[2023] Overwatch World Cup 2023 BlizzCon - Day 1 | Overwatch Dev Tracker

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921s	hey what's going on guys Golden Boy here
923s	and I'm right outside the Anaheim
924s	Convention Center and we are so excited
926s	for the OverWatch World Cup of 2023 it's
928s	going to be incredible but more
929s	incredible is the amount of people that
931s	are out here at BlizzCon it's going to
933s	be incredible so folks why don't we get
935s	this BlizzCon started shall
937s	[Applause]
946s	[Music]
958s	we
960s	hello and welcome to the fifth edition
962s	of the OverWatch World Cup teams from
965s	around the world embarked on their
967s	journey to Bisson earlier this year and
970s	after many months of qualifying matches
973s	the top 16 teams went to Anaheim to play
976s	in the group stage which just concluded
979s	this past week and I am back with the
982s	gang the family is back together Zoe
984s	joined by Danny Liam J lion and Johnny
987s	Snowden we're down to top eight teams
989s	they're going to battle it out for
990s	everything but I'm just so excited to be
993s	back here at Blu conon with the
994s	OverWatch World Cup we're finally back
997s	fifth World Cup this is where it all
998s	started for me guys this a special place
1000s	in my heart for for overwat we kind of
1002s	miss you Jake I miss you group stages
1005s	you was kind of kind of we mentioned you
1008s	at least per once per second you guys
1010s	you
1012s	did that I love you guys I'm not scared
1014s	to say it did you did you watch all the
1016s	group stages yeah I watch it all I it
1018s	was it was a lot of fun fun very
1019s	interesting matches a lot of surprising
1021s	results it's something I love to see at
1022s	the World Cup where a lot of these teams
1024s	from countries that don't traditionally
1026s	feel maybe there's not many OverWatch
1027s	league players they've still been
1028s	competing and at a very high level I
1030s	think that speaks highly to the future
1032s	of OverWatch like that there's so many
1033s	amazing players still coming out of the
1035s	woodwork and and still taking on these
1037s	veterans and it's one of the most
1039s	exciting thing about the O World Cup
1041s	right to see new faces emerging onto the
1043s	scene and making a name for themselves a
1045s	lot of uh players we know from for
1047s	example the over W League they have
1049s	their humble beginnings in the OverWatch
1050s	World Cup so let's see who's going to
1052s	emerge after this very weekend you see
1054s	in the back it's still a little empty
1056s	that's because the doors are not open so
1057s	we're just taking that time with our
1059s	pre-show here to set you up for all the
1061s	goodies that are coming our way first
1063s	we're going to take a trip down memory
1065s	lane let's take a look at some of the
1067s	highlights from our group stages Finn
1068s	playing
1071s	piano to play the piano all of Team
1074s	South Korea is like no no no we don't
1075s	want to hear your piano no we're done
1077s	Mexico and Colombia to favorite teams
1079s	mixv had some stand up performances on
1081s	The Lucio this sound barrier right here
1082s	so clutch but also some boobs on circuit
1085s	Royale you know just getting to know
1086s	some of these players like Jake sad that
1087s	we haven't really in siner seen before
1089s	at a pro level really just so nice to
1091s	see some fresh faces around and also
1093s	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia They Came Out
1094s	Swinging like people like players like
1097s	quartz they were definitely outstanding
1099s	in their group stages as well amazing
1102s	stuff we got treated to so many
1103s	highlight worthy moments only made
1105s	better of course by the fact that I got
1107s	to watch them with you guys with the
1109s	posy so if anyone at home wants to share
1111s	all the action with their crew why don't
1113s	you host a watch party just follow the
1115s	link you're seeing on your screens right
1117s	now and you can get in on it and not
1119s	only will you be treated to Good Times
1121s	watching the games you can also earn
1123s	special drops at the Bliss on all
1126s	weekend along we're watching the play or
1128s	watch Twitch Channel and I mean look at
1130s	those goodies love skins which one which
1134s	which which of the spray rushi him or
1136s	let's dive which one you pick I'm going
1138s	to go with let's dive I'm more of a dive
1140s	I'm more of a dive person I like Russia
1142s	oh russan I'm a Russian get in there
1144s	let's Russ let's get in there it feels
1146s	like it's the same
1148s	thing like that the premise is we going
1150s	in true we going in true my
1154s	no you're going to be in there one way
1157s	or another exactly and if uh anyone here
1159s	is going to be in here over the weekend
1162s	it's not just us here we just announced
1164s	watch parties one of one of our home boy
1167s	is having a watch party right here
1169s	yeah custa hanging out you know he won't
1171s	be casting the games but he'll be doing
1172s	a little watch party over there so um
1175s	you know if you're watching this on your
1176s	phone outside of this gone go check out
1178s	kusta you know go support him you know
1180s	ask him some questions so you can your
1182s	own watch party or you can check
1186s	out don't do that don't don't do that no
1189s	don't do that don't do that don't do
1192s	Rush him Danny come on
1196s	now well whatever you choose to do uh
1199s	I'm supporting you of course we're here
1200s	for the Vibes we're here for the good
1202s	times we're here for the drops as well
1204s	but our players they are here for the
1207s	fame and the fortune that's right we're
1209s	still growing the World Cup priz pool it
1211s	is crowdfunded so you can still
1214s	contribute and support your favorite
1215s	teams and players of course by
1216s	purchasing the official work cup bundle
1219s	this is a historic moment for us here
1220s	Jake you know I think to to have the the
1223s	fandom of OverWatch people who play the
1225s	game be able to support the World Cup
1227s	price pool by buying this bundle I think
1229s	for me that's an exciting thing it's
1230s	more than the Skins right it's it's
1232s	being able to support the community and
1234s	the esport that people love and
1236s	especially at the World Cup where so
1237s	many new players are coming in so many
1239s	fresh faces for me that speaks to like
1241s	the mission the the heart and soul of
1243s	OverWatch so to have this for the first
1244s	time in OverWatch history if I'm not
1246s	mistaken for me this is super exciting
1248s	it's a very special moment yeah and it
1249s	doesn't only support the teams here it's
1250s	Bliss con you know not the first or
1252s	second like it supports all the teams
1253s	that participated in the qualifiers as
1255s	well so all the teams around the world
1257s	that qualified and participated in the
1258s	world cup they get a little bit of a
1259s	share from the cunder price B and while
1262s	you're doing that you could get the
1263s	goodies get those skins the L your skin
1265s	the intimidating soj with orange ice
1270s	love
1272s	Luci
1274s	soj say on stream and and he did it he
1277s	just did it I have no sh and that's why
1280s	we love you J that's why we love you
1282s	well as you just said you can support
1284s	all teams and all players but of course
1286s	we're here at the venue to support the
1289s	top eight teams which made it through
1291s	let's take a look at that bracket to see
1293s	our
1294s	quarterfinalists these are all the
1296s	matches that you're going to see today
1298s	we got Korea up against Canada and then
1300s	team from China versus USA that's going
1302s	to be an interesting one and of course
1304s	Great Britain going up against Finland I
1306s	feel like that is definitely the match
1308s	to watch out for today at least for me
1310s	and we're we're rounding out today with
1312s	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia going up against
1314s	Spain and I think all of these uh
1315s	matches are very important because these
1317s	are going to be single elimination
1319s	matches so if you lose you're out that's
1321s	done you're done it's just one live
1325s	everything on the line and I feel like
1327s	looking at that bracket and looking back
1329s	at the group stages some teams certainly
1332s	regret not coming first in their group
1334s	as they will be facing some real tough
1336s	opponents in that quarterfinal but maybe
1338s	they play better with everything on the
1340s	line with a back against the wall we'll
1342s	find out very soon first things first
1344s	let's take a look at a few of the teams
1345s	which really impressed us I want to
1347s	start this off with team Great Britain
1350s	they found themselves in a very
1351s	difficult group group b it looked very
1353s	tough to predict we had the Battle of
1354s	Commonwealth there of course Canada
1356s	Australia and Great Britain Brazil found
1359s	themselves in a crossfire there as well
1361s	unfortunately and Great Britain Came Out
1363s	Swinging they were not considered the
1365s	favorite in all of those games but on
1367s	the back of those players and the
1368s	coaching they looked phenomenal yeah I
1371s	mean we said the group b would be the
1372s	most competitive group because we didn't
1374s	weren't quite sure who would make it
1375s	through right but like you said the
1376s	coaching you know Christopher coming in
1378s	from L Spitfire of course has done a
1381s	phenomenal job with this squad and also
1382s	having backbone the best M player in the
1385s	world having so much experience playing
1386s	the May and the symmetra which are two
1388s	crucial heroes in this meta we're going
1390s	to see in the World Cup playoffs that
1392s	votes really well for Great Britain
1394s	because they have like an ace up their
1395s	sleeve they have an identity and
1397s	something they can lean on Kai has also
1399s	been phenomenal on the soier and we're
1401s	getting to know some of these faces that
1403s	haven't played in the overwat league
1404s	before like joro for example in the
1406s	backline you have funny Astro obviously
1408s	household named one of the best losers
1409s	in the world so Great Britain bit of a
1411s	Dark Horse I feel like here in the
1413s	bracket playoffs I think that main
1415s	support role is going to be crucial with
1416s	so much pressure and now like you single
1418s	elimination I think a lot of Lucio
1420s	players you're going to see them beating
1422s	unnecessarily overly safe plays not
1424s	getting in there not getting in the mix
1426s	aggressively enough and I think having a
1427s	veteran like funny Astro who I don't
1429s	think is going to be phased At All by
1430s	the pressure I think that's going to
1431s	really help them out but it's going to
1433s	be hard because we've seen we've seen
1434s	backbone and myone taking the flex
1436s	support role alternately I honestly
1439s	think that's going to be their biggest
1440s	challenge to overcome I don't disagree
1441s	with the coaching decision I think I I
1443s	would do the same in Christopher shoes
1444s	but I think going up against these like
1446s	Star studed Flex supports that's where
1448s	the challenge is going to be for this
1449s	squad can backbone and myone keep up
1451s	when it comes to Hero swaps and getting
1453s	deeper into the meta you might have
1454s	missed it but we here call him lovingly
1456s	dub my money dub my
1459s	money we're pushing it a little bit it
1462s	might be P I don't get it but all right
1465s	W you ler we'll tell you later wor
1468s	you guys have to explain we may reached
1470s	a little bit we maybe reached a little
1472s	bit uh anyway moving on moving on let's
1474s	take a look at group a uh Finland found
1476s	themselves in that group looking at the
1478s	group pretty much everyone expected
1481s	South Korea and Finland to make it out I
1483s	just don't think that we anticipated how
1485s	polished Finland is going to look in the
1488s	process quite frankly they made South
1490s	Korea sweat taking a map off of them and
1493s	they played it close until the very end
1494s	it was super close Finland almost got
1497s	the win against South Kore Korea but
1498s	listen yes like you said I think uh
1500s	everyone sort of expected a Finland to
1502s	move out of the group stage along with
1503s	Korea but the fact that they were able
1505s	to play South Korea that close that
1507s	really speaks to how good this team
1510s	could really uh be in the OverWatch
1512s	World Cup and honestly if they go out if
1515s	they beat Great Britain I think they
1516s	have a really good chance of making it
1518s	really making a Deep Run in the
1519s	OverWatch World Cup they got great
1520s	players like Vesta s Masa had an amazing
1523s	performance in the group stages I think
1526s	Finland is definitely a team that you
1527s	really can't take up I mean take out not
1529s	take out what's a what's what's a phras
1532s	underestimate there English is hard BR
1536s	we take them out later after the show
1538s	you
1538s	know but I feel like I feel like masa
1541s	for me is is a total key for them like
1543s	so many of these teams right have been
1544s	decided by watching the group stage like
1547s	there's some terrible sound bearers I've
1548s	seen some weak Lucio play frankly but
1550s	not from Masa he's and especially in the
1553s	sigma meta that we've seen the sigma
1554s	with the the Bastion and the Sim in
1556s	contrast to the Rin comps the Los
1558s	Lucio's a lot more free the sigma
1559s	doesn't need this like Perma speed
1561s	pocket so we're seeing more lucios make
1563s	individual plays and Masa I think he's
1565s	known for that he's got the individual
1566s	mechanics he wasn't in the League this
1568s	year but he's playing like he's never
1570s	left I mean he really on a high level
1571s	and I think we're going to see more
1572s	individual playmaking Heroes like Sim
1574s	and Bastion don't want to be fighting a
1576s	Lucio so a really strong Lucio who can
1578s	you know make his presence felt is going
1579s	to matter and I think that's a key for
1581s	team Finland Lucio game play who would
1582s	have thought you can you can seriously
1585s	put out damage in this meta like super
1586s	important we're going to see it from the
1588s	Lucio Lucio skin there you go it's meant
1591s	to be that's meant to be this is luo
1594s	tourn soj also very strong that's true I
1596s	think underrated even we just knew when
1599s	the Skins got bundled they're like these
1601s	are the on these are the on uh well
1604s	let's uh let's move on to another group
1607s	group D um that one actually shaped up
1610s	to be one of the most competitive groups
1612s	due to France looking a little bit shaky
1615s	USI had a shaky start there as well and
1617s	then the unlikey Heroes like Japan
1619s	emerged but also of course the Kingdom
1621s	of Saudi Arabia we all knew heading into
1624s	the O World Cup group stages that you
1626s	know that's going to be a really strong
1628s	teams they have that pre-existing
1629s	Synergy haven't played in contenders
1631s	with each other and twisted B for so
1632s	very long and they got surma jet from
1635s	the OverWatch League bolstering their
1636s	backline and to no one's surprise they
1640s	they performed on a really high level in
1643s	their group so let's chat a little bit
1644s	at
1645s	KSA I I was personally surprised as see
1648s	them beat USA 20 like I thought they'd
1650s	be good I thought they would qualify out
1651s	of the groups as the second seed I
1653s	didn't see them being 60 out of this
1655s	group stage and so I think the Kingdom
1657s	of Saudi Arabia have they've turned a
1658s	lot of heads this squad and to have
1660s	someone like surma Jed bringing that
1662s	OverWatch League experience and such an
1664s	incredible level of individual mechanics
1666s	on the flex sport role I think that's
1668s	exactly what they needed to sort of take
1669s	this Contender Squad to the next level
1672s	and so for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1673s	now they're looking like one of the
1674s	teams to beat what I will say though is
1676s	I feel like USA I feel like they could
1678s	do better I think USA is hungry for this
1681s	rematch if it comes it would be a grand
1683s	final so yeah I I look I think we're
1685s	kind of underrating as well like KSA for
1686s	example been a really good Sigma player
1688s	all right I mean KSA as well but we have
1690s	to talk about their DPS lineup like UV
1692s	and courtz I think those two players are
1695s	definitely the players that surprised me
1697s	the most because they were fragging out
1699s	oh yeah they really were uh they were in
1701s	every single highlight re that that team
1704s	put up so yeah it's it was very exciting
1706s	to see now looking at that group though
1709s	with Kingdom Saudi Arabia snatching the
1711s	first seed they left the reigning
1713s	Champion USA to fight for sloppy seconds
1716s	there against Japan it really came down
1718s	to the wire um I dare say even though
1720s	the USA was one of the favorites heading
1722s	into the group stages after the group
1725s	stages some fans might be a little
1727s	worried here I think they have good
1729s	reason to be worried because frankly
1731s	this is you know they're the reigning
1732s	Champion they shouldn't be playing these
1733s	teams Too Close France taking a map off
1735s	them going down 02 however ever I think
1738s	we saw something in that game against
1740s	Japan that is going to be very important
1742s	which is the lineup I think Super coming
1744s	in could be a really crucial element for
1747s	Team USA I think K is an amazing player
1749s	I think mechanically Heroes like Sigma I
1751s	think super uh K is a stronger player
1753s	right when it comes to Pure mechanics
1755s	what I think Super brings to this squad
1756s	and and why I want to see him in more is
1759s	I think World Cup is a very puggy style
1761s	it's very fastpaced and aggressive you
1763s	need a player who has that read on how
1765s	to win and can lead the team to I think
1768s	Super is exactly that for the squad and
1770s	so I think him coming in a little bit
1772s	more maybe you sacrifice some like
1774s	mechanical Excellence on Sigma but for
1776s	me that doesn't make nearly the impact
1778s	that having like sort of this team
1780s	leader attribute that super brings and
1782s	so for me I want to see super I want to
1784s	see UV giving USA the flexibility to
1786s	play anything they need but more than
1788s	that I want to see that team play that
1789s	Synergy taking them to the next level
1792s	yeah and when it comes to USA as well
1794s	like just setting expectations when you
1796s	think back to 2019 when they actually
1797s	won the OverWatch World Cup that was a
1799s	stack Ruster like that was them putting
1801s	together all the best pieces you know
1803s	from those years of the OverWatch League
1805s	now though like you just look at the
1806s	players and like their achievement so
1808s	far this year they're not as like
1811s	respectable compared to example like the
1812s	team from China and South Korea so
1814s	having someone like super who can take
1817s	this bunch of players and really like
1818s	make them work together that is going to
1820s	be crucial for Team USA yeah and of
1822s	course also have a really stacked
1824s	coaching stuff uh to uh you know support
1826s	them and cheer them on help with
1828s	everything that uh that needs to be
1830s	helped with uh we do want to hear from
1832s	them and we are just so lucky to have
1835s	Golden Boy in the building together with
1837s	Albert y the GM of Team USA so let's see
1840s	what he has to
1841s	say thank you so much for that so yes
1843s	they let me in the building you're crazy
1845s	right I was outside and somehow managed
1847s	to force my way through uh here I am of
1850s	course with yay uh joining us here for
1852s	representing team USAA obviously it has
1855s	been a journey uh for not just you you
1858s	know throughout the year but also here
1860s	for the OverWatch uh World Cup how does
1863s	it feel to be here now and knowing that
1865s	like we got another BlizzCon and we got
1867s	another OverWatch World Cup that's be
1868s	exciting right yeah no I'm super excited
1871s	um I think uh it's been an incredible
1872s	year for me professionally like for our
1874s	team um in the league and it'd be nice
1877s	to cap it off with another win yeah yeah
1879s	yeah well speaking of that other win
1881s	this is a an opportunity for Team USA to
1884s	defend their Title Here uh look the comp
1887s	itions as stiff as it's ever been is
1889s	there a certain amount of pressure on
1891s	these players to have to perform to have
1892s	to be you know the representatives
1894s	obviously they must be feeling it but I
1896s	want to see what it's like in The Dugout
1897s	um I think in the beginning maybe there
1899s	was some pressure but after we lost I
1901s	think expectations are low publicly
1903s	speaking so I think I think the pressure
1906s	is off now I think we can play freely we
1907s	have nothing to lose like people think
1909s	we should you know we're going to lose
1910s	to China we're going to lose to you know
1911s	Korea if they make it out like so I
1913s	think I think the fresh is off now I
1915s	think it's just we're just playing
1916s	OverWatch now oh that's fair man and
1917s	that's the way you wanted it to be
1919s	speaking of that loss though that was
1921s	you know again a huge shout out to the
1924s	king of Saudi Arabia for pulling that
1925s	off but also it it did feel like the USA
1928s	Squad certainly was licking their wounds
1930s	a little bit there uh what what happened
1932s	and and what did the team do after the
1934s	fact to bounce back and get ready for
1935s	this today um I think honestly we just
1938s	underestimated Saudi and their strength
1940s	and after we you know we we took that
1943s	loss on the chin and then we we went
1944s	back B reviewed look at everything and
1945s	we're like okay these guys are very well
1947s	prepared like we need to step up our
1949s	game and our prep um and be really
1951s	focused for you know Japan um and we did
1954s	that um so yeah I think it really F
1956s	helped Focus us um and it was it was
1960s	just obvious that we couldn't just we
1961s	couldn't just rest on our Laurels like
1962s	yeah we have a bunch of professional
1964s	players doesn't mean it's going to be
1965s	easy you got to put in the work yeah
1967s	totally fair and Last Thing Before I Let
1968s	You Go uh because you know you were
1970s	talking about the professional players
1971s	it ain't going to be easy and it ain't
1972s	going to be easy your first match is
1974s	against the team from China so really a
1977s	lot of pressure here because this is a
1978s	squad that could very well take the
1980s	whole thing and I think everyone's very
1982s	fearful of them how's the USA Squad
1983s	feeling um I think we're very confident
1985s	uh I think after the lineup changes and
1988s	um our recent scrim results and practice
1989s	results I think we're we're in a
1991s	position to take it all uh and I think
1993s	for us it's for some of it's more
1994s	personal than others um we haven't beat
1996s	the squad uh at least the league my
1998s	league team hasn't beat the squad in two
2000s	years so okay lot of lot of history here
2002s	all right I love that interweaving story
2004s	lines just the way we like it Well
2006s	Albert thank you so much for your time
2007s	my man always a pleasure to chat with
2008s	you soe back over to you thank you so
2012s	much Golden Boy so great to hear from
2014s	Albert getting that Insight love the
2016s	idea of a tactical loss to take the
2017s	pressure off in the group stages why not
2019s	why not I'm running with this one I love
2021s	that and uh yeah we always of course
2024s	indulge in making it personal and making
2026s	it a grudge match so you heard it here
2028s	from Albert uh some people do want that
2031s	D very badly on the team definitely a
2034s	match to be excited for and we have a
2036s	lot of those actually let's take a look
2038s	at the schedule so you know exactly what
2040s	is coming your way in our quarterfinals
2042s	today that's right we're going to play
2044s	all through the
2046s	quarterfinals so many great matches
2048s	ahead I am excited we we haven't talked
2051s	enough about how stacked this bracket
2053s	off like we get treated to USA versus
2054s	Team from China in the very first round
2057s	Canada we thought they top the group
2058s	they have to face South Korea oh we're
2061s	in for a great day of quarterfinal
2063s	matches yeah that's right and uh you
2065s	might see here is a little Gap time wise
2068s	as well and that's because there's
2070s	plenty of other things happening at
2071s	Bisson that we want to show you uh by
2074s	means of announcements and whatnot so we
2076s	make space for that and generally I mean
2078s	we're here at BlizzCon there is so much
2080s	to be excited for what are we having our
2083s	eyes on any any Rumblers in
2087s	chat rers anyone rumbling out there yeah
2091s	there's there's one game in
2092s	particular we're all addicted we've
2094s	started our Guild we we are actually
2096s	playing while we on
2099s	air up and running and it's going great
2102s	you know me I'm a classic Wild guy so
2104s	you know I'm looking forward to the
2105s	opening ceremony see what's going on
2106s	there but you know I'm over there trying
2109s	to amass Shadow M but you know I had to
2111s	take the week off so sorry about that
2116s	that over I've I've been a huge Diablo
2119s	fan for all my life I'm super excited
2121s	for everything that's going H that's
2123s	happening over there that Hall is oh
2126s	sick it's
2128s	it's actually scary you guys all of you
2130s	guys are in for you're going to be like
2132s	you're going to be blown you're going to
2134s	be blown away yeah yeah there's just so
2137s	much to see and so much to be excited
2140s	about here at biscon such as the first
2144s	match of the day here in the OverWatch
2147s	World Cup and that is of course Team
2149s	Canada facing off against South Korea
2152s	Canada that did have a tough uh match
2154s	like we knew that they did clean up
2157s	their
2158s	although they looked a little shaky very
2160s	beginning of the group stages they
2161s	cleaned it up and they started to look
2162s	really really good yeah I mean look to a
2164s	lot of Us Canada were the favorites to
2166s	top their group in group b right because
2168s	they have so much talent on this roster
2170s	you look at some of the names and Seeker
2171s	is the first one that really stands out
2172s	to me you know I played with him in
2174s	Toronto so you know
2178s	both like he can take over games like
2180s	Seeker is so good on hit can he can take
2181s	over games also FS of course a really
2184s	experienced of T kind of player you can
2185s	see play orisa right here his Sigma has
2187s	really been on point and you got two
2189s	really good Flex support players but the
2191s	main support player is the one who stood
2193s	out to you Jake I I want to see more of
2195s	magic mapall I've seen a ton of lucios
2197s	this tournament playing scared I think
2199s	that often is what people do when
2200s	they're in a high pressure scenario on
2201s	Lucio it's like okay I'm just going to
2203s	I'm just going to speed you guys around
2204s	like you guys carry me no but you need
2205s	to let loose especially in the sigma and
2207s	Arisa comps you yes you speed your team
2210s	yes you enable them and you need to have
2211s	good sound barriers but you need to get
2212s	in there booping these Heroes like
2214s	Bastion symmetra getting booped around
2216s	is not what you you want on those Heroes
2218s	and so the lucios who can get away with
2219s	that and still get out with their lives
2221s	they're going to have an especially high
2222s	impact on the game I want to see those
2224s	greedy sound barriers holding for that
2226s	delayed beat that's going to win you
2228s	team fights and I think magic mapall
2230s	knock just as well these are like the
2231s	unknown players on Team Canada I think
2232s	it's fair to say both of them looked
2234s	great to me in the group stages and I
2236s	want to see more of what they can do
2237s	here in the elimination bracket yeah
2238s	quite frankly once magic mapall got
2240s	switched in like it was a game changer I
2242s	truly felt the tites is Shifting for
2245s	them as soon as that change happened for
2247s	Team Canada and they rol with it and now
2248s	they're out of the group stages and here
2250s	on the big stage at biscon of course
2252s	they're going up against team South
2254s	Korea they topped their group
2256s	unsurprisingly and they were having fun
2258s	with it too all right but Danny was
2260s	there a match against Finland maybe a
2262s	little bit of a wakeup call not a little
2263s	bit I think it was a big wakeup call you
2265s	know I'm I'm pretty sure these players
2267s	you're looking at the lineup I think
2268s	these are some of the best players that
2270s	we have in the OverWatch Pro scene right
2273s	so them playing in Finland of course it
2275s	was a great job on Finland side of for
2277s	playing it so close with South Korea but
2279s	at the same time it is a wake up call
2280s	you know they need to wake up they they
2282s	were maybe having a little bit too fun
2283s	but now moving into the quarterfinals
2285s	and their first match against Canada I
2287s	do feel like they're going to use that
2288s	wake up call to like really go in
2290s	serious we're looking at Players like
2291s	lip uh we and you know like hanin is in
2294s	their Fielder and CH probably the best
2296s	uh supporter that we have they're not
2298s	going to I don't think they're going to
2299s	fool around anymore you know there's a
2300s	single elimination matches I think
2302s	they're going to come out twinning and
2303s	they're going to just dominate can I say
2305s	it can I say it I don't think South
2307s	Korea is like the big bad favorites that
2310s	like we we think they are I think
2312s	they're actually pretty evenly matched
2313s	to like some of the other teams we're
2314s	seeing around here if you look at their
2316s	roster they they haven't played that
2319s	much when it comes to these Sigma brawl
2320s	compositions compared to some of the
2322s	other you know di compositions we've
2324s	seen from them this year so yes as much
2326s	as I'm the first person to be like I
2328s	love watching Sparkle May symmetra and
2330s	all that hin Sigma for example they got
2333s	to play together they got to get that
2334s	chemistry going and I don't think
2335s	they're the big favorites that we think
2336s	they are we could see some upsets here
2338s	in the playoffs it's not an individual
2340s	carry meta right like that's what what
2342s	honestly the teams from South K that's
2343s	what they would want is to have every
2345s	individual player kind of on their own
2347s	making solo plays cuz on a onetoone
2349s	level that's what makes them such a
2350s	scary team to go against these
2352s	individual players are monsters but you
2354s	put them in this Rush team Focus
2356s	composition yes your individual play
2358s	matters but it's your Synergy that's
2359s	going to define the game right and it's
2361s	it's that that we need to see more of
2362s	from Team South Korea Finland taking
2363s	them so close I think proves that they
2366s	can be beaten I mean Finland they took
2368s	it serious they made business South
2369s	Korea they they rolled up on a Las
2372s	seraphim com in their first match to the
2374s	group stages they were having fun with
2376s	it and while I do not expect South Korea
2379s	to roll out with their girlies for this
2381s	match fear not because you get to see
2384s	them the real deal that's right L
2386s	seraphim they will be having a concert
2388s	here live at BlizzCon tomorrow and you
2391s	do not want to miss it now Korea versus
2394s	Canada coming up next after this
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2424s	radio here's some good fortun till
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2455s	morning
2458s	[Music]
2485s	my
2515s	is
2518s	3 2 1 let
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2545s	go
2549s	it's the Cal before the storm here live
2552s	from BlizzCon ladies and gentlemen as we
2553s	finally get out of those group stages
2556s	into our eliminations for our 2023
2558s	OverWatch World Cup on Mitch with
2560s	Matthew Mel we've had a lot of talk
2561s	about this first match of the day right
2563s	and the question is are South Korea the
2566s	Juggernaut they have been all these
2568s	years losing that map to Finland now
2569s	looking at the rest of the field it's
2571s	going to be a competitive day to be sure
2573s	uh they're probably not the Juggernaut
2575s	that they once were but probably good
2577s	enough to get through this match uh I
2579s	think you'll see them be obviously
2580s	tested you know as we get through the
2582s	bracket I think though uh this match
2584s	should be uh you know pretty simple uh
2586s	for Korea want to talk about the
2588s	compositions we might get to see from
2590s	the South Korean lineup as well we have
2591s	feel at hand right there obviously is
2593s	that flexibility the element of the
2595s	Dallas field brought into this sort of
2597s	team and again said we haven't seen a
2599s	ton of these Sigma comps there not
2600s	really playing a lot of these poke
2602s	setups it might just be M because they
2604s	haven't had to but if you have a down
2606s	the line here hanin is starting for team
2610s	South Korea and that obviously gives
2612s	them the option to go for that Sigma
2614s	that junka Queen if needed a lot of
2616s	options as we head into our first map
2617s	it's a first to three series and Le Jang
2619s	Tower will kick us off yeah uh no maybe
2623s	a little bit of an not an advantage but
2625s	uh good for Canada that uh you know this
2627s	match happens you know before the doors
2629s	open right nobody's nobody screaming uh
2633s	this would be like if there was like a
2634s	mitch Leslie concert this would be the
2636s	crowd
2638s	hey yo shout out to the fans in the back
2640s	put your hands up love me be be five
2642s	people doing the wave over there yo yo
2644s	that's what I'm talk that's real support
2645s	he I went by CA and he had he had at
2648s	least well I was there I was going to
2649s	say he had he had a fan there and it was
2650s	me but you you're adding yourself as a
2653s	custa fan man all right yeah you need
2655s	you need to have your morning coffee I
2657s	think yeah it was a it was paid for by
2661s	custa a c yeah hit that hit that Prime
2664s	man hit that Prime Le Tower first uh and
2667s	again Team Canada some Doubt cast over
2669s	them out of that group stage because you
2671s	know uh Team Great Britain definitely
2673s	caused them some issues we need to see
2675s	them take a big step up here yeah and I
2677s	think uh you know they they made a good
2679s	point on the desk right know uh Korea
2681s	playing a lot of these like dive Centric
2683s	comps right let's see how they go with
2685s	something I know more Sigma oriented
2688s	which uh it looks like now that we're in
2689s	the bracket stage right single you're
2691s	going to take it a little bit more
2692s	serious the gloves are off here as we
2694s	head out to leang Tower
2696s	and it will be team South Korea with
2698s	that little Symetra TP play Canada
2699s	actually don't bother with it so as a
2701s	result they're forced to play from the
2702s	bridge they stay with the SIM as well
2704s	which I think is the more interesting
2706s	thing right they don't actually use the
2707s	TP then switch to the Bastion they're
2709s	actually going to run this s Gio trying
2711s	to make some moves here T the ship
2713s	Seeker inside that assault configuration
2715s	but that'll do it magic Mel's going to
2716s	have to try and clamber back into the
2717s	fight he does now be playing from inside
2720s	the dojo here South Korea putting the
2722s	pressure on but it's going to be Sparkle
2723s	falling first and false hit a big
2725s	accretion it's Canada coming out on top
2728s	out of the GES well the the Sim right it
2731s	is a glass Cannon type of hero starts to
2733s	ramp as fights go long Li probably felt
2737s	like he had a know enough charge let's
2739s	say on the Sim beam to be able to go in
2741s	and do some damage but you're walking
2742s	into Close Quarter area against the May
2744s	and a Bastian right and then fals just
2746s	putting down just damage just by just
2748s	kind of throwing the sigma primary fire
2750s	right bouncing off a wall Splash damage
2753s	uh you take it that Sim pretty
2754s	quick he up out South Korea here from
2757s	White Room Li playing pretty far forward
2759s	here but harman's already gone to pave
2761s	the way and create a bit of space the
2762s	Mayall though will segment South Korea
2764s	they still get that immortality filled
2766s	in and they'll be a to keep harit in the
2767s	fight field has done his job there crimo
2770s	with that amp Matrix South Korea happy
2772s	to take a beat before coming back and
2775s	it's going to be a TP with an a nice May
2777s	wall there from noxious being able to
2779s	just kind of see that play coming from a
2781s	little bit away very quickly South able
2783s	to get around it though and it of their
2785s	going be SE going down down first
2786s	finally blood drawn in this second fight
2789s	the immortality F from Crimson comes too
2791s	late to keep the biggest source of
2792s	damage in the fight losing seeka early
2795s	that's going to hurt really nice plays
2798s	there from Fielder right that ant matrix
2801s	it's a nice Mayall from noxious like I
2803s	mentioned but they're still able to get
2804s	Seeker you know on the outside of it uh
2807s	and then just being able to keep
2808s	everybody up the immortality field there
2809s	for that gravitic blocks Which F up
2811s	throwing in when they had like a few
2813s	players
2814s	down South Korea comeb back in with some
2817s	key abilities of their own the blizzard
2818s	is definitely one to keep an eye on how
2820s	does have the space to line up that
2823s	ultimate well going to fire it off first
2825s	here South Korea give a bit of ground
2826s	here starting to split Sparkle going to
2828s	throw an early blizzard and actually div
2829s	into the fight it's going to have to be
2830s	an early ice block but does the blizzard
2832s	catch on not just reciprocates with one
2834s	of his own and the sound barrier comes
2836s	from both sides Li now the only cement
2838s	on the field throws out the wall seek a
2839s	little bit loow the Boop to knock Canada
2841s	out of the way and here comes South
2843s	Korea running them off the map here as
2846s	they approach the bridge I mean that was
2848s	a sick ritic block there from hanin
2850s	connects with like three or four players
2852s	you just saw everybody's health bar get
2853s	chunk down there then the rest of Team
2857s	South Korea just runs right through
2859s	Canada is Canada in a world of hurt now
2861s	Mitch mean only this ant Matrix Korea is
2864s	going to take the lead here in a really
2866s	rough spot it begins to Lucio mat you've
2868s	got no other choice but to come at the
2870s	fight from White Room to bridge here's a
2872s	TP F going to throw that a matrix up
2875s	here Canada mostly avoiding the damage
2877s	here but it could be nasty in the next
2878s	couple of seconds FAL is trying to bully
2880s	his way forward SE in that assault
2883s	configuration for a time it's going to
2884s	be an a matrix from Canada now may W to
2886s	try and keep South ker under the thumb
2887s	and it works fer false foul off the
2890s	Tactical grenade and harman's in trouble
2892s	here comes s now with the damage a force
2894s	but he's still standing and he's dishing
2896s	the deeps I mean that the fashion just
2898s	does so much damage now where it feels
2901s	like a bit of a Miss if you're just not
2903s	going to play him like it it feels like
2906s	he is one of the staple characters of
2908s	The Meta right uh to not run him the
2911s	grenade still does tons of damage inside
2913s	of and wheels mode you're able to pump
2915s	out tons of damage as
2917s	Wella does Take the Lead but Canada in a
2920s	prime position to at least tie it
2922s	up Z TP across the Gap BCT the point
2925s	with the wall and Sparkle wants to push
2927s	up on the left side of it that
2928s	Blizzard's available he throws it in
2929s	straight away false couldn't hit it with
2931s	the kinetic grass because he goes up for
2933s	a graphitic flux here's the Beat from
2935s	Chio he went a little bit low here in
2937s	the rest of South Korea now galvanized
2939s	to put this pressure down on false it's
2941s	just noxious a magic mate ball and they
2943s	will fall soon too South Korea going to
2947s	lock it up with Lucio being the last
2949s	elimination of that fight there's no
2950s	chance to touch yeah just a support play
2953s	from Korea that is so strong I mean it's
2955s	not a surprise right with Fielder and
2958s	Chio but the beat comes through from
2960s	Chio at the perfect time right after
2962s	Canada uses theirs he's able to just
2964s	kind of hold on a little bit long then
2966s	ends up using the beat keeps everybody
2968s	alive you mention how sometimes not
2971s	bringing the Bastion into these fights
2973s	feels like a little bit of a Miss still
2975s	though that key wall from lip allows
2978s	South Korea to push aggressively up
2980s	behind it and kind of close the gap on a
2982s	very dangerous
2984s	Bastion uh see if there's any changes
2986s	coming in here for this point uh I
2989s	actually probably don't expect any
2990s	because uh if you were going to play Sim
2993s	right I mean this is the the better the
2995s	better point for
2996s	the so far South Korea looking somewhat
2999s	fallible with this Sigma based setup but
3001s	the fundamentals they locked in again
3003s	they'll be quicker to the
3005s	point so Canada will be forced to pry in
3008s	from the
3011s	outside I know Korea uses the TP to you
3015s	know get out of Spawn not to go up top
3016s	to the point there put a lot of pressure
3018s	on hanin that's going to be immortality
3019s	field up great response from giio though
3021s	he very quickly comes to the rescue of
3022s	har who was caught behind that may wall
3025s	and the howy field getting thrown means
3027s	that Harman gets a say in the fight
3029s	after all the focus was aimed at him now
3032s	it's a matter of clean
3034s	up yeah is the Sim way better here when
3037s	you're set up on the point right you
3038s	have all those turrets rolling like how
3039s	do you even kind of get in if you're
3041s	Canada saw from Magic malls POV where
3043s	everybody's getting really low directly
3045s	in front of him no immortality field to
3047s	keep balse alive and as soon as he goes
3049s	down I mean there's no shot that
3051s	seeker's going to be able to make it in
3052s	can tried to focus Han bana doesn't work
3056s	so what's the plan now early immortality
3058s	field there from filder is the mayw
3060s	caught career in a bit of an awkward
3061s	spot fer might go for magx from the back
3063s	of the point but not before Hardin gets
3065s	picked off and false deals with Fielder
3067s	from behind the air Matrix much better
3069s	look for Canada that early May will
3072s	really throws South Korea off kilter
3074s	yeah a few nice mayals from NOA so far
3077s	right he had a few on their first no
3079s	point and losing for Canada but still
3081s	some pretty good players and the the
3083s	mayw definitely spot players off godan
3085s	been really that immortality field out
3087s	so early I mean you talk about that
3089s	ability it's almost like the equivalent
3091s	of like an ultimate how good it is right
3093s	to be able to get it out early in a
3095s	fight I mean that is
3098s	massive here it is Mor strikes from SEO
3102s	trying to put some pressure on the back
3103s	line heting a lot of mobility in field
3105s	almost gets caught out by a tpd for
3107s	South Korea looking to at least Fame
3109s	aggression but they're going to go
3110s	through the front door instead the
3112s	blizzard though it's a good one it
3113s	catches magic Maple just after the sound
3115s	barrier com comes down but they're
3116s	losing ultimate not enough to keep false
3118s	in the fight now Cho still hunting just
3121s	magic mall and crimo left to play with
3124s	South Korea get their pick of targets as
3125s	they're all frozen stiff yeah that was
3127s	so bizarre like Canada ends up using
3129s	their beat but then like they walk into
3131s	the blizzard like walk back into the
3133s	blizzard uh maybe it's just trying to
3135s	protect FAL a little bit maybe you see
3136s	if he get a boob you know knock some
3138s	players away but he's still going to
3139s	take you know fatal damage
3143s	there H now wants to play here look at
3146s	the line of scrimmage set so far forward
3148s	crimo 2D s keeps magic may ball in the
3151s	fight after the gratic FL came through
3152s	but that is an early immortality fi now
3154s	gone a doesn't connect an opportunity to
3157s	punish Hardin goes begging and L comes
3159s	through very charged up very Leal
3162s	absolutely looking to punish I mean that
3164s	may wall from Sparkle was sick right uh
3167s	knows that the M uh the immortality
3169s	field is out it knows that the Baptist
3171s	is obviously the largest source of
3173s	healing throws that mayw right in the
3174s	mix and uh Canada is able to get that
3177s	may out with everybody alive but still
3179s	just so much damage to try and heal up
3180s	through and then Li and the rest of the
3182s	crew come on in early FL just Harin
3184s	he'll be unbothered by this one not even
3186s	any morei has to be used there see
3188s	though has to shelter RTO it and it ends
3190s	up being a trade for the May Bastion
3192s	false though deals with Chio now South
3195s	Korea rely on Fielder but who better to
3197s	put your hopes in symmetra will throw up
3199s	to cut the map and allows hanin to have
3201s	position it's going to be a two versus
3202s	two Canada have no choice but to go for
3204s	this but they're in a compromise spot
3206s	magic may ball is so low and there's no
3208s	way South Korea are going to offer
3209s	themselves up to a Bo so here comes a
3210s	sound barrier but Fielder just vaults
3212s	over the accretion false now Lo here
3214s	come the reinforcements Sparkle first on
3216s	the scene and false cannot hang on seek
3219s	slides across the point suu already got
3221s	used there by crimzo and now it's a
3223s	recall for noxious just to try and keep
3225s	the stall alive 44% is all Canada can
3228s	manage and South Korea take a commanding
3232s	lead so they take map number one with
3235s	real relative ease
3237s	there uh Canada made some nice plays but
3240s	man I mean the support line of this team
3242s	with shio and fielder is just so shrunk
3245s	feels like they rarely have ever make a
3248s	mistake there were a couple of instances
3250s	where Canada were able to take the
3252s	initiative set up a good May wall
3254s	noxious really impressed us I think and
3257s	you can see when there's an early
3258s	immortality field teased out of South
3260s	Korea at the start of those fights and
3262s	normally bodess wol for Canada they try
3264s	and put the pressure on but that early
3266s	flux from hanin fighting off the point
3269s	the mayw from Sparkle that's a fight you
3271s	can't afford to lose when you're behind
3273s	and also I mean the flux is so big right
3275s	it forces out like a lot of the healing
3276s	cool downs and whatnot false he uses
3278s	that flux at the end it only connects
3280s	with hanit like they don't even need to
3282s	use immortality field right after he I
3284s	mean he's got a shield up he's got
3286s	kinetic grass like there's no resources
3288s	like yeah extremely low value so have to
3292s	get better value out of some of those
3293s	ultimates if you're a Canada but it's
3295s	the kind of map and match up
3297s	compositionally that's going to test
3298s	those fundamentals let's have a look
3300s	back here Matt this is a big flux behind
3302s	the Sim wall you sort of suggest
3303s	sebastia might be the better play here
3305s	but it makes the Sim work yeah and the
3307s	Sim wall is actually quite effective
3309s	against like the amp Matrix and whatnot
3311s	right uh instead of the May wall gives
3312s	you the May wall to be able to kind of
3314s	keep splitting players off from the
3316s	point as uh you see here I mean once
3319s	this Sim starts to get charged up right
3321s	doesn't even care about the kinetic
3322s	grasp right just does the damage right
3324s	on through nothing you can do to
3325s	mitigate that here of course Chio this
3327s	was a pivotal fight mid round another
3329s	Sim wall giv South Korea really safe
3331s	station ground to flank Canada and push
3334s	into them from that point on Canada are
3337s	behind and it's hard been starting an
3339s	early fight here look at this mayw from
3341s	Sparkle this is after the fact I think
3343s	nothing they could really do about it
3345s	yeah I mean you see just everybody on
3347s	Canada health bar at like 50% and lower
3350s	and they have nothing left no
3352s	immortality field no reg burst Lucio
3354s	healing is not enough there I mean
3356s	eventually you're going to crumble
3357s	especially off of the ramping damage
3359s	that comes with the SIM so uh Canada a
3362s	map pick coming in here we'll see what
3364s	they decide to do uh on hybrid I don't
3367s	think we'll see circuit I think it'll
3369s	probably be a different map uh probably
3372s	wouldn't want to go there especially
3373s	with how good honin is on the sigma so
3375s	it'll be blizzard World here for map
3376s	number two and this may provoke a
3379s	substitution from Team South Korea there
3382s	might be a map that they want to
3383s	actually use Fearless in here see a
3384s	couple of players
3386s	stepping down from the stage so we'll
3387s	have to see what the setup is going to
3389s	be we'll be back everybody that's map
3390s	one in our first quarterfinal between
3393s	Canada and team South Korea here at the
3395s	2023 OverWatch World Cup live from
3414s	BlizzCon
3436s	[Music]
3491s	[Music]
3510s	[Music]
3596s	hello hello hello everyone and welcome
3598s	to BlizzCon welcome to the OverWatch
3602s	World Cup of
3604s	2023 I'm Golden Boy your host and oh boy
3607s	we got people rolling in now the doors
3609s	opened up for BlizzCon and it's going to
3611s	be a great time all throughout these
3614s	next few days but I want to actually
3616s	talk to some of our fans over here we
3617s	have one oh actually you come over here
3619s	join me join me what's your name what's
3621s	your name where you from uh Kio I'm from
3623s	Dallas all right Kio from Dallas okay
3625s	obviously uh now what are you most
3628s	excited for for this year's BlizzCon
3630s	OverWatch World Cup oh OverWatch World
3632s	Cup well you know what I like that
3634s	you're here to support uh any player in
3637s	particular Sparkle Sparkle okay and okay
3641s	I think a lot of people like Sparkle as
3643s	well what is about Sparkle that's uh
3644s	well you know it makes him your favorite
3646s	player uh I love Sparkle's Genji I'm a
3648s	Genji player okay and uh he's a really
3650s	fun player to watch he's always really
3651s	excited and has a fun attitude awesome
3654s	well I think I think we all love that as
3655s	well thank you so much for your time I
3657s	really appreciate it guys thank you so
3659s	much now folks we're going to send it
3660s	back over to the casters get us into
3662s	this next game Mitch M over
3664s	you thank you very much Golden Boy
3667s	wouldn't it be a treat to get to see a
3669s	little bit more of that sparkle Genji
3671s	there are some instances of where it's
3673s	possible maybe like a a Genji on like a
3676s	circuit Royal he should just do it for
3677s	the fans exactly it's World Cup it's a
3681s	celebration do you know what I mean
3682s	that's worth celebrating uh I guess if
3684s	you're Team Canada fan you're probably
3686s	not really in the mood to thve those
3688s	hands just yet little bit of a tough
3690s	round for them on Le Jang Tower but they
3692s	make a decent start and it looks like
3694s	their win conditions are understanding
3695s	of how to win the fight with these Sigma
3697s	compositions it's pretty solid they just
3699s	get caught off guard on a couple of
3701s	occasions but's early gravic flux from
3704s	Harville we got some subs here Cal in
3706s	for magic mate ball yes Cal will come in
3709s	for Canada you got some subs uh for
3712s	Korea as well as uh let we go over over
3715s	to their side you'll have Fearless
3716s	coming into the game and you'll have uh
3718s	fin so uh some really interesting stuff
3721s	here is uh there's a look at Fearless
3724s	for blizzard world this makes a ton of
3726s	sense right uh they're going to play
3728s	aggressive they're going to play like a
3730s	dive style put him on the doomfist put
3733s	him on Winston right uh and get him into
3735s	the backline as young Finn there as well
3738s	coming in for Chio which makes us think
3740s	straight away double Flex support looks
3743s	obviously Chio really
3745s	piloting the Lucio and times the brg but
3748s	I think we're headed to potentially the
3750s	Baptist iari setup something a little
3752s	bit more spicy you have aror in here as
3754s	well potentially if you really want to
3755s	set Fus up in that way if we get a diet
3757s	tank from him I'm expecting doomfist I I
3760s	think maybe even like kico here okay uh
3763s	for uh for Korea play play aggressive uh
3766s	with that Doom right break on in is uh
3770s	this is the Canada map pick right so
3773s	Canada they see you know the Sigma
3775s	mirror maybe they don't want to kind of
3776s	keep going that route now we'll go this
3778s	way uh maybe they feel like they can
3781s	bait them into playing some doom and
3783s	dive and then think their Sigma comp can
3785s	win out it's an interesting choice but
3788s	again if you play a map where both comps
3789s	work and you force a substitution maybe
3792s	felis is less inclined to switch to
3795s	Sigma in that case maybe you have an
3797s	opportunity mean but less inclined is a
3799s	nice way to say he's not going to switch
3802s	uh to Sigma well that's I again the
3805s	question is still if you can actually
3806s	punish that at all or if you just lose
3808s	to whatever comp that felus wants to
3811s	play but it is telegraft a little bit
3813s	right from Team South Korea how they
3815s	make these substitutions you can you can
3817s	metagame that to a degree I don't know
3819s	how much uh I don't know if it's really
3822s	any more than just a marginal advantage
3824s	that it gives you but it's on the
3826s	table okay so they will play the uh
3828s	theana back line here so they'll play
3831s	that with the doomfist as tank so uh
3834s	sparkles Echo is very strong here too uh
3837s	this is going to be a difficult comp for
3839s	Canada to deal with in the sense of like
3840s	a lot of pressure you know even a lot of
3843s	damage from the support line now being
3844s	brought in and again we can see ourari
3847s	players Cal as well can kind of range
3849s	solo to some degree and be a legitimate
3852s	damage dealing threat on their own and
3853s	that's what makes it very
3855s	volatile we get Hanzo i' even I'd say
3857s	even more so than that so we do get
3859s	Sigma from Team Canada now and see okay
3863s	that's a very scary pick the sojourn is
3864s	to seek his strongest Heroes yeah and
3867s	and I think the the soldier you know you
3869s	can kind of like swap it out with the
3871s	Bastion I I still think it makes this
3873s	comp very strong as uh the one who's got
3876s	to be is going to be under a lot of
3878s	pressure is Sparkle right the allari can
3880s	do some big damage to you well I was
3882s	going to say as well as soj it's going
3885s	to be a early first pit C's able to play
3887s	from that high ground and drop down
3888s	sight straight away it's not the safest
3890s	healing pylon I think someone's up
3891s	behind Cal they're aware of that though
3893s	it's felis look for a way to get in see
3896s	gets taken down by F ofall people nice
3898s	creation to The High Ground and does not
3899s	F the down so he's in a bit of a weird
3901s	spot now the rest of the team drops down
3903s	with him felus will be toed up now
3905s	moving back into the range of fin
3907s	healing too yeah and and Al lry like
3910s	secondary fire healing like the beam
3912s	just brings Fearless back to life I mean
3914s	that biotic grenade does not connect on
3915s	him so doesn't get the am F dropping
3918s	down once more this time voluntarily
3920s	spin heads upstairs that up first again
3924s	the long as this fight gets dragged out
3925s	there's more opportunities for Fearless
3927s	to get in and disrupt here eventually we
3929s	might see an a matrix to try and crack
3930s	this wide
3932s	open it is like two ticks already here
3935s	for Canada so doing a decent job it's
3937s	going to have to be Korea that gets on
3938s	to contest but commit meus is in and out
3941s	you have to generate an opportunity for
3943s	the doomfist to succeed so far he's
3945s	going to jump into snack Ramis looking
3946s	for crimo right now but the rest of Team
3948s	Canada on the point still now South
3950s	Korea have to find some mechanism with
3952s	which to stall it and it's not working
3954s	fre gets caught out by F and that's a
3956s	point cap for Team Canada yeah really
3959s	nice start here for Canada no pretty
3963s	relatively competitive in map number one
3965s	good start here in map number two is uh
3968s	C they did a really nice job putting
3969s	down some damage at
3972s	reach and we'll see them try and take
3974s	The High Ground here obviously playing
3976s	with this Sigma means they probably not
3977s	going to split too heavily probably not
3979s	going to invest over much in low ground
3982s	I mean now it becomes very difficult for
3984s	like sple right because you know the
3986s	offense can access this High Ground kind
3987s	of close the gap between him and you
3989s	know obviously him in the sky where the
3991s	the sojourn in the allari become even
3993s	more
3994s	deadly noxious running off orders here
3997s	now as he draws a bead on the South
4000s	Korea players with the low ground is
4001s	going to be Finn coming over the top
4002s	might be a combo with his cap Sun
4004s	seeking the only play affected by right
4005s	now and Finn's trying to follow it up on
4006s	his own but he's hit with a son of his
4008s	own C though suspended in midair picked
4010s	up by Sparkle but able to get Finn poly
4013s	ends up being a one for one one Li now
4016s	on a very strong pick of his by the way
4018s	much better look than the SIM can play
4019s	from behind that kiosk now and fers
4021s	heads upstairs crimo already falls to
4023s	the sticky bombs and Seca can't deal
4025s	with sparkle too low at HP as the
4027s	focusing beam comes inless now can bu
4029s	his time to a degree but FSE takes him
4031s	down with an accretion countering out
4033s	the power block but there's still the
4034s	threat of Sparkle he had a duplicate but
4036s	he gets taken down in midair what a shot
4038s	from noxious yeah I think he's just
4040s	decided not to use it I mean you already
4042s	have the allari back here for can they
4044s	get back in the fight it's going to
4046s	force Fearless to switch to the win
4047s	Center already so you can tell Canada's
4050s	bothered by I mean the Korean team
4052s	bothered by this F with a nano here
4055s	Fearless now a better Nano candidate
4057s	we've seen a couple of teams mix the win
4059s	in their times here by to the low ground
4062s	that hits FAL as well it's going to be a
4063s	tough one for the S to stay around the
4064s	immortality field not required though
4066s	over caugh for S but felus finds him
4068s	with a zap fil is able to get Fielder
4070s	inside that Ric flux at the very least
4072s	here and aan hits field as he tries to
4075s	move into this room and he gets caught
4076s	out crimo brings him down and Team
4078s	Canada have this second
4080s	checkpoint wow I mean I did not have
4084s	this one uh you know dialed up for map
4087s	number two is Canada I mean 4 minutes
4090s	plus here to complete the map I mean
4093s	this a really fast time as I know like
4097s	they're fully like with this lineup
4098s	you're fully committed to this too right
4101s	think they baited the substitution now
4104s	trying to exploit maybe that lack of
4106s	flexibility for team South Korea Cal
4109s	here might be in a position to flank
4110s	with a captive Sun seeo catches fin
4113s	already that's huge the Tactical grenade
4115s	and Cal finds Fielder oh my Lord Team
4117s	Canada what do they eat this morning
4120s	three minutes and 36 to play for
4123s	still I mean was it what Korea will come
4126s	out of the spawn they'll still have this
4127s	duplicate right you're still playing
4128s	around this you'll have Primal Rage to
4130s	stall things out but man they're going
4133s	to like K is almost going to get to this
4134s	like final corner with the payload Crim
4137s	can pop air Matrix here that's scary
4138s	wants to attack grenade come F through
4140s	that here is this on Fearless is slow he
4143s	gets hit by the accre it's an easy kill
4145s	Sparkle goes for the duplicated midair
4146s	and tries to make another tank
4148s	materialize SE is hit by the captive Sun
4151s	the issue of the flanking lip does have
4152s	to be addressed here but the card still
4154s	wants to push up Sparkle holds his
4156s	ground for a good deal of time
4157s	eventually bringing no just down but C
4159s	now is on the scene the gravitic flux
4160s	comes out from the dke sparkle but FAL
4162s	just gets to drop down f as the
4165s	duplication ends there it is 252 on the
4168s	clock my word Team Canada came to play
4171s	yeah Canada speedrun through blizzard
4174s	World on
4175s	offense so you would actually I what I
4178s	really love there is their commitment to
4181s	getting Fearless they knew that he was
4182s	coming up on Primal right you're just
4183s	kind of like tracking some of those
4185s	ultimates and that if he gets Primal
4186s	there he ends up like stalling it out it
4188s	becomes very difficult they get him
4190s	really low and then drop an ant Matrix
4192s	and just fully like all in on him and
4195s	they end up killing him he's like 98%
4197s	and then he actually switches over to
4198s	the Doom to get back like cuz it's
4200s	desperation so that they don't even end
4202s	up getting a use of the Primal the
