RLCS 2024 - Major 2: EU Open Qualifier 6

	Day	UTC
Day 1	Friday	15:00
Day 2	Saturday	15:00
Day 3	Sunday	15:00	Today

Coverage

Liquipedia / / Start.gg / / Pickstop.gg

Streams

Platforms	Link
Twitch	Rocketleague
Youtube	Rlesports

Results

ELIMINATION		Liquipedia Bracket
Jobless	2 - 4	Luna Galaxy
Team BDS	4 - 1	Karmine Corp
Team BDS	3 - 3	Luna Galaxy

Standings

Place	Prize	Team	RLCS Points
1st	$21,000	TBD	20
2nd	$12,000	TBD	16
3rd-4th	$6,000	Karmine Corp	12 (21)
3rd-4th	$6,000	Jobless	12 (28)
5th-8th	$3,000	Endpoint CeX	8 (15)
5th-8th	$3,000	Oxygen Esports	8 (36)
5th-8th	$3,000	Team Vitality	8 (40)
5th-8th	$3,000	Gentle Mates Alpine	8 (36)

Welcome!
This is OpTicGaming's official discussion thread for all of OpTic Gaming's day three matches at the 2024 HCS London Major.
OpTic did not perform well in their first game of the day yesterday against Faze. Luckyily they rebounded quickly in their match against Sentinels. Top 4 is secured, but it is going to be a long day tomorrow if OpTic ends up winning the event.
Prize Pool: $250,000
Pool Play: four groups of four teams in a round robin - Top 2 of each group advances to Championship Upper Bracket round 1 - 3rd of each group advances to Championship Lower Bracket round 1 - 4th of each group is eliminated - All Matches are Bo5
Championship Bracket: 12 teams in a double elimination bracket - All Matches are Bo5 except the Grand Finals, which are Bo7 with a Bracket Reset
Please use this thread for everything related to the match--discussions, predictions, and opinions. As always, please keep both OpTicGaming's rules and Reddit's site-wide rules in mind when commenting.
Informational Wiki Page for the Event
Streams:
Halo HCS Youtube
Lower Bracket Semi Finals : 12:00pmest
OpTic Gaming 0-0 Spacestation
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	OpTic Gaming	Spacestation
Map 1
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Map 3
Map 4
Map 5

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	OpTic Gaming
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Map 4
Map 5

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Welcome to the 2024 HCS London MEGATHREAD - June 2nd - Day 3!
If there is any additional information you find helpful please post and our mod team will update this thread throughout the event!
HCS Socials

• HCS Twitter
• HCS Instagram

Follow Along

• Halo Data Hive
• Open Bracket
• Pool Play
• A Stream - Twitch.tv/Halo HCS YouTube
• LVT Halo Coverage - Twitch.tv/LVTHalo

Schedule

• Friday - 5/31 at 7 AM EST
• Saturday - 6/1 at 5:30 AM EST
• Sunday - 6/2 at 6:00 AM EST

Pools & Rosters

• Pool A
  • (NA) Spacestation Gaming - Bound, Legend, Eco, StelluR
  • (NA) Proton Gaming - Druk, Kuhlect, Last Shot, Taulek
  • (EU) BH3 Esports - Kimbo, Millsy, Sunriiz, Zovay
  • (ANZ) Mindfreak - Plasma, Scoobmeistr, Swayz, Wryce
• Pool B
  • (NA) OpTic Gaming - Deadzone, Trippy, FormaL, Lucid
  • (EU) Quadrant - Snipedrone, Sica, Glory, SLG
  • (NA) Sentinels - Lethul, Spartan, Falcated, bubu dubu
  • (NA) Bittersweet - Piggy EX, DDiagram, Envore, Mortally
• Pool C
  • (NA) FaZe Clan - SnakeBite, Frosty, Renegade, Royal2
  • (NA) Complexity - Huss, Spartan, Descendant, RyaNoob
  • (NA) Cloud9 - Sab, Suspector, Tusk, Sceptify
  • (NA) Reversal Perfy - Common, Breaking Shot, Cherised, Haines
• Pool D
  • (NA) Shopify Rebellion - Soul Snipe, MentaL, Cykul, Suppressed
  • (EU) Into the Breach - Jimbo, Mighty, Tchik, WuTum
  • (NA) Native Gaming - aPG, Barcode, Kuhlect, Mikwen
  • (MX) SWAT esports - Acid, Drift, Noblc, Tapping Buttons,

