"Esports World Cup: Level Up" Finish Line
ID | 13178500 |
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Movie Name | "Esports World Cup: Level Up" Finish Line |
Release Name | Esports.World.Cup.Level.Up.S01E05.AMZN.WEB.h264-EDITH.en[cc] |
Year | 2025 |
Kind | tv |
Language | English |
IMDB ID | 37110268 |
Format | srt |
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[reflective music playing]
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[Steve] Watching all of the games,
it's a lot of excitement.
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Of course, you're stressed and, like,
you can't control the situation.
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You don't know what's going to happen.
You wanna win, you can't win.
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You know, waking up at 04:00 a.m.
is just part of it.
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[Quickshot] Here's the update for you.
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Only Vitality have the possibility
to overtake Falcons
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to win the club championship.
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It is unlikely, but it is possible.
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The race for second place,
however, is heating up.
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Several clubs,
including Vitality and Team Liquid,
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have a chance
to score enough points this week
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to claim that four-million-dollar prize.
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[Steve] My partner, Ryan,
is always just like...
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[laughing] "Babes,
you don't need to be up this early."
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"Get back to bed."
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I got into this business
because I love gaming,
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and I love watching other people
compete in video games,
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and I myself am a gamer.
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[Ryan] All right, bye. See you.
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[Steve] Bye, babe.
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Pretty much every morning,
I catch up with my co-CEO, Victor.
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-Hey, how are you doing?
-[Victor] Hey, what's up?
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-How's it going?
-[Steve] I'm doing well.
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Watching Clem play Serral
on my second monitor.
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[laughs] Doing the same thing.
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-It's like Clem's up 1-0.
-[dynamic music playing]
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[analyst 1]
Clem is playing out of his mind.
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-[analyst 2] Yeah.
-[analyst 1] His speed is unparalleled.
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Throughout the Esports World Cup,
we have been able to finish second,
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third, fourth, so many times. [chuckles]
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So, we've been kind of like on the cusp
of winning one of these events.
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And of course, if you win,
you get 1000 points.
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-[indistinct chatter]
-[Steve] Unfortunately,
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even if we do win,
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the 1000 points won't be enough
to take first place.
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But second is ours for taking.
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[commentator] Cure takes it two to two.
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[Steve] And we've got two
really strong players left in StarCraft,
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Cure and Clem.
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And with StarCraft
being their last participation
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here in Riyadh,
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this is the final chance
to secure points,
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-to climb up the table.
-[crowd cheering]
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I think if we want to get second, um,
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-we could use a little bit of a buffer.
-Yeah, I totally agree with that.
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And I mean, doing that in StarCraft,
where everything, like, started...
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[host speaking Korean]
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-[Steve] Nearly 25 years ago now.
-[Victor] It's kind of crazy.
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You and I were probably playing StarCraft
on dial-up external modems
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to get online. You know. [chuckles]
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[Steve] Yeah,
if someone calls your phone line
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and the internet cuts out.
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-[Victor] You know, my parents...
-Stop it!
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They'd pick up the phone
and I'd be like, what the...
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[theme music playing]
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[announcer 1] You are about to witness
the race for esports' ultimate prize.
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[announcer 2] ...two, one.
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[commentator 1]
Welcome to the Esports World Cup!
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-[commentator 2] Oh!
-[crowd cheering]
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-Are you entertained?
-[commentator 2] They've done it!
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[commentator 3]
Someone's life is about to change.
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[music concludes]
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Welcome back to Riyadh.
I am still your host.
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These last three days
are the EWC Central broadcast.
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And the race for the Cup
turns into its final lap.
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All eyes turn to StarCraft
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and to the tracks
of Rennsport R1 sim racing.
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[car engine revving]
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-[commentator 3] Pace car pulls in.
-[commentator 4] Team Redline in control.
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And it's Kevin Siggy now
who takes over the lead.
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[commentator 3] Here comes James Baldwin,
late on the brakes in the Audi.
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Can he get the inside for two?
He can. And maybe he'll get the lead.
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Big contact. Oh,
there's gonna be a pileup here.
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Both Vitality Audis in the wall.
This is carnage.
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[Katie] R1, or Rennsport,
is a sim racing game
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that gets you as close as possible
to the real thing.
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Drivers strap into cutting-edge simulators
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with everything you would see
and feel in a road-racing car.
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[commentator 3] Oh, there's contact.
They very nearly spin.
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Marcell Csincsik hangs onto the plate.
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[commentator 4]
Csincsik for Team Vitality.
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[commentator 3]
Marcell Csincsik gets his win.
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-What a great race.
-[crowd cheering]
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[commentator 3] And what a great result
for Team Vitality.
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[Danny] It's going to be
an exciting finish for us,
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because we have two
really strong games left,
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-R1 and StarCraft II.
-[soft music playing]
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Do you have
a live ranking right now, Samuel?
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[Danny] Our R1 team
is looking really, really strong.
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They won the R1 competition
last year in fall,
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so they are
current team champion of R1.
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[commentator 3] Up towards the line then
for the 12 drivers.
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In the group stage,
we will have eight races in total.
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And then at the end of the day,
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you will have a ranking
across all these teams,
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and a top six of these
will advance to the finals.
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[commentator 4] And they will put pedal
to the metal and go, go, go, go, go!
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[Danny] It's a very interesting mix
of professional esports teams
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like Team Vitality
and the real-life motorsports world.
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We have BMW, we have
the Formula One Williams team,
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Porsche as well.
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Porsche has been involved
for a couple of years already in esports.
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And the world of, like,
sim racing and how we always say,
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like, asphalt racing,
is colliding more and more.
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[commentator 4]
Porsche Coanda looking for a podium.
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It speaks for itself if a team
like Team Redline has the backing
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from Max Verstappen.
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[commentator 3] Max Verstappen
is champion of the world!
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[Quickshot]
There's been some fantastic coverage
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about Max Verstappen,
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and I think the headline
that I read was like,
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"Max Verstappen is a degenerate gamer."
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[commentator 5] Max Verstappen,
you are the world champion!
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[Quickshot] Widely regarded as
the best Formula One driver in the world,
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Max Verstappen loves sim racing
as much as his day job.
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[Max] It's the same, you know.
It's all about preparation,
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strategy as well.
Because I want to win, whatever I do.
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I think he might be
more passionate about it
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than he is with F1, to be honest.
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[Max] We won almost everything within,
you know, the sim racing.
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So, that was also
a lot of fun to be part of
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because I was having a good time on track,
of course, winning in Formula One,
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but also sharing these moments with them,
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and actually,
also sometimes being part of the line-up.