4203s	duplicate that sparkle holding on to
4205s	Forever that goes for nothing I mean uh
4208s	really nice stuff from Canada but this
4209s	is simply an extension of our
4211s	conversation over the last week or so
4213s	about how powerful Sigma is up against
4216s	both the doomfist and the Winston the
4218s	disruptive potential of ation constantly
4221s	giving canor a window to flatten feel
4224s	before he can disrupt himself take a
4227s	look here
4228s	from to really nice shots oh you're
4235s	dead that's absolutely nasty just better
4238s	aim my
4241s	goodness the substitution of Cal here
4244s	see previously playing at the top level
4246s	yeah in the OverWatch world this
4248s	year great to see them back here now on
4251s	the ilari actually putting real pressure
4253s	down on team South Korea sparle Genji we
4256s	might be getting it yeah and I thought
4258s	like this is kind of what they would do
4259s	with the support line like I thought you
4261s	would see Fielder on the Ana and then
4262s	fin come in play Theo here Sparkle
4266s	playing the Genji so now you're just
4267s	like oh well let's just go even faster
4269s	right I think the Genji is a much safer
4272s	pick here though than the Eko another
4274s	great Nano Target too right and you want
4276s	to exploit maybe the immobility of T
4278s	Canada's backline to some degree the
4280s	deflect in front of the Bastion for a
4282s	quick punish it's
4284s	into the Trap I mean there's also no big
4286s	support ultimate right so a dragon blade
4288s	especially in the hands of Sparkle here
4290s	gets value huge kunai KN just taken down
4293s	before he had a chance to go for the ice
4294s	block and this is where things can
4296s	unravel Cal here under a bit of pressure
4299s	felus hanging in there now the suu
4301s	deployed by Finn we have Team South
4303s	Korea on the point cuz it's not just
4306s	Sparkle they flank with right the KIRO
4308s	of Finn like you mentioned earlier a
4310s	great little onew punch from the right
4313s	from the rear just sick Mobility right
4315s	being able to get like half of the team
4317s	into the backline like straight away get
4319s	on the flank uh Canada they make the
4321s	decision actually just kind of like push
4323s	on through and they take out lip because
4324s	lip is just standing there on the 76
4326s	like pretty much like the stationary
4328s	Target Fielder can play from a far away
4331s	uh but now can they'll actually make
4332s	though yeah we had a CID swap here again
4336s	the hindrance I think of magrite could
4338s	be very powerful against someone like
4341s	sparkle I don't know if we' consider it
4342s	a hard counter person say and it's a pi
4345s	that only seea really would go for seen
4347s	that from him at times this year as well
4350s	yeah so uh that grenade will be pretty
4353s	strong like if Sparkle gets right in his
4355s	face even on the K right like you know
4357s	limiting the TP and being able to take
4359s	out that hero like a few different
4361s	options here as picking up some kills
4364s	playing foot and O does well here credit
4367s	to Canada for really playing around that
4369s	choke they understand just how much more
4371s	powerful their composition is playing
4373s	for with that slim opening for noxious
4376s	to be able to line up a couple of those
4377s	head shots it also give Seer a ton of
4380s	space yeah well seeker can control that
4383s	high ground right I mean that is ideal
4385s	uh I don't know how you get through this
4386s	though if you're Canada you're forming
4388s	up a nano blade here for Sparkle and
4391s	here it comes yeah Sparkle with an anade
4393s	now looking for the front line by the
4394s	looks of things captive Sun maybe just
4396s	to get k out ofs reach oh my goodness
4399s	Sparkle thought about the deflex he's
4400s	going to be here with the debuff and Cal
4401s	eventually gets kill credit for that
4405s	South Korea by no means yeah they're by
4407s	no means winning here they still going
4408s	to push in Calo in a vulnerable spot the
4411s	the punch is good and C can't roll away
4414s	still for Canada right you hold on to
4416s	some ultimates you hold on to the flocks
4418s	you got a a dead of combo with it it's
4421s	like a a rank Play Combo uh but uh Kaa
4426s	did have to use the Nano and the blade
4428s	to get through that it wasn't exactly
4429s	super clean uh can put up a pretty
4431s	strong fight
4432s	there no here with a blizzard in hand
4435s	it's going to be a KSU they rush to
4436s	start a fight and who's the tip of the
4437s	spear but
4439s	Fearless does hit the rocket punch but
4441s	no Great Wall here though blocked the T
4444s	viser entirely Li UT styal in the corner
4447s	here with a bionade and felis was able
4448s	to get in there and follow up so that's
4450s	noi SE really wants to buy a bit of time
4453s	I think with this Dead Eye no kill felis
4456s	going to pull on out here and Sparkle
4457s	avoid the M grenade for now they're
4458s	going to go in once more they see crimzo
4460s	who couldn't get out of the meteor
4461s	strike and seek his eyebrows at risk of
4463s	disappearing into his hairline there had
4465s	no idea what happened and South Korea
4467s	will clean Canada up again I don't know
4469s	if the Cassie is the
4471s	pick maybe maybe go to the so here yeah
4474s	Bastion will be be the swath where yeah
4477s	it does not seem like you're getting
4478s	much value out of the grenade I I think
4479s	the Tracer is quite interesting too
4481s	right put some pressure onto lip in
4483s	Fielder uh you know make it difficult
4485s	for them not allow you know lip to just
4487s	sit in the back line and just get three
4489s	Damage
4490s	Done un speculative accretion there for
4494s	false but love to just make it harder
4496s	for f to be in and out like he is he
4498s	will take note to think of the flanking
4501s	cow they're in a spot as well Korea has
4503s	set an even better time right uh that
4505s	that is not out of the realm of
4507s	possibility here he goes being given
4509s	over of fers and that means he can stick
4511s	it false here going to catch fers at
4514s	least in the G but he's taken down
4515s	Midway through it's such an easy target
4518s	to be taken down by lip big captive Sun
4522s	for Cal we mentioned they were flanking
4523s	ear on here but team South Korea still
4525s	have the Personnel to put up a defensive
4528s	display man C they've had a fantastic
4532s	map thus far like picking up two kills
4534s	there just nobody else alive able to
4536s	make a play and the no obviously no like
4540s	sound Byer Transcendence here available
4541s	for Canada so like this blade there's
4543s	really nothing you can do against it
4545s	really like immortality fi be attacked
4547s	by to get everybody we back them up no
4549s	May here there is of course that Sigma
4551s	protection from the barrier and can
4553s	grasp so Li just pops it maybe to force
4555s	a couple of cool down the immortality
4558s	field is down that is the most important
4560s	story out of that fight here's the rush
4561s	here's the blade here it comes it's
4563s	Sparkle in already s remov by fess's
4566s	punch and he'll satisfy himself getting
4569s	false out of the fight now where's the
4571s	touch come from maybe Cal can get there
4573s	noxious attempted it and after all that
4577s	team Canada still have a slightly bigger
4580s	time bank to play with what 7 Seconds
4583s	right uh I know in terms of a difference
4585s	here yes so 7 seconds I mean it is a
4587s	bigger time bank but really I mean it's
4590s	not a huge difference as uh Korea they
4592s	clutch up they bring this one uh back
4595s	you know Canada they probably felt like
4597s	they had all the momentum in the world
4598s	like we got this and then now all of a
4600s	sudden they find themselves pretty much
4601s	in an even game going in OT how optimal
4604s	do you think the soldier 76 and Genji
4606s	DPS do you always see with this Doom
4608s	comp like I
4611s	mean how how what are you what are you
4613s	trying to
4614s	going up or at least going up against
4615s	the secma setup like is that going to be
4617s	the answer here um you know I I actually
4620s	think the Genji is like a a really good
4622s	pick this would actually be quite
4623s	interesting bringing in a re like this
4625s	is just fully committing to like a dive
4628s	style right bringing in Reaper uh you
4631s	know just getting into the backline
4633s	right I I like the consistent damage of
4635s	the 76 uh it it's a fairly easy ultimate
4639s	to get some value out of like whether
4642s	it's cooldowns or space or whatnot uh no
4645s	Reaper ultimate feels like uh you know
4647s	powerful probably going to die here
4651s	uh yeah like pH in order y guys I'm
4656s	going in to get hit BYU and he wasn't
4658s	playing it I wouldn't hate it though so
4661s	pedestrian wouldn't hate it in the
4663s	current year
4664s	yeah cuss is a big Reaper guy oh yeah
4667s	that's what I
4668s	heard he likes those ultimates he can
4670s	just throw in there you know not have to
4672s	think about it he he did support
4675s	so like that I put it down you picked it
4677s	up that's how we work all right Cal here
4679s	I think they are aware of the rap again
4681s	for team South Korea they went for it on
4683s	their last attack it's not so long ago
4687s	Sparkle will be a threat and Nu M
4689s	Fielder goes low oh sink gets the extra
4690s	damage that was likely just the
4692s	explosion radius of thetical grenade but
4694s	it kills a kill and now South Korea are
4696s	down to just Spin and I like how Canada
4699s	and they did this the last time it's
4701s	just they didn't do it enough times in a
4702s	row uh they able to identify like who is
4704s	the Target off on their own and really
4707s	capitalize on that right there it was a
4709s	nice May wall from noxious gets right
4711s	behind Fielder Fielder not able to back
4713s	up they take him out uh like in in the
4715s	previous defense right they were able to
4717s	get lift early on so I think can doing a
4720s	nice job adjusting to okay who is the
4722s	target that's alone who can you know
4724s	they don't have a speed boost right so
4725s	they have to use that Mayall to really
4726s	kind of trap them and be able to do that
4728s	and take those players
4730s	out 46 seconds left to play team South
4733s	Korea this time maybe not opting to go
4736s	for as Artful a
4738s	flank playing more as a unit as they
4740s	approach that's the healing pile on down
4741s	they might have The High Ground here and
4742s	here comes f crims are already gone and
4745s	seea follows not long after even the a
4748s	mat deployed there to try and get them
4749s	out of trouble they get torn to shreds
4752s	by the anime protagonist yes that is a
4755s	nano boost that goes on to Fearless just
4757s	to give him a little bit of extra
4759s	survivability as uh that will be the
4761s	point taken for Korea
4764s	and and now I mean I think can is in a
4765s	really rough spot right no ant Matrix
4768s	here no other ultimates to work with
4770s	captive Sun uh you're going to get Blade
4772s	here for uh Kaa and you're going to have
4775s	the visor you can even like have
4777s	Fearless play hyper aggressive and
4779s	meteor strike out like a lot of options
4781s	here damage control is the name of the
4783s	game here now for Team Canada they must
4786s	limit South Korea as they approach
4788s	through this phase of the map where soon
4790s	they rush to start the fight for Cal
4791s	they're looking for a solo flank they
4793s	come up with very little but may want to
4795s	go there again it's going to be a
4796s	captain Sun up close who is caught by it
4798s	l now in the flux he'll get taken down
4800s	as he touches the ground it's a one for
4801s	one trade it's going to be Cal standing
4803s	up yet again one more would be brilliant
4806s	but maybe it's not even needed Sparkle
4807s	goes in the dash gets the job done Fel
4809s	is looking very low on the point Cal
4811s	will have that extra
4814s	kill and Canada puts that push to
4817s	bit so Canada keeps themselves alive
4820s	right uh they do give up the point so
4822s	they're going to have to at least get a
4823s	point cap and then probably one fight
4826s	after uh I think it know a lot of this
4829s	is going to come down to this first
4830s	fight right if Canada can win this first
4832s	fight they give themselves a great
4833s	opportunity right they may even give
4835s	themselves a second fight with how close
4837s	the spawn will be to the the cart uh
4840s	they just need to have a good
4843s	start these are the kind of games where
4845s	lips impact can actually be a little bit
4847s	more subtle and hard to track he's not
4850s	playing a Sombra where you have this
4851s	large team fight and ultimate this
4854s	really powerful solo flanking ability
4857s	he's often out there just trying to add
4858s	consistent damage on a bit of an off
4860s	angle this is what I'm I'm interested
4862s	are you going to play the Ekko or the
4863s	Genji here on defense so it'll be the
4865s	eeko where uh I actually kind of
4868s	understand like I feel like the Genji is
4869s	a little bit more all in like where on
4872s	defense it's a it's a bit harder to kind
4874s	of get value where like the eeko you can
4877s	be a little bit more uh you know choosy
4879s	right like you know you can kind of like
4880s	sit in the background put down some
4882s	damage sticky then decide to collapse
4884s	right the Genji you would only really
4886s	get value going in where I think at this
4888s	moment 207 on the clock there's no
4891s	reason to risk it so to speak well right
4893s	it also means is it is it really just
4895s	the Genji that goes in like does the
4896s	KIRO have to follow and the thing is if
4898s	you die here let's say if you're Sparkle
4900s	right you can switch to the Genji for
4903s	where the payload is at the end right so
4905s	I I I kind of like the echo start
4908s	here the main here is a big pick can cut
4911s	off one of those sides at the point
4913s	prevent flanking or catch someone out
4914s	that's the attempt on fers just gets
4917s	away it was close but Fielder though he
4920s	was the one that kept feelers around key
4922s	had to play out of a safe Zone and
4924s	therefore gets caught by seeka you've
4926s	lost your AR Sparkle now needs to come
4927s	to the rescue Cal first on the menu now
4931s	four versus four yeah but you can't lose
4934s	Fielder like that I mean he is just out
4936s	in the open is that is an easy shot for
4938s	Seeker but seeker's not in a great spot
4939s	to do much right now he's trying to
4941s	charge the rail gun but there no t and
4943s	that gives Sparkle some time three kills
4946s	for Sparkle in the fight because Canada
4948s	they slow things down for about 10
4951s	seconds there they lose the advantage
4953s	for that first pick well they they lose
4955s	Cal who you know they've been a huge
4956s	source of like damage feels like every
4958s	clutch that Canada is need they've come
4961s	up with h you do get one tick but I
4964s	think losing that first fight is just
4966s	absolutely brutal especially after you
4967s	get Fielder first like you draw first
4970s	Squad and then still end up losing SP
4972s	can stay hidden as well stay out of seea
4974s	sight lines and then strike when he sees
4977s	it's safe to do so for example when see
4980s	is chilling inside That Snack Ramis
4982s	building and not peeking out not playing
4985s	aggressively here from me to long range
4987s	ksun Rush here would be a Dame changer
4989s	if they can get it they are wrapping
4991s	around slowly starting to incircle Team
4994s	Canada right they're going to collapse
4996s	on them they have no problem with like
4998s	know forcing them into this close area
5000s	that duplicate of the soldier here
5001s	Sparkle could have finished the job
5002s	there was the focusing beam but it would
5003s	have been too risky still Li fights a
5005s	kill on false that's your Sigma now gone
5007s	it's Traer for Sparkle but he still have
5009s	the do this to work with nox just goes
5011s	for a blizzard Finn trying to climb the
5013s	walls to get out of there and it's no
5015s	good Finn with the Nano it's not enough
5016s	to keep him alive and that might have
5018s	been the answer here for Team Canada
5020s	they finally come out with the goods and
5023s	that might be brutal for South Korea
5026s	they end up using the ksun rush Nano
5028s	duplicate and visor during that just cuz
5032s	like they probably feel like that's
5033s	their opportunity to win it they end up
5035s	blowing it now I know C come back with
5038s	the captive Sun this could be cleansed
5039s	right so it's not not big the hugest
5041s	deal but like Seeker with the overclock
5043s	like you're in a you're in a situation
5045s	where Canada can clutch up in that last
5047s	fight it was noxious he did his job now
5050s	it's time for seeka to step up already
5052s	trying to assume a bit of an off angle
5053s	but crimon gets plucked out straight
5054s	away it's going to be a captive son
5056s	again speculative Cal hoping for
5058s	something going to be going over the the
5060s	wall there with the Outburst but felis
5062s	gets picked St at a trade these spawns
5064s	are going to be so close for Canada
5066s	though a long walk back to South Korea
5068s	conversely Matt that's the scary
5070s	Prospect a CR wiard Sparkle in mid aair
5072s	now F's going to be down briefly by B
5074s	but CL off straight away asleep all the
5076s	CC for the sigma but he picks himself
5078s	back up and gets on with the job now
5081s	we've got ourselves a game as Canada
5085s	ties it up one one here to start the day
5090s	and with the you know Korea used too
5092s	many ultimates to try and just clutch up
5094s	and hold that first point and then where
5097s	the the payload is like the spawns are
5100s	so close for Canada and the sigma is
5102s	just so sturdy and difficult to get off
5105s	the point that b was dirty and at that
5108s	point for Canada right as long as you
5110s	don't just like really kind of like
5112s	throw and just kind of run on in you're
5114s	going to have like just just keep
5116s	working like one pick at a time and you
5118s	have such a large spawn
5120s	Advantage absolutely massive
5123s	there from Team Canada in the final
5124s	seconds they did their job on defense
5126s	they held team South Korea to limited
5129s	progress let's throw it all the way back
5130s	to this first attack here seea getting a
5132s	lot of value with South Korea getting
5134s	washed away here on this first push yeah
5136s	I mean Canada looked awesome on their
5138s	offense really I think know Canada is
5141s	totally okay with playing like the Sigma
5143s	versus the dive I think that was clearly
5146s	demonstrated this is the team that came
5148s	out of their group second behind Great
5151s	Britain taking on one of the favorite to
5153s	win it all this year and they am more
5156s	than happy to stand up to them again we
5158s	sort of talked about the metagaming
5159s	right getting Fearless in the server by
5161s	picking a map that can be conducive to
5163s	dive composition and then just playing
5165s	Sigma anyway yeah I mean see Fearless
5169s	here I mean just some sick Clips on the
5171s	Doom but uh here's the blizzard here
5173s	from noxious that I mean there are so
5176s	many ultimates thrown in here by koreas
5179s	they would love to have that fight back
5181s	yeah no one's treading that orang Brick
5182s	Road will give you that for free
5184s	fantastic stuff there by noxious to
5186s	really lock it up now team South Korea
5189s	have their choice of map see Cal here in
5192s	dep part the stage so we're definitely
5194s	expecting a
5195s	substitution for Team
5198s	Canada again what do you pick you pick
5200s	something that maybe Works a little
5201s	better for felis I I mean teams have
5204s	always kind of trended towards like
5206s	surasa typically uh but now new Jun City
5210s	comes in here uh for South Korea so a
5213s	interesting map selection ain't no rest
5216s	for the weekend that's for sure new junk
5217s	City something we saw less of when teams
5220s	were able to choose like to mention Sasa
5221s	coming up a little bit more often lot of
5223s	basting lot of Genji potential there so
5225s	stick around everybody your first
5227s	quarterfinal is one a piece here between
5229s	team South Korea and Team
5241s	Canada
5250s	[Music]
5256s	[Music]
5271s	me
5275s	[Music]
5301s	now in the quarter finals we're dealing
5303s	with first to three series that means
5306s	more opportunities to select maps that
5308s	suit your team in their play style and
5310s	Team Canada do exactly that they decided
5313s	to go to Blizzard World in their second
5314s	map after dropping the first and their
5316s	Sigma cop is squeaky clean I mean look
5320s	they looked pretty good in map number
5321s	one obviously not good enough to you
5323s	know end up winning it uh but if you're
5326s	career I mean you'd feel like you have a
5327s	large problem on your hand right because
5329s	even if you win this they have the
5332s	ability to go to maps that could like
5334s	maybe try and bait you into playing that
5335s	dive I think if you're South Korea you
5338s	probably consider not going back to that
5340s	throughout the
5341s	series this Han bin and felus Duo story
5345s	they world champions in their own Right
5348s	But whichever one you bring in kind of
5350s	gives you an indication as to where team
5352s	South Korea are going to go speaking of
5353s	substitutions magic M ball is back in
5356s	the roster here for Team Canada Cal
5358s	though with an incredible game Oni Cal
5360s	is fantastic uh I this this is a like
5363s	Lucio sub right uh you know new new junk
5366s	City I mean flasho in general Lucio is
5369s	just like essential so uh hanin comes in
5373s	here uh for South Korea as well which
5375s	tells you uh they're probably done
5378s	playing some of that dive they're going
5379s	to go back to the sigma the way this map
5381s	has evolved we saw a lot of rice
5383s	compositions it was ratra picked first
5386s	on the time we saw new J City now we've
5388s	definitely evolved through a lot of
5389s	those brawl comps to something that
5390s	resembl Sigma a bit more closely and a
5392s	lot like how I mentioned on the Canada
5394s	side like Lucio is essential it makes
5396s	sense for CH to come back in here uh for
5399s	South Korea so uh look flasho large Maps
5403s	a lot of area to Traverse uh if somebody
5406s	uh can give the entire team just AOE
5409s	speed you probably want that hero uh so
5412s	it it makes a lot of sense I mean I I
5414s	think you're going to see Lucio install
5417s	loock on these Maps I know as long as
5419s	they keep coming out with the same
5421s	size what do we get from lip more
5423s	Soldier 76 more wide flanks many teams
5427s	attempted this this year uh you know at
5429s	the top levels of OverWatch hydron I
5431s	think is a great example of someone who
5432s	would take the soldier and do he
5434s	extremely elaborate these wide flanks
5436s	and it wouldn't always pay off and when
5437s	it didn't it hurt you doubly because he
5440s	spent so far away from the rest of his
5442s	team it's been hard to see where lips
5444s	had value those tack vises often getting
5445s	shut down by mayw Sigma Shields or
5448s	kinetic grasps or even just people
5449s	playing out of line of sight I mean team
5451s	South Korea need lip I think to go big
5454s	to really take this over possibly the
5456s	Serj did you pick up the Serj here if
5459s	your lip right like playoff angles some
5462s	interesting stuff you can do there uh
5464s	with the sojourn maybe no even I think
5467s	the 76 still an option so looks like
5470s	there's an attempted rock paper scissors
5472s	game going on I think yeah Team Canada
5474s	were gesturing across the stage they've
5477s	also been very Lively in chat here uh
5480s	look I mean these players from Team
5481s	South Korea has been so long playing in
5482s	the west that that they've got a great
5484s	grasp of English especially via text so
5486s	there's a lot of a lot of B going on
5489s	much B me miss it yeah there is a lot of
5492s	B yeah nox just said that apparently
5494s	seeka is the new best Sombra in the
5496s	world and that lip should take notice
5497s	lip said oh show me pick it pick it in
5500s	this next B yeah uh Sombra I would not
5503s	be a great selection I feel like at the
5506s	moment I mean look if lip is not playing
5508s	Sombra you know that uh you know that
5510s	the hero is not in the best spot lip
5512s	would love I mean in you know South
5513s	Korea would love to have him on that
5515s	hero with how good he is this is
5516s	probably a good chance to Circle back I
5518s	guess to talk about some of the stakes
5519s	here because team South Korea they are
5521s	our original this sing as well yes
5524s	single we're dealing with our original
5526s	world champions and Team Canada who've
5527s	been in the top four before but they
5530s	came out of the groups looking
5531s	underrated and this now I begs the
5533s	question if this is how good team Canada
5536s	are then how good are team Great Britain
5538s	on the other side of this bracket are
5541s	they capable of staking things up in
5542s	their favor too I mean both sides of the
5545s	bracket are interesting in their own
5546s	rate uh you know uh you have the USA
5550s	versus a team from China match coming up
5553s	later that'll be uh that'll be a crazy
5555s	one as we are getting ready to jump into
5556s	new junk City for map number three uh no
5560s	KSA has been awesome right has not
5563s	dropped a map uh I mean they have looked
5566s	tremendous I mean a ton of experience
5568s	you know with playing together on that
5569s	team CMA Jette is a great player so like
5572s	like I mean this is a really you think
5574s	about like OverWatch World Cups in the
5576s	past and it's always felt like there's a
5577s	clear favorite or two this might this
5579s	feels very open the most competitive
5582s	OverWatch World Cup we've witnessed
5583s	especially if this first match has been
5586s	anything to go by folks so strap
5588s	yourselves in it's time for new JK City
5592s	well you know you think back to I mean
5594s	the first like OverWatch World Cup and
5597s	you know even like the second it felt
5598s	like uh you know South Korea was just so
5602s	far ahead yes of everybody uh and then
5607s	obviously uh you know China started to
5610s	play really well USA and now you start
5612s	to see like KSA Canada like Finland is
5616s	gone you know OB been in the top four
5618s	before as well so you're starting to see
5621s	that like no there isn't a huge gap
5624s	anymore right that I think also
5626s	OverWatch 2 has obviously changed the
5628s	way that OverWatch is played in general
5631s	right and I I think I know a little bit
5633s	more opportunity for individual skill to
5636s	kind of shine through and I think you
5638s	know some more individual playmaking and
5640s	I think that's definitely uh you know
5642s	brought some new players into the scene
5644s	all over the world that have really
5646s	closed the Gap I'd also suggest I mean
5649s	we've seen quite a bunch of players uh
5651s	that have been on Collegiate rosters
5653s	yeah that have risen up from the part to
5655s	Pro and also we have had for the last
5657s	six years you know like a Glo a global
5659s	competition where teams uh have been
5661s	able to be exposed to different Regional
5663s	Styles and get experience playing as one
5665s	that we looking at false here obviously
5668s	a number of these players in this team
5669s	count of roster have played at that
5671s	level seeker crimo of course is a
5673s	fixture of the league for for many many
5675s	years so that Talent Development
5677s	pipeline uh especially in like in the
5680s	west they started to turn out some
5682s	worldclass Players let's see if Team
5684s	Canada have what it takes here this is a
5686s	South Korea map pick and harid might be
5688s	hovering that Sigma here yeah and that
5691s	that that's why he's in right I mean you
5692s	can play the Queen you can play Diva
5695s	potentially with with in the game but
5697s	really it is for this Sigma
5699s	play all right straight to the middle of
5702s	the map of course the Sim will be
5704s	maintained for both sides yeah I was
5705s	going to say sim for both sides which is
5707s	uh a little bit of a change up as uh K
5710s	did run the Sim early on but it was
5712s	Canada running the bash false almost
5714s	getting caught by that first B W can see
5716s	the game plan unfolding before your very
5718s	eyes very similar to what we saw on Le
5721s	Tower batter and bruised our team Canada
5724s	right now and I tell you what that IM
5725s	morality field did a lot of heavy
5726s	lifting but it couldn't lift no more
5729s	team Sania run rough short over Canada
5733s	here yes they make quick work of Canada
5737s	to take control of the first point so
5741s	the Sim look is a little bit interesting
5743s	right it's about getting those cool
5744s	Downs keeping the sim off letting the
5746s	Sim start to ramp and then once you get
5748s	like a slight advantage in that regard
5750s	then use your speed and put the Sim in
5752s	position to start just beam and players
5755s	down here's why the Lucio was so
5757s	important Team Canada want to get back
5759s	to the scene of a crime as quickly as
5762s	possible the creation there from false
5764s	maybe attempting to catch hard bit
5766s	Sparkle able to wrap around another good
5767s	May wall here from South Korea this one
5769s	might be an open and shut book at this
5772s	rate kill conditions absolutely secured
5775s	immediately for K yeah and the reason
5778s	you run Lucio uh and the reason that
5780s	everybody does like you pretty much get
5782s	an extra fight on the point with the
5784s	speed like if you didn't have the Lucio
5786s	you're looking at like two maybe three
5789s	attempts like with the Lucio you get a
5791s	good third fight potentially even a
5792s	fourth so the way though Canada is being
5796s	pushed back they may not get a great
5798s	last fight I like the simol the T PE
5800s	here foro going to go try and wrap
5801s	around it's going to be Sparkle getting
5802s	caught out first gting flux two players
5805s	caught that one a noxious is in deep
5806s	trouble is there an ice block available
5808s	this blizzard might be too late har been
5810s	just about able to get out of it's but
5812s	the sound barrier for Chio was all they
5814s	needed yes Canada can flip the point
5816s	back here but they're going to be able
5817s	to play it a disadvantage as South Korea
5819s	comes thundering back to their territory
5821s	yeah and it's their tank right who would
5823s	have ended up having this gravitic block
5825s	so nox just trying to live here on the
5827s	point inside a block it's going to be
5828s	the sound barrier why not commit that
5830s	here Team Canada need to buy time but
5832s	magic mapall isn't freaking his allies
5834s	back into the fight he's here on the
5835s	point so it's going to be a player
5837s	disadvantage for quite some time for
5838s	Canada they're never going to have
5840s	everybody in the fight Sparkle there is
5842s	able to go for the ice blocker Seeker
5844s	was looking to bring him down and okay
5847s	45% for Canada but really you have to
5849s	wonder maybe better off just standing
5850s	and fighting outside yeah a little bit
5853s	closer actually than uh than I thought
5855s	you know there towards the end in that
5857s	last fight right where Canada almost get
5859s	to going I like this switch for Canada
5861s	though uh going away from the Sim don't
5864s	don't mirror this try and punish it
5866s	instead right playing the soj the soj
5868s	you can like pick this sim off at range
5870s	right with these rails
5872s	pretty easy and Seeker has fantastic aim
5874s	to do
5878s	so F looking WAP here all of can with
5882s	him right now that bar is already gone
5885s	so here's the rotation of cool Downs H
5886s	doesn't look to exploit that with an
5889s	accretion trying to give his team a
5891s	staging ground here but it's not a great
5892s	sideline look at where ker are playing
5894s	sea has to try and wrap around on this
5896s	right hand side a little bit of pressure
5898s	being put down but aftera get the point
5900s	to start with now eventually can it's
5902s	got to go up
5903s	AA yeah and I think you're maybe looking
5905s	for when you get a block but Lucio's
5908s	traded out on both sides crimo so clean
5912s	there not only securing the kill on Chio
5914s	but man to make sure nox stays in the
5916s	fight where the pressure is now
5916s	happening at the front line and crimzo
5919s	he might not have an ankle to play from
5920s	there the M wall means he can only heal
5922s	through a keyhole and that's not what
5924s	bti is looking for no and that's ant
5927s	Matrix influx there used by Canada so
5930s	you don't have that for for these next
5932s	fights is uh you know Korea they'll have
5934s	their gravitic flux so look for them to
5935s	try and get some you know really get
5937s	that immortality field out put down some
5939s	damage and then use hanin's Al pretty
5943s	aggressively T Kia don't opt to push off
5945s	the point here definitely a little bit
5947s	safer to play on it because there's so
5950s	many little flanking angles that the
5952s	rest of these DPS can
5954s	take har been here okay just trying to
5956s	make sure he can see if there's a
5958s	flanking Seeker there is there's a
5960s	contingent of Canadian players trying to
5961s	wrap round to Hardman now goes for the
5962s	flux he catches two that's pretty decent
5965s	ice block going to be forced early as
5966s	well as the immortality field but
5967s	they've already lost CH and things are
5969s	falling apart for South Korea great boot
5972s	Sparkle now is out of the fight for the
5973s	next couple of seconds and that leaves
5975s	Harman all alone and Canada leap upon it
5979s	yes Canada I mean they clutch up that
5981s	actually a pretty nice flux there from
5982s	hanin noxious with a good ice block
5985s	right prevents all of that they're able
5987s	to keep false alive though that's the
5989s	big difference here for Canada I'm
5991s	curious the side no they're not going to
5993s	push up they're going to play a little
5994s	bit further back towards the point so
5996s	give Korea some space which could be I
5998s	mean Korea if you want to right you can
5999s	sound barrier and Eng F just one
6003s	fight I think South Korea don't have as
6006s	effective flanking DPS is no Team Canada
6009s	so they might just have to bully their
6011s	way on the point Harin has got a lot of
6013s	work to do to mitigate this oncoming
6014s	damage that's the May though that's a
6016s	big one from Sparkle that's going to let
6017s	them at least get a seat at the table
6019s	but now which piece of fancy C to pick
6022s	up first Sparkle here ice block able to
6024s	avoid some of the damage from seek who
6025s	will be forced away from the point even
6027s	inside that overclock here eventually
6029s	Sparkle W fall look at that may wall
6031s	fantastic stuff there from noxious it
6033s	kept field out of the fight but it
6034s	wasn't for long enough apparently s ker
6037s	able to push back in and
6039s	crimo the last one standing as the dust
6042s	settled and that'll be that point locked
6044s	up by team South Korea as well and
6047s	another close fight as Canada I mean
6050s	they're they're they're hanging with
6051s	South Korean this one take a look here
6053s	from lips POV see I mean just you once
6056s	he starts to get rolling I mean there is
6058s	nothing you can do right you let him
6060s	cook never let him cook
6063s	man I mean the damage Rams you just keep
6066s	keep getting ammo like there's nothing
6068s	you can do against
6069s	that the only challenge for Sim is how
6071s	to get
6072s	started Li able to clamber back up there
6075s	almost environmental good response from
6076s	Magic M ball and it was enough to break
6079s	the South Korea formation up
6081s	just the one kill here for Korea so
6083s	Canada in a great spot to start in
6085s	control I think Canada like this is
6087s	going to sound odd but like I think
6089s	they're almost giving them like a little
6090s	bit too much respect right like playing
6091s	further back on the point like they can
6094s	they can play Closer up right push out
6096s	of this don't don't let them just kind
6098s	of you know walk on in get their
6100s	position and start to fight on their
6102s	terms right I I think if you're Canada
6104s	like you proven you can you can get
6106s	aggressive and win these fights there's
6107s	no reason to sit
6110s	back or already a solid 29% here an
6114s	early flux maybe just to catch Han B
6115s	noxious adding the wall at that effect
6117s	as well but it's forced to go for an ice
6119s	block the S wall was a nice play from
6120s	lip good little defensive pivot now and
6123s	nox just gets caught there by a turret
6124s	of all things lip gets them set up
6127s	before the fight really breaks down and
6129s	South Korea eventually out Mass
6133s	Canada cuz you give up this space right
6135s	that allows you to like get the SIM
6137s	turrets in the point that allows you to
6139s	get the the TP set up for like Mobility
6141s	plays and whatnot like if if you kind of
6144s	like push up the pace what they TP
6145s	behind you that's great just use your
6147s	speed and just take out the remaining
6148s	players right or at least you have them
6151s	high tailing backwards towards the point
6153s	like you're in a spot where you can
6154s	maybe force an
6155s	advantage 35 counting now KN just wants
6158s	to get good value out of the police but
6159s	the May wall might have actually made it
6161s	harder the catch hard be great wall
6163s	though thrown up by Sparkle it's not
6165s	enough to protect the sigma Anda already
6167s	has a nasty little off angle and he's
6170s	lining him up two down to the overclock
6172s	lip able to stand up though three
6174s	players for the Sim taken out of the
6175s	fight Gio can he get here quickly enough
6178s	to give lip an opportunity I think he's
6180s	just going to get
6181s	out yeah it looks like I mean is he
6186s	fully I mean Spar here he have sparkle
6188s	back you can fight this it's just false
6190s	where is his healers crimo is on the
6192s	wrong side of the
6194s	wall that's huge K FAL Alive Now can you
6197s	exploit this window speaking of which
6199s	Matrix throwing up as a sound barrier
6200s	here for South Korea lip is nowhere near
6202s	the action right now we got picked off
6204s	in that engagement false Force back
6206s	trying to hang in there all the
6207s	durability in the world doesn't keep him
6209s	standing despite magic mayall's best
6211s	efforts he turns around trying to find
6213s	Sparkle but it's going to be an ice
6214s	block here for the May magic Mayall see
6216s	Sparkle still low tantalizingly just Out
6219s	Of Reach now the turrets getting set up
6220s	in that Corridor for denying that route
6223s	over ESS for Canada and South Korea get
6226s	a chance to breathe and as a result
6228s	he'll take the fight yeah look I mean
6230s	they they push up they get this kill on
6232s	a Seeker now we're at 90% here for Korea
6236s	it's going to be Bal going over to the
6238s	wrecking ball just to try and get a
6240s	touch Hardin here waiting for the
6242s	wrecking ball to come but team South
6246s	Korea get it done here on new junk City
6250s	yes they know they they put themselves
6253s	one map away from taking this series
6256s	that is a Canada map pick so Canada
6259s	probably has to go back to drawing board
6261s	probably the the pick there is uh
6264s	interesting right it's a South Korea map
6266s	pick uh surasa you know you can play
6270s	like you know some other different kind
6272s	of like compositions maybe like maybe
6274s	want to play Dive a little bit more in
6276s	surasa without how some of the points
6277s	are right but here on new junk City you
6279s	can play way
6280s	slower so they did this first couple of
6284s	points for team South Korea despite
6286s	dealing with that ever lingering threat
6288s	of Seeker flanking setting up with those
6291s	overclocks to South Korea able to win
6293s	these fights early the sparkle May walls
6295s	were really impactful every time there
6298s	was some pressure being put down on hen
6301s	especially spark was able to protect him
6303s	protect the rest of the team let's have
6305s	a look back at some of these moments
6306s	here on new J city map yeah as uh we
6308s	kick things off with both teams playing
6310s	those Sigma base comps uh with the
6312s	symmetra in play which I feel like
6314s	played way more into what South Korea
6316s	wanted to
6318s	do lip here as well that was a nice
6320s	fight here but you see most of the the
6322s	fight really won by the airri set up as
6325s	hanin pushed his team Canada back into
6327s	that Corridor Li here almost able to win
6330s	out he finds three kills in that fight
6331s	has to back away for a time and then we
6334s	see a cheeky play in which te sou try
6336s	and catch FSE out there's an immortality
6337s	field it's a big turnaround now if you
6339s	here with this live at bitcon you might
6340s	be aware that something very big is just
6342s	on the horizon that's right our opening
6344s	ceremony is just moments away so we're
6347s	going to take a quick break we're going
6348s	to head to that this match will continue
6351s	off air we'll come back of course with
6352s	more OverWatch World Cup right after our
6354s	opening ceremony to strap yourselves in
6356s	it's going to be quite the extravagant
6358s	oh
6379s	yeah
6447s	[Music]
6469s	he
6472s	[Music]
6488s	[Music]
6499s	w
6502s	[Music]
6517s	[Music]
6529s	oh
6530s	[Music]
6559s	a
6578s	[Music]
6589s	hey
6593s	woo wo
6600s	[Applause]
6607s	[Music]
6614s	[Music]
6619s	w
6627s	[Music]
6632s	[Music]
6643s	[Music]
6649s	w
6668s	[Music]
6739s	he
6764s	[Music]
6769s	no
6783s	[Music]
6790s	[Music]
6799s	ready
6811s	hello 5 4 3
6817s	2 unlocks in
6829s	seconds
6835s	[Music]
6849s	this is what the
6859s	world
6868s	[Music]
6874s	[Music]
6889s	me
6903s	[Music]
6949s	he
6967s	[Music]
6969s	let
6979s	go
6983s	[Music]
7008s	he
7031s	3 2 1 let's
7038s	go
7056s	[Music]
7068s	yeah
7094s	[Music]
7113s	[Music]
7158s	yeah
7170s	[Music]
7189s	[Music]
7232s	6 5 4
7238s	[Applause]
7243s	[Music]
7248s	3
7252s	[Music]
7260s	[Music]
7279s	h
7281s	[Music]
7308s	he
7310s	[Music]
7313s	this is BlizzCon
7316s	[Applause]
7317s	[Music]
7319s	2023 please welcome the president of
7322s	Blizzard Entertainment Mike
7329s	[Music]
7336s	iara let's
7338s	go
7342s	how's everybody
7344s	doing oh man you know this is the best
7348s	gaming community in the world hands down
7352s	hands
7354s	down thank you wow hello
7359s	BlizzCon you know it is so good to be
7363s	back in person
7366s	finally all of
7368s	us
7371s	I love you too all of us at blizzard
7375s	have missed this so much it's four years
7379s	it's been four years you know what I say
7381s	to that that's too damn
7386s	long where's our heroes of OverWatch
7391s	at adventurers of
7394s	[Music]
7396s	sanctuary Defenders of Azeroth
7403s	and Gamers everywhere
7411s	welcome we love sharing what we're
7414s	working on all the time but to share it
7417s	in person with all of you and to hear
7420s	your stories it cannot be matched
7424s	meeting you all face to face inspires us
7427s	and we put this energy and enthus iasm
7429s	back into everything we
7431s	do thank you all for being
7439s	here in fact we have tens of thousands
7443s	of you here in Anaheim California today
7446s	and we hope you enjoy the immersive
7448s	experience we've created here at the
7451s	show we also have millions of people
7455s	watching right now on stream
7458s	BlizzCon please help me welcome everyone
7461s	watching from around the
7472s	world whether you're a hardcore or
7475s	Casual Gamer or if it's been a while
7477s	since you picked up one of our games
7479s	we're here to show you the blizzard we
7481s	are today and the blizzard We are
7485s	Becoming but BlizzCon isn't just about
7488s	the latest updates from blizzard it's
7490s	all about you players are at the
7493s	Forefront of everything we do and we're
7496s	devoted to supporting these incredible
7498s	communities communities you can be proud
7501s	of to be part of all of us Gamers
7504s	developers and fans we all are united in
7508s	our shared love for gaming the person
7511s	sitting next to you or watching online
7513s	and chat with you could be your next
7515s	guildmate teammate or lifelong friend
7520s	we all have this in
7522s	common I've always felt blizzard brings
7525s	players together a little differently
7527s	our players have made connections that
7529s	span continents languages and
7534s	generations we all have that one story
7537s	that incredible play of the game that
7540s	clutch card draw or that raid encounter
7543s	that your guild barely
7546s	survived I know
7550s	I've been there too I know many of us
7553s	have friends we've met in one of our
7555s	games a friend who began just as someone
7558s	we hung out with in game but who was
7561s	there for us to celebrate our real life
7564s	wins or to support us during a difficult
7567s	time that's certainly been true for
7571s	me thanks to my experience playing
7573s	blizzard games over the last 25 years
7576s	I've met most of my best friends from
7578s	all over
7580s	and I'm I'm I'm so grateful that some of
7584s	them are here today Gus paa Nick
7589s	scootles and of course Billy and Kaylee
7591s	who put up with my RAID wipes all too
7594s	often I always know that no matter what
7597s	is going on in real life they will be
7600s	there no matter what game we're
7602s	playing these friends are a constant I
7605s	can always rely
7607s	on and I know many of you you share that
7609s	feeling BlizzCon truly is about all of
7613s	us as players as equals as
7618s	friends as we bring these amazing
7620s	experiences to more places build
7623s	technology that allows more Gamers to
7625s	experience our worlds and create
7627s	characters and stories more players can
7630s	relate to the Blizzard community grows
7633s	and more importantly our friendships
7636s	grow all of us are so grateful to be
7639s	part of this community and in everything
7642s	we do we are in service to you we know
7645s	we don't do everything perfectly but
7648s	thanks to your feedback we stri we never
7651s	stop striving to do it
7654s	right we are here to Foster joy and
7656s	belonging for
7658s	everyone we're proud of the worlds we
7660s	build but your experiences within those
7663s	worlds bring them to life and your
7665s	connections with each other are what
7667s	most what inspires us the
7670s	most now many of you may have heard the
7673s	recent news about blizzard joining the
7675s	Xbox gaming
7682s	family both blizzard and Xbox believe
7685s	that gaming is a unifier that we should
7688s	all be able to play anywhere and any way
7690s	we want to play that when the creativity
7694s	of some of the best developers artists
7697s	and storytellers in the world is
7699s	fearlessly Unleashed everyone
7702s	wins with that in mind someone is here
7706s	backstage who'd like to say
7708s	[Music]
7713s	hello over the years he and I play a
7716s	bunch of games together please join me
7719s	in welcoming my friend our friend the
7723s	CEO of Microsoft gaming Phil
7727s	Spencer
7731s	[Applause]
7732s	[Music]
7734s	[Applause]
7745s	thank you
7746s	Mike and hello everybody
7749s	BlizzCon this is my first BlizzCon
7754s	ever and it's great to feel the energy
7757s	in the room
7759s	you are the reason we make
7762s	games your love for these games truly is
7767s	inspiring I recently have spent so much
7770s	time playing Diablo I With My
7773s	Friends season 2 is
7776s	awesome and I can tell you that I can't
7779s	wait for you to see what the team has
7781s	planned for that game it's going to be
7784s	awesome blizzard occupies a special
7787s	place in the gaming industry for me as
7790s	well throughout Blizzard's history
7793s	they've pioneered and refined so much
7796s	across the gaming industry and many of
7798s	you here today have been a part of that
7801s	Journey think of Diablo
7805s	it it propelled the action RPG genre
7808s	forward
7814s	Starcraft spawn the foundation of what
7817s	Esports would eventually become and with
7820s	Starcraft 2 it was a major Catalyst for
7823s	the evolution of games as live
7826s	entertainment World of
7831s	Warcraft changed not only how people
7834s	developed and supported games but really
7836s	it introduced a much wider audience to
7839s	the concept of online communities and
7845s	OverWatch not only reimagine gameplay
7849s	but also the representation possible in
7852s	class-based Shooters blizzard in
7855s	Blizzard's influence is everywhere and
7857s	because of its endearing Legacy and
7860s	phenomenal revolutionary development
7862s	with a care and a craft that is
7865s	incredibly rare in this
7867s	industry our commitment at Xbox is to
7870s	bring more great games to more players
7873s	in more places and now that blizzard is
7876s	part of Xbox we will nurture the essence
7880s	of what has made blizzard
7886s	unique we're going to empower our new
7888s	colleagues in a culture of trust
7891s	inclusion and
7893s	collaboration to continue what they do
7896s	best redefining existing
7899s	genres creating new never-before seen
7903s	experiences and uniting players globally
7906s	in new ways in Azeroth in sanctuary in
7910s	near future Earth and
7912s	Beyond it has been a privilege to
7915s	welcome the teams at blizzard Xbox and
7917s	I'm honored to be able to be here to
7920s	helc welcome all of you to BlizzCon
7923s	2023 having seen what's in store for
7926s	players I can say the future of Blizzard
7930s	is brighter than ever and you all have
7933s	so much to look forward to in this
7935s	[Applause]
7937s	show
7942s	so I'll get out of here let you see the
7944s	show thanks everyone for the warm
7947s	reception and have a great time at
7948s	BlizzCon thank
7956s	you how about
7960s	that you know part of what makes this
7963s	such an exciting time for blizzard is
7966s	that we've never been more empowered
7969s	free and dedicated to holding true to
7971s	what makes blizzard unique than we are
7974s	today we are accountable for creating
7977s	this next chapter of Blizzard with all
7980s	of
7981s	you we take this responsibility very
7984s	seriously as we learn grow and get
7987s	better every
7988s	day this is the start of a new era so
7992s	much more as possible and you'll see
7994s	some of that over the next couple days
7997s	coming up you'll hear from some new
7999s	friends and some old
8002s	friends who are returning to the
8004s	BlizzCon stage to show more about the
8007s	games in the worlds we all
8011s	love before I go I want to take a moment
8015s	to thank our blizzard
8020s	team
8023s	[Applause]
8027s	you
8044s	you are some of the most talented
8046s	individuals on the planet and
8049s	collectively we are capable of building
8052s	the most legendary universes in
8055s	gaming our future our creative Freedom
8059s	our path forward is truly our
8062s	own and I know we all stand together
8064s	with a singular goal to exceed player
8068s	expectations and Foster and support each
8071s	other thank you for everything you
8078s	do
8080s	blon many of the blizzard team are here
8083s	today in Anaheim working hard to ensure
8086s	you enjoy your time here we all love
8090s	talking to players so please don't be
8091s	shy come up and chat with
8094s	us
8096s	finally on behalf of everyone at
8098s	blizzard we want to say thank you thank
8102s	you thank you from the bottom of my
8105s	heart to our players past present and
8109s	future thank you for your passion and
8112s	your
8113s	honesty and most importantly thank you
8116s	for being part of our communities
8119s	this is what biscon is all
8126s	about everything we do is for all of you
8130s	and it's an honor to be a part of these
8133s	worlds with you
8136s	you now welcome to
8147s	BlizzCon
8150s	[Music]
8155s	he wanted to see if there was more out
8157s	[Music]
8159s	there well see for
8162s	[Music]
8176s	yourself I'm going to kick every one of
8178s	you in the
8182s	[Music]
8184s	face you
8189s	something I'll see you at the Finish
8193s	Line did you really think this would be
8195s	a fair fight oh my God that was
8201s	disgusting yo Nerf
8205s	this Mama's got you I am him I'm in my
8210s	Widow era now
8212s	[Music]
8218s	wow and you out there def it's been a
8222s	joy to share this experience with all of
8225s	you thank you so
8228s	much come on it's time I show you
8237s	something
8240s	please welcome OverWatch game director
8243s	Aaron
8246s	[Applause]
8256s	Keller hello blizz
8261s	con ever since we first revealed
8264s	OverWatch in
8265s	2014 you have grown this universe into
8268s	something truly unique and beautiful
8272s	every single day we see millions of
8274s	players jumping into matches forging new
8277s	friendships and showing off their skills
8280s	we launched OverWatch 2 last October and
8283s	it has been such an incredible year
8287s	since then you've been crushed by Divas
8290s	Mech over 26 million
8293s	times had more than 79 79 Million Lives
8298s	saved by Baptist and played 65 years
8302s	worth of Prop Hunt I love Prop
8306s	Hunt the development of OverWatch is
8309s	first and foremost focused on you our
8312s	players we want our game to represent
8315s	This Global Community from the release
8318s	of our Samoa map to our celebration of
8321s	Pride to our first tiin Peruvian Heroes
8325s	life Weaver and delari we also want
8328s	OverWatch to recognize those focused on
8331s	achievement and prowess and released our
8333s	new progression system and the first set
8336s	of hero Mastery courses this year and
8339s	for those that just want something a
8341s	little
8343s	different we've Run April Fools and
8346s	released a dating Sim an actual dating
8348s	Sim lover
8351s	watch listening to your feedback is
8354s	important to us and it's driven the team
8356s	to look at changes to some of the core
8358s	systems of the game we've been hard at
8360s	work on an overhaul of our competitive
8362s	system and we'll get into that a bit
8365s	today and a bunch more over the course
8367s	of BlizzCon and there is so much more to
8372s	come we'd like to give you all a glimpse
8375s	at as much as we're able to show you
8377s	coming next year and boy do we have some
8380s	fun things to talk about so let's get
8383s	into
8386s	it
8389s	to share our first big announcement I am
8391s	honored to introduce the art director of
8393s	OverWatch Dion
8397s	[Applause]
8400s	[Music]
8407s	Rogers
8411s	wow hey
8415s	everyone sorry I'm a bit excited energy
8417s	awesome in here you know Aaron and I
8421s	have been working on this universe since
8423s	before OverWatch had a name working to
8426s	together with an incredible team back at
8428s	blizzard many are with us today at
8431s	BlizzCon creating such an incredible
8433s	game with so many amazing people and
8435s	seeing what it means to you all it's
8437s	meant everything to us and out of all
8440s	the things we work on one of our
8442s	favorites is to create new
8446s	Heroes
8450s	you know OverWatch is full of big
8452s	personalities and it takes a special
8454s	individual to really stand
8456s	out and the team has been working hard
8459s	to make sure no one could predict who
8461s	this next hero
8462s	is we haven't leaked any
8466s	articles we haven't leaked a spray or
8469s	two and we've left zero hints especially
8473s	not in our recent Samoa
8476s	map now who's ready to meet the newest
8481s	[Applause]
8488s	hero sorry to keep you all
8491s	waiting but now that I'm
8494s	here let's have some
8497s	fun yep that's my name all
8501s	right this right here is gunny and she
8504s	can line up the whole dance floor and
8507s	this one's chaa he's a sensitive little
8511s	fell a real hot and when I fire him both
8515s	it's double
8519s	trouble
8521s	actual game play
8524s	[Music]
8530s	footage going so soon I'm going to miss
8536s	you
8540s	don't tell me that's
8543s	it both Hearts
8548s	P I got your
8551s	back for
8557s	now here I
8560s	come say
8564s	Qui we got him where we want him
8573s	[Music]
8582s	unbelievable so was I worth the
8588s	wait we're going to have a hell of a
8596s	time
8600s	that's awesome I love that trailer we
8602s	had a lot of fun working on it it's
8604s	amazing to finally announced
8606s	malga he was he was first introduced you
8609s	guys know four years ago in a short
8611s	story and he's been the subject of a lot
8613s	of fun theories ever since that first
8616s	introduction fans have been asking when
8618s	he may become a playable hero we're
8620s	excited we finally have our first amamo
8622s	in
8626s	hero
8629s	malga his name it means mountain in
8632s	Samoan he portrays himself as this big
8635s	loud brute however this is just a facade
8639s	he's a cunning tactician always one step
8641s	ahead of his
8642s	enemies one of the core goals whenever
8644s	we make an OverWatch character is that
8647s	people see themselves in our heroes
8649s	we're always striving for greater
8651s	authenticity and representation with
8653s	each hero and with malga we got a lot of
8657s	help actually even his tattoo was
8659s	created by an amazing Samoan tattoo
8661s	artist named CE lual malga super
8668s	fun it was awesome malga is super fun to
8672s	play he's easy to learn hard to master
8675s	with what I like to call a brutal but
8676s	cunning play
8678s	style we hope you love him as much as we
8681s	do okay thank you okay join us later
8685s	today for a malga deep dive panel taking
8688s	place here at the Bisson Arena and
8690s	online for people at home we'll talk
8693s	with the team that helped create malga
8695s	and also how to best utilize his amazing
8697s	abilities when he joins OverWatch in
8699s	season 8 finally we know malus's going
8702s	to be pretty awesome when he joins
8704s	competitive play but before then some of
8707s	the best players in the world are
8708s	competing in this weekend's OverWatch
8710s	World Cup let's check it
8715s	out Legacy
8718s	Legacy is forever the three
8722s	unbelievable all year long teams around
8725s	the world have battled chasing Glory
8728s	hoping to Edge their Homeland into
8730s	history books that is insane they still
8733s	fragging like a madman and the fan
8736s	Rampage oh what
8739s	what they've tasted victory they've
8742s	overcome defeat and all along the hopes
8745s	of their fans have lifted them up
8748s	absolutely beautiful and now at long
8751s	last the OverWatch World Cup finals are
8756s	here and for the first time in 4 years
8760s	we're all together once more Back to
8763s	Where it All
8765s	Began each team can see their name on
8768s	the championship
8769s	trophy the community has rallied behind
8772s	them and the wait is finally over I've
8775s	missed you dearly the OverWatch world
8777s	Cup finals start
8779s	[Music]
8783s	[Applause]
8786s	now please welcome OverWatch Esports
8789s	host zo
8791s	[Music]
8792s	[Applause]
8794s	[Music]
8799s	schint wow fantastic to see all those
8802s	memories on the big screen and we're
8804s	here to make some more what's up Bliss
8806s	con
8810s	it's so great to be back here after four
8812s	years with the OverWatch World Cup this
8815s	event has always been such a special
8818s	event because it truly serves as a
8820s	worldwide tribute to the beautiful and
8822s	diverse OverWatch Community this weekend
8826s	we get to celebrate teams and players
8828s	from around the world each with their
8830s	unique takes on the play Styles their
8833s	different personalities we're going to
8835s	see different metas emerge even
8838s	it's just very exciting to see familiar
8840s	faces big household names in the
8843s	competitive OverWatch scene take the
8845s	stage form those star studded lineups
8848s	Fearless super gu and the likes but each
8852s	year we also get to witness new players
8855s	emerging onto the scene taking the
8858s	spotlight it truly is a special event
8860s	for a special community and I'm very
8863s	honored and truly happy to be part of it
8865s	all now know that all of you here in
8868s	Anaheim and everyone watching at home is
8870s	joining us from all over the
8873s	world as you can see so are our players
8877s	among them a former three-time World Cup
8881s	champions team South Korea and the only
8885s	team that managed thus far to stop their
8888s	reign and that is the United States of
8895s	America that's right
8898s	I tell you it's not going to be easy
8900s	it's not going to be easy if you watch
8902s	the group stages and if you watch the
8904s	first game today tough competition ahead
8906s	for Team USA and if you want to find out
8910s	if one of our former Champions will
8913s	remain Victorious or if one of the other
8915s	six teams will seize their inaugural
8917s	season title make sure to join us not
8919s	only will he be treated to Fantastic
8921s	gameplay of course no you will also earn
8923s	special drops all weekend long on the
8925s	playerwatch twitch Channel
8927s	now we have a lot of amazing oh2 action
8929s	on the horizon and so much to play for
8932s	for our teams we got over
8936s	$500,000 on the line and Counting raised
8940s	directly by all of you are passionate
8942s	and amazing
8945s	fans yeah give it up for
8948s	yourself now of course the winning team
8951s	will walk away with a big bag but this
8954s	year each and every single player out of
8956s	the 43 teams participating will be
8959s	earning a share and this is
8961s	unprecedented in OverWatch Esports
8964s	history and it would not be possible
8967s	without all of you so once again thank
8969s	you so so
8977s	much so tomorrow night we will be
8980s	crowning the 20123 OverWatch World Cup
8983s	champions and you can catch all the
8985s	match all the matches and all all the
8987s	action life in HBY as well as of course
8989s	on stream I'm going to be there I'm
8991s	looking forward to seeing some of you as
8993s	well and now please welcome back Aaron
8996s	with a few more things to share on the
8998s	game
9002s	side thank you soe malga is awesome and
9007s	the World Cup matches all weekend will
9009s	be so much fun but OverWatch has another
9013s	thing happening here at BlizzCon earlier
9016s	this week we launched a new limited time
9018s	game
9020s	mode and special skins is part of an
9023s	exciting collaboration with Las seraphim
9026s	one of the biggest K-pop groups in the
9029s	world everyone can jump in game right
9032s	now to take part as well as check out
9034s	their brand new music video for perfect
9037s	night and in honor of this collaboration
9040s	larapin will take the stage and perform
9043s	in the arena tomorrow after the
9045s	community night ends around 6 p.m.
