ALGS Year 3 Split 2 Day #10 ! EMEA ! Regional Finals Apex Legends

EMEA Regional Finals: Teams kämpfen um LAN-Qualifikation in Apex Legends

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- 07.05.23 - 05:28:46 - 612.165 - Apex Legends

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Im spannenden EMEA Regional Final kämpfen 20 Teams um die Qualifikation für die Split 2 Playoffs. Die Teams müssen zuerst die 50-Punkte-Hürde überwinden und dann ein Spiel gewinnen. Zudem wurde die neue Saison Apex Legends Arsenal angekündigt, die den neuen Legend Ballistic und Änderungen auf World's Edge mit sich bringt.

Apex Legends

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00:05:17 30 Teams have battled all the way over 10 weeks of one of the hardest splits we've ever had in the ALGS. And 10 have already gone home. 20 today have found their way for a chance to make it into the top 10. And only one, if they win, will be able to push their luck to the next level and claim a spot even if they are outside of the points. But it doesn't matter yet. This is the last stop.

00:05:43 from the blood, sweat and tears that they poured into the season to show up and say, we are going to land. Who is going to take that and make it their story today? We will find out. And I know that you cannot wait just like me.

00:05:59 I am here and so excited for our ALGS Regional Final. It is Rain Day. I'll be your host alongside two of my greatest friends and greatest, greatest co-workers who do this job so well. I couldn't have asked for a better squad. And of course, to kick things off, Mark, what a day we have. It's great to have you here and a great day to kick off our Regional Final. Dude, that energy. I gotta match it right now. It's Regional Finals, baby. This is what I've been waiting for. A great intro, just kind of outlining exactly what it means for these teams.

00:06:28 Just around the corner now, and today is all about finding out who our EMEA representatives are going to be qualifying for the split two playoffs. It's going to be a crazy day, and then you throw on the top, you've got match point as well. It's going to be a lot of fun. Somebody's going to win, and somebody's going to maybe make a little history. That's what I'm hoping for, but it's all about who takes charge and who makes it happen, Dan. That's the thing that makes today so special. Somebody is in control of their own destiny.

00:06:53 Speaking of being in control of my own destiny, I made sure I put about an extra two monitors up today. I've got all the stats. It's Matchpoint, so that means I need to be looking at win rates. I need to be looking at percentages. I can't wait. This is what I live for. Matchpoint is everything, and today is going to be incredible.

00:07:08 It is what Apex offers that no other esport in the entire world offers. These types of moments, this type of Cinderella story being possible, and really the uncertainty with the drama and the theatrics. It's a little bit like, you know, Greek drama out here. We can have the backstabbing, we can have the deceit, and we can have that kind of surprise ending. And Mark, that's what we're really, really hoping for today. And I'm sure all the fans at home watching, we appreciate all of you being here as well. Fellas, I want to get to it, but before we do.

Ankündigung von Apex Legends Arsenal (Season 17) und Änderungen auf World's Edge

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00:07:37 There's something else very, very exciting happening here in the next couple of days. And I know the community of Apex at Large is very aware of what I'm talking about. It's a new season. Apex Legends Arsenal is coming in.

00:07:50 In zwei Tagen, May 9th, we will see this man right here, August Brinkmann. Mark, you've had a great opportunity to talk with devs and to get to know a little bit more about this character. Walk us through who Ballistic is. First of all, he's got the best accent in the game. It's as simple as that. He's got the English accent going on. I'm going to be playing him straight up just because of that reason, but a new assault class legend, and if you're an aggressive player, an aggressive team, and you like pushing buildings and pushing teams, you can have a good time with him. He's got a little bit of flexibility in fights because he's got that...

00:08:19 So if you want to carry a little Peacekeeper in the back pocket for those close range battles, you can do exactly that. And also with this Q, you can kind of slow things down if you wanted to. The Whistler is going to allow you to slow down the rate of fire on some guns, maybe even blow them up. Maybe it's going to be a good way to disengage for some fights if you find yourself needing to pop a battery. But the ultimate, I think, is what everyone's looking forward to. The Tempest, everybody on your team is going to be affected by it. You're going to get extra movement speed. You're going to get unlimited ammo. So if you're a team who likes to rush and likes to cause some problems...

00:08:49 Dann denke ich, das ist die Lage für dich. Ja, und wenn du aus dem Ammo bist, das ist also Legend, deine Teammaten zu finden. Oder du musst dich selbst so dass du nicht in die Situation wiederholst. Ballistik, die es so erneut, kann man aggressiv und auch helfen, die Landscape, vielleicht, von der Meta. Wir sprechen über das in ein bisschen, von Your Words, Marc. Aber jetzt, die Landscape von World's Edge hat auch verändert. Und das hat uns zu einem sehr cool...

00:09:14 Unique perspective of a map we see so often in Competitive now getting a little bit of a refurbished, a little bit of a rebrand. Speaking specifically to one of my favorite areas, Fragment. And you're going to see a brand new POI monument that going from the old Fragment.

00:09:31 See, this, Dan, is a phenomenal feat, and it's gonna really change the landscape of World's Edge. I love when we get fresh POIs, because I'm always wondering where a new weapon's gonna be, where's gonna be the best places to drop, especially when it's a central POI as well. If they've added extra loot in certain places, this is gonna be very popular. This is gonna be certainly a target area for a lot of people, and just look at it. I mean, it looks magnificent, and I'm sure they're gonna add a lot of little extra goodies for us, too.

00:09:54 And what's even better, Dan, is you're looking at the outside, but let's go inside, because Inside Monument is a museum showcasing some of the history of Apex in its entirety as a game. Now 17 seasons in, the Thunderdome era. I can't wait to look at this, Marc. Maybe there's a little ALGS champion area. I don't know if it's in there yet, but I'm saying it's a good idea. Hey, look, if you've won a championship in ALGS, I think you've got a pretty good...

00:10:19 Also, I'm waiting for the oil painted of you to be up on the wall. I don't know about anyone else, but that's my personal thoughts. I'll do it. I'm waiting for my finished library, you know, when I make it in life and I'll have that oil painting sitting right up. I'll invite you guys to dinner and you'll just be staring at me. Then a big picture of me above there while we talk shop. I know that these changes are also...

00:10:40 Starting on one side of the map, an essential area of the map as well. Just a little bit south of that is Harvester, who's seen a couple of adjustments. Most importantly, a big honeypot. We'll get to that in a second, though. But from World's Edge, you can see that this now Lava City has adjusted. A building called Stax has now rotated. That construction site building is the new POI here called Stax here in Lava City. And Dan, you know.

00:11:04 This is going to create maybe some migration for some of our more movement-focused players. They might have to start landing in a different spot. And for streamers as well. I've seen everyone drop in there because that's where all the fights happen. Everyone wanted the early engagement. So yeah, you're going to need to relocate. But these changes, they all seem brilliant. I'm excited to see just how it affects not just the game in Ranked, but also in the ALGS.

00:11:25 Ja, und das ist, wieder zu spüren, das ist ein ganzes Mal. Ich habe schon gesagt, die Harvester geändert. Das war ein bisschen zu early, aber hier sind wir. Das Honeepot, in der Mitte, normalerweise ist ein Deathtrap, jetzt hat ein High-Level Loot in der Mitte. Und du kannst du von der sehr top, all die bis zur bottom. So, while da ist ein Reward, da ist auch ein Risiko. Du bist in der Mitte der Bereich. Also, wir haben auch ein Veränder. Also, wir haben ein Veränder. Die Skyhook Vault.

00:11:53 is now added to the game and what we're gonna see here is this the element of vaults being more effective in terms of a normal part of your gameplay this is something the designers talked about making vault keys more accessible making vaults uh more accessible and so maybe if you have not had a time with a vault lately you will be seeing that now mark that's always giving something very very interesting to a player to to find in their apex games it certainly is i'm always the person who finds himself like one second behind someone else getting out pinged for all of the uh of the losers in there but you know

00:12:22 Es ist immer gut zu haben mehr Optionen für Loot. Ich denke, es ist eine Sache, dass jeder Team will wollen. Wenn du ein POI in ALGS hast und du mehr Loot hast, wird dir sehr glücklich sein.

00:12:31 Well, I want to also mention this last piece that we're going to cover here. So many of these changes coming in Season 17, you'll get the full rundown on. But the gameplay changes, most notably, you might be excited if you're an ALGS fan, is the new item, the Evac Tower. It is a deployable balloon zipline that you can throw down on the ground and it will call an actual redeploy for you and your teammates to use in a tricky situation. Very much like a mobile respawn beacon. Now, Dan, you're going to have the chance to get out of tough situations, whether it's early game rotating or maybe at the end of a circle.

00:13:01 just to see whether this could negate Valkyrie a little bit. Are people going to still use Valkyrie? Does this replace her in a way? Do they feel like the ultimate is still not enough? I think there's a lot of changes that could happen and it might just open up compositions a little bit here in the ALGS.

00:13:14 I love that thought process, especially if you're taking Ballistic. He's got to take maybe a movement character spot, maybe a Horizon, maybe a Valkyrie. We'll see what people can unfold. More of that to be discovered. In fact, all of the shows today are basically, you know, an ALGS show, but they're also kind of like a Mark show because he put in the work to get six or seven interviews with respawn devs ready for us, Mark. So we're excited. We can't talk about them right now, but we know that you've got some stuff coming up for us that'll tease all the new content coming in Apex. I did what I could for everybody.

00:13:44 I tried to ask the top questions. I tried to go dig in. I'm not going to lie. The devs, they're amazing. Wouldn't give me any secrets away. So as I say, I did what I could.

00:13:51 It is very, very good to see all that coming in just two days, especially if you're just tuning in to Apex for a while. Make sure to check it out, download the game and play as long as you're watching here because today we're turning our attention back onto the regional final. This is what they've been playing for. I said this 10 week, this bloodbath, sweat and tears that they've been fighting through. 10 teams are already out, guys, and now we have an opportunity to look at the 20 that have made it. These teams have a chance to make history for themselves, but it's only if they can get past.

00:14:21 das 50-point-threshold und ein win. Das macht Matchpoint so spannend und so fun. Du musst du gewinnen oder wir gehen wieder. Und, ja, das ist ein sehr, sehr, sehr erzählenderes.

Überblick über die qualifizierten Teams und ihre Ausgangslage im Regional Final

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00:14:35 Especially, Mark, with these teams who have a chance to tell it. Yeah, these are the 20 teams who made it through that bloodbath. Like you say, we did lose some teams, and these are the ones we ended up with. And the team that's top of the pile at the moment is on the left-hand side. That's Alliance. Alliance currently sat in first place, but just behind them is going to be Vexed Gaming. And Vexed Gaming have been playing incredibly well this split, so they're certainly going to be trying to chase down Alliance for that first place. But then you've got all the teams on the bubble as well. Teams who are trying to force qualification. You've got the likes of GG. You've got the likes of Elements.

00:15:04 Und es könnte sein. Es gibt schon einige Teams, die schon schon gemacht haben. Dan, du bist der Numbers-Guy. Du kannst uns das Informationen geben. Fünf Teams auf dem Topf. Nein, sie sind nicht in der Land. Sie haben Qualifier. Aber alle anderen sind in der SYN, in der Back-Half von diesen Teams.

00:15:26 still has a chance to make and is still fighting for that chance to be able to secure their spot. Yeah, that top five gives us our guaranteed number of 95. If you are to get that today, you're guaranteed. But of course, we've come up with a magic number of around 80 plus, which should be able to secure it around 82. But it is going to depend on how many points can be secured by these teams. There are certain teams who cannot get to that points total, who will have to win on match point today if they want to go to LAN. Teams like Bitfix Gaming, for example, who just scraped into regional finals with...

00:15:56 mit einer unglaublichen Performance auf Matchday Nr. 9, und wir werden sehen, ob sie sich wiederholfen können und wiederholfen können.

00:16:03 2nd place, 21 points. Like you said, it's not enough. They have to win or they will not be making land. But there's still a chance as long as there's games to play. $20,000 for our winner of this split. Remember, the points that they earn in today's placement will also count for their placement overall in the standings. So a team sitting in 15th, you know, maybe they jump up to 11th. They don't make land, but they might be able to find a way or especially 20th all the way to 11th to earn an extra $1,000 for their squad. We'll see how this story unfolds. But just to keep track, there is...

00:16:33 Und da ist ein Grund für Firebeavers, für Teams wie Allianz, für KCP, zu versuchen, das erste Platz zu machen.

00:16:41 In this situation, not more problems. It's more different. I was about to say, it's the first thing that came into my head as well. But I think the biggest thing as well is not just the increase in prizing, right? It's the fact that you're probably going to have a better CE going into LAN. It's also the broken rights over everybody. So all of these things makes the fact that we get to the regional finals and there's always something for one of the teams in the lobbies to have to try and achieve, to have to try and overcome. And I think it just leaves us with a great competitive lobby where, you know, you're going to have the battle for first, battle for LAN qualification, the battle to jump up that prize pool. It's going to be...

00:17:11 It's going to be very, very interesting to watch how these teams go about things today.

00:17:14 Well, Bitfix Gaming have this desperation climb to just get here, but now they've got to do even more and win. V2, a team in the bottom 10, but they've got more kills than any of those teams in that bottom 10 and actually are closer to the top 10 in terms of their fighting potential. But can they put it together in terms of rotation? Gaming Gladiators, the only team outside of the top 10 who've actually won a match point day. They'll probably have to do that again to secure their spot. All of these stories are just the tip of the iceberg. But Mark, Dan, we have to pick a few that we're going to go in depth on.

00:17:44 Ich bin jetzt mit dem Team, die jetzt gerade in Split 1 gewonnen haben. Aber ich fühle mich an, dass ich jetzt ein Poetig-Justice gemacht habe.

Fokus auf Aurora, Firebeavers und Horizon Union: Geschichten und Erwartungen

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00:18:13 So for Aurora today, I feel like there's something special in the air. I feel like they deserve to qualify. There's almost not just the story and what they need to do, but there's the emotional story of the comeback from this season and also the disappointment of last. But looking at stats and looking at the comparison to how this season started in comparison to how it's gone very recently, this is the first three match days.

00:18:42 Versus the last three. You can see the average point.

00:18:45 Her series has jumped up from 9.3 to 12. Average kills has jumped up by 6. Average placement has improved as well. So Aurora need to get it right today. My question is now, Dan Gaskin, who have you picked? Well, I want to focus on a team who I think has what it takes to win today's Matchpoint format, and that's going to be Firebeavers. How could I not? With how incredible they've been throughout this season, they have the most wins in the EMEA region with 6, 3 on World's Edge, and 3 on Stormpoint. They have slowed down a little bit as we've got to the latter stages of this season. And a big question for me is, are we going to...

00:19:14 Are we going to see the Fire Beavers that we saw right at the start, where they were getting back-to-back wins, where they were getting to around 50 points in two or three games? Or are we going to see the Fire Beavers, who has been a little bit slow, maybe a little bit lazy, maybe realized they were already qualified? Or are we going to see a team who really, truly wants to win today to show us what they're made of once more? They are a squad who's aggressive. They are a squad who will win the majority of the 3v3 engagements they have. So I'm excited to see what just they can do today here in regional finals. As we look to players in general, I mean, OJ,

00:19:44 Reinde has been an absolute standout for this squad. 27k damage dealt. He's third on the Season 2 kills leaderboard alongside Zayn of Pioneers. 93% of his knocks have been turned into kills as well. A great statistic to have for him. And I think that he is a key factor to how good Firebeavers are going to be today. Reinde, what have you got?

00:20:04 Well, two great picks, fellas, and I think those have been two of the biggest stories no matter what. Aurora's disappointing performance and FireBeaver's excellent one, both not attending LAN. Those teams, because they didn't attend LAN, have this team right here, Horizon Union, take their spot in Split 1, and they performed and got that confidence they had been hoping for. But today is the time that Phoenix, a former world champion in a completely different eSport, puts his mind together, gets his team coordinated with Jay Savage and Urban, and actually secures their spot for our team.

00:20:33 Es ist ein sehr guter Rund in den Top 10 spot. Sie sind 9th jetzt. Und sie brauchen eine Performance heute. Ich denke, das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das ist das Moment, und das Moment, und das Moment.

00:21:03 Maybe another special guest later on in the broadcast will introduce. Storm Point will be where we start off and we'll go there for the second match. And then we will switch up to World's Edge every two. And very much like we like to say, you got to be able to win on both. You cannot just end up finding your rhythm on one.

00:21:22 But of course, that doesn't mean that you have to worry about World's Edge. You got to start where you're starting and do well on Stormpoint. And that's where, Dan, these maps, these opportunities to land and set that theme, set that strong start, come into play. Talk to me about what you're seeing with where these teams will be landing here in Stormpoint. For the majority of regions, the northern side of Stormpoint has been stronger when it comes to the success rate of your POI Ulan to converting it to a victory. In the EMEA region, it's actually been pretty close north to south. It's been the north.

00:21:51 Das ist die nächste Region, die in der Region hat. Die Likes von Downbeest, die Checkpoint. Also, Vexed hat eine unglaubliche Überraschung durch die Region über 18.5% in der Region. Wir werden sehen, ob Vexed kann das aufhören. Als wir über die Likes von Checkpoint haben, die 18.5% aufhören, haben wir zwei Teams verraten. Wir haben J-Lings, die wir versuchen, an der Form von der Form zu starten, und PhoenixLegacy, die ein bisschen auf dem Souten von Checkpoint haben. Es sollte nicht ein contest sein.

00:22:20 It should just be a potential for a latter fight. 2R1C dropping it down Beast, I think is an interesting one. They could certainly be a squad that could really do some damage. And you've got Maestro Gaming at the northern side, at the wall. They have yet to find a victory this season, but we've seen incredible victories from the wall. We know what an amazing POI it can be. So just keep an eye on some of these teams and these POIs, because dropping really counts and really matters.

00:22:44 Well, as much as some of the fights and the moments in-game are a little bit like the dialogue, where these teams land certainly are the structure for our plot. We'll see if there are any twists and turns there. And by the way, great graphic. We want to give a big shout-out to Longshot, who we saw do that last week as well. Loved it, our APAC South partner, as well as just a great overall production squad. So go ahead and check out their Twitch if you haven't already. Big shout-out to Longshot for giving us the stage there with that beautiful overlay of what Stormpoint

00:23:14 Wenn diese Teams beginnt zu landen.

Matchpoint-Format und die Bedeutung von Siegen

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00:23:30 Thank you so much, Rain Day. It's the last stop. It's the last stop before LAN starts again, Dan. It's such a wonderful feeling to know that we're going to be back in an arena soon, shouting with the crowd in front of us. But first, we need to get business done. The teams in front of us need to qualify. And of course, we need to crown our season champion as well. And then on top of that all, we've got Matchpoint. So there is still the opportunity for that Cinderella story to come through. 50 points is that magic number you've got to hit first before you're eligible.

00:23:58 And sometimes we come into Matchpoint format where only half the lobby has found victories throughout the season. We have 17 of our 20 teams today who have found a victory, know what it takes to actually get a win, but it's about when you get that win, right? Some of them only have one victory. If you get that early on, then are you going to be able to win when it comes to Matchpoint, when you get to that 50 threshold? That is going to be the difficult scenario for a lot of these. There are some squads who have been able to win back to back to back, and I think that winning back to back is so important in Matchpoint because you've got to make sure you keep up that consistency.

00:24:27 We start on Stormpoint as well. We'll have to wait for World's Edge, which is going to be without the lick of paint. New season not quite here yet, but it's going to be the old familiar favourite of many of these teams and squads, and certainly the viewers at home, you wonderful people who are joining us today. But as you can see, the dropship is active. The players are already on their way down here, Dan. And I tell you what, there's something special in the air today. The regional finals is live, and you can see the teams are ready to fight.

00:24:50 And as I was alluding to, there are certain areas in Stormpoint that have had higher success rates when it comes to drop. And it does seem to be the northwest side has dominated. And it's kind of great. Sorry, the northeast side has dominated. The likes of Thunderwatch, Command Center, Stormcatcher, Lightning Rod, The Wall. These areas have been very prevalent in being able to find a victory. And that's because of the way the map works and how it has always worked. Stormpoint, it kind of starts from the northeast and it goes all the way down. And you're going to have to fight your way up if you're dropping one of the southern sides.

00:25:20 Yeah, interesting to see, though. When you're looking at teams and where they're dropping at the moment, just trying to keep our eyes on and see if there is going to be any contest going down. It looks like everyone is pretty...

00:25:28 Ja, das ist eine sehr große Geschichte, was wird heute passieren.

00:25:58 Bittfix Gaming ist nicht nur ein Kampf, sondern es ist ein Potenzial-Story. Das ist ein Potenzial-Story. Das ist ein Potenzial-Story. Das ist ein Potenzial-Story. Das ist ein Potenzial-Story.

Frühe Kämpfe und Rotationen auf Storm Point: Bitfix Gaming vs. Ascend

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00:26:22 Bifix Gaming wissen, dass sie die Hände in der Moment haben. Sie haben sie durch den Hände, und es geht darum, dass sie ihre Fälle machen. Sie sagen, okay, Ascend haben sie zu machen hier. Aber die lange das hier geht, wird es einfach nur aufhört beide Teams. Sie sehen, wie weak Ascend sind, was sie zu finden. Loot-Wise, ich freue mich, was Ascend zu sehen. Was ist die Gameplan? Du hast Smokes zu arbeiten, du hast natürlich Horizon, wenn du das Black Hole hast, aber das ist eine lange, lange, lange, und du hast wirklich geholfen, dass es nicht ein Push gibt.

00:26:50 But you can see that Postkill's popping. I think he's second alt Excel here. So they may be thinking about getting that Exhibit down, the ultimate coming out of Seer, which is going to give them all the information. Maybe they can pick off one player. And they also have a white armor swap. So there's a little bit to work with here. And Ascend have managed to escape for now. They're going to be able to smoke off the top, thanks to Kashira. And they're going to be able to escape. So I have to say for Ascend, very well played. But for Bitfix Gaming, they have one grenade. It could have been also different. Yeah, it's whether Bitfix Gaming have missed an opportunity there to assert some damage.

00:27:20 Das war's.

00:27:49 They want to be at LAN, they need to win on Match Point. The only thing good points is going to do for them is put a little bit more cash in their pockets. But like you say, you really want to be at the LAN event where the big money is up for grabs. So as we take a look at our map overhead, you can see some teams who have already made a little bit of an early rotate. One of those teams is going to be Vex. They have good priority to this zone. KCP also going to have a pretty good early rotation. However, it's a pretty difficult spot for them to hold down for the long game here down on the waterfall.

00:28:15 But they do have some good armors to work with, so if they get a bit of an armor check on Vex, they might think about trying to push early here and take away one of those priority buildings just in front of them.

00:28:24 And during all the early fight, or what could have been an early fight, we could see about nine or ten teams all started to move to this eastern side of the map. A lot who are landing on that northeast side that was talking about the likes of Command Center, Thunder Watch, High Point, the wall. Everyone's already moved. Everyone's started to get down into one of these priority positions, and it's getting quite congested down to the south of Stormcatcher there. So there's not going to be too many areas for these teams that are starting to arrive late. Speaking of teams who dropped at the wall, Maestro.

00:28:51 They are our squad who need a big day today, but they have not found a victory all season when it comes to any of their matchdays, but they have had good points totals, Mark. Yeah, good points totals, and I think it maybe goes hand in hand a little bit with what their start to the season was like, right? It was very slow by their own standards. I mean, 15 points game day number one, fantastic, but then a four point day and then a three point day and...

00:29:15 I mean, it's just, when we're looking across the teams, we're on the bubble at the moment. It seems to have been consistent. But that one day, that has let them down so far. And Maestro certainly fit into that conversation. But I was talking about form over the recent three match days. And Maestro are actually fifth overall. 13.6 points per game day they've managed to pick up. So they've started to find form at just the right time.

00:29:35 Ja und Form ist groß und Points ist groß und wir können sagen das für die drei Teams, die nicht so weit gefunden haben. Maestro, Gaming Gladiators und Bitfix Gaming haben alle drei haben guter Points totals, alle drei haben gezeigt, dass sie auf ein Matchday können können, aber wenn du zu dieser Threshold hast, kann du eigentlich den Job gemacht werden? Das ist meine größte Frage. Ich weiß, dass Maestro und Gaming Gladiators haben es in den letzten Jahren getan. Wir haben nicht gesehen, vielleicht Bitfix, die es noch nicht this season haben, aber es gibt sicherlich promisingen Signs. Nun, nur ein, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs Teams außerhalb der nächsten Circa werden.

00:30:04 We have a lot of early movers here. This is going to be a relatively slow game in the early stages, but when we get to like circle four, circle five, it's going to be so difficult to try and breathe because everyone's going to be on top of each other.

00:30:17 You can see Element Six having a bit of a poke and a prod at the moment, but another team who's having a fight and has had a very difficult start is going to be Ascend. They are running into V2 on the edge of the zone and they have a really, really tough rotate from the south side up the hill towards where V2 are holding down. But you can see some of the teams, this is all inside of the zone and like you quite rightly mentioned, a high quality game in game number one. And what I mean by that is a lot of early rotates, a lot of teams trying to get into that zone and play for the long game.

00:30:43 Yeah, playing for the long game, very important, I think, especially in Matchpoint. By the way, Ascend are back under a little bit of stress once more. The Exhibit comes down just maybe as a defensive mechanism here to make sure they're not going to be pushed. And then it's an Exhibit on Exhibit action. V2, by the way, one of my favorite 3v3 fighting teams. Looks like they want to get aggressive.

00:31:01 Ja, ich weiß nicht, dass Zidane das ultimative war. Ich glaube, er wollte die Tür öffnen und zu versuchen, zu Trap Ascend in einer Körner. Aber die Ascend haben tatsächlich geschafft, und es ist ein wirklich großartiges Spiel. Wenn sie über diese Hillen können, dann wieder Ascend zu gehen. Die Magikanten sind in der Lobby, aber es gibt einen 3er-Party jetzt, und es Bitfixgaming, die sie Probleme hat. Die Post-Kill werden dann auch Lufka und Kashera haben mehr Entscheidungen zu machen.

00:31:26 Und es gibt noch mehr Sharks in der Wasser, Aurora auch in der Ares. Wir haben V2, Aurora und Bitfix Gaming, alle aufzunehmen. Du musst aufhören, denn BFG hat nicht viel Aufhören und Aurora wird vollständig aufhören.

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00:31:58 Die Re-Wrap gegen den Kampf von Aurora ist sogar mehr Probleme. Und eine Sache für Aurora ist, dass sie sich selbst ein Tastier-Lil-Care-Package haben. Sie sehen, dass die Re45 in einem der Spieler war. Und sie müssen alle diese Ruckus haben. Die Firebeavers sind nicht zu weit entfernt. Und die Firebeavers, wenn sie ein Noise hören können, will sie auch wieder involviert werden. Also wirklich, du musst du aus diesem Kampf aus, wenn du dich nicht in eine safe Location hast, mit Cover zu finden. Die V2 sind noch ein 3. Also, sie sind nicht verantwortlich für ihre Attentation zu nehmen.

00:32:28 Es ist Ascend, die 1. Es war auch Bitfix Gaming, die 1. Ich denke, Ascend haben sich zurückgezogen. Ja, sie haben. Sie haben sich zurückgezogen. Aber was ein schweres Spiel, das ist für Ascend. All wegen der Konferenz von der Start-Send. Usually, wir sehen Ascend in einer dieser Priorität Position, aber sie werden auch sehr hart arbeiten.

00:32:52 Ich glaube, das ist, wenn es ein Apokalypse ist, dass die Cockroaches will, mit Keith Richards zu leben. Aber sie machen was sie jetzt, und sie sind zurück zu 3. BigFixGaming kann nicht sagen, für jetzt. Sie haben die Banner, so sie werden können, wenn sie ein Zerafer in können, wenn sie eine Rezbeacon finden können. Aber ich meine, die Traffic in der Zone sind in der Moment. Vexed haben eine gute Spot, aber Aurora, wenn sie das Souten sein können, dann haben sie eine wirklich gute Rotation für das Endgame.

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00:33:39 Dismal for them as everyone just starts to scrap. You spoke about Vexed, by the way. They're in one of the best positions because they dropped Launchpad. I mean, this was the perfect zone for them, but it's whether they can make the most of it as we speak about Aurora landing, we speak about V2 landing, they land on each other.

00:33:53 Oh, I mean, they try and solo out Cleave, and Cleave does a good job to survive, but Aurora now in trouble, taking quite a lot of damage. The first knock is going to be massive in this situation, and it looks like Ranches is going to have to be out of this fight for a few seconds. However, V2 should be able to even things up. It's 2v2 on the map at the moment. Good shots coming in, but Joke now finds himself as the last player alive. It could be a 1v1 scenario, and he's the one who's got the bat off. I think it's a 1v2, unfortunately, but he will make sure he takes down one player just for the shield swap being available to him, but also to take away that information.

00:34:22 Aber jetzt ist das wo du deine Schöpfung hast. Es gibt den Schildswap, aber jetzt wird der Push von den anderen zwei sein.

00:34:27 Die R9-Spray ist ziemlich solid. However, V2 wird erlaubt. Und Aurora vs. V2 wird erlaubt. Und endlich kommt es zu Ende, mit Aurora zu gewinnen. Sehr, sehr interessant. Sie haben das Spiel gemacht. Sie sehen die Idee von V2. Sie Valcohlen in. Das ist die Gebäude sie wollten. Aurora hat beide Gebäude geschlossen. Sie wollten sie isolieren. Und sprechen von isolieren. Und wenn die Gebäude ist, die die Gebäude geschlossen sind? Wenn die Gebäude geschlossen ist, es wird Firebeavers mit zwei Red Evo-Shields.

00:34:57 Und Firebeavers sollte einfach sein können, aber wir müssen bemerksam werden. Sie müssen die erste Knot machen, Klee geht's und einfach als das. Du blinkst und du mist es, Aurora wird verletzt. Die Firebeavers rocken auf den richtigen Zeit. Das ist warum sie so gefährlich sind, weil sie in No Man's Land waren. Sie waren in der Reden, wie sie immer sind. Sie warten, sie warten, sie warten, und sie warten, und sie machen die Leute, um sie zu machen, um sie zu machen. Ja, wir haben die Arme, um diese Arme zu machen, um zwei Spieler zu kommen.

00:35:26 With Red Evo Shields, you're always going to feel confident in those kind of fights. RE45 to pick up as well. They're going to be safe just over the hill. You see that Taskmaster, his job is just to scout out that next move ahead of them, but they will be safe on the edge of this building. So Firebeavers are certainly looted and booted and suited to taking any fights in this game. And I mentioned how Aurora had a good rotating from the south side. If they could clear it out, they weren't able to. Firebeavers have now taken that position away from them.

00:35:50 Und eigentlich Firebeavers haben sich jetzt in der Prime Position auf der Souten Seite für das Circle. Sie werden die einzige Team, wirklich, als Ascend, auf der Souten Seite, auf der Souten Seite sein. So, sie werden sich jetzt für jetzt, und sie werden auf den Souten getrennt, wenn nicht mehr. Remember, Firebeavers haben die meisten Wins in der Region in der Region, so wir haben, dass sie eine Keine eye auf, ob sie sind, auf die Souten Seite auf der Souten Seite zu machen. 2R1C, ein Team, die ich gesagt haben, sie sind auf dem Downbeast, und haben eine gute Success-Rate von der POI. Wir werden sehen, ob sie...

00:36:20 Ich weiß nicht, dass wir etwas von dieser Seite machen können, aber in dem Moment ist es, dass sie einfach nur wo sie wollen, wie viele Teams sind, jetzt die nächsten Circles zu gehen.

00:36:43 But Ascend back up to 3, just to give you a bit of information. Bitfix Gaming, who we saw lose 1, they're back up to 3 as well. And everyone else who's moving down from the north side at the moment, including Alliance, by the way, is going to have a rough time trying to force their way in. Very rough time indeed, and it's one of those where you need to be thinking outside of the box sometimes, or you have to be confident in your ability to take a fight. But if you are going to take a fight, you just need to be prepared for another one to arrive shortly after, as Bitfix Gaming did get back up to 3, but it's Ascend, and it's going to be revenge for them.

00:37:12 Lufka versucht ihn zu schießen, Bitfixgaming. Auch wenn der Contest nicht entscheidet ist, vielleicht wird das Spiel sein. Lufka wird ein paar Sekunden geben, um das Phoenix zu verabschieden. Und auch wenn sie eine, es hat einen, es hat einen, so es ist nicht so gut. Und Ascend, wieder einmal in ein Schambles. Aber mit der Zone zu verabschieden, dann wird es ein Problem sein. Die White Heels werden müssen zu werden.

00:37:35 In 25 seconds or so, these teams are going to take so much damage from that zone. Yeah, it does either team just try and back out of this one, because it's such a difficult fight to try and navigate when you have to heal at the same time, and you're right. 15 seconds, this circle closes, you're going to be eating even more away at your health, and you've got to move into potentially other teams. Ascend will be chasing, but at the same time, this is not going to be fun for either squad.

00:37:58 Lufka does get credited with that kill, but Kashera is just going to have to IGL from the floor by the looks of things. Look at the kill feed, though, with the zone starting to close. Things are starting to heat up post-kill. Has he timed it? He has, but I don't know if he's going to be able to get to that zone because it's moving in front of him. It's just running away from him. It's like, oh, you just want to be in zone. Post-kill, you can make it. Five, drop the shoulders. Nice job.

00:38:22 Just about, but I mean he's gonna be on a slither of health, he doesn't have much time to reset and of course there's gonna be more players in the area and that might just be Bitfix to be honest who were able to get out first, Ascend get eliminated, Noah's, VCGO and Alliance and Jaylings and Vexed are all in the same building right now.

00:38:37 Priority position here for all teams. Vex have been commanding this building for so, so long, and they want to keep control of it. Effect is left on his own, though. I'm pretty sure the Alliance lost a few players, but look at everybody trying to take advantage of a third-party situation, but I don't think there's been enough knocks for anyone to fully commit to this fight at the moment. Vex not only trying to control this building, but also trying to control the space around them. Nice shots coming out of Unlucky with that Nemesis.

00:39:02 Fenix Legacy ist jetzt auf der Moment. Allianz wird endlich getötet. Ich habe ein paar von ihnen getötet. Und jetzt sind die Leute, wie fließt. 12 Quads remaining sind. 2R1C in der Killfeed sind. Alle haben ein paar isolierten Fights. Das haben wirklich verändert die Komplexion des Spiels.

00:39:21 Und das ist der KCP. Sie versuchen zu überleben. Sie versuchen zu überleben. Aber das ist das was ich. Es ist schwierig zu halten für den langen Game. Weil du hast Teams zu haben, wenn du heilig bist. Du musst dich aufhören. Und du musst dich aufhören. Und mit dem Gen zu werden, das wird auch immer mehr vulnerable sein. Valkyrie Queues, Grenades kommen in. Für E-Sports Eliminate. In der meantime, wir sind jetzt nur 10 Squads. Ja, das war einfach so.

00:39:44 18, just mere seconds ago, it felt, but everyone made their move in that moment when that circle was coming in. Firebeavers also managed to take down one member of VCGO, and VCGO were able to pick up the pieces of Ascend, but now it seems like they're going to be running into trouble as Firebeavers will be holding that southern side.

00:40:00 It's going to be interesting to see if Start of Fight can get a bit of information from the Beacon as well, just to see if they can see the lay of the land, where these teams are going to be, if there's a position for them to maybe Valcol into, if they do have Valkyrie in that composition, or if they're going to be able to kind of thread the needle and move past all of this carnage that's going down. But Young Hong Kong, Fricks and Bavis, they're the team that are in one of the best positions at the moment, alongside Maestro for this endgame. Firebeavers are going to be trying to hold out all the teams that are moving in from the north, but KCP and 2R1C, this is a big fight for control here.

00:40:28 Das ist ein Problem hier für KCP. Pioneer ist Eliminated. Ich sage, diese Position ist gut zu halten.

00:40:48 Es ist etwas langer Zeit, aber als du schlägst, und ein Team kann die Heide ausführen, es wird ein sehr einfaches Wettbewerb. Sie werden fallen, wie wir sehen, 2R1C weiterentwickelt werden. Es geht um die Böse auf den Boden, 9 Schuads remaining. Und speaking of 2R1C, wir kommen zu den Listen-In, von WD-Black.

00:41:15 Nein, nein, nein, nein!

00:41:31 Ich hab sie alle! Ich hab sie nicht. Wir haben alle die Raum geschlossen, in front of us. Wir spielen Beans und schnauern. Ja, ja, ich schnau, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau. Ja, ich schnau.

00:42:01 Nein, nein, mein Paar!

00:42:09 Das ist der Ende der 2R1C, Firebeavers wieder einmal, Dan. Das ist der Moment, perfekt zu kommen in 3rd. Das ist der 2R1C, auch wenn sie in den Top 5 sind. Der Conversion Rate ist unglaublich. Ich bin sicher, dass sie noch mehr so machen können. Wir sehen uns Vext getötet, Gaming Gladiators getötet ein bisschen früher. Und natürlich 2R1C auf unsere Schreins. Aber jetzt, mit nur 5 Quads remaining und einem Cirkel von einem sehr grossen Größen...

00:42:32 Es will allow diese Teams zu slowen und assessen Dinge immer so leicht. Sie sehen Horizon über von SAF. Maestro ist noch live neben Dänisch. Dann haben Firebeavers auf dem kleinen Island.

00:42:58 Fyrebeavers sind definitiv ein bisschen schnapp. Das ist ein 1 gegen 1. Ich denke, dass Yung Hong Kong noch viel zu tun hat, aber es hat so viel zu tun gemacht und es hat so viel zu tun gemacht.

