ALGS Year 5 Split 2 Pro League ! Match Day 8 ! EMEA ! Group A vs C ! Apex Legends
Apex Legends: EMEA Pro League – Teams kämpfen um ALGS Championship Qualifikation
Der Spieltag der ALGS Pro League EMEA steht im Zeichen des Kampfes um die Qualifikation für die ALGS Championship. Moderatoren analysieren Teamstrategien und Kaderänderungen. Teams wie Allianz, Endorse und Killer Whales kämpfen um wichtige Punkte. Der Ticketverkauf für die Championship in Sapporo beginnt bald. Face It Watch bietet die Möglichkeit, die Spiele zu verfolgen.
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ALGS Year 5 Split 2 Pro League EMEA Match Day 8 – Einführung und Teamanalyse
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00:09:01 Number eight for the EMEA region. I'm your host today, Spider Tiff, and I couldn't be more excited, but it's starting to come down to the final wire, y'all. Lions, all these teams from Group A, it's going to be their last match day showing, so what is it going to take to lock in all of your spots? Of course, I'm not going to be doing this alone. We've got some amazing casters that are going to be lined up for y'all, ready to call all of the actions. Let's get Dia, let's get Graceful in here. Guys,
00:09:27 It's been so long since not only have I seen you, but also graceful since we've duked it out and ranked. We got a lot of things coming for us. Badia, how are you feeling about today? I'm feeling good. I think I said it before the show. As the end of season approaches, I'm feeling kind of nervous. Like, I know we've been talking about it the whole time since show one, but this really is the last couple of days where you have the chance to qualify to Japan, and then you've got a big break as well. And so with every single day with this...
00:09:56 The following day, which rounds out a regular season, then regional finals, then LCQ. LCQ, it feels like we're going, it's your last chance. No, no, no. It's really your last chance. No, no, no, no. Now it's your last chance. And all of them get my heart racing. We're just out here giving them safety lines. That's exactly what it is. But at some point, Dia, it really will be that last opportunity to lock your tickets into Sephora, that ALGS championship that everyone is coveted, especially if they miss.
00:10:22 Last year. You don't want to do that again. Right, Graciel? Yeah, I mean, definitely. I think we can all really feel how these teams are feeling as well. We see so many drastic changes. We've heard about things, you know, people being nervous and changing things up, changing comps up, changing players out. Like, people are nervous and it's starting to hit that point where there's no way back now, so you gotta make do.
00:10:43 Here's the deal. If you're going to call it, there's no way back. Something that we've been doing throughout the entirety of Split 2 for ALGS is kind of dubbing our theme, right? And the 11th hour is something that fits everything that you've been saying as we brought you in here, which honestly, it is the 11th hour. Times are changing. Like if you want to make sure that you're going and to have all those adaptations, Dia, I think this is perfectly the best way to explain it.
00:11:09 Und für einige Quadsen, das sieht nicht so aus, dass wir nicht zu Qualifizieren in Champs haben, obwohl wir werden auf die Teams betreffen, dass ein paar Teams da eke ihren Weg in da ist. Aber für viele Quadsen in der Welt, es also bedeutet, dass die Form, die du willst, und die Röster, wie Graceful war, die du willst, mit. Weil es gibt viel Wiggle-Room mit all diesen Spielern und Rösteren gibt, und ich bin sicher, dass da werden die Meta-Changes werden, bevor wir in Japan kommen. Aber was ist das Team aus Split 2? Was ist das Team...
00:11:38 Yeah, I've definitely seen a lot of roster mania going through just to even eek by, like you were saying, to potentially get that.
00:11:57 So, P.K. in Hand from Nags and a couple...
00:12:22 Wir sehen, wir sehen, was du gott, mein Mann!
00:12:51 Es ist schwierig, um einen Team zu verabschieden zu verabschieden. Especially in Match 2. Es scared mich. Ich empfehle Nova Gaia, als wir jetzt bezeichnen, eine gewünschte Reihe in der 3rd match. Das ist einfach ein sehr schönes Send-Off für dieses Squad. Something we'll be touching on a little bit later. Aber Sie werden dieses Team sehen in eine sehr unterschiedliche Weise heute. Sie haben in diesem Team parten weitergebracht.
00:13:17 Hustle towards the end of the Split. Killer Whales picking up a win was also fantastic to see, especially because I was so hyped on Killer Whales at the start of the season when they opened with a bang. This was another huge comeback despite some lower placements in their other games. Pulling out of first place with 19 kills no less was super impressive and actually record setting in Split 2.
00:13:44 Their following game maybe didn't go quite as well, but for Empire, the endgame's really ticked up from there, with Game 5 getting them a 15 kill win, and then Game 6, maybe not getting them a win, but second place with 12 kills as well. I feel like the end of the day was a huge good news story for Empire, although technically that last match win did belong to U-Aim, and it's a win that they very much needed, as U-Aim have struggled a lot more than they typically do.
00:14:11 Normally, UAM are finishing top 10 in any split in EMEA, and this split seems to have been a little bit more difficult for them to really be as comfortable as you'd expect them to be historically. I feel like you could take that sentiment and apply it to the large majority of our teams.
00:14:28 Aber hier sind die Top 5 von Matchday 7, nachdem du die Endgame-Circles gesehen hast. Du siehst die Powerful Performance von Empire Gaming, das 15-Kill-Win auf World's Edge. Die Killer Whale mit 19. Und dann, wie du gesagt hast, es war die Pop-Out-of-Nowher. Natürlich in Matchday 6, die 3rd mit 7-Kills. Aber ich möchte ein bisschen mehr von einem Level-Playing-Field. Vielleicht haben sie ihre Floor in generell.
00:14:57 20th with only two kills. We've got to just kind of bring it up and bring that average. Quick note on the Killer Whales victory as well, because I mentioned in passing that it was record-breaking. King Victor, as of that game, holds the record for kills in a single game during Split 2. Worldwide, 12 kills in a single game is the bar to pass. And I think it's really nice when we're able to get, again, big performances like that from a squad that is extremely up and down.
00:15:24 Yeah, we know where their bar is, but it's raising that floor to meet the bar and keep challenging that consistency. I can't wait to see what they do here today. Now, another thing that we've been working here now, Graceful, this is where I'm going to throw it to you because this is a really fun moment where we get to kind of teach our viewers something that we see every day in our play of Apex, but also we can see how it pans out for our pro players throughout the day. So tell us what you want to kind of lay down the law about.
00:15:51 I mean, mainly what I've been thinking about is making it easier for everybody at home and also something to take away from here where you can just apply it immediately to your game.
00:15:59 So, you know, the first thing that I wanted to take away was, you know, the roles of Apex Legends. Like, what does it actually mean to, when people keep hearing, you know, Frontliner or Frager, Refragger or Anchor in this case. I want to touch a little bit about the subject of Anchor specifically. So, what I put down here was essentially three small tips of understanding what a role is for Anchoring. And one of the first and foremost core ones is holding space and moving the base. Your role as an Anchor mainly focuses on making sure that your team have a playable area.
00:16:28 This typically comes up in the short form of setting up traps like Watson Fences, Catalyst Spikes, Caustic Barrels. But it's also important to note that you have to be ready to move the base as well as your teammates and your IGEL find new spots to set up in. However, once you do have this small space to play, you also have some, you know...
00:16:48 Das sind die Angles, wo du mit deinem Team gespielt hast, wo du mit deinem Team gespielt hast, jetzt werden wir die Team gespielt haben. Das Watson hier ist der Henchman, auf Gonex, auf die Watson-Fence zu machen, dass er hier sitzt, von Mid-Range ist. Ein bisschen länger da, um zu sagen, dass ich noch helfen kann, wenn du mit deinem Team gespielt hast, um sich nicht zu retten, um uns zu retten. Weil, wenn du mit deinem Team gespielt hast, das ist, wenn du wirklich anfingst. Außerhalb von dem, wenn du mit deinem Team gespielt hast, musst du nachdenken, um die zwei kleine Spots zu holen.
00:17:17 Well, what I mean by this is that when you're standing in your safe spot and you have your area, your IGL is mainly looking to make small decision-making and find information. You as the anchor can also help with that, saying, hey, these guys are perhaps fighting over here. They might look to rotate, giving out small helps of calls there to make sure that you can alleviate a little bit of that IGL decision-making to help out. But yeah, phenomenal gameplay overall here from Henchman.
00:17:42 Und zu sehen, dass du all das in beide Clips kannst, dass wir unser Spot haben, bevor wir eigentlich fighten sind, ist genau wie wir spielen müssen. Weil, wenn du das Spot hast, ist nicht so einfach, dass du immer in der Backline bist. Du musst auch in manchmal gehen, und manchmal sogar erst einmal. Und das ist warum die Rolls tenden zu flipen und werden sehr flexibel und adaptabel auf den Spot. Denn, obwohl ich die Backliner bin, musst du manchmal aufstehen, wenn beide deine Teammaten sind.
00:18:11 If one of your teammates is down, you can't just sit in your base. If both your teammates are on the floor, you got to make a play. So it's really important that while we still have these roles, essentially, it's very flexible and adaptable. It's never black and white. And also it changes because if you don't have the typical trapper setup, well, then you got to make it with what? Honestly, Graceful, I love all the analysis there, but I feel like the last bit of that got a little personal. And I'm not sure if you were speaking to me exactly, but, you know, I...
00:18:38 I definitely swing in there with a PK. What do you mean? I'll channel my inner henchman. But Dia, I would love to get your thoughts kind of on everything that Graceville just said. Yeah, I think...
00:18:47 It's one of the things I was glad that we brought up Henchmen specifically with the video clips that we can keep our eyes on today during the course of the match day and just think about what teams and players are really reliant on their anchor and what anchors are able to step up to the plate because Henchmen is such a good example and Go Next are a team that have been
00:19:09 Hovering near the top of EMEA, I'd say even challenging for the crowd, if we can talk through that a little bit later on, but a big part of that is going to rely on how exactly you're organizing roles. We praise Henchmen a lot for the Anchor play, and a reason we wanted to start with the Anchor today is because a lot of things branch off of this. Only once you have a strong base can you build on it, and Henchmen's really allowed the rest of the team to do that.
00:19:36 Und als ich hier sehe, diese sind die Dinge du warst, was wir noch vorhin gesagt haben, als wir die Grafik aufbauen, die drei Schritte von was wir für in Anker sind.
00:19:44 But more importantly, the type of weapon that they're using, obviously you see a lot of the close range engagements with the PK, that just lends to what the meta is. But also you have the G7 Scout, which is interchangeable with the .30-30 repeater, plus the charge rifle for those initial long game engagements that you were talking about in that first showing of the clip, Graceful. So honestly, I think it's great. Hopefully you can take a little bit of what you learned here today, apply it to your gameplay.
00:20:08 Ich weiß, das ist genau was ich. Ich weiß, das ist genau was ich, wenn ich Grimd ranken werde, und ich hoffe, ich werde mit Graceful sein, der vielleicht eine der fastesten Leute in der Spiel, wenn er nicht spielt. Es ist noch sehr schwer zu folgen. Aber wir gehen jetzt. Wir gehen jetzt in die Name-Change, weil Diyah hat gesagt, dass einige Teams in der Highlights sind, und das ist vor allem mit diesen Changes, Diyah.
00:20:33 Ja, der 07 Breakup war, ehrlich gesagt, war schwierig für mich. Ich bin wirklich auf der Miracle Run attempt in Split 1, aber jetzt 07 wird als Nova Gaia gehen, mit Nasske leaving die Team und Taxington und Tyler joining Kashera.
00:20:52 Honestly, es wird definitiv ein Team zu sehen. Aber die Frage für mich ist, was das denn das ist? Weil das eigentlich Naske und Kasherra zusammengezogen hat, weil sie beide zusammengearbeitet sind. Jetzt Kasherra hat ein Team von ihm wieder. Was ist das in der Macro-Gameplan? Und wie es sich um, was man mit dem Spiel zu tun hat? Auf der anderen Seite, Naske hat er wieder left und ist für eine IGL-Position. Er hat das Spot gefunden. Ich werde ihn Trojan sein, guys.
00:21:22 I don't know how to pronounce a 7. So we're going to be calling it Trojan. We could try. Trojan have become Trojan. Natsuki is going to be leading the team. And honestly, a pretty good team to lead. I will say, not in a safe spot to qualify. So unlike a lot of the other roster change-ups that we've been seeing globally, where you're changing a bunch of your teammates so that you're sure you qualify to champs, this is still a shot in the dark. And Trojans still very much need a miracle run.
00:21:48 Even this late in the split, it makes me a little nervous to see Natsuki and Kishira splitting up to try and make champs individually.
Teilnehmer, Ticketverkauf für die ALGS Championship und Spielbeobachtung
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00:21:55 Yeah, but I do respect the changes. Of course, we'll dive into more specifically behind that with the details. I love that you called it a shot in the dark. Look, I'm a big reality TV fan. And anytime I see a shot in the dark pulled out on Survivor, it almost never pans out. But I'm wishing the best for Trojan and to see how that works for them. But now that we've covered the name changes, I'd love to go ahead and look at the participants that you at home are going to be watching compete today. Mind you, match day number eight. It's the 11th hour, the last bit of time here for Group A. And this is the last time.
00:22:24 Ich will sehen, Allianz, Endorse, Hazeln, Killer Whales, und sogar Nova Gaia vor der Region Finals. Aber ich möchte es über dich, Graceville, eine Quick-Hit auf heute. Ja, ich meine, all diese Teams, wir haben sie wieder einmal und wieder einmal. Und wie du sagst, die 11th Hour ist, es gibt zwei verschiedene Spektrums. Du hast die Teams, die zu steigern, aufzunehmen, und du hast die Teams, die nichts zu tun, außer zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, um es weiter zu machen.
00:22:50 Even though you have another last chance and another last chance, you still gotta make what you gotta do and get the reps in while you can. Because right now we saw the split up of an IGL going frag or going back to IGL. It's because teams are now sensing that, hey, what we're doing is not what we're aiming for isn't being met right now. Let's try something new and see if it can happen. So getting as many reps as you can is crucial for these teams that are having a short period of time to adjust, essentially.
00:23:18 Yeah, just the Pathway for Champs has everyone in a frenzy trying to make sure they can do anything and everything they can to secure their tickets. Let's go ahead. Let's look at the standings here because we do need to check in what is going on and who is locking it in for regional finals. Now you'll see the top six teams on the upper left are in gold and that is specifically because they have solidified their chance in the regional finals. So go next, NVMI, even though they do have another.
00:23:48 Ja, ich meine, especially, like you were talking about, if you're from Group A, you're really sweating. If you're at the bottom of the pack, Regional Finals is...
00:24:15 Ich will sagen, wir haben eine Last Chance Qualifier. Aber es ist, ich würde sagen, ein sehr wichtiges Schritt. Und das ist eine große Kontrolle, weil die LCQ ist sehr unterschiedlich von der Pro-League Split. Even als die Regional Finals have MASHPOINT, die es differenziert. LCQ ist ein ganz anderes Beest. Und hier, at least, kann man ein paar Variables kontrollieren. Wir schauen uns auf die globalen Standings, für die und die nicht. Wir haben ein paar Teams, die tatsächlich sind.
00:24:44 pretty safe. But we've got just as many teams around the world that are going to be impacted by the teams that we know are going to Champs and how they place in their regional finals. Because if there's a team that's already qualified to Champs and they end up...
00:24:59 Winning Regional Finals, that opens up a whole other spot for somebody who's got the next most champ points who otherwise wouldn't have made it. So we're watching teams not only who are racing to the top race and actually qualify by those points, but even those teams that are making up a little bit day by day and trying to put themselves on the bubble because Regional Finals are going to impact that too.
00:25:19 You really never know what you're going to get from regional finals. That's the one thing that I've learned throughout the ALGS history. And another thing that I'm going to be racing for specifically our championship tickets to the ALGS here in Sapporo. I missed out on it last year. So if you did as well at home, make sure that you're locking in your tickets because of course.
00:25:40 JLGS is coming back to Sapporo, and we want to give you guys a bit of that information on where you can get your tickets locked down for the big event. Ticket sales will begin next week live on our ticketing partner site, Zayco, on October 11th, 1 a.m. PT, 4 a.m. ET, and 5 p.m. JST. It's going to actually be occurring during the regional final of Split 2. So you can find more information on that day as it nears on JLGS website's Year 5 Championships.
00:26:09 See all the latest information about Champs there, from tickets to exciting news and more. I hope to see you guys all there. It's going to be such an amazing time. If you think back to just even the opening show that happened in Sapporo, it was one to be remembered, definitely for the history books. And I think everyone would be remiss to not be there to experience it for themselves. But enough about that.
00:26:32 We'll keep you guys up to date as that day launches. We've got some more things to discuss here because if you want to watch it your way at home, Face It Watch is the best way to do it. Now, I'm a mobile connoisseur. I do love to pull it up on my TV, so I'll have kind of Face It with my POVs up on the screen, and I'll be sure to grab the map feed on my phone to make sure that I'm keeping tabs of all the rotations. So you can do just that, but make sure you check the website, fce.gg slash Face It Watch.
00:27:02 So make sure you're doing all those things. Let us know how you watch the ALGS series your way. Plus watch parties are a great way to do so. And if you're doing that, you might as well make some content and check out some of our content as well, because we are at Play Apex Esports everywhere. Most notably, Instagram, TikTok. We have been slamming out the content. It's been super fun to see. I know in some of the earlier shows, we would kind of leak the content that we were doing.
00:27:26 And it was one of those timing fun things with the players to test their reaction time. I did note that Kim Chi, very, very impressive on his reaction time, but we'll see more about that later. So go slam us a follow on all the major social networks and keep up to date with all the information. Now, I do want to say that I believe we are getting into some of the first matches of our day. And of course, we've got to kick it over to DN Graceful to call the action. All right, Graceful.
Spielanalyse und Teamstrategien auf Storm Point
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00:27:54 Wir starten das auf auf Stormport, wir starten das auf ziemlich schnell, als unser erstes Spiel des MASH Day 8 hat bereits angefangen. No surprises hier, however, mit den Landing Spots. Wir sprechen über die POIs ein bisschen später, aber ihr Knew Allianz war in die Nord-Patt-Area. Ja, ich meine, sie sind auf der Ferraris, um alles zu machen. Wenn ein Team drops dabei, werden sie bereit zu contesten.
00:28:18 The nice combo here that we see as well comp-wise is Newcastle, Gibby and Alter. Very common comp here to see that also makes sense why people are absolutely abusing the PK, still being as strong as it is. Don't get me wrong, you can still pick up the R9 as he pinged it right there in case you don't have a PK. Very solid, but PK range supreme, what do you feel? I think so. I think the stats are definitely supporting you as well, even after the nerfs.
00:28:45 PK hits incredibly hard, and Alliance do gather some early firepower because they've got Zipline Mafia right next door. Ring getting revealed right now is going to be pulling us all the way down towards Mill, where Nameless have a Ring scan, and I'm noticing that Endorse have got one at Cenote as well. Nothing for Nova Gaia at Barometer, nothing for U-Aim at Seto, but SPS passing by teams like U-Aim and Pot moving through Checkpoint very quickly to Mill should give everyone an idea that we're going into this.
00:29:15 southwestern area.
00:29:17 Ja, most definitely. People are already vouching for the Spider Cave area, essentially, here, where you see Futa Futa on top, as well. Navi making sure that they have a spot here by the Thames, by the Spider Caves. Everybody tends to play this zone kind of the same way. People could be vouching for Mill, as well, and work their way from the northern side a little bit towards the southern side, because that bridge right there to the east of this team, as we see people moving to Eggs already, are making sure that, hey, if it does pull either way, we are ready to be adaptable. One of the main things...
00:29:47 das ich immer gerne sagen möchte, ist, dass du in einem Spot kannst, dass du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst, anst du in einem Spot kannst.
00:30:11 I actually immediately made an error. Didn't see that Nova Gaia did land with a ring console, and I was amazed that they were sticking the landing in this building with no information. They did have information, guys. It's all good. The fact that they managed to make it into this building is going to work really well for them, and most teams who want to be in zone right now are either in there or claiming the last couple of buildings. These are going to be your big...
00:30:38 Teams that stand in the way, where a team like FUL is gonna be playing a little bit more around the side, whether by choice or just by a situation. The fact that they've run into SPS this early on and picked up a kill just sort of forced them into mid-speed. Yeah, most definitely. Very happy with that KP pickup as well as they're now getting...
00:30:55 Locked and loaded to move deeper in essentially. But they're already poking a little bit further here. Finding one of them. Shredded Soul. Getting engaged on right there. Trying to make it run by. Nice. Superglide. However, probably won't save him as he gets down. But nice try and nice effort. A for effort right there.
00:31:13 F.U.L finish this kill off, but notably, and I think F.U.L know this as well, you're not catching the last member of S.P.S. for a little while. Q.P.M.S is gonna be sitting just on the rotation that F.U.L. will have to take into zone, and the problem for S.P.S. now is how do you recover, where do you go, there aren't a whole lot of crafters nearby.
00:31:34 ZipLine Mafia, die auf Mill sitzen, haben eine viel stärkere Position, als ein Team relegated zu einem Solo, in Mid-Rotation. ZipLine Mafia spielen durch die Edge-of-Ring, und der Fokus ist wirklich auf, was du schon erwähnt hast, Graceful, sich eine Safe-Rotation für später. Weil Mill right now ist safe, es wird wahrscheinlich nicht mehr sein.
00:31:55 Ja, most definitiv. A lot of these teams are setting up, but making sure to see and scouting ahead. Where are other teams moving in from? Where are they setting up? Because they need to make sure that, hey, regardless of where it goes, we need to be ready to join in in case it does pull. Because a lot of these times, this zone has also, we've seen zone ends a little bit more southern of Mill here. More towards the water where that bridge area is, where it's cliffy. And when you have zone pull that hard away from Mill, that means more teams will fight from the northern side as well. As SPS still in that fight, getting...
00:32:25 Ja, definitiv.
00:32:53 Oder vielleicht? Nein, Leute sind glücklich. Sie sind glücklich. Und manchmal haben Sie sich sicher, dass, hey, wir können etwas machen, das ist gut. Wenn wir jetzt nicht gehen, dann können wir das nicht. Aber vielleicht könnte man sagen, wenn sie einen Alter haben, man könnte man sagen, wir können immer wieder zurückgehen. Aber Risky play, High Risk, High Reward type of thing ist nicht was viele Leute zu tun in den ersten Spiel, weil wir wollen, dass wir sehen, wie wir das Spiel aussehen. Weil, wie wir gesagt haben, week-by-week basis, sie verändern.
00:33:22 Navi's focus is just on defending the spider caves.
