Dec. 2, 2025

"Astralis should disband", PARIVISION will make playoffs, and how we'd fix the Major.

"Astralis should disband", PARIVISION will make playoffs, and how we'd fix the Major.

Stage 2 is over and the dust has settled, thankfully the quality of the games were better in this stage. Well, at least by a bit, since Astralis were there to stink it out this time. Speaking of Asstralis, this week Sam and Jack talk about if there's anyway around their roster blowing up, as well as how fix the format of the Major once and for all.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro - How to fix the Major
09:22 0-3 teams: FlyQuest, mibr
20:20 1-3 teams: fnatic, Aurora, TYLOO
31:00 2-3 teams: M80, Astralis, NiP
48:48 3-2 teams: Passion UA, Liquid, 3DMAX
56:20 3-1 teams: PARIVISION, Imperial, B8
59:50 3-0 teams: NAVI, FaZe
01:05:40 Stage 3 Simulator

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Jack.
Samuel.

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I've done it.
I've fixed the major I have

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made.
It crazy to get.

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One might now go fuck yourself,
right?

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So here's the thing.
Get one in early.

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Being.
The major, and I feel like we've

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said this at this point on the
podcast, it's pretty bad.

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Like it's full of best of ones,
which is shit free back-to-back

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Swiss stages is a bit heavy and
like it's quite a lot of bad

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teams isn't there really?
It does seem to be a lesser

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standard of counter strike up
until stage 3.

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Yeah.
And you know, another thing I

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don't like, I don't really like
this whole like, Oh well, they

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might be in for a tough opening
game because this team's going

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to, you know, they'll come into
the stage warm because they've

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already played a stage.
I think that's kind of bollocks.

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It makes it leads into the
belief that teams aren't playing

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when they're not at events
should.

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I mean, I know officials aren't
the same as.

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No, but it almost certainly is a
factor though is the problem.

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Someone should check the
numbers, but yeah, it probably

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is.
It definitely contributes to the

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BO1 issue or the BO1 issue
contributes to the warmer.

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But this correlation, there's
correlation.

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But anyway, anyway, I've fixed
the major, we don't have to

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worry about it anymore.
Tell me.

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Tell me, sensei.
OK, I'm going to say senpai, but

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sensei's better.
Yeah, OK, anyway, right.

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So because, you know, Valve
likes money and stickers make

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money.
It doesn't.

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We got to keep it as 32 teams.
So how do we work around that?

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Well, I think we make 814 GSL
groups, which for people who

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aren't like format nonces,
that's like the IEM format.

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You can't call them.
That no, I can.

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I've done it now.
Format is fine.

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Nonces is Bible US.
Same difference.

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Yeah.
So it's where there's like the

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winner of match and the losers
match and the seeding match and

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all that bollocks.
Decider matches just with four

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teams instead of 8.
So your eight groups you you

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select the teams in the groups
by creating 4 pots of teams,

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seeds one to 8916 so on so
forth.

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You then randomly draw from each
of those pots to get the four

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teams.
So there is a risk of a group of

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deaf, which can be fun, and it's
pretty fair and equal.

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You're not just guaranteeing
like 1 and 9 go through, or

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inferior guaranteeing 1 and 9 go
through because they play

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whatever.
The equivalent Worst team, Yeah.

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Yeah.
It's you doing vRS or is it like

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team or how do you want to?
Do it.

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It would have to be vRS, but I
think you keep in some form, you

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keep the region split of the way
it is right now.

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So it would just be like, you
know, seeds 128 but of of how it

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is now.
So like pain which?

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Is global ranking right?
Yeah, like pain would probably

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go in lower than they are at
this major, for instance, but

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there's guaranteed
qualification.

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Well, yeah, because I think
that's fine.

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I don't think you should do the
stages based.

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I mean, stages suck, but yeah, I
think.

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Yeah, yeah.
Cool, cool.

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Cool.
Being the best North American

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team doesn't mean yeah, sure.
So you can turn the group stage

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into four days, it's four days
and then you're out with.

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That broadcast?
Well it's it's 4 beer freeze a

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day across 2 streams so it's the
same as it is at the moment for

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you know, the 1st 2 days of each
stage.

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Opening matches one day, winners
matches the next, losers matches

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the next and then decider
matches the next.

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You then move into the playoffs,
right where the winner of the

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group would play second place in
another group etcetera,

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etcetera.
Playoff 16 teams double

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elimination all the way through.
So when you go through, so when

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you go through and the arena
days start with the upper

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bracket final and the lower
bracket semi final that would be

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Friday.
So you are losing an arena day,

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but maybe for a better format.
It's generally cheaper to have

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the arena for last days.
I don't think you make more

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money by having it open on
Thursday, honestly.

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Well exactly.
And attendance is often not as

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great on a Thursday.
Then the Saturday is the best of

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five lower bracket final and the
Sunday best of five grand final,

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where the advantage for the
upper bracket team is they get

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to ban both maps and pick the
first map.

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So currently the major something
like 21 days, I don't know how

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many game days.
If you make the round of 16 two

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days instead of using AB stream
then you get 14 game days.

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If you remove B stream entirely
you get 18 game days.

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But thoughts?
Is it better than the current

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system?
It seems like less of a slog

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yeah and kind of the kind of
bullshit Swiss BL1 nonsense.

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The the removal of BL ones is is
obviously good.

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I think also third place games
are kind of they're a necessity

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now that vRS ranking matters.
But obviously you you remove

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that by having the third place
team decided by the low bracket

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final right.
You don't actually need to have

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that third game yeah more time
for DJs and stuff on on the

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grand final day, which is why
everyone really wants and show

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matches and and nonsense like
that.

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I don't hate it.
I just think, are we getting

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less counter strike?
It feels like we're getting less

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Counter strike, which might not
necessarily be a bad thing.

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Maybe because maybe in a better
format?

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I think like whatever we can do
to get BA Threes is to play

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right they they are.
Like.

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And I I don't like the the
randomness crowd.

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I think that's kind of cope.
Like you should just be who you

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have to play.
I agree that low tier team, less

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tape.
Maybe they have a gimmick map

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like like Aurora's Anubis for
example.

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Right.
Para visions over the front.

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Yeah, like it's probably too,
too easy if you just can get a

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good video that they don't
expect, right.

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And obviously going to be a one
Like it's especially, you know,

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is it is it 132?
The band, the way the bands

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work, I think.
Maybe.

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But you're banning, you'll ban
your perma, they get to ban 3

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maps.
They could could put you in

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quite a tricky spot.
I do like the idea of the the

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sort of veto advantage you get
for winning the upper bracket

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final.
That's.

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Interesting, I think that would
be really good, right, because

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like so I was I was I was
thinking about it earlier.

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I was thinking about an example
for like a best case, right, So

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spirit play ancient a lot
vitality.

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It's their perma ban.
Now imagine spirit go through

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the upper bracket, Vitality go
through the lower bracket.

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Spirit can ban 2 maps.
I think their permanent might be

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inferno.
They can ban that.

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They can ban a map they don't
like playing.

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They can pick ancient first map.
In theory they go one O in the

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final, so.
You.

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You.
Yeah, You went by yourself.

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A opening wouldn't pick.
That's cool.

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Yeah.
So especially if Vitality have

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also gone on a lower bracket
run, so like from lower bracket

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round one or lower bracket Round
2, imagine how much better of a

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narrative it is if they then win
that major like that.

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That's sick.
It's better than what we have.

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Right now, it does make the fact
that one team is going into the

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playoffs, into the final
wounded, should we say which it

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kind of, it writes A narrative
for you for a team to be the

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underdog, right?
Even if on paper that they're

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matched or that maybe they're
the better team on paper.

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And I think like stories and,
and and narratives are kind of

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more important than the games in
terms of like the the view

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experience.
Well, they make the games

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better, don't.
They exactly right, so I like

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it.
I I was going to ask something

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but I can't remember what it
was.

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Come back to it if it comes back
to me, but I like it.

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Right.
OK, well on the basis that you

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are an idiot, should roll the
intro and talk about some

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counter strike.
Let's do that.

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OK, so we've spoke about how
majors are POO and how we can

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make them good.
So let's talk about POO teams at

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the POO major.
Do you want to start with MRPR

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or Flyquest?
Good coinage.

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Flight quest going three O one O
3.

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That's funny.
And what we have to remember is

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stage one of the major is
actually just the RMR.

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So they might be all like it's.
It's the.

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Yeah mate, it's the pickup.
Look lads, we've come from

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Australia, we've fucked your
pickups again and they've gone

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O3 in this it where it actually
matters so.

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Yeah, now they've fucked like
questions by being.

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Like like your three over stage
1 does not count much like

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numerous players time on liquid
and or Nip.

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Yeah, I don't know why you guys
let us into thinking you were

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good.
People are like oh, as was

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independently a good system.
I see they did have hard games

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if they're not good flash bangs.
OK, they had an army.

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This is.
What they had, they had a shot

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list.
So they they lost teams they

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should have lost too.
But well, I can't say they

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shouldn't have been.
They shouldn't have gone 03

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because they they probably
should have actually.

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So I think maybe maybe we were
all just a bit excited from

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Stage 1.
Yeah.