9051s	Pacific working on Partnerships like
9053s	this or what we did with one punch man
9056s	earlier this year are incredibly fun yes
9060s	they provide us both the Deb team and
9062s	you the players a chance to experience
9065s	some of our favorite universes and
9067s	artists through the unique style of
9070s	OverWatch and next year we have even
9072s	more of these for you all to geek out
9075s	about sadly we can't reveal what those
9078s	are all just yet but maybe there are
9081s	some other things coming in 2024 that we
9085s	could give you a hint
9087s	about the OverWatch team has never had
9091s	such Clarity of vision when it comes to
9093s	the Future from direct feedback we hear
9096s	what you love and want us to focus on so
9101s	who wants to see a few of the things
9102s	we're working on for next
9105s	year
9108s	we are creating a brand new core PVP
9111s	game mode clash in this new competitive
9115s	mode there are five points positioned in
9116s	a row the center point starts as the
9119s	first objective and the teams battle
9122s	back and forth over the map pushing into
9124s	enemy territory or defending their own
9128s	once a team captures all five points or
9130s	reaches the maximum score they
9133s	win our initial Clash map is a tribute
9136s	to location we showed at overwatch's
9139s	first BlizzCon and it's one of my
9142s	personal favorites they say cherry
9145s	blossoms are a sign of rebirth and
9149s	Rejuvenation and in 2024 a rebirth of
9152s	one of the original OverWatch Maps is in
9156s	order with yes within the Clash mode we
9160s	are returning to the home of the shimata
9162s	clan with the new hanamura map
9165s	hanaoka
9168s	additionally we are working on overhauls
9170s	to some of our most important in-game
9173s	systems OverWatch is a highly
9175s	competitive game and in early 2024 we'll
9179s	release a reworked version of our
9181s	competitive system with all new
9183s	competitive
9187s	rewards and with seasons one of the
9189s	team's goals has been to create themes
9191s	that speak to so many of the cool and
9194s	awesome things that we all love
9197s	next year you'll experience eldrich
9199s	horror Egyptian mythology
9203s	witches and even a Mirror Universe where
9206s	Heroes become villains and villains
9208s	become
9210s	Heroes and of course OverWatch is
9214s	nothing without its Heroes malga is the
9217s	39th hero and OverWatch and in 2024
9221s	we'll be releasing three more and we
9223s	want to give you a glimpse of two of
9225s	them
9227s	a new damage hero Venture is coming in
9230s	season 10 and to support currently C
9233s	named Space Ranger in season 12 and this
9237s	is just scratching the surface of
9241s	everything we have in the works join us
9244s	tomorrow here and online where we go in
9246s	depth on all of this in our what's next
9248s	panel it will have more information on
9251s	Clash the reworked competitive system a
9254s	closer look at Space Ranger even early
9257s	gameplay footage of venture and so much
9262s	more and lastly for the first time ever
9265s	during a BlizzCon not only is our next
9268s	hero playing playable in the OverWatch
9270s	Hall here in
9271s	Anaheim but all of you at home can play
9274s	malga all weekend in game including
9277s	quickplay going live right after the
9280s	BlizzCon opening ceremony
9285s	concludes
9289s	we know you'll love him just as much as
9291s	we do thank you all we'll see you in
9299s	game by the blood of the
9304s	Willing we call
9307s	thee home y we took out a 100 let's go
9312s	baby high priest steal the high priest
9315s	yes yes dude I am shaking so hard
9318s	congratulations the game is
9321s	[Music]
9322s	out oh I'm punked for Diablo 4 I think
9325s	it's going to be the best what if you
9327s	guys play it right now hell yeah really
9329s	yeah I will cry that would be
9331s	amazing this is
9333s	awesome oh my God oh my God that's so
9339s	pretty go run we really are doubling
9344s	down on this idea that you can look the
9345s	way you want you can play the way what
9346s	you want you can really make your own
9348s	fantasy in this game she looks like
9353s	[Music]
9358s	me the way he comes in is
9361s	crazy oh my God the
9364s	[Music]
9366s	butcher
9367s	[Music]
9368s	boy instantly died they revived
9375s	me
9380s	I'm going to find some demons and I'm
9382s	going to shove my green fot right up
9383s	there yeah go level 100 there are
9388s	literally like Goosebumps go down a bit
9390s	more go down a bit more go down a bit
9391s	more you got her yes let's
9393s	[Music]
9395s	[Applause]
9400s	go will you fight the darkness break the
9405s	chains and be beautiful in sin Hy L
9410s	Blessed
9413s	Mother you can pet the dogs by the
9416s	[Music]
9420s	[Applause]
9424s	way please welcome the general manager
9427s	of Diablo Rod
9431s	[Applause]
9435s	Ferguson
9438s	how's everybody doing having
9442s	fun this feels amazing so glad you're
9445s	here and I'm so happy the people at home
9447s	are here as well you know watching that
9449s	that was such a great reminder of what a
9450s	fantastic Community we have and what an
9453s	exciting year it's been now you might
9456s	have missed it but in there was a clip
9458s	of a blind gamer Tylen defeating our
9460s	hardest B Uber Lilith now we strive to
9464s	make Diablo as approachable and as as
9466s	accessible as possible and watching
9468s	Clips like that make me and the team
9470s	extremely proud and of course I love the
9473s	tattoos you know I still can't believe
9475s	over a thousand people got permanent
9478s	Diablo tattoos at our hell's Inc events
9481s	including me and so you know necro main
9484s	for
9490s	life so you know we we talk a lot about
9493s	the last BlizzCon four years ago and and
9495s	back then you know the Diablo Community
9496s	was hungry hungry for even more
9499s	experiences in that dark Gothic Place
9501s	caught between the High Heavens and the
9503s	burning Hells a little place we call
9506s	sanctuary and in that time I've been
9508s	very fortunate to work with some of the
9510s	best developers in the industry people
9512s	who love Diablo as much as the rest of
9514s	us and it was their passion and
9516s	dedication to this universe that
9518s	released a great new Diablo game every
9520s	year for the last 3 years Diablo 2
9524s	resurrected brought the return of the
9525s	classic that help help Define the genre
9528s	REM I love diaa
9532s	too so is remastered for a new
9534s	generation Now for PC and console and
9537s	Diablo Immortal brought Sanctuary to
9539s	mobile for the first time bringing
9541s	millions of new players into our
9544s	[Applause]
9546s	universe in fact you might not know this
9549s	but 60% of Diablo Immortal players have
9551s	never played a Diablo game before so we
9554s	really welcome them to our universe
9557s	and then of course there's Diablo 4
9563s	now it was that kind of excitement that
9566s	made it the biggest launch in Blizzard's
9568s	history and it means so much to the team
9570s	to see how you've embraced it you know
9573s	we've played over 1.5 billion hours
9575s	together so far and it's your love for
9578s	the game that drives us thanks to you
9581s	we've made a lot of changes over the
9583s	last five months in fact our patch notes
9585s	for season of blood our second season
9587s	we're over 14,000 words long because
9591s	that is how much our community has
9593s	influenced and will continue to
9594s	influence the evolution of
9596s	sanctuary and if you haven't yet made it
9599s	you know made that leap into the darkest
9600s	Diablo Story Ever Told now is the
9602s	perfect time to pick your class build
9605s	your character join Trill Spencer and
9608s	see what the hell it's all about and
9610s	with that I'd like to introduce Diablo
9612s	4's two production directors they help
9614s	lead the teams who are building
9615s	everything we do today and everything
9617s	moving forward please welcome Tiffany
9620s	Watt and Chris
9623s	[Applause]
9625s	[Music]
9633s	Wilson thanks Rod welcome Hey BlizzCon
9638s	the last time last time I was on stage I
9642s	was helping to announce Diablo 4 to be
9645s	here today with all of you is so awesome
9648s	the launch was incredible we're really
9651s	excited to be here today to share what's
9652s	coming next but first let's highlight
9655s	some of the player feedback that's in
9657s	season of blood today so many of you
9659s	have told us that you wanted more
9660s	in-game activities so we've given you a
9663s	couple this season one now and another
9665s	coming early next month so live now is
9668s	our new boss ladder this is a series of
9671s	additional boss fights from Level 55 to
9673s	100 that will'll also see The Return of
9676s	are kind of gross but farmable and
9678s	rewarding for urial uh who you can go
9681s	after for Uber uniques that everybody's
9682s	been you know s sieging for and with
9685s	those new bosses dropping both uniques
9687s	and Uber uniques at a much higher rate
9689s	and even dropping some special Cosmetics
9692s	you're going to want to make your way to
9693s	level 100 so you can fight them all so
9695s	in the season of blood we've rebalanced
9697s	the endgame letting you get to level 100
9699s	about 40% faster than in season
9704s	1
9707s	I know I've been taking advantage of
9709s	that experience boost and I have two
9711s	characters in season 2 already of course
9714s	all that leveling is about getting that
9716s	amazing loot so we've also changed how
9718s	item power Works we've raised the power
9721s	cap and it's now more closely tied to
9723s	the level of monster you defeat to get
9724s	it the more challenging the fight the
9726s	better the loot there's still lots of
9729s	work to be done with reworking
9730s	itemization in fact it's one of our
9733s	highest priorities but this along with
9735s	upgrades to some of our unique items is
9737s	a great first step so please keep that
9740s	feedback coming now let's talk about
9743s	quality of life here's a few
9745s	improvements that came directly from you
9748s	all of your Renown rewards now carry
9749s	over season to season and from the
9751s	Eternal
9755s	realm additional character slots we
9758s	added two this season so you can create
9761s	even more characters and try different
9763s	builds a targeting dummy has been added
9766s	to kov Shad as you can test so you can
9768s	test those builds before you run into
9771s	the
9772s	butcher searching and filtering your
9774s	stash is now possible and your stash is
9777s	now available in every town in
9780s	[Music]
9783s	sanctuary World bosses appear almost
9785s	twice as often so you can die almost
9788s	twice as
9789s	often and we've also freed up some
9792s	inventory Space by making gems a
9794s	crafting material to make even more room
9797s	for those Uber
9800s	uni those are just a few of the new
9803s	additions already in the game but we're
9805s	not done with sus of blood yet in fact
9808s	starting next week we'll introduce five
9810s	unique class specific rings that will
9813s	let you relive some of the fun from
9815s	season of the malignant that's right
9818s	necromancers once again corpses will
9820s	automatically do your bidding just by
9822s	being in your
9824s	presence
9826s	then on December 5th we'll also be
9828s	adding an enchanting preview to the
9830s	occultist so this will allow you to see
9832s	which affixes are possible before you
9834s	spend your hard-earned
9837s	goals it's just another way to give you
9840s	even more control over making just the
9841s	right build for the challenge at hand
9844s	also on December 5th as promised we'll
9846s	have another exciting new new endgame
9849s	activity a six-week event called
9852s	abattoir of zir it's a highly replayable
9855s	pen teal experience designed for players
9857s	who have reached level 100 slain Uber
9859s	dual and mastered all of the other
9862s	challenges that season of blood has to
9864s	offer those who survive will attain a
9867s	paragon glyph constructed of the vampire
9869s	Lord's very own blood but beware abire
9872s	of zir starts difficult and only gets
9876s	harder and of course as we near the end
9878s	of season of blood it'll be holiday time
9881s	not only here but in sanctuary as well
9884s	our first ever holiday event midwinter
9886s	blight starts on December
9892s	12th for for 3 weeks we're going to
9894s	transform the fractured Peaks into a
9897s	winter Terror land and it'll bring a
9899s	whole new meaning to the word Sligh
9905s	ride and be sure to keep your eyes
9907s	peeled for a mysterious redcloak teror
9911s	nothing is as terrifying as Chris's puns
9913s	but I will be sure to check out
9914s	midwinter blight
9916s	from there we are on to season 3 we
9919s	can't go into too much detail now but
9921s	with the endgame being so important
9923s	let's talk about
9925s	leaderboards we're creating a whole new
9927s	type of weekly challenge dungeon called
9929s	The Gauntlet where the heres of
9930s	sanctuary can comp compete for their
9933s	class ranking against their friends
9934s	their Clan or anyone in the world watch
9937s	out Mikey Bara I am coming for
9940s	you at the end of each week the heroes
9943s	with the highest rank will be added to
9945s	the season seasonal Hall of ancients
9946s	where their name and build will live
9949s	on so that's a quick look at where we
9952s	are today and while the live game is our
9955s	number one priority right now we have a
9958s	separate Diablo 4 team that's been
9960s	working hard on our next chapter so how
9963s	about a little
9967s	teaser it's super early but as we look
9970s	to expand on the story we started in
9972s	Diablo I we're going to take you
9974s	somewhere even dark ER where hatreds
9976s	influence continues to consume
9980s	[Applause]
9985s	Sanctuary we have each played a part in
9989s	what has happened
9991s	[Music]
9992s	here you abdicated your choice to this
10001s	child and with every step she takes
10006s	I grow
10011s	stronger there will be no salvation in
10015s	the
10029s	light vessel of hatred is dio for's
10033s	first
10034s	expansion
10040s	its campaign will continue the dark tale
10042s	that began in Diablo 4 as we learn the
10045s	fate of the Prime Evil Mesto and his
10048s	demonic plans for
10050s	Sanctuary to do that we'll be visiting a
10052s	region new to Diablo I and a fan
10055s	favorite from Diablo I the Lush jungles
10058s	known to Outsiders as torajan but known
10061s	by the locals as
10063s	nantu with this new story set in a
10065s	mysterious new region comes new ways to
10068s	play new evils to Vanquish and of course
10072s	a completely new class never seen before
10075s	in the Diablo
10082s	Universe vessel of hatred releases late
10085s	next year and we cannot wait to share
10088s	more about it this summer now before we
10091s	leave we want you to know that it's your
10094s	passion that drives us
10096s	your feedback will continue to help us
10098s	evolve and improve the Diablo 4
10100s	experience for years to come we couldn't
10103s	be more excited about our future and we
10105s	hope that you are too our team has put
10107s	in a lot of hard work and we love seeing
10110s	your love for this game so please join
10112s	us tomorrow uh we have a special Diablo
10115s	4 campfire panel where we'll be sharing
10117s	more details about the expansion uh
10119s	deeper dive on some of the upcoming game
10121s	changes and we'll also have a special
10123s	Q&A session to close it out so enjoy the
10126s	rest of the show thank you and we'll see
10128s	you in
10129s	[Applause]
10135s	[Music]
10145s	[Music]
10154s	sanctuary
10161s	buts go by World of Warcraft install it
10163s	on your computer and join the online
10165s	sensation before we all murder you all
10167s	right all right
10173s	then welcome to the world of
10178s	warcraft I'm William Shatner and I'm a
10182s	shaman I'm Mr T and this is is my night
10185s	elf Mohawk see there's no such thing as
10187s	a night elf Mohawk shut up fool this
10190s	role playing game where Heroes like
10192s	Leroy Jenkins do
10196s	battle that would be the World of
10199s	Warcraft you're a player in the NFL but
10201s	what you're most proud of is that you've
10202s	rid third nationally in Dungeon
10209s	progression timing was
10211s	perfect that was
10214s	fire
10217s	[Music]
10221s	for the
10223s	alliance
10227s	[Music]
10228s	[Applause]
10230s	for for
10235s	azero ready to
10237s	[Applause]
10242s	work please welcome the general manager
10245s	manager of Warcraft John
10247s	[Music]
10260s	height and thank
10265s	you and we are ready to work anybody
10269s	here for Warcraft
10271s	today
10274s	yeah
10276s	big shout out to the warcraft teams they
10279s	are so happy to be here today we have so
10282s	much cool stuff to show you so give it
10284s	up for my Warcraft
10293s	teams can you believe that almost 30
10296s	years ago a dispute between Orcs And
10299s	humans led to one of the longest running
10302s	fantasy adventures in video game history
10307s	right generations of players have called
10311s	Azeroth
10312s	home teenagers that first played
10315s	Warcraft when it was released I know
10317s	you're out
10320s	there are now
10324s	parents
10326s	right raising new Heroes to take on the
10329s	raids and Battlegrounds of this Timeless
10333s	Adventure
10335s	[Applause]
10336s	it's those shared stories of Azeroth
10339s	both ingame and out that make up this
10342s	universe today is a great day for
10351s	Warcraft this is the beginning of a bold
10354s	new chapter that will take us through
10357s	the next three decades and
10360s	Beyond oh
10362s	yeah with a variety of games to
10364s	Entertain You we welcome everyone to
10368s	find your
10374s	community okay
10379s	Alliance just just practice we're going
10381s	to give you a chance to do it a little
10382s	louder
10388s	later throughout the taverns of Azeroth
10392s	Tall Tales of Adventure are retold
10394s	through the Whimsical and clever card
10397s	play of
10400s	hearstone
10402s	yeah I like to imagine humans and Orcs
10405s	getting together showing off their
10407s	Collections and boasting of their
10409s	deeds but in the basements of those same
10413s	taverns they're playing a new game
10416s	Warcraft
10418s	Rumble
10423s	yeah me
10425s	too which puts the battlefields and
10428s	dungeons of Azeroth in the palm of your
10431s	hand and
10434s	finally World of
10442s	Warcraft wow immerses us into Azeroth
10446s	Where We Are the Champions fighting
10448s	alongside each other in shared
10451s	Adventure almost 20 years ago while
10455s	revolutionized online communities and
10457s	reimagined the enduring entertainment of
10460s	massively multiplayer
10463s	gaming the very first BlizzCon was
10467s	introduced our first expansion so it's
10470s	only fitting that we're here today to
10472s	lay the foundation for Wow's
10477s	future
10482s	yeah Azeroth is a home home we can
10485s	always escape
10487s	to a home that is always waiting for
10490s	us together we build this universe our
10493s	teams craft the worlds and the
10496s	adventures but it is all of you who
10498s	bring it to
10500s	life you are the heartbeat of the brand
10503s	new adventures that are about to
10506s	unfold from all of us on the warcraft
10509s	teams here at Blizzard
10512s	Entertainment thank you
10518s	please welcome from Hearthstone lead
10521s	designer K
10523s	[Music]
10535s	georgu hello Bliss
10540s	Con well I have a pretty good view from
10542s	up here it's really nice to see you
10546s	all we are thrilled to soon be
10550s	celebrating hearthstone's 10th
10557s	anniversary I know I'm getting
10560s	old it's a decade of telling Tales
10563s	around Azeroth with all of
10566s	you whether you aspire to climb the
10570s	ladder to Legend enjoy brawling with
10572s	friends in the Battleground
10575s	[Applause]
10577s	or maybe you've just listened to the
10579s	10-hour version of the saviors of old
10581s	Doom theme
10583s	song thank you all for being a part of
10586s	our bustling Tavern we invite players
10590s	both old and new to join us for our 10th
10594s	anniversary next
10597s	march
10599s	but we have so much to enjoy before then
10603s	so let's talk about what's happen
10604s	happening right now in Hearthstone and
10607s	in
10608s	Battlegrounds we're setting the stage
10611s	for a standoff in hearthstone's upcoming
10614s	expansion showdown in the bad lands
10618s	which takes place in azeroth's Wild
10623s	[Music]
10626s	West two strangers will cross paths an
10630s	outlaw and a Lone
10632s	Ranger though they may not know it now
10636s	together they are destined for a Grand
10646s	Adventure in the beginning I was all
10650s	alone trying my best to do some good out
10655s	there but it didn't take long to realize
10658s	that with the right
10660s	friends everything would change
10666s	step
10667s	[Music]
10670s	aside you don't know who you're messing
10674s	[Music]
10677s	with they knew the towns folk were up to
10680s	something
10682s	sinister let's move right behind you and
10686s	it was like a powder kick waiting to
10693s	explode
10695s	we did
10696s	it no oh
10701s	nuts as it turned out I had the right
10704s	backup waiting for me just when I needed
10709s	it let's do this you got it
10717s	partner I didn't intentionally pursue
10719s	leadership I'm going to punch
10723s	you
10725s	[Music]
10727s	candle mud
10730s	[Music]
10732s	slider sleeping like a rock let's s
10736s	these fine folks on bad land Hospitality
10739s	well looking for a stand up careful it's
10743s	against
10745s	[Music]
10753s	me
10758s	that's right our beloved Reno Jackson
10761s	and Elise Star Seeker are getting an
10764s	origin
10766s	tale they'll work together to save the
10768s	bad lands from The Blood rock Town's
10770s	nefarious mining operation Singleton
10774s	decks are
10776s	returning with cards like Reno Lone
10779s	Ranger hearthstone's first ever neutral
10783s	hero card
10785s	we'll talk more about him at the what's
10786s	next panel later today where we'll also
10789s	be revealing a motherload of exciting
10792s	new cards you can get your hands on them
10795s	and more when showdown in the Badlands
10797s	releases on November
10805s	[Music]
10807s	14th now I know you may be thinking a
10812s	new
10813s	expansion that's a lot of new cards on
10816s	top of five sets that are already in the
10817s	standard rotation and if you're a new
10820s	player or you're coming back after a
10822s	break that can be a little
10825s	overwhelming so we have been hard at
10827s	work to make it easier than ever to join
10832s	us we're excited to announce ketchup
10838s	packs these are game changing for
10841s	getting your collection caught up
10844s	you see what we did
10846s	there instead of the typical five cards
10849s	you'd find in a regular Hearthstone card
10851s	pack you can get up to 50 cards from a
10856s	single catchup
10862s	pack the cards you receive will all be
10865s	from within the last two years ready to
10867s	play and
10869s	constructed all of our players are going
10872s	to get ketchup packs to open once you
10874s	log in and for all of you here at
10876s	BlizzCon in person or those of you at
10878s	home who purchased either BlizzCon
10880s	collection we're also gifting you a few
10882s	more
10889s	packs for anyone who's been away for a
10892s	while all of these packs can add up to
10895s	hundreds of
10898s	cards we'll also be adding quite a few
10901s	of them into pre- purchase bundles for
10904s	for showdown in the
10905s	Badlands we hope to see all of you
10908s	getting some amazing cards and filling
10910s	in or beginning your Hearthstone
10912s	collection on November
10922s	14th all
10924s	right I feel like we might have some
10926s	Battlegrounds fans out
10928s	here yeah so you might remember then
10932s	that the last time we were all together
10934s	at BlizzCon we unveiled
10938s	Battlegrounds what started as an
10940s	experiment became a huge part of the
10943s	game and a fun way to play in The
10947s	Tavern but playing together is what
10950s	inspired the new mode we're debuting
10954s	here
10956s	today queuing up as a party for a Lobby
10958s	is great but ultimately you play against
10961s	each
10962s	other what if you could actually play
10965s	teamed up alongside each
10969s	other sounds fun doesn't
10973s	it we're pleased to announce a truly
10976s	Cooperative way to play Battlegrounds
10986s	Duos with a shared Health pool team
10989s	combat and sending cards back and forth
10992s	between teammates now you can fight with
10995s	your friends instead of against them we
10999s	were inspired by the Battleground
11000s	community's creativity finding ways to
11003s	team up and help each other achieve top
11005s	four so now we're setting an official
11007s	table for you and your partner to take
11010s	the crown
11013s	together for those of you here in person
11015s	grab a friend or make a new one because
11018s	you can try Battlegrounds Duos here at
11020s	BlizzCon right now at the Hearthstone
11023s	demo area
11031s	area we're planning to launch this new
11033s	way to play for everyone early next year
11037s	and you can learn more later today and
11039s	see the new Heroes and Minions that make
11042s	teamwork so fun in
11048s	Battlegrounds it makes the dream work we
11051s	love
11052s	teamwork if you're tuning in at home
11054s	please make sure to join us at the
11055s	what's next panel and if you're here
11057s	with us at BlizzCon you can also join me
11059s	and other members of the Hearthstone
11061s	team in the tavern for you worthy
11063s	opponents out there come dual a Dev and
11066s	challenge the Hearthstone
11068s	team or if you want to catch up after
11072s	four years
11073s	away pull up a chair by The Hearth we'll
11076s	see you in the
11082s	tavern
11093s	[Music]
11112s	over out
11117s	[Music]
11119s	here
11122s	[Applause]
11124s	[Music]
11137s	[Music]
11142s	huh
11145s	[Music]
11160s	[Music]
11172s	h
11174s	[Music]
11178s	[Applause]
11184s	please welcome from Warcraft Rumble
11186s	executive producer Vic
11189s	[Music]
11198s	sarra you got to love anxia she didn't
11201s	even use deep breath there hello Bliss
11208s	con last year the team and I announced
11211s	we were working on a brand new Warcraft
11213s	game a way to bring Warcraft with you
11216s	wherever you are and wherever you go and
11220s	as you just saw we've had a ton of fun
11223s	and poured a lot of love into making
11225s	this
11226s	game Warcraft Rumble is an action
11229s	strategy game with a deep PVE campaign a
11233s	Dynam damic PVP mode and so much more
11238s	it's a game filled with familiar faces
11241s	you'll mix and match miniature versions
11243s	of characters from the warcraft Universe
11246s	to make your very own Army as you take
11248s	on opponents all over Azeroth so if
11252s	you've ever wanted to see Jana command
11253s	an army of
11255s	murlocs or Grom lead a hord
11258s	of angry chickens
11262s	apparently this is is your
11264s	opportunity by combining leaders troops
11267s	and spells from five families
11271s	Lions
11273s	horde
11274s	beasts
11277s	Undead and my personal favorite Black
11282s	Rock you'll battle your way through Maps
11285s	inspired by some very familiar locations
11288s	you'll fight to control resources
11290s	capture towers and eventually def beat
11293s	the boss or player at the other
11296s	end speaking of bosses each one has our
11300s	own Unique Mechanics so you'll have to
11303s	adapt your strategies to the threats
11305s	you'll face as you battle through the
11307s	campaign and
11309s	beyond our goal was to give you
11312s	everything you love about Warcraft
11315s	reimagined with a big dose of what our
11318s	team calls joyful
11321s	chaos when we set out to to make this
11324s	game we wanted to offer a variety of
11326s	challenges no matter how you choose to
11328s	play it whether it's for 5 minutes at a
11330s	time or hours on
11332s	end and that was something we especially
11335s	focused on during the beta to make sure
11338s	you have something fun to do every time
11341s	you open up the
11343s	game and for those of you that played
11345s	the beta and gave us your feedback thank
11348s	you so much it's because of your support
11351s	and the hard work of our team that we
11353s	feel we' got something really really
11355s	special on our hands now let's take a
11358s	look at the
11361s	[Applause]
11367s	[Music]
11373s	[Music]
11379s	result who got it for Honor who want it
11386s	we no
11389s	problem got
11399s	[Music]
11406s	it you go to have that I D try to that
11411s	price head H
11415s	baby when to put bur your
11425s	[Music]
11432s	peses you know I got to admit it's
11435s	pretty cool watching that video and just
11436s	thinking about how far we've come since
11439s	last
11440s	year at this point we just can't wait
11443s	for all of you to hop in and play and I
11445s	mean we literally can't
11448s	wait that's why we've made Warcraft
11452s	Rumble available to download and play
11455s	right
11462s	now this is such a huge moment for us
11465s	and we're so all excited to have you
11467s	join us and for those of you in the
11469s	audience with me today let's bring down
11471s	the Wi-Fi together
11477s	you know I'm kidding right please don't
11478s	bring down the
11479s	Wi-Fi I'm in a lot of trouble once I get
11482s	off of
11485s	here whether you're a veteran of Azeroth
11487s	or just have a deep love for strategy
11489s	games there's a lot to enjoy here we've
11492s	got a huge campaign with over 70 bosses
11495s	and for those of you looking for an
11496s	especially unique challenge we even have
11499s	a heroic campaign with an extra layer of
11502s	difficulty that we cooked up our
11507s	ourselves we got maps with verticality
11511s	capture points resources traps and all
11514s	kinds of other
11515s	Contraptions each map was lovingly
11518s	handcrafted by our team and is its own
11521s	unique puzzle but how you choose to
11523s	solve that puzzle it's completely up to
11526s	you and when you're in the mood for a
11528s	solo dungeon we've got you covered there
11531s	as well dungeons in Warcraft Rumble are
11534s	intense three Mission gauntlets through
11536s	places like normon and the deadmines
11539s	where you equip your armies with
11540s	gamechanging relics until your run is
11545s	over or jump into PVP and dunk duke it
11549s	out with other players on maps inspired
11551s	by some of the most legendary maps and
11553s	Battlegrounds found in World of Warcraft
11556s	you can even join a guild and work
11558s	together with your friends towards some
11559s	super special shared rewards I can only
11562s	say
11565s	guys that's just what we have in the
11567s	game right now we have so much more
11570s	coming for starters we're going to be
11573s	releasing a new Mini with each
11576s	season and that also starts right
11583s	now season 1 of Warcraft Rumble is live
11588s	and the latest addition to our growing
11590s	roster minis is none other than the
11593s	Banshee Queen herself
11600s	Sil we're also working on even more ways
11603s	for you to play with or against your
11605s	friends and that includes the biggest
11607s	challenge in all of Rumble
11611s	[Applause]
11613s	raids make sure to join our Warcraft
11615s	rumbling panel later today to hear all
11617s	about raids and what else we have in
11619s	store for the future of this
11622s	game
11625s	now biscon before I go I just wanted to
11627s	let you know the team and I many of whom
11629s	are here in Anaheim with us right now we
11632s	love playing strategy games and we set
11635s	out to make a game that hearkens back to
11637s	our RTS routs where Warcraft began
11640s	almost 30 years
11642s	ago it is really made out of a genuine
11645s	love for Warcraft by people with deep
11647s	roots in the universe no matter how you
11650s	like to play there's something for
11652s	everyone to love in Warcraft
11655s	Rumble thank you so much bitcon enjoy
11658s	the chaos and we'll see you in
11664s	game please welcome executive producer
11668s	World of Warcraft Holly
11671s	[Music]
11673s	[Applause]
11675s	[Music]
11680s	Longdale wow what's up
11687s	con oh I'm so excited to see you all
11690s	here this
11691s	fantastic well can you believe we've
11694s	been playing World of Warcraft for
11695s	almost 20
11697s	[Music]
11700s	years you know 2004 was a while ago
11704s	right you know some of us we waited in
11707s	those lines for those midnight releases
11709s	and got our disc yeah
11714s	and we raced home to install those wow
11716s	discs one by
11719s	[Music]
11721s	[Applause]
11724s	one across nearly two decades players
11727s	all over the world have taken part in
11729s	the stories of Jana
11733s	sylvanis
11736s	arthus and
11740s	thr and of course so many many others
11744s	and together we've jumped through the
11745s	portal into Outland we sailed off into
11749s	northr and we watch SAR Garis stab the
11752s	world with that
11756s	[Applause]
11758s	sword during that time gaming has
11761s	changed and you have changed and so have
11764s	we particularly in the past year the
11767s	entire team across both modern and
11769s	classic have embraced their communities
11772s	we are truly
11773s	listening to your voices and taking
11777s	action my friends at bliton now is the
11781s	perfect time to prepare to close
11783s	Chapters open new ones and double down
11786s	on why we all fell in love with World of
11789s	Warcraft in the first
11792s	[Applause]
11799s	place with that in mind let's get to it
11802s	as many of of you know wow classic was
11804s	born out of the community's
11809s	passion and of course most of you know
11812s	that still drives us today like just in
11814s	August inspired by our community we
11817s	release classic
11824s	hardcore so uh in hardcore you only get
11827s	one life and if you die you may laugh
11831s	you may cry you may have to replace a
11834s	keyboard uh but you go
11837s	[Laughter]
11840s	again we've loved watching you take on
11842s	the challenge or die
11844s	trying uh and because the hardcore
11847s	Community has asked the team is planning
11849s	to add a new way to play hardcore early
11851s	next
11854s	[Applause]
11856s	year and last month in Wrath classic we
11859s	released the fall of the Lich King patch
11866s	and while there's still more to come in
11868s	Wrath earlier this year we looked at
11870s	your feedback to think about where are
11873s	we going to go
11876s	next we read through a lot and I mean a
11881s	lot of your feedback on social media
11883s	forums and we sent out surveys to our
11886s	players and here at fcon we're happy to
11891s	announce cataclysm is
11897s	coming
11898s	and it's coming with hash changes uh
11903s	based on your feedback just like you'd
11906s	expect from classic so
11909s	now let's jump into the way back machine
11912s	and get a reminder of all things
11917s	[Applause]
11921s	cataclysm
11939s	there is no hope no future all life is
11951s	Du
11969s	Sons and Daughters of gilas hold the
11972s	barricade do not give them an
11981s	inch
12001s	neoran it is time to end
12006s	this all AR shall
12010s	burn everyone should arms in the
12014s	end death we has suered this
12020s	world so that its true Lords May
12028s	return you dare trespassing of my
12032s	domain
12035s	die this is
12041s	my
12064s	I am
12067s	Deathwing the
12070s	Destroyer the end of all all
12076s	things I am the
12085s	[Music]
12089s	[Applause]
12095s	[Applause]
12101s	cataclysm
12106s	get ready my friends because the I love
12108s	the passion by the way uh get ready my
12111s	friends because the the road to death
12113s	Wings destruction is coming in the first
12115s	half of next
12121s	year all right now over the past four
12125s	years of classic we've watched you
12128s	master the vanilla experience and we've
12131s	loved it
12132s	so much in fact that we thought we'd add
12134s	some unique flavor with a seasonal note
12138s	and a dash of
12140s	Discovery season of Discovery is vanilla
12143s	wow with a spicy twist you're going to
12147s	discover new Secrets as you scour the
12149s	world and find class altering
12153s	[Music]
12153s	[Applause]
12156s	abilities have you ever wondered what it
12158s	might be like to be a tanking
12161s	Warlock
12162s	or take on the role of a mage
12166s	healer in season of Discovery you
12174s	can the season is going to launch with
12176s	an initial level cap of 25 and when you
12179s	hit that max level you'll be met with a
12182s	brand new level 25
12184s	endgame you'll discover a brand new 10
12188s	player black fathom deeps raid with new
12190s	and reimagined boss
12192s	mechanics and of course
12196s	rewards then after a couple of months
12198s	we'll raise the level cap a bit you'll
12200s	find even more endgame content and so it
12204s	will go if you're here at BlizzCon you
12207s	can play the Black fathom deeps raid in
12209s	the warcraft
12216s	Hall
12218s	so if you love classic or just a little
12221s	intrigued about what exactly a warlock
12223s	tank can do go check it
12226s	out for all of you watching online don't
12229s	worry you won't have to wait long to
12232s	play because we want you to discover all
12236s	of the secrets together there will be no
12240s	public
12241s	testing wow classic season of Discovery
12244s	launches in a few short weeks on
12247s	November
12251s	30th
12259s	for more information on the season of
12261s	Discovery and cataclysm don't miss the
12264s	classic panel this
12266s	afternoon all right now it's time to
12269s	talk to my dragon riders in modern
12276s	wow our team remains committed to giving
12279s	you meaningful game updates about every
12281s	eight weeks with more more content
12282s	sprinkled in between we really want
12285s	Azeroth to feel alive and the home you
12287s	want to come back to no matter how you
12290s	play our next major update Guardians of
12293s	the dream is going live in just five
12299s	days I want to give a shout out to my
12303s	elves it is finally our
12306s	[Applause]
12309s	time one week later season 3 we will
12312s	start with the last raid of the
12313s	expansion Amir drasil the dreams hope
12317s	there we will have our final showdown
12319s	with fck and defend our new world tree
12323s	but fear
12324s	not that's not the end of our time in
12326s	the dragon ises there's a lot more to
12328s	come in dragonflight that will serve as
12331s	both the epilogue of this story and the
12333s	bridge to our next
12336s	one like I said earlier we are evolving
12340s	we are changing our approach to to this
12342s	big beautiful game and how we look ahead
12344s	to new
12346s	chapters lizon it's time for a new
12350s	adventure one that has grown from the
12352s	very seeds of what captured our hearts
12355s	when we first set foot in
12357s	Azeroth for veteran players the last 20
12361s	years have led us to this and for those
12364s	who have yet to join us now is the
12367s	time and who better to talk about the
12370s	first step in this journey
12383s	then someone who carved the path in the
12385s	first place everyone please welcome my
12389s	friend and the executive creative
12390s	director of the warcraft Universe Chris
12395s	[Applause]
12400s	Menon
12402s	[Music]
12404s	[Applause]
12412s	[Applause]
12424s	what up
12428s	blit holy smokes hard where you
12434s	where
12438s	Alliance BLC con as
12445s	one holy smokes thank you thank you it
12450s	is
12450s	[Applause]
12453s	uh thank you
12456s	guys it has been a long strange trip to
12460s	get back to this spot
12462s	I tell you
12464s	that it has been interesting this past
12467s	year being back under the hood of World
12469s	of
12470s	Warcraft it has reminded me of a few
12472s	things
12474s	one I love
12481s	Warcraft number two you know what I
12484s	really missed this
12489s	work and number three on the real it
12492s	feels amazing to be back and part of
12497s	this blizzard family
12499s	[Music]
12506s	again as Holly said a bit ago next year
12510s	is the 20th anniversary of World of
12513s	Warcraft I can't even believe it
12515s	whatever how many of y'all have been
12518s	playing from the
12520s	beginning
12525s	I love
12528s	youis so given
12533s	that what was that doesn't
12538s	matter we started thinking so what next
12544s	right what expansion
12547s	hook what single storyline could
12550s	possibly match such a historic
12554s	occasion we started thinking about well
12557s	I did the good old days right and some
12562s	of those early Mythic ideas that kind of
12565s	established the background of
12567s	Warcraft started thinking about even
12570s	some of the newer ideas that have played
12572s	out more recently but still in a way
12576s	feel a little
12579s	unresolved and in the mix
12582s	of all that stuff in the mix of all
12585s	those ideas particular things
12588s	like what the hell is Magny actually
12591s	been babbling about all these
12595s	years was the thing that he came to warn
12598s	us about in battle for Azeroth did it
12600s	did it actually play out or is there
12604s	potentially something darker still
12607s	looming on the horizon I don't know
12614s	will there eventually
12618s	be an apocalyptic confrontation between
12621s	the forces of the light and the
12626s	void talk to me
12628s	bissan I'll tell you what for nothing my
12631s	P main I'm all in on that kind of thing
12633s	if it happens it's going to
12638s	happen and really the big question for
12640s	all the
12642s	Marbles What have the Titans actually
12646s	been doing since the dawn of
12652s	civilization what is the real purpose of
12655s	all of their cute little installation
12658s	slammed into the side of the
12660s	planet do we know everything we need to
12663s	know about their real intentions for our
12668s	world just saying
12674s	BlizzCon all of these Hooks and a 100
12677s	more 68 carry the two a bunch
12682s	more all cooking in the
12687s	pot started to reveal a story
12692s	line something epic how epic real
12700s	Epic a storyline that in almost every
12705s	way feels like the
12707s	culmination of the first 20 years of our
12713s	storytelling a storyline provided we we
12716s	do our jobs we do the
12720s	thing that will Vector us into the next
12724s	20 years of
12730s	Adventure
12736s	BlizzCon are you with me
12741s	BlizzCon we call this
12744s	storyline the world Soul
12753s	Saga the world Soul Saga is so epic as
12757s	we
12759s	covered it cannot be contained gained
12762s	within any single
12764s	expansion it is built to play out over
12766s	multiple expansions over the next few
12771s	years come on
12780s	now having said that we are working on
12784s	multiple ways to deliver this adventure
12786s	to you a little faster than you're used
12790s	to
12793s	we're not going to get into it at this
12795s	BlizzCon forgive
12797s	me but keep your ears peel I assure you
12802s	we are moving with purpose and the last
12805s	thing we really want is for all to have
12808s	to have your grandkids controlling your
12809s	mouse and your keyboard trying to wrap
12811s	this thing up
12814s	so it's
12819s	coming also
12822s	given the scale of this
12824s	monster we have decided to change it up
12829s	today here we
12836s	go instead of just
12840s	debuting your next expansion all on its
12844s	Lonesome we have decided to give you a
12847s	glimpse at your next three expans
12861s	does this meet with your approval
12869s	BlizzCon my friends I'm going to warn
12871s	you there may be mild spoilers
12875s	ahead actually I'm just kidding they
12878s	ain't mild buckle
12880s	up
12882s	are you ready Bliss
12889s	come the first part of the world Soul
12893s	Saga and your 10th expansion is called
12898s	World of Warcraft the war
12901s	[Music]
12906s	within in this chapter you will be
12910s	descending Into the Heart of Azeroth
12913s	itself exploring new Subterranean
12917s	kingdoms and engaging with ancient
12919s	cultures like the Anan and the
12922s	terrifying nerubians of
12931s	ajah but as the forces of Darkness close
12935s	in around our precious World
12938s	Soul you yeah that's
12942s	you will be called to do what you always
12947s	do which
12949s	is dispense indiscriminate Justice upon
12953s	all those who got it
12956s	coming talk to me Blitz
12965s	Kong the second part of the world Soul
12968s	Saga is called World of Warcraft
12978s	midnight in this
12980s	chapter you will be returning ready to
12984s	the old
12987s	world to the fabled lands of quel
12994s	alas there the forces of the Void have
12998s	invaded Azeroth intent un snuffing out
13002s	the light of the sunwell and plunging
13004s	the world into darkness and fear you
13009s	will not only help reunify the scattered
13012s	Elven tribes of Azeroth but you will
13015s	make your stand with the forces of the
13017s	light and banish the shadow
13027s	forever of course blz
13032s	it is
13034s	Azeroth things may not go to
13037s	plan things may just spiral wildly out
13041s	of control leading us
13045s	to the third part of the world Soul
13049s	Saga World of Warcraft the last
13059s	Titan in this chapter you will again be
13064s	returning to the old world this time to
13068s	the wintry lands of North
13072s	Ren and there at Alo you will bear
13077s	witness to the return of the Titans to
13083s	Azeroth and there you will uncover a
13087s	vast
13089s	conspiracy one that stretches throughout
13091s	the history of the world one that will
13094s	challenge everything you think you know
13098s	about the Titans their intentions and
13101s	the true nature of azarov
13106s	itself in time my friend in
13110s	time and it's called silithus there you
13118s	go BlizzCon my hope our dear hope is
13124s	that you can see when it comes to W
13127s	storytelling we ain't screwing around
13130s	all
13133s	right we are playing for all the Marvels
13138s	we are working to establish a thundering
13141s	heartbeat for this
13143s	franchise
13149s	now
13152s	[Applause]
13153s	now now
13156s	Bisson hearken to
13159s	me always wanted to say
13162s	that thank
13164s	you whether you are a current player and
13168s	I'm going to bet that most of you
13171s	are or maybe you jumped off the wild
13174s	train a few expansions
13177s	ago now is the time to come
13182s	[Music]
13185s	home now is the time to pull on your
13189s	boots pick up your broadsword or your
13192s	favorite glowy
13193s	staff and get in this
13200s	fight friends Azeroth needs her
13203s	Defenders now more than
13206s	ever
13209s	now in a few
13211s	moments we are going to give you a
13213s	deeper look at the war
13216s	within but before we do that I want to
13219s	leave you with a little something to
13222s	chew on I want to remind you all that
13227s	sometimes very epic things can begin
13232s	with small heartfelt moments what you're
13236s	about to see is one of those moments
13241s	and with
13242s	that
13245s	BlizzCon proud Defenders of
13248s	[Music]
13252s	Azeroth let the world Soul Saga
13256s	[Applause]
13269s	begin
13293s	and do
13299s	in
13304s	[Music]
13321s	you're here to tell me we don't get to
13325s	hide is that
13327s	it you needed time
13331s	we stayed
13332s	away but time by itself Heals
13337s	[Music]
13346s	Nothing you didn't just come here for
13349s	me it's the
13353s	Visions you've seen
13356s	them I suspect many have lately
13368s	[Music]
13373s	something
13374s	someone is calling out from the heart of
13378s	the
13379s	world like a voice from a
13384s	[Music]
13388s	dream something dark is coming
13394s	andwin the world needs your light
13399s	again my
13408s	[Music]
13410s	son I am not that person
13414s	anymore I have no
13418s	light not after what I I've
13422s	seen not after what I've
13428s	[Music]
13433s	done you are not your past
13439s	[Music]
13444s	andin I trust
13447s	[Music]
13449s	you
13451s	[Music]
13461s	[Music]
13467s	hear
13473s	me they're getting
13479s	worse
13484s	[Music]
13489s	look whatever's coming I'll stand with
13493s	you of course I
13496s	will but we were drawn here by the
13499s	Voice who is it
13501s	th who's calling out to
13505s	us I'm not sure
13509s	yet
13513s	but that
13514s	sword was aimed at
13520s	[Music]
13539s	someone
13549s	uh I guess we're not ignoring that sword
13554s	anymore I do have to say though uh every
13557s	time I see that cinematic and I've seen
13559s	it many times it gets me right in my
13562s	heart uh it feels like a new beginning
13565s	and it feels like coming home and we are
13568s	so excited about where we are going and
13571s	now that you've seen or heard the
13573s	overview for the world so Saga let's
13576s	talk about the war
13579s	within as we all gather and explore
13582s	beneath the surface we'll find an
13584s	ancient nerubian
13587s	civilization they will be led by someone
13589s	we were first introduced to in Legion
13594s	zalot a harbinger of the
13597s	Void the void brings destruction and
13600s	darkness that threatens all light in our
13603s	world the last time we saw zotas she
13606s	promised we would meet again and it
13608s	turns out she was right and while andwin
13611s	Thal and others share the same Visions
13614s	emanating from the heart of the world
13616s	some are seeing something quite
13628s	different my
13632s	Visions are not the same as the
13637s	others no
13640s	Radiance no
13643s	song just the
13647s	shadow taunting
13650s	me from
13659s	Below
13688s	w
13714s	the fate of our world rests upon the
13718s	edge of a
13722s	knife and our battle lies deep
13736s	within in the war within alongside
13739s	beautiful unique underground zones we
13742s	will have challenging Dungeons and raids
13744s	and some new features too that are built
13746s	to
13747s	last if you like exploring our your own
13750s	with a couple of friends or family we
13752s	have Dells these are a variety of
13756s	bite-sized experiences for one to five
13758s	players that will offer endgame
13762s	rewards you may also find in your delve
13765s	a familiar character who' be willing to
13767s	fight alongside you and if you're like
13770s	me and you have an obsession with alts
13773s	we have War
13775s	bands with this feature you could treat
13778s	all of your characters like family
13780s	and share Banks reputations
13792s	trans we're also introducing a new layer
13795s	of customization for your class specs
13797s	with hero talents you might want to take
13800s	your character down the path of a dark
13802s	Ranger let's say or a far Seer and
13808s	more
13812s	also during your travels underground you
13814s	will meet the Earth and dwarves and
13816s	you'll be able to unlock them as our new
13818s	Allied
13823s	race I mean who doesn't love a dwarf uh
13826s	the facial hair options are
13828s	spectacular um there's so much more to
13831s	talk about so please join the what next
13834s	panel that's coming up right after the
13836s	opening ceremony right
13838s	here what I can tell you though is that
13841s	the call to get into the fight to save
13844s	our world will ring out when the war
13846s	within releases next
13856s	year and lastly I sincerely want to say
13861s	we are so excited to begin this new
13864s	Journey with you and from our
13866s	hearts to yours thank you for bringing
13871s	our world to
13880s	life and now with his own note of thanks
13885s	mik
13889s	abara thank you to all the teams who
13891s	presented today there really is so much
13894s	to look forward over the next two days
13897s	and this is only the beginning I can't
13899s	wait to walk the halls of all of Anaheim
13903s	with all of you it is truly a joy to be
13906s	here with the blizzard team and our
13907s	players BlizzCon be great to each other
13911s	and enjoy the
13913s	[Applause]
13918s	[Music]
13924s	[Music]
13928s	show
13929s	[Music]
13949s	[Music]
13956s	[Music]
13958s	me
13961s	[Music]
13971s	[Music]
13984s	[Music]
14009s	Legacy Legacy is
14013s	forever
14014s	unbelievable all year long teams around
14017s	the world have battled chasing Glory
14020s	hoping to Edge their Homeland into
14022s	history books that is insane he's still
14025s	fragging like a madman and it's the fan
14028s	Rampage oh what
14031s	what they've tasted victory they've
14034s	overcome defeat and all along the hopes
14037s	of their fans have lifted them up
14040s	absolutely beautiful and now at long
14043s	last the OverWatch World Cup finals are
14048s	here and for the first time in four
14051s	years we're all together once more Back
14055s	to Where it All
14057s	Began each team can see their name on
14060s	the championship
14061s	trop the community has rallied behind
14064s	them and the wait is finally over I've
14067s	missed you dear the OverWatch World Cup
14069s	finals start
14074s	[Music]
14075s	now welcome back one and all zo here
14078s	joined by Danny B by Jake and by Johnny
14080s	and we're here to break it all down
14082s	we're in the quarterfinals one match
14084s	down three more to go let's discuss what
14087s	we got to see as of course we took a
14089s	quick breather there to witness and
14091s	Marvel at the opening ceremony so let's
14094s	roll it back look at the highlights of
14096s	that first match of the day where Canada
14098s	had to face off against South Korea and
14100s	in the very first match we got to see
14101s	Korea of course the favorites to win
14103s	this entire tournament go up against
14105s	Canada who struggleing the group stage
14106s	ended up seconding Group B it was really
14108s	a t of two different kind of
14110s	compositions here I feel like Korea came
14112s	out really strong playing the sigma
14114s	composition with the Lucio with the
14116s	symmetra pushing the face throughout the
14118s	entire series and Canada just didn't
14120s	really have a way to deal with it we saw
14121s	early on in the series that Canada
14123s	actually put up a pretty Valiant effort
14125s	obviously on Le Tower and they had a
14127s	really impressive push here on blizzard
14129s	world to tie up the series one to one
14131s	but from there on out Jake it was pretty
14133s	one honestly in in the rush Mir Korea
14135s	was the stronger team but when Canada
14138s	was able to create this composition
14139s	mismatch playing the double Flex support
14141s	I think Cal had a incred game on
14143s	blizzard world was really really putting
14145s	in a ton of impact and showed how
14147s	difficult it is to win dive into this
14150s	Sigma comp there's so much pressure
14152s	coming out especially from those
14153s	backline supports still poking still
14155s	doing so much damage looks like the
14157s	stronger comp however though when the
14159s	rush comes out I think we saw a great
14160s	development in The Meta with both may
14163s	and Sim being utilized cutting the
14165s	Bastion for team Korea looked like a
14167s	great play I think we will see more
14168s	teams follow suit when you're in that
14170s	Sig mirror honestly the Bastion is soft
14173s	countered by Sig so may and Sim really
14175s	worked incredibly well together with
14177s	very impactful team fighting ultimates
14178s	and then heading over to our push map of
14180s	course that we didn't broadcast live it
14182s	was South Korea once more coming out on
14184s	the Lucio and the cetra and really
14185s	pushing the pace lip here getting the
14187s	first pick in the very first fight that
14189s	made sure that Korea were really
14191s	aggressive to start off this map and got
14192s	a lot of push because of it now as this
14195s	map kind of progressed on the push the
14197s	Canada just really didn't have a way to
14198s	de deal with the aggression obviously
14201s	sticking as we can see the batist and
14202s	the Yari backline it is slower and So
14205s	Korea really found a way to navigate
14207s	around Korea now Canada this very one F