00:33:26 The defensive setup that they have with the Trident isn't going to let them rotate late game because they are one of our teams that is not running Gibraltar for their Trident rotations, which otherwise makes them fantastic. A few attempted kidnaps go on to them, but nothing actually lands just yet. It does appear that Passion have reset. Unfortunately, still losing one is F. You will finally make the rotate out of Seto, and we'll collect some loot off this body. Yeah.
00:33:53 They're taking their time, making moves here, getting some loot, getting some utility there. Passion, however, still.
00:34:01 Und das ist immer noch ein ganzes Mann. Und das ist immer noch ein paar.
00:34:30 Und das öffnet sich für eine 3-Pieße, und vielleicht für eine K-Pieße auf die Seite.
00:34:59 Ja, ich meine, es geht um, wie du willst, wie du willst. Ich denke, ich glaube, wir haben dieses, ihr wisst, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das, das.
00:35:19 1. Your POI 2. Your team comp. Are you good at fighting on edge? Or do you need to go in dead center early? And then also the fact that how does the lobby play out? Are there many teams on edge? Well, that makes center super free. Or is 15 teams playing dead center zone fast rotating? Well, then that makes edge free. And now we can get stacked and take fights. So it's always fun to see how the games play out. Everybody's just making sure to, hey, let's see how this lobby feels out. Because we still have 17 teams circle 2 closing about.
00:35:49 Faze have actually found a member of VCGO, who granted is just scouting things out. VCGO have made really good use of the raid portals so far, but unfortunately they forgot that they just had a team next to them. VCGO went for a kidnap.
00:36:07 ...earlier on this exact same team. And now I have to take the portal back. I'll be honest with you, Graceful. This is a big fumble out of BC Go. This is why it's super important to actually scout ahead. Even though you said they had that knowledge. And maybe they were like, maybe they're gone. But you can't make that mistake. That's a big mistake in this level of Lobby. To where you have to make sure. And they weren't even getting pushed out just yet either. So I don't know where their rush was at. Because they had a Wraith that could face check and Q out. But caught off guard, immediately gets done.
00:36:36 Und dann haben sie die TP zurückgebracht und jemand hat ihre TP gespielt. Gute night für sie.
00:37:06 Das heißt, es ist frei für Allianz zu gehen und gehen ein bisschen später. Es gibt es viel Platz zwischen dem und allen anderen. Und jetzt hast du den Accelerator geholfen, Allianz wird sich ziemlich gut mit dem Platz und der Gibraltar Trident Rotate für ein bisschen mehr Hilfe. Ja, Prouders, es ist ein...
00:37:24 Depending on how the teams are playing on eggs could be a spot that's a little bit hard to hold. However, the biggest issue isn't that holding that area. It's like when teams have to move in towards you from that middle side, from that northern water side to be able to hold that without getting dirted is the hardest point because you have to end that fight fast because extended fights means you get dirted most likely. However...
00:37:46 Speaking of not being extended too long, they're just chilling right here in the choke right now, waiting to see the next zone pop as we see. Does this go south? It does pull towards eggs instead, towards that water area. Now Alliance is feeling really good. However, depending on how the teams from the eastern side of them are going to engage, they might look to clean up their side so they have a backside safe, or they're going to get engaged on and they could easily get thirded or fourthed. Trojan and Nova Gaia, the two teams we were talking about, side by side, the same teammates right there.
00:38:15 They have the same macro, essentially, are very happy with this zone, as everybody else essentially has to duke it out, whether that be on the north side, whether that be on the east side, or the southern side. I can't believe that we're seeing this. The Trojan Nova Gaia rivalry, I guess? We'll talk about this a little bit later. Great zone prediction out of both of them. For teams like NVMI, for FUL, who are outside of zone and have...
00:38:40 Also haben wir ein wenig Platz, speziell eine Safe Space zu spielen. Also gibt es Killer Whales und On-Dogs. Alle in der Nord-Easternen von der Zone werden eine sehr schwierige Zeit haben, weil Mil- und sogar Godrock-teams wie Passion, Nameless und FaZe Clan werden alle sehr effizienten sein können. Also, NVMI und FUL, sie sind gegen die anderen. Aber für die Spoils sind, was du eigentlich getest? Wenn du für KP bist? Was ist dein Spielplan?
00:39:07 Yeah, I mean, I think what they're doing at this point is that they have 10 sacks until the zone moves, they have to scout ahead, and then now that they see several teams here, they have to just take a fight. At this point, when you're stuck in a scenario to where you have to fight or die, you always go for the 3 KP regardless, plus extra placement point, but if you can, you want to try to get past that to see if they have anything to play for, as other teams are moving up, they're making sure to scout ahead right now, walking through Kossak gas, but that shouldn't stop them by any means.
Kämpfe um die Zone und entscheidende Momente in Spiel 1
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00:39:35 NBMI's Kazak has already used his Stinger Bolt, so a little more utility expended to make their rotation safer. Well, FaZe stuck in the center of Zone. We're actually getting a lot of attention paid to them as well. GoNext have set their sights on you, and we highlighted GoNext. They're a team at the top of EMEA. They're certainly not going to stand in their way now. Nags taking a little too much damage, will fall.
00:39:59 Faze go down and around the outside of the ring things are not looking too much more comfortable for Killer Whales who have now lost one. Have to fight off the top of this rock with again absolutely no cover and teams in every direction. Warrior turns around, fries and gets fried as NVMI come up and shoot him in the back. FUL will fall. NVMI now take this. Rock and Killer Whales run for the hills.
00:40:24 Das ist was wir gesagt. Über die Zeit, wir gehen in und sehen was passiert. Und wenn ein Fight breaks out, es gibt keine bessere Zeit für die Rock. Sie bekommen die Free Knocks, weil eine von ihnen ist bereits down. Sie bekommen eine Spot in die nächste Zone. Jetzt sind sie wirklich gut über sich. Sie bekommen auch ein paar Kills. Aber jetzt sind sie noch ein paar Kills. Aber jetzt sind sie noch weiter zu gehen. Sie können immer wieder aufhören.
00:40:47 Das war eine wirkliche Double Stingerball. Das ist all I'm thinking right now. NBMI pulled off the Rotate. And SLR, die sind auf der Spider Caves für lange Zeit, haben sie zu denken über ihre Rotation in. Unfortunately, Navi hat angefangen. Und SLR war komplett unpreparedet für die Siege. Das war für sie für sie.
00:41:13 Nah, they are making good use of their extremely aggressive composition. I mean, yeah, that EMP and Swing was enough for them to immediately wipe them, but speaking of Swings right now, here in Mill, a fight is breaking up between Pot, Prezis is looking too bad right here. It's gonna be a little bit tough, though, because I don't believe they're the only teams on this side.
00:41:32 We already saw NVMI behind them as well, and they get sniped by Maskey as well. Everybody is fighting for here, and this is what I mean. When you're on the side and it's collapsing, you're gonna get shot by absolutely everyone, and you have to be careful.
00:41:46 Es ist einfach nur da, dass es safe ist. Und ich will sagen, mit Pot resetting gerade jetzt. Sie haben On-Dogs nebenbei. Sie haben ZipLine Mafia nebenbei. Und ich war, vielleicht gegen Hope, dass eine dieser Teams, dass sie uns eine Sicherheit geben würden. Undogs clean up Pot und jetzt haben ZipLine Mafia mit dem Belated 3rd-Party. Ketch hält die Tür wirklich gut mit der Barrel.
00:42:11 No push from Zipline Mafia, so it'll be a straight 3v3 as both teams have to exit the building at the exact same time. I mean, that was some nice R9 action. Happy to see some more action rather than just only PK. However, Kostik playing Flatman probably isn't what he definitely wanted for sure, but Nameless made it underneath the egg. Have a spot right now where that's in the next zone potentially as well, as you just need to hold out everybody else.
00:42:35 Zip right there. Zip time Mafia is getting shot. They were fighting NVMI, I believe, on one side as they get eliminated. They're now getting held on the opt-in side. Killer Whale is also walking in, gets eliminated as everybody right now is walking with a zone in their butt. I believe it could have been Alliance, it could have been Alliance shooting at them. Everybody shooting at them right now.
00:42:55 Nobody from this north side of Zone makes it any. Killer Whales go down Zipline Mafia Fall and remember Alliance, who moved in late into Prowlers, an area that nobody wanted and now...
00:43:06 The space that they have is more than enough to clean up those last couple of squads. Undogs get taken out. Passion, the next team, directly in the path of Alliance, and it doesn't seem like Unlucky wants to slow down. Unlucky, ready to take the fight, has already found one knock and is waiting for a little bit of backup. He's playing out here all alone on Newcastle and seems completely undaunted.
00:43:29 Ich meine, ich denke, ihr Team-Mates, als wir über die Anker gesehen haben, jetzt haben sie zwei Ankers. Sie haben sie jetzt mit dem Marksman. Es ist so, wie Peters und Scouts sind. Sie haben die Wallen. Und Unlucky ist mehr als glücklich zu spielen bei ihm selbst, mit dem PeterPK. Daher zu sagen, hey, grab so viele KP als wir können. Weil sie eigentlich, in dieser Zone, nicht die nächsten Zone, sie haben über 50% von ihnen. Und sie haben sich sicher, hey, zu holen unsere Space und zu spüren alle. Weil alle anderen ist klein, Allianz ist groß.
00:43:59 Es war fantastisch, Kommunikation und Trust aus der Allianz zu gehen und folgen Fokus.
00:44:16 Jeder hat die gleiche Idee mit dem Gibby-Ferrari-Ferrari-Player.
00:44:45 He's trying to pull them as they both went down there. Everybody else is fighting. I don't know if they see them or not. He actually does not get it because the Magi buff hits hard immediately as Hakkis comes down to the last person gets taken out. And that buff right there was huge as well. It was very nice. It really hits immediately and it hits hard.
00:45:03 Bolliance and GoNext haben die gleiche Idee, die gleiche Zeit haben, hat sich jetzt auf die Idee geöffnet. Für Na'vi, die nur in der Ring haben, der nicht auf dem Nubbülding ist. Nameless, Trojan, Nova, Gaia sind alle in einem Ort, einem Ort, und Na'vi sind in einem Ort, und Na'vi sind hier.
00:45:24 Not only that, but they have to fight each other before they even get to it. Somebody has to int Navi for them to lose. They should be closing this game out, and I'm saying that to caster curse them as much as I can pretty much, because they should win this game for free, as long as nobody makes an int play. However...
00:45:41 You have to remember that Trojan is still alive, Nasky is an old IGL probably knows that the way to win this is not by fighting the team behind because at that point you're playing for second looking for snipes on Navi instead to make sure that hey you guys should not win this game for free because the egg actually is safe for a very long time. If they can force Casheras right here to go to opposite side things could happen.
00:46:05 Now Navi's composition actually becomes really important here. Navi don't have a Gibby Bubble. They've got Bangalore, they've got Crypto, and they've got Maggie. Very aggressive comp that doesn't have a lot of ability to hold space. Outside of things like Smokes, they get forced out from behind the rock before anybody comes out of the nut. Navi are not looking good.
00:46:28 Ich denke, sie müssen die Ferrari, die Fahrrad, die Trident, in der Wasser machen. Sie müssen sicher, hey, wir sollten ein bisschen besser sein. Aber ich denke, sind sie glücklich mit dem Parken? Probably. Oder vielleicht sind sie zufrieden? Ich denke, sie sind sehr gut. Wir sehen die Utilität in den Frags hier. Absbang, als auch. Sie sind die letzte Team, sozusagen, zu kämpfen. Weil sie denken, dass die anderen zwei Teams auf EGGS haben zu kämpfen. Aber ich weiß nicht, ob das stimmt oder nicht.
00:46:55 Oh, that Maggi Ball. That Maggi Ball was absolutely disgusting. Nova Gaia.
00:47:11 Und ich bin sorry, Trojan, aber du bist zu, Navi! Keiner und Nonno sind in der Gibby-Bubble. Sie haben Navi auf sie, als eine Rez geht, aber Hiarka sagt, nein, das geht! Und Navi hat ein 2v1, macht es ein 1v1 für den Win!
00:47:35 Keiner macht es nicht einfach für Navi zu gewinnen. Er hat sich zwei von ihnen unten mit dem Pk-Shot geführt. Es war nicht frei, aber es war nicht frei. Wenn man die Pk-Fighten mit einem Pk-Fighten geht, dann ist es nicht so easy als das. Ich würde gerne einen Gibby-Teams haben, um die Waffe zu kommen, um das Rock-Safe-Spot zu kommen.
00:48:00 But when you die down to Gas and then the other team engages, at that point you're both playing for second place because you can no longer win the game. Very good balanced discipline from Na'Vi. Closing out that game, like we said, and when it's all about it, at the end of the day when you're playing in the regional finals and you're playing on LAN, closing out match point is where it's at.
00:48:19 Das Maggi-Ball wirklich macht eine große Unterschiede da auch. Für Na'Vi ist nicht nur die 12 Placement Points, sondern 12 Kills zu gehen. Ein 24 Punkt Opener. Trojan und Nova Gaia, aber die große Geschichte kommt aus diesem Spiel. Diese zwei Geschichte EMEA-IGLs split up. Natsuki und Kashera, die machen perfekt Zone Calls zusammen und apart. Das ist nicht so, dass das Stopping-Grace ist.
00:48:47 Ja, ich meine, definitiv. Und jetzt sehen wir die Top 3 von Match 1, als auch. Navi, Trojan und Nova Gaia, zwei von den Teams, die wir schon erwähnt haben, haben eine Geschichte, wie du gesagt hast, aber wir können nicht über Navi sprechen. Das Spiel war großartig. Und auch noch zu dem, dass wir jetzt Magi spielen, als auch alle anderen Teams sind, die sich auf die Comps mit der sie mehr familiarisieren können.
00:49:09 Na'vi nicht zufrieden, die Maggi zu holen ist eine wirklich gute Sache, besonders wenn sie eine Krypto-Maggie sind. Das bedeutet, dass sie ein Double-Double-Denial ist. Sie sind so schrecklich, wenn du ein Team spielst, dass sie ein Team zusammenbundet, und dann sie einfach durch dich. Ich meine, es funktioniert für sie. Es funktioniert für sie.
00:49:26 Na'Vi haben immer ein Team, unter dem Namen, das lief zu spielen, und es ist cool zu sehen, die die Magi hier vor jemandem. Wir sehen, dass sie ein bisschen mehr machen können, als wir wieder zurück zu Stormpoint für Game 2 haben, nach einem Short Break.
Match 5 & 6 Highlights: Team Eliminations and Strategic Plays
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00:50:07 Cupid Esports third partied, but this is a great reset from them. As we can see, the fight is starting to kick off here. We're going to see Cupid Esports going down. Wolves Esports should be able to take this and clean up the chaos. We are going to see the final moments here. It is Selka in a 1v3. Can't get it done.
00:50:26 Und Sackto kann nicht tun, die Wolves kommen in.
00:50:51 J.D. Gaming on this high ground just need to time their third party, and they should be able to walk away with this win, but it's not guaranteed just yet, as there are still two teams up. Boogie Boarders will go down, though, and it leads us in a 3v3. Oh, but you're already on the high ground. J.D. Gaming get this for practically free.
00:51:12 They were worried about Alcadzia, who you mentioned were on the far side. Now Alcad, get the chance to clean things up, and it's going to be Pricey, who steps through with the PK. Big shots, and will continue to chase the squad down with another 84. It pumps Fushani to the body as Alcadzia walk away as your champions here in match number five.
00:51:35 Big difference in points between 4th and 1st, and every chance thereafter is more that you can add. Unfortunately, eventually, going to fall here. Dreamfire, Zuzu, the last one left alive with the Evil 8, will also end up being put down. And at the end of it all, it's Saul who walked away victorious in map number 6.
00:52:11 Apex Legends Global Series.
00:52:21 Ja.
00:52:46 We talked a lot about how important it was that, say, Barometer ended up having a ring console to play with, and I think that's a big part of the reason why we see, especially on Stormpoint, which is our first map of the day, the POI draft B.
00:53:05 Es ist nicht passiert. Aber wenn wir es sehen, wie die Sturm-Point-Po-I-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A
00:53:31 Ja, das ist wirklich alles, nicht nur wo sie sind, sondern wo sie sind, aber wo sie glauben, dass sie eine sehr hohe Chance haben. Ja, und das ist super wichtig, besonders wie das Circle-Pool, in Match No. 1. Es kann sofort sofort sehen, dass es, natürlich, um...
00:53:49 Mille, Spider Caves and the Bridge, and these are all really difficult areas to traverse on Stormpoint, especially with the current meta that we're in. And something that you guys noted specifically is when you're looking at Na'vi and you're like, hey, you know, they don't have those legends that are going to be available to allow them to move on through. They're playing hyper aggro and kind of coming in from that northern side, but they've got priority. They were right there and didn't even have to move. So to find 12 kills when they didn't even have to travel,
00:54:18 Und es war wirklich schwierig für Na'vi auch, weil in das nicht POI, die Village, outside Mill und Cenote, nicht haben eine Ring-Console, nicht haben eine Legend, die ihnen das extra Informationen gibt. Die nur was sie haben...
00:54:37 ist Krypto, die auf die Survey Beacons oder die Man Scans und sehen, wo alle anderen sind und was sie machen. Mit dem Informationen, Navi endet auf die Spider Caves super early auf und dann rotatieren. Aber die Möglichkeit, dass sie die Zone able, based auf wie alle anderen anderen sind, und wie schnell alles passieren können, und trotzdem spielen eine gute Position, und das in eine Wün?
00:55:00 is some pretty impressive stuff. I say that's some LAN winner behavior. That's some Apex Legends Global Series championship winning behavior. Ooh, okay. Are you manifesting here? I think we should break it back down, right? So here's the final circle, match number one. Now, a lot of this Na'vi success stemmed off the back of the fact that Natsuki dives down, immediately starts investing that gas early on, and once they fight, a critical Maggi Ball, which you highlighted so well during that cast, was the walkway.
Strategic Decision-Making and Team Dynamics
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00:55:30 Ich bin ehrlich, es macht mich nervös, aber ich möchte hier, dass Trojan, ich glaube, ein sehr guter Spiel ist. Es ist einfach zu kommen und sagen, ja, Na'vi won die Spiel, so sie sind einfach besser. Ich denke, Trojan, für 2nd hier war nicht ein schlechtes Call,
00:56:00 When you consider it, the difference between 1st and 2nd is 3 points. And Shrojan, at the point that they jumped down, had already gotten a knock and a half to Caustic Gas. And were confident in their ability to take out Nova Gaia and claim the 3 KP. It does mean that they more or less equalized points with 1st place. Giving up a little bit of KP here, getting 2nd place is not the worst thing in the world. Especially because it's a marathon, not a sprint. Yes, this 1st game is important and it's great for Na'Vi to get the win. All credit to them.
00:56:28 Ich möchte hier highlighten, dass ich Trojan ein sehr guter Job in decision zu machen, in der Final Ring zu entscheiden, nicht zu gehen, nicht zu spielen für 1st und zu gehen, sondern zu nehmen die Team, dass sie bereits half-debt haben.
00:56:40 And I also like that you say not get greedy, but they kind of did by dropping down and capitalizing on those three kills. It is still more because they walked away with eight kills at the end of this to go alongside their placement points, which I think is still one of the best ways to maximize your performance throughout the day, especially off the back of a lot of these changes. Now, I know we were looking to highlight that team specifically at the top of the show, off the back of the roster changes and splitting away from 07 and splitting away from Cashera, but there's a reason.
00:57:09 right dia we saw the tweets that came on out there was a specific moment in time where he was like saying hey i'm nasty i'm an igl i'm storied we want to make sure that i play with this roster and have our best chance to potentially go to champs
00:57:24 That does seem like the journey they're on. I will say, this zone particularly was right next door to both POIs. True. I really wonder, and I think the test for both of these IGLs is how adaptable they are when things pull a little further away from them. A lot of the IGLs that have been playing for a long time in any region should know how to win a zone that pulls pretty close to them. With 07 playing out of Baromb, or rather, Trojan.
00:57:51 Tro 07-Gen, playing at a Down to Beast. And then formerly 07-Nova Gaia, playing out of Barometer. They both had a ring console. They both had quick rotates in. Relative to the rest of the map, this was still an impressive game, but a relatively easy one for two IGLs who have defined themselves via a zone style. If we go Lightning Rod, if we go Zoo Station, even if we go Stormcatcher, I want to see how this changes and how these IGLs have evolved in their time together.
00:58:17 to now play a part in a challenging situation. Well, let's hope that we do pull to some of those further destinations for them to be able to see how it will adapt. In the meantime, we are going to check out a top five video. I cannot wait to see all the action here. Throw it on over.
00:58:47 Ich habe die drei!
00:59:30 Help him! Help him! Help him! Help him! Kill one! Kill one! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop! Play stop!
01:00:16 Alter 1! Play the kill! Play the kill! Play the kill!
01:00:26 Baby, come on! Oh my god!
01:01:03 Yeah, I...
01:01:28 Ich denke, es ist eine interessante Konversation zu haben. Ich kann mich nicht auf den Grazefels-Brennen über das, wenn wir über den Hackies klipfen haben. Und was anchoring bedeutet in diesen verschiedenen Situationen. Weil wir so fokussed auf es, auch in dieser ersten Spiel für Allianz waren. Remember, sie hat Unlucky auf Newcastle, quasi double-anchoring für ihn.
01:01:48 und was das bedeutet, und wie flexibel die Rollen sind, und wie man die Leverage das zwischen verschiedenen Fällen kann. Es gibt vieles zu diesem Thema, das wir nur leichter touched haben, an den Start der Show hatten. Und es ist cool zu sehen, in diesen Clips, in unseren ersten Spiel, dass diese Rollen starten mit sich mit einem anderen und werden in verschiedenen Situationen verwendet werden, um deine Team zu machen.
01:02:10 And we hear so much about that when we kind of delineate between the roles. We're like, oh yeah, this person's, you know, the refragger or the anchor. It's like, no, no, no, we do like to be flexible to it. But of course, when you kind of iron it out, the anchor as a whole is what we were describing at the top of the show. And I think you're 100% right. But seeing Hackis back on Pathfinder always makes me super happy. And to open things up with a well-timed and well-placed frag grenade is pretty much insanity. Then you just grapple on over, clean it on up. That's just one of those perfectly executed fights that I'm sure we're going to see.
01:02:40 Ton more of today. The pocket Gibby ultimate is.