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OK.
So, so this is what I wanted to

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say, right.
So fly quest went Freo in a very

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fortuitous manner.
They beat legacy that like.

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Good, good age.
We know Legacy were pretty

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disappointing after that.
They played what imperial and

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fluxo in a 2O?
Was it red canids?

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I think it was imperial, right?
Fluxo was the 2O game.

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No, yeah, Fluxo was the 2O game.
Sorry.

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So they only beat Brazilian
teams, are you?

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Making an agenda here.
No no, I'm just saying they only

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beat Brazilian teams.
Their reward though.

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Their reward though for going
Frio, and this is a stupid thing

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about the seeding is to play the
number one seed we like.

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It's in the same way we'll talk
about Navi more in detail later.

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Navi's reward for going Frio is
playing fucking Furia.

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This is stupid.
It is is the advantage of more

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days, more days off and more
practice days.

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Is that better than getting
maybe an easier opening game?

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Well, it just in the next stage.
It just adds to like the

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randomness.
It just adds to the randomness

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of fucking best of ones like
because then you get these like

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like really, if you go free O,
you should play the the 8th

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seeded team, the 8:00 and 8:00
and 9:00 play each other and

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seven and 10 play each other and
and you go down that way because

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of like, what's the point in?
Going So what?

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One play 16.
Yeah, like what's what's the

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point in going fucking Frio?
Like do you want to go Frio and

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place and play Furia or do you
want to go free to and play

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pain?
I don't wish I'm fucking picking

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but I might even throw a couple
games.

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I know I'll win the best 3 so I
it's just it doesn't seem

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beneficial at all.
So kind of our.

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I'd like to look back on on some
of the previous majors and see

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like, yeah, like maybe a team
who won it, did they go 3 O in

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the previous stages?
Because I I don't that's how he

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might have right, but not at
Austin.

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But is there constant
correlation to to getting an

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easier playoff run?
Like Paris would probably come

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to mind because of some of the
teams that were in those

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playoffs.
Vitality Free owed in Paris, but

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they start in the legend stage.
Spot example isn't it?

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But there's.
Not enough data on it, but I

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just think.
Like to start in legend stages?

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There's a pattern there, right?
Like who did they?

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So they they played G2 Ants and
Monty.

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But well, G2 kind of is a good
example though.

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G2 went out one free.
And what did they do at the

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prior stage?
One free.

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Well, presumably if it's the
same season they went fucking

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free out.
Jenny, can we check?

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Is it?
Do we get to be allowed to see

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that?
Yeah, yeah, Frio, Frio,

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congratulations lads.
You play the best teams in the

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world like this is.
Why is this a thing?

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Because that just adds to the
random.

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Like part of me wants to be put
my Elliott hat on now and say

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like, oh, well, you should if
you if you're the best team, if

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he's the best team, we should be
in front of her, you know, beat

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the best teams or whatever,
whatever his silly point is.

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But you shouldn't have a worse
draw by.

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Doing well.
Going through and also

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historically 3 O teams tend not
to be the ones you would expect.

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Well, exactly.
Looking at stage 1 especially,

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right like like generally, you
know, pickams are an issue.

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I'll get I'll talk about that
later, but it's very hard to

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call a three O team with the
randomness of beer ones, right?

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Yeah.
Like you kind of have to be just

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like using drugs to make your
decisions, I think to actually

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have a chance of.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I think Diamond now is something
like nought .1%.

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Like that's a problem in my
opinion.

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Well, this is if it becomes like
A to be a serious prize, yeah.

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Like maybe it should be like 3%
of people get diamond should be

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nought .1.
No, like, it should be.

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It should be hard, but it also
shouldn't be like, impossible.

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Yeah, like, like people who get
dumb and don't, it's not because

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they know about the game.
Do you know what I?

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Mean in most cases, Well, in
virtually every case.

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Yeah, right.
We, we, we should move on to

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MIBR.
But before we do, Charlie, just

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pull that Maui snake tweet back
up now.

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This is ugly, isn't it?
So for for people who aren't

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actively watching, Vexlight was
the highest rated player in

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stage one with a 1.64 rating.
In stage 2 he was the lowest

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rated player with a naughty .55
rating.

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But that is crazy.
That's so.

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Like that, that definitely
sucks.

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Like that's probably a one in a
million start line as well to be

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honest.
But like he massively over

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performed in stage 1.
Like.

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He he's not suddenly good
because he had like, I don't

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mean ourselves because he's
better than me, but like he's

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not very good suddenly because
you had a good stage.

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Like you played four maps that
you did like you, you went to

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played well for four maps and
like role wise things.

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And then you play against teams
that are good and teams that can

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counter you just running at them
and then suddenly you're not

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good.
Going from the highest rate to

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the lowest rate is is really
awful.

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That's devastating.
Especially nought .55, that is

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fucking brutal.
Yeah, but I mean, it's like this

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did just kind of get banned,
didn't they?

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Yeah, a little bit, Yeah.
The Navi game especially.

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Was like you're not really at
least in the close game.

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You could probably, you could
probably even go positive or

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like a .9 in the close game.
You know what I mean?

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If you're getting shit on, it's
a it's a lot.

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It's a bit harder to hold.
You hold your hold, your hold,

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your round is what I'm going to.
Say well done, Jack.

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You got there.
You got there, buddy.

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I've just been hit in the head
for like 2 hours so I'm I'm not

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feeling great.
Excellent.

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Excellent MIBR.
Another team that got hit in the

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head repeatedly.
That was that was your segue.

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You're welcome.
Yeah.

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Yeah.
I mean, this, this is the

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definition of hey, man, can I
copy your homework?

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Yeah, Don't make it obvious, but
the guy just vomits all over the

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paper instead.
Yeah, I mean they are like team.

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Free and sunny free climb.
Yeah, climb like.

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Something like he's not even
that good, but he's better than

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this team.
Well, he shows like he shows

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flashes, right?
And this is the thing with Climb

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where it's actually like.
His name makes me laugh on it

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just sounds like I know it's his
surname but it makes just it's

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just a silly name.
It might be harsh.

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It's an interesting choice isn't
it really?

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Because I know they've done
pretty well domestically.

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Fucking suck internationally
though, and if you're looking to

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get this Academy open seems
really impressive because I know

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for a fact, by the way, before
some pirates G2 were considering

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just promoting him that like
you're looking for him to get

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some experience outside of your
Academy team And yeah like

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granted he's played at a major
now that is good.

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You send him to Mr. Did he play
it?

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Did he play at the major?
Did he play?

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Well, I mean he was connected to
a server.

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He went to the old tower and
yeah, plugged his keyboard in,

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but.
But like you send him to MRBR,

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is he not generally going to be
playing a lower standard of

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matches than he would in EU?
Like it was there, not like.

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There's a team that, sorry,
you'd need an offer.

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Yeah, right.
Like.

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Like she from off to game a
Legion, yeah.

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Anyway, they seem to hate their
oppas, but yeah, well.

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Exactly.
Like I've got a little more to

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say about MRBR.
To be honest, they're just not

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very good.
I'm just hoping Sani Insani ends

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up on a real team one day.
Like it seems that with your

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flexors and your red canids and
your legacies, like there are

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reasonably good Brazilian teams.
I know a lot of them have

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performed at this event but
like.

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Performed by going out.
Well, stage 1 I meant, but yeah.

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Fluxo actually won a game.
Congrats lads.

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They won two games, they were
going to they were, but he's

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obviously way too good for MRBR.
But obviously Furia aren't going

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to be looking at him anytime
soon though, so yeah, his

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English is good.
Get one game when he's done.

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Get him up phase anyway.
Honestly, with fucking help.

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And yes, anyway.
One three teams fanatic not

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talking about yet.
Fuck off Blame F was shit but no

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we're not doing it and I just
don't want to.

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Maybe you should have kept
you're really impactful,

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aggressive rifle.
Anyway, Aurora, we're going to

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talk about Aurora.
Fucking hell.

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This makes me very happy.
I don't know if it does make me

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happy, actually.
So, you know, you take the

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floor.
They they played horrible CS

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they did, they played not like
individuals shit in the bed

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generally right?
Like apart from bacterias, like

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nonsense game against MA that
you've got there.

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They they're fundamentals, their
rotations, their their excuse.

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They looked so distorted.
It's like they were all speaking

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a different language.
It felt they were fucking

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appalling.
And the series against Power

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Vision.
If you can just hover on that

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Mister Producer 2211 game.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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No, across, down.
Yeah.

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Bloody.
Hell.

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Yeah, not, not great across
across the board.

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Zantar has had an especially bad
Teesside in that as well.

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Yes, maybe went O in 11.
I think Majors, I let Corrigan

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get away with being completely
handless because he as much as I

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think he needs to pack it in, he
could generally call teams to

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play well.
They're just like me doing that.

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He's a fucking coach.
He's he's he'd be better off

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than the coach lot and you'd
have fucking bot Kev.

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I don't know why I brought you
that into that.

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Any thought?
I just and you know, I don't

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mean to disrespect the guy.
I'm sure he's brilliant, but I

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just, what the fuck are they
doing?

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I.
Just this, this team just has no

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identity anymore.
There's there's nothing

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interesting about them.
Like at least when when Nubis is

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in the pool, you're like, Oh
well, they'll probably win an

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Uber.
So the series gets interesting.

