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

ALGS NA Regional Finals: FaZe überrascht mit Sieg, TSM dominiert, Matchpoint-Drama

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- 08.05.23 - 05:04:30 - 846.889 - Apex Legends

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Die ALGS NA Regional Finals boten packende Action. FaZe überraschte mit einem Sieg, TSM zeigte Dominanz. Das Matchpoint-Format sorgte für Dramatik, während Teams wie Dark Zero und XSET um die Qualifikation für das LAN-Event kämpften. Strategische Spielzüge und unerwartete Wendungen prägten den Tag.

Apex Legends

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ALGS Regional Finals Start und Einführung der Kommentatoren

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00:05:40 Chills in the air for the opportunity for one team in just a little while to have that moment you saw TSM rejoicing about live in London at LAN. But in order to do that, they've got to keep going because this is the last stop as we so aptly put it in our previous broadcast before you get there. Ten teams will be getting off. Ten teams are already watching on the sidelines, but ten teams.

00:06:07 We'll have a chance at Glory. We're going to find out who here in North America today because it is our ALGS Regional Finals. Our Apex Legends Global Series brings you the best of what our esport has to offer. It's Match Point, baby. And it is Match Day, our final day of the split. And we cannot think of a better way to do it than with the crew we've assembled and all of you watching us at home or wherever you are in the world.

00:06:32 Let's go ahead and introduce everyone who's going to be involved today. I certainly am excited after Amiya's show. My name is Rain Day. I'll be your host. And of course, I'm joined by two talented and just incredible guys right here. Let's introduce one right here who happens to be. I mean, you got to say coming down from the heavens, Mark, you might have said it, but you look like you just came down from the heavens right now. Look at this guy. Absolute charmer. Absolute charmer. You are.

00:06:59 You're a special guy. Thank you very much. What a day we got though. I mean, Amir, if you were watching it a little bit earlier, we went nine games. We had 11 teams on Matchpoint before Alliance managed to get that win and finally call themselves a champion. It was a chaotic day. It was a crazy day. But if that's any way to start the day, North America is going to be just as fun. And the good news for everyone watching at home as well is the qualification spots are just as tight as well. So we're going to find out who's going to land. We're going to find out who's the champion and we might have a Cinderella story as well.

00:07:27 And, you know, to introduce your compatriot here, it's hard to give a more glowing recommendation. But for this guy, I don't really need to. He already knows that his brain kind of outdoes both yours and mine. Marks combined most of the time. So we just let him sit with that inner awareness and we don't really gloat about it too much outwardly. But for one moment, I will. Dan Gaskin joining us yet again, the man with the math and numbers and, of course, the incredible analysis for us. How are you feeling going into our North America Matchpoint Day, baby?

00:07:53 I'm just glad I have the brains behind the scenes who give me all the numbers so then I can put them out on broadcast. It makes me look smart. I can pretend to be smart. I'm always excited for Matchpoint. Amir, partner, show for us. But North America, there's always that something extra special about this region as well when they get stuck in. We've got teams that are fighting for LAN placements and also teams who are fighting to try and prove they are number one, not just in the region, but in the world. It's going to be a great day.

00:08:16 Well, gentlemen, we've had nine days of broadcast so far. We have our 10th day here at the Regional Finals. And there's some interesting stories that have followed along both regions, specifically in North America, some of the bigger ones. And it's all kind of culminated into today with some small roster changes. We want to make sure everyone online who's watching is aware of that have adjusted, getting into this final roster lock, heading into not just...

00:08:38 This situation, but in LAN as well. Speaking of, maybe the most talked about one is Dark Zero, having to decide between taking Rambo on or picking up a new player. And that, of course, was Zainu, who ended up joining this roster just a few days ago. Mark, this is a player who has had an incredible season and is looking to do something special with Dark Zero.

00:09:02 So, that left...

00:09:30 Dark Zero in the spot they were, Rambo watching from the sidelines now and we wish him all the best, what a great guy. But it also made meat lovers have to make a selection of their own to replace the player that had gone to Dark Zero Tech. He released this video introducing it and...

00:09:45 Well, I mean, you got to say, graphics package-wise, top tier, Dan, but I think maybe some of these descriptions even better. I was thinking that you were going to give me our new third. I thought that was what you were going to offer us then, and it was going to be one of those moments. But yeah, Luxford being added into the equation from Meat Lovers, very excited to see what he can do on this roster. And, you know, Meat Lovers, I think that Tech gets a lot of flack online, but he gives as good as he gets at times, and I think there's a great brain behind this team, and I'm...

00:10:13 I believe they can really do damage in this region and on the international stage as well. Fighting IGL. Yes, we got it. We got it. Me Luxford. And we're back. All right. Great voiceover guide tech, by the way. I appreciated that one. TSM also officially putting Minus Tempo into their most likely first sub situation. Heading into LAN. Obviously, this is the bigger story that has kind of been...

00:10:39 Das ist die Roster Changes in der Region Final.

00:10:59 Turning our focus back to today, though, because, yes, that is a big moment kind of being set up across, and we'll get into those individual stories in a moment. Right now, we have a new format that these teams are going to have to play. Some teams together in this way, in this league, have not played a match point format tournament.

00:11:16 mit einem anderen. Und das wird sehr spannend sein, wie sie das Challenge machen können. Natürlich, wenn ihr neue Apex Legends E-Sports habt, es 50 Punkte. Ihr müsst auf das Threshold haben, in der Fall von den Spielen. Once ihr das, und dann wenn ihr gewinnen, dann werden wir die Tournament gewinnen, als der Champion des Regional Finals gewinnen. Wenn ihr gewinnen, dann werden wir auch zu Land sein, und das wird eine Guarantee für einen Team, selbst wenn ihr nicht gut gemacht habt, aber ihr habt in den Top 20 gewinnen.

00:11:42 Das ist ein Moment. Und natürlich, wir werden sehen...

Überblick über Teams und Format

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00:11:48 Und das all starte mit, wie wir spielen. So, wir sehen uns, Marc, auf die wir haben. Top-Down-Viewer, über 20 Teams, die wir heute spielen. Ich zeige euch, dass die Teams in großartig sind. No surprise, dass die Likes der Ex-Set, Optic Gaming sind, die Top 2, overall, sehr stark und sehr stark haben, in den letzten drei Gameweeks. TSM, wir haben gesagt, der crazy Performance Furia. Sie haben sehr gut gemacht, aber ein paar Teams, die wir in den Qualifikationen haben, sind die Leute, die sich in die Qualifikationen befinden, die mich sehr interessieren.

00:12:17 Ja, wir werden sehen, wie das Lobby läuft.

00:12:46 Und wenn wir das 20 haben, dass wir die 20 Teams spielen können, sind wir die Geschichte, wie gut sie performatieren. Und du wirklich nicht wirst, wenn du ein vollstoppest. Ein bisschen ein bisschen ist okay, besonders in der Zwischenzeit. Du hast ebbs und flows. Kind of wie wenn du dich anst, Marc. Manchmal, du hast du ein bisschen, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, dann du dich anst, aber du dich anst, no matter what. Some wise man told me das ein bisschen earlier this morning. Ich also wanted to highlight, too, die Fakt, dass wenn du dich anst, auf das Backhalf, weil diese sind

00:13:15 Das war die Top 10. Die Back-Half, Dan, ist es noch jemanden. Wir waren das close zu sehen, dass die 18th-Place Team in EMEA-V2 gewinnen und sich selbst zu landen, kicken, wahrscheinlich, Aurora.

00:13:27 Ja, remember, 1st place would, of course, win the whole thing on Matchpoint, you get 25 points, but 2nd place gets 21, so even the likes of Oxygen, for example, if they were to win today, they'd go up to 81 points and they'd be tied with the likes of FaZe. In EMEA, the cutoff point was 76 points, and that's where TSM reside right now. Of course, it can be different in this region, but that gives us an idea of whereabouts people are going to be aiming for, and of course, we'll try and keep you updated of whereabouts people sit, but it's always tough to call, because with Matchpoint...

00:13:55 You know, it could end in 4. It could end in 9. It could end in 15. 27! And you never know how long we're gonna be here!

00:14:00 Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, we'll see if we can set a record. It felt like Amia could have done it, but 11 points, 11 teams on Matchpoint. Boy, I haven't seen that one pretty much ever. And that leads us to what you can win if you are one of those 11 teams and you end up clutching it like Alliance did earlier. You could take 20K right here in terms of the overall price. Well, that's, of course, because Alliance was first overall in the split. But over the course of this, you could still push yourself up with a great performance, maybe outside of the top 20, maybe all the way in.

00:14:29 Wir werden jetzt in der Top 10-Position, wo die Geld starten zu erhöhen. Sie bekommen ein schönes Preis, plus Top 10-Position.

00:14:39 You know, this kind of leads us into a big conversation where stories aplenty across all the regions. And now the next step after this is going to be what happens when they all come together. But before that, it's been a story in North America, specifically from the drama of Dark Zero to the great performances and the terrible performances of TSM. We've kind of got to narrow it down heading into this specific day who we have our eyes on. So, Mark, I'll start with you. Who is your one to watch heading into our regional finals?

00:15:04 I always feel like a little bit special when you ask me first. I'm going to talk about complexity because they are a team looking up. They're trying to find their way into one of those qualification positions. At the moment, they're not quite there. They're 13th overall, but they're just two points behind going into today's matches. Now, they have a matchday win under their belt as well, where they put those 25 points on the boards. They've shown that they can win games. They've shown that they can be consistent in lobbies, but it's the up and down nature of their split so far. They're slightly concerning. Coming into the last matchday previous to...

00:15:33 Dan Gaskin, who you got my friend?

00:15:54 I always feel less special when I have to go after Mark, but here we are. I'm going to talk about Furia, and that's for one reason they like to get the Ws. They have had seven wins across this regular season. It's the most in North America, even topped that of Emiya as well. Four across World's Edge, three across Stormpoint. They are a team who know how to get the victory, and I think today they're going to be a real threat to this entire lobby, not just for the fact they know how to win, but they are a team who just...

00:16:19 Absolutely demolish anyone in their path when it comes to the amount of kills they can get. We can see them get 20 plus point games.

00:16:26 Game after game, which means we could see them on Matchpoint after two, if not three matches. I think if anyone's going to be rattling records today and changing how quickly Matchpoint is done, Furia might just be that team. Especially if you consider the start of the season for Furia and how well they progressed as this season has gone on. They have been looking like the Furia of last season, the Furia that everyone saw explode and saw how amazing this guy was when it came to land. They dropped off a little bit, but now they seem to have worked out what to do. 27k damage.

00:16:56 One of the best Seers in the region, if not the world. Rain Day, who are you looking out for? Well, those two teams, hard to argue with them, but I gotta say that my eyes for today's regional final is all on LAN.

00:17:08 Ja, ich meine, die Landwirte werden, wenn sie qualifte. Aber die Landwirte, die wir als Trio sehen, sind die Journeymen, all die Apex Legends finden, in ihrer eigenen eigenen Weise, kommen zusammen zusammen. Naughty, Albe, und natürlich Lu, finden diese Synergie zwischen drei mechanically gifted und experienced Spielern, und dann wird es in der Pro-League funktioniert.

00:17:30 It's not always the case. We see it fail time and time again in this esport and in esports across the world. But today, I think there's a chance for them to go up that 14th place position and jump into a land spot. They certainly have the experience. Alba's already won several in his career. And I think that with Lou and Naughty, they're determined to make it happen. Plus, they're playing Loba, Rampart, and Valkyrie at times. I love it. And I need more of it, especially in the big show. We'll see which one of those teams can perform and which other teams might end up...

Map-Rotation und POI-Analyse

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00:17:59 Stealing the spotlight, heading into our final match day of our ALGS Split 2 before our playoffs. The games will start on Stormpoint. And for those who are curious, it does end up switching, but this time not.

00:18:12 So for differences in our regular season, this is another one. You will have to get good and get good fast as we switch on to these maps. And it's going to make sure that you are not only a strong team on one, but a diversified team across it all. And I like to say this, sometimes the battles, the fights that you see, the ultimates, they're a little bit like the words in a screenplay or in our book, the dialogue that you hear. But in terms of the structure, the plot, where this thing is really going, what's the setup?

00:18:42 It usually is where these teams land and where they end up having to contest. And that's where I leave it over to Dan to talk a little bit about the POIs and where these teams are setting up.

00:18:51 Glitch Energy. Barometer. No, I'm not going to do that. We've got now some of the best teams, of course, and where they're going to be dropping. Glitch Energy over at Barometer, a 7.4% win rate from that POI. Only a 3.7% win rate for Oxygen at Ship 4. For Luminosity, we've already seen throughout the regions that Fish Farms has not been the ideal place to land. The Southern Side in general has not been the ideal place to land. As for FaZe, it's going to be good at Launchpad. And then we get CLG versus Native Gaming. It's what all the talk's been about in this region.

00:19:21 Das ist 11.1% hier in Nordamerica.

00:19:50 A lot of success from Downbeast, and I'm expecting more of the same here today.

00:19:55 A massive shout out to Longshot, our APAC South Broadcast Partners who helped put that together and that we took that incredible visual from to help educate our audience onto the little things about where these pros are dropping and why that sometimes makes such a big difference, especially on a relatively vertical map like Storm Point, which tends to have some tough finishes if they're all the way up north for some of these southern teams. Keep an eye on it. Dan and Mark will do a great job along with a special guest who you probably already know who it is, but I haven't introduced them yet, so we'll keep in touch with all of that.

00:20:24 Season 17 also is upon us. It's two days away, by the way. Brand new season of Apex. Welcome, if you don't know. Arsenal, you see this guy. Ballistic right there. An incredible character. And though I have some inside information, I wasn't the one who's going to be giving it to you today. Our man Mark Onset has found a way to interview devs like seven times. I don't know what he did. I don't know how he bribed them. I don't know who set this up for Mark.

00:20:49 Maybe it was just his charm. I don't know. But they definitely spent time with him. We have at least three or four of these interviews we're going to be sharing throughout the broadcast. So stay tuned to it and pay attention. If you did miss the few that we cast over EMEA, check out Play Apex Esports on Twitter.

00:21:06 They should have you covered on catching up with all of those dev interviews that our lovely Onset has already done. All right, ladies and gentlemen, the stage is set. It is ready to go. We are here with our Matchpoint Regional Finals for North America. I can't think of a better duo to kick off the action. Let's go ahead, Onset and Gaskin, take it away.

00:21:24 It's a beautiful set up and it's a beautiful day to cast some more Apex Legends and it's our first time to get a look at what's going to happen in the regional finals here in North America. Gaskin, you talked to me the POIs beautifully, I must say. By the way, lots of good vibes on the show. I think Rainer kicked us off on the right foot here. Lots of compliments, lots of, you know, I don't know about you, but I'm feeling good, but also slightly mischievous. I don't know why, but I am. Yeah, that's the trouble. When he starts off that well, I think I'm going to get flack from you now and you're going to bring us back down to earth and I'm going to get insulted in some way, but I'll wait for that to happen. Maybe that's at match three or four.

00:21:54 One thing I didn't really get to focus on during the POI is we didn't get to see the likes of FURIA where they land over a Lightning Rod, one of the higher percentage win rates as well. The Wall for TSM, another incredible win rate for some of these teams that have been featuring and landing at those locations. In general, the north side of Stormpoint has about a 66% win rate over the southern side. It's a bit different in North America compared to EMEA. So those teams who are on the northern side should statistically have more chances of winning games. But of course, right now it's not about winning.

00:22:22 It's about getting those points. And we have seen teams on the southern side have big point games where they're slaying through the lobby, where they are picking up kills. And then who knows, maybe you move over to World's Edge where you have a better drop spot where you could get a victory.

00:22:34 Es wird ein sehr interessanter Tag für Apex Legends sein. Wie gesagt, Amea ging neige Games. Die letzte Mal, wir hatten eine Match Point Format. Und natürlich, in Nordamerika, es war ein bisschen ein Upset. Es ist ein surprise zu uns, wo wir in fünf Games haben, wo ESA hat das gewonnen hat. Wir werden heute sehen, ob es noch mehr surprises werden. Aber du hast gesagt, dass du deine Teams verletzt hast. Aber du denkst, dass du die Teams verletzt bist? Ich habe mich auf den Platz gelegt. Ich habe gesagt, Balance. Die Komplimente ist gekommen, aber ich habe mich auf den Platz gelegt. Aber ich habe mich auf den Platz gelegt. Wer ist die Qualifizierung? Ich werde dich wählen, einen der Bubble Teams verletzt.

Spielanalyse und Team-Performance

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00:23:02 You know what, I'm going to go for NRG. How could you not go for NRG, right? They haven't found a victory so far this season, but I think they can get the job done here at Matchpoint. Interesting pick, interesting story to talk about as well while we wait to get into our first game, which is loaded in the background right now. NRG dropping over at Checkpoint, and like you say, probably the most shocking statistic that you brought up was...

00:23:28 Sie haben nicht gewonnen, in diesem Spiel, das für ein Team wie NRG ist... Ich denke, es ist fair, nicht zu gewinnen. Ich denke so. Ich denke, bei einem Team auf das Standard, Sie können sie gewinnen, wenn es nicht über die Wins ist, wenn Sie sich nicht über die Wins nehmen, wenn Sie noch nicht über die Wins nehmen können, wenn Sie noch nicht über die Wins nehmen können. Sie finden sich in der Top 10, in der NLG ist ein Team, die sich über die Wins nehmen auf...

00:23:51 Well COG have been winning this.

00:24:16 Oh, pretty much convincingly so far. However, when it comes to the Regional Finals, who cares about scrims? It's all about getting the job done yourselves. And Native are going to get the first knock here after a big headshot coming in from the Triple Takeable Weapons. I mean, during the pregame chat, everyone was talking about this contest and they were saying, well, let's put bets on CLG versus Native. How's it going to go down? Because we're going to be seeing plenty of this fight today. As you mentioned, though, CLG have already lost one. So advantage to Native, but doesn't mean it's over yet. When you have these early fights just with White

00:24:46 Und natürlich, Native und CLG sind in ein ähnliches Spot.

00:25:15 On land and performing in a point where they can actually be competing against the biggest and the best teams in the world. But Native Gaming will win the initial and you can see where that ring is going as well over towards Native after their victory. But it looks like there's going to be another team having a little sniff of Native right now and popping over to Stormcatcher. Yeah, if you're smart in this lobby, you will know that that contest has been going down. You will know there might be some bones to pick away at. And you can see there's actually going to be a team just rotating underneath them instead of taking the fight. So that fight is kind of slowed down in rotation as we know it.

00:25:45 Ja, 7 teams sind schon in dieser circle, die man sieht auf die Schrein.

00:26:05 Four teams I can count that are currently moving their way over towards it. And then you're gonna have the edge teams. You're gonna have those who recognize they are going to be late to the party. They're not gonna be able to beat those teams who are dropping close to the POI. So instead they're gonna have to bide their time, loot up, and then think about their rotation and how they're gonna break through. So the teams that are gonna be fighting from the north, you've got TSM, Furia, and NRG. Maybe Optic if they go for a northern rotation as well. Everyone else is gonna be fighting most likely from that southern side. But because of how this circle is shifting to...

00:26:35 die kind of north-east side of the middle, it means that we might get a big fight on that western side between a couple of the teams if they all decide to try and rotate through the likes of Cascade, for example. Well, while the teams are making their rotations, it looks like there's not going to be too much action for a few moments at least. Gives us a little bit of a chance to kind of highlight...

00:26:52 Some of the form of the teams, how they've been playing in the last three matchdays that we've seen. And some surprising names actually down at the bottom of those statistics, Dan. I mean, this is the average points from the last three games that's been worked out. You've got DF down at the bottom, CLG underneath them. But after E8, you've got FaZe and NRG right next to each other in that bottom five. Two teams who, you know, I talked about FaZe at the top of the show.

00:27:16 Ja, und ich denke, das ist das, dass, wenn man auf Form schaut, ein paar Teams vielleicht nicht mehr machen will, aber auch Matchpoint Format wird manchmal bringen die Besten aus diesen Quads, wenn man weiß, dass man in eine bestimmte Weise spielt und es...

00:27:38 Ich glaube, es ist nicht ein Fall, ich werde ein bisschen mehr consistent auf dem Board sein. Es ist nicht, okay, wir brauchen zwei Big Games, wir brauchen 50 Punkte, und wenn wir 50 Punkte haben, wir wissen, was wir versuchen, zu erreichen. Rather als vielleicht etwas, was wir versuchen, von squads zu machen, die ein bisschen Risiken zu machen. Weil, während der Regular-Seite-Seite-Seite-Seite-Seite-Seite-Seite-Seite ...

00:27:55 Maybe different tactics, because they said, okay, well week one didn't really work out, let's go for a composition, let's rotate a little bit differently here. It was a little bit all over the place and sporadic at times. Now we have the best lobby possible, right? We have the 20 best teams from the region, and we know teams like NRG perform best when they are amongst the best. So we'll have to see whether that changes now that we're not going to see it shaken up every week and it might be a bit more consistent.

00:28:18 It's such an interesting conversation to have, and I think you raise a great point. NRG play better in better lobbies, not only because of the pressure, I think they deal with it extremely well, but it's almost you can predict what teams are going to do a little bit more. You can prepare for these lobbies, you can learn about other teams' rotations, and you're not going to have a team who maybe as soon, you know, fought their way into these lobbies to challenge a circuit and might kind of catch you off guard a little bit, who might be a little bit more aggressive than what you're expecting. And NRG are absolute masters of navigating that high-quality traffic, so we'll have to see if

00:28:48 Ich weiß, dass sie das heute machen können. OpTic sind jetzt auf der Checkpoint, auf der Moment zu machen. NRG hat die Armour, wie Sie sehen, auf der Topf des Zones auf der Seite des Zones. TSM ist jetzt auch, um die Zeit zu slowen. Sie wissen, dass sie keine Priorität haben, aber Sie können das Zones haben. Aber Sie sehen, dass zwischen OpTic, NRG und TSM, die drei Teams auf der Nordwestern des Zones sind, alle werden amortiert und amortiert werden.

00:29:12 Ja, Loot is everything when you get into that initial fight. If you do get armor checked and you just have a gray or a blue, likelihood it is, their team's probably going to take full advantage and may even push you. Optic are finally making their move. The best performing Stormpoint team we have in the region, by the way. They've been very impressive when it comes to their consistency across not just kill points, but also their placement points, and it's why they've been able to find so much success and be at the place they are second overall in these leaderboards.

Team-Strategien und Spielverlauf

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00:29:40 Interessant to point out as well, they are the team who have put up the most points per game, or per game day, I should say, over the last three days. They are averaging just under 20 points, which is absolutely incredible for Optic Gaming. And Drops certainly has been the tonic that they needed after he was picked up and obviously joined this roster. Certainly has added something, a little bit of passion maybe, back to the roster to really direct them in the right direction. And as I say, they've been playing incredibly well ever since. Sentinels, one of the teams who was certainly...

00:30:06 Involved in some of the biggest drama that we've had as far as team changes are concerned in recent times with the whole Rambo situation. But now they find themselves in a position where they will need to have...

00:30:15 You would maybe say a win today, Dan. They would have to take match point if they want to force their way into LAN. Yeah, I think the kids say nowadays that it's getting some tea. Now, as a British man, I always want tea so I can get it downstairs and I can log on to social media and apparently get the tea as well. And it was the drama of, you know, Sentinels losing Rambo, then picking up Zenio, and then what was going to happen? Were we going to see, you know, Rambo go back afterwards? Well, of course not. And I do think that...

00:30:39 You know, you're going to lose friendships potentially through games like this and I hope it doesn't happen because everyone seems like it's nice and have gone about it the right way or some might say the wrong way. I do think Sentinels will still come out quite healthy because you've got some incredible players on that roster and I'm sure they can do some real damage here today in the Regional Finals. Looking at where the zone is going at the moment, it's going to be somewhat of a rough zone for people to try and play, especially the fact that everybody is kind of set up in and around.

00:31:06 Der Staircase ist in der Zip-Line, bis zu der South von Stormcatcher. Und ich denke, wenn wir diese Zone sehen, ich glaube, es war in Matchpoint-Skrims der anderen Tag. Ja, Skrims. Pinch of Salt, everybody. Wir wissen das. Aber es war WC, die kamen und kamen und kamen. Und wie ich schon erwähnt, sie haben sehr, sehr gut gespielt. Ich denke, vier oder fünf Wins in die Skrims selbst.

00:31:27 Es ist natürlich ein Team zu sehen, ein Team zu versuchen zu qualifizieren. Aber NRG, als sie ihren Weg machen, werden sie zurückgekehrt, zu den POI, die ich gerade erwähnt habe, wo Nativ gewonnen hat. Aber jetzt haben sie den Führer zu tun. Aber was ein Zeitpunkt zu gewinnen, wenn die Zirkel ist. Sie sehen, mit der Scan, die Zirkel ist ein bisschen weiter nach vorne. Also, die Zirkel sind nicht in der nächsten Zirkel.

00:31:50 Für Führer, sie haben bereits Pandas verloren, aber sie werden ihn wiederholfen, und das ist warum Watsons macht seinen Weg zurück, um einen Beacon zu finden.

00:32:00 One minute or so left until that zone starts to shift. And it's certainly going to do a lot of damage to teams. Beacon in front of them will be safe to play. There's nobody at all in and around Thunderwatch for them to have to worry about. So the Rez will come in. It's all about Campandas. Be impactful in this lobby once he does get back in and maybe find a little bit of loot on his way. Optic Gaming with a second Valcolt for us to catch. And this one's going to take him a little bit deeper into zone.

00:32:24 Let's see if we can get an indication of why Optic Gaming is so good at Stormpoint. This is a zone that wasn't particularly good for them, it pulled quite far away from them, and they've had to Valkalt twice now, so decision-making's everything. This is all on where do you land, how are you gonna fight, what gaps are available, and where are you gonna move to? And I think one of the main things to have...

00:32:42 Ich würde sagen, Plan C ist, dass wir jetzt einfach auf diese Team gehen.

00:33:10 Well Dark Zero is trying to put pressure onto Optic Gaming at the moment, but two of them get hit by the Seer Q, so they're going to back out for now. And like I mentioned, Optic in a position that we saw in EMEA, Pioneers tried to hold down on a couple of occasions, and it can be one where you can kind of get stuck a little bit, and you give away pretty easy high ground angles, but using the Catalyst, we're always going to allow them to walk up onto the building that was being held by Dark Zero now, and you have to think, are Dark Zero about to regret not making that push themselves?

00:33:39 Oh, indeed. I think that sometimes when you're beaten to the punch on some of these areas, it can be a little bit frustrating that you have to accept second best, but at times you might just have to take the fight and Drops to get a lot of damage here. Drops has to take his time to pop a battery. Nox is going to try and jump down and just deny that exit from the window, but with Zyno and Jinburn to deal with, you can see that Optic Gaming kind of stuck in a little bit of a horrible situation here, taking too much damage.

00:34:05 for what they would want to exchange. Skillcakes now has to take his turn to pop a shield battery. And at the moment, Dark Zero...

00:34:11 Even though they haven't managed to get that first knock, certainly exchanging more damage.

00:34:40 Ja, Dark-Zero jetzt weiß ich, dass Optik ist, und wenn sie sich dann auf die LOS befinden, dann wird das Katalist-Wall wiederholfen können, dann wird das Katalist-Wall wiederholfen können, um die LOS zu nehmen, oder vielleicht um den Kampf gegen Optik zu nehmen, um den anderen zu verändern. Weil beide Teams werden geholfen werden, in ein paar Momenten zu nehmen. Zero versucht, ein bisschen Scouting zu machen, aber die Herausforderung für Dark-Zero hier ist...

00:35:05 If they manage to rotate into zone, and I'm pretty sure that's Optic who have just managed to rotate in front of them with that Catalyst wall, then you have to fight all the way uphill to that cannon where this zone is going to end. I mentioned WC and how they've been playing this zone incredibly well, where they're in a great spot on our map overhead. As we jump into Optic Gaming, we're running to a little bit more trouble now.

00:35:25 Ja, ich denke Optik wird in constantes Trouble werden, die weiter sie werden, als es die Teams werden, die warten werden. Ich will sagen, dass das weiter das Cirkel geht, nach dem Nord-West-Side wird, die weniger Teams haben sich in den Nord-West-Side gefunden werden. Und es werden viele Teams haben sich in den Nord-West-Side gewonnen. By the way, Native haben nur einen, Pandas haben sich getrennt, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem, nachdem.

00:35:50 Ich meine, es gibt jetzt noch einen, aber es scheint, dass es eine Menge Worte passiert. Native hat einen, Fury hat einen, und LG hat einen, auch noch einen. Ich meine, es gibt über...

00:35:59 7, 8 teams auf der Norte der Zone zu gehen, alle für die High-Ground zu gehen. Es wird einer der Lobbys, das wird sich mit einem Raum zu halbieren. So für jemanden wie Jaguarez hier, wenn er eine Rez auf die Yanya bleibt, ist er auf der Norte des Zones zu geben. Das ist über die Zeit für LG. Die Rez wurde von der CAQ gegründet, und jetzt Sie sehen, dass ich Jaguarez habe.

Spannungsgeladene Endphase und FaZe's Überraschungssieg

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00:36:28 Survivability is everything for me. Optik, you can have eyes on Dark Zero here. Sentinel's now joining a little bit late, but have been able to find somewhere to call home for now. And I think that's what's important for all these teams that are arriving late. You just need to find somewhere that you can survive for the meantime, as the Charge Rifle does hit, but Skill Cake can't quite get enough damage to finish off the kill. 19 Squad still remaining as Round 3 about to close it.

00:36:52 Looks like we might lose our 19th as Heguarez is going to have to take this fight, but as I say that, Complexity also losing a player as well. Monsoon has gone down and Sheila introduces herself to the lobby as well as Exet who are going to be running.

00:37:07 Alongside them to try and finish off that kill for now. But Sentinels are holding all of this platform area. But it's a very, very difficult position to have to hold down for the long game. Like I mentioned, having to move uphill. Luminosity go. Complexity fall as well. 17 squads now remaining as TSM also hit a Valcol. And they're going to be rotating down the staircase a little bit further north. But Optic also get the knock onto Gemburne. And it looks like...

00:37:33 Das fight we were kind of watching for quite some time is starting to conclude itself.

00:37:37 als Optik und DZ weitergehen.

00:38:05 ARK-Zero ist wahrscheinlich wieder zurück auf das Moment, aber sie waren haltet. Obtik hat sich auf die Dämpfe gemacht, weil es Obtik kam, die wirklich auf die Schmerzen zu bringen, als die Zone zu haben. Aber du bist richtig, das Zone zu sehen ist, dass die Zone zu den Norden ist. Und all diese Teams, die in fronten von euch sind, insbesondere E8, die jetzt auf den Optik sind, haben sie zu machen auf den Norden. Sentinels ist haltet. Auf dem einen Seite von der Plattform, GlitchEnergie.

00:38:32 Er hat eine sehr gute Leistung, die wir gesehen haben. Auf der Matchdayen. Er hat sich mit dem NrG gewonnen. NrG hat ihn gewonnen. Er hat einen guten Start für NrG-Fans gewonnen. Ja, nicht das Start, das sie hätte erwartet, das ist sicher. Und vielleicht geht es um die Stats you were putting down. Sie haben nicht die besten Zeiten in den letzten Wochen. Aber Optik Gaming, sie müssen nach vorne gehen, 45 Sekunden bis die Zone closes.

00:39:00 Let's have a listen in with Optic Gaming and see just what they're gonna do.

00:39:11 Ja, er ist hier. 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100. Er hat 100.

00:39:39 In this corner here. He's knocked. Crypto's knocked. Push up. I'm walking up.

00:39:46 No nades, they're just playing with you. I'm right with you. Nice, nice, nice. Team up there. I'm batting. I think we're going to wall to that. Wall to that. That's in. I'm popping a bat. I'm not with you guys. We don't need a wall. We don't need a wall. Just walk up to it. I have to grab loot. Walk up to it and look left. We're safe on that rock. There's a guy. I'm not kidding. You need to look with them, Skittle. We need to watch our back. They're queuing me. Yeah, I'm fine. They shouldn't push. Car on the left. Bubble car, bubble car, bubble car.

00:40:15 Okay, I'm not kidding. There's a team there, all my ping, all my ping. I have to bat, I have to bat guys. Yeah, I'm looking at them. I'm getting shot from up the hill. Careful, careful, I'm batting. We're good, we're good, we're good. They're coming this way, I think. Batting. Just stall, stall. They should die, they should die in a second. Yep, they have, when their wall goes down.

00:40:39 Ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin, ich bin

00:41:09 Bro, ich wurde von der Height, man.

00:41:19 Well, OpticGaming eliminated. Well, they're OpticGaming brought to us by WD Black in a very impressive attempt on set, but unfortunately they will fall to their demise after some bubble shenanigans that went down on that Trident again. That was one of the strangest things I've ever watched in Apex Legends, by the way. Like, the bubble car just driving into 100 Thieves. It was vehicular manslaughter, I'm calling it that. It was not good to watch, to be honest with you, especially for 100 Thieves. They're probably thinking, what is happening?

00:41:44 Right, now, why is a car driving straight at us? But TSM have been in a great spot for this endzone for quite some time. We've got to be careful here as Imperial Hau loses all those shields. Seven squads remain. We saw everyone on that southern side get obliterated at the same time as they all just tried to force the same kind of area and it's not going to work out. Round 5 is about to close and a couple of these squads are going to have to fight. Xair, by the way, playing Pathfinder, really enjoying themselves today.