01:02:45 It will never die. I'm very curious how the utility impacts these games as well. I know that we talked a lot about this in the mid-game with Navi actually making a push up onto, was it SPS? It was SLR. SLR on high ground outside of spider caves. The way that you're able to combo a lot of different things together is especially important on Stormpoint and with compositions like this. Now, however, with Caustic being removed,
01:03:14 I'd say that your combos can land so much more Gibby still is a big issue for teams that want to engage unless of course you're one of the few running Maggie but for a lot of squads Caustic really holds you back when you want to get aggressive because he's so good at putting up defense even keeping FaZe along for way longer than they had any right to be
01:03:35 Yeah, and of course, if you have 14 picks in match number one, it's going to be evicted. Newcastle, close second, 12 picks overall for our lobby. Who knows if we'll lose him after this match. There's a likely, but if we're pulling Caustic out of it, I like that you talk about the defensive nature. You're going to be missing that. So all of our teams that do like to...
01:03:52 . . . .
Emerging Rivalries and Performance Metrics
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01:04:22 Nice cleanup. Can they do it again? We talked quite a bit about what Alliance were able to do, about how they finish, really excluded them. But one of the other teams that we talked about at the start of the match day was Go Next, who I wanted to touch more on, especially because we kept bringing up, here's Go Next. All of a sudden, they and Alliance play for the same spot and eliminate each other. What is this team that seems to be...
01:04:48 Ich denke, in meiner Meinung, und hoffentlich auch die Meinung von anderen, ich hoffe, ich bin nicht alleine in das, Challenging for the Throne in EMEA. Es ist sehr strange zu sagen, weil Allianz hat so lange reigned supreme, aber GoNext hat sich als ein Team, das nicht mehr zusammengearbeitet hat, aber sie spielen mit einer unglaublichen Anzahl, und eigentlich, statistisch, tendt zu tun besser als Allianz in vieles ihrer Damage-Done, Time-Survived... Oh, da ist noch eine andere.
01:05:17 Ah, Kills was another big one, Average Placement. They're just edging a little bit over Alliance in a lot of these metrics, and they've played less games.
01:05:27 See, the thing is, if you're going to have a team that's so dominant in a region and it's always near the top, what is that going to force everyone else in that region to do? They have to continuously level up. They have to put these rosters together and exceptionally perform to make sure that they can become the dominant force of the region. And I think that Henchmen kind of light, the more we look at them, the more we see them playing, kind of develop that synergy, it's proving to be that force. And you've got to realize, this is kind of like just two years.
01:05:56 Das Mann ist so jung, aber zu sehen, dass er ihn auszunehmen, und zu sehen, dass er ein Teil dieser Röster ist, natürlich, Henchmen, wir haben als das kinder Anker, der hat den Refragger-Potenzial mit Light, der ist so sehr knowledgeable. Es hat sich wirklich Spaß zu sehen, und natürlich, das ist der Performance throughout die Matchdayen. Konsistency ist key, und besonders wenn du sie sehen, dass ihr conversion rates, Diaz, das ist crazy.
01:06:23 Es ist besonders...
01:06:26 Das ist eine Wün-Ton-Ton-Ton.
01:06:56 Ich glaube, es wird die Unterschiede zwischen einem Team wie Gonesht, einem Team wie Allianz und einem Team, die ein bisschen hinterher ist, wo man sich, besonders die Top-10-Percentage sehen, einen großen Plummet zu sehen, wenn man nicht die erste Spiel in Pro-League ist, wenn man nicht ganz sicher, wie man den Rest in die Lobby kommt.
01:07:18 weil ihr ihr Eliminatet auf Rotates gettet. Aber es sind Experten-Markt-Teams, die das bestimmte Percentage gettet hat. Und dann, nachdem dann, es gibt einfachen Levels, was du machen. Ich weiß nicht, was das bedeutet. Ich weiß nicht, was das bedeutet. Ich weiß nicht, was die Metapher kommt. Aber es ist die 10-5-1.
01:07:41 I don't know why that is actually so hilarious to me, listening to you try to use that metaphor. And I'm not sure if it's because I'm American, I'm down here in Georgia, like, and you're over across the way, like...
01:07:54 I'll let it slide. We're going to pretend that didn't happen, okay? Regardless, making top 10 70% of the time and then even converting on the later rounds is just pure insanity. But that's the type of consistency that I want to see when you go to LAM, when you're in that finals lobby, when you're looking for a certain threshold and trying to close out a win above that. Yes, of course, these conversions are just for the EMEA region.
01:08:17 We'll get to see what that looks like on an international stage, hopefully in Sapporo, because I really want to measure how those conversion rate statistics will add up on the land when we include all the regions. One of the other stats that I love taking a look at is damage differential. Normally you use this to evaluate players and their respective contributions to the team, how many resources they are taking up versus not.
01:08:39 And that is where I think GoNext really stand out above Alliance. Again, not to push this rivalry too much, but I am going to be pushing it all day. It is a double difference between GoNext, who again have played less games than Alliance, but they are averaging 1,000 damage differential positively with the team, whereas Alliance, who again tend to be on the winning end of things, have only about 500 damage differential in an average per game since. So in a singular game...
01:09:07 GoNext are dealing 1,000 more damage across three members than they receive. Alliance, half of that, which is a very telling difference in terms of the kinds of spots that they're able to play. And it's especially unusual when we think about GoNext, because whenever we talk about Alliance, one of the big things that we say about Alliance in this region is they're very talented players, of course, but they've stuck together for such a long time. They've stuck together through so many things, and that's part of what we think makes a good Apex team. But for GoNext...
01:09:36 They're relatively recently formed, and they weren't a super team. They were pulled out of Orglis and Hungry, who I don't think ended up making finals in their last LAN, and then Go Next, or sorry, not Go Next, Gaming Gladiators for Light, who had ended up making finals, but weren't placing near the top of it, although we did have some incredible times in EMEA where it looked like they were also challenging Alliance. But to put those two pieces together...
01:10:02 Und dann noch immer noch für den Top ist wirklich interessant. Und es macht mich sehr interessiert. Wie viel ist Light? Wie viel ist Kinda und Henchmen? Und wie viel ist Plug-and-Play Synergy? Wenn Sie diese zwei Spieler mit einem anderen Ideal haben, haben Sie die gleichen Resultate? Wie viel ist Light mit dem Tisch bringen? Und die anderen Seite, wenn Sie mit Light mit zwei andere Controller-Player sind, sind sie mehr zufrieden? Das sind die Frage, die ich nicht möchte.
01:10:28 Diaz is out here pulling out the lore book. He's like, okay, what are the implications if I take this man and put him over here with this? Regardless, what it is here is the EMEA region is raising the bar. We are working on making sure that we are challenging our region as a whole to grow. Whether it comes off the back of a ton of roster changes, whatever it is, I've been loving it. Now, for all the more fun facts and more, guys, social media is the best way to keep up to date on everything regarding Apex. We have a ton of fun content throughout the way. Make sure you go follow.
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01:11:55 Thank you, thank you. I appreciate it. Especially if they're Apex-related. That would be pretty fun. To bring this back real quickly to what we're about to see is we jump into game number two. We are thinking about this on the road to Japan. And as match number two starts, it's important to mention Navi are one of the teams that after winning game one, do actually have a bar to meet in order to secure their chance qualification. They do need to place 10th or better in the region in order
01:12:25 Das ist das, was ist, ich fühle mich, dass viele unserer Teams einfach schrambling sind.
01:12:44 Albeit at the 11th hour to make those plays, but for the teams that are finding themselves with qualifications such as just get top 10, I'm feeling a lot more comfortable about those odds. But as we kind of get things geared up in match number two here on Storm Point...
01:12:59 I'm hoping that we do start to pull relatively across the way, whether that's northwest of Stormpoint. Not sure if that will actually occur for us, but for those teams like you were trying to challenge, whether that's Trojan, whether that's Nova Gaia, those players that got top three based on the performance. But do we get a glimpse of where we're going? It doesn't look like they're going to have to rotate too far yet again. Nova Gaia especially. Now, I messed this up last game, but I don't think I'm messing it up this game.
01:13:28 Even though Nova Gaia's names are covering where the Ring console would be, I don't think Nova Gaia have Ring console. Endorse, however, do. And Passion from Pylon do as well. So Nova Gaia should be able to pull a Na'vi here and go, okay, a lot of people are showing up in our POI. That probably means the Ring is pulling to us. And do with that information what they will.
01:13:54 I think that's smart, especially if you think about what Passion just did, rotating out a pylon. If they see the pylon team immediately pop an evac tower and start full sending barometer, there's a good chance that you should know we are not leaving. Go next on that hot pursuit, not far behind them. For teams like, you know, Killer Whales coming out of the northern side of things, SPS, even them are slinging those evac towers together to make sure they can get there. But Natsuki, who is into that top three in match one, already into some depths here, as you saw.
01:14:23 Nono und Kyner, aber nicht down.
Mid-Game Rotations and Strategic Positioning
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01:14:36 Oh! Oh! Oh!
01:15:03 But they've all finished Hakkes. Yeah, nice little 2v2. I love that we were able to get behind this, but if you lose Hakkes, you've got that aggressive player, right? So it's just the Gibby, the Newcastle, trying to close the gap here, because not only do they want to win this fight, but it's going to delay that rotation that we need to get down towards the south, and the quality of loot that we're going to go into this with. So at what point in time do we deem this fight, we just raise the white flag, but for now...
01:15:30 Our resources will be limited if this gets drawn out any further. Alliance really... They do not want to give up on this, but it's increasingly seeming like the correct move to just move away. Yes, Alliance love fighting for North Pad. It's basically their claim to fame, what gets them an uncontested North Pad most of the time. But at some point...
01:15:53 It's costing you too much time on your rotate, and there's no real chance of being able to get Hakus back into the game. Zipline Mafia, who ended up getting the res themselves, are gonna continue trying to chase the lines and punish this, hopefully not overextending, because I'm really liking the control with which Zipline Mafia are playing it right now. Oh, they're definitely using excuse to kind of close that gap. You see some rotates coming on out just to make sure they're still alive, but they are...
01:16:19 Playing Pursuit to Alliance, if you're still in that 3v2 situation after getting that res off on one of their members, you're feeling confident in this. You want to make a statement that you just can't come over to Northpad, make this your stomping grounds, and just think you're gonna get it for free. And as you see the delineation between all of this, they're not alone either. Alliance is going to be in shambles this match.
01:16:41 Unlucky caught between Killer Whales and Zipline Mafia. Worth noting that Effect has taken a completely different route and has gone through the Spider Choke and into Cascades. So Effect at least is going to be safe. The question now is, you know, is Unlucky going to be taken out? How are they going to group back up? Because these are two immobile legends and...
01:17:05 I presume that Alliance don't have their Trident anymore. It does seem like Unlucky's gotten out, rotating towards the wall. Yes, he's got a few teams in his way, but maybe, maybe. Alliance really do need to find a crafter, get Hakus back into the game, and group up. And when you have three things on your checklist, and you're not even in zone yet, you're not even thinking about the win. This is just bare minimum to play. I will say it's not looking good, Def.
01:17:29 We're just looking to salvage a game at this point in time. So whether or not that's unlucky, going to wall, hitting the crafter, hitting and reviving up there, and then rotating on it, or do we let effect have that answer? Regardless, pot, we got Oiren down on the ground. Prestes and Task are still up.
01:17:46 The question is, do we get them back on up? And we do. Coming inside, I love that you've got that safety, but this is the cost of still trying to carve your way in just on the outskirts of the mill, which means we don't have too far to go, but every team, for the most part, has moved into that barometer area, which means there's not going to be a lot of space to play for. So you're going to have to fight your way there, and it has to start now.
01:18:12 Oh, next. Down to just one member. Kind of disengages through the south of Barometer. It actually takes almost no damage for this. Just barely getting his shield cracked right now.
01:18:24 There should be a Crafter looking at it. Not over in Pylon, perhaps in Coastal Camp. Should be a rotation much further away, as unfortunately, Pod are not going to get to do that. They just keep getting stuck on this rotation, keep getting members picked off. Once again, we'll just have to...
01:18:43 hopefully try to get oil rain back but at a certain point in time it's going to be too little too late trying to hit a crafter throughout this end of late game will be difficult i love that we've got navi here over on god rock and yarka still trying to challenge a different high ground because we do have just over about a minute 20 left before we really need to solidify ourselves in the circle
01:19:03 The thing is, what is our game plan? What are we playing for? They're still running that hyper-aggressive comp, which being late and fighting for a spot makes sense to me, DS. They're going to throw the evac tower down, but I'm not even sure if they jumped on it. Maybe it was a distraction to allow them to walk on in.
01:19:19 Check this out, down towards the south end of the map, Nova Gaia, remember, did not have Ring Console, should have been able to predict that the Ring was going Barometer and hold a spot. Well, they didn't. They're sitting outside of Barometer right now and on a Trident trying to find their way into an extremely packed zone. Granted, they now probably have Ring Scan and are maybe trying to play mid-speed, but this is a good look for both Nova Gaia and Trojan, who are a little bit further off to their west.
01:19:47 Was ist das so, wenn diese zwei IGLs, die jetzt gespielt haben, nicht mit Zone Advantage zu spielen?
01:20:11 Das Team ist auf die Trident, die Gibby Bubble Connoisseur ist wie, das ist was wir jetzt sehen, was wir heute sehen. Ich denke, ist Gibby getting banned in diesem Match? Nein. Newcastle ist der Mose-Pick-Ledger in diesem Match. Ja, du bist 100% correct. So mehr Gibby Bubble rotates für unsere Spieler. Es war Newcastle mit 12. Gibby's only been-Picked 6x in diesem Spiel.
01:20:35 Es ist verrückt, weil... Teams sollten mehr zu wählen, wie sehr stark diese Trident Rotaten sind. ZipLine Mafia hat nicht, aber auch nicht, eine Trident Rotate oder eine Art, oder auch eine Art, zu eliminieren Nameless. Das ist ein weiteres Erfolg für ZipLine Mafia. Sie haben die Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder der Mitglieder
01:21:04 Sie machen einen langen Weg nach dem Souten. Aber für Zip-Line Mafia, Sie müssen gut fühlen. Nicht nur die Allianz aus der eigenen Territory sind, aber Sie sind weg.
01:21:16 5 kills on the game thus far. And with 18 squads remaining, you're looking to clean on up, but you've got to get through pot. Now this is going to be a difficult fight because sure you can challenge Task and Oirein on the high ground, which by the way, welcome back Oirein. I was talking about how difficult it would be to get you back on in, but these guys, they do not give up. We are going with all of our members towards that next circle if we can.
01:21:38 A big part of this was Oiren's void nexus that has let the team regroup up on Godrock. And with Prestes and the Watson fences that he's able to lay down means that they're actually able to hold on to this high ground really well. I like where Prestes is playing. Even though this is on the edge of the map, it does give Pot a safe place to retreat to and to bully other teams from in an attempt to find a little bit more KP. Nova Gaia, who had that Trident rotate earlier, have picked an interesting spot that actually, funnily enough...
01:22:07 Das macht sie sogar noch mehr zu dem Trotian, und sie haben gezwungen. Trotian hat sich in die Farometer gezwungen, und Nova-Gaea hat sich in die Westerse ausgedrückt.
01:22:17 Das ist tatsächlich sehr hilarious. Es ist eine sehr similare Macro. Vielleicht hat man einen einfachen Rekhofer gemacht, um zu sehen, dass wir vielleicht gleich wieder spielen. Aber Allianz, die Slow-Approach zu der Circle ist, dass sie eine beautifule Mythic Bin haben. Also, wir sehen, wir sehen, was sie bekommen. Kraber, no Kraber. Darn. Triple take? Wir sind gut, doch. Wir sind perfekt in Hackes' hands. Ja.
01:22:45 I don't think he minds that one bit. And really improves your utility economy as well. Triple Take probably isn't running out of ammo. Especially with the way that Alliance have to play this game. If you're sitting in dead center zone.
01:22:57 Yeah, you're probably going to use a lot of triple take ammo, but if you're actually just trying to siege, triple take is being used for some opening shots, and then you're running at people. And the Zipline Mafia, unfortunately, may be some of the people you're running at, especially if you are pot and you realize that this is a duo ahead of you. Alliance already found one kill earlier. Zipline Mafia have no ground to stand on. The Taskmaster does not want to play with too much fire, retreats to the rest of the team, and lets the zone do its thing.
01:23:23 Und Wraith ist die perfekte Legend für sie, um sie zu machen, um sie zu machen, um sie aus dem Ring zu treffen, um sie zu verbinden, um sie zu verbinden, um sie zu verbinden.
01:23:35 Okay, cool. We can stay here for a bit longer. We don't have to move until just about 15 seconds. But this rotation will likely be them going down swinging. Because once you close just south of Millage, you realize that we're going out into the open water. And in terms of what we've got to make happen, I would love to see another portal. But will we have that up in time?
01:23:58 Let's see what this rotate looks like for Alliance. This is the biggest risk that Alliance have taken all game. It's a big one because they're trying to play for the win and haven't been able to find an actual game-winning position just yet. Landing inside Barometer, they do have Newcastle, Gibraltar to buy them time and space to play. Still a lot of damage that gets thrown at Alliance before the Gibby Bevel even goes down. Fortunately enough, I don't see anyone sending them. You got...
01:24:27 Ja, das ist 100% genau das, was sie brauchen. Wenn sie nicht haben Gibby, wenn sie eine der sechs Teams entschieden haben, die sie sind.
01:24:51 Es ist eigentlich wild, dass sie den Alter Portal benutzt, von unten zu unternehmen, um nach F.U.L., um zu dieser westen Seite der Zone. Na'Vi ist nicht so gut, aber Uchako hat eine Shield Swap, also gut für ihn. G7-Scout legt ein decentes Damage, bevor der Amt-Cupfer fällt, und Uchako braucht Platz für die Team, als der Fragger muss sein.
01:25:17 Der Zip-Line-Mafia wird sofort von dem Zip-Line-Mafia. Der Zip-Line-Mafia fällt, und Slab, der Lass-Demand-Standig für Navi, hat er zu versuchen, die Reset-Of-The-Century. SLR, Zip-Line-Mafia, und Increasingly Killer Whales kommen. Es gibt Navi die Zeit, aber SLR wird der Job erstellen.
01:25:37 Oh, SLR wanted to get involved in that. They recognized the chaotic moments that were happening. And Killer Whale say, you know, you saw our big games over our last matchday. We want some more of that, right? We've got three kills as a team looking for more. PK connecting and Warrior doing a dance around the Newcastle wall. A beautiful shield swap. But if Victor's down, we're gonna have to do something about it.
01:25:58 Zyplon Mafia fallen, und das bleibt Killer Whales als die letzte Team auf der Brücke, die victors auf es all. Die letzte Team zu移st in von Edge, als auch. Unlocken ist auch ein totaler Ergebnis. Unfortunately, die 2nd-Pit-Push war nicht so gut für Unlocken. Wir werden sehen, was Effekt und Hakkis zu tun. Beacon Delivery scheint das einfach zu sein.
Endgame Strategies and Team Dynamics
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01:26:26 Right now, nobody's going to be pushing Alliance to actually take this out of their hands. NVMI SPS have a building with the next zone and go next. Already in next ring. Amped cover ready to go. Most worried about Killer Whales here because you have to cross that water. You've got SLR that's going to be looking immediately at you. But something that SLR is doing is actually laying their ground for the rotate. You can see one member carving that path.
01:26:50 Für Allianz in the north, you're going to have to contend, and you've already burnt your Gibby Bubble. You're not going to have that for as soon as you get in to potentially reset. Killer Whales rotate in the same situation as Navi were last time, just don't have the safety of their own Gibby Bubble. They actually end up playing off of somebody else, off of Allianz's, to make it in. And Allianz are stuck on low ground, now trying to pull the same surprise play as a duo, and they'll pull it off. Killer Whales!
01:27:21 Die Fakt!
01:27:34 Und Hackus ist ein pixel weg von einem Deathbox und wir noch nicht sind, um ihn abzuhren. Ein ganzes Reset für nur die Duell. Aber das hilft, es hilft, die Placement Points zu lösen. Die Frage ist, wo wir nachdenken? Wir haben NVMI und SPS, die in die Gebäude sind in der Gebäude. Sie wollen die King dieser Gebäude sein. Aber wenn du QPMS hast, die all die Fences aufbauen, ist das eine secure Position für sie. Und sie haben die Jenny Unlocken. All right, Graceful, ich weiß, du bist glücklich.
01:28:05 Eventually, NVMI wird zu denken, um siegen die Team über siegen, oder um siegen von siegen. Das sollte dann kommen zu siegen, weil sie so viel Platz zu spielen haben.
01:28:22 SPS and NVMI, you have to imagine they're going to be fighting with things like Alter a little bit later on. You saw some Abduct attempts go down. Impulse, I'm sure, just waiting for the cooldown one more time to try and pull a few more of these off. But you don't want to be exiting the building at the same time and in comes the Abduct.
01:28:41 The retreat immediately through. Hardeki held quite nicely. Alliance do seem to get back to a team of three, which is huge for this endgame here. And a Care Package. What is this plot armor they have? They are giving main character energy all day here in the EMEA region. Care Package unopened right next to them as well. As soon as this Gibi lands, it's going to be uncontested whatever is in here.
01:29:09 An Unlucky, unperturbed by the rest of the lobby, is Bullying VC Go from the low ground.
01:29:19 They did back them away for now. Baselan looking to rotate on in. It seems they've found a spot. Nags, a peculiar spot for the Jenny, but we're going to preserve that for a while now. Potential climb up after we hit the Skynade. It doesn't connect for anything. Maybe a warning signal for someone to potentially look out for. VC Go on the other hand.
01:29:43 Not faring too well as you see them dive on down, trying to prolong, but when you've got teams just staring you down... Wait, Natsky, that was dirty. Trojan, out. Joining Endurus, SLR, and like you say, Trojan, VC, go, do eventually fall. Alliance still on low ground. Just to give you guys a little bit of a teaser, in case you can't tell in the upper left-hand corner, yeah, they are dead center of zone right now. Everybody has to come to Alliance.
01:30:11 I don't think anybody wants to. Nobody's in a rush to do this. I'm good. I'll wait. If Alliance walk into the dead center of Zone in one of these kind of performances based off of hitting a reset after they're running with Zipline Mafia, this is what just makes a good team great. This is why they are exceptionally well when it comes to performing on LAN. It starts with moments like this in games. If they can convert this into a win, I'm going to be screaming.
01:30:37 No wops in for FaZe does mean they take quite a bit of damage and actually being pushed by Nova Gaia as Alliance go on the push again to take out NVMI. They are using these Alter Portals to just take teams down before they even know what's happening. Oh, FaZe in here. Now we're running into Nova Gaia. Taxington tries to open off the back here, but it seems like we lost out Synetic. And they just did. I love this.
01:31:03 Yeah, this is actually kind of interesting. Look, maybe they're looking for a better positioning for the long game here. They've already done enough to whittle the numbers down.