SAF sichert sich den ersten Sieg in den Regional Finals

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00:43:20 Oh, Maestro looks like it might come out on the bad side of this. The zone is going to be a problem. There's armor swaps. There's knockdown shields to try and be negotiated, but Young Hong Kong is just trying to hold down the height at the moment. Firebeavers have a couple of shots. Maestro eliminates as Young Hong Kong snaps onto the final player. They're into the top four. They have an armor swap, but Firebeavers will know where his position is.

00:43:40 So a win still eludes Maestro, they're not able to get there just yet. Firebeef is still holding one of the priority positions, but SAF also in a pretty good spot right now. The Catalyst Walls are starting to come down, but Nainim said, I don't care about your Catalyst Wall, I know exactly where you are.

00:43:54 They've got a 60% winrate from top 3 so far this season on Stormpoint to Firebeavers, so it's looking...

00:44:14 Heavily likely that they would be able to take it just based on stats, but in terms of positioning, it's really down to them against SAF. Of course, you've got Young Hong Kong, who is going to be a little bit of a nuisance and can dictate how this fight goes. When he pops out, it can really change who is going to be able to be taking that damage and who realistically is going to win this final engagement. Yeah, you get the feeling of the Firebeavers, this is their game. I mean, there's not really a way they should lose this unless they decide to throw it away, but...

00:44:39 They have so much control of space. I mean, when you stand in the zone and you'll be able to take your eyes off of other teams and do a little bit of looting, you've got, you can see great head glitches to play with. You've got the rock, the ultimate height, and you know that SAF are going to have to move first. It's just about spreading your resources now, making sure that you've got as many lines of sight onto them when they are forced inwards by that zone. Young Hong Kong, like you say, he's probably going to survive and get top two here, which would be great. But SAF have got work to do here. They're the team that have to make the play.

00:45:06 Ja, in terms of utility, we need to see what they can throw down to try and give them any sort of advantage, and just to get out. Now the circle starts to move, they're going to be forced into the water, and as long as Firebeavers are prioritizing which target they're looking at, which player they're looking at, it should be an easy win. Again, there can still be a little bit of a spanner in the works from the solo player, but I'll see how this one plays out. Okay, shots coming in from Night Impulse as well. Shredding them off that headglitch. A couple of Thermites is going to start them cooking. Oh.

00:45:34 Woop! Das ist nicht so, wie sich das Fyre aufhören. Und dann ist es noch ein Impuls. So SAF haben wir geschlossen. Vielleicht, durch die Schmöne zu gehen, haben wir übernommen. Aber look at Young Hong Kong. Er sagt, oh, ihr seid. Ich werde mich jetzt mal machen. Und vielleicht wird es ein bisschen früher sein, als ich wollte. Die EMP ist ja auch. Young Hong Kong still survives, als alle Teams jetzt machen. Fyre Beaver ist jetzt aufhören. Sie versuchen auf SAF, als sie distracteden. SAF muss noch haben. Young Hong Kong wird dann aber jetzt ein 2-3 auf dem Rock.

00:46:04 2 vs 3, Firebeavers though, with the ultimate high ground, but SAF with the numbers advantage, who's going to win our first game in the Regional Final? Blast trying to do what he can with the Charge Rifle, he hasn't got any ammo with anything else and it doesn't matter, because the Charge Rifle can still get it done nice and close and up personal with whoever you're going up against, but SAF, a team who needed points, Dan, they get the first ones of the day.

00:46:28 SAF find their second win of the season. What a time to get it as well. What a time to come to life where they can start to show what they're made of. I mean, they have been impressive on Stormpoint throughout this season, so I was thinking this would be the more likely time we saw them gather points, but they've shown that they are here to play today. And that last circle, the way they were able to find a spot, smoke themselves off, and catch nine of them off guard. I don't think he was expecting to be shredded through the smoke like he was. It meant that Firebeavers had to find themselves in a two versus three.

00:46:56 Well, we're going to bring René back in because you've got to take over. It's an amazing start to the day. And SAF, a team who needed a win, one of the bubble teams looking for qualification, looked very, very strong.

Analyse von Spiel 1 und Vorstellung von Vicky Kitty als Gast-Kommentatorin

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00:47:06 Thank you, fellas. I was going to say, you know, Certified look impressive, but so are you two in that first call. Great stuff. Excited to see you back, at least one of you, with our special guest for Game 2. And speaking of that, I'm not going to be breaking this down alone. I know it would have been a nice time for me to work on my monologues, but I've got Vicky Kitty here with me today. So, Vicky, I'll put that to the side. We'll do that next broadcast. I'm happy to have you with me here. What a finish to Game 1 we saw.

00:47:29 Oh man, what a hype-first game when Sertify was one of my teams to watch. I didn't open up with our favorite Britcasters out here, but Sertify was one of those teams, like you heard Onset and Gaston talk about, that they desperately needed to win. This is one of the teams outside the cusp of the top 10. And starting off strong, you'd love to see it in this final circle play here, Rain. I mean, let's just take a look back at how it all happened. Firebeavers, as Mark said, pretty much their game to lose. They were in control, but Dan had also alluded to this foreshadowing of

00:47:58 Was passiert mit Dänisch? Was passiert mit Young Hong Kong? Es kam etwas mehr als Fired Beavers dachte. Es hat einen großen Vorteil von 9 Impulse, und sie hatten den Rest als ein 2v3. Aber sie haben einen guten Job gemacht.

00:48:11 Ja, wenn wir das Impulse in der ersten Mal gesehen haben, hat er eine Limited-Cover-2 in der Original-Rule. Wir haben auch über Young Hong Kong, um den kleinen Lippen des Rocken zu einfachen, die EMP gegeben hat, aber trotzdem, er hat er nicht genug Zeit, weil der Ring in der dringend vorhanden ist. Die Firebeavers haben das 1-KP gemacht, aber sie hatten die High-Ground-Fut, aber sie waren an der Nürnberg-Disadvantage, nach dem was passiert. Und es ist sehr wichtig, dass er das. Ich denke, Taskmaster...

00:48:40 They know this is a kill we've got to grab. Not only does it take us from third to second place, which is going from seventh to nine points, but it ends up also giving them the extra kill. So they get three extra kills off of that. Fire Beavers, despite losing the game, almost have the most points in that due to their 11 Vicky. So they started off strong. And a big shout out to Danish, who I thought with Young Hong Kong really made the most of a bad situation where Maestro kind of had the edge on them, but they ended up winning that fight.

00:49:09 Ja, und wir haben auch gehört, Gaskin zu sagen, das ist wirklich wichtig. Start-A-Fight usually start really strong auf Stormpoint, aber wir sind auf Matchpoint-Format, wir haben noch Stormpoint-Map, dann gehen wir auf World's Edge. Können sie das Konsistenz, jetzt haben sie mit 21 Punkte angefangen, haben sie 29 extra Punkte zu sitzen auf der Matchpoint?

00:49:29 Listen, Gaming Gladiators, they went out a little early in that, but a team were keeping eyes on. Alliance, kind of a no-show so far. That tends to happen. Ascend, only one point, but they were a lot of the topic of conversation, at least in the beginning near Barometer with Bitfix and them. Ascend get trapped underneath, they make it out. You could have thought maybe was this the time that we would see Aurora after winning that huge fight with V2. Aurora gets the kills, Fire B-Versa comes in. We know how that story finishes with Danish to start a fight at the end of Game 1. All of that.

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00:50:23 All right, that was a little bit of a breakdown of game number one. While the players get ready for game number two, let's take a little bit of a listen to one of those interviews we talked about where Mark had a chance to speak to one of our Respawn developers about what's coming in Season 7, specifically a little bit more about Ballistic and get to know what he's bringing to the fight. Monster Energy, the official energy drink of the Apex Legends Global Series.

Vorstellung des neuen Legends Ballistic und seiner Fähigkeiten

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00:50:55 After years of exile, disgraced legend Ballistic returns to the arena. Will he show the next generation how it's done? Or is he past his prime?

00:51:27 It's time these worlds remembered the name August Brinkmann. What can you tell us about his kit? What can we expect to see from him in game? His passive is the sling and it allows ballistics to carry three weapons. The third weapon can't take attachments and it can't be a crater or gold weapon.

00:51:49 His Tactical is the Whistler. He shoots a Smart Bullet, harken back to Titanfall's Smart Pistol. And when it hits an opposing player, it applies an Overheat debuff on them. So the opposing player gets hit and they fire their weapon. The weapon, after so many shots, will explode in their hands, stopping them from using their weapon.

00:52:07 Their ultimate is called the Tempest. Activating their ult will apply a buff to all their nearby teammates that provides fast reloads, infinite ammo, and faster armed move speed. So basically this is like a big team push ultimate. And when Ballistic fires his ultimate, his sling weapon gets upgraded to a gold version of that weapon. Wow, he sounds like, I'm not going to lie, he sounds like my kind of legend. That's what I'm saying. Me and the crew, it seems we see a team in a building.

00:52:33 We love to hold forward, we love to WK, and I think Ballistic certainly might help us on that path. WD Black, the official storage partner of the Apex Legends Global Series.

00:52:49 Welcome back, everyone. Matt, what a trailer. Also, a little jealous out here that Mark gets to the devs. I love what I'm seeing so far, though, from Ballistic. Those end circles are going to go crazy, Dan. I'm excited to see what Ballista is going to bring to the table.

00:53:04 Ja, ich denke, viele Teams werden über Ballistik excited sein. Ich meine, die ganze Zeit in LGS-Compettitionen habe ich gehört, Teams screaming für Ammo, zum Beispiel, und vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, vor allem, das ist der perfekte Weg, um diese Probleme zu lösen. Ich kann nicht warten, es ist nur ein paar Tage weg, und ich bin sehr glücklich, dass Mark zu sprechen, diese Leute zu sprechen.

00:53:23 You know what, though? I think about how you won't have that issue late game without having the need for extra ammo because that is going to allow you to go crazy. But can you imagine how the endgames are going to get taken over by the Ballistical? I could theorycraft the Mad Maggie coming in, the Bangalore. You know, Seer is still going to be useful, but it's going to be nice to see that integrated change and how that's going to mix things up here, too. Yeah, I think there's going to be a lot of people that will be looking to try and...

00:53:48 You know, Theorycraft themselves, what's going to be that best composition? What is going to work best alongside Ballistic? Are we going to see maybe Valkyrie coming out of the rotation, Ballistic coming in? We did see we're going to see the new ability to drop your own balloon as well and be able to rotate in that format. I think there's going to be a lot of changes that happen in the next few days when we see the addition of the new Legend. And of course, all those changes are going to be happening.

00:54:11 I love it. I love the mix-up too. Now, being able to integrate a new legend into the different compositions that maybe Valkyrie won't provide to you, especially in these late games where you can see those risky redeploys coming in when you can get the scan of what's happening underneath you. But if you don't know where you're going to be landing, especially in those late game areas, it can be very tricky. Game number one already wrapped up. You guys were able to take us through the entire action beginning of the game. Missed you guys, by the way. Love hearing your lovely voices. Start a fight coming out on top when they desperately needed that.

00:54:41 Ja, ich denke, Onset pointed out, Firebeavers should be winning that final circle in those moments, but it was just the ability from SAF to avoid them and get you into a position where they could then target them through the smoke and it caught Firebeavers off guard, but still a lot of points on the board and that's what matters here in Match Point Format is get close.

00:55:06 und zu der 50-point-threshold. Und dann kann man sich über die Vektorien beschäftigen. Ja, Vektorien werden die Vektorien geteilt, aber auch die Kills werden die Toten empfangen. Match Nummer 2 ist unter anderem, und alle sind auf Stormpoint zurückgegangen. Remember, wir gehen zu World's Edge nach diesem Spiel. So das ist die letzte Chance für unsere Stormpoint-Teams zu bekommen. Ich sage Stormpoint-Teams, weil wir einige in diesem Lobby haben, die lieben diese Map.

Diskussion über Teamstrategien und bevorstehende Kämpfe

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00:55:32 Ja, Teams like Start of Fight, you mentioned it earlier on, and I wanted to highlight that. This team really does find that consistency on Stormpoint, but they do have their highlight moments on World's Edge. We're going to see them continue that on, and what I'm also expecting to continue on is the 50-50 contest that's been happening in Barometer between BitFix and Ascent. I know that this has been going on even in scrims, and the reason why they keep contesting Ascent is because BitFix actually have had so much success in that 50-50 drop, but we saw what happened.

00:56:01 Und was ein Welkom, mit nicht nur der 3rd, sondern der 4th Partei, in der Mitte der Rotation, nach dem 50-50 Ende.

00:56:28 Für KCP dropping it mill, they're going to be pretty comfortable with their rotation as well. It's mainly going to be on those teams who have the ability to get the ring console information. You can see Jayling's Do, 2R1C should be able to have that info as well as they're close by, and also VCGO up at Northpad. All of those teams are going to be the closest to actually get into one of the priority positions for this circle.

00:56:47 And they're going to be in such a good spot to also contest the squads that are going to be rotating from the north side of Checkpoint. Having all that information, they could just sit pretty there. Just wait for the other squads to start making that rotation. Talking about Phoenix Legacy who opted to drop north of them. And here's that 50-50 that we were mentioning earlier happening once again. I do like the loot setup that we have currently from Lufka, though. A frag demon out here with the Nemesis and Kar. They're just going to be waiting on the high ground right now.

00:57:12 Barometer hat nur eine 4% winrate in EMEA in EMEA gewonnen hat. Das tut mir leid, aber es ist auch ein wunderschön für Ascend, die meistens sind ein Team, die einfach nur ein Team lieben, zu einfach nur freiwillig.

00:57:26 Avoid other teams, avoid the early fights. I remember speaking to Kashira about it after the Split 1 playoffs, saying, yeah, we just want to be dropping in a location where we can avoid these fights, we can get the loot, and then we can start to think about our rotations. It is not being allowed here by Bitfix Gaming, and it seems like Bitfix keep getting the shield advantage on these drops.

00:57:46 You absolutely want to take those here too. And that's even with Kashira being on the Loba, by the way, to get that extra loot that you mentioned so that way they can maybe loot up and rotate quickly. But talking about loot, Slab out here at Ready Rocket, the Purple Evo, Eternal with their rotate. See the redeploy coming in from Slab. Just a little bit ahead of the rest of the team to see and navigate where the other squads that land around Mill are going to be rotating through. Yeah, a lot of rotations at the moment that are going to be pretty simple, but it's going to be when you get into that circle when...

00:58:15 I think a lot of squads are going to realise that a lot of buildings that are going to be in the final circle areas have already been taken. So we're going to see maybe desperate Valkyrie attempts or people trying to just smoke their way in as Aethernal are stopping squads from being able to push across as well. They've been able to find a little bit of a home under this bridge here. It would just be a temporary home though, you'd imagine.

00:58:35 Especially at this point, KCP making an appearance in this fight too. Zayn rocking one of my favorite weapons, a G7 out here. He's got the two-time scope. Let's try to reposition as well. On top of this high ground, but they'll also be able to overlook the squads that are going to be making that rotate through down beast. They've already set up shop comfortably with the Watson gen. So the ping's also going on here too. They took a bit of damage to make this rotate here, but we saw already two of the squads within this area.

00:59:03 Is this finally going to happen? Is Bitfix going to try and make a push here? It's so difficult when you're on the low ground in this scenario as Ascend No Full Well that they can just wait and bide their time and they're so close to getting a knock and we'll get the first knock. This could be the end of Bitfix here. Oh, I love the follow-up too. Right after throwing out that thermal, Lufa is going to stay on the high ground currently right now too. They don't want to give up this high ground.

00:59:27 Das ist eine große Positionierung, dass sie bereits auf den ersten Knochen haben. Sie werden auch noch mehr Grenades aus dem Black Market bekommen. Sie werden das alles runtergefallen, bevor Krishyra tatsächlich aufbaut. Die Follow-Through Ressels ascendt, als sie versuchen, die Tür zu öffnen, die Tür zu öffnen, die Tür zu öffnen. Ja, ein Mitglied von Bitfix Gaming ist jetzt ein bisschen zufrieden. Und jetzt wird es jetzt alles zu kracht hier sein. Even wenn wir eine unglaubliche Woche in Matchday No. 9 auf 1-3 gegen eine der Europäischen besten Teams haben, das wird schwierig sein.

00:59:56 It's the revenge. They wanted this here. They're able to taste it in that last game now after the position that BitFix put themselves in in that choke point right behind where Cracked is. Gonna have to try to find an exit point if possible. The Rampage is charged up. We know how much damage that Rampage could do once it's revved up, but it's about the positioning that Cracked is currently in.

01:00:17 Ascend, they are going to be giving up those death boxes anytime soon. They could just sit happy there if they wanted to, and it's up to Crack to determine how much time he really has it for if he wants to try to contest. Yeah, because of where the circle is, it's not a massive rush for Ascend here, and they know full well if they try and go up any of these zips, they're just playing into Crack's advantage and giving him an opportunity of this one versus three. They'll at least negate the possibility of picking up these death boxes first before they start thinking about a move. Speaking of moving, Vexed versus Danish happening over towards the mill.

01:00:45 We saw so much action happening outside of Mill currently. I know JLeaks is in contention here too. Spave is going to be the first one to get knocked. Vex Gaming.

01:00:53 Such a strong squad when it comes to the 3-3 fights. It's Danish. We saw what happened with Young Hong Kong riding it up to third place right now. He's dropping incredibly low, losing out on that shield. Briggs trying to give him some of that suppressed fire here. He is dancing around that bridge and that catwalkway as Vex Gaming take different angles to take care of Danish as the first squad to go down in the second game. I was really expecting more from Danish in these early games on Stormpoint, but E6 also having a little sniff towards Vex, looking to see whether they can pick up some pieces here. They do have two players on white armors at the moment.

01:01:23 So this is not going to be easy and they may just have to back off.

01:01:27 Are you kidding me right now? KCP, J-Link, Vex, E6, all making their appearance inside of the mill already. Look at this painting right here too, as Slayers is the first one to get knocked with these Watson fences also blocking their way, delaying their entry point to find some safety, some cover. He's kind of just hanging out on the other side, trying to get out of the line of sight of those broken down doors. Vex Gaming have been king of the hill basically in this middle part of mill. Bitfix Gaming eventually do get eliminated, so Ascend were able to...

01:01:55 Wipe that squad in the end, Vexed are now doing the damage here, and E6 unfortunately got trapped between a rock and a hard place, or more importantly, Vexed and Firebeavers, two of the worst teams to get trapped between, because they're two of the best fighting teams we have in this region, as now Vexed are gonna see Firebeavers on the other side, they do take down E6, but they have lost Matafe. And with so many teams making their way over here, Vexed now having to get that res onto Matafe, this is where the circle's gonna be pulling, Jayling's having to back away, Aroly Thunder is gonna be called in here.

01:02:24 Nagg ist zu versuchen, eine High-Ground-Leute zu machen, um diese Teams in der LOS zu halten. Er hat die R301, er hat das Blue Mag als Noises mit der R9. Wir wissen, wie ein Problem der Nemesis hat, aber wir versuchen, die extra Informationen zu haben. Und ich will sehen, J-Ling zu stecken auf die Platte hier heute. Sie haben eine meiner Lieblings-Teams zu sehen, wie sie diese Final-Circles navigieren, wenn sie zu den Final-Circles kommen. Aber sie haben einige Wochen, wo sie...

01:02:49 Just been a little bit slow out of the blocks. Let's see whether they're a little bit more up the ante today as we jump into a listening with Jaylings. Just get back on the roof. Good. Jay, do you want to retake? Retake the squad, Jay? Yeah, I'm glad. Yeah, yeah. Let me scout first. Wait, Valcolt. Yeah, find Bridge. Yeah, maybe kills. Get the rock first. Get the rock first. That's going to be killed. There's two-team Bridge. They can't play there. Yeah, they just stay rotting.

01:03:17 Nikes, look at where we're playing, look at your map, okay? It's really important. The beast team is still here, Jay. I'm watching the beast team for you. They're going up towards Melech. Wait, they're all dead. He just died. I'm gonna do it, okay?

01:03:38 Ich bin gut, ich bin gut, ich bin gut, ich bin gut. 16 Squats alive. Okay, ich bin nur ein... Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier.

01:04:09 To be honest, to be honest, I don't think we should give up this space. Well, in Jaylings, they were having a little look towards Mill, and they were looking to see whether they might push, but instead they backed off, and you can just hear the discussions, they're trying to analyse now where the teams are, how many are left, down Beast, there's a team that was turtling up, they said, but looks like Jaylings are just going to be staying putt for now. However, over here, FireBeep is looking to have a little peek onto V2.

01:04:35 And they have the high ground advantage right here too. Nice spot to hang out with the second circle closing in right behind their back. Oh my goodness. What a grenade. Oh, where are they going? Because then they have to wrap up on the rock. Still staying in the line of sight of Firebeavers. V2 not having the rotation that they were expecting after a huge grenade set them up for that.

01:04:56 Firebeavers are such an annoying team to play against for everyone in this lobby. As soon as you try and break away, it seems like they are watching like Hawks, waiting. Whether it be with a Charge Rifle, whether it be with a Scout, they've got something to pepper you from a distance. I don't know whether Firebeavers are going to be able to convert this one, but they certainly have made life a living hell here for V2. We're just going to have to now try and escape the mitts of Firebeavers.

01:05:20 No surprise from a team that's currently situated in third in the overall standings for EMEA right now. This is such a strong team, so consistent there too. And being able to ping that the Kraber package is dropping right to their north from where they're looking. So you can also note that from a lot of the squads that have already rotated from the middle area, that one of those teams could have a Kraber in their hand. So clearing up some of that extra space that the Fire Beavers want to look out for. Oh, redeploy now coming in.

01:05:45 Can they be able to get those shots going in with the Nemesis? A little tricky, too, to be able to catch a Valkyrie trying to go for the Skyward Dive here. Seeing a lot of action over here towards Mill, but it looks like V2 might have just been able to find a Nook or a Cranny to work with. But certainly all this noise will maybe alert the other teams. Jaylings might have sussed it out because you've got noises on the Seer as well. The Heartbeat Sensor will be out, and now he can start to try and find where some of these weak players might be.

01:06:16 J-Links haben sie nicht aus dem Spot. J-MW ist auch auf dem Gold R9. Sie lieben sehen es. Die Tücher ist zu re-stabilisieren, nach dem, was die Nail-in-die-Coffin, für die Rotation, nachdem die Firebeavers zu haben. Aber J-Links ist hier in der Space. Wir hörten sie in den Coms. Sie sehen die Black-Ou kommen in. Sie öffnen die Tür, versuchen sie zu finden. Aber die Wadsen-Fenzen sind auch von den Wadsen-Fenzen, um sie zu finden, in der Gebäude zu finden.

01:06:41 V2 sind sehr gut, dass sie großartig sind, wenn sie viel Platz machen können. Und wenn sie genug Schmerzen können, kann sie den Kampf machen. Wir sahen an den Leaderboards, V2 haben viele Kills, aber nicht viel Platz. Sie sind eher ein Teamfighting-Squad, die sich das Teamfighting-Squad nehmen. Aber sie müssen einfach mal versuchen, hier in diesem Spiel zu spielen. Sie sind in ein guter Platz. Sie sind in Mil, die Circle ist in Mil, und in der Moment gibt es nur fünf oder sechs Teams in diesem Bereich. Wir werden sehen, in der nächsten Minute und eine halbe, vielleicht acht oder neige Teams alle versuchen, in dieser nächsten Circle zu gehen.

01:07:11 und sie werden müssen in den Krieg sein.

01:07:12 And teams like KCP have been one of those squads to wait outside of Mill, trying to contest the squads that are going to be rotating through that bridge area. Thinking about 2R1C that rotate from down Beast. They're the squad with the charge rifle in their hands as Aurora are taking this fight over Alliance in this choke point. A lot of Rock, though, opportunities to just get out of the line of sight of Aurora that Alliance could take here. But they've lost a lot of health here, and Aurora are winning in terms of the shield differences. Look at Cleave as he's trying to find a different position. Ranch is now trying to zoom right back through. They do get that first knock on to Highland.

01:07:42 Und das ist es, dass sie sie hier aufzuhalten, so dass sie sie in der Gap sind.

01:08:10 Dann, du sagst, und du sagst, FOOT E-Sport zu sehen, die Möglichkeit zu kommen, und zu kommen, hier zu kommen, und zu kommen, hier zu kommen. Der Kampf ist jetzt für heute. Der Kampf ist jetzt für heute. Die Alliance haben sich ein bisschen... Oh, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um.

01:08:28 I will say, whoever wins this battle over here is going to have the entirety of the northeast side before they push in, so this is going to be a big one. Maestro recognize it's going to be a big one because they're also getting involved in this scrap, but they've lost one as well. They have a Kramer to work with, though, as Noth gets absolutely obliterated. Amazing trade here because now they can go for the res after getting that knock onto Noth.

01:08:50 Tacks falls incredibly low. Rugby hasn't missed so far with that Kraber. Didn't get the knock this time around, but forces them to try to reset here with those shield bats.

01:08:59 I mean, a slow old Phoenix kit as Maestro have been able to take the building Alliance somehow back on their feet, by the way, of all three of them. It looked pretty dismal when they were getting pushed earlier and after those knocked happened, but Effect was able to stay alive, eventually get the reses, and now Alliance can really threaten the lobby from this side of the northeast. Now, as this circle closes, though, we've got four teams that are all going to have to move in at the same time. So it's going to be about biding your time. When can you get in? Alliance can utilize Newcastle to give them some cover, though.

01:09:28 Rugby? Again? Nuff? He just finally recovered from this Kramer shot. Get shot again.

01:09:35 mit der Kraber, wieder. Kaleev hanging out on the low ground into the lovely line of sight of Alliance. Gonna be able to take opportunity to that as Maestro and Phoenix Legacy in your feeds get wiped out. 13 squads left right now. And Effect is just on a different level here. You see those with those two KP's, but this player is such a frag heavy player. They're jumping on top of the heads of what is left of Aurora to clean up the other side of the circle before they make their way into that final circle here. Another last player here before them to finish off. And that's gonna be it for Foot Esports. So many of these teams I got involved.

01:10:04 in this fight. Let's not forget how this all started here, Dan. Alliance had to reset, manage to get everybody up and alive, get healthy, put them on Newcastle wall, and still were able to turn the tides on that fight that 3-Spot got involved in. It was unbelievable. Also, Jaylings are going to fall. Gaiman Gladiators go down. V2 eventually win that engagement, but is there anyone to take advantage of it? Vexed are in the area. Over on the other side of Mill, but they might just be able to wait long enough.

01:10:29 So V2 can stay alive as a 2. But you're right, Alliance, what they just did was incredible by surviving on that northeast side and then getting all the KP to follow, which puts them in a position where they now are going to dominate that side of the map. But they still have to move in from the northeast side. They're still going to be held out by probably two or three teams here. The Scots to focus on, for me, Vex, who are holding center of Mill, you saw two members of V2 still alive, and Firebeavers on the southern side that they've been holding for so long are going to be a real threat in this final circle.

01:10:58 With the rotation that Alliance has going through that choke point that leads into Mill, where they're going to be playing off that low ground into that open area, we can expect maybe one or two squads to be there, too. I know for Ascend, we saw it in the feed earlier, because Shara's the only one alive. He is in the Loba, but at this point, good luck even trying to craft those banners. It's not even going to be possible here, and he's probably just going to be waiting for an opportunity to rat it up. That's 2R1C on top of Pride Rock right now, trying to land some of these wingman shots. He didn't land one real headache here, as Ochaku is going to be waiting on the other side.

01:11:28 Was ist das passiert?

01:11:53 Sie sind in der Milch zu versuchen, aber das Revive wird passieren. Du hast die Goldnacht zu wenigstens, oder halbhaft zu werden. 2R1C, eine unserer besten Stormpoint-Teams, übrigens. Firebeavers ist vielleicht der einzige Team, die sich vor allem über den Regularen zu haben. 2R1C hat so viel Erfolg. Sie haben drei Wien durch die Saison gewonnen. Und wenn sie in die Top-Five sind, in der Top-Five sind, sie können wiederholfen, wiederholfen können.

01:12:16 KCP out here have not left from the building that we saw them take over at the very beginning of this game. And they've been able to clean up so much KP from the stragglers that are forced to rotate in their direction, exiting out of those two buildings on the outskirts of Mill to our 1C.

01:12:32 They're not in that line of sight. They're hanging out on the second building of Mill. You can see where KCP currently is, neighboring that across the field from start to fight inside of the other building. But the moment either of these teams have to rotate out, Dan, they're going to be rotating into the lovely line of sight of Vex. It's not going to be an easy rotation, that's for sure. Vex is going to have keen eyes on it.

Vex Gaming sichert sich den Sieg in Spiel 2

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01:12:53 Firebeavers sind still alive. By the way, they're halfway to matchpoint now. They're on 25 points already. So a victory here plus kills. And they would be closing in on around 40 points, potentially. So we're looking at maybe teams reaching matchpoint by three, if not four, depending on if we can see the consistency from the likes of Firebeavers. SAF just a little bit behind. They're on 24. And you can see they're still alive as well. So we've got two of our biggest hitters at the moment in the final seven.

01:13:18 We need to cut that down from 7 to at least 5. I think two teams are probably going to fall in the next 30 seconds or so when the circle starts to close. Oh, Natsuki gets burned out here. He's got that Hemi ready. He's going right above him here. The fifth circle is going to be closing in right behind them.

01:13:36 Oh, they're forced to rotate out. Gonna be able to try to find some breathing opportunity to hang out on the outside of this building that they initially had taken over, but tried it on the other side too to close in the gap. Firebeavers now finding the opportunity to also get sent over to the side of the mill, but into the line of sight of Vex, the creeping broads doing just enough to take care of Taskmaster. Starfight also get eliminated in the feed as six quads are still alive.

01:14:02 Unfortunately, here is 2R1C, called it perfectly to hang out on top of his high ground. Firebeavers get wiped out. Vex finding that opportunity.

01:14:32 It's 2R1C that we're not in the middle of those two squads originally. Bitches gets cut just for a bit here with the smoke grenade. But Hierarcha has been able to put down the pings. They have the respawn beacon right to their left in case they need some extra cover. Great call here from them. Another squad hanging out right underneath them. But Vex needs to start rotating here soon. KCE also in a pretty troublesome situation on the other side of this rock.

01:14:53 So 2R1C have a 50% win rate conversion from Top 5 on Stormpoint this season. That increases to 100% conversion when they get to Top 3. So we'll have to see whether they can follow those statistics as they go into this Game 2 here of Regional Finals. Vext also have an impressive conversion rate from Top 3 as well, and they are two of our teams. As for KCP, they have only had one victory so far on Stormpoint this season, but if they're able to follow up, it would give them a great chance to try and catch up the leaders here in Match 2.

01:15:21 als Max hat einen mehr Spieler auf den Milch gespielt.

01:15:25 Unlucky doesn't have that Digi, though. He's putting in a good amount of damage in this spot. KCP take to the skies. They have no other choice. They have to avoid so much of this damage here. Zayn is just going to start floating right above the rest of the team. But where are they going to land at this point? Into the line of sight of Vex. You see two R1C that are still on top of the roof. Zayn on top of the banners. Okay. Unlucky just waiting for him to drop at this point. So many of these other teams were able to get that one knock into Serdell. There's only one member left of KCP here.

01:15:53 I was gonna say, Zayn has to be careful how long he stays up there, but now we will see Ser Dell get taken down. Vextar just shred through its 2R1C that are on the receiving end of it. Metafe gets the final confirmation onto Dell as well. Vextar in a really good spot, but Lucky just has to be careful not to take too much damage. KCP, Zayn actually taking down two members of 2R1C here. Are you kidding me right now? Zayn sneaking his way to get two knocks at the same time. Metafe falling incredibly low.

01:16:18 Vex Gaming ist gut für ihn, Tyler in gut position, hat die Digi, hat die Smokes aus, Zayn getrennt, endlich! KCP in vierte, zwei Quads leften, Vex vs. V2. Loser in Yolu, Loser in Yolu, Loser in Yolu, Vex Gaming come out on top as your winners for game number two.

01:16:35 Und Vex hat die Werte von Teams auf Launchpad gewonnen, und sie starten zu stellen, sich in die Frage zu werden, dass sie hier in den Region Finals sind, denn das wird ein großer Spiel, mit viel Kills und viel Points geben. Sie werden in etwa 34, 35 Punkte geben, glaube ich, mit dem, was sie geschafft haben, in total, über diese zwei Spiele. So sie werden unsere Leidenschaft sein, und sie werden sehr, sehr nahe zu Matchpoint sein.

01:16:57 Yeah, rounding that point up, too, looking at the first game, we saw Vex Gaming, I believe they ended in 7th with 5kp. You highlighted what a kill-heavy squad Vex Gaming is, and when it comes to the 3v3 fights, they usually come out on top. They were also Mill at the very beginning, too, with V2, kind of sharing that space with Firebeavers, who were forced out of that second building of Mill, but they were able to hold down their ground really well. They were, indeed. A very impressive win from Vex, and another impressive person is going to be Rain Day, who was watching in the wings. Evan, what did you think of that one?

01:17:27 Thanks, Dan. You know, I love that showcase of VEX. And we're talking about their evolution as a team, combining those elements of the team fighting that they've always been so good at with the composure to finish off these end zones and play with the patience and the macro sense that they know they need to perform well at LAN.

01:17:44 This is looking like a Vex team that is putting it all together today, certainly. Dan, take a break. We're going to get Vicky back in here and talk a little bit postgame because Vex started this all off running into a team that had performed extremely well in Game 1. That was Danish. Danish, though, getting a little unlucky, going against unlucky with Vex. They end their story a little too early this time around, and eventually Vex ended up taking the game.

01:18:08 Yeah, and Unlucky just played that last game amazingly. I believe him by himself just got seven KP to his name. So aside from taking that dub, they had a good amount of KP that they could work with. Like we heard Dan talking about before, trying to speed run their way. It's already sitting at match point. This is definitely the way to do it, especially if you're going to be able to stay consistent as we move over to World's Edge for map number three.

01:18:28 Well, let's take a look at the final circle because there was a storyline underneath what we saw in terms of action. Over the course of these seasons, this season particularly, we've seen 2R1C have great performances. They've been able to place in top three and top four several times, but all the times they've played in group A versus B, they've actually got an average placement score of 7.5, 7.8 points, which is a far cry from their 18.5 average they have in A versus C or in their

01:18:58 Das heißt, KCP und 2R1C sind sehr schwierig, und 2R1C hat eine schwierige Zeit zwischen den großen Giants und Group B. Das ist anders. 2R1C und 2R1C fighten, 2R1C gett die Benefit von es und Vex ist einfach, aber ich denke, es war eine gute Geschichte, wie diese zwei Teams, die immer wieder gegen einen anderen und haben Probleme,

01:19:24 Er hat sich in den Weg zu 2R1C gewonnen, obwohl es nur ein extra-replacement-point ist. Du hast es gesagt, Unlucky ist die Geschichte, Vicky. Talk about die Stats already, die er hat.

01:19:35 Yeah, you put 1,700 damage on the board here. 7 KP, 5 assists on top of that. And when you take a look at the kill leaders in the entirety of EMEA, Unlucky is literally top five. I believe he's fourth overall right behind Zayn, who we've seen go crazy there too. And Unlucky is very consistent in managing to get enough KP to keep the rest of Vex Gaming alive here. But all the individual players on Vex Gaming are heavy frag demons. So that's why I'm not too surprised to see them not only come out on top, but to walk away with a good amount of points after that second.

01:20:04 Overall Game 2 leads us here in terms of our...

01:20:09 26. You guys knew it would be a big one. That is a great score. Already halfway through to our match point threshold. 11 for V2 who have performed well, this time getting most of it from placements to our 1C. We mentioned that storyline with KCP. They get the better end of it in terms of the fight. Lushako actually picking up that last kill and getting the extra placements, but Pioneer still outperform in terms of overall points. They will take our third spot and rounding it out with Fire Beavers in No. 5. Vicky, some teams who need to keep picking it up.

01:20:38 Aurora findet sich in der Back-Half-Halb wieder.

01:20:41 Yeah, this is a team that we're all looking at. We want to see Aurora come back out here. They were able to qualify for LAN in that last split, but unfortunately we're not able to show up. And now we want to see them be able to contest again for the second split of LAN. They need to be showing up. Jayling's another team that we usually always talk about. Also on the second half of the page here. It was just match number two as well though, Brain Day. I'm taking a look at BitFix Gaming that are still contesting Ascend. But Ascend getting the better hand over them for that second game too.

Vorbereitung auf Spiel 3 und Analyse der Teamstrategien

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01:21:10 Still waiting to see if we can shift out of this kind of steady contest. This little metronomic pace that we've seen so far. All these games kind of appearing like everyone has a gentleman's agreement. But there is certainly going to be crunch time coming up soon. It's Vex Gaming, Firebeaver, Start a Fight, Star 1C and Pioneers. Vex particularly only 16 points away. One decent game, definitely one win away from starting into that match point. Meaning once they get over 50, they have a chance to win.

01:21:39 It could be the time that you have to perform, because guess what? If that happens, it's over. Wherever you're standing now is where you end up. So teams are going to be scrambling. I expect to see the pace pick up here as we head into Game 3. But before we do that, let's take another interview moment with Mark, who had a chance to talk more, just not about Ballistic, but I believe he was able to talk about the Ballistic meta and how he might fit in.

01:22:06 for these high-level players and maybe just casual players like some of you watching at home.

01:22:35 He's an aggressive playstyle by the sound of things, sort of lends himself to Ballistic.

