right now and they have been so impressive today, added previous weeks and they're looking to carry on with that form as Meat Lovers are taken out in 17th position.

02:47:58 So we're down to 16 squads. But Eternal have to move from this northeast side. The good thing is there's not many teams that are holding them out. The only real threat nearby is complexity. So Eternal should be able to find a position around the bridge area. It's not going to be a endgame position, but it certainly will be happy for them for the time being.

02:48:16 Zendel ist zu bleiben, aber auch SSG ist zu versuchen, ihre Weg in die Zone zu sein. Die Zone wird nur so sein, aber nicht. Die Zone lebt ein. Sie sehen, Exzett, sie werden mit Dark-Zero fighten, als die Brüge und die Tunnel sehen, aber SSG ist jetzt zu versuchen, ihre Weg in. Tempa, sie wurden elimitiert. Sie waren die Team, die von der Top-Barometer nach unten sind. Ich glaube, sie werden aber auch die Duos fallen. Aber es ist alles um zu SSG, Frex und Zynu.

02:48:44 So either get Phony back on his feet or try and play this game out as a two. Remember SSG were able to win this match week last time these two groups went up with each other. So it's been a bit of a different approach for them. Of course with meta changes there's always going to be some teams that are a little bit slower. But SSG hasn't had the best of days. And sometimes that could just be down to zones as well. But they can make up for it here. There still is time in match five and six. Right now though they're still outside of that circle. So it's going to be a difficult journey. You're going to have the likes of...

02:49:13 8-Gang Evolution elevate all around them here, and could potentially really threaten their chances of getting into the zone. Interestingly to mention, Moist Esports, I mentioned how they might try and make an earlier rotate from the spot they were in. They did exactly that, and we'll go back to that conversation in a sec, because Frex is holding down this team from underneath, who I believe is Sentinels. Almost single-handedly at the moment, the Skynate came up and chipped him from quite a bit of damage, but he replied...

02:49:40 In kind with that turbocharged Havoc, which in my opinion, right now, best gun in the game.

Chaos und Clutch-Moves in den finalen Konfrontationen

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02:49:44 Da sind sechs Teams hier. Da sind sechs Teams hier in diesem Bereich, die SSG finden sich in. Und die Circle ist jetzt zu close. So Sie sind alle zusammengekehrt. Sie brauchen eine Entscheidung, ob Sie sich für K.P., ob Sie sich ein bisschen griefe, oder ob Sie sich einfach aus der Dodge gehen können und sehen, ob Sie in die Zone können. Seven Hostiles detected auf der Bloodhound. So SSG wissen, dass das hier ein sehr viel occupiert ist, als jetzt andere Teams auch machen. Remember, Elevate, wir gehen von der westen Seite, und der eastern Seite auch, über die westen Seite. Und jetzt SSG wird sie mit dem in soo.

02:50:14 So she should be able to get the finishes here onto Sentinels. But now it's all up to Phony. It's kind of a bit awkward here. They do get the final kill and Phony will have to play this one out as a solo. No chance of rezzing his two teammates here. But he's managed to get in behind E8 here of scuppering across the middle of that island. Exet, they've managed to find a spot to play as well. But now maybe is the chance with this fight that may break out for Dark Zero to leave that tunnel to move it onto Exet and third them. Or is it going to be a case of E8 being helped out here?

02:50:41 Because Dark Zero now take the attention away of Exet. In the meantime, SSG have been eliminated. Exet have to turn around, and that will open things up for Dark Zero to certainly get out of that tunnel you were speaking of. But Exet have been able to stay pretty healthy. Fun's the only person who took damage, but he gets a shield core swap. Let's jump into and listen in with Exet.

02:51:10 I'm gonna go down. You have to come to me. I'm seeing you. Fucking kill this guy. Stop that. Stop that. Go south. Go south. Go south. Go south. With you. I'm stopping this. I'm stopping this. Go. Go. We're chilling. We're chilling. We're chilling right here. Fucking chill. Get south. Get south.

02:51:40 Ewa go crazy, Nocturnal go crazy, listen to the intensity in the comms coming in from X

02:51:50 Sometimes in all the commotion you just have to yell a little bit louder to get your teammates to listen. The intensity was there, but quite rightly so. They needed to make a decision, they needed to go in a certain direction, and now they are still alive because of it. As I say that, Nocturnal does get knocked, so they're going to be down to just one temporarily. Optic are only a two, and Sorry Rain Day dropped still only on Blue Armor. We're never going to find out.

02:52:18 Does Gibby have the ability to get to purple? That's the real question we're trying to answer today. We've seen it once, but the pug wasn't picked up. The bubble goes down. But is it going to be enough to make them survive this? He's going a little bit crazy, but not crazy enough. Optic Gaming eliminated as they will fall, except Opta 2. But here comes Dark Zero.

02:52:38 Again, on the red is Zero. And again, on the prowl are Dark Zero. Six squads now remain. They're in one of the better positions, and they are very healthy and well. They've also got the ability, I think Psych still had his ultimate up, so they're going to have the Nox grenade for that endgame. They're going up against Disguised, Complexity, Nine Lies, and Eternal at the moment, but it is another quite open endgame. But there are a few rocks and ridges that you can work with here just to give you that cover.

02:53:04 Complexity up on the height as well are a problem for the lobby. Because Monsoon has been picking up kill after kill with that Sentinel. He loves that weapon. He knows how much damage it can output. And he knows on mouse and keyboard how skilled he is. And he backs himself to hit those important shots. Except, like I mentioned, up to a 2. But having to play down on that low ground at the moment, they will be safe. Complexity up on height at the moment, you can see. Don't have a lot of ammo to work with us. Now we're going to see a cat wall going down. And Dark Zero are going to have to take a fight here against...

02:53:32 DSG, DSG, they got a Mozambique, it's got...

02:53:35 All the attachments you could want and that is a problem here for Dark Zero because Timmy is firing through the Smokes. Smokes, Gas, doesn't matter when you've got Mozan with the Digi threat. Again, the Digi meta is still there but it's not gonna matter for Disguise because the Catwall goes down just at the wrong time. Enemy, the last remaining player, he's picked off by the remainder of Xset who are still alive, by the way, as a 2. The Complexity now starting to get up to a purple. I was gonna say, as blue armored players, they might struggle in this endgame but now a couple of them have been able to creep on up with that extra level.

02:54:05 ein bisschen Evo-Damage von einem anderen Spieler zu schießen. 4 Quads jetzt noch bleiben. Es ist ein Duel von Exet, Komplexity als 3, Eternal als 3 und ein Solo als 9 Lies.