Pool Play

• 4 groups of 4 teams
• Single round-robin
• Best of 5 series
• Top 2 teams in each group placed in Winners Round 1
• 3rd place team will be placed in Elimination Round 1
• 4th place team will be eliminated from tournament

Championship Bracket

• 12 Teams
• Double Elimination
• Best of 5 Series
• Grand Finals will be Best of 7

Twitch Drops

• Tune into #HCSLondon24 all weekend long to unlock: New Drops - Harvest Dusk Multi-use Armor Coating - Overkill Charm - Killtacular Charm Bonus Drops - Adrenal ABCommando/SideKick - Tasteful Sensation Razorback

Title holders
System Of A Down
Rage Against The Machine
Korn
Winner of Tournament
Semi-Finals
Alice In Chains - Rammstein
Metallica - AC/DC
Losing Bracket
Gojira
Linkin Park
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tool - Avenged Sevenfold
View Poll

Masters Shanghai is an international event featuring the top three teams from each of the four international leagues. Players compete for a $1,000,000 prize pool.

Information

Coverage: Liquipedia VLR.gg THESPIKE rib.gg
Official Information: Website VCT 2024 Masters Shanghai
Event Resources: Event Photography Playlist
General Resources: VCT Rules and Policies Global Contract Database subreddit guide to VALORANT Esports
Event Information:

• Patch: 8.09
• Map Pool: Ascent Bind Breeze Icebox Lotus Split Sunset
• Dates: May 23 – June 9, 2024
• Location: VCT CN Arena (Swiss Stage and Early Playoffs) & Mercedes Benz Arena (Upper Finals, Lower Finals, and Grand Finals), Shanghai, China — Offline (LAN)

Schedule

Type	Match	* CST/PHT (Tournament Time Zone)	EDT	BRT	CEST	JST/KST
Upper Semis	100 Thieves (Americas #1) vs Gen.G (Pacific #2)	4:00 PM	4:00 AM	5:00 AM	10:00 AM	5:00 PM
Upper Semis	G2 Esports (Americas #2) vs Team Heretics (EMEA #2)	7:00 PM	7:00 AM	8:00 AM	1:00 PM	8:00 PM

Check here for times in your area

Streams

• English: Twitch / YouTube
• Spanish (Latin America): Twitch / YouTube
• Spanish (Europe): Twitch
• Portuguese (Brazil): Twitch / YouTube
• French: Twitch
• Italian: Twitch
• Polish: Twitch
• German: Twitch
• Finnish: Twitch
• Hungarian: Twitch
• Ukrainian: Twitch
• Turkish: Twitch / YouTube
• Arabic: Twitch / YouTube
• Thai: Twitch / YouTube
• Indonesian: Twitch / YouTube
• Traditional Chinese (Taiwan): Twitch / YouTube
• Vietnamese: YouTube
• Filipino: Twitch / YouTube
• Korean: Twitch / YouTube
• Japanese: Twitch / YouTube
• Simplified Chinese (Mainland China): Twitch / YouTube

Participants — 8 Teams

Americas	EMEA	Pacific	China
100 Thieves	FNATIC	Paper Rex	EDward Gaming
G2 Esports	Team Heretics	Gen.G Esports	FunPlus Phoenix
Leviatán	FUT Esports	T1	Dragon Ranger Gaming