00:42:10 Except looking to continue their amazing form of this split so far. But they're going to have to keep working their way up. And something you've seen on your screens right now is how they've added Pathfinder back into their rotation of characters. And fun is, I mean, fun by name, fun by nature. He has been making so many good plays. And the great thing about Pathfinder with the new Zip and the addition and the boss that he's got in recent times is they can turn so many fights. They can make so many quick rotations. And the perfect place to do that is uphill in this kind of zone.

00:42:42 Natev endlich get taken out, but it looks like maybe Exet can clean up those pieces as well. You were talking about Pathfinder being involved here. Well, it looks like Exet will want to be involved as much as possible, but because of the zone, they had to back off. E8 also going down as we now have five squads remain. TSM still alive, Exet there as well. Alongside FaZe, we said they've had some slow weeks, but they find themselves in the latter stages. Jog3 go down in fifth. Von doing a great job just to take some space here. Gonna have to get a little bit of loot as well. We might see a little bit of a TSM versus Exet.

00:43:11 By the way, when...

00:43:25 TSM get to top 3 on Stormpoint. They have a 100% win rate. They are a team who knows what to do when it gets to top 3. On the flip side, for a team like XM, when they get to top 3, it's only a 50% win rate. So that does show just how good TSM have been on Stormpoint. It's the same for Split 1. Remember at playoffs, we were like, oh, they've got an incredible record when they get into the top 5, into the top 3. Stormpoint, they just seem to know how to navigate these final circles.

00:43:50 Smile on my face, seeing Pathfinder back in compositions. And Fun certainly looking to use that grapple. Maybe if a little bit of initial damage is done, he can send it onto the likes of Verhulst. But for now FaZe, they're under duress. They're trapped in a black hole at the moment, but Furia will be eliminated. Snipedown didn't really have too much to do in that fight because his teammates had already done the damage. But now we find ourselves down to our final three.

00:44:15 Ekset, TSM, und FaZe. FaZe haben nicht gewonnen eine Stormpoint-Games this season so far. Das wäre ein tolles Ergebnis für sie, um sie zu tun, dass sie es auf einem anderen Map machen können, um nicht nur die Region Finale zu machen, sondern auch die TSM-TAKED-DOWN Ekset. TSM-TAKED-DOWN Ekset, aber das hat nur die Tür geöffnet für FaZe zu gehen. Sie können nicht machen, sie werden nicht machen. Es ist ein Spieler zu tun, die Snipe-DOWN-POV-Einheit zu tun. Und FaZe, die in den letzten Wochen verletzten,

00:44:44 Save it for the big day of Regional Finals.

00:45:09 I love that your stats went out the window. I mean, that just sums up the regional final, though, in that final moment, right? TSM 100% record, that's gone. FaZe hadn't won a game, that's gone as well. I think it just sums up how a different lobby with 20 of the best teams in the world can all of a sudden change how these teams perform. We'll bring Rain Day back in to talk about what we just saw, because like I mentioned, FaZe has been slow in recent weeks, but that is a hot, hot start for them.

00:45:32 Hot, hot start indeed. I had to unmute myself. I was screaming, looking at Pathfinder for the very first time in Competitive since, what, Season 2? Since Poland? What the heck is going on? Notably, it is a legend that is very, very popular in terms of overall play. So a lot of you probably watching say, hey, I know that guy. It's me. Yes, it is. And it's me here, Rain Day, back on it. I'm going to give Mark and Dan a bit of a break, but that means I need someone else to join me in breaking down this final fight of our Game 1.

00:46:00 I think I know who to do it. You know her. You love her. She's got red hair. She's from Miami. Vicky Kitty. Welcome back to the broadcast. You already know. It's not just the Pathfinder, but we also saw Nocturnal coming in with the Sheila hitting them with a brr. You already know. But man, what an ending to that game. I also love it when the stats get thrown into the trash because Faze, they're here to eat. They're eating in other games right here. So that's a sparkle, but they're also eating after that first game. And I'm all.

00:46:29 Ich bin so glücklich, wie viele Teams hier sind, Reinde. Ja, wir sehen uns das, was du hier sehen. Faze, sie haben viel zu tun. Sie haben FURIA auf der anderen Seite. Es ist ein bisschen Pesky, aber sie haben hochgefunden, und es endet für sie.

00:46:45 Ja, und das ist die Position, die sie zu halten, das wirklich geholfen hat hier auch. Furia ist auch einfach in der Front von Faze, um sie zu cleanen, um die KP in der Front von ihnen zu machen. Und dann, um sie zu bringen, um hier zu sehen, auch zu den anderen Seite. Nocturnal hat das große Kraber-Shut gemacht, um zu den Left-Field, und dann Hau zu cleanen, was was für Furia. So, Furia wird in der 4th-Place-Spot geholfen, aber dann Faze zu halten, das High-Ground mit der Rampart ist auch eine große Sache, weil wir auch die gleiche Sache haben, mit X-Place.

00:47:14 Aber sie waren in der Position des Advantages, wo man sieht, was zwischen TSM und TSM. TSM wusste, dass das hier die Greenlighter war, um zu kontrollieren.

TSM's Game 1 Victory and Team Performance Analysis

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00:47:26 Ja, TSM und diese Teams sind in so gut position. Sie können verstehen, warum sie vielleicht mehr passiv sind. Die Faze haben zu gehen und zu riskieren, aber es funktioniert in ihrem Favoren. Aber mein Gott, die Kills sind nicht in den ersten Platz, wenn es alles gesagt und gemacht wird. TSM wird in Game 1 gewonnen. Die Fragen, es fühlen sich viele Leute, die mit ihren...

00:47:51 Tumultuous start to the season being answered right there. Look at that. 22 points already to kick off the day. I mean, TSM needs to just stick within that top 12 and they will be completely fine out here. But that's a great start here for TSM. FaZe obviously walking away with 15 points. Exit, another team that was able to get a good amount of KP on their way uphill. Also with 9 KP, so 16 points in total.

00:48:17 You know, I responded just a little bit to who I thought was maybe the best team overall in terms of the split. I think you can name a lot of different teams. You can look at EMEA, you can look at Alliance and maybe Firebeavers. You can look over here in terms of Optic. My thought went to XSET and Hal, you know, responded to me with the hmm emoji. And I feel like they've kind of got something to prove. They are our recent LAN winners. They have found a way to get back to the conversation of seemingly going to LAN. And these are the performances that give people

00:48:46 so much confidence on them, and then inspire this kind of mythos around TSM. Vicky, it's like they've got Plot Armor, but for real, they do have Plot Armor. It's a great start in a tough day that you know Exet Phase, Optic, they're coming for you on this one.

00:49:02 Yeah, for every comment in the chat that says, where TSM, where HAL, they get stronger and stronger per comment. And you can see right here, like you said, they have something to prove out here. And with a pretty strong start, they're looking fantastic. I think HAL alone in that game, yeah, you can see it right here. He was able to get six KP. Each and every one of these players really shining through for that first game, showing how much they wanted. But HAL specifically had called out that end circle from the very beginning. He was put into that position for a while. And sometimes when you rotate there early, it can be a little risky because you are out in the...

00:49:32 Great point there.

00:49:44 Those teams, we highlighted just now, the teams that performed. A team I highlighted, Lanimals, sitting in 11th, didn't really get much done. Their placement was okay. That's where they earned their points. Sentinels also not getting much done, but three points off two kills. Meat Lovers as well. We know the roster swaps. And Glitch Energy, a team that has been phenomenal. They put themselves in a position to make land. Not a lot of people would have expected that coming into it. They don't have a great start alongside NRG, Dark Zero, and the rest of our 20.

00:50:11 However, I do want to mention that for those teams that are not performing now, there's a chance for them to continue performing, especially off the back of some great individual play. And just like in EMEA, today in North America, you as a viewer, as a fan of the ALGS, will have a chance to vote for your Monster Energy MVP. And it will be decided by the end of today's broadcast. So tweet us with a hashtag and the player's name right after it that you think should earn it. Or...

00:50:36 in the Twitch chat right now. Go ahead, type it. We'll tabulate all of those and make sure that you have your moment of whether this Monster Energy MVP is going to be the one you choose for or if someone else steals the show. Game 1, it is just underway, just finished. Game 2 is about to get underway. I believe we are going to go to a quick break, but before we do, we have an interview that Mark set up talking a little bit about something that I know a lot of you are very, very keen on, and that's ranked in Season 17.

00:51:07 Monster Energy, the official energy drink of the Apex Legends Global Series.

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00:51:58 And let's talk about some Ranked updates, because this is something the community's been clambering for for quite a while. We want to see things changing. It sounds like there's going to be some more changes coming to Ranked. Can you talk us through what those changes are going to look like? So yeah, this season we're putting probably the biggest refactor to our Ranked system since Ranked Reloaded. Most notably, we've completely rebuilt the Matchmaker. So now we are going to be creating matches on...

00:52:27 Es gibt einen MMR und wir haben den gesamten Scoring System über die Ladder gefaktoren. Die Positionen sind jetzt gerade Ladder Points, um zu zeigen, wo du in der Progression des Climbs bist. Die Main Goal hier ist, als oft als möglich, zu geben extrem close, competitive Matches für die Duration des Climbs.

00:52:50 In addition, we are adding provisional matches for placements. So you will, when the season starts, your first 10 matches of Ranked, you will see your placements start to calibrate a little bit. And then after your 10th match, you'll be dropped on your starting point for the season. We also are removing splits for Ranked. So the Ranked season will start and run for the full duration of the entire season.

00:53:17 Oh, that sounds exciting. That's the reason to grind. I gotta jump in there. That sounds awesome. I'm a big fan of that. Yeah, with the provisional matches, what it really does is it opens up... Trying to find a good time to start ranked was always right at the season reset or right at that split reset. Everyone's... You felt like if you missed that window, it felt like maybe it wasn't worth your time. But now that we've slowed it down and we've given...

00:53:42 Provisional Matches to find you a placement, you can kind of start to play ranked at any time and it still feels rewarding. WD Black, the official storage partner of the Apex Legends Global Series. Hey, welcome back everybody! Okay!

FaZe's Stormpoint Victory and Strategic Team Compositions

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00:54:02 Game number one in the books, we are moving on to game number two, but can we talk about the frying that was getting put down by TSM, ending that in second with 13 KP. FaZe feeling pretty comfy with their three KP, taking that dub on Stormpoint. I believe you actually mentioned that was the first Stormpoint game that FaZe was able to take in this entire split two season. Yeah, which is kind of nutty and the best time to do it, I'd say. When you get into match point and you have to be able to win on both maps, FaZe putting themselves in the equation of saying, you know what, we can win on both and maybe we can win this.

00:54:31 Du bist so honest!

00:54:55 You are so honest, Dan. I have to give you so much credit. You're so honest. I absolutely love it. You got to give on to the credit. But how does he keep sneaking his way into these cool meetings with the devs? I'm looking a little jealous out here. But you know what? We're going on to game number two. We got to ask him later. I got to figure out what strings he's got to pull so that we can have a meeting like this because I want to find out even more information. I'm so excited for the new season. But before we even get there, we got to look down at the action that's happening today in this NA Regional Final.

00:55:21 Und ich freue mich, was passiert in Round 2 von Native vs. CLG. Native nehmen die erste Win, und CLG, obwohl sie es in Scrims gewonnen haben, geht es in der ersten Win. Stormcatcher ist eigentlich ein Hotspot, so vielleicht noch extra Loot zu kämpfen. Und ich weiß nicht, ob wir werden die 100 Thieves sehen, schnell zu sehen, um das Spiel zu holen.

00:55:45 They're already on the high ground right now here, too. Klain, incredibly low already. We also talked about CLG rocking the Mad Maggie, the Bloodhound, and the Seer. I mean, if the information that you have with Seer isn't enough, I mean, you want to double dip, I guess, even with those Bloodhound changes that we saw in this season. CLG, though, did pick up the Purple Evo off of RIP, so Nano is eating after this fight. Certainly a composition that is ready for a contest, that's for sure, as CLG want to get involved. They have the shield advantage.

00:56:12 Aber natürlich, wir gehen gegen Rampart, es wird immer ein bisschen wunderschön. Und die lange das Kampf dauert, wird es eher eine 3rd-Parte sein, denn der ganze Lobby weiß das ist passiert. Es wurde darüber gesprochen, es wurde darüber gesprochen, es wurde darüber gesprochen und darüber gesprochen, in den Pre-Game-Chatter. Aber es sieht aus wie beide Teams sind auf die Momenten, und das wird einfach für eine 3rd-Parte sein.

00:56:35 Interesting for these elongated fights, like you said, Mamba landing those wingman shots, but the longer this fight goes, the more welcoming it is for these teams around the area to try to get involved in the third party. We'll have to start moving soon in less than 30 seconds into that next circle. Luckily for them, it's not too far away, but still, you can imagine like 100 Thieves trying to contest them by command sensor in the rotation. Mamba taking a nice cheeky angle with the PK and even has that gold extended shotgun mag, rather the barrel to try to control us.

00:57:05 I think because the Circle is going to be moving to the northwest, maybe these teams both get away with a lack of a third party because I don't think anyone's going to really bother rotating down towards Stormcatcher before then moving across to the western side. So this should be an isolated fight. Some good damage now coming from CLG and they're looking to take advantage of it.

00:57:22 mit der Wrecking Ball kommen in hier, zu spielen, um die Wallen hier. Eichhine falling low, aber Mamba mit diesen Angeln, ich liebe, ja, ich meine, wir haben alle gesehen, die Hot Nines, aber die Folle-up zwischen den restlichen CLG, der andere Angeln, was fantastisch zu clean, was was left von Native hier. Jetzt, als wir sehen uns die Side-by-Side und wo wir werden, wir werden uns bewegen, wir werden uns bewegen, wir werden uns bewegen, diese 50-50-Kontention zu continue, hier mit CLG-Native, aber mit dem jetzt kommen auf den Topen und sehen, wo wir das nächste Cirkel kommen,

00:57:52 Das ist auch der Fall, das ist auch der Fall, das ist auch der Fall.

Match Point Format and Team Strategies in Regional Finals

00:58:19

00:58:19 Puff the chest out a little bit and force some teams back. 22 points already for TSM. Remember, if you're new to watching Matchpoint format, it is 50 points that you require to get onto the Matchpoint threshold, and then after that you have to win a game to win the regional finals here today. We have seen teams get onto Matchpoint in two or three games historically, but then it's about actually finding that victory afterwards, which is what sometimes eludes them.

00:58:45 You can see us trying to go to potentially what happened in EMEA, going all the way to game number nine. But you know what? All the Apex, all the way around. I love close competition out here. NRG wanting to get a lot more progress for today. They have a lot on the line here. 19 squads left after what we saw happen with Native Gaming. They're going to be taking their time on this replicator. It's nice to know, as you can see on the top left side, shout out to our prod.

00:59:09 Also, remember that bingo card that was put out earlier on social media?

00:59:23 I definitely realized that in the previous game I hit like three of them with a caster curse. I think I had some sort of stupid British comment as well that hit the bingo card. Shout out to the whole community by the way for being amazing on socials and just enjoying today's action. I think everyone comes together when match point format arrives and the excitement around the community has been great to see on socials today.

00:59:43 It's amazing, and I think we could be set for an even better region here as North America might just go even further. Who knows? We got nine matches earlier in EMEA. We'll have to see whether NA can do the same. Man, don't forget to tweet at us, too. Hashtag AOLGS and talk about your favorite players, Frex. What? In the middle of the open while Phony's on the other side of the rock and Snipedown is hugging the side of the building right in between the line of sight of Oxygen. They're literally getting beams in every direction.

01:00:14 Es ist alles gut, als es keine Quick-Push gibt, oder eine Denial von der Queue ist, es sieht aus wie...

01:00:20 Es ist okay, aber Phonyhead hat gut angles hier. Er ist, dass er nicht möglich ist. Und Faze, nach dem letzten Spiel zu gewinnen, muss man sich anschauen, dass sie sich anschauen können. Looks wie sie sich aus der Dodge getrennt. Sie können die Rampart werden, und jetzt Faze kann man einfach auf das erste Knochen gehen. Es ist immer verrückt, wenn man ein Team geht.

01:00:47 And I have to ask you here too, especially seeing the uprise of the Rampart, what are your thoughts here with these composition changes coming into play? I know we originally started seeing it a lot to try to deal with the Catalyst wall and in trying to stop the rotation with some of these teams, but it also allows a lot of these teams to bunker down where they feel comfortable. They feel like they don't have the best rotation in front of a lot of other squads. I know there's some who don't really like the Rampart pick.

01:01:11 Für mich, ich liebe es zu generieren extra cover, wenn du in der Open bist. Ich meine, in der Zeit war Gibby, aber weil Gibby kind of ausfällig ist, weil er von Seer war, und dann MadMaggie kam in den Equation mit der Drill Charge. Ich denke, dass man zu kreieren, aus dem Out of Nowhere ist sehr wichtig ist, und das ist warum Newcastle ist ein sehr wichtiges Faktor hier, und warum Rampart kann so ähnliches auch. Oder du kannst einfach nur Oxygen und...

01:01:34 Ich habe einen Gibby, und du kannst eine Bubble geben, und du kannst auf einen Trident gehen, und du kannst auf einen Trident gehen, und du kannst auf einen Trident gehen, und ich bin hier für es. Ich bin hier für verschiedene Legend-Selektionen, ich bin hier für die Leute, die sie denken, was sie sind für die Komfort-Pick für sie. Und ich will sagen, die Diversität der Legend-Selektion in Nord-Amerika ist WIRDELY DIFFERENT. Wir haben, was, etwa 12 Legend-Selektionen in diesem Spiel? Ja, Exit ist, dass die Zahl von den Zahlen ausgewählt, aber warum nicht? A Pathfinder ist noch gut.

01:02:04 I love seeing it. I like seeing the change up there, too. The Mad Maggie. We have two Gibbies in the lobby, two Raids. Love seeing the mix-up, and I can only imagine what we're going to be expecting on World's Edge when we make that swap after this game here. But first off, seeing where all the other squads are currently situated right now, all the way.

01:02:21 So many teams, Dan, are already through that choke point that we can expect teams like E8, Wild Cards to eventually get through to the right. Ooh, the crack already with the R301. That's all he needs is a two-time scope and a dream with that light blue mag.

01:02:37 There are a lot of teams over towards checkpoint at the moment and they are all gonna have to move north but I think they recognize how awkward it's gonna be to move through those chokes over towards the trenches that I was speaking of at the start so it might be about just trying to pick up some KP here in this second game

01:02:53 ...ein der Matchpoint-Threshold zu werden. Wildcard hat nicht wirklich den ersten Spiel zu erwähnen. Onset war uns, dass sie in den Skrims sehr gut sind, und sie haben auch gewonnen. Aber sie waren nicht ganz gut in den Match 1. Wir sehen uns, ob sie können hier in den Match 2 machen können. Aber wo sie stehen, sie vielleicht denken, dass sie okay sind, aber sie haben das Circle Info nicht. Sie wissen nicht, dass es um die Trenches zu gehen, während andere Teams haben die Ring-Console Info.

01:03:21 Oh, he dropped. He says, that's all yours. You can take that high ground real quick. Oh, looks like they're actually going to try to chase him. Designful dropping from the high ground now, trying to chase him originally, but putting himself in the line of sight of his other teammates here. See, Design now with the rest of his squad, just trying to take different off angles to provide him some sort of cover fire. Forced it back away in time. Rolling Thunder is called in from Wildcard, but I love how you highlighted this team. This is a team that I definitely have my eyes on when it comes to the Regional Final today.

01:03:49 I think you've got to. I think there's so many teams that can just pull out an upset here that could pull off a match point victory that could really shake up the leaderboards as well. Of course, those 10 spots that are available and you've got the spot that's available for the team that wins as Fury will bring back his Watson into the fray with the mobile respawn beacon being in the craft there as well. Like it is, we are going to see teams bringing back players more often than not as NRG have just lost Gildeson and they're fighting TSM. So on that northern side, there's plenty of action that's happening.

01:04:18 And TSM was outside of the spot for a really long time. All Energy were actually on the high ground utilizing the replicator too. So TSM now inside of the building trying to engulf him, being able to get the 2kp in the process.

01:04:32 See, the Energy have now ran outside of the circle, but with this fight, they don't want to over extend and give up this building space. They will have to start moving into that next circle, but we know that there's already three other teams there to greet them. Believe one of them is going to be Complexity on the other side as well as Exet. So again, a lot of congestion in this next circle. So much. I mean, we're going to see when this circle closes. Maybe not this circle, but...

01:04:53 So they need to be not only thinking about their next move, but thinking about are they

01:05:22 Are they going to be shadowed? And is NRG going to ruin their rotation?

01:05:27 Where can they go other than trying to rotate to the northeast side? Because if they keep rotating towards TSM, they're going to get third partied eventually by the squads that are exiting out of the Down Beast area. I'm thinking about Optic out here. So NRG maybe trying to find an opportunity to rotate to the north side. Seeing TSM take to the skies overhost their Valkyrie getting taken out by Skittle Cakes. And when he's got that charge rifle, you know that there's no good being done for you. Hal being the only one alive has to try to get his teammates back up again.

01:05:56 Das war's für mich, aber auch für einen Bingo Card.

01:06:21 Can we talk about the patience and the Optik just licking their lips, watching the fight between TSM and NRG happen inside of that building? The timing and, of course, the charge rifle being a menace to deal with these Valkyrie compositions. I'm pretty sure that was in the bingo card, too. We talked about the content coming out of that. But, man.

01:06:41 Oh, that circle is going to be an awkward one as well that you speak of. I mean, I can see it on my map overhead. Xair actually in one of the best positions for it right now. It's going to be going even further north. Half of it is going to be covered by the water. There is going to be a few bits of land that you can play and maybe one tiny building that's going to stay in it. Actually, Sentinels are in a building in one of those nuts that...

01:07:08 So, you know, this is an awkward one for anyone who hasn't found themselves in one of the priority positions

01:07:38 And even the teams that have to take their time because they were getting a rez thinking about Furia when they got his Watson back in two. Do you try to rotate through the wall with the time that you have left right now? And then you are going to inevitably meet up with 100 Thieves and only have that little corner of that wall building, those bunker door buildings just available for you to hang out in.

01:07:58 Thinking about all the different choke points that we're about to witness as Fira take to the sky is right over the wall. They're about to be greeted by three to four different teams that are inside those same upbuildings that you were mentioning.

01:08:09 Oh no, right inside the bunker doors of Dark Zero that are playing outside the Valkyrie Oat from Furia.

01:08:38 Ja, es ist einfach nur die Leute, die in die Priorität zu werden.

XSET's Dominance and Strategic Gameplay in Regional Finals

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01:09:08 Die Team, die ein bisschen weiter geht, wird Optik Gaming haben. Sie haben Spaß gemacht in den ersten Spiel, und als ich in der ersten Spiel habe, sie sind eine der besten Stormpoint-Teams, die wir haben. Und in dem Moment, sie müssen sie einfach nur in diese nächsten Zone gehen. Aber sie haben die Ruckus-Color, aber die Drops-Dark-Zero-Zero wird hinter ihnen sein.

01:09:29 Das nemesis, man, das macht ihr eyes water. Look how fast Zero's shooting after already getting that gun shooting at its max range here, too. E8 also in the middle of trying to rotate on the other side. Designful trying to use this little hill. Just LOS the other team here. Skittle Cakes out here, so it's dropped. They finally finish off Skittle Cakes. They're just trying to get Zack deeper inside by this rock so they can get some extra cover while the squad's right in front of them inside of that Zero are fighting and distracted.

01:09:58 So they're back on their feet, but in a minute and twenty, this is where things go from bad to worse for all of these teams. There's actually only one team that are within the next circle, and that's going to be Xset. They've poised themselves perfectly to try and take a victory in this game. They've cooled the circle, they cooled the zone, and they know exactly how they want to play it. WC in a spot of bother, they're stuck between both two teams, and one of them being Oxygen, who are above them at the moment, but don't want to give away their position just yet, because if they do push out, they're going to be so vulnerable to the other team that was watching.

01:10:28 Und sie haben hier schon ein paar lange Zeit. Hill fallen low. Sonnachs versucht zu einen anderen Angeln mit dem Mastiff, bevor sie wieder zurückkehren.

01:10:36 We talked about this team comp earlier before, and playing inside these buildings worked for them, but in less than 40 seconds you're gonna have to start moving soon while denying the opportunity for these squads that are south of trying to contest from rotating and getting ahead of them here as the enemy has to be careful with smoke grenade coming out from the Bangalore that's right outside their doors. And a lot of these teams down here are gonna realize that they have to go for KP here because trying to fight a victory isn't gonna be unlikely with where the zone is pulling. FaZe being one of them, they've lost Snipe down, but they did manage to get a knock on one of the other squads. It's just about surviving at this point, trying to see...

01:11:05 if you can pick off the pieces of these squads that are going to be weak as they come out of these buildings and maybe there's even an opportunity of getting a res as Oxygen having a little scrap with E8 here as the Mastiff hits heart. A lot of people are excited to see what Lanimals got to bring to the table today, especially if they can make Lan Oxygen Esports inside of the building. They're going to clear out the rest of what we see from E8 for right now.

01:11:27 Just playing patiently. You hear fighting going on on the outside, too. This is gonna be so chaotic. The Circle is closing right behind Oxygen's back if they can try to inch their way forward and get involved in this third party.

01:11:39 Ich denke, Faze war able to get Snipedown back up as well. They were, but not for very long, as now will be taken down. As you can see, Snipedown just trying to desperately stay alive, as he's got such little health as Faze now. It's all relying on Snipedown. He will try and shred with what he's got left, but Faze get eliminated. Optic have also gone down, as well as Oxygen, and suddenly we're down to nine squads, and it's not done yet, because Luminosity's still moving. They'll be shredded by Dark Zero. Now it's eight squads, but it's going to be even less than that, Vicky, because...

01:12:08 Everyone who was already within this circle is just picking up the pieces.

01:12:11 Oh, this is a massacre with all the squads that had to rotate outside of the Armory direction. Now Complexity are currently pinched. Exit on the other side. That nut building that you were talking about, those teams can at least take some room to breathe. Complexity can't stay the same right now as they get fully dove on here. Nocturnal finding some of these pigs with that nemesis being a problem now. Going to try to run away. Can't get as far as Exit cleanup. What is left of Complexity? Five squads left in this lobby right now. We got Sentinels alive.

01:12:41 und Exit hier. Und Exit sollte in einer der besten Positionen sein, wenn die Rampage starte zu hit, wie es das ist, von Fun. Sie werden die gesamte Westen sein, während drei anderen Teams sind auf der Easternen Seite und dann haben sie...

01:12:57 Lanimals just below them on that southern side. So at least Exit are away from the majority of the commotion and they should just be able to watch what happens on the other side of the map and then clean everything up. There's a hundred thieves. They're doing some damage, but they have to be careful. You can't push your advantage here. There's too many teams in that nut.

01:13:14 Lannimol ist jetzt schon wieder involviert. Wir finden RKN, C-State nicht mehr zu finden. Keion hier, auch. Alberlele cleaning up was ist. Lannimol ist ein guter Spiel, 7 Kp zu ihrem Namen. Alberlele ist wirklich großartig auf dem Kp, um das Dome zu tun, um die Thermite zu tun.

01:13:31 We also saw earlier that Sentinels are still able to get their third back up with Archeon's Crypto Drone 2. Playing around the knockdown shield as they take care of Archeon is able to also get the shield swap just in case. But a huge fight coming out on top for Lanables, but it's not over yet with 100 Thieves right next to them. Well, I can guarantee you one thing. This is going to be an X-Set win. There's no way they throw this away, and that's not even going to be a caster curse because all the other teams are going to have to fight their way. Sheila now comes down, even with a Dark Veil there. You can just spray on through as soon as you get the tick damage.

01:14:00 As soon as you get that hitmarker, things are going to be so difficult for any team that's trying to make that rotation. As now Exet will start to shred through. Animals go down. It's Exet. It's 100 Thieves. Let's see who wins this one. Oh, this isn't Rio. Say hello to my little friend Nocturne. Puts the Sheila down just real quick as he has the Nemesis out. Puts down another deployable barrier here.

01:14:23 Ich habe das Gefühl, Exzett war das so lange. Ich habe das Gefühl, Exzett war das so lange. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass die Zone so gut, und sie hat das.

01:14:52 Und jetzt ist es auch der Welt.

01:15:16 And Exit now also put themselves on board after having a great game number two to their name with 7KP there too. Yeah, and I have to say, I mean, Sheila coming out at the end, that must feel good for anyone holding it. A man who is fond of a little bit of Sheila action is Rain Day. Evan, what do you think of that game?

01:15:37 Sweet, talking about Xset, but they've still got a lot to prove for me. Great call, Dan, and of course, Vicky. I want to keep you, Vicky, and talk a little bit about this. Dan, take a break, because this is one of those moments where you do start to see maybe the game and the lobby tilt a little bit. This is two times now Xset has been in the final three or four. So with winning this game and with doing it with a Pathfinder, I want to know if this feels like they're taking it.

01:16:02 I wouldn't say easy. I don't think any of these guys take it easy, but they're giving themselves wiggle room to mess up or learn something, right? Or is this just how good Exit are and are they kind of like Alliance to where they might bring out a Newcastle, they might bring out a Nash, they might bring out a Rampart. It doesn't matter. They still are probably going to be a top three team that might win the match.

01:16:22 I think they're enjoying themselves while also trying to play for positioning because they predict end circles amazingly. You can hear it in their comms too. They have so much synergy. This team has been together for literally forever in my mind. And with them settling for 35 points after just the first two games, right?

01:16:38 You need 50 points to be sitting at Match Point, and they're looking to take the entire lobby home already. Even if they're having fun, this is a team that you could definitely expect to be looking for that dub for the Regional Final today, even if they're already in first. Averaging 17.5 points a game so far, if they did the same thing again, just playing to their averages, they would be at 52 or so points in Game 3, meaning they would be on Match Point. But look at this, Sheila.

01:17:03 Eine der Vorteile von Sheilah ist, warum diese Charakter kam aus? Es ist weil es die Passive Sheilah hat, die Kursing Spikes und Barricade-Walls hat. Aber ein Teil ist die Dämme und die Spray-and-Prey. Die Abilität zu nicht waste, die Abilität zu haben und die Abilität zu haben. Und Vicky, sie sind einfach nur Fisch in die Barrel.

01:17:24 It makes you think about what Ballista's gonna do to the meta at the very end with that hole. I get it. I just can't wait. It's crazy. But man, Nocturnal having so much fun. Saying, go get him. Sending fun. And Sykes, like, they're his Pokemon to just finish up what was left of the squad that were in his line of sight. 100 Thieves coming in second place with that 6kp. Xset cleaning up that north side with 7kp. We saw the chaos that went down, though, on that northern circle for the squad that did rotate early. I'm talking about NRG. I'm talking about TSM. And I'm talking about Optic Gaming as we take a look.

01:17:53 Und ich liebe das. Ich liebe das. Ich liebe das 100 Thieves. Das ist ein Team mit in und aus. Ich denke, sie haben eine schöne Resurgence-Split, aber sie haben Dinge zu tun. Meat Lovers ist einfach. Sie sind einfach nur für mich. Aber es ist toll, dass sie das gut sind. 7 Punkte sind in der Schlacht-Chat. Dark Zero Two ist auf der Bord. Nicht gut, aber 8.

01:18:15 A couple of kills, six kills. That turns into maybe a win. You start looking at them as maybe the storyline here. But who I'm focusing on, Vicky, is Lanimals. I talked about them at the start of the day. They are now second in terms of today's second game standings because they'll have 16 points. And that's just ahead of 100 Thieves. And look at that. Albert Lely has decided no more Loba. I'm going to take Gibby. And by the way, I'm also going to top frag on Gibby as well.

01:18:38 He was going crazy. I love the space that he put in between himself and that final fight that we saw them in when we were watching their point of view with the dome and then the Thermite on top of that. And then even trying to cover his back. He was literally multitasking out here. But Lanimals, definitely the team that so many people have on their sides, especially for today. I want to see this team make it to Lan. I mean, it's in their name out here. And they've also been able to put in so much work with that Rampart introduced into the slide up originally.

01:19:03 You are what you think, you know. I think there's a level of focus that just having the name LAN does kind of orient yourself towards focusing on getting to the big show. These teams here, nothing to worry about for FaZe and Optic. They had a good Game 1, a couple of points in Game 2. They'll be looking to bounce back as we switch to World's Edge, which is happening quicker than usual if you're an ALGS fan. NRG and TSM, they get kills, no points off of placements. And Native Gaming, looks like they do not win that one with CLG this time around. And CLG...

01:19:32 They only have three kills to show for it. Here is how it looks after two. Exet, TSM, FaZe, Lanimals, and 100 Thieves rounding out your top five. E8, notably in that V2 position, Vicky, which is where you have an 18th place team having an opportunity, if they do win, to make a spot at Lan, and that would change everything.

01:19:54 Ja, das wäre super huge. Und wenn du über Teams wie Lanimals hier bist, wenn sie in der Top-Four bleiben können, wird sie mehr kontrolliert werden, ob sie wirklich zu landen oder nicht. Was für sie unter den Top-Four ist, was sie für andere Teams zu verlieren. Und sie wollen sie kontrollieren über ihre eigenen Fähigkeiten. Again, all eyes auf ein Team wie Lanimals. Es gibt viele Lines hier. Und nach den ersten zwei Spielen, ich freue mich zu sehen, wie World's Edge wird das Ganze verändern, wie diese Teams fühlen und die Teams we're going zu werden.