01:31:13 Go Next are falling, it's Light, now Henchman, leaving only Kinda, left to survive for the squad, right behind FaZe, we're stuck between Alliance and the last member of Go Next. Hakkis expending Utility, well done inside the Gibi Bubble, as FaZe Clan will fall first, and Alliance, it's a matter of whether they get aggressive or not, because teams are dying around them, just do you want to participate in it? Oh, they do, they want to, now they're using the Triple Take to find a couple more, as Nova Gaia...
01:31:42 Watch the Ultra Portals out of Hakkis. They have claimed so many teams' lives by suddenly jumping up onto the high ground.
01:32:09 But Alliance have GoNext to worry about. GoNext to have now recovered to a duo. It is Henchmen and Kinda, and maybe even Rez. As no, GoNext will be taken down, and it is with the Ultra Portal from Hakkis. Oh, and it's Alliance VSPS Effect down on the ground, but Hakkis trying to connect from afar. Let's see, as he dives on down, finishes it on out, and what do you mean Alliance takes match number two? You know, the craziest thing is that as we enter that last two...
01:32:36 3v3 between SPS and Alliance. I'd already written down Alliance. You knew what was happening. Watching the way they navigated this game, it was absolutely stellar mid-game from Alliance. Because their early game, let's be honest guys, was absolutely terrible. Whether it was their fault or not, I don't know. You can be taken down, it can be a little bit unlucky. But once you lose one, you lose another. Man, things were rough for Alliance. To recover that way is what makes...
01:33:04 What makes a team like a Lions as great as they are? I know, as you pull up the Match 2 results, because it's not even that it was just, oh, a good game, we recovered. No, that was a dominant performance. 18 kills, a win.
01:33:21 30 points. That is pure insanity and something that we would expect from Alliance to not have had all those early engagements in the north go sour, right? This is a team that had to respawn two different times.
01:33:38 Und noch endet, was das drei, fünf, sechs, sechs squads? Das war der Third in der Lobby. Es ist okay. Ja, no worries, no worries. Das ist ein Team, das... Wir haben gesagt es, wenn Sie für die Krone sind, Sie haben sie zuerst. Und das ist ein Tall Order, wirklich gut von Allianz. Und wieder, ihre Strat von Game 1.
01:34:06 Playing spots that nobody wants, but in sharp contrast to Game 1, because everybody is so much closer together in Barometer, we got to see some insane playmaking and timing out of Hackes. I have to say, Tiff, it almost feels disrespectful what Alliance were doing to teams. Sitting underneath them, and then suddenly popping up through an altar portal and going, well, we're 3v3ing now, is a bet that you only take when you think your team has better hands.
01:34:33 Well, also, as we look through these series results, I'm going to continue your point on, but I want to talk about this first, because after that 30 points, it puts them at the top of the leaderboard, of course, with a total of 40. Navi, Novigaya, Trojan, that's your top three from match number one. They're still all right there, but they're going to need an insane performance or a level of consistency throughout the next four matches on our day if they want a challenge for top slots. See, the Lions keeps performing like that.
01:34:58 There's only so much you can do for Killer Whale. Seventh place, SPS, that's the team that was in second, fighting against Alliance. They're down there in eighth. Now, Dia, back to your point. I honestly, the reason I think they grabbed that altar portal so quickly off their initial rotation under the bridge that like usurp that building was because how often would someone rotate it and play a building and you'd be like, okay, hey, just so you know, someone's playing outside, they're playing under bridge. Just be aware of that when we go to rotate.
01:35:27 I think by them immediately landing and portaling it in, it is that surprise factor that leads to that fight going so well for them. Yeah, and it goes so swimmingly. Caught not just FUL, but so many other teams off guard, even go next in those last couple of seconds. So Alter still on the table for game number three, and it is very clear that that is a huge part of Alliance's game plan.
01:35:54 Oh, well, I can't wait to see more Alter gameplay from Hackus and Alliance like that. But of course, that's going to be coming after the break. So we'll see you guys on the other side. And they should be BGB's game to win. 3v2 scenario. And as you say, they're in absolute front position. Remarkle take me to do what they can. But the Corsic Gas will literally suffocate them as Boogie Warders take game one.
01:36:26 Vixeria, die letzte Person left, oh nein! Und sie haben sehr wenige A-C zu arbeiten. Ich meine, ich weiß nicht, wie du aus dieser Position bist, Vixeria. Du bist nur in der zweiten Platz. Und ja, er hat seine Fähigkeit gesehen. Er hat drei Leute gesehen.
01:36:47 Oh. Oh.
01:37:06 Gen.G. hat eine relativt quiete evening so far hier heute. Dexter, der sich auf die Zicke hat, die bereits fallen. Dreamfire, noch ein Full-3. Zuzu, der erste eine down. Bolin hat das BK in Hand, aber nicht ganz gut werden kann. Gen.G., mehr wie Gigi.
01:37:27 Zalkadzia vs Gen.G. Und es wird Pryce öffnet sich mit der Kraber. Jetzt versucht es zu stecken mit der Beeskeeper. Absolut, built different. Und able to get the big kill. Able to take down the big dog. Now Aziz, der letzte eine lebt alive in 1v2. Wenn es jemand mit einer R9 und 1v2 in der Clutch ist, wird es Aziz. Aber nein! Oh mein Gott! Der Kraber Headshot auf den Rocken ist es zu Ende.
Spannende Spielzüge und Teamdynamiken
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01:37:58 Reflin, able to stay alive, the question is for how long, because more Archstars and more Ortonuses getting sent their way, getting sent down there, is Exit Life, who will be able to take out Remarkable Team, Bad Aim Team, now down to just a solo, and it looks like this is gonna be S8UL walking away with a dub. Exit Life has absolutely clutched up here for the boys, getting it into a 1v3, it doesn't even matter, he can't clean it up.
01:38:31 Sony in Zone, the official monitor of the Apex Legends Global Series. Welcome back to Match Day 8 in EMEA. A Clash of Titans at, as Tiff has so elegantly put it, the 11th hour. Go next, fighting for a top spot in EMEA with Alliance, who have just won Game 2 in staggering fashion, Graceville. I mean, seeing that as well from my little break, that fight there was crazy. Not even the last fight, but...
01:39:05 The four fights leading up to that point, where they're just holding in dead center, where every other team is walking in right there, trying to make sure they can get a spot, but Alliance already held that spot from having to recover earlier on. Now coming down to a 3v2 without knowing it as well, and they close out the game. Just phenomenal fashion. A typical Alliance game, and we see them, they're kind of the sleeping...
01:39:24 The sleeping tiger, I guess, for the first couple of games and then exploding at you for the last three games where they normally just take over. Did you know that 30 points, like I always like to say about consistency, if you have five points average, you're in top 10. If they only played one game today and it was that game, they'd probably still end around top 10. Yeah, I mean, this is the team, perhaps.
01:39:47 ist nicht in der Falle aus der Top 10. Nicht in der Falle nicht in der Falle nicht in Japan. Allianz... Sie sind weg. Es ist eine Frage, welche Form sie sind. Als wir in den Match Nummer 3 sind, mit Newcastle jetzt Bann. Wie viele denken, das verändert Allianz's Gameplan? Denn sie haben viele Neucastle benutzt, aber es war die Alter, die wirklich definiert die Nummer 2 für mich.
01:40:13 Ja, ich meine, viele Leute, es verändert sich ein bisschen anders. Sie können mit dem Krypto gehen. Sie können mit dem, wie in Indikatorie. Viele Leute, die nicht zu verwenden, aber sie können mit dem Wraith, mit dem Ash, mit dem Asch. Ich glaube, sie sind in Krypto. Also, viele diese Teams...
01:40:32 Es depends, weil die ersten Bann haben, die Leute für Watsom gewonnen haben. Sie sehen, die Fans ist absolut überall, wo man einfach die Anker roll für andere Charaktere macht. Aber jetzt, dass Newcastle ist Bann, sie sind für, wie wir hier sehen, Alter, Crypto, Bang. So, es ist eigentlich ein Wettbewerb, wo jetzt die Strategie ist ein bisschen anders.
01:40:54 The Alter plays are still the same, but this actually amplifies the Alter plays, because now you have Crypto EMP into the action, you get hit by the EMP and then TP in a good fashion, you're gonna get wiped even faster. And this composition, funnily enough, has a lot in common with the way that Na'Vi have been playing, just replacing...
01:41:14 Die Maggi für Alter. Die Ability zu machen fast plays, mit der Ability zu machen, zu machen sie besonders hart. Jetzt, Allianz, keine Ahnung haben viel mehr Sicherheit mit dieser Composition. No Gibraltar, die nicht hier ist, also sie werden hier viel mehr agressiv werden. Das ist das, was ich liebe ihre Positionierung auf Zip-Line Mafia. Aber zu denken, wo wir gehen, ich kann nicht, wir sind wieder zurück. Ich kann nicht, wir sind wieder zurück. Ich kann nicht, wir sind wieder zurück. Ich kann nicht, wir sind wieder zurück.
01:41:39 I mean, one of the repetitive zones once again strikes here. Nothing new for me here. I think that at least now we'll see if they're playing a little bit more disciplined. I can't tell if they have the beacon or not. If they don't have it now, they might play more reserve this time to see how that fares. Because they did manage to get back in, right? But sometimes you're not that lucky. And if that's what it takes, then you might have to have a little bit of ice in your stomach to where you're slowing it down a little bit before you decide to do any major.
01:42:09 Ja, Nova Gaia, they played last game, right? So you see how last game went. You see the amount of people that piled into Zone of Barometer. You know that this is probably happening again. And you're almost getting a little bit of deja vu if you're Nova Gaia, thinking, okay.
01:42:35 Okay, okay, okay. We don't have to go to Pylon. We don't have to go to Coastal to get a ring scan, because we've seen how this played out. We saw how this played out last time, though, with Alliance and Ziploc Mafia taking an early fight. Let's take a listen in with Alliance to see how they're approaching it for Game 3.
01:42:56 Ja, da sind sie.
01:43:25 Ich habe einen Schrauch von ihm. Ich habe einen Schrauch von ihm. Ich habe einen Schrauch von ihm.
01:43:47 Noo! Ihr f*****g schießt Panos, ich f*****g kille ihn! He won! Leech won! I hit his leg! I hit his leg, I hit his leg, I hit his leg. If I hit his f*****g chest he's dead.
Aggressives Gameplay und strategische Anpassungen
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01:44:03 I mean, we didn't see them fight last time, but we definitely saw how it played out now. The thing about this meta as well is that when you have so many strong weapons, like the Peter, like the Scout, like the Bocek right there we see as well, is that you can die almost immediately. Alliance took that very clean this time, where they just got escorted down, got the thirst, even if they ran away, they were still chasing them down. Got two of them, they're more than happy with that, because this also goes to show that Alliance had a huge game last game. Zipline Mafia, however,
01:44:32 ...might not feel as comfortable as Alliance, that already has so many points on the board. In the course of that fight, it wasn't just Ziplon Mafia that got aggressed on, NVMI took out on Dogs as well. So, Game 3, last game on Stormpoint, seems to have brought out the aggression in many of our squads.
01:44:54 Die Frustration in Allianz von dem letzten Mal war wirklich sehr auf display. Go-next, aber nicht mehr spielen als aggressiv als andere Teams, weil sie ein guter Platz haben, in Barometer zu spielen. Playing Under the Bridge ist ein bisschen Risky.
01:45:11 I mean, this is one of those spots where if you're playing here early, it's fine. But when people are coming in late and you get pinched from two sides, potentially that's where it gets really scared because you can't really peek outside of those two staircases. Because if you overpeek, you get shot from either side, depending on how many looks at you. And you're kind of leaving it up to luck per se, to where the other teams are looking at. Like if they're getting contested or walked up on, you're free to peek from bridge however you want to. But if they're free and nobody's pushing them, the only thing they're going to be looking at
01:45:41 Ich glaube, es wird kp in der Nähe und es wird gefährlich für sie. Aber für den Momenten sollte man sicher sein und sicherzustellen, dass sie ihre Backen ist der wichtigste Teil.
01:45:52 Das wird für viele Teams sein. NovaGaia ist einer dieser Gruppe, der braucht viel mehr Poker als etwas anderes. Mit nur 82 Ammunition in seinem 30-30. Sitting auf dem Barometer. Du musst wirklich aufhören, denn du musst Evo als NovaGaia.
01:46:14 Well, in similar ways, Zipline Mafia need their members back. They should be able to get them. Zipline Mafia do have some Rez Beacons nearby, but the question will be, do NVMI over at Stormcatcher end up hitting a Survey Beacon and finding out that there's a Solo right next door?
01:46:31 This is very scary as well, because 13 points is solid, they're 7th overall, but if they fall early here now, where they can't get a proper reset off, that means that they're 3 times behind Alliance's current points right now. Alliance is sitting right there on 42 points, and the zone is pulling south again, a very comfortable rotate for Alliance, as they won the previous game in Barometer, honestly around that cannon zone again, potentially, and...
01:46:55 They're going to be more than happy with that, so we'll have to see if the other team can make do right now. Zipland Mafia looking a little bit in a rough spot. However, looking in the dead center of the zone, all the teams we saw earlier in the previous game are looking to have and hold their spots. They might have been switching things up a little bit, depending on how it pulls, but we saw the same macro essentially from the previous game for most teams. We just saw Uaim grab the pylon scan.
01:47:21 Over at Seto, we've got some serious action breaking out with Killer Whales. You're either looking for information or you're looking for points from kills.
Kämpfe um Positionen und strategische Rotationen
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01:47:31 Killer Whale, seit Nr. 1, haben absolut ein Killpoint-Style-Team. Nein, Bongo, mit ein paar Schlick-Movees, nimmt SPS aus. Und Cito, wiederkeits zu den Killer Whalen. No Newcastle in diesem Spiel. Es macht eine Rez in, aber es ist ein Safe-One, als Bongo, komplett un-Daunted, grabs ein Shield-Swap und schlägt die Team als eine ein-Mann-Armee. Das ist schlägt die Team von U-Aim. Again, ein Squad, das gerade gerade genommen hat.
01:47:59 You won't even know where the zone is going, and yet they are choosing to play the Edge of Ring right now in the hopes that they pick up a few more KP. That's just the way you play it sometimes. If you're already late to zone, you might as well make sure you skirmish on the outer side of the zone to make sure that, hey, we can grab a couple of KPs, and once again, clear out your back, making sure that nobody's coming in from zone late, so that you're taking a fight to them, so you have one side clear, you can just walk in and take straight 3v3s.
01:48:30 See if U-Aim actually get aggressive on this, or if they wait for Killer Whales to rotate away, given how Sanya's positioned right now, it looks like they'll be taking the more aggressive options, where Alliance ended up taking a very different rotate, even coming from the north, in the same way as U-Aim and Killer Whales. It was a Trident that brought them all the way down here to the opposite end of the ring, out to the west side of Barometer.
01:48:59 Das ist ein typischer Rotat, würde ich sagen.
01:49:03 Ich habe jetzt die Erfahrung, dass niemand hier ist, weil ihr müsst, dass sie hier haben, dass sie hier mit Krypto haben, dass sie hier einfach mit der Kripto haben, dass sie es einfach mit der Kripto ist. Sie spielen ein bisschen auf der Seite, aber auch nicht zuerst, dass sie, wieder einmal, nicht die Bridge zu spielen, weil wenn sie da early sind, dass sie vielleicht die West-Side kommen oder die Northern-Side kommen, dann wird sie vielleicht in einem PINCH zwischen den East-Side-Platform und den Northern-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side.
01:49:33 Ich bin immer sehr proaktiv auf, dass man sich sicher zu wissen, die nächste Spiel zu planen. Und das ist sicher, dass der Moment das Stone-Pops wird, dass es vielleicht sogar noch weiter geht. Und wenn sie noch sicher sind, sie werden hier einfach nur ein bisschen länger gehen. Ich weiß nicht, dass Allianz eine Chance für mich jetzt. In fact, viele Teams in Barometer sind ziemlich komfortabel. Es sind ZipLine, Mafia, Uaim, VCGO, sogar Killer Whales.
01:50:02 who are more uncomfortable. Because getting into Barometer is such a punishing experience should you choose to get there late with all the open water that lies between you and them. This Killer Whales scan, though, could make things a lot easier. In fact, this is the same scan that Alliance were able to hit on their way in. Now Killer Whales, unfortunately finding out that Alliance have occupied yet another spot, may still have a chance to secure themselves some safety underneath the bridge. Fighting with UAE could happen.
01:50:31 You saw that bridge I was talking about, why they wouldn't go there early. Now a team lands there, Killer Whale is behind them, FUL is right next to them, and Nameless is in safety in the egg. So now it comes down to the lines, where do we want to play? They're most likely going to play on that west of Endors, or potentially northwest of Endors, by that cliff rock. There's a really good spot by the water, by the rocks. So now they're probably going to look to potentially get a few KP even before they make their rotate in. However, I believe it was...
01:50:58 You aim right there in the bridge getting pinched is not in a good spot as Killer Whales is starting to angle them. But FUL also not safe in the building anymore. They're gonna be looking to walk in potentially. Killer Whales gotta play this safe. Importantly have to avoid getting third party to another getting shot aside by Alliance. And King Victor with a Spitfire tries to take the 1v1, but it doesn't quite work out. Max shuts that down very quickly. Leaves Killer Whales. Now it's just a solo Max.
01:51:26 Ein Mann Army, 4U-Aim, hat die Wurriere zurückgekehrt, die letzte Mitglieder von Killer Whalen, bevor sie dann wieder zurückkehren, uns mit 16 Quads leften. Allianz, die Retriebe nicht so weit auf das, aber es hat sie ein bisschen weitergekehrt, als Nameless wird wieder zurückkehren, als sie wieder zurückkehren.
01:51:46 So yeah, Lions even got a KP right there in the killfield. Nameless, very happy here as well. Sitting in that egg, more than comfortable. Looking to see if maybe Able can grab some kills on that Wraith. Max Wraith and the guys holding that bridge did really well holding it off. One almost went down to King Victor Spitfire, but immediately got swung by double PK shots and down the second guy. Very clean play right there, making sure that you swing something together. Like I always say, you gotta hold hands with your teammates.
01:52:13 WCG, sicherlich muss man das machen, wenn sie das hier nehmen können. Und auch das, ich würde nicht sagen, es scheint, dass viele Leute schauen. Aber Miralj ist das auch. Er hat sich das auch. Er hat sich selbst gesagt. Ich glaube, ich glaube, dass das nicht kommt. Ich weiß, dass das nicht kommt. Ich weiß, dass das nicht kommt. Ich weiß, dass das nicht kommt. Ich weiß, dass das nicht kommt. Das Portal ist nicht safe. Ich weiß nicht.
01:52:35 And now actually, we'll have to see here, looking at that zone earlier as well, it is a very identical zone around the cannon in the water. I believe we're going to see a lot of fighting happening here from the eastern side when this next zone fully closes, as well as VCGO already looking to engage on the bridge, but gets caught immediately by what we saw before. GO-Nex kind of finds that cheeky angle now, as Miralja as well is trying to walk his way in. Life is wrong in fact, but they're making sure to stay tucked in that staircase, which is what they need to do.
Entscheidende Kämpfe und das Finale
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01:53:04 As they're just looking to clean up this fight, potentially. Because they need to clear their backs out. And they are looking for the kills in the water as VC Goh gets eliminated. Rotate completely scuffed for VC Goh. Had one shot, couldn't quite use it. With the rotation from Wraith not working out for them. Alliance, however, pushing their own Rotate. Luck are fighting for the bridge up against NVMI.
01:53:29 Alliance taking their time, scouting ahead, seeing that they're not in the zone, making sure to scout properly before, I believe, the drone is destroyed, so he's not scouting by drone per se, having unlucky walk up potentially with those smokes and effect as well on that cheeky halt, they're making sure to see if they can find anything. They're just waiting on drone right now though, it's about to go into here to scout potentially deeper, trying to poke out whoever is playing under the bridge right now, here comes the drone now to see if they can scout ahead. I mean, he...
01:53:57 Hack has just watched one member of NVMI take a different position, so this bridge is absolutely takeable, and NVMI completely give it up. I think well done to them, as Passion unfortunately will fall. SLR, they collect an even better position off the back of it, go next, right next to SLR, just off to the north, so another fight brewing in their future, as U-Aim and F-U-L fight for the remainder of the bridge off to the west.
01:54:28 Sie haben hier gespielt, nachdem sie das Team ausgehalten haben.
01:54:33 Die Lille Spitfire-Team, aber jetzt sind sie zu machen, aber auch noch ein Team ist da, der andere Team ist da, als auch Arteco ist, mit der P.K., mit einem Pfadpump, und dann geht's die Down, da eigentlich, bei Slab. Oh, Slab also geht's da, also geht's da. Strafe geht's da, also perfekt Down für sie. Sie haben zwei Team-Web so far, glaube ich. Glownecks, also zwei Downs, all of them trying to Reset. Ich glaube, die andere Team ist da, also zu machen, dass sie nicht da. S.L.R. ist da, mit der Car, zu disruptieren. Wir sehen, ob sie können, oder nicht, ob sie sind, oder nicht, ob sie sind.
01:55:04 SLR really want to commit to the low ground, finish off the kills, but aren't really able to. Light escapes around the corner, although I believe he's spot in. Alter Portal not gonna work out for go next, who do fall in 13th, their lowest placement of the day. Barometer explodes into chaos as U-Aim, Trojan, FaZe, Pot, and Endorse are all there and will not be for very long. U-Aim.
01:55:33 The first of those to fall, Zipline Mafia joining them.
01:55:38 Was actually crazy, you know they were full on and they got Kramer than Nathan what in two seconds it went from yay to me Nova Gaia really yaying right now this phase will fall and Nova Gaia playing a very similar game that they did in game one they finally gotten their evos back up on blues at least and close to purples as Navi wait on the low ground
01:56:06 An Alliance reset on this western bridge they fought for. They do get a clean reset actually, all because everybody is fighting for that Egg right now. That side that we saw earlier, the bridge into Egg, also the northern side, have to be fighting right now. That Bangalore ult will also buy them some time as they're all fully resetting right now. All they need to do is hold this area off, work their way in towards Rock, but we see Hardeki right there with Kazak as well, and we see Natsuki and Taskmaster right next to each other.
01:56:39 Huge fight on the east, they're gonna have to 3P something to look for anything, because all the spots are currently taken, it all comes down to a good timing, potentially 3P from Alliance side, but now Endors managed to take the platform right there from Kashira, and they are more than happy with this. Nicely looks for picks with the Peacekeeper, but Trojan come up right behind him, forcing him to play this knockdown shield, a very awkward spot.
01:57:02 And Trojan, almost getting outplayed in the Bubble, still manages to take out Endorse, who join SLR and Nova Gaia as the squads that were most recently eliminated. Pause, start challenging for Trojan's position at Alliance, you know it. They're waging war on the low ground, eliminating Nameless, and playing inside the Gibby Bubble they just took by force.