01:22:58 Team Utility is going to be interesting. Where about in the Legend meta do you see him sitting in comparison to some of the other Legends? Yeah, so our goal with anything we add new to the game, particularly as you saw with like the Nemesis, like with the new Legends, we want to like make them the pick for the season. We want him to be like the go-to assault pick. And so the hope is that with his ability to single out and target and use ultimate to coordinate team pushes, he'd be really strong against countering aggressive teams or be that really powerful initiator.

01:23:25 Und ich cast den ALGS. Ich habe mir selbst einen Competitiven Apex. Wie ist es, dass er den Competitiven Meta schlägt? Wird er sein, dass er diese Kompositions wird sehen? Potenziell. Ich fühle mich die Pros sind immer hesitant, wenn sie neue Legends sehen, neue Dinge zu sehen. Aber ich denke, er kommt in hot. Und ich denke, dass er es gut ist. Und ich denke, dass er es gut ist.

01:23:47 Ich glaube, es hilft, es hilft, es hilft, es hilft, es hilft, es hilft, es hilft, es hilft, es hilft, es hilft.

01:24:12 Welcome back, everybody. It's time for us to get into yet another map. Match number three is about to go down, and we're flipping the maps this time after Vex had a huge amount of success on the final game of Stormpoint. World's Edge is where we're heading, though. Not the changes quite there yet, Dan. They're coming in a couple of days, but certainly a map where we expect some changes in our gameplay.

01:24:38 Ja, und ich denke, dass Vex zu werden, um Match 2 zu gewinnen, um zu werden, zu werden, zu werden, ist gut für sie. Sie sind ein Match Point, sie sind ein Team, sie sind ein Team, sie sind sehr gut an World's Edge als auch. Wahrscheinlich die Top 3, ich würde sagen, sind sie in, wenn es um World's Edge zu werden, neben der Likes von Allianz und Firebeavers, die all die Erfolg haben, während dieses Regular-Season sind. So, Vex ist sehr gut, wie die Favoriten jetzt, um zu werden zu werden.

01:25:02 Ja, ein wirklich, wirklich starkes Spiel. 26 Punkte, wenn ich mich nicht verstanden habe. Ich meine, ich war über halbwegs für den Job. Und ich hatte einen guten Punkt in der ersten Spiel als auch. Also, wie ich gesagt, Vex, die Frontrunners sind jetzt. Und jetzt ein reminderer, mit unseren Dropspots zu kommen, dass Vex und Allianz sind in der Battle für 1st Platz. Sie sehen, Allianz ist auf Thermal Station, Dan. Aber Vex, mit einem sehr, sehr stark POI als auch.

01:25:24 Yeah, Thermal Station with a 14.8% winrate across the season throughout the EMEA region, and most of that is because of Alliance and how they've been performing. When it comes to Lava Siphon, only a 7.4% winrate. Vexed haven't necessarily found the wins on Worlds Edge, but have found a lot of points. We've seen most of our success on this map over at SkyWest and Trials, actually, which is where you're going to be seeing E6 drop today, so be keeping a keen eye on them and how they're performing. As for FireBeavers at Fragment, it has been about...

01:25:53 An 11% winrate for them from that drop spot as well. So you certainly expect them to have a big shout on this map to be able to perform and potentially pick up some victories as well. Countdown maybe hasn't had the success that SAF would have want. We've seen zero wins from Countdown throughout this entire region, which means it just hasn't been one of the best drop spots to go for. But of course it all matters where those circles are going to be pulling. But as I said, it's Element 6 who have the advantage when it comes to statistics across this map on World's Edge. And I can't wait to see whether they can...

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01:26:42 Das ist das Vexed? Das ist das Vexed? Das ist das Vexed? Das ist das Vexed? Das ist das Vexed? Das ist das Vexed? Das ist das Vexed? Ich habe gesagt Vexed a lot. Ich habe das Vexed gesagt. Ich habe das Vexed gesagt. Ist es Vexed? Weil sie sind verrückt. Sie sind überall. Sie sind unglaublich. Sie sind unglaublich.

Analyse der Teamzusammensetzungen und Spielstile

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01:26:55 They did flop a little bit at Split One Playoffs, though, and I want to see them have this same success throughout regular season, regional finals, and then see what they're made of when they get to playoffs and when they get to LAN, because we know what they're capable of, but it seems like the playstyle just changed a little bit when it came to LAN performance. It's been an interesting day, by the way, in terms of compositions. We've seen a few changes here or there. We've seen Ascend playing Horizon, for example, which I wasn't necessarily expecting. Maybe that's down to the contest that they had against BitFix Gaming. Perhaps it will be a little bit more comfortable for them now they move over to World's Edge.

01:27:25 Ja, ich denke, das ist etwas zu halten. Es ist gut, dass wir ein bisschen Zeit hier haben, bevor wir uns jetzt vorhin kommen, zu reden über Vex und die Performance, denn die letzten zwei Spiele haben wir gesehen...

01:27:33 In the Regional Finals, they played really zone heavy. Yes, Zone 1 certainly favored them getting priority position, but the second match that we just saw there over at the Mill, they got there really early and one important engagement. So it looks like Metafe is making some really good zone calls for the team and they're making those really, really sharp rotations, which was the key to success for a lot of the teams who got to that Finals Lobby and really competed at the split one playoffs. But for now, it's all about changing that up. Are the zone calls going to be just as good here on World's Edge? You mentioned their win rate hasn't been great.

01:28:02 Ja, wir wollen all die Teams jetzt versuchen, die Statistiken aus der Winde zu bringen. Make eine neue Statistik für euch hier im Regional Finals. Big Circle kommt, aber es geht um, wo wir gehen. Und es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um.

01:28:24 Okay, so J-Ling's in prime position right now, and they're going to be very happy. They have the ring console information. They'll know exactly that everyone's going to be joining them at their POI.

01:28:34 Das war eine gute Pause. Es war eine gute Pause. Es war eine gute Pause. Und dann die Circle Popped und du überlaugt. Ja, ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja

01:28:57 Ich denke, wenn du die letzte Team in die Region Finale bist, bist du der Bottom des Lobbys. Ich denke, dass du vielleicht ein bisschen Disrespect bist, dass du nicht ein Dropspot wirst, also du musst, so du musst du für ihn. Und wir haben gesehen, dass Bitfix Gaming hatte ein paar Okay-Fights vs. Ascend, aber sie waren nicht wirklich able, die Final-Kills zu finden, um die vollständige Beziehung zu vollständigen. Ja, das ist jetzt über die Klimatizer an der Moment. Und du kannst sehen, dass die Schöne sind, aber niemand ist wirklich...

01:29:23 Managed to get any impactful damage yet that has turned into that first knock. Looks like Bitfix Gaming wanna try and maybe collapse on one player that they've seen, or maybe just try and take the height away from the team that's around them. It's VCGO who are around them at the moment, and you can see, looks like a little bit of a split of loot. They had a little poke, they had a little prod, a little bit of shoulder, kind of shoulder-to-shoulder action going on, but nobody really getting that knockout blow.

01:29:44 And this is frustrating for VCGO as well. Remember, they're one of our bubble teams. They are joint ninth at the moment coming into today's action. And when we are only giving, what, nine playoff spots plus the extra spot for the winning team of today, if Vortex are being contested throughout the day, this is going to make it so awkward for them to try and find those points and try and push themselves up the leaderboard. So they need to either get out of this fight or assert some dominance early. But it looks like that fight is going to stagnate ever so slightly. And it's Ascend being contested again.

01:30:11 Ja, Looks like 2R1C, who dropped over at Lava City, have rotated all the way over to Dome, to where Ascend are, to try and cause them straight up some problems, by the looks of things, and...

01:30:20 Es ist interessant zu sehen, dass Ascend und wie sie...

01:30:48 Manöver der Weg durch Contest. Denn Ascend für mich ist immer ein Team, die auf die Elevator-Musik switchen, sie loot freely, sie avoid andere Teams, und dann spielen für Placement. Und dann sind sie ein von den besten Teams, oder haben sie schon früher.

01:31:00 But then, as the season's gone on, in both Split 1 and Split 2, there have been teams that have said, actually, we're going to try and take Ascend here, because they might just run away and give us free loot. Ascend do one of two things. If they feel like they're up in the fight, if they feel like they have the armor advantage, they will take it, and quite often they do win. But if they feel like they're at any sort of disadvantage, that's when they get out. A couple of shots being exchanged once again. Over here at Lava Siphon, it's going to be for esports who have taken the high ground, the platform overlooking.

01:31:27 Vex Gaming, die hier sind in dieser Bühne, die wir jetzt hier sind. No, again, Impactful damage ist, aber Vex hat eine Armour-Advantage, wenn es zu HP ist. Leifin und Noth sind die nur zwei Spieler, die in Blühe sind. Taylor ist noch ein bisschen unterdressed, in der White Armour. Und ich denke, die smarte Sache zu tun hier für beide Teams ist, ist, dass sie sich nicht mehr aufzunehmen. However, Noth ist auch noch ein paar Pop-Shots in mit dem Longbowen. Und vielleicht wird der Trong-Line-One-Up auf den Re-Deploy Balloon hier.

Taktische Manöver und Team-Dynamiken im späteren Spielverlauf

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01:32:00 The real question is whether Vex even want to take this one. They have the lead at the moment. It looks like Vex is still looting. Vex is still needing things. They're still needing weapons and they're still needing any sort of attachments to give them the advantage in a fight.

01:32:13 Whether they want to take it, I think they're more likely to think about their rotation, as you say. I mean, the Vexed of old might say, well, who dare challenge us? We will absolutely take this 3v3, but I think a Vexed who looks at how close they are to match point already might start to think about their rotation, as are the Gaiman Gladiators as they move into NoNet. Yeah, it looks like it's a battle for the Dorito at the moment, and there's a fuse, and that's always a surprise. See, the Knuckle Cluster goes down, a couple of grenades being exchanged, and Gaiman Gladiators.

01:32:40 Wir haben gedacht, dass sie das Spiel gewonnen haben und das Spiel gewonnen haben, und das Spiel zu sagen, Wraith 4, die Bühne, jetzt haben sie sich auf die Bühne gemacht. Hardecki machte aber wiederum, aber wiederum, keine Impactful Damage, keine Knochen kommt auf die Bühne, und das ist die Geschichte so far in diesen Lobbys. Ja, und du hast die Fuse gesagt, wir sehen uns mehr hier auf World's Edge, in terms of Legend Selection. Wir haben eine Asche in der Lobby, Newcastle, Wraith, Fuse, Krypto, Horizon, Bang, wie...

01:33:02 They are the kind of off picks rather than the standard Seer and Valkyrie, which seems to be holding the majority. We have 16 teams on both Seer and Valkyrie and everyone else is trying to find something that kind of fits in and there between. The other interesting one that we saw was Firebeavers running the Crypto in Stormpoint and whether that will carry on over to World's Edge and whether they will feel like that will help them. But certainly it gave them that extra little bit of info and was allowing them to get that beacon information earlier on. It looks like Vex are going to...

01:33:30 Maybe catch Foot off guard here. Unless Foot have got a rotation to make. Or they have a Valkyrie redeployer to hit the skies and overtake Vex. That's the only other way that you can get through this situation. Haven't taken too much damage in the skies by the looks of things. Gonna take a few pop shots, but nothing that's gonna cause them problems. Vex might try and think about overextending to chase this one down, but Esports should be able to land in a position here where they avoid the line of sight of Vex and should be able to reset. So, pretty smart decision from both teams. And just to go back to Vex and...

01:33:58 Ihr Konferenz, ihr habt eine gute Frage, ob sie sich schnell auf diese Zone zu wollen. Ist es etwas, was es zu werden, bei der Engagement für E-Sports zu verhindern? Wir sollten uns auch sagen, dass Vex ist, dass Vex ist, sehr viel zu spielen. Es ist etwas, wie sie ihre Namen haben. Es ist, wie sie die große Point Toten haben, die wir vorhin sahen. So, sie sind zu adaptieren, und zu adaptieren, für E-Sports, von einem Position, wo sie versuchen, Vex zu übernehmen, jetzt kann man sich auf diese Angelegenheit und isolieren diese Spieler mit dem Catalyst-Wall.

01:34:26 Yeah, the versatility of some of these squads is very important, whether you have to play edge or zone, it's just about recognising what position you're in, where you've dropped, where the circle is pulled and what loot you have on the teams that are around you. There's all these different variables that have to be taken into consideration when you plan your game and that's why Apex Legends is the best to watch when it comes to match point and when it comes to these incredible games as Vex now will be able to just...

01:34:47 Hold out in the position they're in. 2R1C looks like they're going to back off from their rotation and move even deeper round, which isn't going to be necessarily particularly fun for them. Thanks, Gaming, on the hunt once again for Foot Esports. Esports, I think their decision was to try and hit a ring console and get a little bit more information because you can see they didn't have that zone info. The shot's coming in from north. North again, just to remind Metafe that they are aware they're trying to push. If I hit you with a headshot with that longbow, you're certainly going to regret the decision you're making.

01:35:15 It looks like finally the chapter will close on this battle we've seen going down for quite some time. And Vex Gaming is going to think about the rotate. Trying to play Edge. Pretty solid here with a Zone Steiner close behind them as well. But again, 20 squads remaining here then. Just poke damage, prod damage, but everybody in the lobby still on their feet. And a lot of teams at Overlook, at No Name, there's even a couple of teams around the Vault area. And that was why I was worried about 2R1C's rotation because they're pushing through Vault.

01:35:42 Und sie werden dann auch von Atherno. Und wenn sie aus der Rückseite kommen, sie werden dann auch von Atherno. Wenn sie aus der Rückseite kommen, dann wird sie auch von Atherno kommen, wenn Atherno kommt. Die Vex werden dann komplett von Atherno avoid das Geyser-Side. Und sie werden dann machen sie durch den S-W-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S

01:36:11 Das ist ein Team, das ich möchte, dass hier, wenn du zu der Zentren von der Zone bist,

01:36:19 What a rotation it's been from Ascend, managing to make their way into the position they find themselves in. That's a really good spot for the end zone as well, especially if it pulls a little bit towards No Name or into Overlook. You kind of got that flexibility if it goes to No Name to fight from the high ground and slide your way down. And oh, speaking of finding your way and sliding your way down, well, 2R1C have just caught Life in off guard and they're going to be able to finish him quite comfortably here.

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01:37:12 Ja, das ist der Ende des Firebeavers.

01:37:41 Vise of Alliance for now, but I wonder how long this is going to last, because not just Alliance had eyes on Firebeavers, but it seemed like the rest of the lobby also had eyes on Firebeavers. They know now the strategy, they know where Firebeavers are going to be moving from, and it seemed like people were just already in a position to make things very awkward indeed. So Night Impulse is just about trying to survive for as long as possible, but it's looking pretty dismal. Night Impulse is stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment, and what the wrong way down a tunnel, and it...

Entscheidende Momente und das Finale von Spiel 3

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01:38:09 Almost felt like a train was coming the other way as he took those shots. In the killfeed though, you can see Horizon Union taking some damage. It's Bitfix Gaming who involved. Seer Alts are down on either side. Trix is having a bat in the back and Xerath is having to give up that high ground. This is the fight that could have happened so much earlier on, but it's eventually happening now between Bitfix and VCGO. Trix back to full health. Cracked also going up into the sky. Tries to crack the opposition player, but now just has to desperately try and bat and it's not looking good for BFG.

01:38:36 Firebeavers sind in der meantime, das wird der Ende der Game Nummer 3. No Punkte auf dem Board, wirklich, für sie zu reden. Aber start a fight jetzt! End of fight! As BinFixgamer wird aufgehört, werden sie auch beobachten. So als die Zone starte zu close, die Action starte zu picken. Start a fight jetzt, auf die High-Ground. Lackey auf die Valkyrie, die Wingman in den Händen. Und in einen guten Schuss, durch den Dark Veil.

01:39:00 S.A.F. waren 11th in heute. Sie waren nur 4 Punkte, von 2R1C und VCGO, die sie heute kämpfen gegen. Das würde ihnen wunderschönen, um die V.C.G.O. zu können, die V.C.G.O. zu können, die V.C.G.O. zu können, die V.C.G.O. zu können. Ich weiß, es ist nicht so schnell in diesem Spiel, aber in terms von wie viele Teams haben wir verloren, es sicherlich wäre es schnell zu können. Aber V.C.G.O. haben eine Gebäude zu sein in, für jetzt. Sie nutzen die Dark Veil zu können, um es zu können.

01:39:28 Das Fenix hat die Medkit als immer. Es ist etwas anderes zu tun. Foot eSports hat es geschafft. Wir sehen uns das Knochen in der Finish kommen, aber sie hat die Beacon, sie hat die Banner, dann hat sie die Beacon. Sie hat die Team-Mate in, aber sie sind in der Zone in der Moment und sind in der Zeit, und sie sind in der V2-Zone gehalten. Es ist ein sehr schwerer, zu machen für sie. Aber als wir sehen in fronten uns, das ist ein bisschen mehr wo wir sehen, die Endgame starten zu nehmen.

01:39:52 Really good rotations coming in from the likes of Phoenix Legacy. You can see him holding down that truck. ACP trying to hold out a couple of teams as well as Natsuki is having a little poke and a little prod trying to get some armor checks, but start a fight. They're going to have to fight their way in unless that zone pulls to them, which is very unlikely to do by the information we have. Yeah, I mean, this zone is more than likely pulling.

01:40:12 und es ist eine schwierige Richtung zu gehen, weil 70% von es nur auf dem Boden ist. Es ist Mountain Range oder es ist auf der anderen Seite von Overlook, aber du kannst nicht mehr spielen. Wenn du die buildings in Overlook hast, bist du in die Prime Position. Das ist Jelings und Danisch, die zwei Favoriten, ich würde sagen. Unless jemanden entscheiden, sie sehen, dass sie mehr zu gewinnen. Match Nr. 3 hier. Die Start-up-Fight werden müssen, was der Name sagt. Zone ist closing, und es ist eine perfecte Zeit für die Listen-In.

01:40:41 Ja, ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja. Ja, ja.

01:40:59 Schau mal an was, wie Spam-Ping. Das Team, das Landbottom, okay? Sie können sie mirroren sie. Ich gehe gerade, ich gehe gerade, ich gehe gerade, die Rocks. Rocks sind frei, Rocks sind frei. Okay, wir haben Wall, wir haben Wall, ja, ja, ja, wir haben Landbottom, und Wallbox, wenn man braucht, wenn man braucht. Wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen, wir müssen.

01:41:27 Okay, they went into the tunnel. We are chilling. Look at right side. Look at right side, Blast. And put kills. Lucky, look guys. I'm getting fused, Q. All good, all good. Keep looking, keep looking. I'm trying to spot. I'm trying to spot. Kill, kill, kill. Wait, that's a duo. That's a duo. That's a different team. That's good.

01:41:51 Okay, ich muss sie schünen, ich muss sie schünen, ich werde sie schünen. Okay, ich muss sie schünen, ich muss sie schünen, ich muss sie schünen, ich muss sie schünen, ich muss sie schünen. Ja, ich muss sie schünen. Ja, ich muss sie schünen. Ja, sie sind hier. Lachy, schünen Sie hier. Ich bin hier, ja, ich bin hier.

01:42:14 Ja, ja.

01:42:35 Wait, is this the three? I don't see them. I don't see the team. I don't see the team here. Okay, you can take space, but we play on me, I think, anyway. Okay. It looks open, but I don't want to just walk into it. Guys, guys, guys, listen. There is less on me we can play, but this is, like, really scuffed. We should be able to survive. Zipping, zipping, zipping, zipping. Chill, chill, chill. Don't get big damage. Don't get big damage.

01:43:02 Wir kommen nach der nächsten Liste und dann in die Komms. Dann SAF machte die Pläne, als sie versuchen, ihre Weg in die Zone zu machen. Sie haben eine gute Rotation zu diesem Spot, aber jetzt haben sie sich für die nächste Pläne. Sie können die Calls kommen.

01:43:14 Ja, ich liebe es. Ihr könnt euch auf Kills focussen, ich muss auf die Pläse focussen. Er muss auf die Pläse achten, was ist frei. Er denkt, es gibt ein paar scuffed Pläse, sie könnten sie vielleicht spielen. Aber es ist nicht einfach für sie. Wenn sie versuchen, es geht, sie würden zu nehmen. Das ist, was ihr Name ist. Sie haben eine gute Dämpfe auf dem Team, aber vielleicht wollen sie ein bisschen, um ein bisschen zu finden. Aber vielleicht wollen sie ein bisschen, um ein bisschen zu finden, um ein besserer Position zu finden.

01:43:38 Vortex gone, Maestro, Alliance and Ascend just foot fell as well. Lackey looking to add to that tally of people who are falling. 2R1C and V2 also eliminated. The lobby has been cut in half.

01:43:51 Wir sind nur auf 10, als FenixLegacy auch fallen.

01:44:19 I mean, that Q hit pretty hard. The Missile Swarm really doing some damage to SAF, but SAF managing to just stabilize. And now with the Catwall down and the Zero down as well, they're looking to clean up these final pieces onto Vexed.

01:44:30 Ja, das ist ja schwer für Vechst, Azzer2, sie müssen wegnehmen, Metafe wird dann endlich eliminiert werden, also Vechst wird mit der Taille zwischen ihren Legen, aber sie haben so viele Punkte bereits gewonnen. E6, also aus der Lobby, jetzt seit 7 Schuadern bleiben, als SAF sind noch immer noch Vechst, die vielleicht einfach nicht in die Zone zu gehen. Ja, sie werden sagen, wir gehen in die Skye und sehen, was wir finden. Problem ist, ist die Lobby einfach...

01:44:53 Schip away at them. Are they going to be able to land? I think they want to try and take the height here, and yes, they'll be able to land and take the height, and not only take the height, they've got the space as well. You can see Unlucky up on one of these silos. His teammate Tyler's managed to take the other one as well, so SAF get the knock, but Vex survive and make a miracle play, and that could be the play, Dan. If I don't get ahead of myself here, with enough placement points here, with the kills that they've got, we could be seeing them approach matchpoint.

01:45:19 It's very possible, as I said, if they're able to rat their way into a top three. Okay, it's not a rat. They are a combination of rats at this point. They are holding hand in hand as they are on both of those silos at the moment as they just watch what's going to be happening below them. The only detriment will be if another team jets up into the sky and notices they are vulnerable there just as solos on each silo. Pioneers are already pinging it. They know full well as here comes SAF. Do they try and take this fight? Looks like they're going to take the other silos though, but they're going to get shredded. All of the damage coming in onto SAF.

01:45:48 Wow. Wow. And it was Vex that were able to get so much of that damage as well as Vex now find themselves into the top five. Horizon Union get eliminated and look at the position from Vex. Are we going to start to look at our first team on Matchpoint here? We're so close.

01:46:16 Und es ist die Leid die Vexed haben, wenn sie zu Matchpoint jetzt sind.

01:46:35 The closest team would be SAF on 30 points. That's 20 points away from Match Point Threshold. Vex could be setting themselves up for two games potentially open to try and find the victory here in EMEA in the Regional Finals, but it isn't quite done yet. They still have to make sure they get into this top three so they can secure some extra placement points, but it's certainly looking good right now.

01:46:57 Great word from our observers to give you the lay of the land where every single team is set up towards this endgame. Aurora, my goodness, they need this win. Got some decent KP already, but they need the placement points to multiply it to give them a chance of forcing their way into regional finals. And we've explained the way they are, Dan. We've got to remember our bubble teams might be in a position where they're running out of games to get points now.

01:47:21 Ja, es ist eine schreckliche Sache. Du hast sechs Matches, um alle deine Punkte zu holen und sicherzustellen, um die overallen Standings zu holen. Aber wir könnten das Ende in vier, wenn nicht fünf, mit dem Vex zu spielen. Du musst nur versuchen, wie viel wie möglich in diesen Final-Momenten, wenn du eine solche Bubble-Teams bist. Vangnisch könnte ein Problem hier zu Vex. Du kannst die Thermal-Megascobe, als ich liebe es, auf der Longbow. Das ist ein Damage durch die Smokes.

01:47:49 Not enough to get the knock, though. Unlucky, tiptoeing forward. What's the next play here for Vexed as the zone starts to close, though? That's the question. Are they going to get focused? The teams know that that's Vexed. Aurora trying to make some moves as well. Sunset combines with the R99 of Cleve here to get the knock onto Young Hong Kong. Remember, five points required. Top three would do it for Vexed. You'd imagine it's Aurora now doing some damage from across. They do have the Dark Veil to work with.

01:48:18 Members of Danish are going down here and Danish will get eliminated. So now suddenly there's four squads and Aurora have just lost one as well. It's looking good for Vex right now. Three points away from match point. Vex has got to eliminate or contribute to eliminating one team. Aurora taking damage. Cyril goes down just to stall this fight out a few more moments. Jalings will be forced out, forced up from that high, low ground, excuse me, pretty soon.

01:48:42 As Jailings do poke and the RE45 here of NAGS is going to do damage. KCP collapsing onto Aurora as well. They are being pinched from so many sides. KCP and Jailings both doing damage to Aurora, but now Zayn is cooking with that Thermite. Where are Vexed though? Are they going to be able to stay alive long enough to get into this top three and maybe even get a kill? Look, he goes down. There's only one remaining from Vexed as KCP also losing. Vex go out in fourth. Vexed have not done enough and will not be on match point.

01:49:10 One more game at least, Zayn trying to stick the rez, the zone is coming in, but the Skynade from Noises absolutely obliterates him as Nagnus now moves in. J-Lynx in a position to maybe win this game. The RE45 from the care package once again causing so much damage, so many problems, and it turns into an Overlook win for the Overlook dropping team in J-Lynx.

01:49:32 They had to be very patient, waiting the entire game to get any action, but when the action did unfold, Jaylings were ready, they were primed, they were waiting for everyone to walk into their home territory, and they pull off a victory, and they show why they are one of the big threats in this region. As for Vex, they are so close. They are three points away from match point. You'd have to assume they're gonna get there in match number four, but they didn't quite get there in match number three.

01:49:57 Hell of an effort though, you have to say. Hell of an effort from Vex. We'll bring Rain Day back into the conversation because Vex so close. So close. One placement point off as a duo, but not close enough.

01:50:08 Not close enough. And those singular placement points, fellas, you've seen in many matchday finals, they don't come as easy when you just need one. It tends to be that game you drop and get just 50-50 right away. It tends to be that game you make it almost to 14th place, but then you lose at 15th and you don't get the placement point. All these things are possible. So Vex, they have to stay.

01:50:28 On the awareness for next game. But game one, let's talk a little bit about in World's Edge. I think this kind of set the tone now. Things are starting to get serious, Mark. These teams, especially in that final circle, you can see how competitive it got. Jaylings, KCP, Vexed. I mean, going through the kind of tempo of this, what did it say to you? Teams starting to finally find their rhythm. Yeah, teams certainly finding their rhythm. And I think a really important game for Jaylings as well. The first two Storm Point games, not good for them.

01:50:54 But getting a zone that you know very well, they drop over at Overlook, they win the zone over at Overlook. It's a great zone call for them. They know the best place to play. They're going to get the best priority. But the good thing about the...

01:51:04 Was they did in that endgame is it's very easy to sit and try and let the lobby do a lot of the work. But if you can influence fights just by a couple of grenades poking up those stairs, and especially if you've got the care package weapon in the RE45, a team like Aurora become less of a problem because teams are more inclined to try and push like KCP did to finish those KP. So not only did they get the zone call right, it was the management of how they played that endgame and fully deserve win for them.

01:51:26 And I thought it might have been the catalyst story. We saw KCP rocking the catalyst. We saw Aurora rocking the catalyst, which I'd like. They kind of pioneered it even last split, and now we're able to bring it here. I just think that what we're seeing too, though, is the recall of Watson, Dan. And what does that mean for the meta here with some of these support and defensive legends showing up? We've seen cryptos. We've seen Newcastle. We've seen Watson now.

01:51:48 Anything definitive? Or is this just hearkening more to the point that your playstyle is your preference? Yeah, I think playstyle and preference and the situations that you find yourself in with your rotations as well. Do you find yourself holding down more positions? If you do, then Watson perhaps is going to be more of a benefit for you. If you need to make rotations with cover, that Dark Veil and Catalyst is very much going to be needed as well. So we had, what, like seven Catalysts in that game, five Watsons in the game as well. So it's split pretty evenly between the two, but they can certainly make a difference.

01:52:17 why they're important you need to have that ring console information so you've got to play one of these legends that can do so

01:52:22 Well, let's take a look back at our final circle that just occurred in game number three. Mark, your thoughts on this? Because it was set up for kind of a royal ending here. KCP, Vex, Aurora, Danish, Jaylings all had a chance at this. Yeah, there's a few moments here that you'll see Aurora just take damage. Jaylings, look at the killfeed there. Naxx just pops up with the RE45, does some damage, and that just kind of encourages Pioneers to have a little look around the corner when that knock comes in. That's Jaylings doing their job. It's perfect. They didn't need to do anything else because they knew everybody...

01:52:52 Ich habe das Gefühl, dass ich jetzt nicht mehr so viel zu tun habe.

01:53:12 Und manchmal, das ist der Moment, dass du einfach sagen, wir haben einen Spieler gewonnen. Wir haben es schon gesehen. Ich bin einfach zu Ende. Ich weiß nicht, was wird passieren. Wenn ich auf hier sein werde, ist es easy zu fühlen. Sie haben die gleiche Sache, die Vexte, die Felt safe, von der High-Ground. Das hat sich dann auf sie durch J-Ling. Die Low-Ground wins wieder, und so wir werden sehen, ob das ein Thema ist. Aber looking at dieses Spiel, yes, Vexte, die Big Story, sie haben nicht gemacht. Wir werden sehen die Results in einen Moment, hier, von Game 3. Aber was wird es sagen?

01:53:42 Ja, ich denke, wir haben eine gute Leistung. Sie sollten in 2nd place sein. Based auf was sie getan haben, Dan, haben sie schon ein wenig hier gemacht. Ja, ich denke, wir sind in der Top 3, für sicher. Und sie haben, sie haben was es zu ...

01:53:54 ...win some of the engagements they found themselves in the early stages. I think that maybe they fell a little bit short in the latter stages of that game just because they were pushed right to the brink. It was such a tough rotation for all the teams. You can see there that Jaylings, though, they were able to take first place, 17 points, but Pioneers putting 20 on the board, which I think will push them up into second overall, and Leapfrog, SAF, and put them in the conversation of Matchpoint. The fact that Vex didn't make it onto Matchpoint now opens it up because we're going to see two or three teams that could all...

01:54:23 Matchpoint-next-one, wenn sie eine Chance finden. Und natürlich, Vex hat noch drei Punkte, um zu Matchpoint zu bekommen, und das ist nicht wirklich easy. Wie gesagt, wir sehen uns nicht nur noch einmal einen Punkt bekommen, in der finalen Spiel.

01:54:35 Das wird eine Tense situation hier, als wir zu den Topsten sind. Aber bei der Bottomsten sind es eine völlig andere Geschichte. Marc, ich liebe Phoenix Legacy. Sie sind ein consistentes Performer. V2, wir wissen, sie sind gefährlich. Allianz seem zu finden Kills, no matter what. Teams wie Bitfix Gaming, die nicht die Win sind, sind noch genug. Firebeaver ist auch ein relativ schnelles Spiel in World's Edge. Ja, es ist almost wie ein typo, wenn man Firebeavers in 20th hat, mit 0 Kills. Es ist einfach weird zu sehen. Aber du kannst du jeden, jeden, jeden, jeden.

01:55:05 It's a very difficult lobby to do that in, and that's a question that Firebeavers are going to have to answer. We've seen him perform on Stormpoint, a little bit of a disappointing game there that could make a little bit of a strange counter-rotation out of zone against Traffic to then try and force their way back in and kind of got caught off by Alliance. But I think you're looking at the leaderboards at the moment, and I keep looking at the bubble teams, the teams who need points, Aurora, Maestro, Foot Esports, who are one of the teams who are holding down a spot. They're the teams you have to keep your eye on when it comes to qualification for LAN, but Alliance as well.

01:55:33 Not been a great start for them. Not a huge amount of points on the board. And with Vex playing this well, they're going to worry about first place being stripped away from them.

01:55:40 And I think another team that we have to keep our eyes on is Ascend as well. I mean, I'm going to come to that Alliant point, but I'm going to set up this idea that is this a missed opportunity for a team that was just one match point game away from winning all of land? You've got to perform here and use this as the trial for what you want to be in this upcoming situation in playoffs. We know you'll be there, but you still got to perform in these types of situations. I do have to agree, though, Mark, you know, Alliance.

01:56:04 They've been a team that has surprised me in terms of how well they've come out this entire split. I think they've been one of, if not the best performing teams overall across all the regions. But it's also been the impressiveness of the creativity of their lineups. Implementing the Rampart, implementing the Ash, implementing now the Newcastle. What does it say, just because you brought it up, what does it say about how Alliance is performing today that's either not working or is it just about pace and just getting going?

01:56:28 Ich meine, ein paar rough Zones für sie, ich würde sagen, besonders auf Stormpoint, die 2nd Zone ist ein sehr schweres für sie zu bekommen, und das Zone ist auch, sie haben sie zu travelen von Thermal, so es ist ein sehr schweres Zones für sie zu machen. Es ist schon sehr surprising, zu sehen, dass du, wenn man die Top 10 mit 5 oder 6 Kp auf die Zones zu bekommen, weil sie das gut sind, aber ich würde sagen, die Zones kommen in. Aber ich würde sagen, die Zones kommen in. Manchmal könnte man sagen, oh, die Zones nicht zu spielen, aber es sind sehr schweres Zones für die Zones zu bekommen, so man hat die Zones für die Zones zu bekommen.

01:56:56 You certainly do. And Ascend, Dan, just your thoughts on that. A team that we know was just a second away from winning it all in London in split one playoffs. Now kind of having an unexciting performance. Is it just teams knowing that they're already qualified taking it a little easier? Is it just things like...

01:57:12 Maybe a little unlucky of a zone pull. What's your idea on that? I mean, they got contested in games one and two. They got pushed early in game number three. That's right. Ascender having a rough time. It's so hard to even blame them because they've just tried to survive. They've tried to escape. They've done the smart thing. They've not taken the fight when they've been down. They've taken the fight when they have been up, but then unfortunately it's taken so long because the other team delayed it that they've not really been able to play their play style. Ascender's so good because they rotate well. They know what positions to put themselves in.

01:57:42 And they've not been given that opportunity today. So I think that now they've seen the first three games go the way they have, they maybe have to be a little bit more aggressive in some of these contests and say, okay, we might be down, but we need to win this fight quickly. Otherwise, we're not going to be able to have the chance to play Apex Legends.

01:57:56 I'm excited for the Shake-Ups, gentlemen. It's really looking good here. I mean, we have a story that is still unfolding yet. No one's on Match Point. We've got probably one point away. For those who are waiting for our series results overall, we don't quite have those for you yet, so thank you so much for your patience. It is just a good reminder to kind of set the stage. We've got one more game on World's Edge that we will be playing before we transition back to Storm Point. And we have seen lineup changes with a little bit more of a catalyst being introduced here. We've seen certain teams pop off. And I've got to say,

01:58:26 One of the bigger stories in EMEA across all of it, Mark, was what ended up happening with IG, which turned into Jaylings, which ended up having Graceful, which went to Element 6, which ended up now being replaced again. IG has done a really good job, excuse me, Jaylings, of bouncing back, finding their rhythm, introducing nags, which not as much of an IGL, a second IGL with Noises, but more of a Slayer and maybe that piece that they needed to kind of get going.

01:58:54 Yeah, I mean, there's no better way to put yourself in the shot window than one clip in three players in a row as a solo online. But I mean, all of a sudden, stock just went, you know, stonks went like this. It was, there was no question being asked. But, you know, that's what they needed. You know, they have a great IGL. They have the pieces. They just needed that one player to help them win those fights. Because Dan and I were always talking. Whenever we went back and watched, you know, the VOD of IG, now J-Links, it was always, oh, they're making great rotations. They get into a great spot in zone.

01:59:21 But they do it so quickly and they don't output enough damage that when a team gets into an engagement with them, they don't have their evos leveled up. They don't have advantages in a fight or a way to hold their own. And if you put a player like Nagzin who's like, okay, I'm just going to one clip someone, then all of a sudden he's got, you know, your white shield goes to blue, your blue goes to purple, and it can just consist in the output damage for you. And sometimes it is as simple as that. And IG, you've got me doing it now. Jaylings. Jaylings. Jaylings. Jaylings. Jaylings. Jaylings.

J-Lings' Momentum and Match Point Contenders

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01:59:48 They are looking very good. And that was a really important win for them because I always feel like when you get a zone that's going to your POI, you should win it. Or you should at least be in the top five because you're going to get that prior position. So I think just for J-Lings, still J-Lings, that was an important game just to get the momentum back.

02:00:02 And you know what? It's actually almost a little bit more pressure. It's the game you got to win. People feel you should win. And there's this pressure to perform that you don't have if you know you're already in an underdog situation. But great on them to show that they're in rhythm. However, for all of you who have been waiting patiently, thank you so much. Let's see how it stands after three in our match point final for our region of EMEA. Vexed Gaming do not do enough. They are three points away.

02:00:29 Dan, I want to get your reaction to this as we stand after 3.

02:00:58 when they need just one or two. The Pioneers, though, take second place and now put themselves only 14 points away from Matchpoint as well. And for all the talk about previous IG, you've got Blasts on SAF. They're in 30 points in third place. So we're seeing some real performances now from teams who are, as Mark said, are on the bubble and need to perform today.