01:20:21 Well, great thoughts there from Vicky, helping me break down Game 2. There have been two so far in North America, but things are heating up very, very quickly. I had to turn the AC on in my room because it's been like eight hours of lights and heat happening in here, but also I feel it through the screen that this is only going to get more intense. Do not go anywhere. We've got a break, and coming up after that, Game 3 of our Regional Finals here in North America.

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World's Edge Map Analysis and Team Landing Strategies

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01:22:25 Welcome back, everybody. It's time for us to head into map number three of our North American Regionals now. Dan has a smile on his face because he's excited because we're changing over to Worlds Edge now. You've got a cheeky look about you. I said I was feeling a little bit mischievous, but you're looking a little bit cheeky. What's happening? What's going on? It's just a normal smile. It's also because we had, you know, we had the trivia on the screen and you didn't go with your gut feeling. It meant you got it wrong. You know, sometimes it just makes me have a little bit of a giggle. But yeah, we move over to Worlds Edge, which means we have teams who...

01:22:54 sind ein bisschen besser auf dem Map, oder vielleicht sind die großen Toten auf World's Edge. Also werden wir sehen, wer wird das tun können, und ob es unsere Favoriten geht. Alright, wir sehen uns die POIs und sehen, wo die Teams werden, oder wo wir sicherlich werden, hier auf World's Edge werden. Dan, wir sehen uns die POIs und die Stats, die du hast in front of dir. Es ist ähnlich zu Stormpoint, und dann, actually, World's Edge ist der Norden-Side, hier in Nordamerika.

01:23:21 Aber Nordamerika hat sicherlich gesehen, eine große Herausforderung auf der Souten Seite gesehen. Mainly SkyWest Trials hat eine der größten Lieblingsfläche zu landen. Klimatizer hat die höchste Win-Win-Rate auch. Wir werden auch noch eine Kon-Test zwischen Native und CLG auf Harvester. However, Harvester hat nur eine 7.4% Win-Win-Rate über diese Region. Als für Sentinels zu Overlook, wir haben nicht gesehen, dass jemand von Overlook gewinnen von Overlook, so far in dieser Region.

01:23:50 ... ... ...

01:24:12 Westenside, Meatlovers at Countdown. Wir haben noch nicht gesehen von Countdown gewinnen, und wir müssen etwas von Meatlovers heute sehen, ob sie sich in Land finden, und mit der Chance zu spielen mit den Biggest und Besten. Aber das ist jetzt wo die Aktion passiert. Xset, 100 Thieves, Skyhook und Trials. Das ist jetzt wo wir alle Wins passieren, und ich bin nicht wirklich froh, denn wo die Xsets sind, sie finden die Ws.

01:24:41 Wenn du die Trial-Zone und die Skyhook-Zone hast, du hast du gut gebraucht. Es ist so ein schwerer Zone zu fighten, besonders die Trial-Zone, die wir haben ein paar Mal gesehen haben. Plus, du bist immer wieder mit der Trial-Zone zu kommen. Also, es wird sich interessant zu sehen, ob XA-Zone ist, ob das Performance-Zone gewinnen, auf Stormpoint in den letzten Spiel. Und ich bin interessiert, zu sehen, was passiert auf den anderen Ende des Standings. Die Teams, die wir schauen, sind unsere Bubble-Teams heute, die wir wahrscheinlich denken, wir müssen zu performieren, um zu qualifizieren. Aber einen NRG, an der Moment, ganz einfach, hat zwei Games zu vergessen. Sie haben nicht die Points auf den Board gebraucht, wenn sie wollen.

01:25:10 go to land which is crazy to say with a team like energy and the history they do have some of the other teams we were looking at meat lovers they're a danger team coming into today they've had a couple of good games well at least one good game so far wc lg still not that pop-off performance but lanimals that last game might be one they look back at as a momentum builder for them dan they could be that team who sneaks one of those spots away if they continue with that form yeah even though we've only had two games of course and as it stands is still very important because as we get closer to match point we'll know

01:25:39 und die Teams, die da sind oder da sind. Aber für heute sind es noch die MAPs, es sind die Spiele in fronten uns und natürlich die Konferenz, die auf unseren Schrauben werden. Nati vs. CLG noch mehr, und CLG geteilt die erste Pop.

01:25:51 Well, this is going to happen every game, by the way. There's no backing down from this. We are also seeing, in my opinion, definitely comps being built for contests. Because with all due respect to CLG, Revenant has not been prevalent. But Revenant to silence people in a contest is a pretty good thing to have on your side. So for now, CLG looking to continue what has been a little bit of a stomp for them over native on the contest. Historically, anyway, especially here at Harvester. And one of the last ones on Stormpoint as well.

01:26:20 Für jetzt ist es so, dass Native das eine Runde geben. Und ich denke, dass sie einfach einen Platz haben müssen, dann. Darf ich sagen? Wir hatten eine andere Situation mit Ascend und Bitfix Gaming in der EMEA Region.

01:26:35 Known about it for the entirety of the ALGS. If you are contested, the likelihood of you succeeding goes down statistically tenfold. You are not gonna have the same sort of looting scenario, you're not gonna have the same rotation, you are often gonna get third-partied. It's so tough to find any success if you're having a contest. And the likelihood of either of these teams making land because of it has just gone down so much. So it's gonna be a tough watch, but who knows, maybe one of them can take advantage. CLG making native retreat very quickly.

01:27:04 Ja, es ist ein interessant für sicher, und wir müssen uns aufhören, weil wir uns aufhören, wir werden es wiedersehen. Wir werden es wiedersehen. Wir werden es, ich sage, at least twice mehr. Someone might get to Matchpoint und kind of put both teams out of their misery a little bit.

01:27:29 But for now, CLG stand tallest, and they're going to be able to craft and make sure that they're going to leave with the majority of that loot. Looking at the zone, though, the right-hand side, that's what we should be talking about. And it looks like we're moving to the north side, probably around that train station, probably around the Beacon House.

01:27:42 For Sentinels, who have already made their way from Overlook, they're going to be in and around that zone. Hunter Thiefs just trying to beat them to the priority position as well. But Complexity, this is a really good zone for them as well. Not only can they get into a position to control the high ground over Epicenter, so the teams leaving Fragment are going to have a problem, but they can also rotate in later, maybe take that big rock, which kind of overlooks the train stop and all of those teams who are fighting. Unless any of the teams that are rotating early fight against one another, the, what, six teams that can already move into one of the priority positions?

01:28:11 Es ist nicht möglich, besonders für die Souten.

01:28:36 As I was mentioning earlier, the southern side of Worlds Edge hasn't seemed to have found the success this season in this region.

01:28:42 An interesting decision from Dark Zero here. They did have some pretty good Priorita Zone, but not the best, and they've decided that they just want to craft up and make sure they're looted for some fighting a little bit later on in the game. They've already spotted out a team, which is going to be on the triple stack building, kind of overlooking where the zone is going to be pulling. That's going to be Oxygen, who find themselves up there, but Glitch Energy and 100 Thieves have introduced themselves in the least polite way possible.

01:29:07 GlitchEnergy kann nur haltet werden hier auch, und es ist nicht ein schlechtes Position zu sein, denn sie werden auf den Norden auf diesen Tränen Tränen, wo man, die Circle wird auf den Souten auf den Tränen Tränen, wo es endet, und du kriegst die Karten, wo es die Karten ist, und du kriegst die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten, da die Karten

01:29:36 Wenn das passiert in unseren Games und ich kommuniziere das zu Ihnen, dann wird das sicher sein. Das ist das. Das ist meine rule. Wenn ihr die Charge Rifle in den Ranken benutzt, dann erwähnt ihr euch. Das ist das, was ich sagen. 114 damage von Skurry. Das ist nicht die Ranked-Games, die ich für andere Leute verwende. Das ist die ALGS. Und jetzt, die Charge Rifle ist ein guter Job zu suppressieren, aber die Darkfair wird runter. Wow.

01:29:58 Das wird sie wegnehmen für heute, aber 100 Thieves ist ein guter Job, aber mit einem Minute und 56 Sekunden, und es sieht aus, dass sie sich umgekehrt haben, sie nicht die Dark Veil haben, so wenn sie sich umgekehrt haben, dann 100 Thieves werden können. Ich meine, das ist viel Respekt, um die Dark Veil zu sehen, um die Dark Veil zu sagen, und zu sagen, okay, wir wissen, wie viel du hier bist, und wir brauchen unsere Ultimate, um jetzt zu gehen, weil jetzt...

01:30:24 They may not have that ultimate if they are forced out of the train tracks early, but 100 Thieves say, look, there's no point taking this fight. We can go the other way around, but maybe they'll collide a little bit later. Speaking of going around, TSM making their rotation, they'll be taking the balloon. Very excited for the portable balloon that we're going to get. The evac tower is going to be added to the game, Mark. I do think it's going to change things. I tell you what, if it's not called the porty balloon, then I don't know.

01:30:50 I don't know what everyone's doing, let's be real, but TSM, they're trying to chase down Lanimals at the moment. They get a momentary knock. I'm not sure if Lanimals managed to get them back on their feet, but from the looks of the aggression coming in here from TSM, they want these KP. They want to take Lanimals down.

01:31:05 Nice shots with the R9, and Lanimals do get eliminated in TSM, it's as easy as that. Loot wiped off the face of Worlds Edge, and now TSM could just look to slowly walk their way into the circle, because they're gonna own the majority of the north and east side. Everyone who has moved from the east actually went more south and made their rotations, but the trouble is with TSM...

01:31:25 Es geht in die Circle. Es ist so voll von Teams jetzt. Wherever du landst, wenn du landststst, wenn du ein Valkyrie ultimatorststst, ist, dass du ein Valkyrie ultimatorststst. Das ist ähnlich wie in Game 2 für TSM. So sie werden müssen in der Brüte zu Brüte-Force ihren Weg in. By the way, Round 2, Glitch Energy wieder. Mal schauen wir mal. Brüte ist guter Dämmer. Phase hat sich in den ganzen Karnage in den letzten Minuten gehört. So Glitch Energy still holding out.

01:31:53 Not 100 Thieves this time. It's X-Air that they're holding out. So X-Air who are making that move from Trials. Find themselves running into Glitch Energy. And this time they find themselves running away from Glitch Energy. Deep into the zone. 100 Thieves gonna be in and around this area as well. So X-Air got some choices to make here. Fun this time. Pathfinder put away. Put back in his box. And it's gonna be Fuse who comes to play this time. We've already seen Fuse team find a victory in Amir earlier today.

01:32:21 ...certainly plays his part in the meta as well. Can be such a frustrating legend to play against just with the amount of grenades he can carry and then bombarding you with the Knuckle Cluster every single time. Glitch Energy is still holding this spot and I'm adamant that it is a good spot to be holding for now as long as they don't give up that space. But it looks like with how they've been positioning themselves they've been able to keep all of the teams at bay.

01:32:42 By the way, the circle will slightly move west, but it is still going to be around the southern side of the trainjacks that we were talking about previously. We'll exit, make the skyward dive, and we'll be able to land on the drill tower here, and it's glitch energy. I think you're in front of them still. Excuse me. It is going to be glitch energy, and there it's fun trying to use Fuse's abilities just to flush them away.

01:33:09 Syringe being popped in the moment just to make sure they're back down to back up excuse me to full health but actually gonna be safe for their next zone close there and have to panic about in the next move But too much longer TSM whose of alcohol went sideways Last time we saw them taking it might find themselves in a similar situation if they're not careful here for holes One HP is gonna go down. No, he just manages Oh clenched everything to get in that door

Intensive Kämpfe und überraschende Strategien

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01:33:38 Der Klinger hat er, Dan. Und er wird er, dass er die Medkitt aus und TSM ist safe. Es gibt einen Fast & Furious momenten. Es wird wahrscheinlich ein Film gemacht haben und Vin Diesel wird später getötet werden, aber... Was? Mit all due respect, ich kann nicht Vin Diesel spielen Verhulst. Ich kann nicht. Verhulst ist ein Zeichen von einem Mann. Eine der größten... Too much... Too much what? Too much hair, were Sie sagen? Ich meine, natürlich Vin Diesel könnte ein Wig auf sein, aber FURIA!

01:34:08 Ich habe mich nicht mehr überrascht, aber ich habe mich nicht mehr überrascht, besonders mit der Ultimate zu kommen. Es ist ein interessantes Spiel, denn wenn man sich nicht in einer solchen Train-Track-Positions befindet, dann wird man einfach nur auf die Edge kämpft. Furia versucht TSM an den Moment zu pushen. Das ist ein sehr wichtiges Spiel. Die länger das geht, die mehr TSM wird in die Position zu gewinnen, denn Furia muss sich auf die Weise aufwachsen. Sie muss aufwachsen. Sie muss aufwachsen. Sie muss aufwachsen. Sie muss aufwachsen.

01:34:36 Rampart walls are going to certainly help out in this fight and how Furia managed this fight is going to be very interesting to see. So let's jump into the comms now with Furia. They just smoked it? Is it taken or no? They just went up there. We should go to the bottom. We should go underneath. We should go underneath. I'm doing it. I'm going right now. Is that the one speaking from top? Careful. I'm good. He's fine. They might drop on that.

01:35:09 Okay. Wow. I mean, just a team doing something they've literally never done before. What if I pump fake them with an alcohol? They dropped. I do. This is an alcohol thing. One of them died. One of them died. I can't really peek it, though. Maybe I can while out. I'm with you guys. I'm not underneath anymore. We can run with that if you want. Oh, we're just going to get shot.

01:35:40 They all died. They all died anyways. I mean, just a random team doing something they'd never done before and dying for it. Crazy, man. Blind? I hear that. Everyone just flew over us. They only did a little pocket here. Alright, well, we can't do anything with this team now.

01:36:11 Ja, und ich...

01:36:24 FURIA vs TSM

01:36:46 Das ist für sicherlich. Aber Dark-Zero ist über Furia jetzt. Er ist ein vieles Wotzen, aber er solltet werden. No! Es wird ein 3rd-Party-Involved. 100 Thieves mit einem Charger-Rifle von der Distance. Dark-Zero wird sehen, dass das Nog kommt. Sie werden nicht wissen, wie es ist, aber es wird genug für sie zu formulieren. Sie haben eine Minute und 17 Minuten. Und die lange sie hier nehmen...

01:37:08 Und du hörst es in den Listenern auch, die Frustration von FURIA, die Teams vielleicht nicht die gleiche passen, wie sie in Scrims und Games hatten.

01:37:33 und vielleicht wie es in Führer hat und wie es in der Team geführt hat. Aber 100 Thieves sah eine Möglichkeit. Sie sah eine Möglichkeit. Sie sah eine Möglichkeit, eine Möglichkeit zu nehmen. Die Teams, die unter ihnen waren, den Charger Rifle, natürlich, die aus dem Dramat von der Distanz. Und es hat sich so ein sehr wichtiges Wettbewerb in diesen Lobbys und so wichtig, besonders mit den Valkyrie Ultimates zu kommen. Again, TSM died, weil sie die Charger Rifle aus dem Sky wurden, ich denke. Und es gibt noch andere Spieler, die Charger Rifle aus dem Sky wurden. Diesmal von der Dropship.

01:38:02 Ja, 100 things. One thing I've been critical of them, when they went through a little slump in form, as Skurry should be able to just about get away here, was when they were...

01:38:10 Sie sind sehr gegen die Ancelnationen. Sie spielen die Safer-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-Side-

Team-Eliminierungen und Matchpoint-Anwärter

01:38:40

01:38:40 ...should be able to survive as well. The Dark Veil will come down just to give them a little bit of LOS covering, so they can just start to bad up, but it's gonna be Sentinels who are on the other side of it. Now we see the Exhibit come down just as a defensive mechanism, but it looks like 100 Thieves, they're gonna fall, the Grenades come out, and their day is done on this map for now, but we'll have to see whether they can do some more damage a little bit later on. Drug Free down to just two, 14 squads remaining right now, Complexity taking on Dark Zero as well.

01:39:08 We're seeing teams fall over the place.

01:39:28 Hold on Drug-Free, alright, calm it down. You don't have to take down the whole lobby as a duo. At least get Sorcerer back on his feet. Eleven squads remaining. And one of those squads, I will say, as we're on Match Point Watch, remember, except they're on 37 at the moment, and they are still alive. So if they start to teeter towards a top three here...

01:39:51 There is a likelihood that X-Sec could be on Matchpoint after just three matches, but they are on the northern tip right now. It's not going to be the easiest move down to the southern side where the circle is starting to pull a little bit within the circle we find ourselves in. Sentinels looking to maybe try and pick up some extra pieces here and a little bit of extra KP as well. Keyon with some really nice shots here. RKN has gone down though, and it's Complexity who move up on that position while the attention is taken away. Keyon and co. now have to retreat.

01:40:19 To their IGL. A little bit of damage over time going down from Kion, but Drug Free is still alive here. Mr. Hakulo's managed to get a battery off him. The way that he's been shooting in recent fights, you're going to have some problems if he's surviving for now. But look at complexity. Look at the ground they've taken. Monsoon. Trying to push up onto that big rock we were talking about. And if they can take this God Rock.

01:40:44 Then Complexity could be in position to maybe rain down some problems for everybody else in the surrounding area. On the other side, by the way, Exet taking a fight against LG, and if Exet were to win it, it could put them in a position to get onto Matchpoint, because not only would they get extra KP, they'd then be in a spot to try and move down. Here's the fight I was talking about. Exet have been held out by LG for quite some time, but Luminosity are very much hunkered down here. Rampart walls are up and everything. Well, Fury up. We saw them.

01:41:12 mit der Listen-In ein bisschen. Es ging nicht so gut für sie, als sie verabschieden von DarkZero auf der Rotation. Aber Exet, sie sind zu machen. Und wir haben jetzt die Möglichkeit, eine Listen-In mit Exet.

01:41:24 I'm holding the back door. I'm holding the back door right now. I'm kidding garage. Out in the open door. I'm picking me. I'm picking me. Okay. I'm coming. Valk one again. Valk one again. Just play it so. Play it so. Play it so. I'm looking for more kills. I'm putting a nade to the window. I'm looking east. They have to. You start drilling this now. They have to play this room. I don't have any. Don't have any. Don't have any. I'm looking to kill this team over here. No ticks. I'm ticking purple. I was going to show them. Purple and gold. Yep. I'm drilling.

01:41:54 Das ist die Bedroh. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team. Das ist ein Team.

01:42:19 We need to watch both, though. Any energy, man? They're gonna do it any second. Make sure we're standing on this. I don't have energy. Brennan, how much you have? Can someone play on me because I jump out? Okay, okay. I'm coming, okay. That's not what he's all. Okay, okay, okay, okay. I'm just gonna ball immediately.

01:42:40 Was gonna stun both of us to play back play back there drop me to go, right? I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. You're gonna me as well get on me as well. I'm safe. I'm not done. I'm batting. Yeah, crawling back. Okay. Okay. Yeah punch me in

01:43:08 He's still in the knock, still in the night. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got a resbyte. I got

01:43:19 Ich bin für ein Armuswappen. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open. Ja, ich bin in der Open.

01:43:49 We're good. We're good. I got him. I got him. I got him. Watch your west. Watch your burn hits. I'm queuing this corner. I'm drilling this. Wait. I need to bat. I need to bat. I need to bat. I need to bat. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

01:44:13 Der Rimes! Der Rimes! Der Rimes!

01:44:40 Well, what a listening that was. Exet have been mowing through the lobby here. Three squads remaining, Complexity 4 and Exet from a horrible looking position have made it work. And they've made it work on to match point as well. They hit the 50 mark and that is incredible. After three matches, we will have a squad who can maybe try and do what Fnatic did just a couple of days ago and do it in four.

01:45:02 But now it's just trying to carry on this warpath. Can they win this game and go back to back and show us what they are made of and why they are the best team in the region right now. Exit looking for a little bit of loot. Nocturnal has to be careful. Time to pop a shield battery, but only because of the LOSs that have been denied on the other teams around them. Wildcard and E8, the other two teams who are at the dance. But you just feel like Exit have done enough to command the space that they need here.

01:45:31 Exet will control the zone. Wildcard and E8, they wall each other off, and they want to take the fight, but now you've got the intersecting walls, so both teams are going to buy some time at least. I mean, those walls are just perfect though for Exet, because it just blocks off all of the vision of three teams, and now Exet can take even more space. That listening was perfect, the passion that we heard as well, but the most important thing I heard was, let's calm it down, let's just make sure we heal up. Wildcard have lost two, and Exet now can start to look at taking the fight against E8.

01:45:59 Ja, du musst du durch das Wall. Das Wall wird bald bald. Der Zerl ist unten. Aber die Zerl ist unten. Aber die Zerl hat die Info. Der Fuse ist unten. Das wird auch noch mehr Probleme geben. Und jetzt ist es über den Job. Finishing die Story hier für Exerl. Sie sind auf Matchpoint bereits. Aber was ein Weg zu tun, mit einem Win. Der Tunnel geht in. Da ist der Riot Drill. Es ist all über KP. Es ist all über die W. Und Exerl will es hier.

Exets Dominanz und Strategieanalyse

01:46:25

01:46:25 What an unbelievable game that was from XR, right from the push to the Northern Beacon Building, taking down LG, staying alive, getting the reses, getting the shield swaps, then pushing when they needed to. That was everything. People need to watch that back over and over. If you are, it doesn't matter if you are a casual gamer, you want to be a competitive gamer, or even if you are one of the teams in this lobby with this team.

01:46:49 Das ist ein must-watch, weil es hat alles, die Kommunikation, die Pushe, die Strategie. Ex-Set sind die Real-Deal, und sie sind auf Matchpoint. Sie sind die Besten in der Welt. Und ich sage Ihnen was, Hitting Matchpoint und vielleicht Becoming Regional Champions ist ein guter Weg zu beginnen. Rainer wird wiederholfen, weil Ex-Set hat das Magic Mark. Sie haben 50 Punkte gespielt. Nach drei Minuten sind wir für ein Potenzial Back-to-Back-to-Back-Win.

01:47:16 We've never seen that done before. It's rare to even win two games in these types of situations, let alone three. And then, of course, that third one ending the entire tournament. It is time for teams to be on high alert because X that are playing in the form, guys, that it certainly could happen. And the placements right now would be locked, which means one big game you can go from probably 16th all the way to third or second. So you have to be very, very careful. And I think you said it best.

01:47:44 Dan, going to you, Xset did something that everyone needs to pay attention to. And to me, the reason it stood out so much is that it's on another different kind of...

01:47:54 Odd lineup that we're not used to seeing most of our pros demonstrate. A Maggie, a Fuse, and a Valkyrie. You know, they let Sykes do their thing. You know, knocking fun or switching between every legend at random. But what is going on? Why is this working so well? Take a look at this final circle as we walk through it and talk to me why they're succeeding even with bringing out these new legends. I think the listening told us everything we could have ever asked for with how this team works. Not only do they all seem to be on the same page and know exactly where they need to be.

01:48:23 und wer sie fokussiert sind, aber die richtigen calls sind, die richtigen Zeit sind. Und sogar einfach so einfach wie, dass wir es in den Top 5 haben, weil sie so französisch sind. Die Callouts waren ein bisschen verrückt. Wir müssen uns hierherauschen! Wir müssen hierherauschen! Wir müssen hierherauschen! Und du musst, manchmal, einfach so schnell und breathieren und assessen die Situation. Und sie haben genau das gemacht. Und als sie hatte das Chance zu resetten, ich glaube nicht, niemand war zu touchieren. Weil sie sich in die Position, wo es eine Priorität war, und dann war sie einfach zu rinke durch die Reaktion.

01:48:52 Es war eine der besten Spiele in einem Zeitpunkt, wie sie es geschafft haben.

01:49:08 Ich denke, ich denke, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen, ich würde sagen,

01:49:38 Das war eine Masterclass, zu be sure.

01:49:49 Here is where we go in terms of the results. Mark, obviously we know who's going to be standing on top on this one, but E8, that 18th place story, it's kind of still in the mix here a little bit. Yeah, it's still very possible. The problem for everyone else is they're just so far behind Exet that Exet are probably going to have a game or two when no one else is going to be joining them on match point if they continue with the way that they've been playing. I mean, 14 kills, first place, 26 points overall. That's a monster game. That is a monster, monster game from Exet.

01:50:18 who are really starting to kind of flex their muscles a little bit as well. And just looking down, I mean, apart from E8 and Wildcard that we saw in that final circle, nobody else really had too much to talk about in that game. Sentinel's had a few KP. NRG, again, very disappointing. And they're going to be worried right now as well because they're going to run out of games just to get points because Exet are now on match point. They could end this thing in the next game.

01:50:39 They really could. And Drug Free getting two sets of three kills, that's actually seven points. That'll jump them up into probably eighth place, seventh place overall in terms of how they performed in this set. But I think you're right in terms of, I feel very threatened.

01:50:55 If I was a team supporting, or if I was a viewer supporting one of these other teams, even Lanimals, who I think have performed well today so far, Exet don't feel like a team that if they get three chances without anyone else being able to rebuttal, that they're going to throw all three away. They feel like they'll at least get one, and I think that's where the issue is. Evan, I think that everyone should feel threatened in general with what Exet just did. They just pulled the pants down of everyone in this lobby and showed what they're made of and showed why they are one of the best teams, if not the best team in the world right now. I even saw in the pregame chat.

01:51:24 The CEO himself, Hal, said, you know what? Fair enough, XZ. That was impressive.

01:51:29 Und es war. Es war Dominant. Sie sind jetzt auf Match Point. Sie haben 61. Und es ist die Gap sie haben hier. Sie werden zwei oder drei Games, wie Sie schon erwähnt, zu versuchen, das zu bringen. Und jetzt alle anderen in der Lobby sind zu beschäftigen, weil diejenigen, die in der Bubble sind, die nicht die Games haben, die Punkte zu bekommen. Als es steht, diejenigen, die auf den Cusp sind, Lanimals und Luminosity würden überprüfen, aber das würde sehen, wie Complexity, Meatlovers, NRG, EA, alle weg und nicht zu Lan.

01:51:58 So if you are one of those teams who is trying to break into the top 10, you need to do it in this next game, because Exet could very much go back to back to back here. I think you're right. I think that's the thing to highlight, right? Exet is kind of a double-edged sword for the teams who are on the bubble right now trying to qualify, because Exet could get it done right now. But if you have the big game, even if Exet wins, you come second, third with KP, that could be enough, because the day is done. So it is really high stakes all of a sudden for all of the teams who want to be at LAN.

01:52:26 Ja, NRG pop-off, even a mild gain gets, you know, what, 17, 18 points, but then you're looking at basically fourth place. You're good. Your NRG is thinking, I might be able to do it, so there is still hope. That makes this very, very exciting. It's kind of an unusual situation. We're in 61.

01:52:41 Also, we gotta highlight some of our individual performers, too. These teams have all put in the work over 10 days, but today, specifically, there are going to be some stars. I think I bet a lot of you will be voting for some XSET members right now, especially with the versatility they've shown. But if you think that you've got someone else on another team that you want to vote for your Monster Energy MVP, use the hashtag, and then whether you're tweeting or whether you're typing it in our Twitch chat,

01:53:08 Right now, just put their name back. We will count those votes. We will count them at the end of the day and let you know who gets the W. Also, Challenger Circuit. Remember, we got that going on. And there's an opportunity for you to congratulate Donut Shop, I believe is the name. Davis Wave, Fury, JTrips, they are your split two Challenger Circuit winners. That allows them to have a shot at the LCQ. The LCQ is a huge 40-team.

01:53:36 Das ist eine double-elimination-tournament, die uns mit unseren Non-Qualifikanten von ProLeague und den Challenger-Circuit-Teams zu sehen, wer es zu landen. Und wenn du denkst, du hast, was es braucht, aber wenn du denkst, du hast es, und ich hoffe, du hast es, die Registration closes May 24. Also, May 23, für den Circuit No. 4, wird eröffnet. So als eine Tür closes, eine andere Tür will eröffnen.

01:54:04 All right, ladies and gentlemen, we talked about the interviews that are coming. This show is filled with tons of new information. I actually myself just uploaded a video on the new firing range in depth if you want to go check that out. But if you're watching and staying on this broadcast like you should, we also have one of the most important things for high-level players we've dove into thanks to Onset. He interviewed some developers talking about the goals of the upcoming ranked season. Let's go ahead and listen to what he's got to say. It's time these worlds remembered the name.

Ranked Änderungen und Teamanpassungen

01:54:35

01:54:35 August Brinkmann.

01:54:40 I mean, what were some of the team's goals behind making these changes? You've mentioned about, you know, having really tight competitive games every time you jump into a lobby. What other goals were you looking to solve with some of these ranked changes? Yeah, I mean, the primary goals were, one, just reconfirm and solidify that ranked play is like the definition of what it means to be skilled in Apex. And do that through consistently competitive matches, right? We're trying to iron out the problems of...

01:55:08 Hey, I got matched with teammates who are way below or maybe way above my skill level. Why do I feel like these enemies I'm playing are way above or below me? So the new matchmaking system is entirely about making that really tight, sweaty match where you feel like every win was like you had to fight for it, right?

01:55:27 The other changes, too, with the increased level cap is kind of leaning into bringing more competitive integrity, raising the bar, mainly trying to prevent smurfing, the level cap raise, but also getting people out of their MMR buckets faster. And so when somebody clearly is coming as a smurf, they're going to get slingshotted out to their proper space in the competitive ladder. So the decoupling rank from MMR and making MMR the true matchmaking metric definitely will help accelerate that.

01:55:55 Also, we've refactored the scoring system with this update to really help focus the players on playing the BR. So you'll see a lot more focus onto placement. We're pulling a lot of the individual scoring hits for like, how many kills did I get? How many assists did I get? And really hyper-focusing on that aspect of the game. We've pulled all that out to the end of match. So it comes in through a bonus system. So really...

01:56:23 At any one point you should just be focusing on how do I win this round of the BR.

01:56:31 Mark, great chat there, man. Just, you know, I'm sure was really edifying and interesting to see what they've got in the mix for Ranked coming up in Season 17. Yeah, 100%. I mean, Ranked play is where I spend a lot of my time. And to see these changes come in, I think all of them are positive. I don't think there's anything that you can see that's come out of Respawn and what they're doing with the Ranked system that you can say isn't an improvement. And the biggest thing that comes out to me is the concentration.

01:56:54 On the winning the game winning the battle royale that is going to mimic what we see in the apex legends global series that is going to make the transition from rank play to challenger circuit into the pro play even more easy for people to understand so I'm a huge fan of it personally.

01:57:08 Well, I cannot wait to hear more about it. I think we've got another interview about some of these topics, whether it be ranked or something else. You guys will have to stay tuned on the broadcast. We'll be dropping them intermittently. So keep your eyes peeled to the screen. Dan and I, we're going to take a quick break. You know, have some bro time. Me and Dan just let you do your thing. And Mark, take it away. I know you've got somebody else waiting to cast for you.

01:57:28 I do indeed rain thank you very much and look at look at that they've let me in control of the show for five minutes anything could happen here anybody very exciting but speaking of rain changes I'm going to discuss them with my good friend Vicky she's going to be joining me on the cast for game number four but my favorite thing about the rain changes like I mentioned to all you wonderful people at home is I think the concentration on

01:57:46 You already know, especially since you have to watch you, because I feel like you're just one of those type of players to try to frag out and hold forward. Gotta bring you back a little bit. Sometimes play for positioning, all right? But can we talk about...

01:58:13 What did Hardsick feed these guys?

01:58:16 Talk about repping the set for real, though. Sitting already at Matchpoint with such a huge gap between themselves and the rest of this lobby. I mean, I'm scared. Watching these guys, I'm terrified. They are so consistent. They are so good. And I loved listening to those comms at the very end. Listening to their confidence, talking about how they need to reel each other back in, trying to stay focused, covering each other. It was perfect all the way through. I think it was one of the best listenings we've had in ALGS. And to be honest with them...

01:58:46 Ich bin ehrlich mit dir, ich denke, wir sind die Komposition, und wir haben eine Diskussion über das, aber ich denke, dass sie nicht spielen können, ohne Abilities in der Endgame. Die Koms waren so gut, die Koms waren so crisp. Und die eine Sache we're always looking for ist, wir sprechen über Chemistry in einem Team, da war viel Diskussion über was wir, was wir machen, was wir machen, was wir machen, was wir machen, was wir machen, was wir machen, was wir machen, was wir machen. Aber als der Call kam in von Nock, es wurde immediately gefolgt. Es war kein second-guessing.

01:59:06 Und das ist der secret zu success, richtig? Es ist die Entscheidung, die Entscheidung ist, und wenn es die richtige Entscheidung ist, dann wird es gut sein. Aber wenn es die richtige Entscheidung ist, wenn es die richtige Entscheidung ist, dann wird es gut sein. Aber wenn es die richtige Entscheidung ist, wenn es die richtige Entscheidung ist, dann wird es gut sein.

01:59:18 I've had so many great conversations with Nock behind the scenes during LANZ and his Apex brain is huge and the way that he looks at his team is even better. The way that he tries to combine his knowledge with the rest of his team while also taking into consideration what his team is trying to look out for. You got extra pair of eyes looking in different directions while he's focused on what's important, especially when it comes to positioning. And that's why I always love listening to the comms of XSET. You talk about their team composition and we are going into another world's edge here. So I'm excited to see how...

01:59:48 Das ist das Beste Ex-Set wir sehen?

02:00:14 Honestly, when I think about best teams, Exit has always been in that conversation for me. Even previously when they were formerly known as Team Liquid, this is also the team that I've always had my eyes on when it comes to the consistency and the dubs that they bring out to the table. Now coming in, literally repping the set, we are going on to a game number four. But man, this team, what? They won game number two with 7KP. Game number three, they won with 14KP. Game one, they got top three. I mean, what can't this team do at this point? But what this does make me feel...