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Unless they play the modern
goals, but I just like I don't.

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I don't know what you do for a
roar anymore.

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Like, OK, well, this is the
thing, this is the thing.

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This is the thing, this is the
thing.

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There's a reason.
No, here's the thing.

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I'm there.
Sorry, I'm doing something

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different.
Here's the shit.

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Here's the shit.
That's not what I'm going to

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say.
There's a there's a reason you

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walk 6 and Santaras fucked off
from Turkish national teams to

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play in fucking big and mouse
and hell raisers and shit other

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teams because Turkish national
teams are fucking shit.

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There's not enough.
Like you've finally found five

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players who can actually all
help the mice at the same time.

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Space soldiers for fun.
It did fucking nothing.

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Engine and powers on the same
team are fucking appalling.

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Appalling.
Not even counter track players.

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I know how much you hate these
lot because you're not even

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being particularly emotive.
You're just like this is this is

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like.
This is clinical precision hate.

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Yeah, you're just being quite
cold here.

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I just, I just, and, and I mean
this like with Major and

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Wickedia, both players I've
actually had really pleasant

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interactions with.
Oh, Majors, lovely.

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Like he's actually nice.
They're just so this isn't

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personal, like if you're
watching, you know, love you,

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but please play the game because
this is just, it's just sad.

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And I just think like, no, no,
no, no, I'm not done.

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Oh my God, having one gimmick
map that got you reasonably OK

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and then got you in this
insulated circuit where you get

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every event and then you use
that to like, fuck you.

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I could do a trophy and then you
won that event and you were

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like, do what we need to do, do
what need to do, just not adapt

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at all.
Do nothing new, OK?

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They've had the same playbook
for two years.

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All right, my turn.
I'm going to I'm going to try

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and dissect a little.
OK, best of ones.

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They beat M80 because Ricardi
has popped the fuck off.

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Fine.
This is this is what you need

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sometimes.
It's not reliable though, is it?

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They've then played Phase.
Can't build a team around that.

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00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:09,760
Yeah, All right, shut up, Marta.
They've then played Phase and

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Jacob said he's one good game
ever, which is really

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unfortunate, actually.
Like what?

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What do you meant to do?
Jacob's decided he's got hands,

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and there's one round from Jacob
in that game where he's, I can't

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remember if he's Teeside or CT
side, but he's on, he's on

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short.
He just fucking shits on three

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of them.
But Dunk would be impressed with

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himself if he pulled off that
round and fucking Jacob's done

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00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,720
it.
Jacob's fucking useless, right?

427
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So they lose that, They then
play paravision and they play

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fucking Jane in a best of one on
overpass.

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Like Major was asking to lose
that game.

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Like Daddy's stupid from them.
And Paravision also played like

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kind of bad that game as well.
Yeah, they aren't even good.

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And I like I know Parliament are
a slow burn team and they'd like

433
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to they they use tend to get all
around from them.

434
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:08,520
Yeah, sure, exactly.
But like, bloody hell, man.

435
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:15,080
Yeah, but then when you lose to
Australis and we're not going

436
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through the game, we're not
doing it.

437
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,720
Fucking hell, how would you lose
into Australia?

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They are shit and device
absolutely fucking dunk at this

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major.
Yabby's not good.

440
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,360
We're not.
We'll get to them, right?

441
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,880
So my question is, and I'm going
to answer my own question a

442
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,160
little bit first, or I'm going
to set the scene for my question

443
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,360
a little bit first.
What the fuck do you do?

444
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,120
Because Zantara's past 3.
Months thermonuclear device but.

445
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,200
But is that because he's a bad
orphan now or are you suggesting

446
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,200
to Aurora?
All of Aurora, just remember.

447
00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,320
Like Zam Tara's pass Premium
says like a 1.2 device.

448
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:01,760
He's been pretty yeah, thank
you.

449
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:09,720
He's been pretty good but he has
a lot more quiet games now and

450
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,040
when he does they fucking.
It's shades.

451
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,600
It's shades of Nico.
It's a little bit Nico.

452
00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:16,880
Yeah, but he's also getting on,
right?

453
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,000
Like I think he's already might
be 29.

454
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:26,760
I don't know right Jotter, he's
not that great, is he?

455
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,840
He's not that great.
Your only option to sign anyone

456
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:35,120
is X filed.
You've got an IGL that is not

457
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,640
that great.
So what do you do?

458
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,680
Do you try and make Centaurus
Nigel?

459
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,160
Do you try and bank on X filed
be an IGL because you can't do

460
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:45,720
what's it?
We're not doing all the IGL.

461
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,440
It's fucking ridiculous.
Like do you try and get?

462
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,440
I've got to say, all party, I
was the former of the best team

463
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,800
in the world, but no, that all
party I decided to stop hoping.

464
00:27:56,360 --> 00:28:00,640
Like, what do you think?
I've heard that X5 was probably

465
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,680
going at one point, obviously
still in for them at Cologne I

466
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:09,960
think it was or an event.
I don't know.

467
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:14,640
I don't know, it's kind of a
shit team.

468
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:19,240
Again, they just shouldn't.
This team should be doing CCT

469
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:24,240
and and fucking fragging out
fears that it's that tier of CS.

470
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,720
Honestly, honestly like like
they're just not playing.

471
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,160
They are.
They're not play the game to the

472
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,320
level that is expected of teams
at the fucking major.

473
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,680
If this was stage 1, I wouldn't
care, but this is stage 2 now.

474
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,160
We're like we're meant to be.
We're out of out of diapers.

475
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,040
We're in pull ups now.
I mean, we're meant to not shit

476
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,800
ourselves all the time and
that's all they did well.

477
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,880
I think so.
I think if we go back to post

478
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:52,160
Austin shows, when Overpass came
back, I think we'd said then

479
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,600
like Aurora are going to
struggle in the second-half of

480
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,720
the year and lo and behold,
Aurora have struggled in the

481
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,720
second-half of.
The year I just, I just never

482
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,880
put any stock in them actually
being good looking at like as

483
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:07,200
we've said multiple times, they,
they benefited from the scene

484
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,680
being poor.
Yeah, from a lull in competition

485
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:11,920
and performance from everybody
else.

486
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,400
And like, that's fine for a
little bit.

487
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:22,400
Now it's boring and horrible.
Producer Charlie has fucking.

488
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:28,240
He has produced now.
I think producer Charlie might

489
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,320
have missed the fact that Tabson
is no longer an IGL because it

490
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,240
never really worked out.
I'm big after the online era

491
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,760
stopped and Gobby wasn't
actually doing all the calling.

492
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:44,000
But anyway, he said minus Major,
minus Jotter, plus Tabson, plus

493
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:49,280
Crimbo, I'm fucking in.
I'm down, fuck it, do it.

494
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,640
Moving on, right?
Ty Lou.

495
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,040
We're not going to talk about
them that much because it makes

496
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,080
me sad.
I love Ty Lou.

497
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,640
Ty Lou is so much fun.
Gee had his moments.

498
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,720
Jam Young had his moments.
The problem is and Young.

499
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,960
High price.
Other people have some moments.

500
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,520
The problem is attackers.
Fucking rubbish and this team

501
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:16,000
makes so many mistakes like they
can be good but it's on two

502
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,800
points they actually Start
learning from their fucking

503
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:24,080
mistakes and attacker like boy
he just needs to get in the

504
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,000
fucking bin don't he?
Again, it's just like he's not

505
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,880
even calling it's.
Only last three months .67

506
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,560
right?
Point one.

507
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:37,920
No, we're not.
Wait.

508
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,680
Oh, you've put on the majors
filter, right?

509
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:46,240
Can you remove the majors filter
.82?

510
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,040
And he's not even calling.
Man, that's still terrible.

511
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:54,920
That is so bad.
Yeah, I just fuck it.

512
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:56,320
We're not talking about him
anymore.

513
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,320
Get someone from Limb Vision.
Fuck off.

514
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,200
OK, two free teams, Jack,
because they're a thing.

515
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:07,840
Who's you want to talk about
first?

516
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:09,840
Two of those two free teams
troll.

517
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:11,800
My pick comes, so I want to talk
about.

518
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,200
I've got a lot to say about Nip,
so we'll do them at the end.

519
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,880
Let's start with.
Them with MAT, right?

520
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:20,400
OK.
I want to ask you a question

521
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,760
about MAT then.
Please ask me a question son,

522
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:28,800
I'll give you an answer.
So we know for a few years, bar

523
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:34,840
one event right at the start of
CS2, complexity now passion UA

524
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,640
pretty poor.
They still have the same core,

525
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,640
but they were poor the entire
time while being insulated.

526
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,640
One of the teams that was
actually protected by the

527
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,640
partner system.
They got to play a lot of Tier

528
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,320
1, and despite playing a lot of
Tier 1, you always got the same

529
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,440
oh we're inexperienced bullshit
out of them.

530
00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,560
Just just a whiny team did
they've just got like not the

531
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:01,880
players, but the energy of the
team.

532
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,080
It's just, it's just bitch
energy you.