14209s	this one fight they used all five
14211s	ultimates investing heavily as you can
14213s	see Korea just pushing it and finally
14216s	Korea capping up the map with 3 minutes
14218s	and 30 seconds left Canada just couldn't
14220s	stop the very fast aggression from South
14223s	Korea but South Korea moving on it is
14226s	time to take a look at our brackets now
14228s	fortunately this is is the end of
14230s	Canada's run the O World Cup 2023 so
14232s	once again of course a huge shout out to
14234s	that team to the orc to everyone who
14236s	made this possible they've had some
14238s	fantastic moments uh thus far in the
14240s	group stages in the qualifiers and now
14242s	here as well on stage yeah even I think
14244s	for me even today Cal had a fantastic
14246s	performance on that elari and of course
14248s	people like seeker seeker and false as
14250s	well I think all of Team uh Team Canada
14253s	had an outstanding performance
14254s	throughout the OverWatch World Cup for
14256s	me this this was team Korea pulling out
14257s	all the stops right especially that
14259s	adaptation in the final map really
14261s	impressive the pace they're able to
14262s	bring every team has to be putting some
14264s	respect back in Korea's name maybe it
14266s	was a close match against Finland I
14267s	don't think Korea is going to be giving
14268s	up many close matches unless teams are
14270s	really bringing it no they're bringing
14272s	the aame here and so do the next two
14275s	teams I know they both rolling up to win
14277s	it all it is of course Team USA going up
14282s	against the team from China so let's
14283s	take a look at both of those teams
14285s	starting with the lineup for our us
14287s	let's go well yeah they they may have
14290s	been looking a little shaky in the group
14292s	stages but they made changes and now
14294s	they're here to win it all I want to see
14297s	super come in I think the World Cup
14298s	these teams yes they are professional
14300s	players but they're still coming
14302s	together with relatively little practice
14304s	having someone who can lead the team
14305s	Inspire them communicate with confidence
14307s	super is going to have so much impact in
14309s	this series yeah and the first obstacle
14311s	in their way to the trophy is of course
14313s	the team from China two-time runner up
14316s	they're here to take the gold home this
14318s	time around and look they're one of the
14319s	top two favorites obviously a really
14321s	stacked team theyve had plenty of
14322s	synergy they've been playing together
14324s	the entire year so this squad they know
14327s	each other really well now again it's
14329s	going to be a tale of two different
14330s	compositions USA leaning heavily on that
14333s	Sigma composition with super heading the
14335s	spear as a tank player the team from
14336s	China what can they do with guu in that
14339s	tank role they have primarily been
14340s	playing the Winston and the doomfist and
14342s	as we go into this match I expect the
14344s	team from China to really get into the
14346s	face of USA how will they deal with that
14348s	well we're about to find out and we
14350s	don't want to lose any time so let's
14352s	dive straight into our predictions I'm a
14354s	little scared about this one because I'm
14357s	so sorry home team I went with the team
14360s	from China I have a I'm no I'm know
14363s	going to get that's my corner that's my
14365s	that's my corner that's my corner got
14367s	lots of fans here I'm good CU they're
14368s	really close to the stage so I'm I'm saf
14371s	for now I had to give it to the team
14372s	from China I I yes they only ran with
14374s	the doomfist composition yeah we might
14376s	see that again but they are so good
14379s	those players are so good they are
14380s	definitely I think one of the best dive
14382s	teams that we've seen but we just saw
14385s	how how challenging it was for Korea
14387s	with the dive compostition against the
14388s	sigma competition I'm going
14391s	USA of course
14394s	USA
14395s	USA let's go I couldn't have said it
14398s	better myself Danny I got my start in
14400s	professional OverWatch as a part of Team
14402s	USA and so I'm happy to PR them here I
14404s	think with these roster changes with
14406s	super coming in I think they really
14407s	could go all the way I think this is the
14409s	right ingredient to bring the squad to
14411s	the top level and I feel like it's going
14413s	to be really hard for the team from
14415s	China to make this doomfist work against
14417s	the incredible mechanical skill sugar
14419s	free can come out on the echo uh
14420s	ultraviolet can go back to the alar to
14422s	deal with the Enemy Echo I think that's
14424s	going to put them in great position the
14425s	pressure though is going to be on super
14427s	to survive these Dives and still put out
14429s	a ton of damage for his team you're
14430s	looking at me soe like I'm like going to
14432s	team up with you there I I don't know my
14434s	hope dies lost I guess is it happening
14436s	I'm sorry soe as much as I think team
14439s	from China is the better team with
14441s	better players just don't think this is
14443s	the meta for them I do think that USA
14445s	with super really pulling the team
14447s	together that is going to be the
14449s	difference in this match and I got USA
14450s	winning it that's fair that's fair I
14453s	personally believe in the Primal fist
14455s	let's see if he can make it work on the
14458s	stage it is time to meet the team so
14461s	let's send it down to Golden
14463s	Boy let's welcome to the stage your
14466s	first squad team
14474s	[Music]
14475s	[Applause]
14482s	[Music]
14484s	[Applause]
14486s	USA saying as well they play in with no
14489s	no pressure at all no they are composed
14492s	they are calm they're Collective going
14493s	into this series oh there's pressure
14495s	though no matter what you can say
14496s	there's always going to be pressure on
14497s	these guys to perform in in front of the
14499s	home crowd but pressure it can make
14501s	diamonds I think that's what we might be
14502s	able to see here today so much star
14504s	power on this roster I want to see more
14506s	from
14507s	them and their
14510s	opponents the team from
14515s	China and I got to be real with you it
14518s	sounds like the team from China is the
14520s	favorite in the building the fans
14522s	roaring on this team obviously had an in
14526s	incredible performance in the OverWatch
14527s	league tournament early this year now
14529s	taking their Synergy to the OverWatch
14532s	World Cup one of the top two favorites
14534s	to win the entire thing but first they
14535s	have to deal with
14538s	USA it's time to settle the score and
14541s	send it over to your casters Make some
14543s	noise for Uber and Mr
14547s	X who would have thought we'd end up on
14550s	this side of the bracket with a match up
14552s	between USA and the team from China so
14553s	early man that is absolutely Bonkers
14556s	yeah I mean when you're looking at the
14557s	bracket early on you didn't really
14559s	expect this because you expected USA to
14561s	finish number one in their group roll on
14564s	through KSA had other ideas right I mean
14566s	they came through when you know they
14568s	didn't lose a map in their group and
14570s	they put USA in this position but this
14573s	may be a pretty good matchup for them in
14575s	terms of like what you know the team
14576s	from China wants to run comp wise and
14578s	what USA has excelled at USA had another
14582s	game before getting out of groups we had
14583s	a lot of Doubt cast on them but super
14586s	got brought in in the tank roll and they
14588s	absolutely sent Japan packing to get
14592s	their spot here at lison first map in
14594s	this series is going to be le young
14596s	Tower with the desk split with their
14598s	predictions it's so funny to hear like
14600s	this Hometown Advantage Hometown
14602s	advantage to the United States sorry uh
14604s	have you heard the crowd yeah the
14605s	turnout for the team from China is
14607s	absolutely ridiculous here so it's
14609s	anyone's game in that regard an
14613s	important match considering who sits on
14614s	the other side of this bracket South
14617s	Korea waiting for the victor of this
14619s	series it all starts on Lee Tower and I
14623s	think having players like super in the
14625s	lineup are a huge addition right it's a
14629s	player who has won before he knows how
14631s	to win yeah uh you know they usually say
14634s	at least like boxing per se when
14636s	somebody becomes a champion they become
14637s	20 30% better right you know once you
14640s	know you can get over that hump you
14643s	become better and I think you can kind
14644s	of give that confidence to the rest of
14646s	the team buckle up nerds we got to G
14648s	play blot Make Some
14652s	Noise yeah I mean this is going to be
14655s	what we expected comp wise right hwe on
14658s	the doomfist sub on the sigma that is
14661s	going to be the battle that ends up
14663s	probably deciding this series yeah such
14664s	a contrast in compositions M all the way
14668s	down to the
14669s	DPS Tracer for sugarfree here and
14672s	already ly's decided to head over the
14674s	Gap putting some pressure on monk gets
14676s	into a b face and draws a biotic grenade
14678s	out of it here so M has to wait for
14680s	healing here ler can't expend a heal
14682s	pack on the Anna right now and that's
14684s	the first kill it's ler down sugar free
14686s	able to find the break and I like this
14688s	little adjustment here from Team USA
14691s	know playing the Tracer in the mix right
14693s	Tracer is phenomenal obviously putting
14695s	pressure on the back line great against
14697s	the echo which leave is like so good on
14699s	that hero where he's going to switch off
14701s	and bit straight
14702s	away Genji for leave another legendary
14706s	pick in his hand
14709s	the USA able to settle into this to a
14712s	degree gu yet to really find a way in
14715s	these SPS in time before at least the
14718s	USA go to work on their backline now the
14720s	team trying going to start this off
14721s	first a lot of pressure on sugarfree he
14723s	recalls Already Here Comes Wheels Mo but
14725s	leav there with the deflected hydron fre
14727s	quickly has to stop he's slip by Monk
14729s	and that's sugar free out on the pitcher
14731s	it's a trade though Lex is down leave
14733s	has the dash away here a matrix for USA
14735s	they've got control now they have the
14737s	advantage but that's done that was nasty
14739s	G comes into of nowhere and gets behind
14742s	that a matrix yeah he gets the benefits
14745s	of the nanab Boost and he pushed on in
14747s	you still have ultra violet here now you
14749s	I mean this still this still winable for
14751s	USA I mean you have super in the mix and
14753s	sugarfree three versus two now USA
14756s	getting the ducks in a row here sugar
14758s	free has to head across and theyve left
14759s	super alone that's my
14763s	streamer uh some really nice plays there
14766s	from gue on doist is
14768s	that has been something we have expected
14770s	as we have watched him play this hero as
14772s	a tank is kind of take a like look
14775s	across the board here right Tac
14777s	fiser Dragon Blade available uh for the
14780s	team from China USA does have that sick
14783s	Wombo Combo though right the block plus
14785s	the
14787s	artillery uh the team from China they're
14790s	kind of russer that's going to walk into
14791s	that though let's see here comes the bar
14794s	going to be instantly a rally and going
14795s	to be a dragon bite from Le is's looking
14796s	for the back line already but here comes
14797s	the strikes Su brings lead down it's a
14800s	trade gu backing up here behind that
14802s	power block it's high John his spinning
14804s	bullets across the point guwe now has
14806s	his cool down refreshed it's a mutual
14808s	knockdown he takes a licking a ton of
14810s	damage as guwe tries to reposition with
14813s	the USA can play from behind that middle
14814s	barrier they need to get super healed up
14816s	here hydr again into towards theault
14819s	configuration but the attack fighter
14820s	from Shai has been quiet sugar free
14823s	tries to get away but Shai tracks him
14824s	across the map it was a trade again Mar
14826s	out of the pcture now but Shai BS is
14828s	second of the fight an ultrav Violet in
14830s	a compromising position now super Rupal
14832s	back to back can the sigma find punishes
14835s	the answer is no now the team from try
14837s	to get the lead and it's just so
14839s	impressive because you feel like USA
14842s	like this composition is something that
14844s	you know is the stronger version of this
14847s	right uh but the team from China so good
14851s	at executing these Dives hway able to
14853s	get in and out with like slivers of HP
14856s	uh this could be an advantage for USA
14858s	though uh ant Matrix here with the
14860s	Bastion damage right force them around a
14862s	corner get sugarfree in position to get
14864s	a pick now forway sh here
14868s	yeah monk trying to maintain a safe
14871s	position but the jocky left and right
14872s	here com on configuration and hit in the
14874s	back line oh he gets him through the air
14876s	Matrix hyron falls down with Helix
14878s	rocket in ultraviolet Falls as well G
14882s	down fin Lu next time boys it's going to
14885s	be the team from tryer take the first
14887s	round
14888s	[Applause]
14893s	some really impressive movement there on
14896s	the Doom uh they set up that ant Matrix
14898s	with the fashion behind it and then even
14900s	like an immortality field but lands that
14902s	huge rocket punch and knocks them right
14904s	out of that pushes them so far past the
14907s	M Matrix they can't get any value and
14909s	then there's no way the supports on USA
14911s	are going to be able to heal those
14912s	players some impressive Doom
14915s	play this USA composition is genuinely
14918s	very positional they have to be able to
14921s	play from behind super shield from
14923s	inside an immortality field from behind
14925s	an a matrix doomfist completely unravels
14928s	that the displacement that he can
14931s	inflict makes it very very hard to be
14933s	set up in the right way Team USA will
14936s	come out with that same comp again I
14938s	like this from Le and the team from
14940s	China where they're not going to play
14941s	this Echo at the start the echo is like
14944s	you're going to get picked by either the
14945s	Bastion or the Tracer go with the Genji
14948s	a little bit more aggressive ultraviolet
14950s	goes very low there hydron also reeling
14953s	from the Poke damage out of the team
14955s	from
14956s	China trying to assert himself as
14958s	ultraviolet here with that flank from
14959s	shy eventually is going to start to take
14961s	its toll it's already drawing heal packs
14963s	out of ultraviolet here's gu to the back
14965s	that's going to be an environmental Hy
14968s	goes kening over the edge and already
14971s	this fight's over I mean they are making
14973s	the doomfist come look like it could
14975s	even be better than kind of what we see
14978s	out of the sigma based team since they
14980s	go in they get a fast
14983s	pick environmental for then picks up
14986s	ultraviolet if you're USA I mean this is
14989s	going to be I think where know USA's pum
14991s	like kind of moving on in it's probably
14993s	there's no speed right you're just going
14995s	to take poking damage it's going to be
14997s	you know very
14999s	difficult drops down now the punch sugar
15001s	free is in trouble able to get away
15003s	though it's going be a morality fi
15005s	thrown down USA G just looks to
15007s	reposition out side and rotate these
15009s	cool Downs again back up to The High
15011s	Ground once more and sugarfree
15012s	attempting to pressure Monk and maybe
15014s	threaten a
15016s	back B SP does not connect now you're
15019s	just trying to get capture progress on
15021s	the point yeah so they're going to give
15023s	it up because gu was low now they're
15025s	going to re with he's down to 100 HP
15028s	power block throwing up gu wants to stay
15030s	in the fight he has some damage
15031s	mitigation still but hydron with the aop
15033s	configuration they don't see Le come
15034s	through the back door though he looks to
15036s	try and pressure hydron down but the
15038s	healing is good even without ultraviolet
15039s	now they still hav't put a heck of a lot
15041s	of pressure down Hydra wants to get back
15043s	on with the pro but super got picked off
15045s	and they lost the BST it's another lost
15049s	fight Alexa gets an environmental there
15052s	towards the end as this is going to be
15055s	really tough for USA I mean they're
15057s	going to have the rally here and it just
15059s	seems like guwe just controlling the
15061s	entire pace of the game right you know
15064s	deciding you know when they're going to
15066s	go when they're going to come out and
15068s	USA just it seems like they're just not
15070s	even able to play the game they really
15072s	want artillery strike Lee dashes upward
15074s	gu just shrugs it off oh L up okay super
15078s	interrupted no gravitic flux there Le St
15081s	up though great Shield Backs from
15082s	ultraviolet inside of that rally getting
15084s	the St now in Ultimate and that lets
15086s	some pick off the Genji both DPS now go
15089s	off for the team from China the USA has
15091s	to win this fight they need the point
15094s	quick and I think it's all about
15096s	capitalizing like you can't allow you
15098s	know gue to just seis and slam rocket
15100s	punch in and out in and out you got to
15103s	land those accretions you got to be able
15104s	to get that stun down and then take him
15106s	out there's no morality field on the
15107s	other side right so you have no sleep
15110s	you only have stun in UltraViolets alt
15112s	right so again you can Shield B of
15115s	course into that into that doomfist but
15117s	it's tough Matrix throwing up here all
15119s	of the team from China have to go up up
15121s	and back away sugarfree sees an
15123s	opportunity for a big pulse go begging
15125s	there but he is fighting his time Shai
15127s	coming hun
15128s	a p Spa kill here would be huge right
15130s	cuz it just buys you a
15132s	f that's just for the doctored not a
15135s	great doctor if you ask me but still
15137s	sugar fre a to find it and monk attempts
15139s	to go for a defensive body grenade with
15140s	the precious defense sugar free SLP
15142s	though imity Field's going to keep them
15144s	alive and the team from China Force
15146s	right on back to their
15148s	spawn this next fight is going to be
15150s	like everything here for Team USA
15153s	nothing to work with in terms of
15154s	ultimate how do you win Nano blade
15156s	available there's no way I
15159s	mean you think you have that somebody
15161s	make a huge play blade believe is
15164s	hunting super the first Target but M
15166s	goes down first there something here for
15168s	the USA they've lost hydron but they
15170s	have the heal Advantage inar it's a
15173s	three versus three Le no play sugar free
15175s	gets the health pack the defle comes out
15177s	and sugar free can't back up onto the
15179s	mini the teams for trying to take the
15181s	fight but it's not convincing so so and
15184s	you do get to 90% here for a Team USA
15186s	you end up getting close some of these
15188s	ultimates they survived all the ultimat
15190s	yeah and the visor isn't super impactful
15193s	right so you should be able to live on
15194s	through that 93 and Counting the time is
15197s	now for the USA to keep themselves in
15200s	this map they've got to get to the point
15202s	graic flux now generated by super here
15204s	we are we're in overtime the pressure
15206s	comes in from Le a big punch though Le
15207s	super reeling goway goes overhead in the
15210s	power block now super where does this
15212s	flux go it's anyone's guess at this
15214s	point he's getting an aerial view of the
15215s	situation he gets M but is it enough he
15218s	sees a low Health Genji he sees Le get
15220s	over the wall with Shai's going to come
15221s	with a tactical visor from the side of
15223s	the point super can't afford to look
15225s	that way right now sh low comes on in
15227s	super Tri to force him back with that
15229s	Shield going to be there gets back into
15232s	the fight and now the pressure on from
15233s	the BR sh trying to play from the
15235s	periphery super still needs to deal with
15237s	the Goof but there's a Sim turret
15238s	slowing goway down and they get it gu
15241s	Falls now shy on the menu what a r St
15244s	coming in though immediately ler is on
15246s	the scene S is forc to play back inside
15248s	the point now but L is low the rally
15250s	it's not enough Team
15253s	USA level the map oh they just muscle up
15258s	off the point for a
15263s	second this is going to be a long series
15266s	I I feel it man it's the Sim switch from
15268s	Hydra really pretty effective there
15270s	towards the end got back to the point
15271s	slowed the Doom down a little bit put
15273s	down some damage but you just see how
15275s	difficult it is to disl Sigma like with
15279s	the shield dancing and the kinetic grasp
15281s	and you know even just getting a little
15282s	bit of healing I mean it is so difficult
15284s	for these you know damage dealers on the
15286s	side of the team from China to want a
15287s	burst targets down and get him down it
15289s	is so
15291s	difficult cetra pretty vulnerable in the
15294s	front line especially against a Genji
15296s	set up you play this him
15299s	again play Trac Trac worked out for for
15302s	Lenny for much of that map shy on the
15304s	soldier 76 again less of a play taking
15308s	hero okay we have leave waiting in the
15310s	wings here they're going to wrap around
15312s	behind them it's l and leave going to
15313s	try and create a pin here ultraviolet
15315s	gets the message but he's going to run
15316s	inside the immortality field with the
15318s	rest of the USA oh they get Monk though
15319s	that's like the biggest sord of healing
15321s	here can't answer much more than that
15322s	it's just L up for heal and he start in
15324s	keep up the Gambit from the team from
15327s	China backfires somewhat it's lead
15330s	salves with three kills on his
15333s	own
15335s	unbelievable and he's still fighting
15338s	Shai is hit by the cre no le wants to go
15339s	in and pressure super down connect CR
15343s	keeps him alive a little bit longer but
15345s	Shai brings him down that his lead with
15347s	three kills to keep the team from China
15349s	in it everybody is dead and shy and Le
15352s	we're like we don't care like we're just
15354s	going to win the fight anyway man is
15356s	mean leave somehow able to get the re
15358s	and then Escape do some gymnastics to go
15360s	get that health pack and that is one
15362s	that is brutal for Team USA is that's a
15365s	fight they should have won
15368s	we're already at a 10 here and it's map
15370s	one sugarfree getting close to that
15372s	pulse bomb here again monk is on the
15376s	menu getting toed up LST spending heal
15379s	packs on the AR now L himself is low
15381s	that's the stick there no immortality
15382s	field to save you from that and Lenny
15384s	comes up with two and that's what you
15387s	have to do on the Tracer right again
15391s	dude to
15396s	go
15398s	dude you get a pro spot and you get like
15400s	basically both of the back L you got
15402s	both supports and you're like you know
15403s	what we're good and then all of a sudden
15405s	Le like nah I'm not sure about that guay
15408s	also gets two kills with a rocket
15410s	punch these guys are limit testing right
15413s	now and think about these two fights
15415s	that have happened this far two winnable
15417s	fights for USA and just some incredible
15419s	plays from Lee that have turned this
15422s	he's got like 60% of the point basically
15424s	Al it's play time into the back play his
15427s	lead Rupal had an immortality F but that
15429s	is far from enough to stop the fury of
15432s	this individual they think from China
15434s	making it awful onesided now I mean this
15437s	has been just a leave death this game
15441s	like this final round you can point to
15444s	basically the entire percentage that the
15447s	team from China has gotten to plays that
15449s	the Le has made and I mean he's put them
15452s	in a position to just win this
15454s	map okay here's the artillery strike
15457s	from hydron ideally this forces the team
15460s	from China to position further back monk
15463s	though a little too Sprite even in those
15465s	that old age avoids those M shells
15468s	here's a rally here the USA hoping to b
15470s	y but he's unperturbed it's leave again
15472s	a head shot on R now the five versus
15474s	four for the team from China every stun
15476s	every bit of CC and it just isn't enough
15479s	gu shes it all off and find the double
15482s	kill with one
15483s	punch move over saama this man's taking
15486s	your job
15487s	they flipp the point for just a bit USA
15490s	but man Le leading the team from
15494s	China in map number
15498s	one I mean he has all the right to stand
15501s	up and talk that is I mean how many
15505s	three vers fives are these guys going to
15508s	win at least two of them I mean that
15512s	last round is so demoralizing from USA
15515s	because you get an advantage leave just
15517s	wipes off the board you get another
15519s	Advantage the next fight leave wipes off
15521s	the board comes back
15523s	nanoade M map
15526s	over two of the biggest Playmakers
15529s	OverWatch has ever seen side by side on
15533s	the team from China leave and gue refuse
15536s	to Bow refuse to give up and have some
15539s	unbelievable turnarounds in these fights
15541s	let's take a look back here starting
15543s	with Gans map we had shy of course on
15545s	the soldier 76 for much of the map and
15547s	yeah the USA still pushing this Sigma
15548s	set up a super at the help yeah and I
15551s	think the biggest thing was like so uh
15552s	they come out with like a tracer right
15554s	like we don't see Tracer a ton it's
15556s	really like a May and the echko can take
15559s	advantage of not seeing the Tracer on
15561s	the other side seeing the May so I like
15563s	the adjustment from USA to play Tracer
15565s	here the the bad part in the end is that
15567s	forces Le over to play Genji and he is
15571s	tremendous doesn't matter where leave is
15573s	going to be he's going to punish you
15574s	here's a moment after sugar free finds
15576s	two kills both PS by the way dash
15579s	dash how's your father I don't need the
15582s	blade it's over way so many of these
15585s	charged rocket punch kills man monk with
15589s	a massive bonade in that fight the blade
15591s	almost utterly Superfluous I mean bro
15593s	the way that leave is playing I mean you
15595s	you sub you sub you you'd probably have
15597s	a chance me up there so Midtown will be
15601s	the Team USA map pick that map that's
15604s	coming up next no break here we're just
15606s	going to go right into it I mean I want
15608s	to keep watching these games I don't
15609s	want to I don't want to sit on a clock
15611s	let's get these games going Team USA I
15613s	mean that means they have pretty limited
15614s	time to collect themselves after that
15616s	round because what we just witnessed on
15618s	leang Tower was a couple of passages of
15621s	play that kind of break the core tenants
15623s	of OverWatch normally player Advantage
15625s	is paramounts the advantages I mean the
15628s	percentage to win a team fight after
15630s	finding the first pick let alone the
15632s	boths yeah is astronomically High I in
15637s	and and yet the team from China is still
15639s	able to subvert that fine Victory not
15642s	one but two fights back to back I think
15645s	the way you look at it
15647s	is you know you put yourself in a
15649s	position Team USA to win that first
15651s	fight obviously leave goes Bonkers
15654s	second fight same thing like you are
15657s	actually like in a position you know to
15659s	win those two fights that you kind of I
15662s	mean look you play the game the right
15665s	way they played well enough to
15666s	potentially even win that map if
15668s	somebody on the other team is just going
15669s	to have an other worldly performance
15671s	like you know just not your day uh where
15674s	I think you your Team USA hey let's not
15676s	change anything up we liked you know the
15678s	way we were playing making the right
15680s	plays uh let's see if leave can do that
15683s	two more maps right and like it's a
15686s	dangerous thing to challenge cuz we've
15687s	seen him do that in the past over series
15689s	but uh that just may be how this series
15692s	kind of feels when it's playing
15694s	out the team from China will have leave
15697s	on the echo here another fantastic pick
15700s	from him chai really very much on
15702s	Soldier 76 Dy much this time to the
15705s	playmaking potential rests once more in
15707s	the hands of Le and gu as the United
15710s	States come out of Spawn here with that
15711s	Sigma setup Tracer so here for hydro and
15714s	I and I wonder why the soldier over like
15718s	a a soldier uh something with a little
15721s	bit more kill potential but it feels
15723s	like he is just this consistent damage
15725s	to set up gue and Lee for their
15729s	kills monkey playing from safety the
15731s	train C is a good place to be here Ultra
15734s	going down the lead through by all the
15735s	cast G in on his own oh the flanking bio
15739s	oh the humanity of
15740s	it our Team USA just hoping this is over
15744s	quick yeah that is uh it's difficult to
15747s	get through that choke in that area
15749s	without the Lucio right because it's so
15751s	narrow that set up perfect for like no
15754s	doomfist the biotic grenades to go go on
15757s	through there BR can get a ton of value
15759s	on both sides but Lee flies on in
15762s	focusing beam I mean if you players weak
15764s	you can get like two players with one
15767s	beam once more the USA going to wrap
15769s	through this right hand side they might
15770s	be fing it they may instead to try and
15772s	thrust straight down the middle leave
15774s	spots ultraviolet here again dump his
15777s	cool downs and it's an instant kill
15778s	hyron aost on the second level of this
15780s	building what don't know what R is
15782s	hoping to do here leave just gets out
15785s	and it's brutal here because like the
15788s	team of train is okay with USA just
15790s	lingering in here right like what are
15792s	you doing from that spot if you're USA
15794s	so BL man uh you're not making any plays
15798s	from that position so they're like yeah
15799s	sure you're already down a player sit up
15802s	here and waste IM mortality field waste
15804s	these cool Downs guess what we're going
15805s	to come right back in we're going to
15806s	just burn even more time off the
15808s	clock a minute 40 has
15811s	expired about halfway through this first
15814s	push timer in the United States don't
15816s	look like they come up with anything
15819s	Ironclad again that position where Monk
15821s	and gu playing from is really hard to
15823s	break leave as a loose s is hard to keep
15825s	Taps on and Shai is ever so slippery on
15827s	that Soldier and you have the Nano for I
15829s	mean gu is a target leave a Target shy a
15833s	Target I mean Le pre-fired that by the
15836s	way force a recall instantly rail gun
15839s	does connect here but Hydro needs to do
15840s	a little bit more than that rupa's
15841s	looking dangerous looking like a tasty
15843s	Morel and G oh he Dodges the block BL
15847s	and and he just Dodges it no connection
15850s	on the flux there at all from Super gets
15851s	taken down I think there's a bit of a
15853s	gap going on here Matt just
15855s	[Applause]
15857s	quietly once more the
15860s	USA sorted yeah let's go back to the
15862s	desk for predictions
15865s	uh super now uh super now will play the
15868s	Arisa here in Sugar fre on the echo
15873s	so this gives you like a more I guess
15876s	like St
15877s	move options here like spear spin right
15880s	to like just know push gu into a corner
15883s	uh you can throw the spear ra you know
15885s	stun him into the wall it feels like a
15888s	concession I'm just going to put it out
15889s	there USA realized they can't make the
15892s	sigma comp work and this is a plan B
15895s	let's see if it's good enough hydron
15898s	sends a rail up towards the TR train
15900s	card there as monke is still safe no
15902s	one's contested that position whatsoever
15904s	here's the rally now coming out from ler
15905s	healing Pyon an ultrav Violet flying
15908s	amongst the team from China here trying
15910s	to pressure down leave also cing as well
15912s	and Hydra forward oh there nothing here
15915s	Matt it's a nothing
15919s	burger and it's getting rammed down the
15921s	USA's throats 25 seconds left on this
15924s	attack and they have absolutely nothing
15927s	to work with no speed to get to the
15930s	point not even a percentage on the point
15934s	as this is a statement from the team
15935s	from China
15937s	10 seconds to play no ultimates just a
15941s	glimmer of hope here the team from China
15943s	are poised to snap it and the USA out no
15947s	one has contested this position finally
15949s	Hydro looks over in Monk's
15951s	Direction trying to push back against
15953s	super he's hard to shift it doesn't
15954s	matter because in the meantime a team
15957s	from China ripped the back line to
15960s	shreds are you good right now
15965s	USA
15967s	don't need a
15968s	[Applause]
15972s	breather sometimes a breather won't be
15974s	enough they got put into a spin
15976s	cycle yeah that was ugly um there's
15980s	really I mean really not much to talk
15983s	about on the USA side of things I mean
15984s	they didn't really do much right um you
15987s	know they they switch to the Arisa right
15989s	they try and actually like push through
15991s	the choke I think it's a little bit like
15993s	you mentioned a concession but they
15994s	might need a little bit more like CC
15996s	some extra damage to take out the doom
15999s	and I mean there's nothing to look at in
16002s	the choke for Team USA they walk up gu
16005s	might pop down briefly and just head
16006s	back upstairs monk just does whatever he
16008s	wants there's no pressure okay there's
16010s	some pressure excuse me marginal amounts
16013s	of it Rupal is done after getting bioed
16015s	and there's no one else on the USA that
16017s	dealing with
16020s	this I think gu was going to dodge it
16023s	anyway
16025s	but I mean come
16027s	on that does not fly against a team like
16031s	this I mean not a super apparently you
16034s	you know you watch this team from China
16035s	with the way they play I I don't think
16037s	they give a damn what a comp anybody
16038s	else plays they just going to keep
16040s	playing this and leave is going to play
16042s	Genji War Echo depending on if they have
16043s	dra on the other side and I don't know
16046s	who beats this with the way they look
16048s	right now I mean they are just it's a
16050s	cause so good right
16055s	point we might find out in the semis if
16058s	they get there so far it's looking good
16059s	the team from China now wants the way on
16061s	in Ultra VI though punishes gu he takes
16063s	a bionade defensively but just up keep
16067s	standing Zen's an interesting pick here
16070s	for uh the team from China right they
16072s	they want a little bit of extra damage
16074s	here the Discord uh you you finish
16077s	targets off even faster right and I
16078s	think they probably feel like hey we get
16080s	one pick they'll just unravel they may
16083s	also have anticipated AER again yeah
16086s	that's also true oh nicely done big
16089s	sticky bomb connect there for sugarfree
16092s	his second
16093s	death that's going to be three for the
16095s	young
16096s	[Applause]
16098s	rookie
16100s	ler getting staggered here I think
16104s	a a v Sideshow gaming play
16108s	there a little little wrap around the
16111s	outside as
16113s	uh and we have a the fans here know to
16117s	support the team from China I mean so
16120s	low cheering them on and you see why the
16123s	expectation is Sky High for the team
16126s	from China's fans they know what they're
16128s	working with they got a team in a half
16130s	here and Matrix here but for the most
16134s	part the team from China are able to
16135s	fold away from this sh got caught by the
16137s	sticky bombs no amp by the way sugar fre
16139s	just Gos in to get the drop down he's to
16141s	play a watch now for the next couple of
16142s	moments cuz he's making some serious
16144s	plays like do you just play for Nano
16147s	like Nano blade here if you are the team
16150s	from China now I think the the USA fans
16153s	have woken up a little bit as uh now
16155s	their team starting to show some signs
16157s	of life it's reciprocal that's for sure
16160s	CH under a lot of pressure in sugar free
16161s	is Hun and he he gets it with the dupe
16165s	Soldier 76 now take some free damage
16168s	won't get a attack viser off this dup
16170s	the kill that's more than enough a
16171s	minute 53 to play so here's a huge test
16175s	the Nano meteor strike blade I think the
16178s	team from China basically has just been
16180s	toying around saving up for all five
16182s	ultimates everybody hit Q go forward win
16185s	the game and if this works it looks
16187s	amazing the team trying to look like
16189s	Geniuses if it doesn't well we'll have
16191s	to have that conversation later one for
16193s	one Hy gets taken down oh wait a minute
16196s	theyve let the thingsam from China get
16197s	up on that high ground it's going to be
16198s	a Transcendence now from ler to keep
16200s	everyone inside the flu safe this is bad
16203s	oh this is bad for the USA chy now with
16205s	the tack fight is holding on to in
16207s	supera has no defensive utility
16209s	remaining that'll be
16211s	it the supports from the team from China
16214s	drag themselves up onto the point and
16217s	the USA in no position to
16220s	argue no look like it's been 10 minutes
16223s	and already the USA balance on a knife
16225s	edge yeah I mean that is two maps done
16227s	and dusted fast in favor of the team
16231s	from China and you know I I think the
16234s	Team USA you saw some things here toward
16236s	towards the end right you making good
16237s	use of the echo in that comp but China
16241s	was just you know they're playing for
16242s	these ultimates once they get the
16243s	ultimates they go on in they don't even
16245s	get the ideal setup they get the kill on
16246s	the leave early and it doesn't even
16248s	matter right uh they just kind of okay
16251s	well Nano shy and he'll go off with the
16252s	visor it's traded instantly hydron
16255s	getting picked off at the start of that
16256s	fight is is really
16258s	punishing you take down the element that
16260s	can put the most pressure on your
16261s	Bastion in the Genji there's no deflect
16263s	available all of a sudden you have
16265s	nothing to to punish gu yeah to start to
16268s	force your way
16269s	through these two teams are not on the
16271s	same level one of these things is not
16273s	like the other the team from China
16275s	showing absolute prowess here on Midtown
16278s	here's some moments of course from Le
16279s	who much like sugarfree had to make
16281s	plays on that Echo like these teams
16283s	could in theory be on the same level if
16287s	you know the team from China was playing
16289s	like Sigma based compositions and
16291s	whatnot it's just this specific play
16293s	style with them whether gu is on uh
16296s	Winston Doom junker Queen it's just a
16300s	play style nobody else really replicates
16302s	or can at this higher level and they're
16305s	just so good at this style of play that
16307s	it almost doesn't matter chai spin so
16310s	much of that round really just do in the
16311s	eyes crossing their te's making sure
16313s	there's consistent pressure being
16315s	applied from the extremities then comes
16316s	alive in those final moments with attack
16318s	visor what do you pick to get yourself
16320s	out of this hole I mean what like surasa
16324s	or new junk City right I mean it looks
16328s	like you know new junk City potentially
16330s	would be the pick we've seen a lot of
16332s	teams actually go yes so new jork city
16334s	will be the big we actually saw you know
16336s	uh playoffs and finals like Sasa was
16339s	like the goto everybody picked that and
16342s	now it is TE to flip on its head and now
16344s	you know junk new junk city is the map
16347s	the gellows
16348s	becking Team USA on the very edge of
16350s	elimination here it had to be a reverse
16352s	sweep to stay alive in this second
16355s	quarterfinal stick around much more to
16357s	come from your OverWatch World Cup 2023
16359s	live from
16369s	[Music]
16384s	BlizzCon
16434s	[Music]
16453s	[Music]
16461s	[Music]
16475s	[Music]
16503s	[Music]
16535s	[Music]
16541s	[Music]
16553s	we kick this series off on Lee J Tower a
16556s	close Affair to be sure but as soon as
16559s	we go over to Midtown very quickly a
16561s	Chasm erupted between USA and the team
16565s	from China
16566s	and it was anything but
16569s	close this team are terrifying I mean
16573s	they have just looked on another level
16576s	here today in this match
16580s	specifically know they have so much
16582s	support here in the crowd think it's a
16584s	home game as Team USA they are they are
16588s	rattled but they got to bounce
16590s	back super is a mulai world champion not
16595s	only in competitions like the World Cup
16597s	but also the top level of OverWatch if
16601s	it's going to be a win for the USA it's
16602s	going to have to be a reverse sweep and
16606s	new junk city is where going to have to
16609s	begin I think that Team USA needs a bit
16613s	of noise bit of support from the crowd
16615s	USA let me hear you make some noise are
16617s	we going all the way to five ver the
16624s	six like I know the crowd wants to see
16627s	five the team from China I mean they
16631s	they don't care they they want to get
16632s	this one done quick and I think this is
16635s	like a a statement right because
16637s	everybody's like ah they only play the
16638s	Doom like uh they're going to get like
16641s	you know hard countered with them
16643s	playing the doomfist and they don't they
16645s	don't care at all I
16648s	mean they're just about telling Team USA
16651s	what we're going to do and then still
16653s	running through
16654s	them
16656s	[Applause]
16660s	is it's now or never for the USA looks
16664s	like it might be a orisa setup here as
16667s	we come out of the gates on new J
16671s	City two to zero favoring the team from
16675s	China gives him a little bit more like
16677s	stun potential interesting that uh
16679s	there's no Lucio uh for the team from
16682s	China they'll just be running the Briana
16686s	aggressive posturing here for the USA
16687s	sugarfree wants to be line for the back
16689s	line and he's found them good little
16691s	Dash the Swift strike gets a ton of
16692s	damage and mon doesn't connect the Sleep
16694s	Dart sugarfree
16695s	now can toy with this Anor it's tough
16699s	for monkey to put that healing down and
16700s	there's no one ready to receive it
16701s	anymore anyway the USA start strong and
16705s	here's what's different about this USA
16707s	comp like you can actually set the pace
16709s	of play yourself now right it's not
16712s	dedicated on gu you know jumping in
16714s	causing chaos and leave you see L said
16717s	monk they can't go anywhere speed into
16720s	them get the Arisa on them get the Genji
16723s	on them as well and try and make
16726s	plays stopping goose in his tracks with
16729s	a wellplace energy Javelin is an
16731s	important component of this like you
16733s	talked about the start of the map a bit
16735s	more that crowd
16736s	control no Lucio here for team from
16739s	China so means they're a little bit
16740s	slower getting back to the point with a
16742s	little bit less flexibility Midway
16744s	through the fight
16749s	super been in this position many times
16751s	before mark forc back lead needs to be
16754s	peeled off the point though he almost
16755s	had a back cap there that would have
16756s	been a big problem now Super's on the
16757s	low ground gu's low who's going to heal
16759s	him up nobody he falls and Matrix now
16762s	for the USA super wants to keep the
16764s	pressure on here sugar free is going to
16767s	wrap around as well their bionade
16768s	doesn't matter hydron gets a two for
16772s	one and this looks much better from Team
16775s	us I
16776s	say they are going to take that first
16778s	point
16780s	here as you just see how much more
16784s	aggressive they can be right not trying
16786s	to stop the dive as it comes in really
16788s	just prevent the team from China to even
16790s	get their dive off he banks us off the
16792s	wall
16793s	hey oh buddy
16797s	nice Shai just gives him a hug there he
16800s	knew it was over bomb Flats now once
16803s	again the USA take it aggressive posture
16805s	on the point with the blade it's it's
16807s	going to be a nano as well leaving to
16808s	the back line there was a sound barrier
16810s	from ultraviolet though so Le can't find
16812s	the kill just the immortality field the
16815s	perfect answer from
16817s	ultraviolet and they were able to
16819s	survive the terrifying nanoblade from
16821s	leave I mean this looks like a
16823s	completely different team that was close
16825s	by the way almost to Ajax that had to be
16828s	a perfect immortality fi from
16831s	rupo now the USA fans have come alive
16834s	here as
16836s	it's the first time I think the team
16837s	from China you got to be a little bit
16839s	worried about how do you crack the code
16840s	of some of this stuff that they're doing
16842s	how do you deal with the pressure that
16844s	sugar free is putting on your backline
16845s	no nto for this Genji but he doesn't
16846s	need
16847s	it here's the rally tough for Genji to
16850s	break in now but it's going to go for
16851s	when the blade comes out stunned
16852s	instantly oh it's not inside the
16854s	immortality field it's a two for one
16857s	trade now for the USA skull is the name
16860s	of the game but ultraviolet is dead
16862s	before he hits the ground and Rupal is
16864s	sharp off the point yeah and that was
16866s	ler with a really well-timed rally with
16869s	the stun onto sugarfree and they're able
16871s	to finish him off and there's just not
16874s	enough damage there to pick up some
16875s	kills the Ry comes out before the blade
16877s	and there's an immortality field
16878s	throwing there probably for super but
16880s	sugar free plays outside of it cuz he's
16882s	trying to dive and he gets blown up with
16884s	a
16890s	stun 40% end counting now for the team
16895s	from
16896s	China I think it'll be harder for USA to
16899s	attack right now wow they catchu way
16902s	out just dou way as his back turned he
16904s	used the power block they ignore him and
16906s	then they blow him up that's a trade
16910s	leaving a sugarfree vote down but the
16912s	USA have the point back now and they are
16914s	shoving the team from China away what I
16916s	was going to say is it actually may be a
16917s	little bit harder for USA because like M
16919s	could have played a distance there right
16920s	it's a large gap to close to put
16922s	pressure on the supports and they just
16924s	run and get that kill gu that is huge
16927s	this is a decent fight for the team from
16928s	China they be Nano in the next few
16930s	seconds which they should gu has a lot
16933s	he can do here super with the V grenade
16936s	here he has that teror surge up but he's
16937s	very low he needs to be healed here is
16939s	the teror surge gu is going to jump out
16941s	of an N suar from very low but L is
16942s	picked up by the Arisa ultimate a two
16945s	versus two but there are no supports
16946s	left for the team from China it's just
16947s	rupall and UltraViolet it's not
16952s	enough a shy picks up a few with the
16955s	rail gun that has been a switch here
16958s	right shy we thej I was talking about
16961s	that on Midtown like why the 76 over the
16963s	sojer and now comes in the disruptor
16965s	shot pretty good at just kind of like
16966s	slowing some players down putting some
16968s	damage down as they're trying to come in
16969s	could drop it on top of the support and
16971s	then finish them off with a rail gun
16973s	this is your last fight at bomb flats
16975s	and leave has a blade no Nano though
16978s	down with the artillery strike shy able
16980s	to slide away sugar free first to the
16982s	fight will duel with Lee for the time
16984s	being lead goes in suus Direction but
16986s	finds little purchase there either it w
16988s	how field gets drawn out and blown up
16989s	straight away it's going to be a fortify
16991s	now for the Arisa L up with the rally
16993s	into the back line Looks Le and there it
16995s	is turns around finds Ral that's to it's
16998s	just too easy for
17000s	Le and the team from China even it up
17003s	here now it's one a piece yeah it seems
17005s	like once USA lost control of the point
17008s	was very difficult to push in be
17010s	aggressive with that Cal right once you
17012s	can control the point dictate when the
17014s	fight are going to take place that's
17016s	when it looked like they
17018s	Excel the team from China multiple
17022s	silver medals in their past at the World
17025s	Cup this year anything but
17027s	gold would be unacceptable I
17031s	feel great way to get back now into the
17040s	map USA with an ant Matrix here can use
17042s	it from the side create some space this
17044s	may allow them to get control of the
17046s	point first that tack grenade pulls up a
17048s	little short from
17050s	hydron was hoping to catch the support
17053s	in that small room with the insta kill
17055s	super knock to the low ground is going
17056s	to try and clamber up very quickly
17057s	though sound barrier now for the USA hit
17059s	with a biotic grenade though is sugar
17061s	free he needs to be careful but it's
17063s	just War aggression it's Brute Force for
17065s	the
17066s	USA they're able to find Victory here I
17069s	me that's huge get control of the point
17071s	dictate when the fight happens go in
17073s	with the sound barrier everybody gets
17075s	the benefits of it on Team USA easy
17077s	fight with I mean those are the types of
17079s	things they need to start replicating
17081s	and now USA they do have this Terror
17083s	surge right so you can like you get into
17085s	the backline we see super use that it's
17088s	also like just another fortify for him
17089s	too right so it's a little bit better
17091s	survivability catching that shy slides
17093s	out Le dashes out gu jums out supports I
17095s	mean either you know Monk and lensa both
17097s	have I mean really L can probably dash
17099s	out with a break it's really monk sh
17102s	gets an En here right away is just WIP
17105s	from the face of the map super might be
17107s	fortified but shy is
17109s	UN he just ignores super finds the
17112s	player behind him I refuse to believe he
17115s	intended that that is unbelievable that
17117s	is a one where you just chalk it up and
17119s	you're like y okay let's go again uh
17122s	RuPaul probably has no clue how he that
17124s	like Nano slid around the corner full
17128s	charge and then just you don't need a
17131s	head shot just deletes him he wasn't
17133s	even overclocked at the time you po over
17135s	clock after to start getting you know
17137s	more rapid
17139s	energy now 33 the team from tronic can't
17142s	afford to give this point up to the USA
17144s	for any period of
17146s	time Dragon Blade available for sugar
17148s	free is taking way too much damage too
17150s	much they have to get him out for a sec
17153s	he'll be topped up now but there's a lot
17154s	of fear about where this medal strike
17156s	might come and it's headed into the back
17158s	line immortality field gets used to Le
17159s	get caught inside the terror surge
17161s	defensive response from the USA they're
17164s	able to fall back and now they're in
17165s	position to retake going to go what was
17168s	that suar free down and mons in mid a
17170s	with a dart what a sleep what a play now
17174s	mon forcer back away Ultra is out dude
17177s	he did that so casually that's a dragon
17180s	blade coming right at him the team from
17182s	China looking to steal this point monk
17185s	abely unperturbed it's really just super
17187s	now who's going to try and play around
17189s	the immortality field but it's removed
17191s	instantly and the team from China One
17194s	point away from clean sweeping the
17197s	series I mean just on you know next
17200s	level just individual skill from these
17203s	players on team from China I mean that
17205s	is monk is trying to heal like you know
17207s	two three players in front of them
17208s	they're all weak Dragon Blade coming
17210s	from the side crowd starting to get into
17212s	it sleep and as he was falling hit the
17214s	shot to finish him off I mean just nuts
17219s	play all right we gone through Plan B
17221s	and C now it's Last Chance Saloon for
17224s	the US say big hit with that t grenade
17226s	but no chance to follow up P Dron just
17229s	building some Al they get engaged with
17231s	sound barrier again
17234s	USA Here Comes super fortifies
17236s	prematurely or I guess you know in
17238s	advance of this fight beginning B still
17241s	going to connect onto him those who
17242s	can't shrug off that anti- heal now he's
17244s	running he's headed for the hills and Sh
17245s	is chasing he won't let him
17249s	go and that was Carnage Shai gets the
17254s	Nano uses the overclock and he's like a
17257s	tank he just gets in there he just
17258s	starts firing off those rail shots and
17260s	he's so good
17262s	rarely ever misses as ultraviolet now
17265s	going to go over and play the break this
17268s	is dangerous because
17270s	USA 50% on the point already no Lucio
17273s	speed like this could be like almost
17276s	like final fight
17278s	territory here comes super again doesn't
17280s	want to fortify too early this time but
17282s	may not have a choice good fire again
17285s	from monk this will slow the USA down
17288s	pyron spots monk but he's so far away
17290s	Shai in a good off angle position but
17292s	hydron actually gets rid of monkey Swan
17294s	sends aack grenade over there finally
17296s	the USA have a chance to
17301s	breathe and USA probably decides to make
17303s	that change because they realized this
17305s	is probably last fight like Lucio's kit
17308s	without the sound barrier isn't going to
17309s	provide a ton there you may as well play
17312s	the brri you know get a shield bash whip
17314s	shot
17315s	know play a little bit more sturdy so
17317s	they decide to make that change
17318s	realizing they are on their last
17322s	legs keep an eye on sugarfree now it's
17325s	once again that pulse bomb means there
17327s	insta kill potential on a
17329s	support leave though spots him out first
17332s	got to be a rally in a blade here from
17333s	Le where's he going he drops to the low