02:54:14 I think Kimchi was like 28 off of purple, which would be massive in this endgame. If you just poke and just get one shot off, then maybe that would be enough. Exit, by the way, now have all of that loot, all their shield swaps to play with as well. They're going to be able to make sure that they're in a position to get healthy. They're trying to focus Complexity off of the height because they know that they have to drop as well. Eternal in a great spot here, by the way, as well, up on that high ground. It's Nine Lies, which I think is just a solo underneath. Complexity, Exit.

02:54:39 und ETERNL. Und Ekset, wie wir schon erwähnt, ein 2, aber was ein Spiel das wäre. Surely ETERNL haben die beste Spiel in der Welt. Ja, ETERNL ist moving und grooving, aber ich denke, es wird genug genug sein, als Ekset wird geblieben. Jetzt sind es drei Quads, aber da ist ein Solo von 9 lives. Es ist Komplexity vs ETERNL für die win, wie man sich hier vorstellen kann.

02:54:58 Onsum wants the weapon swap. I think Lou's gonna go down as well as they try and cross through those death boxes. Is there gonna be enough time for them though to get that reset? One Solo inside of that building now decides to slide out somehow managed to escape for Nine Lies. He's gonna swing onto Complexity and really grief them here and surely this just opens the door now for Eternal to move in to swing. The barrels go down. It's just a case of finishing this off. The barrels get shot, the bodies get shot and the bodies hit the floor. Eternal!

02:55:26 We'll be your champions here in game number five. Set the body, set the floor. Set the body, set the floor. Love that from you. Come on, come on. You can do better than that. Come on. Well, I didn't want to commit to it because I didn't want to break my throat. That's the trouble with trying to sing any sort of heavy metal. But it is an incredible victory for Eternal. And as you said, they had a great position. It was just watching the teams that were pushing from the south in the end. But some teams making the best of a bad situation. Exit as a two still picking up some big points there.

02:55:54 Yeah, really impressive from Eggset in that endgame. Impressive from Complexity, excuse me, as well to once again be involved in one of those endgames and put good points on the board. It's been another great week so far for Complexity with still one game to go as well. Really impressed with that roster. I got to say, I love that roster. I think there's a lot to learn from that roster for teams who are coming together and playing together. It's like I mentioned, it's on paper, you look at it and you're like, you can probably pick a few more names that you want if you were going to pick out of like a talent pool.

02:56:22 As far as a team working together and having synergy in chemistry, you can't really go wrong. Complexity have looked absolutely superb so far today and throughout the split. I'm a big Complexity guy, a big Complexity fan. I love what they've done with this team. And I think that they're showing and repaying the faith in Complexity and putting in performances. Yeah, and you mentioned Monsoon on the Sentinel as well. He was doing work. He actually, I think, ruined XS game right at the end there just by connecting.

02:56:47 Two shots to both players and they were unable to push out, unable to get across. And even though Nocturnal was dipping, dodging and diving, not going to be enough when you've got kind of two teams looking at you at once. And then the solo at the end, you mentioned it, when you get a solo player that does that, that just pushes onto one team, it just solidifies the victory for the team who's not really getting pushed. But it does mean that big points were picked up.

02:57:07 Ja, turn it up with the win as well. Really important for them. Good points on the board once again. And we always say it, right? We always look at the top five and we're like, who's going to win this week? But outside of that, it's always so close that one win puts you into the top 10 comfortably a lot of the time and puts you into a position where you're looking at the overall leaderboards at the end of the season, going towards regional finals. You're like, hey, we're giving ourselves a real chance here. So one big match day, one big win can really...

02:57:29 Ich glaube, wir haben noch mehr Apex zu spielen. Wir sehen uns auf die match results zu sehen, wer kam auf die Ende des 5. 6 Kills zu gehen, mit den 12 Pläten. 4 Eternal, 18 Overall Complexity. Just in Behind them, mit einem 15-point Total Down.

02:57:55 15 points total, they'll be delighted with that one, more than enough points to keep you kind of competing at the top of the leaderboard, Exa as well, even as a 2 in the end, picking up a lot of kills towards the endgame to put them on 10 points overall.

02:58:09 A few teams struggling that, again, still aren't able to pick things up. Dark Zero, they got five points in the end. They were in position to maybe try and do something similar to what we saw in last game, but in the end were not able to get into the same kind of spot because the circle was entirely different in the end. It did pull away as we had alluded to. Then in the bottom ten, we've got the couple of teams that were contesting in the early stages. Oversleepers lost this one. Furia, we saw kind of full send a fight early on, but then they were taken out as they started to get involved with Legos.

02:58:38 und wir sehen, dass alle Teams in der Mid-to-Late-Games fließen können, weil sie alle von ihnen zu verabschieden mussten, und es war nicht einfach für jemanden.

Kill Leaderboard und Team-Performance Analyse vor dem letzten Spiel

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02:58:51 Wir sehen uns auf die Kiel-Leader-Board zu sehen, wie sie die Punkte auf den Bord für ihre Skuad, respectively. Und eine surprise, surprise! Es ist der Aussie, auf der Top-O-Things. Zero, Leading-The-Way-For-Dark-Zero. 13 Kills, Showin'-The-Mausen-Keyboard-Keyboard. Und Controller, da ist kein Problem. Mouse-Keyboard ist die Superior Input. Ja, ja, in 2nd place, mit 12 Kills, McLovin. Shout-out to you, on Eternal. 12 Kills für ihn, Koifel für Exet, Steppin'-Up once mehr. Er ist wohl schon der Stand-Out-Player für sie, wenn man die Kiel-Leader-Boards sieht.

02:59:20 Ja, ein paar familiarer Faces in der Kill Leaderboard, wie wir erwartet. Ich denke, dass Nordamerika, als Region, ist ein bisschen tighter, als was wir früher in EMEA gesehen haben. Natürlich mit Groups B und C, von was wir gesehen haben. Es ist so schwierig, um die ...

02:59:44 Top 5 to Top 10 here to try and decide who we think is going to be able to creep into those ones. And then there's teams who might even be finishing in the bottom 10 that suddenly have a pop-off game and force their way into the upper echelons. But it's between Dark Zero and Eternal at the moment, most likely for who is going to be taking this matchday. I mean, impressive, right? You're looking at how close is Eternal. What a matchday they have had today.