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[commentator 3]
Sebastian Job has careered away
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by two and a half seconds,
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and this will be his first win
of the team's championship.
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[commentator 4] Yes, indeed.
A 1-2 here for Team Redline.
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Effectively confirms his being
in the top four.
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I don't know what the points really are...
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The competition that we see
on track is so high-level.
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[commentator 3] Into the race now, folks.
It's Vitality, Jiří Toman on the assault.
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Three wide coming in towards Lacombe,
but it's Toman who has the lead.
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[Danny] Even the real-life
motorsports world really respects
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what these guys
are putting out there on the track.
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[commentator 3]
Jiří Toman will take victory.
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Vitality are going through
in the top four.
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[crowd cheering, applauding]
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[Quickshot] Here's the amazing thing
about R1.
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The opportunity for many of these drivers
goes well beyond the money they can win.
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A solid finish can earn them a dream spot
on a professional racing team.
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[car engines revving]
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[commentator 3]
Oh, he's gone! He's gone around!
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[commentator 4]
What a fantastic defense by Baldwin.
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Absolutely incredible.
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[birds chirping]
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-[car engine revs]
-[electronic music playing]
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[James] It's the speed.
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Just like the feeling that speed gives you
is something else.
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It's addictive.
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My birthday, my dad took me
to like a local indoor car track.
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I was like, "Right, this is it.
I wanna do that."
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Just naturally,
just sort of had a knack for it.
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Then we started doing
a bit of outdoor karting.
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[announcer 3] Baldwin steals the lead
while Brundle takes...
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[James] That's when it started getting
a bit more serious, more expensive.
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I won races, won a few championships.
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But when I got 15, 16 years old,
we just didn't have the money for that.
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So, that was it, really.
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[car engine rumbling]
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There was a bit of a void in my life.
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-[indistinct chatter over TV]
-[wistful music playing]
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The real racing stuff,
uh, was more of a... more of a dream.
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[indistinct chatter on TV]
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[James] I loved watching it,
but then doing it, I was like, "Right...
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it's quite unrealistic."
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[Baldwin] Motorsport has always been
the rich man's sport.
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It costs so much to go racing,
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so it was never really something
that was ever gonna be achievable.
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It was like, you know, you need to have
a job to put food on the table,
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you know, you're gonna have kids
with your girlfriend one day.
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So, then, I had to go and find a job.
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I was a junior race mechanic.
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I thought if I can't be a driver,
the next best thing would be
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to work in motor racing
as like a mechanic or something.
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And I was really wrong
'cause it was awful.
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It was just more, like,
frustrating more than anything.
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So, I was so close to it,
but I couldn't do it.
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But then when I was working,
I came across a wheel and pedal set,
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bought it, just looked like a bit of fun,
took it home.
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Just started doing it
in the evenings and the weekends.
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When he said, "I think I'm gonna go
and buy a sim rig,"
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I tried to talk him out of it because,
you know, it was a couple of £100,
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and we were young,
so it wasn't my top priority.
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I was like, "Why are you doing that?"
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Then when he got good at it,
it was this whole new world.
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-[crowd cheering]
-[dynamic music playing]
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[announcer 4]
And James Baldwin takes the victory!
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[announcer 5]
James Baldwin takes the lead.
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[announcer 6]
James Baldwin is one of the best.
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[Baldwin] It was eye-opening for me
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that people were able
to make a career out of gaming,
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that there were these huge prize pools.
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[commentator 6]
I wanna start from James Baldwin...
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[James] Finish work, come home,
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and just be on it for six hours every day,
just hooked, you know?
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[Quickshot] Baldwin found himself
in bigger and bigger races,
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taking on bigger and bigger names.
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The obvious example is Max Verstappen.
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[commentator 7]
This could be it for Baldwin,
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could get to the outside of Verstappen.
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[James] I raced him
at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual race.
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I guess you could call that
the biggest sim race there ever was.
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-[car engine revs over game]
-[James] I was chasing him down,
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but just like seeing his name
on the charts, wild.
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[commentator 7]
James Baldwin looks to the outside,
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has the overlap into turn one.
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It's very, very bumpy.
It's very, very fast.
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There's no way through,
but he tries for the cutback.
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Side by side on the exit.
Verstappen's up on the grass.
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And Verstappen has
let James Baldwin through.
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[James] And eventually overtook him
and passed him,
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and we got a podium from it.
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[commentator 7] Disappointment
across Max Verstappen's face.
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And then there was a competition
called "World's Fastest Gamer."
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They invited ten, uh, competition winners
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from different sim racing games
that year.
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Did, like, a different set of challenges,
like racing real cars.
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[commentator 8]
A really good win by Baldwin.
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[James] Racing on the sim,
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physical challenges,
and at the end of the two weeks,
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-Juan Pablo Montoya announced the winner.
-The winner of this season is James.
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[crowd applauding]
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And the prize was
a million-dollar drive in GT racing.
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So, we did a season of British GT.
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[commentator 9] James Baldwin wins
his first-ever race in the championship.
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[James] Yes boys! Come on!
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Pole positions, race wins.
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-Winners.
-[commentator 9] Baldwin on the attack.
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-He has jumped ahead of both of them.
-[cars whooshing]
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I've done the Spa 24 Hour,
the biggest GT race in the world, twice.
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[commentator 10] James Baldwin,
pro gamer-turned-race car driver...
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Sim taught me so much
over those sort of two or three years.
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It's just the same thing, like, you know,
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the way you come off the brake
and turn in, it's exactly the same.
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[commentator 10]
...and James Baldwin is gonna hang on.
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[music fades]
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I just need to find sort of that budget
to get a full season under my belt.
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[reflective music playing]
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[James] But that's where sim racing
and esports comes into it.
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The prize pool for the sim racing
is $300,000.
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So, that paid for my real racing career
for a season.
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There are times where we both thought,
like, oh, my goodness,
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is this worth it anymore? [chuckles]
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But it's the best feeling
watching him live out his dream.
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[commentator 11] James Baldwin
is gonna hang on for a narrow victory
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for Guild Esports
and secures a crucial 35 points.
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Obviously, it's an important result
for Guild to ensure that they go through.
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[commentator 12] Incredible stuff,
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and great to see them
take top honors in that race.
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Redline have still proven,
though, they are the favorites.
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[commentator 11] They certainly are.
I mean, they've come in...
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I think they had double points,
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ahead of everybody else
coming into this one.
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[Quickshot] It looks like this will
be yet another chapter in the rivalry
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between James Baldwin
and Redline driver, Kevin Siggy.
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-Two years ago...
-James Baldwin.