533
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,840
Know what I mean?
But anyway, if M80 we're in that

534
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,560
position for that length of
time, how much better do you

535
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:18,080
think M80 would be now than like
passion UA core slash

536
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:19,880
complexity?
Because I really think they

537
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:30,920
would have far surpassed them.
I think they're probably they're

538
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,840
probably a better team than
passion UA.

539
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,080
They're just like I just said,
they just haven't had the

540
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:43,040
experience right.
I still think there's hex has

541
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,600
been a good addition for sure.
I can just.

542
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:48,720
I actually believe in him on
this team.

543
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,160
I always thought he was fucking
rubbish.

544
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,200
He's pretty solid on this.
Team, I think he was just a

545
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:59,840
victim of of evil really wasn't
he of evil supercomputer, but

546
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,080
pretty surely has pulled up Stew
DK.

547
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,000
I'm not sure a victim of Stewie.
Is that the point we're making?

548
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,520
Let's go with that.
What are?

549
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,560
You doing you're.
So confused, but you better show

550
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,880
this on camera at this point
because we are baffled by what

551
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,240
you're doing.
Audio viewers, we're just

552
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:26,400
looking at his his he zoomed.
He zoomed in on Stewie's fate.

553
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,720
I'm so confused.
People less than they might see

554
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:33,040
in a while anyway.
Yeah, they probably would.

555
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:39,400
I'll be honest, though, that
stage 2 was just and expected

556
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:44,680
return to form after a
reasonably impressive stage 1,

557
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,160
right?
They did.

558
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,840
They did what Flyquest did.
They sold.

559
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,040
They sold us a dream by playing
well and they didn't regress to

560
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:59,240
complete dog shit.
But they they also could have

561
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:00,240
made it through this stage as
well.

562
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,440
So it's so it's a little bit
disappointing using to Aurora,

563
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:03,880
who we've just started our
pants.

564
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,920
It's it's a shame they'd be a
strongest really convincingly to

565
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,600
be definitely.
I think they shouldn't have lost

566
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,400
to Imperial though.
I think the Imperial is really.

567
00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:19,480
Good.
Yeah, I don't know, like I'm

568
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,719
disappointed, but I still really
like the core.

569
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,639
I still think there's a future
for this team.

570
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:27,800
I mean, there's a future on Face
Clan, yeah.

571
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,560
Well, yeah, I think like, you
know, if you phase, you keep

572
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:37,920
twist, you fuck the rest of them
off, you fuck off, you just buy

573
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,480
the rest of them.
No Keep Swisher.

574
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,880
Which ones you get rid of then
you keep twist.

575
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:51,239
You got to keep twist and faze.
You're not getting rid of like.

576
00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:53,600
Get rid of the Germans.
Let's go.

577
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,160
Let's go American.
Which all be getting.

578
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:08,280
Junior.
Move on.

579
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:17,440
No no no, it's Australis time.
We're talking about Australis, a

580
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:23,240
team with absolutely 0 future.
So Australis went two free.

581
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:30,200
They lost to some shit teams.
OK.

582
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,120
No they lost to Nip which is
fine.

583
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,320
They lost to who else did they
lose to?

584
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,040
MAT?
They lost.

585
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,440
To MAT and.
They lost to Liquid, so maybe

586
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,960
they didn't lose to some shit.
They lost to a shit team.

587
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,600
They.
Played very, very badly against

588
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,400
Liquid, however.
They did, yeah.

589
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,600
And.
They got dismembered on Nuke,

590
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,960
which was their pick.
And and and.

591
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:58,360
Sorry, I know you're trying to
speak but.

592
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,800
But no, it's fine.
Hoaxy again is one of those

593
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,200
players where it's like, oh,
well, he's good, ideal.

594
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,280
So it's fine for him to be
completely fucking useless in

595
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,680
the server.
I'm tired of this.

596
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,120
I'm tired of it.
I'm tired of us giving a free

597
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:18,040
pass to just not not that much.
Ever not plug your mouse in and

598
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,720
just stink it up and be like,
oh, I mean, he's fine.

599
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:21,720
A call.
Good.

600
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:27,520
It's fine when you've got stars
device put in what like a nought

601
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,240
point?
Fucking skeletal and the shade

602
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:32,920
of shadow of device.
Yeah, device put in like a

603
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,040
nought .9 free.
Skeletal is yabby for those who

604
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,760
didn't didn't clock it but.
Nought .9 free rate in I think

605
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:45,200
it was in the major fucking shit
really bad but so so this is.

606
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,240
You best players stay man.
I'm just, I'm just like.

607
00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:50,680
Actually the best player.
I'm not even.

608
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,560
Stay, I'm just depressed by
australis now.

609
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,280
I've hit the breaking point of
australis where the entire time

610
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,040
I've been a part of TLDR I'm
like ha ha making australis joke

611
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,800
anytime it's possible because ha
ha they're fun now.

612
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,560
It's just fucking depressing
man.

613
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,400
Like it's not even beaten at
their horses.

614
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:10,040
It's like the horses decomposed
and it's just filling the room

615
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,080
with stent.
Yeah, it's just, it's a really

616
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,040
sad.
Sad.

617
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,080
What do you do?
Where'd you go from here?

618
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,800
You have to blow it up.
But.

619
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,400
Well I think realistically they
all got paying their salaries

620
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,040
this month so they probably all
blow it up quite soon.

621
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,480
But but what do?
You, Janice Gunderson, Master

622
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,280
class.
What do you get out of blowing

623
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:28,640
it up?
Genuinely, Because.

624
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,840
Because like, OK, the two best
Danish teams of all time, Gleaf

625
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,920
was the IGL of one of them and
also the star.

626
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,880
Cadium was the IGL of the other
and also the star.

627
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:42,160
So who's the best IGL now?
Hook See.

628
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:48,120
Like this available, sure, but
prison's just gone to heroic, so

629
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,720
yeah.
Well, this is the thing also

630
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:52,880
like as far as can never not be,
as far as can't not be Danish.

631
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,560
You don't need an author because
device is fucking rubbish now.

632
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,800
Like he is just got the counter
has left him.

633
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:06,640
It's sad but it's happened.
So there's two roles you need to

634
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,400
fill.
You need fucking shush because

635
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,520
shush is fucking money and you
can't get in because Nip aren't

636
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,680
letting go of him.
Blame F and stare.

637
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,680
They're probably about equal
honestly.

638
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,040
Like stare house massively
improved.

639
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,680
Credit to him.
Yabby.

640
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,920
He's not that guy.
Stan coming back makes the team

641
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,040
worse.
Hooks.

642
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,680
He needs people who can frag.
I'm not sure Tessa's improves

643
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:34,160
them.
So like what do you do?

644
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,760
Like they're never going to be
good.

645
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,520
No, they're just, they're just
fought right.

646
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,600
And this is the issue when also
like when you've signed

647
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:51,200
basically every Tier 1 player in
your region and like ruin the

648
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:55,520
careers of most of them, like
your recruitment pool.

649
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,280
A lot of them went on to do
nothing right, like a shot.

650
00:38:58,280 --> 00:38:59,280
That's pretty balls to that
peak.

651
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:04,680
But I've always said that that
when they signed stabby, they

652
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:09,840
signed the wrong duo because
Shushan test says elevate teams

653
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,200
flaws massively as a duo.
They're they're players who who

654
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,400
make it even better.
Starring in the Abbey get

655
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,640
highlights and now neither of
them do that either.

656
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,360
Make Stan Menopa, that's your
best bet without spending money.

657
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:26,320
But even then, he's his pants
stare like I do have faith, but

658
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,840
I just I just don't think he's
like he's not that guy,

659
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,040
unfortunately, like I think he's
pretty good, but he.

660
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:39,480
Think he maybe has too many like
just OK games to be a star.

661
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:47,160
Yeah, to do is precisely YEAH,
plays available to coach, get

662
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:51,440
glave, let him build a project.
Maybe there's something fun

663
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:57,120
there, but yeah, I don't know.
It's every time we see a glimmer

664
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,400
of like there's always a glimmer
of hope this team like this on

665
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:00,360
matters here.
It's like, oh, maybe they're

666
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,960
going to be all right for a bit
and they show like have a few

667
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,800
good games.
You're like oh, OK, great.

668
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,440
And then they're like, oh, and
now we forgot how to become a

669
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:09,520
strike again.
It's just like it's being the

670
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,240
same vicious abusive
relationship for for for like

671
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,280
since the.
The, you know, the dynasty team

672
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:18,200
dissolved.
Really.

673
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,320
Yeah.
I don't know if the device is

674
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,440
carrying a curse from from what
happened to Nip.

675
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,240
Maybe, maybe it's that, but
they're just fucking bans man.

676
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,880
Should we talk about Nip Seen
and she brought them up?

677
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:33,160
I'd like to because.
This is your depression moment

678
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,680
now.
Yeah, I mean.

679
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,600
Trauma dump, Jack.
Trauma dump.

680
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:45,240
I mean, we'll be here a while.
That's the Patreon special again

681
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:51,560
like going 2O great your two O
matches against phase.