03:00:08 Dark Zero on top but only by one point. Complexity just in behind them as well. Little five point cushion for them over Legacy as well. A lot of Legacy's points have come from kills. You can see that 14 placement points with 26 kills alongside it. And we mentioned XZ and Optic. If they have a big game number six here, it could be the perfect Tonic and the perfect introduction to them to Season 20 and kind of reminding everyone of just how good they are. But look, there's only seven points between XZ and...

03:00:37 Nur 8 Punkte zwischen SSG und XS. So zwischen 12th und 5th, nur 8 Punkte zwischen es jetzt. Und das könnte ein Top 5, das könnte ein Top 10 mit Kills sein, wenn man es richtig spielt. So das ist nicht garantiert für diese Teams jetzt. Da sind große Punkte, um für grabs, von diesen Teams, die ein bisschen weniger in den Leaderboarden sind. Ich meine, sogar 9 Lies und...

03:01:02 Oversleepers, if they were to win a game here, they can propel themselves potentially not just into the top 10, but you're looking at maybe even further here. So it is very tight from 5th and down, but we do have our two frontrunners, that's Eternal and Dark Zero. I will also say that DSG Game 6 is where they like to do their work, and they are going to have to do their work as we head into a quick break now. We'll have to find out if DSG can put in another Game 6 stunning performance to push themselves up the leaderboard. One more game to go today. We'll be back in just a few moments.

03:03:17 Apex Enjoyers, including you, Dan. You're both beautiful and an enjoyer of Apex. We've got one more game to go here in North America in the ALGS Pro League. And before we get there, it's probably a good idea to have a little look at some stats, Dan, to throw up a little bit of information for our lovely people at home, because we want to keep you up to date on everything that's going down. But I'm kind of looking forward to DSG in this last game. I mentioned how they save it for Game 6. Well, this is the story up until...

03:03:41 So greedy, just taking all the points away from those who really need them. I mean, the likes of XZ, Nine Lies, Faze, Sentinels, Meat Lovers, they all need points! Otherwise you're gonna be down in those lower...

03:04:03 in den Leaderboarden, wo Lann ist nicht so sicher. Natürlich geht es um den 3.0, so es gibt noch zwei Match Weeks für jeden Team, aber das ist immer wieder in die Gefahr. So ein Big Match hier könnte wirklich machen, für deine Chance zu Lann zu kommen, und vielleicht tee dich für ein viel mehr, viel mehr, viel mehr Last Couple Match Weeks für euch, eher als Sweaty Ones.

03:04:26 Ja, es wird interessant sein, was in Game 6 passiert. Match Nummer 6 wird live, als wir in Legend Select gehen werden. Es ist das Kind, Dan, wo, wenn du auf den Eidigen von den Big Points bist, auf den Final Leaderboards musst, musst du ein bisschen noise machen. Du musst ein bisschen inspirieren aus den ZERO machen, wenn er gewinnen. Weil, ich weiß, dass das Game 4 Endgame gemacht hat, und ich hör es durch, eigentlich, dein Mikrofon. Und, ich weiß nicht, ich habe ein paar... Ich weiß nicht, was...

03:04:53 Still unsure how he was able to get his entire microphone in his mouth, but I'll allow him to tell you later on his stream, but I'm very impressed with what Dark Zero and Zero in general have been able to do today, but can they do more of the same in match number six or...

Strategische Spielzüge und Zonen-Analyse im finalen Match

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03:05:11 Do we get a new team to show us and show up in this final match? As I've alluded to, points are so important. Are we going to get the contest happening again? That's the real question at Stormcatcher. Obviously, Bazan and Apegang are both here, yes. Well, it's a cinematic, at least, as both teams hit the Horizon Q at exactly the same time. I almost felt like there should have been some sort of slow montage music for that moment, but unfortunately, that hasn't really happened off the back of it. But this is going to happen. It's going to be the first knock. First, it will go down. The Prowler will sing loudest.

03:05:40 And it looks like, as it stands, the Oversleepers are going to be taking down Apegang and making it 2-1, especially with that initial knock coming through. You'd imagine they should be able to take advantage in a 3 versus 2, or not what it is going to be, potentially a 3 versus 1. So Charmander makes sure he gets that final damage onto the player. But Oversleepers, you know, they still have a chance here. They're in 14th position. I said it before, if they can get going, if they can actually win this contest, they are still in range of...

03:06:08 The teams that are in the top ten. So they can still pick up some big points. And they are points that are needed. They're in 28th position in the Pro League at the moment. We needed a southern zone, everyone, didn't we? Come on. Let's be real, everybody. It's not going to be an Echo HQ, but it is going to be a coastal camp zone. We're going back down south. It's not a day of ALGS without a coastal or an Echo HQ zone. And we don't want to change that. Everybody's getting used to it down the way. Everyone's getting comfortable with it now.

03:06:35 I feel for FaZe. I was saying how FaZe need a big game. They have to traverse the entirety of the map, literally the furthest you could go. For FaZe, same for Meat Lovers. They do have a ring console and a survey beacon to FaZe, so they should be able to get blue armor and get the info and start moving and grooving as quick as possible, but that is going to be a long, treacherous journey. Perhaps they can take a route that will allow them to get a couple of harvesters on the way to maybe get to purple.

03:07:03 Usually, if you are one of the edge teams, you're more likely to get to Purple, but FaZe will probably try and move a little bit quicker. Complexity are trying to move quickly here. They're going to be trying to maybe approach from the Pylon side, work their way maybe down south or towards Pylon and then up the hill. The problem with going into Pylon is if you don't beat the traffic, which they should do pretty comfortably, to be honest with you.

03:07:24 I always think of Stormpoint as this like...

03:07:49 Open map, where we're going to see loads of fights in the mid-game. As I say that, maybe there's a fight. But loads of fights in the mid-game. But with the three circles that we've had so far here in North America, they've all been zones that you can move quickly, set up, get in buildings, get in a lot of playable space. So we're seeing less of those mid-game fights. But also with the meta of Season 20 and with the lack of the ability to get up to purple for some of these teams.

03:08:13 People are reluctant to fight. We even saw it in Amir. Not many mid-game fights happening at the moment. There's a lot of end-game engagements we're seeing instead. Complexity should be safe to play up on the high ground. Just trying to do a little bit of information reconnaissance. See if there is a safer place to play up on the high and not having to be forced to play that low ground. Looks like they will be pretty good. Oh no, oh no, oh no. That is a 3-2-1. And let me tell you, it's not good to be on the receiving end of that.