02:01:19 Ich will kurz kurz in hier, weil es fünf Teams gibt. Es gibt fünf Teams hier und ich fühle mich nur zwei Plätze für sie zu sein, wenn wir hier sind. Maestro, Aurora, Start of Fight, GG und Horizon. Und sie sind alle in und auf dem gleichen Ort. So es ist nicht wirklich, nichts wirklich passiert.

02:01:41 One game, though, that's the great thing, right? One game can completely change it. It can rocket you on the leaderboards, especially with Matchpoint approaching, with potentially two teams getting on it in the next game. BCGO haven't had the best day, but they're in that spot, too, tied for, I believe, 9th or 11th. The 2R1C, who we saw had that nice game, too, they ended up taking down KCP, swapping that extra three for the placement points. But it's very, very exciting to see all of these teams fighting for basically...

02:02:06 Two spots, essentially, because they're that close. Okay, you guys know you've been seeing some top performers. Continue to let us know who is your Monster Energy MVP by tweeting at us, or just tweeting who you think it is, as well as in the chat right now. Hashtag Phoenix, Hashtag Zidane, Hashtag Hashira, whoever you think.

02:02:25 Should be the Monster Energy MVP for today. Also, here's another page as well, just so we can make sure we share some love to our Ys, our Zs, you know, our Xs. Don't always get love in the alphabet. They come so late in it, but we appreciate you. You're still just as good as the A, Bs, and Cs, okay? We know it, and we love it here on Lucky. Also, big moment for him. Let's see if X can continue the run and get to match point. Challenger Circuit.

02:02:49 You've heard the name twice, CC. We've got another win from Blue-White, Flash, SSV, Synetic, Aitonum. What a performance so far they have made.

02:03:01 Das ist eine 40-team Tournament. Es wird eine double-elimination Format geben. Es gibt unsere Pro-Leagues und unsere Non-Qualified Pro-League-Teams und unsere Challenger-Circuit-Squads in order to get to the Championship. Wenn Sie nicht das wichtig sind, dann ist das erste Mal und die Furious-Performanz. Das kam von der L.C.U., so nicht auf den L.C.U. Es wird sehr, sehr spannend sein. Wenn Sie haben, was es geht und Sie wollen, sind Sie bereit.

02:03:29 as we will put that information on the screen for you all in terms of the dates. Registration closing May 24th and probably ending Taurus season for all our Taurus friends. I know Mark, you just had a birthday as well. Happy belated, my friend. And also May 23rd for Challenger Circuit number four. And that should do it for those who want to get involved. Hey, you never know who you might be. The next is Watson, the next Zeratricky. I don't know. That's a...

02:03:57 High praise, but it could happen to you. All right, we're going to take a little bit of a break as we head into game number four, our final game on World's Edge in our Matchpoint Regional Final. But we had a nice moment where Mark was able to sit down and talk about one of my favorite features coming to Apex Legends Arsenal. And that is the brand new Firing Range. Let's take a look. It's time these worlds remembered the name.

Firing Range Updates and Vex Gaming's Approach

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02:04:26 August Brinkmann. Something else that's changing as well that I am excited about is firing range. We've got a big shakeup in the firing range experience. What's changing and what was the thoughts behind those changes? Yeah, so the firing range experience, we're actually trying to provide a better place to warm up and actually practice the core skills of Apex, which is moving and shooting.

02:04:50 You know, last season we added, you know, basically bought the infinite ammo, we added dummies that move around, but now we're adding dummies that can shoot back. And the other thing too is we're changing the layout so you can practice more of your move and practice using the zip lines, using the zip rails, using the deploy balloon. And we're actually acknowledging that the firing range is a place to do 1v1. So we've actually created an explicit 1v1 pit.

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02:05:35 All right, then I've got a question for you Vicki before we get into this next game first challenge it's all 1v1. That's what I want to know the new fire you a frame one I Always have to throw it right back at you because sometimes you put us in the hot seat All right, and we got to throw back the heat and I'm excited because after the action that we've seen so far I'm ready to really dive into game number three

02:06:04 Ja, es wird es gut sein. Das ist unser nächstes Spiel auf World's Edge, bevor wir zurückkommen zu Stormpoint, aber wir haben zu sprechen über Vex, richtig? Ich habe mich wirklich mit der approach so far gefallen, zwei Zones, die sie gut Priorität zu haben, auf Stormpoint, haben sie perfekt. Entschuldigung, eine Zone, auf Stormpoint, sie hatten eine große Priorität zu haben, hat sie perfekt gemacht. Sehr smart, quick Rotation auf der zweiten Zone, auf Mill. Und dann haben wir sie, um sie zu ändern, um sie zu spielen, ein bisschen mehr. Es gibt ein paar Teams, um sie in und um und um, und still managed zu pick up points, aber nur...

02:06:33 Just not enough to cross that threshold yet. So close. Finishing with 47 points. They didn't get the memo that we saw from APAC North where they ended everything today with four games. Because now we are diving into that fourth game where they're just, what, three points away from hitting that match point area. And so Vex are looking like they're on another level so far. But then looking on the other side of things, you really see teams like...

02:06:55 Gaming Gladiators, they're so close on that cusp as well. So many of these teams that need to start performing. JLinks, you guys talked about it perfectly. That is their POI in Overlook. You would be surprised if they aren't within that top five in a circle like that. But I want to be able to see some more of these squads come to life with better Circle RNG. Talking about Alliance specifically as we dive into this final game of Worlds Edge before we make the swap of Over the Stormformer.

02:07:20 It's gonna be a fun game indeed. Question is the big one, overriding question. Can Vex secure match point? And I have to say, someone who's kind of been going about their business very quietly, although they certainly made a splash in that last game, Vicky. Pioneers, they could do it in this game as well. Love to see that too from Pioneers really popping off, playing off that low ground underneath the barrels that we saw Vex try to reposition in originally there too.

02:07:45 Gonna be able to see how this is gonna play into how a lot of these squads want to uplift themselves with Vex Gaming being so close to that match point area. KCP being right behind him with 36 points. Start a fight. One of the teams that I've been looking at going into today sitting at 30 points. So that's our top three so far as we take a look at where our teams are gonna be going.

02:08:03 I mean, look at Vex, by the way. They have just been blessed. Vex not only have a hot drop, they have a hot zone. They also have both beacons. They're going to have all the information in the world. And I'm waiting for this zone to pop, by the way, because if it goes towards Lava Siphon, this couldn't be set up any better for Vex to cross the match point threshold. It's going to be a very interesting game for everyone. Okay, they have to move a little bit, but still, they can have all the information they could possibly want. Mitro, though, one of those bubble teams we mentioned, also with some great...

02:08:32 Das war's.

02:08:39 Oh, this is going to be fantastic for them. They're also going to have their own set of information, as well as the Replicator, which I believe just rotated out with the weekly rotations, allowing the mobile respawn to make their way inside of the Replicator rotation, too. So not only do you have that information, you have some great loot to walk away from, from Lava Fisher, but you also have that Replicator to work with, too. As you can see, Sardell just looting the rest of Mirage. And Maestro, like you mentioned before, also having a good amount of information. And they can also Circle Keep. They hold this position here. Aurora, which are going to be...

02:09:09 Also start making their rotation away from Harvester over to the west. Yeah, better zone for Alliance here as far as Axis is concerned. They can hold down a couple of these chokes. And like you say, kind of hold everybody out. This moving from the Harvester side of the map and behind them from Tree. So Alliance have been quiet so far today. But as we know, history tells us that Alliance sometimes like to leave it late for a big performance.

02:09:29 Ich habe ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr, ein bisschen mehr.

02:09:56 Spieler, das ist Bambino, Rocking the Fuse hier. Sie sind still Rocking all White Evo, so sie waren wirklich zu schießen. Sie können die Schatz auch von Eterno von ihren Backen sehen. Das ist J-Ling, und sie haben viel besser Evo Shields zu arbeiten hier. Two Blues und one Purple.

Vex Gaming Nears Match Point Amidst Intense Gameplay

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02:10:10 Well, Vex just got a knock, by the way. And if they're able to convert it into a kill, that will be one of the points that they needed. Knocked off of that tally, they will be two points away from crossing the match point threshold. So really important to keep your eyes on that. And yes, they do secure it. Look at the kill feed. Metaphe finishing off Bevis. So they now just need two points. But Jaylings almost kind of got caught with their pants down a little bit on that rotation. Now find somewhere safe to play. They're inside a fragment on the construction building, which unfortunately for some, maybe happily for others, won't be here for too much longer.

02:10:39 And they also get Frick's talking about Vex in the feed right now. This is crazy here as that one last player is trying to get away here in time. I believe Hong Kong was able to make the rotation over to Big Mod from where Vex initially was trying to contest them at exiting out of that Lava Siphon choke point. Jayling's now on the high ground, though, looking...

02:10:58 Ja, J-Link in der Early Game reminded me of, you know, when sometimes you go on a night out and you see someone kind of like...

02:11:18 Ja, ein bisschen Argy Bargy goes down, someone starts kicking off and then all of a sudden you make it the mates arrive and it's alright, okay, alright, well, we'll calm it down a little bit now because it felt a little bit when the rest of jailings turned up speaking of Argy Bargy, here's a V2 getting the first knock and it's gonna be Vortex who like we say kind of decided that with Bitfix Gaming on that contest to kind of split the loot, but they've run into some problems now, but V2 have lost joke

02:11:41 Oh man, Ruben ist auch der Knopf hier auch. Das ist auch der Black Hole. Oh, die Archer hits und Thermal. Oh, das ist auch hier. Also, ich kann auch diese Pink Damage sein, aber Zidane hat sich zu beheren, um das High-Ground zu sehen, so er kann es re-stabilisieren. Du hast keine Resetze, aber die Schilds, aber die Schilds sind sehr gut. Kann ich den killen? Das ist die Frage. Ein bisschen Hit-Fire kommt.

02:12:06 But again, not converted on the kills quite now. Should be an easy finish. And finally, V2 will finish that. So Vortex, who have had a rough time here on Worlds Edge. Firstly, with the contest. Secondly, with running into V2, find themselves the first team eliminated. Did they see that they got scanned originally there by a closed beacon? They're also going to have enough time and space to not only restabilize, but work with all the extra loot that are at their feet.

02:12:29 Thanks to Vortex, but 19 squads left now in the lobby after Vortex was the first one to go down here for this game, number four. But with the circle pooling all the way by Mirage, by the south side of Lava Fischer, they're going to start rotating from the north side, probably going to contest through Skyhook, where a lot of other teams, like Firebeavers, who want that information in Grandma's building to try to meet up between E6 and B2.

02:12:50 You said the word Firebeavers, and all of a sudden I looked at my map overhead, I was like, V2, be careful, because Firebeavers made me thinking about having a look at this. But one of the bubble teams, they were my team to watch on the previous match day. We're on our screens right now, it's going to be GG. They're set up at the moment, they do have ring console information as well, so they know where that zone's going to be pulling. But the lobby's kind of played out in some ways well for them with the performance they've had so far today, because it's been a little bit slow.

02:13:17 Aber mit den Punkt Spongen in Vexx und Pioneers auf der top ist, es ist immer noch close auf den overallen Stands für sie. Und wenn sie in eine große Performance machen können, dann könnte sie nur ein Spiel geben. Weil sie eine große Performance machen können. Und wenn die Matchpoint geteilt und die Team gewinnen, dann könnte es die Unterschiede für den MC's, qualifizierend für LAN. Ich liebe wie du das auch, weil jetzt, nach dem vorherigen Spiel, sie sind in 14th. Overall, 71 points. Vortex, wie wir sie einfach unten sehen, sie sind 72 points. Sie sind 1 point ahead of sie. Und dann...

02:13:44 12. We have Danish with 73 points and Aurora was 77. So that little gap between Aurora and Danish have been built up, but it's still good enough for Gaming Gladiators to have that one pop-off performance to skyrocket themselves in the top 10. As we can take a look at the updated circle now, we are going all the way over to the west side and look how many teams have already infiltrated that choke point that you see Aurora making their way through.

02:14:06 Looks like KCP, I'm not sure if they're controlling the high ground of Mirage or if they're underneath in the buildings. It looks like they might be controlling the high ground. Maestro also in and around them. They're on the kind of compound just outside.

02:14:17 Ich habe das LOS, natürlich, von Height. Aber für KCP, ich meine, sie hat eine gute Zone. Ich habe es über die Priorität zu dieser Zone gut gemacht. Wenn sie Kontrollen auf den Top-Mirage haben, das ist eine der strongesten Spots zu halten für diese Zone. Sie können alle auf alle Rotationen in. Und auch wenn sie in 2nd place sind, sie nicht mehr eine MASSIVE-GAME hier haben. Es muss sich ein ganz guter Ziel sein. Wenn sie in die Top-4 oder Top-3 mit KP haben, dann könnte sie das Matchpoint-Threshold werden.

02:14:43 Such a good point, too, especially when you talk about the positioning that they could be holding there. Even if the circle pulls towards the east away from them where they're forced to give up that high ground, there's so much action that's going to be happening by Lava Fisher that they could use that opportunity to make the rotation. The one team that I'd be thinking about would be Alliance that has that high ground positioning from the north side of Thermal Station by that choke point that you currently see effects sitting on. Between them, even fighting against foot, that would still give some time over to KCP to make that rotation if it starts pulling away from them.

02:15:12 so good spots all around as we take a look at ascend on the other side trying to find an opportunity to exit out of harvester love how we also get to see the wraith being played out here too you guys highlighted in the pre-game before we jumped into game number four about the duality and the different comps that we've been able to see from a lot of these teams making the swap between storm point and world's edge yeah it's interesting now that the point where the meta is especially in me or i feel like teams kind of

02:15:35 Ich denke, das ist was wir sehen hier von...

02:15:52 Ich weiß nicht, dass ein Team in dieser Lobby ist, aber eine Team mit 1 Kp und 2 Kp, ich würde sagen, vielleicht nur noch einen mehr Punkt ist Vex Gaming. Und es ist nicht so schön zu sehen, dass sie nicht für eine kurze Rotation gehen, spielen ein bisschen Vex, wenn ihr nur noch 1 oder 2 Punkte braucht, um das Matchpoint-Threshold zu setzen.

02:16:10 Especially since they made their way around Lava Siphon. Like we saw them get literally everything. Taking a look at their EVOs. You see Tyler with the gold. Squad does get scanned by the Survey Beacon. So they know where another team is in the distance. As Matafi tries to take some shots. Jaylings in a fight themselves. They have the high ground advantage here. And they do get the crack initially.

02:16:28 Yeah, V2 is the team on the other side of this fight as well, and this is going to be a fight that has to finish pretty quickly. The good thing for Jalings is they do have, of course, the ability to redeploy with the Valkyrie if they need to. They have the hype, so they shouldn't be shot out of the air too easily. V2, on the other hand, kind of in a sticky situation. Jalings will hit the Valcol to try and overtake them. The question is, can they get away without taking too much damage, although with some pretty good shots through the air, the Jalings should be safe to land, but it looks like maybe not so safe.

02:16:56 As Nags takes a fair bit of damage, but they do find somewhere here in Countdown to play. They can take a bit of a breather here as Nags is going to be able to pop that Phoenix kit. They got beams on the other side of Countdown by another team. Gets scanned here again by another Survey Beacon from a distance, so they'll know where that other team here is. But Jaylings have a nice rotation on the outskirts of the circle to gatekeep this other team that's still chasing them from right behind.

02:17:21 Vexed ist nicht nur über die Valkult, sondern auch über die Zonen, sondern über die Traffik. Wenn man die Traffik geht, wissen die Zonen ist, man ist die Team in die Position, wie die Fortschritte geht. Man kann die Fortschritte machen, wie die Fortschritte gehen. Man kann die Fortschritte machen, und man kann die Fortschritte machen, als andere Teams sind, die Fortschritte in die Fortschritte nicht wirklich wollen. So, J-Lings, mit einer guten IQ-Fortschritte, würde ich sagen, ist das Valkult ein bisschen besser als V2 war. Und jetzt, Vexed!

02:17:48 Let's change over to them again because they're trying to force their way through this vault tunnel. But as you can see, some obvious signs here, Vicky, there might be someone in the area. Playing around different angles with all these Watson fences. Oh, look, he needs to fly away. Tyler does have the GG threat because he's got the gold R9, but they're giving away this space. You see, they're Cyril activated. Why would they want to contest this right here? What Ascend has painted this entire tunnel with the Watson fences. Tyler loves Kashira, by the way.

02:18:15 So used to seeing him on Crypto, but now he's got the freedom to just kind of do what he wants on the map. I'm excited to see why this impact can be for him. Ascend holding down this vault tunnel, I'm going to have to do so for quite some time as well. Firebeavers are on the other side of Ascend though, inside of Landslide. They will be safe for this next zone, but being trapped between Firebeavers and Vexed, I can't really think of many worse places to be.

02:18:39 My biggest concern now moving forward is Vex Gaming with this rotation and with the noise I have already been made by this tunnel. You can imagine teams already on the outside staging hearing this action, could contest them in the middle of their rotate since I don't see them trying to contest through that tunnel. See Joke taking a lot of damage here to us. 2R1C dropping to the sky on top of V2. Nice to break the C-Roll as well. V2 looking for some damage, looking for some bodies, but they can't find any quite now.

02:19:08 Looks like the team that they had a little scrap against has managed to move away to low ground and just giving you an update on where that zone will be going. You called it perfectly, Vicky. It has pulled away from Mirage over towards the train tracks now. So all of those teams who are staying in a great position, likes of KCP, likes of Aurora, Alliance, tough moves, tough zone pull for them. They're going to have to leave pretty quickly.

02:19:29 Und es ist das 50-50-Rotation, dass jetzt Allianz kann, weil sie nicht zu vollkommen, um zu finden, in Mirage zu finden, um Dainish zu finden. Das ist unser 2nd-Squad, mit dem Lobby. Die, die auch noch haben, sehr gut zu arbeiten. Look at Zidane, er hat das Art E45 in seinem Hand. Er hat das Nemesis, er hat das Ammo, das er braucht hier. Aber es sieht auch, er braucht das Energie Ammo für den Nemesis. So, vielleicht gehen wir auf ein Sticks an, was sie sehen, was sie sehen, was sie sehen.

02:19:57 Also a very generous guy, Zidane. Gave the Digi-Thread to his teammate off the RE45. Nice guy. Shout out to you. I don't do that. I would never do that. You would grief, Dan, I feel like. I would say to Dan, I need a Digi-Thread, because I need two. Take a look at the Zone, Vicky. I mean, you can see right now, Eternal ended up in pretty much the Godspot here.

02:20:22 Yeah, this is a really nice spot for them, but is it too early for this rotate is my question, because we know that foot are going to be rotating on those training tracks. They want to hold on to the high ground. BFG, another one that wants to also try to find an opportunity to rotate in here without getting third party by either.

02:20:37 Gigi, oder Allianz. So, da wird viel mehr action in der congestive spot, zu der south, wo die Zone wird, aber mit dem action, das wird von KCG, Maestro, Allianz wird, dass sie sie in den Formal 4 schießen können, sie können auch ein KP zu ihrem Namen.

Vex Gaming Secures Match Point and Eternal's Unexpected Victory

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02:20:56 Interested to see what Vex do as well. Vex still kind of trapped him. How do they want to play things? Because they're just thinking right now, we just need to hit match point, right? We just need one KP. We just need a couple of placement points. Are they just going to ape someone and try and hope that they get that KP secured?

02:21:10 Or are they going to try and play it a little bit more smart? Firebeavers though, we mentioned they were inside a landslide. Now they're going to have to make some moves. They were trying to hold out the tunnel team that was Ascend for quite some time as well. But now they realize with the zone moving, they're going to have to do exactly that as well. But look at the kill feed. Firebeavers are picking up some kills and Ascend are going to be eliminated here. Eternal also involved in that elimination. So Firebeavers now have the space to play with and they will be safe too.

02:21:37 Where else was Ascend going to go when they bunkered down in that tunnel for so long? You're stuck between Firebeavers, you're stuck between Vex. You have only one direction to go with the circle pulling in. And Firebeavers were able to clean that up nicely. Another team right in front of them, just secured with those Watson fences inside of that truck. Vex Gaming though in some trouble when they're just one point away from sitting at match point. And they're bang in the middle.

02:21:59 Das ist nicht der Platz zu sein.

02:22:17 This is what I was worried about, especially with Eternal with the early rotation on top of these train tracks. These teams had no other choice but to rotate in this direction, and if they wanted the priority on the high ground, they were going to meet up with BFG, who was right behind them. Vex Gaming now healing from...

02:22:34 1 kp so you need one point overall is all you need however with so many teams in the vicinity just with high ground all around them what is the play here for vexed they can't really wait until zone moves and everyone else has to make a play because they're on that low ground and everybody has got line of sight onto them if they get out this situation it will be quite something maybe tyler has to make a play smoke a team off see if they can cross

02:22:58 Mark 1 KP or top 15. That's all they need to sit at match points. It's crazy here. While they're running for their lives. See Bambino sitting out that fuse cluster grenade here too. Unlucky just trying to heal up with the Phoenix kit. The grenade also at their feet. This is crazy. Look how low their health is. Oh, this is like some horrible looking popcorn right now inside of this little shipping crate. The fuse queue coming in the knuckle cluster causing damage but vexed.

02:23:26 Und ich glaube, Tyler hat gesagt, ich habe einen Elfa, ich werde versuchen, die K.P. selbst. Aber er hat sich die K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P. und er hat den K.P.

02:23:52 But can he finish the kill? That's the question. Can he finish the kill? Because right now that point is still away. Top 15 for Vex. They get the one point that they need. Unlucky just survived. And that might be the one Clippy talks about for quite some time. There's another one. Oh, if it isn't enough, you got to be the nail in the coffin here. Vex feeling themselves now not only being top 15, but also cleaning up the KP that they need as they already sit at match point.

02:24:17 Oh, Tags.

02:24:40 Dancing around the gen real quick. Oh my goodness. He was going crazy rugby with a punch. He needed to try to heal up and also get some extra ammo maestro get wiped out. Top five left here start a fight another team that's in our top three with 37 points. Still racking up some extra KP as Alliance cleans them up. We've talked about the bloodbath that was going to go down in this area alone being so open and having to shift away from Mirage. Look at the position of jailings as well. Maybe thinking about going back to back here. Fire Beavers though.

02:25:08 Trying to make some plays, maybe thinking about a push. They're going to destroy everything that that Watson had spent so much time, care and attention setting up in the fences. The EMP destroys all of it. And Firebeaver's looking to now capitalize with some shots into the truck onto Jaylings. But I think the point is Alliance now only has a two. We mentioned they love to leave it late. When they find a little bit of form though and that train starts rolling, Alliance are difficult to stop.

02:25:34 The Alliance with Hockies and Yuki's still up and alive on the other side. Thurnal on top of the train tracks. Jaylings, they've been able to set up the perimeters on the outside of those three pillboxes here too. The Cyril has been called in as Alliance find an opportunity to rotate from the low ground here. Unseen and unheard. Jaylings may be trying to call him out as Hockies goes into Noises line of sight. He's going to go into the LOS, but the good thing for Hackies here is he can afford to do it. He's playing on a legend in Newcastle. He's going to have a deployable cover. He's going to be able to use the Ultimate if it's available as well.

02:26:04 Und das könnte eine große Unterschiede sein. Die Firebeavers werden aus der Trucke gehen. Sie wollen J-Ling dead.

02:26:12 Do they have the angles is the question they got the Gigi they see right through the smoke See the missile swarm also coming in right here too, but fire beavers can't overextend you they can't give up this ground But they have no choice but to move forward with the circle closing it behind them So Jaylings have actually left to move to the other side of this truck and fire beavers kind of a little bit perplexed there Question marks appearing over the top of their heads Jaylings now know where they are and fire beavers now know where Jaylings are as well noise is up on the height They're surviving for now, but fire beavers are hitting some big shots

02:26:39 Playing Hand and Seek around the side of the corner of this truck here too. Nags goes incredibly low though. Noises. Finding the opportunity here. Getting in for the reposition right underneath the lip of the rock. A little bit of M&K action going down. Firebeavers holding their ground for now. But Firebeavers also being eliminated thanks to Nags. It's the controller that comes in and does the damage. Firebeavers eliminated. Alliance eliminated. Eternal now moving on Jalings to try and close out.

02:27:06 Well, well, well, that makes things very interesting, doesn't it? Vexed, most importantly, crossed the threshold for match point.

02:27:34 KCP, ich glaube nicht, haben sie genug Punkte auf dem Board zu erreichen. Allianz beginnt zu finden etwas Form, aber es könnte interessant sein, wenn es um die Geschichte geht. Aber ETHERNAL ist das erste Fuse-Win wir gesehen haben in Pro-League?

02:27:51 I would not be surprised, especially seeing the fact that they're the only team that we've seen rock the fuse out here. And sticking through it, too. It's nice also to highlight the gap between Vex, who are now sitting at match point with, what, 53 points with those last KP that we saw them clean up at the very end. And then KCP sitting in seconds with, like, 39 points after that game. So, what a gap.

02:28:14 There's been already built up after those four games and Vex Gaming have a little room to breathe, but they can't be too comfortable. Yeah, I mean, we got to talk about the Vex game because it was like, you could see there was a real dichotomy in how they wanted to approach it. It's like, do we just play for these couple of KP? Do we try and play in a position where we're going to rotate to zone? And then didn't really do either.

02:28:36 Ich habe gesagt, wer war es in den Binnen? Ich kann mich nicht aus dem Kopf aus dem Kopf. Ich denke, es war Unlucky. Es war Unlucky, ich glaube. Hier ist der Moment. Great work von Produktion hier zu geben, Vicky. Wir sprechen immer immer über Rotation. Wir sprechen über Teamfight und Abilität von Teams. Manchmal muss man einfach lange leben, für die resten der Lobby zu tun. 17 Quads remaining. Keep your eye on that top-right. By the time Unlucky falls, ich glaube, wir sind nach 9.

02:29:05 Honestly, after this entire fight, yes, because it was all the teams that had to get out of that southern choke point by that train tracks that fell under.

02:29:14 Und es war Atherto, der kam aus, das Seite der Circle zu sehen. Sie sehen, das ist der Moment, wo er die 1-Clip war, aber auch, bei der Bambino, bei der Bambino, mit der Pläthra von Grenades, die er senden in die Richtung. Look at das! 140 hat ihn geschenkt! Und das war Fud, also, als E6 mit dem in die Lobby, in der Lobby, hinter dem. ... die Punkte sie brauchen, um zu 50, um unsere erste Team auf Matchpoint. Reinday, viel zu reden, aber ich muss sagen, das Moment war ein Pivotal, und es war viel Spaß zu sehen.

02:29:44 Oh, it was fun to watch. I'll tell you that. I'm sure casting even better. So exciting to watch how unlucky was able to put Vexed over that threshold. And we called it. I mean, it's not easy. There was a moment you thought it was going to go the other way, but they survived. They outlast and they outwitted. That's my little survivor pun here. Let's bring Vicky back in. Mark, take it easy. Great call there. Vicky, digesting that game.

02:30:09 So many things are going to happen. I think the ending was just as surprising as the middle with Unlucky. The ending, seeing an Ash, a Fuse, and a Seer win. I mean...

02:30:19 What kind of funky stuff is this? What do we got going on here? Hey, they're taking everybody. It's not Franklin, it's Funky Town. Yeah, I love it too. I love it when a lot of these teams play into what they feel like is comfortable. When you get the mix-up and take away from the usual Valk, Seer, Catalyst, I like that. Introduce that here, especially when we make the transition into World's Edge. But also, we gotta highlight the rotation. They held their ground on top of those train tracks and were able to get involved in this final fight when Jaylings had lost out and jammed.

02:30:48 So what better way to now move in after you see Alliance get taken out here too. Firebeavers had just met them right afterwards. Firebeavers also, by the way, very consistent in these late games. But Eternal took the opportunity, wasted no time here, and were able to see that it was just two of the members of JLings up and alive. So they were able to just clean up the rest of the lobby. And this is smart too. I mean, Josh, he does wait a little bit. It's a med kit, but they both move in. And you can see how...

02:31:13 It's over. If Ash hits you with a tether, that's what Alliance was experimenting with. That's what we even saw the concept of before her buffs coming in mid-season, that we saw Aurora playing Ash, Fuse, and Bangalore. But this is a little bit of a different situation. You saw that it worked for Eternal here. You saw the mid-fight. You saw the rotation capabilities. Don't mis-underestimate how Ash's ultimate can get them and keep them to those high grounds and relocate in these circles where...

02:31:41 Maybe you just are a little bit out of position and you need that fast displacement. Eternal, great job showcasing some legends we haven't seen in a while. J-Link's keeping it up as well. Firebeavers and Alliance and Starfight Esports continuing to be really, really consistent. Phoenix Legacy starting to wake up too. On the back half, 2R1C fighting for one of those spots in that 9th to 11th place. So is Aurora. And of course, Horizon Union who have not found.

02:32:08 Vicky, reagieren zu das, aber auch ein Team, das hat die Highlighten dieses Mal an, Eternal. Ich möchte Sie sehen, dass die Stats, die sie zusammengefasst haben. Aber auch, was Sie haben eine Chance zu nehmen? Sie spielen wie ein Team, das kann gewinnen.

02:32:24 They're playing amazingly with 10 KP to the name and the dub on top of that. Yeah, we make the transition now next over to Stormpoint. So can that consistency stick with this team? I mean, I'm expecting the comps to change up as we make that move over to Stormpoint, but we'll be able to find that comfortability that they obviously have found right here with the Fuse and the Ashes here.

02:32:44 Und du kannst die Rolle das Seer ist, in der Information zu sein, und nicht mehr zu sein. 250 damage, das ist okay. Er hat die 4 Assists, er hat die Möglichkeit, die Info zu geben. Vexed Gaming wird unser sehr erstes Team, Ladies und Gentlemen, auf Matchpoint. Für diejenigen, was das bedeutet, was das bedeutet? Das bedeutet, wenn sie gewinnen...

02:33:02 It's game over. The standings are as they are right now if they win one more time. But that does mean there's one more game at least for these teams to make a move. A team like Horizon Union, which I highlighted, does not want to be sitting in 15th place here. There are other teams beneath them. Danish, Maestro, Gaming Gladiators, 2R1C who are ahead of them, V2 behind them as well, Eternal, Start a Fight. These teams are looking in a pretty good position to jump right now. So you've got to start making it happen, Vicky.

02:33:30 Absolutely. I talked about it earlier with Mark when we were talking about the game and the teams right now that were on the cusp before that final game, teams like Aurora, Danish, Vortex, one of the first teams that we saw go down in that previous game. Game and Gladiators were so close. That cusp between 11th all the way down to 15th are so close. And this game determined a lot here for the squads that are on that cusp that want to be in the top 10. And with Vex Gaming already sitting at match points, they should start sweating a little bit now that we make that move over to game number five.

02:33:59 And the question is, Aurora, is it enough? Eighth place. Oh, stories just keep getting better and better. I hope you all are enjoying it as well. We've got a quick break coming up, but guess what? Right after this, we go back to Storm Point to see if Vex can close it out here in our Game 5, or if someone else will start to make this their legacy today. We'll see you in just a moment.

02:34:23 Es ist Zeit, diese Welt zu erinnern, den Namen August Brinkmann. Für mich, Allies. Wohoo! Was ist es jetzt? Was ist es jetzt? Was ist es jetzt? Was ist es jetzt? Didn't you expect to see me up here, did you? This is my favorite part. I hope for more. Did you forget who I am? I will not fall today.

02:35:55 Welcome back everybody. It's time for us to get back.

02:35:57 In World's Edge, take a well-earned break. And Dan Gaskin is going to be joining me once again. Dan, a pretty crazy last game. Vexed just about managed to scrape through by the skin of their teeth. Yeah, I was watching with bated breath. Would they get that extra point? Was it going to be via placement? Was it going to be via kills? And just about held on. I think they were just desperately watching that kill feed, hoping that teams were going to be eliminated. But eventually they get there. So now it's all eyes on Vexed. Can they get the job done here on match number five? And you know what that means?

02:36:26 We're changing maps. We go back to Stormpoint, which I will say hasn't been as successful throughout the season for Vexed, but we do already see them having a victory today in match number two. We do indeed. And they've been involved in two endgames as well, which is even better news for Vexed fans. A real opportunity if the zone gives them a chance to maybe close things out here in match number five. It would be a hell of an effort to make it to match point in four. I mean, it's been a great effort to make it to match point this quickly, but to close it out in five, Dan.

02:36:54 One of the quickest ones we've seen. Yeah, I mean, we've seen, well, ESA do it in five. We've seen Fnatic do it in four. In EMEA, it traditionally goes a little bit longer and the average would be around seven. But with how Vexed are playing, they have the advantage now. They have a free hit at trying to...

02:37:10 Ich hoffe, dass wir uns nicht sehen, wenn wir uns machen.

02:37:35 Yeah, just to give you an update on what's happening elsewhere as well. We know that Vexter, the team who are on Matchpoint, is somewhat of a free hit for them, knowing that no one else is on Matchpoint. But the rest of the chasing group, it's so, so tight now. You've got Pioneers on 39. They need an 11. Jayling's 38.

02:37:51 SAF 37, Firebeavers 37. So you would imagine in this lobby, there's going to be maybe two teams joining them if those teams perform. So for Vexed, it's almost a case now of this becomes probably the most important game of the day for them, knowing that they are the only team who can win it right here, right now.

02:38:07 Ja, es ist ein extraes Element von Pressure und es ist, kann sie mit dem Pressure dealten, als auch. Sind wir, Vex zu sehen, in 5. Oder sind wir, nach 6, vielleicht nach 7. Wir können bis nach 15, für all wir wissen. Das ist warum dieser Format ist so unglaublich. Aber natürlich, es ist alles auf Vex Gaming. Off the Drop.

02:38:25 All eyes on Vexed Gaming. All eyes on where that zone is going to be going as well. Will it be favourable for Vexed or will it be one that they're going to have to work extremely hard to get a win on the board? Keep in mind as well, we've got all of those qualification spots for the split two playoffs on LAN over in London. She's going to be here before you know it on the line in this lobby. And the fascinating thing for me is SAF feel like they're the only team on the bubble who's really performed so far today, Dan.

02:38:51 And honestly, it might be a situation for SAF where they say, we wouldn't mind if Vexed win it here, because they're already in the top five, they're in a position where likely they would be finding themselves at LAN, at playoffs, but suddenly if Vexed don't win, there is more games where teams start to catch up SAF if they don't perform it. It creates a very strange dynamic here, as Ascend, once more, are going to be challenged off the drop by Bitfix.

02:39:18 Oh, Bitfix. Ich würde sagen, sie sind aggressiv hier, Dan. Ich denke, das ist fair. Ich habe nur drei von ihnen gesehen, auf die Height zu bekommen. Ich meine, wenn ihr eine Lufka geht, würde ich sagen, Lufka ist wahrscheinlich der beste zu bekommen. Aber ich habe die High-Ground gegeben. Ich habe eine Situation, wo es ein 2v2-2 sehr schnell ist. Alternative hier für Postkill.

02:39:40 Ich stelle bei den Faktor, wenn ich mich in Rang, wenn ich mich in Rang, wenn ich mich in Rang, wenn ich mich in Rang, wenn ich mich in Rang. Das ist eine der Bestes Weapons zu starten. Ja, die Ascend kann, dass das Theorie ist, aber sie haben bereits einen. So, das ist vielleicht nicht der Bestes Weapon. Das ist eine gute Situation. 3 vs. 2, die Weaponry ist nicht großartig.

02:39:58 Aber die Good News ist, mein Theory kind of tracks, weil beide Teams hatten alternatoren, also es nicht nur ein Team.

Pioneers' möglicher Matchpoint und Vex' Dominanz

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02:40:26 Aber BFG... Oh, win this one! Kashera! He's out of there. He might be able to survive, you know, even though the finishes have come in. We have seen Ascend... Affectionately, I must say, the cockroaches of this lobby so far. Every time I say it, I'm like, could have chosen a better example here. But they have survived, and they have been able to play the game, even though it's been a bit of a rough start for them. But looking elsewhere, we are going center zone. It looks like a waterfall zone at the moment.

02:40:54 So a victory for Pioneers, Jaylings, Firebeavers or SAF would be enough to take them into match points. So I think Vex need to be aware of that, that if they do not win here in match number five.

02:41:19 It's highly likely we're going to see another team join them. Although we have had situations like this where we've had four or five teams that are very close to match point and then suddenly they all flop. And we'll see some of the teams that are struggling really start to take risks. They change their composition. They start to maybe be a bit more aggressive. Bitfix Gaming, for example, we can see the aggression they just had off the drop. And then they have their big games and suddenly they propel themselves up the leaderboards and they become a team that might actually be able to challenge those who are at the top. And it can be frustrating for those who are fighting at the top. Speaking of...

02:41:48 Es ist Vex Gaming. Es sieht aus, dass es ein Team sehr nahe zu dem hier ist.

02:42:04 So, Eternal causing them some problems and I think Vex will make them pay for that. The Zero ult is going to go down. Well, that's going to be destroyed immediately. Tyler with a really big play, but they've got to capitalize now on Metafe. We'll get that first knock. Unlucky will move in and we know he ain't been missing too many bullets, Dan, today. And he looks like he might be able to clean up the last two players. That will be Eternal eliminated. The perfect start here for Vexed.

02:42:25 Und nicht nur die Vex nehmen, aber sie nehmen einen anderen Team, aber sie nehmen einen Team, das war ein Threat, wirklich. Sie haben nur noch ein Spiel, sie sind auf 30 Punkte, sie sind auf 30 Punkte. Aber ich liebe die Vex nehmen, die Vex nehmen. So viele Male, ich habe viele Teams auf den Matchpoint und dann einfach nicht zu tun und sagen, wir müssen uns in die Zentral-Zone gehen, wir können keine Fortschritte nehmen, was wir? Vex wissen, dass sie auf jeden Tag in dieser Lobby können, und sie zeigen ihre Dominanz, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen ihre Hoffnung, sie zeigen sie jetzt hier auf Matchpoint.

