Call of Duty League Championship Weekend | Grand Finals
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>> Welcome to Las Vegas, Nevada, and our
championship Sunday. Yes, yes, yes. It's
going to be cinema later on today. But I
heard that there's some rumors going
around where there's some nerds playing
sports today. We got some athletes here
in the venue. Challengers finals at the
Michelob Ultra Arena getting ready to
get kicked off. It is going to be an
epic battle. Both teams have major
championships and it's just about
putting that crown to cap off the year.
I'm Jeff. This is StuddyJ. How we
feeling? Oh, I'm feeling fantastic. Like
you said, championship Sunday, you're
going to be with the most energy you
have had all throughout this entire
weekend, you made it to the final dance.
And both teams that we have in that main
stage without a doubt, can either one
host that trophy?
>> Without question. One is a major 2
champion, one is most recently major
four champion. It's a lot of stories
that we get to break down, but this has
been an unbelievable year for
Challengers, period. And the teams that
made it here to Vegas put on an absolute
show. You take a look at the bracket
overall again. Omid, the EU version of
the squad, making it all the way to the
grand finals through the upper bracket.
They took down their opponent of P7
notorious in the winners finals.
Notorious will handle business. as they
got down to that lower final smoke team
wore in a 3 0 and these are by far I
would say our most consistent teams from
what they were able to put in Europe as
well as the most consistent team from
North America battling for a
championship.
>> Yeah, it's just crazy to see this omit
run to start off in winners round one
going up against the likes of the Turai
Bush Gaming squad. We know what that
squad was capable of. They were your
major three champions. You take care of
them in three and then you go up against
your brethren squad in Brooklyn. Another
quick series for them. They have been
basically making easy work for all of
their opponents so far up to this point.
Yeah, didn't drop a map in groups
either, did this omit team. So, only
dropping one hard point to this point
versus their opponent in P7 notorious.
That's the breakdown of how we got
there. Here is how we're going to handle
things on the business today.
Challengers finals get us kicked off.
Then, of course, we're going to get the
Treyarch guys up on the desk to talk
through season five. Trust me when I
tell you, they've got some stuff cooked
up. And then of course the grand finale
phase from the upper bracket taking on
the arch nemesis in the backtoback world
champs in Optic Texas. It's going to get
sick in here. I mean last time we were
in Vegas it was like what do we do? It
was a quick 5-0 in the grand finals.
We're like let's go to the pool. I guess
I think we're going to be here for a
while tonight.
>> No, without a doubt man. I think every
single series that we're going to have
on that main stage has a chance to go
all the way to the last map because the
caliber of players that are on that
stage are at a very high level and the
level of just gameplay that's going to
be so efficient on that main stage is
going to be next to none. Well, let's
take a look at some of the players as
both of our squads of challengers are
getting ready to kick things off and
starting with the EU counterparts of
omit. This has been one of the more
incredible stories that we've seen in
challengers. Those that have been
following should know Denza. He's been
around for a long time. He's found a ton
of success. Hasn't really had a chance
to put his name on a CDL performance.
But everyone else on this roster for the
most part are brand new. DK, Ethan,
first years competing. Ethan most
recently pro in Rocket League. He's
coming out as the KD leader on the
weekend. Right behind him is DK. And
then Aspect, this is his third time
making it to a challenger finals
appearance in the playoffs. Now finally
getting to the final stage of it. The
fact that this kid Ethan on less than a
year of playing competitive Call of Duty
is having without a doubt some of the
best experience in the world just gets
to Call of Duty Champs and drop the
numbers that he is. He's over 1.2 in
every single mode. And in Search and
Destroy, he's a 2.4. There is no way in
hell a guy with no experience is playing
at this level, but he continues to
shine. And you can see just on this
overall KD leaderboard, it's not just
him and DK aspect and is by far best
challengers year to this point is also
up there in the top. And that's just
such a surprising statistic to look at
because when you think about teams that
Denza's been on the path, he's been the
KD leader. He's been the heavy slayer.
So for this emit organization, they
found themselves a younger squad and
it's worked out beautifully. And you may
have saw that little blip on the bottom.
Emit has been as an organization by far
our most successful one. 2023
Challengers champs able to find
themselves a win. Then the next year
they get to a game seven they lose to
team lore in this challengers finals.
And then last year they beat Emit
Brooklyn. So both emit teams in the
finals. It was a 40 then. So Amit has
been unbelievable. But on the other side
this Notorious team whether it's project
notorious or project 7 however you want
to kind of go they combine together.
They were at the proam but they make a
change here. Jay Johnny is in and he may
be the glue this team needs. Yeah, these
names and these faces are going to be
very familiar for people who were
watching the CDL from the beginning of
this season. Eric Boommy hasn't had his
chance to get back up to the top. But
Snoopy and Beans start off the year in
the pro scene and just get knocked down
to challenges with some unfortunate
events happening, but now they are
making the most of it. I think you just
hit it on the head though, Al to go from
Diamond Con, who's usually a slow AR
player, to now mix it with a flex player
in towards Johnny. It improves them
overall in their respawns and it
drastically improves them in their
search destroy game
>> without question. We also talked a lot
about when Snoopy was dropped from
Boston. It was right immediately before
the MPC came out. As soon as we got into
North America Challengers Elite, we were
both sitting here like, damn, Boston
done messed up because Snoopy has been
electric. Total takeover. But on the
other side, kind of to tell the story,
Beans continues to float in and out of
these lower level CDL teams that just
aren't really constructed all that well.
He gets thrown back into challengers and
he consistently puts up numbers that
look like this. He's been unbelievable
as well.
>> Oh yeah, without a doubt. Cuz looking at
that SND KD, you know what Benjamin
Beans is always going to be known for.
That's that snipe in hand. So leading
his team in the KD department in that
game mode, just going to allow him to
have more freedom. You add an SMG player
or flex player like Johnny with Eric
Boom and Snoopy. Oh, Beans is like,
"Don't worry, I got everything in front
of you guys. Just go.
>> Just do it. Do the thing. I'll skip the
freebies. No problems there." It's been
an unbelievable challenge this year.
Some of our top organizations have found
their way to championships and now it
comes down to this best of seven. A
number of repeats in here from when
these two teams matched up in the
winners finals in a slightly different
order. Colossus Hardpoint was map number
four. A mint was able to take that 250
to 185. So, in all terms, a pretty close
game. Sake Search is new. The Den
Overload is a repeat, which was a 53 in
the winners finals. and the star hard
point for our guaranteed first four
should be fun because that was map
number one that project 7 notorious was
able to take by a tally of about 15
points. Where's your thought process
kind of evaluating at least our first
couple of maps? I think both teams just
showing respect to each other because in
that series last night in the winners
finals either map could have went either
way. The only one that was a
differencemaker was that Colossus
Hardpoint and that's due to the way that
OM were able to win the previous two
maps around 11 and the search and
destroy. You were down 03 in that
overload. managed to come back with five
straight scores. So, what do you think
that does to the mental for P7? You're a
little bit demoralized going into that
Colossus. So, hopefully they forgot
about that and they're locked in today.
>> Feels like it's just going to be a
straightup run back. Both teams feeling
feisty. Both teams also ready on the
main stage with Guy Blaze to give us our
intros.
They are definitely ready on the main
stage everybody. And they have been
chirping. This is Champs. And now we
have to crown a champion for our
challengers finals. as we had 16 teams
come out here playing for a prize pool
of 150K. And now it's time to see who's
going to take the lion share of it all.
To my left, Project Notorious P7. You
got Beans, Snoopy, Eric Boom, and
Johnny. Players who know this stage all
too well. Looking to take down the squad
to my right. Oh my. A team that has been
in these finals so many times. You got
Denza, Ethan, Aspect, and DK trying to
show everybody what excellence looks
like to challengers and showing that
they can take this series. Now, the
players are ready to go. Vegas, I know
you guys ready to get the day started
and you all are ready at home. This is
your challengers finals and it starts
now.
>> Let's get it. Project notorious CDL
veterans on the stage looking for a
bounce back amid the more unproven but
tested and providing the results you
need as a bunch of younger guns
underneath the wing. Kind of mother bird
Denza up there. Should be a lot of fun.
Before we get things kicked off, I want
to give this so much love to all the
organizations that have participated so
far in challengers. These two teams in
particular will be at EWC. You're also
going to have another that has already
qualified, the LCQ still to come. So
some of your favorite players, your
favorite brands are there. But
throughout this entire year, Challengers
lead has been a movie. So, just want to
give a huge shout out to all the other
commentators and production staff that's
worked out there. Starting off with
Dandro, Enigma. They've been
unbelievable. Running a watch party
right now, Spaceman, Gaskin, stage two,
Proper Infinity, stage three, and our
boy Visions and Seabour in stage four,
plus of course our boys across the pond,
Bryce and Don, holding it down in EU.
It's been a really, really fun year.
It's an honor to be able to sit up here
and give you guys the sights and the
sounds as we cap off the season. Yeah,
we needed all that talent for all that
we saw through our challenges this year
to keep up with. You got the vets, you
got the young guns, you got some rookies
making their first attempt at Call of
Duty. So, like you said, big shout out
to everyone that was able to participate
on this side. A lot of new organizations
coming in. Hopefully, they're here to
stay and the staples still showing where
they're at the top. But this battle
between these two squads, there's no way
in hell this is going to end in four.
This is going to be a blood bath.
>> I think so, too. Just especially knowing
that we get three maps in a straight run
back in our first four. Feels like
there's going to be a little bit of,
okay, here's the mistakes we made. Just
clean this little thing up. We should be
in for some electricity here early to
get this venue at least somewhat sparked
as we look forward to the rest of the
day.
>> Other thing kind of about this matchup,
it's, you know, the ability for
Projecttories to kind of write some of
the wrongs that have happened in the
last couple of months now. Cuz you go
out to the ProAm, they were right there
ready to upset CDL teams and then lose
complete composure. Same situation
unfolds when they eventually get to
Paris, not quite getting the result that
they want. It sparks the move to take
Diamond Con out, put Johnny in. And it's
just really funny when you talk about
Johnny because he finds himself in this
position. It feels like all the time. Go
back to when he was given the chance in
the CDL. He joins a team that was
already out of the running for playoffs.
So, it's like, okay, short stint, not a
chance to raise your stock, but to be
somebody who can maybe turn around a
team and win a championship, that would
be wonders for his ability looking
towards EWC in the future.
>> Yeah, I saw him able to put some tweets
on the timeline this morning. He's so
excited to get back on that main stage
to showcase his ability potentially to
open up the eyes for some of these teams
attending EWC that could have a chance
at making a roster change. You want to
put your best performance right here,
right now on Championship Sunday, Bport.
Josh, I used to play against this guy
back in the day and now he's teaching
the game to some young bucks. He's got
these guys locked in. Fist bumps going
out. Map's about to start.
>> Absolutely the case. Other side of
things, another quick little shout out.
our boys at CDC Intel who have been
giving us all the coverage on the
backside throughout the entirety of the
weekend. He's out there saying that.
Trust me when I tell you that when you
watch Ethan DK, you're going to see the
future of the league through those POVs.
So, bold claims, bold statements, but so
far it has been backed up. What an
unbelievable journey for some of the
younger players coming out of the region
that honestly we don't often see a lot
of pickups due to the logistics of it
all. But now we find ourselves here in
Vegas. City of Luck could potentially be
turned into your favor with a huge crown
leading into the end of the year. And
we're going to get Colossus Hardpoint to
get us fast and furiously kicked off,
Jay. Oh, it's going to be a good one.
>> This is such a great A bang out to start
the series. A tone setting map to
dictate who is going to set it. But into
the map number one. Here we go. Omid
taking on P7 Notorious. It's your
challengers championship. Let's get it
on. And the opening first blood does go
to DK, but keep your eye on what the
SFGs could pull here for P7 Notorious.
Not as much as you would have been
hoping for if you're an NA fan of it all
over the hill early.
>> Yeah, we've been casting challenges all
year. This is going to be the first
time. I'm up close and personal with
Ethan's gameplay. So, I'm super excited
to see what he can do with this MPC at
hand. Already off to a 2 and 0 start,
make it 3 and 0. They're just dominating
in the sling. Another clean for that
with statue control. P7 slowing down a
little bit. Couldn't be a better start
right here for a mid. Absolutely perfect
in both sets of hits from P7 notorious.
Densa the old man trying to turn back
the clock able to keep the hard point
relatively contested as P7 notorious is
working on rotation. Even good
prediction shuts down Johnny and Emit
will win the rotation over to Duke.
Every time I watch this guy at least
from a bird's eye view all he's doing is
getting multi-kill after multi-kill.
>> Off to a great start as Ethan did as he
finds another double on the AoE. Seven
in one, four in a row. You're locking
down the swans here for your team. P7
look like they're a little bit late to
waking up.
>> I'll tell you that's one way to start,
one way to absolutely set the tone as
Denz is able to get the three. Now an
opportunity for DK to show what he's
got. Lots of damage into a potential
double. Makes it easy for Aspect. Ethan
the cut off man. Follow up from Denza
off spawn try to contest this middle
portion of the map. And through the
first 30 seconds, this has been perfect
for a mid.
>> Yeah. And if you are P7 now, you are
forced to commit through the front. Only
30 seconds remaining. You don't want to
hit these long routes and potentially
flip these spawns. But it's Aspect
locating three. That's going to lead to
all four dead again. P7 got to make
tough decisions now. Are we going to
contest this final 20 cuz we obviously
don't want to give it up. But we need to
set up at the new HP as well.
>> Oh my goodness. I mean, we've seen Denza
snap, getting ready, get wild. He's
showing that he can still hanging at
this age, but behind that aspect and
Ethan are not just hanging. They're
taking over. DK's just soaking up the
hill. 71-7.
Thank you for the scrap time if you're
P7 towards but the rotation battle is
what's important and it initially starts
off with Eric getting to the hard point
but Johnny has to follow and P7 have the
numbers
>> and they also take care of Denza so now
some space to work with cuz you're
finding these kills if you are P7 and
you get a good chunk of time to keep
yourself into the mix at this HP SMG
starting to come alive two for one in
the trade fights not going to allow Omen
the advantage that they were looking for
but Denza's trying to set up on this
pinch over the top lots of damage in
gives the kill over to Johnny as Johnny
and now Snoopy are trying to hang in
from the front and Snoopy says, "Well,
you think you guys have any uh issues
with the SMG gameplay. Any questions? I
can handle it as well." Beans trying to
follow, but it's Denza with the final
double 20 seconds to fight for. Eric on
the pinch a little bit weak. Has to back
off. Value his life, but lots of damage
to DK. He wins a second battle that
allowed the rotation to start to come
through T7.
>> Yeah, that's big plays there from Eric.
Boom. Locates that double secures this
side of the map for his team to spawn in
that situation. % to be a little bit
sporadic, but keeping yourself in the
game. A 40point difference. You're
trying to get this rotation. You're
trying to change his P3 to P4. And now
it's all into the hands of Eric Boom. He
falls. Oh, they have the back spawn.
>> Yes, indeed they do. Plus, they get a
couple of SMGs to start to contest over
towards the front. Aspect will fall. So
will Ethan. Numbers now just down to
Denza. He's trying to play his life.
He's going to get one player to spawn up
with him. That's Aspect. He's able to
push off the play for the spawn flip,
but inside the hill. T7 have done the
dirty work. 38 seconds to fight for and
our team in yellow find themselves in
the hill. Yeah, that's a clean break and
now you have some trophies to
potentially to use here. Try to soak up
this final 30 seconds. Long route still
being hit from Omid. They want to get
this time. They want to try to get P7
out of it. But the only one that finds a
kill is going to be Ethan, but that's
good enough to at least secure the back
spawns for Omen. Great presence and
great patience from DK just getting a
couple of the tags. Wait for your SFGs
and then it's all action. Aid looking to
get past the 100 point threshold here
early. Johnny able to find a double.
Opens the door for maybe one last hit
for scrap time, but it's immediately
shut. DK still hanging. Snoopy up and
over. We'll get a couple of seconds, but
realistically it's not that much. So P7
going to have to set themselves up for a
P1 hold.
>> Yeah. Now, if you are P7, you're
thinking in the back of your mind, we
can't give up that P1 to P2 opportunity
again this time around. It's only going
to be easier cuz you have choke system
try to lock down this statue control
trades going back and forth. Eric Boom
and Snoopy though walking away with a
majority of them. And that's going to be
all for dead. Hard blocks going down.
This is a moment where P7 can get
themselves back in it.
>> Yeah, developing routes and
opportunities for Eric Boom on top of
that. Ethan opens up the hard point, but
here it comes. Boom. Boom. Able to find
himself. One plus damage onto another.
Should be enough for Stupid to find the
easy freebie, but loses track of DK in
the corner, who turns that into a huge
double. What a play from DK. AIT now
with number still fighting for the
hardpoint, but also simultaneously able
to scout out beans from the backside of
the P2 spawns. Brilliant moment for AIT.
>> And if you're on P7 now, you want to get
this P1 remaining 15 seconds and also
apply the pressure with chaining these
three kills together. You're going to
spawn two players from moment all the
way across the map. You need to win
these gun fights cuz you have the
advantage. But it's still Omit holding
it down. A 20point lead. They have the
spawn and they can only continue to
grow. P7 working on the break. Hardpoint
opens up and a couple of kills come
through from Eric. Boom. We jump on in
for our first listen in with P7.
>> Notorious.
I'll get
one shot. Nice.
Okay.
>> One shot. One shot.
One more. One more.
I'm hiding. I'm hiding. I'm hiding.
I'm telling you
again.
>> Take your time. Take your time.
>> Take your time now.
>> Take out guys. Take back.
I'm just waiting for
>> I think
we
look
two. Come on. There's one more word.
I don't see the tunnel for me.
>> Watching
nice
left.
>> They're banging. They're banging.
>> Go.
Rotate break. Rotate break. Rotate
break. It has been one layer, not a
second and a third for both these two
teams. And we have that tight back and
forth affair.
>> There's a little antsy for the
challenger squads on the main chase for
the first time. You still have
opportunities to take a deep breath and
lock it right back on in. And this is
what Omen are currently doing. 25
seconds uncontested. And look how much
layering they are creating. P7 are so
far away from this time by the time that
they get there. They're fighting for 15
seconds. We get one trade. Ethan the
next one up to find some damage. Pinch
kill feed though allows P7 notorious to
reset. Get some space to work with from
the front and then try to get this in
the scrap time break. 138 plays 181 and
it's DK and Denza to shut down the
entire play themselves. Amit cruising
towards that 200 point mark. A flawless
hold here to not blow the game wide open
once again. A 60-point lead for Omen
looking to potentially close it out in
this third set. You have a chance to do
it here at the P1. But you have to start
off with statue control. Aspects gets
the first. Beans and Johnny combined for
two, but it's a two- two split fight and
it's still Omen in the time. It's a big
one there from Beans on low health.
Clears out statue forces to either have
to hit up the staircase or take long
routes. Aid lands from Denza though.
That keeps the focus purely on the
front. Have they missed the window here?
As a mid tried to make the play around
the back. No one was watching that hit
whatsoever. Eric trying to clean things
up over from statute side. Gets the
first hit. Quite connected to the
second. Snoopy the last one left. able
to just keep the hard point in contest
and that allows P7 to come off spawn,
get right back in the hill.
>> Yeah, and they're not really focused on
maintaining blue side for now. You want
to get as much time as you possibly can.
Still 30 seconds here to fight for.
>> First kill goes to beams with the frag.
And if you are Omen, how much of a risk
are you going to take with this pressure
because you're going to send it over
towards statue. Johnny's going to make
you pay for two. And now it's all on DJ
to try to secure this side of the map.
And that's a big one-on-one at the
perfect time. Omen maintain blue control
>> with a little bit of scrap time also to
come into fruition as well. Well, Eric
can't quite lock down the shots. The
teammate essentially confirms his own
trade. Aspect holding the rotation from
E1. Pops up, finds Johnny for free, and
that's going to force T7 to take the
long route right into the winning arms
of DK who only is able to find damage.
Denza now the next one up in this
defense of the spot flick, but he's able
to take down two and keep him in inside
the time. Now, it's all on lock up the
clean for dead. You know where the
pressure is going to come in off the
respawn for P7. So, you're layering over
towards Statue Eaton. Another
multi-kill. Almost locates the third
onto Snoopy, but that's another wave
already shut down. P7 had to do a team
push for this final attack.
>> And it has to come from the front. They
don't have time to make the play around
the back. So now aspect is the next one
forward. He will find two. One v one.
Densa taking on Eric over the top. Not
quite going to happen. And Eric's double
will keep P7 into this map and likely to
see another hard point. Amit wanted to
put the pressure onto the scoreboard
though. Looking like they're setting up
for a break of this last scrap time.
Ethan route around the back. Beautifully
played. Mature routing that gets Emit
now close to the finish line.
>> Yeah, you can no longer win here. So,
you're going to race them over towards
the P3 and you're going to beat them to
the punch. P7 has to go. You have to win
these gun fights through tunnel. Snoopy
alongside his teammate gets the better
of dead. So, you're pushing Omid back.
You're keeping your life alive. All
right. Opportunity here. Last time we
were at P3. P7 got a little scattery.
Missed out of the play through tunnel.
This time around though, looking like
they want to kind of split the focus in
a two two hit. Aspect trying to work
with DK from the front. Ethan working
alongside the long route from Aspect or
pardon me from Denza who has made his
way over towards the godhead. He finds
Beans on that position. Last couple
members for P7 are just hanging from
inside the hard points. Newbie will get
you one but nothing more. DK now ironed
up and it's unbreakable. Not a chance to
get through it. Beans able to find the
nade, but P7 have to scramble. They have
to sprint and there's just too much to
work through. Amit are on the board
first.
a little antie in the beginning of that
game like you said it was break hold
break hold need the team really to lock
it up for free but then when you get to
the end of that second half what were
able to do at that P4 that basically
solidified that map number one it was a
flawless 60 hold P7 are thinking because
you heard it in the listening all right
make it scattered we have a players
watching the cross but in that final 5
to 10 seconds of P3 you heard Eric Boom
they are flooding they are flooding and
the only one there to try to contest
them is Johnny, he's overwhelmed with a
1v4 chance and just Omit doing the
fundamentals correctly. Even on a map
like Colossus where sometimes you don't
really have to think about the next
play, they were always thinking about
the next play and that's why they take
map number one.
>> Yeah. And just on top of that, I mean
the number of moments where we've had
even a minute on a break attempt still
working off of a 4v3. They're very quick
to put pressure on multiple points of
the map to make the setup for piece of
victorious feel very very feeble. So
great stuff for Mit. That's definitely
like marking the box and checking in the
boxes towards like this is what the CDL
teams do. This is how you maximize this
map and M were able to show that.
Whereas I think for P7 notorious a
couple of the missed chances. I'm going
back to that second P3. You've got full
spread. You've got players on blue side,
players on yellow side. Snoopy's in the
hill. He's the one responsible for
tunnel. Never scouts out the three-man
hit. And that's a huge break that really
kind of opens up the map here for a mid
to get back and take the lead in a very
convincing way. You just can't have
those situations go down when you're
creating all that space. You need to
guarantee that your cut is being watched
because as soon as you fall, especially
the player on the HP, that forces the
guys who are creating those layers to
back on up and potentially get bad
timing.
Just not super efficient. Was P7 off
those rotations, but still a long series
to go. Yeah, but a good start here. And
I think it just immediately gets set
right off the get-go. But if it's able
to just wipe P7 off the floor and
essentially three straight respawns
definitely puts that right into your
mind of who yeah these guys are coming
out hot. But I would say like
considering how mismanaged the first
rotation and a half was of hills for P7
notorious they kept it scrappy and
you're still finding individuals who are
making big plays to keep yourself in the
game. But we talk about this all the
time at a certain point get late into
the hard point. You have to be able to
rotate. You have to be able to hold on
that first break attempt. And P7 just
really weren't able to fully do that.
Yeah, they tried, man. They tried
everything they could on that second set
because when you go to the first set,
the P1 to P2 chain was way too much for
Omen. Then you go into the second set
and you write the wrongs there. You get
the P2 to finally go your way. You get
the kills off the rotation over towards
P3. But then the money hill at P4, that
is where you can't afford to die in
those final 10 seconds because you know
how impactful that hard point could be
on the map. And they obviously saw it.
They couldn't get a single second off of
it. Colossus could turn into a bit of a
blender. It's hard to keep track of
where everybody is at one particular
moment. and emit able to create just a
touch more chaos. Map number two, search
and destroy. Let's take a look into it a
little bit deeper. It's going to be
sake. And I will say, you know, we've
talked a lot about this map as it was
brought in towards the CDL took a while
for teams to figure it out. It'll be
interesting, I think, just to see what
the EU boys have in store for us because
it feels like kind of watching back over
how they played in Europe. They were
getting away with just being better.
Yeah. Like straight up individually
better. So now you have to kind of go
into this one fresh map. you haven't
played P7 notorious on it yet with how
good is the game planning to see if you
can keep your advantage and go up 2.
>> I think if you are myth though just the
way that you came out of that map
everyone with the game plan of pressure
that can lead to success here on Sake
Ethan is the multi-kill demon right now
alongside DK with that AR in hand just
keeping him safe. If you dominate bottom
pick you're basically going to take
Beans out of play because in search and
destroy he's at a 1.3 and the majority
of those rounds he loves to run the
sniper. On a map like Sake, that
pressure could be instantly in your
face. So you have to make good decisions
if you are Omen. Are we going to
challenge? Are we just going to invest
in smoking and just run at him? Those
are going to be the game deciding
decisions.
>> I like that call. Utility efficiency
often undersold in terms of how we
approach it on broadcast, but
increasingly important, especially on a
large map like sake. So here we go.
We'll load on in. See what will unfold.
Yeah, there we go. Thank you, Vegas. I
hear you up there in the rafters. ICU.
It's pretty early, man. I'll say.
>> And this is what you're talking about
though, Jay. Talking about KD leaders.
It's a 1.3 overall, but this is a silly
number. 2.3 in the search for Ethan.
Come on.
>> 77% chance at getting that first blood.
>> That is unreal. He's basically going out
there and guaranteeing his ones. And
look at this initial play call from Omi.
You're not expecting a triple push
through Rock for the first blood.
>> And Johnny sitting here like, "Wait, no,
no, no, they didn't. There's no way they
just hard hit through Rock like that."
Beans will get you one back, but the
round is getting a little out of hand.
It's now just down to Beans. He would
have to go 1 v3 for the ace and he's got
no bomb and zero map to work with. Yeah,
he can just jump right by him through
the window.
>> So now with 50 seconds left to go, Beans
left to try to clutch this one up. He's
going to gather information onto the
first shots onto the second. And now the
double chow is going to come in. Good
enough for Omit to dominate the first
round.
>> What a mind game that opening round
setup is right there for Omit. I've
never seen that play call to start off.
>> Not a single time, bro.
>> Is that just good scouting? You just
knowing that T7's just not gonna even
look at rock or is it just brazen and
bold young guns saying, "We don't care.
We're just going to do what we want to
do."
>> Yeah, they probably just sat there and
saw every team that's ever played Sake.
And to start off the map, it's usually
about mid map control. Openings at Rock
are never going to be covered, so they
take full advantage of it. A perfect
play call there to start off the map the
way that you want. Ethan locates three.
His SND KD only continues to improve.
>> Stupid numbers.
>> Bit now on the attack.
>> Small show of aggression through the A
side of that from P7's defense in
towards bottom pit. And now through it.
DK backing up trying to hold everyone
back as the bomb gets planted at B.
Forced to hand to P7 as Ethan takes a
lot of damage from going to be now
activated through. Elevator finds one.
Aspect trying to follow up to keep this
play safe, but he's the last one left.
He's tagged and he will be finished by
Eric behind.
Perfect pressure there from P7 to have
that response. You take bottom pick. See
that Omen are committing on this early
bomb plant and with Beans just scouting
through top mid. Throws his shoulders,
connects on a frag, and then gives the
comp to Snoopy. That is your time to go.
That is your window. He flies on up
through the elevator shaft, pops a
double while Johnny on the pitch finds
one.
>> Perfect retake from P7. It's tied again.
And a little show of aggression for now
to have to consider when they get the
attack next.
>> This is what sake is all about, man.
Who's going to be the aggressors in
towards bottom pit to set that pacing to
take away all that map early?
>> It's mental chess, a little bit of
conditioning.
>> What does Emit want to throw out in
their playbook here on this second
defense? And more importantly, does P7
come out and throw a couple of nades
here? Yeah, they No, they said they're
going to have beat sniping this angle to
start. Quick aggression down through the
bar. Eric trouble here. only able to
find a little bit of damage and he
trades as Be swaps back over the M15.
Help from Johnny not fully there. Denzo
comes away with two. Snoopy will drop
and everyone knows that Be's playing
back at the spawn or Oh, now they do.
Wait for a little bit of help. There's
the tags. There's the finish. Flawless
round. Just fourman push from Omen.
You try to make the adjustments for P7.
You're expecting potentially another
rock push through, but no one takes
space up through the middle of the map.
All of Hom just run it down off the bar
line. Fly with the NPCs.
Denzel, the oldest player on the line of
the vet for this team, said screw it,
I'm going to be the bait. And he finds a
double to start that one off. Teamwork
right now at Omen. Next to none.
>> Defense for both teams looking really
convincing. And this is again what we
were kind of leaning in towards. One of
the biggest issues that teams have had
with this map when it was first
introduced is what do we do offensively?
Still the question. Very similar
breakoff here for P7's defense
throughway in towards pit. This time
being contested as DK's up to hold over
towards the bridge and help find Johnny
for the first blood. And now Snoop is in
a bit of trouble. He's got to deactivate
to try to make a play to get this thing
back. And he will find Aspect down low.
He's still now a 3v3. Ethan is taking so
much space on the opposite side of the
map. He's not able to get out though.
This is still in a 2v2. A minute left to
go. Denza might be running into a
wildfire.
Knife out. shots through, but Snoopy
just the bomb.
>> Yeah,
>> too much of a position of control behind
that rock.
>> And the bomb down as you call makes this
very difficult for DK in a 1v2.
>> He saw both though.
>> I think he did. Yeah, there's
confirmation onto one.
There's confirmation on to.
But you still have to work through it
regardless. You can't just avoid. You
have to take this fight.
>> Yeah, because the bomb is all the way on
the opposite side of the map. So, you're
not going to stand a chance in thinking
about the objective. Has to be strictly
Gunny. Only 33 bullets left in the M15.
>> Got to choose when you're going to jin
up.
>> They both fly up.
>> DK, you're thinking he's going to stand
no chance in that round. The bomb is all
the way across the map. We don't
realistically even have to force that j.
But you go for it. You set up the 3 2 1
go. And DK takes the space on the
opposite. You line him up and they get
their first off offense off of DK
pulling off a miraculous clutch.
>> I cannot believe that both defenders
give up their shoulders.
>> It's unacceptable, man.
What do we There's no need to chow there
and a critical error gets absolutely
punished. DK now on four. Feels like a
must-win round here for P7 Notorious,
but DK's not done. He's able to get
himself another double. Johnny Tag still
surviving through the smoke and Bean's
able to push off the follow up hit
through pit.
DK's on six in a row.
>> Yep.
Very close to earning himself a hell
storm.
Just aggression for right now for Omen.
And it's causing so many issues for P7.
30 seconds wiped away. Bomb's going to
be down towards top middle and neither
player from Omen are taking any risk.
>> No.
>> Why not just use the bomb sites as your
next alarm system? Here comes the slide
out. Beans able to find one. They know
Denza's also here. And that's a call for
Johnny to rewrap this over towards Rock
and I would assume hit the window to
plant B. But instead, they're going to
try to play for the contact here on
Denza. Pops up and Johnny's right there
waiting for him. Much needed round comes
through for P7. And they just slow it
down. Thankfully, Johnny was able to get
through that aggressive play through top
mid. He finds their one kill over
towards their side of the lobby and then
retracts back towards beans to keep him
alive and force the 2v2.
You were thinking it no need to do
anything extra. You have it all covered.
You have to force B7 to get the bomb
planted, but you overextend just a
little bit to try to get some more
information in the back of their spawn.
Beans locates the first. Then they find
the final kill to stop the bleeding.
Next approach for mid on the way.
Different look here for P7. 22 split
with focus largely over towards the bar.
Lots of brief fire. Nades being tossed
out, but have taken a bit of patience in
play. Backed up now. An opportunity to
collect on towards the information. They
found Eric be the first one to fall.
Ethan pops up. Helps out his team to DK
and it'll be a 4v2. Bomb going to get
planted. No problem.
>> So good out of to adapt instantly once
that pressure starts to pounce through
the middle of the map. It's now a 4v2.
We already have info now on to Johnny.
Keep on selling out the timing. If you
have a player like DK, you might as well
commit for the ego finds another kill on
the map sitting at 9 and two and Om keep
that two round lead.
>> Yeah, and more importantly again with
that little follow up in the previous
round notorious I say you know must win
round right there because the first
blood battle has not been going very
well for them. Eric's been flooded for
the six rounds to this point. So, that's
something that's going to need to change
here if you're a P7 notorious looking to
change the narrative of how this search
has gone because even though it's still
a two- round game, it feels like Emit's
really, you know, in firm control of how
the map's being played. Yeah, you're
just giving them a lot of early
advantages. Need to start winning those
one-on- ones. It's not putting your team
in 4v3s.
Still have time to turn it around.
Be with the snip in hand. Watching the
AoE through Rock going to swap at the
right time and potentially catch a
shoulder to spot out Denza. That's a
little bit of information gain. Now you
can potentially work through top mid and
the stun doesn't hit. So beans will be
maybe a little bit second guessing if
there's really much of a battle to be
had there. Nate deleted by a trophy
allows the slide out JS and checks from
Ethan to exist and Eric is just trying
to slink forward. I thought he maybe
thought Beans was watching over the top
of him. Not the case. Aspect follows up
behind that for two and Beans who's
tagged is going to get chased down. able
to win the first one for what have to be
a 1v4, but tucking yourself into a
corner, nowhere to go. No problem of it.
52 up. Man, these guys are dangerous,
man.
>> Yeah,
they have different play calls in every
single round. All right, we're going to
be the aggressors this time, but this
time we're just going to guarantee our
space. But the fact that you're trying
to play hideand go seek or at least the
active surprise around that B bombite
with Ethan as the SMG. So much movement
catches the timing on the Eric. Boom.
That basically solidifies around right
there. So
>> P7 playing a little bit nervous in some
of their offensive rounds and it's
costing them.
>> Yeah, that felt like a little bit of a
miscom right there where you don't often
see someone with the bomb slinking up
towards the bomb site and not having an
AR watching over the top of them,
especially knowing the trophy system is
going to keep him safe from utility.
Another possible mistake punished by the
sniper down. DK holding the long route
over towards A. This has been a medium
for P7 that they've used often on this
defense and now it's starting to be
adjusted to Snoopy in trouble. Falls
being able to get one back, but it's a
3v2 for it.
>> Shadow trying to just get together, but
Eric Boom is able to still force a
one-on-one. Still going to be weak from
that gun fight. So, Dens is going to
clean him up.
>> Now, it's all left up to beads to
potentially keep this map alive.
>> One v2. Plenty of time in the clock here
for a mid to just kind of use to do
whatever they want with.
Obviously, the focus is trying to clear
out potentially a post plant location
here at P2.