03:08:42 Ich weiß nicht, ob sie noch mehr Zeit bekommen müssen, denn ich habe mir gedacht, dass die Team ein bisschen aggressiv ist. Es wird Moist auch sein. Sie wissen wohl, dass sie ein Team möchtet, und sie wollen die Squad-Wide für die extra Evo Shields gewinnen. Aber da sind die Team um, so sie müssen bemerksam sein. Ja, Moist waren diese KP. Und Moist waren, glaube ich, in Tense Position, wenn ich mich in der Lage war, in der ich sollte. Sie waren.

03:09:08 Und dann werden wir das Squad-Wire gewonnen haben. Lüge wird es, aber es wird nur noch ein paar Worte geben. Es wird nur noch ein paar Worte geben, aber es wird nur noch ein paar Worte geben. Aber es wird auch noch ein paar Worte geben, aber es wird auch noch ein paar Worte geben.

03:09:36 Es ist nicht oft, dass wir Monsoon nicht sehen, dass er eine Bum-Note ist. Er ist immer den richtigen Weg, von dem wir hören können. Beautiful voice, aber wir werden nicht von ihm hören. So, 19 squads bleiben. Oversleepers, wie ich schon erwähnt habe, haben viel zu tun. Sie sind in der 13th Position zu tun. Sie sind in der overallen Leaderboards, aber wenn sie in der Circle können, wenn sie in der Late Game sind, ist immer das Möglichkeit, um sich auf die Leaderboards zu pushen. Mit einem großen Spiel hier. Und es beginnt mit...

03:10:05 Das ist ein bisschen mehr damage auf Ape Gang. Es ist ein bisschen mehr auf Ape Gang. Es ist ein bisschen mehr auf Ape Gang, als OpTic gemacht hat. Und es ist Exet auf der anderen Seite. Ich meine, Khoi-Full got stuck in das Engagement initially. Das ist warum Exet ist es jetzt. Look at das Temporary Fortification. Es ist so, wie sie eine Lego-Sette mit ihnen haben. Sie haben einen Trident. Sie haben die Barrels down. Und Exet ist es nicht...

03:10:30 Was we recognise as a building we usually see here. But it's effective enough for us to have to back up. So Exet. Changing their rotate there. Optic are going to be winning that one. As we now see Optic actually taking to the skies for a few seconds. By clearing that space they're able to take that Evac Tower pretty much uncontested.

03:10:47 For these teams who did try and force their way down onto this southern side, I mean, Optik and Exit, because you've got all these teams that have already moved to Coastal Camp, your access into Zone isn't as free as it was as, for example, a Barometer Zone, and that's why we're seeing them have to take the Evac Tower just to try and reposition, because they were just being kind of griefed by any of the teams that were already in Zone, so they have to rethink and redesign their movement, and it's going to be...

03:11:14 Ja, das ist Kostig Gas und das Zone-Combining. Und das ist warum das HP so, so schnell ist. Sie sollte ein Res hier sein können.

03:11:39 The rest of Moist really want to try and get angles onto this. Optik are in a horrible spot right now, to be honest with you. If they get dropped back up, they might be able to give E ult, if he does have it available, to force Moist out a little bit from that position they find themselves in. But even now, crossing from the zone into the safe spot with Moist up on that high ground, it's a pretty tough ask for them. It's mad. It's going to be an entire day of not seeing Gibraltar get to Purple. Rain Day is seething at the moment.

03:12:06 Ich wirklich fühle mich für ihn, aber es wird passieren irgendwann, Eben nicht. Aber für heute, Moist, sie haben einen Keen-Eyes auf das. Das ist vielleicht drei Free-Kills für sie, und sie haben sogar Rolling Thunder zu gehen, um sie aus diesem Heideholz zu gehen.

03:12:35 Sie haben das erste Knochen und jetzt sieht man, für Arptik, das ist der Ende der Reise für sie in diesem Spiel. Ja, ich respecte Knochen, er war der Bait. Er hat gesagt, du gehst ohne mich, bleibst du mich, Soldier. Und eine Knochen war able zu einfach escape.

03:12:52 I think what probably happened is he went, where are you going? Why aren't you fighting with me? You've just left me. That's literally my experience of Apex. I'm the one running and you're the one fighting. Yeah, that's my experience of Apex as well. Dan, fight with me. No, I can survive. I can get us back in. It's a little bit different. SSG then.

03:13:13 Ich werde ein wenig zu tun, um die Teams zu bewegen. Die Team sind dann wieder in die Phase der Meat Lovers zu machen. Die Meat Lovers sind jetzt auf die Sprengung, um das Low Ground zu machen. Sie werden das Zippen nicht wissen, aber sie wissen nicht, was es ist. SSG ist das Team. Er ist jetzt die Bestes Palmtree impression. Und es funktioniert.

03:13:34 Ich will nur den besten zu bleiben. Es ist gleich zu den letzten zwei Spiele, 19 Spiele wieder als 2 beginnt. Es gibt 9 Lies, die wir dann zu einem 1, Disguised und Ape Gang, die wieder zu einem 4-3 sind. Ape Gang sind jetzt über und über wieder zurückgegangen. Vielleicht werden sie noch mehr Kills, die Oversleeper sind später. Aber SSG wird von Phonys zurückgegangen. Und die Optik-Gaming werden dann weitergegangen. So die Palmtree Impression, leider nicht weitergegangen.

03:14:04 19th place.

Entscheidende Momente und Team-Performances im späten Spiel

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03:14:28 And where everybody else is stacked up at the moment. If you're approaching late, it can be a little bit rough. Furia though, speaking of rough, they do get the first knock here. It's been a tough day for them so far, but they can save it here in game number six. And the damage coming in from Madness with that Havoc should surely allow the rest of your teammates just to walk in and clean this up. That's exactly what they do. Oversleepers will be eliminated and Furia have somewhere to play from.

03:14:52 Yeah, Fury at least can try and do something to salvage this day. As you mentioned as well, Eternal playing pretty well, and they were in, Eternal were in 26th position in the overall standings coming into today. Remember, they were second overall in the current matchweek standing, so this could be a huge series for them. Disguise, another team who haven't been able to have a big game so far, 15th position in today's series.

03:15:17 Only on 16 points, but that means they're only about 20 off of 5th place, so a victory can still get you up there. They've got a fight to take here, right on the edge of zone against Ape Gang.