682
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,800
You should have won the first
map you should have won the

683
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,960
second map.
You're like OK final fit

684
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,240
paravision.
You have 4 match points on dust

685
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:09,320
2 that you that you choke, then
you lose another time Second

686
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,000
map.
I can't remember what it was,

687
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:17,880
but I'm I'm happy to see him
back in the major and I think

688
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:19,720
stage 1 was showing that, OK,
this team actually knows what

689
00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:20,760
they're doing.
They're like they're actually

690
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,520
good and they are playing like
really sounds.

691
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,560
Yes, I said last last week, I
think it was about about your

692
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,560
jokes.
But again, this isn't an

693
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:31,000
individual player thing.
I think they're just I spoke to

694
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,120
spray, who's their assistant
coach about this.

695
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,960
And without going into too many
details of what saw what he said

696
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:42,680
and stuff like he, the main
thing was that they seem nervous

697
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,920
to choke so they sort of panic
and trying to close the rounds

698
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,600
in the later rounds of the game,
which you'll see like the Jane 1

699
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,160
V 2 was just an absolute
misplay.

700
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:56,920
He kills the guy Gandalf and the
short guy.

701
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,600
Like he should never be able to
get to the Gandalf guy because

702
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,920
the short guy is covering him.
Do you know what I mean?

703
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,880
He should never be able to take
that shot because of the short

704
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:04,200
player.
I.

705
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,240
Mean wrinkle could have been,
you know, actually shot him.

706
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,400
Well, there's that, there's
there's that as well, right.

707
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:14,400
But like that, I think they're
just whenever it's, it's the

708
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,880
chance to win, they're so scared
of making mistakes.

709
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,200
And I wonder if that's a snappy
thing because maybe snappy puts

710
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,920
this pressure and I think you
kind of have to respect his

711
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:22,880
pressure.
I don't like, I'm not saying

712
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,800
this is a negative thing, but I
think there's probably, he

713
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,120
probably has expectations to be
like, OK, guys, let's fucking

714
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:29,080
close this out.
Do you know what I mean?

715
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,320
And you're like, oh, I don't
want to be the guy.

716
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:39,520
It's like if you're a ramp
player on nuke, you can't, you

717
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:41,640
can't lose around that Russia.
You've got to, you've got to get

718
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:42,800
one.
Do you know what I?

719
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,720
Mean, which is crazy because
I've never seen you get one of.

720
00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:51,160
My favorite, yes, there we are,
but it's it's it's this this the

721
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:54,360
pressure kind of thing.
I think captain obviously didn't

722
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,120
have the greatest series as well
against power vision.

723
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,160
And then obviously, like I said,
I was getting beaten up for a

724
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,720
couple hours during the free
match game.

725
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,640
But it seems Nip, Oh, they sort
of had it.

726
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:09,160
Worse.
And Free match are a fine team

727
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:13,000
but I do think this Nip should
should have beaten them like

728
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,200
generally.
OK.

729
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,800
No, no, right.
But also.

730
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,080
But no, the bigger point is Nip
should never have been in the 2

731
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,120
two game.
They should have been in space.

732
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:27,160
Fine, but I'm going to stop you
now because you care about Nip a

733
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,560
bit too much.
You ask me.

734
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:36,280
No, I know, but it makes you, it
makes you look at it wrong,

735
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,240
right?
Nip are going to be seriously

736
00:43:39,240 --> 00:43:43,880
kicking themselves for how they
got knocked out of this major,

737
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:48,480
but a reminder at the start of
the year and if we're like 175th

738
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,880
in the world, their goal for the
year was to make the.

739
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,560
Major, Major.
They did that.

740
00:43:53,560 --> 00:44:00,640
They got through a stage great.
They were also just so

741
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:06,440
inexperienced outside.
Yeah, I think I, I probably have

742
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:09,440
better higher expectations as a
fan of whatever you want to say,

743
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:10,680
right?
Like I feel that's fair, but.

744
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:15,920
Outside of snappy and shush the
the team like they've got like

745
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:21,840
one decent room between them.
You can't expect them to to just

746
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,080
be closing stuff out.
And I know some dickhead now is

747
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,360
going to be like, oh, but what
about paravision?

748
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:30,360
Paravision or they also play in
a James system that prevents.

749
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,040
Them from prevents you from
choking so.

750
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:36,680
Much like SO.
And you've got dust on behind

751
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,880
you, like gun to your head if
you fuck up so.

752
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:44,840
So I think like, I don't think
it's a negative.

753
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:49,520
Like I, I can't look at it and
be negative about it because I

754
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:50,200
think.
No.

755
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:54,440
Yeah, there's there's so many
positives from this run.

756
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:59,120
They were so close to winning
these games and you need to make

757
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,000
mistakes in order to grow one of
the most.

758
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,760
Important things.
About.

759
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,360
Experience more though.
Yeah, yeah.

760
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,320
But one of the most important
things about experiencing

761
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,120
Counter Strike is getting
knocked out.

762
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:16,520
Look how many times Australis
their core at least choked

763
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,680
before they became the best team
in the world.

764
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,400
Look how close Liquid got before
they won a Grand Slam.

765
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:25,520
Like all of these things, you
need these things to happen.

766
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,120
Carrying and losing a major
final.

767
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,120
All of these things need to
happen in order for you to like

768
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:33,920
in most.
Cases, yeah.

769
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:36,520
In order for you to like do
great.

770
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:41,600
So if Nip change a player or
not, if they genuinely, if they

771
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,680
went on a fucking playoff run at
the next major, it wouldn't

772
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:48,320
surprise me because.
Like, yeah, I, I think.

773
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,800
These things are closing, games
out will probably just be gone,

774
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:54,720
hopefully.
And I think like.

775
00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:59,200
Lesser complexity.
I think you can agree as well

776
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,960
like they they played just like
really good good CS like like

777
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,360
structurally and.
And.

778
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,200
Individually, like like they
just played kind of like in a

779
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,800
nice way, like it was fun to
watch.

780
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:15,680
There's clearly a game plan and
that's quite nice for a team of

781
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:22,480
unexperienced players generally
to kind of play in a a well

782
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:24,840
structured way and not just be
this, you know, the sort of Tier

783
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:28,760
2 fragging house kind of thing.
So you put your points right.

784
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:33,800
I think it's just seeing the way
they lost their the 2O and two

785
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:38,040
one games and that they could
I've gone 30, you know, these

786
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,080
made the second stage going 202.
Three is just is just shit,

787
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:42,200
especially when the games are
that close.

788
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,960
Do you know what I mean?
And I think obviously there's a

789
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,720
snappy tweet here, tweet here
snappy saying that pretty much

790
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:49,480
the best team in the major that
they met at the major.

791
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,640
That's unfair.
It's probably probably right if

792
00:46:52,640 --> 00:47:00,360
you look at the score as well.
But yeah, I mean, you wouldn't

793
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:02,600
have faced them if you'd won
either of the two prize series,

794
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:03,880
right?
So it is what it is.

795
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:05,680
But those, I think your point is
right.

796
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,760
Like those rounds, they lost the
clutches and the final rounds of

797
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,000
the games.
Like those are mistakes that

798
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,960
hurt that much.
You don't make them again, you'd

799
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:14,400
hope.
Yeah.

800
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:16,960
All right.
Well, we're going to run the ad

801
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,560
break now and then we'll come
back.

802
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,920
We'll talk about the free two
teams potentially in a little

803
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,800
bit of detail.
So yeah, we'll see you in a SEC.

804
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,680
So Jack, do you find it hard to
keep up with all the news and

805
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,560
Counter Strike?
I do, I took a weekend off and I

806
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:36,320
came back to six new IGL's, 3
retirements and apparently

807
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,680
Malvi's water boy got picked up
by a top 20 team.

808
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:42,880
Right, that's why I've been
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809
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,440
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810
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:49,000
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812
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:54,440
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813
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:58,200
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Yeah, quick hits of news, spicy

814
00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:01,240
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815
00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:03,720
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816
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817
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:09,120
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818
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:12,080
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819
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:13,880
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820
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821
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,080
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822
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,920
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00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,680
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826
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827
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828
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,720
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829
00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:44,200
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830
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,160
OK so 3 two teams.
We're going to start with the

831
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:54,560
ones that went through first.
That's passion UA.

832
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:58,120
This is the best version of them
we've seen I think.

833
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:02,640
I know I saw Thorin tweet about
how JT is being under

834
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:06,800
appreciated as caller.
I think that's a very fair and

835
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:07,960
true point.
Always has been.

836
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:11,160
He's just had to deal with a lot
of shit players, particularly

837
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:15,160
players that just couldn't kill
people that JT had flashed for

838
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:21,200
him.
Fang, Yeah, Fang Grim, by the

839
00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:23,560
way, Yeah, Fang's rubbish.
Grim.

840
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:32,040
He's actually becoming a very,
very good player now and like.

841
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,680
Yeah, I mean, this is this is
this is Triumph Grim, right?

842
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:38,760
This is the Grim liquid thought
they were getting. 1.18 rate in

843
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:41,240
is is really nice, but the
player I actually wanted to

844
00:49:41,240 --> 00:49:44,400
shout out that's not.
Nick, surely?

845
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:46,720
Fucking believe I'm saying is
Nick's.

846
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:51,480
Nick's doesn't look lost
anymore, but he actually just

847
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:55,520
doesn't look lost anymore.
He's just a, this is a little

848
00:49:55,520 --> 00:50:00,600
guy and he, he's just like a
yeah, he looks like just every

849
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:02,680
American teenager.
Do you know what I mean?