02:42:54 Over to Checkpoint, then. You can see Vortex and 2R1C playing down the lines for a potential battle. Robben's really important in this fight as well. You can see he's holding down that central structure. You can get so many good angles that allow your teammates to push up off the back of it. 2R1C kind of hold up, though, you can see.

02:43:15 But elsewhere on the map, I just want to kind of highlight quickly who's got probably the best position in zone right now. And it's going to be Gaiman Gladiators. And for comeback stories to be made, Dan, there's kind of the, you kind of, I've got a kind of emotional attachment to them for what they've been through, how they've had to kind of progress, missed out on the last land. You just want to see them do well. And this might be the game with how close it is in the bubble that they could do well here. And maybe that one game could be the qualifying for land game.

02:43:44 Es ist der Fall, wenn du in Matchpoint bist, und du bist vielleicht nicht einer der Team zu gewinnen, auf der Matchpoint ist, aber all du brauchst ist eine große Spiel, die du 25-plus Punkte verhältst, die du in den Top 5 hast, und das könnte genug sein, um in den overallen Standings zu gewinnen, um die Top 10 für LAN zu gewinnen. Jetzt, für Gaming Gladiators, vielleicht muss es ein bisschen wichtiger sein, wie ein Top 3.

02:44:05 Aber sicherlich eine Victory in einem großen Spiel würde das für sie machen. Und sie haben die Potenzial für sie. Ihr ist völlig recht. Ich denke, alle würden das Wort erheben. Es ist das Gefühl, dass sie einfach das Gefühl haben, dass sie einfach das Gefühl haben, dass sie einfach das Gefühl haben. Wir müssen sie sehen, ob sie können mit ihr. Es ist Horizon Union zu zwei, und sie sind sehr einfach nur auf jeden Fall zu bleiben, aber sie werden vom E6 verbunden. E6 ist es, dass sie alle Probleme an dem Moment haben.

02:44:28 And for Horizon Union, what an unfortunate turn of events it's been for them in previous weeks. They were the team who were kind of holding down one of those last qualification spots, but coming into today, after a very, very poor last match day for them, now once again find themselves maybe in danger of being overtaken by those bubble teams we were talking about and missing out. And if E6 can eliminate them here, which they are desperate to do, by the way, well, they will be eliminated because SAF are just going to come and pick up the easiest KP of their life, then that will be...

02:44:56 Ja, Horizon Union sind 7 points ahead von SAF, 3 points ahead von 2R1C und VCGO und 8 points ahead von Aurora, so...

02:45:08 There are three or four teams I've just named there who are all performing well today, who all could be picking up points, and they all could leapfrog the likes of Horizon Union who could drop out of playoff places, which is really an unfortunate situation to find yourself in when, as you say, you were so close, you were on the cusp, and you could almost taste land, and it just gets ripped away from you. We'll have to try and keep an eye on it, but it's very difficult to try and work out these points totals when it could all end here. Vext are still alive. Vext are still within the chance of winning the regional finals.

Strategische Positionierung und Team-Dynamiken im späteren Spielverlauf

02:45:37

02:45:37 Und remember, wenn Vex gewinnt die Region Finals, dann würde das 10. in den Overall Standings sein, dann würde das 10. in den Overall Standings sein, dann würde jemanden zu qualifieren, als auch. Der Team ist in einem guten Spot in Zone. Es wird KCP-Pioneers-Bang-Center, mit GG für jetzt. Und ich werde eine Frage, was ich glaube ich, was Land ist? Ich glaube, Land ist wie Marshmallows, mit Butterflies.

02:46:01 Ich habe never eaten a Butterfly, aber ich hätte sagen, das wäre wertvoll. Ich würde viel Geld haben, auf die Antwort auf die Antwort. Maestro ist auf der Boden, auf der Boden der Waterfall. E6 wurde von E6 geholfen, die wir vorhin haben, ein paar Moments zu halten. Vielleicht zu versuchen, Maestro zu machen. Aber die Digi-Threat und die Interception-Pylon sind wirklich gut für Rugby. Aber E6 wollen etwas! Sie sind für die Fight hier!

02:46:26 E6s sind sehr gut für die fighten. Das ist weil sie bereits für Land und K-Swinne auf den Octane zu gewinnen. Maestro, die in der Bubble-Situation waren, die nicht mehr Punkte waren, finden eine andere Spiel, wo sie wiederholfen, als E6s sind wieder zurückgekehrt. Ja, die Team hat die Height aus dem auch, aber gut shots kommen in. Almost allowed sie zu retake Height selbst. Phoenix Legacy, ich glaube, mit dem Team, ja, die haben das Zip-Line genommen. Und Alpha Draft hat sich extrem gehalten, um die Schild-Cell zu nutzen, um die Schild-Cell zu kommen.

02:46:55 Absolutely, und sie brauchen sie. Ich meine, es ist ein ziemlich langes Start für sie.

02:47:13 I say they need them. They don't really. They're already at LAN. They've got what they achieved, but you still want to be higher up on the leaderboards for A, more money, and B, a better seed going into LAN as well. I'm going to see an engagement, though. 2R1C taking the fight against V2, but it should really end up as nothing here. When you have those blast doors in the way, usually you just back off from one another because it becomes a bit of an awkward dance, almost as awkward as mine at high school. But now 2R1C will have to take another fight on the other side here.

02:47:42 2-1-1-2

02:48:03 Just demonstrating that they can be aggressive, but now this is the time for V2. As soon as they heard all of that commotion, they said, alright, we can open up the doors, we can open up the curtains, and we can start to have a look at this one. But 2R1C should be able to avoid the sightlines, and it really is going to depend how aggressive V2 want to be here.

02:48:22 The two able to reset. So I'm going to be closing, got quite some way to go, but it looks like the decision has been made to go back into the wall and maybe craft a few med kits. But they've also found a rat, and that's a problem. Lifing gets one. Takes a huge amount of damage, and that should be the end of foot esports, but that is...

02:48:39 Very interesting as far as the overall stand is concerned now, Dan. We mentioned that Foot Esports have been the performing bubble team so far in the games that we've seen, but them falling early outside of the placement points, and I'm pretty sure they had no KP as well, that will open the door for the likes of GG, Maestro, if they can have a good game here, to really put the pressure back on. Yeah, I'm in Foot Esports down in 18th now, and they really will be struggling.

02:49:04 Especially if it were to end here. They just give all of the opportunity for all of those teams to take those positions away from them, and they won't have that chance to be able to take a top 10 position and take a LAN spot. So when you are one of those teams that gets eliminated in these stages, you are just hoping Vex do not win to give you one more chance of trying to get some more points, or of course, give yourself a chance of getting closer to match point. But if you are that far off, if you are about 40 points off, you're not thinking about match point, you're thinking about just trying to get as much as you can to go up the leaderboards.

02:49:34 Kascade Falls is looking a bit busy right now. Vor-Tex up on the high ground will be safe for that zone to close. Zero is down as well. Trying to cancel maybe one of those players down on the low ground. But Vushin's got to be very careful here. And isn't careful enough as E6 poked their head in it. Slayers from distance with that scout.

02:49:55 Such worrying times for a lot of these teams, because I think when you are going into Matchpoint game, oh my god, why are you crafting right now? You surely know there's a team right there. Well, at least you can Newcastle away at the very least. That was a little bit concerning. That was Alliance, and it was obviously Alliance due to the Newcastle being in effect. Maybe they were just trying to craft a banner there to get a teammate back in. Yeah, it looks like maybe Effect isn't alive.

02:50:22 E6-0, unter some pressure. I want to go back to talking about where this zone is going. It's very interesting. I mentioned KCP and GG, how they're in great spots. There are so many teams outside of the zone on the north side. You would imagine from 16, we're probably going to go down to 9, you would imagine, by the time this zone closes.

02:50:39 Ja, denn da sind etwa 7 oder 8 Teams, die alle außerhalb der Circle sind jetzt. Und alle werden in den gleichen Zeit gehen. Da geht's, die Map Overhead. Danke, Observers. Und Produktion. Look where Vexed are, though. Die werden die Gebäude behalten. Die werden in den Moment ein gut genug sein. Aber sehr nahe zu ihnen ist KCP. Und KCP sind jetzt, aber zuerst, aber zuerst, zuerst, nach Matchpoint. Wir sehen, was hier passiert, zwischen V2 und VCGO. Die Battle der Vs ist in dieser Gebäude.

02:51:05 Frag Grenade kann sicherlich machen, wenn es gut ist, wenn es gut ist. Oh, Excel. Ich habe ein bisschen Zeit für das, was Zidane zu sehen.

02:51:13 Yeah, V2 should be able to at least...

02:51:37 Oho.

02:52:06 Fyrebeavers

Vex in Bedrängnis, V2 triumphiert, Aurora lauert

02:52:22

02:52:22 One thing I learned in matchday number 9 was that Bitfix Gaming can roll with the big dogs, and they just took down some of the biggest of dogs in this lobby. Now V2 are going to be making their way towards the circle, but as soon as you go through this building, on the other side of it are Vexed, but already you've got to get through one team. 2R1C eliminated, but Vexed are going to be there, primed and ready. SAF have a look at this as well. So V2 got to make some decisions. You can see that Vexed has set up almost like a round of S&D for them at the moment, just playing some head glitches, waiting for people to poke.

02:52:52 Allianz eliminated as well, Ascend go down alongside them. SAF Esports will go down as well, and that might be the little trigger here for Vex to have a look at this, see if they can capitalize on some of the KP's available. V2 move all the way around, E6 gets taken out of the lobby eventually after their involvement to help V2 with the fight against VCGO. The trouble for Vex is, look where that circle goes by the way.

02:53:17 Es wird sich weit entfernt, es wird sich sehr weit entfernt, es wird sich sehr weit entfernt, das bedeutet, dass Vex zu weit entfernt wird, KCP. KCP, die jetzt in 2nd place sind, nur 9 Punkte entfernt von Matchpoint. Das könnte eine große Herausforderung sein, nicht nur für Vex zu übernehmen, sondern für KCPs zu übernehmen, sondern für KCPs zu übernehmen. Ich habe gesagt, dass die Lobby geht um 9, richtig? Du hast. Und ich habe dir credit für das. Du hast ein guter Maths für einmal. Das ist ein Guess von allen Guessen. Anyway, Vex, wie du gesagt...

02:53:46 Ich bin ja, aber...

02:54:09 Ja. Ja. Ja. Ja. Ja. Ja. Ja. Ja.

02:54:38 Ja, der ist unten unten, eigentlich.

02:54:45 Ja, ich will.

02:55:14 We're gonna die. So now I'm putting Nokia. Yeah, we got to push out from bottom. They're just gonna take up building push off our bottom go left, I think

02:55:39 Vex also under pressure here, Dan. Even though they managed to get the kills they needed to get to zone, Vex now are in a tough spot, and it's Aurora who are flying at them.

02:55:48 Und da Aurora wird das Matchpoint-Date leben, weil Vexed wird in der 8th Position getrennt. Was ein Versuch von Vexed. Es muss gesagt werden, um sich selbst zu bleiben, um KCB zu halten und zu halten KCB und zu halten KCB zu halten. Aber jetzt sind alle Augen auf, was für den Rest von dem Spiel passieren kann. Bitfix Gaming ist noch live. Fenix und Legacy haben sich geblieben, wie hat GG. Aber Bitfix haben sich übernommen, um zu bleiben, zu bleiben. Bitfix hat sich geblieben. Bitfix hat sich geblieben.

02:56:17 Ich habe eine horrible Überraschung, als sie die Trapdoor öffnen, und die Trapdoor öffnet Aurora. Aurora, sie brauchen dieses Spiel. Sie brauchen ein Big Game Day, sie sind außerhalb der Qualifikation Spots. Sie waren ein 1st-Place Team in der vorherigen Split, aber jetzt finden sich in eine andere Situation, Dan, und sie sind in der Lage.

02:56:38 Und es ist sicherlich, dass niemanden mit Vexed-On-Matchpoint wird, ohne V2 zu finden, während der Rest des Lobby zu töten. Weil jetzt sie sich auf 40 Punkte befinden. Aurora sieht nicht so aus, aber sie werden sich da nicht so aus. Aber jetzt wird sie sich da nicht so aus. Aber jetzt werden sie sich da nicht so aus. Ranch ist viel zu tun. Klebe geht in, kann sich das so ausziehen. Aber wo sind die Rest des Lobbys? Wo sind V2? Sind sie da nicht so aus?

02:57:04 Und die V2 sind ein bisschen split, und sie müssen sie zurückkehren. Zidane wird hier verletzt. Diese Teams werden immer so nahe zu 50, aber wahrscheinlich nicht genug.

02:57:14 Ich meine, die Problem für Aurora ist, dass sie einfach nicht haben. Zone ist Forcing them in.

02:57:39 Kleeve und Sunset haben zu tun, etwas Magical zu tun. Nur 21 Bullets in der RE45. Ich dachte, es könnte die Difference-Maker sein. Er kann nicht einmal einen, als die Batsche ist in der Zeit. Kleeve, du hast etwas Arbeit zu tun. Du bist ein helles Spieler, aber es wird nicht genug sein, zu sehen Sie durch diese Situation. V2 mit der Win hier an Stormpoint. Und es wird über zwei Punkte getrennt, so es wird agoniert für V2, aber...

02:58:02 Das ist gesagt, sie sind nur zwei Punkte entfernt und nur ein Team auf Matchpoint. So V2 haben sich in die Position zu sein, um auf Matchpoint zu sein. Aber das bedeutet, Vexed wird noch eine Free-Hit geben. Sie haben es gut gemacht, aber die Zone einfach nicht wirklich funktioniert für sie. Such ein unglaubliches Push, ich sage, wieder und wieder von Vexed zu KCP. KCP einfach nicht wirklich able zu halten, wie sie erwartet.

02:58:26 Well, Vex are still waiting for the win. They are still on Matchpoint and the only team who are on Matchpoint, like you say, will bring Reinde back in. It was an interesting game for sure as V2 pick up the win reign.

02:58:36 I love to see V2 also performing in the same light as other teams like Aurora, who desperately need it. Sometimes this becomes a very top-heavy conversation where we see, after a great cast, fellas, just a team like Firebeavers, Alliance, to start to run away with it all. Not today. It's Renvexed, and it's been a lot of other stories coming in. And that's why, Vicky, I want to bring you back in and talk to me about what you're seeing here in this development. After five games gone,

02:59:05 I feel like more of the story is shifting around the V2s, the Auroras, the Danish, who was also in another top three, than some of our top teams we were really thinking about coming into it, like Fire Beavers. Well, we could say thank you to start a fight there, because Aurora are basically counting their breath after what we just witnessed in that last game. I wouldn't be surprised if we could see Aurora now sitting in that top ten. We have to accumulate all the scores after that last game. But Vex Gaming also sitting at Matchpoint, you could already know that a lot of these teams have already decided that, all right, Vex Gaming at this point are probably...

02:59:35 We gotta do something about this. What we heard from the listening in KCP, though, in that play, where they were slightly separated from each different house, we saw what was going on with KCP and how they wanted to play that positioning. And then Vex, it broke my heart because Vex took the opportunity and they were able to turn it into their own favor. And then Aurora capitalized right after that when Vex was already low. So that was great on Aurora's part to be able to also clean up the KP that they needed to clean up there. But V2.

03:00:04 Now sitting two points away from being at match point. How is this next game going to determine what we're seeing in this overall standings now for today? Yeah, that's a great point, Vicky. Let's run through that last match because like you mentioned, Aurora coming in and stealing the Thunder from what could have been vexed. You know, that's happened.

03:00:22 mit V2 und Aurora und dann haben sie das große Kampf. Und dann Firebeavers kam in den letzten End. Ich glaube, das war in Game No. 1, wo es nur die Geschichte der 3rd-team ist, der 3rd-team ist, der 3rd-team ist, die Best-team. V2 hier, da, letztendlich gett die win. Sie haben diese Position auf der Opposite-Side der Zone, wo sie kind of spielen können in front of sie.

03:00:40 Ja, und ihr könnt hier V2 sehen, dass die Rock hier für ein Natural Cover gewonnen hat. Sie spielen diese verschiedenen Positionen so gut hier. Es ist nicht immer über die High-Ground Positionen. Und die Cover Fire, die wir sehen von Zidane, war auf eine andere Pointe. Literally breaking ankles. Jetzt Sie mich, jetzt Sie nicht. Und sie waren able zu clean-up. Aber was left over Ware up. Aber das Positionen war fantastisch. Wir sehen uns die Stats hier. Joke, in hier von V2. Dein ein guter Damage, über 1,000 Damage in total.

03:01:10 Six kills to his name. I mean, incredible stuff from Joke. I got to shout him out. I've also got to shout out to Don, who continues to impress me. The thing about V2, as we go into our series results, excuse me, our match results after Game 5, is that although they sit in, I believe, 16th place coming into this, so they need some work. They need things to happen. Sorry, 18th place. Can you believe it? They barely made it in. They have got more kills than...

03:01:34 All of the bottom 10. So they're in a top 10 team in terms of kills. You can see it right there. 23 total points. When they win, they win big. Even when they don't win, they get kills, Vicky. And that is something that...

03:01:45 In a situation like a Match Point, where you don't necessarily win that final game, but you've done enough to stay relevant, get four, get seven, get nine, get five, then you win. They're setting up for a pretty good finish here, maybe even a top two like we've seen Fury do in past situations. Can you imagine, Reign, the storyline that would bring here too for a team that was sitting in 18th at the very bottom for a regional final to come out on top two points away from sitting at Match Point and then taking a dub if that happens? Oh my goodness, that would be fantastic.

03:02:15 Wir sehen uns auf den anderen Seite der Seite. Wir haben das Spiel gemacht. Wir haben das Spiel gemacht. Wir haben das Spiel gemacht. Wir haben das Spiel gemacht. Wir haben das Spiel gemacht. Wir haben das Spiel gemacht. Wir haben das Spiel gemacht.

03:02:40 Not the best overall there. Alliance continuing to be a threat, but not necessarily in the leaderboard today. They dropped down to 12 after five with V2 taking the second place clearly behind Vex Gaming. Vex extend that by a few points now up 13. So it's looking good for them for either right now a second place finish if they don't win or maybe being able to be the only team to close this one out as well. Vicky.

03:03:05 Pioneers, Aurora, Startified Esports, all these good things. You're going to have a chance to talk about that a little bit as you head back on the mic in a moment.

03:03:14 We'll have Mark and Dan joining us for game number six. I'm just super excited, though, as we continue to look at this match point format that things do not slow down from here. They only get more intense and more exciting. That's what the ALGS is all about, baby. Thank you so much for being here. Remember to vote for your MVPs with that hashtag. And guess what? Game six is right around the corner. Will Vex take the victory or will somebody else steal the spotlight? We'll find out right after this.

03:05:12 Welcome back once again, everybody, and things are certainly starting to heat up here in the EMEA Regional Finals. Gaskin, alongside myself, on set. It's our job to take you through yet another game of Apex Legends, because Vexed weren't able to get it done, but they are still the only team on Matchpoint. Yeah, I think the important fact was that no one else joined them, and they still had a good go at it, to be honest. Also, I love seeing the match chatter after the game and before the game in the text chat between the teams.

03:05:38 There was a bit of an argument between KCP and Vexed on what should have been done, what shouldn't have been done. And that's one of my favorite things about Apex, when people start to dissect what went wrong and what didn't go wrong. Of course, if you're watching the player streams, you can see it all as well. But it does seem like KCP were a little bit frustrated with Vexed in that scenario. But it means KCP still have a little way to go. They've got nine points required before they get to match point. And actually, there's four or five teams are in a similar position now. So you'd think surely we're going to see a couple more teams on match point if Vex don't win here.

03:06:05 Es ist immer interessant für mich, dass es die Team, die in den Engagement, die haben etwas zu sagen. Es ist auch KCP. KCP immer hat etwas zu sagen. Ich weiß nicht, dass ich nicht mehr Geld zu haben, aber wir stehen auf Stordpoint hier und das ist wo Vex haben. Und ich bin ein bisschen surprised, zu sehen, mit der Zone, die wir sehen, die Likes von GG und KCP nicht halten es für ein bisschen länger. Ich fühle mich, dass sie wirklich gut Zone Priorität hatten.

03:06:30 But it was just that moment of miscommunication, wasn't it? When we were in that listening, really good listening, by the way, just to show you how the comms go down in the teamfight when you're trying to watch your back. You know, Nags is saying, they're pushing boys, they're up on me, they're up on me. And he's giving information, he's giving information, he's trying to survive. But KCP just too slow to respond to it. And it's just a risk, I feel, when you're leaving one player to watch all of that, especially with the charge rifle, which was the difference maker. Vex being able to anchor with that, just allow two players to push up and take height so easily.

03:06:56 Ja, und ich denke, dass KCP einen Fehler gemacht hat, dass sie eine Priorität haben, dass sie eine Priorität haben, um eine andere Team zu beurteilen. Es war nicht gut. Und dann hat sie einfach zu geben, und das ist so, dass sie dort sind, wo sie waren. Das allowed Vex dann zu beurteilen, um sie zu beurteilen. Aber in der Ende, weder Team zu beurteilen, weil Aurora kam und sich selbst zu beurteilen. Aber anyway, genug über Match 5. Es ist Zeit für Match 6.

03:07:20 Match number 6. This is usually where we end the day in the Apex Legends Global Series in the regular season. The question is, will we be ending a match point day right here, right now in match number 6? Regional Finals has certainly been interesting. And I feel for Vex, this is the last game where they don't feel nervous. Because if you play really well early on, Dan, and we hit match point. This is great, by the way. Ascend and Bitfix is still going on. We'll let this happen in the background. But for once, actually, Ascend have got the advantage. It's almost like a...

03:07:49 Deja vu of map number one, but with the other way around. So not quite deja vu. Quite opposite of deja vu. But it's very similar. You get what I mean, everyone. You know what I'm trying to say. It's where Ascend were before, and it's a horrible position to be in, and Ascend versus Bitfix Gaming, it's going to amount to nothing. Bitfix Gaming had to win today if they were going to get into playoffs. Ascend have already qualified for playoffs, so it's a bit of a nothing fight, I think, at this point. It's just ego.

03:08:18 Rampage. Oh, we just saw a ninja kick. That was wicked. You see that? Something out of a Kung Fu film to get that knock. Postkill down on his own, though. So 1v1, I'm pretty sure at this point. Gets the break. The Rampage is singing. Got a lot of bullets in the back pocket as well. That's one good thing about the Rampage, and it was the final bullet that actually got that kill. So Bitfix Gaming lose, but you're completely right. This contest, once again, really kind of amounts to nothing for both teams.

03:08:47 But I will say it's better that Ascend have been able to get the job done quicker. Remember, they avoided the fight initially. They were able to escape and their rotation was a little bit too slow. Similarly happened on World's Edge where they just got out of a fight over towards Dome and they were just too slow on their rotation. We haven't seen Ascend be able to perform at their very best, but maybe this will be the best opportunity they get because they've eliminated Bitfix early. They get to properly loot up now. And even though their rotation is slightly delayed because of where the circle is pulling, this is going to be their best opportunity to act.

03:09:16 It's a good one for KCP. It's also a zone where we've already seen Vexed win a game.

Teamstrategien und Positionskämpfe im späteren Spielverlauf

03:09:32

03:09:32 So keep that in mind when we're watching Vexed on their rotation. Pioneers, though, are going to be playing this bridge. And we saw this endzone, I'm pretty sure, the other side of the Godrog in North America last matchday. And it was Tripods who got their first win on this zone. So Pioneers set out for the long game here. Good armors to work with as well, especially for an early zone position. And they've got to be in a position to kind of command space here. It's the one thing...

03:09:59 Wenn du an einen early Platz hast, hast du genug Zeit. Du hast genug Zeit. Du hast genug Zeit. Du hast genug Zeit in den Städten zu zeigen. Die Momentum Pioneers nicht wirklich haben LOSs auf jemanden.

03:10:10 Und es ist eine solche Position, wo man sich so lange auf die Ball ein bisschen, wenn man nicht konzentrieren kann, wenn man einfach nur die ganze Zeit hat, wenn man die ganze Zeit hat, dann kann man die ganze Zeit verlieren. Eine schwierige Sache mit Apex Legends ist, wenn man diese Prioritete Position erstellt ist, dass man sich auf die ganze Zeit fokussieren muss, damit ein Team kann das und das Position auswählen werden, als E6 weiterentwickelt werden, mit der Aggressiv Composition zu haben, Bluthound und Octane zu haben.

03:10:38 Looks like a little change in decisions here. Slayer is going to pop the ult, but it's not going to be used in an aggressive way. It's going to be used just to see how quickly you can run, to be honest with you. Slayer is going to be moving back to his teammate Kay Swinney. And one thing that they do have, I'm going to sound like a football manager here, great pace in that composition. I mean, you've got Octane, you've got Bloodhound, and of course, you've got Bangalore as well with her passive, giving you a little bit of acceleration boost, shall we say, as well. So it's cool. If you're going to...

03:11:07 Apex Legends Front 3, I think that would probably be it. And you know they're going to give 110% as well. They're going to put it all out there, aren't they? They're going to run through brick walls for you, Dan. Speaking of running through brick walls, V2 are probably going to have to run through quite a lot of teams to be able to get to this circle. And remember, they're only two points away from Match Point. But the only team on Match Point...

03:11:28 ist Vexed, und sie machen ihren Weg jetzt, um zu versuchen, um diese Circle zu kommen, um sie zu holen. Sie sehen, dass sie einfach mal wiederholfen müssen, um ein Rock zu arbeiten zu können, und dann versuchen sie etwas weiter zu finden. Ja, Vexed ist einfach nur die Height, an dem Moment. Das ist wirklich gut, aber das wird sicherlich sein, dass ein paar Teams da sind. Tyler ist auch ein paar Armors, Mataphe ist wahrscheinlich auf die Dutys, um ihn zu levelieren, um ihn zu haben.

03:11:55 It looks like a little bit of a change of fortunes here and a change of decisions from Vex. Speaking of changing decisions, the very simple one for SAF. They've got the damage done and they need to push off the back of it. And this will be huge. Again, it's VCGO on the other side as Bushi gets ripped apart by Blast. And VCGO are above SAF at the moment in the overall standings, but it's going to very quickly turn around if SAF keep doing this. Two down, while some fences should go down as well.

03:12:21 Ich weiß, dass Lacky was, was er kann. Aber da ist ein Peacekeeper! Der Peacekeeper ist ein Problem! Und jetzt Blast, hat er schon zwei. Er hat sich jetzt zwei. Und wenn er nicht vorsichtig ist, dann wird er von diesem Peacekeeper getrennt. Und das könnte sich jetzt ein 2v1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-

03:12:47 Now has to escape because he's only got 20 bullets left for the car. Yeah, 2R1C came in, they third party, they finished off Vortex and Blast was very aware of that as he saw in the kill feed. So he was quickly out of that 2R1C, taking advantage of the noise they had heard. But what's important for SAF is VCGO were eliminated. The teams above them in the overall standings going one by one is perfect for them. As for 2R1C, well now there's their chance to try and take advantage of this position they've been able to gather.

03:13:17 Still going to have some work to do, of course, to move in towards Zone. Probably thinking about rotation in and around Checkpoint, but Checkpoint currently has E6 sat on top of it. Phoenix Legacy just on the low ground around the Spider Tunnel as well, so a very tough move for them to make. Speaking of tough moves, look at what Vex are doing right now. Still holding down the top of the hill. They do have some coverage with those rocks, like we saw a little bit earlier, but Horizon, they get an armor check on Metafe. I'm pretty sure if anyone gets an armor check on Metafe at the moment.

03:13:45 Und dann Vechs werden sie unter Duress werden. Und das ist warum sie sie sehen, dass sie jetzt eine Bewegung machen. Sie haben sich das Ziel zu beschäftigt, zu beschäftigt. Und Metafe, all of a sudden, verändert sich die Fortunes der Team, um das Evo zu Blue zu level. Und als es steht, mit Vechs Gaming, bereits mit den Points, die sie haben zu accumulieren können, wenn sie einen Team hatten, um sie zu gewinnen und gewinnen, Vechs würden sie in 2nd Platz bleiben.

03:14:11 Sie denken würden sie höher als Allianz in den overallen Standigen. Und wahrscheinlich sind wir die Nr. 1 Seed in Lann. Und natürlich, Vex kann das machen selbst, wenn sie es nur zu gewinnen sind. KCPs sind geimpft von Ascend, oder vielleicht sind sie diejenigen, die Ascend zu machen. Es ist schwer zu sagen als wir überraschen, aber KCPs vielleicht wieder zurück zu der Heidehau, wo sie in den ersten Städten waren, wo sie in den ersten Städten kamen. Es scheint sie einfach zu finden, um ein wenig Platz gegen Ascend zu machen.

03:14:40 Natsky got the knock on to Pechera as well. So Natsky doing his job. Didn't have a huge amount of ammo to work with in that process, by the way. The last time we jumped on with KCP, I think he had about 80 bullets in the turbocharged Havoc. And he made some of them work there as fire beavers in and around Cenote Cave. Now I'm probably thinking about who they want to make their next victims.

03:15:04 Still some late movers. And one of those is V2. I'm just looking across the map and V2 and Aurora are going to be rotating from the southeast side of the map. Remember, V2 still only need two points to get on to match point. If they were to get top 15, then they would secure one of them plus 1kp.

03:15:21 In terms of legend composition, you can see at the top, it is very similar to what we've had throughout the majority of today. It's been dominated by Seer and Valkyrie with the flex pick as the third, whether it be a Kallis, whether it be a Watson. We've seen Newcastle, of course, thrown in there. No one going for anything too crazy here in EMEA today. Sometimes when you get onto match point, you might see teams really change their composition to go for something heavily hunkered down based, but that hasn't happened. 2-0-1c.

03:15:48 Moving through Checkpoint. This is the fight I was expecting to see. And they're going to throw the kitchen sink at this. Ultimate goes down. The black hole, though, going to be destroyed. No damage done. Actually, a little bit of damage done a little bit late. And now they have to take to the skies. Never want to put a full clip into your teammates' back, though. But they have forced E6 off of this high ground, so they've at least progressed a little bit.

03:16:10 This is why when 2R1C won that fight a little bit earlier, I was excited for how they were going to move across the map, because as soon as you get some extra damage, as soon as you find yourself getting some shots on, I think you're a little bit more confident in your engagements. And 2R1C have played well today, not maybe as successful as they have in some other weeks, but they're doing enough to just stay in the conversation of top 9, if not of course top 10, depending on what happens with Vexed and whoever wins that match point.

Kampf um Top-Positionen, V2 in Schlagdistanz

03:16:36

03:16:36 The likes of 2R1C, VCGO, SAF Horizon, they're all fighting for those top 10 positions, as everyone now is fighting for those areas as well, and there's positions around Mill. And most importantly... Look at Ascend, by the way. Sorry to jump in here, but Ascend, once again, like, from a position where they're getting contested off-drop, they've once again found themselves in a great spot in Zone, Dan. And this is what Ascend have...

03:17:00 in der Arsenaal. Das ist was sie sind, und das ist was sie sollen, aber sie sind einfach nicht gegeben, die Chance zu tun. Ascender ist eine der besten Teams analysiert, welche die besten Bereiche zu nehmen, was sie sind, was sie müssen, was sie nicht nehmen. Aber wenn sie late sind, die Entscheidung ist fast für sie. So diese Zeit, sie sind able, die pace der Rotation zu nehmen, und sie haben sich in ein sehr guter Spot, aber natürlich, sie haben sich gewonnen, als KCP-Leute empfiehlt sie, so es muss sein, dass sie das 3rd-player zurückkehren können.

03:17:28 So many teams close to match point now you can see at the top of your screen one good game for any of them They'll be joining vexed to our one seats 11 up those evo shields They know that they're gonna have to work their way through this lobby and work their way through a couple of horrible choke points So making sure they've got the red armors to do it is a smart play for them

03:17:48 As you can see on the map overhead though. Eternal inside of that zone at the moment. KCP still holding down that bridge position. You've got Jaylings who are now going to have to move. They've been in and around that mill area for quite some time. Vex2 we saw kind of split holding those buildings as well. They're going to have to make their next move. And if Vex2 are going to win this one, Dan, they're going to have to navigate some late game traffic, which was sometimes a criticism of them. They were very good at getting into top fives with a lot of KP previously.

03:18:16 We have seen them develop. We have seen them get into positions now where when they're in top fives you almost expect them to win games.

03:18:22 Yeah, I think a circle like this was maybe a bad thing for Vexed, because it was such an easily predictable one that everyone moved early and everyone took some of those priority positions. And because, as you mentioned, we've got five or six teams that are in touching distance of match point, we have a lot of teams playing it safe. And all of those teams are kind of bubble teams as well, who are going to be playing it even more safe to try and get higher points totals just in case Vexed were to win. There's so many things that can change the decision making for all of these teams that...

03:18:49 Vex'd are probably going to be in a frustrating position where everyone's playing it safe, everyone's playing close to their chests, whereas maybe Vex would have wanted a few risks being taken here or there, so then spots naturally open up, but it's not really happening. Well, he's 6 at the moment, just looking for KP. Case Winnie looking to stay alive for now. Slayers are going to give him some cover fire with that wingman, but KCP the only team at the moment who are in where that next zone is going to be going.

03:19:13 Und für ein Team, die nicht viel mehr Punkte braucht, es ist eine gute Position für sie zu sein. Die Frage ist, ob Vechs etwas zu sagen ist. J-Ling ist in der Killfeet. Sie sehen, Ascend zu sehen, als J-Ling finden sich nur zu 1. Aber hier kommt KCP zu versuchen, die Dammage zu cleanen. Und das ist ein brillant Call von Natsuki. Third Party, das hier. Take all die Teams aus uns, und jetzt unsere Position wird noch mehr Tenable sein. V2, eine Pointe von Matchpoint.

03:19:40 Pioneers 5 points away from Matchpoint, but Firebeavers, they heard the commotion, they want to get involved, but they need to be careful because KCP are very well and healthy, but this is where the Crypto comes into the equation. I think the EMP might have been destroyed. The drone was destroyed. A couple of nades going in. Firebeavers haven't thrown all their utility at this. They're going to take the spot away from KCP. And even though KCP were probably thinking, hey, this is a good decision, we're clearing out all of Zone.

03:20:04 Well, now they've given away the spot that they were holding for quite some time. The spot that we did see this zone being won from by Tripods in North America. So Pioneers now have to reassess. They will be safe, but when that zone moves next, they will not be.

03:20:17 Und wie gesagt, wenn du noch nie gesehen hast, die Pioneers zu sehen haben, haben sie zu Matchpoint zu gewinnen, bevor sie zu gewinnen. So sie würden nicht gewinnen die ganze Sache in diesem Spiel gewinnen. Und dann in der nächsten Spiel, sie könnten heute gewinnen. Es ist nur Vexed, auf Matchpoint, die in diesem Spiel gewinnen. Und sie sind noch alive. Und V2, die sind ein Punkt weg von der Matchpoint. So sie brauchen nur noch KP. Oder in der Top 10.

03:20:40 Mit Round 3 zu Ende, werden wir sehen, die Teams fallen. Die V2 haben sich in den Circle befinden, aber wir werden sehen, wie es wird. PhoenixLegacy machen ihre Rotation von Nord-South und es wird sicherlich sein, wo sie gehen. Es wird sicherlich sein, wie Sie sagen. Godrock hat ihn, die Teams in der Mitte sind. Das wird Vex, der sie in den Damage bringen.

03:21:02 Luckily for Phoenix Legacy, they all had red armors, but is the red armor going to be enough to survive? Vex Gaming trying to move in. This is a really risky play coming in. Alliance having a little poke at this as well. They're still alive in this lobby. One has gone down. Vex is going to get a second here of Phoenix Legacy, and they're just picking the bones. Phoenix Legacy, it was a blind Valcol over the mountain range, and unfortunately they fell to their death. Vex just have to be careful because of all the noise. They know there's another team. It's going to be Alliance, who are on the other side, and a team that's very difficult to take in a 3v3 engagement. Joke's just got a knock.

03:21:31 bei der V2, wenn sie das können, dann wäre sie auf Match Point. Aber für Vex, sie haben sie einfach zu versuchen, was zu versuchen, was zu versuchen, zu versuchen, was zu versuchen, dass sie nicht zu verabschieden sind, und einfach nicht zu verabschieden. Und einfach in die Position, wo sie auf Allianz können. Allianz hat sich in die Position geholfen, wo sie sicher sind. Geil ist zu gehen, von Hackes zu vielleicht unterstützen, seine Teammaten ein bisschen. Look at die Shots kommen in von Effect. Der Terminator ist zurück zu spielen hier.

Matchpoint-Teams und Spielgeschehen

03:21:55

03:21:55 The Gigi threat being the difference maker. Confirmation, V2 have reached Matchpoint. Pioneer is the next team that are closest. They're still five points away as Alliance have been having a look over towards Vex, but they're also reluctant to be pushing up. They're on 30 points at the moment, so they're still away from Matchpoint, but if they were to find a victory here, things could change. V2 eliminated, but their job is done. They now just need to hope that Matchpoint is not done and dusted by Vex in this game. Alliance has decided they want to take this fight here.

03:22:22 They wanna try and push up. They wanna try and mirror the moves being made by Vex.