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[audience cheering, applauding]
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[Quickshot] ...Baldwin beat out Siggy
for the Esports Driver of the Year,
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while Redline won
the Team of the Year award.
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[reporter] Uh, who's James Baldwin?
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-James Baldwin?
-[reporter] Yeah.
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-Sim racer.
-[reporter] That's it?
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-That's it.
-[reporter] No more, no less?
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-Pretty good.
-[reporter] Guy, competitor, rival?
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No, just a regular bloke.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[commentator 11] Vitality have been
absolutely sensational as well.
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This has been the strongest showing
from Vitality in a long, long time.
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It's definitely the moment in time
where everything will be decided, right?
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Like, we need to still gain some points
in order to climb the ranks,
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and we have high hopes, especially,
the Rennsport team in particular.
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[soft music playing]
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[Danny] This is where it starts...
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winning one title.
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All of a sudden, we talk about
potentially getting second place, right?
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It's a little bit ironic
that we find ourselves in the final week
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where we have a sim racing team,
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which is kind of like
my background and my passion.
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As a sim racer, I competed in many
different tournaments, won a lot of them.
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Especially, on the national level,
but also internationally.
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Then after five years, I said,
"Okay, it has been a nice ride."
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"It's time to live a normal life,"
so to say.
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But I'm always a competitor,
and I love the competition
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and I know how it feels
to have high expectations and to win.
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So, that gives me
a different connection to the guys, right?
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They know that I know the game,
and it's a passion for sure.
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...but thank you for being here.
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-No worries.
-Yeah, I appreciate it.
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[George] Redline look the dominant force,
but can they be stopped?
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Yeah, exactly.
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A lot of big names,
a lot of big things to talk about.
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Obviously, Redline,
Vitality are looking strong,
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and they're also fighting for big things
in the Club Championship.
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George, I think it is time.
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-Let's go racing!
-Let's go racing!
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-[dramatic music playing]
-[crowd cheering]
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[James] The top six went through
to the final.
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So, the favorite's probably Team Redline.
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-[announcer 3] Team Redline.
-[James] They've got four strong drivers.
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Don't hype them up too much,
but they're pretty good. [chuckles]
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Team Vitality,
which they've always been really strong.
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[George] Coming up next, Guild Esports.
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[James] We're definitely not favorites,
but I sort of prefer that in a way.
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I think we can over-deliver
and surprise a few people.
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[George] Drivers, please take your seats.
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[Lewis] Before we start the fun,
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let's turn our attention
to the team championship format.
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The points you start with are based
on your performance in qualifying.
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The teams then compete
across a series of races
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until one club reaches 230 points.
Once a team reaches 230 points,
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that team is then in
what is called "finalist mode."
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As each club enters finalist mode,
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all any of those clubs need to do
is win one more race.
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And they are crowned R1 champions.
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[George]
We take a look at the starting points.
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Hundred for Redline, Vitality on 72,
Coanda on 51, 48 for Guild.
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The big question is, who is gonna make
the most of that time out on track?
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[Lewis] The analysis is over.
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Let's see as we head down
into the first corner.
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[George]
Oh, there's a lot of bumping here.
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[Lewis] Sebastian Job looked a little
bit fragile coming out of turn two.
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[George] James Baldwin has had
a couple of issues on that start.
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He drops down to 12th position.
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[cars vrooming]
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[George] Look at that move though
from Jajovski on Collins.
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[Lewis] Vitality trying to make up
all the positions in one go
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'cause they do need them.
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However, Team Redline
still in the driving seat
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as far as the title goes.
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[Katie]
Redline is not letting off the throttle.
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[George] To the final braking zone
of the race.
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Redline looking for 1-2.
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[Katie] After the first two races
of the finals,
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there's a huge gap
between them and everybody else.
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[Lewis] Sebastian Job takes race two
of the team's championship final.
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Who takes second?
It looks like it's Bennett.
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-It's a Team Redline 1-2.
-[team player] Yes, Bennett. Let's go.
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Let's go, Bennett. Nice!
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So, after the second race,
it's like Redline, 178.
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[chuckles] Vitality, 86.
The gap is insane.
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[Lewis] Catching Team Redline,
it's a difficult situation for Vitality.
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I believe in you.
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[Lewis] The interest today is gonna be
a lot about that battle for second place.
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It's gonna be a points battle,
and it's gonna be very close.
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Team Vitality at the moment
have just one point over Porsche Coanda,
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and there's a lot of money
to be fought for there.
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[George] There is,
and already the car's now out on track.
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[Lewis] We're racing again,
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another round
of the team's championship final underway.
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It's side-by-side into turn one.
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[George] With Redline pulling
so far ahead in the points,
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the rest of the teams
are fighting each other
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to claim second place.
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Especially Vitality,
as the only one still vying for a stake
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in the Club Championship.
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[Lewis] Nobody's gonna get anywhere
near Marcell Csincsik and Vitality.
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And Jeffrey Rietveld for Team Redline
in second place.
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Will Porsche... Hang on, yes, for now.
He'll have the inside for turn 12.
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[George] Yeah, turn 12 at Saks Corner,
that will open the door!
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Oh, goodness me!
Kevin Siggy managed to pounce on him.
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[Lewis] Look at the run for Kevin Siggy.
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[George] Unbelievable stuff.
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[Lewis] Marcell Csincsik wins
at the Hockenheimring,
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and he gets Team Vitality
into a more secure second position in...
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-[crowd cheering, applauding]
-[Lewis] ...this team's championship final.
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So 1 and 5
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Porsche is 4 and 12
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[George] Huge result
for Team Vitality, their first win,
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but Redline is still second and third.
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[coach] Jeff, Kevin?
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Csincsik... is not a threat.
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We can get...
if we do well, we can get finalist mode
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next race.
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Okay.
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[George] Vitality moving ahead
in the fight for second place.
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[Lewis] Yes, indeed,
214 points for Team Redline,
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though they are 16 points away
from moving into finalist mode.
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[George] Here we go. We're racing again.
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[Lewis] Jeff Rietveld,
Kevin Siggy in control
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as they race down into the first corner.
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Dennis Schöniger
for the Williams Esports team in second.
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[George] Here comes Kevin Siggy.
He'll be going through on the outside.
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[Lewis] Absolutely unreal.
It does become a Redline one, two,
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then it's Rietveld gonna be the one
to come across the line
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to put Redline into finalist mode.
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What a fantastic team effort though
from Team Redline.
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[crowd cheering, applauding]
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[George]
Now, Vitality begin the full surge
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for a must, must, must-win scenario.
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If Redline win, it's over,
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and they will become the team's champions
in the Esports World Cup.
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[commentator 13] Redline in finalist mode,
that is to be expected.