850
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:07,400
Yeah, he's just, he's just, he's
not, he's not that guy.

851
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:13,160
He's never going to be that guy.
No, but he's he's probably were

852
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:15,480
of his of his face on the team
now, so.

853
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:21,960
Considering him and she's at XI
were brought in at the same time

854
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,920
and that guy's gone, probably
probably is.

855
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:31,040
Yeah, she's XI was also really
bad, but they both look shit at

856
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:33,320
that time.
So, so yeah, I think yeah, it's.

857
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:36,320
Yeah, I mean.
They deserve to go through like,

858
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:38,200
like, I don't, I don't really
like this team.

859
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:39,760
I don't really think they're
very exciting.

860
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,880
No, I.
Don't care but they played good

861
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:44,720
CS they went through.
I think Jade like you said JT is

862
00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:46,160
under appreciated.
The rest of the team I don't

863
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:49,720
forget Halzer get him on another
team but I just don't.

864
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:51,720
I don't really give a fuck on,
sorry.

865
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,240
Just under Holzer, Do you
remember when we used to say

866
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:56,320
that Holzer was like the budget
brokey?

867
00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:59,120
What the fuck is brokey to
Holzer now?

868
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:02,560
Because he's nowhere fucking
close anyway, Passion your way.

869
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:04,720
They're going to get banged out
in stage 3.

870
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:10,480
Let's move on Liquid.
What a fucking messy Team Liquid

871
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,640
are.
They are so sloppy.

872
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:15,400
They're so horrible to watch.
Play Counter Strike.

873
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:21,480
Their final round in the game
against Tyloo yesterday, there's

874
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:25,480
there's only Finna.
They're they're in banana,

875
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:30,000
there's 16 seconds 3B free and
they just go, oh, we're going to

876
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,680
go away and there's two players.
It might be the freebie 4

877
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:37,160
honestly, but there's two
players on a they've run into

878
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:41,840
the site and ultimate just has
been good.

879
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:46,280
This stage just gets to
otherwise they fully fully from

880
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:47,440
the game.
Outrageous.

881
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:49,880
No, he shouldn't have got one
like like I tweeted about this

882
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:53,800
because I just said I think I
said something like there's no

883
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:55,600
way that's like the run they
would like how they win it or

884
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:58,280
whatever.
And just it's just because it

885
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:00,520
works doesn't change the fact
that it was an absolutely

886
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:03,920
fucking atrocious idea it.
Was also only worked because

887
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,280
which Tyler player was it?
I can't.

888
00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:10,680
Probably a Tyler player.
It was probably attacker.

889
00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:13,760
No, it was even worse.
They tried to throw a grenade

890
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,400
off the default box and it just
got stuck in the box because

891
00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:19,240
they threw it like on the run
side if you bounce, if you

892
00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:22,160
bounce back it fucks with their
entire push and they never get

893
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:22,560
the.
Bottle.

894
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,040
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.

895
00:52:25,240 --> 00:52:28,640
That that is like equivalent to
the history round against phase

896
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:33,040
when like, you know, if he just
drops the smoke, he gets the you

897
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:37,760
know, the they they absolutely
thrust A charless, which is

898
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,720
which is better and more what
we're expecting to see from this

899
00:52:40,720 --> 00:52:44,960
liquid probably.
But there's a very real world

900
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:46,320
where they win in that charless
game.

901
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,560
Yeah, so this is this is the
last thing I want to say about

902
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:55,040
Liquid, right?
I fucking hate them.

903
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:57,800
And I don't hate them because I
hate them.

904
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:03,840
I hate them because they might
just shoot their way to

905
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:06,080
playoffs.
They will not do it through good

906
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:07,760
counter strike.
They are not a good counter

907
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:11,280
strike team, but they might just
shoot their way into playoffs

908
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:13,080
and that will really piss me
off.

909
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:21,680
Yeah, I mean, Elise had some
some games to be fair.

910
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:25,160
And I think he just, he's
capable of doing that right.

911
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:33,000
He is bold though.
An American, so I'm going to

912
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:33,960
stop saying nice things about
him.

913
00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:37,840
Yeah, two things I don't like.
I do think Ultima has been very

914
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,480
good.
There's a treat from treat.

915
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:42,720
There is a treat as well.
Always a treat.

916
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:44,120
There's a tweet from Striker
here.

917
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,640
So this is the ultimate that I
keep hoping we see more of more

918
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:51,360
often because he clearly has it.
Not just often, which is true.

919
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:54,320
There's that classic round, I
think it was a cattle column

920
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:59,600
where he's out bent for Mirage
and just just shits his pants

921
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:03,480
and just throws the round.
The one with sponge screams.

922
00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:06,720
So what are you doing?
Just fair enough.

923
00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:09,400
But also like he obviously just
does have the source sometimes

924
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:12,880
to be pretty good.
So bit of consistency from him,

925
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:21,360
liquid, probably a little bit
more exciting, but just don't,

926
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:25,200
just don't care.
No, really.

927
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:31,040
And finally three DMX.
I'm honestly surprised it took

928
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:37,120
them so long to make it through.
The upset fanatic was was poor.

929
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:42,160
Yeah, they're just not bad, are
they?

930
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:46,560
They're not great, but they're
just not all bad in any sense of

931
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:49,120
the word.
They're no worse with gravity or

932
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,880
Jelly, and they could honestly
make playoffs like I just.

933
00:54:52,240 --> 00:54:56,960
The thing is with 3D Max is I
don't even dislike the way they

934
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:59,120
play.
I like watching Mac and play.

935
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:02,040
I think, I think Thorin made a
really good tweet and he said

936
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:05,040
there was CS GO team playing
CS2.

937
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,280
And I think that's such a
perfect analogy because they

938
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:13,520
play in this very French, sort
of like prime French CS days of

939
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:18,320
like pretty structured, a lot of
kind of spawn calls, a lot of

940
00:55:18,320 --> 00:55:22,320
set pieces I'm going to make.
I could make a football

941
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:23,800
comparison, but I don't know
nothing about it.

942
00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:32,040
But I'm sure you can, Sir.
It's nice to have a a noticeable

943
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:35,880
style to to your team.
I think that's always cool.

944
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:41,200
It's you know, like art art
Furia had a style or or they had

945
00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:43,720
a a look, should we say right,
That's nice.

946
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:49,760
The issue is that styles in MMA,
they say styles make fights and

947
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:54,280
also in NCS, right, styles can
affect games, right?

948
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:59,120
If they might beat all the teams
in the playoffs bar one because

949
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,080
of a style match of if you get
the team of the on, you make

950
00:56:01,080 --> 00:56:04,560
less of a run right.
So they're a fun team, they're a

951
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:07,400
good team.
I'm upset that a bit Nip, but my

952
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:10,240
pick comes for fucked because
MAT lost.

953
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:13,120
So I don't, you know, not really
caring that much, do you know?

954
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:15,600
What the problem?
Is and I think it's also

955
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,160
testament that Snappy says
they're the best team they've

956
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:20,360
faced so far.
I think that's valid.

957
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:21,960
Is the problem that they're
French?

958
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:23,440
Is that we're?
Going to say it is that they're

959
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:24,560
French.
Yeah, All right.

960
00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:26,240
Three one teams, three one
teams.

961
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:29,160
We aren't going to talk about
these that much because like.

962
00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:33,120
It's the power mission, Jame
major #2.

963
00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:39,320
OK, look, they should have lost
a nip held on despite a limited

964
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,320
experience.
Honestly, like that's just a

965
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,880
testament to Jame.
It is just a testament to Jame.

966
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:49,880
He held his nerve in a clutch
and his system just he's good at

967
00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:51,680
preventing fuck ups.
He just is.

968
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:53,560
I don't like certain parts of
it.

969
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:58,000
I don't like the hill by fucking
Rd. armour 57 and say 3 and half

970
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:00,520
grand when the rest of his teams
have M fours and concede the

971
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:04,440
round just to buy an open the
next round and die first like.

972
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:07,920
That did happen multiple times
by the way, where he would just

973
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:09,560
go for an opening, pick the next
round and die.

974
00:57:09,720 --> 00:57:12,040
Awesome.
He wouldn't even, sometimes he

975
00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:13,200
wouldn't even go for the opening
pick.

976
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,800
You'd just get walked up, up up
on him, fucking die.

977
00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:17,880
Like, I'm not overly big on
that.

978
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:20,760
I'm not too big on that.
But I just, it's hard to

979
00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:23,400
criticize Jame, isn't it?
I don't like him.

980
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:26,520
Well, it's good.
He's fucking.

981
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:29,360
Good.
I don't dislike him again it's

982
00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:36,360
like you can dislike the system,
but it clearly works right.

983
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:40,320
That's different to doing what
liquid did, which is the wrong

984
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:46,200
thing and it working James does
James system eliminates doing

985
00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:47,680
wrong things generally.
Do you know what I?

986
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:51,120
Mean.
And it's why like why they're

987
00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:55,680
getting Roy so close because
generally like the T sides are

988
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:59,200
they kind of let you do what you
want on Teeside because they

989
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:03,960
know the Teeside will just
suffocate you and impose our

990
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:04,720
will.
Should we say?