02:00:44 Ja, ich denke, das ist eine sehr gute Diskussion zu haben. Du hast die Teams, die auf der Qualifikation sind oder Big Sad.

02:01:01 Und ich bin ehrlich mit euch, mit Exet zu spielen, wie sie es macht, es macht mehr Druck auf sie, um sie zu setzen, um sie hier zu machen, um sie zu einfachen Qualifizieren für Land zu sehen, wenn wir die End-of-Player jetzt sehen, mit Exet zu klöten Outmatch-Point. Aber keine surprise, Vicky, du hast du gesehen, von den Wings gesehen. Natives Gaming vs. CLG. Die Contest that will never end. A tale als old as time hier. Love to see it. Love to see the Limited.

02:01:28 Das ist das I-Shiny mit einem Volt.

02:01:31 Ja, das ist ja, das ist ja, das ist ja, das ist ja, das ist ja.

02:02:00 Let's just say scrim quality fell off a little bit towards the end of the game, so the entire lobby landed on the Outsider Harvester and just watched this contest. It was amazing. Honestly, one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I feel like you could also cue in the circus music and just watch everything happening from afar. Welcome. Everybody's here juggling out, looking like clowns out here as we take a look at where Native Gaming is going to start rotating to, denying themselves loot after that 50-50 contest. Also getting shot at from the distance here.

02:02:29 NRG is going to start making their way over from the staging area where they usually land here. But you can also imagine with the circle and now taking a look at where it's going to be pulling to overlook, Sentinels are going to be having a ball game, Oxygen as well with their quick rotate. But I'm mostly concerned over the choke points that we're going to see from the teams that are going to be rotating from the southern side of the zone. Yeah, going to be a tough one for them for sure. Interesting to see if anyone tries to make...

02:02:51 The rotation from Geyser into Overlook with the Valcult, that's something that's been very, very effective. But for Lanimals, we were mentioning the teams on the Bubbles. This is a great zone for them, but they need to convert. We always talk about, yeah, it's a great zone. You have priority. You're going to have one of the best spots. But conversion rates from those spots at this point in the tournament, at this point, you know, how close we are to land qualification. This could be the last game if Exxer win it. You need to make it happen. You can't let this chance slip through your fingers.

02:03:20 It's so important too. Lannabal sitting on that 10th place spot with 82 points with Wildcard right in front of him with 83. It is so close between 8th, even all the way down to 12th right now as NRG Suite being on this rampart looking to restabilize here. Nathan trying to take control of the high ground. NRG trying to rotate, but because of this battle that's been going down between Native and CLG, all of a sudden NRG slowed on their rotate. And this is going to really frustrate them as well. You can see Claims managed to kind of sneak away.

02:03:49 Looks like NLG have completely lost track of where he is. And he could be a real problem for them if they don't find where he is. CLG is going to still be in Harvester as well. So NLG, who have got a tough rotate to this zone, have got to earn their money right now. They really have to. Native Gaming have been eliminated. Sweep finds Clayne finally and takes him out. But I mean, a confidence boost at least for NLG. There's a KP on the board for them, maybe even two. But they're going to need plenty more. They need it.

NRG und andere Teams im Kampf

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02:04:16 NRG, ich kann nicht vorstellen, dass Land ohne NRG ist. Und sie sind in 14th, mit 72 Punkten. Das ist verrückt, zu sagen. Lass Sincere, sie nicht mehr haben. Sie haben das letzte Straggler. Sie gehen in für den Road Take hier, auch.

02:04:29 Sweet definitely needs to work with some more ammo if he could find it. Luckily for him, he does have that car. I'm wondering here if they're going to be able to put down... Okay, I was going to say maybe the Black Market, but they don't even need it. They got the Vault Key, and they're going to be able to scoop up all this extra loot inside the Vault. Ooh, it's time to go shopping, and everything's on offer. Everything is free for NRG inside of that Vault, and that is certainly going to be good news for them. They do have the Lobe Vault to work with if they get a good spot for Endgame. They're going to have lots of loot to play with, but getting there...

02:04:53 Es wird es schwierig für sie. 19 Schuads, als wir sehen, Native sind die erste Team zu beobachten. Und E8 sind auf den Weg zu NRG. Aber es sieht aus, dass sie nicht hier sind. Sie sehen, die Vault hat sich gebraucht. Und jetzt ist das nicht der Kampf für uns zu nehmen.

02:05:11 I don't blame them here too. Trying to wrap around instead. They don't want to get caught and pinched in case another team does try to rotate to the south. They won't know otherwise here. And if they do rotate through staging, they can get that extra set of information if they haven't done so already. Energy already on the rotate. Going to the construction building here on top of this train tracks.

02:05:30 They did get scanned by SurveyBeacon, so that's also more information for them to see where these other teams are and where they were able to get that scan here. But taking control over this high ground, they can try to see where they want to rotate to next, because this circle is going to be moving all the way towards the outside area of Overlook, where there's a lot of that open space, and specifically those buildings that are going to get contested by the more bunker-down teams in Nonay.

02:05:52 Complexity on the outside of Climatiser here. You can see the FURIA in the vicinity as well. Complexity, another bubble team. At the moment, if play was to stop right now, they would not be qualifying for London. They're currently finding themselves down in 12th position, so they are right on the edge of qualification. 77 points they have. 10th place is being held down by Lanimals as it stands with 82.

02:06:17 So it really goes to hammer home the point I'm trying to make to you people at home of how close it is and how important this one game of Apex Legends could be for teams. And NRG, they love to leave it late. We saw it from Alliance earlier in Amir. They came home with the win overall. But for NRG, it's always win. About the late game in the season, they're trying to make it happen again. Better late than never. Gonna pick up some of that momentum here too. One KP at a time. That's what I like to see here for NRG.

02:06:46 Sie sehen die Wraith, oder eher hier, die Wraith-Portal kommen in und das ist nicht zu stoppen Nathen von nachdenken, zu finden eine Möglichkeit zu catchen.

02:06:55 Gotta be careful though. It's one thing to catch a player, it's another to take the damage that they have. Sweet sends a player back through the pool, but doesn't get the knock himself. Some decent damage off the head glitch with that car as well. And as this fight goes down, we do have an opportunity to jump into a listening with NRG and see how the comms are sounding. Yeah, I can four kill it, I can four kill it. Nice, nice, nice. Let's back up, we're gonna get 30. Okay, hit rate 100, I'm backing up. Back up, back up.

02:07:21 Ich glaube, ich bin nicht in der Fall. Ich glaube, wir sind in der Fall. Ja, ich glaube. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall. Ich bin in der Fall.

02:07:52 Wir müssen die Zonen-Scan hier sein. Wir müssen die Zonen-Scan hier sein. Wir müssen eine Person aufhören. Wir müssen eine Person aufhören. Wir sind hier aufhören. Wir sind hier aufhören. Ja, wir sind hier aufhören. Ja, wir sind hier aufhören. Ja, wir sind hier aufhören. Ja, wir sind hier aufhören. Ja, wir sind hier aufhören. Ja, wir sind hier aufhören. Ja, wir sind hier aufhören. Wir sind hier aufhören. Ja, wir sind hier aufhören.

02:08:21 I didn't see you exactly where. Am I good to hit this? You can hit it for right now. I'm looking around. I'll try and let you know. Wait, that was actually a Goober plan. It shifts back. I had a feeling it does. Okay. It was just the Wraith. It's the duo. They're still in Frag West. They just rezzed on construction. Where do you want to hold for this zone? Ideally, we just hold, like, here. Alright, I'm coming. I'm getting out of my building. I don't know if anyone's up there or not.

02:08:50 Ideally, if we can play up there, that'd be real. We scan and we'd like to look around. We can cruise over here. That's a really good fucking sentence.

02:09:11 As we jump back in here, Vicky, NRG come out of that situation with a few more meds to their names. They've got a place that they want to play as well. We heard the plan and now it's about seeing it through.

02:09:21 And I love how Sweet called it out perfectly because Meat Lovers were looking to third party exactly at the time that he felt uncomfortable taking that long fight. Now they're taking control over the high ground and with Guild having the charge rifle in his hand, he's looking to terrorize the rest of the lobby on the low ground. Here comes another Valkyrie skyward dive, taking to the skies, trying to find the opportunity. One of the players are flesh. Can you find that one last player?

02:09:43 They separated just right in time, but NRG is still in a really good position, up on the high ground, overlooking the squad rotating from Fragment. Well, overlooking the squad, you say, I say, let's go to Overlook, because that's where we're finding ourselves with Furia, inside of this building, and Dark Zero on the other side of this fight, coexisting for now, but they don't look like they want to share the same kind of space at the moment, as both teams are exchanging fire, and here comes the push from Dark Zero. Excuse me, don't see the double wingman, I only see one real quick in his blockchain's hand, and...

02:10:11 Und die Grenade! Er sagt ihn, es ist Dark Zero jetzt. Sie haben den Vorteil. Sie haben den Vorteil, sie haben den Digi-Threaten. Zyneu ist hier in der Spikes. Ich liebe die Falls, die wir jetzt sehen, von Jen hier. Die resten von Dark Zero haben, was was in der Up-Area ist. 18 Spons, aber ein weiteres Spiel für sie zu nehmen.

02:10:33 Ja, das erste Knot kam in von Complexity. Es war eine Grenade durch die Tür. Das hat das erste Knot. Das hat Dark Zero dann gemacht. Complexity ist unter Duress. Sie sind unter Pressure in dieser Train-Cart. Aber die Train-Carts sind immer eine schwierige Platz zu halten, nur wegen der Grenades und Angles, dass man nicht mehr wissen ist. Diese Net-Avon-Insane sind. Sie sind gerade auf, um zu finden...

02:11:00 An opportunity to just matrix around these grenades. Cody in some trouble, trying to get away just in time. He's got that gold light mag 2 in his hands with the R9. He manages to reposition with the rest of Complexity. Huge game here, opportunity for this team. Dark Zero though in the safety inside of that building. But currently Complexity Arc Pinch and this is a...

02:11:18 Es ist eine schwierige Situation mit Eggset auf der anderen Seite.

02:11:38 You blink and you'll miss it. He's still finding some tick damage though with the Fuse ult. They like to see it, but they need to prioritize what they want to do for Nocturne. He's going to do it right in front of the face. Are you kidding me? They're letting him just do it. There's two other teams in this same area, and they actually pulled off the reds on Nocturnal. I mean, the smoke went in the window. The ult was down as well. They threw in a few grenades in, and it just pours a few seconds they were desperate for to get Nocturnal back into this game. Nocturnal falls down the air.

02:12:07 Starts off thin, but gets a little bit thicker as he falls, but Jim Perrin does not let him have an influence on this game. Not today. It doesn't matter if Complexity is looking at us from the windows and the cracks of the truck. If they could just get Nocturnal, yeah, it's perfect, perfect. Right inside of this little lip of the clip. They're going to be able to get this res, but I mean, he's got fists in a dream right now. He won't even be able to get to his box.

02:12:29 You just wonder if they're going to be able to do something very similar here. Knucklecluster causing all sorts of problems again. And this is what Fuse was built for. To cause problems for teams hold up in buildings. Nocturnal. He's got a phoenix kit to pop here. You wonder if someone's going to drop him a gun as well. Just to do a little bit of damage or if he can find a few boxes in the surrounding area. Nocturnal backing the game is not what you want if you're the rest of the lobby and you want to call yourself a champion today.

02:12:58 I was wondering what their gameplan is here for Nocturnal. Yeah, okay, they are going to be dropping one of those weapons. It makes the most sense because they can't backtrack here with so many other teams making their way through Epi. If they try to backtrack, they put themselves in a worse position. They can maintain the high ground here. Fun is having so much fun, by the way, on this deuce. He is able to pop off, clearing so much space. They've been fighting off against Dark Zero. You currently see just complexity over on the other side, just look at them like, all right, nothing to see here.

NRG's Strategic Positioning and Dark Zero's Dominance

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02:13:24 CSM also getting involved on the train tracks right behind Eggset. They have to watch out with the squads that are fighting right behind them while also trying to keep Dark Zero at bay. Meanwhile, LG with Nizola is also trying to make that rotate right in their line of sight. I mean, we got a crazy zone pull here. A wild zone pull. We were thinking North Overlook. It has pulled all the way back towards Epicenter. And who's right bang in the center of it? The team that needed this more than anyone. NRG. NRG are somehow right in the center of zone here.

02:13:54 Und der Fakt ist, dass sie sich auf dem Highground auf dem Valk-Ult, der sie mitgebracht hat, auch nach dem Konstruktion-Site gesehen haben, war so gut von Sweek hier. Das ist was sie brauchen.

02:14:06 They're going to be able to maintain that high ground as long as they can try to clear up that open area between Epicenter and that cliffside that Guild is going to be holding onto. As we take a look at Exet playing up the low ground, they lost out on Nocturnal. Nothing Nocturnal could do here, unfortunately. He really just had that charge rifle that they dropped for him, but he didn't have many meds to work with either. There's only so much he could take away from Sykes and Fun. Exet playing this one out as a duo, though. And I'll tell you what, Fun and Sykes is very difficult to deal with even if you've got three players still alive in that fight.

02:14:36 But I think the story here has to be about NRG. All the teams who are over by Overlook at the moment having to leave. LG, you've got Lanimals who made a really smart early rotate. Well, they have to leave as well. They're another bubble team. But NRG right on edge of Zone. Sykes is right on the edge of Death. But get back and manage to pop a battery. They're going to have to leave and work their way through each other. And with Complexity overlooking it, with Dark Zero overlooking these teams that have to leave, this is going to be rough.

02:15:03 Ich glaube, das ist 100 Thieves auf der anderen Seite der Truck hier. 100 Thieves. Ich glaube, das ist 100 Thieves. Ich glaube, das ist 100 Thieves. Ich glaube, das ist 100 Thieves. Ich glaube, das ist 100 Thieves. 100 Thieves. Ich glaube, das ist 100 Thieves. 100 Thieves. Ich glaube, das ist 100 Thieves. 100 Thieves. Ich glaube, das ist 100 Thieves. 100 Thieves.

02:15:32 Er ist still alive. Kann Fun get the barrier off? No, we have another game of Apex Legends to bring you here. Exit eliminated. They do not get it done here as they hit match point. 100 Thieves Fall as well. We're down to 12 squads. And look at Dark Zero popping off, re-engaging when they needed with the timing that they had here. TSM get wiped out. Dark Zero taking control over this side building now. I believe EA is also in the distance overlooking the...

02:15:59 Das ist der Fall von E8. Das ist der Fall von E8. Das ist der Fall von E8.

02:16:26 10 Kp in total, and Zero is beaming with that Nemesis, looking for an opportunity to get up on this high ground. You saw that Rolling Thunder that was called in from Zionist, so that way they could clear up some of that extra space here. Saw that team was originally up on this high ground, but they gave them this space for Dark Zero to take control of, and that means it's gonna be a nice rotation from them into this next circle.

02:16:46 Und jetzt kann ich den E8 ausprobieren. Jetzt kann ich das Zion, der Zion, der sich in den Korren zu sehen, dass es keine Ratsabell ist, dass sie ihn anstreben. Als Dark Zero versucht, den Weg in den Zonen. Faze ist still alive als auch. Er nimmt einen von Lanimals. Naughty will fall, als Phony will haben das R99 in seine Hand. Und er verändert sich von einem R9 zu einem Flatline. Es geht nicht darum, was er in seine Hand ist, denn er ist auch noch ein KP. Und das ist auch hier für Faze.

02:17:11 Got to drop those rhymes here as land animals also get eliminated in your feeds currently. Optic inside of that truck building across the field from FaZe who have that high ground lip and some extra cover from the rampart to work with. They can hear how tricky it's going to be because this circle is going to be pulling towards FaZe more than anything. So FaZe are in a good position with a natural cover of the rocks to the right and the rampart barriers that they can play right behind.

02:17:38 Es ist sehr interessant hier, die NRG haben. Ich weiß nicht, ob sie eine Care Package Weapons haben, die auf den Boden geöffnet sind, weil sie in eine gute Position sind, als Frex wird auch in eine gute Position sein. Und sprechen von Care Package Weapons, Soy ist gut, jetzt!

02:17:59 Feeling good, looking good. He's got the Kraber and the RE45. Chef's kiss when you got Nathan on that Loba. You know that Black Market coming out in clutch. Could also act as some makeshift cover too if you really hide behind it aside from these barriers that Sweet is also trying to work with. But they're looking in two directions at once right now, Mark. Trying to take some space here. Sweet with the Kraber. We've seen him hit some very important shots for NRG. Can he hit one here narrowly? Misses the head.

02:18:27 Und er wird vielleicht noch eine Möglichkeit geben und geben sie einen Haar-Cut, die sie nicht mehr wissen wollen. Für jetzt, der Sweet's ist ein bisschen Druck, hat es zu zurück zu den Rocken und die Sicherheit, wo die Batterien werden können.

02:18:39 Oh no!

NRG's Survival Against the Odds and FaZe's Victory

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02:19:04 All of the loot they wanted to play with in this endzone in the top seven are starting to fall apart here. Taking the bearer to the circle, where are you going here? Hopefully you can go right back in. Sweet is not dead just yet. Meanwhile Faye is up in the high ground looking in the other direction. It's Prex with the Sheila. Tossing down the extra pressure here as well. Cargett eliminating your feet. Five squads left with Uptic Gaming going down inside the truck. Somehow Sweet is still alive by the way, don't know how.

02:19:30 I don't know what kind of mad magic is behind that, but Sweet has got the minigun out, and he's running on his own, cutting down the lobby. But Faze in this position might be the game winners unless Dark Zero from the low ground can start getting involved in. Look at NLG, they're back on their feet!

02:19:47 Was? After what we just saw them scurrying around the pillboxes. Meanwhile, Dark Zero still cleaning up the rest of the lobby here. 13 KP in total to their name. 14 Rathakir. As you can see them getting the beams. Zynu showing what he's got in store for us with the rest of the team.

02:20:05 Four squads remaining. Zero. That's enough damage to get his EVO shields leveled up to fully red. Xionu's gonna pop a battery as well. Jim Burton should be rest as well and they've got the gold knocked down to make sure that he can be impactful once he gets back to his feet. But how NRG survived that? I don't know. Quite simply, can't give you an answer right now. Or even CLG. How is Nano alive between NRG and Dark Zero right now playing off that low ground?

02:20:33 Sie versuchen ihn zu holen, so wir haben ihn zurückgekehrt, weil er in der Lage ist, ich glaube, Dark-Zero ist. Aber sie werden das Spiel von dem Team nicht geimpft werden, und Phase ist einfach zu gehen, um das extra Raum zu nehmen, das Energie zu haben. Dark-Zero wird bald sein, wenn man das Spiel zu sehen. Zero und Zyno, ich meine, sie sind ziemlich ähnlich, aber die Resulte werden die gleiche in ein paar Momenten, wie man imagine. Die Lava wird sicherlich geben sie einen Problem. NaNo wird eine auf den Gemburne bekommen, und wie NaNo wird es noch etwas tun.

02:21:02 Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was? Was?

02:21:28 Any damage that can be converted here for NRG might book their tickets to London. Dark Zero still alive, trying to move up now. Onto NRG's position. Zero gonna send it with the Digithread. Zynu taking down to barely any shields. But here comes DC. DC causing problems. Zynu might be able to get the battery up, but Dark Zero eliminated. FaZe will move in to clean up the final pieces.

02:21:49 NRG sollte in diesem Kampf gehen, aber Faze werden die Champions gewinnen. Aber was ein wilder Spiel. Ein wilder Spiel von Apex Legends das war. Und huge für Faze zu nehmen.

02:22:03 After game four, they took game number one with three KP and now they take game number four. Huge with even more KP for them to work with. But man, you already know FaZe, Dark Zero shaking hands real quick because NRG was stuck in the middle when Dark Zero decided to fully push on them and ate that team. Yeah, crazy, crazy stuff. I mean, we're going to have to watch that one back from some different POVs because I thought NRG are dead. Sweet went through a pool. You're like, how is he going to get back into this situation? Somehow does it. Gets his teammates back up as well.

02:22:31 Dark Zero, I thought, were dead about two or three different occasions. They managed to get into the top three as well and certainly have an influence, a massive influence, on that final result. But you're quite right. I mean, the winners of that game, FaZe, two wins now, joining Exxer with two wins on the board. I tell you what, Matchpoint is looking spicy.

FaZe's Ascendancy and NRG's Potential Qualification

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02:22:49 Yeah, and this is what brings me to the excitement part, the sadding part of Matchpoint, because now FaZe, I don't think they're as high up as Exet. They're probably second place, but with Exet still being at 62 points, probably even at the end of that game without securing themselves any points, it's still a huge gap between themselves and the rest of the lobby. FaZe probably meeting them in that second place spot, and with the KP that they're able to get, probably 38 points after that game. Well, let's bring Rain back in, because that was a wild game, and I'm going to be, I need a second just to catch my breath for a few seconds.

02:23:19 So please, please give me a 10 second break at least. No, let me talk to you about it. You know, you can listen now. You've done a lot of great talking in that cast, Mark. I'm going to try to give you what really happened. You guys want to know? So he went into the interdimensional rift, chose the different timeline of when him and his teammates were actually still alive before they fought and then just brought that back with him. That's a pretty simple explanation. And it actually goes with the lore of Wraith. So there you go. I did you all a favor. Vicky.

02:23:48 I don't know if you agree with me on that. I mean, I guess there's no proof. We didn't see it. It was off camera, but I think that's a pretty solid line of reasoning.

02:23:54 It was the fact that he stayed alive. The portal was still there, even outside the circle. He stayed alive, probably right back into the portal again. Rez's teammates had the pillboxes to also work with with some natural cover. But then what we saw in the feed afterwards, because we made that swap over into the FaZe point of view, I believe, was Sweet just terrorizing two players with the Sheila out. So we had enough time to get the Rez, get his teammates back as they were healing up, and then still whip up the Sheila so that way nobody could push his teammates after getting the Rez on top of that.

02:24:24 was insane. I mean, when Sweet says it, it's time to wake up, it's NRG looking to show up because I think after that performance in the previous game reign, I think they're in seventh in the overall standings currently for the day with 23 points. That's a big deal because getting into seventh from where they were, which was in the back.

02:24:41 half of the 20 that we've got. It now means that if it ended right now, and it won't because, you know, we're going to play another game, at least people will gain points. NRG will have to at least kind of maintain this position. But if it ended right now, they would probably have qualified for Lynn. I think we've done some numbers, nothing official, but behind the scenes, that's how important exit losing and giving NRG the chance to have a pop-off moment was. And it also, I think, was incredibly...

02:25:08 Es ist sehr wichtig, dass NRG hat, dass wir oft nicht als die Highlight Play haben, das ist, dass sie einfach die toughen Zeit haben. Sie haben die Erthquake, so zu sprechen, von everyone giving sie attention, everyone shooting at sie, everyone under duress. Aber in der gleichen Weise, wie wir Tyler, FPS und Unlucky haben, das zu übernehmen, und zu übernehmen, in der kleine Boxcar, wenn man es übernehmen, dass das Early-Stage ist.

02:25:35 Things open up for a little while. People stop paying attention to you because they're like, I can't keep focusing on this team. We haven't been able to kill for 20 minutes, so we're going to move on into a different direction. Feels like that's kind of what happened with NRG. They lasted that pain point, and then they actually had a really good chance at winning this game. Second place, they will be happy with that one. Even going into the listeners that we heard from Sweet, who called out the third party from that elongated fight, not because they saw the third party going in. It was just the timing, and Sweet felt uncomfortable, and he was right.

02:26:04 Meat Lovers were looking to get involved. Even to the very end, though, they were duking it out with CLG, which was the initial squad that they had found in Fragment, which were also able to get their third back in, by the way, after they got the res in the construction building and even in the comms. You heard them say they got the res. And this is in that moment of time where you see Sweet literally dancing, not only around his teammates' knockdown shield, his own deployable barrier, but then jumps into the portal, jumps right back in, and we get to see his point of view here at the very end.

02:26:33 Ich weiß nicht, dass Nathans safe ist. Ich weiß nicht, dass Nathans nicht so viel Zeit ist. Ich weiß nicht, dass Nathans nicht so viel Zeit ist, aber Nathans ist einfach nur hinter ihm.

02:26:46 Und er ist komplett safe. So es ist ein Element, dass Sweet sich und seine Team einen Kontingencyplan haben, Vicky. Hey Nathan, du bleibst hier. Ich werde den Portal gehen. Wenn wir geimpft werden, zumindest einen von uns wird eine Chance geben und vielleicht wieder einigen. Aber es funktioniert. Und in NRG, das ist genau was die Leute von ihnen haben. Aber nicht vergessen, Vicky, sie haben nicht gewonnen. Sie haben vielleicht den most interessanten, multidimensionalen Spiel. Aber wir haben Faze gesehen, dass es perfekt ist, auf die 3rd-Parte und wirklich einfach

02:27:16 Mit Snipe down, ich denke, er hat sich nicht die Bühne gemacht.

02:27:18 Oh, ja, und nicht nur das, oh, all right, sah das mit der Kraber real quick, aber nicht nur das, auch, Dark Zero war gerade hinter NRG und sie haben bereits so viel damage von der initialen Kampf, Nathan ist schon wieder zu resetten mit der Shield Bat, ich glaube nicht, er kann es auch, er geht es auf, er geht es auch an der Ende, aber das Gleiche kann man sagen über Guild, sie waren already weak und FaZe hat was in der Nrg gehalten, aber FaZe hat den Platz für eine lange Zeit, sogar überlooking Optik, das war in der Truck zu ihrer Seite, so sie waren able zu spüren mehr als einmal.

02:27:47 Und look at this. FaZe, obviously, with a big win. That's their second of the day. It's put them in a great spot overall. This is a team that's already ready to qualify. Should be going to LAN after a performance like that. It would be hard to usurp them, even though they came into today not quite being safe yet. But it depends on how long it goes. We went nine games in EMEA. We're only...

02:28:06 3-4 hier. Optics showing some stuff. Drug Freeze had a little bit of a, you know, an up and down day, but they're staying in the mix. Something could happen there. They were our winners of our first two days, first two games in our first day in Split, but Dark Zero, a team that I think everyone's eye has been on. 15 kills and led by that man right there just joining. Jen Burton is Zynu alongside Zero, who has put up some really good numbers, Vicky. In fact,

02:28:35 Ich meine, wenn Sie wirklich an das sehen können, sie sind alle jeweiligen, inwiegend wie viel damage und wie viele Kills sie haben.

02:28:43 Zainu ist such a scary, heavy fragger in NA. I believe he's ranked second right behind Nocturnal with 76 kills. And to put it into perspective, Noct has 85 kills. So he is literally in that second place spot in the overall split two kill leaders here in NA. And you can see how this has been able to influence Dark Zero and their confidence too. Because Jen being able to get that follow up with six KP, Zero with five, they were fragging out that game. They literally went all around town from the north side of the map, wrapped down towards Epi.

02:29:13 Das war eine gute Leistung. Das war eine gute Leistung.

02:29:41 And it is Xset on top. They only gain one point from that. So they allow the group to move up, albeit Vicky, not that much.

02:29:50 Yeah, even with that double win from FaZe, I mean, it's just because they didn't have the crazy KP games that we've seen Exit get. For those first three games, we saw them get top three game one, they won game two with seven KP, and then game three, we saw them have an insane game with 14 KP. I was wondering out here, like, what did Hot Stick beat these guys? Because they were just looking like they're on another level, but they didn't have the best of luck in terms of the rotation and the way that Dark Zero had answers for Exit, which is great for the rest of this lobby because it gives other teams the opportunity.

02:30:19 Well, there's how it stands.

02:30:25 We'll see what happens in game number five. As again, we look to try to switch things up. We've had two on Stormpoint, two on World's Edge. We'll be heading back to Stormpoint. But before we do so, we're going to finish up this conversation Mark has been having all broadcast along with the developers about Ranked. If you want to find out all the details, make sure to check out PlayApex Esports for the ones if you missed them earlier in EMEA or today. And to make sure you catch this one right now, our final piece to talk about Ranked coming in Arsenal.

02:30:55 It's time these worlds remembered the name August Brinkmann.

Ranked System Changes and Strategic Gameplay

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02:31:25 Taking focus off that, the scoring is now normalized. And so there's a static entry cost every time you enter. It is not a gradation on where you are in the rank. And it puts a much more emphasis on just focusing on winning the match versus racking up kills. And ideally with the MMR system, you're going to get much more competitive matches. So those matches where you were just W-King before because the skill was all over the place, that's going to be hopefully a less viable strategy to execute on.

02:31:53 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? Do we have a deal?

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02:32:32 Welcome back, everybody. We are ready for another game of Apex Legends. Exet couldn't get it done, but still remain the only team who has sat on Match Point at the moment. OnsenGaskin here to take you through the next game, and we're flipping the maps once again, Dan. We're back on a Storm Point. Back on the Storm Point, but back on another chance for Exet to still take it, because they've won on both maps. It doesn't seem to matter where their success is, but I have to say, very impressed with how FaZe played that last one. They were very...

02:32:57 Die Stuck to their truths, right? They made sure they played that final circle in a way where they waited, they were patient, they didn't try and third anyone, whereas on the other side, NRG, what they were able to achieve was incredible, and as Rain Day was mentioning, as it stands, NRG currently in the top 10 and would be going to LAN if it ended as it was, but of course it cannot physically end as it was because we need to find someone who wins on match point, but things are looking better, things are looking up if you are an NRG fan, but they're not quite there yet.

02:33:24 Not quite there yet. And I think it kind of takes some of the gloss off of that previous game. If it would have ended there, like you say, it would have been good enough for NRG. But now they have to repeat the dosage. They have to put in another game like that if they want to be in contention with qualification. The same could be said for Lanimals. They need to step up as well. All of the teams who are on the bubble coming into today's action still find themselves in a similar situation. Although some of them, NRG included, certainly have improved that situation after the last game. But Stormpoint is where we find ourselves once again, Dan.

02:33:54 Xset ist die einzige Team, die kann es hier und jetzt gewinnen.

02:34:22 Possibly within your shell of it, but Shiny goes down. Shiny's down. Nano's down.

02:34:33 Das ist ein High-Quality Play-By-Play Commentary von mir jetzt. Native look like they're going to get the better of CLG this time around. I just, you know, I don't know what you want me to do with this. This is a contest which is happening and it's kind of just like not really influencing what either team are going to achieve in this lobby. It's a bit disappointing, I will say that. But Native look like they're winning this one. CLG eliminated. Bye CLG. Well, unless, you know, Native go on and win this game.

02:35:00 Und als ich gesagt habe, es wird nicht möglich sein, dass die Team nicht mehr machen. Aber wir können darüber sprechen, was das ist relevant. Das ist die Barometer, wo wir sind. Und ich sagte GlitchEnergy, einer der höher-performing Stormpoint-Teams durch die Regular-Seite. Sie werden in der Mitte, und mit einem Surveybeacon zu arbeiten, um die Informationen zu werden, wo die Team kommen. Ein weiteres Team wird sich close sein. Du hast WC, Oxygen, Complexity, EA und Dark Zero, by the way.

02:35:23 Already making their move. You can see just on the map that they're making their rotation nice and quick down to the southwest side of Storm Point.

02:35:30 Pretty sure they're on that Trident. Oh, look at that. They are on the Trident, making their way downtown. Not going to get musical now, but Barometer is where Glitch Energy are at the moment, and they're trying to do some damage, but Dark Zero should be able to just about get around this corner, and they're heading right for where this end zone is going to be, and that is going to be right at the northern, excuse me, the southern tip of where this zone is appearing on your screen. We've seen it before, and if you're not there early, it's a really difficult zone to try and access just because there's so much open water that you can see. If you're moving from the north of Storm Point here, you're kind of playing for KP.

02:36:00 Decent placement. You can't really expect to win this game unless you do something a little bit special. I don't know whether Oxygen kind of...

02:36:06 Ja, das könnte interessant sein.

02:36:35 Leute sind die Position für die Endgame. Lanimals sind auch die Position zu nehmen. Und Oxygen, ich mag das Spiel, ehrlich gesagt. Sie haben ein paar Kills, auch. Oxygen ist gut, weil sie nicht nur die Möglichkeit haben, wo das Endgame ist, wir sehen, Momentarily, Hill zu sehen, wo das Position ist, aber sie können jetzt auch die Lobby halten. Sie sind eine der letzten Gebäude, bevor sie zu können, wo das Island ist.

02:37:00 Und also, wenn ihr ein Team wie Oxygen habt, ihr braucht eine große Spiel, nicht nur eine gewisse Spiel, wenn ihr euch auf die Leaderboarden werdet ihr euch auf die Leaderboarden.

02:37:27 Ich meine, Lovers, Sie haben wirklich nicht gewonnen, zu haben eine verrückte Spiel. Sie finden sich in 19th Platz mit dem Pickup-Luxford. Ich meine, es wird immer schwierig sein, wenn Sie mit einem neuen Roster spielen können. Sie sind noch in einem Schalt von LAN, aber wenn Sie ein guter Spiel haben, können Sie nicht missen.

02:37:47 Well, the contest between CLG and Native ends up in them both being eliminated first in the lobby, so normal service kind of resumed. FaZe, though, continue in their form. They picked up the first knock here against 100 Thieves. They've got Cyril down, they've got a few people on Scan as well. Snipe down on the flank. This is where we've seen them do it for years. Dan does a huge amount of damage normally. Yeah, and FaZe have put themselves in such a prime position to guarantee themselves land. I mean, I think they pretty much guaranteed themselves land after a couple of weeks in Pro League, but they slowed down very much, and...