03:22:27 Vex just trying to see if there's a third party opportunity on SAF. Maybe heard a little bit of a fight breaking out and that's allowing Alliance to move in behind them. Alliance now trying to make a decision on what they want to do and it's a perfect time for us to jump into the comms with the three players on your screen.

03:23:00 Ich habe eine Syringe. Ich habe eine Syringe. Ich habe eine Syringe.

03:23:15 Brich? Back of the bridge? There's like a lower part below the high ground. I don't know if this tunnel is in maybe. I'm just going to be a T-Dim probably. What about this? I'm seeing if we can walk. We have to like float. We have to float. We can't walk in. Come up to me and Vakut. Let's do it right here. Let's do it now. We have to. We have to. Let's go. Take use of his cover. Go around. Look for the tunnel. Look for the tunnel. Look for the right part. The right part is good. If we can get there. Why is the tunnel? Sorry. Why is the tunnel?

03:23:44 Dieser Tunnel, dieser Tunnel. Oh, dieser Tunnel, okay, okay. Ja, ja, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist, da ist.

03:24:05 Allianz land, es ist unkomfortabel, Dan. Sie machen es gut, ein paar Held kommen in von oben, aber Effekt ist auf seine eigene. Aber mehr importantly, Vext eliminiert es. Sie werden nicht gewinnen und gewinnen dieses Spiel hier, hier, jetzt. Allianz take out Vext, und also Effekt hat auch über 100 Kills in diesem Spiel. So, congratulations zu ihm, als er weitergeht, und er will versuchen seine Team-Mate zurück.

03:24:26 auf der FET ist, dass sie einfach nicht die Schmerzen sind, aber als die Nades kommen, die Allianz vielleicht nicht mehr kann, aber wir haben bereits gesehen, die Unthinkable zu sehen, so ich würde es nicht passen.

03:24:37 Und all they need is two more KP or a little bit of extra placement and they will also be on match point. There's one.

03:25:06 Und die Pioneer finden sich auf 49. Man kann sich vorstellen, dass die Warte auf die Warte ist, und wir haben zumindest drei Teams auf Matchpoint, depending auf was passiert. Firebeavers sind aus. Die Pioneer sind auf Matchpoint. Die Nummer ist 3 für Nummer 7. Oh, das macht es all die mehr spicy, als wir head...

03:25:21 Wir sehen uns beim nächsten Mal, wo wir die Stormpointe hinterher und zurückkommen. Aber für heute, wir müssen sehen, wie dieses Spiel endet. Wir müssen sehen, die Continuation. Eternel ist hier, Gigi ist hier auch, eine unserer Bubble-Teams. Und look at die Position, sie finden sich hier in, Dan. All mit Red EvoShields, all looking wie sie bereit sind, die mit den Pioneern zu nehmen. Aber die Pioneern haben sie gewonnen, so far gewonnen. Well, Gigi looks wie sie...

03:25:46 The high ground off of them and Harddecke definitely having a look to try and engage here, but KCP doing well to stay out of sightlines at the moment. This is where Seer gets involved and his Q can really make a big difference. If you can hit one of those Qs when someone's trying to med up, that can really help you win an engagement, if not guarantee you the engagement if you can stop a bat from being popped, for example. But GG, they know they don't need to push right now, so their eyes go elsewhere to those in the skies.

03:26:10 Trying to keep an eye on where those Valcohls are going to be landing. You need to make sure as soon as those feet hit the floor, you are doing damage and you are forcing them away from the position you want to call home. And GG, I mentioned they've got some good positions in zones a couple of times so far. They've got good KP here in this game as well. And a conversion would be massive, not just for their...

03:26:29 Overall standings down, but for the confidence of a team who have said themselves that their confidence has suffered in recent times. Yeah, they could really shoot up the leaderboards and they'll know, well they should know, that Vexed are not in this game. Someone should always be tracking that killfeed and getting confirmation of when a team is eliminated. And when it's in a stage where only one team was on match point, it's pretty easy for someone just to keep an eye and say, okay, well Vexed are out, we can now play this the way we want to play. We don't have to think about...

03:26:54 if Vexed are going to be fighting against us and if they're going to be in a certain spot. Well, KCP still alive below GG, by the way, and they've done very well to do so. Yeah, it looks like Pioneer is kind of exchanging a little bit of fire at the moment. And this battle is continuing. Natsuki trying to see if he can get a few pop shots to try and make that push that eventually will have to be made a little bit more difficult. Zayn tracing onto the team who's kind of caught behind this palm tree.

03:27:19 See if he can get some free damage, but looking across inventory at the moment, he hasn't got a huge amount of ammo to work with in that Nemesis. And remember, Pioneers took this position right at the start of the game. After they dropped Mill, they moved very quickly under the bridge, and they still find themselves in residence with only five squads left.

03:27:35 Very much struggling on the cliff edge at the moment, but the team above them can't really take the angle to peak because of where GG are. Speaking of, KCP versus GG finally happens, and KCP will win it. GG go down in fifth position, but the Pioneers now get pushed because they are weak. They get some shield swaps, but will it be enough? Natsuki looking for another shield swap. He's got a knockdown shield, maybe to do something, but he's not going to be able to do enough. Peacekeeper for Sadell. Can you clutch around the knockdown shields? 105 in...

03:28:00 Es ist nicht genug, Pioneers sind elitiert, als Foot Esports sehen die Möglichkeit, die Space zu nehmen. Huge game für Foot as well. Sie waren in 18th, aber pushen sich um 15th. Eternals ist noch alive, aber Danish ist wohl in der beste Position des Spiels. Sie sind die Hälfte als 3, und vielleicht werden sie eine Victory auf dem Board hier. Ja, es ist ein Kreber. Ja, es hat drei Shots, aber es gibt keine Light Ammo. Finally, ein Team-Mate drops ein bisschen. So Babis hier ist ein Shot mit der Kreber, und all of a sudden, das ist Game Over.

03:28:28 Das ist für E-Sports. Wir versuchen es zu spielen. Look at this position von Bambino. Great job, by the way, von den Observers. Er ist einfach für die Schmerz zu kommen. Knopf ist zu checken. Ein bisschen surprise für ihn, aber Eterna wird jetzt beeliminatet. Wir sind jetzt zu 2. None diese Teams werden können auf Matchpoint, aber das, of course, kann man die Liederboards senden, die Chance zu landen, wenn jemand auf Matchpoint gewinnt. Pfut haben zu kämpfen von den Lowground hier. Danisch sollte das Spiel haben. Wir müssen sehen, dass es etwas sehr kreativ und kreativ und kreativ in terms der Utilität von Pfut.

03:28:57 Not gonna hit a few more shots life in goes down though Not trying to peak trying to prod but it's looking like it's gonna be a Danish win here They convert in match number six into a W Danish will take the win But a couple more teams joining vex in that game down on that match point

Teams im Fokus und Matchpoint-Dynamik

03:29:17

03:29:17 Pioneers in V2 will be on Matchpoint for match number 7 as well. As for Danish, they are into the top 5, they find themselves 8 points away from Matchpoint, but that gives them a real shot of getting to LAN. They're another one of those teams who are trying to catch up that top 10, that top 9, and if you can sit in a top 5 position when the day is over, the likelihood of you making LAN is pretty good.

03:29:37 Well, we certainly have someone joining Vex now. Like we said, a couple of teams making that move, Rain Day. It's almost as if like now we really start the things going, right? Now we feel the juices start to flow and, you know, it's getting to a point now where teams are going to be starting to focus each other.

03:29:53 That's right. The warm-up scrimmage is done. It's for real. The whistle is blown. It's time to kick this game off. And I think that's the best part about this type of match point format. Sometimes that crescendo hits really early at around match four. We saw it end last time. Now it's hitting at around six. And I think you're seeing teams have to, if they keep playing this way in the next game or two.

03:30:12 Spill over into Match Point. Three, four more teams will probably be joining, especially teams like Danish, who continue to put together really nice final circles. This isn't a team that, you know,

03:30:23 Going back to kind of what you were just saying, Mark, around heating up, this is a team that has had these flashy performances. In Game 1, they were in the solo, Young Hong Kong, trying to do a lot just by himself. But as a team, they have really been consistent overall, and it's important to highlight how well that they've played for a team that's coming into this, sitting in 16th place. Yeah, they've certainly been playing extremely well and involved in a lot of endgames, which is always a great sign for a team.

03:30:49 If you're looking at consistency, if they're involved in top seven, top eights, it means they're getting into good spots. It means they're making smart rotations. They're doing really well. I know there's this battle going down for Match Point right now, but I've always got in the back of my head this LAN qualification. LAN qualification. The bubble teams keep kind of like one will have quite a good game and then not do anything in the next game. It just seems like people are taking turns at the moment to have quite a good game, but nobody's still had that game where it's like, wow, this is amazing. What a performance that is.

03:31:17 SAF, ein sehr guter Spiel in der letzten Woche. Aber es bedeutet, dass jedes Spiel geht, jeder schaut nach dem Stand-In und sagt, ich hoffe, dass es nicht endet jetzt, weil wir nicht genug Punkte haben. Es ist eine andere Sache, die sich an zu was, was ist heute.

03:31:30 And it becomes one of those moments with Vex that you dread, but you're very, very elated on when you see them exit that kill feed. And that's what you're picking up on as well, Dan, talking about just keeping that notice of what do we have to do from a macro level? Can we play our game? But can we also understand that there may be no more chances to play our game if we let this team get through?

03:31:50 How do you approach this as we head into, you know, some of these results that we're going to see? Excuse me, I think the final circle to look at. How are you approaching this, Dan? Keep playing the same old thing. We're switching back maps again. You know, are we finding something different? Just keep playing your game like Danish is doing. It's slowly but surely working for them. Well, I think for Vex, they're going to carry on doing it. We've already seen two examples and they've come close-ish, but not really had the perfect circle. I think they'll hope for a better circle here before they start to go too extreme.

03:32:18 Für die Pioniers in V2, jetzt werden wir lernen, ob sie ein bisschen anders wollen. Ich denke, die Pioniers sind sicherlich mit dem gleichen Spielplan. Ich meine, das Circle war perfekt für sie. Wenn sie auf Matchpoint waren, würden sie einfach nur für eine Circle wie das. Für V2, ich denke, sie sind die Outliers hier. V2 sind die Pioniers, die ein bisschen outrageous machen können, um ein bisschen zu ändern, um ein bisschen zu verbessern, um ein bisschen zu verbessern, um ein bisschen zu verbessern, um die Meta zu verbessern, um die Meta zu verbessern. Wir werden sehen. Als für Dänisch...

03:32:45 Sie sind jetzt 7 von Matchpoint. Sie sind in der Top 5. Sie sind in der Top 5. Sie sind in der Top 5. Sie sind jetzt in der Top 5. Sie sind in der Top 5. Sie sind in der Top 5. Sie hätten genug Punkte in der Top 10. Aber als Marc hat es gesagt, alle anderen in der Bubble haben schon gut gemacht. Also, sie sind in der Top 5. Sie sind in der Top 5, wenn das Final Matchpoint ist.

03:33:08 Yeah, I mean, you look at it, maybe the only teams Phoenix Legacy, BitFix Gaming, not quite having it, but you'll see here in our series results, teams like Footy Sports, Eternal, Danish, all in that bottom 15, now trying to basically push up together and make it happen. They've certainly done so here. Pioneers with a really nice kill game and finding themselves 14th as well. Alliance also getting a nice 7-point kill game after a...

03:33:36 Maybe a relatively slow game number 5. Heading over to the back half of it, you'll see our bottom 10 of the 20. And V2 getting kills on the board always. It feels like they find a way no matter what to get some kills. Ascend, notably not a great day, but Mark, a lot of that has to do with what we see in the beginning each.

03:33:56 ...each match, them and BitFix Gaming going at it.

Strategische Spielzüge und Team-Performance

03:34:23

03:34:23 Ich glaube, es gibt nur so viele POIs und viele Teams von all over den Welt zu kämpfen. Ich denke, das Team zu kämpfen ist wichtig für ein Team, wie ich gesagt habe. Ich meine, KCP, obwohl sie mit einem Sub spielen, und Max Strafy nicht macht es, haben sie mit der Gruppe gespielt. Sie haben sie für eine Rauf-Runde gespielt. Hier, doch, nichts Ruffes. Das ist wie sie in der Matchpoint haben. Look at diese Stats. Clearly performing.

03:34:48 Und dann die 3-Clip auf Land. Dan, du warst das auch. Zane, eine Monster-Performance für KCP. Ja, ich denke, dass KCP hat es perfekt gemacht. Sie, natürlich, einfach nur 3-Ded in der Ende. Aber wenn sie das Circle sah, und sie sahen, wo es geht, sie sagten, sie sagten, sie sagten, wir wissen, wo wir hier sein müssen. Das ist unser Jam, das ist zu wo wir droppen. Und sie 3-Ded an den richtigen Zeiten. Da waren ein paar Teams in die vicinity, sie machte sich die Dämpfe, sie pushen, aber sie verschwunden, wenn sie zu, als auch. Impressen mit der Pioneers, sie finden sich auf Matchpoint.

03:35:17 Und jetzt wird es eine reale Demonstration, wie sie es tun können, unter dem Pressure zu machen. Wie wir schon erwähnt haben, V2, KCP auf Matchpoint. Die anderen Teams zu joinen. Vexed Gaming in V2. Pioneers, die Batman in der Geschichte war. Die Robben natürlich war Alliance, die, obwohl sie nicht gewonnen haben, in der overallen Punkte gewonnen haben,

03:35:37 Did the Skyward Dive to land and take down Vexed and open this up for now two more teams to have a go at it. If either of our top three win, they will end it as it stands. Danish Jaylings.

03:35:52 I mean, I think Aurora is a pretty good spot for them to be in, as well as Eternal. We'll see if it transitions to being able to land. But Marc, there have been some highlight performances coming across the day in terms of kills. Unlucky and Zayn leading that charge, and Zidane shortly thereafter with 14. But talk about monster performances after 6. Yeah, Unlucky just continuing to do what he does, which is to put up numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers. He's consistently at the top of the kills.

03:36:21 So, let's talk a little bit about

03:36:41 What has gone on to get to this state? Obviously, we've got V2, KCP just joining in. This opens up the lobby now, but our frontrunner, who has been from the very beginning, is Vexed. I want to walk through how they've gotten here in your eyes and do a little bit of a focus now since we've gone six games deep. Dan, what has Vexed done right and how have they taken advantage of these opportunities? I mean, Vexed have been one of our highest performing teams all season long, so I wasn't surprised when they found themselves on Match Point first because they are such an impressive team.

03:37:10 Wie ruthless they are with their aggression when they are pushing, but also nowadays how well they play placement when they have to as well. It doesn't matter whether they have to play on edge or if they have to play central zone. They have that flexibility. It's something that maybe they lack in split one playoffs, but it seems like they've learned their lesson. They've gone into the research book and they have found a way to make things work.

03:37:31 Whether they'll have enough to actually win Regional Finals is going to be my biggest question now, because they've had two opportunities, haven't been able to get there. Is it just the case if they need that right zone in the right place? We do move over to World's Edge, where typically this season they have been better. So perhaps this is going to be their best opportunity on World's Edge to find that. But when you've got other teams on match points, suddenly then the pressure starts to...

03:37:53 Amplify, und es beginnt zu werden etwas mehr. Und du hast die Teams wie KCP, die wir versuchen zu probieren, und du hast auch V2, die heute in die 18. Das bedeutet mehr zu V2 als jemand anderes. Also, Vex muss sich nicht bemerksam sein, dass sie nicht die Pressure ein bisschen zu müssen. Sie bleiben focussen. Sie sagen, wir waren hier erst für ein Grund. Die anderen Teams werden vielleicht in ihren ersten Möglichkeiten versuchen, wir können es in unserem 3rd go.

03:38:16 Es wird schwierig für sie zu machen. Die erste Chance hat es nicht gut gemacht. Die zweite Chance hat es nicht gut gemacht. Die zweite Chance hat es nicht gut gemacht. Du hörst Aurora mit einer Vengeance. Die dritte Chance hat es mir gedacht, dass das vielleicht es ist. Aber Allianz spielt Spoiler zu Vexed in dieser Situation. Sie können sehen, wie schnell das passiert. Einen anderen Team ist einfach so einfach. Aber Marc...

03:38:42 Dynamic duos in the ALGS. You gotta say, this has to be one of the top ones. These guys are disgusting. It's as simple as that. And I mean it in the best possible way. You're looking at the numbers and you can throw any numbers up. You can look at their assists, you can look at their knocks, you can look at their survivability. They're just monsters. Two controller players who know how to get it done and very, very rarely miss in important engagements. And I think the one thing that's been impressive from them both is their willingness to learn. I think they might have been seen as a little bit reckless sometimes.

03:39:12 in previous seasons, but they're learning, they're maturing as players, and now I think that they're understanding that with their ability to win important 1v1s and get opening damage in any kind of fight, that they are a real asset to this team, which is led, of course, by Metafe.

03:39:26 Yeah, and of course you have to give credit to that IGL leadership Matafe brings. He also brings the maturity from an age perspective, but also just an experience perspective. You cannot doubt the young guns, Tyler FPS and Unlucky though, and what they bring in terms of Akil's perspective. That combining for 30 after six with the two of them. However, if you think that there's someone else who deserves your MVP votes, or maybe it is one of Tyler FPS or Unlucky, the members of Vex, maybe it's Matafe for guiding him into this spot.

03:39:55 Make sure you tweet or in the chat right now. Hashtag and the player's name you want to vote for for your Monster Energy MVP. We will be checking those votes, adding a few of our own and picking at the end of the day. We never know when the game is going to be over. We keep going again until we win. So there may still be plenty of time. It may be over right after this. So if you're going anywhere, make it quick because we'll be right back. Game number seven.

Matchpoint-Teams und Zonen-Strategien

03:41:58

03:41:58 Welcome back, everybody. I have crawled out of my Gamer Cave to join Dan on the mic this time around because, woof, do we have three teams already sitting at match point while we transition over back to World's Edge. But man, I'm excited because KCPv2 joining Vex, who have been probably the most consistent team that we've had in EMEA, I think the worst placing overall for this second split, Dan, has been like sixth place. And they are still coming out and performing out here for our regional finale today.

03:42:26 Yeah, I think everyone is stepping up when they need to. They realise what's on the line here, and teams like Danish, teams like V2, teams who need victories seem to be finding them, and I'm very excited to see whether either of them can now go back-to-back to try and push themselves a little bit further. Of course, if V2 were to find a victory again, they would be the champions. We have three teams on match point now. V2, the KC Pioneers, and of course, we have Vex, who have been there for three games now. Surely someone does it in seven, right, Vicky?

03:42:55 I mean, I would hope so. We had our own little bets in the back of the scenes, you know, wondering how many games we're going to see today for EMEA. And seven was actually the special number that I had in mind, especially seeing how the first two games went down. I was pretty confirmed on that. But talking about the teams that are on the cusp of also making their way into match point. Start a fight.

03:43:16 Ich glaube, es hat 44 Punkte, als Dänisch, die das vorherige Spiel mit 43 Punkte genommen hat. Also, das Gap ist wirklich close. Ich meine, in 6, du hast Jalings mit 42. Du hast das mit Oral, die auch 42 Punkte. Ein Team wie Oral, die definitiv needed to show up heute in die Top 10. Wir werden sehen, ob jemand kann jetzt in Match 7 sein sein. Es ist was, was du erwähnt. Es ist, was die Average usually ist. Es ist über 7. Vielleicht Fnatic hat das heute, wenn sie es in 4 in der Region gemacht hat. Aber die Circle, wir werden jetzt auf

03:43:46 A little bit more northeast. So Fragment, Epicenter. This is where we're going to be ending. Horizon are already up there. VCGO and BFG will be having their normal fight towards Climatizer. A pretty good zone for the likes of Jaylings. But to think about our three teams who are on Matchpoint. Vex are going to have to move from Lava Siphon. KCP over from Lava Fissure as well. So both of those teams are going to have to move quite some way just to be able to get over there. And then Joke and the rest of the V2 squad. They're moving over from Skyhook. So it's not too bad.

03:44:15 Ja, das war definitiv das erste Team, dass ich mit der Rotation hatte, dass sie das Northern-Side können. Aber du kannst mir vorstellen, wie viele andere Teams werden sie in der Chokepoint, die in der High-Gradam-Survey gehen können.

03:44:31 50 50 that has not disappointed us just yet as bit fix they are always choosing violence off the rip here it doesn't matter where they're standing right now they feeling confident and let's see what tricks can do with the mozem in his hand well bit fix they want to go out with the bang there we established right at the start of the show that if they were to progress to land they had to win today even second place wouldn't be enough with the amount of points they could gather

03:44:54 Und wer weiß, vielleicht ist es noch möglich, in einem solchen Miracle-Dream-Land, in einem Alternate-Reality oder whatever Marvel-Film you may be watching nowadays. Aber sie haben sich gefühlt, das ist sicher. Und sie haben sich ein bisschen schwierig gemacht für die Teams, die neben ihnen sind. Ich liebe es, was sie erreicht haben in Matchday No. 9, um die Region Finale zu erreichen. Aber mit den Veränderungen sie gemacht haben, wurde es ein bisschen zu late für dieses Squad.

03:45:16 Es wäre eine Wahnsinn-Cinderella-Story. Wir sprechen auch über die verschiedenen Compositions, die wir haben, besonders auf World's Edge gesehen haben. Vor-Tekter auf der High-Ground ist bereits. Sie sehen die Piense kommen in hier, aber auch auf die Seite. Sie können das Shield-Check hier auch. Sie können die Back-Ground-Belise-Keeper in die Hand nehmen.

03:45:34 Und das ist ein wichtiges Spiel, nicht für Bitfix, sondern für VCGO. Sie sind in 20er Position, aber overall, sie waren in der Bubble. Sie waren in der Top 10, aber sie können sehr leichter werden von all den Teams, die unter ihnen haben. Sie brauchen eine große Spiel hier jetzt, weil wir drei Teams auf Matchpoint haben werden, wir werden immer mehr zu finden.

03:46:03 in this game. So Vortex, we're going to have to make it work in this one. One of the best ways to stop people winning on match point is win yourself and then maybe they can send it to a match eight. Deny some of that extra KP too from the other teams that are on that bubble. I love how you highlighted where Vortex is currently overall with their points right above start of fight with 65 points here too.

03:46:25 Looking at the side-by-side and where the circle is going to be taking us. We are moving all the way over to the north side. Survey Camp is definitely going to get contested by the teams that we mentioned earlier that want to rotate away from Skyhook. Take that more northern rotation. Wondering if KCP wants to sit pretty here in the northern side. Maybe deny that opportunity as it looks like they are taking a jump tower actually. So they'll get some information over the other teams at Horizon and the other squads in that area here too. As Vex Gaming also taking some shots over by Epi.

03:46:53 So KCP are making their rotation as well. You can see over towards Survey Camp. If they can find a little hidey hole, if they can find a home early, KCP might be able to set up shop for quite some time, whereas it's going to be a little bit more difficult for Vexed and V2 to move over. But it seems like V2 might be residing right next to KCP right now. It would be quite a fight if they were to both clash and they maybe wouldn't realize at first, but after the emanation would get that confirmation.

03:47:18 Bei der Wunschst, was KSWinnie gesagt hat, was KSWinnie. Und ich denke, das sagt ein bisschen über E6. Und das ist einfach, dass sie schon gemacht haben. Und sie sind einfach, dass sie schon gemacht haben. Und sie sind einfach chillin, sie sind vibiniert, sie sind Spaß. Und sie sind eine meiner Lieblings-Teams, das muss ich gesagt haben. Obwohl es ihre Composition-Choices oder ihre Energie in generell ist. Aber ein Team mit einem solchen Nonchalant-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way-Way

03:47:47 The Octane just making me cry after seeing what went down for that Team 2. This is fun. He had the Octane with Bloodhound as well. So interesting composition choices, but that's a team that is having a good time, like you mentioned. Some teams that want to perform and who had taken a win actually on World's Edge that we saw earlier was Eternal with this exact same comp. The Ashe, you got...

03:48:08 So V2 were the team I was interested with as well. I was like, are they going to do something a little bit crazy with their composition? But no, it's going to be what they've been playing.

03:48:36 Oh no, are you serious right now? Joke now on the hard ground here after losing out on to Dan. Taking a nice angle here with the R9. He's got the Purple Extended Light Mag here too. Joke is gonna be able to at least hold him off for right now.

03:49:04 Seer-Ult ist einfach zu helfen hier, als er sich in die Zeit rauskommt. Er ist aus der Linie aus der Sight hier. Er ist einfach zu repositionieren, um ihn auf seine zwei Team-Mate. Das ist was ich gesagt über E6 und warum sie ein Threat sind, weil sie einfach mehr als zufrieden sind. Und die V2 sind einfach zu beantwortet, und die Leidenschaft von ihnen zu gewinnen ist, dass sie sehr viel zu spüren. Daher ist jetzt einfach zu versuchen, als Joke-Alone. Unless, er...

03:49:31 Becomes patient, hopes E6 leave the bodies and then maybe tries to get all three back in. But E6 being E6, like who it is, they're not going to make this comfortable for V2 whatsoever. And E6 will dominate Skyhook. It has been actually the best POI to drop in in the EMEA region is Skyhook West and Trials, where E6 are able to drop. And actually it's where the victories they've found throughout the season often come from here on World's Edge. So maybe E6 can make a late surge here in this lobby to try and pick up some big points.

03:50:00 Can we talk about their comp here too? They put the Octane away. They take out the Mirage. They take out the Fuse saying, you know, Bamboo looks like he's having fun. We want to join on that too. And I love how you highlighted that they land in Trials. They already know that V2 lands in Skyhook here too. So they were able to deny that opportunity as that one last straggler V2 is going to be able to get away in time here. Now see another fight happening. Young Hong Kong on that low ground. Looks like they're just trying to run away.

03:50:28 Yeah, Dana's trying to escape VCGO, who want to be able to make a late push for themselves to try and stay within that top 10 and get a place in the playoffs. 2-on-1C have been a...

03:50:39 Es ist so nervig, ich fühle Vicky, in dieser Lobby, weil wir drei Teams sind auf Matchpoint und viele Teams sind auf dem Land, die wissen, dass wenn sie nicht ein guter Spiel haben, sie vielleicht fallen aus der Top 10. Und das bedeutet, dass wir wahrscheinlich weniger Risiken werden, von vielen Teams werden. Aber dann haben wir auch fünf oder sechs Teams, die ...

03:51:03 Und jetzt zu sprechen, wie die Point System ist für Top 10. Wir holen auf den 2R1C, finden die letzte Struggler mit der Dichting Threat, der Gold R9 in Ochaku's Hand ist.

03:51:25 Ich habe zwei R1-C mit 78, Aurora mit 77, und zwischen dem und 11 mit Danish,

03:51:55 Also, Dell just got knocked as well. Is he going to be in a vulnerable position where that knock can be converted into a kill? And will that ruin the chances of KCP trying to get a victory and take the regional finals for themselves? Remember that...

03:52:18 Earlier on, they were very close to V2 as well, as this fight's still going on, but it's VCGO getting pushed now by Ascend, who have had a pretty rough day. They're another team who have already guaranteed themselves LAN, but can very much change things in this lobby, because you never really know when Ascend will pop off. They could have a 20-plus game, and then suddenly they throw themselves into the, what, top 10 in this lobby just today, and that might push other teams out and take points away from them.

03:52:43 And that's how they started here, too. They were experimenting. We saw Kushira on the Wraith out here, swapping right back over to the Crypto, feeling a lot more comfortable like this, too, because they were also trying to delay and deny opportunities for some teams making the rotation, like we saw with their Watson fences, but they were just stuck in a hard place when we last saw them on World's Edge. Now taking control over this tunnel on the low ground. They're going to have to start moving soon with the Circle closing in on their backs. So V2's still alive, but it's just Joke on his own.

Matchpoint-Teams im Fokus und späte Spielzüge

03:53:13

03:53:13 Und als für KCP, sie finden sich auf der Norden Seite des Survey Camp, wo sie einfach nur sitzen und warten. Und Vexed haben sich auch in der Center Circle gefunden, also unsere drei Teams, die auf Matchpoint sind, sind still alive. Und natürlich, wie ich schon erwähnt, viele Teams, die bereits Qualität für LAN haben, werden nicht...

03:53:32 Sie werden für die Worte gewonnen haben, insofern der Matchpoint zu gewinnen. Instead, es geht darum, dass sie so hoch als möglich sind. So dass sie die Seedung-Points und die Extra-Prize-Money sind. Also noch viel zu spielen für. Wenn du schon so weit abgehend bist, und es gibt drei Teams bereits auf Matchpoint, dann starte ich fragen, ob wir genug in der Tank haben? Die Scarye Sache ist, dass sie sich genug haben. Und dieses Lobby ist sehr gut... ...e Lobby, das kann einfach nur ein Spanner in den worksmen. Und ich freue mich, was Ascender wird.

03:54:00 Ich habe bereits gesagt, dass sie das Ganze wollen. Die Mirage scheint ein bisschen wie ein Troll, aber kann auch ein guter Zuschauer geben.

03:54:09 I'm always down for the plays that could come out of the Cheeky Mirage. Kay Swinney falling incredibly low, the charge rifle. Burning them, putting them in the microwave here as Yuki's gonna take a different off angle here. Tries to get the crack as he goes on the gravity lift. And then gets sucked in by the black hole outside the line of Sight of Effect, who manages to get that crack and the knock on top of it all with the wingman.

03:54:30 Sperated right now as he gets another crack from a distance across the train tracks. Ooh! Gets a second one down here as Slayer is gonna meet himself on the floor. Alliance feeling themselves as Hockeyz has stayed true to this new castle. Also taking a look at what they got to work with, he's got that gold extended energy mag. Kswinny, the last one alive here for E6.

03:54:53 3-6 get pushed Alliance stay alive and Alliance another one of those teams like Ascend by the way who could just suddenly explode and rip those points away from the lobby or rip a win away from the lobby and keep things going into a potential match eight I did allude to it earlier that all three of our match point teams are still alive V2 hanging on by a thread with just joke being the last remainder as the circle is gonna pull back towards epicenter and the team who currently resides in epicenter is vexed

03:55:20 So maybe 3rd is the lucky charm, and 3rd is the magic number for Vex, as they're going to have a 3rd attempt to try and win this regional final on Match Point. There's Joke from V2, just trying to rat his way in, but he gets spotted out, so V2 will not be winning here in match number 7, and they're going to have to hope that we go to a match number 8. Effect is such a scary player, just melting down everybody else with the wing, man. I mean, I'm not surprised. It is Effect at the end of the day out here, waking up as Tex.

03:55:48 Literally won right now. Managed to go for the shield swap. Brogbie playing off the low ground alongside his teammates. You need to watch out how they play this on the low ground because the Lions have taken control over this entire western side of where the circle is going to be pulling. Since K-Sweeney is the last one alive from E6, he's not going to be showing face anytime soon. What I'm thinking about are the teams that rotate away from Fragment. I'm thinking about Firebeavers out here that can take some shots. As Maestro now, they are not going to take their chance. They're just taking to the skies right now with a redeploy.

03:56:16 Bistro haben viel zu tun, in der anderen Lobby zu tun, um ihre Land-Place zu halten. Ein Victory könnte alles ändern, als Vortex-CGO geht. Ein Krack in der Luft ist nicht genug, aber die Allianz macht es natürlich schwierig. Als Sie sehen, ein Mitglied von Bistro ist, ein Mitglied von Bistro ist, und Ascender also hat einen.

03:56:37 Players start to fall now as the Circle closes, Maestro do get eliminated, KCP were on the board as are Vexed. So both our two teams remaining who are on Matchpoint are getting involved with fights, but they aren't losing players, that's what's important.

03:56:50 Or was popping off in the feed there too. I believe that sets him up at 45 points in total. So five points away from sitting at match point as a line still clearing up this side of where the circle is going to be pulling here. In fact, still landing these wingman shots as they finally see K-Sweeney get taken down on the other side of that. That will start a fight. We're able to clean up that last straggler.

03:57:15 A little bit of silence across World's Edge. You can cut the tension with a knife as everyone really starting to realise how close they are now to potentially LAN, potentially winning regional finals. Or maybe just getting those extra seeding points. There's still so much to play for for every team that is involved. For eSports, they had a pretty dismal beginning to the day, but they are slowly starting to catch up. Another big game here and they put themselves within contention of LAN as well.

03:57:44 One minute until that next zone closes, but all of them, all of these 14 teams won't make it 13 now. That's trying to find the best spot. The circle has moved back down towards Epicenter. As the Pioneers, one of our Matchpoint teams, they're trying to assess whether they should stay here or not. Let's jump into a listening and see what they have to say.

03:58:05 Es ist nicht in der Sky. Valko, Valko von Epi-Side. Ja, ja, ich sehe das. Are we in on Usain? Are you sure? 100%? Ah, nein, wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Nein, wir sind nicht. Nein, wir sind nicht. Nein, wir sind nicht. Nein, wir sind nicht. Nein, wir sind nicht. Nein, wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir sind nicht. Wir

03:58:36 Dahl ist weg. Just keep siegern sie, Dahl. Ihr beide seid da. Ich habe einen mit dem Trapp. Ich denke, das ist in der Haus. Ich weiß nicht.

03:58:58 All right, let's go. Let's move up. They keep climbing up on me, I think. Okay, no, I'm fine. We have to go underneath them. We have to go underneath them. Yeah, that's one.

03:59:11 Sero, vielleicht? Sie haben es nicht. Ja, Sero. Und wir schauen für etwas an diesen Gutsch. Okay. Wir haben 3P jetzt. Ja. Ich bin auf der Ruf. Ich glaube, wir spielen auf der Ruf, Leute. Ich habe es 100, 100, 100. Wir werden auf der Ruf von der Ruf von der Ruf, vielleicht.

03:59:29 Ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin. Behind us a wall, oder so? Ja, all three in the corner. So you're all going to fade soon, we have to start rushing them, maybe I think. Wait on my queue, I've got to get a good queue probably in 8 seconds. Guys, it's okay. Careful the wall. There's a team here as well, okay? They might wrap us. So I would say we just chill for a second. Oh, they got me on scan, they got me on scan very fast. It's okay.

03:59:51 Ich weiß nicht, was es besser ist. Ich denke, wir spielen alles.

04:00:09 So the Circle pulls right back to the Pioneers, and I like the tactics, let's just destroy this team that's in front of us, we don't necessarily have to try and escape, and I like it, I like the aggression. Vexed, however, they're in a little bit more of a difficult situation, and look at the composition they've gone for. We see Gibby, we see Caustic, they want to set up, but the Circle's moved away from the Vicky.

04:00:29 Oh, they're building up the campfire real quick here with the Kossig, except the Kossig is the one lighting up this squad and they walk right into that trap. Oh, nice PK shot over on the other side by Tyler. They're trying to cover each door. Watching coverage here while they set up the gas traps. Important to note, look at the speed right now. Vex now taking care of Aurora. Aurora literally right there at sitting at match point two. They have 48 points to their name after cleaning up some KP on their way over into that next circle. Unlucky now having to...

04:00:57 Wie soll die Vex play this one? Unlucky hat die Skyward Diver... ...available... ...potentially... ...which could allow them to just jet up into the sky... ...and try and do something. On the other side, you've got Pioneers who are on Matchpoint as well.

04:01:22 So both Vexed and Pioneers. Pioneers are sat in the prime position. Vexed have to move as the circle closes. Can Vexed survive? As Pioneers could well watch over them and maybe even take out other Matchpoint teams here.

04:01:34 Such a good spot right now. Seven squads left and we still have Bex and KCP alive. Playing off the high ground, overlooking all the action happening over to the side is KCP. Bex Gaming not in the best position though right now. Currently see Unlucky bragging out as he has been all day today too. So Thermite also getting a knock in the feed here. Jayling's now taken out as five squads are left in the feed. KCP have a 33% conversion rate from top five on World's Edge.

04:02:02 Und wie kann sie es machen, wenn sie auf Match Point sind, wenn sie wirklich gegen die Wallen hier sind, um sie zu versuchen, es zu versuchen, es ist Vex's 3rd attempt hier. Unlucky ist so low an der Moment, as Vex's sind all die Angler, aber die Bubble ist down und die Composition ist working, aber eine Fall ist, aber die Revive kann passieren, weil sie die Bubble ist, wenn sie sich nicht befreundet haben, wenn sie sich nicht befreundet haben.

04:02:24 Das ist tatsächlich insane. 2R1C, Allianz, KCP, Horizon Union, Vex Gaming, fighting for their lives with two of these teams in the lobby already at match point. Cataswall going all the way up. You're shooting into the Oblivion that is on the inside of that building. Having to dance around and LOS, the other squad here. Natsuki has to restabilize.

04:02:44 Vex Gaming ist die Rez auf der anderen Seite. Ich liebe die Seite-by-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side.

04:02:58 Oh, Sir, das war literally 1-2!

04:03:18 Two of our Matchpoint teams get into the top three with a very different method, a very different strategy, but it's 2R1C who play spoilers to the party.

04:03:47 2R1C get various victories throughout the season, but this might be one of their most important so far, Vicky. And it's important because they are sitting with 53 points at Matchpoint, joining V2, KCP, and Vex Gaming right now. Jaylings and Aurora tied 48 points each. This next game is going to be insane, with so many other teams now making their way into sitting with the rest of the squads that are at Matchpoint.

Match Point Teams and Game Dynamics

04:04:12

04:04:12 So that means we have four teams on Match Point. Rain Day, I mean, eight games. I don't know how far we think it's going to go, but certainly we get another one. Let's just say I've cancelled any plans I have for the rest of the day. How about that? I think we're going to be just okay hanging here. Wow, what a moment. Who won RC? You thought that they would have found...