17335s	ground but hyon's already gone he gets
17337s	with the immortality filter now it's
17338s	done for young and old aiz if your
17341s	squeamish super tries to salvage things
17344s	a terror surge but it's way too late for
17346s	that now D just bullies his way forward
17349s	and this is it the death rattle of the
17352s	United States your reigning Champions
17354s	have succumbed and the team from China
17358s	will advaned to the
17361s	semis that was so clean from the team
17365s	from China I mean
17369s	absolutely just Flawless gam play the
17372s	entire series and they're going to be
17374s	difficult to stop for anybody I mean
17376s	Team USA looked good at times but know
17379s	when Le and Shai are playing like that I
17381s	don't know what you
17383s	do and let's not forget gu's impact in
17386s	that first map especially turning around
17389s	those three versus
17392s	fives and wiping out Team USA on so many
17395s	of those
17397s	engagements who now can stand against
17399s	this team from China South Korea will we
17402s	first the other side of the I mean Great
17406s	Britain looks good kingom of Saudi
17407s	Arabia also looks like a solid team
17409s	there are contenders but right now we've
17411s	seen the strongest performance in our
17414s	World Cup matches so far yeah I mean you
17418s	kind of think of some of the other teams
17419s	in uh still in the bracket right uh
17423s	South Korea obviously very strong uh
17425s	they'll they'll play some of the dive
17427s	stuff they'll also play some of the
17429s	sigma based compositions and then I
17432s	think like you look at like KSA and they
17435s	play the sigma comps at such a high
17437s	level that like maybe they're kind of
17439s	like you know you talk about how good
17441s	they are on the dive like maybe that
17442s	team is so good on the sigma right that
17445s	like they're better than everybody else
17446s	on that comp and they can get it done
17449s	but I mean you have any confidence in
17451s	saying any of that after you see this I
17453s	mean and nothing I guess captures the
17456s	essence of how surprised we all are is I
17458s	guess you know thinking back to our
17459s	predictions on the desk regardless of
17461s	whether people thought it was team from
17463s	China or USA all of our experts
17465s	basically said a 3-2 a five map series
17469s	we didn't get remotely close to that
17470s	there were Signs of Life not on Midtown
17473s	but you know on new junk City it was
17475s	there we saw a switch to that Arisa
17476s	composition sugarfree gets to play the
17478s	Genji now Lees a little bit more and
17481s	even without alucio the team from China
17483s	seem unbothered no monk is so terrifying
17487s	on that Anor what he's able to achieve
17489s	there is just is filthy it seemed like
17491s	at maximum that series was like a 3-1
17493s	for the the team from China I mean just
17496s	uh I mean if you run into a team like
17498s	that they're playing that well it's
17500s	going to be difficult for anybody to
17501s	beat and again it's a big ask we are the
17503s	team from China are primarily one team
17507s	with that obviously far away coming in
17508s	from that guango charge roster they have
17510s	played together for so long and they
17511s	have played in some of the Wilders
17513s	matches we're talking about a team that
17514s	had multiple reverse sweep victories at
17517s	our playoffs earlier this year they've
17519s	been through it all you want to talk
17520s	about a Roser that knows how to win it's
17523s	them it is absolutely them and I think
17525s	looking forward I mean I'd be frightened
17527s	if I was any of the opponents of the
17528s	team from China we're going to head down
17530s	to the floor and get some thoughts from
17532s	maybe one of the greatest players to
17533s	touch the game it's going to be
17541s	le hi guys it's Emily here
17545s	wow I thought oh thank you thank you you
17549s	guys are so
17550s	sweet I thought that was going to be a
17553s	close match because coach Gator last
17556s	night was really feeling himself and he
17558s	said that China had no chance but that
17562s	was Carnage anyways standing next to me
17566s	is leave of the team from China and I
17570s	just want to know what are your thoughts
17572s	taking down 2019s reigning Champs Team
17576s	USA
17583s	say
17588s	[Music]
17608s	obviously I'm really happy that we were
17609s	able to take down Team USA because in
17612s	this round it's a single elimination
17614s	there's no losers bracket so we tried
17616s	our best it was also a little bit
17618s	intimidating because we are here in
17620s	America you know there's a lot of Team
17622s	USA fans but we we tried our hardest now
17626s	you will be facing team Korea next and
17629s	this is also a tremendously strong team
17632s	so what are your thoughts if you guys
17634s	maintain your current speed and strategy
17636s	do you guys think you have a chance
17637s	against team
17642s	Korea
17653s	[Applause]
17658s	[Applause]
17661s	we are very confident I'm sure you guys
17664s	can already guess what he said just
17666s	based on the cheers from The Amazing
17667s	fans but we believe that China will team
17670s	we believe that the team from China will
17672s	be the new champions thank you guys so
17675s	much thank you Le thank you all to all
17677s	the fans all right desk back to
17680s	you thank you so much Emily you heard it
17684s	here they were victorious over the
17686s	hometown favorite of course Team USA
17689s	unfortunately this is their end to
17691s	Bisson this year let's talk about how
17694s	the team from China got it done this was
17697s	not a close match um I also want to just
17700s	quickly bring up that I was right and
17702s	you guys were wrong so there's there's
17704s	happening in my head right now it's all
17706s	right I can celebrate Myself by by
17708s	myself I don't I don't need any support
17710s	there you had a chance there I I I I
17713s	don't think I've ever been this wrong
17715s	about a prediction in my life that's
17716s	okay though we can talk about just how
17718s	wrong you were by looking at the
17720s	highlights of this match uh no P frankly
17722s	though it was The compositional Clash
17725s	that we wanted to see that we expected
17727s	however the outcome was not as expected
17729s	it was that doomfist dive that had the
17731s	upper hand why is that for me this comes
17734s	down to some of these like more more
17736s	deep coaching decisions strategic
17738s	decisions from the team too many times
17740s	this series I saw Le dominating on the
17742s	Genji with no eeko counter pick in sight
17745s	like for me that should be an instant
17746s	swap you you play Genji you have to play
17748s	against Ekko the entire game long when
17749s	you want to play Echo on the dive you
17751s	should be up against baari every single
17753s	game and for me USA they were way too
17755s	slow to read these counter swaps they
17756s	don't have the same read of the meta I
17758s	think what they played they could win
17760s	but when you're going up against a team
17762s	as good as this as the team from China
17764s	you really need to be creating a
17766s	compositional Advantage I think taking a
17768s	fair fight is not smart against a squad
17770s	this is strong and USA they're going to
17771s	get punished for it with leave and gue
17774s	putting on ridiculous performances I
17775s	mean multiple times in this series
17777s	turning 3v5 or even worse situations
17780s	into team fight victories for their team
17782s	that really shouldn't be happening and
17783s	it goes to show what players on this
17785s	level can do it also brings me the
17787s	question how much practice did Team USA
17789s	actually get against a competent dive
17791s	team like this because we have seen so
17793s	far this tournament a lot of teams favor
17796s	the slower Sigma compositions but just
17799s	like the OverWatch league tournament
17800s	earlier this year this kind of roster
17803s	from the team from China they they are
17805s	like the unknown kind of like dive team
17806s	that forc this style that a lot of other
17808s	teams don't really fa and so Team USA
17811s	they looked like they weren't exactly
17813s	super prepared for this kind of
17815s	composition coming out from Team from
17816s	China and now that Maks the question are
17819s	team the team from China going to be
17820s	able to do this the rest of the way
17822s	because USA look I I I mean they got
17824s	stomped that was brutal that was the
17827s	cleanest three imaginable and again I do
17831s	think that going into this series the
17833s	team from China are the better team they
17835s	have the better players they are the
17837s	better region currently in the overarch
17839s	Esports scam so yes Team USA they are
17843s	the 2019 reigning Champions that was
17845s	four years ago it's been a long time
17846s	it's been a long time and that was a
17848s	generation of Team USA that were like on
17851s	top tier rosters winning tournaments
17853s	like they were on top of the world now
17855s	we're looking at this roster from Team
17856s	USA and you got to be honest like some
17858s	of these players didn't even qualify for
17860s	the EUR League playoffs earlier this
17861s	year right where they looking from the
17863s	team from China they were there and
17865s	playing against the very best the entire
17867s	team right so it's just you know it's
17869s	been a it's been a while it's been a
17870s	while and getting reps on their style
17872s	like this was this was the team from
17874s	China forcing their will on the match
17876s	we've seen a ton of teams almost
17877s	everybody else is playing Sigma at this
17879s	tournament the team from China has
17880s	barely touched that hero they know that
17883s	if they just play their style I mean
17885s	this is one of the things about the
17886s	OverWatch World Cup the teams they don't
17888s	get the amount of practice that a pro
17889s	team does and so it really does matter
17892s	that you just have that read in the
17893s	moment you don't get to calculate every
17895s	single variable be prepared for every
17897s	externality you have to adapt in the
17899s	match and make the right decisions and
17901s	when a team puts this much pressure on
17903s	you it is so hard to achieve that Yeah
17905s	we actually have a telestration for this
17907s	one to break you down a little bit and
17909s	and get that Nitty Gritty Insight from
17911s	Johnny for us well I just wanted to
17913s	showcase you know Team USA like how did
17915s	it look throughout the series and I
17916s	think there was one thing that didn't
17917s	really click for them and that was the
17919s	teamwork that was the team play for Team
17920s	USA obviously this is a bunch of
17922s	American players coming together and
17924s	playing for the first time some of them
17926s	obviously they practiced a lot they went
17927s	to boot camp Etc but I still think you
17929s	saw that they weren't exactly on the
17930s	same page so I'll I'll break this down
17932s	on Midtown they couldn't cap point a why
17934s	couldn't they C point a so we got an
17936s	example we can get right into it and
17938s	we'll really break down the composition
17940s	and how it kind of worked for Team USA
17942s	all right so as we get into this replay
17944s	from Midtown right here you can see that
17947s	Team USA they obviously got this Sigma
17949s	composition and we can just go ahead and
17950s	play this out we can just go ahead and
17952s	play this out and we'll see that Team
17953s	USA they're kind of flanking around the
17955s	building they're going to take these far
17957s	wide angles and the team from China as
17959s	you can see they're playing the doomfist
17960s	echo kind of composition and as we get
17962s	into this first person PV we can just
17964s	going to keep playing this we can see
17966s	that leave he's playing around the
17967s	buildings avoiding all the damage here
17969s	he finds hydron that is just isolated
17972s	now hydron we know him for flanking a
17974s	lot he likes to take these wide angles
17976s	but he's here by himself on a vertical
17978s	building and you can see that
17979s	immediately the team from China they're
17981s	going to pounce on it they're going to
17982s	punch hydron and so we can just go ahead
17983s	and play this out hydron is going to get
17985s	picked very early now after this what
17988s	hello another player from Team USA just
17990s	jumping up it's Ral and we can play
17992s	there rapal jumps up by himself to
17994s	challenge leave obviously trying to
17996s	react and help out hydron the
17997s	immortality field comes out and that is
17999s	a super valuable ability I canot it is
18002s	so important protect yourself against
18004s	this dive we can go ahead and play this
18005s	out and we can see that leave okay well
18007s	we got the immortality field so team
18009s	from China they're just going to engage
18011s	on the back of it we're going to wait
18012s	out for the lamp to expire and then
18013s	we're going to go leave thumbs up cleans
18015s	up ultra violet the rest of the team I
18016s	mean look they were down a man but they
18019s	just like got run over like not even
18021s	trying to get picks off from the team
18022s	from China and it's these one-on-one
18024s	duels I think that hyron throughout the
18026s	entire tournament cannot did go heavy on
18028s	the flanks by himself all the time and I
18031s	don't think it quite worked I don't
18032s	think that his supports really help him
18033s	out too much in there yeah to your point
18035s	I feel like the pressure from the USA it
18037s	came in fits and starts you know one
18039s	player here another player there often
18041s	making plays and having individual value
18043s	I think we saw it sugar-free put up big
18044s	numbers same for hydron but the pressure
18047s	from the team from China It Came In
18048s	Waves it was it was all together all at
18050s	once he comes in they they pick off
18051s	hydron in that clip and then they're
18053s	just back out of there you know and then
18054s	wait for the cool downs and they do it
18055s	one more time so showing their
18057s	experience their their confidence on
18059s	this comp regardless of the meta and and
18061s	you know what this my suggestions of
18063s	like what you should play to counterpick
18064s	this in the end this is a skill matchup
18066s	in the end this comes down to your
18068s	ability to execute with your teammates
18069s	and either punish those divers when the
18071s	when the lamp does come out or the dive
18073s	comes in and cleans you up piece by
18075s	piece and takes your cool Downs away we
18077s	a one by one and that's what we saw in
18078s	this match I wonder honestly and based
18080s	on also what we saw in the OverWatch
18081s	League playoffs can anybody beat this
18084s	team from the team from China on the
18086s	dive miror I it seems they're so good
18088s	we'll fight out tomorrow true true no
18092s	but here's the thing like yeah obviously
18095s	this is not how Team USA wanted to go
18097s	out but they did end up in the top eight
18101s	they did play through grueling group
18103s	stages through a lot of qualifying
18105s	matches leading up to that all young
18107s	let's let's discuss the highlights that
18109s	we got to see from this young roster of
18112s	Team
18113s	USA I mean we have to give we have to
18116s	give a shout out if I could give a shout
18117s	out to everybody I would honestly love
18119s	to give a shout out to every single
18120s	player but players like super you know
18122s	he left the pro scene came back for the
18124s	OverWatch World Cup I feel like there's
18126s	going to there's massive pressure be
18127s	just being back and playing on stage
18129s	with uh these newer players right and I
18132s	mean like players like sugarfree as well
18134s	all of the USA players are great players
18136s	this is their first OverWatch World Cup
18138s	as well but despite that I think they
18140s	had a fantastic performance in general
18142s	just overall they had amazing jobs I
18144s	think one of the challenges for the Team
18146s	USA though it was it was on the tank raw
18148s	I think Super coming in made sense to me
18150s	as like this team leader someone who can
18152s	uh be a heavy communicator and direct a
18154s	team that doesn't have as much practice
18156s	as a pro team but that does cost you
18158s	right when when it comes to playing
18159s	Sigma all the time you're missing
18160s	something when it comes to Kia's
18162s	incredible mechanics on this on the hero
18164s	his ability to land stuns and find
18166s	individual kills so for me this was you
18168s	know USA making the best of a tough
18170s	situation and China looking so
18173s	incredibly effective on their chosen
18174s	composition yeah I mean a team from
18176s	China they were dominant they were
18178s	surgical they were clean but say one
18181s	thing about Team USA say they did bring
18184s	they did bring a lot of entertainment in
18187s	the game outside of the game there was a
18188s	lot of banter and social media great
18190s	video content heading into this and I
18192s	feel like this is kind of what the
18194s	OverWatch World Cup is all about it is
18196s	about highlighting players from those
18198s	different region which which are
18201s	representing uh their people which are
18203s	representing the joy that it overwatched
18206s	the different compositions metas all
18208s	these things and it was still a true
18211s	pleasure to watch Team USA being part
18213s	part of it all unfortunately an early
18214s	out for them here in the quarterfinals
18216s	let's actually take a look at the
18217s	brackets to see where we're now at
18219s	because we do have our first semi-finals
18222s	paing and that is going to be South
18225s	Korea and a team from China wow oh man
18228s	this is going to be a match ladies and
18231s	gentlemen and we will be talking a
18233s	little bit more in depth about that very
18234s	pairing after a very quick break and of
18237s	course also we have an next quarter
18238s	final coming up which we will also be
18240s	previewing in just a little bit but
18242s	first the let's head into a quick break
18244s	and we will be right back with all of
18245s	that and
18250s	[Applause]
18257s	[Applause]
18263s	[Music]
18264s	[Applause]
18272s	more
18331s	it
18361s	go
18368s	[Music]
18377s	[Music]
18401s	[Music]
18466s	[Music]
18497s	[Music]
18578s	welcome back one and all we are here
18581s	live at BlizzCon in Anaheim California
18584s	and we are in the process of finding out
18586s	which team will be walking away with the
18589s	2023 OverWatch World Cup trophy all the
18594s	fame and fortune that goes along with
18596s	set Trophy and that that's a heavy Beast
18599s	I you know how heavy it is no but it
18600s	looks really heavy it looks
18603s	about to go up there and
18605s	start try we will spare no cost to
18607s	figure out how heavy that trophy is in
18609s	fact and here are the teams which are
18612s	vying for it now after this second match
18614s	concluded we do know the first
18617s	semi-final pairing South Korea will be
18620s	going up against the team from China
18623s	this might as well have been like the
18624s	grand finals match yeah this might be
18626s	the best match of the tournament
18629s	realistically these probably should be
18631s	the top like may like if there's a much
18634s	closer finals then maybe that will be
18636s	proven wrong it's even better we get to
18637s	see it earlier now in semi-finals okay
18640s	that's one take Danny thank you that's
18641s	copy of Danny actually I love you Danny
18644s	you're the best I love that keep it up
18647s	keep up the spirits H Danny actually uh
18649s	you had an opportunity after the match
18652s	of South Korea to talk to no other than
18654s	the gaming warlord himself and as he
18657s	reached up to get his opinions he had a
18660s	few things to say about the team from
18661s	China which they might be facing off
18663s	against oh yeah he had some some
18665s	exciting answers for everybody so let's
18667s	take a look at the interview that I did
18668s	with lip from Team South
18672s	Korea talking about your next match it
18674s	is you guys are moving on to the
18676s	semifinals you guys will be facing off
18678s	against either team from China or USA
18681s	lip who do you think you're going to be
18682s	playing against
18691s	tomorrow
18718s	I mean I'm a little hopeful I'm I'm
18720s	rooting for sort of Team China just
18721s	because as you guys seen in the group
18723s	stages um I would say Team USA uses a
18726s	boring composition they're running a lot
18728s	of that Sigma composition and on the
18730s	other side we got team from China
18731s	they're sort of like us they use the
18733s	Winston or the dive uh composition as
18735s	well so I think for the fans and for us
18737s	too I think it'll be exciting uh for
18739s	that dive V dive matchup all right you
18741s	know what I also think that'll be very
18743s	exciting as
18746s	well all right let's move on to our
18748s	final question one last question uh this
18751s	is just a personal question for me I
18753s	know the L seraphim comp uh was a huge
18757s	thing in social media everyone loved it
18759s	lip be honest is there a chance that you
18762s	guys are going to pull out that larim c
18765s	one more time for the
18781s	fans
18785s	[Music]
18790s	I mean it's really going to be map
18791s	dependent honestly that lering
18793s	competition isn't all that bad so it
18795s	really have we really have to play out
18797s	the match and then see uh if it sort of
18799s	fits in and if the map pick is right and
18802s	if we could honestly use it then we'll
18804s	maybe pull it out all right I will be
18805s	looking forward to that listc from Team
18808s	South Korea live thank you so much that
18810s	is it from us back to you future Danny
18813s	here take it away uh past Danny great
18816s	job I just want to say you look very
18818s	short uh and handsome and when you're
18820s	standing next to the 67 gaming warlord
18823s	maybe they should have had an Apple box
18825s	beneath you but production next time
18826s	please help me out you got to do like a
18828s	perspective shift where you stand way
18829s	closer to the camera so it looks like
18831s	you're the same high honestly I didn't
18833s	even see the size different you have
18834s	such a big personality like you are at
18836s	least as big as out there wow thank I
18839s	got you you got this is why soe does the
18841s	opening ceremony he's just better than
18843s	all of us can I just say though lip
18845s	didn't say he sort of hinted that you
18848s	know there might be a dive mirror match
18851s	for from Team from China against team
18853s	South Korea maybe I mean should they
18855s	take that let's let's actually
18858s	discuss should they take it is that how
18861s	one gets the upper hand against the team
18864s	from China or should you really stray
18866s	away from that and not get get pulled
18868s	into their Shenanigans I mean by
18870s	definition if you're going to take a
18871s	mirror match you're not getting an
18873s	advantage you are staking your claim
18875s	that you are just better at the game um
18877s	which shows a ton of confidence and is
18879s	honestly kind of makes sense if you're
18880s	some of the best players in the world
18881s	that you have that confidence however I
18883s	think to go up against the team from
18884s	China their dive is on such an elite
18887s	level whether it's leave I think he's
18889s	he's a particular star for me playing
18891s	these uh Flex DPS Heroes but guwe as
18894s	well has been crucial on the doomfist so
18896s	many times he's tanking these stuns and
18898s	still living still getting out and team
18900s	from China they don't use K I think if
18902s	you get forced to play KIRO to save
18904s	doomfist doesn't end up feeling that
18905s	good but gu succeeds without that hero
18908s	which I think is really crucial for his
18909s	Squad here we see leave taking over on
18912s	the Genji I think to beat this team from
18914s	China you really don't want to like let
18916s	them play their comfort Heroes you want
18918s	to pressure leave off of his current
18920s	pick right whether that's using Ekko to
18921s	pressure the Genji using double Flex
18923s	support to pressure an eeko like keep
18925s	the team from China swapping keep them
18927s	off of their comfort zone because if
18929s	they're able to just lock in a comp and
18931s	and not swap it throughout the match
18932s	it's going to be really difficult to
18934s	take them off right so if you're South
18935s	Korea what are we cooking are we cooking
18938s	it's interesting right because I would
18940s	have cided with that I think that the
18941s	sigma composition is better I do think
18943s	that you are getting the compositional
18945s	advantage when you play the slower Sigma
18947s	composition that being said though is
18949s	Korea's execution on this comp good
18952s	enough for them to really like beat out
18955s	the team from China one could argue that
18957s	South Korea's best look their best
18960s	composition would be the dive comp
18962s	position because we've seen so many of
18963s	these players really shine on these
18965s	Heroes throughout 2023 so now coming
18968s	together yes they've been put can a forc
18970s	to play this Sigma symmetric composition
18972s	that we're seeing right now this is how
18973s	they beat te Canada of course but if
18976s	they start playing the dive composition
18977s	if they're allowed to against teams from
18980s	Team from China for example then that
18982s	could be the composition that South
18984s	Korea really excels at and what they
18986s	feel most comfortable bit I would just
18988s	not take the E duel like I would just
18989s	straight up not want to take the E duel
18991s	no but let's be hon but maybe they're
18992s	not that confident on the Sigma
18993s	compeition versus the team from China's
18995s	dive I'm glad you called it an ego duel
18997s	Johnny because for me that's what this
18999s	does come down to it comes down to Ego
19001s	and confidence and believing that you
19002s	can do it I think for a lot of the
19003s	players on team South Korea they're
19005s	going to have a bitter taste in their
19007s	mouth from the OverWatch League playoffs
19008s	where a lot of players on the team from
19010s	China were reverse sweeping a lot of the
19012s	players on team South Korea you know
19014s	back in the OverWatch League playoffs
19016s	and so I think a lot of these guys
19017s	they're going to have a bad taste in
19018s	their mouth they're going to want
19019s	revenge and to pick another comp is
19022s	almost to give up right it's almost to
19025s	admit well we know we aren't better than
19027s	you on this comp fire we know you're the
19030s	strongest right and I think that to to
19032s	just to stop there right it's like you
19034s	can't accept that I think if you're an
19036s	elite player to admit that the other
19037s	team you guys might be better at this I
19039s	don't think the team South just play to
19040s	win what are we talking about always the
19043s	mirror and then if they're losing they
19044s	could swap off to hump and play the
19046s	sigma later on right just I mean that's
19049s	Honestly though like you you're not
19050s	making a bad point here because quite
19052s	frankly the team from China
19054s	predominantly actually I think
19056s	exclusively built on that dive
19058s	composition on that doomfist dive
19060s	whereas team from South Korea they have
19063s	been showing us different looks we know
19064s	that they can play different things on a
19066s	very high level I mean technically if we
19067s	know the individuals from a team from
19070s	China can do so as well but we've not
19071s	seen it in the group stages yet so maybe
19073s	the versatility in their composition
19076s	could give them the upper hand here well
19079s	we will find out soon enough but first
19081s	we have to play through the
19082s	quarterfinals so that's still a way out
19084s	for now we're going to send it over to
19086s	Golden Boy for some uh fun
19089s	Shenanigans you know you you guys talk
19092s	about versatility and compositions well
19095s	how about versatility in broadcast
19097s	segments that's right baby because we're
19099s	mixing it up and they wanted me to give
19100s	this like a cool name and I decided to
19102s	call it junk ball it's the sport of the
19104s	future all right and check this out
19106s	highly technological thing we have four
19109s	willing I mean four willing competitors
19111s	here here all right what's your name sir
19113s	where you from and uh what's your game
19115s	my name is Adam I'm from Minneapolis and
19117s	I in Genji dude OverWatch all day all
19120s	right all right we got a Genji main here
19122s	all right what about for you my friend
19123s	uh my name is Sean I'm from Monterey
19125s	California and my OverWatch main is
19127s	sojourn okay we got a sojourn from uh
19130s	some Cali love all right we're coming
19132s	over here now these uh folks are going
19134s	to be the baskets they're going to be
19137s	receiving the ball so what is your name
19139s	where you from and what's your game who
19141s	you made hey I'm Chuck I'm from Fort
19143s	Worth Texas and I'm a Zaria main okay I
19146s	like that like that quite a bit and last
19148s	but certainly not least what's up what
19150s	what what we got over here hi my name is
19152s	Jada I am an uh I play OverWatch love
19155s	OverWatch um Reinhardt man you know
19157s	rinard M that's right high five for the
19159s	Reinhardt oh oh girl okay shut it let
19162s	him know what's good oh my goodness
19163s	gracious that right there I I wasn't
19165s	ready for that the gun show came out and
19166s	I just wasn't prepared okay so here's
19168s	how it goes you got five shots okay now
19171s	in the the interest of full transparency
19173s	we are stretching this segment until the
19175s	panel begins so we're just going to take
19178s	our time all right you're going to do
19179s	one shot at a time we'll start with Sean
19181s	first and we'll make a way over Okay so
19183s	let's do this all right you got to get
19184s	five in let's go come on guys cheer them
19186s	on cheer them on here we go all right
19189s	all little little little pass little
19191s	pass brother little pass all right we
19193s	got another one oh he got it in the arm
19196s	basket but not in the basket basket okay
19198s	what we got
19200s	here oh and and don't and assist your
19203s	teammate you know but but keep your feet
19205s	planted on the ground just just swine
19207s	okay whoa whoa okay we got that one
19209s	bonked on the face your turn one up one
19213s	up and oh it was a gentle raindrop but
19216s	unfortunately it was a pebble oh no he
19220s	just bonked him on the head it's 1 oh
19222s	pressure is on let's go this a third
19225s	shot oh well played is that third or
19230s	fourth fourth fourth yeah okay fourth
19232s	shot numbers are hard you have two left
19235s	believe in the heart of the I won't say
19237s	that out
19240s	loud oh no all right okay we got one but
19243s	if you get this here you will win but if
19247s	it's tied up who knows what's going to
19249s	happen I might have you guys do a Sprint
19250s	I'm not too sure haven't decided
19253s	yet oh and it's all over oh man but you
19258s	know what we'll go for one more shot
19260s	just just because go for it believe in
19262s	it you got this no it's okay you know
19266s	what hold on give me the ball let's just
19267s	do one more time let's just do one more
19270s	okay and you got this baby you got this
19273s	all right you got this yeah hold on hold
19278s	on oh we did it we did it all right
19282s	honestly I just wanted to get my cardio
19284s	steps in and move around a little bit so
19285s	that's what this whole segment was for
19287s	in any case so guys that's going to do
19288s	it thank you so much for our competitors
19290s	guys give it up for our competitors
19292s	playing junk ball the sport of the
19293s	future and let's send it over to Future
19296s	junk ball analysis you got soe in the
19299s	crew break it down wow gold you're a
19301s	Visionary a Visionary of the sport that
19304s	we just got to witness quite frankly
19305s	this is going to make a good party game
19307s	I want I we're four people we
19310s	could we could be play Johnny has to be
19313s	the basket on the other team that's can
19315s	you throw that high that's what I me not
19317s	on my team not on my team Zoe has to
19319s	shoot and Johnny has to be the basket
19321s	joh is a basket and we got to get lipin
19323s	as a basket like honestly they'll make
19325s	it fair yeah I'm willing at that point
19328s	we need to dunk like yeah we do a dunk
19330s	competition you do a dunk comp minute I
19333s	think I got the Hops for
19334s	this got going it on purpose we we just
19338s	smash to Johnny's head keep you trust me
19342s	Johnny hey we got to protect my brain
19343s	okay there's a lot of really important
19345s	things going around in this brain okay
19346s	we can't be it's the money maker don't
19348s	mess with it shatter block shatter
19350s	shatter block shatter chatter block
19352s	chatter chatter I'm chatter charge
19353s	charge
19355s	charge empty just charge but fellow
19358s	fellow Ryan here the desk went crazy we
19360s	all went crazy yeah we we see you we see
19362s	you we see you we see you you can always
19364s	count on the Ry Ms you know reliable
19366s	it's actually crazy that we have three
19367s	rain
19368s	m r m rain M
19372s	rain main rins on the desk like how
19375s	often do you get into a room with so
19377s	many R I was kind of hoping that they'd
19379s	buff Reinhard you know just a little bit
19381s	was something to be you know two fire
19383s	strikes was pretty cool thank you for
19384s	that I mean I like playing Bastion
19386s	against about two charges can we get two
19388s	charges what if you could charge like
19390s	Reinhardt but it's like Ora that you
19392s	like you could build it up like a charge
19393s	I want Genji deflect the charge like I
19396s	deflect the my teammate he put make
19401s	Angry what are we doing I think that's a
19403s	good what are we this is a fantastic
19406s	question for you uh no you might be
19409s	reaching a little too high here um reach
19411s	in for the Stars Johnny but never give
19412s	up uh other people who are reaching to
19415s	get it all are of course our teams
19418s	because they are trying to walk home
19420s	with the bag how big is the bag going to
19422s	be we don't know yet because it is going
19425s	to be crowdfunded Jake this is
19428s	unprecedented in OverWatch Esports
19430s	history it's a great opportunity for
19432s	people to get involved because not only
19434s	are they supporting the teams which are
19435s	currently here at bcon but every single
19437s	team that participated all the players
19439s	will get a share of this I think this is
19441s	something we've seen around the Esports
19443s	world and I'm really happy to see it
19444s	coming to the OverWatch Universe to
19446s	bring the passion that the players have
19448s	for just hopping on the game you know
19450s	putting some games in but getting some
19451s	new skins combining that with the
19453s	excitement the energy that Esports
19455s	brings to a game for me that's that's
19457s	the essence of what we should be doing
19458s	with Esports is bringing the community
19460s	together it's not Pros over here and
19462s	community over there we're all one
19463s	Community together and and I think this
19465s	really symbolizes that for me and again
19467s	it's supporting all the teams that
19468s	participated even in the qualifiers so
19470s	not only the a teams here at Bisson in
19472s	the playoffs it's the teams who were in
19474s	the group stage you know Colombia Mexico
19477s	uh the teams in the qualifiers like
19478s	Sweden and swiland 43 teams so by
19481s	purchasing the crowdfunding bundle you
19484s	support players from Sweden yeah that's
19486s	the most important that's a big takeaway
19488s	here you can also support players from
19490s	Sweden and Switzerland there we go and
19492s	Switzerland let's go and USA and South
19495s	Korea let's go well you made it here
19497s	like we're not you're not you're not you
19500s	don't need it
19501s	fine it's fineit what you know what I do
19503s	need though speaking of things that
19505s	people need drops drop drop that drops
19509s	and we got just that and so much more we
19511s	got some fancy fancy sprays as well I
19514s	love the cards the name cards have you
19517s	guys already equipped to
19519s	represent honestly honestly not I need
19523s	I've got my Swiss one up and ready like
19525s	I I made it a point as soon as I were
19528s	there and you can of course join in on
19530s	the shenan again uh doing watch party as
19532s	well uh watch parties are a great way to
19534s	get your communities involved to have
19536s	some fun watching the games uh making
19538s	your voice heard um there's some some
19541s	great oh you want to say you want to say
19543s	something I was going to say that just
19545s	reminded me I totally completely forgot
19547s	uh we have a friend who's doing a watch
19549s	party at the you his name is custa right
19551s	yeah you know yeah is he still doing it
19553s	I actually have no idea our friend so I
19556s	saw I saw and
19559s	doing doing but I don't know I don't
19561s	know about custa I don't know if he's
19562s	still doing it but anyways yeah if
19564s	you're doing it Anyan from uh New York
19566s	exceler is also here parties yeah so we
19569s	have a lot of great uh people you can
19571s	support and watch all the things with
19574s	and there's plenty of things to see not
19576s	only here in the O World Cup but in
19578s	general here at BlizzCon so many things
19580s	to see so many things to get excited
19581s	about one of those things has got to be
19584s	the concert at the end of it all and
19587s	this time I'm going got to see Le
19589s	seraphim they will be performing live
19591s	here tomorrow at BlizzCon and I am
19594s	extremely excited for that it's going to
19596s	happen tomorrow night at 6 p.m. Pacific
19599s	so make sure to tune in to check all of
19601s	this
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19614s	out me and my party got feeling tonight
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19630s	radi here's some good
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19811s	[Music]
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19829s	gamers
19837s	what a day it's good to be
19840s	alive I'm going to let you in on a
19843s	little
19845s	secret I wasn't always the friendly
19848s	Carefree guy you see before you
19852s	today I used to take things very
19856s	seriously I never had time for fun
19866s	one day I
19869s	realized something had to change I
19872s	needed to work on
19876s	[Music]
19887s	me now I've got a whole new outlook on
19890s	life
19891s	I realize that it's okay to put myself
19894s	first found out that I have a knack for
19897s	bringing people
19899s	together and I learned how to let loose
19902s	with
19909s	friends I work
19913s	hard and I play
19916s	hard
19918s	so I only have one question for
19922s	you ready to have some
19928s	[Applause]
19937s	[Laughter]
19941s	funy what's up
19944s	everybody okay it's I'm sorry I'm exited
19947s	it's great to be here but um you know
19950s	working on our OverWatch hero takes a
19952s	full team and I'm thrilled to introduce
19955s	some of the amazing people who helped
19957s	bring him to life um we have kouno our
19961s	narrative
19961s	[Music]
19964s	designer Alec Dawson our lead hero
19969s	designer Foster senior test
19974s	analyst and the amazing ran our senior
19977s	character
19979s	artist
19983s	okay so we probably talk about malga or
19986s	any panel for ever but we only have like
19989s	45 minutes so let's just jump right into
19991s	it counil let us know a little bit about
19994s	malus's backstory of course as Dion
19997s	mentioned during the opening ceremony
19999s	people have been fans of MAA or Manga
20002s	for a very long time we've released six
20006s	Heroes with OverWatch 2 and for most of
20009s	them if not all people have been
20011s	speculating if it was going to be manga
20014s	but here's a very quick introduction of
20016s	him for anyone who doesn't know who he
20018s	is he was originally introduced in 2019
20022s	in the second OverWatch short story what
20024s	you left behind written by Alysa Wong
20027s	it's a story that follows Baptist and
20030s	manga makes quite the appearance manga
20033s	and Baptist worked for Talon and they
20036s	were pretty close friends before Baptist
20038s	left and M made an immediate impact they
20043s	are kind of like
20045s	frimes yeah I mean look at him look at
20049s	that Sly self-satisfied grin he's just
20052s	the guy who wants to have
20054s	fun woo yeah that's right but be careful
20059s	behind his grin there's always a threat
20062s	and he uses his big jockey personality
20065s	to hide his side one of my
20067s	favorite lines in that short story is
20069s	when he just goes goes it gets real
20071s	Shakespearean up in
20074s	here he's our first seing hero and we
20077s	worked really hard to get that right
20080s	throughout his development the team
20082s	worked with three cultural consultants
20084s	and they also helped us refine the Samoa
20086s	map and Beyond the cultural Consultants
20089s	we also worked with the brilliant Samo
20092s	and tattoo artist CE Lu to get his
20095s	tattoo just right because they have such
20097s	a huge cultural significance in some
20100s	moment culture it represents their
20102s	Heritage their past present and future
20105s	so we knew we had to get this right yeah
20107s	it was um it was interesting when we
20109s	first started to dig into the tattoo we
20112s	had done some drawings where omnic were
20114s	tattooing on malus's back and once we
20118s	started to work with um CE he was like
20122s	um a tattoo is something that a human
20124s	transfers to uh Samoan it's a sacred
20127s	experience yeah and so he had given
20130s	given us this feedback that um this
20133s	depic the depiction of a a robot or
20136s	something without a soul basically
20138s	transferring the tattoo was not the
20140s	right thing and so this was what's what
20142s	so fun about meeting these different
20144s	people the different culture experts
20146s	they really worked hand inand with the
20148s	character artists and the narrative
20149s	designers and just we had fun um
20152s	figuring this out and malga such a fun
20154s	and unique hero this includes his lore
20156s	the art the design history his
20158s	abilities as you all have either played
20161s	them already on the show floor or at
20164s	home because you could play them right
20165s	now uh you should get what you you kind
20168s	of get what you're actually experiencing
20169s	with
20170s	them so to talk a little bit more about
20173s	the abilities Alex you want to break it
20176s	down what his gameplay is like yeah
20177s	let's talk about Mala and sort of what
20179s	he brings as a tank to OverWatch um his
20182s	style gameplay he can either charge in
20184s	alone or can go with his team right
20186s	because he's this big high Threat Level
20188s	who sustains through dealing d damage
20190s	and that's how he's really unlike a
20191s	allot the other tanks is you know he has
20194s	this passive that actually keeps him up
20195s	as he deals critical damage so it's one
20196s	of the things where he's constantly in
20198s	the fight he's bra he's destructive
20200s	because that's the way he is keeping
20202s	himself alive and in the fight another
20205s	thing he does is he his guns are hit
20207s	scan you know when developing malgo the
20209s	team really wanted to look at a tank
20211s	that could counter far or Ekko and have
20214s	an ability to actually contest them
20216s	while they're in the air from afar or
20218s	even up close so
20220s	when looking at malga there was a few
20222s	things the team really wanted to get
20225s	right and talking with Josh no our wead
20227s	balance designer and the point designer
20229s	for malga you know he talks about the
20231s	guns being core to this hero now malga
20234s	is one of those kits say like Widow
20236s	Maker where the gun comes first and then
20237s	all the rest of the abilities follow
20240s	along with his weapons though we also
20242s	wanted to make sure we could have
20243s	abilities for a character of this size
20246s	Mala is huge he's huge in game as you
20249s	may have already seen he's the biggest
20251s	hero that we have in the game so far so
20253s	what do you have to do to compensate for
20255s	that size you know he's a big Target and
20257s	then finally it was about getting this
20259s	personality right he's aggressive he's
20261s	destructive he's in your face but he's
20264s	also smarter than he looks and that
20266s	really started with the character that
20268s	narrative and art were
20270s	telling I think he's about seven feet or
20273s	yeah he's a bigest character we made so
20276s	far and I mentioned earlier that his
20278s	name malga means mountain in Samoan so
20281s	we had no choice but to make him big uh
20284s	and had you guys touched on and he has
20286s	this I really like his play style is
20289s	very it feels brutal but there's a lot
20292s	of strategy behind um the approach and
20295s	overarch heroes aren't just about their
20296s	abilities we take great pride in their
20299s	personalities too in the short story
20300s	that you mentioned um published around
20303s	two summer 2019 um we and then we
20307s	suddenly released Sigma later if you
20310s	guys remember and actually Sigma was the
20313s	we envisioned him as malga at first and
20316s	as we started to play with these psychic
20318s	abilities and and the different powers
20321s	that this character that would
20322s	eventually become Sigma but we intended
20324s	it to be malga it just didn't feel right
20326s	he's a big dude you know like Foster was
20329s	there when we were trying out a bunch of
20330s	abilities and it just malga wasn't the
20335s	guy like I think you
20337s	mentioned uh he doesn't
20340s	psychically throw the Rock at you he
20342s	picks the rock up and throws it at you
20345s	and so we decided to Pivot um during
20348s	that time yeah so these are both tanks
20351s	right but as we developed the tank kit
20354s	that became Sigma we kept coming back to
20356s	maa's personality and that he's this big
20358s	guy he's smart he's very aggressive and
20361s	even if he had the ability to
20363s	psychically throw a boulder at you he
20365s	would he would pick it up it's a show of
20366s	force to pick up a boulder and hurl it
20368s	at someone and then along with that that
20370s	in Sigma kit he has his barrier how does
20373s	a guy holding two giant guns yeah named
20375s	gunny and chaa hurl this barrier out how
20379s	does he deploy that so from a game p
20380s	perspective that wasn't really working
20381s	out so we kind of Drew that back and we
20384s	released Sigma we pivoted to Sigma there
20387s	and then for manga we just went back to
20389s	the drawing board and thought more how
20391s	can we nail down this personality type
20392s	how do we make the hero he's supposed to
20395s	be and that kind of force abilities on a
20397s	personality that it doesn't really fit
20398s	with and so we developed that mentality
20402s	but that physicality and that was in
20405s	tandem with ability design and then also
20407s	with art where we looked at okay how do
20409s	we represent this giant of a man and it
20412s	came down to Giant guns
20416s	yep yeah it was really you know the that
20418s	part was subverting expectations and
20421s	didn't necessarily make sense for malga
20422s	in particular right uh but raan I think
20425s	the guns you worked a ton of them do you
20427s	want to go expand on that yeah um
20430s	something that I really love about
20431s	working on these Heroes is how we almost
20433s	challenge uh each other and push our
20435s	different teams in new ways m is super
20438s	fun but that's only because the team
20440s	making him that way how his design has
20442s	changed his story has evolved and seeing
20445s	um his abilities be refined it's a full
20447s	team effort to line these pieces
20451s	up so let's get into a specific
20454s	abilities he has these massive chain
20456s	guns gny and Chacha to my favorites
20460s	Alex what do they bring to the fight
20462s	yeah so he has these two guns but unlike
20464s	other dual wielding Heroes such as
20466s	Reaper each one does something different
20468s	and they can also be fired together
20470s	right so let's watch the video to take a
20473s	look at these in action real
20476s	quick so you have his incendiary chain
20479s	gun his left quiick that sets opponents
20481s	on fire it takes 10 hits to set the
20484s	opponent on fire so they'll be in a
20486s	burning state where they become
20488s	vulnerable to his right quick is
20490s	volatile chain gun and when you deal
20492s	damage with that it deals critical
20494s	damage this is pretty important because
20496s	whenever malga deals critical damage
20498s	whether it be through volatile chain gun
20500s	or through head shots he actually gains
20502s	temporary health as well um so this is a
20505s	part that we really wanted to get right
20506s	in this development where there was this
20508s	miname between both of the guns it
20510s	allows malga to play at actually
20512s	different types of ranges malga can play
20514s	really up close ra on both guns at the
20517s	same time or he can be a a little bit
20520s	Pokey sometimes you a little bit of left
20521s	quick little bit of right quick and gets
20522s	to that Rhythm that can actually deal a
20524s	lot of damage and that on fire ability
20527s	where he light someone on fire is
20528s	actually really unique for our game
20529s	because it also works in tandem with
20532s	Ash's Dynamite if you light a Target or
20534s	a bunch of targets on fire with an ash
20536s	on your team then he gets that crit
20538s	damage across all of them as long as
20540s	they're on fire so there's a little more
20543s	cohesion between hero selection now than
20545s	there used to be and that's something
20548s	new that we've done this also Al as you
20550s	mentioned works with his passive his
20551s	Berserker passive he gains bonus Health
20553s	from all those so if Ash lights up the
20554s	entire team you can go crazy getting
20556s	your extra crits and your additional
20558s	health and everything it's really
20559s	amazing yeah that's what mala's really
20560s	using to keep himself alive in a fight
20563s	you know he wants to make sure he gets
20564s	that critical damage set opponents on
20566s	fire and then right quick to get the
20568s	bonus Health oh yeah yeah the fire
20571s	passive was kind of a really interesting
20574s	development issue we had to work around
20576s	cuz adding fire to malus's Kit which is
20578s	a really cool idea it added a lot of
20580s	challenges visually to the game so
20582s	artistically there's a lot of people on
20584s	fire now in the game and with so many
20587s	visual elements um it would be asking
20589s	even more people's systems the game
20591s	engine to possibly two different heroes
20594s	are setting people up these two
20596s	different visual we need to figure out
20598s	how to kind of separate the two so that
20600s	you knew who was doing
20602s	what um this also complicates things for
20606s	players that may also be color blind
20608s	from distinguishing
20610s	what types of fire damage would be a
20612s	little bit more trickier and could
20613s	lessen their experience by combining all
20616s	this together we like put our heads
20618s	together and we came up with a really
20620s	fun pairing mechanic that isn't
20622s	overpowered but could be really fun to
20624s	play with it's like a nice bonus mhm
20627s	yeah and uh if you're all wondering
20630s	where the silly silly names of Chacha
20634s	and gunny came from I am wonderful thank
20636s	you um it actually came from just joking
20639s	around in team chat I think we were all
20642s	agreeing that manga is the type of guy
20644s	to give his guns pet names mhm one of
20647s	the top contenders was Lefty and righty
20650s	but alak here didn't really like that so
20653s	uh I just it sounds really stupid I know
20656s	but we just took the first three letters
20658s	from chain from chain gun and made it
20660s	chaa okay and gunny cuz duh it's a gun
20664s	and the team really liked it and raan
20667s	here just the ball out the park and he
20671s	actually implemented the names into the
20673s	guns designs themselves so speaking
20676s	about Lefty and right I mean chaa and G
20678s	being that he has two weapons and they
20680s	deliver different types of damage it was
20682s	really interesting challenge to get that
20684s	look just right uh if you look at the
20686s	earlier concept uh you'll see that his
20688s	weapons looks different from the one
20690s	that we have now well the concept looked
20692s	great once we put that in the game it
20694s	just didn't look right from the first
20695s	person angle so then we had to go back
20697s	uh for the concept rework them
20700s	and fun fact about these guns they are
20703s	the biggest guns in the game but they
20705s	are also the biggest guns in the game so
20708s	you know for M uh I I want to say a huge
20712s	shout out to MAA Strike Team I know your
20715s	guys are out there and uh especially
20717s	Jeff manowski for the awesome work that
20719s	he did the character Y and uh also for
20723s	the tech team especially John kururin
20725s	who did an incredible job with adding
20728s	new technology to MAA which I'm going to
20730s	say some big words now so focus with me
20732s	MAA has the first fully automatic muscle
20736s	system in his body we've never done that
20737s	before so while he's moving his arm you
20739s	see the bicep I mean don't look zoom in
20741s	here right here see how the
20743s	bicep all that M got it automatic so
20746s	again our Tech Team just doing
20748s	incredible work and if you look at this
20750s	slide it all started as a joke I was
20753s	these guns I bet they're bigger than
20755s	Tracer right and then I just put the
20757s	scene quickly together I'm like yep they
20758s	are definitely bigger than Tracer so
20760s	technically M Go's running around
20761s	holding two tracers like
20763s	that that's why they're Orange right
20765s	yeah exactly this is our new scale how
20767s	many tracers is it you
20772s	know yeah I don't think we're going to
20774s	make guns that this big again but you
20776s	know oh here you can see the before and
20778s	after like how we had to adjust the
20779s	barrel size so it was just right in the
20782s	one p because once we put them in the
20784s	game they were blocking too much from
20785s	The View and I know you guys love your
20787s	you know the whole thing to be clear as
20789s	possible possible so we we fixed
20791s	it and U uh if you think about uh like
20795s	Tracer and Reaper they have two guns
20797s	right but manga's gun is out a little
20799s	bit bigger than these guns so that's why
20801s	that issue showed up when we did these
20803s	guns and we just edited it and hopefully