01:57:23 Oh, und ist Dixon.
01:57:41 A quick shield sell, not even time for a bat, but Alliance have got more than enough space to play with. Effect continues with this R9, this time not just threatening, but taking the altar portal and forcing a trade.
01:57:57 Hot will fall, Alliance still looking for an elimination on NVMI that they do find, leaving us with Na'Vi, Trojan and Alliance as our final three squads, and Trojan want to take out Alliance! Insta-bubble on them as this rotation gets cut short, but now with Alliance down one, Trojan here on the low ground, it's all up to Na'Vi, who have the most space possible, as they should be able to walk in and take out both squads, Alliance fall, Uchako on the lifeline of all Legends.
01:58:26 Lens die letzten paar Peacekeeper-Shots. Und mit Nono, die letzte one, stand. Es sieht wie eine Navi-Win auf Stormpoint.
01:58:57 You remember in game number one where I was a Trojan apologist and I was like, you know what? No, they actually should have played for a second there. They had the most damage. This game, I'm not sure I'm on that page. This felt a little overambitious by Trojan, even though Alliance do die. Opening the game up for Na'Vi.
01:59:18 Was a huge risk and is one that pays off for Na'Vi specifically. They get eight kills this game, not a super high number, not as high as they did in game number one, but still a very comfortable victory, tying Trojan at 20 points.
01:59:34 I mean, look at that as well. All the four teams essentially, the top four teams have been soaking up all the points. We go from 20, 20, 16, 14. All of those points in that lobby is soaked. There's three 0s, there's three 1s. Like, it's absolutely crazy. So this essentially means that for a lot of these teams, that's just like a donut without being a donut. Like, you didn't die 20th and score like 0. You could have been 12th with one kill. Like, it's just crazy.
02:00:02 Yeah, this particular game felt like a lot more of a struggle for teams inside of Barometer, whereas last time we had a culling of squads, slowly but surely, especially with Alliance running through the lobby, this time we had a lot of individual fights breaking out around the map, even around the outskirts of Barometer, up in the north with SLR and, of course,
02:00:29 Auf in the west, where we had Nameless fighting for their nutbuilding. Alliance still lead the pack, and Na'Vi are coming up right behind them. Trojan, however, are beating Nova Gaia right now, and when we break up a Team Tiff, I do love to keep track of the small rivalry that develops between them, even though I know that Nova Gaia and Trojan broke up on good terms. It's important to keep track of the fact that Trojan are on top right now.
02:00:55 You're definitely just creating something there. You're just like, I want to see one of these teams excel today post-breakup and kind of stir the pot. I'm watching you. I'm with you. But honestly, now that we're done with Storm Point, it's just been a heck of a first couple games in our series, right? I wouldn't have anticipated that Alliance turn around a match number two for them to kind of carry that momentum through and through. But I don't know why I was doubting it. This is a crazy thing where I would be like, you know, Alliance had a couple of mistakes.
02:01:22 They're surely not going to come back in such a dominating fashion and then continue on that momentum. But for Na'Vi to win two of the three games, that is the kind of level that we need to see them backperforming at. Yeah, this felt like a very nice couple of games for Na'Vi especially. And we barely touched on this because the composition honestly didn't feel that important, graceful. But the Lifeline pick did throw me when that showed up on screen.
02:01:55 I'm actually curious about your thoughts on that one, Grace. But before we jump into a couple things, tell me more about the Lifeline pick. I mean, you know me as well. We always play ranked. I always like to play Lifeline as well. I know. You're so good at it. I'm very happy to see that as well. But I mean, I think it also comes down to the fact that they are more than willing and happy to play stuff that they're comfortable with. And they're showing promises regarding how to play.
02:02:15 Their specific niche. Like, okay, everybody's playing Gibi Newcastle. Okay, we're gonna get the Crypto Mag out. Okay, everybody's playing this. Now we'll maybe change things up with Lifeline. I think it's such a good thing to show that you have compositions that might not be as mainstream, but you can make it work in fashion. Because sometimes, let's just say Mirage becomes meta all of a sudden. I highly doubt that absolutely everybody has the same level of Mirage. And when you have a solid Lifeline, hey man, make it work.
02:02:41 Bro, when they added the perk system, we saw Mirage for a bit. So you're not crazy there. I just love our legend band system, forcing people to be flexible. So thank you so much for your thoughts on Lifeline. And yes, you're an absolutely cracked Lifeline. But for those of you at home, if you haven't been keeping up with the ALGS, well, first off, you should be. Let's go ahead and here's what you missed. We'll get you caught up on all things Apex Legends. More specifically, Apex South. Match Day 8, Match Day 9. That's right. They only have their regional finals left.
02:03:10 So, if you guys didn't catch this, Match Day 8 for Apex Out, it went with a really gnarly uphill battle, especially the win came through by JD Gaming against Bearclaw Gaming in Match 1. But when you kind of look through here, Match 3, there's some moments to keep going. It's been really tough to see kind of these endgames go through, and Wolves Esports is going to come out on top in that specific moment. But it just keeps heating up as we go into Match 3.
02:03:40 Oh, JD answers back. And this time from the high ground, Dia. I think that controlling space and keeping high ground for as long as possible, even with the zip chow, that's insane. They really didn't have another choice, though.
02:03:55 No, especially when you're able to control high ground like that. I think JDG really showed some incredible control there, and it's something that I'm really enjoying out of the entire squad when I am able to watch them retroactively because they do play insanely late at night. Now, for me, Alcadzia did end up winning the next game and in fantastic form as well. Now, that was their fifth match of the day, but ultimately, even with the win,
02:04:24 in Platz 9.
02:04:53 Nummer 2, dropping onto Team Mango for the victory. In Match 3, QOR Gaming finally found a win after a 1v1 with Dreamfire, which was quite exciting. And if you're wondering where Gen.G are, why we haven't mentioned them yet, well, they waited until the back half of the series to make their impressions.
02:05:12 Nach 5 war die große Wunsch der Tag, mit Alkazius Pricey zu Endeffekt. Nach 6 war eine SAUL-Win. Nach 5 war die große Wunsch der Tag, mit Alkazius Pricey zu Endeffekt und zu Endeffekt. Nach 6 war eine SAUL-Win, wieder zu Endeffekt. Nach 6 war eine SAUL-Win, wieder zu Endeffekt.
02:05:37 ...on Matchday No. 9, even though this time SAUL placed 3rd overall... ...with Deep Cross Gaming in 2nd... ...and Gen G, with again an emphatic back half of the day...
02:05:49 Ending up placing first over. Well, there's that Kraber shot for the win from Alcantia. And it's so good to see Kim Chi out there in the mix as we pull up the series results from Matchday 9. You're right. Gen.G Esports total of 64 points on the day. D-Cross Gaming 55. S8UL, after that Game 6 victory, puts them inside the top three with 53 points. I'm pretty sure I saw a member of S8UL tweet out. They're like, yeah, yeah, we're the Game 6 Reapers. 100% win rate on Game 6. Look, we've seen that before.
02:06:18 Und wir haben gesehen, dass nette Leute von Last Chance Qualifier zu Finals, zu Champs, zu everything. So, honestly, be those Game 6 Reapers. Das ist genau das, was du musst. Und, honestly, Alcatzia hat beide Nummer 5s gewonnen, auch. Pretty consistent, wenn ich sage, als wir über die Overalls scoreboarden hier sehen, Graceful.
02:06:38 Ich meine, jetzt sehen wir die eigentliche Lobby, die in den Finals werden, wir sehen die Teams, die wir noch nicht kennenlernen haben. Du hast gesagt, S8, UL als auch, Gen als auch. Wir sehen Dreamfire, aber wir sehen so viele von diesen Teams, die wir noch nicht kennen und lieben. Akanzia als auch. Aber du wißt du, was die größte Sache ist, was die größte Dinge, die sich aussehen, von Region zu Region zu sehen, ist, wenn du die Bubble-Fights in EU und Amerika...
02:07:03 ist, dass man viele Sides-Lefts trafen, weil Roller-Player ist. Aber wenn man Apex South schaut, man sieht das Tab-Trafing-Bubble-Fighting. Man sieht drei Leute Tab-Trafing in und aus dem Bubble. Es ist so refreshing zu sehen, dass die verschiedenen Regionen bringen verschiedene Techniken, so zu sagen, und Skill-Levels auch. Und wir haben immer gesagt, Apex South, Apex North, andere Regionen außerhalb der Regionen, die wir immer über die Potenzial haben. Und wir immer sagen es auch.
02:07:32 Is this the time now? I'm looking so much forward to the finals as well. I think everybody at home does as well.
02:07:37 Why do I have such a crazy intrusive thought where everyone says, does APAC South have what it takes when some of NA's best players are from APAC South? But I digress. We're not in NA. We're in EMEA right now. So my intrusive thoughts will stay where they are. We'll leave it to LAN to settle all of those discussions. And speaking of LAN, Sapporo Champs tickets are on the horizon because ALGS is running it back with Champs in Sapporo at the DEWA house. So we want to give you guys a bit of information on where you're going to be able to find those tickets and get them locked down for the big event.
02:08:06 Ticket sales will be live next week on our ticketing partner's website, Zyko, on October 11th, 1 a.m. PT, 4 a.m. ET. A lot of time zones here, okay? I'm just making sure you know where you need to be. 5 p.m. JST, which is actually also going to be live during the regional finals, the first one.
02:08:26 Bis zum nächsten Mal.
02:08:51 Auf Wiedersehen. Auf Wiedersehen.
02:09:20 in an Apex Legends Duos Tournament for a 25k prize pool. Here's a little video, a little sneak peek about what you're going to see.
02:10:24 That's right, if you think you and your duo have what it takes to compete against Apex Pro, signups are open now at battlefy.com forward slash red slash bull slash legend slash in to compete in the online qualifiers. Good thing the link is there down below. Make sure you go ahead and check that out because those qualifiers are going to be online on October 25th and 26th where two duos will win the opportunity to compete live in person.
02:10:49 We're making Timmy's soap now? What's going on? I didn't...
02:11:18 I don't know what happens in Chicago. A lot of things happen in Chicago. You can actually go research some of it if you want. We're going to send you on break. Go learn all about Timmy's lather soap, lather lavender. I don't know. But I'm going to bring Graceful and we're going to get you guys through the next map as we move things away from Storm Point Graceful and head on over to E-District. Let's go ahead. Let's pull up that map rotation. Kind of familiar is everyone with what we've been doing and where we're headed.
02:11:48 Ich glaube, wir sind in der PoI-Draft. Oh, die PoI-Draft? Ja, das ist mehr als gut. Wir sahen die Macro an der vorherigen Map, auf Stormpoint 2.
02:11:59 Hier ist es ein ganzes Mal, ich liebe es zu sagen und ich liebe es zu sagen, kudos zu jemandem zu machen, weil es so viele Chokes, so viele Pathways gibt es immer so viele Chokes, so viele Pathways gibt es immer so viele Chokes, so viele Pathways gibt es immer so viele Chokes gibt es immer so viele Chokes gibt es immer so viele Chokes
02:12:28 Yeah, this is going to be a really fun one.
02:12:52 We're actually all pulled towards this vicinity. So whether it's a curse, whether it's main character energy for Alliance, we're just going to have to wait and see. Now, knowing that we do not have Alter this game, it's kind of cool to see where a lot of people are pulling from. Of course, Wraith is going to be one of those that slots pretty much perfectly where the Alter was remissed for Navi. We saw them at the top of the show. Your two out of three game winners grab that ring console and they're full sending looking for playable space. Are they going to land on Nameless? Will they go somewhere else?
02:13:21 Ja, definitiv. One of the fun things that we see here as well is two teams that have been performing exceedingly well today, Alliance and Na'Vi, still sticking on that Crypto. I was always a big fan of Crypto as well, as he had such a high potential regardless of all the metas. Even if you discount not having the need to EMP just Gibi Bubbles, but just Watson alone, always had a huge value and it's fun to see teams picking him up and having that good result as well.
02:13:47 It is kind of interesting, especially just, I can always acknowledge an exceptional crypto player, but in this day and age in ALGS, you cannot afford to have really any legends that you play mediocrely. Like, you have to be able to have such a talented legend where it's like, hey, if we need to adapt on the fly, I need you to be good on...
02:14:08 Ja.
02:14:33 We shouldn't see any teams really brawl for anything early on, unless you run into each other on specific macros, like running into the same choke. And even then, that doesn't always have to conclude in a fight, because like I said, there's so many pathways to take. You're not really forced to fight at this point. And even when you walk into Zone 3, you can still have enough, more than enough space for every single team to stay comfortable, not needing to play on top of each other. So we see a little bit more orthodox play, I would say, from Nova Gaia still, as we see both Kashira and we all...
02:15:03 We also saw earlier as well from Trojan with Natsuki looking to have that normal rotate in with that macro as we see typical Alliance fashion though, not shying away from a fight as Hakus eats a lot of damage, but Unlucky ready to back him up right there. When you play this comp, when you have Effect and Unlucky right there on these two characters, always will have your back. Definitely will. Keep an eye out, you got the Survey Beacon just ahead.
02:15:28 And I think if we just kind of hold down the fort here, mind you, we inherited an exceptional zone based upon where we're landing. So teams that are looking to rotate in from that Blossom Drive area may be trying to play off those scans. Hackes, based on the performances from the first three matches, they may look to kind of leave their starting position and take some of these earlier engagements to really pad their stats, especially backed off the confidence that they've had with that. I believe even just third place is like 15 to 20 points ahead.
02:15:57 We have seen that massive point sponge and it's due to teams on the top just looking to absolutely fry it out. So go next. You see Alliance coming towards you and you're like, no, I'm not ready for this just yet. I think we want to focus on the long game, especially when a lot of teams are going to be alive towards the end.
02:16:16 Ja, definitiv. Und dann, das war ein bisschen verrückt aus dem Allianz. Es war ein Triple White, eigentlich, mit einem Double Blue und einem Purple. Es geht auch um die confidence, dass sie bereit sind, um die Biscuit zu riskieren. Aber jetzt, NBMI, however, ist es wirklich solid auf den Top 4, jetzt. Das Typical 9 Imps auf dem Wraith, wie ich ihn viele Mal habe. Hardecki, auf dem Watssons, normalerweise hat er die Frager roll, oder die IGL, auf dem Wraith, auf dem Wraith.
02:16:46 Wir haben ihn kennenzulernen und lieben ihn für. Aber Nyanim ist die Chance da, damit er sicherlich ist, dass er mit dem Charakter in und aus kann.
02:16:54 Yeah, I love that you highlight that because you're talking about just kind of what we've been seeing, but Kazak is so good on the Sparrow, right? So as soon as he breaks into that character, likely going to stick with that. I don't see that one being banned anytime soon. As I look through, I was correct. We do have a tie between Wraith and Watson, both at 15. So we'll wait and see which one actually gets evicted on out of here. But for Trojans who have made it into the top three, Dia earlier, Graceful, was asking.
02:17:22 No, no, Nasky, Kiner. Can Nasky, the IGL, get us to these epic endgames and these powerful performances when we're not rotating nearby where we currently are? And they're kind of down there in that mid-map, so they don't have too far to go from draft point, but it's still not going to be easy. You have a couple teams to go through.
02:17:42 I think they're more than happy with where they are so far. They have been playing really well so far today. They got, well, 39 points in three games. They're more than happy with that. That shows that macro has been working so far. And as long as they stick to it, they're going to keep that position and potentially place even higher depending on how the lobby plays out. So I think they're happy. Ooh, but ZipLineMafia. Elektra, nice portal play. Now, is this so we can absolutely swing on the team above us, which is potentially... Or is this...
02:18:10 In case we get swung, it's a defensive factor, but we'll check in with them in just a moment because we've got to see where that circle is going. Yeah, I bet it's the same.
02:18:18 Yeah, it just kind of circles on up just a bit north. You've got Nameless and Zipline Mafia facecan looking to kind of bring up the outer rotation. Alliance has been steadfast in their defense of that western side. Now, you really got to keep tabs on where teams like NVMI, Nova Gaia, how they're going to absolutely shove their way into that next circle. Because NVMI, when they start getting into those heavy heated fights, knowing that they need to claim a space in late game, they're really formidable to deal with.
02:18:45 The really scary part is that Endors and Killer Whales were right next to them as well. Those two teams are definitely ready to jump in on anything that ends up happening on that southeast side. However, Zone Pooling typically towards the water area, right? They're not really in towards the building, but more so in the water in the open area as other teams are looking to make plays as well. I believe now we're going to see Gonex make some plays here. I would like to hear what they're thinking because if anything, the best thing comes from their mindset. So let's take a listen in with Gonex right now.
02:19:22 1 team. 1 team. 1 team. 1 team in height. Wir sind von hier. Wir sind von hier. Wir sind von hier. Wir sind jetzt von hier. Wir sind jetzt von hier. Wir sind jetzt von hier. Wir sind jetzt von hier. Vielleicht. Ja, ich glaube, wir sind von hier. Ja, ich glaube, wir sind von hier. Ich sehe, ich bin hier. Ich sehe, ich bin hier. Ich sehe, ich bin hier. Ich sehe, ich bin hier. Ich sehe, ich bin hier. Ich sehe, ich bin hier. Ich sehe, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team, ich bin hier. 4 team
02:19:53 Ich habe die Leute auf die Seite auf der Seite. Ich habe die Leute zu töten. Ich habe die Leute zu töten. Ich habe die Leute zu töten. Ich habe die Leute zu töten. Ich habe die Leute zu töten.
02:20:23 Ich meine, ein guter Liste ist mit der F-Bomb, aber sie sind sehr vorsichtig, dass sie sich um, dass sie ein Team haben, aber sie haben nicht alle Informationen, sie wollten, und sie haben es sehr gut gemacht. Ich denke, das ist eine sehr gute Sache, weil wenn du ein Charakter hast, wie das Crypto, das ist, wenn du ein Charakter hast, wie das Krypto, das ist, wenn du ein Charakter hast, das ist, dass du free Access zu Informationen hast. Kannst du dir deine Zeit.
Taktische Spielweise und frühe Kämpfe dominieren das Spiel
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02:20:46 Das ist nicht ein Ding für Allianz. Natürlich, sie machen smart Fights, aber sie wirklich wissen, wie sie das Päge sind. Catch, Catch, Around the Corner, On-Dogs, Out of hier. Und jetzt bevor du denkst, dass sie sicher sein werden, ist Pot, der bringt die Fights zu ihnen, vor disengaging. Denn wenn du ein Fights hast, die Presence des Wraiths wirklich lässt du hyper-aggro auf das. Look für eine Potenziale 3rd-Party Situation.
02:21:11 Yeah, I mean, you gotta be calculative and you have to be pre-planning properly because...
02:21:40 One tiny mistake can cost you everything, especially in this current meta, where you can die of just... Even if you have the perfect triple swing, all it takes is one other team to look at you for just two seconds, and somebody can get insta-demolished. So you gotta make sure that you're healthy, but... Speaking of health right now, Killer Whales was going down as Passion also already lost one. Fights are cooking already on the cusp of the zone right now. Circle 3 about to close in a minute, as Passion is getting engaged on from the outside, as Mask comes down to an armor swap, but gets really low.
02:22:09 Oh, inside we go. SLR, Mastiff in Hand, just trying to connect. We just needed at least two on it, but you do see a shield cell go off on the other side. A little dance around the exterior. This is what Wraith does, allows you to dip on out, guard the portal to see if you're being chased. But at 18 teams, with this circle shoring up, we are in for a really good time, Graceful.
02:22:40 Ich meine, das ist was ich schon gesagt, es wird es sein, die nur die Team zu sterben ist, weil die Allianz ape sie, richtig? All die anderen Teams, Circle 3 ist über die Klosigkeit, und sie sind noch mehr. Es gibt noch mehr Teams, wir könnten noch 30 Teams auf diese Map sein und es wird noch gut sein. However, Soln wird bald. Soln wird bald. Soln wird bald. Soln wird bald bald. Soln wird bald bald. Soln wird bald bald, als andere Teams werden.
02:23:03 Es geht um ein bisschen mehr nach dem Nord-East, als die Nord-West, wie wir in der Wasser sehen können. Das wird so spannend sein. Es ist wirklich.
02:23:12 All right, through the horizon, keeping tabs on Go Next as they hit the evac tower and look to send themselves closer to where that circle has shored up. Pulling away from Zipline Mafia and Trojan, it actually favors Navi, which you can see just below Go Next. Now, will they play this fence line? It looks like they're going to be comfortable here. Now, if I'm Navi, I don't want to leave my current setup, but I want to show presence to Go Next and say, hey, like, you can't just walk up here.
02:23:41 This is what happens when you pull out Caustic, when you pull out Newcastle, and looking for defensive setups without something like a Rampart can be difficult.
02:23:49 Ja, ich meine, das ist halt die ganze Sache, dass es schwer zu spielen early auf, wenn jeder freie zu sehen ist. Aber als die Zone wird geschlossen, wird es mehr und mehr安全 sein, weil jeder hat sich zu sehen, dass sie ihre Backs haben, sie haben sich zu sehen, welche Teams werden sie sich in, oder sie sind nicht zu sehen, dann haben wir zu sehen, dass sie sich zu machen. Also, das öffnet sich für mehr Potenzial, wo Gonext kann viel mehr sein werden. Jetzt, speaking of nicht in Zone, SPS ist zu sehen, dass sie sich in die Fyde zu machen.
02:24:14 Ich glaube, sie haben noch viel Zeit, aber sie haben noch viel Zeit, aber sie haben noch viel Zeit, aber sie haben noch viel Zeit, aber sie haben noch viel Zeit, aber sie haben noch viel Zeit, aber sie haben noch viel Zeit. Sie haben eine Portal in Check für das, als Navi wird ein Limit!
02:24:33 Fulsenz Navi zu nehmen ihre Position in dieser Circle. Hopefully, es hilft, es gut für sie als wir, was das Longevity sein wird. Aber für heute, das ist der Spot in Circle, die du wünschst, du hattest. Und jetzt, du hast es, du hast es, und VC-Go ist, die nächste Challengerin.
02:24:52 Ich glaube, wir haben eine Maggi-Ball da, aber es geht nicht, weil sie bereits haben die gesamte Floor gesetzt. Sie haben das Wall, sogar noch nicht die Ramp-Wall. Sie haben das Ramp-Wall, aber jetzt haben sie die Ramp-Wall. Und jetzt haben sie die Fan-Wall gesetzt. 50% auf die Gen, so sie könnten Nade-Spam-Wall werden, aber sie sind jetzt gut, weil sie jetzt die Angle-VC-Go auf dem Boden nehmen.