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Team Vitality have
a somewhat comfortable buffer now
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over Porsche Coanda,
around 30 points between second and third.
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I would have loved to win a trophy here,
but I'll take the second place, okay?
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[Tej] Because we can't catch Team Redline,
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we need to do everything we can
to hold off Porsche
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to stay in second place.
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So, it would actually help us
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if Redline can just close it out
as soon as possible
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and not give these other teams
the chance to catch us.
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[commentator 14] Here we go, then.
Nine laps at Monza.
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Will it be the last race here
in the Esports World Cup for ESL R1?
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We're under way.
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And immediately, the drivers look out
for a bit of space.
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Team Vitality trying to hold on
to second place in the team standings.
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[commentator 13] James Baldwin
at the rear of the field.
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[commentator 14] Unfortunate for Guild,
they've not quite been on it today.
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They started the day in fourth position,
and they are now down in sixth.
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[commentator 13] Here he comes though,
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Sebastian Job
right onto the rear end of Benecke.
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[commentator 14]
As Job goes for the lead, here he is.
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Oh, no, not quite.
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[commentator 13] It is a dogfight
between Sebastian Job and Max Benecke.
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He's getting the slipstream now,
and he's moving to the outside.
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[Danny] You have a car in front of you,
then you use the slipstream,
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and then on the final lap,
you just pass him.
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[commentator 13]
Is Sebastian Job gonna go now?
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It has to be now.
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[commentator 14] He'll be going through
on the outside.
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[commentator 13] Sebastian Job,
primed to put Team Redline into position.
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But Max Benecke,
surely, he won't give up now.
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He leaves it down the inside,
but Sebastian Job completes the move.
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And the Esports World Cup
Teams Championship
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-will go to Team Redline.
-[commentator 13] Team Vitality in second.
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-[crowd cheering, applauding]
-[uplifting music playing]
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[crowd applauding]
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Overall, we are still
in second place right now.
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Still in second place?
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[commentator 14]
There's a lot of frustration
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for the world's fastest gamer,
not what he wants at all.
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[James] Redline had insane pace.
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They were just
a little bit too much for us.
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We didn't turn up necessarily well,
and it just didn't go our way.
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[announcer 3]
And here we are with our champion.
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-Give a round of applause for Redline!
-[team cheering]
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[crowd cheering, applauding]
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[pensive music playing]
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[commentator 13] One thing
just to point out about Team Vitality
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with how things have finished, right?
Second in the team championship.
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We knew that they had
to potentially win to move up
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into second in the Club Championship.
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So, it'll be very interesting to see
what those updated standings
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look like later today.
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[speaking German]
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[Quickshot] Once again, good afternoon,
good evening, or good morning,
449
00:21:24,325 --> 00:21:26,411
wherever in the world you find yourselves.
450
00:21:26,536 --> 00:21:29,205
Welcome back to the sofas.
I am your host, Quickshot.
451
00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:32,792
As it says on the EWC trophy,
452
00:21:32,917 --> 00:21:36,671
"Nothing is granted,
everything is earned."
453
00:21:37,046 --> 00:21:41,759
And that mantra will ring true
once more in StarCraft.
454
00:21:42,010 --> 00:21:46,097
No other game will be more pivotal
to the final standings
455
00:21:46,264 --> 00:21:49,392
with Vitality and Team Liquid,
456
00:21:49,517 --> 00:21:52,437
both looking to bring home
their first victory.
457
00:21:53,021 --> 00:21:56,524
[Danny] Next,
we will have StarCraft with Maru.
458
00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:59,944
[commentator 14]
Maru representing Team Vitality.
459
00:22:00,069 --> 00:22:02,572
He's the number one player in South Korea.
460
00:22:02,697 --> 00:22:05,658
Maru is one of the legends in the game.
461
00:22:06,617 --> 00:22:09,746
He has been playing StarCraft
for probably, like, 15 years
462
00:22:09,871 --> 00:22:10,830
at the very highest level.
463
00:22:10,955 --> 00:22:14,584
I'm thinking Maru is the favorite,
and he's gonna make it very far.
464
00:22:15,585 --> 00:22:18,504
And we expect top four,
and then maybe the grand final.
465
00:22:20,923 --> 00:22:23,426
[brooding music playing]
466
00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:28,556
StarCraft is a real-time strategy game
where you build bases, gather resources,
467
00:22:28,723 --> 00:22:32,393
and command a huge army
to hopefully crush your opponents.
468
00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:36,522
In StarCraft, you need to balance
being a smart planner,
469
00:22:36,647 --> 00:22:39,692
and taking advantage of quick,
decisive opportunities
470
00:22:39,817 --> 00:22:40,985
when they present themselves.
471
00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:45,448
[presenter 1] Our next matchup
will be Maru going up against Cure.
472
00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:47,784
For both teams here,
Team Liquid and Vitality,
473
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:49,619
looking for points at EWC,
474
00:22:49,744 --> 00:22:52,955
but one of these players
will be eliminated right now.
475
00:22:53,081 --> 00:22:54,290
Will it be Cure or Maru?
476
00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:57,126
-Let's find out, moving on.
-[crowd cheering, applauding]
477
00:22:57,251 --> 00:23:00,838
Welcome back to the stage, everyone.
Fancy, we've got another match coming up.
478
00:23:00,963 --> 00:23:05,885
Absolutely, it's gonna be an exciting one.
It is going to be Maru versus Cure.
479
00:23:06,219 --> 00:23:12,642
Right now, only Vitality and only Maru
can stop the Falcons
480
00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:14,560
from winning the Club Championship.
481
00:23:15,103 --> 00:23:18,689
Maru is Vitality's last hope.
If he doesn't win in Starcraft,
482
00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:22,276
the Falcons will officially clinch
the Club Championship
483
00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:26,906
with no other club mathematically able
to catch them for first.
484
00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:32,203
And Vitality's leadership
aren't the only ones watching.
485
00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:37,166
[commentator 15] Players, if you please,
shake your hands and take to your seats.
486
00:23:39,043 --> 00:23:40,002
It is best of three,
487
00:23:40,128 --> 00:23:42,755
and the winner goes to the final match
of the Knockout Bracket.
488
00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:48,511
-[upbeat techno music playing]
-[crowd cheering, applauding]
489
00:23:48,636 --> 00:23:51,055
[ZombieGrub] As we head in to Ghost River.
490
00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:54,517
[commentator 15] The SCVs are coming,
the drops coming in from behind as well,
491
00:23:54,642 --> 00:23:56,060
all over these siege tanks, and...
492
00:23:56,811 --> 00:23:59,063
how in the Earth did he get
that many kills?