03:15:29 They're a little bit split here, Apegang, as well, but Designful's just got to be careful here that he doesn't go down in and around the zone with the zone ticking away his health meds. Guess that first knock, though, now you would expect DSG to move in and try and finish this off and then get these kills. They're rotating clean in front of them, and it looks like they will be able to do so. It's clean from DSG, and I tell you what, the Game 6, uh, I would say, yeah, I don't want to call it a curse because it's the complete opposite. The Game 6 Dream? It's still alive. The Miracle is still there for them.

03:15:57 I mean, they've done it before, and they can certainly do it again. They do have the majority of the northern side of the map to themselves at the moment, but the problem is, regardless of where they enter this next circle, there are teams waiting for them. So it's one of those situations where they might have to just try and get over the top of everyone, but even then it's like, where do you land? Perhaps there is space that they can work with, but we'll have to wait and see. As for Furia, they've bumped themselves up into 19th position with the extra KP they've been able to pick up so far, and they do have a Kraber to work with.

03:16:26 They also have two reds now because that Evo Harvester is going to work wonders for them. So even though they were taking damage, even though they're going to work their way in from the quicker side of the zone.

03:16:38 They are able to fight. And if you gave Furia an option on how to play this game, they would love to fight every single time they can. So even though it looks like a tough rotate for them, they've got the utility and the armors to do exactly that. We'll have to see how this plays out. There's a real opportunity for Furia to have success here as Dark Zero.

03:17:00 Gonna fly in here on the Trident playing this one very late Really indeed and again a similar push from their last couple of games where they're approaching from that southwest side Always curious to go into the brains of zero and dark zero. Let's jump into a listen and see what they're saying

03:17:18 Ich werde den Arschstacken. Ich werde den Arschstacken. Ich werde den Arschstacken. Ich werde den Arschstacken.

03:17:31 Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja.

03:18:01 Es ist EA Nutt!

03:18:28 So Dark Zero use all their utility to try and force their way in through this tunnel and it looks like they want to continue to try and take this fight down. You can hear the desperate calls for Oexels to try and get Sykes his ultimate back and if they can do that it's almost a guaranteed push for them.

03:18:45 Yeah, it's guaranteed, but there is another team above them here. So you have to be careful getting involved in this engagement and be prepared for having another team potentially join you. But certainly Dark Zero, one of the teams who always manage to find a way to kind of re-engage or disengage at the right time. They're still holding that first position. Their closest threat is Eternal at the moment. And they will want to hold first place here. So they're not going to overcommit and find themselves in a tough spot. Damage coming in from Zero.

03:19:16 I mentioned how M&K is at the top of the kill leaderboards. Well, there's a good example of why M&K is great in certain situations. Being able to flick away, haven't taken the damage and get back to your teammates almost immediately. And now with the scan coming in and the not coming in as well from behind, this is a signal for Dark Zero to move forward. Try and clean this fight up. The Turbocharged Havoc is a problem, but Zero is also finding some problems itself. And again, manages to just about escape. Just about. We'll be able to get that bat off and has the cover as well from the wingman of Jen Burton.

03:19:46 Das wird ein wirkliches Wettbewerb zu dem anderen Team, die auf der anderen Seite des Tunnel ist. Aber Round 4 ist geschlossen, so Dark Zero wird ein bisschen ein bisschen von Boogie aufgerufen. Sie werden slowly, aber sicherlich versuchen, zu pressen durch dieses Tunnel und weiterzunehmen. Aber Geburne hat vieles gemacht, aber sie werden mit einem anderen Rumpfeln mit ein bisschen mehr Rumpfeln. So, Sie müssen hier in und versuchen, das ein bisschen zu machen. Oh, 4!

03:20:05 Ich denke, es war Sentinels in den Enden, die kam in den Kurs. Exzett, sadly, während all die commotion...

03:20:34 ...were nicht able to survive. Jetzt Disguise, Down-to-Potentially-Just-One. Timmy und Designful arbeiten Hand-in-Hand ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

03:21:02 The Game 6 stream lives on once more.

03:21:05 But it's Sentinels, who hold now one of the priority positions. I really messed up that word. Priority positions at the moment. And they need this as well. We saw right at the start of today, Sentinels were in 22nd position overall. A big game here is going to be huge for their chances of LAN going into the final third of Pro League. Elsewhere, teams that could potentially have a big game here. Moist still alive. Meatlovers very close nearby. And of course, we've seen Legacy perform very well today. A lot of kills. They're in fourth position at the moment.

03:21:34 Still a threat atop this leaderboard, but it's all about Eternal for me. Seeing now Dark Zero get wiped out, the chance for first place is in Eternal's hands. An opportunity. Great shots coming in from Legacy, though. They control that door with the catalyst. Being able to reinforce so they can pop through it every time that they want to. And they do exactly that to get the knock onto the first member of Temper. Meat Lovers will be eliminated in the meantime, and all of a sudden we're down to six squads here.

03:22:03 As Temper down to 2, try and move in to maybe do some damage to Legacy, but Legacy will look too good. Circle closing, Sentinels the only team that are within this next zone as well. So Moist Eternal, Legacy, Temper and Disguise all have to move together from this east side into the western point of view. Legacy trying to survive, they're going to have to push out of this building. Dark Veil will go down to give them the coverage and they can challenge the team to their right.

03:22:26 Und sie werden ihn in DSG zu pushen. Jaguars wird ein paar Damage nehmen. Und obwohl DSG ist nur ein 2, das Damage ist, und das Damage ist, und das Damage ist, und das Damage ist, und das Damage ist, weil Legacy ist, dass Yanya ist ein Solo-Player. Und DSG ist noch immer wieder живet. Game 6 ist wo sie kommen. Just pretend every game ist Game 6 DSG moving forward. Sie werden alles gewinnen. Oh, now Sentinels might have got eyes on the duo of DSG, though, as Timmy hat ein paar Damage. Trying to survive in the smoke is not going to work out. Designful.

03:22:55 Das war Welt's Edge. Das ist Stormpoint, aber...

03:23:23 Ich meine, ich habe gesagt, dass ich nicht gesehen habe, jetzt habe ich es zwei gesehen.

03:23:53 I've said this before. Amazing performance so far. He's done his job to get them the points that they do need. But unfortunately, there's three members in front of you. Charge! He's doing it! Hold up. Hold up for just a second. Wait a minute. Oh my God.

03:24:14 Ich war schon mit der Charge, aber... Okay, ich war schon, alle. Die Sentinels haben wir das letzte Spiel des Jahres gewonnen. Aber das ist ein wichtiges Spiel für die Sentinels. Sie bekommen das letzte Spiel in der letzten Spiel. Und das letzte Spiel, in general, Dad, wird die Stand-In-Geräusche sehr schlafen.

