FaZe vs. G2 - IEM Dallas 2024 - Quarter-final

CT side G2 will start on the attacking Affair and we know how much energy a pistol round wi can bring well modesty is going to take it out towards long broki and carrian to defend initially little flash over one's already crossed modesty not there with the timing doesn't want to test anything so over towards mid with a smoke up to allow their passage catwalk will be the name of the game and it's at carrian it's at rain on Def defense instantly to be tested the Ferocious force of the storm in rain gets himself that first head shot Stewie down Nico follows and ranches massacr them as they try and run through cat oh that's beautiful R is so precise we've come to see that time and time again and once more delivering a head shot angle behind the barrels that G2 couldn't handle such clean shots from rain just has the perfect amount of cover to destroy this G2 attack up short it was a simple call from G2 and he didn't even get close to the plan it's going be full Glocks out here for G2 not want to go for the fource Spy instantly this should allow FaZe to settle into the first two interesting hearing from Nico in an interview we gave yesterday about the fact that hookie has been kind of the assistant coach for G2 over the last few days of this tournament sitting with him at the LD hours once the tournament wraps up for the day talking about some of the mistakes they made giving them some new strategies some ideas some pointers and I'm sure that's been a huge help for Nico in terms of taking these in-game leader Reigns back hooks he still having a lot of a lot of input and being able to help out from a distance is obviously great to have I think the other part of the interview that's been uh really cool to listen to is Taz talking about uh and even NEX a little bit talking about Stewie and what he's brought as a standin some mid- round calls mid-round decision- making which has always been one of Stewie's strong points and being able to provide a calmer atmosphere yeah surprisingly vocal still and it's a nice clean up here for phase again not losing a single player in the second round of play against Glocks anticipated result but here we go we're going to get into the gun rounds G2 buying into the AK-47s yeah no kills yet for anyone on G2 they haven't found a single frag yet in these opening two rounds but now that should change modesty is going to go down for the Scout instead of an AK-47 he wants the scoped weapon on Dust two three SMGs still in play for FaZe on the defensive side so a really strong round for FaZe here would be a nightmare if you're G2 for ni gets caught by The Flash has to get away carrian he's down low off the back of that initial engagement he's down to 14 strong defensive opening for FaZe towards the a bomb site four players here trusting robs on his own to defend against any kind of a b rush they called The Bluff G2 didn't go for it and now back towards middle once long has been stalled out that defense can shift Hunter and Stewie holding down the Xbox area as one clears up catwalk grenade a land behind Stewie but no punishment yet G2 do not want to keep forcing that issue up cat they're going to drop a little further back now that bomb and towards long side in the back of mon could go either way with this now Stewie's been really proactive for G2 as a standing in kind of the entry duties he's been he's been a big space Creator he's involved in about 40% of their opening engagements he really wants to press that issue and whether he wins or lose him he's had some impactful entries throughout this tournament but he's always creating space for the guys coming behind him and he's got to find carrian out to the left of the doors smart position from carrian considering the low Health he goes into the aggressive play though and Stewie will get an opening kill presented by carrian so G2 out long broi will be the next test here for the tside of G2 he's only got the MP9 and he mows down two with it broi does great work in fact to take NEX and Stewie out of it and Monas he doesn't have the weapon of choice so he drops a little bit further back allows broi to walk into him and Hunter had already moved through short yeah that defense is obliterated smoke for the cross a couple smokes for the cross robs is hot on their heels out towards long there could be a timing here if he can pick off one player pretty clean pretty quick he can be activated in a one V2 bomb being planted and robs chills yeah Hunter's looking for this long play he has his eyes set on that so information will be picked up early robs is just sitting back Nico's coming towards him and he looks like he might get close to rounding that corner eventually but robs just hoping he can catch a G2 player maybe going a little too far and that's information now picked up for G2 that robs is currently positioned long and they shouldn't let this round get out of hand yeah no interest in actually going for it after the fact so G2 have their first round on the board really passive round late long take and modesty is going to take away the rifle at the end of the day G2 get all five and it's it's the problem I guess of those SMGs you see a couple of pushes carrian pushing in towards long broky with that broke you out towards long a actually get some things done in tandem with rain one more push in middle and you start really losing that defense as it tries to get into a solid position so a tech issue as we can see up on the stage yeah Nico's Mouse seems to having a bit of a problem not ideal no so he's uh have a look look kind of broken so hopefully that's a quick fix give it a nice clean get that sensor dusted Jason I want beer for you too Dallas I want you to have all of it we always have some great signs here in Dallas the creativity is on point yeah they love it they love it it's interesting i' I was I'm just having flashbacks I've I've played you I've seen Stewie play in tournaments where his Mouse broke in the middle of a game and it could be a very frustrating experience so G2 is going to hopefully that Mouse can get fixed and G2 can be Centered for the rest of this match it's a it's a very easy tilt Factor the mouse breaking three rounds into a game yeah that that is definitely a bit of a tilt Factor one that's not easily fixed either unless you have a replacement on standby so hopefully get that resolved as quickly as possible seems to be little issue here for Stewie that is his favorite number Dallas you've been having a good time so far we're early on I know [Applause] but it's only day one of the playoffs as well we got plenty more action coming and last year we had one of the greatest games of Conor stri B played in CSG go of last year and I'm hoping we get something similar to that in CS2 yeah Dallas has created some some fun matchups in the past and some exciting matches on this stage and it's become a very cool event for The Counter Strike scene oh we thought we maybe getting a staring contest from carrian a little bit subdued perhaps he's a little bit of a showman right he's always getting the crowds on his side but I think even he walked in today and I was like n I'm beating that I can't handle that one not worth it but you know how it works if FaZe get through G2 you always want to the team that beat your team to to get get to the end oh a lot of signatures there well done collecting the all even got Don in them all right well let's do this while we have a little accented brag Dallas come hang out with us a little bit are there any um Spirit fans in the crowd all right how many of you enjoyed that Vitality Victory earlier [Applause] today what about N9 Z the ultimate Underdog kind crazy they're here at this point Jason and that's they're in the semi-finals they're waiting in that next game already and that is going to be a fun time to see if N9 Z can continue the miraculous R they can do it in front of the crowd if they can do it on that big stage yeah it's still I mean that that's going to be a very very intriguing matchup to watch n9z plays the winner of this series right now phase G2 got the fast pass to the semi-finals FaZe would have loved that fast pass to the semi-finals but it was taken from them by Spirit as it was in katav they met them in the ground finals and I'm sure fa are hoping they get a similar result here in the US OFA your parents love you they do and even if they don't everybody else in here does it was quite listening to that documentary that we uh that just got released from ESL and um it was great hearing one player the coach of Neo in particular I thought it was great to actually get some input and insight into some of the calls that Neo comes up with he can he come up with real good calls in the middle of games Jason a lot more tactical input uh that early on for FaZe it was great to see from Neo and I'm sure in big games like this you're going to be required again oh absolutely I mean he's he should get all the credit in the world I mean in terms of legacy of in the IMs yeah he's going to be up there but too he's shown himself to be a very very solid coach coming into face for good reason I know Yanko is always big on talking about how impactful and how how good of calls he has during Low by rounds coming up with game plans I remember that photo we all remember that photo so long ago the last time Stewie played in the playoffs of an INT stre Masters was in 2020 in katav there was no crowd at that one so I'm sure he's absolutely loving the fact that after all these years he's walking back out to face a home crowd yeah he