493
00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:01,065
[Katie] There's a ton
that you have to get done
494
00:24:01,190 --> 00:24:02,650
in a StarCraft game,
495
00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:06,487
and how we measure players' efficiency
at completing tasks
496
00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:09,532
is something called APM,
or actions per minute.
497
00:24:09,657 --> 00:24:12,827
It essentially tracks
how many actions they do in the game
498
00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:15,121
every single minute of that game.
499
00:24:15,246 --> 00:24:17,582
And usually, the higher your APM,
the better.
500
00:24:17,707 --> 00:24:19,917
[ZombieGrub] Oh, my God,
he actually went down!
501
00:24:20,168 --> 00:24:23,421
[commentator 15] Cure with
an absolute feisty game one victory.
502
00:24:23,546 --> 00:24:25,756
[Quickshot] Maru dropped
the first round to Cure,
503
00:24:26,007 --> 00:24:28,843
but he's off to a great start
on the second map.
504
00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:32,013
[commentator 15] Maru has nads
the size of China, I swear.
505
00:24:32,138 --> 00:24:35,016
Like, his life is so damn
on the line here.
506
00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:38,394
Maru's gonna attack you,
and you know it's gonna come,
507
00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:39,645
but how do you stop it?
508
00:24:39,770 --> 00:24:41,189
The raven doesn't do anything,
ZombieGrub.
509
00:24:41,314 --> 00:24:43,608
-He's getting in there.
-[ZombieGrub] Yeah, he's pulling the SCVs,
510
00:24:43,733 --> 00:24:49,197
that last tank coming outside to help
as Cure realizes he lost too much.
511
00:24:49,322 --> 00:24:52,867
That was too successful
of a break to survive
512
00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:57,955
an almost immediate counter-attack.
Maru now brings it up to a 1-1 score.
513
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,499
[crowd cheering, applauding]
514
00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:05,922
[Quickshot] It all comes down to this.
Whoever wins this next round, moves on.
515
00:25:06,214 --> 00:25:10,593
-Whoever loses, goes home.
-[ZombieGrub] Cure on the warpath.
516
00:25:10,718 --> 00:25:13,137
[commentator 15] This is so risky by Cure,
but if he can get in there,
517
00:25:13,262 --> 00:25:14,639
this is a doom drop and a half.
518
00:25:14,764 --> 00:25:16,682
[ZombieGrub]
Cure knows that Maru can only defend
519
00:25:16,807 --> 00:25:18,392
so many locations at once.
520
00:25:18,726 --> 00:25:21,687
[commentator 15] Cure, he's smelling blood
in the water here.
521
00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:26,150
Maru, after such a fiery day yesterday,
this might be it for him.
522
00:25:26,275 --> 00:25:27,235
[ZombieGrub] I think it might be.
523
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,945
[commentator 15] Maru bringing
everything he has
524
00:25:29,070 --> 00:25:31,405
-to try and deal with this.
-[ZombieGrub] But it's not good enough.
525
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:33,282
Maru's supply in the dumpster,
526
00:25:33,407 --> 00:25:35,201
-and he taps out.
-[crowd erupts into cheers]
527
00:25:35,326 --> 00:25:38,996
[ZombieGrub] Maru is out
of the Esports World Cup,
528
00:25:39,121 --> 00:25:41,624
and Cure gets another chance to fight on.
529
00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:42,792
[crowd cheering, applauding]
530
00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:45,044
[Danny] It was such
a fucking close series.
531
00:25:45,169 --> 00:25:46,420
It was incredible.
532
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,256
[uplifting music playing]
533
00:25:48,381 --> 00:25:50,174
But especially in the position
that I am in,
534
00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:52,134
it's so frustrating at the same time.
535
00:25:52,677 --> 00:25:55,846
[Fabien] With our own team,
the StarCraft players,
536
00:25:55,972 --> 00:25:58,391
all of our great teams,
we almost pulled it off.
537
00:25:58,516 --> 00:26:03,062
And we were so close so many times,
but always came short.
538
00:26:03,187 --> 00:26:04,981
Now, it's out of our control.
539
00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:07,525
We still have a great chance
for a great finish,
540
00:26:07,650 --> 00:26:10,403
but we will have to wait and see
how everything plays out.
541
00:26:12,446 --> 00:26:17,702
[Quickshot] Crazy as it is to say,
those results are huge.
542
00:26:17,952 --> 00:26:20,788
-And not just for Vitality.
-[crowd chanting] We love Falcons!
543
00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:22,039
[Quickstart] It's official.
544
00:26:22,164 --> 00:26:25,668
Falcons have just won
the club championship.
545
00:26:26,377 --> 00:26:31,007
Those results
make it impossible, mathematically,
546
00:26:31,132 --> 00:26:35,469
for any team,
not just Vitality, to catch Falcons.
547
00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:40,391
In the race for the Cup,
we always said every point would count,
548
00:26:40,516 --> 00:26:43,102
but none more than those.
549
00:26:43,227 --> 00:26:47,398
We promised ourselves that
we wanted this trophy to stay at home.
550
00:26:47,648 --> 00:26:51,193
I think now, finally,
you can say, "It's home."
551
00:26:51,319 --> 00:26:54,530
-[crowd cheering]
-[Mossad] It's home, it's home, it's home.
552
00:26:54,655 --> 00:26:58,367
[presenter 2] The chairman
of Team Falcons, Msdossary,
553
00:26:58,576 --> 00:27:02,204
he is a hero in Riyadh. And look at that.
554
00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:05,124
[Grant] We just officially won
the World Championship.
555
00:27:05,666 --> 00:27:09,587
Two years ago, Falcons,
was not outside the Middle East.
556
00:27:09,712 --> 00:27:11,172
And two years later,
557
00:27:11,380 --> 00:27:12,840
we're one of the biggest names
in the world,
558
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,759
and world champions, and I...
559
00:27:15,926 --> 00:27:18,554
-I can't believe it.
-[crowd cheering, applauding]
560
00:27:18,679 --> 00:27:23,309
[Quickshot] They came, they saw,
and they conquered the Esports World Cup.
561
00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:28,105
-[yells indistinctly]
-[Quickshot] What a moment.
562
00:27:29,065 --> 00:27:32,526
He's brought to tears
with what that means to him.
563
00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:36,238
[presenter 2] One more time
for your EWC club champions,
564
00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:39,575
-Team Falcons!
-[crowd cheering, applauding]
565
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:43,079
[Quickshot] The Falcons earned
enough points across the tournament,
566
00:27:43,204 --> 00:27:50,086
where, mathematically, it was impossible
for any of the other clubs to catch them.