02:38:16 Es scheint, dass sie ihre PACE in den ersten Pro-League noch mehr gefunden haben. Und ich freue mich, dass sie in den letzten Spiel in diesem Spiel haben, dass sie wirklich sehr stark sind, wie sie in der Spielplacenz sind, wie sie sich an die Leute wissen und ihre Rotation haben, und sie wunderschönen Fortschritten werden. Eine der Kritikismus Snipe Down hatte in den ersten Zeiten der Apex-Karrieren war, dass sie immer wieder in den Fortschritten waren, und vielleicht auch...

02:38:38 Ich glaube, es geht um die Leisure ein bisschen zu oft. Aber ich denke, als die Team grows, und als sie herausfinden die Fights, sie müssen oder nicht nehmen, diese Phase-Roster wird eher gefährlich, die mehr sie entwickeln. Ja, in der Killfeed, als auch. Sentinels ist ein bisschen von den Nemesis von Chaotik. Phase, inside Antenna, ist jetzt schon gut für ein paar Zeit. 10 Punkte für Phase. 40 Punkte, wo sie sich jetzt finden.

02:39:06 Und wir haben schon ein paar KP als Team, um sie zu bringen, um sie zu 50 Punkte zu bringen. Sie sind die Closest-Kompetitors zu X-Set, aber sie sind, nur zu sagen, X-Set ist die einzige Team, die könnte das hier gewinnen, jetzt hier, jetzt hier, jetzt. Und wir gehen jetzt ein bisschen weiter. Inside Barometer ist E-8, Sie sind auf die High-Ground. Ich mag das X-Set, es verändert sich die Composition in jedem Spiel, auch. Es ist einfach, dass sie ein Punkt gewinnen können, dass sie mit dem Spiel spielen können. Es ist die Rampart, dass sie jetzt auf die Rampart sind.

XSET's Adaptive Strategy and TSM's Defensive Stance

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02:39:32 Psychs on the Valkyrie and Fun on the Seer. I mean, this isn't exactly a wild composition, of course, but it is one that Exet could try and find a victory for, because as Onset was mentioning, FaZe are starting to catch up now, and if Exet do want to walk away as the winners and make sure they get that extra cash money in their pocket, they need to get the job done soon, otherwise someone might be able to steal it away from them. Yeah, I think it's a smart decision from Exet just to go with a more basic composition. It's one they're comfortable with, of course, but it also disguises them a little bit more

02:40:01 Ja. Ja.

02:40:22 Sticking out like a sore thumb, you know. Verholz said in the chat before that, sorry to expose all the players. He was like, hey, XS, just shoot in the air. We'll come and protect you. Just let us know where you are. Well, it's because TSM know if XS get it done, they're going to land. To be fair, if anyone's going to do it, it's probably Verholz. Probably would be. It's just a wholesome, nice guy. Also, you can see it on their streams. You're not exposing them. Don't worry. It's all there for people if they want it. Unless they're covering it on their streams, I don't know. But pregame chat is one of my favorite things from these lobbies because everyone does have good banter. The community...

02:40:51 Und wie die Spieler get along ist, was meine favoritee Dinge über das Spiel gesagt haben. Ex-Aid sind jetzt jetzt zu machen, aber es sieht man, dass sie ein paar Teams auf ein paar Teams richtigen. Ex-Aid, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe es, wenn man auf Match Point ist, stattdessen zu hunkern, denn man muss sich die Shields auf, wenn man die Latter-Fights zu machen. Wenn man nur die Blüte hat, dann wird es sehr schwierig für die 3v3-Forts gewinnen.

02:41:15 Yeah, I like this wrap as well. I mean, Lanimals were holding that build in their pinging at the moment. There's also a trident which has been left for them if they want to try and make a little bit of a quick dash across the open water. But if that is open and they can hold out this side, then they can kind of walk up and pick fights. I've heard a few fights that are going down in and around that island where things are going to be ending towards the end of this game. So, except playing this one smart, I like this rotation from them kind of staying...

02:41:39 away from the bulk of the traffic, but when that traffic starts to pick up and you see a few teams starting to engage with each other, that's when they can pick their spot to move in. We've got about eight teams who are within the circle or close to the circle, and everyone else at the moment is going to have to move in. Optic had to go all the way back, by the way, to Cenote Cave just to pick up on their third member. I think they lost one while they were hovering around in the southern side, so they gave up one of the better positions on this map.

02:42:05 Und das heißt, sie müssen wirklich fighten, um sich zurückzukommen, um sich zurückzukommen zu bringen. Und das heißt, sie müssen nach Exit zu kommen, weil Exit sind aufzunehmen, und Sheila ist bereit, um zu sprayen.

02:42:17 Send it. Not gonna show for now. Certainly gonna do some damage to the Rampart walls. What's a good way to counter Rampart, Dan? Rampart on Rampart action. That's one of my favorite things to watch, actually. And it was actually, uh, I think Lanimals they were shooting at there. So they've got Lanimals at one side that have taken the position off of OpTic. And then OpTic are now gonna be behind Xset. And I think Xset are about to learn that. Because OpTic are on their way over.

02:42:43 Aptik just making their way through the cave at the moment from Cenote towards this position. Like you say, the Exet are holding down and trying not to show any presence for 37 seconds until that zone starts to close. You can see they're just waiting for each other at the moment to see if they can get any initial damage. But look at this stack up inside of the Egg. It's going to be FaZe and TSM right next to each other at the moment. Nade's flying down from above.

02:43:09 Faze do have the high ground. TSM kind of trapped on the low ground at the moment. And the Rampart walls are going to make it even more difficult for TSM to really do anything, to be honest. Yeah, Faze have more utility as well. They've got Arc Stars, they've got Frag Grenades. They can squeeze TSM out here. As soon as one of those Grenades connect, then Faze will be able to push down and most likely finish up on that damage.

02:43:28 As we've seen throughout recent broadcasts, pushing a team in any of these nutbuildings can be so difficult, especially with the legends now that allow you to put up walls, for example, like Rampart. And because of how consistent these pros are at hitting their shots, the one clips we see, if you even step one foot out of line, those mistakes can be punished. I mean, you just don't want to walk up that staircase right now. You've got Frex, you're sitting there with the R9 just staring at you. He's behind a Rampart wall as well. There's only one winner.

02:43:56 Coming out of that. And for TSM, I think it's just about survivability and just not giving any free damage away. At the same time, I don't really want to walk down the stairs because Verhost is there. And he is one of the best players hitting his shots. And it's probably why we have this stalemate. I mean, they may know who they're fighting against just off of rotations and off of legend compositions. But at the same time, it may not be something they are...

02:44:18 Ich denke, dass ihr die besseren Team seid. Ich denke, dass beide Teams auch denken, dass sie die besseren Team sind. Das ist warum wir so viel Hoffnung in dieser Region haben. Jeder wird immer glauben, dass sie sich selbst in einen 3v3 Engagement werden. Sie haben Zeit, weil die Circle wird es für heute geben. Eventually, sie werden es für heute gehen, aber jetzt haben sie eine Minute oder so.

02:44:39 This is an exhibition in shoulder peeking right now from Verholz. Making sure he's not giving any player model away to take damage. Looks like Imperial Hau might have a way out for them for now. And it looks like they might think about making a play off the back of it. Hau has managed to get out with that Q. And if Hau can get into a position to help his teammates get out, then TSM will be able to escape. So this is a smart play, I think, for both teams. Nobody gave away anything there. And both teams can survive, most importantly.

FURIA's Underperformance and Glitch Energy's Dominance

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02:45:06 Well, you think that, but Meatlovers are also in the area and may now take the fight against TSM, so it might be out of the frying pan and into the fire here for the TSM Squadron, and we'll have to see how they deal with it here. Yeah, FaZe is just going to poke out of this as well. You can see that Imperial Halt actually got taken down by Phonyhead, so TSM, smart decision to try and leave. The problem is they did not know that their back was going to be taken by Meatlovers, and now FaZe can just move in, try and pick up the pieces. They can leave the egg. It's all theirs.

02:45:35 Und sie sind nur auf der Suche für K.P. für jetzt.

02:46:03 Oh my.

02:46:30 I was wondering when FURIA were going to come to life as well, as FURIA walks around and does another 190 damage, as they should be able to close out this fight. It's going to be OctaGaming that are on the other side of things. FURIA in 16th place at the moment, considering they were the winningest team coming into this lobby from this region. They have not lived up to those expectations. Even though the job is done, they're already going to be at LAN.

02:46:58 Sie müssen auch demonstrieren, warum sie eine der realen Herausforderungen sind.

02:47:20 Führer, die ich mit der nächsten Bewegung habe. Sie haben die Wanderspann auf das Bewegung, aber auf der Krasse, die Q kommt in, um zu versuchen, die Hälfte zu versuchen, die Hälfte zu versuchen, die Hälfte zu versuchen, GlitchEnergy, die sie gegen die Hälfte gegen die Hälfte gegen die Hälfte, aber Hitzwatson kann nicht so gut finden, um sich zu verabschieden, um ihn zu verabschieden. In den nächsten 40 Sekunden haben wir über zehn Teams, die alle außerhalb dieser Hälfte, und ich glaube, half von ihnen sind in Barometer. GlitchEnergy haben hier seit dem Start.

02:47:45 Und sie sind einfach nur auf. Sie sind in dieser Geburt, aber sie werden müssen, und sie wissen es. Oxygen ist es, von außen.

02:48:02 Wir sehen uns auch noch ein paar Werteilungen, auch in der Killfeed. Oxygen verliert 1, Hill fallen zu den Händen von Glitch. Und NRG ist in der kleinen Öffnung in der Brücke, auf der Staircase. Sie sehen das alles, und wenn sie es gut spielen können, sie werden auch ein Big Kp bekommen. Oh, der Norden von dieser Zone wird absolut Carnage sein. Already zwei Teams haben fallen. GlitchEnergy, sie sind weak und sie verlieren. E8 also verlieren ein paar an der gleichen Zeit. GlitchEnergy sollte aber Aiden der Destroyer gehen. Wir haben ihn verletzt viele Teams in front of ihn, und er managed zu bekommen.

02:48:31 Kann Phaze put sich auf Match Point als auch?

02:48:59 Pfaser 8 points off, sie sind noch alive, sie sind auf der Nord-East-Tip an der Moment, zu wo Optik ist, aber sie sind in die Position.

02:49:07 where they can at least get into the top 10, which they will, because Lanimals go down, Soda Optic and Oxygen, and suddenly just like that, it's now eight squads. Faze find themselves six points away from match point. NRG, though, are still alive, and suddenly this late resurgence that we've been seeing from them, the game they've just had, and now into this one, they really are trying to fight their way into those LAN positions. Okay, it's going to take some damage. NRG trying to pick up another set of KP here, but armor, I mean...

02:49:35 Der Armour wird verletzt, aber so ist die Ammo für Gildeson. Es gibt noch mehr Energie Ammo für ihn in der Nemesis. Und es sieht aus wie NRG hat gesagt, um das Position zu gehen und versuchen...

02:49:46 ...move a little bit closer to where that zone is going to be going... ...but Sweet's taking damage on the cross as well. Has to use another battery and that's going to be his last one. It looks like meds and inventory is a problem to manage here for NRG. They're so low on everything. Another team, by the way, that is closing in on Match Point is Dark Zero and they're still alive. But NRG finds some loot boxes to work with that will just refresh all of those supplies as Sentinel start to close in.

Dark Zero's Match Point Opportunity and Zainu's Clutch Play

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02:50:08 2 Sekunden, und diese Zone ist jetzt zu Ende. Das heißt, Sentinels und L.G. beide haben zu drehen, und sie werden die nur zwei Teams, die sind außerhalb dieser Zirkel. Also, es gibt ein paar Augen, oder soll ich sagen, mehr als ein paar. Es gibt ein paar Augen, aber es gibt ein paar Augen, auf diese zwei Teams. Look at das move, die Sentinels haben geschafft. Sie haben versucht, ihre Weg in die Zone zu machen. Sie sind einfach direkt in der Weg da. Luminosity Gaming. Sie haben ein paar POK-Battle mit L.G., aber Phase, Phonys getrennt. Und sie sind in der Spiel.

02:50:36 When you're into the top 8, FaZe needs something special now. They need someone like Snipedown to even up the numbers. He gets the damage down, but then the barrage comes in. LG under pressure from multiple angles.

02:50:49 It looks like FaZe ist still alive, but not for much longer. RKN in the killfeed as well. He takes down Snipedown, and he's found himself a Kraber. It is still possible for FaZe, but it's going to have to be a rat situation, you imagine, to stay alive and get into those placement points to push them just over that 50-point threshold. But it's not going to be easy. It's going to be, in fact, very tough for Frex. LG are right next to him on the bridge, as well as are the meat lovers, who...

02:51:14 Ich habe gesagt, ich habe nicht wirklich das Pop-Off-Game gehabt, aber vielleicht wird es das Spiel geben, dass sie einen Schuss auf die LAN-Placement-Positions haben. Das ist wirklich schwer für alle die 7-Teams, die jetzt versuchen sie zu kämpfen. Komplexity sind in der Mitte, WC, in der Angelegenheit von der Angelegenheit, aber Sentinels, wie du schon erwähnt, so gut zu creepieren. Das Phase wird jetzt jetzt nicht erlaubt, so sie werden jetzt nicht auf Match Point sein, und es ist wahrscheinlich, dass es nur noch X-Set wird, als wir nach Nummer 6 gehen.

02:51:43 The crazy thing about who's left in this lobby at the moment is that most of these teams are bubble teams fighting and clawing for a chance for qualification for LAN. You've got Meat Lovers, you've got Complexity, LG, WC, Sentinel still alive as well, Dark Zero have two players still in this game as well. Complexity eliminated alongside Meat Lovers though as we find ourselves down to four and what a game this could be for Luminosity.

02:52:08 The Bubble Team is doing what they can to just try and have a desperate attempt to get to land. The one team, though, that could be on match point, if anyone's going to do it, would be Dark Zero. It would be a win they'd require, most likely, or second place with two Squad Wipes. But it's only two of them that are trying to work together to stay alive. The damage is being done, but Zero has to escape. Zero's trying to get away from here. The Thermite should slow things down for now. Zainu gets one. Zainu! That's what you pick.

02:52:36 I don't think my voice has reached that octave in quite some time, but for good reason, because the new pickup putting the damage on the board and giving Dark Zero a chance to get closer to match point as a two now in the top four. And actually they are in a position where this zone's coming towards them and LG and Sen may be forced to fight. If they can buy their time, if they can be patient and wait out Shubi here, there's still a chance Dark Zero could even win this game from this position.

02:53:03 Dark Zero, 4 points away from getting onto Match Point.

02:53:31 Ich hoffe nur, ich hoffe, dass LG und Sen gehen werden, aber mit dem Zirkel gehen und dem Gebäude, sie müssen sich vorstellen, bevor das Spiel war. Und als ein 2, sie werden auch beobachten können. Wenn LG und Sen haben sich beobachten, die Killfeed und sich an die Numbar-Trackers beobachten, wird es auch ein 2 sein. Aber wir werden sehen, was DarkZero wird und wie sie spielen.

02:53:55 Sentinels gonna have to leave this high in a few seconds. They're desperate to land a few bullets and do some damage. Zainu and Zero are gonna move out of that position. I don't know how they've done it, but that play from Zainu is a pivotal moment in this game. And it might be a pivotal moment in the series, like you say, Dark Zero.

02:54:12 Could be a team who are close enough to cause problems. EMP, this is the push now from Sentinels. They're throwing everything at LG. And this could be perfect for Dark Zero as well. How often have we said Dark Zero a matchpoint team? Well, the fight's happening between the two threes. And Dark Zero, if they play this right, could fight a victory. So Niall gets an armor swap.

02:54:30 Es war der Fakt von Zyru und Zyru, als ein Zyru und Zyru, als ein Zyru zu tun, als ein Zyru. Das ist ein Zyru und Zyru, als ein Zyru zu tun. Das ist ein Zyru, als ein Zyru zu tun. Das ist ein Zyru, als ein Zyru zu tun. Das ist ein Zyru, als ein Zyru zu tun. Das ist ein Zyru, als ein Zyru zu tun. Das ist ein Zyru, als ein Zyru zu tun.

02:54:56 We're gonna see Dark Zero onto Matchpoint. They join Exet. We have two teams now going into Match 6. We've got Exet, who are the current in-form team against Dark Zero with their new pick-up and just doing Dark Zero things on a Matchpoint format day. Yeah, ridiculous. The Matchpoint Specialist Dark Zero come into life here as well. I mean, what an endgame that was. I think you look at Wildcard and if they look at that endgame, they'll be like, how did we not win that game? How did we let that happen to us?

02:55:25 It's tough, but I think we'll have to bring Rain Day and kind of have a chat about what just went down. Because, Dan, I mean, if you're in that kind of position, Rain, by the way, do you know what? I'll ask you instead, Rain. Let's get down a few seconds off. I mean, if you're in that position, you expect to win that game if you're wildcard with the two in front of you.

02:55:40 Oh, you do. And you know what? The only thing that stops it is Zainu! I love the call and I love the play. And I think that this just separated what Dark Zero did from some type of piece of the speculation we've all gotten to see alongside Dark Zero's journey of Rambo, no Rambo, and changing roster swaps too. No, this is actually just a statistical play.

02:56:03 Zynou Frags, he's a second place overall kill leader and he's proving to maybe even be a first place overall kill leader if he keeps this up today, Vicky.

02:56:20 The synergy, he is cooking. I think today alone he's been able to secure 12 KP for the entire team in this regional final today. So he's onto something. I just love the synergy and the communication as you can see them swap in and out in terms of just controlling a lot of that space and adding that suppressed fire. But man, did Dark Zero deliver. They cooked the last game and they managed to wrap up this next game that we just saw right here in game number five with a pretty bow on top.

Dark Zero's Dominance and Potential LAN Favoritism

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02:56:46 It was an incredibly pretty bow. In fact, so pretty you don't even care what the present was that it was wrapping. I think that this is a Dark Zero that showed us they were two back-to-back LAN winners. This is a Dark Zero that is a match point specialist, as Mark put it so perfectly. They have a special talent, a special set of skills that in a match point scenario, in a game six, and it all comes down to the wire, they know how to maneuver.

02:57:13 They know how to show up. Zero got that title, the best IGL in the world, and it was taken away from Hal based on his performance at LAN, rightly so. But the fact that they're doing this right now, the fact that they're adding Zainu so seamlessly, I'd love to not only see what happened in that final circle one more time, Vicky, and get your thoughts, but I also just want to get your overall thoughts on, is this Dark Zero really coming to play? Can we now start talking about them as potential LAN favorites if they make it there?

02:57:41 Oh, absolutely. Especially with their history in general for this team, I would not be surprised. And now sitting at Matchpoint on top of it to meet that with Exit, who originally built up that huge gap between themselves and the rest of the lobby after getting Matchpoint at game number three. So now we have Exit and Dark Zero above the rest. FaZe is right after them. I thought they were going to hit Matchpoint at the end of that previous game, but they fell down with 45 points. So five points away from meeting Exit and Dark Zero.

02:58:10 in that Match Point area? Well, we've got a pivotal moment. We talked about it. We saw it before. Zainu.

02:58:18 Und, natürlich, Zero ist auch ein schönes Spiel, um Dark Zero in die Position, die es in der Lage ist. Als ein Duel ist es nicht einfach, aber in ein paar Worte, du hast es laser-fokussiert. In der Trio starten zu optimisieren. In der Duel, du hast es versucht, und du hast es, was du musst. Du hast die Schöne. Der Fakt ist, dass er 40 andere Damage aus dem R99 in den Spieler, als er von ADS-Downsides in ein Hip-Firer ist einfach so effektiv. Dann Zero gehts das BAT-Off, dann geht es auf die Chase.

02:58:47 Zainu ist eigentlich nicht das Final Kill, Vicky, aber es ist genug für Zero zu sagen, Sie wissen was?

02:58:53 You know, new fella, you did enough. Let me go ahead and pick you back up after all the hard work you did. Nice job. Let me help you out there. With the blue extended Light Mag 2 and some limited ammo to work with on that R9, by the way. So they played that really nice shoulder to shoulder. And also, their timing for this fight here. We saw what happened when Sentinels tried to fully send it onto Luminosity. They were already weak. They didn't even look at the high ground originally. Dark Zero was able to roll in and clean up what was left of that team as we take a look at their overall stats from the game.

02:59:22 They just won. Look at this. Zynou, 5 KP, 0 getting that 2 KP, but the damage output has been pretty consistent between these players.

02:59:31 What I like about this squad, too, Vicky, is that they're letting Xynu do what Xynu does best, and they're not trying to overlap Jyn Burton with Xynu in this fracking role. Jyn's taken on the Catalyst, and that may not be his natural choice for Legend Selection, but what it does is it means that he's taken the burden on adjusting, making sure that things need to work right. If he has to be a little less aggressive or if he has to be a little bit more support-oriented, macro-thought instead of micro-thought in terms of just, you know...

02:59:58 Hitting shots like we know he can do. He's willing to do that. I think that's the right thing to allow your new member to join your team and seamlessly operate without having to worry about, oh, and here's your new role. Oh, and let me do competing. I love the way that they're approaching this. And you can see as we go to our match results here after game number five, that it's working really well for them here, Vicky.

03:00:19 I really like that point, too. And it's also nice to note that he's literally four kills away if he gets in this next game and Noct doesn't get any kills to actually tie up with Noct for that number one split to kill leaders for NA. So that's also something nice to note as we go into that next game. It's huge. As we also take a look at that top ten leaderboards that we see right here, Dark Zero just took it in that number one spot with seven KP to their name. But you know who else desperately needed a good game? Luminosity, who came in second place with seven KP.

03:00:48 Das hat wirklich gehalten. Ich denke, wenn sie mit einem 2- oder 3-pointen Spiel gehen gehen würden, wäre es schwer zu kommen. Du hast Ex-Set zwei Möglichkeiten, jetzt, zu nicht verlassen. Kannst du sie einen 3er? Ich sagte 1-3. Es scheint es zu passieren. Das wäre bad news für die meisten dieser Lobby.

03:01:05 Not for the teams that have been performing pretty well, though, lately, but I certainly think that you've got to get to Matchpoint quickly. Series results-wise, let's find out. Did anybody join them as we take a look? Yes, Dark Zero have made it just barely with 53 points under Matchpoint as well, meaning Dark Zero or Xset win the game, we go home. If not, we go again. Vicky, what are your thoughts heading into Game 6?

03:01:30 I'm scared because Exa is one of the most winningest teams literally out here in this lobby. It's scary to note too, looking on the other side. Optic, although they are pretty comfy already making their way into LAN, sitting in that second half really does indicate how the strength of this lobby has played into the way that these teams want to take these different approaches at match point format. It's a different game and a different ballpark for these teams to play into this next pacing. Much more laid back when it comes to playing much more just kind of pace.

03:01:59 We saw what happened to TSM when Faze was right behind them, counter-rotating them and not really expecting them was TSM. Faze are right there with five points away from meeting Dark Zero and Exet in that match point format. Exet and Dark Zero are really the two teams that we would expect to be at LAN overperforming here today, whereas some of the teams like Optic that maybe we would have expected, Furia not having the best day quite yet. We'll wait and see if that continues.

03:02:25 No more waiting and seeing. We've got one more interview. I mean, Mark, how many did you do? This is like 20. Okay, he got one more for us. It's really good. World's Edge, a little update on Season 17. We promise all that other content at Play Apex Esports, we'll track it down. But as we go to break, watch this little preview of what's coming in Arsenal, and we'll see you in Game 6 right after that. It's time these worlds remembered the name.

World's Edge Map Changes and Arsenal Season Preview

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03:02:54 We also have some changes to an old favourite, and that is going to be World's Edge. We've seen there's some updates coming through to World's Edge.

03:03:05 Near and dear to all competitive players and fans' hearts. We've been watching it for quite some time. We know every single pixel of that map, but it's about to change. There's some big shakeups coming. What can you tell us about the biggest changes that are happening on World's Edge? The biggest change is coming to the near and dear Fragment West with a new POI called Hall of Heroes. And so Fragment will still be there. It's not wiping it off the map, but we're definitely changing, adding this new monument to Apex and to the games. And so kind of officially...

03:03:35 Paying homage to the history of Apex, but then also try to shake up the experience there. And I know people love the hot drop there, but make it a little more interesting, change strategies up that you've really grown into over the last several seasons. What were some of the team's goals behind making the changes to Fragment? Because Fragment's been through some changes over time.

03:03:54 Und jetzt haben wir die Veränderungen, was wir jetzt haben? Was haben wir mit den Veränderungen gemacht? Was haben wir mit den Veränderungen gemacht? Wir wollen die Veränderungen machen, um die Veränderungen auf Fragment zu machen. Ich denke, Pubs wird immer in eine bestimmte Weise spielen, aber mit Ranked zu bringen mehr Fragment zu bringen. Wir haben auch die Lava City geöffnet, und wir haben mit der neuen P.O.I. called Stacks geöffnet. Wir haben die Veränderungen von Fragment zu Lava City geöffnet. Wir haben die Veränderungen von Fragment zu Lava City geöffnet. Wir haben die Veränderungen von Fragment zu bringen.

03:04:20 Es bringt verschiedene Types of Play. Und dann, Harvester, we're revamping Harvester 2-POI und bringt ein bisschen mehr action. So basically, wir versuchen, zu getrennen, die Erbann-Combat-Filialen-Fragment, irgendwie in der Map. Und dann, also, provide verschiedene Avenues, wie die Spieler approachen das POI.

03:04:38 Welcome back, everybody. You can hear some of the changes that are coming very soon to World's Edge. But before we get to World's Edge, Dan, we've got some more Apex to conclude on Storm Point here in our match that's coming up next. Now, Faze, almost there. Almost there. Dark Zero, definitely there. Exit, definitely there. We've got two teams now on Match Point, crossing that 50-point threshold. But the rest of the lobby is still some way off, I would say. So it feels like we're going to have some more Apex Legends tonight, everybody. Strap yourselves in. We might have a long evening.

03:05:05 Ja, es also bedeutet, dass viele Teams, die für die Top 10 Positionen sind, für LAN, sind einfach sweating. Weil es die Unexpected ist. Du wirst wirst, wirst du? Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst. Du wirst wirst.

03:05:26 All night, quite possibly. You've got to make sure you are strapped up and you are ready if you're in these positions because match point is one of those formats that is about stamina at times. And you've got to make sure you are switched on for every single game because if you drop the ball, there might be a team who takes advantage of that and pips you to the pulp. And we'll have to see whether anyone can do that here in match number six. Well, let's give you a bit of a lay of the land of the overall standings at the moment before we get into the look at that.

03:05:50 Great job from production. This is where we stand going into things right now. This is the lobby as it stands. Exet and Dark Zero. Like I mentioned, the two teams. By the way, Dark Zero, what a play that was from Zainu. I mean, you know when you pick a player up and you're hoping they have an impact? You want them to do something like that, like Zainu did in that last game. But FaZe, five points. All they need. EA, what a performance it's been from them today, by the way. Kind of quietly gone about. They're pinging up points and doing what they need to do. But outside of that, everybody so, so close together.

03:06:18 Speaking of picking your fights, you know the expression like...

03:06:46 If a tree falls in the forest and you're not there, no one hears it type thing. Do you think if we don't watch the initial engagement between Native and CLG, it won't actually happen? Because they're not being observed, they might just go off to different POIs and try and survive? Is that how things work in Apex Legends or do you think it's still going to fight? The problem is we are here. That's the problem. Yeah, we are. You know, it's... But if we ask the observers nicely, they might just ignore it and we can just go on with our business and talk about other things. By the way, the crazy thing about EA...

03:07:15 The crazy thing about EA, and you said they're having a good day, they probably have to win on match point to really qualify for LAN. That's...

03:07:22 Das ist das wirklich was für sie. Vielleicht ein 2nd-Place wird es gut sein, wenn andere Teams in die Top 10 sind. Aber die Wahrnehmung ist, als es jetzt steht, sie würden auf Matchpoint gewinnen. So sie müssen sich selbst auf Matchpoint zu machen, und dann versuchen sie es zu machen. Aber die Hoffnung ist, das ist die spannende Sache mit Matchpoint, dass alle Teams, die in Theorie, die in Theorie können für Land qualifizieren, no matter wo sie sind. Als es steht in den overallen Standings, mit den points sie würden von diesem Punkt haben,

03:07:49 The likes of NRG, Glitch, Luminosity, 100 Thieves, they would all be qualifying. But the teams that would maybe lose out, the likes of Complexity, Meat Lovers, Lanimal. So still plenty to play for as we go into match number six. And as you can see on your screen, these are the qualified teams from all the other regions that we've seen. And the qualified teams from North America coming into this broadcast. Dark Zero, Furia, Optic and XSET, but still seven more to join them.

03:08:13 Amir, ihr könnt sehen, dass es heute gespielt hat. Es war neige Games, bevor Allianz left es late. Die letzten Teams getrennt zu dem Match Point Threshold, aber die Nr. 1 Team kamen auf dem Top in Amir. Sie werden da, in der Effekt war, als der Season-MVP. Er ist absolut blistering für Allianz so far. Ihr könnt auch sehen, die anderen...

03:08:34 Ich denke, was was even crazier, was Fun won the first two games, and then suddenly Fnatic came out and won games three and four to take it away from them, because Fnatic had just got so many points on the board in matches number one.

03:09:03 1 and 2. And I thought maybe we're going to be seeing something similar with XS and how they were performing and how quickly they got onto Matchpoint. But with North America and how tight this region is, everyone's just been pushing each other right to the limit here. And it's not going to be the walkover that maybe XS would have expected. And now they have stiff competition on Matchpoint as well. Dark Zero have shown they can do it when their backs are against the wall.

03:09:24 We'll have to see whether they can do it here in match number six, because Dark Zero always seem to be the name on the tip of our tongues when it comes to match point. They appear out of nowhere when we least expect it, so I wouldn't be surprised if they steal it away from Exit. Yeah, of course, two LAN championships they've won. You know, they were the ALGS champions. They've been phenomenal when it comes down to match point.

03:09:43 They're looking pretty good again today to maybe steal another Match Point victory away from the rest of the Lobby. Match 6 is where we find ourselves though. Still on Storm Point here before we head back over to Worlds Edge once more. And I can't remember who you said was going to be one of the teams. Did you say NRG? The team who went through? You asked me today, I did say NRG. And as it stands, they are in 9th. Yeah, I was going to say, pretty good.

03:10:06 But I have cursed a lot of people today, so it doesn't bode well for NRG that I predicted them. And we'll have to see if they can carry on with their form. But, you know, it shows the difference in just a few games as well. By the way, if Exit had won it there and then, then there would have been some teams that lost out. But now we go into match six, potentially seven, who knows, eight, nine, like we did in EMEA. If NRG were to now slow down a little bit...

03:10:30 Dann wird sie plötzlich aus diesen Positionen verlassen. Und das ist da, dass man sich laser-focussiert hat. Man muss sich auf die Positionen aufpassen. All es braucht eine gute Zone Pool. Ich meine, wie viele Mal haben wir gesehen, eine Team, die allgemein allgemein sind, und dann plötzlich die POI, die sie auf die Circle kommt, sie gewinnen, sie bekommen 12 Kills, und sie finden sich in die Top 5. Das könnte passieren für jemanden hier. Und wir schauen uns an die Legend-Pick-Rates, weil wir sehen ein paar Varianten in welchen Compositions gespielt haben, speziell bei Exet. Exet, wenn sie sich um die Composition...

03:10:57 They look pretty good. As soon as they've gone back to something a little bit more standard. All of a sudden, Dan. Just saying. The theory craft in here.

03:11:04 Ja, das war's. Sie haben einfach nur ein Spiel. Sie haben einfach nur gewonnen. Aber Sie haben es gesehen, dass Sie es nicht gewonnen haben. Aber Sie haben es gesehen, dass Sie es nicht mehr sehen. Ich freue mich auf die Zeit, dass das nicht mehr da ist. Ich muss sagen, meine persönlichen Meinung nach, 67% pick rate. Valkyrie da auch, 65%. Ich weiß nicht, ob das jetzt noch verändert wird, mit dem ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ... die ...

03:11:31 Ich hoffe, dass sie das in-game labelen. Das ist alles, was ich zu sagen. Es würde vielleicht nicht in-fittingen mit den Apex Legends-Lore oder Branden sein, aber ich sage, es ist eine Idee da. Wenn sie nicht, es könnte in den Hall of Champions gehen, zwei Seasons down sein. Es könnte eine Placke auf-Your-Face mit Paul Tee-Balloon sein und wir können das in ein paar Seasons celebrate. Unlikely, we never know.

03:11:54 It would be very fitting if the one thing that got put in a video game that I said was Porti Balloon, wouldn't it really? Let's be real. But let's take a look at the kill leaders that have happened throughout the season. We'll get to the game as soon as we can. Everybody, a little bit of a reset just went down in the lobby. We want to make sure the lobby is good to go. We want to bring you the best Apex Legends that we possibly can. But at the top of the leaderboards, I mentioned how E8 have put in a good performance today. And a lot of that is down to Chaotic at the top of the leaderboard. 16 kills to his name.