mentioned living in the moment got to be enjoying this big fan of that [Applause] hashtag let's do what about one more time I saw uh I saw Jordan Gilbert in the crowd earlier any nothing fans out there in Dallas that is commitment bringing his worst nightmares to Dallas that's why carrian isn't looking out into the crowd today he doesn't like it oh man that's beautiful filled to the brim on a Friday afternoon we are just a few moments away from getting back into this game thank you very much for being patient with us but yes we're right on the last double checks to make sure everything's all good to go and then we'll be right back into it so a little bit more patience please and uh we'll get the head shot flowing any moment see a sign out there saying if Stewie is going to get more than 2K well he's up to one already he's halfway there yeah hopefully it doesn't end in dust 2K again for Stewie you'd imagine not at this point I look all the ation and with someone of his his pedigree he's going to get better each and every game it's been a long time since he had to compete in a complete tournament at this at this level for Stewie it's all about finding his his ways to have impact which seems to be what he was made for what his game was made for was just just targeting little impact moments yeah speaking of you know we we've spoken a lot about G2 for good reason but for that of phas there so many players in that that Squad that to bring imp in most decisive moments of the big games but I think broi is one of them that just has so many memorable moments especially in last Dallas in that ends game broki was he was on fire he was having a great time last year and he's hoping for a similar performance here this year in the USA yeah and I mean he's had an incredible start to the year broi he's been absolutely phenomenal for FaZe even even at times when they've kind of gone through a couple periods of struggle he's otherwise he's he's been Rock Solid for the squad but yeah you go down that list and it is just every single player is going to deliver you something once once you get to the pressure matches once you get to the playoffs once you get to these quarterfinals and it's a huge task if you're G2 to overcome that now it's a big Sports week here in Dallas we've had the Mavericks play the stars but what's the what's the USA chant that everybody gets going Jason that's like your biggest Sports chant here in this country isn't it you want to give it a you want to give it a try you can give it a go I'm not I'm not from here Jason go I think it's pretty easy maybe the crowd can help us with the USA champ all right Dallas help me out do it for the Mavericks baby USA USA [Applause] USA that's what I'm talking about even carrian loves it even carrian can feel the Vibes no he just he's getting PTSD right now he thinks he's back in Boston that is funny shout out to whoever came up with that idea you've got have nailed it you've absolutely nailed it Carri is probably looking at that right now that's what I'm saying every time we come back to Dallas Jason there's always a an exciting sign what happen why why is there no beer Jason I can Vibe with that [Applause] Nico number one igl well not historically true is it but sure maybe at this event I think it was number one na igl which might actually be true yeah it might actually be true yeah all right so still waiting on a couple things just a few little things who's Nico's Barber I don't know who is nigos paru well I want to find out too he's got a pretty sick hairstyle any he napers twist fans out there in the [Applause] crowd well if you can't get beer I think that might be a bit difficult yeah baby steps usually would assume so ooh a headset's back on Jason is back on oh ste's got his headphones on hopefully this is a step in the right direction Monas he hasn't though and doesn't look like he's intending to do so anytime soon n still working on fixing things oh there he is yeah great to hear from Al last night we got to see a bit more of them I seen a lot of fans from the arena they went to the itel TV confirmed live show it was great to see um all the fans in a more of an intimate environment we got to hear a little bit more from Al and I'm sure we be very disappointed he's not a to get this opportunity to play in front of the stage this year but uh it has been a rough time for complexity in Dallas over the last three attempts yeah it has been the for all of Na teams really but we still love him still a big fan of a well robs as well one of the early adopters of CS2 one of the best players he's just chilling been interesting to watch his his year as it's kind of progressed as well as FaZe have kind of always made it to those finals stumbled a little bit and robs has kind of dropped out of that top three players of CS2 conversation yeah he was definitely very quick to adapt and still always up there the floor of FaZe is extremely high when we see them even when they're not looking great coming into an event you can never really doubt them they'll always find the way to get into the plays into the finals it's only the the top teams in the world that are able to get rid of them they really are called The Final Bosses for a reason G it's going to be tough to obviously come in to the arena with all the energy the crowd backing you and then you'll be at a point Jason where you know you have had this moment where you have to cool down for 10 to 15 minutes and all that initial adrenaline starts to come back and damn okay well done shout out yeah that a good one there's a lot of um double meanings in the signs in Texas sure see even one for you Jason well Dallas this is crazy this is the 100th IM we've had a lot of them but the Intel extreme Masters in Dallas celebrating its Centennial absolutely spectacular as a bit of a reward we're coming back into the game thank you Dallas thank you for your patience and we're back in round four G2 had just picked up their first round win before the break it was a bit of a bonus for phze clan they had SMGs and Stewie charging out long looking for that initial attack get behind the blue b flash going forward oh the smoke criminal comes charging right through but it's just one for Stewie yeah but look at all the space he's created carrigan's going to get some back blinded good teamwork from FaZe oh Stewie wanted that second kill so badly Reigns brought low but now it gets real tough for G2 Pinn down in pit more defense has arrived [Applause] that is a classic Stewie maneuver charging out through the smoke at long but G2 in a tough spot 3v4 at the moment so much time at least to play with but carrian getting the adjustment made he's boosted up to take position at short and that bomb gets ever closer to the aide that smoke will start to fade away soon yeah but this is nice from FaZe this is really smart what they've done robs is playing close mid they've got two players on catwalk so they can't control long they're going to allow G2 to cross but they'll have players in position to respond to the problem inside the bomb site rain at a slight off angle with low HP takes a risk taken down and now Mony can get range with that op yeah Mony taking the life of rain quite swiftly broy Peaks into him and Mony will fall this time at the car G2 down to two plays 33 seconds remaining in this round and broi come back into the shot it connects carrian cleans up and FaZe will turn this into a round Victory three to one up on the board yeah triple kill from Carri he's the impact player in the round Stewie had ran past him they didn't realize there was one more ready to creep around the edge of the smoke he was never seen and he really negates the strength of this play from Stewie finding one more kill slowing them down grabbing numbers and at the end of the day there's no utility for G2 to cross their forc back to Glocks back to pistols back to the Stone Age and broki's op is going to have impacts [Applause] five in one star here for broi and that all P battle is going to be an interesting conversation because you mentioned earlier the fact that there there is that competition for the top player in the world who is it going to be I think Monas is always in that conversation at the top with Don right at the moment and it's Mony Don and zwu that's the conversation the three of them exactly and so Mony so many times throughout that group stages was just saving g2's ass I mean this isn't like a highly strong performance from G2 right they've had a pretty low team rating across the board to get into the playoffs and Mony had a lot of pivotal moments to get G2 to this point in the competition it's been like that all year through G2 struggles as Mona just has been at various times hard carry mode and especially now in Dallas as they've had Stewie as a stand in Nico switches to the endgame leader and as you'd expect he's experienced a statistical drop in his performance so not providing as many kills as he normally does and those are going to have to be found elsewhere in mon frequently the guy to step up to do it up towards catwalk we go but once again it's no utility going into bro's op and we saw how that worked last round this is going to be a shooting gallery this going to be a nice shot for broi no problem dealing with Nico 30 seconds remain and a miss shot from broi will rely instead on Reigns AK-47 and he'll have no issue cleaning up the rest so four rounds now for phze it just keeps getting better for them and we've got to see some life out of G2 soon because this could quickly turn into a big half from fa yeah this is their