04:04:32 We got one more game at least. Dan, great call. And Vicky, I'm going to bring you back on and get your thoughts on it because there were two perspectives. I love what our production did too, showcasing the two narratives literally about to run into each other. One from uphill, one from downhill. And 2R1C just...

04:05:00 In the middle, gotten in between both of them and said, no, this is our story here. We're going to take the W.

04:05:05 Their rotation just definitely helped them out. It also doesn't help that KCP were fighting Horizon inside of that building for so long. That fight was going on for a while, while they were also trying to maintain the high ground, the rooftop, to negate the approach in the other squads coming in from the low ground uphill towards their building where they were originally fighting. So I love this side-by-side because it tells the whole story, and it also highlights what Vex is going for with their comp. You look at the Cossack, you look at the Gibby, you know they're trying to settle down, bunker down, so that way they force the teams to try.

04:05:34 Ich liebe es. Ich liebe es. Ich liebe es. Ich liebe es. Ich liebe es.

04:06:03 Ich denke, dass sie in einem anderen Position waren, vielleicht in KCP's Position, Vicky,

04:06:33 mit der Kostik-Gibbe. Es ist einfach, dass sie keine Mobilität haben, keine Bewegungsmöglichkeiten zu gehen. Und 2R1C hat so eine großartige Rolle in der Showing-up, wie wir sehen Firebeavers, wie wir sehen, wie Danish-Danisch, in dem letzten Moment, und dann stehenden die Show.

04:06:50 Yeah, even Zayn taking that bit of circle damage at the very end took a chunk out of that, but he still didn't even have time to resave lights with those shields. 2R1C took a big amount of damage, but even then, it wasn't enough because they were still at the health advantage in that final fight versus KCP, who had to get that res. Taking the dub on top of that, they were also able to get 9 KP'd to their name. I mean, all day overall, both Thorfinn and Uchako have been doing a really good job at staying on top with the KP that they've been able to get. I think before this game, they were able to get...

04:07:19 Notably Pioneers and Vexed alongside Alliance and Firebeavers are pretty much fighting for first place. It would be tough.

04:07:32 für Firebeavers zu tun, aber ich denke, es ist möglich. Allianz ist sicherlich zu halten. 2R1C kämpft für etwas anderes, zu qualifizieren für Land, in 9th place. So far so gut, Stat-Wise, zeigt, dass jeder eine Rolle spielt, ob es assist oder killen. Sie gehen auf und auf die Ladder, wie Sie sehen, Vickie, Hierarcha, Schocko und Thorfinn, auf eine gute Show hier in Game 7.

04:07:56 Look at the damage put out by Uchako too, just also with the rotations. And let's talk about their composition for that end circle, benefiting them versus the side-by-side comparison of what we were able to see between Vex. And then KCP engaging in that second-to-last fight that we also got to witness. The Bangalore providing the smokes for those rotations to steer with the information, as well as Horizon with the gravity lift to lift them up from the low to high ground that they were able to rotate through if they wanted to get a nice area and different angles on what was left of KCPs. If they didn't have that information that they were...

04:08:25 Das ist die Line-Up, die unsurpte das Bangalore, sorry, das Bangalore, nicht Bangalore, das Gibraltar-Meta, das wirklich, wenn man die Seer hat, dann hat man das Horizon und das Bangalore und das Aggressivität, das macht die Defensivität, Kossak und Gibraltar...

04:08:44 Das war ein tolles Mal. Ich habe es gesehen, dass wir Teams nicht wirklich haben, aber wir sehen, dass Teams nicht wirklich haben.

Standings and Key Teams to Watch

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04:09:04 Wir sehen uns beim nächsten Mal, für die Game 8. After 7, es ist Vex, Pioneers, 2R1C und V2, die mit einem gewinnen.

04:09:26 A top ten for Aurora. Top six now for Aurora, which I think is huge. And J-Link's Esports also having a really good one. Looking back at it, the Horizon Union, a team I highlighted, they're in 19th place. That is tough for them. They have to do something and do it quickly. All right.

04:09:42 Big time moments here showing up. Game 8, we keep it rolling. And if you're watching at home, yeah, that's right. This is what the ALGS is all about. Somebody's got to win or we go again. Let's send it over to Mark and Vicky and get ready for Game 8. See if it happens.

04:09:58 Send it our way, Rain. We're ready for it. Game eight is around the corner. Vicky is now at the point where when we get to an endgame, we're doing our best to keep an eye on who's involved because there's multiple teams that are finding themselves on match point. But that last game, you just felt that fight gets finished two or three seconds quicker. Maybe that was the game for KCP that they'll look back on and think, did we miss an opportunity there?

04:10:23 Honestly, I was really watching KCP sitting on the high ground. Yeah, they took that final fight, but if they didn't, that squad was going to have to filter out of that building anyways. But they were in such a good position. And then also seeing Vex, but they definitely had a rougher rotation, having to go from low to high ground, like we keep mentioning. And then I was waiting with bated breath, looking at start a fight, unfortunately go down, when they were literally, what, three points away from also meeting the rest of these squads at match point. Could have been a big deal for this.

04:10:52 Team 2, but with 8 games, you know, Mark, I'm not too surprised out here. We got Apex going down for the whole day, and I wouldn't have it any other way. It's very true, and I gotta say, I've been here since Poland. I know these things can go on a while, everybody, but trust me, every single game gets more and more exciting, and it just means that every single fight means even more for these teams, and it's just crazy, Vicky, to think how much, I keep reiterating, how much is going on in this lobby right now. It's not just about who wins Pro League. It's not about who wins regional finals. Qualification for land spots, prize money.

04:11:21 Let's waste no time, World's Edge flying overhead right now with so many of these teams that find...

04:11:50 More success and consistency on World's Edge versus what we see on Stormpoint. I want to see some of these squads that are on the cusp to meet up with the rest of these Matchpoint teams because I am always down for a game number nine, but with so many other teams still now sitting at that Matchpoint's point line, you can expect things to get a lot closer and you can expect the game to also slow down because a lot of the teams also want to be able to guarantee themselves extra points to also be in the top 10 to make their way into London.

04:12:17 So as we see the teams drop in, we also see, once again, a little bit of a contest going over at Climatizer. That's going to continue. And I tell you what, it might be a little bit of a chance for both Vexed and KCP to have another go at this zone. It's got a little bit more north than what we saw previously. Maybe a little bit of a Survey Camp ending here. So teams who can get those high rocks in and around the north side of Survey Camp here, Vicky, are going to be set up for a very, very strong performance. Horizon Union going to be one of those teams dropping here at Survey and Epicenter who should be in a good spot come end the game.

04:12:47 A little glimpse of deja vu with this circle traveling over to the north side of Epi all over again. Also seeing that 50-50 that has continued on throughout the entire day. Not expecting that to change anytime soon. But you also talked about the rotations that we're seeing some of these teams leaving Skyhook if they want to already make the rotation as quickly as possible. Specifically talking about V2 to avoid E6 since they look like they're having a lot of fun. We saw the Mirage come out. We saw the Fuse. We saw the Octane. I mean, maybe they're just going.

04:13:16 Ich bin ehrlich, ich bin ehrlich, ich bin ein bisschen verrückt bei Octane. Ich bin ehrlich, ich bin ein bisschen verrückt bei Octane. Ich bin ein bisschen verrückt bei Octane. Es gibt ein paar andere Legends, die ich mir gedacht habe, habe ich mir gedacht, okay, ich fühle mich Octane war ganz low auf die Liste. However, als wir über E6 wissen, es ist ein Roller of the Dice, wenn es zu Composition gibt, und sie lieben zu mixen, und es sind nicht unpredictable. Octane?

04:13:40 Kind of like it for the pace. I was talking about how it was the fastest trio in Apex Legends that they were running on Stormpoint. And we'll have to see if the speed at which they can move can turn into kills. But like I say, E6 pretty much got their job done. Just about prize money for them where they finish in the standings. But no surprise to see once again, Vicky, we get to recast the contest of Climatizer.

04:13:58 I love it. I like seeing Chaos already from the beginning. I mean, I choose this all the time, especially with the Charge Rifle being the problem, but it has been forever now at this point as BitFigs are able to note where they're trying to contest them on the other side, dropping the Sniper Optic here while they try to loot the very back.

Vex's Challenges and Strategic Adjustments

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04:14:15 Der P.O.Y. actually contesting Vex off the rip. Alright, talk about understanding what's at stake here for Vex and they lose out on Tyler. They're also still sticking to the same composition with the double big boys. Ah, well, for esports, I see you. Don't hate it, gotta be honest. If you're a Vex fan, you're screaming at your screen right now, but...

04:14:39 Vex might be able to get the reset here and foot esports are gonna be able to overtake them or are they gonna look to drop on this Vicky and maybe cause them even more problems it looks like they are gonna get ahead of them they did of course secure that KP but Vex now I've got a little bit of a change to their game plans 19 squads remaining as we did see our first team being eliminated and that was a send once again dropping over a dome

04:15:01 Well, Foot also trying to contest Vex and now getting away with the Skyward Dive. I'm pretty sure Vex is going to be able to get that third right back into this game as they had made that rotate. Yep, they did. They get Tyler right back in. Nobody to contest him from either Lava City or Big Mod. A lot of these teams already quick with their rotate, thinking about GG who are making that rotation away from Launch Site Alliance who take their time leaving Thermal Station, but at least Vex now.

04:15:27 Could take some room to breathe and loot the rest of Lava City here. I mean, I've got to say, oh, kills going down in the meantime. Pioneers on their rotation. Bitfix Gaming and Firebeavers are going to be some of the victims of teams in and around the area. Bitfix Gaming were eliminated, but it's Firebeavers in and around Fragment who are taking some damage in from Pioneers here. But look at this. What a risky moment this is for KCP. Seer also down on either side. Can KCP escape this? That's the question. Has Maestro made their rotation up the hill? Aurora inside of Fragment.

04:15:56 KCP should be safe for now, but very, very worrying moments. Heart in mouth moments here for Pioneers fans.

04:16:04 Especially seeing the performance we just saw in that last game. Hanging out on the outside where you see Aurora settling down on top of that roof. They're going to be able to get some extra loot from these Death Boxes at their feet. Walking away with that 2KP here. Looking for the W finally. They've been settled on Match Point for quite some time now too. But it's about this rotation into that next circle. How they want to handle this differently in comparison to what we saw in the previous game when they were rather quick and also taking that building north of Epicenter.

04:16:34 Ich will zurück zu Vex, weil es ein klarer Spielplan ist. Sie haben natürlich vorbereitet für Matchpoint. Sie fühlen wie Caustic Gibby wird sie in die Position zu arbeiten und zu verarbeiten, um eine Matchpoint-Opportunität, so zu sprechen. Aber Gibby, wenn die Gibby-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal-Metal.

04:16:54 Und der Fakt ist, dass sie das Composition haben, obwohl sie geblieben sind, in der Rotation hat, spielt in die Hand von Vexed hier. Sie können immer in und aufhören, und wir sahen wie effektiv es war, in der vorherigen Endgame, wo sie zu kämpfen haben, so hart.

04:17:06 I love how you point that out because it literally plays into that game plan that they're working off of. And with a quick rotation there too, they're going to be able to ping what's happening over on the north side of Geyser. 2R1C just rotated outside of that northern building north of Geyser. Through that tunnel, we can expect other teams to meet up in that choke point by no name to the southeast of Fragment East. So Vex Gaming could probably hear a fight, get involved themselves, and put themselves in a better spot if they want to take the eastern rotation to the high ground.

04:17:35 Das ist nach dem Overlook. Weil es wird auch ein paar Völkern von Eppi gehen. Und dann zu den westen von den Quads. Das sind aus Skyhook in den Norden Rotation. My show hat sich in den Meantemn. 2R1C, der andere Seite der Vault Tunnel. Just überlooking No Name für jetzt. Vex's Gameplan seems to be to craft, though. You can see them taking their time. Und nicht too surprising to see that. Considering that one of their players certainly probably doesn't have the loot that he wants to play with right now. So a couple of extra Shield Bats. Certainly leveling up those Evo Shields. Alongside the Gimme Bubble.

04:18:05 Ja, der Meatball Slinger ist hier. Der L-Star ist auch hier. Der L-Star ist zu tun, was er zu tun hat, was er zu tun hat, was er zu tun hat, was er zu tun hat, was er zu tun hat, was er zu tun hat.

04:18:29 So the longer this fight goes on here, Vicky...

04:18:57 So that's none of my business real quick as he's trying to find an opportunity, but look who's waiting for them outside of the circle. It's Vex, but they're split up a bit here. I think it's only Metafi that's actually inside that tunnel. Yes, it is. You can see Unlucky on the other side with Tyler.

04:19:25 und Hierarchie kann nichts tun. Sie wissen, es war ein Kampf auf der anderen Seite, wie du sagst, war es bei Elongated Vex Gaming. Aber sie sind nicht in die Position, sie sind gerade in. Between sieben, sie wirklich nur haben die Rocks zu arbeiten, wenn sie für ein langer, mehr roundabouter Rotation haben, um zu machen, was sie zu machen. Ich glaube, die Idee von Vex, und ich möchte die Idee, die Idee von Vex hat, wie du in den Overlook auf den Backseid hast.

04:19:48 Ich denke, es ist ein smartes Spiel, denn dieses Spiel ist schon so lange. Die Fights sind schon so lange. Die Fights sind so lange. Hiakka wird sich verletzten. Artigo muss in und werden die Finschreise gehen. Aber wie lange das Fights ist, wer ist es? Es ist Aurora. Aurora ist jetzt mal zu sehen. Und das ist einfach nicht so schlimm. Wenn Vex sich in die Position beherrscht, wenn sie sich in die Finschreise beherrscht, dann muss sie sich in die Finschreise beherrscht. Aurora wird sich in die Finschreise beherrscht. So, Pioneers, Sie sehen, die Catwall ist down, aber sie sind unter all sorts of pressure.

04:20:15 Nassi gett Aggressiv mit keinen Shield, aber es macht genug Dammage, um sie zu resetieren.

04:20:19 This is the congestion and the north side that we were expecting with the amount of rotations that are coming in. Alliance is about to make their appearance as well. E6 in this fight. Start a fight. KCP losing out on Ser Dell. One of our match point squads right now in some trouble. Cleaning up some more KP for the shield swap. Zayn desperately needed that. Trying to get out of their line of sight though. Right behind him they are sandwiched. And this is not the double meat sandwich that I want to be in if I'm sitting as KCP. Zayn now just trying to get away.

04:20:45 Don't get me wrong, I love a meat sandwich, but it's not going to be a good day for Pioneers. They will fall. They will not be winning this thing right now. E6 involved and all of a sudden, I don't know what's going on in this tunnel, but everybody wants to have a fight. It is just the bottleneck of all bottlenecks. E6 go down as well. Horizon Union, who landed over a survey camp, now they decide, hey, there must be some weak players in here for us to convert into KP. They're having a look, but Alliance, they're forcing their way in and...

04:21:10 Ich muss sagen, Allianz ist ein bisschen quiet heute, aber die Zonen haben wirklich, wirklich gegen ihn.

04:21:25 The lines taking that separate off angle by the choke point throughout the tunnel. We see if any other stragglers exiting out of Skyhook are going in a direction. But for the most part, I'm pretty sure it's cleared. Most of these squads that rotated from the west side have already made their way into the tunnel, thinking about Horizon and start a fight. Jailings even on the north side of the train tracks, north of Survey Camp. So lines are in a pretty good spot right here if they can continuously gatekeep those two squads that are north of them. You can try to dance around this pillar at the moment.

04:21:53 Manages to do so long enough for Hackes to take a little bit of a wide angle here. And one thing I love about Hackes playing on Newcastle is one of the features of his gameplay is he loves to take these off angles. He likes to try and catch teams off guard as it has Yuki kind of anchoring and effect doing that initial damage. And the great thing about running Newcastle and doing that is you have the queue to just go down that mobile shield and then you can kind of work behind it. So if you get caught out, you kind of get a little bit of a second chance to get in and get out of that fight.

04:22:22 It's the get down Mr. President. Literally their superhero moves just get into a different position. I also like the roundabout skyward dive from Effect because he tried to pick up some extra information with the skyward dive passive here that Valkyrie provides. They didn't get anybody on the southern side and they decided to take that other position here in Survey.

V2's Ascent and Match Point Scenarios

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04:22:41 Noticing that nobody else is around them, but they have to look out for the teams that have taken up the real estate inside these buildings already. V2, a squad that has done the deed and has traversed through all the odds against them. This is a squad before today that I believe started at 18th overall, have now made their way into 12th place in the overall standings. And they're already sitting at match point. One of our squad is sitting at match point with 13 squads left in this lobby. So they're also trying to slow things down inside of that building. Thanks, Gaming.

04:23:08 Still alive here, Vicky. Still alive. Vex fans at home. With a minute 30 left on the clock, they're going to have to reset on top of this building. Gold Armor is going to make that a little bit more easier to do. Pop a couple of cells and you'll be back up to full health in no time. But this is a tough, tough game for them to win from this position. Trying to force Horizon away from this position. Tyler's taking an off angle. Look at what Tyler's trying to do. He forces the Zero as well. So Vex doing damage, but also more importantly...

04:23:35 Burning the resources of their opponents in this teamfight.

04:23:38 Look how much damage he's able to get off of the Kossignade, too. Off the Noxcast that he threw to cover that space. And he had no choice, too. He doesn't have that mobility to just retreat right back to the hands of his teammates, who now are coming in to help give him some backup. Unlucky wants to take a different off angle after they were able to help Tyler reposition out here, too. While this fight is happening, though, they got less than a minute to go into that next circle. And Tyler gets binged. He tries to take some cover. And with a pixel of health, he is able to restabilize.

04:24:06 Just about for Vex, but what's Vex next move? They don't have the Valkolt available. You saw that. It was on about 35% at this point, I would imagine, for them. Horizon Union holding them out as well. Alt-Excel being used here by Phoenix as well, so he'll have the Dark Veil back in around 10-15 seconds or so. Urban's also popping an Alt-Excel to get that Exhibit back, and Vex trying to make a play maybe to slide past them under this bridge just outside the tunnel.

04:24:33 Es ist ein großes Spiel hier für Vex. Es ist ein großes Call und Metaphic wird das ein richtig. Mal sehen, was die Plan ist.

04:24:53 We need to hold here and look right. We need to just look right. I'm bobbling. Okay. Let's keep looking at that. We're good ones who's on closes. We're good ones who's on closes. Yeah. And we have no bubble left. They're gonna... No one should push us. He's still up there. He's still up there. Just need to shoot him. Just need to shoot him. Hold here and ego challenge. Crack, see ya. See ya, Crack. Just dodging it. Late on us. On you, Tyler. You're alone. Oh no, I'm gonna dodge him maybe.

04:25:23 We can play it though, we can play it though. They're good for us, just play it as well. Okay. Almost got Catalyst. The end zone coming. I'm dead here. So much damage. Play me, play me, play me. Five seconds to bubble. Wait for bubble. No, no. They just have angle. Yeah, they can angle everything.

04:25:43 Vex Gaming are out of there, Vicky. We have them eliminated. And now we find ourselves with less teams. We have V2. They've gone as well. 201C. KCP. Oh, she's getting nervy. I'm not going to lie. It's getting a little bit nervy. Can we talk about Gaming Gladiators, though? Showing up with 10 KP in total for this game. I believe that sets them up with 46 total points right behind the match point that they need to be sitting at for those 50 points. V2, though.

04:26:12 They won't be having that anytime soon, looking at their position. They have not moved from inside of this building a lot better with their quick rotation in comparison to what we just witnessed from Vex. We have to play on the outskirts of the serving camp building.

04:26:24 Update for you from the kill feed. You have Jaylings now crossing the match point threshold. They are on that 50 point, that magic number, which means if they get to go to another game and we get to go to another game here in EMEA, they could steal this one away. But look at the position of V2 here, Vicky. They're in zone. They're inside a survey camp. They are on match point. It doesn't get much better than this for them.

04:26:53 This is the Cinderella story that I was talking about here. When I was looking at the bottom end of the overall leaderboards for our teams, I was definitely rooting for the underdogs that really had to show up today for this regional final. Start a fight on the high ground too, overlooking Survey on the outside of this circle. They hear the fight happening right in front of them. See the Wraith portal right beside him here too. Wouldn't be surprised if that's Hardeki since he is on the Wraith right now.

04:27:18 Just looking to see which of these other squads are going to be rotating in Start of Fight's direction. Start of Fight. Been involved in quite a few endgames so far to date. 49 points for them. Just one point is all they need to secure match point as well. You've got Eternal just a point or so away. Alliance as well just a point or so away. Even though they haven't been a team we've really highlighted too much today. They've been clawing. They've been scrapping to get those points on the board here.

04:27:46 But if it's not going to finish here, in this game that we find ourselves on, then maybe we might be seeing a lot of teams in contention in that next game. For esports have been eliminated. We're down to nine squads. It is crazy out here. We saw Hardaki also finalized that other KP. 47 points now in their favor. Start to fight. Have that high ground advantage right here.

04:28:10 Wir brauchen Hilfe, Vortex wird in Ihrem Feet geteilt. Currently, 8 Squads left in Certified. Sie versuchen zu bleiben und Reset mit den Shieldbats zu bleiben.

04:28:38 V2 have got to leave this building. They've got to leave the sanctity of this cover, and they've got to find a place to play. And Jaylings are in a really good spot right now, and with there being eight squads left, I believe that this has set them up into sitting at 50 points, sitting at match point. V2 now forced to reposition as they try to rotate around the rocks. They're playing off that low ground. They have that new castle wall right behind them. Start a fight, get eliminated in your feet here, and nobody left from Alliance. That's Jaylings on the other side that had them in their line of sight.

04:29:06 Brilliant call from V2. They saw the fight going down. They're like, this is our chance to mirror this team. They mirror Alliance and their move. They see SAF fall as well, and now they claim that space. You can see the lay of the land, though. Jaylings, who got here so early, by the way, from Overlook, right in the north side of this zone, are the ones holding V2 out from potential victory. It's going to be finishing on that train car, on the tracks. The question is, can V2 make it happen here?

04:29:34 No way, Marc. The amount of teams that just got to Matchpoint. Danish. GG out here, literally right there next to a world who need one more alongside Firebeavers. Danish made it in start of fight at 50 points. Jaylings, 52 points. Alliance, right before they died, also at 52 points. We are welcoming everybody to be sitting at Matchpoint right here. And V2, do not want to lose this opportunity with six squads left after they've been sitting at Matchpoint for a while.

04:30:00 Ich bin Artiko, und es war zu Tastmaster. Ich denke, er ist ein Solo für Firebeavers. V2 machte das Spiel. Das könnte die Spiel-Winne spielen für sie. Danisch eliminiert. Sie gett die Caval. Sie cutt die Zone in half. Und jetzt haben sie durch das Spiel. Und J-Links haben keine Ahnung, dass sie das Spiel gemacht haben. Oh mein Gott, das ist so großartig. Mit dem mit dem Norden auf dem Trainjacks. Das ist so ein guter Spot für J-Links zu spielen. Firebeavers eliminiert in ihr Feet. Four squads left, Alive. Gaming Gladiator ist hier. J-Links, V2, ein 3er...

04:30:29 Eernal ist auch für 60 Punkte. V2 zu bleiben. Das könnte es jetzt sein, Marc. V2 haben so eine sehr gute Play call gemacht, aber sie müssen diese High-Ground spielen perfekt. GG Eliminated, drei Quads remaining. Wenn J-Lings eine Chance haben, wenn Eernal eine Chance haben, sie müssen sie aus V2 spielen. Und sie müssen es gemeinsam machen.

04:30:56 V2 haben die Spiel in ihren Händen. Es ist all über Patience. Es ist all über Hitting die Schots, wenn man muss. Joke ist auch, wie man sieht.

04:31:23 Have a little look inside, see if he can get some damage down. But if you're armor-checking everyone on the map right now, then V2 are in the best position to close this out. Jailings will have to move. The zone will close behind them. They will have to leave that high ground. But can they survive long enough to put us onto yet another game of Apex Legends to send us back to Stormpoint, where we'll have to go once again?

04:31:51 8-Games sind nicht genug hier. Die V2 sind jetzt zu Ende. Jetzt die Grenade pick auf Josh hier. Sie müssen das Knochen nicht mehr in den Fuse sein. Ja, sie sind in der Mitte. Sie brauchen eine Reposition. Das hat so viel Platz gelegt.

04:32:07 Das ist so smart from them here too, because with the Catwall right behind them, they're getting out of the line of sight of the squad that is eternal inside of the middle.

04:32:27 Oh, but they lose what it's on. That's huge. They're out in the open. Jokers won. You see the shields off, but is it enough now? Because now they're just sitting ducks on the high ground. We may see another game nine. Jokers down and V2 are eliminated. Eternal survive. Jailing survive. And we're going to have another game of Apex Legends, everybody. We love a little bit of match point here. And with that, Eternal hold the tracks. They hold the dub. They will be your champions here in match number eight.

Eternal's Victory and Match Point Overload

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04:32:56 Aber für den zweiten Spiel in der Reihe haben wir ein Team involviert in unsere Endgame, die alles mögliche zu gewinnen haben, aber sie einfach nicht überrascht.

04:33:06 We have Game 9 with 11 teams at matchpoint. With Eternal taking another win. The only other squad out here to take a second win. And with their composition of The Fuse, Ash and Seer bunkering down uninterrupted because of their positioning. Are you kidding me? I'm going to go make some coffee, Vicky. I'm going to try the rain day in the meantime because I've got a feeling I'm going to have to be caffeinated for this one.

04:33:33 Mark, make me a cup, too, man. Maybe three? I don't know. I can't even complain at this point. You guys are way ahead of me. You know, I'll tell you, our show flow, it goes to game nine, and then that's it. Then I think our producers are like, no way. There might be a way, but it is going to be hard now. Let me tell you why. Vicky, we'll get into the weeds, but you mentioned it.

04:33:54 More than 50% of the lobby is now on Matchpoint. That means we have a 50% or better chance. I think a 55% chance that someone is going to end the game.

04:34:06 Und ich denke, dass das ist, ich meine, das ist die Weise EMEA hat. Und ich weiß nicht, dass du in der Split hast, und du hast gesehen, wie close es ist. A lot of diese Matchdayen, sie haben über 17 Punkte, zwischen 1st und 13th Platz. EMEA ist einfach so gut, dass sie so gut sind. Und ich denke, dass sie sagen, dass, hey, wer zu landen in dieser Position ist, wir jetzt werden zu machen weltweit impact, weil sie wie sie auf die Spiel gemacht haben.

04:34:32 And as more games go on, too, it's also granting opportunities for the teams that have been sitting on that cusp for making it into the top 10, for kind of shaking things up and making some teams that thought they were comfortable feel uncomfortable out here. And it's just crazy. 11 teams at Match Point. That is ridiculous. At Game 9, hey, I predicted a Game 7, boy, was I wrong? Yeah, I predicted 6. I was way off right there. But it's okay because, you know, this could have easily gone the way of V2.

04:35:01 I think patience ended up hurting them a little bit watching this on my end. Because they had to make a move. But you didn't want to ever make a move that put you out of contention easily. So they kind of let...

04:35:10 Und was es war, dass sie eine halbewegung durchgeführt wurden, und dann wurde es in der Mitte der Kampf gemacht. Und das ist das, was für ETHERNAL hat die beste Position. Sie waren in der Mitte. Sie waren in der Mitte. Aber 11 Teams auf Matchpoint. Und eine von den Schwerpunkten zu sehen, als wir diese Series-Resultate sind, ist, dass du Teams jetzt wie Alliance, jetzt wie Firebeavers, jetzt wie Game & Gladiators. Teams, die nicht in dieser Position waren.

04:35:40 And now they're serious threats to you, Vicky. Yeah, and I like the play that we saw at the very end for V2. They put up that cat wall. What they needed to take advantage of was fully syncing it onto Jaylings. But we also saw the isolated pick between Hadan going down first too. But looking overall at what went down in that lobby, we got to welcome Danish out here at Match Point. Game and Gladiators start a fight. Fire Beavers, Alliance.

04:36:06 It is looking insane here, looking at these top 10 finishers for these squads for that Game 8. It might be the second highest win of the day as well. 25 points for Eternal on the back half of our 20. You'll see these teams still get it going. The only team that isn't in the mix here, placing maybe 11th to 20th right here again, is Ascend. And that is a really strange situation.

04:36:31 Let me bring you back to another split-one playoffs that happened in January a couple years ago where Ascend on 11 games took the win over Alliance and I don't know who the other team was that was kind of in contention with them but it was kind of like stole away the playoffs. That was the theme. That was the thing that Keshera and that squad had been actually getting it over that mentality that we didn't deserve to win. Now they're in a position where surprisingly

04:36:58 They would be able to steal it at about 11 games if we went that long. But I don't know if that's going to happen. Vicky, do you really think? I mean, it seems like it's going to end next game. People should not turn away.

04:37:07 You have more than 50% of the lobby already at Match Point. I mean, it has to go to one of these squads that are finding that consistency, you would think, at least within these previous eight games. But we are making that transition into Storm Point, if I recall correctly. So that means that some of these teams may be finding their comfort stride on this map that we keep highlighting because we have been seeing different compositions come out for some of these teams when we make the flip over from World's Edge into Storm Point.

04:37:33 Phänomenal point there, and I think there are some teams that we're going to see maybe take advantage of this. And it may not be exciting for some of those teams that just perform really well, but that's what happens in Apex. You've got to get it done on both sides. Let's look at it officially. Here are the standings. The top 11 teams right now all on Match Point, above 50 points. That means next game, if they win, it is over. Teams that desperately would love a win.

Underdog Stories and Anticipation for Match 9

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04:38:01 Including Bitfix Gaming, including Aurora, a team like that. But a team I'm looking at, it's that 11th place spot, Vicky. Gaming Gladiators. The thought of Harddecky, after missing playoffs for the first time ever, now having a chance to redeem themselves with this squad and make it to land with the win. That would be an incredible story for one of Europe's most history players.

04:38:24 Yeah, that's fantastic. Between Hardecki and Aurora, I would love to see more of these teams really pop off here. I mean, Aurora right there too, Rain. So we're going to have to find out because we're sitting at 49 points. They may be meeting the rest of this lobby at match points if we don't have a winner, obviously, for this next game. Well, Vicky, you've been incredible. Great cast. I'm going to let you take a break. And of course, we're going to throw it over to Mark and Dan because we've talked enough about it. Let's see who is about it. I hope you got your coffee, fellas. It's time for Match 9.

04:38:53 You caught me there, Rain, with a coffee in my hand. I'm not going to lie. We're throwing to us very quickly and we're ready because we want to get into match number nine. Now, Dan, you've got a smile on your face because you love numbers and there's lots of them being thrown at you right now. So this is like your paradise right now.

04:39:07 Es ist ja, ich werde ein Kicker aus, das ist für sicher. Wir gehen zurück zu Stormpoint, es wird Nummer 9 sein, aber ich wollte euch einfach mal wissen, was die V2 hätte gewonnen haben. Currently, sie sind außerhalb der Top 10, sie sind in 12th. Sie haben natürlich gewonnen, als die victorinnen von Matchpoint. Dann haben wir gesehen, Vexed, Alliance, Pioneers, Firebeavers, Jaylings, E6, Ascend...

04:39:29 2R1C und ETHERNAL gehen durch. Das bedeutet, dass SAF, HORIZON UNION und AURORA Gaming Gladiator ist danisch. Aber weil wir noch weitergehen können, dann wird das wiederholfen. Aber natürlich haben wir 11 Teams auf Matchpoint gewonnen. Ihr müsst ihr beten, dass wir hier in Match 9 enden. Es wäre outstanding. Er hat gesagt, es hat gesagt. Er hat gesagt, es hat gesagt. Er hat gesagt. Er hat gesagt. Er hat gesagt. Er hat gesagt. Er hat gesagt. Er hat gesagt.

04:39:56 Well, let's see what happens. I'm not going to lie, I thought in the last game it was going to get done. The way the V2 were maneuvering around that endgame, they did so much, so well. But they just couldn't convert in that final moment. But now, forget about the last game, it's all about this one. And we got, hey, a brand new map. We're back over to Storm Point.

04:40:14 Stormpoint ist wo wir hinweg, und es bedeutet, dass du eine ganz neue Composition hast, wenn du für ein World's Edge-themed-Comp hast. Ich meine, wir haben bereits die Caustik und die Gibby in den Ecken. Für Vex, sollen sie jetzt ein bisschen mehr Aggressiv werden, dass sie hier an Stormpoint haben? Oder sollen sie versuchen, die Tried-and-Tested-Composition für Matchpoint zu machen?

04:40:36 Denn wir haben jetzt 11 Teams zu tun, dass sie die gleichen Dinge tun können. Sie können nicht einfach nur auf sichern. Sie müssen sich jetzt auf sichern, was alle anderen zu tun werden? Was werden wir sehen, was die Wacky Compositions zu tun? Einige Teams werden noch mehr zu tun, aber 11 Teams werden noch mehr zu tun. Das ist so eine schwierige Lobby zu versuchen. Ich meine, für V2, ich fühle mich die Move... By the way, das ist... Das ist still happening. Ja, das ist still happening.

Fish Farms and V2's Chances on Storm Point

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04:41:02 This contest is going to go down in the annals of time, but I want to talk about V2's chances now, because you were going through kind of map percentages, drop spots, win rates, so to speak, at the start of the game when we're looking through where the teams are going to be dropping. Fish farms, unless I will say it's a fish farm zone, because then it is such a difficult zone to get into for any other team. I would say it's probably got one of the lowest win rates out of all the POIs, and that's where V2 find themselves.

04:41:28 Yeah, you're correct. There was only one win prior to today from Fish Farms. There is now technically two because V2 have already won one today, but it is definitely one of the lower major POIs just because of how far you have to travel. We do see quite a good points total being scored from teams as, again, this fight is still happening. It seems like Ascend have got the upper hand in this engagement and looks like maybe they'll be able to finally put an end to this book. It's the final chapter.

04:41:52 You'd imagine, with it being Match 9, with there being 11 teams, as Bitfix Gaming do go down, it's a valiant effort once more, but Ascend can at least laugh their way into Match 9. Okay then, let's talk about what's happening in the rest of Lobby now, as the contest once again comes to its conclusion. Good news for Ascend is that we're going to a very, very similar zone. We're going towards South Checkpoint, by the looks of things. The three buildings just outside of there is where we're going to be ending, maybe a little bit more south just outside of the mill, but...

04:42:18 Ja, ich meine, da sind fünf Teams, die in der Nähe sind, alle auf Matchpoint sind. Da sind sechs Teams, die sind gut genug genug, die können da sein, wenn sie wollen. Es wird...

04:42:43 A point where we get to the last 10, then we can look at how many Matchpoint teams do we have left. And there very easily could be a situation where we get to a top 5 and all of them are on Matchpoint. It's happened before in Apex Legends history, especially when we have 11. But sometimes there'll be one team that creeps in. And if anyone's gonna do it, Mark, I feel like it could be Aurora. They are the one team that is not on Matchpoint. They are on 49 points, one point away. For them to stop someone else winning, they probably have to win themselves here.

04:43:14 If anyone can do it, it's going to be Aurora. But there's your map overhead. That's where we're going, everybody. Firebeavers were good prior to zone as well. They're currently making sure that they're getting every single attachment they can in the game over in the Armory. But for GG, big opportunities in that last game as well. Vexed almost feels like a lifetime ago that they had a couple of free hits. It hit match point first, of course, inside of four games where we were thinking, oh, is this going to be done in five? Oh, is it going to be done in six? We're on match nine now, everyone.

04:43:43 To give you a rough idea of like the, you know, we were trying to allude to the magic number was around kind of 82 that we were thinking of and we weren't really far off. It could be likely that it's something around 78 to 80. It depends really on whether we see the 10 teams qualify via someone getting the extra place from one of the top 10 teams winning via match point or if it's someone that wins outside of that top nine and top 10.

04:44:07 Uh, Aurora, for example, who are outside at the moment, if they were to, like, come top three this game, that could send them into the top ten. So it's not even a case where they have to win here to stay alive, it's just a case where they need a big game to put themselves at least with a chance of getting into the regional finals. Because it's very easy for us to hone in on, well, it's Matchpoint, who's gonna be able to win the regional finals? There is still places to play for, and as I say that, SAF eSports get taken out. So, one of our teams who was on Matchpoint...

04:44:35 Wir gehen von 11 zu 10. 11 zu 10 und SAF ist die beste-performing Team aus der Bubble-Teams so far. So das ist ein guter Name zu sehen, wenn du Aurora bist jetzt. Und du hast du einen Weg in. Horizon Union. Wir haben ein bisschen gegen E6 in dieser Geburt. Und das wird eine der Geburt, die du erwähnt, wird sehr hotly contestiert für das Endgame. Katwahl geht um, Horizon Union zu sagen, wir wollen das nicht. Wir sind weg.

04:45:04 Just trying to escape for now. Jason is taking a little bit of damage on the cross. They should be able to survive for now. So a smart decision to go up to the high ground where there's a building free for them to play with. So a little bit of a reset for both teams here. Nobody's going to take too much damage.

04:45:19 I think everyone's going to be reluctant to take fights because even though we've got 11 teams, well now 10 teams in this lobby who are on match point, there are going to be some squads who are so far behind that they need to take risks now. And they might just be having their ears to the ground, listening for engagements and looking to try and third party so they can pick up some KP, get some good loot and then hope that snowballs into a scenario. So if you are going to be taking a fight here, you need to be aware of a third party being very possible from one of these teams that are really pushing themselves now.