991
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:07,120
Do you know what I mean?
That's kind of the premise.

992
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:10,920
It's another style of CS, which
I think is interesting to have

993
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:17,640
Imperial.
They like the reverse fly quest.

994
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,880
I just don't really understand
how they went through it.

995
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:27,160
Well, they look absolutely Pooh
in the Stage 1 and then they

996
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:32,000
look pretty good.
I mean, OK, they actually didn't

997
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:36,400
really beat that many good
teams, but they played pretty

998
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:37,200
well.
I'm happy.

999
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:39,440
For them, I'm not going to
criticize them.

1000
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:42,000
I'm happy for them.
I like, yeah, we were saying it

1001
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:42,880
last week.
I like Vinny.

1002
00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:44,240
I like Zach.
Hello.

1003
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:50,680
Yeah.
I try great, I'm just I'm just a

1004
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:54,440
little confused like.
That's enough said about them,

1005
00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:56,040
honestly.
Jim is just.

1006
00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:58,960
Actually, actually good though.
Bait.

1007
00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:00,120
It's bait.
Bait.

1008
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:01,000
It's.
Quite good, yeah.

1009
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:03,640
They always look so sad and
confused when they're playing.

1010
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:05,640
They all look really upset at
everything that happens.

1011
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:08,280
They just have this horrible,
all the players have this

1012
00:59:08,280 --> 00:59:10,960
horrible expression.
It's just like like they're just

1013
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:14,520
being hurt.
But they're legit really good.

1014
00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:18,200
They're a really good team.
Kansas always the truth that you

1015
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:22,080
just need a haircut.
Hat trick has been pretty decent

1016
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:26,640
Nipple is is is fine.
They're a fun team.

1017
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:29,920
They're they're a fun team.
Yeah, I've I've I've.

1018
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:31,960
Can't really criticize them.
Good players.

1019
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:36,440
They they are, and they win
games pretty suitably, I would

1020
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:40,240
say.
Yeah, but that's that's kind of

1021
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:41,840
it.
They're just good.

1022
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:48,400
It's just, yeah, fair, fair Fox.
They they do just improve at

1023
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:49,800
these events every time they
play at them.

1024
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:55,960
The three O teams, then Navi.
Everyone had that in the pickams

1025
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:58,200
I think.
Yeah, I just, there's not much

1026
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:01,960
to say about Navi honestly,
because it's just like, well

1027
01:00:01,960 --> 01:00:06,080
done, you did.
What you were meant to do.

1028
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:07,800
What you were meant to do, I
mean.

1029
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:09,320
Something the Casa said a few
times.

1030
01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:11,760
Was there a Stage 3 team?
They're in Stage 2 and I think

1031
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:13,280
that's very accurate, to be
fair.

1032
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:16,320
Wonderful has played
phenomenally, by the way.

1033
01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:18,920
Which is very reassuring.
That is the one thing worth

1034
01:00:18,920 --> 01:00:20,160
saying.
It's reassuring.

1035
01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:21,360
It's also.
Oh well.

1036
01:00:22,640 --> 01:00:26,280
I'm going to say
uncharacteristic because he's

1037
01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:33,720
kind of been an issue at times.
He's played phenomenally.

1038
01:00:33,720 --> 01:00:36,760
He's looked untouchable.
He's looks so confident in his

1039
01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:40,040
fights.
He's hitting shots he shouldn't

1040
01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:42,400
hit and this and the shots he
should hit, he always hits them.

1041
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:46,360
So he's playing excellently.
My cars.

1042
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:50,920
He's also just just just good
and they seem happier and

1043
01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:53,600
Smilier, which is a promising
sign because this team has

1044
01:00:53,600 --> 01:00:57,360
looked miserable the last all of
this season.

1045
01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:02,040
Honestly hope it continues.
I can see the making playoffs.

1046
01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:05,360
Yeah, I think, I think the
expectation should be playoffs

1047
01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:08,440
now, honestly.
They've got a horrible opening

1048
01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:12,160
game, like we said, like they've
got fuel Wish yeah, won't wish

1049
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:13,960
Fury on my worst enemy, but
like.

1050
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:16,080
But I will say it was wonderful
like this.

1051
01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:22,840
You've got you've got a big rock
to sling at Goliath.

1052
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:26,120
You can pitch, you've got you've
got wonderful who's really good

1053
01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:29,480
at shutting down offers, going
up against Molladoy who actively

1054
01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:33,840
looks to shut down offers.
It's kind of a fun, fun fight,

1055
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:36,040
right?
It, yeah, it's something to keep

1056
01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:39,360
an eye on.
But let's talk about phase,

1057
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:42,720
though.
Now, I've got another point

1058
01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:50,440
about the major format.
The presence of best of ones as

1059
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:54,320
long as the two team, as long as
the A-Team faces the right

1060
01:01:55,240 --> 01:02:01,600
teams, means that a team can go
through those best of ones

1061
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:03,840
playing just one map.
And that's what phased it.

1062
01:02:03,840 --> 01:02:07,760
They played just two twice.
And I don't, I don't really

1063
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:11,160
think that's good, to be honest.
Where are we challenging the

1064
01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:13,480
team's map pool to find the best
of the best here?

1065
01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:17,720
Like, I don't.
I don't like that they got.

1066
01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:18,480
I don't.
Know if did.

1067
01:02:18,640 --> 01:02:20,680
I'm not sure if you said this or
some of the cast has said it.

1068
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:25,560
Honestly, it's all been a bit of
a blur, but Dust 2 is probably a

1069
01:02:25,560 --> 01:02:29,040
comfortable pick for both teams
because it's generally a very

1070
01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:32,240
5050 map.
Most protocol that said that.

1071
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:36,000
Yeah, most tier one CS players.
I've heard a lot of those too.

1072
01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:44,440
You know it's dog shit and
congest in ABO one.

1073
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:47,280
It's like the most neutral map
where there's not a lot of

1074
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:49,480
strategy really.
It's pretty solved.

1075
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:56,480
Everyone plays kind of the same
way, so it's a pretty safe pick

1076
01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:59,160
for everyone.
Like it's kind of like we're

1077
01:02:59,160 --> 01:03:00,880
playing AB1, Gentleman's
agreement.

1078
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:02,960
We'll play on the very fair map,
you know what I mean?

1079
01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:06,920
Yeah.
I mean, I disagree with your

1080
01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:08,600
point that there's not a lot of
strategy.

1081
01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:10,320
I think there is.
It's just maybe.

1082
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:11,640
Nothing.
No, but nothing new is what I

1083
01:03:11,640 --> 01:03:12,920
mean.
Like no one's showing.

1084
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:14,480
Everything kind of linear
compared to.

1085
01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:20,280
Yeah, but but I mean, but I mean
there's there's a from long, A

1086
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,960
from short, B from tunnels, B
from mid.

1087
01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:25,400
It's cut there.
That's kind of four finishes to

1088
01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:26,520
every round, should we say?
Right.

1089
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:29,480
It's like a let's say J OS so
much, but that's one finish.

1090
01:03:31,720 --> 01:03:32,960
Yeah, I just.
Rubbish.

1091
01:03:33,560 --> 01:03:38,480
Yeah, Will's worst spear, which
is how most long, long executes

1092
01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:42,040
look actually just really floppy
and limp.

1093
01:03:43,360 --> 01:03:46,080
But yeah, they also should have
lost an IP.

1094
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:49,560
They should have lost an IP.
Yeah, yeah, which is I mean

1095
01:03:52,080 --> 01:03:56,480
phase are a loved one, right
Like the same is true for Liquid

1096
01:03:56,480 --> 01:04:01,960
where they could just go to
playoffs now and.

1097
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:04,000
It I just think that would be
bad for them.

1098
01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:06,040
And it and it wouldn't surprise
me.

1099
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:09,680
And yeah it would be bad for
them because like they've made

1100
01:04:09,680 --> 01:04:12,880
it through the stage of Jacob
having a pop off game, Jacob

1101
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:16,400
having one decent map in the
BO3, and Brokie having a good

1102
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:19,480
game.
These are not things you can

1103
01:04:19,800 --> 01:04:22,120
rely upon.
So honestly they could go like

1104
01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:29,160
O33O32.
Don't see them being a free one

1105
01:04:29,160 --> 01:04:34,280
team but I'd put money on them
being one of those free records

1106
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:37,120
if I was guaranteed to turn a
profit.

1107
01:04:40,120 --> 01:04:42,680
That's like the most non
committal thing ever.

1108
01:04:42,680 --> 01:04:46,320
But yeah, sure, they'll either
win or they'll lose.

1109
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:47,440
That's my.
No, no.

1110
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,520
But what I'm saying is, is
they'll either blast through the

1111
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:52,640
next stage, fucking crash out of
it, or they'll like scrape

1112
01:04:52,640 --> 01:04:56,040
themselves through.
Yeah, yeah.

1113
01:04:56,640 --> 01:04:59,280
The issue the issue is.
Is who's their Who's their

1114
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:07,360
opening game?
Charlie Faves will be going O

1115
01:05:07,360 --> 01:05:12,400
free in the next stage.
Congratulations, Carrigan, on

1116
01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:15,320
your retirement.
You've had a fantastic career

1117
01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:17,680
and that's all we're going to
say about phase.