map pick need to do a good job in this first half not get themselves into a hole especially in this situation you want to be able to play with some momentum you want to be able to build something up to overcome the obstacle that is phased and so far they haven't been able to get it started just yet Mod's back on the op plenty of utility for the entire round for G2 smoked across robs will get over towards the B bomb so he's solo though because all of FaZe are elsewhere and they haven't given him reason really to call for support over this round someone's going to shift broki's going to come back towards middle pretty early on to be in position to help out so G2 just defaulting their way through Middle broi with a slight Gap to watch that cross and he Nails the shot not enough damage to bring Nico down pretty damn close though three HP left on Nico that's a spectacular shot from broi oh that grenade is Beefy Stewie brought down to 48 Health off the back of that H's placement fa in a good spot in terms of Damage Done to the G2 attack minute 10 seconds still a lot of utility for G2 and a good shift in the defense as well the op was spotted in Middle on that shot broi immediately runs over towards a ramp it's Frozen with an M4 who steps into middle to fill that Gap and he can help props out at the B bomb site as well they're suspecting the possibility of a mid Tob split as G2 have thrown that smoke but it's a ruse we're going elsewhere and it's car give this position away earlier because he actually got aggressive oh he's going aggressive again this time it's Mony to punish him carrian walks right into the scope G2 a first blood but l line in wait it's rain undetected hiding behind the box sensus is time to go out and it's just one kill for rain Nico finds him in response and G2 4v2 no shot truly here for FaZe so they're into the bomb site bomb planted and FaZe will save their weapons a second round here for [Applause] G2 twice now the long a adjustment from G2 in the mid round is net of them mill on carrian yeah [Applause] he hasn't lost any of that attitude and broi just has nowhere to adjust once carrian goes down stuck at car with an OP nothing to do it's going to be four to two and FaZe will be able to put together another buy drop some weapons over and G2 have one more round to break through and decimate this economy terrorists win success for G2 has come at long a it's come at the catwalk pinching into the a bomb site that's the two rounds they have so far [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] well we're getting into the last the next round round [Applause] seven early pressure from G2 out towards long but they don't commit it's a strong retake three players for FaZe hold on to the position and G2 sens it so Nico's calling the team quick up catwalk that's the reaction to heavy long defense he's found plenty of space has loads of space available here for G2 up short R is going to get the information that they're using it with that Molotov he can call that to his teammates that they're deep towards Cat Minute 7 seconds left still so much time for G2 and getting short control this early opens up a lot of options to them well now they don't have to go up against bro's awp he's only got a single M4 robs takes a little bit of damage so finally he's getting pressured that's Hunter being a little bit more aggressive than usual in that position in Upper tunnels smoke execute up short drop down from Stewie into the smoke he comes right through R can't stop him Frozen has to reply and he'll do so swiftly Frozen gets that double without issue but Monas he has to trade it for T2 and does so broy with a big shot this time through the smoke and there's 30 seconds left as carrian Springs his flank he's done damage onto Monas he's left on8 Health he'll come right through that double door bom is down for G2 and Mony position known and he's waiting for that that CT play he knows he's got one trapped in broi oh Mony looked away and broi gets away with it so it's all on NEX up I don't think he'll expect this position I don't think you'll expect it or will you caran he's has got another clutch and G2 has three Nexa just keeps clutching in Dallas he did it twice in the opening game in the group stages some say that's the only reason they were able to make it this far and Nexa does it again on the stage as absolutely unbelievable it looked like carrian was going to clear him it looked like carrian had that locked in and a beautiful head shot on the drop down and that's the round they needed that's phas out of money and G2 can start getting some easier rounds under their belt a great chance to tie this up so far so good for G2 he's getting a little worry with a shot to phas had we're building up rounds early g2's gun rounds being very impactful and you're getting what you wanted out of Stewie right the fact that he's able to just get that one opener get create that space create that chaos that drop down into CT if Stewie does that that's what he needs and next ising like we got a we got a great recipe here for G2 to get pH a competitive game at least looking that way early on going to be tied up four to four broky and Frozen the only two remaining with deagles huddled up in Middle as well going to hear the tick of the molotov and an easy kill for Nexa and now they know the position of Frozen money's still going to be a little wonky for FaZe G2 have them right where they want him to put a good tside on the board on D two to start this series and a timeout used by FaZe [Applause] if you're face you want to stop this momentum before it starts to build we don't want to allow G2 to start heaping rounds on this tside of dust two so they get Neo on the mic Neo and Taz up against each other on the stage here in Dallas at few 100th Intel extreme Masters that just so much history involved in the coaching Department entirely former teammates that played together won championships together both of them looking to make the semi-final stage now opponents once again as they were so long ago mody staring deep down fires off a shot smoke to cover robs is going to slide through it he's going to make an aggressive play a middle tired of being bored over at the B bomb site here's Stewie running through a smoke again and Stewie once again opens up first kill is good robs DET tray on that aggressive maneuver through middle as Mony cut out from beneath G2 so a 4v4 established off the initial engagements that's a brilliant find from robs we way to get aggressive once carrian goes down rain is going to hustle back to a new angle inside the site he's got three coming in this direction Nik Nexa and Stewie who's far back deep covering for any kind of a fight any kind of a peak that comes yeah R is waiting now decides to strike around that corner couldn't quite get a comfortable fight but going through the smug this time is Nico cleaned up from rain though inside of the sight he's having a fantastic game at the moment R he's up to double figures and Hunter slip through the B bomb site but it's been check RS will detect it and Dink up Hunter in that process there's still a lot of time but bom is on the other side of the map and he's taking way too much damage here yeah I I mean damage is good so far they've got three kills in the round money is still going to be a little bit awkward for FaZe though so this isn't all lost for G2 but if Hunter manages to just get one more somehow but likely just going to save the op though broy would have heard that he would have heard that pick up you don't want to let that op get into the hands of Mony for free but you also don't have the money to chase they might just have to let it go so 30 seconds we'll sit and wait at this stalemate and see if broi and Rain work up the courage to go hunt down the op five to four another big round from rain he's started off on a heater and this is one of the most experienced plays when you talk about stage games and big game moments rain's pretty much always there another important round picked up from rain because it looked like the trading might actually be enough there for G2 to get into the sight until R put an end to it I mean Nico steps for that smoke and gets goes one for one gets one kill on two players there but I mean that rain kill was the important one to get to have access into the bomb site and he's able to just kind of stand with impunity this was a beautiful push from RS a nice timing on it but rain again just so strong tapping away finds Stewie as the second kill and they get back into a very slight lead but they have to invest everything in this round G2 again having them on a Breaking Point they ease into this next round that's spreading across the map two in tunnels Hunter and Nico apply pressure lower they cleared it out they know that no one from phas is played aggressively down low this makes Mony feel more comfortable to push up short with Stewie D2 going through the motions of this initial map control and Fa Ain fighting them they're giving them all the space they want and that flash is good gets rain off the iron go stee saw one in CT spawn didn't have the fight so didn't commit to anything but he just said rain was on the boxes he's dropped into spawn Molotov out towards cubby nobody's home Frozen's a little bit closer Hunter another round where he chooses to be a little bit more aggressive than usual he's going through he's running right through he climb up on top and that's a little steal away he tries to get back in time for Frozen he was damn close to it but Frozen takes the kill back for the side