Eternal's Überraschungssieg und die Auswirkungen auf die Rangliste

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03:24:28 It will, because even though it was a final charge, a desperate attempt from Eternal in the end, what they had already solidified was first place in the series today. And that is massive for their chances of getting to land. They were able to just pip Dark Zero in those final moments because Dark Zero were eliminated earlier. But for Sentinels, that is going to shoot them up the leaderboards. And again, could be huge for their chances too.

03:24:50 DSG, once again, top three, finally, in the final game. I don't know what the mentality is like for those guys. I've had some rough games up until that point, but they always save the best for last, eh? And we know they've got some amazing content creators on that team, so maybe they're just doing it for the content, Dan, just to keep everybody watching. Pray on the downfall, and then they're like, hey, we got you. We'll be back next week as well. We're still in the hunt. But, I mean, I think the standout performances today, we have to talk about Eternal, right? I mean, what a performance from them, and I think nobody really saw that coming, with all due respect, but their consistency was commendable.

03:25:20 Yeah, I mean, to be in 26th position coming into today, they were definitely on no one's radar. And of course, they hadn't played as many match weeks as some of the other teams. So they were naturally going to be a little bit lower. But 26th is a significantly low number to be in in the leaderboards. But suddenly a match week win is going to send them so much further up into the top 20, you'd imagine. So now they're going to have a real chance of competing for LAN. And that will do wonders for their confidence as well. Like there's so many different things that apply here for them.

03:25:50 And they just played excellently. Some of their positioning in the final circles was almost perfect at times. And that made it very difficult for teams that were arriving late. I've got to give a huge shout out to Cara as well in that endgame. I thought for a second we were going to see one of the greatest clips we've ever seen in the ALGS. When he got the first kill and then hits like almost 100 spray on the second. I was like, like you said, winnable. This is winnable all of a sudden.

03:26:13 Unfortunately, it wasn't to be. Sentinels are a little bit too experienced for that situation. But I think it's fascinating as well that we've seen two games today where there's been one full team alive and four rats trying to work their way. Four silo players trying to be involved in that endgame. It's very rare that we've seen that at all. Maybe that's something to do with those blue armors.

03:26:30 Well, something to do with Blue Armour, and I think just with the amount of Caustics in general, it does often seem like the Caustic the last remaining player, because you barrel down, you hunker down, you wait, you survive, you hide in your gas, you're not going to be pushed as easily, and it means that you just survive, and people kind of forget about you and focus on someone else, especially in those hectic endgames. But here is confirmation of match six. Sentinels pick up 16 points in the end, only four kills. Moist may have gone down early on, but they had 13 kills, which means that technically...

03:26:59 They won that game.

03:27:25 Just outside of that top 10 in the final game as well. But I think that their confidence will be restored a little bit after their performance today. SSG, I would say, a little bit disappointing today. Haven't really talked about them too much, especially after the last two times that these groups matched up against each other. They were the team who came out on top. But Optic, we saw they had a rough one in that game as well. But I think the overall standings is where we all want to point ourselves to, right? We want to see who's at the top. And we know that...

03:27:48 Dark Zero will be up there. We know that Eternal will probably be on top as well. But it's outside of that, Dan. What's it going to look like as we bring Rain Day back in to maybe give us a little bit of insight on how things are going to be looking? Well, you know, I think, first of all, you two did a fantastic job through those last two games. Really exciting stuff. And, yeah, we got to see another four-man standoff with one team sitting pretty in Sentinels. Complexity in Sentinels both showing we are not going to lose to this.

03:28:13 But let's walk it through.

03:28:41 wie wir hier haben, denn Stormpoint hat uns viele gute Matches gemacht. Es startet auf in Match 4, wenn du es, zu re-Wrap hier.

03:28:51 mit einem der besten 1v1s wir haben in ein paar Mal. Natürlich heute, es war elektrisch. Und es war zwei Teams aus Australien, jetzt representatives in Nordamerika, zwei unserer Top-Teams hier, Moist und D.Z. going back-to-back. Moist hatte niemanden behind dem, D.Z. either, so es war zwei Teams in front of each other. Und es kam dann zu 1v1, und das wäre die Unterschiede. Both Spieler, MT, als Zero, als Zero, hiding behind diese Shields. Gildersen, meine Frage ist, war das ein mistake?

03:29:20 Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's.

03:29:49 Die Geschichte wird starten zu shiftieren.

03:29:52 Das war's für Eterne. Das war's für Eterne.

03:30:21 So impressed with what he was doing as well Evan, I mean McLovin coming in.

03:30:45 Und wirklich machte eine difference für Eternal. Und ich dachte, vielleicht wäre es in vain, die Victory, weil Dark Zero war so consistent throughout den Tag. Aber wenn wir Dark Zero eliminiert in den Top 7, ich glaube es war, in der Ende, nach der Push von Sentinels, suddenly die Floodgates opened für Eternal. Sie hatten einfach nur die Top 3, und sie haben einfach nur das. Und dann haben wir das 1v3. Ich meine, Sie immer denken, das ist unmöglich, aber wir haben gesehen, das ist unmöglich. Aber wir haben gesehen, das ist unmöglich, in der ALGS. Als Achaustik, wenn er hatte die Nox Grenade, vielleicht hätte ich gesehen.

03:31:14 Aber er war sicherlich am besten mit einem Bang und er hat den Karten zu tun, und er wird sicherlich in den Kampf. Der Bloodhound-Scan war niemals wirklich zu helfen, weil er die Info war da.

03:31:40 That Eternal EC, starting out this series in 26th place, have now taken a first place finish over the likes of Dark Zero, over Moist, over Xset, over Optic, over DSG. All of these teams, even Furia, who we were talking about earlier, were not able to compete. It was a masterclass for a squad that this is rarely seen.

03:32:06 Let's show that it is possible in Eternal EC to take down as well, Mark. Yeah, I mean, what a performance. Probably one of the standout performances that we've had so far this split. Because you're looking at this lobby and you're looking at the rest of the team names and the players and the history and the profiles, right? Dark Zero Legacy, Moist, Sensibles, Complexcy, Elevate, XS, Meatlovers, Optic. And you're not even talking about the likes of Furia, FaZe, SSG. To come top of that pile.