04:45:48 Well, Zone is very, very busy right now. Everybody's making their way in. 2R1C, they're over at DownBeast at the moment. They're just outside of where it's going to be put. Vexter found a place to play in Zone. They're right next door to KCP, which I think has kind of been a quiet story in itself, part of the bigger story, so to speak. Those two teams, the amount of times we've seen them engaging together, both being on match point, of course. Horizon Union making a little bit of a play here.

04:46:15 All right, so deciding. He's not going to take the gentle approach to those fences. His teammate kind of tiptoes around. He just goes barreling straight into them. That's a mean play, if ever I've seen it. These are some interesting positions being held by KCP and Vex as well. Just posturing up against each other over towards Milt. Mainly just holding out teams that are going to be arriving from that down beast area. I mean, 2R1C and Foot are both...

04:46:38 FOOT eSports sind in der Nähe und könnte kommen. FOOT eSports haben, die einfach geteilt wurden. Wir werden FOOT eSports nicht sehen, dass FOOT eSports eine Stab und Matchpoint ist. Das könnte eine sehr schwierige Situation für sie, wenn wir sie sehen, ihre Chance zu kommen.

04:46:54 Well, Vex, this is where they won the zone from last time, when it pulled out towards Mill. I think they're going to be very interested in where this next zone is going to be pulling, though. They do have some information on that. You can see that on the top left-hand side of your screen. They are going to be safe for the long game. We mentioned with this zone before, Dan. Once you're in, you're good for quite some time. Everybody else has to force their way through chokes from the north and the south. Now, if it does pull away or towards them...

04:47:21 then that would be a huge influence on who could become our champion here in the regional finals. The news for everyone at home, if you can't see on your overhead, it is pulling towards where Vex find themselves right now and KCP find themselves right now.

04:47:39 I mean, they're the two favorites, that's for sure. You can see it on the map overhead now. But look how many teams are there. They've already made their way. There is a little bit of a ruckus going on on the eastern side of the map. Alliance and Maestro are next to one another. V2 are going to be arriving late and maybe having to push through that debris. If they can pick up the pieces, then they should be okay on the eastern side. But Aurora are still moving from the southeast as well. Slowly but surely, they will greet Ascend if Ascend decides to stay there. But I think Ascend are probably going to look to try and find a place to call home a little bit earlier on.

04:48:08 This is gonna be a zone where you imagine maybe two or three teams might go down but then as we get to circle four and five we're gonna be looking at a lot of squads left in this lobby and over half of them are gonna be on match point.

Matchpoint-Teams dominieren das Endgame, während Alliance auf späte Spielzüge setzt

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04:48:23 Crazy that we haven't even mentioned Alliance yet. It's a tough zone for Alliance, but I am convinced that sometimes Alliance do it for the content. They leave it late. And then out of nowhere they pull a performance out that wins them titles, that qualifies them for lands. Now they've already done the second part of that. But winning the title and being top of the leaderboards when all is said and done is of course their main goal in this.

04:48:49 And on 52 points, they are on match point. They have as good a chance here of winning this game as anyone.

04:48:57 Und das ist, dass wir so viele Teams haben, die viele Teams haben, die in diesem Jahr gewonnen haben, dass sie gewonnen haben. Und wir wissen, dass die Match Point ist, wo diese Teams leben. Und du hast gesagt, Allianz könnte sein. Aber Aurora wirklich ist das eine Team, die alle in den 10en in den 10en sind, jetzt hoffen, dass sie eine Victory finden. Denn dann kann das dann auf die Nummer 10 gehen. Und dann ist sie ein Kiel. Und dann ist sie ein Kiel. Und dann ist sie ein Kiel.

04:49:25 ...on to Maestro as well, but didn't get that one point. Like you were saying, the one point could have been the difference for them. Obviously, they've got to go and win the thing. We'll hope that someone else doesn't win it. Still can't connect for that knock, though. Two players cross that they see. Is there a third to peek their head out of this crossing? Sunset is aware that there is one. Can they cut him down, though? That's the question. The headshot comes in.

04:49:47 Wir werden über die Bangalore gewonnen haben, das wird ihnen ein bisschen mehr Zeit geben. Aber Sie sehen, die Maestro sind ein bisschen mehr Reset. Aber Sunset ist auf der High Ground hier und hat einen Weg gefunden, dass die Barrage kommen wird. Es ist eine gute Leidenschaft, das ist gut für beide Teams, wirklich. Aurora sind diejenigen, die die Aggressors werden, natürlich. Sie können einen Arsenal an dieser Stelle nutzen, das wäre nett, aber für heute, sie werden einfach nutzen. Sie können einen Arsenal an dieser Stelle nutzen, das wäre nett, aber für heute, sie werden einfach nutzen, was sie haben. Aber für heute, sie werden einfach nutzen, was sie haben.

04:50:15 Ich habe den Armour advantage hier auch. Ich habe ihn aus. Und jetzt ist es alles um zu Sunset zu tun. Kills exchanged zwischen den beiden Teams. Smokes sind down. Es sieht wie Aurora hat den Vorteil in dieser fight. Two haben gone down. Sunset ist einfach zu finden, das letzte Spieler. Needs zu just hit. One mehr shot. Maestro sind Eliminatet. Und Aurora keep ihre Chance alive.

04:50:36 Of course, I meant Ballistic, didn't I, from the Arsenal season, but that's fine. I think Arsenal would have been a nicer legend name, but I say that for biased reasons. Anyway, V2, they're still alive, they're still kicking, but they've managed to get Zidane at least to a point where they can start to craft some more armor. And I, you know, it's tough looking at this zone to try and give a favorite to you on set, because KCP and Vexed, on paper, should be in the best positions. But they are also in vulnerable positions where people could ult on top of them.

04:51:04 Das passiert so oft bei Mil, wo die Leute sagen, okay, wo wir gehen können? Let's go to Mil! Und dann plötzlich findest du dich in eine Faltung. Das könnte wirklich die Spiel machen. So du wirklich wirst, dass niemand das zu machen ist.

04:51:17 Interessant to see what J-Lings are doing, by the way. J-Lings are all the way over at Checkpoint still. They have not left Checkpoint. They've got a ring console available. They've got map room scan. They've got everything they need. And I wonder if they're just going to see not only where this zone is going, but what playable areas there's going to be, where everybody else is going to rotate. And their noises and co can try and work out what their route is going to be to potentially win this game. It's a tough zone for them to get to for now.

Strategische Positionierung und Teamkämpfe prägen das späte Spiel der ALGS Regional Finals

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04:51:44 But being able to get that information is going to make the macro a little bit easier towards that endgame. Firebeavers, who are also on Matchpoint, by the way, just kind of forgot about that for a second. Up on Godrock right now, and this is a great place to be for them. And Firebeavers are one of our winningest teams from the region in regular season as well. Six wins across both maps. A conversion rate from top five is when it starts to get impressive.

04:52:09 Wenn wir die Situation von Top 10 und Top 5 starten, vielleicht ist das wenn ich anfangen in an die Teams mit den höheren Prozent zu haben. Aber für heute, Firebeavers sind in ein guter Platz. Sie sind nur ein bisschen vulnerable. Playing diese Rocks ist sehr schwierig, weil du kannst dich selbst exposed zu bestimmten Angeln, aber zumindest Firebeavers haben die Bangalore zu arbeiten, um die Siderlinie zu trennen. Das sind die meisten aggressive Pings, die ich gesehen habe. Ich glaube, es war ein Team behinder einen Firebeavers. Und es wird Aurora.

04:52:38 Und of course, Aurora haben wir auf den Matchpoint gewonnen. Aber für sie, es geht um jemanden zu gewinnen. Wenn jemanden wird es, dann fühlt sich jemanden zu gewinnen. Wenn jemanden wird es, dann fühlt sich jemanden zu gewinnen. Sie sind die größte Team, in terms der competitivität, dass wir so far haben.

04:53:07 Who could win a game out of those who are in the bottom ten. But that's bad news for Firebeavers. And that goes exactly to the point I was trying to make. That you are vulnerable from certain angles when you play that rock. KCP, they're still alive. They're still kicking as are Vexed. But Aurora cannot sit here. They cannot stay here. You can see the circle is going to force them away into the likes of KCP and Vexed. Firebeavers eliminated. Down to 15 squads now. Firebeavers will be hoping.

04:53:33 Maybe that Aurora can do them a favor now and give them another chance of winning the championship.

04:53:39 But here's the move that you talked about now. The pings go down. About where they want to try and cross to for now. Smokes are certainly going to make that a little bit easier. Ranchi decides to throw the ultimate to his right-hand side just to buy time for his team to get towards him. That's going to shut down that team. Maybe potentially thinking about a push. There's a couple of armor swaps maybe that he's picking up as well. And on the other side of that rock, the team that is being hit by that Rolling Thunder is Alliance. So Alliance as well. Approach the endgame.

04:54:08 They love to leave it late, Dan. They love to leave it late. V2 are trying to make their move, but unfortunately they get plucked out of the sky by Yuki with the Charge Rifle. Remember, V2 were so close, they could almost taste the victory here in Regional Finals. Don't ask me what Regional Finals tastes like, Mark, because I'll give you a stupid answer. At least they are still alive as a 2 here. Joke's gone down. Jayling's eliminated as well. Horizon Union eliminated on Match Point Teams, Dan.

04:54:32 Er fallen, one after the other at the moment. V2, even though they are two, are going to have to be the best version of V2 if they want to get through this. Sliding down towards the rock. Shots coming in from the height up on the mill, but also from the height of that god rock. Yolu gets taken down and fixed with the wingman from distance.

04:54:53 And it's looking unlikely that the V2 would be able to survive here and win this game. But remember, they need to get as much points as possible, even if they are trying to rat out for placement points. Because if match point does finish, if we do see a team win here, V2 need to be as high as possible to give themselves the chance of getting into that top 10. But as I alluded to before the game started, they were not within that top 10, even if they had got second place in the previous game. So they need to make sure they are all the way up there and someone else can do them a favor.

Alliance sichert sich den EMEA Regional Finals Titel in einem chaotischen Endspiel

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04:55:21 One of the teams that IS outside of Matchpoint, who could also throw a spanner in the works, is Ascend. We've seen Ascend win game after game throughout the season, and they haven't had a pop-off game yet today, and they are still alive as Vortex also go down. Twelve Scords now remaining, and if my math's correct, I think about eight of them are on Matchpoint.

04:55:42 Well, Alliance have cleared out this side of the map. And with more teams dropping one after the other, the likelihood of a successful Valcult increases with the amount of playable space that is available. But Aurora wants to take control of the top of Mill here. Inside of this building is going to be Pioneers. Vexed are on the other building. Just to the north of them. So this is three powerhouse teams stacked up at the moment.

04:56:10 KCP are gonna be feeling extremely, extremely nervous.

04:56:14 I think everyone in this lobby is feeling a little bit nervous now. When there's this many teams on Matchpoint, you know everything could happen as V2 do get eliminated in 12th position. So now they're going to be really hoping that someone outside that top 10 will win this game. Because V2, even though they've had an incredible day on set, they will drop that little bit further down the leaderboards with people getting points now. And they probably wouldn't do enough to get into that top 10 for LAN. So that is a very scary situation for V2 as they just have to watch on.

04:56:42 An Eternal, by the way. Eternal. Oh, look at this.

04:56:45 Look at this from Alliance. They want to try and kind of sneak underneath, maybe play the top. The Smokes go down. Alliance want to take this fight, but this is Aurora who go up and top. Both Seerals are going to go down, and it looks like both of them will be destroyed. So no extra info for anyone, but Alliance versus Aurora, this is one heck of a fight to watch. This is what I meant earlier. These positions, they're very vulnerable. People want to take them. People will Valkor on them, but Alliance have the Newcastle. They have the Shield to work with. They can push up and try and get aggressive, but it does mean other teams can get...

04:57:14 Zayn get's a Red Armour to answer back.

04:57:38 Fairly certain seven of our eleven teams are on Matchpoint here. It's looking even more likely that we would wrap up today's regional finals in EMEA here on match number nine. But there are still four teams who could throw a spanner in the works. Gaming Gladiator's eliminated. That's another Matchpoint team down. Ascender's still alive, but the KCP, they're getting involved. Lufkut gets the kill, or gets the knock. Doesn't get the finish onto Zayn though. That's the big thing here. Zayn does not go down, and it's very unlikely they get a push off the back of it.

04:58:06 All of a sudden, we are losing the teams who are not on Match Point. One of the few teams that is available is E6. They could maybe get us into a Match 10, but...

04:58:33 Ich zeige euch, mit all diesen guten Teams, die auf Matchpoint sind und die Positionen sie sind, ich denke, wir werden es hier enden, speziell mit Aurora zu verlieren. Sie sind nur zwei Mitglieder, Alliance zu verlieren, also ein paar Mitglieder zu verlieren. Als ich sage, Ascend geht, und sie finden sich in 9th Platz. Und ich meine Ascend, nicht Alliance, excuse mich, aber mit 8 Places und 8 Teams zu verlieren und nur zwei Mitglieder, die nicht auf Matchpoint sind, das ist schwer für die Leute, die aufhören, dass sie eine Land-Placement bekommen haben.

04:59:02 Oh, oh.

04:59:30 So that's another one of our non-Matchpoint teams going out. And it's looking like this might end here, Dan. It might end in this Game 9. It's literally just Aurora. They are the only team that can make us go to a Match 10. And remember, they already lost one player. Danish, they go down. Six squads now remain. And we are getting closer and closer to that top five. So many teams in really difficult spots as well. I mean, look at where Vex are. They are currently hugging that wall inside. Alliance are holding the high ground of Milt.

04:59:59 2R1C in einen kleinen kleinen Spot als auch. Ich meine, wer hätte ihr Betz auf? Wir waren über Vex, wir waren über KCP zu Beginn, aber Allianz hat sich dann auch eine große Chance gegeben. Oh mein Gott, Yuki ist Angst. Ich denke, all Allianz Fans haben die Armour gewonnen.

05:00:19 Und ein Wingman in his hand now, instead of that Charge Rifle. So Yuki, einer der meisten Clutch-Player in der Apex Legends-Global-Series. Wir haben es auf Land, wir haben es online gesehen. Ist er die Unterschiede-Maker hier? Ein-Kill, ein-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch-Koch

05:00:45 Die Zonen take a lot of damage, but they're at least able to give as good as they got there. Vex have to escape. They have to make the play. That's the problem here for them. The Zone is forcing them to make these plays. Eternal taking damage though. They are taking a couple of knocks down to 201C. Eternal will be eliminated. Metafe will go down here. Vex have to pull something out of the bag. Unlucky, who's been phenomenal so far today, escapes with his life. But is anyone in position here to pick up the kill? Vex survive.

05:01:15 So many teams are losing players right now. I think Alliance are a 2, KCP are a 1, Aurora are a 2. Suddenly, this is still winnable for Aurora. Pioneers get eliminated, four squads remaining. We have a lot of weak teams. There's only nine players left. Are we going to be able to see Aurora do the unthinkable? We're 2-1-C lose one as well! Aurora are making plays as a duo.

05:01:36 Allianz ist still a 2, 2R1C haben die High-Ground, und 2R1C sind vielleicht in eine Position zu gewinnen, wenn sie das ganze Team sein können.

05:01:58 Kleeve gets the armor swap. Kleeve picks up another kill. 201C taking damage. Aurora, somehow or other, still in this. Alliance also still in this. And healthy, most importantly. And they control the zone here, Dan. It's looking like Alliance might be able to do something. 201C, they get taken down.

05:02:19 In was an insane latter circle, where it was twos, it was ones, no one was full three, no one was healthy, but Alliance, they held on, and again...

05:02:38 Newcastle, Newcastle, Newcastle, just having that extra little bit of shield, that extra ability to be able to push a team, survive that extra little bit longer. Alliance will be your EMEA regional champions going into playoffs. Aurora came so close to taking us to a match 10, but you know what is even more exciting now, Mark, is all these teams that were fighting for those land spots. This is where the points get locked down, and this is where we're going to see what teams are going to be going to land from this region.

05:03:06 What an amazing game. Congratulations to Alliance on the win. We'll bring Reinde back in for some discussion because I think I said they love to leave it late. They love to leave it late and Alliance do it once again here, Reinde. They start at the top of the mountain when we came into this regional final and it takes them nine games to plant the flag, but they did. It is Alliance on top. They will be heading in to our LAN.

05:03:32 mit der besten Rekord in EMEA. Das ist eine interessante Sache, und es ist ein Testamento zu wie gut sie haben über die Körse dieses Splitt und wie innovativ sie haben, in den vielen verschiedenen Linden und Legends, das sie haben gebracht. Das ist vielleicht eine der besten Splitts we've gesehen, von einem individuellen und Team Perspektive, und das ist alles dankz zu Allianz. Aber wir sehen uns auf die Final Circle. Ich weiß, dass viele Elementen sind. Wir waren ein Rohrer, wir waren ein Allianz, aber wir wissen, was passiert. So, Dan, start walking uns durch das.

05:04:01 von der POV. Ich meine, die Faktor, dass wir die Spieler left, right and center verlieren, hat sich die Aurora eine Chance gegeben. Und auch wenn es da gewesen ist, dass sie ein Match 10 haben, das circle vielleicht eher wichtiger ist, denn das kann sich die Aurora geben, um die Top 10 zu gewinnen. Denn mit der Allianz zu gewinnen, das jetzt bedeutet, dass es die Top 10 auf die Punkte, oder die 9-teams nach Allianz, die folgen würde. Aurora vielleicht hat das genug gemacht und es war all über die Verteidigung als ein Duell. Nun, sie haben nicht gewonnen, aber weil sie in der Mitte waren, sie mussten wählen

05:04:31 und in der Ende war es 2-R1-C, die in der Ende kamen. Und Allianz, die einfach aufhörten. Sie warten, sie hatten den Newcastle, um den Vorteil zu halten. Und dann, als sie in dieser Spiel mit der Shield waren, war es immer eine Chance für Allianz. Und ich denke, sie wussten das. Marc, es war eine gute Ausstellung. Und auch einfach nur eine Überlegung hier, um ihre Arbeit zu machen. Es war nicht gegeben, diese Final-Circle.

05:04:55 No, it certainly wasn't, and it's almost poetic, right? All this season, all this split, the talk has been about effect. Well, it's Yuki standing there next to Hackers, the old guard, who get the job done as a duo. Every single member of the line stepped up at different times, but in the clutch moments, it was, again, Hackers the IGL, Yuki, the stalwart of this lineup, who put the win on the board. 11 kills alongside it as well. 23 points, but Aurora, I think Dan's kind of hinted at it, 17 points.

05:05:25 in that game is massive for them. They might have just about done it.

05:05:31 An incredible performance from 2R1C as well. Vex, you gotta hand it to them. They were so close. They led the entire lobby. They'll be second overall in terms of points, you would assume. But Alliance will end up taking the overall victory. Bottom 10. These are the teams that we have to look at as, did they do enough? V2, certainly, it feels, did enough. Gaming Gladiators, question mark. Horizon Union, probably not. Some teams may be gonna leapfrog them. Fire Beavers, we already know.

05:06:00 We know they were qualified and startified esports. What a day from them. Very close. One of our top 11 teams that were on Matchpoint heading into this. But Maestro Gaming, Foot, other teams that we're going to have to take a look at. But here it is, fellas. I'll let you get your reaction to it. Series results. We got who's going to land. And my goodness, look at this.

05:06:23 Das ist die erste Zeit in Aurora. Das ist die Serie. Das ist die Serie. Das ist die Serie von heute.

05:06:38 Das ist ja, das ist ja, das ist ja, das ist ja. Aber, Evan, du sagst, V2, du denkst, dass sie wohl genug haben. Ich glaube, V2 haben wohl genug gemacht, aber ich glaube, V2 haben wohl genug gemacht. Aurora, du sagst, hätte schon genug gemacht. ETHERNAL, als auch, ist es da, dass sie die 9th und 10th sind. Und das ist schade für V2. Sie waren so close, sie waren in 2nd place, und sie hatten die Möglichkeit, zu gewinnen. Aber mit ihnen nicht gewinnen, es war einfach nur die Unterschiede zwischen All-Lan oder nicht.

05:07:03 You're absolutely right. And that position, leapfrogging, would have taken away one of the spots because they would have had to go automatically. And then it would have been the top nine teams on points afterwards. And that would have hurt a team like Aurora, who was sitting at eighth. But now they've been able to jump. And now that extra spot behind them is not taken ahead. And so that may have turned the tide. Fire Beavers, we know they're already there. I don't know, Mark.

05:07:28 This is something that is just building the tension. I cannot wait to see what we have got. This is your series results. Our season standings coming up now that will determine who will go to LAN. Our top 10 teams. Here it is. They made it. Aurora go. A third will be there as well. And two R1C jump up to make it happen. What a moment, Mark.

05:07:57 These are your EMEA representatives at Our Next Land.

05:08:00 I have to say I am so happy for Firebeavers and Aurora. They will be in London. They will be in London, everybody. They will be waving the flag in Europe, trying to put North America back in their place. Because the boys will be there for Alliance at the top. I mean, 230 kills across the season. That is absolutely mammoth from them. And I got to say, the addition of Effect over the last few months, you know, it was amazing. He's going to be on LAN as well.

05:08:28 What a season, man. Congratulations to everyone who made it, but commiseration at the same time to all those who just came up short. Damn. I think on the other side, it's going to be heartbreaking to see how close it might be for those who are just missing out on the top ten. It could be the difference in one match week if you finished, you know, maybe...

05:08:45 12th rather than 10th, for example. Horizon Union 74, so they're only just a couple of points away from making LAN. You can say the same for SAF Danish, Gaming Gladiators V2, Vortex. I mean, it was so tight in this region, and I think it speaks volumes for how impressive this region has been and how competitive this season has been for everyone that's involved. It's going to be tough for those who aren't going to make it. We know that LAN is what everyone wants, but we have to, of course, give credit to those who did make it, who put it all out on the line here today.

05:09:14 Das Spiel war das Spiel in der V2. Sie haben eine Chance zu gewinnen. Und jetzt wird sie nicht in Atlanta sein. Es ist so einfach für sie zu verändern.

05:09:30 Ich weiß nicht, dass wir die Team einfach nicht funktionieren können. Aber sie sind so großartig, sie sind so großartig, sie sind so großartig. Ich weiß nicht, dass wir die Team nicht nur auf die Team sehen können. Wir müssen die Team aus den Spielern, die es zu den nächsten Level, individuell haben. Und wie du gesagt, Dan, über die 100-Kill-Threshold ist, und nachdem, die 14-Kill-Threshold haben, ist der Nr. 1-Kill-Leader.

05:09:57 I think he certainly deserves it. He will join Alliance land for the first time since he's been on the team. And I'm just impressed with, you know, the pressure that would have been on Effect ever since he was added to this team and everything that Alliance has been through as well, having to compete on land without him. And the addition ever since, we've always said, is Effect going to live up to the reputation that is starting to be set for him? There was all these expectations. We were like, he's the new wonder kid. He's going to be doing all of the damage.

05:10:23 As I wait, he has lived up to that expectation online. And the big question is, can he do it online as well? And I mean, as long as he can be comfortable, as long as the nerves don't get to him, Alliance are going to be a real threat, not just regionally, but on the international stage. Mark, what's the takeaway here? Because today really, to me, disclosed how well EMEA was playing as a region. I think there was so much competition. Like you said, Game 8, we're sending maybe...

05:10:48 A different nine teams to land than we are after game nine. That's how a testament. So I think the region developing also knowing, hey, we haven't shown up at these regional lands at these big moments. This might be the time that Amia actually does steal the show heading into London. I think it's a great time to be a fan of some of those teams are going to be qualifying for land. I think, you know, you're looking at Alliance and they've been superb. I mean, you look at one today and I don't think they had they had one zone. Maybe they had like.

05:11:16 kind of some priority but even that was like not the best zone for them to work with but they make the best out of so many situations and i think like i mentioned when this leaderboards came up there i'm so happy for fire beavers i'm so happy for aurora as well because i feel like out of everyone in emir and i mean this with the greatest respect those players deserve the opportunity to compete on lan and

05:11:36 Now that they've got that again, I really hope that they can perform in the same kind of way that they have online because I think everybody wants to see them perform, including North American teams as well, including teams from all over the world. You know, they wanted them to be there and unfortunately, you know, circumstances dictate they couldn't be, but that's going to be behind them now. The hard work is done, even though they left it as about late as possible for Aurora, but they're going to be there in London and I'm pretty sure they want to take some names along with them.

05:11:59 Well, you know, we don't want to see those seasons where there's that asterisk, right? Oh, you know, you won, but the two best teams weren't there. And it could have been different. But I think now we're really setting ourselves up, and with North America coming up at the end, to see the best of the best that Apex has to offer without any of these reasons that they can't be there, other than just purely playing for the top level of skill. And I think you're right. It's a huge moment for Aurora. My heart really sings for them after such a troubling start.

05:12:27 So much pressure to really pull back. That's one of the greatest stories here. But Alliance, it has been my big story for the day. And I think when you talk about MVPs and you talk about this, it's time for us to get into our Monster Energy MVP nominations here.

05:12:44 All right, I'm going to go to you, Mark, first. What a day, what a season. But who have you singled out? I am going to pick a man from the winning team today. I think he's been absolutely unbelievable. The impact he has had on this squad, how well he's fit into this squad and just allowed his two teammates to get even better.

05:13:04 Es ist einfach, es kann nicht genug sein. Effekt hat den Terminator in diesem Spiel. Und es ist, wenn ich über ihn spreche, sein Individuability ist unglaublich. Er macht sein Name auf Horizon, dann Horizon fällt aus. Er moves auf Valkyrie, macht es einfach so gut. Aber ich denke, dass der Sign of ein guter Team-Mate ist, dass er die Team-Mate noch besser macht. Und ich denke, Effekt hat das gemacht, mit einem großen Hinweis zu haben. Und ich denke, Effekt hat das gemacht, mit einem großen Hinweis zu haben. Und ich denke, dass er einfach...

05:13:31 The hack is to do what he does best, to take angles. He allows Yuki to play how he feels comfortable. And he's also just got this clutch factor and calmness about him that you dream for in a teammate. So for me, it has to be effect. I think he's been probably the most impactful player in any team this season.

05:13:46 I can't not agree with you there, Mark. That's a great one. Dan, I know you've been looking at a few players as well. Who stands out to you as your Monster Energy MVP? Well, Mark went with the winning team on Matchpoint. I'll go with the winning team if it was based on just points, which some pros, you know, they love to talk about that. It was Vexed Gaming. What a day they had. 88 points in total. And the player I want to go for, unlucky. There was one moment.

05:14:10 Where unlucky, it felt like it was him against the world to keep Vexed alive and to put them onto Matchpoint in match number four. And that just screamed volumes of how much this team really wanted it. And even though they didn't get over the finish line when it comes to Matchpoint, I think they've demonstrated that they are going to be a real threat.

05:14:26 Und ich hoffe sie sind, weil sie war ein Flop in den 1. Ich denke, sie würden sogar sagen das selbst, wie gut sie waren, wie sie auf den Lern waren, wie sie auf den Lern waren, wie sie auf den Lern waren, wie sie auf den Lern waren. Der Playstyle einfach nicht funktioniert. Hier war es, von Unlucky, wenn er war, kann er sich nicht so gut in den Top 15 sein.

05:14:45 But I do think that Vext have gone back to the drawing board. They've learned how to adapt. They've learned how to play in different styles. And Unlucky is just such an important part of that with how much damage he puts out, with some of the rotations that he pulls as well with the Valkyrie. He's so important. And I think Vext could make a real play for winning at LAN. They are a team who has the ability to do so. They may not have won a match point today, but certainly keep an eye on them when it gets to international competition.

05:15:10 Und das ist ein Schmerz, Schmerz, Schmerz, der immer besser ist, und dann machte sie mehr und weniger Schmerz und mehr und weniger Schmerz. Für mich, ich hatte ein Team, das in meinen Matchdayen war, und es war V2. Und etwas über dieses Spieler auf V2, das einfach so sehr.

05:15:31 Ich denke, V2 hat sich in der Welt gezeigt, warum sie ein Team ist, insbesondere Zidane. Joke, Yolu bringen so viel Erfahrung in dieser League, und haben sie auch in anderen Gruppen gewonnen. Aber wie ich habe Zidane gesehen habe, diese Fights, ob es diese Clutch-Plays, diese Final Knochen auf dem Nemesis, ist eine der Grund, warum V2

05:16:01 Das heißt, es ist ein Team, das nächste Mal, und vielleicht in eine Runde in den LCQ oder vielleicht in eine andere Opportunität, in eine Zukunft split.

05:16:19 They are going to be a team to be reckoned with. Congratulations to all of our Monster Energy MVP nominations, but we also have a player that you have been voting for specifically. That is this man right here, Effect. He is your Monster Energy MVP, and he's the winner of today's vote. And of course, we cast our thoughts too. Mark, I don't think it was a surprise that this player right here

05:16:44 Top number one in the Kill Leader Board. The Young Gunna Effect would take this place. Yeah, I think when you break down MVP, most valuable player, I think it's very difficult to argue that Effect has not been that. It's the winning team, right? They've just won not only the regular season, but they've won also the regional finals, and his impact has just been phenomenal. Congratulations to Effect, completely and utterly well-deserved.

05:17:07 Well, congratulations to all of the players you mentioned and everyone who competed. You had to put your hearts and souls out there in the fight over this entire split. You did so, so well. But those have been our Monster Energy MVP nominations and winners for today. All right. You know we also have to finish the show with a little bit of edutainment here because we got to tell you about one of my favorite segments, What's in Your Pack, presented by WD Black.

05:17:37 So, what's in your pack today, fellas? I'm gonna start with you, Dan. It's the Prowler. Talk to me about why we're seeing players like Nasky and why this weapon from the beginning of time has always just been so good at Impact. I mean, from the beginning of time, when it was automatic, it was even better, in my opinion. But now on burst, there are some players who love it, some players who hate it. But if you can put it in the right hands, I've seen players in scrims do some disgusting things with the Prowler. It's one of those ones that feels, even with Hipfire, just unreal. And I certainly like to pick it up when I have...

05:18:07 Ich denke, dass du den Digi-Threat hast. Ich denke, dass ein Weapon der Digi-Threat hat, in einem Meta wie dieser, das so Bangle oder Heavy ist immer noch ein Weapon, das Favoren kann. Ich weiß nicht, wie Marc fühlt sich daran, aber für mich ist es immer ein Muss-Pick-Up.

05:18:21 Ich liebe die Prowler. Ich liebe die Prowler. Ich liebe die Prowler seit den Zeiten, als du gesagt hast, die Autofire options hatten. Und ich denke, wenn die Apeche-Legend in Apeche-Legend sind, dann sind die Prowler immer wieder auf Snipe-Down. Ja, genau. Der DUDE hat das Ding auf und dann ist es vorbei für alle. Ich denke, Snipe-Down und die Prowler hat.

05:18:43 I love it. Well, we might be seeing Snipe down at LAN. Seems like that's going to be very, very possible with how well they're playing this split. We'll find out, though, in just a little bit. But that's been your WD Black, What's in Your Pack segment for today.

05:18:55 All right, this has been an interview we have been waiting for, and it was a few match days ago where we unfortunately had some technical issues, weren't able to bring him on. He was waiting patiently on his stream to talk with us. Now we finally get that chance to pick the brain, pick the mind, the mastermind, I want to call him, of Hockey's, the IGL of Alliance here on stream. First of all, congratulations, Hockey's, on your big win today. Thank you very much.

05:19:25 Listen, man, you've been doing so much this split, and from a macro level, I just want you to talk a little bit about the journey to get to this moment and how you're feeling. You've gone through lineup and lineup and different changes, but you guys have stayed confident, you've stayed successful, and now you are the champions of EMEA heading into LAN. Just talk to me about how that feels and a little bit about that journey.

05:19:48 Es fühlt sich unglaublich. Wir waren in der Pro League in der Finale und wir sagten, dass wir als wir in der Top 7 haben, wir haben alles gewonnen, aber das ist nicht so, wie wir gehen. Wir wollen mit einem BANG gewinnen. Wir wollten die Matchpoint gewinnen, aber wir haben es geschafft. Es war unglaublich. Der ganze Spiel hat sich wirklich gut gemacht. Mein Team hat sich geholfen, die Effekte ist. Er ist brengt records, left und right. Er ist absolut verrückt. Yuki, er hat sich immer gut geholfen.

05:20:17 We've just been playing out our minds and yeah, I'm happy to see where we are and I'm super excited for Lan. I'm going to jump off the back of that. Obviously Lan's around the corner, but I want to kind of focus on today's performance because from a player perspective, I get the feeling that today was like something that you'll remember as being one of your best performances in a way that the zones were so rough for you a lot of those games and you still managed to come out.

05:20:40 So how does that feel, as an IGO especially, to know that you navigated your team into positions to still come out on top in a match point format?

05:20:49 Ja, heute war wirklich schwer. Ich fühlte mich, dass wir alle die richtigen Dinge gemacht haben. Aber diese Zonen waren so schwer zu spielen, weil sie immer weg und weg und weg und weg. Einige Zonen waren nahe zu uns, aber wenn sie nahe zu uns nahe sind, sie nahe zu der anderen Seite. Wir mussten einfach über die ganze Zeit überlaufen, und es war ziemlich wunderschön. Aber ja, wir nehmen es nur als Praktik. Es ist besser, wenn es so wie das, wenn wir gewinnen im Endeffekt, als wenn es super einfach ist.

05:21:18 Es ist besser für LAN. Ich denke, lang-term. Und talk me through that final circle. Ich meine, es war 2-2-2-2 in der Ende. Es ist nicht etwas, was wir sehr oft zu sehen. Hatte du das Gefühl, dass es eine Situation wie das? Dass es nicht ein voll 3-3 in der letzten Circle war? Ja, wir calleden es pretty much immediately. Wir sagten, dass es ein Duo-Duo-Duo war, und dann eine Galle war die Knockdown-Shield. So, wir haben das gemacht. Und dann haben wir die Team mit uns von Storm. So, Effekt went crazy in der Endgame. Killingen alle left und right auf die Horizon-Cue.

05:21:46 It was pretty chaotic, but we made it work. Listen, I got to just mention it. This is going to be the first time you guys are going to land with effects. You missed him. You know, it was an incredible job from your super sub last time who got the crowd going and jumping on tables and stuff. But I think now you have a roster that is set to win. Do you think this is going to be the moment that EMEA lifts this trophy in this upcoming split two playoffs?

05:22:10 I really hope so. The goal is to win the land, right? To lift that trophy. That has been my goal all along. And we've gotten closer and closer. We are getting there. Last time we got fifth. So, you know, this time we're going to do better. Well, good luck. We are looking forward to it. And of course, we can't wait to see how you perform. You'll certainly be going there. And we cannot wait to see you. Congratulations yet again, Hockey's, on your win today in the Regional Finals.

05:22:36 Thank you very much. Shout out to my teammates, Effect, Yuki, Alliance, my community, all our fans. You guys are amazing. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you. Alliance Hockey, everybody. And yes, big shout out to Yuki and Effect. Big shout out to you two as well, alongside Vicky and all of the team here putting this together. Mark Dan, it's been a long run, so I want to leave you with some final thoughts before we say goodbye. Get ready for our North American show. Mark, I'll start with you on just your thoughts after a great day with Alliance taking the cake.

05:23:05 Well, firstly, every time you say final thoughts, it takes me back to the Helen Sweet video from the first land. I just want to like stare at you. But anyway, I think this split for EMEA, especially regional finals, was probably one of the best match stages we've had in the season so far. And Alliance just looks stronger and stronger. But my question coming into the start of this split was, is it going to be a top-heavy EMEA? Is anyone going to challenge? And I think we have had that challenge. You look at the...

05:23:27 The points difference between the teams that are up there. The amount of different winners of games that we've had. And I think EMEA has stepped up a little bit this season. And there has been a progression in the quality from the bottom to the top. So a shout out to EMEA for stepping their game up a little bit. But it's all about LAN now. It's all about LAN. And I really want to see one of the EMEA teams put up a real performance for people to talk about for some time.

05:23:49 Dan, do you agree with Mark, one of the best match days ever? I know you love numbers, but no numbers now. We know who's going already. It's just a great show that we've got set up. Yeah, it's like when the numbers stop happening, I just get to switch off and start to focus on something else. Yeah, it's been a great match day. We definitely need to make sure we effort Mark getting a signature from Effect. We know he's his biggest fan. He's my best friend. We didn't ask Haki's that time. They're best buds, so they'll be able to get it.

05:24:14 A great matchday. Players always putting on a show. I appreciate the community so much. It's been an honor to commentate over the EMEA region. Very excited for North America. And of course, after that, can't wait for LAN. It's going to be great. Well, I cannot thank you both enough. And I cannot thank all of you who are watching as well. We're going to say goodbye for now, Mark and Dan, but we will see you very, very shortly. Of course, if you are paying any attention, you know why that is. Because coming up at...

05:24:38 15 past the next hour for 15 pst my time on the west coast in california you will be ready to watch north america go toe-to-toe head-to-head any extremity verse any extremity to see who is going to take the win and secure their spot at lan

05:24:58 To join these 10 teams now in EMEA. If you need any updates or any information and want to know specifically when we're going live or any of these interviews or post-game conversations, check out Play Apex Esports on Twitter or at Play Apex on Twitch or Play Apex on YouTube.

05:25:16 What a phenomenal day. Thank you to the broadcast. Thank you to the players. And of course, you, the fans. We couldn't have done this incredible split in EMEA without you. And from all the ups and the downs, it has finally ended on this incredible note and has only set us up for the greatest split two playoffs I think we will ever have in the ALGS. We'll have to find out, though, because that's on the way. Upcoming North America. My name has been Randy. And as always, never give up. Never stop gaming. I'll see you all in about an hour.