567
00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:52,505
It's quite a surreal feeling.
568
00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:55,466
Like, I think anyone who would have seen
the crowd there was...
569
00:27:55,633 --> 00:27:58,052
we were all just basically
just crying, in tears.
570
00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:02,807
Like, I'm like a bit of a mess right now,
but trying to keep it together.
571
00:28:03,182 --> 00:28:05,559
Congratulations to Team Falcons
for winning it here,
572
00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:06,852
but the race is not done.
573
00:28:07,061 --> 00:28:09,355
I want to dive
into this all-important second place.
574
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,942
It's a four-million-dollar prize
for coming second,
575
00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:15,903
-and things are heating up.
-[suspenseful music playing]
576
00:28:17,655 --> 00:28:20,449
[Quickshot] This is it,
the StarCraft finals.
577
00:28:20,741 --> 00:28:26,122
With Cure losing in the knockout round,
Team Liquid is down to their final player
578
00:28:26,247 --> 00:28:29,291
-in the whole tournament... Clem.
-[upbeat music playing]
579
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:32,044
[Clem] It's definitely
the biggest tournament prize money-wise
580
00:28:32,169 --> 00:28:34,213
I've ever attended.
581
00:28:34,547 --> 00:28:37,383
It's so much money, I don't even...
I don't even know...
582
00:28:37,508 --> 00:28:40,803
I don't even know
what I would do with it exactly.
583
00:28:42,138 --> 00:28:45,558
Once I'm already a bit further
in the tournament,
584
00:28:45,683 --> 00:28:48,060
a bit of the pressure kind of goes down.
585
00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:51,981
Because I know that no matter what,
I did a good result.
586
00:28:56,026 --> 00:28:57,194
[birds chirping]
587
00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:59,780
[Clem's father]
When he went to his first tournament,
588
00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:02,825
I understood he was very good.
589
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:09,123
But I think it's when he won the qualifier
for the DreamHack when he was 13.
590
00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:12,668
And I realized that he had the pro level.
591
00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:15,379
[Clem] It was also at this time
that I thought like,
592
00:29:15,504 --> 00:29:17,715
okay, I can actually compete
in the EU scene.
593
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,092
I was like, I actually beat
some pro players that were actually,
594
00:29:20,217 --> 00:29:21,469
like, really, really good.
595
00:29:22,970 --> 00:29:26,015
I remember beating this guy who was, like,
596
00:29:26,140 --> 00:29:28,017
-two meters tall, and I was just...
-[epic music playing]
597
00:29:28,142 --> 00:29:30,561
...I was, like, super tiny, and I beat him.
598
00:29:30,853 --> 00:29:33,689
And the admin sees the big guy
and then he's like, "Oh, he won?"
599
00:29:33,814 --> 00:29:35,816
And I'm like,
"No, no, no, it's me! I won!"
600
00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:38,569
[laughs] And I was like jumping
so he could see me.
601
00:29:39,195 --> 00:29:41,697
I think people were very curious in a way...
602
00:29:42,865 --> 00:29:44,617
Like, who's this little kid?
603
00:29:45,534 --> 00:29:47,912
[Quickshot] But if he is going
to get Liquid on the board
604
00:29:48,037 --> 00:29:51,665
with their first win
and launch the club into second place,
605
00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:55,503
he's going to have
to take down the StarCraft GOAT.
606
00:29:55,753 --> 00:29:59,131
-[upbeat music playing]
-[keyboard clacking]
607
00:30:00,591 --> 00:30:02,384
[commentator 15] Serral is so good!
608
00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:03,969
[commentator 16] He's really starting
to look like
609
00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:06,972
he's just gonna be that monster
who hangs around for years to come.
610
00:30:07,097 --> 00:30:09,725
[commentator 15] ...the Lurk is separating
a couple of these units as well.
611
00:30:09,850 --> 00:30:11,310
[commentator 16] GG, crack,
612
00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:14,897
and Serral is going
to be the first-ever WCS champion.
613
00:30:15,022 --> 00:30:17,650
[Serral] I'm gonna try
to get more of those trophies.
614
00:30:17,775 --> 00:30:22,321
[commentator 16] GG!
Serral has done it yet again!
615
00:30:22,446 --> 00:30:27,243
Three victories in a row
for the Finnish phenom...
616
00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:33,499
[Steve] It sucks to have to watch this
from thousands of miles away.
617
00:30:33,958 --> 00:30:36,794
It just makes you feel so powerless.
618
00:30:37,586 --> 00:30:39,922
And this is our last chance
to score points
619
00:30:40,047 --> 00:30:41,840
and grab second place
in the Club Championship.
620
00:30:41,966 --> 00:30:46,220
Yeah. I hope we get second,
otherwise I will forever be...
621
00:30:46,554 --> 00:30:47,972
probably be traumatized.
622
00:30:48,097 --> 00:30:50,015
-All up to Clem.
-[Victor] All up to Clem.
623
00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:52,518
The world of Team Liquid rests
on his shoulders.
624
00:30:52,643 --> 00:30:53,727
-[regal music playing]
-[crowd cheering]
625
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:58,190
Ladies and gentlemen,
one singular series decides the fate
626
00:30:58,315 --> 00:31:00,150
of these two players walking on stage.
627
00:31:00,276 --> 00:31:06,323
It all comes down to this.
Please welcome Clem and Serral.
628
00:31:06,907 --> 00:31:08,909
[ZombieGrub] No big deal,
just the hopes and dreams
629
00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:10,744
of thousands of Liquid supporters
630
00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:13,330
riding on one kid's split-second decisions
631
00:31:13,455 --> 00:31:15,207
and lightning-fast hands.
632
00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:17,626
[commentator 16] We're gonna be going
into our first map here
633
00:31:17,751 --> 00:31:22,131
in what is a best-of-nine.
Serral versus Clem,
634
00:31:22,256 --> 00:31:25,843
a fight to become the king
of the StarCraft II world.
635
00:31:26,093 --> 00:31:29,722
Clem is still playing
in his pride jersey right now.
636
00:31:29,930 --> 00:31:32,474
-[speaks indistinctly]
-[Steve] Let's go, Clem. [chuckles]
637
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,020
[commentator 16] There's so much pressure
upon both of them right now.
638
00:31:36,270 --> 00:31:38,522
I cannot wait to see
how this one goes down.
639
00:31:38,647 --> 00:31:41,483
[Katie] Clem is known
for his incredible actions per minute.
640
00:31:41,859 --> 00:31:44,987
Look at it as each action
being a decision,
641
00:31:45,154 --> 00:31:47,281
which means these players
are making upwards
642
00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:50,576
of 500 decisions in a single minute alone.