Beans is going to wait for the bomb to
be planted. If it ends up being at B,
you'll have a real good chance of
finding an exit, maybe being able to
clutch this one up quickly. Yeah, the
more time that you waste, it's more
beneficial for Beans.
>> So, he's able to spot out the players
working outside of the warehouse and
he's going to back him down for now. You
know, the pond is going to also be
planted, but he's not able to finish the
kills.
Om close out the search and destroy. Go
up 20 in the series,
and they are just outclassing P7 right
now.
>> Yep. I I mean, it's just in this search
to destroy.
Absolutely. The amount of flawless
rounds they put together, it's palpable.
The first blood is what really stirred
it all, though. I'll tell you that much.
Eric falls five times as the first death
in an eight round game. It's seven first
bloods to emit. So off the rip, game
plan, perfect setup, perfect. On the
flip side, you combine that level of
maturity preparation with the
fundamentals that were showcased on the
macro level on the hardpoint and all of
a sudden what we thought was going to be
a really tight game between possible
adversaries is turning into a mid
runaway. And that's what we talked about
before this map started. How impactful
beans could have potentially been with
that sniper rifle and how we're going to
prepare for that. Whenever P7 are
finally success in search and destroy,
it's usually off of what Benjamin Beans
can do in that first blood category. But
said, "We don't care what weapon you're
running. We're just going to run it down
as a collective four." and they had so
many different strats that if I'm any of
the pro teams potentially optic or phase
and you're going to play soccer today, I
would watch that because there was a lot
of play calls that were just unexpected.
>> Yeah, starting with the first and
foremost defense threeman hit through
rock not something you see all that
often. To be fair, there's reasons for
that. Stuns and nes are pretty much a
guarantee and often you're going to see
an offense at least throw something that
direction, but not the case in that
opening round and it just felt like from
there on out just held the mental edge
through and through. 20 the count very
quickly as we now start to look in
towards the overload. It's just been
tough because you look at the entirety
of what this run has been for it.
They've only dropped one map and it was
a hard point that we might see obviously
in map number four. So, so far so good.
Emit 20 up. We're going to head to a
break. It'll be dead for the overload.
We come back. Don't go anywhere.
But that's how it go.
Bring me free
things are going
to
my words.
Hey
here.
glory isn't given.
>> What did we just see?
>> Easy.
>> Trying to avoid
another silver medal.
>> This is my time to go.
>> We wait, we push, we win.
>> Backto back champs.
>> Oh my god. Unbelievable. Out of nowhere.
>> Unbelievable.
>> It's history in the making.
>> Oh my god.
>> Oh, the champions of the world.
>> Oh my god. Oh my god.
Let's find out who's built for the big
save. Ready to dive in four and Snoopy
but Hydra with the switch Impossible.
He's making top
happy
dominance
on the grandest stage.
EWC right around the corner. Both these
two teams guarantee a spot. Also, Team
Roar at their third place finish. Shout
out Mr. Kevin Vardardo back in the mix.
And then of course one more spot that
would be decided by a top eight LCQ. But
for right now, the immediate moment, it
feels like the stage may be a little bit
too bright for our former CDL pros cuz
it's a 2 to the Young Guns plus Denza. I
don't mean to do dirty Denza, but come
on. They've been playing for two
decades. Now an opportunity to
completely wipe the floor. If they can
come out and dominate this overload, we
could be looking at a complete mental
breakdown again for P7 notorious, which
is something that has faced them a lot
at major championships.
>> Yeah, because you already played them on
this map. So far, we saw what happened
in that map number one. It was the map
number four in that series yesterday. It
was not as dominant of a score line as
it was, but you still got the W. And
this time around, you dominate the
search and destroy. So, you have all the
momentum. You have the heavy advantage.
You understand what this team is going
to bring here on Den Overload. And if
they can't trade Ethan, if they can't
trade DK, it's probably going to end at
four.
>> It very well may. These guys are
shooting. But more young guns on the
way. Again, shout out team war. This is
a squad that we really weren't 100% sure
what we were going to get out of them
because Flames been to the league prior.
Really fun POV to watch, but finds a way
after a very poor season placement wise,
not able to find himself a team. He gets
icons Nemi and Vicramana squad and they
have surprised everybody in North
America. Kev takes a chance on these
four and it pays out in a major way. And
I'll tell you, Ja is looking like he's
looking like him, dude. He's nasty. Now,
it's crazy to see that turnaround from
that squad because I remember when they
qualify for Elite Stage Four. They were
torn esports at the time. They were the
last seated team to go through. They go
flawless in the groups to get all the
way to the grand finals. You fall short
there and get second, but then you go to
the LCQ and you dominate everyone. We
were able to have an interview after
that. And he told us, he said, "We're
the best team in challenges. We're going
to showcase it and at least putting
yourself in position to now compete at
EWC." Big shout out to team more but
also coming back into the league.
>> Absolutely the case.
>> Lots of double up uh representation as
well here from some of our challengers
orgs when we eventually get to EWC. And
it's just really fun I think because
like this is just kind of a consularary
conversation right now kind of off to
the side of what we're dealing with. But
knowing as a challengers player that you
have EWC at the end of the year, I have
to figure that once again from last year
to this year some of our challengers
teams are going to make it through
groups. not just beat CDL teams but make
it through groups like we saw last year
>> and we probably watching one of them
right now on the main stage
>> this lineup when when they were in the
pro they were put in such optics group
they were able to also take a map and
yep really give them a run for their
money
>> but just now to see them in this form
they had been dominating the last two to
three months of challenges on the EU
side they hoisted the E elite EU stage 4
trophy
they won the Paris
team right now. Yeah, extremely hot.
>> They're hot.
>> Tell you what, man. We talk about a lot
of teams, a lot of orgs that could find
their way into the league or beat CDL
teams.
>> My guy Rafie needs a call. Always this
guy
>> since putting a mid names out in the
field. Like we said, it's been three now
four straight years of making it to the
Challengers grand finals. He's won two
of them and he's well on track to
cleaning up potentially a third. Rafie,
you might be him. No, you're not. It
might be. you are him. Take a look at
the overloads here so far through
challengers finals. And it's not just
five straight wins, it's five straight
dominating wins.
So, can they make it a sixth? They're
going to spawn in on the preferred side
here on Den. P7 need to answer the call
in the slaying department. We need to
start putting oursel in advantages early
on into the map. And it's Johnny already
with connect to control. And look at how
fast Eric is trying to get, but he gets
caught by Densa. And this is where can
set up this counter. That's just such a
nice little scale up moment from Aspect
kind of slips the net after P7 find the
first blood and what looked to be a good
breakoff for P7 immediately gets
countered. Aspect now to the AR. Nice
shot but can't quite finish off Johnny.
Back and forth we go. EMP still on the
ground and P7 just need to maintain mid
cuz they lost connector. So
just can't allow to retrieve this EMP
potentially get out. Johnny with a
perfect corner. Locates a double.
Continues to stall out this play. But DK
on the opposite end is starting to play
for these spawn kills.
>> Oh, but look at the spawners. They come
up from B trying to make a play over
towards Dojo. And all of a sudden you're
going to get a reap over towards A. It's
going to be a foot race. Eric going to
be helping. Shot do come through. Ethan
now the last trying to hold. He's able
to win the gunfight. He needs to. Snoopy
not tagged by the sept. Follow up from
dead though is there and beans can only
do so much through couches. Good defense
for it. Now that's all four dead start
to push forward up on the map.
going to work it up the rooftops. You
take care of the pinch player and Johnny
and that frag also connects. But now
your only lead blocker is going to be
Ethan. He is extremely capable of
finding multi kills but Snoopy gets the
better of him.
>> But I love this from a bit because even
though you do get that forward play from
Ethan simultaneously you're getting out
to open up from aspect. This feels very
opticesque when they play this map and
that's going to lead to a score. Den's
able to get it through Den. How about
Aspect on five in a row. Ethan still
keeping the pedal down at middle but
Snoopy clears the field over through
Dojo. Now you got to push through dojo
if you are P7
cuz mid map is currently in the hands of
Omen. You also have players like DK
volume in his life on the opposite side
already finding two kills to go their
way. Effective trade from Eric Bman now
Johnny that's going to be three of that
only player in front of him is going to
be Denza. All four this should lead to a
cap but the only player that's going to
craft the EMP is going to be is going to
be. And now Omen have a chance to get
back
>> trying to throw shoulders as Eric. Boom.
Here come three of it. Players on the
defense aspect Ethan find the first two.
Snoopy will drop it.
I get it because you feel like you're
not in a position to go backwards to
grab the EMP, but knowing your spawners
are so far away, you need to reflect on
that and go back and get the OBJ without
a doubt because you get all four kills
at the same exact time. So, it's 5
seconds. So, everyone is coming off the
respawn.
>> Just with your teammates so far out of
the play, it turns into a counter here
for Omid
>> slaying too much. Denza on three in a
row. Reset over at Rooftops. And look at
how far the spawns are for B7. Oh, and
Denza, who's been the mule for this EMP,
puts himself on a little spree on the
exit. He earns the health storm in the
immediate relay behind through roofs.
It's happening faster than we can call
it. P7 need to slow the game down, but
they're not allowed to. DK with a huge
double and the EMP resets back to mid.
>> Yeah, we need to start winning some damn
fights. This is getting out of hand.
This is looking disgusting right now out
of Omen.
Potentially an opportunity here though 4
P7. Three kills go their way. your pinch
players a little bit too fast. So you
give up that first blood and now Omen in
the 4v3 are setting up the pinch. DK
able to earn the trophy but Eric's
already done the damage to the opening
to DK to drop flank trying to get their
EMP carrier will fall but the kill from
Beans will allow a quick grab and score
P7 on the board. Now how long can they
keep this map control? Because Johnny is
now into the mix for these spawn kills.
Him alongside Beans already find the
initial two. That's going to be another
three and make it all four dead. It's
looking like P7 are going to come to
life at the right time. Score number two
is on the board. Minute 15 left to go.
The Beats is on four with a score. He
may have a helltorm to counter as keeps
the play alive through rooftops. He's on
four in a row. Beats not quite over to
the kill streak. Very close. That kill
will do it. Nice shots from Beads. 10
and 10. EMP still over towards roost.
Long route from Denzel and he's by
himself and he loses the gunfight. Now
it's about collecting and trying to
score to get this to a quick tie game.
>> If you are we cannot continue to play
like this. We had to keep our foot on
the gas cuz you are allowing P7 to just
run all over you. Three kills go down
though and the SEX is good enough to get
the goal line stop.
>> 40 seconds left to go. Players like DK
already creating space but Eric Boom
controlling mid map. You're forcing Omid
to take a longer route if they want to.
Big win keeps the dojo presence pushed
back to potentially set up Eric Boom on
the long route through mid. Finds the
first tagged up can't get away. Snoopy
now pushing over towards B. forces a bit
to have to try to escape over towards
Roose.
>> Yeah, this play.
>> They've got a lot of space to work with,
but Eric will be up. Has a trophy. Could
get the defense set up for the extra
time if they need it. Yeah, is just
thinking, "All right, final 15 seconds.
We want to be the team with the last
attempt at a score, but they might not
have that decision now anymore. P7 get
all four dead. They're going to try to
commit this at least to rooftop. So, or
at least draw Johnny on this side of the
map to keep Omid on this side of the map
while Snoopy creates space. Snoop. No,
not able to get the first win. Just down
to beans.
>> Team kills come through. It's a 1 v one,
but the pistol shots are not going to
land. We'll exit the half at a 3-2
count. Brilliant bounce back at the
bottom of the half there for P7.
>> Yeah, way to come to life, man. Because
Omen, first two minutes, already had
three scores. You're thinking this one
is potentially going to be done and
dusted, but you whip out the extra MPCs.
We start winning gunfights. We start
getting multi-kills. And it's a perfect
time to spring to life. If you are P7,
you do not want to go down 03. But you
were able to manage on the bad side only
going down by one. Now you know on this
second half Omen are probably going to
slow down their aggression and if you
are P7, you need to capitalize and share
a pressure. Yeah, absolutely the case.
Just it's kind of like the opening hard
point was just cannot afford to come out
slow in the top of the second.
So good bounce back through being able
to earn that helltorm is crucial towards
going resource for resource. Just about
execution it feels like right now. So
here we go. Breakoff. All eight players
flooding over towards mid. Actually,
pardon me, not all eight. Dens is going
to work on the early route through
rooftops. And as long as a bit just
don't get wiped here. He should have a
chance to try to follow up on this play.
Couple of tags are in. Beans trying to
respond to it. And it's a big win for
Beans, but Ethan off the respawn. Keep
the MP neutral.
>> Yeah, that's all you want to do is just
keep it dead center of the map. But
>> once Ethan falls, you don't retrieve it.
If you are boom, but it's still Snoopy
slaying them to bit. Snoopy low cage
three. Beans is going to invest this
helltorm realistically. It's not going
to really do anything because they are
slaying them with the Gunny. P7 tie the
game.
>> But this is the big thing about it is
you know where the spawns are now.
Counter is going to come through from
Denza. But Johnny is still making a mess
of pillars. EMP has not activated yet.
Eric able to dodge the helltorm, but
Johnny the lead blocker has fallen and
we'll just kind of reset and play back
through mid.
There's trying to dance with this EMP.
Beans locates a double through bottom
mid. And now this is going to force Omen
to rotate over towards P. But now you
know the play's on the opposite side and
this is where you have to wait for
Johnny on this pinch. He's able to find
two. Beans from the front finds a third.
They're just looking for the last guy
and P7 are going to be able to take the
lead. I love this patient play though.
Allow your teammates to get over towards
rooftop before you get this gap.
>> Careful though. Don't want to lose your
life here. Eric was low.
>> But being seven in a row looking for the
pistol. Oh my goodness. 25 and 13 and
he's going to find kill number nine. One
more off the reload. Baby, no. DK able
to shut down the spree. But the combo of
Eric Boom and Beans, Biggie Smalls in
the house right now for P7 to Taus as
they take the lead. You know, Foles is
always going to be on one and he's
always going to provide the energy for
the squad. So, I can even hear him
roaring from the pain stage. 3 minutes
left to go here on the half. OM
currently in control of the EMP and
don't want to fight so many waves here
at rooftops. He's trying to draw the
attention on the opposite side, but Eric
Boo finding a double. Now we're forced
to commit on this road.
>> And when you see Eric Boon playing with
this type of confidence, that's when you
start to say, "Yep, I get it." This is
why teams have invested in towards
potentially giving him a chance in the
CDL.
25 and 14. Beans right above him at 26
and 15. Here he goes trying to get
active with the M15. tagged up and over
aspect to turn that into a double. Eric
in some trouble but still able to find
two holes but DK he's got a window but
can't quite find a way through it. Ethan
trying to follow able to catch Snoop out
with a nade has tags to Johnny but EMP
will move a little bit further away now.
Ethan is just trying to finesse you know
he's surrounded by P7 players
potentially could just apply the
pressure and force him to be in an
uncomfortable position because now
you're going to turn it into a counter
aspect with the double get the tying
score. 2 minutes left to go. We have
seen some undeniable doubles from
everyone in the server.
>> And Ethan, who's had a little bit of a
slower than usual overload, is now
putting the pressure on to see if a
relay could come through. Densa right in
front of him. And there we go. Another
two kills come through. It's just when
you thought P7 to Torres were in
takeover mode. It's going to be a lead
with 2 minutes on the clock for a bit.
It's not even like OM are out slaying
actually getting outslayed and still
winning this game. So the objective
focus from Omen is stellar. A minute 45
left to go. They are still trapping P7
in their spawn. Only one alive is
Johnny. He falls and that is three
scores in a row for to now be up too.
>> And the patience here. You could stay
here for an eternity. If you're Ethan,
you will find the score. Den able to win
over towards Garage. He's close to a
helltorm. I feel like everyone in their
mom has earned one in this map. Johnny
and Snoop able to find a little bit of
rooftop control with those kills in the
kill feed. Denza still working for that
last bit. He will get an assist to get
another helltorm. We did see one get
called in for P7 notorious. So they're
down to one of their own. Minute 15.
two-point game and it's a mid
controlling the map and it doesn't
matter what Snoopy is doing behind enemy
lines because his teammates can't
breathe off of the respawn. You
eventually have to retract back. You
have to put yourself around this
objective cuz Omen are just going to
grab this and go. DK rips Eric Boom
aspect with the EMP trying to slide it
on in. Omen now up three.
>> And not that you needed to show off the
pistol skills, but we're happy to see it
up 350 on the clock. And what looked to
be a back and forth affair has now once
again turned into a bit takeover. Denza
trying to get the helltorm in while the
run towards A is on the way. It's going
to be aspect who's there and he's able
to find two. EMP carrier down helping
him as DK.
>> John able to find one. A bit defense now
returning to the play and they will
overwhelm EMP in hand but Beans isn't
done yet. Dens is still playing forward.
He finds the trade and with the time on
the clock available that will be map
number three. emit quickly up and in to
championship point.
>> Yeah, P7 man, they were out slaying
them. That's why they were able to find
those four scores in a row. But then
Omen just get one sequence and it's that
counteratt attack to just go from
rooftops all the way back over towards
the B site. And then once they get that
catcher, their SMGs never left your
spawn that is so devastating if you are
P7 cuz you fought tooth to nail just to
get back into that game. But the closing
moments out of Omen, the teamwork aspect
out of Omen and just the efficiency
again, it's not like they're getting so
many kills. They're just so wellrounded
around each other. And when they are
finding these kills, they are in sync.
They are in teamwork. And right now,
they're at point game of the series. And
it's just like I don't want to just
throw this statement out there as kind
of a broad blanket, but when you look
back and think back to P7 Notorious and
I think in particular what they
showcased at the ProAm, we're looking
like, okay, these guys have what it
takes. They're coming off of a major 2
championship. They came off a very
successful season 2 and season 3 elite
for that matter. You're thinking in
terms of potential challengers teams to
upset at the ProAm. P7 Notorious was
team number one in everyone's mind. No
doubt they had a chance to do it. put
together what could have been a lower
bracket run of their group. You get to a
map five, you get reverse swapped, I
believe.
>> Yeah. By Paris Gen 52.
>> Exactly. They were up 5-2. It's just
like you almost start to feel like P7
gets a little bit too lost in the kills
and a little bit less minded on the
teamwork aspect. And I say this is was
why this is so strange. That's something
you would assume for three young guns,
one of which was playing Rocket League
last year, not the four guys who've been
in the league.
>> Yeah, without a doubt, man. Those are
mistakes that could come back to bite
you. This is the worst time to have it
on championship Sunday on the main stage
in front of the family in front of the
friends. Dead center of the Michelob
Ultra Arena.
They just got to figure it out, man. You
got to understand when and when not is
the right time to child when we need to
value our lives cuz there's so many
sequences where they're just going for
dead. That is unacceptable, especially
in a game more like Overlow because then
you know the opposite team knows where
all the map control is going to be and
how much pressure they can put on you to
keep you trapped into your base.
>> This Omen once they got that capture,
once they got that counter, they never
look back. It was three on the first
half, it's four on the second. Too much
right now for P7.
>> Unbelievable, man. And now they're just
feeling it. No need to pop off and talk
smack across the stage. The action is
taking care of it for you. Repeat match
up for the winners finals here in map
number four. Scar hardpoint. This was
the map that P7 Notorious was able to
win. Yeah, tight one though. And I think
the biggest thing reflecting on what
happened in map number one, we don't
just need to rotate successfully P7
notorious. We got to hold some time when
we do win a rotation.
>> Just know when you need to value your
life, man. M understand on a map like
Scar where if I'm in a power position,
if I'm going to go for the ego child, I
need to guarantee that kill because if I
lose it, then it's going to put my team
in a very bad spot. It was a 15-point
difference yesterday. It was the B
number one in that best of five series.
They were going back and forth. But in
the closing moments, that's when P7 came
to life,
>> dominating that ending of the P5 to the
P1 chain, keeping Omid trapped over
towards Green.
>> Just got to slip the fly of the game,
man. And I think just on top of that,
don't just simplify, make the game easy,
but let's start to throw a mit into a
corner a little bit. Put them under some
pressure cuz so far they have been
firmly in control from start to finish
of every single map. So you just cannot
afford to have that happen once again on
this breakoff
because otherwise it's just one again
one of those stories. You just zoom out
in this particular matchup. Doesn't
matter if you've got bars still behind
me. Doesn't matter if you got some of
the biggest watch parties and contenters
behind you. You've got a MIT who's just
putting together the right recipes with
the right group every single year.
>> D I'm excited to see what these guys can
do up versus the pro teams when we get
to EWC.
>> Yeah.
>> And we kind of saw a little bit of it,
you know, just a touch. DK and Ethan
were hanging when they were playing
>> and that was like one month of the
actual offet.
>> Yeah.
>> So now a couple more reps underneath
your belt with the practice with so much
success to close out the season. when
that squad gets to the EWC, I'm going to
be a little bit shook if I'm some of
these pro teams that potentially get
thrown into their group because it's
that unknown factor that so far here in
Las Vegas has caught a lot of teams off
guard,
>> but you have a chance to basically enjoy
the rest of the day and close this out
in four.
>> That just kind of hit me too. This would
be backto-back years where the emidorg
has won the final elite stage, won the
final major, and then could clean up and
dominate the challen the championship of
challengers finals. That would be
insane.
>> Rafie knows what's going on. Big dog
Doug said,
>> everyone a part of omit right now
playing willing Call of Duty setting up
the system even with some new games
around.
>> Tell you,
>> still finding so much success.
>> It's a better scouting system than the
Indiana Football Hoosiers. Shout out
James Madison and Kurt Signetti, my man.
Here we go. Jump into the action. P7
will find the opening first blood. This
is what we wanted to see. Let's generate
some time. Let's build a little bit of
an advantage and let's get a little turn
on as well from Snoop. Now you can keep
it tapped over towards Green. This is
what P7 was so good at yesterday. But
Ethan on his first attempt or at least
Aspect on his first attempt, he finds a
double. First time this weekend where
the scoreboard is not going to be
treating us nice with player 196. But
doesn't matter cuz P7 are dominating in
the KD department. All four dead. 20
seconds still to play with at the P1. Om
got to come to life at the P2. Cut their
loss.
>> Yeah, this is just exactly what the
doctor ordered right here after P7
Notorious. Just kind of shake things
off. Come out, play your game in map
number four. Even if it's delusional
confidence after what happened in the
first two, just play your game and if
you start to find success, then if you
can get to a map five, you take your
break, you reset, you get back in and
start to put together the comeback. But
if it have control the blue side of the
map in those final 15 seconds, they'll
get to P2 first. And now if you are
Ethan AR in hand stuns and ns connecting
the region is about to come in. He's
still able to find a kill and now you
give your team the advantage to commit
on these fights to commit on these
childs. Last man standing is going to be
aspic and so far still holding. Shots
are Ethan able to find stupid off the
wall bounce. Eric boom able to get over
towards Jensen. Enza hunting able to
find the kill. One more up top but the
kills come through here for B7 and
Dorius. That will wipe the floor except
for aspect but will be able to win a
gunfight up top. That's not
insignificant, especially considering
that a bit have gotten I think a bit of
a read on Snoopy's pinch timing. Or
maybe not. Snoopy still hasn't got
activated yet. He will find two in P7
notorious. We're going to take the scrap
now. Potentially some sliss on
opportunities for Omen. Dems are going
to be over towards green. Johnny getting
the read. And now you clear out this
side of the map. You know, all of P7
going to be having this on lock. Final 5
seconds going to go over towards it. But
P7 do exactly what they need to. They're
going to win the rotation over towards
the money hill at P3. Got to be careful
though because Snoop is positioned. He's
going to move the spawns around just a
touch. If he went fights, it's not going
to matter. And he does. Big double from
Snoop. Six in a row. Rookie for a
helltorm. Good read on the split spawn
situation. Has him on number seven. Not
quite number eight. Just a touch short
from the hellstorm. And with an eight
over the top of it now have numbers to
try to break into the time.
>> Yeah, they also have pressure coming
through mid cut. So big pick up.
Everyone whipping out the M15 knowing
that this hill is going to have long
distance gunfights and that's going to
lead to P7 lighting it up again in the
kill feed. 30 seconds remaining have yet
to flip out towards the backside of
green. But if you give P7 a sequence of
kills, they're going to apply that
pressure and spawn you out behind. 12
and four for Johnny who has been
littered with hit markers, nades, stuns,
everything in the kitchen sink. Eric on
rotation able to catch one with an eight
out but the three kills for Denza and
Admit will hold off the rotation
pressure for P7 notorious and get Denza
a little bit further up the map now.
>> Yeah, now P7 have a lot of breathing
room up by 60 and still going and have
some time to work on these routes but
you're not expecting Denza to be pushed
out that far. It's going to be all for
dead off the rotation and just the
positioning that Denza is in. You're
wanting everyone from P7 over towards
Motel. They're already contested toward
the back and they instant flip. I was
about to say this is a big setup for a
mid if they can stay alive and hold
those kills. Aspect little two turns a
little love tap over to Ethan. Both
players will drop. That is a very quick
break for P7. Notorious dead to try to
make up for it. Not able to find the
second and a bit will have to try to
break from the front.
So far P7 are playing this one. Perfect.
No one forcing gunner fights that they
don't need to. They are finding
themselves to so many early advantages.
And this is another one. Three for none
in the trade fights. Last man standing
is going to be Denza and he's going to
be pressuring towards the back
potentially flipping them out. That's
beneficial for P7. You will gladly take
it. The problem about this is there are
stretch of kills that are really clean.
So a bit even though they will kind of
have a weird spawn situation. They can
still contest the early rotation for P7
notorious. Still about a 90 point game
though as they rotate over to five.
It'll be Denza in the hard point first.
And they do scout out the player in the
back of P7 notorious. First good moment
of the map for a minute. They just
played two spread there for the two
players off P7 who got blessed with
those opportunities over at the new HP.
Able to capitalize off the roto. Now 45
seconds still to play with. So much
pressure right now from OM throughout
the middle of the map, but they lose
those players around the backline. So P7
flip it. Oh, but Ethan just takes away
the lane. Finds the first. Watch the
second, but Eric shuts it down. Trade
from Denz. Another three spree. Help on
the way as DK can assist over the top.
Position at green though for P7.
spawning behind the hard point but
looking to try to hit around throw it
through mid. It's just taking time and
Denza who nearly had the beat on to
Snoopy will drop. Last one left will be
DK. He will fall. Scrap time goes to P7
again. And so far this map right now is
playing out exactly how it went
yesterday. P7 came out the gate
swinging. Dominated majority of those
rotations but whenever Omen needed to
have it P5 is usually their safety net
back into the game. A 50point
difference. Trophy system now into play
and it's a battle for blue control.
Ethan not able to be prepared with the
knife and P7 should be able to lock down
early time.
>> Yep. Mass also drops only finds one. P7
with the time as mentioned by Jay now
looking for a little bit of map control
to stifle some of these hits. Big win
from Ethan off the spawn. Johnny next
one up inside the hard point. Gets the
green on the cross but he's getting
stunned. No trophy system. Keep either
of these defenders in the hard point
safe but it doesn't necessarily need to
come through cuz the kills are there
first and foremost. White time so far on
the hill but these seven still
controlling with numbers. Yeah, Omen
can't get out of this green trap. We
have to hit the AoE. We have to hit
these long routes and potentially set up
these pinch line of sights. You're just
going to commit everyone through the
middle of the map. So far has been shut
down not once but twice and that's given
P7 more of a lead. Only 20 seconds left
to play with here. Omid finally able to
break out of that spawn trap, but it's
only for 10. You got to beat him to the
punch at N.
>> Yeah, and Snoopy needs to make a
decision here. He's got an M15. He's
also the only player who could
potentially contest blue. He's able to
find one. avoids the trade initially and
is able to get the pistol out for a
second. Good trade to the middle of the
map, but Denza will be traded in his own
right. 160 playing 85. Nearly double the
points as P7 or holding P2. Okay, this
is the P7 I was waiting to see. Finally
coming to life. Might be too late, but
at least for now, you're still showing
signs.
170 and counting. Omen still trapped
over towards blue. Air finessing. They
got trophy system. They're going to make
this a little bit easier. The frag is
going to get invested. doesn't find the
kill and at least for now Omen are in.
>> Yeah, if there were to be a spark to get
this comeback going it would be right
here in the next 45 seconds. The 30 on
the old time and the rotation over to
new. Denza middle of the map able to
take down a couple long range shots are
clean from Denza. Now over the 100 point
mark should go omit and it's going to be
DK the AR watching the crosses.
Notorious are actually going to try to
commit for this scrap time here. They
have no pressure on rotation. I
understand the lead is advantage but we
have to make sure we're still doing the
fundamental aspect correctly. At least
send one player off the rotation cuz
Omen going to soak up this final couple
of seconds. Just keep on cutting down on
this deficit. Snoopy beats him to the
power spot though. He has playing heady.
He has a pistol. He finds a kill. Get
your trophies down. P7 into time. And
this is where you can put the game out
of reach if you're P7 notorious.
Do they get the green on this play
through mid? Couple of kills here for a
hit. Snoopy turns not able to find the
last player at mid. Beans will also
drop. Very clean break for a mid. Spawn
scattered.
This is going to be very difficult to
read and it's also now going to be even
more difficult cuz Johnny finds an
impactful kill on the bench. So that's
going to be all four dead and P7. No, we
still have those green spawns. But this
is a good 30 seconds that we really want
to get.
>> Yeah, that's a really big net 30 right
there. Instead of it being a 140 to 170
game, now you're looking at possibly 210
to 118. And the kills continue to keep
on coming and they don't stop coming for
B7. Four in a row for Snoopy at 29 and
18. And here's Johnny. Now at least
putting some pressure on the rotation to
stifle the play from a mid, but the
daylight between P3 and P4 right now is
feeling really lucrative for P7. And
this is their opportunity for
potentially to stop this bleeding. Can
you find these gun fights off the
rotation potentially spawn behind enemy
lines, but you see the hard blocking
play coming in from Snoopy. He's soaking
up the hill. He's free aiming the back
spawn. And that doesn't allow Omen that
quick opportunity right back on in. But
at least for now, they got the swamp.
>> This is the game right here. P7 can find
a way to lock up this P4 but a bit
giving themselves a bit of a lifeline.
DK holding up top on the roof able to
get some damage and a couple
eliminations making life a little bit
easier for mid players coming off spawn.
They know that Eric's playing somewhere
through mid map. Good read on the rest
of the contestants over towards red but
as DK falls on aspect to follow up but
he tries to thrust the pistol. Not going
to work. Denzel last one up alive.
Tagged up. Good bait and switch. D7 will
break. Yep. It's a good 20 seconds to
always get. keep that lead nice and
comfy. Force Omen to make decisions. Are
you going to contest that old? Are you
going to play for rotation over towards
new sending all their reinforcements to
the front door and P7 are prepared for
it. Three kills go their way. This is
where you push on forward. You're going
to spawn one player behind you. Now you
have the advantage off the rotation. Win
the first set of fights. You win the
map. Go to break. We talked about map
five of your reset. What could
potentially be a big reverse sweep.
Snoop over the top. misses his
opportunity for the first and gets
punished for it. Amit will get to the
150 mark.
>> Yeah, this is their hard point. Whenever
they need to figure it out, whenever
they need some good time to get back
into the game, this is usually their
go-to. So much layering being created,
but Snoopy and Beans rip them off of
these head glitches. Now you can re
supreme with the stuns and nades and
continue to push them back. This is just
staggered spawns coming through one by
one. Beans on four in a row. Able to get
inside the hard point. Deletes the
trophy. Read up top. a little bit
delayed, but the rest of the SMGs are
here for P7. Notorious, and they will
win out the battle. Aspect, the last one
to try to hit this damage on to Snoop,
who just puts himself into a corner,
waits for help, and he will receive it.
Another moment that felt like a mid was
right there trying to get this game back
towards more neutral turns, but instead
P7 fractions away from a win.
>> And now they're back to their not happy
place. Trapped over towards green. P7
with full mid map control. Only need 10
seconds to force an extra map in this
series.
Hills going down though. Well, it's not
going to be as clean as it was the first
two go around, but it's a Snoopy on
time.
>> Yeah, the AR is just straight up gunning
right now. Separator notorious. Every
single person who's running an AR is
more than positive. Snoop be looking for
kill number 40. May not have enough game
time to play for it as 250 hits the
scoreboard and P7 are on the board.
That's more like it. Couple applause
coming in for P7 by just staying alive
in this series, not getting 40,
but the Gunnies were hot. The ARs were
untouchable.
Everyone
laying down the damage. You control the
majority of the fundamental aspect of
the game. The only time ever had
opportunities was at that P5. But just
what P7 were able to do for not one, not
two, but three different P1 HPs in this
game,
>> it's got to be frustrating if you're
only you could never get out of greed.
>> No, not at all. Again, I know it's just
like a flatout firsterson perspective on
one series of COD, but all of the chaos
that was created by the SMGs on Colossus
for Amit, you switch up the map
completely and it's P7's ARs that never
allow to get any space to work with.
That's the big key. I mean, flat out,
again, looking at the scoreboard,
Johnny's running an AR most of the time.
Snoopy pulls out an AR most of the time.
Beans, of course, you know what you're
going to get out of him. Eric's the only
one really running loose and he's mostly
sitting in the hard point with an SMG.
He gets 11 objective kills for crying
out loud. So really good structure for
P7 and another moment just kind of
zooming out from how do you win lose a
series of focusing on the individuals.
Great flexibility showcased by Johnny
and Snoop.
>> And now I feel like P7 have a lifeline
that they could work with the rest of
these maps to start off with this sprint
search and destroy. This is where beans
can have impact with this sniper. These
gunfights aren't going to go down in the
first 5 to 10 seconds. And if you're
able to push through, then you know that
Omen are going to now start feeling the
pressure. You can see that P7's gunnies
are warmed up. Everyone firing on all
cylinders and it's a perfect time to
come to life before you roll over and
die.
>> And I think just on top of that, to keep
that same thread weaving between the
hard points and the surge, you think
back to the sake search again, it was
the SMGs that were creating the first
blood advantage. You're not likely going
to expect you're going to get that from
Fringe all the time. Not just because of
the sniper rifles, but because ARs can
lock down lines of sight so cleanly. So
this series, even though it's 3-1, it's
been three convincing map wins in a row
for the side of a mid is far from over
cuz then it's exposure overload and a
search, which could get crazy. Going to
take a small break. We'll come back as
CMP7 can keep up the pressure and keep a
bit at arms reach. It's going to be
French and destroy five after this.
Heat. Heat.
Let's find out who's built for the big
save. Heretics ready to dive in four and
Snoopy on the but Hydra with the switch
are possible. He's making top so happy
inside
a boozer
dominance
on the grandest stage.
Let's go.
Do I have to cook? Do I have to
steady?
So I had to come through the day. We
always
at a steady pace. If we go to war
and I wouldn't change a thing. They
tried to hold me down so I went and
spread my wings to my craft cuz it's my
everything. So if I want it, I'mma get
it. That's by any means. We ain't even
got to talk. Yeah, just get into it.
Started as a kid, now we starting
movements. You can't grind. So tell me
who you think you fooling. This passion
flowing through my veins. I can never
lose it cuz they keep speaking on the
name like I changed the game. So I had
to come through. I had to save the day.
We always
steady
waror
pain.
Do I have to do I have to say
Welcome back to Championship Sunday in
Las Vegas, Nevada at the Nickelode Ultra
Arena just outside the Mandalay Bay.