of G2 and now they're looking at this a play carrian ran all the way back from long those footsteps would have been heard and they can call out that he's going to be over on railing so they have to be ready for this 35 seconds though that's all that's left for G2 to make their final play forward and into this a bomb site they will charge carrian forcing to go he's got broy out long but for the time being it's pressure on carrian he's forcing the open but he's found one spot of safety one Sanctuary spot will it work out for carrian because they do not check for him they thought it's clear but Carri gets away with a double and now he's gone for all three he can't stop monesy monesy now switches out to the AK-47 disgard his weapon of choice but time time is of the essence he's now gone for the fake into the head shot he needs a kill right now Mony with the last second that's all he had in the pistol oh my God it's just incredible the switch to the AK back to the kill right at the end again in the group stage you had that one bullet head shot in the playoffs he gets the 1 second clutch this guy is a master of Time Frozen is probably just assuming he's committed to the plant because why wouldn't you with only four seconds left he's taking his time knowing will have the jump but that is a wonderful find from monesy and carrigan's going to have to be really stoic because he had a hell of a round a hell of a job defending that a ball on [Applause] [Music] site got a mic issue at the moment we have to work [Applause] [Music] [Applause] through they're fixed quickly we're back into the countdown 5 to five and once again phze out of money with that little one round Victory it brought some of the losing bonus back down not a pretty place to be and G2 have gained control of the economy in the later stages of this half and that clutch from Mony could do so much the repercussions of the rest of this half now for G2 and looking for six Nico this first point of contact he's taken out by USP Stewie looks to clean it up and he'll do so on two finally taken back by RS but a 2v3 now and it's quite a lot of damage down from just USPS Jason G2 out to try and recover this mass and monesy he's going through those mid doors if frozen hits the shot on the deagle if he stops monesy from getting around this corner it could be an absolute disaster on the cards here for G2 yeah this is a great play from robs as well he fell back directly to Middle knowing a long presence was going to force G2 out mid modesty still not yet spotted by that deagle Frozen not peeking out trusting in the crossfire now coming oh he's got one modesty ain't getting out of that situation and FaZe seal one right back that is ridiculous the initial play the USP got the first kill of this round and Nico's going to be very frustrated that he was the first player to go down for G2 in this one here it is for broi and then Frozen finds the element of surprise and robs just swings out that smoke there's not a second of hesitation and you get one second clutch from Mony in the previous round and you feel what it's like to lose a around that you should be winning in the next yeah that you you had to capitalize on that that's a huge missed opportunity for G2 but it's got to be an emotion that they're pretty experienced with robs is going to have a very fast flank up lower to dark Ste running with this he's going first Frozen's got one from the back of the bomb site and ni's waiting for the flank but robst do checks it this guy is just so methodical he's able to move right through mon next have to pull this one back and they're doing so right now 2v on the CLS now again for G2 these rounds are so close so hard to call and it's the last sh of this half so fa are going for this retake attempt and around the back is carrian coming through the tunnels rain is not making any secret about it he wants to pull that attention away he wants to set up carrian for the chance to come back in from the tunnels but now he's given away his position time will start to tick here for face they have to clear that side out and carrian and Ry combine the absolute perfection the experience will prevail and and it will be a seventh round what a first half of car strike we've got here G2 competing against faaster [Music] [Music] terrorists win [Music] [Music] what [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] 1 [Music] [Music] glimpses of the history of the intet Masters we're live in Dallas for the to 15 minutes and on the arena they went to the itel TV confirmed live show it was great to [Applause] see Dallas who's ready America I know I'm going to see all you there baby right down the road 75 for FaZe and we're live into the pistol marginal lead for FaZe and as carrian and rain in this historic game we're able to close out that last round of the first half now pistol will kick off here with robs in the tunnel he'll drift downwards to join rain could be a good timing here for Hunter if he decides to move forward he would be able to get in behind the forces of phe that moveed now into lower but it looks like that ball will be joining them toward sh it's carrian carrying it and a split coming in NEX is going to be critical the pit player if him and Stewie can hold on along it gives them so much breathing room at the a bomb site when eventually rain robs and carrian start moving up monesy will be at railing to defend so ste's the swing player Mony first and he Nails his shot they cross on by Mony second absolutely destroying the attack through short Nexa keeping them pinned at long and Stewie gets involved Stewie comes in with that second head shot and G2 swing right back 76 pistol here in the second half goes the way of G2 and they can start to build this CT side up oh that defense worked exactly like design monesy takes first Contact Stewie chucking flashbangs for him when he gets the kills he comes out to help out his buddy Nexa out at the long pit good swing confident swing and a solid head shot yeah Stewie is loving that one it's got to feel nice for Stewie to get a couple of kills up on the board here as well you know you always as a competitor you can come in with confidence but there's probably a little bit of the back of your head wonder I haven't done this in a while you got to feel like we had we saw a couple of those like head scratching rounds from Nico where he's like he's usually very sharp and he's taking over some ingame leadership do it so his attention is a little bit more split but I think a lot of these Tech issues are probably throwing him off his game he's had the mouse problem the mic problem a couple times see if he gets into the swing of things on the CT side had the final kill on the pistol he's up to four frags with his team just one round back and this is the full Eco for FaZe I'll say full Rock has invested in a deagle so there's something for FaZe they're going to gather up outside of B at the moment look to do as much damage as they can to this G2 economy it's going to be rather difficult to do so RS leads that charge down through the lower tunnels Hunter lies in we this could be a big round for Hunter to farm some kills yeah confidence round he sees him jump across willing to take that challenge crosses back over towards the B bomb site no commitment yet from FaZe just toying with him at the moment R goes through that mid door broky with him Hunter is coming down to cover it off now but they swing together and they overwhelm him now Stewie in from behind the is Mony with a double kill queen oh clean and quick Stewie gets the follow-ups a lot of money made in this round and it's all tied up seven a piece and recovers the M4 to pass over nicely done from Stewie at that b bomb site we'll see a phze have any kind of a plan to challenge and test Stewie throughout this half good shooting from Mony to help out but Stewie's not going to let him get close to the bomb site Mony now up to 17 kills looks like we might have another tech issue here carrian having a chat with the admin behind him hopefully it's not a significant one such as Mouse being broken then we can resume this action well it's been I mean it's been it's good to see we mentioned kind of FaZe being being the favorites in this in that there's a there's a world in where this could have just been straight up a beat down a blowout with FaZe on a stage G2 with the stand in looking a little rocky subbing in a new IG for the tournament a ni but I mean the fight back has been impressive from G2 still seeing some good things a pretty decent T side if they don't slip on the Eco round you know they could be in the lead right now but faes are the most entertaining team in C right Jason it doesn't matter if they're going to be the team that should win the game they're they're going to they're going to make it exciting regard going to make it interesting they always they always do seems to be an issue of robs at the moment well they're persistent somebody get these guys beer it's day one this is going to be an [Applause] issue it's it's drinking time it's what it's 5 p.m. that's fine it's always happy hour in Texas 7 to seven all tied up as we resume this action FaZe will have the purchase available on this t-s side plenty of utility around it as well for G2 4 M4 is one MP9 opportunity for the aggressive lawn PE for FaZe and ni is applying pressure he's got close to those doors they got to make sure no one from fa is playing anywhere near Long yeah they're getting deep cave control right now with that second Molotov coming in seeing if they could catch anyone from pH stepping