643
00:31:50,868 --> 00:31:52,661
[commentator 17] I guess
you could say that technically,
644
00:31:53,037 --> 00:31:54,538
Serral is the favorite here.
645
00:31:54,663 --> 00:31:57,124
He has been
a more dominant StarCraft II player
646
00:31:57,249 --> 00:31:58,208
in the last couple years,
647
00:31:58,334 --> 00:32:01,545
but Clem seems to be looking
a little bit bigger,
648
00:32:01,670 --> 00:32:02,671
better, faster, stronger.
649
00:32:02,796 --> 00:32:06,967
[Katie] One of the key aspects
of StarCraft is something called "harass."
650
00:32:07,092 --> 00:32:11,472
This stretches opponents' defenses thin
and forces them to have to look
651
00:32:11,597 --> 00:32:13,849
at multiple areas of the map at once.
652
00:32:14,391 --> 00:32:15,976
[commentator 16] We've got Serral
coming in now.
653
00:32:16,101 --> 00:32:18,479
Is this going to be enough infest?
No, it's not.
654
00:32:18,604 --> 00:32:20,481
-[tense music playing]
-[crowd cheers]
655
00:32:20,606 --> 00:32:22,566
Clem is obviously playing kind
of out of his mind.
656
00:32:22,691 --> 00:32:26,695
It's like too much to manage,
even for the casters to keep up with it.
657
00:32:27,237 --> 00:32:28,906
[commentator 16] Yeah,
he's microing both at the same time.
658
00:32:29,031 --> 00:32:31,784
I don't know even how to do that. GG!
659
00:32:32,159 --> 00:32:36,288
Now, here come a ton of Ultras,
and Serral's army is evaporating.
660
00:32:36,413 --> 00:32:38,374
-GG!
-[crowd cheering]
661
00:32:38,874 --> 00:32:41,543
[Steve] Watching that event unfold.
662
00:32:41,669 --> 00:32:43,712
And I'm thinking
about the financial implications
663
00:32:43,837 --> 00:32:46,590
associated with being able
to win the club award program
664
00:32:46,715 --> 00:32:49,426
and secure second place
and four million dollars.
665
00:32:49,677 --> 00:32:51,970
[commentator 16] I don't think
Serral has any chance to save this one,
666
00:32:52,096 --> 00:32:54,640
but he continues
to bring more links and hydras.
667
00:32:54,765 --> 00:32:56,517
I can't even keep up with the amount
668
00:32:56,642 --> 00:33:00,646
of harass he's doing
at multiple bases simultaneously
669
00:33:00,771 --> 00:33:04,191
while making his main fight happen,
so... [chuckles]
670
00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:07,111
[commentator 16] Clem is hitting
both the top right and the bottom left
671
00:33:07,236 --> 00:33:09,321
over and over
and basically wiping him away.
672
00:33:09,780 --> 00:33:11,490
[commentator 17] And that is it!
673
00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:13,534
-[commentator 16] It's over!
-[Victor] Wow, wow, wow.
674
00:33:13,951 --> 00:33:16,328
-[laughs]
-That was crazy. That was crazy.
675
00:33:16,495 --> 00:33:20,457
[commentator 16] It's your World Champion
defeating Serral, five to zero,
676
00:33:20,708 --> 00:33:23,877
taking home $400,000.
677
00:33:24,378 --> 00:33:25,629
[commentator 17] Clem has done it.
678
00:33:25,754 --> 00:33:30,634
He's brought Terran to another level
and is your new world champion.
679
00:33:31,301 --> 00:33:34,346
[ZombieGrub] Clem, I have to ask you
in this moment, how are you feeling?
680
00:33:34,888 --> 00:33:38,434
Oh, I don't know what to say.
Oh, my God, this feels incredible.
681
00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:40,310
I feel like I'm dreaming right now.
682
00:33:41,061 --> 00:33:42,271
The dream is alive.
683
00:33:42,438 --> 00:33:44,898
Oh, God, he won his big fight.
Like, did you see that?
684
00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:47,901
[Steve] You've got to call him
and you've got to congratulate him.
685
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:49,653
[crowd cheering]
686
00:33:49,778 --> 00:33:52,823
-[Victor] Oh, hey!
-Hello! Hey! [chuckles]
687
00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:55,826
-Congratulations!
-Thank you, thank you, thank you.
688
00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:57,995
-[Victor] Oh, my God, that was crazy.
-[chuckles]
689
00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,121
That was crazy.
690
00:33:59,329 --> 00:34:01,498
It honestly means a lot to me, right?
691
00:34:01,623 --> 00:34:03,625
Like, we've been
in StarCraft for 25 years,
692
00:34:04,626 --> 00:34:09,339
and for us to achieve a championship here
at the Esports World Cup,
693
00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:12,509
-specifically in StarCraft, that we...
-[Clem chuckles] Yeah, that's cool.
694
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:15,637
So, proud of you, honored
that you're a part of Team Liquid.
695
00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:17,598
Oh, thank you very much.
I appreciate it a lot.
696
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:22,268
It means a lot to me, and I'm very happy
to win this tournament as a Liquid player.
697
00:34:25,272 --> 00:34:26,815
[upbeat music playing]
698
00:34:26,982 --> 00:34:30,485
[Quickshot] Eight weeks of competition
has concluded
699
00:34:30,819 --> 00:34:34,364
with 1500 of the world's best competitors
700
00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:38,368
taking a share of 60 million dollars
in prize money.
701
00:34:38,534 --> 00:34:43,081
Welcome to the closing out
of the most epic Esports tournament
702
00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:45,042
that we have witnessed to date.
703
00:34:45,167 --> 00:34:49,420
Here are our final
club championship standings.
704
00:34:49,922 --> 00:34:54,342
The Falcons ran away with it
with over 5000 points.
705
00:34:54,635 --> 00:34:57,638
But with Liquid
finally getting a win in StarCraft,
706
00:34:57,763 --> 00:35:00,432
the game that started it all for them,
707
00:35:00,557 --> 00:35:04,061
they'll take home
the four million dollars for second place.
708
00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:09,483
We're happy with second, and next year
we'll be shooting for first.
709
00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:15,405
[Quickshot] While Vitality slips down
to fourth place after so many close calls,
710
00:35:15,614 --> 00:35:20,160
-netting them 1.5 million dollars.
-[crowd cheering]
711
00:35:20,327 --> 00:35:22,746
[triumphant music playing]
712
00:35:28,085 --> 00:35:31,296
This is the beginning of a new generation,
a new sport, right?