We've got ourselves potential battle on
the line now as P7 Notorious come out a
little bit slow. 03 the map count to
admit they finally find a chance to get
themselves going. A convincing Scar
Hardpoint now has us looking at the map
five fringe search and destroy. Tell you
what, all you need is just beans pop
off. That is wind condition by itself.
Let alone the fact that again the
dynamic of this map compared to Sake
very different.
>> Yeah, he couldn't do anything with that
sniper on Sake. And that's also due
because he couldn't see anyone because
they were already in your face by the
time you turned that corner. Omen was
just way too fast playing off the
momentum that they were able to gain off
of Colossus. But P7 coming to life.
>> The second half of this series, the maps
that they want to play are right in
front of them and Fringe is standing
here to potentially force this game
number six. Just got to get through this
one. I think the other side too about
this map is like yes, you have the
ability of pulling a scope off the rip
and changing if you want to, but you're
not necessarily going to be punished if
you do decide to keep it out the entire
way because you can set up your playbook
around it.
>> And kind of on top of that, I'm thinking
back to like when Beans really first
started to pop up on the scene, Modern
Warfare 2 sniping on Embassy and Hotel
early on the Challenger year. I was
scouting this guy. I was like, he is
going to be a problem if he gets the
ZDL. And so far he has been at least in
the way of being one of the most
notorious snipers that we've seen in CO.
Little action here for P7 notorious
aggressively playing over through the A
site. Amit will have a little bit of a
whisper about this aware of it and the
stuns will reveal it.
>> So far no information gained but only
information now is in the hands of P7.
You trap them in towards Rick. First two
kills goes your way. PK Denta trying to
clutch on up and they're just finessing
on the outside of the courtyard, but
it's going to be a 1v3 for the vet.
>> Yeah, really good idea there for Emit.
Just the execution gets a little bit
hindered largely just due to the fact
that the play through bricks is red and
then you get stuck shooting your
teammate. Almost a chance to double down
right there, but not going to happen.
And P7's aggression pans out for the
first round.
>> Yeah, P7 just doing their homework.
>> What's the more difficult bomb to
retake?
>> 100% the one in towards Bricks. So you
set a double stack on that side of the
map. The player that's sitting at top
horn has got everything covered through
mid and as soon as he throws that
shoulder spots two players jump through
the window. All the arrows on the side
of the P7 turn in that direction. Find
the opening double and eventually find
the opening round. Indeed the case two
kills in the round for Beans.
Snoopy for the first blood on that play
that was developing over towards Bricks
but big shutdown on a cheeky idea for a
minute in the opening round. Saw them
playing with a lot of aggression
defensively amid map number two. Beans
not sniping this time around. Just going
to scout towards top barn window and let
the play develop afterwards.
Yeah, if you're probably expecting Beans
to be sniping, so not even going to risk
knowing a show that top barn,
but it's already been 25 seconds knocked
away. P7 have yet to take Kenny's face
and Omen have yet to budge on their
setup.
>> Johnny going to give a little bit of
look here. Nade not really fully cooked
up. Chance to run away from it. Stay
safe. Denza right here to help out
aspect though defensively at junk and P7
we're going to commit first one for
Johnny follow from Eric perfect on the
execute 4v2
what can you do if you are Ethan not
able to finish your food on the first
kill and that's going to set up Eric
room to rip you off the head glitch 1 v4
this time up to DK you stand no chance
P7 with this slow and steady wins the
race and then extremely fast when they
explode on their play call is catching
off guard too quickly yeah And honestly,
that's a round right there for P7
Notorious that doesn't really develop
off of much information. No,
>> but knowing that there's a little bit of
a limp nade tossed over through Tin, you
know that it's someone close. Yeah. So,
you say, "Okay, we'll just go ahead and
take that shout with all of our numbers
and know we have naturally a gun
advantage. So,
>> all it takes is the slightest bit of
intel and P7 able to capitalize on it,
run through nicely, and start off 20
up."
when they were finding success in the
search and destroyer. It was with the
aggression, but you don't really have
opportunities to do it here. Ethan tries
to on this round and this is the round
where Benjamin Beans is watching one of
those angles that you're not expecting.
First blood again to P7 aspect able to
get secondary set of eyes onto Beans.
Denza through bricks. He's your bomb
carrier. Big win there. Johnny not able
to assist on the defensive reposition
that I'll say.
>> Densa now next one forward able to catch
Beans on the slide. One more over the
top. Densa, he's going to see both. DK
right there with the pistol out.
Flawless round for Omid. What a clutch
there from Omid. That's a round that you
can't throw away if you are P7. You got
the first one in the first 5 to 10
seconds. You knew where the play was
going down, but instead allowing
to think about getting it planted, you
forced these gunfights. I would really
love to see how DK was able to find that
kill
>> because he rips him all the way from the
backside of the opposite spawn point.
>> Makes it a 3v3. Forces P7 to be a little
bit shaken up by that one.
>> Then clutch up in the 3v4 as to get
their first on the board.
Look at this 3-1 split. Ethan just going
to try to provide some distraction at
mid.
rest of the mid committing to playing
over through trains here. The only one
really watching for it with the Eric.
He's already had a couple of shots sent
his way and he's not interested in
looking for more of those
and Snoop is going to be able to take
some space in towards Brick, but he is
going to be scouted out. So, have
forfeited all of the space in towards
Brick. Still putting down shots, but P7
have an understanding no one is in the
vicinity. Let's just get it pinned.
>> And I'm interested to know has Eric
gotten any read how many players were
initially over towards Trance? cuz yeah,
you have to be cautious of what could
potentially be on the flank. Instead,
it's a bit right from the front. All
eight players still alive and kicking,
but the pressure on the bomb is
definitely established. Here comes the
potential check. Snoopy trying to work
this out with Johnny. All of them in
looking for the secondary challenge for
this post plant, but P7 is just hanging.
They're just hanging out. They're
waiting for a mid to make the first
move. And it's going to work out. Three
in a row for Densa through this, but
he's now the last one standing. 15
seconds and it's just a junkyard
littered with P7 defenders. It's just an
impossible retake if you are omit if you
don't get that first kill. It's
difficult when everyone was just trying
to put down shots from one doorway.
There was no pressure on the pitch.
There was no pressure through the back
side of the alley. There was already 20
seconds wiped away. So that forces your
hand, that forces you to overextend a
little bit. And that's exactly what P7
wanted you to do. Two round lead again.
That's so big though that like you call
P7 who could have felt threatened to be
stuck at junkyard because again three
members Sherid towards trains then all
three members of the map in the middle
of the map like you have to be worried
about that flank but soon as P7 finds
that first blood it alleviates that
mental pressure allows them to get their
third round. Quick action here over
towards the front side at a DK guns up
trying to play a little bit of a
switches Johnny and Snoopy. First shots
will come through. Both players on the
drop aspect does get traded out. Ethan's
playing from over the top will keep this
into a 1 v2 for Ethan. That's just
beautiful teamwork. Ethan is going to be
hit with a stun. One v2 potentially is
going to get lost. Good slide through.
But once again, the longstanding duo of
Eric and Beans going to trust that
cohesion they've been able to build over
the last handful of years.
Ethan's got space, but what do you do
with it?
Time is ticking away. You just want to
try to potentially spot out a player on
the side of P7. I think that was a good
enough shoulder to realize that playing
towards the junkyard, but catch Eric.
Boom. He's going to turn it into a
one-on-one. It's getting a little scary
right there. P7 notorious. Ethan. Oh my.
This is a bold call. Bean's head on a
swivel. Here comes Ethan trying to work
his way into the side. Oh my goodness.
What a snap from Ethan.
That is an unreal read
out of Beans as his positioning.
The fact that Ethan is able to force
these two one-on- ones. Another
situation where P7 can't afford to throw
away these rounds. Force him to beat you
by getting it planted. But just the fact
that this kid snaps like that,
Beans is probably jaw dropped. I just
got shotguned. The new kid on the block
gets the 1v2 clutch. Omid get their
second round.
That was unbelievable.
Now all of a sudden quick aggression
from P7 just trying to shrug that one
off quickly. Smoke the black back off
the backside of B.
But Amit's defense are getting some
aggression. Beans may have seen this. He
wants revenge, but he's going to get
dated tagged up. Beth able to find one.
Still alive.
Ethan's able to find himself a second.
>> Snoopy finally for the trade, but the
play is shut down. Snoop's got nowhere
to go. 1 v3. He will get back to full
health, but yeah, this is just so tough.
Going to rotate right into the waiting
arms of Aspect. DK holding the line over
through trains and it's not going to
happen here. Big response from it. You
give that guy a 1v2 clutch in the
previous round. Like the way he just got
it, he's got to be going into the next
round with the utmost confidence. No
hesitation on that flank route. Ethan
understood where the pressure was coming
in. Teammates letting them know through
the communication. It's over towards
trains.
Flies for the first, catches the second
for free. And that's all that is needed
to secure the round. Tie game.
>> How does somebody go from working on
inverted Rocket League flips to
understanding timings on Fringe, a map
that's been around for 15 years this
quickly? I don't understand. going from
gold all the way to one shot. One shot
or dead. That's totally different game.
Ethan this time shuts down Snoopy for
two. He's pretty healthy as well. Denza
can't find the trade. Defense scrambling
to try to give Snoopy a bit of an exit.
A little bit of reprieve from the front
line. Denza tagged down to one bullet.
Stays alive. DK now the last one left as
Denza eventually drops. Free fire. Good
for the first pistol out. Gets a little
bit of damage into the second, but the
long flank from Johnny will force DK to
have to put something special together
and he's not going to be able to do it.
And that's just around that P7 love to
have. They shut him down when they try
to beat the aggressors in towards the
junkyard. Not once, but now twice.
A perfect blind counter to have everyone
roaming around that bricks area. First
flush. Majority of this map consistently
keep on going P7's way. It is six to one
in the category, but Omena only down one
still.
>> Yeah, that's huge, too. I mean consider
we talked about what happened with Sake
the SMGs from it were just running it
down finding quick first bloods P7 could
slow this map down trust the rifles
trust the scopes that's been mainly
their big key to success right now
but like you mentioned haven't been able
to finish off the perfect conversion
still a tight game going to show a
little bit of pressure through mid
trying to get Snoopy up towards the
bricks good read onto Ethan first blood
there double smokes from both teams
coming through here and that will lead
to reset 4v3.
>> Yeah, this is going to force the
repositioning from Aspects.
>> Going to let his teammates know
potentially the play is going to be over
towards B. So Densa goes from mid back
over towards the junk jar, but as soon
as he retreats from his teammates, the
pressure is on him. Another 4v2 here
from P7. Yeah, DK can't rotate over.
Just down to Denz
tag, but as he returns to the battle,
it's P7 notorious who find the win and
now are on map point trying to put him
back to bat. Yeah, Omen just taking too
many risks. I don't think I've ever seen
someone play that spot that Ethan was
trying to get away with 10 seconds into
the round. All you were doing is
scouting around the middle of the map.
You were gifting them free first bloods,
gifting them early advantages,
not making them work extremely hard in
these early rounds.
Snoopy keeps on taking all the space
away. And every time they know that they
have the advantage, they're sending an
extra gun for the fights in towards Tin
consistently having so many rounds in a
4v2. And now P7 at game point. Yep. Onto
the defensive side. They will go. Beans
was able to put the pressure on with a
scope by watching through small last
time around. He will do it again. This
time connects onto Ethan Aspect trying
to push forward. Not going to find
anything there. Denza now the last one
left. Clean for P7. No victorious. two
maps in a row with some conviction on
top of that at the friends and family
and white and gold. Love what they're
seeing. And Eric Boom starting to come
to life. I was able to catch him
yesterday in the hotel lobby. I said,
"Boom, make sure you get some good rest
cuz tomorrow is going to be an absolute
masterass of the series." Obviously, it
didn't go the way that you wanted to in
the beginning of this one, but P7 have
sprung to life. Two maps in a row. Two
dominant maps in a row. Especially with
just how much pressure they had on the
map and how much map control they had
with those ARs. You're taking these SMG
playmakers out of the equation and
you're consistently keep on fighting in
this series.
>> Yeah, I mean it just immediate payoff to
that for all you numbers people out
there. Ethan who has a 2.3 plus KD in
search 4 and eight not quite able to get
things going and a lot of that is three
first bloods that get thrown onto him.
So again, you talk about that. I mean,
realistically, you could even take
aspect into consideration. Another SMG
player for a mid for first death. So the
SMGs not able to create the same space
they were in sake. And that's what we're
talking about. The lengthier we got into
this best of seven, the more the ARS
could come to play and for the side of
P7 Notorious. They absolutely have. And
this is when that experience that you
were talking about earlier, Al is
finally showcasing itself for P7
Notorious. They have been in situations
like this. They have been tested versus
some of the best in the world. Even with
their backs against the wall, they're
not willing to give up and die.
They have been able to come to life.
Backto back maps now putting the
pressure on onto because they were
thinking, "All right, with the way that
we won the first three, we should
guarantee the fourth." But now you're
feeling a little bit more pressure than
you wanted to have
>> without question. And it's just we we
have had so many like very stock
storylines when you talk about young
loot players cracked out POVs embracing
the omni movement the wall bouncing the
speed the time to kill with the NPC all
the things that build a puzzle that
starts to look like yes this guy could
be the future. But as we start to look
into the lengthier parts of the series
and we start to rely on good macro
gameplay, good decision making, good
responsibility of zone of control with
ARs, that's where you start to see the
vets come to life. And just to kind of
throw a little bit of a hang over the
top of this year to next year, that's a
conversation we're all going to be
having because IW is going to make a
game that is way different than this
one. So all of these really fun cracked
out POVs may not necessarily dominate to
the same level as what we're seeing
right now, which is good, cool, calm,
controlled COD for P7ator.
>> Yeah, there's no omni movement in the
next title, man. No wall bouncing, no
slide cancelling. It's going to be a
totally different game when you talk
about next season, but PC even are still
worried about this one.
We're down 03. B4 Josh back on the main
letting them know what the game plan is,
what they love to do on a map like
exposure, but these guys have all been
in the CDL before. They have all been
tested
and now just got to keep on managing to
stay alive in this one. One more map to
force the game seven. I'm going to make
a call right here. Player to watch. Not
Beans, not Johnny for P7 notorious. I
need to see some IG yelling from Eric
Boom. I need him calling and calming
where people get lost at. He needs to be
active in the comms to try to figure out
where exactly are. Count your numbers,
count your names because as soon as
Ethan gets lost, that could create
chaos. On the other side, if he can
really quarterback a good game here,
Snoopy could get lost and create so much
havoc. We've seen it a lot in challenge.
I feel like I can compare Eric Boom's
gameplay or game style a little bit
towards Dylan Envoy.
>> I like that call. Just like the brains
of the team, the pressure guy, the guy
that's always going to be thinking about
the objective first. And on a map-like
exposure, we see an envoy all year long.
Whenever he pops take over there, it's
extremely easy. So, your SMG
objectiveminded player could definitely
do the same exact thing if you are P7.
Monsters being consumed. Energy at an
all-time high. Communication is flowing
for both squads. have to be still in
control here if your P7 notorious trying
to put off what could be
an epic reverse sweep with a hosienda
search still lingering from M number
five that's all bets off the table
>> you remember what Boston was like last
year and Snoopy on
>> he's looking forward to hopefully
getting there
>> this series far from over considering
how we started it
>> two convincing maps back to back for P7
notorious
Can they find a way to get to map number
seven or will we'll admit you showcased
some masterful overload in map number
three on Zen. Could they put that same
style together here on exposure and just
run up the score? And P7 cannot allow
those chain effects to continue to go
down. We need to be able to stop the
bleeding, forfeit some scores, play
resets.
Don't give Omit opportunities, chances
at relays. And this is a perfect
breakoff so far for P7. Three for none.
Make it all four dead. Space being
cleared out. Spawn so far away from
Omen. This should lead to a guaranteed
score, but a stun is going to connect.
It's going to slow them down a little
bit. Not going to change anything. P7
are here. It's a flawless 8 and0 for the
entire slaying department. Look what
they've done to the spawns. They can
rotate from A to the backside of B. The
only player in their way is DK. And you
get a kill from the pitch. That just
down to what Snoopy can do. And Snoop
has arrived. Oh, 5-0 start for Snoop. P7
in the first 45 seconds have scored
twice. And Boom is saying, "I'm not
done." We're instantly calling in this
hell. So if you know your teammates are
off the respawn and are going to be
outnumbered,
so the reset is going to be outdoors and
that's going to allow Eric Boom to
continue to slay. Two kills go their
way. Snoopy clearing out space over
towards the A objective, but he gets cut
down by E. At least it allows you some
space to work off the respawn. Oh, but
Johnny is going to say he has a chance
of rotating back to the middle of the
map as Beans has the one v one over the
top, but there will be a couple of close
spawners and Beans who's low will value
his life. Waiting for help to develop
through the middle of the map. Denza DK
find a couple of the trades. Goofy still
putting the pressure on and B7 can still
threaten this EMP down low. Oh,
finessing almost gets the better of
Ethan there, but Ethan's going to turn
that into a double now. Three kills go
the waiver of Omen. You're thinking this
might have been the opportunity to
potentially get a score, but it's
Benjamin Beans. Locates three, retrieves
the EMP and is just going to put it on
their side of the map. Nad's already
coming over the top. Quick follow up as
Ethan was trying to just reclaim the
space, but he gets punished. Now the
flank open for Snoopy, but Denza fills
the gap. Bean still alive, still holding
on to the EMP. And now it's on to try to
play recovery, but they're not really
doing it all that well together. And now
finally the EMP will drop. E7 still
trying to hang this position. Snoopy
gets the double digit kills in the first
quarter of this map. And with the follow
on to Johnny, now you can grab and try
to run this forward. Just got to go cuz
Snoopy's already cleared out all this
space.
>> He's guaranteeing the backline. That's
one kill. That's two kills. All four
again. P7
have come to life at the perfect time in
this series. Two and a half left to go
in the half and they only need one more
score to cut it shorter. And keep an eye
once again what's happening on the
scoreboard. Where are the SMGs for AIT?
They're nowhere to be found. Eric
keeping the play alive through mid.
He will get there. And that is one of
the fastest halves of exposure overload
you will see.
>> It all starts with the breakoff.
>> A clean forward dead turns into an
instant score.
You hit the rotation, control the spawn
a certain way.
Took less than 3 minutes of gameplay for
them to get that half done early.
P7 off the back of Stoopy doing things
like that.
Goes early on streaks. Allows Eric to
pick up an early hell storm.
>> He just never gave Omen an opportunity
to even think about a score.
>> Exactly the way you wanted to see it.
AR's kicked you off.
>> Free space up for Snoop
>> and he goes on an unreal first half. Top
of the second. Denza needs to get it
going. Two and 10. hasn't had much of a
chance going back and look at this. Just
a quick pick up. Only one kill's come
through and Eric's already almost able
to get over towards a but okay able to
breathe just a touch there for a bit cuz
you let that one go through. You're
already mentally checked. Yeah, just one
extra second of Snoopy could have been a
little bit quicker on that pinch. Eric
Boom would have got score number five,
but not hoping to turn this into a Conor
is going to be Omen trying to overwhelm
with the pressure over at the A but they
can't get past Snoopy. The frog is
leaping. Locating the final player onto
Aspect. Not able to get the kill, but
Omen do not have a play now.
>> Johnny on three in a row. Shuts down.
Denza coming off spawn. DK scrambling
trying to get there off the reject.
Johnny able to find a lot of tags. DK
can't challenge. EMP carry though will
fall. Pistol now for Johnny who's able
to get to before eventually being shut
down. Snoop over the middle of the map.
>> My goodness. One v one off the regen.
Not quite able to find the kill and the
emit defense will hold.
just need to get a couple sequences to
go their way. We need the fight out of
our spawn, but every time you take two
steps and someone from P7 watching that
crossfire, another for dead in the feed.
One play dead does get one off the
respawn, but it's DK who hits the route
and at least catch the EMP down in the
middle of the map. It's just a mint
continuing to play off their heels
though. Cannot get beyond really the 40
yd line. They haven't even gotten past
the middle of the map.
>> Snoopy, another double in the back line.
if he picked up. Denza shuts it down.
Has a chance to grab of his own. And
maybe a chance here is going to get info
that Snoopy's behind the play. He's
going to have help over towards the top
side of solar, but Denza's going to be
held. Nate stuns all coming over the
top. DK for first blood. Johnny just
trying to hold the corners. DK gets a
second. Denza a chance to score. Trying
to force it. Forward is able to get
there for the opening score here for a
minute. And now if you are you still
have solo control, so you can quickly
turn this into score number two. BK on
four. Can he turn it into six? That
might lead to a capture. Kill number
five is secure, but he quickly falls in
the hands of Snoopy. Aspect trying to
pick up the pieces. But this is where
P7F called in the reinforcements.
Everyone with NPCs and M15 get the stop.
Quick rotation for P7. Notorious back
through mid. Ethan trying to meet it,
match it, best it. Not going to happen.
EMP now makes his way over towards dirt.
Aspect will fall. Couple of defenders
still in place here though. Permit. to
find beans. Trades continue to be a
nuisance though as P7 notorious just
continue to keep emit help held back.
There's no need to take any more risks.
You have so much of a comfortable lead.
You're just going to force Omid to look
for you to check every single corner and
allow that game clock to keep on
ticking. But it's Denza on the pinch
trying to double. Johnny is currently
slaying your teammates over towards
statue. You maybe want to set up that
pinch, but he does it. And now this is
going to turn into a score here for P7.
Yeah, it's going to be Beans just trying
to sprint forward and gets there just
before the kill comes out for DK. 51 the
count finally a bit of a kill feed to
work with, but it doesn't make a
difference cuz you still have one more
lurking member for B7. Notorious to keep
a mid a little bit further away from
this EMP. Johnny follows up. Nice long
range shot on fires for aid. He almost
gets himself a quad feed, but instead
we'll just settle for three plus the
EMP. Yeah, he knows where the last guy
is. Let me just send in Snoopy who is 26
and 12.
dominating with this NPC. A minute 30
left to go. Game clock is about to be
out of the picture. This map is about to
be out of the picture if Omid don't
spring to life. But every time they try
to take a risk, they're just not winning
these key gun fights off the rotation.
P7 at the A objective. Beans is going to
fall, but Johnny, you might as well
commit because the EMP is still on their
side of the map. And he still behind
this trailing the play able to turn it
into two. EMP in hand. Denza trying to
chase it. It's going to find three. The
reload will eventually be what falls as
Beans will keep the dirt control for P7.
We're down to do or die time permit with
only 50 seconds on the clock in a
fourpoint game. Yeah, SG.
You have to grab this EMP and score. Get
every single kill possible for you to
stand a chance. But P7
packs against the wall. We're down 03 in
this series. Three straight maps out of
some experienced players, some former
pros on that main stage. They're going
to be able to force this game seven.
Omid thinking, "All right, this should
be done. We're probably going to set up
a celebration early on, but P7 are not
going to give it up. We're going an
extra map."
>> Absolute dominance in response to the
openers from Omid. And if what the first
three maps were handled and dominated by
the SMGs, it's been nothing but AR
action for the most part for P7.
Notorious. And Snoopy says, "Thank you
for the free space. I can just do what I
do best." 3314 for St. Maybe more in the
last 30 seconds. Says P7 are looking to
keep the pain involved. But there we go.
Time limit gets reached. 61 the count.
P7 tie us up.
And Johnny's letting them know who's
breaking now. Homeman were thinking they
were so close to the finish line. All
they needed one map and they could have
enjoyed the rest of their championship
Sunday with a breath of fresh air with
some extra money in their pocket. But
the vets, the experienced players did
not roll over. They fought tooth to the
nail map after map after map and have
now got the gunny's hot, have got the
mental hot. And it's all you need is a
game seven to have it all the way you
want it to be.
>> And it's on Hienda
again. The long-standing duo. Whenever
you find Beans and Eric, the challengers
at the same time, they find each other.
You also got to keep in mind Beans and
Ste a lot of familiarity with one
another. And almost like the Falcon
story now, you get Johnny in the mix.
You can be a little bit more flexible as
an AR. Freeze ups to kind of be a little
bit more locked in. And all of that long
range pressure is starting to really
influence the impact and reduce that
impact from its SMG presence, which
again has been what they've used to take
over a lot of series.
>> It's crazy to see like this is how we're
starting our championship series or
championship Sunday. This is just the
challenges finals, ladies and gentlemen.
We have the pro CDL finals optic be
phase coming up later on today, but a
game seven to start. probably thinking
that it's going to be a game nine later
on.
>> Ah, a little bit of foreshadowing from
my boy Jay right here. We're going to
head to one more break. Hienda coming
up. And I'm just gonna say it. If the
first three were SMG maps, the last
three may have been AR maps. Hosienda
straight square up. Let's see how things
unfold as we get to map number seven in
our challengers finals on the back side
of the break.
Heat. Heat.
Let's find out who's built for the big
heretics. ready to dive in four
but with the switch
dominance
on the grandest stage.
Hey hey.
Hey.
Heavy. I know they
need to back like P. Thought I wouldn't
but heavy cuz I know they going. I'm now
getting to the back like pow. Thought I
wouldn't but say I'm bad but the street
I'm go hard as I could. Don't ever get
it misunderstood. I'm apply pressure
like I'm bad but the street I'm go.
Don't ever get it. I'm a project.
>> Welcome back there, friends. I know a
lot of you guys are starting to come on
in, get yourself well hydrated, looking
forward to the CDL Championship Grand
Final, but we've got a map seven giga
reverse sweep potentially on the cards
right here. Word up the Minnesota. It's
never chocked. It's 3-3. After three
dominant mats from AIT, all of a sudden
P7 notorious keep Metarms reach start to
put down the pressure of their own and a
hosienda surge is what we have left to
crown champ. There's no better words in
sports and in this case esports than
game seven. And the fact that P7 with
their backs against the wall were able
to chain three wraps in a row, steal the
momentum heavily now going into this
final map. Oh, mid. Hopefully the
conversations that they were able to
have through that little break put them
in a position to lock back in because
experience is starting to play a part
and this is one map to decide our
champion.
>> I mean legitimately just to give you the
spark notes here. Colossus sake den SMGs
ran over P7 notorious. First bloods were
dominant largely thanks to Ethan and
aspect getting forward. Then all of a
sudden you jump on in to a fringe.
Everything's held back. Bean's able to
get the scope out. you first blood
aspect and Ethan pretty much in every
single one of the eight rounds that we
had and then the ARs just start to take
over through that point. So does that
storyline define what happens here in
Hosienda? Hard to say because both sets
of weapons are going to have chances to
develop a play that could lead towards
success whether it's running things down
through things like fire hallway with
SMGs or you can stay back try to play
the window battle with ARS. Be
interesting to see if it's a rock paper
scissors battle between these two teams.
Yeah, this is going to be one of those
maps that's going to be a little bit
difficult for Beans to whip out that
sniper. So, from what OM can stand their
ground on is their pressure, their
aggression with their SMGs on a map like
Hi, you can set the tone. You can take
the map in the first five to 10 seconds.
So hopefully even though they have lost
those last three maps, they they stay as
confident as ever in this final map to
try to get this one done.
other side of things. Again, the
experience versus the more rookie nature
of this battle could come into play.
Soften that up just a touch because when
Ethan makes his mark on the scene
largely comes by way of just grinding
search and destroy tournament. So, he's
not unfamiliar with being in positions
that look like this. But to the other
point, players like Beans, players like
Snoopy, lots of buildup from when they
played host search under the Boston
Breach banner. So, which will happen?
Will breakers break? Champions continue
to be crowned. That's kind of what the
story line is. Let's get going. Here we
go. P7 notorious admit Hi to map seven.
Let's do it.
>> We're instantly fighting for secret
hallway control. Over not going to
contest anyone through the top middle of
the map, but it's being with so much
information gained and P7 are now going
to hit that rotation over towards the
opposite side.
>> I love this little push and pull early
for P7. Force there to be tough
decisions especially for the SMGs to
make as they rotate back over. But
they're going to quickly get over
towards the shingles. Johnny looking for
the plant. Actually doesn't get the gun
up in time. Eric AR in here going to try
to get things through. Here come all the
nades and stuns and mid try to play
retake. Try to contest to find the first
two kills. But Snoop is still alive and
kicking until eventually being taken
down. And Beans who is outside of the
play now has to work a 1v3.
Going to be trapped over towards garage,
but he knows he has to work his way back
over towards rock. Omit have the info.
Bomb is going to be down. This round is
5% chance of him clutching it. Yeah,
less than that clean. And it's one of
those moments again just to kind of
throw it out there. Get the mental chess
game building. That's a tough decision
right there for mid. No trophies. They
have full setup round water and over
towards checkers. If you're P7
notorious, you're forcing the gunpipe to
contest and the decision works out.
Yeah, and that's a good tone sending
around there from Omid.
Completely disregard the last couple of
maps and come out with the pressure. You
take away that a bomb site. You force
the rotation on the hand of P7. And
right when they think, "All right, it's
time to get this planted." You turn that
corner with a full force. Opening round
omen.
Just a single kill for Snoopy on that
initial battle towards B.
The attack tossing some early nades on
both sides of the map. And Ethan will be
the vanguard of this approach if it does
commit to B.
And this is a play call that you're not
going to be expecting if you RP7.
Omen are actually taking this slow and
steady approach. Spread map setup. Did
P7 give them any information to work
with? It's already been 30 seconds and
they do not show face.
>> This is what you're looking at. P7 were
opting to just control the secret
hallway. But now that you don't have
info towards B, you're starting to
search out the map. But this is all a
ruse. This is nothing more than a red
herring from Ethan cuz the bomb is not a
part of this play. So, you're looking
for maybe another pick before making a
decision. But hold on a second. Just
when you thought Amit may have just used
this as a fake, now they're going to
take a delayed timing to rewrap this
back and they're going to get a 4v3 post
play.
>> I think DK from Spiral Fest is able to
spot out Johnny crossing back over
towards a
going to try to commit on this bomb
plant, but Eric Boom gets the angle.
It's going to be a 3v3, but bomb gets
down.
>> And you if you're mid this post, you
have to worry about three things here.
The front open and the back side of
Lambo. And no trophies.
>> And no trophies. Aspect shut down.
Opening kills come through. Denza using
a lot of this clip to try to find the
opening kill, but being able to follow
behind this. DK able to get one, but
nothing more. What a retake for P7.
Shout out Eric Boom for seeing both on
the cross and making life difficult for
the post plant.
>> It just took too long, man. And trying
to commit on bomb plants without trophy
systems at that rock is extremely
difficult to hold down that positioning
around that area
because stuns and nades are going to
back you out. That's going to force you
to be in a spot that you don't want to
be because eventually someone has to be
able to peak that bomb.
But perfect execution there from P7.
Perfect patience. Wait for all your
teammates to get around before we commit
on these one-on- ones. And the retake is
good enough even in the 3v4 to tie the
game.
>> Really, really good response. And just
kind of keep that in the back of your
mind here that P7 Notorious opting to
really invest into defending Secret,
putting all their resources up there.
And if you're familiar and remember back
to Snoopy in the Boston Breach, he was
often playing in that spot. So something
to kind of keep in mind on Johnny
looking to get aggressive over through
open windows. He's got AR watching over
the top of him but cannot get the gun up
in time for the play over to the open
staircase. Snoopy repinching from behind
those are the find one but the numbers
good for it in the initial trade battle
and Snoop is going to commit for the
plant in a onev2.
>> I love this from Snoop.
Going to get this instantly planted.
He's just going to get out over towards
the boat house. He has a stun and innate
to work with, but I'm pretty sure Aspix
sp wants him. It
>> sure seems that way. First skill comes
through, splits away, has a chance at
the second, but not enough ammunition to
fully take the gunfight. And as Aspect
puts away the heroics early,
>> it's just a blind counter again there
for a moment. You're thinking if you're
P7, let's take open hallway control. We
got trophy system going into this round.
So, if we can get over towards Rock, if
we can dominate top mid, it's going to
be a free round. But Omit with a perfect
blind counter. Two two split. They take
away rock. They set up those crossfires
and they are effective on the traits. At
least Snoopy has the last one.
Thankfully, Aspect is able to spot him.
Thankfully, he's able to renap onto
Snoop as he almost pulled that 1v2 out
of nowhere, but Omitt keep a one round
lead
onto their second attack. As we talked
about, keep your IP7 set up defensively.
a lot of investment towards getting
secret control. This time though, it
will just be Eric up top playing for
info. He's not going to expect that
aspect playing with this aggression.
That's that SMG run down that we've seen
for a bit. Ethan's able to find two.
Diving on over to find Snoop through the
connector, but he gets one. Gets away.
Could he find a way to keep his life?
Yeah, John is going to help out. Oh, a
little bit of an overcommitment and the
red dot chase for a mid has us in a 2v2.
>> Yeah, that's fantastic finesse. Not out
of Snoopy.
It was a 4v2 to start, but now it's a
2v2 and Omen have no idea where he just
went. 50 seconds left to go. Denza
playing his spawn, relying on what DK
can provide for him before he decides to
make his move.
Johnny and Snoopy going to work
together.
DK just looking for any information.
Denzo playing very safe. Timing. Oh,
mercy. Oh, he's not going to see the one
that crosses. So, his focus is going to
be on the Johnny. Good tags coming
through. Snoop holds his position
though. Now there's information for
both. DK able to find lots of damage.
Flash shot onto Snoop. He connects. He
knows he's got Johnny low trying to find
the 1 v one, but Johnny gets damaged
just not enough. And DK will save a
potential catastrophe in a minute are
now up 3-1. Almost wasting the entire
minute and 30 on the round.
But it's DK who's still able to clutch
it on up. I thought COD timing was not
about to go his way.
The fact that he turns and gathers the
information onto the first puts down so
many shots with the M15 and he's got an
MPC to close out the wall bang on to
Snoop. Denza putting him on to Johnny
having him weak. The cleanup clue flies
on in. Omit two round lead. Now P7 have
to find a way to get an offense of their
own. It's been largely all defensive
rounds in the first four.
Investment for same setup that they had
the last round. P7 not interested in
taking the window battle. Instead, we'll
set themselves up for a quick post plant
over a day.
Get your trophy system down. Play tight
around this setup.
>> So, Omid are already showing face in
towards secret hall. He's
>> is just going to jump out. No remorse.
No regard for human life. Going to try
to fly out and get the second, but
number still from P7. Huge trade for
Beans cuz Eric is playing a delayed
route up top at window for this post
plant. That works out really nicely.
Initially, you're like, uh-oh, this is
not what you want to see. Ethan sneaking
down finding a first blood but by
himself he can only do so much and Eric
the whole time playing secret stairs. He
was supposed to be the clutchup guy and
he comes through big after being a
straight. So far a lot of these rounds
have led to successful omen because
they're sending a full force every
single time and having that extra gun.
When you get towards the middle half of
the search and destroy that's when those
mid round adjustments start to come on
in. So we need to start to play for
information instead of potentially
instant gunfights.
You still have the lead, but P7 continue
to cut it on down. And on the defensive
side, they go. Omid doing a two- two
split. Another fail out round for them.
This feels very similar to the round we
just had before where Ethan's going to
get forward, try to create some noise.
Denza just making sure no one plays
through. Well,
>> DK making sure no one playing through
bottom secret, but P7 this time around
are saying this is the exact same set
they had from the round prior as well,
where you just get Snoopy up top at
secret. You're just setting yourself up
for a B retake.