03:12:17 16 ist ein enormes Mal für den Tag. Nocturnal ist nicht weit auf 15. Jeder spielt ihre Part. Kill-Leaderboards sind immer interessant. Damage-Leaderboards ist das, was ich manchmal zu schauen, weil ich weiß, was viele Spieler sind, die ich mit, die Stehle die Kills und die Kills auswählen, und die Final-Knock, wenn ich dann all die Dammage gemacht habe. Unlikely, weil ich immer die Person, die es zu anderen machen. Aber ich habe es gesagt. Ich habe es gesagt, das ist wie ein True Charge Rifle. Enjoy es jetzt.

03:12:46 I hate the Charge Rifle, especially when someone uses it against me. I saw Hal actually say in the pre-game lobby he's looking forward to another game of Charge Rifle Legends, because TSM have not had the most fun rotations today. Two or three times when they've gone up into the air, they've been Charge Rifled out of the sky, and I cannot describe the pain that I have felt being in a similar situation. I can only imagine in a competitive environment getting destroyed out of the sky, but they've got to stay focused. They're in a good position right now. They're in like, what, sixth?

03:13:15 Nope.

03:13:38 Hier ist ein Segway für dich, Dan. Du hast einen tollen Job in das Spiel zu machen.

Ballistic and Arsenal Season Analysis

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03:14:08 I'm kind of excited to use the ult. I'm not going to lie. I think Tempest is going to be right up both of our streets when we're triple stacking in ranked. Oh, especially because of the amount of times I run out of ammo or the amount of times you're screaming at me for some ammo. You can play Ballistic. You can get us some ammo with the ultimate and make sure we are locked and loaded as we push in and we get aggressive. I do think he is going to change how the game works. I think that he will be a very important factor for a lot of these teams.

03:14:34 Not just in Competitive Apex Legends, but Ranked as well, which is, you know, a form of Competitive Apex Legends. And personally, I think even having the extra gun, the Gunslinger, sometimes I'll be in an engagement, I'm seeing pros' engagements where they use all the ammo in both of their clips. If you get an extra one to whip out, that could be the difference maker in, you know, getting to a final circle. It could be the difference maker in winning a 1v1. So I think Ballistic is going to be very fun to play, and I can't wait to see him in action.

03:15:00 Well, man, who's played a little bit of Ballistic, jealous, by the way, like, just going to straight up say it, Rain Day, tell us a little bit more about your experience playing some Ballistic. Well, you know, one of the cool things I got was doing this firing range video. I asked them and they were so polite. I said, you know, can I play Ballistic or should I not show the new character? And they said, you know, yeah, make it, you know, firing range video.

03:15:20 But you could play Ballistic. And so we had with another creator, Soar Daz, you may know him, big shout out to Daz. He jumped in and helped me out. And my editor, Dara, who is actually like an aim god, he's on like an aim team called Yuki Aim. So we went in and we 1v1'd for like an hour on Ballistic and got to experience his kit in a really, really interesting way from all the different places of fighting in high ground, fighting in buildings, which I felt that, speaking of, his tactical was incredibly valuable in pinching people.

03:15:49 Ich glaube, es hilft, es hilft, es heilt, es hilft, es hilft, es heilt.

03:16:05 20 damage is a lot. That's the amount of damage that I recall it doing. I'm pretty sure there's a video I uploaded that actually shows it happening when you get reset. And it puts you in this mentality like, I can't fight. I gotta run away. I gotta turn my back. And you guys have been in those situations. I know, Mark, you're pretty aggro. If somebody turns their back on you and you've got a nemesis or a wingman, you're definitely taking advantage of that situation. This is music to my ears. I love it, honestly. The fact that they've actually made a legend during a...

03:16:34 The new season, which is called Arsenal, which is, of course, my football team. And the new legend is England. I mean, what else? This is my legend. I didn't even realize that. That's actually pretty... I didn't even...

03:16:45 Das ist wirklich verrückt. Das ist wirklich verrückt. Ich glaube, es war ein guter Synergy für den Charakter. Ich loved es. Und die andere Sache, was die Slinge. Und ich denke, die Slinge ist, für all of you, die Apex E-Sports, ist wahrscheinlich eine der Leute, die die TheorieCraft ließ. Du willst, wie dieses Charakter wäre gut. Du willst, wie dieses Charakter wäre. Du willst, wie dieses Charakter wäre. Du willst, wie dieses Charakter wäre. Du willst, wie dieses Charakter wäre. Du willst, wie dieses Charakter wäre. Du willst, wie dieses Charakter wäre.

03:17:14 Mark, Dan, we were talking a little bit like maybe an aggro lineup with this, Maggie, something, Bangalore, maybe a Seer. But the sling is the thing that I didn't figure out yet. And that's why I think it's such an interesting ability. You have to put in a gray version of whatever weapon you're carrying as that third item. And even if you have two weapons, they're fully equipped, you throw it in your sling, all your attachments drop off. So there's a little bit of a process there.

03:17:37 was the value of having a Peacekeeper in there and then going to your ultimate, turning that into a gold Peacekeeper versus maybe just having a sniper as a third option that you just carry around and can use at a basic level. Sometimes that's all you need, a couple of shots, a little bit of threatening while also running maybe a Nemesis, also running an R99 and something like that. So Dan, I felt that that actually created a lot of really interesting...

03:17:59 I'll take an RE45, an R99, and another R99, and then I'll say, Mark, let's push. And then we're in the face of all the opponents. True controller combat. Controller, to controller, to double SMGs. I'm just saying, if you can have a sender to win that.

03:18:29 No. I know in the sling. Throw a couple of shield cells in that bad boy. I'm saying. I'm saying. You guys are going to be all really, really excited. I'm so glad we got to talk about this. But guess what? The thing you're really here for is underway. Mark Dan, take us to Match 6.

03:18:43 Oh, thank you for staying with us, everybody. We apologize for the interlude. But now we get back into the action, Dan. And I tell you what, we've still got two teams who might be able to close it out right here, right now. Exet and Dark Zero both crossed 50 points. Faye's just five points off now. They're going to hope they don't see a banner that says Exet or Dark Zero at the end of this game. What did I say? I don't want to watch this fight. No, hey, you never know. We might be able to get the final chapter here between Native and CLG. Elsewhere, by the way, everyone now...

03:19:12 Wir sind immer wieder auf die Möglichkeit, wenn sie zu Matchpoint sind, bevor Exet gewinnen. Weil Exet war unreal, und es ist gut, dass sie alle wieder zurückkehren können. Nein, ich bin nur joking, aber ich liebe was ich heute von dieser Region gesehen habe. Ich denke, dass nicht nur Exet hat, wie sie sind, wie sie sind, aber auch, dass wir Dark Zero sehen, was sie mit dieser neuen Roster gemacht haben. Es gibt immer noch Fragen, ob sie sich in den Pick-Up befinden. Wenn sie sich in den Pick-Up befinden, wenn sie auf Matchpoint sind.

03:19:39 Und sie haben die Möglichkeit, hier zu gewinnen.

03:20:03 Ich denke nicht, dass ich mich nicht überraschend bin, mit der ganzen Zeit, wie ich es gesehen habe. Und ich res... Ich weiß, dass ich ein Element der Respekt habe für sie. Für alle, was ich joked. Es ist ein Element, dass sie nicht mehr zurückkommen sind, richtig? Sie wollen dieses Kampf, sie sind zu ihrer Wahrheit. Und wie ich joked, wo sie weitergehen?

03:20:21 Right, every POI is taken. If they go somewhere else, they're probably getting nothing, and they feel like their best chance is just taking the fight. It's kind of one of those situations where you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. So all credit to Native for taking the fight once again. But elsewhere, Circle, now we get an overarching view of where it's going to be. It's going to be relatively central, maybe heading a little bit northwest here.

03:20:43 Ja, es ist ein bisschen Kaskade, vielleicht ein bisschen Wall-E. Und für X-Set ist es gut. Oder vielleicht ist es etwas mehr auf der Lannimals finden, in der Armoury für jetzt. Es ist eigentlich gleich da, bei der Looks-A-Thing. So wir haben eine ziemlich andere Zone, zu was wir ein bisschen earlier gesehen haben. However, nicht ganz als North. Sie können sehen, dass die Gebäude in Nordpat nicht in dieser Versed-Zone ist. Wir werden wahrscheinlich auf der Abreleli und den Rest der Crew finden. So das ist eine tough Zone, aber eine gute Zone für NRG, eine gute Zone für X-Set.

03:21:12 Es ist auch noch eine einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer einer

03:21:32 A lot of the IGLs and a lot of the teams here are so good with their circle calls now, even from just seeing circle number one on Stormpoint, we see people knowing where to go without the ring console. So just expect there to be a lot of teams, a lot of bodies in the northwest, but it's about where you can get. If you're arriving a little bit later, you might just have to accept you go for a secondary priority position rather than one of the biggest and best.

03:21:55 Well, Optic Gaming and Dark Zero very, very close to each other at the moment. Kind of trying to rotate alongside on my shoulder to shoulder. And Dark Zero will force you to use that Dark Veil as a rotational tool this time to move from point A to point B without taking any damage. And I tell you what, Dark Zero have done a pretty damn good job of it as well. Optic, for now, going to retreat back to one of these gondola buildings and playing the trenches between them. But Dark Zero, if they can sneak in and around...

03:22:21 Wo das Nordpad building ist. Und einfach nur aus dem Weg, weg von Optik Gaming. Und vielleicht in einer dieser Gondolas. Und dann wird es auch gut sein. Und ich glaube, dass du mit dem Spiel gemacht hast, das wir früher hatten. Das war irgendwie in diesem Bereich, wo viele Leute in den Trenches took. Und wir sahen sehr schwierige Games für Leute. Weil ich denke, Trenche Games sind schwer. Weil, wenn du in den Trenches bist, wenn du in den Trenches bist, wenn du bei jemanden bist, oft bist du zu kämpfen.

03:22:47 Es ist ein sehr langer Bereich, du musst versuchen zu navigieren, und wenn du wieder aufstehen kannst, kannst du dann sein. Du kannst dann auch ein Team vorabschieden, könnte ein Team vorabschieden werden. Es ist so schwer, wenn du in diesen Bereichen kannst, als Dark-Zero gibt es eine kleine Glimpse von Sentinels, und sie werden ein bisschen postieren gegen einen anderen. Aber ich glaube, das wird noch nicht in ein Kampf sein.

03:23:08 Es ist schwierig mit diesen Zonen als auch. Neben und outside der Norte ist es, wenn du in diesen Trenches bist, du hast keine Lins-Of-Site. Die Walls rundherst du nicht wirklich zu accessen. Wenn du jemanden auf dich auf einen Hecht wirst, bist du in einem wirklich schweren Position zu versuchen. Ich weiß nicht, warum ich diese Gondola-Bildings habe, denn sie sind nicht Gondolas. Ich habe immer immer die Doughnuts genannt. Und sie sind eine meiner Lieblings-Fähigkeiten in der Welt. Ich werde die Tape verwenden, Scratch die VOD. Dark Zero und Optik sind beide in den Doughnuts.

03:23:37 When you said Gondola, I was a bit confused, but I let it slide, because it's 3.30 in the morning. That being said, Donuts are nice, and I agree, we'll go back to Donuts, because that works out for me, and it's been nice and prepared for tomorrow. FaZe, though, have moved on and taken position, and really, I thought they were going to actually be able to hold out a team there, because they noticed them as they dove across them from the Skyward Dive.

03:23:59 It looks like they might be going back to revisit that. You can see that Phony was at least scanning to see if they were there. But it looks like they're going to be okay for now. And might even have the chance to craft a little bit. Yeah, they should be okay for now. And 100 Thieves are kind of, I was going to say, in the vicinity. But I don't think they're looking to really engage. They're more occupied with the rotate they want to make in and around where Fays find themselves. But you've always got to have someone on the lookout. And you can see the Snipedown's got that responsibility right now. His job is just to make sure no teams are approaching from the north. Nobody's up on that high ground by the...

03:24:28 The zipline and Freix is trying to join him alongside. While they craft these armors, you mentioned concentration being such a big part of these lobbies. Even if it's just holding an angle, you need to make sure that you never take your eye off the ball for a second because that could be the difference between not coming in from distance or you surviving and leaving with purple armors. Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to beat around the bush. They're long days sometimes. These match point formats, if they don't end in four or five and you can go on to six, seven, eight, even nine like we did in EMEA and it's very easy to switch off every now and then. You suddenly just grab a drink.

03:24:57 While you're having only one hand on the keypad or maybe on your controller as well and a team suddenly pops up and you're not quite prepared, these things you can't allow to happen. I know it sounds like so trivial, it sounds so amateur, but at the same time people can sometimes just let their guard down a little bit and some of the biggest and best teams will be well drilled and not allow that to happen. I will say now as I look at the circle and where the teams are currently set up, I'm a little bit concerned for the teams who...

03:25:24 werden sie von den Süd-East kommen kommen, weil es sich ein bisschen angenehm ist, weil die Schock-Holle ist, dass es nicht möglich ist. Und das wird die Valkyrie durchführen. Und wir haben bereits gesehen, mit der Anzahl von Charger-Rifeln in den Lobbysen gesehen, Valkyrie Ultimates haben nicht wirklich gearbeitet für diese Squad.

03:25:53 und unter and take control of one of those buildings. If he wasn't watching, Person on the Crafter gets eliminated very, very quickly. Inside a Checkpoint, though, is gonna be Complexity, who haven't had the monster game that we've seen from the likes of NRG today, where they had that big performance from Phase and Exet, of course, the two winners of our games that we've seen so far alongside Dark Zero.

03:26:16 Aber für jetzt ist es die Valko und sehr gut positioniert. Sie sehen, sie wollten sie auf die maximale Höhe zu machen. Das ist gut, was zu wissen, wo die Valko sind. All diese kleinen Spots wurden ausgedrückt und ausgedrückt, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu machen, um zu finden, um zu finden, um zu finden, um zu finden, um zu finden, um zu finden, um zu finden, um zu finden.

03:26:34 Well, they decide not to go for the gondola building. Instead, I'll go ahead a little further east. As they lose one, Ludes goes down, and it's not a laughing matter for complexity, because as I mentioned earlier, they are outside of the top ten as it stands. They can't afford to fault here, because remember, it could end if XL Dark Zero were to win this one.

03:26:54 Ich denke, sie werden nicht sein können, aber sie werden nicht sein können, weil es ein Charger-Rifle kommt. Und Oxygen E-Sports ist jetzt in der Bubble, steht in der Bildung und sagt, was ist jetzt passiert? Cenox wird in den Kopf, die Enemie ist jetzt auf sein, und Oxygen E-Sports ist jetzt weggegangen, und Oxygen E-Sports ist jetzt weggegangen. Cody ist noch alive.

03:27:11 Monsoon's on his back, but they're trying to stick that Res, and he might be able to get Mon back on his feet. I mean, that is huge for Complexity's chances of qualifying for LAN. They need to be staying alive in these games. If they can get that banner, then maybe they can stay alive as FaZe have lost two. Is there a Tricky being able to take down Frex finally? And it looks like Snipedown's just going to have to try and escape and maybe play this one on his own. Play this one on his own, or maybe a Res is on the horizon, but...

03:27:36 As we can see in the bottom left-hand side of your screen, at the start of this game, FaZe run 45 points and they have nothing to add to that as it stands. 18 squads still remaining in the lobby as well. Does only have one banner to play with to try and get back into the game. The question is, does he play for the second and try and get FaZe back up to a full squad?

03:27:56 5-point isn't easy to come by as well as a solo or even a duo. I mean, unless you're Dark Zero, they managed to pull off the unthinkable in that game earlier. I've even seen teams struggle to get one or two points when they're trying to get onto match point, even as a three when they've not been able to get there, especially in a lobby as tight as this, especially in a zone as tight as this where everyone has moved so early as well. FaZe would have to not only get into the top ten, they'd need kills and probably have to get six or seven, like it's...

03:28:25 Es ist nicht wirklich die einfachste Sache hier, so sie müssen sich die beste Möglichkeit geben, und vielleicht ist es, dass sie den zweiten Spieler wieder auf ihren Fett sind. TSM, die in 6th sind, und eigentlich, als es standen, sind in 6th in den Standings und würden zu LAN gehen. 29 Punkte ist nicht die höchste, aber es ist genug zu sein, aber es ist genug zu sein, weil Exet und Dark Zero haben so viele Punkte gebrochen.

03:28:49 Aber das ist das für TSM. Das ist gut, dass es so ist. Sieht, das ist wie ein Qualifizierungspot. Das ist so, dass du sie in Milan sehen. Das ist so, dass alles rosy ist. Es ist so, zwei oder drei Punkte zwischen den Teams in und über TSM, außer der TSM, die du schon erwähnt hast. So ein Slip-Up hier ist, und du kannst von 6 zu außerhalb der Top-10 sehr, sehr schnell gehen. Aber look, was kommt aus dem Skies. Und ich bin sehr sicher, dass das in und über TSM landen, wo TSM findet sich. Verhulst ist, dass es ein Krabber in der Luft ist. Es ist ein Krabber in der Luft. Es ist ein Krabber in der Luft. Es ist ein Krabber in der Luft. Es ist ein Krabber in der Luft.

03:29:17 Ja, das könnte gut sein und gut sein, wenn sie es able zu picken, aber von der Position ist, sie müssen viel Arbeit machen von dieser Easternen Seite sein. Das ist das Bereich, ich war überrascht, denn als du in die Position hast, Glitch Energy, die du in die Position halten, Complexity, die du in die Zeit wirst, Native, die auch schon seit der TSM, die vielleicht werden in die Fight getötet werden. Es ist ein viel Scraps, das könnte passieren. Speaking of Scraps, FURIA, LG, FURIA haben LG in der Sight.

03:29:42 Wir haben noch nicht gesehen, FURIA zu sehen, aber wenn man die Punkte betrifft, sie sind auf 18. TSM war auf 29. Es wäre nicht möglich für FURIA zu catchen wie das in einem Spiel. Wottson will beaggressiv auf das. Er versucht zu durch die Bang-Alt, weil er weiß, dass der Dammage ist, und das ist ein wirklich Risky-Player. Aber es ist ein Smart-One, aber es ist ein Wettbewerb. Er ist ein Wettbewerb, während seine Team-Mate macht die Dammage, und jetzt Wottson nimmt Niazor. Sie sehen, zwei Spieler von LG already down, und es sieht aus wie das Ende der Run für Luminosity.

03:30:10 Und das ist so schwer für Luminosity, obwohl sie in den Top 10 sind. Wie gesagt, es ist so schwer zwischen diesen Teams, die für die Lamm-Placenzen sind, für die Lamm-Placenzen sind, dass ein Slip-Up ist und jemand kann vollständig sein. Und das kann einfach nur passieren, wenn sie nicht vorsichtig sind. XSET ist auch ein bisschen zu haben, und es war dieses Kind-Of-Circle-Earlier, wo XSET war, aber es sieht, dass es ein bisschen weitergeht. Aber es sieht, dass es ein bisschen weitergeht, S-East ist, als es auf der Circle XSET 1 war.

03:30:39 Yeah, welcome to being in the way of Sheila. I'm pretty sure that Nocturnal just ripped away at two players under the AMC Armory. I'm now back on Pathfinder as well. This isn't just a pick for the short term. This is something that they think is going to work in the long term for them in these lobbies, and especially on Stormpoint. We've seen how effective it was. And speaking of kill feeds, and speaking of things happening, look at the top right-hand side of your screen. Monsoon!

03:31:04 ...die Name rose to fame with a Kraber in his hands. He's got one here and he's dealing with some players coming in from Sentinels. Complexity really needs some points as well to push themselves into that top ten. And it looks like Sentinels might suffer because of it. And Dark Zero is just going to be there to clean up the pieces and ensure that Sentinels get eliminated. And with that elimination, Sentinels starting to fall further and further away from that top ten and those chances. And as for Dark Zero...

03:31:29 They continue on their charge. They would actually start to progress closer towards the likes of Exet and our two match point teams are going to be in a very similar area here.

03:31:40 They are both eventually going to have to move a little bit further southeast. This is starting to pull towards Cascade Falls. Originally, I think a lot of teams were thinking it was going to be a little bit closer north, but it has been a heavy zone shift. I can tell you the whole lobby thought it was going north because everybody in the lobby had set up for a northern zone over by north pad and, you know, the egg buildings and where we find ourselves from the point of view of Exet right now, but that is a violent...

03:32:07 Und GlitchEnergy und TSM sind in einem sehr guter Spot, aus wie sie nicht sicher sind, wie sie zu spielen sind. Jetzt haben sie die Hand gehalten.

03:32:19 Ich denke, als TSM und 100 Thieves und alle anderen Teams, die nicht die Priorität haben, wenn sie das Zonepool sehen, werden sie sehr glücklich sind. Natives Gaming Eliminated, Optik hat die Player Knochen, als haben Dark Zero. So ein paar Matchpoint Teams hier vielleicht könnte man fallen, als wir sehen, als ich weiß, die neuen Signingen für dieses Roster starte zu kommen.

03:32:41 I'm going to make a request to the Observers, by the way. Can we go and watch Monsoon? Because he's got a Kraber in his hand and he ain't missing many shots at the moment. Dark Zero, 56 points. Zainu now left on his own with 15 squads remaining. But Complexity, who we saw about five minutes ago or so. I mean, they were in all sorts of shambles, having just won a fight. They were under pressure, but they found a Kraber. But look at Zainu, drug-free eliminated. There's only one of them. It might as well be three. Complexity there, still a two. And there you go, your wishes.

03:33:10 your command and complexity now with monsoon as he's still connected still in these shots dark zero do get eliminated by the way so now only exit the match point team they're still alive but complexity are putting their selves within a chance of pushing towards lag complexity need this 31 points at the moment pretty good from them

03:33:32 But in a position where you find yourself needing extra points every game. This is what we're talking about before this game got underway. The teams who are under the most stress in this lobby right now aren't the ones that are on match point. It's the teams outside of the qualification spots who know how close it is between everybody. And Monsoon with the Kraber in his hand, even though there's only two players here, for complexity to navigate might be able to make something happen. 68 coming in from Mon with the R99.

03:34:00 Ich denke, das war eine Inevitable. Sie waren immer wieder voll, als viele Teams sind, die kommen von diesem Nord-West-Side. X-Set ist in so eine schwierige Position, um zu versuchen, in diesem nächsten Cirkel zu versuchen. Wenn jemand kann es, und von dem wir sehen von X-Set, ich würde es nicht bemerken, wenn sie es geschafft haben.

03:34:28 Das ist auch die Aufgabe, die sich in der nächsten Zone zu empfehlen. Sie haben die Abilität, wenn sie gerne wollen. Re45 ist auch für sie. Sie finden sich in der Circle befinden, aber sie müssen alle Teams im Hintergrund.

03:34:58 No, looking at that. I'm looking for it. Wait, phone's about to kill them all. Okay. Oh, no one's over there on the south rezzing. I'm just, I'm watching so nice on night. I'm not helping you find us all. You know, cool. One guy's going right over here. Fine. Somewhere. Okay. I play together here. Well, we can't funky. Tell us a zip. No, no.

03:35:25 We're still in we're still in you can come to me you can come to me

03:35:50 Ja, ja

03:36:21 Ja, ja, ja!

03:36:35 I'm going hide. I'm going hide. My animals dead. I'm still looking at you guys. On the city, I have a perfect angle here. I'm putting this poison zip for you. Wait, they have a knock. They have a knock there. Don't take it. Don't take zip. Do we not rapid kill that? No, no, no, no. We just need a player of space. South is going to rapid kill us. They have a knock over there. No, no, no. They're splitting. It's two solos. Okay, okay, okay. South is getting farmed right now. I'm very low on ammo. Okay.

03:37:05 Solo under me, I'm pretty sure yeah or duo. I'm just how I'm holding her with knock Oh

NRG's Dominanz und Xsets Herausforderungen

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03:37:18 So we jump out of the comms, back into the gameplay here, Dan. Exet are in the top five. They're on Matchpoint. And Fun on the Pathfinder is giving us an exhibition of what this legend offers. Before we jump into that listening, by the way, FaZe were eliminated. They didn't get to Matchpoint. The team that's closest to getting there, though, would be E8, who are still alive. They are two points away. And I said they need to win on Matchpoint. They might get the chance if Exet do not win. But with how Exet are playing...

03:37:45 Four squads remaining. They are doing the unthinkable, pushing through that choke, staying alive. And also the Pathfinder has come in so much handy here. It has been incredible. And now Sheila also doing God's work. Are you a Path or you're a Sheila? Whoever it is, Xset know how to make it work. Nocturnal up on that high ground has to drop down and retreat to his teammates. The Cat Ball is going to go down as well. And Fun has to desperately try and escape, which he will do.

03:38:09 ... ... ... ... ...

03:38:28 Und nicht nur das, wenn NRG gewinnt das, werden sie auch auf Matchpoint mit EA und Dark Zero und XS, und wie sie fraggen in der Moment sind, dass es passiert ist, der letzte Spieler geht auf NRG, auf Matchpoint. Und es sieht aus, dass sie eine reale Spiel für LAN machen wollen.

03:38:49 Es ist egal, wie du es getan hast, oder wenn du es getan hast. Wenn du es getan hast, niemand will es interessieren. Wenn NRG sind da, NRG-Fans werden sie schreien. Ich meine, sie bleiben es leid. Ich meine, sie bleiben es leid. Ich habe es gesagt, sie sind gut zu starten. Das ist sehr un-NRG-like. Und dann sind sie weg, um zu tun, was sie machen.

03:39:11 Leave it with just a little bit of time left before they get that game on the board. But damn, amazing performance from NRG once again to clean up in that final endgame. Xset's so close though, Rain. I'm going to bring you back in. Rain Day, I mean, you just felt maybe that was the game for Xset. I felt...

03:39:26 I mean, going into the top eight, we all saw that POV. They had Red and Evo's, Purple Evo. They were feeling confident. They had just survived the fight. I thought it was over. I really did. But this shows you the caliber of teams that we have in North America. And in many ways, the dark side of it, which is the inconsistency sometimes that we have with these teams. And not to put a damper on what NRG has done, which phenomenal win. That's going to give them confidence. E8 as well. The story that is maybe the most interesting, a potential 18th place team wins.

03:39:55 Matchpoint, kicking one of our current top 10 teams out of that place and only taking the top nine, that would be a story. But in terms of, I think, Xset having more and more opportunities, when does it become a problem and when does it start to mess with you mentally? Because, Mark, obviously it's not easy to even get to the position that they're in. Is there any point that this becomes negative or is this just something like, hey, we go again, wipe the slate clean, we're going to land anyway?

03:40:22 I mean, it depends on the team. It depends on the player, right? Some teams will be like, okay, we're in a great position. We're still on match point. There's not many other teams who are joining us. We've still got another chance, but you're quite right. The more opportunities you have in front of you, you don't convert.

03:40:34 Ja, es war ein unglaublicher Weg.

03:40:56 Das war's für Nrg. Das war's für Nrg.

03:41:25 NRG E8

Matchpoint Teams und Strategische Bedeutung

03:41:54

03:41:54 And of course Dark Zero and XF, the teams on Matchpoint that you mentioned, Dan. Gildersen's with a big game. You could see how aggressive he was starting to get there in that final zone. And it's just that little momentum that NRG has, that swagger when they start going. We saw it all the way back when even in Twitch Rivals, Hal and Sweet teamed up together. They got that 37-point win with Reeds and ultimately ended up taking a huge comeback victory. There's something about the way Sweet likes to IGL this.

03:42:23 Das heißt, wenn sie gehen, ist es fast zu stoppen. Ich weiß, wir haben unsere Säge-Säge-Säge-Säge-Säge.

03:42:40 Obviously, you can see NRG after that. Big win, 25 total points. We haven't seen anyone jump really past the 26 points, but we've seen a lot of 25, 26s across EMEA and North America today, Mark. And so it's been a good showcase of NRG to get into that range. Certainly has an E8 once again up there. Second place finish for them, except close. But close, might as well have been a million miles away, to be honest.

03:43:04 Es ist alles über die Wünge für sie. Meat Lovers ist ein sehr wichtiges Spiel für sie, aber ich sage es über die Bubble Teams. Und wer ist es? Es ist eine Wünge für die Bubble Team. Ja, NRG mit der Wünge. Great für sie, aber Meat Lovers ist 11 Punkte für sie. Es wird wieder ändern die Complexion für Land Qualifikation. Es ist... Ich glaube, immer wieder die Stand-Eins kommen, und ich denke über sie.

03:43:28 Das ist die Geschichte, nicht es, Dan? Wenn du winn bist, kannst du eine Losing-Experience für jemanden, meistens in Competitive Sports machen. Das ist die Natur der Spiel.

03:43:47 Und das ist das Schmerz für diese Teams, die in den Top 11 sind. Denn 11 geht durch, aber wenn wir E8 gewinnen haben, dann wird es nur 10 gehen durch, plus E8. 11th Platz ist Complexity. Und nun Complexity, wir haben und gehört von Monsoon, wie die Tribes und Tribulationen, die er durchgeführt hat, die Erinnerung von nicht zu sein. Wir haben das auch von Snipe Down. Und wir wissen, was es bedeutet für diese Leute, die es zu machen.

03:44:12 Und wenn man einen anderen Team gewinnen, wenn man einen Match Point gewinnen kann, dann wird es sogar mehr so sein. Es geht darum, dass sich dein Bestes Fortschritt vorst, also wenn man die Komplexität, Meatlovers, Wildcard, die sind auf die 10-11th Position der Moment sind, muss man mehr machen, um sich ein bisschen weiter zu machen, um sich nicht mehr zu sein, um sich nicht mehr zu sein, um die Möglichkeit zu sein.

03:44:37 Can't believe we're going back to World's Edge. It certainly felt like we could end there in Game 3 or Game 4. And then, of course, Stormpoint seemed likely. But no, we're heading back to the map that in two days will be nicely revamped. Can't wait to see that on Competitive. I'm sure that will still be in place for LAN. So a nice little sneak peek we've been doing there. Xset Dark Zero in our GE8. Round out the top four with FaZe right behind them. TSM still keeping pace. Meet Lovers in the back of our top.

03:45:05 Und ja, mehr zu werden für unsere BOTTOM HAL. Aber natürlich, das bedeutet, dass nicht mehr Spieler da sind, die gut sind. Und wenn du denkst, dass du jemanden hast, wir mentionnen, Monsoon. Wir haben natürlich gesehen, HAL und gesehen, dass er, Gildersen hat, mich in das letzte Mal in FunFPS. Wir haben jetzt schon mal gesehen, es sind unglaubliche Performance heute. Whoever du denkst, ist der Top Performer, dein Monster Energy MVP, in der Twitch Chat, jetzt.

03:45:30 Use hashtag and then that player's name and we will count your vote. Also on Twitter, if you want to go ahead and write it there, we will tabulate that as well. We have all the fancy systems, so don't worry about it. We'll make sure we get it. Ladies and gentlemen, we are back on World's Edge. You can see Xset having won twice, Phase 1 twice. It's been a good day for Phase. Even though they're not the storyline right now, it's been a good day for them. Dark Zero NRG and now Match 7 with World's Edge. We are going...

03:45:58 Das war's für heute.

Strategische Kartenwechsel und Team Fokus

03:46:11

03:46:11 I mean, I'm saying I'm excited for this game, Rain Day, and I'm excited to have Vicky back alongside me as well. Match number seven, it means World's Edge. It means that all the teams that were starting to get comfortable on Storm Point for a couple, they have to shift over to another and a new map. And I started to look at who have been the standout teams from World's Edge throughout this season. Furia, Exet, TSM, and even a team like...

03:46:34 Faze have been able to find all of their victories. So there is still a lot of games to be played, potentially, if we see some of the teams who are outside of those Matchpoint teams actually finding a victory here, Vicky.

03:46:46 Man, I gotta take you away from Mark real quick, okay? Because you guys have been absolutely killing it on the mic. You know, we gotta give Marko some chance to breathe here as Native Gaming haven't had their chance to breathe. They keep taking these 50-50s constantly here and it's no surprise we're seeing it happen again. Also, would love to highlight the fact that E8 have been such silent killers. That's another team that I'm definitely gonna be looking at because Chaotic from E8 has been going insane in this entire lobby. I think he's gotten like 19 kills overall. Crazy to see as we see CLG with...

03:47:15 Ich glaube, es wäre eine Statistikale Anomalyse gewesen, wenn sie auf Matchpoint gewinnen würden. Sie haben nur einen Matchwin-Win gehabt, während das Matchpoint gewinnen. Und sie haben sich bereits in eine Position gewinnen, wenn sie auf Matchpoint gewinnen können. Aber wo sie das 1-Map-Win finden? Es war auf World's Edge.

03:47:39 Und du wirst, vielleicht werden wir das Cinderella-Story haben, von einem Team, der in die 18th Platz ist, findet sich an Lann an, um auf Match Point zu gewinnen, statt es zu sein. Aber sie können sich auch mit der Lann-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark-Zero-Dark

03:48:03 And FaZe has been so close for so long, for like the last three games here too. It's so much on the table for this game as CLG are going to be taking their time to try to get some information before making their next move and where they want to rotate here too.

03:48:16 First Circle is going to be closing in shortly. Love to see an overhead of where this Circle is going to be pooling. Even though, of course, we do see this contention going down. Native Gaming are taking their time inside these bunker doors with the Rampart. They're not going to be moving anytime soon. But while this fight does go on and it's going to be taking its time, I'm scared, but the third party is going to be rolling in soon. Yeah, I mean, Harvester is going to be a pretty central location, especially with where the Circle is going. We're heading south. We're going down towards Tree, down towards Launch Site, and everyone is already making their moves. Phasers are already lost.