Broadcast Talent

Hosts & Interviewers	Commentators	Analysts	Observers
Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez	Seth "Achilios" King	Mimi "aEvilcat" Wermcrantz	David "prius" Kuntz
Yinsu "Yinsu" Collins	Clinton "Paperthin" Bader	Beatriz "kaquka" Alonso	Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
Mika "Mikafabs" Fabella	Doug "EsportsDoug" Cortez		Alberto "Tiie" Chavez Benitez
Salome "Soe" Gschwind-Repp	Andrej "babybay" Francisty		Nicholas "Yehty" Tesolin
Victoria "Chubbyninja" Cheng

Format

• Swiss Stage (May 23-27):
  • 8 teams play in a Swiss System, where teams play opponents with the same record as them
    • For first matchup, 2nd seeds were drawn against 3rd seeds
  • Teams with two wins advance, teams with two losses are eliminated
  • All matches are Bo3
• Playoffs (May 30-June 9):
  • 8 team double elimination bracket
    • 4 teams from Swiss Stage
    • 4 1st seeds
  • All matches are Bo3 except Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final
  • Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5

Results

$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Team
1st 🥇	$350,000
2nd 🥈	$200,000
3rd 🥉	$125,000
4th	$75,000
5th – 6th	$50,000
5th – 6th	$50,000
7th – 8th	$35,000	FNATIC
7th – 8th	$35,000	EDward Gaming
9th - 10th	$25,000	Leviatán
9th - 10th	$25,000	FunPlus Phoenix
11th - 12th	$15,000	Dragon Ranger Gaming
11th - 12th	$15,000	T1

RLCS 24 - Major 2: OCE Open Qualifier #6

Schedule	Day	UTC	Top X	Bracket.
Day 3	Fri	6:00	Top 16	Swiss
Day 4	Sat	6:00	Top 8	Single Elim
Day 5	Sun (Today)	6:00	Top 4	Single Elim

Coverage

Liquipedia / / Start.gg

Streams

Platforms	Link
Twitch	FortressGlobal

Results

Single Elimination	UTC	Liquipedia Bracket
▼ Semifinals		(Bo7)
QuikTrip Pioneers Gaming	4 - 0	Chiefs Esports Club
PWR	4 - 1	Ground Zero
▼ Finals		(Bo7)
PWR	4 - 1	QuikTrip Pioneers Gaming

Standings

Place	Prize	Team	RLCS Points
1st	$9,900	PWR	20 (60)
2nd	$6,000	QuikTrip Pioneers Gaming	16 (40)
3rd-4th	$3,000	Ground Zero	12 (28)
3rd-4th	$3,000	Chiefs Esports Club	12 (44)
5th-8th	$1,800	HSP	8 (24)
5th-8th	$1,800	Gremlins	8 (40)
5th-8th	$1,800	Reapers Scythe	8 (8)
5th-8th	$1,800	Kibbgang	8 (32)

Listed records depict record in Tallahassee regional. The regional round is double-elimination.
StatBroadcast
ESPN Gamecast

• Jamie Arnold struck out 12, and gave up 3 hits and 2 ER over 7 innings pitched.
• Brennen Oxford pitched the final 2 innings. Striking out 4 and recording a pretty clutch pickoff in the bottom of the 9th that eliminated the only hit he gave up.

Tallahassee Regional Bracket - Stetson (1-1) eliminated Alabama (0-2) today in the losers bracket. UCF will play Stetson tomorrow (Sunday) at 12pm eastern. - FSU will wait to play the winner of Stetson/UCF at 6pm eastern tomorrow. - If FSU wins that game, they will win the regional. If FSU loses, a rematch will be played Monday (time TBD) to determine the winner of the Tallahassee regional.
For those watching more than just Tallahassee Regional games, collegebaseball does have a general discussion thread, and posts a new one daily.