You're forfeiting all that map control
on that side of the map.
>> Stun is able to connect onto Denza. Some
information gained here for P7 that
there is going to be some players over
at the archway.
>> It's already been 40 seconds gone. OM
are relying on a hero ball play here
from Ethan.
>> Absolutely. The only way they break
through this P7 setup right now is if
they get good timing from Ethan. Here
comes the pressure. Johnny working with
Beans and Snoopy. Everything's going to
come up in favor of P7 setup.
I mean, the only way you counter that if
you're emit is you plant and you just
get a read that no one's at B. We plant.
We force them to come to us. But P7,
they must have something in store for
that retake. Here comes the late plant
trophy down. 2v4.
>> Oh, 2v4. They're actually going to
invest this trophy. So
lot into this round. You're still going
to be outnumbered and you're still not
going to stand a chance here. That's a
trophy placement for no apparent reason.
And that could potentially come back to
bite you, especially on your next
attacking round. absolutely the case.
And then again, just keep in mind that
frame of a mid are looking for kills
first before they do anything objective
wise. And that's going to have to start
to mold and change because if B7
continue to just play that same setup,
they've got everything covered. The only
thing that beats them is bad timing,
which you can't really control, or you
don't get a good read on their post
plant. So, defensively speaking, P7's
got a really solid default right now.
Yeah, it worked for Omen on a map like
Sake where you could just force gunfight
after gunfight.
But if P7 aren't going to give you
anything to work with, we have to take
what they're giving.
All that space at Rock, just get it
planted and eventually gets your trophy
down. But it's two rounds in a row. P7
tie it up. Here we go. Another fourman
flood for a no pressure shown over
towards the top windows. If P7 can get a
read, but nothing's up for Z. They're
now going to get the fullon setup that
Uh-oh. Yep, there's the full hit around
the back. And this time the response
just a little bit too late. Snoopy will
get the plant. This comes down to does
he have the heroics to follow up another
2v4 chance. It's
>> all going to be on what Johnny can get
done. Nothing through mid connector.
Snoopy left in a 1v4. Omid don't waste
any time. You have four bodies alive.
Someone stick the diffuse.
>> This is the only play he can make is to
play this over through window. And he's
been seen on the cross. Smoke will force
his hand and Amit will put together
again just another bullheaded brute
force hit to work out to take the ledge
4-3. Yeah, P7 knew that they were doing
that play. It's just some bad cod timing
for the first step out of Beans and then
a bad auto mantle there from Eric Groom
to potentially get that trade and get
out.
That's the way that wants to play. You
send in your SMG Slayer in Ethan to
always be the aggressor. He flies on in.
Beans turns the corner at the wrong
time. Gets the first blood and then
boom, just not able to hit the snap
because it's too many in front of him.
Ethan just continues to run it down.
And that's a tough moment right there
for Eric cuz you're kind of halfway in
the play and it's like, do I try to
respond to get one back or do I even
have a chance to run away and keep a
3v4? Pause on that question as the next
hit starts over towards Rocket Shotty
and Snoopy for the first couple, but
Ethan's able to respond. This be a 1v3
for him. Stun comes through. He's able
to slip away but not fully. Wall Bang
connects and a quick response for P7
with some aggression of their own. Blow
for blow. Round after round. These guys
are not willing to give them any free
ones.
All tied up four. A perfect blind
counter there from P7. Think about it
this way cuz like we were talking about
if you're a mid, you know that that
setup over towards Secret's hard to
break. The only way you beat it is by
flooding B and P7 Notorious get a
perfect read saying we know they're
going to play for a quick objective.
Let's beat him and Johnny with the first
two tilts the edge to P7.
>> Yeah, and that's one of those setup
rounds. You take away like you said,
secret control every single time. This
has screw the slow plays. Let's just
bombard it over towards B. And that's
exactly what P7 wanted you to do. But
going back to the strat just worked for
them. Everyone through mid open.
>> Don't throw the same pitch twice. Eric
this time with a stun gets enough
information to recognize that this is a
potential call. Meanwhile, Beans is
already opening up space over the top of
the rock wall. So, you're going to get a
post plant setup here if you want it for
P7. Johnny looking to take away a little
bit of space, but uh just get a little
bit overaggressive. First blood for a
bit. Post plant still effective for the
3v4. That's a high risk, high reward
play. Johnny just gets caught and now
Ethan going to continue to find kill
after kill. Another two-piece on this
round. 4v2. Beans trying to cluck on up
first. locates aspect 2v3 able to clear
more space out through fences of course
the windows get some shots but find the
shots to land for a kill so now it's
just down to Eric
>> cannot see the diffuser shots are not
going to land DK puts Omid at
championship point
so difficult right there for P7 is the
fact that the bomb carrier is as far as
he was from that bomb because Eric boom
with a fantastic stun connects onto
three people through open just your bomb
carrier couldn't instantly put it down
as soon as that stun connects. Just so
far to play by the time you commit. You
try to take a risk if you are Johnny
just to guarantee some space. Think that
Eric Boom's information is still going
to be good enough to work with. But
Omid's so fast on the rotation. Put
themselves at game point. What do you
call in this round if you're a MIT? You
tried the hard aggression at B. It gets
blind countered. You've had no success
largely speaking over to A. So this time
you're going to go over towards the
rooftops and would you know it P7 were
playing reserve with beans on a stove.
Eric able to find first blood damage
going on to Ethan trying to follow
through that goodness that was bold from
Denza. Ethan going to be stunned behind
this play followed up by Eric. Boom. And
it's just down to DK. He's stuck over
towards Fences and we're going to get a
map seven. Round 11 for the
championship.
>> Perfect adjustment there from P7.
Do not try to contest the aggressive
plays. Eric Boom instead of the MPC has
an M15 watching Secret Hallway. Gets the
first blood. Sets up Snoopy for the
trade. Teamwork shining when you need to
have it. But it's round 11 for it all.
What are we going to get? Vegas four map
reverse sweep from P7 notorious or will
the Mits cement themselves as the
greatest challengers organization in the
history of the esport straight grand
finals it would be three championships
for the or it's going to be the offense
for a minute stunts nades all littering
the front play over towards well and a
couple of nades will in fact get a
reveal P7 will have a chance to respond
defensively what kind of timing is
Johnny going to play with
going to turn that corner in towards
Artway teammates applying pressure from
the front but Johnny going to commit. He
gets the first, but it's still a 3v3.
>> Trying to force the battle though with
Snoopy. He gets punished by Aspect and
Eric I believe has been seen up top.
Good shots from Aspect, but he can't
find the kill. 2v3. Denza clearing the
space up top. Able to find the win on
Dece
1 v3. Denzo off the regen. Not going to
be able to get out of there and Aid will
stop the reverse sweep. It's four
straight challengers finals for the
event organization and they will be
crowned champions for the third time.
So icy in the round 11 with the play
call. That a bomb site has not treated
them well all throughout that map. But
it is the teamwork aspect of the game.
It's the commitment there from moment to
die on their sword. The reason why they
got to this position is with their
aggression. You send it all out. Even
with Johnny getting the first just so
fast on the trade and just a little bit
overcommitted there was P7 to try to get
the guns to go back to their way. But
Omen don't allow the reverse sweep. They
continue to be the best team in
challengers and they are your champions
here at God champs. Major Four Champs,
Season 4 Elite Champs in Europe, and now
the crown jewel able to take down what
has been a bit of a rival in P7
notorious or toorg over the last couple
of years. But this is, you know, as much
as you look at Amid as an organization,
you give them all the flowers you
possibly can, you still have to keep in
mind that Ethan was flipping off of the
side of Rocket League Arenas a couple of
months ago. DK just got into the scene
this year. Aspect, who has made it to
Challenger playoffs for three straight
years, is able to find himself on top.
And Denza, the guy who's been there,
done that, leads the way and takes the
Young Guns to a championship.
It's got to feel so good for the Homeman
organization.
Three out of four in the last four years
have gone their way. Ally providing the
medals. Aspect did his thing. Ethan
without a doubt was my MVP.
>> I agree.
>> When you get to that final round is when
experience has to play a part. Denza
with the multi-kill. Denza with the
experience puts his team in a position
to close it on out. And Om got to be
feeling so damn good.
What an unbelievable run. Vegas. Let's
hear it. Your challengers champions.
Oh man.
I mean, what a matchup that was
going down to the distance. Seven maps.
Come on, Vegas. I know that was intense.
One more time for your challengers
champions.
The best. Oh man.
DK,
talk to me about how does it feel to win
this? But firstly, I want to know like
what was going on through your head as
they were coming back and they sent that
to map seven cuz you guys looked so good
through the first three.
>> I mean, we showed in Kapora. I think we
played really well. Uh they just got the
bad half for us in the end, but yeah, we
stayed strong and uh we got the victory.
>> Yes, you guys definitely did stay strong
right there. Show some love to DK.
Everybody, I want to move on down here
over here to Ethan because Ethan, man,
you have been playing out of your mind
the last few events in which you've
entered this league and many people in
here know about your game across the
board. Okay. Now, how does it feel from
you going to scoring goals to being here
on the challengers main stage at Champs
and coming away with a victory?
>> I mean, it feels surreal coming from
Rocky League being pro on that game to
now playing card at a very, very high
level. It just it feels amazing. I'm
happy to be here and I deserve to be
here. I'm better than everyone here.
He deserves it. Everybody,
you earned that, Ethan, for sure. Now,
let me move down the line. Okay, I got
aspect aspect. Love the drip. I love the
shot. I love the composure that you had
there. I mean, it was a nerve-wracking
match up. How does it feel to win?
>> I mean, it feels unreal. Like, I mean,
it's sweeter now that we like almost got
reverse swept and we ended up winning it
at the end. So it feels much better, you
know. Sigh of relief.
>> Definitely is a sigh of relief indeed.
But now you get to call yourselves a
challenger champion on the main stage
here. Okay. Make some noise for Aspect,
everybody.
Now I got a OG next to me. Okay.
Somebody who's been in the game for a
while. Denza, you've been in some crazy
series of your life. How does this one
rank up?
>> It's got to be number one, I think. Uh
my heart still going, but you know, we
pulled through. It was the last map for
15k each. So, we set that before the
map. So, we regained and won it. So,
>> you guys definitely did regain. Okay.
And now going into the last round. This
is a $60,000 round. Who made the strat
call?
>> I mean, I was like, I'm [ __ ] myself
here. Let's play slow and let's just hit
a man. And we hit it and yeah, Johnny
scammed and and we got trades off that.
And yeah.
>> Hey, man. You guys did what you had to
do. being there for each other, being
there for the trades as well. Slide on
down for me, Denzel, real quick. Slide
on down to as well, coach. Now, I want
to talk to you about what does it mean
for this Omid roster? What does it mean
for you and the rest of the boys of this
Omid roster to be able to win in this
fashion, but not only that, to be as
consistent as this organ organization
has been throughout challenges?
>> Well, I think there's a reason I'm bold
and it's watching these uh these series.
It's never going to be an easy one, but
it was always going to go around 11 last
map. I think uh I can't take all the
credit. Ben Vance back at home. Shout
out to him. Shout out to Mosen. They're
the brains behind the team. I'm just the
pretty face that comes out with them.
But no, congratulations to the lads. Uh
consistent team, great talent. You see
him in the future. You'll definitely see
them in the future. All right. Now, any
last words that you want to say to the
MIT fans out there as we going to crown
you guys one more time as the challenges
champions?
>> I think the boys just appreciate all the
support for everyone back at home. Um
all the tweets, they hear everything. So
appreciate all the support and on
Twitter you see.
>> You heard it here folks. All right. No
matter where you are around the world,
show some love to OMIT coming out on top
as your challengers champions.
All right. OMIT takeover. That's the
name of the game. It's been that way
since the brand has entered. Four
straight grand finals appearances for
the brand. this one with a fresh set of
faces. And Jay, I think the most
exciting part about it is we know that
these guys are going to show up at EWC.
And I'm going to say it right now,
they're going to upset somebody big.
>> Yeah, I'm excited to see what they can
do versus the top in the world, man,
because what they just displayed
throughout this entire weekend is utter
dominance. This is the most maps they
lost in one series. You go through
Telluride Bush, you go through your
brethren squad in Omen, Brooklyn. You
face P7 in the winners finals. You get
it done in four, but then you get to the
last dance, have the rematch, and make
this one a little bit better. Aspect
says, "All right, even though we were up
3 0, 40 would have been cool, but the
fact that we go all the way to round 11,
game seven, it feels a little bit
better." That organization, the system
that they have provided for every single
player that has ever walked in a
building, chef's kiss, I don't love it.
Big congratulations to Emit. P7
notorious have also cemented a spot at
EWC and so have team war. One of the
other squads that miss out will have a
chance through LCQ. But the day so far
owned by Omit. But of course, that's not
all we're here for. We've got Faze
taking on Optic for the Call of Duty
League World Championship Grand Finals.
And that is coming up next.
He gets trained. Faza closes the game,
goes on an incredible streak, and Faze
are into the grand final.
>> Optic trying to get their rematch and
trying to get to the last dance versus
Faze again.
>> Are you kidding me? There's no way that
Hook has done that.
>> We're coming for you, Faze. We're coming
for you.
Hey,
hey, hey.
Hey,
hey, hey.
Hello. Hey.
I don't take no
my chest flipped and doubled and
stacked. Double stack. I don't take no
LS. No, I don't take no
switch up quick then. Never look back.
I don't take no LS. No, I don't take no
man. Straight off the D. Play ain't stop
just a player buzz. Haters want to talk
so they got to throw subs. I see them in
the streets and they say it's all love.
It's all love. I know better. I don't
let up. I got to get to it. I'm a go get
her. I'm a go fed up. They just want to
talk. I'm so fed up. No L's, no. I'm a
beast on
me. Can't be too cautious. The boy being
sick. You know what's up.
Never look back.
>> I don't
double
stack. I don't take no LS. No, I don't
take no
switch up quick and never look back.
I don't take no
win after win. I'm feeling like Britney,
I did it again. I'm setting the table
and setting the trends. I'm shooting my
shot. I'm 10 out of 10. They can't
compete. No, I won't stop it till
mission complete. Stay out the kitchen.
You can't take the heat. I'm taking the
dove. You taking the feet. Hey, it's no
L's in a vocab. The white flag. No, I
can never throw that. 2012, I wanted it
all so bad. Now all I do is win. Better
know that. Switch up quick and never
look back.
I don't take no
my flip and double and stack. Double
stack. I don't take no
switch up quick then. Never look back.
I don't take no. No, I don't take no. I
don't take no.
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my
Hello ladies and gentlemen. Welcome back
to Call of Duty Champs. What a glorious
Sunday it has been. A long run in
challengers finals. But now we the
latter half proceeding set for the day.
What a time it has been. My name is
Miles Ross and I am joined by a good
friend of the Call of Duty League,
associate director of design, Lawrence
Metton from Treyarch. Sir, welcome. How
you doing?
>> Good, good. Thanks for having me, Miles.
Uh, excited to be here. It's always so
great to be at Champs. Uh I mean, back
at Treyarch, we've worked closely with
the CDL all year. We we've been
following along the CDL season. I mean,
there's nothing better than seeing our
game and our sport played at the highest
level with everything on the line like
it is this weekend. Uh I mean, Major
Four in Paris really set the stage.
>> That was cool
>> for this weekend.
>> It was very special.
>> A great reminder how passionate this
competitive community is. And I mean
this weekend has lived up to the hype
and delivered as well and so excited to
see how it goes down with phase.
>> It really has done. Yeah, Paris a
wonderful reminder of the global nature
of Call of Duty fandom. And again, the
general mates, what a beautiful fan
base. And again, we thank those who have
traveled out here to Vegas as well.
Sadly, their team don't make it to the
grand finals, but hey, a long and
illustrious time in the league hopefully
for this squad. But Lawrence, thank you
again. All you guys have had such a a
wonderful impact brought us overload. I
mean, this last two years has been
really, really fun from the guys at
Treyarch. Now, just because Champs meet
is soon, the end of the CDL season
doesn't mean it's the end of, you know,
the Black Ops 7 year. What else you got
in store for us for season 5?
>> Yeah, season 5 launches next week on
Thursday. We've got content for
multiplayer, for zombies, for war zone,
and for rank play, which I'm going to
talk about in a sec. Uh, but let's start
with multiplayer maps. We have three new
maps you're going to be getting your
hands on uh when you jump in this week.
The first is Jubilee. It's an allnew map
set in a rural Japanese town. Uh, this
one's got a great mix of interior close
quarter spaces and exterior spaces. My
favorite POI is the Pachinko room, which
you can see here. So, swing through that
when you drop in this week. Uh, and then
DIG is back. Uh, longtime fans will
recognize this from Black Ops 2. It is a
DLC map in Black Ops 2.
And competitive fans, I know you're
going to be excited about frequency.
Black Ops 4's frequency has been
remastered and is in BO7.
>> Looking slick. And now, of course, wall
jump changes things. We don't have
specialist abilities. This is going to
change it quite a lot. I'm really
excited to see how this plays.
>> Yeah, I mean, Black Ops 4 was a strong
year for competitive play. We're excited
to get this one in. There's a lot of
work that goes into our remasters. We
have to test the maps. We have to make
sure they work with the current state of
movement. We have to make sure they work
with new modes like Overload that
weren't in Black Ops 4. Uh, but it's in
and it's coming out with season five and
it's going to be in rank play
>> when season five drops. We're adding it
to the map pool and we're going to add a
few other maps to the map pool as well
to keep ranked fresh.
>> I'm excited. Can we hear a little more
about ranked? Obviously with season 4
there was some SR changes. Uh, any big
changes now going into season 5?
>> Yeah, so season 4 brought our skill
rating system overhaul. Uh, the system
is now completely transparent. Every
point of SR that you gain or lose is
broken down after matches. We've been
following along. The response has been
great. The feedback has been awesome.
We've collected a lot of great data and
watched closely this season. Uh, and
we'll be making some changes for season
5.
>> A couple too many iridescent players.
>> Yeah, I mean, one maybe, just maybe, it
was slightly too easy to make it into
Crimson and Iridescent. So, uh, we've
taken a good look at that and we like
that players weren't getting hard stuck
in one rank as much as they were
previously. Uh, but maybe we had some
players reach crimson and iridescent
that that shouldn't have been there.
We're going to make some adjustments.
Make sure the system stays rewarding,
but that only our best players are able
to make it through to those ranks. And I
mean, I'll issue everyone here a
challenge. If you made it to Iridescent
in season 4, prove to your friends you
belong there. Prove to the doubters you
belong there. And do it again in season
5.
>> I love the sound of that. Where my
diamond players at? Where my diamond
dads at?
Some of you are lying to yourselves. Uh,
let's talk about rank rewards. What else
do we get?
>> Yeah, so I mean it it wouldn't be a rank
season without rank rewards. We've got
rank camos to chase and calling cards.
We have a competitive NPC 25 blueprint.
Uh, and you know, you can expect a rank
series ladder at the end of the season
as well.
>> Oh, this looks fantastic. Excellent.
Okay. Well, we've got some uh some
lovely changes that are ranked now. I
understand that with a new season
usually comes new weapons. Well, before
we get to that, I have one more thing on
rank play, Miles, and that is that I'm
incredibly excited to announce that
we've been working with Infinity Ward on
rank play for MW4. They have been
fantastic collaborators
and uh I know they're incredibly excited
about rank play for MW4.
>> There it is. Exciting news for us going
into a brand new game. Rank Play being
uh a big one for us. We are well
excited. I mean, fantastic. All right,
cool. Well, before we get too far
forward in the future, let's dial it
back a little bit. New weapons, season
five. Anything fun?
>> Yeah, season five, new weapons to unlock
and master. Uh before we get into
weapons, Spectre is back as our hero
operator for the season. Uh and we've
got some some weapons you're going to be
getting your hands on when you jump in
this week. Uh the Mammoth LMG you'll be
able to unlock in our first seasonal
event. Uh the Gremlin SMG. This thing
lets you dual wield akimbo SMGs for for
some pretty significant damage up close.
And uh the FG42 assault rifle is back
from World at War with a very
recognizable profile with the side uh
side loaded magazine.
>> I see we have some new attachments as
well. This looks like something's for
the Jagger.
>> Yeah, so I mean we've got some pretty
unique attachments in the weeklys this
season as well. Uh there's a 50 cal
conversion for the M15. Uh a Gaus
Accelerator for the Peacekeeper. And
this uh what you see here is an EMP
blast pistol attachment. There are a
bunch of other attachments in the
weeklys as well. uh jump in each week
and unlock those.
>> All right. Tons of cool stuff to play
for still while we wait for uh the next
installment of COD. Okay, cool. So,
we've got some very nice looking stuff.
Of course, Spectra, a new operator,
>> uh returning operator, returning fan
favorite.
>> Very cool. This looks like a good And
again, very in keeping with the way BO7
has looked. This is fantastic stuff,
dude. We've got some cool stuff then.
Big recap. Uh this is going to be a very
exciting season 5 on Thursday. What? New
maps, brand new uh weapons and
attachments, frequency, and a bit of a
map refresh coming into ranked as well.
That's really cool. And an SR
adjustment. I'm not getting out of
diamond. I think I'm over it. I think I
think I'm past my prior.
>> Don't count yourself out, M.
>> That's what I
>> But uh I'd love to see you try.
>> Oh, I will. Oh, I will.
>> So, yeah, please uh jump in this week.
We'll see you online. Uh before we go, I
want to shout out. There are some
Treyarch devs in the house who made the
trip to Vegas for Champs. So, from me,
from them, everybody back at the studio,
just thank you so much uh for an
incredible CDL season. You know, all the
all the game fives, all the round 11s,
all the punch outs in Plaza, the 250 to
249 Heartbreak Heartpoint games. Uh it's
been one of the best CDL seasons ever.
It's been so awesome to be a part of it.
Uh and thank you.
>> Oh, thank you, B. Thank you guys as well
for two fantastic years. Can't wait to
see how the rest of the day goes and how
Ember 4 plays out as well. Thank you so
much, mate.
>> It's going to be a good one.
>> It's going to be a great one. For now, a
break before we start the grand finals
here at COD Champs.
>> Scuf, official controller of the CDL.
>> Player X is the official esports fantasy
partner of the Call of Duty League.
>> Monster Energy, the official energy
drink of the CDL.
Brought to you by America's Navy and the
special operators who work in the
shadows.
But that's how it goes.
I'm going
for me.
You got to listen to my words.
the rain.
You wore
like
shorty moving like you just
now.
>> I hit the corner store to grab my 40.
Pulled up just me and my shorty needs to
get lit. Then I hit the lot
crib cop that boost my confidence. Then
I cop that compliment. Now I'm starting
to forget what being honest is. Hey DJ,
tip the DJ, tell him go play them slaps
in the doing yoga, working them hits, no
cap,
then I can't bring it back to Another
tour around.
You ain't heard
it
now. I just spent a couple
Fire,
fire,
fire.
Come.
Come on.
Heavy cuz I know they going I'm need to
like pers
I'm need to like pow but say I'm bad but
the street I'mma go hard as I don't ever
get a miss
I'm apply pressure like I'm bad but the
street I'm go hard as I don't ever get
misunderstood I'm apply pressure like
they going but I'm going that's my son
and my daughter hit the valley tell them
go bring the car boy you know I'm
pushing
the I'm sorry but I am not sorry cuz I'm
not where I started I used to work
or bosses he tell me to take out the
garbage get mad as hell that's made me
nauseous through my apron Like I'm over
being an artist. I'mma hit the red
carpet. I'm dripping so approach with
caution. I ain't missing a target. Stop
the car at the light gets dirty. Purple
team I can't get dirty. Blue strips make
a check get flirty and she ain't coming
back to 630. M we go hard in the paint.
Take position and move like a tank.
Maniac with no restraint. I'm checking
your
bag.
Thought I wouldn't but he know they
going to foul. I'm need to back like
pow. Thought I wouldn't but say I'm bad
but the street I'mma go hard as I could.
Don't ever get it misunderstood. I'm
apply pressure like I'm bad but the
street. I'm go hard as I don't ever get
it misunderstood. I'm like,
12 teams have fought hard all season
long and eight have made it to the top.
Now it all comes down to this.
>> The pressure is on this fire ring.
>> Oh my god. No way.
>> [ __ ] How does he get involved? Here we
go.
EMP has a free roll as long as the pit
will take the fight like this.
Unbelievable. One versus one. Oh my god.
That is how you do it. Your major one
champion. Major 2.
What artistry this final map was. It's
history in the making.
Welcome to Las Vegas for the Call of
Duty League Championship weekend.
Heat.
Heat.
Optic Faze, the definitive Call of Duty
esports rivalry under the lights of Las
B are going to hold are going to do it.
Math one's done
here. A chance for your defending. Back
to back world champions Plaza closes the
game phase or into the grand final.
>> I'm feeling great. I do think we'll play
Optic again and I think the same result
will happen again.
>> But it's the green wall prevailing
again.
>> I can't wait to win the series and talk
so much.
>> Hey, youing dog.
>> Oh my goodness. It's just Kevin. Are you
kidding me? There's no possible way that
Hook has done that.
>> Coming for your face. We're coming for
40 and 17. 41. 42.
04
number one. Zelium not going to get
there. A chance for Optic to go back to
back to back.
with the chance to do the unimaginable,
to cement their legacy in green, brick
by brick,
to defend their title here in enemy
territory.
Green wall, get ready for the defending
backto back world champions
of the Texas
coming to the stage ready for whatever.
Nassie
who
Hercules
and shot scene
brick by brick optic the backto back
world champions to defend their title.
Las Vegas show them some love as they
array to place.
Now, now, not everyone wants to see
history cemented in green. There are
those who live and see only red. And
there's four players backstage who don't
care about no damn wall. Four players
who going to come out here for the whole
town in Vegas. Get loud and throw it up.
B Vegas.
It's their house.
Amaz
looking to get it done. Coming to the
front of the stage. They make their own
odds and they don't care who's around
them. They're going to get it done. For
those in red, for those in S city, it's
Bay Vegas.
Now, this matchup right here is so
special. This is the Call of Duty World
Championship.
It's optic. It's phase. The matchup in
which we all want to see under the
brightest light to the hottest stage in
Vegas here at Mandanda Bay. Are you guys
ready to get this final started
and I know you ready at home? So, let's
get this show on the road. The
championship starts now.
Thank you, Blaze. Thank you, Michelob
Ultra Arena. And thank you at home
watching this one. We're into one hell
of a series. The grand finals of champs
optic phase green red as good as it
could possibly get. We may be in for one
of the greatest time.
>> I may dude. What a beautiful day to be a
competitive Call of Duty fan. This is
what we dream of. It is a longtime
rivalry. So much smack talk over the
years for the players on stage, for the
organizations, for the fans. It is
utterly ridiculous. And rematch for some
of the players on stage. 04 and Abuzza
looking for their grand finals revenge.
04 on this colossus map one might be the
player to watch man. He has just leveled
up his game this year and he is on form
when he hits the flow state. There is no
one else like him. He legit plays like
he is active camo popped at all times.
It's the type of POVs you dream of
having only he can achieve it on a stage
like this. Can't wait to watch him play.
your Player X featured player, you'd be
very happy to see him in the roster.
Happy to see him alongside you there on
the battlefield. On the other side of
the stage, another player who has been
so impacted and instrumental in the
success that Oct found it is who whether
it's in game or out of game, his calm
demeanor, his electric calms, and just
how exciting he's been a watching player
all season long. A force to be reckoned
with. And this is the man that is on the
hunt for gamewinning plays. You don't
even have to look at his stats to
understand his impact. You listen to his
coms. If you watch the overload stops
where there's four players in front of
him and somehow someway he drags them to
hell and gets his team to win. He is
endless pressure. Hyperactive player on
the map. Always in the right spots. I
mean a true veteran of the game in Call
of Duty. Make no mistakes. It is nothing
but shooters in this lobby.
Maybe the best we have ever had.
We start things off in the most
electrifying way possible. Colossus
Hardpoint. First of 250 seconds in the
hard point for the win. This is a fast
map, a small map, an aggressive map. Our
teams
will be gunning each other right off the
rip. There is no better way to start
this best night.
When Ria play on this map last, it was
utter dominance. Even on slaying a 250
125 victory. They were final form. FaZe
shows this for map number one.
Adrenaline junkies. Let's go. Here we
go. Your first hard point off Colossus.
Smack bang in the center of the map.
In and out here for Faze. The early
kills good. And it's your boy 04 and S
there on time. Now eating the first wave
of optic over the next four. Nabooza.
He's around on the left flank. picks up
two. They're on a big team going. That's
what you want to see if you're a FaZe
fan. There's going to be goat talk in
this lobby as well. You take care of
Shanti on the page. Trade out a little
bit of time, but for Faze want to keep
it stable. 20 seconds worth fighting for
on this B1. We're dragging everybody
down.
>> Going down four
that guy. Incredibly impressive player
to watch the hipfire with his NPC coming
after that on board yet again. And there
it is. Oh, that certainly helped the
case though. But lower right hand side
of the map. Now that a minute has
passed, we go to another hard point. At
this time, it's the white arrows of
Optic who get there first. Recycling M
trying to play off spawn. Shotti setting
that base, but gets traded out. It is
long-term faith. Dual cannon survived in
the backline. Auza again. Six kills on
B2. The iron anchor for his team. Faith
stable on the rotation. They got the 20
second lead. Yet again, the booza the
first man on contact here for Face.
information passed. Shy wins his first.
Drazza trying to slow this on floor and
it's a good bit of teamwork and three
dead in that mini map. By the way, every
single pink arrow not letting any optic
member survive. Now it is free and clear
but no who picks up the paint the phase.
It is still so much pressure. An early
lead on Colossus goes such a long way.
15 seconds to scrap time. Shotsi the
only player looking to make the impact
but Abuza ironed up as always. The front
line man. The damage is good. You're
secure. It is going to be a 40point lead
for FaZe going into the due time. Not a
crazy number. Both teams contesting as
best as they can. That's two hard points
so far. This is number three out in the
wide open here on Colossus.
FaZe on the attack now down low to get
themselves in first. It's another three
dead in the feed immediately. What
advantage for FaZe dashing down as well.
Vegas are in.
>> This is a clinic. This is as good as it
gets to Boozer hungry for this revenge.
10 kills leading the lobby and he's the
man soaking up the time. The shots are
perfect. The trades are good and the
teamwork even better lighting up the
feed. We're going to put these spawns.
This is perfect for Los's gameplay. The
Beluty with a bounty of kills so far as
well. It's four in a row. Now a trophy
system there to take care of any
grenades or tacticals that may come his
way. Big swing out on the right. Cashes.
Dashy lives to fight another day and
nearly has a hell score again. Look at
him in the player care. He is ice cold
laser focused and locked in the gameplay
phase. They are running the show as the
health acquired. That's going to be a
big deal in a moment but later on come
to play. Two hard point the last set
here on Colossus. Low left hand side the
mini map and yet again face in first.
Well 04's got the intel on all three
players. No cachy side. It's going to be
the pressure of Booza on the time
waiting for the help. The pink get
trapped. Well, so Auza falls too. Trail
on the backline phase win the key
gunfights. Maintain the spawns until
time shall be dead. Optic on the attack
four holding a close wall. Over the top
comes Mr. Gets himself involved. A nice
two-piece on the hill to break it and a
third. Hercules a little slow start but
now he's in fire.
>> Yeah, from two and 11 but your Mercury's
moment to get him back in the game.
That's a force free. That is piercing
and they are now holding this time to
the front.
>> Your prayers have been answered up in
fans. The Messiah has returned. force
three close to a hell storm of his own.
He kept Faze at bay for so long here. 15
seconds to go before we go back to P1
and how much optic needed that time. The
first set of rotations was looking
rough. Instead, well, a 50 point gap
isn't ideal, but it is manageable. Dead
even out in the slang. It leaves for the
final hill. You see Drazza making the
impact. The hill pops. We rotate towards
P1. A booza with 17 kills already. A
minute of hill time. Here we go. phase
in position first and foremost and a
boozer. Oh, nice play out of hoop.
Couple of big ones there. Zip finds a
pair before being brought down and over
time 04 for a moment. Back over to optic
find themselves in the half point yet
again. Just going for the reposition for
trying to slow things down. Couple tags
on hook but they're going to be looking
for the time. Oopic. That is everybody
squared up around the steps on the
backline phase though. They get right
through and the response is not quite
there. Looking for the pressure on the
time with a couple extra kills. Still
though this statue controller phase they
get to be very annoying around it and it
looks like talking it off four playing
for this rotation going to move but
shots is here. That stun connection
tells you this is going to be a fight
around the corner. A big win from 04
keeping the run alive. Sim now trying to
join up. Oh what a turn of burn on Young
B. Finally though there is 04 at his
best. He plays faster than any player in
the world. It is so difficult to keep up
with and set in pace 17 and 12. He is
caught up to Abuzzo right now. FaZe,
they are having a kill race amongst
themselves. This is still flawless
Colass's gameplay. Been here before the
last time a chance to try and find. They
didn't win a single hard point there.
Optic and they took that one person.
Arctic now on time. 70 points garnered.
They've got 40 remaining on this hill
before they have to move. D and phase
trying to make the entry. It's 04. But
of course, yet again a two brought down
by Hoot and Optic Hulk. They can take a
breather. They get the back spawns. They
get the time. And now Optic looking to
settle it in.
>> 24 to play here. Expect FaZe to get one
more stab at this before looking towards
Blue. Boom. Turns it all around. A force
free and Shy joins him in the feet. And
they're managing the spawns. They're
reading. It's going to be back. Blue.
They're setting up for the kill. Shotsy
stunned out. Information on two. A
little bit of pressure in towards Blue,
but they're losing a couple key
gunfights. It's a 1v one for the bread.
And well, 04 delivers. Faze will have
the entry. lead has been cut down by
just a touch of 30 gap. Blue lies in the
tunnel. Oh, lovely work for Kadashi.
Enter the time. 04 the only man on the
counter right now behind enemy lines in
the opposite position and he's down and
out. Oh, he's right. Here comes Fakes.
Very quick teamwork on point. That's the
resurgence are looking for. But Faze
momentum has been slowing down over
time. Opic looking to mount it. Looking
to build it, but it's the nes that take
it down. Another clean. Fourman wipe in
favor of FaZe. You blink, you miss it,
you get wiped off the map.
>> Start to pull that momentum forward.
Start to get running and phase just cut
the legs out from underneath them. It's
over to Sid. Big rotation. 04 just cut
players in two. Another perfect wipe.
There's just no room to breathe. You're
spawning up thinking you have time to
throw these stuns, throw these nades,
get settled in. No phase. They are all
over them like animals. They are setting
pace. Optic right now. They are just
behind the pale
>> behind a little bit. Coming out a little
slow. Let's have a quick listen to the
coms and check how it's out.
Still got to do this.
>> Oh, he's going to be
>> I'm pretty sure one guy left
center
behind us. Jump down.
>> In the back.
>> Yo, we got back
toward
the back. In the back,
>> I have you. Stay down. Sit down. There's
two. There's two. Nice. TK. Nice.
>> Yo, maybe. Yo, maybe I'll watch. I watch
the mid I'm trying the back over there
in
front.
Stay down. He's front.
Watch out front.
Watch out.
I'm going back.
>> Yeah, I'm in. I'm in the back line.
I'll take
go
left. First guy left.
I need help. They're here. They're here.
Last guy. Last guy.