03:32:29 Das ist unglaublich. Und ich denke, das impressiert mich am meisten ist, wenn du mit Teams wie Legacy und DarkZero über die meisten Kills in der Lobby als Team bist, du kennst du mit einem Phänomenal Apex Legends bist. Es ist nicht nur die Placement Points, sie gewonnen sind wirklich sehr important. Winning Battles breeds confidence, right? 69 Points overall ist ein total total, aber es ist das Kills. Ich meine, das zeigt, dass du kannst du gegen die Besten in der Welt gewinnen.

03:32:53 Und wenn du diese overallen Standings hast, was das gemacht hat, für sie. Sie sind nicht in die Top 10. Natürlich, Dark Zero wird, nach 4, noch 10 Punkte ahead von Moist Esports, die, in der 1V1, in der 1V1, also share die 1 und 2nd spot in den Leaderboards. LG, hinter dem, Elevate, und TSM. Die Top 5 mit Complexity in die 6-Position. SSG, Legacy, GKS, und Furia, der Spite.

03:33:18 Furia haben eine sehr schlechtere Spiel heute. Aber EEC geht von 26 zu 17. Das macht sie nicht nur in der Position, sondern sie spielen für ein Spiel an Land, mit ihren Chancen an der Regional Finale. Looking like es geht, Regional Playoffs zu werden. Looking like es könnte sein, Dan. Aber auch, wenn sie das aufhören, dann ist es, die Sky ist der Limit für sie.

03:33:40 Sky is the limit for sure, but just being in the top 20 is where you want to be for playoffs. So job number one is done. Job number two is staying there.

03:33:49 Keeping this consistency, keeping yourself in those final circles. That's what Eternal were able to do over and over today, was find themselves in that very late game. Maybe the meta kind of leaning towards their playstyle a little bit more, but the meta is always going to develop, and you have to develop with it. So we'll kind of be watching Eternal with keen eyes to see how they progress. And then as we get into the bottom 10, you've got now the teams who, after two-thirds of the season has been played, they are in the danger zone. And that is some big teams that are in there.

03:34:18 Native Gaming, FaZe, Skirt, Teams that maybe I was expected to be a little bit higher, Meat Lovers, although they have been through a few team changes for sure, but this is teams that are going to want to be at LAN, teams that we expected to be at LAN. Players, some of the biggest players and streamers that we have, not going to be at LAN at the moment, so we have to see some changes come through, and whether that's just going to be a playstyle change, ideology change of how you want to approach the game, we need to see something.

03:34:44 And it's a great point, just for those kind of hearing us say it, but just to be very clear about it, the top 20 teams will qualify for the regional final that we'll play on our final day here on day 10 of our matches. We'll finish nine with all the play-ins, and then obviously we'll have our playoff. The top 10 plus our regional final winner will qualify for LAN. So making that top 20, not nearly job done, but it does put you in the possibility zone. Out of that...

03:35:08 There's no chance at all. You're going to have to wait until the next split or a different version of qualifying if this happens to be split two heading into championships. We'll cover that when we get there, though. Of course, every single time we play in North America or in EMEA, we have a few standouts. And today's standout is one that we have to mention and celebrate because not only did they show that they can play at the highest of high levels against the lobby with the winners and the highest team of all in North America, they did it in dramatic fashion. And that's why, of course...

03:35:38 Das ist ein sehr schönes Name, McLovin. Ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin super-Bad. Und jetzt muss ich sagen, dass das Spiel auch super-Bad ist. In der guten Weise, wie wir es benutzen. Und das ist absolut was Eternal EC haben gebracht. Sie sind effektiv, aber sie haben die Leute off-guard. Sie haben eine andere Meta gemacht. Es ist nichts Fancy in was sie sind. Es ist nur über play. Rotation, finden sich in Endzones mehr oft als nicht, aber bringen Kills along mit ihnen, wenn sie win. Und Sie sehen, das ist die Individual-Skill. Kosei, Carter, McLovin, sie können und gewinnen.

03:36:07 und sie werden auch als ein Team arbeiten können. Nicht nur sind sie sehr gut in Bezug auf Positionierung und Game Awareness, es war heute vielleicht ein typischer Situation, die wir nicht oft sehen. Ein Team, die nicht in den Top 20 ist, haben die erste...

03:36:24 So, ich muss sagen, es ist die Top 11 für Nordamerika.

03:36:52 Klarify for our regional finals who we'll go and represent in our LAN. But Mark, Dan, I mean, got to give a shout out. McLovin, Dan, it's a great name, but it was great play today across all of EZ. Yeah, I love how you said super bad, but not in the way that we would expect to say. It's kind of like super bad. It's like just a little bit cooler, right? And there was a lot of grief for McLovin in the chat before games as well. People weren't happy with how they were playing at times, saying they weren't playing properly.

03:37:21 They just won the group, so that's one better way. What better way to answer how you're going to approach the game? So I'm happy for McLovin and a great MVP as well.

03:37:29 And I'm also really excited to hear their perspective. And in fact, to end this broadcast, we have a chance to talk with one of the members from EEC. It should be Kosi, who is joining us here in just a moment live. And so if they show up, we'll be excited to talk with them. I can't wait to pick their brain on what has been happening so far in this meta, because it's been a story that we will not forget for a long time. It could be the story.

03:37:53 that begins their journey to head into not just the regional final, but have a chance at LAN. It's coming into 26th. We're waiting to see if we can hear them. And Birkosi, do you got us? Hey, guys. How's it going? All right. Hey, man. Good to talk with you. I know we don't have your camera here like most of our interviews, so we're just going to do this audio. But first off, big congratulations to your team on the win.

03:38:20 How does it feel? And, you know, what does it mean today in the position you were in? Coming in from 26, now obviously taking a first place, over even the first place team overall in North America, Dark Zero, just by Carter's Heroics at the very end. You know, how does it feel? What's going on with the team morale and you guys behind the scenes? Yeah, I'm not going to lie. We had like a rough first three game days, but we've been working really, really hard. And we had a roster change leading up to this.

03:38:49 Honestly, he just fits our team really well. He's very loud. He shoots really well, too. So I'm really proud of how we did today. I feel like little mistakes were made. We're really confident going into it. So I'm just proud of the boys. We did really well.

03:39:09 I can feel that pride coming through in your voice. It's just a genuine happiness I can hear from you at the moment. And my question kind of leans into not just your performance today, which understandably you're over the moon with first place, why wouldn't you? But do you feel like Season 20 has kind of played into your guys' hands a little bit on how you want to approach the game? Because a lot of those endgames we were seeing, there was a lot of blue shields that you were having to fight against instead of like the purples and reds that maybe previously you had to go against. Did you feel that was making the fights a little bit more even for you?