Here are the rankings of the last 16 (“Points” in brackets)
These seem to be worked out based on scores given to Aces, first serve, second serve, net points, break points, receiving points and winners.
They’ve never really seemed to be predictive…(some players who have already been eliminated were #3 & #4 for instance)- so I’m not entirely sure what the point of this is - but some unexpected results none the less

1. Matteo Arnaldi (180.8)
2. Alex de Minaur (160.3)
3. Daniil Medvedev (155.5)
4. Carlos Alcaraz (154.3)
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (153.1)
6. Felix Auger-Aliassime (149.7)
7. Grigor Dimitrov (143.7)
8. Francisco Cerundolo (143.2)
9. Novak Djokovic (141.2)
10. Casper Ruud (140.5)
11. Taylor Fritz (137.1)
12. Jannik Sinner (129.6)
13. Alexander Zverev (124.8)
14. Corentin Moutet (124.6)
15. Hubert Hurkacz (122.6)
16. Holger Rune (122.1)

Link to leaderboard:
https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/slam-leaderboard-infosys

With work and some family events this week, I couldn't finish the page sooner, but here it is. As always, thanks for the amazing support and give me your opinions and feedback.

Welcome!
This is OpTicGaming's official discussion thread for all of OpTic Gaming's day two matches at the 2024 HCS London Major.
OpTic took care of business during their pool play matches. Lets see what they can do for the rest of the event. Winners round 1 matches always help set the tone for the rest of the event.
Prize Pool: $250,000
All day 2 matches will be covered inside of this thread to consolidate game day threads.
Pool Play: four groups of four teams in a round robin - Top 2 of each group advances to Championship Upper Bracket round 1 - 3rd of each group advances to Championship Lower Bracket round 1 - 4th of each group is eliminated - All Matches are Bo5
Championship Bracket: 12 teams in a double elimination bracket - All Matches are Bo5 except the Grand Finals, which are Bo7 with a Bracket Reset
Please use this thread for everything related to the match--discussions, predictions, and opinions. As always, please keep both OpTicGaming's rules and Reddit's site-wide rules in mind when commenting.
Informational Wiki Page for the Event
Streams:
Halo HCS Youtube
Winners Quarterfinals : 3:00pmest
OpTic Gaming 0-34 Faze
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	OpTic Gaming	Faze
CTF Forbidden	2	3
Slayer Streets	40	50
KOTH Live Fire	2	4
Map 4
Map 5

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals : 4:45 pmest
OpTic 3-0 Sentinels
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	OpTic Gaming	Sentinels
KOTH Recharge	3	1
Slayer Aquarius	50	32
Oddball Streets
Map 4
Map 5

Come talk with us on discord in the #halo-gameday channel during the match!
Official OpTic Discord Server
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LCS 2024 - Major 2: EU Open Qualifier 6

Schedule	Day	UTC	Top X	Bracket.
Day 4	Fri	15:00	Top 16	Swiss
Day 5	Sat (Today)	15:00	Top 8	Single Elim
Day 6	Sun	15:00	Top 4	Single Elim

Coverage

Liquipedia / / Start.gg // Pickstop.gg

Results

Single Elimination	UTC	Liquipedia Bracket
▼ Quarterfinals		(Bo7)
Team BDS	4 - 3	Endpoint CeX
Team Vitality	3 - 4	Jobless
Luna Galaxy	4 - 1	Gentle Mates Alpine
Oxygen Esports	2 - 4	Karmine Corp

I am seeing some inconsistencies with how I thought the home/away should work. For example : in then elimination game, 4-seed Stetson is the home team against Alabama, but 4-seed Army is the away team against Georgia Tech. It seems that any 4-seed should always be the away team. In the winners bracket, 1-seed North Carolina is the home team against LSU, but 1-seed Oklahoma State is the away team against Florida. I can't figure out how these are being determined. Am I missing some specific rule on which team is home/away?