He's
Lead change. Mult arena on its feet. 30
seconds to go here on P1. Do not love
the coms. Hook's out here calling phases
plays before they make them. He is next
level. He is ready for the grand finals
and AI. Well, now it's them with the
20point lead. 20 seconds to go here.
Still
phase have been so lethal all that long.
They've just let go of the reigns a
minute and have run away with it. Still
level two looking good. We're about to
cross the 200 point mark and that's
where things get real serious. A loving
two from O4, two from Hercules. The
rotation's off.
>> Well, they're tracking the guy trying to
make that pinch. Drazza is found his way
through. He had to have gotten caught
out, but somehow they drop it. A
momentary mishap phase. This is their
opportunity.
>> They don't know where Hoop is though.
He's behind him. This could be a real
problem. Check on the corners. S finds
it. Big kill now. And Hercules. Can he
keep the foothold alive? Artic in the
back line. A P2 for now. And what a spot
this is. He's alive and well. Sneaky
sneaky Hercules.
>> These arrows though they are hunting for
him. It's a cheeky spot. He wins the
first done by the phase. Still have a
little bit of pressure in the back line.
It is now a split setup rolling through.
S gets gunned down by Merculed
through the top to the front. Hick up
face in again trying to catch him while
they weak. R goes huge. I mean two
holding it down. 207 counting phase
numbers starting to dwindle. The front
lines healthy 20 seconds and everybody's
fighting for it. I don't see a trophy.
So, the maids are raining out. Shotsi
going to dodge them. The final 10
seconds. Optic. It's looking like it's
going to go their way into the P3 we go.
And Optic will have a 35 second lead.
It's a big lead going in a P3. Bear in
mind, Helltorm still there for Fazoo.
Going to be able to pull some space back
if you need it. But for now, Fa's in
control. Fa holding though, he's going
to be the guy working in through yellow
S. You see him trying to track in
through tunnel. They have two players
putting on the pressure are trying to
hit this from every angle.
>> There's a big play there through the
middle of the map now. Sim's got a
double back. Big moment now for Sim. Got
to catch these players but finds an M15
in hand. It's a boozy yet again. And
here we go with the streak. It's a
little desperate. We will find out. Feel
got to find a hideyhole. Well, now the
gas you watch the pinch is going to be
in the streak. So Shanti is going to be
an open lane. He kills the guy out of
the helltorm. He makes it to the time in
your optic. Adashi wins a gunfight
before he falls. Optic, you're making
the best out of a bad situation. They
flip the spawns, but they don't have
this time. There's 20 seconds to grab
right now for Fazill worrying about
spawns to the next hard point. Low left.
This is a big moment. Faz have got to
milk this for every single second it's
worth. Cats claw his way towards the
back. Try to break it and Dashy holds.
Dash is locking it down. Still though,
maybe a 1 v one gunfight. Drazza the
only man there. Well taken care of.
Hercules has it undercover. Optic 18
seconds away from winning map one.
himself and he is absolutely ripping
right now. Looking to get him to the
back again. Fakes. No shots. He pushing
forwards. A big kill. That might have
decided it. A boozer down. Wow. Faze.
They could not find a footing on the
first.
That's the map we all hope and dream
for.
An electrifying start to the grand
finals.
Everyone had a taste. Everyone had their
moment. What a comeback. FaZe chose
this. They wanted that Colossus for the
map one. Something that has haunted
optic in these grand finals all year.
They make amends. I got to give so much
credit to Hercules. He had the slow
start. Early scoreboard 2 and 11. Look
at him by the end. 34 and 30 16 assist.
Most damage on his team in a minute and
25 in time. Urka Messiah arisen on
Colossus alongside Luke as well. They
both have rough starts there on Colossus
Faze. We'll take a look at game flow in
just a moment. Fing out pretty hard. Saw
the player counters. They were
absolutely electric. It was a fury to
their gameplay that I think managing to
do well with that throughout the
listening. What a comeback for the start
phase running the show built themselves
a massive lead. I don't know what the
max was but maybe 80 or 90 points. It
felt like a boozer was going to be
popping takeover. Hercules worried about
him being nervous on the main stage. You
jump to that listening and you just get
a taste of everything that makes hopping
good. Luke is calling out Faz's plays
before they actually make them. Reading
the pinch, making his teammates lives
that much easier. Hercules is roaring in
the calm, screaming with every single
kill he gets. The energy is there. The
final highlights you're going to see and
especially that final rotation, it is
Shotsi when the helltorm gets called in.
He pokes his head out like a gopher.
finds the kill on Abuzza and flips the
spawns making the heads up plays high
octane moments like this even dashing
two-piece he's able to pop on the
backline thinking a s gunk moment maybe
coming through after the two-piece big
Bruce is there to lock it down everybody
on optic delivery 216 the final number
we saw the phase wow what a great start
to this grand final
Start of the campaign here. It's long
and arduous tournament these two teams
will have to run through.
Love the big fans here in Las Vegas
absolutely
know they're in for a rub and every
single person I've spoke to here knows
how important these first laps are knows
how important this series is. That
comeback. That's a tough thing for the
phase fans to see. A chance to get the
listening hoop. That leadership role.
You make leaves with the energy. Very
quiet shots. Dash just getting the job
done in the background. Is everything
you want from we'll go through a
listening with Faze later on in the
series. We'll hear from them as well.
Man, this place is bumping already. Oh,
it's a staple of the scene.
What do you know? A green shoe full of
monster. Thank you.
>> Thank you for your service. Rain, search
and destroy. Here we go. What a time to
be alive. Optic versus phase here in the
grand finals. And you know this is
something that they are dreaming of the
day this game comes out. This is the
entire focus point for both these
squads. They know they're making it to
chance. They expect to see themselves in
the grand finals again. 04 and Abuzza
looking for revenge. looking for
effectively a three repeated at least
for two of the players. This is all the
planning. This is everything you do in a
raid from map number two SND. I have
high expectations for it. It's going to
be a treat.
>> We do. Both teams will be extremely
welloiled and well prepared for what
should be a very, very good search.
Totally different mode here. If you're
brand new to the league, swapping sides,
attacking, defending sides, a single
life per round and play first to six.
>> It's a wrong game, though. Wrong game.
We're playing COD today, my man. But
what a time we are having here for Faze
now have to collect their thoughts.
They've come out hot. They didn't have
the warmth they necessarily expected
coming into this matchup. But the one
they have is what they have had
throughout the entirety of the season.
While we get ready for the search and
destroy Maven caught up with Shotsy
before the match started to hear the
young warlord himself.
>> Maven here with the wonderful shotsy for
Optic Texas heading into the champs
final. I just want to hear how you feel
different maybe this year versus last
year. Last year you were the seven seed
going into champs. Kind of defied
expectations to make the run to win this
year. The favorite expected to be there.
How different is that for you?
>> Totally different. The expectations last
year were just no one everyone doubted
us. Well, I guess when we got base,
everyone was like, "Okay, they're
actually, you know, they can make a run,
but totally different." Um, you know,
last year kind of felt like a Cinderella
run in a way. Um, obviously the drone 18
and then us picking up the Messiah Mace
and then us winning it was honestly
surreal and uh it was definitely a
roller coaster year. This year it's a
little bit different. We got second the
majority of the year besides last event.
So uh yeah, I mean honestly just looking
forward to play grand finals against
FaZe and hopefully it's a good one.
>> It I I don't think there's any chance
it's not a good one. This is going to be
nuts. But I I was thinking about this
last night. I don't even know how you
can answer it but like what's crazier to
you? The fact you might be the first to
four or the fact you might go back to
back to back.
>> That's that's honestly I didn't even
think of that. I'm not gonna lie. But
the fact that you just put in words
crazy to think about. I mean I'm 25 and
it's [ __ ] crazy to even think about.
I mean I'm just hoping to make history
today honestly.
>> And I think it it's kind of amazing too.
I mean a lot of talk has been about
who's the best sub, who's the goat in
CDL. It's been between you and S for the
most part. Those have been the
conversations. You faced off against him
twice. You won what in 2019? He won in
Cold War. You're facing off again. Um,
what's it like to just battle him
specifically? Any kind of like rivalry
there?
>> Yeah, I mean, I feel like we're both uh,
you know, top of our game. Obviously, we
have
>> different roles in terms of like the way
that we play. I mean, I feel like I'm
more impactful in a way. Obviously, he's
better like in terms of slain and stuff
like that, but uh, you know, it's just
for,
>> you know, I I think it'll be a good one
regardless. We we have different sub
rules, but yeah.
>> Now, the SND for you guys. Maybe we're a
little bit shaky. I know we casted you
guys versus phase. I think you had like
six first deaths on Den. The match
yesterday versus Falcon. You had four
first deaths. Like you weren't finding
anything early and like
>> there's that's kind of my question. What
needs to maybe change for you if we see
a Den or just in search in general?
>> Yeah, honestly just uh just use my brain
more. Honestly, the best way to put it
like I felt like every single start of
the rounds I was kind of just running it
down. I mean that's kind of like my play
style in SND for the most part and the
majority of people know that. But uh I
think I just need to make people second
guess and you know I feel like in grand
finals I'll I'll definitely do it.
>> Well I know phase like their game plans
usually keep you in front of them. Deal
with you. Yeah. Keep them second
guessing. Keep them on their toes. Is
there anything specifically if you look
across the modes just going into this?
What's the most important thing to focus
on for you? If you're going to get a dub
here, go back to back to back.
>> SNDs man. SNDs always win your
championship. That's the name of the
game. So as long as we locking it in our
SNDs, I think uh we'll bring home.
>> Search and destroy wins championships.
We'll see if that'll be the case.
That'll do it. Hey brother. Good luck.
>> There's going to be a war.
>> It's a perfect question for Maven. I
mean, absolutely perfect. The search and
destroy has been miss such a concern and
especially now against Baser in this
grand final. A major consideration in
mind games are going to be incredibly
important for the team. He's talking
about needing to use his brain more,
slow things down. Him and04 almost have
duels, but not these hyperaggressive
flying egg duels. Calculated, watching
the pinch, playing with the timings.
Very interesting battle. These are two
teams extremely familiar with one
another.
Got to get to see what he can deliver in
this moment. I mean, he is a superstar
player. Has been the entire time.
Multiple champs wins. This is what he
does in every game he plays. Whatever he
touches, he just goes for gold. Sari
pregame. I mean, a fun little factoid
you optic fans probably didn't know, but
they're the first team to ever win
back-to- back champs. And that fourth
champs for Optic overall, two of the
CDL, of course, one in the CDL. Shout
the dynasty. What a time it could be
here this week. We will try not to say
it too much. I know there's many
superstitious on you, but at some point
it might just become that reality. Back
and forth there by the player walkins.
Soon to be back and forth from the
search and destroy.
>> And that is one of many reasons why
there is go talk in this lobby.
>> Drop it. Longtime fans
is even the hometown effectively. Enemy
territory.
>> Everyone's probably very, very good at
crossing the street and driving their
cars. Stop on red, go on green.
Brilliant stuff.
>> Well, we're almost ready to get into
this one, folks. There's a very slight
issue on the piece. Good news though, we
got more video.
>> Bringing in that big box. Bring in the
big box. That's right. Well, we're
almost ready to go, folks. Before we do
that though, Maven, he didn't just talk
to Shotsy, he also talked to Crowder,
the coach of Fates Vegas.
>> Maven here with Crowder ahead of the
champs final. Well, first off, simple
question. How you feeling? How's the
team feeling?
>> Feeling pretty good. Uh team woke up
today. They all felt great. We had a
team breakfast. You know, vibes are
high. Kind of just keeping the routine
the same and feel great.
>> Okay. Now, I I got a question for you
because this is something Joe and I have
talked about a billion times over the
last seven years of the CDL. You had
that phase roster with the trio for so
long. I don't think once in that entire
time I said hardpoint was your best
mode. It just never clicked. You were a
50-50 hardpoint team. This is the best
the phase team has ever looked in
hardpoint. What's different about this
roster? What's working?
>> Uh honestly, I think the pacing of just
the entire team right now together is
really good. Um 04 keeps a really high
pace in Hardpoint that I think is needed
at this level right now and he's playing
really well. Abuzz is a really good
complement to how Drazza plays and just
overall it's all kind of clicking and
they've been working really hard to like
make sure they understand each other and
the game and everything and it's kind of
just paying off. Well, let's talk about
04. Um, you said to me last year, we
talked about this, we thought he was
like the more underrated player last
year. I don't know that I saw this step
up like the map four yesterday. Like,
he's in demon mode. What makes him a
special player?
>> Um, honestly, I think he's so
consistent. I think no matter what he's
doing on the map, he's always going to
take the risk, really play to like his
advantages, and just do what's best for
the team, no matter what his score line
is. And, uh, yeah, he's just he's just
really good. And a lot of people don't
get to see it all the time cuz we only
play so many matches, but in scrims,
man, like I see that gameplay a lot and
uh it's a really fun POV to watch when
he's on.
>> Yeah, it's one of the best when he's
actually in flow. It's unbelievable.
Listen, I've talked to you after uh
grand finals loss, you know, simp and
you fell short a couple of times. I know
you're very close to him and I've seen
how defeated you've been like almost on
the verge of tears for him because his
legacy is, you know, trying to be the
greatest of all time. What would it mean
to you personally to see him get another
ring? Um, it would mean the world to be
honest. I mean, I've been with him for
so long. Uh, he's such a good kid. Uh,
if you really get to know him and you've
talked to him, like he's such a good
person just like deep down and he works
so hard and he just tries so hard to
make sure everything is good and he's
kind of, you know, had his ups and
downs, but he just really is trying to
stay positive and work on himself and I
think this year he's taken such good
strides as a leader, a person, and just
a player. So, I would love to see it all
pay off.
>> All right, last one. Um,
what's the single biggest thing going?
Is it is it a game mode? as a player, if
you're going to get the dub today, what
stands out as the one thing you really
got to nail?
>> Um, I think we just have to make sure
we're all just showing up here, doing
our 25%, you know, being a team more
than anything, not trying to do too
much. But, uh, outside of that,
obviously, search and destroy some of
the situationals. Make sure we stay on
the map and have some fun there. But,
uh, just in general, just play together
as a team. This optic gaming team is
incredible. They're really good. Our
optic Texas, of course, but they're a
good team. We have to play our best and
just show up and make sure our
communication stays composed the entire
time, no matter what the score is, and
just be ready for a battle. Yeah, we'll
see if Den stays in it. If it does, if
V4 can stay on because we were cracking
up. But hey, this is Crowder ahead of
the final. Good luck, buddy.
>> Thank you.
>> Going to be a battle.
>> Thank you, Clint. But this is a maybe
live look at the coaches going through
the veto process backstage. This is how
it looked. There was still a little bit
of time left on the technical pause for
our players. A chance, you heard
constant conversations about social
destroy the mode coming up now in just a
moment. How are you feeling about it
going forward?
>> I Well, this is the dynamic. Can the
guys stay on the map? Who can hold their
resolve? Who can not give away these
first plugs? But I love the dynamic that
Crowder has with Drazza when they do the
pick and bands. You have a
behind-the-scenes look, I believe, from
S and uh one of the things he's done on
his YouTube channel, but you just have
Drazza having the entire conversation of
here's what I want to do in search and
destroy. Here's what the team game plan
is going to be. Crowder almost taking a
backseat. Once he goes through with
their idea is Crowder just jumps in
perfectly with a filling of okay, if you
want to do this, here's what you need to
look out for. or Luke's going to be the
guy coming to the pinch. If you're
leaving this open, here's the threats.
Crowd is a world champ player in his own
right. Been a coach for quite some time.
They have built themselves a truly
spectacle of a camp. Impressive team and
they made a clearly good decision
picking up 04 and Abuzza join Braz and
Sim. Here they are in the grand finals
and just staying warm and comfy on that
main stage. And welldeserved 04 and
Abuzza really have been some of the most
impressive players in this tournament so
far. This is the Monster Energy pregame
for FaZe fourth finals appearance as a
franchise not as a group. This is very
impressive. 2026 champs 3 and 0 series 9
Ford map count. That was I mean the last
few days have been very impressive and
again I attribute a lot of that to the
crazy individual performances from O4
and Abuza. Some highlight moments of his
own. This is a well-rounded squad.
They've figured out all of their
problems. They know exactly what to look
out for. Now
>> once we get ourselves hot to trot, this
is going to be one hell of a search.
>> Great competitors. The jokes making of
04 falling off the map every time the
player can does the head snap back, but
he's just able to laugh it off and get
ready to go. Optic of course the exact
same thing. These guys fiend for grand
finals.
Luke's PC has been swapped out. You see
him testing it out on the the firing
range dummies making sure everything is
good to go. Brady has been a map for a
long enough time. Everything needs to be
perfect. Every stun, every nade, every
decision, if anything is even slightly
off, Hoop is going to feel it.
>> Yeah. So, we've had our technical time
out. That's all done now. Hook should be
ready to go. We should be very close to
loading into this raid. SMD, anything
across the series that looks a little
worrisome for you. The spiciest thing,
honestly, it really was that map one
velocities, a run it back, a pain point
for Optic, but only in the grand finals.
They have been perfect otherwise. phase
chosen for the map one and think they
were hoping for that result to go a
little bit differently. So they're on
the back foot early advantage for Optic.
We get to find out exactly how good
they're going to be feeling. Big Bruce,
it is all about the feel for him in S&P
when and where he wants to snipe or if
at all. a player you have complete trust
in his judgment
as you do the team for the optic for the
first attacking round.
All knowers know Raid's been around a
long time. There's a lot of tricks here
on this map. A lot of timings, a lot of
spots to be found.
We're going to put them all to the test
here in this map number two. Nate's up
and out already. That's going to be the
kitchen blown wide open. Nobody there
for phase. They come for the 22 04
already in cheeks. First blooded shots.
He gets him.
>> That is a 10second first death man
advantage for A.
>> Yeah, in cheeks but no consent. Shotsy
says no thanks. Gets taken care
now. Midnap.
Oh, he's out but it's not a problem.
Lovely trade though. Keeping you afloat.
A boozer rips MK through the wall.
That's the get back even up the odds.
2v2.
An AR and an SMG for either side.
>> Who carrying that bomb? A bomb site
looking attractive right now with a
slight rotation for phase. We're going
to go roundabout. Which way? Do we go to
B? Do we go to A? A little bit of both.
Maybe time now for both our squads to
figure it out. 35 seconds is a decent
chunk. Reload. Get ready for the battle.
Problem is neither team has had any
information.
And what decision are you going to make?
Dash is leading the charge, but he's
just going to be cutting off mid. Leave
the bomb for a day. Tim timing does not
go his way. Who can one beat two?
>> The timing is really what hurt him
there.
>> But again, the position they found him
in there, they could be anywhere. So now
phase with the bomb planted, we know
it's time to rock the connection of the
stun. Perfect work. And FaZe now in
circle hoop. Clean first round on the
diffuse. I'm telling you, man. Every
single stun, every single nade needs to
be perfect. Hook is a lethal threat.
Stun lands on his forehead and take the
execution. That is a 3v4 clutch in round
number one. The optic fans that have
concerns about their SND, well, the
concerns were justified.
One down, six for the win.
We talk a lot about snipers. They made a
return, a triumphant return in Black Ops
7. They've been really exciting to
watch. But at this level, it's almost a
gamble. You have to hear. A lot of
players will bring it out early in the
round for a bit of information and then
they've got a small window to swap to
another class and not necessarily be
stuck with it for that entire round. Any
damage they take if they do pull the
trigger, it's theirs. So far, nothing as
of yet, but boozer on a nice two going
towards a phase chuck the smoke past
this a bomb site. They're taking the
space towards ring. You see it cut off
that sort of mid lane and oh they're
near Laundry looking for the wall. Bangs
check every corner. 04 clearing
everything out and inside a pillar.
Shotti gets spotted in first blood. He
actually catches Sim just before he
falls. Oh even in the odds are laying it
down. Drazza unable to pick up dash.
He's going for the wall bang zone. Four
flies in the middle. Another coverage of
his Belgian companion. And now it's a 2v
one with Hercules managing to escape
with his lights. You saw his stats at
the start of this for the graphic. He
has four clutches in SMD. He has been a
monster in this game mode. He's going to
get put to the test.
>> M on the clutch. A 2v1. 04 on the back.
A boozer there from what we call Tiki
looking at the front side of the site.
Timing shown. What a kill. It's a one v
one. Mercury's ample time.
He saw him.
And now the check goes high. Nobody
home.
20 seconds on the bomb.
Roundabout we go to a battle on the
stairs.
Abuza's having some search so far. Just
like the Colossus, it is Abuzza for the
hot start. That is five kills in a row.
The one v one clutch and he had the bomb
plant. He doesn't have the helltorm.
He's only an assist away from getting
it. Abuzza, the monster here so far in
map two
and he is ice cold. It's five kills to
no deaths.
Lot of score accumulated so far here in
B7 score streak. So anything he does to
contribute to the win or even help his
teammates out, he will be getting
something. Abuzz will see how that
streak progress is going in a little bit
later, but for now,
Optic on the attack.
Oh, he's close. I believe he saw shots.
He saw Merk and he gets away.
Optical presence here by the a bomb site
phase. Looks like we're going to be
hitting towards the back. And that's
where Shotsy is here. Well, we call
Laundry and it's getting dirty. Here we
go. Opening salvo. Optic coming out on
top. Man advantage. We have seen this
story for Optic before. A three versus
two bomb with Planet for Laundry. And
ideally for Optic, you do not want to
feed Abuzza a kill.
>> Nah, not yet. One half of the Zarzar duo
down.
>> And this is huge. A boozer will stay
alive.
>> He He's going to be playing for the hell
spawn guaranteed. Artic just don't want
to feed him a freebie.
>> Well, Hook, here we go.
>> Still on the prow.
Finds himself a nice safe place to
nestle in for the next 20 odd seconds.
>> An optic hunting. Hercules and Dashy
roaming together. Hook's going to be a
floater. Hook is trying to play for the
intel, but they want to find him if they
can.
>> They want to find it, but they have to
make sure they keep one watchful eye on
that bomb. It does look like
>> time given.
>> I mean, they're here. They cleared out
everything else.
>> It's not over yet. Here comes Oct.
And Hercules managing to net the kill
with a fraction of a second to spare.
The spree is over and Optic detonate the
bomb.
>> Incredibly heads up game play. Here's a
look at Merk with the free catch he had
on Drazza, but we saw a boozy towards
pool steps. They let Hoop make sure he
gets the bomb. Dashy and MK cleared out
the entire map. Cleared out, cleared out
garage, go through Tiki, check every
single corner until the last one. That
is a perfect round for Optic Texas. One
they so desperately needed.
2-1 so far again. First of six here to
destroy and that trophy system working
real hard allowing the phase boys to fan
out across the map. Get themselves right
through the middle of the map. They've
eaten a stun or two and Optic will be
repositioning to deal with this attack
by B. Here we go ladies and gentlemen.
04 trying to get a couple of shots off.
Smokes across
Optic now make the replay. Oh Mer, wait
a minute. The human turret at the moment
finds a big one alongside Shotsy.
Massive advantage to Optic. Now this is
Mercury's on a four spree. He's the
monster you're looking to feed more
kills if you can get him. Drazza though
with the pick trying to work on these
odds. Two ARs though working together in
close quarters. It is delicate. It is
dangerous. And Drazza taken down
Hercules. Extra kills. That is a six
spree for him.
Imagine
how this feels for Hercules.
Back-to back chance grand finals. He is
looking for a perfect record and he's
got that perfect thousand damage.
>> A six spree and an equalizer found here
by Optic. 22
>> optic now on the attack. Nage once again
from the kitchen phase. It's been a
no-show for nearly every round so far,
but yeah, helltorm. This is a big deal.
The position he's in, we could be
calling it. I think they're playing for
it. Chi's watching the pinch. He's got a
cruddy on the step by bedroom. Little
bit passive over towards ring.
>> You got to make sure you keep control of
the indoors going to call it. That is
Hercules spotting two. Only one slipped
away.
>> He's almost slipped away, but the smoke
certainly changes things. 04 from inside
the smoke. Finds the first.
>> That's a thief right there. Shanti now
trying to make moves on the flip side.
There's a free catch.
>> He's on the hunt, but no, the teamwork
is there. All four had the coverage
phase. All four players grouped up
together, leaving Optic in a 2v4.
>> They're roaming this one so well. What
unbelievable coverage. What foresight to
go for
Bomb Plant. Only two members of Optic up
to defend this one. Here comes Faze. Oh
boy. Draws. What a kill. Merks down. The
two we found so far from before has
certainly helped.
Hook now alone. All the usual spaces
covered. And soon they will descend upon
him. Less than 30 seconds to play. And
Hook now in an opportunity to make
something happen.
Completely and utterly surrounded.
Drazza already began the diffuse before
the first bullet was fired.
>> We are playing this raid SND at a very
quick pace. You have to decide things
instantly for either team. They showed
that pressure. Two players cutting in
through Zig. The smoke made it a little
bit weird. Mercury's lost the intel and
Dashy gets baited by it. Player talked
himself in the corner that they thought
they disappeared. Of course, after that
phase roaming together so quickly, even
on their attacking rounds, that seemed
to be their game plan.
Stick together and play off contact. You
got to go fast. In tiny moments like
that, you see two players cross with the
smoke. You can't guarantee that they
both left.
What a play. Puts O4 on a three. Spree
up for that round. Now towards A and it
is an explosive round. Sometimes they
look like this. Not as much in the feed
as of yet. Shotsy though versus 04. An
awkward gunfight. But the AR of phase
with a watch fly over the top. Looking
for the breathing room. Smoke's going to
help you out. 04. A lot of pressure
clearing out laundry. Optic giving it
away.
>> Yes. Drive by information. He's not
going for kills. just wants to know
those players are there.
>> Chi though, he's making moves. He has
found the battle and he has found the
first blood. He does get traded. Contact
on the left.
>> Oh, and that's a big piece of past
damage on 2 HP. Finally does get the
region. Wow, how close he came. No, Sip
denies. That's your one mistake. If
Vinnie Oh,
>> and gunn down. Dash in a 1v3. Big Bruce
made for it, but the moment was not his.
You simply get caught.
Hercules has had a fantastic map so far,
but he's the man that got isolated and
you see the difference in the game plan.
FaZe roaming everywhere together. They
are making these moves at light speed.
That was all four players looking
ringside. All of a sudden, AB wraps back
to garage. The pressure on laundry so
fast. S would have been there for the
trades.
>> This is the type of gameplay where your
communication has to be at the alltime
high.
Optic on the attack still shots with
that bomb.
And we've got a lot of presence in the
middle of the map. This is something
we've seen FaZe do a few times.
Could be a fast plant. It sure is.
Merciless, you have been something.
Hooks there. Watching the middle of the
map. Great timing now on the turn. Intel
no good. Just information. No kills. Chy
now maneuvering towards the rear. Dashia
top ring. Can he get himself on the
board? And Shotsy, the timing not there.
The shadows they have already crossed.
>> Merculu is wrapping in the back of the
map. He's going to be playing for the
helltorm. They're down 42. You got the
bomb down. He is your safety net in this
round. And there's not a lot of places
to hide. Here it comes
for heat seekers. The smoke will not
necessarily save Draza, but the Gunny is
there and he's going to get away with
it.
Shotsy and MK
now on the defense through the middle of
the map. And a quick check the lineup.
They've won it. They've won it. A boozer
has gunned them. And the bomb will
detonate.
What a copy of chaos.
>> Optic take the round. There's no mute
field and it would have mattered if you
had it. He's landing the hellstorm on
top of bomb depending on the comms. That
is a nervy moment. So difficult to make
happen.
This is why your coms have to be at an
alltime high. Awkward on the site.
Hercules the six free that he goes on.
won a couple key rounds earlier and
bailed them out of this one. Still
though, a 43 lead in favor of FaZe.
>> How many times throughout the year have
we seen Helltorms called to no effect?
That one made its mark. 4-3 still FaZe
now on the attack towards beam on site.
Although love there for Drazza now four
backing him up and a slippery shot
taking a dip.
>> This might be first blood number five.
He's got four on it. He has had the
field and he has got the timing to get
behind too. He's checking up. His
players down low. The information fed to
him. And there it is. First blood number
five.
>> Got it. Break the glass. Stay. He's
undetected for now. There's still a man
below him. Dash. He's there for the
kill. He's on the board.
A minute left for Abuzza and Sim to
figure it out. And he's staring at that
bomb right in front of him.
Going to be throwing every single
shoulder in sight. There is 48 seconds
for FaZe to try to crack this code.
Yeah, this is the sort of zone you set
up now around that bomb defensively. A
little privilege to play with. Boozer
knows he has to tip a toe. So many
corners to worry about. Going to check
them as diligently as he can. But behind
door number 10, Hercules, a horrible
surprise.
Allows him an impossible situation to
find himself in a 1v4. No bomb to his
name. No tactical, no lethal.
a master of the corner check though
zone.
>> Yep, you get one. But it's now 4-4.
>> Just a wild scoreboard for this to be a
tie game. Bo is one and five. Dashy is
one and five. Shotsi has five first
bloods and Mercury is right now a Titan
with 11 kills. You heard the interview
from Shotsi. Instead of all the first
deaths, he said he needs to play with
his brain. Well, how about that? Pinch
finds the route, does the smart thing,
clearing out up top first. Gets the
comps from his teammates. Gets the kill
and gets out of dodge. Shotsi has been a
menace on Ray.
See how the Faze defense fares this time
round.
3-1 split for Optic here. No bomb yet.
And Faze have taken control of the A
bomb now. Checking as best they can.
Intel towards B for Shaw. A late pick up
here for Hook.
Safe coverage now on the cross. Just
towards that B bomb yet again. There's
the sign. 04. Will he get away with it?
He sure does. Little bit of information.
FaZe now expecting the pressure beyond
B. Hercules looking for the timing.
Simply overwhelmed. It was the teamwork
on one side and the teamwork on the
other. FaZe good for the trades. Shots
from Dashy. Wow. 04 with the M15 down
the hoop. 1 v3 absolutely wiped out.
What a round for Faze map point and 04
on a three screen. They give him the
diffuse. 5-4 lead in the teamwork
continues to be impressive in the
difference maker on this map.
Hercules looking for that kill towards
Ring. Just two players to deal with. The
same thing on the other side. 04 so
quick to get back in the mix. for Dashy.
See him missed but that flinch got him
killed. 04 right going for the job.
>> I mean that also the position there for
little Kyle. Such an incredible spot for
AR players to be. You saw from Dashy Ply
how hard it is to make those head shots
how difficult it is at this level even.
>> Irrespective of that it is 54 is phase
on that point and it looks to be a throw
down at the A bomb. A throw down at
ring. Drazza starts it off. The stun
connection. A close corner there from
Shotsy walking away with one.
>> 3v3.
>> One of the rare non-traded kills.
>> Shotsy like a thief in the night.
>> Not too many of them now. The foot races
on both squads will be in position by
the bomb site. Shotsy the first man on
the far right hand side flank. Middle of
the map covered now. Drazza a tip toe
forward. What have you got boys? What
have you found? Cuz Shotsy has found his
fair share. Over to Murk to the kitchen.
And things are more than hot. Sings.
are delicious. As we roll into a final
round,
we typically ring a gong when it comes
to round 11. This time though, it might
be the dinner bell. We are eating good.
Podf,
the balls on Shotsi. Poke your head in
between three phase players where their
trades have been impeccable on this map.
Well, he got first blooded. They needed
the bailout. He delivers.
Round 11.
Final chance here on Raid.
Nobody home at unisight.
FaZe will be looking for a full retake
here.
There's the part. Will we get there in
time? The most classic Call of Duty raid
round of all time. Two through cut out
there for phase two on the pull steps.
Here comes 04.
Brakes pumped. What will we see?
We have 30 seconds to play.
Set in the feed first. And now from the
smoke from the hip.
Graz gets it. Hook now alone in the 1
v3. He must try to catch these players.
He must try to stop the diffuse,
but Faze survived.
Every stun, every nade, and every smoke.
FaZe had for the retake. Get it on the
bomb and get ready for the mixfest.
Bays delivered in the cacophony of
chaos. They get the kills and they get
their get back. We're tied up 1-1.
>> I mean that was something folks. This
was the look. Shotty. I mean you can
read this play from his POV. Perfect
work on the first mana. Boozer goes down
and then things get tough. Drazza with a
pistol in the smoke. Boo somewhat out of
the play phase just together. That
grouped up moment. And now a small
window. I mean look at this gap. You
have a chance here but 04. What a time
to turn and check it. Simple that
diffuse.
And that's phase search and destroy.
Gorgeous stuff. It's perfect teamwork
and perfect trust for the FaZe players
in that moment. It is 04 leading the
charge, letting him sort of set the pace
for the action and everybody else just
playing off the information he collects.
When your entry man is giving you 12
kills, you tip the cap. 04 from the
moment he joined the CDL has been
nothing short of godlike. Incredible
performance in that too.
>> I mean there's something so disconnected
about the optic stats. I mean despite
the fact that it was a round 11 finish,
five first bloods, single digit kills,
double digits from Merk all over the
place and ultimately what cost them is
the round one. They found the first
blood and literally from the jump it was
a 3v4 from phase where a blue gives you
those two kills. This is what's been the
issue for or for optic, excuse me, in
these main advantage situations. You
drop a single one against FaZe, you lose
round 11. Very, very tough. And those
round 11s, they will come back to you.
Well, good news though, it's a long
series ahead of us here. Overload coming
up very, very soon. Now, before we do
get to the overload, we're going to go
to a break. We go to Chris Pucket with
some very, very special guests.
>> Ladies and gentlemen, we're about to
crown a world champion here in Vegas,
but I already have three with me. Do you
know these names?
I got the threetime world champion
Crimix. Crim, what years did you win
your trophies?
>> Uh 15, 17, and 20.
>> Three trophies. Thoughts on Shotsy
potentially going 24, 25, 26?
>> Man, that took a while just for you to
like mention all those years. That would
be absolutely insane.
>> And say so.
>> Oh yeah. I don't I don't even want to
think about it. We're not gonna have to
because S might get that third ring
first. But we got to talk to this duo
because they are the original world
champions doing it back in Black Ops 2.
I almost got thrown out of the club.
Kesan's content for real by this man.
You're working at Hakasan. It's so cool
to see you still here in Vegas.
>> Thank you. Thank you. It's a pleasure to
be here, be back in this atmosphere, in
this environment. I miss it. So,
>> feels good, man.
>> What's it like to be the boss and being
able to throw the fanciest people in
Vegas out of a club?
>> It feels good. You know what I mean?
>> Yeah. And you are throwing some of the
pros out of the club as a rookie. Your
very first event, Black Ops 2, you
played against Envy, some of the biggest
names in the game, and you won it on a
map that we just saw. How awesome is it
to see in 2026, 13 years later, that
these guys are still running around
raid?
>> It's good to see, man, that that map has
been around for so long. It's one of the
greatest maps ever created. So, to see
them still be doing it, it looks good.
It feels good. And I'm glad to see them
killing it.
>> Now, Mir, I got a few chips with me. And
we got some colors up there. Now, they
don't have any pink chips. At least I
didn't get to the 1,000 mark yet. Uh,
but I got a 25 on green and I got a five
on red. What are we feeling right now?
>> Come on. You know what we're going with.
>> What is that answer? Let me get that
green. My man knows how to make money.
My man knows how to make money.