Frühe Eliminierungen und strategische Positionskämpfe prägen das Spielgeschehen
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02:25:16 Well, Passion getting Ekio back on in. Crazy that Na'Vi falls this early on, because it's really putting a thorn in their perfection of a series that they've had thus far, winning two out of three matches. Can't keep up. Could have made it a 50% win rate. Not gonna happen here. For Alliance, they could create a 50% win rate if they take a M.A.S.H.4 win. And for... Oh, my God. That's the ASMR I want in my life.
02:25:42 Please do it again. I know you will. We saw him do it with R9 in the previous game as well, and he's sticking to it. He says, PK? Why PK when I can just 1 mag, everyone? Nice 1 mag from Effect coming out right there, and that's exactly what you're going to do. Hold your space, and immediately goes back to his core role on that Watson. I set up my gem. Somebody's here. I 1 mag them. Let's go back to fencing. Let's go back to making my happy fences. FUL falls and go next. Continue on the chaos that they've been working through. You aim. Have had a...
02:26:10 Pretty much like an under-the-radar performance thus far today with about 16, 15th place. They take down a couple portions of Nameless. They will fall out of this lobby, but this is where everything starts to get messy. You've got Pot up towards their left, Alliance to their right, and Trojan on the other side trying to finish off indoors, but Geiner, my man, you're about to set that Jenny right on a rogue frag grenade, and you dive out with just enough time.
02:26:37 Ich bin ja, das ist ja auch so, als wir sehen Solr wieder rauskriegen. Ich glaube jetzt Kachira ist auf den Effekt. Der Kielfeet ist auf die Kielfeet, als alle sind in der Kriege. Es kommt dann zu Unlucky jetzt. Solodolo, als er versucht zu escape. Aber sie sind noch nicht glücklich mit dem Erfolg sie haben so far. Aber wir sehen, ob sie können, wenn sie einen Charakter machen können, mit dem Banner zu bekommen, ist Krypto.
02:26:59 It 100% is. We've seen this motto so many times throughout ALGS history. But for Pot, who doesn't have the crypto, they actually are running Seer. And that's Oiren picking up the mantle for that. They've taken down a member of NVMI and they're getting the full online impulse. So knowing that you have 20 seconds to go before you have to full send forward through the remaining two members of NVMI with Trojan at your back, this is going to be difficult.
02:27:29 Most definitely, yes, as now teams are starting to occupy more and more space, meaning that there's going to be more free shooting for a lot of these teams on the higher ground, since we see Nova Gaia holding that bridge. There is a team on the far side, though, so they're going to make sure to see... Actually, no, they're underneath. They have the entirety of the bridge, I believe. They're just making sure to play small for the moment as they are occupying more and more space with these fences. Taxington is making sure to set up properly before, as now Kachira sees we have this entirety of the bridge. We're going to start shooting at...
02:27:56 Und da ist eine sehr gute Chance für das zu passieren, Kainer.
02:28:20 Das ist für eine Endgame Situation. Jetzt haben wir Pot, wo sie sind. Zane ist massive. Wrapp-up-end-Orscht, die Pressure auf. Good-bye, Killer Whales. 7 Teams left. Das ist jetzt zu werden. Ich bin so bereit.
02:28:37 Hack is an effect, gets respawned, but immediately goes down as well as he just falls straight into the chaos. As we saw FaZe having a good position, getting a couple of kills right there from having a good spot in the zone right now. It's unlucky. She's trying to survive with this drone being in Invis for as long as he can. And he's getting nated on the inside. He couldn't really find him being outside right there as other teams are looking to make their play. Zone is about to close in 35 seconds. I don't know how long he can survive because right now, I believe every team is owning so much percentage of the zone.
02:29:07 Das ist mein Haus. Henchmen, du kannst du run, aber ich werde dich unterhauen.
02:29:36 Das war ein schönes 1-Mech, faszinierend durch den Front-Line, wirklich faszinierend durch und faszinierend. So his teammates can also follow up on that. Can't find the last person, ran outside and hiding. Now, however, Zayn accidentally finds Unlucky in Water, but he goes down to get too pumped by Unlucky. And Thirsten, the Armour Swap comes out, and Synactic gets that kill. However, nice KP, though, for Lucky.
02:29:59 Oh my god, if you're going to take a child to Unlucky, you better mean it. Regardless, FaZe Clan immediately grabbing the res straight onto Zayn. Nova Gaia, they have just been waving the white flag over here on the bridge, not looking to get involved. Of course, they do have passion just underneath them that they have to be cognizant of, which you know Kashira is. But they want to keep that pressure onto the engagements across from them and wait for the perfect time to make their move.
02:30:26 The best part here for NovaGaea as well is they're actually in for quite a bit and other teams aren't really playing as much bunker heavy comps. So they're gonna have free firing on absolutely everybody for quite a while. However, there's two teams now. We see that bubble come out earlier right now. They're gonna see. They're gonna give me all today as well. I believe this is gonna be NovaGaea's game to win. As long as they make sure they're not the ones getting engaged on immediately as we see Ekio go down right now. Getting absolutely destroyed by Tyler as they're getting cross-fired by absolutely everyone.
02:30:54 Goodbye Fences, that EMP is so important. Passion has been disintegrated and it's an all-out brawl in the open water. Tyler putting on a Showcase Nova Gaia from the perfect position like you mentioned to the winners here in game number four.
02:31:11 Ich bin mit Tyler, und ich weiß, dass er kann.
02:31:40 Yes, 100%. Let me just go ahead and tell you that seeing Kashera back on the crypto is where you need to be because how many hours on crypto does Kashera have?
02:31:51 EMP such perfectly timed to make sure that as soon as the team started to rotate out of the house, what does he do? He completely destroys all of Passion's fences and just leaves them open and vulnerable to the teams like FaZe that are going to be rotating out. Then they just time it, right? Especially, like you said, Tyler just drops down and decides to use the PK to the best of his ability, connects a ton of shots, takes a win when they needed it most. Let's see how many points they were able to grab as we pull up the match results from game number four.
Nova Gaia triumphiert, während strategische Entscheidungen und Team-Synergie im Fokus stehen
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02:32:20 Nova Gaia, 8 kills, 12 placement points, a 20 point game, which honestly anything above 20 for me is a stellar win. But FaZe Clan, who actually come in second place there, get 8 kills as well. So nice, 17 there.
02:32:35 Really good points overall, but the one thing I'm the most impressed about is we've seen Novagaya, Kashira's new team name right here, consistently get into endgame, and now they got to the point where they just closed out the game. And like I always say, you can consistently put yourself in top five scenarios, one of them will click, and this was the game that they brought home. However, we saw on the flip side of things, Faceland had good positioning at some point.
02:32:58 Aber sie haben sich für ihn zu kämpfen, und wenn man sich immer wieder aufsichtigt macht, kann man immer wieder aufsichtigen. Und ich denke, viele Leute haben immer gesagt, warum ist diese Team nicht performant, wie wir sehen. Aber wenn wir Sein sehen, dass er sich so macht, wenn er sich so macht, dass er sich so macht, dass er sich so macht. Das ist die Aufmerksamkeit. Und wir haben Sein auf Land gesehen gesehen, dass er sich so macht.
02:33:22 100%! Wir haben auch gesehen, Kasherr zu haben, einen Stellar-Performanz auf Land zu haben, und wollen sie wieder zurückkehren. Will es das Nova-Gaia-Roster von Taxington, Tyler, Kasherr, speziell aus dem Wettbewerb? Ich fühle mich, dass sie das Synergy zusammenarbeiten können, aber es bringt sie zu den Top-3 auf die Serie, nachdem sie 20 Punkte gespielt haben. So, nicht unbedingt in den Stich-Distanz von Allianz, in der 1st mit 70, aber wir sind nahe. Die Sache ist,
02:33:51 Sie haben auch die gleichen Placement Points als Allianz und Navi. Die einzige, die sich wirklich separatieren, ist die Kills, die wir sehen, dass sie zusammenkommen sind in Match Nummer 4. Sie müssen einfach ein paar Sachen machen, weil der Macro ist sehr wichtig. Sie müssen einfach die Endgame-Pool sind in ihrem Favoren. Wenn nicht, dann sind sie für sie einfach wie sie gemacht haben. Wir kommen zu einem kurzen Break. Und wenn wir zurückkommen, werden wir die finalen zwei Matches von ALGS-Match Day 8 machen.
02:34:50 Es ist Falkens. Es ist Falkens. Sie haben einen Wraith, Fuse. Sie haben einen Team auf der Mord-Side, als auch. Ja. Ja, ich bin. Ja, ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin. Ich bin.
02:35:20 You know keeping the score for scrims that's cool and all but all that really matters is who does better at the land It just literally bounced me off the map that they did
02:36:04 Red Bull ist der öffentliche Energie Drink aus der Apex Legends Global Series.
02:36:38 Untertitelung des ZDF, 2020
02:36:57 Their qualification into regional finals and hopefully beyond. We'll take a look back at this final circle as like you said, there was such a great management of sight lines in this end zone. And it wasn't just from Nova Gaia who ended up playing on the low ground, a fantastic rotate out of them. But FaZe actually did very well, better than they do on average during the season in this game.
02:37:23 Yeah, most definitely. They're cleaning up the fights properly, but when you have this, if you see this crossfire right here, EAP hits, the bubble goes away, Tyler is blowing up absolutely everybody here, but Faceland forgets about him, essentially. They definitely heard a TP, but didn't keep that in mind as he just drops behind him right here, hits a fatty pump right there, hits another fatty pump right there, and the fight is pretty much over immediately. That's exactly how you need to play. That crossfire setup and making sure that you close out that game, that was...
02:37:50 Very strong fashion, from having solid early positioning to then leading to having hide for free, but then also getting that KP is what puts them really on that board.
02:38:03 Und es wird sie ziemlich hoch da sein. Es wäre sehr interessant zu sehen, dass die Runden aus Nova Gaia und Trojan zusammenfassend sind, als sie jetzt in die Position, wo es nicht genug ist, um sie in Japan zu bringen. Sie müssen die Region Finals gewinnen, und diese letzten paar Matchdayen sind für die Trojan und Nova Gaia.
02:38:26 Ja, an diesem Punkt, wie ich gesagt habe, muss man gewinnen oder machen, ich glaube, Top 2 in LCQ. Und wie ich gesagt habe, ist es all über die Reps, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen.
02:38:53 Das ist das, was normalerweise nicht synergiert, wenn man einen neuen Spieler und eine neue Team findet, ist, dass man sich durch diese Kinks durchführen, sozusagen. Man muss sich durch die Fights aufpassen, dass man listening zu den gleichen Coms macht, man macht die Kommunikation, dass man sich auf die gleiche Seite beherrscht, dass man auf der gleichen Seite beherrscht.
02:39:08 trusting each other, which is a really hard thing to do as well for new teams where if somebody calls them swinging and you don't have somebody swinging with you on that same frame, essentially, one guy will immediately get 2v1, then it'll be a 2v1 and a 2v1 or 3v1 at worst case. So making sure you build that synergy is super important.
Strategische Zonenrotationen, Team-Dynamiken und unerwartete Wendungen prägen das Spiel
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02:39:28 Like you say, Synergy, Trust as well. We saw Tyler really demonstrate that last game, or Nova Gaia demonstrate that in Tyler, sending him to play the Roof alone. Now, you're gonna have to have Trust or maybe Faith in a different kind of way during the course of this game, because this zone is an extremely awkward one. Even Pot, who are trying to make it in through the north side of Energy Bank right now, have fought up against Passion really early, but to make it all the way down south of Energy Bank and then decide...
02:39:56 Where do you actually think this zone is going? Are you going Draft Point? Are you going Energy Bank? Are you going neither? Where is this ring calling is a big question. Here you've got to have faith in your IGL. Looks like he could have been southwest of that potentially. But Trojan in a fight though. Nasi goes on early as they're still getting engaged on. Nate's coming out on Kyler as he gets sprayed. I believe Nono will probably look to play his life for the moment maybe.
02:40:22 als sie versuchen zu stabilisieren. Zimtland Mafia ist noch aggressiv, obwohl sie 16 Punkte auf der Leaderboarden sind. Sie sind in Game 5 noch nicht zu lassen. Und es ist gut, dass sie diese Hoffnung haben, aber sie sind auch engagiert worden.
02:40:37 Es ist einfach so viele Leute in diesem Kampf für jemanden zu halten. Even Schrojan, die in all das Chaos gehalten wird, wird es U-Aim, die all die Vizepräsidenten sind. Es ist U-Aim, die all die Vizepräsidenten sind, als sie zu V.C. Go! Und ZipLine Mafia und Schrojan sind beide für ein Reset.
02:40:59 Version struggle no more. They struggle no more. They do get eliminated, so they don't even have the choice of struggling or not. As now though, FUL is also looking to make play Beamsy with that RE45, which has been, I wouldn't say, I would definitely say less common now, especially since the choke PK, and then people are still running PK, but we also see some people run the R9. Nice to see that weapon still getting run.
02:41:26 Especially in the last couple of games, R9 never completely falls out of favor with a select few. It's still very nice at the mid and short range. I think FUL should be able to get a recovery here as Beamzy is in fact on the res at this very moment. And Passion playing around the south side of Energy Bank are still looking for a fight, which is kind of weird because...
02:41:51 Wir sind sozusagen Center-Zone, wo man normalerweise sieht Teams calm-down und nicht fighten sich, und Passion nicht interessiert.
02:42:00 They're just saying, hey, we need a bunch of points right now. Let's just make it happen. If they just take a floor, making sure to set up properly with that ramp Gibi Bubble, it's very nice. Bubble immediately set up the walls. Now you have a spot to play. However, is that a spot that you potentially want to hold for as long as it did? Is it because they're not sure where the zone is pulling? It could be pulling towards them potentially. It could be pulling a little bit off of them. Definitely though, playing that on top of another team this early on could cost them because another team potentially could just be looking to make the same play.
02:42:29 Knowing that there's literally two teams in one building. Nameless has now fallen as we see an attempted 3-2-1 alliance that I don't believe goes their way. Passion again continuing to get aggressive inside these buildings. Without a care in the world, they might have dropped Mask, but it does not stop Ekio who...
02:42:51 Pumps the doorway a couple times and then backs off to try and get a rez onto Mask. Shex is gonna slide in here. Nice bubble play from the low ground to get the rez and provide Shex a little safety. There go SPS. Zipline Mafia may choose to continue this fight. It's honestly entirely likely based on what we've seen so far.
02:43:10 Another thing that's very likely to happen as well is Alliance getting more KP as they already got two more KP on 73 points right now looking to solidify that first place for the day is what they're aiming for so if they can keep up this form I don't think any team can contest them potentially so it's all up to the other teams to soak up as many points as they can or wipe Alliance early but if they let Alliance keep going like this there's no stopping them
02:43:36 Oh my god.
02:43:57 Mike, you said they are not improving their chances of winning the game. They're not even improving significantly their chances of winning the day with this kill. This is just Apex Legends and comfort Apex Legends for Alliance. I mean, they're really showcasing that we are a step above other teams in the region, and that's why they're internationally considered, like...
02:44:19 Behemoth, right? They're considered one of the absolute best teams in the entire world and have been for quite some time coming out of this read and showcasing why they're just that strong. Not only are they showing that case that strong on several comps, they're also showing it literally in different play styles from playing zone early to or a mid-speed event and straight on just running at people at an edge right now.
02:44:42 They may have the chance to show that up against our winners of last game, Nova Gaia, who should be rotating at a similar timing to Alliance up through Neon Square towards Draft Point. Endorse, who find themselves at Draft Point with a nice Ring 3 scan available. And Go Next, who are playing around the edge of zone looking for a rez, I suspect in Viaduct, where they'll be able to craft banners and importantly get their squadmates back in. In fact, I don't even think they needed to grab the banner. I think we just saw a rez right there.
02:45:11 A lot of teams are managing to reset on the cusp. However, 15 teams are live right now. A little bit less than normal, but there was a lot of fighting, even on the side of City, like on the bank right there. Southwest, where Passion and Zipline and FUL are playing. A huge fight happening out there, as all the teams are looking to set up somewhere. Zone seems to be pulling a little bit more north, though, as we see. No, not going towards draft point at all. A lot of these teams expected that zone pull, and it's paying off.
02:45:42 Na'Vi, importantly, are at the northernmost end of this, and after falling in 18th, a big surprise, last game, even after they'd won two games on Stormpoint, Na'Vi do need to keep a decent amount of momentum going. They're one of few teams in EMEA for whom it's not just about winning. Na'Vi do need to place 10th overall in the region, and they, coming into today, sit at 14th. It's not a huge distance, especially because they've got two days.
02:46:09 So we'll see how Navi fare, given that they've got that northernmost spot. Nova Gaia, slow rotation. We did mention this might take them into Alliance, but Alliance have chosen to take a further north rotate. So right now, for Nova Gaia, it is really just about getting yourself into the next ring that you have scanned.
02:46:38 Aber ich weiß nicht, dass sie einen Gott-Spot haben, mit dem Timing, wie es ist. Ich meine, von mir zu sehen, dass sie das letzte Spiel aussehen, es scheint nicht zu sein, dass sie sich nicht zufrieden sind. Und wenn sie ein properes Setup und Executionen haben, dann sehen sie nicht...
02:46:51 No problem with the way they're playing this game out currently. As we see though, Doors currently sitting on 9 points. Not happy with that. Holding out teams right now. Looking to get the KP and utility that they can get out of these boxes potentially. Need to make sure because we're in game 5. This is no longer 1 donut or 2 donuts. You're in game 5 and you have a few amount of points. You need to make a big game.
02:47:17 A couple more fights happening. Dead center of Zone, because why not? Alliance, having lost one, are hoping to turn things around, but with Effect now falling, it's Hackis on his own once again. Crafter right next to him, though. Should mean that Alliance are back in the game extremely quickly, especially now that they've both been finished off.
02:47:37 Trix was playing that fight really well, even had the Eva versus that FXR9, did a lot of good tap-traffing midair to dodge as many bullets as he can, even avoided a lot of the wingman shots to take down two of the members of Alliance. So they're more than happy with that fight now. However, top five go next sitting very comfortably in a spot like we always tend to see them, very...
02:47:58 Very stable comp, very stable way of playing the game, of not having this where we're kind of betting it on fighting a lot of teams. Just making sure we have good positioning and finding good timings. And it have worked out for them as well.
02:48:11 Pot are holding out Ondogs, and the Alliance roster that has just spawned, Alliance Undaunted, as they rejoin the fight, are going to chase Ondogs through the zone instead of trying to rotate into a gatekeeping pot. Doable. The R99 from Effect doesn't quite land with the...
02:48:33 Das ist die EMPHASIS, die es hat in den letzten paar matchen. So Allianz wird aufbauen, Heal aufbauen, und dann fighten ihre Weg durch Pot. Aber sie müssen wissen, dass On-Dogs kann Negativ-Rotate durch diese Zone und cause sie sehr Probleme.
02:48:48 This is the thing though, even when you spawn, you have a naked PK, that's good. But when you have a naked R9 on effect, that's not nearly as good as the PK. So they're just making sure that they are recouping for the moment, getting any bins that they can as they're walking in. However, they're going to be held out by one, potentially two teams coming in from that side on the map. As right now though, we see Gonex facing the same trouble actually. They have a couple of chokes to choose between, they have three chokes to choose between. Unless they somehow manage to get past that, they're going to have to...
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02:49:35 Go next. We'll definitely have to take a fight. In fact, it looks like they're taking one more or less right now. F-U-L, this is a long-range engagement, but are holding out Go next. In the same way as Pot, admittedly, we're trying to hold out Alliance, but we've seen how that's gone. Alliance doing extremely well at the minute. As I say that, effect does fall down. See what Unlucky is able to do, actually taking a Wraith port that is not theirs to a mystery location.
02:50:05 Das Plot, ultimately, Fall. Undogs, mit der 3rd party, hat das gemacht. Nova Gaia und Undogs, immer noch gegen die anderen. Und Allianz, als ein duo, werden wieder wieder versuchen, eine Recoverung zu machen. Aber die Krypto hat sich nicht wert für sie gemacht.
02:50:21 Sie haben viel Wert von Krypto aus, mit den Ägern zu resetten. Wir sahen ihn zurück. Wir sahen Unlucky zurück, dass er K.P. auf das Krypto auf den Krypto ist. Jetzt, aber, andere Teams sind langsam zu verlassen, als sie nicht mehr Platz haben. Sie sind Forcified jetzt, als Endor kommt in hier. Sie haben die Reset auf ihn. Und das könnte eine Möglichkeit geben, für Allianz 3P, die dann auswählen. Aber es geht darum, wie lange der Kampf wird.
02:50:52 Endorses Catalyst, really anchoring them right now and allowing a safe space for the squad to heal up. Mice's got to do a little bit more than that in the coming seconds, though, especially with this next minute being the zone close. Catalyst wall is really what you want in these endgame situations. Buda does open up almost with a knock, but ends up getting helped out by...
02:51:17 Allianz, revealing that Endorse and Allianz are both sandwiching on dogs, but Allianz are still a duo.
02:51:24 They are a duo indeed, but when you have that line of sight right there on that big bridge just shooting from Narnia, you can make it work really with these weapons. However, we see Hak is only on the PK, is that correct? It could be as he's just looking to see if he can pick up any loot here because it was a couple of boxes, but now they're the ones getting shot from the northern choke as well as they also have a team in front of them. It's gonna be hard for them to make a player unless Navi decides to go deeper, but...
02:51:51 We'll have to see if they have to fight for something. If that opportunity doesn't open up, we're going to have to look at a 2v3. I can't believe the timing here. Navi literally just ported in front of Alliance. In fact, I believe they've still got a portal available if they want to back off off this EMP. Unlucky relentlessly pushing for it, but Hakis is already down. And Sheila seems to be keeping Navi in high spirits. Yarka backs off.
02:52:16 Offers a few Skynades for support, but Navi controlled this choke in every meaningful way, with Endorsed Killer Whales and Ondogs all having to come through.
02:52:25 Ja, aber eine andere Team hat es durchgeführt, aber sie sind auch hinterher geholfen. Volgro ist zu halten, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann, wenn man kann.
02:52:54 Last member of Navi gets taken out by Zayn. Great tracking on the R99. As Navi fall and phased up the chance to recoup once again. Pretty good position. But they do have endorse right off to the side. Short range portal from Zayn. Actually just puts Nags right into the line of sight.
02:53:15 Ja, genau da, Tyler zu machen, aber er ist nicht zu stoppen. Wir sehen Pings allher und ich will sehen, was sie machen. So wir haben noch einen Listen-In, aber dieses Mal mit Nova-Gaia.
02:53:44 Ich bin tot, ich bin tot.
02:54:04 Das ist ein sehr schweres Glück, denn wir haben sogar die Frustration aus Kasher gehört. Wir haben die Spieler waltz, was er gesagt hat, aber wir hatten keine Zeit zu sehen, die properen Executionen und Setup haben, aber sie haben sich geholfen. However, FaZe Clan, nachdem wir die Performance aus Zayn gesehen haben, haben sie das Reset in der Prime Position, um zu scouten, um die Informationen zu sehen, was sie können, um die Möglichkeit zu machen und zu setzen.