behind the box Nico leaves Nexa parked as the anchor towards long a moves over towards middle FaZe spread out in a default and just now starting to move towards mid smoke into the mid doors Nico searching for information listening out to he a jump up rain is certainly going to jump up in behind carrian but n is going back over to the bat bombsite instead they're stacking the wrong side of the map RS is doing a decent job with this lurk smoke just trickling on out G2 a bit pretty hard on this B play I yeah it seems like they're reading that this is going to be a mid to be split and actually it it might be with the way things are lined up FaZe can still call themselves out of it over towards catwalk but leaving NEX alone at long even leaving Mony at car on his own as well three players heavy into the B bomb site if FaZe go elsewhere if they go to the a bom got to be a save oh no but the Smoke's coming in for CT it's going to be a b split this is a perfect maneuver for G2 they've got three players in this B bomb site they have the perfect positioning to stop phase in the final 25 seconds of this round Nico pops up and he starts to clean up a couple from the back of the car and now G2 realized there's more than usual inside of this B bomb site robs is coming on in he'll clear out the back of the car but Nico doesn't stop and this in-game leader Battle of Nico versus carrian it's Nico that makes the better call in this round that's a sick read from Nico to park himself big risk but you get all the reward Mony able to handle the drop so carrian can't be a distraction and yeah just way more at the B Palm site than FaZe parking for and G2 have a one- round lead and now it gets more difficult ooh carrian he gets that shot on across Stewie his backsides ried open Carri might go in for another here if he does if he rep Peaks Mony was waiting with the awp he'll rep peek with his own flash being set up here Mony Hunter close doors rain will fall robs responds quite swiftly K can now be picked up here from monesy he's thinking they're going to test the smoke he's thinking cuz he had an OP someone was going to come through oh almost had the timing making sure the guns are preserved and nothing can be recovered so keeping phas on just pistols you don't want to let any of those weapons fall into the hands and robs is searching for it but he's not going to be able to find it minute 10 seconds left still time and Fa are going to start climbing up short again transferring utility over to Nico as well so he can keep catwalk blocked off for the moment while keeping Mon's eyes on middle it's quiet on the map Nexa and Stewie have seen nothing this whole round carrian oh he gets absolutely destroyed from the peak of Mony Mony shows he can do it on the AK comfortably robs is forced away with that low Health he can't peek into the doors again and Nico powerful position to deal with these pistols as they attempt to get a bomb plant out of this situation yeah NEX is coming back now as well which is nice because this can still be a little bit dangerous if Nico somehow misses a shot if they hit a one D G him but they ain't looking the molotov pulls their attention away and now it's just broy and robs on a lurk and neither of those things are going to work too well nothing left to do for RS but die and he needs to die and he does NEX will take him out at range and this is a G2 that are now in the lead versus phase by two rounds I do love that sign it's a fantastic sign both sides of it it's a double whammy that that is pretty good it's got a reversible signage to it and that that's creative 9 to7 though Mony with his awp on the CT side broi finally getting it going on the T side here this could be a very intriguing off battle and broi is going to have to look through middle smoke is up so canceled out has to change his position and nco's back to a pressing long he's been pretty good at just locking them out of this area so far it looks like they want to get aggressive though and you have to be really really careful you don't necessarily need to your defense has been solid and yeah ni backs away from it so going to next to there again they decide against the aggression that's coming in the form of utility down towards Xbox and Rain eats a ton of damage Mony has his scope at short and what a game he is having 19 and N at the moment from Mony minute left pH start to position themselves against for what is meant to be a fake out for the be split but this time they're committing short and they're going to walk right into Mony and that shot it connects rain is down it turns out the most fearsome force of nature in the storm is the lightning and that shot connects without problem broi and Frozen are locked out of this round 40 seconds still to go but fa just don't have the map control they don't have the numbers and G2 are about to get to double figures broi is about to walk into two players waiting for him and Mony is not missing in in this quarterfinal Frozen his left and he'll do what he can but with 25 seconds and the bom down short it's not going to be a round win for frozen it is 10 to7 for G2 FaZe have not put a round on the board yet in this second half g2's defense is so solid Frozen's going to cross over to railing modesty's out in the open but he's going to nail it my God third kill for modesty in the round and g2's up by three [Applause] this is a tough one now for caragan to try and figure out because you don't have many rounds to play with anymore you don't have money in this to get a full purchase so you're looking at what half by situation coming up here Tech 9's a little bit of armor sprinkled in you're likely to concede an 11th against G2 and from then on it needs to be perfect for the tside if FaZe want to take dust too and you think back to that first half it is clutches for G2 we said it in the group stages guys relax here a little bit okay just silence right now for FaZe but we said it in the group stages that G2 were winning a lot of games based on like little individual moments that you didn't believe would be replicable and and then suddenly NEX is clutching in the stage as well monest is hitting some ridiculous last second clutch once again it has Shad of that opening game versus Falcons and G2 could take map one versus FaZe and they've done it looking good as well these initial defensive setups FaZe have had to have trouble at getting the the main thrust the first thrust of their attack any success they get stopped cold on catwalk stopped cold in a mid Tob split attempt by a good rotation from Nico G2 is reading the game very well you can see NAD stockpiled in CT spawn for Nico the grenade is going to land on three players for face good Damage Done from Nico that'll soften them up FaZe would love a bom plant out of the situation so they smoke up short they sent carrian in but he gets absolutely annihilated and you're talking about that stock pile of utility while Nico is using it extremely effectively faas if Dove down though under the scope of Mony and that shot lands right between his eyes straight through that scope itself and they are going to get a ball plant here FaZe they could get even more out of it Nico tapping away recovers that kill on Frozen and now broi and robs looking to pull this round back for face and this round would mean so much if they were able to pull it off robs has got a head shot on Stewie and suddenly we're looking at a 2v3 situation n climbs up on top and you're talking about a better second half while Nico is on fire he's on for the ace right now yeah he's put what I mean 10 kills in the second half maybe 11 kills in the second half he has come alive on the CT side and G2 is two rounds away from taking the first map in these quarterfinals [Music] once Nico arrives and M as he's having a game like this G2 become a very scary team even without their full roster even without their in-game leader and we've seen that ni's hanging in there man he's made some sick calls so far in this map and they're going with four players towards long right now for G2 and R's out first Molotov flashes all in his face rain not in a comfortable spot but they leap right through and that's Nexa taking R out of play robs to respond it's two for two and yet again we're even mod is here he just arrived and Hunter catches one more and that's actually all the danger modesty can slide back because carrigan's making a play but Sue's got eyes on it as well not any longer and the B bomb site's been opened up finally FaZe have a real chance at putting a round on the board yeah this whole b side of the map is completely up for grabs that's the risk to G2 run with putting four players at aong early and we know how difficult it can be to retake this be bomb site but if they can catch carrian if they can find him around these doors then there's a way back into it but carrian positioning is absolutely perfect and Mony is not allowed to retreat FaZe will find an eighth round and some life left in them here on th two yeah there's a little bit of strength in that for FaZe is creating some chaos creating so much pressure out towards long with those two kills and allowing your individuals on the other side of the map to make what play seems to make the most sense of the time and carrian just sliding out middle as able to crack Ste in the face and open it all up rain is committing towards the long fight again he's first up could be a similar result for Ren he's down to 27 but at least he's standing this time so not the ideal situation to find himself in but hunter oh this could be big he catches