>> Now, Parasite, I'm going to hand you the
mic because you have a content plan
Black Ops 2 just dropped again on all
the old school consoles. You could go
back and beat up on kids like you were
16 again. So, talk to me a little bit
about that and how do we get this guy to
start streaming? Hey, we got to get
Miracles a console cuz I would love to
play some wager matches with Miracles,
Killer, and Karma. That'd be a
hilarious. I mean, the 2013 was an
incredible time. Black Ops 2 was as peak
and we managed to win the first world
championship back in the day.
>> All right, if I get an optic shoe and I
carry it around, get your ones out. Get
your fives out. We're taking donations.
We're buying him a PS5 before he leaves
the venue. Miracles. A father just had a
two-month old baby. Give it up for the
man.
>> Las Vegas, you guys are awesome. We've
got so many world champs in the building
and we're going to give out four more
rings tonight. We're going back to the
casters after this.
>> Thank you, Chris. Legends in the house
indeed. I can't believe it. I mean,
Found Miracles. You call him Bezy before
a bezy, right?
>> He walks so Bezy could slide. Miracles
is introduction. He had the best rookie
season of all time. Won a ton of chips,
won a ring. Miracles an incredibly
impressive player. What a treat to watch
him with the MSMC.
>> Man, that was a long time ago. Now, our
players coming back to stage getting
ready to dive into our game of overload.
Map number three in our room final so
far. And how are you leaning for this
one? Because again, very spicy mode,
brand new here for Black Ops 7 and a fun
place in our hearts. You know, if you
want to be uh looking at it on paper,
you would imagine Optics have the
advantage for the overloads, but it is
by the thinnest of margins. I'm ready
for a marathon for this series. Almost
expecting this to go the distance all
the way to a map number nine, but it's
anybody's ball game. It was a tight one
for the map one. It was a round 11 for
the map two. Pro players talk about this
all the time at this level and
especially with the quality that we have
in this lobby. It really is a game of
what team makes the fewer mistakes. Just
that hell storm on the Colossus from
Abuzza could have costed them. You lose
the spawns, you get punished for that
rotation. The round one in the raid SND
using that four versus three you had
even with the first bloods they made
amends chi gave you five first bloods
instead of the first death one mistake
it is costly in the end you have to be
perfect at this level in Call of Duty we
play it at light speed it is a very
difficult feat difficult feat difficult
feat for two organizations to have been
around for so long eclassica alltime
matchup this is how the series have gone
so far optic with a slight advantage and
in the CDL era we truly are neck and
neck and in Black Ops 7. So the beauty
of this event is that gets to change.
The map count is incredibly impressive
for two of the most storied
organizations in the world of Call of
Duty. And you know how good this rivalry
is that even when it was the Optic
Dynasty that were winning 80% of the
series they played, FaZe for a few years
was the only team that could
consistently go toe-to-toe. African
phase. It is always a trick. Here we go.
Time to get to scar. Time to get to
overload mode here in Black Ops 7 if you
haven't seen it before. We play around
an EMP circular device in the middle of
the map. You pick it up, try to run it
through to one of the two goals. We play
two halves, no halftime show, but we
will run a highlight package
at the end of the 10 minutes if we're
all tied up. Overtime. And they go back
to the big fans. If you see that
Exposure versus Vegas where Optic got
the Dub. Exposure was a bit of a wild
card in the last series. We were
surprised to see through been a testing
ground for the now the final test of the
grand finals. Hey, we don't see no
exposures anymore. They played with
fire. They got burned. So to Old
Faithful we go.
Sweet, sweet scar. Here we go. First
half.
They're going towards the middle of the
map and Sim has flown his way through
alongside 04 for those early kills. He
play for possession of the middle of
map. Playing for those early kills. See
who can get the grab first. Might be MK
his reign of terror. Yeah, he's going to
open up with three before he falls. Merk
has been trying to put on a master class
here in the grand finals. Opening salvo.
FaZe right now just trying to contain
these players. Anytime gets a kill, he
straightened out immediately. FaZe at
the device. Big pick up. That's a big
run now. Clash's got to find something
here. Stun connection over the top now.
Shotsy on the back line. He's the sole
defender for now. Here come Optic 04.
Got to go big. He goes high and it's no
good.
First stop there from Hercules and Hoop.
Hoop loves for the defensive stance. And
Optic right now. They're showing the
device on the plane side of the map.
Trying to get a little bit weird with
it. Maybe trying to play on the
tendencies. They typical. And now a
decision to make. Do you force it or do
you wrap it back? See Optic on the mini
map. They are stationary. They're almost
waiting for an overcommitment and shots.
He's got the timing. He's got the intel.
This is almost like an SND round looking
for the first block. You can't be too
overzealous with the EMP. You lose your
primary weapon. You fall back to your
pistol. You lose that fire power. Still
got a bit of an awkward situation to
deal with right now. Optic
moving forward. Oh, a boozer. What a
kill on a hook. And they're trying to
slow the pace down, but FaZe handled
that pressure to a te like some expert.
But now it's the corner. had shots here
at close range but the kills a penny
thing going towards fades you do have
Draza behind enemy lines kill the
carriage so the blade down just a little
Draza trying to buy that time you've got
men on the A goal here we go D got to
find another kill here somehow Dashi
picks up two
gets the kill trying to stay alive here
and the shuffle and the scurry it's
another nervy moment on the goal line
>> yeah big Brucey though defensively in
the stun grenade on point again no
mistakes in this lobby and dashing out
with the frag grenade might be the
opening a player in the corner who gets
the drop and the is in. Hercules first
to score. It's a lethal counterattack
from Optic.
Shotsy trying to keep in spawn. This is
exactly where you want him to be.
Device position change to the top side
of the map. After this capture, it will
go low. I mean, unbelievable the quality
in this lobby. A stun grenade
defensively and the frag for the attack.
The devil in the details. We are hungry
for these rings. We've had two fantastic
attempts here for Faze who have been
unable to capitalize. Chelsea last man
on this side of the map pops over
device. Stays out of the play for now
and does get spotted out. So this is a
big moment.
There's the catch. There's the kill. And
here's the aggression. Draws. No good on
the front line. Next man in mind though
04. This is not the position you want to
see him in if you're a fan of Optic.
Trying to get to work getting the trade.
Well, there's your kill in the devices.
Oh so close. This is your defensive
stand. Optic. It's always going to be
Mixie. A one v one for the bread. And
drastic is
my word. How hard it is to capture and
that a goal phase. Finally find the
equalizer. A minute and 45 in the first
half. You really do have to fight tooth
and nail for every single capture.
Getting weird with it up top. And hey,
you get the trade there on Shotsi. If
anything though, P2 control in the hands
of Optic. Got to deal with the double
pin trolling through this from O4 finds
that kill immediately going for the
reinforcement line. Do not let anyone
get close. That's a big problem. Abuzza
now last man left up. Optic with the
grab. Here comes the possession. A boo
good from spawn getting into the action.
Oh shy what a stop it is. Another man
now. Hercules the flank
down again. Dashy down again. They
survive. Holding on still though. Optic
do have this pressure. Hoop getting the
kills. The device not going to reset.
get a little bit dodge. Shotti going for
it and he finds the route. The speed
demon in Black Ops 7. Shotsi pulls off
miracles and man he's in the house. Give
him that gold for the chance taker.
A massive moment now in a lead chains
with less than a minute on the clock in
trying to will face forward. You have
positional advantage but you don't have
the numbers. No one there to pick up the
EMP. They've got to keep the production
going now. This is a tough task.
>> This is what Shazi is doing. He needs to
be the protector of the device cuz his
teammates well dealing with the
spawners. Device not collected. You
cleared out your spawn. We are now
stable on the map. A few extra kills for
FaZe. They have the pressure. 25 seconds
left to play if anybody scored. Final 20
seconds now.
If someone is carrying the device at the
end of that time, we will get 30 seconds
of extra time. 04 caught. Optic want to
keep you off of it. Phase a touch is
essential. Optic though finding these
kills. We might be looking at a grab and
run. There it is. A few more. Cana save
it. No, it's done. Pick up now with 30
seconds to play. Optic. They have a
chance to get one more before the half.
Could be a dagger if they convert it.
May have players all over the map. Well,
first man in line. Paul Shotti is time
to shine.
>> Here we go. Starting to get cooking. 15
seconds to play though. Got to get
moving with that device. Dashy with the
coverage. We're getting that bit closer.
just from the outside now of the zone
and loop goes down. Halftime whistle
blown.
And at this point in time, FaZe kicking
themselves. Highlights from the first
half. Two incredible stops from Optic.
Yeah, the original stun grenade. That
was a dagger followed by Dash's frag
grenade over the top that gets him this
one. Do eventually get the follow up
from FaZe. Drazza had to work for it.
give you two before the capture, but it
is this magical one in this moment.
Device down inches away from it and
Shotti finds a way.
>> Well, he's the man that gets there
first. He's the man that gets under that
attack first and before he even gets
reset. The gunfights continue. He just
flies in. And sometimes that's what you
have to do. You just got to grab it and
try and man it all season long. And at
this level, the smallest mistakes will
cost you the entire map. Optic slight
advantage with the 2-1 lead. 5 minutes
left to play. What a moment. Second
half. Here we go. FaZe, you've had so
many opportunities here and this is an
incredibly aggressive start from Arctic
there up the top lane. Massive pinch
from S. This could be very decisive.
That's all four down immediately. Surely
you're in a position here to score
equalizer early on. You still got to
find the kills and Sim big pimping in
spawn finds another.
>> They didn't hesitate. Wasted no time.
They're going to be setting up for the
rally capture. Clear out top green. And
there's your extra kills. You're going
to be spawning out if you're P2 and
Optic somehow someway. You got to make
sure the nades land over top is the only
chance. Optic have to stop this. They
are getting slaughtered off spawn.
Nowhere to go. The rally capture. That
is a clinic from Faze. A 3-2 lead. 3-2
lead. And now to the bottom side of the
map. We now go with the immediate
investment. So the positional advantage
have got now. It might just go up in
smoke. Everybody's inside. They're going
to try to outun it. Well, nowhere to go.
didn't have the mute field. You don't
have the device. Those two players
inside though find the kills. MK wants
the quick collection. He's hitting the
gold. There's only one player to stop
it. It is Sin versus MK. And this
Thunder slows him down. So close. It's a
big kill. Dashy though still keeping
this play up and alive. There's the grab
from Faze. Hoop now on the pickup. Hoop
going high. Can he get it through? No.
Stopped again. Yeah. Trying to force it.
Going for the heroics and Abuzza by the
way. 27 and 13.
He has been huge in these grand finals
and they're continuing the slaughter.
Bottom lane trying to get it going.
There's a bit of damage here and Oh,
we're trying to cross the line yet
again. The Draza down. Not enough
firepower up front now for Faze. The
fire power not the problem. A boozer.
Another hell storm to his name. This
Belgian is unbelievable. 31 and 13. Good
trophies. You got to shoot him in the
back to get the kill.
>> It's a big one. Now back over to the
middle of the map we go. 42. 3 minutes
to play. Abusers on fire.
>> He's calling it in. That's respond. Here
we go.
>> Should be terrified. Here comes the
attack. Obvious trying to reposition now
in this brief window while the missile
deploys. Well, Drazza and Da shoots him
in the back. He's playing for kill
number two. Heads up gameplay. The
helltorm clears them out. Drazza well
looking for the kills first. You don't
quite get it. So, I suppose the helltorm
just alleviates some pressure. I'll take
possession.
Looking for an option here. Rotate back
to the middle. Try to pull those Faz Fus
players out of position somehow. He
found the kill. Shots is going to be
that man prying for information. Get you
forward.
>> Was up. Three to be taking number four.
All four down. Here we go. The big one
now from up top. This is a massive
counter attack right now. And S trying
to lead the charge. Dashy in 15 to the
window. It's big damage and it's enough
from the middle of the map to cause
problems now. Dra on the back foot.
Optic counterattack again. want to score
relatively quick if you're optic and
they're not even touching the device
just yet. Merk has to double back. Four
in Merk gets away with his life. Two in
the feed now from Optic. They're hitting
the go button.
>> There we go. Dra fantastic work with the
covering fire. We might be looking at
three over the top of Boozer. Damage is
fantastic. Oh, the stoppage. It's good.
What a save. S around. It's that
desperation effort. An interesting
moment. Chanti's behind the whole squad.
Sim just wants to get this as far away
as you possibly can. Oh, made it to top
green, but device collected. Chanti died
out of spawn for Optic. A minute 30 left
to play. Even Stevens right now, but bad
looks. Optic have got to find themselves
at least one more.
>> Give themselves a fighting chance.
Playing it slow, waiting for the kills.
04's position now. That's right. Take
your time. You've got a little bit of
it. Mered two dead straight away. Abuzza
still holding that front line down. S
now the reinforceing forward here on
Scar, but Kill's not enough for the
second. Every trade is huge. You're just
playing defensively. You just need these
kills. It is TDM here for Faze.
>> No one grabs the EMP. It's going to
reset. This time we're back to the
middle of the map. Altered with a little
bit of pressure here. M. There's the
grab. Trying to get away. Attack now
through the top lane yet again. Hoot
lead the charge. Great shots and a kill
through the middle. Ch. He's found it.
That's the go button. Send in Hercules.
Here comes Hook. We're looking at the
third. No. What a stop. A second chance
now for Luke Chy trying to cover it and
it's good. Kyler Garland over the line.
35 to play.
>> Faze though to clear out their base.
There's no Optic members surviving. And
now it's going to be a plain side spawn.
That is a slight advantage from Optic,
but the time is not on their side and
they lose the plane. Heading control for
FaZe. You just play this. No, they're
going to pick it up to 04. This is a
pistol that he's going to try to hold
this with. We're trying to park it right
now. We're holding on. 15 seconds. What
an aim. The trophy interception. Shi now
trying to pry it out of the cold dead
hands of the phase players. Dashy goes
high and it's done. Can Hoop save this
final moment? A few seconds.
And it's done.
Faze take the lead here in the grand
finals.
That Belgian is a bad bad man.
One of the best star overloads we have
seen all year. Given the moment, the
best star overload we have seen all
year. Abuzza separated himself from this
lobby and dominated it. We saw it in his
player cam right from the colossus. This
man is a coldblooded killer. He is
hungry for a ring. 42 and 20. He just
gave you more damage than you could ever
ask for. That is a hard tip for a
boozer. What a masterclass of a
performance.
>> Yeah. 63, two hell storms, two overloads
to his name. He really did it all there
for Faze. What an unbelievable
performance.
And Optic again, I mean, the score line
could be so different. Both squads
defensively so brilliant. really had to
fight to find those openings, to make
those those captures count. I cannot
believe how many goal line stops we saw
there on Scar. That one will be living
in our memories for a while. I mean,
truly unbelievable, though. That is a
takeover. If you've ever seen one double
hell stormed up and helltorms have been
an issue for teams in this tournament,
not here. Great calls, both goarounds.
You're thinking maybe this first shot
sneak of a score could be costly and how
quickly Faith responded in that second
half. They set pace and never looked
back. And you see Abuza already 15 and
8, 22 and 11. He is going against the
raining world champ. He just dropped a
2.0 KD against them. He's getting
overload while it happens. That is a
spectacle out of the Belgian. How
important those score streaks are. every
stun you connect, everything, your
trophy intercepts, every kill you get
while carrying the objective, the
assists you get while carrying the
objective, the scores you get. All of
this adds to that hell storm tally
and they really played that so well.
Fazed, I mean the first half there was a
lot of concerns. Two massive attempts
that they would certainly be kicking
themselves. They could have seen it
back, but Octane just managing to hold
it all together. And this was the final
seconds.
As soon as 04 dies, he leaves himself
out in the open. The game will end
immediately. That is the face taking the
lead.
>> Revenge is a dish best served in the
grand finals. Phase 21 lead, but a long
way to go. We will stay on Scar. AR
players love it. There is absolutely no
mistake about who has the hot hand. Mark
65 43. Yeah, look how close the first
hard point was as well. Expectations for
this scar hard point through the roof.
Then a double dose of den. That'll be
the last time we'll see those maps.
Hassiendo gridlock sarcade.
The latest additions to the Black Ops 7
map pool here at the very tail end of
the series. And these dens have been
very delicate. The map that Optic played
against FaZe just yesterday for the den
hardpoint might have very well been the
map of the year. Down to the wire.
Five-point game in the game clock. 11
seconds left on it. By the time the game
ended, it was as close as you could
possibly get a map to be. Any given
gunfight seals the deal. Drazza in an
interview spoke about it for this map in
particular about how he thinks they have
figured out better than anybody else how
to hold down these P4s. That's where
they effectively won the game yesterday.
That's a difficult thing to do on Star
Fe looking to be dialed in. Let's talk
about revenge though.
a dish that's served in the grand
finals. You know opt.
Oh yeah. If you are a a
champs washer, you might have seen a
game yesterday featuring these two teams
on this very map. Whether or not this
one lives up to the same level of drama
or theatrics, we will see. But my
goodness, what a display it was. Here we
go.
>> Scar has been looking pretty good for
the last one though. Not all that. Here
we go.
>> Back into a hardpoint mode now in the
center of Scar. After this, we go to the
bottom side of the map, the motel.
>> Yeah, Matt's doing the homework. Chi, he
loves to go for the pinch routes. He
wants to flip the spawns. It is FaZe on
the good side, but you take care of the
pinch. Everything's under lock and key.
And well, now you just need to get
somebody in time. FaZe, well, hey, they
got the pressure. They got the setup.
You just need to start collecting.
>> That's a lot of movement there out of
Sim. That's a lot of big kills.
Dra now Dahoo trying to keep this right
hand side of the map safe and secure.
Not a terribly productive P1 by the
team. I mean it's beautiful again
though. You know they want to try to
flip these spawns. You know they're
going to be taking those routes. The
pressure on the routes is enough that
Faze has not been able to super soak the
time. So in spite of the fact that Faze
have seemingly gotten every single kill,
it is not even going to be the lead.
Optical actually have the lead going
into the new time, but a neck andneck
game. Down to the bottom side of the map
we go to the motel. Drazza had the early
check in. Looks like his room's not
ready yet because here at Optic already
on time.
>> M is dancing on.
>> What a wicked moment. And for that's all
for Hercules doesn't dance and well
getting down to your back spawn phase.
Everybody welcome to Helen who all the
space in the world. One of the better P2
setups you're ever going to see. For
spree here for MK looking at that score
rise. More time he spends in the hard
point. A done nate and a clean theme so
far. Oh, a nade over the top. It's
unfortunately a team kill.
N still alive and well. And FaZe have
lost this sauce. I mean, we're missing
the first aid. There's no trophies. Then
the follow up on your teammate. You make
a couple mishaps and look at the lead.
Optic have built an early one 55 to 13.
It's still 10 seconds of scrap time
phase. Two players putting the pressure
on and they're going to win the
rotation. A boozer pushing out forward
simply being in the new time but make no
mistake opted. That is an electric
start. Yeah, new time now is the top
side of the map for playing. We saw the
overload game end there. This is a brand
new hard point to so going f got a
couple here. Boo's got that left flank
now on the watch after trying to pry
their wave through. That's going to be
Mercury the first man in one of the best
power positions we have on the map now
has to be forced out. Lovely lethals and
tacticals. Here comes 04
looking for the second lovely teamwork
from Face. They've cleared house. That
was an early rotation and they
understand the value of the plane
heading on top of it over and over
again. Still no trophies. Who's going to
get it here in just a moment? You see
Hercules makes the impact. He got the
nade. He got the double kill. And he
just sent Faze all the way back to
spawn.
>> Oh boy. Final 20 of play. We're going to
go to the low right hand side now to
blue to the big old post office. That's
where Dashy is now in position already.
Making sure that FaZe do not make their
way across the map. Making sure that as
many of those optic players can get into
position. What a way to stay alive.
Good. Shots gets the first kills. Well,
Faze are indeed going to be spawning
out. We get to test the P4 hole. Most
difficult one in the game to do it on
their first try.
St. Mot.
A lot of problems to deal with. Who's up
next? Probably kill on the first wave
now here for Fazu. They managed to get a
man on behind. Front door, back door.
It's about to be a breach and clear
moment. And that's going to be draws
there through the front. Down and out.
Merk still trying to find a play here.
Still dancing. Loving work from Optic.
Is it a break on break situation? Great
moves. 12 and seven looking for some
extra kills. Tagged up and trying to get
out of dodge. I mean, look at the mini
map. It is just players everywhere. So
difficult to maintain. FaZe talks about
how they're good on it and they're going
to deliver again. P4 has been the
difference maker for FaZe on this map.
They got the break and they're looking
to get the final hold. Still down by 30,
but look at him flipping some of these
spawns out. Number five across the map.
>> Number six is going to join them. Able
to pick up a kill, but you have two FaZe
players roaming this new time. And these
spawns mean it's going to be a long
journey for Opting to the new hard point
where FaZe have already nestled
themselves in. Five now in a row. No,
six shots. He gets sick from the window
now.
coming down a pair. Another man to deal
with here. And he's got enough bullets
in his NPC to get the job done. No
problem for four. And now a hard point
for Fate.
>> And Drazza is hard blocking the spawn
phase right now. This is monstrous.
Convert the P4. The P5 shot for Drazza
on point. 15 kills currently leading the
lobby. But there's your mistake. The
spawns are opened up in the back. Number
six is going to get it in the timing for
the pierce of the setup. Sim looking to
recollect and well does indeed. handles.
Fa has handled the chaos and they might
just take the lead. Destroys the trophy
system. His boys now push the front out.
So Faze perfect control of the halfway.
20 seconds to go. And there's the flip
opening up the back now allowing Optic
to spawn top left. This is what phase
one and Faz are getting it. Yeah, this
time it is intentional. See though,
Dashy, hard iron, he was over towards
blue. Optic, these are the spawns they
want. All the pin routes they take, it
is to maintain blue. They have that as
B1 starts, but they lose the first gun
fight. It's going to be top to collect
time.
>> Working it from the back of four. What a
life this has been so far. Dra's done
tons of damage. Lovely n there from
Shotsy over the top. Can find five. No
need. Helltorm secured again on this
map. Very impactful. 04 made it out.
That's a four spree. And now he is going
to be the thorn at optic side before try
to keep this play running. He's making
moves. M15 in hand. I do believe if he
wants it as well. Flip successful.
Optics spawns now on the top left hand
side of the map. A long journey through
the guns of FaZe.
>> I mean, FaZe are just so fast on this
map. Then they start off the break for a
rotation. 04 just barely able to get in
towards blue and now they're trying to
keep it stable. The break's going to be
here though. Optic two players making it
time. Sliding past the bullet and
Hercules gives you two. Optic well
needed that moment. They're keeping the
game close. Denying streaks. No need to
worry about that drawing yet again.
Shoot very hot here. Three dead instant
over to the motel. P2 and the numbers
certainly hit his face. Trying to slow
down the entire squad. He gets one but
trade it out. Reduces Trza down to near
1 HP but that's been enough. Shotsi now
trying to pinch but he gets spotted. So
a delicate movement on the flank but on
time it is a slaughter. Traza 22 and 13.
He has the hot hand.
>> Hot hand. Hot game play. 53 for Drazza.
Listen in the face.
I
need
to get together.
>> Yeah.
Let's
hit our boost. Get something else.
Nice.
Wait for
blow up. Blow up. Blow up.
Jordan.
And FaZe has just got Optic in a bear
trap right now. Another perfect hell
storm and a perfect rotation of blue.
>> I mean, they are breaking them down.
This is front running to the extreme.
Somehow Merciles has found himself near
the time. Those pink barrels clean house
immediately. Hoop gets behind enemy
lines. Two phase turn. Well, you stay
alive. Drops itself the dance and Hoop
well at least keeps it active. The P4s
continue to be mixing. and hoop. That
might be a game-saving type play. He is
trying to keep his team alive.
>> That's it. Got the Dips out. He just hit
a big bang on the chest of Optic Texas.
He's got his poise in now. M pushing the
front line out. What a turn this is.
Face still trying to knock their way
through the front door. Make an entry.
No hope. Dashy pushing out there with
the Jagger. Spawns now in the back for
Optic. Instantly identified, but the
guns of Faze are up. M trying to hold
him down, but FaZe find a way. It's
going to be an easier rotation from
Optic, but still that scrap time. Yeah,
Hook doesn't want to give him any more
points at all. It is going to be 213,
make it 212 for Faze going to do time
and Hoo spawning across the map. Look at
this. Look at this patient play there
from the discipline now on the attack.
Is it enough though to keep his boys
alive? They've got to win their own gun
fights as well. Dashy all he can. The
damage is all there and now Shotsy a
little bit late to it. FaZe have marched
across Scar into time. I mean, this is
just overwhelming. FaZe there making
Optic look like a different team
handling them on Scar. Get the entry
kill though for Merch. Shotsi's made it
to the time. The nades are here to beat
him though. There's no trophies. It is
going to be so difficult to stay alive.
Oh, good for two. Dashy in the feed
there. Draws the last man standing and
Optic. They're doing this from the
front. The fight here still optic
finally counter the contest. Keeping it
together now from the back line. Spawns
for phase will be on that close left.
They're so close to the hard point, but
Optic again with that green building in
between them. They can keep them back
all things considered. I mean, this has
been a good chunk of time for Optic to
be able to get to try to play keep away.
Still though, the same problem remains.
A 60 point difference. And now FaZe,
they got the white spot spawns as P1
pops. Optic, you don't have time to take
any more pinch routes. You got to start
banging out this time.
>> Big opportunity here for FaZe. 20
seconds for the win. Attack now for
Graz. He's going to find one. Evicted
from the hard point immediately over to
Auza. MK finds him. Optic hard point. 04
has all the time in the world for the
pinch round. Shotsi gets caught
sprinting. Faze now a mixing mini map.
You got Hook actually behind him, but
he's traded out to Faith. They are
swarming around this hill. Coverage from
Dashy though, keeping you in time. Abusa
now trying to pick out M gets one. A few
more there to deal with spawners now
from Optic. Keeping the time as green as
they can. Got to keep it active. Spread
there in the feed. You know they're
going to be spawning towards blue. Or
actually, do you read this? Yeah, they
got the pressure. They got the flip.
Optic hyper map, but all four with the
shade. Quick, another 04. What a life.
And the hard point goes pink. They're
going to be here first. It is 04 with
active camo. Pop lying in weight. He's
just so dangerous. One from low shots in
a dash. He can't hit a single wall bang,
but the coverage is there. The Zar Zar
duo S at the helm. A spree across phase
as now one last desperate dive to time
and it is denied.
Victory on Scar makes it three one to
Banks. I think now I finally understand
when 04 has these takeover moments. We
see it from his perspective and it
doesn't make sense how he finds the
kill. We just saw what it looked like
from the optic player. That man is
invisible.
So difficult to deal with doing kick
flips on it to drag you to hell.
Faze right now on another level. There
is no revenge for the star hard point.
They get the final say and they were the
better star hard point team. Learned the
lessons of yesterday and they have
absolutely run off to go over there.
What a hard point that was. What a
lovely scar hard point to close out the
season. That will be that. No more
as now
we make our way to Don. Woo! What a
final. It's 3-1 the current score phase.
He can make it to five for the
championship.
What a wild day we have had. And that
Dan SMD an absolute for this squad.
Johnson shots. Maybe the guy you're
paying attention to. He has had issues
getting first blooded on the map. on the
braid. He looked on point, but FaZe had
just had the extra edge. Every single
match we have had been very close in
this series until now. 25194
39 kills there out of Drazza in 4800
damage on the flip side. Dashy suffering
chi suffering boom 11 at the same time
at his face and absolutely lights out
performance. Miles did not start that
way. You had P1 and P2 from the jump.
Optic took that early lead. Had a
50point run and then Faze I mean just
simply took over every single hill. They
were able to beat them on especially
those T4s man absolute class. Couple of
key moments again. Helltorms so far in
this grand final have been absolutely
perfect with denying those plays whether
it's breaking hills catching players
saving the P3 hard point for face
incredible work all season long we've
seen some duds his goals here in the
finals and it was mentioned in the SMD
how the comps need to be at an alltime
high earned that helltorm on that P2
where they had that 45se second jump and
his coms after that absolutely perfect
guys that have a helltorm you need to
make sure you take green you need to
make sure you take blue we're watching
watching guys in P1 turn to check out
Mercury's up in that window. They clean
house. They take care of everything and
they end up holding the start of that
hill from the wrong side spawns and then
they flip it perfectly for the second
half of that set. I mean, that is
gameplay as good as it could possibly
get for FaZe in these clutch moments.
They're looking the best they've ever
been. Yep, very much the best they have
looked all year long. This is an
incredible run into the grand finals so
far. Three straight maps for Faze Desk.
What do we make of that?
>> Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for
those two beautiful humans while they
take a sip of their monster. We are
going into a game five. And we are not
nearly done, are we, Vegas?
>> Oh,
>> I don't know if the Optic fans have any
faith in their own team right now, D.
What is happening?
>> They're a little nervous. I got to say
the MVP from the last event has not
shown up yet in this final. These maps
have been electric. This is the grand
final we've all been waiting for, but
Optic have to claw back on these next
two dens.
>> Let's take a look here at our bracket
and remind everybody how we got to this
position at the World Finals. Alley,
2026 has been so fun. We've had four
different teams win our four different
majors, but Optic was the one
consistent. They were at every single
grand final, and it wasn't until major 4
that they finally got their trophy. They
lost to face in the winners bracket. And
just like last time they won a trophy,
they come through the losers for a
second opportunity.
>> I mean, I think we just couldn't be in a
better situation. I mean, as far as
having four different winners and then
getting blessed with the Optic and FaZe
winners final. And now this is a set up
the position of Optic Texas to kind of
be the underdog in this series. And I
don't think that's even shy of a
statement because of how FaZe is playing
right now. Those last two maps were
unbelievable out of the ARS from FaZe.
And that's their X factor in this
situation. We know what 04 and S can do
on a championship Sunday. We know what
they can do when their backs against the
wall and it was up to the Zaza brothers
to make sure they step up.
>> Dylan for phase. They went through G2.
They went through the Falcons and they
are guaranteed at least $480,000
as the first team to enter the grand
finals. But you know they've got enough
money already in the bank
>> for players like 04 and Abuzza. They are
chasing a ring.
>> Oh yeah. They were just in the grand
finals at CO champs last season. So
that's a lot of money right there. But
you know the money's nice but they want
those rings. Those players 04 and abuzza
are still very young in their careers
and new to the CDL. They want that
championship because this will cement
you in your spot in Call of Duty
history. And shout out to the ARs on
phase. They are absolutely fine right
now. They stepped up when they needed
the most.
>> Yeah, this break is massive for Optic. I
mean, when you think across that stage
to phase, everybody's had their moment.
The defensive stops from S, the each of
the pop off maps from the ARs and 04 is
everywhere on the map. It just feels
like we haven't had any of those moments
besides Shotti map number one. It's been
so long ago. So, this den coming up in
this SND, go back, watch the VOD from
the last time y'all played it in this
tournament. They have to turn up.
>> Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear from
our players and take a look at some of
the numbers. Do you still have faith in
this optic squad? Because judging by the
numbers, you should. You've got Chi, a
man who just won backto back rings
looking to go for the three Pete. On the
left side though, it is the goat. The
man who has some of the best numbers
across his career already. Two rings.
He's chasing his third.
>> Yeah. And I think that's the big story
line, right? Is that Sim could get third
here, right? And Tai Shotti and then you
have the story set up for next year. But
then also the world history of Shotti
getting four. I mean, unheard of.
Unbelievable. This would cement him as I
mean the greatest. I don't know how you
don't.
>> Yeah, you'd be hard to argue against
that, right? But on the flip side of it,
Shotti, he has beaten Sim in a Champs
Grand Final. Now, what would that do to
the argument for S if he defeats him
here, gets that ring? You saw the
statistics. You can argue either way,
but it would be 1-1 in a champs grand
final. Dillo,
>> oh, it's going to be tough to call. I
mean, the Shotsi fans are going to love
if Shotsi wins. The S fans will have
ammo if S wins.
>> Yes, they will.
>> It would be kind of cool to see both
players have three rings. Who will be
the first one to four if Faze closes
this out? It's still very far away.
Optic could very easily come back. They
are champions. They've been in these
spots before. They could definitely do
it. But FaZe, they are frying right now.
>> Awesome story lines. No matter how this
one unfolds in our first and nine, where
are they now when you're looking at the
world champs from Dallas Empire? Well,
you saw Crim 6 hanging out with me. He's
racing for Lamborghini. Plaster is the
GM and head coach over at the Falcons.
He led them to a top three finish. Hook
and Shotsy on the stage playing for
another ring in Illy looking to get back
into the scene one day while he's making
some content. In the meantime though,
we've got to also highlight everything
else that's been going on in the venue.
Nameless, we've seen some amazing
matches. That first search and destroy
though is where you said FaZe may have
broken Optics Mental. They win the round
11. They go on to win the next two
games. So, walk me through this raid
SND. Why was this so big for Vegas?
>> Yeah, just Wolfpacking it and and I
think it was huge because they dealt
with Shotti. Shotti had five first blood
still able to win a lot of those rounds
and really like early on start off 5
and0 slowed down. Everybody else had to
pick it up. Just a great performance out
of phase Wolf Pack. And something I
didn't think I would see in this
tournament is 04 and simp playing
together. I thought 04 was actually best
alone. How many rounds do we see them
flanking all the way around together,
finding that first blood and then
backing all the way up to the spawn to
play a clean team retake? This is team
ball on another level and a huge
adjustment out of phase in the search
and destroy game.
>> Absolutely. I mean that round 11 that
retake was beautiful from FaZe. I
thought when they got the bomb down 4v4
usually it's such a strong position if
you're optic to be in. get the bomb
down. You have water control. You also
have bedroom control. But Faze was able
to bring that back and somehow retake
this. These SNDs between these two teams
these past few days have been
incredible. They've kind of been a
little bit sloppy on both sides, but
whoever makes the least mistakes finds a
way to get the win.
>> I mean, the biggest thing for me in this
reality was just the tenacity on the
side of Faze Vegas. I mean, you have two
rounds where Shotsi just pulls you apart
because there was an open lane to still
go in that round 11 and still have to
play the retake. That was incredible out
of the side of FaZe Vegas. And what's
crazy is like looking at the map set,
right? When we look at the overall best
of nine, my biggest worry when I was
staring at it was the backtoback scar
because, you know, you get these
situations where when you win that first
scar and then you're going straight into
another one and it's respawn, you're
riding the momentum high, right? And I
feel like
phase is what we saw goes, he drops
freaking 42 kills and then you get to
another scar hard point. They're feeling
it, right? But another opportunity here
is that we have the double den. So
heading into search and destroy, we're
going to slow things down. We have a
break. It's going to give Optic a
breather and then if they're able to
steal this one, head into a den over
Overload.
>> Gentlemen, you've both been in a grand
finals. Does winning three in a row put
you in the prime position to finish
this? And what are your thoughts as we
go into a double dose of den?
>> Yeah, my thoughts are I didn't even get
one one map in the grand final. It was a
tough scrapped it.
>> Yeah, we got Hey, I played good though.
>> I was getting some kills, but D won a
couple in a Yeah, we uh we clutched up
in a game five to get the rings. It was
incredible. But Optic, I mean, they're
down. I'm really looking at this Den SND
and Shotsi in particular yesterday, he
was kind of trolling a little bit
getting first blooded. I like what I saw
from him today on Raid. He needs to do
the same exact thing on Den right now if
they want to have a chance to bring this
series back.