20805s	now it just looks perfect and you guys
20807s	will love it yeah and Beyond his guns
20810s	his ability overrun is also quite fun uh
20813s	let's see a video of it in
20817s	action as you can see he charges forward
20820s	and he lands in a huge stomp launching
20822s	his opponents in the air uh this I think
20825s	perfectly encapsulates maa's personality
20829s	definitely during overrun MAA is
20832s	actually Unstoppable he cannot be CCD
20834s	you can't sleep him you can't Boop him
20837s	you can't stop him from getting where he
20838s	wants to go cuz he's this big guy who
20840s	just needs to get where he he needs to
20842s	be so once he starts going he's going
20846s	get out of his way and prepare for once
20847s	he stops also so when he lands on an
20850s	enemy as you can see here with Reinhardt
20852s	if you are precise and land directly on
20855s	an enemy it's a brief stun so if you've
20857s	got a Cassidy preparing his alt and you
20859s	want to stop that you can charge right
20861s	in and land on him and that's a stun
20863s	it'll stun him right out of his alt so
20865s	hack yeah it's nice that has a little
20866s	bit of skill expression there it's one
20868s	of those abilities that was really
20869s	important for malga that we had to get
20871s	right because he is this big big body so
20874s	you know if he's charging at you it was
20876s	really easy to CC him in in that way so
20878s	adding Unstoppable here allows Mala to
20881s	get where he wants to go get the fight
20883s	rail down on both chain guns like hold
20885s	both those buttons down and deal a lot
20886s	of damage uh but this ability in
20888s	particular went through quite a bit of
20890s	iterations um there was one version
20892s	where malgo would run up and launch the
20894s	enemy behind him um I think a lot of the
20897s	kit at the time was malgo was an
20899s	anti-air tank overall so he he was
20902s	dealing critical damage to any enemy in
20905s	the air so you would throw them behind
20907s	you you'd turn around you actually use
20909s	sigma's rock as as a combo back then so
20913s	yeah this ability in particular a bunch
20915s	of iterations and I really like this
20917s	version that we ended up with you know
20919s	it is something that is forceful allows
20921s	malga to get in and the stop at the end
20923s	was something that came in rather late
20924s	in development but it was just icing on
20926s	the cake to an already great ability
20928s	right also if you're curious about just
20931s	avoiding it compared to reinhardt's
20933s	charge this can make The Hairpin turn in
20935s	circuit Royale so good luck avoiding it
20938s	by going around a corner real quick yeah
20940s	poor Reinhardt um cardiac overdrive
20944s	let's talk about that yeah maa's second
20946s	ability here cardiac overdrive when
20949s	thinking about malo's defensive
20950s	capabilities we wanted to match his
20952s	personality and play style you know he's
20954s	destructive he likes to get in he likes
20956s	to deal a bunch of damage uh we'll at
20959s	the scoreboards later on today during
20960s	your magga games there's G to be a lot
20961s	of damage from malga in particular but
20964s	how can we capture those things with the
20966s	way Malgus the Saints himself and also
20969s	make him you know help his team the role
20972s	of a tank to actually whiff those allies
20974s	up a little bit too so let's take a look
20976s	at cardiac overdrive here Y when you
20978s	activate cardiac overdrive malga and his
20980s	nearby allies receive damage reduction
20982s	and receive healing based on how much
20984s	damage they do it's a big LIF steal aura
20987s	that gives your team the window to turn
20988s	the fight in their favor it pairs wall
20991s	with other hears that have high damage
20992s	uput and are able to uh move with the
20995s	aura uh here's like to get in the mix uh
20998s	if you think about a ER double dipping
21000s	with cardiac overdrive with his own life
21002s	seal that's good that's super scary and
21004s	this video which should show up anytime
21006s	right now think we have a video queued
21008s	up for it as well you'll see Soldier 76
21011s	will'll be gaining some right here yeah
21013s	if you look at Soldier HP as he's uh
21015s	shooting with the cardal drive you can
21017s	see how it's healing up uh we visually
21019s	needed to find a way to let um to let
21022s	you know that you are getting that aura
21025s	so on the screen uh we added a burning
21027s	effect it's really important to find
21029s	that balance communicating to players
21031s	that is going on without overloading the
21034s	screen with too many different things
21036s	that can either be distracting to or use
21038s	up computer um resources yeah this one
21042s	went through quite a few iterations as
21044s	well um many of the early Renditions of
21047s	the ability were quite selfish actually
21051s	um he had this adrenaline meter where by
21053s	dealing damage you gain movement speed
21055s	and then you could consume some of it to
21057s	actually heal yourself uh and then that
21060s	ended up becoming his Berserker passive
21062s	so a lot of that came in where it's like
21063s	hey malga still wants some self- sustain
21065s	in there another version that we tried
21067s	left a pull on the ground instead of
21069s	traveling with malga but you'd be
21072s	confined to this space and it kind of
21074s	fought against how aggressive malga
21076s	wants to be you know he really wants to
21077s	use overrun to get in get in there and
21081s	just deal a bunch of damage be
21082s	destructive be brutal so by putting what
21087s	that ability was uh ended up on the
21089s	Berserker passive it freed up cardiac
21091s	overdrive to be something that you could
21093s	use for your team and with how it works
21095s	now you know encourages malga to use in
21097s	uh to use it get in with his teammates
21099s	this big window of opportunity
21101s	characters like May and Reaper really
21102s	love this the sound design of this
21105s	ability is worth shouting out as well um
21108s	when you initiate the ability you
21110s	actually hear the sound of double Racing
21113s	Heartbeats because fun leaked fun fact
21118s	manga has has two hearts uh he received
21121s	a cybernetic Heart during a pretty
21124s	intense battle and then later on
21125s	upgraded his organic one and the sound
21128s	team really hit it out of the park it's
21130s	such a visceral powerful sound it really
21133s	makes you feel powerful in the moments
21136s	yeah yeah and actually you can see heart
21138s	canisters in the Samoa map in manga's
21141s	room for his you know regularly
21144s	cybernetic upgrades um and of course
21147s	alongside his we can't can't forget his
21149s	shark slippers because uh manga manga
21153s	likes to relax in style I need a pair of
21155s	those yeah thank you to the environment
21157s	art team because they uh they always
21160s	take my silly ideas and just run with it
21162s	without questioning
21163s	me so speaking of heart canisters and
21166s	shark slippers that brings us to his
21167s	ultimate cage fight so for his ultimate
21171s	MAA deploys a barrier and along with it
21174s	as you can see in the middle a little
21175s	totem that traps everyone inside that
21177s	barrier with him so any enemies that are
21179s	in the location where he is it isolates
21181s	all of them with him for him to be able
21184s	to take them on One V one 1 V3 1v5 if
21188s	you're feeling
21189s	spicy but it isolates these targets by
21191s	putting a huge barrier around him which
21193s	means the rest of the team might be
21194s	locked off for them and it keeps them
21196s	inside which can prevent them from
21198s	getting where they need to go so the
21200s	biggest challenge When developing cage
21202s	fight was keying into having players
21204s	understand what the Sal does and how it
21206s	works and so we developed it with these
21210s	chains that are very visible and hold
21212s	you in place so you know you're trapped
21214s	and you know you really need to to
21217s	knuckle down and defend yourself against
21219s	this man who's coming at you with you
21221s	trapped in here with him and we have a
21223s	video for
21225s	that so as you can see when he deploys
21227s	it the
21238s	pull down both of your buttons at that
21240s	point yeah it's an ultimate that that
21241s	can be quite versatile um depending on
21244s	the situation the team composition you
21246s	know the state the battle a lot of times
21248s	you really want to get one Target in
21249s	there you know isolate them from the
21251s	rest of their team try to burst down a
21253s	support but sometimes we've seen a lot
21256s	of play people that go and they want to
21257s	tra the whole team in there right I
21259s	think there's already some combos uh
21261s	online that people are discovering you
21262s	know if malga traps the whole team in
21264s	there of Life Weaver can pull malga out
21266s	but the rest of the enemies stay in that
21268s	Zone say in the cage fight so there's a
21271s	lot of things you can do here sometimes
21273s	it's also just a giant barrier you know
21275s	it can just be this big barrier in the
21276s	clutch because it has a bunch of Health
21278s	quite big takes up a lot of space and
21279s	recently someone said mag is starting a
21281s	fight he has no intention of losing and
21284s	a big part of that is knowing when and
21286s	where to start that fight so playing as
21288s	Maga at the the lower level just
21290s	trapping people with you is a really
21292s	good thing it it feels good but at the
21294s	higher levels knowing when and where to
21296s	deploy that to keep the tank from
21297s	getting back to the point to trap
21299s	supports with you so they can't help
21300s	their team to trap a specific hero so
21303s	that their supports need to decide if
21305s	they need to jump in this barrier with
21307s	you or not to try to defend them and
21308s	protect them you wind up with these a
21310s	lot a lot of these cases where based on
21312s	your comp and their comp you can make
21313s	some really interesting fun decisions
21314s	about how you should use this all yeah
21316s	and this was an ability that we actually
21318s	tried previously as well there's a bunch
21320s	of iterations for other Heroes at one
21322s	point right yes this was actually
21323s	originally uh Diva alt way back when we
21326s	were developing Diva questionable
21327s	version as well yeah oh no the D.A
21329s	version was actually a giant sphere that
21331s	shot lasers at everybody inside of it
21334s	and we eventually we didn't go with that
21336s	it didn't feel good for for that hero
21338s	but we never throw anything away so we
21340s	we worked on it there's been a few
21341s	different iterations over the years and
21342s	with this one I think we really nailed
21344s	what we yeah one of the most difficult
21345s	things to get right we I think recently
21347s	we tried this for Junger queen as well
21349s	at one point uh one of the most
21351s	difficult things to get right was the
21352s	shape language of hey or the
21354s	communication going on here where you're
21356s	in a barrier but then you're also stuck
21358s	there so we tried some things where it
21359s	was a physical wall actually instead of
21362s	a barrier to sort of communicate that
21364s	but then the chains came in and that was
21366s	really the difference and I think the
21367s	Strike Team and everyone working on
21369s	malga knocked out of the park to finally
21371s	get that one right surprisingly this is
21374s	the one time that solo alting someone is
21376s	not overly frowned
21379s	upon well he's not saying you should do
21381s	it though yeah and for those of you
21383s	playing him uh keep an ear out because
21386s	if you chop only one en
21389s	there might be a fun little Easter egg
21391s	voice line that's pretty cool yeah and
21394s	before we finish up here I do want to
21395s	talk a little bit about you know malga
21397s	and where he fits in the game right
21399s	right so Malo we envision him as being
21403s	in a lot of different comps similar uh a
21405s	lot of different Rush comps similar to
21407s	Reinhardt or drunker Queen you now if
21409s	you think about heroes that are going to
21410s	enable him you think about heroes like
21412s	Lucio that can really get him into a
21414s	fight fairly quickly or even someone who
21417s	can sustain you know malga is this big
21419s	body he needs a lot of healing right
21422s	there's so you know maybe someone like
21423s	life Weaver can help him out and
21424s	actually keep malga alive in that fight
21427s	and then tanks going against him you
21429s	know he is a tank that relies on dealing
21432s	damage to keep himself alive so if you
21434s	think of who can prevent that uh tanks
21437s	like Diva tanks like Sigma are
21439s	definitely ones that have a good chance
21440s	against countering MAA that's awesome
21443s	well as you guys can see the team really
21445s	put a lot of love and care into these
21447s	Heroes but malga feels extra special we
21449s	really went that extra mile to make sure
21451s	he was just right but before we leave
21454s	what has been I wanted to talk with the
21457s	guys just really quickly what has been
21460s	what has it been like working on what is
21462s	meant to you working on malga can oh
21465s	yeah well it's just been an honor to
21469s	work on one of the most anticipated
21470s	Heroes of OverWatch 2 The Narrative
21474s	Foundation was so strong um it was just
21477s	so much fun and privilege just build
21479s	upon that and I think we all sort of
21482s	remarked on this when we were talking
21485s	with all of the S and cultural
21487s	Consultants we all like they were all
21490s	just so joyful they had this like J de
21495s	um and we were all really inspired by
21498s	that so I think you could really see it
21501s	in the hero you know he's just he's just
21504s	a big guy he wants to have fun and we
21507s	really want wanted to instill that part
21509s	of the culture into the hero itself
21511s	awesome Alex he's finally out yeah I'm
21514s	very excited people are playing m right
21516s	now that's that's incredible but I think
21518s	one of the biggest sces taken away from
21520s	mala's development is seeing how the
21522s	team took the time to get malga right
21525s	you know at one time we talked about
21526s	malga with Sigma we also switched malgo
21529s	for Matra to have more time on malga in
21531s	particular and it was just the team
21533s	taking the time to make sure that this
21534s	hero in particular came out in the best
21537s	iteration possible so shout out to Josh
21539s	and the rest of the malga strike team
21541s	for what we're going to release in
21542s	season
21543s	8 and Foster Applause
21548s	season
21550s	so
21556s	thank so one of the things I really love
21558s	about OverWatch Heroes is how big and
21561s	bold and over the top they are their
21563s	personalities as well as you know
21565s	abilities in a video game and MAA I
21568s	think really nails that kind of big bold
21572s	personality that I love in our heroes
21574s	he's out there he's open he's big and
21577s	when we nail that really well they
21578s	become charismatic beyond the kinds of
21580s	people they may actually be so the most
21584s	the previous hero that did this for me
21585s	was junker Queen junker Queen is this
21587s	big bold personality even though she's
21590s	not the greatest person overall you
21592s	really connect with her and her
21594s	personality and how big she is and
21596s	they're what I love
21600s	have you seen what she does to Al
21601s	next and oh sorry you so I think Maga
21606s	also nails that where despite what he
21608s	does and his work with Talon and the
21609s	kind of person he is he's so big and
21611s	lovable that you just really want to
21613s	connect with him and you do and you
21614s	enjoy playing him as a hero as a person
21617s	as much as as a tool set that really
21619s	works with you in gameplay it's awesome
21621s	well I got to say m is probably one of
21623s	my favorite Heroes for now like design
21625s	wise I love it and uh like getting to
21628s	work on his guns and just seeing the
21630s	process of how they started till the end
21632s	like how all all the challenges that we
21634s	got and how we just you know got through
21637s	all of them and we got the final designs
21638s	that that was just a like a I will never
21641s	forget that experience and his
21643s	personality as Foster said is incredible
21645s	I love him and I need to know his
21647s	workout routine obviously like look at
21649s	that guy yeah it's it's been an
21651s	incredible journey working on here for
21653s	sure that's awesome and yeah for
21656s	me I kind of mentioned earlier in open
21659s	ceremony whenever we make an OverWatch
21661s	hero we really want people to see
21663s	themselves in our heroes this guy looks
21666s	like someone I know he looks like me or
21670s	his abilities are super fun to play and
21672s	I think we really nailed this with malan
21675s	OverWatch in general is this globe tring
21677s	Adventure you're you're traveling the
21679s	world you're meeting these different
21680s	characters these different Heroes and
21681s	we're trying to hit every culture
21685s	represent everybody as best we can and I
21687s	feel feel like um the effort that went
21689s	into this one it just was Next Level so
21693s	you guys super awesome and thank you to
21696s	all you guys uh for joining us today and
21701s	have a fantastic weekend and before we
21704s	go sorry don't miss tomorrow's West next
21707s	panel where we'll be showing a bit more
21709s	of the heroes coming after malga
21711s	actually with Aaron and friends
21714s	and my last thing I love about malga is
21717s	I love his guns not just these but
21720s	gunny and
21722s	chaa and speaking of
21732s	chaa
21734s	[Applause]
21746s	come
21813s	[Music]
21898s	[Music]
21970s	[Music]
21986s	he
22016s	oh
22043s	[Music]
22061s	[Music]
22092s	Legacy a legacy is forever the three
22097s	unbelievable all year long teams around
22100s	the world have battled chasing Glory
22103s	hoping to Edge their Homeland into
22105s	history books that is
22107s	he's still fragging like a madman and
22110s	it's a fan Rampage oh what what go
22115s	they've tasted victory they've overcome
22117s	defeat and all along the hopes of their
22120s	fans have lifted them up absolutely
22123s	beautiful and now at long last the
22127s	OverWatch World Cup finals are
22131s	here and for the first time in four
22134s	years we're all together once more Back
22138s	to Where it All
22139s	Began each team can see their name on
22142s	the championship
22144s	tro the community has rallied behind
22147s	them and the wait is finally over I've
22150s	missed you dearly the OverWatch World
22152s	Cup finals start
22154s	[Music]
22163s	now welcome back one and all this is the
22167s	2023 OverWatch World Cup we are back
22171s	here in beautiful Anaheim California for
22174s	BlizzCon and we got so much more in
22177s	store for everyone watching today Zoe
22179s	here joined by my chused analyst and
22182s	Friends Danny Lim Jake L and Johnny
22185s	Snowden you're you're a happy play right
22186s	now what's happening I I I I I can't
22189s	really take the trusted analyst to Heart
22190s	anymore after literally all of your
22192s	trusted analysts were wrong about Team
22194s	USA beating I still trust you you know
22197s	thank you I appreciate the trust I need
22198s	it I'm at a low point I need you need a
22200s	little pick me up you can always redeem
22203s	yourself it was just two matches D far
22205s	we have two more to go so you can still
22207s	be right Johnny you can still be right
22211s	let's take a look actually at this
22213s	upcoming match it's going to be Finland
22215s	going up against the team from Great
22218s	Britain this is going to be a banger of
22220s	a match this team from Finland has been
22223s	clinical they have been clean in the
22225s	group stages and once more more they
22227s	made South Korea fear for their group
22230s	stage life they've been aan solid so far
22233s	well done really stoic I mean this team
22235s	they they know how to play all these
22236s	Heroes that are matter right now you
22238s	know we've talking a lot about the sigma
22239s	composition but also when you look at
22240s	the rest of the roster you know Cloud
22242s	obviously a fantastic M player that can
22244s	come into this team besta with an
22246s	experience playing at at the highest
22247s	level of OverWatch before has been a
22249s	stand out on the sigma but also Masa
22251s	like got to keep in mind Masa actually
22254s	played in OverWatch League Grand finals
22256s	not too long ago right so this is a
22258s	Lucio player that has played at the
22259s	highest level of OverWatch for a very
22262s	long time and has experienced playing on
22263s	stage in the biggest moments possible
22265s	he's been really good so far you've seen
22267s	the aggressive boobs coming in and goes
22268s	back to what Jake said at the start of
22270s	the day where some of these main support
22272s	players when you get into these when you
22274s	get on top of stage and like when it
22275s	really matters some main supports they
22278s	might might just scale back a little bit
22279s	they might not go for these aggressive
22280s	plays anymore Masa is exactly the type
22283s	of Lucio that will stay aggressive that
22285s	will make play for his team and have him
22287s	impa on that main support role so this
22288s	is a Finland threr that knows their
22290s	identity they know what they're about
22292s	and they have experience in some
22293s	positions they've been a before yeah
22295s	it's going to be an uphill battle with
22296s	this one though because they will be
22298s	facing off against the team from Great
22299s	Britain they found themselves in group b
22302s	and they managed to not drop a singular
22305s	map in a group with Australia in a group
22308s	with Canada in a group with Brazil they
22310s	went undefeated an absolute incredible
22313s	performance thus far yeah I think this
22315s	team from Great Britain is one that a
22317s	lot of teams have to be worried about
22319s	whether it's Kai on the so turn or
22320s	really any hit scan this guy pulls out
22322s	he is a monstrous threat you have to be
22325s	watching out for him because not only is
22327s	it going to be him it's going to be
22327s	funny Astro pushing into your backline a
22329s	very aggressive main support player with
22332s	a style that I think will really shine
22334s	in the sort of pugar nature of the World
22336s	Cup so I think this Great Britain roster
22338s	their only question mark for me is this
22340s	Flex support whether it's myON and
22342s	backbone kind of like swapping off from
22343s	DPS support based on the strategy they
22345s	want to play that might be the best
22347s	thing they can do but I think that might
22349s	hurt them when it gets deeper into the
22350s	swap game if they're forced off their
22352s	comfort picks I'm worried about the
22354s	depth of hero pool on that Flex support
22356s	uh spot because it's a very difficult
22358s	role to play very difficult to come in
22360s	as another role you might have the AIM
22362s	on these Flex support aim Heroes but you
22364s	might just make subtle mistakes with the
22366s	abilities and we've seen in other series
22367s	how you know one misplaced bionade one
22370s	bad drone comes out your whole team can
22372s	crumble if they're relying on that
22373s	ability and so I think for this Great
22376s	British uh team you know we're going to
22377s	need to see clean consistent execution
22380s	and honestly some carrying from from Kai
22382s	and funny asro well if there is one
22385s	person who I know can carry Kai would
22387s	definitely be that guy uh if we're
22389s	looking at those two rosters though
22391s	pound for pound who should be considered
22393s	the favorite heading into this I feel
22396s	like you you'd look at Great Britain and
22397s	you look at star power of that team
22400s	right you have someone like backbone for
22401s	example the best M player in the world
22403s	I'm going to keep saying it and I don't
22404s	care if you disagree I think the
22406s	backbone is the best mare in the world
22407s	also say it louder say it like you mean
22409s	it backbone is the best mare in the
22412s	world right that's
22415s	right there you go there you go but also
22417s	the experience on the symmetra right
22419s	being able to teleport yourself into
22421s	Superior positioning over your team
22423s	really so crucial you know going into
22424s	the World Cup like this because you can
22426s	make an instantaneous call just like hey
22428s	TP over here and everyone all of your
22429s	teammates will take that teleport and
22431s	suddenly you'll find yourself in an
22433s	advantage over your opponent right so
22434s	backbone he is the player to watch in
22436s	this team for me I don't know do you
22438s	agree backbone yeah okay good all right
22441s	of course he's going to his name no I
22444s	think it's also that experience playing
22446s	similar styles with the London Spitfire
22448s	in the OverWatch League he can kind of
22450s	distribute that to his team talking
22451s	about whether it's reviews whether it's
22452s	in-game making CS in that in those
22454s	crucial team fights knowing the right
22456s	play like what Ulta cycle you know what
22458s	what's coming up next and the best way
22459s	to trade I think that's going to be
22461s	really adding a ton of value to Great
22462s	Britain because they're going to need it
22464s	frankly this finish Squad pushed South
22466s	Korea to to the very limmit it was a a
22469s	map round five on flasho 2-1 series I
22472s	mean Incredibly Close for a team that
22474s	was one of the favorites in the
22475s	tournament so I think if you slip up at
22477s	all as Great Britain this this finish
22478s	team can beat you which is your player
22481s	to watch out for here
22483s	Donnie you can't say back you can't say
22485s	back I'm not going to say back I'm not
22487s	going to say I mean I want I want to
22488s	talk a little bit more about Great
22489s	Britain because I mean I think for
22490s	pound-for-pound like if you're looking
22491s	at Players Finland has great players as
22493s	well but Great Britain another big asset
22495s	is their head coach right Christopher is
22497s	on that team he has made a name for
22499s	himself with the London Spitfire this uh
22501s	this season and he's in there with
22504s	backbone and everybody else so I think
22505s	having a great coach for a great team is
22507s	going to be definitely beneficial for G
22510s	I feel like we're walking into a trap
22511s	here I feel like we're walking into a
22513s	trap where we're doing exactly what
22514s	Finland kind H
22517s	honest side if Finland was on this side
22519s	I I Pro we'll probably
22521s	be team f is the Dark Horse they're the
22524s	underdog but like they've been so solid
22525s	throughout the tournament so they're
22526s	probably just like okay you guys talk
22528s	about you know Great Britain how good
22529s	they are but like we're going to go back
22531s	we're going to go on stage and we're
22533s	actually going to perform playing this
22534s	Sigma composition so don't sleep on team
22536s	Finland you know I don't
22538s	think right here just because they're
22540s	threatening us right there next to the
22542s	stage we will of course not predict them
22543s	because of that let's actually discuss
22545s	our predictions for this one I got to be
22546s	real with you if you're looking at their
22548s	performance in the group
22550s	stages well yes Finland was the one
22553s	dropping a map here but they did drop it
22556s	against you know South Korea so like
22559s	they did push them to the limit so
22561s	naturally you can't really say like well
22562s	clearly they they have a a less good
22565s	performance than the team Great Britain
22567s	in the group stages team Great Britain
22569s	they were in a group with some really
22571s	good teams going 6 and 0 against Canada
22575s	Australia and Brazil like that is that
22577s	is incredible so
22579s	naturally I did a coin
22581s	flip I did a coin honestly I got to be
22584s	real with you I I cannot I cannot pick a
22586s	favor does it work I well we'll see
22588s	we'll find out if it will work Great
22590s	Britain came on top of my coin flip and
22592s	I just added some numbers in after that
22594s	I hope for a Clos match here I have
22596s	believed in Great Britain obviously
22597s	throughout the group stages and
22598s	according to my coin I will continue to
22600s	do so here at biscon for me uh my my
22603s	decision came uh when I met with
22606s	backbone yesterday I ran into him
22608s	accidentally and he looked me in the
22610s	eyes and he told me it's coming home and
22614s	I just saw I just saw how ready he was
22616s	and his whole team was ready I just had
22618s	to pick rip Britain I was convinced okay
22622s	I think honestly so like a coin flip
22624s	people might laugh at that but I really
22625s	see that this match as that close as a
22628s	true 50/50 I feel like anybody can win
22630s	it's going to be more on team play it's
22632s	going to be on individuals who pops off
22634s	the most in this match I honestly can't
22636s	even remember who I pr I I don't really
22637s	genuinely believe in my PR I think I
22639s	think this is a 5050 match okay to be
22642s	honest I mean I mean really right like
22643s	we were supposed to PR the matches but
22644s	this is for sure for me the closest qual
22647s	I think this is going to be who shows up
22648s	on stage for me the stage the crowd the
22651s	energy that is going to be a bigger
22653s	Factor than like looking at rosters
22655s	analyzing strategies I think these teams
22657s	are going to mostly mirror yeah could
22658s	see some interesting stuff with uh you
22660s	know whether teams like to go as Korea
22662s	did to the May and Sim in the sigma comp
22664s	whether they run Bastion Kai was so
22666s	great on the soj he's probably going to
22667s	want to pull that out so there will be
22668s	some strategic matchups but I really
22670s	just see this as two evenly matched
22672s	teams going head tohe I do hope we get
22674s	them at five cuz this one if any series
22677s	went to map five this one would be it
22680s	maybe South Korea and the team from
22681s	China you know maybe um but now uh yeah
22685s	U you PR you PR though backbone tasmo
22688s	cover your ears cover your ears oh no he
22690s	did yeah okay well with just did a heart
22695s	broken I went with Team fin you know I'm
22697s	sorry L you know what I I don't hate
22699s	that because we keep on reiterating here
22701s	just how close of a match that is so for
22703s	our PRS to go 50/50 and then really
22706s	everyone wins everyone loses this is
22708s	good I can take this one even though I
22710s	think they are evenly matched teams it
22711s	might not be close because of the energy
22714s	the stage the crowd factor that can
22716s	always kind of take a take a a small win
22719s	and start to snowball into something
22720s	bigger if one team starts to catch that
22722s	lead starts to feel the energy starts to
22724s	take the tempo I think the crowd is
22726s	going to be a crucial sixthman in this
22728s	competition so I really think the people
22730s	here on the floor at biscon have the
22731s	opportunity to sway this match by you
22733s	know their energy their passion in the
22735s	series well and you deci deed to lend
22736s	your energy to Finland both of you
22743s	it's well I am ready for this one I'm
22745s	super excited this is the third of four
22748s	games today and we are ready for all the
22751s	actions so that means we only have one
22753s	more thing to do not sending it down to
22755s	the floor for Golden Boy to bring in our
22760s	teams ladies and Gentlemen let's go
22762s	ahead and welcome to the stage team
22767s	[Applause]
22768s	[Music]
22769s	Finland so good so far this tournament
22772s	remember they almost beat South Korea in
22775s	the group stage and that just speaks to
22777s	how strong this team has looked now here
22780s	against Great Britain this team has the
22781s	opportunity to go on a run here on this
22784s	side of the bracket but it starts out
22786s	with Great Britain there are no e easy
22788s	matches from here on out team Finland
22790s	can they make a Deep Run for the country
22793s	I think it'll be a challenge considering
22794s	their opponent
22802s	and their opponent welcome to the stage
22806s	team Great
22810s	Britain there are tons of OverWatch
22813s	League stars on this team if anything
22815s	the pressure is only going to add to
22817s	their performance here these guys are no
22819s	strangers to playing on a stage playing
22821s	with high stakes and such incredible
22823s	performances from all of them we've seen
22825s	before so honestly probably have to
22827s	think of them as maybe the more
22828s	experienced favorite but their finish
22830s	opponents could be more motivated as The
22832s	Underdogs trying to make their name and
22834s	reassert their place in the professional
22835s	scene this is going to be an electric
22837s	series and again it deserves mentioning
22839s	that Christopher is the coach of this
22841s	team one of the best coaches in
22842s	OverWatch Esports let's see what they
22844s	got in the
22846s	bag all right let's go ahead and send it
22849s	over to your casters you have necra and
22851s	lemon
22853s	kiwi thank you so much Golden Boy I'm so
22857s	excited to be here with my best friend
22860s	give me a oh my God we're here it's your
22863s	first World Cup it's the first World Cup
22865s	for a lot of players and a lot of fans
22867s	here what does this mean to you it means
22869s	so much to be able to be here to be able
22870s	to celebrate all of these incredible
22872s	players their accomplishments their hard
22874s	work throughout several iterations of
22876s	OverWatch the it can't does really
22878s	doesn't get any better than this I know
22880s	and the crowd has been so loud so far
22884s	and we'll be heading into our next match
22886s	shortly Finland versus Great Britain
22889s	everyone is locked in ready to go but
22893s	what person I'm worried about necro is
22895s	Kai best souljour in the world this is
22898s	his meta it really is his meta and I
22900s	think something that's really exciting
22902s	about seeing both of these teams go
22903s	head-to-head is that sauna is also a
22905s	player that can really give him a run
22907s	for his money you can expect to see a
22909s	lot of soier Pop offs a lot of Duos just
22913s	battling it out with the DPS and it's
22916s	also about that front line in a meta
22918s	that is so heavily tank operated we've
22922s	got two of the best tanks in the entire
22924s	world here I know I've been such a huge
22927s	fan of Vesta for so long since the
22930s	contenders days I feel like this match
22933s	this world cup is a chance for him not
22936s	only him but a lot of players who didn't
22938s	get their fair shot didn't get enough
22940s	time to start Vesta Sigma Sigma was one
22944s	of his best heroes and this is the the
22946s	perfect meta for him and let's Revel in
22948s	that a little bit is that these are
22950s	players that we got a chance to watch
22952s	grow up in OverWatch you and I were both
22954s	casting European contenders before
22956s	heading up to that professional level
22958s	where a lot of these players have also
22960s	found themselves to I kind of see a
22962s	throwback to some of the best European
22965s	contenders players and teams is so
22967s	exciting there's great friendships on
22970s	the line so many old teammates now
22972s	trying to break into the big four can
22974s	these two make get into the conversation
22977s	with USA South Korea KSA and team from
22979s	China we begin on Control Center and
22983s	look how quickly Great Britain approach
22985s	with that orisa jakaro usually has been
22988s	even playing a lot of Winston lately but
22990s	this is obviously way better for this
22992s	he's already lost server control he's
22993s	getting surrounded there by Finland you
22996s	see that great BR took the initiative
22997s	they're trying to still get organized
22999s	sharu couldn't find M mode fast enough
23002s	and that's a oneman Advantage for
23003s	Finland Finland has an opportunity here
23006s	to be able to clean up the rest of Great
23007s	Britain and get control of this map
23010s	super quickly one of the things that we
23012s	want to see out of Great Britain though
23013s	is when they come back into this one can
23015s	the orisa come back in fast enough orisa
23018s	really right now has a great match up
23020s	into the sigma because you can just walk
23022s	right into the sigma past that Shield
23024s	that's why we're going to see Great
23025s	Britain just find their way onto point
23026s	where Finland is trying to position
23028s	themselves with their cool Downs to get
23030s	back into this fight absolutely Kai
23034s	charging up Jak car ver the fall
23036s	again for Great Britain we'll see how
23037s	long they can defend this point for Mick
23040s	has the Matrix looks like they're able
23042s	to still hold on to that lane and
23044s	Finland push great BR back it's going to
23046s	be such a jockey for the point right now
23049s	you see that Finland is able to take
23051s	back that space watch where this Arisa
23053s	is going to end up going because it's
23054s	jaar's job right now to be able to help
23057s	Great Britain push forward and also
23059s	check out where backbone's going to go
23061s	that Dragon Blade is ready online and
23063s	trying to cut through the rest of that
23064s	front line of Finland if he can get it a
23066s	back though yeah Matrix back B are you
23069s	sure about this well he's managed to
23070s	move past it he's kind of with his team
23073s	barely great Brit has to pop the sound
23076s	barrier too jakar separated away from
23078s	the flock and the Ant Matrix is exactly
23081s	what Finland needed to take over this
23083s	fight they hold on to that lead oh Masa
23085s	is one of the best lucios in the entire
23087s	world and be able to see him pop off in
23089s	this way with that perfectly timed sound
23091s	be to just help team Finland stay alive
23094s	that's one of the reasons why they're
23095s	going to be working up past that 50%
23097s	mark on this very first control Point
23100s	Great Britain though they're not out of
23101s	this yet one of the things that's going
23102s	to get them back into this game is going
23104s	to be Kai's overclock you know he's one
23106s	of the best in the world good grass by
23108s	Vesta he was facing down that an Matrix
23111s	from Maye but he's down not a lot of
23113s	healing for Great Britain wizard at the
23115s	ready from cloud if he thinks that F in
23117s	need to invest but Great Britain are not
23119s	going to stick around without their main
23120s	healer gone no there's just not enough
23122s	sustain without that batist available
23124s	and now that they've used that ification
23126s	Matrix there isn't really a way for them
23127s	to create that space unless they want to
23129s	go in with something like Kai's
23130s	overclock to just help push Finland back
23133s	here theya looking for a good grab flux
23136s	looking for the group UPG great Brit
23137s	know what's on the menu jakaro is very
23139s	low does he get enough attention he
23142s	needs the heals and Kai has him in the
23144s	DPS department he's all by himself on
23146s	the coast side the CBS from besta got
23148s	your car weak off the terror surge
23150s	doesn't go off get Matrix from Finland
23152s	and the blizzard invested all the kills
23155s	going Finland way at 99% and Great
23157s	Britain hoping to make a difference and
23159s	they B getting poed off there by Masa
23162s	but Great Britain just don't have the
23163s	forces together to hold on for control
23166s	center that's going to be Finland taking
23168s	that first point capture now we get a
23170s	chance to move into some of those Maps
23172s	where jaru might actually be able to
23174s	play something like a dive hero maybe we
23176s	see the doomfist come out maybe we do
23177s	get a chance to see that Winston but
23179s	it's really difficult to dive into this
23182s	composition that finin is running sauna
23184s	on the Bastion puts a lot of pressure on
23185s	that front line meaning that Great
23187s	Britain can't necessarily get away with
23189s	something like those Dives onto the
23190s	backline when you know that a Bastion is
23192s	sitting there and waiting for you so
23193s	Great Britain May op to want to just
23195s	continue to run this orisa and see if
23197s	they can actually keep control of that
23199s	point cuz that's where things get really
23200s	dicey for that orisa is trying to get
23202s	the retake you're looking at two of the
23204s	Dark Horses of this bracket Finland who
23207s	took a map from South Korea Great
23209s	Britain who haven't dropped a game at
23211s	all and today we'll decide who moves on
23213s	to the semifinals round two with Finland
23216s	on map point and it's son on the Bastion
23219s	once again a little bit less mobile so
23222s	he's depending on MAA to escort him
23224s	around and most importantly Bo members
23226s	of Great Britain away for now a lot of
23228s	space control from Finland backbone on
23230s	the flank he's being marked very well by
23232s	Finland here's a symmetra teleporter
23234s	from cloud will allow sauna to change
23237s	positions if he takes too much pressure
23239s	but backbone was still on the flank
23241s	manages to get a pick now one man
23243s	Advantage for Finland as they really
23245s	have has been moved at all and they get
23247s	a chance to C control of this point
23249s	first too so now the onuses on Great
23251s	Britain to have to make their way back
23253s	into this one when jaru is just isolated
23256s	myom gets picked off to before Great
23257s	Britain can make a recontest and Finland
23260s	right now are looking so strong Great
23263s	Britain may want to try to take a
23265s	re-engage through white room but right
23267s	now they just take so much poke Finland
23269s	are just set up for Success right now
23271s	especially if you take a look at the
23272s	symmetra turrets on point two and that's
23274s	what orisa this week at taking poke
23276s	jakaro is trying to find angles around
23278s	that Sigma Shield of Bola you're seeing
23280s	jakaro is losing that fight whether he
23282s	takes the bridge or white room it's a
23284s	long Lane that Great Britain has to
23285s	travel but they can always depend on
23287s	backbone he's got his Lucio fny Astro
23289s	but the pooc is still too strong Great
23291s	Britain especially backbone won't have
23292s	the speed this time backbone goes back
23294s	to his tank of their jakar room but
23296s	Great Britain don't have any picks and k
23298s	s not someone you can depend on this
23300s	fight oh it's so rough right now too
23302s	because what Great Britain would really
23303s	like to do is set Kai off on a flank or
23306s	backbone to try to get access to the
23307s	back line but Finland have covered all
23309s	of their bases whether it's going to be
23311s	a symmetric turret that's going to help
23312s	lock down that Genji slow that Mobility
23315s	or it's going to end up being sauna just
23317s	being able to make these risky angles we
23319s	see those doing Windows yeah the am
23322s	mojar just has to hop in but into his
23324s	own death and great Brin constantly
23327s	don't have a tank to take that pressure
23329s	you know plus the full Tor barrier of
23331s	cloud it's like you have two tanks on
23332s	the field for Finland they are defending
23334s	so well back at one HP is popping the
23337s	blade bny Astro believes gives him the
23339s	barrier he dashes back toward his team
23342s	without a kill great BR gets slammed to
23344s	the floor and they're about to get
23346s	buried 6 feet under so close here Great
23348s	Britain have one last chance to get the
23350s	rec contestant but they have no
23351s	ultimates to do it it's going to be up
23353s	to an opening pick from anybody on the
23355s	team or can they even touch not looking
23358s	good great br will have funny oh
23360s	actually backbone climbing through the
23361s	window and he gets immediately picked so
23364s	that's not a lot of time B funny Astro
23366s	onto the back side great Brit can push
23368s	through the front and still no kills Kai
23371s	this has been one of the few picks he's
23373s	been able to earn for Great Britain and
23375s	Finland are rocking the stage in map one
23379s	what a decisive Victory from Finland as
23381s	well it felt like Great Britain couldn't
23383s	get any skin in the game they had a hard
23385s	time being able to approach the point
23387s	and Finland were just able to keep every
23389s	single angle locked down so that Great
23391s	Britain just didn't have any
23393s	access Finland are looking so calm cuz
23397s	they know exactly who they're facing on
23399s	the other side Festa mayone current
23401s	teammates on EX Oblivion jakarn Cloud
23404s	were teammates on Raspberry Racers sauna
23406s	and backbone were teammates on the
23408s	London Spitfire there are friends on the
23410s	stage that want to settle the score once
23413s	and for all for well for the last time
23415s	this year at least Finland did an
23418s	amazing job depending on that Sigma
23421s	really did I mean this is one of the
23422s	reasons why Vesta became well known for
23424s	that Sig igma tank play in European
23427s	contenders the way that he's able to
23429s	cycle through those cool downs and just
23431s	help to lead the charge for the team he
23433s	doesn't necessarily have to just stay on
23434s	the front line he can take these off
23436s	angles and just really help to deliver
23439s	the DPS where it hurts the most to a
23442s	team like Great Britain and we've heard
23444s	how much this moment means to everyone
23447s	us the especially the players there's
23449s	even some players that have some family
23452s	in attendance so just wanted to say hi
23454s	to funny Ash parents who are in the
23456s	audience and any others that are joining
23458s	us it's been so awesome to see the fans
23461s	and everyone supporting these teams it's
23463s	been the ultimate rivalry between
23465s	Finland and Great Britain with how much
23466s	time they've spent competing against
23467s	each other in contenders Europe and that
23469s	they do it at the OverWatch World Cup
23472s	it's great brin's choice of Matt necra
23474s	they're going to midtown midtown is a
23476s	very interesting pick but it does lend
23478s	itself really well to seeing a bit more
23480s	of the Arisa gameplay you have more
23482s	corners to be able to play around so
23484s	hopefully that's going to be something
23485s	something that fears a little bit better
23486s	for Great Britain will Finland continue
23489s	to be Flawless or do Great Britain have
23491s	an ace up their sleeve we'll find out on
23493s	the other side of this
23514s	great
23691s	Finland are up in the series and I got
23693s	to say a crew of a little bit one-sided
23696s	20 on Le Jong Tower but it didn't feel
23699s	like a compositional difference with
23701s	besta on the sigma incredibly confident
23704s	and comfortable really was on the flip
23706s	side of things though you've got Great
23707s	Britain that's bringing out a
23709s	composition we haven't seen from them
23711s	before during the group stages Great
23713s	Britain especially jaru in that tank
23715s	role has opted to play tanks like the
23717s	Winston the doomfist the sigma this is
23720s	the first time we're seeing him pick up
23722s	this Arisa which in theory is really
23725s	good into the sigma right now just being
23727s	able to walk past those Shields walk in
23729s	to be able to brawl but there's so much
23732s	on the side of Team Finland that's
23734s	making that a very difficult task and
23737s	then a difficult task was also dealing
23738s	with backbone I think great for a big
23740s	win condition for them was backbone it's
23743s	just when you're one player even when
23745s	fun Astro had to include himself in the
23747s	equation to escort backbone around he
23749s	was picked off and then backbone was
23751s	really caught out in no man's land so is
23753s	the Genji really going to be enough to
23755s	1v5 no but backbone just needs some help
23759s	and he needs that front line to really
23760s	push
23761s	in we've seen that Great Britain want to
23764s	use this composition to try to
23766s	completely surround team Finland which
23769s	means that you need to be ultra
23770s	coordinated you need to be communicating
23772s	and that was something that sadly
23774s	control just doesn't really lend itself
23776s	to very well you get like four attempts
23778s	maximum when you take a look at how fast
23781s	those percentages tick up and not quite
23783s	enough time for Great Britain to really
23784s	find their bearings and make sure that
23786s	they can execute those game plans which
23788s	on a map type like hybrid is way easier
23791s	knowing that you do have time to set up
23793s	those defenses and back's just been
23795s	known as this may specialist when he
23798s	played for the London Spitfire and
23801s	surprisingly I'm not seeing that on
23803s	Midtown where you would have fantastic
23805s	cut offs May is a really good choice on
23807s	Midtown for these choke points but he's
23809s	back to the Gen he might have to think
23812s	twice about that one Finland having
23814s	opening and they need to take it no way
23816s	the fact that backbone is out of the
23818s	equation now so early means that yeah
23820s	Finland can just get the heck out of
23822s	there you've got the symmetric
23823s	teleporter to get you to point faster
23825s	too and yeah great BR give up the point
23828s	that'll be one tick maybe a second
23830s	before the rec contest is ready backbone
23832s	didn't swap he can maybe take the back
23834s	door and see if he can pinch from
23837s	multiple sides the Mayall from Finland
23839s	is dropping Great Britain in the space
23841s	that they are and this Symetra of sauna
23843s	is only building up more more DPS and
23846s	this teleporter is going to allow them
23847s	to take different routes around Great
23849s	Britain maybe try to get behind them
23851s	second tick about to be capped and Kai
23854s	at least gets a pick for Great Britain
23856s	there you go that's going to be a main
23857s	source of healing down though for
23858s	Finland maybe there's a way to be able
23860s	to clean this up but the point just gets
23862s	captured Great Britain are caught in the
23865s	middle of this point and they're just
23867s	going to get picked off one by one while
23868s	this card starts to make progress Great
23871s	Britain needed to organize that
23873s	recontest now they're getting staggered
23875s	they can't even hold on to the bridge
23877s	cuz here comes Finland with the symmetra
23879s	teleporter that accretion won't hit but
23881s	there's a lot of pressure on the great
23883s	Brin they cannot even try to recontest
23885s	this bridge until jakar is back and the
23887s	worst part about this too is that
23888s	Finland has bought themselves so much
23890s	time to take that High Ground away from
23892s	Great Britain so you know exactly where
23894s	Britain is going to try to come from and
23896s	it's going to be that one window well uh
23899s	Finland are going to stop great Brin
23901s	from getting on this bridge here's the
23902s	an Matrix right great in the funny Astro
23905s	barrier only is so much of a cushion but
23908s	maybe enough time precious seconds for
23910s	Kai to get some PS removing sauna is
23912s	good Finland don't have a lot of damage
23914s	behind this may but the sound bear of
23916s	masas is the same that Finland needed to
23918s	just Outlast great BR Finland is working
23922s	around this car wash so quickly they're
23925s	going to be rounding this final corner
23927s	and Myon is actually going to get
23928s	staggered here so what a main source of
23930s	healing now gone for Britain and we're
23932s	going to see Finland just continue to
23934s	take the
23935s	just huge Corners I don't know how well
23938s	Great Britain can really come back and
23939s	contest this jakar is going to be trying
23942s	to get that Terror surge online oh
23944s	someone someone from Great Britain ended
23945s	up Rec contesting but this for is out
23947s	the Blizzard from cloud you'll have to
23949s	be frozen if you want to touch this
23951s	objective and the phon barrier too but
23953s	jakaro slams the terrorist surge still
23956s	goes through the shield Finland are low
23958s	but where is the focus fire out of Great
23960s	Britain they haven't killed anyone
23962s	despite despite all the kills but the up
23964s	the backbone that executioner there's
23967s	two for Great Britain one more slice and
23969s	Bola is gone but there squishier members
23971s	behind backbone and Great Britain might
23974s	have just taken this back oh what a
23977s	Saving Grace here backbone absolutely
23979s	coming in clutch to be able to stop that
23981s	c just seconds before it was able to
23984s	reach that second objective and now you
23986s	can see Great Britain being able to work
23988s	with a bit more of that space they can
23989s	take The High Ground Control back in
23991s	their favor and you see that myON is
23993s	also going to be ready to go with that
23994s	amplification Matrix a nice way to be
23997s	able to continue to buy themselves some
23998s	breathing room as Finland are going to
24001s	have to try to approach through these
24003s	hallways which leaves them more
24005s	vulnerable to this amplification Matrix
24007s	breathing room is all Great Britain
24008s	needed but now they want to suffocate
24010s	Finland and try to attack them before
24012s	that amplification Matrix is up Mayon
24014s	drops his and it's just an all loud
24017s	dance down be from funny Astro and it's
24021s	pretty groovy for great GRE they seem to
24023s	be okay everywhere one from Finland
24025s	jumps out right when the a matrix was
24027s	still up three kills for Kai and great
24030s	br's defense is still there Kai found
24032s	such a nice angle to also be able to
24035s	abuse the fact that that Mayall Works
24037s	two ways it can either help to try to
24039s	block somebody off from Great Britain
24041s	and isolate them from the team or it
24043s	also leaves the back half of your team
24044s	vulnerable if not everybody is going to
24046s	be protected by that may wall so Kai
24048s	very smartly wrapping around the team
24050s	and able to take out Finland one by one
24053s	but here's where it starts to get a
24054s	little bit more difficult is that
24056s	Finland are just going to go underneath
24057s	this car wash they can block off Great
24059s	Britain and they also have this
24061s	amplification mrix a push them back and
24063s	as gr we trying to drop they get head
24065s	shot Finland just Jed them out it's up
24068s	to Kai with the overclock but someone
24070s	from great BR still has to live on the
24072s	card the St bear from this attack of
24074s	Finland is simply going to overwhelm
24077s	jakar when friends of Great Britain and