03:39:39 Mit der Gun Skill, hast du ihn gewonnen? Ich werde nicht lief, wir lieben Sky East und Devastated Coast, die nicht die zwei besten POIs zu gehen, aber wir gewonnen haben viele Un-Even-Fights. Ich denke, outside der Spider Cave, neben Barrow, Tech und sie haben uns mit Red gewonnen, und wir gewonnen mit Blue Shields. Ich denke, wir, ich weiß nicht, wir Team foughten wirklich, wirklich gut heute. Nicht auf sie oder nichts.

03:40:09 Well, you guys pushed yourself into the top 20, which is where you want to be if you want to get to regional finals. But to get yourself to LAN, you have to be pushing a little bit further into that top 11. Do you think that's still possible? I mean, you still got two match weeks. And if you play like that, surely that's going to be the goal, right? Absolutely. I think I'm the most confident I've been in our team as of now, especially after our performance today. Just feeling good, feeling really good.

03:40:39 One of the things, just to wrap this up, that we don't often see, that's why I kind of hark on it, is teams tend to have similar performances. And even if they have a good day, they kind of bounce back and forth here. And I want to know, you guys had such a dramatic shift. There was a new player that came in. You said that was a big part of it. How much has Season 20 played into it before we let you go? Has there been maybe a lineup or just the way that you guys are playing in this season as the new changes have happened to Apex that you feel have opened some doors for you heading into the last?

03:41:08 Vielen Dank.

03:41:11 Es war definitiv ein bisschen zu adjustieren, weil die ganze Meta verändert hat. All die Legends verändert haben und wir hatten zu verwendet. Ich wurde auf Bangalore gezwungen. Unsere Legends und was nicht fühlen wirklich gut. Die Weise wir spielen, ich fühle mich, wir hatten ein guter Plan für heute. Wir adjustierten die neue Season properly.

03:41:41 Sometimes that's all it is. There's a lot of questions, if, ands, or buts, but if you do it, you get the job done. That's all that the history books are going to remember. Kosi, thank you so much for joining us. Congratulations on your win with EEC, taking first place here in Match Day 6 in North America. Appreciate it. Thank you, guys.

03:41:59 All right, that was Kosey. Mark, Dan, obviously, you know, we're not going to transition out of anything. We're here. Great interview with the guy. Obviously, he felt very confident. But that was the type of performance that really can set the tone for the rest of the season. You want a big moment. We asked for big moments. This is the chance that you have to make a move. You know, Mark, final thoughts on the day and also just the impact that you've seen EEC have and what that means for the rest of the teams here as we go into Match Day 7 tomorrow.

03:42:24 Ich meine, es ist eine Sache, dass du das Beste in der Welt bist und das Beste in der Welt bist. Proving, du kannst du es tun, in eine Performance wie das und kommst in den ersten Platz. Und ich muss sagen, das ist eine meiner Lieblingsinterviews, weil ich Kosti ist, dass Kosti ist, um, eine Genuine Response zu geben und alles, um, alles zu geben. Aber du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst, du kannst,

03:42:53 An amazing performance on them, but also don't take away from the likes of Dark Zero, Moist. There's a reason they're at the top of the leaderboards, and again, they had some monster games today, and they could have had even bigger ones in certain points, but probably one of my favorite ALGS days, I'll say it, just because it was so unpredictable with Season 20, and I can't wait to watch the rest of the split. I think it's going to be a blast.

03:43:12 Yeah, it was really, really fun. And Dan, Mark's right. I mean, not to overhighlight EEC, but it is good to give them their moment because how often does it happen? Will it happen again? We don't know, but we certainly know the Dark Zero, Moist, these juggernauts, they're not going anywhere and they have one destination that is getting a trophy. So someone's going to have to stop them at the end of the day.

03:43:31 Ja, und ich habe gesagt, dass Top 20 ist Land, weil Top 20 ist die erste Schritt zu Land, weil man die Region Finale ist, aber es ist die Top 11, wo man muss, so das ist mein Fehler, und ich entschuldige. Aber natürlich, du bist auf deinem Weg da, wenn du Eternal bist. Du war in den Bottom 10, blabst du nicht mehr in den Region Finals. Jetzt bist du in den Region Finals in den Region Finals, und du kannst zu denken, um tatsächlich zu machen Land zu machen. Es ist alles ein Schritt auf die Ladder, ein an einem Tag.

03:43:55 A few takeaways as well from today. I mean, the Rat Megazord is still going to be in my mind as I go to bed. Certainly we saw that a few times, but I want to see how those rats can combine as one. And I'm also still wondering how Zero was able to get that much microphone inside his mouth. So go back, watch that, watch Game 4, watch it from Zero's point of view. A, it was a great 1v2 clutch, and his reaction was amazing. And that's going to be a meme that will live in Apex Legends history for a long time. I just want to say quickly, I do not want to be in Dan's dreams tonight.

03:44:24 Rats, microphones, there's just a lot going on there. Fellas, we're going to let you process as well. Mark, on your side, head to bed. Dan, enjoy the rest of your Saturday evening. Thank you, fellas, for a great cast today and a great couple of broadcasts.

03:44:39 Thank you, Dave. Pleasure.

03:45:09 Was will K-Swinney in Slab and Cracks play? Slab already pioneering the Bloodhound early on in this season, but can they get through Cybercats who have been playing out of this world? Branches and Kasanya, I mean, excellent players rocking the fuse. We saw that with DSG a little bit today. Will they continue to showcase Namiya? You'll have to tune in and find out. That'll be our first broadcast. And if you stay...

03:45:34 I think you should. North America, just like now, will have their moment in the sun. GKS, ooh, what a performance. They've been doing really, really well over the last few match days. They'll continue to have a chance, Stay Naughty, Saucer and Chaotic Much, to put together the experience of that trio and keep turning it into wins and wins. But will it be enough? Oxygen Esports know what it's like to play at LAN. They know what it's like to be in the biggest of moments. But now the question is, can they get there? Season 20 will poise a whole new set of challenges for this thing.

03:46:03 3v3 Monster Team Fighting Composition. All of that and more on Match Day 7 tomorrow. And remember, if you want to stay tuned with us, make sure to follow Play Apex Esports on X, twitch.tv slash playapex, and of course, YouTube.

03:46:17 Wir wünschen euch einen schönen Abend.

03:46:46 Remember to never give up, never stop gaming, and we'll see you all in-game.