>> Let's take a look at Overload real
quick. Talk about my boys as we get
ready for this next game.
>> I think the spark for this team is
Dashy. He is having a bad grand final
right now. He was unbelievable. MVP.
Yeah, MVP. But as we rewind to this
overload, I mean, what a performance out
of Auza. Sip with a huge defensive
stance to kind of just thoric. But they
score two immediately on the bad side.
>> Yeah. And I'm going to be honest with
you, I feel like we kind of saw Abuzza
coming. That map number one, he comes
out, starts trying. Even that map number
two, he was a little bit quiet, but in
these respawns, it feels like nobody can
trade him right now. And that's big on
the side of Faze Vegas because Abuza, I
feel like, can be an actress for this
team. Talk about the two new players
added in a booze on 04. We saw 04 and
what he was able to do in a final. Now
it kind of feels like it's a boozes time
though.
>> Looking back at this match up, you
actually the AR the ARs on phase have
kind of struggled when the matches
happened earlier in the season. It's
been the 04 and Sim show when they've
played against Optic, but right now it's
the ARs leading the way. Abuzza has a
1.45 KD most damage for his team and dro
1.25 KD. So if Optics is going to make
this comeback, they need to start
shutting down the phase ARs right here.
And this just kind of reminds me of the
major 2 final, right? Like where they
were checking every corner, a very close
overload that came down to the wire.
Optic just have to dig deep, man. This
DSND, it was theirs and it was Dashy who
popped off with 15 kills in it. He needs
to do something like that again. Vegas,
I know we all had a late night last
night together, but how we feeling right
now?
>> It's Champs Grand Final.
>> Come on, guys.
>> Where are my FaZe fans at?
Oh, they're feeling good. Face fans are
feeling good right now. They got louder.
>> Do you have faith in these two? Let's
take a look at two juggernauts that made
their way from Vancouver all the way to
Vegas. A huge transaction in the
offseason for Abuzza and 04. Dylan, this
could be the time.
>> Oh, this is the time. If you guys all
remember, they were getting roasted.
People were saying FaZe fell off. This
is a terrible decision. You've lost him.
You've lost Sel or you lost Azy. You
lost Selium. Two people that have been
on phase for so long, 04 and Abua, they
had some success last season, a lot of
second place finishes, but never a chip.
They got their chip earlier on this year
and they proved every single person
wrong. This Vase team has been looking
great and right now they're looking like
the best team in Black Ops 7. They kind
of peaked.
>> Yeah, I agree. And I think, you know, a
lot of people coming into the year were
talking about how, you know, Azizian S
going to O4 would be a downgrade. He's
been unbelievable since he's gotten that
MVP. He has been arguably the fastest
pace setter in the game. Sets the tone
for this era of hardpoint. And then
Abuzza, what more can you say about him?
Guy's been a top five AR all year.
>> I got to get a request for all the fans
watching at home. Who on your player X
team has been popping off for you? Tweet
me at MLG Pucket so I can copy your
notes. My team is not looking good, but
S is my MVP. He can double up on some
points. And where can SM earn me some
points? In hardpoint. I don't want the
series to end yet. I wanted to go nine.
Let's take a look back at our highlights
from game number one because Ally, this
is where Optic got off to the right
foot, but it was FaZe out of the gates
that was dominating. How do they close
out a hard point in the future?
>> What's so funny is that when we were
watching this map number one, it almost
like you could tell that Optaxis was
just completely cold in those first
couple of rotations. FaZe Vegas clearly
despite having someone to play against
>> incredibly hot. I mean, I guess it
happens. I mean, you saw the KDs.
Mercury's five and 12 on your screen
right now and Dash has only got seven.
The important part is that they brought
it back and I think you kind of think of
that the second rotation and when they
got that kind of final P4 and they
change into that P1, you start getting
some kills going your way. The biggest
moment though was that huge D4 break
during the list in Shotsy and Mer
combined for an 11 spree there and
that's what you needed for Optics Texas.
You needed a big moment to get the
momentum pushing and it didn't fall into
the rest of the maps. But what it did
tell us is that when they were down they
were able to put themselves back in.
Dylan, as we have more hard points
coming up, this is the first best of
nine of 2026 for the fans. So, tell me a
little bit about your player X team. Who
from Optic did you double up on and who
is going to have a bigger hard point as
we get deeper in the series?
>> Right now, I have uh Dashy and Shotsi.
>> They're not doing too much. But I also
have Abuzza.
>> Yeah, but Abuz is my hero, though.
>> Oh, he's your hero. I'm two times.
>> Dashy and Shotti, you guys got this. Go
get those rings. Okay. I need those
fantasy points. Alli Abuza is on quite a
few rosters out there according to our
Player X friends behind the scenes.
Let's take a look at the Belgian
monster, the French support him and for
good reason. Look at this ranking in the
lobby. How do you dismantle opponent's
lead he's been doing?
>> I don't know if you can. I mean, like I
said, like even when they were down and
out, it was still Auza getting the
kills. I mean, first across the board, I
think he just has a great story as well.
I mean this is a player a lot of people
were saying we're wrong line that wasn't
as good as he is and now he has a chip
under his belt now he's playing for this
ring and the biggest thing he hasn't
folded not once he has been here Dylan
for this
>> grand the happiest person in the world
watching this right now that's also very
stressed Rambo the people that he used
to coach Abuzza in '04 and now they're
here champs grand finals again but this
time they have the lead early on in the
series
>> yeah he's Ray has got to be sitting
there stressed
>> just a reminder Vancouver Surge you had
one of the best teams in the league you
dropped all four of your players and got
rid of one of the best coaches in the
game and now you're not a champ. Just
that's so weird. Just to revisit what
we're looking at though, we have two of
our best teams who have been the best
team since the start of this season.
Number one seated Optic versus number
three seated Faze. Tell me a little bit
about the history of this matchup though
because some people didn't even know who
Miracles was or who Parasite was before
we brought him on camera today.
>> Yeah, we got a guy who was on Faze for
years. I mean, these guys have been
going at each other for as long as I can
remember. two of the best organizations
that we've ever had in Call of Duty and
it's awesome to have them in a champ's
grand final. Not only that, to have S
versus Shotsi maybe cementing the legacy
of the best Call of Duty player of all
time still in their primes. This is a
spectacle. This is a treat. For those of
you new to the Call of Duty League or to
Call of Duty esports, you're witnessing
greatness legitimately in this venue.
And when we think about this matchup on
this year, as you asked, it has been
back and forth all year long. The last
couple tournaments, Optic have avoided
phase. Well, you got to meet them down
one three. Overcome this and get that
chip.
>> I hear there's a lot of hype around the
new map frequency. People want to see at
EWC and that means we're probably going
to lose a hard point. I sure hope it
isn't Scar because it delivered so many
multi-kills. Let's take a look back at
game number four attached. At this point
in the game, Optic is winning. We're
over the first rotation. It's basically
knotted up. What happens in the second
half? How does Spaz close this out
convincingly? They won by 55 points.
>> Yeah, I mean FaZe from this point on
just took over. The rotations were on
point and the holds were on point in
that map one. They really struggled to
get good holds. That's why Optic was
able to come back, but Scar everyone
started shooting across the board from
FaZe and they're looking really good
now.
>> It was Drazza. I mean, we get over they
have the P1, they spawn trap optic back
green, and then Drazza goes on a six
streak on P2. When you get that
helltorm, all you got to do with a lead
buff like they had is just call it in,
get a couple kills, you chain three
hills together on Optic, combo that with
how Dashy was playing, it's going to be
easy for you. So yeah, Optic just really
needed a break on that P2 stopping DS
from getting that streak and maybe they
could have clawed their way back in. It
was also just the new duo and you saw
when we were heading into that second
set of four and aa we're on a nine spree
combined together and then from then on
I mean at that point that gives you a
room for breather to just have so much
map control and you give FaZe an inch
they going to take a mile.
>> FaZe is going to take a mile and you
should take yourself to the CDL store
online if you didn't make it out to
Vegas. I just got word that we are
selling out of merch. If you are a size
large XL, pick up your gear right now.
And also, I'm told we are looking for
the biggest phase fan and the biggest
optic fan in the venue. If our cameras
catch you doing something wild, we might
reward you with some merchandise. So,
shout out to everyone working behind the
scenes to reward the fans. Everyone's
winning out here in Vegas, Gil.
>> Oh, absolutely. I mean, this this match
right here is a treat. FaZe versus Optic
COD Champs Grand Finals never happened
before. Being back in Las Vegas, the
energy is crazy in this arena. So, the
fans, they really have to step up for
their teams right now. If you're the
green wall, you guys got to get loud for
every kill they get. And the FaZe fans
on the other side, they're playing so
good. Keep gassing them up. We need to
have this roof go this room go crazy.
>> All right, production. I have an idea.
While we're waiting on that mystery
player to come out of the restroom, how
about you bring me a stack of those beta
codes that we've been giving out to
everyone in the venue, one by one, we'll
reveal them to the camera or we'll read
it very slowly. Ally, are you excited
though? Modern Warfare is just around
the corner. MW4 is going to be here. We
heard that guys like Miracle is the 2013
champ considering returning to play this
new game.
>> What's so funny about this situation is
it's a little full circle for me because
I got into competitive around World War
II champs. And it was during then that
they were putting the Black Ops 4 beta
out for people to play during that
event. And so it's one of those things
where we're building up the hype, right,
of the next game for the next year.
Getting to see what team's going to try
and make another run. Definitely try and
get some of these beta codes from some
of us and make sure you start playing.
told me it's the best Call of Duty of
all time, as he does every single year.
And I believe him again. You believe him
again?
>> I would never lie to you guys. This game
has so much potential. You do not want
to miss out. It's going to be so much
fun. The movement, the guns, all the new
stuff. Trust me on this one, guys.
You're going to absolutely love it.
>> Reminder, how do you get your tickets?
All you got to do is watch for 2 hours
today over on twitch.tv/call ofduty
esports. Do us a favor, drop a follow on
that channel as well. It helps us sell
stuff and bring in cooler sponsors and
then we can bring you guys to after
parties
>> more stuff and buy more things and give
away more things
>> and then my race comes in before next
year cuz we already won Emmy and we're
going to get another one for this show
because Optic is taking us to a game
nine. Right, Vegas?
>> Who is going to get us there? Let's find
out with our Player X scoreboard. Is it
going to be Dashy? Is it going to be
Shotsy? Who's got more points for you so
far? Oh, he took the first buff for the
first time.
Close. It is close.
>> Come on, Brandon.
>> Go a crazy.
>> I'm out of this, aren't I?
>> Yeah. No, the cramp pickles.
Unfortunate.
>> I'm looking at the cramp. I'm looking at
the Selium. Guys, you had a great match.
Great tournaments. Fell short.
>> I need Shotsy to get us all the way to
this game. N
>> You might be good, dude. Abuzza is your
hero. See if he keeps playing like that.
>> And they shield the deal. It is a best
of nine. That is going to be the first
team to five wins. And FaZe, well, they
are looking prime to win this trophy.
Let's take a look at how they got to
this pole position throughout the
tournament starting on Friday. Well,
brackets's coming. I have a feeling we
saw them open up with a banger. Let's
take a look at this one as the
highlights put the hand the fans on
their feet and 04 is game four. You
nailed it on day one.
>> Yeah, this guy has some of the best
takeover ability that we have seen in
the CL. And when you talk about the the
new era of the CDL player and the new
way to play respawn game mode like
hardpoint, he embodies that. I mean,
just in your face. And when we switched
metas, he got even faster. I didn't
think that was possible, but they kick
things off, you know, with a huge win
over G2. And then they played that
improved Falcons in a 3-0 competitive
match, but in the end, it was a 3 just
simply outclassed them.
>> And what Or is doing now is incredible.
Early on the year, he was struggling a
little bit. There was even some calls
for people or for him to get dropped off
face and now he's in the COD champs
grand finals. The most impactful SMG in
the game when he is popping take in
those hard points. No one can keep up
with him and they had a ride. They beat
Minnesota, they beat Falcons and now
Texas.
>> This was the best match though. That
first game, the 250 245 Alli, they're in
their fourth match and they've only
dropped four maps along the way,
>> dude. I mean, they're playing some of
the best cut that we've seen from them
all season long. And I think the biggest
thing is just how strong their hardpoint
is. Now, this is a phase team that has
been struggling in that game mode for
the past couple of years. And I say
struggling, I mean they really just
maybe would take one or two in a series,
but their strength really was always in
search and destroy. So when their HP is
playing like this, when they're winning
two HPs versus a team like Optic Texas,
number one respawn team in the building,
and this is a phase Vegas that takes a
reign. Oh,
>> I 100% agree. When you think back to the
major two final as well, won both hard
points, right? And now they're able to
win a search and destroy. So, it makes
it that much easier, which is why this
is 3-1. Optic have to dig deep. I think
they have it in them, though. I really
do.
>> Ladies and gentlemen, the fill is done.
The players are fed. They've been
watered and they are ready to go. Are
you ready for this game?
>> Let's send it over to the esports award
nominated and winning casters, Miles the
Ross boss in Chance. Bye guys. Bye.
See you guys. Bye. Time to get back into
the game, ladies and gentlemen. Thank
you for waiting. Thank you for your
patience. And for you folks at home,
you're welcome for the drops. That's
right. We milked it just a little bit to
make sure everybody gets their codes and
their stuffs. Right. Where were we,
Chance? All right. We're in a 3-1 series
in a double PC swap. Getting everything
organized, trying to make all these
players happy and getting ready to
battle a double dose of den. It is a
replay just from yesterday between these
two teams. They know the tape, they know
the feel, and everybody knows how good S
is in Call of Duty at his game mode.
1.34 KD getting the damage done in the
opening goals. A key factor in this
matchup. Be on the lookout. Got a sit
versus shotsi. 04 versus Shotti. It is
all about containment.
And again search to destroy for the last
time here in the season.
Fay played an incredible run on those
last three maps. Close but still wins
and now back to
four vampire right now. The aon site
eyes on that B and the apprentice there
from Optic.
Are we going down and a smoke in front
of the A window? Yeah, Dashy is ready
for the pressure. Number seven thinking
about wrapping back. Well, now with the
noise being made in the B site making
that wrap over, everybody will be here
for the square up.
>> Yeah, we know it's on. No trophies to be
found. So, everything you throw should
meet its mark. Less than a minute now.
04 will be the first man to make his way
forward, but not a couple of shots. Here
comes the counterattack and 04 still
good to find that first. What a kill.
Shotsi poking his head out through the
mid cut. A lot of gunfights going down,
a lot of damage. 04 is going to fall,
but Shotti gets caught. Abuzza, that was
his responsibility. He gave him the
extra edge. Reads that one. And now the
lineup. Drazza finds another Mercury's a
1 v3 and plenty of presence here from
Faze on the bomb site.
Strong round to start things off.
>> And if you're watching the mini map
through these rounds, Abuzu was posted
up all the way in the depths of spawns.
No shots he loves to pinch. You don't
know where it's going to come from. Once
the noise is made towards mid cut, he
hight tails it to go and make sure he
can get that trade. That was a battle of
survival for FaZe, giving their
teammates just enough time. Their
teamwork on Raid was the difference
maker. They were trading out nearly
every single kill. And we talk about
this nearly every single series, every
champs especially, how important the
time is, that extra half second, second
you can give your teammate to get in
position to help out, to throw
something, find that trade, whatever it
may be. What a gift it is. At this time,
Optic immediate retreat, but FaZe, they
are pushing that face to the middle of
the map. Shotsy spotted one. There is a
second nearby. You know, S is around and
that is going to slow you down. This is
a initiative taken there by FaZe for a
moment longer now. Optic back on up.
FaZe over towards A. Now we can hear the
lethals being used. Nades hidden out.
Sim traded first bloods.
>> That's your battle. Still have the bomb.
You might have to force this to the A
site. Not a lot of open avenues. drops
it yet through mid. Good to give you
two. Ooh, big damage.
And Merk's taken care of as well.
No one v3s today. And the middle of the
map on SMD has not been paying off for
Optit.
It just turns into a kill box. You have
to be able to go through once it slowed
you down. Well, destruction in the
round. The first round big read was that
flank abuse is there to pick up shots.
This time around, no one on that flank
to pick up Draza. He gets two kills.
That changes everything entirely. Four
overall
with a two round lead. That's all it
sounds like from home, but here at the
Mandalay Bay
competing
chance. Here we go. A lot of pressure.
Kazy Hoo showing force. Another first
blood. And this might be the next one in
line. Sim flagging out for it. A 4v2 for
Faze
>> impossible confidence. Seemingly nothing
they can do wrong right now. And Sim
another gun
>> and a little bit of extra love moment
there. Couple of extra shots.
Hit a player with no hit markers found.
And it's Drazza onto Shotsy.
Oh, we cut away from a Bza making sure
that Shotsi was indeed dead.
Three ferocious rounds for FaZe.
A three-0 lead, three first bloods,
everything going their way.
>> 3-0. Not an impossible task for Optic to
pull themselves out of here. Once you
get hooping shots on the board, changes
the dynamic of the map. Changes that
confidence of a play. You just need to
see one sometimes. Burks over the top
since they're in a perfect position.
open things up and now the pressure
there from FaZe pushing forward
immediately. Optic have lost the
initiative and it's a readjustment for
Abuzz and S. He's just picked a
different spot. So no trades rolling
through. Extra damage being done now
FaZe. They're getting the call. You know
he's weak. You know he's one shot. They
are running it down.
>> And the easiest read of all time would
be well shots in the flank. But now he's
gone. FaZe they've made it. They've
hight tailed out of here. And optic
thankfully able to rendevu back on the a
bomb site. FaZe and what do we see?
>> Well bombite is close quarters. You have
two SMGs in this moment not electing to
get the bomb down. They're seeing if
they can find an extra kill or two
before they make their move.
>> Yeah, they want to stay here. They want
to maximize the NPC value they've got
right now. Stay here. Get the plant
phase will not be a factor for a moment.
>> And they're planting for tree in the
long term. Something to keep in mind.
>> Here comes O4.
Initial reconnaissance has yielded no
results yet. Every slide, every check, a
possible fight for him right now. Now he
doesn't see who trains complete and now
it's a one v one. It's the goat fight.
It's simp. It's shotsy and Peter would
be furious to hear goat fight but we in
the league asked for it. 20 seconds.
Sim must find him and diffuse the bomb.
15 to go
>> and it's over.
Optic on the board.
>> Yeah, Optic have shown their hand
through this tournament. They know they
have that fifth man on their side. They
don't have to check the bomb a single
time. They know it'll be done for them.
Simp was ready for the response. He knew
where the bomb was planted for. He knew
where the check is going to come in. But
that is round Optic needed. That is a
2v3 from Hook and Shotsi
>> when you needed them the most.
He
>> managed to pull something out. A kill
for a pair of there. Still 3-1 04. Now
the voice of FaZe on the attack. How
about S by the way? Six breeding close
to the helltorm.
Not electing to give him the bomb.
They've cleared out the space. They got
the smoke front dojo. This is a free
bomb plant. Should they elect to go for
it, they're playing kills first. Yeah,
Lurk way back in the dojo position there
at top of the lockers with an M15. We're
going to see the bomb plant here. Optic
do not have the numbers in position, but
MK now trying to fight his way forward
trying to buy some space for the boys
now. Some time as well. You've got a mid
flank. It's all there.
Chy making entry, finding the first.
Here comes the battle. And Hook's over
the top. Last man left alive for Boozer.
Will they read it? A kill. Oh, no goods.
32 uptake. Speed kills the difference
maker for the retake. The setup from
Abuzza in that battle for him and Shotsi
on the pinch. It played out the same
way. Shotsi's going through the mid cut.
The previous round, he's a little bit
too slow. Abuzza there to get the kill
this time in light speed. Everybody from
Optic attacking that bomb site using the
man advantage they had. Interesting
enough, it maybe a miscommunication, but
from where the bomb was being diffused
in the smoke and could have attacked the
lap. Whether they're prone or standing,
it wasn't a lot of time to make the
decision.
32 backto back rounds for the green
team. Here we go.
>> They're throwing the maid for mid
control. Yep. Shotsi from spawn. Hit the
maid. They're looking for mid control.
Mercury's looking over and sits sent to
spawn.
Chi, he's behind you. He's flying and he
knows. He knows you're up top.
>> He knows. Is it going to be number
three? It might well be. We've got some
noise. But there's the coverage from
Draza. The Zar duo to fight another day.
That day now is today. And well, they're
both dead. So, it's a 1 v3.
He's making a case for it here on the
defense. Could be a bomb plant here by
B. Optic should be looking for the kill.
They're waiting.
and a boozer. Nothing as of yet.
>> Loud footsteps.
Maybe an important decision. Bomb's
going to go down at B. This is an
extremely difficult retake for an AR
player. We wish him the best of luck.
Here we go.
First contact.
A lovely attempt.
A nade still to play with
the bank. And it's a dud.
Pressure from Abuse as he digs his heels
in. Desperately trying to live.
Optic three in a row.
EU versus NA. Education. Abuza
understands challenges better than we do
over here. Weird made bounce coming
through. But the 2v1 execution that is
three rounds in a row.
>> EA geometry Japanese architecture. It's
getting complex.
Tough scenes.
>> 3-3 here on Den.
>> They've had success with these B bomb
plants. If they go back to it, it has
been the mid pinches from Chotti that
have been that key factor.
>> Two of them on the way towards B.
Mercury's there yet to get the lone
defender. But as we've seen, takes his
time, plays it very, very safe. He gets
information. He stays alive in the
gunfights now waiting for the play. A
boozer in mid.
>> Yeah, no longer in spawn. Much more
aggressive. The ST's going to back him
down, but a different setup. And you
already see Sim. He's making the move.
>> They need to make something happen
there. Here we go. Simple. Optic crying
forward here on the retake. 22 on the
attack. They've got absolutely no idea
that the pimp is at their rear. One,
two. Shotsy. Shanti's on the ball and he
has done the ninja from Shanti
makes something magical happen again.
Sometimes all it takes is a smoke
instant. This decision the coverage from
the team they swarm around them and they
fall like dominoes. It does not matter.
A perfect play call. And there's no time
to rest. Ain't no rest for the wicked.
We go again. Yeah. Four in a row. Dashy
couple tags. Backs on up. But yet again,
FaZe playing the same way. Hyper
aggressive. Push right through. You cut
down the garage play to make the A bomb
site safer now. The B is off. Yeah. Wide
open. I mean, if you're who don't want
to waste any time, go to get this bomb
down. A standoff in towards Dojo. No
pinches coming through for Faze. They're
squaring up. It'll be a 3v3 hit for the
retake. With number seven in the middle
of the map, you're going to have the
numbers.
>> Uh-oh, that's a stun kill.
Unfortunately, Sips out. So, trade
complete. 2v2. And now MK is going to
make it back. Luke and MK working
together trying to hold this line. The
timing though on the is going to put the
red in the front leaves. Good damage.
Outstanding damage brought down now to
the nuke alone. Can he clutch?
Troy's gone. The smoke. Will it be
enough to pull him forward? Will he
wait?
as the nickel of Arena will do their
best to give him that information.
The diffuse is there at 44
equalized. Yeah, crowd can cheat as much
as they want. 04 learn from the Paris
event. They have made these adjustments.
Know when you need to hop the bomb.
That is a clean 4v5 clutch for FaZe.
>> Backto back diffuse
44.
What a dent this is. We still haven't
seen a snipe. Sim at 114. What a
performance. He bomb carrier here for
Faze yet again towards a first look
they've shown in this direction. So only
a two split here on defense. Shotsi so
quick back to sight but he's the lone
defender. No trophies up close. He's
found a spawner. There's the shots.
Immediate work at 04. Looking for number
two. B. Great pressure. Now the flag
dealt with close-range gunfights one yet
again. And it all comes down to Hook and
he is nowhere to be seen for face.
phase. Everybody group up together. 04
on the four spree. In the meantime, Hook
is flying. He wants to catch him while
they're planting and he's got the
timing. Take him.
Got it.
The nuke.
Oh, he misclicked.
He misclicked with the grenade finisher.
It is a rare sight to see. It is near
magic, but FaZe take him down. S 12 and
four
and I hope more than anything else we
get a FaZe listening in that moment to
hear that one back. That has to be
hysterical. Either way, seven first
bloods for FaZe on this map. The first
bloods have been optics bang here on
Den.
Map point for FaZe to go up 4-1.
Did he grab 04? He didn't get the kill.
The spree still alive as well.
Aggression right through the mid. Smoke.
We are on. Shotsy wants to take this
round by the throat. Well, they needed
the first blood. Shy gave it to him.
Great day. Enough to now cause some
havoc on the inside of the dojo. Shotsy
spots him out. Can't get away with his
life. Bley's unable to help out here in
the battle. Is a three beast.
>> And they left Shotti out the drive.
They're running for the hills a little
bit too quickly. FaZe, their teamwork
continues to be their factor of success.
Mad's on point. They don't fall for the
bait.
>> This is great work out of Murk. The
damage there with the nade allows the
boys to infiltrate the aon site
completely undetected. Here comes the
plant.
And this is to force a final round here
on dead. Aboo on the close.
Faser taking their sweet time in
approaching the site.
>> And I don't think there's any way they
know Dashy was in that corner.
>> Draws will be the first man on rooftops.
Hercules
>> brings him down. Trade effective 2v2.
He's actually slid away. So I think
Abuza has a little bit of intel. He's
trying to pinch this together. What a
win. Abuzza.
Fighting for all of it now. 13 seconds.
Dashy holds the window. We go to another
round 11.
As close as it can possibly be. A final
round on deck.
Iron will and cool composure.
Has got us this far.
This one might be up to the COD gods
now.
Optic will be on attack. Here we go.
Threeman hit towards B and they can't
copy of the last round. Shotsy yet again
looking for the first. That smoke
though. It's going to scare him off.
It's going to back down. That was a show
of force, but it didn't add a dodge for
Optic. Going to do this as fast as they
can. They are roaming together as a
squad.
They're hoping FaZe make an
overcommitment. They've gone for the
full map spread.
>> And this is what FaZe has done every
single round. They have overcommitted.
They have challenged through those bomb
sites. This is what Optica reading and
it is not what's happening here.
>> That's a wall bang check on the bomb
site from a boozer. That's a little bit
of tech here. Better late than never in
the grand finals
of the biggest tournament of their
lives. Midnight now from Faze. Bomb site
starting to get crowded here for Optic.
And you got to battle number four versus
number six potentially. All about the
timing actually. Well, it's going to be
Shotti responsible to deal with two. So
bomb plant but Shotti two players in
front of him. Surely they check it
together.
They have not first
eyes on the second.
What a win. Now to the dojo. Abuzza
battles his way forward. Book on the
outside tree down. It's a 2v2.
Dashy trying to play it close. Backs up.
He and Shotsy the longtime duo now.
Faze biting forward. aggression as the
time marches. It's down to Bruce
and it's not quite done yet.
The bomb has been diffused. FaZe win the
death.
04 in abooa. Revenge on the main stage.
A 2v4 clutch.
Unbelievable.
Clutch of the year. Teamwork on point.
They got that diffuse with 4 seconds
left on the clock. Shotsi achieved
greatness with those first two kills,
but 04 and Abuzza leveled their game up.
Unbelievable
performance. A nailbiter to Fuse.
>> Oh my god. Just in time to talk your
ish. Hold that button. Hold it down. Can
we see that one more time?
Can we see it one more time just to see
how close 04 came to disaster?
He gets there in time. Let's go.
And with a fraction of a second.
What a blunder that could have been.
But too high of a moment. should have,
would have, could have. I mean, that's
how it goes. I cannot imagine the nerves
04 is feeling right now.
>> And for SND being the bane of optics
existence, the man advantage situations
that they have thrown, tossed, sent into
space, that is the worst of them all.
That is a breakdown. The teamwork for
Faze Vegas. I mean, tip it to 14 kills.
Goat stuff coming through here on the
main stage. the three first bloodst
of the year.
>> This is quite the final highlights yet
again here folks from the last dead
search and destroyer of the CDL season.
Some unbelievable clutches and again the
composure. The plays though both teams
making very ambitious plays trying to
make something happen. We are willing
their squads forward. The smoke backto
back diffuses every possible trick is
coming out. We are trying anything to
find the win here.
>> Chi had a 1v4 ninja in a few. What a
wild game
>> in the grand finals of the biggest
tournament of their lives.
Who goes for the body shield? And again
at this moment
could easily take care of both. And
again, whether it was a misclick or not
to go for the sentence to try to catch
both that could have been unbelievable
as well. for how rare of a situation
that is, that might be a setting thing
for who of like who knows what
combination he's working with all of
these rounds down to the wire. Chi being
able to spot that second player, plays
with the food, dishes out the kill, but
it is this teamwork, the 2v4. Quite
literally, these guys searching forward,
pun intended in just the teamwork.
Unbelievable. Taking turns, poking their
head out, dishing back and forth, and
they went into a 2v4 situation, and both
of them survived towards the end. 04 and
tip the cap. Next level players. What a
pickup by FaZe. The concept they had to
look at these guys. They proved
themselves in Black Ops 6 and they are a
map away from proving themselves in
Black Ops 7 phase. This is now match
point.
A dead Overload for the championship,
for the rings, for the status, for the
legacy, the glory, you name it, it's all
here. One more map is all phase need for
optic now.
I mean a a brief moment to remind
yourselves how you got here, who you
are,
and what comes next.
Roster shenanigans two years ago, Mixie
for the Optic team. So much adversity in
MW3. They dealt with they came out world
champions. Last year they had the
stretch of 0 and8 the most adverse
they've dealt with a lot of
>> adversity.
>> Adversity. There you go. 0 and8.
A lot of brains are shutting off on the
main stage.
>> We've been here before.
>> Nonetheless, they deal with it. Here
they are down 4-1. Backs firmly against
the wall. Faze in the driver's seat. And
we stay on den for an overlord. What a
sweet game mode this has been.
10 minutes.
At least one goal is all fakes need. Can
Optic deny
the opening kills. Good.
The battle continuing here as what a
battle there's down and out. Still vying
for control over the center of the map.
Boozer digs his heels in as deep as he
can. this second introduction. Locking
in the head shot through effectively a
wall. Clean stuff coming through. Kills
though still being exchanged. 04 taking
the down time to go on the pinch route.
Mer picks it up just a little too late.
See Optic, they're trying to get pushed
out and go for the spawn kills. FaZe, he
could pick this device in just don't
know that though. They don't know that
yet back now in a big way. This is a
huge time for Berg's got to find the
kill. Dash. He's got to get another one.
It's down and it's going to be the
first. Optic have left the door wide
open. Where the hell do Luke and Shotsi
think they are going in that moment?
That 2v4 might have broke him down in
more ways than one. Take a deep breath
and try to recollect yourselves. They
got the device. They're running through
Dota 404. He brings down one. The
coverage is there. S now on the run
forward. Here comes the counterattack
from Fail.
Grenades here going to slow down the
play. S has to wait for the
reinforcements. The reinforcements are
here picking up the middle of the map.
Auza little bit of extra damage. The
trades are good. One player in 10.
You're doing the dance. Looking for the
trades and everybody falls. Faze moving
forward.
>> Time to get going. Whether or not you
punch away through lockers here goes
down. So now think about that mid map
attack. Thinking about repositioning
Abuza there. Oh, the rear guard. What a
win. FaZe looking for another now
through couches. Abuzza still on a
charge. Optic defensively just about.
Hold.
Close but no cigar. Optic counter do
going to take a second to show this a
hit right now. Two defenders. They're
now just starting to wrap back for
Optic. It is four players. S right now
is out of the picture. The other FaZe
players have to slow them down. It's a
4v2 over by Dojo now. So get your nades
up, boys. Get moving. Fast attack now
from FaZe. A little bit of mess. A big
pick up. Brucey's got the rock and it's
1-1. Both teams have had players out of
position. The flanks right now a little
bit too slow. That's the get back. You
phase. You got a bruiser pulling out the
NPC on this map. They are looking to set
pace. This is the pressure you want.
What a nade.
And the fade away. Shy dancing. Problem
though. You lose this. Bruce is going to
catch this. Oh no, he's got hook. M is
there for the pair. 220 on the clock.
Optic now on the run. Rush is not done.
Again with the NPC. Faze looking to try
to light this kill speed up. The device
though getting wrapped all the way
around. That is two kills in favor of
Faze. You got a booza working the bit
and he is soaring at you. We're going to
send this one forward and simo four.
They're going to hold down the gates. Oh
dear, it's too close for comfort. Shots
got to find a few more here. 04 on the
outside. Here comes M. Another attempt
for Zip for the pick up. He misses the
EMP.
Hook saves it yet again. This game is a
mess. This is grand finals. We are
getting after the adrenaline at an
alltime high. Can't be losing this one.
Keeping it dangerous out for Faze. What
a save yet again. Another two-piece for
MK. A grab, a run. He's got to go. A
booza.
Guns in the bed.
>> What direction do they want to go? Well,
it looks like B is going to be the call.
Number two in the middle of the map.
Another guy out towards Dojo. You have
the extra man. You got the hype for all
four in the high ground pays off the big
way. Lovely name from that. He's still
on the run. Shots are good. Numbers are
still here. Shotsy to pick this one up.
We might be looking at a second. Big
Brucey with the pistol to take the lead.
through sheer force of will after trying
to battle that. Back to the middle of
the map now. FaZe have been on the back
foot on their side of the map for quite
some time now. Final minute.
Optics still holding on. The a gold now
looking very dangerous. Options through
the middle and phase can't control mid.
Well, now you get the vice control if
you were looking for the spawn kills. MO
does get straighted out. You've
restabilized the position. Now you're
looking for the extra kills. 45 seconds
of our first half.
Another goal here for Optic looking very
comfortable going into the second, but
FaZe good enough on the attack to make
something happen. Here we go.
Is one final play. First blood for 04.
Next kill there for Faze. Massive
advantage straight out the middle of the
map. Device control for Faze. You got a
shot behind you. Protects the device
right now. Keeping it alive for his
team. Just trepidacious picking up. They
knew he was behind somewhere and they
still can't get it. Shotsi zonal control
of the middle of the map completely
denying the grab. Here comes the next
attempt phase. Still yet again denied by
Anthony Quas. Castro fighting now
through the lobby. Another big kill. A
pick up now from Optic and the run is
off. Which go it be? B or A? The Jes and
forth. Extra time. Hooks on the play.
And there's the halftime whistle. A
single EMP lead for Optic. And both of
these teams need to take a deep breath,
but Kremlin right now flowing through
their veins. It was an absolute steal
for this first capture. Both Luke and
Shotsi way out of position looking for
the spawn kills and just missed their
device. Then a bounce back happening in
a similar way. The phase team needed to
hold the line by simp
ran them over for their score
meant insanity around this device. His
final tapping will give Optic this extra
edge,
a score line similar to what we saw on
Scar.
>> Very similar to Scar. I mean, Scar's
second half all phase,
but this time around, Dent Finn a little
different. Here we go. Final half
of the Den overload. Optic to stay alive
here in the grand finals.
Good start for Opin. First two kills go
their way. AB left one HP. Dashing
flying in position. cannot get the trade
of who's a good for it. Optics still
have the pressure. Need the
reinforcements for the lights and the AR
player for Faze continue to hold on. Oh,
there we go.