03:48:46 Aber vielleicht geht es nicht, weil Phonys mit dem Fahrrad zu schrägst mit dem Fahrrad zu helfen. Und es geht auch in Faze. Fäber, Snipe down, geht es auch. Und sie sind so nahe für mehrere Spiels, aber sie werden nicht mehr auf Match Point sein. Und Wildcard wird auch noch 3d hier. Es ist absolut hell hier, Staging.

03:49:04 Was so many teams already making their way over to the south side? It's TSM cleaning up what is left here. Already starting the action so quick. You have to also imagine the mental that these pros need to keep themselves in check as these games go on. They need to keep that stamina. And it could be pretty detrimental for some of these fights, especially early on. The TSM decided they wanted to get involved. They wanted to take advantage of maybe some of these fights. They're only 11 points off making match point, by the way.

03:49:33 I know that TSM have always prided themselves in being victorious in matchpoint scenarios. I think that Hal even went back and watched some of the famous matchpoint wins on his stream the other day as well. But they need to get there first and they need to make sure they get there before we see one of our four actually win here on World's Edge. And that's the circle that I was talking to you about.

03:49:53 Heading down towards Launch Site and surrounding areas, we've already got about seven teams that have made their way very quickly. Optic will probably be one of the next to arrive. And then once the CLG versus Native fight eventually finishes, if it finishes, one of them could probably move quickly into the zone as well. Will the 2013 EDM buff help out Howell here with TSM's Mental and the way that they need to be playing in this final game? I mean, right now it's showing that it's happening. As you mentioned, there's so many teams already making their way into that.

03:50:21 Das ist das Ziel. Optik, mit dieser Rotation, wird erholt werden. Das ist das Ziel. Das ist das Ziel. Das Ziel ist das Ziel. Das Ziel ist das Ziel.

03:50:51 Und da werden viele Teams mit Charged Rifles mit...

03:50:55 ...distance weapons that can make your life so difficult. So you've got to really plan that rotation out, whether it be having an idea of what you want to do with Valkyrie, or if you do want to try and go for a sneaky little rotation on the southwest side or the southeast side. Certainly that's what Optic are doing, you can see they're down towards Dome, they'll loot up for a little bit, and then maybe they're going to move through on the southeast over towards where TSM are on launch site. CLG still alive, still kicking, they're looking like they want to take another fight. Outside of these buildings here too.

03:51:24 I said another fight, it wasn't. It was still the same fight. They just followed each other to a new destination, but it's going to be Native who come out.

03:51:54 ... ... ... ... ...

03:52:12 A lot of heavy hitters that are on Matchpoint with a chance to try and do it in 7. In EMEA we went all the way to 9. We had 11 teams on Matchpoint before we found our victor. So in theory we could still find ourselves in that situation with North America. There certainly hasn't been as much a total sponge as there was in EMEA in some of the games, but NA have spread the points out a little bit more evenly.

03:52:37 Listen Dan, Game 7 is usually that magic number. Usually the number that we see a lot of these teams settle on. But I'm always down for some more Apex. Especially after the EMEA action that we got to witness. Going all the way up to Game 9. Apex North ended too early. Very different compared to their split 1 counterpart. Where I believe it went to what? 13 games or something? It was crazy. And they ended...

03:52:56 So, es ist crazy zu sehen, die Veränderungen zwischen diesen Regionen zu sehen, als Sentinels jetzt machen die Rotation in dieser Unterpart der Tunnel. Sie haben ihre Zeit außerhalb der Circle, mit einem anderen Team vorhanden.

03:53:10 Such a horrible position to be in for Sentinels. Furia also not in a particularly good spot as well. Panda's the last remaining player, goes up into the sky, but is being looked at by Sentinels. I think that's what they were chasing in the end, trying to take out the final remaining member, and it hasn't been a good day for Furia. 25 points, so they're a little bit off the pace. Again, a big game would catch them up, and uh-oh, this might be a big old demise for Panda's, a slither of health.

03:53:36 So stay alive and just keep Furia in it for now. But considering they were the most winning team coming into today, I was perhaps expecting a little bit more, but we can't discredit the season they've had and they are still going to be a real threat when it comes to LAN, but maybe just regional finals hasn't really gone their way.

03:53:52 Could it be that his Watson double wingman being the perpetrator on here? They're really drawn off horseship. But you know, like you said, they got a lot of room to work with. They had such amazing games in the last few days of Pro League. They're currently sitting at number four overall, right behind Dark Zero with 102 points. So they got a lot of room to breathe out here, taking their time.

03:54:12 Even with a lot of these other teams just fighting for their way to be in the top 10. I'm talking about wildcard complexity. Meat lovers and luminosity. Literally a point away from each other and tied. As we can see Exet making the rotation here. Taking a different approach and a different look here in terms of comps. No pulling around this time around. No Pathfinder. That's all for the Storm Point games. After they lost out and getting that top 3 score where Energy was able to take it over them. Now finding themselves in a little nice nook in between the rocks. A lot of responsibility here for fun with the...

Matchpoint Dynamiken und Team Eliminierungen

03:54:41

03:54:41 Heartbeat sensor to try and work out what's available, but it looks like it's not going to be fun for fun, because the team now arriving above them, it's going to be Meat Lovers, and they will take down Sykes as Exet lose one, and we might see our leading team, one of our teams on Match Point, fall here if they're not careful. And we just talked about Meat Lovers and how important this is. If they are able to take care of Exet, one of our teams sitting at Match Point, and help out the other team that's across the field, this would be big.

03:55:06 Information as Nocturnal is going to be able to get the revive, but they're getting shot from the distance. He saw the shots were coming from there earlier on. Smoke grenade now. Maybe he could find some room to breathe. Smoke going to help out and fun should be picked up here. It's where the meat lovers take another look at this, but because there's so many teams in the area that have eyes on, meat lovers weren't able to finish things off.

03:55:27 Native are still alive. This is the area where Exet were looking at. They were trying to work out if they could go into this building, but as soon as they saw the heartbeat sensor, they recognized they weren't going to be able to. It's a little bit frustrating from Exet that they got dived on ever so slightly and have lost one, but with the mobile res being in the crafter, there is always the opportunity that they've crafted it early and they could get themselves back to a full three.

03:55:50 17 squads remaining, Round 2 start to close. And there's only, what, three teams here, Vicky, that are outside of this next circle? Everyone's found themselves into at least Zone 2. And that's what you can expect from those launch site circles, especially.

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03:56:29 So Exet back on their feet, and also fun doing some damage with the Nemesis just to try and create some space here and keep people away. Say, if you even try and send things on us to try and take down our newly arriving teammate in Sykes, then we're going to make sure we actually put a fight up against you, and you're going to take enough damage that maybe you'll get thirded. Exet trying to escape now as a three and should be able to get into this little snake building, and it means that the dream lives on for Exet to try and take this in seven.

03:56:56 hier in der Nordamerikanischen Region Finals. Es ist einfach nur ein paar Lüte hier für Sykes. Es ist immer eine der schwierigsten Dinge. Wenn du nicht den Deathboxen hast, dann bist du einfach nur mit den Scraps zu spielen.

03:57:09 Just with the squad probably rotating to their south, I would not be surprised. WC usually could rotate long through Tree if they wanted to take a longer route around here. Dark Zero inside of this tunnel. So Jen still rocking that White Evo here. Loris still taking their time as well. You can see some damage put on the board, but they got...

03:57:28 Das ist eine große Lüte zu arbeiten, mit der Zynu und der R9 und der Purple Mag. Wir sahen, dass er das Purple Mag ist, und das Gold Extended Heavy Mag ist auf der Flatline.

03:57:56 So we could have our two biggest teams that are on match point fighting against each other if they're not careful, but it's whether they want to take the fight, of course, because they're both going to have to move into that next circle, and sometimes you will avoid fights and just play placement instead. Imagine if he's got the skull pierce from that longbow, landing those shots out here, Dark Zero, being absolute monsters today.

03:58:18 One of our other teams on Match Point. Talking about the teams on Match Point E8. Still alive out here. 56 points. Exit as well. 75 points. NRG. Also Nathan.

03:58:29 But none of those teams are within the final circle or really in one of the priority positions for that final circle. Instead, it's the likes of Complexity, actually Sentinels in one of the better positions, Lanimals are also in an area that could win the game. Everyone else is going to have to move a little bit further to get to that circle. You spoke of E8 though, they are potentially having a little bit of a scuffle here.

03:58:57 Utility and Grenades go down just to create a little bit of space, but they will go back inside and just retreat for now, but in 20 seconds they have to move east. Love to see Chaotic's point of view here too, especially with the way that he's been playing today. They did pick up one KP in the process, drops down from hip firing on top of that roof here, but the repositioning immediately, I can only imagine how crazy the comms are going here, but enough information off that Cyril.

03:59:22 Ja, EA sah genug, wo sie gesagt haben, dass wir eigentlich in der Zone bleiben können, wenn wir nur in der Bühne gehen können, und wir müssen den Kampf machen und vielleicht getrennt durch die Reden, während wir so machen. Instead, müssen wir sicher, dass die anderen Team die uns zu holen. Es ist Luminosity, die auf der Bühne sind, wenn es die Teams zu kämpfen, die für Land-Positions kämpfen, 10th an der Moment.

03:59:39 in den Series standings, aber auch in den Top 10 in den overall standings, als der CRQ kommt, um zu stoppen, aber es ist so eine horrible Kampf zu nehmen. Es ist eine, die ich sicher alle Watchers haben, in ihren Ranked-Games zu nehmen. Wenn man die Snakes durch die Schlange durch die Schlange kann, dann kann man nicht mehr weggehen. Und die Grenade kann definitivisch ruiniert werden.

04:00:00 Also scary too with the teams, you highlighted it. The teams have to forcibly go through that north side of launch. That huge beamage coming in right now from Chaotic Much. Looking both downstairs and through that upstairs window. Just waiting to see if they have more of these different angles. But they're trying to restabilize at the same time. E8 stuck inside of this building. Careful, you can expect third parties to be rolling in once the fighting is done from the north side of where Tree is. I wonder if Luminosity would know just how important this fight could be. Not only do they put themselves closer to those land positions, but...

04:00:29 Ich sage das, Design goes down.

04:00:49 Das ist großartig für L.G. jetzt zu haben, die Nr. Advantage auf der Seite. E8, die nicht noch werden, bis jetzt noch ein Reset wird. Keonikmuch hat die Möglichkeit, das Phoenix zu haben. Er hat das Katwahl, dass er sich nicht auf dem L.G., aber er wird Beams, nur Leading Zack auf Alive für E8. L.G. definitiv zu nehmen, und sie sind aufzunehmen, so far. Zack Mazur versucht, er zu finden, zu Reset. Er wird ein Beams, aber E8 getötet, nach Yange wird die Follow-Up hier. Du liebst es von L.G. Exit in ein Problem, too.

04:01:19 So the entire lobby will be made aware that one of the Matchpoint teams are out of the lobby. Meaning the chances of a match number eight get a little bit closer. Especially if they knew that Exet are down to just two, but of course they wouldn't. Fonz banner has been picked up, but Sykes is about to go down in Leicester's smoke. No, it's not a Hail Mary. Nocturnal last remaining player.

04:01:46 Es ist schön, dass es ihn runter geht, also wir sehen, ein Matchpoint-Team auf die Matchpoint-Team, als NRG versucht, um Exet zu nehmen, um sich eine bessere Chance zu nehmen. Und es wäre die größte NRG zu tun, wenn sie eine Chance finden können, hier auf Matchpoint zu finden, besonders nach den ersten paar Spielern, wo sie ziemlich schnell aus der Blocs sind. Lanimals ist auch ein Kampf gegen Meatlovers, und ich habe gesagt, dass Lanimals in einer der besten Position für dieses Final-Circle ist.

04:02:16 I mentioned earlier, but with their composition too, we cannot ignore it. Albert Lili is on this Pathfinder, Nadia on the Caustic, and Lu on the Loba. NRG choosing violence with this Charge Rifle as Nathan is going to burn them down. Nocturnal, meanwhile, has caught LG in the middle of this rotation. Has been able to get a knock here too, as Young is going to be able to retally onto Reed. Nathan is still farming with this Charge Rifle. The Missile Storm coming in from left field here, but NRG are doing the deed in just holding down this middle ground.

04:02:45 So NRG have lost 1, Exet have lost 2, E8 are out. I mean, suddenly Match 8 is looking increasingly more likely, unless anyone's able to make something of a bad situation. Luminosity go down, Glitch Energy also 4, Exet do finally get taken down, so they're gonna have to go to Match 8 if they were to become champions here of the regional finals, but NRG are being such a nuisance at the moment. This Charge Rifle, a pain in the backside.

Match 8 und Team Strategien

04:03:13

04:03:13 Ich bin in meine Games, wenn ich grieft habe, besonders mit dem Charger Riffel zu kommen, weil ich mein eigenes Geschäft bin. By the way, ich weiß nicht, wie Nocturnal hat sich mit dem L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von Trier. Es war TSM in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G. in der Art von L.G.

04:03:42 Albert Leili mit der Bocek in his hand, überlooking Spog right underneath them. They're taking the high ground. And everyone's just going to be watching that killfeed, hoping to see NRG get eliminated, because if they do, we're guaranteed to go to a Match 8. Three other teams that are on Match Point all been eliminated already as Lanimal is now holding the high ground here. Black Hole comes down. They're trying to make sure they don't get too sucked into it, but they look like they're going to struggle. Naughty's going to be the last remaining player. It's Sentinels that are doing the damage, and Naughty can at least utilize the barrels to stay alive here and just get that gas down.

04:04:13 Was actually huge here naughty literally living up the sticks with these shield cells So incredibly low but playing off this high ground out of the line of sight of some of these squads But with Lanham was giving up that space on the platform here. The circle is closing in TSM can't rotate in that direction So they're gonna be forced to rotate from the low ground into the line of sight of NRG Well energy have a to TSM may be aware of that if they can get a cue off here with the seer Truly they recognize the team is in here. Yeah, they will have the information from the heartbeat

04:04:42 TSM könnte es hier sein, senden wir uns zu Match 8 hier und nicht nur das, sie sind in Matchpoint selbst. Es wird Red Evos für NRG und wir haben bereits gesehen ein Team wie Dark Zero gewinnen, so es ist nicht aus der Realms-Possibilität, aber TSM ist sehr sicher, dass es in jedem möglichen Weg ist, denn es ist gefährlich, weil sie es auf jeden Fall ist, denn es gibt Augen auf sie von allen Dingen.

04:05:03 Und weil sie die Rampart haben, dass sie die Rampart haben, das kleine Rv-Truck haben, und sie haben es so schwer für TSM.

04:05:32 Hier kommt die Utilität, hier kommt die Nades, Nathan will fall und sicherlich das ist die Demise von NRG. Es war eine Valiant-Effort, aber SWEET ist auf sein, um es zu versuchen, das für NRG zu halten, aber TSM wird starten zu marchen. SWEET ist alles, alles zu machen.

04:05:48 Well NRG saw their chance in the RV, but it was quickly ripped away from them from the entire lobby and that means we're guaranteed a Match 8. North America said, well Emia went to 9.

04:06:16 Hold my drink. We'll do exactly the same. We'll try and get there as well. TSM are closing in on Match Point. They only need three more points, whether that be from kills or placement. But it's not the easiest position because they're being targeted by both Complexity and Sentinels right now. Optic also in a fine spot because they've used a Dark Veil to at least stop any sort of coverage from Complexity above them. Exhibit's starting to come down. Sentinels get sent on as well. And now this is the engagement that Sentinels have to win.

04:06:43 Oh, but in the process, Obdick did put up that catwall, so they're going to try to push in here to block their line of sight, but they lost out on Drop in the initial push here. Sentinels only down to one member, that's Zen. You currently see TSM now trying to wrap around, trying to clean up that one last straggler, but if they do that, they're going to be in the line of sight of Complexity here, who also want to engage. Last three spawns up alive here. TSM are on to match point. They achieve it. They're into the top two, but it's going to be Complexity that should take the plaudits here, but TSM have done crazier things, but it's not going to happen. Complexity also put themselves on...

04:07:12 Match Point! We now have 6 teams going into Match 8, and Complexity said, we don't want to sit out on LAN once more, we want to make sure we're there. They put themselves in the best chance to do so.

04:07:22 And they needed it too. I was looking at Monsoon's tweets, the way that he was feeling going into today. They're now sitting at Match Point after taking that dub, meeting together with TSM. Add on to the other teams that have now been sitting at Match Point while we go on to our next game, Dan. Well, I mean, six teams and the fact that Complexity hit exactly 50. They needed exactly a victory and that amount of kills to get there. I'm sure they're going to be beaming right now from ear to ear. Rain Day, I'm sure you are as well. You're always smiling. You must have enjoyed that one.

04:07:51 How'd you know? I was smiling. It was a great finish there. A lot of teams working very hard to get to a position of match point. We now have six as we head into game eight. Vicky, I'll bring you back on and let's wrap up about it because TSM complexity. We see NRG having a great performance there again, almost making it work. Tough stuff. I mean, the lobby is starting to heat up. It took a while for North America, but we're really starting to see now the landscape start to shift where more and more teams are getting.

04:08:21 auf den Match Point.

04:08:23 Can we highlight the fact that Exet was at Matchpoint after game number three and they still have not been able to find the dub? That is insane. I mean, yeah, they've been having some fun with some different team compositions, but it can also make them stand out like a sore thumb for some of the teams that do call them out, especially on Strongpoint, which I do believe is what we saw when NRG had the opportunity to dive in on them. But man, more teams now making their way to Matchpoint and looking at the cusp, Sentinels, two points away from being at Matchpoint after that previous game. Same thing.

04:08:52 Das hat gesagt, dass FaZe so nahe, seit Stormpoint vorhin sind. Sie sind 46 Punkte als auch. Aber das ist ein Spiel, das Complexity desperrt hat. Und sie haben das Spiel zuerst.

04:09:04 Complexity also, getting things done with less big wins. Less wins, but when they win, they're winning bigger. FaZe with two wins on the day, still not on match point. It kind of tells the story of how they've decided to approach this. And Complexity with Luda, with Cody, with Monsoon. Mechanical prowess and ability. The ability to win 1v1 fights, to take them as a trio and be better than the trio that they're fighting.

04:09:26 Das ist immer etwas, was die Komplexity-Signal hat. Sie waren so gut an das. Jetzt haben sie die Makro zusammengefasst. Das ist ein sehr guter Recap, wie sie das Final-Circle handelt. Die Charge-Rifle war von Distanz für Luda.

04:09:39 Still showing what a beast the Charged Rifle is from the distance without having to overcommit and they had the opportunity right here after they got that first knock on the duel that TSM was playing from. They did clean up Sentinels in the same time and they were able to secure that match point victory but Complexity had the number advantage and the health advantage in their favor taking not only the dub but also 6kp to their name totaling them the 18 points that they needed to be sitting at match point. Exactly 50 points after that dub. TSM also right behind them.

04:10:08 Massive game from Sentinels as well. 13 kills. That is a solid performance. It almost feels like a win. I think this is bigger than some of the face wins that we've seen in terms of total points. So 20 for Sentinels will lead the lobby in terms of moving up the ladder, which is what they certainly are hoping to do. Native Gaming, Drug Free, Exet as well. It's been four games. They've been on Match Point. Four games they have not been able to close out. Is that the story? Will they change it? Still got another chance in Game 8. Let's take a look.

04:10:36 I believe at the backside of this with Luminosity, Dark Zero rounding that out. And I have to say E8, although they kind of stormed into Matchpoint, been a little quiet since then, Vicky. Yeah, struggling out here. They did find that fight versus Luminosity, who...

04:10:53 Sie haben die Punkte 7 Kp, aber die Positionen und die Rotationen, natürlich, waren cut off von TSM da, und von Noct, bei ihm selbst, als er war hinter den Rocks da. So, Luminosia ist einer von den Quadsen, auf den Kusp, hinter Complexity, mit 83 Points und Complexity, mit 84 Points, ist schrecklich. Aber es ist toll, wenn sie eine andere Chance haben, für das nächste Spiel. Also, CLG auf den Boden. Es ist das Tension, das wir sehen. Wenn es nicht passiert, in Arvester, ist es um Allround-Downtown zu Thermal.

04:11:23 That's frustrating. It certainly is. I know if you're a CLG fan, you would have hoped it would be a little easier as well. I mean, when you're in the 18s, it's not looking like a good day so far. There's still time. 100 Thieves, Optic Gaming, Lanimals, Meat Lovers, they've all still got time, even Furia, but they've obviously gotten themselves in a good spot to head to land. As far as the six teams who can end it all in Game 8, it's Xset, NRG, Dark Zero, E8, TSM.

04:11:49 Boy, that's a scary thought for a lot of teams in this lobby and complexity. I cannot wait to see what ends up happening. Guess what? We don't have to wait too much longer. Match 8 about to begin. And of course, let's send it over to Mark and Vicky to take us through it.

Match 8 und Team Analysen

04:12:05

04:12:05 You ready, Vicky? Are you ready? Always. Always. You ready? That's what I want to hear. Okay, let's talk about this game then, because we've now got six teams on Match Point, and I've got a funny feeling that it's not going to end here. I think we're going to have another game after this one. I think we're going to have a few more teams join in. I've got to be honest, I feel like we're going to be here for some time. The lobby cannot decide on what's going to happen at the moment, except, like you mentioned, quite rightly, three games. They're probably thinking, hey, we're in a great position here. We're playing amazing Apex Legends. And before you know it...

04:12:34 We're in Match 8 already. They still haven't won it. Yeah, it's like they dangled just the W right in front of us and then they're like, you like sleep? Nah, nah, you don't. You like more Apex. And you know what? I don't disagree. I know you're feeling the type of way after that, but if you guys could carry on the Legend to that Game 9 victory, I guess you could say...

04:12:53 The deed has been done. The script has been written after what we witnessed already in EMEA. And it has to try to contest that. But here we go. We have game number eight. And we still have those six teams. It's sitting at match point. All on the table here. And what do you call it? It's the contest that we keep seeing from these two teams. I'm not sure if this is a contest or a nightmare at this point. By the way, Triple Take is doing work once again here. NaNo might be caught off guard. Not enough damage being done in CLG versus Native. At least we're back at Harvester this time around. We did have a little bit of a change of scenery in the previous game.

04:13:23 Sie sahen sich an alle anderen. Es war verrückt. Es war verrückt. Und es ist die 50-50, die wir immer sehen, dass es nicht enden wird.

04:13:47 It does give us a chance while this battle continues to talk about where we find ourselves though and the teams that we do have on Match Point right now. If you're wondering who is in position to maybe win this whole thing, the Regional Finals, well the list is as follows. Xset, they are on Match Point. NRG joining them of course. Dark Zero, E8 also on Match Point. In the last game we saw TSM and Complexity both join.

04:14:09 That match point collective, we'll call them for now. Teams who could win if they win this next game. And if you're looking at that list, I mean, the amount of wins that have been picked up by those teams across the lobby, we probably are getting into the stage now where you can expect to at least find one or two of those teams in endgame.

04:14:23 I think the consistency is alive, especially on World's Edge, where more of these teams feel very comfortable here as we take a look at the side-by-side and where this circle is going to be pulling. Dark Zero, they're feasting. You talk about the teams sitting at match point that can take advantage of this. Look at this. They're going to be able to take care of the rest of Fragment, like usual, as Lanimals are also making the rotation inside that circle, wasting no time. Very interesting zone, this one. Could end up on the bridge. Native versus CLG still going on, by the way.

04:14:49 On the left-hand side, for those of you who are enjoying the consistent battle that's going down. Talking about where that zone might be ending, Vicky. Oh, that's a nice way to end things. Okay, we get a little bit of a long... We get at least a little bit of a highlight play coming out of one of the players. But where that zone might end, it could be a bridge zone. It could pull a little bit towards Market and maybe even a little bit further north in towards the backside of Frag where Dark Zero is set up right now. But this is a zone where it becomes...

04:15:14 Es ist ein bisschen schwierig, wer wird gewinnen. Denn in Fragment Zonen, wir sehen viele Cohabitation. Wir sehen viele Teams stacking-up, und es ist eine Art, wo es nicht ein klarer Ort ist, um sich in der besten Position für einen Endgame zu halten. Es ist eher, wer kann die Traffic best navigieren.

04:15:33 The team that Contest keep going is like watching a little minigame, honestly. Just gathering my thoughts that the CLG go down again. And RG now with the redeploy already making the rotation and landing on the other side of this train track. It looked like they were going to land right on top of them here, but they also picked up on the Valkyrie Passive that there was another team that had the high ground right beside them, probably being...

04:15:54 Dark Zero on the other side of Fragment West, as well as Lanimos. But it was Oxygen that they also picked up. So more squads now making their appearance with Luminosity also making the rotation outside of Landslite. So they'll soon be joining the action.

04:16:05 I absolutely love watching Nathan play Apex Legends, by the way. I feel like my two favourite players to watch, just for mechanics and wild stuff that they do, is Nathan and Fun. They just seem like, you could put them on any Legend in the game, in any situation, and they would just be a joy to watch. There's something about the way they move, the way they just snap onto people. I love my controller players, but there's something special about it. You know what I mean?

04:16:29 I totally understand. I actually have a feeling today about Zainu. He's just been on another level here today, too. Love watching these controller players. I also feel the type of way about that Charge Rifle. I know that's probably your favorite gun. I feel like knowing you, that just fits your playstyle, doesn't it? I don't know how to take that, honestly. Dan Gaskin, by the way, will tell you, if there's a Charge Rifle in my hand, we are having a rough day of Apex Legends, all right? That's all I'm saying.

04:16:55 I love that callout. Especially with the way that you probably pick this thing up. I am picking this thing up. Nemesis are known for life. Oh man. Oh, you saw you pick up the nemesis. I mean, that's another problem out here. That weapon's insane. E8!

04:17:08 Wir haben auch ein paar Teams, die jetzt auch an Matchpoint sind. Kealicke hat einen tollen Tag so far. Wir finden ein Team in dieser Gebäude, über den Soutern-Side in Thermal Station. Es ist ein bisschen ein Träck für dieses Team, aber wir versuchen, ihre Backend zu kommen, als das Einpol ist, dass das Flayer mit den Alternator ist. Wir haben die Spikes zu resetten für einen Moment. Der Alternator ist so gut!

04:17:33 Absolutely sends people into orbit. And E8 seems to come out of the better side of it for now. Should be able to finish this one off and do. Wildcard have been eliminated. But for a second that got a little bit hairy. I was a little scared. That grenade got yeeted behind him. Sent him into oblivion. But kind of had it in the bag there too. Saw design was able to climb right back up on top. Sentinels had a great last game. Trying to continue that forward here. They need to. Especially since...

04:18:01 literally two points away from also sitting at Matchpoint. We do see a game number nine, 18 squads left in this lobby as they're going to be able to take that jump tower to reposition here. They don't have a Valkyrie here, so it's about getting to that next circle and to a better position quickly. Sentinel's kind of creeping up on Matchpoint as well, and you feel like their only way for qualification is to win this whole thing, and they've been pretty much involved in every endgame that we've seen so far. So, Sentinels, if this goes one more game...

04:18:27 will be in a position to maybe make the miracle run. And what a story that would be, Vicky. The trials and tribulations that that roster has been through, they were involved in the Rambo drama. They were the team who got hurt the most, you would say. But if they could come back from the precipice of complete and utter disappointment and despair to qualify for LAN, what a story that would be. So many storylines to highlight out here, too. And they'd be starting from, what, 17th in the overstandings before the day started here today and to be out here.

04:18:56 Putting in the work so close to reaching match point. As we take a look at the teams that are still hanging out over here at Skyhook. They're inside that circle, but they're going to start moving soon. If they don't have that next set of information, this circle is traveling south. So that choke point exiting out of Skyhook and the teams that are going to be exiting out of the western side, like by countdown, are going to inevitably meet these teams when they are in the middle of that rotation.

04:19:19 Es ist so crazy zu sehen. Every time I'm looking at a team right now, I'm like, you need to do something, you need to do something. And like complexity, just a little bit of weight on what they did and what that match and that win in the last game meant to them.

Complexity's Performance and LAN Qualification

04:19:30

04:19:30 That win has put them in 10th place overall, in the overall standings for the split. They would qualify for LAN if it was to finish right here, right now. So Complexity, what a story that is in itself. For them to be so close to qualification. I mentioned at the top of the show, they were my team to watch because they had a three-point day, which really put their backs against the wall heading into regional finals. But backs against the wall is one thing, but performing when you are under pressure and need to is another. And that's exactly what Complexity did in that last game.

04:19:58 It's all about that mentality reset, too. We keep highlighting it, and as the games get longer and they get drawn out here for this regional final, you have to imagine the momentum that these teams need to carry into each game with a fresh in mind. Complexity have been able to do that constantly, too, throughout different game days, as Luda is already going to make the rotation with the rest of the squad here, wasting no time exiting out of Skycook. Getting out of the curve here on the north side, it's going to be Furia. Zera with the Blickie out here. He's got the Sheila out.

04:20:26 Pander's on the other side with a Nemesis, your other favorite weapon to work with, Mark. The Chad weapon, that Nemesis. Everybody loves it, and it's for good reason. Pander's with some good damage coming in off that Val Q as well. Tries to follow it up, but his Watson has got an even bigger gun, and his is called a Kraber. He can fight a dome with that one. And Fury certainly will have the advantage in this fight, and Fury will be feeling confident with it in this man's hands.

04:20:50 Can any moves be made out here? See the pain is going down, calling out that team that wanted to disengage from them. But while they are disengaging and all this noise is happening, I can only imagine the teams that are rotating from the north side exiting out of Survey Camp. Furia trying to take control over this high ground right here. Nobody to their south right now is sentinels just going to be able to call this and just try to disengage approach from a different angle if they can. On the other side of Epi on the high ground that overlooks Fragment.

04:21:18 Just to give you an idea of how close it is, by the way. I'm talking about LAN qualification right now. Phaser currently sat 93 points. I'm going to go down just one by one as we see his Watson just lining up a shot decides to hold the trigger there. Phase 93, 5th. NRG, 92, 6th. TSM, 91, 7th. 100 Thieves. They're in a sketchy position right now. They're 8th with 86. Glitch, 84. Complexity, 84. Luminosity, 83.

04:21:47 Wildcard 81, Meatlovers 80. It is like one point or two points separating all these teams at the moment on that qualification bubble. It is nuts. It could not be closer. This is actually insane. Literally by a single to two points, that's literally not a gap. Glitching Complexity tied on 84.

04:22:10 The only slight gap there is is really between TSM and 100 Thieves out here, too. That's crazy to think here, too. And if you consider the other gap, too, Meat Lovers and Animals is another one, too.

04:22:22 Ja, es ist schwierig für mich zu read, ohne zu spielen. So, ich meine, es ist total nuts für diese Teams. Und das ist warum man sich Lobbys zu sehen, mit so trepidation zu sehen. Every time man einen Knock in der Killfeed, wie wir jetzt machen, als NRG verlieren Nathan für nur ein paar Minuten, hat einen Impact, nicht nur auf die Team, sondern auf die gesamte Lobbys. Und die gesamte Lobbys und die gesamte Länge von Nordamerikanischen Teams werden es durch die Split-Two Playoffs. Ex-Set ist noch in der Position, dass sie sich in, nach drei Matches finden.

04:22:50 They are on match point. They just need a win, but this is a tough zone for them to navigate.

04:22:56 See how they approach this too. We did see TSM originally on the high ground of Epi have already rotated out in fury of taking their spot. See that they were scanned by the beacon right there. So they're going to be able to pinpoint where the teams are going to be approaching with the circle closing in. But I like this position from TSM because it's a 50-50 approach for this rotation. They get to look behind them on the high ground safely at the teams that are going to be right below their feet in Fragment while also looking behind them to ensure that this circle is safe behind their backs and to deny...

04:23:24 The teams that are going to be rotating from the north side, the opportunity to rotate safely and they can clean up that KP to gatekeep them. Yeah, I agree. TSM in a really smart position at the moment, especially for a lobby that's going to be really stacked up on top of each other, like we mentioned a little bit earlier. Inside a fragment, Zach Mazur avoids a little Mazur moment as he slips and slides towards the lava, but manages to keep his footing for just a few seconds, designed for that port to try and take it off angle. Might give EA an advantage in this fight, but with two minutes left, they've got a decision to make here.

04:23:52 E8. Do they try and bully their way through this team up on height? Do they try and take the choke away and force their way into a fragment? Or do they have to try a different rotation? Maybe taking a bit of zone damage, but with zone 3 closing, that is going to burn.

04:24:04 Es ist so schwer, weil sie auch schon wieder die Wraith-Portal aus dem Design haben, so sie nicht wirklich haben das Rotation Tool. Nicht, dass es nicht einfach ist für sie mit dem Position Drugs-Free ist, aber mit den Weaponsen, die sie auch schon benutzen sind. Ich liebe die Split Positionen, die wir sehen von E8 haben, so wie Chaotika ist in eine bessere Spot. Und es ist eigentlich Wander Drugs-Free auf. Sie sind aus dem Chokepoint, und sie geben die Space zu E8. Sie haben sie einen Platz. Aber sie haben sie einfach zu halten, um die Zone zu halten. Sie wollen sie sich für die Zone zu halten.

04:24:35 No damage being done, but you're quite right. The third party from across the way is a worry for both teams right now. That's going to help. Zach Mays are kind of saying, okay, you kind of let's move up a little bit here, drug free. Maybe we'll put a few shots into LG as a thank you. LG's like, hold on, wait a minute. We gave you that space. We came in the third party off in left field, but EA's like...