713
00:35:31,505 --> 00:35:35,175
I'm not scared to say this could be
even ten times bigger than the football.
714
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,886
-[Quickshot] Yeah.
-This is the present and the future.
715
00:35:38,053 --> 00:35:41,306
[crowd cheering]
716
00:35:45,978 --> 00:35:47,980
[Quickshot] And now,
welcome to the stage,
717
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:51,275
the first-ever
Esports World Cup Club champions,
718
00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:53,694
Team Falcons!
719
00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:56,989
[crowd cheering]
720
00:35:57,114 --> 00:35:58,740
[Erik] Falcons should be proud
of what they did,
721
00:35:58,866 --> 00:36:00,534
because they didn't just do it
like, from a...
722
00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:05,581
"Hey, they got a bunch of fourth places."
They kind of exclamation mark won.
723
00:36:05,789 --> 00:36:07,875
[indistinct chatter]
724
00:36:09,501 --> 00:36:11,712
[Grant] Yes, of course, we came in
with a strong budget.
725
00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:12,796
I'm not going to deny that.
726
00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:16,967
But even if it is stronger,
like, it doesn't mean you win.
727
00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:22,890
We set a strategy to win this
a long time ago, and we did that.
728
00:36:23,265 --> 00:36:25,559
-[team cheering]
-[crowd cheering]
729
00:36:26,476 --> 00:36:29,521
I'm really honored to be the first
ever Esports World Cup champion,
730
00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:31,690
especially if it's against your opponent,
731
00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:34,568
such as Team Liquid,
who have done an incredible job.
732
00:36:36,653 --> 00:36:39,990
We'll have to enjoy, celebrate it,
give it the time that it deserves,
733
00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:41,825
and for next year, you'll see us.
734
00:36:43,410 --> 00:36:45,120
[fireworks popping, crackling]
735
00:36:48,832 --> 00:36:50,334
[music fades out]
736
00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:57,591
[Amiran, in German]
So this year we took eighth place.
737
00:36:58,634 --> 00:37:01,345
It could have been worse,
but it could have been better.
738
00:37:01,470 --> 00:37:04,431
Quite happy
with what we were able to achieve,
739
00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:08,894
especially considering
that our headquarters are still in Kyiv.
740
00:37:09,937 --> 00:37:15,525
My message to our opponents next year
is that we are coming for you.
741
00:37:15,651 --> 00:37:18,320
[tense music playing]
742
00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:21,490
[keys softly clicking]
743
00:37:25,702 --> 00:37:27,663
-Hi, Danny. How are you doing?
-Hi.
744
00:37:27,829 --> 00:37:31,750
[Anne] On the games where we expected
to do really well, we didn't do so well.
745
00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:35,462
And on games where we expected
to only do decent, we did incredibly well.
746
00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:40,467
And overall, we ended up in the top four
in the club championship.
747
00:37:41,343 --> 00:37:42,302
So, that was pretty good.
748
00:37:43,136 --> 00:37:48,475
But of course, we do want to win this.
So, never underestimate an underdog story.
749
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:49,768
[scooter engine whirring]
750
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:57,074
751
00:37:58,318 --> 00:38:01,863
[Steve] We are built to win
as an organization. That being said,
752
00:38:01,989 --> 00:38:05,742
getting second place
was amazing and exciting.
753
00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:10,872
And for me, the Esports World Cup
was an important moment to, I think,
754
00:38:11,123 --> 00:38:15,752
show representation
to the greater gaming space.
755
00:38:15,877 --> 00:38:17,462
And sometimes...
756
00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:18,880
[indistinct chatter]
757
00:38:19,006 --> 00:38:21,842
[Steve] ...taking the harder route
because it is the right route.
758
00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:24,469
You just do it because it matters.
759
00:38:24,594 --> 00:38:26,555
So, first, starting
with the number of gamers.
760
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,600
Anybody know the number
of gamers worldwide? 3.5 billion.
761
00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:32,769
This is happening.
762
00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:38,817
Like, kids are being raised in households
becoming fans of Team Liquid.
763
00:38:38,942 --> 00:38:42,404
For every baseball fan that dies,
three esports fans are born.
764
00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:44,072
-Something like that.
-[colleagues laugh]
765
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:46,742
[laughs] Yeah, a little morbid, but true.
766
00:38:46,908 --> 00:38:48,744
-[colleagues laugh]
-[laughs] Yeah, it's like...
767
00:38:48,869 --> 00:38:51,455
I guess the message
to all of the other clubs
768
00:38:51,580 --> 00:38:55,208
as we head into next year,
it's been a joy competing against you.
769
00:38:55,417 --> 00:38:58,253
I welcome the pressure, uh,
770
00:38:58,628 --> 00:39:00,589
but we'll probably still beat you.
[chuckles]
771
00:39:04,217 --> 00:39:07,763
[birds chirping]
772
00:39:10,098 --> 00:39:13,435
Such a blur of like lifting that trophy...
773
00:39:14,436 --> 00:39:16,855
I can see this whole room,
there's all these famous celebrities
774
00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:19,441
in the room, and just being like,
"Is this real?"
775
00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:24,613
I'm just this random English dude
from the countryside of Kent,
776
00:39:24,738 --> 00:39:27,908
and yet now I'm lifting a trophy
here in Saudi Arabia for esports.
777
00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:29,451
It's like, how's that happened?
778
00:39:31,203 --> 00:39:32,621
We've won seven million as a result
779
00:39:32,746 --> 00:39:35,707
of winning the Club World Cup
and the Club World Championship.
780
00:39:35,916 --> 00:39:38,335
So, we're able to now take that money
and reinvest it
781
00:39:38,460 --> 00:39:41,213
into strengthening our team,
strengthening our squads,
782
00:39:41,338 --> 00:39:44,966
-and getting more prepared for EWC 2025.
-[crowd cheering]
783
00:39:45,092 --> 00:39:47,052
[Grant] I think the competition's
gonna be huge next year.
784
00:39:47,177 --> 00:39:49,429
It's gonna be way more difficult
to win next year, way stronger.
785
00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:53,517
There is going to be the expectation
that Falcons win '25, for sure.
786
00:39:53,642 --> 00:39:56,103
[inspirational music playing]
787
00:39:57,729 --> 00:40:00,690
There's no rest for me.
The race for 2025 starts now.
788
00:40:04,361 --> 00:40:07,781
[phone buzzing]
789
00:40:08,824 --> 00:40:10,075
-Hey, Mossad.
-[music stops]
790
00:40:12,119 --> 00:40:15,497
[theme music playing]
791
00:40:38,395 --> 00:40:40,230
[music concludes]
791
00:40:41,305 --> 00:41:41,371
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