24079s	Kai just couldn't make enough of a
24081s	puncture Mark into Finland to hold on to
24083s	this def defense any longer so fin
24087s	retake pretty easily which was so tough
24089s	too because B Mo got picked so early on
24091s	in that fight you can see he even had to
24093s	come back on the Tracer to be able to
24094s	help contest that second objective but
24096s	team Finland are already able to grab
24099s	that and then some as that card starts
24100s	to work its way into the third the third
24103s	point is by far the hardest to assail on
24106s	this map of Midtown and so Great Britain
24108s	should have a bit of an upper hand here
24110s	to keep that c from going over the
24112s	Finish Line besta though he's been able
24115s	to soak up so much damage and back's
24118s	caught out again why is backb
24120s	frontlining jakaro was on his way to
24122s	help he might have got maywald and
24123s	delayed and now the rest of Great
24125s	Britain got ahead for the hills but the
24127s	blizzard may just slow them down and all
24129s	jakaro can do is watch as this team
24131s	collapse and fining are on a roll just
24135s	looks like they're not playing
24137s	coordinated and at this point sadly
24139s	takaru is just not staying alive long
24141s	enough for them to be able to get those
24143s	picks with that Pope backb is having
24145s	such a hard time this Genji is just so
24147s	difficult to run into this composition
24148s	you've got the May to slow you down
24150s	you've got the symmetric teleporters as
24152s	well just getting jued oh way because of
24154s	the May the M got placed on top of it so
24157s	it's not something Great Britain can use
24159s	cloud will be ice blocked on the card he
24161s	needs tank presence best Sol doesn't
24163s	think this fight is winnable he's
24164s	already called The Retreat and Finland
24167s	which feels like for the first time in a
24168s	while has to reset look at that funny
24171s	Astro just really helping to maneuver
24173s	this team of Great Britain around so
24175s	that they weren't easily taken down or
24176s	isolated by team finland's composition
24179s	they still have a little bit of work cut
24180s	out for them a minute and 45 left on the
24182s	clock so Great Britain needs to win
24185s	maybe two maybe three more fights
24186s	depending on how quickly they go but
24188s	they have ultimates to do that and that
24190s	is so important right now especially
24192s	when that card is as close to the final
24194s	checkpoint as it is that terer from
24196s	jakaro can be really impactful and
24198s	jakaro can play these corners and try to
24201s	sneak up on them Finland depending on
24203s	this Gra flux to really kick off this
24205s	fight on a good note as the St looks for
24208s	a good group up the May wall is called
24209s	there by cloud and it's Terra Surge and
24212s	trigger pull by car with the immortality
24213s	to buy him a few more seconds down
24215s	barriers exchanged and all the ultimates
24218s	are coming out it's finland's last try
24220s	there for the end of Point C with one
24222s	minute left and all the kills are going
24224s	their way great BR not able to claim a
24227s	single one as spinland wiped the floor
24230s	and cast with 59
24233s	seconds strong attack push coming
24235s	through from Team Finland but now we get
24237s	a chance to swap the sides and Great
24239s	Britain is one of those teams that have
24240s	a lot of players that like to work with
24242s	momentum so if they're able to get one
24244s	team Fight Win under their belt that
24246s	could cycle into more but team Finland
24249s	that is a very nice accomplishment to be
24253s	able to have all three points captured
24255s	that's a very clear win condition
24257s	Finland are just really good at making
24259s	Great Britain's ultimates look really
24260s	useless like the fact that Great Britain
24262s	had an ant Matrix act boost boed up by
24264s	Cloud's May wall you had Great Britain
24267s	using overclock and Dragon Blade last
24269s	fight a Terra surge all zero kills which
24272s	we know these Great Britain players are
24274s	fantastic we know they are All-Star
24276s	caliber but against Finland they just
24279s	look like dead sticks in the water
24281s	Finland you know got stopped at some
24283s	points but that's still a respectable
24285s	timing for have one minute right and
24287s	especially though it at least it's under
24289s	one minute it's like 1 second under 1
24291s	minute so maybe that'll help but take a
24293s	look at this this like Marisa just kind
24295s	of too big to that space so gets
24299s	absolutely blocked off by the May wall
24301s	and this is where maybe we need to see
24303s	some changes come out from Great
24305s	Britain's composition I wish we could
24307s	see backbone May a hero that he's so
24310s	well known for you brought it up just a
24311s	little bit earlier that may be able to
24313s	help team Great Britain Go Toe to Toe
24315s	with this may from cloud which has been
24318s	so proficient and just really good at
24321s	being able to help just lock down these
24323s	corridors and help create these fights
24325s	in a way that is more advantageous for
24327s	Finland and it was this snowball this
24329s	Avalanche that was created when Finland
24331s	was taking off backbone they got the
24333s	point cap pretty much immediately I
24335s	wonder if great BR are a bit clustered
24337s	from kind of these silly mistakes
24338s	they're not really known for but funny
24340s	Astro has backbones back no matter what
24342s	happens down through the corridor
24344s	finless trying to boot them back ice
24345s	block from cloud M will be able to
24347s	escort him out the May wall though from
24349s	Great Britain or on Great Britain does
24352s	isolate them but they seem be okay
24354s	there's multiple points of pushing from
24356s	great Brit some from this main area some
24359s	from the back but not enough damage to
24361s	really hurt F what's great though is
24363s	that this Duo backbone and funny Astro
24365s	were able to get out the immortality
24367s	field so that is now a tool that is
24369s	offline but Mickey sauna they're able to
24372s	take quick work of this Arisa in the
24374s	front line and that's going to stop
24375s	Great Britain's attack push this is
24377s	fashion from son it was such a boon for
24379s	them before and Lucio versus okay we
24383s	didn't respect the one one we put the
24385s	immortality down and Sona like I was
24387s	saying oh
24389s	no no you you can't do him like that
24393s	live like that this not a fashion though
24396s	it's just so much DPS so quickly and I
24398s	think great BR just don't have time to
24400s	react they just don't have the sustain
24402s	either you you have to rely on so many
24404s	different cool downs from Great Britain
24406s	especially because jakaro doesn't have a
24408s	shield there isn't a whole lot of room
24410s	for error in this composition that Great
24412s	Britain is running where you don't have
24413s	this ability to like what Vesta is doing
24415s	just pop a shield and kind of dance
24417s	around it oh Vesta needs some help and
24419s	Cloud was actually on the right side
24421s	trying to hold down the back alley but
24423s	this Matrix from Nick beautifully placed
24426s	when grain weren't paying attention this
24428s	needed to be an ultimate you of your
24430s	Great Britain and the sound beer is
24432s	invested especially after Kai got a pick
24434s	so Finland were just a little uneasy you
24436s	never know how much Kai can pop up he's
24439s	gone now three for Great Britain but
24441s	it's still a dead fight for this attack
24443s	yeah but if they're able to move on this
24445s	fast enough Britain might be able to
24447s	just get back into this before finland's
24449s	members are able to come back in and for
24450s	the recontest so jakar gets a chance to
24452s	make his way to point he's going to be
24454s	able to push besta back but it's about
24457s	the followup can Great Britain actually
24459s	capitalize on this time oh great sort a
24462s	fly from jakar to eat that accre he's
24464s	trying to push back SAA and is using the
24466s	Jain spin to eat up that damage but the
24468s	artillery strike from Saun is being
24470s	called to regain this point from
24474s	then they've lost funny Astro great has
24476s	to deal with the blizzard and they don't
24478s	deal with the gold very well Kai has
24480s	been that hero who's made these fights
24483s	even remotely close but he can't do it
24485s	all alone he has been getting like one
24488s	two three picks and sadly just not
24490s	enough followup from Great Britain to be
24492s	able to turn that into actual meaningful
24495s	push right now they at least have one
24498s	tick captured that's going to be Cloud
24501s	going down and with backbone having this
24502s	Dragon Blade they've got to do it here
24505s	oh SAA is low but the Dragon Blade
24507s	wasn't P wasn't sure if he was going to
24509s	get the dash he set off of it but you
24511s	have Finland exactly where you want them
24513s	in a tiny corner with jains and the rest
24515s	of Great Britain there finally Great
24518s	Britain will be capping the point but
24520s	how does their momentum Go From Here
24523s	Finland made a quick run of point B last
24525s	time they did So Great Britain they do
24528s	sadly have just less time in the bank to
24530s	be able to make this work they're going
24531s	to try to push the advantage though
24533s	knowing that that cart has a little bit
24535s	to be able to catch up open up those
24537s	doors just go ahead and take this High
24540s	Ground away from Finland or at least
24542s	navigate this so that you can get the
24544s	terror surge maybe this pays off yeah
24546s	the immortality negates most of it but
24548s	the initial damage from jakar is enough
24552s	he has to jump in there and be the first
24554s	to die that is what a t stri be doing
24556s	jakar is giving his life for his team
24559s	the trust that he has in backb and Kai
24561s	to finish the job is there but Finland
24564s	seem to have regained control of the
24566s	bridge and this is a power position for
24568s	the defense backbone is harassing them
24570s	getting enough damage for car to get the
24572s	execution and with the amrix there from
24574s	mayal Finland will have to give up this
24576s	bridge they got the immortality field
24578s	too out of Finland and that does leave
24581s	them more vulnerable to something like
24583s	this backbone Dragon Blade coming to
24585s	fruition they can't be too patient
24589s	though it's you've got to get this car
24592s	over the line now or you get stuck in
24594s	the same scenario that finin was in
24596s	right at the Finish Line at Matrix ready
24599s	Mick places it just in time before
24601s	getting picked Kyle's on top of the
24603s	bridge but it gets the sound bear it's
24604s	going to be a lot of Health to get
24606s	through and jaku not able to
24609s	sustain but artillery strike and it hits
24613s	a bunch of Great Britain and this
24616s	defense from Finland continues to hold
24619s	strong this is going to be very
24623s	difficult now for for Great Britain
24624s	there aren't too many avenues that you
24626s	can take that mitigate the amount of
24628s	poke damage that you're going to have
24630s	and poor myON yeah he's getting
24632s	staggered now you look at being at a one
24635s	minute Mark before Great Britain can
24636s	even start to take another attack and
24639s	they don't have anything in the bank
24641s	right now what they're closest to is the
24643s	amplification Matrix the terror surge
24645s	Finland have alts to spare and
24647s	especially when you look at those large
24649s	area of effects that both the gravitic
24651s	flux and the blizzard offer they can
24654s	finish the map here p is doing a great
24656s	job of marking backbone and if you get
24658s	hit by an accretion when you're Genji
24661s	it's pretty much light out close for
24663s	close the lights out for jaru takes in a
24666s	lot of damage here's the ant Matrix and
24668s	then the flux to slam Great Britain down
24670s	buys Finland some time to back away they
24672s	give up the bridge they're happy to do
24674s	so they can play uh behind the back wall
24677s	there of point B but Cloud was looking
24679s	for a blizzard play it almost walked in
24682s	and cost it his own life Great Britain
24685s	still have to push the car 23 seconds
24687s	and its last fight they were able to
24688s	withstand the gravitic flux though that
24690s	mortality field is going to be back
24691s	online which could help be the Saving
24693s	Grace but this blizzard especially when
24695s	you start to run out of time becomes
24696s	even more deadly oh and Kai finds the
24699s	pick throw is this enough for Great
24700s	Britain the terge lining up all the pins
24703s	but the sound barrier is too difficult
24706s	for great Brit to break through and the
24709s	artillery strike is just the fireworks
24711s	that Finland needed there's still left
24713s	of great Brit to keep this drop kicking
24716s	but it just seems impossible with the
24718s	sigma Vesta in your face Finland has
24722s	built the wall that great Brin cannot
24724s	dismantle it will be Finland eventually
24728s	taking this fight and map two and going
24731s	to match
24736s	point what impressive work from Finland
24739s	so far that was a full capture on
24741s	Midtown a great defense to stop that
24744s	card at point B and what a fantastic
24746s	cycling of ultimates too to be able to
24748s	convert every single one into value that
24751s	gravitic flux ended up getting so many
24753s	important pieces out of Great Britain's
24755s	kit and then you just were able to cycle
24757s	through to the Blizzard to the artillery
24760s	strike every single ultimate has
24763s	mattered finland's sound barriers are
24766s	perfectly timed every time Kai has an
24769s	overclock sound bar in his face so many
24771s	extra shots he has to commit onto one
24773s	player who has enough time to disengage
24776s	find some cover against Kai cuz Kai is
24778s	the number one threat on Great Britain
24781s	and it's not that backbone is a slouch
24782s	now he's maybe slouching we don't look
24785s	at that clip but backbone is also
24788s	getting marked and as a Genji if you
24790s	don't have Dash resets if you go past
24791s	the sigma Shield you're a Sitting Duck
24793s	with no resources and funny Astro can't
24795s	take the risk of always going with them
24797s	although that's that's really what a
24798s	Genji needs you're absolutely right
24800s	about that and so backbone like needs to
24802s	be able to to get into these positions
24804s	but sadly that also leaves funny Astro
24806s	sometimes out of position for Finland to
24808s	be able to take advantage of but one of
24810s	the things that you called out towards
24812s	the end of that map that is even more
24813s	important in this matchup is just how
24816s	good Vesta has been on this Sigma that
24819s	has been just a huge difference maker
24821s	for this team in particular and it's one
24823s	where he's so self- sustainable he's
24826s	also a Fragger and he's able to help
24828s	lead the charge for his team and be that
24830s	leader that they need and pH know they
24831s	can use their DPS ultimate defensively
24834s	the blizzard usually right on top of
24836s	themselves um the artillery strike right
24838s	on top of themselves cuz they know the
24839s	win conditions for jakaro and Friends of
24841s	Great Bin is to approach and dominate
24844s	and we'll see what really is left of
24847s	great Brin their F potentially final
24849s	choice of map is surasa surasa maybe we
24853s	get a chance to see the Arisa again but
24855s	I'd love to see Great Britain try to
24857s	bring something else out of their
24859s	toolkit we've never seen this Arisa
24861s	before in the group stages and it's just
24863s	not living up to the hype or the
24865s	potential that we would want to see in
24866s	the Sigma versus orisa matchup is the
24869s	reverse sweep possible is just taking a
24872s	game possible for great BR Finland are
24875s	on fire they're locked in we hope you're
24878s	locked into your seats cuz we'll see you
24879s	on the other side of this
24884s	[Music]
24892s	break
24908s	[Music]
24931s	[Music]
24962s	[Music]
25074s	Finland versus Great Britain friends
25077s	from contenders Europe but rivals on our
25079s	world cup stage it's match point for
25082s	Finland the winner of this faces the
25086s	winner of KSA versus Spain it all comes
25089s	down to this all comes down to this and
25092s	Great Britain they're in unfamiliar
25094s	territory right now they had a Flawless
25096s	qualifiers a Flawless group stage and
25099s	now they have been handed two map losses
25102s	in a row oh uncharted waters for them
25105s	they have to try to navigate through
25107s	this to be able to bring themselves back
25108s	into the series and flash point what a
25112s	wrench to be thrown into things when
25114s	that is very fastpaced Liang was a bit
25117s	of a struggle for them but they have to
25119s	bring something else out of their pocket
25122s	and I'm not convinced that the Arisa is
25124s	it right
25125s	now and with uh like you said great Brin
25128s	not dropping a game they haven't had to
25130s	go to a flash point or a push while is
25133s	Finland I've been there I believe once
25135s	and it was against South Korea that was
25137s	so close it went to what that five where
25140s	they were close to beating them but it
25142s	was on uh it was on new junk City so not
25145s	surasa uh the good thing is that flasho
25149s	basically plays the same just looks a
25151s	little different depending on if you
25153s	picked serasa or new junk City so Point
25156s	still stands that Finland does have more
25159s	experience on that currently and
25161s	especially when you look at this roster
25163s	of Team Finland who has been performing
25165s	well in European contenders at this even
25167s	moment they had a tournament in August
25171s	and some of these players went like
25172s	second they went third just of minds of
25174s	course taking that one but they were
25176s	still able to give it their all and they
25178s	have been in high levels of competition
25180s	for a long time so Finland they look
25182s	locked in they look focused and they
25184s	want to be able to take this Victory to
25186s	be able to get to that semi-finals
25188s	they're so close and team Great Britain
25190s	right now they're going to run it back
25191s	it's going to be that gen soj orisa
25194s	versus finland's unbreakable combo our
25197s	first point right in the middle last
25199s	chance for Great Britain but this is
25201s	where this orisa may be having an easier
25203s	time these are a lot closer quarters
25206s	where that orisa doesn't have to take as
25208s	much of pressure it is for bullying from
25210s	Finland but Finland are going to bring
25212s	the bullying to them they even tried to
25215s	use the May wall to lock great and out
25217s	of any routs of Escape that point is now
25220s	unlocked Finland doing a great job of
25223s	holding this initial choke cycling that
25225s	Sigma shield with the mayw to allow Thea
25228s	to regenerate that but great BR don't
25229s	want to let this capture Go for free
25232s	they're still right there waiting around
25234s	the
25234s	corners want to make sure that Kai or
25236s	backbone can get into an angle off
25239s	position but takaru is isolated once
25241s	again funny Astro has to come in and
25242s	save the day yeah jaru is a lot more
25244s	careful with this cool Downs especially
25246s	that Javin spin that is your get out of
25248s	jail three card he's trying to use it to
25250s	also take space but with how crazy a bad
25253s	can be already a sound barrier how
25257s	does that happen that's one of the first
25259s	ultimates too Finland where just
25261s	rounding this point over and over and
25263s	managed to keep it I mean you talk about
25265s	how the sound bears from Masa have been
25267s	absolutely insane they have been there
25269s	for time and time again to help just
25271s	mitigate these high impact ultimates
25274s	coming out from Great Britain the fact
25276s	that Masa had that sound bear online as
25278s	one of the first ultimates in this map
25280s	is so impressive and he's been charging
25283s	these up so quickly so that they are
25285s	available whenever they need them was
25287s	feeling himself he was bending the knee
25289s	last map and wants to make Great Bend
25292s	the KNE to Kai with the overclock he's
25294s	always stopped there's a May wall
25296s	there's Finland hiding there's all the
25298s	Zino's lined up there from jaru Terror
25301s	surge initial damage is in but great bra
25303s	didn't capitalize on this moment now
25305s	they just walked into to the cloud
25307s	blizzard which separates the two coasts
25309s	of Great Britain and now there's just
25312s	backbone actually just used Dragon Blade
25314s	and collapses this looks like Great
25316s	Britain is bomed Great Britain does not
25319s	look like they're having a good time
25320s	right now because Finland is just in
25323s	their Lane they're vibing they know
25325s	exactly what they need to do to be able
25326s	to lock down this team fight they even
25329s	get a chance to actually get to the
25330s	point first as we head over to
25335s	ruins Great Britain they they need some
25337s	they need some help they need some love
25338s	right now cuz uh they don't have any
25340s	ultimates in the bank either to be be
25342s	able to contend with Finland but
25344s	backbone is on his signature here let go
25346s	is this going to be the isolation for
25348s	the win conditions he's on his comfort
25350s	pick he knows he's being marked on the
25351s	Genji the artillery strike from sauna
25354s	he's using this defensively he gets the
25356s	immortality out of Monee and Great
25358s	Britain now have to try to attack this
25359s	point Finland are on the point right now
25362s	with sauna unleashing DPS and Great
25365s	Britain to now deal with MAA dropping
25368s	now the second sound barrier and Great
25370s	Britain are just simply overwhelmed and
25372s	Finland will win yet another fight not
25375s	without Great Britain having some some
25378s	picks at the very end mayo and Kai doing
25381s	their best but it's still Finland on top
25383s	Finland only have two players on the
25384s	point right now going be Great Britain
25386s	can come back capitalize on this before
25389s	those reinforcements get back to the
25391s	point but another choice that we have to
25394s	talk about here is that jakaro switched
25396s	over to the sigma what a huge mixup here
25399s	for Great Britain to try to bring this
25400s	composition back that proved so much
25403s	success for them in that group stage
25405s	this is the composition that helped them
25407s	have that Flawless Victory maybe it can
25408s	get them back into this yeah Matrix
25410s	versus an Matrix but there's only one
25412s	Bastion on this field and sa is going to
25415s	let him know but Great Britain weren't
25417s	too much affected managed to hide away
25419s	from it and it's Kai's double kill along
25422s	with just the team chemistry great BR
25424s	talk to themselves what is missing they
25426s	have maybe fixed it this is it Sigma
25430s	versus Sigma wondering maybe jakar just
25432s	wasn't feeling like he would be able to
25434s	stand up to the Sigma versus Sigma from
25436s	besta but this looks way better from
25439s	Great Britain they look way more
25440s	coordinated they have more practice with
25442s	this composition and especially when
25444s	backbone gets a chance to play one of
25445s	his signature Heroes take a look at
25448s	this the ice block he's lifted up by the
25451s	flux and Kai has to deal with his shield
25454s	there OFA but there's some squishy
25456s	members of Finland around the corner but
25458s	they know that Kai is hunting and they
25460s	stay in shelter Great Brain don't have
25463s	Mone there's limited heals and backbone
25465s	feels the pain and SAA manages to escape
25467s	with the symmetra teleporter you got the
25469s	sound bear from fny Astro that just
25471s	might be enough time bought by Great
25473s	Britain to fall back towards the point
25475s	and see if they can win the Poke War
25478s	Great Britain though they do have
25479s	control of the point right now they can
25481s	afford to give up just a few percentages
25483s	before they do see the rest of that team
25485s	come back but Great Britain they're
25487s	trying to get into a position for
25488s	backbone to use this blizzard because
25490s	they need it right now otherwise Finland
25492s	get a chance to go to flash point point
25495s	great BR has the fall back because the
25497s	May best goool eight the backbone
25499s	blizzard Finland have the Matrix dep
25502s	pend on and they are just bunkering down
25505s	and great Brit just can't seem to bring
25508s	any ruin to Finland as we go to round
25511s	point for Finland veola has been so
25514s	impressive on the sigma and one of the
25515s	reasons why he stood out so much during
25517s	the OverWatch World Cup is the fact that
25520s	he's able to just eat up all these
25522s	ultimates you just Flex over for a
25525s	second you see the blizzard come through
25527s	and it just delicious
25530s	delicious jakara just got completely
25533s	surrounded you can tell he this is a new
25536s	hero for him in terms of this whole
25538s	series and how he positions how far
25540s	forward how far back Finley know they
25543s	can punish that it's now the final
25545s	chance and Finland are on the point
25548s	ready with the blizzard and Matrix and
25550s	the blizzard invested great br can't
25552s	seem to back away in time two frozen up
25555s	and two dead as Finland only lost Masa
25558s	but that's more than enough members to
25560s	defend and prision Finland already
25562s	getting control of this third flash
25565s	point Great Britain right now need to
25567s	find a way back into this one and as you
25569s	said even though they might have to try
25572s	to adjust on the Fly they still look
25574s	better with this composition but it is
25575s	so tough when flasho is as fast paced as
25578s	it is to be able to get your footing and
25581s	so quickly to have to make those micro
25583s	adjustments when this composition does
25584s	play so differently but taru feels way
25587s	more confident in this knows that funny
25589s	Astro is behind him they can play
25591s	together as a team and that's so
25592s	important as soon as Great Britain tried
25594s	to engage they walked into the flux from
25596s	besta So Great Britain are quite weak
25598s	immortality and then the ice block from
25600s	backbone great bur still managed to live
25602s	finin are in trouble but Masa counters
25605s	the barrier with his own but it's great
25607s	bur with all the ultimates a blizzard
25609s	and Kai has all the Ducks lined up
25612s	two kills make it three great BR take
25616s	the point back but at 85 for Finland
25618s	that is tough you can see kind of like
25620s	the S of relief coming through from Kai
25622s	is just like oh my goodness like we have
25623s	to be able to play flawlessly from here
25625s	on out because Finland is at that sweet
25628s	spot where if they take control of this
25630s	point back they get a chance to just win
25633s	this map Great Britain though they want
25635s	the work cut out for them once again
25638s	don't have any ultimates though either
25640s	it's all about that race to that first
25641s	one on the the line great might not even
25643s	be able to recontest if they lose this
25645s	too then taks up so fast and buy Astro
25649s	it's found so early the teleport of Sona
25651s	catches him off guard the St leades the
25654s	charge he's the Human Bulldozer and
25656s	Great Britain are kept at Bay 87 plus
25659s	per the cap gone through it's up to
25661s	funny Astro or somebody from great in
25663s	the touch or this is all over seconds
25666s	taking by funny Astro starts the
25668s	overtime but where is the rest of the
25670s	team back BLS around the corner there
25672s	can't get there Finland have done it
25676s	they go to the semifinals and lock in
25679s	top
25679s	[Applause]
25681s	four Finland hand Great Britain their
25683s	very first loss of the OverWatch World
25686s	Cup and they are looking poised they are
25688s	looking ready they are looking so
25690s	dominant especially as one of those
25692s	teams to be able to take a map off of
25695s	one of the top teams in the OverWatch
25696s	World Cup South Korea Finland a team
25699s	that people have been sleeping on
25701s	they're here to play play I am so
25703s	excited to watch them play more this is
25706s	their composition their meta besta
25709s	didn't even break a sweat on that Sigma
25712s	you have to bring a master to the master
25715s	class and then sauna on the Bastion when
25717s	you have a tank that is an anchor like
25719s	besta Sonic can sit back and be the star
25722s	of the show along with you know a May
25725s	from cloud cly dropping the blizzards
25727s	defensively there is no way that gray
25729s	Rin could get close when you can save
25731s	two DPS ultimates to push the other team
25734s	back it's just Flawless from Finland
25737s	they looked so confident with this
25739s	composition they looked like they had a
25741s	lot of practice especially when their
25743s	group was pretty difficult they have to
25746s	go up against South Korea was the only
25748s	team to hand them a loss and that was
25749s	still so close this is a team that can
25753s	contend with the absolute best teams in
25755s	the OverWatch World Cup and now they get
25757s	a chance to prove that again to the
25759s	winner of either Spain or Saudi Arabia
25762s	what a match that was though great Brit
25764s	have always been a giant when it comes
25766s	to the OverWatch World Cup they put on
25769s	such a show but you know that playing
25771s	around jakaro they tried to put the
25773s	pieces of the puzzle together finally
25775s	those like changes those Solutions came
25777s	in so late on flasho to try a sigma to
25781s	try a m to try to fight fire with fire
25784s	but there was one guy that was on fire
25786s	that had the confidence that set this
25789s	stage of Blaze I want to hear from Masa
25791s	we have an interview with him let's
25793s	check
25796s	in all right guys I'm here with Masa
25799s	from Team Finland congratulations on the
25801s	win man first and foremost how's a field
25803s	to come up here in Anaheim and just 3
25805s	the squad a good team but must feel good
25808s	to be able to come out and be dominant
25809s	like well I mean it's bit of a stretch
25810s	to say that they're a good team but like
25812s	we came here we feel what we can do and
25814s	it's always fun to be back here okay so
25817s	you know uh Finnish OverWatch has had
25820s	quite a history right a lot lot of
25822s	well-known players coming out of that
25823s	one right especially guys like taiu like
25825s	come to mind so obviously you're you're
25827s	uh sitting on top of some well-known
25829s	names here is it uh a bit more pressure
25832s	to kind of like live up to finish
25834s	OverWatch the history the the talent
25836s	that has come through the region or do
25837s	you guys just feel relaxed as you get
25839s	ready for your next game uh I think at
25842s	least for the younger players if they
25843s	probably have like a little bit of the
25844s	Legacy like that they have to keep up
25845s	but I've been playing so so long I'm
25847s	practically like half dead at this point
25849s	like same here yeah so I'm I'm just
25852s	chilling here yeah hey man you know at
25854s	the end of the day we're all a little
25855s	half dead inside you know what I'm
25856s	saying now uh coming up next so you're
25859s	either going to take on the Kingdom of
25861s	Saudi Arabia or you're going to face off
25863s	against Spain uh and Spain again another
25866s	similar history Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
25868s	coming out of this one really surprising
25870s	a lot of people what do you make of
25871s	those two teams who would you guys
25872s	rather face off in the semis coming up
25874s	next tomorrow oh that's a hard one
25876s	because like Spain they are boys we like
25878s	them but like we have Revenge match
25880s	against KSA so we hope we to play
25881s	against against them okay all right a
25882s	little Revenge match all right Masa
25884s	always a pleasure to talk to you my man
25886s	pleasure as always we'll send it back
25888s	over to the desk to break down that
25891s	matchup thank you so much Alex great to
25893s	hear it from Masa such a likable
25896s	personality so bubbly and it's so great
25899s	to see him and the team dominating In
25902s	This Very fashion this is exactly what
25904s	we've seen from them in the group stages
25906s	and quite frankly after this game they
25907s	looked like they didn't even break a
25908s	sweat it was just business as usual
25910s	let's look at the highlights and talk
25912s	about how they got it done well fining
25915s	got it done Jake but Great Britain were
25919s	cooking a little bit you know they
25920s	brought out the orisa so look we got to
25923s	highlight Finland first and obviously
25925s	they they played really well they've
25926s	been so impressive and that's part of
25927s	why I predicted them as well going into
25929s	this series is that I really believe in
25930s	their ability to play this meta
25932s	composition the May the Bastion the
25935s	sigma this is what they do best like
25936s	they're really Instinct they got great
25937s	team play but also like individually
25940s	they're so good on all these Heroes
25941s	obviously besta on the sigma this is
25943s	such a big Boon for this team and partly
25945s	why Great Britain probably didn't opt
25948s	into the sigma matchup maybe they felt
25950s	like we can't match f with the sigma
25951s	composition so instead we're going to
25953s	play the orisa J yeah it is just
25955s	speculation but I I'd have to imagine
25957s	that these teams scrimmed each other and
25959s	Britain just felt like they can't win
25960s	the mirror really no one has had success
25962s	with this orisa comp into the sigma
25964s	Sigma a counter to orisa so I think the
25968s	the Great British team here they came
25969s	trying to play around Kai play fast
25971s	aggressive style that makes the soj work
25974s	and honestly especially with with Sim
25975s	and may coming together uh in the meta a
25977s	little bit more maybe Britain feel like
25979s	that they don't want to take that Sigma
25980s	miror threatening those Heroes for
25982s	Finland so honestly Finland they're in
25984s	their comfort zone they're in their Lane
25985s	looking confident and comfortable and I
25987s	think that's going to bode really well
25989s	for them this meta the bigger question
25990s	is going deeper into the tournament how
25993s	do they face off against teams like
25994s	South Korea like the team from China
25996s	that Feld very different styles exactly
25998s	I I mean I feel like genuinely that like
26000s	team f is a contender to make the grand
26002s	finals and then who knows you know we've
26004s	already seen them stack up against South
26005s	Korea and that was a really even matchup
26008s	maybe you know how many times out of 10
26010s	could it beat South Korea I don't know
26011s	but I'd be intrigued to see them play
26013s	them again you know so I'm getting ahead
26014s	of myself here but I really do feel like
26017s	this match gives you the impression what
26019s	Finland are capable of they look really
26020s	impressive right so they only if I if I
26023s	make cook for like 5 Seconds give me 5
26025s	Seconds let him go
26027s	so they did play Thea why was that was
26030s	it one like I said that because they
26032s	probably knew that they couldn't stack
26034s	up against Finland Sigma so ah we got to
26036s	throw something at the wall we throw the
26037s	OR at the wall or and this is where the
26040s	cooking comes okay we've seen one team
26042s	in the world cup so far rely a lot on
26045s	Thea and we're about to see them soon
26047s	it's Spain of course Spain yeah what if
26049s	Great Britain played Spain and got
26053s	dominated by Spain and we're like wow
26055s	Spain is so good on the orista
26057s	composition that we we we feel like this
26060s	is maybe what we need to win the
26061s	tournament who let him cook it's Spain
26063s	like a dark course I know it's mad lad
26065s	cooking but like this this is a Next
26067s	Level cook honestly that's a good SE on
26070s	this one though you put a good sear on
26071s	this one I'm I'm I'm I'm sold you know
26074s	play it up not sold I not sold Play It
26076s	Up play I mean well we'll see maybe
26078s	Spain has the opportunity to prove me
26080s	wrong right coming up soon but I put
26082s	them as one of the weaker teams honestly
26083s	in this top eight and so I don't know I
26086s	feel like there I feel like Britain
26087s	probably just felt like they they felt
26088s	the limit against Finland they felt they
26090s	cannot win the mirror and they have to
26091s	try something crazy this felt like a
26093s	desperate match for them at so many
26095s	points which is really counter to what
26096s	we saw from them in the rest of of the
26098s	play that we've seen so honestly props
26100s	to the the Great British team for coming
26102s	this far but it wasn't even close to
26104s	enough to take down the team Finland
26105s	yeah let's take a look at the brackets
26106s	to see where we standing here as this
26108s	was the second to last match of the
26110s	quarterfinals Great Britain went down on
26112s	the hands of Finland in a convincing 3
26114s	and0 fashion and now Finland is waiting
26116s	for the winner of the Kingdom of Saudi
26118s	Arabia and Spain and Finland is
26120s	currently set setting themselves up for
26122s	one if not the best performance for
26124s	their region in the oh World Cup last
26127s	time we saw them in the top five was of
26129s	course in 2016 I want to say they came
26132s	forth you're testing My Trivia yeah they
26134s	came fourth in 2016 and then I believe
26136s	in 2018 uh they found themselves on a
26139s	fifth to eth finish in 2019 they didn't
26141s	make the like make they didn't make it
26143s	past the qualifiers I think they only
26144s	came through the preliminaries so this
26146s	is a really good showing for this squad
26149s	and their fans should be very excited
26151s	to see more of this team so are we for
26155s	now we're heading into a very quick
26157s	break and when we come back we're going
26158s	to talk about Spain and the Kingdom of
26160s	Saudi Arabia stick
26179s	around come on come on P the P come
26210s	on
26240s	let
26270s	this
26285s	one let's
26300s	go
26319s	[Music]
26329s	he
26359s	oh
26370s	Legacy Legacy is forever Domin three
26376s	unbelievable all year long teams around
26379s	the world have battled chasing Glory
26382s	hoping to Edge their Homeland in the
26384s	history books that is insane he's still
26386s	fracking like a madman and it's a fan
26389s	Rampage oh what what go they've tasted
26394s	victory they've overcome defeat and all
26397s	along the hopes of their fans have
26399s	lifted them up absolutely beautiful and
26403s	now at long last the OverWatch World Cup
26407s	finals are
26409s	here and for the first time in 4 years
26413s	we're all together once more Back to
26416s	Where it All
26418s	Began each team can see their name on
26421s	the championship
26422s	trth the community has rallied behind
26425s	them and the wait is finally over I've
26428s	missed you dear the OverWatch World Cup
26430s	finals start
26432s	[Music]
26440s	now welcome back one and all we are
26444s	getting ready and set up for our last
26446s	quarterfinals match here in the
26448s	OverWatch World Cup loving the dinosaur
26451s	AC there were dragons there was Dragon
26453s	Riders some Dragon Riders Dragon flight
26456s	Dragon flights World of Warcraft yeah no
26458s	but those were Dragon Riders they were
26460s	riding the dragon we got I got I got to
26462s	go there and watch I got to go out there
26464s	and watch uh the cosplayers yeah I saw a
26468s	very very good Reaper cosplay over in
26470s	the OR Hall oh yeah what's he's
26472s	listening to me like those leather hot
26474s	pants and the crop top that was you're
26476s	killing it that was a good look if I've
26478s	ever seen one now uh let's head into our
26481s	last quarterfinals matchup this one is
26484s	going to be fought out between Spain and
26487s	the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Spain have
26489s	been impressing us in the group stages
26492s	in fact a lot of people didn't even
26493s	believe that this team is going to make
26495s	it into the group stages they came
26496s	through the qualifiers and they showed
26498s	up to win yes they did drop one Singler
26501s	match in their groups against the team
26503s	from China but they were dominant
26505s	against Hong Kong as well as Thailand
26507s	yeah other than that they were super
26508s	dominant coming into the group stages as
26510s	as well we're seeing the five players I
26513s	became a huge fan of heal and crazy
26515s	Dragon was definitely one of me and
26517s	Johnny's favorite player watching in the
26519s	group stages like this guy is another
26522s	crazy DPS player like I really became a
26524s	f after seeing his Tracer play amazing
26526s	stuff from him I think like Johnny said
26529s	I think uh Team Spain is a team that
26530s	really has a unique style as well we're
26532s	seeing I'm I'm guessing we're going to
26534s	see a lot of that orisa composition B
26536s	from Spain right Johnny yeah uh they're
26539s	they're not going to play the sigma as
26540s	much we're most likely to see a lot of
26542s	Ora now I know you said a lot of like
26545s	nice words like domination and you know
26548s	like looking really good and you know
26549s	praising it all it's a Cinderella story
26552s	that Spain is here so we got to
26553s	celebrate the fact that made it the
26554s	playoffs it's an incredible achievement
26557s	I think we should talk about the team
26558s	that's probably going to win the series
26559s	which is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia I
26561s	think wow we just saw I mean I think
26563s	this is maybe the most imbalanced of all
26565s	the quarterfinals I I feel like the
26567s	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has looked like
26569s	one of the strongest teams here and for
26570s	me I to be fair I honestly put Spain as
26573s	eight of eight in the in this top eight
26575s	and so I feel like with how confident
26577s	the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have been
26579s	playing the sigma comps I think orisa is
26581s	going to be no problem Sigma counters
26582s	orisa guys this is Basics we just
26584s	watched it happen we just happen
26587s	remember remember Johnny was cooking
26588s	maybe what if that was true I like
26590s	there's always a chance right there's
26592s	always a chance but this is like a 7030
26594s	for Sigma and the Kingdom of Saudi
26596s	Arabia have looked like a stronger
26597s	individual team they have the better
26599s	Strat I think they have the better
26600s	player
26601s	I think UV and quartz have really come
26602s	together sured as well KSA every player
26605s	on this team has Firepower and they also
26607s	have Sur too for the first time right at
26609s	for for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia I
26610s	feel like they aren't playing some like
26612s	meme team we're going to full dive you
26614s	with flyers every round like no they're
26616s	playing The Meta and pushing other teams
26618s	off of it and so I think if Spain comes
26620s	and they've got their cheeky Strat
26622s	they've got their comfort picks like
26623s	great for them you know like honestly
26625s	like that's maybe what they should do is
26626s	is play to their comfort and try and
26627s	make it work but I I just feel like the
26630s	sa team is going to be the stronger team
26632s	I think the sigma is going to be KSA
26634s	could could like hyper carry against
26635s	orisa like you shaking your head as if
26637s	you're not agreeing how dare he use
26640s	logic to evaporate our opium you got to
26643s	got to
26645s	predict anything can happen in your rank
26648s	games you play against orisa you don't
26649s	like playing against orisa that hero is
26650s	beating you up when you're playing
26651s	Reinhardt and Winston go Sigma go Sigma
26654s	you just poke and poke and poke orisa
26656s	uses her she throws her little spe she I
26659s	believe you just the hope of Spain
26662s	anything is possible anything is
26665s	possible he's breaking he's breaking
26666s	it's in his voice and we didn't get the
26668s	chance to talk about it now come on like
26671s	it's an amazing achievement that Spain
26672s	is here and like as much as Kingdom of
26674s	Saudi Arabia is the favorite in this
26676s	match up I really just want to celebrate
26678s	the players from Team Spain the fact
26680s	they were able to make it here in
26681s	playoffs again we didn't think they
26683s	would qualify for the group stages back
26685s	in May because some of these players
26687s	they went like 1 and 10 in contenders
26689s	Europe all right like they don't have a
26691s	great track record so them just coming
26693s	together and really building this team I
26696s	mean the the stuff they' managed to
26698s	accomplish to make it here to playoffs
26699s	it's it's really incredible to qualify
26701s	to come here to Anaheim to come here to
26703s	biscon so I'm so stoked for these guys
26705s	it's an incredible achievement they
26707s	still have a chance to win Johnny they
26709s	still have a chance to win that but
26710s	that's the point it's just like I'm
26711s	really looking forward to see what they
26712s	can bring here in the playoffs because
26713s	this team Spain has been so impressive
26715s	and they've been very inspirational and
26717s	they show to these other regions around
26719s	the world right that that you know in
26721s	events like the World Cup you can show
26723s	up and you can put the you you can come
26725s	together and put forward your best and
26726s	really accomplish more than you know
26728s	what other people think you can and it
26730s	and it's great to do that as a region
26731s	which usually goes under people's Radars
26733s	and this is what makes the over World
26735s	Cup so very exciting we get to see Spain
26737s	taking on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
26739s	let's talk about predictions for this
26741s	one listen here is the thing my heart
26744s	just as much as you Johnny I do want to
26746s	go for Spain
26748s	Health still
26753s	I had to go with Saudi Arabia health is
26757s	uh is also a Swiss National I don't know
26759s	if he actually speaks swiss but you know
26762s	in case of chance I could not go for you
26764s	I had to go with the Kingdom of Saudi
26765s	Arabia uh I'm a huge fan of Twisted
26768s	Minds The contenders team they looked so
26770s	cohesive they looked so competent I just
26774s	I can't see Spain taking this one I'm
26775s	sorry uh yeah I'm say I went with the
26777s	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia I feel so bad
26779s	after the hyping up Spain this much but
26782s	yeah they they seeming Danny what is
26785s	going on but they seem they seem too
26788s	strong you could be honest it's fine I
26790s	mean I agree with you Johnny it's it's
26792s	great to see these teams come to the
26793s	World Cup and have their moment in the
26795s	Sun but I think the Kingdom of Saudi
26797s	Arabia are just Felding a stronger team
26798s	this year I think they've got more
26800s	impressive Talent frankly and probably a
26802s	better strategy with cretive coaching
26804s	there's so many things in the favor of
26805s	kingdom of sa Rabia it's going to take a
26807s	Monumental individual and team effort
26809s	from to overturn it that being said it
26812s	can be done there's always the X Factor
26814s	playing on stage playing here at biscon
26816s	so much pressure here Anything Could
26818s	Happen yeah and like look the point I'm
26820s	trying to make is not it's not that
26822s	Spain are the favorites in this one
26824s	because again I Got King to but the
26826s	point is that Spain has repeatedly
26828s	throughout the entire year of the 2023
26831s	World Cup they have defied expectations
26834s	and so I'm not going to give up on them
26836s	just because we think Saudi Arabia is a
26837s	really good team look my PR 2 I got
26839s	Saudi Arabia to win the series but oh
26841s	you're not giving up on them but I'm
26842s	just saying that like I'm really happy
26844s	for Spain and I'm looking forward to see
26845s	if they can if they can if they can make
26848s	us look bad make us look bad make us
26850s	look bad make us look bad that's right
26852s	that's the hope you you got the hope you
26853s	get the Vibes but you also want to be
26855s	correct in this one so I respect that I
26858s	respect that we are ready for this last
26860s	match of the quarterfinals and now we
26862s	get to meet the
26865s	teams ladies and Gentlemen let's go
26868s	ahead and bring out your first team in
26870s	team
26877s	is way on the orisa he's been fantastic
26881s	so far on the tank of course but as
26883s	Danny also mentioned crazy Dragon
26885s	another player to watch out for in this
26886s	series if you can have two players start
26888s	cooking in this series that's going to
26890s	give spin an edge and that is something
26891s	they can use to their advantage in
26893s	taking down Saudi Arabia there is always
26896s	that
26898s	chance and their
26901s	opponents the Kingdom of Saudi
26907s	Arabia Fielding the strongest roster
26909s	that their country has ever brought to
26911s	an OverWatch World Cup the Kingdom of
26913s	Saudi Arabia has big aspirations this
26916s	year they want to go all the way they've
26917s	already taken down the United States of
26920s	America in the group stage and they're
26921s	looking to go even further and take down
26924s	even bigger opponents lot of confidence
26926s	lot of swagger coming up onto the stage
26928s	let's see if they can bring it as well
26929s	out as well in the
26931s	server and let's go ahead and send it
26933s	over to their casers it's necra and
26936s	lemon
26938s	kiwi thank you so much Golden Boy I'm so
26942s	excited for this match because it's less
26944s	about the winner and more about what
26947s	World Cup means for your region finally
26950s	Saudi Arabia can prove that they are the
26953s	best region in the world they've already
26955s	said that they're the Champions and
26956s	we're not even at the final day I mean
26958s	you talk about Swagger you talk about
26960s	confidence this is a team that is
26962s	Fielding so much of that especially
26964s	after they've proven themselves in so
26965s	many different levels of competition as
26967s	well they are at the top of European
26970s	contenders they have been able to prove
26972s	themselves time and time again and for
26974s	Spain this is going to be like the
26976s	toughest opponent that they have faced
26979s	all OverWatch World Cup so far and H
26983s	although coming from Spain is no
26986s	stranger to these players H is the only
26988s	Spanish player to play play in Saudi
26990s	Regional tournaments so he knows all
26992s	about UV and courts they've been to a
26995s	number of grand finals against each
26997s	other but H back in my day he was the
27000s	Reinhardt Alpha and I think playing a
27003s	lot of Arisa although the dusk hates it
27006s	h loves it it's it's better Reinhardt
27009s	right
27009s	now listen I'm not feeling super
27013s	confident about it just given recency
27015s	bias of what happened with Great Britain
27017s	versus uh Finland but you know you know
27020s	what if there really is any tank that
27022s	can make orisa look good it has been
27024s	hell and they ran with this orisa pick
27026s	throughout all of the OverWatch World
27028s	Cup group stage and H looked pretty
27031s	clean with it h looked pretty clean with
27033s	it the winner of this goes to the
27036s	semifinal to face Finland best of five
27040s	KSA might be the favorites to win it all
27043s	not just against Spain but the entire
27046s	world cup especially after what they did
27048s	to USA
27051s	they'll remember that but Spain had wins
27053s	of their own but not teams at the
27055s	caliber of KSA this is their toughest
27058s	challenge yet it is it absolutely is and
27060s	so we're going to need to see Spain pull
27062s	out all of the stops for this one
27064s	they're going to need to go with
27065s	confidence and they're going to need to
27066s	be able to go in and fight as an entire
27068s	team one of the things that Spain has
27070s	done best is to play these brawl
27073s	compositions that really hit him where
27075s	it hurts and uh Hey lemon kiwi you
27077s	talked about H's Reinhardt what a
27080s	throwback Pig he's going to be coming
27081s	out with the big Hammerman and he's
27084s	right to the point the symmetra allowing
27086s	that to happen KSA are actually heading
27089s	to spawn to change up their whole
27091s	composition because of this Reinhardt
27093s	that's rock paper scissors right there
27094s	in terms of that tank roll you see the
27096s	Reinhardt you go junker Queen cuz that's
27099s	really a way to be able to make it bleed
27101s	oh and KSA just teleport right to the
27104s	point they have Spain backs against the
27106s	wall and it's the speed of KSA that may
27108s	allow them to over overwhelm Spain once
27111s	and for all and speaking of speed Gala
27113s	is gone and Spain are going to have to
27115s	use their own teleporter to try and get
27117s	out of this pickle they go to the other
27119s	side of KSA immortality pop by suren
27123s	that buys them time to assess where
27125s	Spain is and Hell doesn't have enough
27127s	support and KSA take the first fight
27131s	what's tough about that too is that
27132s	Spain just got locked at the back of
27134s	that objective and the more time that
27136s	they sat there the more ability KSA had
27139s	to be be able to poke away at this
27141s	composition we're going to need to see a
27143s	reset there from BS but KSA is already
27145s	at their spawn KSA are not going to even
27147s	let you have time to think but they
27149s	walked into the air Matrix of canal and
27152s	KSA lost some members especially KSA
27154s	himself were on the junker Queen you
27156s	know you know you don't have a shield
27158s	and it's not going to look good just
27159s	jumping into that damage no it's not and
27162s	so KSA is also going to have to walk all
27163s	the way back U at least is able to set
27165s	up this teleporter but not before Spain
27168s	is able to plant themselves on this
27169s	point they take that control from KSA
27172s	and they're going to be able to keep up
27173s	that pressure especially knowing that
27175s	they have this barrier online too so
27178s	Punk can just wall off this
27180s	amplification Matrix Spain are letting
27182s	KSA walk to the point so that they can
27184s	teleport on the other side and the
27186s	Blizzard from Spain is thrown right in
27189s	the middle and KSA trying to defend