02:54:28 Yeah, really interesting to see how FaZe were able to make use of that. As soon as you see the team in Zone getting sent, it's an instant reaction to move forward. Unfortunately, Zayn unable to stabilize in time, even with the Wraith's theoretical safety, does go down. And Synetic, gonna try and make a banner recovery right now, but FaZe may very well have to play this out as a duo, unless there's a Moby Rez somewhere, because there's certainly...
02:54:56 Not anything naturally occurring in the remainder of E-District. Phaseplay this corner, FUL, SLR, looking straight at them. Passion on the low ground, but from the height, it is GoNext. You have yet to win a game today, despite all the good things I said about them at start of show.
02:55:14 they might not have won a game so far but they made it through that choke after getting that mythic bin now in a good spot as they're standing above zipline mafia i believe yup and they're just hovering everybody right now looking for any kp you can but henchman down low on that ammo 20 bullets right now has a little bit of utility but will that be enough to score a couple of kills we'll have to see they're more than happy though bearing their teeths at other teams to say hey don't mess with us we want to see if they even had three loot boxes i'm not sure if they saw them or not but
02:55:43 Maybe to change weapons to get some more ammo. We'll have to see as SLR getting that free cheeky peek on FaZe is getting more peeks right now and they're not happy. Niko looks for a little bit more. These walls might save FaZe and as I say that it looks like there's just enough of a gap and that you've got to mind. SLR back away just for the moment. You've done enough damage to FaZe. You don't have to full send them and finish this off instead.
02:56:09 Es gibt drei Kryptos, das könnte sehr falsch sein.
02:56:34 Ich bin froh, dass sie das Proactive-Player machen können, um das EMP-Play zu sehen, ob sie sich auf die EMP-Player können. Aber Zippland-Mafia hat das perfekt gemacht. Managed to extend and survive that engage. Und jetzt SLR, TP'ing für ein deeper Platz. Fighting auf der Stereocache, Masi eating Bullets. Aber die Bubble kommt von AQ und jetzt kommt es um PK-Fight.
02:56:55 Es ist genug, aber es ist genug, Passion mit dem Gibi-Bubble nicht verliert. Und während das ein Cooldown hat, er hat sich ein bisschen mehr Zeit zu geben, aber Zang hat es in die Seite gespielt, aber Zang hat es in die Seite gespielt, und dann hat er vier Squad left. Passion, noch keine Bubbles, noch keine Safety, wird von Go-next, aber mit Henchman zu 1, er hat sich mit dem G7-Scout gespielt. No Shield, keine Safety für ihn, aber er ist jetzt relegert. Go-next, könnte es unser Team zu fallen, als Passion, noch aufzunehmen.
02:57:25 P-2020 hat sich in Close Range und Passion geteilt von der Lobby.
02:57:33 Wow. Managed to get that last kill as well for the top two placement right there with that Sheila from WeeQ. However, gotta fall down right here. GoNex falls and ZipLineMafia is the champion from playing that house very, very early. And that is how you close out a game apparently. Playing the house and defending from GoNex was really critical. ZipLineMafia weren't extending for space.
02:58:00 in any meaningful way. Instead, they were waiting for the team on top of them to get a little bit anxious and try and pull something. That is exactly what GoNext did, and Zipline Mafia from that point on, because GoNext hadn't cleared their backs, had the back of a squad that was doing a lot of work for them, to be honest.
02:58:19 I mean, we saw that explosiveness as well when they're fighting and they have that high ground. But even then, it's also important to not only know to aggress. I feel like a lot of the times we touch on the subject of we need to be stronger at fighting, we're consistent at fighting, we're triple swinging. However, knowing how to bunker up when you're getting engaged on by an EMP and triple drop as well, really important and crucial. And nobody went down. They took some damage. One of them managed to hold that door. We saw that ult coming out of the Sparrow. And that's how you survive. You have these characters that are able to stabilize in the heat of the moment.
02:58:49 And Zipline Mafia have done really well, not just on E-District, not just in this game, but even thinking back to Stormpoint, when Zipline Mafia were the team that was causing problems for Alliance, trading back and forth with them over in Northpad, and consistently being a thorn in the side of teams like they and Na'Vi, even when those squads...
02:59:08 We're the very same teams to be finding wins more often than not. So Zipline Mafia are really dialing in towards the end of the season. A reminder that Zipline Mafia are also the kind of squad that must win regional finals in order to make it to Japan. So stakes are high, but it looks like their performance is taking a big dial up as we approach the last couple of games in the last couple of days here in the MEA.
02:59:39 After that game, Zipline Mafia take a victory, of course, with five kills. Not too much, but again, remember, they were playing the inside of the building most of the time. Go next to technically get a few more points than them via the kills. That's a pretty low-scoring round overall. I will note really quickly that with the Wraith ban that we have in the upper right-hand corner, we are confirming that right now as we had a tie for Legend picks, and we're going to need to make sure that Wraith is, in fact, the Legend that is...
03:00:08 Don't worry, by the time next game starts, we'll know Grace.
03:00:14 Very important to know, because you end up picking the wrong one. Lobby's gonna get restarted and we're gonna be D-led, so that ain't no fun for sure. However, Zippland Mafia, sure we did say, really good placement, could have had a little bit of more kills, but that's also one of the things that you get when you're playing. So when you're playing on top of another team, or when you're playing in an environment where all the fighting is happening, not around you, but everybody, like this all might have ended next to you, but all the fights really happen like...
03:00:41 Es ist ziemlich weit weg von ihnen, vor allem bei der Schöke, wo wir die Lions fallen. Es gibt 6-7 Teams in den Schöke. Das ist wo alle die Kills passiert. Aber du wirst mehr als glücklich sein, dass du mit den Schöke getestet hast, als wir jetzt eine weitere Spielzeuge haben. Sie sitzen auf der 32 Marker, auf der 32 Marker, die wir sagen, die Cut-Off für Top-10 könnte sein.
03:01:06 Ich glaube, dass Wraith ein weiteres Spiel ist, vielleicht sogar noch einen Top-3 zu machen. Aber bei der Nr. 1 ist wirklich schwer für die Top-2, 3 und 4.
03:01:35 With one game left, it's not really a game of who can catch up to Alliance, but who can even get close and set themselves up for success as we approach Regional Finals. Because as a reminder, because this is the last day of play for Group A, some folks are going to know that they are not playing in Regional Finals after this next game. We'll take a quick break and we'll be back with match number six. What do you think, Ben? Bloody odd. Guess not.
03:03:46 Das war's für heute.
03:04:11 Ja, ich meine, du bist jetzt in das Spot, wo es nicht in den Finals ist, du hast nur LCQ, aber in LCQ, du hast nur Top 2. Aber, lass uns ein bisschen breit und gehen direkt in dieses letzte Match. Huge D&P, wir sahen Play von GO next Jahr. Ich will sagen, wir haben noch viel P2020 gesehen, weil wir das nicht sehen, dass wir es nicht sehen, dass es in den Binnen getroffen ist, aber Henchmann hat es gemacht. Wir sogar sahen Fight earlier in diesem Spiel. Und nicht nur das, er ist auch Pressuring...
03:04:40 Der letzte Mann ist hier in der Bubble. Er hat einen cleanen Schwingen. Und dann hat er das Pressure auf der Opposite Seite auch. Auf den Beams hier. Und das alleine erzeugt sie den Platz. Und wenn Sie für die Top 2 spielen, werden die Punkte auf den Leaderboard gespielt werden.
03:04:59 Das Ergebnis von ZipLine Mafia war fantastisch. Und ich meine, wir präsenz ihre Early-Game, zu behaupten, zu behaupten, zu behaupten, mit Multiple Teams zu kämpfen. Wir präsenz ihre Late-Game, zu behaupten, auch gegen die Gonext, die sie zu pressieren. Und ich denke, es ist wirklich wichtig, dass wir jetzt, Graceful, dass ZipLine Mafia sind eine Team, die sehr gut sind, zu LCQ. Sie können sehr gut nicht aus dem Top 10 in der Region.
03:05:28 Und so gewinnen dieses letzte Spiel hat eine große Anzahl für sie, zumindest in den Standings für heute. Wie viel kann es in den Standings tun in den Standings, besonders, dass das letzte Spiel ist, ihre letzten paar Spiele, ihre letzten paar Shots zu machen?
03:05:49 Whether you make it or not is going to be a tough bet, because when you're at that stage and you're counting every single point, every single match matters. However, when it's up in the airs of what happens to other teams, it's not a good spot to be in. However, like you said, though, should they fall, LCQ would be the next stage, and that's something that, although people look at it as, like we said, your next next last chance, or the second to last chance, whichever last chance you want to call it.
03:06:16 You gotta get top two there against all the teams that are hungry. It's not an easy thing.
03:06:23 No, and it's gonna be even tougher when we're going Energy Bank again. A very different look at Energy Bank as we're pulling centrally this time, a lot harder to predict where exactly this goes, but teams like Pot do have an advantage in knowing that the ring is at least pulling into this area, and the very fact that they've all moved up towards the northern end of Energy Bank should say a lot, not just to viewers at home, but to other teams in this lobby as to where we're likely going for an endgame.
Analyse des Endgames und Team-Dynamiken
03:06:52
03:06:52 Ja, haben diese Endgame ist wirklich gut, weil jetzt werden wir so viele Potenzialen zu kämpfen haben. Wenn wir die Zonen kommen in ein bisschen schwerer von der westen Seite haben, wenn man das 1-choke, das Breach, das ist sehr schwer zu spielen, dann werden die Leute gefühlt sind. Aber jetzt, wenn es sehr central ist, haben wir so viele Arte zu spielen. Aber in einer anderen Seite, SPS ist zu schießen. Ich glaube, das war Nasky's Team, Trojan, zu schießen.
03:07:17 Das neue Veränderung wir sehen von ein paar Patches Ago war sehr schön zu sehen, als es immer mehr konsistente ist. 1. In each Py that you drop at und 2. Everybody feels happy about it, rather than getting unlucky and not getting anything, because at the end of the day, it IS a VR, but when you get already...
03:07:45 All stacked against you, you're happy for every single bit that it tilts in your favor. Passion have got to be pretty happy with the way that last game went. Even though they didn't win, having one of the Fugier Braulters in the endzone, they were able to put up a great defensive performance and stay alive for much longer than almost any other team would have. Team like Pot, however, up on high ground, remember, have the advantage of zone read and first zone prediction.
03:08:11 So the fact that they've been able to position themselves here is really nice, but they are going to be relying on a lot more Evo to come to them via things like Sheila that they're using now, just to make sure that everybody else isn't nearly as comfortable. Navi, we see them port on our screens. We see Slab go down in the kill feed. It's happening right to the bottom left of Pot. But that is not the only thing happening to Pot. Good lord, they get ported on.
03:08:36 Ich glaube, es war Trojan, als auch. Im Gegenteil auf ihn. Jetzt einen von ihnen getrennt von OJ, der von OJ getrennt von Fauna. Und jetzt kommt es um, alle sind gegen die gesamte Bühne für den gleichen Bühne, auf verschiedene Bühne. Navi getrennt, als OJ also getrennt. Teams sind nicht so gut. Wenn du ein Duo oder Solo bist, in einem Bühne, mit einem Team mit einer Bühne, wirst du auf einen Bühne spielen.
03:09:02 Zipline Mafia in danger with Fit going low. Are pretty far away from the next zone, unfortunately. Not very far away from their next fight, Endorse and Killer Whales, both sandwiching in on Zipline Mafia. The only saving grace is that they've got this low ground to cover, and Zipline Mafia do seem to be able to trade down that hallway pretty effectively. Buda still manages to find the actual knock.
03:09:29 With only Fit having fallen, WeQ or XQ should be able to get out. This is so good, actually. That timing of them getting engaged on them.
03:09:38 Managed to get them out of that spot as Fito is about to get thirsted. They're trying their best to thirst him. But Sipland Mafia kind of stabilizing here as the other teams are looking to shoot each other and poke each other out. And that's sometimes all it needs. They should have probably died there if there was only one team. But due to the fact that there was another team right next door also looking for that KP, canceled each other out and now they get a reset.
03:10:03 A high ground held by Killer Whales. Difficult to siege, but Killer Whales have been defined more by aggression than by slow-tempered defensive play. King Victor's positioning is a little bit more a la Killer Whales, even though he doesn't have the Spitfire that we've come to know him for.
03:10:27 Ich bin ehrlich gesagt, dass ich ehrlich gesagt habe, dass ich nicht ein Spitfire auf dem, weil er das immer wieder aufhören kann. Und es ist immer gut zu sehen, wenn die Leute aufhören, dass sie sich mehr komfortablen haben. Wir haben nicht wirklich gesehen, dass es, in meiner Meinung nach, es wäre wert, aber hey, wenn es dich glücklich macht, manchmal das komfortableness ist wichtiger als das die Meta ist. Ich glaube, wir haben sogar Hals gesagt, wie gesagt, ich kann nicht spielen den Re45.
03:10:54 So he just stopped playing RE45. And then sometimes that's just what you got to do. If you can't make it work, you got to switch things up to a little bit more towards it comfortably. And then when you have that, that's when you can make work happen.
03:11:10 That very same comfortability is going to be really important, even for teams like Nova, Gaia. We're currently just setting up the center of Energy Bank, holding on to what they expect to be a good endgame position. But we only have teams fighting for the top of the leaderboard. We also have teams fighting just to stay alive. Zipline Mafia, one of those squads, if they fall now.
03:11:33 We will be seeing Zipline Mafia, not in Regional Finals, but perhaps in LCQ. They have not made up enough points today to comfortably make it into Regional Finals, especially with a full another day of play that they will not participate in tomorrow. It's all up to fit to keep the dream alive.
03:11:54 He is right now tucking his tail, licking his wounds. Because all you gotta do at this point is survive. You're hoping that you're not getting chased. But on the other side of things, they're looking to get more KP if they can. We saw Hardeki and the guys have their PKs out. And Fitto right now trying his best to survive. As we hear an evac behind him. Not looking to let him go. Hardeki lands on top of him. Looking to take his 1v1. And he comes out. Hardeki gets down by that Sheila. You might have a PK, but you don't have a Sheila. Nice thirst for Fitto. Maybe this brings...
03:12:24 Das ist eine gute Idee. Aber jetzt, wenn du die Stingerball fokussierst? Kazak, das ist nicht so wichtig. Er nimmt die Zip-Line Mafia und legt sie, nicht sogar zu regionalen Finals, zu der Last Chance Qualifier.
Kampf um die Qualifikation und Team-Strategien
03:12:55
03:12:55 I mean, yeah, getting put down into LCQ is not something to be happy about, but like I said, it's not the end just yet. They gotta get top two there to make it through if they want to stamp their tickets to Sapporo in Champs. However, that is a tall order, so to say, not only for Zipline Mafia, but I would say for any team participating in any region in LCQ, because that's where everybody knows it's last chance. Now though, Nova Gaia.
03:13:21 Ich bin ganz comfortably, wenn sie zu die out early hier sind, würde ich nicht so sad, aber definitiv nicht so happy. Kashera versucht zu machen, als er kommt zum Last Man Standing, versucht das Reset zu machen. No Crafter hier auf ihn, als er das letzte Mal war. Ich glaube, Crafter könnte es hier sein. Looking zu sehen, ob sie kann aus dem Zone nach der Draft Point kommen. Luckily...
03:13:40 Skimmed by Alliance. Zone tends to pull southwest here, once again, towards that same building we saw in the last game, rather than northeast, like we saw the likes of POT and UAIM set up. When this zone pulls, nobody is in that spot right now. So if they get that reset here, Kasheri could be looking really good right now.
03:13:59 Team like Trojan could be looking honestly really rough with the position that they are in. Trapped with a lot of squads looking at them in a corner far from where this next ring is pulling. Although, albeit, they do not know just yet. Passion also up towards the north, but with a little bit more wiggle room, given that they've got the Ashe and Gibraltar to stabilize after the portal.
03:14:23 It's time for teams to start thinking about their rotational potential, however, especially after this next ring finishes closing. NVMI will be brought in from afar, and it looks like we've got a few reses going off in the meantime, although Taxington isn't going to be able to survive the drop to the floor.
03:14:42 Light gets that down, immediately makes a TP. Looking for Tyler right now on their bridge. Nice PK shots as he finishes up two of them. Comes down to one last standing once again to see if we can get another reset. Being in shambles is not fun, but when you have Peters looking at you as you spawn and you land with fatigue, aka zero movement, your mobility dies immediately when you stand still for a few seconds, you don't really have a fighting chance to survive.
03:15:09 That chance is left to one ratting member of Nova Gaia. One last chance for them to maybe find a res in zone up by City Hall. Go next. Do however need to rotate into ring themselves and that will bring them face to face with Alliance. Be able to cancel that out just momentarily but go next to rotation makes me really nervous because they've been fighting with Alliance all day in the leaderboards but this is the perfect time for Alliance to shut that down for good.
03:15:40 Ja, und der Wahnsinn ist, wie wir gesagt haben, es ist, dass die Zone nicht gut ist, und die Zone ist, dass alle Team in der Lobby entfernt sind, Except Allianz kam in late und hat Godspot for free, sozusagen. Es ist jetzt einfach nur umgekehrt, weil es keine anderen Teams gibt. Sie können ihre Fülle aufzunehmen, als wir sie schon sehen, dass sie schon in der Tunnel sind. Sie haben sie schon schon in der Tunnel gespielt. Sie haben sie schon in der Tunnel gespielt. Sie können sie nicht in den Tunnel gehen. Sie können sie nicht in den Tunnel gehen. Sie können sie nicht in den Tunnel gehen. Sie können sie nicht in den Tunnel gehen.
03:16:09 A lot of focus up onto this high ground is Alliance. Do note that GoNext is here and the utility they're expending is crazy. Even Killer Whales are contributing from afar and that's going to give Alliance more than enough confidence to push up on this. Light does hit a quick TP, trying to outangle Alliance. Shoots Hackies in the back once, twice, doesn't find the knock, goes down himself. GoNext are fighting in zone with no health.
03:16:34 And his henchmen is the last to fall. Alliance do cement themselves at the top of the leaderboard today. It may have costed them a singular member, but perhaps not even that. It looks like the res went off well enough. Everybody's healed up to full. Alliance, completely undaunted, are taking on a fresh Nova Gaia. And by fresh, I mean right out of the sky. Absolutely no gear. Nova Gaia are suffering right now.
03:17:03 Ich hoffe, dass Cefx noch immer noch das R9 ist. Aber er macht mich sehr glücklich. Aber ich bin nicht glücklich für Noa und Gaia, weil sie wieder einmal geteilt sind. Aber F.U.L. kommt aus dem Nordwesten. Ich habe eine große Menge Spates zu spielen. Und ich sehe, ob sie noch mehr KPs bekommen können.
03:17:23 Passion as well, walking in from the same side. However, this environment, there's so many crevices, so many small bunkers as we see that actually come into an area. People can survive for sure. There's 16 teams alive and Circle 4 is about to show.
03:17:38 Like you say, at this point, for most teams that have managed to find their way into Zone, it's about KP. For Killer Whales, though, it's about KP in a much bigger way. And even more than that, it is about survival, as they are one of our teams that must place highly today in order to make it into the Regional Finals. Bongo has to carry this banner alone, and he doesn't even make it. Take it out from afar.
03:18:02 It is an unfortunate end for the Killer Whales, who will next be seen in the LCQ as SPS and Alliance collaborate on eliminating NVMI that Killer Whales were fighting moments ago. 210 to the Doom!
Entscheidende Kämpfe und Team-Leistungen
03:18:17
03:18:17 Will this open up for Alliance to get the 3P?
03:18:45 The amount of nades that they had to use for that as well. Happy Hangman does go low in Alliance. Know what they must do. Hip shot from the Kraber does land though and it gives SPS a chance. You cannot anchor that. No, sir.
03:19:02 Die Nades sind noch nicht gekommen, aber viele Arcsnares und eine Stinger Bolt aufzunehmen sollte es genug sein, um SPS zu holen. Es ist nur zu der Seite, aber Allianz geben keine Quarren und nehmen SPS aus, als Trojans fallen, fast wiederum. Und Faze, einfach nur die Kampf zu halten!
03:19:24 Allianz tries to get out by doing a sneaky Ashe GP, but that's not enough. Zane snipped them out almost immediately, rips them, and Zynastic is ready right there with the scout as well. Kills all three of them, Allianz goes out, but they are happy and cemented at the top of this leaderboard for today. However, NovaGaia got another reset, I believe, as Tyler is up. Once again, top three, have a Kravryman and a Wingman. Kachira is making work right now.
03:19:49 Nova Gaia get a Reset and a Kraber, landing two shots. A couple of nades in here. Kashera, he takes out... Was that the whole squad?
03:20:03 I think it must do go down double crack passion last one up is mask these nades not making things too easy for him do go down this cashiera continues to dial things up to 11 nova gaia stabilize right underneath this bridge right underneath ful the last team still alive from group a that needs to place highly today or be relegated into the lcq
03:20:35 Das ist wo es kommt, und das ist wo die excitement kommt. Kann sie das Spiel mit einer Banger zu machen, um das Region Finals zu machen, oder nicht? Das bleibt aber. Aber wir machen jetzt ein guter Arbeit, auf dieser Hydra zu versuchen, dass sie auch andere Teams können. Als wir sehen, ein Nade kommen und einen von einem. Ist sie das Spiel? Oder ist sie das Timing? Oder ist sie das Timing?
03:20:57 F.U.L. sind intent on fighting forward. Not looking at you, Wayne, who are behind them. There's a lot of danger in the face of F.U.L. What will they do with it? Let's find out with a listen-in with F.U.L.
03:21:29 We need we can slide for this for later, okay?
03:21:59 Ja, ich bin hier. Ja, ich bin hier.
03:22:31 Untertitelung im Auftrag des ZDF
03:22:36 Managed to walk forward without a fight, close out their backs as well. As we saw right there, Kashera falls down and that team goes out. Now, however, seeing another team engage on them, sets up for a great opportunity to take this fight to them. FUL lost one of them, however, looking to clean out this fight on top. Two of them are 1HP playing Mound at Noctarsil. Can't really close it out as other teams are fighting right now. Comes down to top four. It is a rat and three full teams right now looking to reset. FUL here stabilizing.
03:23:04 While the team up top is also looking to survive. FaZe Clan, not feeling good right now. A duo for FaZe. Endorsed with 1 HP as the zone closes in in 13 seconds. F.E. Well resetting on the low ground. And On Dogs. Right below all of the action. A team that also needs to make it out of bottom 10. But has 2 days to do it. Can this be the start of something huge for On Dogs? Who nobody is looking at.