04:24:54 Don't think you could get away with this right now. Because it's still a difficult rotation. Because now EA is going to rotate in between two teams if Drug Free hold this position. But it doesn't look like they can. Because they're getting beamed from a distance with another charge rifle. Charge rifle for you. Charge rifle for you. Everybody has a charge rifle in this lobby right now. And everybody can't poke. Everybody's finding it tough to move across the open ground due to the lasers that are flying through the air towards them.

04:25:19 If it's not a laser, it's a Sheila. Drug-free are in a pretty good spot right now. I always feel like if you can play the outside of Fragment when it is a Fragment Zone, you can kind of watch the chaos as people try and leave buildings and kind of pick third-party opportunities to move in and kind of navigate your way into the zone that way. If you're stacked up inside too early, then it can be a problem. Speaking of problems, TSM have got a big one right now. They had to leave that epicenter.

04:25:46 Verhulst wurde von der Skies getrennt. Das Team ist schon wieder auf den Nage. Es gibt auch noch einen Noxgass zu kommen. Und Rebs ist schon übernommen. Verhulst wird übernommen. Verhulst wird übernommen. Verhulst wird übernommen. Verhulst wird übernommen.

04:26:09 As they're playing for their lives, Eggset doing the same. They did lose out on Fun earlier. Nocturnal trying to reposition right behind this truck. They also traded because they were able to get Yanya, but let's not forget what's happening on the other side of LG. This is going to probably be the re-engage from E8 now that they have that opportunity to get involved in this fight. Can they get Fun back up? Where is Fun's body? Is he down in a reasonable position? Can Nocturnal just do enough damage to force teams back? It doesn't look like they're going to be able to do exactly that. Sykes is going to be taken down as well. Nocturnal pops the bat.

04:26:37 Und jetzt hat er zu crossen, wo die Knochen sind. Er hat die Knochen-Knochen zu spielen. Aber er hat auch die ganze E8-Roster auf dem. Und Ex-Sett wird eliminiert. Und E8 ist ein Rund. Sie sind auf Platz. Und sie sind auf Platz. Und sie sind auf Platz. Und sie sind auf Platz.

04:26:52 After being pinched in between LG and Drugfree, made their way past a choke point, when the fourth party then got involved, that is called Eggset, and they took control over that entire fight, cleaning up what was left, and TSM still alive. They are able to take Verholz's banner, they see the Crypto drone flying right around TSM, but then on the Mosquito Swatter, just information for that team to know while they're playing off this low ground. I don't know how TSM have got out of this situation, but they have.

04:27:20 Rems is going to have some players on his heartbeat center as well. Might be able to hit a good Q that's going to give him a few seconds just to get out. But also the ult XL could be important here for TSM. Not only as an offensive tool, but also as a defensive one. If a push comes in, they can throw that down, which is going to slow down the push for just a few seconds. But look at that zone. It looks like we are going to be pulling towards Market, maybe towards that broken building in the courtyard. It's going to be a tough zone for everybody to get into. Furia aren't going to be one of the teams that make it. They've just been eliminated to Optic.

04:27:49 And Energy had called this out too because they could play that 50-50 broken building area in case the circle did pull towards a bridge. We now know it's not. But stuck in a really hard position, that's why the squad on the high ground couldn't push TSM. If they gave up this building, they gave up the high ground to native that are playing right underneath.

04:28:05 Design now making the rotation off of the Wraith Portal. You heard Native and you heard that they were able to catch them in the middle of that rotation. They said, nope, we are out of there. Never mind. Just ignore exactly what we did. It's back to score one for them in their rotation approach. If they have the opportunity to make their way past that railroad track. Well, Clayton's job is to re-watch that portal. They've also got Sheila trained on it. That's maybe his bullets job because I feel that Sheila would do a better job. The difficulty here for E8 is, like you said previously, they've used that rotational tool. This could be...

04:28:33 This could be I mean meat lovers are a team here, but this could be a meat grinder if somebody comes through this portal right now Serving that up medium rare maybe for the meats but native gaming

04:28:48 So nice shots coming in. Just trying to press oxygen. We're going to get Dovon from the only rotation approach that EA is going to have to do, which is force her way inside of this train cart on the edge of the circle. Still not safe enough. Here the portal right beneath their feet here too. Meanwhile, Hal is in a lot of trouble. The fighting in the construction building is going down. TSM get eliminated and so do Complexity. 12 squads left.

Match Point Scenarios and Key Eliminations

04:29:11

04:29:11 in this lobby EA is still alive NRG is still alive our two squads and Dark Zero here to us EA now may be meeting them right back in the lobby and they are right in front of Oxygen these are all our Match Point teams falling one after another as well Oxygen Esports looking to make a little bit of a run for it Optic Gaming have eliminated and FaZe might have got the points that they need now to hit Match Point they've got some KP and with the lobby starting to fall apart the placement points will be there but look at Dark Zero Fragment West was where they dropped here

04:29:41 Fragment West is where they find themselves. They are on Match Point. One of the only teams still in this Lobby on Match Point. They loot the bodies of Complexity who will not be winning this game and Dark Zero might be in a position here, Vicky. Just about to maybe close this out.

04:29:58 On the pixel edge of that circle. And NRG, our other team, that's our match point. The only other two teams in this lobby is NRG and Dark Zero that could be taking this home here. And they are in a really good spot. They called us out earlier too, trying to deny the rotation opportunity for the squads that are also going to be rotating through that bridge. They have to hold this down, but they're splitting their attention in two different directions. And that is with Dark Zero being on the other side of this broken building.

04:30:23 Wenn sie einen Knopf auf Dark Zero hier sind, würde es absolut großartig für sie sehen. Und Sie sehen, die Lobo-Roll könnte in Flamengo sein. Wir wissen, dass Optik ein Kreber hat. Die Schöne von Gildersen sind fast gut als ein Kreber in dieser Situation in den Händen dieser Mann. Der Nemesis ist ein paar Schöne auf den Händen der Spieler hier. Und es ist nicht ein Kreber, es ist ein Longbow in den Händen von NRG. Als die Zone closes, wir haben ihn zu hören. Wir sehen uns, was der Player ist.

04:30:52 Be able to get up here at the reds close close I hear them in swing I said it's a solo thing. Yeah, I don't know where he is exactly I look towards market for me. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. I'm smoked off. I'm smoked off right now. I can't wait for walls down bottom four. Okay? Right on the open right here. Look right here. They're not like it. Look market guilt. Kill everybody market.

04:31:23 We need to kill this. Do you want me to cut? Do you want me to stop looking market? Yes, yes. Brothers, he died of gas. He died of gas. I'm abouting, I'm abouting. Market big fight, market big fight. Building somewhere. In the middle, in the middle of market, middle, middle. Yeah, I'm just taking space to rampart. Just chill in the building. Chill in the building. You can play there, you can play there. No, team in the wild. They're playing the middle of the street right there. They're playing the middle of the street. Yeah, I'm losing my low ball. Okay, they still kill me. I'm moving back.

04:31:53 Ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube,

04:32:18 Lightly, though! Lightly! Lightly! No, they're back in the market. Just jump, jump, jump, jump, jump. Okay, we need to go back up top. Can everybody go up top real quick? We gotta go up top. We gotta go up. Okay. Can you climb up on me, please, so we can late Valcult? Please, please, please, please, please. Quickly, quickly, quickly. Climb here. Tell me when. Back on me now! No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Go now! Crank it!

04:32:41 Wir müssen den Top-O-Market aufbauen, okay? Oh, ja. Ich habe es geschafft, ich habe es geschafft. Ich habe es geschafft, ich habe es geschafft. Ich habe es geschafft, ich habe es geschafft. Oh, man. Ja. Unfortunate circumstances for NRG, they will be eliminated. Dark Zero is still alive here, with four squads remaining. This could be it, Vicky. This could be it, everybody. Dark Zero, have control of the high ground of Market.

04:33:09 And they are uncontested in this corner right now. Lanimal staring at them from across the fence line on the other side. Oxygen in the other corner for this final fight. Meanwhile, Boney is somehow still alive and unseen in between the trucks. That Zero's about to look at him right now from underneath the wall. But this is getting gripped. He has to reset. Lanimal's eliminated as well. Dark Zero's job just got even easier. Oxygen stood across from them though.

04:33:35 Phony still alive, and does he know this is Dark Zero? If he does, then maybe he can still influence this Lobby here for FaZe. He needs to do damage to them. If FaZe won a chance of winning the Regional Finals, then he needs to damage Dark Zero on this cross.

Dark Zero Wins the Regional Finals

04:33:54

04:33:54 Oh, let's see what Phony is going to be able to do here. Now that Dark Zero is going to be able to try to take this fight against Oxygen, Phony needs to time this amazingly right now. Oh, he gets sent down in third place. Two squads now. Left, Oxygen versus Dark Zero. Dark Zero, we're going to do it. Dark Zero, we're going to win it again. The Match Point Specialist surely see this one out. And they do. The regional champions of North America are Dark Zero.

04:34:23 Ja, crazy, crazy endgame. And that's why Dark Zero is so good. Like, in those endgames, every decision they made...

04:34:51 was the perfect one. I mean, they swung onto Phony, but they also realized there's no point in overextending for this kill. Zero did damage, hoping Oxygen would capitalize on that damage. They did. And while Oxygen were focused on Phony, they take some amazing angles on the fence line, get that damage done, and Dark Zero, I mean, what a story, right? From two Timeland champions, the surprise package in Sweden, to the ALGS champions, I mean, absolutely unbelievable. They moved to North America, and now they're the regional champions. Vicky, amazing stuff. I mean,

04:35:20 We're going to have to say goodbye to you, but final words before you leave us. Xynu is cooking on this team. I could not have seen a better player to join this list of Heavy Fraggers, and I cannot wait to see Dark Zero at LAN, and I'm sure you guys can't too. That was fantastic. Thank you guys so much. You guys got to conclude this, wrap this show up with a pretty bow because we got a lot to look forward to for LAN.

04:35:42 Awesome stuff. Can't wait to see you there, Vicky. See you very, very soon. We're going to bring in Rain Day, though, to close out the show. Dark Zero are our champions, Rain, but we still have some things to get sorted here and find out who's going to land. That's right. There's still more drama left to unfold, but a massive congratulations from the AFPS fan on Dark Zero winning the regional finals in North America. There has not been a team that has won a playoffs in Europe.

04:36:10 While also being a representative of APAC South. Now also winning a regional finals in North America. Dark Zero has gone over every position you could go to almost in the world. Except South America and APAC North right now. And won championships representing each of those regions. It's an incredible feat. And to do it not just as Dark Zero guys. But with a new.

04:36:37 This weekend, I mean, to be able to bring in Zainu and to have Rambo have been trying out, there's so many words to say. I don't know if I have enough of them, Dan, but we got to figure something out here because Dark Zero are doing something incredible yet again.

04:36:52 Well, the good news is for those teams who are around 10th place, is that one of the teams that were in the top 11 has taken a land spot via match points. So that means the team that's in 11th place will also go to land. The teams that were close were the likes of Complexity, Luminosity. This is going to be a very nervy moment for those teams who wait for the admins to total up those points and see who is going to be going to London to compete in the split two playoffs. But what a final circle it was. I mean...

04:37:18 Ich bin nicht so sicher, Dark-Zero wusste nicht, dass sie NRG in der Seite sind. Ich meine, die Loba Rampart ist eine sehr...

04:37:44 Das ist auch ein Telltale-Signal-Signal-Signal-Signal-Signal

04:38:06 Maybe set the table for what we're going to be seeing at LAN, certainly from North America. But just your reaction to our final top 10 here in our final game before we get our final standings. I mean, perfectly played by Dark Zero in that endgame as well. And they're also going to say thank you to Phony because I think he got a knock onto one of Oxygen as a solo. So just crazy stuff to see made Dark Zero's job even easier in those final moments. But FaZe, I mean, they cross match point. Doesn't matter at this point. They didn't even get to play and have a chance to become the champion. But enough points on the board.

04:38:36 Ja. Ja. Ja. Ja. Ja.

04:39:03 Es ist nicht einfach zu machen. Es ist nicht einfach zu machen. Es ist nicht einfach zu machen. Es ist nicht einfach zu machen. Es ist nicht einfach zu machen. Es ist nicht einfach zu machen. Es ist einfach zu sagen, dass es eine sehr schwierige Sache zu machen. Und ob sie das Job gemacht haben sollte nicht.

04:39:27 Wir wissen, dass alle hier die Job gemacht werden können. Aber es ist ein Thema, wer die Job gemacht hat. Diese sind die Serie für heute. Ex-Set ist natürlich Nr. 1, in der Punkte. 0, als auch. 82, weil der Win ist. Sie nehmen das Spot, Leute. Wie fühlen wir das? Luminosity jumps in 10. Complexity, Dan.

Qualified Teams and MVP Nominations

04:39:53

04:39:53 They do enough, you think, these teams that you've been thinking about on the bubble. I'm not going to spoil it, but there's going to be two teams who are going to miss out on two points of getting to LAN. It is going to be heartbreak, just as it was in the EMEA region. And there's going to be two teams who scrape through on 10th and 11th, just two points ahead. And yeah, I'll wait until we get the admins totals and we guarantee it. But what a day. Just incredible action. Both regions that we've covered, how close it's been. In fact, we went to match eight and match nine across the queue.

04:40:22 Und jetzt haben wir noch mal, was wir sehen. Wer wird in Nordamerika landen? Es ist Exet, Dark Zero. Und Sie sehen Glitch, Energie, 100 Thieves, Complexity, NRG.

04:40:51 in Dark Zero, but there are a lot of teams, as you mentioned, Dan, who we thought today might have had a move, but they did not. One more team, though, will find that 11th place thanks to TSM winning our previous land, and it is Luminosity! Oh my goodness! I was curious about it. One of my teams that I knew had so much to give, but Mark for Wildcard, Meat Lovers, Lanimals specifically.

04:41:19 Just three points separating them from a spot at the Big Show. Just three points, but I think if you looked across the performances in general from the season, you would say that's probably the 11 teams who deserve it most. Yeah. I think the Meat Lovers probably feel the hardest done by because they were inside of that top 10, top 11 for so long. But you've got to be consistent. Losing Zainu as well, it's got to hurt even more, right? Yeah.

04:41:45 Ja, es ist schwer für sie, für sicher. Es ist ein, ihr wisst, eine Real Breakout-Season für sie, aber wenn es all gesagt und getan wird, sie werden nicht in London sein. Aber ich denke, das Top 11 ist genau richtig. Ich denke, dass alle da sind, die da sind. Es ist kein Cinderella-Story, für jemanden zu kommen. Aber ich möchte, kurz, auf Dark-Zero wiederholen. Ich meine, ich bin Zyne, jetzt. Du hast einen DM gesagt, hey, wollen Sie eine Regional-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions-Champions

04:42:14 I like that. My goodness, what a moment. And it has set us up for an even better one upcoming in a little bit here. Let's take a look at the qualified teams who will be attending our split two playoffs. We've got it set up here. Wow. All around, Dan, teams we've seen before, teams that have had moments. Maybe the team that has had the most moments just had a moment.

04:42:39 Jetzt sind wir in Dark Zero, aber Ihre Reaktion zu unseren vollen Qualifizierten Team? Ich meine, ein paar Wochen vorhin, da waren Teams auf dieser Liste, die wir nicht machen wollten. Es gab eine Welt, wo NRG nicht auf LAN waren, wo TSM nicht auf LAN waren, wo TSM nicht auf LAN waren, wo TSM nicht auf LAN waren.

04:42:55 Throughout EMEA, there were teams who had to really fight tooth and nail to get there. The likes of 2R1C had an amazing performance to ensure that they got through. Eternal, making sure they were there. Aurora gonna be at LAN. Firebeam is gonna be at LAN. The two teams who couldn't make it last time will now get the chance to right those wrongs and be there to compete. And then you look across APAC North, APAC South, we've got the teams that we knew were gonna be there, right? Fnatic, Fun, Moist, Onik, the guys that have been performing across those regions for so long.

04:43:24 I cannot wait to see all of these teams live in London going at it against one another. It's going to be incredible. Well, talking about these teams performing, let's see who performed individually over the course of this split two. And look at that, right on cue. Zainu leads the league in kills, surpasses Nocturnal, and surpasses his teammate now, Zero, who up until...

04:43:53 Heimann hat sich jetzt gegen ihn gespielt. Was ein Moment es ist, nicht nur für Dark Zero und das Pair, aber auch für Nocturnal und Sykes. Ich habe gesagt, Ex-Set ist hier wahrscheinlich am besten mit Apex gespielt. Ich glaube so, aber wir wissen, dass wenn es um Match Point geht, es nur die Klasse ist. Das Klasse includes, pretty much, Dark Zero.

04:44:12 Ja, es ist sehr, sehr true. Und ich denke, es gibt noch einige Fragen zu beantworten hier für Exet als auch. Sie haben sich in die Position geholfen, die Pressure getötet haben, ein bisschen. Knowing, dass sie ein paar Möglichkeiten haben, ein paar Möglichkeiten zu closeen, war es nur die Zones nicht der Weg gehen? War es nur jemand anderen zu spielen, einen Apex Legends zu spielen? Aber wenn es alles gesagt und getan ist, Dark Zero ist sicherlich auf top. Und ich meine, du hast Zion, was ein Spiel. Ich meine...

04:44:35 The guy comes from being a rank grinder, joins Meat Lovers, gets picked up, Techs puts some faith in him. He gets an offer he can't refuse just before the season ends. He takes the dive. It's still a big risk. And it works. I mean, Dark Zero looked to get stronger and stronger. And I need to give a shout out to Zero as well, because that man is crazy good, man. I'm not just talking about his IGLing in-game. Mechanically, the guy is nuts. I mean, I feel like...

04:45:03 Was Dark Zero macht, was ich in Sportsmanagement-Games gemacht habe. Sie sagen, wer hat die Highest Kills, wer ist nicht auf unserer Team? Oh, Zanyu! Ja, sicher, wir haben ihn. Oh, er macht das. Das ist was ich. Ich finde, wer hat die meisten Sucke gemacht hat. Und ich pute sie auf meinem Sportsmanagement-Team. Aber, du hast du deinen Hats-Off für den Mann, der hat sich geholfen, macht er sich aus, macht er sich an der Top für einen Grund. Und was ein Gefühl, das Onset war, was zu sagen, was zu sein, was zu sein, was zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein und zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu sein, zu

04:45:30 If there's anything you needed to confirm you made the right decision, I think that was it. Ladies and gentlemen, we have been talking about voting. We have been talking about your decision on who you thought performed at the best today in our Regional Finals for North America. Well, now it's time to get into it and announce our Monster Energy MVPs.

04:45:50 All right, let's start with us here on the desk, guys. Mark, I'm going to go to you first. Who you got for your Monster Energy MVP? I'm going with Zynoo, and I'm smiling because I've got to go first again. Always makes me happy to know that Dan's...

04:46:01 He's going to have to do it after me. But Zain, how can you not nominate this guy for the Monster Energy MVP? Fragging out all day today. He just won Regionals. He's going to be on absolute cloud nine right now. And I'm not talking about the esports organization. I'm talking about the place where it feels so good to know that you've performed at the best of your ability. Dark Zero not only get that big win on the board, but this man had so many impactful moments. Take himself back to the 3v2 situation against WC where he keeps his teammate alive.

04:46:30 was nuts. Everything he did today from his point of view was some of the best Apex we've seen from someone.

04:46:35 Hard not to say Zainu, but Dan, you had to say somebody else. Who was it? Well, I still think that even though they didn't win today on Matchpoint, XZ were still up there and were still incredible and still looked like the best team in the region, if not the world. So I'm going to go with Nocturnal, the man who's calling all of the shots for this squad. And the amount of listenings we had today where we got a real insight onto those play calls, the amount of times he was saying, just be calm or let's reset or breathe. And without...

04:47:02 Das kind of communication, das kind of leadership, ich glaube, ein Team würde wirklich versuchen, weil vielleicht sie ein bisschen zu viel involviert sind, und sie könnten ein paar Dinge missen. Aber es ist ein bisschen zu resetten, es ist ein bisschen zu machen, es ist ein bisschen zu machen, aber es ist ein bisschen zu resetten, es ist ein bisschen zu machen, es ist ein bisschen zu machen, es ist ein bisschen zu machen, es ist ein bisschen zu machen, es ist ein bisschen zu machen, es ist ein bisschen zu machen.

04:47:19 Alles war korrekt von Ex-Set heute. Sie konnten einfach nicht das letzte Spiel haben. Sie konnten alle ihre Spiels in den ersten Städten bringen. Und manchmal ist das so wie die Cookie Crumbles mit Matchpoints sind. Die Circles gehen besser in den ersten Spiel. Man kann nicht das letzte Spiel finden, um das letzte Spiel zu erreichen. Aber es ist nicht sicher, dass sie eine der besten Teams in Land sind. Sie werden eine reale Städte sein. Wir haben es in den Interviews gehört, von all die Teams, die sich auf Land finden. Es ist so wichtig, dass sie eine Trophäe sind. Und ich denke, das ist genau das.

04:47:48 was XSET will.

04:47:50 Das ist die einzige Sache, die haben wir jetzt zu tun, weil sie so gut sind, so lange durch unsere Splits sind. Aber es ist Zeit, um zu gewinnen. Und eine Spieler, die so close zu handlingen ist, und in fact tied für 1st, in terms of overall points, ist es NRG und NRG Suite, die ich habe zu geben und einen großen Tipp auf die Hat zu haben, für eine Performance, die sie in die Land-Conversation gebracht haben. Sie waren das gut. Es ist etwas über die Momentum, das Suite bringt.

04:48:19 Ich glaube, es ist nur noch mehr als das. Der Weg, dass er sein Team zu gehen, wie ein Ball, nach einem Hill mit unstoppable force und mass, accelerieren zu dieser Position, das nicht sogar uns Casters realize, bis wir da sind, ist etwas zu...

04:48:38 Das ist wirklich nicht ein Spieler wie ihn, von dem IGL-ing zu diesem Moment hier, das könnte auch sein sein werden. Es war nur die greatness von Dark Zero, das sie von diesem Moment haben. Denn wenn Dark Zero nicht da war, NRG hätte sicherlich gewonnen hier heute. Und ich muss sagen, SWEAT deserves mein pick. Aber natürlich, wir haben einen Overall-Season-MVP. Das wurde von euch und von den Kasten.

04:49:05 und es war FunFPS, der Pro-League-Split-2-Regular-Season-MVP. Und es ist hart zu sagen, Marc,

04:49:14 Und natürlich, Dan, du sprichst über sie ein bisschen, aber Marc, der Spaß hat, und der Abilität zu helfen Exet zu bekommen, wenn nicht die besten Teams in der Welt. Die meisten criminally unterteilen Spieler in all Apex Legends braucht ein Spotlight, so ich bin froh, dass es sein wird. Ich denke, dass seine Flexibilität auf Legend picks ist, das wirklich hilft Exet zu bekommen. Er kann auf Pathfinder gehen, auf Fuse gehen, auf Fuse gehen, auf jemanden, und er wird es funktionieren. Plus, ich muss sagen...

04:49:42 Ich habe gezwungen in meine VOTE, weil ich gesehen habe, weil ich ihn verletzt habe. Er spielt Path, er spielt. Er ist ein MVP. Es ist einfach als das. Vielleicht nicht der beste Grund, aber...

04:49:50 We can do that. No, listen, I love the way that Exet was playing. And overall, all of these players demonstrated something special and different from one another. Nothing is quite much, you know, nothing's better until you're the one basically winning the entire tournament. And that's the only team in this entire thing is Dark Zero who can claim that. So everyone else, obviously great performances. Those have been our nominations and our Monster Energy MVPs for today's Regional Finals and our Split 2.

04:50:16 Of course, Split 2 is nothing without our playoffs, and those will be coming up very soon. A team was going there already, but a team we definitely know will be there now, and maybe with some steam behind them is none other than Dark Zero. We've got a chance to talk to the coach of Dark Zero PVPX right now in an interview and react to that major victory, that milestone yet again. You know, PVPX, I'm going to start hiding trophies, man. You guys just seem to find them no matter where you go.

04:50:43 No matter where you are. How are you feeling about the win? I'm insanely proud of my team. I mean, obviously, with how well we've been doing throughout Pro League and the mix-up that we had to do with our run, it's been absolutely insane. And we did everything we could to just push past it and just focus on the win. And obviously, you know, tonight everything worked together and we walked away with the dub.

04:51:04 I'm going to jump in here, because my first question is, who's singing in the background? Yeah, that is the team. We can hear that right now, that's the team. Okay, we'll just say... Sorry, Guy. I was going to say, so obviously I'm on a different setup as the last time we did an interview. I tried to convince the players to do the interview, but they just weren't feeling it right now. They're just celebrating. So I live in a different state, and I fly over to the DZ house, and I bootcamp during Pro League.

04:51:32 Und ich bin hier jetzt und das ist meine Temporary Setup habe mit den Boysen. Ich bin hier für den letzten Wochen gearbeitet, auf den Regionals. Das ist alles gut. Ich wollte sagen, vielleicht sagen Sie, bitte zu Apex Legends, weil ich all due respecte, das Singen ist so dreadful. Ich möchte, dass das letzte Woche gesagt haben, weil du schon gesagt hast, es war schwer für dich, aber du hast ein Spieler in Zyne, du hast deine Augen, du hast deine Augen, du hast deine Fähigkeit in, du hast deine Fähigkeit in, und mein Gott, er hat dir gebeten.

04:51:56 Ja, ich habe schon gesagt, wenn ich mich einfach stoppe, und ich komme zurück zu spielen, Zainu war einer der Spieler, ich würde mich aufhören. Er war ein free agent, und wir waren sehr froh, dass er in so eine kurze Zeit und helfen uns. Honestly, er hat mich beeindruckt, als ich dachte. Ich wusste, er war verrückt, aber was Menschen von Controller-Playern erwartet, ist nicht mechanisch verrückt.

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04:52:48 Was macht Dark Zero so special?

04:53:14 We're just going to get the next win. And when that happens, you just go game to game to game, and you just walk into these scenarios where you can walk away with a dub. And it was kind of funny. I was watching with my manager this last game, and I was like, the first zone, we were in Frag West, and we didn't have ring console because we didn't even have a ring console character. And I saw a team zip up to construction, and I was like, how does it feel to be a NA regional champion? And then he's like, shut up. And I was like, oh, we'll see, we'll see. Yeah.

04:53:44 You know, I love this kind of vibe you guys got going on in the house. I mean, from the family to seeing you guys at LAN with, you know, Papa and Mama Jen Burton. And then also looking at the way that I think just there's a lightheartedness to Zero. He doesn't stream very often. And Zainu obviously picking up and adding to this team in a way that just mechanically is so good. Before I give you just like final thoughts to end this interview is what is it about your teams?

04:54:09 Wie ist das Synergy zusammengefasst, als Spieler, dass sie die Abilität zu gehen und die Energie gewinnen, wenn sie die Energie gewinnen müssen, in Matchpoint-Situationen? Well, Zero, he, he doesn't stream a lot, right? So it's hard for him to show, like, really how hard he works. A lot of people don't realize, he actually scrims multiple Regions in this game. He'll be up at 5 o'clock in the morning, scrimming Apex South with his friends. We wake up at...

04:54:34 We try to join EU scrims. We tell them, we're here, we're awake, ready to fill. And you have Jen, he's literally the most positive person in the Apex scene. Having him as a teammate is just an absolute blessing. And Zainu, his personality has slotted so well with our roster. It's just been straight vibes ever since he's joined. And a lot of people don't talk about it. We have an analyst named Privacy as well. He's new, he's European, and he works with us online. And he's been a huge key factor in our roster for our success as well.

04:55:02 Shout out to our org as well. And they're insanely supportive of us and flying me out, having me bootcamp with the boys. And I think everything tied together is just recipe for success. And I'm happy that this split, we're finally able to, you know, establish a presence in the NA, get some POIs to ourself and really show the progress that we can make in a new meta. And I am looking forward to the new season. And I imagine we're playing LAN on the new season as well. So it'll be really fun to grind that.

04:55:30 Phenomenal stuff, brother. We've got to let you go and give you a moment to say any final thoughts as well. Is that a big beanbag, by the way, behind you, or is that just a fluffy bed? Is that a marshmallow? What's going on back there? That's my coaching chair. I tried to use it, but unfortunately the camera level didn't really work too well. Okay. There we go, I was going to say. Hey, Jen. Beautiful. Good job, buddy.

04:55:56 I knew it. That's what we needed. Final thoughts, final words, guys, before we let you go. Thanks for excellent casting and Apex for hosting a great tournament. This split has been really fun. I'm really looking forward to the new season. Let's start spreading some real positivity to the players in Pro League. Everyone works very hard. Thank you, guys.

04:56:19 I love that. Great words. Wise words. Winning words from the coach of Dark Zero, PVPX. Thank you so much for joining us. Mark, he couldn't have said it better for me. Wise words in terms of spreading positivity. The world needs it very much right now. And on the timeline, I love that he's pioneering that with the moment that he has to win. 100%. I think it's a really good message to send, especially when you're the team at the top, right? Everyone looks up to you and what you're doing, what you're trying to achieve, what you have achieved.

04:56:45 I think that was one of my favorite interviews because there was always that air of like, yeah, this is great, we're really happy, but also we know what we've got to do for the next challenge that we've got in front of us. And I think that's another thing that kind of separates Dark Zero from a lot of the other teams. So congratulations, amazing interview, great to speak to PVPX as always. But I think there's always that, just that inkling that the job's not quite done yet for them. Yeah, Dan, I mean, any surprises in that interview or just general good feelings? I mean, they seem like they're having a blast and things couldn't be going better.

04:57:13 I mean, the size of the beanbag, if I'm honest. I might have to try and purchase one. Imagine casting from something like that. It'd be so comfy. I'll have to look into it, but it certainly looked good. I love it, guys. Well, let's make sure that we keep this thing rolling. We probably could have spent hours with PvP with the way they're feeling over there, Dark Zero with the win. But of course, we've got to get to one of my favorite segments of the day. It's What's in Your Pack, thanks to WD Black.

04:57:38 Fellas, ich starte mit dir, Dan, damit Marc nicht zufrieden ist. Wir haben den R99 in unserer Pack, und das hat eine MASSIVE IMPACT gemacht, in nicht nur das Spiel, aber das Spiel, insbesondere nach dem Ammo in den Magazinen. Ich kann mich nicht mehr glücklich sein, wenn ich einen R9 habe, wenn ich einen R9 habe, oder in dem Spiel habe, ich werde immer glücklich sein. Ich werde immer glücklich sein, dass ich mich nicht mehr glücklich bin. Ich werde immer glücklich sein, dass ich mich nicht mehr glücklich bin.

04:58:08 Weil ich einfach nicht miss kann. Es ist unglaublich. Und wenn du es in den Händen von diesen Pros haben, dann ist es unglaublich, was sie tun können. So ich würde sagen, danke zu WD Black. Ich würde einen in meine Pack jeden Tag, und ich würde zwei nehmen, weil es nur ein Weapons ist, welches jemand in meinem Weg verletzt.

04:58:33 und der Peacekeeper, wahrscheinlich die most iconic weapon in Apex Legends. Es ist einfach, von Season 1, Season 0, wie gesagt. Das, mit einem anderen anderen Gunn ist immer noch sehr effektiv. Und es ist einfach, ich denke, eine der die Sattisfeierungen sind. Wenn du ein Klipp einen mit einem R9 mit einem R9 schlägst, dann wird es so gut in deinem Gesicht. Mein Favourite Gun in dem Spiel. Always will be. Wir lieben die R9. Wir lieben, wir lieben die R9. Das war WD's Blacks, was in your pack?

04:59:01 Thank you, WD Black. We appreciate you supporting the show and, of course, Apex Legends Global Series. Here is the last moment, though, guys, because we are closing this thing out. I know that we have spent a lot of time talking about what this season, what this split has meant to us. We've got London coming up. We've got playoffs coming up. More information on that soon for everyone who is interested. But, Mark, I want to throw it to you. Just any final thoughts on the day? We've had two match points in EMEA in North America so far.

04:59:30 An amazing day. Great advert for Apex Legends. Congratulations to both Alliance and of course Dark Zero who have just seen win North America. But just feel very grateful as always to be in this position to call these games. Hopefully we do it justice for not just you people at home who are watching right now but for the players watching the games back. We want to create memories for you and you're certainly creating some for us. So another great season. Looking forward to going to London and getting back on land because that's where the magic is.

04:59:54 I mean, there's so much magic. Dan just left. I mean, he's not even here anymore. So we're not going to go to Dan. I'm serious. He's out. No, he had some tactical stuff. But we love Dan, and I'm sure he would have said something brilliant, smart, and funny, of course, to charm us into wanting to see him at Land very soon, which we all will. And like I said, more details coming out with that.

05:00:13 For me, it's been just a phenomenal day seeing Apex do what Apex does best, which is Matchpoint. And it's this format that brings not only the World of Apex Legends Global Series fans together, but the wide world of esports who tune in for something special, a story that we don't know how it's going to develop and we don't know how long we'll be here. There is something very, very important happening every time we do one of these. And guess what? LAN is going to be that much better. So stay tuned and follow us at Play Apex Esports for all of the updates on when...

05:00:43 We announce the exact timing of that so you can be involved. I'll be there. I know a lot of other people will be there. And even if you haven't had something like this happen before, try to get there yourself if you can. It will be a one of a lifetime experience.

05:00:58 I promise. Thank you to everyone from the production side of things, behind the scenes at EA, and of course Respawn for making this great game, and all the talent and crew who worked very hard alongside the players to bring you this show. My name's been Rain Day. As always, never give up, never stop gaming. We'll see you in London.

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