1118
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:26,560
Yeah, should we?
Do with the simulator now

1119
01:05:26,560 --> 01:05:28,160
should.
We do some simulating.

1120
01:05:28,600 --> 01:05:30,480
Not the Pickles back anymore
because no one checked that one

1121
01:05:30,480 --> 01:05:31,880
coin.
Thank you Val for ruining

1122
01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:38,480
everything right anyway.
So it begins with Fury versus

1123
01:05:38,480 --> 01:05:41,880
Navi.
Let's not fuck about Jack.

1124
01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:48,280
No Fury, yeah.
Fury vitality phase, let's not

1125
01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:56,160
fuck about vitality Falcons B8.
Three months ago I would have

1126
01:05:56,160 --> 01:06:03,960
said B8, but Falcons should
really just win that Mongols

1127
01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:10,520
imperial.
I'm a bit scared to say the

1128
01:06:10,520 --> 01:06:13,640
Mongols.
Yeah, me too.

1129
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:17,560
I think this might be one of
those funny games that's not

1130
01:06:17,560 --> 01:06:19,760
actually that all that good, so
I'm going to say Imperial for

1131
01:06:19,760 --> 01:06:23,720
this one.
Yeah, yeah, let's whack an

1132
01:06:23,720 --> 01:06:28,360
Imperial for that one.
Mouse power efficient.

1133
01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:34,960
I would say mouse are a slow
starting team sometimes.

1134
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:39,520
Let's whack in paravision.
Fuck it.

1135
01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:42,880
I like this honestly it's a
matter if we're right anymore

1136
01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:45,160
because I can't get diamond so.
Yeah, don't give up.

1137
01:06:45,160 --> 01:06:46,720
Let's.
Just let's just lie.

1138
01:06:47,360 --> 01:06:50,400
You know, I could also see Navi
beating Fury, but we're not

1139
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:55,680
doing that.
Fury are going to not drop a

1140
01:06:55,680 --> 01:06:57,480
map.
At all?

1141
01:06:57,480 --> 01:06:59,400
Come on.
Ever again.

1142
01:07:00,080 --> 01:07:02,600
Spirit of beating liquid not
fucking about there don't.

1143
01:07:03,040 --> 01:07:06,920
Have faith on that one.
G2 will beat Passion UA and 3D

1144
01:07:06,920 --> 01:07:11,160
Max will beat cane Gaming.
The French guys are beating the

1145
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:14,880
pan, the bread.
Fury Are we going to beat 3D Max

1146
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:19,080
Vitality Paravision Falcons?
Will be here.

1147
01:07:21,480 --> 01:07:27,360
Spirit will beat you too because
it means we get really fun games

1148
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:28,920
in the two O.
That's why I'm going for it.

1149
01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:33,800
OK, fine, fine.
I kind of want to say G2 win it,

1150
01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:40,680
but fine if you say so.
Do you haven't really been good

1151
01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:44,080
since London?
Yeah.

1152
01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:45,240
All right.
A.

1153
01:07:45,240 --> 01:07:47,600
Little bit.
Mongols, passion your way.

1154
01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:51,160
I would be very upset if the
Mongols didn't manage to win

1155
01:07:51,160 --> 01:07:54,080
that one.
Yeah, I'm going to give that one

1156
01:07:54,080 --> 01:07:57,040
to the Mongols.
Mouse versus liquid mouse.

1157
01:07:57,680 --> 01:07:59,680
Sorry mouse.
Yeah, I don't think Liquid to

1158
01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:03,520
get started in that game.
I think bait will be pain.

1159
01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:10,600
I think so also.
Yeah, Navi phase Navi, Navi.

1160
01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:14,680
OK, furious.
Your spirit, wonderful Bush

1161
01:08:14,680 --> 01:08:17,399
brokey, by the way, that that's
coffee, baby.

1162
01:08:17,399 --> 01:08:22,920
Hydrogen bomb, you know exactly.
Furious Spirit.

1163
01:08:24,120 --> 01:08:26,560
It's furious, furious, furious
go for you.

1164
01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:32,760
Vitality Falcons.
Falcons.

1165
01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:42,560
Yeah, yeah, I'm done with that.
Yeah, I'm not confident on that,

1166
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:46,560
but I'm down with that mouse
beat Imperial Paravision, beat

1167
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:48,160
the Mongols.
Fire.

1168
01:08:50,560 --> 01:09:02,080
G23D Max data 5050G. 2.
Yeah fine Navi bit Navi.

1169
01:09:02,479 --> 01:09:06,600
Yeah, Phase beat Passion UA in a
in a BO3O2 game.

1170
01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:08,240
I thought you said they're going
O3 mate.

1171
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:11,800
Yeah, but now I've seen they're
playing fucking Passion UA and

1172
01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:16,720
Passion UA are going go free.
Liquid pain.

1173
01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:19,600
My God.
Yeah.

1174
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:26,200
Liquid, liquid Yeah.
Vitality BG2.

1175
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:33,680
Correct Spirit, be much you
don't believe, but I do.

1176
01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:37,399
I don't want to say Mouse beat
Spirit, Charlie.

1177
01:09:37,399 --> 01:09:39,399
It's up to you.
You decide.

1178
01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:43,680
Oh, he's sticking with Mouse.
Rogue.

1179
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:47,960
Navi versus Paravision.
Yeah.

1180
01:09:48,640 --> 01:09:50,760
Yeah, I'm OK with Navi beating
Paravision.

1181
01:09:51,439 --> 01:09:54,400
Yeah, yeah.
Liquid beat imperial I think.

1182
01:09:54,520 --> 01:09:58,400
You'd fucking hope so.
They beat the Mongols.

1183
01:09:58,840 --> 01:10:00,440
I'm going to say yeah, bait beat
Mongols.

1184
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:09,970
Get baited.
There's a world where with 3D

1185
01:10:09,970 --> 01:10:12,250
Max, get it done, you know. 3D
Max beat face.

1186
01:10:12,450 --> 01:10:15,130
Oh yeah, I'm going, I'm going.
3D Max beat face.

1187
01:10:15,170 --> 01:10:17,890
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shot that one over Charlie.

1188
01:10:18,530 --> 01:10:26,770
Just just on on the X beat Y Nip
nearly beat face and 3D Max

1189
01:10:26,930 --> 01:10:33,000
trounced Nip so therefore bomb
them bigger fish, yeah.

1190
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:36,800
Spirit beat 3D Max.
Yeah, sorry guys.

1191
01:10:36,920 --> 01:10:39,400
Oh my God, Jane might be going
to the playoffs.

1192
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:40,440
I.
Think he is?

1193
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:43,560
I don't think liquid, I think
they're so sloppy they don't

1194
01:10:43,560 --> 01:10:44,880
have it in them to beat
paravision.

1195
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:47,960
No ultimate.
It's going to just like go back

1196
01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:53,480
to caveman brain and Jane's
going to like shine his holy

1197
01:10:53,480 --> 01:10:55,320
light on him and make his brain
explode.

1198
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:57,760
I think Bait might be going to
playoffs as well.

1199
01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:01,720
And I'm happy with that,
honestly.

1200
01:11:02,280 --> 01:11:09,160
Yeah.
So our playoffs teams are

1201
01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:12,120
furious.
Falcons photology, Navi Mouse.

1202
01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:15,600
Nothing crazy there.
That's fine.

1203
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:19,080
And then power, vision, spirit,
bait.

1204
01:11:22,160 --> 01:11:24,800
I really don't dislike that.
I mean I think we dislike the

1205
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:28,840
last one we did and it turned
out fucking shit, but I really

1206
01:11:28,840 --> 01:11:33,200
don't dislike that.
This might be one of the majors

1207
01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:36,520
of all time.
This might be one of the majors

1208
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:40,920
of all time, and I think that's
the perfect, perfect thing to

1209
01:11:40,960 --> 01:11:42,440
end it on, Jack.
Yes, it is.

1210
01:11:43,960 --> 01:11:46,320
We'll be back next week.
There might be a third person

1211
01:11:46,320 --> 01:11:47,800
here.
There might not be.

1212
01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:51,560
Maybe no one will be here.
You'll have a podcast by

1213
01:11:51,560 --> 01:11:56,640
yourself, dear viewer.
I'm going to think about a rope

1214
01:11:57,200 --> 01:12:00,440
tied to the ceiling and me
dangling from it.

1215
01:12:02,400 --> 01:12:05,960
Like a rope swing.
Like a zip line?

1216
01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:08,440
Yes, like a rope swing or a zip
line.

1217
01:12:09,560 --> 01:12:12,240
Fabulous.
Yes, I've been Sam.

1218
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:14,320
I have a Twitter.
He's been Jack.

1219
01:12:14,480 --> 01:12:16,600
He also has a Twitter.
Follow us.

1220
01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:21,960
Charlie has been here.
He made a suggestion he will do

1221
01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:22,600
something.
Good.

1222
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:27,560
James will make a thumbnail.
Do you have anything to plug

1223
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:31,720
this week, Sam?
No.

1224
01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:33,040
OK.