Bageltop Games Spring Tournament 2024 -
Week 5 - Elimination Bracket
Vs. Red Skull Unleash the Power of the Cosmic Cube
Another playthrough as part of the Bageltop Games Tournament! Although I haven't made the finals, there are still a few more games to see out the final overall rankings! Currently ranked 79th... can I improve on it with this week's game?
Tune in for another fun Marvel Legendary playthrough!

TL;DR Chapter preface.
1 Team spirit and perseverance to overcome injuries and the collective effort to win
2 Carlo’s coaching what’s best for the club and not his style adapting against the opponent
3 How ancelotti built the team around the regista - Toni kroos
4 Dortmund’s run to the final and tactics
5 Real Madrid don’t play finals they win them. The unique decades long tradition that will make Madrid win the champions league.
1.
I wanted to take a moment before the final to write about our season. I have written about our previous two knockout ties against city and Bayern but now we have finally arrived to the summit of our season and the summit of a Real Madrid team which we won’t see in the same way without our maestro and conductor - Toni Kroos.
I’m sure a lot of our fans would agree that if you would had to tell me at the start of the season after losing our starting GK and 2 CBs to ACLs (unprecedented in its own regard) and lose the likes of Vini, Tchou and Camavinga for long stretches that we would win the league dominantly with 95 points by over performing our expected XG and reach the champions league final - I would ask you to put down the crack.
But yet here we are almost 9 months later ready to compete to win our 15th what a privilege for our fans to witness this moment. In an interview recently after eliminating Bayern, Carlo said that this was the best group of players he has ever managed. The fact that he said that having coached the likes of legends in Madrid and Milan of the past speaks volumes of the perseverance and team spirit we have shown this season. The team like he said “never complained” and worked hard to overcome all the obstacles thrown at us. We only lost once in the league against atletico and that loss opened our eyes on what we had to fix defensively when we realised we we weren’t defending well from our right side having conceded from crosses. The tweaks made whether it was getting Fede to be more of a defensive workhouse, getting Vini to play centrally, asking Jude to play the free 10 role or making rodrygo and Vini interchange from the left. These are not easy things to do and players need time to adapt but this team has done a momentous job shifting from a 4-3-3 and adapting to a diamond 4-3-1-2 or rather a 4-4-2, and playing for the needs of the team.

1. This is where I would like to talk about Ancelotti and his ability to manage based on what the club needs rather than his own personal style. The reason why Madrid are historically successful is because they don’t have a “style” they adapt and have the clutch factor to win when it matters and achieve the unprecedented.

Managers like pep are positionist and rely heavily on rehearsed plays that hinder the expression of freedom from players. Real and Carlo as of late have always been relationist allowing for a flow or mixture and adaptation. Against city we had to play a mid block in the first leg and stop their build up before they can push into our box to force them wide. In the second leg after scoring we had to play a low block for 60 mins to stop them from scoring. These are examples of a team and manager synchronised in the approach that they must do whatever to win. Carlo spoke about when they played De Zerbi’s shakhtar and not pressing them allowed them to get the ball and beat them 5-0. It our ability to adapt in the moment that allows us to overcome our opponent even if the chips are down.

1. Carlo spoke of his regret when he coached Parma and had the opportunity to sign baggio who was a 10 and one on the best players in the world then, but Carlo refused to sign him because he was adamant to play with 2 strikers. When he coached juventus he realised the importance of incorporating a certain Zinedine Zidane as the central figure of the team.

Those who remember his Milan team played a similar diamond with CFs and a roaming cam in the likes of Kaka who was the main man scoring goals at a ridiculous rate, very similar to Jude this season a lot of people would say that he was the focal point of that team but in reality it was the “regista” in Pirlo who conducted that Milan team and everything was built around how Pirlo dictated the play. And that is why I would like to highlight that our team is built around the irreplaceable Toni Kroos, our regista who conducts and orchestrates the play. It is why we have been successful not just with the system this year but the past decade. Kroos is a unicorn who is capable of escaping pressure and finding the right passes without being over indulgent to a fault like Barca or pep. Kroos’ impact in the final will be monumental and it is only fitting for a legend like him to bow out with a champions league trophy.