Carri it around that corner Hunter the clean his first shot but recovers it to take down the in-game leader of phas now forces of phas move out long theyve really got no other options now Jason they don't have mid they don't have short no you're kind of stuck in this position and you can put up the utility you're going to kind of try and fake out a little bit of counter nades from this and you can remoke it later but it's not going to be easy and Stewie's already pushed up into upper dark so he's saying nobody's here nobody's outside the B bomb site they have all the information G2 so another heavy stack towards the correct side of the map for G2 rain has been damaged and there's not a lot of utility here for FaZe the smoke for the cross Mony is canceled out from the site itself the phas are getting ever closer and they haven't quite detected how many G2 players are currently in position nice shot from Ren on that jump up but it's all G2 baby with these kills two to put them f further to the better position in this round it's just Robson they can't stop this G2 this is 12 rounds and this is surely dust two no bomb plant for the side of FaZe Clan RS will be a little tight on cash to limited utility on a few players here and that but this is a G2 that have come to play in this quarterfinal and now staring down the battle or the barrel rather of a very quick dust two victory a convincing dust two Victory 7 to one run in this second half for G2 since they've switched sides bro's going to try and give him an opening he'll challenge he'll challenge n goes past him second one comes in spots one on platform out he's lost his play and Hunter Peaks so what's the response for FaZe you lose your risky off peak towards the bat bomb site and now you go short with a flash Reign to lead this charge and he hasn't finding the most amount of success off of his plays as the Spear of phze and carrian goes through a middle Barrel spotted Hunter brings him down with ease and suddenly it is just three players remaining for FaZe Clan and they've got a challenge into the flash himself 24 kills from Mony dinked up and Nico is there to assist him from down lower B are not getting into this round they are not going to be able to find success because the flank of hunters through and G2 cut through phase on Dust two mapor to the quarterfinals and this unexpected run is into a Sprint wall nobody could find success from FaZe let's see how that fares on a new map dues on Mony dues on Hunter the map pick of phase begins with multiple players heading outside that squeaky door blown open Nico Peaks it for information Nico wants to get around the smoke use it as cover perhaps he can disrupt this pistol round early for that of his opponents Ste 2K from Heaven spotting the outside cross in multiple phase players he's dink down to one Health instantly off the back of these initial fights but it's Nico who is stopping on these CT halfs it's another double it's time to open up the pistol those are huge head shot together Stewie been forced back he's got one HP that was information that was map control for phase until Nico just rips it out of their hands in a mid round piece of aggression monesy and Nexa coming up from Secret wrapping timing could be perfect the range on the jwett is fighting heaven with the Jules an the E's position to be in here for Mony but he still lands that gush he's got some cover to keep going back into here at secret and mon able to finish them off it is so ridiculous the mechanical skill that this young man possesses and that is G2 with the pist round off the back of some spectacular head shot from monesy and Nico if you want to start building some belief and confidence within the team that's a good way to do it out of a map one Victory and now the second map pistol round look at this from Nico he just sees the hole being blown open into the smoke returns fire the second one is [Applause] perfect and if G2 are going to be pH today they will need the two sharpest tools that they've got in Nico and Mony and so far both are firing on all cylinders well the crowd call them honorary Americans for the tournament we've adopted a new team rain at Red Box outside deagle in Hand Full buy from FaZe armor and upgraded pistols and it looks like they want to be able to split that lower bomb site three players grouped up towards ramp room a couple going to try and cross towards secret Ray or carrian excuse me is going to be a lurk outside ni caught rain it's a good start here to break down this Force by from FaZe in this ramp room set up between Mony and Nexa Mony can take one and peel away unable to be clean on it so he's sticking around to he gets that one and he gets away with a double thanks to the team kill assist from broi Nex it Peaks out the distraction sets him up with an easy one and carrian now in lobby we'll see what he can do try and prevent the clean sheet against G2 but uh it doesn't look too likely he's cleaned up by Hunter and that is the idilic start here for G2 and it's the nightmare start for FaZe a complete investment and you get no kills you get absolutely nothing out of that investment and that's so painful two to nothing and a great chance for G2 to build up the scoreboard build up some money and make themselves comfortable going into the gun rounds starting 30-0 down tough scenario here for FaZe they would not like to see a downturn in the results in CS2 I think we've kind of been spoiled with expectations when it comes to a team likee phase right just their consistency of being at the top for such a long period of time and always being in that conversation but this round suddenly reopens the conversation because pH faas burst through they've got two kills they find themselves ahead on the player count right now certainly not in weapons so nio makes sure that this one doesn't get out of hand towards outside doesn't want to get involved in that Silo fight he's lost quite a bit of his health here yeah he's got to be careful he knows he was actually going to clear red box for a little bit before he got tagged up so a little bit of space created for broi and he slipped the net they have no idea he's down in secret we'll see what he can do with this kind of a position Frozen back towards [Applause] Lobby under minute as Frozen now enters lobby with the ball on his back broy clearing over towards control room Nico will he look the right way could be caught here by the deagle of broy one shot and it's enough right through the glass right through the eyes and Nico hits the deck phe open up a chance now Nexa going down the vent it's going to be risky right into broy deagle and he's keeping them distracted he's keeping them pinned and FaZe now move in together broi even gets away and it's going to pull NEX interrupts the tech 9 winning and FaZe are about to pull off around with pistols aloney just comes right back in it again and it's just broke key on the other side Mony he is so hard to go up against him once again he could pull off a ridiculous clutch to push G2 into that 30 territory and oh my goodness why not Monas with another one another clutch versus face toying with them 1 V3 an awkward 1v3 for monesy yeah it looked like B have found the position there to to get the round win and then Mony somehow is able to double up so quickly in this position just enough damage to catch Frozen before he gets around the back of that cylinder and then Monas he sinks that final kill this kid is so clutch but there's four losses taken four Reby for FaZe that's not ideal a good round or four rebis from G2 a really good round from FaZe he weren't expected to even be in a position to win that round Mod's got the op he dropped the M4 over to a teammate he's going to have that trying to peer over the smoke see if there's anyone at the top of Red Box looking for a pick him and ni watching outside but the secret cross is available and FaZe is going to take full advantage oh oh great us breaking up in that smoke harrian getting taken down by Nico who just about Gets behind the wall before Frozen is able to take him out in reply no utility for phase left couple flashbangs no smokes to readjust on the map no smokes to get anyone to be able to cross to meet up with rain who's made it over to secret no one from G2 has rotated downstairs to address that just yet but the bomb is stuck outside so FaZe have to come up with a solution they've got 55 seconds robs Waits and hot rain prows lower this kill goes to W G2 it is going to push them further and further into the favorable spot robs needs to win this fight for fa does so as he Peaks towards the back of the bomb side that's Hunter out of there and with seconds left Stewie off the top height off the top rope slams down the hammer on broki and Frozen and robs can do nothing about it and that makes Taz a very happy man G2 is being very proactive that round on the CT side as well in the five on three they start double pushing ramp not needed much at the end of the day a good double kill from Stewie patient on top of the Hut and four to nothing an early time out used by FaZe phase one map down already very convincing showing from g21 D to able to take that map without allowing FaZe to push into double figures the tside has been very weak so far today and they've got to start winning rounds real soon if they want a competitive game here on new otherwise this could end up being as a storic moment for G2 there is that conversation about playing without pressure Jason we've seen even last year in Dallas we knew ma was a dead team they made it all the way to