Shots onto Shot Z, but enough just to
hold FaZe back again. He has been this
incredible defensive player. No one's
getting past him. And that EMP is safe
as he likes. Trying to make something
happen now by B. Opting. Not happy. very
much so with only a one-point lead.
>> Able to get one's
almost been a fail safe protecting this
device. Well, now Fay is firmly having
it in control. Never mind continues from
downrange.
>> I'm telling you, it's making something
happen here. A big three. Hoop. What a
play. Oh, staying alive for a moment
longer. Again, just keeping phase off of
the EMP as much as they can. They caught
hoop. Well, simp gets caught on the
other side. Now the device is by
yourself. You're going to full wrap this
back. 04 the very distant lead blocker.
Optic just now starting to respond.
>> Incredible control of the map so far.
But this is a big one here from 04. Up
close and personal. He's going to let a
few go by. He's got the pinch now
covered. As soon as he starts to hear
that noise, it's time to go. It's two.
The third. Not good enough. Another man
in lobby. Graza still lives. The capture
a here comes the equalizer phase yet
again. The second half shenanigans are
on. Graza with the turn and burn. at the
extra. Abuzza keeping it going.
>> Three down in a row. There's number
four. The fifth no good enough. And now
the EMP open for business. Trying to
maintain control on the bottom side of
the map. S's going to reset as does get
traded out. Dza next man in line. The
pace phase are playing with. Undeniable.
But Optic, well, they catch it out. Take
a deep breath and finish coming through.
Trying to slow the pace right down.
Optic yet again. Objective mindfulness
across that EMP. No one able to get a
free touch down low. Couple big ones
here for Faze. M kind of able to get
effective. Defense now for Optic is
essential. And it's Sim there with the
Jagger. Coverage through the middle of
the map. Good. You've only got one man
left though for Faze. So Optic survived
for Amuza doing the heads up thing. Keep
the main gun out. Don't throw away your
life. Get these extra kills. That is
going to slow Optic down. And got to be
careful about the wrap. Got number
three. 04 working on the pinch. He's
going to have the back up. And Auza has
held the line. 04 ready to snap in
position, but he gets caught. Shots in
with the read. Optic head ends up
gameplay. Two minutes left to go.
>> Another hold here. Optic on the counter.
That momentum starting to build. D sucks
the air out the room for a moment. Here
we go. Hook starting to wind up the hit.
No more days to throw. Trophies work
overtime. 2 minutes to play and we're
trying to find another one here by the
be gold. Shotsy on the flank. It's going
to be red, but can he catch the kill?
Good for one. Here comes the carrier.
EMP's up under a cover of fire. Dash is
doing the job. He can send it forward.
still waiting for the play. No one here
just yet. And the EMP retreats.
>> They couldn't quite get it. Square
enough though. Ready for war. Extra
nades. Extra ST to the back pocket. Two
fields on the field. Number three out of
position and opt. They're going to get
it. A war of attrition. They have the
extra. They took the time. They took
their chances. Immediate wrap down to
the top side of the map for FaZe. They
will have the EMP as it spawns.
Anybody's ball game is there for Faze.
But the kills are good for Optin. Device
in their hands.
>> 1 minute 20 is all they need to do to
stay alive here.
Faze defensively. A two- two split for
now. There is no rush for Optic in this
moment. A minute left to hold on.
They're keeping the pressure going. They
have possession and now they have a lane
to fight through. Shotsy starting to
push forward. 1 minute on the clock.
He's found his corner. We're waiting for
the kills. Sim the perfect position by
goal. Can we peel him from an angle?
It's looking like that. Oh my god, what
a win. Oh, but it's 04. A second kill
and now a 2v2. 45 seconds. Mark's gone.
He's gone. Number four.
40 seconds to play. Still behind enemy
lines. Shooting these players in the
back. Trades are good. Midnight's under
control. You got a deep pinch if you're
going, but everybody else is from a
spawn. S has to be the hero. And he gets
red. Optic have his map under lock and
key.
>> They're trying to find the fifth. Trying
to find another. What a play. Dashy from
a top stairs. Damage dealt. The phase
with a chance. 15 seconds. They can get
one if they find all the kills. They
will never be able to find a second.
That is game.
>> Final chance
>> to slide it through.
>> They will never be able to catch that
off the respawn. What an effort. Optic
stay alive here in the grand finals.
Optic dealt with adversity.
Nothing like this being down that much
in the grand finals.
They got the goods on Den Overload. A
hell of a second half. It was a war of
attrition on that zone. Took two
different full push attempts to make it
happen. opted very heads up in the game
play. It was a messy, messy first half.
Well, true goat things in the second. So
patient, so calm, reading the map so
well.
A leveling up their game.
>> I mean, I was so Yeah, I question the
decision on that left hand side attack
for they get their kills. They just wait
a second. They wait a second. They want
it to be perfect and eventually it is.
They do manage to bowl over that. The
4-3 score that doesn't necessarily truly
tell the tale.
A brilliant map altogether. And it's
your carrier kills that key factor for
Optic. You see six from Shotsi. How many
plays in the first half is he just
stopping the phase push in its track.
The Faze had the control. They got the
lead blockers. They have the pressure
and he's behind you. Kills the play. and
Hercules multiple multi-kill moments
defensively stopping that device
everybody for optic on that map had to
clutch up another nail fighter another
43
there's a little bit of green phase
still though just a single map away
they'll have their rings so now we find
ourselves in the final three maps of the
tournament the two maps I'm excited to
see what the desk thinks about how the
tournament has gone so far how the match
has gone and what's coming up Excellent.
>> Oh my god, bro.
>> Ladies and gentlemen, are you enjoying
this match?
>> You weren't 20 minutes ago.
>> You know they are.
>> Now they're loving what we're seeing in
Ali. I'll be honest. So am I. Because I
said at the start of the day, I don't
care who wins as long as I get to a game
eight. Show me another hard point as we
get to gridlock later in this series.
And can we get that far? Did Optics show
you enough at the end of the overload to
give you faith that not only can they
win this next one, they could also force
a gridlock? Yeah, they just need to
settle in a little bit. We were talking
about it that round 11, if they win one
of these round 11s in these two search
choices we have, it would it would be a
33 series. So, Optic, they're staying in
this. That was a massive map for them. I
can't wait until we re revisit it
because the nerves are showing for the
Optic Texas players, Dylan.
>> Oh, absolutely. Uh when it comes down to
that SND though, you have to close out
that round 11 2v4. Sometimes they just
got caught out solo. They were
challenged. They should have just backed
up together and played as a team. trade
the last two people out, but
unfortunately for them, they couldn't.
On the next map of that den Overload,
they absolutely took over and SM had a
slow one right there after a hot uh SND.
>> I have a feeling we'll have a lot of
time to talk about those maps and
hopefully show some highlights. In the
meantime though, we got to remind all
the new fans to Call of Duty Black Ops
7. This is our world championship and
you are watching the eight best teams in
the game. Right now, we've got the ones
who won Major 2 and Major 4. Optic, they
have one thing different though, Ally.
They were in every single one of those
grand finals.
>> Every single one of them. And the phase
one was a painful one too when you look
back at it. And so that's kind of the
story when it comes to the series 2 is
they were actually in the headtohead.
Now because of that winners final three
and three. So this is the tiebreaker on
the season for both of these teams. But
obviously FaZe is starting a lot of
these maps super hot. And this is
something I feel like we don't usually
see from FaZe. I feel like if anything
they have a slower start. They have to
battle their way back into it. And
that's kind of the phase that we know.
This is a different story. I feel like
we're seeing two very different teams
than we've seen the entirety of this
season.
>> And has FaZe gone to a grand final and
gotten second recently? I feel like that
used to be their mantra back in the
previous titles, but this year they've
been looking clean.
>> Yeah, that's that's now optic, right?
So, Sim's gotten rid of that and he's
had a couple of bad champs in a row back
to back and now he finds himself leading
in the grand final. Desperately wanted
to close this out. And I want to go back
to what you guys were talking about with
the pace set by FaZe. Clearly, they had
a discussion that we are going to play
as fast as possible and it's taken a
while for Optic to adjust to that. Now,
they got blessed on the first half to
have those defensive stands, but I think
that like breathes some confidence into
them because the aggression started to
get flipped towards Optic at the very
end of the second half. So, the later
part of this series could be an entirely
different story. We had that extended
break. Dashy's finally comfortable and I
think that they could do it.
>> Optic is down for a long story. Let's
take a look at their journey across
2026. It started back in December as
they opened up with nearly a flawless
online record going into Major 1. There
was so much hype, but it took them four
tries before they lifted that trophy.
And Dashy surprised everybody by taking
home the MVP also as the oldest player
in the league.
>> Dash has been the backbone for this team
all season, especially in the biggest
moments in the grand finals. Granted,
they only won one of the grand finals,
but he's been lights out. If they want
to go back to back and repeat right
here, Dash needs to step up in the rest
of the series.
>> I completely agree with you, Dylan. I
think the story has really been Dashy in
the role. He's found himself on this
team. I feel like I called him the
equalizer in some of these moments when
they're in these tough spots. You saw it
at the end of that overload. He was the
one that was making the plays, getting
the two when you needed him to. And
another thing, like just their play
style in general, like you can tell that
the start of this grand final, they
started playing to the pace of phase. I
think Ant touched on that really well.
The tail end of that overload, you got
Karma in your ear. Threetime ring winner
telling you guys, listen, slow it down.
Play to your pace. You guys got this.
>> This is our lobby ring leader list. And
you can see Karma three as a player.
Shotsi, the man he is now coaching with
three. And he's done it backto back.
Shotti not only to be the first to four,
but the first to have a three alongside
Optic. Let's take a look at how Optic
stayed in this fight. It was Vegas
though in the hard point looking pretty
darn good. And
>> yeah, I mean listen, this was just an
electric map. I mean, you're talking
about a map that goes all the way to the
distance. And when we get to the final
round, we have to talk about the 2v4.
The surge duo, they're playing with so
much confidence. It is so hard to deal
with. I mean, this guy gave you
everything. Who had two had a guy
hostage could have got the two piece,
right? He pulls a nade out. Like these
are things that just don't happen in a
normal setting. So, people are just
going to have a
He grabs this guy right here. This is a
freest
and then you when you have a guy in a
hostage shield, you also have the mini
map. You know where the other team is.
He would have got one kill. Even if the
other guy runs away, he gets a second
kill and then it's a 1 v one. Punch it
up. Round 11 1 v3. Optic would have had
so much momentum to close down that map.
>> Allie, what is harder than a 1v one?
Well, apparently for Optic, a 2v4. How
did FaZe clutch this up in round 11?
>> And what's crazy is you're looking at
the mini map. Chi gets these in fir
insane first two right he reads the guys
on the flank he's able to go join his
team but then it's just the pressure
Dashi unfortunately is working with the
pistol in this situation and the bait
and switch out of Abuzza and Unfor just
clinical things like that although it is
grand finals and you're like yeah that's
where those things happen that can't
happen
>> yeah it cannot happen
>> we have seen a round 11 and game seven
of our challengers grand final we are
now here in the CDL world final and it's
time to find out can We get to another
round 11. It's time to send it over to
the casters. We got Miles the Ross boss
alongside Ian Chance. I won't say his
last name.
>> Full Federal [ __ ] slit. Let's get to
Hassienda.
>> How you doing, bro?
>> It's not technically Federal, so we're
cool. But we are we are we are exposing
him grand finals. A Hassienda SMD in
Black Ops 6. It was a map that Optic
absolutely loved. And the tape on this
map incredibly interesting cuz you could
go back to this year for strats. You can
go back to last year for strats. Either
way, a bread and butter in SMD. No
mistake about it. It's round 11
opposite. They have thrown away man
advantages. It is quite obvious at this
point. You cannot afford to make these
mistakes at this level phase. This is
tournament ring point.
>> Two such stories so far. I've gone
around 11. They both gone towards face.
That's the end of them. A lot more tape
on Optic that might hurt them at this
moment in time. Stats be damned. All
that matters
is the next 11 rounds hopefully.
Nothing has been shown, nothing seen,
but all the ideas are there. And Hoop
surprises us all. Drazza drives the
dagger forward as Hoop finds a second
kill. He's still dancing. Got a
recollect a bomb. 2v3. This is your test
and we get it in round one.
>> Three up players now. They're rolling
together, starting to feel a little
loose, starting to get moving. Same
thing for FaZe right now. You are going
to play a very ugly war of attrition.
The trades are on
like gravity. They are being pulled
towards each other. Here we go. 30
seconds intel for Drazza as he licks his
lips in anticipation of the kill right
now as Dashy down. It's a 2v2. It's also
going to be a mystery. Hoop.
>> Yep.
>> Hook thinking about the ace. This will
be a free kill off bomb. It's all about
the trades or it disappearing act. He's
on the hunt. He's on the hunt. Looking
for that third.
The damage is being dealt. He gets it.
And now looking for one more man. It's
Drazer upstairs.
And it's Shotti in the feed. Ace denied,
but what a retake. Now it's the duo
ship. Fati just knows needs to live long
enough to get Hook in the mix. And Hoop
in the perfect position for that post
plant.
Three kills and the diffuse. Hoop. Black
Ops 7 Demons. True demon.
Drazza put a lot of work in the damage
department in that round, but unable to
clean him out. Seeing that three kills
there from
diffuse as well. Score starting to
build.
Optics first try on their attacking
round
>> leaning towards the safe site but
similar to the den going to be a bit of
a full map spread
will be the island player his decisions
the most important the gunfights for
everybody else here this a site is oh
man he's no players are so close intel
perfect coverage here's got his shoulder
there so they now know out we go
safe from the doorway oh mer just a
little bit too much out there.
>> Cracked on the rock.
>> Yeah, worried about some type of techy
spot. Overcommitted is standard. It's a
square. It's phases teamwork. And they
got it again for swim route. Not good
enough. Faze everybody there.
>> And Hercules too smart for his own good.
That rock, man. That rock.
B4.
Another legendary 1v5 from Lumi the 06.
How many moments we saw and now
claims another draza a COD kid and
purist tweeting out the Reaper gifts
talking all the smack shooting all the
bodies. He lives for these moments.
>> Three through the middle of the map
right now for uptick. I'm not thinking
about that Bomb
get exchanged.
a stun. I think dodged shots. So now Sim
knows little bit of space to work with.
And oh boy. Oh boy. That's an line of
sight if ever I've seen one. And it's
going to pay off. Dash it out. Optic
fly. Drazza.
A 1v4.
Throws down swinging.
Leave check. If you wanted to see why
Hercules was so committed to checking
that that spot, it is known.
We're seeing Havoc showing that off
shortly after the mapped out release.
Pulling it out in the grand finals. Not
too shabby. Optic up to one.
Just floating up high. Spider ant. He's
got many nicknames.
The master of the movement.
Now that is one hell of an angle to
find.
>> Now that might be the reason Faze never
go to that bomb side again.
Arctic SH phasing the two two here.
Matt's going to get real ugly. Yeah,
Dash is out. No need to take those
fights. No need to stick it out.
Get back. No for now in position.
>> They're taking space though. You got
Hercules and Dashy over the A site.
They're bringing the bomb back this
direction. No more dealing with this B
bomb site. Can't handle the shenanigans.
Wide open bomb.
>> I don't hear any trophies. Got to be a
little bit fearful of these nades.
>> There will be no one in play for quite
some time over on that side of the map
to face. Slowly but surely making their
way forward with shots. He has found his
first possible victim. Tada. First blood
there. 04 gone.
Lives. And now a boozer on a flank of
his own. 30 seconds on bot.
L M can't get it done. Dashy now trying
to hold the bay by Well Shotsy keeps the
left flank safe. So now a bit of a
retreat and a collapse here. Optic
closed ranks the blade
down the pin.
What a round out of optic.
Is it a blade or is it a batarang? Big
Bruce doing it different. Down to 6 HP.
Still finds the kill. AIC are digging
deep. Five on one for Hoo.
The knife kill for Dashy. 6H HP. One of
the straightest shooters in the league.
A straight
is the edge of that blade.
3-1 here on Hi.
>> And for Faze, you're back on the
attacking round. You have any hope
dealing with this B bomb site? Are you
going to be worried about the spot? You
take the bomb towards A. through mid
through the left side spots nobody on
the cross.
>> Yeah, shots out in position. Looks like
he's probably trying to make the jump
again. So that Bomb site. Yeah, don't
worry about that, boys. There he is.
He's up in position now. However, the
part by a Optic looking to take this
back fast. Over the top they go. And
Mercul starts things off. Trades good.
Middle of the map not great right now
for Shotsy. Can he survive? Oh, he goes
high. 04 does get the call now. The
dashy last man and he's still swinging
phase bounce back round 3-2. It's the
good decision making shots pop a smoke
at your feet. You want to deal with
that? I certainly don't. I'd run away
too. Let your teammates recollect
once again. FaZe showing off the
teamwork. No unnecessary gunfights,
mixing things up. Drazza was the guy
that gets the instant bomb plant, but 04
in front of them and they're watching
that arrow. They just dip out. Number
four, Symph is who spots him, sets his
teammate up for the kill. Efficiency in
SND for face.
>> And every round is an incredibly
challenging battle of trades. Who can
take initiative? Who can get something
tricky?
It's so hard to pull off a win here
convincingly this late in the
tournament, this late in the season. Sim
is the type to go for the spot.
So, HIT worried about the cruddy angle,
but cleared it out. Hidden the stun.
There's some players back there.
>> Oh yeah, he hit all three with that stun
though. Shotsy peaks for a little
information, the trophy and he cuts his
head off.
Here's the fight and shots the first man
on the feed by the information a little
bit too quick through the middle of the
map. These phase arrows are now
everywhere. Oh, we're talking we're
making a lot of noise and takes
advantage of it. S come down there in
the open corridor now
last man left alive and he's gone as
well. 42 Optic Texas. Every decision
matters. It is a square up on that B
site. 04 hits the go button. The
followup was not there.
Optic Texas. We are six rounds in. They
have four first bloods.
>> And they just swarm this mat. Mer
jumping out towards mid. Hook up here in
the hallways. Good for two.
trades for Hercules instant for the
final kill.
>> I wonder with our friends from Treyarch
in the crowd if they've seen that spot
for the first time today. That's a funny
one. I wonder what the reactions were.
Well, here we go to a nearly everyone
will be involved in this battle.
FaZe have taken so much of the map, but
it looks like shots yet again on the
hunt.
>> And Chi, I mean, this is Ashley has a
snipe purely behind enemy lines.
>> Ashley's got a snipe out by fences.
I mean, hallway control for Optic. The
pinch potential is here. Such a delicate
moment. I think they're waiting for
Drazza to get some information. Yeah,
they want the hallway control first.
He's taking the long route.
>> He's going to catch it.
>> Got it. Sniper eliminated now. Looking
for the bomb site yet again.
If we go all the way around. Hercules is
coming out from both sides. The damage
is there, but not the kill. And Fay
survive. No casualties. It's the
teamwork. It's the actual numbers still
falling again. That was the one man you
could have caught by himself in a
boozer. Dun him down.
>> 1 v4
one v3
bomb plant now. X-ray will be turned
off. Wow. Okay, those are nice shots.
FaZe keep that defensive line across the
bomb and across Hassienda.
>> Got to play with the intel. He's
dragging those Faze players over.
They're worried about the top hallway.
Shotsi has gravity. has a smoke as well.
Here we go
on the chowo phase aggressive. Don't let
him take the space. Don't let him get
involved. And a huge round allowing
Drazza to get to work. He is the SMD
Grinder. They don't go for the bomb
plants. They wait for him to sort of
kickstart the play. Finds that first
blood on Dashy. They get great
information. They get grouped up
together. And a couple opportunities for
Optic players to even the odds. Merk.
All of a sudden, he's challenging three
players. An isolated dump fight. Hoop
versus Abuzza. Abuzza just gets the
jump. FaZe fighting back, but still out
the dope for three.
Optic attacking round.
Uncharacteristic of the young miracle
maker. He's lost a couple of tough 1
v1s. See if he can't reignite the fire.
Oh, those stuns are going to sting. And
that's going to be a ton of information
over a groaning shot. Now tactical
retreat bomb plant 4v before retake.
>> Yeah, Hook has had a dozen bomb plants
in this series.
The hold though a different story. Time
is ticking.
>> Shi now making a maneuver through the
middle of the map. He's going to have
something present by Fences. This young
M. A lovely first blood. There's the
rebuttal.
The shots here. Oh, he's being
pressured. Time now not in favor of
FaZe. They have to make something
happen. Now down a man. 15 to go.
>> Optic are good for it. There's just not
enough time. Yeah, you get a force
commitment. Drazza, you can't clutch a
1v2 like this. Desperation with the
pistol. Not good enough. Optic up 53.
That point.
One round at a time. One map at a time.
It will continue. Luke has been wildly
efficient in this series getting the
bomb down.
Optic are clutching out now. Your
partner bomb create a space for your
team to work with. You changed the state
of play
and Optics postpart positions here on
Hassen have been so so strong.
Last look here. Merk dancing and diving.
You have the numbers, you have the coms,
and you have that focal point to worry
about that secret window time and time
again on Hassienda. Another round now
and it's going to be a lot of optic
through the middle of the map and that's
where S is going to be finding this
information. Big tag eyes are on. Let
battle commence.
>> He's just there to make noise. 04 going
for a swim.
He's only going a quarter of the way
around. Lying in weight. Dash is there
in the window.
Doesn't quite see him so he will remain
undetected.
That is a blessing for 04.
Takes his time. Finds the kill. Shotsy
makes a splash.
Fish in a barrel. 2v2.
>> Extra kill.
>> Here comes Hook. It's a stun. And that
surely
denies the chance of the clutch.
Isolated gunfights. Oh, Hook's not going
to spot. Oh, he feels it now. He just
got the calm, but a little too late. I
think his teammate might have just told
him, "Hey, 04 in the boat house." Oh,
yeah. That's right. Too late on that
one. phase good for the rounds.
>> My god. Dra 11 and six.
The timing on that call
>> and the stun grenade to stop Hoop from
going for that trade.
Graza amazing piece of utility in this
round.
>> Graza's family in attendance.
>> A nervy moment watching.
One more round for the equalizer for our
third round 11 of this grand final.
Faze all over the A side of the map for
now.
Dashing those shoulders. Just enough
information passed over to the retreat
again unwilling to take a massive risk
and Faze roaming the halls of Hassienda.
Staying tall in lobby. Hercules
responsible for the well side of the
map. This is Optic waiting for FaZe to
make it over commitment.
He's got to be careful about spreading
themselves thin.
>> Yeah, that shots now. Tell shot possible
rat to Faze
off the X immediately. Turn that dot
into a lure.
It's bait right now. FaZe across the map
again.
Who sends it? Sip. Are we going to pick
up the trade here? M looks wrong. S.
It's 04 as well.
And as the COD gods would have it,
for maybe three
maps in a row, another round 11, unless
Shotsy can somehow clutch this.
Another here in Vegas.
What are the odds for a third round 11?
>> Round 11 make men
So far, FaZe in this grand finals have
been legends.
Here we go again
for the championship phase
to take us to Gridlock Optic.
This is the last chance on Hienda, our
11th round.
All the tricks,
all the plays. Here we go.
Lightning fast attack here from Optic.
They're not going to check the usual
spot and I don't think anyone's going to
be there. Nades in from Dashing. Trophy
in play. All the markings of a strong
post plant.
04.
First blood.
Drazza joins him.
And Hook
makes it a one v one.
Abuzza
now versus Hercules.
And don't you know the ground?
Don't you know when you come to Vegas,
the house always wins.
There might be the greatest one v6
of how many people in this venue. Abuzza
just beat them all. A booza just broke
down the green wall.
I cannot believe that finish. A booza.
What a win.
The championship
for Faze Bakers.
It's a first for a boozer, a first for
04.
What a moment for those young men.
Paris taught them well.
You had 04 on the fringe, a moment away
from getting into Fuse. The crowd costed
them. They learned from their mistakes.
They played that fifth band. They took
down the green wall. The 2026
Call of Duty League champions,
undeniable
phase Vegas.
Heat.
Heat.
back.
and I told you never
for your 2026
Call of Duty World Champions
Day Vegas.
What a moment it has been. What a
tournament
in Vegas. It has all went down and Faze
has made history again.
Dza,
take the mic, homie.
I got the CEO with me on the main stage,
Drazza. It's been 4 years since you
hoisted this trophy and you've been in
this moment. Talk to me about what it
feels like to do this in front of your
family and have your daughter on the
main stage and shut up all the haters. I
mean, man, it's just out of this world.
All the hard work we put in. We went to
the gym for 6 months. I read a [ __ ]
book this year. I feel like we just did
so much this year. All the time away
from home. It just finally pays off. It
finally does pay off indeed, man.
Everything in what you guys have did
here on this stage, man, accumulated to
this moment. And now I have a boozer
here with me. Make some noise for a
boozer getting his first chance ring.
>> I mean,
>> what a WY AR player we got here on the
main stage.
>> And you hear out the fans love you,
Booza. Talk to me about what it feels
like to be a Call of Duty world
champion.
>> I mean, out of nowhere, it's just
insane. It's the best feeling in the
world. Wow. We [ __ ] did it, bro.
>> I mean, you know, to come over as an EU
player to do this in front of your
family, in front of your fiance. What do
you want to say to everybody who
supported you on this long journey to be
a world champion?
>> I mean, thank you everybody. Really, I
really appreciate it. That means a lot
to me really. And I love you, Lucy.
>> You heard it here, folks.
I got a slide over here to the middle
between these two submachine gun players
who was popping off all weekend long. It
didn't matter the fight. You guys took
it every single time and trusted each
other. 04, you was the MVP of Major 2,
picking up your first win. How does this
one rank up to that victory?
>> [ __ ] let me [ __ ] amazing. I mean,
winning Kai Champs, third year here.
Holy [ __ ] [ __ ] Holy [ __ ] But I
can't thank so much like so so much
enough for my team, bro. I love my team.
Chris [ __ ] Lair, my subduo. You can't
can't have anything better than that.
>> You can't have anything better than
that. All right. He's here. He's there.
He's every [ __ ] way. and he is your
tournament MVP,
Chris S.
>> Chris, the tournament, the season in
which you had, there was a lot of haters
about this team. There was a lot of
doubts out there, but when it mattered,
when you got on the biggest stage, you
showed up. How does it feel to be the
MVP of the 2026 Call of Duty champs?
I mean, it feels amazing. I feel like
this was a long year, a hardworking
year, and I mean, all of us trusted the
process, everyone behind the scenes,
everyone here, and I mean, the trust
showed, and I'm just so [ __ ] proud of
our team and the process we made. And
like Zach said, we read a goddamn book,
and I haven't done that in [ __ ]
years. So, I just love these guys, love
the team, and thank y'all, man.
Seriously,
you got to make some more noise for him,
everybody. He picked up his third ring
and join the greats throughout Call of
Duty. Drazza picking up his second ring
as well. But there's one more person who
I want to talk to who was influential on
this team and everything in which these
boys did. Crowder, can you come up here
to the front, man, because we know how
special this is for you getting another
ring as the coach, man. Talk to me about
the adversity and everything and what
you guys went through to get here.
>> Man, I mean, this has been one hell of a
year. I mean, from major one all the way
to now. I mean, we've worked so hard to
get to this moment. We've worked so hard
on SND and just overall so much went
into this championship. It feels so good
and I'm just so proud of everyone around
me. I know you are, man, for Faze to
come out here and do this again and
become champions. Man, I want you to say
one last thing here to the FaZe fans
before everyone joins you at the front
of the stage and you bask in this moment
one more time. How do you want to thank
them for everyone who supported you on
this journey? I mean, honestly, this is
the first event that we felt like we had
a crowd behind us. I know the Optic fans
were really loud and they roll hard, but
you guys were killing it. I love every
single last one of you and we appreciate
you guys so much. Phase up, baby. to
phase up Vegas one more time for your
2026
world champions
phase Vegas.
Make some noise for Baze Vegas. We are
going to be partying tonight. Kon and
crew are going to be making some noise.
And that man, I could not be happier for
Chris Lair. When the rest of his team
left his side, he says, "Don't worry
about Faze. I am him." He proved it from
day one of the online qualifiers to this
tournament. He concludes as the best
player in the league and the best player
in this tournament. Ally, what a
performance.
>> Can you guys help me with this one? He's
here. He's there. Everybody,
>> I mean, what an absolute season it has
been for Sim to get this world
championship ring after breaking up from
the original phase trio and proving
himself as one of the greats. He didn't
need the previous supporting cast. He
was able to do it all on his own.
>> Now, we can give all these teams
accolades, different titles, but can we
talk about the grers of games that took
them to get to this place? I honestly
was ready for the gridlock hardpoint. I
was like, we are going to that game
eight as I was promised at the start of
the day. FaZe had other plans attached.
>> Optic was looking incredible in the
first half of that host and the SND, but
we've said it time and time again. It
sounds so cliche, but SND wins
championships. And guess what? FaZe won
three SNDs all round 11 in that series.
>> What round?
>> Round 11.
>> 11 three times.
>> Three.
>> Incredible. This search and destroy,
remember they played it in the game five
in the winners final and it was FaZe who
dominated it. Optic with some massive
adjustments. They had realized if we let
the rounds develop a little bit more,
Shotsi can find success. He's whipping
out new spots. He's throwing Faze for
Aloo. Faze second half of this game. I
mean just unbelievable. 04 hitting
Shotsi with the same spot that he hit
him with. This is the spot that I'm
talking about. Enchanted all the stops
will be whipped out. But I just got to
say when we get to the end of this, you
are the greatest 1 v one player that
I've ever seen in my days in Call of
Duty attaching one v one in SD. If I had
to pick somebody, it was you. Please
talk about the search train. Talk about
the 1 v one that will go down in the
history of chain.
>> I mean, what we just saw last major in
Paris, there was times where the crowd
was giving away these rounds and I think
it actually happened to FaZe. I would
not be surprised if they game plan for
this cuz the way Abuzza did it, he did
not hesitate at all. He knew to hop the
bomb and obviously we all knew he was
going to diffuse once he heard the
crowd. He gets off of that. Insta the
side door and rips Mercles. That was one
of the smartest, one of the greatest
plays and honestly he beat the crowd. We
have not seen that before.
>> Yeah, I mean just unbelievable. 04 as
well making huge plays here. Just some
elite Call of Duty instincts. But round
number 10 Ally when optic they decided
to wait in their spawn and just wait for
phase the Spidey sense on the side of
FaZe. I don't know who called it to just
stop the push elite.
>> They're SD stores. I mean, when I look
at Faith Vegas for me and and that one
was them just having the in mid round
adjustments to make in that moment. They
felt the pace was different. They felt
the moment. And you got to give props
here to this man on your screen. 04 is
going to be your player X feature player
at 713 total points. He was an absolute
slayer throughout the entirety of this
series. He showed up when you needed
him.
>> Let's take a look here at our trap
board. Who was your champion? Still
close.
>> Give it up for a Dashy and Shotsy able
to put up enough numbers. Dashy with
that hero performance, but Nameless
called the best performer of the
tournament. Look at him. Boozes 2487.
Well done, Ant.
>> Yeah, unreal, man. Jonah Steves, I need
a little bit more. Him and Sio.
>> Yeah, I'm going to say C sold you just
>> But Abuza was a monster, man.
>> Those were our heroes. But who was the
MVP? Well, it's the guy that last year
was the undeniable goat. That was until
Shotsi won his third ring, but S has now
put himself back in that pole position.
He is right there in the race as the
first of four rings. And you've been
smiling all grand final. Unreal. You've
had faith in this guy since you saw him
on EU United.
>> Yeah. I mean, what is it about him?
>> He's just one of the smartest Call of
Duty minds that I've ever seen. And you
know, when you watch this guy, his
impact on the map is literally always
felt, even in the overload, the
defensive stance, in search and destroy,
dropping 14, being there to help his
teammates. He's willing to take a
backseat when they're playing well.
You've seen him pick up the bomb. You've
seen him get multiple minutes inside of
the hill. Like, he does not care. And I
think that he embodies what an elite
Call of Duty player is. So, I think you
can make the argument for S or Shotsi.
They are now one and one in Champs Grand
Finals. It's only right to do it again.
>> Man, what a story that could be next
season as well. But as Casey S is like
the confidence I think has been just
unbelievable inside him, which really
puts him apart from everybody else
because you put him in a situation like
a grand final like that and it just he's
the same player every single time. And I
feel like this is one of the first grand
finals we truly saw both teams kind of
fall to the mental battle that is being
in front of this crowd that is being on
this Sunday. We saw the chaotic moments
that we saw throughout the entirety of
this series, but I felt like S was the
one guy that never felt that pressure.
>> S never feeling the pressure and he is
going to let the crowd know this title
is mine. A third ring and our champion
this season on the
>> Rosalie gets second place. I'm bringing
up the rear. But as our new reigning
champion, the twotime pick them champ,
how we vibing?
>> I'm vibing good. You know, might just
take a year off the picks next year. Let
Chris get a W. You know, Alli won last
year. I won last year. I won the year
before that. So, now we're in a
tiebreaker. We won one in the past three
years.
>> My daughter was pretty upset. She's
like, "You better bring me home another
goat trophy, Dad." Uh, and I'm told you
were not getting a trophy. They have a
bottle waiting for you after the show.
One more time. We got bottles waiting
for Faze and we're going to pop them.
Why? Well, they made the run here at COD
Champs Week in 2026. Let's take a look
at your final bracket phase starting
going up against G2. After taking down
G2 Minnesota with the 3-1, they demolish
Kismmet and the Falcons. The winners
bracket finals was going to determine
who was guaranteed the first spot in
that grand final. And after a game five
search and destroy, FaZe secured their
position before Optic set up this
rematch.
>> I think it's only right that the winner
the person the team that came from
winners finally won the grand finals.
That was a lot of a story throughout our
other majors as well as that the loser
finals teams were making those Sunday
wins. But now we get a team from winners
just making the run.
>> Big tournament, excellent performances
from all of these teams. But the big
ones are on the left side. And I think
we got to give a big shout out to Mr.
Three Rings Jimmy aka Caster leading the
Falcons to a top three optic in their
third grand finals in a row. And of
course our new winners. On behalf of
everyone behind the scenes, I gotta say
this is a tournament to remember. Shout
out to our casters. Vote for them all on
the esports ors. And of course, tune in
to the next season for Modern Warfare 4.
We'll see you then.
I'm a legendary
legendary.
Yeah,
I was born with the story. I was born
for the glory through the heat and the
rain. Can't ignore me. I'm commission.
It's all in the description. My time has
arrived. I can'tesitate. Nothing is in
my way. Knocking down barricades on a
different type of time. Choose another
way from the jump. I'm the person
I got.
You're going to hold me down cuz I'm
alone.
Come on, man.
Oh my god. That's how you start games
right there. I'm the on
the game. Paul Howard, you can cut me
down. I can't be hard on
all I think. I can't watch it through.
It's cold.
I will neverend.
I'mma say it loud and proud. I feel like
I'm put
my way.
>> Let's go. Come on, man. Is that what you
want from us?
Come on. Come on.
Oh my. Oh my god.
>> I got the power. I've been working after
hours since the moment I came backard
student of the game like
you can't
be
all I think I can't watch it
I fell off
Yeah. Got the code that
I
reaching higher level
just
>> guys. Go. Come on.
I'mma say it loud and proud. I feel like
I'm the go with some numbers on the roof
and I didn't have whatever come my way
that's really
Oh my god.
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