03:23:31 FaZe hat gerade geschlossen, Endorse mit einem Triple TP geschafft. Wir sind in den Top 3. Ondogs und Endorse sind neben uns. FUL kann das Spiel gewinnen und gewinnen!
03:23:45 Das ist alles für F.U.L. Miosen, der letzte Peacekeeper pup, nicht landet. Es ist ein 1v3 für DREAMSY, aber ON DOGS kommen und die DREAMS ausfüllen.
03:24:06 The Dreams got stolen. They got literally carpet-rugged, right? They just pulled the carpet off them. They fell down so fast. Two of the members of FUL got immediately killed as Trix and Catch and Billy here. Trix, I will say specifically, have been doing so well today. Even though we haven't seen that extent of success that we've been hoping for.
03:24:27 We've seen shines of mechanics and fighting. He was the one who took down two members of Alliance by himself, surviving with an EVA against the PKs and R9s of the likes of Effect. And when you have this fighting mechanic and you can make it happen, any fight is winnable when it comes to a 3v3. And that's really the hardest part in this game is that you're not really fighting 3v3s a lot of the times unless it's in buildings, but when it comes down to it, Trix does not let you down.
03:24:52 I mean, it was extremely impressive. And I will say as much as in that last 3v3 and looking at this, I was hoping for FUL to be able to claw something back to secure themselves a spot in the top 20 in the regional finals.
03:25:05 I'm also really happy to see OnDogs find that win, because Tiff, this means that with a full game day left tomorrow, OnDogs can build momentum now to take themselves out of that very same spot, because they're also in bottom 10. And OnDogs need the win today, and they need so much more tomorrow to make regional finals.
03:25:22 Yeah, I think just kind of ending out the day with a win in game number six is exactly what you said, the momentum that's going to lead the charge for their final day. It's like you just got a huge map win over the likes of teams like Alliance, NVMI, Navi, some of these big powerhouse teams that we've seen be absolutely stellar today. So you're like, if I can do that, surely we can have some fun and run it back tomorrow.
03:25:46 I expect that we'll see on Dogs, I don't want to say dominate, but I think have a much better day over the course of this weekend, because Super Weekends, inasmuch as they can be quite difficult, graceful, they can test a lot of your endurance as a player, they also give you a lot of opportunity to, as a team, solve a lot of problems very quickly, because you are playing such a high volume of games.
03:26:11 Yeah, this is one of those teams where it's a double-edged sword. For teams that are not yet synergized and on the same page, it's a nightmare. I've been through it myself, where you have teams that you're not fully fleshed out just yet, and you don't have that week-long break, essentially, to vault review properly, to set up the next plans and ideas, and you kind of have to just play the same idea, even though that idea might not be complete. But in this case, I would actually say they've been looking strong, specifically in fighting, so I'd have to go and check their PV specifically to find out.
03:26:40 was was lacking today but in my eyes it doesn't look like it was something big missing so in their case it could have just been the likes of a warm-up today and tomorrow will pop off
03:26:50 Hey, let's hope. That's our goal for exactly what we want from them. The warm-up today, the pop-off tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Let's go ahead and look at the match results from game number six and see just how the rest of the lobby did, because we know Ondogs was an absolute powerhouse. There's 16 kills, 12 placement points, 28-point game. I can only imagine it's going to shoot them up the leaderboards. FUL, though, a stellar 15. And then we see the massive drop-off. A ton of 8-point games across the likes of Endorse, DaysClan, and even Alliance.
03:27:19 Untertitelung des ZDF, 2020
03:27:28 Ja, das ist der Allianz standard, ist es? Und ich denke, dass wir die Allianz sehen, dass wir die Allianz sogar in 12 gehen und das viele Leute mit ihnen haben, ist etwas, was viele Teams haben in common. Ich bin mir sogar an NVMI, 6 kills mit ihrem Singular Placement Point. Und die KP ist eigentlich ziemlich hoch, aber die wichtigste Sache ist, dass es ziemlich spread out ist, among all die verschiedenen Teams. Und das ist, was macht das letzte Spiel so top-heavy. Du hast On-Dogs-Find-The-Win.
03:27:57 Das ist so viel mehr, denn jeder wird KP, nicht nur ein paar Teams.
03:28:02 It really isn't. Then you pull up the series results, and I'm not surprised. Alliance at the top with 55 KP throughout the duration of our matches. So you're telling me out of six games, we are so close to a 10 kill average per game that it is, I'm not even going to say it's insanity. It's just Alliance. That's what it is. That's what we know. We expect that out of the EMEA region. But surprisingly graceful, Nova Gaia, second place with 56 points on the day.
03:28:32 I think that's in a fashion that we've always seen Kashira being able to do as well. They were in pretty much every single endgame. Like I said, when you're in those endgames consistently, you will rack up points regardless. And then they managed to close out that game as well from above the bridge on that E-District map, where when you close out the game, you get a bunch of kills, and they have that. And Kashira always had that in his pocket. So now it just comes down to, can you do that several times? Because we're just talking, you know, a group matchup. Can they do that in finals? And if it comes to...
03:29:01 at LCQ and then on LAN, because you're not fighting the same teams. Macro is different and everything is different, and that's why we see such varying results on LAN and other tournaments, just not even Pro League. So happy to see the success we have. I just hope we can keep that form up.
Analyse der Team-Performance und Ausblick
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03:29:15 Ja, das ist all wir wollen sehen für unsere Spieler hier in der EMEA-Region, besonders für diejenigen, die noch eine weitere Day in Play haben. Aber wenn Frags sind was wir für, dann müssen wir auf unsere Sony In-Zone Kill Leader-Race, weil so viele Spieler sind ein montón von Nummern, aber nichts anderes als Allianz. Unlucky, mit 24 Kills, EFFECT da in eine close second at 18. Und sogar Hackett, kind of rounding out die Top 5 mit Catch and Slap, kind of nestling in zwischen den Allianz-Boys. Aber lo und behold...
03:29:45 The Peacekeeper is the leading pack of the weapons. Graceful. Look at this play here. I love that we've got a package of Unlucky to kind of see those highlighted moments.
03:29:56 I mean, we were casting right there. We said it as well. When you have two Akras, especially, you see Hakus in effect lighting up right there in the bottom left corner. But never mind that. Look at this fight from Alter. They queued into this building and took a 3v3 bubble fight, essentially. And they're just coming out on top. And this was a game, the same game that was super shaky, where they got the reset and they played from center zone and took so many fights repeatedly. And when you have back-to-back zones and they have the same macro knowing how to play, they're just popping off left and right.
03:30:25 And it just keeps on going. Just when you think it's done, it's not. Another Alliance win. Just a crazy performance for them. And then you hear the stats. This is exactly what I was looking for. Five kills in match number one, seven in match two. Dia, the thing is, he's on Newcastle getting these numbers.
03:30:45 Hey, I think weirdly this works for Unlucky. Newcastle has a lot of mobility and resibility where we'll see typically people play on Newcastle and try and be the person to go down Lash to not take risks. I think he really uses the tankiness and mobility of Newcastle very well and in a way that benefits Alliance and lets Hakkis then play things like the Alter and make plays for the squad knowing that he's got the beef to back him up.
03:31:13 Okay, so Unlucky on Newcastle is the beef to back him up, and he did exactly that. Honestly, if Alliance keeps up that momentum and then gets to the global land stage again, I can only imagine what kind of dominance we're going to see out of that graceful. But any last thoughts from what we just witnessed there from Unlucky in the highlighted package? I mean, he's always been a phenomenal player, and I think it really goes to show that we've heard a lot of...
03:31:38 ...frustration regarding the PK, and they come to like, oh, you know, it's such a M&K method right now, just a bunch of snipers, and then shotguns is one-shotting all the time. But we see roller players as well, more than K, but we see both effect and unlucky pumping everybody, but effect leaning more towards that R9. If we saw all, what was it, 55 kills, how many was 1 mags, how many was 2 pumps, it's just fragging all over the place, but unlucky as always.
03:32:02 Always performing, always a clutch player. You know, the really clutch mechanic where two people fall down, they can still win a fight and get the reset. That's just exactly what you need out of a teammate. 100%. And I think you did exceptionally well. So congratulations for being our kill leader for today. Now, we do have a player that is waiting by to talk to us.
03:32:21 I'm really amped to hear what he has to say. So let's go ahead, let's get him in here. Nasky from Trojan here on the main broadcast. Congratulations, my dude. I believe it was sixth place overall, but I just really want to know, kind of what were the vibes like today coming in with the new team for Match 8? Well, first of all, I don't know if congratulations is in order. I mean, sixth place is very disappointing, especially considering how we started off.
03:32:49 Ich meine, die Vibes waren großartig. Es ist mein erstes IGL'ing in ein paar Mal. Wir haben nur vier Tage zu practice. Huge shout-out zu meinen Teammaten. Sie waren wirklich, wirklich gut heute. Minor Hiccups in terms of Synergy und was du erwähnt von einem neuen Team, wie Growing Pains, ich glaube. Aber apart von dem, ich fühle mich, ich hatte wirklich, wirklich gute Calls heute. Es war gut zu wissen, dass ich nicht meine IGL-Touch verloren habe.
03:33:18 We had some unfortunate stuff happen. Game 4 and 5, wait, 5 and 6, I think it was, with the Viaduct team changing up their entire playstyle, rotating fast, and we got absolutely punished for it. Very, very disappointing overall, because I think game 5, we had priority for the best spot. I think the overall score for today would have been very, very, very different if Viaduct had just played the same way they had during the scrims.
03:33:48 Das ist wie es, Battle Royale. Wenn nur für alle anderen zu spielen, dann wird alles gut sein. Ich wollte sagen, ich weiß, du Tweeted über das, aber mit deinem Roster zu Trojan, du bist in mehr oder weniger die gleichen Position als du mit 07, oder jetzt Nova Gaia, wo du musst gewinnen Regional Finals in order zu machen. Regional Finals oder LCQ. Was macht du, nach all dieser Zeit,
03:34:16 Wie geht es auf IGL wieder? Wie geht es auf IGL?
03:34:43 Which means that right now all the teams, all the players that are in unfortunate situations like me, where essentially the Pro League doesn't matter. We have to start preparing for the next year. So leaving 07 and Kishira for this team wasn't necessarily because, oh, we're going to do better this Pro League or 07 wasn't as good or anything like that. I mean, I have so much respect for Kishira. It was such a pleasure to play with him.
03:35:12 Es war einfach, weil das meine einzige Routen ist, dass ich ein Team für den nächsten Jahr kann, dass ich ein IGL kann und die Kapitän auf und, you know, weiter mit dem ich meine ganze Karriere getan habe. Whereas, wenn ich mit Tashira stayed, obwohl ich sicher wäre, wir hätten gute Ergebnisse und all diese Dinge zu folgen, aber es ist ein Verhältnis. Wir waren zwei IGLs in einem Team. Obviamente, wir können nicht wirklich... Ich meine, es ist etwas, wir clash auf.
03:35:40 Es gibt disagreements, aber es ist wichtig, dass es zu viele Küche in der Küche gibt. Das war mein einziges Weg für die lange Zeit in der Zukunft. Und ich bin sehr froh, dass Kainer jetzt ist, dass ich mit dem Team bin, für die größte Teil des 2025. Ich bin froh, dass ich mit ihm bin.
03:36:03 I mean, you guys have been playing ranked a lot, and you said that's also how you get the reps in, especially, you know, when you say that PL doesn't really matter as much. And the way you got to look at it at the end of the day, if, you know, if we're not talking about making champs necessarily, it's just all the reps you can get in, all the practice you can get in. And then at the end of the day, you're pretty much...
03:36:21 ...future-proofing your career by making sure you have a team that you're going to stay with for hopefully long term. And please turn this around because we see it already. We see it everywhere. Every other day is, oh, this team left, this team broke up, somebody swapped. And I'd be happy to see you on a solid, stable roster again because you're one of the ones, like I believe, like me as well. I was with May and Jake for several years. And you're also one of them that when we stick with somebody, we're working out everything and we're growing, like you said, the growing pains. And hopefully what we see at the end of that is a phenomenal...
03:36:51 team coming out of this region because we definitely need more of them rather than just having a typical maybe two three teams maybe you potentially again with your skills from from the past can still reign supreme because you have made several lands regardless of not being in that role for a little bit i'm sure that you have more than enough experience to put it back with enough reps in yeah i i appreciate the premium glaze um but uh yeah i mean
03:37:17 Es ist ein Schade mit all den Roster-Swappen, aber es ist einfach nur ein Produkt von der Unfortunate-System, die wir haben in place dieses Jahr haben. Ich war also auch ein Victim von Roster-Swappen zu Beginn, so ich bin ein firmes Believer von etwas along die Linesen von, sozusagen, implementieren eine Regel, die sagt, dass man keine Veränderungen hat. Ich weiß nicht, es ist...
03:37:40 Es ist etwas zu helfen, um die Veränderung zu verändern. Aber ja, ich meine, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin,
03:38:07 Und ich habe mit der alten Team gesprochen. Aber ja, es ist ein Schmerz für die Fans. Man muss sich aufhören, man lernt neue Fähigkeiten und neue Teamnames. Ja, es tut mir leid.
03:38:20 It does, and there's been a lot of talk about, specifically what you're saying, and I think it's a healthy conversation, and I'm glad you could come here and kind of share the opinion and all of that. I do kind of want to dive back to what I said, because you didn't really like it, and I said congratulations on a six, but when you say that you swapped four days before the Pro League day, look, I was there over in London one of the days, and you didn't have the best performance on LAN, and I know you're fighting to get back to LAN, and you're going to do everything in your power.
03:38:47 Ich weiß, dass du es auf dem Team du willst, und ich weiß, dass du den Reps in und du so bist. Und jetzt bist du ein Punkt entfernt von in den Region Finals, du musst du morgen spielen. Was ist der Plan, um zu kommen zurück zu gewinnen und zu verbessern, so dass du gut bist, was du gemacht hast, was du gemacht hast, was du mit dem Team du willst? Wir sind ein Punkt entfernt? Ist das, dass die anderen Teams gespielt haben?
03:39:12 Ich glaube, es ist ein Teil von Region Finals. Ich glaube, es ist ein Teil von Region Finals.
03:39:38 We won one of the scrim days as well. We were progressing really, really fast. And what it really boiled down to was how fast I could come back into my role as I gel. And I think I'm doing that at the pace that's needed. And I think what we saw from game one to four, apart from some of the minor hiccups, was like absolute phenomenal apex. So I think tomorrow it's going to be...
03:40:05 Für die Fans out there listening, wir werden Regional Finals nicht mehr. Und dann, wenn wir das nicht mehr machen, können wir das nicht mehr machen. Das ist nicht was wir hier zu tun, okay? Wir sehen uns morgen. Wir werden absoluten crushen es. Vielen Dank für uns und ich wünsche dir die Best of luck auf deinem Final Match Day tomorrow, ahead of Regional Finals. Vielen Dank für mich.
03:40:35 Well, boys, let's recap. Good interview, obviously always good talking about Donaski and obviously raising a lot of the issues that some of our players have been talking about regarding split two and kind of the go forward on how we're going to get to Sapporo if we're not already secured there, whether that's by way of regional finals, whether that's by way of championship points or that.
03:40:56 Crazy last chance qualifier that's on the horizon, but graceful. I know I kind of want to kick this one over to you, being a former pro player and everything. Kind of just everything that Nasky was saying, just like a brief digestion of that.
03:41:10 I mean, at the end of the day, you gotta do what's best for you, and sometimes that might not be what's best for the team, because we do, like... I completely understand swapping for the better, like for the greater good, so to say, for the longer career choice, essentially, and having a team that's hopefully more solidified in the future, but this is something that always ends up happening as well, because when you have...
03:41:33 Der Scenario der Organisation ist auch eine der Dinge, die viele Leute, ich würde sagen, haben ein bisschen an issue mit, ist, dass wenn TSM ist nicht die TSM oder Navi ist nicht die gleiche Navi, und dann das Team ist eine andere Team-Name entweder, die Leute haben ein bisschen harder Zeit, zu nicht supporten und loveen, aber zu folgen wholeheartend,
03:41:59 So, you know, I'm happy that he is looking for the career.
03:42:26 Das ist einfach für den nächsten Jahr. Aber ich würde noch sagen, für alle, dass du vielleicht nicht gehabt hast, dass du in der Pro-League gewonnen hast.
03:42:37 It's not over yet, and we keep talking about it. Maybe it's not champion points, and maybe you didn't make finals, but that's still LCQ. So you can't, like, you gotta make it the best out of the situation that you can, essentially, and you just gotta work through it. And then if that, if all things fall through, then you look at the next year. But for now, just like you said, you gotta lock in.
03:42:58 You've got to lock in. It's the 11th hour. As we circle everything back to the top of the show storyline, that is the best way to approach it with the time is near. Like, you know, Group A, it's done.
03:43:09 This was it. This was their last play day. All six games have been achieved for them. And as you look at the overall standings, these are the teams that have officially locked it in for regional finals. Look, okay, Trojan, they still have one more game to play, right? So does Onyx. They're 100% going to make it there. But I mean, if he would have had 56 points, he would have met that threshold that would have quote-unquote guaranteed him it. So maybe I threw him off with that question, Dia, but...
03:43:37 Das ist wie es ist, wenn man die overallen Standorte ist. Ja, ich meine, wir werden jetzt in den letzten paar Spielen locken. Als Graceful gesagt hat, es ist nicht Ihr letzte Chance, denn morgen ist es Ihr letzte Chance, dann ist es Ihr letzte Chance, dann ist es, theoretisch, Ihr letzte Chance, aber dann ist es Ihr letzte Chance.
03:43:59 For each of those days that goes by, we are going to get different victors, different success stories. And one of the ones that I'm looking at right now is not just the battle for who's going to make regional finals, but the battle for dominance in EMEA. Go Next and Alliance are actually quite close right now. And today, I think Alliance really showed up and said, hey, we're not ready to be dethroned just yet. Go Next. They got put a step behind Alliance. But in the points overall and their performance across the region, Go Next tomorrow.
03:44:28 Could still come out on top of the regular season. Averaging better than Alliance. Going into regional finals is the stronger team across every matchday. And that'll still be a really important historic thing for Gonext to do. Especially because...
03:44:42 GoNext are a team that must place first, even if they don't win regional finals. If they place first in points, they guarantee themselves a spot for Japan. If they place anything other than first, it's not guaranteed. And so as GoNext fight for the crown, they are also fighting for a spot in Japan, and that's my 11th hour lookout.
03:45:01 I love the 11th Hour Lookout. And you're just like outlining how dire it is for GoNex to be that close to it and know how much it means to them. Whereas other teams like Alliance are totally good based on the points. But boys, you absolutely crushed it on the cast today. I'm so glad that I got to join you for a couple of games. But I'm going to kick it over to Graceville first because I want to hear your final thoughts on our overarching day.
03:45:25 I mean, phenomenal day. Good Apex that we've seen overall. A lot of these teams have been performing like we have been expecting, like the likes of Gonex and Alliance Behemoths, like always. However, I have seen some sort of...
03:45:39 in anderen Teams, vielleicht sogar auf den Bottom 10 Teams. Some of them have shown potential to be able to make those plays, but for those Teams that haven't been able to, that don't have one more round to play, essentially, are gonna have to take a little break and work on it, coming back later on. But for the people playing again tomorrow, you know, you just gotta be ready and step up.
03:46:02 Man, I can't even believe we're already talking about the final match day tomorrow ahead of the regional finals. And Dia, you kind of broke it all down so well, but I want to hear your final thoughts in general about today.
03:46:17 Final thoughts in general, it's tough to be saying goodbye to some teams, especially knowing how hard they worked and say seeing teams like Killer Whales, like FUL and like Zipline Mafia no longer be able to make it into the regional finals when it's clear how much progress they've made since the start of the split to be able to make it to the point where they're winning games. So, well, it is hard to say.
03:46:44 Vielen Dank.
03:47:11 It truly does. And that is a journey that I cannot wait to watch and follow closely because sure, some hearts will be broken, but others will have their dreams achieved once they get to compete in Sapporo on that stage for ALGS Champs. But guys, you crushed it. Like I said, go take a break. I'll see you guys later for Americas in just a few hours. And I cannot wait to hear you guys cast over some amazing teams. That's right, guys. The action is not going to be stopping here in the EMEA region.
03:47:41 Wir haben die Amerikas mit der Nummer 8, mit Gruppen A vs. C. So, Teams wie die Falcons, ZZ, 100 Thieves, Virtus. All in the mix. Und, of course, everyone's been keeping special tabs on that Falcons rivalry that's been heating up.
Ankündigungen und Ausblick auf zukünftige Ereignisse
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03:47:59 Keep on crushing it, finding himself with multiple plays inside the top five best plays. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. You guys don't want to miss this one. And if that's not enough Apex for you, like we said, we got match day number nine tomorrow. We've been leaking everything about the ALGS championship in Sapporo, the tickets and specifically how to obtain them. But we're going to give you a bit of information about when those tickets are going to be able to go on sale so you can lock them down for the big.
03:48:29 Tickets will be live next week on our ticketing partners website, Zyko, on October 11th at 1 a.m. PT, 4 a.m. ET, 5 p.m. JST, which is actually live during the first regional finals of Split 2. You can find more information as that day nears on ALGS' website for the Year 5 Championships page. See all the latest information about champs there, from tickets to exciting news and all of the updates.
03:48:56 I can't believe it. It's crazy how close that actually is, you know? We've got just a couple of months ahead of that time and it'll be here before you know it. And if that really is what you're looking for, maybe some fun new content, of course, go check out Play Apex Esports on social media, specifically the newer platforms that they were able to take over and launch some fun new exciting content on TikTok and Instagram. The short content that we've been seeing has been...
03:49:23 I don't know, pretty chaotic, pretty fun. We've seen reaction timing content, a ton of BTS of those lands in particular. And for those of you that don't make it out to the lands, it's really a great way to get a look into like how some of those players act.
03:49:36 at LAN and do fun content behind the scenes. Not just on the stage, right? We always see the gameplay, but getting a look behind the scenes is something that I personally enjoy some more of. So I'm really glad that Apex does have that Instagram and TikTok channel. So at Play Apex Esports, make sure you go smash a follow and a like and just go spam all their channels with likes.
03:49:56 You want to control your feed. You want all the Apex. So that's it, though. Okay, guys? No more shilling of the Apex channels from me. We're going to have to wait and see what's going to happen live in Americas in just a few hours' time. Because match day number eight for the EMEA region is done in Dustin, and Americas is all we have to look forward to today. Congratulations to the teams from Group A who have secured their spots in the regional finals. I guess we'll just have to see which teams in Americas can do the same. See you then.