the final throughout the playoffs there is something to be said about playing with a lack of pressure and expectations dipping and there's very few teams who who can experience we know what G2 has to do is play with pressure every single event this has been a weight off their shoulders Rush towards the upper bomb site let's see how this defense holds Good utility Frozen's got the first yeah Frozen runs in with that attack Stewie is taken out in response but here it goes down lower Nico's grenade chasing after rain and it catches him just in time so FaZe leaping towards lower trying to get that bomb plant and it just isn't going their way so no extra cash picked up yet Nico had to have been starting in secret choosing to play the round to start at secret stairs because he was there so quick I don't think FaZe expected that kind of a fight awkward awkward engagement we're just going to forget we ever saw that yeah we didn't see that Jason that was non-existent no robs will step up but he'll likely be stomped out a 5 start for G2 Mony primed with the sniper towards control room on hell of a performance from Mony on Dust 2 now we talk about maybe some of the trophies that G2 won last year who was incredible but this year it's been much quieter and we expect Mony with the kind of form he's in we'd love to see him be in positions to lift more trophies here in Dallas man if they take down FaZe this is a team that you know this this is the litmus test right this is if you if you can beat FaZe you can pretty much beat anybody maybe maybe bar Spirit that's what you want to go with sure maybe not don't well robs is okay that's quick turn from Odyssey takes the Dink and then takes his life five to nothing another buy coming in for FaZe still struggling to find success on this t-s side so far yeah you're expecting the rotation to be coming down ramp you're not expecting it to be all the way up that close on the Rafters at that angle yeah ni's happy about that one well back to the buy here for FaZe Clan maximum loss bonus now established and so AK-47 is out for everybody they've got to start winning rounds right now we've talked about rain and how good he is outside one of the best players in the world and managing the outside area but it's robs who the same can be said about these door pushes he gets out he attacks into the upper bomb site he walks away with another Nico fighting back as he has many a time but this is much better from FaZe Clan much more solid and Stewie's left on the upper bomb side Al and there so much time so FaZe can just slow this down hit the brakes and pause and maybe a little bit too proactive and too quick trying to Crunch on that upper bombb site from G2 pushing ramp room on the defense Everyone Falls away and Fa no Ste is the upper bomb player they're going to avoid it all together go elsewhere and he's got an awkward 1v3 to put together he's got plenty of utility yeah he does have a lot of that but going a big chance it's going to be hard to find the kills yeah that is the problem retaking this lower bomb site so many angles you've got to worry about but if he puts the molotov in place towards Frozen that would be a free kill instantly biggest problem is no smoke to put on the bomb to apply pressure and he can't find that kill in the open broi slides out first round for FaZe good round from robs and he's start to get a little bit more aggressive on this nuke T side we saw him hold the angle and Hut towards the upper bomb site find Hunter a couple rounds back now he's being proactive outdoor that's a good fight from him waiting for the followup heat from Heaven as he saw the shoulder all attention drawn towards the upper bomb site and FaZe exploit the extremities for the [Applause] D time out for G2 to go through it and I mean I was listening to the interviews ahead of this match up from Nico and the expectations that I got from that interview was that yeah we just hope it's a competitive game versus pH I think we've done enough to make it competitive a close game I don't think they'd be expecting to be one map up in this series already and now leading 5-1 on fa's map pick of nuke the nice thing about it is that situation where if you're G2 you start to truly believe that you can do it especially when you get such a hot start on nuke if they can continue that it's 5 to one F starting to move towards outside getting into those outside fights early Frozen's up on top of main Nico has just been so good at canceling out some of the effectiveness of these phase players outside R in particular has struggled to combat with Nico Hunter he's going to check for robs this is a play robs makes all the time in fact he made it just a few rounds prior in fact in the last one so he's stopped by Hunter robs his dead first Nico blinded towards the back of the garage but he gets behind the box re surely clears a bit timing to look away Nico Peaks out takes R out once again but he's got a call to G2 that there's some space open there's something you need to worry about and that is Hell To Heaven broi has the bomb that's the bomb and it's given on over to Nico yeah so this Heaven play might not actually matter from carrian broi the only player in position to try and take care of Nico and that's a disaster but if krian can open something up there's only there's two kills available oh he's going to slide out he sees B but he can't handle Hunter what a snapshot and now Frozen Sade he's made the drop on down Nico gets the perfect timing again man Nico is farming outside what a time for Nico to show up to this level we know he possesses this go we've seen it for years upon years and there has been criticism about some of his performances in CS2 but he's up on the stage ingame leading his Squad and just far on the C side I mean this round he gets two two kills from just pure benefit of timing of players clearing his angle and just managing to Peak at the perfect moment big stop phases t- sides today against G2 have struggled one round on the board here in seven Nico applying pressure towards squeaky this time robs down to 51 off the grenade Landing At His Feet and dead again back to back rounds RS is dead first for face he's usually so pivotal I was just saying he's getting a little bit more frisky at his play is a little bit more aggressive here's n freebie on the carrian walks right into him Nico is just prowling these smokes this is his domain this is his area and Mony may be a little bit too emboldened with that push he's stopped by broy face somewhat back into this round now Nexa needs to be careful he doesn't lose his life against rain Hunter there to adjust and rain will fall it's down to broi and Frozen to try and recover this round for base 59 seconds perfect timing you open up that door and he was damn close to getting a second but bro's on the hunt back but the hunter comes out on top what a lovely time it would be to have a big game from Hunter he's hit some spectacular shots 8 and three good discipline from Nex as well not to commit that fight at the stairway he doesn't cuz he knows he's got Hunter and vets he's like I actually don't have to hold this off I have a teammate down here to watch it for me and he does so so effectively everyone's having their moments here for G2 at what point does it become too much for FaZe to have to deal with this tside has been crippled over the last few rounds and R finally has managed to get down secret hasn't had the best success in doing so and Rob slips the net and gets down the vent as well so some positional success for FaZe early on and they're going to gather up ramp with three Mon's lying weight though he looks to strike right to the chest of carrian second shot is so damn fast from Mony and he is just so clinical today third shot won't land but the damage has been felt in FaZe have lost too much of that initial pack yeah and even though they've gotten so much space everywhere on the map it's like what are you supposed to do big shot from modesty takes out two of your players five on three and now you can just be so confident Hunter's got the bomb again rain and robs down in secret there's nothing to do but wait for Hunter to or excuse me modesty to find you it feels like the CT side is so fluid from G2 right now push and pull and modesty no scope style points from Mony he'll go back and finish it gets the job done that's a 4 okay he's up to 12 kills now the real competition between him and Nico for who's topping the charts on G2 and monesy knows he's playing like a badass at the moment he's giving the crowd a little bit of Showmanship at the end of it he's feeling this off at the moment there's no energy in PH you know this is this is carrian the showman this is the pH side that thrive on the stage we aren't seeing anything that's giving them a reason to to be fired up to feel comfortable they are complet completely dampened by just the sheer force of G2 at the moment second timeout used for FaZe they've got to work with this they have really to be in a comfortable spot Jason you just say they need four rounds here I they're getting desperate I mean yeah at this at this point if your face you take what you can get three four whatever it might be they've only I mean dust two they got one round on their tside five kills is the most amount of kills here for the side of phas Cl and that's robs I mean but when you think about it is they ran into Mon's off in the previous round he shots you down with a double kill outside where a main thrust of ph's offense has been and always generally is on nuke has been Nico's playground he's