1. I think we can all agree that when you look at our side of the bracket in our run of the champions league, every team in our bracket would mop the floor with the teams in dortmund’s side of the bracket. I’m not saying Dortmund don’t deserve to be in the final they have earned to be there playing a defensive approach that sees the entire team defend when they need to. They have fast paced dribblers in sancho and adeyemi and a physical box presence in fullcrug. Their centre backs rank the highest in long ball passes in Europe and they play in quick transitions like a German team. They’ve shown resilience to overcome their opponents but let’s not forget they did top the group of death and that is no coincidence. Upon watching their games I think the one that impressed me the most was their win against atletico at home. They have qualities to cause us problem so we should be vary of how we approach them.

What troubled us against leipzig was when they played to clog us centrally and cause us issues in turnovers. Against Bayern in the first leg we didn’t acclimatise to the width their wingers found to score. My only worry remains our aerial and set pieces defence with the likes of a physical target man like fullcrug supplied by pace around him we need to be careful but I’m sure Carlo and co are well prepared and I trust the team handles this Dortmund side and take them to task.

1. I want to talk about the aura of Madrid in finals and how “Real Madrid don’t play finals, they win them”. Some of you may be supporting them for the first time in a final while for some they may have lost track. Personally this will be the sixth time I will be watching them play the champions league final and in my heart I know we will win it. Real humility lies in accepting that your opponent can beat you even if you are the favourite but Real perseverance lies in knowing that we will never give up no matter what. That is forever ingrained in me from 10 years ago when Sergio Ramos equalised in 92:48 to make us destroy atletico 4-1. I have since watched us win from going behind early on, winning in penalties and brutally destroying our opponents. Just like Carlo says I cannot explain what it is but there is something special about this club, it’s the winning dna, the spirit of juanito the comeback mentality, the myth and legend of this club and shirt that allows us to transcend and excel.

If you believe that there is something special about this club then you will know that we will win tonight. A year ago I’ll never forget how low I felt as a fan when we lost 4-0 to city. We have come a long way since then and a long way in this tournament getting revenge against city and beating Bayern Munich. We have come a long way to this final to lose against a side like Dortmund. And I will back my statement by pointing out a unique tradition that sees us always winning the champions league whenever we eliminate the reigning champions.
We have ALWAYS eliminated the title holders in the UCL era whenever we have faced them in the knockout rounds. And guess what ? Each time that happens we go on to win the champions league!
1998 - Dortmund in SF agg (2-0) we Win the UCL
2000 - Manchester United in QF agg (3-2) we Win the UCL
2002- Bayern Munich in QF agg (3-2) we Win the UCL
2014- PEP’S Bayern Munich in SF agg (5-0) we Win the UCL
2022- Chelsea in QF agg (5-4) we Win the UCL
2024 - Man City in QF … ⏳
So Madridistas I would like to end this reflection by saying that no matter what I am super proud of what we have achieved this season it is the culmination and the complete rebuild of Madrid that will never stop winning.
HASTA EL FINAL, VAMOS REAL!

RLCS 2024 - Major 2: EU Open Qualifier 6

Schedule	Day	UTC	Top X	Bracket.
Day 4	Fri	15:00	Top 16	Swiss
Day 5	Sat (Today)	15:00	Top 8	Single Elim
Day 6	Sun	15:00	Top 4	Single Elim

Coverage

Liquipedia / / Start.gg // Pickstop.gg

Streams

Platforms	Link
Twitch	RocketLeague
Youtube	RLEsports

Results

Single Elimination	UTC	Liquipedia Bracket
▼ Quarterfinals		(Bo7)
Team BDS	4 - 3	Endpoint CeX
Team Vitality	3 - 4	Jobless
Luna Galaxy	4 - 1	Gentle Mates Alpine
Oxygen Esports	18:00	Karmine Corp

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