27192s	themselves with the photon barrier but
27193s	it's matched by poke but knife to knife
27196s	KSA the tank comes out on top
27200s	KSA also has the junker Queen ultimate
27203s	online so being able to Rampage through
27205s	the rest of Spain shuts off this
27207s	enormous amount of healing that canal
27209s	and Galla are able to put up in the
27210s	backline if you're going to shut that
27212s	off it makes it even more difficult for
27214s	Spain to be self-sufficient and
27216s	Reinhardt even though he's got this big
27219s	Shield he's got that big bulk doesn't
27221s	always have the ability to stand up to
27223s	the front line of KSA especially when
27226s	you got that Bastion to the back line
27227s	might need that extra support there from
27229s	the
27230s	supports KSA are going to need support
27232s	when this shotter goes down but help is
27235s	pitting back he took too much damage
27237s	early but G down be saves the KSA went
27240s	in for the kill and the shatter is only
27242s	to slow them down the Rampage of KSA
27245s	denies the healing that Spain needed to
27247s	get back on their feet and it's 94% plus
27250s	by the way KSA barely gave up this point
27254s	and Spain really won't have much to say
27256s	about it the ant Matrix isn't at the
27258s	best of a KSA and quartz manages to
27261s	dodge a lot of that damage but they
27263s	don't have a lot of space to operate so
27265s	Spain because of canal and Matrix are
27268s	able to make this close it's a two
27270s	versus two up Haku versus hell and Gala
27274s	who will come out on top help Stands
27277s	Tall for Spain Haku though just trying
27280s	to stall out the point as much as
27281s	possible recognizes that he's going to
27283s	have to give it up a little bit in order
27284s	for the rest of KSA to come back with
27286s	reinforcements but not before Spain is
27288s	able to take back control and that is
27291s	going to buy them plenty of time to get
27293s	the rest of their team back into this
27295s	fight especially knowing how important
27296s	it is for Punk to be there on this
27298s	Bastion you have the artillery strike
27300s	online it helps to delay the inevitable
27303s	here for KSA as they start to make their
27305s	push back onto this point fors on the
27307s	Bastion making sure to shred that Shield
27309s	of heal who's going to back out Fon
27312s	barrier from KSA to defend themselves so
27315s	it's a smooth ride to the point but it's
27317s	a smooth ride back to heaven
27320s	and quartz delivers the three k that KSA
27323s	needed to win round number one oh man
27328s	did you did you see that kill feed too
27330s	it was like it was quarts it was surette
27333s	and it was also four members of the team
27335s	every single time taking down every
27337s	elimination and that is the power that
27339s	KSA provides as a team it's their team
27341s	coordination their ability to just help
27345s	overlap all these skills in order to
27347s	make these takedowns so much easier
27350s	the battle for top
27352s	four KSA on round point on Le Jong Tower
27357s	where the junker queen of KSA has been
27359s	able to live a long time because they do
27362s	not hesitate they pounce they go in with
27365s	speed they also use the photon bear to
27367s	defend themselves when they need to take
27369s	their time approaching the objective and
27371s	the doors open and we're saying hello to
27373s	hes Reinhardt again KSA 2 you can tell
27377s	that they go in because they're
27378s	confident that they're going to going to
27379s	get an appealing from Haku and surette
27381s	in the backline Spain though too why H
27384s	was going to be coming out on this
27385s	Reinhardt is that he also has to put a
27387s	lot of trust into his team to help play
27389s	coordinate around this point so Spain
27392s	they get a chance to get control of this
27394s	objective first as KSA go all the way
27396s	back to spawn they were able to use that
27398s	symmetric teleporter to help KSA make
27400s	that switch over to the junker Queen
27403s	yeah they just need the extra engage
27405s	power that the junker Queen provides and
27407s	you can tell that they're thinking about
27408s	you
27409s	Spain out with the teleporter but what a
27412s	read from H charges in but he needs
27415s	support and punk is there he's got the
27417s	double kill before quartz was able to
27419s	shut him down so it's a oneman Advantage
27421s	help doesn't have a shield but he has
27423s	fire in his heart and KSA are set back
27427s	something else that's really important
27428s	to note about how stored and historied
27431s	hell is as a Reinhardt player is that
27433s	European contenders as a region has had
27435s	a rich history of just building up some
27438s	of the best reinh Harts in the entire
27440s	world so H is tested in this main tank
27444s	position just having to lead the charge
27446s	in so many of these fights and you can
27448s	see how this history as a leader has
27450s	been so important great an from canel
27453s	you wanted to stop KSA from engaging
27455s	you're trying to push them back to their
27456s	half of the point and it's working out
27459s	the PO from Spain is just too strong
27461s	despite the teleport play from KSA again
27464s	on either side Spain are so aware of
27468s	these pushes that they shut them down
27470s	every time they're becoming more in
27474s	they're just getting ahead of the
27475s	teleporter I think that's really what
27477s	the biggest Difference Maker is here for
27478s	Spain is that they're able to predict it
27481s	just a little bit better and then that's
27483s	where you can see hell just making up
27484s	the difference with the fire strikes and
27486s	those pushes I like the teleporter from
27488s	KSA was trying to take shelter and no
27490s	help sh them down he the moton barrier
27494s	Falls to protect him and KSA their
27497s	shelter is gone
27500s	that's going to be back to spawn for
27501s	them that's going to be a team kill for
27503s	Spain and last fight territory on the
27505s	board for Spain to be able to match this
27509s	progress and go ahead and take us to a
27511s	third and final point of Liang ks8 they
27514s	have a lot of ultimates though for to
27515s	spare see if they can make the most of
27517s	them in this fight Spain thought that
27519s	KSA were going to TP through the window
27521s	so Spain gave up a lot of space and
27524s	here's KSA with the sound barrier the
27526s	Rampage right through Spain are
27528s	surrounding hell does his best to
27530s	protect the team with the shield but KSA
27532s	is setting up camp in the back line and
27535s	poke needs some help he's got the
27537s	supports but Spain are losing
27558s	the
27567s	with that amplification Matrix to help
27569s	burst that down yeah I think yub just
27571s	holds the photon Bear for the ant Matrix
27573s	this is such a good ultimate to defend
27575s	with and KSA are going to respect that
27577s	space they're going to stay hidden see
27578s	if they can get the jump on the hell who
27580s	has to deal with these symmetra turrets
27582s	first hell doesn't have armor or a
27584s	shield and the photon barrier from KSA
27586s	allows them to approach Spain and simply
27589s	dismantle them one by one U lasers them
27593s	to death and quartz
27595s	unleashes Spain will have to reset as
27598s	you said a fantastic Photon barrier
27600s	response to that amplification Matrix
27602s	where it shut down all that damage
27603s	output that punk was providing on the
27605s	Bastion despite that they had the
27607s	ability to make these really quick
27609s	rotations Spain just couldn't get past
27612s	that giant wall they get a chance to
27614s	teleport to point but KSA are starting
27616s	to get Al back online he say off of the
27620s	am Matrix managed to push Spain off of
27622s	the point but what was that Gallo that
27624s	got separated away and thankfully didn't
27626s	get picked there is the artillery strike
27629s	B from Haku as Spain were off the point
27632s	what an opening that KSA had there and
27635s	it's final fight it is Canal is actually
27638s	going to get back to spawn as a quick
27640s	reset for himself so that he can get
27642s	back in and make this last fight Galla
27645s	might be able to get the sound bear
27646s	online but cour is hoping to keep them
27647s	at Fay with the artillery oh B's in
27649s	trouble the artillery strike took him
27651s	down before he could get set up the most
27653s	vulnerable member removed and the most
27655s	important one too quartz the 3K KSA read
27660s	them like a book and they take M number
27665s	one that was looking really good there
27668s	for Spain 2 especially on that second
27670s	point they started to really figure out
27672s	how to work this Reinhardt to the most
27675s	Advantage given the map architecture and
27677s	it it feels like such a fantastic
27680s	throwback to see h on this Reinhardt
27683s	once again but KSA they brought out the
27685s	perfect response to that and that's
27687s	going to be the junker Queen yeah it was
27690s	going to be the dance between the
27691s	symmetra teleporters in Spain just gave
27694s	up space trying to read what KSA were
27697s	putting on the table it's the mind games
27699s	that came out here are the highlights it
27702s	was great to see just how aggressive the
27704s	initiative that KSA took because of the
27707s	junker Queen there two options of speed
27710s	with him and Haku along with the
27712s	teleporter you're just you're going
27714s	cross side trying to keep track of where
27716s	KSA are coming from yeah what a good
27718s	point to bring up that commanding shout
27720s	there from the junker Queen cuz you can
27722s	cycle through that with the amp it up
27723s	coming through from the Lucio to just
27725s	help make these engages even more
27728s	impactful layer those on top of each
27729s	other stagger them out and then you push
27733s	team of Spain like into these cor like
27735s	these Corners what do you do to be able
27738s	to get away from the ax thros here from
27739s	that junker Queen you saw on the cameras
27742s	H is that leader for Spain he is the
27745s	player that puts Spain's region on the
27747s	map when it comes to competitive
27749s	OverWatch he knows it's not over you
27752s	look at the series like it's 0 like that
27754s	map never happened because they got so
27756s	close for that round three to happen
27758s	Spain knew what KSA were going to do
27761s	they tried to outplay but when you have
27763s	a Reinhardt you don't have as much speed
27765s	or engage as KSA does Spain though they
27769s	ought to go to
27770s	paru it's going to be our next map in
27773s	this series KSA going to have the lead
27776s	so far but can Spain bring it back on
27778s	this NE next map pick we're going to
27780s	find out right after this short
27797s	break
27974s	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia looking like
27978s	royalty on stage with how good they're
27980s	playing holy cow I hope yall are
27982s	enjoying BlizzCon so far Spain have our
27985s	next choice of map they want to go to
27987s	pariso and that's where I think mecro
27989s	the double Flex supports are really
27990s	going to shine it can and that's why
27992s	we're going to see a substitution here
27993s	from KSA it's going to be labda sing in
27996s	for Haku which has only happened so far
27998s	for team KSA when labda is going to play
28001s	the Baptist instead of sured so that
28003s	sured can play the allari and pop off
28006s	that is a lot of pokes so you sacrifice
28009s	that speed where you really only see
28011s	Luci young control and flash point maybe
28014s	sometimes push but up against them is a
28016s	player that has really surprised me that
28019s	I think should be a player we all watch
28021s	out for gab from Team Spain has been a
28024s	really impressive arari and what a
28027s	player that I hadn't heard of but this
28028s	is what World Cup is all about getting
28031s	your name known it really is like just
28033s	showing your stuff especially to be able
28034s	to represent your region to represent
28037s	for your team teammates and all of the
28040s	fans out there and so I'm excited to
28042s	also see what Gala has in score for us
28044s	on that backline for team Spain because
28046s	maybe we do get a little bit of aari
28048s	versus aari get a little bit of this
28050s	like high mechanical skill and this pick
28053s	action and I cannot wait but one of the
28056s	things that I also have my eyes on is
28058s	that tank what are we going to see hell
28061s	come out with and do we see that same
28064s	reactionary Choice coming out from KSA
28068s	cuz pariso is a very defense heavy map
28070s	so depending on who attacks first
28072s	attacking with an orisa is so pain you
28075s	have to go under the bridge around the
28077s	staircase at least try to remove the top
28079s	Bridge people then you still have to go
28080s	to the point unless you have something
28083s	that enables rotations like a symmetra
28085s	we we'll see what Spain have in mind or
28087s	maybe we might see the sigma come out
28090s	because of that long Lane how dominant
28092s	poke can be Sigma takes the best
28095s	pressure you heard it from Jake on the
28096s	desk I'm excited to see how this map
28099s	will go it's KSA up first in the series
28104s	ready I'm not even going to talk about
28106s	the roadhog cuz they're they're on the
28108s	attack but we can talk about is Spain
28111s	and that is going to be a h orisa now
28115s	Spain have opted to play this
28116s	composition a lot when it's come down to
28119s	the qualifiers and the group stage how
28121s	this show pretty high proficiency with
28123s	this hero but it still is so difficult
28126s	to run in this meta right now especially
28127s	if you expect the enemy team to run
28130s	something that has a lot of poke
28132s	involved we we're thinking about this in
28136s	terms of the orisa and how it plays into
28137s	the sigma it's way better on the defense
28140s	though so I'm going to give it some
28142s	credit and I'm going to hold my breath
28143s	until we see how Spain performs with
28145s	that Arisa and also the ash the ash is
28149s	really cool it's great angle for
28151s	dynamites the Anna what's peculiar to me
28154s	the best Nano Target being H I guess for
28157s	the extra sustain and also sort of a
28159s	mini wind condition to throw that anti-
28161s	grenade down when you have The High
28162s	Ground it's free to do that but KSA have
28165s	teleported behind them now Spain just
28168s	have to win that they'll stay on this
28169s	High ground but they also have to
28170s	contest help is doing its best and with
28173s	a May it'll be easier for H to approach
28176s	when you can cycle that may wall and
28178s	well speaking of that may wall they've
28179s	isolated KSA but he still has a shield
28181s	to protect himself and somehow KSA
28184s	supports are in trouble and KSA didn't
28186s	have a shield to protect himself
28187s	themselves so Spain manages to live
28190s	through that ah suretta is going to take
28192s	Punk down with him as ub's also going to
28195s	try to make his way back to the point
28196s	but this is going to be a first
28198s	defensive hold for Spain and you can see
28201s	how the Allis both come into play for a
28203s	map like this those healing pylons allow
28206s	you to have so much more sustain on the
28207s	point especially when it comes down to
28209s	that front line so H is a way easier
28211s	chance of being able to deal with that
28214s	pressure but oh G's going to have to be
28217s	careful that was was close that was so
28219s	close Kors has been my hit scan to watch
28222s	at World Cup with what he did to
28223s	sugarfree against Team USA But KSA they
28227s	teleported on Spain's backline and Canal
28230s	couldn't get away and that's where the
28232s	Baptist would buy you a bit more time
28234s	with the immortality the Hest kind of a
28236s	Sitting Duck it doesn't do with dive
28238s	well KSA will be getting the second tick
28242s	and no chance for a recontest so full
28244s	cap full caps are coming through and
28246s	there's a lot of ultimates now on line
28248s	for KSA too talk about the pop off
28251s	potential that quartz has had as a
28253s	player that overclock is ready that's
28255s	going to be a great engagement tool when
28258s	it comes down to the straight phas of
28259s	Faro cuz you're looking at some of these
28262s	buildings even if you're overclock isn't
28264s	going to necessar click on heads it
28266s	still forces Spain to get into this
28269s	position where you might just be taken
28271s	down by something else maybe even uh
28273s	captive son from Ser J cuz that's also
28275s	online there a fully charged head shot
28277s	right on on the hell and surprised he's
28279s	still alive Punk on the soldier he can
28281s	jump from building the building but in
28282s	terms of getting back up there not as
28285s	easy compared to maybe a souljourn or an
28288s	ash but the captive Sun versus captive
28291s	sun suren doesn't look the sun in the
28294s	eye and he falls KSA have been removed
28298s	by force and this card is somehow still
28301s	pushing here's UB that's been discovered
28304s	and almost at the end of point B little
28306s	bit of a game of chicken there see how
28308s	much you want to stagger out a player
28310s	versus actually giving up that cart
28311s	progress but the cart is such an awkward
28313s	position right now because of how Spain
28316s	can play on top of these
28320s	buildings I thought I heard AO was like
28323s	hang
28328s	on I like the good old oay I know right
28331s	you to hear that a lot in hockey back in
28333s	Canada but KSA on the c f T be to split
28338s	it up but help has been Ned he's
28341s	stomping his way to the backline and
28344s	even has a Terra surge on the menu and
28346s	KSA don't want a taste but cor is on The
28348s	High Ground he's trying to land shots
28350s	onto Canal he manages to get around the
28352s	corner and KSA are making steady
28354s	progress helis too low and that's the
28356s	last anchor for Spain and there's just
28358s	no stopping KSA at this point oh no you
28361s	also see that like Gala is stuck in the
28363s	backline there I don't know how he's
28365s	going to be able to get back to the rest
28367s	of the team there's no symmetric
28368s	teleporter online for Spain to help him
28370s	get out of there you can see corz trying
28372s	to lock that down in the backline seeing
28374s	that Gala is still stuck KSA have to
28377s	move forward though do is going to have
28379s	to use a lot of these healing resources
28381s	on himself and and for what right now
28384s	that could be devastating for Spain as
28386s	KSA start to make their way into this
28388s	third point I think KSA want to take
28390s	this fight as quickly as possible and
28392s	quartz has already marked Gala so he's
28395s	just stuck back here W be really
28398s	involved meanwhile KSA have pushed
28400s	forward but kind of disorganized between
28403s	worrying about this threat behind them
28405s	so KSA are down for the count and with
28407s	Punk's tactical viser KSA give up this
28410s	choke and they'll have to reset might
28412s	give some valuable time there for Gala
28414s	to be able to get back into things as
28416s	well as you take out that teleporter and
28418s	remove these
28420s	barriers GAA still
28423s	stuck can hear the crowd giving him
28425s	their
28426s	strength
28429s	you love to see the support the fans
28432s	coming in to support their region from
28434s	far and
28436s	wide PSA still have to make it out of
28439s	spot Go's still back here will someone
28442s	kill him and maybe that confusion is
28444s	what cost the KSA before they need to
28446s	move forward and all thanks to Yu they
28448s	make it to the high ground and they stop
28450s	poke it to the ground and Spain are all
28453s	disorganized they still have to
28454s	disengage KSA are on The High Ground
28457s	call G has a captive son too but it's
28460s	suren that wants to make an impact but
28463s	he shot down and Hell Is On
28466s	Fire T getting a chance to go back to
28469s	his team there with the terror surge as
28470s	well as Gala finally able to make his
28473s	way back to the fight the captive sun
28475s	has shut down this push once and for all
28479s	there you go that's why KSA should have
28481s	been worried about him in the back Gala
28483s	also placed a captive sun on the wall to
28485s	get past the shield of KSA what a smart
28488s	allari player so good at why you were
28491s	like paying attention to him and on the
28493s	allari as well and be able to see that
28496s	duel happened too with sured also
28498s	staying in the mix here but it's
28499s	teleporter time KSA just keeps
28502s	surprising Spain by Landing great on top
28504s	of their supports and kicking them in
28505s	the mouth cour with the overclock
28508s	pinches down Punk found themselves
28510s	between a rock and a hard place and now
28512s	Spain just don't have a route to escape
28515s	when KSA have locked that down less than
28518s	2 minutes and KSA head for the end of
28521s	SE Spain have a much better Anchor
28524s	position from this point though they've
28526s	got the spawns to their back they have
28527s	all this architecture to play around to
28530s	keep them safe and they've done such a
28532s	great job of splitting up their forces
28534s	so that they can operate a little bit
28536s	more independently so hell was going to
28538s	have to try to lock down this card as UB
28540s	wants to use his Photon barrier got to
28542s	be careful of these UB teleports but
28544s	Spain want to take a fight early before
28547s	KS they have a plan and the blizzard for
28549s	B Dr right in KSA space and you be the
28552s	photon barrier might have saved his back
28554s	line but Spain are just bulldozing
28557s	starving through KSA in the 2v2 the
28560s	canal sleep by time lights it up for
28563s	Gala heals Canal that is a selfless
28566s	support and a good T defense from
28569s	Spain that's exactly how you want to see
28571s	that alari get played you know when to
28573s	be able to push the gas and also to when
28575s	to go back to heal your team ping
28578s	healing pylon coming in so clutch there
28580s	as well just to make sure that canel can
28582s	put that final stop to the push KSA have
28585s	one more chance 40 seconds remaining
28587s	amplification Matrix on the docket to be
28590s	able to help push Spain back good May
28593s	wall from Bones just to give yourself a
28595s	second to rotate out of the line of
28597s	sight of that amp Matrix but somehow
28599s	Gala is found he was trying to play an
28601s	off angle and KSA stepped it out 5v4 KSA
28604s	want to take this fight quick the
28606s	teleporter to find these isolated
28608s	targets Spain can't afford to lose
28610s	anymore the B of punk is thrown down and
28614s	Hell throws down the spear the terror
28616s	search by U KSA don't want to be close
28619s	to the Arissa but Spain have run out of
28622s	juice and they out of health and poke
28624s	can't even leave spawn cor is already
28626s	back there hitting head shot after head
28629s	shot and KSA are just ending this they
28632s	are about to cap with no time left
28635s	that's going to be an overtime cap for
28636s	them H giving it his best effort to come
28639s	out on the doomfist able to help keep
28641s	that overtime going but Spain did a
28644s	great job there on the defense that
28646s	point to was very difficult for KSA to
28648s	assail and even just going past that
28650s	second objective so now Spain they know
28653s	that being able to complete this map
28655s	with over a minute in the time bank
28657s	gives him the win condition on the board
28659s	to help tie up the
28661s	series the uh KSA players are no
28665s	slouches no strangers to the stage it's
28667s	a lot of land tournaments in their
28669s	region they know that they are at the
28671s	top they are the best players from their
28673s	region and they want to prove to the
28674s	rest of the
28676s	world that USA isn't the only victim
28680s	they're not the only team that they can
28681s	beat here and Spain have put up a good
28685s	fight now they have to attack and go all
28687s	the way to the end of the map in order
28690s	to face extra rounds or else KSA go to
28693s	match point KSA had a hard group too
28696s	that was like the grp group of death
28698s	when it came down to like the OverWatch
28699s	World Cup groups they they played
28701s	against Japan United States and France
28705s	and those are teams that you almost
28706s	expect to always make it out of the
28708s	group stage so KSA definitely trying to
28711s	show everybody what they're made of and
28713s	been able to do that in contenders as
28715s	well as right now on the OverWatch World
28718s	Cup stage but Spain is making it very
28721s	difficult they were able to bring out
28722s	the orisa on the defense the attack that
28725s	same strategy is not going to work out
28727s	the way that you might want it to that's
28729s	why we're seeing yet another change up
28731s	here it's a dive composition coming out
28733s	here from Spain this is not something
28735s	that I had on my bingo card especially a
28738s	wrecking ball oh they have broken the
28741s	glass the emergency composition is out
28743s	what can they do to break down KSA well
28746s	knocking them down from that high horse
28747s	and that High Ground is what Spain want
28750s	to do it was help that touch the point
28752s	that brought ksa's attention away made
28754s	made space and time for Spain to move on
28756s	forward Ward now Spain are hoping to
28759s	take angles and just depend on their
28761s	individual skill to take the duels and
28764s	to cause confusion out of KSA but they
28767s	rally behind their Sigma bones has been
28769s	marked against a sigma it's difficult to
28772s	pull off and eventually these duels go
28774s	in the way of
28776s	KSA I really appreciate what Spain is
28778s	trying to do here they recognize that
28780s	KSA is way stronger as a unit than they
28784s	are as individual members so you try to
28786s	break up some that Synergy by isolating
28789s	them with some of these dive Heroes you
28791s	can see H actually even switched off of
28793s	the wrecking ball there losing the
28794s	mobility to be able to push KSA back in
28797s	favor of a hero that is a little bit
28800s	better in terms of that team dive
28802s	coordination H he's taking so much
28805s	damage but G canel especially on this
28808s	Anna all of your attention goes to that
28810s	Winston and Spain needed something to
28812s	harass this High Ground since the
28814s	Hammond wasn't able to knock them down
28816s	now ASA have fallen back to the
28819s	secondary position all the way at the
28821s	end of the point now this is all about
28823s	poke where quartz has to Stand Tall
28826s	Spain jump in it's the Nano on to hell
28828s	but B wasn't able to follow up this
28830s	Sigma of KSA is shutting down Spain
28834s	every time they get close the accretion
28836s	the shields the chemistry that KSA have
28839s	is just too strong this dive feels so
28843s	strong on this point because you do have
28844s	the ability to jump onto a Target but
28846s	that's Metra makes things so much more
28849s	difficult to execute when you know that
28851s	a teleporter could get placed down to
28853s	help get one of your teammates out of
28856s	Dodge and KSA to like just bringing up
28858s	the rear to help try to get rid of that
28862s	extra dive pressure really did dismantle
28865s	this push that Spain wanted to go for
28867s	even when the Nan went to the win at
28869s	least you got the Primal Rage online now
28870s	to help with that disruption but oh no
28873s	can got left behind what happened to no
28876s	man left behind and well bones got the
28879s	late inight I don't think he wants the
28881s	smoke right now KSA just completely
28883s	ignored heal and killed everyone behind
28885s	H good to see you well if that's the
28887s	kind of the danger running the Winston
28888s	right not only that but H is stuck
28891s	Behind Enemy
28892s	Lines they know he's back here too they
28896s	have full access to be able to get the
28898s	Winston away from his team and without
28901s	the Winston the rest of Spain are left
28904s	like sitting ducks you don't have this
28906s	tank to keep you safe Punk can maybe
28910s	take this duel against the symmetra it's
28912s	tough and here's the ultimates from
28914s	Spain the consun rush was placed and I
28917s	don't really know what happened after
28919s	that that SP went in with a plan and KSA
28922s	just fli the
28923s	page 40 seconds remaining too so Spain
28927s	they're making last minute adjustments
28929s	here against three ultimates that KSA
28932s	have this is Spain's final shot and it's
28935s	going to be reverting back to the
28936s	composition that work for them on the
28937s	defense you've got the May and the
28939s	Bastion the Bastion help to be able to
28941s	crush the shield of the sigma to give
28944s	some time for Spain to be able to get
28946s	into this but it's down to the wire here
28949s	Ling kiwi 15 seconds left and without
28952s	that so much a Teleport yes it's a tough
28955s	battle to go up all the way on the
28957s	stairs Spain are probably going to drop
28960s	out the window they can't survive here
28961s	much longer course picks off Gala you
28964s	only have that heels and KSA have been
28966s	baking
28968s	Spain this was just not going to work
28970s	from the start and KSA slammed them down
28973s	full hold and go to match
28979s	point KSA been so impressive in the
28981s	series so far it's no wonder why they
28985s	also finished their group stage with a
28988s	Flawless victory that was a 3-0 win lost
28991s	they didn't drop a single
28993s	map Spain they're putting up a really
28996s	good fight right now now but KSA they're
28999s	just making them work so hard especially
29001s	when it comes down to those individual
29003s	picks that KSA of a team have been
29005s	getting just ksir is so good at ignoring
29009s	the important members like hell and
29011s	killing people like canil Gala there's a
29014s	number of times where Spain were
29015s	separated from each other not able to
29017s	group back up the time that Gala was
29019s	behind KSA the time that H was behind
29022s	KSA and that's just valuable time
29025s	especially if your H is your
29027s	communicator and he's not even around
29029s	the rest of the team I'm sure they were
29031s	in shambles but Gala had to be one of my
29033s	big highlights I think going up against
29036s	sirmed was a tough task but on aari
29038s	their duel was really fun to watch it
29040s	was fun and G had some great pop off
29042s	moments with those captive Suns as well
29044s	whether it was to be able to frag out or
29046s	to keep Canal alive to help with a stall
29049s	for Spain to get back in for that final
29051s	Rec contest on the
29053s	defense but yeah I mean it's it's just a
29057s	tough when you see why the sigma from
29059s	KSA has been so powerful that was one of
29063s	their best heroes heading into the group
29065s	stage and it's also why you saw Spain
29068s	come out on the Reinhardt kind of
29069s	expecting to see this Sigma I just don't
29072s	see weaknesses out of KSA their offense
29075s	was beautifully ex executed with the
29077s	symmetra teleporter Spain isolated
29080s	themselves and KSA ex knew exactly how
29082s	to punish that to being able to defend
29085s	and know how to disengage they come into
29087s	the world cup with so much confidence
29089s	but they don't take ego duels they will
29091s	play at the back of the point let Spain
29093s	get drawn in and then KSA kill them
29096s	every single time one potential final
29098s	map now is chosen by Spain it's surasa
29101s	do they still have some f in them we'll
29104s	find out after
29113s	[Music]
29115s	this
29124s	[Music]
29145s	n
29148s	[Music]
29155s	[Music]
29202s	[Music]
29240s	[Music]
29265s	me
29266s	[Music]
29283s	[Music]
29295s	me
29311s	it's match point for the Kingdom of
29313s	Saudi Arabia one game away from going to
29317s	the semifinal top four for the first
29319s	time for their region Spain tournament
29322s	lives on the line where they will be
29325s	airport bound Spain though they're going
29327s	to give it all their best effort right
29330s	now especially knowing that they're
29331s	going to make a substitution that's
29334s	right crazy Dragon suing in to be able
29336s	to play this next map yeah give him some
29340s	love right there oh you can tell he
29343s	brings the Vibes right yeah it's all
29345s	good vibes in there he's flexing he's so
29349s	he's happy to be there he's like well I
29352s	can't get any worse to know to so you
29355s	know go in and have fun and I could tell
29357s	Spain are having fun they're switching
29359s	up their composition the Hammond the
29360s	Winston they have not given up because
29362s	they're throwing every idea they can at
29364s	the wall until it St until it sticks
29367s	absolutely KSA though they're still
29369s	bringing the power we got lpda subing
29371s	back into the
29373s	roster and they're going to end up
29375s	playing a bit more with the Lucio when
29377s	when we see the the substitutions come
29379s	through for ksa's backline it tells us a
29381s	lot about whether they want to play that
29383s	double Flex support or they want to go
29385s	with a main support option and on Sasa a
29388s	flash point map it feels almost
29391s	necessary to run some type of Mobility
29394s	like having the Lucio in so that's why
29396s	we are going to see Haku subing back
29398s	into the roster and Haku is a support
29400s	with so much experience he is a a name
29405s	in his region he's been competing since
29407s	2017 mhm like how is that guy not in the
29410s	OverWatch League yet and he used to be a
29412s	flex support now he's playing Lucio and
29415s	you saw how successful KS KSA were with
29418s	him in the lineup on map one Le Jang
29420s	toow he makes his return with them well
29422s	still
29423s	winning yeah they they are still winning
29426s	right now so Haku just hoping to be able
29428s	to finish up the series for KSA here but
29431s	Spain one of the reasons why crazy
29433s	Dragon was pointed out by the desk one
29435s	of the reasons why we're so hyped to be
29437s	able to see crazy dragon in this roster
29439s	is because of all the pop off potential
29440s	that this player has brought whether it
29442s	was on the Tracer during that match or
29445s	it's going to be on something more long
29447s	range like this sojourn Spain is really
29450s	leaning into this pick potential that
29453s	they have coming out from their DPS
29454s	lineup of crazy dragon and punk hell
29458s	still bringing up that front line with
29460s	the Wrecking Ball just troping to give
29463s	enough disruption to KSA and that Sigma
29465s	Shield to able to get those picks
29468s	through and he separates yub and somehow
29471s	there just wasn't someone there like
29473s	crazy dragon that take the shot Punk to
29475s	Blink in still a lot of disruption from
29478s	Hell who takes the helm there for Spain
29480s	and while if KSA are so organized and
29483s	have so much chemistry Spain want to rip
29486s	them apart and cause that
29488s	disorganization to cause that chaos and
29491s	it's good slams by heal and KSA don't
29494s	like that pressure they teleport out but
29496s	Canal lands a really good anti- grenade
29498s	that once again Spain are a little bit
29500s	slow at following up on KSA still have
29503s	control of this flash point though and
29505s	so Spain have to go back to the drawing
29507s	board a little bit but they're split up
29508s	across the map you had hell that had to
29511s	go back to spawn to be able to heal up
29512s	crazy Dragon just got picked off and
29515s	punk is still in the back of this middle
29517s	point trying to help keep this push
29520s	alive but KSA they're reaching that 50%
29523s	Mark now and counting on this first
29524s	flash point before we see what Spain can
29527s	do next H's job is to set up his team
29531s	for Success even though he's just the
29533s	most well-known most talented player on
29535s	Spain it's about them winning as a team
29538s	it's about hell knocking down players
29540s	but it's you being the rest of KSA
29542s	expect the unexpected they teleport on
29545s	to vulnerable members of Spain when they
29547s	least know it and well KSA do an amazing
29550s	job of not letting hell get into
29552s	position while H is going back for
29554s	health packs when he's low that's when
29556s	KSA fight 100 to zero for 0.1 by the way
29560s	yeah it's going to be a quick take here
29561s	for KSA they're going to use that CRA
29563s	teleporter to try to rotate to this next
29565s	Flash Point as quickly as it can we're
29568s	going to see Spain get a little bit
29570s	split up here too punk though kind of on
29572s	his own trying to reach that objective
29574s	with that pulse bomb available they're
29577s	heading over here to Temple where KSA
29580s	beat stay to the punch yeah punk has it
29583s	land this PSE bomb right as the the pile
29586s	Drive happens from hell with the
29588s	immortality beautifully placed by serish
29590s	as the timing is impeccable you got the
29592s	mines from hell to secur some of the
29595s	real estate HK go almost ax all things
29598s	to hell but he manages to get it off and
29600s	KSA rally together hell is good at move
29604s	separating them but he didn't have
29605s	enough speed to get back and KSA will
29609s	just bunker down on this point too with
29611s	his so difficult is dislodging courts
29614s	from this position Gala is doing such a
29616s	good job of being able to get
29618s	away look at Canal right now oh no yeah
29622s	he he's just like in a corner I don't
29624s	know if KSA know that
29628s	hunting rabbits is there oh Canal no he
29632s	did get the sleep and he didn't have a
29635s	nade either that is a late stacker in
29638s	Spain don't have a great secondary
29640s	healer the Lucio is giving them speed to
29643s	rotate into positions around KSA and
29645s	with crazy dragons over I guess he used
29647s	an overclock it didn't work out though
29649s	and KSA are flawless so far oh that's so
29652s	rough but canel got spotted before Spain
29655s	was really ready to be able to take that
29657s	engage now they have to go back to the
29660s	drawing board again and this point in
29662s	particular is so difficult to assail for
29664s	Spain especially against aasan because
29666s	there's there's not too many routs of
29668s	Entry here cour can just lock it down
29670s	even with this artillery strike two
29672s	keeps SP to Bay long enough that KSA
29674s	just capture this flash point this is a
29676s	scouting artillery strike we're just
29677s	looking at the entire map cours gets
29679s	slept while he takes his time and gas
29682s	sound barrier helps push Spain towards
29684s	the point it's 99 % though World be
29687s	round points and what a plus from KSA
29690s	Gala is gone and so are the rest of
29693s	Spain point two goes to KSA KSA are now
29698s	one flash point away from being able to
29700s	take this map and this match head up to
29703s	the
29704s	semifinals but we're going down to
29707s	Palace Spain get a chance to get to that
29710s	flash point first set up G is actually
29713s	making a switch it's not going to be the
29715s	Lucio anymore it's going to be the brg
29717s	to have more of these brawls which is
29719s	going to be very helpful against a tank
29721s	like KSA on the sigma and Gala can also
29724s	pack Punk so he doesn't have to depend
29726s	on health packs as much Punk cing behind
29729s	has the pulse bomb can he beat the
29730s	immortality though but no stet saves the
29733s	team cuz that was going to be deadly and
29736s	now KSA no punk is behind they're going
29738s	to try and relocate with the teleporter
29741s	heal is marking them trying to keep them
29743s	anchored in place KSA has captured the
29745s	point and the rest of KSA can just use
29747s	the amplification Matrix but as the
29750s	mines came down from hell what a call
29752s	from yui to teleport them out KSA are
29755s	unaffected by Spain and that bought them
29758s	enough time for Haku to land the sound
29759s	barrier as well so KSA once again
29762s	approaching the end of the road the the
29766s	goal that they have set out for
29767s	themselves in Spain they have this Nano
29770s	boost which is going to be one of their
29771s	last chances to get into this game you
29774s	can get that over the hell who's going
29776s	to be switching off of the wrecking ball
29777s	to the orisa and hopefully gives H
29780s	enough sustain to actually put some
29783s	presence on this point he was really
29785s	depending on those minds but now that
29787s	KSA have an Escape Plan he wants to have
29790s	something more impactful of K they are
29792s	going to stay grouped up how Sarah surge
29794s	could be true and so is this Nano H
29796s	bulldozes his way in and suren almost
29799s	gets caught and help doesn't stop he
29802s	only knows the W key and KSA only a l of
29806s	kill Spain rain the pawn as KSA 94 plus%
29812s	Spain will not be here to touch and they
29814s	will not be at the World Cup any longer
29817s	KSA move to the
29823s	semifinal what an impressive Victory
29825s	from
29826s	KSA they now know their next opponent as
29830s	well so they can prepare themselves in
29832s	the
29833s	semifinal is a great showing from Spain
29837s	though a really good showing and a
29839s	compos they they say composed they had
29842s	different ideas and look at everyone
29844s	exchanging hugs especially hell that
29846s	tall one that's he he's known these
29848s	players for a while competed against
29851s	them one of the few probably the only
29853s	Spanish players of with Spain on the map
29856s	when it comes to contenders when it
29857s	comes to the Saudi Regional tournaments
29860s	Sur maette is feeling on top of the
29862s	world and you can't deny that KSA could
29866s	be a team to beat them all they really
29869s	can they prove that right now Spain that
29871s	was not a slouch of a team they were
29873s	able to get here prove themselves in the
29875s	OverWatch World Cup and now KSA has to
29878s	take on team Finland that also have
29881s	proven themselves and that's going to be
29883s	a great semi-final match yeah Finland
29885s	took a map from South Korea went all the
29888s	way to the final point on a flash point
29891s	so Finland have been the dark horses
29894s	they just won their quarterfinal and I
29898s	think everyone drastically
29899s	underestimates what Finland can do the
29902s	same way that KSA have already Proclaim
29904s	themselves Champions they're I wouldn't
29906s	even say they're overestimating
29907s	themselves they might actually be right
29908s	on the money I think they might I think
29911s	they really might be right on the money
29913s	with that one and someone else that it
29914s	was so on point today is one of the
29916s	support players for KSA let's hear from
29919s	them
29921s	sured all right guys we're here now with
29924s	sured it up for the Kingdom of Saudi
29926s	Arabia what a performance you guys look
29932s	dominant you look so good what what is
29934s	the what what's been working for you
29936s	guys because it feels as if no matter
29939s	what happens you you find a way you have
29941s	Solutions and it's clear in the results
29944s	three in groups and here I mean we we
29946s	didn't drop like a single map like
29948s	throughout the journey uh I think like
29950s	we're playing really good we we've been
29952s	practicing for like a long time and then
29955s	hopefully can like bring it home what
29957s	what makes this team so special you know
29960s	you coming into this one cuz I know that
29961s	you got a lot of players that playing
29962s	like contenders and whatnot uh so what
29965s	makes this team special what have you
29966s	seen with your experience as you know a
29969s	pro across the world what have you seen
29971s	from these guys I think like we really
29973s	have like talented players who like
29974s	played in contenders and like they
29977s	didn't like play in owl so they played
29980s	in contenders for like a long time and
29981s	they're like always on the same page and
29984s	then like I'm with them now so hopefully
29986s	we can win it together yeah did it feel
29988s	like sliding in a system that was near
29991s	Perfection for you when you joined the
29992s	roster uh not really like I just like I
29996s	feel like I completed the the roster I
29997s	that's it okay yeah hey man well the
30000s	proof is in the pudding without a doubt
30002s	3 in the groups dominant performance
30004s	here on the main stage as well sired
30006s	congratulations man shout out to the
30008s	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia they're going to
30010s	the semifinals how incredible is that to
30012s	send it back over to the
30014s	desk hey you
30017s	did one out out on your
30021s	right I'm want to go point I don't want
30024s	to
30033s	know EAS the winning moments of the
30036s	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welld deserved
30039s	Victory a dominant performance exactly
30041s	what we expected to see and I love what
30043s	Sur jet just said when he talked to Alex
30045s	on the stage he felt like he's
30047s	completing that roster they do look so
30050s	cohesive they are step and step they're
30052s	on the same page they got to figure it
30054s	out this is why I couldn't let you cook
30056s	too much Johnny because hey I got a 302
30058s	oh yeah now you come back now you come
30060s	back all right all right he's playing
30062s	both sides I respect it this team played
30064s	incredibly well from an individual level
30066s	whether it was KSA on the tanks looking
30068s	incredibly well practice bringing back
30070s	some very difficult rounds here uh on
30072s	leang Tower but I mean this first round
30074s	wasn't difficult the queen absolutely
30076s	ran away this is maybe why we haven't
30078s	seen much Reinhardt at all in this
30079s	tournament the Saudi Arabian team were
30081s	very prepared they go back to spawn
30083s	which is not a normal play on control
30085s	but they make it work because the queen
30087s	is so decisively favored into
30089s	Ry just really masterful from them
30092s	showing strategic Excellence not just
30094s	individual prowess not just some sort of
30096s	cheesy te team comp this Saudi team
30098s	they're playing it all and they're
30100s	playing it at a very very high level and
30102s	so I think yes they are going up against
30103s	Finland next that'll be a much tougher
30105s	opponent but they're going to be
30106s	confident they are on a role right here
30108s	in the world cup and what I think is so
30109s	impressive with this team as well is you
30112s	know we've been covering this game for 7
30114s	years now you know we've been following
30115s	the pro team for a lot and usually you
30117s	have players come up you young players
30119s	unknown players come up and they have
30121s	like really good mechanics or like you
30122s	can see you can tell that there's
30124s	something special about them but they're
30126s	so smart this this team from Saudi
30128s	Arabia of course they're so smart when
30130s	it comes to the compositional choices um
30132s	they're positioning against USA in the
30134s	group stage for example like like
30135s	understanding how the compositions work
30137s	and how to play against what they are
30139s	facing that is what is really impressive
30141s	to me so like when you get down to it
30143s	and they might alter how they play a
30145s	little bit when it comes to facing
30146s	Finland tomorrow for example but also if
30148s	they were to face a team like the team
30150s	from China who throw some curve balls by
30152s	playing more doomfist Etc like I'm
30154s	pretty confident in Saudi Arabia's
30155s	ability to adapt to that situation and
30158s	that is a skill in of itself that it's
30160s	really hard to teach someone who's
30161s	younger and coming into the game Etc but
30163s	just having that innate ability that is
30165s	special right there and that's what I'm
30166s	seeing from Saudi Arabia this is a
30168s	really smart team that has a lot of
30170s	talent when it comes to individuals and
30172s	that is what makes them such a complete
30174s	team and Contender here in the World Cup
30176s	hey but quickly I also want to give a
30178s	quick shout out to team Spain I know I
30180s	know we all knew that they were going to
30181s	go down but hey they went down in style
30183s	you know the fact that they made it all
30185s	the way to quarterfinals they're in the
30187s	top eight they're great journey they're
30189s	in the top 10 of best OverWatch teams
30192s	and they were so entertaining to see big
30194s	shout out to Spain you guys did amazing
30195s	love you guys yeah absolutely they have
30197s	so much to be proud of and they put on a
30199s	show for us a fantastic group stage with
30201s	a lot of fantastic performances from
30203s	each and every single player on that
30206s	Squad let's now take a look at that
30208s	brackets because we now know who our
30211s	semifinal games will be we going to have
30214s	an absolute this is just so stacked I
30216s	don't even I don't want to call one bang
30218s	this like everything of here all four of
30220s	these teams can win all four like
30223s	literally every like we're not just
30224s	saying that because it sounds good right
30227s	like this is leg I I don't care sound
30231s	amazing I I don't care about fun I don't
30233s	say things to to make people feel better
30235s	for me all four of these teams are very
30237s	serious competitors they all want the
30239s	gold medal I don't think any of them are
30241s	going to be happy to go down no like we
30243s	made it so far no all four of these
30244s	teams they want every single win here at
30247s	the OverWatch World Cup which one gets
30249s	you more excited though John which one
30251s	gets me more excited uh honestly not
30254s	just saying this I don't think I can
30255s	pick a single team like if you ask me
30257s	going into the World Cup you know with
30259s	did all every time ask a question always
30262s	just doesn't give a clear answer no no
30264s	going into the World Cup I was all about
30266s	the team from China come on like I was
30269s	team from China I think people are
30271s	sleeping on them I think they have great
30272s	Synergy I think they're really talented
30274s	South Korea like I'm not I don't I'm not
30276s	super thrilled about South Korea like
30278s	yeah they're probably the favorites yeah
30280s	like they got a really stack roster but
30281s	like I'm not going to sleep on Sai
30282s	Arabia I'm not going to sleep on Finland
30283s	so it's G to this point now where we're
30286s	going to see all these four teams play
30288s	in the group stage and play here in the
30289s	playoffs and I can't say that there's a
30291s	clear-cut favorite it probably would
30293s	have to be South Korea but then I think
30296s	how good the team from China played USA
30298s	Today and how dominant that 3-0 was and
30300s	I'm like oh it's really hard to pick I
30302s	can't do it you know I'd take it why not
30305s	let me am I not believable am I not
30307s	believable to you unbelievable no no
30310s	honestly I think everyone would agree
30311s	with that uh there are so many players
30313s	in each and every one of those teams
30315s	well you just you want to see them
30316s	succeed so many reasons to root for
30318s	those teams and the same can be said
30320s	about the teams that left us today eight
30323s	headed into today and only four remain
30326s	so we do want to give a massive shout
30328s	out and a big farewell and so much love
30331s	to the teams which made it here to
30333s	Bisson Canada USA Great Britain and of
30337s	course the team from Spain they put on a
30339s	show for us and we couldn't be more
30341s	grateful you know it's it's been a great
30344s	world cup so far in this first half of
30346s	the finals but honestly I think this
30348s	speaks to what a great state competitive
30350s	OverWatch is in that teams from lesser
30353s	known regions that aren't necessarily
30354s	stacked with existing professional
30356s	players are still competing at that
30358s	level I think some of the changes that
30360s	OverWatch 2 brought to the game have
30361s	really been healthy for the scene it's
30363s	less about this base of knowledge you
30365s	need to have and more about coming
30366s	together as a unit and enforcing your
30368s	will on the game and making your ideas
30370s	work and it really feels like a lot of
30372s	things can work right now I don't know
30373s	what style is going to come out on on
30375s	top and that's rarely the case in
30376s	OverWatch history really The Meta is so
30378s	open there's so much strategic diversity
30380s	I I don't know who's going to win which
30383s	is good that's great that's what we need
30385s	that's what we need no it's fantastic to
30386s	see a clash of styles it's great to see
30388s	the teams adapting and it's great to see
30390s	the versatilities that these rosters
30393s	have now of course they're not just
30395s	playing to please us here on the desk
30397s	and to get us to pray for them no
30399s	they're playing for a lot of money so
30402s	let's once more dig into this on because
30405s	uh there's a bit of an announcement we
30407s	are heading towards a next stretch goal
30410s	and if we reaching 750,000 we will in
30412s	fact unlock the weapon charms for our
30414s	top 16 teams from the World Cup uh this
30418s	is incredible more of that I'm I'm a I'm
30420s	a huge fan of weapon charms it's a
30422s	little something it's a it's a little
30423s	flare you know you get to see it on your
30425s	screen other people get to see it I I
30427s	love rocking we all 16 of them that they
30430s	will be unlocked oh once we hit the
30432s	stretch once we hit it get on there get
30435s	on it get on it friends get on it please
30438s	for every yeah you're doing it for
30441s	everyone you're not just doing it for
30442s	you that's what I love about situations
30444s	like that so yeah crowdfunded price pool
30446s	for this year's over World Cup you guys
30449s	have been so supportive and so
30450s	incredible so we really can't thank you
30453s	enough let's see how far we can take it
30455s	until the grand finals tomorrow that's
30457s	it for day one of the World Cup today
30462s	it's been an amazing journey thus far
30464s	and wait to see it conclude tomorrow
30466s	gentlemen thank you so much for joining
30467s	me here on the desk thanks to everyone
30468s	watching from home and of course
30470s	everyone who made it out here to Anaheim
30472s	we will be back again with the semifinal
30474s	starting tomorrow morning so make sure
30476s	to tune in once again but for now we bid
30479s	you
30483s	[Applause]
30486s	[Music]
30488s	[Applause]
30490s	[Music]
30493s	farewell
30500s	[Music]
30511s	[Music]
30519s	[Music]
30523s	do
30530s	[Music]
30550s	[Music]
30553s	yeah
30555s	[Music]
30583s	yeah
30597s	[Music]
30613s	he
30615s	[Music]
30624s	[Music]
30629s	[Music]
30638s	[Music]
30643s	e
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[2023] Overwatch World Cup 2023 BlizzCon - Day 1

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