been dominating they haven't been able to find any success and the original Defenders for G2 have been getting all the kills there's no options to find frags in the mid round FAS are down to half investment don't have enough resources to put into this one focusing up for the next he got a decent amount of utility and these Tech 9s and eagles they can be potent on nuke if you can get an upper bus going pretty effectively I mean one of the scariest rounds that FaZe actually had on this tside was with tech 9s that was the Mony 1v3 that he ripped away from them but other than that that round was All Phase let's see if they can do it again smoke wall outside rain will activate with that but everybody else stays focused inside rain has had such a tough time he's one and eight at the moment FaZe Clan setting themselves up out the side of that squeaky door they want rain to be able to come through Main and try and crunch this a site together yeah it's going to be a set piece rain is going to come through probably right as those smokes fade but another smoke up towards squeak door might actually delay things so he gets a hard job of having to survive and wait for his teammates to be ready to execute and NCO now moves into main which frees up Hunter to play Closer towards squeaky door broy coming through hun Stewie dodging the flashes he looks down cleans up double from Stewie finally ripped off the top but pH are down to just two players and broi must win here with that deagle he's got some big shots but the bomb plant is denied and now bro's left in a 1 V3 with a bomb not down it is hard to see this happening and Mony is just so damn fast from Heaven 9 to one for G2 I don't think I've seen FaZe knocked out this hard in a very long time Jason no I mean probably not since katav against against it was the last time we saw them just completely outmatched and at the moment they've got no answers no answers to what G2 is doing at any point in these rounds at this point I mean screw answers you probably don't even have many ideas the best case scenario now for FaZe which is still unlikely is three rounds on this half G2 playing with so much freedom on this CT side Nico pushing up outside looking for that opening fight towards Silo doesn't get the opportunity so he will now drop off and change his position Mon's dumped him all his utility so he can play outside still dynamically allows Mony to be mobile as he has no obligations for smokes or Molotov and back towards ramp room he goes on this timing it's the right position of course it is and he's got the angle at the perfect moment rips off the head of RS traded back but Nexa is still here yeah but they're not expecting Nexa to be in this position because the initial shot from mon so Nexa gets out of that with a kill and he's still alive nice shot from carrian needed to hit that one if fa have any shot of this but here comes Stewie here he comes around the back carrian is considering it but he Dodges that fight he gets around the corner towards hell and he'll climb up that ladder to join his teammate in Frozen at Heaven yeah but Hunter's coming right back up as well hun oh no he's down in secret yeah this is an open sight for FaZe they'll comfortably plant that ball now they're in a position to get a second round Stewie's going to go down lower have a little look no one's here they now confirm that it is in fact that a play from fa yeah this time they can't shut down the ramp play G2 if they want to go for this two on three they might as well they've got money for the last round to Reby whatever they want and Hunter are going to check it even if you lose it if you do damage to the economy of phase you weaken the the next round for them so there is a shot at it but the time is ticking and they never got close to the sight Hunter getting close to his right now though he'll begin his pounce it's a good shot Frozen defends off Stewie climbing up that ladder and that is enough now for Hunter to try and back away but Frozen will deny that save it is a second round for FaZe carrian hits a really important shot in that ramper on Nexa yeah and and also the the the recognition that you took down monesy and Nexa in ramp room there's likely not going to be a heaven player the two Defenders are going to be in the upper bomb site maybe shifted down low when those kills came in realizing the weak spot in the defense and carrian makes a perfect call that is the third t- round one for FaZe in this series they have only won three T rounds so far it's been an absolutely horrible day for their offense but if they want any shot of being able to pull this back and stay alive here in Dallas a third round is required outside addressed by Mony and just sees enough of rain he has had a nightmare half two kills to 11 deaths and Mony is just shooting everything right now that shot connects on carrian and look at carrigan's pathing he's just like I can't go up against that I can't do anything against this awp this is what it's been all half it's been Nico mostly but the switch up of the op catches them completely off guard well now they know the op isn't in ramp so they challenge in towards Nexa this time he's changed up his position robs considering it but the timing for Nexa he'll double up and puts them right in his back pocket and this is a player that gains so much criticism for the G2 Squad but he has had some massive moments in Dallas for G2 another great Round Here that should push G2 up to double figures to close out this first half Frozen and carrian will do everything they can this is G2 as it's designed even with a stand in the engine of Mony and Nico providing so much power roll players stepping up when called upon Hunter having a good game Nexa doing a fantastic job in ramp room and Frozen's going to go down last it's 10-2 g2o is looking likely and they might just completed after the break [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] St [Music] [Applause] [Music] be [Music] [Music] [Applause] SL all [Applause] [Music] [Music] w girl [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] leading the way versus Face Clan and the home crowd are loving this we have got probably a few more rounds left of this game unless FaZe are about to pull as historic comeback it turns out Stewie 2K might be the Kryptonite for carrian yeah maybe maybe that's just he's come in and he's been he played very very well on this nuk only seven kills but had a couple very impactful rounds at the upper bomb site the cliche as the pistol rounde is oh so important FaZe must have it robs slight angle drops utility jumps forward it's going to buy time for carrian to rotate over but I don't know if they can hold off all five players now they come back into towards Hut it's broky waiting line and W in fact inside of the height robs forc down to low Health he has to drop back in towards hell Mony has scared him off and given so much space to G2 bro's hit a timing though bro's pushing Lobby right now to flank out towards ramp room robs has backed off completely which leaves carrian isolated on his own and robs can only get the one R inside of the side waiting for them to come over the top of Heaven he keeps himself tucked away and bro he comes back into the lobby Nico's down to stop him and Rain can't do anything about this G2 on slau G stew is getting closer and closer to the semifinals there's not enough room to lose pistol rounds in your face and that might just break them that might just knock out [Applause] face they down to force by there's no other options caran will be very familiar with this [Applause] chat I don't think anybody expected this kind of G2 performance many RI them off in the group stage yeah they they limped through the group stage fortunate to even be in the playoffs but boy are they maximizing it now a n round lead for G2 Has Come Together exactly as designed as you were mentioning JC you got Mony fragging out Nico there with Hunter this is a scary G2 side V will fight to the end but that end might be coming closer than you think next up good head shot on robs that draws the first kill in favor of G2 rain is going to try and stop them from running into main but you can't stop Stewie Hunter follows up now carrian inside of the lobby he goes down and broi is left in an impossible fight it is 12 rounds for G2 it is map point for G2 and it is semi final point for G Stu they are so close to getting this job done an incredible performance from G2 in these quarterfinals massive underdogs coming in question marks about how they'd be able to handle FaZe the answer has been modesty another God God tier series from him across both Maps yeah they may not be here with their in-game leader they may not have had the greatest results but you cannot forget that this G2 side is made up of some of counter strike's absolute greatest players some of the sharpest stars and robs looking to defend this ramp play next to charging towards him they just run right through and they run all the [Applause] way G2 two kills away they're so prepared for everything they're so prepared for every push every reaction G2 with a stand in has hit a flow state that FaZe can't handle and that's it G2 in the semifinals of imem Dallas what an incredible incredible showing from this G2 side they come here without their in game leader but you'll sigh as his Nico back to the in game leader judies and a surprise addition of Stewie being added into the team

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Length: 90min 14sec (5414 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2024